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THE. HURON EXPOSITOR.
FEBUARY 4, 1
NEW' ADVERTISEMENTS.
Nr The figure between the parenthesis afte
• each line denotes the page of the paper on which
be advertisement will be found.
_ A Stupendous Revolution -E. McFaul. (6)
Notice to Debtors -Thomas Coventry. (8)
Cash for Clover Seed -O. C. Willson. (8)
Property for Sale -P. M., Beeehwood. (5)
Dissolution of Partnership -A. Cainpbell. (5)
Big Inducements -E. McFaul. (8)
Teas Wholesale -Charlesworth & Brownell: (6)
Important to the Ladies -Miss McDonald. (8)
Election Card -Dr. Campbell. (6)
Cheap Winter Goods -D. Weismiller. (8)
Auction Sale -Wm. Carnochan. (5)
Tenders for High School -D, Johnson. (6)
Cedar Posts -Robert Hughes. (6)
Cheap Bargains -M. R. Counter. (8)
Cheap Boots -R. D. Macdonald. (8)
House for Sale -Rev. J. Edmonds. (6)
Cutter for Sale-Hensall P. M.
Abother Concert. -0)
Seed Barky for sale.R. & G. l3rock. (5)
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 4, 1887.
South Huron.
At the Conservative convention held
in Seaforth on Monday last, we under-
stand it was decided not to bring out
a candidate. As will be seen by his
address in another column, Dr., Camp-
bell has come out as an independent
Reform candidate, so that if Mr. Reith
remains in the field we will have a three -
cornered Reform, struggle. However,
whatever developments may take place
between this and nomination day, ',tee
think the duty of Reformers is clear.
Mr._ McMillan is the properly chosen
candidate ot the.Reforin party, and has
aright to expect and should receive the
hearty and united support of that party.
In every respect his claims are infinitely
-superior to the claims of either of the
- others. •
Irapptant Political Events.
During the past week a couple of
events have occurred in the Political
world which are .of more than: ordinary
importance. The first t is the complete
overthrow of the Cansertative Govern-
ment in the province of Qaebee --and
the accession to power of a Government
form.ed and led by Hon. Mr. Mercier, the
Liberal leader of that Province. Ever
since the Provincial elections when the
people of Quebec declared, in very un-
mistakable terms, their lack of confi-
dence in the Conservative -Government
led by the Hen. Dr. Ross, the Dominion
Government, at Ottawa, have been put-
ting forth: continuous and herculean ef-
forts to retain their Quebec allies in
power until after the Dominion elections
would take place. :Failing in their re-
peate.d attempts to ,seditee 'the Conser-
vative Nationalists from their allegiance
to the Liberal leader and secure their
support for Dr. Ross, that gentleman
and his entire Cabinet were induced to
resign. Contrary to constitutional cus-
tom, the Lieutenant Governor, instead'of
calling upon the opposition leader to
-form a. new Government, called to his
counsels Mr. Taillon, a member of the
old Government which had just resign-
ed. It was hoped that he would be able
to form a Government which would be
more acceptable to the people's repre-
sentatives. In this, however, they were
again disappointed: The Legislature
met on Thursday of last week, and the
first business was, of course, 'to elect a
'Speaker. Mr. Taillon moved his man,
and Mr. Mercier reader of theoppos-
tion moved as an amendment the
Liberal candidate for the office. To the
evident surprise of all and especially to
the Ministerialitts the amendment of the
opposition leader was carried by a ma-
jority of eight, and the Liberal Speaker
was elected and took his place. This,
however, wal not enough for the Gov-
ernment ; they refuted to take this hint
that they were.not wanted. The leader
of the Government moved the adjourn -
truant of the House, but this motion
was voted down by the Op-
position _ by the same majority as that
Which elected their Speaker. In due
time the Opposition leader made a mo-
tion for adjournment, which. was car-
ried: Theseseveraldefeats showed the
Government that they had lost the con-
fidence of the House, that their last
card had been played and that they had
lost in the political game. Makingadr-
tile of necessite, Mr. Taillon sent in his
resignation to the Lieutenant -Governer,
which was accepted, and Mr. Mercier
was called upon to form a Government.
The Liberal: leader has succeeded in his
task. The new Government has been
formed, the members have been sworn
in, have met Parliament and have taken
possession of their respective depart-
.
ments. The Legislature has been pro-
rogued until the 16tli of March, and in
the meantime the new Ministers will re,
turn to their respective constituencies
ler se -election. The writs for these
elections have been issued and nomin-
ation day has been fixed for the 14th
and • polling for the 21st of February.
What mey now be called the Opposition
party seems to be badly demoralized,
and it is likely the Ministers will be
elected without opposition.. The new
Government is composed of five Liberals
and three Netional Conservatives. Three
of the Liberals are French-Canadians,
ane an Irish Roman Catholic and one a
Scotch Presbyterian. The latter is sup-
posed to represent the minority or Pio-
testant element in the Province ; he is
Hon. David A. Ross, a former colleague
of tfr.. Mercier, and Attorney -General in
the late Jolly Government. He is a
wealthy wholesale merchant in Quebec.
