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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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New Spruig Styles—E. McFaul. (&)
North American Banking Company. (6)
New Arrivals—James Pickard. (5)
Binder Twine—Johrit•on Bros. (5)
A Pair of Pants—J. W. Millar. (5)
Cheap Teas—J. Fairley. (6)
The Leading Clothiers—Duncan & Duncan. (5)
A. B. C. Remedy—I. V. Fear (6)
McFaul's Millinery Opening-, 121—(8)
• Farmers' Banking House— Logan & Co. (5)
Latter Day Saints—R. C Evans. (8)
Jiunes Pickard's Millinery Opening. (8)
Seeds at H. J. Scott's. (5)
Farm for Sale—R. McNaughton. (5)
Scott's Latest—H. J. Scott. (5)
For Service—H. & W. D. Smith. (5)
Partnership Dissolved—Smith & Greb. (6)
Executors' Notic.--K Milit r (5)
Farm for ale or to Rent—R. Delgatty. (6)
Mortgage Sale—Cameron, "Mit & Cameron. (6)
Mortgage Sale—Cronyn & Witts. (5)
A Big Sale . -.1 P. Brine. (8)
To Pig Breeder—Charles Troyer, (5)
Auction Sale of Farm Sto(-k—Wm. Habkirk. (6
Farmers' Banking II use—Logan & Co. (8)
Auction Salt of Farm Stock—A.. Davidson. (6)
House to Rent—Charles Lowrie. (5)
Bear it in Mind—Logan & G. (8)
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Millinery Opening --Duncan & Duncan. (8)
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nrollit X p 0 sitor.
BEAFO-IiTH, FRIDAY, Mar. 23, 1888.
They Did Right.
As is alreads knewn to our readers,
Mr. Thos. Greenway and Mr. Joseph
Martin, the Premier and Minister of
Justice of Manitoba., have been in Ot-
towa for a couple of weeks. They came
there at the invitation of Sir Jehn for
the purpose of endeavoring to arrange
matters so that the railway monopoly,
so much complained of by the Manito-
bans, could be done away with. Soon
after their arrival at the cepital the
Manitoba ministers had an interview
with the Dominion Itremirhe but contrary
to expectations Sir Jithn had no propo-
sition to make to them. His object, no
doubt, was to draw out of them ail he
could and if possible to get them com-
mitteda_either directly or indirectly to
some eort of compromise. The Mani-
toban delegates, however, had but one
answer to all his enquiries. They Were
bound to break the monopoly of the
Canada Pacific Railway If the Do-
minion Government would do this for
them, well and good; if not they
would take the matter into their own
hands and build the Red River Valley
Railway, which they looked to, to get
them relief, and that they would build
this road disallowance or no disallow-
ance. They stuck to this position and
all the blandishments of the old man
could not move them from it. He found
them to be made of different material
from that which he had been accustom-
ed to deal with from Manitoba. But as
he could not use them to snit his own
purposes, he evidently had no further
use for them and from that out he treat-
ed them with at least apparent, stied
indifference. The delegates having
other business to attend to in Ottawa
and Montreal waited around for two
weeks and still no proposition came from
the Government. During this time they
sent three messages to the Government
reminding them that their time was
precious, and that if any propositions
were to be made they must be made
speedily, as they had to return to their
ditties in their own Province. These
several d e spatch es received no
further notice than an offiicial
ackno w 1 edgm en t, the Government
no doubt thinking that the pres-
ent Manitoba Ministers would do as old
John Norqua.y was in the habit of doing,
meekly await their pleasure, acoept such
treatment as they deigned to bestow
upon them, and be thankful that they
were allowed to live. They never made
a greater mista,ke, however, for when
the appointed day arrived, Messrs.
Greenway and Marten addressed a final
forrnal note to the Government, inform-
ing them that having awaited the ap-
pointed time, and having' no official of-
fer or overture of settlement, they in-
tended leaving for their homes by the
first train, and if the Government had
anything further to say to them, they
could address their propositions to Win-
nipeg, and in the event of unpleasant
consequences arising out of no settlement
having been made, the responsibility .must
rest with themselves. Having dispatch-
ed this final missive to the Government,
the Manitobans packed their grips, and
shaking the dust or snow of the Capital
from their feet, were on their way to the
land of prairie flowers and No. 1 hard
before the Ottawa ministers had time to
rub their eyes and fully realise what had
happened. That Messrs. Greenway and
Martin pursued a proper course every
right thinking person will acknowledge,
and all will give them credit for their
pluck arid independence. They are evi-
dently made of the right kind of stuff.
Where Mr. Greenway and his colleague
made the mistake was in going to Ottawa
at all. They had and have matters in
their own haieds, and if the old man had
anything to say to them they should
have made him come to them, in-
stead of they going to him. But having
walked into the trap so skilfully set for
them, they are entitled to the highest
credit for their skill in escaping unin-
jured,wlaen, under similar circumstances,
so many others have fallen.
