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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-4-29, Page 44 Loved—Adam Good, Bhtrgetins-._Geo. Novo. Flowers—Daniel l;te,weet Baby carriages --H. Dennis. County oxeminatiou;__P. Aclnmson. ?lc 11l1155eI5 'POO, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1887. LAST Monday Dr. Maodonnld, the re. preeentativo of this riding iu the House of Commons, made his maiden parlia- mentary speech on Mr. Curran's Rome Rule resolution and, as we predicted and expected, acquitted himself in a manner that would have done credit to the oldest parliamentarian. The Ottawa corre- spondent, in referring to this speech, says :— "Dr, Macdonald, the member for East Huron, made his first speech in the House to -day in favor of Mr. Curran's Homo Rule reeolntion, and showed himself an exceedingly clever debater, well informed in political history and able to put his case clearly and forcibly. The electors of East Huron acted wisely when they re- jeoted Mr. Farrow and elected Dr. Mac- donald. who is a credit to his eonstitu- enay. * * Dr. Macdonald's Liberal friends were proud of him end chee^ed him." IN the discussion of the Coercion Bill in the British House of Commons the scenes enacted and the language used was a disgrace to any civilized country. The idea of men in this enlightened age and in connection with public debate calling one another liars and threatening to "punch" ono another's heads. Instead of simply expelling them from the House for a few days they should be put under the town rump and cool, el off and then have their honors taken from there. We often have England held up to ns as the paragon of excellence, but iu their man. ner of conductiug parliamentary affairs they set us a very unworthy precedent, and one of which they shonld feel asham- ed. In the heat of debate strong lang- uage may be used but there ie. or should be, always a lire betwe, a the expression of a gentleman and a bully. ' Tun session of the Local Legislature just closed, although lacking much of the heated debate and apposition of former times, got through with a lot of work and, as may be seen in another column, passed about one hundred Bills during the time of their sittine. The debates on the Federation question. dome Rule and the Separate Sellout amendments were among the most interesting. News- paper men advanced a etep in euunection with the Bill to amend the law of libel, introduced by W. D. Balfour, M.P.P. for South Essex. We hope this same gnes- tion will be taken up in the Dominion House and completed, so that respectable newspapers will not be subject to annoy- ance and expense by fighting imaginary grievances on the part o1 prattles or per- sons whose rascality has been exposed. We give the amendments to the law in this issue. Mr. Balfour is deserving of the thanks of every editor in the country for the energy and pereerver,n:ce be dis- played in pushing the Bill 131-litevalc Erwin Patterson has taken possession of the Lirhtlo place end with throe teams is making the ground look quite spring like. Bev. Mr. Thyme, of Pt. Dover, is on a visit t" his mother, in Morrie. Mrs. Thyme has not been well for some time, but is a little better thie week. Geo. Mosgrove, brother in nue old and esteemed teacher, A. Musgrove, was in town en Saturday. He looks well and reports progress in No. 10, Turnberry. Mrs. More, of Harriston, i$ on a visit to Mrs, billion this week, very likely Mrs. Billion will find our little town dull for awhile but hope she will like it better the leeger she retuning. The many friends of Wm. Maxwell, on the boundaty, will 1,• ebur to learn he is able to• be round. Although his log is atilt stiff from the etraio, he says he is • all riolht and feels better for the rest. Ilan is bcginin,i to attract attention now, mid any cue who is on the main street bit'veen 6 and dark may eerily run the risk of having their pearl ku,:eked off. No eree, has tried the teeperir. nt so far. The fact,/1,7 le . In ly d 405 Ln , ,ese, Several marls of ,nil': are cont. leg i, ,!ally • altaltheegh'1 the r': is not to be formally opened till Mr„.ley, May 2nd. .1 big runts expeetmil thh- year, and the cheese chnuld be t' sueeese as Mr. Billion, our new ill: r ecraaker, u.,racs•well recommended: Jno. Beeman, son of Councillor. Bee- man, 2nd con., Morrie, has made up his mind to go west and on Tuesday he left the station for Winnipeg, which will be the centre from where he intends to work, john will be missed threesiii Morris and his many friends wieb .him happiness and