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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-11-19, Page 44 g H °RON XPOSITOR NEW ADVERTISEMENTS: ia"' The figure between the parenthesis after each line denotes II(`:Tage of the paper on which he advertisement WC be found: Photographs—B. J. Wade. (5) Montreal [Louse -Duncan & Duncan: (5) Electric Dry Goods Ilonse—E. McFaul. (5) Thoroughbred Berkshire -J. Wells. (5) Notice to Farmers John Stanley. (5) Suffolk Pig John Wilson. (5) Notice• Peter Adamson. (5) Caution - Louis (entsehaue (5) Londesbaro Creamery G. Watt. (5) Notice - Win. Murray. (5) Teacher Wanted -R. Ross. (5) Estra Heifer Jas. Stewart. (5) White Bronie Monument . (s) - Mone:c to Loan Exrostrott Office. (s) .Comin- to Town -Dr. Kergan. (s) 'Business Card IL II Gunn. (6) Store and Dwelling. to Let -G. Good. (S) Teacher1Vanted -Alex. Melicq. (5) Notice to Delitors Campbell a: Brigtht. (5) Strayed St ..-rs Mrs. Love. (s) ameixityncearie -^ xpoodot. SEAFORTII, FRIDAY Nov. 19, ISM Reformers, Attention l We are requested lay Mr. D. D. , Wil- son, President of the South Huron Re- form Association as constituted for Local Legislature purposes to state that a Convention will be held in Ilialgins' Hall, i lensall, on Monday, November , 29-th, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the pun: ' pose of ',ideating- a candidate to :eontest the censtituancy in-th' Reform inierests - at the approaching elsetion to the On- tario Legielature. Te represeniation will he three delegates fer each polling sutaditision. The tiMe is short; the battle will be sharp )and Reformers everywhere must bestir themselves if they wish to win the victory.. Let every man do his duty and Ontario's Champion and brave defender will be again sustained. —A convention of the Reformers of East Huron. will be held at _ the town • hall, 13tussels, on Tuesday, November SO, at II o'clock a. m., for the purpose of selecting a candidate .to contest the constituency ha the Reform interests at the approaching election to the Local Legislature. The representation will be the same as at the lastcenvention for Dominion purposes. Local chairmen should see that every polling sub- division is fully represente(i at this con- vention. 1----- - , THE ONTARIO ELECTIONS. •f:REPARE FOR ;IIATI.LE. 1 The (=lobe of Tuesday t -last Contained !' the following ,anueuncn,eent : We have to annonnce that on th advice of Mr. Mowat the Ontario Paeliment has been dissolved. The writs for the election of a new House will be issued immediately. The day of -polling will be, over the - whole of the Province, on Wednesday, 29-th •December. The nominations will take place, except in, those .. tt d constituencies as to which the lass- other- wise provides on WI-educed:an, 22nd. December. Iri tendering to the Lieu- tenant( =overnor the adltice which he has accepted, Mr. Moss* has been actuated , by a profound sense of the duties impos- ed upon hien by coostitutional usages. It has been the invariable rule for Brit- ish Parliaments, after the franchise has . been, widened, to sit no longer than has been absolutely required for the traneac- fiats of ludispensably necessary business. In Ontario Vie franchise has been nutteri- ally (hanged in to dir ctions. On the one hand voting power lhas been confer- red upon scores of thousands of hitherto Voiceles citizens ; on the other the fran- chise has been taken away from non- resident property owners, and the prin- ciple of '' One man onefvote " has been defiuitely, aud fully recognized. In a double seethe, therefore, the ffouee which has jut- 'been diseolved, had ceased to repreeent the peo-pie,end Mr. Mowat, recognizing the fact, determined to act, as he always dove act, courageously and promptly, and to (uppeal for a renewal of the confidence bestowed epon him. Mr. Mowatis Lkanifesto. \-Ve present to our readers this week euppleateut form the very able and convincing letter issued by Hoe. 0. Mowat in reply to his essellants on the Massie wad other questions. This sup- plement was intended for last week, 1)ut we were enable to leave, it mailed -with our regular issue. It isnot too late yet, however. It will stand reading and re- reading, and should then be laid aside carefully for future reference. 'We ask every one into. whose hands; it may fall to peruse it carefully and dispassionate - 1y, and we are sure that none who wi do this, we care not what their politica convictions may be, will say that it is not amanly, straight-forwara, honorable -deliverance, or that it does not bear the very impress of truth on the faec of it. Thus far a reply has Item attempted -by the fail, the Revicee, and:the Rev. Mr. Milligau, but neither of • them confute one sittele statement made by Mr. Mowate • As might he expected -the reply of the Mail is the lee:meet and niost(lisingenu- ous of the three. While it cannot deny that it was the first to puhliely prefer the 'charges againtt Mr. lassie, whims it now affects to ehampion, and thet t repeatedly demanded that these charges -he investigated by a emmniesion, and found fault with the (=overnment for ts apparent dilatorinces in Ilse her this in- veetination 'ileac, it atteitipts to -place the blame for all this upon other shoul- ders. It says that it published these charges at the instance of the private seoretary of Archbishop Lynch, and that the information actually came from that functionary. In its haste to get out of the unenviable corner in whieh it was placed by Mr. Mowat, it