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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-01-27, Page 4_ .14 -= r. 4 'ME HURON ..EXPOS1i OR, NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Sewing Machines—O. C. Wilson. Notice—M. Morrison‘, Skates—Wm. Robertson & Co. — Farm for Sale—Jas. Mulholland. Stave Bolts Wauted.—S. Trott. Boarders Wanted—Apply at this office. Legal Card—lileyer da Dickinson. Farm for Sale—A. Strong. Mortgage Sale—T. K. Boddy. Auction Sale—A. Callender. Money Found—Apply at Oak Hall. For Dakota—Wm. Smith. 'iron txpeoitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jan 27, 1882 The Wardenaiiip. Mr. F.- W. Johnston,Reeve of Gad- erich, has been elected Warden of the eountye for the current year. The Wardenship election has now come to be regarded by both es as a sort of test of the political complexion of the Council, and the elevation of Mr. John-. ston to that position is dae in some de- gree to the fact of hia being a Conser- vative, as the Conservatives have this year a majority of members in the Couuty Council. It must not be con- cluded, however, from this, that he is the best fitted or best entitled to the position of any Conservative member of the Council.' On the contrary, there are a score of Conservative Councillors who; by virtue of priority of member- ship -Cs well as ability, are much more deserving of the honor, if honor it be, than he is. His election, therefore, is d aiue m nly to the fact that he had the /- "cheek" to press hirimelf forward, and the persistency tacontinue his canvass for the position matil the last moment, while better and more deserving, al- though modest men, scorned to gain honors in such a way. There was a time when the Wardenship of the county could be looked to as a sort of reward for faithful and efficient servi- ces in connection with the Council, but that time has now gone by. Ability, experience and industry are,no longer considered qualifications for the office. The selection seems to. be regulated solely by the political necessities of the dominant party, combined with the aptitude of the aspirant for scheming, canvassing and button -holing for the position. From our point of view we do not know that this is greatly to be regretted. We have long been of the opinion, and we have frequently ex. pressed it, that County _Councils have outlived their day and that their use- fulness is gone. We know of nothing that will bring the public to our view so . speedily as a few repetitions of the farce which was enacted at G-oderioh on Tuesday evening, as it is nothing short of a farce, to place a man like Mr. F. W. Johnston. at the head of a deliber- ative body such as the County Council of Huron should be. Oua good friend, the Toronto Mail, has a pretty hard task on hand just now. The dittallowance of the Streams Bill is a difficult thing to justify, but the disallowance of the South Eastern charter is fully as bad, while the Boun- dary award comes on the top of thence, all. To witness the contortions it is forced to go through day after day to uphold and attempt to justify the con- duct of its masters on, these questions, is snfficient to inspire pity in the heart of any reader, even were it as hard as adamant. It has got its defense down fine at last, however. -According to it, Mackenzie and Mowat are to blame for the actions of Sir Sohn and his col- leagues in connection with all these matters. Mackenzie should have rati- fied the award of the boundary arbitra- tors before he left office and thus sieved Sir John the trouble of doing so, and because he, Mackenzie, did not have the foresight to know that Sir John was to succeed him, and -the consider- ateness to settle this troublesome mat- ter before he did so, tIt9 whole blaine,of the boundary question not being seta tled rests upon Mackenzie. And then, as to the disallowance - of the South- eastern Cheater, why, didn't George Stephen tell Tom White and the latter told some person else that Mackenzie ` refused to ratify a charter to a company to construct a railway to compete with the Cartadion Pacific; hence, if Sir John has done,wrong in confirming a , monopoly to the Syndi. eete, it is all Mackenzie's blame for setting him the example. Whet an innocent, confiding soul this Sir John is, if we are to be- lieve the Mail. He is always so willing and aIlii0118 to follow the precedents set hina by his opponents, and if he has done wrong, it is not his fault, but theirs, because by their bad example ' they have led him astray. This is the species of defence the chief organ has adopted. Its absurdity is probably the very best proof of its weakness. The Mail had better throw up the sponge, and admit the corn at once. It knows, i and everybody else 'knows, that the f Streams Bill was disallowed because t Mr. Dalton McCarthy was solicitor for Mr. McLaren, and they were both strong supporters of the Government, i mud they demanded this disallowanoe, and the Goyernmene, hadn't the back- a