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THE HURON
EXPOSITOR
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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New Arrivals for Spring—E. McFaul. (8)
Keep Your Eye Open—J. W. Millar. (5)
Testimonials—I. V. Fear. (5)
Our Clearing Sale—Jas. Pickard. (8)
Money to Loan—Wm. 'Campbell. (5)
Stock for Sale—C. R. VanEgniond. (5)
To Contractors—Wm. Ballantyne. (6)
Auctioneer's Card—Thos Brown. (5)
Teacher Wanted—R. Chisholm. (5)
White Bronze—Monumental Co. (8)
Eye Glasses and Spectacles—M. R. Counter. (8)
Fish for Lent—H. J. Scott. (6)
Partnership Dissolved—T. Hendry & Son. (6)
Pay Up—F. G Meyers (8)
To Fartners—Thos. Hendr,k . (8)
Notice—Charlesworth & Brownell. (8)
Card of Thanks—D. Moran. (8)
A Big Chance—M. Pillnian. (8)
" Woman " Publishing Co. N. V. (8)
Clover Seed Wanted—D. McLennan. (8)
Horses Wanted—ThomasTerry. (6)
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nrontxpositor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 17, 1888.
Words of Warning.
It is only thee who are wilfully blind
who can now fail to perceive that public
affairs in Manitoba are rapidly ap-
proaching a crisis. Long years of mis-
rule have at length so exasperated the
people of that Province as to make them
desperate, and they now seem prepared
to take even the most extreme measure' s
fo free themselves' from the unfortunate
position in which they are placed. It
was hoped that the recent bountiful
harvest would serve, in some measure at
least, to make them more contented with.
their lot, but that has apparently ,only
intensified their grievances. They
have thousands of bushels of wheat but
it is valueless to them because they can
not get it to market and they are com-
pelled to stand idly by while they see
the fruits of their labor going to waste
and destruction before their eyes. The
one railway,which furnishes their only
means of exit, and to which they are
boundby the tyrannical and exasperating
conduct of their rulers, is proving entire-
ly inadequate to remove the products of
the soil, upon which the people desire
to realize, that they may prOcure for
thernselves the Means of subSistence and
pay their holaeFit debts. Hundreds of
cars are filled with grain abd sidetrack-
ed because the railway authorities have
not/the means at their disposal to re-
move them. All the mills, elevators
and store -houses are filled to bursting
and still there remain thousands of
bushels which should and would be
marketed could storage room be found
and railway transit be procured. Much
of this grain is going to waste and more
of it will be lost before the existing
blockade can be raised. When it is
well known by the people that all this,
besides many other grievances of which
they justly complain, might have been
avoided but for the stupidity, duplicity
and cupidity of their rulers, is it any
woncter that they become exasperated?
And 1 it does not add anything to
their peace of mind, nor does
it help them to bear their ills with
greater equanimity, when they reflect
that the existence of these evils is partly
clue to their own simplicity in placing
confidence in men who had frequently
betrayed that confidence before, as they
are doibg now.
It has been,, and still is, the practice
of the members of the Dominion Gov-
ernment and their news -paper apolo-
gists to stigmatise as pessimists, disloyal
people and Grit grumblers all who com-
plained of or found fault with their mis-
rule of the Northwest. Even so late as
the day before yesterday the Toronto
Empire, the special organ of Sir John
Macdonald, assured its readers that it
is only the "scurvy, pettifogging poli- -
ticians " who are dissatisfied with the
rule of the Government, in the North-
west and who are trying to foment
strife and trouble. By this mode of
argument they have succeeded thus tar
in keeping peace in their own ranks and
have outwardly, at least, presented a
tolerably united front. But, personal
interest is at length over -coming party
fealty, and the rank and file are com-
mencing to speak out and protest. A
few days ago in Winnipeg, at a meet-
ing of the Board of Trade, the Presi-
dent, Mr. 3. H. Ashdown, concluded his
address in the following words: '
"Should the Dominion Government
attempt to continue the tyrannical
restrictive policy hitherto adopted, it is
a question for the authorities at Ottawa
to consider how long, while hundreds of
thousands of our fellow -Canadians are
scattered over the country south of us,
prosperous and contented,while many
others from this side are continually
joining them, and while the 1,200 mile
of rock and morass between here an
Pembroke has left little but sentiment t
unite us to the east, that sentiment it
likely to prevail against so many inter=
ests and the feelings of exasperation so
rapidly growing here. The situation is
a serious one, and it certainly seems the
part of wisdom for the Dominion to
withdraw from the position now held by
them and allow of the Province granting
tuch relief as our own people, through
sheir representatives deem necessary re-
garding themselves."
