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GODERICH, ONTARIO, CANADA. THUJR-DAY, MARCH 7, 1895.
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HAS THE NATIONAL POLICY MADE YOU RICH?
THE DOINGS AT OTTAWA.
What lsGolnt on at theCapltal
the NIa1.Mr ea r1 a le Nru lar leak
lac MeerarefNI 1'. • M, M. Wide, real
■ane rewire t...ed. lar 1 tremors
•a lar t mar.
Tot :.rat Cerr.speodenoe.
1I'1':1 ': , NI it •• What
manner of men awl what kind of policy 1s
to he substituted fur the policy of today • s
• sp.ke Hoo. geurg. Foster at 'nerbreoke
on feta Feb. Then u everything to suggest
that at the time the \Iinuter of Finance
was speaktag be was my lar to litmmelf "1
thank 4rod 1 am not as other men aro.
Now we are told Mr. Flatlet her •ban
'toned lane I'o , or rather t Mage as
eb•0dos•d him, and that he h decided to
run for s ork, where he will -not have w run
but can walk is.
Ile must osrWoly tees very Secure to bas
p uta» •,but what claim has he upon Vora
Has he shown any special fa, or t, th.t colt
sutuesey in the execution of hie public
donee. for there must be something to Ms*
l,.ekgroiod to w•rraat the confide/re M
shoes in being able IA 0arry 1 ork for the
t
.o' ernmeat. Let us sew-
a.
aro. may search the meal. of Perliesnaalt
and I doubt if you would and • mem de-
liberate. barefaced and deetgning scheme to
S ecure • meat far • member of the admosu-
oche', at the sacrifice of public enema,
than the plans and preparation. that have
been laid to make York solid tar the Ger.
eromest candidate.
' lson't look surprised, for although you
have Dot been accustomed to hear the same
of the Minister ot Fsneace sss.ctated with
the " Ioodling Me•sdalls," as you' 'have the
tames of mtsutere centralise •xpe.diture
dep.rtmente, you will say after read►sg my
story that there is no telhog what Foster
!.eight hare developed Into bed he only the
citable of turning to account same of the
latest talent that we have r 0w discovered
lurking within him.
Any way he has shown tt.a• he car play
the cads if he bas them.
The "t. lotus Sue, Falter . nrtao, whoa
speaking cf the Liberal osadidate s nomsna
!loo, who is to oppose 11r. foster M 1 ork,
says " The gentlemen who .orient. to
.'oetest the county only does so to prevent
the •lection of Mr. Foster by acclamation."
1 c0 will not wooder at tr.. confidence
with which Me. Fosters organ .peeke when
you Intro the obfigattoo the county of York
is under to the goverensent, rather to lir.
1 aster, end that this Wirer, s has been
rested at the sacrifice of y' Lr money to
the f use .,f $12,000 • jeer.
Duna" the sesame of Db. • resolution
was passed by Psrlument suthort,isg the
pity merit of 4.300,000, by way 0t loan to the
Fredericton sad St. Mary'. bridge Company
to aid in the eoatr.ctena of • badge in
1 ork country. N. h. The House was In.
termed that the tauirent would be paid an.
rushy at the rate of 1 per cent. of *12,000
per annum.
1 he money was borrowed by the 4:overs•
stent to England at i per plat.. aid as the
company wee to pay -1 per amt. interest an-
nually it was pouted out that the taxpayers
of •sad• would lope oothiag by the trap
e 't SMD. For the Ont year Sir I bias. Tupper
aponealted the company to pay up their in
Arrest •cceaot On ,b. 2 are \lay, MX:,
Footer succeeded Sir Chas. es \Itntoter of
Flosses.
I we us sow see how vigilant he has heel
in this matter sad how for he has guarded
the public interests in crvnplling the Fred
aticton and St. Mary's Mile. • •senpany ro
keep their iaterast due the (Government
Mid up
Turn's, first to page F 57 of the Ancitror•
t.eneral's report for 189'2 .e found that pub.
le officer calling aft otios to the ddeloeties
0t interest by the F. t *4t- ll. Hridpe Co.,
and fie/needing an explanation. On the
same page w• find the finance department
informer the Auditor-44nersl that the ar-
rears of interest had been charged to
" •1;01.4 accounts.-
,.. As shown by the isve.tigattoo before the
C►liaeet into the mimes- of Connolly,
crgre.vy, et al. then was • special ac-
count, but it wee marked fi. E. F , general
elertton fund.
Well, that was •1l the satisfaction the
auditor 'moral got so IPt»2, bot he still per-
sisted,
erSated, for oe page F 74 of his report for
114.3, we and him again drawing the atten-
tion of the Minister of Flame to this un-
u.uel proceeding and demensdtng to know
what action had been takes to secure the
payment of arrears of inters,' from that
company. All the atiefsctios he obtained
was • memo from the Finance d.earttnest
saying the company had 1..e written to bet
that no !.mime.e had yet been received.
Tb. Auditor Geu.ral thee gave up to die-
lust.
Tia polities! pull whit ton strong ler
him Pained exigencies Gra public tae
ter. ata oweaw,d
Rut now lot no tons further Tarwiag to
Page 44 of the lost vellum of the public or -
counts, the anneal report of the Minister at
Flamm., we these led figurine await ths
areersneet sw.Wm, this $300000 loam to the
Fwdriet a A Rt. Mary's Fridge company.
