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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1889-04-05, Page 12tweSeivewea...1„aa, •16 `leer.thngarn OU1 c#mute -„- 1 ",g ; hex, APJBII;. 12, 1889, T;Efl SA4TT ACT;, 'Vested. by the great democrati tribtiu&l -vox papain -.•the Seat: Act, as a piece of Iegisiatien, lz;zs. pro- ed, a dismal failure. Its ineffeatataeaess and flagrant violatioxi, has, apparenttY, aroused a strong tide of,popular intlig• nation against it.. I cal, or partial prohibition, in so far alit waaainted,at by so imperfect a measure as the Scott AcG has proven a failure. A Year age nine counties rejected an act which they had previously adopted by. 4Y `t Iarge.uanjorities. Now fifteen scum' tins and ; ,two cities have endorse their opinions; . Itis then clear tha some more effective means. of ohetkin the ravages of the traffic --some 'mor workable•n ensure—ttae.to be devised Had this 'been a measure. of genera application -- total prohibition. - it efficiency might have been'much, mor marked and:it would have red doub met with a mere hearty acceptance a the hands of the people. The peopl have given no uncertain sound as to 'het their views are as to this partic ular piece of legislation. , Many ,ac cepted it and voted for it ata an experiment. Its laxity, the want of machinery for its enforcement, its persistent and open violation have so disgusted many that they prefer a well enforced .license act. Not a few who clearly saw the inefficiency of the measure had scruples as to the pro priety of granting license to what they regarded as morally wrongs EDITORIAL NOTES:, A Daininion Dairymen's ..Associa- tion was formed at Ottatva,this Week. THE Scott Act repeal will be voted on in Lambton, Elgin, and Middlesex on' the 9th of :May. THE louse,of Commons, on, Tues- day evening, by a vote of 200 -to 79, • rejected IVIr. L'ark's Scottish Honk Bute motion. TUE Tories and . Liberal Unionists have been having some. lively. oonten• tions over the Iate John'.I3'right's seat in Birmingham„ Likely the heein- ning or the end with these strange bed- fellows. Bev. DR. Suxrllaiir. n and D Ityekman, the former the founder of the prospective new Third Party, have been orating in London on this sub. jest anddeploring;,, the dan.eers to "free speech and free opinions" in this :TR>i vRANQi is 4Cr,--- ..care .surrtsE• $TAai ; ESTIMATE% -- sP.NATons ' go; tenon, —. TIRE 00v- 1 .. IiRNMENT srZL4. AMINO To TIM ExPi"N1a1• Vino, .*.ItLC. 4444,1,441.4 -To too mato o1 the winghteaua - Other .engagements prevented me -from sending; a few words last week to your: valuable paper, Lest week was a busy and au exulting one in the Par. Hainaut and in the city, owing to the ,Test! Estate !lilt bei�u'g on the tapir. The gallerieswere besieged by anxious multitudes while the debate was going on, Lady Stanley of Preston, sons and daughters, retrained till the vote was taken,,at 2 o'clock in the morning. Of ;Nurse /the Guuer��yn} or,ynever appears, . the`' ] eu,ee , Qf ()ominous, It is' d custopcarythat°the execut;tee heitd.oi: explain the reason of all these bur of any Goverment they aro better left gni but the where , abouts of his adapted for slaves than for f>�vtc mon. sisters vwere. not known until lately. Qovernment supporters are now free We hope it will be secured and that men Anka therefore in .all likelihood iii=will bring happiness to those con. this Measure will become law and T ©cruet, - Mias t ., Hingaton has gone fear meekly accepted because Sir'Johtt to' Blyth, She ie•in the employ of Mr. and servile follower& passed it. When S Gidleyy tailor --.Mrs, W. Crooks will . our merrnbers be freet,to exercise met with a had accident- while walk. their own -.judgment and to act upon ang on the sidewalk, 'Her foot caught in their own convictions �`'• Just., when .nhote.in the walk, in such a manner the electors wilt pat oouatlry,bofore Abut she fell and broke her leg. Dr, party, endrnottill then.,.. ad'9tvle- is iu attendance..