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EN ie up MOST APPROVED KINDS SEST STYLE OF THE ART T H E Large Circulation 2s COLUMN PAPERp Dundalk Guide Job Department. NEW PRESSES. TYPE, &e. ~ Drundalk G uide Medium for Advertisers. The STATION, JOB WORK DUNDALK GUIDE," ;EA DING MATT". romptitude LOCAL NEWS, AMILY NEWSPAPER uns a vast amount of OF THE LATEST Price $1.00 rer Axyux SV O Ti K. vitu tas GREATEST C Bppomite makes it an excellent MARKET REPORT3, All who waut a good TOWXSEXD & CO. AND es Great Facilities cing «atisfied by leaving their orders. INX ADVANCE. i subscrib for the s turnished with AND TAGBR FREE OF PRINTING OFFICE, NEARLT NDA LK THE the T II wishing « very best style, and kinds of EDITORIAAS, REMEMBER THE STAND: OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE, and call and secure good reliable: timeâ€" All work warranted, and satisfaction guar anteed. YIOLINS, MUSICAL Watches, Clocks, The undersigned, while thanking his mumerous customers and the public generâ€" ally for the very liberal patronage bestowed wpon him since commoencing business in Dundalk, wishes to intimate to the inhabiâ€" tants of Dundalk and surrounding country that he has removed from his old stand to his new building on Main Street, OPPOSITE THE POST OFFTICE, where he has a carefully selected stock of Correct Time! MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER Opposite the Post Offiice, Mary Street, â€" â€" DUNDALK. February 8, 1877. _JOHX NICELE. Dundalk, Jan. 29, 1877. Contracts taken for carpentering and buildâ€" ing of all kinds. My facilities for building enable me t> do work promptly and in a satisâ€" factory manner. Orders from a distance proiwptly attended to. Sashes and doors made to order. Duadalk ,Februay 8, 1877. Al kinds of timber for building purposes eonstantly on hand at the lowest prices. T. B. GRADY, D. C. w. Dundalk, March, 15th 1877. _ yâ€"7 Carpenter and Framer. Repairing done at his shop, §uh npd papel doors made to orâ€" Buildlor‘s and Contractor‘s NOTICH. Srzorat ArtExTIOX Parn to ReparRixc. der. #=n. Remember the standâ€"two doors below the Post Office, Good accommodation for the traveling ub lic. The bar -ufl:lied with the choicest l1â€" quore and the best cigars. An attentive hostler always on han? at the stables. Jaxes Conca®, proprietor, Firstâ€"class accommodation for the public, The best viands on hand. all of which will be sold cheap for cash. Provincial Land Surveyor, Civil Engineer, Dn-fitm.nn, Land Agent, Conveyancer, Physicians and Surgeons cf Ontario. Office â€"Dundalk, Ont. University Silver Medalist, Trinity College, I:nqto. and _ Mcmber of _th@ V(.'('llegefiof THE VULCAN WORKS, At‘ofln;â€"at-hw, Solicitor in _ Chancery Notary Public, Conveyancer, &¢. â€" Office anc residenceâ€"Dundalk. o evenihogalnnietaniiatainictiantnedided Ircssald c 24 free of charge. STRAY ANIMALS, &e., advertised three weeks for $1, the advertisement not to exâ€" eeed 8 lines, Advertisements, except when accompanied by written instructions to the contrary, are i-'-uud until forladden, ard charged at regâ€" wla» vatas Miss Gokey, OWEX sOUXD Sr., DUNDALK. Casual advertisements charged 8 ote. p;; Line for the first insertion, and 2 cts. per line fer each subsequent insertionâ€"brevier measâ€" RATES OF ADVERTISING. Prolouionalandblnnoucard‘, per year, $ 4 Quarter column, PCE YERL . : ++ 1 «xur s» «4 « c KB 1y e o4 s s3 w Half columm, _ ___ * _ One column, hi Do. six month~. . Do. three months TERMS:â€"#1 pe:eu in Advance, wa. $1.50 if not paid within two months. "@3 Mars StrReet, Dunda‘]k’ o j t Ont which will be got when ordered. At the Office, Proton posite the Railway BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Every February 1, 187 ANGLO AMERICAN HOTEL DUNDALK. CONCERTINAS, Owex Sous» Street, Builder, Contractor, &e., &¢ ROBERT K. MARSHALL, AND JEWELRY, QUEEX‘S HOTEL, MAIN ST., DUNDALK. JAMES HANNA and all kinds of Jocal news, inserted RICHARD CLARE, ISAAC TRAYNOR, Late of Guelph, DR. MeWILLIAM, NORTH â€" SIDE JAMES LA MON, INSTRUMENTS, ACCORDEONS, Samver MceCurnocm, Prop J. TOWNSEXND & CO "GUIDE " 'l‘hursday, of Htreet, nearly opâ€" Passenger Station, OF Dexpark. after you "pay up, pay up!" I am a citizen of Dundalk amf‘ tradesman and have mine they loo:\ngef wellâ€"toâ€"do. The exâ€" periment is w trying. no trouble with my customers. It so hapâ€" pens that when thqy beeome.mm.t_x.nn of Pay up is a nostrum got up by people to delude their creditors and to injure Kmddk The words "Pay Up," have spread over tlie country like the Potatoe Bugn If a distance from home and the people know you are from Dundalk, the clufin n will be erying Cure for ‘Pay Up.