The Huron Expositor, 1888-02-24, Page 117, 1888.
mg Trade
GINGHAM s,.
SHIRTINGS,
DEN IAIS
ES,
RDUROYSI,
WEEDS,
PAUL,
ORTH.
Brad of the wife
an, Elimville, passed,
• on Friday last en
cemetery.—Several
B at present confined
b_ measies,—Busine,ss
own the beginning of
7resley Hawkshaw, of
use,. has gone on a
?:at many large cities
sMe, for the good of
ope he will be muck
ip.—The ice harvest
in this place.—The
tered 13 below zero,
mg last, the 9th inst.
xeter.
Our victorious curl -
red Kincardine and
LI. thus won the cam -
District 13, went off
Into to compete with
bs in the contest for
L Our curlers are
, but if they get the
will have to tack a,
urse.
—Mr. James Fox,
ce, but laaterietyle St.
Dd here and L'• Wght
less of Mr. W. M.
il in future confine
mg dry -goods lausi-
Lee. Mr. Fox takes
I telegraph busines&
the drug store.
7 a and liked in this
will, no' doubt, do
-Mr. Adam Knox, of
wicki a well-known
ill suddenly on the
3rd inst., with in-_
owe's, and althongh
Nice summoned and
I done for his relief,
adily until Sunday
o'clock, when heex-
as buried on Tuesday
Han burying ground;
very largely attend-
s an early settler, it,
inciples,-a consistent
lyterian church, and
I nature and genial
m to the entire com-
a native of Berwick -
1 at the time of his
,ty-third year.
.The proceedings of
kry and Mutual Ira -
were pleasantly
last meeting- on the
10th: inst
1 • , by the -
vs. Smc•kem, a case
er was indicted with
niousty, &c., made a
n public and thereby
, a common nuisance -
liege subjects. His
istice A. L. Gibson
ciety) occupied the
wn was represented
. C., and the pris-
r. T. I;Nr. Gibgon,_ Q.
ker acted as clerk of
eo. Brown as crier. -
panelled from the- -
e prisoner, Puffrs
'Yot up itr--elaborate
had been arraigned
e formidable indict
-
stated the case for
lity and eloquence,
nee for the proseca-
In. Colgan, Fox and
in, the case looked
the prisoner. Mr.
summoned Messras
n and Elliott for the -
heir aid showed con-
iispiracy existed on
c-rown witnesses as-
ter, The evidence
e addresses of counsel
e gabsequent charge
ded in local and per
• great merriment
whence, The jury re -
net guilty and Mr.
Krrged. The Literary -
very successful this'
tinge from the start
1 out and largelY
-
afra.
TiEs,----,\Ve have no -
f the young men of
sject at certain see-
ic fits which cause
(fry peculiar things.
couple of these
:en all at once. One
into a run said went
road, apparently le
•je,:t, calling at the
clear the track
- a young lady to
,way freroaher as ha
a• service and after -
out and took her
thing had happened,
who used to be ex"
mddenly and muse--
xl a passion for ladies'
I
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WHAT MR. PRrNGLEHAS I sary to argue the soundness of these
TO SAY. planks. It must be perfectly plain to
every supporter of the Government that
e
DEAR EXFOSITOR,—nauway influence they have not guarded the interests of the
c
is getting to be a dangerous power, a few country, or such immense fortunes could
not be made in such a short time. Why
men are running our railways and they in
turn are running our Government. The grant bonuses where there is plenty of
private capital to invest in all sound
Canadian Pacific Railway quartette have
made several millions each, in an honest commercial enterprises ? Why allow
railway corporations that belong to the
way, out of the govermnent, the sup-
posed guardians of the wealth of the country to make rich men richer and
country. Such being the case there
poor men poorer? Why permit wealth
is
t
no undertaking so great that the syndi-
o enhance values out of all proportion
cate are afraid, to take hold of it. They to the cost of production? Why grant
are now striving to secure not only the pensions to men who have been in the
carrying trade of this continent; but also enjoyment of fat offices all their lives at
t
that of China and Japan as well, and the expense of men who had to depend
they seem to have money enough left to entirely on themselves for a living?
buOd telegraph and telephone lines, Why should there not be competition in
rol er mills and hotels and also to engage filling all the offices in the Government
when there is so much competition in all
in tock and grain raising. If they con -
tin e to prosper the way they have been other branches of trade? Commercial
Union is wanted to increase the source
of the wealth of the country so that
every legitimate industry will prosper
according to the purchasing power of the
people,. It is folly to attempt to "take
the breeks off a highlandman," as is being
done, or to "kill the goose that lays the
'golden -eggs" by conspiring to rob the
producer out of his money faster than
he can earn it. There arc no arguments
against Commercial Union only the
chirpings of the superloyal. The poorer
the country people are born in,the greater
their attachment to it. If some of us had
been compelled to live in Scalaud, Eng-
land or Ireland it is doubtful if some
of us would have had stich an ex-
alted opinion of either of them.
