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. %ind, and we have no doubt whatever the | ONTARIO REFORMER, OSHAWA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER I3, 1871. he GRAND CONCERT. terial well-being of the people, is one which t be plished without great ef- -- wes . - - pe EE --. p---- ? i ' | names of the places burnt, as te 'do so | Cuioaao, noon, Oct. 10 =I fire con- | would be to give the entire business diree- | tinued to burn all last night on the north ------ a | tory of the city. The fire which occurred | side, but this morning is under control. -- T~ The concert in the Town Hall, on Wed-'| f;r¢ and determination. The task should RAND TRUNK TIME TABLE -- | OSHAWA STATION. -OSHAWA TIME. | rGOING WEST. Ts GOING EAST. moda'n, 7:40 a.m. | Mail, 740 am. | « «15am. | Mixed, - - - -3:00 p.m. Nixed, - - - -2:10p.m. |. Accommoda'n, 8:38 p.m. | Bxproes, «7:48 pom, | : : { ER WHITBY STATION. Trains going East leave Whitby Station fifteen minutes earlier, and those going West fifteen " minutes later than the above. | | wes oi] sea here on Saturday night, and was previous- ly reported, burnt over an area of about twenty acres, principally covered with ten- ement houses, machine shops, and wood and coal yards. Total hundred thousand do'lars, and ome Woman burnt to death. This fire had been sub- dued and "no apprehensions of further danger had been felt, until at 9:30 o'clock last night, a fire broke ont at the corner of Canal Port avenue and Halsted street, in' the -south-western part of the city, about one mile and haf from the Court House square, and half a mile south of the fire of the prévions night. (As this was an extensive pork-packing and lumber | district, and the wind was blowing strong directly towards the Court House square | and the centre of the city, the devouring loss ebout five | | It is literally true that there is nothing re- maining on that side from the river south to Lincoln Park on the north, and from the north branch of the river on the westf to the lake on the east. This portion © the city, except along the main river cupied by dwellings. Two-thirds of the | population of this: district were German { and Scandinavian, These | homeless, some of them ia on the north-western section - and others on the prairie without shelter.. Through- wost side was looked for, and a change of five degrees in the direction of the wind at any time would have led to that result. -- There would then have been no refuge for Young Britons, promises to be one of best of the season. No pains or ex| for the occasion. | out yesterday a renéwal of fires on the | Programmes. ENTERPRISE. . Particular attention is directed to the advertisement on the fourth page of this nesday evening next, 18th inst., under the | oy he commenced after careful considera- i Lodge of Orange | 4ion and complete organization. The Bir- . mingham Liberal Association hasdecided to pense | i, vite a conference of thejrepresentatives of will be Jo make it such. Bosiles | thy great towns of the kingdom, at which » | where there were business blocks, was oc- our be ape t, the ico of Mi great towns of the kingd definate scheme of constitutional reform Lizzie Scott, and Mr. Yellowlees, of Bow- | ;;,0y Le matured, and combined action: in »ple_ are now | manville, and Messrs. Roberts. Lithgoe, | j¢y support concerted. rame buildings | and Gibson, of Toronto, have been secured For full particulars see LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION A gentleman advertised for a boy to as- sist him in his office, and nearly fifty ap- plicants presented themselves. Out of the whole number he in a short time selected = ; any. 3 Nao | element soon got| beyond contrel of the | Everybody had their clothing packed ey one and dismissed the rest. Oshawa, Friday. Oct 13, 1871. | tiremen, who were romptly on the spot | paper, from the enterprising firm of Me- Mz. Wx. Ruxpie, and Mz. D. Horn DAY are travelling agents for thé Reroru- | BR and are authorised to receive subscrip- tions and grant receipts. -- Misrepresentation.--At it Again. On the 20th September, we find the | following in the Globe, commenting on | charges made by a Government journal | against Mr. Woodruff, of the Welland | Canal :-- __ "Does Woodrnfl ill-treat manu'acturers | and ship owners! Then' why do the re- | presentatives of the manufacturers and | ship owners give their votes to a Minister | that keeps the man in office who insults and | sll-treats thosesby whose votes they are elected. Has Woodruff grown rich so! suddenly as to create a suspicion of mal- | feasance or peculation! Then how is it | that for a day the guardians of the public purse have not insisted off inquiry and in- vestigation I" On tho 2st of September, the Glob said, referring to charg:s made by a Con- | servative journal against Mr. Woodruff: "" We dare say it isall true, and of course} f true, there can be no dou' at all as to the "wecessity for discharging Mr. Woodfuff and putting some one else in his plice." We do not know th: moaning of lan- guage if this be mot, on the part of the | Globe, an urging of an wnsparing, immedi- ste investigation of the conduct of Mr. Woodruff, and not a defence of him. Now, let us hear the fair, truthful Via- | dicator on these points. He says, speaking of the charges : *' The Government organs "urged that Mr. Woodruff should be vigor- ously denounced ; but that on the other hand the globe and its satelites vary the tune by advising that Mr. Woouruff should de spared. The secret of the matter is, that Mr. Superintendent Woodruff is an "ally of that faithful follower of the Globe, whe Hon. J. G. Currie, and hence the Globe defends the man. But if the Tele- graph has made 'anything clear it is that these charges should be strictly investigated; but Mr. Currie and the Globe say no; curse the Government, but be silent re- specting Woodruff." This is precisely the veoverse of the position of the Globe on the | .