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RIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1887
Too 1Ia.ne- Shows.
is n) new thing for vs to _ad 'ocate
ion of shows. It has been evident
ome time that there are altogether
many in the country, and this
becomes more apparent every -
.
very. Take the county of Huron as an
tuition. This year there has been
east thirteen shows held in the
ty; some of them have been fairly
essful,but most of them have not.
tered, as they are, in all parts of
'county, they are usually limited
eir field of operations, and when
are not, the principal prizes are
ured every year by a few leading
-men who travel "around, the
lit."
o primary object in giving grants
gricultural fairs was to stimulate
rens and improvement. And this
ertainly been accomplished, but
es not follow that to continue the
ts.ot7 the same basis as heretofore,
lead to the same results. The
try was comparatively new, and
ly settled, when the grants were
given; but the change in the
try has so altered circumstances
a change in the system of fairs is
ssary. ' We have met scores of
this year who all say `• there are
many fairs," and admit that there
uld be an amalgamation, but in
t shape that should be they can•
say.
he only way to make a change
ld be for the government to cease
;•grants to township societies. This
Id Id)] nffa number of almost, use
organizations all over the country,
n let the grants to riding societies
incrcastd, by which means the
ze list could be made something
rth while competing for.
f course there is nothing to lrre-
t any place getting up a show on
own behalf if it feels disposed to
so, but the almost indiscriminate
nting ot government money to
ry crops -road show cannot' be dis-
tinued too quickly. .
no much competition in the show
e, is much like 'tiorl,:.ea coinpeli-
n in 'business. If the weaker do
go to the wall, they are in such
embarrassed condition that they
only struggle along at a disadvan-
e. We venture to say that out ot
the societies • that exist hi this
nty, not half of them are on a
id, paying footing, They have ,to
ns up member;, beg subscriptions,
resort to various expedients to
p alive that., if not strictly dis-
orable,are often very questionable.
here were fewer shows and better
at there were, tills would be largely
treeli',"f3"ecztrse itwould then be to
ple's own interest to keep the
ieties active. As it is they do not
nk so in -the present case, and take
trouble about them. ----
hen many of the abuses which
,vail now, could not live under al
ter system. Weak societies are j
able to get judges from any dis-
ce, and it very often happens, of
rse quite unintentionally, that if
in Jones is showing some animal
I John Smith is a judge, the latter
esTorecpgnizethe former'saxli-
as soon as it enters the ring, al-
itgll he had not seen it before, and
possible that in bis judgment he
lean towards John Jones' animal.
ter agricultural shows is what we
tt, and what we are satisfied the
airy will come to in time, but we
tt to hasten thatz(lay, because la
Meantime strength and force that
ild be used to better advantagois
ig to waste. 'In union is strength'
s true of the fall fair business as
other. '
iessrs Valencey Fuller and T. E.
,w have issued a circular to the
Vers of Canada, asking their sep-
t in favor of Commercial Union,
'IIF"es--
Globe truly says:•-Very'many
the schools of Michigan are in
re of Canadians. It is the same
le3V.estorn States. And tee fact"
t across the line there is a decided
ferene° for Canadians for these
imtions is as complimentary to Can-
ae youth as it is to Canadian etlu-
onal institutions. Canadians in
o lino of life have no reason to
'open competition with the people
.ny country.
d, .pigs t1 tja.1Nke1y to be used as
a )pri, ,edegt, wa:a' decided at Stratford
last Week. The Stratford Oourt of
Revision having refused to declare
the properly of Rev Thomas Mac-
p.Ileraon, (a superannuated minister)
on which he realties, exempt from
taxation, the matter was aApeal-
ed and carne up before Elis Honor
Judge Woods for argument. Hie
Honor thought there was a doubt
that It ir"tiiacplierson was a clergyman
or'zn nistcr in the sense that he was
an ordained minister of religion and
a minister in actual conuection with
the Canada Presbyterian church. He
was of tl1e opinion that, although he
did occasionally preach, he was not
"doing duty as such a minister"with-
in the meaning of the statue, and was
therefore liable to taxation. The
time is corning when ministers of all
deuominatious, (those activel f en-
gaged) will be called upon to bear
their shote of the general taxes of the
municipality in which they reside,and
we know of no reason why they should
not. They enjoy the same benefits as
other members of the community,and
should be willing to paay for tlteut to
the same extent.
