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The Huron Expositor, 1872-02-16, Page 44. J37 NEW A.DITERTISEMENTS. Great Snecess-George Dent. Auction Sale -Alex. Kennedy. Card of Thanks. ° Oxen WantedL-Charles. Carter.; - Notice -Stephen ICeating. Farm to Rent -James L. Pease. Estray Heifer -Matthew Clark. Store to Let,-. J., Campbell; Wilton Insolvent 1,Votice---Edward Evans. • Sewing Machines - George Millin; Wroxeter. , • Corn Cobs -Thomas Stephens. Teacher's Situation Wanted, Mesical Instruction -Mr. Tann. Seed Fair, Wednesday, Feb. 23. Kinn FEB. 16, 181-2. The New Registry Office Bill. et On Friday last the Registret eerie/ding the present Registry Act wes-read asecond:time. This Bill proyides that -hereafter no chvision of ' a County for registration\ purposes can be made, except by a special,A,ct, of the Legislature for that pur•pose. The Bill does not propose to iuter- fere with the. Divisions or appoint- ments recently made by the •late but wti the -act of bitting or voti at Otte a. Assuming, therefo that thi Dominion elections ta place tI e 'ensuing summer, mem b .of the iegis1atOEre who are elected, thellot se of Commons will he at . to disch rge their duties during t es next se ion, but po longer,: as t et Domini n Parliamenu will, o donee e called . togethei at the usual 6 m in the early- part of net yeai. n ineroducing his' measur t Mr. Mc eller remalrked "that tl4e popular eeling since, he first intr , deced -Las bill had been greatly strength tried in it, • favor. As r garded he bill itself, he would say that the wo House e Were distinct as to their utiee, and t iat they shout ip be kept eparate. ewould adaii that by i e passage o the bill son, iutionven ence would be caused to the Adm. Mitration, but there wes minciple involved, .and inconveni ence- mut not be allowed to over icicle aepri Icicle. The Reformers i , the Hot se would- 'greatly regre that they would not btt able_to retain the Pre ier and thel Treasure/ in niers bu ' eeeey in mber of- the this Hein et, and not nly the Refine House wild regret this face; Still this Hoe e could --not legislate foe individua s, but for peinciples." 1 Government under the present -Act. It .gietes power, however, to any member to introduce a 'measure to do away with sech .divisions and ap- pointments. Under these circum- stances then, so far as Huren is con- . corned; the present division of. the County for RegistratiOn purposes will not be distureed unless a Bill he passed by the Legislature for the • express purpose of abolishing -the division and reuniting tire It is, therefout, clearly- the .dutv _of Our. County representetives to have a measure wliich wiiFl accomplish thiseobject introduced into the Legis- , lettere. If this be done, we will - soon be :rid of the nuisance , of; a North Riding Registry office. The strong petitions representing, the views of the people, whiCh have al- t. - 7 , ready been forwarded to our meth bees by the County Cottucil, fo esentation to the Government, ar sufficient evideece of the prevailin desire ainong the people of the .Coun ty to heye the. North Riding Regis try office done. awaywith, to justif our membeeseiu taking the stet above intliceted; It is . also impor tanethat final actioa- be taken dur ing the present. sessiOn„ of the Legis lature. It is a fact that thepreinises flow used for this office are entirely insecure :nal' unfit for the purpose for whieh they. are now being used. If, therefore, the °fife* is to be .con- tinued, a.: new building' FollIO II Id be immediately erected.. Brit, if the offices is to be abolished, it should be clone at once, that the important documents _in the custody of the: Registrar may not longer be expes- • ed to danger.