evidently over- looked the fact that in doing so it actu- ally gave away its whole case. Its con- tentionds that ir. Mowat and his Gov- ernment are tit, creatures of Archbishop Lynch, arid that at his bidding they are forced to persecute Mr. Massie. Now, if this is the case,—if the Archbishopds so all-powerful with the Government, why did. he not secure the dismissal of Mr. Mas -ie at once, and why was it necessary for him to secure the aid of. the Mail and Mr. Meredith to try and accomplish thiS objOetS. This is a point which the _Mail does not explain. The reply of the Review is simply an impudent reiteration of its former ac- cusations and suspicions without one tittle of evidence or proof to suppOrt them. I The reply, of Mr. Milligan, although couched in eourteous and gentlemanly language, is - weak and disappbinting. Prom the tore of this gentlemae's, first letter, he led his readers to sUppose that heItad information in reserve alsout the , Massie affair and the management -of the Central Prision that he did not then r, divulge. If he ,,has any •suchinform, tion, he fails1tO bring it out Pe this lets. i _ ter, and that was clearly the place for it. The greater part of his letter is tak.en up with riticisms of th Roman Roman Catholic churLh and . an argument against the Se "trate School Law and systene All these are matters with the establishment of which neither Mr. Mowat nor any member of the present Government had anything to do. The only reference he makes to the Mitesey case, which w a the real question .et issue, is the foil wing : "1 assure you "in the day w en all secrets shall be „" (.1selosed this (Romish influence) will "b€ found to be the core of the Central " Prison difficulities. Volumes wiitten " upon the case to the contrary will "never alter this fact." • This may or may not be. At any rate, it is rather too leug to wait for the proof, and if „Mr. Milligan had no better evidence tb give, at least evidence susceptible of more immediate proof, in support of the -charges he made, he should have re- mained silent, It would scarcely be safe to conde-mn the Government upon the strength of the reliability of his- , ; gifts as a prophet. The forecasts ef latter-day prophets have not been such, as to justify any such ra,s.h act. It is evident from h114. Milligan's letter that he is a sincerely good, conscientious man, but it is eqaally evident that his sincerity, singleness of purpose and ifi7° nocence, or ratl er guilelessness, have been taken adV ntage of by sorrie less scrupulous and v ry much more cunning and designing men to uee him as a tool for an unworthy ehject, and we have nO doubt he is partially aware of that fact ere this. The Massie, boom, like all , booms against Mr. Mowat and his Government, has burst and has restated disastrously to those who started it. We will not lik ly hear any more about it, especially ii. the Opposition press. It has died an1 ittglorious death, and so • let it-iie. ISMINJOI • A" Suggestion. Mr. W. R.Meredith, leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature, is to deliver an address at Godcrich on Friday evening. Should Mr. Alewat be defeated at the next general election, Mr. Meredith, in th e natural course of events, will be called upon fie form a- Go-Vr11111ellt. It is, therefore, necessary that the public should be made acquaint- ed with his views on the 'important,' issues now agitating the country. , The attitude of the Mowat Government to- wards the Roman Catholic church is now being 'made 4 leading issue in ,Pro-. vincial politics. 'The Conservative peels, led by the Torontp Mail, affirm that the Government of r. Mowat is under the ocintrol of Arehlishop Lynch, and that undue eoncessice s are beitig made to the Church of I wee, and that conee- quently Peotesta, tism is in danger. . • Mr. Mowat, on the other hand, says that his Govemnent deal out eeenn,, handed justice 'to al:, and that no cOn- cessions have ben made to •Roman Catholics that they are not!jusay en- titled to. - This i an inipohant and one upon which the views of the leader of the Op -position should be made known. - Does Mr. Meredith share the opinions of his organs in the 'press, or does he dissent from.those eiesirs and, repudiate his organs as Sir John Mac- donald did? This is a. point which should be settled before the people can give an intelligent vote at the polls. If he repudiates .the views of his organs, and expresses the opinion that the Ro= man Catholics have been accorded their just rights and no more, then Mr. - Mowat and he ate sailing in the same boat and there is no choice between them on that question. But, if he agrees with his organs that undue and danger- ous privileges have been granted to the Roman _Catholics this Province, 'sad that if he is placed in power he will- cur- tail those prieilegee, then those who be- lieve that " 1-rote4antient is in danger will know just how to vote. The inn pertance of an explicit and i definite de- liverance from Mr. Meredith on this qiestion must he evident to every one: Although he has delivered several ad- dresess since the 'issue was raitied, he has given no visible sign as to which di- rection he will- take, provided hims If and the _Tarty he leads is placed 11 power.. We would, therefore, sugge t Wilt he leave t -the people no -longer n doubt, but that he make a fair arid c -patio deliverance' on the question in his skec111 • at Goderich If he forgets or neglects to do so, some of his Protestant or Roman Catholic supporters at the . -meetieg should bring the subject to his attention. Should' lie fail to set him- self right on this question and ehould lli8 fI4ieIld8 fail to remind him of his duty, the public Will be justified in co 1 - eluding that they purposely shirk the An Unen ia,ble Distinction Finance Minister MeLelan enjoys the - -eneulLiable , distinction of being the athel of the largest deficit ' that has ever existed- . in-_Dominio n 4anc,eS. According to an official rettniti1rec ntly issued! .the deficit be- tween' reve ue rand expenditure .for the • fis year chiding June 3rd, 1886, in ,• ro-ut nuMbers.