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APRIL 11-, 1878.
NEW A:DVE13TISEMENTS,
Lost—Dr. Reeve.
Tenders—A. S. Fisher.
Wanted—j, McFarlene.
piano kr Sale—X. Y. Z.
.R0stponement—A. T; Moore,
Auditer's Report—Town of Clinton,
Ifead and Shoulders ---Hodgins & Pay,
Mower Planta—Graesick 4z Cunningham
and a profitable person to whoever will
employ hitn, and then be will get the
highest wages that are going. If he is
economical aud fihN'OS Part of his wages,
he can. seen place beyond the
position of an employee, esge where his
labor and talents will command a high-
er remuneration.
AulkIC1JI•TI/nAL _MIMEO=
A genuine test vote upon agriettltu-
ral proteetion took Plece in the Own-
. .
gems on :Monday, upon the Motion of
Mr. 131.own, (Hastinga) which is worded'
a..e'rollows„; ,
etteintit-; of whtit
awl flits t. irts „heals imported lot() Q 4104 a •
Opylem id Go-d4r bitA 00 41,11.0, IAL 100 rSOLIC
Store of 111 .4i't7.0.0.0.. A. Tull/ awl J.11. Tleilee
Ihrrf. Street. uoutti 101. 00)7.
(glitition trw
OFFTOIALI PAPE3 OF TUE COUNTY.
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T1.1 U.LtS1) Arltn,' 11,
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The. :Mail,. lin it brief editorial upon
tbe
c011apse of On m aeon( Strike in Lon-
don, England, eimelndes with the follow,"
. • •
• It. certuioly Keeton strange if, in our
civilized tinies, .11 rational method of
settling disputes between employers and
. employed cannot, bo hit bn. ,Stalkes
and lock-oirte are only ether wordS, few
waltin the last feW yew's, OM 11011se Is of
opinion that the intereats •of Canadian
farinera would he promoted by the imnosi.
Oen- itf it ditty on those artieles."., • '
• This MotiOn is definite and distinot,
and if any • member. :was honest in his
advocacy of protection. to,th3 farmer an
opportunity Was here Vresented them of
proving it Blip what will our readers
• .9ink when told, that -thirty-two? wli"0
voted for John A..'s resolptien, thet
meant almost anythine • huL was een-
sidered the plank of the. -arty, --voted
against this resolution. ..Not a solitary
member from the Province' of Quebec
voted vea Male from New Brimswick
„ .„
enly one from Nova Scotto, one from
British Crohnnbia, one from' 1Vritititata-
and none from. Prince EdWard's, Isieriti
The vote stood 148 to 28. • This.,certaiu-
ly might, to open the -'eyeA of ,Ontario
farmers to the trick that IS being:Sought
to he played upon: thein. that is.
Wanted, of ,the, chitak‘io farmer, it • tff aid
in getting protection to the manriftxe-
turer, and when that is 'obtained 'the
fartnei; may struggle .tis lie best
can.
• This vote really '.settleS the e' t•
as to putting duties- ocr agricultural p10 -
duce, no inafitii:A, did seceed
in once more Obtaining the rein.s,orPo-
vernmenf. The lower ....proyinces .will
•not submit to tt; and they are wise in so
ingrfor-no--benefli-Woeld .aeerne-t
Onterrie by if; but would entail a giesit
'burden upon theni.• Thisotight to cause '
total collapse of thn.proteetiOnist cry,
. '
111.,6•11,
AiyEn.1.04N,TA,114:0'04 AND TOE ,.
• If, inefeatber epeticiiig in the above
tofie, the writer lted'aaid that a Strike
watt a declaration of war on the.part of
the workmen, a nd..thal leek -Ont. -was
an effort on. • the part of the employers
to bring it to terminatiOn, :lie would
be doing something to preVent striking...
There is, really, no dispute to settle..
When it pemon bas Anything to bedene,-
no matter hew much or -how lzttle, he
has 11 perfect lee -al tmd Moral to
offer what pi he pleases-4•for the per'•
tormance of that work, , and the inimber.