- • There is another matter *bkh shouldete taken into consideration - in franaing this Bill. It is well •:known that - those gentlemen NV116 have been,appointed to these offices, aceepted the appoifittnent itiegOod - PAO, with' the distinct - understand_ in that they dtd so, under the petit tection ef: the existing Act, which' provides that the incumbent shall hold offiee during good. behavior. It would, then, be most unjust, ---nay cruel, _to turn the -se persons out of their positions without rem tneration for the losses they ma hav taiaed and the inconvenience. tie ,C3 Depai mental Exbenditure. In orcle • tO give'oue readers .soiee iflea of th amount of tnoney requir- ed to run he Govern! eutal ntachie nery of thi • Province, ve publishbe- law the; estimated et penditure of each deparknent of. thel Government for the cur ent`yeer, a given in the estimate -s, or the amolint aeked for by the Goeernmene a nit granted by the Legislature,' for th4 purpose of the pablic service. The dtement shows the tint- d- for each department, /try giyen td each officer the department. These course, as Will.be seen, • of the grain ts for publie ts, but merely the sums salaries and, expenses of epartruents of the mem- overnmepe : • carrying.° following's ount.reque and the sa • and clerk o triWunts, o include 'nen improeente equired fo the several' tiers of the EXPENSES 0F LIEUTENAN • OFFICE.' PrivateSecre ary, .. 41800 00, Clerk 1,00000 Messenger. 400 00 COntingencies ...... 300 00 -GOVERNOR'S Total . ... ... . $2,500 00 EXPENSES OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL .AND ATTOIMY G EN EIT,AV S OFFICE. Attorney -‘General.... :$3,200 i00 0 1 er E .ecutive Colin eil and Attor- ney -General s de- , pa/talent Secretary to dent of Co. • Assistant Clei torney-Gene U'sie- • . 'partment .600100 Second Clerk.. . 500 00 Caretaker ain Mes- • senger. 365 too Towards eStab ishing a Law Libra y. Rent, $31.)0e fuel, $200 ;: gas'$0; water, $20;fi mush- ings , and c. rpets, $200 "Contingeucies, i 8tationer and Repairs Presi- . 809100 k, eAt- I 2;090100 • . . .. ; .. , 'EXPENSES OF T IE TREASURE Treasurer .. . . $3,200 Aecountant ; 1,600 Chief Clerk .... 1,200 "Clerk of Stamp and • Licensee-...... • • .. 1,200..; Clerk of Cerreepolid-. , ence.- • 800 00 779 00- 1,130 0 $10,165 00 's mewl% . 0 700.00 ey -M-esseneer.t..,.. .365 00 le One-third cost of the maintenance of east w i n g, inch cTiug house -keeper 40a) a and Eremear($ 65), - 100 00. a Contingencies! have suffered in complying with ti .eon ditio us of their eppointtnen The Bill, therefore, abolishing these abw Registry' officce ehould contain • provieicte gantlet, due reenneratio VI the dismissed° official for an losses sustained by accepting the al poineneut. A n xions though 1 are, in the interests o0.the public; t see this Registry office nuisande don away witn, we should be soiTy tha anpinho8ent person should' suffp and\trust that this &abject of remun era bon will receive- cl ee coesidet ation from par representatives on, be app -roved of. by them and Legislature. Dual itepresentation. - It is certainly most gratifying to notice the liontirable end prompt manner in- which the Reform mem- liers ofthe Ontario Parliament are • fulallieg, the pledgee. which. they have 'given to- their -eonstituents, in bringing forward and upholding pub- lic measures which they had. advo- -cated while lin opposition: B this honorable cburse. they are eaining for themselves the general' esteem and confidence of the people. 'These' measures were, during the late Par- liament voted down. by large major - ides ; now, they are. carried -almost without a dieision. .The 'latest measure of this kind which has been , introduced is Mr. McKellar's bill abolishing Dual Representation. The bill provides that, after the forthcoming general election for -the Dominion, no person who shall sit and vote in the House of Cornmons can be any longer a meniber of the Ontario Legislature, The duelity -does not terminate witli the election e°,000 .00., Auditor.. .., ..... 2,000 00 J. Book--k-eep6r 900 '00 .Cleile 730 00 p - Contingencies.: ,. . 50 00 - O te e . Total:• 14,935 00 Ii: t XPE NS ES OF T II E _S ECR ETA, P1-., , A ND RE- . GISTR R'S OFFICE' Secreta,ry : Secretary 'and R e I trar, • • g•is.e3;200.00 et Assistant Sero ary . • and Deputy R ris- e tray .,.... .. . .. .... 