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FR/DAY, MARCH 12, 1886.
Vmai Kron 1.1beralti.
, s A. ineetingsafthe Liberals of East Huron
-IraFtheen called for to -morrow, the 13th
inst., to be held in Brussels, to •select a
candidate to contest the Riding in. flie
interests of the -party or*e Dominion
• House. • . A. lerge.ettendlu'ice is expected.
Several names are mentioned of possible
candidates, but who will be choSen res
mains for the gonvention :to decide. • If •
the Liberals get anythang like fair play
under the new Frenchise Act, there should
be no difficulty in redeeming the Riding,
• for Mr. Farrow is not as . popular even
among his own supporters, as he was,
• and the party willAhrow him overboard
to -morrow if they thought they could res
• place him with a stronger conclidate.
Lotatt LOxat NolleS•
A number ()teases are coming on at thie
different Stating Aesizes in which people
from this neighborhood 'are interested.
Egli,DITE V CLAIllt.---This is, perhaps,
the most important, and. is an action
brought by Kin Perdue asainot' Rev, R.
Clark, for defamatory libel. Our reader
will remensber the correspondence which
was publighed in the NEW ER.& some
months ago, and out of which this action
has seiturg. Tlie case will be tried et the
Goderich Spring .Assizes, commencing on
Monday, 22nd March, befOre hr. Justice
Rose and a jury. Mears. Manning &
Scott are plaintiff's solieitors, with Mr.
Garrow, C., as Session Counsel, and
Messra. McCarthy & Co., for defendeut.
IVIACPuBitsoaTv BR, is an Action to
enforce a lien Oven upon land, to secure
• payment of price of a separater. After
giving the lien, defendant made some
• conveyances of the land, with the inten-
than of defeating the plaintiff's right to
recover against' the same. Manning &
Scott for tiles N. A. Ray for clefts. ..
DAWSON V GREEN. -This is a credit-
ors' sint, in which a 'number of questions
.as to priorities and creditora' rights arise.
It has already been decided that the wid-
ow concern( d was entitled • t� her dower
before the creditors' claims were satisfied,
The balance of the estate is being distri-
buted under the -direction of the Master
at Goclerichs Manning & Scott for plff.
Garrow & Priauclfoot, Cameron; Holt &
Clarneron, Sesser & Lewis, for different
creditors, •
hKINs vBAK or CualgEn0E.;•--
This i8 an action brought by the executors
of Wm. Jenkins, deceased, to set aside a
chattel mortgage -taken by the defendants
from one Wirt. Harris against whom the
plaintiffs had a large Claim, and by which
it is alleged the defendants obtained a
fraudulent preference. Garrow & Pis:ands`
foot and Manning & Scott for the execu-
tors the pldintiffe, Common, Holt & Came-
ron for delta. This case comes on for trial
at the coming Go,clerich assizes.
Banana. y enttr.-This is an" action
brought by the Stienia AgrIcultural Im-
plement Manufacturing Company againot
Peter Perdue, to recover the price of a
threshing' machine, Defendaot contends.
,that •the machine •is not as repfeeented,
'And diet- the real 'agreement is not con-
telleedan ,that which' is produced by the
Company. The case was, to hese been
tried at Sarnia at the last assizea, but Mr.
:Justice Armour _changed the .yenue. to
Stratfeed. Ape usethis the plaintiff ap-
pealed, but the full Court refused to
change the Plaee of 'Wel. 0ver twenty
• witnesseswere subpoened for, last Court
front this immediate vieinity, and mach
intetest was Manifested in the -case. It
•eomes on)for trial at the assizes in Strat-
ford, in April next. Meredith & Mere-
-lith for plffss; Manning & Scott for deft,'
'Who PftrlIawefltS.
The session -of the Local House is pur-
suing the °ten tenor of its way, very little
of special or•excithig interest transpiring.
A number of privatebills are being Put,
through. In the Dominion House discus-
sion on the Riel question was to commence
• yesterday, all other besiness being sus-
•pended until this has been disposed of.
The Government has promised- to being
down papers,beering on the rebellion; &.,qi
but so far has'Svithheld them, and it is a
. question whether they witl be brought in
at alt. The debate will.be a ,lively and
. letegthy einestiut ne 011() anticipates that a
sufficient number of the Bleus will "kick"
. .
..
when the vote is called, to make any nen-
-,
terial difference to the Government.
''Money is mighty, . and will prevail."
It is probable the northeiest mismanage'.
ment will be pretty thoroughly ventilated
before. the discussion closes. ' - " .
.•ne - •••-•-
, .A. rortiasan form orpublic tddrees just
new is ."The destiny. of Capacia," with
Independence as the mern feature:of the
address. • With a gross debt of nearly
:three hundred millious, an increase in the
dent last year of .twentysfour mill:ions, (as
arlinitted by the Minister of Fnance)' and
• a deficit of five Millions, the deathly Of
Canada is anything but independehees '
TIIE Loctil Legjelnttire hag threWn. otat
• the • proposed' bill- ,to 'extend ; th e
mentary franchises.° . Shrely if a
woman owning property in her own tawny
is entitiell to. vo I n nal electiees,
she eliottld have the. same privileSe fee
parliamentary 'elections. 'We go 'ill for.
allowing a woman- to do -anything her
sterner relation does, if. she. wanta- to -
oven to sawing wood and lighting. the
kitylien fire. Bittieeriously, we believe e.
