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FRIDAY, hIARCH 12, 1886. k
Ease unroll; Liberals.
A meeting of the Liberals of EaSt, kluroo
ba,s been Called for .to -morrow, the 18th
inst, tole held in Bressela, to select n.
candidate to conteat the Riding in the
interests of the•party for the Dominion
House. A lar ge attendaeee is expected.
Several names are,inentioned of possible
candidates, but who will be chosen re-
• mains for the convefitien to decide., If
the Liberals get anything like' fair play
• Under the pewsFranehise Act, there should
be no diffibulty in redeeming the Riding,
•- for Mr. Farrow is not a popular even
among his OWO supporters, • as he was,
and the party will throw him oierboard
to -morrow irthey thought they could re-
- place him with a stronger condidate.
• Tsui raselamenis •
The session of the LOcal House is pita
suiag the even tenor of its way, -very little
•
of,special or exciting interest transpiring..
A number of private bills are • being put
through. la the bonainion House discus-.
sion on the Rielquestion was to commence
yesterday, all. otherbusiness being is-,
pended uatil this has been dispaed f.
The G.overnment haa promised to brill
•
down paperelearing on the rebelliore &c.,
but ge far has Withheld them, .and it. is
question whether they will be brought in
all: The debate will be a lively and
lehgthy one, but no one anticipates that a
sefilelent number of the Bletie
• whop, the vote is called, to make any .ma-
teiial• difference tO the Government.
•'Money is mighty, and will .prevail."
It is probable the northleest mismanage.
• bent will be pretty thoroughly ventilated
before the discussion closes. •• •
: • it Ai a.
- A POPULA.It form of pnbile address just
• now, is ',The- ,deitiOysyf p.anticla;" with
Independence aa. the. Mains f.eature }sf. the
address. With a grbab.debt Of nearly
three hondrecl millions, an increase in the
debt last year of twenty-four. million's, (as
admitted by the,Minister -ofsFnance) and
• delieit of five millions, the destiny of
Canada is anything but indepenclenee. .
• the' Proposed ill to extend .the'parlia.•"
'mentary franchise to ladies. °Surely ifa,
.woman. osvtin.g property in her Own amine
is entitled to vote in nitinicipal elections
she should. have the same privilege for
parliamentary' elections. We go in for
allowing...a wonien, OAP, anything, her
Sterner relation, does '•if -she wants do•aa
even to sawing wood and lightink. the.
kitelien fire. But, seriously, we belieeen•
• mistake lins•been Made in sea allowing
• the bill to become Jaw. •
• Tnis regulations Of the lionse of Com-
mons provides that a member shall make.
affidavit as to the number ofSlays hd
attends every session, a deduction of $8
Per day being made for every day absent
during the sessions Ithas just tranapired
• that quite a number • pf COBSertratiVe
ntenlboril, aithoegli• absent fee ,days at a,
tilt 6, (Trees their full. sessional Allowance,
, and Mr. Guillett, the Censervative mem-
ber of Northumberland, actually drew
• two sessional allowances. They are evi-
dently determine el that they will plunder
the eel -entry one way if it cannot be done
another. '• '
' 4. CONSERVATIVE from the Northwest,
who called in this offikthe other day, re-
marked, that" Goyernor Dewaney's use-
fulness is gone, and the quicker Sir Johne
removes him the better ' far, the partyand
the country." Being told that it was only
•• Grits who talked that way, he's4, "1
• don't..care a continental about that.; Dew-
dney's been at' the bottom of a heap of
• trouble,nnd I know itTthe bonserratives
• of the Northwest know it, and so does Sir
John, and I'm not afraid to say am". ,,No
• doubt snme of the governmett-supported
papers in. Ontario might be able to coo-
vince thig man he knows nothingabout it.
'
FLOATritalafagrApir says It is
runsored-thatsthe-Hon. fenator Allats hag
Lotted 'Legal Notes,.
A. number Of Weil are coutiog on at thh
different Spain Assizes in which people
from this neighborhood 'are interested.
•'PEEDITE YCIAUK.-'1'1116 is, perhaps,
the mos ta important, and is an action
brought by 4ii133 Perdue against Rev. R.
Clark, far defamatory libel. Our readers.
will remember the correapondence which
was published in the NEW MLA some
months ago, and out ofvvhich this action
baa sprung. The me will be tried at the
•Goderich Spring Assizes, commencing on
Monday, 22nd March, before 1111. Justice
Rae and a jury, Messrs. Manning &
Scott are plaintiff's solicitors, with Mr.
Garrow, Q 0., a Session Counsel, and
. Messrs. McCarthy & Co„ for defendant.
MAOPHEROON-Y BLAIN, is An action to
enforce alien given upou land, to secure,
paament of price of a separate. After
giving the hen, defendant made some
Atariveyances of the land, with the inten-
tion' of defeating theylaittiff's right to
recover againstthe same. Manning &
Scott for Off, N. A. Ray for defts.
DAwsoar v GREEN. -This is a credit-
ors' suits_inswhieh a number of questions
as to priorities and creditor& rights arise.
it has already been decided that the wid-
ow concerrad was entitled to her dower
befere the creditors' claims were eatisfied.
The balance of the estate is being distri-
buted uoder the direction of the Master
at Godericb. Manning & Scott for ••piff.
