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ELOPED.
Another pretty girl has gone off with a BEAU -
Will dress from our new spring stock. She was
certainly tasty in her selection, for our stock
shows a variety of patterns and grades that can-
not fail to please and gratify the most careful
buyer. Much that is novel and original will be
found included in our large assortment of Plain
and FancfDress Goods, Colored and Black Silks,
Mourning Goods, Mantle Materials, Trimmings,
&c. Then about prices—they will bufound rea-
sonable. Reasonable prices is a feature of our
business. We don't make a great flourish about
being "lower than everybody else," but we are
prepared to say that our goods are as cheap as
any right from thestart, and ci. aver than many
at the finish, when their wearing qualities have
been proven. Our Mantle and Dressmaking
Rooms are now open, and under raw MANAGE'
WIT. A call solicited.
Edward McFaul,
SEAFORTH.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
tYrThe figure between the parenthesis after
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
the advertisement will be found.
Lost—J. McIntosh. (8)
Spring Shows. (5)
For Sale or to Rent—H. Eichert. (5)
Dress and Mantle Making—E. McFaul. (8)
Terms of Advertising, &c.—J. Daly & Co. (8)
Notice to Depositors—S. Dickson. (5)
Pasturage For Sale—W. 0. Duff, (5)
To Farmers—C. L. Papst. (9
Boots and Shoes—J. B. Jamieson. (8)
There's a Buzz—E. McFaul. (1) 1
Eloped—E. MeFaul, (4)
An Opportunity—E. McFaul. (5)
Zurich Carriage Works --Fred Hess. (5)
Bicycles—Lnmsden & 'Wilson. (5)
Millinery- Opening—E. McFaul. (8)
Potatoes—G. E. Henderson (8)
Girl Wanted—Expositor Office. (8)
Jams and Jellies—J. Fairley. (8)
Brighten Your Homes—Luiusden & Wilson. (8)
S Falrley. (8)
Notice—Robt. Morrison. (8)
Spring Millinery Goods—Miss Sturgeon. (8)
Vinton Txpoitor.
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SKAPORTH, FRIDAY, April 3, 1891.
msintein a high tariff wallbetween these
two countries, the main object of which
is to impede and hamper this trade
which the railway companies are trying
to extend and build up. In short, we
are building up with the one hand and
pulling down with the other, and all at
the cost of the patient but terribly over-
burdened producer. And yet this is
what some people call Stateetna,niship.
The Big Cattle Deal.
It would seem that there is some
danger of the farmers of Canada being
placed at the tender mercies of another
combine or trust. As has etre& y been
stated, a syndicate composed f Mr.
GolcIsmith,of New York,Nelson Morris,
of Chicago, and Mr. . Bickerdlike, of
Montreal, have bought up near1 fiAl the
distillery fed cattle in Canada, their
" the
y rate,
s the
'object evidently being to " cor
cattle trade in Canada. At a
a Montreal correspondent sa
doings of these gentlemen a e heing
watched by the live stock trade of i that
city with interest, and even nxiety.
"It is believed the object of th -syndi-
cate is to control the entire liv stock
export trade of Canada and squ eze the
smaller exporters out. The im ediate
effect of the late purchases has be!n to
raise the price of cattle in the ountry,
and farmers are unwilling to se 1 tlkeir
stock for export at figures which tliey
would have accepted a month ago. An-
other object of the syndicate, it is said,
is to control the price of steamer freights
out of the Pert of Montreal,by threatiin-
log to ship the stock they have purchas-
ed via American porta if the rtes here
are not made satisfactory for theni, but
this is looked on as an empty threat,
since they would have to be slaxighte- red
s. But
bers of
before
Great
anadian
, on theirarrival in Eoglish pori
it is knOwn that one of the me
the syndicate expects to see
long American cattle received i
Britain on the same footing as
cattle."
The syndicate pnrchased two thousand
head in all, the cattle to be deli
May and June. The prices ran
$4.50 per cwt. for l bulls to
steers, and it is said that eve
as 6 cents pet lb. were paid
very choice lots of steers. Th
purchase amounted to over
Mr. Goldsmith is one of the cattle kings
of the United States, and last year ship-
ped 74,000 heed.
