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the advertisement will be found.
Steck-TAN; Sale—Wm. Pickard. (5)
Money to Loan—Robert B. McLean. (5)
Farm for Saie—Oorden McAdarm (5)
Dag Lost—E. McFaul. (a)
Notice -John C. Morrison, (5)
Selling Out—Happel & Cleghorn. (5)
Harness, &c.—Mr. Snider. (8)
Clearing Sale—Wm. Pickard. (8)
-Fencing Timber for Sale—R. Doug -las. (5)
Constance Cheese and Butter Company. (5)
Farms for Sate—F. S. Scott. (3)
Syrup Tamarac Gum—H. S. Case. (5) ,
Notice to Creditors—Alexander Thompson. (6)
on txp ft to t to.
SEAFORTH. FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 1890.
The Vcrarden—ehip.
in the matter of the County Warden -
ship the da.rk horse has come to the front
and won the race. After the party
callouses hal got through manoeuvring,
Mr. Joseph Griffin, Reeve of Ashfield,
'was put forward as the Reform candi-
date, and Mr,- John Britton, Reeve of
Hullett, as the Conservative. The vote
resulted in a tie and Howick, the larg-
est municipality, gave the casting vote
in favor of Mr. Britton, who was thus
elected Warden for 1890. Next -to Sea -
forth, we have no doubt but HuIlett is
as justly entitled teethe Warclenship as
any ether municipality, and we can
heartily eongratelate its worthy Reeve
on the distinction accorded him by his
fellow eauneillors and feel sure that the
confidence thus reposed in him will not
be misplaced.
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An Explanation.
In our isene of the 10th inst. we pub-
lished a letter from Mr. D. M. Radcliffe
addressed to the Directors of the Ontario
Live Stock Insurance Company. A few
days ago we received a letter from
Messrs. Garrow & Proudfoot; Barristers,
Goclerich, inferming ns that in PUBLISH-
ING this letter we had. laid ourselves
open to an action for libel, and that they
had been inatructed by Mr. John Mc-
Millan and Mr. John Avery to com-
mence an action againgt us for danaages
unlegs we made a satisfaetory apology.
We may here state that it was quite un-
• necessary for Mr. McMillan and Mr.
Avery to go to this trouble, as had
either of them mentioned the matter to
us personally, to do which they both had
ample opportunity, we would long ere
this have made as ample reparation at
their instance, as we shall now make at
the inatance of their solicitors.. Our
only responsibility in connection with
Mr. °Radcliffe's letter is in the PUBLICA-
TION. We had nothing to da with the
instigating or writing of it, and in fact
did not know that it was being written
until it was handed to us in the Ordi-
nary course for publication. More than
this, it would have been much more in
accordance with our personal feelings to
ha.ve declined publishing it, for the rea-
son that we were Crn terms of friendship
with ail the parties concerned, and we
did not wish to be dragged into a con-
troversy on the subject. ° But, we
believed that Mr. -Radcliffe had been
unfairly treated by at least a portion of
the Directors, and that it was only fair
and just for us to allow him to be heard
before the bar of inblic opinion ; more
than this, he had been. publicly and
widely known as the originator and
principal promoter of the Company, and
that it woold be unjust and ungenerous
on our part to deny him the privilege of
placing before the public, in self justifi-
cation, the reasons which he believed
caused his severance from the Company
'
while at the Mine time we were prepared
to give his opponents an equal oppor-
tunity of being heard. In this way we
thought both parties would get equal •
jtistice and the public could judge be!'
tweet' them. These were the sole and
ouly reasons which. induced ns to pub-
lish Mr, Rach.liffe's Letter, and we have
yet to be convinced that they" are un-
worthy or impreper ones, or such as
should subject us to clams,ges for libel,
In the absence of information from
their soliciters, we a.re not aware of the
clauses of the letter"which. are so objec-
tionable to Messrs. - McMillan and
Avery. We take it for granted, how-
ever, that the following are die ones :
it is said of Mr. Avery that his " only
qualification " is " his conceit in his own
abilitY," and of Mr. McMillan that he
" wOuld sell himself body and soul to
hold his position at the next election."
These etatements, as applying to
Mr, McMillan and Mr. Avery, if
interpreted literally, are, of couple,
false, and had they appeared to us in
the saane light when. reading the
manuscript before publication, as • after-
wards when. our attention was special-
ly directed to them, we would cer-
tainly have refused to publish the
letter had they not been eliminated.
This being the _case, we have not the
least heaitation in making the most
humble apology to Messrs. McMillan
and Avery for -the publication of these
statements. The otber statements in
the later, however, are of an entirely
different nature, The action of the
Board and its members is a fit SVilaject
for publiC criticism. If the -statements
made are true the public have a right
to know it, If they are not true these
against whom they are Tuade shoUld
be able to refute them, and we now
offer ail or any of them or any respon-
THE
HPRON EXPOSITOR.
sible person in their place, all the space
in our columns they may require for
such purpose and•free of charge, or if
they will furnish us with proof suf-
ficient to justify us in making a denial
on their behalf, we will promptly do
ao and will again publicly apologize
to them for every statement proven to
be false. More than this we cannot do
nor do We think we should be asked to
do.
