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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1889-2-8, Page 4al furon i$naI EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, AT ITS aTSalt rai31Tlxie O TSCS : NORTH - STREET. GIODER1CH. Ti• le • wide-awake local sesysea tier, devoted • sweaty aewa aid the dles.rawlaaties el twe- et knowledge. NATIO M setMs'MstrT7ea t •t_tee ar a TOW; Mia for six months ; Ms. for tersamethia, If the s tool tWa Is act p� la adraaoe..abaurtptba will he charged t las rate of Wells year. AMTUTI*UTt: RATIOS* legal and other casual advertisements, lie. per Hoc fur Tint insertion, and 3 conte per line tor each subeequout lneertioo. Measured by • nonpareil scale. Local notices in nonparlel type Sc per line. Local nukes in ordinary reading type lc pe word. Business cards of six lines and ander $5 per year. Advertisements of Lou.tFound. Strayed. Situations Vacant, Situation Wanted and Business Chances Wanted, not exceeding s linos nonpariel $1 per month. Houses on Yak and Farms on Rate. not to exceed s linen, $1 for first mouth, lot' per sub- sequent month. Larger advts in proportion. Any special notice, the object of which is to promote the pecuniary benefit of any indi- vidual or company. to be considered an ad eerttsewest and charged accordingly. leered These terms will in ..L eases be strictly ad - Special rates for larger advertisesneats, or advertisements fur extended period,. dads known et the office of publication. JOSiiig OEPAATIAEUT. A fully equipped Jobbing (None is carried Oa in connection with the ordinary newspaper busines, where first-class work is turned out at reasonable rotes. Everything in the mint- ier/ line can be done on the premiers from an Illuminated poster to • visiting card. All communications must be addramed to D. McGskui TMt. Editor of Tea S10x&L Telephone Call Na 30. Goderich Ont. HURON SIGNAL. i FRIDAY, FiBRUARY $ 11/0. WEST HURON —2;BBi'ORM - CONVENTION I The Annual Meeting of the Reform Con- Tention of West Huron will be held in. GODERICH, —oN- Maodat, Fet, 25th, 1889 At I o'clock, for the vireos, of perfecting the organization, and other busier/on lion. A. M. Rom. Treasurer of Ontario. M. C'easetron. tee.. sue other prominent Lib- erals sit rdd:can the gathering. A full representation is requested from every polling.eubdiv.tite. as there is an ab- solute r ecsaty fcr nrtrrnt and united effort, C. OIkVIx, i:OHP;ltT HARRISON, President. OWN. r.'eretary. Vi E understand passes were olotained from the C. P. R. Co. recently for • delegfttiou from the town council to pro- ceed to Ottawa on public business. The passes were also used, Let the mayor and members of the council have no knowl- edge of • deputation having been ap- pointed. Who got the deadhead passes 1 and f 1 what pnrpoee were they used I INroi:SATtoN has been received by the town clerk from Mr VanHorne, stating that the necessary information to make a map of the proposed C. P. R. line from Guelph to Goderich has been obtained by Mr Jennings, chief engi- neer of the company, and that the plan will be submitted to the Railway Com- mittee, at the present session of Parlia- ment. ON Sunday last a peculiar feature of journalistic enterprise took place. The New York i/read was published simol- taneuusly in New York, London and Paris, the three greatest cities in the world. The publication of a Sunday edition , f a daily paper in London has called forth a strong htotest from the Pan .:feel! Gazette which deprecates the beginning of a policy of seven days a week publication which is de+tined to increase the working days of newspaper men in Englaie as it has dee• in the I'nittif S'ate•. Outside of the Sabbath wink, the publication of • live Yankee jc_•tnel too Leedom avid Paris will cause consideral.l,: liuttuioe in the journalistic are it a. .__.. Ti, tr l,iehcr education caeinrt hr.,eileii naturally narrow intellects was* clearly demonsiraeed et a recent m:•; ting of uni- versity ukeleles iii T .ro:nto. Just h• fore the Christmas helid.,ts et(' T'roloto linyeigi,cd against the atisur,i practica ot haze g, and at the meetil.g referred to a moti,•n see curie(' by • large majority that the t,;/ be struck off the reading room fy:e for one week, et token of the disapproval of its course by the students. Frye utterance is the inalienable right of thel Enrich and Canadian press, and let the ducts of unlawful acts scot to raw trill the lawful functions att. $ di.ai.pn ting of the Moil's memo a constitutional right. The mover rseoluti.in at the alerting •utht ti read I Cor., suii-1 I. "Vt hen i was a child tlpake is a child, T nnd,•rst..,.l as a chid assay CtbYTZNTION Reformers of Week Rises will meet is Gudertchon Moeday,Feb Mth at 1p. m. Important bummer" will be brought be- fore the meoiva, and it is imperative that every pulling-eubdivisi,is should be largely represeeted. 