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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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each line denotes the page of the paper on which
he s,dvertisement will be found.
Dress Muslins--Hoffman k Co. (1)
Pasture—John Thorp. (s)
Farm for eale—neo. Thompson, (5) • s\ -
Farm for Sale—Andrew Stinson: (5)
.Appleton's Encydlopmdia—Dr. House. (8)
Throat and Lungs—Dr. Washington. (6)
Auction Sale—Robert, MeNaughten. (5)
Notice to-CreditorsF. Holmested.
TJnique Work—James Ross. (5)
More Testimony—Geo. Good. (6)
Sale otHousehold Furniture—J. McLonghlie. (8)
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11. 1).
itton xpooitor.
BEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 1, 1887.
Dearth of aria Eminent Man.
Sir Matthew Crooks Cameron, Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, died in
Toronto on Saturday night last atthe
age of sixty-five years. The cause of
death was blood poisoning from a cara-
buncle on the back of his neek. He
had only been confined to his residence
for a few days. Mr. Cameron has long
held a prominent position in this country.
Re was a member of the first Provincial
Government in Ontario, and afterwards
was leader. of the Opposition in the
Local Legislature until his elevation to
the Bench. He was, in politics, a Con-
servative, and was much more Conserva-
tive in his views than most of the leading
men ofhis party of thepresent clay,but was
always considered honest and conscien-
tious. In his profession he held a first place,
and as a pleader few could exercise a
greater influence over a jury. As a
judge he was above reproach. His pri-
vate as well as his public character was
without a stain. He was an indefatiga-
ble worker, and it is said of him that he
frequently occupied his seat ..on the
Bench from nine o'clock in the morning
until seven in the everting without even
an intermission for refreshments. In this
respect he was a terror to the legal pro-
fession who appeared in court before
him. • His death removes another of
the able and leading politicians in active
life at the time of Confederation. Of his
five colleagues in office but one, Hon.
John. Carling, now survives. Mr. Cam-
eron was most esteemed where best
known, and his death is a public loss,
The Factory Act.
The Ontario Governmeot has et length
appointed the Inspectors whose duty it
will be to see that the provisions of the'
Factory Act are observed. For these
positions there were, we understand,
over fifty applicants. The following are
the fortunate appointees: James R.
Brown, of Oshawa; Robert Barber, of
Toronto, and Mr. Reeve, of Ottawa.
Mr. Brown is a practical mechanic and
a prominent member of the Knights of
Labor, while Mr. Barber is also a man
of extensive experience in manufactur-
ing of various kinds. The other gentle-
man is also said to bwcompetent. That
the appointments are suitable can be
best judged from the fact that little:or
no objection has been made to them even
by the Opposition papers. Among the
things prievided for in the Factory Act
is the protection of children. It has
been shown that many children are
taken from school and sent to learn a
trade before they have had a chance to
acquire an education. Something will
be done to prevent this by the enforce-
ment of the Act. No boy under twelve
years of age and no girl under fourteen
is to be permitted to work in a factory;
no child, young girl or woman employed
in a factory is to be required to work
for more than ten hours in one day, nor
more than sixty boars in one week; one
hour shall be allowed to each child,
young girl or woman for the noon meal;
no child ie allowed to clean any part of
the machinery while the same is in mo-
tion ; all factories must be kept in a
cleanly state, and not be over -crowded;
the safety of no employe shall be endan-
gered by the machinery, nor his health
put in jeopardy by bad sanitary arrange-
ments; fire escapes must be provided,
and there shall be at hand means of ex-
tinguishing fire. If the provisions of the
Act be carried out, it will be a rood
thing for the employes of facto ies.
Many of them have a pretty hard time
of it, working steadily from one week's
end to another the whole year round.
SOME maintain that it is inconsistent
for any person who is a Free Trader and
opposed to the National Policy to advo-
cate an increase in the license fee under
the Hawkers' and Pedlars' By-law.
They say that this is the same in princi-
ple as the National Policy. We believe
it was an idea of this kind that induced
several members to vote against the in-
crease when it ,was proposed in the
Huron County Council. The similarity,
however, is purely imaginary. The
National Policy was designed for the
purpose of preventing competition from
outside. This increase in the license is
asked, not for; the purpose of protecting
merchants and business from outside
competition, but to prevent members of
their OW11 craft, whether from outside or
from home, doing business in an illegiti-
mate manner. Those in favor. of this
higher or prohibitive license are not op-
posed to -competition, but on the con-
trary what they desire is in favor of
competition. They are quite willing • to
meet aR comers in the open market
where alone competition can exist, and
they desire to do away -with the system
of doing business in theyrivate houses
where there is no competition. n this
Way it is- sought to encouragh competie
tion in the interests of both seller and
buyer, and this, to our mind, is the very
first principle of free and unrestricted
trade. If the manufacturers of Canada,
for instance, had been as willing to meet
foreign competitors on fair and even
grounds, in their own markets, as the
business men are there would have been
no need of nor demand for the National
Policy. But ittwas because they were
not able or willing to do this, and wanted
an advantage over their foreign oppon-
ents,that the National Policy was asked
for and granted. The merchants,on the
other hand, demand no advantage over
outsiders, and only ask that out iders be
not given any advantage over tIem. AS
will be seen there is avast difference
between the two positions.
