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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron News-Record, 1885-01-28, Page 2»; i_____ ..J J,'■■^MggSBWWMBBI Kw Advertisements this. Pay. $Jotfoe.«*-D* Irwin. A Card r—A. S’« Either.. Houso to Let.- T. Cooper. Stray sheep.—Francis Hillock. Notice to Contractors.--A. Qobeil. . Annual moetnig.-r-W. H, Cooper, Secretary. Annual meeting,.—A. M. Todd, Sec. Troar- Action Sale.-—MeMurrich & Urqu hart. thc® lac-p-^o^T Huron • J . U.ffALGANJrUD. Clinton, Wednesday,' Jan. JJBtli 77/A’ TRADE AND TRAFFIC CONUNDRUM. Any one who has followed the decisions of the Privy Council of England must have noticed that that judicial body, Iirb not made itself very clear tn* its decisions on „ the. license question,,. The Russell case decision will not'.harmonise in the mind of the average laymen. The Privy Council' Russell * decision'' is certainly ad verse to the position vnow taken by our Supretrie Court, whereas there is-R color of support in the Hodge decision in favor. Indeed it is quite clear that neither decision harmonises with itself. And laws are made and the'.com struction of them given fcr the ^guidance of laym'en. But if the best jurists of the country cannot under stand what the law means, how can the most intelligent laymen do so,' -and if be does not'know what the law means, Low can he obey the law. ;, ’' ' . The Supreme Court of Canada has been nearly as unfortunate as the Privy Council of England, in 'making clear wliere the. paramount power of licensing‘lies. *°;Tlie judges quote the Confederation Act to show that the .Dominion possesses the primary right to regulate and .res trict “trade,” and yet by some” deft philblogical legerdemain they elimi- -nate one branojt of trade from. the competency of the Dominion • Par * liament to regnlate. "The decision in the Hodge case; which the receffE ’ decision of- the Supreme Court-is supposed to be Based upon, does not lay.doWn tl.iati zt>lie-sofa“powor-to regulate the fefail ■ 1 quor trade is inherent in the Pro; vincial Legislature. It merely de cides that it possesses the power to grant license^ for--the ipurpose^iqf ’ raising a revenue and to' regulate the mode in which'tlm tradAsball. be conducted, arid' to pass municipal and police regulations,' in regard thereto, for the preservation of the good order and security of- society ts it, may be affected by such trade. But now comes the Supreme Court md ’says that the power which . the ■onfederation Act reserves to the Dominion is also possessed by the ■ Province. This is a muddled ano-, naly. There cannot be two powers jOHBCssing sole, jurisdiction in’ the itune matter. If the sole' power to ‘regulate, and restrict trade” belongs . o the Dominion, and the Confple- ratii n Act says it does, the sole Lower cannot also be possessed by lhe Province. t ■ ;■ , Our Supreme Court may have.-iri-’ ended to convey the-idea that the' iquor business ■ is traffic, not trade- hat the business of trafficking is ou trade and consequently, the Con. ’deratiorr Act, containing no mens ou of the regqlatingof ‘.traffic’being .‘served to the Dominion,.and as llpower.snotrescrvedbytheAct the Dominion are possessed by >e Pi’dviriccs, the power to regnlate ie liquor .traffic . belongs . to the/ ’rovinces exclusively. Well, if we concede that, the baling in liquor at, retail is traffic;. ot trade, then- the Dominion.-had power to pass the Scott - Act. or the preamble to the • Canadian emperance Act, commonly krioWn the Scott Act, describes it as Vn Act .respecting the' Traffic in* jtox icatirig LiqudrsT^and ”WHere'- is very desirable to promote inperailce ih thri Dominion; and at there be unforai-le.yislatio'il . aU-tl.c Prawnces—respectirig. the- ij^e iu iutoxieftting liquors : They' re” etc. Now tlier-e is no escaping the Delusion that the McCarthy Act .s been declared invalid becatiee attohipts to regulate,, a traffic. lis is quite clear, considering that y Act passed by, the Dominion ’ “regulating or restricting trade" uld be valid. The retail liquor business being ffic^we have the authority of the prouie Court that the Dominion u,not legislate in' respect to it. ■ The Dominion has passed the. ott Act, which distinctly affirms it it js tone '‘respecting’ the Traffic .Intoxicating-liquors to make ;gisfatio.n uffiform in all the Pie ces .respecting .the traffic in intoxi* 'ng liquors.'’ I’hcr^fure i-t iwst, per/dr&, .be slidifor the same reasons that . McCarthy Aet is Invalid when leals with tlie same toat'teL It is conceded .0,0 rill hands that Dominion lnw ttbe sole power to"’ s enactments for th.ri total, prolii^ ion of’-the sale of intoxicating- tors, rind affirmed by tnauy Hilit. sicott Act is prohibitory Arid I Act coffiM lute feree, no poroon shall sell or barter etc. any spirit uous or intoxicating liquor, jfitowfod always that druggists or otlwr vendors to the number of one in each town^ ship / two in each town and one for each four thousaiid inhabitants in cities mav sell such intoxicating liquors for medicinal purposes, or for $rt, trade or manufacture, in quantities of not less than one pint, subject, to compliance with, certain formalities, ’ , • • Lenses may be granted to such tfauem ven'dors., Such sales are at retail aud the vendors are retail traffickers in li quor, ' They can get licenses therefor. The Scott Act. therefore is per- missive, pot prohibitory legfalation> It is regulatory legislation. And as such is beyond the juris diction of the Dominion, if we rely upon the fiecisiou of, the Supreme Court as expressed in the duliver* ance invalidating the McCarthy Act. Then if we allow that the Scott Act is prohibitory, the Crook’s Act is prohibitory. They both partially prohibit. That is, more correctly speaking, both Acts are restrictive.- Licenses ar.e.j,r irited for the sale of liquor under both Acts. The only difference between .the two’ being that, the Scott Act restricts to a . greater extent. It, confines the sale to a less number of persons and only for medicinal, art and manu facturing purpose^. The Crook’s Act permits a greater number . of persons to sell liquor tor those pur poses and also.as a beverage, Both Are to a certain extent permissive and restrictive, but neither strictly prohibitory. - 1 ’ But if the Scott Act fa within the competency of the Dominion-because it is prohibitory, thtfil^ the Crook’s Act is only within the competency- of the Dominion to pass. The both Acts are. either prphibitoiy or they -are-not,-and it .would appear that whichever legislature hatj jurisdic tion in respect of one has - jurisdic tion in respect of the other* T A X EXEMP TIO NS. is possible that the variousTt v . 