*-six millions of dollars. epresent Finance Minister, however; not ; entitled to the. whole credit for , s. ,The fouudation was well laid be- predeceSsoe, Sir Leonard Tilley, efrightened at the results of his own fineering, deserted the ship and took uge in his present haven of rest, Lieutenant -Governorship of New •13elunateick.1 -According to our present ers it Was a. crime for Sir -Richard rtwright,' when he held office, to have eficit. Well; what .do we find under ir rule? Whenthey came into office y increased the 'taxes -of the people y. per :cent, and still they have had a cession of deficits, the smallest of ieh is greater than the largest that trued in the 'reign of their predeces- s, , There is this importa.nt difference ween the, two, that tho. deficits in . Cartwright's titne were the result an hPaest .effort to -keep down the , es of the people, while the deficits of I ; .present iGovernment have accrued the. "ice of -the fact that the taxas re been ne' mentiof 11. sien. from icit ase the' t TI is th fo go 011 re th TU Ct ( th th th fif su wl .oc so • be of ta, th in ha er pu de cr Go fic ta. pe cox gie it th COL an en rly doubled. If the Go- r. 'MacKenzie deserved eX- office betause they had a result of a refusal to itS- xes, how can the present ernniaent .be excusedseeingtheta de - t has. Ocurred despite the fact thatthe es h sIe been inereased nearly fifty cent ? If temperer' to 'giving t solution of this questioi. would be much mere serviceable to ir reader and beneficial to their ntry than ttempting to stir up strife. bad Moor between people of diffete religious •enominations, or inveigh- ing against ti e tithe system of the Pro- vince of Queb matter. in _which -the 'people of the Province alone are intere eited. • The Liberals and Home Rule, The olive branch held out by the, se 9eding Liberals in England . was indig inantly pushed aside at the conference of thee Liberal -party at Leeds last week. It- Was the familiar effort of the tail to wag the body, and failed, asSutch effotte -usually,lail. There has not been fer a sothe of our Conservatite --)s would devote their ener- long time in England so representative, sa harmonious and so enthusiastic a ; political gathering as that whieh met at Leeds.tb ex:I-mess the sentiments of the Liberal part'. Mr. , Morley was the most prominont speaker, and Mr. Mor- ley's lea,dership; While not magnetic, is always eleva ed and progressive. The minor parts f the Liberal programme 'w-erb almost vholly lost sight of in the prominence g von to two things : loyalty Gla.datone las a leader, and 'Irish Home Rale as the .first measure to be carried through. On -these two points the conference was enthueiastically unanim4e. Gladstone and Irish Hon -ie Rule sum up in brief the position and the derhands of the Liberals. One of'', the besV fedtures of the present discus- sion is the altoget ler enptecedented use, of what may be called educational; methods in English political work. Withi genuine political sagacity, the: Liberals.? have' gone to work to educate' the great -mass of the new voters toi whom 'their own stetion has extended the franchise. This is to be done by a system of p-opular lectures throughout all Englanql by leading Liberals, and by the uee of pamphlets and printed •docu- mente of all sorts. • 10111113MININIMMENEMNIMMIN.11 • What:Will be the Result? There is evidently very little confi- dence- in the continuance Of peace in Europe. In, spite of the enormous national debts which are already bearing :hefts -4 on England, France, Germany,. Russia, and the .other powers, a lavish expenditure of ifioney for military pur4 .poses still goes on. The LOndon Spec tater .estimates that about $50,000,000 will be spent in the next year or two upon tis new eifle,' and the French Minis ter o‘ Marine has recently introduced a bill authorizing the expenditure .of at30,000,000-te put the French fleet on a substantial basis. - This mpney is not to be . expended e Pon great iron clads, but upon veseele- of sthall dimensions and of great speed. War means nowa-days enormous indebtedness, and. when the pressure is as great as it has already become in -Europe it is difficult to see jiolY these great and exceedingly expensive conflicts can be indefinitely Pnntinued. • Sooner or ater the end must come by bankruptcy, Lf not by the adoption of wiser and more tatesmanlike methods -of settling dis- utes. These great sums of money are o be expended simply a a matter of reparation and of pre aution. The Lctual expenditures of wa are not only uch greater, hilt are becciming heavier very year. A Dastardly OUtrage. . As will be seen by the ti.pcount given, )3, our Varna correspondent in andther, column, an attempt wae Ilale on day evening to burn th residence of .N1r.lJatnes Wanless, the riewly appoint - 0(1 Police MagistrIte for ;14outh Huron. Mr. Wanless has net tried any cases yet, and this