suocose. The grounds around the pig pent at the cbeosa factory are being /heed, and it is tithe they were. It is intended to have all the ligqnid run off into a tank and this is to be deafened regularly, This, if Car- ried rine, will be a great benefit both to health sad wealth. • It will put the hogs THE BRUSSELS POST Vall=11110713017=1' Show with hie Dolt. Thie evoke web W. S. Cummingfortl, of South Wood- Saturday was Guelph's sixtieth birth. for Blnevale and 100 may look fat some -sloe, 13a14px, has been gazetted a Notary : day, extra fine stock in tike part next Spring. Public The town treasury of fort Hope re. Wo wish him success in his new venture, A busy Keane le going 011 around the station just now, posts are being put 00 the ears and lumber is filling up the yard, but that is not ell, the Manitoba fever hes struck here, and the "hotee are pilek- ing 0)' and going. On Monday Chas. and Thos. Jackson left with farm stook and implements to try their fortune in the West, John Collie, son of our station master, started west. He is going near the Rookies, about 2,700 milds from home. It is a long way, and we hope he will not get home suck, but that be will stand the storm and return healthy, wealthy and wise, On Saturday of last week we were vis- ited by a little wind storm. No serious damage, besides a few fences being blown over, wastdone, till it reached an old barn owned by Mr. Robertson, which bad seen its beet days and for a number of years has been standing without a coat to protect it from the stormy blasts. It had always managed to keep a covering over it till the wind mune on Saturday and after a vein attempt at resistance it gave up the unequal contest and the roof was soon laid upon the mother earth. lir. Robertson oould not hold out any longer and ou Monday the last clinging timbers were accordingly severed and the the .tome of many a harvest has disap- peared from eight. (" sieestelista News. St. Catharines town council offers $8,. 000 for a public park. Mrs. Harvey, of Galt, more than 00 years of age, walked a distance of 4,} miles recently. The Curran Home Pule resolutions were passed by the House of ltommons Tuesday night by 135 to 47. In the Nova Scotia Legislature AIr. McOall's resolution for annexation to the United States was rejected by a vote of 26 to 1, Mrs. Fenwick (Maggie Barr), a well. known vocalist, ie suffering from para. lysis of the tongue, but it is hoped the affliction is only temporary. The farmers who are members of the Legislative Assembly met iu Toronto and organized a union, with the following of- ficers 6ficers : President, Charles Drury ; Seoro- tary, Archibald Bishop ; Committee, Messrs. Dryden, Sprague, Cruess, Fell and Gibson (Huron). The Canadian Pacific has doubled its freight rates from Winnipeg to the Pacific coast, owing, it is said, to the Inter -State Commercial Bill. Passenger rates to the east will also be raised. Tho School Board of Victoria, B.C., have resolved "that for any teacher to engage in hunting and shooting on Sun- day or to be seen on the Lord's Day carrying a gun through the streets of our city shall be deemed sufficient reason for dismissal by this board." It reads cams jolly in this section ••f the country to be told that such a resolution was "carried unanimously." The Windsor Oil ,b Natural Gas Com- pany, which has for some time past been boring for oil and gas at Belle River, has come to the front again. Some time since the Council gave the company the exclusive right to lay pipes in Windsor for the conveyance of natural gas and oil. The company now ash to have its franchise extended to ten years, and a by-law to that effect has been drawn up and will be considered at a special meet- ing of the Council. The company claims that the project will give Windsor a great boom, as the town can be illuminated for about one-fifth of the present cost. To encourage manufacturers to locate in Windsor the,,cohnpany will offer gas for fuel foe one year free of charge. Experts aro examining the saline springs in the Red River Valley, blanito- ba, with the view of determining whether it is possib'o to make them remunerative. In boriug wells for water, the further down the operator gets the more braldsh the water becomes, and one point on the Red River, thirteen miles above Winni- peg, a spring of brine runs out the year round, never freezing even in the coldest weather. But a still more remarkable indication that salt may be obtained in 1 neighborhood is inrte PYfn quantities a gq found on the north bank of the Whits Mud River, where, at