bone to refuse them; the Boundary Award has not been ratified because e the French Canadian supporters of the j Government threaten to "rat" in a body if the Govermnent will dare give Ontario her tights ; end- the South- eastern Charter has been diselldwed in accordance with a !private and personal understanding between' the leaders of the Government and certain rnenibers of the Syndicate before- tho agreement was ratified by Parliament, but it was not censideredsafe to have the agree- ment so explicit on this point that all would understand it, as if it had been, it would• never leave received the sanc- tion of Parliament. The supporters of the Government were willing to swal- low everything in the obnoxious agree- ment except this monopoly clause. It would have choked that( had not Sir John forced it down by the emphatic declaration that his Goverament could not "control Manitoba ;" that it could not "control Ontario," meaning 'thereby that the Governments of these Pro- vinces could charter local roads, and could thereby prevent the Syndicate securing an absolute monopoly of the carrying trade of the Northwest. It now turns mit, however, that Sir John can control both Manitoba and On- tario, and that he is willing to stretch the constitution to its utmost tension le do so. But, ories the Mail, when it is no longer able to justify the act, Sir Sohn is not to blame, and his pliant supporters are not to blanae ; they are only following the example set them by that bad man, Mackenzie. To use the words of a well known local politician of this county: It's too thin, gentle- men; it's too thin. TEE Ontario 4grienitural.- and Arts Association, as our readers are aware, have for some years offered prizes for the best managed farms. The compe- titition takes- -place this year in group No. 3—consisting of Bake, Dufferin, Grey, Wellington, Huron and Perth— and a gold, silver and -bronze medal will be awarded. In addition prizes of $30 and $20 will be given for essays on "manure" and "the homeste4dH Fall particulars as to the competition and the essays can be learned from circu- lars by the association, 'which can be had on application to the local agricultural societies. There are many fine farms and good farmers in the county of Huron, and We hope a number of entries will be made. IT WOULD seem that the Englieh law for the punishment of certain clastees of crime is as defective as that of Canada. This has been shown most,clearry by a case which has recently been reported in the London papers. Miss Emma Curninings, a very.beautiful young wo- man, was engaged at one of the coun- ters of Messrs. Spiers & Pond's lunch roorn, the Criterion, where the -rules are of necessity irksome, the work labor - knit, and. the pay poor. Here she had the misfortune to attract the attention of a certain Lieutenant Ponsonby, R. N., of over forty-five years of age, and described as married. He tempted her during some months' with what is per- haps- the greatest suare to Wonien in that station, to wit, a life of eitse,;com- fort and comparative affluence. , She gave up her situation and went to live with him as his wife at his lodgings. He remained with her but five days,then deserted her, and she, in the full tide of remorse and shame, committed sUicide by eating phosphorus rat poison. ' The coroner's verdict in part reads thus: "And that at the time the deceased was "in a state of mental excitement and "Unsoundness of mind, caused by the "miserable and unfortunate condition "in which she was left by Lieutenant "Ponsonby: Ana the "said jurors desire further to express "their intense feelings of disgust and "abhorrence of his conduct towards the "deceased. * * And they "are further of opinion that the said "Ponsonby, although not legally, is 'amorally responsible for causing the "death of the said deceased, and that c'he is deserving of the Severest cen- "sure." Deserving of the ''severest censure," indeed! Had this vile wretch shot his victim dead, he would bave been hanged, but because he saw fit to murder her in a more indirect, but ten fold more cruel manner, he can only be subjected to the "severest oensure.' Is not such a state of things a reproach to an enlightened and. Christian counttry ? It is not surprising that an enraged populace, in this instance sought to take the law in their own hands, as we read that it was with the utmost diffi ulty the mob were retrained from marily punishing the degraded wretch while he was on his way from' the place where the coroner's inquest was held. It is almost a pity that they were re- strained; for we are further told that this fellow was an officer in• the army ; he had distinguished himself in Africa, and he occupies a high position in 'so- ciety." This little episode in his life will not prevent his still being received n "society," jug about the same ae be - ore, and it is not at all probable that be poor Miss Cummings will be his ast victim. Surely there should be a law providing fitting punishment for orim- nals of this class. Had a similar rime been committed ha Canada we re equally powerless to meet the case. anger criminals have been allowed to softie punishment thonsands of times, ust because of the perverseness of our law makerato provide one to meet such oases. We did hope that the Govern - 4.