outrage 1111st have .bn eet ierpetrated upon him fe - the double urpose of punishing .him . for accepting f the office and to so intimidate him as to revent his discharging his duties. eIt s difficult to characterize1these daring ets as they deserve. The man who 'could perpetrate an act of . this kind ould not hesitate to commit mueder if i suited his purpose tordo so, and those ho incite and encourage othersto coin - I lit these acts are as guilty, And as de- serving of punishment as the actual per- etrator. It is dreadful to plink that we ave in our midst such el high time that active m eing taken to put a stop t a ti 1 ti a aractets. It easures were this sort of ing. Vigilant committees should be rmed in every municipality for the irpose of,idieg the officers of the law, d as soon'as the guilty are discovered vat justice should be Meted out to em. If this sort of terrorism and law- ssness is not nipped inethe bud it will from bad to worse until he lives and 0 .Operty of none who at eir 'duty as citizens, or-. ess an opinion contrary t d interetts of the law-br s fe. lovers.of law an al ke interested in stamp aioreit4Lb1e scourge -of out rorism. ernpt to do vho dare ex - the wishes alters will be freedom are ng out this age and ter - A CONTEMPORARY remarl The Tory leaders- must st aits for time when they 1 m Sunday to keep their a st Sunday Ministers N\ hitt: and Thompson arriv L ronto from Ottawa, and en e with Dalton McCort hi residence in that city. in 7 the little crowd were j M ‘redith, M. P. P., of al o traveled, posthaste, fr in London on Sunday. he example of Sabbath th s set by these prominen created to do the cause of I an. religion in general t m than any .concessio cv e.• been or are ever likely b Mr. Mowat to the Rol 41, ch reit, and yet we fail ze to by 13 801 at ha lis Pr ba th thi Re 5: be in great ave to travel pointments. Macdonald, d in state at lad a confer - y, M. P., at In the even- ined by Mr. ondon,- who sns his home desecration men ,is cal- rotestantism n -fold more s that have to be: made -Ian Catholic o hear one rd of protest from that little band of berm Protestant.clergym and their on4an, who h their, noise created eo t theis it matters a gre le geed- people who -the , or -On which side of pen fo be. n i Torons ve recently, much fuss. t deal with ransgreseors olitieS.they 'DE Mail now advocate iment of athird politica hibition and anti-Catho is. This would suit the Mail amazingly. It kno ee-fourths of the temper ormers aed if these caul( the estah- party with icism as its put-pot:we of vs well that lice men are be estrang- ial. from their party' and shoved into a thi -d party, of course the th Mail and Sir John Ivo ea y run to office and pos On ario and the Dominion. tin sante need for Prohibit sa 10 danger of Roman Cath sio L one year ago as there th Mail never deemed it ad ocate the establishment pa ty.with Temperance and ist as its platform instil the eri I election when its friend gei of being swept from offic In he same ism in which i a third party the Mail adm Doininion Senate is one of cib tildes in the way of tem for , and still it strenuously ab lition or re-construct:ice eft; te body.. The Mail ckia't objects in the disgustingly co rse it is now pursuing. frivids of Id have an er both in There was on and the lic Aggres- is noW, but ecessary to of a third Protestant- ve of a gen- ere in dan- and power. advocates ts that the he greatest erance opposes the , of that ide its real' iypocritical AYS the Toronto News: Costigan, at a Tory g Re &ewe concluded ha .r sa ing that if he did not b th Conservative party was b to nelude all nationalities a, he wouldjhave nothing to d Th esteemed Mail reports ti do; observations, but omits th m. • If ministers of the pe mitted to express themsel fas lion, isn't Protestantism aisle -mei front Winn th4t "The isr.hrth West paesed an ordinance for the of gophers." 'Wonder if Nie Davin, Lieutenant Govern° and vermin of this class are the) ordinance. Honorable thering in marks by lieve that oad enough d all creeds with it. ese hetero - to rebuke crown. are ,es in this n danger? Peg ouncil has destruction soles -Flood • Dewdney ncluded in states A. MILWAUKEE ROBBERS, day night a well-dressed. m Charles Uprneyer's jewelry s w ukee and Inspected som H suddenly threw a hand pe per into theproprietor's, a rurnher of watches valued an1 fled. Finding himself c On Satur- n nntered ore in • watches. ful of red yes, seized at $4,000 esely pur- NOVIMBER 19, 1886. sued he drew a revolver and heldi the crowd at a sufficient distance to enable him to escape. News of the Week. Pitussres CENSUS.—The official Cen- sus -of Prussia shows a population -of 28,318,458 persons. Ceosen.—The Colonial Exhibition, in Lendon, ('1080(1- on Wednesday 10th inst., without ceremony. HAND0MJ liseunsn. --Het r Heider, a celebrated tailor of Berlin, recently deceasedeleaves 800,000 marks to the Catholic Church. - CoNFL:WRATION. Townehend, Ver- mont, was swept by a destructive fire on Friday -night last during a violent snow- st(riSssr,t(yl.estroying an immense amouut of pr;,pt !hem's. —The death Of the Earl of Etallekillen is announced at '79 years. lhe Fischer, the African traveller, has died- of gastric fever. Rev. William Delaney, Reman 'Catholic Bishop of Cork, is dead.. • Weve-Ween ei).—The town of Nice heti 'been vieited by enormous waves from, the Mediterranean, which inVept the Whole water front. At several other placsis in France and Spain severe storms have been raging.. A WEALTHY Greser.