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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1885-09-09, Page 2Kew Advertisements this Day. TftiloHng—CL C. Rance, Gyri wanted ™James Anderson. Dry goods—John Robertson. H$es wanted—A Couch; House and.loft fax sale—Mrs. liiller. —Saleof impoundedcattle—Geo Cooper. Tailoring-—M. Fischer, Apples wanted—*E. Floody. J. A •X»2EaCB3. HTTZROJST ew-lUmd ^«”V*** ».**♦*•»>*»#**♦* The Goderich News —AN&— Huron Record, (.AUALQAMA.TPT). Cliuton, Wednesday, Sept. 9til. THE “ GLOBE. ” RIGHT NOR onCe. - -------THR proposition To take a plebis- cite vote on the question of national prohibition has been talked of by " very many of the most intelligent people of the country for some time. For a year or more past the columns of The News-Record will bear tes­ timony to our advocacy of such a proposition. We advocated it be-’ cause thought it would, be the' fairest and most, effectual mode in ■which to dispose of the liquor ques­ tion. The liquorquestion has been used as a foot ball by political de,ma: gogues and pseudo moralists long ’ chough. Temperance and total ab­ stinence societies, parsons, and priests have too long "been made the tools of designing politicians. Represen­ tatives of both parties have by turns ... vied with each other in their* conij ‘placency to temperance associations and to,those engaged in the liquor traffic. The consequence lias tyeen that ao far as legislation^ concerned, very little real good has been accom­ plished by it in the way of reforming the drinking habits of our\people. Much good, however, has been ac­ complished in this direction by the aocial efforts of sincere Christian men and women. That there is not so much strong ■ -li quors-d ran k~*i n—Gan a’da'—noWST formerly every observing person' will allow. And not only does this appear to be so, bi(it statistics of the amount of liquor entered for con­ sumption will show such to actually be','the‘ case. The liquor consumed in Canada must be found by'the quantity ‘taken ‘ for consumption” from the custom house and from the bonded warehouses. The quantities in gallons taken in the years named , were as follows : / 1875. ’ 1883. From custom house............. l,801;072 1,040,865 ” From bonded warehouse... x*3,963,957—3^848,789- s^le of liquor is to be prohibited its manufacture ought not to bo legal* ized by the State. As Conservatives, acting with the party and by the party for the good of the.people/we feel that we are expressing the viw¥of tlie majority of Liberal Conservatives in ’Huron when wo say that the taking a plebiscite vote .on prohibition would be carrying out their well understood ■ 'wishes, and 'we may add that we think a majority of Reformers, in ; tact a majority of the whole of the people of this Dominion would be glad to have such a vote submitted. When we express the belief that the whole of the people would like the national submission of prohibi* tion, we do not express an opinion as tajvhat the. verdict of the people would be. The good to be accom­ plished would be the settling the question one way or the other for » long time, and the strengthening the arms of the Government of the day to resist the appeals prohibition- ists or to pass and pnforna L< ws_in- , consonance with their views. It was with much pleasure, there­ fore, that we noticed in the Globe of Tuesday of last week.editorial advon cacy of these views. The Globe corrrectly says that the question of licensing or suppressing the liquor traffic “has taken a strong “hold upon 'the judgment and. con- “science of the community.' We “think that* nothing could be more “satisfying to a<l joartles than that a “plebiscite over the whole Dominion “should Be taken on the simple “question of “Prohibition” or “No Prohibition.” iLis not often that we find such sound views expressed in the Globe. ... We think, the present; Government should take this matter into their consideration. That the people de­ mand something of the.kind caifnot be questioned,. Sooner-or' later it will have to be “tackled'."” We would" like to see compulsory ,voting on this question, if not upon all matters. And the vote taken at that earliest opportunity after the tiffes to a Power, the Bible testifies to- a Power, and that power is called God, “whom no man bus seen at any time.” Science reads the fossi- lifwroua records .and^ grasps the mag- nilicense of the Leavens and seas a mysterious Power sbtww here. /Phis mysterious Power is solved by the Bible, not by antagonising science, but by taking a step in advance of it; it sweeps the heavens by its visions up to ths very throne of the Eternal revealing and affirming this very Power, Science leads us back, step by step to the necessity of an