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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, April 23, 1886.
The Indian Problem.
- A pod deal of attenticin has recen. tly
beentfirected to the manner in which
the native Indians of the Northwest
have been treated by those placed in
charge of them. A large aniount af
Jamey has been granted annually since
the Northwest was acquired by Canada,
to feed and clothe the native tribes, and
far some time it was generally ;supposed
they were well and even bountifully
pravided for. The recent rebellion and.
the events conneeted theresvith have,
however, breaight out some facts which
go to show that, whatever became of
the money granted by Parliament the
Indiana did not get the benefit of it In
fact, it Would seem that of late years,
instead of being well fed and cared for,
as was supposed, the Indians have been
systematically robbed and starved, and.
that the money appropriated, histea,d of
going to buy food for the Indians, has
gone into the pockets of rascally con-
tractors and dishonest agents. And, in
the light of recent facts, instead of it
being a matter for surprise that the In-
dian s took to the warpath when the first
opportunity offered,the wonder is that
they remained quiet as long as they did.
Mr. Cameron, of West Huron, directed
attention to thia matter in the House
the other night, and in a masterly speech
produced an array of evidence in sup-
port of his charges which was simply
appalling. The defence offered by the
Government to Mr. Cameron's indict-
ment was a verria•me one, and was only
calculated to convince everyons5 of -the
absolute trathfuhaess of his statements.
Bat, aside from what may be said by
politicians on either side, there is
an atainclance of other evidence to
show that these wards. of the country
have been shaanefully neglected in
the past and that either officers ar.Gov-
ment have been criminally remiss in
their duty to these poor people. We
have here only space to quote from the
evidence of one witness on this point.
The Rev. James Robertson, superin-
tendent of Prtyterian missions, in the
Northwest, in relent letter says :
I knew the eager Teak, the shrunken
form, and the wolfish face that speaks
of want in the adult, and the wan.pinch-
ed face that speaks of starvation in the
child, and I have seen them near Fort
Ellice, Fort Pelly, and File Hills, and
other places, and have had ray sym-
pathies drawn out towards the owners.
I have seen Indians eating horsesthat
bad died of disease when the flesh was
half rotten. I have seen them picking
up the =trails of animals about slaught-
er-houses—when these entrails were fast
decomposing—aye, and eating them
without -cooking, or even washing.
The Rev. George Flett, of Okariase who
has travelled extensively in the NOrth-
west, has frequently informed his Pres-
bytery of destitution among the indians.
On his representations grants have been
made to relieve the wants of the most
necessitous. Mr. James MeArthar,
banker of Prince Albert, informed me of
great suffering at that point, and for
some years appropriations have been
made by our committee, and the money
disbursed by the Rev. Mr. McWillia.m.
The Rev. J. Mackay made similar re-
presentations about the district north of
Carleton. Mr. Scott, of Shoal Lake, in-
formed me that the suffering among the
Indians at Saddle Lake, Frog Lake, and
other northern districts was such that
traders had to feed them or they would
die. Like statements were made to me
at Moose Mountain and elsewhere.
Reticent as Government officials are in
matters of this kind, they cannot con-
ceal the truth. Oa page 67 (Part I.) of
the report for 1885, an agent writes:
I beg to bear testiraopy to the fact
that besides what is given ,by the De-
partment, the Church Mistionaay So-
ciety and the Hudson Bay Company
render to the Iisdia,ne material assist-
ance in_ the winter, the former by freely
distributing clothing among the poorest,
and the latter by relieving many cases of
starvation." On page 64 I read :---" For
three months, from January to March,
many in the Pas, 13irch River, and Pas
Mountain suffered keenly. It was im-
possible to supply food, as it was actu-
ally needed, for there was not sufficient
in the district." Let anyone read the
reports of Mr. L. W. Herehmer and Mr.
A. Macdonald, and he will find that
their studied moderation caamot conceal
sufferieg beyand defence. Wnen 11 out
of 88 heads of families die in a year, and
when Mr. Hercluner says that the mor-
tality in =other band is" enormous,"
-what are we to conclude ? Mr. .Herch-
mer attributes the high death *?ate in
part to the Itek of fresh meat, which
Mr. Andrews-. assures year readers is so
bountifully supplied. These things are
in the last report; worse could be quoted
from previous reports. But why multiply
proof when the First Minister said_ in
snbstaalce from his place in Parliament
during the session of 1885, "that the
wonder was not that there had been an
outbreak in 1885, but that there had
not been outbreak:4 before; that the In-
dians were desperate and starving, and
in a condition of irritation and discon-
tent?" Such candour is refreshing.
This is, certainty, a terrible picture.
Mr. Robertama is personally known to
nia,ny of our readers. They know him
to be a thoroughly reliable, christian
man, and it
only states w
ally seen, b
meats by pro
cials appoin
Such a state
to say the k
civilization
I be noticed that he not
at he has himself person -
t he hacks up his state -
f from the reports of offi-
ed by the Government.
f affairs as he . depicts is,
oat, not creditable tci our
d in view of these facts
none will be urprisedat the discontent
and manifes
the Northw
prove conclu
an immeclia
management
The present
ably failed, s
ed at once.