, of hours the workman Shall be eng,itged
each day upon. it: The workman. has
an ' eeftial.iight to Odeift or. reject the
terms. Brit if:a Omnbipation 'Of emPl4-
.
ers or employees „takes plac.e4here,:is.-at
once a deelaration of war, or:a compul,• .
sory demand to neocde • to.; one or •
other's. deMands, 'which. is, nothing Jess
than injuatitse and.f011y.
The only rational. coursef•tci. Pursne).
• b • either -ern )16;er or 'el i
. govern himself by.the inichangeableleW
of supply and demand, a prineiple 'that,
will fix' 1he rate or wages, the, long.
-ram-irrapitesof-ellthetrades"--unions-o• r-
employeee coMbinatiOns., that:ever were
formed. Men should. team that labor.
ie as nitwit marketa eon; validity -tiS
is the product of labor, Shit
pretend to deny that when an AltiCre, iS'
produced in excess of thfi demandthe
. _price for thaLartielenzust cieellnertall
other. inarkets ai:b sought for it
It is sheet. nonsnlise•, And.butsitle the
question, to:talk .about a man not being
able to,live and supporta'family on, the
wage's offered. , man wishes. 'to lit e
better than. the -wages offered will enable
him to do, he -must either ivork longer-
• ' holm or,go to Some other place •where
his work command 0. -higher Price
in comparison with ,the articles Which
he considers ge towards making that
better style of liVing. INis the earryirg
ott or this principle thaf.bas ceased the
settlement ot whole eountry, -nett
produced .all the ithpeoVereents and
comforts *that we new enjoy. •
,
The Strikes in the United States, and
their resulte, should ,,be Ieason to
the 'workingmen. for .mnny years to come.
The strike Certainly railed their. wages,
for. a brief period, but . the. increased.
wages immediately commenced to pro
duce several Set -ions evils:. In the first.
place, the commodity which. their labor
produced i'01.114 linIst-to.'be increased
ih• price, Which,would eause dee:line in
the demand for it; secondly,. labor
would naturally flock to that, place -and
employnie4N.where -the remuneration
-
was highest, • all the ,stipply was more
than the demand, end, -also, while the
strikers wernie receipt of higher wages
they would,. unfortunately, 'lie learaing
habit S • .of extravaganee that A -normal
state of trade and wages would not war-
rant, Thee°. evils..would be fully real-
ized, as they now arts in the United Sta-
te", where striking to obtain, higher
wages wasi.carriedto .extreme extent -
a few years ego., -
The Only sOund principle to work upon
is for every laborer antl.mechanie to. de.
pend upon his own individual: Offort to
obtain.' good wages; m40 himself a good
Nepr.itineri whateVer line he follows,
MAII.X•S ON TUE L. IL &
• June, 1877, 2,081, a total increase
In fore° nit artiole on the subject, the
Exeter Time states that it knows no
other reason why the mails are not oar-
ried on the railroad, unleas; it be that
the presentcontractor between -.London
and Clinton, is an elevator of the sten
-
deal of the meet approved form." What
win that 'ournal think when we stAte,
as we have done hefore, that the pre-
sent contractor 'between Clinton and
Winghern is a. Censetvative, Are WO
to conclude that:in the latter's ease the
Government are playing intp his handsl.
Certainly:not-1 the-reusontm,t of the'
Tilnea' would dead to such a conclusien.
Like our cotempora, 1TO should be
pleased to see the malls weed by
instt"sad of by stage, and believe that it
would be to the interest of the com-
munity were such A change made, and
see no reason tvhy they should not be,
unless it is h'S a Matter of eeouotny, for
the present plan, is Vertainly cheaper
than it would. be by rail • We hope
tbe Government will Soon *see 118 way
clear to thia end,' and remove at least
on.ou of clissatisfOtion from the
mincits of many. in this section.
TIIE EASTERN OILESTTON,
As tiino aivanepSitois beceming more
evidiFarthartffiz-EititertifiiThettitYwilI
be .overeetne without a resort to arms.
