The Huron Expositor, 1887-06-03, Page 44
THE HDRON 1EXPOStTOR,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
or The figure betyreen the parenthesis ate
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he advertisement will be found.
Wagon for Sale—Sidoey Jacobs. (5)
Wool— D. McLermail. (8)
Wide Awake—D. Lothrop & Conipany. (8)
Notice—Wm. Bishop, Secretary. (5)
Coat Stolen—P. Keating. (5)
Summer Goods.—E.McFauI. (3)
Pioneer of Moderate Piices—J. W. Millar, (5)
Wool—D. McLennan. (8)
New Miilinery—Hoffmart & Company. (1)
Stock Taking—James Pickard. (8)
To the Public—Sheriell Brothers. (5)
House in Seaforth For Salo—Hugh Grieve. (5)
Man Wanted—Robert B. McLean. (5)
*ton txpooitor.
SEAFORTH, MIDAS., June 3, 1887.
How Charmingly Candid.
The Ottawa correspondent of the
Stratford. Times, one of the most bitter-
ly bigoted and unreasoning partizan
Tory journals in Canada, gets off the
following :
e` I must canfesa that there have been
times during last session when survey-
ing from the gallery the occupants of
deska to Mr. Speaker's:right, I felt that
the exiatence of the Conservative party
hung by a single thread' that thread
being the life and health ofone man, a
statesman who had already passed his
seventieth year. Ill health and advanc-
ing years had deprived the Reuse and
Cabinet of the presence and services of
one of its most capable and influential
members, Sir Leonard Tilley. Every
one regretfully recalled to mind that
strong lieutenant general of the Conser-
vative party, whose place atithe right
hand of our beloved and venerkted Com-
mander -in Chief, then knew him no
more—as we believed at that time, for
ever. We thought of him as one with-
drawn for ever, at least in Canada, from
party struggles and party triumphs, en-
joying in the world's chief metropolis
that position of dignity and utility to
his country, th which the more stirring
but not mere valuable toils of his youth
and maturity had so fully entitled him.
Na more striking proof of Sir Charles
Tapper's abilities can be given, than
that the recollection of them has re-
mained so indelibly imprinted on the
minds and memories of Canadians as
to overcome the usually obliterating ef-
fects of years of absence from the scene
of their display. The rapid forgetful-
ness of past services, however great, is
one of the faults to which democracies,
from the era of Miltiades and the
Athenians to our own days, have ever
been most prone; and that Sir Charles,
on his unexpected return last winter, as-
sumed at once, and as a matter of un-
questioned right, a position in his party
secend only to that of which Sir John
Macdonald holds a Iife lease, is an in-
disputable proof that even by aspirants
to the future leadership of the party,
his claims were, though perhaps with a
secret though unexpressed reluctance,
admitted to be paramount. For what
man save Sir Charles Tupper can suc-
cessfully wield, or even attempt to wield,
the relinquished sceptre of Sir John Mac-
donald, when that great man succumbs
either to increasing infirmities or to
death, the universal conqueror? Who
but he can tread in Sir John's steps
and keep together the jarring elements
of which Canadian Conservatism is corn -
posed? Not Mr. White—at least not
yet; for he is still young in harness, and
in the Maritime portion of the Dominion
as yet but little known. His chances
for the Premiership, ten years hence, are
good—for it must be remembered that
Sir Charles himself is nearly 65,i while
Mr. White is eight years his junior. As
a speaker, Mr. White, though fluent and
pointed, cannot be called eloquent. He
is the Sir Robert Peel of Canadian poli-
tics, his great strength being in his un-
blemished public and private character,
and in his great capacity for painstaking
official work. He is not a man of genius,
but he is an eminently safe, conscien-
tious and upright man; and, as his
record. since taking office abundantly
proves, there would have been, no pigeon-
holing of half-breeds' complaints, NO
ground of diacontent for Riel 0 work;
qtpon, and consequently 710 Northwestern
rebellion, laid he, instead of Sir David
Macpherson, been Minister of the In-
•terior four years ago."
David MoPlierson. He is entitled to Ms
share of the blame, certainly, but his°
share is the least part, as he only held
the office a few months prior to the out-
break, while Sir John himself held it for
six years. Perhaps the correspondent
did not think of this, or he would not
have been so candid and out -spoken. t
The Way of the World.
Edward Haitian, of Toronto, the once
great Canadian oarsman, whose name
was a familiar household word,and who,
but a few years ago was one of the most
popular and idolized men in Canada,
and who eould have received, had lie
desired to seek it, almost any favor; at
the hands of the people of this country,
has again met with another humiliating
defeat in the aquatic world. The Star
of his fortunes has turned, and great and
popular as he once was, there is now
scarcely one left to do him honor, or say
a good word. ht his behalf. He has had
his day ; it was a brilliant, though brief
one, and now he must share the fate
which misfortune is sure to bring in this
mundaee sphere. His sun has set, and
that of another has risen to meet with
the same fate in due course of time.
This is the way of the world; it, has
always been so, and the record. will like-
ly be unbroken until the end.
A race between Hanlan and Jacob
Ga,udaur,for the championship of Ameri-
ca and $5,000 a side, was rowed. an Mon-
day afternoon last on Jake Calumet,
Pullman, Illinois, in the presence of a
large concourse of peoile. Hanlan was
beaten by four boat lengths, and but for
the magnanimity of his adversary and
former student, the distance would have
been greater. It is said that Henkn.
was not in good fit, and that he had IA
sufficient "bottom " for the race. This
is likely partially correct, but it is
dent that he has met a better man I and
his sun has set.
