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HUTiok 'EXPOSITOR.
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JUNE 18, 1886.
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PtdIman's Show. (S)
Fruits—A. G. Ault. (5)
Strayed—Wm. Wall. (5)
Selling Off—H. R. Pfaff. (8)
New Stock—J. L. Smith. (6)
Keep Cool—R. Common. (6)
Hardware- Johnson Bros. (5)
Greatilargains—A. Taylor. (8)
Take Notiee—Ranton Bros. (5)
Farin for Sale—Adam Douglas. (5)
Residence for Sale—J. Duncan. (5)j
Seaforth Pump Works—N'. OHL (6)
Residence for Sale—D. McMillan. (6)
Plow Points—Thos. Hendry & Son. (8)
Bull for Service—A. D. Somerville. (5)
Ready Made Clothing—A. R. Smith. (6)
Central Groeery—Laidlaw & Fairley. (5)
Immense Clearing Sale—J. McLoughlin. (6)
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SEAFOR111, FRIDAY, June 18,1886.
Reform Convention.
We are requested by the Secretary of
the South Huron Reform Association to
state that a, convention of the Reformers
of the Riding will be held at Brucefield,
on Tuesday, June 29th, at one o'clock
p. m., "for the pin -pose of choosing a
candidate to contest the Riding at the
next Dominion election."
The County Council and a
Police IVEagistrate.
The action of the County Council of
Huron in refusing by so large a majority
to ask the Ontario Government to ap-
point a salaried Police Magistrate for
the county, is causing considerable com-
ment in the press,both inside the county
and out of -it. Surprise is very generally
expressed that in a county which gave a
majority of 1,600 votes in favor of the
Act, the County Council elected directly
by the same people, should, by so large
amajority,refusethenecessarymachinery
for carrying out and enforcing the pro-
visions of the Act. This, we must con-
fess, is an anomaly which is rather diffi-
cult of satisfactory explanation. It can
only be accounted for on the supposition
that while the people are willing to pro-
fit by the 'benefits which. the Act is capa-
ble of conferring, they are not willing to
bear the expense necessary to 'procure
those benefits. In other words they are
willing to have prohibition providing it
does not cost anything. We may here
remark that the object of the law in re-
quiring the recommendation of the coun-
cil before a salaried official is appointed,
is, that the county thereby becomes re-
sponsible for the salary and expenses of
the official. This is quite proper as the
services of the official are required ex-
clusively in the county, and for its bene-
fit, and it would be unjust to require
other municipalities to assist in paying
expenses incurred in the interests of any
_ particular county, and it would be equal-
ly unjust to subject a county to those
expenses without first receiving the
assent of the proper representa-
tives of the people of the county.
If, therefore, a salaried Police Magis-
trate is to be appointed, the recom-
mendation must first come from the
Council of the county requiring the ap-
pointment. The Government can make
an appointment in the absence of a re-
quest from the council, providing no
salary attaches to the position, but
such an appointment has already
been tried in this county and has
proved a failure. It has been -proven
that the fees accruing to the position
are not aufficient to pay the ordinary
travelling expenses of the official and
that there is nothing Ieft to remunerate
him for his time and labor. We, there-
fore, think the Government would not
be justified in making another appoint-
ment on these terms. It has also been
suggested that the salary should be pro-
vided by the friends of the Scott Act
who desire to see the law enforced.
This is a proposition which, we believe,
the Government shoulilnot entertain
for a memeut. The Police Magistrate is
supposed, after his appointment, to be
entirely independent of both parties, so
that he can administer ;fair and even-
handed justice to both. Were he in-
debted to the Scott Act party for his
salary he could not possibly occupy this
independ=ent ground, and the Govern-
ment should not place their appointee in
any such anomalous position, and we do
not think they Will do so. The proper
course is that which the law provides,
viz., to make the appointment at the re-
quest of the County Council, the repre
sentatives of the people, who will be re-
sponsible for the salary and willprovide it.
An appointment made in this way will
place the appointee in an independent
and untrammeled position, and he will be
permitted to perform his duties free
from the suspicion that he is working to
please those who pay him in one case,
or to make fees for himself in the 'other.
In our view, therefore, if we are to have
a Police Magistrate, the appointment
should be Made only on the recommen-
dation or suggestion of the County
Council as the Iaw directs.
It will be said, however, that the
County Council h.ave refused to make this
recommendation and what are we to do
Well, the members of the Council are
simply the servants of the people, and
are, or should be, amenable to their will.
The people have the matter entirely in
their own hands. They have accepted
the Scott Act by an overwhelming ma-
jority, and. this acceptance surely -im-
plies that they desire co see it enforced.
