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The Clinton New Era, 1886-07-23, Page 4• .0etv :40vertiorogim. - Excursion Jackeoe. • .0Igeing the-iietleonsoltatikeou Zoe: • E.xcneeions-Grancl-Truok"Railway. . Lawn Temiis Biome CarBee ,Voter'e. List- W Coate. Escureien to.Port liuron-Oddiellewe. C.arpenter heard. •from. -W. W. Gifilo, ttv Clinton rttIOY, JUL'' 23, 1886, A • THE Globe truly says; t-Hpon one posi- EPU.h Politifierst Notes. tion we all, should agree. If the Scott Act, is to be repealed it is a pity it ehonld be repealed because it cannot be eigorced. Itlis not •creditable ihat any Canadian ‘ceminunity should be obliged to acknow- • ledge a failure of efforts to enferce Cana- dian law; TUE inspreeeion . prevails tlfat the new Tory Governmeut in England will intro- duce a more radical measure of Home TEM SENATE. Rule •than that proposed by Mr. Gladstone, Should they do. Bo it will place someof are dikussing the proprietyse abolishing their supportere• in rather a bad bot. The We observe that some Refortn journals the Senate altegether. It won .e a great misfortuneif each a line Were taken up, because it would stand iu the way of all reform for Many years to come. Thar there should be a second chamber, and that another principle tban that of repre- sentatieni by population should be recog- nized in this organization, was determined upon by the Provinces- whiah were parties to the comPact which led to Confederation. Now, witheot a general concurrence again, it would be impossible that the second chamber be dispensed what. 13esides, we, are net of those who think a second Cham- ber is wholly unneeessery. The experi- ence of this Province, at least, as a member of the Union. him tiet heensseuch as to show that the majority ie always right, awl that other checks thin that afforded —1mitibliddiscussio are unnecessary. 'Take _ • +• BllIfor4ustane. T f had had a properl • lutedeoetiond chamber such a measure could not have been carried. It was carried by the ma- jor-ty of -the Heuser____Su _toot•e r. M arthy's License Bill, and so, too, was the infamous Franchise Bill ofthesession- of 1885. It may, be that the majerity in one !louse would occasionally stand in antage •onism to the majority of the ether, That • certainly Would be the case on the defeat • of the Government with the Senate as it is • at present eonstituted,without any' hope of their being brought into harmony for many years to come, but if two bodies both represent the public opinien Of the ,country, the country at large is not likely to suffer very seriously from anydeadlock which may arise. There is much mom danper of wrong being done to the Wintry by what a legislature does than by what it leaves undone: A. second thamber, • properly constituted, would prove a ser- viceable institution, and it.Second 'chamber elected will, in our opiniou, be one. pro- perly con sti tu Ceti, -Loadon,zAdvo:tiser. • While we admit the oxistep cc of a second develeprisents or the next few weeks will b3 watched with considerable into' est. Tins little paragraph from Ottawa is especial interest to the tax payers of the ountry ;es.' ' The Finance Minister inis become so hardly pressed for fundthat he has issued an order requiring all par- tied wantipg blue books 'or public; docu- ments of any kind to :pay for themIn this way he hopes to keep the public from looking. into the public accounts or other- wise investige.ting the, manner in which tire public money in being squandered,and •the -affairs -est •untr mismanaged by the present GoYernmerit." • Aceounirre to Hon. John Carling in bis rpeech ata recent gathering of the chamber simply as it paii �f theeonclitions of co n fed e"laTiiiicirer...b`el ;eveffie grvern- naent of the country would be much better e carried On Without it. An eleetive Senate would be more acceptable iban the present arrangereents, but we fail to 'agree with • the Advertiser in its argument for retaiR- ing theriate.' •Gtantecl that a House. is; elected by the yoice of the people, and.not throughay Gerrymander and. Franchise At ins.noeuvreinge, we do oot anticipate that very =tell legi slation be pass- ed that Would requIH-levisinii by a SeCond s. chamber. • We have altogether toe) many legislators as it is, Mid the amount that it costs to maintain the Senate.in aoy shape; would, we anticipater'lle mudic.more flian • the loss occasioned by, hasty legislatio Why should senators be elected to super- .