There are no people on the face
of the earth who love greater attach-
ment to the land of their birth than the
Canadians now in the States, but love
of country don't prevent immigration.
The great question with the most of us
is to live as comfortably as possible;
when this is accomplished it is very apt
to cause quite an attachment to the
country. Money, instead of being the
root of all evil, has become the source of
all good, hence the necessity that the
country adopt the policy that adds most
to her material wealth. A good many
of those who oppose Commercial Union
would fain_ try and make the people
believe that the consumers on both sides
of the line pay the duty. Such is not
the case; every dollar of duty that has
been pad since the abrogation of the
Reciprocity Treaty has come directly
out of the pockets of the Canadian pro-
ducer. Our surplus being, as it were,
a drop-in the bucket in comparison to
their own productions, the prices we
realized were governed entirely by their
own market values. Having taken the
entire surplus crops of our barley,
horses, lambs, scalawag cattle, and some
years our potatoes and oats, it is per-
fectly plain they would have paid us the
self same prices without the duty they
did with it. We peid these duties for
the mere privilege of selling in their mar-
kets. On this side in one sense the peo-
ple pay the duty, in another they don't.
Take corn for instance; there have been
millions of bushels brought from Chicago
to Sarnia and Owen Sound this season
that our two railroads have carried from
these points to Montreal and the tower
Provinces, the price of the duty less than
they would carey the grain raised in this
western section: Protection in this case
don't protect the farmers. Besides,
these same roads have carr'ied flour from
Minneapolis to Glasgow at the same
price charged from Stratford. What
folly spending money to promote immi-
gration while the Government permits
these roads to hold out such inducements
to settle in the Western States. No
wonder Kansas and Dakota are princi-
pally settled with the very flower of
native-born Canadians, any one of whom
is worth half a dozen immigrants to any
country. The "pairty" have subsidized
the Empire to whitewash and calso-
mine the acts of the Government, to vil-
lify all opposition, to pervert the truth
and to stir up party strife so that the
farmers and producers will vote Grit
and Tory as of old. This will make the
trinity to perpetuate the present system
of organized robbery and make the rich
men richer and the country poorer. Such
apaper ought to be avoided fully as much
as the writings of Tom Paine.
Yours,
JAMES PRINGLE.
OPINIONS ABOUT, SOUTH -
do ng, in a few years they will be able
to inploy the Canadian Pacific Railway
in carrying their own productions at
whlatever rates they have a mind to
ch rge themselves. It is not to be won -
de -ed at that Sir George Stephen can
se le $50,000 per annum on his eldest
da hter as her marriage portion, for
th sake of introducing aristocratic blood
in o his family and making a noble lord
co fortable during his married life in
th old country. I give Sir George
gr at credit for his business ability in
m king such an immense fortune in a
fe short years, but it looks rather un -
gr teful on his part to his -adopted coun-
try, that he did not give his daughter in
m:'rriage to some poor but honest Cana -
n, so that the money would have been
nt in this country where it has been
de, and where it is so badly wanted.
ides it was his duty to have added to
population as much as he possibly
ld. The retention of his family and
wealth in the country would have
n worth all the fenced immigration
t can be brought • to the country -for
next ten years. No wonder the
rtette "four good old grits" should
—Members and friends of the congre-
gation of th e Central Presbyterian
church, Toronto, crowded the building
last Friday night to bid farewell to their
pastor, Rev. P. McF. McLeod, who ex-
pected to leave Toronto on Monday for
his new home on the Pacific Slope. A
score of city divines were present and
several spoke in feeling terms of the
loss about to be sustained by the church
people of Toronto. A. R. Creelman,
for the managers of the church, pre-
sented Mr. McLeod with a gold watch
and chain, and his wife with a silver
tea service.— Mr. McLeod replied in
touching terms.
—Mr. Donald McEwan, son of the
late Peter McEwan„ of the 7th conces—
sion, McGiLivray, lost his life Thursday
morning, 9th inst, at Sherry station, on
the Wisconsin Central Railway. He
was employed on the above road as a
brakeman, and while jumping on board
his train after it was in motion missed
his footing and was thrown under the
wheels, which passed over his body,
killing him instantly. His remains were
brought home by one of; his comrades
and were interred in the Nairn ceme-
tery on Monday. Mr. McEwan was 30
years of age, and was much esteemed by
all who knew him.