Closed Up.
The Dominion Parliament was pro-
rogued on Thursday oiliest week. Many
of the best and most needed measures
were slaughtered at theclose of the ses-
sion. Ministers are now preparing to
enjoy their holidays. Sir Johteit is said,
goes to Banff, Northwest Territory,where
his wife and daughter have been for
some time, and later on is to go to Edg-
land. Sir Charles Tupper has already
left the Capital to resume his former
position of High Commissioner in Lon-
don, England, and it is said will resign
his position in the Government. He has
fulfilled the work he came here to per-
form, and has not only secured the re-
turn of the Government, but has also
dragged them through the first session,
andenow he shakes the dust of Canada
from his feet and returns to his London
mansion to live in style at the expense
of the people whom he has fooled. It is
not too much to say that it would have
been several millions of dollars in the
pockets of the tax -payers of -Canada had
he not left his mansion. Several of the
other -Ministers are going to British
,Columbia, and so -on, and in the course
of a few weeks they will be pretty well
distributed over the earth's surface, and
while the honest tax -payer is tailing and
sweating in the harvest field. these gentry
and their families will be Inxuriating in
foreign climes, at the public expense,- of
course. As for the work of the session
the follo-wing from the Toronto Mail
gives a very accurate estimate of the
total result. It says:
The expiring session of Parliament has
been productive of little legislation, but
of e greet many money and land votes.
When the House prorogues it will hahe
ratified the following expenditures, not
counting the extra items brought down
yesterday :
Ordinary Estimates for 1887-88......i,•; 35,041,855
Capital Expenditures " 4,231,000
Supplementary Estimates for 1886-87. 3,213,689
14 11 18S7-88. 1,956,920
Additional Subsidy to Prince Edward
Island . •
Additional Judge for Quebec
Two New Ministers at $(3,000 each
Pension for Superintendent La-
violette
Grant to Mr. La,violette as removal
expenses 1,000
Railway Subsidies • • 2,187,600
Loan to Montreal Harbor Com-
mission 326,000
Loan to Quebec Harbor Commission. 1,260,000
• 20,000
1,000
12,000
2,600
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• Total • • 48,255,011
The land votes in aid of railway enter-
prises in the Northwest will aggregate
4,051,200 acres. If this land'is worth a
dollar an acre the grants mean the giving
away of $4,051,200,and this sum:added to
the $48,255,614 makes a, total vote of $52-
306,814. This is magnificent work for a'
session of nine weeks. Few Parliaments
in the world could dispose of the revenue
and the assets of the country at the rate
of five -and a half million dollars • per
week. Many of the changes will place
upon us burdens in perpetuity. The
Prince Edward Island subsidy increase
will of course never be removed,1 while
the statutory increase in the annual ex-
denditure for the extra judge a,nd the
new Ministers will hold good forever.
rhe loans to the Montreal add Quebec
Harbor Boards bear interest, and the
chances are that they may pay for them-
selves. Bat the experience of such loans
is that the parties receiving them devote
their attention from the date -of the ad-
vance out to the securing of their re-
mission. The railway subsidies are not
an annual charge. The money to pay
them, however, will have to be borrow-
ed, and the interest upon the debt thus
incurred will be, $87,000 annually. In
connection with this railway subsidy
question it is interesting to note that
since 1882, when the system was intro-
duced, Parliament has voted $14,995,-
000 and 8,752,000 acres of land in aid of
railways other than the Canadian Pacific
and other thanthose now being bonused.
Of these grents, $3,982,000 have been
paid in mormy, and n proportion of the .
land grants has beenhanded °vice to the
companies which have earned them.
The figures Of previous railway grants,
of this year's grants and of the projected
expenditures leek very large, and it
must be said that their appearance does
them no injustice. For Canada the out-
lays are simply enormmA, and we be-
lieve we express the, opinion of the
general public when we say it is time
they wet e heroically curtailed.
-)71-fE HURON EXP
•
•
that a man of Sir Tup r's abil-
ity and reecturces in debate ha4 o resort,
to such E‘ quibble to defend th e grants,
shows how,indefensible they, a e. They
are a wicked waste of the public money,
and are designed and used as an engine
of corruption, and no 'persori is more
fully -severe of the feet than ie Sir Chas.
Tupper himself.
SAYS the Toronto Neees :—
tionable charade of the
Franchise Act cold not wel
clearly demonstrated than by
ment to it carried before proro
he objec-
Dominion
be more
he emend-
ation, by
-which the unrevised, lists of last year
will have to be used during bye -elec-
tions. The plea is that the co t f revis-
ion is so eclat that it would not be
worth while to incur it. T erefore a
large number of citizens hp have
changed their residences or ac eked the
qualification in the interval Will lose
their votes. But, aslbetween two evils,
it is probably as well that the 'country,
has been given a respite i-om •the
machinations of the irevising barrister,
and the heavy expente entailed.
Monopoly ir
We have frequeetl
justice whieh the se
Mani.inba.
