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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1887-02-04, Page 44 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) 1.1111•12111111111111.14 urovi expooitor. 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: gkrz irD • o 10 CO -Tr CC: • (1.) 4- i• 0 - ••,4 0 9 0 7/5 • • 10 • 01 • n CO• 04 7:• r-1 ••••1 • CY:. • 1••••• 10 t'- 0-1 —01 r• -•I CO • 01 • --J1 M • 10 • • 01 •-•1 • ••-4 • • •-.1 • g • • •—•I 01 ^ 1313 •44 01 es co 1 >a • • 1:1( 0 .10 • • 'de 0 • . . . . . . : ' •GS °2 4-3 ta) • •—• te,4) •• 12) • $.., ›, to 2 e 0 n _ Pe 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 A consisten ehureh for married to Mason, of ( -On W 19th, a ha the reside Ethel in t the : n,arria 340.TY, to The inters by Be. -of a large was suppor .and the gr bride, being recipient of earesentS. was away roads b etliy the yonneer elared their ride, so ami the bridal On their re tuous repa-t spent *hid member. Yr. R DE vit-r.5..1 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