—The Halifax Critic says that the
total crude gypsum produced in Canada
in 1886, may be estimated at about 162,-
000 tons, nearly all of which is mined in
Nova Scotia. The value at the point of
production is $178,742; of this about
7,000 tons was calcined and manufac-
tured in New Brunswick into about,51,-
000 barrels plaster of Paris, valued on
the spot at $51,000 ; about half of this
plaster of Paris was sold in Canada, and
the remainder was exported to the
United States. Compared with 1885, it
is estimated that the increase of 1886, in
the production ot crude gypsum, was
about 50,000 tons, Nova Scotia alone
adding 36,000 tons to the increase.
—A Winnipeg special of last Satur-
day says: There was an exciting time
at the meeting of the Winnipeg Conser-
vative Association last night between
the supporters and opponents of Scarth,
the Winnipeg member. Scarth was de-
feated for president by five votes, though
supported by the Dominion Government
and the Canadian Pacific. In the main
the anti -monopolists carried the day.
The meeting barely escaped becoming a
free fight,. The latest railroad scheme
is tke Ontario, Manitoba & Western, to
be incorporated soon, and to run from
Port Arthur to Winnipeg, thence west-
ward by two branches.
—As Mr. J. P. Clinton, of Ottawa,
was returning from his employment at
the postoffice in that city on Thursday
night last about 11 o'clock, he was
attacked suddenly by two scoundrels
and beaten senseless with a club. He
WM providentially discovered and when
found was seemingly lifeless. He was
lying in a pool of blood and his head
was terribly cut. Had he lain .where
found much longer he would have been
frozen to de sth. Detective Montgomery
is !working on the case but as yet no
arrest has been made. A sma,11 sum of
money Mr. Clinton had in his pocket
when attacked, Was deficient when he
was picked up.
--A rather complicated horse case
was ventilated at the Woodstock police
court a few days ago. The parties all
reside in West Zorra.. It appears that
Peter Murray, the defendant in the
present case, traded a horse to Thomas
McKay. McKay was stow in fulfilling
the conditions of the barter and Murray
took it upon himself to trade back again
without giving McKay due notice, but
McKay secured the assistance of a con-
stable, took the horse from l'eter Mur-
ray, and sold it to Neil Murray, the
complainant in the present case. The
horse disappeared from Neil's stable in
a short time and was found in a stable
used by the defendant, who was there-
upoit arrested. The case was adjourned
Peter Murray, charged with stealing a
horse, was acquitted, there not being
sufficent evidence against him. The
horse will be returned to Neil Murray.
di
sp
Be
th
CO
h'
be
th
th
gis e such liberal support to a govern-
nt that bleeds so freely in their in-.
est. The time has now come when
farmers and ,other producers who
✓ the chief burden of the country
must call the government to a -strict ac-
count of their stewardship. Sir John is
one of those men who would much
rather rule in hell than sevre in Heaven,
and rule be,willif he can by hook or crook.
Being a grand judge of human nature
and a firna believer that every man has
his and every Constituency has its price,
he has acted accordingly, and as a suc-
cessful party leader has been a perfect
wonder. If a constituency -was going to
cost too much to buy, it was gerryman-
dered and this his admirers called states
manship, because he saved so much
money -and kept the grits out of power.
It is very easy to understand why rail-
way contractors, , office seekers and all
other species of barnacles are such strong
supporters of the government, all being
anxiously waiting for the crumbs that
fall so- liberally from their master's
table. But it is surprising:that:the far--
mers and producers who had no axes to
grind and nothing to expect, were such
willing tools as to mortgage their farms
and their property to allow Sir John to
act so extravagantly with the resources
of the country. Farmers don't require
to be told that their lands have de-
preciated fully 25 per cent during the
last few- years, and it does not require a
prophet to foretell that they will de-
preciate 25 per cent more before the
country gets rid of its present mortgage
debt. Sir John is not half as much t�
blame for this state of affairs as the
• pie who allowed themselvesto be
ght with their own money, and there
o class so much to blame as the far-
rs themselves, who had nothing to
n but everything to lose by Sir John's
ravagance. The government, the
lways and the manufacturers that
farmers have sustained, built up,
fostered with their Wealth, have
entered into a great conspiracy ir-
pective of party ties, to rob the
ntry by forming combinations to
ce farmers and others to pay much
her prices for their services and
oductions than they are legiti-
• tely worth. Such being the case,why
n't the farmers, who possess two
irds of the voting power of the coun-
, throw party politics aside and vote
one man against the government and
eak the bonds of self-interest by which
is trinity Of- interests is so strongly
ited.
