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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1888-2-10, Page 1�d Volume 15. (Jaunty Orange Lodge. The L.0.1,, of North 'Huron assembled in thn Town hall, Corrie, on Tuesday, Feb. 7th, for their regular annual meet. ing. Thera ware about ono hundred and fifty present, representing the several 1)istrfct and primary lodges under the jurisdiction of the County. Past Coun- ty Master, H. Perkins, District Master, 13... Cook and Deputy County Master, W. II. Clegg addressed the lodge, wet - owning the brethren to Gorrie and non- gratulating them for the largo turn out, Tho echbesnes wore responded to by Bros. Nothe'ly, Young, Davison and Mooney. Tho brethren of IIowick and Gerrie did everything in their power to entertain the delegates and promised to banquet them on the next occasion. Af- ter the general bnitinea wan transacted the following wore cleated officers for the entrant Icier Bro.d. II. Yonng, Co. Master ; W. II. Clegg, Co, Dep. Master ; Adam Spence, Go. Chaplin ; „ Wm. Laidlaw, Co. Rao. Sec. ; „ Dr. Holmes, Co. 1''iu. Soo. ; „ Wm. Magill, Co. Treasurer ; „ John Peacock. Co. Lecturer ; „ Wm. Sturdy, Co. D. of C. B, (lorry, II. Perkins and L. Netherly, Port County Masters, and life members. The next plane of meeting will bo An - bun,. Invitations woro received from London, Listowel and Kincardine to celebrate the coming 12th of Jnly in those places. Bro. James Perkins ad- vocated the claims of the Orange Sentin- el. Bro. Brownlee, of Toronto, Grand Master of the Royal Black Prsceptory, addressed the brothern urging them to become connected with this illustrious degree. Bros. W. Wilson and Wm. Ma- gill presented the claims of the Orange Mutual Insurance Company. The sing. ing of the National Anthem and the benediction by the Chaplain brought a pleasant meeting to a (lose. Moved by Bro. A, T. Davison, second. ed by Bro. Henry Peticine, and resolved "3'hat this Worshipful County Lodge feels with deep regret the loss of eleven of our brethren, now decoyed, who were useful curd worthy members of this 1Vornliipful County Lodge, and that this most worshipful County Lodge nymputh- iscn with the widevs end families of our ekcees. d brethren and that a copy of this re,ndn,ion be sent to the widows of tie 3 3. brethren." lies! cr.tfolly sub- mitter} by the r,.nnnhitlo1' rouoisting of • broth, re J. 11. Yount!, M. 1.1}orri•on and ,}lnes Gibson (Blyth) and the mover eat seconder. We are indebted to County Mester Young for the above re per, lirussele Council Meeting. 1'L.. regular 1OLeting of the Village Cou1 ril wee held last Monday evening. All lila mo inters present, the Beev° in the chntr,. The uhiur.tes of hat meeting read and passed. The following accounts were present- ed :-- J. B. T. McComb, salary $80 00 2 (10 37 50 00'1 12 00 1 50 Beattie Bres., Piro Dept Jou. Meadows, salary Mrs. Walltice, wood Frank I1elly, gravel Mrs. Williams, wood Moved by Relit Graham, seconded by D. Straolan, that tho above acaonnts be paid, except Beattie Bron„ and that it be first certified to by thelCaptain of the Fire Brigade. Cara ted. By'law•s Noe. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 and 8 for 1888 was read three tinges and pass ed conlirntiug the appointment of ofii cels. .\, 1I. McKtty was appointed Auditor in the place of J. 11. Young, who cist- ern!) d to act. Moved by It. Graham, seconded by D. Strachan, that the Collector be empow- ered to collect all au'eau;;ce on the roll at mice so that the Auditors can get at the audit. Carried. Council then adjourned. .&3rrtes eyes tedottool 113cmrei. --- The regular Incasing of this Beard .vas hold on Feb. 310. 1loved by Juo. Hargreaves, sccomled by ]bury Dennis that F. S. Scott take th, chair. Minato of last regular and special tnwtings read and confirmed. Member., present --.l!'. S. Soott, H. Donnie, 'P . Fletcher and J. Ilargr'eaves. Moved, seconded and carried that Jae, Oliver's account he paid, viz., $3.20. Moved by J, iIttrgreavos, seconded by T. elotchor that tho Secretary be in. struutod to notify the parents or guard. tans to attend next regular mooting to show cause why their children have not attended school the utunber of days re. (Jnired by law. Carrie]. Principal Shaw presented report for January as wider :N Depart'nts — 1 2 33 4 5 No. on Roll,— , . 