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Winter Goods—Hoffman & Co. (1).
Annual Gift Sale—I. V. Fear. (5)
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Cardigan Overshoes—R. Willis. (8)
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Boars for Service—Geo. Trott. (5)
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Cheap Dry Goods—J. L. Smith. (8)
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Attention --Alex. Dewar. (8)
Boar for Service.— Wm. Moore (6)
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Estray Heifer—John Rice. (6)
Warning—John O'Sullivan. (5)
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Dec. 2, 1887.
Who Pays the Duty?
It is said by the friends of Commer-
cial Union tha.t the Canadian farmer
pays the American duty on the barley he
sends to the United States. All their
arguments are based on that statement,
to which is coupled the theory that if no
duty were levied on the other side our
barley -growers -would profit by just the
amount of the, duty now collected. Is
it a fact? A writer in the World has
made a comparison of the ruling prices
of this product in Toronto and Buffalo
respectively, which shows the utter fal-
lacy of the above proposition. The To-
ronto quotations for barley on November
8th were :
1st class 81 cents per bushel.
2nd class... ...... 70
The Buffalo market quotations for No-
vember 12th, for home grown American
barley were:
ist class.... ..... 77 cents per bushel.
2nd Glass 72 4C I II
The Buffalo market quotations of same
day for Canadian duty-paid barley were:
1st class 90 cents per bushel; 2nd class
80 cents per bushel. Now the American
duty is 15 cents per bushel. Compare
those figures and itewill be at once seen
that the price of Canadian barley in Buf-
falo is just the full Toronto price plus
the American duty added, In other
words, the Canadian grower selling in
Toronto has received the full value of his
barley there, and the American buyer
has paid the duty in the United States.
Note further, that the average price of
barley in Canada is above the average
price of American barley in the United
Sta.tes. Under Commercial Union ar-
rangements, what would more surely
happen than that -cheaper American bar-
ley, imported here duty free, would re-
diace the value of Canadian in our mar-
kets, while the Canadian grower would
receive less for his barley in the United
States than he now does. As with barley,
so it would be with naost other articles
of produce. The Canadian home matket
is better, taking it all around, than
the American could possibly be, for our
farmers..
The a.bove is from the London Free
Press, probably one of the most able, at
any rate oiae of the most persistent op-
ponents of Commercial Union in Canada,
and is a fair sample of the strongest and
most plausible arguments urged against
it Let us, therefore? first enquire into
the duty phase of the argument and see
how it stands. Every person who
knows anything, knows that any country
that produces a surplus of any product
has not the fixing of the price of that
product. The price is invariably fixed
in the couatry which affords the market
for that surplus. For instance, Canada
produces a surplus of wheat; the market
for that surplus is in the Old Country,
and as the markets fluctuate there so
they fluctuate here. If the Old Country
markets are glutted' with wheat and
prices are low there they will be low
here. The same may be said of cattle.
Canada produces more cattle than she
requires for her own use, and conse-
quently she has a surplus to export.
The Old Country is the principal
market for this surplus, and when
prices are low there they must
be propertianately low here also.
It is, therefore, the markets of
Liverpool, Glasgow_, and other European
centres that make the prices for cattle
in Canada. Every person who knows
anything of the business, knows this to
be the case.1 Just so is it with barley.
Canada produces a surplus of barley.
The market for that surplus is the
United States and consequently the
price of barley here is regulated by the
price there. This rule can be chang-
ed only when the exporting country
has a sufficiently large surplus of any
article to control the market in the
country to which it exports, or in other
wards when it is able to create a monopo-
ly. Take, for Ca:ample, the item of
coal. We in Ontario have no means of
getting coal elsewhere, and consequent-
ly we are forced to buy our coal from
the United States, and they have a
monopty of our market because we need
and must have their coal and they have
the fixing of the price. But, with our
wheat and cattle we have not a suf-
ficiently large surplus to control the
English market, nor have we a suffi-
ciently large surplus of barley to control
the American market. Hence ,it is
clear and andeniable that the markets
in which these surplus products are
sold control the prices of the articles
here. This being the case, the pro.
ducer or exporter must also pay the
duty, when a duty is imposed. In. the
case of barley, quoted above, our con-
temporary would have us believe that
it is Toronto that regulates or makes
the price in Buffalo. This would be
the case if the Americans had no barley
of their own. But they have an abun-
dant supply of barley, and they only
buy ours because it answers their pur-
poses better than their own if th ;y can
get it at a price equal to the di erence
in quality between -their own arti le and
ours. If they can not get it t this
price they will not buy it; the1 will
use their own instead. But, w have
more barley than we need for ou own
purposes, and consequently we h ve to
take the prices they can afford t offer
us for it, as theirs is the only mar et we
have for our surplus. It must, the efore,
be clear even to the dullest intelle t,that
the American controls the Canadi n mar-
ket and that the price in Buffalo or any
other American market is not infl ienced
in the slightest degree by the rnport
duty imposed on it. Or, in other oi-ds,
that the Canadian producer, or fz rmer,
pays the duty on every bushel of Cana-
dian barley that is sold in the An erican
market. To make this point still plain-
er: Competition on the American aarket
forces the American purchaser • pay
for Canadian barley the highest price
the market will afford, or all it is worth
in that country'. It makes no diff rence
-to the American purchaser whet er he
pays a portion of this price to t,e cus-
toms officer or to the Canadian proi ueer.
