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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-07-02, Page 44 • ••••• ••••,-," THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. vrTh6figure between the parenthesis after sach line denotesthe page of the paper on which he advertisement will be found. Estray Cow—a. Hamilton. (5) Laurance's Spectacles—RI—M. .R. Counter. Money to Loan—Dent & Hodge. (8) COX & Co., Brokers—J. McLaren, Manager. Dairy Butter Wanted—E. Cash. (8) Carriage Works—S. Lounsbury. (5) Closing Coneert—Ketcham Co. (8) Eye, Ear and Throat—Dr. Proudfoot. (8) Tenders Wanted—John S. Brown. (5) Boots and Shoes—H. R. Pfaff. (8) (8) (5) pitron xprooitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 2, 1886. The Law of Libel. - Our good friend, the Stratford Beacon, has had its first libel suit in thirty years. It is quite a common thing, now -a -days, for newspaper publishers to have to face aggrieved parties of the sterner sex in the libel court, but it is not every one who is privileged to have as his vis-a-vis an irate woman, and a young one and. a very pretty one at that. While not at all envious of the fortune of our brother in this respect, we must congratulate him on the fact that he had, at least, an interesting subject as a prosecutor, although, if we are to judge by the evidence taken before the court, we must conclude that while the Beacon's aggrieved female is exceedingly fair, she is also somewhat frail. The circum- stances are as follows : A female book agent named Miss Vamilyea, who ac- cording to her own confession, had been divorced from her husband in a Michi- gan court, Iit down upon Stratford and commenced to ply her vocation. She was fair to look upon and was of win- ning ways. During her stay in the embryo city she became familiar with and en- gaged to a young bank clerk named Roy, and this young gentleman finally lit out," and took with him $2,500 of the bank's funds. In anpouncing the de- parture of this young man the Beacon said : "Rumor has it that he left, in com- pany with, or shortly after, a female book agent, an alleged "grass widow," who. has been in the city for some weeks. The evils of association with such de- signing females, as this one was known to be, are sufficiently apparent." This.lallthmigh a very mild criticism, raised the ire of Miss Vermilyea, and she brought a suit against Mr. Matheson of the Beacon, for libel, claiming 83,000 damages. The cas% was tried in Toron- to last week. A large number of wit- nesses from Stratford were examined who testified that the lady while there, had conducted herself in anything but a decorous manner, and that in fact she had been politely requested by the pro- prietor of the hotel. where she was stay- ing, to find another boarding place on account of the rumors that were current abent her. But, there is no accounting for the vagaries of juries, and in direct contradiction to the evidence, the jury gavea verdict against the defendant, awar- ding onedollar damages. By this verdict they virtually said that the unsupported evidence of this one woman should_ be taken in preference to the sworn state- ments of sit reputable witnesses. How- ever, as we have already said, there is no accounting for the vagaries of juries, and in this instance at least, they_seem- ed. to be as susceptible to the charms of a pretty woman as the frailest of their fellows. This seems to be the only con- clusion decluceable from the verdict. But the verdict of one dollar, al- though according to the evidence it is in our apinion an unjust one, will not hurt nor help any person much. The question of costs was deferred by the judge for further consideration, and it is to this that we wish specially to direct attention. On this matter the Beacon says : There is one aspect of the case how- ever, to which we must seriously elude. ,Mr. Justice Rose, who presided at the trial, has reserved the question of costs. - He may or may not decide that the Beacon should pay the costs. In the fa.ca of the preponderance of evidence in favor of the defence, we do not see how his Lordship can justly certify to costs. But what disturbs us is the fact that no matter how his Lordship decides, the Beacon may be saddled with the costa. The plaintiff, we fear, is perfect- ly independent in that matter. A few weeks ago the Globe had a libel suit which the jury decided in its favor. The Globe, we understand, had 'to foot the bill simply because the other party was not worth a cent. What in the name of common sense and justice is the use of defending a suit if you have to pay the costa, win or lose ? The thing is simply monstrous. We ask no special legislation in favor of newspapers, much less do we ask sympathy or favor for our- selves. One libel suit and a verdict of $1—directly in the teeth of the evidence —in thirty odd years, is not much to whine- about, and we don't intend to -whine. Bat we do ask that newspapers should have as fair a show in court as other litigants. As the law now stands, any penniless, characterless scamp can drag a newspaper into court, and though the jury may give a verdict against him the publisher will have to pay the costs, simply because the other party can't. This is not the British fair play about which we hear so much. Publishers should see that the present anomalous law- is changed, and that at the next ses- sion of Parliament. We agree with every word. the Beacon says on this subject. It is an outrage that any class of the community should be thus forced to live at the mercy of every characterless adventurer who walks the streets. And the more worth- less the individual the greater the danger. Every person laying an action of this kind should be required to deposit with- the court a sufficient sum to cover all the costs of the suit. If this were the ease there would be fewer of these aggravating libel