• ment of Ontario would, during the present session, make SCoMe provision for the suitable punishment of the se- ducer, as well as to lemon the misery and disgrace caused through ' what is termed the "social evil," but 'thus far at least there is no appearau!ce,of their doing anything. It is simply 'a waste of time and energy, for people to de- claim against these evils and bemoan their existence unless theythave suit- able laws to punish the , criminals, and until these laws . are enacted -and en- forced the evil will grow and the orim- inals will become more , numerous and more bold. ossamosemmes! IT ts stated by some whol ought to know, that the proposed riew Parlia ment buildings to be erected in the Queen's Park at Toronto, are likely to cost so much more than was at first anticipated, or than the Government were empowered to expend, that there is a probability the work will be post- poned until a more favorable time when labor and material will be cheaper than now. In connection with this prediction, also, it is urged by some that the propositionto erect the new 'buildings in Queen's Park be abandoned, and that the site now occu- pied by the Lieutenant -Governor's resi- dence .be adopteitinstead, as being much more convenient and eligible. This suggestion, it meals to us, is a good one. We see no reasoe why a costly residence should be maintained for the Lieutenant -Governer any more than for a Minister of the Crown. It would be quite proper to furnish him with the required office accommoda- tion, but he should be permitted to se- lect and supply his own residence. The salary he receives is ample to justify this. There is now a great deal more style and flummery about the residence of the Governor-General than is at all necessary. If the occupant of the gubernatorial chair wishes to provide this for his own gratification, well .and good,but the Province does not require it and should not pay for it. The Gov- ernors of the American States provide their own residences, and we see no valid reason why the Governor of the Province of Ontario should not be re- quired to do the same thing. The in- terest of the money now invested in the Lieutenant -Governor's residence and grounds, combined with the ex- pense of keeping up the somewhat ex- pensive' and stylish establishment, would go a go6d ways towards paying the interest on the cost of new Podia- , ment buildings, and if the present buildings are as bad and as rotten as they are said to be, new ones are a good deal more required than the guberna- torial residence and the style connected therewith. There are a great many plain, sensible men members of the Local Legislature, and it might be well worth their while to give this subject their careful consideration. MIlimml=11111mmimmingin OUR TORONTO LETTER. _(From Our Own Corre!sponclent.) The debate on the Address is still kept up in spite of what, to a disinter- ested spectator, might seem almost in- surmountable obstacles. Nearly all the good apeakers on both sides have spoken, and without doubt every argu- ment that can be advanced, pro and con, has been brought forward. Still the Ministerial member on the back benches, as he concludes, amid per- functory cheers, the statement' of his "views," is promptly followed by the Opposition member on the back benches of that side of the House, who has likewise a duty to his constituents to perform. If either of them added. anything to the stock of information or knowledge already in possession of the - House, matters would not be so bad, but the period at which fresh "points" were made is long since passed, and every speech made now is of necessity more °floss a repetition of what has been previously said. It looks as if the joke were tabe kept up until every single remaining one of the eighty- eight , members had bad their say. After that the debate will probably conolude, but it is rash to say that it will come to an end. before that time. On Tuesday the debate was resumed by Mr. White, (North Essex), who in virtue of the fact that his constituency conteins a large number of Frenoh Canadiaus is looked upon as the repre- sentative of that element in the House. Mr. White expressed himself as being opposed. to the erection of new. Parlia- ment buildings. He was followed by Mr. Sinclair, (North Bruce), who is always listened to with deserved re- spect by both sides of the House, in support of the Government. Mr. French, (Grenville), Mr. Broder, (Dun- dee), Mr. Madill, (North Ontario), and Mr. Macmaster, (Glengarry), spoke *against the address, and Mr. Deroche, (Addington), Mr: Awrey, (Wentworth), and Mr. Gibson, (East Huron), in favor of it. Mr. Gibson, in a very practical address, which was loudly applauded, pointed out the devious course of the Opposition with regard to the Boundary Award and Streams Bill, and. declared that the Government had his firm sup- port in their determination to uphold tho rights of the Province in both these questions. Mr. Young, ,of North Brant, opened' the -debate on Wednesday afternoon. 