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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1884-2-29, Page 44 fr y!R.si.}+•g THBeHURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY% FEB. 29, 1884. =It HII$AN� SIGNAL �{iaioo� tai* M tltitr�psta�sa,t'ee.► t Naaeel GODREICK. ONTARIO. AM le 4---- i. an pares et dm ateremead an etwatry by the earnest main and tutu. _ea rt el • is1► .�hi km stagger ctreela aloe � ie ea* est the easiest. rasweteet reliable Jeareals ta Omens se t deisaibe sere• eta.. recto.. s a la oddities to o idiom 1Let-codditiesrh lad ermine pr -It 1. therett.e • whew. ad ssrti:/a5 me+Iaw Thaw -fit tM v allvenee, menage prepaid Cd sot es pale. It pad Si ilz menthe ' Tide rale wW be strictly Rants Or ADrs*Tures.-Eight mats pa teeter arm ia,eetI s ; time mete par Hoe for mesh •ntege,atlneertlaa. Year' ,half-y.arly sed quarterly contracm at redwood rates. aN rsalrnsa41.-- we have Moss •ret-ch»s ♦111a. department to ce aaecttoe, and power the meet messeete eeoasand beet taeillttee �r{r� eat work in poderlch, are prepared ae ♦ash hes• la that Ilse M prima that cannot Is beams, sad of a t ostity that menet be oMmed,- roma Orme FRIDAY, VCR latah. 1884. - IACIONALb'S SUfttN\ l►KR. IRAs any q.estioaabls transaction n is about to be indelps1 in by Sir John A Barak raid, he is generally [mini buten- ing theme came charges upon his oppe• nest& Hence the Moil's vindictive attack upon Mr. Blake It is now clear that the Premier sold himself to the Quebec Conservatives is order to retain their votes oat the C.P.B. resolutions. The comments of the French Tory puss on the vote on the C.T.B. resolu- tions prove most conclusively that Sir John was obliged to give way to the de- mands of the Bleu :enciphers before he could obtain their support Le Vinerte says : -"In the course of the discussion on this subject, we strong place of abode was now at the necropolis. ly counselled our friends not to cement to the fresh sacrifices that we were asked This commingling of the "spirit" interest to make without protecting on all points had a tendency to militate igen et the the just rights ..f our province. The temperance vote. Fren h ben wearof mar opinion ess Ors besmamea are tempkelninr of the see ehty of mjag mean jenew. Mmek- stds attune es mor that they hat had e diouhr oollectiag acewsate thisj winter Many fur any a year. The mad is set yet. The pint= of hard times lea bees keenly felt is this neighborhood. Maar edr of the Orator &sured, sympathisingly patting J. J. Hawkins osm the beck in the lobby e1 the Coarls se co Tuesday, as the tetter was "vacating the House'' fur good, was a touching cense. Hawkins las but few ether eyes - path leers. ye.-pathleers. The tartans d Ontario are keeping their ayes open. Al the mediae el the ofProvincial ty on a5rictsltursl impi1 - toreams- mended,to 10 per cant. .41 interna was reams - mended, sea the granting .•f further aid to the embodies Pacify Railway strongly nppomed. A mu. whish haelbeen brought into the Ontario Le•gielatnre by Mr. Wetter* pro% ides that the Township Engineer shall arbitrate as to the preportios which parties whole lands are benefitted by the drain outlets should pay to the con- struction of such outlets. This u the mode of procedure provided by statute in regard to open drains, and has been tuned to work welL m IT now terout that the majority in favor .t the grocery temperance by-law te r in Toronto would havrb.su much la had it not been for the fact that the liquor interest secured a number of "personators" to represent voters who had left this mundane sphere and whose c mem and their firm and energetic attitude has The Opposition are making a plucky tauoed satisfactory results. It is cer- taiin that an indemnity of $12.000 per fight in the Hoene of Commona at 41". mile will be accorded to the provincial eraHon. Edward Butts commands the government 1u consideration o1 the Intl- admiration of his followers, and his able lions we have spout for the construction and courageous opposition to the C. P. of the North Shore Railway