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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1878-02-28, Page 1, - r ,AND CENTRE HURON., GENERAL ADVERTISER. TERsegg—$1.317,4114 Tljt ,91e• tatleneetee. CLINTON, ONTARIO; TITTIRSD.49.t. FEBROArr.. 28, 1878. 3w iii*incni.SKR-STAFT Gtp,L WANTED... MACIJINE NEEDLES, • Winked. a Servant as housemaid, at the Bauk, " Clinton, Feb. 21,1878. " • - t " • . _ Just rneived, emelt eTOCK 01 Mactinne .needice fee all machines: ' THOS. JAMISON, Jr. - Clinton, Feb. 28,1878. • STRAY PIGS. , ; • , Clone into tiltbsortb(fes premises, lot 87, Hayfield ; con., Goderieh Township, abouteix week% time, two pigs, one about 0 and the other about 12 months old. , The owner le hereby notified, to -prove-property, pee oharges and take thent Away. ' -WM CRAIG. Goderich township, Felt. .28, 1878. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. 4 eubsoriber, either by Note, or„.139otterntogrot, that tile '\ same mutt be paid tb•hfita, aifferm, 9th oon. Bode • rioh township, end mit in Clinton, as previously egreed on. JAME§ SHEIVARD.'• '''''' ' v313.deriehid-w-nlihig-Fiab729,-1878'. " INSOLVENT ACT OF. 1875,, AND ,AMENDING ACTS'. ' SAAIDEZI Pa.szsan, THOMAS WIAITE; and Wrer.r4m. WHITS, • • • . • • Plaintiffs, Joan II. AND/1660N. aud Werznat SNOWMAN, Defendants, A Writ of Attachment has.been betted 111 this Cann.' ROBERT GIBBONS, Offtoial Assiguee', Goderich, Feb 25,1878. • INSOLVENT ACT OF 1875,, AND. AMENDING ACTS. In the matter of John JJ. Andeivon and liam Snowden, - Irsolvents., A Writ of Attaohment hag been issued in this came, and the oreditore are notified to meet at my office, in Goderich, on the TWELFTH DAY OrMARCH NEXT, at 8.80 o'clock, P. M., to reeeive statenaent of thoitaffeire and to appoint on Aseignee if they see At. • SAW. LOG., AND BOLTS WANTED . „ . Wanted, a quantity of Saw LOR8 end Stave Butte: Applyeat Factory, to foreman, R. It. WAI,HER, er at titspleton Salt Welke, to , . ,R, RAN'SFORD. ' Stapletou, Feb. 7,1878. ' • . • -- .WANTED TO BGRROW AT QNQB MOST $300 To For which good interest -will be given: Gime Mortgage 61101110Y. Apply, by letter, to e E. M. Box 38, Common I', 0,, Minton, Feb. 14, 1878. VA. . " Notiee is hereby silent to all wine indebted to -the RMWANTED 'Wanted to 'nisi,ID oCt;enient lonlity, a farm of rom 80 to 100 acres. Apply with full partiqulars to • • NEW ERA OPPICr — Clinton, Jan. 80.1878. • STRAY CATTLE. Strayed from the 'prenitsee of, the subscriber, Lot t), Con. I., Stanley, last summer, a one year Old BULL, 01)00%1 red and. white, and e ono year HEIFER, white, vrith red spots. Any person giving.seoli information as will lend to,their noterery win be euitably Yetvarded. • • ' • : JOIN. BOSS, • fitatilev, Feb. 21, 1878. •' STRAY. OATTLE, • Came into subecriber'e pomiae,lot 87; 'Hayfield Con. Goderiolt Township, about the middle of Nov., it red STEER and IIEIFE it, both coming two years eld. The owaer ie hereby notified to prove property-, pay expen- ses and take them away. . _ e PETER 'PERDUE. Goderich Township, Ear. 7, 1878, • . . CA21). ROBERT GIBBONS, Officiel Aesignce. • ' * . Gederich, Feb. 27, 1818. NVICE TO THE PUI3LIC. . • It having become circulated around that the eubecri-- bar intends giving up business and removing to Blyth, be castle!) it to be understood that he'baano intehtimt whatever of so doing, arrangements to remove haying fallen through. Ile will therefore continue blindness at, hie old stand, Huron Street, wherehe wlil be pleasedtto do all he en to supply Harness, de , at the moat moon - able rates: xenw OAMPBELL. Clinton, Feb. 28, 1818. • FARM FOR SALE.' The undersigned offers for sale hie' feint of 50 morn, being the east -half of lot 24, 5th odn. Hullettj eituated 21 miles from Clinton. 85 nereroleared, and in good Beate of cultivation, helium god.' herdwood." On the gamins are a good log house. table; heeling orchard, and a living spring of water near the house. Farther partioulata on application to the subscriber, •Cnotworl P. 9., dr on the premins • • , • JOHN 'BROWNLEE. Hallett, Feb: 28, 18711. GrpOD CHANCE FOR A BARGAIN , . FARM FOR NAL*. West -half lot 15, north -half lot 16, in the 8rd oon. of SWIM, containing 100 acres, more or Ion ; 90 cleared, 75 under good cultivation, 15 of new,fallow, balence timber. There are 11 acme of iall wheat; and 80 acres tall ploughed. Soil, day loam. Good frame house, bun, !hods, etablee ; good °Tabard of obolee.fruit. The plan is well watered, and situated 81 