This is putting the case in a worse
light than has ever been done by any
Grit, and things must be in a bad shape
when a man like Mr. Ashdown is led to
paint such a picture. Mr. Ashdown can
not be accused of being a traitor to his
country, neither can he be set down as a
" scurvy, pettifogging politician," nor
is he even a Grit. Mr. Ashdown has
been a resident of the country for over
twenty years; he is the largest private
property holder in the Pro % ince; he is
also the leading business mai in the city
of Winnipeg, and he has ever been
known as an uncompromisi g Conserva-
tive and an ardent admirer f Sir John
Macdonald. He cannot, t erefore, be
accused Of desiring to inj re his Pro-
vince by raising a false cry in the hope
of making political capital against the
Government. And this is t e man who
is thus constrained by the f rce of facts
to give this damning evid nee against
his owo political friends. He says that
hundredeantl thousands of Canadians
are scattered through the neighboring
States' of Dakota.and Minnesota and are
there prosperous and contented, while
many others from Manitoba are continu-
ally joining them, and all this on account
of the misrule of the Ottawa Govern-
ment. Well may he say "hat the situ-
ation is a serious one."
Mr. Ashdown, however, i.}3 not the on-
ly Conservative who has been forced to
bear similar testimony. He is backed
by such men as Mr. J. H. Brock, Mr.
R. J. Whitla, Mr. Duzicab McArthur
and many others whom we riightname.
Besides this, the Board of rade of the
city of Winnipeg, three-fourths of whom
are Conservatives, passedkunaniiously,
a series of resolutions protesting in the
most vigorous terms against the misgov-
ernment by the Ottawa auttiorities and
pointing out, as Mr. Ashdown has done,
the evil results of this misruie and call-
ing upon similar bodies in the cities of
Ontario to come to their aid and inter-
cede with the Government'in their be-
half. And, in addition to this, we have
the spectacle presented of two of the
leading members of the late Conserva-
tive Provincial Government, viz: Hon.
Dr. Wilson and Hon. Att rney•Gener-
al, Hamilton, preparing tj leave the
Province in disgust and ta e up their
abode in the city of Minneapolis in the
state of Minnesota, and the latter gen-
tleman has joined the Law Society of
that city and has thus becdme a citizen
of that state. The reason he gives for
this course is that he sees nO hope of a
change of Government, and that so long
as the present Government oontinuei to
exist here is no hope for 4nprovement
in Manitoba, while he sees prosperity be-
fore him .in the neighboring Republic.
When such men as Mr. Hamilton and
Dr. Wilson abandon the country in this
way and for such reasons, is it any won-
der -that the poor settlers puF11 up stakes
and leave? Yet in the, face of these
)
facts, we have such, misera le Govern-
ment hirelings as Nicholas Flood tiavin,
of Regina, Daley of Bran*, Scarth of
Winnipeg, and the Toronth organ de-
claring that Manitoba is being wisely
and well Governed, that the people are
prosperous and contented, and that it is
only a few disloyal Grits and scurvy
petifogging politicians who are raising all
this fuss, Simply to injure the Dominion
i
Government and hold op the neighbor-
ing Republic at the expense pf their own
country in order to bring about Annex-
ation! How long will the p ople of this
country keep their eyes cl sed to the
1
facts and permit themselv s to be de-
luded by these bountifully ciib fed char-
latans? The day of reckoning is surely
coming and, the entire people will' soon
have as rude an awakenin to the real
state of affairs as the Manitbba Conser-
yatives have 4 ad. When that time does
come, as eome it surely will, they will
then realize the mortifying fact which is
now ito galling to the Manithba Conser-
vatives, that had they awakened to a
sense of their dangerous position a little
sooner, they.would have saved much to
their country which will henceforth , be
lost for ever.
THE London Advertiser, in quoting
the remar s of THE ExPosiToR on Mr.
t
Balfour's ill anent municiPal bonuses,
says:
Did it_ever occur to you that where
orie nman's property is forcibly taken
from him and given to anot er it is rob-
bery pure and simple? , Wi I THE Ex-
POSITOR proprietor admit he right of
any mitn, as a matter of abs ract justice,
to takp a portion of his p operty and
give it, tb 4nother, say in th same line
of busines ?
In rep1 to the first query we say yes,
many istime. In reply to the second,
it depends on ciretimstances. For in-
stance, a large number of railway lines
diverge from the city of Lonilon. Every
°lie of them was built, more or less,with
pistiblic money. These railrays, vhile
they benefitted many injuret1 a few, but
those who itvere iniuredi as well as
those who were benefitted, laad to con-
tribute of their means to aid in their
construction, and yet we never heard of
the Advertiser demanding a law pro-
hibiting the people from granting aid for
the 'Constauction of any of these railways
because in this way "one ma1n's property
was forcibly taken from him and given
to another." Scarcely any public im-
proveme4 can be accomplished without
injuring shine one, but that is no good
reason why all public ii "provements
should be abandoned. And just so is it
in the matter of bonusing manufactories,
the interests of the many can not be
allowed to suffer lest injury be inflicted
upon the few. The. Advertiser's argu-
Ment, although smart, won't stand close
inspection.