Garrow & Proudfoot, Cameron, Holt St_
Cameron, Seager & Lesvis,, for different
.creditors.
JE.NIUSS V BANS OF COMMERCE,: --
This is art action brought.by the executors
of WM. Jenkins, deceased, to set aside a
chattel mortgage taken by the defendants
from one Wm. Harris, against whom the
plaintiffs had a large claim, end by which
it is alleged the defendants obtained a
fraudulent preference, Garrow & Proud -
foot and Manning & Scott foi the execu-
tors the plaintiffs, Carnet On, Holt & Came-
ron for clefts. This case comes on for trial
at the corning Goderich assizes.
SARNIA v IIERVIIE.-This is an action
brought by the Sarnia .AtOcultural +Im-
plement Manufacturing Company against
Teter perdue to recover the price of a
threshing inine. • Defendant contends
• that the machine is not 'as represented,
andthat the real agreement is not eon;
tabled in that which is •produced by the
Company. The ease Was to have been
tried at Sarnia at the last assizes, but Mr,
Justice Armour changed the venue to
Stratford. Agai net thie 31re :plain tiff' ip-
Pealech but the • full Court refused ' to
change"be place of trial. • Over twenty
witness* were subpcened for. last Court
from this'immediate vicinity, and much
interest was fnanifeated in the case. It
comes on for trial at the assizes in Strat-
ford, in April ,next. Meredith & Mere,.
lith for Riffs.; 1$, anning & Scott for deft.
been premised the governorship of Onta.
- lie. Mr. Allan's place in the Senate will
' be taken hy 3Xfj Carling, who will itill
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11103-secri so many minors about • the
asext governor of Ontario thill we hare
.got tired of annotieing them. 'sNearly
;every week brings forth a fresk candidate
for the office, and if the record keeprup
there will soon be no one in the °outer!,
• tit-aspitents-to-thenrotaiiii-Tor
-Gevereor. A few tvecks.since we had A
short paragraph favoring the abolition of
the office; .sitsce-thatatisine the matter has
• • beta mentioned by a number of our read.
era and all ,coincido with the viewS there.
in set forth, The Local Government has
.expressaal itself as favorable to retaiting
• the Government House, but we certainly
v‘-'• aublie sentirnentis against them
;
° 411 this matter, . There is ft strong conaies
tiou in the min& a tt number -that there
are too In :MY nonsproducers in the 0001-
ratinit'; who have to' be -supported itt the
Expr'ot the'produeer. and the amount
wit Hi !hutari� pays foe tbe office PfLietita.
tievsnets is eertainly more than the re•
•tt • •%:•ratit.
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GODHICI0111 ,I144+14101111 P
RUITAWAr.-Oa Wednesday, 3ra
Mr. Wm. Connell, of the 1.3th, left his
team standing at the door untied, while
be Was attending to some business in the
bowie. Op his return be was surprised to
find that his horses were gone, and on
looking. be saw them near the bare, stuck
fast in a gate, and one.orthe horses lying
in a ratber detigeroue position. However,
he succeeded In setting theta free by the
use of his axe, Fortututtely no serious in
received, .
LOCAL CH
Those who wish t
Japan, should attend
Mr. -Eby, in the town h
J. Gray will prea
GH CHMES1
learn something f,
he lecture or 141r.
11 this °min.
h in Rattenbury
.Street church on Sunday morning next,
and Mr. R. D. Bayjey, it the evening,
Mr. Rupert:being absent at Wingham.
ST. PAUL'S Onuacta-Ash•Wednei att,
• • ZeLnesdayne
well attended,Iii fact, the attendeane was
flinch' in advance of other years'. Next
Sunday there will be a collectioh in aid
of theanissien fund; of the Diocese' of flu'-
,
" The choir of Rattenbary St. church is,
nurnei icelly; now aboot the largest in the
couttty, and•we believe, few, if any,
superiors. Clifiton churches as a whole,
are fortunate in poesessine soma exbetienf
singing talent and very few plaeba" in•
no matter what their Size, have
better church music, • • •
We believe Mr.' Mark Rumball has
finally decided to enter the Presbyterian
mitnetry, (as preclidted smite time ago)
mid after finishing -his present term:. at
Victoria Utsaversity, will. enter '/Ctiox
College, Toronto, for the Purpose of con-
• pleting his studies. Mark will be a sinful'
•member of the churck of his selection. •
A mass Meeting of children from several
Paaars.-Mr. Nicholas Butler, of the
lath con. and J. Crpnyn, left on the 4th
for Dakota, where they Intend remaining
this eumieer. _Hauling and swipe:tees
are all th.e go cm the 14th and lath cons.
S. S. No. 11 boasts of eeme pretty good
font -ball payers; they are prepared, to
hold their own against any other clula of
their size. Master Thos. Lindsay, of the
15th coo., while amusing himself one day
this week on the ice, unfortunately allow-
ed the ice to get the better of hitn,and the
result was a severe tau in p and rather a sore
back: Mr, A. MeDpugall sold his two
steers to Bits McLean, of Goclerich, the
other day, for a good round sum, There
was a euccessful wood bee at Mi. G. Cox,
jr.'s., on Tuesday last; the evening beiog
devoted to the amusement of the young
felk. Mr.W. Starting had a very success-
ful wood bee, on Wednesdaylast, and in
the evening gave a farewell supper to a
large number of hie &lends, before leaving
for Dakota on Tuesday ; we wish him
every success in Uncle Sad's cold State.