'He etrongly upheld the position taken by the Government in regard to the disalletwance question, and denounced Sir John Macdonald for his action in the matter of the boundary award, which, he said, was prompted by his desire to maintain himself in power by means of a French Canadian majority. Mr. Young is a good, flroible speaker, and was for &number o years a leading member of the House of Commons. In common with several other members of the present Legislature, however, he was defeated in the elections of 1878, and keeps his hold upon political life by occupying a seat in the Local House. Mr. Young was followed by.Mr. Lauder, of East Grey-, who expects to be Com- miseioner of Crown Lands, Minister of Education, or anything else that comes handy, in the next Conservative Gov- ernment which succeeds to power in Ontario. Mr. Lauder entered into a diffuse defence of the N. P., which would probably have been in order had it been delivered -in the House at Ott, tawa, and then proceeded to dismiss the disallowance of the Streams Bill - and the Boundary Award. The latter question, he declared, should not be looked at in any narrow spirit of sec-. tionalism. He thought Ontario could afford to be generous, evidently ..forget- ting the old maxim about the advisa- bility of placing justice before genekoa- ity. Plainly Mr. Lander is a person who Would be well pleased to see Mani- ` toba enlarged and enriched by the ac- quisition of haia the territory of his own Province. On'Thurscht.y afternoon the debate was resumedP by Mr. Pardee, in what is generally acceded to be the best speech yet made in the course of the debate. Mr. Pardee took up the question of the veto, and .showed couchisively that the Dominion Government, while posses- sing the legal right of disallowance, has no constitutional right to exercise that power in regard to legislation which is within the jurisdiction and competence of the Legislature. By reference to Sir John Macdonald's memorandum of 1868, which set forth the defects for which a bill might properly be disallowed, he shOwed that the Streams Bill did not possess any of these defects, and that therefore ac- cording to Sir John's own statement, it ought not to have been disallowed. He proved conclusively that the reasons given by the Dominion Government for vetoing the Act, viz., that it was re- troactive and that it did not afford proper means of compensation were in sufficient and incorrect. Mr. Pardee who prepared the Bill last session, an under whose departmentthe matte more immediately, falls, showed him self to be tleormighly master of ever branch of he argument OD the disal lowance question, and demonstrate beyond a doubt that the Bill was a ins one and one imperatively demande ander the circumstances; that th subject matter was entirely within th jurisdiction of the House, and that th g itt d P - CO CU On Tuesday before the order of the ay was milled, Mr. Hardy 'rose to con - redid a charge of falsification that had n made*against him by the Mail in gard to a certain immigration report waived by his department, and which , he Mail amused him of mutilating in order to serve political ends. He bowed conolusively the ridiculous na- ure of the accusations brought against im, and pointed out that he ad in reality served the intereets of he Province by striking out among ther things several clauses in the re - Ort whicli spoke of the Northwest erritories as a desirable field for im- igration. Mr. Mowat made a state- ent with regard to the negotiations hat had been carried on privately be - ween the Ontario and Dominion Gov- ernments as to the Boundary question,, i the course of which he said that a roposal had been made by the latter overnment to refer the whole matter t a second arbitration, a proposition to hich he did not agree, as he thought o second decision 'arrived at in this viety would carry the same weight as the one which had been rendered by the $rmer arbitrators. Besides he thought the expense of any second litigation ere to be incurred, the case ,should be t ken leefore the Privy Council in order f at a final settlement might be reach- . The debate on the Address was tIien 'resumed by Messrs. Waters (North iddlesex) Long (West Simcoe) Baxter aldimand) and McMahon (North entworth.) Several other members a so spoke, and after carrying the first ragraph of the Address the House journed. 