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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1883-04-06, Page 1Lute"( 30, 1883. [es, *ma had it not been tie at on them the owner Woad(' wn them ..—Ea ;ter 8Eindar IDS Sunday 1883, sant took advantagt of the foot ha charches to the doors. aae preaohea an eaatattiont on from the text. "If tee. cio sin drodi—Some of the in the Methodist church -ably amused by theepee. au gentleman trying to „mire by dancing it up and„. mminent risk of dislocatt of the, said first-borz, vill do better when he hat ,ctice. NNITAIIT a, EBY OPENING -FOR T _ Season of 1883 & SATURDAY, 6TH AND 7TH, 7and Opening F THE_ 3 SEASON take place at the SHOW ROOM --OF-- leFAULIS Y GOODS STORE, AFORTH. vim is an adnairer of the atiful, as connected with I pay the SHOW ROOM he Opening Days. The of Canada, urope and -• / be upon afbibition, but feature of our opening, ar lovely goods, will be RATE COST 'thoice. and Stylish Pro- RDIALLY INVITED. ss & Bilantle g Roorns5 with eur Millinery De be opened by -131 ORONTO, AY, APRIL 2110, ing sty/deli and Perfeat d Mantlea for the Spring eason., should give her* NY COOS MAL (RUH., ONT. • o SIXTEENTH YTII.A.R . WSOLE NUMBER, 800. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, A.PRI 6,1883N 1 MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. A CARD. At the commencement of my seoond lesson in Seaforth, I beg to express my sincere thanks to my friends and the public, generally for the very liberal sipport that has been accorded me sines commencing business amongst then. although it ie only about a year since, I first opened rat/ doors in Seaforth, I tun glad to be able to state that in that short time, I have been successful in working up a very satisfactory business. My ambition is to very greatly in- orease my sales during the present season. Neither tame, thought nor t money has been, spared in the selection of my stock, representing es it does the products of thirteen ofi the leading • factories of the Dominion and the United States. I would direct special attention to ley immense? stook of ladites' and child- ren's ifine boots and shoes. Every lady neediPg anything of the kind shotild oertainly call and examine, • whether shabuys or not. Our Ladies' American boots and shoes are specially attractive this season. . , My customers will renaenaber that last fall I introduced si, hat and cap department in a. small way, just as an experiment. I now beg to state that the result was so eatis watery that I have ,decided to make he B and caps a permanent part of My business, and have already received and opened out over fifty dozen Of new etyles in spring 4 and summer hats_ and ca.ps, in Anaer. anal, English, and • Canadian makes, which I have marked at very small advance on cost price. 1 I Ti my customers I would say, that I santatter prepared than ever to give you *sally good value for your money. - t To those who have not yet done any business with me, I respectfully solicit a trial believing it will be for our mn- r teal benefit. Boots and shoes made Ito order •in a fashionable style and repairing promptly atteuded to. GEORGE GOOD, Seaforth Boot Store. • FIVE REASONS Why Yolk Should Get Your Boots anid Shoes at the SEAFORTH BOOT STORE. FIRST Because we advertise. SECOND Because we aae only the celebrated nomecid sole leather for the bottoms of all our boots. TIIIRD- - 1500911180 WO consider the nimble sixpence better Ith.an the slow shilling. Big sales and small profits is our motto. always do what we • FOURTH Because we keep a larger stock and sell cheaper (quality considered) than any other house in the trade. Because we make a specialty of Menai Fine Sewed work. We guarantge our styles and finish equal to anything made in Toronto, Hamilton or London. GEORGE GOOD, The Great Boot and Ripe ROM. The Clinton Banquet. The Reform- Banquet givenain Clin- ton en Thursday evening lastweek was a grand suceess in every respect. The attendance was even larger than was anticipated, and everything passed off as satisfactorily as the most exacting could desire. There must have been at least four hundred people present, and nearly every municipality in the county was represented. In the audience we were pleased to notice a , considerable sprinkling of ladies. The slipper was gotten up by Mr. Peter Robb, and the spread did hire credit, and elbowed that in intrusting him with thad important depaatraent, the committee made a good, 'selection. The affair was conduct- ed on purely temperance principles, and the innovation, we are oertatin,detracted nothing from the sucbess or pleasure of the affair. A special train wasarun from Goderich to Seaforth,so tbat those who attended