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4 THE HURON SIGNAL FRIDAY. OCT, 10, 1884.
'HE HURON SIGNALI "A. "4i(i' "D -N IT-"
The Moil is is s elate of writes ea-
pWlahed •very Friday serosas. ley )flt
ILLIGCDwr Yaue., at their (like, North S clement becaess a 'belabor of the Ott-
er t Square/
tario Legislature said, "D-ree to"
OODERICH, ONTARIO
.d is despatched to all parts of the surround
�f ootentrp by the earliest tats and Ir.....
tly p .Nal a ilia me h has a laeror teeAVI o
.0 Ib.. say ulber new" la ik. peri of
.' country. 4 Ouse .e of the rs.iest, . .e&
d mos reliable Journals to Oalario
untie leis. ss it doer. the Ie r-ge4.gettssaIhle
.d being in add Mu. to the shore • Erni-las.
o.uly and *reside pe -It 1s th refute $
.et lsaarw.ls selverftep.sadiee►.
mane. 41.30 in &dr postage pre -paid
publlrhen: SI 73. /f fore six months
t.OU if not w pm4. rut will be tr:ctly
.forced.
items or Auve.T,.iee. Eight rents pe
nr fur ant laarnlon ; them cem& per line ha'
.eb.ubeeq.e.t insertion. Ye.rt� hail -;z. rly
id .anorly contracts at reduced rates.
J«� routers We bore also•tlrst-class
blond dspurtme.t 1ate.naertloe surd poems -
the must cuwple t and best facilities
r turning out wort erlcb. aro prepared
do bushier la that t -Rat priors that cannot
e beaten, •ed of • Qaallty that cannot be
Massed. -Teres Cash
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JRIDAY, 07P. lOru. 1884.
MEETI.VOS IN WEST If. 11i'U.Y,
Deman the coming week Hon. A. M.
toe, Prutiucial Treasurer, will hold a
+ries of meetings in West Huron, and
eiiver addresses on the carious political
.uestiona of the day. The first meeting
Al be held at Kiugsbridge,in the school
owe, on Monday, Oct. 13th, at 7 p.m.,
•d we look for a large and enthusiastic
whoring. The member for West Hu -
an has a provincial reputati ,n as an
ble speaker, and his opinion up ou any
the issues of the day will be well worth
stening tn. A meeting will also be
Ad at Winghain on Wednesday, the
4th, and at Clinton on Friday,the 17th.
onservatives and Reformers are alike
.ecited to attend.
:Tee Milton l7oueoj.ia,s claims that the
treat of the Scutt Act was defeated in
Talton because many of the Antis did
.'t know how to mark the !allot proper-
,, and unwittingly rated fur the other
de. Neff sed.
• Ir now turas out that it is the C'.n-
• vative young man who is found hating
• the corner, etc. At least a fellow
anted Vickers alleges that he was
'ending at a center for a lung time in
4.ronto, and overheard a sentence from
Ion. Mr Hardy to Hoa Mr. Fraser.
Oh the gentlemen deny being at the
:'suer named, and the corner lounger's
tory falls throe .
•1
1Tpe Lieut.-G..vernorship of Quebec is
'tactically settled. Hon Senator Mao
Itt will get the plum, and Sir Hector
.tngevin,and Hon,Mr.Caron are still out
the cold. In ( ltttarin Sir David Me-
eers,n, Hon. John Carling, Senator
soh Burr -Plumb and others aro on
ae ryes rice for Lieut. -Governor Robin-
p's shoes, but thus far the Government
ea giveu no sound in the matter, and
+ wiro-pulling willostill go on amongst
se anxious ones.
--
kHz theft of about 1000 signatures on
' Scott Act petition of Northuntber•
:d and Durham was a rascally resort
.the part of the Antis. The sheets
Ataining the names were stolen from
sheriff's office at Coburg. When
• .ii find a man chuckling over this
, ge, depend upeon it he'd steal too, if
ithought he wouldn't be caught. The
'e in the county named may be de -
led for a year, but will ultimately
ylarger than it the theft had not oc-
red.
.