1889 will be pregnant with great events politically, and it is neces- sary that the work of organisation should be promptly and carefully attended to. Our uppoceots are working secretly but steadily upon edemas inial the chief centre of political knowledge at Ottawa, and if our friends do not wish to be naught napping, they must at mice rise to the call of duty. In West Huron in the past we have fought the`errymander and the loaded voters' list, and neo know what political handicapping means. We have once again tc face a thoroughly organize) at tack from the franchise bureau at Otts- wa, and it is the duty of every man who calls himself a Liberal to put himself in the breach, and fight fur his political rights. A general election will, beyond ques- tion, be one of the pnocipal events cf 1889. Forewarned is forearmed, and (.,re- armed means to win. let there be a grand rally at the Nest Huron Reform Convention on Monday Feb. 25th. Tux Clinton flier Era funny man is loaded with • lonesome quality of wit He auntunced that a young lady was dead because she had ,the temerity to visit Goderich. It would be easy to re- tort that if the young lady had been in Clinton during the thaw, she might not be dead, but she would stand a great chance of being buried in the mud of that clacban. By the way, what grudge has the New Ern against Mr. ltaeey that it is anilineh�r� -y $�. Groae- eieb postollee. Wit is wit, and gall is gall, and the average Clintonite has more of the latter than the former. THz man who for the past month was prophesying there would be no winter this year was snowed up on Wednesday Iota, and hasn't been amen since. THE EDITORS TABLE. A Word or Iwo About New rebtleatIons Thal Mare Cease to Mast wog •w•gi wok rrEnt-sae. One of the most delightful of Susan Ce olidge's stories, "Who ate the Queen's Luncheon 1" opens the February ii';ol• Awake, with a beautiful frontispiece by Garret. Another short story as singu- larly humorous, • valentine stcry, is en- titled "The Apple of Discord,' and will entertain all the grammar -school boys and girls ; it is by Georgians Washing- ton. "Princess 3laybloasom" by An- nette Lyster, with its eight pictures, is a dainty fairy store. "Children in Italian Sculpture.," by Mabel F. Robertson, is a model art paper for young people, aith interesting pictures. The serial stories J. T. Trowbridge and Margaret Sidney are very popular for family reading --a genial happy home element pervades both ; Phrou•ie's "dragons" are wreath ble. "The Tupper Children" is a short story of the old•daye by Miss A. 0 Ply - mutes, full tof dash avid fun. "Forty- eight Hous a Day" will interest ail as tmncmically-minded young folk and their elders as well. "Nonsense Ani- mals" is very amassing and affords a hint for home fun of an evening. "An (Ild- Fashioned Boat" is an interesting chapter in the progress of intention, by Ernest Ingets,il. Mrs. Ily Joy White in he r chapter on "The 1 of the Oven" tells how potatoes are d in the Beaton public schools. Mrs. .,ddard orpen Rives the history of the famous Spanish crown pearl, the I'elegrina. Prof. Starr, in his geological series, describes some of the gnawing.. of "The Tooth of Time.' In the new department, "Men and Things," are all sorts of good origin• al anecdotes and breezy "short talk. The poem+ .of the number are many and good, the Ramona, Pest (►dice, Puzzle and C Y. F. R. F. sections very fail and entertaining. Only $2 40 a year. D. Lathrop Company, Boston. • LtrlgLL8 LIVING AGE, ty JAYS. a, ND CHINESE. teat hiss coal •W.i aee The one! warbled the St Lswreowes in ut:ea- aiunal wlitanuese, Litt hardly in any other reaped. Theeare not granite but • sort of gravelly stone, and besides rarely lure tress or grass. The trees are tee and soreboy S. uae(.lales the islands rise abruptly from the sea, others cunni room fur a Oohing 'ideas un the shore Occasionally villages were sew up the sides of these mountainous islands. Every foot of good