suits, as characterless and -rapacious lawyers would not undertake scaley cases of this kind, much less advise and encourage them, as is too often done, if they found that unless they made their case good they would not receive pay for their trouble. The case should also be tried in the county where the alleged offence is committed, unless good and substan- tial reasons for a reverse course are given, as it is very unfair to put the de- fendEurt to the expense and trouble of defending an action in a distant_place, causing him to take his witnesses many miles from home. These are defects in the law which. should be remedied at once, and the newspapers._ should, in ..justice to themselves, as well as in the interests of the public, see that their Parliamentary representatives Attend to it. They have the power of requiring this to be done, and they should have no scruples in using that power if needs be. DURING the recent session of th' Do- minion Parliament a law was assed prohibiting the importation and anu- facture of oleomargarine in this co ntry under a penalty of $209 and t' for- feiture of the article when foun . It was at first proposed by the G vern- ment to permit the importation ut to impose a dnty of 10 cents per pound, and to regulate the manufacture by levying an excise duty. The opinion of members, however, was so strongly ex- pressed against the proposition that the Government' were forced to withdraw it and substitute an absolutely prohibitory measure. Oleomargarine, as everbody knows, is an article manufactured and used as a substitute for butter, and so like is it to the genuine article that it is frequently difficult to distinguish the one from the other either by taste or appearance. One of the principal rea- sons urged for its prohibition is that it is made from substances which are in- jurious to the human system. This is, no doubt, a good and substantial reason for the prohibition ,of the stuff. But, certainly no person Will say that oleo- margarine, injurious as it may be, is capable of doing the one -thousandth part of the injury being done through intoxicating liquors and yet, strange as it may seem, the very principle which when applied to the least injurious is scouted out of Parliament, is considered just the proper way to deal with the more injurious article. Every argument that justifies the prohibition of oleo- margarine applies with ten fold force to intoxicating liquors. The country ap- plauded the action af Parliament in prohibiting oleomargarine. Would equal applause great a measure pro- hibiting intoxicating liquors. If not, why not ? inimmrsmosommes IT seems that the Reformers of North Essex, a constituency in which there are a large number of French-Canadians, have seleeted as their candidate a man named Gaspard Pacaud, who is also -a French-Canadian. This gentleman is the editor of a French paper in Essex county, and during the Riel excitement this paper espoused very earnestly the cause of the unfortunate rebel chief. In the heat of its ardor, like its com- patriots in the Province of Quebec of both shades of politics, it said some things on this question which might have been as well unsaid. The selectibn of this gentleman by the Reformers a Eisex as their candidate seems to have "given the Toronto Mail a severe shock, and it aitraightway proceeds to abuse Mr. Mowat and the whole Reform party because 'of this man's being selected. In the height of its assumed , indignation, after quoting sentiments which Mr. Pacaud: is said to have uttered in his paper, it proceeds : It is a.pparent-from the nominal° of Mr. Pacaucl that Mr. Mowat wish s to test the views of the Province o the Riel question. The issue he will pre- sent in North Essex is that Riel wa , to quote Mr. Pacaud's language, " a lor- ious hero," while the volunteers ar as- sassins and thieves. If that issue to be fought out there it must necess: rily have some influence on the contest in other constituencies. At all events, Mr. Mowat and his colleagues, place t em - selves squarely on the Riel platf I rm, where, of course, they most desa t be met. Now, there is no person ore thoroughly aware of the absurdit of this sort of talk than is the Mail itself, and the writer of it, no donit, has many a good chuckle to himself a he thinks of how he befools his readers lsy his nonsense. Probably, there is, ter all, some method in the Mail's madness. It is anxious to raise the " race nd revenge " howl in the Ontario electi ns, and it takes the nomination of r. Pacaud as the only material it can find upon which to base its cry. It will have to get better material to work on than this, however, as even its own most gullible readers are not so simple as to believe that Mr. Mowat had anything more to do with the selection of Mr. Pacaud than had the manager of the Mail. But, even suppose he had, and even suppose the whole Reform party are equally respon- sible for the nomination it does not be- come the Conservative organ to question it. The Mail knows very weil that Riel himself was not only selected as a Con- servative candidate, but was . actually elected a member of the House of Com- mons by the Conservative party, and that this same Reil f%fterwards resigned his seat to make wa for a leader of the Conservative party, vacated was accep servative leader. S and a crime to sel sympathizer of Riel, crime to elect Riel Parliament. But,' p forgotten this littl any rate it would select some other venation of its rac than the Pacaud no and that the seat so d by the said Con - rely if it is a sin et as a candidate a it is a much greater himself to a seat in rhaps the Mail has circunistance. At be as well for it to ubject for the reju- and revenge boom 'nation. News of t e Week. To VISIT ENGLA D.—The King of Portugal will visit E $ gland in August. . REACHED THE GILDEN STATE. —The English sparrow has crossed the conti- nent and appeared i full force in Cali- fornia. UNIVERSITY DEGR E OF HO)s.10R.