It was expected that Dr. Cameron,
of Huntingdon would represent the
minority in. the pebinet, but that
gentleman declined the proffered
honor, although he voted with
the Liberal party in both the divisions
which defeated the Government and is
fully in accord with tha
generally -admitted that
has succeeded in formin
•poptlar Government an
of ability they are superi
the Province has had fo
Let us hope that future e
that their ability is eq
their honesty and econo
The second event of
the shuffle in the Domini
at Ottaiva. Sir Charles
signed the igli Cdmmis
party. It es
Mr. Mercier
a strong and
that in point
r to anything
long time..
ents will prove
alled only by
importance is,
n Government
upper has' re-
tonership .and
has taken a position in the Cabinet.
Sir Alexander Campbell has resigned his
position ef Postmaster General • and
withdraws - from the G oe ernrnen t. He
is succeeded by Hon., Mr. McLelan,late
Finance Ministeaand Sir( harles Tupper
takes Mr. MeLelan's . pace and will
hencefotth• control the fi lances. It is
doubtful if Sir Charles wi I add much to
the strength os the Govern nent,especial-
..
-ly at this juncture. He is a good fight-
er but he has such ' whom ly bad repu-
tation .even among his ow friends, that
no person trusts him. r. ;11i1cLelan
was honest, but lacked abi ity to manage
his difficult. department; Sir Charles
I
has1the ability all right en ugh,but he is
sadly lackingin the ot er. .requisite.
All things considered, the efore we do
1
-not know but the finance were a deal
safer in the hands of the late Finance
Minister than they will e in those of
,
the present one. Whethe or not this
business Was arranged before Sir Charles
left the old countrtnis no known.. At
any rate, the change at the present time
i
is a confession of weaknes on the part
of the Government whic will injure
them mote in the public es imation than
any strength Sir Charles will add to
them. .
'In this connection it is s ated that in
order to induce him to abindon his fat
ana lucrative position in London, for a
subordinate Cabinet office, Sir Charles
was promised the leadership of the Con-
servative party after the eleetion, when
Sir John Will retire. . This is not at all
Ejf
probable, however, as in the- first place
Sir Charles would not be eceptable to
the rank and file of the p•ar y as leader,
and in the second place, we believe Sir
t
John's great ambition is to die in har-
ness, and Sir John is not go
soon if he can help it, no m
, , •
the county declares for or
The more probable theory
ng to die so
tter whether
against him.
is that Sir
Charles knows right well that if the Re-
formers get into power he W uld get the
-‘-‘ grand bbunce" any way, nd if they
do not get into power he n get back
into his old position whene er he wants
to. It was quite natural, therefore,
that he should desire to give his old
friends a helping hand in the hour of
their dire , necessity, and niore p,articip
lady so as he has a very onsiderable
personal mid pecuniary interlest in their
success.
The Protestant Hrse.
We do not hear much abosit the
Protestant Horse now -a -days. The mis-
erable anithal seems to have come to a
premature •end, and is now disowned
by friend and foe alike. flving failed
to accomplish the object fof which it
was brought into existence, tie drawing
of votes from the Mowat qovernment,
its former ardent admirers n NV seem dis-
posed to allow its bones to rest in peace.
Indeed, many who a few weeks ago
were londeat in their comme dations of
its many god qualities, no deny that
they ever knew it or had an inter -est in
it. Had it been successful i its mission
it would still be fondled and ommended
as being the most noble an mad of • its
kind, but having failed to dr w the head
imposed upon it, it was tur ica; out to
starve and die. 'Twas ever thus, -success
wins friends while failure is just as sure
to lose them. We are not dispoded,
however,. to permit those who brought
the ill-favored animal into exisrence and
nurtured it to maturity to escape re-
sponsibility for its being in this way.
Immediately after the Ontario elections,
when its failure was made manifest to
every one, many of the C nservative
papers ruelied to the front a d di 3::laim-
ed all knoveledge of the ani nal's iden-
tity. Theyheerred that the C nservatiVe
leaders and party had lioth rig, to do
with it, but that it was 15rou ht i to the
political field contrary to their w sh and
that the Toronto Mail alone m as respons-
ible for its birth or importation. This
story was, no doubt believed -by some,
but it must have been tSrken With tidon-
•
siclerable gtain of salt by most people,
and in this instance the majbrity were
in the right.
We fully believe that nlany, very
many indiiridual members of the .Con-
servative party heartily disepproved. of
the mischievous attempts to create ran
cour, jealonsy and strife between the
different religious denominations of the
Province Mr purely party purposes, but
that the movement had. the full sanction
and consent of the leaders of the party
is now known beyond ea doubt. We
have -before us a small pamphlet, entitled
'The Lynch- al owat Coneardat,' which was
circulated as a campaign document from
the Consereative head quarters in Tor-
onto between nomination • and polling
days, care'being taken to confine it to
Protestant districts. It is impossible
that it could be circulated in this way
withoutthe full knowledge and consent
of the leaders of the party and 'upon
them must rest the responsibility. It is
a literary curiosity, and. its contents,
although basely false and misleading,are.
