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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-4-23, Page 4AMINO 4 New Advertisements, LOonl-J. IIalli lay. Wanted -Dr, D'leKelvey. Pink Pills -Dr. Williams. Boota and Shoes --Alex. Straohan, Save your Money -G, A. Deadman. 07 -be Nrusuis FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1.897. TKO prospects of brighter days are be. coming a reality and the following item concerning the Great West will be read with satisfaction :-Lieul,•Governor Mackintosh, of the Northwest Territories, who was in Ottawa the other day, asserts that since last harvest the farmers of Manitoba and the Northwest have paid off $8,600,000 of indebtedness, and start out on the Summer with the strongest of hopes for the near future. The boom in mining and the contemplated early con- struction of the Crow's Nest Pass Rail. way will add much to the prosperity of the Northwest settlers. NEWER since. Confederation has there been such a political overthrow in Can- ada as occurred throughout Nova Sootia Tuesday in the general elections for that Province, The Conservative party was mactically extinguished. The Conserve,. tives did not oarry their full ticket in a single 000nty of the eighteen comprising the electoral district. In fact, they will have but four members iu a house of 38. In the last Ifouse the eight mem- bers from Cape Breton Island were tom• prised of G Conservatives and two Libor. Ms. In the now Assembly there will not be n solitary Conservative, Cape Breton seeding a solid phalanx of Liberals. The Liberals carried 15 of the eighteen noun. ties, ,lected two or three members in one of the others and divided the represents• tion in the remaining two. .Tuners has declared war on Greece. Fighting on the frontier has been vigor- ously resumed. The Greeks have won an important engagement at Reveui and the Turkish army there was reported to be retreating, but later dispatches show that the Turks have had the best of it so far. Both sides are fighting like demons it is said. The Times in an editorial on the war between Turkey and Greece dwelle upon the provocation Turkey has received by Greece invading Crete and remaining there, and then invading Macedonia. The paper asks :---"What other power its Europe commanding a Line army would have carried its patience so far as Turkey has done ?" It adds :- "0f course there are special reasons why she has been slow to respond to the pro- vocation. Turkey is well aware that in no case will she be allowed togetherthe fruit of victory over a Christian people. The statement in her circular to the powers declaring that she has no idea of conquest and expressing willingness to withdraw her troops if Greece withdraws hers from the frontier and from Crete was wise, but it was also a somewhat superfluous dis- play of moderation. She prudently re- nounces what she knows she will not be permited to have," It is not considered likely that the powers will interfere bet. ween Greece and Turkey until one power or the other is defeated. The proposals will likely be made for a aonveution to settle the terms of peace. The sympathy of a, large portion of the civilized world is with Greece. Nova Scotia Elections. TUI. autitsc.s a PAUTI ('ONTICIielle )(N rowitit. General Provincial elections took place in Nova Scotia Tuesday. The result was the success of the Liberal party. Every member of the Provincial Government who offered for re-election was returned. The names of the successful candidates are as follows :- Annapolis - Langley and Bancroft (Liberals.) Attigoneh-11IcGillivery and Chisholm (Liberals), Cape Bruton-Eendall and Johnston (Liberals). Colchester -Laurance (Liberal), 11ic. Minion (Conservative), Cumberland -Black and Fraser (Lib- erals). Digby-Coneau mud Gidney (Liberals). Geysboro-Sinclair and Ferguson (Lila. orals). Halifax - Mitchell, MaPhersou and Wallace (Liberals). Hunt's -Drysdale (Liberal), Wilcox (Conservative). Inverness -McDonald and Doucett I iberaly . ( ) fling's-WiekwirO and Dodge (Lib. orals) i,uuenberg--Church and Sperry (Lib. erals). Pirtnu-•-llebonald and 1leGroogor (Liberals), Tanner (Conservative). (,),peen's --Farrel (Liberal) ; second seat in doubt between I(eill (Liberal) and Mil. lard (Conservative). Riclmtond--Joyce and Finlayson (Lib• orals). Shelburne. -Johnstone