—Dr. Oliver Wendell Ho mes has received from the Universit of Edinburgh the degree of L. L. D. DEAD.—Patrick ) helan, the well- known Fenian is dead. FATAL RIOTS. —Fifty-one pesrsons in all were killed in the late election riots in Chili, and the hospitals are filled with wounded. DROWNED CROPS. It has rained near- ly every day for two weeks in Tennes- see. One-third of he wheat crop is ruined, and much to acco is also drown- ed out. ANNUAL CONVENTI N.—The 16th an- , nual convention of t e French Canadians in the United Sta s met last week at Rutland, Vermont, nd expressed sym- pathy with Ireland in the Home Rule struggle. _ REV. H. W. BE CHER.—The Rev. Henry Ward Beeche reached Liverpool Saturday evening on. the Etruria. A throng of people gathered on the dock to bid him welcome England. Mr.. Beecher was indisp sed nearly all the way over. He tells pathetic story of his ocean voyage. DEATH OF NEW Y nrc's NEW RHINO= CEROS.—Bombi, the $5,000 rhinoceros, died in its cage in Ce tral Park Saturday evening. Infiammat on of the lungs is given as the cause of death. DISTINGUISHED V SITOR. — Matthew Arnold is in Buffalo, accompanid by his wife and daughter. Mr. Arnold has lately resigned his p sition as inspector of English Schools, and is taking his present vacation pre aratory to resum- ing literary work. Huron Notes. Wurth, Hoist & Crediton was burned Loss heavy ; insu —Haying has com Ity of Exeter, and t fairly good, better th — Mr. Wm. Pagan, dent of the township of Ashfield, has gone on a trip to the old country. —Rev. Father Chiniquy, delivered a lecture in the Presbyterian church, St. Helens, on Wednesday evening of last week. —Wm. Black, of Winghain, has dis- posed of his handsome span of bay mares to Mr. Bell, of Loadon township, for the round sum of $400. m, of Clinton, has the Huron road , to Mrs. Charles r $950. son of Richard an axe. ode day y cut in- his foot. Co.'s flax mill at Friday afternoon. ance. enced in the vicin- e crop is said to be n was expected. a well-known resi- - Mr. J. Cunningh sold his 10 acre lot o in Goderich townshi Carter, of Seaforth, f —Thomas Schofiel Schofield, while usin last week made an ug The wound was dressed and he is doing well. --Mr. John Rinn, of the West ,End, Tuckersihith, weighed an -entire colt at Clinton the other day, not yet two years old, which turned the Scales at 1,400 lbs. —Mr. E. Liddicott, pf Elimville, in the township of Usborne, drove from London to Oshawa in two days last week. Ninety miles were made the sec- ond day without injueing his horse. —During the storm of last week, the barn of Mr. John Stevens, on the London Road, near.Clinton, \ as struck by light- ning ; it only sustain d slight damages, however. —A youna son of isfr. James Breckin- ridge, of aderich, had a very narroW -escape from being badly injured some days ago, a wagon passing over his body. A broken ar is the result. —A bee was held o Tuesday last for the purpose of level ing and otherwise improving the cemete y grounds in Sun- shine, Morris townshi . The improve- ment was needed. —On Thursday of ast week a young man named Richard amb, employed at Wilson's saw mill in Turnberry, was kicked on the nose and forehead by a horse and severely injured. —The Belgrave che se factory is now turning out 16 cheese per day, and the maker, Mr. John Ro s, of Bluevale, is even more popular wi h the patrons than he was last season. —Mr. E. lijchard on, of Brussels, who had just nicely g t over a siege from poison ivy and had go started to work, broke the small bone in one of his arms last week while cho ping. He will be laid up for some time. —A team of horses belonging to Mr. James Campbell, of Vest Wawanosh, ran away from one of the grain houses at the Lucknow stat on, on Saturday, 19th ult., but was fee tunately captured before any damage waa done. —Mr. W. Grant, of the London road, Tuckersmith, recent! sold about', 30 head of fine cattle to r. Grovenlock,af Seaforth ; the price pad, was, it is said, in the neighborhood of $73 a head. They this figure. xeter, the con- ed work at the ed by the county one will not be nth yet, as he in - one ready to put ld one down. Vingham are ne- . Gray, Young & Seaforth, to op - should be good ones a —Mr. Hardy, of tractor, has cornmen new bridge being erec at Benmiller. The ol taken down for a m tends to have the new up before he takes the —The council of gotiating with Messr Sparling, of Blyth an erate the new salt well at Wingham. If a satisfactory agre ment can be se- _ cured, the firm will undertake the manu- facture of salt in that town. • —Mr. W. McLean, cattle buyer of Goderich, shipped from Lucknow sta- tion on Saturday, 19th ult.,• far Glas- gow, Scotland, forty head of the finest fat cattle that have left that place for a long time. Among the herd was two magnificent thoroughbred cows, that were purchased from Mr. John Jamieson, the well-known breeder of Ashfield. - 'a The two animals weighed 3,070 pounds, and the price paid was over $150. It is a pity to see such fine animals leaving the country. —Mr. W. Robiason, of the Huron Road, just west of Clinton. has a mare that is turning her 28th year, and she is as lively and active as a goodh many beasts considerably younger. She has raised 23 colts, and only ceased produc- tiveness two years' since. —Mr. Robert Brotherston, of Me- Killop, has a field of peas which were nicely podded on the 12th of last month, and Mr. John Irvine has_ a piece of barley which was partly headed out on the same date. —Dr. McDonald, the Reform candi- date for East Huron, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Strachan, held two very successful political meetings at Ethel and Cranbrook last week. Both gentle- men delivered able and interesting ad,. dresses. --eThe contract for the creation of the new James street Methodist