-question, as the above quotations show. 7" Could any other paper have the effrontery | to make these statements in the face of a readimg public, and not blush for its edi- tor? In the words of the Vindicator, "is "there anything that cai debauch public sentiment more than this!" . We will again quote from the columns of the last Vindicator, for nothing, surely, but what is chaste, truthful and select can find its way there. It is an extract from the Peterboro. Review; and we shall take the liberty of transposing the word Vin- dioator for the word Globe, and see how it} fits. "No one who has not a good mam- ory can fully appreciate the 'lying' pro- pensity of the Vindicator. Making it a point to read that journal carefully, and to keep it on fyle for reference, we are be- coming more and more convinced every day that it is the most 'unreliable' of all our exchanges in political matters, and | that its sta' ements, wherever calculated to have a politieal effect, should be received with the greatest caution." " As' altered does this coat fit without a fllw 7 © Could ~the Review have made a mistake! the suggestion flows so naturally from the quotations we make. We hope the read- ers of the Vindicator are pleased with the regiman prescribed for them, for they eannot be in robust health on gruel of this | conscience of our excellent neighbor is | sound asleep, aye, snorting it. | S---------------------------- | CHICAGO BURNT TO ASHES. | The most appaling disaster which has | ever visited this continent, has just occur- red at Chicago--a few days ago one of the most important and prosperous cities m America, but now the location of a huge ash heap, thousands of acres in extent, covered with the debris of all that is left to and battled hersigally, but were obliged In less than one (hour the flames had spread over half 4 mile "and crossed the canal into the extensive lumber and store- houses near Polk street. Here the flames | spread with fearful] rapidity, and the wind increasing with the flames threatened the | destruction of the [entire city, as all the | efforts of every firg engine of the city were absolutely powerldss. The water thrown on the flames seemed only to add to | their fury. By this thue the streets became blocked with thousands fleeing before the fiery clement, unable to save anything, ard vast numbers with bare feet and no- thing but night-cldthes on filling the air | with cries and wailings for children and friends burnt in the flames. = The fiery tiend spread rapidly over thé sonthern part of the city, and by half-past one o'clock the new Conrt House the im- mense blocks of marble buildings sur- rounding on the west and south sides, in- cluding the Chamber of Commerce, were one mass of flames] Here the sene pre- sented was the most awful the imagination can picture. | The unfortunate inhabitants of over a square mile of the most densily populate! part of the city, over 'which the fire had passed, were rushing in every di- rection in a frenzied state of bewilderment. In a few moments the roofs of the Court House, Chamber of Commerce, Merchants' surance building, and Coolbayh's Bank ll in with a fearful crash. ere an at- tempt was made to stop the progress of the flames by blowing up some of the large buildiugs with gunpowder. Five kegs | were exploded in Coolbayh's Bank, but the shattered debris of the wreck only added fury to the flames. The scenes presented here were terrible, and it was now evident the entire city was doomed to | destruction. The flames rushed on with irresistible force, and appeared like a ha monster of flame and smoke over a mile and-a-half long, with the head on Court House Square. Here huge flames would leap up among the clouds of smoke, illum- inatin ; the whole city as in noonday for miles around ; presently, from a 'sudden gust of wind, they would dart down along the ground and along.the walls of adjacent buildings, whigh would immediately burst out in flames. The Sherman~-House, on the north side of Court House Square, next caught fire, the guests rushing out through the doors and jumping through the windows in every direction, many es- caping without their clothing Nothing whatever was saved, and itis not known . how many verson: may have perished nere and in the immense buildings surrounding, as no one can go 'within a mile of it to- day. From here the flames rapidly - ad vanced to Lake street, burning the Tre- mont Housé and every building on Lake and Witer streets to the Illinois Central | Railroad depot and Illinois Central eleva- tor. The whole southern part of th city, from where the fire crossed the cial at Polk street to the Court House Squard and from thers.to the Illinois Centra Railroad depot, over a mile and a-half in length, and from the canal to the lake shore, a mile wide, was one solid mass of flames. This comprises the wealth and principal business part of the 'city. Con- taining the Court House, Post Office, Sherman House, Tremont House, Palmer House, and the immense new Pacific Hotel, Michigan Southern and Illinois Central Railroad depots, all the leading banks of the city, the Tribune, Times, and all the newspaper dfices of the city, Chamber of Commerce, all the theatres and public libraries and halls, all the . wholesale houses and large retail houses of the city, and the rich and fashionable residences on | Wabash and Michigan avenues, as