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J IF 1P l‘i E beginning, to be sure, but then, ail the wonderful adaptations of science to the economies of life had very small beginnings. Watt experimenting with the lid of a tea kettle, and Franklin with his paper kite gave litile indication of the extraordinary application of steam or the developement of telegraphy in our day. It may be that a considerable time will yet elapse before the use of electricity will enable the farmer to dispense with the li!blol the sun im ripening a fold of Wheat, but it is quite within the range of probability that the auy. Here, then, a fact was established that exposure to the electric light has an effect, and that of an‘invigorating characâ€" ter on regetation. This is a very small The pplication of electricity to agriculâ€" , tural operations bas not yet been attempted but sufficient knowledge has been obtained of its effects on vegetation to warrant the hope that it may yet be made of the greatâ€" est possible service to the husbandman. Dr. Siemens, the President of the Society . of Telograph Engineers, England,has given great attention to thé subject and during ‘ the early part of the year conducted a serâ€" ies of experiments for the purpose of testing the effects of the electric light on the growth of plants. Four sets of pots were prepared, sown with quick growing plants. The first set woro kept in darkness, the second reâ€" ceived electric light only, the third daylight ouly, and the fourth the daylight of the month of Fobruary, supplemmented by six hout‘s exposure after sunset to the electric light. As may be supposed, the plants kept in darkness, of course wilted, those exposed to the electric light alone, greow well, but pale in colour and weak in stamâ€" ina, the daylight plants were strong and vigorous, while those exposed to both the electric light and daylight were stronger, | / more vigorous, and of a deeper hue than || ELECTRICITY AND VEGETATION â€"The case of Prof. Robertson Smith came up before the August Commission which met at Edinburgh on the l1th ult., on overtures from from twelve Presbyteries. Several motions were made, but the divisâ€" ion took place on twoâ€"one by Dr. ‘Wilson to the effect that a committee be appointed to maturely examine the articles recently written by Mr, Smith, and to report to a special meeting of the Commission to be held in October, Mr. Smith being cited to to appear betorc the Committee, and anâ€" cther by Profossor Macgregor, which proâ€" posed, that as the matters id question fall gencrally within the province of the College Committec, and the Presbytery, the Comâ€" mission take no action. The motion of Dr. Wilson was carricd by a majority of seventyâ€"one. From the discnssion it would appear that there was an entire unanimity of opinion as to the extraordinary characâ€" ter of the articles written by Prof. Smith, and regret that they did not appear before the last meeting of Assembly, but a differâ€" ence of opinion as to the mode of proceedâ€" ure in the cireamstances. It was considâ€" ered a very singular thing that Prof. Smith, standing at the bar of the last Assembly, | and knowing that these articles of his were | ‘coming out, did not state the fact publicly, | and give extracts from their contents, so 1 that the Assembly might see how much or ] how little they differed from his former y productions. The special meeting of the Comâ€" mission is called in Oct., in anticipation of i the possibility of Prof. Smith being relieved | . for the present, from his duties as teacher 1 in the Aberdeen College. s â€"The meat trade between America and "the Old Country is becoming daily of inâ€" « ereasing importance, and as the cost of transportation will be considerably reduced by slaughtering the animals on this side of the Atlantic, constant attempts are being made to discover cheap methods of preâ€" serving the meat fresh during the voyage. ‘The latest method proposed is said by tne "Free Press to be by enclosing the carcases in a pure, dry, and rarifind atmosphere. As is well known, warmth and moisture nre the two chief agents in faeoring the putrefactive process. Thus, on the Andes and on the mountains of California, where the air is dry, pure, and of course, in & rarâ€" fied state in proportion to the altitude,meat ean be kept in the fresh state without subâ€" jecting it to amy process save exposure to the air. In the event of this method provâ€" ing successful the Free Press suggests that Canadian farmers might, in order to save the expense ofeeding over winter, slaughter their animals in the Fall, allow the carcassâ€" es to be frozen and when the market warâ€" ranted, ship them to eross the Atlantic enâ€" cased in dry air, cooled to a proper temperâ€" ature, What is to be done in the event of the winter being of too mild a character for this process, our contemporary gaith not. Â¥rom 689 in 1878 to 262 in 1880. ‘This | is something, and if the Comservative majorities _ decroase in a similar properton througbout the country they will have disappeared before the next general election comes on. â€"Iwo elections for the House of Comâ€" amons were held upon Saturdayâ€"North ‘Ontario and Wost Toronto. Mr. Whecler, #he Liberal candidate, was elected by the former, and Mr. Beatty, a Conservative, by the laiter. There is uot much disappoint ment felt over the Beatty eleotion in Reâ€" form eircles,. West Toronto is regarded as â€"a a pockel borough of the Tory party, and aws the Globe puts it, the few workingmen who reside there have not yet had enough of the coal taxs, or of the Redpath sugar amonopoly. It is noticeable however that <he Conservative majority has been reduced Agonts for the Grey Review G. It. Middleton, Dandalk. Alexander Webster, Priceville. M. E. Weriam, Fleshcrton. Colin ©. MeFayden, Glenelg. Daniel Ketrn, Molstoin. Mexander Taylor, Dromore. Durham, September 2, 1880. TI1IIEF REVIEW. s | _ Nzwsrarer DirEctory ror 1880.