A Big Railway Deal.
It has been generally known that tbe
Canadian Pacific Railway Company has
been anxious for some time to get direct
railway connection with New York city
on the one side and with Chicago on the
other. They have been endeavoring to
get into New York by the West Shore
Lino from Buffalo, and it 'was eupposed
that it was with this object in view that
the branch from Woodstock to the
Niagara River was being constructed.
They have also been trying to get into
Chicago by the Michigan Central. The
first object, although by a different
route, has now been accomplished, and
it is not improbable that the latter will
abut before very long. The announce-
ment is now authoritatively made that a
deal has been completed between the
Canadian Pacific Company and the New
York Central: Railway 'authorities, by
which the former company is enabled to
enter New York city on the tracks of
the Central system. To carry out this
scheme a bridge will be constructed over
the St. Lawrence river at Brockville,
thus connecting the Canadian Pacific
Raiilway system with the Rome, Water-
town and Ogdensburg Line at Ogdens-
burg, which will join the main lines of
the New York Central at Utica. The
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road
has recently been purchased by the New
York Central, whether with a view to
this arrangement or not is not stated.
The Canadian Pacific now has a branch
connecting Brockville with its main
line, so that this new deal brings the
entire system into almost direct connec-
tion with the great American metropolis.
The company will also, by their Sault
branch, have a direct and short route
between St. Pauls and Minneapolis and
New York.
Although this new connection will not
be of much avail to Western Ontario,
Brockville being too far east, it will be
of material service to the eastern part of
the Province. It will also be of immense
advantage to the Canadian Pacific in
their transcontinental traffic. It will be
an additional link commercially connect-
ing the two countries, and it may divert
a good deal of the Northwest trade,
which now finds its way over this road
-to the Canadian seaboard, tothe port of
New York instead. This is an act of
disloyalty for which a Canadian road, of
the pretensions of the Canadian Pacific,
and built largely with Canadian money,
should be severely sensured by the
super.loyal organs of the Canadian Gov-
ernment. They do not, however,
shriek at this threatened act of "trea-
son," bat seem rather to like it. But
then the C. P. R. can do a good deal
which if done by other companies or in-
dividuals would subject them to the
severest sensure of the organs. The C.
P. It. sees Money in the deal, and the
managers are not very particular who
may be pleased or displeased, or wheth-
er the act is favorable to "The Old
Flag " or not. Money is what they are
after.
This deal of the C. P. R.. serves to
bring intostiil greater prominence the
absurdity of the present Restrictionist
policy. Here we see, on the one hand,
day by day, the managers of Canadian
railway companies spending millions of
dollars in constructing bridges, digging
tunnels, building railway extensions and
buying up railway connections, for the
one purpose of facilitating and increas-
ing trade between Canada and the
United States, while we have, on the
other hand, the Government of Canada
fighting a, life and death struggle to
ered in
ed from
5.75 for
as high
or some
entire
80,000.
ACCORDING to a statement by Ron. C.
H. Tupper, Minister of Marine, it seems
Iii
a large proportion of the cattle/ 'shipped
from Canada to Great Britain re stock
cattle not ready for killing, t which
are exported with a view of th r being
fed on farms in England and i cotland
until they are fit for the mar t. Of
the total number of cattle sh ed in
1890, 70,000 ceme within this c t gory.
This is surely not a wise procee Lai, or
one that should be encouraged. Ve have
a surplus of feed in Canada, nd can
feed our cattle more cheaply th n they
can be fed in England or Scotia d. Why
thenshoold we send them the* to be
fed and deprive ourselves of the best
end of the profit?
TH
I
was a very satisfactory
he had to present to the
credit for thie he fiats of
with his predecessor.
been unpleabant for the treasurer to have
announced deficit in his initial budget,
and happily he had not to do so. Ile .
had instead the pleasure of announcing a
surplus of o dinary receipts over ordi-
nary expen iture for the year of $44,747.
Almost the little of this amount was
owing to an increase in the interest paid
by the Do inion on debt due * On-
tario. Rec i ts from this source, dur
beg the last Legislature amounted, In
total, to th4 very large eum of $i,348,•
000. Yet, phis is what the Oppition
continually irefuse to recognize as being
among Onterio's assets. Even that very
afternoon Nr. H. E. Clarke, who, as
usual, was the first financial critic of the
Opposition,produced what Mr. Hardy
aptly termeki the old "no surplus chest-
nut," and °deserted there was no surplus
save what May accrue from year to year.