Company, have incorporated monopoly
and disallowancti as a part of their
policy. Now, how has Manitoba acted
in the premises? On every occasion
its representatives in Parliament have
opposed the anti -monopoly party and
supported the monopoly Government,
and at the last election the people of
Manitoba elected four of their five repre-
sentatives to support this Governmerit
which has declared that this same mon-
opoly which is being declaimed against
is one of the leading features of their
policy. More than this, when Mr. Wat-
son's motion to do away with the mon-
opoly came up in Parliantent the other
day, two of Manitoba's own representa-
tives voted against it and in favor of
continuing the monopoly, while tlae
other two of the five, although not darieg
to vote against the motion, they Sneered
taunted with their weakness those
ad for years persistently opposed
oly, and beslobhered witli praise
who had riveted the fetters of
oly upon their ;constituents. In
f these facts it is not generous of
The new champion, Jacob A.Gaudaur,
is thirty years of age, and is a native
Canadian, having been born in Prillia,
Ont., where he received his earlyttain-
ing. He .is a married man, and ons a
comfortable house and. farm at Chapman
station, near St. Louis. He stands 6
feet and t an inch in height, and weigits,
when in fit, 170 lbs. He is young and
boyish looking. Of the defeated To-
ronto oarsman, the News says: , I
Those who think they know, say Han-
lan's rowing days are over. fle has
been too rnuch a prince of good fellows,
and an Oarsman who wants to keep at
•the head of the course can't stay with
•the boys. This was Hanlan's chief fault.
He hadn't the courage to say no, and
now probably he hasn't sufficient com-
mand of himself to train himself clown
to proper condition. His weight , was
considerably above his championship
scaling, and in the practice 'pulling. he
was easily exhaueted. It is -rather in
keeping with the bitter irony of fate that
the obscure Canadian boy ,whom he in-
troduced to the tender ' mercies of St.
4ohn. some years ago, should be the one
to defeat him now.. ,
Well Put. •
In his sermon on Sunday evening last,
Rev. J. B. Silcox, one of the most able
and popalar clergymen in Winnipeg,
made the following pointed and practi-
cal reference to the questiOns Of mon-
opoly and disallowance which are now
agitating the people.of the Prairie Pro-
vince. He said:
There are two charmingly candid ad
-
misstates in the above, which it would
be rank treason for a Grit to even hint
at, but since they are made by a straight-
laced Tory, it may not be any harm on
our pert to point them out. In the first
place, the writer, notwithstanding his
fulsome panegyric of Sir Charles Tup-
per, admits that the life of the Con-
servative party hangs upon a single
thread, and that the feeble one
of Sir John Macclonald's • life, and
although he whistlea a brave and lively
air to keep up the drooping spirits of
himself and his readers, it is quite ap-
parent at every word that he feels con-
vinced that no other man can fill the
shoes of the great chieftain, and suc-
cessfully wield,or even attempt to wield,
the relinquished sceptre," and "keep to-
gether the jarring element k of which
Canadian Conservatism is composed."
• The second admission, however, is by
far the more important, and as we wish
to direct special attention to it we put it
in italics. It is here admitted that had
Mr. White been Minister of the Interior,
there would have been no pigeon -holing
of half-breeds' complaints, no ground of_
discontent for Riel to work upon, and
consequently no rebellion. It is clear
from this, therefore, that the rebellion
was due to the carelessness and neglect
of the Government, and not to the rebel
Riel. But, Riel was hanged, and the
Government who was really guilty, were
pardoned. This is a" true and candid
statement of the case which it would be
well for some people to lobar in mind. It
would not have been made from such a
quarter before the election, but now that
the guilty Government are sapposed to
be firmly ensconced itt power for the
next five years, it won't do any harm to
Jet the truth be known. The writer,
however, is unduly severe upon Sir
at an
who
mono
those
M0,110
view
the anitoba people to accuse the people
of .th4 sister Provinces of keeping them
under the bonds of monopoly. For their
present unfortunate position they have
themeelves th blame. Had they sent
independent, honest men to represent -
them in Parliament instead of politieal
adventurers and place -hunters, the in-
cubus of monopoly would have been
rendered, long ago. It is to be hoped,
however, that, they will learn wisdom by•
experience.
"Wb have learned from the Bible
that the husba,ndmen who labored most
shall be first to partake of the fruits.
