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\OR'I'll • STREYT. OODERICH.
It is a wide-awske local'ie•...paper. devote,*
to county wows and too diaaetui,wlwn of nee!
ful knowledge.
WHAT'S- UP? w
}Thing.
The •• lnareibe'. McNba" The Wedee•
.rb. Nichrome Md1 baa*Flee
A rammd.aerper Waite
tams. reMweneseeas..
That Are Happening
Around Us.
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sans of carrying out its prorieioos, it I NEWS OF THE IV EE 1X.' Th. people of Wowlatiek have decid-
Iis possible that the council will have to ed by a u•sp,rity of 410 that they don't
fesot un a bill for d.mog« one of thus --- mat any waterworks.
days that'll make the unewlen of the j Latest Intelligence fFom all The St. Mary's town o' nncil is dia•
fitment committee c thane w. I
Parts. , cussing the advisability of introducing
pen e7 . the electric light icty that place.
--Last week the council ah Auld have I, — 1 It is expected that the vote on the p. '
held its regular monthly meeting to l iriiy is.... ., II.
serip
•, ret. r..pae Wbe titre for the repeal of the Scat Act in
transact iegiunat• business, but owing! Wart she hews 1w . Marry -tats- ; Brut* county will tale place early in Oc• '
t., the fact that the mayor was away earl.. wetted noon 1. sees tuber.
from town ..0 rate business, it 'est war newer% Time. I A physician, having bought an in-
pnI ; serest in • milk route, arrives a treater
I decided nut to hold obs most Ii.. uw, • cocoa. from the well than he formerly
During the peat week things genet.• y
aaTae et. at sal tirrtat :Band ,ail ted haw at.. the latestan
have been Rather than the rover- out ,n townships, when I heed there, tf I l ' did from
the eek.
'ally p the reeve nal unable to be present, the eiety freak in Boston Nineteen suite for damaisa, aggresat- l
ra rear: Tae. for nix months: isc�. for bol pancake, SO to speak, and you'd al- Abed ..f fine marble has been tits.I
miueta' it tic su b I all U K. 1 ( twit 81"" 500 have bee' s ,tweed at Ps
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dvance soba., 10muwillt.,criedwtmust chink the neyln wereyrog
baenplionanutpaid ustn«a went aong. wongas-'•I
hbo "I covered near Til.onbury. ' cola against the railway company in eon-
at• ut into r /earthere was a quorum If the reeve failed A larzebe f k d fi h Chatsworth h
10w for darks" or something, such an number v crows au cane . • ne:tl..n with
the atsw..rt error.
awful Willnees prevails The •tteti.►.e►ce ' to connect, the deputy took the chair. 1 deuce men from i J fait• d State* are in 1 klonwitLu.TOwe, Ireland, Sept ti. —
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and if the reeve and deputy were both . Tononto. Extra lion have been ordere4 to be
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As1LTiat\KATE*: tt tic "Grumbling Stool" on my heck police
away, it was moved by councillor John , Rev. Wm. L. Baryta, D.D , limbo. ' held in readinwas for stein in the event
Laical and other camel advertisements, 9c.
per lime fur drat interne*. and 3 cents per line
tar each subsequent Insertion. kleasurtd by
a nonpareil scale.
Local notices In noap•riel type Sc per Ilse.
Local notices in ordinary reading type Ic par
word.
Badness cards of sl: lines and under I5 per
year.
Advertisements of Lost. Fuad. S rayed.
Situations Vacant. tt:twtion Wasted ass
Rasiaaw Chances Wanted. not exceeding 1
hoes aonparlel $1 per month.
Houses on stale and Farms on Sale. sot to
exceed t lines, $1 for Bret south, 30c per sub -
.equrot month. larger advt. in proportion.
Any special notice. the object of which is to
promote the pecuniary beoeet of any indi-
vidual or nompaa7. to he considered an ad
vertlsemeat and charred accordiniel7-
Tbwe terms will la .11 oases be strictly ad-
hered to.
Special rates for larger ad vert 'sentries. or
advertlsements for extended periods made
known at Os office of publication.
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JOSIIMB DEPARTMENT.