Canada: if tilt
to continue.
ertsoa when
"I ,believe
to do much b
the record sh
nate in the
long as politi
ed with posit'
spective of c
long will the
unrest of the Indians of
t. These statements alsb
ively that there is need for
and radical change in the
of our Indian department.
ystem having so lament -
me other should be adopt -
It will be a disgrace to
sort of thing be allowed
We agree with Mr. Rob-
e says :
het the Department meant
tter for the Indians than
ws. It has been unfortu-
election of its agents. So
al hacks are to be reward -
ns of responsibility irre-
mpetence or character so
dian problem be trouble-
,
some. The ugbear of expense has
hampered; bitter spend liberally but
judiciously f r a few years than have
these people
send them e
are good mei'
adequate ren
incompetent a
and missions be encouraged. A good
li
missionary is ar better than a farm in-
structor. His a tithe of the $8,000,000
spent in supp ssing the rebellioa been
le
expended on schools and missions the
rebellion had never occurred. Up to
the present titne our Indian policy has
done credit to neither head nor heart.
Let us hope for better things in the time
to come.'
There is little doubt but if the Gov -
on our hands for ever, or
rly to the grave. There
in the service; give them.
uneration. Dismiss the
d dishonest. Let schools
ernment would repose more confidence
in the noble,, self-sacrificing men, who
have cast in their lot with the Indians,
and who have gone to live amongst them
as missionaries, and less in the political
sharpers whom they have appointed as
agents and instructors, it would be a,
deal better f for the Indians, and they
would be more efficiently maintained for
less expenditure of money. These Ini8-
sionares, while they have done .a great
deal could have clone much more had
they net been hampered for means and
checkmated by the evil influences of un-
worthy Government agents. If, there-
fore, the Government would give the
charge and control of the Indians more
into the care of the various church
organizations and withdraw all but the
most worthy �f their own officials and
agents, utio watild co-operate with the
church authorities, we believe a very
important step would be taken towards
the satisf actory solution of the Indian
problem. Those who have already clone
so mugh would not then be hampered by
lack of means, a.nd the work of Chris-
tianizing and educating the Indian people
would go forward with a vigor hitherto
unknown in the history of the country,
Very much more good could in this way
be accomplished with lesamoney. With
the Indians_ Christianized and educated,
the -present harrowing tales of misery
and- suffering would be heard no more,
and instead of being a burden they
would become an aid to the State. It is
true, that by the adoption of such a
policy: a number of political camp -fol-
lower§ would lose lucrative employment,
but the State and the Indians would
largely gain; and while the Governmeht
might lose prestige with that class and
support from it, it certainly would gain
much more by earning the confidence
and esteem of respectable and humane
people. ,
IT ha time and again been denied by
the Conservative press that any lands
occupied. by settlers in the Northwest
had been granted to colonization com-
panies. The truth, however, is now
commencing to leak out, and it is now
being proved by the evidence of the of-
ficers of the Department Of the Interior
that these denials are false. The evi-
dence taken before the Committee on
Privileges and Elections last week in
the Edgar-Bowell-White-Jamieson case
showed that the Government were aware
that on some of the lands granted
to the Prince Albert Colonization
Company half-breeds a.:nd others had
been located for three years before
they were granted to the company.
These facts had been reported to the
Government by their own -agent, Mr.
Stephenson. Mr. Burgess, the Deputy
Minister, in his evidence also admitted
that the notes of the surveyors showed
that some of these settlers were upon
the lauds at the time of survey, and this
fact waa made known to the Depart-
ment. Yet, notwithstanding that this.
evidence was in possession of the Min- -
later of the Interior, when he was ap-
plied t(li) by the company to be let into
possession of the lands which had been
grante& to hint, he told them' that the
lands were theirs, a,nd that they could
go on and dispossess the settlers. It is
not much wonder that there was an in-
surrection. it has also transpired that
the schedules attached to Mr. SteVen-
SOD'S report giving the naines of the
half-breed settleti and the extent of
their limproVements were suppressed
when. I Mr. Stevenson's report was
brought down to Parliament. In view
of thes fantS which have incidentally
leaked 'out, itis not surprising that the
t -
Government have peremptorily refused
to submit to Parliament B.11 the papers
bearing on this Northwest business. If
they were to submit all the documents
called for by the Opposition without
garbling them, it is fair to assume 'that
the revelations that would be made to
the public would be of the most start-
ling character. These papers, however,
will be witheld so long as the Govern-
ment are supported by their present
servilelollowing in Parliament. But, it
is to be hoped, that although the public
may never get at the real facts of the
case, that the mischief already wrought
to the Northwest by this. carelessness
and mismanagement will teach -those 'in
authority to- be more careful in the.
future.
HON. T. W. Anglin, at onetime speaker
of the Dominion House of Commons, has
been selected by the Reformers of North
&rime as :their candidate at the next
Dominion elections. This is the consti-
tuency which is now represented by Mit
Dalton McCarthy, and no doubt he will
again be the Conservative.eandidate.
Messrs. Anglin and McCarthy will
make a good pair. They are men over
whom a good deal of fuss has been made
by their respective friends at different
thries, but as politicians they have both
proven lamentable failures, and the con-
stitueneyethat may have either of them
as a representative, will be an object of
commiseration rather than .envy. Ex-
cept as counting on a division it will not
rnatter a great deal which of them is
elected. They are both very much over-
rated men.
OUR OTTAWA LETTER.
Orr+wA, April 19th, 1886.
By far the most important and inter-
esting debate last week, was that on the
oleomargarine question. Thanks to Mr.
