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Flax—J & J. Livingston. 8)
Auction Sale—J. P. Brine. (5)
Executor's Notice to Creditors—G.Stephenson.(5)
Money Loa—Expositor Office. (8)
Seeds, Seeds -Hugh Gliove. (g)
New Prints—H. F. Edwards. (8)
Who Wants Bees ?—J. Langst, oth. (5)
Durham Bull for Sale—G. E. Creswell. (6)
Clothing, Clothing—Win. Pickard. (8)
Starion for Sale—Thomas Cudmore. (6)
G. N. W. Telegraph Company—W, Somerville.(5)
Auction Sale—Stephen Lamb (6)
Auction Sale—D. & J. MoEwen. (5) •
Dry Goods, &c. --Duncan & Duncan. -(6)
Sprint!: of 18g0—Wm. Pickard. (6)
Musical Instruments—Scott Brothers. (6)
Public Notice—Soott Brothers. (8) •
Caution to the Public—Scott Brothers. (8)
Auction Sale—Janies Kehoe. (5)
Card of Thanks—Estate II. Robb. (8)
Hotel for Sale—John Bresson. (6)
„_cpticervi (1)'xperator.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, March 7, 1890.
A Villainous Misappropriation
of Public Money.
We have frequently before referred to
the injustice of the superannuation sys-
tem in vogue in this Dominion. Under
thie system every member of the CiviL
Service, that is those employed under
the Government at Ottawa, on retiring
from the service on account of ill -health,
old age, or other infirmities, receives a
pension of so much a year during the re-
mainder of his life. This pension is
graded in amount according to the time
of service and the position held by the
pensioner. It varies all the way from'
• $100-a, year to $2,500. To pay these
pensiona, or superannuation albiwances,
as they are more politely termed, re-
! quires an annual expenditure from the
Dominion treasury of nearly a quarter
of a million dollars, last year the exact
amount being $218,933.1 All these
ilo employeeewho are thus pensioned
off, receive, while actively enge.ged in
, the eervice, very libertd salaries, more,
we believe, than th4r could earn for
similar work in private service. This
being the case, it ite unjust and unfair to
the public to make them provide for
• these public servants when they, becorine
incapacitated for fUrther work. There
is no good reison !why the civil servants
should be treated differently from 4ihera
in similar positions in -the ordinary
walks of life. - They receive liberal
pay, and from this they should
lay by for old age or ether misfortunes,
the same as other people have to do,
and if they are too shiftless or extrava-
gant to do this they should be •allowed
to atiffee the natural penalty. Thus the
system, even if honestly administered,
is wrong to begin with, but the wrong is
a hundred fold intensified by abuse of
the system.
We do not blame the present Govern-
ment for introducing this vicioes sys-
tem. It has been in operation since
Confederation and 'neither the Govern.
ment nor the present Opposition have
ever macle any move for its abolition, so
that bath parties are equally blameable
for its continuance. • But the present
Government are responsible for rnany
flagrant abres which tend to greatly
increase the evils of .an evil system. The
.1
following are a few of the abuses, given
only as a sample. Hundreds more, and
equally unjuatifiable, could be quoted
did space permit. A few years ago a
briefless Barrister named Jerry Travis,
a friend of the Minister of Justice, was
sent from the Lower Provinces ' to be a
Judge in the Northwest Territories. Ile
was not long there until he acted in such
an arbitrary and offensive manner that
the people ,generally demanded his r
moved. The Government had to acce e
to the request, but instead of dismis
ing him as they 'Mould have done when
they found him unfit for his business, they
superannuated him, and ex -Judge Trails,
although a man in the very prime of
life, has been pensioned off with an me -
i
nual allowance of $1,700 for the re-
mainder of his days. Alexander Mc -
's -Nab, Civil Engineer, aged 38,was super-
annuated some yearl ago on an annual
grant of $1,571. went to England;
and is now one of tote engineers engaged
in the construction of the canal between
Liverptiol and Manchester. Age, in-
firmity, incompetence — not one of
these agencies could have necessitated
the superannuation. Sydenham Time,
of Halifax, occupying a position in the
Receiver -General's office, was superan-
nuated on $1.,200 a year. He has since
been empleyed in the Post office as an
extra clerk. Gilbert McMicken, of
Winnipeg, took sick, and was superan-
nuated. - He recovered. But in the
meantinie he was superannuated on
$1,579, He is well enough to be a mem-
ber of the Manitoba Legislature, and
has been Speaker at $1,000 per annum
of that body. Judge Tremane, of No-
va Scotia, held a pesition required for
Mr. Murray Dodd. On leaning that he
could get $1,600 for doing nothing he ac-
cepted the terms and made room for his
successor. Judge Cowan is superan-
nuated on $1,733a year, but is bright
enough to be a Senator. Judge Clark
has gone on the, list at $1,600 a year,
but is now, owing to his great ability,
chid legal adviser to the Canadian Pa-
• oific Railway Company.