A fully equipped Jobbing Office is carried
oa in Connect las with Gm ordinary newap•per
business. where Bra-rlaes work is turned out
at re aonable rates. Everything la the print-
ing line can be dome on tbo premises from an
illuminated poster to • visit lug card.
AU oonununlratloni must be addressed to
D. IleClLU(t MDT.
Editor of Tic Sites:.
Ooderich Ont.
Lusk at the label ell this potpies
Cemuovolx election will be held
23.
Ten petition against the return of
Hoo. Edward Blake, in West Derham,
has been withdrawn, but Sir John will
have to face the music in Kingston.
Atx•oRolrc to the Hamilton .tp..tatc.r
the Nationalists eontnl the telegraph
will* in Great Britain and Ireland, and
Color the despatches to suit themselves.
-Phe statement is about as true as any-
thing
nything the Spectator says of the National-
ists usually ia.
, stoophas been below the averse, and
g B Jed by councillor Tom I dist Episcopal Bebop of New Yuck, died of riming on Friday, on the oecasiou of
runt', ',Cull
If sow credibly- informed that the I on S.turday.the trial of Mr O'Brien
; Jones, that-euncillur BIII Rubinson
(anarchist Meeting," whichwan start I The traffic receipts of the Canada _ ; The prmueed evictions on the Ponson- !
tak-
e the c bait.and the motion was car-
ed in oppneition to oar seesi•.ns, has ,I Pacific railway for the week endiit.g ' by estates have been abandoned under
. ried pnannimoualy. On such occasions Au est ala
been experiencing emus set -backs that I g t were 8:%2:,000. the provisions of the land Act f'ee"r•
the board generally rot through mors ( The Ontanu Front Growers' A...via. 1 ry six of the Ponsonby tenants are pro- 1
have a:most taken the nerve out of the' { tested and Cannot be evicted.
h Y d d , business in a given time than when all I tion will meet at Grimsby on Sept. 28
majority of t • membe
a et' rint and 211. It will be the annual session. ! A tanner at Upper\Yakeheld, Ottawa
know that that there was an
„Attar. the members were on deck, and I don't
know that a similar way of doing buss Potatoes are now being shipped front , county, has disc Carel a rush iron mine
Who -dye -call -him send to What's -hie- age he Manitoba crop is excellent p Pe
..-- \\.. so enc In you, .• no objection � . .!.:1,,,,w Sisalespear or Ignatius Donnelly, I to his worship being away ucasinnally ern Fair are now 911 per cent. in advance , New
port society is divided core the
I tnmgs in h.a sn sodearl Kyte about it to bold the regular Inset sea Monday • resolution condemning the sager to be patronized the Doke
j than are dreamt of in your phllcardpa � on the duly appointed evenings, Government for suppressing public' while the other is equally determined to
But, to get right down to hardpan,
1 there I. a atherin¢ of law-abiding,My'K or 00 1iMy°r.
R A Brakeman named Nordahr 'coped consequently knocked out et shape.
•hist Meeting" in Gudench. Well, as
Winnipeq to Ontario to supply the short- on his farm. He recently paid 81010
*.as would not work admirably in I T f.sr the property for which a firm of
(' d b Mind I' lurk capitalists hare offered him
Iname as chronicled by IlltamThe entrees exhibits for the West o00
II don't know which-- "There are more on regular council meet'.g nigbta, but I el what they ware at tcu date last year• gquselkin of reception of the Duke of
' • h Huratio. the council should have enough Ata trade. union owner... at 'Rowan- I d1srlborough. One section admits it is
i g W by
AJAi, meetings it' Ireland was passed by 85 to 7. Ignore him, and the ''charmed circle" 1.
peace -loving, ratepayers of this town,
who hold regular meetings wherein the 'toff BA.It7NT ON TE3[YBR-4 CE.