a point near Wood. side, brine of considerable strength bub- bles up in such quentities es to form a con:.tent stream two loot wide and four inehee deep. Salt in large quantities is a necessity in these far inland regions, and if it is found in paying quantities, it will be a boon to the settlers, who already though rho country is but sparsely peo- pled, have annually to buy from the On- tario producers from $100,000 to $160,000 of the prndnct, Aa the freight from Godorieh to Winnipeg is $1.12. a barrel, and the salt is retailed at $2,50. a good home market would be eseured fom the start. SO says a Winnipeg letter. On Friday evening last a well-dressed man camp from Buffalo and registered at the Niagara House, Niagara falls, as J. R, Richardson, of Walkerton, Ont, While at supper he called the proprietor, J. V, Carr, into the dining roam and told trim he had lost $4,000 in Buffalo, and he came to tho Falls to commit suicide, Mr. Carr saw at once that his guest was very nervous, and tried to talk with him, but he jumped up and ran for the door, fol. lowed by Carr, In the hall there was o struggle, but Richardson was conquered. A telephone diepateh was scut to police headquarters for an officer, and when he came he hada dispatch from the Super. intendant of Police, Buffalo, to arrest Richaadeon, who had left his baggage at a hotel there, and said he was going to commit suicide. Mr, Carr did not wish to see the man locked up, and offered e room in the house if the officer would stay and take nate of trim, A. telegram was gent to rho man's friends at Walker- ton, and E. Robinson arrived to take care of him. The two left for Buffalo with the intention of going from there to Walkerton. Richardson is evidently in. sane over the loss of money in eome epee. to the expense, However, of ihhtying their ulatiou in Buffalo, and had it nob been own clothes scent, t Jud. Caesar is going ronnil with -a broad smile all over hie radiant counters. anat. Sento have been making enquiries and it has been discovered that John had taken first }seize at Winteeham Spring foe the prompt action of air. Carr he would probably have jumped into the rapids, The Buffalo Superintendent of Police knows nothing of the reported lass of money by Richardson, but the other facts aro as stated. A dairy of 70 cows is t0 be one of the carved in fines for violation of the Can. attractions et the Thousand (eland Park oda Temperance Act 01,700 during the farm this summer, lest year. Tale Grand Croup authorities eontem- I A (.rand Trunk freight train of 1.3 ears plate the erection of four iron bridges on plunged through the bridge over melt's the Sarnia branch this summer, smelt, near Morrishurg, at 4 o'etoalt on 11. T. Buckinghtun, Treasurer of the Canadian Nellie Aid Society, Winnipeg, has been arrested for embezze Ment. The Aylmer Express says the W.C.T. U . of that town, have not been making an effort to oust Inspeatnr Molntyre, but squints violently in that direction. St Thmn•ts pipers gravely assort that a chicken was recently born in that town which had a well-developed head at each end of it, It lived only three bongs. Negotiations are about to be entered into by the Postmaster -General with the U nited Status Government looking to the establishment of a parcel post between the two countries. Mr, Norquay's Bill empowering the Manitoba Government to build a railway to the boundary provides for the issue of one million dollars of Provincial bands for its constrnation. iliiss Sarah Lawrence, of MapleOlCreek, Maxi., was fatally shot on the 16th inat, while .landing a revolver to her father. It loss in a trunk which she was unpacking, and watt off in an unaccountable way. Christopher Robinson, Q. C., received $4,002 for conducting the pruseontion of Thal ; his associate counsel's share (Mr. Osler, Q. C.) was 05,070, or at the rate of ;,100 a day. The lawyers' charges for prosecuting the unfortunate half-breed was 013,000. A pension system in connection with the North west Mounted Police will like- ly be adopted this session. A detach - the morning of April 22nd, Engineer Stewart and the fireman were instantly killed. The piot'e of the bridge have bowl examined and found sound. The cause of the collapse of the bridge is a mystery, The body of Clement Hollands, drown. cd in the river at Iiieeardine a week ago, was taken from the water on Wednesday of last week by George Herr and Thomas Campbell. It was about 20 feet from bho north pier, between Mr, 3Iurdon's ware- house and the lighthouse on the and of the pier. It was not