• vise the werk of legislators also elected by the same constituents.. • We .. think the Liberal party would show itself more in. harmony withilig growing. sentiment - of the age, if it Caine out boldly for the-abb- lition of a chamber 'which has' net shorn • a redeeming feature abotit It but is a • cumbrous, expensive, and :Altogether tie essary. institution. Its abolition is, onl matter of time. • People. are comin too clemeratic to ,retain it, and., any claan e only alters thesinue. Of the evil withool\removing the, case. Will the Ad, ertiser sheer- us: wherein Ontario would be a gainer by the .creation • of a secou4 chenille n �r what measures have sbeetiplaced onhe stattite Week -that should not be there, ae\alkpleisibly ,would. • not have been if there heesttlaeen useCond • chamber: Ir Baize -It le said Mr. Chamberlain will not joip coalitioo cabinet. Mr. Gladstone has decided to resign before Parliament ineete. It is said the Duke .of Argyle will be made Viceroy of Ireland. Justin McCarthy d isbel le ves m a Salisbury., liartington coalition. Justin McCarthy claire* the Derry city seat on the ground of a foul. The British Ministers dined with Mr. Gladstone 'Saturday night. Sir Andrew Clarke soya Mr. Gladstone has yeart of good work in him yet. Gladstone says he will die in harness. Lord Saleibury is returning to England. The total majority of the Unionist vote in the British elections ie 272,682, Lord Hart- ington will not unite with any petition of the Liberal party that "relied on Parnellite. votea." J,oseph Arch, the .Aericultural labourer lately defeated in the British elections, says his seat was lost by Liberal apathy and Tory fraud. M-. Gosohen'a defeat in :Edinburgh by Mr. Wallace, the well-known journalist, was even greater than chronicled by the cable, At the gerieral election in 1885 Mr. Gretchen was elected by 4,337' over Mr. Costello°, who only secured 1,929lvotess Last week Mr. .Wallace obtained 8 68$ votes, while Mr. Goschen had 2,240 -not much over half the nurnt•er polled in his favor six meddle ago, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, the leader of the Permissive 13111 agitation -a sort of British Scott Act movement-probahly scored the elections. 1885 he ran in the Creation/ion th division of Cumberland, nd was defeated by the small majority of 10 in a o , O•vatee,,,,Iraiave;!2ie 'won the Beet by -1,00'4 ar wen. Mr. Gladstone. on Tuesday spoke • despondently, of failing powers. The Oonaeryatryea gt_Waterloo county, rituNeW Gladstone Ministry has formally reeienetl ilamburgee. the Goveromeot a. It is Qffiel ann unced that the - Qildeti will 'auvariame the Marquis of Sails - bin,' to form a newministry: • hold $35,570,648 of the people's money m the Saving' Banks; tinder government control. On this they allow interest at the rateof 4 per cent per annum._ When the Reform party' comes into power again the gnestion 'Will come, " where has the money - gone to?" and !' whatis there toeshow security for it?" Echo will 'waiver; where ? Gone to enrich the Vampires who': were fattening on the life. biocide the country so' long as they remaipecl in office. • THE London Advertiser statbes that the corn crop has been affected , by the frost,. • and considerable damage done to it, Corn ,is no a crop. that cap be successfully, reised in Canada, exeePt to a limited ex- • tent, along th4. shores. ef _LekasErie, _The. -climate is notLadaipte4-40katullt;-isre!rare-- thing,indeed to freiLeitetanada what can reallyshe called a goods croperof corn. It is one of the Most' unwise' features of the N. P.; that tlirduty on .corn is maintain:. becanse Wean never begrotin here at 'aprofit? while it can in the Southwestern Statessandefernaers who want it for feede ing cattle -are compelled. to do without it or use somethineip its place not•as good :for cattle. • ' • 1 2 MEREDITH, in a speech Nee! • Hanablieg, has been assailing Mr, Mowat becarises of the: recent re -distribution of Fieete • throughout the Prevince. Mr, Meredith makes plenty of allegations, beit they tick the essential element of proof. He calls the changes that Nvere made in the ridings of East and West Huron, " 'shanieless gerrymander,' asserting that :they were made for party purp-asee. bayelsefore , challenged any Conservative in this County to show wherein these changes -*ere unjust or improp,er, and.n4 :One has undertaken to • do so, • for the sim- ple maims that it cannot beeclone. • If Mr: Meredith's speech is t� gaugedlor his remarks nboue. Baron, it Was a issue of - • &loch oods. s Editoriat .totthatra• • Tin -Provincial Voter's' lists. foe this year are now about issued; and'. it is • the duty of 'every man who wishes tit eke.r• else -hts-freneltiserte-sie-4,11-at-his-na thereon, He should not leave it for some one else to look after and the name ef- eyeey unqualified voter, Liberal or servative, should be objected A neeaeltAbet is goltig the „reunds • about an eastern merchant wh•celately re- ceived an invoice' of sugar, the cost. of which was $02, but upen which he was compell:d. to pay duties to the amount -of $88.85. Something wrong abbutlii,i4, or aLout the argunlents ohnotection papers, for they insist that, it is ilk. 