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The Nettie -Record, .
• . Clinton. Ont
December, 1882.
The Huron News -Record
Wednesday, January 26th
CANADA'S POSITION.
Certain newspapers in Chicago
can never refer to. Canada without
sneeEing at her position, her institu-
tic:as and her people. A day or two
ego the Chicago Daily .11retv.$ alluded__
to the Dominion as "that obscure
; "that half frozen
strip of land on the north end of the
Ainerican continent" ; "that suburb
of tho United States" ; and "that no
Man's land." What marvellous
ignorance finds a place in thrsanc-
tams ofour Chia -age -Contemporaries !
These flings at the prosperous coun-
try to the north are probably, the
work of a man who has never stood_
onCanadian soil. No, man's land,
is iti Wo eau tell this flippant
scribbler that Canada is the home
of a race of people as hardy, as pro-
gressive, as' God-fearing as any on
earth.: It is. a land that can fairly
boast of having a public school
system inferior -to"that 'of no other
eountry. It is a land that possesse?
artificial waterways,: constructed ata
cost of $40,000,000, which chal-
lenge the admiration of every engi-
neer who examines there. , It is a
land that claims to have the largest
single line of railway in the world
—the only real transcotinental road
in Amerioa, „ That "no man's land"
has a municipal system. of govern-
ment as much ahead of that of the
United States as the American muni-
cipal plan is in advance of that of
Mexico. That "half frozen strip of
land" is the fourth maritime power
in the world, and the headquarters
of the second largest steamship
company in existence. That "ob-
scnre plot of ground" is larger than
the United States, and three fourths
,qf it is fertile land capable of sup-
porting at least three hundred mil -
Boat of souk Tho five million
people of that "no man's land" live
under tho freest • government on
earth, and yet anarchism and its
fiendish accompaniments or concom-
itants are unknown there, That
"frozen strip of land" produces the
best wheat, barley, apples and fruit
grovn on this wntinent; and its
cattle and choose aro elbowing
American exportations ,ont of ' the
British markets. This all being a
true bill the flippant scribbler of the
-American press -will probably at.
tempt to squelch tis by asking Cans
Adieus why they came to this eonn.
try if their native land is what they
depict it._ Every month thoOsanda,
of New Entillandere 001118 3rOett�'
'';Vatter*
'te to
t..tat
Might
ply- to each
.,,e•;!,•esitne• to the
000ine the most
eat, of clerks; to
aye and great tun -
and superintend
...radeportation ; to syss
tjuntber business; to
operete'YOUr Mines; to add inven-
tivO geniue to the ranks of your in-
ventors Lto publish your books (the
largest -publishing---house. in the
United States is toe property .of a
Canadian); to captain your fishing
fleets; to build and operate boats in
your rivers and harbors; to act as
foremen and. superintendents in
your hives of indu t y; to preach in
your leading pulpits; in short to
standeside by side with the best
Anaericaus in the labors of the day.
The insulting remarks of the Daily
Jews go home to 10,000'people liv-
ing in Chicago. The Canadian
abroad is stilra Canadian ; and yet
he =hes a citizen in the beet sense
of the term. We do not except any
class in our assertion that the Cana-
dian colony in the United States is
morally the equal of the best ele-
ment of the native population. The
books of our churches, the member-
ship rolls of our temperance and re-
ligious associations, such as the Y.
M. C. A. show clearly the high
standing Of our compatriots in this
country. We are neither office
.seekers nor. office- stealers, but citi-
zens from a country as democratic,
as open to the beneficial influences
of the age, as the Republic founded
by Washington. We behave our.
eaves; but because we do not band
ourselves for a raid on the offices we
are of "no ' account." Americans
daily express regret that certain
nationalities in this country fight for
privileges and sconcessions on race
grounds. Canadians do not do that,
sort of thing, yet their exhibition of
true citizenship receives no own
mendation, and their native land is
reviled whenever the scribblers of
the press aro vouchsafed an opportunity to turn on the stream of vitu-
peration. •
. Canada will, however, go on and
prosper in spite of the gibs, snarls
and illnatured- comitonents of Chi-
cago newspapers and anti-British
newspapers generally. Uncle Sam,
as is confidently -aseerted, will never
forcibly take' Canada "in oirt of the
cold." The Ameriean braggart was
taken care of in 1812. If' occasion -
demands, ,that highly euceesiifiir
„failure can, with Canada's assistance,
be repeated.—Qcouldian America,
C h icaroo.