7V_. County "Cduhdhs ni'ay be,ca!led upoji to express an opinion ph the urgency ■ofThe Legislature to pass an Act giv- ring cities and oilier municipalities an opportunity of abolishing all tax exemptions. The cities are particu larly interested,,,in .this, because there is a large amount of property within their* borders thftt is-exempted from taxation by statute. Rural- conetiturijicies shquld not be,carried away by the glanfour .'Which inter ested . metropolitans , may. throw •around tlifamatt'er. “All property,” eay tjieyp ■ “should bear its, equal.. burdfai of /taxation;” ” The. correct ness. of” this" proposition, as *n rule, none will d,eny.r Jgut;..like/many other ' propositions,, it admits of exceptions. ' ’ .. . There fa no doubt but that every subject of the State should pay his or her quota to the. support of the Govern,ni£i)t as.nearly as possible in proportion tojtheir.respective ability to pay, that is in proportion to the revenue they enjoy. But when-you come to tax church buildings, parks, municipal dr state or public'educa-- ..tion'al buildings, etc., you tax thal which enjoys no revenue, that which is -not held for- tlib purpose of pro ducing a revenue. If is also quite ■correctly held that uninhabited build-- ings, owned by private individuals, ought not to <pay taxes, as the pro*. prietof would be taxed for that which’ ytelued -him nd — revenue.- Even houses inhabited-by-tfie pro prietor are hot, as a rule, and should -nof.be, rated for taxation according to the amount they cost in building, .but according to a valuefixed Upon . them,, deterhiined according to the revenue they rn^ght bring if leased ■to a tenant. ,/ We are told by soine that “the profits of a. well managed church are . as real and asjassuredLas the profits of the well managed factory next- door/’ and that the one should not claim .exemption-any more than the other. The profits may be real, but they are not of that commercial nature that they can either l.e trafficlt‘d~or traded iti. Their ir>* tangebldfiaturo throws thein out of taxable assets.. Cities are anxious to get and do • get Government buildings, Educa tional buildings, Religious ijifltitu tions, arid various other classes of public buildings, prit up witinn them largely at the expense of outside constituencies and derive a large amount of trade and profit from them. And now they have the assurance to fur.ther bleed outsiders by asking that the Legislatuie give them power to tax them. Such 'power should not -be.giv.en; . Apart from 'the foregoing con siderations, religion of any-shade or education should not be taxed, which would be the case were t|fa buildings used for .those purposes taxed. Re- ligiofi and education is in reajity part of the State. Our civil' insti tutions are based upon the former 1 and intelligently built up by the latter? *It will be an evil fifty When the Legislaluro permits any in«i)L cipality to tax ihom. dominion pisceinina^ r TION. The Globe contends that tka object of the Seott Act ‘<fo to proldblt the salecof ilitoxicatlng liquors, not to licenee it” The ohjeot opany writ ten dricumeut is determined By what the document expresses. The Scott Act expressly provides for tlie licens ed sale of liquors, showing that its object is not to prohibit. Conceding that.the object' of the Aet is to pro. , hiBit we gravely question the consti tutionality of a prohibitory Act,, proclaimed and enforced by the Fed eral Government, which shall affect only a portion of the Dominion. By proclaiming the Scott Act to’ be the law of only a certain portion of the Dominion or of a Province, admitt ing that it is prohibitory and exclu sively within its jurisdiction} the Federal power gives effect; to a' vic ious forpi OL’disciiminatory legisla tion. Any law affecting trade which is enforced by the power of the. Do minion Government must necessarily .fie the law over the whole Dominion- The Dominion would be violating what we conceive tp Be the constitiv ‘ tion were it to pass one rate ofMaw port tariff d.ues for. Ontario, another- rate for .Quebec, another rate for; Manitoba etc; or in like7~manner different schedules of inland'revenue for the .various provinces, , The. exercise of the power exclusively re served by the Confederation Act to the Dominion in. matters of tariff excise and trade-may not be carried out in a discriminatory. manner,even to suit the'exigencies of the different Provinces, without doing violence to the spirit of our written Federal Constitution. If such were permit- able the members of two of the most populous Provinces might combine in Parliament to passRay excise iaWa . giA*in«, their Pravincesjiuclfcuunduly low excise imposts that their, "manu facturers could crush out rival ones in the less.favored ,;Provinces. In this way ahd by discriminating in the matter of import" dues a great * wrong.might be done some of the. Provinces by an unscrupulous maj> qrity in Parliament.. Not only can; not tlie Dominion exercise their ex^ elusive ^powers to t|ie disadvantage of the people of any one of the Pro vinces, but it cannot discriminate by legislation. against the citizens of "foreTgn/Toufiirie^ ill SyiH ^9/ membered how Mr. Biinster of Brit ish Columbia endeavored to intro duce a measure into Parliament tax ing Chinamehr_cbm'ingr.iiito Canada so much per head, but thri resolution was ruled offt of or^^^ inpting against one country. If the measure had been to tax -foreigners*’’jr from all countries so rirucli per uead it would have Been in order. - The wily Bunsier gotover the difficulty by lifakifig^his—resolution read so as to tax all males wearing hair more -than six inches' in.,length, knowing *tliRt the Chinese, would never submit to having their long queues cut off. We repeat, then,, that if the Scott Act is a prohibitory measure, as suet) it’ must owe its enforcement to the Dominion (Government, and must,be ft general law-—iri facta Dominion law by. the. Dominion arid for the whole Dominion.The prin ciple that-applies to the levying of tariff arid impost dues is applicable, to the enforcement of a Prohibitory liquor law ; it must be general, not sectional or discriminatory. town* and villages and townships ate reoommended by the most