71 NOTES. , Mr: Pardee has given notice that he 7 11 shortly reintroduce the disallowed vers and Streams Bill. . The Opposition will move their a endments to the Address to -day tednesday.) It is not thought that t 8 ere will be much speaking upon tl4em, and it is likely the debate will be c sed this evening. e It is becoming more and more evident t at the Government will make the di allowance of the Streams Bill and t e Boundary Award the main issues 4 the next general election. That n4re than ordinary importance is at- te hed to these questions is shown by the full reports of the debates which a pear in the daily papers JL ast session the purveyor of refresh- ni nts to the members was fined a large sun for selling liquor without selicense. ' is session the bibulous members have organized themselves into a club, a0 ordiug to the previsions of the law, and will now be able to procure their little drinks without getting anybody o trouble. complimentary banquet was ton- ed on Tuesday evening to Mr. T. illipps Thompson, the Globe's late missioner to Ireland, who 'now ()c- ies a seat in the press gallery of the Huse, on the occasion of hia return faint that country. The assembly was ho gely composed of Irishmen, and in- cluded a number of city journalists. Spieeches were made, chiefly by prom - in nt Irishmen, testifying to the skill 1. truthfulness displayed by Mr. ompson in his letters, and enlogizing Globe for the enterprise and public rit which it had exhibited in sending to Ireland. Mr. Thompson, who sesses the rare qualification of being Dominion Government, in disallowin it, had committed a gross infringernen upon re the rights of the Province, which it was the duty of the Government an of the House to resent. He good humoredly pricked the "rebellion' bubble whioh had been blown :by some over -zealous members, by saying that the "war" and the "weapons" which the people of the Province would em- ploy to obtain their rights in this mat- ter and in that of the Boundary Award, were the general elections and the bal- lot -holies. Mr. Pardee pointed oatthat if the act of spoliation in regard to the disputed territory were carried out by the Dominion Government, the Pro- vince would be robbed of 100,000 square miles of country rich in minerals forests, and capabilities for agriculture and asked why the Opabsition now op- posed the contention of the Govern ment on this question instead of sop - porting it, as they formerly did. Such a question hardly required an answer. Mr. Meredith and his followers dream a fond, fond dream. They see the N. P., as they think, enthroned in the hearts of -the people, and regardless of any such trifling considerations as consistency or patriotism, they are going to back the N. P. to their utmost as their trump card at the next elec- tion, and in imagination they see the victory already won. But, in order to obtain the help of the strong arm of Sir John Macionald, it is necessary for them to support tho course which he has adopted in regard to the two great questions in dispute. Hence this change of base, hence this generosity which would give away half a Province, and. hence the extreme desire to uphold the Dominion as against the Provincial prerogative. Mr. Pardee concluded his able speech amid prolonged applause. Mr. Pardee is a fluent:ready speaker of great force, and is remarkable for the clearness and conciseness with which he makes his points. He does himself injustice in not oftener addressing the House. Mr. Ross, of West Huron, was the next speaker. As all the others have done, he occupied himself mainly with the consideration of the two lead- ing questions, the Disallowance and the Boundary Award. His treatment of the former was remarkable for the thorough acquaintance he displayed of the law and authority -upon the subject, and he strengthened the position taken by the Government not a little by his able handling of the question. He was quite as successful in dealing with the Boundary Award, and showed that the course of Sir John in refusing to accept the decision of the arbitrators !as bind- ing was unprecedented and. inspired by the grossest partiseee motives. Mr. ROBB hes established for himself the reputation of being, on many subjects, one of the bet, if not the best, speaker on the ministkial side of the House out- side of the Government- benches. His knowledge of legal and constitutional questions is, for a layman, wonderful, while in his mastery of detail and ability to handle figures of every kind he is cartainly unsurpassed by any member in the House. Mr. Ross will be wanted higher up before long. On Friday Dr. , McLaughlin (West Durham) Mr. Robertson (West Hast- ings) and Mr. Miller (Muskoka) spoke on the address. The latter gentleman, who is the "lumber" authority of the Houseedwelt upon the timber resources of the territory in dispute, which he valued at $150,000,000 and supported the Government in their action in this matter, He, however, affected an in- dependent attitude with regard to the Streams Bill, which, though quite within the competence of the House, ought, he believed, to have excluded from its operation the improvements made by McLaren in regard to which the famous lawsuit arose • which first demonstrated the necessity for the bill. Monday was a field day for the back benches, the speakers being Messrs. Badgerow (East York) Mr. Baskerville (Ottawa) and Mr. Field (West Nor- thumberland), The debate wastedious and nothing of importance was said. • TIGHT BINDING an TI th sp hi It4) a ood speaker as well as an excellent wrer, acknowledged the compliment p d him in a speech, in which he for- ci ly pointed out the causea at work for eVil in unhappy Ireland, and the reme- s which he considers are required to re ove her grievances. G. ORONTO, Jan. 25, 1882. • , ; News of the 'W eek. . DECEASED.—Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D., President of the Bangor, Maine, The. olagical Seminary, is dead. NIHILIST SENTENCEED.— Melinikoff, the Nihilist, has been sentenced to 20 years in the Siberian Mines for attempt - in Ito kill General Tcherevine. ORPORAL PUNISHMENT PROHIBITED.— Th Spanish Government has instruct- ed ihe Cuban authorities to abolish the co oral punishment of neeroes. .,ti.ere FATAL BALLOON.— The balloon w oh carried Walter Po- ell, M. P., to Stit from England is said to have been oa, d with the body in it. LEEING TO AMERICA. — TWO hun- 1 dr1 destitute Russian Jews have re hed Hamburg. They are 'endeav- - or4ilig to obtain aid to proceed to A erica. . EVOLUTIONARY DISTURBANCES.— Seri- odifferences have arisen in Jamaica be een the people and the Govern - m t, and revolutionary placards have be posted up. RONOUNCED GUILTY AT LASL. — The GU ttean trial was brought to a close yes erday afternoon, the jury .after an ab nee of fifty minutes returning a ver , let of guilty, as indicted. HIM. MoNeas Mows. — Parnell, as weil as OrKelly and O'Brien (editor of the United Ireland), have been ro- ma ided to gaol for three months. -VACCINATION. — Over 6,000 people wer -vaccinated in New York by the hea th officers during the last week. nil ty-six cases of smallpox are re- pot ed. TTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE.—An at- terblpt was made the other day to assai3- sin te the Ruesian Ambassador at Vicijna. The would-be-assaasin is a Ito Ian. OpeiSPIRACY DISCOVERED.—A con- Bpiracy against British residehts in Ne aul, Lelia, has been discovered. Eig ty notables have been arrested, and tvvetity-one military officers summarily +) the diamond fields in South exe 1uted. L SS TO BRITISH ALLIES. — A tribe nee, ' Africa, allied to Great Britain, has suf- fere the loss of 150 men from an at- tac by a tribe aided by Boer mer- cer( ats. F NeeAL OF -ADAM McCaw.. -- Adam Mc 1 all, the leader of the Livingstone Pia eer Mission on the Bango Bayer, wait buried at Leicester, England, a few days ago. The body Was brought fr°A. MAlifriICACNa. LAND LEAGUERS. — The am unt received by the Irish World 1 4 netpaper towards the Land League, 6 sin its inception is lf 200,000. There are now 151 branches of the League in. the United States. IfLOODS SUBMERGING NASHVILLE. — Nee ville, Tennessee, has suffered gretly from floods. Last Sunday the &bay was surrounded by water. Two tho sand workmen are idle, ten Won - sat people are homeless, and great distesa prevails. On Friday night kap lies on the outskirts passed hours t.0 1 of sleeplesimeag, nOt knowing the mo- ment they would be forced to fiy. ,Some Women and chil4ren became panic stricken and begged for help. The sewers burst in every direction, and the bl loss si mto m tehnes e .city from this source will "INVASION OF 2411CAN TERRITORY - Lieut. McDonald ! and twenty men, scouting for Apaohes, crossed the bor- der into. Chiahuhia and were arrested by h., to the War D.epartDepart- ment.e. Mexican authorities. The facts have been reported POPULAR CANDIDATES. -- Farmers' clubs all over England are said to be subscribing to the expenses of Row- landsoa, the Liberal -tenant farmer candidate in North! Yorkshire. On the other hand all the Whig landlords are esxuppepcoted.rting the ' Tory candidate. i A square battle on the lath question is DEATH FROM TRICHIN. OSIS.— Henri- etta Straez ate raw ham at a wedding about a month ago, and died on Friday in Chicago of trichinosis, in i great agony. Forty thousand parasites were found in a square inch of one of, her muscles. A number of other persons who partook of ham showed evidences of disease, but most of them have been relieved. e A Cc/Loeser. Sciritte. — It is stated that a company has been formed. at Septa Fe under the name of the New Mexican - Railroad Company. The capital stock is $37,000,000. Eighteen routes are provided: for. The sum of $1,455,800 has already been subscribed. The roads, which are to be of varying lengths. will all be tributary to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, and will penetrate the richest - mineral regions of the territory. QUATIREL BETWEEN Two NOTABLES.