We have no love for libel suits, nor
have we a desire to gain notoriety in
that Way, but, we have no intention to
permit any person to control our ac-
tions by threats of that kind. THE
EXPOsITOR has been under the manage-
ment of its present editor for over
twenty years, and it has never yet had
a libel suit, and only once has it been
threatened with one for matter written
by him, and, curiously eoough, that ex-
ception was in connection with remarks
made on a so-called Live Stock Insur-
ance Company about a year ago. On
three occasions only during the past
twenty years have we been threatened
with libel suits for utterances of cor-
respondents, and on each occasion the
explanation made was as frankly accept-
ed as it was made. If, therefore, this
record is to be hroken by the Reform
representative of the Reform constitu-
ency of South Huron, for whom THE
EXPOSITOR and its editor have, perhaps,
done about as much to make him what
he is as he has done for himself, then
we must just bear the consequences.
Dog Eat Dog.
'The big Toronto daily papers are hav-
ing lots of fun among themselves just
now. They have run competition to
such a length that it has become game
of dog eat dog, and the toughest will
likely live the longest. A short time
ago it became _known that Mr. Farrar,
Editor of the Mail, had recently made
several visits to Washington and had
furnished a Committee of the American
Congress on relations with Canada with
information calculated to lead them to
the conclusion that if the Americe.ns
would only withhold from this country
Commercial Reciprocity and draw the
lines a little tightly in other directions
that the Canadians would very shortly
sue for Political Union. or Annexation.
The Globe started the storY in the first
place, and the Empire took it up, and
bound to out -do its rival sent a Conrimis-
sioner to New York and Washington to
-interview leading American statesmen
there for information that would fasten
upon the Mail, its editor and publisher,
charges of unpatriotic and disloyal con-
.
duct. The Commissioner on his return
publish_ed in the Efhpire columns of
stuff,embellished by flashy display head-
ings and black letters, which, while it
served to fasten the charges more firmly
agaiost the Mail people, was really,more
wind than anything else. However, on
the strength of this informatiou the
Empire, editorially and otherwise, be-
spattered_ the Mai! very plentifully with
such choice epithets as traitor, conspira-
tor, coward, disloyalist, spy,- esc. The
upshot of the whole matter qs that Mr.
Biinting, the Manager of the Mail, and
yr. Farrar, the editor, have each had
Mr. Creighton, the Manager of the Em-
pire, summonsed before the Police'
Magistrate to answer to the charges of
criminal libel, and on each case he has
been committed to stand his trial before
the proper court. Thus ends the first
chapter.
The Globe, in thisfnstance, has played
its cards rather adroitly. While it was
the real instrument in setting its two big
rivals quarreling it managed to keep
clear of the melee itself, and can now
stand by and calmly enjoy the fun of
seeing its adversaries chewing each other
to pieces., it is a quarrel, however, in
which the public, aside from curiosity,
have no real interest. Mr. _Farrar and
the Mail have no sources of information
that are not equally open to every per-'
eon else. If, therefore, -they like to use
this information to "stuff" a committee
of the American Congress we know of no
reason why they should not doe°. The
Americans, however, are not so easily
"stuffed" unless they want to be, so it
is not likely thecountry is in any danger
from anything the Mail people either
have dong or may do in this direction.
John Macdonaldi equal in shrewdness,
and as a manager of men, while his
knowledge of law and his ability to ex-
press himself, are much in advance of
theeOttawa Premier.. Sir John can make
a light, flippant speech, which pleases
the ear, but there is really, after all,
nothing -in his speeches. Mr. Mowat,on
the other hand, goes to the very mar-
row of lkis su.bject, and makes every de-
.
tail so plain that none but these who
are wilfully blind can fail to be con-
vinced that what he says is the very
truth itself. Latterly he has been pay-
ing some attention to the New, or
I Third Party, that headed by Dr. Suth-
I erland, and he has sO-thoroughly rid-
dled Wand its pretensionte that there is
not much of it left. He showed in the
first place that it hate been false to its
motto, " Truth and Righteousness," and
in the second place that it is simply an
adjunct of the Conserhfrative party, and
its main object is to defeat 'the Ontario
Government, by winning unsuspecting
Reformers from their own party, andin
this way strengthening their real op-
ponents, the Conservative party. Mr.
Mowat also takes up many of the
charges made against the Reform party
by the, organs and platform speakers of
.the New Party, and proves them to be
utterly foundationless, and to have beee
made without due investigation As to
their teuthfulness. We have room only
for one or two extracts from the last ad-
dress of Mr. Mowat. In referring to
the manifesto of the President, Rev.Dr.
Sutherland, as published in the first is-
sue of the new organ, the Nation, he
says :
-
The new organ contains in its first
number an address by the President,.
" to the merribers and friends of Can-
ada's New party ;" andin this address
the Rev. Doctor does not disguise his
special hostility to the' Ontario Govern-
ment. The address is specially to Re-
formers who are Prohibitionists : and
one of its' statements is this: "That the
Ottawa Government is hostile to Prohi-
bition we all know. Tliat the Ontario
Government is equally so is now beyond
dispute. By a policy of non -enforce-
ment it killed the Scott Act, and made
its attitude unmistakable by choosing
a pronounced Anti - Prohibitionist in
West Lambton. And 'if further evi-
dence were needed the trend of policy
is shown by the fact that the Central
Reform Association Interecently elected
a retired liquor dealer as its President."
This is the soW of observation with
which we are familiar in some Tory
journals, from which, I fear, the Rev.
Doctor now takes his opinions, excepts()
far as he is a Prohibitibnist and they
are not. In order to preve to Reform-
ers the hostility of the Ontario Gov-
ernment to Prohibition, the Rev. D03 -
tor assumes that the Government chose
Charles Mackenzie as the Reform can-
didate for West Lainbton. 1 suppose I
may infer from the assumption in this
case that it was • not the new party in
WEST LAMBTON,
but the leaders elsewhere, that really
chose .MreMoRae to be their candidate
in West Lambton, and that the action of
the West Lambton Convention in ap-
parently chooeing him was re mere mat-
ter of form. But however , that may
have been in the case of Mr.- McRae, it
_
was not so in the case of Mr. Macken-
zie. I do not knlow that the . On-
tario Government 1 has ever had to do
with the 'selection of one candidate
rather than another at any Convention
during my Premierships -except in one
instance that of, my late colleague, Mr.