pro* jbuud, thinkers for the purpose of drawing onfc tfiq Buried JtJbpughts of the miyiy, which thoughts might Be the germs of untold benefits. But what benefits are possible from a “inock”. parliament, compared to those possible to accrue froiu real parliaments of the people, such as the County Councils, dealing in a practical manner with practical subjects! , » Tills VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. COUNTY COUNCILS. BBHBSHei^SSSSgH^ A BARGAIN PJS SRI 50a°p^.50 —... " ■ • ft ■ * The Best over ofltereel . Viowlty for General equally cheap, ; . “ , \ Z AND FBED 9^^ on hand. THOS. STANBURY. DEVIIJSUIIOIHCS. London. England* Shaken by dynamite in tone Afternoon of • Saturday J any. «4tu. Tlii^ee TorHble Explosions Westminster Hall and the Loudon Tower The Scenes of Dastardly Outrages. J V .,, , e, The House of Eouimons Severe* Jy Shattered and Splintered- The “White Tower’’ Hadly Wrecked. Thirty-Four Persons Injured- Ten Seriously and two Police men Fatally* The Explosive Bclleyed to Have Been Introduced Into the^ . Buildings by Women-. \ There 1b little doubt but that the devil ish doing3 wer« engineered by Iri8h tisBassina in America. The -first ex plosion occurred’ close to the House of LordB, near Wejfpiinster ball ai 4.p, m. Saturday, 24th. ,-tyhe force,of, the shock WftB tremendous.?; The.1 House of Parlia ment and the Government Offices yrere severely shaken and considerable dam age done. ’■ j . -Saturday beings visiting dqy at the House of Parliament .the building cijn- tttined -a greaVrnumber Of sightseers at the time of-the explosion/’ Tlie first ex- plogioft pcqt^r^edjfi a crypt riff Westmin-, ster Hall. Tho si^cond fa, ihe st^rige'^B? gajfary-^|he ffo-use. of,,Commons. ;Im^ mediately Ueforfi "tfift fit at explosion a lady’ visitor wlro wjta rilone,-and Was about to enter the building'beckoned, td/a police, man, rtfid wheh.be w£nt to her she called his attention to '■'* * ’ ’’ ■ • A- PAGK^qi!; LYING UPON .TRE STEPS outside tbe’ ciypjtji <'The policeman pick ed up "the. package, carelessly,, not sus pecting anything, and. went .with it into Westminster tfafi/; He* had fid Booner reached ibpHall than . ‘ • Tftri PACK0J5 RxpLODriP. The expjoslop^nocked the policeman down. and.injured him so seriously that his case is considered critical. Its force a)8d Knocked do'Wn two other policemen 'who were stand ng in the vicinily^and badly . '8.tunnirig ■ them. ’A" lady "and gentlejnau <stifariing near.- .'the officers were also prostrated. A great, window oyet.4h.e entrance tri1,Westminster Hall wag-smashed tp^ftioms, and all the side windows, were^ Blown out. The glass r.oof ifi the Houserir’Commons’waa com pletely shattered.3 t!The clock in the .House atopp^d aif precisely;2:13; p. m’ A‘ heavy beam wfiich;,formed one of the Supports to the ,ga|lejry was/ projected the Speaker’? cliair,-'/seriously in juring it. Gladtaone’s aeaL. waa torfi to plebes. ' ’■ THB.SBC$Kfr EXPLOSION . ... , la the’ Pariiftrnerit Buildings ’’occurred three minutes •la.fap than the firs. and waa far more1- destructive. Dynamite which caused tbe-se.cond explosion, must i "havb toeSm^^I^^^’"updej;/tFe’1^P‘eer’8 ’gallery. ' . ' . ■■■■- ’ ’ ’ • ENGINSER.fifiEEN'S NARRATION, • ■ ' Mr. Ed win G-yeeo', the. civil engineer who,-.Was wpuuded by the explosion in the C’ypt, -is‘jg)t.j.Westminster Hospital. He says he in-' company with, his wifa tind' her-aiater, both Irish ladies. In walking alongh’e observed something on the floor which looked like a smoking bundle of cloth’. . He suspected it was ap infernal machiue and hurriedly retraced his steps, cryi&g-out to Policeman Dole to look out far the Suspicious bundle. .The policeman - grabbed ’the,bundle and ran up the crypt stairs witli.it into the r-halir-where hejilropped it, evidently be-’ ■cause it-was burning bis b tuds* too se verely for endurance. .^TJie explosion in- Btantly occurrftd.^ The.. Jadips wore thrown down and their clothing was partly •.ip’fto from their perp,ohs. [One of. themqfafatW aridfioth sustained fearful’ 'brUje^F Mf/J/Q^en^aOuried^bbut -a dozen feet aifd/tfashed violently upon the floor, two of bfi riba being broken arid-, his body bruised’;from head to foot. ; His clothing; was torn to shreds. ’ Cole was terribly lacerated, and policeman Cox, who was apitroach ng to assist Cole, was nlnrpsr as badiy;h'uryi~After making his statement, ;Mr.’ (jrecn had a relapse, rind' is thought to be in a precarious condi- \ tion. J / 1 - ■■ " An irispection'of the Parliament Build ings gbowed ttiatteXcepting'the befiutifui windowOverlooking the staircase1 at the. Boti'th end of -.iVestminaier Hall, scarcely a* pane'of glass, escaped - destruction. The ;AuridatiiifiS. of the building were bAdlyrihaken.’i/The roof of the crypt, , in . spite of its m-teBiVe strength, was greatly damaged,/rifts;being • visible here and there. The fioor of the House of Com-' ■mon8 p.reBent8R,aifaiige spectacle, being Covered , heaps ; of massive frag- ■ments'. • . ■ Gf. •' ’’’ 1 - //V/W. "— AUCTION SALS or vahjahmi PREEHOLD PROPERTY B1TVATX IK TH* TOWN OF GODERICH, In tli« County of Huron. A Maiweunjs Story TOLD W TWO MOWS, FROM THE SOU •‘(tMfanneM 2My f*tIier resWos at Glover, VL Ha ha» boon a groat suiTartir front) Ssrof- ula, and the facloaoa letter will tell you what A juior veloui •ifeefc 'Ayer’s Sarsaparilla hu hod In hli ouo. I think fate blood mu»t liAvo oontalpod the- Rurnor for at lonta ton yearo; but it did not ahow, exoept In the form Of a ocrofuloua tore on the wrist, until about five yoara ago, Jftotn a fevr n>ota wWch ap peared *t Ithat rime, It gradually apresd M to oorer.hls ontiro body. I assure yon bo was to«r!bly afiiofcd. and Oh object of pity, xben he bogan using your medicine. Npw, there aro few men of his ago who enjoy as good health ' as ho has. I eould eaally name fifty persona ' >rho would testify to the facts In his case. Youwtruly, W. M. rHiiups.” FROM THE FATHER * pleasure and a duty forme to state to you the benefit I have defiyod from the lue of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Six months ago I was completely covered with a terrible humor and scrofulous aores. Tho humor caused au iiicesaant and Intolerable itching, and tho skin cracked so as to cause the blood to Qow in many plaoes whenever I moved. My sufferings were great, and my life a burden, 1 conmienced the use of the Sarsaparilla In April last, and have used -it regularly since that time, My condition