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Clearing Sale—T. Kidd.
Annual Sale- Duncau & Duncalt.
Ruptured and Deformed—O. Cluthe.
(Ocular Saw—W. Roberton & Co.
Illtissolutiori of Partuership—J. Abell.
Teat—Ault & McClean.
illotel for Sale -2-G. Swarts.
otice—N. J. Clarke.
arm for Sale by Auction --7- C. T. Scott.
For Sale—Wade Bros.
eaeher Wanted—John McRae.
House & Lot for Sale—J. Leatherland.
uctiort Sale of Salt Well- J. Gratenek.
oface—Peter Adamson. .
or Sale ---A. Taylor.
Notice to Creditors—Jas. H. Benson.
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EAFORTII, FRIDAY, Jan 13, 1882 but he is very far from being strong or
heart for all your kindness.' (Lola 1
cheers.)
Mr. Mackenzie has, since delivering
the above, accepted the nomination
tendered by the Reformers of East
York, and will, consequently, contest
that constituency at the next- election.
As Mr. Mackenzie bee uow taken up
hi ti permanent residetice in Toronto,
East York will be much more conven-
,
lent to him, and being a small; compact
constituency, the laborentailed in cone
testing it will be ranch ` less than in
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Lambton. The main cause, however,
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which nduces Mr. Mackenzie to aban-
don Lembton will be a -subject for great
regret to every one: It was hoped that
his recent visit to the old country had
thoroughly restored. his healtu. After
his return he was very much .better,
The Ontario Legislature.
The Ontario Legislature met yester-
day. The only business .trausacted was
the formal openiug of the Houpe and
the deliiery of the "Speech from the
' 'Throne," as it is called, aud which is
generally taken as a, prugramme of the
Sessionti worik. The principal subjects
ailuded to in this -docarneut are fore.
shactotved in. our Torouto letter which
403 -ars in another coiumn. If the
stOssien's wcak is to be gauged by this
piogearcirae the bueiness to be transact -
eft is not of a very heavy or startliug
nature. It is to be hoped, therefore
Oat the Governmeut and members
Will devote themselves assiduously to
14isiness, and get through with what
therads to do speedily, and thus
make the session as short and inexpeu-
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sive as possible.
Farewell Address. '
A large meeting of , the Reforrnera of
Lariebton was field at Watford on
Thursday of last week.. Amenother
leading men present was Him'. Alex-
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ander Mackenzie, the rep r eee t at i v it
of that constituency iu the Domiiiiou
Parliament. Au address, thaaiking
14r. Melierizie for his long and faithful
ptditical services to the comity, and
etpressive et the hope that he would
continue to be their representative,
was read and preeented to him, to
which he .rnatirs a „somewhat lengthy
aid very able reply. On the queistion„
of. his lea,Arig the constituency and se,-
clpting the nomination tendered him
Irene the &forwent of East York, Mr.
Mackenzie said:
."It is rat) that I have received a.
very hearey and unanimourt call from
the. ridiug of East Yolk; and that, not
oitly was the call from the Reformer
who assembled in conveutaou u. amain
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Mous one, but the in vitatiou has been
pressed upon me.by all parties coucern-
ed in the political affairs of that riding,
and I have had under consideration the
question to %thee extent my duty to the
paople,of Larobton would ieterfere with
My acceptence et that in vitetion. As
you are aware, physically I ain not at
the preeeut time du it condition to
undertake ,a vast amount of political
labor, thotigh much better than I was,
and I confese I rather shrink from the
serious task of cantraesing the ,seven
tOwnshipe or eighteen ,thuideipahlies,
which compose the co u uty of La in bton.
It Would be to myself a matter of the
greatest pessible pain to sever a cou-
nOction whieh will have existed by the
tine this parliaineut ends for Ready a
qUarter oft ceutury. It is now nearly
34 years same 1 first took a stare in an
election contesten the °parity of Lamb
ou the =lesion when John 'Hilli-
ard Cerueren aud Malcolm Cameron
contested the cauuty. • From that time
to! the preeent I have endeavored to do
my share of ell the heavy labor
connected with the organizetiun , and
the perfection of that organization, in
the county of Lainbtoe, and nothing
wPuld give rue greeter pleasure than to
wark as usual with my conapatriets in
this county, but I think the personal
circumstances which I have ineutioned,
and the unanimity of the invitation
keen- East York, are -matters which I
-cannot negleot altogether. - At present
tile bout of my raiud is hi the direction
of acceptiug that iuvitatiou, because of
the reasons I have 'mentioned, coupled
Oh the smallness of that constituency,
the largeness of thie, and -my ptesent
coMparative incapacity to uudertake
the vest iienoutit of labor involved in
canvassing this county. At the same
time I say this, that if I dreamt for an
inataat that there Was the slightest
dangee of my leaving the county caus-
ing the loss of the constituency to the
Ltberal party, I would never think of
setting ray foot iu another county.