2,000 00: ' First Clerk. 900 00 , Necond Clerk. ,.... . 500 Ob. Junior (ark. . .. . • . • 300 00 First Clerk, Rei .tr- ' - ar's3Offi cc ... , .900 00 Clerk500 00 Clerk ' 409 00 Extra 'Writers, to n - a li I e coin plia cte with vec. 82, c p. . 20, of 31st Viet. 1,000 00 • ltegistrar-aeneral : ... - 730 oo Extra ,vriters, t - 4 lerk• peraly 650 00- .1,000 -00 400 00 Indices....... Boolcs ' 200 00 1 8 ehe d ule.s, Slips, al cl Disburseeients of Dis- t circu Ars.. .. . .. ° . . 1,000 00 Paynie its to Distri-t Regi trare....e. . . 3,700 00- triet Registrar's.... 300 00 Boxes 30 00 :Aationery and Print- ing . . 400 00 Postage , ' . 100 00 Express 0 earges.. • : 200- 00 Contingent:: es and I , eidentals • •200 00 $7,530 00 365 00 .,11essenger, . . . . One-third of mainteur ance of east - win -, - including • house -10, -keeper (400), and' \ • firemani, ($3651. 990 '00 Contingencies . 1,200 00 2,$55 00' Total .$21,165 00 EXP.P.ISE OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- : CULTURE AND rusere WORRS. Co missioner $3,200 00 Arc itect and Engn'n 2,200 00 .- Assi tent Engineer1,600 00 Seer tory of Public orks_and Immi- gr tion. • 1,200 09 Sec. of Agriculture an Arts. 800 00 Acct entant and Law 01 rk 1,000 00 A.re itectural Drafts - n ......... L 939 00 tip 'g Draftsman-939 00 A.ssi taut DraftsMan800 00 ,Firs Clerk 800 00 S'eco d 500 09-- abir Clerk • 400 00 Carp nter engaged on ' buildings beei erally- 624 00 Messenger 365 00 ne-thii•d of east • • 2 600 00 wing repairs, &c1990 00 ontingencies ' , --e otal ' • - - $18,957 00 EkFE.,. SES OF TII;ECROT7 LANDS DEPART- y4:N Com issioner. : $2,600 00 3:200 00 Assist 1911t do.........4 Clerk .e‘.. ... . ..... ... 1,400 00 Land Sales and Free 1Gra its : ' Chief Clerk , 1,800 00 Clerk . • 1,500 00' BtirveYs, Patents and. c1iClerkt. . . ....... ., 1100 00 Clerkieofa (I . . . ; 700,00 Clerk Clerk Clerk Cliief C Clerk CI rk Sul. s : lerk Survey;. 1,800 00 - 1,280 00 900 00 400 00 lerk Patents. e 1,400 00 900 00 700 00 erii tendent of 'olot ization Boads. 1,600 00 AV ods Intl Forests : , Clnef - lerk. 1,600 00 Clerk , .1 1,400 00 Clerk . 600 00 Clerk 450 00 Ac+Oun s : •1 Acdountant 1,800 00` .Bocik-keleper 900 001 Clerk 900 001 Clerk 900 00 ,Registrar 1,400 00 Offieer eeper. 500 00 'tleSsengier 1 450 00 ,-tonting6ncies and re- pairs 8,000 00 Tott1 .$40,180 00. mscEeLANEOUS EXPENSEgi. o cover gratuity to J. C. Miller, Clerk Crown Lauds.. : ...$ 450 00 o cover gratutities tot ofii!cers whose seevice may be dis- pensed with 5,000 00 nspectoif of Prisons 8*al a ij y, $2,400, Travel1ing Expens- es ' arid Contin- gericies1 650.......3,050$ 00 lerk, Salary, 400 .00; st Of Official Gakette 3;500 00 n e jC n's Printer, c„ Lat :rgYee . 4ies' 100 00 1,200 00 sp etor Of Registry (Ufees. 2,000 00 To al . $15 70000 Tu onclon, Huion. and Bruce - Railway. W were a little surprised to no - ti e t le kill owing paragraph -in the L nd n Advertiser, the organ of the L ndtm, Huron and Bruce Railway C inpany. We did not _think the mid was quite so near. We must co fess, however, that the organ is ra *tier, sevlere upon the Peovisional i D'rec ors f the Conapa.ny. It might well mit 1,spared the parting kick 'w 'ice it administers to them in the las few lines -of its remarks. That th D rect rs have erred, and that the t e Tor has proven. fatal to their schetn is -now sufficiently evident; bu it vas, we feel asiured, an error of udgment not of intent. And in thi respect, ehe ergan is by no me ns 'guiltless, for -when the Di- rec ors etnineitted the error which has reselted in the wreck of their sch we, it applauded them for the cou se they had taken, so that now, in t e hoar. of their misfcrtupe, in- etead efkicking them, it should con- dole with them. If •the. people of Lon lon wit1 to gain direct Railway ii coin unica ion - with the North, thei only ope now is, as we have' here Are jointed out, in -being able cloy a w to g 6 the Great Western to asist was gre the . Th sooner they sue for would n this • tl th ot tu ca rn sw 'ea 121 tai be un ex cle - 1111 mo • tio the me fact pow he the fore .2ifm tiettutioicaiattfie ecirtr.tya.th, ientojapu.tation. of ha ving Canadian. • Dairy -teen's lessool- b iglett an mulertakiug vital to the pro8-' The annual meeting of the Cane- diaa Dairymen's Associatton was helld in:Ingersoll during part of last week.' .The attendance of dairy- men and cheese -makers was mech arger than at any previous meeting. 