Mertime, the funds which Mr. Har-
court, follothing the example ofehis pre-
decessors in office, very properly classes
among the
boning inte
sent no ince
nual revenue. In the Crown Lands De-
r. Harcourt reported a sale
at a figure per mile of $930.
s than had been expected,
depreseion in the lumber
is is a cond Won which is
nly temporary, and as it
returns for such sales will
the treasurer had ' e very
report from liquor 'licensee,
0, the largest' amount ever
ne year from that source,
neiderably in excess of the
he receipts for 1886-'87 were
or '87 '88, $201,542; for
2,511, and. for '89-'90,
touching on this matter,
t referred to the resolutions
e municipalities complain-
Sovernment had appropri-
ated for pro linctal purposes an unjust
share of the likens. fees. He showed,
however, till while it was true the
provincial re enue from this source had
been increasi g, it was equally true that
the municipi4 revenue had shared title
improvement. For instance, payments
to municipalitiee from the license rev-
enue had increased from $153,716 in
1886-7 to $297,353 last year. The pro-
vincial revenue, in other words, had in-
creased during four years by 42' per
cent., and the municipal revenue from
the same source by 93i per cent. He re-
minded the House, and evidently in-
tended the reminder particularly for
the country, that in the absence
of municipal by-laws for increas-
ing them, the total statutory fees for
retail licenses were, for, cities, accord-
ing to population, $206 or $250; for
towns, $150 ;' for incorporated villages,
18120.; and for townships, $90. Munici-
ipal councils, however, he pointed out
might -by by-lews and without taking a
vote of the electors add to these statu-
atory fees a maximum amount of $100
in cities, $12t) in towns and $140 in in-
corporated villages and townships. Of
the 29 municipalities which had passed
such resolutions of complaint only four
had passed by-laws enacting such maxi-
mum amount, and these had not availed
themselves of the by-law. .The act em-
powering municipalities to do tbis was
passed, of course, for their special ben-
efit'in this reepect, and without availin
themselves if it, it was hardly reason-
able, contended the Treasurer, that the
should complain of the ' Province re
ceiving its dee share of said revenue.
The municipalities had the further privi
lege of submitting to the electors
special by-law.for the purpose of im
posing a still larger license fee, if they
saw fit. This argument of Mr. Har
court's, particularly the last section o
it, was almost the only point in hi
speech upon which there was any dis
cussion in the Opposition press of To
ronto. The Conservative papers her
had been for some weeks past claiming,
as they- claim every now and then, tha
the provincial government had bee
usurping the powers and appropriatin
the revenues of the municipalities; an
they professed astonishment at the al
leged coolness,—some of them suggest
-ed cheek—of the treasurer in suggeetin
this way out of it to the municipalities
But the very fact that the city paper
had to fall back on so trifling a point t
make adverse criticisms, shows ho
generally acceptable was the settlemen
Mr. Harcourt had to present, and th
further fact that the country press, wh
may be supposed to know a good dos
about this niatteriahane taken next t
no part in the olentroverey which th
city newspapers )ave been endeavorin
to excite, *thews *et the point was n
well taken. The budget debate w
commenced Tuesday evening and a
journed, as said before, untie to -mo
row.- The ehief speaker on• the Opp
sition aide tvae Mr. 11. E. Clarke, w
beat his owi audacious record in t
guru, by arguing that t
d really a debt of abo
instead of a surplus
$5,000,000. Mr. Clarke's scheme w
to credit the Government with- the pr
ceeds of the Crown Lands Departme
ever since the preaent administrati
has been in office. For the Governme
Mr. Joseph Tait, Mr. G. B. Stnith a
Mr. E. J. Davis showed themsel
once more capable in debate, and w
versed in the affairs of the Provin
Dr. Wylie and 'Mr. lhlarter spoke
the Opposition. Mr. Marter has a c
tain amount of vigor, but is not w
posted in the trotter he attempted
discuss, and as for Dr. Wylie, it
really pitiful to see the manful but al
gether futile attempt he made to
something :to satisfy the hunger of 1
constituents for some sign of activity
bis part. Mr. Sol. White moved t
adjournment of the debate. He is o
of the pleasantest speakers on the
position side of the House, and but
his annexation views would be ,quite
acquisition to them. As it is, they
afraid to fraternize much with him 1
their loyalty should not be pro
against his arguments.
