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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1884-11-14, Page 4.110Zar .1111111111•Mili -114 4 E. BUTTE RICK /IL CO.'S Reliable paper patterns for all kinds of Lathes', Misses, Boy's and Children's Garments, for sale by Horrmen Bnom, Seaforth. • NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. war The figure between the parentbesis after mot line,denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisemant will be found. -Cheap Goods—J. Pickard. (t) Hew to Save Money—H. Robb. (5) Boots and Shoee---t•W. Kenapthorne. (1) Watches & Clocks—Purvis & Milks. (5) Auction Sale—W. S. Mundell. (5) Cheese Factory --W. Armstrong. ,(5.) High Sohool—D, M. Malloch. (5) Partner Wanted—W. M. Morris. (5) Betray Cattle—Henry Peck. (5) Bookkeeping Wanted—G. F. E. (3) Something for all—J. McIntyre. (8) Note Loet—W. r. Ritehen. (5) - Betray Heifer—Mrs. J. Cuthill. (5) Estray Sheep—John T. Dickson. (5) Farm for Sale—H. Green. (5) Rock Bottom Prices—H. Weismiller.(8) urrin. texpeoltit SEA FORTH, FRIDAY, Nov.14, 1884. Tax Exemptions. Mu. EDIBOR‘—DEAR SIR. —E vidently you have not had the details of the pro- posed action to- be taken in this city re- garding exemptions. In this city the taxable property and income is assessed at sixty million dollars and the exempt at ten million. For every six dollars paying taxes, one dollar goes free. Now by the tone of your article, I imagine you presume that we have several worth of Government buildings located here. We have not and it is not that class of exemptions that it is desired to readh. The exeraptioes ob- jected to are : Salaries of Judges, Gov- ernment Officers, clergymen„ church buildings, lend held by churches for speculation, convents and other proper- ties, of which you can obtain full infor- mation by addieseing N. Maughan, As- sessment Coramissioner, City Hall,Tor- Onto. When you have this information you will not he 96 bitterly opposed to our citizens obtaining -relief of the nature they propose to obtain. There IS here a small army of men; WI10 eejoy free water, sewer, light, sidewalk and roadway privileges, beaides fire and police protection, to obtain which .many a poor man goes through life without luxuries that these exempt paupers enjoy. Yours, Toemeao. Toronto, _November 3rd, 1834. The above letter is evidently intend- ed as a reply to our article of a couple cl weeks ago on. the seine subject. Our correspondent pats the matter very plausibly from his standpoint, but wit fall due deference to hith, we must sa that he is either ignorant of the desire of, his citizens, or else he purpose] states the case incorrectly. He is pro- bably aware that there isfin Toronto an HEH1 RON itXPOSIT R property spoken of by our corresponcle Seems to be a secondary oonsideratio It is the "Government property," stated by the chief organizer!, M Wright, that is to be taxed and that is most desirable to _get at. This, it reasonable to suppose, would be the cits There would be 'comparatively .litt gain derived by the city as a whole fro taxing the church property within '1 limits as ,it is owned exolutivelylb residents of the city, and consequent' the taxing of it would not bring in ou side money, it Would simply be equa izing the burdenl ; but if theGovernme property be taxed the gain will b direct and tangible,as the taxes will corn from without the city. While, ther fore ,to make their schethe more plausibl and appear more fair to outeidere, thee people would be willing to have thei own properties taxed, the real object. i doing so is to get at the propertywhic belongs to the .Dominion and the Pro vince. It will also be noticed that a onslaught is to be madetiation the town and cities throughout the Provino with a vieweof seeming their aid. Th rural municipalities, it will be seen, ar to be ignored. They do not expect any aid from them, but they hope to secure sufficient aid from the towns and cities to over -ride the rural municipalities and overawe the Government. There is not much danger of their success in this direction. These gentlereen, apparently, ittle know the strength and influence f the rural municipalities in the Legis- atureeancl we now warn all interested o be o their guard against them. Let hem tax their church properties if hey will; and let them also tax the alaries of clergymen if they desire t .' o so, but they must keep their rape, ious hands off the- property of the ublic located 'Within their bounds. It ontributes enough now to their coffers ithoht having a special levy made pon it. We have no hope or .expecta- on that tl:ey will succeed in their ove, but the action they have already ken shows how jealously the people the rural municipalities should watch ese city vultures, as if they. fail to do ,they will certainly have to pay dearly ✓ their indifference. It is not to the ty press that the people of the country ve to look or upon whom they can peed for information and protection this matter, but to their own local 1 1 cl ti ta Pe of th SO to ci ha de in 11 newspapers and local representatives. Y :That these will prove faithful to their 8 interests we have the fullest confidence, Y despite t may be b to allure t . Anti -Tax Exemption Association. This association is composed of the leading 'business men of the city, and its avowed object is to bring such pressure upon the Local Legislature as will force it to accede to its desires. What those de- sires are are may be tadged from the con- stitutien. At a meeting, of the mem, bora of this. aSSOCiatiOn, held in Toronto a few evenipgs ago, we find, as reported in the Mad, that its objects were stated to be a to- secure the abolition of ALL "exemptions of real and personal pro - 4 perty from taxation." From the