which is an It. "loan" is meeting with approval all important section of the Pacific reilway. over the count Mr. Blake has the The editorial correspondent of Le ry. (uaadieit writing at use o'clock ..n the fullest confidence of his party in and out motninq the vote was taken says :- -"At of the House, who are heartily with him a awes unionized at the request of Sir in h• u good fight against a gigantic fraud John Macdonald, the First Miuister de• crated that the government was deter- mined to give 812,000 per mils to the THE insincerity of the London Free North Shore railway from Quebec to I 1 Ottawa, tbesuhs;dy for the portion from I Pres, is becoming proverbial. After con - Montreal to Quebec to go into the Pro. Toodp.t discovery sad aired of "Arad." the Myth "queer" dealer, by a reporter of II. Hamdtos Spsd4Mr, shows that the prem is ahead of the po- lies as a detective furor. Tow bigh''iieeses move it mortise with favor is ttempernaom wales, if we an W get may revises at all from the ltnuur tarn we should get • large one. Then is so boniness whsh era stead high taxes better. His day of victory is near at hand Tae Houss and the country are to be em igratlalatad spas the rm-appearance of Hon. David Mills upon the dour of the Commons. It i. • great pity that Stephehs and Hawkins could nut be made 'samples a for their base attempt to deemed the hon gentleman est hie well-earned seat. Two. usoemprominisg Tory organ, the Hamilton 9pxtawr is after Mr. Toss Robertson, on• of the Tory M. P's of that city, with a sharp stick. We never thought Mr. Tom Robertson was . para- gon of perfection at any time, bot he is away down below sero, if the Spec. eyes a correct estimate of him, and we believe It doe.. Mr. Robertson is now serving his lad term in the parliament of the Dominion. tending for a year and eight mouths that ♦inial Treasury .•r to he applie.t t.' the Hawkins was duly elected for Bothwell, construction of A new railway 1 the Que- and that Mills had no claim to the seat, bee Cabinet considers this advisable.' it now tuna around and declares that the latter gentleman might have bad it i nearly two years ago if he had adopted the -honest, straightforward course," etc. if the Free Prue knew that Mr. Mills was honestly entitled to the seat, why didn't it admit it before ! Dr iuiio the recent bye -election in West Middlesex tine of the chief points of attack by W. R. Meredith was the working of the Crooks' Act, from the fact that tow much power was is the hands of the inspectors, who were, as the leader of the Opposition used to say, scornfully, "creatures .1 the Mozat ad- ministration." Time and again, have we heard W. R. Meredith inveigh against the inspectors, and time and again did we defy W. R. Meredith to prove his contention in this regard But 1 we ad- mit, for the sake .•f argument, that all inspectors of licenses under the Crooks' Act, are "creatures of Mowat," whose "creatures" are the inspectors under the McCarthy Act 1 Have not the bitterest partizans been selected by Sir John's commissioners to fill the odces of license inspectors all along the line 1 And, whereas, by the Crooks Act each riding was supervised trysts inspector, we have to- day in Hurst under the McCarthy Act, three sub-iuspectors to take care of the hotel -keepers, and an inspector to super- vise the sub -inspectors. The whole thing .Rnmers down to this, that a number of needy Tory politicians wanted clovers - moot billetts to tide them over the hard times, and Sir John has followed out his old style of ''giving the poor dug a bone," knowing that the country lent large .ill hare to pay the shot. Tote Hamilton :spectator (Tory) has fallen foul .if T. Roberta's. M.P.. for Beaudoin, and shows up one of that Tory member's tncks is mi half -way style. It looks as if Mr. Roberto= is having his hiss term of parliamentary We. The . ped t..r opened up a recent editorial articl.aa folk ws :-"We have received from Mt Thomas Robertson. Q (',. M P., a :otter consisting of 35 pages .4 maau..