mistake has.been • madeie :not - allowieg
the bill to beciline-law.. • '
TIIE regtilattaus of.the Houge of: Con'i
mens proVides'that-a. Member Shall Make;
affidavit as to the: titiniber of rlaya be
attends every sessitti, a dedfictiofi„ of $8
• per day being made for •every day absent
during the session, • It has just tranapired
that spite a . number of • Coeservative
members, although absent for duYe. at a•
time, drew their full Sessional allewance,
and Mr. Gaiillett, the Cbliservative ein,
ber .or Northumberland, actually -A -rev
two sessional Allowances. They. are evi-
dently determinet that they will Plunder
the country one way if it cannot be chine
another. . • • .•
-sse• esse-s- ;
A CON8EawATwt from the Northsvest„
who called in this office- the other day, res
marked. that " Goeernor De1vdney's use-
fulness is sone, and the quicker Sir john
removes him the better for the party and
the country." Being toldthat it was only
Grits who talked that way,. he said, "
don't Care a.ep,fitinental about that ;eiv-
dney's beenait the bottom of a heap of
trouble, Mid I knew it; the Conservatives
of the Northwest knowit, arid et) 'ddee•Sir
John, and Pra.not afraid to•eity •No
doubt snme of the governmentssuppotted
papers in Ontario might be able to con-
vince this roan he knews nothing abotit
- A rad/wive-paragraph. Says
rumored that the Hon. BenatOr .Allan has
been promised:the govereerghip of Qnta-
a io. kr. Allan's place in the SenAte will
• Al4"Wasiljaii??Zi Wile will still
6'inIiiialieat halt; Cabinet.".
We have seen so many rumors about the
etext governor of °Marie that we have
-get • tired of :ahnotacing them. •Nearly
ery week brings forth a fresh 'caticlideta
for • e office, and if the record keeps up
there 1 soon be no one in. the country
but mph.. • ts to this position of Limit -
:Governor. ew weeks since we had it
short paragrap avoritig the alosslition of
the oiliest; Noce th time the matter has
teed mett dotted' by e tither of one read.
ers and all coincide with • e views there.
in set forth. .The Local Go nartent las
,expreseel itself as fevorable to etaining
, the (rnvernment House, but we ce Italy
• '1 public sentimentis against t
in this matter. • There is strong convic
tion in the minds Of it nitniber that there
are too many non -producers the cone,
ty, who have to be NIIITOrted tit the
01 theeprodueer, and the mount
whieli fantail° pays for the Attlee of Lieutes%
ttovern is is certainly • tenre then the ro-
t ii •• rant.
• GoDIOtitall TOVVIVtiilt
lidttestWesse.-Cin Wednesday, 8rd insto
Mr. Wm. Connell, of the 13th, left hie
team standtng, at the doer untied, .while
he was attending to some business ta the
house.' On his return he was surprised to
fiod that his home were gone, anil on
looking be Saw them near the barn, stuck
fast in ft gate, and one of the horses lying
in a rather daegeroue position. However,
he aucceeded in setting them free by the
use of his axe, Fortunately no serious in-
juries were received. .
LcocAi. CHURCHCHIMES.
• These svlao ivish to learn .something of
Japan, should attend the leeture. a Rev.
Mr.'Eby, in the'town hall this evening. :
Rev, J. Gray soil preatell in Ratteribury,
Street church on Supel.y triotning next,
and Mr. R. D. Re,yley, in, the evening,
Mr. Rupert /sell* absent et Winghatn.
Sea PaullesCusaacsa-AshWedneeday,
• the regulareAsh.Wedneeclay: service Wag
faidf, the dito!ntlanue :
.111141 in advances of other years: • Next
• Sunday thele'svill be a collection • in aid
-Of the inissien, fund,. of the Diocese of Has
•
The clibir of. Rattenietry Sts.clifirch is,
Mimetically, lege, about the largest in the
county, end hes we believe, few, . if any,
superiors. Clinton churches as a whole,
are fortunate in possessing sonts excellent,
singIng talent, and very :fewplaces in
Canadirsno Matter what their size, hese'
better church music. • , •
' We believe Mr. Mark Rainthall • hai
finally decided to enter the Presbyterian
•
„ Bmers.-Mr: Nicholas Butler, Of the
16th con. aud 3. Cronyn, left On the 4th
for Dakota, where they intend remaining
this summer. Hauling and sawing bees
are all the go on the lath and 16th cons.
S. S. No, II boasts ot some pretty good
Mot -hall players; they are prepared to
hold their own against any other club of
their size. Master Thos. Lindsay, of the
15th cons while amusing himself one day
this week on the ice, unfortunately allow-
ed the ice to get the better of hirn,and the
result was a severe bump and rather a sore
hack: Mr. A.. 'McDougall sold his two
steer e to Mr. McLean, of Croderieh, the
other day, for a good round sum. There
was a seceessfut wood bee at Me. G. Co;
Jess on Tuesday, last ; the efenitig .being
devoted to the atousement7of the young
folk. • Mr. %i1. Stertiug had ft very success-
ful wood bee, on Wednesday last, and in
the evening gave. a farewell supper to a
large number of. his Glenda, before leaving
fpr Dakota on Tuesday; we wish hint
every SUCCOSS in Uncle Sam's cold State,
Mr. iamee Gallagher has decided to take
up his residence In Goderieh for the sum-
mer, and leaves our township next week.
