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Address,
The News -Record,
Clinton. Ont
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
petttiotrp.
EDWIN KEEFER,
illadd••
DENTIST,
Late of Toronto, Honor Graduate Royal College
of Dental SlIfkrUllt18,
Coats's Block, - Clinton.
All Work Registered. Charges Moderate.
Vtedirai.
TERMS: $1.25 per Annum, in Advance.
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itt11.11'li. °Mee, Itattenbitry Street, int -
l.,/ meillately behind Itansford's book store.
Residence vpposite the Temperance Hall, Huron
Street. °Mee hours from 8 a.m. to 0 p.
Clinton, Jan. 14, 1881.
"INDEPENDENTIN ALL THINGS, NEUTRAL. IN NOTHING".
VOL. VI.—NO. 25,
CLINTON, HURON COUNTY, ONT., WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1884.
assssr+,,c(ss
WIMELY TODD, Publishers,
WHOLE O. 288
MANNING & SCOTT,
Barristere, Solicitors, Conve.vaneers, Cont.
missioners f ar Ontario and 5Ianitutia.
ea- Office—Tows IIALd., CLINTON.
Clinton, May 17th, 1332. 20
D. A. FORRESTER,
(toy r 10-.4 NCER, LAND, INSURANCE,,0
11 GENERAL, AUENT. Ad" Monep to Loan.
Office, R,eayer Block, Clinton. v22tf
SEAGER di MORTON, Barristers, dr., it God+
erich and Witurhani. C. Seager, Jr., Go:lericli.
J. A. Morton, Wingliain. 1-1y.
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AvilsoN &Law, (ininiliry,and
J) CUII4 e,% mt., 'Mice West Street, neat
dour to Post utile°, Guderich, tint. 57.
13 C. HAYS, Solleitor, &v. OfIlee, corner of
Ile Square and West Street, over Butler's Book
Store, Goderieh, Ont. 67,
gar Money to lend at lowest rates of interest.
Ti
[4CAMPION, Barrister, Attorney, Solicitor in
' ChauC
cer), otive)ancer, de. Witco over
Jordan's Drug Store, the rooms formerly ()COI.
pied by Judge Do) le,
Ir..4* Any amount of money to loan at, lowest
rates of interest. 1.1y...
'Aurtia nerving.
H. W. BALL,
AUCTION ERR for Huron County. Sales at
tended to in any pire of the County. ltd•
dress orders to GODISKICII 1'. 0. V•17.
Great Conunotion.inlT OF
e.pry -Goodall e
0 II 11 CHTUI.1 7.$
t'llAS.
AUCTIONEER, land, loan and insuranee agent
Myth. Saleattended in town timil emititry,
on reasonable terms. A list of farms and village
lote for sole, Nitmey to hull on real estate, at
low rates of interest. insurance effected on all
1112 ChlfiaCR of property . Notes mid debts collected,
Hoods appraised, and /40111 tit eunnuission. Bank-
rupt stocks bought and Hold.
Blyth. Dee. 16, 1400
4r.
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Ttterinarp.
J. E. BLACKALL,
Veterinary Surgeon,
RESOLVE TO RETIRE FROM BUSINESS,„
HIS $30,000 STOCK OF STAPLE & FANO! DRY -GOOK
IS ON THE MARKET AT WHOLESALE COST !
Secure the: Desirable Lines Without, Delay.
15 to 35 Cents Saved on Every Dollar. -
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Our Stock is Noted as being one of the Finest Wept of Torontol!
We are having, as expected, a Great -Rush ! "Wholesale' Prico-S—a-r-e Simply -
Irresistible ! ! A Genuine- Sale Without Reserve ! ! !
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, To-
ronto, trill,: ()paned an ()dice in Clinton, is
prepared to 100..1 Mt vses (if domestic
animals on the most modern prin.
eiples. Ad mvorations earefull)
performed. inticalls itrompt-
ly titteislist to to ,hy or
night. FLUE.4 moderate
Oretee,—lat door West of Ken-
nedy's 1 EteI, Clinton, Ont. V-17.
VtuairaI.
FOR CASH 04:•:14-• FOR BUTTE:*:.FOR 44-
EG
Black and Colored Silks, 45c, upwards. Dress Goods, 9c. upwards. .Hosiery and Gloves, 5d. upwards.
Laces and Ties, 1.c. upwards. Parasols, 20c. upwards. Table Linens, Napkins, Hollands—away down.