so Plausibly put and are of such an. in-
flaminatory characteathat it says much
for the good .sense and intelligence of the
people among whom it was circulated,
-that it did not aronse them to acts of
violence and bloodithed, as it most
assuredly would haye done had they
believed- it. That it did not have this
result is not the fa It of its compilers
and distributors. e have only room
for a couple Of shor1t extracts, but the
character of the wh le can very fairly
be judged from thee . On the opening
page ,we. find the fo lowing:
In spite of special I gislation granting
the Roman Catholics the privilege of es-
tablishing and maintaining Separate
Schools, and in spite f specral legislatiou,
giving them, unfa,ir a lvantage over Pro-
testant tax -payers, the Alowat- fera-er Goy-
erpment has bartered j1or political support
the Hag Book itself and hos placed- in
the Public Schodls of he P, ovince an ex-
cised and mutilated cojiy of the Scriptures
prepared under Arch ishop Lynch's per-
sonal supervision. hough under the.
Constitution the Rom n Catholics enjoy
the right to teach wh t they like in their
own exclusive schools, it is nowfor the
Electors of Ontario o say whether the
Romish hierarchy a .e to be permitted, as
under the present Mi isterof itducation.
it does', to interfere with, control and
dictate the course of tudy Publie
Schools of this Protest nt Province.
And again:
These extracts are abundantly sufficient
t9 establidi, the positikt that .the Bible
readings have been comi)iled to placate His
Grace,, Archbishop LYnch, who is the
power behind the 01,7.0744 that has for some
time past been the real ruler of the Pro-
vince- Mowat may r ign,,- b ut Lynch,
governs!
The Influence f Women.
A Women's Christian Temperance'
.1
Union worker has a long but cleverly
written letter, in the Toronto Mail of a
few days ago, in whibh she advocates
strongly the extensibn of the Franchise
to women, puts in a st ong plea for tem-
perance and Prohibitio and sets forth
•the good Work being done by the
Women's Christian Te iperance Unions.
On these latter points -e make the fol-
lowing quotation:
On the train going t Portland a W.
C. T; 11. woman overh ard 1 the follow-
ing conversationt-T o gentlemen' were
discussing public q estions, among
others that of the M inc Liquor law.
One man said, " I am argely -interested
in the malinfacture of eer in Onterio,
but somehow .our salesdo not come up
to the usual mark latel , .and I cannot
'understand why." .T e other replied,
"You may not believe me but I can tell
you just where the tro ble is. I am a
wholesale dealer in li uors myself and
our orders do not come up to the right
figure either. We hav talked the mat-
ter all over among ou selves, and Tin
convinced the new. elen ent we have to
deal with is the eat se." " What is
that ?" He said, ." T e women! You
see they are banding together againstais
all over. They wont drink wine nor
beer, nor use -brandy i mince pies, plum
puddings or sauces, nor let their hus-
bands use it in thegoo old way, on ac-
count of the children, they say, and
.they make it a principl and stick to it.
The men either have t be meaneenough
to drink alone at clinne • or do without
any. They don't like o go against the
wives' feelings by offer ng to treat when
they are pledged again tit. It is all the
high. toned women to who take the
lead, and when they se up such a fash-
ion the whole. gang follow suit all
over. Therest don't elieve me when I
say its the women, bu ..you'll see. Its
going to make . a big 1ifference ,in the
Long run. You know jwe could always
fix a hitch before, but Ihis new element
you can't deal with, k e worst part of
the whole , business is that when the
women get a good hold against us they
never let go." We r alize this truth
this year. We have n w a good hold,
and we do not intend to give up one
inch of our ground. Consider now,
There are over. 12.000 Women's, Chris-
tian Temperance MU() -.women in On-
tario alone. ' These n Wier use it in
their homes as a beveeage, in cookery,
nor in e social way. Tilley find by ex-
perience that they suffer less in bearing
children and have stranger offspring
than when the old rule was followed of
"ordering a cask of he�r for a nursing
mother," "or a table poon of brandy
or whisky -in all liquic food when ill
after confinement, not forgetting plenty
of slinglor the baby t keep it quiet."
We have got over all t at nonsense, and
are training our boys aid girls net to be-
lieve such ancient M. 's. twaddle as
that... Total abstinenc is the right way
to keep health. It heeps the mind,
rain -and nerves clear to act as the wpl-
f man dictates, and wives point to sueh
ethers with pride a,nd encourage their
hildren to do liken ise. Our union
or's-is tottrotect the weak, 6specla1ly
hildren, to hold out a helping hand by
xainple to the tempted.
