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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1894
DRMoDONALO, M. 1),, ON popailimou, tho (thief tice awl hie a
sociatee get only 08,000 year. Let u
SAL.48IES, tate lelinuesatit owl. compare it wit
Manitoba,. In Mianegoto, with 1,800,00
population, the thief jeetioe has 04,60
I want to mace a few calm remarks. Onper. year, 01311 1318 ageociates $4,000, whet+
o this queetion, I have had the ]?10000L'6 of es la Illaaitobs with 131y apopulation o
a member of this armee now for eight 164,000, the chief justice has 00,000 an
yeare, and 1 never saw fattened into suth his aSSOCiatee $4,000. Compare Dlta+
a bear garden Bait has been thie after. with the Territories, Dithatt hes a popu
00010. 1 think WO 011011111 0011(1110t our- letiop of 600,000, and her chief Jostle
athe more In amorclonce with the rules god associates receive $8,000 iier yea
of the Homo than we have been Join to- men, while In oar Territories, with onl
day, I want to say a few words with ro- 67,000, the judgee reoetve $4,000 per yea
geed to the ealaies of the judgee. A few en montane, with a popnlallon of 182
years ago the lion, Premier brougbt be. 000, the (thief Justice and his assoaete
fore the Honee a resolution to inoreaee receive 00,000 per annum. The °hie
the salariee 01 1110 judges ; but it wits juritme in Dribble Columbia, wbose popu
found, after a few clays' convereation 1061011 10 97,000, gets 05,000, need 1310 AB
among the members on the seljece, that sedates 04,000. In Washington Terri
the feeling of the House was strougly tory, with a population of 849,000, th
against any inereeee. ' So strong woe that Jaeger+, receive 08,000 a yew,. You wi
feeling an the hou, leader of the Tfouse see by this othiperisori, whioh the Preei
thought 11 best to Withdraw the resolta (Mat of the Commit (Mr. Ives) eaia woul
tel. he Bonn fit to -day to bring in be a ear eampeejsee, that we nee 8001113; tether resolution, not of the same char- cuar judges a very fair sum. It is said i
aoter, but somewhat similar. I think he is dilimult to obtain good men at thee
)10 adopting the Nepoleonie seyle of de- ;salaries, because many advocates mak
,eating hie enemies, by taking 100 m de" twice as tamale Bub it must be remem
111, This Year bo brings in a resolution bored that the very beet; advocates do not
to increaee the retiring allowanoes of the always make the bast judges, There are
judges, and probably next year he will bcertatu qualificiations which a judge re
ring in another to morearte their salaries. who
II quires. He requires particularly good
think it wae the hon. President of the sense, an equitable temperament, a keea
geoureeil clad that it would be fair to
comparesense of justice and great patience; and
the Wanks paid to the judges in you will frequently find these qualifica.
tide country with those paid be the tions attorneye who do not make 010,-
1:fated Stetee. I am one' of those Vibe 000 or $20,000 at the Bor, but who would
believe that every man who is called to make better judges upon the Bench than
discharge his duty iu the interests of the probably many first-olass advocates.
state should be well paid -should be paid This will be admitted by every one, 'In-
apt only for his time, but for the &Meause all you want, other things: being
he brings to the discharge of his duties, 1 am farequal, is a man with broad common -
would like to see the eatefrom being one of those who eenee, a wide sense of India, in hie heart,
ries of judges and a 'knowledge of the law, He does
l000wrnepratrletanthtehire they setae sd withbe. tax Bo:I:0711l not require that technical or extensive
other
people, I feel theyknowledge of the law that en ad -emote
am reasonably higla
ndoes, because he hears the points discuss-
otat] Matt it would be an injustice to the ed by the advocates before he has to form
her °lames if they were increased, or
any advantages given them more "" 18 conclusion. Further, Mr, Chairman,
we know that the selections made in On -
First Ministethey poseess itt present. The right bon. torso have been, on the whole, very good.
r said that the salaries of the We have nothing to complain of with re.judges in Ontario were about equal to
those of Cabinet Minestere. I would ask gard to our judges in Ontario. Ibappears
any hongentleman if he does not believe that ibe Quebec people areaways at each
that, the wavy given to a juago e,.