--lfra. Tra Sir John Thompson has,,.a }3ili#lieforei.Barkley, of Brussels, returned home the 1 -louse which .,proposes to increase' 'Monday after a short stay with friends the salat'iee of..tthe Jude-gs of the• here, Supreme Qotxrta? It, this ]Fill carries,: Ti r borrv. and it is Ji aely it will;. there will be . Messrs Andrew and Wm. Henderson added to tl;e;flxed expenditures of the of the Boundary line and Messrs. ceuntr an annual additional sum of John and Win..Hardie left for Man- n; this way the work of hobs on Wednesday. They%.were a iv. in ceasing the expenditure goes on. en a pleasant social send off at Mr. When will the taxpayers ask the T. ilenderson's on Monday evening, Go+ternment and their supporters to • Just thed £ 's fun, the naticne she ld.,net;.,pnt':in an ap,-•..dens ?: Or are they willing to pay all t. pearanee- in- the, House;,, lest by his this for the pleasure they enjoy froln g .august• presence,. he might influence their political allegiance?' e the delibeeratious of. >ti'arliaineut,• But we;ootxld easily risk that in&ueuae, azk ' this country, at least,. . ,ti . 1 There was a lively discussion this s .week on the. Franchise Ace, A multi - e' tudo of short,, pithy,,. speeches were t made, pointing out the' evils of that. t: A,ot. Not a Conservative in the House - would say a word ..in its favor. Hon. e Wilfred Laurier reeved that the Erato chise Act bee repealed and that the . making of ,the lists be relegated to Provinces., Quite a number of Con- servatives voted for this resolution, and nearly .every one would if they dared.. Many in private conversation admit Ihatt, the Aet is both expensive and unsatisfactory, and would- gladly :see it replaced by a better plan. Many 'Conservatives •complain of the influ- ences brought to bear upon. them.to keep then!' in. line, and think tha . tiler° should be more freedom ; o thought and action. There is a•breaku xtot far in. the future. Parties wil readjtcet themselves upon higher an bbttei;' grounds. According.. to a re tarn brought down on the 4t1 instant and laid' upon the table of the' Ious of 'Commons, the Franchise Act cos the country up till the 1st January 1889, no less than $420,181 Th new voters' list so far --and the wort has as yet hardly commenced—ha cost $86,81.3. When to this is added' the cost of revision and further print- ing of the lists. the :expense will be appalling But if the people are sates- ' fled to have . these • large amounts expended, I am sure the Government has no objection, as it brings water.:to their mill every time. The supplementary estimates were .brought down on the 4th inst., whi,,oh set forth an additional expenditure for 1888-9 of .$2,097,167.: This' makes an expenditure from the'consolidated fund, or in other words, from ordinary revenue, of $37,893,389 for the year ending 80thJuue, 1889. . Besides this there is expended on capital account for the year 18$89 no less a sum than .$9,712,912, or a total expenditure for the current. year of $47,606,301:... Now this is truly startling. Where is this 'increase to stop ? This is a question to be answered by the electors 'of Canada. They can stop it.... Will country -- straggling. fort ; God and right, they say these, doughty cham- pions. -Free speech!' sound's: well, and we have lots of it, too. We want it spiced with moxa common sense than is the wont•in these latter days. A life insurance: case which has been before the courts for .over Iii years has at Iength been decided in favor of the policy -holder•. Ii} 1872 one O'Donnel effected an insurance in the Confeder- ation Life, and in 1873 he -died. The company had no evidence that the. premium had been paid,and the policy was never countersigned: but was in possession of the insured. Four times the Nova Scotia courts decided in plaintiffs favor, and four appeals.were Inde to Ottawa• and new trials ordered, It was finally decided that the company is to pay. The original' amount involved was $0,00O, but the several oasts amount.to a. much larger sum. Tin new postal regulations intro - (laced by lair, IIegeart have been adopted with some changes. Drop letters are to be two cents per onnee in cities and towns where there is a local delivery. Thio :is the sante rate as in the United States and England. Instead of makingall periatlicala published 'less fregtio ntiy than once a week pay postage, montlilie•s are to be allowed to ao free. Other printed. matter and seeds are to hear one serer ,u•r four enneees, leaving the law as. at i present. yrinteere*tottntiscriW, photo. t(eapleaeteaties a;eene not tiling p)lasies.. t c:i ittsuretitct, d::e,t14,•etrr" Otte cent pnr a tt;u7.3 Onli4'eg, 'dabbling the. poste1:m on 11211 e`iar'::i of zeattetr, The rejistraVon • t,f 441111 11 co'nt%, e; alt 1-)peSed, is to bo hxod'U,v Cabot' • c ",utle It appears that some • one of the influential Ministers of the Crown has written a letter to Lord Knutsford, Colonial