The County Couneil have twice affirm -
ed that the appointment of a Police
Megistrate is necessary to secure the en-
forcement of the law, and all that now
stands in the way is the question of
money. Now, supposing the salary of a
Police Magistrate and all other neces-
sary expenses' to enforce the law will
amount to 15 cents per annum for each
ratepayer in the county, and this is a
very -outside figure, the question re-
mains, are all those who voted for the
Act willing to increase their taxes to the
extent of 15 cents per year, just the
price of three glasses of whisky, to have
the law enforced? If they are, and if
they are in earnest, they can very soon
bring the County Council into their way
of thinking. But if, on the other hand,
their temperance patriotism is not suf-
ficiently strong to induce them tohlraw
upon their pockets to the extent of 15
cents per year, then the sooner they
cause the Act to be repealed
the better. What we would recom-
mend is, that those who de-
sire to have a Police Magistrate ap-
pointed, and desire that he should be
paid for his services and placed in an
independent position, get up petitions
to the County Council asking them to
recommend the appointment, secure the
signatures of annajority of the ratepay-
ers to these petitions and have thern
.
presented to the Council at its Decem-
ber session. This will accomplish a two-
fold object. !In the first place, it will
show whether or not the people wile
voted for the Act were really sincere in
doing so, and in the second place it will
show whether individual members of
the Council, are prepared to act upon
their own private opinions in defiance of
the wishes of their constituents. If it
turns out that the people were not in
earnest when they voted for the Act,
and that they do not desire to have it
enforced, 'or even receive a fair trial,
then there is no use in going any fur-
ther, ancl the sooner we return to the old
method of moral suasion the :better.,
But if it is made to appear, as we be-
lieve it would be, that the people voted
for the Act sincerely wishing that it
might be beneficial, and that they de-
sire it to have a fair trial by providing
the necessary machinery to make it
operative, and it turns out that mem-
-hers of the Council are prepared to obey
their own personal inclinations rather'
than the wishes of their constituents,
then the people will know just where
they stand. and how to act. We believe,
however, that ff a majority of the rate-
payers of the county petition. the Coun-
cil to recommend the appointment there
will be no furthei trouble. Councillors
have sense_ and shrewdness enough not
to run counter to the expressed wishes of
those whom they represent.
There is a manifest disposition among
the people to blame the imperfections
of the Act, the indifference of the Do-
minion and Provincial Governments,
and every person else but themselves for
the failure of the Act thus far. This is
all wrong. The Act might be much
more perfect than it is, and the politi-
cians might be much less indifferent, and
might furnish more perfect machinery
for its operation, but the fact never-
theless remains that the- Act just as it
is has within it the elements of total
local prohibition, and it gives the people
the power td. provide the necessary ma-
chinery to secure its enforcement. If,
therefore, tge people do not avail them-
selves of these privileges, the fault rests
with the people and not with. the law or
the Parliaments or the Goyernments.
The fact is, that in this county the law
has never been given a chance to show
what it is capable of doing. The fault
of this does not rest with the Dominion
or any other Government. We mutt
look nearer home. If the people re-
quired their own municipal officials to
treat this law as they do other laws, it.
would be enforced, and would be effec-
tive. If a municipal law officer sees a
mattstealing hewill have him arrested
and!punished, but he may see this law
\deleted a thousand times a day a.nd he
clods not consider it any part ofhis
business to pay, any attention to the law
breaker. So leng as this sort of thing
continues, people must blame them-
selves and not the law or the Govern-
ment that enacts it if it proves a failure.
In so far as the ,Scott Act is coroomed.
with the exception of a few improve-
ments in the law, the Gov-ernments have
done all for us that we have a right to
expect. and if we do not avail ourselves
of its advantages, it is very doubtful if
we would profit more by a larger and
more comprehensive measure of prohibi-
tion. At any eerie, we should say that
a people who • are not willing to tax
themselves to the extent of fifteen cents
a year to secure the enforcement of the
Scott Act, require considerably more
"
educating" before they are ready for
total prohibition.
notice that two subscriptions of eight
thousand pounds have been made to the
Liberal purse;and many more of smaller
amounts, and the Tories and "Union-
ists" as -they call themselves,are equally
liberal. It it estimated that more money
will be spent in this election than was -
ever spent in any single election in the
history of the country. Both parties
have determined that no constituency
shall be allovred to go by default, and
even Mr. Gladstone is to be opposed in
Midlothian. The gentleman chosen for!
this somewhat unenviable task is Colonel
Campbell Walker, who, or whit he is,
deponent saith not. It may be pre-
dictyd, however, with tolerable accuracy
that ignominious defeat awaits him.
The grand old man has issued his mani-
festo, professedly to his constituents,but
actually to the nation. It is a concise,
vigorous and able document. He :pins
his colors firmly to the mast, lays down
his policy plainly and unmistakeably,
and handles his 'opponents without
gloves. It has secured favorable com-
ments even from the Conservative press.
Lord Salisbury and Mr, Chamberlain
have also each issued :their manifestos.
That of the former is weak, but wild,
and calculated to excite his followers,
while Mr. Chamberlain? address is more
moderate, although equally opposed to
Mr. Gladstone's scheme. It is expected
the -writs for the new election will be
issued immediately after the proroga-
tion of Parliament On the 24th inst.
The fighting and' rioting have also
commenced. The Orangemen of Belfast
were the first to open the ball. .They
commenced by sacking the houses of
Catholics, and attacking the police, and
if we are to judge from the reports, they
made lively times for a day or two. The
police force, although largely suplement-
ed from outside centres, were totally
unable to cope with or keep down the
, rioters, and the military had ultimately
to be called out. They soon succeeded
in restoring order, but not until/several
Were killed and many more wounded.