Whenever the farmers will have the
•od sense to rise in their might and show
early that their , influence is unich
eater than all other influences: put to-
ther, Sir John will -be, the first man
come up smiling and offer his services
f r the good of the country for the bal-
nce of his life. Politicians are just
hat the people make -them ; even the
reateat sinner may be saved.
The following platform should be
dopted and every candidate for Par-
iamentary honors be pledged to its
upport : 1st. To vote against the Gov-
rnment. 2nd. To prevent the Govern -
neat granting bonuses for the construe -
ion of railways. 3rd. To have railway
ommissioners appointed to see that the
ailways comply fully with the terms of
heir charters. 4th. That a law be pass -
d making it illegal to form combinations
f all sorts to force prices beyond their
egitimate value. 5th. To put an end to
11 superannuations and pensions. 6th.,
'o have the public service divided into
erades and have these tendered for and
iven to the men regardless, of politics
vim are competent and responsible, who
ere willing to'clo the work -for the least
money without pensions. 7th; That
candidates use all lawful endeavor e to
secure the fullest measure of reciproeity
with t4,e Americans, and alsothe great-
est measure of Free Trade with. all ccein-
tries. If this simple platform 7ere
adopted. a corrupt government would not
exist in this country ;I party warfare,
which has proved the "rnadnessl of
many for the gain of the few," would be
brought to an end. It is scarcely neces-
te
th
be
pe
bo
is
ga
ex
ma
th
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it progresses. The side walks are made
'principally of Portland cement, sonic
using brick. Every land owner is com-
pelled to build across his own lot or pay
for having it done, and may build it to
suit himself as to material. There are
some quite fine buildings but a great
many of them are the frailest that can
be constructed. A block three storeys
high may have the studding of 2 x 4 and
everything in proportion. Until, the
beginning of this year they had no fire
by-law. You could buy or lease a piece
of property in any part of the city and
erect any kind of a building you might
choose. It was a great mistake and
will require a great many fires to remedy
the evil. The shipping facilities are
good. There is an excellent harbor and
an immense quantity of freighting is
done from' outside ports to this place.
There are only two things to keep San
Diego flourishing: the shipping facilities
and a tourist's home. As the country
all around is nothing but hills and will
• not produce anything, everything has to
be shipped in from other places. Some
few patches will produce some
with irrigation. Bad water, dust,
and extreme heat about ten months
out of the year are some things
not very agreeable*. I can assure you I
would not choose it for a home for me.
We left there enthe 9th of January and
came up to
RIVERSIDE.
and were very much pleased with it.
An orange grove proper with their
beautiful hedges and avenues of pepper
and palre cypress trees pleased my fancy
at once.i I think one is quite safe in
saying the finest oranges grow here that
are grown on the coast. •I am satisfied
that Riverside has a bright future, as it
has the country to back it up. On an
average one year with another, one
million dollars worth of fruit is shipped.
After spending ten days very pleasantly
in Riverside we again pulled up stakes
and came on to
LOS ANGELOS.
We arrived here on the 20th, and
were favorably impressed with the city
at first Sight. That''same night it com-
menced raining and continued until the
following Tuesday morning when it
showed signs of clearing up, and we have
been wading through mud every since.
On some of the streets yet the mud is
about the right temperature for second
coat plastering and that is pretty thin,
and the odor that arises from those
streets in the morning if you got a sniff
of it you would think you had came in
contact with a pig sty. That does not
speak volumes for the healthfulness of
the place. No eastern person could
come here and pass through such weather
as we had last week without taking
cold, and a severe one. I think this
place to be very unhealthy at this season
of the year, and any person afflicted
with catarrh, weak throat, or lungs
should not come here. This country
contains at the present time thousands
of invalids afflicted with various diseases
and many of them are traveling from
place to place trying if possible to find a
place suitable for their case. A few
items about Los Angeles. In the first
place real estate is selling at high prices
—much higher than in New York or
any of the eastern cities. Rents are
exorbitant. To rent a single sleeping
room ten dollars is the cheapest and a
dark one at that. Living is not so high.
You can get a good meal for twenty-
five cents at many of the hotels and at
the restaurants -you can Make it as cheap
or expensive as you like. Saloons and
real estate offices are about equal in
number. At San Diego there are four condition by the sanitary inspector, and
hundred real estate offices. There are the city health committee will set about
some very fine blocks built in LOB remedying the defects immediately.
