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THE HURON EiPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTISE1VTT1NTS•
Golden West -J. M. McGregor Co.
Cheap Boote-Wm. Logan.
FarmersFavorite-E. Hickfion & Co.
New Goods --Duncan & Dunce
Starr Kidney Pad -J. S. Robe s. •
Auction Sale -Wm. Eberhardt
Auction Sale -C. Shaw.
Sele-McCaughey dr Holmeste
Property for Sale -David MoC 'llooh.
Auction Sale -Alex. Dalgetty.
Card -Rogers & Peek.
Good China -C. F: Waguer &
Tenders -P. Porterfield.
Property for Sale --Thomas Le
Seed Oats -J. B. Henderson.
Rooms to Rent -Robert Scott
House for Sale -Thomas War
Insurance -W. J. Shannon.
p,itron xpoo tor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 24, 1882
Both Sides of the Boundary
Award Dispute.
The public are now in possession of
both sides of the dispute t et een the
Dominion Government and th Govern-
ment of Ontario, concerning th Boun-
ds? Award, and: will consequ utly be
in a position to judge for thenielves as
to which has right on their aide. The
Dominion Government have given
their reasons for declining to as Parlia-
ment to ratify the award of tIie arbi-
trators and. submit for the app
the authorities of Ontario fresh
tions. The Government of On
the other hand, in a meet ex
and carefully prepared doon
reply to them, reasons, expr
oval of
proposi-
ario, on
an stive
ent, in
se their
determination to adhere to th provi-
sions of the award, and deeli4 to as-
sent to the opening up of the question
again by submitting it to anew tri-
bunal.
The Dominion Government' al defence
is a very simple one. They claim that
there exists a legal botIndary between
Ontario and the Northwest Ter 'tortes ;
that that boundary oa,n be de mined
by legfd evidencee and that onl a court
composed of legal 'authorities s quali-
fied to determine upon the vidence
of tho legal boundaries, and hat the
boundary agreed upon was con ention-
al and not legal. They hold t at the
Dominion Government went be ond its
powers in anthcrizing a court f arbi-
tration to settle the question without
first obtaining the consent of Parlia-
ment, and. that the Court eiras not
qualified for the work, inasrnnolji as it
consisted of two laymen and oily one
member who belonged to the p ofession
of the law. They -hold that th Coart
did. not try to determine from he evi-
dense what the legal boundaey' was,
they rather'pruceeded on the idea that
there was no legal boundary, and that
they were to lay down a conventional
one. They quote ' legislation of the
Ontario House to show that the Ontario
Ministry did not look 'to have the legal
bounderi of the Provinoe described, and
the report of the Committee of the
Commons at the Session. of 1878 of the
Parliament succeeding that which ex-
isted at the time the award was made,
to show that the award was not in ac-
cordance with Imperial acts. The Gov-
ernment could not, therefore, advise'
the confirmation of the award. The
present Dominion Govemment offer to
'fifer the question to the Judicial Com-
mittee of the Privy Council, the Su-
preme Court of Canada, or to a com-
mission composed of Lord Cairns and
Lord Selborne, who _would sit in To-
ronto and take evidence. The Govern-
ment would prefer submitting the ques-
tion to the Supreme Court of Canada,
as that would appear to them to be the
properly constituted tribe:inst. They
would willingly submit it to the corn-
mision of noblemen proposed, although
they would prefer the question to be
settled in Canada, yet, if Ontario and
Manitoba were willing, they would not
object to its being decided by the Ju-
dicial Committee of the Privy Council.
They will not consent, however, to its
being settled by other than a court
composed of members of the profession
of law. Respecting the Government of
the disputed territory, in the meantime,
the Government proposes that con-
current authority be exercised by On-
tario and ,Manitoba, while the entire
control of the lands and timber remain
with the Dominion to be accounted for
hereafter when the dispute is settled.
The Ontario Government in their
reply to the despatch from the Do-
minion make known the fact that
although it is now over three years
since the award was made, that this
despatch, received'only a few weeks ago,
is the first offioial intimation they have
had that the Dominion authorities did
not intend to abide by it. They had
made frequent requests to ascertain the
intention of the Dominion Government
in the matter, and, although the receipt
of each letter was officially acknow-
ledged, no word of complaint as to the
justness of the award was ever made,
and no hint was ever given that it
would be repudiated. The Looal Gov-
ernment, in their paper, further show,
by referenoe to the A.ots and diders in
Council, authorizing the arbitration,
both by the Local and Federal Govern-
ments, and by extracts from the Award
iteelf, that the arbitrators were in-
stracted to ascertain the legal boun-
dary, and that they have done so on
wvideace whiedi the Dominion Govern-
,
ment do not and oan not dispute. They
hold that the arbitration was legally
and properly appointed, and that Par-
liament assented to the arbitration by
voting money to defray expenses con-
nected with the investigation, and that,
, although during three successive 'ses-
sions, the proceedings of the arbitratbrs
I were published in the press, and di -
cussed in Parliament, that the question
J of the legality cif the arbitration, or the
1 fitness of the arbitrators for the due and
proper perform nee of their work, was
never even one raised by the members
of the present Dominion Government
or others. They hold, in short, that
the arbitration lwas properly and legally
constituted, th arbitrators thoroughly
competent meni,and the award a just
and proper one and, legally and moral-
ly, binding on 1oth parties, and demand
peaceable poss Knoll of what has been
undisputably p oven to be the property
of the Provine . Taking this ground
they refuse to bandon what has been
given them, an submit 'their claims to
a new. tribunal. As to the Government
of the disputed territory they decline to
enter into nego iations or arrangements
with any other Province, and will ' ac-
cept of no arra gement except such as
will place the disputed territory under
the laws of Ont rice until the dispute of
title is settled.