land seems to be utilised The land is sometimes cultivated in terraces of lovely appear - sues right up to the top of the island, tier -side facing the Ica. I have noticed so far but few of those ugly reefs that abound iu the tit Lawrence lakes. The stray and sporadic islets have not that appearance et gelidity and immov- ability which attache. to granite rocks. Grist as ta the beauty of tete Inland Sea, it bears no comparison with the Thousand isles. An Iutwwting Lotter From Mis- sionary i♦sionary McGillivray. The Poress old/spas tllasaitWteas Mew lissollamies is S's.e Japanese rhasaa Week Lin.... self-eapperslas noasseasa ad.aissa es flee hineds of the sea. The following letter, winch has been fareished us by Rey John McGillivray, is from Rev Donald McGillivray former- ly of Goderich, and gives some interest- ing facts in connection with the manners and customs of the people who live in the far Etat, and amongst whom he has cast his lot : Suits as '•Pati Sglau MAttt-," INLAND SSA, J erne, Thursday, Nov. ?Joel, 1888. Dist JOHN. --I posted my last letter in Koos. I shall likely post this at N u- gsaski, the last port •1 Japan at which we touch. Atter that it is the Yellow Sea to Shanghai. The view appruachneg Kobe was very tine. It was auout 10 p m. Steam launches came out to, us when we anchored, because of the dark- ness, as we a,uidu t see our buoy. Next morning with Dr. Hepburn (one of the veteran missionaries 'if Japan) I went ashore on a hotel launch. I adesse e very muuonary not to set toot inside of an hotel, or they will charge him for the use of their (root steps in walking up. if he wishes to come off Scot free let him discreetly avoid hotel -runners. Kobe is a town of 20,000 people. Hiedo, the old town adjoins it, and is larger -than Kobe. The appearance ori Jap- anese city at night is peculiar. Yoe w ould think you were looking at a a ally gotten up illumination in hone somebody. The lights are very Sm very numerous and very close. T ships and houses are small, but ha many lights, and at night the side the streets are lined with vendors various kinds who have spread th stats in all sorts of places, fur example, along the canal bank or in front et the regular shops on their mats they sit, their wares neatly arranged in tempting rows. On each rust several lights are displayed. This of course add to the general blaze ,of the illuminations. Add to this that Kobe rises in ground that gradually slopes from the spa back to rugged mountains, and you will under- stand how tine it looks by night. There are Chinese signs an plenty, as at Yoko- hama. The Chinese merchants here seem well-to-do. The poet ,.trice and telegraph are combined here as at Yoko- hama. The electric light is nightly in ,attires. This forenoon we took iu coal, it was brought from Nugusaki, the great coal -mining region of Japan ; the cost $3 50 a tun. It is soft coal and is • ported to San Francisco. I spoke day with one of the Customs edictal he has a brother In New Y',rk, • spoke of America as the mother count of Ja1an. This will represent t general Japanese sentiment. Of emu the Government cannot be modell after America, It takes after Germai which, with its Emperor, gives them a basis from which too great departures are not necessary. I meet a young Japa- nese at the school here, sail to be ex- ceedingly clever, but he lacks one thing —purposefalnoes ; and so will never amount to much. I fancy this a com- mon fault of the Jape. The Japan built and paid for one cf the large bail ings of the American Board of Mission coating $1,500, and presented it to th board. This matter of self-support one of the moot hopeful features of th mission work in Japan. Tee America Board, which has heretofore never give help,ia relaxing,believing that some hel should be given weak caress to enab them to organize, and so give visibilit to Christianity. The postponement organization, until strong enough to ha ordained pastors seems unwise. I) Hepburn and Vanbeck are the pionee 'Missionaries of Japan. Dr H. camp hero when there was no grammar. H teamed the Japanese for "Whit is thief and set to work for words and grammar Thu is an experience never to be ex petted in China. It is the deliberat uopnnicon sf these missionaries that if al the foreign workers were removed th work would go on in Japan. The seem to have a sutticic nt degree of self government which will enable them final ly to dispense with foreigners. In th Methodist Episcopal seminary at Loki.