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COMMUNICATIONS,
Billiard Licenses.
Te the 30113.07' of TO; P06T.
1>c1r ((it•r--I regret, and 1 am not alone
the action of the Council in lowering th
fee far ((1 (14111 tables in 13ruesels. In 0th
e1' 1110009 1 001111 mon tion the rales aro Ju
vreased and there is 110 T011,9011 why i
9110111(1 not be the Hanle here. However, as
the license is granted now it le too late tt
make amends, but as you aro ewer)
there is a by -low governing the tables, ns
to hours, allowing minors to play, &e., and
for one 1 feel it my duty to see that 1110 1(109
is carrier/ out to the latter. We don't want
our boys it: learn to play billiards, they can
part with their money quickly enough now.
I have not the least doubt but I could get
over 1(00 names to a petition, in a chert
thee, to have the license fee raised, The
"enormous" nd.lition to the Treasury of
the present fee is a mere bagatelle,
I am, A RATI4vA8n,l,
Brussels, May 28th, 1885.
Can he lawfully do it 1
'I'o 1140 ]editor of the 7111) )'an:.
DRAB B111,-1 11ndor6tand that 00010 of
our licenetd dealers under the Scott Act
have been taking persons into their shop
and treating them to liquor, and 1 thought
that was. contrary to law. Will you please
give us an outline of what the Jaw is on
this question so that wo will know how to
deal with offcnders. We want fair play,
nothing more. I remain, SCOTT .9.0y,Brussels, May 28tH, 1885,
NoTx.— Sub -section 4 of See, No, Oft, of
the Canada Temperance Aot Bays :—Pro-
vided, also, that the sale of intoxicating li-
quor for exclusively medicinal purposes or
for bona fide use in some art, trade or
manufacture. 9hai1 be lawful only by such
druggists and other vendors as may be
thereto specially licensed by the Lieutenant
Governor in each Province, the number
not to exceed one in each township or par.
ish 11(4)' two fn each town ; and ie ()Wee not
exceeding ono fur every four thousand in-
habitants ; such sale, when for medicinal
purpo0c0, to be in quautitire of NOT Ln68
than one pint, to ho 0ramvrr> from the
premises and to be 11114)10 ONLY 011 the cer-
tificate of a medical man havinguo interest
in the sole by the druggist or vendor,
affirming that such liquor has been pro.
scribed for the persona named therein ;
and when such sale is for its use in some
art, trade or manufacture, the same to be
made only 011 a certificate signed by two
Justice:, of mo Peace of the bona fides of
the application, accompanied by the affirm-
ation of the applicant, that the liquor is to
be used only for the particular purposes
set forth in the affirmation ; audit shall be
the duty of 1110 druggist or other vendor to
filo the certificates and keep a register of
all 0)1011 sales indicating the name of the
purchaser and the quantity' sold, and to
make an annual return of all such sales on
the shirty -filet day of December in every
your to the Collector of the Inland Revenue
within whose revenue division the county
or city is situated.
BRUSSELS,
weeks later (hon 00081, I11 1110 northern
and eastern, parts of the f'royinon 3311013100001.011 the ground until late in April, and
on the 201h of the month afoot of snow
Poll 01)11' a, extended arca. Rail) fell also
, at frequent intervals, and the ground was
e, saturated with 01410r, Asa cenaequenee
spring work has been delayed in those
parts of the Province, and excepting on
t high or well.drainod stn10 very, little 00031
OAS sown at (11e date of the returns, In
ONTARIO CROP PROSPECTS.
Following is a summary of the report of
the Ontario Bureau of Industries for lafay.
