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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-04-07, Page 44 • e. 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Lace Curtains—E. Mama. Millinery -.—Duncan & Danean. Wall Paper—O.W. Papst. Pure Drugs—E. Hickson & Co. Abstract—Town of Seaforth. For Manitobae-Wm. Grassi.e. Auction Sale—Wm. Harrison. Feed for Sale—J. Carnoohan. Notice to Contractors—R. Robinson. Improved Stook—J. Modeland. Lecture—Dr. Rossvally. puton txpeoitor ' riously. It is unfortunate, also, that this uneasiness has not been confined to any one class, occupation or calling. All, from the highest to the lowest, and from the artizan, agriculturist, mer- chant and professional men, even down to the street loafer have been affected alike, and, we believe, that in this way as much injury has been done as in any other. But all this will have an end probably sooner than many expect. The gloss and glamour of the North - • west will wear off. Speculative bo will cease, and things both there , here come down to their normal natural condition. As we have aelre said, permanent success or prolate must be the fruit of labor, and ev* success in the Northwest conees t the result of labor and a instead of the reselt of ohs as now, there will be fe anxious to rush thither, and those Jo go will be of a better and more xi ful class. When that time conies, tide which is now somewhat agai Ontario will turn in its favor. do not mean by this that any consid able number of those who have g there will return here. We do want them, as we caa provide for th there better than s we eau he What we mean is, that the ,coarse the money flow will be turned. - will then be getting back much of t money that is pouring in there fro here now, and in addition to it t earnings of the people in the meantim The Northwest has a productive s which is easily cultivated, bat that about all it possesses. It will never b it • is impossible in the nature of thin that it can . be, a manufacturing stock producing country teeny materi extent. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, April 7,1882 Dorninion Parliament. Nothing of startling importande has occurred in Ottawa during the ;past week. None of the prominent Govern- ment measures have yet been brought down, and members seem to be passing time as well as they can until the Gov- ernment in their wisdom see fit to sub- mit these for Parliamentary criticism. Several amendments have been made to the motion for the House to go into Committee of Supply, and each of these have elicited considerable discussion. Among the most notable of these mo- tions was one made. the other day by Mr. Plumb, a strong supporter and willing heneinnan of the Governinent. This gentlen3an moved a resolutioti ap- proving of the course of the Domi ion Government in the matter of the Boundary Award. After several days' discussion this motion was carried on a strict party vote, except that Berne --o-r the French Canadian Liberals voited for the Government, and thus at- testin-g their jealousy and hatred of Ontario. To their everlasting dis- credit, be it said, every eup- porter of the Government from Ontario voted, for the motion and agaiiast the interests of his ,own Province. This shows the extreme danger, so far as - Ontario is concerned, of permitting the central authority to encroach upon pro- vincial rights, and proves the kind of treatment we would receive if our local affairs were managed. by the Federal Parliament.. The Temporalities Bill, has been finally passed by Perliement and in a shape that it should give en- tire satisfaction to all parties. There ia still a feeling prevalent about the Capitol that Parliament will be p o- rognedimmediately after the close of t e preeent session, and that the gene al election will take place early in Ju e, but whether or not the Governme t have yet come to any definite conc li- ken on the subject is not known. If thby have they keep their counsels themselves, as both Grit and To members seem to be alike in the dark got this done and secured a comfortable homestead he was ready for his doffin. On the other side again they point to the -beautiful cleared prairies of the Northwest, where a settler can locate on the wild unbroken land one year and have a crop the next. From this they argue that the latter is a muoh bettet country than the former, and is likely to far outstrip her in the march of pro- gress and improvement. Those who talk and think in this way, however,are oms apt to forget that it is capital earned• and and experience gained in Ontitrio,which: and are making the Northwest what it is ady and whioh will make it whatever it will: rity become. The first settlere in Ontario hen came' here poor and without experience. o be For one who had enough capital to kill, purchase a yoke of oxen, hundreds had nee, barely sufficient to buy an axe, and wer many of them had never chopped a tree who or done a day's work on 'a farm in their se- lives, previous to landing on Canadian the soil. In fact it is now the pride and nst the boast of many old settlers in On: We tario that they came to this country er- without