far as Harrison street, one mile from the canal. Everything is absolutely lost over this | vast area of one mile and a-half long and one mile wide of the very heart of the | city ; not even a wall or a chimney re- mains standing as far as the eye can pene: trate from the outside, but as yet no one can enter it, so intense is the heat. From the immense elevators and storehouses along the canal the flames shot across to the north side, burning all the vessels and canal boats in the canal, and rapidly | spread over the north side., Here the ex- tent burnt over, at present writing, is | much greater than on the south side, and | the flames are still raging. There isno hope whatever of resisting the fire till it spends its force on the prairies five or six miles north from the Court House. The north side from the canal to Lincoln Park, along Lasalle and Dearborn streets, Lake Shore, is the oldest part of the city, and is occu- | ied by many wealthy citizens. while Korth lark and State streets, and along the line of the north branch of the canal, | is principally occupied by the foreign ele ment, Germans, &c., who are mostly poor. At present writing, an area of three miles long and one-and-a-half broad is one black- ened charred desert, not even a trecor blade of grass is left Rviig ; and the flames are still advancing north. . There is no hope of any portion of the north division of the city being saved, which covers an ready to start for the prairie at any mo- ment, but God SE | wind lulled, and at three o'clock this mom- | |: : lete to be found in any town in Cana- | ing rain so fervently prayed for came. It comple. " | did not rain long but the roofs of the | ds--being three extensive stores connected houses and the ground have been wet, so | --dry goods and millinery, clothing, groc- Their present stock in each de- i : : p ent is very aud woll assorted, door after him, showing that he was care- | | that now it is possible to cook food for the | multitude. Fifteen hundred citizens were |-sworn in last night as an extra police force, | and the Secretary of War authorized Gen, [and the great trade they have secured | Sheridan--to employ all available force to | from the country round gives evidence of | guard. Five hundred soldiers areon duty. | the satisfactory manner in which they deal ; . with costomem. A 'visit to thet \ he came in, and answered my questions | Two men caught in the aet of firmg houses | on the west side' were arrested and imme- | A . lis | diately hanged to lamp-posts. This sum- | lishment may prove: profitable. ES lite . PY y ged p-p . t will only in | We-was poli and gentlemanly ; he picked two issues, so that it will not interfere ma- D p ; on the floor; and replaced it on the table reading matter of th : / terially with the ® | while all the rest stepped over it or shoved | i aside ;" and he waited quietly for his | Tx fife and dram dof the " " turn, instead of pushing and crowding, | mary acti-n has checked the thieves. and | murderers. Fe | There were from 50,000 to 75,000 men, | women and children fleeing by every | available street and alley to the southward | Paper, | and westward, attempting to save their | clothing and their lives. Every available | vehicle was brought into requisition, for ; . 0. Y. B.'s went to Bowmanville on Friday, | the use of which enormous prices Were . sibs i 4 | paid, and streets and sidewalks presented last. Their playing took well. | a remarkable sight. Thousands of persons and horses inextricab!v commingled, poor peonle of all colors and shades and of | ment. this last possible | Clung Bros., Bowmanville. . : Theif outa) "on what ground you selected that bo | to retreat from square to square rapidly. | addition to our disaster. At sundownthe | jish ment is one of the largest and most gro y y eries. "1 should like to know," said a friend, who had not a single recommendation." "You are mistaken," said the gentle- man, '"he has a great many. He wiped his feet when he came in, and shut the ful ; he gave up his seat instantly to that lame old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful ; he took off his cap when promptly and respectfully, showing that up the book which I bed purposely laid showing that he was honest and orderly. P When I talked with him I noticed that his clothes were carefully brushed, his, Reap Mr, Wm. Dickie's new advertise- | hair in nice order, and his teeth as white His stock of fall and winter goods | 3 milk ; and when he wrote his name I' every nationality, mad with excitement, | is now complete. Osil and examine them | noticed that his finger nails were clean | struggled with each other to get away.-- Hundreds were trampled under foot. SiNoLE copies of the REFORMER may be instead of being tipped with jet, like the ea ed with bun. | had st Willox's book store, or st Higgins' handsome little fellow's in the blue jacket. | dles and their household goods. Mothers, | grocery store, South Oshawa, Avcrion Saue.