from those .towns and their vicinity were enabled to return home the same evening. The com- mittee left nothing undone that could tend to the success of the occasion and they- are to be congratillated upon the admirable arrangements for the com- fort, oonvenience and pleasure of their guests. The hall was tastefully decor- conditions. It was far better he should sled by mottoes eto. and presented a keep the record of the party pure, even very pleasing appearance, The meeting was presided over by Mayor Forrester, who performed his duties in a manner satisfactory to all. - When supper was concluded the See- retary, Mr; A. H. Manning, read letters of apology from Hon: Edward Blake; Hon.Alex. McKenzie; Hon.David and Hon. C. Ft Frazer, the latter Was prevented being present'. by ill -health ; doing he would confidently expect a Blake, Mr. Mackenzie and Mr. Mowat, were all men of unimpeachable integri- ty wed upright life. (Cheers.) All ad- mitted that Sir John Macdonald Wag an astute and successful . man, but few Conservatives would venture to claim that he was an honest politician. He referred to the long roll of popular measures in the interests of the people and for the national good nut upon the statute books by Liberal legielators. He rebuked the pretention ot Sir John Maddonald to be regarded as the father of confederation. The creait for the passage of that great ineasuire was due to the honored and revered 'leader now gone from among us, the Hon. George Brow. (Cheers.) He could remember no important measure that could be re- garded as purely the work of Conserva. tives eave the National Policy, arid in view of the threatened depression, the darkness along the commercial horizon, that measure could not yet be said by any means to have • accemplished its pretenaions. He had never yet heard Mr. lidowat suggest a measure improper or Wrong; he had not gerrymandered the constituencies, although he had the opportunity, of doing Bd. He asked for a renewal of support tinder the old if defeeted at the polls (cheers). He regretted that a larger measure of sup- port had not been accorded Mr. Mowat at the polls ; that the momentous issues at stake had net taken deeper hold upon the heitrt.of the country. He had no desire that party feeling should run to extremes. If his reform friends of West Huron found him guilty of wrong —an. withdrawal of their confidence, and he Hon. T. B. Pardee, and Messrs. w Patterson M. P.; M. C. Cameron, M. P. ; John McMillan, M. P., and others. After duly honoring the usual etandard toasts, the chairman proposed, prefac- ing the toast with many complimentary references, the health of the three members for Haron,gentlemen who had was satisfied that if by. the next general election,the great issues in dispute were not disposed of many patriotic Conser- vatives Would be found voting to con- tinue in force the policy of the Mowat Administration. (Cheers.) ; He fully appreciated, he said in closing, the hearty reception accerded the members long held the c,onfidence of the electors e of Huron and had ever 'reflected credit for the Hurons. (Cbers.) DR. upon their constituents. The toast WILLIAMS, NICE -CHAIRMAN, elicited the utmost enthusiasm, culmin- then rose to propose tbe health of the ating in a round of cheers. Ontario .Government. He said, they MR. THOM+S GIBBON, M. P. P.knew the calibre of, Mr. Mowat, and •they knew what rePort said of Mr. was accorded a hearty recepti, on. He •• Hardy the representatives of th atGover n - thanked them- heartily for the manner ment who were present. He said the in which the toast had been received, county of Huron had been doing so well and sincerely appreciated the compli- ment so fax as it had a personal refer- ence. He said there were many in the county equally as capable as himself of representing the Riding. He always went into a contest to win,if possible; and if failure was his fate he accepted ure iy was, the audience rising to a defeat with the beat grace possible. He man and cheering again and again. understood, however, he was not to be permitted to retain his seat =disturb- etre HON. 0. MOWAT ed. He could,potwithstanding the pro- said hel had to thank them most hearti- test entered, affirm that since he held a ly for the manner in which they had seat in Parliament as representative for received the toast. He joined them in East Huron, he was unaware, directly doing honor to theit local members. or indirectly, of theme of illegitimate He appreciated them, not, only as valu- influences to assist in securing his re- able political allies, but also as warm for a number of years they thought it advisable to meet together for congratu- lation, hence the present