Mr. James Gallagher has decided to take
up his residence in Goderich for the sum-
mer, and leaves our township next week.
Mr, R. Beacom seems to be pursued by
someevil genius,„for he nearly Met with
two other' serious accidents since I last
*rote you; one being while trainieg hjs
valuable Tontine filly, 'it running away
said- upsetting, the cutter, dragging him
tally rods. through tb e snow, and the other
With another load 'of -wood„ he -only just
eecaPing 'beets buiiel alive beneath it.
We are glad to hear that -Mr. John Hast-
ings lerecovering from his injuries receiv-
ed by a runaway last week. Mr.W. Cur-
ry, J. Bureett and G, }Indies monopolized
the market square, Goderich, on Saturday
last; for the purpose of saying farewell to
their sweethearts; the Object oftheir visit
to town was to take advantage of the
Court Meeting. Verily how true one
planteth and another reapeth, but. the
sort of reaping we refer to was done in
the 'shape of:butchering shade trees on
the 011 con. Goderich township. A
Strange Meteoric light was seen moving
through the air, in the direction of Bray,
side farmsfrom J. W. McDonald's bush,
One evening' last week. Mr. T.. Hastings
his his Geld Dust on the Bayfield track,
preparing him for the greens spring race ;
We tinderstancisfieheetegiarep „seine of the
Stanley boys a challenge to sl
,
there.
Around the County.
The wife of lidr. Thos. Key, nese Verna,
aceidenteltrfellaud broke her erns a few slays
ago.
Joseplalackett bay purchaeed the 100 acre
faun of B. Douglas, on the tith sem of Aeli-
0 old, for thesium of $20050:
L. McNeil, let 17, con. 14 Grey, has a lamb
that weighed 21a- pout* when e dap old, It
was lambed on Feb. 18th.
Mr. Nelson has rented for a term of years
the farm in Btanley,..lately vacated by Colonel
Davis, And will take possession ia a few days.
Thos. McLaughlin, of Grey, dispond of hie
imported heavy draught stallion, "Rankin
By," to Peter Megwao, of MoXiliep town-
ship-
. A bear was seen on the road betweea Brin•
Sels and 'Walton late)", Huntemen have been
after it but have not yet captured his bear-
Westigard, Ho 1
(Detlivatod to the-"toysh_ndio are return:lag to the
• . Jilin:1401c pralriegof the West) '
• •
• • The spring 'or:lig:ration, •• •
• The annual migration
• Ibis started again in the old-fashioned.way...
Withlong northwest purses
•' Ontario's horses •• • •
•Are being bought -up at o pri6o,thet will pay,
W-ith tallnortbutat storid." • • • '
asie:s-gloried "
Ire ens andlieidaughters are tempted to 4tray• .'
Far away from their henle,•• • • -
. On tho prairie ro • • •'
Where the gopher an..d had 'etheido. play: ..
• There are blizzard an reeds, •
• And mosquitdes an kSweiles, • • "
.1n this far -away land with•the long summer's day.'
• •Thore are earte with an ox on,.
AuI *nen sleep with their socka
• ••And ten cents a:glass for theirwhiskettlicy pay:
• They liVe in a shanty, ' •
•• And frozen wheat's Wonky; . • '.
' • •,.'An troubles and Wale an.endiesb array. _ • .
, Subtliereuccd of the preacher
' And Sunday Scheolleather, • '• •
Fessbini the north. mad. fdegets, how to Pray
•' • There twee stacks many:. • •
•' (And what land. hasn't ans?)
• But Ontario's youth can't be frightened awily, •
In wirer introulde, • •
• Itsing,to .or double, ,
• Whoever was found more stout•hearted than they
, Wo will wish thein success,. •• '
•For we cannot do less, •
• Anii we will rietattempt to perenadP.thinii lo •stay
-iny they pile thi the gi74•41, • • .
• 4•••• • iThere they "dbn't feeLtlideold," . •
• And t thaws-wheri•it',8 ton below: ibeird,,,they
..!: -Thettglt gitivAel at taaparttaga,,a-------
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We'll givethemat .ctartingy".• ;•••• ' '
sa prat ringing 13iitislllp,%hipighltrah,
sonic of.thom: go,-
ve are sorry to know,. •
• Where Uncle Sam's baldheaded eagle holas'sWitii
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Sabbath Shboola nal be ..teld.
bury Street church, conimencing.at 1,o'-
' clock p. m. on Stinday next, when an
address ori "Moral -heroism •of the temper-
ance inove.meet" will be delivered :by J,
R. Clarke. Thepublic are invited_ to
attend. Schools expected to be there at
8.45 sharp. ••
'The arrangements for the Ottarici St,
hIethodist chuech S. S., 'anniversary ser-
vices are now complete:. Rev. Mr. Nu-
gent, of Berlin, a splendid childrene
will midget the Sunday services and -de-
liver an addrees on Monday evening at
,the anniversary meeting. The -singing and
recitations by the children will be Well
worth hearing, and no doubt there will be
erawded.congregations-atsall theaervieees•
Under the management of Mr. George,
'Oaks. the choir of Ontario street Mdse..'