Ile knows what it is worth to h m in
Buffalo, New York or any other, oint ;
he deducts the cost of getting it t that
point and the balance he pays t the
producer. At the present time the
American duty of 10 cents per bu hel is
part of the cost of getting Can dian
barley to the American market, anjl that
is deducted from the price paid the Can-
adian producer by the American pur-
chaser, but remove that duty an the
amount of it goes into the pockets f the
producer instead of into the Am rican
customs treasury. This is so plai and
self-evident that it will not be que tion -
ed by any one.
This fact being established, 1 t us
see what the Canadian farmer now pays
annually for -the use of the American
market, and which he would save i the
event of free trade between the two
countries. To show this we will take
the figures given by the Free ress,
which we presume are correct. The
difference between the price of Can dian
barley in Toronto and Buffalo is 10 ents
per bushel, being exactly the am unt
of duty imposed and collected by the
Amerioan customs authorities. The vete
age annual crop of barley produce 1 by
the Province -of Ontario alone 'feir the
past six years was 19,166,413 bus els.
It is fair to assume that two-thir Is of
this is exported and one-third ret intid
for home consumption. Upon this esti-
mate, therefore, we export annually 12,-
777,608 bushels, on which we pay into
the American treasyry in the sba e of
duties, the sum of $1,277,760 annu Ily.
In other words, if we had Comme eiat
Union our farmers, the farmers of the
Province of Ontario, would put in o
their own pockets the vast sum of a
million and a quarter dollars annualle on
this one item of barley alone, haste d of
paying it into the American treasu as
they do now. But this is not all.
While Canadian barley is superior ti the
American for malting purposes, the lat-
ter is equally as good as ours for feedhig.
If,therefore,the customs barrier wer re-
moved we could sell to the American, of
our superior barley,' as muchas our w ele
crop now amounts to, and we could ii
port an equivalent of their lower pr.ced
article for feeding purposes. Bylthi ex-
change we could make 13 cents per bu hel,
as the price for Canadian barley in the uf-
fat° Market is given at 90 cents, hile
_American barley was only 77 cents. In
this way we could make an additi nal
$830,544. In these two ways the far-
mers of Ontario would make On the one
item of barley alone the magnificent um
of $2,108,305 annually. And yet t ere
are some people so stupidly foo ish;
that they will oppose a scheme w ich
will enable the farmers of Ontario to put
in their pockets over two millions of
dollars which they now put into the
American treasury on the one article of
barley alone, and they call this loyalty
and patriotism. And as with barley,
so it is with horses, hay, potato,es, sheep,
wool, and almost every product of the
farm which can be raised to advantage
in this Province.
It is not the farmers alone, either,
who would benefit. Farmers do not as
a rule hoard up their surplus earnings.
They expend thetri on additional neces-
saries, comforts and luxuries, and when
money is plentiful with the farmers at is
plentiful also with all other classes, and
when the farmers are hard, up the other
classes are not very prosperous. If,
therefore, the farmers of this country
could make annually ten millions of dol-
lars by a free interchange of products
with the United tates, and this is the
smallest part of the benefits that would
result from this change, every other
business and professional ma,n in the
country, who depends upon his labor for
his success, would benefit equally With
them. While, therefore, we can under-
stand those who live and thrive upon
the taxes contributed by the beople,
being opposed tcl Commercial Union, the
opposition of the taxpayer can only be
explairied by suPposing that he is ignor-
ant of the subjecit, and that this ignor-
ance1 is due to culpable indifference.
SEVERAL County Councils in the Pro-
vince, the council of the county of Huron
among the number, have refused to com-
ply with the requireinents of the Ontario
Statute demanding of them the payment
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
of two-thirds of the expenses incur-
red in enforcing the Scott Act in their
respective counties. In order to bring
a test case before the courts, the Ontario
Government entered an action against
the council of the county of Frontenac to
compel them to provide the required funds.
Thecouncildefended the action mainly on
two points, lst, that the Act requiring
the payment of this money is ultra virus
of the Ontario Legislature, or in other
words that they have no legal power to
deal with the matter; 2nd,that the Scott
Act is not now in force, as it was repeal-
ed when the Dominion Statutes were
consolidated, and has not since been re
enacted. A decision on this case was
rendered in the Supreme Court the other
day, and judgment was given against the
county on every point raised. The
county now talk of appealing the case to
the Privy Council. They have been
beaten in every court thus far, and if
they apply to the highest and final tribu-
nal there will likely be the same result,
except perhaps, that the law costs which
already amount to a very large sum, will
be greatly increased. However, its an
ill wind that blows no person good, and
as a rich County and a richer Province
are fat game, the lawyers employed (will
have nice pickings.
OUR readers will be pleased to learn
that Hon. Edward Blake, who has re-
cently been rusticating in Ireland, and
while there delivered several rousing
speeches in favor of Home Rule and de-
nunciatory of the coercive measures of
the Salisbury aovernment, is rapidly
gaining in health and strength. At last
accounts Mr. Blake was sojourning in
London, and intended shortly leaving
for the south of France, where he will
spend the winter. Mrs. Blake left Tor-
onto a few days ago, and will cross the
Atlantic to join her husband and ac-
company him on his Southern trip, and
remain with him until his return. The
rumor that Mr. Blake intends leaving
Canada to take up his residence On the
, other side of the Atlantic, and that he
would seek election to the English House
of Commons by some Irish constituency,
is emphatically pronounced a canard on
the authority of Mr. Blake himself, who
it is said, intends returning to Canada
so soon as his health will permit of his
doiugso with safety, and that he will
then resume his old place in the Cana-
dian Parliament if it be the wish of his
political friends that he should do so.
