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oPbserher ca des A YBAR "JAMES BAIRD, Editor. TORT PERRY, AUG. 7, 1870. EET . Bvery Man' His His Price. Men can dl ways afford in propor- fion to their means; if it is money tlie mote thay haute they can afford {he move, but little souls are always cruel, displease them in one thing you offend them in all, Differ from them in politics they include social iitercourse, business reputation and all else, You may have betriend- ed him: when ho needed help, got into trouble defending him from the attacks of others, been hooted at for defending one who deserved punish- ment, and all this is forgotten the moment you give the little soul the slightest cause of offence, he will malign your character, seek to con- vert your friends into enemies, cen- sure and defame you on every oc- casion, misreprosent your motives, and assassin like stab your repu. tation. He will withdraw any miserable' little patronage over which he may have control, and give it to one of his former political and social enemies in order to show how exquisitely vindieative the creature can be. And such ua thing--the poverty of our language does not supply an intermediate title between man and brute--will assume a lead ing pbsition in any loeality which "hus the misfortune to have him Jocated in their midst, here he proves a very curse to the, ontire surroundings. Ile cannot lead for none will be lead by him, but like a genuine petty tyrant ho drags those over whom he can exercise control and decoys those over whom he has no authority, so that he always fouth Gntari a =a -- ONLY ONE DOL succeeds in keeping the locality cursed with his presence, in a for- ment and costly broil; a series of unsuccessful law- suits er somo othor muddle.-- But the timo comes 'when his sinister designs are exposed, he can no longer decoy, he is hooted and despised, stripped of overy office apd left to ruminate on the devilish course he has pursued, and it only now remains for him to shoflle off this mortal coil and doubly dying hasten down to the vile dust whence ! ho sprung, despised and loathed as other dung. A Pleasant Sight. It would be difficult to conceive of a more appropriate display than that made on our public streets dur- ing the present week, A sheaf of fall wheat from Mr. Willeox's farm, Scugog, was placed at the door of Mr. Watkis' flour and feed store.-- Such an ornament was in good taste and wus the greatest ornament to the town which could be selected. -- It is an exhibition of the abundant goodness of a bountiful Providence to whom alone we are indebted for a luxurious harvest, who has gence- ously recompensed the labors of the husbandman, who is filling our barns and making our enps ran over with lis bles The exhibition is an appropriate one fur surpassing the greatest exhibition of pride and grandeur which could possibly de- corate our streets, it is in effect suying--Behold what the Giver of all good is doing for us. Such an exhibition carries our minds back to great Israel's best and happiest days when they traced their bounties to their micat source and kissed the hand which fed them; when in the grateful sincerity of their souls they from year to year pro- sented before the Lord one of the first and best sheaves of their har- vest, thus manifesting their gratitude and rcknowledging the soarce whence all their blessings flow. The sheaf exhibited by Mr. Will. cox was fall wheat of the red chaff variety and was a magnificent one as well for quantity ip the head as quality of the sample. We quos- tion if any other part of the pro- vince could exhibit a superior sheaf of wheat, © ngs. Filling the Barns. No better weather could possibly be experienced for harvesting pur- poses. Most of our fall whoat and arley have already been safoly lodged in the burns, our spring wheat and oats are hastening to maturity, a fuir proportion of them havealready been out down and a few more days of such weather will see these too snugly within doors. The humming thresher is being heard in evory direction, the threshing is chiefly confined to barley and that is showing a most satisfactory exhibit for quantity, weight and color; it is particularly plamp. Wo think that there cannot be a doubt but that wo shall have an active, | and winter trade. : Jess passed most-pf. which for the past three y impeded and threatened fo business ship, calling for the utmost effort and unflinching perseverance to pull through. We fondly hope that we are again amering on an era of prosperity for all classes of the community. x he expenco and tronbloof taking present harvest is very light tolast year's experience, unusual take place | have a harvest worth halfa of that of last year, gathered in i ob thie coat and ono half the : onists, but Manches Ter a A Civic Holiday. A few outsiders had made up their minds that Port Perry should have a civie holiday in the interest of suid outsiders. grand excursion to Sturgeon Point was provided for and the obliging outsiders got our somewhat easily fidden townsmen to sign a requisition to the Reeve for the necessary royal proclamation establishing the holiday. On the following day, however, it began to leak oat that the citizens; had been sold and at it they go in hot haste and again petition the Reeve for another voyal fiat declar- ing the 14th and not the 12th to be the civic holiday for the town. It is now to be sincerely hoped that after all this signing and countersigning, that when this holi | day does come that it will be put to good account and fally serve the end for which it is intended. It is whispered in some quarters that our town civic holiday is to witness the first or introduction of an annual Regatta in connection with our Port Perry Bouting Club, as weli rowers ad sailors. The idea is not a bad one and there are cer- tainly few emtertairmonts which could be gof up which would be more likely of success or be more attractive to visitors. No more suitable water could be found for rowing matehes at least; and we should judge thas jt would do well for yachting pugposes CoNTRACTORS.