'Amer- icans that pay the duty. Bitt assuming that the tnefehant' actually did pay that amount of duty, who/Mild be look to for it refund of the ambunt "His customers . or the Amerieans ? This problete does involve noteharithmetical ability to solve si 1. -- ---reels te. Tun Canadian Pacific 'Railway is now cetherleted and in running circler. It has • been a great undertaking for a young country like Canada, and has cost' the' people a pile of money. Still it is one We may well pride ourselvee upon. •Letstts accept the fat and work together to make rather than mar its SuCc(itS, No use, gentlemen, railing about the matter. Costly as it has been, it has eost less per mild than any other railway between the two ocenns, aud should prove a great factor in the settlement dour vast north western possessions. TitiMontreal Witness. Publishes -a tele- grath fram Ottawa, stating tifai John • Macdonald will Creeign the Premiership on his return from the Northwest. To ill - health is Attributed change in Canadian politics Which this • .',,OTTR LETTERBOX o the Editor of the Ciintan ireto Era. DEAR Slit. -You Will have, no deubt, seen a ricurrilbus. paragraph in your local cotemporary about a few words spoken at his own table by Mr, D. Tiplady, and as you may -perhaps, not-cootradict or show the evil spirit of its author, in hope that Mr. Tiplady rnhy do so, which- I' fear he will not do, as he is une of the most modest, refiring aud peaCeloviog farmers that Hul- lett contains, I will just give you the rea- son for this vile elair'cler, which any sensible perkoh can see is utterly false in the mean- ing. conveyed, I have no doubt', Mr. Tip - lady said he would give ati hospitable rya-. came to the Yankees, if they visited him, as every obristien would do, and I am very .gad he did as it oozes hinf totais a„gond_ neighbor, thinking no evil, 'and only de.sir- ous of promoting the best of fraternal spir- its, the very cobtrary of his slenderer, who - speaks of his neighbors - as cut throats, hearth -desecrators and raidera,. which moat Certainly they are not. • The object of the writer is, if posaible, to injure the charac- •ter of Mr, TiPlady; who may possibly become a candidate for municipal honors at the • next • electionsair his anany friends desire him • so to do, believing as they.do, that the township does net con- tain a better- fitted person to managethe affairs of the munieipality ; but; I am etlad to epy,141r. Tipledy's character is boycnel reproach, and will not be injured in the *slightest degree by this • anonymous slen- derer ; in fact, henesiehinkers him for his outspoken. And kindly feelings to wait" neighbors who hese. shown them - serves to,be one of the most obviation ha- tio.ns of the world. Yours respectfully, • . , LOVEROV HIS NEIGHBOR, • A., Yoto Tront 111.1chitrah: ToMe.Editor of the:lArew Enc. •.• r School Roisseatlon. On the morning of the 12.1 bat., as the sou of Hugh Elliott, eon. 7. Morrie, was loosing home with the milk waggon, for the To those :°Ital":7ttrarthe progre-sesof Walton oheeae factory, thci horse ree;away. ilsrowing- the driver off, tujoritig Ina head eventiot it begioning to dawn that our eeverely and otherwise bruiting biro. educational system, much askit has been -existence, is, in reality, more showy than practical. It is becoming also names. sadly ornateand expensive. While large sums are being spent in educating teach- ers, that cannot get beyond routine in imparting knowledge; in building bigh schools and model schools for the benefit of the children of the richer chtes, who de- sire to have them taught beyond the re- breaking three ribs and otherwise injaring quirements or practical ability, the great bulk of the,real edinatiOn of the country RA carried out through the Common SO1100, is being neglected or, 80 inefficiently car- ried 011it as to be (Amen practical value. Teis is especially the case in the country districts, where an amount of ignorance is shown, both by starving the teaching, through offering such low salaries as