There. is one point, !however, which
1
-e m ish to mention, where the fair cor-
espondent fails to give credit where
redit :is due, or rather' gives credit to.
he wrongperson. In urging the rights
f women to the suffrege, and showing
he benefits thatwould result from ex -
ending that right to them she says:
' Sir John has not yet taken up prohi-
bition, but he has given widows (not
' wives) and, single women of property
votes in municipal matters." This is
ust where the fair coripspondent is mis-
aken. It was not Sir John but his little
pponent, Hon: Oliver Mowat, who has
given widows and single Women of
roperty votes • in municipal matters."
t is true that in his now celebrated
ranchise Bill, which he introduced into
arliameet in the session of 1885, Sir
ohn had a clause giving_the franchise
ID women, but at the instance of his sup-
orters he abandoned e clause and had
it struck from the Bill against the earn-
est remonstrances of a very large ma-
jority of the Reform memters of the
House, Sir Richard Cartwright even
going so far as to say that it was the
"sole redeeming clause of the Bill." It
will thus be seen that the correspondent
is far astray in giving Sir John Macdon-
ald the ceedit of being the champion 9f
woman suffrage, and that in so doing
she does thr Reform party an injustice,
as whatever credit is due for this exten-
sion of the franchise, the Reformers, and
not the Conservatives, are entirely en-
titled to it.
East Huron.
The following table gives a comparieon
of the votes polled aa-, the last Dominion
election and at the recent Provincial
election in the various municipalities
comprising the East Riding of Huroillas
constituted for Dominion, purposes:
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(1.)
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0
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0
9
0
7/5
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1••••• 10
t'- 0-1
—01
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10 • • 01 •-•1 •
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• $.., ›, to 2
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It will will be seen from the above figures
that while Mr. Farrow had a majority
of 60 -in 1882, in 1886 the dame munici-
palities gave a Reform Majority of 292.
This should be good encoutagement fdr
the friends of Da Macdonald, the Re-
form candidate. It is true that at the
Provincial elections they had an honest
voters' list compiled by the municipal
authorities, while in the present contest
they have the gerrymandered list com-
piled by the Revising Barrister's cleris
under the authority of the iniquitous
Dominion Franchise Act. This will
make some difference, but it should not
make enough eto change a majority of
292 into a minerity. On the contrary,
it should stimulate all lovers of honesty
and fair play to increased' exertion, and
should increase rather than diminish the
Reform vote. It is quite evident that if
the friends of,good government in East
Huron do their duty, and we believe
they will, Dr. Macdonald will be elected
by a good majority on the 22nd of this
month.
Mr. Blake in Mcntreal.
The Liberal Leader delivered an ad-
dress in Montreal on Tuesday evening
last. To say he received a warn and
cordial reception from the people of the
Eastern'Metropolis is scarcely a fitting
description for the enthusiasm displayed.
He was listened to. by about four thole -
sand people and many had to go_ away
without, hearing him, as the hall was
filled to ,over -flowing. The following
we take from the Mail's report which,
our readers may rest assered, does not
do him more than justice:
The Queen's hall here Was crowded -in
every part this evening, there not being
standing room after the proceedings
commenced, so anxious were the citizens
to hear Hon. Edward Blake deliver his
oration, which it has been announced
for some days past will be issued
throughout the Dominion, as the cam-
paign platform of the Liberal party.
Mayor Beaugrand was ealled to the
chair, and the platform was filled with
politicians exclusively of Liberal ten-
dencies. When the Opposition leader
entered he was vociferously applauded
by the whole audience. On silence
taking place the chairman read an ad-
dress from the Reform club here in
English, welcoming their distinguished
leader, and giving prothin,ence to the
triumphs that had lately attended the
efforts of himself and the Liberal party
in Ontario and 'Quebec. The chairman
explained the nature of the address in
French, which (was loudly applauded,
.principally by those seated in the gal-
lery. The Mayor then introduced Mr.
Blake in eulogistic terms, and loud ap-
plause greeted the latter on his present-
ing himself on the front of the platform.
Mr. Blake on rising was eethusiastically
received, and keptthevast audience in-
terested from twenty minutes to eight
until twenty minutes past ten.
The Liberal party are very frequently
sneered at by their opponents and told
that they have no princielee, and that
the contest between' the parties is simply
a struggle for office, and nothing more.
Here, as in Ontario, Mr. Blake defines
the platform of the Libetal party. It
is, certainly, a noble platform and one
deserving the support of every patriotic
Canadian. According to the Mail's re-
port he said:
The questions before them were
numerous and important, bnt it was im-
possible te touch fully ipor any of these
topics. First, he would ry to say a
few words on
THE TARIFF AND LABOR QUESTIONS,
two subjects dealt with in the address
presented to him, warning them that in
so doing he hadt leo intention to retract
or withdraw. Statements in former
speeches on the subjects. This warning,
he .said, was necessary to prevent the
charge that he was in the habit of eat-
ing his own words and • changing his
position. As early as 1882, he said, he
had pointed out the difficulties in the
way of free trade and the necessity of
raising a great sum annually to Meet the
burdens finposed through the acts of the
present Government. What he faviered
was a reduction as far as practicable in
the disties on common neceasities, tus-
taining a high rate on luxuries. He
would wish to promote reciprocal trade
with the United States -(applause) ---but
in his opinion the systematie policy of
the Government interposed -tdilficulties
in the consummation of thafabject. He
deprecated the frequent changes in the -
tariff, which should be as few-nnd infre-
quent as possible. Many of the Most
prosperous and intelligent mannfactuters
were Reformers, and notwithstanding
the opposition of some of that class, the
Liberals desired to give justice to every
industry. But we must look at the
public interest, and when the twe!in-
terests conflict the suggestion of those
interested for themselves must be de-
clined. An attempt had been .made to
band together the manufacturers 41 a
solid body against the Liberaliparty, but
these tactics svere doomed to failure. !In
SPEAKING OP THE. LABOR Q1JESTION0
She chief point he insisted.upon was,: as-
.