--From the great the party who secured the contract for the completion of Scugog Bridge and most of the other tenderers, some people may run away with the idea that either the very high tenderers were trying to secure a ful thing off the county or the party putting in the lowest tender must be very foolish, It must be re- membered, however, that when the tenders were pat in it was not known to the parties that they would be allowed the use of the old bridge in the construction of the new--this is worth from $800 to %1,000 to the contractor. Neither did theParties know that they would be allowed till September 1880 to complete the work --this additional time by enabling the Contractor fo collect and place his materials,especi ally his timbers, brush, &e., during winter, and also got the hands at winter rates--will be worth two or three thousand dollars to the Con- tractor. So that after all the dis- crepancy between the highest and lowest tender was rot really so much. Had the advantages of tho use of the old bridge, the longer time for completing the work and other ad- vantages been all made known when tenders were asked for very different fienres would have been presented. All these advantages were mado known to the successful tenderer but the others tendered believing that no advantages would be given. Personal. The inhabitants of Port Perry and its surroundings mu regret the removal from our midet of B. J. Thorne, Esq., one of our most re- liable and honorable Dry Goods morshants and an active, exemplary and much respected townsman. He is moving to Port Ilope and there going into an extensive Dry Goods and Grocery business. We concratulate the inhabitants of that thriving town and vicinity on the important addition to their intelli- gent enterprising business men, We wish Mr. Thorne all (he sue- cose in his new field to which his genuino worth justly entitles him, Highway Robbery. As Mr. Cook, one of the men from the McKenzie livery establishment, Port\ Perry, was returning from Uxbridge with a carriage and team about G o'clock p.m.,on the 1st inst., when passing along by Epsom, he saw an old gentleman on the road who asked g#ride and on taking him on found him badly cut and braised, his clothes torn and soiled, he stated that he had been attacked and rob- bed by a number of men who had met him on the road a little way back, that they bad taken all his money some B15 and his watch. -- The poor man was on his way from Newmarket to Trenton, where ho meant to reside with one of his sons. He intended to take the cars at Port Perry, but the robbers deprived him of the moans of getting off. The above is a plausible tale, but! on enquiry, since it was in type, we find that it is a buse fabrication, and we would have suppressed it were it not that its publication may assist in detecting similar frauds. Thanks to the worthy proprietor of the Thompson House, Port Perry, this insolent imposter was detocted in his course. Mr. Thompson's generosity to the worthy poor or unfortunatg is too well known .to require COG Tut frauds need not apply. This party being threct od to. Mr. Thompson for assistance which he was willing to give but he must first find if the party is worthy and on investigating the matter he found the would-be victim a perfect fraud, a confirmed dead beat. Be- ware of him! S---------- Bage-Ball. The Sunderland and Munchestor base-ball clubs bad a somewhat sharp encounter on the grounds of ormer on the Znd inst. The Manchester boys found that they had all they could get along with in handling their Sunderlal day vie us, 80 far at least as the 0 was aHowed to proceed for » rain. Had the rain not inter- it was discrepancy between the tender of |, the" already well established good name of both clubs. Honorable contention is creditable to both gainer and loser, but victory gained by fraud is worse than defeat. Better than Gold. A celebrated writer of by-gone days tells us that "a good name is better than riches," still it is satis- factory to witness the former secur- ing the latter. The "Brown Whitby Harvester" deservedly stands at tho head of the whole tribe of "Reapers within the Dominion of Canada, and this proud position has been secured as well by the excellence of its con. struction as for the decided superior. ity of its work, its lightness ot draft, durability and other good qualitios. Ot course there are other reapers still in use, but we should judge that this will only be till the parties can be supplied with the Whitby Har- vester, Many important improve- ments have been introduced, the re sults of careful watching and study, the driving wheel has been enlarged, the speed increased and other im- provements which havo secured for the Whitby Harvester the enviable position it now enjoys. We learn from the local press that a reaping trial was held in the township of Markham, under the auspices of the Belford Farmers' Club, in which the following machines competed ;--Brown, Whitby Harv vester ; Whitby Johnson, manufactured by Brown & Patterson, Manufacturing Com- pany, Whitby, Ont. Kirby, No. 3 A ; Kirby, 3 B.; Selt- ling Harvester, manutac. by Harris & Son; Wrought Iron r, manufactured by Thompson Royal Royce, maaufictured by After a very spirited contest, all machines with the exception of the « Self-Binder,! doing excellent work, in a field of badly lodged and tangled wheat, the first prize, a gold medal, valued at $40 was awarded to Brown's Whitby Harvester. The second prize, $20, was awarded to the No. 3 B. Kirby, Williams ; Green Bros, A Prize Takers. If a prize were offered for roads with the greatest number and largest size of stones, the line between the 2nd and 3rd cons. of Reach, east of the Nonquon road would beat any other road in the province ten to one; it would almost appear as 1f all the stones rejected by other roads as being too unmercifully large have been collected and put on this road. Talk of stones going through a vi two and a half inches in diameter a la township by-law, here they would scarcely pass through a bar- vel hoop. ------------ Tue Errecrs or Mepicrne.