will brig Out but the poorest clime of talents ins the teaching line, and by restricting the dee ofschciol books and school appar- atua to the very lowest limit allowable. Hence the country children, when they finally leave school, are most lamentably ignorant,eyeo of the very subjects that are of primary importance to them in the cal- ling of life they are designed to pursue, that of farmels and farmers' wives. Instead Of thoroughly grounding them in reading, writing and arithmetic; Mil teachers rest eatisfied With having.them skip through their lessons in the most SU- Perficial manner, trusting mainly to the .nataraLaptitude-of-the-smarter-pupils,40.,..ent-in,the_franektenee,;_ceseetned 13y..,_a Mr. bring the school through the examine:\ Ross, on Hineks avenue, Goderich, on Wcir tions. Instead of compelling one and all ,riesday morning. The children of Mr. Ross ere looked in the house, and Mrs. P. B. Wa lace,. who first noticed. thst_flairm had Pomo Acuity in getting the children out, when.b the aid ef neighbors the fire was ex- tinguishe The fire originated from a pipe - •passing Oar geli the roof. • Oa Saturday an accident, vbirth might nsote vaunted as one of the very .best that is in proved fatal thapred toile+ second daegh. ter of Mr. It eston, oon. Goderiels townehip, She was up in a cherry tree: when by .one means she slipped, falling a distance of ten or eleven feet. 131m anatained vett' severe injuries. Lest Friday. es John Hewett, of Walton, was driving a mowing machine he fell off, end the large driving wheel. weed over hen, him. As he is getting well up in years the old gentleman will probably be laid. up for pine time. He lay out in the field for some timisbefore he was discovered by 801:20 of the mill men, On Sunday forenoon, as the Rev. Mr, Abs. grove and 1Virs. Musgrove, of McKillop, were driving to church, the beise shied -off the road, upeetting the buggy a ud throwipg the occupants out. Mrs. Musgrove bed her arm fractured. The same arm was broken a short time ago, and thie was the 0114 time Mrs, ltiusgrove had been env, since the former aoci. dent. Mr. Thos. Netterfield, of Lower Winghem, aged 76 years,has proved that he is smart for his age. A week or elage he left there and walked to Clinton irr a day, a distance of 23 miles, stayed there a day and walked back again the next day. When he got home he said he was sorry he had not 'gone on to Strat- ford. We venture to say.there are not many men in Haron,of that agemonld undertake to do the same thing. • What might have been a serious fire broke to learn alike, those who are bright and blever monopolize the efforts of the teach- ao.4.00me out fairly well, while the bulk of the scholars remain in compara- tive ignorance. This is especielly, the case with tboee in the arithineticeclassee. Instead of teaching them to use their brains in calculating and answering pro- blems, they are taught by rote in such a way that'a very simple question in arithe Maio, given by a stranger, end not in the book, tell! pezzle the beat of them, and seem incapable ofsolution. Consid- ering that the farmers, as a class; are the hest. off of any in the community, and .that their ,children are allowed but A. •limited time in Which to obtain an edu- cation ; that they rarely go to wheel till they are seyen, and usually leave off ut fifteen or sixteen, they eau • afford to be liberal 'in the matter cif good teaching.' • More interest shot -lid be taken in the elec- tion of trustees, and men of practical knowledge and ability, to see whether. progress is being made in the school Wi- der theiri eetienrinson, be elected. There every. poontrysschool, in Nvhich the art of . coat of-constructbm thesegases......Whee that is should also .he a-hlicgrorlaTOWOWrih- cteonte ehet rhe matter Will be considered by the board of directors. Mr. Trumsden expecte to keeping accounts on the simplest plan, b . inside of two weeks.'but owing to that of single entry, should be taught in the absence of the whole of the directors in such a way as to be of practical value in Europe it•will be a short time before arrange- • keeping the accounts of a farm or. dairy. meats can be •completed for commencing • The art of compeeing and writing letters work, • . • • •-", -of a business character should also: be. The ExpOeitorsays i-LsThe many friends of taught. Above all, the three Re should be Mr. John Ketchen, of the 3r11 con. of Stanley, firmly grounded into each pupil without will be sorry to learn that he has metwith • tearor Meer, and none allowed to leave serious