Mr. R. Beacom -seems te be pursued by
•some evil genius, for he nearly met with.
two other serious accidents. since 1 last
wrote you; one being While training his
valuable Tontine 'filly, it 'aunnieg away
and. upsetting the matter, dragging hini
nany rods through the snow, and the other
with another load or wood, he only justs
escaping • been buried alive beneath it.
We are glad to hear that Mrsjohn Hast-
ings is recovering teem hisisijuries receiv-
ed by a runaway last week. ,,Mr.W. Curs
• ry„ 3, -Burnett and. Ce.7Hudie Monopolized
the market equate, Gederieh, on Saturday
last, for the •purpose of saiying farewell to
their sweethearts; the.object, cif their visisst
to town was fo etike advantage of he
Court meeting. Verily how tr one
plantethand' another reapeth; of .the
sort of reaping we refer to yak dottee in.
the'shape !if butehering Jhde trees on
the fith con. Goderi township. A
stmngis meteoric'. li was seen moving
th
/II
rough the ele; i the direction of Bray--
side farm, from j. W. McDonald's bush,
one•eveningalast week. ' Mr. T. Hastings
.has his Geld Duston the -Bayfield track,
• prepayieg him • for the green, spring race;
weauliclerstand• he has giVensome of the
firanley boys a challenge to • meet him.
• there. . • '
• wbitweircl, Ho I
. . .
(eopeated to the "boys" wile aro roturnime to the .
• •; illimitable prairies of the west) •
,.-..... .
,
' - The •sPring emigration,
The annual migration
' .
Has storeed again Is the old-tashioned Way.. .
W
. ith long northwest purses ,
• Ontario's horscs . • rl .. "' .: ' !
Are bang bought up at it -price tliiiffilil pay.•
•• • With tell northwest stories . .
• . Ontario's glories- ..
• Her sons and I •
• ar away from their home,
• . • • On the.prairie to Mani, .. . •
• Whore the gopher andhadger together 11o4hik.
• . There erc•blIzzards and Breeds,
-• Andluosquitoes and Siredes, •
in this far -airily land with the long snininoCa day,
- - - There .ard 'carts witlian ox on, .• ...
'Alia inenaleep with theirioeks on,
And ten cents a glass for their whiskey they pliY.
• They live i tia shanty; •
.. • And frozen wheat's plenty
, And troubles and trials im 'endless array.
. - - • -:-•-:-----:.But tifete's need of the preacher _
• -• And Shfiday School teacher,
• For soon the north.wester forgets how to prey,: '
• . There are obsuieles many.
' .: (And.whottand hasn't any?)
lint Oktatio's'youtif can'the frightened away, .
In toll or in trouble, • .
---..*,•.., If single or double,
•
•- Whoever was folind more stoni.bearted than they:
. • We will wish them :Moms, •
Eor we cannOtilo le* : .*
Ana We Will not attempt to persuade them to Stay,
- • May they pile lop the gold-- '. ti
•. 'Whore they "doet feel the cold," ••
And it•thaws when Ns ten below Zero, they see.
Though grieved at the parting, .,.
' weal give them as starting,• Y
A good ringing. Britisher 8 hip, hip, htirrall!
" Althengh:sonfe erthem gor -.
' • We-aresorrr to !mow,• • , :
• Whore uncle Sanahal d -headed eagle holda.sway,
:ministry, (as predicted: some. time ago)
and atm. finishing his present term At
Victoria tniversity, will • enter ICnox
College, Toronto, foe the purpose. of 'poll-
pleting his- studiee. Mark will be a useful
tnerab f the church of his selection.
ereskil
A mass eating �f children from several
Sabhatls S ools Will be • held itialeatten-
bury Stre church, cotpmencing I o'-
clock p. m: on Sunday next, when:
address on "Moral heroism of the temper-.
ance nievement" will' be delivered by J.
R. Clarke. -The imblic are invited sto
attend. .Schotde expected tole theed at
3.45 sharp.' • ' ,
The arrangements for the Pntario St.
Methodist chuech S. S. anniyersaey ser-
vices are now complete, Rev. Mr: Nu-
gent, of Berlin, lisplendid ehildrente man,
will conduct the Sunday seevices am/ de-
liver, an,addreee on IVIonaley evening at
the anniversary meeting. The singing and
recitations by the children • will. be well
worth hearing, and nodoubt there will be
•'crowded eongregations'at ail the services:
Tinder the management of Mr:George
Oaks the choir Of Ontario. street" Metho-
diet church has become one of the beet in
town. M0,aks has a very pleasant way
as a leader,_andliehasaseociaed ' With
him is band of young people determiaed
to make the setviee of song both interest-
ing and profitable. The choir contains
perhaps the two youngest•tnembere lathe,
county, in the person e of. Masters Holies
way and Gauley. '
•ST. II.A.VL'e Gatran.L.There. wag ti;ihod
Meeting on 'Mendes, 'evening, when the
following lath& and gentlemen contribut-
ed as f011pws to the evening's • enter-
tainment :--"The Pilot," Messrs, H. 13.