It is evident, however, that the Gov-
ernment have at length come to realise
the dangers of the position in Manitoba.
They now see that the people of that
Province are in earnest, mean businets
and are not to be trifled with, and they
are commencing to talk settlement.
3.
They have had several conferences with
the magnates of the Canada Pacific
Railway on the subject. It seems
they dare not e a step without con-
sulting them. Th government run the
country and th rally/et, company run the
Government, and tlitween them they
will run, five or six millions more out of
pockets of the Ca adian people, and into
the coffers of the ailway company, and
when thie sleight f band proceeding is
accomplished, the olicy of disallowance
of Manitoba chartersWill be abandoned,
and that Province will be allowed to
build as many roads to the boundary; or
elsewhere as their means will afford, and
all will be happy once more until the
company run short of funds to buy some
more roads, build some more steamers,
or pay larger dividends, and then an-
other row will be got up, and the poor
but honest and long-suffering taxpayer
will be again fleeced.
A Change of Tune.
In the Exe Times of last week we
find the follow' g
"The true fiends of temperance ac-
knowledge that their best opportunity
of securing legislation favorable to their
views, is to keep the matter free from
party politics and treat it as a moral and
social question, in which those of both
political parties, having temperance
principles, can unite. True temperance,
however, passes from view when a Re-
form politician sees a chance of gaining
a little party capital,and oflembarrassing
opponents."
These rema ks are called forth by the
motion of Mr. Mills made in the House
of Commons a few days ago, asking the
Government t take in hand the duty of
making the n eded amendments to the
Canada Temp ranee Act. They are also
intended to excuse the temperance
Conservatives in Parliament who voted
against --Mr. fill's resolution for fear
that if it pass d the Government might
be embarrass and who in this way
show that tlfrir political proclivities
are a good dea stronger than their tem-
perance princi les, But, what we wish
specially to d rect attention to is the
change of tune on the partofour Exeter
contemporary. It will still be fresh in
the minds of n anY that the Times was
exceedingly in ignant at the temperance
Reformers of 'osith Huron and abused
them withont ti, because they refus-
ed at the last rotvincial election to vote
for Mr. Swine ton, who, although a pro-
fessedly temperance man himself,
was opposed o Go6rnment which
had pledged itself to use all
means at its disposal to carry out
temperance p inciples by° securing the
enforcement o the ScottAct. There was
no word then about keeping temperance
free from part politics, etc. Now,how-
ever, when it is ijicessary to screen its
own party friencls in parliament from
the consequerrces of voting directly
against the interests of temperance rath-
er than embarr
and when it is
to justify that
give needed az
he himself co
that the temp
kept free from
be treated onl
question. V
be found in th
ass, their political leader,
further found necessary
leader in his refusal to
endments to a law which
trols, the cry is raised
ranee question must be
party politics and should
as a moral and social
rily, consistency is not to
Exeter sanctumr
THE mem be
distinguishing
city debate no
minion Parlia
Ian led off an
Porter. On
delivered an a
Doctor was
Brown of Harr
bered'by some
for Huron have been
hemeelves in the recipro-
in progress in the Do-
ent. Mr. John McMil-
was followed by Mr.
ednesdax Dr. McDonald
mirable address. The
°flowed by Mr. Adam
iltorewho will be remem-
of the older residents of
the northern townships as one of the
leading railwa.y campaigners when
bonuses were being sought for the Wel-
lington, Grey nd Bruce Railway. Mr.
Brown is repo ted to have said : "He
challenged th last speaker (Dr. Mc-
Donald) to go to his own comity and
advocate this oficy,/which could result
in nothing sho t of annexation, and he
would guarantee that the honorable
gentleman wo 14 be left at home .by his
constituents." The doughty Adam did
not know wha he was talking about.
He may have orhe idea of public feeling
in the city of Hamilton, but he don't
know much about it in the countrY.
Dr. McDonald has "advocated this
policy " in several parts of this eounty
and by his able advocacy of it has int
creased his popularity and prestige with
both political parties very materially,
and it is very doubtful if an opponent
of it could now be elected for either sof
the three constituencies of Huron. The
farmers of Huron are intelligent and
know what is for their good, and they
are not so simple as to be frightened by
the absurd annexation "bogie"into
voting against a policy that would put,
on an average, $100 a year clear cash
into the pockets of each one instead of
into the Yankee treasury. It is those
who advocate the continuance of a policy
that puts money into the American
treaaury, that ought and would but for
it, go into the pockets of Ontario farm-
ers,who- are disloyal. And they are the
meaneet kind of disloyalists, for they are
disloyal to their own country.