Similar disturbances took place in other
parts of the Emerald Isle, but on a
much smaller 'scale. Now peace once
more prevails, but the volcano has only
been temporarily closed, and is ready to
burst forth again with increased violence
on the slightest provocation. The op-
posing party also, are spoiling for a
fight, and between the two explosive
elements it is not likely peace can long
be maintained.
A. Warning Voice.
A short -time ago -the Provincial Legis-
lature of Nova Scotia passed a series of
resolutions, setting forth the injustice
with which that Province had been
treated by the Dominion, the disastrous
results which the fiscal policy of the
central Government has had upon the
commerce of the Province, and. that
.whereas the Province prior to Confeder-
ation was in a prosperous condition
commercially and with- a full treasury it
is now in a state of bankruptcy, its
commerce depressed and its people dis-
satisfied, and declaring the advisability
of withdrawing from the Union. The
Government at evhcise instance these
resolutions were adopted by the Legis-
lature, dissolved Parliament and appeal-
ed to tge.peopto on this platform. -The
election took place on Tuesclayelast, and
contrary to general expectation, the
disunionists were Sustained by an over -
Whelming majority. The Legislature
consists of 38 members. In the last
Parliament the Government had .the
support of 23 members, whereas the re-
cent elections gives them 30 out of the
38 seats, leaving the Opposition with the
beggarly array of eight members, and
many of these only received very nar-
row majorities, while many of the Gov-
ernment supporters were ele.cted by
majorities ranging from 200 to 1,000.
The counties of Antigonish and Col-
chester, which are represented in the
Dominion Parliament by two of the
Cabinet. Ministers, the Attorney -Gen-
eral and Finance Minister, elected po-
litical opponents and -supporters of the
local Governmenton this occasion, What-
ever the result of this election may have
upon Confederation, there is one thing
sure, it will be a bitter pill for the Ot-
tawa Government, and may be a fore-
cast of the result in that Province when
the Dominion elections come on. At
any rate, one thing is certain, the local
Government, which the people have so
unanimously sustained, was bitterly op-
posed by the Dominion Government
who have used their entire strength to
compass its defeat. Mr. McLelan, the
Fivance Minister, and Mr. Thompson,
the Attorney -General, personally took
part in the contest, and addressed sev-
eral meetings during the campaign. The
rebuke they have received for their
meddlesomeness Should teach them to
refrain from taking part in Provincial
elections in future. Political events in
Nova Scotia will be watched with con-
siderable interest for some time to. come.
What will ,be the next step the Legis-
lature will take remains to be seen.
They can scarcely go back upon their
record at any rate,. and they must do
something to show. they were in earnest.
The unwise fiscal policy and the extrava-
gant waste of public money on the part
of the Dominion Government has had
most to do with the discontent of the
Nova Scotians, and if the warning voice
they have just given will serve to in-
duce the central Government to cll a
Home Rule.
The Home- Rule contest has already
commenced on the other side of the
Atlantic. Although Parliament N ill not
be prorogued or dissolved until n ar the.
end of the present month, both artie
are buckling on their armor and prepar-
ing for the corning struggle. The coun-
try is already literally covered with cam-
paign literature from both sides and the
sinews of war, in the shape of campaign
funds, are being liberally subscribed by
wealthy partizans on both sides. We
halt in their carnival of corruption and
extiavagance, it will not have been
made in vain. If it does not have this
effect and they are still retained in
poWer, it will only be a matter of a short
tinie until other Provinces will be forced
to follow the example of the people
down by the sea.
Honoring an Old Huronite.
At a Provincial Convention of the
Liberals of Manitoba, held a short time
ago in Winnipeg, and which was the
largest and most influential political
gathering ever held in the Prairie Pro-
vince. , the following resolution was sub-
mitted •
_Moved by Mr. John Crawford, of
Gladstone, and seconded by Mr. James
M. Jamieson, of Neepawa'that this con-
vention express entire confidence in Mr.
Thomas Greenway, as leader of the Lib-
eral party of Manitoba.
The reception accorded this motion
may be judged from the following ex-
trabt from the Free Press report, which
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says:,
The motion was put by the chairman,
and the assent of the convention was ex-
pressed by the entire audience, without
a single exception, rising to their feet.
The chairman declared the motion car-
ried unanimously, and the announce-
ment was received by the convention
with a great outburst of enthusiasm,
winding up with three stentorian cheers
for the leader of the Liberal party. Mr.
Greenway coming forward, the cheering,
clapping`of hands and stamping of feet
Were resumed. As soon as he could
make himself heard he briefly thanked
the convention for this expression of ,
'confidence in him. -
Mr. Greenway has the honor of being
the first leader of the Liberal party in
Manitoba. He has filled this onerous
and delicate position with consu-
mate skill and ability, and it must be
• gratifying to him that his services are
appreciated by those in whose interests
they have been rendered. If we can
judge from the signs of the times at this
distance, there is every prospect that
Mr. Greenway will lead his party to
victory in the approaching elections in
that PrOvince, and that he will occupy
the exalted and honorable position. of
Premienof his adopted Province. His
many old friends in this county, while
congratulating him on his success this
far, will be greatly rejoiced to learn of
his still further promotion as the choice
and leader of the people. It says some-
thing for our municipal institutionsthat
Mri Greenway received his early training
in the county council of Huron. .