OUR local totem. appears to be
very much exercised over the election
protest against Mr I'orter, and argues
that it was entered solely as a means
of being
revenged ged u
pon this 9 gentle-
man because he managed to carry the
riding at the last election, and it calls
upon his supporters to "whack up" in
order that be may successfully cope
with Mr Cameron's "money Inge/
We have never charged Mr Porter
with being guilty of personal wrong-
doing in the election, and if he feels
clear himself, he can surely laugh at
the "revenge" of his opponents,which
would, in that case, likely be expen-
sive to them, We do not suppose the
Liberals of West Huron are so hard
up for revenge as our cotem. tries to
make out, neither are they wealthy or
foolish enough to throw away their
money just for the fun of the thing,
and if our cotem. thinks Mr Cameron
would expend his money in a similar
way, it has a different opinion of him
than we gave it credit for. The whole
article is childish, and looks much as
if it were written to ease down an an-
ticipated fall.
A most outrageous thing to happen
in a British country, was the imposi-
tion ot a duty of $50 on a Chinaman
who came from the United States to
Canada, a few days since, to fill some
lecture engagements. While he is a
native born Chinaman,IIhe is a natur-
alized American subject, and we are
glad to see that the American papers
are raising a breeze over the action of
the Canadian customs authorities. If
it should stir them up to see the ini-
quity of the action some good would
be accomplished. We are well aware
that the custom law imposes a fine ou
all
-Chinamen
corning into Canada,
but that only makes it legally right.
Such a thing is contrary to British
justice,.a violation of divine law, and
only done in order to win the support
of certain classes.
Judge Angeres has been appointed
Lieut -Governor of Quebec, and -the
Toronto W'orl•.1, for the time being
the organ of the Government, re-
marks, "He wilt make it hot for Mer-
cier." Ts it for this purpose he has
been appointed, because if it is, the
people of Quebec are likely to 'show
him that they, too, can "make it hot
for hitt." So long as he keeps within
his constitutional powers, no objec-
tion can be raised to him, but the
very moment he exceeds these, and
shows himself a partizan politician,he
goes outside the requirement of his
Once.
Archbishop Lynch has put a stop
to a practice which, while it has
largely prevailed in connection with
that particular denomination to which
he belongs, haund its way also in-
to .other. religious denominations, viz ,
bazaar contests, for so-called religious
purposes, the case in question being a
contest for a silver chalice between
two priests. Such things, and all of
a like nature, while they certainly,
serve the purpose of' raising money,
are contrary to the true spirit of
Christianity, and have done malt to
shake even the nominal faith of un-
believers in the power of the gospel
-to change the human heart. Protes•
tent denominations can take a profit-
able lesson from the action of their
co -religionists,
Tho Toron toWorld states that there
is already a stringency in the money
market, and collections are bard to
make.'No one knows this better than
the country business man who, Care
eying many of' his customers `luring
the spring and summer on credit,
with the expectation that they would
pay "after harvest" now `find their
customers with a disposition to staye
off payment. Farmers could relieve
the stringency of the local money
market, if they would only pay up
thoir store W001e as soon as possi-
ble, and most of them are in a posi-
tion t0 do it at once.
Belleville is a Conservative neigh
hood, represented in Parliament
the Hon. Maclenzie Bowell,
ens their intellectual powers they get alt NEWS NOTES.
butes; there s money yet t o be made'.
by the advantages that flow therefrom,
Y
farming." I thought this louse's rea
seting was correct, and it struck to
as being a good idea to giveit the bene
fit of your circulation.
OUR LETTER BOX
editor of the Clinton New gra..
Dt;Aa Ma Enrron,-Your Kippeu cor-
respondent may have thought me severe
In my censure, but it was a righteous
and much needed one. That a man who
ng has been falsely accused and persecuted
in Law Courts as Chiniquy has been,
en and has been at the point of death see-
er- eral times by the instigation of the
ns. . Church of Rome, persecuted and mob-
bed everywhere, (you may say,) that
es i he, who if he be a protestant, (so called)
a, should speak of one, (who has endured
so much in behalf of protestautisrn and
of in advocacy of the free use of the bible,
d- and in exposing the evils of Rome,) as
as a persecutor, must be profoundly igno.
rant, as a protestant, and as profoundly
of ignorant of the errors and evils of the
m- the Church of Rome, if not, he must be
m- profoundly wicked to talk as he does,for
his statements are a complete reversal
a and subversion of the facts in the case.