seaothers' throats about the juatheir
"' province. I must say, from a knowledge
eiehtly high when it is equal to that given of our judges for the last twenty-ilve or
a Cabinet Minister? Every one knows
the arduousthirty years, that they are an ornament
duties a Cabinet Minister has
to diseherge, and the great responsibility glad
bo the position they occupy, and I am
and the varied expenses entailed upon to know that we are able to boast
on account of the position he that our judiciary is one of the purest in
him coma
piee. ThereforeI think the judes the world. Bob if it has been possible to
, gaxe
obtain these niers in the past for the sal-
Ministers.more than eceually well paid as CAgain, we are told that liv-
abinet arias ate Government has given, it surely
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ing toih 0 country kaday is much dearer is possible to continue to obtain them,
it was When t130 Salari08 web Particularly this will be seen to be the
tlall e firSu case whole it is considered that the selea-
fixed. If that be so in the cask of the
tions in Ontario have been madefrom one
jadges, ibis equally so with regard to _q
ever): other class in the community, and only.erVery seldom within the last
5! living new le higher than it was form.. fteen years has a judge been taken from
erly 16 would be unjust to tax other ohms- the lig"' ParSX' Gond men have been
es for the purpose of benefitting one or secured from oneparty, and there are
• two. I wish to draw a comparison be- just as 50011 men in the etbu7arbywbo
tweeu
have never been asked to sit on the
the salitriee of judges ne this coma- a
• try and the United States. The Fed. "-"eneb' I think there is nothing in the
argument that M is impossible to get good
era] judges of the United States are eight
m
in number. The chief justice receives en to occupy these positions. It must
e10,500 and his associates $10,000 eoch, be of greet advantage to the judge of the
We havno court in this countrcom-
Supreme Court that he is able to retire
• e y
parable with the Federal court, because wipli an allowance of two-thirds of his
that is the highest court of jurisdiction salary, giving him an Moms of over
in the United State, and although olir $4,000. This annuity or superannuabion
Supreme Court is the highest court in must be taken into account wben you
'Canada yet 11 10 not the highest oourb of consider the amount of their salaries in
juriedietiou, because we sena n large 1...
emnPeteieen„vwith theaincome of tile nienl-
• number of our eases to the Judicial Coln- "
0"e 'ear. enlleare the Potation of
matte° of the Privy Council in England. our judges with that of the judges of the
Therefore, the Federal judges of the United States. There are many admen -
'Gaited States are of a higher ohmmeter tages on the side of judges Imre. In the
than those of the Supreme Court of Can- first place, the judges in the United States
ado. Take the circuit +mart judges of the have lower salaries than judges here.
Unitea Stotes, wbo are nit° in number. There a man at the Bar is elected to a
ca end of the you overage a little more than
the eXpensos during that year, will say
h that the Governmene have tasked this
House to increase the salaelete of men wbo
are Row chewing as much tte eleven or
twelve families of laboriegamen. It may
be said that we cannot draw a opal.soa between these two olaoses of people.
But we meet always remember 11101we
should nob impose a burden, 00 I said be-
fore, upon those who are struggling from
one and of the year to the other to make
beth ends meet. The Government claim
oredit this year for reducing taxation up-
on the laboring people of this comely,
and if they are to retain credit for that,
they most not Mereose the pnblic expenda
tura by increasing the salaries of judges
which we believe are now sufficiently
high. think that the principle of super.
emanation is entirely wrong when applied
to civil eervauts oe to Government offi.
oials of any kind. I think no argument
Wm be adduced to justify that practice.
There
ie only one class that, in my opin-
ion, should be pensioned, and that is the
oleos of men who are drawn from various
occupations fa life, to fight the battles of
our country, those who expose their lives
in the interest of the country, who receive
very little from it in. wage% and who have
to leave happy homes; and families, and
leave thole country,. in many cases, to
fight for us. This m the only class, in
my opinion, that should receive a super-
annuation or a pension. We are now
paying 0888,000 for pensions, superannu-
ations and gratuities. We pay 130 lees
than 088,000 for the superannuation of
judges, and when the people of this coun-
try know that they are paying nearly a
third of a million dollars every year into
the pockets of men who axe sufficiently
paid when in the employ of the Govern-
ment, they will come to the conclusion
that there is partiality shown in the
distribution of the funds of this country.