• As we have already sald-these are only
• samples. Hundreds, of others equally
-Regent could be given did apace permit.
We do not ask our readers, either, to
take our word for it. _If they will turn
up the Auditor General's report for last
year they will find the names all there
and the amounts opposite them. Thie,
however, is ' not the worst of it. Many
of these pensioners,after they have been
put on the superannuation list, go to
other countries to spend the money
thus given them. They have not even
the gratitude and decency to stay in
the country that pays them 80 hand-
somely for tieing nothing. Some are in
the United States, some in England,
Scotland, France, Germany, and in fact
almost every place in the .habitable -
world. They take good care, how-
ever, to leave their addresses be-
hind them, and the remittances • are
promptly sent. The following is a list
of some of those who have gone to for-
eign climes and the amounts they re-
ceive: T. C. Brumley, $1,121 ; J. B.
Cherrirnan, $1,759; W, 11. Griffiu,
$,239; J. W. Harper, $1,189; Jahn
Johnston, $276 ; John Kidd, $1,-
563; J. J. Letson, $289; F. H.
Mickleburgh, $400; 'W. R. Minga.ye,
$2,508; W. H. McCrae, $507 ; Alex.
McNehh, $1,571 ; F. W. Parson,
$1,539; H B. Peulin, $I,260; John
Rhodes, $1:5 ; F. G. Scott, $380 ;
T. Senor], 118 ; Chas. Treble, '$433 ;
R. Wallace, $1,007 ; H. S. Wetherly,
$1,260; A. Woodgate, $1,552.
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Now, the people of Canada pay this
money just -as surely as they pay their
municipal taxes. And this is only one
small sieniple of the reckless waste and
1
extraveigence practised in our Dominion.
Is it any wonder, therefore, that the
people are gradually, but surely, becom-
ing poorer ; that farm property is de-
preciating in value, and that people by
the thousande are leaving the country?
Why is it that the people allow this sort
of thing to go on from year to year?
They will get up in arms and go half
wild over such matters as the French
language and the Jesuit- Act, matters
of mere sentiment,and that do not in
reality amount to a row of pins, and
they will stand peacefully by and sub-
mit to be robbed and plundered year
after year for the benefit of a pack of
boodlers and upstarts , who would not
deign to soil their hands by touching the
son of honest toil who furnishes them
with the money that keeps them out •of
the poor house and allows them to revel
in luxury. Man is, indeed, a strange
animal, especially when blinded- by
religious or race prejudice or politict.1
bigotry. I
1.1.
MR. F. S. SPENCE, of Toronto, t e
well-known temperance and prohibition
advocate, in a letter to the Toronto pa-
pers, makes the following commendatory
remarks concerning the Liquor. License
Act of the Government now before the
Ontario Legislature. He says :
"It would not be right to say that
the proposed Act is entirely satisfactory.
It does notelet) as far as radical teformers
would like to have it go, but it takes de-
cidedly advanced ground in its requiring'
the consent of a majority of electors to
the issue of a new license in any locality,
and in its, giving to ratepayers the right
to absolutely peohibit the sale of liquor
in any municipTelity. Bo h these meas -
urea are in harmony wit the doctrine
warmly maintained by In ny of our best -
i
,
posted politicians, that under our Cana-
dian constitu ion a provincial legislature
has the right to even prohibit the liquor
traffic in the- nterests of public nreeratity, _
law enforcement, and good government
generally. The new bill in the provis-
ions referred to is simple and clear, and
will no doubt be very effective in opera-
tion. Selling liquor to persons under
twenty-one years of age is already ille-
gal in rna,ny Provinces and States. We
ought to have been rid of it long ago..
There is no reasonable excuse for bars
on steamboats. The dodge of evading
the penalty for illicit liquor selling, by
pretending to lease one room in a build-
ing, should be made impossible. The
additional powers that the new bill pro-
poses to confer upon officers and courts
are badly needed. It is high time thatIthe
evasions of law practised by so-called
clubs were put down. Hon. Mr. Gib
son's bill deals practically with all these
evils and its coming into force will be
hailed with pleasure by all friend's of
prohibition, and also by those who do
not believe in totally Suppressing the
liquor traffic, but who desire to have it
restricted within closer limits than thoee
_that at present confine it."
imt
SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT recently'
delivered an exceptionally able speech
at the annual banquet given by the
New York Board of Trade; The occa-
alien was an important one and Sir
Richard seems to have been equalto it.
The interests and credit of Canada did
nOt suffer at his hands. He told the
Americans that Canada is not looking
for Annexation but for closer cominercial
relations'. "One thing is certain,"
said Sir Richard, "to propose te the
people of Canada to barter their allegi-
ance for trade privileges is the very way
to enlist every sentiment of manlinesst
and self respect against such a proposat."