• referred to the in -
tiers of Manitoba ,
are subjected to on account o the rail -
'trent .' xisting in
e have a, the same
• the con inuance of
due to he, provie
t betwee the -Gov-
ernment and the Ca adieu P etfic Rail-
way Company, but to an nconstitu--
tional exercise of the veto peal!! by the
Dominion Government. The opposition
press have hitherto been con oiing their
readers by the state ent that he agita-
tion in Manitoba wa _note# b u ter, and
was incited and carri cl on' by t le Grits,
and that the disabilities under hich, the
people labor are but the ima nings of
those opposed to the Gover ent, and
are being used only for the p irpose of
injuring the Gover menc. t may be
well, therefore, to le some of tie Mani-
tobans themselves sp aon t ese points.
In the Mail of Tu sday 1: ,:t a letter
• appears signed by A essra. J ill. Ash-
down, R. J. Whitla and J. It Brock,
all leading business men of Winnipeg
and all, staunch Co iservatie es. From
this letter we give th followin extracts:
,
"When the Can dian P cific rail-.
way contract was m de, it e as under-
stoed by both parti s to th contract
that the Province of Manitob was not
effected more than the Pe viinces of
Ontario or Quebec, a d that there was
no ineention to cre te a m nopoly in
Manitoba. This po ition w s admitted
to be correct by the J. inister of Justice
when waited upon by the Manitoba.
delegates on May 3, 887, in he follow-
ing words :—" lihere is no le ad or con-'
stitutional reason t prevent the pro-
vince chartering rail ays to be bound-
ary. It is a ques ion simply of the
Government's trade olicy," nd it has
i,
never been disputed by the anadian
Pacific Railway Co pauy, en by any
member of Parliame t on the ; oor of the
House. We have co sequen ly, been at
a loss to understand why a p rtion of
the prese and a gre t many therwise
well -in -formed peopl in the ast con-
tinually refer to the ' monop ly clause"
as if it applied to or in any w y affected
-the old Province of Marnitob , or as if
we wished to repu iate an part or
portion of the contr et with the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway Compan . As you
know, prominent members o the Cabi-
net stated on the floor of he House,
when recommending further mid to the
_Canadian Pacific Railway Company;
that the disadlowance of Ma ntoba rail-
way charters would cease as oon as the
Canadian Pia,cific railway was ompleted,
and this was used with their supporters
here as a reason why they hould put
up with this injustice to the p ovince and
still continue to vote foratid el et Govern-
ment candidates. At the 1 st election
every candidate who was opp0sed agreed
to vote and do everything in his i ewer to do
away with disallowance, and
•way monopoly at
• that Province, and w
time pointed out tha
this monopoly is not
sions of the agreeme
Tne Montreal Witness says: "Dur-
ing the last hours of the session Parlia-
ment voted no less than $2,187,600 in
railway subsidies to a number of small
local lines; this bringing up the sum
voted to railways during the session to
$5,872,000, By far the greater number
of these roads are of setvice merely to a
township or county. Te Only excuse
which Sir dharles Tupper' had to give
for this expenditure was that Mr. Mac-
kenzie had introdeced thelprieciple into
Canadian polities. Air. Mackenzie, on
one or two occasions, gave some local
roads in the Maritime Protinces old iron
rails, for which the Government was to
be recouped, and he was mercilessly
attacked for his conduet in so doing by
the Opposition of the day." The fact
•
"
our repre-
sentative Mr. Scarth, was col inced by
L
letters and telegrams from Sir ohn Mac-
• donald, and succeeded in con riming the
electors of Winnip g, that d sellowance
icy of the
he would
omination,
d. Under
ty hard to
rned a ma.-
ortere, we
policy of
ent means
Premier of
he Cabinet
that their
would no longer b the po
Dominion Govern lent, or
never have recei ed the
much less have b en elect
these circumstances it is pre
be told now that, having ret
jority of Government sup
have, thereby, endorsed the
-disallowance. If such a state
anything, it mane that the
Canada and other members of
are not to be relied upon, an(
statements cannot be believe(
" We have shown by c
rates of freight published
papers and in the Mail, that
of the Canadian Pacific Rail
that fermers cannot profi
wheat in this country in
with our neighbors on the s
boundary line, as we have
equal distances to the seab
rail, from 12-t to'15e. per bus
rail and water, over 15te.
stitutional right to buildeompeting
within the old Province.
•"Referring again to the rumor a
what the Dominion Government in
to do to prevent us building &relief
• the boundary the question is as
what will Manitobans do if any at
is made to interfere with the exercie
their rights? And the universal an
is that a united peOple• will have to
whatever steps are necessary. We
bound to have the railway this year
will no longer put up with unjust,
•rannical and unconstitutional oppos
by the Dominion Gehernment in th
terests of a railway monopoly whi
crushing the life out of our prov
• driving our far lers away and pre
ing the influx o immigration and ca
that our splend d soil and other na
advantages wo ld•otherwise surely
speedily bring.1 We do not wish t
told, when .it isttoo late, that we sh
have called thetattention of the p
of the East to tfeese faete earlier. I
are forced into an extreme positio
will be no fault of ours, and thos
• sponsible will have,to give account
themselves. We know -that a, conti
tion of the present Monopoly means
and beggary to the majority of our peo-
own
to
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and
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the
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h our local
he cherges
ey are such
ably raise
ompetition
uth of the
o pay for
ard, by all
el, and, by
er bushel
more than the farmers of Minnesota,
Dakota, and Iowa. We wer promised
that wheat would be carried to the sea -
betted at the barest margin over .cost,
and the above shows how this premise
has been kept. Mr. VanHorue assured
the Board of Trade, voluntar ly, in 1882
in the most solemn words, th t our fuel
and lumber would be carr ed at cost
(relying upon an increased c nsutnption
to reduce cost and give the r ilway com-
pany a profit), and. that we lust expect
to pay fair rates for our merchandise.
