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JANUARY 28, 1887.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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seek line denotes the page of the paper on which
he advertisement will be found.
Ilotice—John Burgess. (s)
Farms for Sale in Michigan—G.(5)
Bull Calf for Sale—George Dorrance. (5)
Notice to Contractors—Geo. Thompson. (6)
Shorthand Books—T. McGillicuddy. (8)
-Election Card—Dr. Macdonald. (5)
Political Meetings --(8)
Aurora Watches—M. R. Counter. (5) -
Harness Emporium --John Ward (6)
Announcement—Duncan & Duncan. (5)
Great Discount Sale—J. L. Smith. (6,)
Probabilities—J., W. Millar. (5)
Balsam of- Fir—Lumsden & Wilson. (5)
The Bargain House—James Pickard. (5)
Good Farm for Sale—Robert Wilson. (5)
Bull Calves for Sale—Wm. Cooper. (5) •
Auction Sale of Farm Stock—It. Holland. (6)
To the Electors of South Huron—J. Reith. (5)
Farm for lale—Win. N. McMichael. (5)
Important Notice—Robert 'Willis. (8) .
Dissolution of Partnership—R. N. Duff. (6)
Free Baking School—George Good. (8)
Notice of Meeting—Robert Murray. (6)
A Novel Struggle—George Good. (8)
itton expo5iter.
SEAFORTH, FRTDAY, Jan, 28,1886.
The New Warden.
At the opening of the County Council
-on Tuesday Mr. Daeicl Walker, Reeve
of Tuckersmith, was unanimously elect-
ed Warden. We did hope that the
• honor would come to Seaforth this
time, but as Tuckersmitli has it, that is
the nextIbest thing.
With the exception of*Mr. Girvin, of
West Wawanosh, Mr. Walker is the
oldest member in the council and a more
sincere tribute of the respect and esteem
in which he is held by his fellow council-
men could not be given than to confer
upon him unanimously the highest honor
in their Ligift: We beg to congratulate
our old and esteemed friend on his pre-
ferment and we aro sure he will ffl1 his
new position -with the same efficiency
and care he has ever manifested in the
several important public positions he has
held.
Judicial Salaries.
One result of the recent elections in
thi's-frovinee and of those about to take
--place for the Dominion will undoubtedly
be the usual large crop of contested elec-
tion cases, the trial of which will de-
volve upon a rota of judges selected
from theSuperior courts. This calls to
mind the fact, too aeldom brought to the
notice of the people, that, considering
the nature and amount of the work
which they perform, the occupants of
• the Bench in Ontario are more inadequa-
tely paid than any other class of public
officials. While this applies to all grades
of the Jadiciary, it is more particularly
the case with the Judges of the higher
courts. Among the latter the Chief
Justices and the Chancellor receive from
the Dominion Government $6,000 a year
each; while the puisne Judges receive
$5,000. These sums are supplemented
by a payment of $1,000 each from the
Ontario Government. Now, while these
salaries may to some people appear
Urge, it must not bt- forgotten that the
men who are in receipt of them, in very
• many cases, have given up larger in-.
comes to go upon the Ittench, and would
now, had they continued the practice of
their profession, be earning therebY
still larger sums. No one needs to be
told that it is of the utmost importance
to the interests -of justice and of the
country that our Judiciary should be
selected from among the men who are'at
the very head of the legal profession-:-
menwhose records at the Bar have
proven them to be the best fitted to
adorn the Bench: Sitch men, with few
exceptions, we believe, this province has
in the past secured, but it is a fact that
in almost every case the feeling in the
profession h:aswbeen that the recipient of
Map .honor has by his acceptance of the
position made a pecuniary sacrifice. It
is an open secret, moreover, that several
of our most able _counsel who are hisre-
ceipt of very large incomes from their
profession Have repeatedly felt compel-
led to refuse proffered jadiciel., appoint-
ments, for no other reason than that the
remuneration is out of all proportion to
the work which they would be called
*pen to perform. This is not as it
should be; it is mistaken economy. The
pay of the judges shoeld at least be large
enough to enable the best men to accept
positions on the Bench without feeling
that they are thereby doing injustice to'
their' families. Otherwise the, result
must inevitably be in time that only
second-rate men will be induced to enter
the Judiciary, the strength of which will
thus be seriously weakened.
The above is from the Toronto Mail.
While we can heartily concur with oar con-
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temporary that it is -necessary and in
the inteeests of our country that none
but the very best and most able men
should be appointed to the Judiciary,
we must dissent frOm the statement that
oar Judges are underpaid: A salary of
,$7,000, a year is as much, if not more,
than any man can give value for, and
any intim who cannot keep his family
respectably and maintain the dignity of
Ms position on such a salary has
a good big screw loose somewhere.
There are thousands of men in
ether Walks of life who possess as
great abilities as the best of our
Judges end who require to work equally
as hard, if not harder, who would be
very thankful -for an income equal to
kalf the annual salary now paid the
Judges. The fact that more money is
made in practice is no reason that the
salaries should be in -creased; it is, how-
ever, a very sound reason why the fees
of the practitioners shoeld be reduced.