and Robertson (Liberals), by acclamation. Viots'ia-1?romier Murray and Mar, Aeon (Liberate), Yarmouth --Law and Leblanc (Lib - orals). The latest returns give 34 Liberals and 4 Cotservativee 0100ted in the Nova Scotia Provincial elections, Me. Church, Commissioner of Works and Mines wee defeated, At St. John, N. 11., Rev. D. Corbett, a Romer, Catholic, priest attaobed to the caths mal parish, fell from the third storey window of the Biehop'e residence and was killed. Farmers and the Duty. To the l:dltor of Toa ;conn' Dona Sia, -If farmers would examine the effect the duties on food stuffs would have cu themselves if these duties ever bsoome effeotivo, they would be the first to insist on their abolition. For many years to 0o111e our principle exports will neccasarily cuueist of food stuffs, con- sequently these duties can be effective only in ease of n serious failure of crops. If such a calamity hofel us, the priori of food stuffs would be exalted to the full extent of the duty, plus theer tentage of profit dealers charge on their outlay for duty, 1t is estimated that for every dollar the dealer pays in duty, the con- sumer pays one dollar and fifty cents. The speculators, millers and the few farmers who {vera fortunate enough to have good crops would under these con- ditions realize abnormal profits, for the farmers whose crops had failed would be obliged to purchase food for their families and live stook at the exalted prices from these speculators, millers and lucky farmers. Thus we see these duties on food stuffs eau only be effective when the community is suffering raider the most awful visi- tation that can atliiet the people of any cuuutry, and whets in consequence thous- ands of our wage earners would be out of employment. The inevitable effect of these duties on food stuffs if ever they become operative would therefore be to deepen the distress amongst the farmers and wage earners whose losses and enforced idleness and consequent poverty compel them to bear the full force of such a calamity as a failure of crops, whilst they (the duties) would at the expense of these suffering millions enrich that portion of the coin- nnnuity whose wealth and good crops, even in the absence of these duties, would enable them to protest themselves against the consequences of such a visitation. The imposition of such duties aro at variance with the "golden ruled' the key from which all our laws are supposed to take their tone, and are a disgrace to the Statutes of any Christian country. Farmers ahonld insist on their aboli• Mon, not only for the injury they roust inflict on themselves if ever they became effective, but because they furnish an exouse for the perpetuation of duties on other thiugs that are a daily loss to all who pursue that honorable calling. It should always be remembered that as 1 long as there is a surplus for export, duties levied for protective purposes afford no protection. 1i. W.emxrxox. Ottawa, April 8,'07. • 113 La. sirs. J. W. Bell spent Sunday in the circular town. Good Friday was observed here as a general holiday. Service was hold in Trinity church ou Good Friday evening. Thos. Joynt shipped from this aeration six ear loads of ashes for Boston. Several cars of logs from Kippen have arrived at this station the past week for' , E. Livingston, Owing to the sienna valve bursting in Livingston's factory the hands have been laid off for a week. Mr. and Mrs. Emigb, of the Com - mei aid, have returned from their Rueter belidsyein Buffalo. Monday was almnstas sold and stormy as any day in the Winter. The citizens seemed to feel it more s(. Dr. J. Tanner, of London, is spending a few days holidays with relatives in town. We understand that lis contem. plates practicing his profession in Strath. ray. There is not much prospect of our flax mill requiring any flax this season. If snob is the as -e, it will be a great loss to some of our citizens who have large families that bred to earn n good many dollars during the season pulling it. 11:111eva.lco. The sick are all improving, Sidewalk repairs are badly needed. Mies Cowan is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ma.ltinney. Miss Ella Funston, of Brussels, is visit• ing Mrs. Bruce. Report of Presbyterian induobion in another column. William Pugh intends going to Algoma