--A band of ten Bosnian gipsies, with a donkey and three bears, landed in New York from Havana. on Saturday last.' They were not allow- ed to leave the vessel till it was found that the chief had with him in bags $13,000 in gold. A Won]: I NG :11 EN'S P tem —at is rumor- ed -that the fifty workmen recently arrested at Buckets and Magdeburg on the charge of high treason were conspir- ing to incite the soldiers to join in a demonstration algal* the Government. Papers -have been seized whieh itnplic_ate workmen in Halle and .Leipsic in the plot. A l'aoTEST FROM TDB VATICAN'.—The Vatiean is preparing for pulffication an encyclical letter condemning and stig- matieing the Italian eeern m en t, whose policy, the letter will', pay, places the Pope in the power of a. revolution which menaces his liberty. "FATAL flre in Louis - Ville; KC:allay, 011 Saturday night destroyed property to the extent of $225;000. During the fire an explosion occurred which demolished two fire en- gines, instantly killed an engineer, and fatally wounded a fireman, two others being badly injered. Dules INTERESTED IN Fr.—It is un- derstood that the Dukes of Devonshire rand ' ,Buceleugh are heavily interested with, the St. Paul syndicate in the re- cent purchase of dock facilities at Sta- ten Island, in eonnection with the scheme for direct shipinents from the North-West to Europe. SWINDLER ARRESTEI).—M.. Popp has been :arrested at Paris, on a charge - of swindling English capitalists out of S90,000. Popp claims that gold can be extracted -from millstone, and the money has been spent in experimenting. Sm.% et meta' EXPLOSION.—The Chinese steamship Takataman burst her boilers while running under high pressure in a gale off- Niigata, and that 96 persons WItIO were on board perished, including the officers, who were Englishmen. SUIT AGAINST :NIAVOI). GRACE.-8uit has beeti brought against Mayur Grace, of NOW York, by Julien T. Davie, re- ceiver. of Grant & Ward, to recover $150,000, which the receiver says the books show Mayor GraCe obtained through fictitious contract transactions he had with Ferdinand Ward. Tins 1 iTlIE WAR IN AVALES.—A num- ber of- Wales.. clergymen,, who became impoverished through the tithe war, have 'appealed to ehurchmen in Eng- land for assistance. The 'Duke of West - minister has -subscribed .1:500 and four Welsh bishops £100 each, and other donations are being received. SOUVENIRS FOR THE SOLD1ERS.—Ern- perior William has consented that on January- 1st, the eightieth anniversary of his; 'admission to the army, a. col- lectioe be made to enable the committee to present to as many of his past and present seldiers as possible Souvenirs of his long military career. TIMBEIt GOBBLERT. Colonel Platt 13. Walker, a prominent lumber man of Minneapolis, says a syndicate of Can- adian lumbermen, with partnerain this state, have acquired the title to about 500,000,000 feet of pine • thnber in Northwestern Minnesota, and are ar- ranging to gobble up the rest of the vast timber belt on the northern slope, an arca including about one-half 'of the -en- tire state. He charges that the clause in the sundry civil bill proViding for a commission to treat with the Indians now Occupying these lands,. for their re- moval to the White Earth agency, was Secured directly in the interest of the Canadian syndicate. - Colonel -Walker, adds- that if these treaties should be Made and Confirmed ten million dollars worth, of Indian pine will certainly go into the hands of a foreign syndicate and $15,000,000 worth -of - lumber that: Dakota and Mineesota will shortly -need will be owned by the same pool. Huron Notes. • —Beattie Brother* of Clinton, have disposed of their livery business to Mr. Jos. Wheatley. The boys have not yet decided what they will do. —The December session of the County Council will be held in the Brussels Town Hall, commencing on Wednesday, Deceniber 1st. —Charles Williamson of the 15th con- cession of Grey, has raised his barn and put a eplendid stone stableunderneath. It is 40x60, and is finished in tip-top style. • —Mr. Sam'. Ard, of Morris, `is in -a very ldw. condition. He is suffering with the same disease from which his daughter died about two weeks ago— dysentery or Canadian cholera. —Mr. Duncan S. Kippers has sold his one handred acre farm on the 5th Con- cession of Morris, to Mr. Wm. Thomp- son, for S4,500, It is said to be cheap at this figure. —Mr. George Castle, of Stanley, has rented his farm and intends removing to Bayfield to live. Mr. Castle has well earned a' season of retirement from the more active duties of life and we wish him health to enjoy his leisure. —The livestock and implements be- longing to James Watson, who lived on John Foster's farm, in East Wawanosh, a short distance from Wingham, and who has recently made a business of peddling milk about that town, were all seized last week by a bailiff from Clinton, who at once placed a man in charge and advertised the effects to be solcl at a chattel mortgage sale on Tues- day. During the temporary absence of the man in charge on Sunday, Watson made himself scarce, along with a team of horses, a lumber; wagon and a colt, which were covered by the mortgage. The sale took place on Tuesday as ad vertised, but as the terms were cash the prices realized were small. It is sur- mised that!Watson feared this would be the case, and that after the mortgage was satisfied nothing would be corning to him, ohe concluded at least to have a wagon and team for himself. —The