The reply of he:Ontario Government
is an able and asterly production. It
meets the oppo ing document at every
point, and co pletely unmasks the
shystering con uct of the Dominion
Government in this matter, and leaves
them without one single plea or excuse
of justification, for the base , and dis-
honorable manher in which they are
treating Ontarip.
OUR TORONTO LETTER. .
(From • Our Own Correspondent.)
The introduction into Provincial poli-
tics, of two such vital questions as the
Boundary Awai'd and the power of dis-
allowance, has, to a certain' extent,
dvrarfed the majority of the measures
now before the House, and made them
look small and insignificant in com-
parison. The Vast amount of beneficial
legislation that has taken place in the
Province since ormfederation has neces-
sarily reduced the area within which
radical reforms,: are required to com-
paratively small .proportions, and,with-
out doubt, the tendencyrof future legis-
lation will be to remove Minor defects,
and lessen the friction in the adminis-
trative machinery, rather than to intro.!
duce sweeping charges. There are,
however, several measures of zonsider-
able importance now • under discussion
by the Legislatnre. In addition to the
bill respecting imarket fees, and that
atriending the lew of libel to which I
referred in my last letter, there are the
Attorney -General's measure for simpli-
fying the practice of conveyancing and
&Mending the law of property, which
makes a nuuaber of muoli . needed
changes in regard to the transfer of
land, eto., the bill for the construction
of water -works in oities, town, and
villages, and the bill providing for the
eatablishment of the Bureau of Indus-
tries. The last mentioned bill enacts
that there shall be attached to the
Department of - the Commissioner of
Agriculture a bureau for the collection
of statistics and "useful facts relating
to the agricultural, mechanical, and
manufacturing interests of the Prov-
ince." A secretary will have the gen-
eral conduct of the bureau, whose duty,
among other things, it will be to publish
monthly, or oftener during the
growing season, reports upon the
state of the mope in the Province, and
to procure and publish early informa-
tion as to the- probable supply off -grain,
breact-stuffs and live stock in Great
Britain, the United States, and other
foreign countries, with a vie* of giving
farmers an idea:of the probable demand
for their surplus products in those
markets. The bill further enacts that
the offineri of all agrioultural societies,
municipal councils, school boards, etc„
shall furnish- such information as may
be rem:tired of theta for the purposes of
the 13areati, under certain . penalties.
It is thought. thattsuch a Bureett will
prove of very great advantage to the
pablic, and especially to the farmers, as
by putting them in possession of early
and reliable infornaation as to the prob-
able yield each year, both in Ontario
and in foreign countries, it will enable
them to form an idea of what prices
they may expect, and whether it will
be to theinadvantage to eell e,arly or
late.e
On Wednesday (15th,) the House had
again a short sitting. Mr. Creighton,
who, this Session, has proved himself
one of the naost active of the Opposition
members -Moved the second reading of
his Bill to amend the Municipal Act,
the object of which was to give County
Councils the power to finally fix the
salaries of gaolers, instead of, as now,
leaving them subject to a revision by
the Government. Mr. Wood, on behalf
of the Government, resisted the bill.
He contended -and the argument
seems a good one -that as the Govern-
ment were responsible for the manage-
ment Of the gaoland the discharge
of the gaolers' duties, it was only
fair that they should have a voice in
fixing the salaries of ithose officials. It
is a fact that the Government have ex-
ercised sparingly their powere of inter-
ference in this respeett but it is easy to
see that cases may arise through politi-
cal hostility or otherwise, where such
interference on behalf of a gaoler would
be not only justifiable, but highly
proper. And, in any event, as Mr.
Fraser pointed out, the responsibility
of the Government for the proper ad-
ministration of justice requires them to
see that the gaolers are competent per-
sons, and fairly paid. The House, by
a vote of 50 to 21, refused the bill a,
seoond reading. Mr. Fraser's Bill pro-
viding for the crossing of railway tracks
by streets and drains, was read a second
time.