he termed it, not only existence, but a
fair enjoyment of existence for the toil-
ing classes. He had been asked for his
platform. It was the same in all the
Provinces and had already been peb-
lished-Responsibility to the people aan
honest and efficient Executive, which
would prevent rebellion in the.: West and
discontent in the East; reform in the
civil service; a good and efficient staff;
abolition of the preient superannuation
system; the right to make our own
treaties; reduction of toes -talon- as soon
as possible; reduction of duties on raw
material; an earnest effort to promote
reciprocal trade with the South;
recognition of the Federal character of
our consitution ; no more taxes; full
recognition of Provincial rights; home
rule in our Dominion; justice to all,
favors to none; an end to jobbery and
corruption; redaction of expenditure to
a -small amount; determination. to ptit
down distinctions of race and. creed
favor of Canadian brotherhood and;
nationality; eternal justice and equal
rights; civil and religious liberty; tel.
eranee and forbearance: of the strong
towards the weak; morality iaucl tene-
perance, morality and religion hand
hand; advancement of the rade. This,
as I understand it, is the PROGRAMME 4`
THE IsIBERAL PARTY.
essimismsmitimmxistria
SAYS the Toronto News: ;The varyixig
fortunes of political warfare,- seldom
bring uninterrupted success to either
party for any lengthened period. The
Tory Ministry has been defeated in
Quebec, but hardly have the first Gila
shouts of victory died away before their
jubilation is turned into inoutnine by
the pregnant announcement that "the
electors of Union School Section No. 7,
townships of Turnberry and Ea* Wawa -
nosh, county of Huron, have, by unani-
mous vote, discarded the Ross Bible"
Thus does the inevitable law of compen-
sation even things up.
wismswasisma
HON. EDWARD BLAKE has received
the 'unanimous nomination of the Reforin
convention of West Bruce, and'evill run
for that constituency as well asfor Weld
Durham. I
• 1,
News of the Week.
THE PRINCE AS RECTOR. -The authori-
ties of Edinburgh University lave de-
cided to invite thePrince of WaiCS to be-
come the rector of that institution.
DR. TALMAGE'S PEW SAI -Rev.
Talmage's annual sale of pews at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle took place on Mon-
day, when provision was made for an
income of $31,985,, an increase of $975
over last year.
UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. —The nnual
„,
boat race between the Cambridge said
Oxford University crews has been fixed
for March- 26.
To 'VISIT IRE LAND.—The Prince:of Wales
will visit Ireland during April, ad will
bepresent at the Punchestowii races. !
A PROFUSION OF OFFE1iS.-741r. GcAS-
chen has had the refusal of thirty Par-
liamentary seats.
AN ACTIVE LADY ORGANIZER. -11,1is
Charlotte Gray, Organizing Secretaiy
of the World's Women's Christian Terh-
perance Union has reeently finished her
work in Belgium, and is now in'Switzer-
lant •
EARTHQUAKE OUT WEST. -A 'severe
A
earthquake shock was felt on the night
of the 27thof January,at Fremont,North
Bead, Nebraska, and other points with-
in a radius of one hundred Miles of
hOatnaeLhooaoc.
pvDcusrIedIN.
AUSTRALIA. -e-Serioes floods
in Southern Queensland.
A number of persons have been drowned
and much damage done to property.
REDUCED WAGES. -The walges cif
5,000 miners in Rhondda Valley, Wale's,
have been reduced five per cent.
HARD ON STOCK. -The glocnety out-
look for stock in Northern Montana aud
the Canadian Territory was further in by the heavy blizzard and
snowfall of Saturday night.
INTENSE COLD. -S un d ay was the eel d -
est day experienced in• St. 'Pauli for. 15
years, the temperature averaging 29
below.
. . - ,
Steetine-Raymond Belmont, young-
est son of August Belmont, the noted
politician of New York, shot himself in
a practising gallery, on Monday.; •
BRITISII STEAMER FOUNDI•.:RED.j-Th.e
-British steamer Blair Athol foundered
in the Black sea and twenty persons
were drowned. •
REJECT ED. -Baron Denman's ;woman
Suffrage bill was rejected without a
division in the House of Lords the other
day.' ! •
PEACE Desertee.M. Herbet'te, the
French Ambassador at Berlin, has been
instructed to impress upon Germany
France's earnest desire for peace.i
1)11.F.A.OFT-L LOSS OF LIFE. -The Britieh
emigrant ship Kapunda collided and
sank near the coast of Brazil, and 3Q0
of those on board were drowned.
HOW TO PREVENT WAR. -The Paris
Pays has a very simple way of preVenting
-European war. France and Germany
'have only to become frieiade, • break up
the British Empire and live happy ever
after.