•pass were 30 c. aiv:ctions for the
tion of the liquor law in this county
*ear. In Hatton there were l4 con -
:ons for the violation of the Sc.tt
' The prosecutions under the Scott
I
are more easily brought to a success-
4seiue, owing to the law touching
f. A license inapecte.r says that if
I
aw prosecuting offenders against tl:e
rk's Act was the same u that goy -
pg the Scott Act he could have
t le ..r leer times the number of ma-
i
ram
each y
1n1usit.Ae the inentt Aet was vtcled
h the c.uaties of Simcoe, Ont.. and
stead, Qws., but the result has not
leached us. Several Muskoka town -
tohave leen united with Simcoe in
'll. During the next few weeks
,flowing contests will conte off:
m:t, Dundas and Gene
cry, Ont... I..th clef.
ttotown, P. E.1 rep 1 lit h
Oat Ird
l• e, Ont 30th "
Edward. ( hit ...:.kh ..
N. B. (r'ep)... :etch "
, (hit :with "
Ott ;ekh "
number of persons in the c'.unty
or drw.kennoss,.ns reeorled an the
Impostor's teport, is no criterion
tattiest number Convicted of
mimes is a eounty. in IAA3 only
were imprisoned in Ie derieh '
drnnk.nwuss while 41 were -o•n
before the adh.rittes. In IWO
persons were in ami' gaol (sir I
.nn.s, but 43 were c.nricted I
not gaoled paid tinea In Hahne
. is to put the drunien 0)311 in
en they an recorded. Hen 7 i
• every 8 ionriotd get of with •
Now York Owe'. Wall street re
thinks It geke possible that wheat
nab silty 00• KWON it touches
when addreesing Hon. A. et. Hardy, and
wants to held the Provincial Secretary
responsible because the other fellow said
the "cues word." Now, we are willing to
adopt that the less swear words that an. A Whitby telegram says • -A case
which is peobably quite unique in the
used by our public men the better it will It courts tat this „marl, wee tried hen Lo-
be all around, but how Hardy can be' day before Mr. Justtae Galt. It waa en
held reepuwible our the expletive of the actio brought by Mr. Richard Knives',
• cbair•saaker, oaf Oshawa, against the
Phientx Lodge ed (Mdfellows of that town
for compeu.atton'for injuries sustained
b7 him during the oar ntonv of initiating
him ante the meu.berahip of that body.
Mr. Ritchie, of Tommie), and Mr. Mo -
Ge., of Oshawa, appeared for the plain-
tiff, while Mr. Christopher ltubui.on,
Q.C., Toronto, and Mr. Farewell, were
counsel fur the defence. The plaintiff
in his
h7A YEMENI* OF 1'LAI51
set forth that, being a duly qualified per -
RIDING THE GOAT.
Something Moro than a Myth.
Letitia Ne.egao tee ti,.-a•ger Bereaved Se a
Ledge tapas.
other chap wears at a loss to discover.
The Mull doesn't say that Hardy said "a
bad wurd," but it would hers its read-
ers frowu down the Provtucie1Secretary,
because he heard the other chap say it.
We wonder if the Vail ever stubbed its
toe on a faulty sidewalk, or stepped too
short in corning dune stain, or kicked
the old plug hat that the boys had lett
on the aidewalk,witb a large stone under
it, no All Felin • dLy. Or we would like eon &enacting to the bylaws of the de-
i know if the Mint ever heard that Sir fondants, be on the 26th November last,
submitted himself for initiation as a
member of their bedy, and with that ob-
ject in yiew placed himself entirely in
the hands and under the control of the
t:efendants en that .occasion. The state-
ment further went on to say ' "Such ini-
tiation consists of certain ceremonies, the
nature of which is kept concealed from
the uninitiated, and of which the plain-
tiff was then (as the defendants knew)
ignorant, and for the purpose of which
it was required by the defendants that
the plaintiff abould 'submit his person
unreservedly to their hands, which he
accordingly did ; and during such Indtia-
ti.n ceremonies (the said defendants be-
ing then regularly iu session, the plain-
tiff, without any default or contributory
neglect on his part, by certain of de-
fendants members sir officers taking part
in such initiation, and duly authorized
for such purpose by defendants, was vio-
lently thrown in such a manner as to
John Macdonald, the great Tury ,,exemp-
lar
xemp-lar once told Hon. Mr. Mowat on the
floor id the House that "he would slap
his d—d chops, ' or that the same high-
toned chieftain of the Tory party also
told another member of the House of
Commune that he ' would lick him
quicker than h-11 would scorch a
feather'." If the .11..i1 wants to find •
iumister of the Crown, who not only
listens to profanity, but unes it to a con-
silerable extent himself, then it need
net look outside its own coterie -it need
not take its Argus eye off the leader of
its party. Swearing is a bad habit be-
yond doubt, but if every man who is
compelled to listen to a big tont D oea-
siomally is to be held responsible for its
utterance, we never weal t o sit in the
Moil atnctum, and we would object to cruse injury leo the plaintiffs spine, from
which he has since suffered, and is now
an audience with Sir Juhn Macdonald. suffering, besides certain minor injuries.