Win. Paterson, the eloquent and. able
representative of South Brant, loyally
backed by the majority of his friends on
the Liberal side, Canada will probably
*be free from ,
THE OLEOMARGARINE CIII1E
which has blighted the dairy industry
in the United States. the Government
laid before the House two distinct pro-
posals, both having the same object in
view., The. first was the imposition of a
customs duty of ten cents a pound on all
oleomargarine, butterine, or other -Sub-
stitute for 'butter, and the second was
the imposition of an excise duty of eight
. cents a pound on all' similar articles
maaufactured in Canada. The object of
this, as explained by the Government,
was to afford protection to the Canadian
manufacturer of butter substitutes, and,
at the same time, by plaoing the Manu-
facture under excise supervision, to en-
sure its being made of pure materials and
in a proper way. The great danger
witleoleomargaripe of course, is that
abominable refuse is used in its composi-
tion, awl the spores, bacteria, and other
disease spreaders are not treated in such
a way as to interfere with their capabi-
lities for harm. When the tariff charges
came up for discussion on Friday and
the item of a customs duty on oleomar-
garine was reached, Mr. Paterson put
the questionofprohibition squarely be-
fore the House, by a motion declaring in
favor of such a course. He intimated
that, if nobody else did it, he would pro-
pose a similar change with respect to
the manufacture of oleomargarine in
Canada, when the excise duty u on the
emely
of the
when
They
only
erally
Tory.
ced by
times
It is
otton
at his
such
ed in
wn to
iving
com-
little
-s will
But
t was
deed.
y the
show
0 pro-
cture
cents
• wa,t:
eight
rticle
ufac-
• busi-.
differ-
iping
ing it
now -
the •
d say-
Gov -
h in k,,
their
itions
iber-
s. If
s are
true protectionists they should ca
iry the
lutely
rica,n
other
rotec-
tates
at in-
genuity could suggest to regulate' the
oleomargarinetrade, but without seccess.
Even though excise sofficers may
e be:
are
ertain
h the
stuff stuis properly made and of goold ma-
terial and is sent out of the ftctory
branded with its own proper nam , it is
sold by the retail dealer, not, as oleo-
margarine, but as, pure dairy I utter.
vetal
g the
Xp0r-
article came up. • It was ext
funny to observe the conduct
ministers and. their supporters
this . motion was proposed.
accepted it, of course. Not
was it reasonable, (which ge
doesn't count for very much with
Government,) but it would be bac
all the farmers in Canada and som
the farmer must be considered.
all very well to attempt to give
lords and sugar kings protection
expense and to place duties only o
articles of his as cannot be affec
price tliVeby, but when it comes d
a, flagrant piece of injusticetsuch as
a bonus to bolster up a fraudulen
petition with honest butter, it is
too much to expect that the farm
not resent the attack upon them
the .acceptance of the amendme
done .with, a very bad grace i
Clumsy attempts were m de
Ministers and their supportes to
• that they had intended all along
hibit the importation and manu
of substitutes for butter, that ten
per pound on the imported articl
the same as prohibition, and that
cents a pound on the home-made
with close supervision of the m
ture would practically kill out th
ness. Perhaps this maybe the
once between the two methods of
out this fraud—the Tories attac
in a round about way without ac
ledging what their purpose wa
Liberals coming out flat-footed a
ing exactly what they mean. Th
ernment supporters soemed to
moreover, that they could make
swallowing .of their own propo
look less absurd by ac3using the
als of favoring protection doctrin
this is protection and the Tori
system out. They should abs
prohibit the importation of Am
coal, American carriages and
things. The fact is there is no
tiont•about it. Juthe United
they Have tried by every means ti
.
watch the manufacture from t
ginning- the profits of the frau
So enormous that it is
to be practised: But even thou
Despairing of *preventing this, s
States have passed laws prohibiti
stuff altogether. Moreover, the
tation of the imitation article has bad
effect upon the price of genuine utter
in the. foreign market. The pr ce of
good butter is as delicate and sens.tive a
thing as its flavor, and the mere
suspicion that the butter from a given
locality may be oleomargarine is s cient
to destroy the business :of eve sman
within that distfict. It ia not p otec-
tion in the ordinary sense of the word if there were some excuse in the circum -
which demands that such destruction of stanees of the country. for such long ad -
a large and important industry shall not dresses from our ablest men the tieing
be alkiwed. Free traders 'do not con- surely becomes farcical when third rate
tend that mountebanks and confidence men rise after a subject has been com-
men shbald be allowed to carry on -their pletely threshed out by .abler hands to
busineeke_without interference, heither afflict the house with a weary repetition
do the tk advise that fraudulent butter of arguments for hours at a time. Mr.
should be given free access to our homes, Charlton's rules were not accepted, and
and abOve all they do not seek to have it he never expected that they would be,
protected to the extent of two cents a but achieved his object by having that
pound. part of the resolutions passed which de -
TUE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDIANS. clams in favor of the principle of short
Oh Thursday last, Mr. M. C. Cameron speeches.
'A. B. J.
delivered a speech which -is pretty sure usemense
co have a great influence in the next News of the 'Week.
general election. In moving for some WET WEATHER.—In Nebraska the
papers relating to Indian affairs, Mr. spring has been wet and unfavorable.