Cottons, Shirtings, Ducks, Denims. Cottonades, and Ticking, AT MILL PRICES I.
IT HOUSEKEEPERS 1 KEEP YOUR' EYES • OPEN.
Millinery, Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Ornainents; at Wholesale Cost!
The above lines are specialties with us. No House can equal us in theSoTGoods. Save 25 to 35con every dollar, be'sides getting
TIIEJ MOST/ STIISII 0-60jDS 1-17-1-M TIDEL
MANTLES AT WHOLESALE PRICES
We have a Fine Stock of Mantle Cloths, Silks, and 'rrimmings, and guarantee you a perfect fit and.stylish Garment every time,
is a Mark of Civilization.
• NSTII.CMENTAL MrSIC. 511.11 Webber, from
thb Boston C(inserratorv of latish., will take
"a ;United trimber 01 punils On the organ or piano.
Partieular attention given to those_who Wish to
nsprove on their present style of plawlng, at re'si*
dearest h. P. Davis, near the organ faelory. 35
Photogt aphers
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oso-tsi
LINTON.
Size Portraits a Specialty.
JOHN CRAIB says an Attractive • Home
Orange.
L. O. L. No. 710
CILANT.0N,
Buy the Correct thing in Cretonnes and. Lace. Curtains at Wholesale Prices. .This is
the season when wanted. Prices from 91-cupwards.—Everybody an now afford a nice CARPET Tapes..
tries from 32c. upwards, Brussels from 75c. upwards, All Wools from 80C upwards, Hemps from lie.
upwards. Mats and Rugs, in endless variety.
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Expect Great Bargains in Tweeds a,nd Ordered Clothing.
Suits from $6.50 upwards. Do you repent. buying our all -wool .$2 pants 1-•--Not:.much, better goods can't
be bouglIt at $3. We are firing 200 yards of heavy al] wool 1.4 oz. Tweed, at 471-,c., .at everybody .
that gives us the chame, and every man we bit is pleased.
ABOUT NEE N's STRAW
:.:.AND FELT ...is-,
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We think we have the largest stock of New Goods in the Trade; all to be sold at :Wholesale Cost.::: We r
have not forgotten the BOYS, either—a good Mackinaw Stift.* Hat frOM .22e, upwards, see them; the •
. . :
Latest Styles, and you save 40con the dollar,
COMPETITION DEFIED in Style, in.Quality, in Elegance, in -Price,
SALE FOR CASH, FOR BUTTER; FOR.--EGG-1."
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the Great DryiuGoods
Muze.ove BY" i'01$0.117,,
Timex seems to be an increaeing
mania to commit murder by admin-
istering poison. It was only a week
or two ago that we mentioned the
committal of a woman near Beilin,
Ont,, for the alleged murder of her
husband by poison, and alno a one
McCabe on a charge of murdering
his wife by poison. McCabe is the
man who was acquitted at Wood-
• stock a couple of years ago on a
similar charge and who married
again. Now conies another setisa-
tion from the village of Otterville,
Oxford county, Ont. Henrypearce
and the widow of one Vansickle
are in custody on a charge of having
poisoned Lite latter. Pearce after.
ward married the widow. Hebad
been bartender for Vansickle. .
One Donaldson swears that the
prisoners said Vtinsickle wan a
nuisance and that they wanted to,
get rid of him. From what has
been learned it appeerselhat among
the residents of Oxford for a con-
siderable period was'
write the• beginning o
444(11(1kt:1:L10.4 letrinilttIOD84ore"34e 114;4110000,1
Merit that we AVOW *A such,
(..iktitl simply eall attention to tisk
ntenta. of Hop Bitters in ail IAA
:Lto.ues tern)* tte pessible)
i1114141,etten o
eaPin9
g 0 Wait eihtek,
to
uirevvoers use
iitht I nseeltoleil the_y
"Tog, Reimer tie favorably bettto..4,
in all the papers,
"Religioue and secular, la
"Having a large sale, _end sup*.
pl intim; all other tnetimmea.