Roll down the whites of your eyes, 0, The plaintiff- has sustained lose and dam -
Med .' and try to look all serene once age in c,nae.luence of such injuries, in
being unable to work at his trade to sup-
port his family, and in nursing. payment
of money for medical advice and treat-
ment and is advised and believes that
more.
TE t''n Ens INerrrrrc.—Dr. McLellan,
Inspector of Teachers' Institutes, has au-
thorized a union meeting of the East and
West Huron Teachers' Institutes, to be
held in Clinton, on the 23rd and 24th of
October. when he -well be present and
take part in the exercises. On the evea-
ing of Thursday, '.3rd inst , Dr. Mc•
L.11an will deliver a lecture in the town
hall. The fact of this meeting beim, held
here is an evidence of the suitability of
Canton for such gatherings, and shows
that outsiders even realize the advant-
ages of this town's central location.
The above, (nam the Clinton Nor Ere,
is another piece of the *wash that the
edit'•r of that paper regularly grinds out
concerning that '•central location," "the
suitability of Clinton," "the advantages
of the town, "another evidence,' etc.,
Ito the above
&c., &C., tier 11<111M 'pot.
item our Clinton c.ntemperaryy is,
usual, sadly astray. The advantaes-i
ttbility, and central laxation of Clin-
ton have not been recognized at all.
The meeting of the teachers' institute
will be held in the county town, the
most suitable place for the holding of
important meetings. It's a bad deal on
"Rittenhury's Corners...
SS
Is the issue of the National Police
G i etc.•, of the date of Oct 4, there is
what purports to be "a picture of Duncan
C. Rose, the athlete, defying the "Cana-
dian cowards." Duncan C. Roes is the
blackguardly fellow who, In the sword
contest with
Professor McGregor, en-
deavored to "knock the, latter out" by
bruteforce. 4he c�iticum in the daily
pliers to which he was subjected has nu
doubt caused this overgrown bully to
apply to Richard K. Fox for an oppor-
tunity to pee as *martyr in the columns
of the Raulte. D. C. Roll/ was ruled
out at Hamilton for unprofessional con-
duct, and the Lucknow wciety should
bat very diedy lighted, and the Noble
Grand uta in hu .hair wtth a semen
•boot 11, lumina • hale demises cham-
ber about six bet shun, from within
which (when the proper tins
comes& Ile delivers •astrwcti'.ns to the
eandeiste ahe is being initiated or who
Is receittttg a degree. In pma«1wtin0e
of being so situated he did not see what
uocurrvd to the plaintiff on the ereeing in
question, but he beard an anuseal noise.
It was cuskon•ry in conducting the lei -
Hatton ceremony to lead the candidate
about hither and thither with • view to
bewildering or befogging hen, so that
when the mut was removed from his head
he ah. old be unable to find the door by
which he had entered the lode. room.
At the c'uclusion of the examination
of the witnesses the argument of the case
was adjourned to Saturley at 10 u'ekck
at Osguode Hall.
MACDONALD'S 11I831 JN.
83LVIR VVIDDIN(3.
C,. mad Nero lees- Barree eat t'elmess.
teutbente Inter Slab aa►Iveeeer!•
Oa Tuesday lent, Mr. Jueepb Morris,
u( Garbraid, was a happy .nen. OA that
day his relatives and friends tensed 1161
in full force to celebrate the twentyti(tb
aanisereary of his weddiug day. Early in
ti. afterweon the guests began to arrive,
and the crowd kept on gathering eutil
late in the evening. About 6 o clock
pee the tint table was set , which was
presided at by John Murris,theCulburne
patriarch, father et the recipient 1.1 the
oration.