-npt. it is doted at Hasaikos, Irehruwnre 2:trd, and the writer intimaters that it a as written after his re- turn tram Ottawa. hi fact et must hare bees written is this ewy.f.,r Mr. Ruben - gas could not possibly have seen the article to which his letter San attempted reply w=ile ho remained in Ottawa !tut it is written on ..tibial Loper of the Hoene of C.aaona. 'to it appears that Mr. Robertson make. use .4 hie pusitiee es • menshrr .4 Parliament to supply hiresFf with paper for his private use at the public ••stoat It is to be presented, however, that h. can is. so disbnnnr in tate tranmetion. " Tsa To'nst.. Telegram relishes a sly joke. Speak my ..1 J. J. Hawk,..a, it asp -"H. hs• • capital chane now t, xlltnw that he w.. n..t artest.d ht icer weary motives but w is fighting f..r hi. rights let hint Berline to draw ib. minimal indemnity, Ieviat it for Mr. Willa. Qat we may all make op our I minds in sdeusee that he .i11 do nothing al till kited.' Tel temperance people of Toronto are to be eoot,ratulated on the majority of 349 polled by them in favor of the by- law to separate the sale of liquor from the grocery trade. The vote polled was • large one -nearly 11,000 -and on that account we appreciate the victory all the more. It shows that it was no .nap ver- dict. The result has riven a new impetus to temperance work all over the pro - wince. aLt Lac)IBLATORS- 1 Wineul..el. A gssrs• t -rase flea and Hulas tie- Aa old resident of the 9th coatet this ftiba d-du•r-Illemettememendallim township, Robert Taggart, movedgart, eved W Tex Tory taut.' that Hun. E. lt;.tke was the standing counsel of the (3 T. R. was neatly met by the leader of the Opposition un Tuesday night by the statement that he had given rep a practice of $25,000 a year for only $2.500 per anima frim his firm, in order that he might more fully devote himself to his parliamentary and othertpolitial duties. The bon. gentleman has effectually silenced Lis @landmass. Think of any Tory giving up $20,000 a year, Liberals may well be proud .1 their patriotic lead- er. The Toronto World has taken the measure of the Mail pretty accurately. It says :-"The Moil has grown weary of forcing Mr. Mowat to retire from the Ontario Premiership, and is now trying to ooaz him to quit. It gay. Mr. Mowat must be tired of polities ; that he has served his country well and that he should withdraw now while his reputa- tion is good. From bullying the Mod has turned to begging. We do net know in which character the Mail appears to went advantage the bully or the beg- ,. Twine :a at least one man in Grimsby wbu would vote fur the Scott Act. He posted the following placard in con- spicuous places. in that village last week :- $le0.et RawaRA. I will thankfully pay One Hundred i►ollars land law costa if any should accrue' to any two se more ma finding my son Charles In any tavern or billiard -room in Grimsby 'he sot barter been forcibly takes there, who will smear him all over with rotten eggs and tar and feather, and then gently rode bits on a rail thmaaggh the elllaam. Hoping it may prove • blestnn to him sad his family. I re- main. Grimsby. Feb. ills affectionate father. W W 21. Iglu. Orr Monday eat, the jading of the Su- pr•.m. Court decided that "Hawkins must go," and directed that a certificate be sent to the Speaker of the House of Commons, confirming Hon. David Mills in the seat for the constituency of Roth- well. S.. Hawkins hes been bounced from the position which he had 'warped Inc the past two years, and when "John ny goes marching home again" no one will be sorry save Johnny Hawkins has boasted all along that he wool.] not allow the Hon. Dared Mills t.. sit for Oa Friday the House of Cou.seum had a lively seasicd The Turvsto Yews r - porta aportion of it as follows :- Mr. Waist's, of )larqusste, moved as ameedmwt to the effect that the as.. oo,4.1y clauses of the contrast • Oh the Canadian Pacific Bndway Company be street oat- hs support of his motion he pointed oat that the monopoly had done and wee still doing great injury tithe North- West, 1a reply W Mr. White's assertion that the