accident. H -e was engaged last .Fri. • school till 'they can pais a fair exatnin- day onitingliay with a mosVer,„ and in pass- -ation inthe primary elethents of edocition ing along -the outside wheel wentover a stone, •while the 1nide onel,went into a Water furrow, •Ieresho.er.y lituron,• ' ,which made the machine give a sudden lurch The amain of the Dominion Draught Horse Breeders ocriety called for last Tues day at Stratford Ere not ea •largely attended as anticipated, owio to the inconvenienee of harvesting operations. Several matters per- taining to a revision an improvementof the Society's rules and regale inns were discussed and these will be further agnsidered with a; view to adoption at a meetingla the &fedora, f\ke to be herd at Seaforth,at a date o be named, by the President. The menaber ip .of the Society is steadily growing, and . ufficient entries ire being made. to guarantee t .suo• (sees of the book. , The Secretary of the Winghatn ltailw Irwoi701.0.1,191",411,1 .. • • the bottom without bitting the etoves o the aides, grasped the rope, and wait drew** out in safety by his mother anti Oster. At Belleville out of 100 candidates who. wrote at the recent entrance examinations 20 were seecessful. . At Tweed 25 wrote aud three passed. At Desoronto 34 Wrote and for were successful. Mr. Hector Morrison has been in the., employ of the Bodeen .Bay Company for over sixty years, chiefly at Norway House, Though en elegion wait held in Great Britain Jeep than a year previously, 1.36 of the 670 members of Parliament returned ' to the new Parlianient have never eat in the HOLUM before. Canada 'Presbyterian .:--1511adstone'spos- Won to -day is a splendid illustration of 1 the fact that character is indestructible. He has been beaten at the polls, but he is still the greatest living man. Seven cases of infraction • against the Canada Temperance Act were tried in Cannington, on Wednesdav,bdfore P•feeSro. Horne and Brown. A penalty ' of $50:ancl costs was made in each case. The License Inspector wasthe prosecutor, • BORN WELSH. --In eioderiolvtownsblp,. on the Uth inst„ the wire or Mr, Thor. Welsh, a ann. MARRIED TAYLOH-PASSMAN- On the 7111 inst.. at St, Lawrence Church, York, England, by' Rev, W. H. F. Batman, Mr. Joseph Taylor, of Toronto eldest son of Mr. W. Taylor, of Clinton, to Mies • Sarah Emily, seeond daughter of W. Passums, comwold, . - BIELviLLE - Hullett, on the 218t Met. Lawrence melville, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, aged 76 years. BeIV• AdIttrtifitIntltb.. • STRAY PIG,---0ABIE INTO SUBSCRIBER'S prethises, Base Line, Goderieh Township, the latter part of May, a Barrow Pig. ' OWner is hereby notified to prove property, pay ex- penses, and take it away. • L. MANI•IINO, • -tes-OTERS' LIST; UN --MUNICIPALITY OP V THE TOWN OF CLINTUN,--:Notioels here- by given that I have transmitted, or delivered to the persons mentioned in the Maid and fourth seetiona of the Voters" List Act, the copies required by -said sdetion to be so -trans! mined or deliveyed (vatic sate list Maste purau- ant to said. Ant, of all persons 'appearing by the last revised Assessment Roll pf the said munt- olpality toe() entitled to vote la 'said munici- pality, at elections. tor ufembors'of the Legisla- tive Assembly. andeterineemai niections, and • teat seta itatwas tirst posted up at my Milne " Clinton, on the 2tat day of July, 1856, and re - Committee, H. 'NV. C Meyer, Esq., received a letter from the C. P. II, to the reeentl ,rimiiont one otheretootrhoeloirn :31tishpecestaliodni.iskloenerrisiaarneyeoamlleied ivegoeidvo.re timid therein, to take effect that Ur. Lumsden, 0. E., will go over immediate. o have the said arrow the ground from the Wineheas Beetle; te. eorreeted according.eaw. W. COATS, Clare. .._. .. where the station of the 0.P. R, is to be built there, With •a view of ascertaining the - inwards, and threw Mr., .Ketchen to the. 'The presbytery met in Knoi church, Code- ground with great fordo, his"witele• Weight rich; on Tuesday 'apt. ;1).r.-Ure Wiie appointed coming on his.shotilder, which struck the. oar. moderator for tbe ensuing six Months: Elder's of tho,michine. ' .The fall 'stunned him for a • commissions were received arid tire .roll for short time, and on recovering he want to a the year made up. Commissioners tol'• the 76-CTO"F of Brimfield,. who says Saco of the Asaembly gave a report of their attendance coUtieicions of the shbulder blade are broken,. at the Saprem,e Courts Of the churchTheends sme.11 portion Of the eed of , one of the -comMittees on Fleaece and the- Superintend- berms:. , ' ' " . - •• • .. • • 'ents ef Students goo reports respectively. a The Presbytery took up tee Arrears of Sti. Youngman narked Fred. Cull; of Seafortb,- ., saeirorrif NOTEF', FROM TIII:I Eosrrok.