a cent, and that now they are one not only in comfortable circumstances not but can give their sons and their daugh• em ters a good setting out to start in Mani - re. toba. oz elsewhere. Had the original of settlers of Ontario come in here with We the capital and experience possessed by he most of those who now go to Manitoba m we venture to say that the progress he made here would have been even more e. rapid -than that which is being made oil there now. Let a man settle npon a is prairie farm with nothing save a faith - e; ful wife and a large family of small gs children, and without experience in his or calling, and he will not progress. any al more rapidly to wealth or comfort than did the early settlers of °ataxic, who 1- were similarly circumstanced. That o- Ontario has become the great and pros - re porous, populous and wealthy country d that it is under such adverse circurn- st stances, and in the comparatively short n- space of thirty or forty years, is the as very beet possible proof that its natural d- resources to maintain a prosperous peo- of ple, are unequalled by any country or section in the world,. and her citizens a d need not be afraid that she will be sur- passed by any of her competitors. It is e not creditable, either, for thoee whom y Ontario has made what they are, and who owe their all to the fertility of her D2 soil, and the salubrityof her climate; to decry her now, or to attempt to build up any other at her expense. Manitoba —and we mean by Manitoba the whale of the Northwest—is, undoubtedly, a magnificent country and has within it the elements of future greatness, but it will never be so pleasant a country to live in as Ontario, and we shall be ;agreeably disappointed if its progress, on the whole, notwithstanding its su- perior advantages in the start, ill be any more rapid or marked. Th4e who go there expecting that they set 1 have none of the old-fashioned difficulties and diseouragements, will find their ▪ mistake, and those who expect to be- come prosperous, rich and great, so very numb faster and easier, than their • forefathers in Ontario have been able to do, will be equally disappointed, and he is no friend of the country or of the future settlers in the Northwest who would hold out greater inducements: To bring these vast plains undercu tivation,and to continue them as pr ductive grain producers Will regal immense numbers of implements an a great variety of machinery of the mo modern kind, while those who are e gaged in this work naust be clothed well as fed. Ontario is natutally a mirably adapted for manufacturing every description. R has the facilitie and the material convenient at ban for this purpose. All the machiner used on •the prairies of the North west, and the• clothes the hard settlers will require to protect the from the blizzards and blasts tibia prevail in that country innst come fro outside the country itself. Fro whence can they more naturallt or oheap O ly be procured than from the workshop and factories of Ontarici. ; For one reap er or mower, for insietece, that ha hitherto been manufaciured in Ontari a thousand will be rinide five year henoe, to supply the equirements o our sons and friends w o have gone to o cultivate the plains oftManitoba an the Great Northwest. It; is thus tha e Ontario will ultimately gain for th losses in population she is now sustain ing by emigration to: the Northwest She will become the great manufactnr er and supplier of the wants of th people of that vast country The young farmers who now leav here to cultivate the prairies of the west will be replaced by operatives who will be wholly consumers and non producers of bread stuffs, and in this way an -additional demand will be made for the products of the Ontario farmers, which will do much more than make up for the great additional supply that will be produced from the new fields. Ontario, also, is admirably . adapted for the breeding and raising of superior and high bred horses, cattle, sheep and 'swine. The Northwest never will be. Bat, as the people of that country prosper and increase in wealth they will desire to posses better animals than they can raise in their own climate, and they will lock to Ontario for them and will be simplied from here just as the Western States are now almost wholly supplied from the East. The money that is now being drained from this Province, and ranch more, will be returned in payment for these products and animals. Of course all this will probably occasion a slight change in the mode of farming in this Province. Our farmers will need to go more into. the raising of coarse grains and stock of a superior quality, and pay fees attention to eke cultivation of -wheat than they now do. But this will be a blessing to us instead of an in- jury. Wheat, at hest, has become a very uncertain, and not a very remun- erative crop with Ontario farmers, and it would be good for them and for all dependent on them, if they were in such a position that they would not require to rely so much upon it. We feel convinc- ed, therefore, that we in Ontario are now just passing through the glooru be- fore the dawn, that a brighter and