His manly and independent utterances
seem to have fairly captivated his
hearers, for at the eenclusionlof hie ad-
dress he was elected an honorary mem-
ber of the Board by a standing vote,
amidst the greatest enthusiiesm.
1"missmss-Tn- "stitseme
As WILL be seen leiNur .Toronto cor-
respondence, there is a rumor current
about the Legislature to the -effect that
the Hon. Mr. Drury,. present Minister
of Agriculture, will vacate his present
position with the view of having himself
appointed 5heriff of Simcioe, which posi-
tion has become vacant through the
death of the late Sheriff McConkey. We
sincerely trust there is no truth in 'this
rumor. Should it turn out that such is
likely to be the case, every Reform
"
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
newspaper in the Province, and every
Reform member in the Legielatare,
should stamp upon the proposition with
both feet. Such.an appointment would
brieg mere discredit and reproach upon
the Government than anything they
have 'ever done. This practice of mem-
bers of Governments, and Members of
Parliatnent appointing themselves to
lucrative public offices is something that
can not be defended upon principle and
should not.. he tolerated. Therehas
been just a little too much of that sort of
thing in this Province already, and, it is
best it should be nipped in the bud.
Mr. Drury is, no doubt, .a very good
man, but aside altogether from the prin-
ciple, he has as,good a position now as
he deserves, and he should be satisfied
withethat.
THE Toronto Empire, the organ of the
great Conservative party is nothing if
not loyal, at least professedly. it never
loses aneopportunity of proclaiming the
undying love of the people of Canada
for British institutions and their detes-
tation of anything savoring of annexa-
tion. Yet at the same time it is making
these asseverations. it daily denounces
the Mail and Globe, the two leading pa-
pers .of Canada, as anti -Canadian, as
hirelings of the United States, and as
exerting their whole influence to bring
about the annexational Clued& to the
United States. Now, if the people of
Canada are so excessively loyal, and the
papers named are so very disloyal, will
the organ please explain how it is that
they retain the support and patronage -
of so many of the people? People do
not generally reed and patronise papers
whose sentiments are repugnant to them,
so that the People must be much less
loyal, or the Globe and Mail much less
disloyal than the Empire says they are,
or the Empire misrepresents the one or
the other. Which is it? The organ
should give its readers light on this
point. It must be falsifying the record
either on the one side or the other.
Both its contentions can not be correct,
because they do not harmonize. Which
is right ?
THE Toronto Mail, which is anything
but favorably disposed towards the On-
tario Government concludes an article on
the financial affairs of the Province as
follows :•
e-
" The annuities referred to were
issued with the intention of mak-
ing posterity pay a slight share of the
cost of developing the resources of the
province; and we think it was a wise
step. The Opposition is not likely to
make much capital by attacking the
financial management , of the G-overn-
ment. The Government is vulnerable
in many spots, but not in that 4ne. The
Opposition is in a curious rix. When it
takes the stump in the provincial elect -
inns, it undertakes to prove by, a system
of account -keeping peculiarly its own
that Ontario is outrunning the constable;
whilst the next day some of its meimbers
may be found in. the act of demonstrat-
ing in behalf of the Conservative party
at Ottawa that the Dominion with a
round debt of $285,000,000, the annual
interest on which absorbs nearly one-
third of the orditiary revenue of the
country, is not only perfectly solvent,
but immensely well off.
The policy of unrestricted reciprocity
is still opposed by the Mail as impractic-
able. We all know that it prefers as a
meth d to bring about annexation our
bein isolated and harassed as much as
poser le by the United States. ---TORONTO
EMPIRE.
If the above paragraph has any mean-
ing, it means that unrestricted reciproc-
ity would do away with all posibility
of our being "isolated and harassed
by the United States, and would thus be
a means of 'preventing annexation. Of
course, this is all very true, but no per-
son expected such a confession from the
Einpire, but the truth -will sometimes
come out in unguarded meinients.
. .
THE bill incorporating the Orange,AS-
sociation has premed its third reading in
the House of Commons, and will become
law if it be not interfered with -by the
Senate.
FROM THE CAPITAL.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
OrrAwAt, March 3rd, 1890.
The principal characteristic of the dis-
cussion in the House of Commonellest
week was the combination of a :number
of forces against the beloved National
-Policy of the Conservatives. The firat
assault was on a line favorable to the
farmees. Mr. McMillan, of Huron,
renewed the motion which was presented
last year in favor of admitting free seed
corn intended for ensilage purposes.
