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TRE he ny Bed Bottom, Wroved of before. p Agent for 3 W BLIND ROLLER, | ais 1 Ne, hen required. Coffing OY on hand. Algy and 'sure to res made with negt.- ibulatory always og: Gr attended to on the, k TIVISNIAH M MIN IHL a | ~ Kingston and Toronto. red Kid Gloveg NARD, eet, Oshawa ENCY, JM is our duly x nd' Silent nes. right of sel our thorized tw agents have the Catharines, Ont. eo market, and only teh stand. Agents Te cheap. Warranted ) SHOES od Children's, yen) Per Cent., OCK. DHOM. no . a _-- . ! Ontario Reformer, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, -- POR The Ontario Reformer Printing and Publishing Company, AT THEIR CFFICE-- SIMCOE ST., OSHAWA, TERMS : -$1 50 per annum, in advance $175 £ not paid within six months--$2if not paid till the ind Ww theyear. No paper discontinued uatil all errears are paid, except ot the option of the pubtisher, and parties refusing papers without paying up will be held responsible for the sub soription uatil they comply with the rule. ZH letters addressed to the Editor must be nvariably pre-paid. I. H. BROCK, Editor and Publisher. elo » } tme X 4 » EE -- Felt him with my foot, as I couliin't see anything for smoke. Then returned and lifted the boy ut gf flames became so. intense that I had to jump from the window. Had tokesp head under the window sill while they took the boy out." It them instan tly. almost became one mass of flames. Did not know that there was any other child- ren there, and don't think it would have OSHAWA, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22; 157s. No. 19. Business Divectory W. COBURN, M.D, PF. L, HYSICIAN, SURGEON, AND ACCOUCHEUR, King Street, Oshawa. Residence and Oftice-Nearly opposite Hobbs Hotel. 1-41. WH. FREDERICK McBRIAN, M.D. M.R.C. 8 VUY'S HOSPITAL, LONDON, ENG. A LAND. Residence oppesite W. H. Gibbs' esidénce, Simcoe Street. Oshawa. ROBSON HOUSE, >» ING STREET WEST, HAMILTON, K Geo. Robson, Proprietor, formerly of the Kobson House, Whitby, C.N. VARS, L ». y FPYEETH INSERTED ON ALL THE A latest principles of the art. as chieap as the cheapest, and as good as the best. Teeth filled with Goid and Siiver. Teeth ~xtracted without apin by producing local anaesthesia. Dental Rooms in Cowan's New Block, over | Atkinson's Drug Store, King St. Oshawa, 2.42 J. FERGISON,; ICENTIATEorDENTAL SURGERY. Odice overthe Grocery of Messrs, Simpson Bous., King St., Oshawa. All operations preformed in a skilful wanner, Residence in the same building. R. McGEE, > ARRISTER, ATTORNEY, LICITOR, Conveyancer and Notarie Public, Oshawa, South-East Corner of Kiug and | Simcoe Streets. 24 MONEY. to Lend. Mortgages bought and old. = hid R. MeGEE. J.E. FAREWELL, LL. B., ! OUNTY CROWN . ATTORNEY, | Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor, Notary Public, and 'Conveyancer.. Oifice. - Lately ocenpied by | 8. H. Cochrane, deceased, Brock Street LS hitby, Ontario. { sr GREENWOOD AND McMILLEN ARRISTERS AND ATTORNEYS AT-LAW, Solicitors-in-Chancery, Notaries Public. Conveyancers, &c., Whitby. Money to | Loan. J. HAMER GREENWOOD. A. G. McMiLL C. W. sMITH, RCHITECT, PATENT, INSUR-| ance and General Agent, Simcoe Street, | Oshawa. Agent for the Inman Line of Steame: to and from New York and Liv ol. REFER- | NCE Messrs. Gibbs Bros; F. W. Glen, Esq., | Fairbanks, Esq. 12 | B. SHERIN & Co., hY FHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS of HOOP SKIRTS. Best New York Ma- erial used. The trade supplied on best term Factory --King Street, East, Bowmanville. 3s BD. HOLLIDAY, | ROOKLIN, ONT., AGENT FOR | the Isolated Risk Fire Insurance Company | of Canada, Toronto, a pérely Canadian Tastitu- tion. Also, for Queen's and Lancashire Compan- | des, capital £200,000 each. Also. Agent and Apjitaises for the Canada Permdnent Building and Savings S Toronto, for loans of money at low rates of 13-1 . GY. SMITH, L. LB ARRISTER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Solicitor in Chancery and Insolvency, Notary Public, dc. Office--McMillan's Block, Bruck Strect, Whitby. 3-14-15. FRANCIS RAE, M, D., HYSICIAN, SURGEON, ACCOUCH eur, and Coroner. King St., Oshawa. 1-2 per day, $5 to $20 All classes of working people | of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us in their spare moment®or all the | time.t han at anything el Particulars free. Address G. STINSON & CO. Portland, Maine. CENTRAL HOTEL, Agents wanted SIMCOE ST. NORTH, OSHAWA. JAS, QUIGLEY, Propricior, HIS\SPLENDID NEW HOTEL IS now open, and offers to the travellers the best of accomodation to be procured between House fitted up with all the modern improvemeats. Best brands of 'Wines and Liquors always on hand. Extensive tabling aud an attentive hostler. 13-1y DOMINION BANK! ---- | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT | 4 ¥_the Dominion Bank has opened an agency | for the tra tion of business in Farewells New Brick Block, opposite,the office of Messrs, Gibos f Brother, Simcoe Sircet. Interest will be allowed--on deposits. Drafts issucd on ail vints in, Canada, United States and Great ritain. The Savings Bank department is now | open. On all deposits over $4 interest will be | allowad. . { Office Horirs-- From 10 o'clock a.m., to3 o'clock p.m, except on Saturdays, when the Bank will closed at 1 o'clock, p.m, y . J. H. MULELLAN, | Agent. | OSHAWA AGENCY. --_ ONTARIO BANK. CAPITAL $2,500,000. OSHAWA BRANCH. OFFICE-SIMCOR STREET sorTH ()FFICE HOURS FROM 10, A.M. to 3 o'clock p.m. Oa Saturday, from 10 am. - 1o'clock pom. Banking business of all kinds transacted on the usual terins.