Tho report is based on information fur-
nished by 050 correspondents, under date
of the 15111 inst.:
Tho drought at seed timo last fall made
it difficult to get wheat -land into a good
state of tilth, especially in a clayey soil,
and growth at first was slow and uneven ;
but with a toady temperature and warm
showers throughout part of September and
the whole of October the young plants
pushed forward rapidly, and the reports
made by correspondents of the 13nreall at
the beginning of November showed that the
crop had then a most promising appear-
. 44nce ire every part of the Province. Snow
fell early and laid late, 811d 1110 winter was
one of tho longest, steadiest and coldest on
reoord ; yet the reports received now show
that the wheat was alnlo0t in as good con-
dition on the 1st of April as ou the 1st of
Noveumber. Fortunately the rainfall dur-
ing the winter was very slight, so that the
scow slid not pack on the ground as it often
does, and excepting in hollows and under
heavy haulm alongside the fences no 840th.
0ring effects were to be seen. But en the
knolls and high ridges the snow was swept
off, and in suo1 situations the wheat was
either killed outright or very seri0u3ly in.
lured. Tho greatest appaiont damage,
however, has been caused by the hard frosts
and northwest winds of April, and the low
temporlturo of the firet ten days of May ;
but the plants ienlan\ firmly rooted in all
soffit, and the opinion is generally express.
ed that with favorable glowing weather a
speedy reoovm.y will be made, Excepting
in some localitioe of Waterloo county,
whole the wh0441 was killed by winter ex-
posure, and of Durham and Nortltttmber.
fand, whore it was drowned out by April
Hoods, no wheat land has been plowed up,
nor 10 any likely to be, Tho only insect
pests of the wheat that are even mentioned
by correspondents are the Russian fly and
tho wire worrn, and these have done very
little harm,
Winter rye is not grown as extensively
a6 in former years, but there are 00118ie101•-
able areas on the old pine lands of iSIgin
Oxford and Norfolk) in the west, and of
Lanark, Renfrinv and the northern parts of
Hlastings and Frontenao in the oast. The
crop has come safely through the winter,
and although thin on the ground it has a
healthy kcuk. It has suffered loss than
wheat from the April weather,
The reports an clover aro generally fav0r-
able, but the crop is Balk in a very back-
ward state. Spring frosts have hurt it in
some localities, eepeoialiy 0eeond your mea-
dows on loalny soils, The clover of last
year's seeding hart been but very alightly
njurod either by winter or spring weather,
but in Sao regions over whfoh last summer's
drought extended itis tvenk and patchy,
The seeding season this year is fully two
Sha western and southwestern counties the
004400(4 opened ten days or two weeks earlier;
yet farmers have been greatly hindered in
their work by the rains, and on low clayey
and loamy land see)1115 operations are in a
vary backward state. But oven on dry
and wo11-drained lands the ground was too
cold for germination, and fields sown on
the 250 of April were only beginning to
show signs of plant life towards the (dome of
last weok.
Farmers are alive to the importance of
using new varieties of seed where old ones
have failed, but they seldom risk experi-
ments with unknown varieties offered by
dealers at fancy priooe. Two or three
varieties of oats are highly spoken of, viz, ;
Black Tartarian, Egyptian and Cluster ;
and spring wheat grown from Manitoba and
Dakota seed grain has given good results,
The varieties of potatoes moat in favor are
early end late Rose and the Beauty of
Hebron ; but Burbank's Seedling and White
Elephant aro well recommended.
Fruit trees are generally in a healthy
condition. Some young pear trees in the
northern counties and districts were killed
by the hard frosts of winter, as were also a
largo number of plum trees in Grey and
Bruce whose vitality had been lowered by
disease ; these instances, however, are ex.
ceptional. Tho state of vegetation is too
backward to express an opinion on the
prospects of the 4oason'0 fruit crop, but
blossom buds are plentiful on apple and
pear trees, and also on plum and cherry
trees whore those are not affected with
black -knot, Poach trees have suffered
severely front the winter weather in Huron,
Lambton and all the Lake Brie counti08 ;
the fruit buds are destroyed, and it is fear-
ed that many of the trees will die, In
Lincoln and Wentworth, below the mount-
ain, there will probably be a third of a orop,
In Northumberland, Prince Edward and
Lennox it is believed that all the more
tender varieties of fruit trees have lauffered
from an ice -storm in the letter part of the
winter.