miles from Clin- ton. For particulars apply on the premien, or by mail to J. C. BRINTNELL, Onnixox•P.O. FOR SALE. Applioations will bo receivei up to the 6th of March, next, tor • • OT AND BUILD1.NG MATERIAL Situate on Albert Street, the lot being recently occu- pied by Mr. B. Davin. Five year's credit will be given. For pertiorame apply to • - W. (3. ISEARI,E. Clinton, Feb. 28, 1878. ._1 A f 8117 othi Ilinemwnjittnog111E111ATISM reaejtterinirsilas, anent's, peeri- ng°, skin irritation, ulcers from any mune, and a hun- dred other diseases are aimed by an acid ferment, which predation infiammetory notion. Brunteda's Alt. eorbent will positively effect a OUTO in's few bonne, by abrorbing tbe acid Deleon from the ityntere.. Sold by druggists. Price, 50o. Advice in particitier eine nee. . , W. Y. 1011111Y014, , London, Ont. CALIFORNIA GRAPIOS, frerlit fruit, of Orassiek & Cunninghame's, Clinton. • • EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. • . • Notice in hereby given, that all indebted to the Genie. of the late THOMAS GARla, are required to settle the same , on or before the let of March next, and theet having claims against the same estate are rcqueeted.to present them for settlement after the mune date. APPLETON ELOOAT, ROBERT ELME, It neaten, Tuekertitnith, Feb.18, 1878. 81+ FARM FOR SALE OR TO RENT. The subscriber often; that eligibly situated farm, north part lot '4, 16th Con. Goderioh Townehip, con- taining 54 acres, for eole or to rent. It is well Wooed, with frame house, log bat n, frame ntnble,' well watered, and a young bead, g orchard, zi miles from illinten, Alger a good working mare for sale, or to trade for !umbel,. Apply to Fob. 7, 1878. Lot 84, 16th don. Ooderieh Township. FARM FOR SALE: The pttbsoriber offers foe -sale their detteettiently-eittto. ated fierkr West hall el_ let 24.Bit:field den, Godorleh toWbehip, mantels:king 100 totes, 70 Cleated, the tentain. doir good haedWood 'Mugu There is a log.hotiaomid barn, and a eroall orsherd on theplace, rue land is trat•elses end -under good suittistkm. abed nre mites train Baytield and °Union. Terme, onikbled doss, , iemeindet es agreed upon. ClOWS./4. . The sulmoriber begs leave to etate_to the publieond • to bin numerous friends, that he is again in complete ' working order athie Show•Reom, where he keeps a full supply of everything in his lino. tie has the largest and best omply of everything hi the Undertaking line, which he will eupply to any that may need his services, at prion that cannot be touched by any Others in Olin - ton or any other plan. # • THOS. STEVENSON. Clinton, Feb, 21, 1878. 4 MAO., Web. ter, MS. er.A.-mp.s PATTERsQs, . PLASTER Eft! .Alt kinds of Ornamental wort 40910 to order. *Oik promptly attended to in town or •cOtintri."..Bosi denceenext door north .of the Presbyterian Chinch. ()intim, Feb 14,1878, . " .BunI • STRAY' OA.LVES AND SIIEEP. . . ••••• • • • 'fitiayed from the premises of the subsorlbee, lot 19, Sth 666. Hullett, three Spring Calvee, tin greyleh, 1 Heifer and 1 Steer, and one red Steer, with it little Whiteunder its belly. Also, two large Ewes. Any one giving such information 110 will lead to their renvery, will be suitably rewarded: ' . • ROM,' CAR'111R. mutat situ ins. ' STR.A,Y EEIFER. canes into euhscribore premien, lot 15, 2n4 con., Hunett, shout two months' since, a•rod. and 'white heifer, about 18 menthe old. The owner can heve,the •setne on proving property, and paying tor thie after- tisemeet. . ROBERT PEACOOK. II Whitt, Jan;81,1578. - tARM FOR SALE. The undereigned offers for sale his farm of 70 sores, °outdating of north-weet half of lot 19, Xenon Road, Goderieh Township, Over 60 acres cleared, and in a good state of etiltivatibit, remainder good bardvrood. Good bathe house, with stone cellar, fremb barn, out- buildings, de, Two orchards, one of 75 treee; nerdy planted. situate 1 ulnae from Clintort. . • ", RICHARD BEE. * Goderich Township, !Ob. 14; MS, • lm* FARM FOR SALE. The undereignod offers his farm of 80 acres, being hte 28, eon, Sth, Godorich township, 0 miles from Clinton and 7 from Goderich, for stole. About-74-eleared, re- mainder geed hardwood; e,dl, etch clay loam. Ten scree are sown with fall wheat, and about 40 fell plough-, ed. On the premien are a good. new frame lionse,etone foundation and cellar, barn, Rabies, outbuildinge, wen, and creek running near the barn, good bearing orchard. the whole being in state of high cultivation. Terms and Particulars on'ttppileation