This divine and reasonable right is de-
nied the farmer of this Province, for,
practically, he is told that he must toil
in the field not to enrich himself or his
family, but to fill the rapacious and
plethoric pockets of a few heavily bonus-,
ed railroad magnates. As haughty
Pharaleh insolently bade the Israelites to
go to their brick kiln and hold their
peace, so this modern Pharaoh monopo-
ly, bids the farmers and business men of
this Province hold their peace and go to
work so that by their labor these high
and mighty Knights may build up colos-
sal fortunes. This entire Province must
be sacrificed and beggared to gratify the
greed of a few capitalists. The farmers
on the prairie must contentedly live in
sod houses in order that these princes
may build million -dollar mansions and
pose before the world as saints and phil-
anthropists by their benefactions to re-
ligious and benevolent institutions. The
prophet's description of the oppressor is
true to the life to -day. They oppress a
man and his house, even a man and his
heritage. We had hoped that our teater
Provinces would have Istooel by our I side
to deliver the spoiled out of the baud of
the oppressor, but in this reatonable
hope we have been disappointed. The
Dominion of Canada has dishonored her-
self by cringing to these unjust capital-
ists. , They have pocketed with com-
plaisant infamy the degrading insults
given to the people of Maitoba, and
have joined the oppressor in hindine the
fetters more firmly on the prostrate
LABOR strikes now seem to be the
order of the day in many of the large
cities. The carpenters and builders of
London and Toronto, as well as the
bricklayers and plasterers of both Haan-
ilton and London, have been out on
strike for some time, and there does riot
seem to be lunch chance of the employed
and employers coming to an amicable
settlement. ;These strikers in tern
throw out of employment painters end
other workrnee who follow them upi in
the natural course. The workmen cdm-
plain that the wages are not, sufficiently -
high to ena* them to live decently,
and, on the bther side, the employers
say that theyl took their season's con-
tracts on the basis of wages under ex-
isting rates and they cannot afford to
pay higher wages. This latter seems a
eery reasonable plea for the refuse by
the bosses to comply with the dema ds
of their men. 1 But whoever is to Ma
it seems a pity that so, many men shojald
be idle when there is an abundancC of
work for theni to do, and especially just
-at the commencement of the season after
a long and dull winter, when there was
really no work to do. One would suppose
it would be wisdom for the men to take
advantage of the work -offering, eveli if
the wages are not as good as they sheuld
be, and then when the. slack ses,son
comes on, and before the emplo ers
make their new contracts, nake
their demands. for stich pay as
they feel they are in justice en-
titled_ to. The employers would not
then have the very reasonable excuse
they now have to refuse higher wages
and the men would receive much npore
sympathy from the public than they now
do, in view of the fact that they see
be trying to take advantage of their
ployere by forcing them to pay w ges
they cannot afford. We have no sym-
pathy with contractors who, thraugh
greed, will take work at less than it is
worth and then try to grind the loszi out
of their men, but the men. should also
•have some sympathy fon their empleyers
and not iiurposely endeavor to embalwass
them. There should be reason on both
sides, but both besses and men are too
often guided by Prejudice and paseion,
rather than by reason, and then both
sides have to encliire suffering that might
just as well have- been, avoided. These
labor difficulties will net be settled un-
til permanent and disinterested larbi-
I
trators are appointed by Geivernment to
mediate betlween the cpntending parties.
If this were done a great deal of suffer-
ing would be- spared the workmen and
the bosses and public would al o be
saved lass and inconvenience.
the contraband part of their business.
If, under the Police Mhgistrate in Hu.
an equally good result can be obtain d,
the appointment will prove a profith le
one and Scott Act etock will come; up
imatieteettii
on
several
Province."
Mr. Silcox evidently appreLates the
situation, and. in thd main he !litotes
it correctly. But, in commem Wih many
other Manitobans, he does the people of
the sister Provinces ah injustice. It is
not the desire of the people of the othbr
Provinces that this monopoly should be
continued, nor do they believe its con-
tinua.nee to be in their interests. It is
true that the Dominion Parliament, the
other day, declared in favor of disallow-
ance. • But the people of Manitoba are
themselves largely to blame for, this.
The Opposition in the Dominion Parlia-
ment have persistentlY, in season and out
of season, from first to last, protested
against this monopoly, and at the last
election they made anti -monopoly One of
the prominent planks in their platform.
On the other, hand, the Government, at
the instance of the Canadian Pacific
degrees.
THE TORONTO Telegram remarks: "It
" is somewhat remarkable that a major-
" ity of the provincial legislatutes should
"be in the hands of the Reformers, and
"yet that the Conservative administra-
" tion should continue to hold powe at
"Ottawa. It looks as if the country ad
"made up its mind that the Refor ers
"are best fitted for the smaller cone rns
of public life, while the Conservatives
"beat understand the art of govereing
"the country as a whole." There is
nothing at all remerkable _about it.
When a Government fixes the comfit en -
cies to suit themselees, regardles of
shape, size, proximity or anything Ise,
except to get a verdict in their wn
favor, and then take to themselves the
power to say who shall and who shall
not vote, it is no trick to remain in
power. Under a fair distribution of
constituencies and an honest voters' list,
Sir John Macdonald's Government weuld
have been over-wheliningly defeated at
the last election. The Telegram and
every other Conservative journal knows
this right well, and hence it knows that
the conclusion it draws from the circurre-
stance it mentions, is erroneous, if not
utterly nonsensical.
OTTAWA LETTER.
to
ern -
ons to his tenants as the people of Can-
ada are to him the :ultimate result of
O'Brien's visit ;rill be to their benefit,
though on different grounds from those
on which O'Brien seeks to promote their
interest.
SUPPLY AT LAST.
When the Rouse goes into Committee
o Supply to consider the appropriations
hich the Government asks for the year
e event is hailed with general satisfac-
on as evidencing the progress of the
ssion. It is another mile stone passed,
it were. On Friday last this stage
as reached, and during that day ex-
edingly good work was done itt passing
e estimates. It is true that the items
onsidered were nearly altogether those
let* to the payments to civil ser -
ants in the departments in Ottawa.
't here was an exceedingly lively debate
en the item under which the Govern-
ent proposed to grant an increase of
alar y 'of $350 to the Clerk of the Crown
(From Our Own Correspondent.)_
OTrAWA, May 30th, 1887.
The long expected debate on the dis-
allowance question came off on Thurs-
day last, and resulted in the people of
Manitoba being given distinctly to
understand that it is useless tar them to
appeal fo—r help in securing freedom. tram
railway monopoly if they will not help
themselves by condemning the Goviern-
ment which made and keeps that Mon-
opoly. Mr. Watson, of Marquette, who
brought the resolution forward, made
out an exceedingly strong case as show-
ing the evil effects of monopoly in that
country. The whole matter may be
summed up in one of his express'ons,
that the farmers of Manitoba were be-
ginning to ask themselves seriously the
question whether the land they worked
belong to them or to the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company. A curious sample
of the injustice done to the Northwest
- I
SIR -.ALEX,NDEB. CAMprELL,-the re-
cently appointed Lieutercant-Govknor
of Ontario, entered upon his new duties
on Tuesday last. Sir Alexander will,
no doubt,make a very good Governor.