of Instead of persecuting he has been most
be bitterly persecuted. Will your Kippen
some of tbe people of that . place
appear to be able to lay aside their
y
partviews long enough to see that
Commercial Uuiou has some advant-
ageous features about it. At a public
meeting .held there a few evenings
since, an assocuttion having for its
object the promotion of Commercial
Union, was formed. Tho president
is Mr George D. Dickson, a leadi
Conservative. A reaolutiun was pass
declaring that free commercial int
g
course with our neighbors and ki
people throughout the United Stat
would be an advantage to Caned
Mr John G. Frost, a manufacturer
agricultural implements, in secou
ing the resolution, said there w
hardly an industry that would n
be benefited by the adoption of to
mereial union. He did not fear co
petirion. It would no doubt cause
readjustment of the present state
things. Canada he said, had I
material products for all classes of
manufactures within her horde
and could compete iu any mark
Lieut. Col. Brown, ex. M. 1'. favored
the resolution. Before the Elgin
treaty there was a clamor for e vatio
but the introduction of the treaty r
stored quiet and established prospe
ity. °He believed that the apparen
n At Billings, Mont., 15 below zero
Is reported, and at Aberdeen. Dak.
o a temperature of zero.
Charlottetowu, P. E,'L, citizens
will vote On the 25th of November
whether or not to repeal the Scott
Act.
r,
et
correspondent prove that Chiniquy has
not been persecuted, or that the Church
of Rome is not as corrupt as he describes
it to be? Is the light evil because it
brings into view the hidden things of
darkness? Mr Chiniquy has been in a
position as a priest of Rome that en-
ables him to know whereof he affirms.
n Then there is the common sense, not to
o_ speak of the infamy of condemning and
maligning a man because he speaks the
r- truth. Chiniquy has urged his audi-
t once, in my hearing, to love Romanists
lack of enterprise in Canada was b
cause of lack of market. What Al a
wanted was broader trade relations
Tbua the ball rolls on, notwithstan
ing the objections of some who ar
such hide -bound partizans that the
can see nothing but "party dodges'
in every movement advocated by an
who think differently to them.
e- as individuals, but to hate the corrupt
system of Rome, This is not the Tan-
s guage of ono who wants to stir up strife.
Your u correspondent,
udent it not a Romanist,
P
,
d1 must be a pseudo or milk and water
pvbtestant, namely, a9Ritualist, who is
e' aiming after the system of Rome and is
t in love with it, His language is not the
Y I language of the Reformation or Protea-
' tantism. The writer of this is not an
but claims to be
Y t nt. Youc correspondent is more pol-
itical, I fear, than religious, and he is
not a lover of Orangemen; politics and
his enmity to Orangemen troubles him,
though if many protestants were as ig-
norant of Protestant and Romish prin.
Inter-Provfncitll Conference
The influential and representativ
character of the Inter -Provincial
Conference, now sitting in Quebec,
may be illustrated by reference to the
following facts :-The delegates re-
present the five largest Provinces in
Canada. The united population of
these Provinces is over 95 per cent.of
the population of the entire Dominion
and they are represented in the House
of Commons by 200 out of 215 mem-
bers. It must also be borne in mind
that in a majority of cases the Govern-
ments represented at the conference.
are elected by very large majorities.
On the whole it can fairly be said that
it is at least as representative of the
people of Canada as the present Do-
minion Parliament,
A DELIBERATIVE BODY.
The phase "deliberative body" is
peculiarly applicable to this confer-
enee, The speeches are devoid of de-
clamation and rhetorical ornament.
So far the detegates have been sub-
stantially agreed as to the principles
which they ' wished to lay down and
the discussion has been mainly upon
legal constitutional questions -ques-
tions of the interpretation and con-
struction of the present law and of
how it should be amended so as to
carry out the views of the conference.
nr$nLLOWANCE.
The question of Disallowance is one
upoli which an agreement has been
reached, and it i; probable the con-
ference will express itself strongly is
to the necessity of restricting a d
limiting the power which the Done-
niou'Government possesses ire
this respect.
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LIEUTENAN-(;oTERN, 'S P(}1vlsRS,
The delegates are also agreed as to
he necessity of defining by statute
be -powers possessed by the Lieuten-
ant -Governor of the variousPrnvitices.