The old gentl.-usan,durine the pr'.tcress
of the luncheon, enlivened the precced•
inns with racy auecd.tes of the olden
time, and am..ngat others referred to
Joe's advent in Colborne.
''It was in '37," sain the old man, "I
well recollect the time. The snow was
three feet on the level, and I had bee,
what Ir d r -Thr Premier Leaves Sad- d..wn to Attrill's flats choppiug. I mss
Sealy ser creat trust■. calculated one stroke with my axe, and
cut my foot badly, -so badly that I was
OrtawA, Oct. 6. -The announcement unable to walk home. A neighbor came
this morning in the tluventment organ along. and seeing my plight, put me on
that Sir John would leave early this week his back, and tamed me to my home.
for England was a great surprise to poli- That night toy wife fell sick, and I was
tical circles. It was wholly unexpected unable to go for the doctor. I was at
even in the inner circles of "the faith- my wit's ends for • time, bet finally 1
ful," and brought consternation to scores hopped to the door on my good foot,asd,
of otheu-seekers who hare been dogging taking down the old shot gun, fired two
hien ab..ut begging fulfilment of his or three shah to attract the attention of
promises. Sir John did leave early in the neighbors. The reports of the gun
the week. He lett by the Canada Pacific brought old Mrs. Sellows to my wife •
8:50 tram in the morning fur Montreal, assistance, and shortly afterwards anoth-
en route to New York or person joined the party, and took part
nrrAuruiLl' ANu •tune. in the proceedings. That was Joe.'
And as a merry peal of laughter went
around the table, the bronzed man ..f
forty•sereu years, looked into his fath-
er's
ath-
ers face and said.
"1 guess that's a fact, father ; I was
there,but I can t re. -all the circunutenc.w
jeno."
Antothwer laugh greeted this sally, and
Willie Youn„the hearty old reeve of the
township, put in his spoke, and hilarity
reigned supreme.
After supper the company divided up
into knots,and every conceivahle manner
of ea)uyment was indulged in. Music
and singing was psrtscipated in by sone,
table Baines by others, and dancing by a
number of the young 'tenpin ; while the
Uhler heads forgathered to talk of the
"sweet longi ago, or, changing their
tune,came down to a later day and gene-
ration, and discussed the menta of the
Scott Act, the most seasonable time for
the township auth,.nti.s ti. gravel the
th.rot'ghfares, and other momentons
threatened with the return of the con• subjects.
initiation to be in sound health, which plaint which took him to the old country }'terybedy enjeved himself or herself,
the plaintiff knew. yet, knowing he was to be treated by eminent physicians two and the hearts e.1 "Joe' and his blushing
not in a healthy condition, he, by frau- years ago, and that he genes now to con- matron must have throbbed with pleas
dulent misrepresentations and conceal- sult them. If so, why the secrecy T All • ure at the joyous manifestations made in
inent in regard thereto, procured his in- sorts of excuses are invented. hut when their honor. Many handsome presents
itiation. They denied that the platatlffthe truth is got at it will be found that !of silver were d..natad to the happy
wag, during his initiation, violently • .TxmcATe temple, among which were
thrown by any 1.1 the defendants' officers Silver tea set, G pieces -sugar howl,
or members duly authorized, in such • is really at the bottom of the move P
manner as to cause the injuries earn- Stephens,Van Horne,Senecal and Drelk- teapot. spoon -holder, butter dish, kniv
1'lained of, and asserted that any inju- water spent several days here last week, and cream pitcher -by the members .f
ries that tray 1t ve been sustained by holding repeated interviews with Sir the family ; pickle cruet, Mise Patton ;
him during his initiation were not caused John. Their business was evidently ur- pickle cruet, Mr. and Mie Metzner ;
by the defendants, or by anyone acting trent, and it looks decidedly as if thepickle cruet. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Young;
under their authority. required his presence in England to aidpickle cruet, Mr. and Mrs. Win Morris;
The plaintiff appeared in court with them, and that they forced him to go. pickle cruet, Mr. and Mrs. D. McLaren;
crutches, which, however, appeared to Strength is given to this view by the fact set silver knives. Miss Sands ; set siker
of little it.. in enabling him t,, move that Stephens sails in the sante vessel as knives, Mn. McNeil ; syrup pitcher,
about, owing. as he himself stated. and Sir John. Mrs. H. Martin ; card reelver, Mrs.
as his medial witnesses also deposed, to M'"''re and receiver, Mr. and Mise
the weakness of his spine consequent un CONTEMPORARY OPINION. Bone ; cake basket, Mr. and Mw heck ;
sugar bowl and spoon -holder, combined,
the injures he complained of.