THE vote for the repeal of the Scett
Act takes place lin the County of Hal-
ton on the first oP March. This is the
second vote for the repeal of the Act
that has taken place in that county.
The contest promises to be a hot one
as both parties are burnishing up their
armour and preparing for the fight.
The temperance party, however, seem
to be confident of victory. They have
already thoroughly organized and are
carrying on a brisk campaign. Meet-
ings have been held in all parts of the
county during' the present week and
will be continued until polling day.
Th se meetings are being addressed by
suci well known temperance campaign-
ers as Mr. Joseph Gibson, of Ingersoll ;
Me firs Wm. McCraney and John
White, ex -M. P. P.'s of the county;
Reir. Mr. Keefer and Messrs. H. S.
Blake, ex -mayor Howland and J. J.
McLaren of Toronto, and others. The
me tings are largely attended and much
int rest is being taken in the contest by
the people.' The result in Halton will
be anxiously looked forward to by the
people of many other counties as it will
has e a very potent influence in the
oth
ber
bef
r counties, Huron among the num-
where the battle must be fought
re the first of May.
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
TORONTO, February 13th, 1888.
This is the last evening the boys
wil have," remarked one of the
hips "'to -day, indicating that the
shot sittings which have, heretofore,
beei the rule,. have come to an end.
To- orrow Provincial Treasurer Ross
wil make his budget speech and then
the session will begin in earnest. Every
eveiaing will be taken up after this and
thel 'work will be put through with a
rus . Last week was an easy one, no
sitt ng lasting over an hour and the
con mittees have hardly got into trim
yet Even private bills are rather be-
hin the customary stage at this part of
the session.
MR. BALFOUR'S BILL.
her, is no more ardent Reformer in
the Hduse than Mr. Balfour, of Essex.
Hi latest move in the reform of abuses
is Bill repealing that part of the Muni-
cip 1 Act giving municipalities power to
grait bonuses to manufacturers as in-
ducements to them to establish industries
in particular localities. The abuses
which have flowed from the wrong use
of this power are notorious and Mr.
Balfour will undoubtedly have strong
support in his root -and -branch cure of
abolishing the system altogether. It is
hardly likely, however, that the Bill
wil become law this session, largely
owing to the inclination more strongly
ma ifested now than . ever before, of
giv ng the widest possible power of local
self government.
ORE RAILWAY BONUSES WANTED.
arrying out the policy of its prede-
cessors the Mowat Government gave
liberal bonuses to railways in different
pars of the Province. But when it
became, evident that paper railways
were being put upon the market and the
liberality of the Governinent turned to
the benefit of speculators rather than of
the people, they did away with the
system and for some years have given
no bonuses. The extension of settle -
meat in different directions, together
with the changes in trade, have made
the necessity for railways felt where
formerly such improvements were not
dreamed of. It is not surprising, there-
fore, to find the Government approach-
ed from all sides and asked to re -open
its rail way policy and grant aid to a
nurnber of schemes,more or less meritori-
ous in different parts of the province.
Among the railways proposed are the
Saugeen Valley Road, one from Parry
Sound to the Northern Pacific Junction;
one to the west from Port Arthur, one
from Great Manitoulin across the small
islands to the main shore lo connect
with the Canadian Pacific, one from the
eastern Province line to Ottawa, through
Preicott county and others. There
aeems a disposition among the party
workers on the Reform side to play the
Tory game of securing :constituencies by
means of railway grants, the argument
being that otherwise it is simply a
matter of bargain and sale in every
election'the Tories being sure of win-
ning. Doubtless this view—in more
attractive guise—will be urged upon the
Government, but it is to be, hoped that
such arguments will not prevail. The
Mowat Government has won hitherto
because the people had faith in the
"Little Premier's" honesty and because
they knew he vhts fighting the battles
of the whole people against an Ottawa.
clique. The Reformers have been
defeated in the Dominion because they
adopted Tory tactics which they did
not understand and could not use to ad-
vantage. Let this bonus bargaining
business be begun and jealousies of all
kinds will grow up which will not only
defeat the Government but disintegrate
the party which supports it. If the
peoluele want to be ruled by this sort of
corruption there is a party in this coun-
try that will undertake the work and
carry it out to perfection. But there
are no Liberals in that party, whereas
Liberals makeup the bulk of the party
which supports Hon. Oliver Mowat If
there are good public reasons for helping
some of these roads, as, in reality, there
seem to be, the thing should be done on
that basis, and on that alone.
MI:NICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.