people of the North Welt were apooafed, he said that it that gentlemen only knew some of the hardships and discomforts the settlers had to put up with hs would not talk iu each • man- ner. This caused an outcry from the Minis- terial members that he was ruuniing down his country. He concluded by giciu,i Mr. Ross, of Linger, a Ireeuug down for has lug voted fur the C. P. R resolution. John White followed, and wooed very the ,i.ialty of Belled. Sums timbermen working welt of It Mons felled s one trees across the rued tact week sad broke the Ielegrspb wws Cursiaauistiva days stopped kr suss• being the result. Martha 0 Loughlin, frees Miohissn,M old resident of this township, is leek visiting friends. He hooka We and hearty. W• are merry to hear that William Mo - guinea is penetrated with o.amutnptirw, oustraolsd white working in IMkoea last Nasser. The ladies .d St. He:ens Presbyterian Church purpose, organising a Ladies' Fortino Mwi.utsry Society for the pur- pose of aidiug lady missioneriss and teachers in the Rued work. indignant at Mr. Watson., alleged want of tattiutisw in decrying the North- West. Referring to the monopoly clause, he made the stupid statement that if Mani - tubs people wanted breach linos they could build them themselves. Mr. Casey at once tripped him up by pointing out that the people would only be too glad to build them. but the Gov- ernment wouldn't allow them to. H. then proceeded to speak against the C.? R. monopoly, in the course of which he referred to President Stephen as King Stephen the first of Canada. Mr. Pope rose and made a mild speech, a oompanied by much of his own peculiar and windmill-hk• style of gesti- culation. H. accused Mackenzie of having •:- pressed an opinion in the railway com- mittee in favor of preventing branch Ines being built t, the south of the Can- ada Pacific Mr, alackenzse .aid there was not a word of truth to the statement. Mr. Rope said he distinctly recolle:t- ed booth Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Blake. voting 1n favor ..f this. Messrs Blake and Slackenzie both ex- plicitly denied that this ,tstement was trove. Mr. Pope -Yes von did. Mr. Blake said Mr. Mackenzie togeth- er said "no." Mr. Pope -You did, for I was present at the time. Some confusion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Pope was called to order by the Speaker. A discusiou followed, principally con- cerning the quality of the soil and water in the North-West, the speakers being Messrs. Trow, Ferguson (Leeds), Came- ron (Inverness), and Scott, who all, with the eaoeptiun of Trnw, agreed in charg- iu,; Aragon with being unpatriotic. • •Patriotism" seems to be the chief stock -.s -trade .•f theMiais'erial members t his session. Mr. Ferguson in the coarse of his speech said that Sir Cartwright had said that he h.d hardly any words strong enough to owrey his disapprobation of the conduct of the Liberal press towards the North West and towards the rail- wa Sir Cartwright said that this state- ment was deliberately false. Mr. Ferguson concluded his speech. when Too;Sir Cartwright rose and again em at - i sIIy denied that he had ever given ex- pression to any such opinion, and he de- fied him to show that he had. Tnere was a moment's silence. but Mr. Feriuson did not rept) "�� At the conclusion of the 'nest memo er's speech, however, he attempted t.. utterly squelch Sir Cartwright by reed- ing from the Hansard the words he had attributed to him. Sir Cartwright, however, squelched the squelcber by pointing out that he had quoted the words in question from Mr. Ives' speech, and had then gone on to defend the Liberal press. A inar4e.er stearme ed. Chicago, Feb. 23. -Luke Phipps, who was arrested at Pullman, I11., r.n Time- day owday for the murder of his wits on beard a ferry boat between Detroit and Wind- sor, wax taken before Commissioner H•oyne yesterday at the instance of the Canadian Govermment, repipsented by County Crown Attorney Samuel S Mao- donald, who demands that the prisoner he tutor.' "ter to his t,overnniwnt for trial. on