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Notice --W11. CoatiIt
Auction sale of. cause,
Notice—Br .I?•ppletea.
Milk pan Sar and Bros.
Girl wanted.-Mer.[12,eiet
Berkr$ wanted -Nre. Kerr.
Linnen collars—W. Jackaan.
Arbor pay—D. A. Forrester..
House to rept--W. O Perrin.
Strawberry planta—D.17. Carr.
Boy wanted—Pay & Wisermn.
Milch cows for sale --C. Curter.
Mouse to rent—New EBA office; •
Tenders wapted--L. L. MoFaui,
Bicycle for sale -=T. Jackson, jr.
Drees nnlsieg—John Robertson. •
Auction Sale of House—John Fisher;
Furniture wareroome—T. 9reveneol; •
An open confession. -.T, ladkeon & Son.
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OFFICIAL PAPER. COUNTY
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1881, •
AN EXPENSIVE 8Et3t3IQN. ,
The Dominion Parliament has closed
its sitting. Whether people Will ren►enl R
ber it or not, it is never the less a fact
that it has been the Most grossly corrupt
and e -travagant session any parliament
of the world ever witnessed: The amount
of money voted away, in one shape or an-
other, was $83,271,000. As the actual
number of days on which the House had
a sitting was 65, it will be seen that our
legislators voted the money 'away at the
lively rate of $$1,28L,092,33. a -day. •
As the average length of the sittings
was about five hours, it will be'seen that.
our gay and festive legislators made 'the
money fly at the rate of $'25,621 an hour,
:4440 a miuule and about $7 a second.
The magnitude of the amount which
has been voted away in such an off.Land,.
careless manner, is almost sufficient to
take o1.1e•8 hreuth away. Eighty-three
millions is an enormous amount.; but un-
der the present regime of reckless expen-
diture we have become so accustomed to
hearing of millions that it is almost diffi-
cult io realize how large the amount really •
1 SEYBAAL years ago an old trapper be-
' Mended. some Indians out near Prince'.
Arthur's Landing, and they showed their
appreciation of hie kindness by showing'.
him mining lapdp which be Unjust sold
for $200,000. Now, if :there are any In.
diens around here who wish our good'
will, they are quite welcome to have it.
A DisCREPAxtrY of $5OO,OOR in the
accounts. of Quebec province has been dis-
covered and hue caused.a, sensationamong
the representativesof that Province,—
Quebec has been so grossly ;mismanaged
by the Tory party that no scandal,, how-
ever great, would be anuoh of a surprise to
other people—they look for it as a natural
consequence of Tory rule. .
'Tea Toronto News: believes that a 0011-
etitutional convention should be called at
once to settle the many questions of dia.
pute between tree provinces. and .the Do-
minion, and is of the opinion that if such
is not done .speedily, Confederation will
be in danger, The holding of a conven-
tion. would possibly do` good, but it will
be exceedingly difficult to so amend the
British North America Act that its pro-
visions would not be over -reached by the.
Federal Government, which has always
displayed an antipathy to Ontario alone,
other provinces -not being interfered with.
is.
This $83,271,000 whish was voted away
by the Tory n' ijority, with not half as
much thought as they would give to a•
game of billiards, represents over $18.50
for every man, woman and child .in the
4mb: ion. The amount, in dollar bills,
would cover a farm of 293,acres; $83,271,-
000
83,271;000 would buy enough flour at $.5 a barrel
to feed 16,054,200 families of five persons.
-tell for about a month.
When it is taken into consideration
that the bulk of this enormous sum of
anoney was voted away for the benefit of a
grasping railway monopoly ; to assist rail-
ways which h, d no claim on the ]federal
Treasury, and for other purposes for which
not a cent should have been given, it will
be seen tlutt• the people of Canada .leave
good reason to complain of the ruinous
and reckless manner in which their money
is being expended by the party now in,
power.