Cameran presented a fearful indictment WILL CERTAINLY.—M. De Lesseps
against the Government. Everybody says the Panama canal will certainly be
agrees that Mr.. Cameron, when he de- opened in 1889. e -
sires to condemn the Governmeat, uses UNFAVORABLE. —In Oregon the spring
very strong. language. The Conserva- wheat area is reduced owing to low
tives make this a point againsthisstyle prices.
of oratory, and well they may, for n9t SHORT PASSAGE.—The Umbria has
only does he use strong words, but he made the Transatlantic passage in 6
has a most uncomfortable fashion of days and 10 hours.
backing them by facts, which convince DISCHARGED FACTORY' Gines.—Loril;•
fair-minded hearers that the wards he lard & Co., of Jersey City, have dis-
uses in his denunciations are milder than charged 450 girls, not having employ -
the occasion calls for. He accused the ment for them. .
Government of cheating and lying to EX -PRESIDENT ARTHUR'S TTRALTH.—
the .Indians, of robbing them of their Ex -President Arthur's illness daily as -
property, of starving them, of doing sumes a more dangerous form. His con -
everything to drive them to the despera- dition is.extrereely critical. -
tion which is sure to show itself in rebel- Ceostie MILLS.—The Bigelow Carpet
lion-. He spoke in scathing terms of the 'Mills at Clinton, Massachusetts, employ-
malfeaSance in office of Government em- ing 1,000 hands, shut down Saturday on
ployees and of the Government's wilful account of trouble with its 80 dyers:
blindness to the true state of affairs. RELEASED.—Miss Emma Moore, ar-
And . iri support of his Charges he ad- rested about three Weeks ago charged
duceel the testimony of missionaries and with shooting Captain Duncan McCaig
settlers, and even of the officials them- at Port Huron, was released Saturday on
selves as given in the Government re- bail in the sum of $3,000.
ports. The record was enough to arouse MEASLES IN HIGH PLACES.—The epi -
indignation in the breast of any man demic of measles is spreading throughout
Who sympathizes with the misery of the highest circles in Berlin. Seven
others. Nor' did he content himself members of the • Crown Prince's family
with general charges against the officers. affected by the disease have recovered.
He arraigned them by name, and he AN AGED MASON.—Brother Wm.
took the big,sest and perhaps the most Stirton died recently at Mount Pleasant,
guilty—Lieutenant-Governor Dewdney. near Dundee, Scotland, in his 105th
Nothing he said, however, could exceed year. He was the oldest Freemason in
in stinging bitterness one sentence which Great Britain, having joined -St. John's
he quoted from the Tory Winnipeg Lodge, Coupar-Angus, in 1808.
Times, referring to Mr. Dewdney: "For SOWING OATS.—In Dakota the ground
the first time in the history of the Brit- is very dry, and many are now seeding
ish Empire the savages have learned to oats in place of spring. wheat, fearing to
regard the Queen's representative as a take the chances on wheat. Stock rais-
liar." An Indian in his uncivilized state ing will be increased alsoatthe expense
cannot understand a promise made and of wheatgrowing.
broken. For hundreds of years they THE ARRIVAL 01? ALICE.—P. T. Bar -
have had good reason to believe that the num's elephant Alice, lately acquired
British, sovereign and his or her repre- from the London Zoological Society, ar-
sentative, down to the least important rived at New York Saturday on the
official of the Hudson's Bay Company steamship Egyptian Monarch, from
• could be depended upon to keep all London.
promises made. When a party heeler of MR: GLADSTONE, JR.—Mr. Herbert
the Dewdney stamp is sent to rule over Gladstone, speaking at St. Pancras last
them, with worse and more disreputable Friday night, said the hope might be
heelers under him, the Indian naturally cherished that Mr. Chamberlin would
begins to feel that craft and deceit are see a way to support the Gevernment,
justifiable and open war simply a ques- which was certain to clo everything pos-
tion of favorable_opportunity. The sible to meet his views.
manner in which the facts were arranged SARA BERIMARDT GOES TO S017T.FI
wats a specimen of Mr. Cameron's best AMERICA.—Sara Bernhardt has made her
'style. The case was completeand any-, last rappearance on the Paris stage for
thing like an answer impossible. This one year, as she goes to London for a
was _virtually acknowledged by Sir few representations there, and thence on
Hector Langevin, who essayed to reply a tour which will extend. over South
on behalf of the Government in the America, Mexico and the United States.
absence of Sir John Macdonald; the DEATH OF A PROMINENT SCOTCHMAN.
Superintendent-GeneralofIndia,nAffairs. —David Johnson, one of the most
Sir Hector abused Mr. Cameron a lit- prominent Scotehrnen in America, ex-
tle, declared his opinion. that the House president of the Chicago St. Andrew's.
would have confidence in the Govern- Society's and One of the founders of, the
ment, read an extract from the Mail on Caledonian Society, died a few clays ago
the situation and sat down. Mr. Pater- 'of apoplexy.
son, of Brant, read from reports before HUNTING -NIIIILISTS.—Owing to the
the House to show that the flour sup- recent discovery of a .plot to assassinate
plied by J. G. Baker & Co.; the the Czar, the police authorities in Russia
Government's favorite contractors, are very active,in their endeavors to put
to some of the Indians had down Nihilism. Their efforts are prm-•
spread disease and death among the cipally 'directed .against educational
unfertunate savages, and at least one of establishments, and „many fashionable
the. officers who was responsible for ladies' seminaries- in Moscow and St.
this manslaughter had been kept in his Petersburg have received midnight visits
place and not even reproved. Some- from the police.
thing more than the ordinary h \
owl of MB. GLADSTONE AT HOME.—Mr.
disloyalty and "you're another" will Gladstone's characteristic energy : was
be needed to convince the people that exhibited Sunday morning by attend -
all is as it should -be in the Indian De- ing communion serviCe. at Hawarden at
partment 8 o'clock, and again appearing in his
THE BLIND SHARE CASE. pew both at morningplayer and vespers,
One of the most notable features of notwithstauding that he arrived from
the Blind Share Case now progressing London Saturday evening at the late
before the Privileges and Elections
Committee is the strange attitade of the
Conservatives to the parties specially
interested. Over and over again when
charges of corruption have been made
against the Government and its sup-
porters the only reply has been • " You
indulge only in general denunciations,
but if you make specific charges we will
meet. them. You are engaged in a.
cowardly warfare and dare not come out
openly and formulate your charges."