(Cheers.) I know, however, the material
of which the electorate of Lanabtan is
ccimposed, -- I know that, finer set of
werkers never aided ,.hurnen beings
than those who have aided the various
Liberal candidates in this county Once
I tame to live in it. I know there is
sulfficient political strength in this room
WI insure the carrying of both ridings of
Lambton if there sheuld be a division,.
ail presume- there will be during the
approaching session, and whatever ma.y
bei our future relations, I hope I shall
be always able to render such assist-
ance as may be in my power whoever
may be the candidate for whom your
seiffrages will be oast. It is with feel-
ings of the greatest personel pain that
I tefer to these things at the present
Moment. I wish much I oould have
gone on to address you at greater length
cm the political topics of the day, but I
fidd it impossible to proceed, and I
shall_ leave it to my friends, Mr. Cheri
-
ten and Mr. Ross, who will supply you
abtuadvaitly with the information on
pablto affairs which I should have been
glad to spend some hours in communi-
cating. I thank you, Mr. Chairman,
for your kindly expressions; I thank all
the electors present for past :kindness
kerne, and I leave you with full con-
fidence that whoever is to be my sue-
- OeStior in the 0ounty will receive the
sane generous, unsellish support which
I have always received at your hands
I thank you from the bottom of my
robust yet, and is uuable to perform
the work of former years..
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SOME men are boru poor, others
achieve poverty, and more start a
newspaper and live ou cordwood and
promises.
The above, which we take from a
local contemporary,,is, or should be, a
Lase libel upon the newspaper pro-
fession. Thereis no good reason why
the local newspaper publisher should
live oa "cordwood and promiees," any
more than there is that the grocer, the
doctor or the blacksmith should do so.
That some have to do so we do not
doubt, but it is their own Nutt. It 'ts
because they either lack the ability,
the means or the will to make their
journals what they should be, and the
sooner ell such are starved out of the
business the better for all concerned.
A propealy conducted local newspaper
i. as much a necessity iir a household
as tea, coffee or sugar, and if eewspaper
publishers are any leietindependent or
more poorly paid than representatives
of other occupations it is their owu•fault
and not the fault of the public. The
above quotation, therefore, is a libel
upon the public, as weli as upon the
newspaper profession.
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THE Guittean trial is not ended yet.
The witnesses have ail been examined
and the counsel on each side are now
addressing- the jury and argniug the
various legal po)nts raised. This,it is
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expected, caill take about a week yet.
The prisoner is to address the jury in
his own beha,lf, and says hi ti address
will occupy about three hours. If the
reports give a correct index of
the court proceedings, a good
deal of latitude is allowed to all con-
cern -ed, especially to the prisoner, who
is continually interrupting the Court
with all manner af absurd and frequent-
ly offensive remarks. Tile proceedings
do not seem to be conducted with the
dignity and decorum which character-
ize our courts, but, on tbe contrary, the
usual monotony is frequently varied by
unseemly wranglings, between the con-
tending counsel and the prisoner, pro-
ceedings which would uot be tolerated
in Canadian or English Courts. It
is evident,. however, that the chancOs
of escape fer the prisoner are contiuus-l-
ly dirninishing, and the feeling against
him bOth in and outside of court circles
is gradually becoming more intense.
This is due in a great measure to the
condeet of the prisoner himself. The
plea of insanity is likely to fell through,
_and there is now every prospect that
Guitteau Will very shortly expiate his
crime 911 the gallows, if heds not dealt
with more summarily by an enraged
people before the close of the present
legatiproceedings.
AFFAIRS in Ireland. Still continue in a
very unsettled and unsatisfactory con-
dition. Parnell, Dillon and their as-
sociates are yet in prison, and there is
no prospect of their beiug released.
The breach between the laudlords and
their tenants does not seem to be any
nciore nearly healed than it was six
months ago, and although public agita-
tion is n.ot rife, secret...Meetings are still
being held_all over the country and a
feeling of great disconteut still prevails,
and Outrages of various kinds are per
petratect, while evictions go on as be-
fore. It was hoped that the coercive
nmasures taken by the Government
would have a salutory effect, but that
hope is likely to be disappointed. The
peasantry are very stubborn and deter -
milled, while tire leedlords ere equally
obstinate and oppreesive. They have,
undonbtedly, much to account for, and.
are really about its blame -worthy as
the tenants, who receive the 'greater
censure.
OUR TORONTO LETTER.
(Front Our Own Correspondent.)
Before this meets the eye of the
readers of THE EXPOSITOR, the dirty
redpile of briek on Front street west
which does duty as Parliament build-
ings will present a much more ani- t
mated aerpearance thau it doea at
present. A detachment from the
Queen's Owh or Tenth Grenadiers will
be marchea through the muddy streets t
to receive in long drawn lines and with
martial salutethe Lieutenant Gov- °d
ernor as he dashes tip to the door in
his carriage; the peaceable citizens of
Toronto will receive their annual
in the shape of a salute of big guns;
there will be the customany filling of
the members' benches by the gaily at-
tired beauty of the Provincial capital,
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and His Honor, seated on the Throne
will, as the official records have it,
be pleased to opeu the third session
the fourth Legislature of Outario wit
a gracious speeoh, duly prepared before
hand by Mr. Mowat. • In a word, o
Thursday next the Local Legislatur
assembles for the despatch of bushetes.