- Drafts issued on all points in Canada, United States, and Great Britain, A Savings Dunk Department in connection with this Branch. Interest allowed on all deposits over §1 00, repayable without notice. C.; MOLLAND, Manager. 31-1y shawa, July 16th, 1873, Money i AT REDUCED RATES. AM NOW PREPARED TO LEND any amount of money, on the security Jaen 'arm or Productive Town Property. at the Lowest Possible Rates of Interest, v Principa " B.8ums and manner to suit borrowers. Pri canbe re-paid by yearly instalments, or in one sum, lavestments made in nd other securities. BILVER AND GREENBACKS BOUGHT AND SOLD. For 1; rticulars apply to : ther 78 JAMES HOLDEN, Official Assignee, Money Broker, Ke. on Crown tO Lend: JO&RH.HENRY, Have Resumed Business in the IA the Building on the Corner of King and Simcos Streets, Where they are once more prepares to {| And other Styles of Pictures, in all the Latest l Styles, : | Entrance on King Street Special attention piven to enlarging and Coloring. Photographs taken from Pictures, and enla | to any Size. + Oshawa, December 24th, 1572. MEDICAL HALL. ~Removal = DR. DEANS ESPECTFULLY INFORMS THE 1 Public that the MEDICAL HALL is REMOVED to WILSON!S NEW BLOCK. NEAR THE POST OFFICE, Where he has opened out a NEW STOCK of | Pure Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medi- | ¢ines, Superior Dye Stuffs, Elegant | t | Porfumes, Scented Soaps, Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Nail Brushes, Coombs, Trus- ses, &e., &e. And a large stock of Fancy Articler- | #9 His Surgery is in connection with the Shop as usual. Oshawa, Maach 12th, 1572, * ma------------ Dominion Bank | N= IS HEREBY GIVEN THE | 4X following calls on the alloted Stock of the Dominion Bank, have been made by the Directors, and the same are pay- | able at the Banking House in Toronto, as follows : 10 per cent. and preminm of 5 per cent | on the 1st July, 1873. 10 do 10 hi 10 10 10 10 10 «* 10 10 | do 1st Aug. 1873. | '* 1st Sept. "2nd Oct "3rd Nov. ¢¢ 4th Dec. ¢ bth Jan. ¢" 5th Feb. "" 9th March ¢ 9h April + (By order of the Board ) R. H. BETHUNE, Cashier. 3-15-tf. we Notice to Squatters ~-- ON PUBLIC LANDS. FYHE ATTENTION OF SQUATTERS on the Pabliec Lands is specially called to the regulations contained in the ( r in Coun- cil on the 1th Januar 7 1 squatting " "" "" "" "" " " " Gn "" § " Toronto, 28th May, 1873. v etly for . No claim to purchase land by right of occupa- will be en ain®d, unless such occupants was a bona fide settler on the land with substantial | improvements at the time of inspection, and so reported by the Inspector. Iniprovements made | on any Crown Lands since the time of such in- spection, will be Jost to the.oec upant, unless such occupation has been authorized by the Depart- _--- THOS. H. JOTINSON, Assistant Commissioner. Department of Crown Lanls, Toronto, April 1st, 2873 2,53 20. EY NOTICE?! + (TICE 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN the lands in the Township of Neching and Pai poenge, in 'he district of Thunder Bay, sold subject to settlement, under the Orderin Council of 5th. April, I861,w ill shortly be inspect- ed. and the sales of sugh lots shall be found on such inspection to be unoccupied and unim- proved will be cancelled and the lands resumed and gt es er the General Mining » ash, A Act, at 3 Pe NOs. 11. JouNsoN, § Assistant Commissioner. Department of Crown Lands, Leto 2ird May, 1573. LADIES | UNDERWEAR! Having obtained Rooms in i GIBBS BLOCK OVER McRAE AND CO.'S STORE | Debentures, Mortages, | I have commenced the manufacture of | LADIES UNDERWEAR * Offce Mc Millan's Block, Brock, £.W Litky April 13th. 1871 INMAN LINE GF MAIL STEAMSHIPS, New York, Queenston and Liverpool C1TY OF AMTWERP. C1TY OF BALTIMORE - City OF BRISTOL. City OF LIMERICK. City oF DUBLIN, Cry or RiciMOND. City or MONTREAL. City ov BrooKLYN. Grrr oF PARIS. mar busses, Cin oy Hatin TY or Loxnox, City oF DURHAM. Crry oF WASHINGTON. Bailihz on. Thursdays an Saturdays ! Frdm Pier 45, North River. RATES OF PASSAGE. To Queenston or Cabin. Liverpool, - - $75, 89 London, - Paris, - - =» - 9, Tickets can be honght | a persons wishing Lo . ' urther information apply to the Company Agent, Cc W. SMITH, Osuawa. July 20. 3 tee: . $30, curreney 35, 3s " at moderate rate their friends. Fo | IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, WHOLESALE & RETAIL. { 3 les of work are now ready for inspection Fv ving their orders will have them | promptly filled, in a manner guaranteed togive | oli | sulisfastion. invited to call, where goods will be | shown, and every Couriesy paid by the for- | wun . CUKKRIE. 