! topics of the day ore discussed, and The following letter from John Bright
where vpinioes upon national and inter- in regard to the liquor question will
nati.insl questions are turned out with;prove of some interest to our readers.
neatness and dispatch. John Butler got It is dated August 2 , tram Rochdale,
iso to this gathering and dubbed it 11n and was written to a gentleman rssid-
"Aasrchist's Meeting," and despite the ins in Tomato :—
fact tnat the cognomen is at tonins "DLit Sta,-1 suppwe all men will
wills the constitution and bylaws of the admit that is would he a great blessing it
institution, it has reinalwod with it dnuks which intoxicate were abolished.
even unto this day. The omens, The whole goeston, and its solution,
meet, for the transaction of bosomed must depend on public opinion, which
seer aansbiny--but, pshaw ! the editor , �Y agree to nstrietiono which are im-
psrtant, but will for a long time, and
A Wilt esit'b1Mherehe Inst. Cyd against
the Mitchell Advocate by s man named
Morris. The Advocate is oonsoling itself
with the plea that Morris is "only a
poor man, and can't furnish security for t.
costa." If the case Roes , a Jury that
plea will not avail
Tun editor of the Cornwall Standard
never beard of the name "McGilliouddy"
before. Ili* geographical and historical
studies have evidently been neglected,
and we will go 25c. towards giving the
poor fellow a term at night school dur-
ing the coming winter.
Tee summerto
is nearly part, and ns
the fast will be in the earth, but up to
the thee of writing the excavation work
in tonn.onon with the Government
buildings in Goderich has not commenc-
ed. During ticn
coining winter tint
he
04,000 in tintimates will make a great
flying cry fur political purpose&
MasanBoehm (Lib.) sod Cormier
(Cosa.) wen
nosainatad for Ottawa comi-
ty 1a the Quebec Legislature Wedsadey
lent. Cormier was anelad Planed year,
het resigned his seat when a petition
was metered against hies. The fell
ettesndb of the two parties has bene woo
castrated in the rear, sed sotwith-
etandlag that it hes beim hitherto looked
upon ea bnpelesely Toa, hope@ are oma•
tertsieed d it. ban udewwed by the
1&
Iiber*
Tan Guelph Jeaniw and Galerish
ma a crow be eesrid•red as being
fairly wieder low Oyer 100 Ttalian•
have arrived in Guelph to work nn the
Guelph Jssetlee Railway. Ti u •T-
p•eted that 700 or 1,00n sea Mu be at
work inside of a few weeks. We w
endibly Wormed that the wort of
easbiew the preparatory surveys of the
obs reanufaeturs and ole and use of
from his train into the Housatonic ri.erl T. H. Puraotn, council for Henry
on Saturday and roomed • lady from I Taylor, ex -President of the Bank of
drowning. L radon• applied to Jude' Davis yeeter-
Every trace of the C..luradu beetle dey fur setting aside of the cupius on
has been destroyed in Germany by the which bis client was arrested The
timely use 4.1 disinfectants and tilting judge refused the application and Taylor
the field where the pests appeared. was Indeed in the debtor's cell. He
It is stated that Admiral Luce will be paled Sunday quietly in jail. • few
released from theoomnund of the North friend. and his wan"' calling on bin.