The advantagq of such a change are
manifest, for itrwould cheapen the pro-
duction of beef and thus simplify the
problem presented to s� many farmers
of changing their ocoupation from that of
grain- raising to that of cattle feeding
and general farming. The debate was
very similar to one 011 the same subject
last year. It had this new feature,
however, the Government had consider-
ed the possibility of acceding to the de -
mend and was ready to explain the re-
sult of its deliberations. The Minister
of Customs practically declared that it
would be imposeible in practice to admit
this seed corn and exclude the •ordinary
corn of commerce, so that to allow this
motion to carry would be in fact a
repeal of the corn duty. A number of
the Conservatives were inclined to favor
this new proposal but all were frighten-
• ed back by the fear of hurting the pre-
cious N. P. except one, Mr. Kirpatrick,
of Frontenac. Mr. Kirpatrick's county
has suffered severely by a succession of
bad harvests and the farmers, there have
given their representative pretty clearly
to understand that they are tired of a
National Policy that assumes that the
only kind of people worthy of consider-
ation are the manufacturers. The next
attack- upon the Protection fetish was in
the form of a Motion to admit mining
machinery free of duty, the mover be-
ing Dr. Platt,of Prince Edward County,
Ontario. This matter has been specially,
brought to .Dr. Platt's attention by the
proposals of American capitalists to
open up the great rrftning region of
North Hatitings which is to be served
by the Central Outario railway of which
Picton, thccounty town of Prince Ed-
eaard, is the shipping port. But with a
duty of 30 Per cent. or so on mining ma-
chinery, there ie no encouragement to
venture thcimmense sums that will be
necessa-ry.and the county is kept back
to a distresting extent by this fearful
import. Ins order to rob the proposal
of all appearance of being an attack up-
on the N. Ft mid to remove all eicuse
on the part of the Government to com-
pel the defeat of the resolution, Mr.
Mulock moved an amendment favoring
the freeing t of mining machinery not
manufactured in Canada. The Govern
ment did not care to face the - vote and
therefore coMpelled a postponement of
the questioo until the tariff measure
which is now being incubated shall be
brought dcteM. The third attack upon
the tariff WO3 most dangerous of all be-
cause it appealed to a well -organized
class of people and because it came
from a man4 who would do anything
rather than intentionally hurt the Gov
ernment. Mr. Taylor, the chief whip
of the Government, early in the session
presented a Bill to tetaliate upon the
Americans so far as they keep out of
their country Canadians who go to the
States to work under contract. This
measure it was that, on it corning up for
consideration Thursday last, proved a very
grave menace to the tariff system. The
American law which was intended to
protect organized labor against the im-
portation by wholesale of pauper labor
proves to have the effect of excluding
Canadians who live on this side of the
line from holding situations on the other
.side. Along the border this law has
hurt many Canadians by compelling
them to become residents of the United
States even though they have to relin•
quish homes that they have established
on this side. At .Point Edward, Wind-
sor and other places on the border this
grievance is a very serious one. Mr.
Taylor's proposal was to pass on this
side, word for word, the same Bill that
the United States has made law. In the
discussion two things were clearly
brought out. In the first place Canada
cannot afford to go into the retaliation
business; in the second place, where the
Government can protect the employer
against foreign competition it -cannot
do the same thing for the working men.
This point was well brought out by dif-
ferent members of the Opposition and
the Government evidently feeling the
danger of allowing the question to come
to a vote insisted upon an adjournment of
the debate. This was strongly objected
to by Mr. Laurier, but it is the rule
here " What Sir John says goes" and
there was an adjournment accordingly.
The tariff measure that the Govern-
ment intends bringing down i the sub-
jects:if much anxioue discussion on the
part of the people xi to would like to
know in advance all about it, There
are some who pretend to know a good
deal, but it is safe in such cases to take
what the knowing ones say with a con-
sidertible grainof salt. The change
which has been most ardently press-
ed is one which will give the mill-
ers a chance to live. Nobody seems to
suggest for a moment that there will be
te reduction of the duty on wheat, for
seems to be assumed that on such a
-proposal the farmers would kick at
last. The millers want the duty on
flour raised from fifty cents to a dollar a
barrel. 1 The difficulty in the way of
granting any such concession at all is
that the flour duty is the favorite griev-
ance in the Maritime Provinces and to
increase it would put it beyond the
power even of Sir Charles Tupper to
save Nova Scotia to the 'Government.