513 45 (15 40 65-237 Average 40 85 48 42 46-220 A. oonmunioation was received and read from the W.O.T.17. Society ro the use of Itiohard80n'0 Toxt Book on Tem- perance in schools, Moved by H. Dennis, seuondod by T. I'lotoher that the same be used in Departments 1, 2 and 0. The teachers in said departmonia to giveleo. tures once a week. Carried. The Board thou adjoin noel. The longevity of the Wiglo family in South Beaux is 111o81i remarkable. T110 family of John Wigle, who diad at tho igj,e of 02, cud wboso wife dial at the ago of 75, which numbered 15, is now repro - stilted by the following reonhbers;—Mrs, Peter Malott, aged 83 ; Wendell, 82 ; Peter, 701 Mrs. Amt Iter, 74 ; John J., 723 average for the of ovor'1? years, uudl call ri ,Ittrtety. ?k lndcx Scioricn, egad 00 • Mean R., O:I ; Airs, Jas ci'son, ($2, and Miohal J., 57. Mrs, Sohn 'Wiglo had two !deters, told each of these ladies had 15 children. Go neo occasion at n family gathering there wore live genera- tions present, tlleven or, daughter, grand. daughter, groat -grandchild, and groat- great-grandchild, rent- great-graf hr1c 'hildl, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEB. 10, 1888. Number 81. COMMUNICATIONS, Information Wanted. To tin Editor nt Telt Pm,. Dime Rot. --In your issue a couple of w, eke ago a latter appeared, headed "Tho milk In the cocoa nut," W111011 011 W/1 soma light en the movement to oust the present post.maseer from his position. 1Vould the correspondent kindly give the public the name of the applicant who has token timo by the fo'oloek and ap. Plied for the position? We (meld then have tho pleasure of anticipation, which is said to bo bettor than participation. If it is tho pnrty usually credited with suoh anlbitien we would advise him "to puma his soul in patience" and "hear the ills of a decaying position than fly to others that be knows not of," Yours, ENQUIRER.' Brussels, Feb. 0, '88. The Milk in the Cocoa Nut. Ta the Miter of Thu, POST, DI:AIL SM.—.1'ho letter in Toe Perm signed "One Interviewed" was, I think, a seasonable and sensible article. There are alweys busy -bodies, oho assume to know more about other people's business than they do of their own, but in this case "Paul Pry's" object is not far to seek. While there mesa be ample ma. ohinery in the Postoffice Department for its efficient management, is it at all likely that the party or parties who ars guilty of so much petty officiousness, aro acting from disiotsrested motives? We opine not. In fact, where the motive is not malicious, it certainly must he mer- cenary. I have been a resident of Brus- sels for many years and I do not know of any case of negligence or mistake, be- yond more begate les, which are insepar. able from the nature and oircumstances connooted with the duties of post -master. The action of Paul Pry is strongly pre- sumptivo evidence that the inoumo from his business is on ti e wane nud some other source of profit must be unearthed. If the public, iu this affair, think they are nt the frying pan (which I em sure 30 not the case) they won'd euroly be in the fire were lir. Grant succeeded by either the would-be incumbent or his 00.c0n- spirator. Do you think, Mr. Editor, that a mien who has a partiality for dirty quilts, to prevent n few dollar's loss, woohl be eligible to handle I est cards 'nal renis. toed tette•1 3 1)o yon suppose tlett n man with very w' 11 developed "bib ul i,tic plvpen .ities would be rho moat suitable to decipher all kinds of ohriogrnphy cud attoud to the multifa,ioes dutiesinuideot to tho position of post -masts'? I think not. Neither weld the people of Buis. eels think se. Tho public aro not so ,malty gulled as some would ]lame us be- lie• e, and the fact remains that the dia- aautatlt, after all, is omfin,d to Otos° who aro acting front questionable motives. "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones," and if this affair is longer' agitated , thors will be found will. ing to take it up, and unmask the primo movers. Wo are under no obligation to the present incumbent, and have no axes to grind, but are only anxious to see 11 spirit of fair play. Yours truly, ARCM= Ia'nzlaVIEWED. Brussels, Feb, 4, '88. The Band and the Theatre. 