In the House of- Lords- On Monda.y;
Lord:Derby said he sew'no reason Why
England should go to war; as none of
her territory tor intereSts Were Menaced:
The large end extraorilinary prepare-
tionti that England is making ,of
liko chartiater, have.a tendency,: to.
prevent...warT fm, although
imaaind she is in the riglif, She not
like to 'meet England single hand, while
England za fully, prepared and without
any drawback, We expect titre q.nee-
-tien will be soon shelved and a thine'of
0
the .past,
•••••••
P E N • POINTS.•
• ITirn read inan exchange of "ti ma
being atm* seneeless'by fallioglittrb:4
There are a good many men, whri,M,-ust
hate heen struck by fallinglimbs.. -,•••• •
In aceordenee with the wieli or At-
torney -General Mowat, as expressed be
-
fine the '' deputation representing the
Workingmen, of Ottawa.0. few eveniuga,
age, D. J. ..013enoglitte, .M. P. P.:, and
other nruzbersof the depniation. have
ascertained the mimes, of quite anumber
of families wile twe willitig togo west.,
Iltel,LiEt"sage heieg peid, on'being guar-
anteed. steady 'employment withifirinere
. .. _
The names have been forwarded to Mr,
:.51ewitt, so that their cates may be - eon-
sidered by. the Ontario. ,Goverent wit, :
°Tho Address -from Parliament to Lord
Dafferin will be framed in the most
comp1imentery4angnage;:,..-It-will 'not
be accompanied with arty' enisstautiial-
gifter testimonial. SOrne et the ineta,
bers of the 1 -louse Of (lominone have fa-
vorably met the suggestion thafit Would
be 1;1:acornl for them, as a body privately
to procure some handsonie in,esent to
benilde to Lady Dufferin, rts a. tangible'
expression of Abell: esteemand their
obligation ' to_ her for the . many plea
Sant ' enter taillnlente . given. 'a t Govern-
ment Hous. ' • • •
Old members of perliarnent are draw-
ing attention to one feature 'about the
prAnt_sessiOn, neVor ,observed befdrli.
'In times...past, durIng the last seasion of
--Irirliiiiient .it i has been..Insticed :that
- diere itlwaya'were.ntei4-ers who, wished
' to set. themselves right. with: their con-
itituents. . They -would do this 11 moo-
ing.all 'sorts of embarrassing motions
Against the GoVerionent and :.in other
S. try taourry_lator with the irari--
7/
one shades of politics in. their coneti'at .
elides.. This session there has nut bee
one , instance' of 1 sebh conduct. Tl is
Says volumek • for ' the confidence v.
illao,kenzie's supporters have in hie self
,
and hiepolioy; arid proves that the are,.
Perfeetly ready to go lo. the coati ry oa
his or their redoid in Parlialeen •
• Mr. Sosepli.Davidsore of the firm .'of.
Oliver, Davidson& 'Co.,:. gave 'evidenee-
efore_the Senate. Katainiatiqeht_Cein-
:nate() on ]friday Menne*, .. He. swote.
that he liad.not 'obtained.frein Mr. Mita,
kenzie, Or .from• anyteeinber .or :ofileer
V the Goyernment- any inforreetien
specting the 'election of the, Pacific
Railway termini -la be:fore it . mete inadn
4-Afblte. - Tt)e firer had .poptiogloilitis:ec.,1,,Itaiiii;else
at.• Siielt/Ste.- Atari% , Ne
Aetliqk Lending awl. Fort -Williant,;•
•iixpeeting to strike the termirms at i 'one
:of -these points; .bat.• Mr.11tVidson de -
Awed -that he did net ;knew- Anything
peaitive ti.11•1875, when he diScovered
n plan Ili die' Ontario. OtgW.n'.Lantlti..et-.
ficain Toronto Winch indieilted 'that the '
terintis•wAS 'fixett •ii Fort:William:
-Mr, Smith (Peel)._ mail°.an :exceeding-.