The coming sentiou in likely to b
one of average importance arid lengt
The Attorney -General in the Speec
from the 'Iteroui,ls8L year put forth
cautious feeler in the way °I a recom-
mendation to couftue legisla. ion to a
termite aessioue of the Hous, but th
proposal was not received with an
great amount of favor, and it is doub
fat whether any action in tbi directio
is likely to be taken for sum tune ye
It is perhaps a little hazard as to a
temptho foreshadow the le uslation
the approaching session, es eciatly
your res.ders will have the S eech tro-
the Throne, coutaming th Gover
ment's programine, tu their hands b
fore this sees the light. here at'
however, a few queetiOne of public 1
pOrttaliCe which canuot but force the
seivethupon the atteution of the Go N -
erlinient, and whic,u will no doubt be
dealt with by teem. The encroac • -
went on Provincial rights bi the Fe
era' Government in so many uid varie
ways illtist surely eall forth 4u earne t
arid vigorous protest from tibe Lein
lature of Ontario. The Local Guyer.
menu °amen recede from their positio
10 the matter of the bounda y awar
aud I would not be at ed 811 'prised
eteiei are taken in the directi u of a
sertaug the rights ot ()outdo, in part
leatit, over the disputed terri ury. Th
Dominion Goveruineut have beguu t
treat this territory as if tiler were n
duubt. whatever as to their() uership
it, aud are asSinning Shell roprietur
rights withiu it as ahegiautiug f
licenses to cut timber, &e. Whethe
such a course cau best be inet by cm
responding action en tee pa t of th
°uteri° Governmeut Is bard o say, but
at any rate the latter OWe t to tLI
Province to take a firm an decide
stand on this question. Auo her porn
ot conflict with the Federal authurit
is the oitaliowantei of the r vers an
streams bill. It is intole ble tha
legislation upon matters tjdui ittedi
within the juriediction of th Legisi
tuntehoule be set aside at the mer
ua,price of the wen forming fo the mo-
ment the Ottawa Ministry, r at di
instance of a political • surorter, a
wash t
the case With bile and th
Lonal Government are bound to maiu-
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it
Gala the rights of the P.oriu
kespect. I unaerstand it is
!awl of the Governineut to re
jt iu thi
iuten-
autroduc
the Rivers alio Streams Act, this se
SiOu eubritantially, if out p ecisely, 1
the same terms as those ot he disal
lowed bill. This will throw the Lion
at again vetoiug the Act upon the Ot
ta.Wie Government, aud it re.. Etill13tob
eeeir'svnether they Win be WIL ing to as
burnt) that respousibility.
'The railway legislation of t e Hous
has always been one of the oet iin
portant items of its business and th
great activity which has be u maul
feettug itself of iate in railw y chines
makes it safe to predict Ghat the win
ing session eitlhave its fuil share o
work iu this respect. The la pe is en
tertained in home quarters that th
Legislature tuay be able to do some
thiug to check the rage fu railwa
liagaigdanatiou, whith bids far to lay
the whole of the -Province, 1Le comuno
with the rest of Canada, au the feet o
oue or two huge mouupoilee. Liu
after line, bunused by the G verumen
aud by tha municipalities it fwas sup
posed to serve, has been swal ewed u
by suwe larger corporation, dnril no
there remains iudepeudeutl scarCel
one of the nunaerous roads thati Wer
started for the purposes ef co petition
_and which would never bave bee
built but fur the aid granted them b
the people through the G vernmen
and the municipalities. 0 e of th
latest lines to suceumb is thel Toronto
Grey and Bruce, which, ha ing bee
in parley with the Grand T uuk and
the Northern, is now, togethe with ehe
Credit Valley aud the Ou ario and
Quebec, about to be arnalga ated wit
the Great Western. Simla a twig
would iutlict very serious rujury upo
the people along these lines, Ms:Audio
the inhabitants* of that action o
Huron through which the wester
brauch of the Toronto, Grey ancl Bruc
ruue, as it .wauld throw a complet
monepoly of tragic int° the health' u
the Great Western. To cart.3f out sac
ainalgamatiou, applicatiou is being
made to the Don:anion- Parli rnent to
an Act abolishing the right of Muni
cipaiities to representation ipon th
board of directors, auct decl ring th
Turouto, Grey and Bruce to Ibe worke
for the advantage of Canada generally?
and not fur the Province meliely. The
effect ot these provisions wo ld be t
reunuve the line entirely from the con
troe which the Legislaturel th
muuicipalities exercise over it by vir
tue of the bonuses granted y them
and considering that only by a sever
stretch of the imagivatiou ea the To
routo, Grey and Bruce be saij to be
work of Dominion importanc , it woul
certainly be vety peculiar legislation o
the part of the ,Dominion lariiumen
to pass an Act of this kind. It woul
seem that this i another casein whic
the Legislature of Outario may be
called upon to assert its dignity and t
resist Federal encroachment.
Some mentiou in the Speech from
the Throne will doubtless be made of
the very successful sale o tinabe
limits recently held by the Commis
sioner of Crown Lands. At this sale
the right to cut pine timber tpon abou
1,400 square miles of territ ry in th
Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts
was sold for something like $750.0001
an aveiage price per square Mile neve
before reached at any large . Sale of
similar kind in Canada. It ile net ina
probable that a bill dealing ;with th
vexed question of market fee ti may als
be introduced this session. The quee
ion of new Parlianaent buil ings wilt
i
no doubt come up. Tenders for thei
onstruction are now being dvertise
or. These will probably Lie opene
while the House is in sessi n, and i
he result is the commencement of th
work, no one who knows the conditio
f the present buildiugs will ay that
eciaion has been arrived at to soon.
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NOTES.