Tho long winter WAS a hard strain on
live stock, but excepting in the northern
and northeastern counties, over which the
drongllt of last summer extended, the sup-
ply of fodder has boon autlioient. In Bruce
and portions of Grey and Simeoe a state of
famine prevailed, and many cattle died of
starvation. An immense quantity of press-
ed hay was brought in by the railways, and
WAS 501(1 t0 farmers in the latter part of
the winter at 518 to $20 per tort. In the
Lake Erie and most of the west midland
counties, on the other hand, the supply was
so abundant that it sold et $5 to $10 per
ton. Cattle are generally healthy, but
horses in the southern and southwestern
counties have been affected with distemper
and numbers have died. Tho intense cold
of February, March and April told heavily
against young pigs and lambs, and the sup-
ply of those will probably bo short this
year.
The supply of farm labor appears to be
equal to the demand, and the tate of lunges
per month for the soaoon is lower than it
01/08 lust year. Following aro the figures
of both years, for groups of counties
With Board Without Board
1883, 1884. 1985 1884,
Lake Brie eoun-
1(80 815 83 $17 20 328 36 825 03
Lake Huron
eonntles 10 58 19 00 ee 10 26 1e
Georgian 11 ay
counties,.....,,, 16 48 18 07 20 0) 20 55
west Midland
counties 16 57 1.7 42 28 60 14 77
Lake Ontario
counties.,....,,,, 10 91 17 96 34 51 28 44
83.. Lawrooeo R
Ottawa eoun•
tias
11 u e t ktidland10 00 17 73 04 11 27 88
oouuties..., , 10 24 17 55 25 J0 16 86
Northern ,t 1 a
trlota 17 11 17 25 20 62 26 68
for 1110 bre•
vinee 16 42 17 70 24 56 26 78
Lost yevr about 2,700 self-biudere were
sold to the farmons of the Province, Aid a
material drop in wages w0.3 the result.
This year the manufacturers are preparing
to supply 8,000 self.biudors.
After the close of the Paris B011ree
on Satardry routes deol]uod to 80f
1710 on 111e rumor that the L mperor
of Germany wee dead,
'1'uo convicts named Robert Spen•
Ger and Thomas Buckley, both of
whom worn Bent down from Toronto,
effected their escape from Kingston
penitentiary Monday morning.
Tee Alert, with supplies for the
obeerwatory stations in Hudson's Only
and it fresh slait of men to take the
places of those who will return with
the steamer, sailed from Halifax on
Wednesday.
Further proofs of Villauy appear
against W. H. Rall and Robt. Fox,
the alleged Union Bank of Scotland
forgers, 111 Montreal, 1'lloy have
been identified by Mr. Weir and Mr.
Lab's() as the men who fleeced them
out of $1,000 and $1,200 respectively
same years ago. In the first cites it
was with circular notee of the same
batik, tend in the second it wail with
Bank of England notes. Rall le also
wanted in Ohmage where he is known'
by the nam° of Ed. R. Marshall,
alias A. C. Wilson and his crime is
complicity in the Vail Gleason forger•
lea to that city, He turns oat to be
a native of Louisiana.
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ARID, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1885. - ._.
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night, and were making for the South, 1 Moved by 1'. Scott, eeeeeded by R.
Peter AicJ)onahl from the Carrot Graham that .lames Hicks be 1n -
river settlement, asineted the Indian struoted to remove ,it ono.) the
in following the trail. Remarkable feeco now obstructing Halliday street
quick time was made in following l3., and that he be jndelnn:lied for an
which was invisible to the iuexper- 104)9 by IL.is Council. Carried, y
lanced eye. The Indians (lull lust 1". lieliuu wee allowed until next
/tilled a bear, and the Cavalry men • 1011 3.r 130001)1 11i') femme on 010 8:440(1
helped them dispose of some rump street, on amnia of hie er.9p b:» ng
steak. It ie expected that the rest of in.
the tribe will give themselves up. The Conned Hien adjourned for a
White Cap states that armed half- month.