BURNED. -The Grand Truhk freight
house on River street,. Buffalo, with all
its contents, together with a tumber of
freight cars, and the office with the
ooks and documents, were destroyed
y fire early yesterday morning. '
DEMOLISHING A DEN. -Six indignant
omen completely demolished a saloon
nd gambling den kept by Henry Zim-
merman, at North Grove, near Peru,
Indiana. The damage amounts to about
$1,000. The women were • arrested and
released on bonds.
:
: A CALIFORNIA Ilese.-There is a
Saloon of the lowest type in Los Angelos
that has not closed its doors day or night
for thirteen years.
THE DRINK TRAFFIC. -The next ses-
Sion of the British Parliament will be
asked to pass a tneasure dealing with the
drink traffic in Scotland.
WHAT THEY THINK IN CORR.-The
Cork Municipal Council adopted a reso-
lution declaring that, instead of the
Irish people subscribing to the Queen's
jubilee it Would be more fitting for the
Prince of Wales to send relief to the
Irish people in distress.
SAVAGE ATTACK. -The Durani8, an
Afghan tribe, incited by the Governor
Of Candahar, recently attacked a fort
,for the purpose of killing the British
poli
J .
tical officers and the engineer in
charge of the construction of the rail-
road from Quetta towards Candahar.
THE RECENT SCHOONER SEIZURES. -
A. Washington despatch states that the
United States Attorney -General declares
the recent seizures of British schooners
ia Alaskan wateia were unlawful, the
vessels having been outside the three-
niile line at the time of their capture,
and that proper damages for their losses
will be paid by the United States Gov-
ernment.
I A WAR ENDED. -The Mexican gun-
boat Democrat arrive 1 at Guaymas,
i
Mexico,, on the 27 ult., vith Cajeine, the
Yakui chief, a prisoneri This ends the
war between the Yakins and Mexicans
which has existed for &WO years.
• HOSTILITIES THREATENED. -The King
a Abyssinia demands of Egypt a !settle-
ment of the Massowah question. The
King disavows the hostile attitude of
Rasalouia, but threatens hostilities in
default of a satisfactory settlement. 1
;Tete RELIEF OF EMI.IsT BEY. -The Gots,erament in Egypt insists that Mr. Steil -
ley, the explorer,shall take the Zanzibar
route in his expedition for the relief pf
Emin Bey. Mr. Stanley -says he wi I
not rush to meet the fate of Hick e PasFia
and Gen. Gorden to please Egypt. Sir
Evelyn Baring supports Mr. Stanley,
and hopes to succeed in persuading the
Government to agree with him.
Huron Notes.
-Mr. John Williamson of Howie ,
near Lakelet has sold his farm of 80
acres to Mr. John HoOey,, of Wroxeter
for $4,000.
-A valuble young elitire horse, be-
longing to Messrs. Snell and White, of
Exeter, died of inflammation lastaveel.
He was sired by " Tontine."
-Dr. Gunn, of Brucefield, who is well
and favorably known irt many parts of
the county, will have charge of De.
M:edonald's practice in Wingham dur-
ing the election campaign. - l
-The horse distemper is very pre-
valent in Hullett. Sevei al farmers have
all their horses laid up vith it, and in
some cases it is a bad Vype of the dis-
ease.
-e-Hon. Thos. White linister of th,e r
Interior, and Hon. John Carling, Min-
ister of Agriculture, will address a meet-
ing in Exeter at an early date, in thie
interests of Mr. T. Coughlin and Mr. 1. c
Fred. Sharp.
e -The Trustees of Ontario street
Methodist church, _ Clinton, have de-
cidied to proceed with the enlargement
of the church, at an estimated cost of
nearly $2,000.
-The Tuckersmith West End Far -
mets' Club has decided that, notwith-
standing the .low price of wool, that
sheep raising is one of the most profit-
able branches of farming.: : •
-Miss Martha daughter of -Mr; Cart,
of the firm of Martha, sPrice & Carr,
millers •of Wingham, fell on the side-
walk near the market square on Sunday
afternoon last-, breaking a small bone in
the right wrist. ,
--Mr. Alex. Showers, .of IVingham,
has received notice from New York that
he- is one of three hundred and thirty
heirs of an estate valued at $7,04000,
part of which is deposited in the Bank
of England. :
--Mr. Geo. Hazelwood,, of Lakelet, is
selling out his entire stock of good ls aUcl
expects to move in a few weeks to
Gotrie where he intends to carry on the
bakery business formerly owned by Mr.
Hg Zimmerman.
-J. D. Ronald, of Brussels, has sold
another of his celebrated steamers, two
hose reels and 1,500 feet of hose to the
town of Portage la Prairie. Their eile-
gine, a Ronald, was destroyed reeently
by tile fire ball burning.
-Mr. Field, who is working fdr M.
Dru4iel Wilson, of the Sauble Line, Stan-
ley, was kicked on the head by a colt,
while he was going up alongside of it in
the stall. His upper Jawbone is broken,
and it is thought he will not recovee,
--I-The MO -acre farm on the 13th co -
1.
cesslion of Iltillett, belonging to the
estate of the late John Diamond, was
offered by auction at the Commercial
hotel, in Clinton, on Saturday, but as
$6,000 was the highest sum offered, tie
farm was withdrawn.