According t.. the plaintifi s testimony Thr wyla:. •r rhe trrtbrre we.* amid with spoons, Mrs T. Bellows ; preserve
and that of other members of the lodge stand, Mrs. R. Hallows; ?reit stand, Mn.
K Otherwise Flared ea raceme. Goldthorpe ; fruit stand, Geo. Stewart;
who were presente at the initiation, ie.n, he tea bell, J. Stewart, jr.; napkin rings,
presented himself on the evening in yg at-xriso'' TG•.TIVONV. Mrs. Chas. Morns ; butter knife, Chas.
question in the anteroom of the lodge ;putter knife. Mau Macdonald;
and weathers', Mr. Bunting refused to eco before theStewart
Bribery Commission to testify. It pro -
Plata
fork, Mr. and Mrs Isaac Gates ;
or ALL BLINDFOLDED hsbly did not occur t.. Mr. Bunting that butter dish. Mr. and Mrs. It. Fulford ;
by his refusal he did testify. Actions cake dish, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Stewart ;
frequently, we are assured, speak louder Pickle cruet, Mr. and Mrs. LAshant ;
Than words. -[London Advertiser. hotter duh, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart;
Matter knife, Mrs Duncan McLaren.
The gathering was • most enjoyable
Some people possess more money that one. an 1 a very ple .ant time was spent
sense. The latest example is Wanna- by all. Mr. and Mrs. Morris received
maker, the Philadelphia merchant, who hearty con, ratulahons on all sides, and
threw away 8200,000 in advertising last tire prevailing sentiment seemed to he,
year. and only pocketed a profit of "We hope you'll live to celebrate your
1,0(10,000 in the transaction. -[Shel- golden wedding, and that well he able
bourne Economist. to give you a hand at the celebration. '
*ILF-F.vonect.
Tiro only politician who hung about
his skirts was John Rochester, ex-M.P.,
now candidate fur Senator urpostmaster,
whichever he can get. Drawn to the sta-
tion by some instinct, he was astonished
to see Sir Jokn,and the latter was ey ed-
ly astonished to be caught. Seen they
were deep in conversation, Ito:hester
begging, then remonstrating, Sir John
dallying with him,and with gloomy looks
impatiently wanting the train to start.
The train started, and Rochester was
left almost in tears at his bas. Thus Sir
John
Ona A•AY.
The great question agitating the Capi-
tal is, Why this sudden departure ! All
aorta of guesses are made, but even the
the effects of the injuries sustained by Cabinet Ministers appear ear to be in the
him may last for several years. ' dark. It is said Sir John was summon -
Ix AJ+w eR no TM, ed by cable un Friday far some unknown
purpose It is stated again, in usually
the defendants said that their ditis- well-informed quarters, that Sir John is
tions and by-laws required candidates for
mon, as al are bringht so forcibly and
o.astantly M «.nowt with It.
The Nat s dbjeet leas "telass aaeeting,"
tem, erect:.. me_ted by Rase Mr. Beasts rot
Vanua csicw 1. 0.11 peptic was compre-
hensive. ah 'wiser Ile spirit/mimes. de-
sign and ea ue crf thf/.earss of gnaw -
sad touchi 'g to other points, shish as
the det'eate pusrnib n d the lender, foe -
nudity, de. Rev. Mr. Caswell, Birks and
Campbell, awl Messrs. Yates, Armstrong,
Wilk,nrri, Acheson and other laymen
t,wk part ialbedtseeesiou. Me gentleman
to rrferrin: to the delicacy of the lead-
er's pusitlt.':1 mid be always [tend some
dilfic ally iu re.p.eillag iv 11 tutiWo..
who caws inc..in ab( sit six Of eight
weeks, and there told how much be hir-
ed the class -meeting.
The ciurention ol.aed with a meeting
in Victoria street church on Tuesday
evening. R.r. Mr Bodey preached,
subject "Power to Work for (sod.” He
spoke upon the Personality and Divini-
ty of the Holy Ghost, and showed that
being tilled with this Divine influence
leu the required lower. After a season
of prayer and testimony, the meeting
was brought to • close.