more prosperous era awaits us in the future than we have ever experienced in the past, and that instead of desolation and gloom, increased population and greater prosperity is in store for us no matter who rules. Some are in the habit of contrasting the advantages of Manitoba with those possessed by Ontario, as a field for emi- gration. It is said that when the first settlers came to antario they had to • clear up the forests and root out the stumps, and that by the time a settler, commencing in the bloom of manhood, The Effect Upon. Ontario. It is only natural that those who hahe their interests centred in Ontarlio Should feel somewhat anxious as to t probable result which the present e odus to the Northwest is likely to ha npon our destinies, and ill what respe the interests of this Province are to affected by the surplus products of th vaat country coming into direct co petition with those of the Dominion n the markets of the world. While a1 the Provinces of Canada are interest d inhhis problem, Ontario is particularly so, as the great bulk of the emigration and wealth which has thus far floiin into Manitoba has been from Ontari and the prodnots of the fertile prairi s of the Northwest, will, on accomit f their similarity to those of Ontario, come more directly into competition with ours than with those of any of the other Provinces of the Doi'jotj -There is no other member of the Co federacy that has been, thus far, a any rate, so entirelydependent upo agriculture as Ontario has been, a,n consequently, it„is not likely that an of them will be so much affected by the new competitor. We do not take such a glnomy view of the future as some seem diiiposed to do. There is no doubt of the fact that so far the opening up of the Northwest has keen injurious to this Province. In the first place we have been taxed heavily, not only to purchase th country in the first place, but to ope it for settlement and ,provide for it G-overnment. For this we have no yet received any return. Beeides thi the value of our lands and propertie has been decreased by the competitio of the prairie lauds of the Northwest and therehas been, and still is, a stead drain of oue wealth pouring into that country, and thus impoverishing our own people. The money that is being sent from here now to purchase and improve lands there, to say nothing of what has been sunk in -speculation, would otherwise ` have been expended here in making improvements and pur- chasing additional comforts and neces- saries. This has had a most depres- sing and injurious effect upon the trade of this country; and another in- jury we have suffered from, probably nearly as eauch as this last named, is the speculation which has been going on in the Northwest during the past two years. It is not so flinch the ;money that has been sunk or lost in specula- tion there, as the feverish excitement and spirit of unrest that has been cre- ated among our people. The attention of people has been diverted from their regular and legitimate oconpations and callings, and as a consequence in too Many instances these have suffered se OUR esteemed town contemporary seems to be exceedingly unsettled in its political convictions just now. It lan- tics remind one forcibly of the tory related of a "prominent politician,'lwho after his return from a recent visite to the capital where he had listened to the 'debates' in Parliament, remarked 'con- fidentially to a friend "God knows, it's very hard for an honest man to say which side is right." It Seems , very hard for o'nr contemporary, just now, to say "which side is right." For months it has beenl laboring to convince its readers thaethe men who compose the Ottawa Government are the most hon- est, disinterested, unselfish and patriotic set of mortals that ever ruled a country or nation; in its last issue it mallows all this and actually depicts them as being so craven and corrupt that they will only deal justly and honorably with such constituencies as send to Parliament pliant tools who will sup- port them in their every act. In former days it was wont t impress us with the of the country under seed influence of the at reason that the county had for es- . Were we not told e of this N. P. the aring establishment foot & Box, of this ade to boom as it before, and hy mak. cordwood and saw the vicinity were to tly and rich? Now, is changed. Our m of rage, puts his hrough the beautiful es it to atoms, and e of the great Mail (Rican Consul at cause he dared to ment that Canada ys : "If our worthy in Goderich, would olored glasses and ar pebbles, or white d him in the town ence, he would find see any evidence glowing prosperity the benign and bl N. P., and the good people of thi pecial thankfulnes that by the inflaen furniture mannfito of Messrs. Bro town, had been had never boomed ing a market for logs the farmers in prosper and grow po however, all; this friend, in a proxy: Editorial fist clean picture and smas even flies in the fa and reads the A Goderich a lea -are report to his Glove is prosperous. It s "friend the Consul "take off his rose "put on a pair of cl "glass, and look ron "of his adopted resi "it