He is said, to be dignified and affable,
and is not likely to be too officious As
the Toronlio News says; "He is the kind
of man who looks well in court cos
and will do the social honor e of G
meet House gracefully, and gi
requisite nuniber of receptions an
nee parties. I -His personal qualiti
no doubt conduce to his popularit
whatever may be said. on this gro
lis none the Jess an injustice
heavily -taxed people of Ontarict that
• they should pay some $24,000 ansmally
for keeping up it purely ornamental
official."
in the matter of rates was that While
tea. is brought from Yokohama to Mon-
treal for .$1.25 per 100 lbs., if it peel-, of
it is imloaded at, Winnipeg that part is
charged at the rate of $1.75 per 100 lbs.
•The strong argument of the Conserva-
tives, and the one especially dwelt 'upon
by Sir Charles Tupper, was that the
older Provinces had run into debt and
spent vast sums of money in develeping
the Northwest, the greatest item being
$75,000,000 for the -Canadian Pacific
Railway itself, and this gave the older
Provinces a title to consideration when
the question of how the trade should be
carried Was to be decided. Mr. Blake
effectually answerei this argument when
he showed that by resolutions in Parlia-
ment, by statements of the Prime letinis-
ter and other men in authority the
Dominion of Canada had declared, over
and over and over again that the hand-
ing Of the Canadian Pacific Rallway
must not ancl would not add to thei pub -
int of
d by
the
ecta-
ume,
vern-
e the
din-
s will
.Bat
d, it
the
THE Scott Act seems to be tolerably
well enforced in the neighboring Clounty
of Middlesex. According to the
Magistrate's return, 124 imfor
were laid and heard and 110 cony ctions
secured during the past three erionths.
The fines collected for the same period
amounted to $5,500. At this rete of
going one would think the law breakers
would find it more profitable to abandon
s
in Chancery. This is the officer who
layecl the gazetting dodge to which
1)
eference has been made in previous let-
ers. As members are liable to be pe-
titioned against for 30 days after they
i.re gazetted, this officer, by keeping the
ames of Liberals back for from one to
1. our weeks, greatly extended their time
f suspense, and gave the Government
he advantage of having all the petitions
he goanieesnnas tltasti t. hythey
eaeoi yyorf would
ohienneulwd against.i 1 nwhom
,opbmpeef they
rIh. whicheyof
bTo believe eitheirninge rc eoioaipmas es:
e adt o
one an act of the most flagrant injus-
ice and dishonesty at their expense is
aturally regarded lay the Liberals as
dding insult to injury. They handled
Ir. Pope, the official in question with-
ut gloves, Dr. Landerkin, for instance,
ailing him "a reprobate, a coward, and
ase falsifier." It is to be hoped that
r. .Pope will enjoy his inerease of pay
while he has it.
' GOVERNOR MASSON'S RETIREMENT.
Police
ations
lic burdens, that the whole amo
the expenditure would be recoup
1891 from sales of public lands i
Northwest. If this were the ex
tion, whether that expectation i were
realised or not, the older Province § have
no right to claim anything on accotint of
expenditure. It was not claimed; dur-
ing the debate that the Canadian pacific
had it legal right, under the bargain
made with them, to claim the disellow-
ance of Manitoba charters, but SirChas.
Tupper and others alleged that they had
a moral claim. Against this Mr. Blake
quoted the language of Ministers of th
Crown, from the Premier down to To
White, both before and after the bengal
was inade, declaring that there was n
such legal or moral claim, that the peopl
of Manitoba, were free to charter rail-
ways as they pleased, and that ther
was no power tql prevent them. Amon
the speakers and voters on this odcasio
was Sir Donald Smith, one of the erigin
al Canadian Pacific, syndicate, amd th
holder of a considerable amount of Cana
post
vote
t lay
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st th
en th
ire fo
etnin
The question of who is to be Lieuten-
ant -Governor of Quebec in place of Mr.
IMassoe, who,has resigned, is one of the
:principal topics of conversation in the
!lobbies!. Sir Adolphe Caron, the pres-
lent Minister of Militia, is regarded as`
ithe most likely man. This would be
!giving the son the place once filled by
Ithe father, Rene Edouard Caron. The
!father, when he held the office, was
'hated by the French people, and, should
'the Sou accept the office, he will be cal -
'led mobil to bear retribution not only for
!his father's sins, as the French -'Can-
adians regard thetn, but also for his own.
'Caron got a title for suppressing the re-
bellion. The French-Canadians would
!have admired him for doing his duty as
Minister of Militia, but they do not ad-
mire the spirit he shows in the pay he
takes for the work. Chapleau is also
mentioned in this connection, many be-
lieving that he. is disgusted with his
want of success ;in undermining Lange -
vin, and is anxious to get out of it
gracefully. Mainy of his friends recom-
mend him to take the Lieutenant -Gov-
ernorship. Should he do so the vast
body of French-Canadian Conservatives
must either transfer their allegience to
Langevin or find. a new leader! Un-
fortunately for them the next ie. com-
mand, Colonel Ouirnet, is now in the
Speaker's ch,air. A number of less
prominent politicians are applicants for
the position, including Senecal, "the
boss. Sewers appointment, should
Chapleau still remain in th eCaleinet, would
be a direct slap in the face for Lange -
vin and his little clique, and a reminder
that though Langevin is called the leader
Chapleau gets all the benefit of the
place.