â€"Geo. g ( P. Rowell & Co‘s American Newspaper Diâ€" ; | rectory is one of the best year books pubâ€" ; | lished, and the edition for 1880 is superior , | to any of its predecessors in the extent and | acouracy of its information. Itis a book | of over 1,000 pages, and gives a complete | list of all the newspapers published in the | United States, Canada and Newfoundland, clessified by etates and counties, with apâ€" proximate cireulation of each, and also lists of special newspapers classified according to their characterâ€"religious, agricultural, etc.â€"together with much other interesting matter. ‘The publication of this directory was commenced in 1869, and 10,250 copies are issued to supply the demand for 1830 Experience bas taught the publishers how to acquive facts and estimato statements, and how to compile &s well, and now they send out the best newspaper directory in this country. We learn from it that the total number of newspapers in the United States is 9,558, the number in Canada §53, and in Newfoundland 11.© The _ book is of | great.xailne to.parties who.advertise to extent; and is of great interest ho many others. â€" "Even with his hat on it was sufficiently ’slrong to deceiye many people who must be familiar with the personal apperrance of Lord Beaconsfield. When Sir John A. Macdonald sits or stands bareheaded, the resemblance becomes almost embarrassing Sir John is well aware of this freak of naâ€" ture, and encovrages it to the extent of closely imitating the singular coiffure of Lord Beaconsfield. He bas the slight adâ€" vantage of the British Minister in respsct of quant‘ty, but as to color and the little curl on the forehead, their hair is precisely the same. The resemblance is further carâ€" ried out when Sir John talks. He has the same shrug of the shoulder, the same| spreading of the hands, and in brief, all the | little mannerisms so familiar in our own Benvjamin. He is like him, too, in bis reaâ€" j dy wit, and, to complete, he is in polities | , ready, audacious, and (to tell the truth) | sometimes unprineipled." s _ It bas often been remarked that Sir John has physically considerable resemblance to Lord Beaconsfield, and that while nature has so moulded him, he now, studies to pose a la Beaconsfield, and does his best to imitate his Lordship in his manuer, even to the twist of his forelock. Sir J oh’n lateâ€" ly visited the British House of Commons, and the correspondent of the Edinburgh Daily Review writes of him as follows :â€" _ ) | _ Affairs in Southâ€"Eastern Earope are in , | a very unsetfled state ; so much so, that a , | more determined zeal on the part of the h neighboring States, or increased obstinacy p, | 0° the part of the Sultan of Turkey, may “; any moment precipitate a conflict. Acâ€" . |cording to the setilement arrived at by ty the Berlin Congress, to which the Porte was , | a consenting party, the Province of Dulciâ€" P gnio, in Nurthern Albania, wou‘d be"eeded a | to Montenegro, and Thossaly and Epiras n to Greece. Such an arrangement was conâ€" h sidered necessary, not only on aceount of t affinities of race and religion, but also from t the effete condition of Turkish rule in these a districts, An English resident in Janina, ) | the cspital of Epirus, who made enquiries _ | as to the nationality of its inhabitants statâ€" & ed, he could only fin§ seven Mohammedan families; and some Turkish statisties, lateâ€" z ly published, showed that a very large proâ€" portion of the people belonged to the Gieek Church. ‘The Western Powers seem to be 4 | resolved to compel the Porte to carry out â€"| the conditions of the Berlin Treaty, but {| true to his instinets, the Turk 2dvances one 4 | plea for delay after another. Now it is inâ€" f| ability to enforee the obligations of the 4 | treaty, and again, it is the fear of his Moâ€" *| hammedan subjects, who dread nothing + | so much as the loss of serritory, and who ® | would charge tha cession of Epirus and * | Thessaly to the pusillanimity of the Sultan, *| and which in the end might eost him * | the loss of his head. However, the ° | Sultau, like all other mortals, must bow } | to the ingvitable. The Greeks are as tull ‘ | ot the love of liberty and independenco as * | in the days of Miltiades and Themistocles. t\ In 1829 Southorn (reece threw off the ~| Turkish yoke after a long and sanguinary ‘ | struggle, and it now seems to be ready to * | accomplish the independence of the entire d Kingdom and make its area coâ€"extensive ‘ | with the Grece of antiqnity ; and in this| \| work it has the sympathy of Wostern Euâ€" \|rope. The neighboring States of the Balkâ€" \}|an Peninsula are waiting their opportunity }|and will not fail to declare their independâ€" |ence when tho proper time comes. The | sensualism of the Osmans,and the grinding |exactions of the pasehas and muftis have f together destroyed the vigour and power of | resistance of the native Tark, so that with 1 so strong a combination of enemmes withâ€" | out, and so complete a negation of all life within, there can be no question as to the fate of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.| Coercive measures by, European powers |‘ might do harm elsewhere, especially among | the Mohammedan population of India,who I look upon the Sultan of Turkey as their f federal head. But tho Sultan has had two | years to consider the situztion, to carry out f the promised reforms in internal affairs of the Empire, and to complete its agreements | © with neighboring States. As nothing has|‘ been done in the one way or the other, it| is not at all likely that the present state of | things willl be allowed to continue much | & longer. Indeed the Porte has been notified | t to that effect by the European Powers, and | £ the united fleets have been ordered to the Egean Soa. 8 LORD BEACONSFIELD AND SIR JOHN. electric light may be used for the pnrpou‘ of preventing injury by early and late frosts to gardens and orchards. ~The question, even at the present time, is one of exjense as is the use of Edison‘s electric light for lighting purposes. Much, more dificult problems in science have been solved in the past, and there is no reason to doubt but that the application of clecâ€" tricity to these as weil as many other econâ€" omie purposes will also receive an carly and satisfactory solution. