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LEGALLgc. MARTIN 4k IIOI’KIXS, Attatsrzas, societrora'. he. in, neyto Loan at P! per cent. Ofiice. Kentstnet, Lindsay, Uot. Iil‘t'. English uzml ,SWISS WATCHES, P' 3' I‘lm' __ G‘ "’ {WE'LL American Watches of P. v. nouns. : WALTF._AI£ ‘ LIZan ATTORNEY, SOLICITDR " . and Notary Public. Money to Lean, j ELGIN, Office, Kent street, Lindsay. SPRINGFIELD -- ._-._.._.. m.-_._. , nunsrtrru, ulituox a JACKâ€" sox, ARRISTBRS, SOLICITORS, the. I fice, William street, Lindsay. A. firearm. J. A. unites. A. Jicxsos. Of. O'LI'ZARY & O'L IARY, PARRIS’I‘BIXS, ATTORNElr'S-AT-IAW, J Solicitors in Chancery, kc. Office, Doheny Block, Kent street, Lindsay. Aurora O'Lnn. lit-mi (I'Lmnv. M. summon, ARRISTER, ATTORNEYA: Conveyan- , cer,)chrthur's Block, Coiborne street. Pcnelon Falls. Money to lend on real estate. D. J. MCINTYRE, .' PARRISTER, ATTORNEY-at-LAW, SO- ) licitor in Chancery. I've, Lindsay. 0f- fice over Ontario Bank, Kent Sli’ett. Money '2 to Loan at 8 per cent. on real estate se- curitieit. l KETCIIUM .v Mr:I)():\'Nl-ZLL, ARRISTBRS, SOLICITORS, NOTAR- ) iea, kc. Office.l\'ent street, south side and nearly opposite Mr. John Cthholm’s; l Lindsay, l Jar Kzrcmm. Wu. licDoxanL, Jo. J. I). DICKSUN, 13. A., ARRISTER, ATTORNEY- AT- LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyance-r, kc. Office, Doheny Block, Kent. street,l Lindsay. Money to lead at 8 per cent. ALEX. A. MCDOXALD, TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chan- cery, Conveyaneer, the, he. Strict at- tention given to applications for Patents of Lands front Crown Land's Department. Sloncy to Loan on Mortgage Security on terms to suit borrowers. Office, Colbornc street, Penelon Falls. - _.‘_. .. _-_._____-._~ a. w. J. DsGRASSI, )I. i ., .OIIONER, Physician,Surgeon,kc., kc. Residence, Brick Cottage, Wellington street, Lindsay. D'n; A. WILSON, Bf II. UNIVERSITY of Trinity College. , . M. if. University of Toronto. Biemb. fol. Phys. and Surg., Ont. Physician, Surgeon and Accoucher. Office,Colborne street, Penelon Falls. Da. w. c. nnvsox, c. u, (RADUA'I‘E of the Jollege of Physicians and Surgeons, McGill University, and of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Physician. Surgeon and Obstetrician. Cor- oner for the County of Victoria. Diseases of the Eye and Ear specially treated. BET Office and residence West May street, Penelon Falls. “'M. KFMI’T, M. u, C. M., GRADUATE of McGill University, .fon treal, and Provincial Licentiate, Physi- cian, Surgeon and Obstetrician, Medical Referee to the Standard, Plunnix, Connecti- cut Mutual, and Equitable Insurance Coin- panies. Office and residence, in the house lately occupied by Itev. Father Stafford, at the corner of Lindsay and Rus Lindsay. streets, .. HOTELSL" THE GLOBE HOTEL, EXT street, Lindsay, ll. O‘Lcary, Proâ€" prietor. This well known hotel (lately in charge of Mr. John Young) has been remodelled and newly furnishcd,aud guests can depend upon getting excellent accom- modation and first class board. The sheds and stubling are all that can be desired. McAltTllUlt HOUSE. , ENELON FALLS. Robert Rutherford, prep rictor. This first class hotel is largely patronized by the travelliug pub- lic. The accommodations are in every rc- spcct all that can be desired, the table is luxuriautly provided and the bar supplied with the bcst of wines and liquors. There are sample rooms for commercial gentle-l men on the first tloor, and the commodious 3 stable and driving sheds are in care of an i experienced hustler. Charges moderate. ” MISCELLANEOUS. u iccoxn mam15min 1'3: k Tm: coux'rr or vicroam. - l i The next sittings of this Court will be held on Monday, Sept‘r 27th, 1880. CEO. t.?l3.\'.\'l.\'till.v\.\l. Clerk. JAMES J. l’OWl‘Ill, lCl-INSHD Auctioneer, Accountant audl 1 (icncral Conunission Agent. t‘oilert-l ing iii-counts a specialty. titlicc, i~‘enelou Falls. Out. 1 JOHNSON. UCTIONl-Ii-lit. Village I-‘arm Sales a specialty. Notes, Ar- ceunts, tents (to. eoilm-tcd. tlllit'" and? residence on Ilond slh‘t‘l, l-‘cuelou I-‘alls. ’ Property and JAMES DICKSON. ) L. Surveyor. (‘om nissioucr in the Q. It, | . Uonvryanccr. kc. Residence, and all- 3 . . » dress, I-enolnu l-alls. , i ! x Bassist-tinnitus? “' both experienced Dentists. tithes Established in Lindsay 14 Years. One of the above Dentists will be at the Bluekll’I‘I-IITIC II 0 I ' N 1'}. Penelon Falls, on the third .lloudnyut'tm-h month. Other in Lindsay, next door to Iiowes' store. $50,000 TO Luxn ar 8 run t‘ENT.. with the privilege of paying ct? in full or by instalments at any time. Mortgngrs (Join Silver (Jesus from 2 :0 8 ounces. Cinch, Bday, 30 day, 8:30 hour, in great variety of style and finish. manufacture. 