On Tharsday, Mr. Wood moved the
second reading of the bill to amend the
Agricultural and Arta Act. He did
not agree with those who held that the
Provincial Association had outlived its
usefulnets, and pointed to its record,
which he said was largely the reoord of
agricultural improvement in the Prov-
ince, as proof of the good work it had
done: He proposed in the bill to do
away with the necessity of holding an
exhibition every year, to give the direc-
tors of the Association poWer to fix the
place where the show should be held,
and to provide that the Assoeiation, 111
future, should, instead of, aa heretofore
receiving a lamp MD of $10,000 annual-
ly from the Province, for which nit ac-
count was ever returned, make a state-
ment, each year, of the amount they
required for the next, end give all de-
tails as to the manner in which they
proposed to expend such amount. It
appeared, from the discission on the
bill, that the members were by no
means a unit with regard to the utility
of the Association, and considekable
dissatisfaction was expressed as to the
way in which its affairs, .had been con-
ducted, but the prevalent opinion seem-
ed to be that the bill would remove the
moat glaring of the defects, and. enable
the Association to be of greater use in
the future than it has been in the past.
The bill was read a second time, as was
also Mr. Fraserls meaeure amending
the law of libel. Mr. Mowat brought
up his bilLto remove certain defects in
the law of "evidence, for a second read-
ing. The object of the bill is mainly to
admit of agnostics, and- others, who
deny the existence of a God, giving
their evidence in a court of law, which
at present they are not permitted to do,
owing to the fact that an oath cannot
be considered as binding upon their
conscience. Hereafter such persons
will be permitted to affirm. The
neceisity for, each a law as this was
strikingly shown ,not long ago in this
city, where the evidence of one of the
principal witnesses on e case was re-
jected, on the ground Of his being an
unbeliever. The bill received its sec-
ond reading, Mr. French, (S. Greuville,)
being the only dissentient.
On Friday a number of private bills
were read a second time, and others
were put through committee. While
the bill to amend the Agricultural and
Arts Aot was in committee Mr. Wood
intimated that it was likely the Provin-
cial Exhibition would tiot in future be
held oftener than one in three or four
years. Mr. Ross advocated the perma-
nent fixture of the show at Toronto, as
being the most central piece.
The House on Monday advanced a
.number of private 'bills a stage, after
which Mr. Crooks, in reply to Ur. Har -
:mart, said that the report of the Com-
missioner appointed to investigate the
charges made against Dr. May, of the
Education Department, would be
brought down to the House as soon as
printed. This investigation has been
conducted with the profoundest secreoy
and no word as to how the result will
affect Dr. May hes yet been made
public. A motion. by Mr. Creighton
that it would be advisable to assimilate
the form of ballot papers, used at On-
tario elections to those used at elections
for the Commons, introduced a discus-
sion as to the merits of the two kinds
of ballots. Mr. Creighton held that
the Ontario system of -balloting did
not ensure the same secrecy as that of
the Dominion, mainly on account of the
method employed as to counterfoils and
deputy returning officer's initials. Mr.
Mowat believed the l system in Use in
the Province superior_ te that of the
Dominion, and thought if there were to
be assimilation, it should be on the
p Provincial plan. The motion was lost.
Mr. Mowat announced that out of re-
spect to the late Dr. Ryerson, the fath-
er of our school system, he would I on
Tuesday move that the House adjourn
on Wednesday that members might
have an opportunity of attending the
funeral of the venerable ea-Supetinten-
dent of education. 'Mr. Hardy brought
down further correspondence with re-
gard to the Boundary Award, and the
Howie adjourned at six o'clock.
The House got through considerable
miscellaneous business on Tuesday. On
consideration of the Agricultural and
Arts Bill in Committee, Mr. Merrick
moved the striking out of the clause
dispensing with the holding of an exhi-
bition annually, but the amendment
was lost. Considerable discussion took
place on the Market Pees Bill, which
oame up for a second reading. The
Opposition complained that the Gov-
ernment was showing the farmers too
much favor, and agreed that if market
fees had to go, tolls ought to follow.
This does not seem an unreasonable
view to take, as the principle involv.ed
in both cases is the same:but Mr.
Wood, who has the bill in charge, could
not tree the matter in this light, and re-
fused to legislate in this connection on
the subject of tolls. The measure, as
might have been expected, was opposed
by city' members, and supported by
those from the country constituencies.
The bill was read a second time. The
Honee,On motion of Mr. Crooks, ad-
journed until 7.30 Wednesday evening,
that members might attend the funeral
of the late Dr. Ryerson.
NOTES.
It is pretty generally thought that
the session will close about the 10th or
12th of March.
The annual report of the Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands was brought
down on Monday last. The Crown
Lands is the great revenuteproducing
Department, and the amount which it
contributed to the Provincial Treasury
dining the past year was nearly a mil-
lion dollars. Of this sum $479,000
was received on account of timber dues,
$322,000 was paid in on account of
bonuses bid at the late timber limitsi
sale, and the balance accrued from the
sale of lands. -
The bill for the amalgamation of the
Grand Trunk and Toronto, Grey and
Bruce Railway Companies came before
the Railway Committee on Tuesday
morning for consideration. .All parties
were well represented, both by legal
talent and otherwise, and both sides of
the case were fully laid before the
committee. The bond holders and the
present board of the Toronte,Grey and
Brno° strongly opposed the bill, which
wasas strongly promoted by the Grand
Trunk and a majority of ttie munici-
palities along the - line of the Toronto,
Grey and Bruce. The bill -simply'
sought to define the meaning of the
word "shareholders," but in such a way,
as to legalize_ an agreement made be-
tween the two companies, at a meeting
where "bondholders" were not allowed
to vote. The chairman of the commit-
tee, Mr. Pardee, said it was something
navel in railway legislation to attempt
to compel amalgamation between two
companies, one of whom, unlike Barkis,
waa not willin', and .thought as the
matter was sub judice, it should be left
for the courts to decide. This view of
the case was adopted by the.committee,
and the bill was thrown out by a vote
G.