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Wh;puudcm Alio #erection> of 2\ Alho serection© of a mante.â€"AMownt Z Confederate, â€".~*# o * bopg en &o. ~Theproceeds amounted to over $21. The young ladies . of the . congregation had the affair in hand and deserve great prai forthe manner in which they managed it. the residence of Mr. Thos. Brown,Holstein, on Friday evening last, in aid of the C. M. Church, of that village, turned out very successfully. Quite a large number from this town drove out and all claim to have had a pleasant time. Besides agood tea the guests were entertained with vocal and insturmental music, : recitations, dialogues. Provaxtmn®s Maron.â€"At a recent meetâ€" ing of the committee appointed by the Diâ€" rectors of the Egremont Agriculitural Sociâ€" oty, it was decided to hold the match in connection with the society, it was decided to hold the match on the farm of Mr. Robâ€" ert Taylor, Dromore, on Tuesday, 19th Oct. Competitors must be residents of the Township, and nonâ€"members of the society will be charged fifty cents entrance fee. Entries may be made with the secretary or members of the committee at any time up to three days previous to the match. The committee are Messrs. James Paul, James Bruce, James Geddes, Alex. Kay and Jas. Murdoch. Bills giving fall particulars will be issued shortly. Exrerprismno.â€"We have recoived sevâ€" eral copies of the Daily Messenger just commenced in the Town of Collingwood. It is neatly got up and the news are varied and spiey. This is anotier proof of the go aheadativeness of Collingwood, and> the merchants of that Town should take pride in giving it a hearty support. â€" It will have the effect of greatly improving the Weekly Messenger, but we are not very sure that it will be a great financial success, but we hope it will. Raxpox Seoorrna.â€"We are requested to take mnotice of the practice indulged in by many of the young men ofthis Town of shooting along the River bank, and caution them to bo more careful in this matter. Both shot and bullets have passed soveral of our townspeople so closely to them as to make them feel very uncomfortable. A little prudence in this matter will prevent any serious mishap, while careleasness may lead to fata) results. Tz Oddfellows Escursion from Owen Sound to Manitowaning, on Friday evenâ€" ing last, did not take place as advertized, owing to the "Manmitoulin‘" being disabled at the Bruce Mines by some of the machiâ€" nery giving way. Quite a number went to Owen Bound to go on the Excursion, but were disappointed. A few went up to the island noext day on the "Jame Miller." l _ ‘Tax Triggto Exoraxp.â€"The aggregate expenses of five visits of Canadian Tory Ministers to Eng!and was $20,040.80 ; four Ministerial visits during the Mackenzie adâ€" ministration cost $5,461.72. The aggreâ€" gate cost of sending a Conservative Minisâ€" ter over was $4,008.16, while an extravaâ€" gant Grit got along with $1,865.43. _ Mr. Jonx Swinsurse, after taking a fow weeks rest, has entered into an engagement at Daly‘s Theatre, New York. It will be remembered that Mr. Bwinburne accomâ€" panied the late Miss Adelaide Neilson on her last tour through the United States and Canada, during which he paid a fiying visit to his parents near Durham. Tar Markdale Expositor has changed hands, G. J. Blythe retiring and Mr. Rutâ€" ledge taking charge of the paptr. In the valedictory of the Iate pwblisher, he comâ€" plains of the nonâ€"payment by subscribers for the pazer. We have reason for the same complaint. We wish the new proâ€" prietor better success. F Avertos.â€"BMr. 0. C. Hayward will sell by Public Auction, at his residence at Hayward‘s Falls, Glenelg Township, on Friday, the the 10th Sept., inst.,a.quanhw of household furniture, and other property. Bale to commence at 12 o‘clock noon, sharp. Just Tus teiNng WaxtrEDp.â€"We direct attention to the large stock of Boots just received by Mr. John Cameron, Durham. Particular attention is directed to those 12veted with metallie sprigs, instead of pegged; also Boots with fron stiffemers. They are very durable and casy to the !oot.‘ The Walkerfon Telescope says ; We unâ€" derstand that on account of the increase in his duties in the Internal Revenue service, Mr. Joseph Craig has resigned the Collectorship of Customs. Stnvox By Lzantxino.â€"The residenee of Mr. George Elvidge, near Durham, was struck by lightning on Friday evening last. No damage was dome however, beyond splintering a few boards. Worx is being slowly pursued in the conâ€" struction of the G. B. & W. R., and after a while we expect to see the iron horse in our Town, we cannot exactly say when. Taz Earzmoxt Byâ€"1aw.