� as a young lap. teaching, who held Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins 1-niversi In the Imperial University o okio, there are I believe, only two or three foreign professrs. I saw Ger- man taught in the of the classes of the seminary. • • s s s We have on board a gentlemen who holds a high playe in China in c•,nnec- tion with telegraphic work. I have heard him talk of China very interestingly. lie says Doers is a telegraph station TOWN COUNCIL Meucci et the Mesa4r Mental, Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the town council was held on Friday, Feb. let. Present—the Mayor is the chair, reeve Proudloet, deputy reeve Smith, councillor Centeluo, Smith, Celburne, Thow mpn, Reid, Nodule, Pridham, Humber, Holt, Murton, Dunlop and N ichols ou. Minute. of last meeting were read and approved. orrlt'aa.e' atroara. lemming the Treasurer, mwing finances for January, follows :la Bance from December $4991 87 Reu-eeipts— Nures, lands $ 10 25 Taxes 738 Gd Joe -twee' hue* .�, :: - 1 00 Electric light, four weeks 134 33 Deet Market 4 25 r of Maitland Cemetery 52 50 all, 941 01 he "t1of $593 88 of Patmerits— err Sundries 1 34 84 Separate schools... 100 00 Public school s 357 33 Water weeks es us- ---see sect 2 54 Electric light ex- pense acct 122 00 Relief Insurance Elections 33 65 15 00277 50 Council chamber... 1 12 Fire Depart meat... 20 00 Agricultural Park 23 Wort' 3;85 Public Wort' 15 Salaries 2'20 81 Balance to February From the Cemetery sexton, reporting is Interment of nine aaulta and two chU- x- drew during January. . to gger coM]tt-ttlesTioxa. ; From E. B. Bi, et Montreal, rela- nd tive to the publication of a book of 1000 ry pages, entitled, "Canada—a memorial he volume' being a statistical and descrip- rae live handbook of the Dominion, insist- edinsist- edrated and compiled for distribution ,y amongst public libreties, , cards of trade and other public institutions in Great Britain, France, Germany, and every part of the British Empire. One thous. and copies are to be thus deetnbuted and 1000 copies sold throughout Caaaa and United States. Each Provincial Gover- ment will have a history of its Province ese and a limited amount of space will be re d- served for cities and towns which may s i desire to advertise themselves as busiues e centres or summer res,arta ie I Moved by Morton, see n:Wed by Nich- e • cation, that Mt Biggar'. circular, refer- ring to publon In Bulimi- c ! • cal worii be ice erred toa committee con - suiting of the Mayor, Reeve mod council- e 1 lar Huli, with power to act. From Boiler la/Teeter and Dement* 71 Co , relative to insuring waterworks re boilers here. FJ led, r I }':um D-partmueot of Public Wutks, ✓ acknowledging receipt of a request that e additional dredging be done at the har- e , bon on the opening of navigation Veld-fern,I From President Veld -fern, of the C. P. I ft. stating maps and estimates would be � • ready for the Guelph Junction extens.on e in time to make application for subsidy 1 ; at present seua'ii of Parlament. e' Freu, James Burke, offering to supply the town with 20 curds of dry wood at 83.00 per cord, to be delivered within nue month. Accepted. ! From C. Crabb, complaining that he had not been aliewed an opportunity to, tender for certain supplies for the town. Referred to Public Works. f; From MacKelan, Gibson and Gana - by, s,lic;tun ter the It.,yal Electric Co.,• askine payment of $14 75, for gourd 1De of • mss here during the week they I gra furnished light for the Northwestern ! all Fair of 1887. This had been arranged j i i an agreement with the mayor Chas Seager, but the Company had been un- Ni I able to get a settlement of the account. It transpired during the discussion that the item had never come before the Council, and as • copy et • letter from Mayor Meager. agreelu,/ to tho expense, was attached to the claim now submit- ted, the amount was ordered pail, on motion of Counclll.x Holt, and deputy reeve Smith. 997 79 $4925 09 The numbers of The Lr;e,.r -f,e for the weeks ending January 26th and Febru- ary 2nd contain A Comparison of E is.