The usual thing in such a case is to look
for some advantage to the aggrieved
Province to be used as a set-off to the
harm done. In this case it ie proposed
to increase the duty by only twenty-five
cents a barrel, and to placate the Mari-
time Provinces by taking the duty off
corn and, if that won't do, to give free
cornmeal also. Among the working
people of Nova Scotia, especially, corn-
mearis a staple article of diet, and to
Rive it at a lower price would be
to win the gratitude of them all. It is
said also that the Government will take
another somersault in relation to the
duty on fruit. It will be remernbered
that two years ago threats of retaliation
on the part of the United States induced
the Government to accept the offer held
out bythat country of reciprocity in
fruit, shade trees, &c. But the fruit
growers of the Niagara district have
shown great dissetisfaction with this ar-
rangement, and their influence has been
usedto cause the Government to reim-
pose this duty. It ia almost inconceiv-
able that the Government will do such
an insane thing as provoke the Ameri-
cans to a retaliation match, but the
rumor that the i will is so persistent and
so well authenticated that it is worthyof
attention. •
The Orange Bill has taken another
stage, and now stands for its third
reading. It will. probably come up
to -day. On Friday last there was a
discussion on the measure rather differ-
ent from any that has yet been held:
Mr. Curran, of Montreal, one of the
leading Roman Catholics of the House,
demanded to have an amendment to the
Bill providing that in Provinces Where
. there is an act prehibiting party proces-
sions, this society should not be author-
ised to hold public parades. This reso-
lution was merely a piece of "bunkum"
intended to make Mr. Curran. solid with
his constituents and (perhaps) to insult
the people who are promoting the mea-
sure. Mr. Lister voiced a very general
sentiment when he declared that it was
evident that the Government having got
into a scrape by allowing the Jesuits'
Estates Bill, now felt it necessary to
"even up" by giving a sop to the
-Orangemen. The discussion had to be
adjourned, but it will undoubtedly be
resumed to -day.
Parliament does not do its duty as
the guardian of the public interest so
far as many most important subjects are
concerned. •In a representative assem-
bly worthy of the people no such secrecy
would be allowed as that now maintain-
ed concerning the negotiations now in
progress over the fishery question. It
is well known and practically admitted
that Canada's course in regard to the,
fisheries has been one of repeated con-
cession at the bidding of ,Britain in the
interests of Britain's relations with the
United States. It is practically admit-
ted by the Government at present that
negotiations have been going on forsome
time, but altogether without any assist-
ance from the Canadian authorities.
According to a statement made by the
Premier in the House this week, a
telegram was received last Saturday
night from the British ambassador at
Washington asking to have a represen-
tative of Canada sent to Washington -to
take part in negotiations going on there.
It is manifest that there was something
in the despatch indicating that Canada
was expected to appear very humbly at
the board of negotiation, for on this
message the Government acted with
great haste, sending down Met the Pre-
mier as in the case of the Joint High
Commission in 1871, not a great man
like Sir Charles Tupper backed by a
host of assistants as in 1887, but the
Minister of Marine, young Mr. Tupper.
There is nothing the matter with Mr.
Tupper except that he is a light weight,
and in such affairs as this, of no par-
ticular account. It is said that the only
queetion to he taken up is the Behring
Sea question, but it seems to have been
already settled. The only reeson for
sending down Mr. Tupper evidently
is to give some information regarding
the Canadian view of the subject. If
Parliament were truly representative
of the people it would insist upon the
Government demanding of the British
authorities fair consideration for Can-
ada's interests in this matter.
The Ontario Legislature.
TOROlfro, March 4th, 1890.
.(From our own Correspondent.)
The House epent three vereebusy days
last week. Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, it was in session until about
eleven at night, which is as late as any
well -regulated legislative chamber ought
to sit. Lively discussions have sprung
up now and then, but they have gener-
ally been unimportant. The most strik-
ing question was the debate on the li-
cense bill, whieh by the way,_ is not yet
finished. The license question is re-
garded by the Opposition as one of the
strongest cards, but how in the name
of reason they an still hold on to what
is proved so worthless is a mystery.
They debated the quest on on the least
poteible ground, and it is the one ques-
tion on which all,or nearly all the Cen-
se votive members are able to talk, and
wlien they are able to talk, they always
regard it as their duty to do so. Mem-
ber upon member of the Opposition side
of the House rise in their places and de-
nounce the government for alleged co-
ercion of the liquor licensees into voting
the Reform ticket. They persistently
but most inconsistently ignore the fig-
ures given by Mr: Hardy a year ago,
which showed that two-thirds of the
liquor sellers of Ontario were Conserve
tives. They protest vehemently that
although they may be Conservatives in
name, yet they vote for Mr. Mowat,
and that they are coerced into it. The
facts are no doubt that very many of the
Tory liquor dealers do vote for Mr.
Mowat on the same principle that
many 00+ er men in all walks of
life, eithe are Conservatives, so
far as Doetinion politics are concerned,
vote for him, and have voted for him
for years past. With the Reform party
in a minority in Dominion politics, so
far at least as past elections are con-
cerned, how could a Reform Govern-
ment be sustained in Ontario, unless it
secured some strength beyond that
which it possesses in a Dominion con-
test. As to all the alleged wrong -doings
of the license commissioners, of which
member after member pretends to -give
his experience or observation, in every
case where a specific charge is made it is
disproved as absolutely as was that of
Mr. Whitney, of Dundee, on Tuesday
night last, by the Provincial Secretary,
and is doubtless in most cases the mere
retailing in a probably exaggerated form
of the ban -room tittle-tattle of those who
have been, perhaps for good reasons, de-
Prived of their licenses, or in other ways
have some imaginary grievance against
the Commissioners of thedistrict in which
they reside. As to the bill itself, around
which the whole discussion centred, it
was received with general favor save in
respect to Mr. Meredith's contention
that the appointment of the commis-
sioners should be in the hands of the
County Council, a change which, at Mr.