extremely hard - . _ : 11 1 0 1 • THE HURON' .EXPOSITOR. "of the prosperity b "contrary is only to "fortunately the osne." A couple of weeks ago it lauded Ir. Farrow to the skies for his noble andpatriotic) efforts In securing protection for Canadian salt. Then, Mr. Farrow Was the saviour of his country; but, resto Change! In its last issue it das s the laurels from poor Farrow's bro and proclaims "The resolution of lie Government the L "other day to put a small duty on Eng- "lishfine salt, and t I give- a drawback "of the duty on ooa consumed in mak. "ing salt is a step ithe right direction, "but to use a ho ely and ,expressive “phrase, 'It does n amount to a row "of pins.' There is no coal used in the n"makieg of salt in Ca ada,, wood is a "much better fuel, and will continue to speaks of. The pathy is felt for the Princess Helena, of certainly and un- Waldeck, in consequence of these re- peated postponements of her marriage. "be used in all our so that part tells for many years f the resolution is "absolutely valnele so far as the "present trade is concerned. The "tineattity of English eine salt imported "into Canada is s "will not affect the "sensible extent, pe "lish dairy or fact "not consume any all, and the duty importation to any, le who want Eng - ]Y filled salt, will less because they "have to pay eight or ten cents per "hundred pounds m "did before. No. ore for it than they 1 It is a farce, as far "as the salt interest of Canada is con- "cerned, to talk of pitting a small duty "On fine salt, and gi p a dr iwbaok on "coal." So, after al Farrow's heron - lean labors "don't a ount to a row of pins," and the Govelenment is simply playing with and foe' ng the people of be true, for your or- ' Huron. Remember his, all ye good Tories. It meet gan says it. We fear the old ad ee that "too many cooks spoil the broth' is being verified in the case of our c n temporary. ' At i any rate, it would be I well for one cook i to closely examine tbe viands prepared :by his predecessor .befOre he proceeds to dish up his own. At- this rate of going .-ccei will yet have it declaring that the Conservative candidsee for Centre lluron is not popular notwithstanding the fact that he has attained the dig- ] :laity of President of the Salt Combina- tion. THE ANTI CHINESE bill has passed the House of Represe iatives by a vote 'alone hundred and si ty-seven to sixt 'five. The amendme t reducing t i .period during whic 1 Chinese emigr ' ;Mon shall be suspentel from twen i 1 years to ten was lost y a vote of o hundred to one hund4d and thirty -On In fact every attempt Ito modify the bi was defeated, and t e measure se J adopted as it came fr in the Sense The entire responsibil ty now rests wit the President who maylstill defeat th bill by his exercise of the veto powe The bill is anything bat creditable t the United States, but we do not kno _ how the American people would subm • to the interference of t eir chief execu- tive officer in the wit i indicated. We notice that several of lie leading papers whice opposed the bill, urge him to 1 veto it But, to do so would, from our point of view, be a mo t tyrannical and unjustifiable act. T tt people should 1 Fele, Their represen atives have de- clared unmistakably f1.1 [at they desire this legislation, and fo ' 1 the President to set himself against he voice Of the , people so emphatiCally expressed -through their repres eitatives, would, One would naturally. t ink, be a very dangerone as well as e patriotic course ;for him to take. The overnor-Gener- al in Canada possesses similar powers, but no person ever expeets him to exer- cise them. Indeed, w re he to do po in the face of an overwhelming vote of the House of Commons,he ould raise such .1 a storm about his ears that he : would not be likely to commi ;a similar of- fence. It remainatherefore, to be seen, whether the American People, with all their boasted freedom and independence are any less independent or more sub- ject to one man power than are the people of this country.l The bill, pro- hibiting Chinese emikration to that country for twenty yea Is is certainly a [ • most objectionable and tyrannical mea - 'I sure, but the people eVihently demand i. it, and We do not see that President Arthiir has any right to! say that they I shall not have what thely want. t .—Since the above was written the President has forwarded l his veto MOS - sage .to Congress, so that !John China- men will still be free to invade the teion at will. ...............6. 1 1111111111..11111M......mm CONDEMNED TO DEATH.—The two Ni- hilists arrested in connection with the aasassination of General Strelnikoff, at Odessa, have been already condemned todNe4.0tHh. AER LIBERAL ELECTED. — The East Cornwall election to the Imperial House of Commons has resulted in the return of Mr. Acland, Liberal, by a majority of 203. DIME - OF WELLINGTON'S STATUE.— The statue of the Iron Duke, which has been regarded as one of the land- marks of London, is to be removed to another position in Hyde Park. OXFORD WINS.—The university boat race on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake, was won by Oxford by six boat lengths over Cambridge. The weather was beautiful. The contest created less interest than usual; WINDSTORM.