'to the Baiter et Tor. P081' Sun, --In your last issue you have a letter on this subject, signed "Citizen," but which should] Intoe been Bigot. Ile evidently laments that such a thing as a thwatro exists and he certainly would, if in his power, not allow anyone to at- tend, even inlalgiue0 that his puerile ef- fort f- fot would stop pcoplu from atteedin31. Yes, bo hes drawn his inspiration from the saute place Lao his authori#ies, viz., the durlt ages when freedom was bound to the stake, but, thauk- to the efforts and battles of our ancestors, she has ]leen re eased, and now the proud boast of awry Brituu ie that freedom and lib• orty float pr moll, over 11s. Tho authors he quotes aro neatly all of those times and no more depentance can be put oil their opinions on this subject than on others. Tako 0ci0(100 for example, their opih 10118 4001)0 throatly apposed to those of thio day as taught. in our schools and beli3Occl by all. Why, they used to call thio heroes of science, as well as the stage, the servants of rho devil, but that day is past and 40o now revere the memory of moll names as Galliloo, Kepler, Bruno, Ce., 14110 were teen burned at the etnlc0. IIo prefers our Band being beggars in stead of honestly °er11ing tbsir olpport. Ila tapes of "pissing around the hat," Does any man expect him to givo any- thing? The Band, I trust, do not wish to fore° him to attend (but if no hoard such plays as Damon and Phytbas, :King Lotti or Ifahnlet his icleas of the atego would change, unless his mind is a fossil, a relic of the barbaric past, not capable of improvement, one who has not scan tho bright rays of liberty) no they are willing t0 give to him the same measure of freedom they ask for them- selves. They, I trust, believe in and act according to the golden rule which I mu afraid "Citizen" knows nothing about. He is surely very far astray in imagin- ing that the respectable people will fol- loty ifs advice. Should the 13and get as narrow in their views they would °ons° as a Bandl in ono year, Tho same arguments ha uses against the theatre apply the same in his views to the Band had ha courage to express thorn, They were tho argmnouts of the clinch daring the 0503 clays when they type° jealous of the stage, bub the church of today, or at least mime breeches of it, have got broad enough to discard such e1'ro110011s 0,04V14, 00011 the n1Lage e: to -day Mostly Alcm •s. t ' w "tier y bo 01tid to have its birth with that 'mortal Mali -- Sllakc- spearo, if you wish to judge his lease correctly compare his authorities with the men 33111Ncesponro trod his wont and I think they will stiffer by the oomparison or compare some of the Sla}cospot'ien heroes with the 11ereme of which evident- ly he knows more about than the stage and they will also eufer. In the timee h„ quotas the law of England de. scribed victors 110 strolling vagrants, but those lawn have been repented and it would have been w, 11 for humanity if the church, which then ruled the des- tines of stat° 0,110 everything else, (and of which he is a relict) had a few such strolling preachers as Carrick, Edwin Booth, Forest and Irvine, or such sisters as Mrs, Scott-Sidd,ns, Jenny Lind, Madam 1'Iocljeska and Charlotte Cush. man. I will. Conelnde by an opinion of the stage by a living author and I think your readers will say ono and all that it 18 the tl'd10 one. It is as follows : "We must remember the stage 33re601hta an ideal life. 1t 15 a world non - trolled by immagination, it world in which rho justice deb yecl in real life may be done, and in which that may happen which according to the highest ideal should happen. It is a world for the most part in wbioh the evil sloes not succeed, in which the vicious aro foiled, in which the right, the honest, the ain0ere and the good prevail. 