5&3“ Repairing in all its Branches done and guaranteed. J. BRITTOX, Sign of the Big Clock, foot of Kent St., Lindsay. C IIAS. BRITTON, OI’TICIAN, foot of Kent; Street, Lindsay, Sole agent for Johnson and Conruths's pa- tent Easy Fitting Eye Glasses, Economical Spectacles, BI-FOCAL SPECTACLES, (to see equally well at all distances, far and near), and patent Eye Testers. Tele- scopes, Micros'copes, Opera Glasses, 6:, he, kept constantly in stock. Also dealer in no“ DRUGS AND MEDICINES, Hardware, Groceries, &C., kc. iO-ly 6:0} falls (Eugene Saturday. July 24th, 1880. Our Public School System. A good deal is appearing in print just now with reference to our public school system, in whichâ€"though it, is consid- ered patriotic to speak of it as perfec- tionâ€"there is evidently room for im- provement. Not. long ago an outcry was raised against the great expense caused by the repeated changes in books, which were ordered, there was too much reason to believe, in the inter» est of certain favoured pets of the Ed- ucational Department, and even now there is pending an investigation into the conduct of certain members of the central committee who authorize school books, as they are suspected of drawing profits from some of the books which they cause to be used. In the interest of the public the charges will have to be Ventilated, and if any malversation of office he proved, the delinquents must be rigorously punished. Some months ago, in noticing the lit. tle commotion with reference to the teacher-ship in this village, we express- ed the conviction that it was not the in- tention of the founders of our originally admirable school system that it should give the rising generation a higher edu- cation thnn was necessary to fit. them for ordinary pursuits, and we are glad to see that. a protest is being raised a- gainst. the number of branches taught and the system of “ forcing ” to which pupils are subjected. Nine-tenths of the boys who attend our public “schools will gain their living at. some occupation in which the ability to read well, write a plain hand out “do sums ” in simple arithmetic will be all the school learn- ing they require, and to fritter away their time over studies for which they have neither taste nor ability and which will be of'no benefit whatever is doing them a positive injury. John Ruskin, the great preacher of common sense, swys that. a lad who can write a letter in a good band, word it grammatically and spell it correctly, and who is the- roughly conversant with the first four ’ rules of arithmetic, has a good practical education, and we think so too. We are no enemy of' “higher education,” but we maintain that the common school is not the place where it ought. to be ob‘ tained, and that thoroughness in a few necessary branches rather than a smat- tering of numerous ornamental ones ought to be aimed at. Dr. Burroughs, of Lindsay, in a sensible letter in last wack’s I’m! says :-â€"“ That. we are over- cducutiug there is no doubt; educating beyond strength of body and tniud, in many cases beyond po:itiou ; educating in branches which in after life are more ornamental than useful, and often in ex- m-t proportion as surely cnfeebling vital energy and coincidentally with advanced educational attainment rearing up phys- ~caily «leguuorate men and women. In elementary schools subjects should be less (lividcd. Every child does not enter school with the same object in life before it; all are not equally apt in mastering the subjects presented. Some may becmnc professional men, .«eicatists or statesmen, but it would be absurd to suppose that. all would occupy such po- sitions, and the languages and mathe- matics useful to some are equally lost on others. There is not. the same no- trt‘~'.~'lty that :ill slu‘auld excel in thc’high- er branches and it were better that those that cannot from opportunity or ability should have more thorough in- struction in such as are likely to be more useful." m The Trent Valley Canal. In last week's Gazrtfe we briefly no- ticed the visit paid this village by a bought. number of gentlemen dcputed by the Montreal Harbor Company and the )ity Council to inspect and report upon the J. Ii. DIXON, Iiarristcr. .kc. f w- 005cc Dohcny liloclt‘. Kent street, C 3. Lindsay. M O.\' BY TO LOA N On Real Estate at Eight per cent. Private i'unds. interest pay_ablc at Lindsay. .\'o Commission charged nor Deposit rrquirvd XII-emu very small. Apply to R. D. ORDI‘I. Ollie», McDonnell} lilock, Kcat' street, Lindsay. ~â€" NOTICE, Notice is hereby turn that the under- signed will not be rt-tpt‘ttizbir ferary tithes contravted in his name, union the party contracting tlwm has hit \vnttra authority or that of Mr. J. D. Smut: to do so. It. I" Fruclon Falls, May :titll. h; t ,.â€"..-â€"â€"....._.« "NW .â€" II ‘ J 4 Muir-91ktth route of the proposed Trent Valley ual. They arrived by the steamer l'an- . tIfTLlY’ on Thumlay evening and were to have gone by water to choecnk next 3 morning, but. Owing to the non-arrival ' cf C911. .‘Icl‘addcn's boat, from a cause 7 stated elsewhere. they were compelled , to leave in carriages. Accompanying : them were representatives of Toronto, 3 Montreal and other papers, whose ac- ' counts of the trip have since been pub- . fished. The reporter of the Ohm, act- ing no doubt uudcr instructions. has l)('rii careful tr- say all he could in (ii-~- ‘ paramount of the project. and lny~ : ti. wrnt out in a that stress on rim a~§£:tl:~us of Mr. 3 boy named Joseph llameiiu, to row toi Kimlmru. "‘t' :l.