‘ Special attention given to making ladies and gents sewed boots. ‘Terms strictly cash or good mercantile produce taken in exchange for boots and shoes. Reparrine Proxptiy AtrEXDED To. N. B. Ail accounts unpaid by the 15th of March will be placed in Uourt for collection without reserve. 15 at greatly reduced prices to suit the times, and as none but firstâ€"class workmen are emâ€" ployed, and with his own experience in the busicess for the past 15 years, he feels confidâ€" ent in saying that entire satisfaction will be The undersigned, in returning thauks to the inhabitants of Dunda‘k and surrounding country for the very liberal patronage given in the past, would also call lf:;ir attention to the face that he is determine to sell Boots and Shoes All those indebted, either by Note or Book Account, are requested to settle up immediately. Goods for Cash as Cheap as can be had West of Orangeville. Save Your Health JOHN NXORVAL. Dundalk, March, 9th, 1877. aâ€"6 DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, CROCKERY, Etc. Corner of Main & Queen St. Dundalk. March 2nd. D U N D A LK Cash Store! Most Fashionable STYLES Family Flour Prepared to Receive Orders s. IIManey. Dundalk, Jan. 29, 1877. TAILORING. A. G. HUNTER, CommIsstoncr im tz QurEex‘s | Bexou. CLOTHING, January, 29, 1877. KEEPING YOUR FEET DRY! Make up the Wishes to inform all those who require his services, that he is Remember the stand, Main DUNDALK. J. W, MORROW, F1 ‘__ n f‘: . Vol. I. No. 16. ACALL SOLIICITED ! ESTABLISHMENT. ALWAYS ON MAND. A SUPPLY OF Goop Chittick, MaIx strfen, AND IN THE DUNDALK. AND To up!" I am a on short notice. Street, had met and loved Lydia in the day of his foolish idleness, and she had insisted that he do some manly work or she could not â€"yes, she could and did love him ; but he must show himself worthy of her love. Already he had advanced, and she was well pleased with his progress, and they had become engaged. A grimy, dusty man, in unlovely garâ€" ments, but, in her eyes, he wasa man A sooty man, clad in blue canvas with smoke and dust. Only a brakeman! No; a trifle betterâ€"the conductor of the freight train. A year ago he had been glad to take the place of a brakeman, and he had already been promoted. Love did it. He With ajar that shook the ground the immense freight engine rolled past her, and the engineer, leaning out of his window, nodded to her as he slid past. Then the cars in long procession came inâ€" to sight and moved past with slowly deâ€" creasing speed. Four brakemen busy at the brakes went past, and still he came not. â€" At last, the rear car appeared, and a young man swung himself down from the iron ladder on the car and sprang to the ground at her feet. Saddenly the main line track before her began to sing in sharp metallic murmurs. The train had entered that section of the road and he was near.. Then there came the sound of escaping steam. The engine was slowing down, and the steam no longâ€" er employed, was bursting with a loud roar from the safety valve as if impatient of delay. ‘ He comes! sho heard the three long whistles far down the line, . and a blush monnted to herface. The train would stop. ‘That was the signal for the station master. Her brother came out of the freight house spoke pleasantly to her and then walked on toward the switch at the head of the siding. Lydia walked on past the freight house, and crossed the side track found a large flat rock beside the way and there under the sliade of an ancient apple tree she sat down to wait till her lover . should conit To understand all that took place on this occasion, and to fully appreciate her consummate skill in controlling the ever.s so quickly to crowd upon hor, wo must study the construction of the road at this point. The main line for more than a mile to the right, or toward the east, was porfectly straight and comparitively level. To the left, or west, it crossed a deep valâ€" ley by a lofty stone viaduct, and beyond the valley it curved toward the north and mounted the hill by a long grade. Just east of the station a branch road entered the main line and there was, as might be supposed,, a erossâ€"over . switch. Beyond the passenger station, on the west, was a small siding ending in a small freight shed.and coal yard. At this point there was also another erossâ€"over switch, ‘ On reaching the passenger station where the village street crossed the railway she locked up and down the line and then ercssed over and turned to the leit and walked bocide the track toward the freight house. _ So one counted the hours by the trains, Lydia by name, a girl of the best New England type, quiet, and yet with an imâ€" mense capacity for doing and daring should love and the occasion demand. The local