Sunday school that has been held in the school house, Section No. 3, Grey, has been eJosed for the winter. It has been quite successful, and will be re -opened ,as soon as the winter is past. —Todd's mill at St. Helen's was totally destroyed by fire on. Mon -Nay night of last week. A portion of the lumber in the yard was Raved by cutting the track and partly removing it. Insurance un- known. „ --Two boys, R. Gordon and J. Thom- son, of the 2n1 concession of Grey, re- cently drew in 26 loads of turnips, 30 bushels to the load, in a day. This was good work for boys, and will be hard to beat. —A numhee of men from the town- ship of Grey, who went to the Michigan lumber woods in quest of work, have re- turned. They say men were as numerous there as employment was scarce. —It is reported that Sir John Mac- donald and several of his cabinet minis- ters will hold a grand political demon- stration in Winglians' when the new :skating rink is ready to be opened. —The trustees of School Section No. 1, Prey, have secured the services of Mr. John McIntosh for the next year. Mr. McIntosh has given the best of satisfaction, and his re-engagement meets with geuerad approval. —The Govenlock farm, on the 8th concession of 61rey, has been leased for a tern) of years to the Yuill brothers, at a rental -of $150 and road work and taxes for the first year and $175 per annum for the succeeding years. —On the 2nd concession of Grey, Mr. John Hillier has completed a frame dwelling, and on the same line Mr. Jos.. Coombes is having a nice brick residence completed that will be commodious and domfortable. —Mr. Archibald Smith, son of ,Mr. Henry Smith, formerlyofHowick town- ship, but now of Saskatoon, Northwest territory, is back to Gerrie and intends spending the winter with friends in that — Mr. J. A. Cline, of Wingham, has resigned the,position of leader of the Presbyteriarachurch choir, a position he has filled gratuitously for the past two years. and his place hes been 'filled by Mr. McIntyre,.1 °leek in Gordon & MeIndoo's sto e, is a musician of considerable erile it comparative- • led in the low- xeter or "Cot - ears, was found e Sunday before last. It: is nottknoatn on what day he died, or front what -eailment, Be lived alone. —Thelmany 'friends of John Hamil- ton, cat0& dealer of Bluevale, will be glad to know that he is so far recovered front his illness of three long months, as to be on9e more on the road. fleleft on Tuesday with a shipment of sheep for New Ye — Mr.. Hugh; HQ ly aged Man twho er•end of the villa, tletown'i for Man"; . dead in his resildenc0 t. •k. —A ivision: Court case before Judge , Doyle atglinton, turned upon the point 'as to What, are reasopable working hours on a farns. The judge held that from 5 a, m. uutil 9 p. in. was not rea,sonable, and that a servant was justifiablie in refusing to work that long. Judgme t for plaintiff. —A d ective, with the assistance of constabl s Gill and Creech, of Exeter, made a s -Arch of the hotels and prem- ises in tl at village last week. Liquor was foun 1 in some of the out -buildings. Exeitem nt ran high, and in a few _min- ' utes a la ge crowd congregated, but be- haved co nparatively•well. —Mr. Thos. Bielby, of Hallett, has rented t se farm of Mr. Edward Snell, who lives on the boundary of West WawanoSh, forthree years, at a rental of :',;230 a year. The farm contains 100 acres, and Mr.Bielby has secured a good place. Mr. Swill's health compels him to give it farming. —George, son of the Rev. Mr. Sotten Congregational minister of Wroxeter, met with1 a very serious accident on Friday olf last week. While working in Gibsoi4 Brothers' saw mill, his hand •came in contact with the saw which complete y seeded all the fingers and thumb oi the left hand. He is doing. as well a can be expected. • e groWth of one acre Mr. Wm. , orMorris, housed 600 bush- Is,Ithis fall. Mr. Charles same township had a ushels of turnips from is an average of 650 while a neighbor is re- -As t Thompso els of mat Wheeler lof the yield of :,250 five acres whic bushels per acre ported to have a yield of 700 bushels to the acre. —Mr. E. W. Hendershot, having dis- posed of his store business in Wingham, left that town last Friday mckning for BrOckville. During his brief business career it Wingham, the Times says, Mr. Hendershot has won for himself a host of warm friends, who cannot but regret tint depar ure of an honest, up- right andienerge ic business man. —Mr. Thome Watson the well-known implement agent of Brussels has accept- ed the position o general travelling agent for the Massey qo., of Toronto, and ex- pects to shortlyl remove to Harriston, The Post says: Ir. and Mrs. Watson will be missed, especially by the Method- ist Church in which both of them were willing wprkers. We don't like to see _ them go. —Mr: Stephen Yates, license in- spector for West Huron, left for New 'York on Thursday of last week to un- dergo an pperati6n for the removal of ait internel cancer bfa, specialist of that city. He _was accompanied i..)37 ,Dr. Worthington Of linton. He was pre- sented with a urse of $200 by the citizens of God rich before his de- parture. Mr. Yates has the esteem of all classes of citieens. —A large and 4nthusiastic meeting of Reformerwas held in the tenverance hall, Londesbor, , on Tuesday' 6f last week, to nomin te candidates for the coming municip• 1 .eleetions. IT. Snell occupied th chair, and after ma - tare consideratiol, the following ticket was. selected : For Reeve, John McMil- lan ; for deputy reeve, A. T. McDonald; for councillors, ..11. Brigham, Thos. Cor- bett and Robt. Scott. —Since the Blyth flouring mills were converted from stone to that of the roller process the demand for Blyth flour has so increased that Messrs. P. Kelly & Son could not deliver it to te. station with horses equal to the -de mend and on Tuesday of last week coin meneed hauling • with a Bell portaa threehing engine which could be seen puffing its way to the depot with —Mr. W. R. Millar, formerly prinei-. 