All this, we are sure, will be gratifying
news to the people of Canada.
A PLEASING sign of the times is to be
found in the fact that the two candidates
for the Mayoralty of Toronto are vieing
with each other in their professions of
temperance and -desire for the prohibition
of the liquor traffic. Mr. E. F. Clarke,
M. P. P. or one of the divisions of the
city, and dditor of the Orange -Sentinel,
is one of tlle candidates, and Alderman
Rogers, a leading business man of the
city, is `the other. Mr. Rogers is the
straight out temperance oandidate, and
Mr. Clarke was supposed to be the can-
didate of the liquor dealers and their
friends. But he has since publicly
repudiated this dharge and in a some-
what guarded manner declared his lack
of sympathy with the liquor interest and
now the papers that support him claim
that he is in favor of Prohibition. Mr.
Clarke is evidently desirous of securing
the liquor vote; but he knows that if he
is supposed to be identified with that in-
terest he has no chances of election. A
very few years ago a man might about
as well try to climb to the moon as be
elected Mayor of Toronto on the strength
of his temperance principles. The
change is certainly a gratifying sign of
the rapid growth of temperance senti-
ment in this Province.
News of the Week.
GREAT EXPENDITURE.—Germany's ar-
mament expenditure is estimated at over
$150,000,000.
DIVIDING THE STATE.—The majority
in favor of dividing Dakota Territory is
estimated at 3,000.
THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN.—It is stated
that Queen Sophie of Sweden, who is 51
years of age, is insane.
DISASTROUS EFFECTS OF A BROKEN
PROMISE.—Tippoo Tib failed to supply
promised provisions to Stanley's men,
and some of them died of starvation.
DEATH OF A BUFFALO SHIPSMITII.—
David Donaldson, prominent in lake
marine business and ship -owner, of Buf-
falo, died last Saturday at the age of 53
years.
ILL IN NEW YORK.—Colonel Loftus
Tottenham, M. P., of England, is very
ill in New York of malarial fever, con-
tracted dining his recent trip through
the west.
TRAGICAL DEATH.—Professor Wende-
lin Zimmerman, ofthe Normal Universi-
ty at Lebanon, Ohio, was caught in the
flywheel of a stationary engine on Satur-
day and horribly mangled.
Foul, PLAY. —A farmer who left
Romeo, Michigan, on Wednesday night
with $600.in his pocket was found in a
wood Monday. He had been robbed and
murdered.
JAILED FOR SELLING NEWSPAPERS.—
D. McNamara, a shopkeeper at Ennis,
has been sentenced to a week's imprison-
ment for Felling copies of United Ireland,
of which Wm. O'Brien is editor.
THE GWEEDORE TENANTS.—One hun-
dred and thirty of the Gweedore ten-
ants have been reinstated. Their ar-
rears of rent have been reduced :C2,500.
There is great rejoicing among the ten-
antry.
MOODY AND SADKEY'S CHURCH.—
Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, is in
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, preparing for
a series of meetings to be held shortly.
Referring to the $250,000 which had
been subscribed in Chicago for a Moody
and Sankey temple, Mr. Moody said
that it was not the intention to spend
that amount of money on the edifice
alone. A large portion of it will be
used for carrying on the work of redemp-
tion.
POWDERLY TO RESIGN. —Gerieral Mas-
ter Workman Powderly desires to with-
draw from the leadership of the Order
at the next convention. He says the
Order can select a better man to fill the
position, and that he longs to be a free
man once more.
WELCOME RAINS. —Good rains have
fallen throughout'all Northerri Texas for
the first time in nearly three months.
Other South-western States suffering
from drouth, and forest and prairie fires
have also been blessed with heavy down
,pours of rain.
FATAL EXPLOSION. —The kitchen range
boiler at the Kerby House, Milwaukee,
exploded Monday morning, wrecking
the rear end of the building and burying
a number of people under the walls.
About a dozen domestics were very
badly wounded and one killed outright.
A FAVORABLE TURN.—The condition
of the Crown Prince is now considered
hopeful. The submaxillary glandular
swelling which formed before the recent
attack of tedema of the glottis is now de-
creasing. A new treattnent of the
prince's case is being tried. A part of
the regimen is the absolute exclusion of
sugar.
COLD SNAP. —At 8 o'clock last Sunday
evening the thermometer registered 22°
below zero at St. Paul and Minneapolis.
In Wisconsin,Illinois and other Western
States the sudden drop of the mercury
startled people, and the cold was more
intense then ever known so early in the
season.
CROSSED THE RIVER ON A BICYCLE. —
Alphonse King, who has declared his
ability to cross Charles river on a marine
bicycle performed the feat at Boston,on
Thursday last week, in the presence of
20,000 spectators. Elia time from the
bridge to the East Boston side was nine:
teen minutes. The water and wind were
unfavoi able. •
_ _ Huron Notes.
Jeremiah McBrien, of Manchester,
formerly of Goderich, has commenced
business in Port Albert in the shoemak-
ing line.