1• News of the Week.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.—Severe Shocks
have been felt at Ashbury Park, New
Jeesey, and at Sandy Hook.
• AN 'NIEMAN Motesnota—An acrobat
of Naples has been sentenced to twelve
years imprisonment for beating a little
boy to death, .
Swims IN FRANCE. —Several persons
have lost their lives in the French pro-
vinces in the terrible storms which pre-
vailed.
. .f4ofis BY FIRE.—A fire at Muscatine,
Iowa, on Soturday last destroyed ten
million feet of lumber, a saw mill val-
ued at $60,000 and several houses and
bridges.
WEDDING PRESENT DECLINED. —Presi-
ed en t Cleveland has declined a wedding
present from the Sultan of Turkey on
the ground that its acceptance would be
unconstitutional. .
THE DtFFICULTY.—Rev.Nettman Hall
is in favor of local government for Ire-
land, but how to grant it consistently
with Imperial interests, he says, is the
d ifficul ty. .
CHOLERA RAGING IN VENICE. —The
cholera continues to rage at Venice with
unkbated virulence. An average of 20
new cases and 10 deaths °emir daily. .
SCHWA13 AGAIN A =ESTE D.—JI1StliS
H. Schwab, the New Yorl socialist
leader, has been arrested an4 held for
trial, charged with selling liqu r --without
t
a license.
STRIKERS SENT ,T0 JAIL --John
Brady and James O'Brien, st iking car
drivers in New York, have een sent
to prison for three months each for
.assaulting new men employe in their
places. 1
MORE BURNINGS.—At Ocento, Wis-
consin, Saturday noon, the Oconto Com-
pany's flour mill, shingle factdry and a
number of cars of cedar posts were burn-
ed; loss, $70,000. Several 'residences
were also burned. •
TERRIBLE WINDS. —The town of
Crookston Minnesota, suffered severely
on Friday -night last from a terrific wind
storm,a number of buildings being
wrecked. Eight inmates of an hotel
that was blown down were injured.
ALMOST FLOODED. —A setere wind
and rain storm raged in Galveston,
Texas, on Sunday night. Great dam-
age was done in the city, and only a
sudden change in the direction of the
wincl sexed the island from being entire-
,
ly submerged.
Kix°, LUDWIG SUICIDES. —On Sunday
evening King Ludwig of Bavaria went
out into the park of Berg Cestle with
Dr. VatiGridclen to take a walk, and not
returning up to a late our a search was
made, when both were found drowned
in the lake. It is s pposecl the king
leaped in to commit suicide, and his
medical attendant w s droWned while
attempting to rescue 1 iii. 1-- .
SWEPT AWAY IlY A FLOOLS. —A fam-
ily named Armstron consisting of a
husband, wife, two s ns and a daugh-
ter, went up in Little fountain Valley,
Wyoming, last fall aid settled. They
mysteriously disappea ed in May. Re-
cently cowboys found the body of Mrs.
Armstrong in the can n. The remains
of Mr. Armstrong cnd hi. ; daughter
were found some dis rice below, one in
a tree top and the tiler in the high
rocks. The boys h ve not been dis-
covered. It is surmis d that the sudden
flood, caused by th melting of the
snow, swept away the r house.
NEW ZEALAND AD N ICES. —Th e latest
advices from Auckla d, New Zealand,
state that the volc nic eruption at
Tarawera destroyed -ntire tillages in
the district, nearly buryink them in
ashes. The surface of the! earth for
many miles around t i e acthfe volcano
was disturbed by the earthqi ake Which
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accompanied the eruption. Twenty-six
dead bodies have been recovered from
the ruins.
PLAGUE OF HYDROPHO)3IA.—A des -
'patch from Yankton, Dakota, says :—
Hydrophobia has broken out in this
county among cattle, horses, hogs and
dogs. Stock are dying at a rapid. rate.
The mad dogs are running wild through
the country. Everybody is on the
watch for them with guns.
HAVOC IN JAMAICA.—The late heavy
rains in Jamaica made great havoc
threuglmut the Island. In .Kington the
damageis estianated at £20,000. All
the Government telegraph lines are
down. Rivers are impassable and trains
are not running. The streets are cut
up and the houses have been destroy-
ed.
AN APPEAL TO THE MEN OF SLIGO.
—Mr. Sexton has sent a message to the
Mayor of Sligo asking all who value
national principles to refrain from com-
mitting outrages. Notices have been
posted in Sligo offering a reward of Z100
for information leading to the discovery
of the person or persons who damaged
the bishep's house.
Huron Notes.
Wm. Moffat, of the 3rd concession
of Stanley, last week sold a brood mare
for $210.
—Mr. Andrew Best, of Harlock, had
his leg fractured last week by being
kicked by a horse.
—Three hundred appeals have been
-entered against the Dominion Voters'
List, in East Huron, by the Liberals.
—The members of James street Metho-
dist church, Exeter, intend erecting a
new. parsonage for their minister this
season.-
. —Mr. Huber, of the Londesleoro mill,
is having the roller process placed in it.
and other improvements which- will cost
about $5,000.