fol- lowing report of the proceedings and remarks at this meeting, it will be seen that this object is clearly borne out. We quote from tlae report: A discsion ensued as to the form ; the operations of the association should take in the campaign. Mr. Wi4lit suggested ; that the out- side munieVpalities should be communi- cated, with, either by deputation or otherwise, for the purpose of enlisting their co-operation in the scheme, and that the opinion of the people be taken at the January elections.. Mr. Jury thought it would be advisa- ble to endeavor to obtain a permissive measure- to tax all property. If all the cities joined in asking the Legislature to pass such a measure the outside muni- cipalities could, of course, retain their Own system if they thought fit. If Toronto asked only for a permissive measure he did not think that the oppo- sition of outaide municipaAities would cause it to be refused. - Mr. John Leys said that the township municipalities did not care a cent for : the abolition of exemptions, and if . they got an adverse opinion from them it would weaken the influence of Tor - "onto. The chairman kid that they ought to ' apply to the Legislature to repeal the clauses of the statute preventing them , from taxing the exempted pre.perty. ' Alderman Davies said' that they should not jeopardize the SUGGefie of the movement by asking for a general measure His His own opinion was that all property should bear its: share of the 'burdens of the community. There should be no exemptions whatever. Even the churches should be taxed.. (Applause). If the City Council desired ,to make a, grant to charitable institu- tions, they could do so, but in the mat- ter of assessments everybody shouldebe treated alike-. He endorsed the idea to submit the proposition at :the January 'elections. - He believed that it would be earried by an overwhelming majority. Mr. Wright said that he had not propos- ed to take a vote in the small munici- palities, but in. the towns and cities of Ontario. When they talked of taxing Government prop rty, they had to con - I ettlt the opinion o people • ()aside the oity. The Gove -lament Might ignore the voice of the r presentatives of Tor- onto, but could h dly afford to ignore the influence of al the rePresentatives of the cities an towns in the Pro- ;vince. He tho glib that a circular ;should be sent to o her municipal bodies .asking for co-operation. , Alderman Millichampsuggested that a ;deputation or representative should be 'appointed to visit the municipalities ,and. present the claims of the associa- tion. There is not a. word in the above ,aboat taaingiacorees. Even the church a seductive influences that ought to bear upon them em from the right course. itestemematetesseeen T-14: Legislatais of Jamaica have comei down heavily upon the politicians of Canada, and have most effectually nipped in the hud one of the most fruit- ful subjects.for discussion, and that in a dull time too. It seems that a Mr. Solomon, prominent politician of Jernaioa, c nceived the idea that it would be a ood thing fel. his island if it were united to Canada and for the pur- pose of opening negotiations to this end, he visited Ottawa few weeks ago. The result of his interview with the Cana- dian authorities was a subject of some doubt. The ministerial papers assum- ed raysterious airs, and in a quiet way encouraged the idea that Mr. Solomon had received morefencouragement than :they were at liberty to announce, and at the same time they argued as if they thought the annexation of Se,maica, would not be so bad a speculation for Canada after all. The Opposition papers, on the other hand, thinking Sir John might be at his old tricks, warned the public of the probability of such a scheme being sprung upon- Parlignent at its next session and the supporters of the Government being given the alter- native of voting for it or stepping into the cold shades Of Opposition as was the case when the Pacific Railway con- tract was introduced. The propoeition, therefore, has received considerable ventilation during the past few weeks and it was pretty clearly shoWn that the annexing of Jamaica to Canada, would not be beneficial to Ontario at any rate, as it would .),3e but adding another sucker for the rich Ontario udder. Fortunately, however, the Legislature of Jamaica _sas .saved all further trouble. At a recent meeting of that body Mr. Solomon made his motion favoring annexation, but it only received his own vote. In view of such a cold reception it is to be hoped Mr. Solomon will now let his scheme drop. Bat, whether he does or not, the Gana - then Parliament should let him know at its next session that no such scheme would be 'favorably received by tthe people.ef this country,. Emmtimmingoimmiimmum THE result of the Presidential eleation has not yet been definitely decided, Both parties claim a victory and the vote seems to be so close that it i _diffi- ult to determine which is right. It is he general impression, however, that C 1leveland has received a majority of he votes cast, but it is by no means as ertain that he will be declared elected. t is claimed by the Blaine party that, n seveial States the votes cast for But- er a.nd St. John have been Wrongfully laced to the credit of Cleveland, and hat his large vote is due to this fact, t is likely the snar will be unravelled oon, but to say the least it is not (mai- able to the Aneerie an system that such a Muddle ould be possible, and that r definite result could not be sooner 0 Itajried. e are bad enough sometime inCanada but. we can get t rough on elections r uch More expedit'onsly an satiafactor ly than they ever do in th United S ates. In comp& ison wit LIS, their system seems to e comple nd[ very liable to abuse, an there