Atlantic.gosaron this week and be made On Monday the following gentlemen
president of the college at Newport, were presented to the high court, Torun -
The Commercial 8uhetin's file rceord to, by F. Meckelcan, Q C., aoof 'went to
for August shows a total loss in the Unit e• barristers :—J H Hooves, W L Sonet,
ed steno end O•nela of 88,31;,b00, J A Mills, E J B Dunton, A W Len.,
against $13,000,000 in August, 1886. 3 8 \Yilgc.ee. J fro McWhinney, J McG
Mr Powtlerley, General )taster Warn- Young. W B Lawson, E 1leatun, F M
N Md, E A Wiamer, J A Davidson, J M
bd4we.a, H E Ridley, J H Bowes, J
9 Shaw, J McKay, A C F Boulton.
man of the k'.o..hts of Libor, toys be
would object to me giving the time and i perhops always refuse the absolute per will respond to the call of the Irish iewd-
place of meeting without the reenter ad- hitit►on, which I suppoee you are con- en whenever they feel hie serene« ere
.ert►aing rates being charged, and w I' tending for. It seem* to me with u.. needed. Lorno:i, Sept. 4.—The affiliation of
Na -
will not particularixe in this respect, 1 to=tion is almost with
the only 00 that
remedy that Metropolitan hot 1 at St. Paul,will remodel tMinn., resesallistshe old the u naitbids ret i .1 more closely
Well, as I was saying, the organizatoo cin be adopted with much hope of soc- ata coat of 810,000, and present it to their mutual arrangements for political
of the new institution has cut a hole in ' o.es- 87 this course we may reduce the the city for a public library, art school work daring the memo While about
the membership of our backstnop I number of houses where the driok is ' and conservatory of music. 1 thirty Pern.11itme will snake a stumping
Withering, and has binden+d us from I DOW and thus lessen the temptation, $ M. Shadbolt, accountant of obs' tour ut Great Bniwin 1. at.lighhn the
getti
p a "ticket" �_ _ ext; which so many people seem unable to wok „t Mnwtreal, has been ap e►l0cton 0f EnRluid and Scotland nn the
tor nonmed
- - pector. vice Mr H. �'. MareHOMO of ' however, that an amalgamation will be (extent diminish the coesumptiaa of what I tint, will probably be�promvted. Irish people of the sympathy and sup-
tormad,.betwsen the two conclaves, and, ' yu so groat • scarce of mischief. I fancy port of the Liberal party.
on ars in ad.ance of in on this o«- Philip Schwabe, a baker, committedMrcoal
in that event, the present compilatio:: of 1 t q I'amide Muaday morning while confined ant in O Browne, a leading often
mar:
own. with us only moderate measures chant Ottawa, aye : Men often say dry -Bon•% 7ulePt the ''Tuna Cuuocil" I have any chane. 04 suocesa and we meat ; in the c nor jail at Louisville: Ky., by w -e took the duty off *oaf and yet the
name isn't Ajax. 1 is his arm with s tin ue et
the ca.e In nom• its o[ oar oo*tirient the result with other commodities. Mr
Another week has passed and done, I y A company, with a capita) 0f 8300.- Browne says that opal has, adrancsl 25
and still the proposed waterworks scheme I hope with you cad with ea the temper• rv-opeu and operate the boot rout •ugu 80 cents in the Stetson. If it were not
twat, area at me seas time it oven area , aasist•nt inn •• - question, - group English
municipal election. 1 am in hopes, co the cost of the drink and thus to SOMA ( dish. bice WII assistant
nee •ant- members will go to Ireton' to assure the
nutting is t ruat andmain artery
will get its quietus at New Veen, or my t be cur tent to travel more slowly than n treating
( b k price has advanced That would n•,t be
Ps r
—with on in Canada and with the tew-
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I perance party in the yoked States I 000, has been formed in Montreal to ciente a ton here, owing too an advance (4
hangs fire. As it at present stands, I aooe cause may prosper. Very truly factory at BMhier, Quebec, which is for having the 50 -cent duty taken off,
nothing has been done, nothing will be Tours, (signed) Jon'. Bso.T. expected to be in tall operation by out the advance hese w -uhl barn been 80
done; and nothing can Ina done. Along — _ summer. I amts. Taking off that duty actually
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The G.ehin society, tot Torno►n, are ares consumers 50 cents on the tun, al -
about the beginning of May last, elabr- i making elaborate proponents*, for the , though they pay 25 cents more now,
rate flysheets were placed in circulation, reception to the Highlander, on Sept. j A Philadelphia despitch says there
telhog us all about the "perfected 15. Hon. G. W. Rosa, minister of edu- has been • marked change of front in
sebeesle" that was laid before the free and .►tine", will deliver a0 address in Gaelic the attitude of General Master Work -
independent electors, but from that day on the 000eeton• j man Powderly towards the trades un-
to this the "perfected scheme- has failed President Cleveland write" all his let- I inns and the oppineute of the present
tats and addresses them with his own administration of the Knights of Labor
hand. He tried dictating to a steno- I siooe the recent elections of delegates in
grapher gime time ago, Ant found that the Minneapolis convention, when anti -
he could dao his work much better when , adm►niatr'ation men were chose* by near
he wielded the pen hiswelf. I ly all of the more powerful district as-
C.dhy. the Hsdeon, N. Y , forcer, I gambles throughout the coronary. It is
w hom Chief Stewart and Deteoti.e' said Powderly is tryint to throw the
Gates of Hamiltoc followed down to' blame for the oo*ditinn of the order on
Werda es the Wise cad Slbrrwtse en
Public Owestieaa.