I think the Government would bountyme,
especially at this partioulay juncture, in
burdening the people of this country any
more and any longer by increasing the
superanuuation given. to the judges. As
I said before, this ie only the beginning of
the end, Two years ago a resolution was
brought down to increase the salaries of
the judges all retina, public opinion in
this House and out of it was opposed to
the measure, and the leader of the GOY-
ernment withdrew Now, this is the
entrance of the thin edge 'of the wedge.
Next yeas we will probably find art m-
ore:tee in some other department of the
judiciary, and in less than five years we
will have just what the resolution two
years ago promised us. Therefore, I
would urge upon the Government not to
choose this time to impose additiottal
burdens upon the people. Let the Gov.
ernmont show economy in this matter by
eating down extravagant eateries and
milking the taxes of the people lighter,
and I am sure they willreeeivethe thanks
of the people as well au the thanks of
every member of the House.
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Their salaries are 86,000 it year, and they
have to live in cities just as well as the
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judges Canada, -where their expenses
e, arejust as great. Justice May lives in
Boston, where living is as dear as in
Montreal or Toronto. Judge Blaohford
lives in New York; Judge Harlan lives
' in Chicago. Chief justice Fuller lives in
Washington, where the expenses are as
high as any city in the Dominion. Take,
again, the United States Court of Claims.
The salaries of the judges there aro $4,-
500 per year. Then there are the die-
- trict courts of the United States, where
the salary amounts to 08,500 per year for
lifty-one of the judges, 04,000 per year
for 10 of them, and 05,000 per year for 1
of them. Those judges are distributed
throughout the various states, where liv-
ing is, if anything, higher than it is iu
any of our provinces. Jn the Supreme
Court of the Distriot of Columbia, the
chief justice gets 85,000 and his associates
only $4,000, Although they have to live in
Washington, the centre of fashion aud
expanse. Let me make n few 'other coin.
pansons, Take the province of Ontario,
with a populabion of 2,112,000. We pay
our thief justice 06,000 per year and hie
associates $6,000 per year, But 111 On-
tario they receive about 01,000 Gnat in
addition, which would make 07,000 for
the chief justice and 00,000 for his as-
eociates. Compare with that peoviuce
the state of New York, whose population
18 5,918,000, and in that large state the
thief justice has 07,500 per year, and his
associate judges 07,000 per year. Take
the proviuco of Quebeet with a population
' of 1,489,000 ; its thief juseice gets 00,000
per year, mid his associates $5,000, while
30 Mohigan, with a population of 2,094,-
000, the chief justice and the aSeeehtte
judges receive 05,000 per year each. In
Indiana, with a population of 2,192,000,
the elnef justice and his assooiseee re-
• ceive only 05,000 per year. Take New
Brunswick, whioh has a population of
320,000, the chief justice there receives
05,000, and hie associates $4,000, while in
Maine, with a populatiou of 061,000, the
chief justice and associates get 08,000
•year, Again, in Nova Scotia, with a
POPulatioie of 460,000, the chief justeee
theavos 06,000 salary, and the associate
11. thief juetiedreceivee 08,600 salary, and
judges 04,000, whereas in New Hamp-
shire, having a population of 316,000, the
bim associates $8,200, Compare Prince
Ildward Island with Vermont, Prince
IldWitrd Island has a population of 100,-
000, and its obief justice its a salary of
$4,000) and the aseeciate judges 08,200,
while in Vermont, with three lame the
judgeshipan the state of Michigru, let us
say, Eels °limbed to fill the place for a
csrtaln period. He must stand the ex-
pense of his electiou, and when he is de-
feated or retired, lie must go back to
build up his practice Detew. Yet they
have very excellent judges in many of the
states, it being quite frequently the 01450
that a man is chosen on his merits ir-
respective of party. If good mole can be
got in the United States to 11116110 judge-
ships under these conditions, surely in
Onto -leo and the other provinces we should
be able as we have been hitherto, in On-
tario at least, to secure good men. There-
fore, I think we should not increase the
salaries of these judges, especially in the
present depressed state of trade. Tho
workbag people of this country have to
work early had tete in order to, make both
ends mate and they cannot stand it that
salaries of 00,000 or 07,000 should be in-
oreneecl by annuity or superannuotion; or
in any other way. Just leb me give you
a few facts, Mr. Chairman, which the
people generally ought to kaow, and
which hongentlemen of bhis House
ought to know. The total average wages
earned by men in the cities, towns and
villages m this country, from 1884 to
1890, was 0447 per year. It being six
o'clock, the Speaker left the chair.