--Mr. Rich. Coats will Hours afterwards | offer for sale by public auction, on lot 14, | these might have been seen in vacant lots | 5th con. Darlington, on Thursday October 19th, a lot of farm stock, household furni- | tracted, and many made desperate by ture, etc. D. Bishop, Auctioneer. Tas concert at Bowmanville, on Friday | spread themselves in every direction, a last, in connection with the Orange Lodge { terror to-all they met. . It is fearful to | of that place, was a decided success. Over ness is to hawl carts loaded with iron. -- think of the loss of life. It isconjectured | six hundred tickets were sold. Miss Part of the dav she i . a ; with good cause that nearly 500 have been White, of Oshawa, took part in the per- of the day she is required to draw a | to whose skirts were clinging tender in- fants half dressed and barefooted, all seek- | ing a place of safety. or in streets far out in the suburbsstretch- ed in the dust. There were hundreds dis- | whisky or beer, which they drank in the | absence of water in great quantities, who | ! burn .d to death. We saw four men enter | a burning building, and in a moment they | were overwhelmed by a falling wall. -- | ner of the building, trying to save the formance, and was well received. THE attempt to unseat the Hon. J. G. | There was a crowd of men around the cor- | Currie, in Welland County, has failed. Don't you call thess things letters of re- more for what I can tell you about a boy using my eyes ten minutes than all the fine letters he can bring me." Tue Pottstown (Pa.) Ledger gives an account, of a mare which is employed at the iron works at that place. Her busi- cart from the furnace to the pudding mill, and the rest of the time to the plate mill, which lies in another direction. The dist- ance to each place is over two hundred property, when the wall yielding, some of He was charged with bribery and treating yards. <The mare has been engaged in { them were 'buried * beneath it. - About | 8¢ the late election ; but his enemies failed | twelve or fifteen men, women and child- | to show that he had violstéd the. law in | 1en rushed into the building of the His- | the least. | torical Society--a fireproof building--for | safety. In a few minutes the flames burst this business for over three years, and Among those who took refuge in 'this | egg which measured 6} by 8 inches, and | ing at some distance she hurries over the | building were Venerable Colonel Samuel | | Stone, 80 years of age, for a. long time | | connected with the society; also J v1 the noted teacher of music. It is feared | that Dr. Freer and family were also burn- wants somebody to beat it." If he will | track, but if it is near at hand she stops | hand it to the cook no doubt she will beat | or the train to go past. | Gerard and wiie, and Mme. De Pelerone, | it for him, ed, as they were in the building and have this week in an entirely new dress ; and | mare has saved her present employer $1000 not been seen since. Mrs. was suffering from an illness, was carried | | to a building which was afterwards con- | sumed, and it is feared she also | All the books and papers of the Histor cal ; Society, including the original copy of the | | famous En ancipation proclamation of It is really a good family paper, and well deserving of sup- rished. | Port: Published in Toronto, at $2.00 per annum. Aaaiy we would remind our readers sall, whose | contains a much larger amount of reading | by going without a driver. husband was murdered last week,and who | matter than formerly. Tae Montreal Gazette says :--*' A gentle- man from New York addressed a gentle- man from Ontario a few days since, asking him if it would not be for the interest of President Lincoln, for which-the Society | 'htt the Whitby and East Whitby Agri- | ype Dominion to be annexed to the United paid $25,000, were destroyed. It is fear. | cultural Society #ill hold their annual fair, ed that a largenumiber af children, inmates | in Oshawa, on Wednesday next. States. He asked by what would the Do- On | inion be benefitted. . . ; His answer was of the Catholic Orphan Society on State | Tuesday evening the show in the Drill | that #t would ihfuse on street, were also burned, as many of them | are missing. On Chicago Avenue a father rushed up stairs to- carry three children | We hope to see a good show, and the pros- | 4144 it' might; but he should remember | bottle of whiskey found in the pocket of a | away, when ho was overtaken by the | pects are that such will be the case. Make flames and perished with them. The mo- your entries early, with the Secretary, ther was afterwards seen on a streeton the | 3.1 willis. Entries for the fl de- N. W. side, a raving maniac. In the same | neighborhood a number of persons per- | Partment to be made with the ished. The list of such fatalities is. very | at the Drill Bhed, on Tuesday next. { long, and can only be fully verified after the smoke shall have cleared away. Water for drinking and household use is | secured from the lake and parks, and for | horses from the river. There are thous- ands of people camped about the Artesian well, four miles out, and perhaps as many more at the lake and on Fullerton: and | | schoolhouses, in sheds and by roadsides. -- It was 'cold and chilly this morning, caus- ing great suffering. CixciNyari, Oct. 11.--Private advices state that Ullcaje is under martial law. -- | Soldiers are making no arrests, but are killing turbulent characters on the spot.-- | Seven persons are reported shot and hung | for attempting to set fire to buildings. | Cmicaco, Oct. 11.--Forty-one persons were shot in making arrests last night.-- |:Thé station house is filled with prisoners. | The number of bodies recovered from the | ruins now reaches 90. Quite a number of deaths have resulted | from exposure. The above sketch, though fearfully sad | and lamentable, conveys but a feint idea | of the unspeakable desolation and misery | caused by the awful visitation. Thous- | ands have been financially and suddenly Shed will be open to the public at 6 o'clock. | Correspondence, To the Editor of the Ontario Reformer. Sir,--As some people in Oshawa are under the impression that the " Union Victor avenues, near Prairie. People are | Quickstep" base ball club of this place is being fed in the remaining churches, | straid to play the * Victorias" of Bow- manville, or the '"" Beavers" of Newcastle, allow me to say that such is not the case. These two clubs have been challenged several times to come here and play, but are afraid to accept. Now, sir, on behalf of the *' Union Quicksteps," I hereby challenge either the "Victoria's " or the '"Beavers," or a pick- ed nine from both clubs, to come to Osha- wa and play a match game of base ball, on any day they may select. terprise into the | country. He was reminded, in reply, that one person in Montreal owned more he whole Atlantic slope; and that emi- nent jurists of the United States admitted .