freight would come next and thenâ€"then she would see him again. She laid aside her work, put some splitâ€"zephyr vanity upon her head and went out toward the railroad. As she approached the station she saw her brother, the station master, opening the local freight house on the side of the track. By this s knew the local freight world stop this time, Her heart beat the faster and she quickened her step. ] The long summer day had crept slowly away, and it was nearly five o‘clock. The hours at the railway s{ation were marked as by some gigantic clock that told the laggard iminutes by sereaming whistle and clanging bell. The 4:40 accommodation had gone east, the western express, due there at 4:45, had thundered through the village, gone on over the great viaduct, and disappeared round the vast curve beâ€" yond. Labor is noble when it stands Up for the right and true, Whene‘er is does the best it can And braves all trouble through ; Its full rewards must some day come To crown the toiler‘s head, Who deems it better far to work Than rust till he is dead. Think him not always blest who owns Broad fields and mansion proud ; His days may know no comfort, man, His heart may be low bowed. For wealth, sir, often brings unrest And cares which wili not die, And gold and lands and treasures vast May bring one misery. Put Yourself in her Plase. God made you, sir, to do and dare, To own a steadfast heart, To win rewards of labor, man, And act a noble part; He placed you here to do your best, To do all good you can, And show that steady industry With care, or ‘p:'lâ€"i;l,v :);'I;nh, Than idleness and listlessness, Than fortune linked to sloth. You think your lot is hard because You have to earn your bread ; Better wear out in labor, man, Than rust till you are dead; Better by far the lot of toil And honor make the man. LABOR IS NOBLE. POETRY. DUNDALK, MAY 17,1877. lost than a dozen. â€"Her feet seemed bolted to the ground, She must stay and see him killed, aud by her hand. The rails began to murmur with the tread of the adâ€" destruction. mean? Her brain seemed to be on fire. She could do nothing but gaze upon the advancing car in dumb horror. Ahi ‘The passengers! Could she not save them. With a violent wrench she opened the switch again and stood holding the bar in She sprang to the middle of the track and tried to shout to the engineer of the train at the station. She made motions to back down out of danger, Her tongue elove to the roof of her mouth, and her ery became an inarticulate moan, Onward came the car, She could see her lover upon it frantically waving his hands from right to left. What did it Involuntarily she spread out her arms and.let them fall to her side three or four times in successionâ€"the signal to put on the brake. "How foolish! . He cannot see me, and â€""_ She leaned against the switch frame and shook with fear and agony. The brake was broken. Swift and swifter moved the disabled car. It was coming down the track gainâ€" ing speed at every rod. No. It was moving backward.. It was beginning to roll down grade. It was moving faster and faster. There was a man upon itâ€"her lover,. Ah! the train had parted! Faint and far away carme the short, skarp danger whistle. A sing‘e car had broken loose from the train, and had been left behind. It was standing alone on the track. Suddenly she put up both hands to shade her eyes, and leaned forwarl on the switchâ€"frame. â€" What had happened. . Two tiny puffs of steam rose from the engine, It was a signal to stop. Bad engineering as this arrangement was, it was not so serious as it seemed, for this passenger train did not follow the freight train excopt for three miles, when it reachod the end of its tripand was turnâ€" ed, off into a siding. a1 She turned .once more to look.atter the retreatiog freight train. It was in full view, climbing the grade on the great She looked back down the road and saw t‘ t the train had oentered the line from the branch and was just pulling up at the station to discharge passengers. It may seem surprising that a passenger train should be allowed to follow â€" a freight train so closely. __ To close and lock the switch was neither difficult nor dangerous, and she quictly walked on to the end of the siding till she came to the switch post. â€" Tere she leaned against the wooden frame for a little space, shading her eyes from the sun with her hand, and watching the train. It had run around the valley and was turning into the great curve that crept upward in & long grade over the Lill beyond. It was now 8 mile away and she could no longer distinguish any one on the cars. She turned slowly away, seized the iron bar of the switch and easily threw it over