original cause. The Bible sst3 that cause directly before us, “In the begin* ing God created the Heavena and the earth.” . There is a perfect bar* mony between the most renowned scientistsand the Bible in regard to process of creation, Moses assumed the existence a. God; science proves that the universe was the work of a creative intelligence—the God of Moses. Tyndall often erron­ eously classed as, a skeptic says '• ‘ T11e world embraces not only a Newton, but a Shakespeare—not only a Boyle-, but. a Raphael—not only a Kant, but a Beethoven—not only a Darwin, but a. Carlyle. Not in each o“f these, but in all, is human nature whole. They are not oppos­ ed, but supplementary—not mutu­ ally exclusive but reconcilable.” And a liberal Anglican divine while 'Tfolding Ufat the Bible, and science are not -antagonistic plaims that there is more antagonism between diverse mod^s of Christian thought than between science and religion. He says: Mem who think .can never be at one in their thoughts on the great .subject of . revelation. They may^oyn the same Lord, and recognise and reverence the same types of Christian character, but ■tli6’y wiH'4diflera so*so'bn*“a8Jthey.be% gin ton define their notions of the Divine. Of all the false dreams that have ever "haunted humanity, ’"none is more false than the dream of catholic unity in this sense. It vanishes in the .very effort to grasp it. THE POLICE MAGISTRACY. piecemeal -legislation., 7772 BTBLHAND': SCIENCE. The (1 Bah ■ch, and thflraw theis CL ERICA L ‘ PERSECUTION. Nttgcpt a state- ft Church. (IcHnqnon, times da n* The Tow rivato Secretary’*1 ill Tftl its i “I •on, •by that Court, tri servi him new and- extended Franchise Bil^’ shall have become lawx.thus- getting a fuller expression Of public opinion than qt present, and if possible the vote should be a special mie, not tl’ "taken at the* time of, a general elec­ tion, as-we have heretofore suggested when-touching on this topic. The cost_tp • the.: country for—taking a special plebiscite vote, independent nf parliauientary-^elections, would* noi amount to more than the-cost of the 'present system of submitting prohibition by piecemeal rts under the Canada Temperance Act, and the great gaip, would be tbe.sever- ^ance of party issues from the vote on piohibition,'* This-plebiscite vote is one that-has been urged on-the* servatives, and nriw that The. reading .-e*. , . J -. ‘ ■“ °Reform journal, has been .forced to acknowledge tlie soundness, of the It may be said by some of^pur friends that the Globe n/ust have some party end to serve by .advocating a plebis­ cite on prohibition. ’ We/cannot see it in that light.;- If any-.party must gain it should be th,e Conservative Government', that,would give the -o p p o rftinTtyytcrtusr frl i e lia ft on aFp u lSe on this important’question,- , And Total.... y -5,265,029 T4,889,080 The population of Canada irtC7-eas- ed 15 per cent during the interval between .1875 and .1883, but the consumption of spirits decreased about 15 percent. While Christian men and women, through associations in connection with the churches and other organi?- nations, have contributed largely to this lessening of the amount of ry, the tfd vaneement Gf-our-people.. .in wealth and domestic comfort has bad much to do with’ the reform ill the drinking customs of this coun- try>---The old log cabin with its uri* crutji furnishings and homely ap< ointments has given way to the nore roomy brick-- or frame struc- ure. When formerly young and >ld met together there was scarcely ny other triode of showing, hospital* ty and engendering that feeling hich makes us wondrous kind to ne another, than by offering liberal bations of the cup that cheers. ow, with the wonderful diffusion f knowledge1 through cheap books nd newspapers, the greatly lessened sf _ of pianos, organs and other usichl instruments, and.,the thous- nd and one aids to intellectual ele- ation and enjoyment, the primitive ednter and “hot-stuff” or “punch vo been largely superseded by those wbo are oppbsed to prohibition, certainly those who are .engaged in. the.liquor' t’radc; should- be'^fad to "know ' that" the Government, had taken this step:and. to -relieve them from the suspense qver' whether the Scott Act w-ili carry,or ly* repealed,, a.s the case may be, and , fiom the attendant experiS'e in fighting this So far an we could glean of the i’ws of the people we'some tifi-.c o became convinced that there '© twri ways in wlych the majority temperance men viewed tlreJXq^Tbf" estion. The one was a rigorous, ense Rystern ; the other national hibition. The chequer-board system of legis ion, as some one has termed the ration oi the Scott Act, wlmreby an can be declared a criminal i.n county or city for