The following facts will show how far
this promise has been kept. The rate of
freight on lumber from our sources of
supply is from three a,ud a -half to four
and a -half times the rate charged in
Ontario 'and Quebec for the eame dis-
tances by the same compan , and the
same is true of cordwood. Coal rates
are two and a -third times hig er a,nd up-
wards as compared with I tereolonial
railway charges. These fact show the
need of competition, and w have also
shown that we have the leg 1 and con-
S1TOR.
es
nd
ST too
ed,
pt
of
wen
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are
and
ty-
tion
in -
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nee,
ent-
ital
ural
and
be
uId
ople
we
it
re -
for
tta-
ruin
ple, and, with the remedy in our
hands, who can blame us for refusin
be bullied or frightened by threats ?
whole population is as one man on
question; and will stand together
not allow party politics to interfere
the successful completion of the N%
The lowest estimate of the amou
wheat for export this year, Mad
three of the largest shippers her
7,000,000 bushels, and the saving o
transportation of this to our far
will be more than equal to the
cost of the railway to the boundary
eluding the rolling stock. This
will explain why the Canadian P
Railway is so anxious to retain its
poly. It is the earnest desire o
Manitobans that Confederation s
be e. success, and, we hope to see
Dominion of 'Canada numbered a
the_great nations of the world; but
will never be the case while any of
members are uejustly treated and
veitted from working out their grea
tiny by the unconstitutional use
veto power by the general govern
in, the interests of a private corpora
If the Dominion Government rea
their responsibility in regard to peo
the fertile prairies of the North
With a prosperous and contented
letion they can surely answer our
meet better than by threatening t
ercise "a vigorous and startling po
which is, certainly, not likely- to ad
the permanency of our Confedera
nor to succeed any more than Sir G
Stephen did when he threatened
Premier and called the people of
proVince "shysters and ireespon
speculators.'
In this connection we may state
at the recent session of the Man
Legislature abill was passed emp
ng the Government to construct a
way from Winnipeg to West Lynn
the American border, there to co
with the Northern Pacific. The
tract fer the construction of this
has been let, and it is to be comp
by the first of next November.
action on the part of the Man
Legislature is in direct defiance o
policy adopted by the Dominion Go
ment, and ratified by Parliamen
'session. The 'Government, it is su
ed, will disallow this act of, the Le
ture, and will take such other ste
may be necessary to prevent the
struction of this road. This is
the trouble will come in. The M
bans say they are determined to
the road built, and that they are u
mously prepared to back up that
mination by physical force if neces
They thus set the Dominion Govern
an&their authority at defiance. 1
of the contending parties will
down, or whether we will have an
Manitoba rebellion, remains to be
!We predict, however, that the ba
down will be ou the part of the D
ion authorities. They will permi
Manitobans to build their com
road, and they will make this an e
for doing away with the monopoly
Northwest as well, and next s
they will bring in a bill granti
Canadian Pacific another huge n
grant for abandoning the mon
clauses of their contract. We wi
what we shall see.
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• OTTAWA LETTER.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
OTTAWA, June 24th, 887.
Parliament was prorogued at o clock
last evening with the usual ceremniies,
and prorogation was reached the I Only
by sitting late and early and by r shing
the business at a headlong rate of peed.
This style of legislating is extr mei),
gratifying to those who regard arlia-
ment as a mere instrument or re ister-
ing the decrees of the Goveremen , and
discussion and debate as a mere w ste of
time,' or at all events as a means f ac-
quiring material for an election cam-
paign. But to those who are ol -fash-
ioned enough to regard Parliamen as a
dignified deliberative body, which is sol-
emnly to discuss and impartially to
judge of the Measures presented ti it, it
is a rather _sad sight to see bills a d re-
solutions hurried through the Ho se at
a- rate of speed measured only y the
ability of the officers of the Ho se to
articulate the words thby contain. Vhile
a large number of members ap ear to
consider that the business is on with
which they have no concern wh tever,
and occupy their time in the ha mless
but not very edifying pursuit of elting
each other with paper wads. ' his is
only one symptom of the degrade ion of
Parliament, which has been. st adily
proceeding during the last see en or
eight years. Another. instance o it is
found in the fact that of all the b Ils in-
troduced by private members i uring
this session not one has reach d the
committee stage. If this state of hings
,continues it will come to he wide stood
.not only that every measure leer duced
by the Government must of ne essity
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pass, but that no measure not so intro-
duced, can possibly pass, and in a few
.years we may see the Government organs
ridichling the introduction of a bill by a
private member as a piece of presumptu-
oue folly.
EXPORT DUer ON ELM LOGS.
Surprising to say the Government
yielded to the pressure beeught to bear
by .Mh. Paterson, of Esi.ex,, and other
_advocates of the farming interest and
abandoned the proposed export duty on
elm logs. • The proposal was about as
impudent a one as can well be imagined.