into place so as to leave the mainline open for the next train. She took the keys mechanically, and then turned to gaze after her lover seated on the last car of the retreating train. It had passed out of the switch and was crossing the great viaduct and moving more and more swiftly away. "The passenger train follows this at once, and I must go to the station. Will you please close the switch after them 2 ‘ Car after car rolled past them. There were hurried whispers, a warm handâ€"shake and perhaps a kiss, and then the young man swung forward, grasped the ladder on the last car, climbed quickly to the top and sat down. She stood gazing after him as he was drawn away from, her, and smiled and waved a farcwoll to him with her handkerchicf. "HMere Lydia, you must help me." It was her brother who stood before her a bunch of keys in his hand. There was ashout from the building, and then one of the brakemen began to move his arms as a signal to go on. Again the white pufls shot up in the distance, and with a jar and quiver the train startcd So saying, the station master went on into the freight house, followed by the rattling and rumbling cars. They graduâ€" ally lost their speed ard then cams to a stop with the end of the train lost in the dark cavern of the freight ouse. "Good day, Alfred. Light freight toâ€" day, only one carâ€"by the way, the brake chain is broken, and you had better drop the car at the repair sloys. The freight can be thrown out without leaving the It becomes us not to linger while they talk together beside the track. The train moved slower and slower till finally the last car stopped just beyond the switch. The iron horse was moved on, the station master signalled with his armsin a curious fashion, and each of the four brakeman reâ€" peated the motion in turn. White puffs of steam rose high in the air from the further end of the train. A curious rattling sonnd spread through the train, and the last car backed down, turned aside, and entered the siding. The staticn master left the switch and came hastily toward the lovers. made for better things. As he stood beâ€" side her one could see in his clear eyes and sensible face that Le had stufl in him and was worthy of her love. After a slight pause the superintendent said to the young man. "I congratulate you, sir. You were on the car ?" "Yes, sir. I was on the car and saved myself at the last moment by jumping off. I landed on a pile of fine coal and got a rough turableâ€"and that was all. The car is a heap of splinters." Thon the superintendent called the young man nearer to hiin aud spoke to him priâ€" vately, aund presently they both shook hands as if greatly pleased oversomething. The young man sat down beside the girl, Some of the people laughed in foolish joy, others cried. ‘The more delicate and sensible were silent, for the meeting was not for words or description. Heé escaped from those who would detain him, and in a moment was beside her. "Where is he? Is he much hurt? Oh ! perhaps he is"â€" "Let me alone, I tell you," cried a big, bold voice in the crowd, "I must go to her." The instant the car passed she closed the switch and sprang back again to the other switch and crosed it, just in time to see the express train sweop past in safety. In an instant the helpless ecar ran into the freight house with an awful splintering crash. The express pulled up opposite the station. And in a moment a crowd of people ran shouting and frantie up the line,. â€"Rome of them lhad seen the whole | potformance and knew what it meant, but for tie majority of them it was a tragic !mystery. "She saved all our lives, and I am afraid she thinks she paid dearly for them." Suddenly she opened her eyes and sat up bewildered. The crowd moved slightly, and the superintendent advanced into the room. He took off his hat and spoke quictly to the people near, and then he stooped quictly over the unconscious girl and softly kissed her like a father. "Make way there, gentlemen. superintendent of the road is here." "No," said one of the ladies who was trying to restore the girl. "It may be too great a shock for her. Slhe must not see him yet." The little room in the station was packed with people, idlers and others, and they could with difficulty bring him in. The freight train ‘backed down to the crossâ€"over switch, and the engincers of the three trains met and began to examine the positions of the switches. A number of men also came from the express train, and among them was one who seemed in authority. He, too, ezamined the line earcfully, and the engineers éxplained the matter to hird, and listencd to his remarks with becoming deference. She could not answer. Nature had morcifully taken