This is.a question which has not been
he subject of any political agitation,
but is nevertheless of great .impor•
ance. The absence of any precise
imitation of power of Lieutenant-
Governnlent has been a. source of an-
iety and difficulty to the Provincial
overnments and has sometimes lcd
o troublesome litigation, as witness
he case now pending in the Ontario
ourts in which the power of the
ieutenant•Governor to appoint cer-
ain magistrates is called in question,
PROVINCIAI, RAILWAYS,
The question of Provincial railways
as also been discussed, and although"
resolution has not been passed in a
rm in which it can be given to the
ubiic, it is understood that the con-
rence will recommend tbat no pro-
oeial railway shall hereafter be ab-
rbed by the Dominion Government
ithout the consent of the Legislature
(he.Pr'•ovince, or unless the railway
declared by its own Act of incor-
ration to be for the general advan-
ge of Canada. It is interesting to
to that in this latter respect the
nference is following the lines laid
n by the old --Quebec- Couference.-
e Constitution drafted by that body
ve to the Federal Government con -
1 over "all such works, as,altbough
ing wholly within any Province,
ay be specially declared by the Acts
thorizing them to be for thegeneral
vantage." When the Canadian
putation afterwards met in London
ey struck out the words: -"By the
to authorising them," and thus the
N. A. Act gave to the Dominion
rliament the unlimited power they
w posses of absorbing Provincial
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(ilY Dian srt.ocvrc,)
I was talking with a farmer the oth-
er day, and sve got on the subject of
the general hard times, and the difii-
dittyy of tnaking money on the farm.
T asked him ff he did not think there
Was stilt tuoney to be made there,aud
he answered, "Yes, there is; it only
war tafanners to use their brains bet-
ter. Why, they have been making
money in the past with no special
mental effort, and I know they can
make money still, but they ha'vo got
to do'more-tllinking. You take the
best farmer we have to -day and ask
how it is that they are more success-
ful than others• -each has the same
chance, their circumstances are large-
ly the same, but still they:seem to
work right away from tho others,and
why is it? Simply because their
Work is systematized. They make
the most .of everything, and in using
ciplos as he appears to be, we would
need a whole army of Orangemen to de-
fend the protestant constitution of this
country, after people,likehim, had gone
over to Rome. Then your correspon-
dent is very brave, and styles his profu-
sion, or himself as "No Surrender." I
would like to know what he is defending.
Is it not error and sin;when he maligns
and evil entreats a true Reformer, and
one whose name will stand beside Lu-
ther's in the coming history. If your
correspondent will place "if" before the
words "shared in by the rest of the pro-
testant community," instead of "is,"and
also read "his" church instead of "their"
church, mistakes which occurred in
printing, he will find it good English
and without slang, and English that
suits his oaeo very well, PnoTz5TAN'r,
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
To the Editor of the Clinton .New Era,
Ma Enxron,-The Creator has given
to man that noble animal, the horse. It
is a disgrace to see how some persons ill-
treat and unmercifully beat and drive
them through the streets, some -of the
butcher lads are among the number. A
young man was seen cruelly beating a
horse on one of our•public streets,a few
days ago, who ought to have known bet-
ter. Have we no one who will look af-
ter these parties. Yours, ANTI-CnIIELTy,
Catastrophe in 'Mitchell.
THE WALLS OF A BUILDING PN COURSE;
OF ERECTION 8LONN ON TOA DiEL-
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O PERSONS IiILi,ED-
AVD 4''OTITER SEETO1'ny INJURED
' A a'rious - cnlamit betel the town
of tllc)leii on Suedeys night, owing.
' fo the falling of a,, brick wall on
Main Street. Mr Henry James a. -
pushing and enterprising builder, has
been erecting a brick block, the se-
cond storey of which was intended for
an opera house. The walls bad at-
tained a height of about twenty feet,
einl the work generally was being
pushed forward with every possible
rapidity. On Sunday night during the
gale, some passers-by were apprehen-
sive that. the walls would succumb
under the great force of the storm,but c
'Mr James had every confidence that i
they were strong enough to withstand s
the pressure. Adjoining the banding u
to the east were some frame structares s
the one next being occupied by Mr w
Noel Crreeu, his wife, and an adopted 1
girl, aged about 10, named Snow t
Next was the saddlery shop .of iiEr r.
Broderick, and next that again the I h
office of Dra Hodge and Wood. About r d
11 o'clock some boys warned Mr I
„Green that a portion of the south
wall of Mr James' building had col-
lapsed and that there iie
s danger of
the end wall also street‘
and
advised
I Mr
Green
that
h
had better
get out. Ile did not heed the warniug,
coming as it did from boys. Mr
Broderick and Dr Wood were also in-
formed of the occurrence. Mrs Green,
who Ilam been an invalid for many
years, telt much alarmed, and car-_
nes-Ely itdviaed her -husband to quit
the house till the storm had abated,
but he refused. She was pacing up
and down the shop and peering
through the darkness while trembling
at the violence of the storm. All at
once the crash came,the walls toppled
over on to Mr Green's frame house,
and carried the roof and all into the
cellar. Green and the girl Snow
were instantly killed. The wife be-
ing near the door, miraculously es-
caped the fate of' the others, but not,
however without sustaining some in-
juries, which, it is feared, may yet
prove fatal, The smashing of the
stove in its descent to the cellar ig-
nited the surroundings, and an addi-
tional calamity -from fire, was for the
time imminent, Mr Broderick at
once started to work moving the con-
tents of his shop, as did also Drs
Hodge and Woods the contents of
their office ; but through timely assis-
tance the fire w'as prevented from
spreading.