.1
----The friends of Mr. Thomas , Fair
postmaster, Clinton, who are numbered
thr ughout the length and breadth Of
.this county, will be pleased to iknow
tha he has entirely recovered frem his
.
rec nt illness and is one more in his
office, though still weak. ;
-The young men of Grey have rgan-
ized a Debating Society in Shine's chool
hou e, 12th concession. They hada de -
ha on Wednesday evening of last
week and will have another next Mon-
day evening. They purpose having a
literary e-nterteinment every other wee
A A somewhat sudden dea.th °coils. ed
in ,Turnberry on January 7th. Alniond,
son f Mr. W. Merkley, was seized with .jo
a pain in his head while at tea, after k
whi h he fell into a sleep but of which he H
coul not be awakened and in about two
hours passed away without gaining
conlciousness. He was aged 12 years. 1
ItMr. Peter Cole, of lot 20, Bayfield
concession, ( toderich township, hes
rented his farm to Mr. Geo. Hanley, jr.,
for a term of 5 years, at t',250 a year and
te!ses, possession to be given sometime
in March. Mr. Cole expects to go to
the North West and look after the farm
of his father-in-law, Mr. Henry Cook.
-On Monday last an old and respect-
ed resident of this county died at God-
erich, in the person of John Douglass.
He Was a native of Johnston Renfrew-
shir, , Scotland, and came to this county
til about ten years ago, when he re-
in 142, settling in the south side of
God rieh township, where he lived un-
moved to Goderieh, and live•
tired fernier. He waS a 0:
and was much respected. Ic ;
widow, a sister of the Jute James ,
all • 03;61,
rwa eTg,hhtimmanniversaryohyitserlioasns,,,chservicesreh of thc
will be
held on SandaY, February 13th when
the Rev. W. 8. Ball,M. A., of \Tanned,
will officiate. -The alinual tea meeting
will be held on the folloWing evening,
when Mr. Ball will lectureon " Themen
of -Messrs..
aFnodrshtoerw,ithjiernfcoauidg,hcti'.;vin
ham, have received contracts from the
Canadian Pacific Railway COM pally for
the erection of two railway bridges on
the new line to be built into that town
next spring. 'Onofthe bridges is that
over the Maitland in the town and the
other is over a small river th Turnberry.
shi-pitolfrs.ptrreyia,hdtlflaads(tienw, o.pefkthea, toeNrv town.
a-
long illness. She was 57 years of age,
and was very highly esteemed by all
who knew her. She had been a resi-
dent of that township for the past 12
or 13 years. The sorrowiug relatives
have the sympathy of the community.
-At the annual sale of magazines,
newspapers, old books, etc., in the
Goderich Mechanics' Institute, last Fri-
tury, $2.65, Harpers, $2.35, the Scientific .
American- Supplement
s. Sunshine Court, othersThien Forestersproportion. of
nearly $7, Frank Leslie $1.75, The Cen
day evening, some very good prices were.
obtained. c'The London Graphic brought
d
No. 156, have decided to hold a grand
entertainment in the Morris township
•hall, on Friday evening, Vebraary 11.
The programme will be in attractive
one, consisting of musical seleetions,
recitations dialogues, addresses, te.
Stabling will be provided for horses be
to pc-rsons coming from a distan-ceT.
he' Wingha.m Times of last week
says: We have the pleasure this week
of, announcing the imtirriag of 8. E.
Merrifield, one of Wingham's most
highly respected young men and Miss
Minnie Small, a most estimable young
ia dy, of Mount Forest. The happy
-ent took place at the residence of S.
1'. Gidley, of Blythe on Tueeday morn -
Lee of lust week. The young couple
took a toilet- through Western Ontario
aeel returned home on Monday evening
last.
Ross, of the 3rd concession of Stanley,
-One day last week Mr. Donald
heard a poise in his hen house, and
going to see what was the matter he
discovered a good-sized wild eat in the
building. Calling in the assistance of
his hired man, a young fellew, named
Cook, the latter procured e revolver,
and as the animal bounded . from one
side of -the building to the other, he -fired
at it three times, the last shot keeling it
ov-erAdsear‘dfr.
. John S. Carry Was travel-
ling on the ice in the river on the 12th
concession of East Wawanosh.on Friday
afternoon the horse he was driving broke
through and was drowned before assis-
tance could be obtained. It was a valu-
able animal being worth about $150.
Mr. J. Turner had passed -down a short
time before and made the trip -safely but -
the thaw having set in that day is sup-
posed to have -weakened the ice in the
juanyillefinegld Road, near Varna, com-
monlytee-anD13known as MeNaughton's hill, be -
the late storm the hill on
ame almost impassable. One very
stormy night as Mr. James ,Gallagher
was returning home with a large grist,
his horses, through the roughness of the
night and badness of the road, being
unable to take the load up, he was ob-
liged to leave it, and proceed home
with his team. Upon returning next
morning, he found that some. one ha.d
been mean enough to carry otT two bags
of flour.