away her senses. They took her up tendorly and carried her to the station, and laid her upon a seat in the waiting room. â€" The passengers of the two trains crowded the room and offered every aid, for in some vague manner they began to understand that she was the creditor to the value of all their lives. She had paid for their safety with costly sacrifice. They found Lydia upon the ground by the switch, and still with the keysclutched in her hand. . What had she done? What had happened to her? Onward came the car, thundering over the viaduct and just ahead of the train. It turned quickly at the switch, rushed past her and crossed over into the siding. He had one look at her upturned face. It was full of love and helpless misery. She was sending him to certain destructionâ€"to save the express train. Hark! The whistle on the express. They have seen the imminent collision and were doing their best to avert it. She, too, must do something. With a bound she sprang to the next switch, tore it open and stood panting and moaning beside it with the bar in her hand. She must save the train even if she buried her lover under the splintered wreck of the _ All was in vaiun. He was lost. She saw him throw up his arms in despair. The very plan she had devised to save him would be his destruction. Better far to have thrown him off upon the siding as she had intended. Now he would meetamore dreadful death, and the destruction would include scores of lives instead of a dozen. All this flashed through her mind like lightning. She felt her knees give way beneath her, and she clung to the switch in despair. Great Heavens! what‘s that! The ex press ! The down express was coming. She looked up at her lover upon the car. He had seen and understood the change in the swatches. His car, helpless though it was, would cross over to the down track and roll harmlessly along the level line till its force was spent. He was saved, and by her ready wit and skill. The pasâ€" sengers in the train were also saved. TORONTO The cross over switch! Could she reach it in time she might save him. She snatched the key from the switch and ran with frantic speed up the line. She never knew how she opened the switch. With moans and cries she threw herself across the line and began to run down the other side. Could she reach that switch before the car! Its roaring ran in her ears. _ Panting, with almost bursting bosom, she reached the switch, opened it, and stood clinging to it as the car came thundering over the viaduct. ] "Ah! Why had she not thought of it before 2 $1 per year in Advance The rapidity of its current in its upper course, its tortuous windings, the shallowâ€" ness of the water in the portion which Iflows through Hungary, and in the outlets into the Black Sea, and the reefs, rapids, and whirlpools which mark its course at many points, have rendered the navigation of the Danube so difficult that its commerâ€" cial use has not yet been fully developed. The introduction of steam in 1830 inguguâ€" rated a new era in its history. By the convention of November 7, 1857, between the States through which the river flows, vessels of all nations were allowed to ascend the Danube from its mouth to any point above, but navigation between the different points was reserved to the subjects of the countries along its banks. The treaty or of March 13, 1871, authorized the levying of a provisional tax on all commercial vessels for paying for the removal of the remaining obstructions at the Tron Gate, in case that work should be undertaken. An Austrian company, which almost monopolizes the through traffic of theriver, has a very large fleet of steamers and transports. Its vessels make the voyage from Vienna to Constantinople in seven days. This company employs 150 vessels on the Lower Danube, and these are now all laid up by the hcstilities, Having passed the Carpathians, the Danube takes a southerly course, forming the boundary between Roumania and Serâ€" [vin for & short distance, and then becoming throughout the rest of its course the boundâ€" ary between Roumania and the Turkish province of Bulgaria. Bclow Widdin it takes a tuin to the cast, which it pursues until it reaches a point only thirtyâ€"two milés from the Black Sea. Then it takes a sudden turn to the noril., fiowing in that direction for 100 miles, to ‘ the junction with the Sercth, near Galatz. Then it turns again to the east, reciving the waters of the Pruth, which marks a part of the Russian frontier. â€" After flowing east about forty miles in the vicinity of Ismail and Tultcha, it is divided into several branches. These wind sluggishly through the low and dreary alluvial country known as the Delta of the Danube, and