9it4lieisno (entiing tvI4:i:Pilan4aij::mirivr)4
cfFBitterslvtPge
sl:evtsa
644/111401)whose vimrtues are so palpable IA
every ene's observation,++
6:Di I oY u medicin4
t
"NM
1t$he lingered and Buffered Won&
pin,,iritgoadwoacytot tdboei otgi mbee itonrottToacKiesii",
eapd at last, west owed Liy lktiaor,
Bitteis the papers say•so much about.i+
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4:i tilol nw(lievedetik
del jae.iul
inniifndLewd we should be fot.
th
A DaughterIlliserY
('Eleven, yeas
irrd,aughter
ednedoeutfer-4
"From a complication of kfilney,,
liver, rheumatic trouble and Net,
v(14.Ts drtedbeirl4tYtt'e eare 01 the be phy.
411140718in gave het, disease various
na,n1Teust zio relief,
• "And now she is restored ko us fa
good health by as simple a remedy
asHyoepalirsittVio
Bitters,
uatwemgleiayist ,sturnt•t741
for
PARENTS.
,rohn euterel into contract with the
Syndidate and bargained awaY-25,-
000,000 acres of land our same Ht)11(
mr. Blake stated, on the floor of
Parliament, that the Syndicate
would hold said lands at $5 an acre,
which would have the eff et of des-
• troying iromigratiou to that country;
but, lo behold ! when the Syndicate
offer the same Janda for settlement,
instead of charging $5 an acre,
they offer them at $2.50, and after
three years of Settling duties are
Ione half of same 33.50 will be paid
back to the settler This gettiug to
the knowledge of Hon, Edward
Blake, he again on the same floor of
Parliament, deelare.s the Syndicate
are selling land too cheap and at Rua
• low -figures as to encourage land
sharks to come in and buy up the
whole country, and so spoil forever
the settlemen,t. Now, after such a
course aur such conduct, who can
pay an iota of respect to any speci-
men of humanity who will so sell
himself and his principles and dis-
pute his own words almost ceiery
time he opens his mouth to epeak
JAMES
• Garrisoet Road, Out,
H.e. was a man of respectable char-
acter, possessing excellent gonneo-
Hone, and Was seemingly upwards
-a- -fifty-years- ef-age-when
overtook him, Latterly he resided in'
• Woodstock, but Nat fall he removed
to Otterville, and engaged in the
hotel business. jt is steted that he
had been for some two or three years
a widower, but that about five or six
months prior to hie death he entered
again into amatrimonial alliance,
bestowing hie heart and hand upon
:Miss- Lester, a lady very respectably
connected, and whose relatives live
in the town of Woodstock. The
' Pones. OF 418.eurnoe
was - a young Woman, who appar-
ently had attained to the age of
about thirty; tiod who is said to be
of good manners, graceful appear-
anceand attractive person. In the
course of his businese Vansickle
had occasion for the servieefe of a
bartender, --,and the -person who
• figured in that capacity bore •the
name of Robert Pearce. He is a
• young man, possessing good figure,
pleasant manners and rather talc-.
ing appearance, and, according to
fit° testimony of a witness liviug in
the house; and the statements of
others, acquired euelt. intimacy with
the young wife thatthey indulged
in buggy tides and aimiler amuse-
ments together. All went along
merrily enough, however4 until the
19th of lioventber, when Vansickle
• expired in a .rather unleoked for
manner. . '
The Dionaldson referred to now
swears that just previous toVansiek les
death, Mrs. Vansickle told Pearce
to get the, old man a drink, 'Pearce
theii.potired what wittiess thought
was rye wniakey into e glass; he
thee'. put ,sonie mixture into the
glass, when his.brother told hina not
to; as he would get himself . into
ttouble ; lie said he-dtd not care a
d --if if he•did.; ha then went up-
stairs with it,. and when he return' -
ed he said he 'guessed the :old' man
)wipected there was something wrong
with the liquor, as' he. shriek his
• head after he drank it-; the mixture.
was in a sniall tumbler and was of a.
lip,litish brown color: It is runuir-
'ed that a statementh4$ been Made.
'by a young men living in Otterville
,t0 the effect that some stuff
the deceased vomitea waft, thrown
out ott the street, and that a• dog
which partook of ysonfit of it died
fromthe effects. The alleged
poisoners were arrested last Thurs.-
day When about to start on their
bridal trip. -
5feets MOSI1AY of every
month, Hall mistairp, opposite
the Town Ilan. Visiting brethren
always torule weleome.
A. M. TODD, W. M.
C. TWEEDY, D. M.
NTE1G
,N, Spey
Vt.
asattir.