-- lit pends ,p,ithin.tho Bounds,... with a view of .died seeesseees age neer Winnipeg, on •hes A having, all • each arrears relieved. Tlie".As way home from the Rocky Mountains ; be seinbly. "Injunction" as to the ecelesiaetical seas ' seized with hemorrhage of the lungs, and calendar years, was dealtwith, and stems .n 'to eeedthe object aiii3ed et Mr. . but lived long enough tri all,* a sister to takeie .3.0ho young,. M. A., *oolio,00sed to proioh ,ieach him, Mr. Alex.• Wilson, Of Seaferthi has again distiliguiatedliniself at Wimbledon the Goepel in .the usual way! . Mr. Danby. re: ' .Bayfield Read and Berne,. The re- 2by coming•otit at the head of the team, in re: signed his pastoral. charge .of the. congrega- yolver shootingi:L. • Mr. 7.J. -H. :McDougall., of tions of had.150 acres el wheat on his Sesforth eignation is to .be disposed of at a special , farm. ' at 11 In DiketiVestrryed by a hail storm,' Which m.: eeting of thePresbyterse-te belieTc1 in Union pissed eyer.the district a feel?. days ago; • hi •church, Brucelield,-on. the 27th inst., e lose will be about 31,000, All the croes signs a. in. Onbehalf of the Committee appointed ...ali_MeCo.y..subinitted the following: '' Where- have oi nviepdr of vr oesnitAlhaein. asptpreeeatriaanhdd to de raft a delivetanee on Sabbath Observance, othe street. Mr. F.Holtnestead hada Va- as, a strong tendency is manifested in ceetein •.. fiti' :l quarters to bold fuuerarlii. and other proses, : 7itibilea tway,eYea , by.rrdCleartonloiugaC gai 1;i tcolt against a.tibj bar'bueraeclon [dons for display • on the Lord's -Day; and, pub'. fence, .•profess -6M -nes has accepted thn. po• whereas, niany are interrupted in their lie and private devotione by sigh proceisions, sition of Precentor in. the Killeen -line PresbY7 :niony with the diecipline of Christian train- eni Ital y 1. - 46 11 enresignedSea f theOr th position ontihe• -.1 p 3reken uand Ent-eletiaent sadly out of bar- hteer:hia4na eshouerfacho,ai, . . . ,and theAtuietness-of the Sacred 'Day is:Ilicur ing introduced into the experiences of . the past eight years.' • Day wherein these.prodessione are held, bo it resonied that this. l'resbytery*take this op.: A ! A •NITL• Wu prutm8eu to write to you, I will do the bent 1.ban,' but ,1 don't know hoW will get Meng. Well 1 ivill•tellyou what I know about•it, This county, from what I have seen •of •;iti as good a place is ayiyhody could want • to 'get into, .for a new country, and if anYbcidy.ivants to get A heine for themselveir they had•better Otte along, for it is takith up. fast. • They need Mit be Afraid of water -drowning them out, for there is, lots of fall. It would Ith-r great benefit to the conotry if those whO have land out here would.come and clean it up. -7. - One disadvantage is that their) Is no rebool. very near to us; what we also want ia a church, but I tin • that we. will soon have oiC is -light ; ithaebeen very. • dry.up here, and semetimes very hot: • The grem is short, but we are havin nice rain event will bring about Ata meeting of ifoorwn;oawri3 btave eot had any manto tha Calif t -Prior :to Si y Nyeather, end there J0 as good fall wheat earl ever saw in Canada war 9n tbis point the Cabinet It is not laz m Ill clean up, bat it is not all alike: ;hen" itfiae • Nirli(i3lids, but the oroilr)seallr000lfr •ceed *h '. 'wohh,no-' departure. : well,..coLdevrt3 was discuss°rdJ in. should Eno:. the matterIle rneodt uoited, put- frona what Can be man weitid w%hnett.,e nem men y e n arnset want tagitso;nplathrievileel'i ebrutta sb:usntiy: gatliee , the fight:for the leadershin w' belietween *Sir H'•8 a L nee in • cleared u it is nett full of stem s • and there • Alexander Campbell, • Sir John's well- sitnowe inclinatioft to hang on to (spice, i4 'rather -rests doubts on -the rumor,still there maibe some truth in it. If,p at Winni- •peg tile:other day, Sir. Johne replying to an address of welcome presented him,said " he did net know but `that be might takes_ lip his perthanent residence in tne north:, west titter hie:\ retirernent from 'public Jflbly Begefierellf*thlker that- way when, he wishes to arouse the entheshism of his fellowers, , Hon, G; W. Ross lylioister otEducation for this Province, who during his stay in England has visited many of the leading educational institutions, is now in Scot- • and, whore