—Mrs. Pennebaker, of Goderich town-
ship, has a cherry tree in blossom and
has cherries on now for the third time
this year.
—Mr. Thos. McLaughlin, of Grey, ar-
rived home from the old country last
week. He brought with him a Clydesdale
stallio-n and filly.
—The English pheasant which Mr.,
Dan. Davis, of Exeter, brought with
him from the old country last winter has
bathed out a brood of young ones.
—Morris council has • backed up the
move made by Grey township council,
and has granted $150 towards gravel-
ling the boundary between the two
townships. s
---1.11r. Thomas Smale, of Elimville,
picked ripe strawberries in his garden
on the 5th of June, and took them to
Exeter and presented them to 'sick
friends.
—The annual excursion and picnic of
the Clinton Presbyterian Sabbath School
will take place to Goderich on Thurs-
day, the 24th inst. The train leaves
Clinton at 9.30 a. in.
—One thousand two and three-year-
old heifers and forty Shorthorn bulls,
costing $40,000, have been purchased in
this county for the High River Ranch,
forty miles south of Calgary.
The total assessment of the village of
Exeter for the present year is $486,000;
Number of dogs 94, cattle 115, sheep 20,
hogs 17, horses 137, persons in families
1,801, number names on roll 668.
—Mr. W. W. Conner, of Bayfield, has
returned from Toronto, where he went
to consult Dr. Aiken relative to his
health, and looks much better, we are
glad to say, for his trip.
—Messrs. J. R. Grant, of Brussels,
and Alex. Forest and John Green, of
Grey, left last week for Winnipeg, and
intend spending a few weeks in the
Prairie Province. -
—Mrs. Campbell, mother of Rev. T.
M. Campbell, Methodist minister of
Goderich, died on Wednesday morning
last. She was well up in years, and for
some time had been in feeble health.
—Mrs. Hobson, an old lady Who has
been a resident of Hullett for a number
of years, left on Tuesday of last week for
Manitoba to live with her sou Allan,
who left Hullett about three years ago.
—Mr. Anthouy Boyd, of the 10th
concession of McKillop, is erecting a
new bank barn which, when finished
will be one of the most complete in the
township. Messrs. McGonigle & Man-
ley have the contract.
—The barn of Mr. P. Cook, jr., of the
9th concessia, Goderich township, abont
four miles from Clinton, was destroyed
by fire on Wednesday . last week about -
12 o'clock. Cause unknown. Insurance,
$300.
—At a barn raising on the farm of Mr.
S. Hedden, in the townskip of Stephen,
near Centralia, last week, Mr. C. Es-
sery was somewhat injured by the fall-
ing of a rafter, which struck him on the
face. He is now recovering.
Mr. W. H. Verity and- daughter Liz-
zie, and Mr. Richard Pickard and: daugh-
ter, of Exeter, will leave in a few days
for the motherland, to visit friends, and
at, the same time view the grandeur of
the Indian and Colonial Exhibition.
—The people of Grand Bend are
making extensive preparations for a
grand celebration on Dominion Day.
Liberal prizes will be offered for horse-
racing, foot -racing, jumping and other
athletic sports.
--The total assessed value of the vil-
lage of Exeter is $486,000. There are
owned in the village 94 dogs,115 cat-
tle, 20 sheep, 17 hogs and 137 horses.
The total population is 1,801, and there
are 668 names on the assessment roll.
—During last month there was an
aVerage attendance of 578 pupils at
Goderich Public School. Of these 300
were boys and 278 girls. The teachers'
salaries for the year will amount to $3,-
660. The municipal grant required to
support the school is $4,500.
—A young man ,named Orr, who was
called as a witness in a Scott Act trial
at Wroxeter, last week, refused to give
evidence, and was sent to Goderich for
contempt of court. The cases against
the hotel -keepers were d is m ihsed. E.
E. Wade, of Brussels conducted the case
f o r *th e defendants.
—During the thunder storm on Wed-
nesday night of rast week, about nine
o'clock, a house occupied by a Mr.
Webb, near Saltford, a suburb of Gode-
rich, was struck by lightning. Mr,
Webb was stunned, but not seriously
injured, the stove was broken, and other
eccentricities were played by the electric
fluid. It was a close call.
—Mr. Robert Marks, son of R. W.
Marks, Esq., postmaster, Brucefield,
and Mrs. Marks are at present visiting
friends in this county. Mr. Marks has
been a resident of Kansas for six or
seven years and is engaged in the bank-
ing business in one of the prosperous
towns of that State. Like all Huron
boys, Mr. Marks has done well, and now
has a permanent and profitable business.
—A meeting -was held in Union
church, Brumfiel, last week, to take
into consideration the getting up of a
a picnic for the Sunday School scholars.
There • were delegates from Kippen,
Hensel' and the three Brucefield
churches. It was agreed to hold a
union picnic at Bayfield on the first of
July.
—A young man named Fred. Gorbett,
employed by Mr. Wm. -Archer, got into
rather an awkward position one day last
week; he was in the act of moving a
mowing machine, when the horses jerk -
.ed him off behind the machine; his feet
becoming entangled in the lines caused
the horses to back the machine on top of
him; he escaped very well, receiving
only a few slight bruises.
