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Cheap Goods—Campbell & Smith. (5)
Clearing Sale—John McIntyre. (5)
Millinery Goods—Hoffman Bros. (5)
Splendid Bargains—E McFaul. (1)
Plows—Thomas Hendry. (5)
Notice—M. R. Counter.
Testimonials—S. S. Roberts.
New Goods—R. Jamieson.
Queen's Birthday—G. Brownlee,.
Farm for Sale—A.. Watt.
Stock Improvements—G. Dick.
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Insurance Card—C. Clarkson.
Farm for Sale—Mrs. E. Grant. (5)
urn expooitor,
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 19, 1882.
Reform Conventions.
A Convention of the Reformers of the
South Riding of the County of /Lerma
as now constituted, will be held at Mo-
Laren's Hotel, Clinton, on Friday next,
the 26th inst., at 11 o'clock a. m., for
the purpose Of selecting a candidate
and the transaction of other business.
The Convention for West Huron will be
held at Goderich on Tuesday next,
the 23rd inst., at twelve o'clock noon,
and the East Riding Convention will be
held at Wroxeter,on Saturday, 20th inst.
We need, scarcely urge upon Reformers
the necessity that exists for them being
up and doing. Their opponents have
taken advantage of their numerical
strength in Parliament to attempt to
deprive Huron of her just, fair and
equitable representation, and it rernaine
with the electors of this county to say
whether or not by their indifference
they will sanction Such a proceediny,
or whether they will assert their man-
hood by rising in their might and claim- '
ing their rights in a manner which can
not be mistaken by the powers of the
day, and which will not -fail to have.
due weight and influence upon the
future policy of the country, no matter
which political party may be in power
after the next general election. No
county in the Province has attracted
more general. attention throughout the
_length and breadth of the Dominion
during the past few weeks than Huron
has. The eyes of the whole people of
the Dominion are, at the present time,
directed towards Huron, and are anxi-
ously watohing the course her electors
will pursue under the peculiar and try-
ing circumstances in which they have
been placed by the Gerrymandering
Bill. It, therefore, behoves bur Reform
friends to acquit themselves like men.
The elections will be on us before a
month passes round. If Huron does
her duty she will return three Reform
members to the next Parliament. ..The.
first step towards such a result will be
taken at the conventions to be held in
the respective Ridings for the selection
of candidates. It is, therefore, of the!
utmost iraportance that these con-
ventions should be largely attended and
thoroughly representative, so that the
candidates to be selected will possess in
the fullest degree the confidence of the
electors. The meetings for the appoint-
ment of delegates in the local munci.
polities should be held at °hoe, and
should be largely attended, and the
beet 'men should be seleol ted to 'attend
the Conventions. All that is required
for success is euergetic action for. a few
weeks. Thera should be a rousing
turn out at the -Conveiations.
Every municipality should be fully
represented by delegates, and others
who sympathize with the canse, al-
though not delegates, should also make
it a point to be present' and give the
benefit of their Counsel and advice.
The Hurons.
It is evident from the Carving and re-,
carving that this county_ has received
by the Gerrymandering Bill, that the
Hurons have .,given the powers at Ot-
tawa a deal of trouble. This is, nn -
mistakably, a Reform county, and the
object sought was to fix it in such a
manner that it would return at least
two Conservative representatives to
Parliament. With this object in view,
it was divided and redivided four dif-
ferent times. It is satisfactory to know,
however, that this process of dissection
is ended for the present at least. The
De -Distribution Bill wit all its
ties, has now become he law of the
land. That wonderful body of decrepit
pensioner% yclept the Canadian Sen-
ate, who were so terribly shocked be-
cause Mr. Cameron, a few years ago;
got a bill passed in the Comnaons to
attach thetownship of Tuckeramith to.
the South Riding of Huron where it
naturally and properly belonged, swal-
lowed the present monstrosity without
a single grimace. In fact, hideous as it
was, they even added somewhat to its
deformity. The county, therefore, as it
now stands, is divided ea follows:
South, Riding.— The townships of
Hay, Stanley, Tuckersmith, McKillop
and Hullett, and the town of Seaforth
and the villege of Bayfield.
West Biding. The townships of
Goclerich, Colborne, East and West
Wawatosh and Ashfield, and the towns
of Goderich and Clinton.
East Riding.—The township of Morris,
Turnberry, Howick and Grey, and the
town of Winghara, and the villages of
Brussels, Blyth and. Wroxeter.
The township of Stephen and. the
village of Exeter have been placed in
North Middlesex, and the township of
Usborne in South Perth. It *ill also
be observed • that the -entre and Noi th
Ridings havp been wiped out of ex st-
ence. The idings are very stupidly
designated. 'Whoever had the basin ss
in hand -might have designated th m
very much more correctly. Wha is
now the South Riding should be tei n -
ed the East Riding, and the pres nt
East Riding should be the Nor 1h.