..1.-y practical. speech in . the 'House on
.Friday afternoon, reprtiliatieg Dr.. Oi.-.1
ton's agricultural nostrunis:' The speech
. .
*as not only to the point, but Was .Well
delivered, and impressed the House :very
favorably; ----The farmers-- of Peel,have
:every reason to feel Proud Of tbeir.repre.,
Sexitative, .,AX•r . Greenway .also made -a:
very .able aftelelt--,in opposition to tho
policy.of.,Proteetion. I/1 h fait- coueise
StatomentS le scattered tile entire
Men t Of Dr. Orton, sh owing cm iel usi vnly
its ,tellacieS.: and -:,. absurdities, .±ifter
'hearing the )7.eally , sound, and practiall
iPedelies Of. the' ,nteniliers...ifor ___Peel.....and
Smith Iltuon..one could not help '-.9x.--
pressing, the• -belief that meny of thenSu-
ally silent men. on ,the • Ministerial. side
.of the House are'fiti: superior in keoW.
ledge and debating talent to the majori-
ty of the peipectial•talkers on the oppo-.
eitionbenches.—.Cor. London, Advertiser.
Mr. Jos. Whitehead, who . is •now in
Ottawa, states that' 'over seventy.five
Miles. of the track has. been- laid , north
and east. of.-Wineipe,,, and that the work.
-is progressing/item-ably, theirack being
graded toward Rat Portage:- On his'
sectibns he has aoine 1,200 men 'employ.
ed at $2 it :day,' and employment could
'he givento, 2,000 more. • Board is f$.1
and -4.50 pqr wegk.• A large . number
of the inen•have lett Suet •tow • to bike
up land;retiring that tlit.bpst at it will
be taken up by , lintnigrants , conning in,
• but these 'return immediately after lo
eating; Aboutfifteett or tiventy miles
from -Winnipeg, on the line -of the rail.
way, the Wooded section of tile country
. is struck, and tine oxtenda tight throttgh
eastward to 'Tin -miler Bay. The timber-
fs good, especially eitat of Rainy Lake.
The.soll of the 'wooded section' in North
Manitoba is equally rich to that of any
other leaden. Mr. •Whitelietid Ashl-
ers it the finest &trilby that the sun
aN
Shille$ 1.1p011.. • . . ,
. -
Dr. Schultz, of Manitoba, who a few
years ago had, with one exception, the
AnestpliteIque in the tilitise, is failing
through continued ill health. His voice
was BO weak last Thursday night that
he was utterly ihaudable• in the Report-
ers' Gallery, which was overhead, as he
occupied .0. front :add, Nvhile, Indulging
in a fend that has "long raged between
him and Mr. D. A. Smith, of Sdkirk.
For years these two gentlemen have
been ready to fly at each other's throats
mien the least prevoeAtion. lb„ -will lie
reniembered that 'during . the 'Pacific
Scandal debate, Me. D. . A. Smith in -
Cirri -ea -the deadly isinnity-er Sir .301in
Macdonald, owing to his defection. at a
Most critical moment. Indeed, Sir
John charges to. him all his reverses and
his ' ultimate fall. , The ertinity thus
aroused breaks faith at 'every opportuni-
ty. . ii. Bill was passed through the
1.1011S0 in whielj Sir X01111 .belleYed,Mr.•
"
S mi tit ,waa pecenierily in tet ested, n nd
be consequently attacked him with /1
violence allowing au aniknns whieh eould
not be coecealed; in fact, im attempt
'
was made to concettl it. • . -
•
• On. 11fooday Mr.-t3lurriton moved for
a return givin„e copies of the Bill . of
Complaint and the decree in:the suit of
Her Mnjesty's Attorney -General for
Canada va. Hawes, dew pending in the
Chaneery Division of the High Court
-Of J ustme in--Bregintair-tettl--ef—the---"i
porta or letters from the Soliaors in
England in charge of the case, to the
Department of Justice, showing the re
sults of the proeeedinga in suit. It will
be remembered that Mr, .I-Iawes, who
was -a btother4a-darr --ba—Me-,- - Peter
Mitchell,„ Was ' at one gine a heading
character connected with the Intereolo-
Biel Railway. ' Re was cetamisioned te
purchase railway supplies for which, be-
sides his regular profits, he 'charged 2..1,-
• per cent. eomMilsi9o, and after all pa'
in fraudulent invoices.: ' Wheat 'Mr.