--The salutary effects of pills and ointment are visible in all directions; they are developing themselves in a magnificent new brick structure in course of erection tor Dr. Montgom ery, Williamsburg, Cartwright.-- This fino edifice, a cut of which may be seen in the connty Atlas, will add very much to the appearance of that tidy village, as -- Sent Down. > A resident of Prince Albert named Aiken was witness in a case mn which a party named May was defendant. The evidence of Aiken was unsatisfactory to May aud since the Court, Aiken has been subjected to much annoyance and destruction of his property. On Thursday evening last Aiken heard some one in his orchard breaking his trees and making general destruction, Aiken went into the orchard and the depredator made off, running through a hole which he had made in the fence. Fortunately a young man named McCaw happened to be there at the time and caught hold of the culprit as lie passed through the fence.-- This proved to be a youuger brother of May's, the defendant in the suit referred to above. The guilty party was brought before Squire Currie on the following morning and sentenced to one month's hard labor in Whitby jail. The nffgistrate doubtless re- garded the youth and inexperience of the prisoner as extenuating circumstances other wise no less a punishment than six months would have been meted out for so aggravat- ed a crime, If the ends of justice are to be served witnesses must be protected at all hazards and malicious reprisals resisted with a strong band, tl ® A -- Must be Killed. A party who calls himself Samuel Spencer, an cotire stranger in this locality, had apparently made up his mind on Tuesday last to try conclusions with the railway cow catcher, wonld persist on sitting on the track where it passes throngh Mr, Mec- Connel's farm, north of Port Perry. Messrs McConnel and Wilson were barvesting near by and noticed the man hovering round and sittiug down on the track about the {ime trains were due and they had considerable trouble to keep the fellow off the track, -- About the time of the evening train coming north became due it was dark and Wilson and McConnel went to the track lest the party might take advan'age of the partial darkness and find him on the track, they drag him off and 1t was with some difhculty that he could be kept from throwing him- self before the train when it came along, -- Mr. Wilson got hold of the fellow and brought him to Port Perry and delivered him into the hands of Mr. McKnight who put him in the lock-up for the night, and brought him befare the Reeve and C, Crandell, Esgs., who committed him to the Whitby jail for 80 days on 'a chargeof vagrancy, . r TY r ---- A ---- ee Manchester Fair. Our cattle and sheep dealers and breeders should remember that Wednesday 13th inst., is the Man- chester: August fair, the increasing importance of the live stock trade ought to give an interest and im- petas (o stock fairs which would place them in that position which they ought to occupy. Weights and Measures. Partics anxious tc learn who are the appointees may expect to find the anflounce. ments made in the Dominion Gazette of Saturday next, atter which in all liklihood the fortunate ones will be trotted out, ee A ln Sun Stroke. y Mr. Bush, 12th con. of Reach while work- 4 tho gnme there |io& in the barvest field on the 1st inst, got what might havo been |#0 overcome with heat that he became un- conscious and had to be taken home, It was at one time feared that the stroke would ns the Man-| ° wil he he grounds, | ani prove fatal, but we are glad to learn that he has so far recovered as to be around again. i -- A ~~ weet Money .-- Parties wishing to borrow «y on farm or good town security will Mr. Ebbels prepared to freat with them confirming ou advantageous terms. See his adv, Hurry-up the Work. a All parties favorable to the rapid, upward and onward progress of thie important section of country will watch with interest every step taken towards the realization of those fondly cherished hopes, of the early commencement and rapid progress of that work- indispensable to the proper develop- ment of the wealth, intelligence and general resources of that great section of country through which the proposed Foronto und Ottawa Railway is expected to pass. In regard to the Ly-law granfing a bonus of $200,000 to the Torohto and Ottawa Ruilvoud, shortly to be submitted to the vote | of Ottawa it has been decided that $135,000 be paid on the completion of the road from here to Peterboro', 'The temaining $65,000 is to be paid.when the road is completed as far as Toronto, provided thas it shall be built by way of | Lanark, It is also provided the tariff ot charges between any 'station on the line and the city of Ottawa should not be in excess of the tariff between any more west- erly station and the city. Machine shops to employ 200 men must be constructed here. The city of Ottawa is to have the power of appointing three directors instead of one as heretofore, The voting will take place on the 5th of September, ---------------- Press on the Work. Orrawa, Aug. 5.