— Baltimore society had prepared a grand reception the other evening for .Messrs. Oscar Wilde and Archibald Forbes. On the journey down from New York, however, these two notables had a dis- agreement on the train, and Oscar failed to attend. the ireception, continu- ing his journey on to Washington. The Baltimore people are quite enraged over the disaupoiatment. ATTEMPT TO DISPOSE OF JAY GOULD. August Johanemeyer, a farmer living along the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, has been gaoled, in default of $3,000- bail, on a charge of attempting to wreck a train upon which jay Gould and party were passing on the 9th inst. The obstruction was discovered a few minutes before the train passed. It is said that Johanemeyer had stock killed bythetrains, and that his motive was revenge. ANTI DUTIES BILL.— Representative Hammond, New York, has introduced a bill providing that grain, brought into the United States in wagons or other ordinary road vehicles by farmers re- siding in the Dominion of Canada, to be ground by mills owned by citizens of the United States, shall not be deemed imported or liable to import duties, provided such grain shall come - in under such regulations as the Treasury Department may prescribe to prevent fraud and evasion, and shall be returned as in like manner. THE LOST CITY 01' LONDON.—The steamship City of London, of the Cen- taur Line, now given up as lost, was built on the Clyde in 1863 for the In- mate, in whose setviee she ran for several years. It is isuggested that she was probably lost !from the carrying away of a large wooden deck house which had been erected upon her for the conveyance of cattle. Her crew numbered 42, and it is supposed were all lost. This is the .most serious loss - reported as having occurred during the prevalence of the fearful storms of the last few months. ' lememeamosseasee South Huron Conservatives. The annual meeting of South Huron Liberal Conservative - Association was' held iu the town of Clinton on, Thurs.= day of last week. Over one hundred were present from every municipality in the vicinity. It was altogether the' largest and most enthusiastic' gathering ofouservatives ever held in South 3tp iv! nal as an annual raeeting. The President, Mr. D. R. Ritchie, was in the chair. The report of last meeting !was read and adopted. - The President addressed the meeting, giving an account of the proceedings of the association during the past year; also giving an account of the general convention held at Toronto last fall. He also impressed very strongly on the vice-presidents of the various munici- palities the necessity of a thorough or- ganization, as by so doing it is expected to redeem -South Huron. Mr. D. H. Ritchie was re-elected president and treasurer, and Mr. G. 1:1. Jackson sec- retary. A committee was appointed to select a proper person to be the standard - be anti in the awning conflict, and they reported 'unanimously in favor of Mr. Robert Porter, the 'sat candidate. However, nothing definite was done, as b. regularly organized convention for the purpose of selecting candidates is to - be held at Clinton, on Thursday, Feb- ruary 9. A resolution Was also passed recommending Mr. Geo. E. Jackson, of Egniondville, as the next candidate for the Local Legislature, and as he signi- fied his willingness to run if selected by the convention, he will no doubt be the mat. It was resolved before separating "th at this meeting heartily endorse the policy pursued by the Government of Sir John Macdonald, and, have every confidence in his leadership, believing t that the future prosperity of thia young Dominion depends on its continuance; and we pledge ourselves to nse every legitimate means for the return of our j Conservative candidates for the H013138 0 of Commons and Legislative As- sembly." 1 f The meeting came to a. close with e three rousing cheers for the Queen and 1 e Sir John Macdonald. • bands that oar factory ienot Ivor not likely y.altiobeug,haitsituatedeigneteh88::7 - centre. An opinion ehglaatnvgrazing t Bwia ae then,years ago illy" reductionEthexgai Tre°1:t fedeAee tmn aasEn'tmd:ffr oeer7hota::: e — England, shonld quit eheese aud make butter in the fa43 which we could keep the milk at and raise calves and pigs wi and send only the cream to the By this plan the -cost of hauling cometo a mere trifle, BiliCe a boy one horse could do the work; than that, calves can be raised j well on sweet skimmed milk aso milk, and, for future dairy stock, abetter.nestablished -Thecelud successng ee over oa, not only by factories, but vate individnitls, and the un verdict is that the cans pay for selves twice over the first seaso will last a lifetime. If I r rightly, Mr. John Hannah says Ai his, which he has used for some with entire satisfaction cost kfin dollars for ton cows. 