GREAT Loss OF LIFE AND SHIPPING.—
Daring the recent storm between one
and two hundred vessels were ei-
ther cast ashore, capsized Or sunk in
the Chesapeake Bay. Frorzi 30 to 40
were wrecked and from 13 to 30 people
were drowned. Most of the boats were
l'31oops and oyster schooners. Inunda-
tions of the low lands of the Maryland,
Delaware and Virginia peninsula caused
great damage. On the eastern shore of
Virginia people were obliged to live in
the attics evithoutlfire and food, and in
one harbor vessels were carried over 50
feet inland, where the receding tides
have left them high and dry.
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
TORONTO, march 20, 1888.
AsIlintimated to you in a former" letter,
thedovernrnent,contrary,Iunderstand,to
their first intention, determined that_the
Manhood Suffrage bill should become law
this session, and on Friday the Premier
moved the second reading ef the bill.
As he was speaking to a House which
was understood to be well disposed to-
wards the measure, he argued neither
long nor strenuously in its favor.
In fact the present condition of af-
fairs is such that even those who, are
most sceptical about the intelligence and
trustworthiness of the "masses" can
scarcely object to the introduction of
rnauhood suffrage in naane. Manhood'
suffrage in substance already exists;
the new law will add but few names to
the list, but in simplicity and conven-
ience to the elector it will be an immense
improvement on the present system. In
the latter particular it is superior to
most of the American systems. In
states where manhood suffrage prevails,
the intending elector must give notice of
his desire to have his name placed on the
list. In Ontario, the names will be col-
lected in the first instance by the asses-
sor, as he. makes his regular rounds,
and then persons, accidentally or inten-
tionally left off, may give notice, and if
they are entitled to vote their names
may be added. ' The bill as at first in-
troduced required such persons to make
an affidavit,but in deference to the opin-
ions of Mr.Gibson,of Huron, and others,
the change iudicated was made while the
bill was in the committee stage.
The merits or derherits of manhood
suffrage were not discussed during the
debate on the second reading — the
question at issue being whether the
Reformers or the Conservatives had the
greater share of credit for the introduc-
tion of this measure. The Reformers
started off with the advantage of being
the authors of the hill; the Conserva-
tives pointed to the resolution in fay rr
of manhood suffrage moved in 1885,
and rejected by the government; the
reformers retorted by saying that the
resolution was "bunkum", and eo on.
Mr. Waters was the only man in the
house who was dissatisfied with the
bill. That was because it did not give
the suffrage to Women. The pas-
sage of : the act .. will greatly
strengthen the Reformers in the Domin-
ion House, in demanding either -Manhood
Suffrage or the repeal of the Dominion
,Franchise Act.
ONTARIO'S MINES.
' The other important event of the
week was the debate on Mr. Meredith's
resolutions relating to the timber and
minerals of the Province. About the
minerals, Mr. Meredith and Mr. Wood,
of,Hastings, who seconded the resolu-
tion, said but little. Mr. Meredith's
speech related chieuy to the preservation
of the forests, and the encouragement of
the manufacture of lumber on Canada
soil. Mr. Wood took up the grievartnce.s
of the settlers, which is, briefly,
:at
the settler is not allowed to use t ce tim-
ber which the lumberman does pt
want, and that this timber is allowed to
go to waste. Mr. Fraser replied to these
speeches by an elaborate defence of the
timber policy of the Government; and
he dealt with the question of the miner-
als, by introducing an amendment declar-
ing that a royal cemmision ought to look
into the matter during recess. This was
evidently a better plan than the commit-
tee suggested by Mr. Meredith, and from
a party standpoint the Opposition lost
some of the advantages which they
would have gained by introducing the
question. They all vote! for Mr. Fraser's
commission, having first put on record
by an amendment, their view that a
committee ought to enquire into the
timber question.
A POLICY OF MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT.
The commision of enquiry into miner-
als, and the setting apart of the De-
partment of Agriculture, with the in-
ference that greater attention is to be
paid to that industry, point to the fact
that , development of the natural re-
sources of Ontario is to become one of
the strong points of the policy of the
Ontario Government. The Conserva-
tive party of the Dominion has for many
years been fighting with that motto on
its banners, but its policy of material
development has been marked by great
blunders which it is likely that the
Ontario Government will avoid.
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
The report of the Municipal Com-
mission was brought down last
week: Its suggestions relate main-
ly to the goverment of large- cities,
while in the municipalities the mat-
ters requiring amendment appear to
be the audit and mode of assessment.
THE NEW COUNTY CRAZE.
The people of Huron, Grey and
Perth, who have for so many years been
agitating for the formation of a new
county, will have to wait for another
year. The Government brought down
a general scheme for the formation ef
new counties, the machinery being for
a petition from the township councils, a
commission of county judges, a popular
vote,and a proclamation by the Lieuten•
ant -Governor. But after Mr. Hardy
had moved the second reading of the
bill,half a dozen members rose and said
it was too late for so important a mea-
sure to be put through, and so it was
announced that the Government would
not insist upon the bill becoming law
this session.
THE CLOsING P.