disfigured. There , ryas about $1,600 on hie person, Sixty-five delegates, representing twen- ty-seven clubs, gathered in the Resale house, Toronto, and formed. "Tho Can- adian Lacrosse Association." The follow. ing clubs have joined : Brantford, Stouff- ville, Mt. Forest, Ottawa, Orangeville, Owen Sound, Guelph, Ingersoll, Orillia, Niagara Falls, Elora, Richmond Hill, St. Catharines, Shelbourno, Galt, Fergus, Woodstock, Toronto, Poberboro', Moaford, and Ontario. Rev. W. 1', Clarke, in reply to some other ministers, argues in the Guelph Meroury that if it bo wrong to soil milk on Sunday, it must also be wrong to milk cows on that day. But what i$ to be done with the milk if it is not to be served to customers, for whom it will not bo fresh enough next day ? And what of bottle- fed babies and invalids, to whom fresh milk is necessary every day? Mr. Clarke's conundrums are puzzling some of his hent of o huudrodjmen of the force, un- ministerial brethren. der Supt. Steele, will likely be sent to The greater part of a day was oeoupied petro the Kootenay District, British at the Oxford assizes in trying the case Columbia, during the coming summer. The Kincardine Bioyele Olub elected the following officers for the ensuing season :—President, H. A. Macintosh t Vice•President, F. A. Kerman ; Captain, F. E. Coombe ; let Lieut., W. 11. Maale- tosh ; Ind Lieut„ .toss Roborbeou ; Bug- ler, John Crawford; Standard-bearer, M. MacPherson. Wm. Sinclair, B.A., headmaster of the High School, Sarnia, who had been at Ann Arbor, under medical treatment, has returned home. The acoident with which he met while conducting experi- ments for his class in chemistry, has re- sulted in the total loss of hie left eye. The sight of the right o is, fortunately, unimpared. A G.T.R. man on inspecting the oars at the Union Station, Toronto, on the arrival of the western train the other evening, found a chamois bag containing a diamond eeeklaee, a pair of bracelets, and several other articles of jewelry worth $6,000. The owner, a Chicago wo- man, turned up, looking after her vain- abies, in about an hour. She received them and was made happy, Mr. Childs, attorney for P. T. Barnum, said that the terms of agreement on which his client withdrew his suit for $100,000 against the Grand Trunk railway of Ca- nada for tbo loss of the elephant Jumbo were private. From another source it was learned, however, that the Grancl Trunk people agreed to pay $5,000 in cash to Mr. Barnum's firm and haul the cir- cus' 80 cars over its rail free during the ooming season. This is virtually a settle- ment for about $10,000, aa Barnum's ex- penses on the same road lest year were $4,800. News has just been received at the Sig- nal Bureau Quebec, that the cable con- necting the Island of Anticosti with the mainland has parted. The length of the cable is 38 miles. Mr. McHugh, Super- intendent of the Signal Service, states that the cable will likely not bo repaired for some time owing to the large quanti- ties of ice passing outward. The break is thought to be near the shore, This ac- cident will cause great inconvenience to the shipping trade, as in ease of wreaks, ore., no intelligence can be received, when at this season there is so much dan- ger in the gulf. The following officers wore olectad in connection with the Dominion Allfancs President, Hon. A.. Vidal; treasurer, W. H. Orr; corresponding secretary, F. S. S enr •recotdm s eeetarY, Rev. John Wool executive committee—A. M. Featherston, A. McDiarmii, J. S. Robert- son, Rov. Or. Sutherland, John T. Moore, J. 11. Alexander, Jacob Spence, W. W. Buchanan, W. 11, Howland, John Mc. Millen, R. Fleming, Jas. Dobson, H. 0'. navy, Boy. John Potts, D. D. ; Rev. John Smith, Rev. Dr. Moore, HIM W. Scott, E. Starr, J. R. Stewart, of Ottawa; J. 11. Mollougal and A. M. Featherston, of Montreal ; together with the members of the various Provincial oaecutives. (ht i ii l:y afternoon, April2lth, Isaiah Dort 1 arty, of Caledonia, picked np some 1 ee..