-Mr. Robert Martin, of the London
road, near Clinton, lost a horse valued
at $200 last week-. Mr. John Cumb3g,
of Hallett, a few days since refused $225
for a three year old filly. Mr. W.
Grant, London Road, sold a mare to
Frank Thompson, for 8,250, and Mr.
Tipling sold two others for nearly $400.
Mr. James Crich, of Tuckersmith, sold
a pair of two year old colts, the other
day, to a gentleman from Listowel, for
something over $300. Mr. Bawden
bought six near Exeter the other day, at
an average of $180 each, and two bought
north of Clinton he paid $410 for.
-Mr. David Dobson formerly- of
Brussels but now of Kansas writes
We are having fine weather, there is no
snow and the cattle are out in the -fields.
I see you were victorious at the Pro-
vincial elections and I hope you will do
as well at the Dominion. There are
great times here over electiona but I
have not sworn against the old lady
across the sea yet so I take no interest
in them. We are having a great boom
in railways and surveyors are at work
in every direction and bonuses are being
granted, of conrse. At a Christmas,tree
for our Sunday School they presented
Charles Dobson with a splendid rocking
chair, costing $2.00, for Ms services as
Superintendent.
-The other day a letter was received
at the Clinton post office with a slip en- -
closed, on whieh was written a request
that the postmaster would give the
letter to some member of the family of
Mr. George Sheen -ten, one of the early
residents of Clinton, but long since
deceased. The letter was aceordingly
handed to Mrs. Green, (widow)who was
Overjoyed to find that was from her
brother, John Sherman) now al resident
of Australia, but from whom the family
had not heard for 30 years, and whose
whereabouts was unknown until the
rec_eiLpatsotfwtheicskletthteerionwi'ng sc at Act
cases came up for trial before Mr.
Smith, Police Magistrate, and Mr. A.
Govenlock, .1. P., and were disposed of
as below :-Mr. Dane of G
limed for further evidence: Jr. Has-
ett, Gorrie, adjourned ; Mr. Dennis,
°wick, pleaded guilty and a fine f
„,
and coats imposed. On Tuesday-, before
the samemagistrate, a charge against
Mr. Dames, of Cranbrook, was dismise-
ed, while one against Jas. Stretton, of
Brussels, was proven, and a fine of $.50
and costs imposed.
-Mr. Henry Wise, of the Bayfield
Road, Goderieh township, and second
son of Wm. Wise., Esq., died last week.
Mr. Wise had been ailing for a short
time with inflammation of the bowels,
and recovered therefrom, sufficiently, he
thought, to permit him to go out and,
attend to his ordinary duties. Unfort
tanately Mr. Wise suffered from a re-
lapse, and although he had the 'best of
treatment, nothing could apparently be
done to check the disease. He was a
steady, industrious young man, just in
FEBEI
emeeemeeeee
the prime o
against whr
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married to
Mason, of (
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19th, a ha
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the :
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bride, being
recipient of
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was away
roads b etliy
the yonneer
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the bridal
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tuous repa-t
spent *hid
member.
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the CVe 01 a
kindly grain
valuable ant
make a few
Reitli's eau
he is a e-et,i
will take hi:
him credit
temperanee
if their vitt
question,.
says Protest
sacrificed jai
this is a foe
me to diems
ject has bee
you throu:.,
rroR, and
equally wel
tial judgme
conclusion tI
danger, nor
ger in this
got up by 31
sake of pari
For my own
consistency
that he did I
weeks ago.
for Mr. Bish
gentleman.
tantamount
Mowatis poi
was got up.
lieve the Bi
versions to
rather pron.
of suspiebm
- great pohiti
Mr. Reith's
-of course
he would at
Revel.
not th know]
waz iatisf ete
- December la
eminent has
being pnrely
drag this get
tics, and en.
issue? If I
thinks to p1.1
poll, on the
surely must
pendent ele
credit for tl
Sir, as von
not new; it
day, but it b
time to tine.
political pal-
-of piety, th
among,a mi
• ity, Now
trespass on
possible,
three reason
Huron shoul
The first in I.
fit him for t
In the Jseeo
Reith adv-oe
ance questio
Tort of an)
the third pi
• Reith intme'
pendent cal
states he is 4
part of the t
fore he Cann
indePendeni
worst kind 4
ency can in
principle an
independem
Biat it is inn
strong parti
half -a -dozen
dependent.,
position unl
themselves
beg to state
nothing aga
I have mere
*iron expr
qisestion.
see sat,
, tC.- omille:
ire„the Editor;
l
yoTritv'aluar)
remarks, /In
J. A. Keal),
cerning a le
appeared in
ago. There
be hallr
asa
duty to deft'
against the ,
.1, Reithis bi
sucretl
viumtita
:
Rome," al
faith, were
of their .1
society has)
tgohef el lytielie::::: : i ,:
this " iren
1
-to bring Tr
artn;lana.drattt.
this " yoke
lvisjolsievam7at,-:
teeth in m
done so.
threw off tli
erawiing an
the Pope in
of these fat
have Coattail
liiehing no
proud to
ell
Protestants