in the near future. • Mr. Crawford has gone to Manitoba to make his fortune. Ed. Bailey is home from his school at Hamburg for Easter. Miss ()roes hoe returned to Bluevale after a visit Eastward. Mrs. White, of Glenallen, is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. Scott. Mrs. T. Farrow, of Brussels, was visit. ing at John Farrotv's last week. We were p'sased to shake hands with the Editor of THE POST 011 Tuesday, Mrs. Asher Farrow, of Goderiah, we''s the guest of Mrs. Musgrove last week, Ed. Couple, who is attending the Col. logiate at Godorioh, is visiting his parents, Jos. Puget has opened up a full line of 0110iee groceries and a full assortment of tinware. Editor MaDonald was visiting at the Parsonage during the past week. His wife and children are here yet. Rev. Dr, McDonald, of Kincardine, who has been supplying the Presbyterian church for the pact five weeks, returned to his hone on Wednesday tailing with him the kind wishes of all the village. The Flax mill business in our village is still booming. 1350 bushels of swells bought and everything looks prnspornas, The Directors are :-Thomas Straohan, John Me.Craeken, jr., Mallard Johnston, George survey and James Elliott, d ariatilan Nowi'c. Dr. Wm, McCargow, of Hamilton, is dead. Winnipeg's now opera house was open- ed the other night, London's tax rate this year will be 21 2 3 milia on the dollar, Mr. Kennedy, proprietor of The Ilam- flton :Crates, is serionsiy i11, An attempt to baro the steamer Gar. den City at fort Dalhousie was frnstrtt• ed by a couple of Lieberman near by. John Hines was arrested at Winona and taken to Welland to be tried on a Charge of killing George Potter's horse, The Roxborough blook at Norwood was deetroyed by lire and ebveral other business establishments were swept away. It is impeded that Alex. Gnnn ex.M. has been appointed postmaster ofKing• atop to ,noosed Jatnes Shannon,superan- nuated. TETE BRUSSELS POST awa Bort Madole, of Dorchester, wee robbed of $G6 by footpads in London. St. Patrlolr's Boys' Sohool at Halifax was seriously damaged be fire. The Leaden Jubilee Committee lute decided to erect a new hospital. Cattle shipments from Manitoba to the British I i m 'h enced =whets have commenced. nm John J. I'oote, proprietor of The Morning Chronicle, of Quebec, is dead. William, the fourteeu-yoar.old sot of Wm. Davis, of Hamilton Township, was killed in at runaway aeoident. Miss Mary Maynard was burned near- ly to death at Whitby by her olothing Wahine fire from a lamp. The split in the Conservative organi• Y.abiun at Ottawa was closed Monday night, when T. W. Currier was elected President. The nomination in West Prince made vacant by the unseating of the Tory member took place Tuesday. The can- didates are the Berne its at the general election, S. F. Perry, Liberal, and 311. Haoket, Conservative. At Bergerville, Quebeo, as Mrs. Auguste Lamontagne was going ]tomo across the fields she attempted to (moss over n fence, but her dress caught and she fell over on her head. Her neok was broken and death was iustantaneons, kir. Lnunt, 131. P., has received a eat• ter from Sir Oliver Mowat stating that his appliaatiot for the suppression of the license of the Massaobusetts Benefit In - Emmett Association cannot be granted under the law as it exists. At the Owen Sound Assizes, Miss bIn- Niven shed Rev, Mr. Ledinrdfor slander, The minister had told the plaintiff's in- tended husband something that caused him to break the engagement, The young lady finally consented to accept a complete retraction and apology from the minister, who will also psy all costs, Wunns IT SPENT aloe WrrTrn,-A robin was 0augbt by one of the High School students of Waterford, with a piece of paper tied to its leg, with the following query :-"Where will this robin build its neat in the coming Spring 7" The note was signed N. Jnlos Ferdinand, box 415, Tmnpa, Florida, The student immedi. ately wrote to Florida aunnunoing the capture of the bird. A WOODSTOCK Bar's ADvaxxuen.