However, this is not a matter of glny
great moment. According to the vLte
l.
polled at the election of 1878 the meDi-
cipalities which now compose he
South Riding gave a Reform majo *ty
of 689,—every municipality gave a •form majority; while the East Rid ng
gave _a Conservative majority of 10,
and the West Riding a Conserve ive
majority of 122. Taking the Cartwri,t 't
Platt election as a basis, the So th
Riding gave a Reform majority of 6 2;
the.East Riding a Conservative «a
jority of 48, and, . the , 'est.
Riding a Conservative majority of
117. These figures, however, ill
not hold good in the forthcom ng
election. , We know that the Refo m
majority in the South Riding can OW
be increased if the entire vote is poll d;
and that the Conservative majorities in
the West and East Ridings ,can not be
maintained. Mr. Cameron, should he
be the candidate in the West, will
verse this this majority, no matter who . is
opponent may be, while Dr. Sloan ill
defeat any candidate that may be pit ed
against him in the East., This sta e -
meat is made, of course, on the sup o
sition that the Reformers will do th ir
duty, and that every available vote ie
polled. It will thus be seen that in so
far as Huron is concerned it has rea
been gerrymandered. in the iaterests
the Reformers. For this, howev
there are no thanks due to the D
ly
of
r,
o -
minion Government. Theif intenti n
to mutilate the county in their own n-
terests was good enough, but the boo
erang which they prepared for the e-
struction of their opponents is likely to
rebound n_pon thepaselves and cai se
their own discomfiture.
This division, it will be seen, effec u.
ally excludes Mr. Porter and Dr. Co e -
man. The constituency for which t ie
former was selected has been made o
"gritty" that even he, with all 1 is
ability; will scarcely be foolish enough
to face a sure and certain defeat, while
that for which the latter was selected,
has been legislated out ' of existence.
We have no doubt but the turn which
affairs havetaken is sufficiently aggra-
vating to these gentlemen without any
attempt on our part to increase their
mortification or add to their pain. It is
evident, however, that they have not
much weight or influence with their
friends at bead quarters, and are not
much thought of there, else they would
not have been so unceremoniously
hoisted aside as being unworthy of con-
sultation or consideration. This is but
another striking example, that even
some great men—in their own estima-
tion—are frequently more appreciative
of their own merits than other people
are. But, in all seriousness, we do sin-
cerely sympathize with Mr. Porter, al-
though, we dare say, he will not thank
us for our sympathy. The bard battle
he fought au:reliantly in 1878 certainly
entitled him to better treatment at the
handeof the Government. It is true
he was unsuccessful, but that was not
due to any lack on his part. There is
no other manthat could have polled a
larger vote on that side at that election_
than he did, and he has every reason to
feel aggrieved at theshabby manner in
which he has been treated. As for -his
colleague in misfortune, his chance e for
election are just as good now as they
ever were, even although his constit-
uency has been gerrymandered to
death._
THE absurdity of the plea that the
Re -distribution Bill was designed to
equalize the population, was pretty
clearly demonstrated by an incident
Whiqh took place in the -House the
6ther night.I—Mr—. Patterson asked why
was it that the township of Oakland-,
With a p6pu1ation of 939, was taken
from South Brant, with a population of
20,000, and %Med to South Oxford with
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a population of 25,000? Although an
answer was urgently demanded none
was received. •The object of this trans-
fer will be obvious when we state that
Oakland is a strong Reform township
and in order to weaken the Reform
element in South Brant, it was neces-
sary to have the Grits of Oakland
"hived" in South Oxford, a Riding that
was already overwhelmingly Reform.
Another incident occurred at the same
sitting, which points in the same di.
rection. When the clause of the Re-
distribution Bill affecting Bruce came
up, Mr. Blake asked that Port Elgin and
the township of Saugeen, in which it is
situated, be taken from the West
Riding of Bruce, where they had been
placed and added to the North Riding.
Sir John was willing that Port Elgin ;
and one half of the township of Saugeen,
which portions are pretty evenly bal-
anced politically, ahould beso trans-
ferred, but declined to permit the other
half of the township to go, because it
happens to be almost entirely Reform,
and if changed might alter the pOlitical,
complexion of both Ridings. When the
Reformers declined this generous (?)