The convention was • s:ieoe *, the at-
tendance being g.«.d, and cauuet fail to
sending theca Christian workers back to
their fields of labor very much strength-
ened and encouraged.
or having a sort 01 cap placed over his
head and face. He was then conducted
into the lodge mean by a person appoint-
ed for that purpose. and there a chain
was placed around his body in such a
way that it kept his arms above his
elbows cl.,se to his body. He then re-
ceived a push from behind, which caused
him to fall forward over something, which
caused his feet to fly up from the dour,
and his head to come into violent con-
t tact with something from which it receiv-
ed a severe bruise. The article over
which the plaintiff fell was, according to
other witnesses, the stuff cover of the 50 cents per bushel, and the General
lodge organ, which some of those Government taking from the pockets of
present held in front .t him about knee the people $35,000,000 per annum in in -
high. Upon his falling someone asked. direct taxes, farmers can see who told
follow suit. A bully or a blackguard "Shall we hare mercy ' and then some the truth in 1878 and 1882 -the N. P.
one else shouted, "Have mercy.' He advocates or the advocates ..t tanto for This convention was a gathering of
should not be tolerated at future meet- I was then churc inn workers of the Methelist
church from the various parts of the
Gudench district. The object of the
meeting was tho discussion of 'Moroni
subjects of vital importance to the wel-
fare of the church, and elan the adopting
of those methods which were best cal-
culated to bnng about the desired result.
The first service wTu head nn Monday
to the Privy ('.until the question as to evening, when atter an excellent addrese
the leathern boundary 1 By reason of by Rev. Jas. Gra , district superintend -
that withdnoal the Privy eqt, the iter. l�r. Markh
miller circuit, preached. The subject
was "Consecration," and a. well and
clearly was it defined by the rev. gentle-
man, as to win the adnttrati.n and c.or-
sent of all present. This was followed
by a consecration prayer meeting, when
almost all gave themselves entirely to
God.
The first subject on Tuesday morning
was "Holiness," the convention being
opened by Rey. Mr. Caswell Owing to
the importance of the subject and the
limited time at his dispense he reoad a
well-prepared paper, setting forth differ-
ent phases of this peculiarly, though not
exclusively Methodist doctrine. He was
followed by Revs. Cambpoll, Markham
ant others, who added more light, or
narrated interestingtestimonies to the
reality of this grand doctrine. A notice-
able feature in this discussion, was the
recognized insignificance of the nem, by
which the dectnne should be known,snd
also by the mode ear manner of the re-
which
The steam yacht Atlanta nn on the
:fdioe of this higher blessing( The ilea I rock& at He11 Gate, New York, .11 Hun -
seemed to be "There u such an expert- day. bat nine off without m11eh dams.
once, let us seek and obtain it.' Gould and 40 others nn board were bad -
In the afternoon, Rev, Mr. Birks, of Iy shaken up and fri'htenwd.
Hohnes.ille, opened the discussion of I Charles Harrison, one of the keepers
'Revival Work,'. strongly emphasizing at Turkey Point reserve, near Pt. Rowan
the use of °e.sp.' Band assistance in this was shot at try trecps.esr. some da s ago
department. Rocs. IIr,ley, Caswell, while he was attetsdinq to his unties.
Camp bell, Markham, Halton and Carson, He discovered them and was advancing
and Messrs. Yates, Cray, of Seeforth, to ascertain whet they were, when they
Aehesnn, Armstrong and others with ordered him to halt. He refused to do
Mr,. Campbell, offered seine excellent so, and three shots were find at him,
suggestions such as had been proved but not hurting him seriously. He had
practicable in past ezpenenee. Much a narrow eseaps from kettle one of hie
interest was manifested in this dices , eyes
now I1Oir[I- lx SQUANDERED.
With wheat at 75 cents and barley at
METHODIST CONVENTION
The tretbren of the c.deneb MNrert Sa-
nas, la a "'reelable aeries of aer1,.a.
ions, and D. C. Ross is tooth. LIFTED rr ors TRE FLeaoR revenue only. -[Oshawa Reformer.
- -- - -- and (with the chain• still en) led about EIS DON'T w'A'cT A DECISION.