This session seems to be prolific of
Bills to consolidate the debts of different
towns and villages, and to grant exten-
sign of time in the way of authority to
/issue new debentures. The demand, in
the case of one town, was to be allowed
to issue debentures having no less than
40, years to run. The Private Bills
Committee, very properly, declined to
accede to this demand and allowed the
Bill to staod over until the promoters
could agree to reduce the term to 30
years at the utmost The applications
made have shown that municipal debts
are too often very loosely managed;
debts being incurred without proper
consideration for works which either
should not be undertaken at all, or, if
undertaken, should be paid out of the
yearly revenues and sinking funds
" invested " in various ways whion are
simply expenditures for the benefit of
the municipality. The Private Bills
Committe&now has under consideration
some general deliverance on this subject
with a view to leaving legislation which
will check the recklessness which has
maniisstly existed up to this time. It
is all very well to argue, as is so often
done that Public works being not only
for the benefit of the people_ of to -day
but for posterity it is only fair that pos-
terity should pay a portion of the cost.
There are two very bad things .involved
in their reasoning. In the first place, ,as
posterity is not asked whether it wants
these works or not, this is "taxation
without representation" in its worst
form, and in the second place as sinking
funds are not honestly maintained, pos-
terity is left to pay the whole principal
as well as its share of the interest. Mr.
Gibson, of Hamilton, who is Chairman
of the Private Bills Committee, will pro-
bably present some comprehensive
Measure dealing with this question.
THE GRIST MILL.
A statute passed by the Legislature
away back in 1792, regulating the tolls
to be charged by grist millers, has re-
mained unchanged until the present day
,flaid has now become not merely a part
'bf the law but a part of the tradition,
usage and every day life of the Province.
Under this law the miller is authorized
to take one -twelfth of the grain brought
to him for grinding and bolting. Mr.
Gibson, of Huron, finds, however, that
this law is falling into disuse owing to
the change of system .which is growing
up, partly due to the roller process and
partly to changes in business methods.
The miller no longer grinds the grist
brought to hiin separately, returning the
-flour or meal representing eleven -
twelfths of the grain, but he exchanges
flour for grain and, taking advantage of
the technical difference, he charges in
some cases much more than the -twelfth
part to which he is entitled for grind-
ing. Mr. Gibson claims to know of
cases where the 'Diller, on exchanging,
has deducted one-third for his own
benefit. He proposes to amend the law
so as to make it applicable to the exist-
ing state of affairs by making the one -
twelfth rule apply not only to grinding
but to exchanging as well. The bill
will probably pass unless pressure of
other business crowds it over the end of
the session.
THE NEW MEMBERS.
The two newly -elected members for
Dundas and East Northumberland, re-
spectively, are now in their places in the
House, and, strange to say, though
members of different parties they sit
side by side. The Government's majori-
ty is so large that some of its supporters
must sit on the Opposition side of the
House, and it so happens that Mr. Whit-
ney and Mr. Clarke have been assigned
seats at the same desk. Of course each
member on being introduced was receiv-
ed with great applause by his friends,
but neither side has much to brag about,
for each lost and each won a seat. The
new members are both .superior -looking
men, -and may be expected to give a
good account of -themselves.
THE ESTIMATES.
The estimates for the year were
brought down yesterday. - There is
nothing at all startling in them. The
cnrrent expenses of the Province are
estimated at $2,574,658, while the ex-
penditure on capital account is placed at
$386,111, of which $253,615 is for pub-
lic buildings. There are decreases on
some items and increases on others,
leaving the estimated public expenditure
about where it was. The most important
change, probably, is the reduction of the
expenditure on immigration from $16,900
to $7,700. The explanation of the sev-
eral points involved will be given by the
Provincial Treasurer to -morrow in his
Budget speech.
THE ASSESSMENT. LAW .
,The assessment law is found to work
badly in a variety of ways. One of the
main proposals for alteration is that by
Mr. Waters, who wants to leave farm
stock exempted on the ground that a
fair asseesment is impossible, and, if it
were, such taxes would be in the nature
of a fine upon the man who took the
greatest care to improve his stock.. This
argument is good, but its application is
not to farm stock only, but to all sorts
of chattels. Petitions are in circulation,
the first having already been presented,
asking that local option be allowed in
fixing the incidence of taxation. The
argument of those who favor this course
is that each place knows best on what it
wants to pay its taxes, and uniformity is
not necessary.
FROM THE DOMINION
CAPITAL.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
OTTAWA, February 14, 1888.
The sensation in official circles last
week was of course the appointment of
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viceroy of
India, a high office filled first by Warren
Hastings, whose great impeachment
furnished Burke and Sheridan a theme
for their eloquence. As Governor
General of Canada, Lansdowne receives
$50,000 a year, a pretty big plum; but
as Viceroy of India he will receive $125,-
000 a year, plum pudding itself. The
occupancy of Rideau Hall seems rather
to have been forced on Lord Stanley of
Preston, who, the cable states, was
reluctant co accept the position. Any-
way he has accepted and we must shout
for the new king. He is a handsome
.man wearing a moustache and a curly
:brown beard. He married at the age
:of 23 and is the father of several child -
'ren. We have no information about
'Lady Stanley except that she is the
daughter of an earl. Lord Stanley is
said in England to be an " inevitable "
in politics. The Pall Mall Gazette said
of him: " it is anderstood that no Con-
servative Cabinet would be complete
without him, and that is all the public
knows on the subject." He belongs to
a family that came over with 'William
the Conqueror and of blue blood he has
the bluest. The change will be a pleas-
ing excitement in Ottawa society. Lord
Lansdowne has by his dignified demean-
or and participation in all phases of
Canadian life won the respect aud liking
of the Canadian people.