If there is any levelling to be done it
ahead take the other direction, and the
fees of the lawyers should be reduced
in -stead of the salaries of the Judges in-
creased. It is actually a scandal the
manner in which the members of the
legal profession are allowed to fleece the
public,Iand strange as it may seem, it is
nevertheless true, they are protected in
this robbery by the laws of the land.
Their fees are all regulated by law and
the allowance is an unreasonably high
one, while the legal professinn; seems to
be the only occupationf that is. not af-
fected by the ordinary !laws of competi-
tion. Our laws should be shop' fied so
that they would be mine easily under-
stood by. common people, and the tariff
of fees Which lawyer it are allowed to
charge should be revised and largely re-
duced, so that the incomes of 'these men
would be brought don to Correspond
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with those of other e in different walk's
of life. This is a reform Which is as
urgently needed -as any other, and. any
legislative body that will set to work to
bring it about will earn and Will receive
the gratitude of a long suffering public.
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Personal Canvassing.
We fully endorse every word of the
following from the Clinton New Era :
One of the meanest and veoest ' phases
of an election contest, is th personal
canvassing that is, asseciated herewith, -
and which is regarded by ma. y as essen-
tial to the- success of candi at& who
may be seeking honors! We lo t say
that people who canvass will llwiiys do
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mean things, but it is a very enpteasant
task that ie apparently impoeed upon all
candidates. If a tacit understanding
between contestants could be arrived at,.
not to du any personal cinvaesing—and
they had faith in each other's honor—it
would do away with mach of the -un-
pleasantness connected with an electiOn,
but as there is not much likelihood of
such an arrangement ever beieg arrived
at, the government should step in and
place some restrictions upop the abomin-
able practice, at the same time paeting
an act for compulsory voting. We know
there are many difficulties to be over-
come before canvassing can be .entirely
restricted, but it could e limited very
meterially.
THE EXPOSITOR has 1 ng been an :ad-
vocate of compulsory voting, or at any
rate of compulsory atitenclanc-e: at the
polls. -Hitherto the. Ntw Era has op-
posed it, and We are glad to welcome to
_our rankS so able and energetic an ally.
If ererY elector reqi ired ,by law to
attend at he polls and leposit his bal-
lot, unless he could giv a good and suf-
ficient reason for his f Hare to do so,
it would put a stop great measure
to personal canvass -in Mott of the
personal canVassing tha is -now clone is
tqainduce careless elect rs to go out to
the polls. Remove th cause and the
offence will cease. 'The polling places
are now so convenient to every elector
that a hardship would , not be inflicted
upon any by requiting .him to at least
deposit his ballot. If he did not wish to
vote for any candidate he could deposit
a blank ballot. In this way he would
show that he had at least sufficient int
terest in -the public affairs of his country
to attend at the polls. Of course, in
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case of sickness or other reasonable dis-
ability -an excuse could be takens It is
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the careless, indifferent and lazy that
want to be- stirred up.: Th t there are
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many of these in every onstituency
every persoa who has an think to do
with elecition contests well I flows. Such
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a law, also would haare a sti ng tendency
to do away with any rernuan of bribery
that have not been 4ipedlout by the
ballot and the stringent lection law.
We hope that before' another general
election comes around the Ontario Gov-
ernment will have a law placed upon the
statute book requiti4glievery elector to
cast a ballot, or shoty good 'cause why he
has not &the so. TheyI have taken the
initiatiVe in all the progressive legisla-
tion we now have, anld we hope to see
them egnally progre sive in this matter.
The NOW Organ. -
A new Organ in he interests, of the
Conservative party ha't been started in
Toronto: It is cal ed THE STANDARD
and is published by Mr. Louis P. Kribs,
a gentleman who fermerly wrote for the
Toronto News over the signature of
"Pica," land ie the writer who, it - will -
be remembered, published in that paper
about Li, year ago a bogus valedictory ad-
dress from Sir John Macdonald. For
some time reeently he has been employed
as Ottawa eorrespondent of the Mail.
The new journal, it is said, is to replace
the Mail as the acknowledged organ of
the party. It is _gotten 3. -tip in true-
,
campaign style, and will, n doubt, live
until the clop of the present elections.
Its tone may be judged from the follow-
ing quotation which we extract ftem the
editorial columns of the first issue, and
which reads as follows:
Captain Bobadil had a teat scheme
for destroying his ehemies, and so has
"Generalissimo Blake, co nmander-in-
chief of the musketeers. I is scheme is
.to close up all the Canadiaa coal _mines,
which wouk, no doubt, starve out a
large numbert of miners and other work-
ingmen Who support the N. PI Then
'Mr. Blake mild proceed to give em-
ployment to minersand other Working-
men in the United_ States by buying and
burning only such coal as is milted and
handled in that country. Though we
got coal cheaper by such a olicy it
would not pay. as to adopt tha policy.
But would it give us cheaper coa ? The
simple answer to that qicstiot is that
coal was $12 per ton -in New Y4 rk last
week, or about twice as dear as it is
here. No more need be said to coal
--consumers upon this subject. General
Bobadil Bleke has an awkward but (for
the country) useful trick of ge ina his
sword between his legs and ripping
over it.
again at the. last ell ction in the West
Riding, but he, see s to be a firm be-
_
Hever in the virtu of perseverance.
That a third defeat a raits. him_ there is
not the least doubt.
