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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1887.
Local Legislature.
As reported from committee Mr. Gib.
son's bill relating to exemptions from
seizure under execution exempts furni-
ture to the value of 8150 ; fuel and pro-
visions euf ioiont for ordinary eonsump.
tion for 30 days and not exceeding in
value 840 ; animals to the vriue of 1{75,
food for thirty Jaye and one dog ; tools to
the value of $100, or debtor may elect
to tithe the promote of a sale of his tools
up to $100, and ,hall receive the net pro-
ceeds of the Bale in ease a loss amount is
realized. The Aot is to take effect on the
first of October next.
Mr. Waters has a bill to amend the
Municipal Law, which provides for the
appointment of is deputy -returning offi-
cer, in ease the portion first appointed
does not act ; that where a plane appoint-
ed for polling is not suitable the muni-
cipal clerk niay seleot the nearest avail-
able building for the purpose; that when
a river or stream which forme a bound-
ary line between two municipalities be-
oomes obstructed with driftwood or fall-
en timber any one of the councils of the
municipalities concerned may cause the
removal of the obstruction and pay the
costs of the wnrk out of the general funds
of the municipality ; end that a copy of
any portion of an assessment roll, written
or printed, without any erasure or inter.
lineation, and under the seal of the oor-
porntion, and certified to be a true copy
by the clerk of the muuioipality or hie
assistant, shall be doomed authentic and
be received in evidence in any court of
justice without proof or the seal or sig.
nature, or the pruduation of the original
assessment roll.
Mr, Nairn has a bill to amend the As-
sessment Act by providing that the salar-
ies of Government and municipal officers
shall bo assessed in the municipalities in
which they reside.
Alorris. CO 111101
Tho Council met pursuant to adjourn.
merit in the council room on April the
4th, Members all present, the Reeve in
the chair. Minutes of last meeting read
and passed. Gloved by H. Mooney, se.
conded by E. Bosman that this Council
expend $150 each on the East and West
gravel roads, providing tho Councils of
Grey and Wawanosh expend equal sums.
Carried, Moved by H. Mooney, second-
ed by S. Caldbick that C. A, Lthwo be in-
structed to let a job of putting in about
13 rods of piped drain on sideline between
lots 10 t 11, con. 8. Carried. Moved by
C. A. Bowe, seededod by 13. Bosman teat
13y -laws li to 12, inclusive, as now read be
passed. Car, iecl. Moved by C. A. Howe,
seconded by II. Mooney that in future all
Pathmasters be required to return the
amount of gravel used in their respective
heats by the yard ire Lead of by the Ioad,
also that thy certify to the amount of
damage, if any, done by hauling the same
from pits. Carried. Moved by C. A.
Rowe, seconded by 13. Beeman that the
Clerk bo instructed to notify Mr. tileOlel-
land to remove limber out of creek on lot
9, oon. 9. Carried. The following ao-
oouute were ordered to be paid :—James
Graspby, gravel, 1.50 ; 2. Passmore,
printing, 54,25 ; P. Murphy, charity,
$8.50 ; John Sheffield, repairing Bodmin
bridge, $83.00 ; JosephiGolley, work on
west gravel road, $5.50 ; J. M, Martin,
gravel, $7.00 ; W. Clark, port salary, $30.
Tho following officers wore then appoint-
od.—Pathmasters :—North boundary, C.
Henderson, B. Maxwell, J, McCracken,
0. J.Reading, C. Thornton and J. Mes-
ser ; 1st lino, IS, Vanalstino, R. Bloom-
field, R. IL Yeo, R. Matchers, J. Sellars
and Geo. Peacock ; 2nd line, Wm. Is-
bister, H. Perdue, W. Jewitt, Geo. Tur-
veyand. Wm. Forrest; 3rd line, A. Nich-
olson, T. Proctor, G. Maxwell, C. Getup -
hell and T. Bono ; 4th line, C. Proctor,
J. Wheeler, Wm. Shedden, Wm. Mo-
Otaoken and 0. Heins ; Gbh lino, Win.
Johnston, J. Russell, S, Love, C. Moore
and J. Sharp ; 6th line, 7, Graspby, D.
Kelly, J. Seal, T. Bernard and J. Mc-
Outoheoo; 7th lino, M. Kelly, Geo.
Pierce, J. Kelly, A. MoCall and D. Mc-
Lean; 8th lino, J. Smith, T. Code, W.