3 cs Wotan Mis J.F KELLOGG. | awa, June 30d, 1873 Millinery ! Mitlinery | | For Style in Millinery, | Go to Brooks'. | For Cheap Goods, Go to Brooks' Ladies' Furnishing Store ? | Gallery lately occupied by J. E. Hoitt | 'Take Photographs, 1 BANKS, j WwW : | Georgetown Lime, | For the benefit of the public, we have compiled/ the following business directory. comprising ie After the Fire! | osmawa BUSINES DIRECTORY. | THE INNOCENTS ABROAD IN SEARCH OF THE NORTH POLE. names of the most "eliable dealers in the village | | The public will find it to their advantage to deal with them : MEDICAL. Dr. Ww. Conurn, King Street, immediately west of Hobb's Hote), ney DR. FRANCIS RAR, King Street. DR. McBrIAN, Simcoe Street, LEGAL. J. E. FArEwgLL, County Crowa Attorne: Barrister, &c., Brock Street, Whitby. Js R. McG EE, Barrister, &e., Simcoe Street. op- posite RerorMER Office, Oshawa ! GREENWOOD & McMILLAN, Brock "Street, | Whitby, | (Ontario Bank, Simcoe Street, C." HoLLAND, | Manager. | DPeminion Bank, Simcoe Street, J. H. McLeL- LAN, Agent. JAMES HoLneN, Money to lend, Brokerage &¢., . {| Brock Street Whitby, Between Gilletts' and Dickie's Store. | | DENTISTRY. J. FERGUSON, near Ragget & Shea's, King Street. C. N. Vars, Cowan's Block, King Street. AGENTS, &c. | er, enquire at this office Shipping and insur- Jonx McGrvLr, '. Smith, | ance agent, Sime D. HoLuina FORMER oflice, B. SHERIN, manville, . Insurance agent, opposite Rg- Simcoe Street, Hoop Skirt Manufacturer, Bow- | HOTELS. CeNTRAL HOTEL, Simcoe Street, Jas. Quigley Proprietor. 7 DRY GOODS, J. W. Fowke, Corner Simcoe & King Sts. J. BARNARD, King Street East. W. WicnTMAN, King Street, _F. MCRAE, & Co., corner of King and Simcoe | Streets, ALEXANDER & BrycE, King Street. . Wu. Dickie, King Street. 8S. Trewin, King Street. GENTS' FURNISHINGS. Gro. Hooper, King Street East. W. Lana, King Sireet. TAILORS. G. GURLEY, King Street. Joux Woon, King Street. MILLINERY AND LADIES WEAR. J. F. KELLOG, King Street, over McRae's store | Mages. BROOKS, Simcoe Street, opposite Quigleys GROCERIES. STEELE Bros, King Street. | WIGHTMAN'S (late Cowans) King Street. | BLAMEY & Brices, King Street, . V. Cnuss, King Street. | i J. W, FowkE, corner of King and Simcoe | Streets, | F, NEALE, Simcoe Street. CHEMISTS d* DRUGGISTS. ATRIVvSON, King Street, Dr. DEANS, Medical Hall, Wilson's Block. BOOTS AND SHOES, T. G. HawTtHorN, King Street. HARDWARE. Hare & MEARrNs, King Street. JEWELLERY. W. HEPINSTALL, Wilsons Bleck, King Street. | PuiLir TAYLOR, Simcoe Street. | FURNITURE d* CABINET WARE, ! W166 4 Sons. Simcoe Street. | LUKE & BROTHER, King Street East, | CARRIAGE MAKERS. | BAMBRIDGE, Simcoe Street, North. PRINTING. ONTDRIO REFORMER OFFICE. Simcoe Street. PHOTOGRAPHERS, J. 0. HENRY, King Street, WOODY ARDS. A. ALEXANDER, King Street. BUTCHERS. G. W. Garrn, King Street. REMOVAL MEAT MARKET GW. GARTH, BUTCHER. T AS REMOVED HIS MEAT #TAR- | KET to the Building directly opposite | BLACKS COMMERCIAL HOTEL, KING ST. | Having fitted up a Large Airy Meat Market, second to none in Ontario, he hopes by having it well stocked with the best of meats in their season, to merit a share of the wants of the vants of the Citizens of Oshawa in his line. TWO PEDDLING WAGONS on the EVERY DAY, so that his customer supplied at their own d for thezoven. All orders Je punctually attended to, | oa an be and in g 1 time ft at the Market ADVERTISE IN THE " REFORM ER ~ FASHIONABLE | TAILORING. ~~ | John Wood! 1 EGS TO ANNOPNCE TO THE Public of Oshawa and neighborhood, that he has opened a TAILORING ESTABLISH- MENT, Next door to Hawthorn's, King St.,Oshawa, Where he will he happy to receive orders fo work. Satisfaction and promptness guaranteed JOHN WOOD. 16-4 Oshawa Coal. AND WOOD DEPOT HE SUBSCRIBERS BEG TO IN FORM the public that they have now op | hand at the above Yard, large quantity of | Oshawa, July 30th, 1873. COAL and CORD WOOD AND Agricultural Salt! 4 All orders left at the office' in the Yad, | will be promptly attended, to. A. Alexander. | 3 WOOD CUT and SPLIT at EXTRA CHARGE. A -- Mortgage Sale. | PUBLIC NOTICE 1S HEREBY I ven, that under and by virtue of a Power | of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage (to be { produced at the time of Sale) the tollowing | valuable property in the | VILLAGE oF OSHAWA viz: Village Lot Number Four, on the North Side of Eigin Street, the said N illage of Oshawa, as marked on the Plan of Village Lots laid out on Lot Number Eleven, in the Second { Concession of the Township of Whitby, by JOHN BORLEASE WARKEN, Esquire, wil be put up aud sold by Public Auction, at in tho sald the 16th day of August | next, A.D. 1873, | At the hour of Three o'clock in the afternoon of | that day. A 3 Ther e are on the said land Two good FraZ | Dwellings and Out Houses, in every way pila, ble for two sat Jui flios, besides a Zoos Well and Pump. The s well fenced, cont: | a number of Fruit Trees and a good Garden | with Orchard. E the Terms and conditions made known at time of sale. --For further particulars apply to | LEVI FAIRBANKS, | neer, dc. id W hitby, Ont, or to oH Is, Whitby, Ont. li-din ig | over-reach the suita- | | Vi Wiithy and Port Perry Rallway, | AND BY THE COURTESY OF ITS DIRECTORS, | | Last week we mentioned the fact that | the President and Directors of the Whitby | Port Perry Railway C y had desperate ; but here again the tact of the entertainers exhibited itself, they hayins evidently determined to forestall any such emergency. The genial President, Mr. Austin, with the assistance of Messrs. Holden, Michie, Fulton, Kimball and Marsh, "came down upon" the "innocents" with exhilarating cham. pagne, headed off the lancholy with soothing cigars, cooled the heated with Pp | issued invitations to a number of mer | cantile gentlemen and others prominently | interested in the progress of this county, | to make the excursion from Whitby to | Bobeaygeon, via their Railway and the connecting line of Steamérs. The object of the Directors, in so doing, was not, we | imagine, designed altogether to afford a | pleasant summer's holiday to their friends, but they had in view the ides of showing | | to the leading business