„fps that a farmer hall thrown over hie Tenets and brought them lwmno for hie wife to eat, as she had frequently asked him to do so. hlirs. Dougherty and her ;.eighbor'e daughter, Mies McKay, were down town between 3 and 4 pan. on that day, 1)1131 after returning home to Mrs, Deugherty's place, they ate one of the parsnips, 11113ch immediately made then. sick, Air. Dougherty, suspecting they were poisoned, went for medical as, sir .d ; but it was too late, as bliss Mc - Ray c11':1 within a few minutes after they got there, and the poison had got too melt headway in Mrs. Dougherty to be checked. Mies MoIsay died about 6 p, m. that day, and Mrs. Dougherty at 3:15 next morning, Robt. Moffat, member for Restigouoho, on a viftit to some friends in the vicinity, of Taeswater on April the 25th drove in and put up at Saiyerd's hotel on Sunday with the purpose of tatting the early train for home. On Monday morning on being called about 4330 and no response being received bis room was opened and ho was found dead in his bod, Life had boon extinct some time before the discovery was made. He retired in apparently good. health. Mr. Moffatt Waft the eon of the late George Moffatt, who was member of Parliament for Rostigouehe for many years. Robt, Moffatt tvas born at Camp- bolton, N,B., hh March, 1844, He was educated at the Academy, Annan, Dun. friesehire, Scotland. He was first return- ed to Pa•iiantont in 1882, defeating Mr. Madame, who Was also hie nppenet in the late election. of C. P. Eddy vs. Canadian Order of Foresters. The plaintiff's husband was a member of defendants' oder. He died a few months ago, and the plaintiff claims the $1,000 endowment. The defendants contest the case on the ground that the deceased was, at the time he joined the order, older than they, according to their eonetitntion, receive persons into mem- bership, and that his application in that particular contained an untrue statement. The jury, after being absent ten minutes, returned a verdict in favor of the plfft. Judgment was given for pith. for $1,000 and costs. It has now been decided beyond the possibility of a doubt that the capacity of the oil fields of Bothwell district is very great. The Yates et Co, well bas pum- bed by actual measurement over 100 bbls. in three days. Mr. Mahan is putting clown a well on the adjoining farm. He is just starting at the surface, Mr. Ward has the contract. Mr. Porter has began e well on the Mabey farm in Orford, and Messrs. Yates as Co. have let a contract to Mr. Disney for six wells. The Zone Oil Well Company have let a contract for a well near the Zone Town hall which makes nine wells now contracted for. Several farms have been bought up for oil purposes recently. The land in the vicinity is looking up in price. Bargains ! Bargains ! —FOE TIiE— teat+, C. DAYS in Plows, Steel Harrows, Seed Drills, Bain Wagons, Buggies, Organs, Sewing Machines, Sulky Plows, one four spring Wagon, one 1 horse Wagon, and one sec- ond hand Lumber Wagon. Land Rollers for -$26, best in tho market. Throe kinds Perry y - cinder of Se11ffiers, Port ]. o11 G and Horse Powers, Clothes Wringers, Churns, and ANY'rnma You MAY ENQUIRE FOR. Geo. Tam, 1,k armerr y -Al-till AG ESI A nice assortment of Baby Car- riages on Exhibition at H. Dennis', whore yen can also get a Splendid Trunk, Handy Valise, or Satchel at a Low Price. ' Full lines of Light and IIefwy UMERMICO0 Whips, Combs, Brushes, t&c. in stock. lure Lead but Never Follow. H. DENNIS', ,S'frpt of Bir/ ;Scotch, Giotten'. inln1=axc1:ahrcw. 01.1 AMU", 29, 1887 CARD Or Trirt4ero9t\ ■ WE desire to return our best thanks to our numerous customers for their patron- age extended to its while in 73russels and wish to state that we have disposed of our business to llfrsslls t. M. MCKAY & Co,, who will be pleased to wait on all our old customers. We bespeak for them a liber- al share of the trade of the Public. Yours t&e,, GRANT & CO. Change of Dasinesso HAvING purchased the Hardware busi- ness of Grant Lk,; Co., of the Golden Pad- lock, wo wish to intimate that our largo stock is now open, at the Old Stand, to the inspection of the public. Asking a continuance of the trade of the people of this section and feeling assured we eau fill the bill. Wo are yours at command, 1 May 86 0 SELLING OFF, et) -9 IR 5 4481 BOOL$ (3Z; 5hoes, a s & Cads, Ready- Made ead'®de O othi `9 Gen* 1 - iEthingr, coo 0 6 C EbLINtI- OFF, , EaS IN' Ba rye For the NEST SIXTY DAYS I intend running a Clearing Sale of my Entire Stock, consisting of over 5,000 worth of all Styles and Sizes of Boots and Shoes, Slippers, Rubbers, i&o., Hats & Gaps, 7 Ifoady-Macle,Clotiliug and Gents Furnishings, so 115 to save re, moval. The like of such AR' as We will offer were novor. he and of Morn 11- Brussols,• and- ;it will pst you over and .over- to to retake ,your purchases 'fr0E1 318 dlll.'lilg this _ - C..1E.A.R-Il G SALE. The Goods ]oast a.rld Will be Sold Regard- , less of Profit. GniStosik is new and in excellent condition. Na old tir,00ab on Our 6liolt'0H. • - Gall and Soo our Goods and Get our Prices, Opposite Queen's Hotel, Brussels. S. OSTRANDER. SIXTY DAYS, SIXTY DAYS.