A petition for an increase o
for the applfcation of the Civi
Apt pissed afew years ago, h
circulation among the Civi
here and either has been, or
ly be, presented to the
General.. It is not thought
pay, 0
Servi
8 been i
Semite
-ill short
ttorney-
that the
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HURON EXPOSITOR.
attempt will be more suiocessful than
the one lately made by the Govern-
ment employees et Ottawa. •
An enlargement has been, made in
the gallery of the library and addi
tional shelving put in, affording much
needed room for a number of volumes.
now cumberingthe floor or lying in
boxes in the corridors. An edditiou
has also been made to the space occu
pied by the Parliamentary Post Office.
G.
ToneNT9, Jan. 10, 1882
News of the wk.
DECEASED.—The death is azinonriced
of E. W. Houghton, formerly United
States Minister to Russia.
PARNELL AND DILLON.— It is gener-
ally believed that the Government
will uot at present release Parnell and
Dillon.
PREMATURE OFFER.—A medical gen-
tleman has made an offer of $1,000 for
the body of Guitteau, probably with a
view to scientific research.
BEHEADED FOR LOVE. — A Chinese
student, recalled home last May from
New Haven. Count; has been beheaded
for persisting in his devotion to a
young American lady.
FATAL MISTAKE.—ReV. James Cam-
eron, pastor of the second Presbyterian
, Church, of Oakland, California, died a
, few days ago from the, effects of car-
bolic acid given by his wife in mistake.
VOLUNTARY STARVATION. — A young
women at Alexandria, Va., acting.
under an inspiration that she was to
die by fasting, deprived herself of Moth
After abstaiuing for forty-three days,
death put an end to her sufferirgs.
GRAND BARLEY TRANSACTION. — The
largest single barley transaction be-
lieved to have ever taken -place was
consummated at Briffalo on the 6th
Hist., in the sale of,15O,000 bushels ,)f
bright Canada. forwhich a check for
$83 501 was given.
EARL DERBY AT 'LIVERPOOL.— Speak-
ing at Liverpeol on Tuesday, Earl
Derby announced himself to be a
thorough Liberal. He trusted there
wonld be no further attempt made to
restrain- Bradlaugh from taking the
Parliameneary Oath.
DIED. -Dr. John; W. Draper, the
entiuent scientist and author, died on
the r Morning of the .4th hist , at
Hastings, on the Hudson, New York.
His age WaS 71. John Wm. Draper,
M. D, LL.D., was born at St. Helens,
near Liverpool, May 15th, 1811.
THE GUINEAS OF HIS FATHERS.—
Adolphus pitzenburg, grocer. in New
Yi Irk, found a copper box in his back
yard coutainiug 678 guineas. The box
9ontained a document stating that the
money was buried by his auceetors in
1777 so it would not fall into the hands
of the British troops.
FALL OF FIRE RUINS.— In Syracuse,
New Yerk. ou MoAay, the brick 'walls
of a recently burned building 'fell in,
burying fifteen to twenty teen and wo-
men. Three dead bodies have been
taken out of the ruins, and more to
Come. Several had limbs broken and
were badly injured.
THE MASSACRED MAIDENS. — Intelli-
gence has beeu received from Accra
confirming the report received in, No- ;
veinber last of the massacre of two
hundred girls by order of tbe King of
Ashautee. The girls were prisoners
captured for the massacre in raids on
neighboring tribes.
MALIGNANT D/PEITHERIA, — In the
town of Norfolk, St. Lawrence county,
New York State, malignaut diphtheria
prevails to an „alarming extent. In
oce family of seven children three have
already died and two more' are consid-
ered past recovery. / Oue of the two
physicians is also sick with the disease.
- DAMAGE HI: A GALE. — A gale has
been causing great damage throughout
the British Isles for the four days end -
leg January 8th. Numerous fishing
craft have been wrecked, with toes of
life. The Clyde shipyards are flooded,
and the Bowling lighthouse has been
swept away.
DR. HAMMOND'S OPINIONS.—Dr. Wm.
A. Hammond, lecturing in New York a
few days ago, expressed the opinion
that while Guitteau was a lunatic he
knewefully the natere of his act and
its consequence, and the knowledge
was sufficient to make him perfectly
responsible before the law.
A NEW MEAsuRE.—A bill is to. be
introduced before Congress defining tile
law of insanity.io criminal cases. The
bill is said to have been drawn by .
DavideDudley Field, aud provides that
no person shall be acquitted on the
ground ofttusanity, except on proof that
at the. time of committing the offence
he was laboring under such a defect of
reason as riot to know the nature and
consequences of the act. The bill, of
course, is en outcome of the Guitteau
Iiusit
NOTES.—The arrest of Connell
has led to. the apprehension of the en-
tire band of midnight raiders in the
Millstreet district, of which he was
leaden—A large party of police in the
north side of the city discovered
a case, six feet under the ground, con-
tainiug a large number of Snider rifles
and a quantity of dynamite, gun cot-
ton and emmunition.—Tbere have been
exteusive seizures of arms and amuni-
tion at Tralee and Cloemel.—The gross
total of outrages committed in Ireland
in December is 574. The largest num-
ber of cases occurred in Munster.—.iiug's County has been proclaimed.—
The seizure of arms in Cork is but the
beginning of More eXteitQive captures.
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The Nesbitt Affair unee More.