banquet. He proposed the toast with extreme pleas- ure and was sure it would be received with genuine enthusiasm. And it as - turn. (Cheers.) Peesonally, he • had ever abstained from the exercise of im- proper influences. He believed that the heart of Ootario'was still true to Liberalism, and he did pot think it strange, ireview of the fact that the whole strength of theDominion Govern- ment had been put forth te secure the • defeat of the Mowat administration, that a more pronounced victory had not been secured. He still believed Ontario was thoroughly liberal, but thought it well that the admonition cif Mr. Mills should be heeded, that Liberals .should atand firmly together. (Cheers.) In view of the results of Tory Government in Quebec, summed up in an impover- ished treasury, it was perhaps singular that the electors of Ontario had not stood together as one man inethe late contest for the territorial and provincial rights of the Province. The verdict rendered was,not representative of the electorate in many instances, but a re- sult achieved by illegitimate and dis- honorable means. (Cheers.) MR. A. BISHOP, M. P. P., was proud of the grand assemblage and the reception accorded him.He was proud of the consistent Liberal record of the Hurons despite the persuasive influen- ces put to work' all over the county by the Tory party to win the victory from them. He had had Tories in the vicin- ity of Exeter who had taken a $5 bribe offer to vote foe him if he would give them $3, althoegh they had the Tory $5 in their poekets. (Laughter.) He denounced the infamous gerrynaanJer- ing of the Hurons, and touched on the fact that altbough Mr. Mowat had the power to redistribute he had not used it. He had been accused of being a slavish supporter of Mr. Mowat,of having voted straight every time, and he had to ad- mit that he had voted pretty straight (laughter), and so long as the polioy of Mr. Mowat, and his Government was as in the past, honorable, energetic, eco- nomical and in the interests of the Pro- vince and its people, he would continue to vote straight, and he had every confi- dence that South Huron would approve his record (cheers.) COL. A. M. ROSS, M.P. P.., was 'accorded a rousing reception. He was espeoially pleased to see so many ladies present, and regretted they did not take more active interest itt the • political issues of the day. At this point the Hon. Oliver Mowat and the Hon. i. S. Hardy entered the room, and were. received with round after round of applause, the large audi- ence rising to their feet and cheering enthusiastically. Mr. Ross, resuming, said this was -the third time that the county of Huron had. returned a solid Liberal phalanx to the Ontario Parliament. (Cheers.) They were reduced in numbers,but they must make up in zeal and energy what they lacked in numerical force. He paid a warm compliment to the high personal character and political capability of the Provincial Premier, and thought that •Liberals had good ground for congratu- lation in the fact that their leaders, Mr. persorial friends. (Cheers.) It was flattering to these gentlemen that this wasinot the first time they had been reterned to Parliameat. The electors of Huron had' confideace in these men, andhad placed them at the head of the poll again and again.1 (Cheers.) The Government had not as large a majori- ty as heretofore, but they had a suffici- ently large majority to carry on the Governmentwith vigor and efficiency. (Cheers.) Why they had not a larger majority was a partinent enquiry; the Conservatives were now endeavoring to steal a march upon them by entering a number of baseless protests against Re- formers at the last moment. 'No possi- ble effort was being spared to wrest the Govern ment from them by fair me a or fouLNo doubt some new elections Xuld be tae result of these protests, and the Majoety of the Government would be inoresed without a doubt. (Cheers.) The did not require this increase on the core of efficiancy ; they had at least a majority of nipe, amply sufficient to carry on the G-overnment. • It -was reasoeable to suppose that in view of the great territorial and other important issues which entered into the late con- test, the Government majority would have been increased inetead of decreas- ed. The bye-electionwere all carried but eine. The Reform party was alive with enthusiasm, as was well evinced at the great Liberal Convention at Toronto, the greatest political conven- tion ever held in Canada. Then why was the majority decreased? it was because they had against them not only the Local Opposition but the whole power of the Dominion Government. He did not deny that the National Policy was supported; whether rightly