Prorogation will take place on Thurs-
day, 'eight weeks and one day after the
opening of the session. Short sittings
and- short debates have characterized it,
and it will also be remembered as the
session in which the inter -provincial
resolutions were endorsed,manhood suf-
frage established, the department of
agriculture re -modelled, and an enquiry
into Ontario's mineral wealth instituted.
—A few weeks ago Mr. Wm. Cox and
family, of Goderich township, became
suddenly and violently ill, and upon
calling Dr. Whiteley, of Goderich, to
treat the case, that medical gentleman
gave as his opinion that they were all
_suffering from the effects of poison in
their food, and upon examining a bag of
Hour that had been obtained at Ogilvie
THE HURON
XPOSITc,R.
& Hutchinson's Mills, Goderich, stated
that he believed the flour contained the
cause of the trouble. This statement
having come to the notice of Mr. Hut-
chinson, manager of the Goderich Mills,
he procured a sample of theflour from
Mr. Cox and had it analyzed by Pro-
fessor Ruttan, of Montreal. That
gentleman has given a report to the
effect that the &tur contains no dele-
terious substance and that it is im-
possible any person could be poisoned
by using it.
OUR OTTAWA LETTER.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
Gnaws, March 20th, 1888.
The debate on Unrestricted Reciproci-
ty is in full swing in the Commons. So
much will reach the EXPOSITOR from
other sources upon this Subject, that it
will hardlY be worth while ib this letter
,
to go into the matter at the length its
1
importance would otherwiae demand.
The principal fact in the affair as it
stands to -day is that the Government
has presented an ainendment to the
resolution brought forward On the other
side, which draws the line between the
parties sharply and distinctly. The iss
sue now before the country is Reciproci-
ty or National Policy. The resolution
has been debated, SO far, by Sir Richard
Cartwright (the mover), Hon. Thomas
White, Hon. L. H. Davies, Hon. Geo.
E. Foster Mr. Jobe McMillan of South
Huron, Mr. Dessaint, Mr. Charlton, Mr.
Lavergne and Mr. Davis. The speeches
have been above the average i in debate,
and in nearly every case have given
evidence of deep research 'nd careful
consideration. The speech f Sir Rich-
ard was so fine as to add distinctly ,even
to his high reputation as a speaker and
as an autherity 011 trade and financial
questions. . He spoke unusually long for
him, but the question is such a large
one and will have to be considered from
so many standpoints, that he doubtless
felt it to be incumbent upon him to
start the greet debate in the press and
on the platform which, in a
wilt become as wide as the b
Dominion, and give it the di
impetus which he deemed
few weeks
unds of the
ection and
ssential to
success. His address will be found a
mine from which almost any quantity of
campaign literature upon the subject
can be drawn. Hon. Mr. White suffer-
ed under the disadvantage of following
immediately after Sir Richard had fin-
ished, and as neither he ner anybody
else could have seen that the greatest
debater now iu the House would have
made such a magnificent effo t, he was
not only unprepared to meet the argu-
ments brought forward, bu he could
not but feel that he showed at consider-
able disadvantage beside thu mover of
the resolution. He was qui$ up to his
usual form, however, Ouent,--da'ring 'in
drawing conclusions and eloqUent in
praise of the country and its Govern-
ment, the two being essentially conjoin-
ed in his, estimation. He gained the
privilege of replying to Sir Ri hard ouly
by reason of the abrence of Sir Charles
Tupper, who has been ill ver since
Tuesday last. There is gen ine regret
oreall hands that Sir Charles could not
be present, for he is the only man in the
_House who, as a debater, is i the same
class with the financial critic f the Op-
position, and a great deal of t ie interest
of the occasion is lost through his ab-
sence. I shall have more to say of Sir
Charles' illness later on. Mrr Charlton
spoke quite as well as usual. He has
not trained his mind to the scientific
consideration of trade probletns .as Sir
Richard Cartwright has, bl he is a
thorough Liberal and appli .3 Liberal
principles ietuitively to the question un-
der d•scussion whatever it mail be. He
has a wonderful knowledge aleo of what
may be considered the details of the
probl m—that is the statistics of trade
and the changes of law as they effect
the riult shown in the statistics. The
speech of Hon. Mr. Foster, spoken by
almot any other man, would have been
very effective. But if the force of the
3peeches of a Blake or a Laurier is in the
belief in the hearts of his hearers that the
spea er is a true and noble man, it, of
cours , follows that even Vie keenest
logic, the most profound thought, the
most vivid eloquence from the lips of
such a man as Mr. Foster is generally
estee ned to be the merest folly n. have the
very opposite effect from that intended.
Without attempting to say anything
here in depreciation or in pra se of Mr.