-The following despatch from Newton, West Indies, refers to the eon of W. H. Van Inman, oollectur of Customs, Woodslook : -The British cruiser Partridge, Capt. Van Ligon commanding, reports that On Sunday, ltiaroh 28th, she fired on a suspicions vessel that resembled the old filibuster Bermuda. The Partridge start- ed on a cruise ou March 25th, and early on Sunday she sighted the steamship which she at first thought was a West India fruiter. The vessel refused to show her colors and the Partridge fired two blank shots and then solid shots at the steamer. The range was too long for the shots to be effective and the Part- ridge started in pursuit. The cruiser being the slower vessel, the suspicious vessel escaped, The Partridge returned to Watling's Island to look after a schooner that was with the steamship, but she too had escaped. It is supposed that the vessels ware a part of a filibustering expedition that started from Nassau for Cuba. The Partridge will leave again ou another search after them, Fall Wheat Spring wheat Barley._ _ ....... Peas Peas (large) Oats Butter, lilts and Eggs per dozen Flour per barrel Potatoes (per bag) Hay per ton. Hides trimmed Hides rough Salt per bbl., retail Sheep skins, each Lamb skins eaob Hogs, Live Dressed Hoge 70 72 811 22 25 87 138 54 55 17 18 11 00 8 4 00 4 50 25 7 00 8 00 5 5i 8 7 1 00 00 40 GO 15 40 4 00 4 70 6 50 G 00 Now Yeast, April 20. -Butter. -Market steady; creamery, 180 to 17a ; do. factory, So to 11}o ; Elgins, 170 ; Irritations steady at 10c bo 14io; State dairy, 180 to 16e ; do, creamery, 13o to 17c. Cheese quiet ; largo state, 00 to 12e ; fancy, Oo to 12io ; part skims, 4o to 8ao ; full skims, 2}c to 80. TORONTO, April 20. Market Quiet. Wheat -Better demand and prisms about 2o higher for Ontario grades, at 770 for reel and 78c for white, north and west ; Manitoba lo to 2o higher ; sales of No. 1 hard, Midland, at 87o and No. 2 hard at 85e. Flour -Demand firmer, at $8.86 to $3.70 for straight roller west. Barley dull ; nominal at 300 to 810 for No, 1 ; 82o to 380 for No. 1 extra ; 20c for No. 2 ; 24 for No. 8 extra, and 210 for feed outside. Corn is firmer, at 25o for yel- low west, Oats in good demand ; mixed sold uorth and west ab Iflee, and white et 20o middle freights. Pons are in de, mend and firmer ; oars sold, middle freights, at 40o. Moxraztn, April 19. -At the east end cattle market blue morning the offerings of live stock were 150 cattle, 15 sheep, 25 spring lambs, and 50 calves. The weather was cold and wet and the at. tent -lance of buyers was very small, which, however, avis 110 surprise to the few dealers who had cattle of the market after the active buying of butchers last week, and until tits bulk of their present stock of beef is worked off-whichR 'ill take at least the balance of this wools to do -little activity is looked for its the cattlo trade, On the whale the market was very tame., and only for some buying nn the part of one of our leading export. ors very few, if any, cattle would ilava changed hands. The supply, however, was exceedingly small, and this fact, coupled with the above demand, enabled holders to maintain prices. Sales of heifers and steers for export were made at 4c to 4in, but 6e would have been paid for really oheiee stock, which was soared today, Choice cows sold at Ilio and bulls at 110 to 30, A fav good butcher's cattle wore disposed of at 4o to 45a, and lower grades at 2io to 3:10 per pound, The demand for Small meats was exooed- ingly Blow, in foot, holders of ehoep forma it impossible to effect sales, oonsognontly it le difficult to quote prices. Spring Iambic sold at $2 to 56 each, and calves et $1 to $7 each, as to size and quality, 3i sr Berme, N. Y., April 20,-Cabtlo Thorn were no fresh arrivals of sale stook, all the receipts being through ; the market is regarded as being steady, with the former prices of the week, and the outlook fair for desirable handy and good fat epoch. Veale steady et 531.511 to 54 50 ; choice to extra, 54.75 to $5. hogs --Receipts 70 mars ; the market 10110 very dull and slow, and prices ruled a Melted lower ; good to ohoioe Yot.lto's, $4.26 ; mixed packet's' grades $lir, ; medium weights 4 21 ; heavy hogs, 54.213 ' rough 1, ,$ Yl t„ 53,50 to 513.011. Sheep mid lambs -The supply was exceedingly light, only about t dock of fresh sale stock opining in. but abort seven ears hold over from pester. day's trade. 