so ot pot he was not now going to dis- cusp, by a majority of the people of Canada. The Dominion Government had used the worst and moat dangerous powets for corrupting the electorate' of Ontario in order to defeat the Local Government. That yrovernment had vast and various powers of influencing the electors unduly, wed these powers they lied used to the utmost. If they wanted money from contractors they seldern failed to get it This was well attetted by the Pacific scandal disclo- sures,' which no good man of any party evee defended. The electors were not only defeated by moneyebut by their own money, falsely and illegitimately used : by the guardians to whom they hadamtrusted it. (Cheers.) They had invepted. new forms of bribery. They had !vast sums of money under their control, and they had used it unblush- ingly everywhere. He hoped they would be able to lay bare the secret workings of Tau agents in some of the constitu- encies, and he believed the revelation wouid shock the meral sense of the conanannity, even as the Pacific scandal had •shocked the naten, and he would not tie surprised if a stmilar effect upon future elections should be, the result. (Cheers.) There was a large purchas- able element in every community. It was unfortunately BO in ours. The tin - bar limits of tbe Northwest bad been used as a vast bribery fund. The elec- tion courts would reveal the trath ; if not the agents of this corruption would • have •to fly the country or the truth could not begot out of them. (Cheers.) They were told the National policy was an oyershadowing issue in the late con- test, although the Ontario Government had no more to do with this qeestion than the municipal councils. • Gross sad unblushing misrepresentations, toe, were used to strengthen wavering friends, yet despite the whole strength of the Dominion Government, itt spite of the fact that Dominion issues were put in the front and loofa issues kept as far as poisible in the rear, despite whole- sale and glaring misrepresentations, despite the shameful use of Dominion funds, he was proud to have •the em- phatic utterance of the people ef On- tario—" Mowat shall not go." (Great cheering.) And Mowat won't go, de- spite 13,11 the illegitimate influences put forward against him, so long as the electors of Ontario, se noW, valued honest and economical administration of their affairs. (Enthusiastic cheering.) HON. A. B. HARDY was greeted with- tnmultous applause. He said the flattering reception given his chief and himselfupon this occasion as the representatives of the Mowat Government, was indeed a compensa- tion for the hard battle through which, dining the past few months, they hadi been going. He felt almost like ern- • bracing the whole audience, not only, for this welcome, but for the great vic- tory which had been achieved in the three Hurons, at least he might shake hands with them 'metaphorically, be- cause there were difficulties in the way or he saw that rers belonged r.) They had oble victory. stice in this nein the past, e said. he was in the House he bull's eye anghter.) He y terms also tight sad won East Huron the " survival ined effort had ted through- th a itt gr ar 11 to tr ta of a IQa of his other proposition, a large number of his he to the fair sex. (Langht certainly achieved ' a Huron had. done itself j election as it has often d Speaking of M. Bishop. - a man who in Ilia apeeche always aimed directly at ---and generally bit it--( referred in compliments, to Mr. Gibson, who had f so well. The result in might almost be termed of the fittest." A deter been made, and was vau out the Province, to wrest Huron from ed. Speaking aseme of the House, and ment to any e continent. e general re - and exposed the Conserve- " because the rednced. He lai3t Domin- the Reform - the audacity, e claimed a °lenitive ma - one half. The ot a 'contest his peaty on redith and his e other, for backed up by of the Domin- lifax to Van- couver's Island. The Senate itself—that August body stood still adjourned—" I believe it would have been a good thing if it hadadjourned perpetually," said the speaker. He pointed national law makers, and partmental officials were in the country engaged in the tattle against Mr. Mowat. In passing ie paid" a tribute to the Bard of Niagara, who had gone into that aiigast body for the rest of his existence, *here no one would call him to account. There Was no tribunal to which he taould be call- ed but the Hereafter, and anyope who knew anything about Ottawa politicians knew very well that was not a very po- tent influence with them. (Cheers and laughter.) In his trenchant denunciation of the course pursued by the Dominion Government in the late I