tatement that a
louse , and the.
ourse to share
t would have
SIR JOHN THOMPSON, the Minister of
Justice, it is said, has completed his re-
port oe the Manitoba School Act, which
abolished Separate Schools in that Pro-
vince. This report, it is further said,
has been cerefully considered by Sir
John Macdonald, and has been submit-
ted *and approved of by the whole
Cabinet. The report recommends that
the At be not disallowed, but that
steps be taken to have the case, submit-
ted to the Supreme Court of Canada
with a view of getting a judgment as to
its constitutionality.
imesemseesseemeles
AND this is what it amounts to. The
Ottawa correspondent of the Empire
says: "Sir Charles Tupper left for
"England via New York to-dai. Before
"sailing he will visit Washington and
"informally discuss trade relations with
" Sir Julian Pauncefote." Was it lfor
thishthat Parliament was prorogued oxie
year before the proper. time?
ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
sets of the Province, are
est year by year, and repre-
sidereble item in our an-
partment,
of 376 miles
This was le
owing to a
trade, but t
necessarily
improves th
increase,. an
large sum t
viz., $312,0
received in
and being c
estimate.
$216,00.) ;
'88-'89, $2
$307,000. I
Mr. Harcou
passed by so
lug that the
(From Our Own Correspaident.)
TORONTO, March Oth, 1891.
The past week of the Legislature wail
broken into by the Easter holidays. It
went against the conscience of it number
Of honoreble members to sit ion Good
Friday, and the Government, having
gracefully yielded so much to ' religious
Fier.pples, went a step further "end gave
them a holiday on Easter Monday, so
thet a recess could be taken helm Thurs-
day afternoon to Tuesday efternoon,
and from the look of 'the House on
Thu'rsday afternoon most of the mem-
bers had already availed the selves of
in
the coming privilege. This reduced
coosidetably the work of the week and
leftthe Budget debate of - Tuesday the
y considerable item in the proceed-
s. The debate was not concluded.
oes on again probably when the House
resumes business on Tuesday, nd quite
aumber of members are anxious to
veutilate their ideas on the sobject of
the management of- Province's
finances. ' ,
Mr. Harcourt, the new treasurer, did
not disappoint the high expectations that
had been formed by the House and e the
public generally in regard to his mode
Of treating the subject. He made a
clear, concise statement of the financial
affeirs of Ontario, discussing them for
just an hour and a -half by the lock. It
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in
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matter of
Province h
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HURON EXPOSITOR.
sessor for ten years. Politically he
as a Conservative, and althoughin
opr health was taken he the polls atth
1
*election. He had been a me bet'
f the Methodist church for over fty
ears, and had) served on the offieial
Gard of the same for a considerable
une. He leaves a wife and nine child -
en, six sois and three daughters. l
Nkvs of the Week.
THE GRIP IN TROY.—It is estimated
hat there are 1,000 cases of Is grippe
n Troy, New York, but the percentage
f fatal cases is very small,
WALKED FROM SAN FRANCISOO TO
EW YORK.—Miss Zoe Gayton has com-
feted her walk from San Francisch to
ew York, and wins $12,000 in bets,
CENTENARIONS. — David Jefferson
Williams, of Saratoganpringst
New
York, is 101 years old. His father
ived 113 years and his grandfather 126
ears.
IRON WORKS BURNRG. —The Eagle
ron Works, Philadelphia, owned, bei
A
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until he found refuge In a house. Then
the 'house was bombarded. In the
Middle of the night the doctor left the
town.
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Notes from the Queen ity.
Toacniro, March 30th, 891.
Business dull; nothing doing in Any
line, particularly; real estate fiat as a
pancake, and hundreds going about
crippled from the collapse of the last
boom. "Can you tell me how it is that
concerts, theatres, and other luxuries
are indulged in by so many ?" asked one
man of another on the King Yong;corn-
er, as he mused over the why and here-
fore of the bustle going on about.