Madreuzie pante into power be had . the
matterinvestig 'Med, and the result was
' that Hawes 'fled to England. A 'ellen.
cery.suit• was brought against hiM there
by the Governinent, and'a decree for
4€4,000 was obtained.' Ha.wes, under
the pies. of bad health fled to France,
11-,-,ou t h A &ice or aonteother- place.—His-
whereabouts aro naticnosvm mow... Tit
*ts'i na' t'e—se-o-ii.nd'rel: .... •
pa sera show him to have been a con -
To t'i----"4'te 'mot ad ;04.---fror arr. Spealcei. '
/
• SomehoW or another' those beastly
things knciWn; as filets do not bear out
the yrotectieniat assertion that the
American tariff la. a sure • and certain
means of secering constant empleyment
for working men. , Says the Brantford
At:posit-or jts ,issue of Friday :/.A.
manufacturer in Boston TT s"---fviites
to a gentleman this cityp-fellowe
I have all the belvL can employ,
beet) had a huge fw:e6 for some. weelEs
al:work, nine:h ' The,
labor marke 'n the S. is filled to
overfiewine, On'aceounref the stagnu-
tion 0 -all kinds of business, have
refuSe many every week applying for
something to do. I have jn addition to
my .force in -my factory, several men on
line buildieg, and if the demand
was. itt-
riease1 ono- hundred -fold, I could get all
the help required for it in two . days
time." • The Oshawa 'Refee•mer of the
satue data hits information to the follow-
...
f
13 fleet A mannfacturerwho Was
in- e
in Troy, N. In, -last week • sags* there
are one tliciugand moulders. in that place,
of whom only four hundreil have got
employment. There ate great nutnbers
of unempleyed men to be •seen on the
streets! , •
Seeing that the American tinkiff does
net seettre constant -employment for
working Men and dims increase to them
thh cost/of living we *wild like to know
why the Opposition are so enittrioreil of i.
A SETTLEMENT.
. The dispute between the'Proviece of
Outario and Quebec, in respect to the
division of 'assets the time of ,going
• into Confederation, has beeti earned fo
the root of the throne and finally.settled.
The Premier of Ontario has received a
message from London, Eng., in which
he is informed- that the decision of the
Privy Council is on every point in favor
of Ontario. The aratitint involved is
said to be about $2,000,000, and as the
Province of Quebec. has always been
over -confident that her ,clitim to the ince
ney Was well funded, the verdict of' the
Privy Council, will, in effeet, deprive
the province of two millions of oapital
alvtays calculated upon es art wet.
course there can be no optical from the
deeision of the Privy Council, and,that
Proving° must soberly settle dOwn to
meet its groat reverse, and Ontario Can
tejoiee in obtaining justice. •
Alt• the handling:la. got in tLe
Senate, iefeW days u6, frorirlion,-Cfeo;
Brown, we sizpp"ose Mr Macpherson
wishes lie sattrverote,a, peniphiet.
gr.OltZt Convention for--this---Nerth
ing of Huron, be held in Wingt:
ham on the 25th init., far, the noniiim.
don of a OtudidatC for the Rens° .of
CommOns, and ,other businesg.
• Dr. MOInnes, recently eleeted for New
:Westminster, B. 04 und'elairapti by -the
OppOsition, turns out to be At Reformer
and suppoitei- of the present •Ministry.
2 be rejoicings of the Conservative press
on his election, were, •therefoae,
• -
tore. •
Ix nominating Mr...Chas. Ityket t to
:oppese' Norrie in the approitehing
election for the C.oramonte, in Lincoln,
the Conservatives baye "put their foot
in it.' We knotir the tounty of bincoln
about as well as that of Iluion, and
• .