'heavy load of flour. pat of the Goderich Public going to remove his family from (=oda rich to Toronto, where he has been for 4 school, iti 801110 time. Miss Henderson, one of the teachers in the Central school, has cepted a position in a school east of Tor onto at a salary of ii;c400. The 8ian says elle is an excellent teacher, anha & Goderieh both in day school work. day school and Sae —Mrs. Brodwick, who resid town line near Blyth, met with on ll aepl seireido .i services will not be readily e accident last week. She went to stab barn to see after some of the stock, an whilst climbieg a ladder it gave we under her, and she fell heavily to, see ground, and dislocathd her enkle. . psy Wha, makes the matter mere serious to her, ' the fact that for a long time past,her IM band has been sufferingfrom droP- from which he is not likely to recover, — in fact, he is considered to be in a dying con—dNitiiro.n J. ohn Ryan,, has -sold . hit prop erty on Main street, Exeter, to James Lang, of Manitoba, formerly of Mr. Rodgerville, receiving therefor a good 811111. Mr. Lang will reside in Exeter, in future, leaving his property in the Northwest under the management of his sons. Mr. Ryan, will /neve to Henson, where he has secured a situation in the _Patterson Inille. We have plgasure in • weleoming Mr. and Mrs. Lang back to old Huron again. — On Tuesday of last week. a child o Mr. George Miller, of Goderich town- ship, met with an accident, which has resulted fatally. They had been killing hogs on the farm, and when they got through scattered the fire that had been left. The child, aged about two year; playing around, set its clothes on fire, and before the flames could be subdued, they had burned the child's legs and body in a dreadful manner.. The child er• s at .once put under h doctor's care 1 t its injuries were such that it diedon N ,"edneSday. —At the quarterly official meeting of B'yth Methodist cht4reh, held last week, it was decided to release Rev. Mr, Mills from his eneagement there, owing to continued ilf health, 'and an effort will be made to secure a suitable person to work the circuit for the balanee of the confe ence year. It was with extreme regre that the Board arrived at this de. cisioi., but Mr. Mills' health allowed of no alternative. He has made many warm, friends since his coming to the circuit, one and all of whom will regret his intended departure. —Twenty. workmen are at present eegaged in building Gray, Young and Sparling's new salt block, on the old Presbyterian church grounds, at Wing - ham, and it iaexpected that it will be completed in about three , weeks. The main ;building will be. 180 feet long by 82 wide. The engine and boiler rooms are already finished. There will also be bleat on the same premises a cooper shop and stave sheds. Six men are en- gaged at work out at the derrick, and .the pipe line for carrying the beim will " take a direct course froth the derrick to the bleak. —Cin Monday evening of lastweek a deputation, represeeting the parishes of St. John's, Brussels, and St. George's, Walten, waited on Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cluff, lat a the parsonage, Brussels, and after having assured them of the confi- dence .and esteem of their people, pre- sented Mr. Cluff with a tangible proof of theipathe, in the form of a very hand- some.glold watch, bearing an appropriate inscription. Mr. Chill' returned thanks on behalf of Mrs. Cluff and himself, and expressed their gratitude -for the uniform kindness of the people, of which the present gift was but one of the many proofs ; and hoped that theifefforts, en- couraged by such kindness, would prove the sincerity of his utterances. • —At the last meeting of the Usberne township Council the • following resol- ution Was adopted.. Moved by J. Shier, 4 seconded by R. Gardiner"that after hearin the complaints of John Irvine and others iowning gravel pits, to _ the effect that Varties doing statute labor run overthe gravel causing damage to both gravel and land, be it resolved, 1 • that hereafter, the Pathmasters or any other 'parties taking getvel from any pit for township purposes; be required to look after these under their charge, and prevent said cause of complaint, and that a'clause to that effect be print- ed'on the statute labor lists, and that a by-law be drafted confirming the same. —Donald McLauchlin, the veteran tax collector of Grey, is on his roundsraking in the 'ducats. : The total assessment of the to; nship is $1,782,800. The several rates raise the tetaleamount of taxes, 812,86o.83, areas folldws: County rate, $4,278 75; township rate, $1,782.80; railway rate, $446.71 ; drain, $44.64; statute labor, $40; dog tax, ,$4-]4.; ar- rears of taxes, $19.06 ; school tax, $4,966,94; engineer's expenses, under Ditches and Watercourses Act, $249.64. The latest tax' in the township is paid by Matheson .& Co:, 16th concession, amotmting to ' $322. 