THE telegraph mo opoly in this coun-
try is already squealing on account of
the o-pposition it is receiving from the
telephone . companies This is a wood
sign. In the interests of the public we
can enjoy it.- If we (mid now only get
the express agency onopoly squeezed,
as well as the telegra h monopoly, so is
to force them -to de 1 more generously
'with the public, no • e but the share-
holders would be s rry. Mr. Erastus
Wiman, President ol .the Great North-
western Telegraph ompany, writes to
the -Montreal Gazette as follows:
"When the Mont cal and Dominion
companies were consolidated the gross
business of the ecu itry amounted to
$1,000,000 annually. Since then the
business has steadil declined, until it
-does .not now amount to over $700,000.
He attributes this. d cline -.to the com-
petition of the te ephotte company,
which he says mon polizes the busi-
ness between such oints as Belleville
and Napartee, Whi :by, Oshawa and
Bowinenville, Guelpl and Galt, and be-
tween such cities as Hamilton and To
ronto and Toronto an. London. It has
only been by. the econ my and excellent
management of our st periutendent, Mr.
II. P. Dwight, that 'e have been en-.
abled to keep up with our obligations."
, Political ioints.
—Sir Richard Cart vright• is helding
a series of meetings n South Oxford.
So far he has no oppot ent.
—Sir Charles Tup oer has arrived in
Ottawa, but what his mission is has not
yet been made -known,
—Mr. E. Corhett of Clinton, has
been appointed Rot ming Officer for
,West Heron in the p nding elections.
—Sir Cherles Tupp r has resigned his
position astHigh Coin tissioner, and has
joined the Governmet t and Will run for
his old constituency i Nova Scotia.
— Sir John Macd nald is to oppose
Mr. Gunn, the Ref rm candidate for
Kingston, and will ru L for Carlton also.
Mr. Gunn has represe ited Kingston for
the past 'four years.
— Mr. James Goldi , the well known
Guelph millen-is agai the Conservative
candidate in South Wellington, He' is
opposed by Mn Jas. Thnes of the Mer-
cury. Mr. Goldie has already been de-
feated. three times in this constituency
and he is likely to Auffer the fourth
defeat. Nothing'likeperseverance.
—It is terribly uphill work for the
Mail to keep up its independence role.
,For a week or so it dil not so bad, but
as the elections draw mear its backweak-
ens and it menifests evident signs of
Tory phobia once more.
—Rev. Dr. Burns, of the Wesleyan
Ladies' College, Hamilton, and Fred.
Walters, moulder, the nominee of the
Labor party, have been nominated as
candidates by the leformers of that
city. The Labor paty have endorsed
Dr. Burns.
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WE notice that our old frie d, Mr.
Robert Porter, formerly of the tiwnship
of Usborne, but now a residem t of the!
county 9f Simcoe, hals been sel cted asi
the ,Conservative car didate f r West(
Huron in opposition t Mr. M. . Cam- I
eron. Mr. Porter has accepted the in-
vitation and is ralow in the field. He has,
already been defeated twice by Mr.
Cameron, once in South Huron and
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—Mr. Timothy C ughlin has again
been nominated - as the Conservative
candidate.' for North Middlesex. His
opponent is Ali. L. E. Shipley. There
will be a strong fight. Neither of them
are much on the Stuinp, brit they are
both very respectable men.
—The Reforthers of South G-renville
have tendered the unanimous nomin-
ation of their cenvention to Hon. -Wm.
McDougall, and the old man eloquent
has -accepted the invit tion and says he
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is ;ping! in to win.
—Mr. George T., 11ackstock, a To-
ronto lawyet has been I solicited by the
Conservatives to oppo e Hon..Mr. Blake
in West Durham.' Reformers of
West Durham had a n rrow shave in the
Provincial -elections ea' sed, it is said by
over -confidence, a114 they had *better
look sharp this tim Mr. Blackstock
is a practical politici n of the. A. W.
Wrig-ht, John J. Haw ins stamp" and is
alwayseready to fill n a space in any
gap that the party lea -tiers send him to.
He has - tried sevei al constituencies
alreedy and has been s frequently de-
feated. It would be n everlasting dis-
grace to the people of West Durham if
they should permit hi to slip in.
—Secretary of Sta e Chapleau,- who
has been kicking over the traces most
viciously lately, and ho, it was said,
had resigned his seat il the Government,
has been got to work quietly in harness
once more end is no campaigning in
Quebec. -Mr. Chaple n is one of those
wide-awake politieia s who, never do
anything for nothing,,a,nd; the solatium
which has healed hi wounded spirit
will probably be mad known after the
elections:
News of ti e Week.
Cifiee.—China has acquired from the
Corea the island of Quelpaert, in the
Yellow Sea.
CATTLE DISEASE. Pleuro -pneumonia
prevails among cattle in Chicago to an
alar
li
ing extent.
T STRING IN EURO E.—The Czar and
Czar'na are arrangi g for a tour of
Europe in the spring.
Eineemics.--Dipht teria and smallpox
are on the increase in' New York. Six
cases of smallpox we e reported Satur-
day. •
THE' FATHER MC LYNN CA -SE. —The
Pope has reserved for himself the settle-
ment of the case -of th Rev. Dr. Edward
McGlynn, of New Y rk.