Skelton, P. Jaokaon and Jno. Skelton ;
9th lint, Win. Scott, Wm. Brawn, R.
Shortreed, J. Searle and R. Higgins ;
west gravel road, J. Golley, Wm. Mc.
Onto, T. Gosmtm and Geo. Kraohiing ;
cast gravel road, A. Bryant', R. Hingston,
Jno. Oakley, Jas. Bulger acrd L. MoDon-
old. Peneoviewsrs—Div. 1, Jas. Pol-
lock, Jas. Gibson and J. Richmond;
Div. 2, Jas. Murray, Geo. Jackson and
Geo. Kelly ; Div. 8, Geo. Hood, Wm.
Clark and Wm. Bryan; Div. 4, Jas.
Sharp, Win. ItloOraoken and Wm. Bar.
rip; 131v. 5, Jno. Perdue, D. Geddes and•
.Jno. Elston; Div. 6, J. Gardner, J. Iwo.'
land and R. Armstrong. Poundkeepers
—Div. 1, 3. Logan and S. 2.'huell ; Div.
2, Jas. Murray and Geo. Jackson ; Div.
5, Wm, Watson; Div, 4, Jas. Sharp ;
Div. 5, 309. Geddes and R. Bloomfield ;
Div. 0, Allan Ramsay and Quinton An-
derson. The counoilthen adjourned to
meet again on May 80th for Court of Re-
vision rand other business.
Wir. Cr.tex, Clerk.
L' ,,rtla cCJouno'y 'N,tett+.
Bread 4 courts a loaf ab .Mitchell.
Perth 'spring assizes oontmoinoe on
May Otb.
Stratford is agitating the (petition of,
lighting up the: city with electricity.
The St. Marys lamp lighter now drives.
it bore° while performing his work,
Stratford will hold Arbor Day on the
eth May, end Guelph on the 8rd prox,
Tito Mitchellites are circulating a peti-
tion asking ter a ienus to Dorman's
woolen "till,
Perth Celedo» an Society will hold
their &usual garnets 0u Wedneodey, lune
22nd.
Prof. Salter, of 1'lattsvills, has been
appointed leader of the choir of the T'irst
Presbyterian Church, 131, Marys.
St. Mary's Curling Club played 91
games last winter, winning 17 out of the
number and having one draw game.
It looks as if the 0rojeot to build an
hospital in Stratford In commemoration
of the Queen's jubilee was going to end
in talk.
The Art Claws of the Stratford Col-
legiate Institute was awarded a bronze
medal and diploma from the Colonial
Exhibition,
There wore 14 applicants for the posi-
tion of Principal of the Stratford Publio
School, J. Russell Stewart was the aao-
oessful man.
The first cheese fair of the season will
be held at Listowei on Thursday, May
51,h, when the annual election of offioors
will take place.
Coon. 0. J. White tendered his rosig.
nation as representative of the West
Ward to the council of St. Marys at its
tneoting owing to ill -health.
On Friday night Noah Boo -ringer, of
the 11th con., Morrington, bad about 150
busbels of oats stolen out of his barn on
a farm on which no one is living at pres-
ent.
A rough named Michas' Welch, of
Drayton, who is wanted for theft, assault-
ed Constable McCarthy, of Stratford, the
other day wheu trying to arrest him,
and made his escape.
As ono of the egg wagons of J. Moore,
of St. Mary's was going into the Royal
Hotel yard, Stratford, the other day, a
number of the boxes slipped off,,smasbing
180 dozen of the "fruit."
St, Marys has received an unenvible
reputation of late by the recent trials of
procurers in the pout to of Toronto, and
it looks as if there was still more of the
same kind of rep nation in store.
The officers of the 28th (Porth) Batta-
lion met at Stratford on Thursday and
resolved to organize, for the coming Camp
in that city, a Pioneer and Signal Corps,
and also to purchase loggins for the regi.
meat.
While Jas. Burton unci wife, of the
Minto and Arthur town line, were at a
Salvation Army demonstration in Pal.
merstou their house was Unread, every-
thing being lost but the clothes they wor0.
No iieuranoe.
From information received from Cali-
fornia, Mise G-eorgiana Coven, eldest
daughter of A Cavan, collector of Inland
Revenue, Stratford, is rather worse in
health, and grave fears aro entertained
for her recovery.