—As a son of Mr. R. Docking, of
Holniesville, was riding on a load of
gravel one day last week, he unfortun-
ately lost his balance and was precipi-
tated on the hard road, striking himself
severely on the side of the head, the
wheel also passing over his hat and
grazing the top of his head, and as it
proceeded passed over his arm near the
elbow. Fortunitely. no bones were
broken.
—The Rev. Mr. Gracey, of Gana-
noque, formerly pastor of the Thames
Road church, Usborne, will preach the
anniversary sermons in the Kirkton
Presbyterian church en Sunday, the
20th inst, and will deliver an address at
the tea meeting on the following Mon-
day evening. Meny of Mr. Gracey's
old parishoners and friends will be
pleased to meet him again.
—Wm. Hannah, of Kirkton, met
with a very painful accident on Mon-
day. It appears that while coming out
of the gravel pit on Wm. Kirk's farm
his horses, which are a spirited team,
became irritated, and, as he was getting
on the load, -started off, throwing him
to the ground under the wheel which
struck his breast and head, making
painful wounds.
—Mr. Alexander Forrest, of the 2nd
concession of Morris, recently sold a
three year old steer to Mr. John Hamil-
ton, cattle dealer, which weighed_ 1,640
pounds. Mr. Forrest get 5t cents a
pound for the animal, thus realizing the
neat sum of $96 for him, or at the rate
of $30 per year. Mr Forrest is an intel-
ligent farmer and we hope he may live
long to produce such profitable animals.
—The Exeter Reflector of last week
says: As was anticipated, Mr. R. H.
Collins, law student in Mr. McFadden's
office, succeeded in passing' the second
examination for the degree of L. L. B.
at the top of the list for the Province,
pnd consequently winning the scholar-
ship of $120. Mr. Collins has taken a
scholarship at each of his examinations
so far, and it now remains for him next
spring to crown his career as a student
by capturing the gold medal at the
final. Continued success to him.
—The Teeswater News of last week
has the following : A (so-called) Wing -
ham dude came over to Teeswater to
fish one day not a century ago. He ar-
rived here safe and sound, proceeded to
the creek, but nary a fish could he cath.
He came back to town, loaded himself
with some of Whigham's bad bug juice
which he had in stock, and commenced
-to make war upon unoffending residents.
He smashed the tall hat of a man who
pulls and makes teeth for a livingeand one
of these days he will be brought up with
a short turn.
--In our obituary column last week
we announced the death of anothet of
Huron's pioneers in the person of Mrs.
Doig, sr., formerly of Kippen, and
mother of Mrs. Archibald Bishop, of
Usborne, and Mrs. James Cooper, of the
London Road, Tuckersmith. Mrs.
Doig was 79 years of age. She came to
this country in 1843, settling On the
London Road near the village of Kip -
pen. She was one of the pioneers of
that district. Always kind and oblig-
ing she was highly respected. by all who
knew her. Iler remains were interred
in the Itodgerville cemetery.
—The At inkham Times of last week
says: The fall wheat in this section of
the country promises well, and with fav-
orable weather there is likely to be a
good yield. In many places it has begun
to head out and shows good plump grain.
On Tuesday John Salter, of East Wawa -
nosh, left us a stalk of wheat which
measured 3 feet 7 inches in length, and
nwhich is heading out nicely. Mr. Salter
has a large field equally good, and ex-
pects it will be ready to cut by the 12th
of July.
--A county contemporary remarks:
.At the present time there is an overplus
of peddling concerns on the road. There
are complete stores and tinshops travel-
ling, which take a large portion of the
farm produce in exchange for their goods;
then there are persons trucking in bug-
gies, wagons, &e, The peddling of con-
veyances is a somewhat new departure,
and tends wonderfully towards injuring
the trade of those who are trying to
make a fair living out of manufacturing
good Work for the local customers.
—Thomas, eldest son of R, Peat, of
the town line between Morris and 'Hui -
lett, a lad of about 12 years, about two
weeks ago was felling a tree, which
lodged against another, and in trying to
get it down it fell on him and broke his
leg just above the knee. Fortunately
his father was near him and helped him
out, and by the aid of a neighbor got
him home and sent for the doctor, who
set the limb, and he is progressing as
favora,bly as could be expected. It was
a close call, but he is bearing up under
it as well or better than could be
imagined.
—Mr. D. Baer, of Colborne, met with
9m unpleasant accident, one night last
week, while on his way home from Clin-
ton, where he had been to procure a cof-
fin for, his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lobb,
It was dark when he was returning, and
while driving down the road leading to
the bridge, his rig struck a stump
(which is almost impossible to avoid in
daylight even) and he was thrown out.