Crooks. 'At the last election before,his
death, I found that there -was a desire in
South Oxford for another representative,
and in the general interest I did endeavor,
and successfully, o have Mr. Crooks
again chosen as he Reform candidate
for the riding. ith regard to West.
Lambton, we ha nothing whatever di-
rectly or indire tly to do with Mr.
Charles Macken le being chosen. He
was the indepen ent choice of a Conven-
tion of the repr sentative Reformers of
the riding, with ut one word of advice
or other inter erence on our part.
There were sev ral names before the
Conven tioraal I, s far as I k now, good men
ii,
and true ; all h d their friends ; and
with any one of them I should have
been well satified. Mr. Mackenzie,
whom the Conve tion selected, was ani
is wektworthy o public confidence, un-
less faith in Pro ibition is an essential
qualification: qe :has lived in the
riding!cisrrying on a large and success -
fol business, for many year's, and bears
the highest character over the whole
county, even with political opponents.
Many of those Who voted for the New
Party candidate will probably vote for
Mr. Mackenzie .if he is the candidate at
the general election. Was it quite right
to assume and assert that he was chosen
by the Ontario Government as its
standard bearer ? Or does it net' much
matter in politics what is assumed and
asserted to make a point against oppo-
nents ? Too many Conservative jour-
nals think it does not • but surely the
Rev. Doctor is not of that opinion.
To show how far the Organ and party
depart from their motto of " Righteous-
ness and Truth " we have just room to
! -
quote one more stinging, example, as
given by Mr. MoWat. He says :
ernment has not " committed! itself
squarely," or at all, against either 'Pro-
hibition or Equal Rights. As to Pro-
hibition, the Ontario Legielatuile, as
hat'te already said, has not even jprisdio-
tion. Prohibition belongs to the Do-
minion. The Ontario Government has
had, no occasion to " commit itself " on
the subject. 'It is false also to speak of
the Government as " hostile to Prohibi-
tion," as has also been done. Several
members of the Government are friends
of Prohibition; some of them have so
expressed themselves on various public
occasions. All the members of the Gov-
ernment are alive to the evils of intem-
perance, and are personally friendly to
Temperance measures ; . but some at
least are of opinion that public senti-
meet in most parts of the Province is
not strong enough in favor of either the
Scott Act or Prohibition to make possi-
ble the adequate enforcement of either
by any Constitutional Government, end
that, without a stronger 'public senti-
merit in support of either law, its pre-
mature adoption may do more harm
than good. The popular vote oo the
question may be misleading. In most
municipal counties, even where the ma-
jority for the adoption of the Scott Act
was large, the electors could not after-
wards be got to yote at the municipal
elections in sympathy with the Act.
Other local questions, and personal pre-
ferences for this or the other candidate,
outweighed from the first the interest
which the people felt in enforcing the
Act which their votes had brought into
force. They elected Municipal councils
that were adverse to the act, and would
do nothing for its enforcement. I be-
lieve all the men -there of the Govern-
ment feel that the advocacy of the Act
and of Temperance measures generally,
the statistics collected, the facts brought
to light, the attention aroused to the
enormous evils of inteniperance, all
these things do good and prepare pub-
lic opinion for whatever legislative
measures may. be in the interest of
morality and religion. I myself as an
elector and ratepayer have voted for
the Scott Act (which the nearest ap-
proach to Prohibition that we have had,)
and I have never voted in an opposite
way. I,have also been for many years a
willing contributor to the funds of Tem-
perance Associations which favor Prohi-
bition. •
An Able Defence.
Hon. Oliver Mowat has just concluded
a series of addresses, delivered to his
constituents, but really intended for the
whole people of the Province, in which
he fully and ably defended and justified
every department of his Government.
The first of these, on the French School
question, we published in supplement
form. The subsequent addresses were
fully as convincing and irrefutable. All
these speeches were published in full in
the Globe. They -should be in the hands
of every Reformer, and the Reform re-
presentatives of the Province do them-
selves and their constituents a great in-
justice if they do not see that a copy of
Mr. Mowat's speeches is placed in the
hands of every one of their constituents.
It would give friends renewed courage
and confidence in their party leader, and
would furnish them irrefutable ma-
terial with which to meet objections,
while it could scarcely fail to soften the
opposition of opponents. There is
little doubt but Mr. Mowat is the ablest
politician in Canada to -day. He is Sir
FROM THE CAPITAL
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
• OrrAwA, January 28th, 1890.
Parliament has put in its inevitable
week Of idleness, and it is likely that it
will now get down to substantial work.
The estimates were promised for ,the
middle of last week, but few who knew
anything of the difficult problems that
must be aolved before even a fair share
of the expenses can be estimated, ex-
pected that this pledge would be re-
deemed. A wise farmer will not fill
the trough until the calves' have cpme up
to it and bleated for their share of
Besicleewhat I had time to mention in
;ny speech a.t Tavistock, there are still
dther reasons why Reformers will not
attach:much importance to the nominal
platform of this New party. Take for
es$ample, the first plank "Righteous-
ness and Truth." I do not doubt that
this plank has attracted to the party
spme God-fearing men, clergymen and
4ymen ; but political parties, and even
religiOus societies, do not consist wholly
of men who really appreciate and prac-
tiSally illustrate the principles of the
party or society. The New party will
not be so absurd as to claim to be an
exception. How have the organs of the
New party illustrated .the principle of
" Righteousness and Truth ?'' I gave
some examples in my speech. I may
select a few more.