â€"By the official returns the vote on the byâ€"law in aid of the G. B. & W. Railway was as follows:â€" Against the byâ€"law, 358 ; for, 98â€"majority against, 265. Mr. S. Chandler, M. P. for Brome, Queâ€" bec, is dead, A maros Stock of Jewellery, Clocks, etc., at A. Gordon‘s, sign of the Big Watch.. See adyv. A handsome Presbyterian church is unâ€" dor construction at Robâ€" Roy,Osprey Townâ€" ship. September 1st begins the sporting season for grouse, partridge, prawrie fowl and hares. Boots and shoes of all kinds, an imâ€" mense stock, just opened out at J. H. Hunter‘s. Mrz. Jonx Stewant, Agent for the Edge Estate in this Town, died at his residence in Dunnville a fow days ago. Doxaany is making beautiful Cabinet Pictures of wholo Families, and Framed very cheap. Also best quality Cards and Ferrotypes. Kelsey‘s old stand. Bumoxa‘s Harpwars, Oils, etc., of the best quality, at the Lower Town Hardware Btore. Eoo Adv. Local and other Items. at DEECZCCCZCOOZ VC BRCIOR WHRD A&G been done by a brave boy from Normanby. Township, who had the pluck and perseveranse to carty ?m‘m. fired purpose of ‘becoming a ek o 2tes btwels eecfan ty ~ ce 1B3 $200, and will most probably be exhibited, with several of smaller size at the Walkerâ€" tonEzhibition; when the public will have an opporturiity of seeing what has been done wellâ€"stretched canvass, and making a large and lifeâ€"like oil painting of it. This rising artist is deserving of more than a passing notice, as he is a Canadian from an from Grey County who has so faithfully and dilligently pursued artistic excellence under many difficulties, that he has been J awarded fully 17 first and 9 second prizes for different kinds of drawings and paint. ings since the year 1877. And as he is possessed of the right kind of ambition we ‘ put no limit to what he may yet attain to as a portrait paintor. It would be vain ‘to mention the numerous specimens of his arâ€" tistic skill which may be seen in hls studio and in many a drawingâ€"room of Mildmay and other places. One, however, of lifeâ€" size and as naturaluess of himself and lady will well repay a visit. It is valued at over This village has two or threoe establishâ€" ments which are not met with every day, and may well repay a visit by those who have a little leisure, wiz., a large pottery, where we see common clay, dexterously transformed from a shapeless lump into good solid earthernware vessels ; Mr. Carâ€" nagie‘s Steam Butter Factory, whero two very large barrels with huge upright dashâ€" ers worked by steam power seem capable of turning any reasonable quantity of frosh eream into firstâ€"class butter; and last, but by no means least, the Studio of P. Dierâ€" lam, Esq., Portrait and Landscape Painter, who delights in transferring your photoâ€" graph, or that of your friend, over to the Having recently visited Milmay, we t | think a brief sketch of this rising village t| may be interesting to many readers of the . | Review. It is on the lino of the W. G. & e | B. Railway, about 7 miles south of Walkâ€" f| erton. And althongn it only contained 8 s, | houses fourteen yems ago it has now a }.| population of from: 500 to 700 and carries 1| on & very lively trade in grain, dairy proâ€" | duee, sheep and eattle. It wontains at the p | least five stores, foutphotels, two fine flourâ€" . | ing mills, a steam sawâ€"mill, a Targe woolen g factory, a flax mil}, a full complement of , | blacksuriths, carpenters, waggor makers, _ | Sailors, shoonrakers, saddlers, butehers, etc. j Also two watehmakers, threo medieal men â€"â€"viz.: Prs. Murphy, White, and Fleming) ‘ : , â€"one or two plotographers, (one of whom C. Eckel, Esq., travels extensively to phoâ€" & tograph homesteads, ete.), and a joiner or ~| $wo, with some ecloth and carpet weavers, ; mogigsif not all, of whom seem to be doing ; pretty well in their specialties. They have a fine looking schoolhouse, with thrse echurches, viz.: Methodist, Evangelical Asâ€" {sociation, and R. Catholic. The two last | are fine large frame structures, with tall | steeples, and give the village, as seen from a distance a cityâ€"like air. ‘The Presbyteriâ€" ans have a resident minister, who holds religious services every Sabbath in the Evâ€" angelical Association Church; their own large church, however, is plainly visible some two miles down the Elora Road, near the sight of the half deterted village of Balâ€" aclava, which has been dying by inches ever since theW. G. &B. Railway Co. fixed | upon Mildmay as the site of their station. > The English and German languages are both freely used in this rising village, as |‘ may be inferred from the names of some of | its business men, e. g., Campbell, McLean, | Murray, Murphy, Berry, Curle, Elliot,|‘ Smuth, otc., on the English side, and Kalbâ€" | ¢ fleish, Dopfer, Weidner, Dickert, Thomas, 4 Snyder, Schuitheiss, Pletsch, Eckel, and : many others representing the Teutonic eleâ€" t ment. ‘There seems to be a good and friendly understanding bewteen the two ; nationalities, and on the whole the moral and religious state of the village is we think decidedly good, and checring for the|® future. q Tex Bush Meeting was beld and was well attended by both Euglish and Gerâ€" man speaking people, some coming from a long distance. Rev. M. Weber preached in the morning im Germsn, and Rev 8. Eby, of Port Elgin in the afternoon m Enâ€" glish, after which some good and practical addrecses were delivered to the S.9. Schoâ€" lars, all in German. The singing and orâ€" der were all that could be desired. "\ Although times are admitted to be rather ‘dull in Hanover, still we are pleased to obâ€" serve that very Considerable improvements are being maade in the line of building and beautifying. Chief among these are two very large and tall brick stores belonging respectively to E. Goodeve, Esq., and ’Knechtel Bros:, the first said to be 55 x 75 ft., the !stter 30 x 85 ft. After these come four neat frame dwelling houses owned by 1 Messrs. Fleischer, Simon, Ebbich, and Bchindelmeyer, which are already finished, or nearly so, beside m fine brick cottage, now nearly completed, belonsing to J. Knechtel, Esq., and aunotver, the stone foundation of which is already 1=i4, the lproperty of F. Yost, Esq., who has aiso orâ€" ected a barn of large size, covered with planed pime boards, which when painted, as we are told it is to be,is likely to be a "model bank barp." It in addition to these we notice some 7 or 8 small buildâ€" ings, a good@deal of neat board fence, chiefâ€" ly belonging to Messrs. J. Campbell and A. Wagner, and a new verandah for Mr. Brehn‘s store, we shall have an idea of the improvements of Hanover during the presâ€" ent summer. ings, but we are not too positive about this ; as some of the most extensive builders inâ€" form us that "railway or no railway" they want a first class furniture store in Hanoâ€" ver and will have one. We admire this independent spirit, but trust the hopes of naving a railway here may ere long be yeâ€" alized by all. The prospect of having a railway station here shortly may have had something to do with the erection of some of these buildâ€" Improvements in Hanover. "artist, léspite all discourageâ€" Til Milamay. | ~ The new Model School building at Ottaâ€" wa has cost the: Province $80,000. Tho building has two stories, tb‘iovwhgirh‘ and the upper for boys. f | _ Cattus Sts ALING.