began to Improve at once. The sores have all healed*, ahlTT fecrperfectly well in every respect—being, now able to do a good day's work, although 73 years of age. Many Inquire what has wrought such a cure in my case, and I toll them, as I have, here tried to tell you, Ayeb’s SABSAP/HfT.LA. ’ Glover, vt., Oct,’ 31,1882. ’ * Yours gratefully, ; ' . Hiram I'diLLiPS.”, • Ayer’s Sarsaparilla cures Scrofula and all Scrofulous Complaints, Erysip elas,'Eczema, Einjjwcraa, ElGti’ics, Soros, Holls, Tumors, and Eruptions of the Skin, It clearaTiro'Fiood bt all impu-, ■titles, aids digestion, stimulates the* action of the bowels, and thus restores'1 vitality anil strengthens tlie wholo system. - ———■ > . O prepared bt Dr. J.C.Ayer & Cp., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druggists; *1, six bottles for f& Tha biggest riffair of the searon, the grand oarnival on the Clinton ska^ng Hnk, Friday, Jan. 30th—Beat ice rink in the county—$25 jn prizes —Look at the posters. The oarnival At the Prinoess Koller Skating Kink last Friday evening was a suoceas, there being a fair number of skaters in costume, and a largo number of onlookers. The prize for tho best dressed lady was awarded to Mias G. Marks, of $ruoeffeld; who assumed the character of “Night,11 and that for the best dressed gentleman to Mr. Harry Arnold who was dressed as “Othello." The prizes for the boat comics were awarded to Messrs. J. McC'ullagh and C« Davis, the former as a “Dutchman" and tho latter as “My Mother and I.? These last two gentlemen created considerable mer riment, their get up and acting being1 exceedingly comic and interesting. In addition to the above the follow ing young gentlemen and ladies were present in costume: Fannie Lawr ence, Waiting maid; Kathleen Ball, Parlor maid; Hattie Smith, Snow ahoe’r; Flo. Horton, Lilly of the West; Lottie Vanderlip, tho Mascotte; An nie Campbell, Court dress,. Annie Doyle, Morning; Fannie .Rutsqn, Court dress; Jack Elwood, -Page; Bert Smith, Heqry 7th; F. McGregor; Coon: Will Downing, Negro Minstrel; 8, J. Read, Chevalier De Vaudrey; E. •L Doyle, Buffalo Bill; Harry Ball, Brigand Chief, etc, At 9 o'clock the prizes were presented, after which the floor was crowded with skaters till the time for closing; - A brass -band was in attendance and played a nice programme during the evening. Messrs- Jas. Mitchell, Jas. Doyle and H.W. Ball were the Judges, Sara M., wife of Mr, James Ifyslop, of Forest,' and daughter of Mr. arid Mrsi Samuel Platt, died lastThurs- day at the home of her husband after an illness’of several years duration. The deceased lady being very low last summer, removed to her parents home in this town,, under the im pression that she would, shortly die. The. summer air of Goderich, how- ever, combined with the memories of' her childhood’s home, reoalled the bloom to her cheeks and enabled her after a few month’s residence here to return to her husband and family at Forest, Where, as above stated, she peacefully passed'away:., ’Twas just before tfie“dawning, \ The casket was ajar,* ' ,... ■ “ And from its depths the jewel Shone like a raidiant star,' Upon it lay the light of day r From that bright world, afar. ■ » O soul too pure to linger ~ • > “Neath earth’s o’er clouded skies, Oh heart whose true dovotion Made homo a paradise; Sweet eyes, which shops with' love alone • Thodight we deeply prize.. .r Her life was not a long one, ‘ The cross.of pain she bore With such a. patient sweetness, 3- Till from the other shore', The glad release to rest rind peace' Crowded her for evermore.' , . To gathor up Iris jewels, . w .'JChe King in glory came; ■ The welcome summons greeting She breathed the precious naute. . Exultant.songs from angel throngs - * Her blesseduess proclaim. , ........... The bright a'ndmhiiiing portal ’ For hor was opened wide; . ■ ’ * • For her who e’en as mortal, On earth was glorified. . • The night has,passed for her. at last, r • ,AVe cannot say she died.'. ... For her, the life eternal : x • Is only just begun; * .. . For her the’croWn of gladness • For everiripre is■ won"* ’ ; ■ She d.wells'fpr aye in endlessrlay; Her wpi-k on eiirth is done. Toronto Correspondence. . . / (Froiiifiur Special.) : ■ , , Many of your readers being-either persdnally'Or socially acquainted with Toronto-a few notes'Wade at random from tlie 'many happenings’in the city ppay not prove uninteresting reading. Politically and socially • we have beeiT’ in a fernienfrfor some weeks with our mayoralty and^ aldermanic- election, our balls, carnivals and iuasquerades. Mayer Manning has dorined the har ness of office aud it^seems to fit with* its old time grace,,,. He .has made’Ins opening speech ana his promises’of cleaner streets, purer water and bet ter draining, if carried out,, will, be conducive qf much . convenience and better health.-' His proposed enquiry into police matters, and rojjrenchment of public expenditure is "a move in the right direction. Tlfe Globe with leech-like tenacity,, followed by,some of the little evening "sheets,” still growls and slanders, falsifies- and abuses the Mayor -elect.but its shorts- .comings are somewhat, overldoked in its dotage when we .remember it ne.v.er was great and never was ably edited, and that its support of a can-, didate was at one' time, a certain' index of .his'defeat.' Scott A'Ct mat- ters— occupy ^some .attention - but electors having a bettefiToppdrttinity here than in rural' districts of kuow- ing the many who will be thrown out of employment l>y its passage, of th'e. great increase in taxation- caused by the closing of business places paying annually'thousands Of dollars into the country’s exchequer, will beyond a- ddiibi defeat it by " a large majority. The weather-totfring tlie past few days has been bitterly cold the mer cury registering 15; degrees below zero, yet business .continues fairly good owing to' the good .sleighing.' 8till another, effect of the cold 'weatheris tire crawming of .our jail which is at present filled almost to overflowing,, it is a. pity, ..we. might suggest, that not -a few of , the able bodied men who are thus being “housed’’ at the city's .expense could •not be /‘cared for’’., at tlie Central. The number then would be diminish ed and the city ’would receive somo benefit - from’ their labor . We sup- 7pose - tliatitohifi- week -Mowat will spread himself at the opening of the’ House, which1 will be characterized by long speeches, “great applause, numerous “briar, hears,” and -as .the Globe puts'it “the best effort” of their livos^-./More.'