- beth•n and Victorian Poetry, by John Addington Symonds ; The Scientific Bases of Optimism, by W. H. Matlock, and Ibsen's Social Dramas F,rfei.lhfly ; Charles Lsmh's Lettere, Treeplr Haar ; The Grocer's War, and in • Burmese Primer, L:,rnhilj ; Dr. Johnson's Favor- ites, Mornei!nt : A Queen Ann Pocket_ book, Lon jrnan'r ; Personal Recollec- tions of the Great Duke of Wellington, .Hurreiy's; Freaks of Conscience, f:u_ sell's ; 'fhe Strength of the Hapsburgs, The Life of Arthdeatein Allen, Ledy Guides, and The Change in Ireland, ¥p•rh,lor ; Comet Bunnark aid Sir Rob ort M.'rier, F'ro,nttttt:At : Proofs of A rhonnl.•,.'; with "A Story of Chios," •'1 he (Ed Code,- and poetry. For ti'ty-;a / numbers if sixty -fuer large ',see. ,-a, h ,or more than 3,300 pages • yrs?, the subscription price $R. is bier ; whale for $10 50 the publishers offer to send any one of the Amerman $4.00 monthlies or weeklies with no. hinny Ac foe a year, Moth postpaid. Litten t (7o., RnNoe( are the publisher,, The dress of American women mast be a considerable item in the exprnti- iere of the country. They else.s we'll on ellisa ions and portetit Iress tern la tellette ;. but they have yet to 1,:u-, the highest efeet in dress -a commiieglitm of simld,aity arid elegance. To see the reset toi'e'tes, one would think that only the looms of Lyons sail Genoa were capable of fernisl ing the meteri I theinite as a child; but %hen 1 larcenies f.'r a e, min a gown ; and N. the evening ses•a,i put bas ad mychildish this dress there is an apparently deep -ended ti y fps.'• tendency to over celebration. at Chiban Fu. This city as in Shan- -lung on the Grand Canal aid is only lett miles from North Hunan. So you will see we are comparatively near tele- graphic connection. He does not give n..,ch hope as to the rapid extension of railways. lie claims that the fiscal anti provincial systems would require radical changes before China could have such a thing as a trunk line stretching threueh a number of provinces. it seems there is a system of internal revenue whereby customs are exacted at boundaries of provinces, or even perhaps at depart- ments. He testifies to the universal corruption of the Mandarin class. Their salaries given by elevornment are so email that they are unable to support I even a part of their retainers, and so they get the rest by "squeezing" the , pimple. I am glad to know, en far as opinions may he relied upon, that opium ' smoking is not ao general as i supe eed, As I write we see passing through this Emmen lnlind Sea. At (i a.m. I was tip to take In its bs•uti•a. On either hand islands cone-shaped sad of volcanic origin, stood oat against the sky, and mountains rising range behind range away into the interior. The mountains nearest its were not above a 1000 feet high. Now and again an opening be tosser) two islands disclosed • reach of water stretching away 10 1.1 still more de - GREAT BARGAINS I Our Entire Stock of Winter Goods 10 per cent. below Cost Price for 30 days. J. A. REID & BRO. Jordas's 110ck, Ooderleh, Jan. lith, iie , Recommending payment ret the folio out acesunt: R W McKenzie, $56 80; N Stile $6 75; G N Davis, $'11 33; E Sharon $3 13; J D Armstrong, $21; J Yates, .Star, $17 96: estate A Dickson, $11.84; J Hallett, $ti 75; (1 N Davis, $72 24; W Acheson, $3; T Weatherald. $12; D C Strachan, $5 40; H Spence, $1.50; D K Strachan, $'l 50; StuNSL, $'20; Hart it Co., $7.19; John Robertson, $5; Bu- chanan ,A Robinson, $49 743. 2. That Street Inspector be lustre ed when putting in hie pay rolls to to itte it shoeing what each man'a wort for and where done ; and that the 1' surer keep as blotter in which all pay rolls shall be entered in full, but that only the totals shall be carried into the cash book as heretofore. J. H. Coi.snsaa. Chairman AUBURN. Prom otar cc -.....Mem oar ewe aorresesneente .y' Patpsa'i'aTIOv Awn Anwsslta'e-•� Tuesday evening. Jae. Use, a hep 1!- b: preseutati,n from Ashws Mwshritfut 8. 8. warted epos' Mr Ma eliall, for the past s►xteeu years supenutendei t of the whoul, and pressnted him with an ad- dress and • handsome easy chair At the mune tune Mrs Alsrshall, who is an ex -teacher, was also presented with • 'beautiful hanging lamp. Tn. following M • are the addressee : m- I Pass BaterHza AND Sietta —We, a erns! number o f your friends and neighbors, res- have met at your bouts to spend • social evening and we thank you for your c.niial welcome to us all. We thought this a favorable opportunity to express our gratitude t o you fur the long and •o- septable services as superintendent and teacher in our Saobath sch,e.i. Your long tenure of office is • sufficient cont- inent as to your etlicieecy, and the pros- perity of the Sabbath school loo w as • From the Public Works committee, recommending : 1 The purchase 5,000 feet cedar plank for repair of drains. 