414 to 26. ,
ToRoNro, Feb. 22, 1882.
OUR OTTAWA LETTER.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Since my last the proceedings of
Parliament have been merely of a rou-
tine nature and short sessions have been
the order of the day.- An , immense
number of motions were made, asking
for returns embracing a great variety
of subjects, and as they axe all of such
a nature as to be ihdispensible for the
intelligent discussion of a number of
important topics, most of them were
passed without being debated. No
Government business has yet been
taken up, but the Finance Minister has
promised to table the estimates to day,
and intimated that he would probably
bring down the budget on Friday, so
the probability is that the disappointed
spectators who have been gathering
daily in the galleries in hopes of hearing
some speech making will have some
interesting debates to listen to next
week.
Wednesday was a private members
day, and the time of the House was
taken up in disposing of a large num-
ber of motions for papers and informa-
tion. Among these were several by
Messrs. Charlton toed .Cameron, ef
South Huron, respeeting Northweet
lands; others by Mi. Blake, respecting
the route, traffic and expenditure iu
connection with the CanadaPacific
Railway; and some by Sir Richard
Cartwright for various financial returns.
On Thursday Mr. Girouaxdn of
Jacques Cartier, again introduced his
bill to legalize marriage with a ileceas-
ed wife's sister. In answer to loud
cries of "explain!" he stated that the
bill was the same as that of last year,
with the exception that the clause to
legalize a woman's marriage with her
deceased husband's brother had been
eliminated. Not nearly so much oppo-
sition is being manifested to the bill as
last year. It will doubtless again pass
the Lower Houtte, and, as the Senators
have had a year to reflect over the
matter, it is not likely that they will
throw the bill out again this year. Mr.
M. C. Cameron introduced a couple of
bills to amend the existing criminal
laws.
On Friday the House Only sat for one
hour, during which time the order
?paper was cleared of a number of
1 notices of motions. In reply to a ques-
tion by Mr. Costigan, of New Bruns-
wiok, Sir John Macdonald intimated
that the Government would introduce a
bill to assimilate the franchise through-
out the Dominion for Federal elections.
Yesterday again the only business
transacted was passing motions for re-
turns of various kinds, and the order
paper was cleared in time to permit of
a six o'clock adjournment. Mr. Cam-
eron, of Huron, in moving for a return
showing the number of cases disposed
of by the Judge and SurrogateJudges of
the Maritime Court since its creation,
took occasion to drew attention to the
cumbersome and compheated machin•
ery of the Court, and the hardship ex-
perienced by suitors owing to the out.'
rageously large amount of costs that are
permitted to be taxed. He instaneed
one ease that bad come to his know-
ledge where the amount in dispute was
only $150, while the costs amounted to
$352; and of another case when the
amount in dispute was only $110 and
the costs over $1,000. He saw no
reason why small Maritime cases might
not not be disposed of in the same
manner as oases in the Division Court.
He characterized the present mode of
procedure as a scandal upon the admin-
istration of justice, and expressed a
hope that the Government would rem-
edy the matter without delay. The
Premier replied that he had laeard .no
complaints as to the working of the
Act. Mr. Blake sustained Mr. Cam-
eron's contention that great injustice
was suffered owing to the excessive
scale of costs, but said it was not so
much the Act itself that required
amending as some. of the rules that had
been framed under its provisions. In
Moving a resolution to the effect
that it is expedient to discon-
tinue the axrangemehts for keeping
female convicts at Dorchester, New
Brunswick, Penitentiary. Mr. Blake
pointed out the absardite of keeping up
a staff of female officials to look after
three female convicts, that being the
total number that have been incarcer-
ated there nince the penitentiary was
established. Elle urged that they
should be sent to the Kingston peni-
tentiary, where those from Quebec and
Ontario are sent. Sir John objected to
this economical arrangement, and the
motion was "lost on division," which is
a Parliamentary way- of saying the
House did not divide. Another reso-
lution, which was moved by Mr.
Blake and carried, was one to the
effect that it is desirable that a report
should be presented to the House with•
in ten days from the opening of each
session, giving full information on all
subjects affecting the Pacifio Railway.
A large number of other returns
were furnished, which, when =brought
down, will furnish the House with an
abundance of material for speeches in
the shape of more or less interesting
facts and figures.
The Senate so far has done very little,
having held very brief daily sessions,
and will this afternoon adjourn to the
28th inst.