PROHIBITION.
The organ for September said that
" The Ontario' Government has com-
mitted itself squarely against Prohibi-
tion and Equal Rights. ' Yet this is
absolutely untrue. The Ontario Gov -
bran.
Undoubtedly the subject of greatest
interest that has come before Parlia-
ment thus far is Dalton McCarthy's
promised bill to detleotte French as an
official language in the Northwest Terri-
tories. This in itself is not looked upon
here as a very important measure ; and
had it come at a time when the political
atmosphere was calmer, and had it been
heralded with less beating of tom-toms,it
would almost certainly have passed with
no louder protetit than a courteous,
filial "nay" from the French members.
But Mr. McCarthy's introductory
speech hes given it a far wider meaning.
He summoned to his side with a fine
rhetorical flourish the whole weight of
the Equal Rights movement and form-
ally announced this bill to be the open-
ing gun of a general and fierce cannonade
upon all things at once French and
Catholic under the shadow of the Cana-
dian flag. A man who would at once
consent to the dropping of a practically
uselesi official lauguage in a community
less French than Ontario would still
think seriously before firing the signal
gun for a general bombardment of the
Province of Quebec.
For all that, it is not unlikely that
Mr. McCarthy's bill mey carry. There
seems to be a general disposition among
the members to overlook the speech and
consider -the naked bill.
" How are yeu going to vote ?" I
asked a prominent member of the
" 188."
" I'm going to vote Protestant," he
repliedputting in a joke, a feeling that
very many of his brethren\ share, that
it will .not do to' follow up their vote
for the allowance of the Jesuit Bill,
with another that may seem to ben
eimiliarly inspired.
JANUARY 31 , 1890.
lost its - force. The gentlemen who
move for most of those returns are
Meesrs. McMullen, of Wellington ;
Landerkin, of Grey and Perry, of
Prince Edward Island. This renders
them at -once more than usually ob-
noxious to the Governinent and more
than usually valuable to the country.
Social life at the capital his not
waited for the wheels of legislat on to
begin to move. Every' evening of the
week is already taken up by the wives
of the various ministers who give regu-
lar official dinners to such members as
they choose to entertain. The Foster
episode has excited wider -interest then
is usual "2n this side of Parliamentary
life. Thlf position just now is a little
curious. Mrs. Foster has been social-
ly ostracised by the official circles of
Ottawa which have never' been charged
with a too sensitive morality, bus has
been recognized formally by Rev. Dr.
Ryckman, the leading Methodist minis-
ter in the city, who with his wife
attended her dinner on Friday evening
laet. It is ()illy in these 14er days
that court soeiety preaches %se the
Methodist pulpit on the sanctity of the
marriage laws.
The aged premier seems to be in the
very best of health and spirits at the
opening of this. session. He stays in
the chamber from choice through un-
intererting debates, when one would
fancy that he would be -recruiting in
his private room. :A 'good instance of
his staying powers was seen on Thurs.
day last. Mr. McCarthy introduced his
bill early in the sitting and made what
must have been an anxiety creating speech
to the leader of the House. The French
members were speedily all on fire and
could not but break out into a chorus of
interruptions. When Mr. McCarthy
got down, Mr. LaRiviere, an excitable,
if eorpulent member from the North-
west; was on his feet and poured forth a
torrent of passionate protest in vehe-
mept French. Hon. Mr. Chapleau°, the
most eloquent French-Canadian after
the Opposition leader in Parliament,
hurried a page to the Library atter a
volume and was evidently preparing to
make a telling defence of his native
language and his own race. Through
this the Premier must have sat with in-
tensesolicitude, which was shown when,
at the close of La.Riviere's address, he
begged the House •nnt, to continue the
debate at this atage. The House sat till
nearly six that day, aud Sie John sat
with it. Immediately as -it rose he was
compelled to meet ;:a large Montreal
deputation in his own room, and for
nearly another hour he stood in 'this
heated, overcrowded apartment listen-
ing to intricate speeches on the' Mon-
treal water -front difficulty, to which he
subsequently 'replied. Thii tertainly
looks as if the " Old Man" will live to
redeem his promise to "gerrymander
the Grits" again in 1892.
They tell a story of him in the Press
Galrery that I think has never been pub-
lished. One day he visited the House
of Common/El' barber -shop before coming
into the Chamber and had his thin grey
heir trimmed up a bit. One *of the cor-
respondents, noticing' this, leaned over
the gallery and whispered to a friend
two or three plebes farther along : " Sir
John should go to the barber every
day."
A whisper carries wonderfully, as
many . unhappy lovers know, and it
reached the ear of the Premier'. He
looked up brightly, located the whis-
perer 'And genially nodded his assent to
the critici .m.
The leaders of the Opposition are all
in their places with the exception of
Messrs. Jones and Davies from the
ocean side, and all seem full Of work.
It is likely that the voice of Mr. Blake
will be heard this session with as much
frequency as becomes a follower. His
health appears to be quite restored as
his magnificent speech on the great
Canadian Pacific Railway case has
shown, and there is about him a general
fighting humor that presages much.
The Liberals were never more in
need of his keen intellect and sweep-
ing power of debate than now.
The current of this session is tending
towards a tortuous and rocky channel,
in which many ugly snags lie and evhere
sucking whirlpools may easily form,
and the Liberal ship will be much safer
should this experienced pilot sit int the
wheelhouse and'counsel the wheelsman.