to proprietor. ROBERT! zurznn, Porter's Hill. rdoderiell township, Feb. 7,1078. NIORTGA.GE ' llotol Proporly • Known as the Drlitish Hotel, , .1'%•T Under and by vittno bt 6' pewee of este contained in a Itertgage (which will be produced, on day of eale) reed° by Thomas Lane, and nearing date the 14th Day of June, 1876, default hating been =Ade in payment there- of, there win be said by Pablto Amnion, on tlie promi- see, ozt TUISDAY, IdARCK 5th, 10701 at Blotla, UL .ud singular those eertein parcels or *note of land and prendece innate, lying mut being in the Town of „Clinton. in the 0011111Y of Heron, and Provitlint of, bete. eontaining b) admeastmenterit wok one rood, be the same more or lose, being ceropoeed et Lets Noe. , 860, 861, est and 868, in the said 'Lowe Of Minton. There is A large frame •Ilotel on the preirii.. eekto which a large addition was recently weds, and two large frame Stables, • terms mods known 011 asy Of MOO. Or de erlintailon A. thp under/toed, Dd:VED DIONENOON, PasEZ & 14:11050X, asetioneer, 011eten. Vendor,' Sedlettors, London Dated at London, 20to Tab, 1873. • MALA(14 Oli'APAS and 11A14PAIV'448., hog yeasfe$1, At askh 4 Ciontittertome% ••••••••••••••••-.- ()tulip n1tallC11 4,41111.VIIX4TiflitA1 er 'ore' e n t of the dinner -in' oonneetion thissociety, andpromise& this week a Synopsis of tho speeches, whieh We'luew 'uive,' • Mn, A... Swot. preeident,„ ef the seete't•y; and ehairthanon the oCoastomlartetly.adverted .to.the 'great . changes that had taken plats.° 'during the few years that lie had beee tareek, (lent Of the county,' and of the pregreee that bad been made in agricutture,giving the ere- -I:13,6f mut% of it to the etimulating effects of agricultural goeieties, and thought it wee the duty of every one, especially. fitrinere, to' eozit Peet theinseivee with eueh aelsociationeu li-ex,ox spoke in -the interest of use... nulacturers, upon which ,subject he. (mold scareely do any other than be brief, as ,they were not in a...very brisk ,Conditimrthis yelf; Mn. J. Coputx.then took up' the anbject of agrietilture, - He said, he came to this. 'county. In the year 1854, when settlers were ;few and far between L.yitlioist '.-roeics and bridges, spercely.any -mittrovetuente, 130 cenaforts or linnfriss*-and the barest necessities of life hard: to be got.. The -.Want Of these things 'caused allite,pnt'forth every effort, and by industry eintebonomy they, aeon turned the forset into freithil fields; meth mord quickly, he holier., ed, than is dens at the present, Cite, as they worked harder . anti fared, wortie. Notwith. standing the lack of what are thought to be the necessaries of life now,: hebehaved they enjoyed thetatielYee-aitmuehraind Were really as happy; Then. as they are now with the luxe. ries'and comforts in profnalon .aronnathein. He paid a -high.conapliment tO.these wbo wete. bottrumental in the construction Of the gravel roads', and- also 'said that 'greet benefits had floweti:from the building of ,the railroads,"'ne :strongly deprecatedthia tendency -of young men leaving the honorable and •certain ems= patron efarming, which he charaeterized a Mean disposition to, shirk hard, work, which was, the:'.hasie of all the wealth in the coun- try, and thougkt it boded no good for tuee proeperity. After 0.• few worde of praise of the -management of the; Morels B. A. p,, litadeprecated the 'practise of giving the prize to the fattest beast, which be thonght.waa often cl000 irrespective of. ;ahy other 'merit., He also, believed that if sheilar,' :care, atten• leittieri and feeding- had been bestowed tipee our native cattle- that hits been bestowed upon. the . Du rhanislinaro:would, not be minth to ehoose between them. ..fie urged farmers to -thoroughly fit themselves for their profes• Mon, both in It.•business„point Of view, and R166 11E4 far as .aeriettlthre. wait 'concerned, After e few words urging tarinets to, do every thingin the 'beet .poseible way, ani make their .bothe 'attractive,' so as to retain their children,on the farm,.he took the!oheere of the company. • '•• . • ,. Mit'aontr COMINel.thow anok,O A few words in relation _kr cattle, .after whieh, he -wait fol. lowed by • , • . . • • Mn; Wiu..CLE0G, who eaid he was glad ,to Bee such a large gathering. of . farmers, and woe' happy to be amongst them,: ae they:were not: only the pioneer* of civilizat on; btallie basis the.wealth the country; and When. ever prosperity attended their labora.. the towns and •Villagett• were