COTTON BURNED. — 4 fire in Memphis,
Tennessee, early on eaturday morning,
destroyed 6,334 bales of cotton, valued
at $275,000,.
ACCEPTED. —Lot'd ondorrderry's ten-
ants have accepted reduction of ten
per cent. in rents, wit eret.s they asked
thirty.
, STRENGTHENING ER BORD ERS. —
France is reported to e making elabor-
ate preparations to d .spatch strong rein-
forcements to the Ger an frontier. .
FLOATED. —The gu boat Firm, which
went ashore on th Northumberland
coast, and which it w s feared would be
a total loss, has been floated.
GREAT DEMONSTRA ION. —At the de-
monstration in honor of Michael Devitt
and wife made Sundae in Madison Square
Garden, New York, i is eStimated that
10,000 people were present.
THE OLDEST FREE!' MASON IN GREAT
BRIT -AIN. —Mr. Alexander Johnston,
the oldest Freemason in the United
Kiegdoin, died suddenly at Langholm,
Dumfriesshire, on December 28th. He
was 94 years of age, and had been a
member of the craft more than 71 years.
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STING 411 EXPLOSIVES.—France is
large quantities of sulphurite
erm an manufacturers. This is
edient in the new explosive call-
inita. The supply turned out by
ench factories has proved Made -
o the demand from the War .De-
nt.
OL I ISION AT SEA. —The . British
am r Nepaue from London, collided
Ii a d sunk a Chinese transport. One
dr d soldiers and several mandarins
re drowned.
ES ICABLE C0NDUCT..—BOHO,C11.3 valw
ue 1 a $3,500 have been deprived of
thi ir ails by unknown persotis on the
M rqu s of Waterford's Cutraghmore
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d, tate. that the celony • has been
pt y a fearful cyclone and that 13ris-
le i . inundated. It isfeared many
s h tie been lost. .
IL TARY PREPARATIONS.Austria's
itar r preparations include the forma -
1 o three great army corps of
,00 men each. In case of :need, the
tdsturm, or . militia, will !furnish a
lion additional men. •
ti Arc RCE GRANTED. —The Itel ittb urgh
rt has granted. a decree of ditence to
Marchioness of Queensbetry from
Marquis of Queensberry on the
und of adultery. ;The Marquis made
defe ce. -
ATIONALIST P.ARSON. —Rev. Mr.
das n, Protestant rector at Drinagh,
utyl Cork, amazed his flock to -day
pre ching vigorously on the sin of
-gr bbing. Mr. Anderson has long•
n b ycotted by the local landlords
esp using the Nationalist cause.
LL HE SCOTCH COAL MINERS MAY
IKE ---The Scotch coal miners in
sgot= have resolved that if the de -
de ' increase of sixpence per day in
wages of the men is not granted all
co,1 miners in -Scotland should
ke at the end of the week.
UBI4EE CELEBBATION IN NEW YORK.
he committee in charge of the
en' t Jubilee celebration in New ,
k city have decided upon having a
ster parade of English, Scotch,
h aed colonial residents, and expect
lave at least twenty-five thousand
sons in line. i .
FURIOUS M OM—A party of English
vati4nists which had - gone to meet
iera ll Booth upon his arrival at Worth --
Acne on Saturday was mobbed by
pop lace. Missiles of all kinds were
awn by _the mob, and the General
self was made a target for lumps of
T le police were powerless.
ne )neenera. Evecertons.—The sales
catt e by ten -ants at Michelstown,
and Friday last, amounted to
,000 The services of writs of eject -
t . c ntinues. At an eviction n -ear
itry n ejected tenant's wife was. so
,cted that she attempted to commit
ide. A bailiff .was pelted with mud
sto es on Lord Dillon's estate. Hi -
in weak state from the effects of
ment. ' . .
AGGRESSION SUBVERSIVE . OF
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as sent to Queen Victoria a
setting forth that the aggres-
cy in Great Britain and
f the Pope are subver-
's authority and of the
d liberties, and that the
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Hu on Notes.
Ir. e . Radford, of Hullett, has let
'cont act for the erection of a handsome
ck r sidenee.
Mr Chas. Southcott, merchant, of
eter, intends removing to Toronto
ut tie 1st of March.
He iry Irwin has been appeinted
di; has. Myers, assessor and Chas.
pett collector of Bayfield.
Mr John Wibber, of the 17th con-
sion f Howick, has removed to East
rha where he intends to reside
•eaft • r.
1VIe srs. Neil Gilmour, J. McGregor,
T os. Butchart, all teachers. of
nley left• last ,week to attend the
rmal School at Toronto.
Th people of Holmesville have de-
ed t build a new school house next
son. The new building will be on
site now occupied by the old one.
Mr James Dron, of Brussels, has,
e to Stratford to take charge of the
iger Sewing Machine Company's
Mess there.
A son of Geo. McKay, of Grey,
lie Working in the bush was streck
the head by a falling limb which in -
ted a serious cut that will lay him up.
som time.
A plendid three year old- 'mare
ongi g to Mr. James McClesky, of
4t concession of McKillop, died of
hthe ia on Thursday last week. The
mal was- valued at $250.