--At a special meeting of the City Council last evening a by.law granting $200,000 to the Toronto and Ottawa Railway was introduced amd send ® first time, The further considuration of it was postponed until Wednesday evening, It is to be hoped that onr Toronto friends won'tas befote, postpone the submission of their by-law granting aid to this work till the tax collectors ate drumming at the doors and the people are all hard up or feel poor and in the dumps and vote down the by-law as they did before, Let thew put it through now, Mutton by the Wholesale. » Early on Friday morning, Ist iust. Mr. L. Roberts, living near Simcoe sticet in the 3rd con of Reach, heating some dogs at sheep went out and found four hounds said to be Mr Steel's, worryivg a fine ewe, Supposing the sheep to be the property of Mr R Boynton Mr. Roberts ran to his place to acquaint him of the fact that Steel's dogs were dektroying his sheep. The sheep were not Mr. Boynton's but were the property of Mr. John McDonald. Mr. McDonald had a flock of eight choice ewes but the worthless brutes of dogs between Thursday evening and Friday morning bad destroyed the whole flock, five were killed aud the remaining | three badly worried, so (hat (wo or three public pests of houuds have in one night run up the handsome mutton bill of be- tween sixty and seventy dollars. It is quite enough that people passing along the streets should be annoyed by howling brutes of dogs without having valuable property | destroyed by them. Of course the owner or harberer of the dogs must foot the bill of damages, but who is to foot the bill of suffering of the innocent ewes? If the owners of the dogs which so frequently worry our sheep were more strictly 'much warmth, and added that he had twice In hicu of the Mogision that | | the road is to be built by way of Perth, it is -_ © Quebec Government. - The Ministerial and Opposition parties in the Quebec Assembly have just concluded a stand up fight and the Government party came out the small end. It is not likely Mr Joly will resign, he is teo fond ot office for that but he must feel awfully sore over the chastisement. 2 * . During the sitting of the 5th the Trea~ surer while defend his financial state- ment attacked some statements of Mr, Chapleau, Mr. Chapleau denied the charge with convicted the hon. Treasurer" with having lied in the presence of the House, This brought the Ministerialists to their feot and the Premier at once called Mr, Chapleau to order, . Mr. Chapleau said that the words he had. used, being unparliamentary, he withdrew them, but the statement he had made was correct. At the same time he askéd t hon. Treasurer to withdraw his charge disloyalty. 7 This retraction not being satisfactory to Ministerialists, Mr. Jolly then moved, "That the member for Terrebone, having used an unparliamentary expression, and refusing to retract it entire and to the satisfaction of the House, be reprimanded in his place by the Speaker,' ee The members were then called in, and a vote taken resulting in the motion being lost--Y eas, 25; nays, 27. So that Mr.Joly's motion was defeated by two, An adjournment of the Hduse i followed this defeat so that Ministerialist might sleep over it, 4 y N Brock Council. .. The above council met at the town hall Sunderland, on Saturday 2nd jest; the Recve and Mr. Bryan being absent, Mr Cunningham, the fist D Reeve, took the chair, The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved The following communications were now read from the chair, From the Registrar General acknowledg- ing the receipt of the semi-annual return of the births, marriages and deaths of the township of Brock. A communication from Mr Wylie, D Returning Officer, claiming $1 for the use of the Manilla school house at the late parlia, mentary elections. « From the County Treasurer giving the lots or part of Tots in the township of Brock liable to be sold for taxes. From the County Treasurer setting forth that the amount required from Brock for general county purposes is $2,477 54, and for county school purposes $606. Mr Brethour laid on the table the draft of: a boud of settlement between the municipal ities of the township of Brock and village of Cannington, the principal features of which are--flist, that all appropriations granted for roads and brides by the municipal council of Brock in 1878 be expended as set forth in the appropriation and that the municipalities of Brock and Cannington bare their share of suid appropriations in proportion to the assessed value of each in that year, T'hat the town hall, Sunderland, be valued at $1,000 and that the township pay over to the village an cquivaleat to its share of said $1,000 in proportion to the assessment of the village compared to that of the township (the proportion of the latter to that of the former 1s about 13 to 1) That all gravel pits owned by the township shall pain the sole property of the town, hip, provided al- locked after and made to pay the damage there would not be one tenth of the number of dogs kept which now are. According to 4}, law on that matter w or the owner or! hatborer of the dogs which do the damage | ure know to the owner of the sheep fujured | Ot uestroyed he can get no compensation from | the municipality he must look to the owner | of the dog or dogs. Nothing more is | necessary than bring the owner or harborer of the dogs before a magistrate, proye the value of the sheep, and that such dog or at the time when said sheey then such owner or harborer will ve to pay the fuil damage with costs and su damage may be collected by dstress and of tne goods and chattles of such own: | harborer, But should the owner of the sheep | fail in collecting the damage, if nothing can | be collected from the owner or harborer then | he can fall back on the municipality and col. lect two. thirds of the damage snstained and all the dogs infplicated must Le shot, No owner of sheep injured enn collect any dam - age from a manicipality till he3 bas sworn that he Delieves that his sheep were injured by a dog or dogs, dnd that he docs not. know the dogs which did the damage and that he had made dili- gent enquiry but failed to find the guilty dogs. Ifthe owner of the dogs are known such owner then if he fails to collect from bim he may fall back on the township and collect