â€"George Myles, of ' ’Luther, was lodged in Guelph gaol on Sunâ€" i day to await trial on a charge of cattle | stealing. The particulars of the discovery of his guiltare peculiar." It will be rememâ€" bered that the latter part of last week Patâ€" ‘rick Kelly, of Mount Forest, was brought to gaol here on a similar charge. He had been arrested some weeks*previous but escaped.. Through information the authorâ€" ities received from George Myles Kelly‘s whereabouts was discovered and he was arrested. On Kelly learning that Myles had given the information he told the auâ€" thorities that the latter had been his accomâ€" pliance in stealing two cattle which they drove to Durham fair and sold. Mr. Chas. Corbett, of Maryborough, hearing ‘of the doings of Kelly, visited the farm of Mr. Myles on Wednesday last, identified two of the cattle as his property and drove them home.â€"Gueiph Mercury. | _ Horse Strartno.â€"Particulars were givâ€" | en a few days ago of the errest and subseâ€" quent escape of a man named Patrick Kelâ€" 1y, accused of horse stealing at Mount Forâ€" est. Word having reached Mount Forest that he was at Flesherton. Messrs. Godfrey and Allen left for that place on Sunday night and succeeded in capturing him. He was brought to that town and appeared beâ€" fore Mr. T. Swan, J â€"P., on a charge of havâ€" ing stolen Mr. Thos. Reid‘s cow. Pleading guilty, Kelly was committed to stand his trial at the noxt assizes here, and was placâ€" ed in Guelph gacl on Wednesday. The man who informed the authorities that Kelly was at Flesherton was Geo. Myles, of Luther, On hearing that Myles had inâ€" formed on him, Kelly stated that he (Myles) took McEachern‘s cow. He further impliâ€" cated Myles to such an extent that the latâ€" ter was arrested. The case against the latter has not been concluded.â€"Guelph Mercury. < Tve "Mytury" Buuxro.â€"The tug George Mythen, which left Collingwood some time last Wednesday night, took fire next morning about 5 o‘clock, while oppoâ€" site Thornbury and was soon in flames. There were on board at the time three perâ€" sons, namely, Capt.McNabb, the owner; George Caldwell, engineer, and a boy namâ€" ed John Keen. Young Keen pushed the hatch everboard and swam to it, leaving the burning boat, and is supposed to be lost A signal of distress was seon from Menford, when the Government tug Trudean weat to her assistance and towed her and the two men who were on board, who suffere d considerably, to that port.â€"Collingwood Messenger. Statovs Accrmzxr.â€"Another was added to the long list of threshing machine acerâ€" dents one day last week, on Mr. Clayton‘s farm, 11th con. East Garafraza,Angus Moâ€" Kimnon being the sufferer. He was driving the lorses and got one of his foet caught in the horse power, when the foot was broken in several places, otherwise injured ‘to such an extent that it became necessary to amputate the limb above the ankle. The operation was preformed by Dr. Lewis of Waldemar,assisted by Dr. Orton,of Fergus, and the patient is now doing well.â€"Fergus Newsâ€"Record. _ FineD ror Assavir.â€"The Clifford Arâ€" row says : On Wednesday, 11th inst., Tim Moran was up before W. H. Ryan, Esq., J.P., at Ayton, charged with assaulting Andrew O‘Farrell. Defendant pleaded not guilty at the opening of the proceedings. After the case lrad progressed for some time h*, throggh Mr. A.H.N. Jenkins, who appeared on his behalf, pleaded guilty of common assault. Fined $5° and costs, $0.85. A Womax Hurt sy a Reares.â€"On Tuesâ€" day last week while the wife of Robert Stewart, fifth concession of Peel, was drivâ€" ing the reaper the horses ran away, throwâ€" ing her on the table. Her ankle was brokâ€" en, one of the guards ran through her arm, her clothes were entirely tore off, her ha‘ir torn out, and she was otherwiso badly muâ€" tilated. Her recovery is doubtfal. A Sumturvax farmer has threshed 800 bushels of fall wheat taken off 80 acres,and sold it at Paisley at ninety cents a bushâ€" el. I shall not attempt to answer his soâ€"callâ€" ed scientific reasons, which could ouly have been adopted by ign>rant prejudices, (very hard up for an argument) of which there is only too much among us; but I would impress upon him the necessity of correeting his seience by the light of the Scriptures if he intends worthily to fill the position he now holds. And as I underâ€" stand he is a minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, which chureh has sancâ€" tioned the use of instramontal music, it is unseemly for hm to term any thing which the Church has sanctioned & banble. In conelusion, when {ke author reviews his opinions and the company into which they are likely to land him, let ns hope he will see reason to greatly modify them, PressyrERIAXN. These thoughts arose in my mind en reading a pamphilet entitled, "Instrumentâ€" al music in Christian praise, by a Canadian Clergyman," in which the writer endeavors to prove, by an ostentatious display of learning and science, talsely soâ€"called, that instrumental music in the service of praise, which the Scriptures pronounce to be a good thing (Psalm xe.) is an evil thing ; in fact he only stops short of saying it is a positive sin. The most remarkable developraent of modern unbelief is the attempt to throw discredit on the scriptures by those whose special duty is to explain