Mr. Edgar, in his place in the House
and on his reeponsibility as a member of
the House, declared that John White,
M. P., was guilty of selling his Parlia-
mentary influence for. a "blind share,"
and that Hon. Mackenzie Botvell knew
of the arrangement and received $500
from his son-in-law in connection with.
some transaction growing out of the af-
fair. Now they call Mr. Edgar a
sneak, because he seeks to injure his
fellow -members. There is no satisfying
some people. Mr. Edgar is not bound,
to be particularly careful of the feelings
of those two gentlemen, for they _gerry-
mandered him out -of his seat in Monck
so that Mr. McCallum, the herceof the
"M. C. Upper " scandal, might. be
given a place . Parliament. So far,
the evidencecompletely proves every
charge Mr. • Edgar has .made. It is 'al-
ways unsafe to decide on one side of the
evidence only. It is possible that when
the witnesses for the defence are called,
should there be any, the evidence .al-
ready given will be explained or -coa-
tradieted in some way, or further facts
elicited which will give the affair a dif-
ferent complexion from " that it now
wears. To -morrow the. great Wood-
worth -Beaty scandal will be aired again
in the Railway 'Committee Room, and
although the Government has doubtless
arranged by this time to keep the worst
side of the affair from the public gaze,
some important facts are almost sure' to
be brought to light:
pie SHORT SPEECH MOVEMENT.
This afternoon Mr. Charlton brought
up his resolution embodying certain
rules to limit the time of speeches Oe -
livered in the House of Commoas. This
resolution is merely the outcome of the.
general feeling, that there is too mtich
talk .altogether in our Federal Legisla-
ture. Gladstone dealt • with his Home
Rule scheme, the Most important measure
brought before the Imperial Parliament
for a hundred years, in a speech of a
little over three hours. The most im-
portant speeches in the British Parlia- •
ment rarely exceed -two hours in length.
There is no sense. in the system of five
hour speeches on comparatively -unim-
portant matters which have grown up in
the Canadian House of Commons. .Even
the winter season every train from the
east is crowded with passengers, who
are moving from the rigors of wielter to
the glories of summer in the month of
January.
111111111.111•111111M I
. Huron Notes.
—A mare belonging to. Mr. Thomas
Brown, of the 6th concession of Hullett,
which he valued at $200, died recently.
—Mr. David Haugh has purchased
from Mrs. Mcliirdy the north half of lot
13, on the 9th concession. of Turnberry,
for the sum of $2,200.
--We much regret to learn that Mr.
James Hennings, Reeve of Turnberry,
who has been asuffererfromdiabetesfor a
long time, -is very low and his recovery
is doubtful.
—A young lad named- Davis, of
Exeter, was fined $10 and costs amount-
ing in all to $17, by Police Magistrate
Scott, of Clinton. The offence was dis-
turbing the Salvation Army meetings at
Exeter.
—The Guelph Conference of the
Methodist church will be held in Gode-
rich, commencing on Wednesday, June
2nd, and continuing about a week. The
„members of Conference will number
about 200.
—Mr. Peter McEwen, son of John A.
McEwen, Esq., of Morris, while dresit
ing a sleeper for a new stable, had the
misfortune to cut his foot, severing the
cord of his big toe, by the axe glancing
off the timber.
—At the preliminary voters' lists
court held in Exeter last week the Con-
servatives, had 45 names put on for Exe-
ter, and the Reformers 23, and for
Stephen the Conservatives got 64 put on
and the Reformers 53.
—Mr. D. McGregor, of the Lake
Shore Road, Stanley, and one of the
pioneers of the township, passed away
on the 10th inst., at the ripe age of 82
years. He was a worthy citizen and a
consistent member of the Presbyterian
church.
—Mr. Joseph Scott, of Morris, has
purchased 100 acres of land, being lot
18, concession 4, from Thos. Campbell
for $3,000. The farrn adjoins his own
so that Mr. Scott will now have 200
acres in a block. We believe Mr. Camp-
bell talks of going to Michigan.
—Mr. J. Gallagher, of Carlow, Col-
borne township, tnet with a somewhat
serious accident one day last week. He
was standing on a, load .of hay, and by
some means missed his footing and fell
backwards. He alighted on his back
and, sustained injuries to the spinal
column. ,
—A man 'named Mitchell. from San -
shine, in the township of Morriss was
taken to Goderich jail on Monday as a
dangerous lunatic in charge of Finlay
Scott, of Brussels. He was very de-
monstrative in the train. His insanity
is the result of the sensational religious
services of the Savage Band.