Combo and Rev. W. Craig; qietiutiful
Snow," Misses Stanburer andleteelsk; read-
ing, Miss Mountcastle; (*Begone dull
care," Messrs, Oakes,'Harland 'and Smith ;
reading, , Mr. 'Keefer ; "Laddie," Mrs.
• Ransforcl; •"Hope beycind," Mrs. Whitt,
Mr. Oakes; recitation, Mr. Beesver ; "Call
tee hack again," Mesas. Ilarltied, Oakes
end Smith ; reading; Hee. W. Craig. -
Next meeting on the evening of March 22.
The special seryices in Connection with
the Ontario Street Methodist church close
this week. Rev. Mr, Cosford has done
hereulean woakin ...connection -with- them
and • for himself hots of friends
riming his sta. During the progress of
these meetings forty persons, mostly heads
of families, have presented themselves as
seekers of. pardon, Thirty have joined
the Ontario Street -church and °them may
yet joiu, while some"will join Itattenbury
Street church. These special services
e resulted in great good to the church
tly in the convereion of the unsiofed,
but an parting new life and power to
the entire lurch. , aro glad to learn
rthat Rev, W.. ". teparling is regaining his
health, ittnl wit • eon he able to resume
1114.work
Around the County,.
OS WIN Of Ur, Times Kim near Varna,
ecoisientally Masud broke her *ran a few daye
ago.
Joseph Thickett boa purchased the 100 aore
farm of Douglas, on the Oth etee. of sealss
4,44 M
' foroigilthe,1: 7, e
e"1°f $
2o, r Ore/, hoe a lamb
that weighed 211 pounthrwhen idays old, It
was lambed on Feb. 180h.
Mr. Notion bee rented .for a terin of yeara
the farm in Stanley, lately vacated by Colonel
Davis, and will take possession in a few days,
Tbis, Mcloauehlin, of Grey, dieectsed of hie
•imported heavy draught auditors 441tanIiin
Soy," o Voter MeEwen, of MoKillop town.
shikbear was see» on the reed between
sets and Walton lately, liontsmen have been
• after it bnt have pot yet capteredhis bear -
Mr. Ed. McNamara, of theLeadbury hotel,
has purchased from Mr. bhp Swallow, the
Devoe fame in isiclelltop, whieli contains 37.i
acres, for 2.0110.
Mr. J. IL Soldan,...of the 14th eon. of Hay,
bas rented Ida -farm to Mr. Andrew Gasp°
for a year, and intends going to Miehigan
the spring'.
The: Wingliani council has •decided to
charge the, toiler rink a fee o$25 per year,
and has fixed lOso'elock p. re, as the hour
for °toeing. Betting, gatabling and, profane
and indeceet language is also to be prohibited
in the rink)•
John Qroydon, of Winghetn, who had his
leg injured by falling through a defectiveside--
vlalk, near the school, some tirne ago, in ion.
sequence of whielt he was confined to the
beide for two -or three weeks, hag applied to
the council for $150 damages.
' Mr. Duncan McMillan bas sold his farm
onthe Pth non. of Tuckeismith. to his broth-
er. Mn•Flugh McMillan, Mr, McMillan was
offered and refused $10,000 for this farm but
ultimately/told it for some idea to his brother,
It contains 200 acres. Mr, F,f, McMillan now
has 350 acres in Tuekersmith and 150 acres
• in Stanley. • •
T. F`.. Troy, of Goderich,1 has sold hia old
homestead, 8Q13 VII half lot 27,3:Vest Wawanosh,
to Edward Haines, of the; same township, for
the sum or $5,600. Me, .Troy cleared the
farm over a quartee„of a century ago, and by
his industry ane intelligeet farming, earned a
competeneeri. He Is now living retired
in Goderich, enjoying the fruits of his labors.,
On Satiirday afternoon, as Mr. J. Blateh-
ford,,df the Ural' of Blatchfordik Brown, Hen,
sad, wars engaged in shoeing ir restless laorse
Aind was in the eat of applying the twiteh in
drcler to Make it stand still, it suddenly threw
itself. with•grait Ione 'and in doieg so otiaight
and lammed Mr, Blatchford against the Oleo
wall, inflicting painful injury to his legs. In-
deed it Was atlirst thought bones, had been.
broken, but we are pleased to say this is not
the case - islie will -be- confined to -the
house •for some tired, ••' •
• James Sthwart; of the 4th con. of Tarnberry,
lost a, fine colt a feW days ago by a voryningu-
lar a:ecident. He had just purchased the ani-
mal frona a neighbor and was bringing him
home. The cold did not.lead well ee hoput
•
Toronto Corroopondonoo. •
March 8th, 1886.