60. Hance Gum- ming, near Molesworth, pays the high est for a farmer. The total amount to b& collected le about $2,000 less than last year. The collector -has to give bonds for $20,000. —The Exeter Times of last week says: Chorles Lingard was arrested at Centralia, on Tuesday, by Detective Schram. He has been acting in a very harsh Way toward his wife -and family, and hes turned them out - of doors. Mrs. Lingard 'went to London, and her husband went after, her on Sunday, in- tending' to force her to return. Their daughter, who lives there, contrived to keep her mother out of "sight, and Ling- ard returned uesuccessful. He has at times threatened his wife's life. It was deemed wise to lock him up, and heswill answer a charge of being insane before Squire J. B. SMyth, on the 16th inst. - He has, been twice in God-erich jail, his relatives deeming it luusafe for hitt' to be at large. —On the 5th ef November the Orange- men of Walton , and vicinity, celebrated the anniversary of the gunpbwder plot in a right royal manner. Supper was of vim, were made by .. churclaa splendid spread 1 served iri the • basement of St. George's , ll Co being prepared by the wives of -the brethren of L. No. 252, to which some 150 people did ample justice. An adjournment was then made to the body of the churcleand B. Gerry, of Brussels, was called to his old position that, of chairman. Shor addressesfut Master Sear1e-0, eDdheisupucroiy7;e1rnIu listened to with the closest Balla,ntyne., of Walton,Smyth Brussels. they all did well, yonng, and Revd& Messr Goo Fbeato :dpst5t)rIl 1,0L1 sctje.°::::;Idbfosnf t.Pif sari: el:N*1:1:11:1a', --The ratepayers of Selo, 1. tol6;':..faheoi:ftd:h13.11:sey:deld:EiYfirel:t.itia:usle'etwillii11:11;:la:(1,)1118111:ta1111::111:;4.11,,' :1w3ristL:(•:(1)!s!'citl:1111:::::'1111;i1;:t::'1'ir'llrlitl:itaelt:leilsr:far3}Eef5:1;1'Ysalti(ffgit''rrnift A. correspondeet says: The and literary programme st'aF 'oSirtge aa7C1:r 1 JsMetaeleeraesmesersa-ridll';isiCeletr14:-L!1:;LN- with the violin, took , the at ,a long distatuie to lleip th_e in the person of Mrs. Devid of Usborne, has paesed to home. Mrs. MiJlar died a deuce of her son-in-law, 3rthl°elit2eni(t' lhinis't1.1,air thiellheilL4th y age. Deceased was born 1803, in Forfarshire. Scotian, married to Mr. Millar in 1- tilvlaeiyng t°g en_eitg.trialredillt:c'c'talarinal straightway to lot 21, cm North Thames Road, I:she. they resided until Mr. Mina which occurred about sixteen She, and her husband, were earliest settlers in the towns hanordnevaine ids spi talSirefsl hatrtoeungdhantth, life, but they lived to see the verted into fraitful fields, are bush farm into one of the mo able homesteads in Weste Shortly after Mr. Millar's Millar went to reside with Ire where she continued to UV time of her death. She v about three days. She lea of two eons and five datig. twThille etelerareall:Iert.ieJrnitees4"'Mil el memory of a kind and Christ et' ,.ir and Mr..David Millar, andthe daughters, Mrs. Robert Monteith and Mrs. Alexanders.jmaes'I,attLey, fEe eeof lis mr Swinhanie, eldeet Geo. Swinbank, of Clinton, very sad death at Rat Porta The following particulars the New Era t It seems that Portage on a shooting -expedi slumber of others, and while out hunting five of the .) separated from the others An _ among the immense rocks. t in that Section.. Three of -subsequently found their n camp, but Swinhank and a _could not be.folnd, although search was instituted for!. th dians of the 'vicinity behlig al in the search., - The fithtlay disappearance the man# with Swinbank Was maniac, and, of cours e nothing concerning his ontp'. search for Shviebank ,c nth santly, and it was notenetil after that they found the bo removed his godt and vest, found on a small tree a few • where the tiotly was feu subject to heart disease, and possibly die& from this ea were no marks upon him I nor was hie body emaciat course, it is only conjeetur his :untimely death occurre married, but had no family. siderable time he had been e conductor on the Canada way, arid was not only held the company, but by all w -came in contact. - —The Listowel Banner s the Maitlands ;Grange was dharter issued from the Grange, to a. body of farm. and Grey townships. The very succesefel for three everything 11,*lit on smoothly when a debt began to ace= Grange Wholesale Supply Toronto, from W110111. the I purchased epee -mils of $7,0( goods, and remittN money' from time t4 tinie. The 4; had been burglarized twice, of the thing began to wc finally, one by one the leaving their orders and oht goods elsewhere, until no oe but the Maeter and See Grange SupPly Company ' suit against the Seeretary,, commenced an adieu agains suit was tried before cl 'Cameron, and a jury; Assize, ---n the 26th and October,' when Mr; Falconb appeared for the plaintiffs, Darling & Mabee, of this pl defendant. After alarge - evidence had been given, ti- - the Maitland Grange gone examination of the Secrete and otheemembees of the • in; and the argnmenteof lie,a,rd, the Chief Justice from the jury and entered pahle ueinstitutions f The Maitland ;range is s: the effect of this law -suit the creditors of these (Zeal d. cao:- the efesulant with costs sued the •Grange and not the only one in financial that the Supply Company proceed dire t against the e A Queer Gas' One of the most peenlie tried in a Canadian court fore Mr: Justice Proutifts day in the Chancery Si progress at Ottawa. The bride -claims that eho waS married, and asits that th annulled. The statement of the about a year ago the defer B. Butler, of Riehmond„ distance from Ottawa,