—A number of cottages at Oaean Beach, N. Y., were badly damaged by a wind storm on Monday. Nine cottages and a church were blown down. The wind lasted only a few minutes. ONE VILLAIN LESS.—Jesse James, the notorious train :robber, was shot and killed in the streets of St. Joseph, Missouri, the other eay. The deed was committed by two of his old -com- panions. Poen D. I. K.—A Detroit despatch says: "D. I. K. Rine, the insane tem- perance lecturer, recently bent to the asylum at Wayne. Michigan, haei be- come a raving maniac, and is now con- fined in the dungeon." . IN THE IMMORAL FOOTPRINTS OF HIS FATHER.—The present Czer of Russia is eaid to have become infatuated with a- handeome circus rider, so much Bo that the Empress has become convinced of hisinfidelity and has begged her parents to permit her to return home. Nimeaser.— With the exception of that on Lieutenant Suchanoff, all thet death sentencea ns.ssed at the recent trial of Nihilists at St. Petereburg have been committed to imprisonment and bard labor for an indefinite time. Surchanoff has been executed. General Strelnickoff, public prosecutor of the Kieff military tribunal, was assassin- ated on Friday by Nihinsts. THUNDER STORM. — The Main -street station of the Erie Railway Company, it Buffalo Plaine, was struck by light- ning during. the storm which raged about eight o'clock on Sunday morning. Between thirty and forty dollars in silverlocked in the easb drawer, melted under the ferveet heat, and was dug up subsequently a lump of solid silver. The books, tickets, freight, and baggage in the frame building were all consum- ed. as well as two cheques amounting to $200. IRISH NEWS. -1--Mr. Herbert, Justice of Peace, who was shot dead on Thursday y. while returning from Castle Island heSessions, wee the person whose expres- . Bien of regret that the police had not a' fired upon a riotoue mob,was some time ty ago a subject of discussion in the House /le of Commons. Since the shooting eleven lambs that belonged to him have been e. „ maliciously stabbed.—Priest O'Higgins, it of Dublin, committed on a charge of in as citing to murder, was escorted to gaol e.by cavalry.—Sinyth, of West Meath, who with three ladies was fired at re- turning from church, had seemed ill e and was accompanied by his wife, r. sister -in law, and Lady Harriet Monck. o Mrs. Smith was killed and part of her w head blown away.—Mary Powes O'Con- nor, sister of the member of Parlia- ment, was prosecuted at the Athlone Sessions for advising tenants of the parish of Drum not to pay rents. She was ordered to find bail or .go to gaol for six tnonths. She elected to go to - it News of the W eek. 'RASCALITY.—Two Chitago clerk El have ?absconded, taking $12,700 of their em- ployers' money. VALUE OF FEET.—A oy aged sI even has received $10,000 d mages for the loss of both feet on the owell railway. NEGROES KILLED.—B I the destruction of a, cotton gin in a Lohisiana parish, 120 negroes are said to have lost their _lives. I„ SUICIDED.—COMetalS J. anaerbilt, son of the late Commo ore Vanderbilt, committed. suicide in New Yorkethe other day. EARTHQUAKE.—xwo d stinct shocks of earthquake were felt (on unday Mean- ing at Amsterdam aisid other places in New York state. 40s8 OF lare.—Dne ng the recent snew storms in the 1Northwestern Shiites, several lives were lost on the prairies in Dakota. - POSTPONED INDEFINITE Y.—The inar. riage or Prince Leopold I has again been postponed until June, and now, pro- batily, will never take place. The health of the Prince, never good, has of late been growing worsel Much sym- gaol. IIMIIIMINIIMMINEEENON101 Huron Notes. The steamer Quebec, of the Beattie Line, leaves Sarnia to -day for Duluth. This is the first boat of the season. —Mr. Robert Dickson, of Grey. lost a valuable mare last week. It got kicked on the leg by another horse and he had to kill it. —Joseph Anderson, of Belgrave, has returned home from Manitoba. He is greatly pleased with the country and intends returning shortly. James Agnew, of the 8th con- ceesion of East Wawanosh, who had ben ill with consumption for several m iaths, died last week. ---An old land mark in the shape of an old house, which has stood for thirty years, was torn down last week on the farm of W. Armstrong, in Morris, near Brtissels. —Mr. Wm. Wiggins sold his farrn on the 15th concession of Howick to Mr. James Warren, for 34,200. Mr. Wig- gins intends removing to Manitoba in a few weeks. . —It is stated that a new cheese fac- tory is to be established in the town of Clinton. The vacant building known as Grant's blacksmith shop is to be con- verted into a factory. —The time of the morning train going South on the London Huron and Bruce Railway lute been changed. It now goes south half an hour later than formerly. —Samuel Barr has rented his farm in Morris to Mark Cardiff for a term of years. Mr. Barr goes to the Northwest this week with the intention of becom- ing a permanent settler. —Mr. Charles A. Walkinshaw, the champion quoit.pitcher, was entertain- ed at a complimentary supper by his Wingham friends in that