Noll Isnot b page 14 and there we Gd
.bier Mm head of d ist.r.et e.-
eai/as," Itse mom of11160,00l repressatieg the
d ostereet due the 44ov.rnm.mt by
48111111116:14t. Y. Bridge eompany ea .30th
Jive, Hat Another years 'stereo, 412,•
w1I be dee se 30th .lose next
ill save." soy, ether reading of this
arrant Co of /marciert.g, that Militates
Tester .. aide then bridge rerun
mama to terry Nei serosa the stream into
ark next elitism
W. hear the Tory newlpapr. 4rowiN
SSltMdrab1. barna Alax.rder (Giblets.
wb. hoe false 4mrneial interests is 1 fork
yi pie be. sap.wt.d LAMrnl essdidata,
Me premised MIabter Foam kb eu prt if
ha nus for York. New i W the esriesity
to buss up to Marto grastsd te Ude new
fltmeso, met Wsos..., int.. and Rt.
1111111. mod *sea 1 in/ oar
Mewaealka erases the
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D. ¥CGILLICUDDY, I : I ► l'l't ► it.
IF NOT, WHY
NST?
member.. We are always dampened to say
that uoe geed turn donnas another. 11 e11
that, in this ease, tea matter for Foster and
Libitum to decide between themselves. But
wbeo Tory oewspapen ere telling what
I:tbeoa as going to du for Foster they should
. leo tall what Foster has done for t.ibsoo.
Kut II to *more the removal of Foster the
country has to sacrtbiu this $1'1.000 •yynear
interest account to addition to the $7,000 •
veer paid het as salary, to say ootbtav of
trio ening expes.es and sundries, one is. in-
clined to think that he is bsconitng • pretty
expensive luxury
This is without referent* to the millions
he has added to our national debt rod to
our taxation since he assumed control of our
finances ie 1888, But we cwouot he eurpra-
ed at increased uixetion when we have each
exhibitions of fiarocieri.g as that which I
have made the subject ot my letter to -day.
W511 the tax -payers protest against ouch
an abuse of utbce Will they revolt against
the apph.auou of their hard earned wages
to such miserable purposes' True the
amount is not large, but it involves a priu-
'Iple.
It serves as an tllustrshon of the disrepu-
table tactta.W wpieh they will resort.
1s it a wood•• here ate del,•iti to the
treasury and that you have to be taxed to
death to pay the interest account on loans
negotiated an England for such •tueetaosable
purpose 1 uu taxpayers are now and have
been for yeas peyote interest so London on
the moory that was rained 00 TOW credit
to pay this $3IXI,000 loan to ths,'brtdges,ss•
ppotny. 1s it • .quire deal ' L tt a weldor
Fester feels secure a 1 ork'
When I meouooeci the fact teary to Dae
el our leading tioaneal men, of my "station
to write up the history of this nanterpi.ce
of hoanctenog my freed said, "Why, you
will only be inakiot Footer solid to 1 ork by
letting the electors there know that he has
stood by them even at the sacrifice of the
interests 0t every other taxpayer outside of
that co.stituency
I reminded my friend, however, that
there were over two hune:rd ooatitueociee
a farads outside of 1 oak that while the
p.poletion of 1 ork at the last mama was
only 30.97:% the population of the Bemuse.
wee 4,833,239, nod that I did out bee why
the feats of etch barefaced treed should be
concealed from the r .t of the country eves
though 1 oak would applaud it.
It would be difficult to find • more glaring
miespproprution of your hard-earned wages,
that are bled out of you by the demands of
.he treasury deportment than the case to
point.
The Minister at Finance goes to England
and borrows muoey upon which you are
paying interest, and when the unrest you
am to race'.• no the loan falls demand with
which you .re to pay the Interest due by
Tau se England, the party owing the inter-
est is for yeses permitted to default. The
county that has been so liberally dealt with
by the Mtoater(of Finance is:the very
county he a ouw raskt0g ,to elect him to
par lumen' .
II he bed poem them the money outright
the people would know where they stood.
Kot that would not do, for once the money
wen paid over there would be no interest ac.
count to hold over the electors of York.
1 have goer iota detail, hove given day
mod data in support of all I hare said, sad
now want to see what defence 4:overnment
newspapers will have to offer in rebuttal.
I chelbenge Mr Foster to state that when
l'wrlumeet voted a lama 4300.000 to the
Fredericton and St. Mary. Bridge Company
to 1887, it was Dot fit the distinct undr-
standing that the interest, at 4 per cent.,
would he collected annually.
1 chanson. Mr. Foster to state that the
taxpayers of Canada are not paying 3ij per
cent. interest per annum on the lou of
1300,000 to the Fr.dencton and St. Mary.
Bodes Company for which no interest is be-
ing received
1 challenge \Ir. Foster to state that the
Auditor general has not repeatedly drawn
hie atte0ti0o to this defalcation of interest
by the F. A St M. Budge Company and
urged him to the public interests to take
some •0uon.
I challenge Mr. Foster to state that he
h es oolleotd one dollar of uttered. from the
F. & Si, M. Bridge Company dunsg the
past five yeas.
1 chelleage Mr. Foster to suite the Alex-
ander Gibson, whom Government newepa
pen are now suiting will support Mm to
Perk, was not a eharter member in the F.