NORTH HURON TEACHERS' 1 of the Scotch dialect. "The Grand -
ASSOCIATION. 1 mother's Apology," a selection from
Tennyson, was well received and Was
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The regular annual meeting of ! probably the best of the evening.
this Association waft held 111 1(110 I Miss Graham concluded a most en.'
Central School, Seaforth, on Thurs. joyable evening with "Katie Lee
I and ‘Nrillie Gray." The readings
day and Friday ol last week. The
l were interspersed by musical selec.
., . eing, o eaforth, thanks. •
/11,INT()N bodge, No Q4, A E. la A
mast,. el ray Fri(lay, oil or after the full
moon. Visiting brethren eordiallv invited.
MAcWII w. iv ronTi.Nr., sec.
Clinton, Jan. 14, 1551. 1 V
first paper dtacuseet was one on tionm mi E s
TO MERCHANTS :
How to Sell Goods
-TALK To
_ , _ pierns extant, to which Miss Graham
bertSpericer's Educatioo," and point-
ed out that though: philosophic in all
its arrangements, it was not practical,
from the fact that Spencee hitnself
was not a practical but a theoreticaL
educationist. Mr.' • 'Unrnbull, , on
motion of Messrs Harston and Mal-
loch, received a hearty yote . of
"False btiglish, by Mr. Crichton of playing three instrumentals, and
Seaforth High School. He illustra. Miss Callender, of Clinton, a solo.
ted his meaning by references to Miss Ewing is ono of the corning
pianists. Already her reputation is
periodicals, newspapers,and selections
not merely local, anti we aresure
from ninny- authors; allowing the
she needs only to be heard to be
ambiguity frequeittly met with. appreciated. Miss Callender has a
Mr. W, G. Duff of Roxboro, next fine soprano voice; upon concluding,
presented Itilt paper on "Discipline." a lady, a stranger in town, remarked
Mr puff showed first that discipline that "tliat young lady would not
was essential and elevating ; he have sung in our town without an
then proceeded to show how to oh" encore." A most successfid evening
tain it. We should keep our pupils was concluded. by the audience sing-
conatantly employed while in the ing "God save the Queen."
school room. He suggested a time FRIDAY
table for each class, (not for the
whole school), showing every pupil Upon resuming work on Friday
morning the President introduced
what work he Should be engaged in
at any minute of the day. Mr. H. S. McLean, of Clinton High
Sehool, who pointed out frequent
Miss Graham, of Brampton, ins "Errors in Pronunciation
,
" illustrat
troduced the subject of "Diffideltie, ing by a long list of words frequent/ -
111 Reatitng," euggesting reinediee ly if not usually mispronounced.
for common errors and difficulties
A discussion then followed as to
encountered in the average school.
the advisability of holding a union
Mr. Groves next read the delei- meeting of the West Riding Astocut-
gates' report, whieh on motion was tion with the North Huron Associa-
adopted. tion, when it was finally decided
that we deem it advisable to hold
On the evening of Thureday the
mach
Association assembled in Card no's union meetinga and that Messrs
Malloch and Tnrnbull, of Clinton,
hell to hear Miss thaliain's evening
an& Mr. Ferguson, Wingham, be a
of readings. The first—a Bible
committee with full power to aut.
selection furnished a striking con -
The Proaident appointed Messrs.
trast with the style of reading fre
Shaw, Henderson, Duff, McFaul,
quently adopted by members of the
Lough and Stewart a committee on
clerical profeasion. The next, "The
honi Master's was quite nominaiions. Mr. 'W. H. Stewart
segtieetive nd well apprecieted
of Lakelet, next presented his meth -
a
"
the large number of the fraternity °4 °f %I ultiplicatiOn
Tables and Diviaion," shoteing bow
present,. "The Three Lovers" WAS
readily a child might one of the most sublimely ludicrous
understand-
ingly learn the latter from the for -
— lhrma of inkerrenderedalthecaat-
etti onit"The Foxes' Pails,c U C AS niyN(rmai,ilisign:l iso120
'1 that Muss Graham ',Mould not at.
THE PA /A TER1 tempt before a Scotch audiAnce
333 B.' til she has a more complete mastery
mer.
4. vote of thanks was tendered
Misses Ewing and Callender for their
kind asnistance at the entertainment.
In the afternoon Me. Turnbull
sketched a brief Outline of "Her.