°Angeles and quite a large number in —Mrs. Robert Deans one of Ayr's
course of erection. There is quite a oldest and earliest residents, died on
lull in building operations just now and Saturday, 11th inst., aged 75 years.
some predict a quiet summer. It is esti- Her husband died upwards of 40 years
mated that fully six hundred carpenters ago, and was the first person interred in
are now .out of employment and this Stanley street church burying ground.
state of things exists largely all over the —Last year's business of the Nova
state. But still they come, every train Scotia sugar refinery resulted in a net
bringing more. I am of the opinion that
if many of them ever see the old fireside profit of $125,000. Two dividends were
paid; one in August of three per cent.,
at home again they will heve to walk back. and one quite recently of ten per cent.
I am not trying to paint things worse A balance of $39,000 was carried forward
than they really are. Young men are to profit and loss.
begging on the streets here every day —Andrew Martin was Charged at the
for money to get something to eat. Coal Hamilton Police Court on Friday' with
is selling at $30 per ton; wood, $12 to wanton neglect of taspan of horses, and
$15 per cord; lumber from $35 upwards; fined $10 and costs. He had given
nails, $4 per cwt.; brick, $12 to $15 per them over to the care of a boy, who had
m.; butter, 550 to 60c per lb '• eggs 50c neglected them for two days at a time.
to 55c per doz.; bread 109 per 2 lb loaf;
cheese, 25c" per lb.; potatoes 2 to 2ic --A report recently published shows
per lb; meat from 12tc upwards; chick- that the Ancient Order of United Work -
ens $1 per pair; turkeys 30c to 35c per men has 228 lodges with a membershia
pound
of 14,000 in Ontario. In this Province
.
I wish to say a few words before I alone during the past year, the Order
finish, about the walks. As far as I have dispensed $148,000 to widows and
noticed they build no board walks in orphans..
this country, and I think that Jam safe —Mr. Murdoch, counsel for Gamble,
in saying that two thirds of this city has convicted for murder of the girl Brey in
nothing but gravel walks, and still they Toronto, went to Ottawa a few days ago
are building them and take as much with a petition ,signed by 3,500 people
pains with them as they would with a for the commutation of his sentence. -
board walk. I don't hear any grumbling He claims to have evidence to implicate
about them. The people are perfectly a third party.
—While Dr. Sinclair of Paris was
content with them and are not annoyed
ERN CALIFORNIA:
A correspondent writes from Los
Angeles, California, on January 30th, as
follows :
I send you a few items in reference
to Southern California. I shall not
attempt to pass judgment on- the whole
of it by any means, as I have only visited
a very few places. We arrived in San
Diego on the 28th of December, after a
journey of about eight days. We had a
very pleasant trip and saw a great many
things of interest that time will not
erase from memory so long as we live.
Yet we were glad to get to the journey's
end. -- We were not long in securing
comfortable quarters at a private board-
ing house. The weather was quite
pleasant, not nearly so warm as I ex- that is worn off in walking over them.
pected to find it and they make no pre- The city has grown so rapidly and so
para.tions for cold weather. At nights much beyond expectations that they are
we found it uncomfortably cool. For entirely behind with street improve-
-the first few days the streets were ankle ments and everywhere there is a new
deep with dust. The scene changed and and unfinished appearance about things
it commenced to rain and continued for which is not observable in eastern cities.
about four' days. You .can imagine the They, are now at work with a very large
. .
condition of things then ; no end to the
mud. My wife and myself, soon decided
to make our stay short:
SAN DIEGO.
'1A few remarks about the place: San
Diego is quite a large city ; the popula-
tion, I believe, is about 20,000. It is
growing rapidly. A great amount of
. -
building is going on. The city employs
a large force of men and teams On the
streets as there are a great many heavy
cuttings and deep ravines to fill up to
get the streets in proper shape. - Every-
thing is being done in a systematic way.
A staff of engineers are at work making
the surveys and directing the work as
sons I am acquainted with, and there
aee people here from all partsof Canada.
I meet them nearly every day and can
spot a Canuck at first sight, as far as I
can see him. Some of them are here for
health, some looking for employment
and some have good situations.
It was decided that the fee should be $1.
The following officers were elected :—
President, Dr. Cowan, Gait; 1st Vice -
President, Dr. Wilson, London; 2nd
Vice -President, Dr. Gibb, St, Marys;
Secretary-Treasurer,Pr. McLure,Wood-
stock.
—A young married man, named
William Perrin, a resident of Ayr, died
very suddenly a few days ago, under
what was considered suspicious circum-
stances. His wife, another woman
named Russell and a man named Scott,
have been arrested on suspicion of foul
play hi the case.
—A very interesting lecture was giv-
en in Knox Church, Ayr, on a recent
Friday evening by the Rev. John
Thomson. The subject was "From Ayr
to Ayr," and was founded on a trip by
the lecturer to the old country two
years ago. The lecture was undoubtedly
the best of its kind ever given in Ayr.