Me srs. W. A. Morrison, R. Bailey,
os. ameron, T. J. Morehouse, Dr.
chol and T. J. Marks .compose the
blic School Board of .the village of
yfiel .
Th Oddfellow-s of Exeter have pur-
sed rom Mr. John Smallacombe the
on lain street on which the build-
rec ntly burned stood, and for which
y pa = $700-. They intend erecting a
w nick building on it next spring
th a all over -head.
Mr. Vanvalkenburg, who has been
rkin r Mr. MeTaggart's farm in Hut-
t du mg the part year, has rented the
octor farm on the Huron road, just
st o Holmesville, for a term .of -six
ars. t contains 135 acres, and he gets
or $ 00 for the first year.
B.. -M. Robinson, of the Wingharn
udr , has taken into partnership
th hi Sam. Smith, and the new firm
11 be known as Robinson & Smith.
. Si iith has been, in the employ of.
• Pobineon for the past thirteen
ars..•
—On night recently Mr. John Bees -
of Meosejaw, Manitoba, brother of
SSTS. G. and W. Beesley, Clinton, got
t on he prairie, and as it was iinpos-
xle ti discover' his where abouts, he
tmpe i around all night in order to
ep hi self alive.
—Th members of Hullett Grange.helci
eir a nual social in the Foresters' hall,
ndes tom, on the evening of Tuesday
last veek. It was intended to hold
e meeting of the Division Grange on
e sa e day, but the storm had so seri-
sly it tpeded traffic that it was impos-
le fo the officers of the Grange, resi-
nt in different parts of the country, to
pres nt. The: commodious hall was
mfor bly filled in the evening, many
of those present being there at consider-
- able personal inconvenience, owing ; to
the state of the roads. After ample jes-
tice had been done to the excellent sup-
per provided by theladies of the, neigh-
borhood, the meeting • _was called :to
order by the Worthy Master. Mr. Jas.
Southcombe, Who apologized fr the
unavoidable absence of their expected
speakers, and then proceded with a very
interesting programme of musie, read-
ings -and recitations. The !nude was
mainly _furnished by members of . the
Clinton Qttartette Club; and eiceellent
addressed were delivered by Aleesrs..A.
H. Manning and R. Holmes, it:f that
—It is rumored that an attempt Will
be made to unseat CouncillorMeTtennen,
of Goderich township, on the grOundlof
insufficient property qualification, and
should the effort be successful ,I whtch
reports say is more than likely, the Sat
will he awarded to Mr. Samuel Stur y.
—The Citizens' Committee of Go Ie -
rich have asked the town council fmt a
grant of $150 to defray the expenses ate
tendant on an application to the
Legiis-
lature for kcharter to extend :the Iro-
ronto, Grey 4:and Bruce. branch lof the
Canadian Pacific Railway, to "Gederieh.
—On Sunday, while the family, of 4r.
T. Tipling, of Clinton, were at dinner,
an 18 months old. child, playing upstairs,
got hold of and lighted 0. match,- whilah
set its clothes on fire. The childtsaprbn
and part of its dress were burned tie-
fore- the accident was discovered, and
the ehild was severely burned about tile
neck. •
—The annual meeting of the Hoelk
Mutual File Insurance CompanyN.Ias
held in Dane's Hall, Gerrie, on Friciti!y.
The twd retiring Directors, Wen Mc-
Kerracher and Robt. Scott, were re-
elected. Jas. Edger' was chosen Preei-
dent and Edward Bryans Vice-Preti-
dent. The next meeting wiltbe held int
Saturday, 29th inst.
—Mr. James Beer has been appointed
assessor' for the village of Exeter at; a
salary of $50. Messrs. 'Chas. Senior and
W. .D. Weeks were -appointed auditors,
each to receive $8 for- the week. Messrs.
J. P. Clark, J. P. Ross and Thomas
Fulton, together with the Reete end
,clerk were appointed a Board of Health
with Dr. Lutz, Medical Health Officer.
—Blyth is going to lose oneof her.
neost popular citizens .in the person of
Wm. Southeott, nierchant tailor.
has disposed of his business to Mrs.
Gid icy, who takes possession sometirhe
during March. Mr. Sopthcott intends
going to Exeter,- where he hat perches -
ed a :business place. -He will be greatly
missed in Blyth as he was a great- feverite with the people at large. . I
—Four entire colts were sold to an
American buyer in Clinton last week.
One raised by Mr. Thos. Fear, Hulett;
one by Mr. John Mason, Hallett; one
by Mr. T. Fowler, Hullett, and one by
Mr. John Cumings, Bullett. The prices
paid for each were in the neighborhoOd'
of $225. Mr. Cummings got, $225 for
his, making the third entire colt Ihe has
sold, netting hit -1)1685 altogether,.
—On the assembling of the newly
elected council for the town of Winghaan
last- week a very unusual occurrenhe
took- pia*. Five of the newly elected
members !declined to take their seatii :
Alex. DaWson, of the 1st ward; HW. F.
Brockenshire, of the 2nd ; Chas. Lloyd
and Wm. Moore, of the 3rd, and Chas.
McConnell, of the 4th. This neceseit-
atecl a new election in each of the wards.