presperoult., • MR. JOHN MCMILLAN, followed, proniieing with a brief ..relation to hie ft-rst visit' to the apot where•Blyfili now etands, which wee then a dense forest, and cemparintit then ' with what it is now he thought the change was wonderfnit Considering the ettott tier that has transpired.. Re went 011 to giVe a deserip, .tiOn of the. diffionities,that were encountered by the firet settlers, andthe low price that they' received for their produce, wheat only fetching 37 conte per bushel, at .Goderich, which book two, days to get there. The first impulse that Was given to the prosperity of the country wag the building or the Buffalo and. Goderich Railway, . together with the gravel roads. He urged farmers to unite emote thoroughly together and thought by so doing they might be much more prosperous, and they might also make farming more pro - table by more ecominty: He then took Up the:subject of dairying, thawing that it was not only profitable, in a financial point, of vietv, but they were adding to the productive' power. ofthem hums. .Every ship load .01 grain that goee out of the country is so nineh taken from the soil, and if nothing ia brooght itt to replace it, the preductive, virtue of the soil mast be weakened. But in the case of dairying a 'very small portion is taken from the ,itoil, and, if any degree of judgment is practised, as much may be obtained from the atmosphere end the application of a tonall attninnt of phosphates, as will more than cont. peneate for what le carried away in the (sheet° or butter. ' lie also thought that the keening of cows paid better than the raising of stock, aft they consumed fleetly as 131110h, cows, but made no other return than them. stivee• when Bold,' but the glows every ' year yielded as much as a good sized steer old, fru!, and then they'luid the cow still. He,. tpoke strongly against the young men.leaving the , fume, and Said that Many that did so turned out bed, and' became dependent upon others for a living no advitted parents 64 give:their aoes some interest itt the foto, which Wotild,have a tendency to attract them to it; and lie fillip advised the providing Of gone mode of aertneement. He then Retie a , brief account of :the progrese that was befog made in tbe inanufaeture of chew°, .showing how Catuada woe now the oliatnpion in this. department in .Arneriee, ait Mr. Ballaetyng took the higheet prize at the Cohtennial Fx. having one htindred imitate of excel. letee, all that he pciesibly• eould heve. The iniattifiteture of good Cheese required the Itt• toilet degree of elemilinees and ealubrity' Of position of the factory, for evetifthe presence of an, carrion or malicious strampe for it large eirerlit found, tVotild have an injilrin• effect upon the elleem3, so that it was the Interest of every one ,to strive to make and keep the atmesphete tut .purO as possible. As "conipetf. tion was now keen throughout the .world it wee neceesitty to make the...very best article if we vvietred to command' the best' market. He concluded with a little odusible tidvied to thee° iv Search of a faroa, and alto to those Who wished to *Wein A companion to hict thetti in de 'management. . Da; 81.0AN10116W6fi, eittireeitingbitipleaante at being present Mee reepettable' mitt pros - porous alooking company of farmer*. Ho then faith:4We experience as it attecter of one Of the first agricultttral Seeletithl of the country; and 'tga. Oat great diflieulties they luta to eetitend: With in obtaining isobietitiorsintho hulas, bons to Make rtP sttfeleient prizes to in.. duce competitora to exhibit, 'but was glad to say that.the shows. were productiv,m,. of good : reaulte, .ithd Ginned agriculture to pritgress. He shoWedthe iinportnnoe of seeking improv_ proved modes( of agriculture, and thepropara., Aka for change iti the liindut. of prodUctigp,. Ile : said:at One time the befit wheat that was 'grown in America wee grown in the Genesee valley, but there is scarcely any grown there now. Osain_ growing i6 continual -Ty tuovidg: west He wouia icf,y,iise the growing of fruit,' as nothing in. the Warof 'egrieultnrewould pay as well, He thought a great field would soon be openedin the west for the este of fruit, Ile then-depreoated the,talk about the balante of trade hifing against'the country, which' bet few appeared to understand r but le was eon. •vinced that to import more than was expert• ed did net prove that that country was grow- ing barren. • Mn, Taos.