--Mr. Richard Armstrong, of East
Wawanosh, has removed to Palmerston
where he intends to engage in the butch-
ering business.
— Mr. Peter Beadle, of the 6th con-
cession of West Wawanosh, and an old
and respected resident of the township,
died last week at the age of 52 years.
— One night last week Mr. Wm.
Brownlee, of the 4th concession of
Usborne, had four sheep killed by
dogs. h
—While chopping in the bush one day
last week John Jury, of Ethel, had the
misfortune to fall from a log and break
his arm.
—Mr, Wm. Drewe and family,of Exe-
ter, left on Tuesday of last •week for
California to spend the winter. We
wish them a safe journey and an enjoy-
able time while there.
—It is said that Mr. Dulmage, cattle
buyer, of Morris, has purchased the
store business of Mr. Timmins, 'n Blue -
vale, and will devote his atter tion to
mercantile pursuits hereafter.
—A pure bred Leicester aged ram has
been purehased by Peter McDonald, of
Grey, froM Richard McKee,of McKillop.
The animal weighed over 300 pounds and
is a good one.
—Mrs.!Sparling has rented her farm
on the 9th coneession of Goderich town-
ship to Mr. Wm. Elliott, of the 4th con-
cession, for $260 a year and intends
going to Clinton to reside.
—Mrs. George Fossold, of the Goshen
Line Hay, near Zurich, died last week
at the age of 46 years. She was a sister
of Mr. I) Steinbach, Zurich, and her
death is deeply regrettod by a large cir-
cle of triebds.
— At an oyster social given by the
young people of the Main Street Metho-
dist church, Exeter, on the evening of
Thanksgiving Day, and at which a very
pleasant time was enjoyed, the receipts
amounted to over fifty dollars.
—Miss Aggie Knox, an undergraduate
of Toronto University, and formerly a
resident of Goderich has been appointed
on the staff of the Philadelphia School of
Oratory, of which she is a distinguished
graduate and gold medalist.
—Mr. John Beacom, the well known
horse man, announcee his intention of
again being a candidate for the deputy
Reeveehip of Goderich township. Mr.
Beacom occupied that position for sever-
al years but was defeated last January
by the present incumbent.
— The official board of Rattenbury
street Methodist church,of Clinton, have
invited Rev.J . Odery, of Hamilton, to
be their past r for next year, and Mr.
Odery has a oepted the invitation sub-
ject to the approval of conference at its
meeting in June next. N
— John Heffernan has purchased 100
acres of bush land from Mr. Milne,
Reeve of Grey, for the sum of $600. It
is lot 33, on the 6th concession, Grey.
Robert McDonald, of Henfryn, has
taken the contract of clearing the timber
off 60 acres. There is a lot of good cedar
on it.
—The man Whaley, who was recent-
ly committed to Goderich jail on account
of default in the payment of a fine for
selling liquor on the Clinton race course
last fall, without a license, has been
liberated by order of the Deputy
Minister of Justice, on account of ill -
health.
— Mary Mitchell, widow of the late
Thomas McQueen, for many years editor
of the Huron Signal, Goderich, died at
the residence of her son-in-law'Mr.
Thos. Stokes, of the township of Grey,
on the 17th of November. Mrs. Mc-
Queen had reached the good age of 81
years and 2 months.
—Last week Mr. Errington, 3rd line
of Morris, had a valuable 3 year old colt
hurt by the mixed train. The colt was
pasturing in a field adjoining the track
and got out through the company's gate.
The animal was so badly injured that it
had to be killed. The owner talks of
coming on the company for damage.
—Mr. John Boles, a much respected
resident of Clinton, died in that town on
Wednesday of last week after an illness
of over three months. Deceased was a
comparatively young man, being only
43 years of age, and was born in the
township of Clarke, County of Durham.
A number of years at°e) he moved to the
County of Huron, his father buying
two farms in Stanley. He continued
to reside there until about eight years
ago, when he moved to Clinton, and
engaged in business with Mr. James
Thompson; he subsequently went into
the woolenbusiness with Mr. Corbett.
He was a good citizen and an honorable
DvzisBNR 2,
man and his death is much E
regretted. He was an activt
fal member and officer of
Street Methodist church. H
widow and two daughters an;
to mourn his loss.
—The Lucknow school buf
narrow escape from destruc,
one day last week. While t
and scholars were away to dir
large coals of fire dropped fro!
door, which had fallen open,
and when discovered the roo
of smoke from the burning th
—Cheese -maker Edgar, of
has been engaged as cheese rr
Grey and Morris factory for
He comes highly recommc
Sinclair, who has been assist
ertson in the management of
for the season just closed, wil
tary at Napier, Middlesex cc
year.
—The Clinton New Era of
says : The exposure of gooe
of stores, is not always profitf
seen at a certain grocery c
nd deeply
and use-
attenberry
leaves a
two sons
ding had a
ion by fire
e teachers
ner several
the stove
o the floor,
n was full
or.
Mon k ton,
alter in the
n xt year.
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ng J. Rob -
he factory
run a fac
Linty, next
last week
s :,in front
ble, as was
nl Monday
morning, when a large Ne l ,foundland
dog stood in front of a lat x of fresh
herrings, and caltnly gorged tself until
the indignant proprietor carr e out and
attempted to " kick the stuffing out of
it."