doing that ich the law not only^ grants him rolvrtirm ftjr“doTug“Tn "'anoEher Dty, but goes further Rud-oncour-’' 8 him to do by taking a license from him; seems so utterly sub* give of that uniformity of civil ity, which is supposed to bo a •eminent feature of British insti- ons, that local optional prohibi- has not commended itself to lyTeVen of those wTioTavor gen* prohibition. »> e have endeavored to reflect lie opinion by opposing the eub'* ion of the Scott Act and liy ring the taking of a plebiscite ori national prohibition. We contended and may again ro­ that it is utterly wrong for a ernment to take from manufao* Vs of spirits a dollar a gallon for riviloge of mannfauturing liqn* he greater portion of which, it 41 known, is intended to bo sold consumed as a beverage, and (grant fictional laws which say Itesri thannfftoturora: you shall A LAYMANS' LOGIC, * Some are so thoughtless as io deny\ the-inspiration bf the Bible. Their I main support is that scien.ee shows that the world is. nicich older than' ■what, we are led’to believe it to be ,fj*'0m the Mosaic or Biblical account, But the Bible is not calculated to teach - science,- was. written* by. man whob science, as we up'w ufidenstand the term . was unknown. And yet if the Bible does not4 teach science it/ Th n’otantagrinisticto-it. -The JQible,Iras’ to do with the immaterial, the- spir-. itual, with moral questions, man’s origin, nature, destiny ; his religious 'necessitiesarid duties. On these mat­ ters tlm Bible and revelation are piinntry and science spconciary. In the investigation and determination- of science is primary and revelation secondary. God being the author of-bo th there*' cart be no actual conflict between science and revelation. It may bq asked hbvFciTp" itJT)e“'''siiowir'“tlHiit' -IjilrM ■'Ws TTiFautlior of the Bible We shall cull iti the aid of science to prove it. In the Mosaic account of . the creation wo* .find that, ‘'God said : Let tho waters bling forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life.” This shows that revelation teaches tho first forms of animal life were marine. Tin's, ac­ count was written/ only a few’ thou­ sand years ago, yet .the period- treated of covers millions of years, Moses had no knowledge of geology, and the fact he Wtts able to divine • that (bo -first forms of animal life were marine, and not terrestral is proof that he must hftVP been in­ spired. This is the only so’ution of .the matter, without inspiration such knowledge would have been impos­ sible, Geologists confirm the Mos­ aic account and tell us that animals fiist made tlibir appearauco iti tbb ' seas and oceans, ami jhat tbe.^e exist* ed long before, terrestrial life found guilty of the charges laid against him at this Ibard Meeting, and being im­ penitent, he sliall be and m hereby ex­ pelled from the Church.--Curried unan- imousfo. That thia Quarterly Official Biaril xo- gret to ft degree beyond their power to ex- pressjtliat they hay.e been com polled to resort to extreme measures in the <^o of Bro., P. E. tV, Moyer, and. thoy express tlm* hope and they fervently pray that ho may see bis way to taking the necessary steps to regain * connexion with the church to which ho lias been so long attached.—Car­ ried tmunimu-iiely Mr, Moyere appealed to the Pm** trict meeting, upon whose report the Chairman, Rev, Mr, Griffin, wrote Mr. Moyers Dear Sir,—Having fully considered tho rmatters since the trial, I rule, 1st. That the effect and tho immediate effect of the committee’s decision is to re­ store you to the same church relation and official position which yon held before Quarterly Bear’d action in your case. 2nd. That you have no appeal to the District meeting, as you have nothing to- appeal from-. . I shall advise Mr Nugent, (the pastor ),ta drop* matters, end as you do not insist on j-iitainiiig..TjOcal-.I’xeaelierRhip, to-leave-you undisturbed in. your private member­ ship. ’ Mr, Nugent, the pagtor, still in sists that Mr. Mayer ts “out ofthe Church,” and so personally inform­ ed the latter. -Like an'y truly good editor would, under tho.circumstans ces, Mr. Moyer, considers he is be ing persecuted by the’ parson,-and vehfii'ateTlMs grievance through, bis paper and", concludes : “We would simply ask our readers "with all the above proofs and facts whether they can still believe the stories circulated that Mr. Moyer is hot a member of the Methodist Church., a EDITORIAL NOTES. From the vital statistics of last American census,-we learn that the total death rate in the United States is 18 in 1000; pel annum.' In fifty chief cities, of'the Union, where deaths from other than nut* oral causes are'the greatest, those from “alcoholism” are at the rate of ■about ,2J ip every 1000 ; by suicide 3j in every 1000; from accidents and injuries3,in every. 