CZ WAS 7511L, 01 VlintesTARD.
When was the Mayor during the
to materialise, or words to that effect. riotous proceedings in SL George's
church
Now would be • good time to have a RI a. \Yoduesday evening 1 Alert
peony reading entertainment in the
town hall at which to recite extracts
from the Bylaw flysheet& I hare so
doubt there would be • large turnout of
electors, sad if ten cents adoeiesiun wore
charged at the door. enough might be
made to pay the express chargee on the
voter's lots package from Clinton to
Gadericb. Mebbe I don't see things in
exactly the same light as seine people,
bet Fin inclined to believe that the
manner in which the present council im-
posed upon the ratepayers, in the matter
of the pawing of the bylaws, and the di-
latory manner ih which on public at -
fairs have been handled, deserve to be
answered by the"free and iodspeeniest"
with a writ of ejectment upon the whole
caboodle of them at the next menisipal
election. iso much for the oouneil's do
we ayieo TO THE ROLL
"A Fetturn."-Your communication
is •11 right, bet owing to the fed that
we don't know who has written the item
we cannot inert it.
He DOLPrr T LITE IN MEMOS AT ALL
Be kind enough to give we the post
office address is Huron County that
will find Robert Porter, M. P. I know
he premised to lie. in Clinton, if he
were elected, hat I hare learned that be
doesn't reside there.
Ispoem Arms WAtrTan
t0Mfeawl Meeli0g as amass.
bturtx, Sept. b.—Thera were lighted
mediae in the windows ret almost every
house in Lents last night. An en.eneous
crowd welcomed the visitors and .seat --
ed them to the hotel, wbere so addrece
was presented to them. Mr Stanhope
meds • long reply, in 'Aleph he enngrat-
e lated Ireland upon having secured the
nothing policy in regard to the water- eepp„N of the English Lberela Mr.
works, and now i11 point out another Dillonenjo.ts.ed the crowd to he peae•-
do-nothing dodge or two 00 other point& fool d.riag the night and deprive the
--We used to bare a and and a afoot'
the out of eco y e� a pslltatinw
P° far the ooteaRoothe In indica
now -bylaw is 0n out wunieipal bask and et the morrow's meeting. Menem. Rolli-
has neer Peen revealed. A (soothe d .an Haid Ova also spoke, when the crowd
months oar -keeper left the diapses•d• °hearing for the ntioealists
' fid. «� end Rroarsin' for the Rnvernmwnt.
limits, and the clerk cf the m.nieipality
was natiked of hie depertun, but to this
boor the mewed has dons nothing to-
wards appointing a man to esrry oitt the
previsi'n of the town hytaw. Now, when
i was nor os the farm, 1 never discharged
the hired man or allowed him to skip
seethe of eoewntry immediately seat of out during ...Atone or herveN witiinwt
t(ioderieh will be entered upon by Chi41 trying to 611 the ~num created by his
Irngiaw Jenninsr, of t►. (1 P.R. .gaff depart re at as early gia hoer a peeling
within the Past lane se flee week& ' But that isn't the way our eowneill.ee
set, and the eoe..q.eeee is that. having
a defective bylaw and Ming withaeN any why.
Leg st the kW 01 Iiia papas.
Halifax about a year ago, was recently I the membela of the hood, and has mad•
sentenced to three years in the penitent- I oeerier" of peaoa to the prominent lead
teary. He had eloped with 860,000. I stn of the opposition.
Dr. Garnier of Lueknow arrived in To- I At a meeting et H*11 Sunday night.
ronto Monday with fifty-five snakes, one Mr. Rourhnnnsi., the independent Con.
a large bus onnatrietor,fsr the 7,.,0. H. ( eervettve M. PP. for Soulantt« County,
baa devoted forty years of his lite to the mode an important statement. He aid
Biddy of ...k•a,ard bean the reputation likes after he was .1.0(.1, in I tctolter
of Wag a scientist of the first water. I last, Hoe. Mr. Chaplesu counselled him
Ten demeaned donate have already i 10 ate against the Itosa-T•illnu Ad -
been wbeeribed by the Anti -Scott Act 1 wini0nlon, and that if h• wenld vote
pQs�r�.ppl�s of wellington amnty and tent to I to sustain the Rose Taill.sn pert,
� y in
)
Goelpb, where a great tight will Orme j p0w.r be wnsld loss bis i Mr. Ch. esu'%
off akewlly. Both psrtti« will c,ntvo- `esteem. He alAo stated the Tori« had
trate than forces at Gnlph, as it will ha IPSO so far as to offer him money in the
upon the vote in that city that the fate hop. oI inducing bullied"' support ihem.
of the county will be.