Hon. Mr. Laurier has to the full the
confidence and admiration of his party,
and much of the harmony in the House
is due to his eourtesy and forbearance.
Another trouble that hangs like a,
cloud on the horizon of the average
Ontario member is the Separate School
question in Manitoba. Mr, McCarthy
distinctly promised last spring legist
lation abolishing,po far as the Commons
may, these Separate Schools, and yet
he has introduced a hill on a kindred
subject without vouchsafing a syllable
as to this far weightier matter. Has
he given it up ?" or " will it come later
in the session ?" are the questions that
the members are asking themselves ;
an affirmative answer being more often
given to the latter enquiry. The action
of the Manitoba Government in the
matter will have much to do in de-
ciding the course of many here. It is a
curious fact that all Northwest mem-
bers will oppose thle bill.
During the week the Liberals have
been vigorously ordering in ammuni-
tion. By an irony of fate, the ministers
-are compelled to make the powder and
mould the bullets with which they
are to be. peppered. The modus oper-
andi is' this. - An ,Oppositionist sus-
pects that corruption or misdoing has
crept into a certain transaction. He
promptlk moves with the proper notice
that full copies of all correspondence
and documents connected with the
affair be brought down for the inspec-
tion of the house. If the Cabinet were
to opposel such a motion, it would be a
tacit acknowledgment of wrong doing
so black, that a simple plea of " guilty'
was thought better than a complete
exposure. Hence the motion invariably
carries and presently the member has
in his possession facts and figures that
.may or may not, as his suspicion
was right or wrong, be damaging
to the Government. This is what the
Opposition call " robbing the enemy's
arsenal." The Government sometimes,
it must be said, protect themselves by
delaying this information until it has
ormous as it is reported in detail. A
quarter of a mile of the sea wall be-
tween New Haven and Seaford has col-
lapDseEdA.TH OF A FAMOUS CIRCUS MANA-
GER. --Adam Forepaugh, the veteran
circus manager, died in Philadelphia on
Wednesday 22nd inst of influenza,
which developed info pneumonia. Ile
was 68 years of age and leaves a fortune
of over $1,000,000.
HEART-RENDING DISTRESS.—There is
terrible distress in nineteen counties of
Southern Dakota, owing to the failure
of four years' crops. Thousands of
fliafme.ilies are in want of the necessaries of
REV MR. SPURGEON A PRISONER.-
-Advices from Mentone say there has
been a further development of gout in
the case of Mr. Spurgeon, and that he is
now unable to leave that place;
STORMS AN» WRECKS. —Th e severe
storms continue on the English coast,
and several wrecks have taken place
with serious° loss of life.
STeetonv's CnowN.—Mr. Stanley
writes to a friend: My hair is like
snow, but it is the crown of kbusy
period and I wear it without regret as
the gift of time.
UNEASY SLEZP. —Race troubles have
reached such a pitch at Apalachicola,
Florida, that a rifle company has been
called out, and all whites sleep with
arms within reach.
IRON.—The total production of pig
iron in the United States in 1889 was
7,604,525 gross tons, an increase over
1888 of 1,114,787 tons, or over 17 per
cent.
RESULT OP A STREET FIGHT.—In a
street fight at Sa,batha, Kansas, on
Thursday night, a prominent citizen
was bitten in the finger by a stranger,
and the man has sinee died in terrible
agony, exhibiting all' the symptoms of
hydrophobia
CONFIRMED SENTENCE.—The sentence
of a year's impriscinment imposed on
Johann Most, the New York anarchist,
for language used in a speech denounc-
ing the hanging of the Chicago anar-
chists, has been confirined by the Su-
preme Court.
FAIVIOUS TROTTER, DEAD. —There has
just died, at the residence of her owner,
Mr. Richard Gould, near Birmingham,
England, the famous trotting mare
Steel Gray, the best trotter England
ever produced, her record of 27 minutes
56 seconds for ten miles still standing
to itter credit.
A RIVAL FOR THE TELEPHONE.—
James Lowth, of Chicago, has patented
the " Stetho;telephone," which he be-
lieves will far surpass the present
telephone system without any infring-
ing on its patents.' The new invention
has been thoroughly tested.
SKIPPED.—A clerk in the employ of
" Old 'Hutch " has skipped from
Chicago with upwards of $40,000 of the
'Change manipulator's funds. Brought
back some of the money Canadians lost
through his employer's wheat deal last
year.
THE POWER OF DARKNESS.—Count
„Tolstoi's drama, " The Power ef Dark-
Iness," the production of which in the-
atres was prohibited, has just been per-
formed privately in St. Petersburg be-
fore an. aristocratic audience, and made
a profound impression.
TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—
Monday morning a passenger train was
derailed near Carmel, Indiana, and one
of the coaches almost immediately took
fire. Six passengers were burned to
death, and a large number were verY
seriously injured.
DEFENDING MR. PARNELL.—mr. wm.
O'Brien, in an oration on Sunday,
strongly defended Mr. Parnell, and
spoke warmly of putting continued con-
fidence in the Irish leader.
FROZEN TO DEATH.—Cyrus Thompson,
wellsto-do farmer, 70 years old, was
found Wednesday morning last week by
one of his sons frozen to death in the
woods, half a mile from his house. He
leaves a family consisting of two daugh-
ters and three sons.
TERRORS OF THE ATLANTIC. —Steam-
ers'arriving e.t Atlantic ports towards
the end of last week, report terrible ex-
periences on the voyage owing to stormy
weather and rough seas.