• diet ohisrch has beemte one' of the best hi
town. Mr. Oaks has a very pleasant way
as a leader,' aegs,lie las:associated With
him .abandsof .yrineg speople determined.
to make the seiviee of song :both inteteet--
ing and Profi*le. The -Choir cOntaine
perhaps theatWyonngest members in the
couety,:in.the. persons of Mesters-Holles
way and Gauipy. •
' St. PA.uthi Gumii.-L-There was a good
meeting on Monday evening, when ,the
following ladies and gentlemen. contribut-
ed as follows to the 'evening's enter.
taininent 1, -."The Pilot," Messes. 11. B,
• ColiThe and Craig; "Beautiful
Snow," Misses Stanbury and Joslin ; read.
Miss Mounteastle'*Begone 'dull
care Messrs. Oakes, Ilarland and Smith;
reading, Mr. -Keefer; s "Laddie," -Mrs;
•Ransfoid; "Hopeabeyond," Mrs, Whitt,
Mr, Oakes ; recitatiot, Mrs-13rewees "Call
'me back againin Messrs.-Haile-2)cl, Oakes
and Smith ; reading, .Rev, W. Craig.
Next meeting on, the evening of Mardh 22,
The apedaLsery4ces4n-e,onneetion with
the Ontario Street Methodiet ehurehtlose
this week, Rev, Mr. CoSfOrd has done
herculean work in • cotineetien With thein
and Made for himielf hosts of . friend's
during his stay. During the progress a
these meetings forty persotis, mostly heads
ef families, have presented themselves as
_seekers of parden. Thirty have joined
the Ontario Street ehurehand othera may
yet Nth while some yill join rtattenbury
Street .chnrch. Ueso special .serVices
bare restilted in grelttatroodstosalle church
not onlY tbe Consersion.of tIWtritstored,
but, in imparting now life ,nnd power to
the t Mire church, We are glad to learn
tied Rev. W. "tV. Spatting is regaining his
health; a 4,1 wl I I soon be able to resume
woi k.
.144.;•
ehle.
Its.jikb moNamara, of the Leadbari hotel,
bas perchased from Mr. Sohn Swallow, the
Dovwie farm, in Melcillop, which (=tains 374,
wee, for $2,600. '
Mr. J, li, soidaa,,ci the 14th Den, of Hay,
lits rented his farm to Mr. Andrew Caspo
for a year, and, intends going to Michigan in
li
the spring, ,
The Winghain council has decided, to
charge the roller rink h fee of $25 per year,
said has fixed 10 o'clock p. m, as the; hou
for eleeing. Betting, ambling and, profaner
and ipdecent language's also to be peohibited
in the
•uCrinkro'ydon, of Whighana, who had his
leg icjured by falling through a defectivoside-
walk, near the wheel, some time ago, In con-
seclusuce of Which he Was confined to the
lloae for two or three Weeks, hes applied to
the council for 6100 damages. •
M. Duncan McMillan has sold his farm
on the 91h corn of Tuoltersmith, to his broth-
er, Ur. Hugh McMillan, Mr. McMillan was
offered and refused $10,000 for Vats term bet
ultimately sold it for BM° less to his brother,
It contains 200 sores. Mr. B. McMillan now
hats 550 -acres su Tuckersmith and 1,50 acres
• inT,S.tapny
• 1?. Troy,
Goderich, has sold his old
horriestead, south bait let 27, West Wawanosh,
to Edward. Haines, of the same aownship; for
the sum ot $5,800, Mr, Troy cleared the
farm over a qearterof a century ago, and by
hie industry and intelligent farming, earned a
atompetence off it. He is how living retired
Goderich, enjoyinethe fruits of his labors.
On Saturday afternoon, as Mr. J. Match -
ford, of the lirm of Blatcliford,da Brown..Ren-
sall, Was engaged hoshoeing a restless' horse
and was in the aokof applying. the twitch in
order to Make it stand still, it suddenly threw
• itself with great force and in doing so caught
an&janarned Mr. Blatohford against the shop
wall, inflicting painful injury to his lege. In-
deed it was at tirst tin:night bones .had -been
broken, but we are pleased to say this is not
the ease. At, it is -he -will be oenfited to the
house for some time.
James Stewart, of pheeth cons of T nriaberry,
lost a fine colt a few days ago by every singu-
lar accident. He had just purchased the ani-
mal from a neighbor and Was bringing ,him
home. The oolt did not lead well eo he put
-
Min along side the team he was driving, tying
, the halter into the hihses ring of OW Of the
other horses: This- arrangement Seemed to
werk satisfactorily, but before going 'a hun-
drat' yards thd colt eturablechand falling broke
'its nook and was dead before Mr."Stestrart
couldreach it. The beast cost, with its hat-
ter, whieh'inthia ease was a rope, S76,and all
Mr. Stewart has to show for his °Utley' is the
rope, which he -Claims was a trifle expensive.