election, Mr. Hardy first pointed out the weakneas, nay the flagrant character of the plat- form upon which the Conservative party went before the people. • That other and unfair influences were used— putting it mildly— was obvious. The support they had received could not surely be attributed to the platform up- on which they had appealed. He said the Conservative leaders inthis con- test were seen flitting backward and forward between Toronto and Ottawa, supplying themselves with expedients and questionable rueans to influence the election. He pointed to the ,energetic efforts of John Shields dt Co., who, it almost seemed, had a contract to hand over Ontario to the Conservatives.There were a good many members elected who would represent John Shields dc Cm if the Liberals ever allowed them to warm their seats, which was doubtful. They were something like the eciember for Jim Stephens, who is in the House claiming to represent Bothwell. The members for John Shields (a Co. would be a feature of Ile House. After fur- ther allusion to the corrupt intermed- dling of Dominion Goverpment contrac- tors in this contest, and the actual use of the money of the electors to defeat, their own wills, he turned again to. the claim of the Tories and the Tory presa that they had scored a victory. If they had been victorious, he would like to know what they were going to do with the sound nine of a majority at Mr. Mowat's back. (Cheers.) He felt that he could in this case use the words of Mercntio in reference to the wound in- flicted by Tybalt. ". 'Tis not so deep as a well,nor soiwide as a chnreh door ; but 'tis enough. 'twill serve." So it was with Mr. Mowat's majority!, thou& not so large as before, it was enough, and wonld, serve. (Applause.) For the mom!ent Muskoka lied , been wrested froin'them, but the enemy would not be allowed to retain posseesion after the i the Reformers, but it fai of Mr. Ross, he said he ablest debaters in the would indeed be an orn legislature hall on t (Cheers.) He spoke of t snits,f the late election, the silly pretention that • tives had won a" victory Reform majority bad bee said that the result of th ion election was such th era might if they possesse on the same principle ba victory because the Con jority was reduced nearl late local eleotion was between Mr. Mowat and the one band, and Mr. M followers in Ontario on t the lattertwere aided an all the energies and force ion Goyernment•from H out that the even the de. found abroad tt • olesale, sharneful practibes of which y had been guilty in. that constit- eye Speaking of the combination d conspiracy of the Ottawa Govern- nt against Mr. Mowat, he said a at deal of" arranging"—commercial .anging—had ti bee done in Ottawa, k t he was glad to s that they had " arranged "Hur very successfully. beers.) He said the great object was bring [about one great planning, con- lling 1‘ power," who would rule OOn- oin the future as he had Quebec in e past. This was the one great wish this ambitions soul --Sir John—when posted off from Ottawa to Toronto d. assumed control of the great Tory nvention. But the effort had failed. is a arranging" had been witnessed • a splendid scale in connection with ebeo politics. Heads were lopped off d ohaeges made with marvellous ra- pi• ity. It was Chapleau, Moussean, oussean, Chaplean ! Presto 1 Change! pplause.) To accomplish the same t in Ontario was the ambition of Sir hn. It was to be Mowat, Meredith! eato ! Change 1 But the plan did, t work. The magic had gone out of- t e wand. (Laughter and applause.) e next dissected and refuted the al - ed charges brought againat the On. 10 Government by Mr. Meredith's lowers. The member air East ronto thought he had discovered a andel, and in the House pointed his fi ger at the Minister of Agriculture, d shook his head, imitating Sir John. . e did not grow very indignant. It w uld not become him. What was this s andel? It was that a man from T xas, a big cattle ranch owner, had a tually gone to the Agricultural Col - lige, and had talked to the boys, ad- viaing them not to use tobacco, etc. T' rrible scandal. Heaven knows how b d it would have been had a woman fr m Texas _gone there. (Laughter.) , Morris soon dropped that scandal. r. Hardy then alluded to the impeached and unimpeachable cord of the Ontario Government film the past ten years. It was pure to -day as it was ten years ago;a. e flag which Reformers plced in' the nds of Mr. Mowat ten years ago, was pure and unsullied and white to -day it was when the people placed it ere. . Hon. Mr. Hardy's powerful and con- . v ncing address sparkled throughout tv'th characteristic sallies of humor, a d occupied fully an hour in delivery. 