parsonage in Exeter has been alwarded, the brick work to Heaman & E V &ICS , and the car- penter work to Rosa Taylor. The proposed cost of the building is aibout $2,500. —Miss Graham, daughter of the Rev. James Graham, the new Methodist min- ister of Exeter, and a graduate of the Wesleyan Female College at H.amilton, won the $10 prize for the best written essay by a member of the Literary So- ciety. —Old Archie Galbraith, the well- known and veteran phrenologist, is still in the land sof the living, as his many friends in this county will be pleased to learn. He delivered a series of five lectures on his favorite subject in the school house Shipka, McGillivray township, last week. —Mr. Thos. W. Gibson, son of Mr. A. L. Gibson, of Wroxeter, who for years has been private secretary and short -hand reporter for Hon. T. B. Par- dee, has resigned his position to look after his father's business at Wroxeter ; Mr. McIntosh, of the Guelph Mercury, is his successor. —The congregation of Cavan Presby- terian church, EXeter, held their an- nual tea and strawberry festival on Wednesday evening of last week. There was a good attendance, and the affair was a success in every respect. The proceeds, after paying all expenses, amounted to $50. —A horse belonging to Mr. John Bailey, of the 2nd concession of Hullett, got drowned in a peculiar way one day last week. It slipped down in a small pond of water that was only a couple of feet deep, and being unable to get on its feet again, remained there until it was drowned. —The Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany commenced last week to fill up with gravel the long stretch of trestle work at the ma end of their iron bridge in Wingham. The work is a big under- taking, and it will take a long time to finish. They also intend filling up the trestle work at the western approaeh to the bridge. --The imported Clydesdale stallion owned by Mr. A. Carlton, and which was exhibited at several of the shows in this county last spring, died last week at George Fothergill's, East Wawanosh, of inflammation, He had been sick for about three weeks. He is satid to have been the largest horse in the county. —Previous to her departure from Ex- eter, Mrs. G. N. A. F. T. Dickson, wife of the Rev. Mr. Dickson, recently pas- tor of Main street Methodist Church, was presented with a well-filled purse by the members of her Bible class, which she had taught with great acceptance and success for the past three years. —The Brussels Post of last week says: W. B. Dickson leaves Brussels this week on a professional trip to Helena, Mon- tana. He will be away about a month, but his office will be open as usual. He goes in the interest of persons in this locality to investigate the title, &C., of propeity valued at from $20,000 to $30,000. —Mr. E. B. Burt, assistant post- master at Brussels, wrote 2,100 words upon a postal card one day last week. The 1st chapter Of Luke and the first 2:3 verses of the 2nd chapter was what was written, and, although the writing was small and. written with an ordinary pen, it could be read quite distinctly with the naked eye. —One evening last week as Messrs. Glenn and McFarlane, of Stanley, were driving home from Clinton, they met with an aecident that might have been more serious. Part of the harness giving way, the buggy ran on the horse's heels, which tried to run away, and succeeded in throwing the occupants out ; beyond severe sprains, neither of them was seri- ously hurt —During a funeral service in the Gorrie Presbyterian church last week, a portion of. the floor gave way, and a general rush was made for the door, and one man owns to having jumped through the window. Fortunately no person was hurt, and order was soon re- stored, and the ceremony proceeded with. —During a thunder storm one day last week, C. A. Scott, butcher, of Wingham, had five calves killed • by lightning on his farm in Hullett town- ship, between Blyth and Londesboro. The animals had gathered under a tree for protection during the storm, when the tree was struck by the elec- tric current, and the five were instantly killed. —Mr. John Elston, of the 2nd con- cession of Morris has ten acres of fall wheat which will' average five feet in length. Mr. Tippling, of the 1st conces- sion of Turnberry, has four acres fully better than this. Both crops are head- ed out, and the grain is maturing nicely. We hope these two fields are a sample of the -entire wheat crop of these two townships. —The Masonic Grand Lodge Commit- tee on the Rearrangement and Redistri- bution of Districts met in Toronto re- cently and formed four new districts, viz., Erie, South Huron, Algoma and Frontenac. The South Huron district comprises the following lodges : St. Marys, Mitchell, Parkhill, Ailsa Craig, Lucan, New Hamburg, Baden, Exeter, Stratford, Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Zurich, Blyth and Smith's Hill. —The Tuckersmith correspondent of the Clinton New Era says : _Although there are several men along the 3rd con- cession of Tuckersmith that are older than Mr. Edward Turner, there are not many who have resided in the township for a longer period. With his father he came to Tuckersmith 53 years ago, settling on the 1st, where he is now residing, Of course vast changes and improvements have taken place during that time, and the place that was then in. g wilderness, has been som as the rose, and the its increase." —Several fakirs cam Caledonian day to pl and victimize and rob Constable Scott informe lock-up would have o ly after they commence they wilted. This is th t4eat these rascals, and veritable howl - made " to blos- earth to yield to Brussels' on their vocation he unwary, but them that the cupants short - operations, so proper way to if they received a similar reception in every place where they alighted -the breed would soon die out. —On Friday last Mr. Pritchard, who