The body of Green was found in the
front room, Ile was ty'iitg upon his
back with planks over his bare head,
which %vas badly crushed. Emily
Snow Wilk also fond do the front
room._ The girl had evidently been
eating a lunch before retiring, as
when the body was found she was ly-
ing upon her side with her mouth full
of bread. Her body was badly man-
gled. Green was a men of' about 45
or 150 years of age and very sickly.
He kept' a fancy store in the front
part of the buried building, and the
family lived in the rens part
•
A family in St Thomas came very
nearly being fatally poisoned by mis-
taking white belabore for white pep
per.
Rev, Dr.W. J.lfunter, ofSt. Catha-
rines, will accept the pastorate of the
new Euclid avenue Methodist church,
Toronto.
A cable dispatch announces the
death by drowning in a shipwreck off
Madagascar, of Remenyi, the Hun-
garian violinist.
James Jamieson, ofSt Thomas, fell
fifty four feet from a railway bridge,
sustaining injuries which will prob-
ably prove fatal.
At Vancouver, 11. C., theother day
a man was arrested full of whiskey
and with an arrnfult of dynamite. He
was loaded up both ways.
A Westminister hotelkeeper named
Allen Banghart was arrested on Tues-
day and lodged in gaol for nonpay-
ment of 00 fine and costs imposed
for transgressing.the Scott Act,
For weeks past the surplus grain
crop of Manitoba has been exportea
at the average rate of 1.05 cars a day.
The total export is now expected to
reach 10,000,000 bushels,
Westminister Abbey was invaded
by 1,200 of London mob on Sunday.
They conducted themselves in such
a ruffianly manner that nearly all the
regular congregation left before the
service was
over.
It is stated that the death of Lady
Brassey, which was reported several
days ago, was very tragic. Maddened
by fever, she jumped overboard from
the yacht, and her husband, who
quickly dived after her, was with dif-
ficulty rescued from sharing the fate
ot his wife.
The St Thomas Temperance Union
have nominated a full ticket for the
approaching municipal elections. It
is said the candidates were selected
with deliberation and judgment, and
not so much with the object of form-
ing a new party as of securing an ef-
ficient business Council loyal to tem
perance measures.
Sir Richard Cartwright: "I believe
that if Commercial Union be carried
out with any sort of prudence, it will
in the main result in very great ad-
vantage to the great mass of the peo-
ple of Canada, and more especially to
every farmer, every lumberman, every
fisherman, to--everyone-engaged-in..
the transportation and to all who de-
pend on these great classes, including
nineteen -twentieths of the manufac-
turers themselves."
•
A Vienna despatch says inquiry
recently in9titutesi into (be Cou-
dition of the Vienna poor attend-
ing the elementary schools resulted
in appalling discoveries. Upwards
of 4,000 children were suffering the
pangs of hunger, some of them being
on the verge of starvation.: A long
list of heartrending cases came to
light. It transpired that their prin-
cipal -food cousiated of dry bread,and
occasionally a little soup or coffee.
On Saturday a report came from
Detroit that tbe propeller Ontario
bad been blown up in the North
Channel.' Inquiries ,were made at
all offices along the North Shore, but
the alleged . disaster heel not been
heard of at any Of them.. It was soon
afterwards discovered that the pro-
peller Ontario is in the dry dock at
Detroit, but it is understood there is
a tugof t same a
. me
name me the
where -
or which cold not be aseer-
tsiucd. •
The relarivea rtf d eilltd that died
in Lon'h)! from diphtheria had an
announcement in the kcal newspa-
pers on Tuesday inviting friends to
thP`7uneral. The health ()Meer at
once notified the parties that a pub-
lic funeral could not, under the cir-
cumstance be permitted. it was too
late to recall'the invitation of a num-
ber of persons gathered at the
house that • day. They were sent
borne, however, and the child was
buried privately.
Despite the alarming reports con-
erning Mr Gladstone's health there
s absolutely 00 cause for apureLen
ion. Ho is suffering from ono of his
susl colds consequent upon expo -
are to draft, etc„ while travelling,
pith is somewhat aggravated by
loarseness resulting from the exac-
ions of his series of speeches, but all
eports agree that the indications of
is complete recovery within a few
ays are uonistakible.