11 oulti. vides the imagination, and on the stage the mind is free, and for thousands of years the poor, the oppressed, the ens Waved have been eormitted to witness plays wherein the slave was freed, where- in tho oppressed became the victor, and where the downtrodden rose supreme. It has always laughed at the spirit of paste the low -born lass has loved the prince, all human distinctions in this ideal world have vanished, while honesty and love have triumphed. It lightens the ogres of lifo. There is this difference between it and its opponents—the pretence of hon. esty and the honesty of pretence, ]Yours; I:''eb'y 5,'88. Leona or Fenno% Give us his Name. To the 'Editor of Tet Pos'r, Sin.. --Who is the aspirant for the' p0. sition of of post -plaster of Brussels ellen the present occuptaut is kicked- out? This is (Go T1054100 a good many a. asking just now. The people of this place ought to havo some say in this I11atter and tho simpleton who hue al. ready applied for the position will prnb- ably lied to his chagrin that he h110 only made a laughing stock of }himself. Mr. Grant has not even been accused of any wrong -doing except by at couple of busy- bodice, usybodice, the one after the ollice^himself and the other from pnro cussedness. The post-offie° MIL -tale knew how to deal with such eharecters, Yours, Bruesols, Feb. 0, '89. I''nln P1.ay. ho is the Stoker P To the I.:O {ter ut 'ems Omer. Stn.—•I have beoli surprised and part- ly amused at the pertinacity with which tho editor of the "Budget" !crops picking at our worthy postmaster. Is he std for rho job, or is there some friend of his who his:°s him on, being ashamed to do the barking himself ? If there is no in- terest, 0 party in the background I meet certainly give the "Budget" man credit for a great deal of penetration and tact in ferreting out wrong -doing. He finds out in a month or two that Mr. Grant is an unreliable man, Co., &c., and there are dozens, nay hundreds of nlol of gond] standing in the community, who have been patrons of the 13russels postoffhco muter the management of Mr. Grant, I for terms of from fico years to twenty hyo who have never vat :Recovered that Mr. Grant is unworthy of public confi- dence. I would like to }mow who or what is the power that keeps this editor barking at such a rate. Will some one 1ho 19 farther into tsecret than your s to whisper ? thimble eltant ileo . 1 u lob t , 0x11 w •nl° eo\ 00 l ,c c1ctt. Brussels, Feb. 8th, '88. Presbytery of Maitland. A special meeting ff this court was held in the \Viugham Presbyterian church on Tuesday of last hecto at .which were present :—Rem. Meseta:. Law (Moderat- or) l'elgravo ; Murray, Kiecardlne ; M. Iiay and McNabb, Lueknow; Sutherland, Ripley ; Anderson, W hitoclnlroh ; Stev. ens0n, Molesworth Lea. k, St. Helens ; Davidson, Lar,gsido 1 Brown, Wroxoter ; Cameron, Dungannon, and MoQuarrio, Winglutuh; (nil Messrs. 1), McKinnon, Kinloss ; J. R. Miller, Wroxoter ; Thos, Strachan, Brussels ; A. Daw-nn, Wing- ; llov, Hartley, B'uovale, After opening exorcises the first matter for con- sideration was it report free the Sat•uis Presbytery 11110111 a caro which lye hero slate briefly :—Roy. Mr. Leitch, a former Pastor of D111g11nno11 charge, h'ul, after being stationed at Point Ildward, baptiz. od severe] children of parents not mem- hers of the D11ugannou church, to which Mr. Camoren tools exception and 011me before the Presbytery for advice. They transmitted rho matter to the Sarnia Presbytery. The latter reported that Mr. Leitch had expressed regret for hie action, The Maitland Presbytery re. calved the report, approved of Mr. Cam. eron's conduct and recommended him to roach the report and this resolution to his congregation, Tho oomnlitieo appointed to look into certain rumors anent the standing of Rev. A. McKenzie, of Look. now, and wore authorized to (tonti 30 their work in this con ueetiof1, Role. 1Ir. Manny, moderator of the South Kinloss church, requested an extension of time as the congregation was not quite ready to proceed witi1 the call, 31r, Ilartley re. quested a couple of months' heave, of ab- sence to roorult hie health in tho South, Dakota Farming';. -- The Rev. W. II. Allworth, who was peeler of the C0ugrogatiomtl Church in Paris, Cut, for about 50100(een years, 11.:.1.at j:..nth,;It. 31'.!rhoraat, for tea years, ren need to Jamestown, Dakota, 1 lust spring :4 letter front him, chiefly' of agricultural me Core, appeared. in the St. Thomas '.Gime,; of Dec, (13, from ' whin]) the following Rome of inforrnati nt i aro gleaned . For about fifteen or twenty mince around .1alnestoyn, the wheat yield lost 0008011 was 1101 mor then six bushels . per acro. A good deal wee not worth cutting, and was left standing. in the Red River valley and many other places they had an average yield of twenty or more bushels to the acre, Some good a'rn was raised, and an excellent crop of potatoes. Flax was