empty the waters of the great rivers into the Black Sea by three principal channelsâ€"the Kilia, Sulina and St. Georgeâ€"and four lesser ones. The: most northerly of theseâ€"the Kiliaâ€"is the boundary at tlis point between Bulgaria and Roumania, and is only about twentyâ€" fivo miles distant from the Russian boundâ€" ary line. Its course through this range is cighty miles, and the pass offers a great obstacle to navigation. The river is narrowed to less than halfits breadth above, and in seven different places there are rapids and whirlpools, of which those in the soâ€"called Iron Gate, below Old Orsova, are the most violent, _ At this point, opposite the small village of Ticheviztha the stream is narâ€" rowed from the width of a mile to about 189 yards, and with a depth, as far as can 'be ascertained from the violence of the ; current, of from 800 to 1,000 fathoms. The ' mountains on either side are very lofty, | nearly 5,000 fect high, those on the Ausâ€" |'.rin.n side being 1,000 feet higher than , those on the opposite bark. The mountains rise nearly sheer for about 8,000 feet above the stream, and where not perpendicular, rather overhang the water. When the river is low the sharp craggy points of #subuqueous rocks begin to show themselves above the stream, and betwoen these the ‘passage is most narrow, winding, and shallow, and in fact can only be passed by steamers especially built for the purpose, ; of light draught of water, four paddleâ€" wheels, and inmense power, and even ithcsc stcamers make use of a channel cut through the ledge. At the breaking up of the ice in the spring of 1876, the floating ’ioc became jammed among the crags in the lron Gate, which caused the stream to back up until vast tracts in Hungary were under water. Such a deluge was unpreceâ€" dented, and it suggested at the time the feasibibility of producing a similar effect by artificial means as a measure of war. The blowing up of the precipice of Mount Shireâ€" bar, on the Austrian side of the pass, would bring down many millions of tons of rock across the Iron Gate, and long before the obstructions could be removed, a vast part of Eastern Europe would be turned into an inland lake. At Belgrade, the capital of Servia, it reâ€" ceives the water of the Save, and then purâ€" sues an easterly course, constituting the boundary between Austria and Servia, until it reaches the Transylvania or Eastern Carpathians, at the extreme wostern end of Roumania. The Danube, from its source to its mouth, in an air line, is 1,020 miles, but the stream is so tortuous that its actual length is 1,820 miles, and it traverses nearly 22 degrees of latitude and 54 of longitude. The Danube and its tributaries drain an area of 300,000 square miles. THE GREAT RIVER WHICH FLOWs THROUGH THE SCENE OF THE EASTERN War. and whispered in her ear. "I‘ve got the place Lydia. We‘re all right now." Then the bells rang, and the people began to disperse toward their trains. As they departed, a small creatureâ€"probably a stock holderâ€"objected to the proceedings and remarked to the superintendent, that it was not best to give fat offices to brakeâ€" men for doing nothing." "‘Precisely," said the superintendent. "But the woman did something, and if you wish to know the full measure of her splendid deed, go put yourself in her place." The Danube. machine or measure so used, offered for sale, or found in his possession, shall, on being discovered by the Deputy Inspector, be forfeited and forthwith seized and broâ€" ken by him, without suit or other autyurity than this Act." All a tramp lhias to do when he reaches Guelph is to dorp in and tell the editor of the Herald that Brantford is a fine town, and that a man over there gave him fifty cents. Then the Herald man gets on his semiâ€"sentennial ear, gives the tramp fiftyâ€" five cents, and writes three columns of editorial to show that Guelph is a greater, smarter andricher place than Chicago, and that all who say to the contrary apediar« dninvuandtniwn.-smtfordflan@d. _ Counterfeit four dollar bills on the Doâ€" minion Bank are in circulation. Waronrs anp Measumes.