0 resuming his seat the audience b oke forth into the most enthusiastic a eering. CI le fo : I .a • 6 'b a THE NEXT TOAST °posed was that of the members and -members of the Legislative Assam - y, coupled with tbe names of Thomas llantyne, M. P. P. for South Perth, d D. D. Hay, ex -M. P. P. for North rth. The toast was enthusiastically oeived, and MR. BALLANTYNE h artily greeted on rising. He expressed h s pleasure at being present to con- atulate the members for Huron on the s lendid victory achieved. He sincere - 1 regretted the defeat of Mr. Hay in North Perth, a riding in which every species of bribery and misrepresentation had. been put in use in order to achieve t le,st seen chopping a hole in the ice on o a4Oonservative victory. He hoped and the river. b lieved an election court would. reveal / —Operations on the Canada Pacific t e influences by which the defeat of Railway, from the South Saskatchewan r. Hay had been brought about. The river to the Rockies, have been com- ur was late and he did not propose menced by the contractors. , making a speech. —The farmers in Burford are getting ' . MR. D. D. HAY supplied with farm hands from the applauded on -rising. He said it Immigration Department, Toronto, s a matter for sincere regret that de- They seem to give good satisfaction., ite the strong efforts put forth bv the —Mr. George Shannon has sold his beral leaders to educate the people in farm, comprising the north half of lot rrect political !principles, that the 32, 3rd concession, Smith Dumfries, to rk of the corrni?tianists still had its Mr. Walter Markle for $7,500. - mince upon a portion of the elector- —Mr. Hopper, of Kincardine, last a . • North Perth was admittedly•Con- year planted thirty pounds of White B rvative, bait he believed, bad notillegi- Elephant potatoes, from this he dug ti ate influences been . employed, the 30 bushels of fine cooking potatoes• rdiot of the constituency. would have —A gentleman in Toronto named en again Reform. He did not claim Moffatt, was struck in the eye with a at much mopey had been used, but snowball thrown by a boy. His eyesight otional feelipg had been aroused to has been permanently injured. - erate against him. He believed DO —Mies Templeton Armstrong, the o e but one prefessing himself a German gifted lady evangelist, is this week as. c nld have taken the Riding from him. sisting at revival services in Wellington e congratulated the ridings of Huron street Methodist church, London. o remaining true to their Liberal ye- —Two of the leading live stock deal - c rd. He was pleased that Mowat lfad ers of Toronto shipped on Saturday to a ain been sustained, not with so large England $18,000 worth of live meat. ia majority perhaps, but with quite a Certainly a very Urge consignment. 1 go enough majority to hold the Govt —The Chief of Police in Montreal re - e nment. , ceived a notice from Scotland Yard, DR. SLOAN, OF BLYTH, London, England, offering $5,000 for the n xt addressed the assemblage. He arrest of the authors of the dynamite s oke of the able representatives of outrage in Westminster lately. h ron in the House of -Commons, mak- —Lieutenant -General LorclAlexander ilia special reference to Mr. M. C. Russell has been appointed to succeed C General McDougall in command of the t troops in Canada from May 24th next, a when the latter's term of office expires. a —The Toronto News has started a series of sketches descriptive of the til prominent bachelors of Torontb, their virtaes, vices, features and fortunes being held up for female inspection. a —Saturday night Wm. Henry, a fax - mer, liying about two miles east of Comn- st wall, was killed at the second Grand e • Trunk railway crossing below the town. w His akull was fractured and both legs ThWaterloo-Chronicle says: Five h be—lowthee.wkanteeerlboore o 'years ago On the 22nd of March many b farmers had commenced seeding in Waterloo county. Instead of which, h this year a furious snow storm raged. c —Charles Herald, of Dundas, who is taking the divinity course at theQueen's c University, has been appointed for the summer to the pastoral charge of the ✓ Presbyterian church at Merrickville. —A number of wild cats or Canadian 13. lynx have been killed -in West Gars- fraxa and West Luther. The farmers report that the breed is on the increase and commit sad havoc among their sheep and poultry. —Agents of United States whisky dealers are at Ottawa endeavoring to procure modifications of the Canadian regulations. They want amendments enabling them to bring theitt7rplus Reform Press of Canada. The toast was duly honored. Mr. M. Y. McLean, of the Seaforth EXPOSITOR, said he was proud to be pre- sent to congratulate the Reformers of Huron on the