--t-At the first meeting of the Grey
township council for 1887, held last week
all the old officers were reappointed,ex-
cept Wm. Bishop, the Assessor, who
resigned some time ago. A. Reymann,
of Cranbrook, is his isuccessor, at a sal-
ary of $80.00 per annum, $20 leSs than
was paid last year. There were 'several
other applicants. Mr. Bishop was As-
sessor for 12 years and did his work
well.
_The
Chicago Canadian American
says: 'W. D. Fair, who has Leen with
James H. Walker & Compeny sine
their opening, has been recalled to Can-
ada to assume charge of his father's
business at Clinton, Out., his:. father
having been in failing health for sothe
time. Mr. Fair's friends here regret his
departure as he had endeared himself tzt
all those with whom he had formed ac- 1
e naintance. it i
—At the annual meeting of the Wept
Huron Agricultural Society . held in
Goderich last week, Mr. A. MeTh Allen
was elected President; Mr. J. 0,• Ste iv -
art, of Colborne, Vice -President 4d
'Mr. Robert McLean, Goderich, ,2111d
Vide -President. The Treasurer's! relent
showed that the receipts for the yer
amounted to $950, and the year- cloges
with a surplus of $62 in the Treasury,
as compared with a deficit of $21 at the
close of last year.
—'Application will be made .!to the
Legislature of Ontario at its next eessiiin
for an act erecting the townships pi
Minto, Arthur, Maryborough and West
Luther in the County of Wellingtdn,
the township- of Wallace in the County
of Perth, the township of Howick in the
County of Huron with the towns !of
Palmerston and Huron,
and the
villages Of Arthur, Clifford, Drayton and
Wroxeter, into -a provisional county,tIto
be nailed the County of Lansdowne,
with Palmerston as the county town.
—On Tuesday morning, of last week,
Mr. Donald Sinclair, of Brussels,: passed
to his reward at the advanced iage- tof
nearly 83 years. The 'old gentleman
had been poorly for some time but, or
his years, was a remarkably smart per-
son. Be came to Brussele front Blan-
shard township, Perth County some 10
or 12 years ago, when he gave up farm-
ing, and lived a retired life sine that
time. The deceased was a very, consis-
tent member of the Presbyterianchurch
and was highly respected by all who
knew him. "
-,--
-The advocates of a new county with
Listowel a's its centre, have publiShed a
notiee of application to the Ontario
Legislature "For an Act erecting the
townships of Wallace, Elma and Mon-
nington, in the county of Perth; Ilowick
and Grey, in the county of Huron, and
Maryborough in the county of Welling-
ton, with -the villages of MilVerton,
Brussels and Wroxeter and the tewn of
Palmerston in said counties, into a
Provisional county, to be called the
county of Maitland, with the town of
Listowel as county town."
—Mrs. Kennedy, mother of Mr. D.
Kennedy, of Clinton, died last Nvteek in
the township of Oneida, near Caledonia.
She was one of the earliest eettlers of
that neighborhood, having lived there
for 50 years, 35 of which she has:been a
widow. The immediate cause.:; of her
death was inflammation of the kidneys.
She had reached the mature age of 77
years, and was for many years a Zealous
member of the Episcopal church, A
very large number attended her funeral,
thus attesting the esteevi\in which she
was held. All her child'ren—six—were
present with her before she died. I\
—Several barrels of apples, the growth
of the county of Huron, Ontario, were
entered at Port Huron; the other day
for shipment to China. The freight to
their destination will amount to about
$8 per barrel.
—On Tuesday night Archibald Ander-
son, of the 12th concession, East Waw-
anosh, had a number of his geese and
hens killed and carried off by a large
wild cat, and on looking into his sheep
pen during Wednesday morning he dis-
covered his catship there as large as
life, and evidently in pursuit of more
plunder. War was at once declared,
and after a lively scrimmage the animal
was impaled on the prongs of a pitch-
fork, when short work was made of
him. The animal measured three feet
in length.
—Last fall when packing apples, Mr.
R.t B. McGowan of East •Wawanosh,
happened to wonder into whose hands
the fruit would eventually fall, and act-
ing on the impulse, placed a note in one
of the barrels, asking the purchaser to
return information as to the condition of
the fruit when opened. Word has been
received from Henry W. Arnold, fruit
and pea salesman, Spitalfield's Market,
London, England,'stating that he had
opened the fruit -December 31st, and
that about one bushel of it was rotten,
but that the remainder of it bore un-
mistakable proof that they were god
sound apples when packed.
guessing contest on th number
'of links cOntained in a chain enclosed in
a sealed jar, at E. F.Gerster's jewelry store
in kVinghatn, came -off on Saturday 1a -t.
Every purchaser of $3 worth of goods et
Mr. Gerster's since November 14t was
entitled to a guess, and about 125 pf
them took advantage of the cha ce to
Win the handsome lady's gold wateh
offered as a prize. The actual number
of links in the chain was 570, but guesses
ran up as high as 5,000. Miss Annie
Montgomery, of Turnberry, made the
nearest guess of 568,and thus secured the
prize. The prize is a handsome one, and
was valued at $40.
—Mr. Henry Smith, formerly of How -
ick, writing from Saskatoon, North
,West Territory, under date of Decem-
ber 9th says: This last season being to
dry there is very little grain here fr
sale, but wheat is $1.50, oats $1.00, pees
$1.50, barley $1.00, potatoes $1.50 per
bushel ; butter has been 25 cents per lb.
all summer and eggs 25 cents per dozen.