men of Toronto and the County of Ontario,the magnificent | country which they were endeavoring to open up to trade through our midst, to show not by words but by ocular proof; | the importance of the little band of iron | which now connects the waters of the | inland country with Lake Ontario, and to give a more tangible idea of the advan- | tages of cheap and direct transportation, which their line has opened up, to those | interested in our local trads and commer- cial interests. This excursion took place on Thursday last, and the Company intended to hava | left from Whitby at 7 o'clock, but with its | usual successful promptitude, the Grand Trunk, with the Toronto guests did not | highway along whose bosom might bs | facts which. we consider of interest and of | the . highest importance to the people of | the welare of the district to the north of | itis to be fed. | stretching north to Lindsay, and thence | into the very heart of the lumber manu- | facturing country,a magnificent stretch of arrive till after eight, thus delaying some- | what the intended vrogramme. Finally, | however, the train, which was handsomely | decorated for the occasion, was got under. | way, and the excursionists were on the route to Port Perry with a speed that fair- | ly took ones breath away. And now that we are all seated let us see whom we have got on board. Counting noses we find as fol- lows : Orricers or THE CoMpaNY--James Austin, President, James Michie, Vice President, James Holden, Managing Di- rector, Cliester Draper and A. J. Ful 0), Directors: Judson Marsh, Secretary, B. K. Kinball, General Saperintendant. Toronto Guesrs--John Gordon, Presi- dent, T. G., & B. Railway, Ald. Thomson, Ald. Moris'n, Ald. Close, Hon. John been dsbarred from participating. | the one side is the Raiiroad, and on the | way to the lake via Port Perry, as rapidly | to | certain obstructions McMurrich, C. J. Campbell, Angus Mor- | rison, M. P., Hector Cameron, Q. C., Majer Arthurs, Major Greig, John Me- | Nabb, P. Hughes, A. T. Todd. Robert W. Elliott, James Crowther, James Grahame, A. M. Sinith, W. J. Bryan, Hon. H. H. Killaly, Mr. Fuller, Chas. Hooper, Henry! Lyman, Captain Hamilton, Henry Thomp- son, C. W. Bunting, Walter S. Lee, Wn. Hessin, W. D. Matthews, J. H. Kate, W. R. Brock, and Wm. Mitchell. Waitsy Guests--J. B. Campbell De- puty Reeve, Sheriff Reynolds, James Dryden, ex-Presidert of the Road, J. C. Grose, Samuel Hatch, G. E. Smith, Ed- ward Major, Chas, Taylor, Gazette, W. H. Higgins, Chronicle, A. G. McMillan and | other gentlemen, Osawa Guests--J. W. Cowan, Reeve of Oshawa, James Carmichael, J. W. Fowke; R. McGee, W. Winterburn, Mal- leable Iron Works, Dr. Coburn, Dr. Rae, J, McLellan, I. H. Brock, Rerorwer, J. S. Lark, Vindicator. Prince Arpert--T. C. Forman, and Mr. G. Robson. Port Perry--A. Ross, Director, J. B. Campbell, Thos. Paxton, M. P. P., Jos. Bigelow, Chas. Paxton; W. R. Sexton, J. H. Thomas, W. Rose, E. Mundy, Stand- ard. Other gentlemen were also on board, whose names we were unable to learn. was performed in the space of thirty minutes, by the sun--at the rate of thirty miles an hour, or more allowing for stop- pages. It is through the magnificent farm- ing conntry of the townships of Whitby and Reach, and the pastoral scenery such | as is seldom seen on any railway line. The road is very smooth and in almost perfect order, excepting in one or two | spots near the * Ridges" were the »ork of ballasting has not yet been thoroughly completed. The work seems to have been comparatively easy until these "ridges" are reached; bnt | from that point to the * summit" --600 feet above the level of Lake Ontario-- | there are some very heavy and difficult the grade rises at the rate of | cuttings, of construction | abund of claret cup, consoled the temperate with refrigerating lemonade, pointed out fresh beauties of scenery to the admirers of nature told historical inci- dents to the curious, and discussed poli- tics with those whose hearts weve set upon public affairs. In short, they succeeded so well in entertaining their guests that when the Captain put an extra kink in the boat to get around the Devils Elbow, tc get into Lindsay, everybody was more than astonished to learn that we been nearly five hours on the boat. While engaged in participating in the pleasures of the occasion, however, we noted many tiis County, all of which pointed to the conclusion that the Whitby and Port Perry Railroad is the artery by which the prosperity of this country, noless than We find from Port Perry connecting without interruption, directly water communication--a grand natural ficated the wealth producing staples of | the forests and the granaries to the north of us, building np our own towns, deve- | loping our trade, and securing to our | benefit, a large thare of the cofimerce of the country, in which we have hitherto Tra- velling over the ground one cannot but | be impressed with these facts. Here on { other the trade, which 'already forcing its as the difficulties stand in the These difficulties, which are allowed way, will permit. | consist in - the which mar the free navigation of the Scugog, and which, if removed, would afford an uninterrupted sketch of navigation from Bobcaygeon to Port Perry. These obstructions are neither | numerous, nor difficult to overcome, and we trust the Minister of Inland Revenue, who took credit to himself for the con- struction of locks at Fenelon Falls, will | join with the member for North Ontario in endeavoring to secure for the two On- | tarto's the aid which is.required to improve the navigation of Scugog. The chanuel is | safficiently deep to float all vessels that are commonly employed in inland naviga- tion, and the obstructions to which we al- lude consist in sharp curves, sunken trees, aud other difficulties which are not serious in themselves, but which are sufficient to | serivusly embarass navigation, and to render it altogether impracticable at night. An appropriation of a few thou. | sands of dollars judiciously expended in | dredging, cutting, and removing obstruc- tions, wo ild ba a benefit of ixcalculable value to this county, and it would enable oar local avenues of transportation from the back country to compete with the Port Hope and Toronto outlets, at-an ad- vantage that would secnre the great bulk of the trade of the north, and militate to the advantage of every farmer and business man from Lindsay to the Lake. We earn- estly trust that the attention of the Gov- | ernment, and also of the Guiario Admin- istration will be directed to this matter, | and that provision will be had to make The journey from Whitby to Port Perry | whatever improvements may be consider- | ed necessary. But revenons a nos montons. Arriving at | Lindsay, the Company hurried across the | " portage" to take the steamer Vanderbilt, of Crandall's line, which was lying ready to convey the excursionists to the ultima | thule of their days journey, and in a few | minutes we were speeding again along our way. The Vanderbilt is about as far | ahead of the Commodore, as a full grown yacht to a juvenile raft, and the speed | made was very good indeed. The navi- | gation here is much easier, and indeed | devoid of any difficulty whatever, boats-| running night and day without trouble. | | Leaving Lindsay, we had another evidence | ninety feet to the mile, while in order to | | composes the | eight of land, the construc- tors have had recourse to carves and insin- uosities quite astonishing. We were soon through these, however, 'and whistling down the grade at an alarming pace past the ** deserted village " of Prince Albert, |° and into the thriving town of Port Perry, | Port Perry is situated at the head of Lake Scugog, from out whose placid waters the broken country which | of the extensive business that might be brought down the Whitby and Port Perry road of the necessary improvements be- tween that place and Lindsay were made, | had | | and all extends back some Jistance farther, con- | those at the south, and, it was their in- nected by means of locks. On landing here, after a little delay owing to the con- sternation of the hotel-keeper, on being favored with a *' white elephant" in the shape of a hundred and twenty hungry guests, a handsome dinner was served up in a very ugly hall, and with gastronomic powers in the fullest state of perfection all proceeded to *' cloy the hungry edge of | appetite." After the cloth was removed (this is figurative--the cloth was a sheet, and they didn't take it off,) the President of the Road, Mr. Austin, who occupied | the chair, called the company to ll their | glasses, when the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were duly baptized and euligized. Previously to this, however, he read a letter of zpology from the Hon. Oliver Mowatt, Premier of Ontario, regretting his inability to be present, and extending towards the great enterprise which had been taken in' hand by the Directory of the W. & P. P. Railway, bis warmest wishes for success and prosperity. The reading of it was recceived with loud cheer- ing. . | The Vice Chairman, Michie, then gave the toast of the lumber interests of Ontario, which was responded to by Mr. Boyd. Mr. Boyd felt proud to be there, as the guest of the Whitby and Port Perry Rail- way Company, and bappy to make the acquaintance of so many of the business men of the frontier, whom he had never known before. The people of Victoria county, and the lumbermen in particular, were deeply interested in the Whitby and Vice President Port Perry Railway, and they trusted that | | it would be a financial success as regarded thuse enterprising gentlemen who had*now taken it in hand with so much zeal. In the hands of such men as Mr. Austin, Mr. Michie and Mr. Holden; he felt satisfied that it must be a perfect success. That road lovked largely for support to the lumber trade dnd he thought the lumber trade would be able to give it a support for years to come. Some peuple endea- vored to create the impression that the lumber trade would die out in a few year-, but he claimed to hive some little know- ledge of the prospects of the trade, and he was satisfied that it was only in its in- | fancy. He believed the time would come when not only the pine tree, but every | tree that grew would be sought after by {the lumbermen for manufacture, and so far from speedily dying out he was con- vinced that the lumber trade of this dis- | trict would flourish for many long years to come to give support to such euter- prises as that which t-e gentlemen whose guests we were to-night were pushing | forward with such energy and success. He then proposed the health of the Pre- sident and Directors of the Whitby and | Port Perry Railway Company, which was | drank with loud applause. James Austin, Esq., Presilent of the Road responded. He said it was only a short time since the