and defend them. That such is the case may naturally excite alarm among those whose hope are founâ€" ed on the Word. But it should also excite to watchfulness lest such a spirit may have crept in among ourselves, (and wiule we may safely leave such men as Professor Robertson Smith to be dealt with by the Free Church as in their wisdom they shall see fit,) let us also be prepared to do our duty in the matter. On Church Music. To the Editor of the Grey Review. A flowing well was struck upon the farm of Messrs. Wm. and John MceDermott in ‘West Garafraxa last week. The digging had proceeded as usual until a depth of 80 feet was reached, when all at once the watâ€" er commenced to rush in fast. The well which is 7 feet in diameter soon fAlled with watér, and there is at present a flowing stream which has every appearance of beâ€" ing permanent. In the recent intermediate and second class teachers examinations, no fewer than 8,200 candidates presented theraselves in Ontario, and of the mumber only 1,100 were sucoessful. .| Sertous Frrt.â€"A serious fire occurred . | about five o‘clock on Tuesday morning half . | a mile from Hespler,totally destroying Mr. ; | James P. Phin‘s large barn, together with ; | almost all itecontents, including all this + y‘r’s crop? which was large, all the impleâ€" | ments, a number of valuable sleighs, carmâ€" | ages, waggoas, &e,‘all the horses were saved | but one. Four valuable cattle perished in | the flames. ‘The loss is heavy, and particâ€" | ularly distressing, as the rosult of a whole season‘s work if sacrificed. The cause of the fire is a mystery and can only be a matter of conjecture, but itlooks much like a case of incendiarism. The loss amounts to about $4,500, and the insurance is $2,â€" 000 in the River Spoeed Mutual Company of Hespeler. There were Giants in those days, and there are Devils in these days. On Tuesâ€" day night last, the passengers on the up train on %o Credit Valley Railway had a| marrow escape from an awful accident. | Some fiend placed one of the steel rails | across the track, and the cow catcher strikâ€" | ing it cast it clean over the smoke stack, | { and the train passed on. On Friday morâ€" |, ning the same or another fiend placed a |j horse shoe on the track, but the section man saw it in tims to remove 1t before the i train passed. ‘The obstructions were placâ€" Â¥ ed on the track less than half a mile from t the Douglass station.â€"Elora Express, M Considerzble interest bas been rmeanifestâ€" ed here. Our village citizens have much ‘improved the streets and fencos of late. They did not shixk their work like some of our young men did. Tt is not the country that makes the nien, quite the reverse. Now, gentlemen, for the sidewalks. Let‘ improvements be the order of the «ay, till noatness and ilaste, sucseed s).wenlinm] and waste. D. M. . Quite an accident happered here on the 22nd inst. Mr. Donald Robortson, whilst taking a moonlight excursion on horseback some way or other, and some person hurâ€" med for Dr, Sproule,of Markdale. The Dr. foun J out that his collar bone was broken, but we are happy to eay, he is doing as well as migl& expected, hoping it to be a warning to the young men of this neighâ€" vporhood J is abiutitcas io t oo ind cce e cfiA cld ds d complete, And measure unto each again the measure that they mete. grave ? Rob man not of his freedom, for by birth its his alone, The curse we would on others lay may some day be our own God‘s n'fllteoum‘u‘c_wlih nations will his purposes Shall one because its mighty a weaker race enslave To wour the galling fettors with sorrow to the Commfludrbycpwplo,ioo, who boast of being Because of race or colour or accident of birth, Shall man deny humanity the freedom of God‘s O what a fearful crime it is ! and temible disgrnce To shut the doors of liberty upor the human race, An outrage upon freedors, and shall such injustice from Mr. Fleming Romaus,; now residing at Soulsbyville, California, The letters were sent to his hrother, Mr. Wm. Romans, of Holstein, and give a vivid description of the Kallockâ€"Kearney ezeitement over the Chinese question in California. We are pleased to notice that \‘r. Romans takes a humane and sensible view of the questior â€"very different to the views of many of the more nrominent represertative men of British Co‘umbia on this question. We give below some verses corsposed by Mr. Romans and given in his letters :â€" What though the Lhonored judge docree, The court supreme, and a‘ that, That Frexmax, Chinose cann o+ be, Man‘s man in s;ite of a‘ that ; To bless one race would bless but few With freedom‘s rights and &‘ t~at, Her rights are mans the world thiough And man is man with a‘ that, Traverston, Aug. 27th, 1880 That system which by violent hand Would drive from homes and n‘ that May scem well planned, but, built on sand, How can it stand at a‘ that? Let‘s choose the Rock and build anew With RrewT, Goopâ€"wiuL, and a‘ that, TV1 men the happy world through Bhall brothers be for a‘ that. What better way can we obtain Bweet peace on carth. and a‘ that, Than show what angels sang so ylain, Goopâ€"wILt to men and a‘ that ? In this blest land, a home dostened For Lusextry and a‘ thai, Will she now bind, enslave mankind 7 What sense is there in a‘ that ? Have all the wars and bloody graves For frocdom, right, and a‘ that Just been for multiplying slaves ? Is man not a man for a‘ that ? "The Heathen Chinee." We have lately read a couple of léiters As Traverston, not long ago, Two ghosts uppoared in sight ; One was long, the other was strort, And they cut such a plight, Ladies stov& there on the hill, And watched them very keenty; One of them caught the ghost by the back And both rolled over serenely, One of the loakersâ€"on stood by, All drossed in mon‘s apparel, And she was very tall, you know, Identificd as \r, O‘Donnell. This gont was introduced to the ghosts ; They soon found out what was trump, And hcltorâ€"skeiter he went up the hill, And came in contact with a stump. Then keenâ€"eyed J, and merry I, Began with such gront litter, That folks seronading there Thought some had got their bitters. This Mr, O‘Donne!