Tec enquiry now is, "What has Sir
John A. Macdonald gone to England
for r W. have a happy solution of the
probletu. Guess he's gone to see if he
e•ttelind any of Mfg lost reputation Int
constituttc:nal law lying around loose in
the .Apices of the Pnvy Council.
The eloping maiden takes her coach-
man for wheel or for whoa -Toronto
World. And son tires of her hubby -
Hamilton Spectator. And he of her
tongue -Brantford Expositor.
And she soon regrets her unhappy
brioide.
Alout two hundred ladies were refut-
ed admission at an anti -Hetet Act meet-
iee at Orillia un Tuesday. The holden
of the meeting said they were informed
the women were Ruing to sing Dodds
down.
Mr. (1. F. Frankland, the well•known
cattle exporter, while in Liveries.' n•
cantly, had an interview with Mr. G
lad
steno, in the course of which the "grand
.Id man- extwessed a high opinion of I
Canada as • future great country.
A baker's war took place in Wiartua
last week. The cutting was carried to
such an extent that bread could be er-
chased at :1 eta. per loaf, but no tickets i
would be add at that price. Now. how-
ever, the ponce stand. at ten cents per
leaf and will likely rennin there.
Her George Roes riartnrines, the senior
ldminl of the British navy, had joist
c•'mp lettd his tNh year. He has been
upward of R3 years in the navy,whie► he
entered in June, 1801, and rose to tee
r.tnk of admiral of the fleet in 1000. He
to the only surviving entree who took
Part an the battled Trafalgar is 1606.
• here and there for a time. The ca and Those who contend that Sir John was
chain were then taken off him, and the always wilting to submit the boundary
Noble Grand came to the plaintiff (tit:- question to the Privy Council upon fair
cording to the latter'• statement) and terms, may be reasonably asked to explain
said, "i am afraid we hurt you." Some why, if he were so willing, did he at the
Of the medical testun'eity was to the ettect 'hest moinent withdraw fe,m the reference
that the plaintiff had probably received
permanent injury -probably paralysis or
imbecility would result ; there might,
hnwever, be a very tardy recovery.
Other physicians called by the oiefend•
ants expressed the opinion that he would
entirelyrecover, and some of thea. in-
timated a suspicion on their part that he
was shamming • good deal.
For the defence it was s'ueht to he
established that the injuries sustained by
the Plaintiff were the result of a lark
indulged in by some members of the
ledge before the authorized ceremonial
of initiation commenced. it was admit-
ted that the placing of a cap over the
head ..f the candidate and the
tsrofACHAIN onKers
in the ceremony described were • part
o1 the vereninny, but it was attempted Iany
to be shown that the ehan had not beer. "Burdett's Dutch Dialect," is a com-
placed ar.und the plaintiff at the titre he pilatiott'.1 gemint and h51'nurous recitati-
received the shove. ons and readings. Then u a lot of
The Noble Grand stated that pushing laughs in this hook. Published by the
or shoving or the use of violence of any Turonte News G,mp•ny.
sort wasnut a part ..f the ceremnny. He "The Complete Debate:," contatnde
denied that he said to the plaintiff, "i Fates, gnesti.ms for dehater,and subjects
am afraid we hurt you the wards he for discussion. All the old time -honer -
said were, "Did the boys use you any ed s.ihjects are taken up and done Gov,
way rough 1' in tee corse 0 the de such es : 1s pr.tecti.n beneficial 1 Which
lively of • charge by one .f the Officers is the greatest benefit to his country, the
of the lodge some such words as I warrior, the statesman er the poet 1 Are
"AR cLp. WS H et R w[ttc\" the mental capacities of the sexes emelt
Is capital punishment justifiable 1 Has
are used and limitable reply male to the the stage a moral tendency i Which does
i.terrogaticn. They hare no reference, the most t.. make an cantor -knowledge,
however, to physical vs. i.ocm. in the nature or art i kc., de. it u just the
cone. .f the ceremony the candidate is book fur the young man with the gond
ted blindfolded from one to another of wtesory who an utilize other percph's
1051? Deems, who each deliver • charge tbwndtsr. Puhluhedby the ltiews Pnnt-
to him. Meanwhile the lodge rouse is ins Company.
y Council s de 9 . am, of Ben
-
MOM u incomplete. All that is of pres-
ent importance has been decided, but
Sir John has withheld from decision a
matter whish may prove a fruitful source
of truuele hereafter. - [Parkhill Gazette.
hew Publi- cation..