‘ f i I t l - _’~--...â€" ..'.- l ‘szTcuss, CLOCKS,VKJI£WBL- {arm}; 1:35 than nine feet of water nic was being held. Elliott Brysou, who ' would not answer the requirements of the grain trade, and that. the time gain- 5 ed by the shorting of the route would i l was rowing, proposed to return by way of the Sault and Recollet rapids, prob- ably the most dangerous spot on the be lost in passing through the numer- river, and one which the rafts invariably ous locks that would have to' be built; . ' . . - avotd as betng too risky. A warning but tbe‘Montreal Gazette, in an exhausâ€" voice called out from the island, “ You tire article, points out the great advan- tage: of the preposml canal over exist- in: highways, and expresses the opinion that, even it'a minimum depth of nine or ten feet be required and the work cost ten million dollars, as alleged by -M r. Kinghoru, it weal] pay to build it. The Guxue adds:â€"“ The barges of the Montreal Transportation Company have a draft of nine feet with acapacity of 15.000 to 25,000 bushels,- rhe aver- age bein: u out 20,000 bushels, and ex- perience has shown that the larger the vessel the cheaper is the cost of tran- sport proportionately. A five feet chan- nel on the Trent route would permit of its use only by barges of 10,000 bush- els capacity. and while these mightcom- petc successfully for the carrying trade, the concensus ofopiuion scented to be that. if the work is to be proceeded with, its success should be placed beyond pos- sibility of doubt by the construction of a nine foot channel.” -_ "d __ - . Run Aground. On Thursday of last week the steam- er Cobaconlc lelt Feuelon Falls with sev- eral parties of ladies and children, numbering altogether upwards of twen- ty, as she frequently does in She weath- er, and as she did not return that night no little anxiety was suffered by the relatives of the excursionists, as there was no knowing what might have hap- pened. The first report: next morning was that she had been detained by saw- logs, as she often had been before; but by about 10 o’clock parties from linse- dale brought the correct: news, which was to the effect. that several of the members of Mr. George Laidlaw's fam- ily had been taken on board at his sum- mer residence at West Bay, that one of his sons, wishing to steer, had been per- mitted to do so, and had proved his proficiency in the art. by running the C’oboconlc agrouan close to Hog Island, and thatf all efforts to get her afloat had proved unsuccessful. As five carriages had left the Falls for Coboconk with the Montreal deputation just before the news of the Coboconk’s mishap arrived, Mr. Cunningham, who had several rel- atives on board, harnessed a horse and drove to Rosodalc,â€"â€"witbin about two miles of which village the steamer lay, --â€"-.with the intention of bringing all the entire party in small boats and putting them into the carriages on their return from Coboconk; but, by the time he reached his destination she had been got into deep water, and arrived at Fenclon ‘ Falls early in the afternoon.' .._,.~_..--.~._________. l She was aground from 4 p. m. on Thursday un- Vthe water. "pears to have struck his head against a don't: want to'go down the riipids." Mr. Elliott Bryson replied, “ Yes, I‘ve been down there before, but I had not the children with me then." _ ward the boat jumped the full of four feet, and a huge wave frightened the oc- cupants of the frail craft. Alfred Bry- sou, forcseeiugduoger, calledput, “The boat: will sink," and took all his vest to be prepared for an emergency. Almost immediately another wave swamped the boat and precipitated its occupants into Mr. Benjamin Bryson ap< rock, as he became almost: immediately unconscious, and could make no effort to save himself. Elliott. struggled man- _fully to save his little brother and sister, but: the young lady broke away from him, and saved herself in a manner that. seems little short of miraculous by swim- ming about seven acres, when she was picked up by a' canoe from' the shore. Alfred climbed on to the boat, which was bottom uppermost, until he felt. it sinking, when he alsoistruck out; for the shore. The two older brothers, both splendid swimmers, and Claude, the “baby” brother, were all" three lost, Elliott evidently sacrificing hisown life endeavouring to save his little brother Claude. was choked by a roller. I-Iameliu saved himself by swimming. Miss Alice Bry- son was well nigh exhausted by her long and marvelous swim, and fainted directly she was taken from the water. Her dress appears to have become in- flated with air, and so to act to home ex- t of Revision. Penelon Council. that a boy and a female servant. were missing therein. Several people at once Cameron, July 13. 