part of his time Will be. similarly apent before returning to Canada, • Tire nowGovernor of Vtah has issued a 11 • J.. powerful proclamation; against polygamy. Proclamattons are good, but verdicts in the *United States courts are whet count with the Mormons. Nothing butimprisontnent 880t08 to cure thetta of their habit of keep- itig a variety of wives on hand. A. Zealand, Mich., special Sept A ters vible accident occurred near Jamestown on Thursday. Gerrit Bourne; whose parents reside in this vilTgo, was at work on e load aCivirnaetis '011 ft! glritIlrerill, anvirtit that fe 1 Ad the Bard° time entered the back of his head and passed completely through it, corning out•neer his nose. De pulled the fork out hisnself and ran to the house some distance away, °Berthing a fend° on his way. • Ito miffed for waters. but seen after wont into •convelsione and died fit about ttves hours. 1. • • • are ota o grave all ones, at. et people the roads. There is lots of wild fruit. We have cleared about 15 aorea since the snow went away, and have -10 acres in crop. • Bat-, ter is 13 centseseelh,s' and eggs 10,3 per dozen, and dry goods and groceries are as oheap as they are in Canada, This has been a great place tor fires -there has been hundreds of •aores burnt over, There ate lots oftbeaeblend maple, but it is not on the burnt land, They noed not say things will not grow here -1 think the reason that it will not is because it ia not put foto grow. The first plowing is not tho best for a drop, and if it is plowed in the fall it is the hest; do not plow in 'the spring if you win help it. There ia good .water here. Well,- I think I must bring my tedious letterio.a. close and we eateem our friends which we loft inCanada, but we have foand good friends here, remain:, yeurS, ' rename 11 ONITE. Merquebte, Michigan, July 131h, 1886. come and Iwo on t lob* places. and help iffake LOCAL CHURCH CHIMES Rev. 3. Gray expects to be able to take Ws own Work on Sunday next, • VOTEAS' LIST 1885, MUNICIPALITY OF STA.'S', • • TXY, COUNTY OF HURON. --Notice . is hereby that hrwe transinjtte_d_mdellyored_te_the per- sons mentioneonothe third and fourth•sectiohs of the •Voters''List Act,the copies required bYsaid section to ' bo so.tiansrnittd or delivered of the said list made pursuant to said Act of parsons appearing bytho last . revised. Assessment Roll of the said Munioipality to be s. entitled to vote the said Municipality, at slecticm,. for members at idle Legislative Assemiriy, and at Municipal Elections, and that stud list was first posted. up at my Ors,- at Varna,. on th lath day of July, 1.885, - and fe11111MS therefor inspectio Electors are called. *„, • upon to examine the said list,. an if any omisSion' or •. •other errors arofound therein tate re Immediate pro- ceedings to have the said errors cermet d'aceording to law. GEO. STEWA.RT Clerk. • Th -e Sabbath Scheel of St. Paul's church intend holding their annual picnie at Goderich, on the 2Oth filet. The fare wills be 10 and 26 cents. • Rev. E. Medd, (son of Mr. aenry Etulletts) preached in Ontario SO church on Sunday morning last. Mr, Medd is appointed to, college this year. • NEWS NOTES. • • portunity of expreesing its disapproval of the Sir H. I-At/Min Is quite ' • practice of holding funera1esousthe's8stelsatle Detroit fears a smallpox epidemic. except in oases of necessity, =weever, that Great distress- prevails at St. johns, N. ministers within the bounds be recommended r., • to disetruntenatee by all due 'meanie such 1) recessions and gatherings as are fitted to ,,,;n,.,.riohibition has been defeated MissiS- he:-revereiree-fer-the-seen.ed da' --""' . which is claimed for it by the Holy Scripture,'' Vanaouver;., B. . 0,, was again badly The fOregoing Was unanimously edepted, Mr, damaged by fire onUriday afterneon. McLean reported that in accordance with rce• ' • ' James junior,: a lunatic, has made an quest of .the convener 01 the Assembly's Homo Mission Committee,. he forwarded te offer ' of marriage to Queen Victoria, It Iley. Mr. Thompson, or'irancenvet; Britieh wasre'ected. .3 • ' . Colembia his disjunction from this Presby- ' Hon, L. Sacksvilte-West, the ' British tory, that he Might be prepared to unite with Minister at • Washington"; will "Yisit the. the new Presbytery to be formed on the Pm. Gotiernor General. • &Lilo coast Mr, McLean's' conduct was ap. proved of. Mr. McDonald stated that he Kansas prohibitionists have geminated had a letter. from. /dr. Thompson and that he a full. State deka. .A colotired man Was desired that the brethren in this Preabytery npminated for auditor.. should•roMember him and his. congregation • Several meMbers of the.igisionri House 'at 'Vancouver id thb losswhich they eustained of Delegates have been esthetes' for bribery. by the recent fire there. The next regular and drunkenness in °Moe, meeting of the Presbytery is to be held in v . Exeter mit the 2nct Tuesday of .September.