Before six o'olock, in spealting of the
salaries of the judges, Iwas about to draw
a compel:Mon between tho average salary
of the naps of this country and the
average Wary of the wage-earner ; and
while I think there oan be no approach
of the salary of the wage-earner to that
of the judge, because they work in differ-
ent spheres of life, still there should be a
reasonable similarity between the two.
3. find on looking over the Bureau of
Statistics thee the average wages paid to
families in cities and towns from 1884 to
1890, were 4447 ; and the expense of liv-
ing during those six years averaged 0407,
leaving a balance bo the wage-earner and
his family of only 040 at the end of the
year, Now, I find that the average sal-
ary of the judges is $5,500 ; so you will
see that one lodge corns as much as
twelve fomilieo. We will suppose CLOW
that each family averages five persons,
that would give 081.81 to each portant in
the workingman's family ; but each mem-
ber Of educlgea family of five persons
woad have 1,120;0in other- words, the
galaxy of a judge would maintain sixty-
eight laboring people, Now, I thiuk that
is a fele way to look at the question, and
3. ma sure it is froin that standpoint that
the laborers of this country will leek up-
on it. Therm men, whose earnings at, the
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Itrusaels School Board.
Regular meeting of Public School
Board held in Colwell Chamber on Fri-
day evening last.
All the members present.
The minutes of last regular meeting
were read and passed.
Moved by A. Reid, seconded by Dr.
Grahe,mthat the accoonts of J. T. Pepper,
e1.40, aud R. Rosa 01.00, as read be paid.
Carried.
Moved by A. Reid, seconded by J. N.
Kendall that this Board request the
terunioipal Council to levy and collect the
sum of 01,400 to cover expenses of school
for the thrrent year. Carried.
The Board then adjourned.
PRENDERGAST HANGED.
Prendergast was banged at 11;40 on
Friday last at Chioago. He died game.
It was nearly midnight when Prender-
gast lay down on the couch prepared for
him. Five minutes later he was sound
asleep. Obancellor Muldoon, of the
Cathedral of the Holy Name, and Father
Barry called at 8 oallook, but Prender-
gast was still sleeping soundly and was
not disturbed. At 6:10 he awoke with a
start. The death watch gave him a
cheerful greeting, but he was in a surly
mood and did not immediately respond.
He slowly dressed himself in the snit of
black clothes that had been brought to
him by his brother Thursday afternoon.
The execution was devoid of incident, for
the assassin went to his death like an ox
going to the shambles. Up to the last
moment the hope of interposition from
some source or another did not desert
him. The drop fell at 11:48. Prender-
gast'e neck was apparently broken. The
Inatome was a, trifle weak and unsteady
when hie arms were being pinioned.
He loolced calmly out on the assembled
crowd before Min. Jailer Morris placed
the rope mound his neck and the white
cap on bis head, and Prendergast had
taken his last look on earth. An instant
later his body shot downwara, tbe head
twisted to one side, and hung, slowly
swaying book and fortb. At 11:67, nine
minutes after the trim was sprung, Peen-
dergnst wee announced dead. The ass-
assin made no audible sound from the
time be left his sell. He was dissuaded
by Sheriff Gilbert in his determination to
mako a speech. At 11;58 Jailer Morris
loosened the anchored ends of the rope
and the shrouded (mimeo was slowly low•
ered and laid in a coffin standing under-
neath the platform. The face of the
dead wee not badly distorted.
Severe earthquake shooks are reported
from Mexico,
Oxford defeated Cambridge by 8 wick-
ets in their antual oriatet mat*.
In the election for city =withal of Dub-
lin, O'Donovan Roilea.got but three votes.
Edward Albert Chriatian George An.
drew Patrick David is the name of the
Duke of York's son.