offer, Sir John remarked that they had
"hotter take half a loaf than no bread.",
They preferred "no bread." At a sub-
sequent stage of the proceedings, how-
ever, Mr. Patterson moved as an amend-
ment to the Bill that Port Elgin be
taken from the West Riding of Bruce
and'added to the North Riding. 1 Sir
John voted for this amendment and his
;followers followed suit and it was:car-
ried. Mr. Patterson` then moved that
Saugeen be taken from West Bruce and
added to North Bruce. But, Sir John
was a little too sharp to be caught in
this trap, although some of his followers
tumbled into it. The Opposition, of
course, all voted for the amendment,
and some of the ministerialists Whose
names were called before that of their
chief. When it came his turn he voted
"nay," and the remainder of his mechan-
ical supporters followed his lead,and the
amendment was defeated. Pert Elgin
is now in North Brace, and in order to
reach it from that constituency uit is
necessary to travel through the entire
length of the township of Saugeen. Or,
in other words, Porf Elgin now occupies
the same relative position to the con-
stituency in which jt is placed, as Sea -
forth would if it were in the East Riding
of Aaron, with the township - dale-
Killop intervening loetween it and the
Riding to which it !belonged. Such is
gerrymandering in the Canadian House
of Commons.
Prorogation and.
The Dominion Par
rogued on Wednesday
Gerrymandering Bill
members, seemed anx
their constituencies
"lightillig out" was at
the attendance during
of the session was ve
hurry to get home on
hers was, no doubt,
prevailing belief that
tion will take place
As is usual, business
the earlier days of the
ried through at the
Government Bills wer
many imp
slanghtere
the Bills
Charlton,
proper reg
&c,and t
crime of se
has not ye
it seems to
dissolution
that the n
about the
expeotatio
the Elections.
iament was pro-
• So soon as the
wa.si disposed Of
ous to get badk to
and a general
lace made, so that
the closing days
y small. This
the part of, meni-
eightened by the
he general elec.
within a month.
hich dragged in
session was liar-
nd, and several
withdt awn 'and
e measures Were
these latter are
McCarthy and
roviding for the
away tariff rates,
ealiug withthe
lthough the fact
"ally announced,
lilt accepted that
ac* at once and
ill be held on or
. Should thie
the contest will
oliticians in- all
n their armor
now be said to
What will the
rtant Priva
. Airiong
of Messrs.
he. former
lotion of r
e latter
uction,
been offi
be. univers
will take p
w election
2nd of Jun
be realized
be short and sharp.
quarters are buckling
and the campaign may
have fairly commenced
final result be?
THERE is some talk
Jones contosting the
Perth at the next
pledged to tand up fo
rights in
Award. I
his intenti
Governme
every Refo
this single
- The abo
corder, an
says. T
Rights, is,
political is
any candid
his determ
and fearle
Province alid against F deral imposition
and incros4Ihnient, sh1 ald receive the
. support of the elector irrespective of
what his opinions may be upon other
'minor questions. There is now an un-
disguised determination on the part of
the present Dominion authorities to
over -ride Provincial Rights, and to
filch from the Provinces the boon 'of
self -Government, and every other
• ,. ,
question, the National Policy included,
pales into insignificane4 in comparison
with these. We Itatay there are_many
Conservatives in Ontario who are more
,loyal -to their Province th an regardful of
party allegiance, and if Mr. Jones has
the couiage to come forward as the
representative of these in South Perth,
we have not much hesitation in pre-
dicting that he will be elected. for that
Riding over any other candidate who
may offer.
of Hr. Robrt
orth Riding of
eneral election,
Ontario and her
nnection wIti the Boundary
he should
n of suppor
t in every
mer shoul
issue.
e is from t
we heartil
e question
Dr ought to
ue at the
ate who wi
nation to
sly for t
do so and avow
ing the present
ther particular,
support him on
O Mitchell Be
endorse what it
of Provincial
be, the burning
resent time, and
I honestly avow
Land up rigidly
e rights of our
THERE IS not ranch change in Irish
affairs since our last. The murderers
of the Secretary and Under Secretary
are still unknown, and thus far the
authorities seem to have gleaned but
little light which is likely to be of ser-
vice to them. Arrests are made one
day, and the suspected parties !tie
liberated the next. Things do not look
so hopeful for a peaceful settlement of
the Irish difficulties. The Coercion
Bill which was passed in Pathan -lent a
few days ago was bitterly opposed by
Parnell and the other Irish leaders;
but since then they have shown signs
of being more conciliatory, but it is
quite evident that the relations between
them and the Governrnent are not by
any means so cordial as was anticipated
by some. It now seems, however, that
Parnell and Dillon, although still. at
the head of the Land League, have not
the influence with the people that they
formerly had. They have austled an
element that they cannot now control,
and it is said that a. rival and powerful
organization outside of the Land
League has been formed, and that they
repudiate the leadership of Parnell, and
re not likely ,to be satisfied with any
Concessions the Government may offer,
no matter how liberal. Should this
prove to be the case the troubles in Ire -
and are not yet over, and it may yet be
necessary for the Government to aban-
don all conciliatory measures and resort
to direot force of arms to _quell the dis-
turbance and pacify the discontents.
To the Electors or Centre
Huron.