raised to a limited extent, but only for the seed, no use be- ing made of the fibre, The times are hard, and there is much bitter oomplain. ing. Wheat is the oniof dependence and when that fails, as it has now done throe yea, s in succession, there is great hard- ship suffered. I'lverytlling was mortgag• ed by some to get fuel and seed, Even hare. s and implements, in some 00808, the coining crop were put limier chattel mortgage. So this year's failure m,hlcos it hard for lenders as well ae borrowers. Those holding mort tegea into to sell e, man out, as it depresses things and taus. ee an evil report of the country. Many who know nothing of farming have gone to Dakota, attracted} by the rose•colourod piotnree of the country given by land agents and °there interested in booming things. Meet of these would gladly sell cut at n sacrifice if they could find pur- chasers. A considerable number of women have taken up (laims in Dakota crud aro roughing if in order to "prove. up," and then if possible sell out. After living on their land the terns required by law, and obtaining their deeds, they find that their pieces have cost them consid- arable after all, and it is not easy to make a market for them. The condition of many of the settlers is very pitiable, but it is only by going among them that you Bee the reality of it. Most of the newspapers axe of tho tin -horn olass, their business being to call in the people and "boom" the country. It is hard get- ting at the truth, so many would like to sell out, and tnere is so much "blow" on the part of interested parties that a map who should frankly state the facts to the public would be looked upon as a sort of traitor. The price of fuel andthe long winters oro terrible drawbacks. Even the largo farms aro not found to he pay- iug investments, and many capitalists at the East who have embarked in them are losing money fast; It costs a largo sem to run ore of these hig concerns, and they only pay when them is a goods lot of stock pot on them. This is seldom done wb, at being the only objeot sought. The weather appears to ho more severe than in Manitoba. It began to be cold In the latter part of August and September. The thermometer went six of eight below zero twice in October 94th aucl 25th. ]'here was some pleasant weather In November, but the thermometer fro. (meetly dipped} below zero, and once went thirty below. On the whole it is not an alluring pic- ture that Mr, Allworth sketches, but there is every renson to believe that this is a true one. an item lately appeared in ono of the Western Ontario journals to rho effect that a farmer who had gone to Dakota from one of the peninsular count- ies recently returned bringing his family and a few effects in a "Michigan" wagon on one side of which this piece of infor- mation was conspieno1sly posted ; In Dakota we trusted, In Dakota wo hunted. It may be takeu as quite certain that no one who is doing fairly well in the Pro- vince bf Ontario can reasonably hope to do bettor in Dakota. Local Legislature. Among the petitions presented 311 the Assembly on Moudlay wa8 0110 by Dar. Waters, from the Middlesex County Council, against the removal of the lien held by tho county on the old Exhibition 31r0Ruds until the city has paid tho coon. ty the sum of $0,000. Ilon. G. W. Ross, from the .:nme coun- ty, presented a petition for the amend- ment of the High School Act, which will give high school trustees the same powers as rural trustees enjoy as to acquiring property for building and other wheal purposes, laid 10 allow rural htmnici}lllit- ies attached to tovna tool villages for 11ig11 001101)1 purposes to voice in the elect- ing of high school trustors. By 1Tr. Teoley, from the gam" :snotty, for exemption of farm stock from n'acss- m011t. By lir. Waters, from the same e nutty for an amendment to the 1Iuuicipal Act, requiring municipal treasurers iive'11,ye before municipal nomination to furnish a, suateuont, under oath, as to tho fimmehal condition of municipality. Afr, Ingrain. -•P. Miens ftoin Elgin County Cnenoil for en act to provide for rho appointnlellt by Collides; (]onncile of jailors and police magistrates, and for the appointment by vote of the people of sheriffs and registrars. In reply to AIr. Meredith, 1Ir, Fraser said the anlonnt paid on the Parliament buildings to date was $1(10,000. Mr. Garsot introduced a bill to abolish property c nalifioa:ion fm' municipal to presentativos. Mr. Wood, of Brant, one to compel Councils to make a statement of the fi- nancial affairs of their munioipati1ios by the middle of December in each year. In the Assembly of Tuesday the fol- 10wiug Utile were introduced By Atr, Phelps—To amend the apt re - spading police magistrates. By Mr. Smith—'.1'o amend the . ennni- oipal act. By Mr. Lays- _.