—At the annual business •neeting of
the Blyth Presbyterian churc a; held on
Thanksgiving Day, everythin 7 passed off
harmoniously. The reports t f the dif-
ferent branches of the church work were
gratifying. The financial rej ort which
has been printed shows that i each de-
partment of the church work there re-
mains a balapee to commence the work
of the new year.
—A d welling house in Godet ich, owned
and occupied by Richard .Alldworth,
took fire and was burned to t i ground
one day last week. The fur iure was
in greater part saved, but a I re quan-
tity of vegetables stored in tht cellar was
destroyed.The fire originated eound the
chimney, and the high wind prevailing
caused it to spread with such rapidity
that the house was totally destroyed
when the engine arrived near the scene.
—Mr. John Sheppard, of Lambton,
Dakota, formerly of Goderich township,
has been considerable of a Buil ter by ill-
ness lately. About eight wee s ago his
wife and a couple of children were laid
up with typhoid fever; and fist when
his wife was thought to e getting
better she Suffered a relapse At last
accounts, Mr. Sheppard hi nself and
one of the children were laic fap with
the disease.
—Rev. G. R. Turk, who re cently re-
signed the pastorate of the Ncrth street
Methodist congregation in Gederich, to
accept a call to the Congregational
church at Atlanta, Georgia will get
$3,000 a year in his new posh ;On. Mr.
Turk is described by the Atha ita papers
as one of the most eloquent pr achers in
America. It is said, however that Mr.
Turk is not entirely satisfie with his
location and intends returnim to Cana-
da as soon as he can arrange t do so:
—At the congregational rieetin-g of
the Lucknow Presbyterian c urcha on
Tha,nksgiving day, the site ft)] the pro-
posed new church building wa decided
upon. The committee, that had been
appointed to examine the diffei ent places
that could be secured, reporte; in favor
of erecting the building on the Main
street. On a vote being taken however,
it was decided to build the ,h'urch on
the grounds at present occupiel by Knox
church.
—Mr. Stothers, at present t aching in
Ashfield, has finally been el gaged to
teach the school at Porter's Hill, for
next year at a salary of $400, this being
$50 less than it paid the preset t teacher,
Mr. Irwin, who retires at the lid of the,
year, in oiler to study med cine, has
given very general satisfactior, , and will
carry with him till: best wishes of a large
circle of acquaintinces. Mr: Stothers'
sister will take thschool in n hich he is
engaged at present.
— Many of our readers will regret to
learn of the heavy loss sust Lined last
meek by Mr. J. W. Green, fo• merly of
Gorria, in this County, on account of
the destruction of his printing office in
Park Hill by fire. Mr. and IV is. Green
escaped in their night clothes, and did
not succeed in Saving a, stitch of cloth-
ing, besides having a narrow e dape for
their lives. The printing cffice was
completely destroyed, together with the
books. Mr. Green's loss will he pretty
heavy, as he had only $1,000 nsurance
on the property.
—Last week Judge Toms, at Brussels,
heard the appeal against Eng neer Bol-
ton's award on a drain runnint through
18 lots on the 16th and 17th concessions
of Grey township. The appe lant was
Matthewson & Co. Besides his firm,
Wm. Mann, Chas. Harrison, Hartwell
Speiran, Robert Machan, Rod ,rick Mc-
Leod, James McKay, Lewis nd Chas.
McDonald, Wm. Machan and ugh Mc-
Kay were interested parties. After a
lengthy review of the case de, dsion was
given sustaining the award as far as the
evidence is concerned, the que. tion as to
the proper preliminary steps bcing taken
was reserved.
—We regret to learn of tip death of
Dennis Ford at his home in Casselton,
Dakota, where he had reside( for the
past nine years. Previous to • hat time
he had been a resident of AI field for
some 27 years. Deceased was well and
favorably known, and had proved him-
self to be a man of earnest effor , sterling
integrity and good neighborly qualities.
He was a native of the parish cf Listrey,
county of Kerry, Ireland, cam to Can-
ada in 1848, and remained withis fam-
ily.in the township of Tuckers: lith for a
few years, after which he re oved •
Ashfield. He leaves a widow, six sons
and four daughters, and a larg number
of other friends to moern his h ss.
The Brussels Post of last w
The other day Geo. Doherty,
iam, local agent for the Dohe
came to town with a span
wagon and an organ and dispo
outfit to T. O'Neil, of the Cent
at a -low price. Further inv
showed that the said Doherty
eels says
f Wing-
ty organ,
f horses,
ed of the
al Hotel,
stigation
had play-
ed sharp with his brothers, t ie manu-
facturers of the organ, and hat endeav-
ored to perpetrate a swindle o several
farmers living near Wingham by use of
forged notes. After this he left for parts
unknown and his brother was in town
last Tuesday straightening m Itters dp.
This erratic move of Doherty's is a diffi-
cult matter to solve.
— Rev. Father McManus, acting pas-
tor of St. Alphonsus church, Windsor,
died Wednesday morning of last week,
of congestion of the lungs. On Sunday
morning a cold, which Father McManus
took a few days previous,assumed a seri-
ous turn, .and twenty four how s later he
was on his dying bed, his del th being
hourly expected. He was born at Smith's
Hill, near Goderich, 33 years ago. The
body was brought to Goderich for inter-
ment. The father of the deceased, Mr.