1830. l set to work to clear_avray the L’t'llrl-S. The council met as adjourned Court. ‘ At length the kitchen.qu entered, and All the members present. the servant was found in a corner with Mint'rt'és; eflast' sitting of the Court rind a besinr acr‘ss her. and being insensible and approved. . t and dreadfully injured‘i'u many respects, Moved by Mr. Ilaiiielisccon'd by Mr. l and the nephew was discovered lying Isaac, That Lot 13 north of Mill street, ' close 50 her in' a shocking condition. Sliortiv alter- ' The last words Benjamin ut- ~. ‘ tered were, “where's baby ?f” when he Cainbmy, be struck off the uomrcsidéut Both of the sufferers “ion: at once con- roll and entered to Mr. I). Alger on the vcyed'to the hospital. where the girl resident; roll.-â€"Carricd. Moved by Mr. Moyucs. Mr. Jordan, That Messrs. Greene & Ellis's assessment be reduced $100.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Moyucs, sec- onded by Mr. Jordan, That. the assess. ,ment roll of this municipality as finally revised be new adoptedâ€"Carried. The council then took up general business. The reeve in the chair. Miti- utes of last meeting of council read and ‘approved. Moved by Mr. Isaac, seconded by Mr. Downer. That. a by-law, to amend by-law No. 371, be received and read a first. timeâ€"Carried. Bydaw received and passed in the usual manner, Mr. Jordan in the chair. Moved by Mr. Downer, seconded by Mr. Moynes, That the clerk be instruct- -ed to notify the authorities of the Vic- toria Railway Co., that they are requir- ed to build cattle guards and proper crossings at the place where that. rail- way crosses the 7th con., as the said concession is now required for public travel.-â€"Carried. I Moved by Mr. Isaac, seconded by Mr. Downer, That a by-law confirming the action of the rcevc in the equaliza- tion of the Union School Sections in this municipality be receivcd'ahd’ read a first time.â€"Carricd. , Bydaw received and passed in the usual manner, Mr. Downer in the chair. Moved by Mr. Isaac, seconded by tent asa life-preserver. Theâ€" grief of ’Mr. Moynes, Tliaf. the application of the bereaved mother when the news was broken to her was terrible, as well it might: be. Her boys were her pride, and the stay of her declining days. The escape of the young lady is almost mar- vellous. FIELD MEETING.â€"â€"A religious field meeting was held at Rosedalc on Sunday last, and the attendance of people from the surrounding country was very large. There were three services during the day, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. Mr. Glover, the Rev. Mr. Meth- erell and the Rev. Mr. Evans, all of Fenelon Falls. 33$” anrisrnv.â€".\Ir. Neelands, dentist, Lindsay, will be at the McArthur House on Monday, the 26th inst., WELL Sotoâ€"Hr. Noble Ingram, of the Mansion House in this village, sold lithe “ nigh ” horse of his omnibus team for $147 50 in Lindsay on Monday last. The horse is agood one,â€"youug, sleek, sound and full of go,â€"but the price was a good one too, alike compli- lll 000“ “93‘? day, dill"ng the ‘l'lmle 0f mentary to the animal and satisfactory which time all the excursionists remain- ed on board except a few of the ladies, who were taken to a farm house by some young men who were camping out and gallantly went: to the rescue, but who in the darkness managed to spill one precious boat-load into the lake, though the mishap fortunately happen- cd so near shore that there was no dif- ficulty in saving them. In the morn- ing hunger stared those left. on board in the face, as their provisions had giv- en out ; but after the steamer got afloat and reached West Bay with the Laid- law party all sorts of eatablcs were sent. from the house, so that: the adults cs- capcd the dreadful necessity of eating the children, all of whom behaved ad- mirably, considering the discomforts they were unavoidably subjected to. Captain McFadden, who had to be in Toronto on Thursday, rowed out. from Rosedalc to the steamer on Friday morning while she was aground, and his internal emotions may be more casi- ly imagined than described, as the boat. had been chartered by the Feuelon Falls council to convey the Montreal deputation over the portion of'the Trent Valley Canal which lies between this village and Coboconk, and of course he could not fulfil the contract and lost the amount he was to have received. Fire in ,Lakefield. About half past 9 o‘clock last Monday night the large steam saw mill at. the north end of the village. owned by Ross 4'; 00., of Quebec, caught: fire from some unknown cause, and as the four hand engines in the cerporation could not, on account of the heat, be got. near enough to be of much service, a telegram ask- ing for help was sent to I’eterboreugh. As there was no engine at; the station, the arrival of the night train had to be awaited, and by the time the steam fire engine reached Lakcfield the mill was a mass of ruins. In about two hours the embers were extinguished, but a strict watch had to be kept for fear the fire might again break out, as the foun- dation consisted of slabs