Secretary, complaining of the disloyalty of the Canadian people. He says that thisdisloyolty arises largely from the ignorance of Oanadiaus in regard: t'ethe great achievements -of the British Empire. This hlessed•MVlinis ter suggests that a few English orators be sent out to•Canada.to give us a few primar�y lemma. in Roglisio history - It is, said that .Lord. Salisbury will select a few Tory orators. fere the work and send theni• to.UanadA for the purpose of educating the people of this country in the-• principles of loyalty, crow or a genuine evening The two One young stallions•i niporte by Tipling J3ros% last fall have mo than realized the expectations of':the owner- and admirers since they we brought out. They have developed i to superb -and valuable animals. T Hackney stallon, young Gordon, risin .three years, is a' beautiful bay, 1 hands, a gay and tidy stepped• art splendidly adapted for general pu pose breeding, He. was 'heed by. Ga Solder, at lefirleld;: Yorkshire,. Eng land, and comes of a noted strain valuable stock, Tipling's importe Shire st:Illion Mirfiftld Oak, is also handsome and promising aminal wit welt marked and expellent points, 11 is of a stamp gaud quality that ough to be popular with lovers of good stoo generally. Mir$eld:.Oak . took firs -prize for imported under three year at Teeswater on Tuesday. young Gordon took, second; in. th4.B 'class under three years. If birds and mud, gaudy 13,wtterflies and froggie's discordant melody are signs of sprier?, we have it.—The sap runs well, ands taffy,parties may be ex• pasted, but boys, don't go without an invitation, as:,you .may have to leave. before you are satisfied, as did the boys who visited Mr. Andrew Mitchell's woods. last Sunday afternoon.—We are sorry to state that. Mr. • William Hastings is in financial trouble having made an assignment in•. favor of his creditors lash,. Thursday. His liaWfl- ties: are heavy, but we hope there' may 'nerve to be a balance in his favor ,4'en the business is wound up:-- ='Trough the "drowsy beetle" don't "wha el" much•• yet and the "drowsy tinklings" are not very numerous, the "lowingherd" has begun to "wind" and ;'the ploughman homeward plods his weary". and "gets there" just the same as ever he did:. re it re Th g r d r• Geo firs ed judge of live animals at these shows ., and each speaks as an oracle. It is .; wonderful the number of . believers in Boadste ;If this story be true, the.. Minister should be placed. on a triangle and,get twenty five lashes ,on the bare back for •.. insulting the CAnadian people. ,h •e n s e o, g s' rk. e• t The average Canadian knows +`ng'it` f history better than the, average Eng p lishtulin, .and#: he certainly knows mol. about what suits this country the, d most Englishmen in- high . positions And then they are to be Tory orator i „who, are to be sent, It will no doub e be interesting to hear them„ I suppas t the Liberals of this country will b , ;formed into a crass aucteduoated alon e the lines of British interest first an Canadian interests next, and we,. a s cnildren of our noble mother acre the seas, will be -rebuked - for being�.�i favor of freer.trade relations. with U1 Unita States. Everybody .is anxious;• that the sea cion close at ..Baster. • Mem'ters are 1 sirous to get home.: to attend to businees. ' The weather has been -.lefty fine:,her since tht eeiddle of March. Ottawa, April 6th, 1'889; ,. trey do It r w e will see. The Senate' took an economical fit the other day and appointed -a, com- mittee to enquire into the nature of the extraordinary expense of legislation in connection with theii`.Chamber and asked the Commons to appoint a com- mittee to act with them. Sir John moved that a select committee be appointed for that purpose, and of' course everyone was willing and the committee was appointed.., The corn• mittee has�not reported and the result of their labors is not known. But on the very same day Sir john asked leave to introduce a Bill which pro parsed' •to grant pensions to members of the, , Northwest Mounted Police after fifteen years service • or en ao• eou:at cf ill health, or disabi i''y from any other cause. He was '. .,�:-nnkioe to add:tt large fixed sum t,.:t.