As yet little substantial legislation
has been put in tangible form, with the
exceptionnperhaps, of the three wreck-
ing bills. Of these, Mr. Kirkpatrick's,
which asks for reciprocity in wrecking
simply, most favorably received by
the members, and has the best chance of
passing. The Orange Incorporation
Bill will come in with this week, and
produce not a little trouble to parties.
The 'Orangemen of the House will sup-
port the bill of necessity, and the Cath-
olic members will oppose it from re-
ligion. Mr. Blake is on record against
Orange incorporation, and, if he speaks
again; he will be largely followed by the
Ontario Liberals.
On the whole, it looks as if the ses-
sion will be full of .surprises, complica-
tions and intricate problems. At any
rate, the public who are in the broad
gallery of the newspaper world, will
watch the unravelling of the skein with
piquant interest, enjoying all the fun of
the fair with no danger of getting a
knock on the head.
News of the Week.
NEW MASONIC TEMPLE. —The Masonic
fraternity of Chicago have purchased a
site for their $5,000,000 temple.
LIVES LOST. —There has been a pro-
longed snowstorm in Hungary and
Styria, and many lives have been lost.
LUMBER.—The lumber product of the
Northwestern States last year was
over 756 million feet less than in 1888.
TWO GRAND MEN. Dr. Talmage
visited Mr. Gladstone at Hawarden
Castle previous to embarking for New
York, and the former held forth on
religion and other matters.
AROUND THE W ORLD.—Mise Nellie
Bly arrived in New York on Saturday,
having accomplished her trip around
the world iu 72 days, 6 hours, and 11
minutes.
A GREAT STonsis—There has been a
great storm of wind and rain in south-
ern England, and enormously high tides
as a consequence. The Severn has over-
flowed its banks, and Gloucester Valley
is submerged. There is great loss of
property. The Lymington, Llanelly,
Portsmouth and South Wales Railways
are temporarily stopped. The damage
due to the storm is found to be en -
Huron Notes.
cOuncil is com-
3 Episcopalians
The Clinton town
posed of 6 Methodists
and 2 Presbyterians.
—The medical fraternity estimate
thatthere are in the neighborhodt1 of
400 cases of la grippe in Exeter.
—rhe Exeter grist mill will be offered
for sale on Tuesday, February 4th,
under mortgage, at the instance of the
Molsons' Bank.
—Mr. Frank Bossenberry, of Zurich,
sustained a heavy loss last week in, the
death of the noted etallion " Old Lord
Had80." Inflammation was the cause,
—Wm, Barrie has moved. into his
new brick residence in Morris: , We
wish himself and family long years of
comfort in their new home.
—Mr.A.McAllist,er, of Ha.y,near Hills
Green, lost a fine heifer recently. The
straw stack blew down on it, causing
such injury as made it necessary to kill
the animal.
—Mr. Andrew Wylie, of Stanley, has
sold out hishthare in the) steam thresher
run by Hart & Wylie, to George Forest
for $225. George is a good man and will
make a very good thresher.
—Mr. Hugh Grant, of Portage la
Prairie, one of the pioneer settlers of
Manitoba, is at present on a visit to
Stanley and other parts of the county.
MraGrant is one of the solid men of the
Northwest.
—Mr. D. McGregor, who has taught
successfully in Section No. 4, McKillop,
during the last three years, has resigned
hie position and will go to Stratford to
attend the Business College. after March
lst.
—The following officers have been ap-
pointed by the Stephen township coun-
cil for the current year : C. Prouty,
clerk ; C. Brown, -treasurer ; C..Chris-
tie, assessor - Z. Nash and Henry Doyle,
auditors and' M. Finkhauer, caretaker.
—Mr. James Parker, of the 2nd con-
cession, East Wawanosh, has just finish-
ed e very neat and comfortable residence
On his farm.. Some time last summer he
built a large barn with stone basement
for stables, on the most improved plan.
—The officers elected for Hullett
Grange, No. 393, are as follows : Mas-
ter, Nicolas Cumming ; Overseer, H.
Snell; Secretary, James Snell ; Treas-
urer, Jas. Southcornbe ; Lecturer, Thos.
Cole ; Chaplain, John Shobbrook ;
Steward, Wm. Grey Gate Keeper, Ed.
Crawford ; Ceres, Itiies Martha Snell ;
Flora, Miss Eliza Sholehrook ; Pomona,
Miss Mary Cumin g; Lady Assistant Stew-
ard, Mies Maggie Cuming ; -Auditors, mepected and. admired the company set -
James Southcombe and Wm. Waite ;
Executive Committee, John Cuming,W.
Weymouth, Hugh Radford ; the Delia,
gate to attend Huren Division Granges
No. 27, John Cuming, Sr.; Delegate to
attend Dominion Grange to be' held in
London on the 4th February, James
Snell and wife. Hullett Grange is in a
prosperous state and thriving well. There
were six new members at the hest meet-
ing and about a dozen expected at the
Atnepetriinvgaie company is putting in,
nane—xetlectric light in Wingham and intend
giving the merchants a trial service for
thirty days, with the. expectation that
at the end of that time they will be so
well pleased with it that they won't
to Mr.
wa_nt4toyboeunwgithhoourtseit.bplonging
George. Lockhart, 4th concession, Mc-
Killop, broke its leg one day lest week
while running about in the yard, and
had to be shot. Mr. Alex. Ross, of
the same township, also found one of
his horses dead in the stable, one morn-
ing recently. He valued it at $200.
—On Friday last, whilst a five-year-
old son of Mr. Alex. Knox, of Centralia,
was getting out of a buggy at the post
office, Exeter, his knee struck the wheel
and he fell to the ground. One of the
ladies with whom he rode, was also
alighting.from the rig, and not noticing
the boy nemped on him, breaking- his
leg, and otherwise injuring hini.