resides on the H.owick and Minto boun- dary, received a telegratn that his son Thomas, who was studying in Montreal for a Congregational miniater, was &Owned in a lake near Ottawa, where -he was filling the place of a minister who was taking a few Weeks' holidays. His body was brought home, and was buried in Scarf's cemetery on Tuesday. last. — Mr. Alex. Welsh, a the Bayfield concession, Goderich township, has rent- ed his farm of 180 acres .to Mr. McDon- ald, of the 4ffuron Road, who takes it for five years lit an annuai rental of $380, taxes and road work. This ds a good acres of wood - figure, but there are 7 land, which he is at libe ty to use as he likes. Mr. Welsh retai s possession of the farm until fall, when he expects to move to Clinton to reside. —One day last week, while the em- ployees of the casting department of W. H. Verity & Son's agripultural works, at Exeter, were engaged at their work, one of the boys put a damp piece of iron into the smelting -kettle, which caused the liquid fire to fly all over the room, and it is almost miraculous that the workmen escaped serious injury. As it was some of them got their clothes burn- ed, and others their feet and limbs. — Mr. Geo.' Balderson, of Goderich township, who went to .Dakota recently on a prospecting tour, returned on Mon- day evening, and was so well pleased with the appearance of things there, that he determined to make it hiS future place of residence. He has bought 160 acres from Mr. W. Cox, (also of Goder- ich township, ) nearElliott, paying there- for $1,400. He does not move on it, however until next spring. —At the last meeting of Exeter vil- lage council a communication was read from Junior- Judge Doyle condemning_ the accommodation which Exeter afford- ed for holding court, and stated that if a more satisfactory hall or court room was not secured he would certainly take the court of the 5th division to some other town, and call upon Exeter council for expenses incurred. The matter was laid over for consideration at a future meeting, —Mr. H. Grant and wife, of Rat Creek, Manitoba, and Mr. Alex. Aiken - head, formerly of Clinton, but now of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba,were visit- ing friends in the vicinity of Brucefield ; western life appears to agree with them, as they are looking hale and hearty. Mr. J. McQueen, sr., formerly of the 2nd concession of Stanley, but who some years ago removed to Michigan, is at present Visiting friends in Stanley, —On Tuesday of last week a number of families in the Lanes' settlement, Ashfield township, joined _in a friendly picnic and went to spend the day in Port Albert. Quite a pleasant time was had in boating, swinging and pleasant conversation. The eatables were amply supplied by the ladies, and were seem- ingly enjoyed by all present. About half -past four all started for home, well pleased with the very sociable picnic. — Last Sunday afternoon Mr. E. E. Wade, of Brussels, and Miss Pattison, his sister-in-law, and Mr. Wade's little son were out driving. They had taken a tour around the race course and were returning home and Mr. Wade got out of the buggy to close the gate to the Driving Park, when the horse started, and despite all Miss Pattison could do ran away. Before going very far the occupants of the rig were thrown out and were considerably shaken up. The buggy was damaged somewhat. — Just as Henry Vanstone, of Ben - miller, had his horse hitched to drive out to the circus at Goderich on Tues- day of last week, the animal started off and got up a circus on its own account. It ran against a fence and upset the buggy, and after it got loose from the buggy it ran around the field for a while at a lively rate. The buggy was badly smashed, and the harness torn to shreds. Henry concluded that he had circus enough for one day so he did not go to town. —The members of the East Wawa - nosh Literary Society had a picnic on the banks of the Maitland, on Saturday. A large crowd had assembled in the forenoon, and in the afternoon pleasure - seekers came in swarms. There -was some sort of amusement for each, such as croquet, quoits, swinging, music, &c., and those who liked to sit still could have heaps of fun watching the athletes perform. In the evening a foot ball match was played between the Rangers of Marnoch, and. the Young Heroes of Fordyce. —On Wednesday of last week Mr. W. Proudfoot, the junior member of the legal firm of Garrow & Proudfoot, Goderich, took unto _ himself a wife in the person of Miss Marion F. Dickson, daughter of Mr. Wm. D. Dickson, governor of the county jail. The cere- mony was performed by Rev. Dr. Ure. Miss Davis, of Goderich, was the brides- maid, and W. B. Dickson, solicitor, of Brussels, was groomsman. Some very valuable presents were made to the bride, among the number being a beauti- ful silver service by Mr. Garrow. Mr. and Mrs. Proudfoot have taken a bridal tour down the St. Lawrence. —One day laet week a pair of pants, that had evidently been cast off by •a tramp, were found in the barn of Mr. John Wiggington, Bayfield road, Goder- ich township. In the pocket was a leather pocket -book, which contained a doz,en or more clippings from five dollar bills. Most of them were pieces that had been clipped right across the bill, and had the full figure five on them. The supposition is that the balance of the bill was passed in the ordinary way, mid these clippings were intended to be pasted over " ones," thus making what is known as a "raised bill," or in other words, a sharper's method of altering a one dollar bill to a five. —The Clinton New Era say : On Tuesday last as Mr. and Mrs. George Hill, of the base line, were on their way to town, they had an unpleasant acci- dent. One of the horses started to kick, and got its leg over the tongue • this caused them to run away, and l'3efore they could be controlled both Mr. and Mrs. Hill