Phipps' plea that the fetal idiot w•a firth within the territory of Michigan and that he an therefore be tried there. he was allowed until to -day to bring hos lawyer from Detroit. It was explainer) t.. the prieooer that he could not be delivered to the Skate of Miehigsn for trial without a requisition from Governor Begrds, which it was ex- tremely improbable would be fortbc.m- ing,owing to the fact that his victim died on the Canadian shore, where he was first arrested But Phipps, recognizing the certainty that he could not be hang- ed in Mie'aigan and that he very proba- bly would he hanged in Canada, clung to the on!y straw of hope, and was given tune t.. telrt•-aph for his lawyer. Corium -tot Elliott in the het =sue of the Stem boats of having b..s twelve years a member ..f the G,deric!t school beard, and seven years a town council- lor. If what )(r. Elliott alleges be true, then St. David's is • long-suffering ward. Mr. Elliott closed his epistle- written by an ex -member of the "akule-b.ord" of twelve years atondiug - by .tatiag that the editor of Tau Sr.;NAL is a "fool" Well, that's about the Galt -wife Idyls/44 argument we expected from Mr. Elliott. the doesn't expect anything from a hog hut a grunt. Parket I11L Arnot was but leaked ; they bated las The .44 caul was mtttlisit 1 ye .4 .4 the dr. -place, hm. wife to trout, iota tow girl was at wort ten the mans Jea=n►+ hail a locust club • little Wager than $ polieeense's doh, pteem sed b.astrikiee tes over the heed right ural left. as Ile would cattle. The noesis draggled sad else - ed resistatpee. Isut*JI sae dnnlly /Joked hrr t.. death. Johrw,s easily disposed of the others with a OWL Tlim thee-yy stripped the bodies, put them is the seeks which they bn,eght aloes. and OW - reed times to the roadside sad west to meat the wa*.n. beidit s them iu t►y drove to the (MaoMort college, aad delivered theta anal eio their pay. It is stated to-n;ght that a stab id about silty u.gr•.0 organtasal last night to lynch these wires, but found the Avon- dale to.. well guarded Iutalls and Johnson are in I. Cincinnati jail to. night. Ingalls outtfeeses that he 6es stolen several bodies in the past few months front the new oetlartsey bsye-end Avoad+le, and sold them to the Ohl.. Moderil college. BelsassT Cut:ava TIIainansto.-A very suoeseelel teamestiag was held at Bethanychurch on the evening of Fr.day last. he attendance was large and or- derly in the extreme. The speakers and readers were furnished by Uudertch, and the music by the Clinton choir,under the able leealersl.ip of Mr Thos Jerk.00, jr. Atter refresh.wata had been liberal yledken a,., Mr. Jame Duncan was aito the chair by a unanimous vote, and at once entered upon the dis charge of the duties of his odic. The tutlowing programme was sux•ssfully given : Anthem. "One Thing i Desire," .heir ; chairman's address ; hymn, "Why Not," char ; reading, H. I &rang ; "Cher the Lies." =mar ; half hour's talk about tssmestinga, D. Mc- Gillicuddy; duet, "The Pilot," Mr. and Miss Jacson ; reading, "Courtship of Moles Standish,' Hiss Sophie Wmlllams ; anthems, "Guide me," choir ; reading, "Nioodsmus Dodd," J. Swansea ; hymn, "There is work for each of us," choir ; address nn "Perseverance," Rev. J. A. Turnbull ; anthem, 'The Lord is my rock," choir. The reading by Mies Sophie Williams was greatly admired oy all. "Ates of thanks were tendered to the ladies who had provided the refresh- ments, the Cliniou choir, and the speak- ers and readers who had eoutributed to the programme. The entertamnmeut, which was enjoyable throughout, closed with the singing of the "Duz dopy," by the choir," and the benedictiow by Rev. Mr. Turnbull. Look on:this picture : "line member of the goveruulent, it appears. succumbed in a moment of weak- , tress, and believing, no doubt, that the government would fall, sent in his r. signatien. This was Hon. JohnC.stigan. Minister Inland Revenue. His laire tr.0 lo rruily li/leaf by a more or••.rth', enure."