—Mr. Enoch Morris, of Hullett, has
fallen a prey to oily -tongued sharpers,
and has signed a note or agreement
-which will require him to pay $200 in
hard cash for a " patent -feed -steamer
or 'something of that sort, which is
valueless. When will people learn wis-
dom and starve out all these travelling
frauds.
- —Mr, Win. Walter, of the 6th con-
cession of Colborne, met with a very
painful accident a feW days since while
chopping down a tree; the axe glanced,
cutting his knee from which flowed a
pint of oil. It is supposed his knee will
always be stiff, but still he is doing as
well as can be expected under the cir-
cumstances.
—Last Friday night Thomas Leckie,
aged 69 years, passed over the river of
death. He was a native of Lanarkshire,
Scotland, and emigrated to America at
the age of 21 years to near Dalhousie. He
removed to Sarnia, where he has resided
until last summer, when he came to live
with John Stewart. The funeral took
place on Sunday. Deceased was a, brother
of Robt. Leckie, of Grey.
—On the morning of the 9th inst.,
Mary Ann, wife of -Samuel Cantelon,
5th line, Morris,diedvery unexpectedly.
She had sat up in bed a half hour before
her death and partook of some tea aed
toast. . Death was caused by blood clot -
hour, for him, of 10. &deck. He looked
remarkably well, and ieceived the quiet- beg at her heart. Nine children, the
ly conveyed tributes of respect paid by
his neighbors with evident pleasure.
TERRIBLE CYCLONE—A most fatal
and destructive cyclone swept through a
portion of Minnesota on 'Wednesday last
week. The storm proved most furious
at St. Cloud and Sauk. Rapids, both of
which towns appear to have been swept
almost out of existence, and the loss of
life has been terrible. Up to Saturday
night the total number of victims at St.
Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Rice's Station
was 74 deaths and '213 injured. The
list, howeve, was beiug hourly added to
by the recovery a fresh bodies from the
wrecks of their houses. The storm also
visited Dakota, Iowa and Missouri,
causing some loss of life and destroying
a large amount of property,
PRESIDENT MCCOSII ON GIADSVONE'S
MEASURE..•—PresidentMeCosh ,of Prince-
ton, New Jersey-, who lived :for sixteen
years in Ireland and whose sympathies
go out to the Ulster Presbyterians, be-
lieves that Mr. Gla,dstone's ineasure, or
one like it in all respects, will be passed
sooner or later. In the course of a very
able letter, he advises his Presbyterian
friends in Ireland to achept the situation
and to fight the battle on the new
ground they are constrained to occupy.
lie can see no other solution of the
complex questions with which Mr.
Gladstone is so courageously dealing,
than Home Rule.
PASTEUR'S HYDROPHOBIA CURE.—The
death of three of the .Russians under
Pasteur's treatment for hydrophobia has
reawakened sharp criticism - and doubts
of his method. While Pasteur himself
has undiminished confidence in the mi-
crobe theory a.ncl faith in the efficacy of
treatment by inoculation when the vic-
tim has been bitten by a mad dog, he
does not feel the same toward cases
where the virus has been received from
a mad wolf, because the bites. of the
wolf are in general numerous, and are
nearly all on the head. The dog usual-
ly bites but once and then runs away,
while the wolf seizes the victim and
bites many times.
SiZOINIIIIIIMIGCKIIIIIMM1721111=21.1•1111
—The Clinton New Era of last week
says: Mr. W. Steep, one of the old
residents of this place, but who has
been away for some time, is back here
again, and looks about as usual.. He
spent the winter at Los Aegelos, Cali-
fornia, and speaks in the niost glowing
terms of the climate there. He met
quite a number of Canadians, among
them Mr. Frank Paltridge, well known
ta our readers, and Mr. L. Thorne, late
of Seaforth, who is carrying on a fancy
poultry yard. He states that during
youngest of whom was only four days
old at the mother's decease, are left to
be -cared for. Mrs. Cantelon was a
daughter of John Den.bow. The deceas-
ed was 37 years of age.
—The preliminary revision of the
voters' lists under the new Dominion
Franchise Act, for- the East Riding of
Huron, was held before His Honor Judge
Doyle, in Wingham on Friday of last
week. J. A. Morton of that town, ap-
peared for the Reformers, while E.
Campion, of Goderich, watched the
interests of the Conservatives. A num-
ber of objections to names already on
the lists were made and noted, but
Judge Doyle stated that they could not
be dealt with until the final revision.
The proceedings were very quiet, neither
side objecting to the new names present-
ed for addition to the rolls The Con-
servatives added 81. names while the
Reformers added 67, and distributed in
municipalities as follows:
Reform. Conservative.
8 8
1 0
2 7
11 • 20
17 15
19 13
16
1 2
Total • 67 81
Wingham
Brussels
Wroxeter
Grey
Howick
Morris
Turnberry
Blyth
—On Tuesday of last week John Rob-
ertson and his son-in-law, Oliver Walk-
er, wentout to Mr. Robertson's farm,
Colborne, to do some chopping. A big
tree got lodged in a smaller one, and in
his efforts to get the trees apart, Mr.
Walker was struck by the small tree
upon the shoulder and head and pain-
fully injured. A severe cut extends
along the head just over the brow, and
it is not just yet known what the exact
nature of the injury is, although it is
feared the skull is fractured.