& Si. M. Brugge I'wtpany•
And this s the man, the same Minister
of Fineoes,who salted at Sherbrooke, 'What
manner el ass and whet kind of policy is to
be substituted for the meas Lad the policy
of today •" -_
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
0.00,51 0..5..a.Tresesereed-Arilee.teseed
er Caretaker.
A asetang of the public reboot board was
h eld no Monday ceasing. Mar. 5th.
There were present Mears. Borhaw,
Ceibase, Ackeir s, Chrystal. Nicholson tad
Hall.
Mr. heehawen in the chair
Minos of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
Tile report of the principal was read and
t pprovsd•
Amounts 0f Star and Sturdy tiros. were
referred to fl amce committee.
Aceoants of Framer & Porter and (:arrow
& Pro.dfnot were ordered to le paid.
Applicatinea for ear.uiker wen then re
mina and I,Lllotd for, the •.malt Waft
tot John Ilam was •ppoiated to the peek
Wee.
Applirstsose were referred fns 1:. K.
.lohaatne. Thea. Precious, Rebs. Plunkett,
Jas. Meltmsald. Wm. Rembell, Will. Fa -
gen, T. tik.. WA Bridget, David Bell,
Wm. Mains, Ed. BRindly, Jas. Noble., Wm.
McDonald, Isaac Ashley. J. S. McMath, i.
Marsh, Alex. Davison, Robert Re -
Amos, (:.s QtOmpb.11. Weil. Bell,
D. Hetnhaae., (lee. entitle .las
Brtsiley, F. It11.11. Hy Tlohboros, Jake
Ritss, Rt gtekes, Ale'.. .1.Ilnete., Gerdes
(vette. R. R. Mellatapll, R. Warner, Wel,
Ilreepbv, Wm. Illeaughaa, W. Web s,.
A cumber of =sir Yore erd,terSt. David's ward ard
ltfsosob abased Willi0os0 Ma IMAM
" ~J. 4, M WIngk0ta tar
PIM a mem 4 >oloi old.
WHATI)ATRU\SHIT HARD
Some of the Abuses that Exlat.
A l ale.. Memel• aaeald k 1 .uprl Md le
In elk the rlaak-sewer ilea.,
Poi twist Mm s... lard ve a resumes!'
sees Iarldea/al• Attacked.
From The •'•nada Verniers' San.
I4AS1 ta,wk The Sun gate some par
ticul.rs of a few items the taxpayers of
Canada . are oow yearly burdened wan,
which to the opium° of the Patrons of lu-
dustry ought not to he placed as bordena o0
the peops., and which the Patrons propose
to remove from the tax -burden list as soon
ae the power is planed to their hands to d••
w . ,t a now intend to add • few more
items from tee Public Aoouuou, every uoe
of which we deem an unnecessary and unjust
burden to • tee paying people, and every
one of which the Petrone propose to re-
move. Let the taxpayers of Canada give
heed to these taco, and bear it in mind that
in supporting the election of the Patrons
they •re (simply voting to remove heavy
.bnrdeoe _from their own shoulders. The
Perms are not asking support to font
Moos, as a party, Into place and power, and
M the dstnbuuoo of the spoils of of4ioe,but
to enable them to rid the taxpayer of bur
dens that have now become 'acquit -ems and
will. 10 all prob•btltty,remaln as mill -atones
on their necks so looses the exist tag parties
remain an power. 1t has been under the
rule and reign of the parties that the present
system of expense has been unposed co the
people. The "old policy" 0% er which ever so
many tavp•yen now enthuse, must be brok •
en up if its evils are to be got rid of.
Amoag the sliollttoos the Petrone pro-
pose, are the followinu
1. The Senate.
2. Superannuation..
3. Railway bootless.
4. Government House Incidental ex
Ther. are • large number of others, every
one of watch can be swept away without
loos to the ethcieocy of the public service, but
these will receive attention at • future
Wee.
1. The Senate, which an be abolished
at any tame without detriment to the pub.
lic '..ryas., is chergd in one lump sum
with $133,192 towards its expenses during
the year, and this s but a part of the
items. he e shall yet refer to them more
fully.
2. There was paid out last year for Super
annuatiese, •fur .11 the fees charitable to
that fund had been received, $188,104. For
psawoos, alss, was ped a large *ddttioaal
sun, which we will refer to at length in the
future.
3. There was paid out last year for rail-
way boletuses voted by Parlament, and ell
of than to short and u00e0easary lines so
far as the general intonate of ibemiinion
trade and commerce are concerned, $1,229,-
855. Not one farmer in • hundred can even
tell where three fancy, pap -fed lines are lo -
sated.
4. There wa,patd on eootingencses,'frill.,'
sed tr.vellias and incidental expenses in
0.masstw0 with the l:ovsroorgeseral'e of -
floe, over and above the fifty thousand •
year salary, ac least $134,375, a large pro-
portion of which the Petrone propose to
dspenee with, and the people will have
eeeured • very substantial relief by the rid-
dance.