'If ordered it large numbers, they could be get less cost, All patrons mild be plied by one order through the - tors and paid at the end of the We would then only need, a di the steam power would do the el mg. A double boarded addition to ice house would be an excellent house for the butter, while the w butter -making would be much le cheese making. The only requisite:* the season's work will be three_or loads of ice for each patron, to water cool during the hot weather e truly, steurmMbinre- ebtanugnht promineArnt.ly:QfvoAmrealt meeting and acted on immediately,aat if necessary, send a delegation to tit ton to get their experience. Tali ah suggesped that thistle EomoNDE,3-anvary 21st, 1882. mommnimmounimil Agriculture in South Hume The following i8 the annual repo the Directors of the South Huron ricultural Society, which was presea at the annual meeting held, in hist field on Wednesday of last week. t - will be found an interesting rminsa- diura of the agricultural events of Riding for the past year as well se, the workings of the Swiety t It is the pleasing duty of the Directmr of the South Huron Agricultural , ciety in laying their annual reportis,_-&;: fore the tnembers to record that financial standing is in a very sa,” tory condition, and when we add AC the spring and fall shows, held unit the auspices of this Society have -- - highly successful, we may pertaidle: congratulate the members on such -- agreeable state of affairs. At the s fair, held in the village of Bruce the SIIIE1 of $269 was offered in prelea lents for entire horses and biallais $182 of this amount was awardsl. The operations of the year shows alii% seice in favor of our Society of $10aine It is a matter of contiratulation tolat at our spring fairs, year by year, lisak numbers of imported, horses, - the services of these valuable ani are secured for South llttron, we t _ reasonably conclude that the heal stock of this country is steadily impale , ing in quality, and will, doubtless,f; the future sustain the already reputation of the horses of this co and the many strangers present VIE- - I k, The stallions exhibited at the fair were certainly exceptionally Pita --- lavish ia their praisesef the exhib nor can any greater proof be adv of the high. character of the h of Huron than by pointing the distinguished position taken at Provincial Fair in London, where than one half of the horses in the h draught claps fell to the share of county. The stock of b11118 e c- ited was an immense impro ement - any previous show, as evidenced by - . - high honors won by sonae Of these mals at London. Our fall fair, held connection • the Stephen and; ITsborne Agricul Society in the village of Exeter, was, - we have already stated, very The stock department, however, WAS in advance of any previous show, We may point with pardonable pri the fine herds of Durhams, exhibited Messrs. Dickson, Glen, Elcoat others as proof of the advance taken by the cattle men of county. The horses shown were..., particularly good, especially in draught classes, and without being vidioas we may notice more pa,rti6 ly the pair of fine two-year-old has • ed Clydeedale mares exhibited by P. McGregor, of Brocefield, also I imported stook of Mr. H. Love, Hills Green, and others. The ab shown were quite equal to those sh in former years, and We r that during the last fail 80Mt9 vain importations of Shropshire and o down sheep have been made by M. Snell, Dickson and others, doub the result of the valuable labors of Agricultural Commission, as shown the excellent report 'now before public. The pig classes were well to the mark, and many specimens 4- - the respective breeds claimed the tention a the pig fanciers and the lic. The poultry men Seem to come to the point at one bound, never before was there anything to. preach the fine display of the feat ribee as at Exeter last fall, anti.' deed in this department every p was taken up, and the birds exhibi' were so remarkably good that udges had to award a great num ' e xtra prizes in order to recognizel merits. The amount of prizes off' f • "1. or competition at the fall fair • ,217; and $894.75 was the sum aw aThe past year has been mark his coanty. The cold wet fall of 1:was followed by a severe- •wiater, onapanied by a 81301i1V fall, heavy - yond precedent, so much so that northern parts of the Riding there ix weeks good sleighing before C mas, and a cold dry spring was foliO d by an extremely dry summer. effect of such an extraordinary has been that the fall wheat oat 881 has turned out a eomplete • probably not over 10 bushels per • on the average, and that the hay it rare than .half a crop, whilst /lift produced has been both sin pqllenagnatitetYinanad mpooesanreittequfoarlittkey. aeTto,oil aNNIIIIMMEMImsonssi Cheese vs. Butter Making The folfowing artiote was prepared with the intention of having it read. at c the recent -meeting of the patrons of the West End Cheese Factory, but as the writer WM unable to have it for- 8 warded to that meeting, he has sent it to us for publication in Tem EXPOSITOR. 1 e It reads as follows: Gziereanser,—Sinee I am unavoid- ably prevented from attending your 1 annual meeting to give verbal expres- sion to a few suggestions which I wish to make, I take the liberty to submit 1 them to paper, which your Secretary f will please to read at the meeting. It is now pretty well admitted on all very extraordinary elimatic changea.