2. That a pavilion be built in t park, size 60 by 26, set on cedar posts feet lung and about 3i to 4 feet in t groutid,tu be roofed witdl shingles and en closed about 3 feet high. The probable cast abut $200, but if floored the oast would be about $300 3. That street inspector put two m screening ctoders for a few days wh weather is favorable, to tired probab cost of having coal cinders prepared f sidewalks, and that if found nieces/• a screen be purchased suitable fur t pur peso. 4 That a new feriae similar to that near the Park House, be built on the south side of the park going down the hill, and that the steps d.wn the side of the bank be repaired. 5. That the Public Works comoitt be empowered to have a walk construct- ed from the turnstile at the Park House to the top of the bank at the steps in the park. 6. That the council consider the ad visibility of having twc fountains erste ed in the (,curt House situate and uo at the Park. THou C. NAi•TAL, Chairman. The report was taken up by classes. The tirst clause was adopted ; the seems referred back to the committee with is 'erections to subunit an estimate of beeline of .,ctulgon term ; the remaining clauses were adopted excepting the sixth which was referred neck with instruc- tions to submit. cost of four fouutafns in the square and one in the perk From the Fire committee, recommend ing the acceptance of the resignation to Thus McKenzie as Fire µVirden, an that Wni Byers, who has been elected captain of the Fire Brigade, he appoint sod Fire Warden. W. PKO(-AFOOT, Chairman. he 16 you have handed the helm to • worthy he suoorss,r) must be very gratifying, to you. lour punctuality, and regular at- tendance, your earnest seal for the gen- eral interests of the school, and your verily department are in our opinion marked characteristics of the ►nunal su- perintendent. Your familiar vvic. and genial countenance will be missed very en en le or much In our school. But as o teen as you ry 1 can make it convenient to attend you he M t - e utrm',ering the words ot the Master, "That even a cup o1 cold water given in ti:e name of a disciple shall not luau iie reward " An. sometimes as you sit and d muse upon the past stay the recollect- - ' teens which it shall round be pleasant, and when it is we 1 with y.,u du not for- get oar school. Dear faster Marshall, please accept this small tukeu ..f our es- teem. It maylbe said of you as uM of old, "She Lath done what she could." May its light remind you of the Lamp of Life which you have taken as your guide, may you long enjoy eta iigmt. In coon - elusion, we wish y..0 and your estimable • re sure of a warm welonme. The Alm which yon have held so long, which was the highest in the gift of the school, we regard as not only a very responsible bat • very honorable one, that requires the highest ability obtainable not on y spirit - ally but intellectually, and as your school has prospered and kept pace with the times you must have fairly filled the bill. Dear Brother, please accept this chair as a memento of the happy Sabbath days you have spent in our school, (du nut think ..f this as anything more). R. - a • d amily to be lung spared to ce joy the - goo things of this life, and miy your i pathway be as the shining light that ! ebtuetb more and more unto the perfect I day. Signed in behalf of the Sabbath f. school. J P. Baows, Wit Downs, J. J. W a _I a aixarox, Joan Roans, Join Mt tiot-g. From the Water Works committee re commending the purchase of 50 feet o j inch rubber hose with nozzle, for pumping station ; also four barrels as beaters paste to cover steam belles and about 65 feet of mineral wood to cover steam pipes ; also that an iron lime be put in the boiler house. That the bal- ance due J. Currie & C.. , en final esti- mate, including the 10 per cent held back, be paid them under c-'nditions of their letter and agreement of Dec. 28th last, balance due them after dedccti.cg some small payments, is 1398,48 That the account of the Vacuum Gil Company of $28.39 be paid, also Goldie & McCul- loch fur engine,amount $1,200, be paid. JOHN BUTLER, Chairman. The report was adopted the committee to have power to act in the matter of the iron floor. From the Court of Revision recom- ndtng that remission