100Q. „• We do not have the information from any official source, but. we un- uiurstaiMAHiat^Lhe^majority—oft^Gre1 members of ' the., Cohnty "Council have written the‘Warden expressing themselves as desirous of witholding- "TlieTriemdfral "for the appoiri tiltig of7a Police Magistrate for Huron until after.the December meeting.' As any two magistrates orTlie mayor o^ a .town .can take cognisance of in­ fractions of thq-Seott Act—-and ■ the 'only reason given>fbr the appoint- .merit is'to try such cases— we think tlie members of the Council .have •acted wisely. Some ui'gc.that mag- iktrates/ wiil-Yefuse to/ Take suck. cases - Such an assertion is gfpftrid-" less. If any should do so-let them ;be reported to"the Attornery General . who, will- have, tliejn.strickeri off . the Commission of the Peace and -others appointed. Dr.- Sloan, of Blvtli, writes the press a very sensible let-.-' ter substantially taking the. sanie ground in this matter as the N'favs- ReC7R*d lias taken all'along and -as- our. several 'effrrespondents did 'last; Ave’ek-.— We-sInrlFtake*the"lfbeMy/Qf''- ■quoting two * sentences froiri t)i. 4y]-o>riT!s'-Tc fclUp a fFB~ eularly.' is /very ■ nicel/’ rounded. Af-ter referring to the enorrrious ex-, pense of hayltig a peripatetic..magis*- irate or of bringing witnesses - etc a distance of fifty'miles he says :— . .“I have read the proceedings, of the County Council of Huron for 30 ■ years, And it tnay safely be said that there is jL0.Li.n_tb ca*. .Hom it) ion.^arepfer e n tative- ■body whose'proceed ings have br’Cn less open to critlclAtn..*JHappy in theii* choice, of prudent and careful officers, and con­ taining iii^their ranks.many .-men whose ability, 8ngacitycnn.d forethought ;w.ou-ld do credit to'-any assembly^ they hate' managed our affairs in a most satisfact­ ory' mariner,And, I, would like s.ome "one of.them to give, in a succinct form, the arguments which weighed with, them tp incur this unnecessary expenditure. ; ' Some time Ago if-wen ft the rounds of the press.that Mr. Moyer/-the*' clever editor, of the/ Berlin News had -been ftXcQjtiir.unicftted l>y the' .authorities of the Methodist,Church. Mr. Moyer was’an-official, member a.n.d.. ffiad...hen rf am e m her—tfo r<~ 2 8’ years, and ,his lapse froni grace seemed somewhat singular. Miargt^ against him were:^— L Violation, of the prornisa made by you'.to the*"'Board at the’ Mav n^estii^o/.fast y-earZ ........... 2. You have absented yourself ftom Glass and Prayer- Meeting (hiring the whole ofeSffie, year, and also from the sacrahVetit of -the .LqW.Vh.Ru ppar,— 3. You have during the year attended places ’ of “questionable moral tendency,” arid^ have^bemi disobedient to tho order tiiiii discip* line of our church. Oil receipt of- those Moyer wrote a latter- in ' .whet lie. conceived the Trtm-al sev< mei the Far to the though-he saw no harm in them, yet for the ntt< don fttt< I “charges,” Mr> *eply,5adndtting, only possible my, that he ’ had been iring the year to entor- vn Hall, namely, Hamlet. * which lie supposed was contrary al- the The argument in the Riel appeal case* was concluded last Saturday.'- No new issues were raised. The case hangs * on the .question of the jurisdiction oF tlie Court arid the insanity plea. Chief Justice Wall- ■bridge \vj11_d.eljye£. jmignj_eilt;_.tofliiy. (Wednesday).’ TlieTridian trials are in progress at Regina, arid we will sriori -hear wbat the-fate of Big Bear is to be. Mr.' GeO. Cairns' who was appoirit- ed Police Magistrate oflSmith’s Falls, Lanark county, so late . as tlie.^Sth June last-lias beety dismissed by Mr-. ■Mowat beCause'Miu‘would, riot, con- mct.-U—liol<i«r-of-a—IJoui-i-nioi-i-Licetrse- 'I’pr selling liquor,, he not bayiii'g; *an' Ontario License. /Mr. Cairnsj held - that- lie was not bo.und by the de­ cision of the . Supreme- Court wllile their ruling was subject to correction by the Privy Council, appeal having been taken there. Three magistrates of the county of Russell have, also' been removed .by-Mr. Mowat -for 'declining to be bound by a decision of tl<o SuproiiiG Court’ tih'J ~decisioh wjis appealed to the-Pri-vy Council ami. was. sTiTI^uhdor review Several of the isse'd gentlemen are Gritsv^— dis for the 74 •We arp indebted to the Globe e statement that since 1878 Scott Act has -been subnAttfld times, arid been- adopted iii sixty constituencies,. The. t.