Mowat pointed out, has been asked for
by nobody Wishing to advance temper-
ance legislation and has been strongly
condemned by many, amongst others by
the controllers of the Canada- Citizen, a
paPer which is generally supposed. to, be
friendly to Mr. Meredith, and which is
certainly unfriendly to Mr. Mowat.
There was no opposition to the change,'
the bill proposes to make, which consist
mainly of the virtual abolition of steam-
boat licenses ; the prohibition of the
sale of liquor in clubs formed under the
Benevolent Society Act; the increasing
of the age of minors from 16 to 18 ; the
abolition of the right of appeal by un-
licensed dealers, which is specially
aimed at suppressing the dives that
abound in Toronto, as was also the pro-
posed enlargement of the powers of the
Inspector. Another provision provides
for the restoration of the power of local
prohibition to municipalities.
Very few if any of these provisions
were attacked, a fact on which Hon. Mr.
Gibson congratulated the House when
he replied to the avalanche of denuncia-
tions that had been launched upon the
Department in general. It is noticeable,
too, that Dr. Meacha eothe strongest,and
almost the only,, advocate of temperance
on the Conservative side of the House,
openly expressed his disapproval of the
policy of Mr. Meredith, that the ap-
pointment of, license commissioners
should be vested in the County Councils,
as did also the equally ardent temper -
&nee advocate from Middlesex County,
Mr. Waters, probably the most inde-
pendent member in the House, yet, in
general, a supporter of the adminis-
tration.
The debate was adjourned on mo-
tion of Mr. Wood, of Hastings,
and will probably be resumed on Tues-
day. It is not, however, likely that
any amendment will be moved, or, con-
sequently, that any vote will be taken..
It is an odd fact, that although the ses-
sion is now half over, there has never
yet been a vote taken. The little fight-
ing that has been done has been purely
verbal. If the session is to be so warm
as was predicted, a great deal of heat
will have to be compressed Into the last
half.
There was no opposition to Mr. Ross'
poor house scheme. It is a misfortune
such institutions are necessary, but the
fact has to be faced that many people
whose only crime it is to be poor and
helpless, are at, present able to prolong
their existence only by going to pail.
, There was a talk, too, el:Wednesday
evening about the Gaelph=setAglicultural
College, based on a motion by Mr. Lees
that other such institutions should be
established in the Province. Save for a
bitter attack by Mr, Clancey on the
management of the institution and its
failure to benefit the farming community,
there was little in the discussion- but
words of praise and friendship for the
College, and Mr. CI neey himself Met
j
with a severe rebuke from his own side
of the House when r. Cruess objected
to men who - were lhalf farmers con-
demning an institution that hsd done so
much good as the Agricultural College
and Farm. Mr. Lees' motion, of
course, was defeated, the Min-
ister of Agriculture, however, admitting
that a duplicate of the Guelph College
may become necessary in time. The diffi-
culty then will be where to place it.: It
would not go east, however, because,
as Mr. Drury pointed out, there is the
Dominion .Experimental Farm, down
there. Algoma would get it most
likely.
Mr, Meredith intends to oppose and
even take a vote on the item of salary to
Inspeetor Manning, the license Inspec-
tor, at whico, no doubt, will come up
all the old charges of fraud and corrup-
tion brought against the commissioners
and accomplished with the alleged con-
nivance of the Inspector.
The discussion on the ballot has to
,come on yet, so has that on thp question
of exemption from taxation, Ind prob-
ably that on the French School ques-
tion, when the proposed grant to the
bilingual Institute is reached in supply.
There is a good deal of discussion in
the House and about it concerning the
vacant shrievalty of Simcoe. There is
a rumor even that Hon. Mr. Drury may
take it, and as much was insinuated by
a member of the Opposition one evening
in debate: In that case there would be
another vacancy to fill, and there is a
general impression that it would fall to
the lot of Mr. Awrey to succeed Mr.
Drury, supposing there should be a
possibility. Then there would be two
representatives of Wentworth in the
Cabinet.. f
News of the Week.
CROPS RUINED.—The Winter crops
are ruined in ail southermRussia.
Moony.—Evangelist Moody is con
ducting revival:services in New York.
GRANITE MEN.—New England granite
maftufacturers have formed an associ-
ation.
FROST. —Froat haa destroyedtheearly
fruit crop in some sections of Florida.
FOR PRIESTS.—A movement is on
foot to establish an asylum for ex -priests
in Chicago.
os.—Between one and two mil-
lion oysters are exported from America
to England weekly.
GOLD AND SILVER.—The value of gold
and silver coined in the United Statea
during February was $5,134,950.