• Mr. James Martin, of Goderich, a few clays
ago received' news of the very sudden. death
of his brother, Mr, Geo. 1Vlartinaof Stalwortha
• nig Ottawa Free Press thus eits down
on the representative from. East 'Huron,
in the Dominion liptee , •
141r, Farrow, a Conservative member,
who is best known to fame jbecause of tlae
great discovery he tnade some year& ago,
that the National Policy eansed the hens
to ley more eggs and the cows. t6 give more
ilk -and bigger eggs and richer Milk at
that -made the usual annual agrieultural
exhibitien yesterday tifterncidn,- of his
parliaineetary inexperience, �e intro -
dived a hill making certain, changes in
the payrnent of sessional indemnity, when,
ever kttembers be •absett. from. the 01ty
through illnesc. Mr.'BIske-quietly point-
ed out that as this was a Measure entailing
an increase of thapublic eipenditure, that
it olught to originate in sortie other form
than the one taken, au& Mr. SPeti,ker im-
iiiediatelr ruled the bill out of. Oder.
Why is it tnat.sothe members, and espec:
ially Tory niembere will he in parliament
year after year and.never-learn anything,
'
. TgE RE6.20.7 St, anas-An exc1ang(3
very truly says :-As soon as en entertain-
ment, docial, supper or other local affair
is on the tapls the committee pay a visit
t� the local paper, and wish the courtesy
of the pras, in the shape of giving them
a good free puff, to be extended and hope
the editor will beam° to give them a
good report, etc:, When the affair .conies
off.' They. invariably forget"to returtf the
eourtay extended' to them by sendiug the
reporter a ticket, and then they wonder,
when' the paper comes out, whysit iesthe
affair is'so briefly reporter]. There would
be no eatlee for wonder if it weie only re-
membered that a mocker's tire
ibTe custorna adopted, as it is in
all large towlik and eities, -of extending
the usual constesies to`the kress; It this
were done there Would be no CA1.150 for
complaint about local affairs not being at-
tended and the meagerness of the reports.
The Erin Advocate says; A curious legal
question his arisen between a fprtter itt
this neighborhood and a machine company.
The company sold the farmer an implem-
ent, taking his nOto in payinont, and.ii•14
note has a "tonclition' attached which
deolares the machine is the property-ef the -
min parte until the 'Iota is paid, .Th,c fart
buildings are burned, and tho Machine is
among the etttents dasieoyed, Who
somas the lees ef the maelline, the farmer
or eompans ,f Aral is toe note still gown
Toronto Correspondent, .
• Minch 8th, 1886.
• One of the most 6otiosh1e and impor-
tant features of current/events'at the pte-
Sent time, at least se for tut America is
concerned; is the discontent, strikeand
disousaiona among laboring men,apparent-
ly aa if they were destined to be nothing
else 14414 employees, andthat all the rest
of the community were cumbined spinet
therit-literally imagining that every era.
ployer was in league with every other em-
ployer twrols them, and so they, therefore,
• must organise agauast them. The false
position thus taken bythem is blinding
their Tie to the true pirnciples of 'political
and emaal ecenomy, and leading thorn into
all kinds of indatrol alinelitiee. On the.
51h inst., in Toronto, the Trades and La"
her ()mina), met, and read and discussed
rettrof ite several committees. In ape
report attention is called to the combina-
tion among the coal deal, re, and this act
and the parties bitterly denoenoes1 and
condemned./ If this is not iiaying ".let us
pull out the splinter otrt-d thine eye, while,
„a beam is iltjtheir eye," I don't know what
It la, Tbey also Week Mr. J. G, Maylan,
Dominion Inapector of Penitentiaries, who
truthfully asserts that free labor is not in-
jured by the employment of convict labor.
The report also recomnaended the pe-
titioning of parliament to impotte escluty
of.$100 upon every Chinese coming to the
country. This desire is not only unohari
table and Unchristian, but it lain otter op,
position to the more rapid developtnent of
the latent resources of the country, and
consequently of its material'progres. , The
resources of this Dominion, yet unproduc.
tive,. is about unlimited, therefore, why
should anyone.oppOse the introduction of
machinery for its developtient. 11 is not
of the . slightest oansegaeoce to anyone
whether that roaohinery is organic or. inor-
ganio ;.it is the results that are of cense-
qeence: If cheap human labor is an evil,
then labor Saving machinery is, an evil,
and we ought to go back to the sickle and
the handrails on farms, and destroy the
thousand and. one labor -sing machines
in factories. .
The carpenters in Toronto have, giyen
notice tdthe bosses that after the'fire of
April they .will demand $2.50 for nine
Fusers' work. They do not apPear to haee
sufficient- intelligence to sea that even if
they. suateed in obtaiaing theirs.demand
that they, and their fellow workmen of
othertrades-will have-tosfoot tlitchtils as
rentiand most everything,else that is pro-
duced or bought and sold in theasity-Will;
have to be advanced; It is abstird to im,
agtnethat they are goingto get. the in -
creme& pay out of the capitalist -it -can-
not be done, for *hen. capital cannot get
a ,fair return for iovestments in one place,
it will either seek newfields for employ',
anent, or it will not acemuulate, for peo-
'pie will ,nat save, if the sayings will not be
reprodnotive. . •
--This.disoontent and unwise proceedings'.
a .
on the part el the laboring population is
• greatly to be deplored, especially in this
Country of free education, an. open biblr,'
multitudes of enlightening institutions,
such- ea libraries "scientific assodatiOns
ChippPwa Co, Mich. Deceased and a piing
man, friend of his were oxi their way to attend
a egoista When' the latter, wbo was a shortalis-
tenet) ahead, heard Mr. Martha call on him to •
wait. He earned to do so, and noticing some-. lass'
thing wising ran back and caught- the 01d. directly benefitted by protection, is
rdy and willing to admit that it is a areat
OUR LETtE, . 130X
4. 00013 svccEsson.