| that our laws were botter administered The reply appeared to be a settler." Ar a largely attended meeting of Re- formers, held at" Picton on Saturday last, Mr. Striker was unanimously chogen as the candidate for election to a seat in the Local Legislature. The Picton Times in speak- ing of Mr. Striker says: "He emerged unscathed from the trying ordeal of the late enquiry, and now stands in a better position than before the election. It was only the letter, not the spirit of the Klec- tion law, which was broken--in Mr. Strik- er's interest, it is true, but certainly with- out his knowledge or consent." If the Reformers 'of Prince Edward county do their duty, there will be no doubts of Mr. Strikers re-election. A very ingenious application of science to the preservation of life is reported from Belgium. The invention is ascribed to a personemployed in the office of the Minister of War at Brussels, and consists of a double Reform of the British House of Lords. | band or girdle of India rubber, containing The ifesto of the Birmingham Liber. the bicarbonate of soda and supporting a al jation in favor of » Convention, to box charged with diluted tartaric acid. When a person with this girdle round his . ... _.." | be held on the 28th of November next, 8 | ruined ; d 1 waist plunges i water is turn | hin ier. Es Ds her "build. contai Sollowing oak of the ; 2 Fagin | ings or had commereial investments in the hiv rejects by the grost quantity of "carbonic acid gas is doomed city, will yet have to succumb to up and discharges its acid into the belt ; a Aiatal commendation? I do, and 1 would give | after only a few trips has made her rounds | without a driver. One route leads over a | "Tus Belleville Ontario says that " the | railway. track, and such is the sagacity of | up, and they wére burned to death.-- | Picton Gaszgite has seen a common hen's | theanimal that if she sees a train approach- | As the wagess | paid to drivers in this establishment are | Tax Canada Sco'sman comas to hand | $41 per month it will be seen that thi | steamships 'than the Americans owned on ~+returning a benefit received. He ac- Ture are 300 post-mistresses in the United States. TazkE are said to be twenty thousand differen} specimens of worms! = Ix wi to newspapers, young ladies prefer those which makes the most bustle. CaxaDIANs carry off prizes wherever our neighbors. ; Two institutions in Chicago spent $18,- 000 last year, and reclaimed eighty-eight | fallen women. ) Dr. Shultz says the number of immi- grants who have arrived at Manitoba this summer is about 2,000. ; » Josu BiLLiNes says, " knowing how to sit square on a bile, without Kurtin, is one ov the lost arts." The hair cut from the heads of the com- mune prisoners is shipped to America to | be worn by fashionable ladies. : | THERE is a plum tree/in Hamilton, and | an apple tree at Port' Dover, both of which are in full bloom. A rap in Columbus, Ohio, fell in love | while in a street car with a Californian | worth #2F 5,000," who- sat beside her, and | succeeded in marrying him within a week. 7 Tur "Osborn Sewing Machine makes the best stitch, alike on both sides. It cannot ravel out, will work on all kinds of fabrics, with ccarse or fine threads. Tux Colborne - Express says that Mr. Henry Greely thrashed week before last, on the premises of Mr. John Bland, Cra- mahe, 500 bushels in four hours; and want's somebody to 'hand over the belt.' Taz local editor of the Hamilton Times { has been " interviewing " the oldest wo- man in Hamilton,--Mrs. Yalden,--who is 103 years old, and is still rugged and | smart. * "Tae Picrin's ProcrEss" has been translated into the Chinese: and printed | with illustrations by native artists. The figures are, of course, Chinese, and our friend Christian disports a pigtail. A worx is in preparation in England attempting to prove that the golden image set up by Aaron for the Israelites was a cow instead of a calf. It is said to be very learned. THERE is a gentleman now living at Zan- esville, Ohio, at the age of 87, who was born when his fa her was78 years old. He is anxious to know if there is another per- son living whose father was born 165 years ago. Ix consequence of a bequest made ina will dated March 11, 1615, a sermon is preached in one of the churches of London every year at the beginning of August, to commemorate the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Mgzs. Erru, of Mitchell, make a silk quilt for the Western Show. It is of an hexagonal pattern, and containg 3,192 pieces, and 13,040 stitches. It is a marvel in its way, and reflects no little credit on its maker, who spent nearly a year in | completing it. Tae Governor of Texes calls into service for twenty-four days prior to and during | the ensuing election, appointed for the3rd, | 4th,5th and 6th of October next, twenty special police in each county, and orders | them to receive $3 per diem as their pay. | There being 130 counties, this costs the peo- | ple $187,200. {| Ox applying a match to the mouth of a | drunken man in Toronto on Thursday, it sent out