Because he log 08,000, Bernard le.
Genteoh, a Buffalo mon worth $180,000,
Went out of hie mind and shot himeelf.
The Itritannie beat the Vigilant again
Monday. The Associated Press report
says "the 'Vigilant exhibited decided
superiority at every point and ougbt to
have won," But she didn't win.
THE OLORIOLJS TWELFTH.
A GREAT PRAICANSTR ATION,
About amoo t oo,ty, 1141ikn,.
lebrott thy
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"The Battle of the Boyne" Was right
royally celebrated in Wi ugh in, on
Thursday of last week. The morning
was dull with occasional showers, but be.
fore ten o'elook it elearee up and we bad
delightful weather during the met of the
day, From early morning people began
to pour into town by vehicles, and by
nine o'clock there wag io large crowd in
town. The excursion trams 00 the
Grand Trunk and Canadian Pooilie Rail-
ways brought in great numbers, the form.
er bringing upwards of 8,500 people and
the latter 1,726. Before noon there was
such a crowd as was never before seen in
• Wingbam, and the hatband other pieces
of accommodation were taxed to their
utmost to feed the immense gathering.
Thanks to the forethought of our towns.
people, ample provision had been made,
end all were furnished with meals who
desired such. Most of the !timorous
tente did a splendid trade and bad ample
supplies of cooling and refreshing drinks,
whioh were iu great demand on suoli a
warm day. Tlie forenoon was spent in
receiving the visitors and escorting them
to their different betels by the local lodge.
After dinner the Orangemen assembled
at the park near the G. T. R. station,
where the procession was formed. The
pretension was headed by five lodges of
Lady True Blues in carriages, followed
by several lodges of Orange Toung Brit-
ons and upwards of sixty lodges of Or-
angemen, interspersed with four brass
bands. The march was down Josephine
street to Viotoria street, thence to the
beautiful grounds of Mrs. Wm. Johnston,
on the eolith bank of the Maitland river.
.At the footbridge, a hitch oocurred, and
most of the Orangemen did not orose on
their way to the grounds, but proceeded
by way of Lowey Wingham. The pro-
cession was a long 0130 and presented a
very fine appearance with the banners of
the lodges floating in the breeze. Arriving
et the grounds, the seating athommoda.
tion whioh had been provided, and which
was thought to be sufficient, was soon all
taken up and, thousands had to be satis-
fied with seats on the Remind. On the
platform were a large number of prorain.
ant members of the Order. Jw. Mooney,
of Brussels, County Master of North
Huron, occupied the chair.
Mayor .Hanna welcomed the Orange-
men and visitors to Wingham in a neat
speech.
Rev. L. G. Wood, reotor ot St. Paul's
church, Wingham, was the next speaker.
Ete said ha was not a member of the
Orange Order, but he was fully in 55103 -
patty with the objects of the society, and
would join it were he not an Anglican
minister, and taken as strong oaths
against Catholioisna as Orangemen take.
He hoped the Order would go on aud
prosper. Ile had no sympathy with the
cry. that Proteetantism is in danger.
Tine large demonstration here to -day
;Mowed that Protestantism is not in dan-
ger, IP Orangemen were true to their
consbitution and the professions they
made, all would be well and Protestent.
tarn would never be in danger in this
glorious land. In as far as he could, he
extended to the Orangemen the freedom
of the town.
Rev. Dr. Gifford, pastor of the Wing -
barn 0106110410 church, was next intro.
defied by the ohairmau. He said be
joined with previous speakers in extend.
ing the freedom of the town to the Orange
brethren. He was pleased to see suoh a
large and representative gathering. No
country in the world could produce a
more intelligent and representative body
of people than he saw before him. He
was proud of the country in which we
live, and the flog which flank+ over us.
The Orange Society has a glorious name
and history. It.had had 00030 01 the
best men in the old land enrolled among.
sI its members. The Order was formed
in the interests and defence of truth and
liberty. If the members only live up to
the high standard inouloated by the con-
stitution of the Order, the Steady tall be
of great benefit in the country.