- [Toronto Mail. And then eu this : "I will may, in reference to my col- league who was alluded to to t hat article, that his conduct is unexceptionable in every way possible. He is now my col- league. and I hope he will long remair mo. (Sir John A. Macdonald Take your choice. The tlswarn allaapen. "The ventilation of the Algo•.a elec- tion which the Whig profesuss to be so anxious for will some too soon t, please it" -[Mail. Not at all ; the sooner the oetter. The fi'liig is Liberal in politics and it supports the Liberals in the Local and Dominion Houses on general principles, but it is rot bound to "go it blind," as some Tory organs hare hien known to do, nor is 11 ceded upon to compromise wr .ng doing in any shape or form. It certainly doss nat expect Mr. Pardee and Mr. Harty and Mr. Mowat to suffer by the threaten- ed judicial enquiry into the fads of the Algoma election. It doss nut expect great sandals to crop out, but 1 they do -if there is anything approaching some of the transactions in which members of the Dominion Government have been invol- ved -it reserves to itself the right to treat them with a little more independ- ence than the average Conservative jour- nal has been accustomed two exercise. Sn far its defence of the Ontario Govern- ment has mot been at all difficult and un pleasant. - -[Kingston Whig. Bothwell, but in the light sof the recent Roti) Damp seseemee. t innuendoes Asses. i• an it almost funks as if the rags dee was one of Darin and (:,. 1i-tr. 1» rhe Crooks' A. -t a uao.nsU•ut►.weal how dal it happen that Sir John Mac donald allowed the 1..r -al (;..vwrnm.nt to Men" it not t its fullest letter eine. 1876, without let or hindrance t 11 it it unconsitnti.onsl now, it most hale hers unconstitutional 11.oriug the 1.•.t eight years Also, if oleo -mit these eight years the want of serviette .1 Dominion license impeders in this e..unly wax n.•t f .rend to Ir a en nov wail, how d,.ra it r..m.• now that therm officials are deemed a tsoeee,i- ty 1 1. there any hotel I.•.trr in taww who believe. h• has n.d been sellteientiy well yeti -heel tiering the paid night yams, or does stay temperance maw in the *minty believe th►a il,wnintr.n app►ine.s will he snore strict than the Laval in- apertura 1 N Y.sss. F.h. 22. -The body of the roan found in the Hudson river to- day has been fully identified as that red $a,mt Morse, the author of "The Passion Pity " When found the body was still warm. it is thought it had bees in the water for hem than an hone. Ha silk hat, is which wan a tract entitled "Ord Lewes Tow," wee (..end on a railroad track near the place. it to thought that the ease is one of deliberate outride. There are no marks •.f t,o!enee i.p..n the bride. and nothing suss t".o.] noon bite whim► woeld indicate a motive for mei- side. it u th..tetekt that he ataffered from temporary insanity. He was tel year. and s native of G rrwhany. A hen -isms et Canton, O„ reentry unroofed a sherd' aid brought tt light several kegs .1 powder stored in the bit tit, J••es�le's (.l=athe ehwveh a.d eehsrtl, R cows, were horsed nen tata six eateatenastepted la their ld-e • set OTT AW A, F.J. 20. - The Moil'. attack stn .tor. Blake this morning to regarded se • ,groes attempt at blscktnul. Even the ttr.noes supporters of the Government deno•nn.-e it as wholly ienwarrantahle. Neither Mr. Blake nor any of his follow- ers made an attempt to take ads -snoops of the dissatisfaction that hes for some days hese visible among (lusher Cosner- , .t,.,'. This was admitted by several p•-o•nn.ent members from the Prvetino. ..f Quebec to year.wreepondwrt to night. lir. Blake. so far train attempting to buy op the Qoebes somber., never ap- tar.. ached them ..r male au direct ox in - •1.1••41 or .tr..,yy to thew'. Thu motion of th.. .1%.i/ ms repni.at.d by those who, soder ,.Ther eirewmssac.s, would ,Hedy make !.,-=tical septa! at Kr. Brakes ex- pense. "Orngygm ill -stormed and Biestanh .ngreeierl." is the the Louise Tolosa enisitip the di lot.... German *III* Vetted &stem need - Be the We, wnlminn. esisteniatimillem a 111111111111. *Warta Township On Friday evening of nest week the Young People's