town on Fri- day, and left for Manitoba on Monday. —A very mean trick was played on Mrs. Morley, of Belgrave, one evening last week. Some evil disposed persons ship bored a hole in a barrel filled with coal thei oil and turned it over so that all the hies liquid ran out and went to waste. the —Navigation opened at Goderich on the Monday of last week, and the "lights grail along the shore" are now nightly bum- his a ing. Last spring the lights were not of W lit until May 4th, so that this season is best, some 38 days earlier on the lakes than have last. cure —Adam Douglas, of Teviotdale, has them purchased 200 acres of land from J. E. they -Smith,- being lot 11, concession 14, and the o lot 11, concession 15, township of Grey, an e for something in the neighborhood of there $7,000. Mr. Douglass is a good farmer bette and we are glad he intends becoming a permanent resident of the township. —On Thursday last, as Moses Han- nah was bringing a. load of hay klong the 5th concession of Morris the horses took fright at some wood that was on the road, whereupon they started, up- setting the wagon and its contents into the ditch. When they had run about three-quarters of a mile they were cap- tured by James Russel. —The Clinton New Era says • :—Four years since a resident of this county "skipped out" (as the phrase is) with- out paying a number of large accounts. He went to the Northwest, where he prospered, and last week he returned and met all claims against him—a Clin- ton merchant being one of his largest creditors. We Should like toli report more of such cases. —Mr. James Watson has sold his farm of 50 acres, on the 10th concession of East Wawanosh, to Thomas Irwin, for the sum of $2,200, which l is con- sidered an extra good price, Mr. Wat- son, unlike a large number in this vi- cinity, is not -smitten with Manitoba fever, for he has purchased al fartie in Lambton Coupty, and intends moving there shortly. —Last week Miss Maggie' Buns, who is employed in the family of m. Blashill, of Brussels, had a very narrow escape from being severely burned. In working around a fire- in the yard on which a large pot was boiling, her clothes caught fire, and but for the prompt efforts of Min. Blashill she might have lost her life. As it was, however, she escaped with a slight burn. —The following statistics are gleaned from the assessor's roll of the township of Goderich, lately completed: There are 7,167 acres of fall wheat sewn and 8,531 acres of fall plowing done for the spring seeding. There are 760 obildreia between the ages of five and isixteen, 439 between the ages of seven and thir- teen and 250 between the ages of six- teen and twenty-one Number of births in the township for the last year, 71; deaths, 23. —The Wingham Advance of last week says: It is reported that several parties from this section have lately been frozen to death er lost in blizzards in Dakota and lidanitoba. The names mentioned are Mr. Robert Gillespie, who formerly reeided near Whitechurch; Mr. John Deacon, late of East Wawanosh '• and twe young men, sons of Mr. Wm. Thompeen, late of Turnberry. We trust the reports are incorrect. —The Signal of last week says: Mr. W. M. Gray, of Seaforth, a few mouths ago purchased $120.000 worth of prop- erty from M. C. Cameron, M. P., and Sir Richard Cartwright. The property consisted of 18,000 acres, of which 17,040 have since been sold iby Mr. Gray for $i5,000 to an Engl sh ts. 00 he firm, through their Winnipeg ago Mr: Gray is consequently some $30, and 760 acres of land ahead by transaction. —The catch of whitefish and trout in Lake Huron has been good this seas n. The tug Despatch makele daily trips in fine weather to the fishing grounds, some twenty miles from Goderich. and returns well laden with fine specimens of Lake Huron's finny inhabitants. So great is the demand for these fishin Detroit that as high as fourteen petite a pound is paid for them, and the ' ent re catch finds a ready market there. None of the fish can be secured even in God- erich exeept by -special favor. —The l Signal is informed that a most exciting foot -race took place on North street, Goderich, a few evenings ago about midnight, between a couple of town bel es. At the word "Go." both of the f “r spinsters made a good start, and the ace promised to be very' even, but tiefo tunately the ladies were not in racing costume, and one of the run- ners in eking an attempt to regain her hat which was falling off, knocked against er rival, who was thrown vio- lently to the ground. No home', were broken, nd we understand that the race will be again contested. —A.boat 11 o'clock tdoirlay night of last week the inhabitants of Ethel were aroused hy the ory of Bre, which was soon disiijelvered to be the school house: A. Panabaker was the first to discover it. He then gave the alarm to J. Dun- bar, whet both soon reached the scene of the fir, and by dint of hardwork and persever nce they soon quenched the flames. he fire was at once seen to be the work of an incendiary, as fire was set in tee places, one in a desk near the stov and the other at the far end of the n om. The damage consisted only of t o desks and a map