To Me Rclitor of Minton ew Om.
Su$, -7 -The removal of 15.14 Tut.
lull from town will create a vacancy in
the Pei:tile School Board. As a ratepayer
in S. George's Ward I suggest the -nomi-
nation of Mr. 3. MeGarva in his place,
and think it would be s gracious act to
allow Dir. llieGarva"on this occasion to go
in without the 'expense of an election.
lie Was only defeated by Is, Tuthill ° be-
cause he would not canvass, and aa an old
resident of the town and one having -con-
siderable at stake here, I think it would
only ba an act of fairness to elect bias for
the honorary position. Yours,
lista'MackY.ER.
.ONE morsTRY wANTm
To bra Editor of Me Zreto gra.'
Sria-ZIs there not a good opening for a
meat canning factory, ip . Clinton. I
understand that nearly all, if not all, of
the canned meat used in Canada is brought
frqra the ether side, on which of. cpurse
there is a duty, and te ship away our live
stock in balk must cost more. than if in
Tans We could then have a borne mar-
ket for our cattle, she, pigs, poultry, dm.,
end this would neeessnate other factories
to. use up the offal, such as glue, soap,
bone, and increase your tanner's factory.
It would give large employment in the
making -of tin ware, besides employing
more banking capital, Which is saiditope
idle in the banks. loitrLDETT FABIAER. •
EfUllet1,1111a1011 10114 1886.
[We have a pretty sharp letter from a subscriber at
Porter's frill. who takes exegption to some of the
Jtems that have lately appeared in our Goderich
Loriohgonoot.eistilan:etg:natpthz1indon4not veest.te,
the correspondent in red4ot Ayr.. Of course, when
ItheaMiairc`=;41
kenn&woienh tffs eir enotlryr,e
mechanics' institultes, ete.,_and nnbOuntleil .blown to atoms.... The dylinder of t e
; The .taaame ,eagine struck a passing ,Italian ship .
areas of uncultivated land
ice•there-are-too-many-athat-watate-trerget- ar-tars-4.-a-mile-"EtwaY aniF1
kclled
livine without work„ or to get a bettordiv-
'About forty ladies' and gentleinan sod .
ing than they are to pay, for.
clergyman assembled :at the house of a
I think: by this tinae every one that is
gentleman in Fort Hatve, St. John, N. B.,'
to attend the wedding of hie daughter. At
the time set down for the cerecnooy, the
groom sent word that he. had changedhis
mind.
coroner's jory blades the Brush
•• . , • , "
•
Eh ctric Company, of Detroit, for the death •
of one qf their empleyees reeently; who fell,
fronaan electric aight pole. Ibis alleged"'
that the current is not fully turned °Haut-
ing the day, and the • woelcmeo, in damp • • ,
weather especially, frequently repave
shocks strong enough lo cense them telall.
• Two men calledupon a firmer id tile'
neigborlioOd of Tavistock recently offeeing
seed wheat foe eel°. ,The,farrner agreed to.
Wm' spine, kat: just as- he was going to • •
sigh his name to theprintecl ftorn of agreez
went, lie quite accidentally noticed that
the Hee upon which he wategoing to *rife •
his names was not the zig,reemeat paper, but • '
• pen another aheet cunningly pieced under-
aeathaita-Hteptelseal up the papers, pulled
them apart and discovered that be would
havoput his name to a riote of band for
$300 Ole had. signed. Ile put the papers
hi his pocket and. chased -the sharpers off .
his premises.
1010WOtrust that In all cases facts, not. fiction, Ivi?I'forta the
'foundatldn of itempent us. --ED, 2401w Hick]
Mrs. Lepine fell backward downat flight
of Stairs in her house in Ottawa and
fatally fractured her skull. •
Mr. Sanniel.T.Dickson, of Stratford, and
his family were poisoned by eating, a can of
sardines. Eroinpt medical assistancesaved
'their livees
•John Patterson, of Erainotta, was car• ried
by runaway horse into an open mill race
in Guleph' and narrowly escaped death.
iiiiltsed at $1.30, was drowned.
The death is announced of Rei. Mr
Tupper, Of•London South, on Sunday after
a lengthy illness. He had retired freie the
haeotrihroeomdtfnoirstmryatiiinydpenaclolve_d thataieigh,
At the Peterborce,P,OlLsynurta shrewd
drunk got run auts,:itiqatbible'quiok •tine
after' infordifig' :the Magistrate that he
came from Ottawa, where family were;
sick of sinallpox. * •
re The report of the Medical Commission ep-
pointed to enquire into Baere -sanity. was
brought 'devil -ea the House .15n Tuesday; it
expresses the belief hat. he was -ea -nee als •
though talking strange y on certain topics. s
By the bufsting of -her boiler the Env,
lish tug Rifleman and her ,crew of Ai were
gentleman 'as he fell, but he was oven then
wrong to the majerity. of OW population,.