-- e• Tne•failures fee tho 'United States and anada from January lst show a large in - Expositor.' ArOund the, Chunty. ° • crease over those of lett year. . • Henry Search, of janesville, Mr. IL ,Knechtel, of Morris, near Walton, wealthy farmer, 75. years old, end his Nvife, sas a semewees extensive apiery, emeng living a 'addle anad,s.Sunday lnidalalwensitghotf thath their about 100 hivesof bees, itheirMrs.,. Mari A. Liddicett it Sons have sold mweortre,yon, ur ere . their farm, containing one hundred acres, in The last of the loan of the Goveenmelist ilaborne, to James Snell, of the London Road, to the Canadian" • Pacific; Railer' ay was for the sum 0E47,500. . • returned on the firse of this menth,end, tho' • Last week Mr. Charles Afoisteith.,• of the Company is now entirely out, of debt to Thames Road, 'Osborne, hadthe inisfortune the.Goeernment. i . Of losing, from a growth on the brain, his . imported heavy draught Mare which he pur• The rate of taxation in Winnipeg for tile chased at tbe Rattonbury sale last winter, cUrrent year has been fixed at 10i mills on ,On the 14th . 'just the wife of Robert For . the dollar. It would bo considerably h, of Myth, died ot paraly sis of the brain, , greater if a good cleat of the. property, were syt Deceased had lately taken up her residence ne,t, held at "bor., "prices. . there, having arrived with her haeband from Facts am stuneorn things ,° andesufferers 1 •-'lit from chills and for& filar their comp a n a very stubborn fact, until, they commence the uso of Ayer's Ague Cure. That medicine, eradieates the poison from •tho system, and (hires everr the .worst eases. . 'A twolve-year•old bey in Pleasant. Valley, 0., attempting to draw water front a well 60 feet deep,' fell in. '110 went to W. JACKSON,: A s • ONT.* • 1.\;-/-4 414L11-61 th• or Per tA rum r and return 421 • To feminism matte and rntairn 812. , To. Witinlife••• and. return E•3130., f you intend travelling tollie old countryrbe our° you,• ome and see me: Throngh ticket§ issued to all points talritish Columbia, via Canada -Pacific Railway. VIA its issued to Marcia and all points oast of Toronto, - For all .Raliway, Steamship and Lake . information, •• : apply to •.. W itt.7jACKS ON, .CLINTON ....AGENT. . G. fr C1111t011 Civic iloliday,Aulost 3it •RIT: BEMS: • , The Grand Trunk,,Railway will issue on the alum: day SINGLTAA FARE TICKETS, froin•ClintonStation, to all points, good to go and return on that thiranlY • Ticket's wilValso be issued, to the following places„ &pea to goon any train„on day of issue, and return at any. time within theepecilled limit, •. TORONTO -g, Vo-d--fOr 4,days, $2.00 ''' • • PORT STANLEY, 2. days., 1,25 LONDON; good for 3 days, •10 - ,GODERICH, " 2 dayS, SEA:FORTEI, " 2 days, .25 • STRA'TFORD, -2 days, • .75 MITCHELL; `..f 2.days • As these aro likely to be the lowest tats that Will bo bailed this season; all who wish to Ask any of thc places named, should- go on thls day. First train for Toronto andel!, points east, leaves platen. Station at 7.25 a.m.", and going south at 8.53 a.m.' ' For fanthoipartwuTara ea.-fr. to A, 0; PATTISON, Grand Tenn •W. ItT/GAlt, GeneaLl'assetiger Agent :fg:SnEt1;liellnlI7Cili011, Octun• 'al nager „ •BIG'REDUCTION Nee_ ic. ,The undersigned havitig • pui•oliessed the • stock of' M. Gep. S'herman, will clear out, the stock, of • rte-ct-MAI• Nitt°01. NO° °6°°P • ied th° VII' Michigan, believing lately erected a large pit of the Rettatibury -Ste Alethodist, woolen, mill in Myth, .• ' ' church last Sarld'aY) Is a Young mail °` 8atel. Waite, who has worked at the Enter- • considerable ; he has very good reik, eetereee„Bresede fee some vete, deliVery, is perfectly at home ou the. plat-" 1 forms and doubtless will prove a useful addition to the platform force of' this dis- trict • , . 6, i4 reported to 'soon come into possession of it large fortate through the death of a reistive in England. • The whole . prooerty to be divided is rated at 3175,000. • CHINA CI1OCKERY& Glasswork AT LESS 'MAN :Wholesale Prices, ° „ Must be run out in'teri days. Doe't fail to give us a call. We Cith give you, • prices to suit you. 13otter & Es oleo ill EXChRille. 4 rZOODV, 1ROCRR. STATIC/MR