up pears to be no certainty that justio wili be done ander it. In th matter o our :election laws, at ion y rat , it seem i quite evident that our smart neighbor could with consider: le advantag o thernselves take a p ttern rom us. SIR RICH RD CARTWR pleted his eries of Mee donatitnents. He has a .eleven meetings. Cans favorable w of the year ings Were a Payers asse intet,ested. honorable Richard ha ; sqgoil and p arid tn eac iijtdioltnaent einiment, and showed in ive maniae deem their ll as the to it by no aracterized ell if mor esentatives 'cuts into t d does, and et and disc issues of right to ex tatives. S cial inflae and people. ether, and mong farm I well attend bled see me n and pie entleman's lost none o wer as a, pl occasion pr gainst the and iconolu felled to r people, as w 4anoe, to cal ivhich. has c ; would be M.:eatery rep their eonstit as Siti Richti, each year th. the politica peOple have their a ep rese has a bene tepresentativ. I GHT has cora ings mong hi dreg ed in ad derin the un Eli b sy seas° re, th se meet d,an to sed rem his tfor the rate. be much with the rks. Sr old time speaker, ferrel a strong omigion Go the ost cies how hey ha minis 35 to th rible extrava arsh r name their rule. I of our parlia were to tak eir o nfideno at least one as with the the day. Th ea this fro 41 a practic ce upon both Tien ball victoriei ha Scott Act t Act Was oar frew by ab till rolls o e to be re is week. ied in the c ut 600, an wait °ended on Tuesday by aboot 900. Let the god wo nd vary soon a majority of t ie wi I have carried the Scott ith s ch a declaration befor he D minion Parliament dare general Prohibitory Act, appli he whale' Dominion. 111 1111 . Two more ordedi for the n Friday the unty of Ron- in N rfolk it ajority k go on e coan- ct, and them ot deny able to • News of the NV eek. PRIIICE OF WALES' BIRTHDA. .-- The irrince of Wiles attained his for y -third year oit, Sunday. His birthd y was ublicly celebrated on Saturday. MAMIE THORP MURDERER.—Gilbert . HaCeltine, the young • law tudent ho killed Mamie Thorpe in Buffalo 3 me time ago, has been, sentenCed to --elight years imprisonment. ; _ 1 ti MauiS.—Mand S. on Tuesday at .4exing on loWered her. record half a second, trotting a mile in splendtd form [and without a, break in the unpreeedent- ;ed time of 2.0ei.. CHOLERA IN PARIS.—Fears of an epi- demic from cholera now pre ail in ?axis, ranee. • Eighty-three deaths . °comae on Monday. There are 190 • cases in the hespital. I ATTA KED BY AN EAGLE.—W il fiatli- eting chlestnuts on Long Islan 1 the other day, a t elve year old boy was attacked by an e4.gie, which he killed afted, a des- perate truggle. The bird measured eight fe t from tip to tip. A C ANGED VIEW.—The Canadian bdatmei have materially modified their original views as to the diffic lty of navigati g the River Nile. The now - adneit t at the passage of the B h -rel - 1 Hajar ataract will be a very serious anal ar nous'undertaking, and I much harder t accomplish than they eipect- ed. Th y do not think the teooPs an be take up that cataract wit out a serious a cident. POISONOUS CHEESE —All the pri oners in the c unty gaol at Jackson,Mic iiga,n, ware poi oiled last Saturday night from eeting ci eese which one 8 the pri oilers sent for nd purchased.'ij coloredi man, who was not allowed free acbess to the lunch, afterwards stole a large' piece which h ate, and from the effe ts of weich h came near dying. The gaol of a dea y nature. He thinks the lives ei physician, 'cannot determine what poison the chee e contained, but pronoun as it of all wit be saved. • Memo N METHODS.—On Monday an election «as held in the Mexican tate Coahuila and Nueva Leon, for tete and /nue cipal officers. Riot reigned in the city of Saltillo, and in the towns of Sabinos, : edalo and Bustamento. At Sadtille fi e men were repotted killed and fiftee or twenty wounded. A num- ber were leo killed in SanteeCalerina. At Sabin s, Hedalgoi a b.attle occirred between he Government soldiers and the citize a a. District Judge Garcia was killed an. the Colonel commanding the trcaps an twenty soldier e are reported killed. !he towns are fall of dead and wounded on both sides. • CRAZED BY THE ELECTION.—Coionel Lendall ratt, of Queen's' county, ew York, age 75, a prominent politician' and a frie d -of Horace Greeley, worked hard for Caine. His erratic con uct before th election day alarmed his friends. he conflicting stories of the lass few d ys completely unsettled his l on,3 e became violent and th eat- w a to iii .l•hiswife, and on Frida he pl rem. ved to the county in ane fi turn. : e was- a very large and el erftil e an aud fought his captors ely. Fjarly Monday morning he ere fi iron bars from his window nda ged oat head oremost, breaking his go . , w HE HIG453LAND ROFTERS.—The MBA- CO f the steam r chartered by the wi ernmeet to t ke the , Battalion of e to tije Isle f Skye refused to: 'ro- e and t e owner of the steamer an- st d the 4greement.. At a mass in et- , se Old atI Stornaway a few days go ho utions were passed conemr ing in tion f the authorities in send.ng we e to kye. It is feared collisi ns ba the'p lice and the crofters will n - hen t Le former retie's Skye, nd ic esult ill be bloodshed. The I ir- B. ham a cret 1 nd restoration loe ue wa has sent the crofters reeo utions of sym pathy, but advised them to adopt all lawful means Of restate e only. The cable de. CHINESE MASSACRES. apatohes hring fearful a counts of th horrible massacres and. !outrages comi- mitted by Chinese ba banana upon European Christians an I native con- vents resident in China. This rathet militates against a favori e argument of the advocates of Chinese immigration who hav for years been ointing to the fact that uropeans were unmolested in. China, aild