—Ex -License Inspector McIntyre, of
St. Thomas, undertook to thaw out a
pipe leading from the pump to the ha*
kitchen of his residence on Center street
by putting live coals under the flooring.
He left the servant girl to watch the
thawing process, but the place took file,
involving a loss of $500 or $600.
—The death is announced in Paris, I of
Mr. Finlayson, son of Police Magistrate
Hugh Finlayson,of that town,who abclut
three years ago, whilst employed in
Brantford, fell from the third storey, of
the Commercial Hotel, a distance of
over 30 feet. He never recovered from
the effects of this terrible accident. I
—Word has been received of the death
in the penitentiary of Geo. Walter, the
West Zorra fire bug, who, it will be
membered, was sent down from St.
Thomas for stealing two guns, and Was
afterwards identified as the party Who
fired the barns of Ira Hummason and
others in West Zorra about four yeems
ago.
—Hundreds of applications from ell
parts of the country keep pouring in to
the Secretary of State at Ottawa, aSk-
ing for positions in the new printing
bureau. Mr. Chapleau has given in-
structions that in making selections
each province in the dominion shall
represented proportionately to its Op
ulation.
—Wm. Waddell, widower, aged 45,
owner of a 200 -acre farm and lighthouse
keeper at Port Maitland, stopped at tee
Walker House, Hamilton, on Friday,
saw Miss Bridget Connolly, the buxom
and good-looking cook, for the first time
in his life • he courted and married her
in eight and one-half hours. Rev. Canon
Mockridge performed the ceremony.
—It is said that the carbonate of lime
found in the vicinity of Shallow Lake,
Keppel township, county Grey, will pro-
duce a good quality of whiting and that
this together with the clay of the dis-
trict will make excellent Portland ce-
ment. A company is being formed for
the purpose of - manufacturing these ar-
ticles. .
—Both of the men so badly injured
in the railway collision at Hamilton on
Thursday afternoon, last week, are pro-
gressing favorably, and are expected to
recover. Conductor Vince, of the
freight train, for *hose arrest a warrant
has been issued, is supposed: to be in
Buffalo. The loss to the railway com-
pany is supposed to be about $50,000,_
—James Macey, the alleged Chatham
dynamiter, has been committed for trial
at the next assizes. It was shown by
evidence of the Chief of Police that
Macey's boots exactly fitted in the
tracks around the scene of -the explosion.
A loaded revolver, four dynamite car-
tridges and a four foot fuse were also
found under the mattress and pillows of
prisoner's bed.
--A sad accident occurred on Friday
on the 8th concession of Bentinck. Mi-
chael Weis, jr., Was taking home a load
of hay, when within a few yards of the
house .the load upset. Weis saW his
danger and undertook to jump from the
upper side, but slipped and fell with his
stomach across one of the upturned run-
ners of the sleigh. He died from
injuries five hours later. He was 22
years old.
—At Sault Ste Marie the other da a
rather seedy looking individual, under
the influence of liquor and bareheaded,
walked into the kitchen of a house in
town, and sitting down by the range,
made himself at home, by proceedii* to
cook a can of oysters that he brouight
with him. The ladies of the hesuse
being somewhat alarmed by the felleiw's
was
the
Canada.
A rnump epidemic prevails in St.
Catharines.
e
—It is expected now that Lord Lans-
downe will remain in Canada until June.
There were 3,048 arrests made by
the Hamilton police last year.
—It cost a Peterboro lad $2 in the
police court to put his arm around a
Salvation lassie's waist.
—Mrs. Blakeley, of Bruce county, a
lady 63 years of age, is just cutting a
new molar tooth.
—Tupper and Chamberlain are to be
benquetted by the Canadian Club in
New York on March 2.
—Mr. G. B. Bourdeau, Queen's Prin-
ter for Manitoba, has gone -to the States,
leaving a shortage in his accounts.
—An extensive jewelry robbery took
place in Buffalo on Sunday morning.
The thieves left for Canada with their
booty.
—Rev. Mr. Pitblado, of Winnipeg,
left for his new charge in San Francisco,
Tuesday last week, going via Leadville
and Los Angeles.
—Mr. Samuel Qua, of Paris, the other
evening fell from a chair on which he
was standing to adjust a lamp, breaking
his collar bone.
—The amount of wood delivered at
Bothwell, Newbury and Thimesville
stations for the Grand Trunk Railway
during this winter represents $18,000.
—Mr. Webster, local manager of the
Central Bank in Guelph, is short $4,000
which his friends or his bondsmen will
have to make good.
—D. J. McGillivray, of Knox Col-
lege, is preparing for the foreign mis-
sion field, China being his possible des-
tination.