burned. Entrance was effected by the breaking of one of he windows. —A ve y 'interesting ceremony was performe -at the residence of C. R. Cooper, i Brussels, last Friday, when Norman V. Lewis, of Toronto, was united in he bonds of wedlock to Mrs. Guest, o Brussels. The bridat couple w re deaf and dumb, but they went thro gh the service in a very telligent nd reverend manner. The officiating minister,: Rev. F. Ryan, found no difficulty in conveying the services t them and receiving their con- sent. Mr Lewis has been deaf and dumb sin e he was five years of age, brought o by scarlet fever. He is a printer by trade and has bad charge of newsp per in Toronto, called the Silent W rld. Some valuable ' gifts were mad by the guests. —The ell known furniture manufac- turing fir e of Scott & Bell, of Wing - ham, askei the ratepayers of that town for a bon s of $3,000 to assist them in enlarging heir present factory to double its capacitt. At a public meeting held last week o consider the- raatter. Mr. Bell expla ned. that his 'firm propose starting branch of their furniture business i Winnipeg, and may keep in Wingham a many as 75 hand, but they woul not bind themselves to keep more tha' '50. If they could get the bonus asked. for, it was their intention to take ot er gentlemen into partner- , thee by increasing the valule of r prop rty by erecting new build - and pi tting in new maehinery to amon t of $50,000. A majority of meeti g being evidently opposed to ting t e bonus, Mr. Bell withdrew pplic tion. Probably the people ingh m know their own business but e incline to the opinion they mad a mistake. If they can pro - the nefits Mr. Bell promises for he trifling amount asked, are f olish they do not jump at ffer. The firm in.question, have - stab ished reputation and are ughl • reliable, and it is certainly r to em courage them than to aid strangers of whom nothing is knotvn. —About two years ago a man named Firth came to Brussels representing himself tea,be interested in the woellert factory biteiness, He got acquainted with Miss 31-oKinney, sister of the for- mer proprietors of the American Hotel, and in due course they were married. After sojourning in Brussels for a while Ann, 7, 18 they removed to Detroit, and ere hew Mrs. Firth found out instead of lete;Z a kind, and true husband she was ate2 ried to a disguised fraud, devoid of the first principles of manhood. Re bag been living with another woman le Grand Rapids of late, and to bring hen to time Mrs. Firth had. him arrest* for adultery. Rev. Mr. Ross, of Bee& sels, who married them, was summon. ed to Grand Rapids last week as a wit. ness to prove the validity of the raft. riage. Firth got out of the Make by proving that he had been marriette this woman, with who he had hem, living, fourteen years ago in England and by ter had a family of six or wee children. Of course this cleared hini of the charge, but Mrs. Firth, No. proceeded to Detroit at once to get vet papers to have him immediately rear, rested on the charge of bigamy ate have the trial in Detroit. The lesay friends of Mrs. Firth, --or Miss Mace. ney—in Brussels hope to see this deep. ]y -dyed scoundrel severely punished, Firth has rather a prepossessing ap. pearance both in manners said dress, but it appears the best of him is all Oa the outside. oseseeemmeesoseme Perth Items. Mr. Knott has sold his ileum -ill -et - Carlingford, to histwo sons Robert ead • Samuel, for the surn of $7,000. —The Alliance base hall, club, of Stratford,have re -organized for the see. son with W. N. Warburton, president. —A man named Davis, living at Gadshill, was on Tuesday, senteneedby the Stratford Police Magistrate to. two years penal servitude for wife beating, — Rev. Mr. De Lona, pastor of Trinity church, Mitchell, has gone on a visit te England. He is expected to be absent. a year. — George Switzer, of Sebringville, was, lest week, fined $10 and costs for allowing card playing in his house oe Sunday. —The new Lutheran church in Lie. towel, ie to be of white brick, and. will have a seating Capacity for The him- dred. 1 ---The managers of Knox chureh, Stratford, are -having the interior of the building beautifully painted and frescoed by a firm from Detroit. —Mr_ Robert Wilson, one of the eld- est settlers in ElIDa, died at his red, deuce near Newry station, a short time ago. —Rev. E. Wallace Waits has remov- ed from Stratford to Chatham, New. Brunswick. His departure from Strat- ford, is very much regretted. —The widow of the late John Welch, of Listowel, has received $1,t00 from the Forresters, being her husband's life premium in that useful and benevolent society. —Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thompson, of Mitchell, celebrated their golden wedding on Thursday of last week. All their own children and 18 grand-chih dren were present. —The post office hitherto known as Newry station, has had the name chang, ed to Atwood. Mr. Donald Gordonstill continues postmaster. —Mr. Robert Christie, who has been a highly respected resident of Elma for nearly 30 years, has removed to Iowa. His son, J. W. Christie, and family ac- companied him. —Mr. D. W. Dulinageeformerly of Kirkton, has bought the property and business in Staffa foernerly owned and occupied by Mr. Edward Mama, of Seaforth, and takes possession immedi- ately. —Mr. C. D. Ruttan, paymaster of the, Manitoba South -Western railway, who was found dead in bed at Winnipeg, re- cently, was well known in Stratford, having been in the Ilflontreal Bank there for several years. —Mr. Jones; of Logan, bought from Mr. Wm. Meehan, of Monckton, a few days ago, 17 steers which averaged. over . 