The successful application of the
air -brake to freight trains is announc-
ed. As nearly all freight train acci-
dents occur from the difficulty of
bringing heavy freight trains to a
stand the impoi once of the announce-
ment will be seen. A freight train
running fit miles an hour was stop -
pod within 184 feet by an air -brake.
A plan has also been found of auto-
matically stopping the parts of trains
-that-bas-broken in two. -A-great re-
duction in. the expense of railway
oompanies will follow.
Sir Wilfrid Blunt, the Englishman
who was arrested 'recently at Wood-
ford, a village in County Galway,four
miles west ot the Shannon,was form-
erly a Conservative but is now an ar-
dent advocate of the granting of self-
governing powers to Ireland: He• is
well known in England as a philan-
thropist, and was the benefactor of
Arabi Pasha at the time he was 'sent
into exile. Tt is understood that his
object in participating in the gather-
ing, which was a peaceable one, was
to show to the world that under coer-
cion the right of free speech and
peaceable assembly is denied in Ire-
land by the English Government.
Mis Glanstone is a wonderful old
man. When one reads of his deliver-
ing speech after speech on pubiie
topic, on every occasion'introducing
new and useful ideas, writing articles
tor magazines, and keeping up a wide
correspondence, he is almost compell-
ed to believe that it is impossible for
sack a than to be nn the borders of'
four score. Mr Gladstone. indeed, at
78, possesses snore vitality than
many a /politician oil this continent
at 50. The great Liberal leader has
wonderful powers of recuperation.
Last week ho caught a severe cold,
and had to go to bed, but on Sunday
he was much better, and the latest
reports are to the effect that he bas
now almost completely recovered. He
was in his usual place in the Elawar•
den parish church on Sunday.
Bishop Walsh of London, Ont.., is
about to visit Borne on official bustn-
eas.
Ron E. B. Washburne, U. 5 ert-
Minister,of France, died on Saturday
night.
Preparations arebeiug made for the
hanging of the condemned Anarch-
ists at Chicago on Nov. 11.
The writ of the new election in
1 aldi.tnand fixes Noveroker lith for
nomination and November 12th for
polling.
Geo Harrison, of Toronto, ahoe-
maker, who was run over by a street
car on Yonge street,Friday afternoon,
died at the hospital last Sunday.
The report of Judge McDougall on
the Toronto waterworks investigation
laid before the City Council, tuftatna
the charges of fraud against the elty
in connection with the delivery of coal
and o ;incompetency against the man-
agement.
Mr R Alexander, Science Master of
the Aylmer High School, who has
been confined to his bed during the
past three weeks, was supposed to be
on the mend, but has unfortunately
taken a relapse, and now grave fears
are entertained that he will not re-
cover.
Ita.yntond. Oat., May, '3rd, 1857,
Nasal Balm acts like a charm for my
catari h. I have Only used it a Short
time and now feel better than at any
period during the last seven years.
Iu fact I am sure of a cure and at
very small expense. Yours trnly Jno,
Foster.
Private advices from Stanleypool
report that Henry M. Stanley had
gone 150 miles further up the Aru-
whimi, and had sent the steamer
Florida back to Stanleypool for more
supplies lie
and men. s
PPa The natives
showed no disposition to molest the
expedition, and all were in . good
health. Stanley was waiting for the
return of the Florida before advanc-
ing,
Mr James Dickson, Registrar for
Huron, was in town this week. As
"Jimmy Dickson" be is quite a his-
torical personage. He represented
Huron and Bruce before the conces-
sion of "rep by pop," and claimed
that he sat for more people than half
the 65• members of Lower Canada.
Sir George E. Cartier placed against
the stalwart yeomanry of these fine
northern counties the codfish in
Gaspe Basin. -Stratford Beacon.
The Toronto Globe says: -"Many
surmises are being indulged in
throughout Methodist and educational
circles as to the probable successor to
the late Rev. Dr. Nelles as Chancellor
of Victoria University. Already it
has been arranged to call a meeting
of the Board of Regents -the body
'thativill1'under•tire-constitution of the
church deal with this matter -within'
the next three or four weeks at To-
ronto. Among triose who are spoken
of for the position are Rev. Dr. Bur
wash, Dean of the University ; Rev,
11r Ryckmau, of London; and Rev. Dr,
Burns, now President of the Hamilton
Ladies' College.
Mt Chamberlain having completed
his arrangements to sail for America
next Saturday, it is announced that
he will make only it brief visit to New
York and then proceed to Washing-
ton. After leaving Washington he
will make a tour of Canada. It i
asserted that he will make no publi
speeches while in America, and thi
is probably true with regard to th
United States, but it is thought to b
doubtful that he can resist tie temp
talion to indulge in his, propensit
for public declamation to which It
will be subjected in Canada, and like
ly the Orangemen of Toronto and
Kingston wilt be told the oft -repeat
ed story of the stood Ulster men an
the_bad.National. Leaguers..