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from Prino° Albert, via Humboldt, to ham if lie slid not join Biel. The
Winnipeg, May 22.—A despatch breeds and Creep threatened to shoot
Cxcnctclinra 1Yosvc�-
wlu0h point 1t was taken by courier, hostiles took nil White Cap's one,
ennoeneee the arrival there 01 Gen, killed and ate them. He deceived the Naxen Bros. MJ, is incorporated, Com-
Middleton and tho troops under his Indiums with all manner of promisor. Piny, of capital
stock is incorporated,
command. They were tendered an The aavel5ade, which has just arrlv-
with a Capital dodo of yi500,0(10,
ovation, both by the citizens and the ad, is decidedly a unique one, head- Wm. Richardson, of the ,Strathroy
Mounted Police, who rejoice in the od by Mrs. White Cap 0u Lieutenant Pop and Socia Warks, has 48 Opo
defeat of the reels nail the capture Flemming's charger, w110 gallantly
of Riel. offered a mount to the distinguished
Capt. Haretono, of the Royal Gren• lady.
ethers, has been appointed brigade r. L0m1e0x, M. P. P., and 0. Fitxpat• the spread of
major, in plane of Capt. George H. the advocate.who figured so coo -
Young, of the Field Battery, who has opiononsly in obtaining a reprieve for Two cases of cholera are reported
gone East in charge of Rx01.
Iv edam L'ontet, the Baia St, Paul , to have appeared on an inward steam-
A telegram from Clarke's Crossing murdress, now in the Kingston pent- at. o Grosse
ro oo Isle
have bine landed
announces that Biel is being taken to tontiary have been retained as the at Oa
Gros s4I1le quarantine station,
Regina by Swift Current, up the counsel to defend Riel in hie coming ' On Alay 24, 1549, 990 years ago
trial in the North West. They have " the English liturgy was first given to
been sent for by a prominent French- the on loo worshial p
iii enabling the
Canadian gentleman in the province, nation to worship iu a language
who ie a great friend of Riel'e and which they understood,
who line greatvolunteered to meet aft the Goldie & McCulloch, of Galt, have
wh expenses incurred by the counsel in at present contracts on hand for the
his defence, erection or reneoddelling of fifteen
Ottawa, 11TH 27.— S lecial.) In flour mills, in different parte of the
the House of Commons this afternoon, Province.
Hon. Mr. Oaron said :—I have receiv It is stated that the London dyna-
ed to -day from the General a tele- prisomiter Cunningham,esentenced to im
gram frac: Batticford, which, I think, toms of ins for life, has shown a been
will bo of interest to the Rouen. It toms of insanity mace ]o has bean
is as follows : "1 have made prisoners confined ar Chatham prison,
of Poundmaker, Lean Man, Ye/low We learn 1000 Port Arthur ox -
Mud, Blanket, and Breaking- changes that sinne the sure has gone
Through-the-Ice—the most infiuon• off' 3.h° mining interests 114 are fine againto
tial a,nd dangerous men about him. the front ; also, that a tedy there. emu.
I have also the two men who 14111ed mgr hotel 1709 been erected there,
Payne, the Indian I130111net011, and About books
volumes of new and
Fremont, the rancher, White Bear, valuable rarye hath just been added
who killed Payne, and Wahwat'ita, to 3.6° library of the Strathrte Me•
who killed Fremont. My next Leek tion denies' Institute ; also the latest ed -
who
may be .Bi Bear. Poundmaker D of Worcester's hdictionary.
colo
brought in the teams taken, and gave Delos R. Davis,avie, hasp colored o 11e -
up 210 arms 11nd five revolvers, omfor of i ex„m who has passed 3.t suer
Have ordered them to give up flour admission
n to the an 18 Toronto for
taken and the horses and cattle, lawn ro the bar, 1e the first eel -
taken
and am sending part of the ored lawyer in the country.
pollee to see if all is given tip. Mrs. J. C. Smith, of Middleton
The 00th just arrived by steamer, and lams finished a pees, whic quilt con-
in camp. The rest aro coming by taming 1 1,100 pieces, which she hed-
land. If obliged to move on the In- made is six months, without neglect -
land.