"Everyone says they have no money,
but people spend just the same; ow is -
it ?" " Noticed the same thing m self,"
said the other, "but can't gi e the
wherefore. There are some lucky ones,
all the same. I was talking to a. broker
the other day who tolderne of a seedy
customer he got last fall. The hustomer
camped down in the office and carefully
David 5, Crosswell & Co,, and severs watched the stock quotations and pro-
djacent buildings, were burned last vision, merket. The result came last
week, for the seedy customer left' town
with $40,000 in his pooket, all grown
from a capital of less than $1,000. 'See
that nice -looking yonng chap over the
way," continued the speaker, " he's a.
Winner to good figures. Everyone in
town knows hie hoine, but perhaph they
don't know that on Tuesday he gathered
in frouo a lucky venture in the Chicago
market a little nest egg of $60,000. It's
true as gospel, juat the tame. BLit, he
may lose it all and more with it a his
next deal."
THE BAY OPEN ONCE MORE.
Loungers about the docks, the sound
of the caulker's hammer, and a general
awakening of life on board schooners,
propellers, and steamers, at lest give
assurance that the bay is open once
more. The old iron yacht Rivet has
been towed out to its moorings and will
soon be joined by the whole Royal Cana-
dian fleet, Still further precautiene are
to be taken to prevent the vrashinglaway -
of the islaud. Cribbing is to be pil t in
ell along the south side of the w stern
entrance to the bay. The cost w'll be
$38,000, but much will be saved from
the yearly dredging account.
A FATED LANDMARK. .
Before very long the lunatic -asylum
building with its minarets and imposing
dome, a landmark for over 50 ye'
ars will
be sold -under the hammer of the Gov-
ernment auctioneer. Property up
Queen street, having become too expen-
sive, the Ontario body of legislators
bare been selling off the gardens in lots.
With this fund and a special grant they
have been erecting cottages up at Mimi -
co. When these are complete the pati-
ents will be moved and the Queen street
property 'sold.
. THE BICKFORD WILL.
'aturday niornIng. Logs. $80,000.
A LIBERAL BEQUEST. —John D, Lewis
colored lawyer, of Philadelphia, wh
ecently died, bequeaths $100,000 as
und to aid in securing to colored per
one in the United States their civi
ights, •
OPPOSED ON POLITICAL GROUNDS.—In
speech at Liver000l on Wednesday,
Mr. Thomas 1'. O'Connor said be regret
ed that he was compelled, notion per-
onal but political grounds, to oppose
Mr. Parnell.
CHINESE OPPOSED TO SENATOR BLAIR.
—The Chinese in New York are signing
a monster Petition to be sent to the Chi-
nese Minister at Washington, protesting
against Senator Blair, their old enemy,
beingisent as Minister to China. .
DE.4.TII OF A PROMINENT MAN.—,
Normate T. Gusette, of Chica,go,throuirh
whose labors the new twenty -storey
Ma,sonic temple" in that city was made
possible, and *ho stood almost pre-
eminent in Masonic circles in the United
States, died at Chicago, on Thursday of
last week, of pneumonia.
A WORSTED COMBINE, -i---A despatch
from Bradford, Yorkshire, England, the
principal centre of the worsted and stuff
manufactures of England, says that
seventeen of the leading ' wool combe
engaged in the worsted trade have com-
bined to raise the prices of worsted add
to control Botany wool. The increase
in prices commences in April.
A COTTON FACTOR'S SUICIDE. —Be-
tween four and five o'clock Wednesda
afternoon of last week, C. W. Henry,
well-known cotton factor, of Chute -,
town, South Carolina, was found by hie
clerk sitting in his office with a bullet
in his brain. In his right hand was a
new revolver, one barrel of which had
been discharged. No cause can be as-
signed for the suicide.
But Snow STORMS.—Advices received
last week from many points throughout
Kansas indicate that the most severe
storm.ever known there raged over the
greater portion of the State on Wedhes-
day of last week. Railway cuts Fire'full
f
of snow and railroad traffic is at a et nd-
still. Reports from all directions in-
dioate great suffering tit live stock from
lack of feed and shelter. i .