- Meow said that he expected to see tilt Vatietieg of non at thieglinner, but he 'fonud that all, or nearly ell, were agricultur7 hits. rio Said that though there wee a . variety Or professions represented, . yet all the speak. era had roost to etty,Opon the enhjeet o• fartn- He.then Spoke of the exhaustivileffects • ef Ifietiifete eald if they.woeld retain the:fertilizing of amend they must understand the nature of the Soil, anwh d atwas necessary to, apply to it to Make - it ,profitably productive: He theught.the' :better nman watt educated the better agricul:. turist he becante. ITS then briefly adVerted to the Agricultural College, at Guelph; arid the benefits it would 'bestow upon our rating meo ; how they would. become eapabloof alizing the soil, and getting . from it the beet crops. AgricultUriete, he said,. were the foundation end beginning Of all the other pro. feesi.onii. and businesses, and not the tor Wad. ere with the Indians,. nor• the intuberers or the' bunters of. former times. -' Leek at the. large cities .,and that :have sprung up' in all sections. of:the Country ; what arothey but the outgrowth of the, farms that are Spread around thee*. When the town popu, lotion increases berind the wants of the country, they becomer,tironee in the eothali hive. He kodiv'men iu towns who !bait, with ooe•hand: in the reception of their pro- duce and forwarding it, and with the ether -in. selling thein the • goOds they required' Riot thereby ..becothing-wealthy, much. more . se. than thoes. who produced the crepe. TO ear.' ry on agriculture its. Most puctiesidul Way required capital, and .be was .glad to eeti.that more 'capital was applied to farina than fortn• erly; • Huron was truly becoming the" garden of Canada, by the improVed mode of agricul- ture in it. Ile then said, wheti • we ceneider. front 'whence we sprung (night we not to be it great and. prosperous people Hetholfaht agricultnnsts. were more highly spoken of now than a short time sinew, and hoped they :Would 'still continue to hold, a high position in the estimatioe ot all wheels opinions were. 'Werth hifitling. • . , • Mr. Moon wee followed by Mr. 'Aldrich, :Mr, Truax and severer other-,gentlethett,.' who spoke' Irian, upon different ithhieeta of inter - 'Votes of thanks were tlin11:";iinanitirtotiely peseta to thedifferent sp,eakers, for their en-. terteinieg.and profitable. addresses ; :also to the chairman and•the hot,. who briefly 're- • turned thanks. The.speakIng was interspers ed With songs by Messrs., Watson, Rye and ' others, and the pentium,. broke . up. at a. sea: sonable-hout, well pleased with: the whole proceedings. • . _ ' Mr. Cartwright delivered his budget epeeeh in the House on Friday night, which comprised not merely an exposition of thii-palicy of the Government at the present time, but a defence of their policy in the past, and a review. of the financial history of the Dominion's first decade; terminating.on the 30th of June., 187,7. It will be observed that he hopes to meet all the Public engagements of tha country with- out any, addition to the burden of taxation. He adheres to the principle of iinpoeing no taxes beyond those which may be absolutely necesaary to meot the re.qturemeete of the publici eerviee. • -Ile referred, in the first in- stance, to the foreshadowing of coming events in his speech as a private member of the House in 1878, and hieviesdription of the embarrass - Monte surrounding the advent of the preterit Government to Office in the financial state., ment of 1874. 'Vet, .even. on those occasions, he had not fully; estimated the effects of the previously existing period of inflation, or the reaction that ensiled thereupon. The total value of trade, allowing for the admission of Prince Edward. had fallen not less that fifty Millions under. the influence of the de- pression, and this too notwithstanding the, growth Of populittion end increased area of territory under cultivation, representing a na. tural. increase under ordinary and favorable ciretimetancieti of soma thirty or forty millions more. At the garde Sine the revenue fie* Outflows had. decreased by a trifle over three /Wilhite of dollars, while the .tetal Value of importk had been reduced. by one-third. The population had increased by one•nintb, the ri3:. *nit being a per octpita reduCtionnf imports of. .front $35k to $25? per head. Had the im- ports contuiderl at theft fornaer ratio the prim. - tint ingenue of the Dominion would have been defile twenty-seiren