great victory achieved. He could. safely leave the Reform Press of Canada to speak for itself. However honest and capable Governments might be, they were none the worse for the vigilant watcbing of the press, and he was proud that ,the Government of On- tario did not require to bribe either press or people in order to secure public endorsation of its acts. Mr. D. McGillicuddy, of the Goderich They did their work so carefully that no Signal, said he was a man of few words, one heard them. and at this late hour a the night he —The congregatian of Cheist Church, did not propbse to injure his reputation. Ottawa, tendered a weleonde to Arch - He said the Reform press of the Pro- deacon Lauder on his safei return frona time and of the county of H.uron was one of which the Reformers had reason to be proud. He alluded to the bril- liant victory achieved in Huron West, and closed a humorous speeoh with a warm tribute to the political capacity and power of Col. A. M. Ross, hazard deg the opinion that the position of •'Provincial Treasurer, vacated by, the resignation of Mr. Wood, would not ill -become the member for WestHuron. (Cheers). The toast of the ladies was received with enthusiasm, and humorously re- sponded to by Mesars. Foster and J. E. Stevenson. THE CLOSING TOAST. • Hon. Mr. Mowat said be desired to stocks into Canada for storage in bond, thus escaping the inland revenue laws of the United.States, which' will slaortly require the payment of the duty. —At the Assize Court a few days ago, Mr. Joseph Way obtained $400 damages from the city of Toronto for a broken arm and other injuries suStaiiied through falling on the slippery, sidewalk last December. He bad asked for $1,500. --The other night barglars tried their skill on the Warden's office at the Cen- tral Prison, Toronto, and burst the safe. They scattered the papers in the prison yard. and got away with -25 cents. Europe, and at the same time present- ed a farewell address, accompanied by a purse of $200, to Rev. Mr. Smith-, who has accepted a rectorship at Sherbrooke: —Joseph Walsh, of Anderdon, niear Windsor, was driving across the Canada" Southern track near Killroy, Friday - afternoon last,when a train Came along, and the engine struck and killed him instantly. His body was thrown into the air, and fell upon the cab. —The imports into Canada for the 011th of February slaow a decrease of $392,000 as compared with the corres- ponding month of last year. The exports from Canada also show a falling 2,ff to _the extent of 5936,000 for the Tame period. propose one more toast, and that was —Bailie D. G. Ross, of Dingwall,Scot- in reference to the chairman. He was glad to see that he was Presiding at so magnificent a banquet, at which were gathered so many intelligent ladies of the Reform faith. He complimented Mayor Forrester upon the renewal of confidence which the citizens of Clinton had reposed in him. He referred to the in3portance of municipal institu- tions, and briefly sketched the record of the Reform party in fostering and pre- serving them. The facts of the case utterly disproved the allegations made against his administration. Speaking of the erotest entered against the elec- tion of Mr. Gabsen in East Huron, he advised those4t1 his hearers interested in that riding to take every possible step in ferreting out the corruption of their opponents, who were reallyethe guilty parties. To the toast proposed by the Premier, Mayor Forrester replied in appropriate words'. i The banquet closed shortly after mid- ight, with cheers for the Lotal mem- erethethatarioGovernment andMessna ; lake and Mackenzie. Canada. Madame Albani has donated o the poor at Montreal. —Mrs. Mackay, wife of Sir H. Lan- evin's Secretary,died of croup atOttawa ri Sunday. —It has been definitely decided to Submit the Canada Temperance Act to the electors of Oxford at an early date. —R. J.93rown, formerly a resident of Bervie, Bruce County, has been elected mayor of East Selkirk, Manitoba. . —A twelve -year-old son of Wm. Ball, tinsmith, Chatham, is missing. He was $500 1 naeron. He counselled. his hearers combine all their legitimate forces d influences to support Reformers d Reform principles. Speaking of the e1forts of the Tory press, he said, since e election campaign began, the To - rialto Mail has been one grand syste- atic lie. He felt almost ashamed to y before this audience that he had en guilty of reading it. The ship of ate in Ontario had been safely launch - for another four year's cruise, and it s going to be in charge of Commodore owat, (applause). He said four years nee this fight would have to be fought er again and now was the, time to gin preparation. Referring" to Mr. eredith, he said