THE OL //EST ONTARIO RAILWAY.
The city council of Toronto has just
adopted a motion to send Hon. J. B.
Robinson to England to attend the
meeting in London, on the 23rd inst.,
1 of the Northern Railway Company and
to oppose the,amalgaination of that road
with the Grand Trunk Railway. Very
few are aware that the Northern was
the first railway in Ontario, having been
chartered- nearly 40 years ago. At a
meeting of citizens held in Toronto in
June, 1848, for the promotion of the
scheme to build a railway, Mr. C. Si.
Gzowski stated that plank and mac-
adamized roads would be sufficient for
Canada for the next 30 years and that
it was insanity and weakness in anyone
to think of railroads. Col. Gzowski
lived 30 years to see 10,000 miles of
Canadian railways, Carrying 10,000,000
passengers ahnually. Toronto's popula-
tion was then 27,000. &Lord Elgin was
- then Governor General and on the 15th
October, 1851, Lady Elgin, before an
immense crowd, turned the first sod of
the pioneer road. In noticing the cere-
mony the London Illustrated News
said: "The inhabitants of the frozen
and bitherto imperfectly understood
region of Canada have not until recently
availed themselves of the modern ad-
vances in public improvements." Such
was the Northern's birth.
AN OFFICJIAL'S DISGRACE.
Henry J. Morgan has got into dis-
grace. He was chief clerk in the De-
partment of the Secretary of State at a
salary of $2,400. He appears to be be-
hind in money 'natters, like many civil
servants, and some months ago.contriv-
ed by altering the date of a cheque to
draw two months pay in one. This was
nierely getting ahead of time but for
dbing it the Privy Council reduced him
to, the rank of a first class clerk at a
sillary of $1,800. Morgan is a haughty
dock and well known as the author of
the aainual Canadian Register, a very
valuable work of reference.
WHAT WILL WESTMORELAND SAY.
The vote to repeal the Scott Act in
Westmoreland, New Brunswick, takes
place on the 16th. In -1884 the vote
stood: For 1,774; against 1,701, a ma-
jority of 73. There is a large French
element in Westmoreland which may
possibly reverse these figures.
OFFICIAL NOTES.
Parliament will be asked to incorpor-
ate a joint stock company to construct
a railwey bridge over the river between
Detroit aud. Windsor. In winter the
pack ice greatly delays the leviathan
steamers carrying the trains.
The Canada Pacific Railway apply for
power to carry out their intention of
building a branch from Sudbury to
Claremont which will practically con-
nect Toronto with the main line.
. Inland Revenue receipts for January
were $494,752, of which spirits yielded
$279,315, and tobacco $115,303, and
cigars $39,329.
W. H. Smithson is gazetted to succeed
Mr. Wicksteed as accountant of the
Postoffice Department.
The details for the postal exchange
of parcels with th-e United States have
been arranged.
The Trent Valley Canal commission
will continue its sittings this week before
Mr. Page, C. E., government arbitrator.
KILLING A WITCH.
The Mounted Police have been in-
structed to ferret out and capture in the
spring, Levigu Contoreille a half breed.
His wife was condemned by a council of
Indians as a witch, and he, with the as-
sistance of another wretch, sdespeached
her. He has taken refuge at Lesser
Slave Lake.
OTTAWA'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLY.
Professor Bell, of the Geological
Survey, states that the geological forma-
tion of the vicinity of Ottawa makes it
highly probable that deposits of natural
gas are stored under the strata, the
rocks being porous. I beg to advance
the theory that the natural gas con-
tributed by 211 parliamentary repre-
sentatives has been for 20 years absorb-
ed by these porous rocks and now forms
a vast reservoir which the Wallace gas
company is about to tap and supply
through pipes to dwellings for heat and
fuel. This I submit is a probable ex-
planation of the source of supply, as
from its heavy quality the parliamentary
gas would naturally sink. The trouble
will be to separate the stuff in the
reservoir, for should Sir John's food be
cooked with Mr. Blake's gas it would
give him the mollygrubs and should
they heat Mr. Laurier's room with Sir
John's gas the member from Quebec
would be. asphyxiated. This utilizing
of naturalgas in Ottawa is a great
scheme of public economy.
A ROW OVER THE IRISH.
Two correspoudents, "J. K. F." and
"Connaught,"have been brushing the
dust off each other's garments over the
Home Rule question in the local press.
The first is Mr. J. K. Foran employed
in the public service, and Mr. W. C.