*lien such teen as Des: jukes and
Clark, of St. Catharines, who are men,
of the highest respectability, canelot get
a..coriservative majotity in that county,
'there is scrirdl chance indeed for, a per-
son of the standing of -Ate, Itykett,
whose reputation , is not one to be
enviid. '
oniAWA froPxps.
It stated that Lord Duffel -in will
tike his departure from. Canada it an
early day, as 'one • of the Ottawa atie-
tioneers has received initructions to
conduet sale by auction of His Excel-
lency.'s•effects at Rideau Hall, ineluding
*horses, carriages, &c.„ early in May. •
l‘k.,Mackentie has promised to ad-
dress the • workingmen or Toronto im.
mediately afterthe close of the present
session ofParliament. It has been de-
cided that the demonstration should' be
got up by bow fide workingmen, and
that no employer of labor should be . al-
lowed to act ott the committees.
• The mutual reporb Of the Inspector of
Tenitentiaries was presented on rriday.
He states that our peni tentiaries continue
to be administered very satistmtory eon-
sidering the SeriouS drawback at King-
ston, St.0John, and Halifax, -which the
wardens hitve to eoritend with, in the
dearth or -suitable and more remunera-
tive employment for the convicts, The
number of convicts irtthe Etre Dominien
penitentiaries- on the 3fseof December,
1876, -was 1,048, and on the Nth of
1 •
From the Lc ndou. Advfo ti.aer..
'Wheu Conservatives were power
they were emu:domed. to sneer :at ' the
idee of it change :or GoVernment and ask
contemptuously where the Material' for
Cabinet Ministets could be fottudon tlie
Polorin side .of the Hottae 1If there
Was ever. any treth in tile iMpliedasSer.
tion; there etortainlyli none now, A.
Visitor.to.Cetttwa Who might loek uptm:
the'assembli‘d wisdom be inclined
to wender he* Sir John. wmild'eVer fi ad
eolleitgues--fie-to,'enter
• leas he !cauldmzeceed ag 170r:.!
rowing from his oppouents, ,Indeed,the
contrast. between the two parties in Jrt-
telleet. Mut especially debating' pow-
er, inoit ,inarkedespeeiallyie the
.rnOst Int p ortant• eh a in ber:
Many of the' leading Liberals.are tho'
Ministry; and there is. Mita Cabinet ofti-
•cer who is nitabletn.do Ina ditty,and fin
kis position .with . eredit- to him:self and
his party'. Putin addition to thedgiri-
istc7s.there are a, number ofinembers on
the same side. all of whoin are quite
comPetent toliegente advisers '011ie Eie•,.
celleney. ' .Therc. are enough able' len
lin the right.of:the Speaker to form pie
strew,- Governnienta.. On the-Opposi•-•
Opposi-
tion side: the display...of talent is on the
roost lirnite& • When we .have
.harned. Sir John, Tupper, Langevin,
Masson...4ga Gililis we have_ranover 11
wite•hatt• tiny just elitim.t0 notits:
. Nor is thediffereocebetweeit the iwO
Parties in Parliament less marked in the
manner .they perform.. their
legislative duties. •The,..Miniaters,are
always in their placea. attending to the
business ef• their office§ with energy ;
aptl wastieg no time' in irrelevent
euSaions and pereonalities. . Omthe Op -
potion side the leaders, when not ab-
• out,. deiote• theniselves. largely -to -015-
E4i-tiding °Very Government- measure ;
while the ,rank ani of their party
idle around, go to sleep.intheir ettehion,
'od ients, eise throw paper wads,
pound their desks, groan, and ..maket
music of a; certain kind ; and when seiz-
ed with •a fit Of industry, send blue
books to their constituents.
The, great characteristic of the pre-
sent AdminiStration is that its members
devote themselves to the' performance
of their duties with honesty and zeal,
and Parry on their work efileiently.