11Ir. Thomas Ballantine; of Downie, was tenaniumusly. elected President. t is pleasing to note that an in- reasing interest seems to -be taken n these meetings, year after year, tnd judging feom the report of the noceCtitifigs at the last meeting„ the aieying and cheese -making basin* s becoming much more widely ex - ended. Instead, however, of the ncreased menefacture decreasing the emend, the contrary is the caSe. anadien cheese now commands as eady sale,in the English market as iat of any other countryeand, as O business becomes more devel- red, it ia but -fair to expect that it ill take the lead. All that is re- uieed on the part of the pranufac- rer to attain this object is stria re -and attention in the mode ef anufaeturipg, the free . use of_ all p °dere and improved utensils, and use none but the pnrest and eeteet milk. But, however 'ad - need and however careful the anufacturer nray be, in order to at - n entire success, hi 3 efforts 113 t seconded by the dairymen. It is iversally acknowledged by all perienced manufacturers that enliness in the preparation of the lk by dairymen is one of the st vital essentials for the product n of good cheese. It would, 4efor4 lee to the interest of dairy,. n generally to render the manu- urer ell the assietance, in his er in this iespect By so doing, will not only aid in advancing credit of Canadian cheese in the ian markets but will very. tua terially e hence his own revenue. On this )(tint we quote below ex- tracts fron addresses delivered at the meet'ng .; of the assaciation by experienc ,t1 and successful manufac- turers. r he President in his open- , ing addre s remarked : " There was: a depressi n in the butiness during the last s ason. About the month offline dairies weie crowded with cheese arid there were no sales; yet this was duly preparatory to a far brighter prospect. Notwithstanding this depression, the prices for first- class goods have been -very rename- rative since the summer months. It .was iaid, when the factory system was -first instituted, that the market • for cheese would be glutted, but we - find that.it has not been so." On the subject of tainted milk, Mr. Jamee Harris, of Ingersoll, said that "pure milk was ate besis of the iwhole manufacture of cheese. Theite were, many- causes for taint in milk, in the hot mouths. He' be- lieved that after long driving, the milk would be tainted, also by bad milking; and by particles of mud falling from the udder. Much milk - came to the factories unstrained ; and this, :when shut up close in cans and carried in the heat, becomes tainted. Another cause undoubtetlly was bad water. This he illustrated by a fact NVII Zell had come under his own observation, by which it was clearly shown that in those districts where pasture -land was high and rolling, and the water good, the cheese made was very superior; and in those lands where these conditi- ons were not fulfilled -the cheese was bad,and in the vats was found floating curd. The way in. which milk :is sent to the factories has a great in- fluence upon the manufacture. Un - fortutately it is hard to control the patrons and to force thear to send good milk. Milk, ehould have 'the animal heat taken oeeof it as soon as possible after if IS taken from the cow. The subjeceef cleanliness has - been, thoroughly ventilated, arid 'yet we cannot say too much of so in -i. portant a thin„e. Want. of eleanli- mess -among a few patrons will des - hole ' batch of milk. Tliere at loss by sour milk, which aseista ce, the, better will be the stun- Adve tiser :,1c, their cha,u es of obteining the at leate eage ly sdueht eonnection. - The The e folio ving • re the remarks of the connecti ' also cons understood that the ----------- f ot make as much, cheese as e: amount of swe-et milk by ten per cent." ttestion of butter -making in on with cheese -making was idered, but it was generally d unativisable. Althouth consid ere the ,11., .Icturou and .13ruce It il • FROM TORONTO. Fr6 M Our Own Correspondent, TORONTO, Feb. 14, 1872: THE BUDGET SPEECH. You -have already given a synopsis of Mr. Mackenzie' ,3 Budget Speech, and therefore I need net enlarge up- on it.. Allow me, however, to say, that Mr. Mackenzie's debut as Treas- urer is regarded here as very sue cessful. His etatement was charac- teristic of the mate -clear, practical, pointed, and, unlike most other financial statements, was a financial statement and nothing more -not padded out with "hifalutin " allu- sions to the glorious future of this Dominion that Finance 'Ministers are usually so fond of indulging in. His statement of the amount of mu- nicipal taxation in the Province was timely, in view of the demand being made by New Brunswickfor better terms. He showed that Ontatio was the most heavily• taxed of all the Provinces, and that this fact alone explained the largesurplus in the . rreasury. If the other provinces -were to establish municipal xnslatu- tions, and tax themselves for meni- Cipal improvements as Ontario has done, they -too would soon accumu- late a surplus, and would not - have to come in/bet/2a extuperis to the Do- minion for additional subsidy. [It is to be hoped this part of Mr. Mac- keuzie's speech will be made genet- a41.nyce.public in. the Maritime Pro - N COMMIX SCHOOL LANDS. Later in the week we had a is - 1.1 •cussion upon Mr. Scott's Comn on School Lands Resolutions, The ob- ject of these resolutions , is to place these lands upon the same footing as the Grammar Schoollands were pla- ced by the,Act of the late Parlia- ment They'give-the Government the power of reducing the price of . e . . Common School . lands,. sold before the first of July 1867, where it shell gppear that such lands have been sold at prices beyond their fair value. This was so clearly an act of justice that no one took objection to the principle, but there wae a.good deal of discussion upon. side- issues, • and the whole afternoon was spent in et imination and recrimination. The resolutions, howevete finally passed without amendment . . INSPECTION OP Amex -Aims' INSTI- TUTES. . . Mr. McKellar's resolutions pi ovi- ding for the inspection. of Mechanics' Institutes by the Inspectors of Schools, for which they are to receive five dollars for each Institute inspect- ed, wele adopted without discussion. .WET AND SWAMP LANDS. Mr. McKellar's resolutions to fur - thee encouittee the drainage of wet or swamp lanbds name on next. They. provide that any township iminici- pality may issue ten years like per cent. idebentures.for the purpose of the construction of drains, and that the Government may purchase these debentures, (limited, however. to $20,000 for each township). 'Ite townships will secure themselves by special asseesments upon the lands benefited, while the GovernMent wil have the security of the whole township. By .this arrangement the Government) will get one per cent. More for their money than they get from other>investments, and the eel their 'debentures at three peetCent. less interest than they would have to pay to other purcha- sers. The municipalities ha.ve the initiation and manegement of the work. In. this respect the scheme differs materially from that enacted by the late Government. The reso- lutions were carried, after consider- able carping on the part of the Op- position, witliout amendment. Allow me to remark, before leav- ing this subject, that in the debate. upon these, as well as upon the Com- mon School