He sustained severe internal injuries,
and it was at first thought that his ribs
were broken, but a medical examivation
showed. that this was not the case. He
was confined to bed for some days. He
should have good grounds for an action
for damages against the township,
---The following statistics are furnish -
'eft by the assessment roll of the township
of Morris for the present year: Num-
ber acres, i4,843; total number acres
cleared, 36,985 ; total value of real
property, 1,726,730;$total value of
personal property, 81,831,330; persons
from 21 to 60, 1,37-0; days statute labor,
3,296; dogs 339; bitches, 7; persons
in family, 3,216 ; number of cattle, 2,-
847; sheep, 3,167; hogs, 870; horses,
1,094; acres of swamp, 9,384; acres of
orchard, M24; acres of foafll whet8ianytoedzialas t4nad
$7-185A2' ricket match kwseeatossretod
cscoredhf0160 in4 4ei gi id twahnicetdilh:s5t own
to 13, 439 ; children'
obfatttslat ttaz
459 ; eh ldren from 5 to 16, 1,609.
taxablefal:e, °traahnd
from 16 to 21, 412 ;
children from 7
Gelludbe.ric
week be iwinoet one nntthwheee nficegutrl rrustoidstni innings
n 8; n. the
se.
Gmodderiic
leaving the home team the
Mr. Dr mmond, for the Goderieh club,
batted or 21 and 18 runs respeetivelys
in the t o innings. Mr. Kennedy made
winnwerei
bkonw
owlinng oinatihaerginenings.
12e8y i Holt hefisrsbto iwnlneidn osrfOGr Goderich in
inD utile&
second i nings, and so well did he do his
work o • ly two runs were scored from bis -
=Mr. P. Curtin, of Marc,
number of our readers
as a ver successful importer of Cleeles.
dale ho ses, arrived direct from Scot-
land on uesda.y of last week, with six
magnifi ent young stallions. He erossed
the Atl ntie with seven, but, unfortun-
ately o e, said to be the best of them
all, die at Montreal on the way up.
The ot ers are in splendid condition,
and tipp ar to be in no way injured by
the ion r voyage. They are decidedly
the bes animals Mr. Curtin has ever
importe . Some of them, we have no
doubt, vill make " world _beaters" in
the priz ring at no distant date. They
are all oung, five being two year olds
andofficers of the 3.3rd
:._ e ayeareetinld.
gof
lthe
or Hur a n Batalion of volunteers, was
held at linton last week for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the
purchao of helmets for the officers and
men to e ready for use for the annual
muster in the 22nd inst. Several tend-
ers wer submitted by the committee
who ha • the matter in consideration,
and th t of John Martin & Co., of
Montre 1, at the price of $1.80 each,
was acc pted. Lieutenant-Colonel Cole-
man wa authorized to make the pur-
chase a d distribute the same amongst
the sev ral companies. The sum of
:-,hout $/50 is needed to purchase the
ecessar number for officers, men and
hand, a i d the officers by their liberality
have su plemented the general battalion
fend, wl ich amounts to $318,sufficiently
to comp ete the purchase.
—The Brussels Post of last week
says: ast Saturday morning death
came to the release of Frank Halliday,
third so of John C. Halliday. Frank
had bee a great sufferer, having at the
early ag of 13 years contractedrheu-
matism, which became chronic and crip-
pled hi up a great deal. For the past
two yea s his health had been very poor
and he tinily succumbed to consump-
tion of t e throat and boweLs. He was ,
born in urgess, county of Lanark, in
the yea 1855 and came to Brussels with
his pare ts 22 years ago. The deceased
was a fine, clever youth, his mind
running particularly on wood carving,
&c. Hi death was a very triumphant
one and his friends had every assurance
that the fear of death had been taken
away.
—The semi-annual meeting of the
South Huron. County Orange Lodge was
held in the Orange Hall, Clinton, on
Wednes ay of last week. Delegates
were p esent from nearly all the dif-
ferent tations of the county. John
Scarlett County Master, presided. Ar-
rangem nts were made for the celebra-
tion at xeter on the 12th of July, and
the Cons ty Secretary was instructed to
procure as Iow rates as possible, and
make ether railway arrangements for
the occ ,tion. During the afternoon W.
H. Mu ney, Esq., of Goderich, Past
County areasurer, was pre.sentecl with a
hnaddress s a token of his valuable ser-
vices
e Bible and a complimentary .
sso
the Order in the past. Mr.
Murney replied in very feeling terms.
Resolut ons were also passed thanking
the me hers of Parliament of both
shades of politics who supported the
Goverm ent during the Riel debate, also
approvi la of the action of the British
House • Commons in defeating the
Home 1 ule Bill.
/IMP
_
_ 1
he County Court. -
The Sounty Court and General Ses-
sions of the Peace was held at Goderich
last we k, Judge Tom presiding. The
followin gentlemen composed the grand
jury: . N. Dancey, foreman; Robert
Armstr ing, George Backer, Brussels ;-
Samuel Allan, Jas. Clarke, Colborne;
M. Braithwaite, Hullett ; John Bowers,
West Vawanosh ; Wm. Craig, Wei.
Crooks, John H. Edwards, W. L. Hor-
ton, Ch s. Nairn, Jas. Robinson, Goder-
ich ; Ja . Cardiff, Grey ; Patrick Cough-
lin, Th s. Essery, Stephen; Robert F.
Carter, iobt. Downs, Crediton; Anson
Chrysle , Turnberry ; Wra, Howard,
Exeter, Wm. Jackett, Usborne; Adam
Kronsk e ph ,Andrew Morrison, McKillop.