All the grain and potatoes here are re-
quired for seed this spring. We have
lots of game here for shooting and trap-
ping andtabandance of fish fit the river.
'The boys trapped five fine foxes in one
week. The fur is worth $1.25 cash. We
.get our flour at Moosejaw for _$2.00 per
sack (96 lbs).
—The anneal meeting of the Hallett
Agricultural Society was held at Clbeteth
on Thursday, the 13th inst. The fi-
nancial report for the past year, showed
the total receipts,including a "small bel-
ance on hand, to be $1024.74. The
total expenditure for prizes amounted to
nearly $500, incidental expenses such as
lighting hall, interest, printing, etc.,
etc., $368, leaving a balance on hand ef
$165. The election of officers for the
year, resulted as follows :—Preeident,
John Mason; Vice -President, W. G.
Broadfoot ; Secretary, N. Robson;
Treasurer, H. S. Cooper. Directors :--
B. Churchill, W. Waite, T. Cole, Hal-
lett ; Thos. McMichael, Seaforth ; W. J.
Biggins. J. Such, J. Johnston, W.
Wise, H. B. Prouclfoot, Clinton. Au-
ditors, R. M. Racey, W. Jackson.
—On Thursday of last week Joseph
Webster left Brussels for Scotland and
England, where he goes to purchase
Clydesdale and Shire horses for Thos.'Mc-
Lauchlin, the well known breeder and
importer, of the township of Grey. Mr.
Webster is a good judge of horse flesh
and will bring -back something worth
while.. He will be absent abouttwo
months. Mr. McLauchlin has leased
200 acres of land from Alex Forsyth and
with his own 100 acres will have full
swing for carrying out his intention of
going into stock raising extensively.
The three farms are on 'the three cor-
ners of the gravel road and concession 5,
in Grey, and the 3rd line in:Morriis.
This will -make the third importation pf
horses for Mr. McLauchlin and we wi h
him the same success with this lot as he
had with the others.
--On Thursday night, of last week,
the Clinton Town Hall had a remarkably
nareow escape front destruction by
fire, but it was not until Friday morn-
ing that the fact was discovered. When
Mr. Gaskins, Collector of Custom; en-
tered his office, Friday, he was sur-
prised to find a hole nearly -two feet
square, burned completely through the
floor, at the side of the desk. 'How -it
originated he has no idea, unless thet
some one, while transacting businees,
threw a cigar stub or lighted match upen
the floor, (he does not smoke himself)
which thus set it on fire, unnoticed by
him. The lower portien of the floor be-
ing damp from the cellar, evidently
prevented the fire spreading; otherwiSe,
the probability is, we would again be
without a town hall.
—The annual meeting of the Morris
Branch Agricultural Society was held
on the 13th inst., in the temperance hall,
Blyth. There was a fah- attendance of
farmers from the township of Morris,
Hullett aud Wawanosh. The 'readiing
of the auditors' report, which -was unani-
mously approved of, showed the total
receipts to be $892.20, and the total ex-
penditures $705.91, leaving a balance in
the: hands of :the treasurer of $186.29.
It must be gratifying to directors and
others to- see that their efforts to promote
the interests of the society have been so
successful, and the last fair was the
most successful ever held undet the ad-
pices of the society. The election -of
officers was then proceeded with, and
the following elected for the ensuing
year: President, Jas. Barr; vice-preei-
dent, Hugh Ross; directors, Jas. Jack-
son, Robt- Hughes, John Richmond, N.
Cumings, Morris township'L. Tasker,
John Barr, Hullett; John Morgan, John
Sherritt, Blyth ; James Potter, Wawa -
nosh. Auditors, Jas. A. Anderson and
C. K. Tanner.
kg—The Clinton New Era of last week
has the following: Last week the New
Era announced that Mr. W. H. Cooper
had gone east for the purpose of being
married, and we expected this • week to
have the pleasure of chronicling the fact
that he had been. The intended bride
resided at Belleville, and every arrange-
ment for the wedding, which was to
have taken place on Wednesday of last
week, was complete, but at the very last
moment, -the unexpected occurred, and
the marriage was indefinitely postponed.
1
tOhferceof eurrs eh etthNevrieth athese
various eaMITIyle notneisenes
cerned. Mr. Copper is justly the recipi-
ent of a great deal of •sympathy, the
opinion being very freely exprhssed that
no matter what were the circinnstances
leading to the sepatation, matters should
not have been allowed to gb as far as
they did, if it was intended by anyone
interested to interfere at the last
moment. We are pleated to know that
there is no ill -feeling between the 1AT-
-ties most deeply -concerned, and hope at
some future time to announce the con-
summation of this affair in the manner
anticipated.