a forked blue and red flame, which | at first startled the beholders. Anothertest | proved the compound to be most fearfully | and wonderfully made, and composed of an | acid that would eat a bar of iron. | Tur Enniskillen Salt Co'y found the usual quantity of pure salt at a depth of 1,140 feet. The experiment was then | made of ascertaining if there was a second | stratum. = After boring through ten feet | of rock a stratum of 22 feet of pure salt was found, so that this well will be inex- | haustible for all time to come. Taz Germans have built three miniature iron-clads in Dantzie. They are intended to fix torpedoes under! an enemy's ships. It is believed that these little vessels will be able to run swiftly up to the enemy, fix her torpedoes, and make good her escape without much risk. The author of the " Battle of Dorking" may lay claim to the origination of the idea. GRATITUDE. --As the branches of a tree return their sap to the root from whence it arose, as a river pours its streams to the sea from whence its streams were supplied, so the heart of a grateful mind delights in knowledges his obligation with cheerful- ness ; he looks on his benefactor with love and esteem. Some of the American journals are they go tq compete at the State Fairs of |' Tux number of wscribed species of in- sects is estimated by Gerstaecker at 160,- 000. 'We can, therefore," says Mr. Bentham, "no loriger hope for a work on |/ the several species of insects by one hand, 3 or even guided by a single mind," They : are far too numerous. A siinilar work on plants is almost hopeless, since, at the lowest estimate, the numberof species 'now exceed 100,000. : Ware Mr. Wm. Fox, of the Township of Murray, was driving homeward with his wife, from the East Northumberland fair, at Brighton, a colt which he led' be- hind his buggy became very restive. Sud- denly the animal sprang into the vehicle, which it overturned. 'Both the occupants fell out, Mrs. Fox's head striking heavily against a stone, killing her instantly. Mr. Fox was also hurt badly, but his injuries are not dangerous. Y i A NErcmant, who from being a very poor boy, had risen to wealth and renown, was once asked by an intimate friend to |'what he attributed his success in life.-- | " To prompt dnd steady obedience to my parents," was the reply. "In the midst | of many bad examples of youths of my own age, 1 was always able to yield a ready submission to the will of my fathor and mother, and I firmly believe that a blessing has, in consequence, rested upon me and upon all my efforts. Ox the eastern slope of Clark mountain, Nevada, near its summit, there is a per- pendicular cliff two hundred and fifty feet high. At about one hundred 'feet from the base of the cliff on its front are engrav- en the characters + I L D. The cross and letters are of immense size, being fully 60 feet in height; and cut into the cliff two and a half feet deep--so that they can be plainly seen at a distance of five miles. -- This strange workmanship was done, it is supposed, by the Jesuit missionaries, many years ago. 1 A week of prayer throughout the world is proposed by the English Evangelical Alliance, which calls upon Christians of all nations throughout the world to make arrarigements for setting apart the week commencing January 7th, 1872, for special humiliation, thanksgiving and prayer.-- The necessity for united prayer 'is most plain from the fact that while 506;600,000 of the entire population of the world con- sists of Protestants, Roman Catholics, Greeks, Jews and Mohammedans, the other 788,000,000 are entirely.pagan. The act of this society has been endorsed by 'the Secretaries of the Amerian, French, German, Belgian, Dutch, Netherlands, Swedish, Turkish,' and Greek branches of the Alliance. In Solina, Darlington, on the 7th inst., the wife of 8. J: Williams of a daughter. In Oshawa, on Saturday, the 7th inst., the wife of Carpus French, of a son. In East Whitby, on the 8th inst., the wife of Frederick Cottrel, of a daughter. In East Whitby, on the 6th inst., the wife of Jeremiah Lick, of a daughter. MARRIED At the residence of the brides father, Bowmanville, on the 10th instant, by the Rev. G. N: A. F. T. Dixon, Mr. SamMuzL Smarr, to ANNIE, second daughter of Mr. George Webster. By the Rev. Dr. Thornton, on the 30th September, Mr. PuiLip Coyne, to Miss Mary JANE SANDERSON, of East Whitby. By the same, on the 4th instant, at the residence of the bride's mother, Mr. ALEX. NorMaN McLEaw, of Oshawa, to ELLen Leppinomas, deughter of the late Geo. Leddingham, Darlington, By the same, at Butterfield Corners, Me. Wiuian Roeson, of Brooklin, to Miss Jane ArMsTRONG, daughter of Geo. Armstrong, of East Whitby. WHEELER'S PHOS PHAT ES W. T. ATKINSON AS JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY of Dr. Wheeler's Elixir of ates and Calisaya. Slegant, and. P P J..0 ingredients that enter into the formation of the Fonte It is A es) for building ud constitutions run down with Wasting Chronic depe: upon Sep aved nutrition of e character. It speedily impr he Appetite, mproves t pe ad He : stitution. less to the and Commercial, OSHAWA MARKETS. 4 ow. Pe,.. ui... 