and sawdust to a depth of fully ten feet. Fortunately the rain had dampened everything in the vicinity, as an immense amount of lumber was piled close by, and the wind was also very favorable, blowing direct- ly out on the river and away from the lumber. The mill was built by the Stricklands and cost $60,000, but was bought from the estate a few years ago for $25,000 by Messrs. Ross & Co. They estimate their entire loss at. from $225,000 to $30,000. and have an insur- ance of$l0,0li0. The It’em'cw, to which we are indebted for the above particu- lars, says that. the I’cterborough firemen were received in a rather cool manner by the Lakefield people. especially by the Reeve. who thought the Messrs. Ross ought to pay for the coal consum- ed by the steamer, although the fire was within the corporation, and the firemen, quite naturally, speak rather hardly in return of the authorities and the citi. zcns. Terribleâ€"Boating Achcident. A sad accident happened at Iiivieve dc Prairie or [lack Iliver, Q, on Mon- day last. if}. .\ifrv:~i root with a French I lf'ivc members of a familyl named Bryson. ri'.:., Benjamin and El- liott. :rown up yuan: men. Alice. aged j turd 0. and Claude. agol' Montreal Tramp-(rim :3 a pvturvrsqun spot about a mile and'a‘, _ L r E u . . . ‘ - - , ' . ' . .t t . .. I g, n ‘ m . » lt-m t'ommnj'. “In: a canal tor Vfirfll" hall from {flair rut l- Lu: “1“” ‘1 p": L” mm‘ m n to Mr. Ingram. Rncovnamo.-â€"We are glad to be able to announce that. the Rev. Mr. Lo- gan, of; this village, is recovering, though not so rapidly as could be wished, from the illness from which he has been suf- fering during the past fortnight. On Wednesday morning he was well enough to be taken out. in. a phzcton. and, al- though he was somewhat fatigued by the drive, later reports have been more favorable, and we hope soon to hear that, his health is completely restored. A HEAVY STOCK.-â€"-Thc two stores in Scully’s block, which so long remain- ed idle, are now both occupied. Mr. George Keith commenced business in one of them a few months ago, and the other husjust been rented by Mr. Wm. Campbell, who has moved some of his goods into it. The lease of Mr. Camp- bell’s old promises does not expire until September next, when he will decide whether he will move or not; but. his stock is so large as to be a positive in- convenience, and he was in a measure compelled to get: some ofit, out of the way for which purpose be rented the va cant; store in Scully’s block. ' A TIN B.\SD.â€"Fcnclon Falls now can boast; of not only a brass band but of a tin band also, the instruments in which are bottomless boilers,'kcttles, saucepans and other worn out culinary utensils, supplemented by tin horns, and the per- formers juveniles of tender years. They meet. for practice in the Mansion House driving shed every day after breakfast, dinner and tea, and generally keep at it. until hunger or exhaustion or dark- ness sets in and causes a temporary ad- journment. for refreshment or sleep.â€" Thc tin band was organized soon after the 12th of July, and the impression is that the members imagine that. they contribute not a little towards the sup- port of Protestantism, especially as in their procccssions they are decorated with colored paper imitations ofOrange rcgalia. So far, their musical efforts are productive of any amount of noise I and no melody ; but the discordant demonstration appears to afford such in- tense enjoyment to the little fellows who participate in it, that they will probably be allowed to go on marching and toot- iug and beating their tinware until they grew tired of the amusement, which lovers of peace and quietness hope will be before long. The Roads in Manitoba. Extract from a letter from Mr. Jos'h Tees, Pembina Crossing. Manitoba: “ I wrote by last mail from Moun- tain City, 21 miles from here, where I went. for a part: of our baggage, and had a terrible time getting home. I was one whole day going five miles, and 3 had to unload my waggon six times in I that. distance; there are some fearful: mud holes in the read now, and my l J. W. Reid, and others requesting the council to purchase a road allowance around a hill on the 5th eou. lot 1, be laid over for further consideration.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Downer, seconded by Mr. Moynes, That, the following bills be paid : M. I]. Berkley, plank for bridges, $22 48; A. Caldcrtcofiiu the. for Flora McNeevin, $6 90; D. Gilchrist, putting railing on bridge on 2nd con, $16; also that Mrs. McNeeviu receive $4 to assist in maintaining an orphan cliild.