present management of the road, whose prosperity was just drank, had taken hold of the enterprise, acknowledged that in that short time they had already accom- plished a great deal. '| to the Whitby Harbor. late fire, was held in the Town Hall, here, Th y had a great | deal to accomplish yet, but they were | bound to go through with it. happily associated with men whose word He was | was as good as their notes, and whose | names were good for any sum that they | might want, and under such circumstances | why should they not carry theirundertaking through, and see if there was anything in it or not 1 They were bound to do this at any rate, and it would take a good many years to run their mears ont, while they had such nawes as James Holden, James Austin and James Michie, to back them. He was sure this visit would have a good effect in bringing the merchant princes of to see for themselves the fine country, around them here, scarcely yet developed, | and the fire breaking out. | drinking some before going to bed. [here Toronto and the frontier towns back here | which this company were endeavoring to | make a source of wealth to them. All the Company asked was their sympathy. They want no bonuses, but or perhaps a little cheaper than other routes, they won't ask you for them, Falls, he would say--your interests are involved in this enterprise as deeply as ours, and we ask" you to give us your as- sistance when you can. James Michie, Esq., Vice President of | { just ask you to give them a chance, and | 1 0 itness. Went to bed to rest about if they can't carry your goods to market as | 10 | cheap, [To the people of Bobeaygeon and Fenelon | | and when I woke the house was in flames, | | window and jumped out herself. | in the immense stacks of lumber awsiting | the road said that they didn't ask the | ' transportation along the shores. The | scenery is very fine along the route, the | trip through Stirgeon Lake being the | subject of general admiration and enjoy- ment. Busy steamers, towing large barges peopla of Fenelon Falls {or all their busi. ness, but just to give them a fair share of it. They didn't want or expect the people of Lindsay to give them all their carrying trade to the Whitby and Port Perry | groaning beneath hundreds of thousands | Road, but they would ask them for | feet of wooden riches, and large cribs and | 8 share of if it were not it, and { rafts of fine lumber dragging their pon- | delivered with as much promptness cheerful psalm of the rullfrog, enlivened | derous way through the water, told again | and satisfaction as by other roads, che surrounded by a rich agricultural country, County a quota of its benefits. the terminus of a railroad and the head of | navigation, and may be excused for look- | landed and made a tour through the ex- | | ing forward (48 do all our inland towns), | to becoming *' the inland city of Canada." | Here thethonghtfulness of the entertainers | had anticipated the keen edge that would | by that fifteen miles rush through the | fresh morning air, and when the excur- sionists landed at Port Perry, the firs thing they met was their breakfast, and | the way they fell upon that breakfast and put it to rout, left no room to doubt that there must have been some old grudge to | settle. When the last shadow of the een- emy had disappeared, the company took ap a line of march towards the boat which was waiting, the Commodore she had been christened. On board the Commodore, and flying over tho waters of the Scugog at a rate that an undertaker might envy, natur- ally possessed .oue with a desire to get out apd walk, wade ashore, or do something { | | be pat upon the appetites of their guests, | | large a scale before. On reaching Fenelon Falls, the company | had taken this project in hand, confident | of success, and he felt sure they could | | tensive mills of Smith & Boyd, whose | perfect arrangements and large magnitude | were the subject of wonderment and ad- | miration to the majority of the company | who had never seen such operations on so | Huge sawlogs, a dogen at a time were put through the | | "gangs," and in a few minutes, dissolved into clean handsome boards--edging ma- | chines, picket machines, lath machines, | &e., utilizing the very least remnant of | wood, untill the scant jags of slabs, saw- | dust, &c., were carried by machinery toa | furnace and consumed. so tlat in a few minutes nothing remained of the sawlog but marketable lumber, of various kinds and gnalities. ° Agsin on board the steamer, we were soon landed at the destination, Bobcaygeon a smart village, some six'y miles north of Lindsay, and from which point navigation | success. the otherwise dullness of its monotony. the large trade that only awaits proper | hoped to hear of it. They were all busi- It is a fast growing und well-built town, | facilities to place to the credit of our | ness men, and they know what business meant, and the requirements of it. They carry produce to the lake forty per cent. cheaper than by any other route. James Holden, Esq., Managing Direc- tor of the road was then calied upon, and said that when fifteen or sixteen years ago he had advocated the very road they had passed over to-day, people cried nonsense Now the road was built, was doing a good terest to give it all encouragment. Already the people of Lindsay and other places bad benefitted, because the first thing the Port [lope Road did after the Whitby road was