â€"After the 801. of June next, all those who neglect to have their measwes and weights stamped, will be proceeded against by law. The followâ€" ing is taken from the Act relating to this matter:â€"*"Every trader, manufacturer carrier, public weigher, gauger, measurer, surveyor, or other person, who, afterthe expiration of the time appointed under this Act for the first inspection in the Luâ€" spection Division in which ho caries on his business, offers for sale, or uses, ie any purpose of buying, selling, or charging, for the carriage of any goods, wares, merchanâ€" dise, or thing, or of measuring any work, land, goods, manterials, or other thing, for the purpose of charging for, or astertaining the price to be paid, or the charge to be made therefor, any weight or meusure, or weighing maclune which has not been duly inspected and stamped according to u.is Act, or which may be found light, deficient, or otherwise unjust, shall be guilty of un offense against the Act, and shall, on conâ€" viction, incur a penalty of not more than fifty or less than five dollars for each such offence ; and every such unstamped, ligli, deficient, or unjust weight, weighing ' Lioutxing Rop Suits.â€"It will be roâ€" membered that Mesers, Wam. MeDermott, Win. Alexander, Hen. Duckworth, Richd. Stacy and Richard McLellan, of Garafraxa, Mr. James Rea, of Eramosa, and Mi. Duncan MeArthur, of Erin, last summer entered sepurate suits in Chaneery to reâ€" cover into their own possession certain promissory notes that were obtained from them by agents of the Ountario Copper Lightning Rod Company, Mr. McDougall, of Galt, was at Pergus last woek to try and effect an arrangement with the farmers, who are willing to settle if the lightuing rod men give them back their notes and pay all the law costs that lhave been incurâ€" red up to the present time. The News Record understands Mr. McDougall first offered to give up the notes if all partics would pay their own costs. But this proâ€" position was declined. He next offered to give up the notes and pay all his own costs and one half of the fumers‘ costs,. TLis proposition was dceclined. He then suyâ€" gested that only one action be brought to trial, the decision of which would Lbe acâ€" cepted as final to all. But here aguin tho farmers refused to accede to his reques. They apparsuciy feel that they are in a ~ueasure acting in behalf of the public in pressing these suits ; and they are deterâ€" mined to carry the matter to the very cud. Fire: i Enora.â€"The brush factory, principally owned by Mr. Robert Dalby, was burned down on Monday morning May 7th. The fire broke out «bout five o‘clock, and the building was soor all in a blaze. The engine and firemen were soon on the spot, but though the fre was close to the river they were unable to stay the flames. Had a wind prevailed at the time all the houses on the same side would have gone. â€" Bain‘s Hotel, dircctly opposite, had a good scorching but was saved. The stuff in the factory being of a combustible nature barned with great fury. â€" The buildâ€" ing was valued at $1,800, and the machiaâ€" ery at $3,300. The insurance on the building and machinery was $2,500 in the Wellington Mutual, and on the stock $2,â€" 000 in the Westerm. ‘The loss, after doâ€" ducting the insurance, will not be less than $4,000, besides thirty hands being thrown out of employment, **Sidonian" of Glasgow, from New York for Bristol, disabled, reqwring a surgeon ; sent ship‘s surgeon on board, who reported that, on the 290th ult., the boilers exploded, killing the captain, three engineers, two firemen and one trimmer, and injuring the cook ; rest of the crew all well. When the surgeon of the "China" went on board the men were all dead but one fireman. Whon asked the cause of the explosion, he answorâ€" ed, "I will tell you in the morning," but he died in a few minutes, and it was imâ€" possible to learn the cause. ‘The "Sidoniau" proceeded under sail, and will not arrive at her destination under two woeks. bottle upset and the cork coming out a quantity of the oil was spilled on a woollen shawl. The bottle was then secured and the shaw! rolled tightly up. Before going home Mrs. Dryden drove some distance and although she noticed a smell of something burning paid no attention toit. (On reachâ€" ing home the shawal was unrolled, and the centre of it, which had been saturated with oil, was emouldering. On being exposed to the air it quickly burst into a flame and was Farar Exprostox ar Sza.â€"The steamâ€" ship *"China" arrived from Liverpool in ago Mrs. Jas. Dryden living in the neighâ€" borhood of Galt, drove into thattown and procured a bottle of linseed wil, which she put into her buggy. In driving off the ago Mrs. Jas. each other converse concerning spiritual things. ‘The chair was occupied by the Hon. Oliver Mowat, Attorney; wble aiâ€" dresses were given by the chairman, Rev. Dr. Allen, of Philadelphia, Rev. Mr. Rainsâ€" ford, and others. Sroxtaxzous Commusrron.â€"A few days niahcvnkthmolunlvuwi-l in the spread of the Gospel and the proâ€" pagation of Evangelical views assembled in Shaftesbury Hall, Toronto, to hold their annual reunion, hear addresses from promâ€" inent workers in the Christian world, reâ€" ceive the annmual report, and to hold with Evarxornicat