The manner in whiclh, our debt;'is being
piled up is something fearful to contem-
plate, and something must be done to.
put a stop to the extravagant expenditure
of the present government., Canada
now living far beyond her means, and her
eo de must c'ect frim d, . ,.e_nlett
who are so recklessly squandering her re-
sources, if they wish to stop their country
in its headlong career towards financial
disaster and ruin. -
In an article on this subject the Ottawa
Free Press says:—
"The one bright spot in • the history of
the faction -fighting, plunder -grabbing, ex-
trava auce,•and corruption of the session
was the conduct of the opposition under
the able leadership of Edward Blake. They
trade a noble, though unavailing,• fight
against the scandalous and iniquitous con-
duct of as corrupt and unprincipled an
administration as ever misgoverned any
country. 13y their opposition to the
Pacific railway grab; the bold stand they
made for the rights of the workingmenst
their fight for provincial autonomy; their
demand for greater simplicity and. econo-
any in government; and by their determin-
ed opposition to all that was not 'in the
public interest; they showed themselves
to be the champions of the people'srights,•
and the true friends of the Canadian con-
federation. Their conduct firing
e
session standsout in bold relief ag1rBt
• the dark background formed by `the mis-
conduct of the servile, unprincipled and
corrupt majority, which is at the beck and
call of a disgraced and shameless leader.
A TEIMKT,Ax from Ottawa the .other
day stated that Hon, Edward Blake was
seriously indisposed. While a matter for
regret, itis not one of surprise. During
the session he has labored very hard in
the interests of the people of Canada,• en-
deavoring to stein the torrent of • corrup=
tion and extravagance' Carried on by the
present government, and though be die
,not make much headway in the House',
leis• ardueus labors,vail nevertheless be at. =
prec'ated by the people of Canada. The
wonder is that he •was able to stood the
tremendous strain :and wore, • as be
and vyh le•his,labors'nay net be properly
apprceiated at once, the ti»e. will coin l
~when the majority will support the Up-
right principle, advocated by the able
leader of the Dominiou opposition.
Tits ,Local ;(tow,!ltlnent a collecting
information with ieferenco to: an ainencl-
anent. of flip-, illulticipal'•Act, at the nest
session ,of the Legislature,'iu the shape of
:reduction of the number 'of county;
councillors, and''also as' to whether.. it
would be advisable to extend to towns the
control over bridges Which are of a greater
:length ,than they now control,' That re:
duction inthe number of county ;.council-
lore' would be:'benefeial is a fact' so clear
that 'scarcely' any one will•. disputesit, but:.
the way, it should be done is the question
to dispose of 1Ve think . the best way'
would be to raise: the standard number of
electors required. to clect'a deputy -say
double the number that is 'now required—
brill that villages be •absorbed .into the
townsbips•..in which they are, situated, as.
far.as the. election.. of • ebunty representa
tires .is concerned. 'Th)s change would
produce.a r'eduetionof more'thau one-half
in this county,. and that would,: we thin]:;
be reduction enough. With reference to
the control of bridges •wo think no change
-is-necessary;. at least as managed in this
county. The board of comm'Ssioners are
selected from different sections- of the
county, and are -so situated 'that, they can
give constant.supervtaion over all struc••
tures at the shortest notice, and the couu
cil are alr•eady,acting wisely in supercecl-
;
ing wooden structures, where they are
needed, by iron ones, so that we think' no
change would be for the better in, this'di-
rection;
A • GRE ATI SUC( ss
MILLINERY.;. -MANTLES AND FAN Y D *Y GCJOD .
Surpassing any previous display we have ever made: Crowds of people visiting
QUI' GREAT DRY GOODS PALACE all the afternoon and evening, t
very late on Saturday fight, everybody expressing tbemselves as delighted
it
our magnificent display of Millinery, and with MISS CAMVII'BELL'S 'willingness
and ability to cateet to their tastes,
Our M.EINTLE 1VIANING DEPARTAIENT is in full swing, and orders
are cproing, in very fast. aiVr We show THE FINEST LOT OF MANTLE
( (THS AND, SILKS in ,the county. French, German, and Canadian markets.
We -"invite all to visit our GREAT DRY GOODS, PALACE
Our show of CARPET'S attracted a very large crowd, and -many were the
leasing: comments trade in regard -to the variety and style. We occupy one
large room for Carpets only,'and we show some of the finest goods manufactured,
in. Two-ply Wools, Three-ply Wools, Tapestrys, Brussels, Hernps, Mattings, 4m..