1,400 pounds each. One of the lot weighed over 1,800 pounds, and another 1,400 pounds. —Messrs. J. & 3. Large, of Listowel, have been awarded the contract for building the Canada Methodist Church near Newry Station. The new building will be 50x32, with a porch 10x15 feet. It will be built of white brick, and will cost about $1.600. —Last Saturday night the barn of farmer named Stoskopf, about seven miles from Stratford, was struck by lightning and consumed, by fire. A number of sheep and some other live stock were burned. Loss, $1,500. In- surance not known. —The temperance hotel keeper, at Carlingford, has been fined on two sepee rate charges; one for keeping liquor on his presaises for sale, and the other for sellingit. On the first charge he was fined $20 and on the second $30, with $7 costs. Ile says now that he is going _ to keep a strictly temperance house. —Mr. John Knight, a Bideluiph farm- er, aged 62 years, died very suddenly on Sunday, March 26th. He was in St. Marys witli a load of nay on Saber - day, and was seized with inflammation of the bowels in the evening. Dr. Lang, from Granton, was summoned, but toolate to check the disease. —A company has been formed in Listowel for the purpose of manufac- turing a new sort of corn broom. One handle with head is designed to last a generation. When the broom corn be- comes worn a new supply can be pnt Samples of the new broom have been sent to England, Scotland, and Mani- toba. —The Mitchell Recorder is in receipt of a paper from Mr. Campbell, of South Africa. who left Bornholm for that far off country last fall. He,seents to like the country very well, and is engaged in the mining fields at present. Iu a few days after last writing he intended join- ing a party who were going off On SU elephant hunt for some weeks. —One Mrs. Carey, who kept a dis- reputable house ii Mitchell, was last week brought up and fined $26 witb costs, and allowed 48 hours to pay it Not being able to raise the money she quietly took her departure. Three other inmates were fined $10 each with costs„ but not beiug able to pay it, were sent to Stratford jail for 60 days. —There died on the 15th of March' at her residence in Dowraie, Mary Tel- fer aged 85 years and 11 months, reliet of kVm. Roxburgh. The deceased was , one of the oldest settlers in the town-- I ship, having, with her late husband, ' emigrated from Roxburghshire, Scot- land, and settled in that township ha 1842. Her sons, John, Wm. and Max- well, are prosperous farmers, and her daughter Elizabeth is the wife 0111 thrifty farmer in the township. Her other son, James, resides in Michigan. —The other day some fellow steppe APB trite Ce% ea leis Ohl eked if h for a !evil et:lotting. . eo his ?w seisin in wenIt to h • eeeed, an spare -clot fellow cal, in town b .of a roe did HOt ;hotel. 1 _ea from 14 aatee aay or '6 with the 11 121611(1011S. going tO b is here wi any in -Ate parts of th wonderful, of who take proper peety, are Pen last week, from her t she has ta her son up was snow =lee from the passen Buffering than the 40 miles land office, W110 leeat The rush f thing trein HEARD F ner. George left here on party for E lines in ref net. Hst: times switc for over a d bad it not Jas. ThOna would ever tion. Hote day ;a bed 25 CalitS COSt 10 eon CHILD DE a young we at a place n Clinton, WA by a youele became al m kept her off days sinee, money from tihase clothi to clear out, parts unku her former e !rating the f child to her Bement — on next Wed -Second teac School, has principal of salary of $8 be much mi terly meetin eociation, w day last, an Holmea an 'Stewart and Duncan and Teeswater ; William% an —The total council for t 1,13,580, as c the previous Campbell an have taken tain District. Reid, for so _of Mr. W. Ja weeks for Ch mixed a situ Chicago & A elerle—The cursion for t flay, had ove when it left Manitoba, pa Northwest o 15 days on tb Winnipeg, severely. 8 I hunger and e Cole have pm nese of Mr. carry it on h on, who bee ton PublicSc resigned her mad, of ente permanent, a relations.— been living time,intends reside.—Mn T years a reside back to his fa Messrs. Bone Roache went to try their la the "Herd La ed 12 games played 2, losi other a draw. left Clinton western Rail, Manitoba W Seaforth; Hediger and Mrs. Robt Kitty, Hulk - family eke I : OLR COLNC of Stanley's le moved. by J. Doughtee, tha of $4 ba paid t jury to crop 11 Moved by j McKinley, tie be appointed township for Road, 79;43se Bions, $110 ; eioes, $110 ; s eions, $90; tenth and elet thirteenth, $ Centre Road, 415, froro Bab Goshen to Bro dart, 4200 —p gives an equ Bide road, $20 Logan's side Side road, $20 to be improve Castle as they Road, $200; Moved by P.