Add these Items •boxs together and they
represent an enormous burden of over two
and • half millions a year, which • people
.t their wits' end to meet necessary expenses
cannot afford to needlessly carry in tines
11ke these
The Senate ....$ 133,192
Sup.rannu0uoas 188,104
Railway bonuses. 1,229,866
(:oyernor I:eneral's meta -
names 34,375
$1.585,526
The Seat* is suppled to represent • sort
of miniature "House of Lord.," warding
the landed interests of the ooustry. Sup-
posing some ot the load owners ore detail-
ed to specially meet its yearly .essios•l ex•
pass, see how they would Dome out
Tbe average land value of farms per sere in
Lennox and Addington, grey, Victoria,
Teterboro , sod glengarry counties, fadud
ing good sad bad. was • little less than 420,
• 000rding to the Ontario Retreat' of Indus-
tries, or 82,000 for farms of 100 area each,
sot including stock sad building!. It
world tsar require the sale, clean out, of s
tract of 6.669 scree every year, just to sleet
sessional expess s. Thu doss sot at all in-
clude spinal invested in buildings, a whole
lot of oentingesoies. and t a like, which ad-
ded in, woad reusing taw enure premeds of
the sale of at least 10,000 acres every year,
er one hundred forme of 100 acres
*soh. The aversgge. rests] of these unprov-
ed faros, ,twoedisg to the same official
authority. was 41 50 per acre, and that is
teen them nest are now getting soaves.
Jae • large seamy of farrier, had laid on it
to !;sate annual expenditure, and had to
raw it by renting their loads. It wall
then refrain the oatmeal rental of 8,796
amoe, er 890 farms of 100 acres seat ! 1.
tiro any weeder farmers are now dared -
sag reform .ed relief tree, ouch taxation •
nese M• leiter r Sir Rieh•rd Gan
Wright mimosa to -day the abolitia N this
Senate hordes ea whit mere theta the
Ottawa Ministers` Net that we hear d.
Tk•y alk sheet media( “the Seance
.Isstfye," bet that would (save its anneal
mgsiewal .,penmen as great as before 55sidos
Who tr smedeue additional irrpenows of
pour.! *leftism for the N,maes es well as
ler the ('eases. The Patrols w the
.sly party ..w before tam
em 4. , whose
thee
mediums mushroom wiping
wt elmediumsn
• ••
Deppelgg theft Mlle eepoemeallea
elm*_ were new Ilmipe red ea a wed the
iadust nal deem. NIr. J. halloo, the Dunt
taloa statistician, has rvw:uily published
stetted al tables, beefed uo the last nonun-
ion census returns, which ,!bow that the
aver•4r annual wages of the bands employ-
ed in the various u.auufvnunug estaLlah-
meats of Caned* is mow • little over *z;u a
year. hitch these pourdown to
two-thirds of this, and expect hem to keep
themselves and their teethes alive and pro
vide Some kind of • hume for their shelter,
and re..uire the other third ot their wages
to 1(0 to keeping the yearly super•nuuatloas
of these fayonte !101g.., poet master., C0011.
M111111000111. custome collectors and the hke,
may of whom had received regularly 82,•
000 to $6,000 a year cod ought to have pro-
vided well for .id age out of that, ad many
met whom are now receiving true 1$3,000
down to $1.000 • year as • retiring allow -
snow, and how would they come out • Their
oar third thus kept back by law would
•040004. to $90 • year, hod it would require
uo lees than 2,100 such hard toiling people
to at apart ure-third of their total corn-
ings to keep it pleasant for the well fed and
5.-11 provided for supren0uatee. ' Talk
about •' the upper ten ar,d the lower feu
thou.and," which was Dace a favorite
phrase, cud you have a good illustration of
it in the manner that the Ito,mnion laws
n ow require old 4loverumeat la.oritea to be
carried oo the shoulders of tee todustnel
clauses.
The last Auditor t:oaer.l's report
shows that Lord Derby got $5.000 a year
extra for travelling expenses, some $600 •
year for newsp.p.r subscriptions. 82,149 •
year for teltgraetr, some thousands more
for clerks hod orderlies. fuel and light al.
lowance, above $8,000 • year. and others of
the same stamp. It would require the
annual rental of 5,330 area of load, at the
average rates already m.atieoed to meet
the little tills of keeping that Ottawa vice-
regal residence warmed and lighted alone.
11 those fifty-three one hundred as.. (arms
were joined lot to lot an separate coons
sions they would make a string of farms
seventy-three miles long' No weeder 1t is
now being claimed that the popularity and
success of the Patron movement with the
great body of tax paying people in indica
true of • protest against autos" extrava-
gance 111 public expenditure.
TOWN COUNCIL.
The regular m*etiag of the town oottacil
was bend in the council chamber oo Fndsy
eyeaing
There were absent, councillors Saunders,
Smith and Swart,
Minutes of bast regular meeting were
read ad approved.
The following treasurer's etatemeot for
February was referred to the fioanee com-
mittee •
N a. •111'T.
Taxes ....$ 136 55
Electric Light Rates 146 22
Water Rata 237 26
Matland 4'emeterv.... 6 50
Bank Overdraft .. 1540 71
112067 24
h1+sCn•6N1r t'.
4 hverdrat from .la•usry 4403 97
Public Works ac 46 56
Pumping Stenos 212 444
Public Schools 453 98
Debentures, lotereat486 00
Relief 172 40
C.C. Exp. • c. 3 '2t
Election a. c - 14 81
Printing and Adrt'g 14 00
Fin Dept - 4 00
Spiral great 25 00
Policeman's 4' lock ... 3 60
Maitland 4'twittery. - 5 15
Salary a 222 88
r20b7 24
Application of Sarah Edwards for re-
mission of taxes wee referred to the court of
rev1010D.