—The Ottawa Citizen of January 6th
says: "At eight o'clock last evening, 126
Spark street was the scene of b. brilliant
gathering, when -Mr. R. H. Farrow, a
well-known and popular -civil service
employee, was united in aiarriageto'Miss
J. Bradley, an equally well-known and
esteemed young lady of this e:tity. The
interesting bereniony was performed by
Rev. Mr. Berridge of St. I Andrew's
church. The bride was attired in pale
blue satin, with a cream lace Over dress
trimmed with pearls; the firlst brides-
maid, Miss Farrow, sister of the groom,
blue satin, cream lace and Oarl orna-
ments, and the second bridesmaid Miss
Forde, of New York, Tale pink satin,
trimmed with pearls. There were quite
a number of handsome presents from
friends of the bride and groom'hi-chid-
ing a magnificent silver tea, set from the
permanent boarders and employees of
the hotel ; a handsome fire screen from
Mr. and Mrs. G. Doran, of Nw York,
a well executed portrait of thel bride and ._
groom from F. G. VanderliN of Tor-
onto, and numerous other appropriate
and costly gifts." The young gentle-
man thus alluded to is a son of Mr„-:
Thomas Farrow, M. P., ;for East
Huron.
Toronto Topics.;
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
Ex Governor St. John; of Kansas,
delivered a temperance address in the city
on Sunday 16th bast. -He Yanki-
tied loo k ing„ iron grey moustached gentle-
tn with a husky voice probably the ef-
i -t of a cold. He cracked a number of
iginal American jokes in true Ameri-
can style, and if we make alloWance for
his voice was on the whole ! rather a
pleasant speaker. He described the
working of Prohibition in his own State
and denounced the high 14ense sys-
tem severely. He said that if the traffic
was wrong in itself no amount of license
would make it right. He delivered a
couple of addresses through the city the
next week and attended an inaugural
meeting of the new city eouncil. It
will be remembered that he -was a can-
didate for President at the laSt election,
hut polled a very much smaller vote
than either of the other two eandidates,
a fact that may be taken to 'show that
a third party cannot be formed -in- the
United States on the basis of Prohib-
ition.
Besides the Globe and Mail the
leading dailies of _the country, the or-
gans of the two political parties, but
say did any one remark that I the Mail
has taken off its party handle and is now
vjgorously grinding independent tunes,
bIsides these two journals lloroeto has
three other dailies, the World, News
and Telegram. These three ere chiefly
confined* to city -subscribers and do not
profess to be organs of either political
party. The first issues a morningedition
the latter an evening edition and the .
News both morning and evening edition.
The World is a spicy little journal, and
meets the demand for a cheap morning
paper; it always has a good word for
the Conservative Government, and does
not see the good qualities of Mr. Blake
and his followers quite as clearly as do
some other Tapers. The News is the
great sensational paper; murders, rapes,
divorcee, elopements and sUch events
are treated at length in its columns. It
criticizes very severely the Government
at Ottawa, and in the recent Provincial
election took -sides with Alte Mowat's
administration. However, the News is
the special organ at present of the labor
cause and avails itself of every oppor-
tunity to cry out against the tyranny of
"wealthy monopolists and s" bloated
capitalists," and its editor iS the labor
candidate in one of the Torotttos, but I
am wider the impression, judeing front
the labor vote cast at the recent Pro-
vincial election, that Edmund E. Shep-
pard will be elected by an overwhelming
majority to devote his entire attention
to the -News. The Telegraan is, in a
special sense, the city paper ; contains
all the city happenings and advertise-
ments pertaining exclusively to the
city. It has but little to say on polities.
You have stood on that busy -corner,
King and Yonge, on an afternoon and
have seen the crowded street cars wind
slowly around; the huge, heavy drays,
the potters of the wholesale trade, drag
by; the express and groceiy wagons,
, the meeseugers of the retail trade, rattle
past; grand conveyances, with fashion-
ably dressed occupants, and coachmen
and footmen hidden under great, un-
seemly, long-haired caps and -capes;
you have seen those who "walked on
business and those who. Walked for
pleasure; the half-dozen poliIcemen„ the
custodians of the order of the city, try-
ing to arrange matters amicably among
that motley throng; and have heard
amidst the din the ragged newsboy
shout, "Five o'clock Telegram, Globe,
and, in lover tones,
occurrence,
icelleaniular: :e:acpepeN,rahe:,waoe pits: s, heardi :tre—e,a Ihweahlbyaeni sth yout hclea n.levgleerocef-
there, although it is not a very common
a gong up street, the next instant it was
close by, the surging crowd 'opened up
the firecompany dashed bp on their
way to check an attack of that destroyer
of life and property. Yours Truly,
P. Q.
Toronto, January 24, 1857.
- - - - - --
A protest has been entered by Mr.
Thomas AlcClay against the election of
Mr. James Dougherty, as Mayor of Mit-
chell.. The charges are bribery, treat-
ing, hiring teams on election day and
being a tenant to the corporation.
-The new Methodist ch urch , in Mit-
-chell, Was opened on Sabbath 16th inst.
It is a handsome edifice, a credit to the
congregation antl an ornament to, the
town. The entire cost was the
whole of this amount being Covered by
money and subscriptions, with the ex-
ception of $2,300.
--The Gospel Temperance meetings,
in St. Marys, have been resifined after
an interval of several months. The
first held, on Sunday afternoon llith
inst., was addressed by Rev's. Messrs.
G -rant and McLaurin. The hall was
crowded to the door,
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to Dasb.wo
Reformer.
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Mr. Ortwit
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account of
attendance
of Milverto
brother-in-
Tuesday'f.
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