—Mr. George Webb, of St. Helens.
while chopping in the bush one day last
week, took the axe in one hand to cut a
small limb, the axe glanced and coining
on his foot made rather a bad wound.
The doctor was called in and found it
necessary to put about six stitches into
it. He is doing as well as can be ex-
pe—cterdh.e
anniversary services of the
Wingham Presbyterian Church will be
held the first Sabbath in February. The
Rev. J. A. R. Dickson, B, D., of Galt,
will conduct the services at 11 a. m.,
and 7 p. m. The annual tea meeting
will be held the following Monday
evening:
—Miss Nellie Turnbull, only daugh-
ter of Mr. Turnbull, head master of the
Clinton Collegiate Institute, was mar-
ried in that town on Wednesday of last
week, to Mr. C. II. C. Wright, Civil
Engineer, of Boston, and son of the
late Capt. Wright, of Halifax. The
bridal party took the 2.25 train for their
new home in Boston, acoompaniad by
showers of rice and good wishes.
—Prior to leaving for Cheiley, where
they re in future to reside, Mr. and
Mrs John Brennan who have been resi-
derea of Wingham 'for ten years, were
waite.1 upon by a number of the lead-
ing ct izens of that town, and presented
with a complimentary address, accom-
panied by a gold headed cane for Mr.
Brennan and a very handsome clock for
some time, has skipped, leaving some
the purchase money, we are informed,
on the Young farm on the 10th
concession of Goderich, township, for
unpaid at -counts. Several years ago he
bought this farm, paying a small amount
down, since which time he has Made
other payments, but the greater part of
_yeTt huenroaiiido•wing
Mrs. Brennan.
--s-Mr. W. Mugford, who has resided
officenahave been ap-
pointed for the township of Ashfield for
the current year W. Lane, clerk ; R.
Harrison, treasurer • .W. Kilpatrick,
assessor ; M. J. Mciay, collector ; R.
A. Carrick and M. Dalton, auditors. The
following are the salaries paid : Clerk,
$120 ; treasurer, $80 ; assessor, $80 ;
collector, $80 , auditors, each $8 ; Dep-
uty Returning Officers, each $6 ; sake-
tor_s ryrofesjsurrao.rsiaemaecsh $4A..
Ford and J. R.
Holmes have been appointed auditors
for Goderich township; George McKee,
assessor and S. Johnston, collector.- At
the laet meeting the township council
pa,ssed a resolution to the,effect that any
person erecting a crearnery in this town-
ship the building and all necessary ap-
paratus shall be exempt from taxation
so long as it is kept in operation either
as creamery or cheese factory.
—At the annual business meeting of
the Presbyterian congregation, Wroxe-
ter, the financial report showed that
there was a surplus of over one hundred
and -fifty dollars in the Treasury after
all expenses had been Paid up to date.
This is a very satisfactory state of
affairs, especially in such hard times,
and it would be well if other churches
would take from them a lesson.
—A brother of Mrs. Robert Young,
of Wingham, left for the States when
very young, and from the first has been
clerking for a very rich merchant, the
same being a bachelor. A few weeks
ago the merchant died, when Mrs.
Young's brother and also the head book-
keeper of the firrn, received the peat
little elms of $75,000 each ; a neat little
fortune for a young man of thirty, is it
not ??
—Mr. Stephen Irwina an old and re-
spected resident of West Wawanosh, on
Wednesday of lest week met with a sad
accident, which resulted fatally. While
driving home from Dungannon his horses
became unmanageable, and, on turning
a sharp curve to enter the late to his
-residence, threw him out against the
gate post. The shock rendered him in-
sensible, and shortly after he expired
without having regained consciousness.
—A special vestry meeting was lately
held in St. Paul's church, Wingham,. to
take into consideration the erection of a.
new church. Mr. C: Willson stated
that they bad subscribed already about
one thousand dollars, and he promised
to give a subscription of five hundred
dollars. Mr. H. W. C. Meyer also pro-
mised five hundred dollars to begin.
Mr. T. A. Mills agreed to give all the
brick required to put up a handsome
church. A committee was formed to
see what further can be done in the
matter, and to report at au early day.
—Mr. John Nairn, Sr., an old resi-
dent of Goderich, died at the residence
of his son in that town last ;week. De-
ceased was a builder by trade, but tor
the past nine years had done little actWe
work, owing to injuries sustained by
falling from the roof of a building at
that time, which greatly shattered his
former vigorous frame. For some
months past he had been in feeble
health, and early last week was attacked
by la grippe, which on Friday last de-
veloped into pneumonia, to which he
succutnbed on Sunday, as above stated.
He was one of the oldest Oddfellows
town, and was a most enthusiastic and
nlouy_rea,b01
emnr of persons from Brussela drove
eTinhbuerrsClay evening of last week a
oat to the home of Thomas Maunders in
Morris aud spent a very enjoyable time.
After the new dwelling had been duly
tied down to social chat. Later on a
TANTIATCY 31, 1890.
Impromptu program. me of congratula-
tory speeches, singing, &c.„ was gone
through. Mr. Maunders and family
pleated upon their industry, thrift and
were highly and deservedly compli-
the Upprovereen! noticeable in. the past
year.' A plentiful supply Of edibles
was served by Mrs. and the Misses
Maunders, and the happy emnpany did
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QW:1143:taglb°terillnear ektrShreaeielPYtt, East Wawanosh, when
his eldest daughter, Libbie a., was
at the residence of Mr.