In society circles "crushes" seem to
be the order of the day. On Saturday
evening there were present at an "at I
home" given by Mrs. Caron, the wife of
the Minister of Militia, no less than
fonr hundred people. As the house in
which the affair took place cannot com-
fortably accommodate one huudred, the
degree of pleasure experienced by those_
who were present could not have been
very great. Then Leary Tilley has
issued five hundred invitations for a
ball to be given to -morrow evening at
her residence, which is large enough to
accommodate about a hundred couples.
Speaking of social events, I may say
that misthetioism seems to be making
very fair progress at the capital, and al-
though the regular "greenery-gallery-
Grosvenor-Gellery young man" has not
yet put in an appearance, Sun flowers
and pale lilies frequently forth a con-
epionous part of the toilettes of our so-
eietybell
Ihave jual \heard on excellent au-
thority a statement to the effect that
when the Lientenant-Ckwernorship of
.the Northweet became -vacant, the edi-
tor of a leadipg Maritime Province Tory
jeurnal-the St. John Sun-intitnated
his willingness to accept the position.
But for Borne unaccountable reason,
notwithstanding that i'Barkis was
willin'," his disinterested offer was en -
°Trews, Feblentry 22,1882. H.
en-
tirely overlooked.
Neve of the NG eek.
PENSION GRANTED. -A pension of
$6,000 has been granted to Mrs. Gar-
field, widow of the ex -President.
EFOLUDED. - The colored Jubilee
Singers were on Wednesday night
denied admission to every hotel in
Washington.
THE CROP or 1881. -The United 1
States crop report for 1881 shows a de-
cided falling off in the production, with
an improvement in prices.
THE JUBILEE SINGERS. -The colored,
jubilee singers visited the President on;
Saturday. They sang "Steal Away'
to Jesus," and the President was deeply
affected.
A' GENEROUS OFFER. -A wealthy
Philadelphian offers to give forty acres
of land in Florida to each of the fifty
Jewish families coming oat from
Russia.
LADY LEAGUERS RELEASED. - The
Lady Land:Leaguers in Mullingar im-
prieoned for a month in default of find-
ing bail, have been released after the
expiration o the sentence.
COIL BED ISCOVERED.-Parties sink-
ing a well n ar Victoria, British Colum-
bia, on Mon ay reached an eight -foot
seam of bituminous coal at a depth of
18 feet.
LARGE SEIZURE. -Eight thousand
dollars' worth of goods attempted to be
smuggled ineo British Columbia by a
Chineae firm were seized at New West-
minster, and confiscated.
FATALITY I IN A COAL PIT. -Forty
bodies have been recovered from the
colliery at Trindon Grange, England,
where an explosioe occurred on Thurs-
day, It is feared that forty men still
in the pit are, dead.
A BLIZZARD. -A blizzard raged gen-
erally throughout the Northwest about'
the end of laet week. Considerable
trouble was experienced on the railways
from the heavy snow storm.
DOING PARNELL'S FIRM WORK. -A
number of tenant farmers from various
counties in Treland performed such ag-
ricultural work as was necessary on-
Parnell's farm at Avondale, county of
Wicklow.
AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. -Some of
the New York farmers are troubled con-
cerning the 'appearance of the black
grasshopper in the fields. They were
snowd:iscovered moving about on the
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4DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.-The fire which
occurred in Haverhill, Massachusetts,
on Saturday , morning, consumed prop-
erty to the value of, it is estimated,
$2,000,000. The best business portion
of the city is in ruins, and it is euppos-
ed that several lives have been lost.
SAD END OF AN INFAMOUS LIFE. -A
tragedy occurind On Friday night in a
Detroit saloon, by which a young man
of highly respectable parentage, though
himself bearing an infamous reputa-
tion, was fillet through the heart and
almost instaatly killed. The circum-
stances surrounding the event are of
the saddest character, and point a mor-
al with great force.
THE MIBSING SARDINILN.-.The pas-
sengers of the steamer Sardinian, trans-
ferred to the Nederland, state that the
captain of the Nederland declined to
take the Sardinian in tow, as hie ves-
sel was carrying the mails, but offered
to take the passengerfa When the Ned-
erland left the Sardinian, on the 8th
inst., 900 miles from Queenstown, her
stern beaked. t A later report says the
Texas has succeeded in towing the Sar-
dinian to Liverpool.
The Ontario Ce.nSus.
The fall returns of the census of 1881
were laid before Parliament on Friday
of last week. ' The population of the
Province of !Ontario is put down at
1,923,228. The populatien of. each. of
the three counties of Eftiron, Perth and
Bruce, and the several municipalities
of which these counties are composed is
as follows :
SOUTH PERTH. •
Population- 20,778, divided as follows:
Blanchard, 3,244; St. Marys, ton, -
3,415; Hibbert, 3,394; Downie, 3,489;
South Easthope, 2,244; Fullerton,
2,708; Mitchell, town, 2,284.
• - NORTH PERTH. -
Population,34,207, divided as follows:
Logan, 3,355; Ellice, 3,275; Stratford,
town, 8,239; North Easthope, 2,722;
Elmse 4,421 t Morningtian, 3,998; Wal-
lace, 3,655 ; Listowel, town, 2,688;
Palmerston, town, 1,292; Milverton,
village, 562.