The License Commissioners for North
Perth are Jacob Kallman, Geo. G. Mc-
Pherson, Michael F. Goodwin. For
South Porth, T. A. Race, John S. Mc-
Intyre, Jas. Prindible. West Wellington,
Thos. Harcourt, Robt. Scott, John Pat -
500011.
Actual operabiouu for the erection of
the in T. Shupe, Stretford, begun on
Monday. Workmen were engaged in re-
moving all Obstructions on the site of the
shops. Tenants of several buildings si-
tuated on the site of the grounds have
been notified to vacate.
The Salvation Army barracks at Listo-
wel, known as the old Methodist oburoh,
was burned to the ground Tuesday morn-
ing. When discovered, the building sus
on Are at the baok end, The firs was
without doubt the work of an incendiary.
Loss 5500, no insurance.
The St. Mary's Fish and Game Pre-
servation Society is a live institution (not
like the London one), and is officered by
the following gentlemen:—President, E.
Sydney Smith ; Vice -President, James
Chalmers, mu.; Secretary, J. B. Abbott;
Inspector of Fishway, Wm. Box.
Mitchell, having as a resident the chair -
nun of the License Commissioneers for
Bout b Perth, will now be the headquarters
of the Beard, and an application has been
made to the Government to t,ansfer the
license fund account fxoni St. Marys to
tho branch of tho Merchants bank in that
town.
The Stratford Cricket club has organ-
ized. The following ofticere were ap-
pointed ; Honorary president—His Hon-
or Judge Woods ; honorary vices—James
Trow, ill. P., and W. 13, Tiffin; president,
H.112. Johnson ; vioes, H. A. Jameson and
A. Hurst; treasnrer W. C. Young; 50005.
tory, 3. A. Mo3'adden.
The enterprise of the Stratford dailies
is wonderful. Last week they introduc-
ed a pair of twineto two Duggan fannf]hos.
John Duggan, blacksmith, the happy
father of bho pair, was rather jealous
when he friend bhab tho daily press had
made 7. A. Duggan, merchant, oven with
him in the twin line.
DOwNIB nouns.—Jobn Russell and John
Irwin sawed, split and piled 16 cords of
wood in one day lately,—A mare belong-
ing to 17dwards, ob this township, gave
birth to two foals.' both of which are
doing well.—Ono of our citizens hauled
from Mr. Pearson's mill at Sebriugvills
4,880 feet of green lumber in onto load.
Walter Stono and family, of Stratford,
had a narrow esoepe.from suffocation by
coal. gas on Monday morning, Retiring
early the night previous, Mr, Stone
ohooked the draught of the stove which
caused the gas to fill the upper room,
there not being enough draught to carry
i1 Off. The female metates of the faun.
ily were so badly affected that male -
twice had to bo procured to bring them
to.
A, yottug dapple were servants on the
came farm near Stratford. The young
woman did the young Man'e welling,
and he was to remunerate her for ber
work. On Saturday night he paid her
$2' on account, bob on Sunday the girl
went out walking with another yotutg
man a0 displeeshig her foflow.lalaoter
Una he entered Inver room in her ebseneo
and toots heelh the $9. The girl had him
trru,igncd before tt Magistrate in (Mee.0ktenee, and he wars 111104 IV..
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SPRING SHOWS.
1111005800.
The annual spring show of the Beet
Huron Agricultural Society was held
hero nn Friday of last week. There was
a good turn out and a splendid show,
more particularly in the imported class
of horses. The following is the prize
list
Honszs.--Imported heavy draught,
aged -8 entries—lab, McMillan & Odd.
pr's "Warrior O'Cree" ; 2nd, McNeil &
Shit.o's',Challenger"; 3rd, P. MOEwan's
"Rankin Boy."
imported heavy draught, under 8 years
—3 entries—let, John McMillan's ',Mash-
er King" ; 2nd, Thos, MoLauchlin's
"The Tourist." Geo. Tate's "Prince of
Elves," owing to an accident could not
be taken to tate grounds. Fie will take
his route next Monday, however.
Imported heavy draught, 2 years old ---
3 entries -1st, Shine & MoNeil's "Daz-
zle" ; 2nd, Thos. MsLauehlio's "King of
Isles"; 5td, Jno, Brown's "Lord Thor."
Canadian heavy draught—McDonald
& Sleminon's "Black Champion."