Major Bennet, of Toronto, was the
next speaker. He said he same in the
stead of Hon. Clarke Wallace, the Seem-
eign Grand Master, whose Parliamentary
duties would not permit of bim attend.
ing. He was pleased indeed to see suoh
a magnifibent gathering. It was the lar.
gest gathering of the kind be had ever
attended outside of Toronto, and showed
that the Orange institution was a pros-
perous and progressive society. Ire spoke
of the progressive nature of the society,
how it had been federated long before
Confederation, and had its Sovereign
Grand Lodge, Provincial Lodges, dio.,
and set the example to the rulers of this
country. Through all its different Magee
the Orange Order is Resisting to build up
the aountry. They believe in one flag,
one language and one school. They wel-
come the inhabitants of all nations to
Canada, but they must be British. There
was a time when the House of Comments
tmohpooed the bills of the Orange Ordee.
Thanks to the ballot, they had brought
that body to see things differently. The
Orange Order did not think that any-
thing should be done to excite or annoy
their Roman Catholio fellow oitizeus.
They wanted to see the children of both
Protestants and Catholios attend wheel
together, and the people assimilated.
The only way this 0180 be done is to have
one school for all.
A. F. Campbell, ex -M, P. P„ of Bramp-
tomwas than Introduced by the chalet:eau.
He said this was a glorious day for Wing -
bare, and a glorious day for the came
whioh we all love so mule He had 11 -
tended demonstrations in other places
for the past number of years, but benumb
eay that this woe the most magnificent
and best managed demonstration he bad
ever attended outside of the city of Tor-
onto. Talk of the Orange Order over
being supplanted by any other organiza-
tion Or system. Tnis splendid elegant).
lags shows that such will never be the
ease. There ie no day so dear to the
hearts of the people as the 12th of July,
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W. H. KERR, :Proi.
and ne day wben the leaps will turn oet
88 they do on that day. Any society that
has the good opinith of the index; will be
a grand Room. Two hundred and four
Yetere age, on the hank 01 10110 Boyne, a
beetle was fought width geve Lie civil and
religioes liberty. That victory °Reeled
these principles to the four meters of the
globe. Had we lived in the early days
WO would know what civil and religious
liberty meant. The liberty to worship in
their own way was gained, and we should
prize it bighly and trangmit it to our
posterity the same as we received it.
There are Filets of our Dominion to -day
in wbith 8 man dare not wear an orange
lily or bit of orange ribbon, or on the
Sabbath march to alumni without being
stoned. In Montreal and Quebec, °Wee
that is the OEM. In Western Ontario
Protestants are in the great majority,
and snob woad not be tolerated. We
must have the undaunted oourage of our
forefathers to carry out these things we
with, There •must be 40 surrender to
our righte and privileges. We live in a
glorious land. There is no land in which
the people enjoy more blessings and priv-
ileges than this. We have all the els.
meats to make a great and wealthy wan -
thy. The speaker then spoke of the great
wealth of the different provinces, and
gave Commercial Union, Rthiproeity and
any ',looking to Washington" a slap in
the facie, and closed a very good speech
by saying that the Orange society had
made a nommencement in the great bat-
tle for those things whioh they thought
were in the best interests of the people-.
one flag, one language and one sohool-
and would not ()ease agitating until those
laws were on the statute books,
Mr. 'Weismiller, the lately defeated
Conservative candidate in South Huron,
delivered a short address and the meet-
ing was brought to a dose by singing
"God Save the Queen," after a vote of
thanks to the speakers had been moved
by Rev. W. W. Leech, seconded by re
Perkins, and carried unanimously.
The people then made their way back
to town, where supper Wag partaken of,
and then it was a bustle and a rush to
get to the trains. By eight o'clock in the
evening the great majority of the im-
mense crowd had lefts town, either by
train or in rigs, and were it not for the
arches and other decorations, one would
hardly know that a monster deroonstra-
don had been held in town during the
day.
NOTES.
The deaorations, flags, ao., on many of
the business places of town, added mater-
ially to the beauty of the town.
Not only North Huron, but West Bruoe,
North Wellington, South Huron and
South Grey Orangemen were hugely rep-
resented in the procession.
It was an immense gathering, but
Wingham was able to eater lo them mm -
00501 ally and well.
The fife and drum bands were greatly
appreciated.
The Young Britons looked well in their
light clothing.