two-thirds of the damage. Another Bank Down. With much more regret than surprise the failure of the Consolidated Bank of Canada was noised abroad on Saturday last, The City Bank of Montreal and the Royal Can- adian were part and parcel of the Consolidat- ed, Of the previous history of the City Bank we don t pretend to know much but we know cnough of the Royal Canadian to convince us that there is not the least soma blance of truth in the adage: "Bad begin - ning, good ending" for had there been a shred of truth in the propusition the Royal Canadian and all other Banks which became connected with it would bave been the most prosperous under the su, for it were scarcely possible to conceive of A worse beginning than the Royal Canadian made, in Port Perry at least; why it was énough to make bankers and banks fairly hooted at for all time to come and larsc numbers who in more or less stock in it became so dissatig- fied that they were glad to part with their i stock at a sacrifice. The head of the insti- tion and other branches may have been all right enough for ought we know, but O | the Port Perry Branch | it was a tickler, There is not much of the stock held in this or the neighboring villages Accordin Perry, and 72 shares of $100 each held in Prince Albert. The depositors we believe will lose nothing by the failare and wo should judge that the bill-bolders if they have patience will recover their face value ; but the stock holders cannot fail in getting badly bitten, in: fact they have been bitten already in past deprecintions of their stocks. A gentleman who holds over 300 shares Las instructed his attorney to prepare at action against the President of the lite Board: of Di to recover from them the amount of his shares on the ground that they issued false and. misleading statements of the Bank's position, notably in November and December last, and at other times, If stock holders secure ten per cent, of their paid up capital they may thank their stars, - § eet be Make them Row: New York, Aug. 5.--A World's Sarat special says $3,000 have been there for prizes with a view to arranging a match between Hanlan and Courtney. -- Vanderbilt sabscribed $1,500, It. is dogs were seen worrying or chasing the sheep | collected on the judgment now held by the cre injired | township against the T'. & N, Railway Com- , y the owner or the sheep must first prosecute | township. order to encourage tho institution, took | retire' of shares for 1878 we: find vr are four shares of $100 each. held fr: Por, | ways that Canriigion be paid her propor. tionale interest in the sme (this interest will consist of Canuington's portion of the amount paid for the pits, suppose that the gravel pits in Brock cost the township $500 purchase money then after deducting a por- ticn cqual to the time the pits have been in use then Cannington shall be paid an amount equal to her portion of the remainder --say one-thirteenth of the remainder, That Cannington proportion of shall receive her duc whatever amount may be pany. , { | That Cannington shall pay her propor tion, according to her assessed value, of the amount of present railway indebtedness of the township. That the total assets of the township at the time of the separation of the village from the township shall be divided between the | two 'municipalities in proportion to their sessed values at the time of separation, 'The penalty for nonfulfillment of the conditions of the bond is placed at $460. On motion of Nr Brethour a communi. cation was forwarded to the Reeve of the township instructing him first, to have the | amount of railway indebtedness inserted in {the bond and then sign it on bebulf of the Messrs Stone and Truan came before the | conncil regarding the road in their division, asking a grant of 30 for the purpose of graveling said beat, their beat being so large tha the statute labor cauuot keep it in | proper repair, | The council adjourned for dinner, | Council resmned. | Mr Brethour moved the payment of $1 | for repairing a culvert in the 6th con, ! On motion of Mr Brethour the sum of $30 | was appropriated for the purpose of gravel. ing on the 9nd con. west to the railway track, | On motion of Mr Brethour the sum of $5 | was granted to Mr Johnston for filling up | the mill race opposite lot 21 in the 14th con On motion of Mr Brethour an order was | grantéd in favor of Mr Stephenson in full of sulary for 6 months care taking of town hall, The order, was made payable to J. J. Moore ¢ Mr St. John introduced and carried through a by-law defining the limits of the several electoral sub.divisions for holding parliamentary elections. The several divisions are the same as those of the late parliamentary. election. ot On motion of Mr Brethonr the sum of $50 was appropriated for building a bridge on the 5th con, | kab Mr McLean complained of the condition of the 8th concession and thinks that $50 'woud secure the necessary repairs, On motion of Mr. Brethour the Clerk was fustructed to write Neil McPhaden instruct ing him to go ut once and complete his job of grading in the 8th con, otherwise the council will let the job to some one else. Mr Cunningham represented that Mark completed his job i most te manner, he had exceed the #ppro- fi but the township had got good value for the money. Mr St John introduced and carried through a by-law authoszig the levying and collect ing of the following amounts: for General County Purposes §2,47704 ; for County School Purposes $606; Roads and Bridges $1412; interest and sinking fund on Railway Debentures $2000 ; Indigent Aid $500 ; Salaries $850 ; Miscellaneous $200. Making in all $8,015.54. The total value of the real and property of Brock for 1879 is $2,704,179 so that the rate for that townblip for 'the present year will be 30 cents on every! $100 assessed value. Hence' the tax on $500 will be $1.50 ; on $1,000 the' tax will be $3 ; on $5,000 the tax will be $15, 0,000 it will be $30 and so on. Such taxes cannot be considered extravagant, Of course the gchool section rater must be added to the above but even the school rates in most rections are comparatively moderate. ge Mr. Brethour introduced and oarried through a by-law authorizing the levying lecting of the foll g foi the several school sections as the boards of trustees, Bec No. 1 8340; No. 2 $300; No. 2 Union r requested by | thought the race will occur early in Septem. | ber, 1 ? | ET te lA eee " Increasing the Family.