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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1885-11-27, Page 4a IL/ne ttitng tinle$ 1/4) FRIDAY, NOV. 27en, 1885. OWING to the pressure of other emitter eve are compelled to omit a quantity of editorial and correspon, deuce this week. THE P00e1 HOUSE QUESTION. The county council will meet at kioderi0i on Tuesday next, when, auunig other things, we hope to see the poor house question brought up and pt'operly discussed. • It has here- tofore been brought before the board, but we maintain it hs never received the consideration its importance de - Mends. Let the county councillors carefully weigh the subject in their OW11 minds, taking everything into consideration, aud we think we are eate iu prelicting that they will con- clude tc'reverse their clecisiou of last %Spring and proceecl with the work. The grand jury at the last assizes F.) placed the fact on record, and it has been hearlded abroad,. that it is a +crime to be poor in the county of Huron. Let the county council per- form a simple act of justice to an un- fortunate class of the community,, tied remove the stigma that is at present very properly applied to our county. LAST Saturday Sir John Macdonald took a sudden notion and set sail for Eugland, whether for the purpose of looking after important business re- lating to our government, as his Lie ds claim, or to escape for a time the vengeance of his French Canadian fallowers, it is difficult to deter- ' Mine. "GO DEMPEE," every one of them, or one, two, three or four of them might be -mimed and the fifth and sixth struck. And, while he would say there is no rein ben for ue to be diecouraged, it is possible we might not etriles one bed. fMsxo.—To illustrate Prof. Selwyn's idea on this peen we might state that the salt beds are found in layers beneath the surface something like In this way. the wave line indicating the surface of the ground and the others layers of salt, Piave that they are lea. ticular; 1 2 3 4 By boring at Fig. 1 but two beds of salt would be struck; at Mg. 2 six; at Fig. 3 four, and at Fig. 4 none.—En. Tams.] Of one thing he was sure and that was we had not reached the base of the formation. As near as he could judge the rocks we are now passing through belong to the saline forma, tion; still it was very bard to speak decidedly on this point, e3 the drill poulled the rock so fine it was difficult based his epinion ou this fact: at Goderich, in boring at Attrill's well, salt was struck at a depth of 975 feet below the level of the lake, and, add- ing 105 feet for the height of the bank, would: matte 1,080 feet from, the sur- face; Blyth salt wits struck at 1,130 feet, while we in Wingham appear to have struck a thin bed at 1,145 feet. Presumably this may be taken as repr e• senting the first bed. The borings at Attrill's well struck the sixth bed of salt at a depth of 1,408 feet from the surface,. thus giving a depth of BEsT FAMILY PAPER IN CANADA. 388 feet occupied by salt beds. Now, Established 41 Years. the first beds of salt at the Wingliam welt occured at 1,145 feet, and adding to this.388 feet (the apparent depth .of the salt horizon, at Uoderieh) we should go the depth of 1,533feet before feeling d.sceuraged, as in his opinion we might at any moment strike a good bed of salt down to that distance at least. The very fact that we re- cently passed through, what is no doubt a considerable bed of salt is evidence that we are not through. the. forma- tion, and to his mind this bed repre- sents one of the beds found.at Atteill's to ge a specimen of the rock. But he no doubt later that Wingbani is a very wieked atoil ungodly town, void of all respectability separate trom Scott Act .supporters. But, sir, such is not the case. I challenge li'rank Buchanan, or any other mentor of public morals, to name any town in Canada of similar , size that excels us in intelligerice. I morality or respectability. The 101114. dation and neunspeing of this burning question that disturbs public senti- ment, and is fast sapping the futilely. - teems of society, is in my humble °pile we a political subterfuge, for politiaal ends, and not the interests of morel ity or well being of the 4ubject. Str John Macdonald and the Elon. Oliver Mowat are bettline fur the control of the liquor traffic, with the view of strengthening their respective posi• tions. Strong partizans ou both sides are severing social ties and. fiercely fighting one against the other for a political victory. There are, hovever, thousands of good and true men who do not " range themsels es with the merrow