One et the Moat noticeable and inapors
tent featurve of camel:it eeente, at the pre -
gent tirne, at least at far ex America is
concerned, is the discontent, etrikee, ond
ditamasione eluting laboring Men, apparent-
ly as if they were destined :to be nothing ,
eolteethtenacuoweLpnlochwa,earendetabtinaloldtahgearineau:
tls.etn-literally imagining that every oak,.
ployer .Was in league with every other erne.
ployer to rob them, and so they, therefore,
-
must organise •aginost them. The felee
position thee taken by :thens js blinding
,their eyeelo the trn0 principles! orpolitical
and social econlanty, and leading them into
all kincla of industrial absurdities, On the.
fith inst., in Toronto, the Trades and' Ea -
bee Coepeil Met, and read and discussed
reports orits several 000111.110es.- In one
'report attention is called to the combine,•
tion among the coal deal. re, and the adt
• and the parties bitterly denounced. and
conthemned: Ifthis iii not saying let us
piill out the splinter out of thine eye, while
a beam in their eye,!." I.don't know •avhat,_
it is. They ale° attaelt Mr, J. G. Moylarr,
Dominion Inspector of Penitentiaries, who
truthfolly,asserts that free labor is not in-
jured,by the employment of conytet labor,
The report also ree.ommended, the pe-
titioning of parliameot. to impose alloy
of$100 upon every Chirmse coming to the ,
country. This desire is not only sulphate .
table and unchristian, but it isin Atter op-'
poeitiou to the More rapid development of.
the latent resources of the country, and
consequentlyaof its material progress. The
resources of thie Dominion, yet .unproclue-
tive, is about • unlimited, herefore, why
should anyone -oppose the introduction of
machinery for its development. It is not
of the Slightest consequence, to anyone
whether thatmachinery is sorgtinie or inor-
ganic; it is,the results' that are of copses -
queue°. If cheap humaelabor is ita evil,'
then labor saving machinery is an evil,
and we: ought to go back to the sickle and
the handrake on farms, and destroy the
theusand.. and.: Onft. labor-saVing :machines
in factories.
• , The carpenters in Toronto have given.
notiCe to the' lacteriets that after. the firist uf
•••April they will demand $2.51? for nine
hours". work... They do' net appear to 'have'
sufficient :intelligence to see that even if
.they. !Succee1. in ebtaifiing their'. demand
that theySeand their:fellow. vrorkmen of
other trades will have to font the bill, as
rents arid Most everything, etas thatis. pre,
duced or boUght and sold in the City will
have to be advanced. It is absurd to im-
agine that they are ,going to get the in-.
creased
creased pay out of the capitalist -s -it can=
not -he done, .fer when caphal cannot:" pi
a fair return: fer.inVestments in one/place,
him along side tbe team he was driving, tying UtwilI either -Emelt new fielde•fee employs
t e eir_inte-thcalumies--ring-of ouenttlie nient,or tervill, not amnia -10e, for peo••
Other &Imes. , This arrangement seeMed to • .ple will not save) if the riayirige will, not be
Work Satisfactorily; but before going hnn- reproduotiye. • : •
drsd'yardrithi colt stionbled,and falling broke . This diseenteet XnclAinwiie proceedings
ids neck and was deadWare Mr; Stewart
tould reach it, The beast nest, with its hal.
tertIvriiiih in this case was a:rope, 874,and all
'11r..Stewart•has.te show for his outlay is the
• rope, which he claims was .a. trifle expensive.
Mr. James Martin; of Goderich,.a few days -
age reoeivednova of the very .sudden -death
:ofttatel.brother, Mr. Geo. Martin, of Stlilworth,
Glaiffsawa Gb. Mieli. Deceased -and cyosrng.
maa friend of his were on their wa to attend
apew e at prow o was a•Short.,A18/
tancenhe -yearkgr.-1Vrer ti 'Galt On hiMAti
wait; He turned to do so, and notioingainme
thing Wrong ran back and •caught.tise cid'
gentleman .as he fell, but InawaViven- then
quite dead.: , Deceased was rid?Yeare: Of age,
and -as he, had been complaining of a• heart
trouble daring the. winterlt is thought be '
bad Over. exerted homeelf w.'bile Walking.
•Aldrinerin Ursorner, -it is supposed,,, has
bcien mad:stile sedacet ol anther swindle by
it couple ofaharpers. • Two g.intletrien Called
Apon1iini thepthet'day erid 'esk'ed hire to 805V
a bushel 'Otavh•tit they :dalle& fir• new kind' of
'wheat. After some talk :en rthe matter the.:
. farmer. egieed,' thinking, 'of annals, the' eoncli•
• ttens. Were reasonable enough. Before the
gpntry left thoy induced the farmer.te attach
/his na-nie 50 an agreettent that he give .the
• wheat a fah chance. • ThefarraGr nowexpects,
to be called Upon to eettle nnote in the bank
for a few- htnidred dieters. 'Of conrse„' the
. affair may tutti out 'aright), but it Melte
ExPesiter
af the tani of Dickson ca Megann, horse deal.
ere' of thie. Own, had a scinewhat unpleasant,.
experience on the .'eccaticinof his last trip to.
' laincester), Penosylvrinia, He had with :him
• a ear load of Very tine young heavy dratight
horses, sixteen Ip number,' and'While on the
Lehigh Valley railway, abotit,125 miles from .
Lancaster. tho. train was thrown frem the.