'Every, department is complete with all. the novelties of the English,
C1tOOKEO •Ann-re3$Oi$.•
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A warning toausessors conies from Kent
Comity. Edward A. Cragg, an assessor,
lies just been convicted at Chatham As-
sizes and sentenced to pay a fineof $200,
tvLh two weeks in jail, for having wilfully
inserted three mimes on• the •assessment
roil for the township of Camden, with the
intention of giving them ere, apparent
riht•to vote. It was dim avail that the
r pleaded ignorance of thestatute.
, isoner 1 Horan e s n
The Judgtold him he had taken an oath
to perforin the work faithfully and honest-
ly, arid he had been guilty of a flagrant
violation of it. An assessor who attempts
tricks of this sort can scarcely be con-
demned in less severe terms than those
meted out to the Tory election ofi]elals in
Bothwell who undertook to count in J. .1;
Hawkins, and deprive Hon. D. Mills of
the seat to which he was legally elected. --
Exchange.
A precisely similes case occurred in.
this vicinity last year, where the assessor,
for political reasons, cooked tbe•roll in a
shameful manner, and although aStilt Was
entered of;.ainst him, it was never pressed
As he is the assessor this year; also, it
would do tae harm to stee in what spirits
Tito ru i ;i r,•tttrnerl.
O
I -Y the county: of Halton several phy-
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sicians and druggists have scandalously
violated the spirit of the Scott Act in
taking advantage of the opportunities af-•
forded then under the Act of disposing of
intoxicating liquors: One doctor; granted
one than, orders for sixty-two iruarts of
whisker in'. eight months, 'and• another.
man uischesed from. a drttg gist :ninet
Pag. Y
nineharts in the same time. Some . 000
q �>
quarts ef whiskey were sold on 'doctors'
prescriptions in Hilton, •in the eight
months of which record is .given. This
disgraceful fact is . being cited by 'oppo-
nents of theSeott Act as an evidence of
theldeffaes.eac. 'of the Act, It isk nothing
3` g
of the ldiid. Until ifnperfect• humanity
becomes perf'ect'humaiiity,, no restrictive.
law will prevent all wrong -doing, The
man who. claitirs that the Stott: -Act' is ,a
total failure because it has not entirely
driven liiiupr or liquor -drinking out of
Halton might argue. as 1estlY that
our
school system is not, a success because
ho 1 rTdoes not develo into a
every sc o a p
Master ofArts. A fesv::physicians haire
disgraced themselves, but not 'the Act.
If experienceproves that Members of tip
medical profession will Telnd themselves,
for the sake of a' few cents, to the viola-.
tion of the law which the ,people have
decided shall be enforced, it will be an
easy matter to bring thein up "standing.
Punishment can bo Meted out to : them
lust as Well as to men' in whose honesty
the Government has not seen • fit to trust
without placing safeguards. around it'
Ilut•we believe' the Walton physicians are
It law only to theutselves, net tp brethren
elsewhere, •
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Chief -Justice 'Spragne,'of Toronto,
:died' on Satiirdav at the site of. 76: care
TheItlail'sa •s the." sill season" is •
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coming on... Readers of . that journal
have diad reason to believe that ;it has
-been " on" for some time past
Since Confederation, Rideau Hall, the
residence of the Canadian Governors
.,General,' has had, $700,000, land olit. 8n:
-it and still further eipbildit41-res arecon-
templated: .
The cro • reports from the winter and
_siu:ing~.vtilieat•belts=of Indiana,. Illinois,
Michigan, Town, Nebraska, Dakota,'
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Missouri
show that.' sjntor wheat has only been•`
damaged in a few localities and is now
doing well, ' The spring wheat' prospects
are not cheering owing to the continued
col d ,wet . weather.
ft ,seems that an 'order, ht's -
one forth'
from the :Cor carious that Mt. A:tac. her-
son.must go.Y The O'ntaa'.o `.Tories leave
alolivercd to Sir Jelinllacclonald an
ultimatum demanding ft reorganization
of the (!abinet, at least se far as tho re•
presentation of this Province) is concern.
ed, °and it is believed that boli SirAlex.