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor.
DEAR SIR,—Ill yourissue of the 23rd
December I noticed something intended
as a reply to my letter, written by some-
oue calline6himself "Methodist." I
wish he hit,1 not been ashamed tt, sign
his own name; it would have been so
much nicer you know; but when I
read it I was not at all surprised that -
he was ashamed. for such a mixed up
lot of trash I never read in the columns
of the Hunee EXPOSITOR. As there is
nothing in Methodist's reply touching
the point at issue, there is nothing to
answer, but there are some false state-
ments madelby Methodist which I think
it is my duty\ to correot.
Methodisrfirst says that, I did not
state what the false runior was, and
that I wish to naake people believe that
tbe Methodists and their Minister help-
ed Nesbitt away. Now in reply to this
I beg to say that the rumcir referred to
was plainly stated in my letter, and
needs no further explanation to any
man of common sense. r did not 'say
that any of the Methodists or their
Minister helped Nisbett away; neither
is there anything in my letter to that
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effect. deny it and pronounce i
1 t lands bae been unprecedentedly active
false. Methodistnext says that I can
not name one Mae knew that Nesbi
was going away. I say that I ea
'name one who to d me sinceNeshitt le
that he kuew th4t Nesbitt was goin
slid that Nesbitt anted him to go wit
him ; and this party belongs to th
same church too 1
Methodist then Says something abou
my beiug securityfor others who le
- this year. As an evidence of this fact,
it
tftt it may be stated that the Eind,Son's
?az Bay Company have sold during the
h
e settlers., but .during thf! fall m.nths
speculators purchased largely in the
t expectation of disposing of the lands to
ft immigrants in the spring. The sales
up to Novem.ber last average
per acre, but during the present month
the average price obtained for larmin
lands has been $6 50 per acre. In th
past two and a half years the Hudson'
Bay Company has disposed of property
in the Northwest to the amount o
$2,500,000, the bulk of the sales occur
ring within the year now closed.- With
specttlation so rampant and general as
it is at present iu the Northwest, some
caution must necessarily be exereised
in the purchase of lands. _One danger
which seems to exist, and which was
experienced in Ontario in 1856-7, is
found in the location of so many small
villages in close proximity to one an-
other. A considerable number of these
villages doubtless exist as yet only on
paper, it being ascertained that land
marked out in town lots sells better
than when offered for agricultural pur-
poses; buyers ought, therefore, to ex-
ercise prudence in their operations.
There are, of course, centres like Win-
nipeg. Emerson, Portage la. Prairie,
Brandon and other points which: are
bound to progress, and iu which prop-
erty can be handled to mtimate advan-
tage, and in the Northwest, that is be-
yond the Provitice of Manitoba, here
will be room for two or three imp° tent
centres of population. The laird specu-
lators have great faith 10 the future of
tbe couutry, as their operations abun-
dantly prove. This year the specula-
tors have remained in 'Winnipeg, buy-
ing and selling as the opportunity
arises, up to tho preseut time, while in
former years operations in real estate
have never continued to any extent be-
yond November. As a consequence of
the activity' last year, Winnipeg is
quite as cowled in December as at any
time during the summer. Whilst it is-
dcubted whether the emigration move-
ment front' Great Britain to the North-
west has been prosecuted with as much
vigor as is desirable, considerable ex-
pectation of a law iutlux of population
is grounded upon the operations of land
companies recently form d in, Eng-
land(8 and Scotland, whos success is
wholly dependent upon the ettlement
of the country, aud it is iteticipated
that these organizetious will largely
supplement the efforts of the Govern-
ment and the Pacific Railway Com-
pany. The Hudson's Bay Company
possess, as definitely as can be ascer-
tained, 7,000,000 acres of land in the
Northwest, the demand for which
steadily increases from month to
month. The Do'miuion land surveys
are being prosecuted with satisfactory
expedition, and if a complaint exists at
all it is of the delay at Ottawa in regis-
ering the results of the work of the
urvey. The free grant lands within
he Province of Manitoba are now al-
most entirely taken up by settlees, and
immigrants seeking free grant( lands
next spring will be compelled to locate
west of the Province as squatters, the
surveys not yet having been completed
' in this vast territory. The land regu-
lations are entirely satisfactory, and a
spirit of contentment with the country,
its resources, climate, and prospects
pervades the whole body of inhabitsnts.
past half year an average of 20,
000
per month. These sales were in
earlier part of the season main)
ores
the
to
the couutry last Pring, and that others
stated that they Were security for me,
and that I did n t publish to the world
1
that all the epos l'es helped Peter and
John to cheat m ,and publiith a false
report. Now what is the meaning of
all this uOnseuse : I cannot touch bot-
tom here; there es sentething too deep -
laid, too cunningl 1 give it up. In
regard to Nesbittts indebtedness in the.
banks,Ietill say t
$1,700 or $1 800
Methodist saya
that Nesbitt told
Met hod is t come
says. I say that
a dollarti worth nf security for me when
I wag away in Mituitoba or any other
place, and I defybim or any one dee to
say so. Next Methodist says that I
stated that it was well known' that
Nesbitt was a faleiller. So it was, and
why was I such il, companion of his ?
Why was the iniiiister aud many other
good moral 'me 'companions of his?