'Wheat, Fall, ¥ bushel,. Wheat, Spring, ¥ bushel,.. RIG... ccciivane Peas, ¥ bushel, ...... Potatoes, ¥ bushel, .. JUST _ Ad » ouT, PACKAGES OF THOSE | , Figuly Tall OPENED | FRESE ¢ i AND UNEQUALLED ~ COFFEES! WITH A GREAT LOT OF NEW BASKETS! WE ARE EXPECTING A TEASI| WILLOW] [7] ae {5 8 mips 3 fot peli 3 HE £ » i HH i § e 8 jor fn BE Z represent what was on Saturday last mil- "afea of about-six miles long, and an aver- | the resul ; House of Lords of the Ballot Bill, a meas- fed, Which puffs out the | SFONIng frantic over 8 satement recently lions worth of property. ~The calamity is | 84e Width from the north brunchy of the | 11> "wim ct the tersible blow, The fall ' belt and Sori a Vi effective life | Made by one of the number, to the effect | : necessary to secure the independence oy En 43 of sud Seat that. we can: liso | anal to the lake. shore of one-and-a-half effects of the disaster no tongue can tell. on ol a ing only the | Preserver. that the result of the Alabama arbitration «0% such an extent that we cannot realise | io. The part of the north s de already | And now the cry comes from the home- octons, ing ony Ax English medical jo blish will probably be that instead of England the awful nature thereof, and words can- destroyed includes the water works, Ro- | |. 4 desolate ones, "Give us food House of Commons and their constituent fang 3s J urnal P 58 having to pay the United States $12,000,. not express the feelings created by a con- | man Catholic Cathedral, aud about forty | : ai . has given another proof of the necessity | Warning against the wearing of green kid- 000, the United Si will i kel; ! on : cov ° | and clothing, or we perish!" This appeal 1a ahi ain 1 It has been 'observed i ral y \1e LImS tates in all likeli- templation of the fearful and speedy work | fine churches of differentdenominations.-- | * PP" | of revising the g | gloves. It n observed in seve boud have to England $18 of the tire fiend, and the suffering, misery The area burnt on Hie south side Contain; | is being nobly responded to by the cities | .\ power of the Upper House. Differ. | cases that the hands of those wearing gloves = ~-- aay X Sian ne > 000,989. and poverty which must ensue therefrom. oh Sho fee ol} 2% m a aa aut ry and towns of America, and we expect the ences between the two Houses have arisen of this color soon become covered with an of the.séatin. BLYw J > on questions in which the privileges and | eruption which physicians find hard to cure, 4 Hundreds of lives were lost by fice direct smaller ones. It is utterly impossible to Wide word wil maje Son go 9 and falling walls, and thousands are home- | attempt ah approximation of the entire | g eviating the destitution ol the Iamish- |; terests of a class are opposed to the po- | 88 the poison seems to enter the system. Tre Guelph Mercury says that the : The part burnt contained all the | ing victims of this unparalleled conflagra- | yo. 0) Lavancement of the people and the | Upon analysis, it has beéii found that the | Tories of Brant have formed a, * moder- chev oni¥ EEE nER of eo~ccoccecon~85 ges uy CHILDRE Latest ; ba] fess wanderers, their all of this world's 1% Bm asa arian i % | "~but was sutdued after long and arduous I COMI EO Ai ov spe rg 4 goods suddenly and irretrievably swept from sight. On Satarlay last a most dis- astrous #nd wide-spread fire occurred in one of the tenement distFitts of Chicago; labor. On Sunday night, inanotherpart of | the city; a boy went into a stabléto milk a sow, and took a lighted kerosene lamp with | him. The lamp was kicked over by the | cow, and the straw in the stable was ignit- i od by the burning fluid "A bucket of water would have checked the fire at this stage, but it was not applied in time; and | the fire rapidly spreading very soon was completely beyond the contro} of huinah effort. A slight idea of the extent of the fearful scourge may be gathered from the following despatches: -- grain elevators, lumber yards, wood and coal yards just filled with the winter sup- | sending large contributions, and yet ply, all the banks aid public buildings, all the hotels, the wholesale and principal re- tail houses, all the best churches, the « theatres, the costliest and most fashion- able private residences of thewity. It is within the bounds to say that three-fourths f the entire wealth of the city has been swept away in a few hours. he loss of dreds at least, but the exact number can never be known, The confusion on the north side this morning and all day baffles description. People rushed round fran- tically crying and bewailing the loss of friends. The means of escape from the north side were over drawbridges across | the canal, and over these the poor people | rushed, some carrying children, some | fainting women and children, and every one with pots, pans and bedding. Pres- | ently a tug boat would come along towing On Oct. 9, 4 p. m.--This city has. vessel from the flames loaded with hu- been visited with one of the most awful and devastating conflagrations which has | occurred in the history of the world since the great fire of London. Yesterday Chi- eago steod proud and eréct, the greatcom- mercial emporium of the West, with rail- ~~ roads centreing here from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and from Lake Superior snd the Gulf of Mexico, and filling her storehouses and granaries with the pro- 'duce and wealth of a continent. To-day "the entire city is absolutely and literall NO il Tore oF the oatthy, ang i ins of 'thi , proud, pros- Sothing remains o in ghe, prog, city but a fringe of d dwell- in the suburbs of the city. - It is utter- RJ ible to particularize or give the | man beings, when the bridge would swin, open to let her through, and many | those near the bridge were forced into the water by those in the rear in their efforts to get away from the flames surrounding.- The screams, shrieks and imprecations at these bridges are utterly indeseribable.