}, so young and fair, Thought the pleasures of love to taste ; The ghosts, embracing the first chanee, Placed their arms around her waist. And now the ghests they tell the tale, Rehearso the ghostly trie, And talk of those upon the hill, That wild night in roeky Dale. The Chinese come, "the Chinese go" Unless Rrext rule in a" that A highor power than man will show That "man‘s a man for a‘ that." Traverston. erermoymetina <p~+~ On Wednesday a shocking nccurence took place in Clarendon township, Pont‘*¢ county. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley had gone oift working in the harvest field leaving (w0 boys of & and 7 years in the house along with the baby. Through some means or other a fire occured and the twofyoung* children were burned to denth in the house. A Mre.Faulkner,Ottawa, Ont . has fallen avictim to the malpractice of s C=c22O physician. The Wiarton Echo says :â€"The uppor end of the Peninsula is reported to be infosted with rattlesnakes. Our informant staics that on the 12th inst.,one of these reptiles was killed which measured 8 feet 9 inches in length and 64 inches in circumfereace. Before it was despatched it struck a young man on the boot leg, breaking off its fauge, It sported 11 rattles. The Pembroke Standard says: A cable> gram just recieved in town from Seotland states the joint stock company which has been forming in Great Britain for the purâ€" pose of purehasing limits and controlling the lJumber market has just Leen formed, and that it has now the contral of Messr®‘ H. H. Cook and Grant‘s limits. This is the beginning of a gigantic schome which will throw a large amount of British capital into this country, The recent discoveries of gold by sevoral persons in and about the north westerr portion of Nova Seotia has stimulated othâ€" ers to search vigorously for the precious metal everywhere in the vicinity. Three specially good lends are reported to have been found within a few days. One is in what is known as Jennings‘ field, near the Quinpool road meross the Common. This lead was found about two years ago and gave good indications, but was soon lost through a "fault." It was reâ€"discevered on Thursday, and promises more richly than before. Anotherisat ashort distance back of the ropewalk. Mr. Bowser claims to have discovered a valuable lead there, and recently sent three barrels of quarls taken therefrom to Montague to bo crushâ€" ed. He is confident that the yield will be large. Four Dartmouth gentlemen who have been prospecting in the vicinity of Lake Major elaim to have struck it rich, and recently visited Halifax and took up twelve claims thers. Moved by Mr. MceCallure,; resonded by Mr. Messipger, That tho further sum of $200 be etpended in the improvement of roads as follows : in Division No. 1, $40, No. 2, $40, No.8, $40, and No. 4, $80.â€" Carried. Cormneil adjourned to meet again on the call of the Reeve. There betog no oflber sapplicatious on motion of Mr. Messinger seconded by \r Willis, Damel McDougall was reappoinied Collector at the same selary ms last your; viz. $125. | â€" Byâ€"law introduced accordingly numbered | 4 for 1880, passed, signed and sealed, Byâ€" |law No. 5 for 1880, imposing trustees rates 1 in 16 school seotions was also passed, signâ€" ed and scealed. Councillor Reid reported having expen. ed the following amounts : $10 at Cr=«â€" ford‘s bridge ; $iB on 5 Con.ai lot 27 ; $3.50 on oulvert on 2nd Con. W.G.R. at lo! lss; $2 removing timber frous Gudgee» bridge ; $11 ow ginvel roud em or ner [Huttan's Hill ; $18.50 on sidelies 50, Con. 8, RILR. Mr. MeCallum weported ths following expenditure : $12 on erdrtine beâ€" twee i bots T and 8, Cor. 8, on G.8. in catâ€" ting Li ; $7 grading 9} rods on Con. 2, . G.R. at lot 0 ; $8.70 for culvert at lot 2*, Con. 2 and 8, W.G.R. *Report eaiored > be regeired and cheques isswed for 1« amouits mentioned therein. Moved by Mr. McCaliam, sesonded by Mr. Messinger, That the Report of the Treasurer as considered by this Council be adopted and that a Byâ€"law be introduced imposing the following rates to meet the demands contained there, viz : 2} esills in the $ on the whole assessment of $4%,920 for township purposes ; 3 mills in the $ on the whole assessraent on County rate ; 1} mills on the $ on the whole assessment tor School Equivalent ;9 mills in the $ on the whole assessment for Byâ€"law No. 8 for 1878 ; 8} mills on the $# on assessment of $258,791 for Byâ€"law No. 4 for 1878 ; 1j mills in the $ on an assessment of $37,873 for Byâ€"law No. 6 for 1879 ; and 1} mills on the $ on an assessment of $198,129 for Byâ€" law No. 7 for 1879.â€"Carried. cal year, viz: Comnty Fiaie, $1,288.07 ; Schoof Eqtivalent, $611; Interesi on Sink. ing Fund in Byâ€"law No. 8 for 1878 $8,850 : Interest on Sinking F:md on Byâ€"law No, 4 for 1878, $2,200 ; Sinking Fund on Byâ€"law No. 6 for 1879, $60 ; Sinking Fund on Byâ€" law No. 7 for 1879 $240; and Township ex. penses, &c., $1,100, mauking in all $9,349.59, â€"D, CaAMNPBELL, Treasurer, To the Council of Bentiuok.~Gentl§smn The following mre the amounts necessary to be levied and collected to meet the €xâ€" penses of the ‘Township for the coming fg. Pn anHe OWL lie . W The Bentinck Council held its fouty session for the year 1880 ai Chittick‘s T7 tel, Allanpark, on Sataorday the 28th of August. Members all present ; Reeve in the chair. _ Minutes of former meeting roag and passed. The following RCCORNES wore ordered to be reccived, viz : from Johp Ru. therford, $19.50 for printing Voters List ; Chronicle ofhce $4.75 ul vertising "‘RSSessor wanted," Couxt of Revision and Voters List; Roview office, advertising Court of Revision and Voters List ; Thomas Wray, $89 flour Surnished by order of C ountil to Wi. dow Mintor ; Dr. Lnnderkiz, $4.50, meq;, cal attenlance on John White; Jrcob Fritg, $3, making rupiure belt for Jâ€"», White, ‘ Commutnitations received *.; County Clerk advising of levy 61 rccount Connty Rate and School Equivalent ; from County Treasucor ‘Arrear® of lanls Occupied‘ £ Merchants‘ Bank in Owén Sound; Rdvisln, of a reduction of Interest to 4 per cent; on all Bank Deposits on or after the 15¢, Aug: Moved by Mr/ McCalluin, secon Mr. Reid, That the Treasurer be ins to pay the following accounts, viz Rutherfordy $19.60 ; COkronicle, Review, §2; Thos. Wray;$3.70 ; 1» derkin, $4, and Jacob Frit:, $3, an Cheques be now issued.