Bangs publicly states that Mr. Foran
told him Sir John Macdonald had
written him a letter threatening his
dismissal if he did not stop writing on
the subject, and, added Mr. Foran, "1
find that Connaught ' is no less a person
than Captain Streatfeild, the Governor
General's Secretary." This caused quite
a sensation but Mr. Foran writes to the
Citizen that there is no truth in Mr.
Bang's statements. What he did say,
he writes, was that were he in the
Government's employ in England he
would have to resign if he publicly
espoused the Home Rule :question.
CANDIDATES FOR nix, ROPE:
The executive is at present receiving
the evidence in three cases of capital
punishment. They , have decided that
Neil, the Central Prison convict who
stabbed the Warder, must hang on the
28th. The second case is that of young
Millman,ofCharlottetown,PrinceEdward
Island, who first ruined a confiding girl
and then murdered her as a pestering
nuisance, sentenced to swing on the 10th
April. The third case is that of Gamble
found guilty in Toronto of causing the
death by abortion of poor Lizzie Bray.
A petition in Gamble's favor is being
circulated.
NEW CAVALRY SCHOOL.
More than two thirds of the small
cavalry force in Canada are in Ontario,
yet the only school of instruction is at
Quebec. Leading oflicials, therefore, of
the Militia Department favor the pro-
posal to establish a cavalry school in
Toronto.
OUR STRONG FORTRESS.
According to a high military authority
to whom I was speaking, the bastions
and earthworks of the Quebec citadel
are sadly in need of repair and if
modern guns were mounted a discharge
would cause the surroundings to crum-
ble. He thinks the government should
better preserve the key of British
America.
< PERSONS AND THINGS.
The petition against Mr. Hudspeth,
M. P., for South Victoria, has been
formally withdrawn. • •
An important ineeting of the Dominion
Temperance Alliance will be held in
Ottawa on the 1st prox.
Two New Brunswick custom officials
have been summoned to Ottawa to ac-
count for reported misconduct.
The halls of Parliament are being pat
in order for the approaching session.
Sir John's first visit to the Ancient
Capital last week on the occasion of the
FEBRUARY 17,1888.
lame
Caron banquet Was his first since the
Riel agitation.
Sir Charlea Tupper is expected here
this week from Washington.
Last night the Governor General en-
tertained all the militia officers at
dinner. Lord Lansdowne will not leave
Ottawa till the warm weather.
News of the Week.
SELLING SECRETS.—Major Templar
has been arrested at Chatham, England,
for selling a War Office secret regarding
balloons.
LIFE LIMIT. tenna and Berlin doc-
tors are reported to give the Crown
Prince until August to live.
ANOTHER IRISH MEMBER ARRESTED.
Pyne, M. P., was arrested Fri-
day at the door of the House of Com-
mons and taken to Dublin.
RE- OPENING THE UNIVERSITIES. —The
Odessa University has been re -opened.
The university at Kazan is now the only
one in Russia that remains closed.
SPECIAL PRAYERS FOB. THE AFFLICTED
PRINCE. —Special prayer for the recov-
ery of the Crown Prince was offered last
Sunday in some of the Epiecopal
churches in England.
ACTION FOR ILLEGAL ARREST.—AU
*action was commenced. in Dublin on
Saturday last by Mr. Wilfred Blunt
against the police for $20,000 for illegal
anrest.
:READ Y TO R ESIGN. —The imprisoned
Pnrnellite members are willing to re-
sign, so as not to reduce the strength of
the Irish party in the House.
A TRAIN BURIED IN SNOW.—A sta-
tion and a mail train were buried by an
avalanche on an Austrain railway, and
2,000 men are at work endeavoring to
rescue the imprisoned passengers.
RAID ON NEW YORK BUCKET SHOPS.
—A raid was made on Saturday last
by the police on a number of bucket
shops in New York, thirty-eight men
being arrested on the charge of main-
taining gambling houses.
_MRS. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. —
Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, wife of
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, died on
the 7th inst. at Boston in the 69th year
of her age.
CAPTAIN CHARLES HAMILTON.—Cap-
tain Charles Hamilton, one of the most
widely known of lake navigators, is
dead, aged 60.:
B. ON. BENJAMIN EG LESTON. —Hon.
Benjamin H. Eggleston, of Cincinnati,
is dead.' He served 30 years in the City
Council, two terms in Congress and
three terms in the Ohio Senate. -Age 72.
SAMUEL DEBOW. —Samuel DeBow,
general manager of the Califon& Fast
Freight Line, with headquarters at
Chicago, died suddenly Tuesday night
last week from an attack of rheumatism
of the heart. Deceased was widely
known in railway circles and highly
esteemed.