-.Respecting Trinity Church, Toronto, and to empower the °seantor's of Janes Farley to sell certain lands. By Mr. Gibson, of Ilamilton, of Ilanm- ilton.---llospecting short forms of mort- gages. liy Mr. Ga10en--ltospecthlg the St. Catharines, Dle'ihton .t 'Theerold Street Railway, I3y Mr. Morgan—Respecting the South Norfolk Railway. Company. .rte. 11L., ,111.11 (;01. Mr. lllggee -To eat ere the 111(111)10' of the t4annoen Valley Reilwoy Conpany. lair, Loys got all order of the ]louse for retaum showing alt 0:at letoo of expenses of the license c'ommi0sionersapproved by Lite Provincial Secretary of (infante for the ye01'0 1280.7, 1887-8, including the salaries and expenses of polite. nutgi- ,,'nttee. 11r. 1Jnrcaurt scouted ran eider for a of the Capitol. Mr. Wultel•'s likeuesa 18 return 0110)011131 the number of perigee: ' also thee, es is that of Itober' Morris, 110ln 11111',! to jail in melt enmity 111 the the great Secretary of the Treasury. The Province 1)1110r Divieiou (tonl•t proems JI ,nl t . this week adr adopted, by unanimous 1 iS ae4tst}t a during the year 11487 ; the umber of those who remained 111 jail for a period exceeding one month. together with the number of these against whom the judo. moat recovered ryas for an at unult less. tllart $10. 11r, Meredith was granted an nrd,'r for enpioe of all 1.01n10188101 81 113 hugniry is. sued derieg the year's 1880 and 1887, the subject of the inquiry in each ease, the stituted for the 4th of March as the com- mems of the commie•.loners, their salary or other remuneration, and a statement of the expenses of eachsuch inquiry ; such return to alinw whether the cant- misni3ners o1• any of then hold any, and if so, what other office or employment in the public to rvico of ah.. Pt'ovince, Mr.. Graham's motion to admit report- ___- AN to prayer„ did ant god a race/tiler 11, W. Miner, of Brantford. ',might the 11r. Meredith tank the view that the /whimand roporters should both be ad- mitted, hitt )Ir. Mowat and Mr. Fraser argued tint it would be a violation of privilege, a, questions of privilege have sometimes to be discussed before the pub- lic are admitted, and there the matter ender. Mr. Mowat had such a vary, bud cold that no Government hesiness was gone e1 with, and the House adjourned. The contest for 31.siticn of Minister of Agriculture has narrowed down to Dry- den and Drury, with both showing about equal strength. \OTEO, Mr. Mowat is suffering from a severea. cold and was enable to take up the m0- tionwhich he had on the order paper. Among the petitions p•esent0d were several in favor of a system of taxation on land values. Col. Clarke has introduced a bill to make all mayors, reeves, deputy.reeves and aldermen justices of the peace. An effort is to be made to get legisla- tion under which all canvassers for city job printing offices must take out a hawk- er's license to entitle them to solicit work olt.ide of the municipality in whieh the situated.office is situated. vote, Mr. Jloar's joint reunlutton memos- ing a conetitu'ioual amendment to change the teen of the I'residtent and of the present Can:•re-s. 00 that they shall con- tinue until the 3011 day of April. 1880, and that actuante whose tenon would otherwise expire on Metal4, 1s80, shall eoutioue until April 30 sueeeeding, and thereafter the OOch of April shell be sub- men)em0ut and termination of the of- ficial term of the P esident, Viee-Presi- deot, Senators and lloprrsentetives in Congress. L. Perth County Notes. Washington Letter. impar own neat/TAR apseter0ximeer t Washington, P0b.s, 1006. The question of open sessions comes up again fn conneutien with the consid- eration by the Senate of him proposed ex- tradition treaty with Great Britain. Senators of the old school Slhuint11(0 that the rola of secrecy should not be broken under any circumstance ; but the