liana, I propose to organize a force of lug 3.t single one of her household
mounted infantry out of police, duties,
Boulton 'emo1nted infantry, myscouts
Neil Sinclair has just cuiupleted
and some moamted artillerymen—in
what is considered by a Western ex-
alt about 800 woo—and with light change to be the deepest artesian well
carts and 1)e little baggage and 9011- ever drilled in Canada, It is 011 the
plies as possible, 8o es to seem the
farm of G, A. Cook, i41. 111, P., Nor-
tvl>ofo country and strike rapidly. I wick, the depth being 1,025,
expect Big Bear will soon give up. If A naw trial has beau granted in the
lie does, I shall treat him as I have
0880 Of Ryan against the Canada
done Poundmaker. If he does not, Southern, w6ic6 was taken from a
I shall attack him immediately." jury at 3.h° loot Sandwich Assizes.
e Ryan was killed while empluyed as
COUNCHI, ttEETI1(7. brakeoman on the road, mud his
The regular meeting of the village brother is smug for $5,000,
Council was held on Tuesday evening Rev. 41. Langford, a Old, 'wee is about to
of this week, All the mambos pm -
was
charge of a Church id Winnipeg,
ant, the Reeve in the chair. Minutes leas presented with a pares contain-
mit,
last regular end special meetings
Iigret$21e N25 odi Go Chliral mroh,beRamiltone
were read and paeeod' of which he has been pastor for the
The following accounts were pre- 1
anted :—A.. K. Robertaou,188 shade Poet throe yearn.
trues 1)t 12¢ cants, $17.25 ; J. Hicks,
Hanlau arrived from Australia last
Health Iuspeetor $8 ; Walter ,Smith, week. Speaking of hie defeat by
bet -
54' days work at nee 81(10 walk' $7.18; .Beach, he eaya: I simply met a bet -
Guo. Love, culvert, $4.75 ; Mrs. Hart ter man than I was at the time. I
charity, $2; 11. Foster, hauling en
was beaten fairly and squarely. I
gine tend Gose role, $1. Moved by shall return to Australia in eighteen
W. H. Kerr•,'joeconded by R. Graham
menthe and try him again. Beaoh
that the above 14000111118 be paid ex• is the beat man I ever mgt, and I am
cepting 11r. Love's and that it lie authorized ,to say he is ready to row
over. Oarried, any Man in the world for from i5,-
Teuders were then opened for lune -
.
t° $25,000, and allow travelling
bar, gravel, and cedar. The follow -
health. IInnlan is In excellent
ing were the tenders 9—Plank, Wm. health•
Vaustone & Sons $12.50 per M, L. It is now annouuoed that during
McDonald, Walton, $11 ; 13. Gerry the voting on the Scott Act al Kings -
$11.50. Cedar, Bateman 1;• cents ton some returning-ofJroerd initialled
per running foot ; McDonald 13• Dents the ballots Instead of the foil, whiola
4x4 scantling ; B. Gerry $12 per M. was torn off. Tho temperance men
Gravel, 8oreened, Thos. Town 70 contend that these votes should b0 re-
mits, uneereened 55 cents, broken *tad ; that the initialling of them
stone 50 cents ; Jno, Wynn, screened violated the law and deetroy0(1 the
50, unscreened 41, broken stone 86 secrecy of the ballot. They have ap-
pointed a °ommittee, who will seek a
Moved by W. F. Vanstone,140cond• scrutiny, and if they can have the
ed by R. Graham that McDonald's erroneou8ly marked ballots rejected:
tender be accepted for the lumber and The returning•officer, however, con-
Wynn's for the gravel, Carried, tends that the initialling of over 80
Seines Laird asked for a reduction ballots does not epoil them, and legal
on the billiard table license. It wail gentlemen say the election cannot be
moved by W.F. Vanolon°, seconded upset while the legal technicltlitiee of
by 1, Scott that Mr, Baird be grant the cave are being diecnesed. Hew-
ed a licouso for the 0 months of the ever, )hero is great excitement 11i
year according to the By.Ja2v, and some cir0100. The county reterne in
that a rebate of $8.50 be allowed the complete list totals for the Act as
liar. Carried. majority of 51(i,
Gen. Middleton
AT PRINCE ALBERT.