Foster, the fact remains that he is far
from popular among his fello members
on either side of the House. Mr. Davies
has been for years the champion of Re-
ciprocity. He has brought forward
resolutions in favor of it on eeveral oc-
casions, being on those occasions backed
by the whole strength of the Liberal
party. He is a true- orator and being
enthusiastic on his subject' and un-
usually well informed upon it,he made a
speech which must have great, effect up-
on the discussion of the question in the
country. Mr. McMillan, is well-known
as a farmer of Huron County, and one
of the very best farmers in the Province.
The same keen,good sense and studious,
careful methods which have made him a
brilliant man among hundreds of thou-
sands of his class make him a power in
the House. He never speak 's except
when he has something to say and it
would be as well for denan to deny the-
multiplication table as to attempt to
controvert anything that he asserts to
be a fact. He speaks with the broadest
kind of a broad Scotch accent, but the
evident earnestness of the man causes
his hearers ahnost to forget this except
when the Doric leads him into some
particularly marked departure frOm the
ordinary Canadian pronunciation. It
was expected by the Conservatives that
they would have Quebec ahnost solid
with thern against Reciprocity, but the
speeches of Mr. Dessant and Mr.
Laverque, both French-Canadian Liber -
ale, not only prove that -the Liberal
party in Quebec is sound on this ques-
tion, but that they can show good rea-
son for the faith that is in them. Mr.
Laverque had not spoken in the House
at any length before. Like the major-
ity of French-Canadians he speaks Eng-
lish and speaks it well. He made a re-
markably clear and scholarly speech
which will have the most weight with
those solid men in the country who
make up their minds on the basis of
their own research and reasoning. Mr.
Davin is not a debater, but
an after-dinner speaker and popular lec-
turer. He was out of his element in
this discussion. Nobody takes Nicholas
Flood Davin seriously ; even his draw-
ing several thousands of dollars a year
from the Government for alleged adver-
tising in the Regina Leader, is consider-
ed a sort of joke. He speaks with his
tongue, his brain having but little di-
rection over it. On this OCCafil011 his
grammar was correct, and hi a vocal mod-
ulation appropriate. The _division on
the question will, of course, be an ap-
propriate one, but not a few Conserva-
tive nembers are beginning to calculate
what inducements the Government will
have to offer their several constituencies
to keep them in line at the next election.
The arrangement has been made that
the debate shall continue from day to
day until finished. It ie expected that
it will last fully a week. Beginning on
Wednesday, it will not conclude before
to-morrow'and may last for three or
four data; longer, as this is a question OD
which a member who is in the habit of
apea-king at all, desires to be heard.
GREEN WAY VICTORIOUS.
- After all the apprehensimi expressed
in previous letters of the injurious ef-
fect of treachery or cajolery to be prac
tieed upon Messrs. Greenway and Mar-
tin, the delegates from Manitoba, it
seems that these innocent flies have
walaed into the spider's parler, remain-
ed there as long as they thought righ amid
walked out again without the old spider
even daring to look indignant at them.
Mr. Greenway told Sir John Macdonald
exactly what he would do, and exactly
what he wouldn't do, and though neith-
er of them suited the "old man " very
well, he was unable to help hitnself. The
Canadian Pacific people interviewed him
on the same basis, and it is now almost
officially announcedthat -the monopoly
"right,"as it is called, is to be bought
out because Mr. Greenway and the peo-
ple of Manitoba, insist upon saying they
never agreed to hand their Province over
bodily to the Canadian Pacific, and do not
recognize that "right." Vhat amount
will be given this !cormorant corporation
this session is not. definitely known, but
it is estimated at all the way from
five to twenty millions Of dollars.
It was said at one time that Mr. Chap-
leau would not permit the purchase, but
this was manifestly a- mietake. Mr.
Chapleau never blocks anything the
Government wants to do. He only de
mantis a price for allowing them to take
any step which is not of the most ordin-
ary character. By the way, those not
in the secret of the affair, must often
wonder why it is that Chapleau has this
tremendous tribute -levying power. The
fact is that he is the only man in the
.House besides Sir John Macdonald who
has a personal following. Sir John
yieids to him for the reason that he
yielded to Greenway, that he yields to
the Canadian Pacific, that he yields to
the half-breeds—because he has to do it
or forfeit power. Mr. Chapleau is a
greater man than Sir John Macdonald
in some respects. He is a partner in
the Government and, he yields the place
of managing partner only on receiving
every now and then a good round surn
for it—not for himself, be it understood,
for Mr. Chapleau is like Sir John in
that his acts of corruption benefit only
his friends.- To say that Sir John hates
Mr. Chapleau, is putting it very mild-
ly indeed. If he could catch him " with-
out his crowd " as the school boys say,
he would end his political life with a
suddenness whieh would be surprising.
The issue now to be made is; about like
this, as Tories must reason it out: The
Canadian. Pacific monopoly is necessary
in order to bring the Northwest traffic
through the older provinces To aban-
don it would injure the country: it
must be abandoned; therefore, let us
pay from five to twenty mil ions for the
privilege of doing this injury to the
country.