at- tempt to smother lir. lliddleborger's moth a ,este: day roused the spirit of the more p.ogr, ssive mon in the chamber, and. there is a possibility of an interest- ing debate before it is finally dofeatod. A good many persons who strongly favor the aboliti dl of secret executive sessions when nominations aro to be considered, are disposed to regard them more len- iently when the discussion of a foreign treaty is in gOo °tion. There is some reason for ,his distinction, moreover. lntoruation 1 relations are often so deli. onto that a harsh speech by some Federal lawmaker, anxious to make a record or create a sensation, may add materially to the discomforts of a strained diplo.. matio intercourse, lye was sh,lwn by the Hewitt -West episode in the House a few years ago. On the other hand. there is a strong feeling abroad among the people four year-old pae.e''' of Ike 11. dgine, for 5180, The racer i0 by Little Billy. D Dewar, of the Ontoin house, St. Marys, has bought the hotel property known as the "Oxford Rause" there, and will reb.ild and refit the promises throughout in the spring, mak ng it one of the leading hotels in the Stone town. The annual meeting of the Elmo. Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany was held at Atwood on the 170 of January. The auditor's report was re- ceived and adopted. Tho three retiring directors, Wm, Shearer, Jas. Donaldson and Thos. E. Gibson, were renomicated and were duly eleoted. A discussion as to the advisability of insuring school honses. It was moved by Wm. Shearer, seconded by Mr. Ilewitt, that in future no school hooses be insured in this com- pany. Moved in amendment by 3. B. Hamilton, seconded by George Rich- mond, that school houses be insured. The vote resulted in a tie and the matter was left to the directors. Meeting of di- rectors : all being present, Wm. Shear- er was reelected president, las. Donald- son, Vico•President and R. Cleland, Sec.- Treas., ec:Treas., and on m .tion of Geo. ]lichmnud, seconded by H. MoAllister, Wm. Keith and Wm. Heard Fere reappointed mai- tors. Applications for thematic() were received and accepted menu ting to $1,- 0.50. S. S, Bothwell p,.eentcd a claim for damage by lir, - to house and momenta am untiug to (33,011, unwed by .1. R. Hammond, seconded by \\'m. Shearer, that Mr. Bothwell be paid '201 tit ds of hi- claim as sells len, in full and that this princielc lie adopted in all ea 06 ill futere. Moved by 1'. E, Gilson, second- ed by S. Alco list r, that Mr. ltothwell's claim be paid in full, bet only 1wo,thirds value of contents be paid in ftanre.— (:erried. Meeting then adjourned till the first Tuesday in March next. 4: t•:l lab rook. A friendly foot.bal( 0011(0st between the boys of S. S. No. 8, Grey, and the Gran. bro•10 team. took place on the Otanbrook grounds on Friday afternoon, 3rd inst., resulting in a victory for the No. 8 team by i. score of 2 to O. D. Ballantyne and J.:Molntash,teacher, were the utnpires, and Oliver lIarris referee. The Immo teats, though lighter than their oppon- ents, played very slcillf1i13' and with great spirit, malting a gallant resistance. Ono good feature of the game w08 that there was no serious dispute nor wrang- ling, though one en' two outsiclers indulg- od in a little chaff with the players jest that self.gnvernmont means exactly what fora bit of mischief. its name indica es, and that a self-gov- — erning nation has a, right to demand of Cettr;telian 1V <+ws. its servants that they do their world in rho full light of day, so that their eel- ;tit, Greenway left for home to organise ployors may see and know what they aro the Metlnt8tn Oalllt'ltigll. 11e will be about. -'1_n extreditie n treaty, more than ta 1 bolrquetel in Manitou on 'Weduoeday. a treaty of any other kind, perhaps, cif- Toronto City (Commit Appointed, a feces the people in th,dr individual rights committee to eenlult with a like cont- end 1)1141leg011, and regtdres the most mittee from the Commit of 1'arkdalo re- - careful ecrntlny bofoio It 1s ooueluded annexation. and past renal ; and the people who the A chinoold wind has been blowing in assertion of Mr, Riddloboh„er that they 1110 Northwest, and the weather is warns. have a u?ht to know }tow ll 11 tl c Soh. Gr..att snowslides have Men eanee11 in the at0 11 knareliul their liberties. Speaker