The OppeSition do little. more than carp
or inveit and eircelate slanders,
and draw their Rey. Palley of any
kind theY: have none. Their protection
theory, picked up for au election cry,
fells flat in the country and excites en-
thusiasm only iri tit° brearts - of those
enxioua for inereased profits At tiro 1;0110-
ial expenae.
With such contraat iiCeliara,eter,
and witle the publie mord of the two
parties; -Liberals 'can wait' the .coming
verdict of the peeplewith confidence.
MARRIED.
STErlifit/800/—RINSUAN.,-In to, Ott
• the lOth In-kt„ by the Rev, Courtice,
•Mr. Jos.Stephenson,4?' Miss Ellon Kine.
man both of this town.
Tuostr:son—Airesesosr.—M the residence
ef the bricle'a father, on Feb. 27, by the
- Rev. J. John Thompson,
To Annie Isabella, second daughter of
Mr John Andenson, all -of Creclerich
Township
Ainattr-,-SPARLING.-At the residenee of
inebridels-fether---, en -the -3rd ns y
the Rev. 0. E. Stafford, Mr, Wilson
,Ainley, to Miss Emily Sperling, daugh-
ter of Mr, John Sperling, of Grey
Wrsiumkr,—At 1Cirkton; on the GUI
David Wiseman, aged 05 years,
•MOCkitoOn.-;-Its Datroit,.A.pril 4th, Jane,
• wife of OaPt.•Oregor W. McGregor ; of
PABITBET.L,--InIA,81/fie1d. 101 2; eon. 13, on .
2nd. inst,, Mr. K. Campbell, aged 82
years,
•41111110C/414101 Ootioneytal.
At many of the .principal towns in
the interior of Keettigky, Englishmen
are buying horses ' for the London .
market.
Monteeal paper says :—Not a sin:-
14-0-151igitie-Srfai1ire Ilas occurredfOk ten --ittotffe; t-s-tylt circnniga.nce, and .•
one hin;wiaip
licatningegpe
betterretimizlei98 stiv
considerable number of - the horses im-
ported from Ontaria this. spring hav-e—
alreaci/ been Sold. -71-6ie finding the
most ready-. sae '.itre most general pup.'
pose.horses., One of the fittest tiaras of. •
this kinclet brought to the -Previace
•was last week purchased' by 1111-1VIo1.,•
lard; of :Victoria, from Mr. English, who
imported sixteen fine animals:
' st,iiiNtz,-s•ttows.
. • ,
Shows for the exhibition of entire stock, will
be held as fonowat—•
" At Exeter, on the 12th of April. „
• At Clinton, on the 12th of April.
At Dungannon, on the 10th of April.
At Blyth, on the 10th of April,
At Smith's Hill, on the 17th or April.
At Bruceiteld, on the 19.th ifApniI
Sale Register.
Household furniture if J. Bradley, ou the
Market Square, 'on tho ilth inst., J.
'Howson auctioneer:
House and lot, property of W. Johnson,...
on Albert Street, Clinton, On Saturday,
20th inst., D. Dickinson auctioneer.
BORN.
STRArrokt.—til Clinton, on the 5th inst.,
the wife of Mr, A. Straiten, G. T.11. of
a SOIL
Blyth on the Ith hist , the
wife of Mr. jarnes Wilson, of a daughter.
Gosici.X.—In Morris, on the 8th inst., the
wife of Mr, Ilenry,Geanian, of a son.
00014011.—±ii Hullett, on Mardi 27, the
wife of•Mr. Henry Cooper, ef a daugh-
ter.
X01<txtrox.—Irt 13Iyth, en the 31-11 inst.,
the wife of. 'Malcolm V. KeItinnon, of
•
e a 00/4
The • London Times, of March 1.6th
Says :7-:" The Dominion' Line stearnei“.'