Carriage --4 entries—lot, John Leg-
gatb's "Frankie 13." ; 2nd, R. W. Ful -
ton's 'Black Hawk." Horses belonging
to Spier Bros. and John Goveolook were
entered but were sot on hand when the
judges called for them and consequently
were not judged.
Roadsters -2 entries—let, 3. T, Cart.
or's "Kentuoky Star" ; 2nd, Alex. Stew.
art's "Young Ridgewood."
13mmis.—Durbam—.1st, Robt, Dickson;
2nd, Jas. Ferguson ; 3rd, ,T. N. Kneehtel,
The judges were Hugh Ross, East
Wawanosh ; Alex. Forsyth, Tuokersmith,
and Thos. Mosgrove, Turnberry, for
heavy bornos and bulls. Ino. CI often,
Wroxeter; Robb. Roth, Listowel, and J.
Tennant, V. S., Wiugham, for light
horses.
wmxuna1t.
The annual spring show tinder the
auspices of the Turnberry Agricultural
Society was held in the Horticultural
park on Wednesday, 18th inst., and was
la, gely attended. There were some fine
animals on exhibition, and the prizes were
awarded as entiows:—
Hones.—Importod heavy draught -0
entries --let, 'Wm. Roacho's "Gold" ;
2nd, McMillan d; Calder's "SVarrio• 0'-
Oree." Comedian heavy drangirt---1
entry—Jahn Caesar's 'Pride of the West.'
Road and eerriage-5 entries - lst, John
Leggett's "Frankie B." ; 21td, Alex,
S'ewa't's "Young Ridgewood." Best
stallion, any ago or class -- Wm. Roaohe's
"Gold."
Bones.—Aged Durham -2 entries ---1st,
G. Nicholson's "Huron Chief"; 2nd, P.
Fowler's "Young Hero." Young Dur-
ham -2 entries -1st, 7. Barbour's "Lord
Jake," which also took the diploma for
best bull any age or plass; 2nd, 0. Hend-
erson's "Waterloo Knightly." Samuel
Welhvood also exhibited his thorn' -brad
Hereford bull, "Bismarok," which was
highlycommoided by the judges as a fine
animal of his olass, but there were 110
prizes offered for this class of bulls.
00Len&V11.
The East Wawanosh Spring Show was
held at Belgrave on Thursday of last
week. Theweatherwas pleasant, the at-
tendanoe of spectators large and competi_
tion keen. The following is the prize
list :—
Honens. —Imported heavy draught—
lot, John Washington's "Kingg of the
Campbells" ; 2nd, John MoMIllan's
"Masher King," 8rd, Robert Martin's
"Gallant's Model." General Purpose—
lst, Thos. MoLanoblin's "Prince of Dray
Horn" ; 2nd, Robt, MoGowan's "Floneat
Sandy," 8rd, Robert MoGowan's "Puz-
zler," Road and Carriage -1st, John
Leggett's "Frankie B." ; 2nd, Elam
Livingston's "Mountain Eagle," 3rd,
John Philip's "Young Garfield." Best
horse, any age or class, diploma, John
Washington's "Bing of the Campbell's."
Bents.—Thoro'-brad, ,gad—Robb, Mo-
Gowan's "Capt. Jim," Under 2 years—
let, John Btu -hour's "Lord Jake"; 2nd,
Wm. Isbister's "Ting of the West," 8rd,
John Agnew's "Duke of Argyle." Best
bull any ago, John Barbour's 'Lord
Jake.'
Tho judges were Wm, Snell, Buffett ;
W. H. Oruikahanlc, Wingham, and Rich.
Cole, Londosboro.
noway.
The Elmo, Agricultural Society's Spring
Show was hold at Newry on Woduooday
of this wcolt. It was a ttp.top oto and
was attended by a largo number of peo-
ple. The implement mon wore on handl
as usual, cousptcuone in the number be-
ing Geo. Love, of Brussels ' Thos. Wat-
son, of Hermiston, John Matheson, of
Donegal ; A. Hingston, of Brussels, and
F. Smith, of Listowel. The following is
tho prize list of the show :—
Honsus,—Imported Iteavyy draught, ag.
ed -8 eutrios—let, L. McNeil ; 2nd, Jno.