• quite- dead. Deceaeed Saaa.70 years of age,
and eoetrary- to the test interests -of tho.
clad as he had been
trouble during the printer, it OonIplairlin thOf heaet
ought he country ifthey are -not, I would jiist call
had over exerted hconielfavhile walking.
their attention to the proceeding of Mr.
A farmer in Uh'iorne, • it is supposed, • has- Parker, of the Hamilton Silver Plating
beensma.cle the saWeet of anotherswindle by Co„ -wheshas gonetqaCattawa to asksfor
a couple of Sharpers.. Tivo gentlemen , called the irnpesition of thirtyper cent more duty
upon him the other ilaY ad esked him to Sew on plated) were,- there, being sh per cent
a 'bushel of .sylaat they called a new kind ef -already aperait. F1ia proposition to the
wheat; • -After some talk oe the matter the Government is; .• that. if they will increase
farmer. agreed; thioking, of 'course, the.condi• the slaty he will pay an export duty pn•all
tions weris reasenabla, enough.. Define.' the he sends oat of Ow country ; literally,. if
gentry left they induced the farmaate attach wlliajoip hint ecibbing the. people he
his nameto an agreement'Jhat be 'giye •tho will airee to give them part of. the plena
wheat a fair ch ances • The f armor novaexeeete
fo be 'called :upon to.-sattle notein the bank der, prorided. he had customers -outside of.
.faoffralar 4mewar tptAdruredou•dcamollbwure. • Of contlte 3",z' tot: 016 cOiefr9; which he never would have.'
.
• The question of home -rule' in :Irelaad
y, ,appear to .4,nterint A great, _many m. this
- The Esaacialicir'Sayel---4117. T. j.'Dielesen,'[Oelliitay,easome againat and many in favor
of the firm of Dieltsotratd
eleMannaherie deal- ()Cita but whysit should go beyond mere
era of thei town, had a somewhat-sunpleasant. social attertssrsonal discusaion rA ihard to
'experience on the OeeagliOn of his last trip to jay, as the only aid in suppert of it that
can:be rendereclIn this country is A money
contribution, which is being alone in many
placer .X think the best use that ctin be
made of the money sent to „Ireland is
the payment of passageta for all that Can
'be induced -to leap° it, for the population
if crowded for thepaall to makeet Comfort-
-a lle-Iiring in it. ,
• The meeting :in the Temperance hall on
Monday" evening in opposition to home
rule was a,crowded apclexcitiag affair, at's'
.4t4tIepnore. feeling manifest about the'
than if it had been eonie 'question
of local Politics, •Very t ergument
was utteired in the Speeches, but'a great
.ded of clap.trap tibeut ilnited empire,
and loud expreesions about loyalty to the
Queen,. NA as if a men could.: not be it
good citiZen and patriotic if he believed" it
changtain the present government of Eng.
land Would be for the better.. ,
•?le One bat those who know from per:
sonal observation can.havo any conception
O F. into their City, Would not,this (Atha vast building operations that have
been in progress during this winter in To.
ronto. In the north-west portion of
Lapeaster, Pennsylvania. He kad with hira
a ear bed: of Xery tine young heavy draught
horses, sixteen In number, and while on the
Lehigh 'Valley railway, about 125 mike from
Lawmaker, the train was thrown from the
trite): by a -broken aide, and the oars centain-
ing the horses pile& over a. high .embank-
ment. Votir of Mr. Dickeon's horses were
killed oat-rightaaand till of -them more or less.
seriously injured. Mr. Polley, of GOcterieb,
also haa a car load•ef horses o 'A the same train, .
and they shared h ,similar fate -'three of them
being killed. The railway company tookpos;
• session of all the ardipals; and will, ef
Make good the losses to the ownere, Me.
Dickson, ivas oft the train at the time, but the
ear in Which heavaa did not leave the rani,.
and of course he Was uninjered, , •
•
• - .
The 43,11,1%. • 10 Paraeld•'
,
•
• Womtnunicated to the totidtin Veil Press)
11'1S ,now ruistored' that the citize'ns of
Lond11. on are making an effort to bring the
be the proper time to agitate the question
of enticing the same Company to•run their
line,morth Lthidoti throuali .8eter;
,Zurich and 13ayfieltsandas fasnorthsas-
Possible - We knew. Oat the people of
that section ofthe country fit'6 anxious to
have railroad communicationS. • At' the
tame time we '.es,u,safely sarthat no.Com-
pany
taking. Therellf4Planbantatite will not
look upoti this in a favorable light; they
are those who' always want their (limes
and hoards"them up. Now, , assure the
farmers of Stephen, and Stanley, that
• they spend more money, twice ever, with-
steraillnad thauswouldsspaysthosextras
taxes with a road, Why, the farmers of
these.districts are always complainingthat
that there is no sale for their stock 1 Why
tot? Ncause stock buyers can do better
when they have a railway station within
nOle of,them, and they go to Where they.
make the ,best bargele ; And atehos' can
blame thein. • Farmers, eitizens and all,
let us remember .that the more we com-
municate- with the outside world, the het,
ter for' ourselves, Let' the people of
Stephen, 'lay and Stanley- get together
and see what can be done for the interest
"hilt retie ti try Wit -Eiji -1e
this matter into activity.