"The Modern Bartender's Guide," is
the title of a book of over 100 pages,
which contains a large number of recipes
for mining drinks .1 alcoholic and other
kinds. Every Scott Act advocate should
have one. if he wants to know as much
abet the hueineee as the bar tender
Published by the Toronto News Com -
COUNTY CURRENCY.
Item. from all Fares .r Marna get .a the
%ew• Laehangr.
Last &twine Thos. Tipling, .of Clinton,
sold a stallion to au Ainerian buyer for
the sum of *40); the other day the same
horse was resold for 00.
W. H. McCrack.n*1, Bruwis, w.m 47
prizes at the East Riding show. With •
few addiuons to his stock of exhibits
Me. could get up • little agricultural
show of h:s own.
A tea meetine will be held in the C.
M. church, Donnybrook, on Monday,
October lath. Tea will be served from
5 to 7 o'clock put., after which Iter.
M-. Markham, of ilenmiller, Rev. Mr.
Seas son, of Whitechurch, and Rev.
Mr. Lothar, of Duugannoa, it is expect-
ed will deliver addresses.
Brussels Council are going to submit
• by-law fur the vote of the ratepayers
on October 2; th, to remove the lien the
corp cation have on the R'ot.ald property
giving him a clear title to do with at as
he pl. ases for the paltry sum of 82,000,
being the c'.sts incurred by the Cuuncii
in the law suit that had been pending
fpr some tame.
O n \\'edne day evening but Mr. John
Murchison, the popular Secretary of the
Lucknow Caledonian Society, was united
in the holt bonds of matrimony to Miss
Miunie McBride, of that village. The
cerem.my was performed by the Rev.
Mr. Macnabb, at the residence of the
brides mother, in the presence of a
number of incited guests. The happy
cnple left on the evening train fpr Kin-
cardine.
A few days ago Mr. Bastian, of Clin-
tun, met oath a painful and peculiar
accident. He and a stun tamed Everette
were working close together, when the
latter accidentally struck bine en the
beck of the hand with en old adze. One
of the hones of his hand was broken into
three pieces, site an apparatus had to be
c .nstructed to keep the third finger in
its place until the bones would knit -to-
gether.
A serious accident happened at a
threshing at Mir. Stevens , on the Lyn-
don read, a short distance from Clinton,
on Saturday week. The machine in use
was a hearse p.wer, and by some means
John McKenzie caught his clothes in the
tumbling rod, being twirled around a
number of times before the horses could
be stepped He had seven of his obs
brokers, and susts.nel other injnner,
from which he lies in a precarious condi.
tion.
On Saturday last week Road Commis-
sioners Elliott and Hardy examined the
new bridge at Heltaesville, (whior-7�
completed as far as the woodwork wadi
concerned; and being perfectly satisfied
at the manner of its construction, took it
oil the contractor's hands. Men have
been busy fur several days building the
•ppr.aches, and the bridge will be ready
for traffic almost at once. Grieve;
bndee, north of Seaforth, was also in-
spected on Tuesday.
Donald McDernid, Stanley, has sold
his well known spring colt tothe Mewrs.
Smillie, of the county of Lmbk,n, •ior
8400. This colt is four months old and
Is from tee imported mare which Mr.
McDermid purchased from Messrs. Mc-
intosh and McGregor, and was sired by
a horse in Scotland. He is to be kept
fur an entire horse, and will yet be heard
(rem if n.. ill luck overtakes hitt. Mr.
MclJerntid purchased the mare for 8800
and now he has sold her first colt for
half the purchase money.
A meeting of the railway committee
of the W Ingham town council, presided
over by the mayor, was held in the coun-
cil chamber on Monday night last. The
object ..f the meeting was to ascertain if
any further considerations could be
offered to the O. & Q. R. R. for extend
ing their line to Wingham. The mayor
stated that he had seen Mr. Osler, and
that the latter gentlemen wishes some-
thing conclusive and definite, to place
before the members of the syndicate, on
his approaching visit to Montreal. The
feelings of the committee seemed to be
that they would like to receive a definite
proposal from the syndicate, that they
were anxious fur the extension of the
tad, even if it only came to the river,
but that at present they could offer no
better inducements than had been prove
finely proposed t.. Messrs White and
Osler.
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