It was moved and seconded by councillor
Campton and the reeve that the treasurer
be asked to explain why he overdrew his
account : where tt1e overdraft is, and by
what authority he overdrew said account.
(*anted,
Application of Robt. McLeod, night
watchmen, fir • snit of clothes was referred
to the special oontmittee to report.
Communication of Single Tax Assnctattou
re petition to legislative assembly for leo•.
option 10 taxation : also re establishment of
Municipal human of Fire laureate . also
communication re het to deprive municipal
bodies from greatest exemptions from tax•
ation to maniactaring establishments. were
on motion referred ro the special committee
to report.
Communication from 1). K. Strachan re
repairing of water wagon was referral to
the public work* oommittee with power to
act.
The following amounts were referred to
the fiance committee Me4'o11 Bros. & Co.
M2.25, A. 14 fosse!! 410, J. l(rephy & Sen
$10, D. K. Stream $3.50
Tb. report of tbs water and Iigbt onm-
mitts* r.on.smesdd that .1. (. Harri.w he
charged 415 per imam for welt', service for
risk. Carried.
The report of finance committee ream -
weeded payment of accounts referred last
meeting. The committee also recriminated.
ed the adoption of the by -law dratted by
M r. 4 •arrow.
Ry -law No. 3 of 1804, re borrowing .1
for carrot expenses until tars* eta
'OVER THE HURON TI{ACT.
The 01•Irxt trona the Local MI11,
A weekly rine.. et a email
sip to beta r:i ery bed, rile and
rota. 4 lipped sad 4 eade.med
trot Avery seen...
their heads, tacking him down. One of
than followed hint up aril tripped him •
•amber of timee in the .sons. This was
•sough to put • little fellow out of bis rlitad
and wee a very cowardly act for two big
boy* to do • little boy Daly ten years e/ ago.
j They deserve @even punishment.
taw. .ervrd
Seaforth .list as Mrs. tt. Somerville.
of tbu town, was about to retire o0 Sunday
n ight, • lamp on the date• roust table, the
light of which she was about to blow out,
exploded, the Hames sett'sg tin to her heir.
Mr. Somerville was already to bed, and she
rushed into the room where he was, but be -
lore he could ret up she had extiu¢uuhed
the !Irmo with her hands.
Seaforth We aro sxceedinpiy sorry to
learn that (David l'harleswortb, who lett
hen • couple of months ago to till a situa-
tion et Mount Forest, has been attacked by
diphtheria, end is now wader the care of a
Dbysics•n sad eerie His tunny were pre-
paring to iota him fit Mount Forest. whoa
the news of his tlloes@ reached them Imre.
We trust Mr. 4'h•rlesworth's recovery will
be speedy.
Exeter . Wee. Snell, who has been coo -
ducting • butchering and drover's business
in Exeter the past year made an assignment
of his effecta on Friday, 22nd, to John 4:ill.
The liabilities &mount to over $6,000, while
the assets we valued at about $1,6Gi. Mr.
Snell did a Large butanes. l0 shipping stook
and at various times has lost heavily m
venous ways. principally owtoe 10 the fall
in prices from !tate to tame. A meeting d
the creditors will be held this week,
Exeter John V. and MIs Q4ar aio
>t h-jskn
visiting bw
ad* a
serious accident tie other day which will
undoubtedly make their visit • mat un-
pl.sa.nt one it appears they were taking
• short drive out to the township of Stephen
and the road h.iog so badly blockaded to
ams place, they were compelled to go
through $ short piece of bush, bet before
relishing the other side the borne took
fright and ran away. Both occupants were
burled from the cutter with terrible force,
Mrs. ('raker sustaining asrious injury to
her hack which may yet prove fatal. She
te now in • critical condition •ad tumble to
use either of her •rte. Mn. Crocker Wit
muter to Couocillor Gerry, of itru.swl., sad
a known by &ambers of Kruss.Btss, who
how .he will men be coevaleeoent.
MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE.
ashlar bas . ma rise in whIrh tar *i•vees-
meat M a Ileney Laser
Hu.•,,., S, Feb lt-Yesterday's
fire will be somewh•ro in the neighborhood
of a militia dollar ler. 1t was the greatest
fire here for year., and several firemen were
severely injured in the discharge of their
duty. The fin began in the shed at the
outer end of Deepwater wharf and quickly
extended to the whart and elevator, the
sides and roof of which were covered with
. lates,that burst and dew in every direction
The Sarmatian and other bougies across
Water street aught, and the Male became
extensive.
The grain elevator and shute cost over •
quarter of • million. The immigrant and
freight sheds are gone, the wharves are
burnt to the wear, and Ow railway offices
and admen can are consumed. The cargoes
of the deserters iudean' fail forest were
burnt in the sheds. along with goods from
. nine other vessels. The loos of city mer-
chant. a estimated at 4'250,000, and the
goods to be shipped to New Brunswick,
tjue'.,ec and Ontario will probably' total
4200.000 more. The latter goods .re cover-
ed by insurance until reaching their (testi-
flattops, but the Halifax merchants lease
everything on their 000sigame.t..
Fourteee ars of coal, eight cars of prate
toes and one carload of beef were uninsur-
ed. The Canadian Atlantic Railway lose
$10,000 in tam : the Armour Co., of Chi-
cago, Ince four cars, and the Government
disinfecting app.retus is • $15,000 loss.