Farmers to Ilastings county tsr.i
proseen ted for allowing hiack Iciest to tars w
�fl tl'eir -cherry trees
TOWN OF CLIN-TON'
_ ,
ABSTRACT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR YEAR Diem. Dee, 31, ins.
• -
• 'RECEIPTS,
1 •
Cash On band, January let, 1885 82880108
County Account
• . • ...'.. ,.. 45 VI .
Saiarles account - 4151 70 '4
Market necount:........ " - ......... ,,,, .... v504 70
Bills payable account ./000 00
Non-resiclont totes mount. .. : ........ ,sit 21'65 •
License.. , i 4 ' ir 116 24
Streets . . '.' " ' ., ., .4 40
Public School - ' a ... ... , .... .. ... ; P354' 60
Cemetery . . " .........•4 ... 4- 240 40
Fire and Water - ' ..,..."... , .... 4-50 00 . •
Clergy'Reserve " • .• - . 4 3 63 -
Magistrate's. Fines " • ••••• 4.39 75
Incidental • ., .. ...... ....... 4,18 10
ax s St
•It "OS • hoses so ,
Statute E ahoy 7 • ..... . .... ..... 4' 70 00
nog tax • ` ' ..: .....,v•10200
Gravel pit If yO 1 00
the
solid brick. and •veneered, apparently re.. •Stationory and Postage .......-. ... .... .... * 21 es .
Pin:Fond `Water Accee.int.it . , ....,. „ , ... .... .. .. . . ,S,109,11(25852.243,4!. 1
,••...,..... ,.,...:•1 0 .
, • .fctpg;Ini..... •
.:.
Ilialt'Idilbt/I-spaelarratc-iltillotint .......,...:::z .""'••"4 • -
City hundreds of houEies bave beim -dom..
rit . arl l' re te tel., .
Lieetion expense account , ,. , . 1480600 0290
• .,
Division Begistrfr " ,......... .7.. :4174 0200
manotery. .• - 0.. .... ...-,1.......;...i;s•,:::::
Law teingspen ild . .. • 4. '0 73 .
Public School ‘• • ' • . ° 3254 •00
''' ' .•.ttitssi ....... VS A 1.4017 00 •
High .Sclieel
•" 110 33
IntildrietrAel ' ''• " ' " '' . • * 123 50 •
0 hm , 0 • .. • g 00
Intere • • ....,-
Ntr ws thg ,, ::".::::113-0 lir
:er mt: r •.... ..•.,... 4 ,
ir d " 1 '
High Selma Sinking Fond.. , '",` ...... ''' 0,6 e4r, .
Pc (ars% itonnduNaittanite3riSs InDideiel eFlus:81d.':'.-',-". .. : ''..."..:',... 74;81301000 A61:1
., 0 , •
niencedsaadacarriedata .tenrpletien-.4both: tifluteif.41• 0henture
gardlestaof the frost. Alest of the dwell-
ing heuses are • rough -cast, with brick
fronts, and when :httilt in rows a piano or
otgan, if the centre, will.be quite plan-,
ty for elk Or seven houses; but to obviate
thie eommudistn of triusieal instruments,
in. sonic measure, they noorpnly build two
together .leaving a three-foot Wattage be-
tween others. Torontonians believe t
there is going to be a great increase in the
peptdatititrofatlitreitrthitrYeaFriffircire-
making preparations for it Accordingly, as
It is intended to erect trore booties ahts
year thau his ever been eroded in one
year before, There are SOMA grounds for
this belief, as it is intended Ito establish
regular exepreions to the eity and do their
t_Yeding and etlta businese, gairtiog it
pleasere and profit by the trip, or imagine
they do, This process will go on, increae-
ing in volatile anti distance, boilding up,
the city at the °aliened of other places.
Near Port Townsend, W. T, two Men re-
eently-atthekeil iheitensivo -Ohineinam-
After boating head, nertinst the rooks
and fearfully maltreating him they tore his
queue out by the cots and left liim for
dead, The citizeas are greatly incensed.
01licere are naratting,tho pet petraterna
BlIfs payable 4700 .00
•) $10682 42
WARILITIES. 4' . . •
r,./.1. &IL Rallway dobchturcs,....,..... .. t . $tiried 00.
Fire and Wafter debontures........... ......•.. • 0000 00 ,
High School dcbentores 5000 00
oph on 41,i , )m2011 pi Slat, 88., " S.42171:010,0 010s
'. 1 1 1 li-• '1 ` ' • 41
. .,
. A'ASIt"PS
Sinking tuna cunt intereAlu 1le14on bank.. , 1080 tig
. ..
0100211
- -Aft-6r-11--darefurd•iiiiiilliiitron ,,,Litietnaq atavosiii,-;
. ers of the Corporation for the year ending Deconlhoi•
1863, ie hale the hello? is submit that PIAVO
Ile same correct Idol in accordance WIG:. the .
f.:rogcing of:AY:heti t..
G. 0,:Steam:2MT, 1 •
' P. rANTELos, Awlit•44.
1.,11.j_'I;.,