Judg Toms addressed the jury, con-
gratula ing them on the fact that the
only bu loess they would have to trans-
act would be to visit the jail and report
theron. The Judge explained that the
inmates there at present were all luna-
ties, or of unsound mind, but one old
man, w ose only fault was that he had
nothing to live on, and his neighbors had -
evident y thought the best thing they
could. d was to make a criminal of hira
by send'ng him to jail as a vagrant. His
Honor trongly urged the necessity, as
an act f justice and mercy, of the erec-
tion of a poor house, and eepressed his
pleasure that the vote on the question at
the County Council last week was an
elv.isp
denrc rtehsastiotg.he sentiment in its favor
Na
The jury, in their presentment, testi-
fied to the fact that the jail was well
and el ttnly kept, and efficiently man-
aged, nd in strong terms urged the
establis ment of.allouee of Refuge in the
county as a means of providing a suit-
able pl ce for the poor, and removing
the nec ssity of having them incarcerat-
ed in ti e jail as criminals.
The •llowing eases were disposed of
Davi vs. Rey n ds. ------This was an ap-
peal ag inst a, penalty of $50 imposed 011
defend- nt by M. Young and Henry
S tee p, P.'s, at Clinton, on October
2nd, h85, -under the Scott Act. The
appeal :ame before the court at the De:
cember sessions, and was adjourned until
now, w en His Honor dismissed the aP-
peal wi hont costs. This is the last of
the Soo t Act cases brought in 1885. -
Hou- h ton vs. Kyle.—Action on a
pwrioxo t
icsoisagainst
.s—plaintiff.Veidictfor defendant
Holt vs. Plewes.--Holt, a cattle buyer
of Seal rth, was bitten by a dog owned
by def ndant, and sued for damages,
Judgm nt for defendant.
The court adjourned until Monday,
5th of uly.
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auti with. Yours SCOTT Aeer,
From Algoma.
Pear FINL4i;, June 3,
Draft ExPosITOB,—When we s
froln Seaforth on May 8th we
reached Stratford; then we chan
=for Wiarton, and got there at 6.
p.m., and took the boat " Atlantic "
12.30 p. m., and reached here o
followbag Monday. We eould not
lade much better trip. It took
leek to get moved onto our land.
meat present busy clearing up, stun
Ing, sowing, planting and fixing. Dr
ha been pretty dry weather since e
te three days after we landed. We 1
ssplendid rain on the ist of June.
Toads are good, and everything is
in well. All of us like the cou
ipleudidiy, and are always prepare.
ur meals. This is a very- he
eountry, there being no deaths hi
taighborhood since I was up last
We have lots of good water, as
ere* water is equal to rain *ate
'bashing, and the spring water is
',Dille spring water of Huron. cola
There is a good show of small fr
here, such as strawberries, raspherr
huckleberries, gooseberries, eurra
and cranberries. We had two or th
light frosts since we 'elided, but noth
to do any damage. The cattle
doing fine on the feed in the bush
there is plenty of it, and good feed
There is plenty of game here tha
leorth talking -about. We are all
atpresent. Yours Truly,
Wtornam Mtnneen
Formerly of liarpurhey
What Brantford Thinks
Huron Excursionists.
011,1: he re xe Bpc aur rratis isi to ofiirscittshEisfxr Poelosuint'tS:Nyrinwrih..1fGetrii,i
ist
Thursday was Wing-haan's civic h
%deity on Thursday of last week, sa
day and her people seized the op
tardy ti) visit Brantford and dequ
theisselveS with the fascinating beau
*Utile prettiest inland city in Cana
The train pulled in at the Grand Tr
depot shortly before 11 o'clock, whe
hundred or two citizens had assemb
to meet them ; and among whom w
%Pt Ileyd, Aldermen S. G. Bead.
twee, John Brown, G. W. Willi
A. X. Bunnell and other citizens anal
to sea that all were well and coirifor
'bestowed. Four brass hands atec
the excursionists, viz.: W
m Kincardine, Seaforth and Mitch
hese furnished music for the
y. The people soon were scat
all ever the city, and citizens eN
ere were pleased to contribute to tl
14, .eliellte- Some proceeded to the p
"mile many sought the accornmod
And; aca.logvTro.s:T
good sqbufierdsm
e N;veingha
:rlsettlinlaueahrhoteatnredeled aaur
lft
the direction of Alderman Bonne
American hotel, Kincardine band at
itobinson Hall, Sea,forth band at
%ham House and the Mitchell
tr
14Pertended the arrangemeots for
ttanyreeidences and places cf busii
or a profusion of floWers.
t-,ctirsionists, and . rriede everyt
At the 'Woodbine hotel.
tare decorated with flags and bunt
It°rallin Mayor Neck/ids, who 11)
‘‘inatelY was linable to be with
_ . ine of route joined the happy p
waleh was largely composed of yo
leaSant for them in the absence e
All along Market and Colborne s
8 Mandyuth
&inn and a prominent barris
. II, W. C. Meyer, ex-Slayo
- "mvung a programineaftte
rfiert;thdoeitaher towns
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