1E VACANT SPEAKERSHIP.
News dcnicerning the -death of Hon.
J. Burr Plumb, speaker of the Senate,
will have reached you by ot
for it is now a week since t
occurred. Mr. Plumb le
ended his political career, f
expected that after the spe•
political preferment a.waite
announsed, apparently by
er channels
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authority,
that his successor will be
Allan, of Toronto. Among tre.GpolitieVal
corpses of the Senate no better choice
could have been made to oc ,apy the use-
less place of Speaker. Mr. Allan is by
instinct a member of the British House
of Lords. He is the iead4iq relic of
family comp ict times, mane er in Cana-
da of that detestable rnoiiopoly, the
Canada Company, a political nonenitity
and educated to be a gentleman among
those he considers his equate. By the
bye, there was an exceedingly funny
scene in the Senate when that body met
after the Speaker's death and grave ques-
tions of procedure arose as to whether
they really were in session when nobody
was in the chair, what they were there
for if they wern't in session and so on.
At last the oldest Senator in the Cham-
ber, Senator Ryan, took the chair "by
cohsent" and disaster to theconstitution
was averted.
SIR CHARLES TUPPER'S ILLNESS.
There seems to be a very general im-
pression among his own friends, that Sir
Charles Tupper has at last exhausted
his stock of energy beyond repair. He
has been the must forceful man in Can-
adian politics with the =exception of
Hon. George Brown. Nothing but sheer
boldness and wha4 might be called intel-
lectual muscle carried him through the
many fearful political feuds in which he
has been all his life engaged. He has
never been second to any man save Sir
John Macdonald and it is probable that
only the fact that he came from a less
populseus Province and one which could
hardly furnish the leader in the early
days of Confederation reconciled him to
acting second even to such a man as the
Premier. It seems to be a recognized
fact here among those who know the
facts that as Canadian High Commis-
sioner he virtually represented all the
Colonies, being a more prominent man
than any other colonial representative.
Though the Prince of Wales was nomin-
ally the head of the Colonial Exhibition,
Tupper "ran" the Prince and the Ex-
hibition too. He was indispensable to
the Tories in the lastgeneralelection,and
no other man could give away Canada's
case at Washington with the same mag-
nificent assumption of, success. It is
stated that he will return to London
after the session to resume the High
Commissionership _and that a cabinet re-
construction will follow his departure,
young Tupper entering the Cabinet and
Tom White being made Minister of
finance.
THE COMBINES.
The Committee on Combines has taken
a great deal of evidence during the week
mainly in reference to the sugar com-
bine. The result so far has been to
prove just what was known before, that
the wholesale grocers finding themselves
selling sugar without a profit and having
the option of combining against the
monopoly of refiners or against the pub-
lic, chose the latter course, and added
their backing to the monopoly and the
people of Canada should not forget it.
News of the Week.
IMMIGRANTS. —At Castle Garden,New
dYaoyr.k, 2,262 immigrants landed on Sun -
SMASHED TO KINDLING WOOD.—Thir-
teen cars loaded with freight were
smashed to kindling woodin a collision
at Romeo, Michigan, the other day.
BEEF CATTLE FOR THE ARMY.— A
Denver (Colorado) firm has closed a
contract with the French Government
for 150,000 head of beef cattlq annually
for the artny.
RAILWAY IN SIAM.— An English
synd ieate has obtained a conceSsion from
the- Kteg of .Siam for the construction of
rd away from. liankok to Zirnme.
KILLED BY THE LOCOMOTIVE.— Rev.
Eugene Peck, pastor of the Eastern
Presbyterian church, Washington, D.C.,
was struck by a locotnotive while walk-
ieg on the railroad track and instantly
killed,
THE SEVENTEENTH OF IRELAND.—St.
Patrick's day was observed to a larger
extent than usual this year, and addres-
es were delivered in many English towna
by members of the Nationalist party.
THE EMPEROR'S HEALTH.— Emperor
Frederick's health has not suffered by
the fatigue of his journey to Berlin nor
the subsequent excitement of the funer-
al,and he is able to devote several hours
each day to affairs of State.
FIFTY PERSONS DROWNED.—A disaster
is .reported at Sassin, Prussia- The
bridge at that place was. broken _ by
drifting ice a.nd 50 persons were thrown
into the water, many of whom were
drowned. Eleven bodies have been re-
covered. wEp
ING PARTY OF SIXTEEN DROWN-
.
ED. --A wedding party of 16 persons
returning from the church at Neusatz,
Hungary, started to cross the ice on the
Danube in; carriages. When half way
across the ice gave way and the entire
party was drowned.
ANOTriER, RAILWAY WRECK.—A pas-
senger train jumped the track Monday
min ning near Binghampton, New York,
two ctrs being thrown down a twelve -
foot embankment and burned. Thirty
people were inj ured, fou r fatally. Among
tne injured are Miss Plant, of Hamil-
ton, and Dr. P. S. Graham, of London,
Ontario.