Charles McManus, aged 85 years, died
very suddenly on Friday evening, of
grief, owing to the loss of his son. A
grand -child died on the same day as his
sou.
—While Mr.Henry Swett was digging
a well on the premises of Mr. J. Yeo, in
Goderich township, near Holmesville,
one evening last week by'the aid of a
lantern, at the depth of about twenty-
three feet, he heard a noise and a shout
at.the top of the well.He at once pressed
himself tightly against the side of the
well, and had no sooner done so than a
large calf struck the bottom of the well
With fearful force, smashing the lantern
to atoms and leaving Mr. Swett and the
calf in darkness to settle matters as best
they could. Harry thought the calf dead
at first but soon found a mighty struggle
in progress, and to escape "the darkness
that might be felt" jumped on top of the
bovine. In about twenty minutes he and
his companion reached the top. Harry
received a severe blow on the leg but the
calf was little the. worse for the man-
oeuvre.
—Mrs. Jane Sanders relict of the late
Wm. Sanders, of Stephen, died at her
residence on the 2nd concession last
week at the age of 84 years. Mrs. San-
ders was a native of Devon, England,
and emmigrated, with her husband, to
the United States in the year 1831. They
shortly afterwards returned to England,
and remaining there nine years came
to Canada and settled in the
township of. Stephen on the farm upon
which she died. She had witnessed many
a vicissitude and endured nobly all the
hardships consequent upon pioneer life.
Her husband died in the year 1875, aged
74 years. The deceased lady leaves to
survive her three sons and three daugh-
ters and forty-four grandchildren. In
her early days, she had the pleasure of
seeing Napoleon Buonaparte, Admiral
Lord Nelson and several of the Royal
—One evening last week a son of Mr.
Levi Wiltse, of the London Road,
Tuckersmith, near Clinton, met with a
very painful accident. The boy is about
six years old, and with some others was
returnitit from school, when Master
Tom Gray drove along with a load of
wood. Several of the children, young
Wiltse among the number, climbed on
the rear end of the load for a ride,
and in some unaccountable way, Wiltse
slipped, his feet running through the
spokes of the hind wheel, and wedging
his body between the rack and wheel.
Gray stopped as quickly as possible, and
found the boy wedged in so tight that
he could not remove him alone. He in-
stantly unhitched his horses, lest they
might start, and thus cause the death of
the boy, and ran to the nearest house for
assistance. Even then it became ne-
cessary to take off the wheel before
the boy conld get out, and he was at
once taken home, when it was found
that both thigh bones were broken,
and one leg broken above the ankle
also. He had no internal injuries,
beyond a bad squeeze, and under good
medical treatment is likely to recover
without the loss of his limbs. No one
was to blame except the child himself,
it being one of those unfortunate acci-
dents which no one could prevent. The
same boy had his leg broken once be-
fore, by falling out of a chair.
Gorrie.
LOCAL BRIEFS.—Mrs. A. Smith and
her family of four boys left for London
on the morning train on Monday, where
they join Mr. Smith who has been work-
ing in that city for a few months. The
three boys who attended school were
among the cleverest of their age who
were in attendance. They possess more
than ordinary talent, are persevering
and energetic, and with good training
will make their • mark in the world.
Success to them.—Last week Mrs. Sea-
men, the wife of our esteemed
station agent, presented her husband
with a fine boy.—Mr. A. Williams, son
of J. R. Williams, of Gorrie, returned
from Michigan on Monday night. Alf.
looks as if the American people had used
hhrn well.—A slight fall of snow has
made our village a little livelier than
usual. A few inches more of the beauti-
ful would make good sleighing.—Miss
Holmes, assistant teacher in our school,
is unwell and unable to attend to her
duties.—A good deal of attention is
given to preparing for Christmas enter-
tainments.—Our nimrods have returned
from Mfiskoka. It is said they secured
two deer while there.—Mr. Moorhouse's
Successor has not yet arrived. A student
preached in the English church on Sun-
day last.—Mr. Black,our popular miller,
is doing a good business now.
miimmmOinimminnomm
Wroxeter.
LITERARY SOCIETY.—The literary eeo-
ciety has been formed with Rev. A. E.
Smith, Pres.; D. M. Walker, Vice -Presi-
dent; F. Sanders, Secretary; Commit-
tee of Management, Misses Sanders and
Gibson, Mrs. Hiscocks and Mr. L.
Henry. We understand that the enter-
tainments will consist Of readings,music,
debates and everything generally, so as
to make the winter evenings pass pleas-
antly and profitably. The committee
will spare no pains to make the Society
a success. A place of meeting has not
been fixed on as yet, but will have the
early consideration of the committee.
We hope it may prove in every way a
success.
NoThs,—We are pleased to hear that
Rev. Veo. Brown has almost recovered
from his late illness.—Miss Josie Cowan,
who was injured some time ago while
driving, is rapidly recovering.—We ex-
tend our sympathy to Mrs. Thos. Evans
in the loss of her mother by death which
sad event took place last week. Mrs.
Evans is at present away attending the
funeral.—The sleighing has came at last
and business is beginning to brighten a
little. We hope it may continue.—We
areto have a sash and door factory started
in the spring; the gentleman is well re-
commended as a mechanic. We have no
doubt he will do well.
Tuckersnaith.