SOUTH HURON.
Population ,23,393, divided as follows:
Stephen, 4,504; Hay, 4,421 ; TJsborrie,
3 074; Exeter, 1,725; Stanley, 2,940;
Bayfield, 679 ; Goderioh township,
3,444; Clinton, 2,606.
CENTRE HURON.
Po ulation 26 474
Tuckersmithe 3,550 ; Goderich, town,
4,564 ; Colborne, 2,663; Hullett, 3 875 •
McKie lop, 4,046; Seaforth , 2,480; Grey,
4,577; Brussels, 1,290.
NORTH HURON.
Population,27,103, divided as follows:
Howick, 5,616 • Turnberry, 3,010; Mor-
ris, 3,815; East Wawanosh, 2674;
West Wawanosh,--2,795 Ashfield -,4,766;
Wingham, 1,98.; Blyth, village, 911;
Wroxeter, village, 590.
-SeIITH BRUCE.
Popnlation,39,803, divided as follows:
Huron, township, 5,175; Xiialoss, tawn-
ship, 3,628; Culross, township, 3,807;
Carrick, township, 5,909; Kincardine,
townehip, 4,506; Kincardine, town,
2,876; Greenock, township, 3,751;
Brant, township, 5,423; Walkerton,
town, 2,604; Teeswater, village, 861:
Tiverton, village, 545; Lucknow, vil-
lage, 1,162.
NORTH BRUCE.
Population, 24,971,divided as follows:
Ern , township, 4,236; Arran, town-
ship, 3,512; Saugeen, township, 2,090;
Southampton, village, 1,141; Amabel
town hip, 3,046; Albermarle, township,
1,605; Eastnor, Lindsay, and St. Ea -
num s, 1,364; Port Elgin, village, 1,-
400 • Wiarton, village, 796; Chesley,
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FEBRUARY 24, 1882.
village, 893; Tara, village, 561; Paisley,
village, 1,154; Elderslie, township,
3,273.
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Enron Notes.
A concert given in aid of the Fire
Brigade, of Exeter, a few evenings ago,
realized over $50.
-The Brussels Post says that there
are twenty-seven pianos and fifty
melodious and organs in Brussels at the
present time.
-Mrs. George Gregg died, on Thurs-
day afternoon of last Week, at her resi-
dence near Lakelet, alter a very short
illness.
-Mr. Wm. Hall and. family, of Grey,
left last week for Manitoba, where they
have taken up land and intend to re-
main permanently. -
-Mr. Robert Martin, a well known
stpck raiser, of Grey, has a mare which
gave birth to a foal on the 14th bast.
This is an early foal.
-William Patton, while taking away
blocks from the sawing machine, at
Ethel, on Saturday last, let a block fall
on his foot, crushing it so severely as to
hinder him from working.
. -The Clinton New Era regrets to
learn that Mr. A. Bay, of that town,
and for many years County Engineer,
is very ill and not expected to recover.
-The Rev. Dr. Wild, of Toronto, is
to deliver his lecture on the "Prophet
Jeremiah," in the town hall,' Clinton,
on the evening of Friday, March 3rd,
undenthe auspices of the Clinton Liter-
ary and Scientific Society.
-Mr. James Drewe, hardware mer-
chant', of Brussels, who has had a
branch store in Gorrie for some time,
intendsjclosing that establishment, ,and
will concentrate his whole strength at
Brussel s.
-Mr. John Drew, furniture dealer of
Exeter, having decided to remove to
Manitoba in a few weeks, has disposed
of his hearse, together with the stock
of undertaking goods, to Mr. John
Brawn.
-Mr. -David Milne's new store, in
Ethel, is' just approaching completion,
having got the front all in. He intends
opening out in a few weeks. Ethel will
then be well stocked with stores, there
being four now.
--The Wingham Cotincil have agreed
to issue seven hotel_ and two shop
licenses in that town, and have reduc-
ed the license fee from $100 to $90.
This action was taken in accordance
with a petition from the hotel keepers.
-The Stephen charivari case pre-
viously referred to has been settled at
last by the Exeter magistrates. The
young Man Snell, against whom the
charge a assault was preferred has
been acquitted, and the case against
him dismissed.
-While getting out of a wagon in
Wroxeter, a few days ago, Mr. James
Vittie, of Gorrie, had the misfortune to
stumble so that he fell heavily upon
the ground. He was,so severely hitur-
ed that he was confined to bed for
several days.
- Mr. J. M. Leet, at one time a promi-,
nent resident of Wingham, is :now ree
siding in Salt Lake City, Utah. , Mr.
Lest was one of the principal promoters
of the Wingham "boom," which took
place a few years ago, brit which sub-
sided some time ago.
- Mr. Henry Campbell, who lives in
the township of Colborne, near Salt -
ford, plowed a small field. on his farm,
on the 16th of February. The work
was done with one horse and a single
plow, and the land was said to be in
good order.