'I'ko market was slow and trading very limited, the prima mulled here being generally considered too high as compared with those of eastern mar- kets, from the seller's standpoint ; native lambs, choice to prime, $(1,10 to 50.25 ; good to choices, $6 56 to 58 ; common to good, do, $4.75 to 55.50 ; Dulls and com- mon lambs, $3,60 to $4.60 ; fair to extra ohoioe dipped, 54.50 to 55,30 ; fair to choice mixed sheep, $4,10 to 54.90 ; culls and common sheep, 513 to $3,75 ; export sheep, 54 Iib to $4.90. Tonorro, April 2011h. --Receipts at the Toronto etoolc market to day worn light - only 45 carloads at the western cattle yards-ancl the result was that the alta'. cots were cleared off early. Prices in all lines held firm. There wore better re- ports from Montreal, and the buying for there was steady, about eight carloads being taken. Buffalo buyers were pros. eat its numbers, and quite a few butchers' cattle and stockers were taken to go across the lino. The offerings at the yards here to -clay included 1,800 hogs, 100 sheep and yearlings, about two dozen spring lambs, 15 mileh cows and 26 calvoe, Total receipts for last week at the two yards wore :-Cattle, 1,116 ; sheep and lambs, 588 ; hogs, 3,028 ; weight foes, $0,050• Everything sold early, with prices firm all round, and a few Limos higher than they were last week Shoop -Fair trade ; light offer- ing, ; figures rule from 3Jo to 3ie per lb ; choice sheep are in demand. Spring lambs -Not vory many offered, and more could have been sold. They aro quoted at from 52.50 to $4 per head. They will sell readily at those pricee. Calves - Rather slow sale; really choice voids sell well enough, but anything else is quiet. Prices rule from 53 to 55.50 mostly, $0 being paid sometimes for choice voals. Hogs steady. Choice selections of bacon hogs were soon disposed of at 5o per lb., weighed off the cars. Thick fat hogs were slightly firmer, at 4,}c to 410 per Ib. Sows being 3c to 390 per Ib. Stags, 2o. All kinds except stores are wanted. 5�t -10n- KOOTENAY DISTRICT, POINTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, KALSO, KOOTENAY CROSSING, MURPHY CREEK, NELSON, PILOT BAY, ROBSON, ROSSLAND, Etc. Tickets now pts sale at Special Low Rates The Grand Trunk Railway System via its Chicago lines gives you euporior ao• ,cnmmodation, lowest ohmges and the quiekost time to the above points. Tull information et G. T.311 stations. J. N. KENDALL., G. 1'. 1l. Agent, Brussels. BICYCLE EMPORIUM ! WAR MAIN ST. BRUSSELS RED BIRD, BRANTFORD, BLAOK BIRD, RUBY RIM. WOODSTOCK -NEW BARNES. WINDSOR -E, & D. TORONTO -CLEVELAND. GODERICH, HURON, {COMMON SENSE. I' Repairs and parts always on hand. Stoic Wheels dootored and a Duro guar- anteed. Hall and see our fine display of Wheels. 'COUS'Ltom."V■ r sine rg Are you going to require any Paper Banging this season 2 If so the undersigned ala0 at your call and guarantee a prompt, well merited Joh at a LOW price. A trial will convince yeti. Wo also attend to Tialsonlining and Painting with Neatness and Despatch. House Painting well done at Close Figures. Estimates cheerfully furnished. We aro horn to clo business so make your wants known and we will lose no tilde in filling them. .111 cCR4 CE.E.T ' G:R.IMOT D.BY. APRIL 23, 1;,97 17111 y to E have about every- thing that mon want for Style or Comfort—Every- tiling now and up-to-date and prices within easy reach of modest means. Everybody is invited to come. We want you to see the Clothing De- partment—if only to see how `—. the business is growing. Every Ian will be I7iterestec in the New Sufis, New Hats, New Pants, New Neckwear, New Underwear New Shirts, New Hosiery, Boots Sc Shoes New Dress Goods. E are doing a good trade in Dress Goods. The stock is in excellent shape. We are showing a good range of stylish Fabrices including the well known Priestley's makes, together with reliable Black Dress Goods. The 'Values are far better than you would expect. At, Ul Produce Wanted. THE rD r� EN Chickens Roost High but they Nust come down Try our Pure Loose Cream of Tarter l3aking Powder at 20 Cents per lb, Gillet's Lye for making soap, is the best. We handle the Best fic, Cigars on the market, Choice Candies Always Fresh We order our Goods often therefore the Goods aro Always Fresh. TERMS—SPOT C4SH. Kerney & MCCr°ac Ken. Don't Forget that t (11:11 afi(,:, 11 - -ARE IIEADQUABTEP.lS FOR - 1 Cm PaHiry Sil SIJC.8 ,iS gym_ Milk Cans, Creamery Cans, Mi1.1 Pans and Pails, Etc. �i ordered. ward promptly attenae i to. Castor Oil and the Best Machine Oils always in Stack. WILT TuRN1 HLi