CoCNCIL DOINGS.—At the lasti meet-
ing of the Tuckersmith council, at which
all the members were present, after pass-
ing a number of accounts, it was moved
by Robt. 13. McLean, seconded by Wm.
Elgie, that the nominations for Reeve,
Deputy -Reeve and Councillors ad four
School Trustees be held in Dixons
Brueefield, on Monday, the 26th day of
December, 1887, at the hour of 12Io'clock
noon, and if a poll be demandejl polls
will be opened in the respective polling
sub -divisions on Monday, the 2 d day
of January, 1888, at 9 o'clock, a.
kept open till 5 o'clock, p. m., and that
the following persons be appointed to ad
as Deputy -Returning Officers: No. 1,
at school No. 8, Egmondville, Wm.' Me -
Connell • No. 2, at school No. 6, conces-
sion '2, 11. R. S., James Broadfoot '• No.
3, at school No. 2, concession 3, L. R. S.
James Murray; No. 4, at school No. 9,
concession 9, H. R. S., James Cumming,
and that the Clerk draft a By -Law ta
confirm the above appointments.—Car-
ried. Moved by Mr. Ge Broadfoot, see-
oreled by Mr. Elgie, that the annual re-
port of
of the
.me Boardedo an
o Health,eeaalitthh, alsooOfficer
etehre, re. -
accepted and filed, and that the treasur-
er be instructed to pay the members of
the Board the sum of $5.00 each and the
Medical Health Officer the sum of
that the Reeve be paid the sum of
and the Deputy -Reeve and Councillors
be paid the sum of $35,00 each for their
services in 1887. The following By -Lases
were finally read and passed :--13y-Lavr
No. 7 to borrow the sum of $2,00o for
schools, By -Law No. 8 to provide for
payment of Councillors, By -Law No. 9
for payment of Health Officers, 13y -Law
No. 10 to fix a place for the nomination
of Reeve'Deputy-Reeve and Councillors
and four School Trustees, and to confirm
th e appointment of De pu ty-Returning
Officers. Moved by Mr. Elgie, seconded
by Robt. B. McLean, that this council
do now adjourn to meet again on Tues-
day, the 20th of December, at 10 o'clock,
a. m., at Dixon's Hotel, Brucefield.—
Carried.
Manchester.
WEDDING.—At the residence of Mr.
James Symington; Colborne, on Wed-
nesday, November 23rd, a very pleasant
event occurred in the marriage of his
daughter Isabella. and Mr. Charlet
Washingtoti, of West Wawanosh. The
groom was assisted by his brother
Joseph, the bride by her youngest sister
Lizzie, and the ceremony performed by
Rev. Alex.McMillan,of the Presbyterian
church. After partaking of a rich re-
past provided, a very pleasant evening
was spent by the gay company of about
sixty guests. The bride received many
useful and valuable presents, and the
ppy couple left that night for their
L me which is only about two miles dis-
teat from here. We extend to both our
hearty congratulations, and wish them
m1ich happiness and prosperity.
BniErs.—A tea -meeting will be held
this Friday evening, December 2, in the
Presbyterian church here, at which ad-
dresses are expected from Rev. Messrs.
McLean, of Blyth, Ramsay, of Londes-
boro, Cameron, of Dungannon, Irvine,of
Nile, Gee, of the Methodist church here
and others. Tea will be served in the
Temperance hall. Come everybody as
this will be a rare treat.—The Presby-
terians are collecting religious literature
to send to Parry Sound, where, in many
instances the people having shown proof
of religious inclinations, are to a great
extent without religious tracts, papers
and books. The bounds are wide for
doing good.—At Maitland Temple No.
304, I. 0. G. T. last Monday night, the
subject of Annexation was debated,
the decision given being against the pro-
posal, This is the second debate this
fall. It is pleasing to see so many lit-
erary societies being organized in our
rural district, where the rules of debate
are being practised, and Manchester is
not a bit behind, and can boast of an ex-
cellent'group of debaters.—It was Mrs.
not Mr, Robert Mutch who was very
poorly.'
Chiselhurst.
RE-ENGAGED.—Mr. Themes Shilling-
lawathe popular teacher of school section
No. 7, Hibbert, has been re-engaged for
another year at a salary of $500. Mr.
Shillinglaw has given entire satisfaction
to the people of this section ands they
appreciate his valuable services. t
FOR THE WEST.—Mr. George ,atta
evidently has taken Horace Greeley's
advice and has gone west. He left last
week for Nevada, where he intends to
make his future home. His many friends
here wish him every success in "The
land of the free." It is noised around
that he will yet return for one of Tuck-
•ersmith's fairest daughters.
ALMOST A. TRAGEDY. —As a young man
in the employ Of Mr. Wm. Kinsman was
returning home on Sunday evening, he
overtook a man walking in the same
direction, who asked him if he was
Kinsman's hired man; on replying in
the affirmative, the stranger ordered him
to deliver up his watch, which was a
valuable gold one, but was fortunately
in Seaforth getting repaired. He told
him he had no watch, when the stranger
seized him and attempted to throw him
down, but the young man succeeded m
getting his antagonist to the ground,
when another stranger rushed from the
woods and kicked him on the head and
left him in an insensible condition.
Medical aid was procured and we are
glad to state he is recovering. Who the
cowardly perpetrators of the assault are
is still unknown, but if they are
covered they they will be punished to the ut-
most extent of the law.