A TERRIBLE DYNAMITE EX-
PLOSION.
A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.
Ottawa, Jannary terrible
explosion of dynamite occurred iu a
dwelling:hens° about two miles from
Hull late last night. Tho house
Was tenanted by Mr. John F. Patton,
his brother Samuel Patton, and the
former's wife and two children.
The Pattous were dynamite manu-
facturers, and had a factory some
distance from the house. They
brought a case of fifty pounds of
giant powder in cartridges from the
factory, and put it in a little stove -
house adjoining the kitchen, intend-
ing to take it to town iu the morn-
ing. During...the evening Samuel
Patton set about prepaying a mix-
ture of saltpetre and nitrate of pot-
ash In the kitchen. While at work
ho smoked a cic.rrar, and happening
to shake his head the ashes fell into
the mixture. The room was imMe-
diately filled with a blue brim, and
John Patton seizing his youngest
child escaped, as did also his wife
and Mother through the wiudow.
In her hurry the wife took up a
bundle of cloths instead of • the
other little girl, When the mistake
was discovered Samuel returned and
fetched the child, who was lying on
the floor with the skin all burned
off hor fa,ie. Tho whole family,
who were scantily clothed, started
for a neighbor's house, They had
not gone far when the explosion
took place. The house, 'whieh was
solidly built of stone, was blown, to
atoms, a whole side being removed
bodily thirty feet, while some of
rafters were thrown three hundred
yards. the neighborhood for some
distanc) was strewn with the debris,
and the WindOWIP411 4 house one
hundred yards Blatant woresmashed
frames and all by tho force of the
explestion, John' Patton was badly
burnt, but tho °agape of the-tfamily
la conildered Intrude's% -)
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Louden (Eng.) Jan. 1 -1; ---The
Quarterly Renew has an article on
the political history of the construe -
tion of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way. The reviewer statee' that the
railway is really the history for the
time of Canada itself, and is inti-
mately associated with the future of
the British Empire. It Claims con-
sideration inspect to its huperial
aud counneiMal-- vtthre. rails --
way had made:I—Canada and the
Pacific coasts, and had enabled- the
Government to put down the Riol
rebellion.
The most interesting portion 9f
the article to Canadians is the re-
viewer's remarks on the Opposition
policy. His' strictures are very se-
vere. About the time the Macken-
zie Cabinet fell iu 1878 the attitude
of the Liberal party underwent
change. The Liberals said that to
-carry out the country's obligations
to British Columbia was nnpossible,
and would impose financial burdens
absolutely ruinous in their oppres-
siveness, and that the idea of a rail-
way from ocean to ocean, entirely
avoiding foreign soil, must be re-
legated to the dim future. The re-
sult to the country of this strange,
perversity was bad. -•
The incoming Cabinet was thwart
ed by the obstacles put in its way,
and was drifting to revert to the
original plan of an independent
company. The Government turned
to,the gentlemen who had made the
St. Pani, Minneapolis and Manitoba
railway successful and induced them.
to .undertakethe work. Sir Charles
Tupper introduced a bill in 1881 to
carry out the agreement, and appeal-
ed to the Opposition to unite with
his supporters in bringing the
national work to a triumphant and
satisfactory conclusion. The arpeal
failed. The opposition mimed the
opportunity of adopting a course
creditable to themselves and advan-
tageous to the country. Their capti-
ous criticism on the subject has not
re founded to the reputation of the
Opposition its patriots or statesmen,
while the tactics they. have pursued
have done ranch abroad to shake
the credit and position Of the colony.
The resolutions, however, were pass-
ed. The promoterssubscribed a
million and the work was begun iu
thorough earnest. The details of
the construction are well known.
The reviewer points out the ad-
vantages offered- by the road for
the conveyance of the Pacific and
Atlantic mails Co or from Japan,
China and AuStralia, being miller,
one management from sea to sea.
The question, will the line pay 'I
can be answered in the affirmative.
It is now oarniug a substantial
amount in excess of the fixed charges,
a result astonishing and gratifying
to the shareholder: The liked
charges -will not increase for some
thine and the traffic receipts will at
the worst show a largo development.
The financial success of the, read
seems to be assured. Canada already
is reaping a. 000d return for the saCri,
'flees she has made, and England
cordially hopes hor expectations
will be fulfilled, inasmuch as the
work deeply interes ts the Mother
Country. The great North-west has
been opened up to emigration,'
where millions of acres of wheat=
producing land awaits the settler.