The stat.rwenae ersa•gest
nd MrooenTaw, who was presorte.ti.wtdid
addressIn his address on the 'object of Oita !a. ,
1 not aim' their their eetersey.
we's deatlrate in the Dominion Meth • The Ticbt►nrtne claimant has found •
Mist church Snml•y evening, Rev. Mr. '1 enngenial resting plat.•tint. His wta-
warss.n said the death rah in Ottawa os have vaned, at any nu foe
wan 28 for every 1.000 of the population, time. The heves. he Ms taken rafnge
which ase 'Orr rant arectae than any in is • Chatham
street, .4.w York, bar
eclair sty is 1 ntario, and !0 per feat room its enterprising proprietor has
\ighrr than Lotdoa, SaRlaad ewployd him on a tante salary as her -
tender. The sagacious hirer seller
knew that when it was one* known that
the great English claimant was to be
foetid at hie saloon hie establishment
woeM not languish for want rf custom.
Weighing neer throe headier' pnends
the .oidisant Sir linger is • rather heavy
tarn for the hosinees. but he takes to it
Many] raved Aseriasc• wrestle, Haw. Saturday afternoon as the 0 P. a. kindly, and promises won to bowsaw an
arden Monday to pay their n.paBie en enwdrwdiow train wet rims- ine Imo 'epees a, a Mulet of drinks. Tha fee
Mr t)Iaddam sad attended 'harsh, Lwsdow,(hit , at • very lively rate • hoed gaentwn of the bar room aro said to be
where he reed the lesson 0f the day. ear was en the Week pet about to torn esseedingly polite to the elsireanl ane!
After esrsise tic path frees the therele die asylum mire", and before the tram in.srisbiy address him as "rtir Rorer."
deer w lice) he both tidal by Ameri- weld he stepped the esomeroetion ow- He .ppresiates their courtesy and re -
Ms visitors who greeted Mr Oledeteme gin Wreck the at., knocked It into the •pondon loth s free!y end gnat allatelity.
with mets\ wiriest! se he pawmoilinged em his I air, moiling fir flus the tnek. Threat Ile it may he eowcli('ed that the chins...t
leas farad his proper aph.re coil is sue -
1 weld at I.
Renewed prise» having beets
brought upon Mr Gladstone, the Liberal
leader has promised to crown the Home
Father Walsh, the pariah priest, maid- Rule esmp■ign durimm ree.w with an
ed at the meeting of the day in 'pile of w eeptanes of the iavihtinet of Mr Oise-
. pnoring rain, and the greatest don tow,se the next M. or of Dublie,to 'Me
th«nsw prevailed. the Irish capital at the bsginaieg d that
gentleman's term of the mayoralty.
FROM \V ASHINGTON
Whitt Hae Transpired at t110
United Scateee Oapital.
IAnes.• 1n ibe Tarif Coniecspialed-T S
tslerswuwaal t .wtaal..t.a 4'1.11
ween Ire aces.. eke Irterea•nn.
ileo! Medical 4 cano
Frwu our Special correspondent.
WA»nossorvi, D. C.,
Sept. 5tb, 188:.'
rna'.
The sitanenn, presence in this city
of such leading Detnocr.ts as Speiser
Carlisle aril Couslreseuan Mills, at this
e
dull sea.nn, has given rise to a gond deal
of tariff talk. Color is given to the re-
port by the fact that the Speaker and hie
wife are on pr 'longed .tact to the Pre-
siarnt sod Nis Cleseland at their couo-
ry ylacr. Ti. substance of the tariff
mra.ure agreed rn by the Administra-
tion is said to he a heavy reduction its
custom dente, the removal of tobacco
taxes, and tom -interference with the
general internal sy.tem. oma a compromise
for cutting, the tariff rates . n the neeea-
t,)I,connection nes of life In this cnnecti• n it u
somewhat signihxnt that the Bureau of
on
Statistics has beau called upfur beams
un customs duties, to show when the
mist effective reductions can h. made
and bow the revenues .•1 tha Gavots -
'sent would be effected thereby.