.anon»-/.«~.?— UNDER und. bi' virtue <ff tlj« PQWOr of talfl contained in * certain Indenture of Mort. Kage> which will be produced »t the time of toe. til are will be offered for eale, by public Auction, »t the MARTIN hotel, in the Town of Gode- rich, on" Saturday, the 31st day of Jan., 1885 at one o'clock in the aftemooii, by H. W. BALL, E*q., Auctioneer, all and singular that certain parcel of Hud and premiaea situate In'the Town of Goderich, in the bounty of Huron, being pom- poaed of Block “C” fn Park and Marwoodw sur vey, containing by adnieeaureuient seven acres wore or leas, • , Ten per cent of the purchase money to be paid at the time Of sale and the balance as may be agreed upon. For further particulars apply to - McMURRlCHA URQUHART, 19 York Chambers, Vendor’s Solicitors. Toronto. 3231t .<5.. ‘y i 4 4 <r During- the discussion in this county pending the vote on the Scott Act we several times suggested, in these columns, that the proper way .to set at rest the agitation over, the propriety of selling intoxicating liquor as a beverage would be, to have a plebiscite or vote of all the people of the whole Dominion taken on the issue: for or against total prohibition, The sectional agitation and piecemeal legislation involved in the Scott Act-fa not only, irritating yvitlioub jewing ftny lasting good purpose, but it is absolutely subver sive of the" prosperity'of vast’m ftteri, al industrial and commercial inter-, ests,’ and. consequently^ injurious'to the well being anc| welfare of a very ’ largo nUriibdi’ ot tlie'laboring and- artisan classes'ofour people,1 "We. .notice that at the meeting of the Temperance Alliance in Toronto last, 'week, Prof. Foster proposed to the convention that tlie Dominion Gov ernment be petitioned to have a plebicite taken. This rational mode of settling the matter* was'not fav ored by the convention,- in fact it was all but unanimously rejected. This is much to be regretted. It is feally the only equitable way ’Of dis- p&sing of the matter of Prohibition. Let the. whole , people vote on the question on the same day, all over the Dominion, on that question -and that question alone. <^[f it“ carried . by; a fair majority, we would have undoubted' evidence that the wel.l Understood wish of whs" lo banish the “curse of .Canada,'” as a beverage from the legalised articles of commerce.. As it now is, there, are so many issues mixed up at the polls* in the candidature of members fori Parliament, that no Government would be justified, even with a . maj ority of Che House in favor of -Pro-’ hibition, in passing such a measure. But we suppose that the Temperance Alliance aro not. the people'of Cana da,. an<| whethor they faVor a pie? bisciteterjiot, the Dominion Govern ment wduid possibly be justified in the near future, in view of the immense inteiests involved,, a-n'd judging by the . temperance wave that fa sweeping over many parts of •the country, and endangei ing—these* - interests, in devising-some -proposi tion involving Prohibition,' and in taking a separate arid-dfatinctc vote of the whole people upon it; Whqth'-' er the’ proposition should be handi capped by compensation, or whether prohibition would only b« as against ardent, spirits, .or Whether ■ wines, cider and beer containing only-a certain per centage Of alcohol should not come under the ban, are .matters ,for careful consideratori, In any event it would seem that some plan should be determined upon, at no distant elate, whereby the voice of the, whole people shall'.be heard in- no equivocal manner, on a question involving not only the perpettuty" . oLinfiustrial interests of colossal magnitede^but :which also involves to the state of ten or twelve dollars ■ Aunually. • ”hs'-question. to be confronted' ih soine_shape be fore many years andHt is just as well that those in authority should begin, to consider how they will grapple with it. ■ , GODERICH. Mr. J, Galt is in town on a visit. Mr. Wm, Hutchison is visiting at Montreal, - Miss Newcombe is visiting at Lon-’ don. Dr. McKid, of Seaforth, was an town last week. 4 Reeve Hardy, of Exeter, was in town on business last Friday. Mr. II.Y; and Miss Attrill arrived in town last week on a short visit* Mr. F. Jordan left by the noon train last Friday for Montreal. Mr, Hutchison left last Thursday on a visit to Montreal. . Dr. Reeve, of Clinton,' was. in the toircular town last wook. Mrs. Bailey -is rapidly regaining ■fieFformer health. . ; ' "The Big Mill shut down on Friday morning for a short term. ' The ice in the hfirbor is now. 13 inches thick. ’ ♦ ‘ Mr. Jrior Tr Naftel' moved into town on Monday. ■’ .» . We are pleased to be able to re cord that Mr, Reg. Shapnbn is steadily gainingjrij health A a Mrs, Spence who has been bo long seriously ill is showing strong signs of improvement. «Y; The County Council met yesterday afternoon’,, but too late to receive mention in ’this- issue. i Miss Kirkpatriok wfio is visiting in tovyn is the guest of lier sister Mrs. Nl.G. Cameron. " —■ ■ Mr. and. Mrs. Thom arrived in town last1 week, .on a.'visit- to the lady’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, JIutchispn. Mr. A. Straiten, our genial G-.T.R.. agent, is away for a few weeks on a sight seeing tour. ■ Miss Alice - Ferguson has returned from an eight,eeh months visit to ' EastJ,Saginaw. ■ , ’ '• ■ His Worship < Mayor Horton who left last week on a visit to Sarnia fa homft’agaim i ’ *• ' The regular monthly meeting of the_ School ’ Board takes • place on Monday. We are pleased .tobe able to record that Messrs. Stanley . Hays. arid R Vanritone have2 successfully- passed^ the intermediate law examination. The auction sale of; books and periodicals in connection with the Mechanic’s Institute was an improve ment on last year., •The Goderich game" and fish pro tection society met last week at the store-of Mr. Geo., Grant, and trails, acted a'lar^e amount of business.’; . Theyriuhg pebple’s quadrille party. .laSt 'Wednesday vva8"a’ most euccess- fiil bne/it.being very largely attended’ '• by tlieyriulh of the town. . " .. Aft -Mr. McGillicuddy is said to be soliciting votes. ,ori ethri: plea that-his wrong doing wfis ri very little one, vye would like to ask.ririje0ier it.fa tfot. from small begiiiriiiig’ great . evils' arise ?», Those of our:-teacher^-who. are in the habit dF telling their’pupil&fto go to a; certain. store for their books, 'Would , do well to remember that*, •they are paid to teach, riot to adver tise a person'8 store. Don’t, forget the auctiori sale, on. Saturday next, of the James Thom son property near the. rail way-track. The lot consists of seven acres with house and barni and splendid orchard’. At CoJbbrne hotel at (One o’clock, H. W. Ball auctioneer..