asking how tae white resil dents thetre would like to he treated a it is proposed to treat Chi amen. Thor could be no reasonable ob eotion to th Chinese excluding foreign hadrom thei own countzy if they wished, but thee hideous outrages on nnoffendin inissionaries and conve ts ehow the Character of the people *hose virtue me ef praise • are so often made the; th by monopoly organs. THE FRANCHISE BILL - Hell House of Commons o Franchise Bill passed the without division. Durin Mr. Goschen expressed r Conservatives had bee by the Conservative aucc Warwickshire to persist to the bill. As long as t tives refused to indicate in regard to Mr. Glad stou the Government would be troduce, the Redistribution Bill. Mr. Gladstone reminded the that Sir Robert Peel's re promise on Reform quest in the humiliation of t Lords, and if they were n have peace the Governmen it on record that they d (Liberal cheering.) Mr. C vative) in replying on belt position, said the Governmint must pro- ceed on its own responsibil ty. - he dynamite ennsylvania, shaking up of ten to consisted of s of which tions; noth- ations. All were killed. ill never be ntained an mite, and a Reading, 20 o broken in burg, three. and people t. Mirrors the walls, wises were re literally, esonia, ten number of In the Eng - Tuesday the third reading the debate gret that the influenced se in South n opposition e Conserve - heir attitude' e's proposals unable to in Opposition usal to corn - ions resulted! e House of t destined to would leave sired peace. oss (Conser- f or the Op. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.— works near Stumpsburg, blew rip one day last week the country for a distanc twenty miles. The works 'five buildings,. the timbel 'were sent flying in all three linohremaining but the form the men in the building The', cause of the explosion ,known. The buildings c Inunstial quantity of dyne terrific shock was heard at miles away. Windows we many houses in Stouche iquerters of a mile distant, 'were knocked off their to 1, • aud pictures were shaken o land -a church and several unroofed. The victims w ;blown to atoms. At Ro iniles from Stonchesburg, taa.sons were working at the bottom of a" furnace smoke stack, which they were t•elining with new fire brick'. The stack time prObably a hundred feet high and ;needy completed. Ten or fteen men Were in the stack ; some at the bottom, others on the scaffolding above. Just 1Ss the shock of the dynamite explosion tvas felt the stack quivered, there was a rumbling noise followedimmediately by a great deluge of brieks completely burying six men in the bottom of the Stack. If not instantly killed they must •iiave been burned to death, Huron NOteff. S'leighs Were running at Blyth last Wednesday and Thursday. -e-Mr. P. Kelly, of Blyth, 'alas returned ilrom the Northwest. --I-Mr. MoBrine, Bayfield Toad, Gode- Och township, took 33 bushels of apples from one tree. —The Messrs. Ogilvie have purchased 0,000 bushels of wheat ir Manitoba 1Pg Op 2 f r their mill at Goderich. -2.Last Tuesday evening Mrs. W. H. erre of Brussels, had the misfortune to ald her right hand badly. —Mr. John Grady, for over a year .ation agent at Genie, has lately dis- peered. —The Misses Pickard, df Porter's gill, have a chrysanthemum 'which has ttvo thousand flowers on at he present ti e. —Mr, George Ireland, of JWingham, d the ends of two of his fin ers cat off e other, day while worka1ng with a 'raw!—Owing to the high tari . of rates cutter. arged by the hotel keepers in Gorrie, e Methodists of that village have ered the use of their clinrch sheds e. 0 A steer which took first ririze at the yth show, and belonged to Mr. John ming, of the 13th concession of Hut- t, diedfla,st week from the . effects of ing turnip tops. z James Schofield, who. as sent in Brussels to Goderich reOently for al for the larceny of a gull', was 'wi- tted as there was not suffirient evi- de to convict. A little daughter of Mr.I.Marsden ill's, Grey, was severely Mimed by ick from a horse the other day. The f ehlead of the child was laid rpen and • este, wound inflicted. he body of an unknown wan was kedup about seven miles north of TE derich on Thursday last, with Poth- ole but a pair of boots and the collar o his coat. The body was properly ell, lauding on the (ie.*, and ticeived uch . njuries that he died in a fetv ours, He Was well knoWn on the akeso —Ore evening recently a s d accident 1 ocurr d On the boundary between owic4 and Carrick. It appears that he sod' of ie. Wm. Hain while em eavor ng to jump on a hors , failed in cling so. The horse turned nd kicked lira on the forehead and on t to ear,cut- ing th latter half off. —A East Wawanosh °or espondent ays : r. Thos. Jackson has purohased 0 acres in the township of McKillop, ot far from the village of W 1lton, and ill re ove thither in March. He will any sith him the best wish s of every ane of lis old neighbors, for very one i Lm aiow. gre Torn d that Tois a thor ugh good John Reed. who was ommitted stan 1 his trial for satin fire to a arn, c me very near effectiu an escape f oni t ie Blyth lock-up, so much so t at -he had eticceeded in be iding the ars ac oss the window to a maple, and ad to e handcuffed with two pair a id aft rwards chained to t e door of tie cellh —11Ir Chist pher Westcott has sold ha farm, lot L concession 3, Tucker- s ruth, to Mr. Wm. Wood, of TJsborne, f r $6 500. MrtWood is one of sborne's p oneere. Thirty-five years a o he took u 100 acres on the 3rd oonceejsion from tl e Canada Company. He -is now the h ppy possessor of 300 acres within a ile and a quarter of the ld home- s ad: - —Mr. Henryi Smith, of the 4th con- e ssion Of lioNVick, has sold uis farm, ct mprising 1 150 acres to Mr.1 Thomas El lnry, of Brigiiit. Oxford. con ty. The