—A tea agent from Hamilton was
arrested in Guelph on Friday for pass-
ing on a grocer in the city a raised $10
bill. A counterfeit $10 bill was found
on him.
—A new Salvation Army barracks
was opened at Paris last Saturday even-
ing amid great enthusiasm. The
jubilee services were to continue several
days.
—About a dozen printers will begin
work on the voter's list in the Govern-
ment office at Ottawa in a day or two.
It is expected that six months later the
force will be increased to 80.
—Canadian Pacific Railway officials
at Ottawa have been notified from head-
quarters that hereafter officers of the
company giving information about its
workings or affairs will be dismissed.
—Ellen Sunderland, who was found
frozen to death in the township of
Kingston, owned the farm on which she
lived, and resided in a log hut, through
several openings in the roof of which
daylight could be seen.
—A firm of grist millers in Plattsville,
named Snider and Speckle, have some-
what surprised creditors by offering
thirty cents on the dollar, which offer
was not accepted. The liabilities foot
up to $43,000, and assets 813,000.
—David Collinson was killed in his
saw mill at Seeley's Bay on Saturday.
In adjusting the belting he was caught
by it, pulled among the machinery
and horribly mutilated. He was taken
from the debris dead.
—Many of the public schools of Mont-
real are reported to be in a very bad
.
with the little dust that might get on making a professional visit the other
their clothes or about the shoe leather day, he was severely bitten on the leg
by an ugly dog owned by F. Richter,
Galt road. The wound was promptly
cauterized and the dactor will keep an
eye on the dog, pending possible devel-
opment of rabies in the animal.
—On Thursday David H. Hunt and
P. J. M. Halley, started to walk across
the river on the ice from Detroit to the
Canadian side, when Hunt slipped into
force of men, paving, grading, building
walks, and otherwise improving the an airhole. Halley in trying to rescue
streets, which is much needed. The his companion also got in the water and
material used for paving is stone and both had a narrow escape from drown -
asphaltum, the latter being a tedious ing.
and eery expensive pavement and costs —A meeting of veterinary surgeons
25c per square foot. When completed from Middlesex, Perth and. Oxford was
held in Woodstock, for the purpose of
considering the advisibility of forming
a local organization kir common im-
provement, and for securing greater
unanimity. Oe motion of Dr. Mc Lure,
of Woodstock, seconded by Dr. Wilson,
of London, it was -decided to form a
local veterinary association, to be call-
ed the Central Veterinary Association.
it makes a beautiful street, perfectly
noiseless and far superior sto the block
pavement in every way. It has a
smoother surface and nothing about it
to decay and breed disease. It will last
much longer. I admired it as soon as I
saw it, and have carefully watched the
progress of building it all the way
throtigh. I have met a good many per -
friend. Her daughter, who was with
her, hailed a street, car into which both
entered, but before proceeding 200 yards
Mrs. Shepard was dead. She was 59
years of age and leaves to mourn her loss
a husband, four sons and five daughters,
one of whom was married last week and
had just reached her new home in Hum-
boldt, Iowa.
—The Kincardine Reporter says: A
brew wee laddie of the many waifs that
are annually gathered by Miss Rye and
others in the motherland for a home in
Canada, was shipped from one of the
Homes on Saturday last to a farmer in
Kintail, by the Grand Trunk Railway,
and -transferred at Goderich in care of
the jovial driver of the bus, who lifted
him with deep tenderness into the stal-
wart arms of J. Rose, of the Kincardine
stage, for his destination, with a father-
ly advice to take care of him.
—The Ontario Fruit Growers' Asso-
ciation closed its annual meeting on the
9th inst. at Ottawa. Among other sub-
jects discussed at the session were the
grievances of fruit growers against rail-
roads, the chief complaint being delay
in shipping and loss and damage caused
by shunting. A resolUtion declaring
war on the English sparrows was also
passed. Arrangements .are being made
for holding a Dominion Fruit Growers'
convention next year, to last four days,
—The Edmonton 13h1letin says "S. Cunningham, meml;er of the North-
west Council, haa recently • returned
from a trip to Lac La Riche, and re-
ports the condition of many Indians in
the Victoria agency as deplorable.
They are on the verge of starvation and
are a burden to the white settlers, Who
are being eaten out by the Indians, who
come begging from the reserve. He has
represented the condition of affairs re-
peatedly to the authorities at Regina
without effect."
—The literary society in the school-
room of School Section No. 3, Nissouri,
is a great success. On Friday evening
last the house was filled to overflowing
and a very enjoyable time was spent.
The vice-president, Miss Lizzie Roberts,
occupied the chair and an excellent pro-
gramme was presented, consisting of a
debate with music interspersed. The
subject of debate wes "Resolved that
Britain is a greater nation than the
United States." There was also a lady
on the committee chosen to give the de-
cision on the debate.