�.:,aon..at expenditure of the coax:f. N'e v, these. men have no claims ;for a pea sion., There is no difficulty in ob taiuin• met for the service. No special qualifications aro required for this duty. The mien are not exposed to any great •risk oi' hardship. They i,re fed and clothed at the expense of the government and recaive pay at the rate of s<;vetity five cents a day for every day in thi.year. Very few men of siwilarqualification receive as mmolf n any other walling of life. Acid yet the Government pr,7pe es to .pension ha' e after a foW years' service at the xpF•rise and wit d{L *IS hard earned! nonny of those' vli+ Eyed theirs u nhf-ry lunch b,,ttar !;Birt! •the ponce t inon have time. ,If the p -°pie of this! emery and salont tti stud! expendi-' tyres atnd !succi t 'atwteuit at the hands Belgravet,.,,. oil.. Tuesday April 23rd inst. lit for roadsters, stallions and ilea draught horseii and thoroughbred bulls will be given. Jae, Ilan, President ; Jas. McCowan, Treas. ; Hugh Bic. Quarrie Seety. Teeswataz'. Mr D;;c Steele, cheet;ewalser, left for Manitoba on Tuesday to take charge of a factory there. ---i\. brother to Mr, Selyerds, of the Oommeroiel died here on Sunday ' He had been tailing for some time, His rsmaius were taken away for interment. on Wednesday,, -- Division Court was held hero on Tues- day before Judge Barrett, It is said. that over one hundred oases were on: . the dsieknt.--Our usually pure and , and bracing atmosphere was sadly vtitiated on Tuesday by the smoking of a superabundance of atrociously bad cigars. We understand that in- side of twenty four hours the noxious enhalations wile pretty generally dissipated, An exceptionally fine day for.the. .. spring show, with the docket of two division courts to dispose, of induced a great influx' of people from the sur- ,. onndiug coantry on Tuesdsy. ,Ad- mires of fine equiniesf and those in.• lined to examine agricultural imple- ments found plenty to tax their vision and observation and the student of • lumen nature found the usual diversi- es of physiognomy exhibited in a brews and thrifty gathering of sturdy oetnen, In addition to this are card plentiful, modest . encomiums_ • requently bestowed by those mast interested in equines and iniple. menta. Everybody is a selfoonstitut-. ' I of i d .s a Y h f e k r the infallibility - of the human judg- ment in these !natters, With this: we have no fault find. it is pleasing and assuring to see so litany interested ones and so many intelligent opinions expressed at these shows. The ,fudges—J Totten, Of Brant, A Ham- ilton, of Whitechurch, and J Angus, of Winghain,—awarded the prizes as follows : Imported Heavydraught-- Win 1Vlofl'at's "Statesman," George Davidson's ,"Hamilton Jack," Levi ,, Good's "Neil Gow." General Pur. pose—Robt Craig, H Moondock, J Bteekle, Canadian Draught—B C Spooling. Roadsters—Leggatt ek Co'a. Frankie B, J Lathonby. Carriage— John;B,oid's W F Lambert, Joe Seitz, Sir Totten, Imported Draught under three years, A Tipling, W Moffat. Roadster or Carriage. .under, throe years—Geo Whytock'te Whitby (Cleve- land J3ay), : A Tipling's Hackney. General Purpose, under three years— I Moore, I Little. Diploma for best any kind- W Moffat. Best bred: special by Mr Cargill, M P 1', D Mc- Lean, Walkerton, Best team in har. tress- Wn Verson, D Ferguson, The active and courteous officers . of the society are .W Scott, president, Joos _ Whytoele vice-president and W H Carter, secretary -treasurer, As tuned Messrs Gillies .& Martin bad a' fine display of much admired. Ihipleru nts.--Mr Oleghorn, of Wing - ham, frilly represented the Brantford binders.. Ir Curds, of Wingham,: exhibited •hayforks.•.. -Watson of Ayr also had a representative.. Mr Joseph Whytock exhibited. .a, .fine two year old imported stallion which attracted much; attention and. elicited inauy hearty comnendatioi3s. This stallion—Whitby ief 'the Cleve land Bay class—was imported•. by Mr Whytock last season .and: is likely to:.' -prove a very valuable and popular. animal;—Messrs Copeland; Bros have. pprehased the fine stallion., Alinonito, front the well known and popular stable of Mr T Wilson, of Tara. Dame Rumor proved truer onceand. when it was known that an old gentleman of about,•,80 years .of,"age was to be married to a widow lady of our town, why the whole plane was more or less :pretised and when evening came a,party of boys banded together and gave a couple a right good, "Ohearivario." Guns, horns, cow, belts tea. could be heard tor miles, off. We expect the boys thought Mr. A— wes getting a - little ahead., of. them. e are afraid the boys.; will get into little. trouble :over the affair yet, as there was a slight Daunt of property damaged dnringthe .•trcaaa.