^ , • The Signal states—that.rthe Ja^t meeting of) ' legal . becai the erudite editors got their law from as much depends- op the source. If a board cannot- legally meet with le»s than.’ five members, how would it have been ifinstead.of two five mem bers had resigned, we pause for a reply. ’ - :The carnival- at;• Harrison’s- roller 8kftting*rifik yesterday Week produc ed some Wonderful hats. MriBBrs. Arnold arid Porter landing first prizes with their“liecvert oUt stove pipes.” Mr. - Arnold wore a'liat- of such pro portions that a one hundred- pound package of flour; might be stowed away in i|,. while that worn, by. .Mr.; Porter might have been hidden in an eggshell. . The enow shoe club lias had an ex cellent' t.i me since the large fall of snow. On Friday evening there being ft' large turn out, one ot the. members with a basso profundo voice, treated the -company to the refrain of -(‘Old Grimes is dead.” This he clan ted, so persistently that the listeners began to think old Grimes was. really .dead, and the singer oner of the mourners. The ariniverfiarv services of the Victoria- St. Meth. • Church will be preached,. hioVmngand'evening, next -Sunday, by the Rev. James Grav. of Clinton. On the following evening, 'Monday, the tea-meeting will be held iri the basrinient of the church. After the edibles are disposed ol a selection of vocal and instrumental music and ^addresses by several^ well known clergymen "will be given in the church. . ' The school board met on Wednes day evening in the Town Hal^'Messrs Detlor, Bali, Butler and Nteholson being present. The following commit tees were appointed: School manage? • ment,Ball, Butler,Nicholson—Nichol son chairman. Contingent,|Swansonf /Butler, (one to be added)—Swanson chairman, Finance, Morton, Swan- soh fone to be added)-—Morton chair* man.N The first Monday in "every month fWfts.appointed as the regular meeting 'night, and the* place of meeting the school library. On metiori of Balk seed, by Nioholsori, the. minutes oh December meeting , were amended bK adding thereto, ft motion' made by BM1 and seconded by Swanson, appointing returning of ficers and polling placesj’or the an nual electiofi’i ' \ \' Thri first of the fcllowing.8tato. mrinte is tho one Mr MeGillicnddy ■ read at’the School Board meeting, and thtorigh which he stated he wa\ disqualified. The second, as the . dates- will show, should have been, added for truth’s sake', We leave to our verifiers the solving of the prob lem; as to why the lesser account ■ rildrtri Wris used: , . ' -Jttfr. 8-^251 bills;-wood wanted,,, ,$1 25 • , , G / A<Ivt» Tcaclter wanted—2L > T 00 “ “ ■'•|5 wood wanted, 11 lines, 3t l 50 Total....,.4376 -The Seeretery’s books show the fol lowing additional accounts: 1884. ’ • . Feb. 25—Advertising, 1 00 April 4—Contract,< 1 $ 50 .Tnn<s24— “ Exam, Papers,,.. II 00 . Dtet.'P’— “ Pripils’-Iteporte,. 3 26 ^^^^^^^/paport^llOO -- - The Signal states—that- the last meeting of the scho61'"!board was il- l.D_l . ‘-.-.Mise . only four- members were . present. . We wonder where i- THE U UK. Incorporated by Act Of Parliament, 1855, CAPITAL, - - - $2,000*000 BEST, . ■ - -$500,000 . Head Ofape, * MONTBEAIi, THOMAS WORKMAN, President, ' J, H. R. MOL8ON, Vice-President- F. WOLYEI18TAN THOMAS,-General Manager- . R ' Notes discounted,, Collection? ; •’ issued, Sterling- and. Americrjn ox-.,1" / change bought ap’d ■ ' este.iii.Tcritj’ . INTEREST ALL^Wro..^.Dl^^®fe^’'p’'^* ’ '■ ‘ r.v'i‘Avi. oaSlby.u Money advanced to farmers on their own nets* / withone or moro'endorsers. Nq mortgage rs* ’ quired as security,.. • Stanley. , Council.—The council met on Monday, made the necessary decla rations, and took their seats. Moved ■ by A. M, Campbell, sec’d by Wm. Clark, that Geo .Stewart be Clerk for the present year.—Carried. Moved by Wm. Clark, sec. by I, Erratt, that John Tough be assessor this year, r-Carried. Thos. Wiley was appoint ed collector, John Reid,. Treasurer, J. Beatty and G. Baird, sr., auditors. Ft was decided that $4 be paid for. each school house used for • election purposes, and that each deputyre- turning„pfificer receive $6, as ordered' by' statute. Andrew' Stinson was appointed caretaker of the hall. The treasurer was instructed to. have, his'boc’fa audited by the 27 th of Feb;" F. G. i.e'elin was paid $39.75,' for printing. The Clerk was instructed, to ask for tenders for township print , ing from Exeter, Seaforth, Clinton arid.Goderich offices. Jas. Gallagher- was. refunded $1, error,.indog_ tax,.' Andrew Stinson, the same." The by law prohibiting cattle running at . largq during the winter mWths .was again'read and pasted. Council ad journed to meet on the 28th of F6b., at-1 p. in. ’ I <1 *k '•••■- i II. C, BREWER,* OMNtor, —AND-.- ’ I -1 7 The subscriber begs to return his Ajncere ' tlianks^to his custoinois and the pMjliq: generally,- for the liberal patronage j^iepcR ; ed to liiiri in the past, pnil by furnishing; . the , _ . 7'J'/.' . Best Jlrticlel -AAT THE— Remunerative And all Implements used ph a farm as Good as the Betina nd Cheap as the Cheapest, at ? ^;. B.. wiiiis IMPLEMENT WABEflpOMS, : LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FLOWS LOKI he hopes, to merit a opritnniajiOe ftFfhe same., ” • He would specially roepnimehd a trial of his DiBEL’T- iMfORTATIONS of 'the VERY BEST brands of BRANDIE^ PORT. WINES and HOLLAND GINS, iftjfable forjmedieinal purposes and familv use. ■ Bass’ Ale and Guinness’ Porter,-(n bottles—pints or quarts, • CANADI AN ALKft.’ anp Porter, CarlingDavies LapeiC- eoristantlv on Band. . • Just received, in prime condition, Mon treal-Ginger .Ale, ChampagneCipeR- ... Plain Soda; ... . • ^^Sole Agent for Goderich Ale, N. ROBSON ALBERT STREET GLINTOH v-22-lw. •' Holmesville ; Revival services commence in the Methodist church here next week. ►. Hiliit Lawrence are making the. . tea. “go”r around here... They dis pose of about ICO lbs per day'. ■ Mr., A. Knox, who. has been un. well for some .time, is all right a- .gain. /, ‘ Quarterly, services will be held in the ‘Methodist church' ’on Sunday- next. Mrs. Hall, of N. Y, State,'a -lady evangelist, will preach both morriing and evening. ; •‘The Cantata, “Under the Palms,” given, here last Thursday night Was a •Buc'cess, but it deserved even abet- j ter house.. Owing tothe’state of'the rpads the. people were not able to •get out, they “intend rendering the. same in Clinton, on Friday evening next. On Friday n igh t last ab.oiii_.lh irtjta of the .young frierids of Miss D. A. Holnies met at her residence^jr-the' purpose of spending a few' hours pleasantly'. The- great event of tl»e:“ ’evening vyas the presentation to herof a silver cruet stand and an apprecia". live address, by the members of her Bible class, - Miss Holmes replied in • 'very suitable terms. . The follow ing is tbe adtlresB To Miss D. A/UdlmeB. ■ We-the members of your .Sunday .school class, hay^; determined to take this opportunityjofoe^U'esBing,. Offi high appreciation of your services bo faithfully and.. cheerfully given in connection with that department of.Christian. WpHc., ' ' - . - Your excellenQoharaoter, indefati gable labors and extensive reading in connectiamJ with Divine truth eminently adapt you • for the position- you occupy, andjcompel the esteem and admiration of :all, , But for ps, who listen to your,wise counsel and lucid exposition your . careful; admonition and . hearty, encouragement Sabbath alter Sabbath there is something, more than esteem arid admiration, namely: friendly re gard, and sincere affection. •- - * While we are well aware that you realize the vast importance and weight!/responsibility of your work, as well as-the numerous, discourage* ments that beset your pathway, all of which we believe you- overcome through’that grace upon whioh you rejy, and while we are fully edgniz aril of.the fact that it is not so much for man’s approbation as for God’s benediction that these dutieejare wil lingly, perfovrried yet we desire to assure you that our spiritual life has been quickened and.our views in re lation to the’ Holy- Scriptures broad- ened and deepened while listening to the truths advanced and Reduced from God’s own word* Thus have we been enabled to delve deeper in to the vast arid pleasant treasures that lie concealed just beneath'the surface and to experience more and md'fe that it is a ‘lamp unto the feet and a light unto the path’ of 'aH those who'dwell upon arid act according to its living precepts. Thus, tod, are We aB well as others, who "are not here to night, but who value very highly . your instruction in the past, wit- hesses of your usefulness in the vine yard of the Lord, We accordingly beg your accep tance of tills Silver Crckt, not or account of its intrinsic value but as a slight tofapn of our regard aod affec tion and,a tangible expression of our gratitude for services rendered^ We trust arid pray your life .may by spared in health arid happiness|io teach tlifi Whrile odurisel of G<5(F*ari‘d^ to advise concerning things spiritual, arid that you may be encotirRgcd in' your Wotk pf faith; and labor of love, knowing that “your; labor is .not in vain in the Lord,’ ; Signed on behalf of the S, S. cltfas . ! , , Susie RnmbalL ./(leo,Holland* t If#3- GO s«SS' S '. CO e£ --R- ,’S T? j! ® ® «•;.'» _• •Hr*-: As?!-® - When people are too numerous JOiCOjne together in a single assemb ly the/ form several bodies, and the individuals of each body .delegate;,to one of their number the right of voting^iri their behalf.- Hence we have County Councils or.condensed assemblages of tliepeople., W° hear murmuTings and grumblings apff rumblings that they should be aboh . wheel. They are not friends of the people, who favor‘the-abolition of 'County Councils, Those who do so would create a privileged class and abolish tho pe&ple,. "The privileged classes have nearly, become extinct J shall we create them again in, the form of Comriiissioners 1 The people are eternftl; shall: we,’attempt the impossible by destroying them ? The attempt to abolish County Councils is an attempt to abolish the people? •We know many do not like, the fft- miliftr, the low-.term, people. We yvopid defend the existence of Coun ty Councils because we would de fend the people. We would support and defend the people for tbp vtfry reason .that they - prp .obnoxious to oligarchs ; because:thby are mention ed with conteinptby the kid-gloved gentry who hold that the farmers, who in tliis country ale thb people, should, not hfariage their own njUni- cipal. affairs by tlie 'largest possible representative assemblage of them selves. Let us protect and. defend County Councils, it’is the duty*of every friend of,the people to do jio. It is the duty of the Reeves to de* . fend their Own oxistfinco as the'/OX^ isten.ee of the people. The oppor tunities afforded by County Councils afford pot Only fihe best/.possible means for protecting 4he, ufatorial. prosperity of all the taxpayers Of the county, but also have, a tendency td elevate, to ennoble the peupl^bj' giving the greatest possible numher tiiochance td'iritolrchurige'lftoiff yfawri in the best practical manner posM*-; ble. Grange societies'have prddnto^ good results by'bringing farni wp to gether to edmpare theirstone Svith another. ‘ Farmers* Inutitutfes are now biting fornto^:: which will ; still farther-ten<t?ft> ''expand and>non< owns A We winh it to be diiiiii'cUif tlnderetOod that we do holil oursehjiM .rt’^pointibl^Jbr tho. optnio)i» exprevned by c/>ri'ey)'Uid«n ts.-^HD^NBWS-KKCOiuj •o Mr.C. Hamilton has been,re-elect ed coiinoil lor by nearly 60 majority, It would have been the basest ingrat- itudo to have “gonebwok” on “Char* ifo.