No longer need Canada's sons go to
the States to make a new start, nor
need emigration from England drift
to New York.
The.railway has solved the Indian
question. It has opened kip vast
coal fieble, stimulated the mining
industry on Lake Superior and else-
where,dand promiseslo establish a
large reciprocal trade with Australia.
Yet snore far reaching results will
affect Englishmen the world over
from the new ocean service project-
ed by the Dominion Government,
which may well be calldd "the ac-
celerated mail service." 'Halifax is
to bo reached in five clays and a half
from Queenstown, and passengers
will math the Pacific eoast in oleven
days from London. .
To Canadian Government has
proposed the construction of 'steam-
ers to bo used as crosiers on the
Pacific seas. In view of the rela-
tions with Ruseia, the matter is of
very great inaportence• to tho Em-
pire, and England should not at a
critical moment bo weak. The rail-
way is of strategic importance to the
Empire, rind affords a now route to
India, if the Suez Canal should bo
blocked, preferable to the Cape
route ; military and naval stores
can be forwarded and transports
sent to India more quickly. In
the case of war the wheat supply of.
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Y0-014r9tesilant..goloae4 eisuld
oaia firer1ie iU.4 ettpPly thre,tittif'
cnkialsy the railway, as well lie • 4.:
large and eves suereastng aupply at •
04443.1i groWn aereals. The 1941
is already being need hy The British
Governments has established
stores at Vancouver. and Esquiniault.
Itis probahle that the mail Service
from Loudon to Asietralia via Canada
can be made in thirtrtwo days.
In conclusion the reviewer says
Canada by the railway has contri-
buted to the welfare and unityof
the Einpire and the' peaceful interest
of the world.
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EMMA MOORE'S BLIGHTED
LIFE.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURT—ACQUITT-
ED ON CHARGE OF HUSBAND
MURDER.
When Emma Moore, a girl of
eighteen, married Captain Duncan
McCraig five years ago she was con-
sidered to be the most beautiful
girl in Port Huron, Mich., and she
was as lovely in disposition as in
face and form. Captain McCraig was
more than ten years older than his
wife, a vessel owner and one of the
best known captians on the chain
of great lakes. Soon after their
marriage Captain McCraig, who
drank freely, grow jealous of the
admiration his wife's beauty excit-
ed on all sides, and they soon
quarreled. A little daughter came
but failed to heal the breach, and
'after a time Mrs. McCraig left
her husband and went back to the
home of her „parents. Two ,years
ago they Were divorced .on account
of the Captain's abuse, and then he
grew more ivaanely jealous of her
and made her life a burden.
While in his cups .he would fre-
quently attack her character, and
there were not wanting those who
'feared some dreadful tragedy would
end it all. •
THE TRAGEDY.
These apprehensions were realiz-
ed on March 25th, 1886. On that
day Captain- McCraig, who was ar-
ranging for the opening of naviga-
tion, became intoxicated, and. at
midnight was takeu .to his home by
friends. Ile did not stay there
however, but immediately went to
the house of Mrs. McCraig—or Miss
Moore, for she had taken her maid-
en name—and aroused the house
and neighborhood by his efforts to
get in. Her aged father went out
and tried to pacify the enraged nian,.
who pushed his way into the house'
and to his fornier wife's chamber.
sItsfs now two o'clock a. in. Tito in -
flatted man attacked his wife in
her night clothes and brutally beat
her until, fearing, for her life, she
fled to another room, procured a
shotgun, and, retuining, shot the
drunken madman dead. No tra-
gedy ever before occurred here
which caused so profound a sensa-
tion.
THE ARREST AND TRIAL.
Miss Moore was arrested, jailed
and subsequently bailed. Her trial
for murder was looked forward to
fpr months as a great event. It be-
gan a week age, and attracted im-
mense crowds of people, including
the most prominent men and women
of.the place.' A jury of farmers was
finally secured, and the defendant's
counsel announced that the defense
was justifiable homicide. , The pro-
secuting attoruey was assisted by
the ablest counsel in the city, and
Miss Moore's interests were in cap-
able hands. The fair prisoner gave
hor testimony yesterday, and the
court ropm Could not begin to hold
the people. There was not a dry
oyo iu the room when she had fin-
ished her. story. Sh6 told of her
blighted life'the abuse. she had
suffered from McCraig; and how on
the tragic night, goaded to des-
peration by hisassault his cruel
words of slander, and afraid for
her life, she shot lihn. "So help 'me
God," she concluded, "I did not
mean to kill him, but if I did wrong
1 am willing to take the consequen-
ces." She rose as she said this, and
the tears in her eyes could no longer
be kept back. The greeted silence
reigned, and there is no doubt the
jury had made up their minds, but
arguments had to follow; and lasted
until two o'clock in the afternoon.