SET FREE. — Father Kineella and
fifteen others imprisoned for their actions
at Glengarry, have been released. Kir-
kenny had a demonstrative time over it.
FORBES.—Archibald Forbes, the fam-
ous war correspondent, has undergone
a very complicated surgical operation,
and has come eut of it successfully.
SNOW IN EUROPE.—Severe snowstorms
and frosts are reported in England and
in various parte of Europe.
POPE LEO'S BIRTHDAY.—Pope Leo
XIII, was 80 years old on Sunday last,
and Monday waa the twelfth anniver-
sary of his coronation.
SIR MORELL Mlle.—Besides an ward
of £1,500 against the St. James Gazette,
Sir lel orell Mackenzie has recovered £150
from the London Times for libel connec-
ted with his treatment of the late Ger-
man Eeiperor.
CRUELTY CONDEMNED. —A large meet-
ing held in New York on Friday night
condemned the outrageous treatment of
political prisoners in Siberia, and Rev.
Ilugh Pentecost said it WAF a disgrace
that the Czar lived.
ON HAND IFOR LENT.—Vesaels corn-
ing in from the Roanoke island section
to Norfolk, Virginia, say the coast is
literally lined with blue fish. One seine
fishery the other day caught over 600
shad and 30,000 herring at one haul.
The pound net fishermen are also doing
and hard
Ira r
dkilliIVRATRER SOUTH—Heavy snow
ng frost is reported from
.
many of the Atlantic and Southern
StFatoe.
ossr IN TEXAS.—A cold north wind
prevailed at Austin, Texas, on March
let. Growing corn, oats, fruit and
vegetation generally wero destroyed,.
causing serious loss to farmers. Hun-
dreds of fig trees loaded with fruit were
killed, and stock suffering severely.
Huron Notes.
Mr. Samuel Howard , has been re-
engaged as cheesemakeo at the People's
factory at Gerrie.
—Mr. Frederick Tibbntt, of Holmes-
ville, recently lost a $150 mare by in-
flammation.
—Wm. Blashill, of Brussels, is ask-
ing for tenders for the erection of -a
brick block on Turnberry street in that
village. That looks like business.
—Mr. W. W. Farran, of Clinton, re-
fused $1,000 for a yearling colt a few
days ago. If the beast should die soon
he would be sorry he did not take the
offer.
—Mr. T. W. Hawksha.w, of Exeter,
purchased from a gentleman in St.
Thomas a standard bred trotting stal-
lion, rising three years old, for which he
paid a handeome sum.
—The Wingharn Horticultural Society
in conjunction with the Turnberry Agri-
cultural. SoCiety are trying to dispose of
their pOsent grounds with the view of
purchasing larger and better grounds.
—The returns of births,marriages and
deaths, for the Province, for the year
1888, have just been issued,' and the fol-
lowing particulars •are gathered there-
from. Numbers of births in Huron in
1888, 1,476, a decrease of 95 from the
previous year. The number of mar-
riages, 440, an increase of •52. The
number of deaths 632, a decrease of 47.
The death rate per 1,000 of _population,
was 7.5 in Huron, there being Only four
counties in the Province with a lower
rate.. Four pairs of twins were born in
Huron, and March claims the largest
nurnber of births, there being 134 in
that month. In marriages the religious
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otdvvheene—n. t°v.tinyi,Ilidt'4An;Igaaeaetm,:iv°t inoonefn, ohaforrEews peaarssigeieWnS,Ile tiennr-wgo sae to
h.lbm‘ r
liEpeitHirodpissitise.,12 0751;06 P; rnesobmystenrizItes,
39; Beptists,,2a Of the deaths,• a
females,we—reMessrs,aiihnd Some, et
Hullett, recently sold to Messrs. G. 4
A. Murch, of Assiniboia, N. W. rgi
two year old imported stallion -sad s
filly of the same age,
—J. Burton, of Ethel, is asking lege
tenders for the re -building of his hotel'
in that village, lately destroyed by firt
The new building will be a two story
brick and will add to the appearancerot
foot wood from Ids farm to Beigrave,
aar, he: ep, for mt h,ear itnlisofotn:(3,sf0:
farm—%irn. tsvh ittol7ffn:thti,p.o. f
late Mrs. Ann Cottle, in Usborne, near
dis--taNniere. of
sbeevretrCalo wmfred8,* has pathrcehhasee det
road, a load containing 2,1 cords of to
• the farm property lately owned by the
sion of Stanley, has rented nis farm of -
100 acres to Mr. Gibson, for a term of
five years,at a rental of $200 a year, Mr,
Moffatt, who moves to Manitoba, will
have a sale of his effects on the 13th of
hMaisirbeeh—Inen rendered in the easeOf Hawley
vs. the Qu en, being a claim by the
plaintiff, Mrs. Hawley, for compensa-
tion for land expropriated for the
light-
bouse at Goderich. The claimant was
given $500 and costs,
—Mr. G N. Hill, of Hills Green wae
wstited on a few evenings ago by several
of the members of Hills Green Presby-
terian congregation and presented with
a. purse of money in recognition of hii
services as leader of the psalmody in the
aft. ecey, formerly a hardware
merchant in Clinton, who was arrested
some time ago in ' Geneva, Ohio, where
he now resides, on a charge of forgery
preferred against him by a Clinton man,
has been honorably discharged. Thema-
plaint, on investigation,. having been
proved groundleas.