minded, the iliiterate, the criminal, and the drunken sot who cannot do without his grog," who de- plore the arbitrary clauses of the Scott Act as a farce and am unwarrantable interference with the liberties of ft person, who will not be controlled by it, or lend a hand to enforee its pro- vieions. It is a bad law that will not be respected. Thankine you, sir, for the space given, I am, yours truly, A. SILENT OBSERVER. Wiugham, Nov. 23rd, 1885. '72,000 CO E. IL'S Per Week Sworn circulation Daily and Weekly Free Press. Largest Eight -page Metrorfolitan Week- ly Published m the Dominion. KING OF WEEKLIES! THE FREE PRESS, LONDON ONT. The Agricultural Department is a noted feature of the "Free Press," being always up to the times and conducted by persons practically skilled in farm work. welL He would advise the conned (if ses is the advice given in reference to our they fancied they had not sufficient 1:7; Salt Well by Prof. Selvvyn.—Plis salt) to. continue to a depth of 1,533 views on the subject. feet, and, in the event of no other eat beds being found, he would certainly On Tuesday our town was Levered , test the bed we are now in by pump - with a visit from Prof. Selwyn, of ing, as this was the only possible way Ottawa, Director of the Geoloeicall to find out what we have. Bat iu Survey of Canada, who came for the :his opinion, judging from the qnality- purpose of giving the council his ` of the brine shown. him, he Lad very views regarding the prospects of our' little doubt but that. we now had a Kilt well. In compo.ny with several good well. cf our leading citizen.; he spent a par- A. number of those present expressed tion of the day in eXalliinirig the ort- themselves as extremely gratified. with crop of rock at various points. In the the remarks of Prof.Selwyn, and after neighborhood, and in the afternoon at tendering hien a vote of thanks for his the council chamber he gave the re- kindness he left by the afternoon train welt of his researches. for London, with the intention of vis - The professor commenced by saying iting Chatham and other western that, although he had made rocks a points to :make collections for the etudy for forty years, he could not say Colonial and Indian Exhibitone. that his views had always been found correct, and in giving his views on VIE COUNCIL DECIDES TO TAKE HIS the prospects of our salt well be could ADVICE. A special meeting of the council only be guided by the light of exper- was held on Wednesday evening for ince. It would be impossible for him the purpose taking the matter into to speak authoritively. He could not kitty "I know you will find salt if you consideratien. Bell had that day finished his contraet of 1,400 feet, go deep enough," but all he could say and it was decided to instruct him to was that he believed er chances of proceed with the work and go at least finding salt within the next 100 or 150 feet more, unless a fresh bed of 200 'feet are exce, dingly good, if, in- 'isleed, we have not already found it in paying quantities. But we must bear in kiwi(' at the same time there are diances that no more salt will be found, Salt beds are not spread um- furmly over the whole of the saline ionisation, but aro lenticular, and there am no surface marks to in- dicate where they thin out. To begin 'with, all rocks above the primary are edimentary, and the themy is that there was e depression in these fedi- mentary rocks beneath the Onondaga, er saline., formation ; that the surface of this depression was probeley of a character shnilar to the surface now, that is, consisting of hills and Lullows. In some way this depression was filled with sea water, and, as any heavy materiel held by the water settled to the bottom, the sea water, by drain - ,ng off and evaporation, was gradually eoneentrated into the hollows, and is elm evaporation went on deposited ealetbroughout the territory in every hoilow. Then it eippeera rinotleir overflow took place, drift was carried en, and the whole face of the territory was probably changed—bills. and hollows were again formed and salt was again depositea in the liollnws, And so this continued to L110 end ef whet is called the Otiondaga.formation, salt was struck earlier. Mr. Bell has agreed to drill to any required depth for $2.50 per foot. A Reply to Frank Buchanan. By Telegraph, Telephone, Mail and Correspondence up to the hour of publication. SPECIAL MARKET DEPARTMENT. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. CAPITAL STORY ALWAYS RUNNING. INGENIOUS PUZZLE COLUMN. 1 rn = HUMOROUS READING. 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