—One day last week as Mr. Wm. Per-
due, of Goderich township, was engaged
in helping to get a loaded sleigh OVer
bridge the planks of the bridge gaac
way, and it happened that Mr. Peialue
was thrown lute the water, which, was
deep at that place, and he was held
there by one of the horses. Happily he
succeeded in escaping with a severe
wetting. A few days later as be was
working among the logs at his saw mill
he did not perceive one log which was
rolling quickly behind him ; and the re-
sult was he had a narrow escape from
having a broken. leg.
—Wm. Vanstone & Sons, of Brussels,
have leased their well arranged roller
mil to Messrs. Stewart & Lowick, of
barham, Grey caunty, for two years
with the privilege of five. The lessees
Anm 2-3, 1886.
areboth
tadhighbaothupracticianthl,theo,nrnomugmntywhe
hugiaingmelki4
they belong. They will take -Posse.
ds ino no to.the exportingln1 c)nMaythey
t: intend W-Ionr hai4
a large local trade in grieting, tea,
We understand that W. F. am( 0.
Vanstone will spend part of theteummee
in Winnipeg and the Northwest lopking
after their real estate.
.4;
—Messrs. W. & EL Elliott; of Turn -
berry, having. purchased - McLean's
brickyard, on the boundary linklehtween
Culross and Turnberry, a making
necessary improvements prepatatory to
working it themselves the cptning sea.
son. They are also having.terected a
dwelling house. e
—The other day a sinall iy iiamed
Holloway accidentally slippedand broke
a large pane of glass in the iviidew of
Mr. Jas. Thompson's office m Clinton.
No one was around at the time, and the
boy could have eluded detection had he
desired to do so, but the littler fellow
was honest and waited around antil Mr.
Thompson returned, when hetald him
what had happened. That bOyiwill be
a worthy and honored man yet if he
lives.
—Last Friday Eliza; wife Of San sel
Love, 5th line, Morris, died after' a -short
illness. On Monday she was taken Sick.
Her trouble was pronounced inflamma_
tion of the lungs, which' resulted as
above stated. With her husband she
came to Morris about 10 to 12 years ago
from Usborne township. Mrs. Love was
the mother of 14 children, all of whom
are livinn. The funeral took place on
Sunday, the interment being made in
Usborne, her former home. Mr. Love
and family have the sympathy of a large
cireleo ffriends.
T heGoderich
Signal of last week
says: The employees of the big mill
here, owned by Ogilvies & Hutchison,
were notified on Saturday last that after
to -morrow the staff would be reduced
one half, and that those remaining would
only be employed half time. Among
those who expect to be discharged are
four or five married men, who, with
their families, will be forced to remove
from town. We understand that the
Messrs.- Ogilvie will give employment to
some of these men in their Montreal
mills, One of the causes that has forced
the mill tb cut down its expenses is the
fact that " strong baker's ' our, which
is made from Manitoba wheat, cannot be
Made here to advantage. The firm has
now 90,000 bushels of local wheat stored
in Goderich. The fact that the mill has
now to pay taxes is also said to have
something to do with the move ; in fact
it 18 said that the mill is almost a white
elephant on the hands of the owners.
Others say that there's millions in it
However, a dozen or so workmen get
their conge to -morrow, and those re-
maining will only get work half time.
—The Exeter Times of last ,week has
the following: On Tuesday evening, as
the Salvation Army, dressed rather
oddly, wearing aprons and armed with
shovels, brooms, hammers, and various
other implements—Ito doubt to attract
attention—were marching northward
along Main street, a crowd of about one
hundred persons,. composed of visitors
to the fair'and. village folks, who were
listening to the sweet discourses of the
Exeter band, blocked the crossing at
James street, to such an extent that the
Army or any other procession would re-
quire to seek police assistance in order
to gain a passage. The captain of the
broom brigade not carefully considering
the position in which he would be placed,
or the injuries he might receive, rushed,
into the crowd, shoving on ali sides,
and demanding a clear road.. Some of
the parties whom he shoved and struck
with a hammer—so they assert—turned
round and dealt him about half -a -dozen
blows in the face. IVO or three bitter
fights occurred, and it is conceded that
had not a policeman arrived en the
scene, the captain would have fared
badly. The general impression is that
the leader of the little band was to
blame in trying to exercise aathority by
rushing boldly into a crowd of innocent
people. He should have applied to the
police for a clear way, and not take the
matter into his own hands. We are
inclined to-lel/auk that if a similar crowd
were again on the walk be would think
a good. many times before attacking
them.
Letter From. Edm.onton
Northwest Territory.
EnsioNrox, Alberta, 3farch 29th, 1886.
To the Editor of TIM HURON Exrositoa.
As I promised you I would in reply
to "Observer," I now proceed to give
you some information with regard to
this district. I may state at the outset
that I have been more favourably im-
pressed with this section of the North-
west than any other portion I have seen,
itianitoba, included, and that I fear any-
thing I may have to say regarding it
will, instead of overstating its natural
advantages, rather fail to give it its due.
I have been here, as I stated in my
previous letter, nearly two years, and
am, I think, fittld to some extent to
speak of the distiect with somethiug like
an approach to accuracy,
BEAUTIFUL SERIN(
Just now we are enjoying beautiful
spring weather, though unlike this time
last year, the snow has not all disap-
peared but with the mercury above
blood heat, as it is to -day, it will not
linger long. Our winter hasbeen, on the
whole, a pleasant one, there being only
one month (January) which was at all
severe. The climate here in winter re-
sembles that of Ontario with this dif-
ference, that the air is a:lways dry. Our
seeding, as a rules commences earlier
than it does in Manitoba„ but this year
will prove, I fear, an exception, though
it will not materially affect' the crops.