--Fiftcen thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine immigrants landed at Now York Inst month, against 9,506 in June, 1878. 99,224 im- migrants arrived in the United States in the year ending Jure 30th, against 72,163 the previous year, : : . ing the whole part of the building in rear of ___: Fire in Hamilton. - . »: Hawmwron, Atig. 1. One of the most disastrous tions ever known in this city took place this afternoon, resulting in a loss of real estate and merchandise frightful to contemplate, The alarni of fire was sounded at 5:40 p. m. the occasion being a small issue of smoke from underneath the cornice; near the south-east corher'of Turner, Livingstone, & Co.'s premises, corner of King and John streets, followed in an incredibly short space street side of Messrs, D. McInnes & Co. The brigade turned out promptly, but on their arrival on the spot it had become quite evident that the corner was already doomed. Indeed, so rapidly was the building envelop- | ed in flames that little or no attempts were | made to save anything, and this block, em- | bracing the Hamilton Provident and Loun | Society's premises on the ground floor corner ; the Bank of Hamilton, adjoining and facing on King-street ; D. McInnes & Co's, occupy- and over the two premises last named ; and Turner, Livingstone & Co's, adjoining McInnes', on the second floor, were com- paratively speaking, left to their fate, and the efforts of the brigade concentrated on the task of saving the adjacent buildings. -- The aspect at this juncture was so alarming that assistance was telegraphed for to Toronto, a proceeding rendered all the more necessary from the fact that the water press- ure was found totally inadequate, the streams of water for a while at first scarely reaching beyond the second story windows, The St, Catharines brigade was also communicated with, but ges were subsequently sent cduntefmanding the request. The Toronto force replied that three engines remained in waiting. ready to start by special train ata moment's notice. Presently a spark from the burning building set fire to the tower on "Sandford's building, across John-street, and .about the same time the verandah also catching fire, the fate of the block seemed to be sealed. By dint of the greatest ex- ertions, however, the building, altbongh on fire several times and in various places, was saved. The loss sustained by Messrs, Sandford & Co. consisting mainly in the immense injury to their stoek by water, smoke, &e¢. The Merchants' Bank, which occupied the corner of the block, will also be a loser in the matter of furnitnre, and Messrs. J. McPherson & Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, adjoining Messrs. Sanford & Co., will have" likewise suficred by its re- moval of goods. The fire as if enraged at being checked in its easterly career, now proceeded southward along the east side of John street, and speedily had a hold upon Dixon Bros' fruit and fire works establish- ment, which® from the very mature of its contents it is unnccesary to say literally went like wildfire, The scene here, as the various rackets, &c., xpioded, and in some instances shot into the street, was grand in the extreme, and yet under the circum- stances as terrible as one could well imagine, Fortunately a lane stopped the progress of the flames in this direction also, and thence torward the fire was gradually brought under control, and by midnight but few indications were visible of the fearful calamity that had overtaken the city: During the early part of the fire a spark from the McInnes block resulted in the B. M. E, Church (coloured), on Rebecea~-street, being burned to the ground Several sparks set fire also to the roofs of Larkin, Hall, John.strect; Mr, Bowes' residen Catharine-strect; and various other buildings, hut the flames were in each instance extingnished. So far as can Le ascertained at present, the following are the amounts for which the various sufferers are insured :--Messrs, Sandford & Co, on building and stock about $180,000. The loss of this firm is fully covered, Mesars McInnes & Co. were insured to the extent of about $250,000, $85,000 on the building and the balance on .stock, an amount, however, which will not, it is understood, approxi- mate by many thousands the loss sustained, -------------- ee Another Accident. The Township of Clarke appents in some wiy to be more unfortunate than most municipalities, the officials of thas intelli- gent municipality must either take a delight in setting traps for passers through "their municipality or these passers must have a peculiar faculty of finding out dangerous spots. A few weeks ago a party tried to leap over a couple of cords of wood thrown on the road by some one; the party failed to accomplish the feat and the failure cost the municipality a couple of hundred dollars, -- Again we learn from the Bowmanville Statesman that sometime on the night of Monday 28th ult., Mr. James Stephens and Mr. William Knight were passing along the road between the 6th and 7th i of Clarke, due south of Kendall, the horse and wagon fell into a gravel pit in the roadway which was unprotected on the south and east sides. The wagon first tipped into the pit and the horse followed, falling on the wagon between the wheels with Mr. Knight under the wagon, Mr. Stephens when he found the wagon going over, made