The committee to draft a resolu-
tion of condolence with the family
of our late Inspector, Mt.' Dewar,
reported as follows : We the
members of the . North kerne
Teachers' Association, regret that
since° our last Meeting nue who
always took a prominent part in our
Proceedings tas pa8setl away " .fratit
amongst us. The late ItfirpeCtor,
Mr. Dewar, will be Mug remember-
ed by the teachers of the Inspector
and also by tho numerous friends*
whom he made in the various parte
of East Huron (luting the paid,
twelve years. Hie genial
don, his kindness of manner, his in-
variable urbanity with. the teachers
under his care and his fairness of
dealing in the school room have
rendered ids memory particularly
dear to them. We deeirehog'ive ex-
preseion to ottr sympathy with Mrs.
Dewar and other members of the
family in the severe lose that they
have in the providence of God 'been
called upon to sustain and trust
that they may be enable'd to draw,
conifort and support to their afflic-
tion from a higher than human
AOUrce.
Signed D M. Malicia, L. L. Mc.
Fergason, L. L,
Dorranee; A, A. MaKay and J.
King. • The nomitiations were one
by one, adopted. •
A. Morton: Esq., aild'"Dr. Me-.
DotAmuldd,itWorsit:gfetin, were re -appal+
ed •
A vote of •thanks was tendered
the retiring oftiCers and the A.ssoeia-
tion adjourned
TUE
: THE 'WEEK'S DOINGS. •
CANADIAN.
A Very sad accident' occiAred in
-Simcoe.eouutcy. Twish:A+
wealthy'. find very much respected'
farmer of that vicinity, left home
about seven &chick the other night
to look for Boum cattle, Not re-
turfiing; his sons started out t� leek
for hint about ten p. m No trace
of hiw was discovertal until early
• next morning, when his body' was
found tinder a tree where he had
taken shelter -from a severe thunder
storm. The liglstning had struck
the tree, and glancing off, streck
• him. Death leas lostantanettus, as
Itis halide were found lb his pockets
melte had been standing. Deceased
was a Very influential man it the
the community and will bo greatly
missed.
Paul, J. Tvrnbull and J Shaw,
Moved by Mr. Duff', seeonded by
Mr. Lough, that the report be re.
delved and adopted end that the
Sec;etary send a report of the rest'
1111i011 t� Mrs, Dewitt a -Unani-
mously carried.
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The nomination teimmittee pre.
egited their report Itil follows
eresident, Mr, W. 13. Duff, ROX.
bore; Vice•Bresident, Mr • W. X.
Lough, Clinton; Sec,-Treeturet, Mr.
W. E. Groves, Winghem; Provineial
Delegate, Mr, J. Ferguson, Wing.
ham; Bxecupve Com., Messrs. .T,
Salvation Army Sequels. •
now vim rAvans OF OTWEit, P140E3
REGARD T1Tflt OPERATIONS,
-There is s' le—sso—n in this failure
FP-art:1w nocseeer-osmecrav----
of the Salvation' army to perpetuate
a disturbance, which is Wcirthy of
the notice of the authorities oi
:RONA.. cities, The; capital, stock of
the band consista la disturbances,
arid disturbance they must have by
some mearis, to create the excite,
ment they covet. ' Under the name
of thefounder of ..the Christian re-
ligion they enaet scenes of boister-
ous excitement, end bring coutemPt
'upon all religious motive. The-,
failure of their methois in Roches-
ter should encourage the authorities
of other:cities threatened with the
presenee of the army. lt was
stated last night that the captain
would 'return' soon and "stir them
up." it is possible that such nirty
be the case, and if so, the authori-
ties will only have themselves to
blame if '.the disgraceful scenesof
the first week shall be reenabted.:
Pit031.THE OILATHA31 taieuxe:
Miss .Junett, of Chathain Tow.p-
ship, was thrown out of her 'buggy
• in consequence: of the horse running
•away-'Teiting to. the lei ious pound-
ing of the Salvatfon Army. drums.
• She isPery low. The osefulness of .
,the drum, and:the dancing capers
of - the Artny on the streets have
long, passed, end •it is high time
that this intolerable and dangerous
nuisance should be stopped; or we
shall hear ' �f more serione tnaults.
There 18 not the least .objeCtion to
Pie Army worshipping in whatever
'way. ithas a mind to, but its intol,
.erance. • of • other peciple'e • feelings
aernadbleea,ity is it• nelf becotuing...intol-
•
• FROM THE MP. THOMAS JOUli.NAL.