GENTLEMEN,—Within a few days the
Constituency to which you have belong-
ed for the past 10 years will have
ceased to exist. I do not know that
Youihave much reason to be surprised
at this 'determination. You have been
uilty during the whole of the above
eriod of the most unswerving devotion
o the principles which you concien-
tionsly believed most likely to advance
he true interests of your country, and
you have further deliberately aggravat-
ed your offence by selecting a, represen-
ative who is personally exceedingly ob-
oxious to the faction now in power.
For thus presuming to assert your
rights as free men, iu what was hereto-
fore supposed to be a free country, you
have been sentenced to political ex-
tinction, and the very name of the
iticling of Centre Huron is -to be hence-
orth blotted out of the list of Canadian
onstituencies.
IMoreover, as it appears that the
Whole County of Hurou is in danger of
being given over to Reform influences,
the Saill0 upright and impartial as-
sembly which has decreed your extinc-
'on has decided to remove two town -
hips, containing several thousands of
our fellow citizens (with whom you
ave been accustomed to act in all
unicipal and. local matters), from the
ounty of Huron to Perth and Middle -
ex, iu order, I presume, to justify the
eoision which has assigned to Middle -
ex, with an actual population of
3,335, increasing at the rate of 5,566 in
he last decade, four representatives,
hile at the same time it passes over
the claims of Huron with an actual
opulation of 76.968, (increasing at the
✓ te of 10,802 during the same period)
t a similar representation, and which
i now endeavoring so to sub divide
t e remaining Municipalities of Huron,
a to insure that this County, which in
1.78 had a total Reform majority of
4 2, and which, in 1879, returned three
✓ form members to the Local Legisla-
t re by a total majority Of 630, may re-
t rn two supporters of Sir John A. Mac -
d nald at the next general elections.
Under such circumstances it remains
o ly to express my own deep and abid-
1 g sense of the chivalrous generosity
hich induced you to elect me, an
e tire stranger to the constituency, to a
s at in Parliament at the very darkest
Inur of depression of the Reform party,
a • d which, still more recently, led you
a ain to tender me the nomination for
t e Riding; and secondly to invite your
a tention, as also the attention of other
• °formers throughout Canada, to the
d nger - which now threatens our
p esent system of constitutional govern-
ent.
It has long been known to every con-
s itutional student that our present
B stem of electing representatives was
t eoretiOally defective and exposed to
s rious danger, which wouldsoon
b come formidable should the .several
o nstituencies ever happen to be so
d vided that a minority of the -Voters
si ould control a majority ofethe seats
i Parliament, and should thereupon
p oceed to abuee the power which acci-
d nt, or worse, had for a time entrusted
t their hands.
Hitherto, to the credit of the people
b it said, no Government has been
found so dishonest and so indifferent to
t e force of public opinion, as to at -
t mpt openly' and shamelessly, by
✓ rtue of an Act of Parliament, to dis-
f anchise large bodies of their political
o ponents, and it has been reserved for
8 r John A. Macdonald and the unscru-
p lona faction of which he is the head,.
ti make the attempt in Canada. To
N hat extent this cowardly outrage may
a: cceed it is yet impossible to say, but
hether it succeed or fail, ' it will be
ne the less the duty of all true Re-
f rmers to consider what measures
s ould to be taken to render such at-
mpts impossible in the future. It
ay be that very wide and far-reaching
c angeS in our whole political organiza-
tion may become necessary to effect
t is object.
1For the moment our attention will be
inevitably concentrated on the best
metleculs of defeating this infamous plot
to disfranchise a large portion of the
e ectorate of Ontario, but I entertain no
d ubt that as goon as the immediate
h at of the contest is over, Reformers
a 1 through the Dominion will be pre-
p epared to consider the grave questions
hich this act of fraud and tyranny has
i troduced into the political arena: As
✓ garde ' the future, I myself feel
s nguine that in this, as in many
s miler cases, the very .means on which
o ir opponents so imprudently depend to
cure a dishonorable victory, will prove
t e means of consolidating the whole
Reform party aa one man, and of bring-
ieg over to its side many, who, up to
t is time have hesitated with which
party to f unite themselves, and who
have..clamored for newer and wider'
i sues thau thosie which it was our im-
ediate duty to discuss.
One thing is clear—if, as it is pos-
s ble and. as its authors intend, the
✓ snit of- this scandalous measure
s . ould prove to be, that by its means a
Id inority of the voters bf Ontario are
e i abled to return a majority of the nom -
i al representatives of Ontario in the-
• °minion Parliament, the whole morale
feundation of the authority of that
arliament" to legislate for Ontario,
a least, is swept away. In view
o the course pursued by the Do -
Minion Government and sanctioned
by the Dominion Parliament in dealing
ith the plain rights and privileges of
e Province of Ontario I can conceive
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nOthing more unwise or more likely to
destroy our young Confederation, than
to give just cause to any large portion
of the inhabitants of that Province for
believing that they are deprived of their
due share of representation ia the Par-
liament of Canada, the More so, when
it is remembered that the Act referred
to deliberately applies a -principle of
distribution to Ontario, Which it utter-
ly ignores in every other portion of the
Dominion.