a spring and found himself lying between the wagon and the side of the pit. His left knee had come in contact with the wagon in some way and on examination » cut was found in the side and ths Joint of the knee is supposed to be considerably injured. Mr, Stephens is laid up and under the doctor's care, Action will be taken at once to re- cover damages from the township council -- The amount of damages can scarcely be estimated until it is known whether tho knee is permanently injured or not, Fearful Storm. Loxnox, Ang. 3 --The storm of Saturday night was the severest known here in many years, The loss by rain, hail, and inunda- tion will be irreparable this season. TLe storm was attended by a fall of hail stones, somo five inches in circumferance. The damage to glass immediately around London amounts to thousands of pounds, In the greater part of Bedfordshive the hay crop has been completely swept away and many cattle drowned. Newmarket and neighbor- hood are flooded. The rainfall in Bucking- hamshive. is estimated at. 70 tons per acre. Damages by flood and lightning are also reported from Cambridge, Norfolk, Guilford, Leicester, Bath, and Monmouth, EE Another Race. i fa The New York Herald is determined to have Courtney and Hanlab matched again, It says both men are willing and must be brouglit together again, and suggests that the people of Saratoga hang up a purse of 85000 and allow each man$500 for expenses to row there the last of this beginning of next. A Reverend Swindler, of time by a similar issue from the John- |g, month or the ° The Oure as Had as the Port. Viax, Que', Aug. 3. © of pois on i in 8 with supposed with the loaf. Beven of the family, whose name is Monette, ate some of the bread and at'once manifested symptoms of having been poisoned. In a few hours three were dead, and the other four are in such terible agony, 80 low, that no hopes are entertained of their recovery. et ~~ --eeeet : Take Oare of the Pests. St. Joun, N. B, Aug. 4.--One day last week a farmer named Stone living in Kes- wick, parish of Douglas, York County, sent two or three of his children to pick the bugs frem the potato plants, in the course, of which his little son about eight years old squeezed one of the insects in his hand, and, perhaps, having some small sore on his fingers, his hand began to swell, the swell- ing continuing up his arm and across his body. About eight o'clock the same even- ng the child was a corpse. Quite a Ouriosity. To the Editor of the N. O, Obscrver. On Monday, 4th inst,, while a number of men were binding Oats in a fleld of Mr. Mungo Weir's, Prince Albert, they discov. ered a large sized garter snake which they immediately killed. It measured four feet in length, On opening it there were found sixty-seven young ones averaging from five to six inches in length, Frou ONE wHO saw IT. Prince Albert, Aug. 5, 1879. R --_------------ Fall Shows. Brock Township, at Sunderland, on Mon- day and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th of September, Reach, Scugog and Port Perry, at Port Perry, on Tuesday, September 30th, and Wednesday, October 1st. North Brock, at Cannington, on Wedues. day and Thursday, the 1st and 2nd of October, . North Ontario County Show, at Uxbridge, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 7th and 8th of October, : Cartwright Township, at Williamsburg, on Thursday and Friday, the 9th and 10th of October, ------------ The Markets. Onserver OFFice, Aug. 7, 1879. Fall Wheat, ., veer. $095 to $100 Spring Wheat, . 090to 098 Barley...... . 040tc 060 Oats . 0 a0 to 042 Peas ...oove oe 050to 062 Clover Seed ... 300 to 320 Hay per ton, 9 00 to 10 00 Cheese . 009to 010 Hides . 500to 560 Smoked Hams .» 000to Butter Tub... 009 to Batter Roll". 009 to Eggs ... 0 08 to Potatoes... . 055to Wool 0 23 to Now ror Bargains iy Gent's Fug. wsniNg Goons, Harts, Cars, &c.-- In order to make room for a larger stock of cloths, &e., tho subscriber will clear out his Gent's Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, &e., und in order to secure a speedy clearance these goods will be sold at cost. Rare bargains may be expected. J. PEARCE. Port Perry, July 24, 1879. PRIVATE FUNDS. [HE SUBSCRIBER is instructed to loan "on good farm security a large amount of private funds now lying idle, Interest 8 per cent. Good town loans also taken, ; HUBERT L. EBBELS. Bigelow's Block, Aug. 7,1879. INSOLVENT ACT OF 187% AND AMENDING ACTS. JAMES EDWARD VERNON, +" PraisTivr, V8. VALENTINE, DEFENDANT, THOMAS ALBERT WRIT of Attachment has been issued in this cause, - L. FAIRBANKS, Official Assignee 1 Whitby, August 5th, 1879, NOTES STOLEN, |roLey from the premises of the under. signed between the evening of Tuesday, 24th, and, Wednggday, 30th inst., the fol. lowing netes of band«and other property : One Note for tha sum of $136.96, dated Brock, Oct. 20th, 1876, made by E. Bryans in favor sof dynes Bunelaly or earer dud payable eighteen moa! ate. A payment $30 has heen endorsod on the ---- One" Note for the sum of $8.50, dated at fo rinee Albert, March 20th, 1878, made by ¢ Oliver, and payable to the order of G. H. Goodtellow. One Note for $34.12, dated at Prince Albert, --- The Boston Fraveler of the 4th inst. says) " The Murray failure continues the talk of the town. Among the sufferers are W. H, Merill, one of the original proprietors of the 6 Rule, who holds Murray's note for $3,000, with which his interest in that paper was bought. A large Boston firm of paper dealers have an account of $1,600. D. L. Milliken formerly owner of the Cotfage Hearth, which by arrangement with Murray was merged with the Golden Rule in January zine, for whlch ye sp Soners on, and for which he pre: ref over $6,000, The Tn wis that he was to have a conditional ppartner- ship ipterest in the Golden Rule in January 1 next, Meantime the Golden Rule has been sold to H. L. Shoney and Milliken loses all.' ete A A --e Not Much Timber. $190; No. 4 $300; No. 5 8325; No. 5 Union $320; No. 6 $320; No. 7 $350; No. 9 $340; No. 13 8900; No. 148260. There were seven Ross, The boat is made of Spanish cedar, schools still to hear from. Mr. Joseph Thompson came before the council asking repairs on the Town Hall dimensions of the shell are:~ILength, 34 stopped, and He said that the outlay . feet; width amidships, 12 inches; depth t would only be a trifle and certainly in its amidships, 53 inches ; depth on forward end, Proseeution. 