A COOL PROPOSAL.
The Government has proposed a bill
under which the lists already made for
Dominion elections under the Franchise
Act will be used during the present
year. This means that the Government
would like to hold the bye elections
which are likely to occur with' the un-
seating of members on petitions, on the
lists which they so successfully " fixed "
last year. It is not impossible that this
proposal may be resisted by the Liberals
as they resistedethe great original out-
rage two years ago. They have a much
better chance of achieving a victory than
they had then, for ab the very worst
they can only have a small majority
against them instead of from 70 to 80, as
it was in 1885.
dia,n Pacific securities. One in hi
tion May have the legal right t
but Ms assertion of that legal rig
him open to the imputation of a.
exalted ideas of self-respect or fi
of feeling. The Government secu
this division a majority of 48, all
independents without exception
least four Liberals voting agai
anti -disallowance resolution. ; W
people of Manitoba, show their de
competition in railways by con
the monopoly GoveriTinent, they wi I
find far more sympathy in the House if
Commons than is now expressed fir
them.
RE WELCOME TO LORD LANSDOWNE.
The demonstration in honor of Lor
Lansdowne on his return from Toron uo
was a protest against the mission of M .
O'Brien editor of United Ireland, and
was a magnificent success. The vem
was fine and the turnout of people spier
didly large. Lord Lansdowne's ace, s
he was drawn in an open carrin.ge I y
dozens of enthusiastic young mon w • s
a pieture of triumph and happines
Even Lord Dufferin never lad o
enthusiastic a welcome home is w s
accorded to Lord Lansdowne on jhis o
casion, the affair evidencing th de
feeling which was aroused ijy M
O'Bitien's eisit. It is, unfortunately, tr e
that this visit has brought out feelin s
of ancient party and sectarian bitterne s,
the effects of which will long be fe t:
The demonstration in honor of Lo d
Lansdowne was really a demonttrati n
against Home Rule, and accentuetes t e
strange and anomalous fact that the e
are many free born citizens of Pana a
who honestly believe that privile es
which they enjoy and for which th'y
would shed the last drop of their blo,d
would be injurious to the people of le -
land. If Lord Lansdowne is as gen r-
wae caught by the cyclone and is mis-
sing, and it is feared she is lost with all
hands. The district of Orissa was com-
pletely devastated by the cyclone.
THE GERMAN GUN' MAKER.—Herr
Krupp has finished a 40 -centimeter gun,
the biggest ever made at Essen. At it
trial of the weapon it shot into pieces
armor 97 centimeters thick, at 11. dis-
tance of 3,000 feet.
tniE
1887,
croquet playing, social tel hat,' enjoy*
the nem° of the Brussels Brass Ban
and speech making. The company tan
most hospitably entertaieed by Mr. and
Mrs. Mooney and they in turn were
made the recipients of many handsome
and costly silver presents.
, --Mr. A. K. Robertson, of Morris,
who recentlye returned from the Ole
Country, lefteagain last week for Scot_
INCENDIABISM.—The fire at St Peters- land. He aceompanied A. Govenlock
burg on May 24, by which 60 houses
were destroyed, was of incendiary origin.
ARcerc DAY.—Hail and snow fell
last Friday in Sullivan and Delaware
Countielt, New York State, until the
fields had the appearance of winter,
TERRIBLE FATE.—Wm. Andrews, an
amateur aeronaut, was dashed to death
on Monday at Oskaloosa, Iowa. While
at the height of 700 feet his balloon
caught fire, and he csme whirling down
falling on the roof of a house and was
crushed beyond recognition.
CONSOLIDATION SCHEME.—It is report-
ed at St. Louis that there is a gigantic
scheme on foot to consolidate all the
cattle interests of the Northwest and
form a company which shall control $15,-
000,000 worth of cattle and grazing
larids. The scheme originated with the
Wyoming Stock Association, of Chey-
en4ie.
DREADFUL HOLOCAUST.—The Opera
Cornique in Paris, France, took fire and
was burned on the evening of the 25th
ult. The loss of life from crowding and
suffocation has been terrible. It is
thought at least 200 perished. ,Up-
wawds of 100 bodies have been recovdred
and search in the ruins is daily swelling
the number.
TWELVE ENGLISH PEOPLE.—Twelve
English people lost their lives by; the
burning of the Opera Comique in Paris.
Ainong the bodies recovered 'which were
only partially burned that of Mr.
Thissauer, the well-known Vienna bank-
er; was found wfth 150,000 francs un-
toeched in his pockets.
ASSASSINATION PLOT.—A plot to assas-
sinate the Sultan of Turkey wain dis-
covered last Thursday, and it is said in
consequence that His Majesty has ; dis-
missed a number of high officials : sus-
pected of being connected with a conepir-
acy against him.
•
EM.11.
News of the Week.
DIED.—Major Ben Perley Poore, the
celebrated Washington corresponient,
died on Saturday.
WELCOME RAINS.—Copious rains all
over the Michigan Peninsula have ex-
tinguished the forest fires. The total
loss from the fires is estimated at $7,000,-
000.
COAL PIT HORROR.—An explosion
occurred on Saturday in' the Udstone
cool pit, eight miles from Glasgow, by
-which about 80 miners were killed.
EXTENSIVE 'RAILWAY laW
suit involving several millions of dcIllars
is about to be commenced against Jay
Gould and Russel Sage as trusteea of the
consolidated mortgage on the Kansas
Pacific, by foreign holders pf bondsh,sued
under the mortgage.