â€"â€"C:ir‘d '- The council then adjourned, to meet at Cambray, on the 30th of August, to levy the annual rates. School trustees will please take notice. PREPARATIONS FOR THE Gill-EAT SHOW TO BE III-ELI) IN SEPTEM DER. NEXT. Encouraged by the satisfitctory re- sults which attended the holding of the Exhibition in 1870. the Toronto Indus- trial Exhibition Association havc gone into the work of arranging for their next Exhibition with a zeal which is certain to insure success. The prize list for the exhibition for 1880 basjust been issued, the amount, of premiums offered being increased from $20,000 to $23,000, which is independent of prizes offered for special features in addition to the regular Exhibition. The l‘lxhi- bition is to continue for two weeks. com- mencing on Monday. the 6th of' Sept'r, and closing on Saturday the 18th. Profiting by the experience of last year, the Directors have made several changes in the prize list and regulations for the present, your. The prizes for carriage horses have been increased. A number of prizes are also offered for special features ind opcndent of the reg- ular Exhibition, including $100 for trials of speed in the horse ring: S-tOO for a bench show of (logs; 8300 for Caledonian games; also for bicycle races, .ridiug by ladies on horseback, donkey races, and hurdl’c leaping, and 8‘50 for walking horses. The board are arrang- ing for several more special features of a most interesting character, but which the Association are not yet: in a posiâ€" tion to announce to the public. Copies of the prize list. and forms of entry have been sent to the secretaries of all the agricultural and horticultural societies and mechanic-5' institutes in the Province; also to the secretaries of Dominion granges, railway station a- gents, and principal postroffiecs, where they can be seen by any one interested. 1 Full particulars will also be furnished by the secretary of the Association to any one requiring such, on applying for the sumoâ€"Globe. Fearful Gas Explosion. A WHOLE DISTRICT I’ll" LONDON LAID IN RUINS. A terrific gas explosion, or rather se- ries of explosions, lately took place in the immediate neighborhood of Tottcnâ€" ham Court-road. London, Eng, caused by a worknmu incautiously approach‘ in: the huge main pipe with an open light. Houses, to the number of more than ~100, were injured by the shock, which was felt to the north and west of the scene, and the streets were terribly torn up, vast gaping caverns bring op- ened up under the very {Lot of the pass l The loss of life was. yonder-I crs-by. fully small, about six altogether, with ’ eighteen injured seriously, but the es- cnpes were something marvellous. l The unfortunate workman who onus- ! ed the explosion had been many years in the Company's service. He was i killed on the spot. having been driven, together with the iron cap, adistance of , tWenty-seven feet into the open pipe (up i posite the end of that. :it which he was working. IIl'! body presented a horrid l seconded by l in its equatorial regions. An old farmer living near l’etrolia, I’eun., having made 8100;030- iu oil, rc- fused to put. faith. in Books or to invert stores had to be left 5 miles from Moon. 2 spectacle, being burned to a crisp and tain City, as I had all I could do to get l awfully shattered. llis companion, W. through with scarcely any load. If the 3 Burr, though not killed outright, was Government would spend a few thou- 3 even more terribly mutilated ; and, of sand dollars On these main roads where l ter undergoing amputation of one of his all the settlers have to pass they would 3 legs. with so much'ofthc thigh as rear-l)- do more to hpr to settle the country i ed almost. to the lopjmut,hesuccumbed than all their blowing agents, as many 3 to his injuries an<l_tlm geuvral slim-l.- to trv to get here and 20 back discouraged, the system, dying to the course of the or-into Dakota. The road from here same night. The third man, who was to Hint-Mn (70 miles) is quite good, standing on the cap a moment b‘efc-rcl with the exception of about 10 miles, 3 the explosion, and who escaped ttti-;!tt'l., ' but where they are bad it is impossible '5 to ,th through. A party has opened a store in our village, but. the roads are in such a condition that he cannot get witnesvs of the dive"! -r at titlirr if ii~ successive points. In Charlotte :trcc-g, -.-r.v no flame, nor was any perceived by ' . ilied‘at one and the boy soon afterwards. in another street three people were buried where the ground had caved in. Toastedte has. ' Dr. Schweinfurth, in a‘ lecture which : l“‘tldl"\d ‘x"‘~-‘. . n. l‘tCtli y mum at the lurlintieo [L we Princess Louise finds hem" graphical Society on the' subject _of his latest; explorations in Central Africa, gave his hearers a‘ thrilling account of the mode of capital punishment. inflict- ed upon criminals of AlQuadjis, astuall tributary offshoot, of the great and paw erf'ul Djeur people. The malcfactor courlcmued'to die is bound to a post firmly driven into the ground in some open space, where no trees afford ashade and is there slowly roasted to deathâ€" not by fuel, but. by the natural heat: of the sun’s rays as they reach our earth To protract his sufferings and avert his too speedy. and by sunstroke, the ingenious A‘lQuadi jis cover their erring com iatriot‘s head with fresh-gran leaves, which effectual- ly shield his brain from I’hmbus‘s darts. No such protection, however, is