8% inches; depth on aft end, 2§ inches ;" « Weight, 30 pounds ; draught, 3} inches, fence apd grounds, present condition it is. not creditable to a wealthy intelligent townshifi, Judge Ellott, of Greenpoint, N. Y., has just completed ing shell for Wallace | trimmed with Hungarian ash, and its ont. riggers are of steel, nickel plated. The is a loser to fthe value of tho merged maga | MPRISING Four Village Lots; two of Which are corner lots, nicely laid out with a beautiful Lawn and planted with various kinds of mental Trees, Shrubs Vines &., : : Good Young Orchard of Cholee Frit. Treo Jin beating, mostly. "BRICK HOUSE, 26x32, Hard and Soft Water, Wood Houser ¢ Driving Barn, and Stable, all. in firstclass" order, i "id This property commands a magnifieent view of the Village, Lake and surrounding Country, is centerally situated and is isolat- ed trom all other buildings. ' 5 Urey, Reason for Selling--Having recently chased land for Nursery Grounds, I wit ; build there 'convenient to the Nursery. 4 For price and terms apply to the Owner, i July 30, 1879, Exooutors'Sale, LAND IN BROCK HE undersigned ofter for Sale the West half of lot number 16, in the 5th * concession of Brock, belonging to the Estate of the Late GEORGE BRABAZON, CONTAINING 100 ACRES.: This property is beautifally situated, one mile East of Sunderland, on the 1"& N.R.R. and three miles West of Manilla Station ofr the Whitby, Port Perry & Lindsay Railway. 'The land is in a good state of cultivation, a beautiful crop is at present on this farm. Ivis well watered and fenced, There are a pretty good House and Barn and a good Orchard on the premises, 80 Acres Cleared The remainder is beautiful Hardwood, TITLE INDISPUTABLE, For further particulars apply to Romenr Brapazon, Saintficld Post Office ; or WiLLian Barn, Wick Post Office, Dated at Brock this 10th day of July, 1879. ROBERT BRABAZON, WILLIAM BAIRD, PAR FOR SAL OR TO RENT. 7§ HE Subscriber offers to Sell or Rent that valuable Farm in the township of BROCK, In the County of Ontario, being lot No, 23, inithe 1st con, containing - 146: ACRES, More or less, 80 acres being cleared and the balance wooded with cedar and hardwood .-- There are good fences, good frame buildings and plenty of water on the premises, } Execurons. If vold, terms of payment made easy. For further particulars a to the pros prietor, B. A. BLACK, Wingham , Or to HENRY LOCKE, 3 on the premises. Or to C. DAWES, Auctioneer, Art Perry Wingham, July }, 1879. NOTICE T0 CREDITORS I JURSUANT to a Decree of the Court of Chancery made in a cause of Williamson vs. - Williamson, The Creditors of William Francis William~ son, late of the TownsHip of Cartwright, in the County of Durham, Yeoman, who died in or about the month of September 1878, ape on or before the 25th day of August 1879, to send by post pre-paid to MESSRS. $COTT & EDWARDS, of Peterborough, the Solici~ tors of the Plaintiff, their christian names and surnames, addresses apd descriptions, the full particulars of their claims, a state- ment of their accounts, and the nature of the securities (if any) held by them ; or in default thereof they will be prematorily ex-- cluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Every Creditor bolding any security is to. produce the same before me at my chambers: at Peterborough, on the 12th day of Septem~ ber, 1879, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon being ie time appointed for adjudication on the claims. Dated this 12th day of July, 1879, ' C'A. WELLER, Master at Peterborough, , NOTICE T0 THE CREDITORS - CARMEN FOSTER, to, URSUANT th Chapter' Revised P Statates of Ontario A of #4 Robert Foster, lale of the Towuship of Mariposa, in the County of Victoria (who died . 22nd, 1878, made by J and payable Io (hs oer of 1 Good Rlow; 12 the misih of June, 1670) ae an a 'lefore Shaw. Syms the Bominizs Bank, bk pots JOY chi NGS, : or. Pork r 1 al One Noto fo $63, ded April 24th, 1978, | d-esses and description, the Tall partioniars made' by M"J Holliday, payable to the | of their claims, a sta cuenp ay ele Saou "| order of G. H. Goodfellow, at the Ontario the nature of the if any) held Bank, Whitby. Sho oF Jn defunlt thereof the Extentors One Note for $34.08, dated at Prince ribo the Aeris of sinior es. "Albert, April 25th, 1879, e by Wm. riies entitled then vi rd o1.ly White, Sen'r, and payable six mons after tothe olaims of which y's i have date, to order of G, H. Gealfellow, at 9 Sag " { the Ont Bapk, Port Perry. ©. lL ' WILLIAM J. er Exsonorn, (Ono Note for $40, dated April 28th, 1819, { pucd + Poy, Io | made by Joxeph Fitchett, and payable at | -- hig as {fines Albert three months after date, to] e order of G, H. Goodfellow. Note fi "made by T. F a Pr i ange, Years, Ficids, an A Due Bill mado by H 'Bickel . for half a ton oF Sram, ; ged to bearer 0s n favor Squelch or bearer, 'payable three ne Note for $20, part of which ng hoon ted at Prince Al li i, 185 atc" Tock Soeton tn et | i anes age ade bs Than A ts . One Note, dated in Rrock, 1 by Thos an Richard ein id h dy James Roach or bearer. , x ar rovio to bid all E hs Coto ot = Ye tho pas to ey parties Som lin po Town Ball, Manchester, on. Monday the 18th the above as payment i each case has heen get by Jheraite uch Magn he same Ete Table to Roll. Tron i ERA ors, r JAMES SQUELOCH. "i Prince Albert, July 30th, 1879, i: ne TE : * Reach, July 14, 1879 9 : Pp! . 3 - ~ el - « |