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
to Robert G., eldest son of Mr. George
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and looked her best. The young couple
did away with the customary grooms- 188
man and bridesmaid, The bride was batt
the recipient of many handsome and. som
costly presents, two large tables fairly wlao
groaning under their weight, About a ansi
hundred guests were present, some corn- caste
ing from Milton, Georgetown, and a fe
Toronto. After the ceremony, the
guests having partaken. of dinner, the
party engaged in- the terpsichorean, art
till time to go and meet the morning
train for Toronto, where they go_ on an
extended wedding trip to be away three
we—ekTsh. e annual meeting of the `West
Wawanosh Mutual Fire Ineurauce Com-
pany Was heldat Dungannon on Tnesday,
21st inst. There WAS quite a large attend-
ance of those concerned from the sur-
rounding townships, The directors:31nd
auditors' reports were unanimoUsly
adopted. The three retiring directors,
viz., Messrs. John Gordon, Isaac Fisher
and Finlay Anderson, were reappoiasted.
Mr.' John Wilson was appointed auditor
of accounts by the policy holders. The
Manner of conducting the business of
the Company during the past year, be-
ing very efficient, gave entire satisfe.e-
tion. The standing of the Company at
present eeerne to rank very high, AS
there are fifty-nine Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Companies in the Province of On-
tario, and it is ninth on the list, there
being eight larger and fifty smaller. On.
the whole, in spite of vigorous efforts to
underrate it, these efforts only make it
more prominent and prosperomi. Chas.
Esq., President, oecupied the
chair in an able manner.
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Perth items.
—Mr. W: Pomeroy has purelaased the
Willowgrove (Logan) cheese factory.
—About 120 men were reported. to be
absent from the Grand Trunk Railway
sea—soyinr-: Russell.,
-tory, has engaged his old cheesemaker,
shops at Stratford lastaaweek, by the
ep—idemntri.ek. Jack, of
Wm. Angus, of Newry, for the coming
a thriving contran-
the Newton fac-
tor of Spokane Falls, Washington Ter,-
-ritory, is visiting his parentsand friends
aro—unTdheA,vAonvotonnb.ank congregation have
decided to ereet a new church this year.
- Its dimensions are to be about thirty-
fiv—e Tbyhefifftayrrn. ers of Hibbert, Fullerton
and Logan are talking of erecting
larg, e flour mill near the station at Mit-
er ehs_eildlme.
r. James Hamilton, the -oldest
nt of Carlingford, died quite sud-
denly on Saturday, 18th WM., at the
age of 83 years.
—The County of Perth Sabbath
School Convention will be held in Main
street Methodist chureh, Mitchell) on
the llth and 12th of February.
—Mr. Thomes Muir, who was for
thirty-six peers a reeident of Gowrie,
and for the past three years resided at
Staffa, intends shortly to remove to
Detroit.
—Mr. F. R. Hamilton; h -f Hibbert,
delivered a few days ago to Mr. Thos.
Jones, one of the hereviest cows that ever
came into Mitchell. She weighed. 1,850
pounds, after walking 10 miles.
—A valuable Newfouridland dog be-
longing to Mr. W. J. Gillies, St
Marys, was poisoned the other day by
t eating some cheese that had been spread
with strychine for destroying rats. ,
—Dr. Shaver, of Stratford, lost one
of his handsome driving horses fe
alays ago. The a.nimal slipped on th
street and broke one of his legs, necks
sitating its being shot.
—The Central Methodist chureh
Stratford, has secured the services o
brated lady whiatler, for a concert °nth
4Mtihaso flit; eMb ra ul ai Sr ; f Indianapolis, the eele
—Mr. Enoch Murphy, at one tine
employed on the London police force
died Ekt the hospital in that city on Sun
dreauryi ptlho9y: hnws a sihni :ft!' moefi I ye °al rs eu al ni dPetni °t11,t;f
—The Methodist 'parsonage 4t Fallar
ton caught fire on Tuesday evening las
eontrol. The damage will amount
v iwa be teohk:tt hs beluootfl.amaneshia°ruo-ru'sghtharthdetnfigiliantdin
—Mr. John H. Kinsxnan, son of MT
, S. Salisbury, of Mitchell, and former
a resident of that town, died on. Su
day, 149th inst. He had suffered fro
-paralysis for some time. He -leaves
wife and six children.
—Mr. James B. Weir, who has
bank, for the Watson Manufactu
eAenyra;eting as agent at M
has accepted. au e
*CBglormgmaenePtatyalifeoeurayt:wobfith the Harris & Sons,
—Mr. James Aiken brother of M
F. G. Lynde, Mitchell', died ,st Frank
Nebraska, on th.e 16th inst., of ti
pneumonia. lie was traveller for
M. Steele & Co. Omaha, Nebraska, a
eldest son of liAr, John AikeP.,
Orangeville, Ontario.
—A man named James Freeman
found the other morning in a. dying c
dition, lying in the Central II
stable in Listowel. It is thought t
he had been sleeping in the hay
and had fallen through the openi
the fitior below as his neck was br
Taheeteuanftooritiugnuaater. .7an was respect
connected, but had been for years
as—inIC,whawryi ea yst oa rpkdhileal erta se rn. a tFtfoharerainGeorri:a nsaaa tbTrurre
night. He waa arranging the e,oup
when he was -struck on the head
, piece of timber projecting from the
that was moving up. His hellie
Sarnia, and, he was married to
Willis, of that town, about five mo
itwg: arrested, at Stratford by stus
—George Bain, a Peterboro trove
Monday morning. The police th
he was Pugsley, the Yon'kee del
His train was gone, before .he ide