.1. A. Leaman & Co., owed meat in the
Chicago can.
The wooden building. on Water street,
from 150 to 38.5, were more or less dammed
and General Mone offered the services of
the military force. A terrific explosios of
dust in the [rain elevator hurt emend. The
docks in the vieisity el the fire are two feet
deep with float's' debris.
About $400,000 worth of goods went up
with the 4:overonwt w•rehou.ss
The Royal Engineers offered to blow up
buileings to step the firs.
The itertmouth fin brigade resisted the
Halifax fire department
Western t'siiia telegraph wires wore cut
bp the fireman.
;(tl;.;}:1. ).•:erne t'le., .t Dann,
supped • oar of cattle Eastward on Tours
day of last week.
Blyth : Ed. Wares left for Montreal on
Saturday stab • carlsd ea.•h of . Attie and
dressed bora.
Stephen Arthur O'Leary died at Jilt.
Carmel, Stephen township, on the 19th melt
He was ant • • year*, and father .t Arthur
O'Leary, Ir.
Brassie Last Monday and Tueadey per-
sons drove by Wroxeter to take the 1 • 1' K.
Eastward, owing to our line of railway be-
ing blocked.
Grey Duncan \Iclones cut au ash tree
on his pleas that was three feet at the
stomp, containing three logs, witch measur-
ed 1,845 feet.
Blyth: 1'. W. 'Panner was in Watford, last
week, attending the wedding of his sister-
in-law, Mw (Dodds, which event took place
Wednesday, 27th.
litotes : Bet O.srchtll, H.Wtt, well
known as we =gek horse breeder ia d his
splendid driver to Wednesday, to M. Me -
'Maid, of Ett5ur.
hayfield Mrs. .tanbury a sit Toronto
the week attending the funeral ot ner
mother, who passed away Monday morning
at the ripe age of 85. ,
Blyth : la eoamegwoee of the blockade by
the storm His Hoo. sludge Doyle was un-
able to get ben on @medal-. I hvtuon
court bed to be postponed.
Exeter : Mn. Era Piper is again in •
dangerous emulation, me•t•Ily. She fasten
d herself t0 • roost the other day and at-
tempts to do herself bodily harm.
Hull.tt : The oldest settlers on the 4th
and 5th con. say they never saw ss mach
mow as there is on the ha.: they claim
that it is snarly 20 foot deep Inatome places.
(',borne E. Williams of 1-sborae, whin
working in hu bay loft the other day fell
through a hole to the floor. Several ribs
were fractured brides his head being in-
jured
Grey Thomas Hammel. who has been
reeding in Washington Territory for a num-
ber of years, paid his relatives • visit lately.
He reports gardss flowers in full bloom
when h. left.
Howell . Prot. Soott, a well-known
musician In this county, particularly at
Hassall and Wingham, a new precentor .if
St. Andrew's church, Winnipeg, at • salary
of $700 • yewr.j
Se•fort5 : Mrs. Robert Brrsdfoot, of
Kansas, is .t present rutting friends is this
neighborhood. She came over to take beck
her aged mother, Mn. Dunlop. of oar
l'r.oi•rty, to lire with her to Kenna.
Seaforth At the ('mon lou0ty, ('on
ventsoo of t'hri.tam Endeavor, held in
Ingersoll last week, .I. Anderson was
elected to fill the office of .'resident of the
Union Another Huron boy going the right
way.
Clinton We ars exceedingly any to
beer that .1 B Rumbsll is not progressing
as favorably as his friends would white he
underwent an operation recently similar
to that which he sucowfully ecper •
lenc•ed some years ago.
4'onetance Robert '•Iuires, of H•msota,
Manitoba, a suiting hie old tne.da and as.
guaintanees here. It was twelve years
•taco he was baro before, but we see very
little change in him. The Prairie Province
seems to agree with him.
Hensall Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Thompson
and family, who recently sold their dwelling
here and moved to Ross t sty, Micbiga,an11
also their son -is -law and daughter, Mr.
aro,! !it.0 .lohri Fisher, who went toot x
shot' time previous hey., returned.
tares tem. 1t'ork, who live 1 ni:l•.
North et brussels. has a row that hem been
making • rnmrd for herself Last week she
nrecosted her owner with triplet calve..
NOW o. t hem !tiled, but bossy'11 good inten-
tions are worthy of record nevertheless
l'll.ten : W. Poweti and .lanes Fortune
snow -shoed to Klytb a Wedo".day of Past
week, thinkior they mold cat • trio Isek
the same amine : alter waiting until Fri -
.1.y, withmtt rcunng a train, they walked
back 0g•io.
Morrie (to I tundras y it•chard
Rosie, of S.nth itakou, fetaetly et the.
bwnehip, waft married to bias .'erne
Mollet, of that locality, and they hit,. ..•
up hon.ekeeping on their own UMa.nt. It
is 15 years since \tr. Ronde west West.
1: tV.war.o.1. .I... Martin, of F:est
1\ swaooeh, who h.• 'wen under • special
stay care in 'Toronto for several weeks pest,
returned bolas w Tuesday. Mr. Manta was
.. T.ring Tram the edema of the in mien he
r.-.-.•ire,l while drawieg in hay last Bumbler.
11e looks much improved.
Grey The Raker farm, let if.. one. S.
w which Alias Lamont has been the tenant,
aM] will tome tato Jae heads of ♦. Bremner.