The four brass bands, assisted by the
fifers and drummers, furnished ntusio
galore.
The members of the Inicknow, Khmer.
dine and Wingham Lodges looked well
with their silk hats.
Five arches spanned Josephine sereet,
e.nd they were all nicely decked witb
flags, and wood carvings of "King Wil-
liam" crossing theBoyne, iSa,, made by
R. Bloomfield, of Morris.
The Lady True Blues filled a no unim-
portant part in the program.
John Mooney, County Master for
North Huron, !makes a model chairman
for a Mega gathering like tbat held on the
prairie.
The breaking of a brace in the foot-
bridge caused a little exoltementfor a few
moments, but the cool heads among the
crowd soon had the bridge repaired again.
A fair estimate places the number of
visitors in town at 9000.
The celebration passed off without an
accident or anything to mar the harruon y
of the meeting.
Sixty-seven Orange and Young Briton
lodges, five True Blue lodges and hate
brass bands were in the procession.
The railway companies did their part
well, furnishing splendid acccommodatiou,
and giving staple time in Wingham.
Our citizens vied with each other in
beautifying and decorating the town aud
deserve credit for their efforts in that
line.
To the local oomntittee is One the med.
it, to a largo extent, for making the cele-
bration the marked sitcom that it was.
IN MEI raBli,
During the ofterthou, some of the
younger portion of the crowd enjoyed
themselves in the park, where a couple
of games of football and a game of lacros-
se were played. The fled match was be.
tween the junior football clubs of Lis.
towel and Wingham, and after a very M-
elting and 'keen contest, it was deolared
%fleecy, each club having scored two
gosh.
The Marone match between Therrieton
and Waltham was then called on. This
was a weil-contested match, and resulted
in favor of Wingham by a score of two
pale to none. The Wingbam boys were
not able to put on all their players, as
some of them were otherwise engaged,
and that, places bad to be taloa by sub.
stitutes, This was one of the distrait
Berens games, and by winning it Wing.
ham is pieced well in the lead for the
dietriot ohampionehip.
The seinen: football match between
Teeswater and Wingbam was the last
event of the day, and proved an easy vic-
tory for Wingham, by a +more of four
goale to none, The visitors did nob seem
to be "in it," ao the saying goes.
A. bust of the poet Keats 01288 unveiled
in Hampstead, London Monday.
A. Hotchkiss gen exploded while troops
were exercising 10 Oltioago Monday and
killed five soldiers, beeides injuring oth.
ers.
An east -bound +amuse from Chicago,
on the Chicago dc Grand Trunk, was de.
railed by wreckers at Battle Creek Mon.
day, and Thomas Crow, the fireman,
was killea,
aziaia lailarelr*
0a-kuaalcom NOW's,
An 'colander named Siemer* was
dorne,Reeoddainy,the Red River at Winnipeg
T, P. Gorman, editor of the Ottawa
Free Press, died Tuesday night frons
beert diSease.
Two boys were knooked down by a rue -
away and badly hurt at Stirling on Sale
urday evening.
John Cote one of the oldeet engineers
on the Grand Trunk, wee killed in the
yard at London on elaturcleY•
Gatidaur offers to row Stanbury, the
A.ustealien, in England or ;emirate, b ut
he says.he will not go to Auetralia.
Owing to alleged corruption at the re,.
emit Provincial election in Addington it
10 probable tbab the Beat Will be protest -
ea. •
A baby was born bo Mre, Wm. Sum-
mer, of Ingersoll, On Thursday that
weighed only twelve ounces. It Reed for
only a few home.
A Detroit despatch says Frank L. Gil-
ohrist, of Toronto, bas been arrested
there with 110 pounds of smuggled opium
in bis possession,
Cyrus Bich, of North Gower township,
was killed Tuesday by a team which he
was delving running awey and upsetting
a hay rack upon him.
Mary McKinley, a middle aged lady,
wandered from her home in Forest ea
Monday night, and was found deed in
the fields next morning.
The Idemrem000ls gold mine, in West-
moreland oounty, bT. B., has turned out
a failure and now the +stockholders want
to know wbo "salted" it.
John Behelby, aged 78 years, while
shingling the roof of a barn on his prem-
ises near Ingersoll on Saturday, fell off
and sustained fatal injuries.