G
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pheison will All "disappoav", from the
Ministry Itt' no .distant date, At all
0V0flt14 'jt is settled that there wilt soon
bo a new Minister, of the Interior. Mr..
Macphorson's connection with the Wil-
kinson business, his rodent outrageous
attaele upon members of the Local Gov-
ern rune) t mute Police Magistrate Denison,
And his bungling' land policy have ,so
L thoroughly disgusted his own friends
that they insist ' upon his removal!.
'Who the new Minister of the Interior
+till he is tt matter of conjecture, Sotne
say it will be Sir A. T. Galt,' and that
r. A. W. Itosy will resign leis seat for
Lis;ar itt order that the new .I1linister
Shall have a Norte' -West constituency.
Mr. (Jbstinan •,will alao be called upon to
Ottawa is a choice place,, Members
of parliament have 'been f3eeced by fe-
males of eas the Members have.
rn Y virtue;
fleeced innoeents playing poker. .The
Neils' have fleeced Sir John, ' and . the
whole oabooble of 'theta have•flecced •the
country of forty mullions, ' The conn
try will soon be ileecel'oss, and that will
end it. ,
Sir Oharles,Tiipncl,� 14fi.nister of Nil -
ways and also Iligh Commissionerof the
Dominion at London will resign alio for-
mer position immediately after the ses-
sion, and reside in England, sphere. tete
Dominion Government leave' purchased
a 5,000', palace for him. ' Tupper •
entered, politics as :'t poor, struggling
medico. .Cie retires eau mil lion airo -- ••
N. 17: Telegram. °
Sale itegiater.
Three houses and Iota its the. town of t;lin-
ton, belonging to the Nowell estate, :at 2 p,
in., en. Saturday, .April ea, I). l)iektuson,
abet,
' curl ender his portfolio very SOOT:.
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ll Tho undersigned offers tor sale that very conve-
niently
tetanies situnCod'house onVictoria Street, at present
°coapted es Mr.1V. Laing.. It contains seven rooms
with. stotrefoundation, good collar, and has hard anti
soft water close by. With the houseisthree lots," en
which 14 planted ]Cal assortment ar bearing'fritit';treee.;
Totems •reasenahio. Also a yaemtt lot at: the. foot of
Isaac• street, wit be sold' cheap, *Particulars made
known on application to the Naw EuA office, or route
undersigned, A. nOilyWOitTfI Clinton:
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:�'a von SALE Tito UND> RSIONDn'
L coffers for sato the.following valuable lots -in the
Town• of Clinton tot 433 or 505, Princess St., with
a largo lurnbor bonso thereon ; tot 412 or 507, corder
of Princess and North Sts. ; lot 431 or 500, corner of
)tattonbi,ry and North•Sts. �Allquartoracrc'Iots,mare
or less, and well adapted for, pirate residences.—
1'4rats reasonable. J. CURTIS STEVENSON, Clinton
'l"AIt S11IAKISIGI -TUE ,ScBSCaIt3Ett 111 GO
.1.1.to intortn the ladies of Clinton' and vielnity.that
site has openedOrli .a Da34s5 ANO 'MANTLE MAICt1O
F.stahllakroeut in the rooms OVEIt J. JACKSON s•
STORE, where she will be pleased to execute alt •
:orders entrusted to her, in the most satisfactory pian
ator. (!barges. reasonable. MISS DENSMORN Ctin..
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T_T9 VSE AN -in '1MVO LO'ER l'Oli SAVE, ' •
JULOn the corner of Queen and Shipleystreets, 55,e,
house •contains nine roorne,With wash h•itso, W004shell, ote,. Good well, largo brick and cement cistern;
and stable. Ona lot is covered with tho'best varieties.
of "pear,.ap tie, plain and cherry trees. Terms easy,.
anti .made known on application 10 the NEW i:ltd
Y9�QdBtIflT?
' • Those two very valuable anti
Cbitaico Lots
On Huron Street, next to Dial:sea's Ronk
Store, are offered for sale at a very law
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JOHN ROBERTSDNf TILOS..JAC.I1SON, sr.:
'ic,toriaa. Street. Clinton. �.
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