Mr Yolman, a healthy resident'o
hiltless city, arrived in Motltrea
Friday after his fugitive wife, who
bad eloped with a young travelling
agent of the Chicagosend:ia';ockIslan(d
Railway, The faithless wife is about
20 years younger than her husband,
and eloped about a week ago during
his absence. The guilty pair were
traced to Chicago, Toronto and Ot-
tawa, and thence to Montreal. Here
they were found in ; lodging house
on St. Antoine Street. When con-
fronted with the indignant husband
the wife burst into tears. The hus-
band then relented, and said, "Delia,
if you will only ask my pardon I will
forgive you and take you home." She
pleaded for mercy. Her lover in the
meantime beat a hasty retreat. Yid -
man took her west at once.
open, baying been. forced. Near .t,o a
partition waa .a pile of hymn hooks
and Bibles burning. The Police had
hardly stamped out the fire wb.ea
they heard 'men walking towards
them. They stepped out and i4
the darkness hid behind the project-
ing wicker -work of the church. In a
moment Andrews and Newman carne
along. Aesthetes remained ori the 4.
sidewalk and Newman tiptoed ug to
the door and into the arm of the
police. The evidence being appar-
ently against them they then con-
fessed all. They fired both the bar-
racks and the church out of pure dev-
iltry. Newman put the match to the
barracks, Andrews holding bis coat
n e d t i
and ke n wa ch while be didc
s
but both entered the church.. They
tore up the carpet at the pulpit, and
sought to make a fir,5 there, but it
would not go and a second attempt
was made in the basement. Both
were sorry, of course, and said they
had been drinking or they would not
have committed the crime. They
bad a dissipated look when brought
before the magistrate. They pleaded
guilty, said they knew the enormity
of their offence and asked for sen-
tence at the hands of the magistrate.
Col. Duff took a day to consider the
measure ot punisbm'nt he would award
them. Both are single inen. At
their trial Newman was sentenced to
penitentiary for 21 years and Andrews
for life.
Bureau of Industries
The Annual Report of the Ontario
Bureau of Industries foe 1886, just is.
e ued,is considerably more voluminous
and covers a much wider area than its
predecessors. The section dealing
with farm values is especially impor-
tants showing flowing that during the year
there has been a very decided increase
in the value of the farms of the Pro-
vince. Owing to the exodus to Manito-
ba, the total value of farm property,
including land, buildings, implements
and stocks dropped from $961,428,595
in '83 to $949,803, 170 in '84 In 1886
the arnoupt had increased to $989,497-
911, showing that the agricultural in-
terests of the '1 Province have fully re-
covered the effects of the Manitoba
boom. The table giving the prices of
produce, however, show that in near-
ly every case there has been a steady
decline since 1883. Taking the six
principal articles of grain, a compari-
son with the average for the past five
years proves that the crop of 1886 re-
presents nearly ten millions less than
the average.
The very full statistics showing the
falling off in the values of farm pro-
duce, are a strong argument in favor
of our finding new markets. The de-
preciation in value during the year
amounts to five per cent. --a consider-
able item when it is borne in mind
how closely our farmers are obliged
to live in order to make ends meet.
This state of affairs is the seeret of the
success of' the C. U. movement among
the farmers.
•
Tatlel9 of It V4'nylgli(i(• Barrel.NOTE,-A poor imbecile who situ--
himself, Pea La, writes in this week'.
Ncrr's-fl'eord from 1l'arccrnosh that "the
writer simply lied." Oh ! no, Pra Le.
that is not what is wrong. You are as
mad as a wet herr, and just as harmless,
S , (A. pill is a hard thing to swallow, eft :')
e Yon and your set Wave had more Ha !
s Has! than Pra La's lately addressed to
o von. Live upright lives, pay your debts,
o and you inay yet become the ornament
; of society—not its by -word of reproach.
.The '`Clinton Fellow" is, I suppose,
e quite able to take OA's of himself ; and
is no rlclttbt, pt•oud of his cltampion,wrho
••like the poor cat in the adage, lets
dare.not wait upon I will."