Lands resolutions, the practical knowledge of your County members did good service. Mr: Gib- son was able to speak from personal experience on the subject,. and his remarks were therefore to the point and were well received. IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. Did you ever °see the House in Committee of the whole? Metapho- rically peaking, when when the House goes inter Committee, it puts on its slippers, leans back in its arm chair, puts its feet on the desk, and as- stitnes a. devil-may-care exer s sion. en 11- mve )een inf rined by the Government 3 was admitted by some that -good in : Committee the other night that ieir aPplication.for a share in th,e, cheese might be made less on the estimates. Them w- as of last. session cannot be cream than that which acca nulates. principle at stake ; no particular til the conditions, of the upon -the uiiik- at certain seasons, objection. to. any of the items ; but uomplied with. These Con- Vet .tdie practice of partially skim- there was any emount of cross fi that the minimum amount min 0. the m ilk w h ti • n a g eia 3 . House was Rade as Gran enter Lined ui Act h• e;e been dition - are (1) of sto k,,be sub surve ;, settin taken, „nishec of eon y, b TO son been d reri ment. • :Ile, esult of coi struetion 1 it f vorable view of the case. In view - he.. heerful eoat of $100,000 towards th roa 1 -by the cit, and in view of the disa.ppo-ntment which. must be caused by delay . lid- unc rtainty, the Provisional Boardlif Direct rs owe it to themselves to call a mass m ting in the City Hall, or in spree othe way relieve 010118th:es V cribed'i (2) that an aqua]. , forth the route to 1 . }iv the daire,yin an or Mant;Lfacturer, With maps, profiles, &c., be fur- was a daregerous' one, and should not ; (3)ths t an estimate of the cost ell 'encouraged, lest parties might at truction based on the -actual sur- _times be tempted to go too far, and Supplie I. These conditions aa•e all this untst be delay in alluded ,, to are the prinoipal ones I Tile, an 1 wo uld no doubt have - • thus injure the cheese.. There were mended by the late -or any other , 1 several ocher qttestions affeceing the teute diseased, but those we have of the road, to take the bearing more particularly upon the 0 ditties and interests of the. milk pro- ducer, which were referred to. eeeeseet.eseteeesattes , There were twenty-nine deaths from smallpox in Montreal last week. e practice th! of tired nature's sweet restorer. le was a ridiculous' feilure.- It was iu vain he roused up, and, sit- ting bolt -upright, endeavored to fix his attention me the business before the Houee. Slowly the arms would fall, the 1110I1 t open, the eyelids close, and the head drop forward. It was no uee reSisting ; • Morpheee gamed -the vietory. Other membera were in a mire lively mood, and am- used theinsel_ves by pitching paper balls at tleir sleepy neighbors. Prince and Boultbee, the two fueny men of the House, led the mischief; and capped the climax by making a couple of paper foolscaps, and pois- ing them upon the heads of their sleeping brethrene Yon must forgive the "asserribled wisdom" these seasons of playful- poss. iAt the weret, they do better relexing their evertnerdened minds in this way than some others -do by indulging in dreary seeeches that have no othe.r effect than to prolong, the sessionso' the Hou -e. Mit Cameron, after keeping the House till midnight, allowed ail the items under; discussion to pass without vote. • PCNTIAC. NEWS OF THE WEE,K The Quebec Rubber Factory made• a clear gain of 24 per cent. on illeir capital during 1871. The factolies are running day and night, making "TslthieekNfoerwsfopiliiiintgliaonrdde."Le. gislature opened on January the 25th. The . Governor's speech represents the ' affairs of the colony in a --ve,ry satis- factory condition. The surplus last year was eighteen thousand pounds. Mn Bancroft, the American Minister, has completed his reply to the -British case on the San than boundary