With the sincerest wishes for your !.
welfare, personally and politically,
believe nie, your very faithfully,
RICHARD J. Csirrwnienn.
House of Commons, )
Ottawa., May 12th. 1882. f
ameememommimsai
istews of the V9 eek.
Diea.--James Vick, the well-known
Rochester. Beedsmen, is dead; aged 64.
A BIG HAUL. -600,000 herrings were
caught in, one haul the other day at a
fishery in, Croton Sound, on the Vir-
ginia tweet.
Mueeett DEFENDED IN THE PULPIT.—
At Charlton, Iowa, last Sunday, Father
Hays defended the assassination of
Cavendisi from the pnlpit.
A CRO D OF WORKERS.-" Over 10,000
people arJ working on the Northern
Pacific 1 ailroad in the Territory of
Montana
SMALL- ON.— SMallp0X is epidemic
in Panan a. A large nutober of em-
ployes on the canal are reported sick.
Numerou deaths have occurred.
PEACH CROP IN MICHIGAN. — Two-
thirds of he peach crop in the fruit
belt in Michigan have been destroyed
by the reOent heavy frost%
A PENSION EOR MISS RORKE.—In the
House of Lords to -da Y Berl Granville
announced that Mies Burke has been
granted a pension of £400 yearly.
COTTON CROP DAMAGED,—There has
been a heavy fall of snow at Wades-
boro', N. C. The weather is unusually
cold, and it is feared the totton crop is
damaged.
DREADFUL CRUELTY.— Frightful bar-
barities have been perpetrated upon the
Jews at Odessa by Cossacks, who mutil-
ated them and then poured petroleum
in their wounds.
GENERAL BARNARD.—G neral Joseph
G. Barna, for many ears at the
head of t e Department of Engineers,
ir
United Sates army, died lat Detroit on
Sunday iorning.
PIGEON POPPING. — pigeon roost
near Spartan, Wisconsin, is half a mile
wide by ton miles long. The_birds num-
ber millions. Sportsmen 'have already
trapped thousands. - I
INTERE TING ENQUIRY.—FThe iBritish
Governm nt has made an appropria-
tion for tie purpose of enquiry into the
question pf operatives emigrating to
Canada and the United States.
REMISSIDN OF DUTIES. -0 wing to the
crop failu e in Spain, impjort duties on
foreign co n, flour, and cereals will be
remitted for the year, and $40,000,000
are to be expended in public works.
MR. PA NELL'S VIEW OF THE ASSAS-
SINATION. Mr. Parnell dos not attri-
bute the assassinations to the Fenians,
but think u the assassins were members
.of some much more extreme associa-
tion.
LOSING EIOPE.—The hopelessness of
feeling in Dublin iu regard to the dis-
covery of the aSSaSsiiIIS is shown by the
general belief that an enquiry into the
pr el arac je. 8 n, eSS of the police will satin bake
THE DYNAMITE FIEND. Dynamite
outrages are becomiug frequent in the
United Sates. An obnoxious saloon
was b1owit up. at Palestine, Ind., on
Saturday, and a bomb exploded in the
streets of tochester, N. Y.. on Sunday.
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.—The practica-
bility of storing electricity has been
demonstr ted on an Atlantic steam-
ship, in w ich electric lamps, lighted
before lea ing Havre, afforded constant
light until New York was reached.
AN INvE TOR DEAR.—Henry Dawson,
aged 65, w o.invented and begun the
manufact re of the knitting needle in
Cohoes twenty-five years ago, died in
that place last week. His trade mark
is known in every manufacturing place
in the United States and Canada.
CANDIDATES FOR THE VACANCY. — The
vacancy in the British Commons,caused
by the death of Lord Frederick Caven-
dish, will be contested by ,Mr. Holden,
Liberal, end Mr. Charles Gathorne
Hardy, Secretary of .War in the late
Cabinet.cRxm
Efl
IRELAND.—During the first
quarter of the year there were six mur-
ders in Ireland without a single convic-
tion. One thousand, four hundred and
seventeen outrages were committed, for
which only 51 persons were apprehend-
ed and 21 convicted.
RECEPTION OF THE NEW COERCION
BILL.—A Dublin despatch says :—The
new Coercion bill has alienated the
people, feud there is no , longer that
readiness to give assistance and infor-
mation to the authorities in search of
the assassins as was manifested at first.