HON. C. DAVIS. —Hon. C. Davis, one
of Michigan's oldest lumbermen, and a
most liberal and highly respected citi-
zen, died on Thursday last week, at
Muskegon, aged 76 years. He was
president of the Lumberman's Bank, a
member of the Senate and House of
Michigan and mayor of Muskegon twice,
Tii E MILITARY ATMOSPHERE. —Mili-
tary activity continues -on the Continent
of Europe, and the opinion prevails in
Berlin that the peace illusion, with
which Prince Bismarck's speech inves-
ted the situation, has passed away and
that while war has been postponed it is
still inevitable.
SMALLPDX OUTBREAK. —The physic-
ians of Mandan, Dakota, are unable to
check the spread of smallpox in that
village. Several new cases have broke
out, and people are moving ..out of the
infected district.
PUBLIC WHIPPING.—Thirteen crimi-
nals were publicly whipped at New-
castle, Delaware on Saturday last in a
driving ram,
n the water freezing as it
fell. Five ofthe victims were white;
the rest were black.
MORGANATIC MARRIAGES TO BE MADE
LEGAL. —The Czar has ordered the
formation of a commission to remodel
the laws so as to authorize the mor-
ganatic marriages of younger members
of the imperial family under certain con-
ditions.
JESUITS PRESENTATION TO THE POPE,—
The Jesuits have presented to the Pope
£40,000 as the Peter's pence contribu-
tion of their order. Various valuables
which were presented to the Pope and
which were on exhibition have been
stolen from the Vatican. Among the
stolen articles was a chalice valued at
£2,000.
WOLVES AT LARGE. —A pack of caged
wolves escaped from Sanger's circus,
London, on Sunday. The elephants,
camels, horses and other animals be-
came mad with terror and were liber-
ated with difficulty. The wolves were
trapped in a stable, where they furious-
ly devoured a horse already slain. They
still fiercely defy capture.
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. —The War
Office at Vienna is making contract for
the immediate delivery of a large quan-
tity of provisions. Krupp has received
orders for 150 heavy siege guns to cost
3,500,000. florins. The guns ordered by
Turkey and not paid for will be utilized
to fill the first instalment of the order.
SMUGGLING TOBACCO.—The female
steerage passengers on board the steam-
ship Germanic, which arrived at Queens-
town from New York the other evening,
were found, upon undergoing the usual
search at the hands of the searchers, to
have a considerable quantity of Ameri-
can tobacco in packages secreted about
their persons and in their luggage.
—The Belgrave row alluded to in
these notes last week has culminated in
a magistrates' court of which the follow-
ing particulars are given: The examina-
tion of Robert Durnion and other
witnesses took place in the house of
Robert Armstrong, near Beigrave, on
Friday last, against the prisoners, Wm.
Watson, John Hopper, George Hanna,
VanRanseler VanNorman, and Wm.
Gardner Nicholson. The above named
parties were charged with having com-
mitted a felonious assault and battery
upon Robt. Durnion, op the evening of
January 24th, and also at the said time
took a pocket bopk containing $5,75,
also a silk pocket handkerchief from
DurnIon. The examination took place
before Robert Armstrong, James Me -
Callum and Davi I Scott, J. P.'s, who
committed the pa ties charged to stand
their trial for said ffences. The prison-
ers had for their c unsel Mr. Dickinson,
of Wingham. Af er the committal Mr.
Dickenson asked would the Court take
bail? The Magistrates consented to do
so. A wordy Warfare ensued which
lasted until about 3 o'clock in the morn-
ing when all, except- Armstrong depart-
ed for their homee, Armstrong refusing
to have anything more to do with the
case after handing the warrant to the
constable. On the following day Magis.
t jaai t1(.3 McCallumTheretviandeereS
dignityfuliyco t
of
fiftythacceptedaeowp at
the trv
fully siaulanstahcaled.
Huron Notes.
—Mrs. John Reid, of Hullett, near
Harlock, intends removing to Clinton th
live'
—Mr. R. Sellars, of Blyth lad week
killed a nine months old pig which weigh_
ed —223‘017..) s owhhne n Dduraaserd
'has leased his
hundred acre farm on the 4th concession
of Grey to Mr. J. Hutchinson, of the
6th concession, for a term of years.
—Mr. John C. Currie, formerly of
Goderich, and a welieknown auctioneer
of this county, has been appointed
deputy sheriff ofutn-Viop,of
Winnipeg.
—Mr. wm. Dunlop, of
hat
recently purchased a very fine imported
Clydesdale stallion, which he will travel
next season through part of _Howick and
the neighboring townships.
—It is said that Mr. Thomas; Hall, of
Brussels, intends engaging in the egg
business in that village next year. Mr.
John Roddick intends giving it up, and
Mr. Sparling removes to Wingham.
—Miss Ella Keefe, of Seaforth, is
teaching in the Separate School, Hul-
let, and is said to be doing excellent
work; all are unanimous in their
praise of Miss Keefe's ability as a teacher.
—Mr. Peter McGrath, of the 2nd
concession of Howick, who sold his
place a short time ago to Mr. Wm.
Lambkin, has bought a hundred acre
farm in Wallace and intends removing
there in a few weeks.