• track by a breirtin axle,' and the care contaiii.';
Ind the horses ' rolled over; teshigh erabank;
raent.. Fear of • Ma' Diekeoe's -.horses were'
killed out -right, and all of them more ordese
seriov,sly iiijured. Mr. Polley. of .Goderich,
also had a Par loachothotses on the earee train,
and they shared. a siinilar fate, three•of them
. being kilted. 'The railway company took pee:
'session of all the animals, and -will, of course,
make geed the looses to the owners. Mr,'
,Dioksen Was on the train at the time,.lint the
'car in which he was did not Isaias the rails,
and of course he wae uninjured..
not
.44
• M-0.•
• THE Ottawa Freeness thus sits *doWn.
on the representative from East Huron,
in the Doniinion'Houee
, Mr. FarroW, a Conservative member,
who is beet Itpown 'to fais.e because .of the
great diseqvery le made sopie peers ago;
that,the National Polley caused the hens
toitty more eggs and the nom to give more
dk-and bigger eggs and richer Milk at
hat-artade the usual annual agricultural
exhibition yeiterdayafternoon, of his
parliamentary.inexp,erience.: intre-
dticed a -bill making-certaiu changes itt
the payment of sessional ihdenanity, when-
ever ienembets be- absent from • the City
through illness. Mr. Blake tenietly point-
ed out that as thie was a tneasure entailing
an trier:ease of the public expenditure, that
it ought ha originatoia some :other form
than theone taken, and Mr. Speaker im-
ane'diately rifled the -bill out of order.
Why is it teat sometneeibers, and espec-
ialiy will be in parliament
year After. year andneverslem palything.
• ,
Ta REASOls.T. Wu.—exchangd
tery truly stir aeon as an entertains,
mentssociel,stipper. or -,. other Meal affair
is on the tapis the conamittee.pasy a visit
to -the local paper, and wish:the' courtegy
i
of the press, n the shape of giving them
a (good free puff,•to be extended and hope
the ecittorwilt be, sure to give -them It
geed report, etc., when the affaircomes
offs They invariably forget to return the
courtesy extended to them. by sending the
reporter it ticket; mid then they wonder,
when the poetcomeiebut; avhseit is:the
affair is'so briefly reported. There would
be noertuse for wonder 1115 weie only re,.
,membered that a reporter's time is valtis
able, and the custom adopted; asit is in
all Mtge towns he'd eities, of extending
the usual couttesiesao the -prem.-- 11- thie
Were donthere would be be cense 10t
complaint about 10eal'affairs oa being at-
tended and the meagerneseof the reports,
The Erin Advotate Bays': A PriOUS legal
question has arisen between a farmer In
this neighborhood and a Machine company.
The company sold the farmer an implem-
ent, taking hie note' in payment, and 'seid.
note has a "condition' Atteched svbich
declares the machine is the property of the
.coinparsy until the vote is paid, The farm
buildingr are luened, mid the machine it
among the coetents esparto:al. Who
stands the lees ef tho =chine, the farmer
or company! Abet la the Wife still purl 1 •
5
'rite C P. It. to Bayfield. •
. ,
• (Communicated to the Widen Vida Press.)
15 18 new rumored that the citizens of
LC;°,111911;airILmLtalkleinaltl.''''-wWartu4xldbrninottiiGg
oIbis
be the Proper time to agitate the question
of enticing the sante Company to run their
line north of London through •fleeter,
Zerich and 114fiele, and ad far north as
possible? Wrs 'knew that the' people of
.that section of the country aresanxious tei
have railroad eommunicationit. At the
drone HMO we can safely say that no cinn.
pally will -have reason to tegret the tinders
taking•. \There may be some who will not
locik upeeethis in favorable light; they
are those whO always want then: dimes
• and hoard ' them up, Now, I assure the
derm era of Stephen, MY ancl Stanley, that
• they spend more money, twice over, with.:
out a railroad. than' would 'pay the extra
taxes with a road. Why, the farmers of
Lhese districts are al waste eontplaining that
thatetliere-1s•-nossalefortheir stock! Serhy,
not 7 Because stock buyers can do better
when they have a railway station within
a Mile of them and they go 'to whercethey
make the beet' bargain ; ahd who ean
blarae 'them * Farmers, eitizees and all,
let us remember that the more WO com-
municate with the outside world, the bet-
ter efor' ourselves, Let the people of
Stephen, Hay and •btfinley get together
and see What can be done for the interest
on the part of the ;laboring population- is
greatly , to be deplored; esnebially izrthia
country of 1FGe/education, an opera bible;-
ninititiaders. ,,Of enlightening •inatitotiens„
such as-Aroma'scientific associations,
meChapies'inetituthe, eta., and unbounded.
areds'ef uncultivated lana.. • The trouble
is there eretee• many' that want to get. a:
. •
,
(stk.-or to get•--a-bette.
itig_thmaihey •are willing to pay for... • '
• 1,:thinle by this time every one that is
not directly ..benefitted :,by proteetiOn
randy and willing to adroit that is a great-
wrong,to, the Majority of the popplatien
and. tontrity to ths. best interests of. the'
country; if they aretiot, Iwotildjust cell
their attention to. the: proceeding of:Mr.
•Perker, the:.'Hatiniton Silver, .Plating:
•Clo,'who', has- gene LQ Ottawa to •rtek•for
• theins position of thirty per dontmore duty .
cins plated ware, there being 35 per. cent
already nisen. it. Hisvropesition to..tlie,
Government is, that if they will increase
the dnbylie Will,pay an export duty oti. all
130 sende.. out of thecountryliterally, if'
it will join. him :in robbing the people:lid.