Because they we e deceived in Nesbitt
the same as my If ; and if they knew
as much about N sbitt's rascality as I
kuow now, they
dist for his troub
him. But I ha
Nesbitt and do
personal in my
-says he hopes I
panion iu iuture.
is much need. -
seys that I went
with Nesbitt for
he says what is
beeu mouths at
go to town with
the blame of fu
Nesbitt's sale.
Smith, the hotel
beer and whiskey
hitt paid for 1
capacity of "grog
first time that I
011ie amount is about _
a far as .1 can learn.
that he understands
whits. Why does not
o facts and not hear-
esbitt never furnished
ould net thank Metho-
e in trying to defeud
e had my say about
not wish to become
remarks. Methodiet
ill have a better com-
I hope so too, there
But when Methodist
to town .every week
the last year or two,
utrue, for there have
time that I did not
lin ; aud that I took
niShing whiskey for
This I deny. Mr.
keeper, furnished the
for the sale and Nes-
. I did act in the
boss," this being the
filled the honorable
position, I felt pl ased that I gave such
good satistaction,1 but I hope I did no
injury to any p rsun. In conclusion, •
Methodiet aCellifeli me of indirectly
saying sumethiu Isgainst the Methodist
Church. This • deny. I should be
very sorry to say anythina disrespectful
against auy chur h, and especially the
Methodist Cuurch, for I was brought
up to the elethodiet Church, and I hope
I am a better Methodist now than sorne
hypocrites who Make, it cloak of re i-
giun. I thiuk that if the minister or
members of the Wulton Church thought
I said anything rong, they are quite
able,— better th.0 any outsider, e-- to
defend themselyee. When Mr. Baugh
saw my letter helcame forward like a
gentlelnall, and s id that he had made
use of these stet merits : thee Nesbit
had made these tabeinentes to himeand
he gave them for what they were worth
or words to tbat effeet, and then the
matter dropped. But this very zealous
Methodist cannot mind his own busitiess
and leave other people atone; and 1
houe if he has an thiug to say in future
he will drop his isguiae and sign his
name like a man Hoping I shall not
have to trouble ou any more in this
matter, Mr. Edit r, add that:king you
for so much Valuable space, I remain,
yours, CHARLES DiAvIS, Lea.dbury.
imma...............
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What Mr. C. J. Brydges Has
,to Say About Northwest
Affairs.
' In course of conversation with Mr.
C J. Brydgee, Chief Land Commis-
siouer of the Hudson's Bay Coropauy,
who returned from Winnipeg ou Fri-
day morning lasti a representative of
the Gazette leare d that the impres-
r
sion prevails atnengst the peopie of
Winnipeg that the “boom" in real
estate, which - has carried prices of
land to extraordinarily high figures,
will continue, at least, during anether
year, if the tide of immigration into
the Northwest proves to set in ' as
strongly as anticipated. There exists,
however, an implession that the efforts
put forth to promote emigration from
Geoid Britain to Canada have not beeu
commensurate with the importance of
such a movemene, and that the influx
may cousequently be leas large than
ed The steamshi
ew York have al -
the transport of
um Europe to that
d it is confidently
might be elated
linee running to
ready contracted
500,000 people f
port next year, a
predicted that tlie immigration at New
York will coesiderably exceed that
figure, but, so far as the Nolthwest is
' concerned, there pxists a fear that too
Much dependenc for an increruent of
population is bei g placed upon a mere
chance, and that i no such systematic
organization for the promotion of im-
migration exists aq the importance of
the subject demands. At Winnipeg
preparations are hieing made for an
active prosecution of building opera-
tions duriug next year. In the year
now closing the value of building oper-
ations reached $2,q00,000, but already
the contracts hatelbeen
let next tions prepared for new ug
season, the value of whichoeill far ex-
ceed that of those erected during the
past year. There prevails an opinion
that the Thunder Bay branch of the
Pacific Railway,lby, which a connection
with the Northwest through Canadian
territory -is obtained during the season
of navigation, must be completed be-
fore active work( for the promotion of
immigration is undertaken, experience
showing that emigrants from the old
world bound for the Northwest are, in
too many cases, indnced to alter their
purpose and make their residence in
the United' Shttes while travelling
through that country. However, there
promises .to be a very large exodusof
farmers from Ontario, the Eastern
Townships and the Province of New
Brunswick into 1 the Northwest next
spring, the largeinumber of letters re-
ceivedi from residents in these localities
indicating a desiee to seek their for-
tunes in the new Canadisai El Dorado.
Railway construption has been prose-
cuted with satisfactory activity during
the past season, the Canadian Pacific,
Railway carryin the operation of their
road thirty five nii1es west of Brandon,
from Rat Portage in the east, while the
Southwestern Railway Company have
already graded flifty.miles of their road,
and next year Nolt complete and oper-
ate at least one h ndred miles running
southwest from Winnipeg to the borne-
dary line. The demand for farming
•
How Ontario People Are “Taken
in" by Manitoba Land. Sharks.