were thrown out of the wagon, the latter eseaping unhurt, but Mr. Hill falling against a rail with his breast. The horses continued along the road, and turned at Wm. Tiplady's to go into the yard, the gate being opened, but one going each side of the large post, they were suddenly brought up short. The tongue of the wagon snapped off like a pipe stem, and the post afras dented like as if a cannon ball struck it, but no other injury was done. —The Stratford Beacon of last week says Messrs. John I. Hobson and T. Shaw, of the Live Stock Journal, Ham- ilton,passed through Stratford on Thurs- day, en route for Seaforth, to inspect the farm of Mr. Dickson, Seaforth, who entered this year in competition for the S weepstakes Gold Medal prizes. They tell us the crops, on the whole, are rather under than over the average in the country, generally owing to the dry weather that has prevailed in many parts, setting in after the wet weather of early spring. This year, in the farm contest for medals, it is the battle of the giants. No less than 18 farms have been entered in competition in various parts of the country between Chatham and Renfrew. —The final revision of voters lists for South Huron, under the Dominion Fran- chise Act, is completed. The courts being held in the various municipalities be- fore His Honor Judge Toms on the dates mentioned for the same. In Seaforth 22 additional voters were placed on the list. McKillop -25 names added, three corrections, six struck off and four ap- peals sustained. Tuckersmith—seven names. added, ten corrected, 12 struck off, and four appeals sustained. Stan ley -32 names added, four corrected, seven struck off and three appeals sus- tained. Hay—one name added and nine corrections. Hullett—two names add- ed, 10 changes, four struck off, and four appeals sustained. Bayfield—one name added and no changes made. —The picnic under the auspices of the ladies of Father Watter's church in Hullett, on Wednesday 6f last week, was a complete success. Notwithstand- ing the cloudy sky the people of Ilullett and Clinton turned out nobly, and many droire down from Goderich. There must have been nearly 900 persons on the grounds. The ladies of Hullett deserve great praise for the manner in which they entertained those who kindly pa- tronized them: Every one seemed to enjoy themselves. Dancing was kept up during the day, and there were games of all kinds for young and old. The Clinton band kindly enlivened the day with charming music. The event of the day was the voting of a gold watch to the young lady who could poll the most votea. After a severe contest, the watch was awarded to Miss Kate Rey- nolds, daughter of Dominic Reynolds. This contest realized the handsome sum of $320. —The Brussels Post of last week says : ' Considerable interest is being taken in the proposition of Thos. Smith, of Grey, to the council of Brussels of- fering to erect a two storey brick 'fac- tory and move his planing mill and other machinery into it, on condition that he be exempted from taxes on the factory and machinery for a term of five years. Mr. Smith agrees to erect two dwelling houses upon which and the lots in connection with the factory he will pay taxes. We think the proposition a fair one, and, as we are drawing no revenue from Mr. Smith's property at present, exempting his factory would not alter our rate of taxation. We wiiint all the industries we can get in Brussels, and as some eight or ten hands would be constantly employed, and probably a larger number as the mill got in running order, it would be a valuable_ acquisition to our town. —The Wingharn Times regrets to chronicle the sudden deatb of Miss Mary McEwen, daughter of John A. McEwen, J. P., of Morris, which sad event took place on Wednesday evening, the 23rd ult., at the early age of 18 years and 8 months. Miss McEwen appeared to be enjoying her accustomed health on Wed- nesday morning, and attended to her household duties as usual. During the forenoon she ate a piece of orange peel, which seemed to upset her stomach and in the afternoon she had several ;light attacks of vomiting, but very little was thought of this. Two or three times she walked up stairs and lay on the bed to rest, after which she would rise and rest in a chair. Shortly after 5 o'clock she again lay down on the bed, and, al- though she did not complain of feeling very ill, Dr. Macdonald was sent for and arrived about 7 o'clock, but too late to be of any service, as the unfortunate lady expired soon after without a strug- gle. The cause of her death was un- doubtedly heart disease, as she had sev- eral times complained of a strange sen- sation about the heart. Miss McEwen was an active and promising young lady, was highly esteemed by her associates, and the family have the heartfelt sym- pathy of the entire community in their bereavement. A Voice From Dakota. (Fro Our Own Correspondent.) DEAR EXPOSITOR.—As many of your readers are interested in the prosperity of our country, in consequence of the many dear ones located here, in whose welfare they -take an interest, I will pen a few lines for the benefit of my Cana- dian friends, and I have found that all my former letters were read with in- terest here by our " Canadian -Ameri- cans." First I am happy to say that in so far aa—I know, all the -citizens of this part hailing from old Huron, Bruce and Perth, are well, and generally doing well. A few of those young men who concentrated their affections on fair ones at home, are now almost determined on spending their days in a state of " single blessedness." How sad that in many cases those fair ones are looking in vain for their affinities at home, determined to run the risk of going through lffe alone, simply because they lack the courage -to try " Life oia the Prairie," with those who (whether they will admit it or not), hold the key to their affect- ions. We