In order to advent.° the -interests of a
• fete, manufacturers the farmer is -already
taxed -up to the eyes on everything that
he uses, from a horseshoe to a thresher.
The effect of the proposed duty would
have been practically to compel the
farmei to sell the elm logs to the Can-
-adia,n Manufacturer of lumber at such a
price iles that favored individual chose to
give, instead of having the American
market open to him. And thus he
wouldi have been compelled to reverse
the ordinary business maxim and to sell
in the cheapest market while he bought
in the dearest. The Reformers, and
among them Mn Edwards, one of the
lange4 lumbermen in the. Ottawa dis-'
trict, I applauded the -Government for _
their tefusal to carry out this piece of
iniquity.
•; THE DISPUTED TERRITORY.
Th q Supreme Court has by a majority
of font- to two, affirmed the right of the
Province of Ontario to control the land,
timber, and minerals in the disputed
territory, or rather the territOry former-
ly knPwn by that name. Two Judges,
Mesails. Strong and •Gwyne dissented
frbm ithe opinion of the majority of the
Cond. Mr. Gwyne is a gentleman of
average ability, and Mr. Strong is by
some persons regarded as the ablest
Judge on the Bench, and the Tories are
taking tome little comfort from this fact.
Curiously enough the majority of the
Churt were Reformers while the dis-
senting_ minority -are members of the
other party, and curiously too the two
Judges from Ontario were the Judges
who decided against Ontario's claim. It
is exeected that the case will be appeal:
ed to'the Privy Council.
THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP.
As :the session closes it is announced
that kr. Laurier has accepted the lead-
ership of the Liberal party without any
cendition, but as the Globe says, not
wiithdut the chivalrous reservation that
he will return to the ranks in case Mr.
Blake should so far regain health as to
be able to resutne the lead. Mr. Laurier
could undoubtedly command a larger
undivided support in the Liberal mem-
bers of Parliament than any other Libe-
ral leader. His election will greatly
strengthen the Liberal party in Quebec,
and there is no doubt that his upright
character, his splendid gifts of oratory,
and his winning manner will cause him
to grow steadily in popularity among
the English speaking people, of Canada.
, News of the Week.
Fine.—Fire destroyed about $1,250,-
000 worth of property at the Union
stock yards, Chicago, last Sunday.
THE GENESTA WINS. —The Genesta
has won the jubilee yacht race at Lon-
don. Her time over the course was 12
days, 16 hours and 55 minutes.
A C,IIANCE FOR MIDDLE WEIGHTS.—
Jack -Hickey, of Birmingham, Eng., has
'arrived at New -York, and challenges
any middle -weight in America to fight
for $1,000 a side.
' MORE PROTECTION. —Despatches from
Warsaw' state that Russia has decided
to create five new companies . of .gen-
darmes to be stationed along the A.us-
trian frontier. ,
,
TOBACCO DISALLOWED. —After a spirit-
ed dismission the Lutheran church in
America adopted a resolution that no
.studelit in the Synod Educational Insti-
tution at Rock Island be allowed to use
tobacco. .
THE (I; EEN RETURNS THAN ICS. —The
Queen, through the Home Secretary,has
returned her people thanks for their en-
thusiastic reception of her on Jubilee
Day. !.-
U, DER CONSIDERATION. —It is Sta,ted
theIlmperial Government is considering
the 4lvisability of granting a subsidy of
:1'50, 00 a year to secure a trans -Cana-
dian jroute to the East.
Tit • Q 1: KEN'S GRANDSONS. —Prince
• Albe t Victor, and Prince- George of
Wal1 s, arrived in Dublin Monday, and
were given a hearty reception by the
loya ists. • .
FATAL BREAK DOWN. —A temporary
flooring under the Concerdia church at
Brochport broke down during service
Sunday, -injuring twenty people, one
probably fatally.
AN Anwet OFFICER DEG RADED. —A
German officer has been degraded for
not challenging to a duel a political op-
ponent who aspersed his honor, and the
Emperor has approved of the sentence.
ABSENCE AccoUNTED Fon.—A dis-
pateh from Rome to a Berlin newspaper
says the absence of Catholics from the
Jubilee services in Westminster Abbey
was due to their attendance -being :pro-
hibited by the Propaganda.
DECEASED. —Wm. S. Eddy, general
agent of the Delaware and Hudson
Cartel Company, and one of the oldest
railrhad men in New York State, died
last eveek aged 70 years.
AiMoTIIER's FEARFUL DEED. —Mrs.
Lectie, wife of a Presbyterian minister
at Airth, near Grangemouth, county of
Stirling, Scotla,ndnin a fit of temporary
insaitiey last Friday night, cut ' the
throats of her three children and then
her Own.
HONOR FROM FOREIGN POWERs --
Jubilee banqnets and celebrations were
giveh at various places in South Amer-
ican notably at Valparaiso and Santiago.
P)IRNELL'S HEALTH. —Mr. Parnell's
health is causing his friends much
aniciety. He looks wasted, worn, and
fatigued, and: is extremely nereous.
Some medical men believe he is suffer-
ing from softening of the brain, but this
is denied.