An Interatomic.' Commission, come -
posed of three American and three
Engtshman, the former to be chosen by
Secretary Bayard, will meet in Washing-
ton ere lone to discos, the vexatious
Canadian fisheries dispute, with .the
purpose of solving the troublesome pro -
bleu o.f the boundary lone between Csa.-
da and the United States., over which
there has been a controversy about ono
hnodr.d years. If this matter can be
satisfactorily settled from an Aueriean
standpoint, it will naturally be regarded
s. a great diplomatic triumph for theseho
prent administration. which the while
country would regard with patriotic
pride.
•During August Government recei,rks
were very heavy, at[regeting =,'4:,;000,-
115, egainst $32,195,326 for the same
month last year—folly two millions
more titan in August 1886. Internal
revenue and miscellaneous receipts show
a corresponding GAMMA and the disburse-
ment • large decree,. comoarati.ely.
A statement prepared by the T
Department shows that during the=
nT August there was A ....
decr.f 8737,-
870 in the total eircalet' and an in-
crease of 810,216.200 in the total cant
1. the Treasury.
The Civil Service C.smmission is coo-
siderir-g a plan for a more oviform class-
ification of the Department clerks so as
to include within the rules the clerks ofse,
lower grade—fur internecopyist" at
1600 who are not embraced. It is the
Commissioners desire to remove the
discrimination now existing by whit
pplaces in one Department are ex
from civil servios rules while prneis•fy
L
similar positions in another epartm.st
s.
b
some under the rule
It had been heralded forth by some
irresponelbie newspaper aorresp•odeots
that swpepine charges would take place
in the forces of the Treasury and Ies-
tenor D opert.nent on Sept. 1st, but, as
yet, these reports have toot materialised
to any eonsiderabl• extent, and there
have only been a few uaimpertaut
obanges.
The city was honored last week by a
visit front an East Indian Prince—a
vasal of the British Queen—who was a
conspicuous figure, and attracted general
abearing
by his fine peewees and court-
' lybearing at a reception tendered bis
by Secretary Bayard and the forfeitsMinisters. Prince Thakore wee very
mach pleased with our people and
country. and declared that the onew
thing necery to complete his happi-
ness was the entree t.. the (.sho.nab s
snr•sety of one popular w•terrig please.
gross The Medicses
e
) Congress meet, to-
day in several *actions. « cote, or even
own ow three buildings ere not I arae
enough to accommodate the tbonseeds
of physicians in attendance from all civ-
ilised nations, and whose presence im-
parts an air of bustle and animation
the city at its dullest wagon foreign
faces are seen in unusually large noes -
bets on
oery side. This congress
wibb
douhtlebe the (nest interesting nett
important of the kind ever
chasaembled.
The latest scheme of publi3 improve-•
moot is the a•nasmpplaced national road-
way, to he called Mt Vernon Avenue,
si
degned to begin at the Aqueous.
bridge wad thence run to the home td
Whin;ton. 1 his grand conception ie
both practical and patriotic, and the
idea o.f connecting the tomb of the eith-
er n( his country with its great capita,
neared s re
need m hbrew, le truly fp..tse, .N
effete. should he carried into Thio.
together with tits monum•wtal bridge
spto
an the Potottaae, would h• regarded
ey the people of the United States as two
of the nation's brevities. jewel&
skI
On Milord*, this 90ah Wt., Margaret
Clark. of the Pith enemesion of Morrie,
passed away to her reward et the ad-
vanced age .f 100 years and 6 ..comics
Her husband who disc! mows 16 yAer�
IsRn, hail reecho(' Isis Pried year. IAF&
Clarks remains wer. interred in the
Seneh.ne burying "(roiled on Monday, a
largo envenoms of (►lased, and relators
perine their I.at tribute of resume to
the old Indy. h is a very ears thing 1e
meet a hsnlssta and wife wines SON qr.
grottos moiety 204 years at the lime .8
their drera•S.