Then the jury retired, and in a short
time brought in a verdict of "not
guilty." ,Judge Stearns forbade any
demonstrition.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, being highly
concentrated, requirea smaller doses,
and is more"effeetive than any other
blood tnedioine It is the cheapest,
became the best. Quality and not ,
quantity should-be-oOnsideredr-, venturous, ---
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•The .regnlar fortnightly Meeting
of the Society for Historical Study,
which was held in the: FraserInsti-
tote, Montreal, On Wednesday, there
was a very good attendance of mem.:
bete, The paper of the evening,
"On' the History of Canada. from
160$ to 1848," was read by Mr. C.
S. Campbell. He handled his sub-
ject, which included the founding
of Quebec, the explorations of the
waterways of the country, the ad ven-
tures of Champlain, and the birth
of the colony, in a very interesting
manner. Some discussion followed,
particularly as to the derivation of
the name "Canada." Mr. Lesper•
ance, in his paper on thks first period
of Canadian history, had brought
forward Jacque Cartier's wool to
show that the name was 1111 Indian
one meaning a collection of huts.
Mr. Campbell, in his paper, suggest-
ed that tho St. Lawrence liver might
have been called Canada by the
Spanish explorer, who undoubtedly
sailed up it before Champlain—at
any rate he would naturally apply
to it the Spanish word, meaning a
great glen.
THE FIRST EXPLORERS OF THE NORTH•
WEST.
Mr. Benjamin Suite delivered a
very interesting lecture on the dis-
covery of the Northwest, in the hall
,of the Cabinetdo Lecture, Montreal:
He traced the efforts of the early
Canadian colonists to discover what
lay beyond the vast expanse of
waters reaching 38 far as, the- head
of Lake Superior. Traders came
firloTay followed by mission-
aries, and the emissaries of trading
companies. Between 1666 and 1679
the Sieur Chouart des Groaeillers
reached Rainy Lake. Ho wanted
France to extend explorations as fat -
as Hudson's Bay. Receiving no
encouragement from his own corm -
try, he went to England, received a
pension. and decorations, and ho -
came one of the founders of Hud-
son's Bay company, 216 years ago.
The Skier de la Verandoye, after
exploriug the Northwest as far as
Lake Winnipeg,reached the contin-
ence of the Rod •and Assiniboine
rivers, where Winnipeg now -stands,
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in..1738. In 1742 his sons reached
tho foot of the Rocky Mountains,
In 1795, Alex. McKenzie went wast„
and everywhere met French Metis
the descendants of the first French
explorers and their Indian wives.
REBELLION, RERENGE,
REPEAL.. . .
The Halifax Chronicle says that
"Tlie repeal, party of Nova
Scotia has not repudiated repeal."
Bear in mind, that the repeal Pelty
iu .Nova Scotia are 'identical with
the Grit party in Ontario. That
party here which fiecoly opposed
any concessions to Nova Scotia, in
.way of "Better Terms," calling oar
friends by the sea So many leeches
upon the public purse, and repro -
senting Ontario as but the "mach
cow of the Dominion," are now
looked to by the party of repeal to
assist them in breaking up the
'Union.. They have seen how the
Grit party have sympathized with ,
Rebellion in the North-west, with
Race and Revenge in Quebec, and
they naturally look to them for help
and countenance in breaking the
bond of Confederation to which
they pledged themselves in 1867.
ADVERTISING THE -C. P. R.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Co., is showing a great deal of enter-
prise and intelligence in advertising
111 the.United States. The Repnb-
lican , Springfield, Mass., Nov. 25,
1886, says :—The exhibition car of
of the Canadian Pacific railroad was
brought to this city last week and
side-tracked back of the Boston and
Albany offices. There it will re-
main for several days open to publiC
inspection and amply repaying it.
Ranged within very 'neatly and lab-
elled accurately are sheaves of all
the grains grown in the British
America provinces, cans of appetizing
small fruits, piles of giant and tooth-
some vegetables and in oases a fine
exhibit of the mineral wealth of the
region and the rich coal depoeit.
A section of a big tree of Douglas
fir fills the center of the car,XW
great object lesson is fully ebforced
by the explanations of the rifiinagers
in attendance and intresting
pamphlets are given the ''''Sisitorst
that homo reading niay Stilt& the
desire to -emigrate which will be
stirred up in the bosoms of the ad.