ABUSING LIVE STOCK IN TR A.NSIT.—
Great abuses are reported in bringing
cattle to New York, Boston • and other
shipping Ports by tbe railroads. There
are a large number of dead anivals
taken from overcrowded cars. The
quality of the meat is also greatly de-
teriorated.Foitcn
POSSESSION.—At Cri4enden
Nevv Mexieo, on Tuesday, a mOb took
forcible poesession of the railroad, drove
the Chinamen from the canap, and
hanged D, Scott, Superintendent of
Construction, to a telegraph pole until
he promised to hire no more China-
men.
SPIRITUALIST VOLIUNTEERS.—A_ num-
ber of spiritualists have been pestering
the Dublin authorities with the results
of their diVinatione as to the hiding
place of the assassins, the names of the
murderers i and the number of the car.
Their suggestions meet with no atten-
tio ETnH.R E RAILROAD MEN MISSING.—
Audit Young of the St. Paul and Omaha
railway, Chief Clerk More of the Nor-
thern Pacific and C. Gossack went for a
sail on White Bear lake near St. Pari,
on Sunday morning, and have not been
seen since.I Two hats and a broken
rudder have been found. It is feared
all were drowned.
DOINGE OF THE TRACT SOCIETY. —The
annual meeting of the American Tract
Society wee held recently in New York.
Eighty-six millions three hundred and
fourteen thousand pages of literature
were issued the past e oar, an increase
of 2,000,000 over the preceding year.
Receipts, $379,000 ; expenditures, $374,-
000.
NEW INVENTION.— A Canton, Ohio,
gentlemari has invented a telegraphic
transmitter, which only needs one pres-
sure of the key to form a letter, where-
as the More alphabet requires 82 im-
pulses'. At the receiving end. the mess-
age is written out by a modification of
the type -writer. The result of this in--
vention is greatly increased rapidity of
transmission.
POST OFFICE REIT/RM.—Mc; -United
States Postmaster -General directs that
after the first of June a1 letters on
which full postage has net been pre-
paid, instead of being forwarded to. the
dead letter'office, shall be held by post-
masters and letter -carriers of free de-
-
livery offices, and the addrOsses inform-
ed b i ostal card that it is only neces-
sary to remit the postage dile to receive
letter.
AS8ASSI4ATI0NS IN IlAireg.— Manuel
Roset, a resident of SaI nta lara, in the
island of Cuba, was recent y abducted
I
by deiperadoes, who detnaIded a $2,000
ransom. Although the family paid
$1,000, all= they could raise, he was
found bruits -11y murdered. pttring April,
twenty44ir assassinations occurred in
the stree s of Havana. - irsozis are
being daiT wounded by rufiaua to an
alar ing extent.
A Mysaaious CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
—A new flisease is prevailing at Thur-
man, Warren County, New York. It is
im
very dontagious., The syptoms are
great debility, seyere and c nstant pains
in the eyes, head, back, and limbs,
sore t roat, and a very bit er• taste in
the nouth. It runs its course in from
10 to 4 lays. Two death El from it are
reported. Physicians pronounce it a
kind Of dietemper, but fail o define it.
Inter4313ting and 1:1 eful for '
ean Farmers.
The Burof Statistic,:under the
management of Mr. Arc bald Blue,
created at the last session f the Onta-
rio Legishiture is already co mencing to
bear good fruit. We have ireceived an
advance copy of the first report to be
issued by the Bureau. It iii a digest of
more than 1,500 returns made in reply
to a circular of April 15th, asking for a
report on ithe state of the cops and live
stock, _and kindred subjects. Each
county in the Province ie taken up
and dealt with separately, and. -the in-
formation given is not only interesting
but witl be of great value tO_ agricultur-
ists and ' business ,men. - I The reports
when issued will be circulated in large
numbers through agricultural societies,
grang s and members of the Legisla-
1
ture. We can only spare reom for the
portio Of the report wbich relates
specially to the counties (4 Huron and
Perth, together with the introductory
summary Land the general remarks on
-the wheat supply. ' The whole will
be found.' well worthy of careful
perusal by our readers :-
1 GENERAL BUMISARY.
The returns of acreage received from
township clerks is incomplete, but they
indicate that a large, breadth. of fall
wheat has been sown1 In the western
peninsula it embracenearly one fifth
of all the cleared land, but in the
counties riorth of Lake Ontario_ it is
not more than one tenth; in these
counties pring wheat is chiefly grown.
The condi ion of ihe crop is , much less
favorable han it was a month ago. The
night frog s and the east tvinds have
done it se ions injury, especially on low
and und ained lands; but should
,
warm we ther set in, accoMpanied by
genial shovers of rain, a fair harvest
may be r aped. , 1 -
The clover has been iretrievably
damaged by winter eaposure and spring
frosts. The same discouraging reports
come from all quarters, an under the
most favorable circumsta ces it will
not be m e than half a crap.