AMERICAN PRESBYTERIANS ON THE
LIQUOR QUESTION.—At their meeting in
Philadelphia. last Friday, the pekieral
Assembly of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America declared
against licensing or tazing the liquor
traffic, and in favor of total prohibition
by the States and National Government.
The Assembly also adopted the ,follow-
ing resolution: Resolved,—That the
action of the General Assembly of 1884,
recommending church sessions to pro-
vide unfermented wine for communion
purposes, be reaffirmed.
DEATH or A $10,000 DOG.—The $10,-
000 St Bernard dog, owned by John W.
Moore of Melrose, Massachueetse died
the other day after an illness of two
or three days. This dog was the, larg-
est and most valuable of its kind in the
country, if not the largest in the world.
He was imported by Mr. Moore from
England in 1886 and was about four
years old. He measured over 34 inches
across the shoulders and weighed over
200 pounds. He had taken 15first-
class gold prizes in England, and since
his importation has taken about 20 first-
class prizes in this country, taking the
first prize at every dog show where he
had been exhibited. Mr. Moore was
offered $10,000 for him, but refused to
sell him.
TIIIRTEEN HUNDRED HORSES BeRNED
TO DEATII.—At 1:30 last Friday morn-
ing fire broke out in the stables of the
Belt Line Car Company, New York, be-
tween Fifty -Third and. Fifty -Fourth
streets. The inflammable nature of the
contents of the structure,straw and hay,
contributed to the flames, and in a short
time the building was a ruin. So rapid
was the progress of the fire that the few
stablemen about at the time could rescue
only 25 of the 1300 horses in the stabiem
The fire spread to adjoining property,
principally tenements, and worked great
destruction. The poor people living in
the houses had not time to remove their
effects and many of them lost all they
possessed. Nothing is left save blacken-
ed timbers and rows of dead goats, dogs,
pigs and horses that had been burned to
death. More than 100 families, to a
great extent very poor people, are rem-
dered homeless.
A FAMILY OF MISSIONARIEs.—The
decision of Dr. Henry M. Scudder and
wife to go as missionaries, at their own
charges, to Japan,prornises to be a great
godsend to that field. Dr. Scudder's
addresses before sailing have excited so
much interest that five othere,
have decided to follow him. One of
these is said to be the Rev. G. E. Alb-
recht, the German professor in Chicago
Theological Seminary. Dr. Scudder be-
longs to a remarkable family of mission-
aries. His father, John Scudder,
founded the Arcot Mission in India, and
spent most of his life there, and seven
of his sons, including Renry M. Scudder,
were at one time associated with him in
that work. Three of them are still in
India and one of them is in Texas. Of
John Scudder's grandchildren, four are
missionaries 'in India, and. two in Japan,
one is a pastor in New York city, anoth-
er in Jersey city, and another yet in San
Francisco.
cAdchot uhfoolt—ri nt eltbiehrt
who is taking a lot of cattle across the
t oTen dthani so; 8, bra xontrdht e moment the equanimity
David Pike, the hostler of a Zurich
e evening service, on Sunday.
pitlaoteteiounhoufrtyweitlraelentps eihnurtheae,
flight of stairs, rather dis.
the falling of the sexton
who attempted to commit suicide
by cutting his throat a few weeks ago,
hat; been sentenced by Jhdge Toms, of
tGoderich, to six week's imprisonmentie
the—7111;1. ijohjanilA. . Naftel, f Godericin ha9
bought Out the soap works of Mr. John
Brown, Huron Road, in that town, an
will oontinue the business as heretofore.
Mr. Broevn will remain in Goderich for
tth
solinninithere afternoon hf the Queen's
Birthday D. Stewart, of Brussels, enter.
tained his Bible class and the members
of the choir of Melville church at
private pic-nic on his lawn. A very
enjoyable afternoon and evening wm
gwPeal 1°,Piser.
mr. . , left late
enjoyed. by aysoipmo
week on a trip to the old country. fie
went by New York, and will spend
!most of the time in merry England,
it is thirty-two years since he bit the
old land, and he will see many changee
on—hiBserluieB
rn.
Bros. were awarded the
contraet of carrying the mail from the
Brussels postoffice to the station and
return and Peter McDonald will carry
Her
return,
mail between Brussels
and Cranbrook. The , new contracts
run for four years and date from July
lst, 1887.
—On Wednesday afternoon of last
wtek, a team of horses belonging to Mr.
;nes White broke loose from the
.bion hotel shed ha Gorrie and ran
away. They ran as far as Mr. Aim
Hasties, about two miles and a half.
The only damage done Was the breaking
of the wagon reach and the knocithit
down of Mr. Duncan Ferguson's sign.
- Leonard Carley-, the youngman
charged with stealing a. horse frotn Mr.
Jas. White, of Rodgerville, and sent to
the county jail, has been remanded to
the June session by JUalge Toms, that
the question of his sanity may be di's.
posed of. Judging from his actions of
late there ca.n scarcely be any question
about his being insane.
—During the thund
afternoon of Sunday,
lightning struck a chimney of Mr. John
Duncan's house, in Stanley. It passed
down the chimney aed scattered the
stove pipes over the floor. Two children
were in the room at the time, but for-
tueately, except the fright were unin-
jured.
—Mrs. John Doig, sr., of Tuckersmith,
had the misfortune to fall off a sofa and
break her arm. This accident is to he
deplored, the more so es this lady hes
been in poor health all winter, and wee
supposed to be in a fait' way for recovery
at the time of the accident. The
sympathy of the neiginaors and friends
is extended to M re. Doig in her affliction.