Turnbull. Heavy draught, under 8 years
—Ed. Henry. Heavy draught under 2
years -4 enttries--1st, Jno. Turnbull 2nd
Ed. Honey. Canadian heavy draught -
3 entries—let, A. Thomson ; 2nd, John
Guy. Under three years—MoDonaid &
Slemmon. General purpose—e entries -
1st, Wnt. Boyle ; 2nd, Isaac Eby. Thom.
bred, with pedigree—John Soott. Road
and carriage -4 ontries—'let, Jas. Men-
nen ; 2nd, Wm. Thistle, Sweepstakes--
Lacidan MoNeil.
Bumps, -Durham, Oanadieu Flercl Book,
over 3 years -3 entries—let, Robt, Ford. ;
2nd, Jae. Hammond. Derham, Domin-
ion Hord Bo0k--9 entries -1st, Betty Lib
tie ; 2nd, Jerry Dewar. Under 2 years—
Archie Simpson. Under 't year -2 en-
teies—let, WVm, Machan' 2ud, Jae. Robb..
Sweepetalcoe—Itobt, l ori.
d7unal:s.--'James I+ergueon, Grey ; Alex.
Young, Winghant; and ,ino, :1, Fortune,
".l'grtiberry.
Number 41.
Huron Spring Assizes
This Court was opened on Honda
alternoon of last week at 5 o'clook, b
His Lordship Justice Galt, W. Mowat
Q. C., appeared, to conduot the Crow
cases, Tho following gentlemen wer
sworn in as the Grand Jurors:. -
G. W. Berry, Goderioh ; T. W. Dotlor,
Goderioh; James Bell, Howick; W. D.
Bright, Redo, tit ; Thomas Bissett, Exet-
er; John Currie, Wawanosh; Henry
Deacon, Wawanosh; John Dunbar, Wil-
son Evans, Thomas Elliott, John Hewitt,
Grey ; Christopher Eaorett, H'y Heyrook,
Hay; Wm. Fulton, Stephen Hogarth,
John Ford, Stephen ; Samuel Gilley,
Blyth ; Robert Gibbings, Charles Glew,
Buffett; Wm. Graham, Stanley; Wm
Glom, James Flackney, Usborne ; John
Hannah, foreman, Tuckersmith.
Iiis Lordship's remarks to the Grand
Jury wore very brief, merely expressing
pleasure at the brief calendar which so
far appeared to oall for tbeir attention.
There was only one ogee, a charge of
burglary. This, he explained, was the
forcible entry into a house or premises,
between the hours of 0 o'clock p. no. and
6 o'clock a. m„ for the purpose of coo.
rnitting a felony. It would be a part of
their duty to examine the county - build-
ing's, and as soon se these matters were
reported on, unless something else arose
meanwhile, they would be at liberty to
go home.
The jury then retired, and the first case
taken up was
Heffernan vs, fell. An action for
malicious prosecution, arising out of a
dispute over some sheep. Garrow for
plaintiff; Idington, of Stratford, for de-
fendant. At the close of plaintiff's case,
his Lordship, by consent of defendant's
counsel, dismissed the action, on the
ground that the plaintiff had given no
evidence that the defendant had acted
without reasonable and probable cause,
Costa to defendant.
Finch vs. Colclough. Action for seduo.
Von. By consen a verdict for $150 dam.
ages and costs was entered for plaintiff.
W. Johnston for plaintiff; E. Campion
for defendant.
Cole of al ve. Coleman, An action for
illegal distress, arising out of transactions
between plaintiffs, who had mortgaged a
farm to defendant, which was afterwards
purchased by him. This case was partly
tried, a jury being empanelled, ono wit-
ness heard and several documents put in
evidence, when a settlement was arrived
at by consent. Oak r, Q.C., and L. E.
Dancey for ;plaintiff; Garrow and Lash,
Q. C.'s and Hohnateed for defendant.
McMillan vs. Colwell. An action for
slander. Plaintiff claimed 52,000 dam-
ages for that dodondant had stated public-
ly that ho (plaintiff) had stolen bis whip.
Colwell denies having used the words
attributed to him, but if he did, not with
the intent of slandering or in any way
injuring IYIaMfllan, Verdiot for plaintiff,
by consent, for one shilling damages
without costs. Garrow, Q. C., and Hest-
ingefor plaintiff; Osier, Q. C., and Powell
for defendant.
y
3.
Perdue vs, Clark. Action for Iibo1.