• The CROWN PRINCE. —As a result of
the ,l'ubilee excitement and fatigue on
the Plst the condition of the Crown
Pridce of Germany is so much worse that
Dr. :iMorell McKenzie ha e to postpone
his 'intended operation.
I FIRE JN WALES. —The heather and
peat! on Glyn-Dyfr-Dwy, one of the
mountains of the Berwyn range in North
Wales, are burning for many miles, and
vast numbers of rabbits, hares and
grothie have been destroyed.
,
•
ken up with the place. James says
when he left, the weather wade- all that
could be desired and the crops- were
looking splendid. Since he returned he
has sold. his father's farm on the 16th
•concession of Grey to Mr. Hohnes,
from McKillop.
---1-James Torrence, a former `Grey boy
but now of Manitoba, is visiting friends
andacquaintances in that township. The
whole family removed to the prairie
Province about eight years ago, and have
now large farms there, and are greatly bable that this particular specimen will
-Huron Notes.
—Mr. David Sanderson, of the 5th
concession of Howick, has a yoke of
working oxen whieh weigh 4,105 pounds.
—The antumn Chancery Sittings will
be held at Goderich commencing Mon-
day, September 26th, Justice Proudfoot
presiding.
—Mr. Thomas Higgins of Turnberry,
has strawberries this year which mea-
sures 4t inches one way and 2 inches
the other.
—Mr. Wm. Morrison, of Exeter, last
week sold eight colonies of Italian bees
to Mr. J. S. Doily, of Usborne, for the
sum of $100.
—The .B.ullett Branch Agricultural
Society's Fall Show will be held at
Clinton on Tuesday and Wednesday
27th and 28th of September.
—Mr. James Fair and Miss Fair, Mr.
A. H. Manning and Mr. Christopher
Dickson, all of Clinton, left last Friday
on a, trip to the old country.
—The Township Council of , Ashfield,
have granted the sum afle$50 to aid in
the construction of side -walks in the
village of Dungannon.
—The Township of Morris is improv-
ing the gravel road between Wingham
and Blyth. The council has granted
$200 and 150 days statute labour for
that prtrpose,
--Mrs. George E. Pay, of Clinton,
had strawberries growing in her garden
this year, twenty of which filled an im-
perial quart measure, for which state-
ment the New Era is responsible.
—The fall exhibition df the Colborne
Branch Agricultural Society will be
held 7.1at Carlow on Wednesday and
Thursday, Septemher 28th and 29th,
18
—A stock fair under the auspices of
the Colborne Branch Agrieultural So-
ciety will be held at Carlow this • year
on Tuesday, October 18th, for the sale
of all kinds of farm stock.
—Mr. Hess, of Zurich, has been in-
structed by the Exeter Council to
manufacture a town clock to be placed
in the tower of the new town hall. Mr.
Hess is an experienced clock -maker.
—Dr. Ruesell, of Binbrook. County of
Wentworth, and brother of Mr. Thomas
Russell, of the Thames Road, Usborne,
has been appointed Medical Superintend-
ent of the Hamilton asylum for the in-
ean_e.we
regret being compelled this
week to announce the death of Catharine
E. Gardner, wife of Mr. W. T Gardner,
of the 12th concession of Ashfield, which
took place on Saturday, the 18th June,
in the 31st year -of her age.
A summer kitchen on the farm of Mrs.
J. W. Shiel, near Brussels, in the rear
of her brick residence, took fire on Mon-
day of last week, and the flames were
extinguished with some difficulty, with-
out much damage being done..
—Mr. John Horton's barn, lot 2, cop -
cession 14, Tuckersmith, was struck by
lightning on Tuesday morning last and
considerably damaged. It lvas inured
in the Hay township Fire Inshhance
C of,NplainsesAn
me
leisurely lacing up his shoes. "1
'nie Lucas, who is traveliner
for the Constitutional Corset Works; a I told you to leave," was her ex
and the tramp coolly met her be
Brussels sold over 230 painf on a recent
JULY 1, 1887.
be secured. Another one was found
dead near Belgrave a short time since.
—Mr. Peter McDonald of Grey, tee
secured the contract for carrying Her
Majesty's mail between Cranbrook and
Brussels, daily, for the next feur years,
He will enter upon his duties on July
V. Gramm, who performed the sane
duties' for the last eight years, was a
good servant, having performed the
work faithfully and well. We bespeak
the same for his successor. - •
—Says the Goderich Signal: A. b._
Kay, Goderich's well known deaf mute.
is a noted swimmer and diver,. Sat:
urday afternoon last he performed the
remarkable feat of jumping from the top
of the Big Mill elevator, diving into the
harbor, and taking therefrom a piece of
silver that had been thrown in. The
"Dummy" is a diver of the first class
order, and in his special line has few
equah3 and no superiors.
• —On Wednesday of last week be-
tween the hours nOf one and
terrific hail storm passed over a
section of the township of Howiek
hail was about the size of -a rine 1uI1et,
and did very gteat damage to the pring
crops, principally the pea crop, whieh
was litterly levelled with the ground
and badly cut up. Grape vines and fruit
trees generally were much injured
• —Leonard Carley, the young man
sent from Exeter to Goderich some
weeks ago on a charge of taking a horse
from the stable of Mr. James White,
Rodgerville, was tried at Goderich last
week. True bills were brought against
him for horse stealing and larceny, His
sanity was then tested and it was:found
that the young man's mind was der nged.
time
wo a
small
inc
He was committed to jail for th
being.