Live st k are generally inegood con-
dition.ith plenty of fodder, and. an
open winter, they have fared well. In
the eastern counties of the Province,
and in the lumbering districts of the
north, "pink -eye' prevailed very gen-
erally, al in some sections many
horses die of it; a COMMOil effect on
brood mares was to cause them to lose
the foals.
The su ply of wheat in farmers'
hands is r ported low; the good prices
paid last all brought nearlY the whole
surplus ofj the country into market.
The Same lhing may be said of fat and
store catt e, and, even under more
favorable conditions than now seem
possible, rices are not likely to de-
cline.
COUNTY OF HURON
Fall wheat is in a very good and pro-
mising condition throughout the entire
county, it appearance being consider-
ably above the average at this time of
The crop is good en all kinds
particularly on light sandy
. well -drained clays; low -
if undrained, having suf-
• erably. On cold, low lands,
clays not thoroughly under -
mage has been Wrought by
to, and especially' by those of
April. No harm has yet
•y worms or insects,. Only
t acreage will require to be
p, and this only upon im-
ained lands.
r rye is grown in Huron.
ons damage has been done
winter andspring frosts. It
has been "heaved" out extensively, par-
ticularly 'o flat and undrained lands.
1 has been ploughed up, and
ions are that scarcely -half a
o obtained. •
of stock have wintered well,
ionlarly so. A few cases a-
re reported among horses,
r diseases have made their
ly of fodder throughout the
not niore than sufficient,
as little sctual scarcity. On
the mildness of the winter
mount of feed. was not re -
the year.
of soil, but
loams an
lying land
fared consi
or on heav
drained, d
winter fro
March an
been done
a -very slig
ploughed
properly
No wint
_Very ser
to clover b
•
A good de
the indica
crop will
All kind
horses par
epizootic
but no oth
appearanc
- The sup
winter wa
but there
account of
the usual
quired.
Good pr gress had been made with
spring wor at the date of the returns,
and the ex ectation was that it would
be pretty generally completed about
the 1st of ay. Ploughing was begun
about the 1st of April, and seeding
about the Oth or 15th.
Vegetati n is backward and the
spring late Fruit trees in general are
in good co dition ; a few peaches and
young appl s have been killed.
No COINI erable quantity of wheat re-
mains in t e hands of farmers ,• enough
only for home consumption. The same
thing may be said of hay. Oats are
rather mor plentiful.
Fat catt e are nearly all sold out, but..
there are a coneiderable number of
store 0.01 , mostly two years and un-
der. .
General
ing heavy
quantity o
and barley
ite for tall
are scarce,
'advantage,
wheat in d
better th
"Farmers
"The hig
have hinde
"Since the
butter has
The con
a large acr
•
emarks.—" We are expect-
rops." "About an average
wheat sown; more of oats
" "The pre-eminent requia-
heat is dry land." "Pigs
as we cannot grow peas to
owing to the bug." "Fall
ills stands the frost, much
• when sown broadcast."
contented and prosperous."
prices of corn and barley
ed the fattening of cattle."
advent of cheese factories
isen in price."
COUNTY OF PERTH.
lion of fall wheat, of which
age was sown, is not more
-MAY, '91 188-2
for less than a full crop. Want of
than average, and the indications
0bnadd.ryElt:dep. e on -.------high sna
during the winter has had au tn.
done by spring frosts, which,
On light soils and well drained elsv
effect, hut the chief damage has-
larly of late, have been very priv-444 -
ed land. Early -sown grain gives tin
exatg. boef atuhpe, chiefly
wacbreereagleanwpfs it
Idsuteffiniisacgeieondolydtly drained, or the graht kat
o 1 aLsisvceotctki oonf, halalviknigndsts00adttehiellWiti
crop presents a finer and more _ '
tbNheoATee inirwivieorrewymoditmoiot appearance.iitnolsdt eola. insectsr et 4aPeheo Perhaps
hve rieaoypvesye is.retitv:nqr1 311:4
frosts. A large area will be plough
eexyceey, tb ahsoprsreesv,ailaemd otnoga iwimhoitneld 4eixpiak.tetti
of the hindquarter. Ewes have bee%
atlinTell
appearance than on mucky nr us
fdrroythla,n, heaving
viitngha,,s1;ystifrperirnedg ilteewinsieeitz
as well as a disorder causing paralysk
better promise -than that sown kit
well. All classes are free from die**
giriarneitleYwrP,aras:Inidiofihela.acykiosf nfoowddesrellidnogriz
tgi e began
efgnonar pueertrlytwnine. als: a v e
that the U. S. harvest for 1880 line
:IIIlarObt ho
•April, and seeding about the 15th. Peir
8°111P leo ul gehilni
progress had been made with Wilt
tt the sr test narvegetation.