Don't make a fool of yourself. Can
you read between the lines :' If so, let
steeping clogs alone.
if
ar7
one iu '
f Blyth i" 'Wishes t
Y vI
s
hes "tlwst�
1 tales discontinued, let him drop a line to
the NEW ERA, and no more will be pub-
lished ; they. sere merely written to
amuse, and the writer•did • not mean to
offend any one, and if he had done so,he
hereby offers an apology. Poor Pra La
tries to convey a wrong impression, and -
fastens the authorship on a person en
tirely innocent, but the poor fellow is
more to be pitied than blamed. Some-
body- must have nearly flattened hiui
out. fit order to rhyme with Pra La, 1.
sign myself HA ! HA !
P. S. -Ha ! Eta ! ! ha ! ! ! '
The London correspondent of the
Globe says: -The second cargo of.
Canadian store cattle to Aberdeen ar•
rived in good condition and have
been sold, Three 'hundred and fifty
bead of cattle realized an 'average of
fourteen pounds eleven shillings and
sixpence. There was a good ,attend-
ance at the sale and the buyers were
generally pleased with the gtial-
ity of the stock. The company had
effected a reduction of fifteen shillings
per head freight, but had to pay
twelve shillings per head more for
the cattle. The prices realized were
just about sufficient to clear the co,n-
pany from loss. In addition to his I
former shipment Mr. John Dryden,
who sails in the Caetbagenran, has
left Glasgow with a large draft of
shorthorns. Various other breeders
in Canada aro purchasers, including
Mr Johnson, of Greenwood, Ur Rus-
sell. of Richmond Hill. Mr Redtnond,
of Peterborough, and Unionville.
Three:fires took place at Kingston i
on Tuesday night. The first was in
Babcock's stables,. on Queen street,
about 11,30 o'clock, and was so
promptly detected by a police officer
ae to be extinguished without the aid
of the firemen. A little later as two
policemen stood a block away from
the Salvation Army barracks they
heard a noise as of some one jumping
on the sidewalk. They .wtilked to-
wards the barracks and heard the.
sound of retreating footsteps. They
suspected that something was up and
that something became apparent when
a light appeared in the Salvation
Army barracks. The door of the
building was found to have beers
forced open and the platform on fire.
Presently the whole structure was in
flames. Loss $6,1500, insured for
0,000, During the fire two young
men named Andrews and Newman
became conspicuous by their conduct.
They were particularly hilarious and
seethed to enjoy the proceedings. The
potiea, suspecting them of having to
do with both fires, decided to shadow
them, but they eluded attention for a
minute and disappeared. Some Limo
later the police had oepasion to go to-
wards the Third Methodist church
and were nttraeted by a light in the ,
basement, 'fhe floor of it was also
Sale 1i.eliister.
SVEDNESDAY, NOV. 2.-•1''art ,
stock, steam engine etc.,ou lot 6, Huron
road, Goderich township, 1I miles front
Clinton, D. Dickinson, snot.
THURSDAY, NOV.. 3rd. •- I''arin
stock of Me 1'. Brennan, lot 18, ":;th
con. of Hullett. Jas Howson, anti.
BORN...
DICRSON, rrr ('lintou, ou the 4tst hist..
the wife of Mr Chris, Dickson, of a daughter.
tVIL,LOWs.-in Myth, on the mrd lust„
the wife of Mr Phillip 'Willows, pnrlrpmaliev,
of twins, son and daughter.
HARRIED'
TWE'EDC--L.hMJI-•In Toronto, on the lett
inst., by Roy, Or, \Vilrl, lir H. Tweedy, for-
merly of Clinton, to Miss A: Larn b, of Toronto.
11ANcE — JACKSON. -- At Highviow fesi
deuce, Clinton, on the '26th inst. by the nae.
A. Stewart, assisted by Rey. W. Craig, Mr C.
C. Rance, to Miss Janet 1.'.. second daughter
t" i'..Jael:sou.l ss1„ all of Clinton.
DIED
SCOTT. Au bast R'a.tvnno.h, on the 130.
-rust„-Margaret is'ife or Mr. 11. Scott, aged 47:
Mr'CLPLLAND.—In Tlelgrave, on the 13th
inst., Margaret, wife of Mr C. McClelland.
merchant, aged 611 years,
PHOTOMAPt19
TAKEN A7'
r.OSTen'k,
l'fiEkerf
pew Attuartiicments
(G0o1 MAltls', went COVRUrll) BUD(:
/L./land Harness for silo cheap, or will he
Sold separately, Apply to J. H. ('OJ1RF%
I:\C't•RSiON TO•
NOVEMBER 5TH. 1887
The Canadian Pacific. R. R. all] rim an ex-
curslon to San Francisco on tho above date,
at the wonderfully low rate of s's0. Tickets.
are Urn -class nnrl good to return up to tiny
lh,t, insn. For all particulars npm l" to
W. JACKSON
AGENT, --- CLINTON,