°ta-l* number of votes eftst in favor of the Act. at these contests was 156,842; tlie total ' vote againffireheA<;*.t ..wa/s.. 103,209f the net majority for the Act was 53,633, film total vote at these 74 contests being 238,T74. Assuming these, figures to be. correct and taking tire actual number-o.f qualified voters in .these various . electoral’ divisions to be proportionately, as much in excess of tlie votes 'polled as was .the case in Middlesex’, Ontario and otlv .tigs that we know -of, the- votes- polled for the Act in 74' coun­ ties would be some 50,000 votes less than a majority of the qualified vot­ er! in the same counties. ed for those who have given the beat years of their Ikes in fostering what they and their party believe to be for„ the welfare q^ the country. We wish’ friend Uof life al’d a full enjoyment as an office holder under the Ontario Gov*» ernment, We might express the hope that his shadow may never be., less, but those who kriew thlTgentle* mAh will admit that such a desise were sqper^i^ous. BOUGHT AT A GREAT BARGAIN I BLACK AND COLORED VELVETS. ! EDITORIAL ECHOES. Although new Parliament Build­ ings are now certain to cost a million dollars, and probably a great deal more, the Mowat Government have determined tp go on wich'tbe work. September 4tli, the usual six months’ settling day, passed off in Toronto better than expected. The renewals were few, and much more paper was taken up than the state of trade seemed to warrant. Jn fact, the outlook all around is. hopeful, and better times are expected in the "near future. French Canadians resident in the" American Republic are ’ holding meetings which give out the idea that the.y are in sympathy with Rebel Riel. They want the auth> oritieB of that country to interpose in his behalf, and a petition has Bays, atd, hoping that through hitri some action will be taken by the United States Governmetit. President Cleveland’s Cabinet, we think, are men-of honor, and would not, if they Obuld, lend fiieic aid to the saving of a neck which should have been stretched years ago. It is a pitiful view of the press that reduces it to a mere echo of popular opinion. It should stand upjuuflinchiiigly for truth, right and freedom, regardless of current clamour, selfish interest or mena­ cing power. It should] be an en­ lightener*;’it should. be a propagan- dist^of riglffeousness,. it should be- a champioq o/new ideas' which are true ideas,;4t should be a shield for ths wronged Arid an avenger for the oppressed. Itjtfliould do its reader.s the gr.eajj^t(pf all possible services, not by bei,qg their echo but by being their informant., counsellor and- cor* reqter. ..Of what use to any man is a paperJthat is merely the echo of liis'own mind. J. The monoply in the publication of •seliool libOks established "in Ontario by Mr. Mo,wat’s Government js the .cause of great and growing com­ plaint. A new ' authorized Fourth­ reader lias just been, issued.. Though.' printed on superior paper tri- the-old ' render, it is much smaller in size, and a careful estimate, of - the cost of production shows that it could be. '.profitably sold at fifteen cents; tbe- price to tho trade has been fixed at forty .cents, and to the„pyblic at fifty cents, j nst double that 'of the book., it is. “ meant ■ to ' supersede’. a—iu2(uiH.Ai-y-r-Lluvt- should be supplied 'to the public at the Iiwftsk possible -cost; and the .bungling of the Ontario .Minister*of. -Education in this matter is deserv­ ing the severest censure,-; and getting-it very generally. . . Wlien the syndicate wanted borrow the five.millions last session, the Reform .press tried to show that the loan would be five millions loss to the coiijitgy.* ANa-w—the—C.'.' PwhR? people don’t .want the., money, and “ttre bamling*’*it back. . A few. Grits in the back lowhshiplF.uatuhaTly sup.- posed tiiat-the country would be $5, 000,000ahead,..but„ribt s.o; the Globe now sho a*8. that the 0. P; R,; people hau’deppsiied $8,000,000 in b< to secure^' the" $5,000,000 ■ I Canada, Pacific bond# are. at the‘$8,0M'X)00 of bonds, are w $7,600,000. -. Now that' the - C. nds an. 95, •rtb P. R. Co. li'r|s repaid .its•loan,. the Gov- _ LAm.n£en.L m us tbamlba ol?-t h e-colla-- a'ctually Huron, •>r .coun- 156,842 'The Glob$ of Sept.A says : - .^“MhTondlifts ficen ■ a'phoin'irfl' Assistant Libr: ’ .. .... .Legislature in, the place-of Mr. WatsOn, resigned. Mi*. Holmes was for many .vcrtfs editor and proprietor-of" the (Hinton ■ New Era, then, as now, one of the b' * st local’journals, in Western Ohtado. His tastes and piri'shits eminently fit him for , the plane to which he. hn&tiei&n appointed, and Visitors.to ibe Library wjll, no/doubt, soon learn to Appreciate the new official,” Though .Mr. •Holmes does not see through the same spectacles as we do, we‘ Are lieaytily glad to know . that ...the .v.eteran ..meinber_ of .. the. fourth estate hath, received even the inadequate reward indicated, for a ft life time devotion to. the “interests' of a party which he no doubt-be- lio.yf d were working for tho interests