Society of the Ged.rich M. E. church will give one of their pop- ular musical and literary entertainments at the Union schrolboese. A very at- tractive programme will be given includ- ing numbers by some of tee most popu- lar talent. Quite a number of omen peo- ple will attend is addition to the per- formers Aood time may be expected. Admission, 10 mate Whitt eleven IS rune. tias,Awerten, Pa., Felt. 21-A Polish u►erchent here has received informatwu that 60 Poole= and Busssrias emigrsats, who landed is New York in i) e.owtfar, intending to come to this moo's, were enticed .un board • vessel and meet to Iliaronu,Cuba,whert they arenas ferried to wore in • sugar refinery. They ware locked up by Out fxoprN4ir for refusing to work oft Sunday, and are praci ly slave The American oottanl at Cie. - foga has heen ostracised to investigate the alleged outrage. THE WORLD OVBR. Ja.. Gardiner, • Hamilton boy, fell on the ice while skating, and injured his spine. He is likely to die. The l'assumpalo Railroad Company has decided to reduce the wages of em- ployees ten per cent. Four li es were lost and $175,003 worthproperty p+ destroyed by • Bre at Grand Rapids, Mich , on Sunday. The Democratic Committee have se- lected Chimes, for die national mrnvea- tiun, and the time Jaly 8th. The Kintrstoa Mayor. guided by the opinion .of the city solicitor, did not take n in the organisation of the Board of part License Colosniesioners. Capt. Whiteside and Limas Gibson, of the Salvation Army, were thud 9atsrday at Trd =ton, N. J., for sbslreetioa. Over • domes people who were carried .way with their homes from Black Bot- tom, Ky., on Tuesday week are still un- heard of. At Troy, N. Y., on Sunday, L Mark & Sons jewellery .tote was robbed of disteosds, goad watches, jewellery, We, estimated at from 240,000 to 0110 OOQ ''moral oortege. m Western town moat be rather picturesque .lairs if following is a typical see ; "In re aesseeF since with his geset, so atdsidar offici- ated. An ancient coloured wanes, haulm as 'Old Caroline,' read a Lyymmes there was some singing, .ad the 'hearse was followed by a large hack, three bugg- gies, ens omnibus, two emery impose and one botcher met, eosasisisg those att.oding the tsttseeal." Woodstock, N.B. , Feb. 72.-A druid - fel accident is reported teem the village .1 Bridgewater, which is situated be- tween Centreville and the boundary. Mr. Burns' house and all the o.etenta were turned. Mra. Burns and her daughter made their toecaps from this burning building by Imprintfrom the n B. window. Mr. res and sit adopted daughter .boat 14 years old were unable to escape and were beaked to death. r Night Watchman Stratford, of Sarnia, received very rough treatment on Satur- day night Two then came out of a ho- tel, and Stratford went to acted tram with constable Winded. He grasped sailor named Walsh and suseseded 11 getting one handcuff upon the mss when his baton dropped, and the mite .a4g$.. it and began to best him uem .,- tt .. He managed to draw a revolver ..d hie ing unable to take aim tired .t when the sailor dad. Walsh .ad others have been arrested. Hohnesville, Feb. 18, 1881 Council met to -day, pursuant to ea- joarnenent, members all present. Min- utes of last testing read sad passed. By-laws Noe. 1 sad 2 of present year were reed and passed. Ales. Chisholm was appointed mobilise= in room of Tho& Beatty in R. D. No. 5. tndrew Duff resigned the office of poundkeeper, Arthur Knox was appointed in his dead J. Elliott, lot 36, 1st ton. was refunded $7 tax; he was represented as is straigh- tened ciroemstaaces. 8. Ferris was re- f 'noted $1 dog tax Abe dug being killed by railway terra Auditors' report was read in full Moved 'y J. B.aoou, mounded by J. Laithwait, that the auditors' re- port as now read be passed and one hun- dred copies printed fur distribetin.. Printing tenders were opened, the God. rich Star being lowest gets the printing. Moved by J. Beacon, seconded by Led. Acheson, that patbmasters sending men to repair sudden breaches are required to send in the price of such work and certify to et, otherwise the amount will sot be paid (the piece still subject to the revision of the councillor for the subdi- vision when the work is dune:- Carried. J. Miller was refunded two dollars paid by him to Dr. Worthington for cer- tificate for indigent. The following ae- c,unts were paid, vu :-Auditors each $6; G. McMillan, for work on H. R, $5; R. Johnston, gravel. 