—Old Mr. Karl, of East Wawanoele
died on Monday of last week. Be
complained of general weakness on
Saturday morning but improved during
the day, and on Sunday was slightly
worse. On Monday forenoon a weak
spell seized him and before medical help
arrived he expired. He was a kind
hearted old gentleman and eves widely
esteemed.
—It is our painful duty this week to
record the death of MO. Green, wife of
Mr. George Green, merchant, of Gerrie,
from that dread disease consumption,
which sad event took place on the 24th
ult. Mrs. Green had been. suffering for
some time and for the last few days no
hopes were entertained for her recovery.
She leaves a husband and two small
children to mourn her loss.
—The Goderich Signal says: It looks
as if a building boom was imminent in
Goderich. Already this year there are
,more buildings in cou se of erection and
in contemplation tha have gone up in -
the past five years. his, coupled with
the fact that dwelling houses are hard to
obtain, and that daily new arrivals are
coming to town, lends us to believe
that linty times are in store for Gode-
rich in the near future.
—The Wingham Advance of . last
week says: Mr. T. 4. Mills, merchant,
is what may be cal ed a lucky man.
He has now secured t ie services of Mr,
INcREAsitio THE MILITARY' FORCE.—
The Italian Chamber of Deputies on
Saturday passed a bill to increase the
army, entailing an additional charge of
$2,200,000.
PANAMA CANAL MISFORTUNE. —A de -
spat& from Panama says that water was
strubk in one of the largest, longest and
deepest cuts, and all the work done
there, representing millions, is rendered
valuoeilNesas.
G
ON TO PEMBINA.—Twenty-
seven miles of the extension of the
Northern Pacific Railway from Grand
Forks, Dakota, to the boundary have
been graded. The company will reach
Pembina about November next.
ANOTHER RAILWAY FATALITY.—Six
people were killed and many badly in-
jured by an accident on the Pennsyl-
vania, Railway on Friday night.
AN INCONSTANT BLACKSMITH.—A jury
at Belfast have awarded the daughter of
a farmer E275 damages in an action for
breach of promise against a blacksmith
who had courted her for 20 years.
No PACPERS WANTED.—Eighty-four
Irish immigrants have been detained on
the steamer Scandinavian at Philadel-
phia under the Pauper Prohibition Act.
The whole party had not more than $20
in their possession. ;
ACCIDENT.—A land slide threw three
cars of the Montrieal express off the
track near the Addition 3 unction Friday
morning, and they rielled fifteen feet into
Lake Champlain. The express messen-
ger and bagga.gemain were slightly in-
jured.
Rims Is WALES.—Anti-tithe riots
occorred Ion Friday in Meifod, Mont
parish, 'Wales. The people drove the
officers off with sticks and stones. Sev-
eral persons were hurt.
CYCLONE AT CALCUTTA.—The cyclone
which visited the neighborhood of Cal-
cutta on Saturday was very destructive.
A local steazner with 750 persons aboard
r storm on the
May 22nd, the
Huron Notes.
The West Riding Agricultural So •
ciety have decided to hold a three days'
Fall show, in Goderich, this year..
—Mr. J. J. Fisher, of Colborne, has
a spring foal which measures 3 feet 13
inches round the head and weighs M
pounds.
fine new bell is being erected On
the Roman Catholic church, at Kings-
bridge. It weighs 1,300 tbs., and when
rung it may be heard a distance of over
twelve miles,
—Last week Mr. Wm. Kelly of Mor-
ris, left 13ru8sels on a trip to Ireland.
He will be away a couple of months.
We wish him a pleasant visit and a safe
return,
—On the evening of Monday the 230.
May a large company, numbering over
150, assembled at the commodious resi-
dence of Mr. John Mooney, in Morris,
to celebrate' the 25th anniversary of Mr.
and. Mrs. Mooney's marriage. After
partaking of a splendid repast, prepared
in the best possible style and calculated
to please the most epicurean 'taste, the
evening was pleasantly whiled away in
A. Reid, who has b
store for several year
best, if not -the best, c
understands his bust
very obliging, and atte
end is highly respect
ers aildepatrons.
—At the May mee
en at the corner
, and is one of the
erk in town. He
ess thoroughly, is
tive to custom"
d by both employ-
ing of the quarter-
ly board of Victoria -s, reet church, (Ode
rich, Rev. G. F. Saltion was tendered a
unanimous invita.tiou to return to the
pastorate of the church for the next
year. The reverend gentleman accept-
ed the invitation subject to the actiou
of the stationing cOmmittee. Dtu-ing
the two years whidh Mr. Salton has
been connected with Victoria -street
church, the spiritual and financial eon-
dition of the church has steadily in-
creased.
—Hon. L. H. Das
ward Island, and the
'Liberal contingent fr
was in Goderich seve
the guest of Mr. M4
•During his stay in
visited by a number
formers. An effort
Young Liberals to iniluce the honorab
gentleman to accept f a public recer
le
°
tion, but he declined , owing to the flat
that be had come to ;Goderich for rest,
and not for active wOrk.
—The annual meeting of the GOderieh
district of the: Methodist church, Was
held in 1tattenbury atreet church, Gan'
ton, May 19th and 20th. Rev.
Howell, of Seaforthe chairman of the
district, presided. ',early all reports,
from the circuits sh wed gratifying in-
crease in membershij and connect°
funds. There wa general rejoicinfi
when it was annou ced that Vito
street, Goderich, an4 Hensall south,
voluntarily ceased t ask support from
the mission fund, and are henceforth. to
dte known as independent stations.