-”’ ■ /■- .. xyebsie"/,: who kept the Central - EDITORIAL NOTES. ... In answer to an inquiry the Wit ness ’says : “Yes, Rev. Air. Spur geon uses tobacco to a rather consid erable extent, . and claims that it does him no harm/’ Bold, bad Mr. Spurgeon. To use tobacco at all is bad enough, but to claim that it does bim-noijlAEmrand by parity .of reu\ toning thatjt actually .does fiim good ! Mr. Spurgeon, you evidently require a “counterblast.” ‘ ; Good may result Ont of the recent "horrible attempt to blow up the.Bri* tish Parliament buildings by" which 34 persons were injured, 10 seriously and 3 fatally. * Il ha«‘ suggested to our American cousins that such-, damnable engineering ihay be brought to bear upon themselves at any irioment.. They have allowed the existence of openly avowed bands of dynamite conspirators. But already a--Bi)l has been introduced into the Senate for'the suppresion of these fiends. The late devilish doings most' liki’ly are the combined work of Irish—American “natforialfats * and German • socialists" and Nihilists operating from an American base. /asststeOF^English radicals. At-a; meeting of Socialists in Chicago on JWdnday- it. was rerirairkedj“that*, dynamite could be made.out. of/'the, dead bddies of tfie capitalfats afi Well • as out of'hogs/ All Ohicagd could .be seta blaze in h minute by electri city. What was tlie. Ute of fools’-in Washington saying/jbey ' were the ’masters ?0 And an English,Radical1 ;jffatnpblel fttftrtefofit iipboTd'type with ' dip words ‘blood, bullets and.,, bay<fa nets/ and presents an appesi to tlie “half'stftri/ed;: herring-gutted, pover- fy-Btricken, -p'arfah dr—inhabit* hnts of the: disunited kingdorii,”. - ...................... ' *' jujA/riis. tl'Y^ior^in Forest, on Thnrty 22nd.iifat., Sarah M.^ Uito of James; Editor A’ewi.lieeerd. '.’ Dear Sir,-—Permit me to. have a small space infe your columns to . rectify a mistake of your correspond ent as to -thp election - of B; of P/’Si .Trustees, Goderich, I may say tliat your »correspondent in all his com- niunications anent. the proceedings of the G. 8.- B.'has either wilfully, or otherwise misstated- what has taken placo. It: would tako up too much space to give ft full statoruent of the facts that have transpired—probably a three -column article, and without the knowledge whether or not' you \wouldgive the/cotnmuuication room, I would riot care about’*going to the' trouble to indi.be . it. As to the elec tion of Chaii?hian It was irioyed Iiy" ’Crabb/^econded by McGillicuddy, that Mr^Morton -be Chairman; it was moved •xrixamendment’by Ball; sec. by Butler, tlirit Mr- Detlor^M. A., be chairihriti- :TWf arn'enilinerit was first-put', by itselfK^lF6iT“tl^T^'6ted yeas 8',^ay^^,‘ Detlor and Morton declining^ to4 vote, beirig interested S’ artiris^gjid Swanson refusing to vote . ecause Detlor would not. • The airieudrrie'nt being carried Ball urged the Ch airman to declare that .Mr. Detlor was- elected, Crabb objected 'to such proceedings, ofi the ground that the amendment being carried, it now became tho mail) .’motion and as .such -wa^ subject to farther amendments. Ball and.Butler argued against it, but the chairman finally, ruled .that Crabb, was -right, and put the amendment,as.maju motion, and declared’ it -bitn'icd without giving time .to'make an amendment,. •, ’Sirice writing the above the Board . met. ’. Present Detlor,’Ball, Butlejr and Nicholson, anti though not a •quorum of the Boiird they proceeded . .’to ,’bnsijteqx, passed ’accounts .and ^elected.Committees, etc,,, thus giving, itllo 'public ah ; Insight into the ,: upright.... arid •. just f iuanner the aforesaid-' hjen^. calling themselves- gentlemen, have acted, during the /year last past;- I-remain deaf - Sir, Your pjd. acquaintance, ’ <X CRABB. Goderich, Jan. 23 1885. ’ i?,,. .; '• J"1' L. ■ Rev, Mr. ^ipltlf wlio’sewHb -has - been away 4n--Oxford -with a. slek child-about ft year,old, received ft 'telegram on Friday that- the little oho iVfts : worse. Mr/, Smith, im* niedhitely flttiftecroff Bind’ Wdrd has smoo boon ’nmeivecT that the', little dno is dead. Mifah sytnpKtliy is ex-- preifscd for Mr, and- Mrs- Siriith in . thus -.beingM^’rerivud of,-their only * V 1.« Morris \The members of the municipal council for thp. township of, Morris, namely : Geo. Forsyth, ReeVe.; Wm. Wray, deputy reeve, ahd IL Mooney, C, A. Ilowe, and E7Bosman council lors met in Town Hall J°any, 19, 1885 and made arid subscribed the nece§- Bary declarations of office and qualifi cation and the Council was duly organ ized. The reeve occupied the chair. W. Clark Was reappointed clerk at a salary of $120, John Watson was re appointed assessor at a salary of $75, Marie M. Cardif was reappointed au ditor by the council. The reeve ap pointed W. IL Cloakey second audi tor. - Moved by Ei Bosman, second ed by JJ» Mooney, that the following’ accounts be paid, namely : ja«u Ker nggham remission of dog tax, $1.00; F. Metcalf election forms 85/20 Jas. Evans gravel, plank ahd spikes $4 05; JL. Bolton, engineering Wilkinson’s drain, $38.00; L. Bolton engineering Barrio’s drain $18.00; A. Connori’s XlitOh arid pipe, S'LOJjT* Campbell, , .,gt^yeV$5.25 ; Jas. Henning pulvort , On Boundary, $4.41. .A petition Was' presehjted by Jaa."'Petch and Wm. Viharit risking to bo withdrawn from S, S. No; I, and annexed: ip union 8. 8, No? 3, Morris riud E.WaWanosh/- Moved -by 'Wm/'Wrayju spodi by^ E. Bosman, that said petltidh bo laid over for father 6onsidoralfon-?car-; riod, Moved by Wm. .Wray, seed, by IL Mooney, that the feevo bo in- structed to dispense $10.00 in charR/ to • Peter Murpliy—carried. Moved by E. Bosman, sooondod. by C. A, Howe, that by-law No, L as now read bo passed*carried. The council then adionrned to meet again on the1 23rd pay of February ihext, INTEKNATIONAI, .AND COIr - ONIAL EXHIBITIONS.' . • , Antwerpinl885-Loudoiiiul886- IT ia the intentioir'ttf' havo » CanMlikn repre sentation at the IsiraNATioNAL ExiUBWlW . Antwerp, commencing in Muy, 1985,' Knd alaoat . tho Colonial and Indian. Exnimp^x fa, London « inl88«. . The Government Will defray tho coat ohtrelgfi't in convoying Canadian.Exhibits to AntKerpi apd from Antwerp to London, ana also ot returning. thorn to Canada in the event of their licit Vein jp"- «8bld( ... .... Ali Exhibits for Antwerp Should tio ready for shipment not lfttw fasn the frist'weok in March next. These Exhibitions, It is believed, Will’ alfohl favorable opportunity for-making .known-thfd • natural .capabilities, and manufnetufing and iudusfr|nl progress of tho i)ominion. Circulars and fbrms containing moro . particu. • lot information may be obtained by letter (po«t free) addressed to tho Department ot Agrfcub fare, Ottawa, - By order, ‘ ' ■ ■ JOHN LOW E, Secy., Dept; of Agr|c, b iJopartmcht dt AgHculturc, V r. Ottawa, December 10th, 1884, f "SSO-Bt? ROOT &STRAW COTTI NO BOXES, ; CORN SHEIAWS; TENDERS WANTED St Paul’s ChurchSunday School (SEAWiO TENDERS will U received bj the tin. o designed, up to 2nd ot February, 1885, At’ 6 o’clock. for the erection of said buildimt. addressed and marked "Tenders.” Plans and specifications can he seen At any time sooner^ at- it M, RAUEV'S STORp. KSt' Tender! for th A purchase of tlie old School House will also be received nt the tame time. _ .two- w maiHMM. I