p ice paid, was i7,200. Mr. Sipith still h a 50 abres foif sale as he intends to rem ove vith hi family to the-Teinper- a I cc Col ny, in the NorthweSt, in the s ring, Where hb owns a large tract of laid. The Brudsels Post sa,F3 : Last S: turday Captain Glover, of Toronto, c me to Brussels and took charge of the A my on Sundafr, Monday audiTuesday aid everythin ran very smoothly Sh 1 n oder his gen ralship. On !Tuesday Liutenant rp, of Clinton and C diet Steeet;ofIStratford, both hallela- ja i lessee, took the reins and will hold tb fort henceforth at Brussels. Oap- ta n Woodyard and Cadet Nichals have be:n ordered to other stations. The Rev. F. Ryan, B.D., late in- ert to bent of St. John's church, Bras. se. , and St. George's church, Walton, prior to his depaiture for Fiore ice, was in: de the!recipient-ofan addres accom- pa ied bY a purse containing $ , by the ac olars and teachers of S John's ch irch Sabbath school and an address ani purse of $34 ,by the membe s of the as . e chuinh ; alho an address nd $26 the members Of St. George's church. A sorhewhat disastroits fir I occur- ke at Shepeardton last Sands even - The store and dwelling o Mr. R. Hayne li was binned to the ground. It s said the fire started from i defec• tim. stovepipe, and a partition i ot well re tected ffrom the pipe. Mos of the olds werli burnt, and most of the con- e . ts of the dwelling house, which was joi ed to the store. The builthitee were ins red, A Grey correspondent 'sa. '5: Our wmen Captured most of the 1 rizes at Molesworth plowiug match.; They p ak very head however of the I way in Iv heh they were treated. Our)os say it as cheese and biscuits for dinner en. biscuits and cheese for supper, and thse banded aromadi outside for supper, as ivell as for dinner and while they *elle being dispensed with in the even - the prizes were handed through an en window. A Plownsens' Associa- tkii that cannot provide a good square Meal kr the plowmen after their day's Work is not worthy of the name. .11 r. John Johnston, of Cli ton, has his 30 sores on the Loudon road, a rt distance from Clinton, to Messrs. arid H. Plunasteel, for the sum of 00. There are no buildin0 on the e. The Hullett Branch Agtcultural oily has this year to fade deficit, ng to the unfavorable stet of the then: on, the show day. T ey have ded to pay only one -ha f of the o money now. The. Other clay while M . Henry k, 'of Clinton, was working n a cel - he put his hand on a s antling,, e a person outside was sho ing in a k, which caught the en of his r, and cut off the first joint as as if amputated with a k ife. Mr. Jacob Marshall, of the Bay. road Goderich township, th0t with ceident the other day. 0 was g up a ladder to feed sothe stook he Slipped and fell,breating his ✓ 3one, a couple of ribs, an other - injuring himself. Lest Saturday Gordon Mooney, an oYee in connection with the Van - Roller Mills, Brussels, nal with a us accident. In passing a tank of ater in the engine house he slipped sone way and his right leg into the water scaldi g him rim en WS 'aspo tier the pin HOC ter Go poli cee cell ing reso the poli wit sue the min ad accident took place a n Monday. While Capta ay, of the schooner G n the cross -trees of his v Goder- n ribald', ssel he —The 011iuton New Era of la9t week says : One day last week a lady suffer- ing from a ate bronchitis called tipon a medical than here, stating that she would go hiome as goon as he precried. for her. he day was a raw o e, and the doctor jocularly remarked "ufiygood, woman, you will die in a day if on go home in such weather as this. hf yoti haven't your will made, it weuld be prudent to get it done." As she was well up in frears she 'took his advice, and made 1ier will, returning ho e the same afte noon. Instead of etting better whe she got home, she go worse and died in two days. 1—The Brussels, Post says: Last Frid y night as Bonne big fellove , who shou d have knoval better, were busily maga. ed in removing the sign ofA.Rruce, the owner appeaeed upon the scene with a shot gun loaded with salt. See. ing 1 hat w s going on he let blaze and filled the basementnf one fellow's pants full ci No. 1 dairy Salt. Ibis needless toss that ithe boys had urgent busi- i3 ness •t apo her part of the town. This last discov ry will be a boon o the prop ietor of the salt works and we feel sure Mr. Bruce will go thinuah the operation agadn if a yone want a paactical that of this at le of curin meat. Such lots of fun onl Hal - love' n. 1 -i---4t the recent sittings of the Chan- cery jlourt f r the &aunty of Bruce held at W Ikea n, the following cas was tried, as r ported in the Wal erton TeleS ope : Johnston vs. Johnston.— An ac ion for alimony brought by 4, wife agein t her husband. The parties re- side i the township- of Stanley, ii the count of Huron and the wife al eged crtielt on the part of her husbaad• in not p vidin her with proper food and r e r cloth ,and wore that daring the whole perio of h r married life the only 'JAW ofeloing hhad paid foher wile; o -e pri t drest and that he had asseul ed he on a cbuple of occasions. The ce C hancellor after hearing the evide ce adv hied. the partm ies to ake anoth r attlrapt 0 live •tagether, and thia w e agreed to, the defendant t4 pay plain ff's cots. -.-Tl,ie Clinton New Era Speaks thus of the unic pal prospects for the Com- ing ye r : Although there are yet two mouths in which public officeri can still ' ear civic honors, caadidate for next y ar are bobbing up in diffl rent locelit es. Ia Clinton we have not heatd a na e mentioned; he pr sent Mayor Reev4 and Deputy nay be ill- ing to erve for another tern for al we know, rovided the people i no sati fled with t em r stewardship, an we I now of no reason for their beint otherWise. In Go erich township, it is said ithat Mr. El iott will be opposed by Mr. ohn Cox, a d Mr. 