A correspondent from West Lynne,
Manitoba, writes as follows:
What surprises us up here is how
easy it is to gull the Toronto people
aud the folks of Hamilton and other
towns in Ontario. Not long ago two
enterprising Emerson sharpers bought
a quarter section of laud about two
miles and a half from here, bad it sur-
veyed into town lots by Vaughan,
Dennis &.Co., of Winnipeg, and. started
iuto the business of advertising West
Lynne lots for sale- They have been
operating in London and along the
line. West Lynne has a very good
name abroad as a solid town. It was
surveyed iu July 1879 -by the Hudson
Bay Company. The surveyor being
John S. Dinnis, Jr., son of Colonel
Dennis, lately Deputy Minister of the
Interior. The object of the speculators
was to sell lots under the preteuce t14at
they were in West Lynne. Part es
seeing the name of Dennis & Vaughn,
surveyors, were apt to suppose that it
was West Lynne 6roper, but their d s -
appointment will be keen when they
find that there lots are away out on the
boundless two or three miles from
town. 'The trick has been so mean
that it deserves to be laid bare. The
Hudson's Bay survey comprises West
Lynne proper. Red River lots one and
three having a river frontage of about a
quarter of a mile on the Red River, and
running. westwardly on the prairie
for a distance of two miles were the
lots, which were sub -divided into town
tote by the company, and on which
West Lynne was started. By some
means ori other Ex -attorney General
Clark managed to secure Red River
lot No. 5 next to the Hudson Bay
Company's lot. Mr. Clark had sur-
veyed into town lots, aud made his
survey correspond with that of the
company. Red River lots 7 and 9 have
been in chancery some time, but it is
now stated that the Hudson Bay Com-
pany have established their claim to
them and that they are to form part of
the town which is doubtless the case.
All thedie lots run out west two miles.
Purchasers at the recent sales in On-
tario of West Lynn lots will form some
idea of the location of their lots, and
that it win be necessary to drive out to
them in order to make an inspection or
to walk five miles to accomplish that
necessary duty. The town has not
depended upon "booms" for its advance-
ment. None of the lots have been
sold at auction, nor have they been
raffled for as the fashion goes.
The town of West Lynne has now
two hundred and fifty buildings, in-
cluding a $25,000 flour mill built by the
Hudson Bay Company, several large
stores, including an Hudson Bay trad-
ing store, a newspaper office, ten or
twelve feed stables, several hotels and
other evidences of progress. It is the
largest wheat market . in Manitoba.
Upwards of 300,000 bushels of grain
have been purchased here so far this
season with a prospect of at least 200,-
000 additional bushels being marketed
before spring. The place is growing
solidly. 'Purchasers. are required to
_
build within six months after pure
ing, restriction which is good
w-bOierhimnea. week a halt dozen
paper towns have been added. -
latest is Moberly, which may be clueside
with Cartwright, another Valley
Eden dodge. However, these to
are legalized. by the registration
pr
erson has lately had boom,
though upon my word there is no viej,.
hie reason for it save it is that it is sae
pthaahtythhesCveaupardema, iPerdifitoc hRuialidlwattyfifteeneena
mile branch iuto Emerson from nest _
Srn uggler's Point branch, meted -
Emerson gives 1)75,000 of a bonus, it
iC8o8maipdanthiLituttehnedCabldiladiEnageittiheisRbarilaW
anyway, but the Emerson people weal
esoffeera.gwerhtiochg;etef iteetuhraete. tthheey eematinvite .
accepted as a mere windfall.
We have been enjoying remarkably
fine weather. It has been thawin` g
through the raid -day hours. Thursday,.
last gave us a genuine blizzard. but -the
weather has got mild again. There a
a great tendency on the part of the
wind to come from the seuthweet
Excepting the winters of 1877 8, thet
has been the mildest I have seen fee
-
eight years.
East Huron Reformers.
A meeting of the Reformers of East
Huron was held at the Tecumseh
House, Brussels on Tuesday last. The -
meeting was one of the most largely
attended and most enthusiastic of the
kind that has been held in the Riclatig
for years, and if the spirit displayed ea
Tuesday is:kept up until after the neXt
election the municipalitiee composing -
the Electorial District of East Huron
will give a good account of thernselven -
The chair was taken by the President,
Mr. Thomas Strachan, _and the fine
business of the meeting was the election
of officers for the ensuing year. The
followiug gentlemen were elected 6.
animously : President, Thos. Strachset
Reeve of Grey; Vice Preaideet, joint _
McMillan. Reeve of ullett ; Secretary,
J. W. Kerr, Brussels; Treasurer. Peter
Thompson. The following gentlemen -
I were appointed chairmen of the muni-
cipal associations: Ilowick, Charles -
McLaughlin ; Turnberry, George For-
tune ; WroxetereTames Paulin; Morris, -
G-eorge Hood, Hullett, George Watt;
McKillop, Richard Pollard; Grey,
Edward Garrow ; Brussele, John It
Smith ; Blyth, D. B. McKinnon. It
will be the duty of these local their.
men to organize working committees in
each p 11 b divisiun, and keep a-
general supervision over the organize -
tion of their respective townships.
After stirring addresses from Messrs.
44Thonaas Gibson, M. P. P., Thomas -
Strahan, N.Y. McLean, J. W. Kerr
and others, a resolution was passed
expressing coufidence in the Mowatt -
administration and approval of the.
omrse pursued by Her Majesty's Loyal
Opposition in the Dominion Parlia-
ment under the leadership of Mr.
Blake, the meeting adjourned to re-
assemble upon the cs.11 of the President.
IIMMIIIIMISBNINMEmomo
Huron Notes.
Mr. T. Cudmore. of the township
of TJsborne, nas been offered $125 for a
Lord Haddo colt; six months old.