have lots - of beautiful, vir- tuous, active and intelligent girls here, but, alas, our bachelors are too much:de- voted to those they left behind them, to be either captivated or captured by their charms or wiles. I have- been thinking of establishing a matrimonial agency in view of getting matters put on a more satisfactory basis. In the event of our concluding to go into this speculation, I shall announce my terms for a pen por- trait of the bachelors to be recommend. Meanwhile let those young ladies reflect upon their past folly and resolve to make sunshine enter the homes and hearts of JULY 2 1886. those faithful " phelows " who Were once, and still should be very dear to had no March rains, consequently seed.. them. ' Our winter was by no means severe, WEATHER AND CROPS. although we had some severely cola weather, and spring came in early. vire ing commenced on the 5th of April, axid was general by the 7th and 8th. Seed was generally got in the ground in goad condition, and all early sowed weal came up healthy, but the lack of rain caused the ground to become too dry, up thin, and as we had nO' rain sufficient and much of the later sowed grain came after a week of June was past, the to wet the ground during May or tia parched kernels did not germinate in time to mature with the other grain, From this cause alone there will be a considerably diminished yield. The breaking season is rapidly passing by, and those who regarded the clouds, and waited for rain, which I fear they did not -pray for, have not got as large a breadth broken as would have been done unvvdeer roetahderofcitrhceu THE FRon. Insesvteanrecefrso. st in Ontario and the eastern provinces and states, with a self-satisfied feeling of emigrate- lation at the idea of oar escape from the same scourge. But the All Wise dia. poser of events chastised us by seri the summer frost. On the morning of the 3rd of June, we had it forming a slight covering of ice on pails of water &c. outside, and the 4th 5th 6th and 7th followed with similar or worse visia ations while on the morning of the 8th we had ice of the thickness of a pane of ordinary glass, and large spots of grain became quite yellow, while some places became brown. We have, how- ever, been favored with some slight showers and the color of the grain is changing to its usual rich green and should we be exempt from harvest'frost there will be a heavy harvest to care for, as there is a great breadth sown. IMPROVEMENTS. Our roads are being improved rapidly by the use of the " New Era grader in some parts and the old fashioned scraper dd plow in others. The effect has Namged the scene very much ; the elonotony of following winding trails over the dreary prairie is removed and people can find their bearings with less to ouble. Business men ha our towns, and the patriotic portion of our farmers are co-operating in this laudable object, the former by liberal subscription, and the latter by teamelabor. - All will profit by the work being done, and our coun- try will not only be improved in appear- ance, but benefitted by the drainage. FROM MANITOBA. A large influx of Manitobans has added to our population. The majority have gone to the west of this part fol- lowing the extension of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba railway, or rather the .Grand Forks and Larimore branch of it through the Devil's Lake country. The foeee at present on the work is upwards of 600 teams, and the length to be built about 400 miles, being from Park Town, the present terminus, to the Missouri river. The probable ter- minus is Big Falls. Jas. Rill, the St. Paul railway king, is determined to add to his millions by getting hold of the rich mines in the west, ponsequently, although all necessary explorations are made, the points to be struck are kept secret from the public. Hugh O'Don- nell, Esq., formerly of Dundas street, Paris, Ontario, has been extensively en- gaged since coming west on the internee tional boundary and other United States surveys. He is an acknowledged. authori- ty on mining.and claims to have located several mines, including coal, mica, and the other precious metals. He is with the engineers directing their movements. The capitalists of Fargo, are determined to extend the 'Milwaukee system of rail- ways in the same direction, and are locating their routes for a main line and its " branches. It is expected that a branch will be extended through the Red River Valley, via Pembina, Emerson, &c. They are erecting extensive smelt- ing works in their city, and as they hold a large share of the mines in Lake Win- nipeg and its Islands, they are determin- ed to utilize the Red River in summer, and be independent of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway, in controlling the trade which they claim Fargo should righ ully enioy. OLD IENDS. I will close this ommunication by shnply telling your Canadian readers that their friends- are well. J. Manson, J. Dobie, the Murdochs, McLeans, Camerons, Kirkbys, Dinasfords, Gor- dons, and others are well, and have done their duty in putting in extra large crops. I may report at a later date. Yours, &c., Akra, Pembina County, DakotaS, June 16th, 1886. f TIAMFORD. Presentation to an Orangeman. At the semi-annual meeting of the North Huron County Orange Lodgeheld at Brussels on Friday last, Mr. Henry Perkins, Past County Master was pre- sented. by the brethren of the district with a complimentary address and handsome and valuable gold -headed cane in recognition of his long and faithful services to the Order. The following is the address : DEAR SIR AND BROTHER, —The Orange- men of the Loyal Orange County Lodge of North Huron desire at this their 19th semi-annual meeting to express their ap- preciation of your long and faithful ser- vices in connection with - this Loyal Orange Association. Ever since the for- mation of this County