Glenfarrow.
LOCAL DOTS.—Mr. Wm. Gemmill, sr,
and Miss Annie Moffatt, left here for
Manitoba, on Tuesday last. We hear it
is Miss Moffatt's intention to remain
there as Mrs. George Vander, and we
unite with her many friends in wishieg
her much happiness and prosperity .in
her future home. Mr. Gemmill is ex-
pected back in a short time.—We are
sorry to hear that Mr. W. Bentley has
been on the sick list for some time,
but hope for his speedy recovery.—Mr.
and Mrs. G. Beam, of New Hamburg,
and Mr. C. Michael and wife, of Grey,
were the guests of Messrs. R. Redda-
way and W. McKersie this week.—Mr. -
C. Kitchen leaves here soon to learn the
milling business with A. Goodfellow, of
Tara, who is running a roller mill there.
—A red fox was seen passing through
here this week. Where are all our
numerous hunters ?
,MOMM=1,1.1.1.1
—One night recently, as Dr. Thomp-
son, of Listowel, was returning from
Molesworth, he was run into by a. person
who did not recognize the rules of the
highway, and the result was that the
doeter's buggy was broken to pieces..
The party doing the mischief gave a ficti-
tious name.
—There was a large attendance at the
Congregational Church, Listowel, onta
recent Sunday to hear the Rev. •
Burgess on "Lessons from Anarchy and
London riots." Another Sunday evening Mr. Burgess preached on the subject
"118 man predestined for heaved or
hell?"
Hull
.A COMFORT.ABLE,
sohn Anderson is buil
1
.nd, handsome house (
aatindary, near Myth
sta the curious are
Men intends to do w
oink he is building i
lame nice young lady
de,gred information.
_gravel road near the
just completed a neat
las farm.
,
Belgr
. GREAT CLEARING LS
of January, before takir
ow offering over $10,000
.goods, comprising Dry Go
Boo, Clothing, Overcoat
Ribes, Boots, Shots, Croe
rapers and Patent 31151ie)
401Iar for cash on purPha
,jpwards. Grootries and
t e elleapest. Top prio ri
lands wanted. Come al:
,y.11.lue in the country, A.
. BBJEFs. —George .T
years, died, on 1 burs(
jib furieral was del
awing to his son datre
home on business. i
Was preached by the -
Trinity church, Rev
.Ailsa Craig. Altho
-very wet the funeral •
ad, His son George
long surViVe him, as
weak,—James Ander
ter is very low and re
cover.—There ie go
free ball and supper
December .2i,a—Mon
the cheap goods at A
Ren
ON Tuesday first
"The Clinton Glee Club,
ship of G. F. Oakes, DA.,
pular entertainments
'st Church. Doors 4ipc
taimnentto commem-e
cents, thildren 10 -et:TIM
Parsonage Fund. Come
joy a rare literary and 3
By order of the Committ
ACCIDENT. —Oa M
Mr. Chas. Ingram, w
this station, was assi.
in the way•of couplin
fortune to get his ha
injuriag the same.
so,y, however, that it
be able to resume his
of a couple of weeks.
BRIEFS. — Winter
apparently set in in
as frost is concerned.,
not had snow eno
sleighing.—The liter
tertainment given
Club,in the Fannsvill
on Tuesday evening
largely attended an
The prograrme whi
was alike yell sele
thronghout. The pr
over $50. / The Mis
place wer/e 111 Ita,yfiel
atteridirtg, a fashiona
wedding party, —W
that the Re. 0. IL
Pante' church, is ree
illness and expects
his pastoral duties
Aherrill, of Dakota,
favorably known he
ent on a visit, looki
PERSONAL. —We
SOOn about to :lose fr
our old and respect
refer to Mr. A. S.
School Section No.
has acted in the cap
a number of years, g
faction and winning
same time the con-ift
esteem of a large eir
while we refer to th
tendered his resign
-
would say that it is
that he wiehes to eu
tile business and th-
tation of many of hi.
and neighborhood,
has recently rented
being finished and
every convenience f
a general store b
Stand that Mr. Case
already shipped and
:the same next week
his many friends h
every success in his
Etib
FARM
of the llth concessi
200 acre farm 31 net
har. He has been c
100 acre farm, but
it. If he sells, it is
move to his new ho
tof Usborne.
ACQUITTED. —01
Henry, sons of Jc
.of Glenquaich, Hi
ing near Rapid Cite
Were accused some
ing , an Indian. T•
week in Brandon,
the evihence uot
charge.
ACCIDE'ST.--On.
eek, David Hac
Hackney, while a
,5 met with a
noon he and his
ing foot ball, am
the ball be was p
ef the other boys f
muscles of 0130 -of
twieted. He hara
Dr. Irving called
,haps two months b
, to be around agaiM
FARM SOLD. —NI
aold his farm on th
Hibbert, to a Mr,
township of Darlin
tains 'I30 acres, and
and Mr. Hogarth rt
next October and c
. other yeart's crop,
least $500 more.
the farm is one of
the country; it ie
t -splendid buildiu
purchaSed Sig- lots
Inaba street in
building a eornfpr
there next suntMe
that bright hamlet
der of his days in
has well earned h
many friends will
ing himself and
years of health t
and pleasures of lit
now enables them
----
-Mr. George A
and most prontint.
was found dea,d
Royal hotel in t
afternoon last