opened was to lower their freights one third. Thus the Whitby road wes the means of putting 'money directly into the pocket of every farmer and lombermen in this district. He hoped those people at the south end of the road who had hitherto obstructed, the road wonld do so no longer, but that all would unite in pushing forward an enterprise in which they had a common interest. He hoped they would soon see the day when we conld have free harbors, and he must say that the way in which the Port Whitby harbor was managed had been a bar to the prosperity of the road, and was a shame and disgrace. Chester Draper, thanked the Company, as one of the Directors of the road, tor the toast which they had just drank. He made an eloquent speech 'depicting the prospects of the road, and claimed an- other time and place to answer the allusion Mr. Fulton also replied briefly, but eloquently to the toast, as did also Mr. Angus Morrison, MP, ; The Company then took tieir way to the boat, and after a pleasant ride, reach- ed Lindsay about 12:30. Here another supper was provided for them, at Con- way's and also beds for the vrrious guests at the different hotels of the town. At nine o'clock on the next morning | the) were again en route for home, and reached Whitby about 4 p.m. Here an- other elegant dinner was provided at the Royal Hotel, got wp in mine host Pringle's best style, and after Which there were more speeches &c., shortly after which the excursionists separated, having | reaped not only great pleasure but much | profitable information through the thoughtful aud geumerous hospitality of the Directors of the road Long may they wave ! THE FIRE INQUEST. EVILIK(E OF THE WITNESSES TEE VERDICT. lf J An inquest on the body of the little girl, Sarah Ann Jordan, burned in the on Wednesday 13th, before Mr. Coroner Rae, when the following jury were em- | panelled : John Barnard, James Smith, 8. E. Briggs, F. Patte, Thomas Fair; Robt. { Chubb, F. J. Willox, William J. Fisher, | A. Larwd, Thomas Kerby, Aiidrew | Smith and George Hyland. : | Andrew Smith, Esq., was chosen fore- man. : The Jury then proceeded to view the remains of the burat child, after which the following evidence was taken : Wm. Jordan, sworn, said, I went home | about half-past eleven o'clock last night, and lighted a fire in the kitchen stove, and melted some beeswax. Left the beeswax in a enp, and went to bed. When I awoke the kitchen was on fire. Don't know whether my boy was awake or not. I was sleeping down stairs, the rest were | assisted her down. upstairs, and were all in bed when I in. Could not get upstairs for the s Ran out and put up a ladder to the side of the horse. My family were in the | ; other side of the house. Scme one took the ladder arcund to that end, and I saw two children handed down by Mr. Honey. Do not know how the rest got out. Did no* make much fire. Do not know how the fire could have originated. Do not know how long between my going to bed Had bee" was turpentine in the woodshed, but not on the floor. Had been smoking before I went to bed, bus do not know where I left my pipe. I may have left the com- position in the cup on the stove. Gannot say positively Sarah Jordan, sworn, Am wife of the past eight last night. My husband | came in about eleven o'clock. He asked | for theaxe, and I heard him splitting up some wood. I then went to sleep again, and a dense k ing upst I screamed as loud as I could. My daughter Susan dropped the baby out of the | I got out and Mr. Mcintyre caught me. Could not breathe for smoke until I got iuto open air. . There was no fire burning in the house when I went to bed. Told Jordan not to make a fire when he ask- ed for the axe. Noticed a smell as of turpentine or bensine burning after my husband came home. Jordan was pretty drunk when he came home at 7 o'clock | last night. Do not think he would have highted the fire if he had been sober. C. Honey --Sworn, deposed : Heard an alarm of fire, happ:ned to get up atout half-past two, as near as I can recollect. When 1 got there there were very few persons around at the time, Mr. Mcln- tyre and a few others. I threw the blind | aside and saw a light, supposed the house tobe on fire. I saw Mr. Jordan at the north end of his house, against which he had raised a ladder, and he was wringing his bands and crying that his children were being burned up, but making no business, with every prospect of eminent in hundreds of years. He believed too that latent wealth lay around them om every hand, in the forests and in the bowels of the earth, that only wanted de- | afraid. velopement, and thought ths means of | tered the roows, where [ found the bed transportation which this road afforded | just inside, readily, and on feeling over would be the means of hastening that de- | the bed, found a child in it. Then ran velopement, so that the people of this district would be as much benefitted as He believed that the lum: where the children were, when Jor- ber trade of this district was only | dan told me they were in the morth end in its infancy and would not be exhausted | of the building. | | effort tly to save them. Jenquired tds The ladder was then taken around, Jordan's son went to the top of the ladder ; I urged him to go in after the children, but he appeared to be I then got up the ladder and en- 'she saw it. | she | jovial friends at his house, acd they with the child to the window, and in doing | so discovered a boy lying