in the late contest he d been forced to occupy a position ntrary to his real convictions'the aver in the story which, though it uld not and would not climb a tree, a forced to do so. In conclusion he gretted the absence of the Hon.David s, whom they were all so desirous of aring. ••• Id THE REFORM PRESS. Mr. E. Holmes, of the Clinton New ra, proposed the health of the Reform ess of Canada. He spoke of himself a one of -the oldest newspaper men in the Province,and touched on the growth of journalism and free and equitable vernment, he believed in an honest d outspoken press, and auch was the land, has sent to his agents in Brantford a cup, to be known as the Ben Wyvis trophy, valued at $150, to be competed. for by any curler in Ontario. Mr. ROBS is proprietor of the Ben Wyvis distillery in Scotland. —Great activity is observed in the -Petrolea oil district. Major Savage struck oil in Thona's well at a depth of 201 feet from top; the well has pumped since Thursday, when the pump was put in, at the rate of 100 barrels per day. — A singular bet has been made in -Kingston, that a certain young man in that city will give up pool playing, drinking etc., and become one of the active members of the Salvation Army. The person who bet on this result is said to be sure of winning. —The barns of Albert McIntosh, North WilliamsLurg, were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Seventeen head of cattle and one horse were burned, also farming implements, etc. The total loss was about $2,000. Insurance $2,500. The origin ef the fire is un- known. =The barn and stables belonging to Richard Bannon, lot 19, 4th concession, Beverly, were burned, on Sunday after - boon with four head of cattle; sixteen head of fat cattle and five horses were rescued. The loss is estimated at $2,- 500, insurance 51,800. • The cause, of fire is unknown. —Since the Canada Pacifia Raitway's new map, showing Fort William to be the lake port on Lake Superior, has been issued -a great boom has taken place in lands, and a large quantity has been sold at good prices. Two large sash and door factories are to be built at Fort William at once. —An old land mark has been removed from George street, Peterboro. It was a house which was built in the year 1833. fifty years ago, by Mr. Wm. Lundy. The timber -of the house was got close to the town, and parts of the timber, which is large and heavy, is yet in a good state of preservation and could- be again used. —The recent outbreak of typhoid fever at the Belleville Deaf and Dumb Asylum was the outcome of impure water. Samples of the water analyzed by Dr. Ellis, public analyst, shewedthe water to be largely polluted with organic matter and wholly unfit for use. The Board of Health will take the necessary steps to remeR the matter. —Mr. Andrew Stewart latterly of the Inland Revenue Departrnent,Hamilton, brother-in-law to the late Sir Allan Mo- N,ab, and nephew to the late Chief Justice Stewart, and Ambdeacon Ste- wart of Quebec, died. W. -Hamilton on Satarclay evening last. He was well knotan in that section and leaves a host of frientia to mourn his loss. — The Great North-Western Tele- graphic Company sent from the realise naent Buildings, Ottawa, 215,169 words of press matter on Friday night when the Budget debate was in progresa. There - were seven wirea in constant operation between Toronto and Ottawa, and two between Ottawa, Hamilton and London. —Mr. 3.5. Bowman, of Ehrdra, being about to leave the county of Waterloo to reside in Arthur, his numerous friends in and about Elmira,enter- tained him at a complimentary din- ner at tegt's Hotel on Tuesday even- ing last week. He was at.the same time presented with a flattering address in which his various services, as a poli- tician and business man were deserve& ly eulogized. —A sad. accident °marred on Sunday afternoon at the farm of Mr. Rowntree, on the Governor's road, London town- ship, by which a young lad, the son of John Carter, came to an untimely death. It appears that Carter paid a visit to Rowntree, accompanied by his son, and the little fellow, while playing with Rowntree's boy, approached the creek onthe Governor's road, and fall. ing into the water was drowned. —There is a very old couple living at the River Canard—Louis Vigneux and wife. Mr. Vigneux is a veteran of 1812. He is now 87 years of age, and his wife 83 years. They were married 66 years on the 2nd of February last. The old, gentleman has been ill now for two months, and during that time Mts. Vignenxiigg had no assistance in taking care of her husband. She does all the, family washing, and can see and hear as well as anyone. She is also able to sew at night on any kind of cloth. , 4 - I 4, t :4 t•