This now well-known ease, arising out of
circumstances coeneetod with tho death
of the late Mrs. Levi Trick, of Goderioh
township, was finally settled, by consent,
with a verdict of one dollar, without
costs. Garrow, Q. C., and A. B. Man-
ning for plaintiff ; Osler, Q. C., for de.
fondant.
MoNau bion vs. Holmes. Aotion for
slander. Judgment, by consent, dismiss.
ing the action, with costs. W. B. Dick-
son for plaintiff ; Garrow, Q. C., for de-
fendant,
Yeo ve. Aloock. Aotion for the con-
struction of the will of the tato William
Aloock. Garrow, Q. C., for plaintiff ; W.
B. Dickson for adult defendant, and 111,
0. Cameron for infant defendant.
Molwan vs. Govealook. Aotion on
promissory notes. Verdict, by consent,
for plaintiff for $1,500, without costs. F.
Holmestead for plaintiff ; J. 111. nest for
defendant.
Drummond vs. O'Rourke. Au action
for 01alioions prosecution, arising out of
seine tremssotions between the partios,
who live at Blyth. On request of plain-
tiff tho naso was postponed until next as-
•izes, plaintiff to pay costs of the day.
Garrow, Q. C., far plaintiff; Campion for
defendant.
Thompson vs. Twhchell, Action to set
aside & bill of sale its fraudulent as against
the creditors of A. Callander oz Bro., et
Clinton. Garrow, Q. C., and Manning
for plaintiff; Seager and Hatt for de-
fendant, After hearing the witnesses in
this naso it was adjourned for argument
before Ris Lordehip in Toronto, time to
be arranged by opened.
MoOaa vs. Bruoe et al. Action on ac-
count and to set aside a conveyance. By
consent His Lordship delivered a verdict,
and directed judgment against defendant,
Robert Bruce, for $518.75, with costs,
and dismissed the action against other
defendants without costs, lash, Q. C.,
and Holmestead for plaintiff; Garrow,
Q. C., for defendants.
.Fraser vs, Johnston. Action to cont.
pol specific performance of an agreement
to supply milk. After hearing the evi-
dence of two witnesses His Lordship re.
fused to proceed with the case, on the
ground that the sttbjeot matter of the
suit as reepaots the defendants individual.
ly is of stili a character as is calculated
to bring the jurisdiction of the court into
contempt, the charge against one of the
defendants, Michael O'Bourn, being that
be refused to supply the milk of two
cows. Bill dismissed with costs, Sooner
for p1ai111123; Garrow, Q, 0., for defend-
ant.
Batton ye. 1'hu11111. Action to restrain
defendants from taking timber from
pleintifl's milk riam iu Wmgbam. Hits
t,ordship delivernd judgment that de.
fondants had no riparlau 1 41110 as they
Alleged, and that they were guilty of tree- Two hundred and thirty-five members
pass; but as the case was brought more of the British House of Commies are
to establish the rights of plaintiff than to taking steps to prevent the publication of
recover apeef0tare damages, judgment was offendsy.ive evidence in divorce oases,
given for plaintiff for $10, with full oosts, Prosper Geary, a French Ince dealer,
defendants to withdraw their counter who embezzled $120,000 in Paris, arrived
claim, and pay costa of same. Garrow & in
New York Saturday and was arrested.
Proadfootfor plaintiff ; Oamoron, Q. C., He agreed to return to Frame vole's,
Dickenson for defendants. recover
Fidler ve, Gray. Action for assessment Premier Baker, of Tonga Island, and
of profits. Judgment far plaintiff for his party hove put a great many of the
8128 and costs. M. G. Cameron for Wesleyane on the island to death, appar.
plaintiff ; defendant not represented. ently on a trumped up charge of eon -
count.
ve. Prior. Action for an ac. ephraoy.
count. Case postponed, defendant to pay The German Government hes issued a
costs of the day, and by consent ease re- decree that all public placards posted in
tuoved to county court. Garrow, Q. 0., Alsace Lorraine must be printed In Ger-
for plaintiff ; Holt and Elliott for de. man, but French translations will be por-
fendant. minted
Bishop vs. Barker, and Milne vs. Bark- Magistrate Hegarty, while returning
er—Aotion brought t0 set aside a frau- to Mill street, Cork, from a meeting on
dalent conveyance from James Barker to Sunday, was fired at from behind 0 hedge
Emily Barker, Verdict for plaintiffs in and was wounded inthehotd and shoulder
both cases. E. L. Wade for plaintiffs with buckshot.