Fruit trees lam
hands for home consumption, hut to
surplus. Considerable quantities of
retarded dateNi
Night
been very little injured, and the prse
peas for blossoms are good.
There is enough wheat in ferment
hay have been pressed and shippeaara
the reserve of oats is moderately leg,
Not many fat cattle are left, sea
those remaining are mostly held ta
May delivery. There is a fair supplycf
good." "Bees in general have wintered -
store cattle.
General Reniarks :—" Prospects me
well." "The agricultural interests el
this township (Elma) are in a prosper*
high prices for everythiog." "Farman
ous condition." "Farmers realizing
are turning their attention chiefly te
live stock."
from all sections of the Province, tat
REMARKS ON THE WHEAT SUP/k1X.
It is apparent, by the reports receive&
the granaries of farmers are welyniga
emptied of surplus wheat; what is yet
held is little more than sufficient a
bread the country until the growing
crop is ready for the market. I hue
not been able to ascertain with lay
degree of accuracy the quantity heldla
dealersOut it cannot be large. Them
were stored in Toronto warehouses
and elevators on the 1st of May, 331,194
bushels of wheat and 6.100 barrels ol
flour, as compared with 230,841 bushels
of wheat and 7.030 barrels of flour st
the corresponding date lastyear.
The visible supply of wheat in Cat
ada and the United States on the 27ti
of April was 10,809.461 bushels, as
compared with 19,820,832 bushels lathe
corresponding date last year.
-
The receipts of flour at Canadiau sed
United States seaboard ports of ship.
raent to foreign markets from August
29th. 1881, to April 22nd, 1882, wefe
7,519,951 barrels of our and 33.06,831
bushels of wheat, as compared. mak
9,236,955 barrels of flour and 70,187e
403 bushels of wheat for the cone
ponding period of 1880 81. The CIO*
for 1880-1 is accounted for by the fiat
about 130,000,000 bushels in excess 4
the harvest of 1881.
-
Last years' crop in the United statet
was the shortest on record, per Ice,
and estimates based on the trade re-
turns show that the export for tio
fiscal year ending June 30th will *i.
ceed the export for the year 18804 la
at least 60,000,000 bushels./ In otlii
words, the supply of old whist in tig
IT'nited States on the 1st July of tbis
year will be 60,000,000 bushels less thss°
on 1st July last year. Another ire -
portant fact is, that the prospect Isi
the growing crop is 'only te slight
provement on last year's, with iieg
risks to run. The 1st of April esti.
mates for Ohio, Michigan, Indiana -0g
Illinois make these States an eacesSfA
20,000,000 bushels over last yes*
yield, but since that date severe fres*
have prevailed throughout Ohio, sad
chinch -bugs have been swarming by
millions over portions of Illinois.
The wheat crop of British India,hsa
vested in March or April, is expected to
have an out -put exceeding the crop 4
1881. The receipts at Bombay fret
January 1st to March 21st were 3,771-
035 bushels, against 1,701,881 busleill
for the corresponding period last yea
The crop in Australia is irregular. It
is poor in one colony and only fair ina
the rest.
In Great Britain, Fratice, Rusk
and generally throughout Europe, 4he
prospects are promieintr.
eseeemmenammeie
,
Manitoba Notes- !
i
Ranlan and Wallace ROBS Will roli
at Winnipeg, July 3rd, for the chine
pronsbip of the world. -
—The Emerson deputation is sahave obtained a grant of $30,000 fret
te
the Governnaent towards the rebuilt
ing of the bridge at that plaoe.
—The Government has decided, 13 il
understood not to dismiss Mr. lis1.
greaves, postmaster of Winnipeg. B
was found that it would be a very eat
popular move in that city, especial'
with an election pending.
co—u siTdheerebdribdegyeognadt Winnipegdanger,re and thtgenO
lir -
will be no further interruption to nail.
gation. Railway traffic has been ra
sumed in every direction. Tim*
freight is being ru/hedoa the St. Pal
road now that the blockade has be
raised at St. Vincent. Five thossula
loaded freight cars delivered for Wilt
nipeg have to be traiasferred.
Glo—bAe noswp
rosy picture of the Bow River (Istria,
eicnialthecorwreosiptehowdeesntt doling:
On the 17th of April he was at Rd
that
edodate, aansddbeiensgcraieheusghthtfue iw. eantheerso!o,
in the Bow River district, he sayg• 1.'
exceedingly fertile, and grain and. rial
attain there a high standard of tlov
lence. It is estimated that there
now in the Bow River district 18,
head of cattle owned by ranchmen, i
that during the coming season tbint
will be as many more. There is
abundance of coal in this district,
climate is good, and the scenery 01
chanting towards the mountains- C
gary is its greatest present and p
pective town.
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