Dominion landed 150.head of fine Cana:
(thin cattle and 432 sheep- at Liverpool
yesterday.in splendid condition. They
WO) e sent on to LOndbn. It is expected
that the trade in Canadian live stock •
will assume very -important - dimensions.'
this seesot, as the number of animals At
present ready for shipment -to this '
conn-
tty is goad:1,41e that Of Idst year..."
• •. •
; The statistician of the United States
A'.etieultural Departinent has completed
his estimate of the pondition and pros
pects of the crops for the next season.
The reports for 7,00 correspondentof
the Department allow that the area irz .
the States under cultivation for'eereals,
which has•increased fifty per eentdur-
ine the past ten years, • will during the -1
present seaiciii •exceed in acreage any
form,e,r,,_year. ,The_wintei,•wheat orbp,
which' anal:tuts' to kii-.felithe"dthe'jgere-'
•
al.crop,: rtlooL,presont appearinces.
and with, tt• favorable season, yield 360 -
0000:100 bushels. The ,corn yield, it m
thought, will not be less than 1,00,
000,000 bushels:
•
Montrea1.1 Cattle Market., .
• April
The au,pply of cattle at, this market to-
-day.was far ahead of the detnancl, and it
• 'looks as though several car leads will have
to be held over. Price's of good fat cattle
ranged from 43 to 6o per lb, live weight,
snd ordinety cattle at from 30 to 32, Sales
of hoga were made at $4.75 to $5 per •100
Ms, o sly small Told bringing the Tatter.
quotation. Mr. F. Linghatn, of Belleville,
purchased a superior lot. Of fat eattle for
.the English market at 42c to 50 per lb:
'Ths Hoass MAlucEr.2-The number of
• herses-bought here end shipped to the IL
S. last week was 129, at an average price
of $80 each. The number purchased here
since the ist of January last, and shipped
across the lino, was 1,978, costing $146,-
605, being about 400 horsed in excess of
those exported in the whole of the previons
year, Th d demand continue e brisk, and
3,8 American buyers are in the city. '
• omicron MaltILETS.
• • 1, •Apii1 II,• 1878.
Wheat,.fall, red,Vbush, $1. 00 a 1 03
Wheat, fall, white, - • 1 08 a I 10
•Sprim - -
Fife,' - •
Oats,. •
Barley,
Bees,
Flour,
• Potatoes,
Pork,
Beef, • .
Dotter,
Eggs,
Thikeye,
Chickene, per pair,
-
Hides, -
Sheepskins -
Clover
Timlithy
0 90 a 002
. 005 a 100
• 080 a 031
a 050
0 57. a. 060
• 00 'a 50
- .25 .a 03(1
4 50 ' a 500
• 50 a• 550
• 0 13' a 0 15-
0 08 a ..0 08
-050 I; 100 '
0 30 a. 0 40 -.
• 900alLOO
▪ 450. a 6 00
• 050 a 100
345- -
.160 a • '2 25
0611MitICII MAEICETI.1
.. •
1
• , April 11, 1878. .
•
Wheat—Fall ... $1 08 a I 10
Spring • .• - 0 92 a 0 95
500 a 5 50
OVitillis,r • .•• ; - ••. • 00 270 aa 00 6801
. . 0 45 a 0 48
B1Potatoesiaerals'P'' . • • . 0 25 a 0 30
Hay •
i.
• • 9 00 a 10 00
0 14 a 0 16
• -008 a 010 • Butterrk: .. :
4 50 a 5 00
BH0107 : , . . . . • 4 60 a 5 00
•
• Wood •-•
.. 2'. 45500 aa •35,0500
SEAEOWEll MAItAltkrilTil: '• 187.0
• Wheat—Fall - 1/ 08- -tv '1,10
•
Snring s • 0 03 a 0 98 '
iii • . 5 00 a 5 50
0 58., a 0 60
,.Foploaonstuari . . . .•
• 030 a 031
. • •. • 045 a 0 60
Potatoe
6 25 a 0 80
* 0.13 a 0 15
s -
•
1113 i tga tgt it ea a 7, r
Hay, g 0008 aa 00 0008
1.