of the country. We suppose that it were hoping against hope that the, comparative leisure which he will, enjoy in his new position, and sur­ rounded as'he will be by an atmos­ phere charged with the best thoughts of the best mipdsj that at this late period of his iffo his distorted views of public policy can be broadened and straightened out into harmony with those'of Liberal Conservatives. Withal, wo believe he (vill make an efficient. Librarinn( Mr, Mowat deserves well of- tho press for re* tnembm-ing one who has borne tho heftt'and burden of the day; and who as n citizen has earned the respect of persons of all 'political views, how* oAer much thoy may detest his polities. Tt lias boon too common to rn of 'the v. ■ *<*■ m am*iaB!?EJUi Why every one in ne.e'd of Fall Clothes should see “my Stock ; > Give me a call beforfe purchasing elsewhere. CLINTON. m co —I co .50 5> cs —I 1 enounces. P,S, C<’ s croditi stians to er hricn.ni fellow *Clrr •sin 1 Qoming.tro is language The. camp noisy services ’ and ask ase' cal li he .does one withi is' really a teral,. A-\ the loan is only jJffiiQQp, 000, while th e"co1 lateral is worth $7’, 600,000, the treasurer/ is-just $2,- 600,000’.quo oh .the transaction. And thuq the country is being ruin- ed I man a shout, fold tl -p r. tSC. ,i'. .-xlurl I V>T < VOr 11 »-•» v>'V»r always been dear to „fhe M_etl)',O'li.st heart, and* to .Have .it at tacked from fhe’inside was about the last thing thought of.. • - - •noj. i the sun* -lms- When the half-breeds who pleads ed guilty of treason-felony were sentenced to'terms.of imprisonment .varying from one* to seven years, there were not wanting those \Vho contr.ftted- those comparatively light' sentences ..with the death-doom, pro­ nounced upon- Riel, and dre’w the infereuce'that the difference had pur­ posely been’ made so glaring,'in order to justify the^ interference of the'government on Riel’s, behalf. Tlfere is no foundation,whatever for this notion. We have: it on ..the ‘mbsiTtr^ustworlby authority, that the reason.actuating the court in making the discrimination, wa.s .the greater guilt of Riel in inciting the half- breeds and Indians to take up arms. In dealing with riwellionMat is al­ ways customary ttfdraw a marked- distinction between the leader and 'tfi^^Abrdtuates, and the court in this case has only followed the usual rule. ■ » It was' last, seen Air. Macki Handed it Mr. Blake the Globe of* i,n ri^ to Goderich Township Mr. Wm. Ilicks attacked a youth­ ful cucumber a pouple of-Weeks ago arid lias not vet completely recovered ’fromi tlie effects of'the doubling'up he received. Torn . Sayers- could .hardly have punished him more “severely. Mr. Herbison Tia's about 35 acres of. spring wbeat-not. worth cutting. Mr. , R. McCtillagh about 12 acres, which can only* be utilized by ploughing .under •or”; cutting it-and piling, the straw up for manure. Many-fields .were pulled down by chains and the straw ploughed under. The loss-by rust' in spring wheat will be very ■ great as a much larger breadth.than' usual was sbwn last spring.. It is possible .that eight ..bushels an. acre Will be the outside average. , . Lost or stolen—the. policy of the Liberal -party -possession of the. lion, zie who states that he the Hon. Mr. Blake, avers tliat,. lie left it at fice^but^ after the most: thorough search in-V’*1* establishment, it can- not be fmjnd. It is among«tli.o cur­ rent rurnonrs that ArchBishop Lynch got hold of it arid tliat after a ‘cons ference with the Hon. Alessrs. Frasef and Anglin'it was suppressed and' some pretty storieR by Justin'McOar- ‘tliy "ai'ct other no’veiists snbstit'bted .in.i^s place. - .A stnfcjadile reWard^’itl be paid to anyone who will restore the poffey or state its chief topics (iti confidence) to the secretary of the’ Young Liberals’. Convention. It me to keep company Ri^ivci) iso Bi 11 arid may, with thatrprecipus docu-* merit, be in the possession of the member for West Huron. i^tTie^l. werp ordered, to be paid Reeve and Treasurer were.autho.riXed to borrow $1,000 from the' Molson’s Bank in'Clinton to pay current ex­ penses. eA by-law was passed levying 2 2-10 mills o’n the dollar for county purposes, and I 3*10 mills on the del- larfor"”township'*“puTp-o'pe“s“'an'-tVnr .whole ofthe assessed property-in- the township" for the present year. And also the several' amounts ipr school purposes as requested by the several school corporations, The contract for filling approaches to Knox’s bridge, 12th con., .is to be let by auc­ tion, the Reeva to give an' order on the Treasurer for payment When the work is satisfactorily performed. 