question, and will im- mediately submit it to the arbitra- tor, the Emperor William. A copy has been despatched to Wash: ington. . - The French Government are ne- gotiable. g with the German anthori- ties. for a new basis of settlement of the wax indemnity. Evidence of the most conclusive character has been found against Peter B. Sweeney. It bee be.endis- covered that $580,000 of the spoils derived from the frauds in cottnee- tiOn. with the Audit Office had, -fallen to his 'lot A deputation of the leading mer- chants and manufacturers of the Province of Quebec, awaited upon the Dominion , _Minister of Public Works, on Saturda.y, with a view to the encouragement of a packet line of steamers between Conada and the • West Indies. The Hon. Mr, Itangevin promised to lay :the mat-. - ter before his colleagues.at an early date, assuring them, at the same time, of his great desire to see the West India trade an important branch with Canada. The New York rinzes says in, effect that President Grant is about to take the wind out f the sails of . There is no doubt that th•ane has it - lit the civil service refor me by initiat- ing seine xeal reforms, and that those p&potied in the New York Custom- .. house will be heaid of very shortly. . in his power Lei do all this, if he chooses to do it, and its the Presi- . deutial election is draWing near we should say he is not without eery powerful motives for So choosing.. On. Tuesday meriting last, the barns and outhoueee of William Gardiner, farmer, living about three. miles from Kingston Were burned, with 22 bead of cattle, three horses, , ta qnantity of hay, 4raW-3 &c. Loss , Over $4,000. A yoneg man named ,NiSbet, who held an old fend against 'Gardiner, is supposed to be the 'in- cendiare Preeidus to setting the ,buildings on fire he stele one team of horses -and a wood ;sleieh. The e supposed incendiary and thief has, not yet been caught. - Aa effort is being made to pre- sent Alexander McLachlan, the Cana.dian poet, with a homeetead. Alexander McNab, Police Magis- trate of Toronto, is Trealsurer of the fund, to whom subcriptions may be sent. Peter Cartweight, the venerable and famotts Methodist itinerant, is lying at the point of death at his home .in. illiemis. He is t eighty- seven years of age, arid bias been sixty-eight years in the ministry. - With the single exeeption of Henri( Boehm, he is the oldest minister Of the Methodist Connection . in the United States. 3 .Des -patches from Teheran btate that the famine in Persiti. e.ontinues with unabated fury, and many ter - dying daily. ections FrancP to the va.cant seats in the Nat:weal Assem- bly, have given rise to numerous conflicts, aad been generally chraaeterized by disorder It is aunounced that elready several candidates are in the fa ld for the representation of North Lanark in the Dominion. Parlia- ment. Among. those mentioned -are 'Hon. Malcolm Cameron and Wil- liam Caldwell in the Reform in- terest, and Mr. B. Rosamond and n as Conservatives. It is able that lion. Mo - ill seek re-election. e sons tare in which Wood, Mr. .Carneront The el - Mr.. H. S. Macdonald aud tl en, bees of the Government took the principed. The other members voted the whole thing a bore, and wiled away the tedious hours in: various • ways. Had you been there about midnight you would have seen a sight "to shake the midriff cf des- pair with laughter." One member leaning over his desk forgetting all his cares and responsibilities in balmy sleep. Another, with the heart of a Roman tried -to kee • p r. .1 osty i eye upon the discussion while, with most profs _the other, he snatched' a ,little Of Dougall w FERi maraimozfr4 ------7 ---7-1 ASSapl ' 1 STABBRD I DEN 1 In the :evening 4 - of Argyll rerientent ination 01 kriaor-iei ;with seeit -enlogies 1 Mese of' stat -ed th:- inst. Eare 3fahominl receiving rrentici• I regret tie] feei -at tW tingetiehe lowed :by, to the . . .. . the deCeai , - praieet. 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