of taxes be rated sundry persons, amounting in to $93.86 J. H. Coeamnim Chairman. The report was adopted, Councillor chokes dissenting. we Co an 1st vyryorn re read as follows: Bell Telephone . rent .of telephones in clerk's office d at waterworks for 6 months to July 818 75; C I' H telegraph account, tau 50 eta, John McCeJlum, woe-plyers and I (i nippers for waterworks, $'2 40; Fire twat Brehide, $14 Theme were ordered paid, ing and the following were referred to ti- each mance committee : W Kirkbride, $11 80; Thea Swarta, 8:; Jas Siunders & Son, $12.32; Ogilvie. et Ifutchison; cotton waste, $3.tt3; N Sturdy, relief order., $2; F Rmeeth, lumber and building ma- terial, $204 51. The following water- wotka items cereals, read : Vacuum Oil Co., oil, $29 40; Thos Noppes, lubrics ter, $7.25; Standard Carbon Co., 10,. 000 carbons, 875 These were ordered paid, said the following referred to n-se- nottee : I= H Kellog it Cu., id) gallons oi!,$44 50; Goldie & McCulloch, electric light engine, $200; (lust• i'er-ba Rub- ber Co., i7 04; Stevens A Runs, L,n- dun, $5. New at•%IN1neO The Board of Health was appointed as follows: Wni Acheson, Sam. Weller, F. Jor- dan, Jos ph Williams, Tho.. Weather - •Id, R ,t,o. hicL tan, John fittest' and James Shepherd. On motion of H ember, seconded by Neftel, the Public Works committee was instructed to remove such of the hirer poplar trees on the igoare as they may deem expedient and have Nemec. of the trees on the square arid street, orated. n motion of Nichols on and linit it decided to hold an additional meet- "( the council on the third Friday of month until the end of April, to facilitate the carrying out of the contem- RIrnays o/ eOMINITTwg,t From the Finance Committee, as fol- lows : plated improvements before the mummer season begins. Council then adjourned. PORT ALBERT. From our own correspondent. The dig .lvinz view entertainment of Mr R R. Schews, will be held in she l'restl,NntLan church here, en the even - big of .Yedneaday, the 13 h inst. Pro- ceeds in aid of she church. NiLE. From our awn correspondent. Mr R. K. Mallows, will give hie enter- tainment in the church here, on the evening of Friday. 15th lust. Prwseds 1 its aid of the oh.ireh. LEEBURN. ! From cur own Correspondent. Paruiona --Air. and Mrs. Henry Haw - Line, id Clinton, with their son, were the guests of Mr. H.Loellnor recently, I Tne I. 0, G. T., No. 213, dunng the past quarter has made good progress, haying added to its membership fifteen new numbers, and started the new quai- 1 ter with thirty-one members, ani its Ifourteenth year as a temperance lodge, , in which it has seen many feces in its • membership during that period. Like all lodges It has bad its little difficulties. ! At the present time it has a neat h 1 of its own, which is let for public meetings in the said, and a trim inside with pic- tures on its walla,smuug them the (Queen, i and at an early day several new lectures will be put on the walls. Uutty in work- ing together bees the lodge out of debt with an urgau of its own, which helps much with iia weekly meetings The new t (beers fur this quarter are John McAllister W C. T. ; Sister Ann Cum- ming, W. V, T ; John Linfield W. S. • Sister K Horton, W. T. ; W. Gordon, W. F. S. ; Sister E Lubeld, I. (i, ; Wm Fraser, (I. G. ; Sister Edith Horton, W. ' It. S. ; Sister E. Cumming, W. L. 8. ; I A H Clacton, P. W. C. ; C Stewart, W. M. ; .1 Horton, %V. C. An open meet- ing will he held on Friday night,the 15th inst. A good program is being gotten up by the members. N., admiss- ion fee or eollectt, n. Come one. come all. 1'rocerdolga to open at fl p. m. i A warm vo:e of thanks is due the sir I maidens who turned out Thursday of last week, and iii spite of the amallnes of 'their number, gats the church and Sun. day school -room • thorough scruhb•ng and cleaning out, besides whitewashing the latter place. With his usual happy foreth..nght, the tall laird with the aid of a betodiet,had everything required ready for their use. In the latent it wile ba hatter to discontinue thew gath- erings, as if there Is not • h,M d turnout these who don't attend are likely t,i hear of their absence. - Mr. .fomes (inure, formerly of Rns• boxo. 111,1011, p, elm has been firing neer Brussel. for three or four) samba. rented lire farm and listen is renin, ung to Nealorth. Mr. and Mrs. tirieve's many friends will be very pleased to er.c, me hem hark sewn.