DR. MACKENZIE THREATENED.. -1-- DT.
MacKenzie has received numerous
threatening letters since going to Berlin,
and the Emperor has ordered that spec-
ial measures be taken for the doctor's
protection.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN NEW YORK. —
The slushy streets and the raw air did
not prevent the Irish organizations of
this city from parading in honor of St.
Patrick. The procession was reviewed
by the common council and heads of the
city departments.
LORD DUFFERIN HONORED.— The
Dufferin memorial committee at Calcut-
ta has decided to place in front of the
town hall a statue of Lord Dufferin and
within the hall a portrait of Lady Duf-
ferin. The native opposition to this
project has all along been and is still
very strong, but the committee voted
almost unanimously to thus honor the
actiring Viceroy in spite of the objec-
tions raised.
ANOTHER. RAILWAY HORROR.— The
first section of the fast mail train from
New -York for Jacksonville went through
a trestle at a point 75 miles south of
Savannah Saturday morning. The entire
train, except the engine, is demoliehed.
Nineteen people are reported to have
been killed, and between 30 and 40 in-
jured, 10 of whom are expected to die.
Huron Notes.
—Nile Methodist church in West
Wawanosh has subscribed $100 for the
erection of the proposed new college
building in Toronto.
—The Bell Telephone Company intend
extending their line from Wingham to
Lucknow and Kincardine this season,
also to get direct connection with Clin-
ton and thence to London.
—Mr. Hazlewood, engineer for the
Canadian Pacific Railway, has com-
menced the work of making a survey of
the route of the proposed new branch
from Guelph to Goderich.
—Mrs. Grant, wife of the late Peter
Grant, one of the early pioneers of the
Huron Tract, passed away last week .at
the residence of her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Spence, Goderich, at the ripe age
of 86 years.
—A week ago last Sunday Mrs. Geo.
Swanson, of Goderich, fell, while step-
ping out of her back door, and had one
of her ribs broken. She is now under
medieal treatment, and it is hoped will
soon regain her accustomed strength.
—Mr. Thos. McLaughlin, of Gretehas
sold his only remaining imported stal-
lion "The Tourist" to Mr. P. Thompson,
of Brussels, for $1,000. Mr. McLaugh-
lin intends leaving for the old country
for another batch of horses about the
first of April.
—A daughter of Mr. John Black -
borough, of Blyth, has just completed a
log -cabin quilt, which contains sixteen
hundred pieces. Miss Blackborough has
spent the greater part of two years in
making -it, and we doubt if its number
can be excelled.
—We are sorry to announce the death
of Mr. George Raithby, of the 12th con-
cession of Hullett, which took place last
week. Deceased was one Of the early
residents of the township, a man highly
estemeed and respected, and had only
been sick for one week. In politics he
was a Reformer.
—It is stated that Miss Maggie Mc-
Kenzie, who was formerly assistant
teacher in School Section No. 8,Hullett,
and who left for the States, is now re-
ceiving a salary of sixty dollars a month
as second teacher in a Grammar school,
in which there are either six or nine
teachers employed.
—Mr. Francis Ashton, of Farquhar,
in TJsborne, died last week, and the re-
mains were interred in the Elimville
cemetery. In the early days Mr. Ash-
ton was an earnest local preacher in
connection with the Methodist church
and was greatly admired by all who
knew him for his many christian virtues.
—Miss Christina Jamieson, daughter
of Mr. John Jamieson of Ethel, was
married last week at her father's resi-
dence to Mr. Wm. J. Sharpe, also of
Ethel. The bride was neatly dressed in
drab cashmere,trimmed with cream lace
and ribbon, and was attended by Miss
Ella Sharpe; of Goderich, sister of the
groom, who was similarly attired. The
groom was supported by Joseph Hems-
worth. At the conclusion of the cere-
mony many hearty congratulations were
MARCH 23,1888,
extended to the happy couple, and then
all sat down to a sumptuous dinner.
After doing justice to the many good
things provided for the occasion,
consisting of young folks took a drive to
the station, where, amid showers of rice,
the happy eouple took the 2.40 train for
n
Clintoand Goderich,where they intend
aparty
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—Mr.
a
lage of Bayfield, has gone to Dakota on
a prospecting tour. He has a friend who
Is engaged in the nursery business at
Devil's Lake, and has been offered a good
" sit " with him, and he goes to sea how
he will like it, the council having grant-
ed him six weeks' leave of absence,
—The Goderich Signal of last week
contains the following paragraphs The
Conservative party hexing paid all
costa in connection with the recent
West Huron election protest, all per-
sons who subscribed to the Reform fund
and paid the same to Samuel Sloane,
treasurer, are requested to call on hies
and receive the amounts so paid.