—Dr. T. Ovens, of Arkona, recently
passed his examination in London,
England, for the diploma of the Royal
College of Physicians, of London. He
answered fully every question put to
him,eand was complimented by the ex-
aminers on the way he had passed.
The examiners said that his examination
reflected great credit on Trinity Medi-
cal School, Toronto, where he had been
educated. It is pleasant to find. our
young Canadian doctors doing their
country and themselves credit in Great
Britain in this honorable way.
—A young man by the name of
Moses Blake, of Paris, went out shoot-
ing on Tuesday last week and in the
evening about 7.30 staggered into his
mother's residence in an almost un-
conscious condition. Medical examina-
tion showed that his skull was badly
fractured, but as he has since become
delirious, no information as to how he
met with his injuries can be obtained
from him. It was at first thought he
might have shot himself, but medical
examination disproved this. It is now
supposed he met with his injuries at the
hands of some tramps, who wished to
secure his gun, etc.
—The Orillia Packet tells of a striking
instance of animal affection. On Mr.
Blair's farm an exceedingly intelligent
dog and an aged, rather vicious horse
formed a strong attachment. This af-
fection was constant for several years,
until some short time since the horse
died, and the carcass was left in the
bush. A member of the family found
the dog early one morning lying by and
guarding the carcass. The duty was
continued for three weeks, the dog mani-
festing every evidence of grief, until one
morning it too was found stretched out
in death beside its friend.
—The St. Paul Pioneer' Press has re-
ceived lurther reports of terrible dis-
tress among the Indians in the North-
west of Canada. Rev. W. Spendlove,
missionary, has reached Winnipeg from
north of the McKenzie River at Peace
River. He heard of cases where In--
dians had died of starvation and had
then been eaten by their comrades.
Deer have been very scarce for the past
two years. There is much feeling be- _
cause the Government at Ottawa has
taken no notice of the destitution of the
Indians repeatedly brought to their
attention. •
—John Campbell, of Beckwith, fa-
miliarly known as the " Duke of Argyle,"
died recently aged 80. He was a much -
respected pioneer of Lanark County.
He immigrated from Scotland in the
year 1818, and settled on the farm, on
which he died, some fifty years ago,
when this country was a wilderness.
By -his industry and perseverance he
amassed a large property; and was al-
ways one of the movers in any scheme
that had for its object the opening and
developmentofthe country. He leaves
a wife, three sons and three daughters.
In religion he was a Presbyterian, and
in politics a Conservative.
—Mr. John H. Stratford, the philan-
thropist, to whom Brantford owes so
much, died suddenly on Sunday, 12th
inst., while Mrs. Stratford was at
church. He had returned from Mon-
treal on Saturday evening and was feel-
ing well, except a sliebteore throat from
which nothing serious was anticipated.
It is evident he had a hemorrhage and
attempted to go to the telephone to call
aid, but died before reaching it, and was
found by his gardener lying dead upon
the floor in a pool of blood. The de-
ceased was in the 48th year of his age
and in the prime of life. He has left a
monument to his memory in the John
11. Stratford hospital, which he present-
ed to the city a year or two ago.
intrusion, secured help, and he
quietly ejected and taken care of by
policeman.
—Mr. John Reeves, who died regent-
ly at Harriston at the age of 82 years,
was a resident of Puslinch, thirtyi-five
or forty years ago, removing with his
family from there to the township of
:—
we
he
uke
de-
ther
Minto. The Galt Reporter say
He was a "jolly old soul" when
knew him, and had four sons who
had christened Matthew, Mark,
and John—and the old chap used t
clare that if he was blessed with ano
he'd call it "Acts of the Apostles.'
—A dastardly attempt to wre
Michigan Central Railway freight
was made Saturday afternoon a
distance east of Amherstburg. Some
had placed a steel rail across the rack
a few minutes before the arrival of the
train. The engine struck the rail, but
fortunately very little damage was done,
as neither engine nor cars were derailed.
It is supposed the obstruction was placed
there for the purpose of plundering on
the wreck. The officers of the cornany
are investigating.
—Three very sudden deaths occarred
in Toronto last Saturday. The driver
of a milk wagon whose horse had sterted.
off on the street, in running to catch it
burst a blood vessel aud died from the
effects in a few minutes. His name was
Saulter. Mrs. Thompson, wife of Mr.
Thompson, grocer, King street west,
also died suddenly from the bursting of
a blood vessel. The third death was
that of Mrs. Joseph Shepard, who was
taken ill on the street when returning
home after having taken tea with a
k a
rain
hort
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