, will 'agree: to give there ..part of theplun,
der, 'provided he hatisetstOmers outside of
the country, which' henever Would have.,
• The question; ef /Mule reale in'•Irelend
appears la _interest: agreat,niany;:i iisth ie
country, -some against and many in. fever
of 'it ; but Why it should- go heyond mere
social:au& persqual discussien it is hug, to.
say, as the only aid in :support aid ;that
can be rendered in this Country. is. a money
contribution, which is being done in Many
placee. I think the best use that tan be
Made , of the 'menieSe. Beet to Ireland is
the aiiiyinent of'passages 'for all that can
beintigeed: to. leave it, for the population
iNieteitled Mt them auto Make a ociinfort-
able living in it. . ' , • . •
• .
s The•meetifigin the Temperance hall Oa:
1VIonday evening in opposition to home
rule was a crowded and..exciting affair, ap,
parentlymore feeling manifest about the
matter than if it had been some - question
of local politics; Very little argument
was uttered in the speeches,but a.,great
deal Of clip -trap about, a united empire,
and lend .expreartions about royalty to the
-Qtteetilet-As -if-a -mannetiltU-mot _•he
good citiz and patriotic if he believed a
change in the .present•government of•Eng-.
land Would be for the better: '
Na. entilut thou, Whe kno'yfroin per.
sonalobsetvallotisean hats any detteeption
of the. vast building. operations that•have
been-iiipregreseduring-this wintettles•Teo-
In the ziortheivest 'poet:foil -of the'
eity hundreds a hotisea have hien :. dome
'neenced and carried tocornpletioneeboth
solid brick and veneered, apparently re•
gardless,ef the frost. Meet of the dwell.
ing house:a • are rough -oast, .with briek
ftonts,.and•When istiilt in rows a piano or
organ, if in the eentrey will be quite pionty for slat or' seven hougeti ;.but to -obviate
this conimunism of musical instruments,
iy soMe measure, they hew only buil& two
fogether, leaving a threeloot pestle& be-
tWeen' °them • Torontonians honey% that
there is going, Le be a great increase ih the
-popidation. of __the city ,this .yearrand-are,
making preparations fotit aceorditgly, as
iliffintended..to..erect._ More housea-thi
year than has eVer been erected in one
year before: Thom are seine • Oman& for
this belief, as Wig intended Ito establitah
regular excursions to the city.,and do their
ter:cling and other business-, gainibg in
pleasore. and profit by the trie, or imagine
they do. • This process Wilt go on, moms -
ink in volume and dietetic°, building :up
the city at the expense of other tilaces,
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OUR zETTER Box
A GOOD SUCCESSOR-
ae Editor of Clinton 2Veto Era.
Mult Buil-The removal of Tnts
hill trona town will create a vaeency itt
the Public School Board. M a. ratepayer
In St, George's Ward 1 ouggest the nomi-
nation of Mr. 3. McGuire, in his place,
and think it would be a gracioua act to
allow Mr. McGarvit on thio occasion to go
in without the expense of 411 (31e0t1011.
He was cooly defeated by Mr. Tuthill be-
causiehe +mold not canvass, and OA an old
resident of the town and one baying con,
siderable at stake here, I think it would
only be an stet of fairness tcaeleet hint for
the honorary position. Yours,
:It ATEP.AICER, .
ONE:INDUSTRY WANTED:
TO the Editor �f the :Yew Era.
there not a good opening for It -
meat canning factory in Clinton. • 1
understand that nearly.all, if not all, of.
tilt/canned meatused in Canticle is brought
from the other side, on which of course
there is a'duty, and to ship away our liee
stock in bulk mustcost more than if in
dans We could thenhave a home mar-
ket for ouecattle, sheep, pigs, Sultry, &c.,
and this would necessitate other factories
to use up the offal, such as glue, soap,
bone, and inereaae your tanner's factory,:
It Would give large employment in the
making of tin ware, besides employing
more banking capital. which is saidtto;be
idle in the banks: HULZRTT FARMER.
• Hullett, March. 1Qtl, 1886.
[We have pre* sharp letter front a subscriber at
Porter's mu. who takes exception .to some of the
itptuit that have lately appeared. in our Goderich
township notes, alleging that many of them ars either
false or too trilling to appear in print.. He "goes for"
'the correspondent in'red.hot style. Of course, when ,
Ave have non -leans of knowing differently, we assume -"
that what correspondents, send us is stirred, and we .
trust that in all oases facts, not fiction, will form the •
foundation of items sent us. -En. Nzw
',
. Ales. issoine felrbaeltwa_rd down allight •
of stairs 111 her heu.se in Ottawa and '
fatally fractured ler skull:• M. Samuel J..Dickson, of Stratford, and
his family were poisoned be. eating a cen of
sardines. Prompt medical assistancesaved
their lives.
' John; Patterson.,,of Eramosa, was carried '
u runaway liorse int:5 an open mill ace:
in Guleple 'fled narrowly escaped :Teeth.
The horse, valued at WO; was drowned.
•• The death. ia annOunee4 of gess Mr
Tupper, of Louth:in SOuth, on Siindayaf ter-
-9 -lengthy illness. He had retired -from the
'nth% ministry and had lived in thnt neigh-
borhood formany years.