'In this ' city ' Ublia• opinion has
veered around fiedit . favorable to
• unfavorable,. not because tile Army
• may not; have • done good in. some
directions, but because Of the utidd
niable injury' it has wrought among
,the younger members,- of the com-
Infinity by lessetting, in them reepeet
. for religion. The:fact is,. SI. Thom-
as is not large enough to hold the
'Salvation Army.
Watlior is Getting Well
"My daughters so:
"How nitich bettins fathor is sieve he
Lured flo.pliitters."
"He is getting well after his long suf..
foring from a diseasie declared incorable”
• "And We are so glad that he used your
-BMW's." J...krrr - "-
288-1ni.
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Cause for.WOnder, - •
• The Hon. T, W. ArtijIii, exp.
.Speaker of the House of Commons,
has a fellow feeling for those Otitis -
diens who own land in Dakota and
live in Canada, but who never total
an opportunity to praise up the
country in whiels their material
interests lie, at the expense of
country tn which they reside. That
the reasofi for the appeartuice
his paper of Saturday lust of 1411
article signed “Sioux9 and evIthinflY
written by a Canadian Grit fur
Grit consumption; for, while it ',raga
up Dakota as only a Dakotan east
can. brag; its animus against Conser-
vatives, against Sir John Mactiouald
One day last week a gentleman
living at Qu'Appelle received a
'telegram from a youtirlady•whonr
he,intended to ,inake his wife in a
few -days; stating that elle was at
'the Grand Central hotel and to come
on; The lady had been living -in
One of the Northwestern States and
had obligingly coneetited to meet
het affianced half • way in otder to
complete their own union. The
'happy and excited btidegroom took
it for granted that the. Grand. Cen
tral was in Winnipeg, and hatitily
• preparing for the journey boarded.
the first train for that city, Wlien
nearieg Brandon, and thinking
:pixibalal'y_ of diener,;which even the
ecstachis Of love could not obliterate,
he put his head out cif the winddw
to take a stirvev of the situation.
The wind blew his hat off, and he
landed at the station bare -headed.
Of course, his first care was to ;ash
up town to buy a new hat, but he
had not gone far before he came
face to face with his intended bride,
She had telegraphed from the Grand
Central, Brenda', Explanations
quickly followpd, arid soon after
• they found themselves) in St, Matt -h-
owls• church, where the Mr.
Boydell duly made ,them man and
wife.
Geo. •Peter, it drunken and worth.
lefts Character, a laborer Oft th0 Otla
BRITISH—FOREIGN,
The 13111 to extend the franchise to
to Ireland as well as England and Seet.
land Ints,pasited the Commone by 352
,tario and Qnebee r6ilroiecl; lite wife
to 137.. Lord ilundolph Churchill said
and family lived in a frame shell of
a house not far hem Xingston, Out,
roue or five of Peter)? associates
boarded with him, The' night was
Anent in disaipetion, and after mid-
night Betel% started for his bed. He
lost ids hold on the lamp and threw
tlown stairs and set the oil ablate,
A son of Peters threw a pail of
water on the oil attd tipread the
dames. Peters was burned to death,
and same other members of the
family wore ly burtird. 'The
mother ht die tisk of ber life reseued
her daughter, Both were greatly
injured. The. youngest daughter
was burned to death, and else a Nliss
trigilen, a visitor at the house.
Friend's opinion of Mr. Bloke
• From the Monnreal Witness. (Grit-)
SItt,—Twenty years ago the 'Fit-
ness was coneidered to -be a truly in-
dependent paper, politically speak.
ing, but of late years it has radically'
changed, and is at present a purely.
Reform journal, 'and at some antes
Very unfair against the Censervatitre
party. I tette been a reader of
the Witness for .over thirty • years;
and since 1 have stuck to you so
long I want you to publish ray let.
ter, • Mont.of iny life bas been -spent
.11,8 a supporter of the Reform party,
but incethe introduction o the
National Policy hate eupperted
.the National Polley party, who are
doinwall that is possible to be doile
fur Canada's good and prosperity1.
consider the Hon. Alex, Macketi.