`-Miss Late Meiklejohn, who Les been visiting friends at Bervie and'lrtineard-ire -for the last month returned home last week• -11r. Arthur Brooks lately removad•to his:•farin in Wawanosh,— Mr. T. Nixon,; returned to Wiarton, after spondig a:week in town w;} z his family,—Mr. Jnhn Clerk is at present visiting.his sister Mrs: F. Wheeler.— The Wawanosh-. Literary society ceased for this season on Friday last But owing to the stormy weather. thee() was not a very large attendance, Members from Belgrave Literary intended to be present and take' part fa Cal programme. but owing to the -.' o:..- evening it was impossible to do s.i "r; John Hopper who has been ,v,e i at Tyner Bros, for the past years, has quit that situation ,v,zt is now employed with ,I, J. Dow- ney at the lime works.- l amiitcu & Tovelt's Deus must be laying. very well They sold.to D. D. !Vilest, Seaforth, eight hundred and fifty dozen which only eight days gathering. •-Ottr.:vorthy tailor, tier. 11 McCumuniugs, bad a wood bee ono day last week. After the bee is vary enjoyable eveningin . the way of a hop. -----31r. Sas. Tovell, of the .firni of Ilainvlton & Ne l!, return -ed from Guelph en *Monday• where he had been to see his mother who is at present in verypoor health.—It is rumored wand that 'Ars. Wirt. Wiley, of this (lace, is to receive t !large fortune also her sister Mrs. John Elliott, of 'Vn'ini;hacn. Their only,. brother having died a one timo,wi;o, A Blyth:. ti Tsx?rThSS PLA ps dam -glum). luE). Mr,•F.Metcalf,. deals in stationery, books, toys and jewellery. Ile has something to suit the taste of neatly everyone. This store is one of the most ;attractive in town and is . a favorite :resort. By push and energy Mr, Met. ,calf has built up a most lucrative business, Frank is a. leading mat in temperance affairs.—Mr, G. J. Moser's place of business is situated on Queep St.. He is a hardware merchant and does a fine trade making' up tinware of i all kinds, He also keeps everything in the tinsmitthing line. Oompetenn workmen are always employed and good work guaranteed.—Blyth is' well supplied with merchant tailors S. H. Gedley'ranks very high, Hess a first class cutter having .spent coiisiderabie time in large cities on the othersrde,- For ordered clothing he.has an excel- lent reputation and does a substantial business. Eggs are coming into town in large quantities. --Miss Crocker, of Exeter, has returned tn. :own end taken charge of the millinery department at Ander- son & ]Elder's. --We bad quite a snow storm here on rriday.-,Mr. R,. Ste, has returned to town... -1- t J',; Giles is holding Gospelmeetings in.. the Temperance Hall. --The • S'alvetion Army had a big time here' ..on . Wed- nesday.—Mr. ed- nesday;--Mr.P. J. Conroy, of London was in town last. week. --The young men who went to Clinton too heat Bengounb Were not at, all pleased.••.•- Wingham has lost and Blyth gained a very useful and good -citizen in the person.of Mr, Geo. Powell who iptends this week oomrnencittg to pay cash for butterasit should be- fair besides giving the farmers a ehaueo to buy goods where they please. ?a will brine. people to Blyth that are in tbil habit of goiu to.Clinton and Sea - forth to do -their. trading. Goo,should get a bonus.- �tab a meating of the eottneil tineutl;erevening, itwas decid- ed to .levee the bell rung live times daily --Sas. Davis Inas the eotitraet IA try $.;3 rc year. -.A spring'' show un=der the the auspices of the 3lforris -.grtool uratl t3:ei.•ty,:•will'be .hold here The enterta nc ent given. by the Sepoy Lacrosse Cilub on Friday evening was superior to anything heard here this season, The progranitne•eensisted' of marches, songs, choruses, duets, fancy drill, club .swinging, recitations, 8c, The audience was highly amused, the retpeetive parts . being admirably taken. Tho performers have been requested to go, to Kincardine,Wing- ham and other, places to give the entertainment, Tho proetedo were 8110. Listowel. T'ir. Chas. Taylor, son of Mr, a. M. Taylor of the !,Waterloo Mutual rice Insurance Co. late of Ottawa, take charge of the Express office here—Mr. ]den •3. Bothwell has gone to Mooae- Caw, N.W.T. to take charge of a news• paper boing started there by Mr 1.11.. Macdonald, late of Carthago.—The council,grrinted $100 to the band. The bill to estal liski County Cotta cils in Scotland was introduced in the 001111110118. rt goes further in this direction of IIo ne Retle than t►ii' ,English aystoni.: •