Orange Lodge you have taken an active interest in its, welfare, and devoted much of your valuable time and talenta to advance its interests, and to inculcate and instil into the general community the princi- ples of our noble order, and whenever your services were required, the cause of civil and religious liberty as exempli- fied in the Orange Order received your first and most earnest attention. The brethren in the past have manifested their confidence in you by electing you year by year for eight years as Deputy County Master and afterwards as County Master for ten consecutive years, and now it ie their opinion that the pros- perity of this County Orange Lodge has been due in a large measure to the deep and earnest zeal shown by you in the cause of Orangeism. They ask you to accept this gold -headed cane as a proof of the deep respect and high este,era with which you are regarded by every member of this lodge, and they pray and trust that it may prove as. valuable • a support to you in your declining years as you have been to the noble cause of Orangeism. They are also much plea8ed to notice the recogaktlea Grand -Ledge in o years to the hon of Associate Grand Mesta West; and that you and Mrs • d family may be long spare $ principles of the Protestat intsined and protec, bed b., Association. Signed, on be of tile officers and members gaols County Orange Lodge, 14B0EBRY, Worthy Coun .31AllgEw MORRISoN, Count lrj ra.4, si fira 134 dgiti: 64 30 ot:iliF1 ts r s sLut hes ott r t,ea r 8 b Itt yt as ne oi t ibpta r y.13 smet rbia ivriim nyo efl.e 'uYtyLo .4dtfeneiehye.geu rLoht t edg ic a avurbGe'ni ittel stek,Eb eoteioh,oiei ,rdi 3 311yri nnontiareeea nati zdt enfsslienrw_aoeko:dTeeidin dihmta is sr r nala dtveteirhi voishgenteoei ,featsai. insthreaseriensiedsinemin3,ysithi iosTlabot:f irts: a drrsieweenhaaxenr igh.oe. pa dtetontspgd semti,h.linoeerte4F.Die sd, reehkroeo, ncesiiesnromyi :tmeve sa dhxt: ofT ihnife00e.teeerrh;a0oidbe, e atrdnfdieehini snparyot a .00nr ebiwsrderhai srarseurloR_ueernneae aeebi nk.siit on, ,stvenitevr ism.el.e,faxNddehgtu:ewel,tihN_aahrii s 10,r iveei saGhgnn:00a:st xtri ber„of reppresentativewasReafiremdetr 4:31exasmeanitgvraderirrninc°ttu:..,:tdeidwriviiitgegu,hsr:7tecitrfthts.hkeiteJslohev,noheephsbarrnueRiesortfsi:I'deamVinintr:teihNigellrdti,ie:idopikaausAre! rereal ar: d irdfeta e td aeri temnbi eteeewtvi nchbea soadnevt vui°eehfint t poi Orf ne w sp e du t oo t s pa rtse th ea tR. td hi Ile g 0 nilv ee n st oi The chairman ethhisemni biswithvIsdratwfaitfhrofmul stehrevrincee Ina withdrew from the meet - wee willoPf:hbrilmsleirte.qmuesalle commenced h eortsequently he hhimad rooks by referring to the poasoiuttiiolodnnu,dleh chenhe was no m:Ni_nuaete Etdht..nhe oat,: atii iplleteeerhtstilielommhy. la,"0. ir ry; er nv n(i gt:iteeoei re 6 doulb:.ii th ical :diet oet hdaj irrPi lar:h:fopwBdi:maedirr nfhietwaCt.e: aitelegrudsdec ifMto hrdi al el tnas inor hh)e dieai bcothelnlhicindisnoduPtlsicoistniite!sidt,eleotanhcipseto;sc'tetorhnaa;NurideintibhettpinDhehdtuneeimeeyoatihni-aheo.:11 gr. McMillan, and all that rem lumber of his frienpdmgoshs.,.itytib'o.tenhtAfinhadismanview 0 snd the party, was moved and by a standing vote. Sir Richa eclarrlei irscefully acknowledged mot, wild then after shaking h ed°1n- necurpia:tinem. gem:riia.ipap:opituh.tels\o,imivsen ihe situation the folloNYvin men:: vas carried unanimously : ionvention as such was rope. rly consti the local association, ;:t.ao 01 enhJ. 8 0:_snMe,one sw. G. j-MraSi no. DereiDgaoS eeWSr me°Tlei :lit. lideatCaC G°D8AS AnDit e:ecliweeK audIx- eale:1 :BPC, Enirnu Xfilop, and seconded. .bym Mr. Wed. After a lengthP d Dray, of Seafortphos,tpthotted ueuntactithileos'aioct:eftehofefru Moved by Mr. Geo M resent parliament, and h scion woad therefore be praetmaa4tuYree.ne tons approving of ththeen &unlock, vreTent: is likely to be anotthheerfatseetssion of th _efarthe Reform leaders ein9artsheeaDuclornPilliiCe bonest ad Cash, A. Melfeje°c1h,n; ind. his coneagne,s fnoreinthgaelArlairra'sbilee7 c liament, and thank - !1,#, glanies Aitchr j7, Broadfnsmrr' na_s_41* Win. Grieve, R. I The convention as Hastmiennstratio f ff -1011 TUOKE Trot /wow a " • " .eniv v Bmingg.:,ratsrimg.f,ohi ariraos ewtt oRaohe ems( iiilivsecksehsoahtr• tat epb,i. st. ,06:1,fpaidezsacctina.editeil s give as full a report easonme, J:hu Dickso Abe, Robert GOV-e eannwtd,, 1 r e sr e dijooe. t .stt hez Passed remit h, M. Murcli c gtt, Ikaeedn iitaaleij h us- ez A cMpoit uxT:Ho°J.n n. t ell, YEs .A1;e:rat sS: st;I:nosDP.81 p et e.ijGedr e*eisRetshb:a re:arn nlaseell:A7ija.ingivIhNnuvlhiPdrrtf:eyg,d'Dj: e t A7-13G7LPIEM' 1_)Irri:D.11-1John Ess'on,r;no.71:: FE.. CNovileisntsiia, ekDrE,e.:1Nli.eCo,(YEal $1 71' 'CBIT'le urarus, W M K' 1. io.rc oe b sAnt rrntl:ThdvD r,:niJor nWoinGor bvaareennatrly: 1171),t,i J sRuh- (7.3 Iraithwaite,A. Woodman,J. B. Murr 0 h hn Manson Alex. McIver, den Geo W itely, Indian, Jas. Snell, James Campbell, J 447111- :b1 ant dk —D. D. Wilson, Dr, St& Dalgetty, lady, aTjt aRGha. eye no, :all 1,1: ma' jtsr: cornisThh:Ds._ l'trrtouheghlticleofrittrodr 124:o4f11.MP4icxhirgsajnT°init'w—hiinch tIher e sniSer,thi, avnearieeen, June 14th, 188 From Michigan. ................ ,:,,,,,,etcagri$5egriraajcree0,1 -",__races_ over 800,000 acres of choice la "with every assurance of COnifOrt ut itS territory, and offers to the , bandinan a home wherein he can -(11 etniTybaenreddolt5anedg,0%evoll tie; cannot be equalled. It is the gi *,,millenwealth of Michigan. It -'1 ,gorosupeperitry.acrTeh:flawnhclischareonseo.ldquaatr f anee to be paid inside of 99 yeare ratiso,ble certainty, and if he clesiri iaengde o ina ng do so da rt ee r required to be' paid down, and the llet cent. interest. A man investin utese conditions *ill soon secure , eatablish a coinforta.ble home wit financial bade e dence Much is 1 ufth . . P II • e Prairies and plains of the NI