-A social was held in the Temper-
ance hall, Belmore, last Thursday even-
ing, in aid of. the Sabbath School. A
debate on the supposed benefits of the
N. P. formed part of the programme.
This is a new and somewhat novel
theme for tea meeting talk.
- A pigeon shooting match, between
J. B. Pike, of Chatham, and S. Fair-
bairn, of Hensall, on one side, and W.
Shroud, of Hamilton, and J. Evans, of
Wiugham, on the other side, for $100
a side, came off in Hensall, on Thurs-
day of last week. The former won by
two birds.
-Messrs. Miller & McQuarrie, an old
and well-known firm of builders and
contractors, of Goderioh, have removed
the machinery of their planing mill to
Brandlien, Manitoba, where they are
erecti g factory and intend going into
theiilaning mill and building busi-
ness. -The Brandon Sun of a recent date
says :-Yesterday Mr. J. E. Smith, of
Brussels, Ont., let, to Mr. Peter Mc-
Gregor, the contract of building a store
on Rosser Avenue, 24x75 feet, two
etoreys. It ie to be completed by the
15th of March, when Mr. Smith pro-
poses launching opt in the dry -geode
business in which he is an expert.
-Mr. Alex. Patterson has been en-
gaged t as cheese maker in the Grey
Cheese and Butter Factory, for the
next year. He receives 70c. per cwt.,
and the Directors are to furnish wood
and boxes for the cheese. The factory
will conamence Work about the lst of
May,, and the prospeets are gond for a
successful season.
-Mr. Thomas Elliott, of the . 7th
conceseion of Goderich Township, re-
turned last week from Quincy, Dakota,
where he has been residing. %a bought
420 acres of land, at $6 an acre, and
last year gathered. 2,600 bushels of
wheat from 100 acres. He is so well
pleased with the west that he says you
could rept induce him to conae back here
, divided as follows: ea fermi-
-The Methodists of Eiirnviile, had a
ry pliasant and successful tea meet-
ing in t eir church on Monday evening
of last veek. The Rev. 3. R. Gandy,
of Exeter, delivered his celebrated. lec-
ture on "Courtship and Marriage." The
proceeds amounted to $70.50. A sub-
scription was also taken up to liqui-
date the church debt, and by both tea
and subscription, the slim realized was
$245.50,
-The total receipts of the township
Hullett, for 1881, were $12,957, and
the total expenditure $13,246. The col-
lector's roll amounted to $10,998. The
year Was commenced with a balance of
$1,031 in the treasury, and elosed with
a balanpe of $742. There Was expend-
ed for county rate 4,263;$education,
$4,361 ; roads and bridges, $2,182;
charity, 304;$interest on Railway de-
bentures, $300, and Municipal Govern-
ment, $632.
-Last week some of the neighbors of
lir. John Connelly, of Grey, near
Jamestown, turned oiat and succeeded
ha cutting and -hauling 1,000 feet of
white birch to the mill for him. Mr.
Connelly has been unable to work for
some time past. and his neighbors took
this mode of showing their respecte3pErefossr
him. Mr. Connelly wishes to
bis° sincere gratitude to those who to
kindly helped him in his days of aa.
varsity. Such deeds speak for them.
selves.
-As stated in these notes a short
time ago, Cornelius Baer, a well-known
resident of the township of Hallett,
died at his residence after a brief 11
nesS. An impression having gained
credence that his death was owing to
unfair means, or "culpable or negligent
conduct," a petition WaS presented te,
the County Attorney, and in compile
Knee with a request therein, Dr. Me,
Lean held a coroner's inquest on Nee
day last. The jury returned 8 'mak
of death from “strangulated hernia, and
not otherwise."
-While Mr. and Mrs. L Sanderson,
of Howick, were returning ham Sim,
coe by trein, on Saturday before last,
they 'Met with an accident which near.
by coot them their lives. While waiting
at the Stratford station, the car in
which they were sitting was run into by
a freight engine, and in a moment was
ill
Buckingham, blacksmith, of the samecrushed and. filled with the esesping
hot steam. By a strennons effort they
made their way out of the car without
getting injured, although their clothing
was drenched by the escaping stetting
and the car badly wrecked.
-Mr. Robert Robinson, carriage-ms-
ker, of Winchelsea, in the township of
Usborne, has teams engaged at present
drawing stone and_ other mateeial ler a
brick shop which he intends erecting in
the spring. The building will be sitn-
ated on the south-west corner, and we
tar:eget of
this
ig greatly el iatttllye add t ow nt mther. wappear.
place, is very bnsily engaged in ironing
Manitoba wagons, having taken the
contract from Mr. Roadhouse, of
Kirkton .
On the -.7th of last August, three
young men na,med.W. and J. Bone and
Charles Johnston, of Wawanosh, took a
bee -hive belonging to James Henry, a
resident of the same township, and car-
ried it to the woods, where, after many
vain endeavors to smoke and burn the
bees out they succeeded, and appropri-
ated the honey. On learning that they
were suspected they left for the States,
where the first two are yet. But John-
ston returned, and was brought before
Justices Robert Armstrong, E. C. X.