'Beacom her Mr.; Ed. A he - son. un Stanley, Mr. T. Fraser will again loppose Mr. Graham for the Reeires -ip, anjd Mr. Campbell will also be a oaididaI4 for re-election; we have 1 iiot heard wbetb - he- will be opposed 1 Or not. In Hullo t it is said that Mr. John Mason wit °lipase Mr. McMillan for the Reeveship. In Tuoltersinith there is not likely to be any change. Notes F ona'Dakota. ingliiLAND, CORR Conaty, I Dakota, Nov. 6, 1884. f • DEAR EXPOSIT0h.,—In my last letter to you I said we -bad every appearance of having one of the best crops ever grown here, and its far as length of straw, head, and thickness on the ground went, it was a splendid crop to look upon but thrbugh harvest we had several showers ot rain and high winds which loosened th i grain tom,the chaff and the loss fro shelling and other causes was -great, stimated at from two to four bushels pr acre, so that the crop, though a goad one and above the average of the past two years, did not pan out rom the threshing machine as Well'as we expected it would have done. In our neighborhood wheat will be semewhere between 16 to 18 bushels per -abre. Wheat can ie growp here cheaper than in Ontario, blat wheat, even here, cannot be grown f r the prices that have reled this season' crop, but at a heavy less to the raiser. The prices paid have been extremely lo% . The present prices at Sheldon for ssjbeat are as follows: hard, No.1, 53c. ; o.2, 48c. ; Northern No. 1, 48c.; (this rade is the same as your best spring wheat), No. 2, 43o.; No. 3, 38; rejected, from 20c. to 30c. per bushel. Few farmers can hold their wheat for higher prices, 'most all have to sell to pay their debts as soon as threshed. Owing to -the large quan- tities delivering ad low price, wheat that in former fears graded No. 1 grades No. 2, which greatly lessens the sum -expected to have been realized from the crop. Aithough the farmers here this season have not much in a worldly way they have reason to be thankful that it was so ordered. The crop was a good ,'one. Had it been otherwise their ' osition financially, though at present none of the best, would have been u4ueh worse, but as it is many farmers poorer to -day than began last spring's summer has been crops of all kinds I, this locality no da by wind, hail or t would have been se been the price of .fall was pleasant 13 when a frost set since there has bee at times stoppiug lowe'en we had our next morning the p the depth of three i tifal. We expecte the visit to be a short one and that iit would disappear in a day or so but it has not made a move to go as yet, and as the frost is getting severer we - consider winter has set, in. I ten days earlier preceding years. short even at their 1 NOVEMBER 7; 1884. raise a gate from a house on Nile street but to their utter dismay when they caught hold, they were -unable to leave libnwiigthhtbliarscitli w go again. The owner hm ad beseared it ine% —One some mischiefs in Mitchell book four small pigs from Mr. 0. Hodge's stable and tied them by the legs to a lamp post. They made an awful racket and disturbed the neigh. borhood, when some one erose from isie bed and out them loose. In the morn- ing one of them was found tied to the door of the railway station, ticketed for Buffalo. —On *Saturday night, Robert Thomp. son and his wife had just closed their store in St. Marys, and the family had all retired except their son, who was in. an adjoining store. Mrs. Thompson went to the door to see if ghoetrthseoinenvegtahs oefonathiengdionor. when hnsahde icuaalbled to her has.. band to come quickly. He With the hotehreirnmstaennatblye.rs Ihtehed'ofactmorilyarrived with d just as she was brecaothin heart——Stratford u . s ncgillohresralraetn.lotCedauf8O3r, their noisy meetings. Their meeting a month ago Was bad enough, but the one held on Monday evening of last week appears to have been far worse. The principal tong ac thrashers were the Mayor and Mr. O'Donoghtes. Steel . terms as "liar,"" scoundrel," 44 rogue," "traitor," etc., are said to have been used. These personal squabbles' are disgraceful to the county to wmand bring reproach uCpleoreh,o ncallcfolc,concerned. Mrs. as and her daughters,reached Leipzig, Gennany,in safety, after a very pleasant voyage. Nora, immediately passed' her examin- ation at the famous Conservatory in that city, and was admitted as a pupil of one of the first classes, which is con- sidered a very remarkable thing for one so young. The professors were very enthusiastic when they heard her- ren- ditions of some selections, and were highly delighted at her becoming one of their rphuefall assizes for Perth county ere commenced on Tuesday, the 28th lt., before Mr, Justice Rose. This being his first appearance in this county since his elevation to the bench, he Was presented by the bar of the poll/Ay with an address read by Mr. taington, Q.0., Crown Attorney, to which be made a very pleasant reply. The first case called was Gillick vs. Kastner. It ap- pears from the evidence that the 'plan. tiff, who is a shoemaker in Mitchell, was indebted to defendants, tanners Sebrmgville, and that they had re- vered judgment against him, and had in up on judgment Summons, when e was to make monthly payments. hese he failed to make for two monthsx ut shortly before -the first of Septem- er one of them happening to be in wn saw Gillick, who paid him. The fondant took the money, and not owing the state of the case did not at once notify his lawyer in Stratford of the receipt of the money. The defen- dant was, at the next sitting of the Division Court in Stratford, committed to gaol, and was arrested and taken there where he remained ten days al- though he could,by paying a few doilars