4th eon., $5.04; assessor tin box from J. Saunders, $1.50; treasurer's p,sdage and stateinery, $4.93. Clerk was ordered to prepare a by-law to encourage tree planting along public highways. The granting et a bonus for wire fence building was dis cussed, but no petitions having been laid before council it favor of the measure its enweideratiou was pesepeped until lett meeting of soused so that partinefor or against it may have an opportunity t1 getting up petitions and laying them be fore council ; it is the wish of the coun- cil that tech an expression of public opinion shall be given as will bring the subject at once to as issue. The comma adjourned to meet again on the 8rwt Monday in April. Jolts Farrow, clerk. rerawlag aayeem trier a lle4Ieal res - kW Cnes'twwavt, 0., Feb. 23. -Lest night m the result was lewd* known of a long con- versation between Allan InpaIM and Marshal flown, in which the whole story et killing the Taylor family, was told. Ingalls, for s long time, roasted all attempts to get at the truth of the affair, bet finally saying 'Toe gone, any- how ; I know lou will be good to my family whoa I'm dead ; i'll tell roe the truth," h• noted the horrible details He said that on Friday morning, Ben Johnson, who lives w.th bins, amid to him that he had three points for that night. By points he meant snhjeda for the mediad college. He asked Johnnies .hale diary were. Johnwh replied, 'Ilse throe people at the Taylor sbta on the hal '!1•y aro no gond, we elan ktenek them in tt�te. harut " Iegalls said i'e *Owed, and went to the Ohio Medias! college and told them that he would have three subjects that sight They agreed to pry him $15 n0isen, and gave bons a n ese to the express tan, R. It. Dizon. M. went to the express mss ant) ,en=gaged Mai to most them set the Avondale pike e s • n'eI. eek that night • went home, sled after dark he (Jo asemon) started to Tay - lees. Thar had ,ii bottle of Obey 1--e4 drake and felt gg•iel. Trioou, formerly French Miaiider o Chia, has just arrived at Pari. from Saigon. He nays the Black Flags always place Chinamen in the front of then battle, and teammate teem if they refine to fight. He says that 400 Chine were killed in that way in the battle at 8os/ay as Tricia bthe gold cup from wwalhi�skk Hhep=oa, the tete king of Amami, drank poison at the bidding of the present regent. Getz. Gordon is confident that he eau pacify the Soodan withouta alto. It hie hopaa are realised, isd sed the world at large will have rea.os to thank his. That is the sort of generals we want in the times The age el wan is almost neer, sod dlltoyal the air is .till fell of a mens of wars, they doe't u sually amount to mach, sad if there were many teen like Gordon tere would never be anything .one than gessoes of wan. Rot notwithstanding Oordee'a plot* and ability, it ie unlikely that tale Soudan question will be .attled ea essay as he 'aptness. EI Mehdi ales a pretty tight hold in that region, and he proba- bly know, that to squid stilt cress, to Ines all his intimates. moat a westerns ears. Mina Run Formas, Vs., Jan. 31, 1184 E. St. John, 0. T. t A., Uri eitn, IDI. Veer valuable Onnh Book taw to hand for which swept wry thanks. It's a tteseers, for its regimes are pkwn, and the book is will gottas ep ; its typo- graphical and general make lip apish well for your department 1$ dens so smelt for the "Weettm osf Asesiis►" May ynev Road he ass eemfd an every wo- w will be who fellow* year Oeek Peek, and dewy mus who ego Teem Y truly, K. R. X aasnua This i usetifwl bank . las 128 pages with illonsteoted eaves goat .we r.- asipt of ten omits in sump or mak. Ad - dams 1[ fir. Joan, 0. T. aP. • -- QRI !P.R'y,CI