tie - gentleman of hopour, but he
failed as .statpsman. As. for the
Hon. B. Blake be itibeithei tt gentle-
man nor. a etatetiman, and to day
has lost the eonailence of all inteP
ligent Reformers in Canada, and ,fts
a leader of the Federal Opposition
is the etrongest plank in Sir. John
Macdounkra platform. And next
in order, what has he done 1 Why)
he acted the part of a traitor in
destroying the coalition Government
of John Sandfiehl Macdonald in
Ontario, after which he entered our
.Federal Parliament at OttaWa, and
as "Liberal" in yonr issue of Oth
April says, be laded double-dealing
towards the Hon. Alexander Bfao,
kenzie, .and itt fact, 110 is a doulde
dealer in all his actions, abusing
during the present session Sir. Johe
Macdonald for wasting and paying
away too Mileh Money on Pacific
railway construetien and finding all
possible fault with the '<lost per,
mile, and before Sit John took .up
the'road to build Mr. Blake stated,
on the fiber of Parliament, that
he and Sir. 'Richard Cartwright
had carefully daunted the cost of the
road from Callender to Port Moody
to be $120,000,009, withetit any
branches or Biding% yet Sir, John
lute covered the sime road and in
addition several hundred miles o
cif I $55 000 009
• MaShed. In TheMilL
•
against- Manitoba, and againie, the „
Canadian Pacifie Railway, swacks
more of the'air of Toronto bay than
of DeVil's lake: We have no ub.,•
jection to the high sounding preisest
Of Dakota in which this %titan,
indulges.. 'We have no objection to •
his Saying that the 1is8ouri river
takes its rise in Dakota, though the'
geographers place its source a theue.
and miles fin titer w, sp. .Wo • have
no objection to Ifis stafeineuts that .
blizzards aedappal etitly winter
'weather in general, 'entertain .uou.;
wscientious scruples against crossing
to the egutli of the Northere
Railway. We liave no objeetion to
his statement that fiiit no ct0"
is the land what a Canadian can &II
hilly; though Wipe of .the mountniva
attain 1111 eleVRI1O11 of .7,500 feet,
•We hay' rio objection to bis - State.: •
Went that the land•of :Dakota IS
"wonderfully fertile and seprisingly-
uniform in quality," though a . large
portion of it is 'Ititywn as the "mau,
vaises: te:rie8,'-1 or had latids, and
ether portions:tire, so alkaline that
neither man nor beatit can drink the
wattlr, Tk We have no objection to hia
'ststenient than in Ddkota, a non
with oile:team eau harrow 160' acreu
:of land in two days. Our , only
'wonder is that lie did noeharvest
the grain during the next two days, •-
we hate no wonder to express
at any of these.stories,- 04i, w,ondi " .
is .01'reserved for a statement' whielt
conies:in at the tail end of the 13I.04s
to the afflict; that "one • is surprised
at tlie MI* price at which farms etiii
be purchased. •The reptlessuess of
many who first Reified here . the
explanation. Many are transieute,
iligev.tlisYesttolentitiietlianol°tYleiL;l")eren0reitat0iy0"1 (Pi
sell out to the first who may
Now, that is wonderful. Men Nettle
in the banana belt of Dakota,
•tvItere they have only to tiekte
the ground with a hoe in order that
it may laugh with harvest, and yet,
ferms .may be pnrchiteed at, a stir,
prisingly low -price 1 Why, we sup. -
posed that when a Man WAS at) for-,
tonate , as to get hold of a Dakota
fano he would not, part:with it fon
auy earthly,cooshierai ion. Weed),
poied that when lin had niaciaan
A,' terrible accident cecorred at
the Oetario Hamiltoe';
'early .Wedoesday Morning, whereby
Charles IcirkWeed, of Struthers, 0.,.
ost Kirkwood% was a
rougher by•trade, tliat is: his business
was to grind the yotigh surface . off
castuiigs 012 1111, emery stone, :Hu was
enistloYe4•14: Mr. the
&iittinCtor7efid;I:l'a4:' Veen .With
Tor.about:a Yetir, 'Ktftwood werlt;
ed ,in th.3 Morning until 'shortly after
; &clog* 'when work • was • stopped
and the men laid oir to stiatelt en
houriareat and sleep. .About 3:15
he had no fear Of the result of en-
franchising the Irish agricultural
laborer,
Oh What A Congliof
Will you heed the warning. The
signal perhaps of the sure SPP1'03011
thilt RIM'S terrible (1 156114t' consiimption.