M oollectsd 7214. }sad & first and seated Doe .e t.4wi•, Oregon, whe will return
5. he.c during the nermar ,.assn. 11 •
Hun e c pawl!trimmer, who was • Mus Barker, a .a •
t M oonsetl flee. adjourad. Int relatives and .needs in this lash. y
ssNEPPARO fON. present end will prob bly remise herr
K. W•w•ee•k A very pleasant trsr .par.
Fasr..v, Mita 1. •d et tie home of Hoary Wightmen, Kam
Report of the asandiee of the papas of Wawoaesh, no the 30th of Feb. 184X,. a be-
lt. S. No 11 Aghbw_ td tor the moo- sad- ing the celebration ed the golden web eine
ing February_ OM I896: }'lander I1 of Henry Wlghteaan •ad hue beloved w'`w,
mhos Rees Meat's, Kart Foster, Rawly Harriet. A large nompany nether,. 4 -1
Gerdes, Mewl Morris, hennas Me(:rst- chi!dnro, eight nut n( *levee p'a.dch.L',.- ,,
too, Willie fir dlsy .lunar iV °logo- - twenty Imir nut of thirty -.sere., and std
Rlssusce Graham, Harry Maw, Willis lmei,hh.n. Dot s few
Barrows, !aavid Friedley All.. Dougherty. McKiltr•!, (►as .$..tort sore .eek. ago
David Wel :rates. A..kn i11 el... .t.teni. ('nnk, nen of .I..i. C.nnk, of fn's
Dart Gerdes, (lora Rrisidisy. Junior 111 t.us.sbste was eaten beau Irwin Snketl
sdagF-l/lam p A.... Vamoose 5n. 4 Mw
wimp is the *new of hie t.'s
Jowls Olt Maude YonKowa (•n 1 hu.h he was nearly mond to .teeth by two
kart, Willem ReaNr it ohm ',MOOT Ley., or rather yeasts men These
Thp 1L... J..Mr 11 lass- - Vtssa fdb.+ put thorn &eros over ttteer head.s and
allabsea Jath Teem. steed hehted fast mod this spmw out from
R*1 wIMIPMflt Ww- baled the Inns sled Wawa him with
MARINE NEWS.
1'reperations are beteg merle to owmmasee
• •s•reh early in the Spring for the steamer
4 howee which, it is supposed, sank in Lake
Mtchima in January.
The Thousand island• Steamboat l'o. has
placed the enotract with the largest ship
budding establishment in Phdadelpiie for
the t»netructioo of • h•ad•om• eidewhoel
, teenier for river travel. Her e.ttmated
cost will b. RR.5,000.
One of the largest shipbuilding fines on
the lakes recently seat i0 • proposal to tender
for the cosstruetlw of •torpedo boat for
the Amerman gnverasent, Tele received •
reply satin' omit os view el the tree h
FRU11 OVEI, THE BORDER.
News Motes t'rom Washlnttoa
Talo Pas Shied ••stir.. over Tb•eaasoa
Sal neater, 1''r boar wash -A *welts
r►• tn. ....he weer} irr.l s•
111, re Nee ell. Idea.
From our Regular t orrest•oudett.
\v AS111 \Gat 1X, 31 arch Ith. • '1'h.,
✓ eword a made, and the Fifty-third l'on-
grsss, after a lofty -eight hour eating, with
several taterrettlog recesses, not beau.e
yesterday we 'un ley but to rest exhausted
buwity. has paired into hletery, which
will impartially • idle itee-ta,good and bad.
It will be ae.er•I u•y• belore the full edec:to
ot the legislation during its Iasi two days of
life .ateodmrnts to •ppropruUon bills,
etc. -can 1.- pas. to ouch shape as to be .g
gregated 001 l,.:y digested, •Ith,,ugh it u
already known that ruin ..f it was unwtee
end more for the good of mdtviduaa than
for the good of the country, hod would have
been promptly vetoed in emirate bills. Rut
tint ta exactly why they sere not put tato
separate bills. It has become • custo0, to
twee Presidents to accept vicious legialauon
at the close of every Congress es eased -
taea1a to appropriation bills, Manse the
o peners tor this clews of Iegulatlw know
that the ernouote are seldom large eouegh
in a single hill for the .'resident to veto se
appropriation bill and eotail the .xpetwe of
e n extra eesal,0 re1''ongrees upon the coup
,try. The custom a • beelake and should
be broken up. but that a 'difficult to do.
Tb. otnie t wwyy to de It would be to follow
tb• rams of several I'reetdeats
sod give the President authority to veto
separate clauses .,t • hill, but that authority
one only be gtveu by 1 ongree..
Numerous woos, to the Senate as well
e a out, were disappointed become nose of
proposed p.Luc'al investigation in the
Southern states were authori-d before the
adjournmwt of commas. At one time it
eexsmed probable that • blanket investiga-
tion would be ordered, but pneste discus-
▪ ot the aetter soon made it epp.rent
that it would have bees about as easy to
get • vote on a tree visage bill as on •
resolution .t that wort, eo it was decided to
drop the whose wooer - but it will come
up at the Deli .ess.on 0.13010.