accord~ ‘ ed to his body, which gradually dries up, shrinks together, and ultinmthly‘bc- comes carbonized. One chance of sni- vntion is open to the roasting man, - while as yet he is not completely“ done to death.” Ifa cloud passes between the sun and his place of torment. he is at once cast loose from his post. and be‘ comes the object of‘a‘uiversal reverence. as a mighty magician, in whose behalf the supernatural powers have designed directly to intervene. But. clouds sel- dom interfere with the administration of justice on the days chosen for public executions by the Althtdjis authorities; at. least, that appears lobe Dr. Sohwein- furth’s experience of African weather, as far as it bears upon the judicial roasting of malcfaetors. ._______ Troubles of Wealth. his money. He kept. the rolls of green- backs in his farm house looked boxes and trunks. The money became damp, mildcwcd and mou'ldy. When he discovered the condition of his mou- cy he took the notes from their hiding places and spread. them in the sun about his orchard to dry. The spectacle of a fortune lying loose on the ground among ,the apple trees was witnessed by lum- drcds who were attracted to the farm by the singular proceeding. The mon- ey was thus exposed for two days, guard- ed by the farmer. his wife, daughter and hired man. Then it was returned to the boxes. Three nights after the, grccnbacks were housed the farmer woke up to find three masked men in his bed- room. They bouud the old man and his family. and had discovered and seâ€" curcd $1,000 of the hidden treasure when they were frightened away by the return ofthe hired man from l’etrolia. Subsequently his house was broken into by the three men maring masks. The old man and his “iii: fought them until they were unconscious. In the struggle the masks were torn from the faces of up in two of the men, and they were rccog-' uizcd. The neighbors went. to the res- cue, aud the robbers were followed, but escaped to the woods. Three days af- terwards the three were captured. They have recently been sentenced to five years each Iii the penitentiary. The farmer still refuses to 'selcet any safer place of deposit. for his wealth titan his own house. -.___~.._ Wonderful Lightning geek. Glen Sutton, 1’. (2., was visited the other day by about. the liveliest and the most, versatile streak of light- ning we ever heard of. During the heavy shower there, the lightning struck a house owned', we believe, by a man named Larock, and occupied by Mr. Odette. At‘tbe time of the shower Od- ette was sitting at the dinner table, and there were five or six persons besides in the house. The lightning struck the chimney first, tearing it. away down to the first floor and scattering the bricks and plastering in all directions; it dis- jointed all the rafters on one side of the roof, struck a clock in the room, tore the inside all out, melted the ring which hung, with the watch, under the clock ; threw the watch into another room, knocked in saucer from Odette's hand and burned a hole in the table cloth in front of him. took a prop-stick from an upstair window and carried it through a down stairs room, torn a big stone out of the cellar wall, and knocked a pork barrel to splinters. besides making itself conspicuous in other ways. Strange as it may seem, no one in the house was hurt, though Odette. was (-ousidt-raply astonished; and-1 school teacher who was there at the time was H) shocked that she fainted after the lightning had finished its papers and withdrawn. Al- together, it. was a wonderful performance such as occurs very seldmn.~~St. Affirm .Itft'til'fffil'f. H. . . .-,.-oâ€" â€"â€". .. â€" .- a Bold Rat. Lest. 'I'uazsday's lilo/m has the. follow- in: item from l’arkdale among its sur- hurbnn news :-â€"â€" taken up his abode under the sidewall; 4 part of‘l nr rewards; no marking syllem or unripe-L IIe had been in tho habit i itire examinations. on Queen street in the central the village. of visiting a neighboring boom. and had felt so much at borne that he determin- (:d not to be, disturbed. Con-table Quin trout to arrc-t him one day, and limit with him as a conipanion a small llIJCk' anddno dog. The dog proved a failure. The n: «time-.1 him and ma 1.1.1.: «.1- his tail. (Ins-waldo Quin is so tall that on it. \l'.'|~ off in and .l, penal-«HI. the windows in front of the house bad i to frmpient, and. tho lzvlv threw some i ibcen blown away, and it. was know-ritual. water on him. I . . , own sake are invited to attend. for mine time past a large rnt had , “M View”, My”. ,, m, "m. l be ready on August with. He rivetith this; ma _ ..__. A .. WM 0 . "t treatment and ttil'atxf‘e. .vicious that she. mslv‘e, tack him again; residents of the house canie‘tt'i‘xgutilttenl, when one of them by a well .directadl- blew with a poker settled the cutter of " this wonderful mt. , ’ rem}: *mw..-â€" The Princess Louise.