millions; whereas now very slightly exceeded twenty-two millione. The strain had been severe. It bad visited, not only ourselves but 'ottr best cuetomers; slid in fact the whole world. But it WAS Elatisfaotorif to Mark the turning of the tide as exhibited in the improved' 'revenue return a of the past envoi) months AR compared with the corresponding period of 1876-7. In the seven months ending the 10bh of February, 1878, the reienua amounted to 818,434,235,_ anti in the proVieac year to $12,494,279—an inerease of nearly a million in seven months. Of this some 8201),000 might bC dilti to the iniporta- Rens arisniE; out ef the fire at St. John, but then, on the other hand, the very extraordi. nary character of the iteaaon had been excep, tionally unfavorable. Turniog to the expett. dittate of1877, it weuld he seen that in Civil Government there had be#011, a total expendi• tare of $8121 or $71,000. leee than in 1878-4. Trio chargi for anperanuationit- amounted in 1877 to $104,000, The additions -to the eharge for inperanuationa had- been largely counterhifiainied by tho abolition of aimless effinolg Or other savings in a similar dirootion. lindeftlie head Of immigration had to he in.. oluded the loan (repayable) to the Menrienitee andlottlanderst amounting to $79,000, ifEd $21,000 catisea by the ontbmak Of the etitall.-• pdx at Oita 1116 expettliture in °potent* the GOvetrunent Railway* had eireeeded the eatiinates by Dearly POPO, but on the other hand tide had been niet by a corresponding increase in the. reCeiptit from tho,se. undertak- ings,. After noticing some other items. Mr, eartifrigh t Warmly delended'Aile-rVprioatton for the last loan tlie time peleoted, • Mid be .waited six. months the fete of the transactikm would have been very uneertain. At that Period .soich tweiceeptionable. •seenritles* ' as those 1T.relby the. corperatiom of. Diming.; twin, the Metropolitan. Beard of Werlis, the•Goverinnent of Natal, ha,d been praotieal-. ly rojectect when attempts:to raise loans were' made, end a Portuguese 3 per. dent. loan ''. for di millions wai.taken up very .sloniS4 att,50 pr equal to in interest., charge on.- the imatual aMonet taised Of per cont. At the: Same time the Canada fours.loan stood: at 90i, per cent.: for retail traneaetione... Finauee Minister,next reviewed ;the confronted the. neW Administration when they tiratne, ieto Office, . Gn-the firet of 4Puly the, an. gegenaents of. their preclecespers atiticipated an edditienal ontlay annuallY On railways: of • $750,000 ;. Indian treaties of 080,9001 on . North-west organization of. $400,000.- The asententiplatesLadditions te., the ;debt were :n follows Canals, $43.300,000;, on. Inter! colonialRallway, 010,000,0003metinblie debt maturing, 06,000,000 .; on Nowt Scotia ;and islew7130thneWick—RIviaYei..-$4000.000 ;' on Prince Edward Island $2,500004 .on minor Public Works, $4,500, po ; • on fit. Lawrenee inaprovaimints; $2,500,000; on .aclvaiMes to sundry objects, $1000;00(1 ;,:itt,altittga,total of liebilities of $131,300,000, on nearly equal to the total net tilde -Redness of .00.nacia at the mule .date,twenty•lbree millions more than . the attioin.t of debt in:187', andienniring to inset an annual loan of tweietsy .nlilIions per anpum for,Seven years.: The •lowest estimate 0f:the:former Finance Minister Ptit.the addl., tional ohargee for new debt at 83,367,400 pee. annum. , .The liabilittee the preeent, Go'Vertr- mint told teltit•heceisaryttemeet were the . expentlithre on' the, Welland. and. Lachine Canals; an a ddi tien dv.s.atutit half millions.;; debt rnaturiog; thirtecn. ant1. a half millions Paeific Railway, to. fa as, was immediatelY necessarY, six minions, and other :Wingert amounting to five million %It would he still necessary toborroW, lint after'llitap 11. was satisfiethry-to.know that redemption of debt maturing Would be optiraiiakand not, a6 .heretofore, tamapuleery. iThe cause of the ex; .cese of the laud:len iherease of expenditere in , 1878.4 were themrecapitulated,.arrimatieg to • four millions' of dollars; and it was eltewn that as between..14724•an4 1876-7 the. inereas;; ee solely due tothe policy, or ;engagements of.. the Macdonald. Adratnietration were rnpre-, .sented, by a tom in.the annhatexpenditore'et $5,100,opo. Having regard, hoW.ever„, to .the . inert)* of population, the reeeipta' frothe vies taxatien of the 'people would bp, $5.79 per cent,: in,13713,7, as ow...MO.0,86:par Cent. 64 1872-3, or takingthe sum