Senator tt•advrwn mxomplrh.d one res 1
reform during the feet .ask of his service in
the Senate. 'Par tune warted at every see
sion of ('oogre.s by Int delivery ofsulogie.es
deceased n,en.ber.artrages from one to the
days in troth House and Senate, -re. time
will Do lacer he wasted in the S.o.te, our
will the memory of deceased Seaters be
n eglected, or their virtues of supposed vim
toes fell t, be re:Tiled. In accordance
with • resolution offered by Senator Maad-
er0on and adopted by the Saida there
will he no more spoken eulogies of Senator..
When a senator dins hu life and services
will be 4011 r.•.'ordd, all bas col:eagues
having a ch►a•• to .iostribote, to • prinsed
volume and the farce of speaking the ,
eulogise to empty chain and wasting aha
time of the '.rete will he seen no more.
Amen
The following wo els of Sir Charles Hunt,
of England. who a a. present in Washtug-
ton and who is kcown at home as an
evpart fine u.-s.r, arc timely and interest
1 have studied ale money .iuestton
i0 tadia, in Europe, and in Amenu, and
though I Wave t the slightest interest in silver
as • producer or owner, I believe that It. de-
monetvalue has been Lite canoe of the great
depression that estate in trade in every
civdi,el country today. The Marren are
)Der beginunr to use the, bat they will
!mere very rapidly bencetortb, and in tb.
next gene.l elections in England mod in the
Canted States we shall have . popul.r ver-
dict in favor of Mmetallam. My own be-
Imet is tb•t we shall never have any pereitnn.
enc prng•eriey soli! 45. !11.51 nations of the
world .come together and fix an agreement
that wilt iehahllitete silver as a mossy
metal. 1 wah that the l'oited States were
awe to maintain silver alone, but She tsatx,t
do it without Me help of other govern-
ment..
The silt.• mss, who stew,! sn 0101. to-
g.tlser 11,11041 tM grea•r part of aha life of
the 1'oanrws )asst closed, seem within the
lsot Sew day. to have tortottas the frit,
010x10•'umtnd w. .trod, divided w. fall,"
sad to h•v split up int. }•chess As .t-
s.mpt was mode by one of th... faotione M
. ICuresigastt»o. of ..uflict.st .umbos el 4.-
eacnlie senators and itepresentativee
esenmit tar demo reit' p•117to1,..eel
at•retInof1 toI it was•}sitarinse...,sadaha
addr.es t• uM Mesocntlo party pab-
11.tlyd with no sign•tarss, boowsot
eawuth were obtained to make • respectable
stowinr, bltyas, of Nehes.ka, and RI•ad1,:lboa.:1 Mo..wenthe•pnnritslei.thereow.m Anotherfardel 0f .II fmon compriMrg.ly, ifnot entirely, 01 mem hen ofoi•ISNa1I.c league, are now w•wkiag 0so11NMe' 41 tx45. f-urm•tsaw,of • nationalpaestMaagl•pl.tfnrnselthe tree..4.sg.
treaty with silver and for the hegiening of -the prose-/
Great Britain n building war meals nus .onus! amp• tea .t .ala. ►y tl• eelniartion
ad w netn.n.1 ru•kat.
the lakes it would Is uset.sa for thorn 10 TIs..tk-r men on alss vary mash livid
leader. •d m inert opino.as 01 the Prners.d arts.
If th. apart Iran San Yr.noieae i. taws, slalsoaal rir,netary erw,fe►•wce. ansa. 5.1ie.-
it dries 501 speak much ler the oreu .pswd j0, ,h.t v n 1 f n .1(0? sMy rwsnit ad
of thus ertwuoan raiser Pbuiledolphia Ao- ether. the, It p ni*rety • mak by w4MI
cording to the report the cruiser hod a stare
ad twelve hours as the 5 5 Australia. wad
the latter arrived at the
fonIty-eight NOT ICE TO MARINER$.
5..,. is advisees of the ferwuwr. It i .bre
said i'Adel Fa$ . ' rt•ra.M (Preuss!.MMtws.
Dost athe day asilafeelelphiw whilswysrs.wd aha Alstral1)0rtows nrde 4treu,vu. MarnIu 2.1, --Nola1.40'. ie I.;
her time rut 41 tone. t►•11t►ttts*•e Karrteaif •A• U •alit! lNwew
beta el Amens• ' hr• Me haw tense w the F.
"how that the Japanese hays Owed eine wise al the snrrwne• t. Va,rvet 13arkw.
pwwt for two gvv.a a Must will has
the uwewtb ..'send River, L&h. luaus, hes keen
hest Bluglint ship fns nflwwsiv. end defensive
sieved I ".I. feet to the n•w.tattw,lyd d It.
poor. one
). art the
eontrsrsb hes bus. 1 !.weer p ru t ,o.. wad Nr int' t 04U. am aha
Clamed with aha Thames 1r.s Werke. el r reetweln4 n( raviptinn, b• at411.114 M a
•• irwws eh• ••u•ee evert el to It
J pear d ' w 1'yk hos 37
. IIIN..»I .i bust r
OW iurtg.a use.'tort d tt hi
w,tt bas Iwseed by s
eletw etas.
S ilver 1s to h stn„ -k ••M•^ee ItI••w.
Montreal Star Advises resolved
Thames Rhipiilldl.p Oa , el 1.m.dw. 'rke leer
baWoshipm era he el 15.960 tone dimeder Igen abs
e...t. alb feet Ism. el* 73 lees how Isleeerh
Sea rite he Tat SaAI
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ab a • yew