Major William Brown, of the 84th
Battalion, was accidently shot through
the heart with his own rifle on Bab:inlay
at his home near Columbus, Ont.
The friends of Dr. Malay, M. P. P. for
South Oxford, in Toronto and other parts
of the province, are urging his selection
as Speaker of the Legislature in succes-
sion to Mr. Ballantyne.
jIn the village of Erin the other day a
merchant was up before the Reeve for a
violation of the early closing by-law when
a case of sale was proven and the offend-
er fined $5 and costs, $4.
A stabbing affray took place at Severn
Bridge at midnight on Monday, in which
a tough chexitoter named Elijah lblark
received injuries whioh may prove fatal.
Dan. McCauley is held for the offence.
England won the Kolapore Cup at
Risley on Saturday, the Canadians beteg
second, 22 points behind. The Elolio
shield was won by Sootland by only live
puoningtisanody.er Ireland and eight points over
Thomas Freel, e young fanner of For-
est, was ruu over by a mower and kilted.
Later in the day a neighbor's child drank
a cupful of embalming fluid at deceased's
home, and nearly succumbed to the poi-
son.
Wm. Truax, of the township of Meese a,
owns a Beeksbire sow which gave birth to
eleven pigs, the of which had one head
with two perfeot bodies joined together
at the shoulders. It only lived a short
bus.
4.6 Point, Toronto, att Sat-
urday, D. H. MoDonell, the young Owen
Sounder who has lately taken to aerial
gynanasties, rode a Brantford S7 -pound
bicycle half a dozen times around the
wire. The machine bag a grooved tire,
and is steadied to some extent by a 14 -
pound pendant, but is managed in the '
ordinary mannee.
Two yOnng IOW) named Wagner and
Allsmang were cutting the grass in the
town park, Berlin, the other day, and
concluded that burning the greed would
be a quicker way than outting it with the
mower. They acted 00 the suggestion,
and the flames got beyond their control
with the result that °lent e500 worth of
damage woe done to shade trees .
Under the Forbes system of drainage,
some 6,000 aores of land in 'Weigh town-
ebip, Kent County, at one time deemed
almost valueless by reason of the inun-
dation which yearly overtook it, have
been reclaimed, and a ride to -day
throughout the reolaimed section reveals
3,000 aores with splendid ripening wheat,
which is judged to yield 80 to 35 busbele
per acre, while the remainder of the laud
is more or less under profitable oultiva-
tion.
W. S. Calvert, of Napier, warden of
Middlesex, and John Waterworth, ex.
M. P. P., of Glencoe, have entered notion
for damages for alleged libel against the
London Free Press, The Free Press
published an affidavit made by Frank 73.
Davis, of Wardsville, in which the latter
declared he was proestede pbyUaar
CalvertWeeterwor haymen6tosi
&
01.2 in court fees whioh the Cfrown Doan -
eel bas disallowed, on condition that he
would support G. W. Ross in the Virt*
Middlesex eleotion. alr. Davis has made
a subsequent affidavit saying that hie for-
mer one was untrue, and thee he was de.
ceived and misled by other persons, wbo
induced him to sign it.
A rather unusual diversion was enjoyed
by the people on the bones and Wong the
docks, The 'Windsor tug Crusader,
Capt. James Canniff, passed down about
two o'olook towing a. huge raft of tele.
graph poles for W. C. Sterling, from An
Gres to Monroe. As the tow passed the
oily the head raftsman, Job* Oloakey,
gave an exbraordinary performance by
walking the towline, about 1000 feet in
length, from the raft to the tug, varying
the performance by sitting one lying
on the rope, after the manner of profes.
sional rope walkers, The middle of the
tope wee under water and a considerable
the rolling, but he stuck to it ail right,
and as the tow passed the leaver part of
the city he made his return trip. The
feat wan witheseed by many hundreds of
people and the genera verdiob was that it
far exceeded any feat of lope -walking that
had ever been seen here, When be was
walking the 'Mee -then passing Port Ituron
the tug suddenly (hanged ber mune,
slacking the tope and letting him fall in
the strong ourrent, but he very soon
caught the line :and held on until the life-
boat came and plated him up.