actually - t. • taxes, the eherge per crissifli;v-TH againet.11.4,90-64 18737 -an • *Anal feduetion, notwithstanding the enorreoneajditionaMeae by the outgoing. Adininiatration A0.11.10 obli- gations their policy had .entailek • Ana al- thotiglt 2 eer.cent. had book added, IQ the Custouditinty.on a large portion .of the ion - ports 64.1874, the dithiontien inthe tea duties, at; Comparedwith fproter years, and the re. duptioe of the -duty on•coal Oil had prao.ioally teunterbalanced the incremie to the tarlit above referred to. Mr. Cartwright than at 'Borne length- discneeed the .quostionof the relative taxation of Canada as compared with . the TI'oited.States,ineludiog, of eOurse; the munieiptil taxes. He 'pointed out that, 64,-11' nonsequenc9 Of ' A false ;and injurious fiitgal polioy, out Of from.four to five, hundred inil- lion dollars. paidt by the people of the 'United States as tho result of their fiscal system, not Over orto• think molted the publie. offers, while the reel/leas mismailagemenb ot. terial affairs had .grevionsly burdened: • the , populations ot the great cities: Onthetwbole,'. Jae believed that .0anada represented a per. ' capita pharge of barelytne-third: of tbe.1/nit- ed States, or barely one-half as paid in. hard lt would not be mato thee. half • the per. capita Tate of •Great. Britain,. On the - vrhole, then, ha. held that our taxation in Canada wasendurable, itnet even light. The - Public Accounts of Canada for the .past two years showed an agggregate deficit of $3,361,- 000, but as of thie $1,080,900 was represented by:money applied to the.purposes of a 'sink- ing fund, the etetialt addition to the MIMIC debt frOin this came WAN not Over $1,700,000, With a steadily increasing revenue ; With a large virgin territory , being brought into a productive condition, at the rate of fromhalf a million to a millieh Of Mires -per annum ; with facilities for transmitting our Ogricultnt. rel products from the farthest portion of Ow , tario east of Lake Superior to London or Liverpool at a boat not exceeding one-quarter or ono -half of it penny per pound; with, an almost unlimited market thud opened up to our agrieultural Population, of whioh they were evidently not.- slow in availing them. salves, be spoke Witke011itt 0011fiden00- Of the' toture. In hl opinion there Was no tnaeon for imitating the policy of•the United States, and which it was evidently their wieli to 're,. traet, Out of the total :animal expanditur9, the sum of 113 millions represented fixed charges eenetitutleg it first mortgage on the revenue: Then Immo 51 'Willis:wit were really oross-entriee, and the balmier& cnly waa.. sus- ceptible of any economies' influextees, Itt 1876 the ootttrollable expenditure runtinntetl to $8;589,774, and in 1877 to 86;836;078, or a reduction in.faver of the latter year of 81,734,- 69B, Itt 1873.4 it vv,0 $3,324,078, showing a reduction in: favor of 1877 of $1,488,998, En 1872.8 it wad $7,062,095, or -more than for 1876 by $297,017, and that notwithstanding the new cliarges alessacly referred to. For 1878.9 the Fiuttnee Minister estimated that uncle,. ordinarily favorable condi tioneinsturning the Customs wutild yield 18g, millions awl the Excise fii• millions, the revenue whald ho wingttu 23,890,0)0, or a`little over the eati- ' mated expenditure. He preferred:not to ism. pose stew taxes, 1,coausn. first, there Averts signs of improvement ; secondly. because the reeeipts of 1877 were bele* the ordinary average ; thirdly, because the deposits .to sinking fund account had rendered the deficit leas forraidable ; fourthly, boeanse some ob- jeots entailing expenditure were entire:whir* completion; and laetly, beecuae the erthittry would soon have sit opportunity of detailing for itself between the policies ot the political patties. lie ridiculed Sir John Mitedonaldha protectionist profeetien s, andthe proposal to in. create, the wealth of the country by adding to theburdens of the people In taxing their hoed itt st time of aeareity. no held that to iovy mot« ifiXel than the l'event10 t`triired 'W-411 4* Psinfteners, only a apeoles of leg slative robbeiy. High , 'duties would cause sectional diffences, and not only impede progress, but; arian ineerativo. to 'smuggling, teed to.demoralize `the people. Ills further ehaervitions were in V& nature, 0131convoontary on i,he financial motion, BAIL L 00u:Nolf,:—A, Meeting:of the (M held at' L )11dOSIP/r0, Q11 -tlt 18th the. members present. -Minutes. meeting read. and confirmed. Britton, see. by J. I/IA/W.011, th er's na audited, be no that 50 oopies:be ptieted shei ried, Moved Hewson, a am, fhat Bests tender building .Qeigley'a Bridge,, be .' vide(' he furnisheatisfaCtory seen Moved by 3r: Mason site. by -.1.