—The Methodist congregations
Londesboro circuit have a memb
of the
rship,
including the three appointme ts, of
330. During the past year the
raised for ministerial support,
missionary society, $205; super=
ministers' fund, 544; for Sabbat
purposes, and for church expens
sonage fund, ike., $225, making
of $1;375, or an average of abou
per member. •
—Dr. Gunn performed a su cessful
( eeration on the hand of Mr, J. Pater-
t- a of Wingham, last Saturday. Me,
Paterson had been troubled with a can.
C, nwart on the back of his le't band
foe m
a number of years, and final v con-
sented to have it cut out. Th wart
was fully three inches in circumference
and nearly an inch thick. Drs. Carnp
bell of Detroit, Murphy of Miebigan,
and Towler of Wingham were inf atten-
dance.
—Dr. M. R. Elliott, of Aberde n, Da-
kota, is home on a visit to friends in
Goderich -township. A short tame be-
fore his return he was the defendant in
a suit for malpractice, instituted through
the jealousy of others, and was hoporably
acquitted without entering any defence.
He • at once entered suit for $10,000
against one of his defamers, securing
judgment for the full amount, but an
appeal has been entered, and thn matter
stands there. •
—In answer to a knock, the wife of a
gentleman in Clinton went to the front
door the other day and found an able
bodied tramp, whom she ordere • away
telling him she • had nothi e for
him. Going to the back doori a few
minutes later she found the sanid fellow
bought
ression,
reply -
trip up in the Georgian Bay and Mus- mg,"Well, can you leta ftflw lace
up his shoes." She intimated that he
kola District. The ladies of that rock
bound clinic must be well and tightly was to be off as soon as he got through,
laced. •
and off he moved. Some tithe later
,
when her husband came home 1 e went
—The Methodists of Holmesville cir-
o-
cult raised the following iamounts for out to change his shoes, and fo nd, in
ministerial support during the past year stead of the new pair he had left there
in the morning, an old. pair that had evi-
at the several appointments : Holmes-
clently seen ten years constant service.
ville, $653.03 ; Ebenezer, $1.10 ; Sharon,
5100, Sturdy, 574.50 ; Zion, 559.96. His new pair had gone on a trai p.
Total, $997.49. —The Exeter Times of last we k says
—Among the eggs reeeived at John ;
" General Pickard," the mammo h steer,
which was taken ill last swim r with
Roddick's egg emporium in Brussels last
week was one with a natural door or cap, consumption, and although dining the
hinge and all, that coulel be opened and past winter improved cons derably
have
--905
mated
school
s, par-
total
$4.50
the inside hi the egg seen. It n a new unoertne care 01 a p
ot
pattern sonic enterprising hen hMr. George Hill, is at present i
as g.
,
out, we suppose. state, his lungs having ahnos
—At the recent examination of teach-
-away and his constitution run 4
ers at the Normal schoel, Toronto, the fact he is a perfect skeleton, a
1
followiug . tanley students were success-
not withstand the warm weath
. w
ful : Mr. ohn McGregor got a second longerThis steer as bred an
.
class certificate grade A., and Thos. R. 1)37 Mr James Pickard, the
. .0- -- d stock breeder of Western Onto,
u c ,
9
class• •fi . , gradeB. • when calved in the spring of 1882 weigh-
-Mr. C. Doherty, of Clinton, bad ed 14° Tbs. When three year
'e.roff, of Berlin, for $3 as
d 3,840 Ms . , and w
a very valuable mare and foal pasturing
weigh
in a field near that town.- On Saturday '14r. G
last he dishovered that the mare had got Groff kept the beast for a ti
y
one of its legs broken, having evidently made considerable money be
been kicked by another horsehim as a curiosity throughout t
e The
animal had to be killed, it was worth munity, he then disposed of him
5150. •Kline, a neighbor, for $700,
—Mrs. Sarah Rich, of Goderich, is summer had him on exhibition.
one of the few who can compare from a year ago "General Pickard
memory the celebration of two jubilees ed a severe cold, and, not bein
e
in English history. As a girl of 11 years after at once nor receivinf
hie and.
a low
wasted
wn.
d can-
e mueh
raked
popular
• in and
• she witneseed the rejoicings in England proper attention, settied -upon
eventually developing into cons mptetn.
on the occa.sion of George M.'s jubilee,
and the events whichmark the past Last fall he was shipped her to Mr.
,
week are therefore more than ordinar-
James Pickard, withinstruttioiis to fat-
ten, and to cure if possible, th dizease
ily interesting to her.
• —During the heavy thunder storm on with which he was afflicted. gentle.
the evening of Friday the 17th of June man of Hibbert was engaged to treat
the barn of Mr. Richard Hogg, of Turn- him, who with the aid of Mr. en Hill,
berry, was struck by lightning and the the best posted stock feeder in Canada,
succeeded for a few month during
building and contents burned. The
winter to improve his .condit on very
English Church in Winghem was also
struck the same evening but no serious much; but as soon as the warn weather
damage was done, the belfry only arrived he began to fail, and now his
being somewhat shattered.• frame turns the scales at but 1,500 lbs.,
—We regret to record the death of a decrease of 2,340 lbs.