and 7. E. Tartan for defendants. Lord Hartington, tAir. Chamberlin and
The Grand Jury on Wednesday made Mr. Goacheu were in Scotland speaking
the following presentment. in favor of 000reiou, whtl, Sir William
County of Huron, to wit: Harcourt and others addressed English
The jurors of our lady the Queen beg meetings against it.
leave to present :— Heavy snow storms and bitterly cold
That they hone examined the jail and weather are prevailing in the northern
find everything clean anti in good order. and eastern portions of France. The
At present there are 111 prisoners in jail— farmers ars despairing on account of the
8 malas and 5 females. Of the males, 4 unprecedented soverity of the weather.
are insane, 2 aro vagrants, and 2 are A large dynamite button with a burning
charged with larceny—one awaiting trial fuse attached was found Saturday night
and the other in on a warrant of remand. in a room near the private office of the
Of the insane, lboir ages are : 04, 88, 65 Spanish Minister of Public Works. An
and 44 ; one of the vagrants is 94 years of employee pluckily quenched the fuse and
age, and the remaining 8 are able-bodied there wee no explosion.
men. Of the females, one is insane, and A little bit of a woman in Topeka who
the other 4 are vagrants. One of them was in debt $300 and hadn't a second
may be dossed as weak-minded, and has dress to her back went at it and invented
been in jail eleven times for sentences an eggbeater and sold her right, title and
ranging from one week up to six months. interest in it for $1,400 cash. Her first
The remaining three femalesaro a mother move was to buy a 510 bonnet.
and her two daughters, whose only of- It was developed at the inquest held on
fence is being poor. the body of Hon -3, Sengbusoh, who died
in school, at Milwaukee, while being
chastised by his teacher, George Werner,
that the boy's nook had been broken.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict
holding Werner responsible for the
death.
James .+tuart, of Conway, Mese.,
promised a neighbor that if his next
child was a girl he'd vote against grant-
ing liquor licenses at the coming elec-
tion. He kept his word and voted "No
license" and the t nen went "No license"
by ono vote. Little Miss Stuart starts in
life wibb a ,•troeft ,Tenni ito a temperance
worker.
A prominent Kentucky lawyer is not.
ed for the size of his feet. He is not at
all sonsitivo &tont them, h"wave . He
has himself named his shoos after two
Ohio river steamboats, and when he gabs
up in the morntiug calls over to the buy
who does his bootblaokiug, "Jim, bring
mo 'The Lndianola,' and then go back
and bring me 'The Pride of the West.' "
The Prince of Wales has received Z2,-
000 from an anonymous donor towards
the building fund of the new English
church at Copenhagen, which will be
ready for °peeing in September, when it
is hoped that rho Prince and Princess
will bo in Denmark. Another anony
mous donor has presented an organ, and
several valuable gifts have been received
from other quarter., including the pulpit
communion plate and four stained glass
windows.
The people of London aro whirled
from one part of the British metropolis
to another by underground railway
trains, on which the faro varies from
two to four cents. The greaten propor-
tion of the tickets are sold for two cents.
The trains are ran at intervals of from a
minute to a minute and half. Nobody
has ever been killed on this under ground
road, although more than 80,00 ,000
passengers aro carried over it in a year.
The remains of Presideut and Mrs.
Lincoln were privately taken from their
seorot resting plane on Thursday of hest
week and interred in the north vault of
the Lincoln monument Oak Ridge Cisme.
tory, near Bloomington, Ill. Less than
a dozen persons, members of the Lincoln
dionument Association and Lincoln
guard of honor, were present. For years
the whereabouts of the great President
and his wife has boon vested in mystery
from anxiety that they would be stolen
to obtain a huge ransom for their return.