RAILWAY PRonErcry BURNED. —Fire
Saturday night deetroyed the depot,
ferry slips and houses and eight pas-
senger cars of the Philadelphia & At-
lantic City Railroad at Kaighn's Point,
New Jersey. The road is operated by
the Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Company. All the valuable _ papers,
tickets, etc., were destroyed. ' Many
employees narrowly ' escaped injury.
Lose, $90,000.
FOUR MEN DASHED TO DEATH.— On
Wednesday morning of last week a hor-
rible accident occurred at one of the
salt mines in Lyons, Kansas. Four men
were on the point of descending into the
shaft 500 feet in a bucket. Above the
bucket was a traveler, a heavy oak beam
weighing over 600 pounds. Just as the
bucket began to ascend the bucket be-
came loosened, and shot down the shaft
like an entente closely followed by the
traveler. At the bottom the pen were
I crushed into a shapeless mass by the
' heavy beam.
THREE MEN INSTANTLY KILLTED.—
While a freight train on the Philadel-
phia and Reading road was ascending
the grade from Locust summit, Peeneyl-
vania, last Friday night, the locomotive
j raped the track near Barry ltation
and rolled down the embankment,
carrying with it 32 freight cars. The
engineer, fireman and one passenger
werieinstantly killed. The conductor
and two brakemen were seriously injured.
The wreck is attributed to the spreading
of the rails, '
INSANELY JEALOUS.-- Early Friday
morningat the Casino variety theatre,
Spokane Falls, Washington Territory,
Charles Elliott, a faro dealer, who was
occupying a box near the stage, fired
several pistol shots at the. performers.
One bullet took effect in the breast of
Mabel Debabian, killing her instantly.
Another bullet lodged in the back of
Carrie Smith, also a variety actrese, in-
flicting a - fatal wound. Elliott then
placed the muzzle' of his revolver in his
mouth and blew out his brains. His
shots were intended for an actress named:
Lulu Durand, who was on the stage at
the time, and of whom Elliott was in-
sanely jealous.
rl AN INSANE MAN IN A BALL ROOM.—
A terrible scene occurred last Thursday
night during the progress of a charity
ball which was given at Stragaddy,
county Donegal, Ireland. At the height
of the fesivities an insane man suddenly
made hie appearance, armed with: a shot
gun. Before bis intentions were divined
or before he could be disarmed, the
madman fired both barrels of his gun
among the dancers. One young girl
was shot in the back, and was so dan-
gerously wounded that she was remooed
fromthe hall room in a dying coodition.
The man was seized by some of the gen-
tlemen present and handed over- : to the
police.
A QUACK. DOCTOR DRIVEN OUT OF
Tows.—Dr. F. H. Moleskleye who
lived at Freedom, Illinois, enjoyed a
fair practice until a few monthe ago,
when it was whispered that he was not
a doctor, but an imposter. His practise
fell off, and it is said he resorted to
shady methods to secure money. A
Citizen's Contuaittee ordered him to
leave the town but he refused. The
women whom he treated then formed a
committee and ordered hitn to leave,
but again he declined. On Sunday, 40
women, married and single, young and
old, on whom the alleged physician had
tried hie art, decoyed Moleskley into
the street and pelted him with bad eggs
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—Another pioneer, after a somewhat
protracted illness, has gone to his eter-
nal rest, Mr. Henry Young, of Clinton,
passing away on Wednesday of last
week. Deceased was born in Tipperary,
Ireland, in 1815, and came to this
country when a young man; he served
as a soldier during the McKenzie rebel.
lion, and afterwards settled on a farm
on the Tipperary line,in Goderich town-
ship, where he lived for forty years ; for
the last ten years he has lived retired
in Clinton. While on the farm he oe-
cupied the responsible position of tax
collector for eleven years, and was also
The late E. 0. Bickford's will was
proven on Tuesday and showed the late
real-estate man to have been quite as
wealthy as was thought. The personal
estate is valued at $797,000 and the
realty at $700,000. The deceased left
a widow and one son, who is at present
going through college at Eton.
TORONTO'S GROWTH.