4 The Council adjourned to meet fit Londes- boro when called by-the Reeve. -v JaS. Braithwaite, . '■• . ... ■•■'' ' Clerk. . • —1—*-------------*•— —— • , Oneof.the. most prominent’div-inee i nt h er AR th ofl ist ^ch nr fill r eceritl y • gaye utterance to some‘very, disqui­ eting remarks at tho camp meeting on Ma'rtha’s Vineyard, •Tho^occilsis on was the dedication of a chapel^ when Rev. Dr. Roster took for bis text the quest ion, ‘What shall be the. character bf the services . held here in years tpi come? The answer was in substance, ‘Not a camp meeting revival service, at all events.’ The revorartd .gofitleman takes thq broad ground filial,, modern religious revi­ vals for the didst part do more harm than good, People go to a great summbi' resort like Martha’s, Vino yard because they find it a pleasant and healthful place for their famil­ ies and- themselv'es, rather than because ft camp meetings is held theio, They seek rest aiuL.recreat­ ion, "rather than tho excitement of a religious revival, ‘Our tabernacle services',’ be says, must bo adapted to the level Vf-.thu yiotighfs and spirit of the people while here. They>moy ba such ‘as will elevate, broaden, and strengthen mon ami women, and so make them worth ■MM«MHaUMMaHih Uonnty Ckrn’cncy and District Dots. . It, Beadle, of Auburn, has return­ ed from th#'.Old Country. . He has brought with him two heavy ..draught horses, a year old arid a two year old. The drill which broke about six hundred feet down in fillo Wingham suit well bore, was brought lo the light again the latter part of last we'ek. Boring hhs been resumed.* At the .reftent examination of the Ontario School of Arts, Miss Hattie, (laughter of Mr. George Walrond, of Exeter, very successfullv passed in all. subjects^ ahd seenred the “Grade B” in arts. There were five subjects. In three she obtained .IQ.) per cent; in the other two 90 pe’r cent. Miss W. has received her diploma, and she is the first art scholarJrom this coun­ ty, who has graduated. The new bridge “'crossing the Aux Satib.lo near, Swenorlotfs farm, has just been eofripleted, and it was test* ed last .week in tiny presence of a comtnitteo of County councillors.. The Inode of-testingavAS the driving of five .tcflms,. four of which drew heavy loads ofston/ and gravel,across it at a rafiid pace. Below the centre of the bridge there was a mark plan.* <«dt and it was found tlidt it did not lower a parlicle. It is nlne‘y feet dnra. . iSrjissels.. . Frowi’ the Post. ’ ■ ’ "*“■ ■ . John Ila.rlan'd, of IlarlandTBros., hardware merchants, Clinton,-, paid his old friend of the willow, Harry Dennis, a short visit on Saturday last. ‘J. D. Ronald Bas returned to town after a tour through the maritime ■p rev in ces.” ~H ? Iras 71 ispos e do f sever-' •al o f-h is-celebrated -fire engnre^“‘^“ Re.v. Mr. Cluff’, pastor of St, John.s church, has gone for a brief holiday, lie will * visit Detroit. * and other American eitidk., Mr. Cluff has al­ ready • become an indispensible element in our. pleasant village so­ ciety,. w Mrs. Foster, of Cli-ntoh, is visiting The first fall of the “beautiful” this, year fell on Tuesday last. The small boy seemed to enjoy snow-balling .on the first day of,September. , .V ...Ilarr.vjHunt,rbeafl miller in Fair's mill,.Clinton, Was in town, on Satur-, day 11 illicit. Thos. FarqtibAr, of'the 5th, heavy draft horse t.O’G'ox the ' Mr. ' sold a „ American buyer, for ®220. : Messrs. McVfttie A Medd with their 1 steam thresher threshed on the farm ! of Mr. William Best', lot 10,1 Ith con., IT.ulIett; 048 bushels of fall wheat arid 200 bushels of oats in 11 hours in , eluding stoppages, and in the short time of 30 minutes' threshed 90 bus, * of Fall wheat. The offiolals.of the County Council, have confirmed the awarding of the tender for tho iroh^sttpoi^truoture of the Londesboro bridge, to the Messrs Fisher, of Kinoar<line, The stone work ofthe piers is in a forward state, the stone bad to be brought from a quarry near'Brussels, 'in tho town­ ship of Grey. A meeting of the Council was held at Londesbord on Thursday of last Week, , when all tho members were ns sembled. On the petition of W.II. ’ " Wavmouth and others ftlO was grant ed to Mrs.