-- At least one hundred thousand souls are houseless and homeless to-night, and with- out shelter of any kind, having lost every- thing. Added to their misery is the want of water, the water works having been de- stroyed. Taere is not a well in the city, and no access to the lake for 'the space of five miles. . Manyiin their thirst drink the putrid water of the canal, into which the sewage of the city empties, human life must be very large, many hun- | | tion. - All the leading places in Canada | there is need. of more. | . : rn in creasing uency, now that an | Ontario contribute its ite to aid in the Suing Ioutostes the people. It must | safer to wear others of a less bright and be at once decided in cases of such disputes | less dangerous color. | ---------------------- i where the final power is to reside, and how it shall be exercised. That ultimate -- authority can belong only to the majority There is no doubt that the Fenians have | of the people, and must be directed by | been moving in the direction of Manitoba, | their representatives. It is intolerable with the evident intent of plunder. It | that legislation should be impeded, and {would appear that the United States | political rights withheld by the irrespon- | government has this time acted With a | sible members of an hereditary chamber. good work of feeding the hungry. | THE FENIANS. [dittle more promptness than formerly; and | the notorious O'Neil is once more captur- by the Government at Ottawa: St. Pav, Oct. 7. O'Donoghue, attempted to cross the bof persed by the United States troops, and taken prisoner, arms. The main of invasion has crossed the near St. Joe, Miso he United States troops are after them it is re- tod Tht als the Sbl-boiing Poors of anitoba are under arms. ay WE - border line progress and prosperity of the nation.-- green used tor dyeing the kid contains arse- Cannot South | Such conflicts cannot but occur with in eho not all the green kid gloves ket are so dyed, itis nevertheless "Nei : unison with' the popular sympathies, and Uen. ONeil, who was also with them, yas | | the undoubted right of the House of y of the Fenian army | Commons to carry the will of the people into action over-all opposing in'erests and | the b authorities must be secured. We know that | money if the house, and that she would not this work, so essential to the political pro- | gi gress, the social advancement, and the ma- | looked oft and saw the barn in flanes. Souk additional particulars of the Persi- an famine are furnished in the letters of an Englishman to a London paper. 'To the sickening horrors of the famine and the pestilence have been added the cruelties of the Afghans, who have 'swept down upon their old enemy in the time of his weakness, and carried off into slavery no The present method of counteracting this | jes than 50,000 people. The famine in 1 evil by the expression of public opinion, | ed, with a lot of his dupes. © About three | which involves the necessity of a long and { hundred of the rabble have crosséd the | turbulent agitation on each disputed ques- border, and intend moving on Fort Garry. tion, is cumbersome, uncertain and danger- The following despatch has been received ous, and ought to be superseded by some constitutional method at once just and efficient. 'We, therefore, believe that the 1 The Fenians under the command of Gen. | ¢ime has arrived when the hereditary prin since a stranger rapped at the door of Mr. one city alone, in the now destitute pro- vince of Khorassan, has had 8,000 victims, and still asks for more. The Persian Gov- ernment have foolishly declined proffered succor from England and Russia. line on the 5th at Geo: wi on | ciPlein legislation, , Which neither insures Beck i's dwelling, Listowel, and d ded Jor line iE os haat oh a wisdom in the individual nor patriotism in Custom House and the Hudson Bay Post | the body, must be abolished; when the k at Pembina. They were attacked and dis- | 8eoond Chamber m=st be brought into home.| The man then said he knew Mr. Beckect was not at home, and that he came there to get some money. He said that she must give him $40, else he would set fire to ns She told him she had very little ce, which Mrs. Beckett refused, 13 Daring INcENDIARISM---A few nights tellingjhim that her husband was not at give himiany. A few minutes after she ate" Conservative Association, thinking that a more taking title than the Eclecti- places. Their designs are the same no matter what appelation they may for the time being adopt. It behoves Reformers everywhere to thoroughly organize so as to ensure the defeat of the enemy under whatever guise he may appear. Tae Meaxest MAN. --An interesting case was tried before an Evansville (Ind.) Justice a few days ago. A man named Dugan had been killed by a runaway horse, Subscription was taken up for the benefit of the widow and children. John Dugon, brother of the deceased, collect- ed the subscriptions and kept the money, claimifg that his brother was indebted to him at/the time of his death. On the trial the widow obtained judgment, and the charitable John had to dlsgorge. Tue cattle owners in the township of Crowland, Welland County, are consider- ably al d at the app among the cattle of a new and deadly disease. The attack begins with a swelling in the should- er, which becomes rapidly worse, until, in some cases, the ie tamefacti bursts open the skin, and after a few hours of intense agony the animal expires. The imals attacked are g lly young, and cism which has its adherents in some |. the disease has, in every case, proved fatal. ces sevelty s3susasy OWNER WANTED, R A SET OF HARNESS AND A ONE-HORSE SLEIGH. The owner can GENERAL GOODS! Fancy Wares, &C., FROM New York and Mont red, IN°' TIME FOR 27 calling at this office, proving Oshawa, Sept. 27th, 17. So LARGEST STOCK OF THE FALL SHOW.{ STEELE BROSL Hanged LE -_-- )