on the floor. ' been possible to have saved them if I had. I don't know anything about the origin of the fire. To Mr. Barnard~--Did not hear young Jor. dan say if he slept with his father or not. To Mr Smith--When Ifirst saw the fire it was the kitchen and woodshed. Jordan was making no effort. Didn't hear any noise from ary of the children--the two I took out were like dead. - To Mr. Briggs--When [ got there the whole house was a mass of flames. To Mr. Smith--Didn't thirk Jordan was sober ; should think any man sober or in his right senses would have made an effort to save his family. Jordan--I1 tried to. get up stairs, but couldn't, avd the boy put the ladder up, but some one came and took it away. I went round then and took down ome of the children, .I didn't know whether it was you or sumeone else who handed it to me. Mr. McIntyre sworn, said: The first thing that woke me was the dog. I think it was between one or two o'clock. When I got to the house oue of the litfle girls was at the northeast corner of the house crying, also heard Mrs. Jordan at the north end of the house erying for God's sake to come and get the children. -I get on thefence with one foot in the cherrytree and reached oneof the children from there. Couldn't say which one. - Asked her if there was any more, and said *' she didn't know, she'd see." The smoke was then coming out of the window at a fearful rate but she went, came back and said she thought they were all down, as she couldn't fidd any. She then said * how was she going to get down 1" when I adviced her to throw herself from the window, and I 1 then went to my own stable to look after that. I don't know anything of "the origin of the fire. When I got there the whole kitchen was in flames. George Gurley, Constable--sworn de- posed : I was in the centre of the street, saw two sitting at Fowkes' corner and three at the other. Jordan came up to me and said, " George, that was a bad thing for ycu to do, to send me to jail." He asked if he wasn't a good citizen. He had a "drink on him," but I have seen him drunker. He walked to Wallace's cor- ner with me, and 1 saw him on his roed home. That's all I know about it. Wm. Park testitied to the finding of the remaius in the cellar, after the fire had been extinguished. Medical eviceice was then taken to show that the remains on which the in- quest was beinz held, were human remains, after which the Jury returned the follow- ing verdict in substance : That the child, Sarah Anne Jordan, came to her death by: accidentally being burned, on the morning of the 12th inst., and that William Jordan) is highly censurable for the manner in which Je kindled » fire.in his house on that morning. A ------------------ SUMMER WIDOWERS. From the Brooklyn Eagle. About this time look out for summer widowers. For the past two weeks their number has been steadily i snd it will continue to increase for two next to come. While the of their lives are enjoying the cool of Now- ort, Shelter Island, Nahant and dy or the reinvigorating pleasures Saratoga, the poor fellows are blistering their fvet on the sidewalks and Swelketig in their places of business in town, yet, to be frank about it, they seem to submit to their fate without m=oh reluct ce. Meet them at a restaurant about - the morning, and one says ty another : " What ! you here I" ; _ Yes," is the reply. "I'm a widower L : Then they order ten lerl ins and bolied eggs, and soon cledr their plates with the keenest of appetites. - To go a step fur. ther, one may say, with a close approxi- mation fo the truth, thet they are inclined to enjoy, to revel in this ten ration from their fumilies. Some, act pretty much like boys when school is out. Not many evenings since sev. residents of the Heights met on ast the Academy of Music, two of with their hair cropped as close as i be, after the fashion which is | Jrovalon at Crow Hill and n tousorial phrase, their " shingled. . "It's so nice and cool," said ome. "I don't know what my wife would if But it will grow again before back. Bly wife's away, too," said the other, rubbing his fingers with t th the short, bristly covering his . "1 can't bear long hair, as I have to wear who almost every night has sit till after twelve, en cignrs, . can't tell a knave from a» wife, good, pious woman, wou the sight of one. Henee, no doubt, fascination ths game possesses for as she is five hundred miles away. more : There 1s. a summer widower wife is stopping with some the shores of Lake Erie. "The abies 4 sivas oA Hits her with ith that fact is qnainted by this time, ps sits, like a grim Turk, smoking his Ralors, in the cool of every "Won't the smell of that tobacco in od. to the curtains and e¢ room I" a caller-in ol don't think hh a She heart- response. ** it will trulize it symehow. Burn tar, won't do it, I'll try assafoetida." The subj columns, t the trunks will soon be brought to the door again, at which izing moment the summer Nilower doom pears from sight for another months. Po EXE 39 it ¥ twelve Many coal in Leicestershire have been closed, a ioutishive have ing struck in ennseqnence of dsisati with the weighing system. Loxpox, Aug. 17.--Mr. Gladstone hs been vised thai his rg-olactims to Pa~ is not sumption of the x Exchequer. A horse-p wer b joke " th invention of a Wisconsin man, is i the machines recent ington. might be continued tor x pga meen 4 D7 ---------------------- 1 a pene mr WC RE -------- rin rho ert Matt te "