-Charlotte Walker, an in­ digent, A communication from tho Mayor of Clinton respecting a by-law do, protect shade trees'was laid over . for future consideration. W. Far** , qubnr’s account for extra statute flriAn. omHnoiiFs costs in drain , Rev. xM,r. -Rupert,’ of" Clinton, preach educational Hermans in 'he -odist Church lierO ott Sabbath morning and evening. Miss, Legear, of Ripley, is visiting friends in this vicinity. _MiSs Min tile Elford left on._Sattirday. lasFoti a -vi-it to frlends'-in tlie^nmah^ Rev. Mr, D.uff, of Hamilton,, is here on a visit to his brother, Mr. A. Duff. '■' Mr. Ezra Pickard now wears a paren­ tal smile. That’s bttSin'ess,-E«ra. .Un Saturday last Mr. Ed. Acheson mojgAyith a bad accident. He nud-his nmn’tyjere engaged drawing in peas, when- just, as they got to the barn door the Waggon Struck a.stick, which caused it to upset, throwing Air Acheson off-. In his descent he got one leg fast in the spokes of the ' wheel, which resulted in breaking that limb, He is doing as well As Could be-expected Dr; Holm.es, of Goderich, is attending hip. will Meth- riexl, Mi’. A. Drinkwater has T>6'en“cbm- mitted to gaol at Waukesha, Ill., to await extradition'"“to Canada on a charge of forgery preferred against him by D . W. Beadle, the St. Cather­ ines nursery man. “Di’inkwater was at one time ft resident of Wingharn, "and his wile and family only left Wingharn for the United States a few days ago. Business appears to be booming at the Brussels flax mill. A. Webster, the manager, reports to date over 5 0 tons Of'flax received at the mill, over 30/0 bushels of seed shipped. The, pay roll one week amounted to $455 72 besides $6()t>0 paid to farmers for flax. TliO^botUe is somewhat like* Pat’s gun, itadangerous ^whether loaded or not. Last Saturday .Will D. Wiley, of Windham, went into a room where thio empty bottles are kept and acoi-' denlly fell on a pile of them. As a result fifteen bottles were smashed to smithereens and Will, had a gash out* in his left thumb which severed the artery. It required six stitches to draw the gap together, Fred. Sturdy, of Guelph, who ab­ ducted Miss Carr from Guelph, and took her to Ilamilton and forcibly married her, eight yeava apo, lias been released from Poriitontiary, hav* ing served his full term, less reduce A vrtfgon load of dynamite intended I intended for use on -tire Burleigh r Canal works exploded near Latcefield; county of Peterbdi*o,< one day last week;? In going"dovyn hUTThe horses ; broke Into-alight trot. They reached the bottom of the hill in safety, but ~ "When~"tlrey had come to. a marshy ■- spot, a sound like that of ".thunder * rent the air and the two men and I team had literally disappeared. The I scene bf the accident was at the loot ; of the hill at a point wkeTd'the road i is surrounded ’by swampy ground,' covered by stunted bush and under; -growth. . The force .of tji® terriffic concussion^ made ah. excavation in the road and the sunrbuhding Bwatnp -fully 150 ieet wide, and nob less than.', ten feet deep . Not a fragment of tlie wagon, excepting the tbhgue, is to bo _seen, but th’e horses; which . were hurled fifty froth the spotj ivero ' . lying one each Bide of the. road in the swamp,, torn-.and mangled beyorid descriptioh. The shoes. Were.actually .torn from their hoofs by the violence of the explosion; The harness Was stripped in Bhreds and scattered far ' and near. The tongue of the wagon was lying in the. road fully 100 yards from the spot where the explosion " ^bkjdaffeAlPEe onlylalgns^dUtlig*^ J unTortunate men at first discernible i. Were fragments of their clothing, ' blackened and' burned and streWn in . i all directions. A short search ip the * bushes aroxi nd, ho we ver^ sobrfbfotigh t to sight ghastly proofs of the terrible^- fate of the men, although in frag--' ' merits so small-that some diffidulty Was exjB^^^ptLib.ffridirig them. . In one a Iriindred yards from -the spot, the remnant of a' hand torn from the arm, was pick­ ed up. Still further .away a mangled fragment of flesh was lying which . Seemed to have been turn from one. o Lt h en is-hr easU^o nd-nn-R > ed e f hand side of the road, some 60 or 70 Tfferint^t.hr-WAWpr-KmFf ul ly “sixty “ yards from the scene of the explosion, the scalp of one of the victims, cover­ ed with black hair, was ..found taken clean from the.head. Other terrible evidences of the horrible end“of ‘the poordellows were found in the shape of charred and blackened pieces of' their Clothing, boots and bodies, but " scattered so Tar apart and so smaH 'in size that they gnve.no clue whatever as to who the men were, even had any one been there to identify them. The victims are said to be nftmed-* Morton and Simmons, and to have lived in Tweed. The Wagon contain* ed .twenty cases of the eXplOfiivej *eafih olAvhich of which is believed to “have contained one hnndred^o^nds. The sound ef the explosion was plain­ ly beard for a circle of five miles from the scehe of the disaster, and was . . described by those who heard it as if an earthquake had taken .place. In the immediate vicinity windows Wero shattered, and the gable end of an adjacent barn blown in by the con­ cussion, while a threslieir at Mf. Moher*s farm was lifteff frbm the ground by its tremendous force# Th many places it^waa thought an earth­ quake had occurred. Durham uutLron sEnvicK.-A t,h»w» hrerl Sho.t-Hdnl llnl) f« kept for*6 Mm* st time of