costs, have obtained his release, The jury found that there was no malice on the part of the defendant, but if accord- ing to law, plaintiff was entitled to damages, they assessed them at 145. The judge seemed to be of the opinion that plaintiff must show actual malice to obtain a verdict, but reserved his iot dgement. The next case WAR that the North American Assurance Com- pany vs. Hodgins, whole general agent of the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company,alleging a slander on -the part of Hodgins by saying the toutine system of the plaintiff was a swindle and fraud: Counsel for plaintiff tried to throw some light on what the tontine system was, but without much success. Defendant did not attempt to deny he used the words swindle and fraud, but in regard to the tontine system generally, and also pleaded justification. He did not call any witnesses, and after long and eloquent speedhes from counsel on both sides, the jury very soon gave a verdict for defendant. A case of McDonald vs. Milne was then tried. This was an action by a tenant, from year to year, to recover from defendant, his landlord, for improvements in the shape af fenc- ing, ditching, clearing and other work. The plaintiff says he did the work with the understanding that defendant was • to pay for it part in cash and other work when he sold the place. Defendant had sold piece, and then refused to pay plaintiff, offering him $100. The jury believed in giving his tenant his rights, and brought in a verdict for plaintiff for 1$800. ill find themselves w they were when they u peratious. The past very flue one and ave done well. In age has been done under storms. All one here had wheat former years. The to the 19th October in and every night more or less frost, he plow. .0n Hal- of first snowfall, and co airie was covered to hi ehes with the beau- h to de ku so it will be than the two ur seasons are ngest for the work to be done in them, and the fall season lessened by ten day leaves a large ex- tent of land unturne and which cannot be sown next spring, Farmers who did not wish to turn do a the snow stopped ',lowing when the snow fell, others sptloospwe,eedingunintii ytohuer 4 hohiwinhneni ahllhatrieatddtitt: notices of quick thre hing I asked Geo. Fowler to give me t e time and number of bushels he thresh -d on the farms of four of our nearest niighbors, two to be from the stook and t with the following r Shannafelt, wheat 4 days; Geo. Fowler, els, oats 1,500 b ehele, barleY 400 bushels, in three dais. Stack—George Patterson, wheat /11812 bushels, oats 1,100 bushels, barleyd 156 bushels, time 2 days; Andrew Caldwell, wheat 1,353, ell's day's thresh - r part of October short. This is no one but simply an abstract from the threshing book of Geo. Fowler to let yoar readers have an idea of a day's threshing in Dakota. What I wish partic la lar attention di-- rooted to is not the umber of bushels threehed but the amcuut of straw that had to be passed thrcingh the machine to make the above tioned bus eels at an average of m eighteen to six- teen bushels Yours, o friena the stack, eult Stook—Wm. 000 bUshels, time 3 wheat 3,534 bush. time one day. Cald ing was in the latt wheu the days are blow nor intended to] td men fro the acre. HIGHLAN Perth I ems. Mr. W. J. Rowland has shipped from the county of Perth $25,000 worth of fat cattle daring the past three months. —On re -opening the agency of the Merchants' Bank at Mitchell, the gen- eral manager appoint0 Mr. F. G. Law- rence, of Stratford, as t agent. —The young man named Samuel Waugh, who was sent from Mitchell to the asylum at London about two weeks ago, died in that institution last week; —Judge Rose refused to sit in the Stratford court room and the council chamber had to be granted for the hear- ing of some adjourned eases. —Patrick Cahill wah fined $40 and costs on Monday by the Stratford police magistrate for pointing a loaded revol- ver at Wm. Courtney, in Kasteer's hotel,- on Thursday last. The revolver was coufiscated. —Last spring Mr. Chas. W. Taylor, of Avon bank, sowed the grain which grew on one small sheaf of oats, which was only two pounds, and he reaped 49 sheaves, which when threshed the grain weighed 149 pounds. ' —The Mitchell Horticultural Society had a considerable sum of money de- posited with the Mitchell Banking Company. The Banking Company has failed. The Horticultural directors now offer the prize winners 75 per cent. of their prizes. Ibis expected the offer will be accepted. —The failure of James Campbell & Son, wholesale stationers of Toronto, has embarrassed Mr. Wm. Colwell, of Mitchell. It appears that he was On the firm's paper for $625, and he now finds himself unable to meet the amount, and has proposed a compro- mise with his creditors of 75 cents on the dollar, his liabilities being placed at $10,000. -Some young men got most sweetly left by a householder in Stratford on Hallow- e'en. They had put a ladder up to the house and amused themselves byknock- ing on the roof with a hammer. The householder calmly slipped oat by the back door and despite their prayers took down the ladder and left them upon the roof all night. Two more boys also got badly sold. They went to —Mr. Patton, principal of the Winni- peg central school, has expressed his intentions of giving up his position at the end of the present term and -return- ing to Guelph,Ontario, his fanner home. Much regret is expressed at the loss of so valuable a tesaber. —The Globe says: Heretofore the thieves and pickpockets have done little of their nefarious work in the churches in Toronto. They have now, however, evidently discovered a new field, where people would not hold their pockets and guard their stray clothing as if they were in a public conveyance