London Society:—During last year no
loss than 5,000 soldiers deserted from the
ranks. In addition to this numbers pun.
chased their discharge, alleging as their
reasons for doing so that there wero ton
many rough °haraotars to associate with,
too many masters, distaste for lauguago
of barrack -room, dime/rod by poster,
"advantages of the army" as to pay and
rations, the offensive bearing of sante of
the officers, rations insufficient and gener-
al dieeppoiutnteut with military life,
could not get married with leave, there
being no prospect of a vacancy. The de.
portions from the militia during the
sono yeas nudtbored apwsrds of 10,000
men,
Some drink statistioe just pmbliehed at
Washington are interesting. Ie round
numbers the consumption of distilled
spirits, domestic and imported, in the
United States is showed to havo inertias.
ed from 48,000,000 gallons in 1840 to 72,-
000,000 in 1886 ; of wino, from 4,800,000
gallons to 22,000,000 ; and of malt liquors
from 28,000,000 to 642,000,000. 1011e
consumption per capital during the same
period dccroaeed, as regards distilled
spirits, from about two and a half gallons
to &bout oueand a quarter gallons; and
increased as regards wines from 0,29 to
0,88 gallons, antl melt ligti0re from leas
than one and a half to more than •eleven
gallons. The present average expendi-
ture in. the 'United St&tea per ,annum for
malt and e,,tirituous ldquorn and boor tit
retail is $900,000,000. The drinking
imitation is 05tfnt0t04 to be (in 1881,1 14,•
{ pt:1
025,ra41pi7mtataki44ng l:be average expenditure
1.
Wefeel it to be our duty to assure those
who have the enforcement of the Soott
Act directly in hand, of our sympathy.
We are gratified ab the action taken by
the Ontario Government of late, which
has added to the efficiency of the Act.
Wo view with pleasure tho increasing
favor of the Act, and the abatement of
active opposition in the way of intimida-
tion towards those who are endeavoring
to enforce it, and perform their duties as
officers of the lair, the call upon all law-
abiding, all loyal and peace -loving citizens
to encourage and assist in enforcing the
Act, and thus add to the increasing re-
spect of the same, which we believe has
already done much good in lessening the
evil effects of the traffic in intoxicating
liquors. Wo strongly protest against any
amendment or amendments to the Scott
Ad by tho Governnieub, which would
losseu its efficiency or hinder its success-
ful working.
All of which is respectfully snbmittod.
Joni H,usxau, Foreman.
cntutunn Deans.
Regina vs. Wm. Vanstone jr. A charge
of stealing a $5 hill and a gold dollar from
Edward Young. The parties live in Col-
borne, and the offence was supposed to
have been committed at Young's house.
E. Campion for prisoner. Jury brought
in a verdict of not guilty.
In the naso of James Ferguson, charged
with fraudulent preference to creditors,
the Grand Jury returned "no hill."
Regina vs. Adam Sipple, one of the
parties charged with the recent Zurich
burglary, was traversed to the next as-
sizes, two otter parties charged with com-
plicity having boon remanded by the mag-
ietratos until to -day. Sipple was bailed
in the aunt of $1,000 by himself, and two
sureties of $500 each.
This closed all the business of the court
which wss ready.
General .Yews.
John Bright has declared in a letter in
favor of rho Crimes Bill.
The Ameer of Afghanistan has gained
a success over the rebels,
Tho man who fired at the Czar at Gat.
schina was hanged the same clay.
The Russians are reported to bo luov.
mg slowly but steadily towards Herat,
Austria will build six immense cavalry
barracks in Galicia for permanent iso.
The Lower House of rho 11fiohiga1t
Legislature has rejected woman suffrage,
The Vulgarian Government has been
warned of another insurrectionary move-
ment.
Two girls students have boon flogged to
insensibility for taking part in the Nihil.
ie b plot,
France is disturbed over the conclusion
of the :illianeebetween Austria, Germany
and Italy.
The New Zealand postoffioe authorities
refnee to send the mails by the Canadian
Pacific route.
It is estimated that it would cost 36,,
000,000,000 for the European nations to
go into a general war.
A cyclone which visited Wost Virginia,.
Willey afternoon doetroyed property to
the valve of over 31,000,000.
There are two solid gold brinks in the
United States mint et Denver, each one
of which weighs nearly 110 pounds.
Jules Coruely writes in the Paris Mat-
in that the repnlio Geste Franoe 800,000.-
000 franca more yearly than the moo.
arohy.
The English reefdents of ;Brasses will
mark the Queen's jubilee by raising it,
monument to the msnory of the English
soldiers who fell at Waterloo.
'The drouth throughout Central Illinois
with the great and aontinuons heat; is
unprecedented. Nothing like it 111411100111
"own fon' a greet Many year's.
Under it new edict justpronmlgiited hn
Japan criminals arc nob tri be executed
singly. 4'lum there is ono ire mn$t wait
to ti) nista 15 to 31 , r to keep 11101 iron.
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