- C. Foiter'eaccoent 211, for dra scVviidert, Qbyw son, that Allen and S., mal4ie .be t.c ed as sureties with Win: Rest, for baildinw eigIcyleBridge,:—Garried. The -council adjourned :to meet again when celled Ity the: Reeve: :topecial meeting Of tha said council. was held at Latcleabeco, on the 19th Feb., called by tbe Reeve, in consequence of Wm. Bash refueing•to sign an agreement for build- ing Quigley's.Bridge. . Allthe members prew. ent:. Movedli,Y J Britton, ism by J. Hoer-. - son, thatin. couseguenee.nt Wm, Beitfailing to.exeente.an agreement with this corpOration. for building (Maley's. „Bridge, that °Indite • McDOnald's.tetider Of $1500, for building said bridge, eite.,The accepted, and that Robert Mc - :Donald and William Aikens be accepted as his sureties,.arcil that the Reeve be hereby aur thorizad to sign twagreernsut on behalf of thia ,ourperatioh with tbe said-,Oharles Me Donald, for the building' said bridge.—Carried. NICAt" -ea by j."11106on,„tiee." by J. Lashani, that Gee:, flesh, Pathmaster, be -authorized to see that all the gravel to,be taken out of hill 'on eon« .R. 8-9, Jot 171)8 taken (int or the centre of . the road) so that the road is kept' in proper ' shape, and that be bit paid for extra services,. • and_ that the:cieric..sembhira.a.copy solutiom—Oarried: Moved by J. .HoWson.:" sec. by J. llason„that Mora"), Path -- master, be ,eathorieed to see that. all the gravel to be taketv out of the hill on cen. R 10-14 lots 19-29, :he taken out of the, centre of the rod, So that the venlig .kept in proper shape, and that he be paid • for extra. services, and that the Glerk.send him a copy of Odle resolu- , tion.—Carned. Th,e donut* then adjourneck:' to meet again when called by the Reeve, • • • Sc"iiss BRAITHWATTE, TITAkunstn's..RE?oni.-7.*The following . abstrisot from tho.reporS.of the Treastrt— .er of. this township, .forrthespast just 125110(1, will be loCinteyest to the ratepayers, th. e ansohnts,being consiiler- abl those of last :Aar.: • onibUnd:friml $' 1106 65 Nerialnle.actoesrid'ae..nBt7Tlia,..r. • 1.2.02119682.0 4263: Otherrn (lavragRs' eerrn0:1: E• 4 lu ,t 41, " '''''''''' 12561 2 1 33 Boundary Lin Appropriation. 2958 8253, Pound Keepers..,.., Magistrate's rine* '' '' .169,, : Bank DellOgit and ttiteree , • nx.iticcr.mT'uitita. • '';$.1:5489 95 ' Ain't paid lot roads and bridges $ 2826,6r , Amount paid. School Sections 5426'15 : County Rats, for . 3984 00 Municipal Governinent,,.„...„ 676 45 Charity, .. .. '340 00. Printing and' Advertising,„ 81 66' Postage, Teleg'ing and. StaCry 18 60 Intereab on Railway; Debentures 800 00 . Law ?r,P!infieri ..... 16 00 Misceligneous. Item& 4 a.„ Repeat', in Bail; .. 1400 . -64011,1 -518 01. • 06 ' kNEW14 XItOlYf CHIN'A' .4. 6489' A r, . • San Francisco, Feb, 28:—Ohirta Itices tepOrt it tevribie disastEir. At the - Tien Tsin ROftige•House,in which famine stricken refugees,frosn the northern Pro-. vinces. bactiassenubled, took fire. Of gees. 340/ have been frozen to .death,„ ifieottarl.y tio building, only about ther has ha4 a fatal effect On the risfsi.7 - while th,onsituds are suffering front in- sufbelent oconoaotlatIon and Asok 00 escaped. The extremely- cold weft= OftarlesA3tidd, of the China Inland Xis$101, at Wachung, wiio hus keeently Visited the ttinitle stricken Pr'4i4ce Of SUenni,, writes it heartrending -account of the Buttering, lie has witnessed; 'Mgr Government effort to supply foochind to assistance a great extent is ntt by the diSpoeition of the officials. The Childreni are sold byhundreds by starving parents, . In the large eitiee of liatiAl'aeng and Pacheng risings have occwed arnong the people, rendered' desperate by teeing • -Wives and children starving. In Pa- eheng the people beheaded, the mandarin, for speculating on their. necessities. The cold has 'hem unusually severe throughout the country for, several weeks Eighteen horses from Ontario have - arrived at Winnipeg. This is the first imported Oa season. . The loss. by 'the floods at Belleville last Satugday, is estimated at . $20,000. fle4u:1y all the. bons and stables on the river bank, and a number of boet-houses and pleasure boatel .hava been dsstroy- ed and the river Is blocked with LA, rallefrorn its mouth.