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• The ai3Obo IiidiW4011**104"490•
11.%!fleed refeTop.gft.4XI497,:r!tgut404-7','
that was sun' to .,$ir J9hreg-11.00et':;
at a party gatheriE1.
rg in 1o4eint0„•
other day, to the air of oThe Britial0
Grenadiers -
The poem above referred to,
which was culled an "anthem,”
likely to become very peppier At,
Conservative gatherings, so it may
not be amiss to publish it. The
first verso is :—
Some talk of William Gladstone,
'Ann borne of Edward Blake,
Of Mowat and of Cartwright,
Whose side we dosnot. take.. s
As might be surmisedfrom the
last line, those who "talk of -William
Gladstone" et al. are merely wasting
their breath, and the reason for this
is clearly explained in the nett
four lines :—
rant of all Dominion statesmen,
We neer expect to see
Om to compare in Canada
With Sir John, G. 0. B.
The remaining verses run thus :—
The C. P. R. is finished,
The N. P. is iu forco, .
The fisheries have boon protected
Without a single loss.
Oh ! Canada, fair Canada,
Thy truest .friend is here ;
Long may thy destinies he ruled
By minds as bright and cicar.
The substitution of "poetry," and
especially "poetry" of this stamp, for
plain, uncompromising prose, is a
a happy thought. Anything less
harmful could not well be imagined;
and if the Government do.not objeet,
we do not think the Opposition
should.
MR. BLAKE AND LOUIS RIEL.
SANE AND INSANE AT ONE AND THE
SAME TIME!
GUILTY, BUT ,UNDESERVING OF PUN-
ISIIMENT.
From the St. Catharino's Journal.
In ono of his speeches on the
Riol -qeestion, Mr. Make endeavor-
' ed to steer Carefully, as he, thought,
between letting the rebel go scot
free and hangingshim.'. 'He said :—
"I saw that I could not honestly
vote in favor of any decision but
that the sentence of execution ought
to have been commuted—not that
the man should have been pardon -
vises so many have wrongly de.
clued. I said that the man was
guilty." This is extraordinary'
grounds for Mr. • Blake to take.
He admits; Riel's guilt and finds
fault with his execution, Tho oily
possible graiind for clemency to
Riel was on the ground of insanity.
His sanity was established by medil
cal -alien, and now we have the. ad-
ditional testimony of Gabriel De-
ment,. who was Itiers .right hand
man. in the North-west rebellion.
Dumont, in conversation with some
French-Canadian snowshoers while
on their recent excursion to • New
Yorks -stated distinctly that the late
Louis Riel was perfectly sane and
quite responsible tor bis acts'.
DAKOTA TAXES.
Flom the Canadian Colonist, Montreal.
7 'The French-Canadian farmers
from Manitoba called at our office
to-day—G. Roberts and M. Denser -
eau, of St. Pie, Man. Fine broad
stoulderod . six footed specimen's'
as,
theyis were, They expressed them-
;es well satisfied with' their
now'1e. When their party left.
Quebek4 separates114, patt of it set-
,
tlingq160 Dakota./ -06 ..,Dansereau • k
says that he visited alkti&poople in ' • ,
Dakota and found thefirg,yory poor
and discontentdd. They 'Complain-
ed of being eaten up with taxA.8nd
railroad charges. "One o 14 my
friends," says "Mr. Denson
$80 taxes per year on 80 a
land. I have 160 acres in Maui
ba and my taxes are
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THE LISTOWEL BRIBERS
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
The bribery case, the Queen' vs.
H. Leslie and T. Hallock'Chit
boodle bribers, was resumedbef
J. L. Raper,
J. P. Mergers. J.
Scott, T. H. Rolls and Fred Heins -
worth were -examined. Thesevid-
ente of Scott and Rolls shovied that
a note for $200, on which %Vere 'the
names ofrT.`14. Afabeer,
A. McIntosh and T. Hillock, W38,
dietennted at Scott's tank on the
206, and the proceeds paidto -„,
hOtik. Hailook also got 801H6 large
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tills, changed at Scott's i3tinC�n
Sunday afternoon, 26th. tt °Si5Ott,,,
swore that he had no knowledge what
ever of the bribery business lila
morning of the election. The pri-
soners Leslie and Hallo* werecoin.
milted for trial, and were. tinintimit. •
ontly released on bail, in pook"
each,
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