â€"Camed, Wny,' $3.70 ; IW' lq: ® Arum, seconded by Treasurer be instructef 1z : Jobn v $4.75; merufscturare, â€"=12 Mr. Smith, of London, Onut., the ins or for the Medical and Dental Colleg Ontario, caused the arrest of a man no Tillotson, of Saruia, on Satarday, for p tising without license or registration. was fined $100 and costs. o oorppare patise other ab'::bh' this a o n ied Amento ‘Of dnt Bull was peaceable and quict Me Sitting Bull promised him that he would q no obstacle in the way of any af his tribe desired to return to the United States. thought it very likely the Indians had h «d together to hunt buffalo, in which cas one isfallowed to withdraw without the c cil deciding to abandon the hunt. The b lo trequent south side of the Missouri a is probable some of the Indians desire nross the stream to hunt them, which Sit Bull had refused toallow, suspecting . this was their intention, although 0.1 €lared they were anxious to retwrn t« United States. Sitting Bull is describei Major Walsh as being the most plucky, in ligent and energetic savage living and will never consont to} surrender uncondi ally to the U.K.authorities. He is 48 age and has had five wives, three of whou now living. Me has a emall family, con ing of three daughters and one son. Ottawa, Aug. 25.â€"Major Walsh, North west Mounted Police, arrived i city yesterday, and left for Prescott i evening. . He was asked by a reporter any information that would be of in the public concerning the Indians of North West. He said that when h Wood Mountains on the 12th of June Ni wwould enable seamen, soldiers, cmm.* stores to reach these fleets in twenty from Woolwich and Portsmouth, W this railroad the volunteer artillery, su ed by a couple of English men of war, hardly, resist a determined coup de How near we were to this in 1878 m gathered from the fact winle ouly two whips were at Britich Columbia, thirtes wian truisers lay at San Francisco. l profit by this escape ; it is plain from / Selby Suith':‘l:rort, that to loose our harbour and mine in the West wor a keriotts matter, if not a positive and 1 disaster, No feeling of irritation, ther on the duties charged on our goods bo adians should make us to ignorethe enor cost to them, and the great advantage t of their railway, now in hand to our g Pacific Ocean, â€" Four millions drawn at: was not considered too much by +‘peog England to pay for their shares in the Canal ; let us hope that the time will come when not ouly England but Aust also will recognize an| act upon the neo« af the the completion of this *ruz we highway of the British Empire. bur Seet must keep the all weathers, and they ca coal." Rir Kdward ia> . Esquimalt as far, as mean has mounted rifd cann Forks. It is a beginni future, for here in yeare doubtedly assemble the f her colonies for the | prot Pacifit trade. The rvil base of cperations in those seas. article in a military journal pointed these ports were connecied by ware Petersburg, and that a latge floct is gembling at them, Our principal e« 4n the Pacitic is at Nanaimo, close to harbour at Esquimalt, British © This harbour and its coal mine is, I the terminus of the line now engaging tention of the Canadiau Ministors, . NV in the least euggesting war between and Russia, thefacts of the latter havi foreed by Thina to take the course done, will force us to protect our fine l with its excellest cou mine in the Puc therefore the prospect of its Leing c« by rail with Quobee becomes of the importance, . Licutenant jcperal Sir Belby Simyth who has just vacated hi mand of the Canadian forses, a which extends from Quebee to E stated in his last report, ‘‘Our secaurit Pacific requires Esquimalt to be well g It is well known that the c bf the Baltic on the one hand #twre of China on the othor, h change front, so to sperk, that the ports of Kikolayovsk tok in the North Pacifit will An interesting letter by Capt. Ps the Morning Post discusses the que Britain‘s power and influence on the coast, as affected by the ronstruction Pacific Railway. At the present t views set forth by the writer are of Anterest, and desorve the semrons atte the people of Canada,. Capt. allisor s Mr. August moved, seconped by B bett, that this Council do now adjoure on Monday, the 20th day of Septemt Britain‘s Hold on the Coast. Mr, August nioved, geconded by N ty, that the fine imposed on John T« G. Durbar, J. P.,for nonâ€"performance tite labor, be expended in the beat it he was a defaulter, â€"Carried, The Northwoest Indian Mr. Hogg moved, seconded by M that the Clerk be instruoted to n Treasurer to collect all notos due t cipality by the 1st of November nes Byâ€"law No. 60 was then read ty number of times and passed. Byâ€"la was also introduced and passed, au No. 62 was likewise adopted by the Mr, Bailey moved, seconded by that the undermentioned persons® amounts opposito their respective roadwork done and certifiedl by 1 road commissioners:â€" *Â¥ illiam MePDonald,............ â€"Carried Mr. Hogg moved, seconded by A that the seeve issue his order in fo : Jamieson, pathmaster, for $8 to be in the beatinlien of commutation of. y The Council met at the Town N4 Aay the 16th day of August, pursa §ournment. . Members all present ; in the chair, Minntes of last ame and confirmed. cncscnpa t sn te ald adu 1 n v l t