—Mr. A. lnnes, of Stanley, shipped_ a
9t- months old colt to a buyer from Iowa,
on Wednesday, for which he received
$215 ; this was from the well-known
stallion Pride of Avon. Mr. Thomas
Didsdale, of Kippen, delivered an en-
tire horse in Clinton on Wednesday,
which he h,oichhe had sold for something over
$
—Mr. W. B. Dickson, barrister, Brus-
sels, has taken into partnership with
him Mr. Stanley Hays, of Godericia
son of the late W. T. Hays at one tine
a prominent and popular resident of
this county. Mr. Dickson leaves short-
ly on a professional visit to Helena,
Montana, and the Brussels business will
be attended to by Mr. Hays in his ab-
sence. ..
—An old countryman just out fro*
England, narrowly escaped being in-
stantly killed the other day while work-
ing in the woods of John Barr, Hullett.
He was in the act of felling a dead pise
tree, the top of which caught in a stand-
ing tree causing it to break in the mid-
dle and failing backward just missed the
cockney, who was badlyscared but net
hurt.
—The charge of embezzlement against
T. C. Edmunds Clinton agent of the
5, ger Sewing Machine Company, has
fa :len through, Judge Toms deciding
after hearing the evidence for the
presecution on Friday lase that it
did not support the charge. The de-
fendant now talks of a suit for malicious
prosecution, and the company is said to
be consideritg the pressing of further
charges.
—A vote has been taken on the organ
question- in the Presbyterian congrega-
tion in Londesboro, and the result wets a
majority for the organ of nearly two to
one. The session have decided to intro-
duce it both into the regular church ser-
vice and the Sabbath School. A com-
mittee has been appointed to purchase
one at once. We hope all concerned
will rejoice in the chang e for the better..
—Some fine specimens of trout have
been caught in lake Huron, near Lake
Vie,w recently. Several weighing as
heavy as twenty-five pounds. Mr. John
Laporte, of the Sauble Line, Hay, set
from 60 to 100 hooks one night last
week, and next morning secured a num-
ber of fine trout, ranging from 8 to 25
lbs. While he was away selling the
fish the ice left the shore taking the
hooks and lines with it.
—The total receipts of the town of
Clinton for the year 1887 amounted to
$21,485. Of this amount $4,217 was a
balance carried over from the previous
year, and $11,899 was raised by taxa-
tion. The following are some of the
principal items of expenditure : Charity,
$218; printing, $117 ; salaries, $1,403;
street improvements, 81.475; county
rate, $885; public school, $3,556; high
school, $2,408. flie total liabilities of
the town are $32,000, and the assets
$8,229.
—Saturday before last, Mr. James
Shepherd, of the Clinton Agricultural
Works, met with ayery painful accident,
which will deprive hitn of the use of his
left hand for some time, He was work-
ing at the shaper, when by some means
his hand was drawn in and so badly cut
that a couple of fingers may have to be
amputated. The injuries to the hand
were so severe that when it was being
dressed, he had to be kept under the in-
fluence of chloroform for four hours.
—An incipient fire occurred at the resi-
dence of Mr. W. D. Weekes in Exeter
one day last week. One of the Young
Ladies had built a fire in the parlor
stove, and it is thought that while doing
so, let a coal fall on the parlor floor. She
left the room, closing the door. After
dinner a member of the family, upon
going into the room, was astonished
to find the place filled with smoke.
Windows and doors were thrown open,
and the fire, which had already burnt a
very large hole in the floor, was at once
extinguished.
—The Clinton New Era of last week
has the followibg : A bridal couple re-
cently made a blunder that would not
have been pleasant for the bride at
least, had it not been discovered just
when it was. They had gone to the sta-
tion in the omnibus with a commercial
traveller as a companion who represent-
ed a button factory. His valise looked
like that belonging to the bridal couple,
and they were about to enter the train
with it, when he came up and claimed
it. As it only contained button samples,
the fix they might have been in may be
imagined.
—The township of Ashfield commenc-
ed the financial year 1887 with a balance ,
of $3,581 in the treasury and closed it
with a balance of $1,127. The collec-
tor's roll for the year amounted to $12,-
288. The total expenditures for the
year amounted to $16,254, and the fol-
lowing are some of the principal arti-
cles: Charities, 8138; Salaries, 8816;
Schools, 85,416; Roads and Bridges,
$4,642; County rate, 83,808; Printing,
897. The total assets of the township
amount to $2,046 and there are no liabil-
ities.
—AGoderich township farmer was
preparing some days ago for having
some wood cut by horse power on his
premises, and wishing to save the ex-
pense of having his horses shod Of
which they were much in need), he
sprinkled their path about the " power "
with a large quantity of ashes to give
them a soft track. The continued
tramping and the soft weather whieli
prevailed melted the ground and snow
to such a degree that a large amount of
lye was produced from the ashes and
next day both horses were laid up with
sore feet, requiring the attendance of a
veterinary, and the re -shoeing of the
horses as soon as they get well.
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