—David Milne, the Shorthorn cattle
breeder, and Reeve Milne, of Grey,
have purchased 200 acres of good land
in Carrick township. There are shoot
100 acres cleared- and the balance a
heavily timbered with pine, cedar, hem-
lock and hardwood. They intend build-
ing o awrnill on it next Spring.
r. David Elcoat's farm in the
West End, Tuckersmith, has been rent-
ed -to Mr. Robert Fanbain,- for $275 per
yearIt contains 100 acres. The farm
-of Mr. Robert IVIcGartney, on the MM
Road, near Brucefield, containing 75
acme; has been rented to Mr. Wm,
Berri. of Hensall, for $225 a year.
—Mr. Robert Thompson, of G oderich,
recently purchased the well known trot-
ter " Baldwin " which dmiteg the put
year made a ilenemenal record in the
2.40 class. In fourteen entriee he 1111C•
needed in capturing thirteen•first prises,
-Mr Thompson paid a sum up in the
four figures for him. -
—A man from Blyth has purchased
the blacksmith shop in Walton, formwdy
occupied by Mulholland, and the pro-
perty which goes with it, from Mrs,
Shiel, of Brussels, paying therefor $400.
He is going to start a chopping mill and
will put in a new engine- He purpose
running a cider mill in connection with
it when the apple season opens.
2dp -oatpacMenrrectrsi, btiwoeonlistoehtwPhhheCo 1SuLi en°ettIP,odiln8zoe.- anc7rInoat :lied': s
hnaa sold
consists leori Enti
purchased by Mr. Richard Taylor, of
the elaitland block, Hallett, who gete
it at $750. It is a pretty 'place and
cheap at this figure. Mr. Stevenson goes
to Manitoba and Mr. Treylgr vrill move
to Clinton.
• —Mr. Edward Christie, the well-
known livery man, of Exeter, has pur.
chased the corner property, oonsisting of
the old store and machine shop belong- -
ing to the estate of James Pickard, in
tbat village, paying therefor the sum of
$1,725. Mr. Christie intends fitting up
the property for a livery stable. 'This IS
one of the hest business properties in
the village.
—The concert in connection with and I
under the auspices of the Foresters of
Farquhar, in Usborne, on Friday even-
ing last, was a grand auccese. The hall
was full to overflowing, and the music,
singing and dialogues were of the find
order and well rendered, Too much
praise cannot be given to the committee
for the excellent style in which the pro.
gramme was carried out. The proceeds
amounted to over $30.
—One day last week a mare belonging
to Mr. Peter Shield, of Amberley, Ash-
field township, was ctrowned in the lake.
When they took the harness'off, she ran
down to the lake, where she had bees
watered all summer, went on the ice
and sank through into 'deep weter. It
is quite a loss to Mr. Shield, as she visa
sold and was to be delivered on the ist
of March to a man in Lucknow to ship
to Manitoba.
—On Tueaday of tact week Maggie,
daughter of Wm. Sholdims, 9th conces-
sion of Morris, died quite suddenly,
aged 16 years and 12 days. She was 111
amiable, clever young lady, and WU
greatly beloved by alt who knew her.
Four other members a the family were
also on the sick list. Mr. Sholdice and
family have the sympathy of the entire
community in their affliction.
—A few days ago while Miss Beetle
Kelly, of Morris, was going to %tibial
the horse which she was driving toot
fright and ran away. Mi/38 Kelly pluck-
ily staid in the cutter as long as elle
thought there was any chance of stop-
ping the horse, but seeing that ft WO
impossible to gain -control of it, she
jumped out and fortunately escaped
without injury. The horse was stopped
before any damage was done.
—The many Stanley friends' slid
others in this county will be pleased to
hear the following about Mr. „fames
Hay, of Delaware, Middlesex County, 1‘
prominent -and active menaber of St.-
Andtew's church there. Mr. 'Hay,
having disposed of his business in Deis -
ware, and intending to remove from
there, some of his_ intimate friends gath-
ered at his residence on Tuesday, Febru-
ary 25th, to give him a send oft About
8 o'clock, 75 guests having arrived, the
ladies prepared a sumptuous supper
-from the well-filled beskets they hol
brought with them. After this Wele
over Mr. flay was presented with a gold- --
headed cane, and Mrs. Hay with a quest
tity of silverware, accompanied by sen
address expressing the deepest regret
felt by the whole company at the load
such good and useful citizens,
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