Davis and Scott, in Brussels, on Mon.
day, on the charge of larceny. He hea
to appear for trial at Goderich, being
admitted to bail to the amount of
$800.
- At the last meeting of the East t
Wawanosh township council, the quo -
tion of building a blidge across the
Maitland river on the 8th and 9th =-
cession line, was again brought up.
After considerable discussion over the
matter, by the council and Other ln
terested parties present, it was moved
by Mr. Ring, seconded. by Mr; Reilly,
that the council apply at once to soms
competent perste' to draft the plan of a
bridge to be erected across the said
river, and get an estimate of the wet of
building the same, &c. It was moved
in amendment by Mr. Gibbons,seconded
by.Mr. Currie, that the council take no
further steps towards the building fri
the contemplated bridge for six mouths. i•
The rnotion was carried. by the casting
vote of the Reeve.
Perth Items.
The Kennedy's give a farewell
concert in Stratford on March 17th,
- Mrti R. H. Myers, recently of
Stratford, has, opened a banking and
real estate oftce in Brandon, Manitoba.
-Mr. James Sills, of Mitchell, has
been attire old homestead, Belleville,
celebrating his father's eighty-seventit
birthday.he
i
Motherwell Literary Society
will discuss at their next meeting the,
subject, “Resolved that women should
have a right to vote.'"
-Mr. John McNevens, for several
years head miller for Mr. Kidd at Dub-
lin is leaving shortly for the North-
weetM
- esers. Ballantyne and Brileyhave
been engaged as cheesemakers respec-
tively at third line, Wallace and Ceder
GroveAf anac ta onr i e ne
need Daniel McMullee
broke through the ice on the mill pond
in Stratford the other day and narrow-
ly escaped drowning.
-Mr. Horace Fawcett, an old resi-
dent of Fullerton, leaves this week for
Minnesota, where he has purchased a
fine farm close to the town of Windom
-The proceeds of a tea meeting,
held in Trinity Church, Mitchell, last
week amounted to the _handsome enni
of one hundred dollars after paying all
-ex-penehees. Mitchell Recorder has Ts been
changed in form to an eight page paper,
enlarged and improved. Mr. Rarer, the
enterprising proprietor, is worthy of en-
couragement.
-Mr. Dennis Hogan has purchased
the west half of lot 6, in the 13th con-
cession of Logger, from Mr. Donald
Cameron, of North Easthope for
$1,600.
- The Listowel Banner has passel
another mile stone, and last Year enter-
ed on the seventeenth year of its exis-
tence. The Banner is a good local
paper and deberveinto prosper.
-Mr. Joseph Coppin, who returned
clisgueted from the Northwest, hes
wisely opened a tailoring shop in Dub-
lin, where he is busy at work, and finds
the tailoring .business better there than
in the Northwest,
-Mr. Jerry Robinson, formerly of
Mitchell, now of Winnipeg, Ihss in
conapany with another gentleman, the
contract for furnishing the new hotel
at Emerson, shortly to be occupied by
Mr. A. Davidson, of Seaforth.
-The Donegal Cheese factory WU
burned to the ground the other morn-
ing. The loss to the proprietor, E. G.
Harris,is covereids abbyeiethtstit 2a,ntatin Tthhee Roamyos Jul
England to the extent of 81,000, leaving
a clear loss of $1,800.
--Two young ladies exercising on the
Millbank pond skate4 into a hole where
ice had been taken from. They were
gallantly rescued by Messrs. Whitton
and Colbourne, who managed to grasp
them as they were just going down for
the third time.
car-lMoard. oSfethhorsDaesvidzionmstamrteditehewllithfora
Ilauitoba, on Tuesday last week. Be
was accompanied by Mr. McConnell, al
Hibbert, who took with him several
sets of harness purchased from Messrs
Broderick and King, of Dublin-
-From Listowel the Exodus goes me
On Tuesda? last week the Mayor, MT. r -
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ollhi8 second.
na
trip. .
Kidd, John Taylor, and George Oliva's,
Jr., went off with two car loads of
borses
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day in tit
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horse po
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to fill the
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teeth, hail
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in the one
peyers, wer
other 1,000
are a cur
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in Winnipe
troupes are
every night
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carteonist o
aeries of leo
Manitoba.
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range in pri
frontage, an
price.
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has been
gration Com
Pacific Rail
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train from
late an T
'crowd of re
about five
tion. ,
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stamps -wer
Prairie pos
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ever sold in
first opened
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bagnio, itt
accumulat
well-known
able legacy,
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peg, eold by
far 4126,000.
on mortgage
num for five
Northwood
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well-known
bought out
Portage la P
session abon
will go into
teneively, a
that town,
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-Dr. Patte
Ont., has
and will co
his urofessio
come as plen
the city.
--It seems
to get up a p
peg just now
grand Coe
and when
there were e
mat. The W
more intere
than in politi
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R. Hunter,
way, twenty
for $400 per
sand dollars
Ferrite of P
acres adjoini
but the arao
enough.
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Davidson, o
stand, les.s
hotel, and M
Hope, of Wi
ing measure
Mr. Carney.
furniture at