—An old gentleman who died in God.- .
with lad week. named 111cCutcheon,
had attained the great age of 104 years. ;
' —The sale of postage stamps at the
Exeter post office during the year end- e -
ing the 31st December, 1881, amounted..
to $21181.
—Mr D. Ferguson, of Goderich, is
the happy proprietor of a Thomas cat
which weighs over ten and a half
pounds.
—Mr. Adam Angus, of Morris, lost
a horse worth $150 while returning
home from Goderich last week. In-
flammation was the cause of =teeth,.
—Master Alex. Galbraith,. of Wing -
ham, took the behest nutnber of marks
at the late High School entrance ex-
amination at Clinton.
—Mrs. R. Lug, of Ethel, was pre-
sehted with it very handsome crystal
tea set by her Sabbath School class on
Christmas eve.
—The following persons left .Clinton
last week for Manitoba : Captain Shep-
pard, James Sheppard, C. Spooner,
Jas. Hearn, Jas. Jordan an&G. Bowers.
—Mr. Th.imas • Powell, of the 7th
concession of Turnberry, last week sold
a span of two year old colts, sired by
Prince Royal, for the handsome sum of
$300 cash.
—At the last regular monthly meet-
ing of the Directors of the Howbeit Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company risks
were accepted covering property to the
ernotint of 827,650.
—Mr. M. Wild, of Dashwood, met
with a painful accident a few days ago.
He was cutting , wood when the axe
he was tieing glanced and out both his
feet pretty severely.
—The Rev. Joseph Williamson, of
Selkirk, Manitoba, having received and
accepted a cell from the Baptist con-
gregation of Winghana entered upon
his pastoral duties on Sabbath last,
—Mr. Nelson Murdoch, who has
been public school teacher in Moles-
worth for the last two years, has de-
cided to change his field of labor. He
is going to teaeh in the township of
Ashfield the ensuing year.
--Avery successful tea -meeting was
held in the Presbyterian Church, Dun-
gannon, on the evening of Monday, 2nd
inst. A large number was present, and
a moat agreeable time was spent, for
everything was all that could be de-
sired.
—The members of Melville Church,
Brussels, presented their pastor. Rev.
, Mr. ROSS with anouple of very suit-
able New Year's presents in the shape
• of a revolving book -case and study
chair. They also presented Mrs. Ross
with a very handsome photograph
album.
—Mr. 3. M. Sturdy, of Auburn, has
returned from the Parry Sound dis-
trict, where he has been all summer.
He says times have been better there
last sunamee than usual. The crops
were not much injured_ by summer
frosts.
—The Brussels Post of last week
makes the following Pertinent reraarke
upon the baneful practice of running
municipal elections on political issues.
Its remarks have immediate reference
to Brussels, but will apply with equal
force to many other places. It pays:
Now that the municipal election is
we take this opportunity of oon-
Oenaning this miserable style of Con-
ducting them on political grounds.
What we want is the very best men to
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1.
JAN1
ameumem
IiTinnige an
aeaVer to 4
QUInbraTIC4
It is ell8ent
of a conuti
manatteme
kept free f
breeds dee
the ratepa
all interes
fare of the
empleasent
--Clue d
AH, cif Ili]
-find one of
self, tome
-43n8, whion
ses.son of tl
--to try anal
ing by fei
indoors. f ]
—At the
'frownsbip,
;Mae Weir.;
carded, tie
co -operatic
in requestit
allow the
Railway ti
but the GT
—Mr. A
ling his fae
'inlay, 4t1
compesed 4
concession
acres. It '
venient to
retiring Ira
pose of his
the same ll
—Mr. R
preseeted 1
lege with 4
played for,
member ol
best avers
with two b
.engraved e
The doeor
.be held tie
it becontee
—An aci
nature be
Wingliant,
standing re
engaged '
the room
1
from the I
door into
12 foot.
escaped 1
enedicel es
1
one of th
workers it
-salted by
Temperae
cane and 1
of Tempe
and a the
of those
of the de.
-and dese
by his fell
---Tia f
, ted for M
, ship of
Jas. Cuth
0.: Alex;
Speirate 1
Geo. Full
gart, T.; 1
Hartwell
Jane Aver
Shiels, Fl
sistant St
Grange,
Speirau a
—Mr.
Exeter or
ful aecide
pear % tha
into the
frightene
-around ti
t,O one sill
finger, to
tached, e
kinson w
finger ha
It is feare
--Wint
well. A
deeen-heli
has heel
sinkiug it
is $2_500
energetic
-ed to wo
half the
scribed.
prietor o
in ardvoc
Hanna h
Mr. C. 1
first to s
—The
4:d Melvi
last weei
from the
Missions,
and Lat
with the
folloteith
ber of far
number I
year, 24
year, 10
ent, 1,i
*
Church
itry pui i
3230.25 ;
—Al
week at
is knowt
and a he
a fennel
ick, was
present
but it is
the trot
he was
frighten
the load
hire Id
ceased v
MILD, an
months
--A v
the vine
night of
Mr. Whe
strayed,
scales, ..11
tallow v
the buil
of hides
cool eni
tunatele
aged.
at 1800i
Enranee
intends
one tim
stable. -
fire, are
wooden
as Sand
but by
part of
W55 siv4
unknov
caused
in the E
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