It will, I think, rather prove a benefit,
as continuous warm weather as we are
likely to have now is much better for
the advancement of the _crops than an
early spring with an occasional cold day
to give them a backset. Last year some-
thing like
-1 300,000 BUSHELS OF GRAIN`,
Barley, wheat and oats were harvested
in this district, besides a large crop of
vegetables. I do not know exactly how
man§ acres were under cultivation, but
presume there could not have been less
than 15,000. Wheat is worth from 90
cents to 81.10, according to quality,
barley brings 74 cents and potatoes 50
cents. At present large quantities of
seed grain and potatoes are, being pur-
chased for shipment to Bettleford as
soon as the river opens, the war hi
that district having prevented farmers
from cultivating their fame, and con-
sequently left them without the nem -
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pay to import cured bacon into this 4
their
'know blood Is
with us and make a fair mamba of pro- -1
lame also of hogs, but they are gradn- ;
man
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There are font. large general stores, in-
cluding lersoureevilT.te itc gisuelianc::inaLgetis,leaflidrn:toillobiedllia raeqdi et. riar ,ant owtn Ibtoe;
soon. carpenaterresi,nwca0gUressaereofveerrsrecItiiigoliii:
ciamantauces of more than. one
Wore, and the merchants prefer rather'
eelves at a distance from the former,
lee saloons, where a home -brewed. bar -
those to the south and east is becoming
piles west of here, seems to'be or the ;
ripo
beireasieniP::Fr;alliebbnYeilierahetyhantotg' c°0ingt7oIclotarnddeinsgtilan4ies.
tirae is fast approaching when it will not
there is a certainty that goods 'Will 1
and durin7tDhexwTsuan3.EnTevrERa' number of 3
1.
it1411 1 I laaal:'1 inatt ealirtelbaehEsit eu;irld:mtiltYittWba:11 lbeahl lwactrrhri I 11 luoe:dotefinsts1 sh°ttf eobwi C:ta:83 latd:; 311ewl IwnY:iiral- rluenshi :Past;11:iheki IrAl lee7 eldnesi;
arrive, by the -latter there is always a
r.
lie
Appearance, but time generally makes it
442,re the Metis of this district were
e do not say,
-All we 'want is a railway to bring in
od 1
newbbehut:intapobu,igiezirsiisoc: stukn.!.troehfeTaticleeelapayJr xfsnoapnrt br e of :a et
horiieb
ththe: late
ead trouble, no
puree, and rumore are rife in town that
ley-heer -le sold, a barrel of which is war-
ranted to make a man drunk, one restau-
rea:tth,oitoo,n1riecthhtoirdeilsTsa u(dEsnpgrl ei thb,y ttoima
itlielMotiljnaliSakSebr'opaSe; anbilltacitiofra,et:rlYi;etr7sbtalabclke,-
two huteher shops, a bakery, two hotels,
tdmonton is the settlement ofaudiuo--tsettiruollitoifileciii •
timber, we have ample wood in this dis-
nerehants generally establishieg them -
store, one thisnsith, one harness maker,
13artment. Heretofore supplies were
brought in from the Aouth, principally 4
tered, or spreading over a large area,
nipeg was in its growing days, is fast as- 47
Thus the villages aesume a scattered
eure, and it is fast making one here.
the Hudson Bay, one drug
triet, at least for the past two years,
has been the demand for supplies for
tfikt. kezto allow tho latter to compete I
sumingamorecompactappearance, Imay
stste that the reasons for its being scat- <
timbers of cattle. Sheep are not very j
from Manitoba, but the competition be- t
around every Hudson Bay post, private -
upon the raising of grain wholly as ,a.
means of livelihood_ Most of them
follow mixed farming., having large
the
tween the producers of this district and
precious metal, in the faee of adverse
to freight their goods from Calgary,than
doubt, bat I suppose time will rectify
this state affiairs. Farmers here, and
Ithink they are wise, -do not, depend I
A great source of revenue to -this (Us-
though- ooTOWN OP- EDNIO:RTO:.
aeW BettlerS, and -capital to develop our 1
ally becoming more numerous, and the <
country, as the home supply will be suf- I 1
fieient to meet the wants of the district.
trastto the boats_ By the former route
numerous as yet, and I may say the
goy wait launched here, and filled with
the Mounted Police and the Indian Des
Be-
are the same as those which exist /
assi d jes, sti‘ IL:Rae bnA an:gftnno ousirrenedau0,1 tetacvi ahus, R 0:fiseshoeut als:dRy Half,
send and . small particles of gold, the
of rid to stones the size of a,
miners employ their time waseohinligghti,t
necessary machinery to raise the
nodekeonsaia.biocaonai inoeeiXishafuosrtibs13e.5soupapltoy nof
mewhat scattered, like Win- t
eeted for the separation of the gold
za Thpeegorpettopfrottlisemeonennhiterhi,hasis
DLCHIS HEAD.
ntlaper ton- tl
h eraer oufr he se. n a ea oi)ni
air.igseh7roAsus ;opurhaikre-,
ug
fr8teao:et.6,1,8! ecZallugi. niaenila jOwinenedt kto;enctriaiel
alming their 8 0 ugt ht hotifbhera erBroeafi at oftiah, oeberaluhrinuiritt:wc iiae c:row'hinah k:st
sympathy
but destit:tlitolin
of con?, e,