orstanding in it crowded street. The pocket -pick- ing case at die Bond -street church OD Sunday was followed Monday night by a case of snealt.thieving at the Bloor- street Baptist church. Rev. D.Henson and Rev. Elmore Harris took off their overcoats in the vestry before going into the church for wine worship. When they returned their overcoats were miss- ing, a .sneak th ef having found his way inside the roo , and departed with the articles withou being molested. -A fearful acci ent,which was attended by terrible injuries, occurred the other night at the Monument hotel, on the St. Foyeroad, QuebecSkept by a family named Demers. Wm. Demers, a boy ten years of age, had obtained a quan- tity of gunpowder, which he had in a tin mustard box. He had made a small fuse"witha portion of powder and had a match in his hand to. light it, when his mother, fearing an ' accident, stepped forward to take from him the box of powder which he held in the other hand. In the struggle the box was overturned close to the lighted match and a terrible explosion occurred . injuring not only the author of the ac- cident and his mother, bat threeyoung- er children also. A medical man was called in and expresses the opinion that all the victims of the explosion will survive, though most of them are very seriously hurt. I ' g r4 .OVEMBER IAA tar] vs. avreD'oxl sle„.fritioorwotrifteite8pIae.ruer: y torrogir: my n vmerasaioenono%htbee. also*itrilaji ig n°tme s tt hiedo2mienNmad:terotosteftfl 1:3:a datn iceoZba, 1 c se. I have recen epenctimding whatever beik I°1forth,eatiikett °e i:nr311. t'ufeeEtrrhtem.h:P :ei2anggaitnnsetthat ; teen oOctoberineee;eboum2:eradhs home i jel: 1 °anal idtao lace seen4 that would! have been way. Suffice it to sayei e beenonly too glad to bay. 0 ,0331ino eaf fc atog fort shiny: nslyoltry: : ultainwrI ati p!adurgtnuhhepeds :et: otaneur: Vein poor mieerable man's -city tef a laborer, he is a, eapel,holdingan; toa rtgas nonyvwhiohoannotbde unvrsally,knowto locaIy.Toraket! ii t ilaeutasso.: -Itattalers laza: figoeanil against left him etc. imT ahfide a , explilpit, 1301118 four year a, "Imo; aIetriicsha annodtorilomusezst heavY damages. She is etil isfeasrhfety, hpasseslieofiatathee r mai.oaea him i on several occasion 1 infittnous lie she swore ito 1 nuknown to her to speak to, I rhaTbeen inh her sintcee.°hleabIlebia ' f 1 reposing Stark's door i t i timee a week and WS. i HI12911 village, everybo yi 1 berhood was well lino ete to I might here state that My rlbeeosgusasrteah oat nno the ee,evening vi mileaenn oifnlit ii, & ha ii N: egc at and enquired for it, itua h Tsbueiness in the village to tte Sb would ready toto'take it for t hent ; ha ten cents ea eonfsfoortinhernotboeingobto g, zs t a• bout it. When sue tan a i.Somerville's and cammlniek ' time near Christmas,' ag E *i &utile charge she re4es nevet was in Starles'Imiek I k• noWledge, in my life; b -I absolutely certain on; that :i with: regard to Mie S Gri f dauehter of the owner af the 1 IIIIII4 inform you she; is -e, i 'Marty twenty years of age a ; my own; a girl Against who . Bhadbw of suspicion of 'suele ; nature never was hiUted eir, the relation in which I- each other would be stiffibie ; crush such a vile and drUeI -' She again speaks of seeing -when in front of her at ! putting in the eow, and : -caught her by the arm dud come over to GrimoldbY's •I moat solemnly assert I no girl by the armatwhich will e . I yalcOtUiolio:schaeSiotno, la 4:tei she stop with her father ae le 8 treated her and was f-4173idli her to eome over to Ormao and, I won1,1 advise her: ve Miss Grimoldby at thiS thei big nay daughter, my wife unwell. Miss Grim/eh...thy rnakenand was about roaki dress, &c., for a young lade being anxious to get *way ni813: Stark might laktly b and be still near at henili it 'should wish her to retnria. : Must: admit I was acting v .dently in taking the glrhiut , ButeSir, it never for one n tered my mind that A' .. have taken the tarp What I was doing wae aim assist this young girl tl) get position that at any time so turn to her home aud bob I,_ around at the melee- W' this: Griraoldby's children CRittle: and out of the shop velieti t there and I said she 11,4 b ‚stairs to the paint eli4 Ito ; - their way. The tapping c. door.but we finished the am ,before stated. As regards over the girl I am pOpia.re that" I have been in; Mori of which Walton lies) nearly have taken out neighbbre of to Seaferth, Ainleyvillee no and other places, and I defy. to seer that I in any wit e theme but always _endeavore an honorable man. 0 If You . insert these statementsi in; issue it will very much having the 'chance to reply . as before stated, I think it • an not of justice to myself frimtde and the country at l true, statement of the epee yours very respectfully.i JAMES MCD1NA F it 4,Nrani toba and No Notes. it is estimated that ov migrantahave arrived at W the beginning of the year. —i -There was mood sleight peg on the 2nd'" inst., exel eaters were numerous au t —A Brandon desp40)1 ness is greatly imprated. chants are busy and chiterf —Mr. A. R. McKenzie, factor at Fort Alexander, happy father' of tripleta, 16th. --The Manitoba Alton Beheld at Nelson, has icea The plant is being nadved where a new paper, 0 b Manitoba News will be poi, Galbraith. —A late arrival !r0ii says that horse eteali there. In one install -eel Went to sleep holding hi lariat, When he woke -..up 'gone. Some one had. cut t he slept. About twenty I are at the Hat. They h afoot by the South Peigan recent despatch] fr 49,111 says : There is noi t in the statement nlitai 8 by the Port Arthur Senfi abandonment of dredging of the Raministiquia eive of itsfilling in again. iTh • a base falsification, asith still at work -taking out a 011157. BoUndings take* in