—The many friends of Rev. A. Y.
Hartley, of Blueyale, will regret to learn
that he has been obliged to go south for
the benefit of his health. We hope the
change will prove beneficial and that he
will return fully "recuperated.
— On Thursday of last week a ewe be-
longing to Mr. David Graht, of the 14th
concession of Grey, gave birth to twin
lambs. The young muttons will, no
doubt, think they have come to a cold
cl imate.
—The following are the town officers
ft- Clinton for the current year: W.
C .ates, Clerk, salary, $200; N. Robson,
Treasurer, $i00; D. R. Menzies and C.
Co, bett, Assessors, $50 each. G. Ted -
foist, Constable, &c., $450; F. Folland,
Poundkeeper, the salary to be the fees.
—We notke by the Gorrie Vidette
that Mr. Thomas Farrow, ex -M. P. for
East Huron, was to deliver an address
on "that unromantic delusion," Com-
mercial Union, in the Town Hall,
Gorrie, on Thursday evening, the 16th
inst. We are afraid that ,Mr. Farrow
is an unromantic delusion.
—Mr. John Young, of Blyth, who is
agent for Ross & King's patent reaping
knifesharpener'took 61 orders in three
days last week for his machine. It is
aaid to be a very useful contrivance and
the manufacturers intend to commence
making them in Blyth next summer.
— Mr. J. 131' Ferguson has been ap-
pointed clerk of the town of Winghant
at a salary of $250; G. Pettypiece, chief
constable, salary $425 ; John Dickson,
treasurer, $70 and $30 extra for collect-
ing' taxes; Samuel Youhill, assessor.,
salary $70, and Peter Deans, Wm.
Moore and D. McKinley, fence viewers.
—The Union Sabbath school at An-
derson's school house in Morris, collect-
ed the respectable sum of $14.60 for
missionary purposes last year. It was
paid over to the Presbyterian Mission
Fund, the collections of the previous
year going to the same fund of the
Methedist church.
—The anniversary services and tea -
meeting, in connection with the Wing -
ham Presbyterian church, held last week
were largely attended and were tuccess-
ful throughout. Rev. Mr. Laidlaw, ef
Hamilton, preached the anniversany ser-
mons with much acceptance. The pro-
ceeds to the very liberal sum
f$
—On Saturday before last, Mr. Rod-
erick Rose, of the 3rd .Concession of
Stanley, had the misfortune to lose a
pocket book in Clinton, containing
about $40 and a note of hand for $110.
Payment of the note has been stopped,
and any one returning the lost property,
will be ,suitably rewarded.
—In one of the department' of Clin-
ton public school last week, a girl merit-
ed punishment and was threatened there-
with by the teacher. A boy in the
same room offered himself as a substitute
Jor the girl, and received the whipping
inteenntwasdieclfcth
r through. went off laughing
wh
• —The Wingham Times is pleased to
hear of the continued success in the west
of a former Winghamite, Mr, Joseph
Young, of Plumb Creek, Manitoba. He
has been west about 6 years has a sec-
tion of land, had last year 7,000 bushels
of grain, his wheat averaging 40 bush-
efolsr tcorotpheneaxetes'easHon.
He has
10
0
acres ready
— Habkirk Bros., of Grey, have lately
purchased the well-known imported
Clydesdale stallion'Luck's All,' from
Edward Bell, of Londesborough, and
their present intention is to take him to •
the Northwest. This horse was irrn •
Ported by Thos. McLauchlin, of Grey,
tandhro sg ah osuPtl splendid
saenc mi o anl.
Workaround the dock • this spring will he
and well-known
—The Goderich Signal says: Work
early and plentiful. There will be
three steam tugs to finish and launch,
the Ontario to be thoroughly overhaul-
ed, large repairs to several other vessels,
the completio of the already begun ah
terations and' repairs to the Grand
Trunk dock and elevator, and the Gov-
ernment harNr improvements and al-
terations.
— The Turnberry Boundary Line Lit-
erary Society have secured from Mr. A.
Rossa very handsome library of choice
books. Amongst those obtained are not
a few of -the Lily Series which aro ex-
ceptionally good in interest and tone.
Over fifty volumes have been put in.
This is a most commendable moeement
of emulation by similar societies in
ootnlathrepparatrst.-ofthe society, and is worthy
m
—At the annnal meeting of the
Howick Mutual Fire Ineuranea Com-
pany the report presented by the di-
rectors was very satisfactory to the
members. Messrs. John R. Miller aud
Edward Brya,ns were re-elected direct-
ors. The board as now composed are,
,KliaremracenhadeErid.,,gar, President; Robert Scott,
Vice -President. Directors, Wna
dit'awatrt13
ler, Secretary -Treasurer. -The companY
Gr yi ba snoan John :1%4,11
had on the first of January 2,308 policies
in force, covering $3,134,621, and hat-
ing a cash balance of $1,592.64 on hand)
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