Goderich district next year will tot
draw out one donee from the mission
fund. Rev. J. S. Fisher, of liana'
es, of Prince Ed:
leader of the solid
in that Province)
-ai days last week,
Cameron, Q. 0.
Goderich he wee
of the Local Ee•
was made by the
t
i
,
West Huron. Brovvn was "stunn
onerninlot:fentthetowin,thced.,.phoe° wste'
belOr
sbeli Pilite:ornrsgoofuttbkQeofelithuHer°rnecSNeNing,i::]
Tur[hilif.too::::a.osiviutrilBowarg:iSownrocti8d°;:aylira,Conmdradaot.gaatetti:ie(:sfaigi,:r
itove, just as Mrs. wiison Was
-ther damage.
Mr
in theetownship -
eeeee,d open the d.00r ot the ilii;.
mente_trume_k ebuyu:.lightthileinsgt.udy
Aria—Laadteeinvteyl°SPihoulnynedsn,a.tys()f v:foitileordnbefieroienlhjI,.(g.
—gr. 3-' -Died by the Orate
cueing: trofestt:iaoirif n. ):0Ird.. oPuoir:tere.olaiteilli4
Soli
Lowey, passed down a stove r
0 ye , i)a fvrrso: gu, A. arwice cet erica suaiiees. At:st °r, brrsnua( inspector
at2gbttnut5iitrilhocd2Roarene.:f :lei. ;n3::BaSitut at,poilidtebtits ,c)ntiiixrbtele°kifi a.. tte ,:tentlitt. olreiil Iid alilri,4
shown, and took a prize
a to sv-, J. Biggins, °f F•
g '
iton, the imported Sli
Tearer!
end running back th
, 'setelgeriPeTisvniletiln117111Yrea:thritiag
ehn Hooper, of Metro
e of 1.j.taimtreickhyt3e,..Bee4itii,
g, brought to a close
11 itieee) E. IL 31.
• bred by Scotlend, and sired
roue -faded, was tha.
eet, teoderich. Afte
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isdst.hgaorsinoe onfious seeei
S. Cruickshank,of Lt
perfection (371h5-)
rdered to
town b re a koi nf g (tlhi
acro ths: tell' ee ell:-
venson„ of
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be for'
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thblidartthom0seety:rft*At:°Itevivill.ffiatTrsiosteti hnhs lpeSgtPhlhesenet d°:838eaniStanley.weLi°11fg:fa :1-8"1:1 is sP
33:18kbeee:ersiiiii 81a1P-°: der the statute
nit:
ported the finding named
ale& without relative!, el r an
• person in the terri ry ri,iief
th:esreponinsinsesssin:nelaoifmesude by
ti
entitled to the same. h a
gheereo en t oa the on rbnueig buggy,
u hady
deel_smwri.th jaitooahs ditiryeacat: ofy Da
net with a very eenetubs alccl
ueis
Friday morning. Ile was pre
intoth
ptupgadanind
IfistratchpedOLlyheontee
,spirited animal dashed ?ff,
Mr. Ryan tightened the Imes
ran up on the horse. The a
came frightened and ran away,
Mr. Ryan out on a pile of st
bretking his arm and three
' leg aid was soon summon:w
arm set. We are pleased to
' Mr. Ryan is progressing favor
—Mrs. Joseph Walk.er, ' o
boro, in the township of Hui
very suddenly on Tuesday n
week, at the age of 30 years.
time past she has been in it v
state of health, and has s_ut
siderably from, heart trouble.
eral occasions the spasms ver
that it was fearecl she wont." ii
them. Her blood had become
andshe was proportionat
On Tuesday she appeared t
better than usual, but abou
she took a severe suffocating
the heart, and before an lion:
-pissed away. Her buebanil,
her to be much better, had le '
:Monday, and did not return
her death, and was overpow
grief on finding her dead.
hind her two little girls; too
realize their loss.
—A farmer in A.shfielkl tow
ed Wm. Phillips, owns a mar
old which has been suffering
August, Mr, Phillips has 1
vets. ih the neighborhood
that come along treating Vac
none of them could do anyth
They all seemed to Oda': .1.vi
i eirli
was a running sore. Tie s
trouble was in the upp .r p
nighhind leg on the ii
it
Mr. Phillips heard. of 1 r. d
son, V. S., of Winghani, and
day last brought the col int
try once more to have
Wilson, in company
stracted from the sore - lam
with.11)r,
performed an operation Ion
about three iliches long 11 nd.
diameter. The animal es n
better.
G
Last Sabbath menetilbert, of Corbett in the
Stephen, noticed on going.
thatthedoor had beenopenet
ination he found. a large qua
was stolen. He traced tra
a
road where it team had steo
lowed the wagon trace ye
Daniel Young's place. 11
vlaint before W. S. Wilson,
issued search warrant and
constables, R. L. and C. W
search the place. A quan
dwelling house.
and oats was fou-nd. in the
The magistrate said it
ing fel' hitia by the name of
bed, or, in default, 30 daye
Y
They ar oung and a. man that had
. offence and would. charge
Si, and return the oats
iail with hard. labor.
Tillage of Ethel had a
of athletic sports on teue
which 'were witnessed by
—The people of the
innips—lst, Wm Lynes,
aa'nkson, :36 ft. 3 in. Th
c
of spectators. The folio
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honor roll : Standind
2nd) S. Ja.ckson, 11 it.
ft. ; 2nd, J. Mcllain, d
11. Shelson. 10 ft. 1 i !, in,
steP and iumP- --1st, -Geo.
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M °Bain, 29 ft. 11), in. P
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