Melt Tli,lcen to Repinta.
POUNI)M4t31EIt AN1) PYRITE (',3.P I15
T111> '101)18.
KIEL'S LEGAL ADVISERS.
bottles in eiroulatiou in his business.
The International Sanitary Confer -
since has permed a resolution declar-
ingslancl quarantine useless to prevent
disease
Saskatchewan river.
Battleford, May 22.—On the even-
ing of the 10th four waggoue were
seen approaching, the forsmoet one
bearing a white flag. When they
reached us the teams were found to
contain twenty of the teamsters cap-
tured on the Swift Current trail, Fon•
taiue, who was wounded and fell into
the hands of the Indians, some friend-
ly half•broeds, and Rev. Father Cool],
in, liliesiouary to Pouudmaker's band.
The teamsters were delighted with
their releaeo. They state that while
on the trail they were surrounded by
100 Indians. They had no escort
and but little ammunition, and yield-
ed to the demand to surrender their
)arms, The Indians promised them
escort, but the Stoneys compelled
them to return to camp, where they
were well treated. Poundmaker was
very polite, and the half-breeds wait-
ed upon them and attended to their
wants. Three bags of newspapers
were in the mails oaptured and were
opened. The news of the eurronder
of Biel demoralized the Indians.
The half-breeds say that the Indian
force at Cut Knife Creek was 460,
and that the total force is about 500.
The Indiana were caught mostly
asleep and were obliged to fight.
Ride emissary and two ether half-
breeds were in the fight. After the
battle Poundmaker wanted to go to
the Rockies, but the Slonoys wound-
ed_ {7) him, Little Poplar is 1101V
With Big Bear. The latter was in.
vited thrice to join Poundmaker, but
sent no answer. Big Bear was con-
sequently not in the fight, but one of
hid 0013e was, The Iucliau lose is
stated to /have been 50 kith d and 17
wounded. Private Osgood, killed in
the fight with Poundmaker, was bnr-
ied by the half-breeds, who obtained
the necessary permission from the
chief.
Riol's appeal brought Pouudmak-
er's Indians East, and they are now
encamped 40 miles soutll.0148t. Only
50 cattle are left. The half-breeds
say that Biel ordered them to join
Poundmaker. Elliott, the eou5l.ablo,
according to the half-breeds, fell un-
hurt, and travelled towards the trail
in the open Other Indians sur
rounded him, and he fell, after tieing
his rifle to the last.
An escort, consisting of GO men of
the Queen's Oen, Police under Col.
Rerobmer, and two guue, leave on
Saturday to fetch forty wagons of
supplies and ammunition, including
the gifts of the ladies of Toronto.
The names of the released team-
sters are : J. F. McNeil], J. G. Potty,
\V. McNeill, A, W. Freeborne, Goo.
1'. Morton, W. bioXone, F. %eta-
way, D. McLean, G. Barnes, John
S1era. G. Brodie, Frank Cox, Wm.
Fish, Jas. Fish, Tilos, Hynes, Chas.
SileriS', W. Parkin, Thos, Rooney, R.
Gaudy, D. McEwen, Neil Brodie.
Hnmbolt, N1ay 20,—White (pap,
the chief Sioux who assisted Biel in
tho rebellion, was oaptured last night
with 22 of hie tribe at Dead Moose
Lake by Lieut. lb[errit and It party of
fourteen of the Governor-Genoral"s
Body Guard. After some hard riding
two days ago Troopers McNab and
Sin11u 0, while on a reconnoissance,
captured eloosoquo, White Cap's
right hand man, The Sioux led the
cavalry party to the last camping
ground of White Gap, and for two
dale tho trail of the chief was follow-
ed rapidly, The Inches travelled all