‘ DISTURBINO STATE OF HER HEALTH. ‘ . tapas“ Chalet, a. D. 0., has issued the following ofiicial announcement as ~to the health of Her Royal Highness .the Princess Louise :â€" Quebec, July 19th. We are authorised to state that II.ll.. compelled to follow the medical advice she has received. She has been pre- scribed complete rest to regain her, strength, which has been afl‘ecfcd by the injuries sustained from the accident. of,“ Just winter when going to the Senate Chamber at Ottawa to hold a reception. By order of her medical adviser tho Princess will proceed to Europe early next month to visit one of the German: wateripg places, and will afterwards gel for a time to England. .- Paris has a new dog club, to which' no one can come unless accompanied by ,a bulldog, King Charles terrier or sct~ ter. A Detroit boy found a railroad signal torpedo, and placing it. on his knee ho hammered it with a brick until it ex. ploded, blowing away his leg. A man was lately killed in Kansas by the fall of an teroliteâ€"a very unusual ‘ occurrence, notwithshtnding” tlmrgc 7-- numbers of meteors which naturally reach tie earth's surface. They have a sleeping girl at Turvillc, ‘ Bucks, England. She has been in a trance for. nine years, living on wine. and milk. A local physieiou thinks‘ she is pai‘alyzed and unconscious. J Among the curiosities of the census in St. Louis is the discovered fact. of, the existence there of a man whose name was Adam, who was married to a woman named Eve. The two were born‘ in Chicago'on the same day. New Advertisements. Pliflilllllllllllil. f 0 PERSONS WIIO WISH TO SECURE . for their sons and daughters a thoroung and practical education, and to young men and women who purpose preparing for Sec- ' end and ’l‘hird-Class ’l'caclicrs' Examina- tions, or for Matriculation into the Univers- ity, or into the Law Society, or into the College of Physicians ltlltI Surgeons, this institution oil‘crs peculiar advantages. Its special features are :â€" lst. .-\lthoughcudowcd and maintained by the Society of Friends, it is open to‘ A young peeple of both sexes of all dumminu- (ions. All students are expected to attend some place of worship, but it may he that which they or their parents or guardlanl select. 2nd. It aims to give a first-rate education at the lowest possible cost. The fees not only $150 per annum, or a proportionate amount for ashortcr limo; and they includev tuition, hoard, washing, fuel, light, etc.â€" cvt-ry necessary expense execpt text-books." 3rd. Its curriculum and studies are pre- cisely the some as in our best High Schools and Collegiate Institutes. llut students at- tending this College have many advant- ages not to be obtained in most lligli Schools: such as board in College building, a reading room well supplied with the but current news and literature, comfortable study rooms, parlours, bedrooms, etc., gyltr unsiums, playgrounds, etc. 4th. It is aimed to make the Scientific Department as thorough as possible. A very complete chemical apparatus has been purchased in Philadelphia. suitable iorliecr omi Class and intermediate work. Every student in the department will be required to become a practical experimenter. 5th. A Commercial Form is established in which students are thoroughly taught Commercial Arithmetic, )omposltlou and Book-keeping. Any student in the Corn- nierciai form may take any other subject in addition. tith. Students who do not wish to prepare for any examination may take an optional Conn-n, and devote their: time to special subjects. 71b. The means nilorrfed for mental ro- crention are ample. Its-sides the reading room, there is a Literary Society which meets once a week. and a course of lectures by leading cducationieta and others will be delivered during the winter. Htii. The College building in In arranged that. the sexes are separate except flitting recitation» and in the dining-room. Itb- ._; and young men are under the cb-Iko ' the House-master. Young ladWJlr the Governors. ‘Jth. The Committee and Ufllmnt hope t maintain a good moral term in the school. Iiihh: classes are held every Sunday after. noon. On Sunday evenings, lectures on tnnrnll, character and mnduct are deliver- (“I by the Principal. The managctncnt built. by 'lenlinz fairly and carrying out faithfully all that in an: drrtakcn, to secure a good clan of Modem. None but than willing to do work for its The idle lid of. There are no prints, lthOllfllllpll, The management can contidcntiyrefcr to the work done injtboCollegc durin‘tlic inst HM, (tin).an have been "racially fvmeI for all the l’rofenimmi and l'nlvenity Rx. animations. The results of Ila yen“ reunion in tinsel-taunt will ht detailed f 8 in u,., new " Announcement," Illicit will [fly/In}!!! llltnlinll "given lat/tr Ijarrrn'mm format-inn Ex- . ' ' l‘up‘lflh" whirl; is now l/w MM! imlnlrtuul twin“. hi; («ml-l r-u’tlvlt ill“ {at I’ll-t lth f rumination Isn’ft'u l/tl' another dintâ€"slum. Swat «luv the rat. vuu- . twl tli: limtn‘ trim-7. 3w mu rimmbuum-J I 'Im in”. For full partil:ulau,mul furtlic“ Cullt'gc' Ammuncrumtiil,” apply to J. 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