Astk you if you can afford for the
sake of saving 50cte., to run the risk
and do nothing for It. We krieW from
expellent() that 81111ell'a Cure will cure
your (Jonah. It never fade. This exe
plains why more than a Million Bot -
ties were sold the past year. It, relieves
Or0sO, and 1Vhooping Cough, ,et once,
Motitere do not be without it. For
Lame flsek, Side Of 011e0t, Otla Shlleh's
Porous Piaster, Sold by J. 11. Combo,
2fifidy
4
14/0. a Or OA 1,1411
Aahi the 1 -fon. dward Blake
'said the 180511 to he built for legs
than his figures would be so poor It
wOUld be more like a tritmWaY than
railway, but Mr, Sandford rem.
ing deeiares it te be the best bum
ou this tolitinent, Again when Sir.
, se:
Mr. Phillipe shouted to a lad named—detiendafit fortune out, if one ha .
Thounis Flynn to
"OPBASEI UP" VIE.iVITE111.3
preparatory to starting work sgain
The .lad was as'eep 'on„the
ground, and had to be 'shouted at
several tiides before be awoke. The
noise of the shouting; it,. is' presumed;
\yoke Kirkwood, who was sleeping
on a bench beside the fan, or, more
properly spetking, balance wheel.
He rose from the ladatte,'whibh was
very ricketty and unsteady, ,
must have bent beneath him air he
attempted to rise and precipitated
hint into the rapidly revolving wheel
beside him. An instant afterwards
Mr. Phillips was startled by
MOWER OF ilLOOD
falling over hiM. With cOmmend•
able pis:Renee of mind he stopped,
the tnaohinety at once, ,and the deed
body di the unfortunate mati wati'
found lying in the pit -at the bottoin
.0f the ' It * was horribly
mangled. The head was torn cow
pletely off the trunk and Mashed
into an unrecognizable mass. Parts
of it clung to the when) or had bi- eti
scattered filr and wide by its rapid
revolutions:, The arms were torn
from their sockets and tlitit'e wsa
It an unbroken -hone in his body.
-It was held together only by the
clothieg on it. The body was tak•
ro trom the pit. retuovea to 1111
undertaking shop, where it was pre.
pared for interment, ,
itieltWooti WAS a young unmarri.
ed man, about 25 years of age,
ateady,iedostrious and a great favor..
Ito with these who laleW itifth
vest he would go on cultivating the
land -just Tor the' fuu. of the • thing,
and would rather ,simPly exist ill
.Daketa than, be atiank cashier
in any other country. AO yet,
strange any, the people are "rest,
less,"• They "no s000ei bt:conie
-settled than they ire reedy to sell"
'to the first Who may offer)." •
' That does excite Our. wonder, ,
'Will "the lion, T, W, ' Anglin, exo
•
Baker of the House of Common%
itor," have -the goodness to explain .
•
the phenomenon 1
And, while is aboutA'il,,will )6
please explain why so many of them
gointo the Canadian Northwest to
pottlei •
And will he gently lull to rest a
irti,stitneig ihunsopici,o,sniOutx174t
Potofrbatap8:i as:pi Etna ,bk °141,i11(4) f-,(1111:1108%;iittialgaehput4,1:1;osciotAVitstai, 11111:10
settle in 141ailitoba.;--Hatuilt Oa
Spectator, '
h* 1 WheiVi tha niattaf
Lo4lo(Atitb butt 'Onytiortd 111 1611 61 hot Ototlii)
*,"Ot 1 rill ot:to *Oh that 11/41eotaigitt thit ton.
tintidly.ttotbits ite."
...44,"Woll, how to011iti ! Why &Al yokko to,
yoto Mtg. Stott and got a bottle 01 Fltid
title It tuted tit tfl Iftti thAri'Ohe TlYnlatti. 1
011*ftYelttip bottati fri• the 501106. It 0017 14108
11 toat` 'Alfa
Charneteriatle story or
Abe Lincoln,
.4' iiUIo book of pelitieal 180e615
1(4)(100, ;luta publisLoil itt ttiettleky
contributes a new story I f Ptesitlent
1,iiicoln, • which ia isorth qatnieg •
because of its apparent applicability
Lo a iecent emispieutius affair
eue own politics, attd possibly, Itlha
to the future development of the
same inuides,t. To a. politirel opt
ponent, who had taunted Lim.oln
with hie youth, lie replied 1
Livo ling and die young, 1 would
rather die new than, tiko tlw gentle,
man, °tenet) my polities, tool 6'0104
tatteous with tbe ebange, receive aft
office worth $5,000 per year, uviti
then have to ereet a lightning rnd
oVer my house to troteet a guilty
CelACietnie trOin an 001104 CIA
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