Mr. George Cunningham, of Hullett,
which took place on 'Monday of last
week. He was 71 years of age, and was
one of the pioneer settlers of the town-
ship. Mr. Cunningham was a man of
sterling worth and thorough probity,
and was much and deservedly esteemed
in the community where he had for so
many yearsd
lived.ys
Afew
since Mr. Geo. Cante-
lon, jr., of Goderich township, came
across a full grown porcupine in the
orchard, and almost before he thought
what he was doing he killed it with a
club. Such an animal is exceedingly
rare in these parts, and the wonder is
where it came from. Mr. Cantelon is
sorry now that he did not make an effort
to catch it alive.
. --One day last week Mr. G. A. Hen-
derson, of East Wawanoah, noticed that
his dog was bleeding at the mouth, and
on further examination discovered that
his mouth,was literally filled with quills.
With much care be proceeded to draw
them out, and took 78 from the inside
and 12 from the outside of it. Where
the dog fell in with his enemy is not ex-
actly known, but it is supposed it was
on Sunday evening in his owner's bush.
The porcupine is a rare animal now in
these parts of the county, and it is pro -
old he
old to a
• 0. Mr.
e and
hibitine
e corn -
to a Mr.
ho last
About
on tract -
looked
r a time
is lungs,
Phe County Cour4.
The following is a stateme t of the
business transacted at the Com ty Court
before • Judge Toms which eh sed last
week: The following gentlei ien corn -
posed the
GRAND 3 VRY.
0. C. 'Wilson, Seaforth, forei an; Al-
bert Ford, Hay; Alfred E, Naftel,
George McKee, Wm. Mitchell, Thomas
Oakes, Goderich; James Fe) d,
Hicks, Stephen ; James Scott, 'eafortb;
H. Andrews, Wm. Quinn, Clinton ;
James Cartwright, ,James lioli nd,
Hul-
1ett-; George Kelly Morris - lin Reid,
Elijah Castle, Hayfield ; Rob rt Kerr,
Grey; John Hunter, Sillne3 Johns,
Tuckersmith ; Robert Reid, -kshiield ;
Martin McTaggart, Usborne ; ( eorge A.
Deadman, Brussels; Thomas Jeukins,
urnberry.
• In addressing the Grand .Jury Tiis
Honor said the business for their con-
sideration was but trilling a., to the nein--
her—some three or four cases of larceny.
eufortunately this was a very common
charge, there being a large number ef
persons who apparently could not refrain
from taking that which did n t belong
to them. : Crime in this couity, how-
ever, for say the past six years,i had bete
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for 1:m12.i and attend
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plaintifPii action with (
Papst vs. North Am
Co, —Interpleader
ae
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peranee Act, the igno
eessee with regard to
in a verdict of not go
constrained the itatelli
rcebnadrgeodredwillththieweragseesot"
on the. ground of insp.
tenant -Governor in th
movat to an aSylinn..
in jail'awaiting the ac
A Verdict of not
The Grand iJornroyureiT
leave,to present that
btliaeveueuxtmciunset°d mof
f
th ej a
and all its apartment
order.. The prisoner.
lowing : Eight males
Four of the males are
rant 86 years of age;
tence for attemptin
fraud. awaiting trial;
otherstea
thc 1Fouri of tahlises° w:;:aibligetarit:p1
reported upon.
fifth case is uto th
nder
females one is insane,
regret- to find
and
better r than
a
adaaptel
ndthe
po
by a'dminty So Woalt,
beg to congratulate
slight a criminal c
Wji
ft,phratitosuratosieinnetey
Of
With all other of
subjeets that Iler
been spared to reign
trust she Will be our
years yet to come.
speetfully submittea
O. C. let,
Zur.
man, of the 14th cox
grass with a mower
tie nephew, son of N:
hiniand was walkin
Mr: lIartman kept ••
littk fellow that co
11%114n -di" he got to
turiKtig he for a mo
tenin being take
untilihe waatherrifie
froth the boy, and o
that the poor Mee -
hand into a cog of
threeof his fingers
the first joint. It t
han(11- was not inang
sinnmoned by- tele
funeral of his siste
left !on Tuesday.—
Solomon Hardy we
to attend the fuller
• Mtati. Wm. Holtz
visiting friends ant
fundral, left for her
hr6.thd his fortieth
age .by entertainite
his friends at a e
hiai own residenc
alsn remembered. 1
ly hospitable man}
his 1 twenty-sixth
Pleasant time -ara
inita —Mr. Henry
tvici of his grand
'visiting friends an
• Stiiimpfer, with t
are:here 012,' a visit
Belie]. on Tuesday
lit*on, air. - -A g.f
citizens intend ep
• at! Grand Bend.
Wil be held at Cr
A ! great many f
gng there, as
C14-veland, -editor-
literature of the
136 an attendance
:S1.7 NI) AY SC HI ft)
,iSunday School
members of the
atiOn- ef Hay dis
Bli,Siinday last N
aory was all th4t
t 41y in the mor
gillarters hurried
v4y nicely fitted
There must have
toia people p
lilaaieb, senior p
i