n Carlisle was at 1110 -Capitol vcv'erdny morning, and Ito looked into the matter of the appointment of two entre. members 011 the llonsa library conunitt,-a In making the connnitteo appointtueute the Speakers placed five members 011 the library cotnnlit've, in0tcad of throe, as hitherto. Sipco that time the Speak0r's attention luta been called to the fact that the law limits the nh1mbership of the joint colnhnittee o1 the library to three members of tltr4Senato and three of the House. Before the matter could bo cor- rected the Speaker was taken side, but his attention was called t0 it and he promised to givo it early attention. `rho Speaker retuned from Fart Munroe Wednesday, mooli improvedin 11081111, awl he visited tho Capitol yesterday morning. kis immediately gavo his at- tention to ho question e,1 the library notunlittoe, std the Homo membership will be reduced to three, as tho statute prescribes. 1210 suggested that instead of endeavoriug to ehlaYgo the minim's of the library committee that 110 Houeo shall or0atn a nev committee, to ao-opor- ate with that of the Sonata, on addition. al accommodations for tho library. The matter may bo settled in this way. In response to questions of ]his friends es to his health, tho ;Speaker replied that he was much improved, but still weak. Ll the Senate Oamnhittee-room cm Foreign Affairs aro the protraits of Henry Clay, Charles Summer, William Allen and Simon Cameron. The fatly of Washing. ton, Hamilton, Fulton and Fitch enpoar in appropriate places, and there are also many other faces, but they aro not of to realm of allegory, and era not actually a part of rho frescoing. Two of the cher- ubim on rho frescoed wane in the Senate wing have (Inc fame of Jeff Davis' two ehildr11u. At the time the frescoing watt done Davit, was Seem sary o" War. Mrs. Davis desirn•1 (ren. 11e1,'c^ then in charge of the Capitol. to novo 13rcmidi paint the ehildton's faces. it 14 aloo(saicl that the face of Davie appoa's conspic- uously in the canopy above the liotauhda. ,rho 8011 of lien. Meigs,a pretty golden. haired boy, also dans ,1111y o.0 as cherubim in company with e li I tin girl, the daughter of 11'r, ‘Velure. nt ono time the architect The company experimenting with the importation of stoic nettle from Canada turn Scotland lout (3331) on the three car- - goes taken acro+.s. T. Stevenson and C. Essie, of Loudon township, clawed and split lino 40 cads of elm wood ie acv. n (lasts with a 1laple I.e.f Lance -Tooth Saw. Joseph Otrattfor,l, of I1ranlfor,1, has been appointed a Chief of the Six Na- tion Butlers, and will in future b:' known amongst itis Onondaga, brethren as "Ka. rib.ho-wa-neo." Sa.gttllah I The Bruen Printers' and Publisher's Association has 01011(1 offlco•e for the current year ns follows : —P esidont, Jno. Pollard; 1st Vico President A. Mott grew ' 2nd Vice, W. Wesley ; Sec.. Preee., 3. Stopp}hens, Tho Grand Trunk Railway Company in spreading itself. It is socking for power to rearrange it0 s11nr0 capita} ; also for power to create and iesno addi- tional fourpor tett. consolidated deben- ture stook uh order to purchase certain betide securities and liabilities then out- standing and bearing a higher rate of interest than four per cont., such act to bo subject to tho approval of the proprie- tors. They 1also ask for powers to build a branch from a ]point on their lino at or near Glencoe to a point on their Sarnia branch oast of Sarnia. Maggio Pierce, a girl employed in t, laundry at St, Jahn, N. 13„ was pouring trot water on a water pipe in the laundry. when her hair, which was flowing be- hind, ehind, became entangled in the belt. In a twinkling it was carried arn0ltd the shafting, and before tho disaster could be aver reel tits whole of alto scalp, item her oyelids to alto part of one oar, morns wrenehocl off and rho p901 woman fall beak ou tho floor 001bannin31 with agony: but porfectiy conscious. 1)". T140er8 m ;a f,'r mei 1 311mt. 1 tel'11 orlarcd ilei 1'"111)',{1 1;n the hospital. I3» 11eesem }}leaded her taking the soelp along with }lint in a piece of paper. At the hospital the oetlpp waw adjusted to her head, in hopes tliat it may attach by natural growth, Tho clergyman called in 40)00 huntblc to bear the sight, The young woman bore up bravely. The chances of her recovery are considered slight.