• At the Peterboro.',Petice.Cdurt aahrewd
drunk got run Out in double quick time •
after: informing the magistrate that he
came from Ottawa, where his family were
!Mk of, smallpox. ' • • •.: •
.7a,The report of the, Medical COMMissiOn ap-
pointed to enquire into: Rids sanity was
brought down.an. the House on Tuesday; it
expresses the belief hat he was sone, al-
though talking strange y on <sort*, topics:
•335-the-btneittriser loiter the Eng -
lash tug Rifleman and her crew a six were
'blown to atoms'. • The cylinder of •:the „
engine. struck a Passing
.4narter of a mile. away. and :•lcilled. the• . • •
Abdnt forty ladies and gentleMan and a
blergyman assembled at the. house of 11
gent1eniatrin.Fort.Hos4, Si. J:ohn, N. Th.,
to. attend the deedding ofliisdringhter. . At •
the time set dorrnior, tbe ceremony the
groinn sent word. that hi had changed his,
•" eormieVe, jory blames' the tin* •
dileetric Coinnanar,,of Detroit, forthe death. •
of ene of their ern ployees recently, who fell
from an eleotric light pole. It is alleged-
thetIlle eorrent isnob fully turned ufTdnr•
ind the day, itud the :workmen, in damp
weather especially, • frequently receive ,
shocks strong enough .to cause them to fall:
.• .
. Two men called tip.on farnior ••..in the
neigberhoed of Tavistock recently offering
seed Wheat for•sale.• The farmer agreedto
•telte.S. tionie, hut .just as he wag gbing to '.
sign his name to the:printed:from of agree
anent, he quito rieeidentally -noticed that
ticpe upoo which .he was going to -Wiles
his name vraenot the agreement paperrbut
Upon arnother sheet einitungly Placed nador-
neatisit.., He picked up the papers, pulled
them apart and discovered that. be woad
,have put his mini° to a, note of hand hat.
$300 if he. had signed. He Put thepapers
in his pocket and chased. -the sharpers off
•
Neer Port ToWnsend, W. T., two men re -
Df the Country, Wet hope otheri,will Nish .0eAtlY Attacked oil 111°11°11801e Chin.gmfArt3-;
thie matter into •
activity •. • • After beating his Iked-agranst dui rooks
• --- .
•end feerfully maltreating him- they torohis
-- --se.- --.........
• Farmers its Ileettees comity, era beteg qtieue tett by the roots and loft him for
Prosfectitt4 fof allowing 1,104k leur,t to grsiv "1-103(1, The oitizena aro' greatly Inceim:i,
'oh their cherty trees. Officere aro pursuing,tho :•perpetratsfaa- --..--
his premises,
TOWN...0F CLINTON
ABSTRACT OF RECRiPTS AND EXPENDITelt ES
FOR :FEAR ENDING. DEC, 31, 1880.
' • ' • • ' •
BECEIFT8.
.
Cssli on hand, danitilrY lst; 1885, .., $2335 08
County Account • • 45 02
Salaries account ' , •-• , ' 70
Market account • , ,,,, '554 70
Bilis payable•account ,,,, • ,,, • , i;d700 00
Non-resident taxes abebunt ........ ... . er 21 65.. .
•
License ' ." .... ..... .......: . elle 24
Streets ' • " •....,• .,...,... ., .„ .. of 24 46 • •
Public School . ....... . . •,, • .... o 344 00
•
Fire and Wider - •
Cemetery , .
Clergy Reserve, • -'
,Magistrato's Fines "
'Incidental '
0, 70 00 . •
.• •
Taxes11411Sdlitskspeeial.rate aceettnt .,'
• ,. „ •
Statute Labor • "
nog tax • • " •... • ....... . ... a, 102 00
-•
Gravel pit - " • .....,. .. .. .... •, V t 00 .
__----.....:-....—:—.....--- - - -• --* 1110692 SS --
,• kIPS.41DIPL'Ilkai. • -
Salaries .. ‘,$ 300 00
,FIre and Water Accodut . ' . .. '''' :9•0 g2
• 11a116,4 debenture " 41" t•s see 0
.
. 1400 00
CI •
V.,.24500- 40 .00 •
63
.. .. . . „4s8
, •,
• 1.0.180185 Y5'
Stationery mid Postage . .. ,
Election expengsod'aount• •• • 50 20 •
Volta, . I *871 24
Market • II „ a • k . ...1 b .... . 252 13,
Streets . *1506 00 •
Division Registrar " .. ,. ,....,, ........ A . 114 20,.
if 401 60 .
4
* OS
Law oar/ease • • *t • ' 3 111
Printing. " •
*34'24574003
Publics School .4'"
High School •
' ..... . . , .... i' 14800000
Charity • " *115 35
Increstal
Bills payable .•
... ... ;4170203 0500 .
Interest r • - ,433.03 --
Fire and water * 803 06
Street Watering '80 00
-nigh School Sinking Fttnd • * 230 00 •
Fire Mid Water Sinking Fund . . ..... * 300 00 •
Cash on hand 3101 Dec., .......,.,8016 10,
• 8 810682 40
.• • eratitsiTigs, e •
& 0. Hallway debentures 410300 etiT
Fire and ‘Vitter debentures . 4 0000 00 •
high School debentures . • 3000. 00:
$07500 DI) •
A8SIIPS. •
Cash on lewd, Pecataher Mg,. 11043 g 7,010 13
f blithe; fund and interest In Melsons ik. ,. 1083 es
$1000 11
ft.r014t,{11A
P/I111(1 eerreet and aeeurtlanee the '
ors et the Corluiratiett fbr the year endber Derombee
nit, teas, au hale the honor te submit that uo have
_ Afloaai-cardor-evImotitintit:1).
r - •
• •