Toronto's population has been esti-
mated anywhere from 150,000 to 210,-
000, but accurate information will soon
be had. The Dominion Government
has appointed the census -takers and the
big work will proceed at once. Toronto
bas three officers, and they expect to
complete the city in threeweeks, before
Parliament meets. It is said some of
the questione will cause much indigna-
tion, bun the press are denied a look at
the alive ,
A COSTLY INVESTIGATION-.
A peep at the expense account in con-
nection with the $5,500,000 street -rail-
way arbitration is enough to take one's
breath away. Up to March 2nd* the
three arbitrators got $1,987.50 apiece.
The city's counsel fee e are for. $l5',667;
of this amount $7,067 goes to S. H.
Blake, Q. 10, and $5,285 to Christopher
Robinson, Q. C. Witnesses cost the
city $2,604.1and a beautifully suggestive
Hein of $4,217d23stands opposite "sun-
dries"—allowing quite a trifie to come
and go on certainly. The total is
$33,494, which, by the time every ac-
count is in, will have increased to nearly
$60,000. Toronto's encounter with the
Hon. Frank Smith has been an expensive
pleasure.
APRIL 3, 1891.
‘11111•11Mistaingi
too shallow. From past events, nobody
should be surPrised to see the whole
thing given a five -years hoist.
isseesie.
New York Letter.
(Regular Correspondence.)
NEw YORE, March 30tii, 1891.
The grip is undoubtedly again upon
us, though the doctors say it is not as
severe as before. A large number of
people are suffering from the disease,
yetthere are only a few fatal cases
which can be attributed to the grip
alone. This time pneumonia seems tie
be the principa.I cause, but of course this
is generally proceeded by i the in
-fluenza. The past week has been a
hard one in this respect, the number
of deaths from pneumonia alone reach-
ing almost to 500. The cold weather
which we have had lately, instead of
being healthy, appears to have had just'
the opposite effect: To be sure, we havel
had an open winter, but it has been a:
severe one nevertheless. The doctors
think that warmer weather is desirable
and will serve' to drive the grip awtsy.
The people are not treating the epidemio
as lightly this year as last year, and
perhaps that is one reason why there are
fewer fatal cages. ,
THE ENT) OF LENT.
The close of ,the Lenten season was
more marked this year than for a long
time. Good I Friday was quite gen-
erally observed as a,holiday in this city,
all of the city offices being closed, as
also the exchanges and a large number
of stores and Private offices. Of course
the churchee have had a busy week,
and the people have been very devot-
ed. Everyone has beerr preparing
for the grand Ester awakening. The
stores are stocked with Easter goods
of all kinds, their windows dis-
play Easter nnvelties, and special &niter
settee are all the rage. The stores are
thus taking hold of the Easter idea in a
business -like Way and are making the
most of it. The desire to be fashionable
is very strong among our people, and in
these days .ot religious devotion we are
wont to folio.* Hamlet's advice and
"assume a virtne even if we have it
not,"
FRESH, AIR OR BEER?
The proposition to establish a public
Air Garden on top of the res,orvoir at
42nd street and 5th avenue i bill for
_which is now before the .Assembly, is
meeting with almost unanimous oppos-
ition. Only one newspaper in the city
seems to be in favor of the scheme, and
that is the one which claims the credit
of first proposing it. The " World "
has certainly earned a good deal of
notriety by sc ernes for public enter-
prises, but thi time it has evid.ently
bitten, off more than it can chew. The
popular impreseion of the plan is that
the reservoir is to be floored over and
used for a beer garden more than an
air garden, and therein is its weakness.
Besides the pre s and public generally,
the Mayor hasI opposed it, the Comp-
troller is again t it and so also is the
Board of Health. Now the Academy of
Medicine has nom forward and pro
:tests in the most vigorous manner,
saying if the scheme is carried out "it
will surely ibe followed by wide spread
disease and suffering." It would pro-
bably bring on an epidemic of typhoid
fever and "spread the dieease broadcast
over the city. iThese are strong words
and Mr. Pulitzer's paper will have hard
work to counteract them.
A RARE BIRD.
Several additions have been made to
the Central Park menagerie during the
past few days, simile of which are quite
interesting. A bald headed gentleman
of the Vulture family has arrived from
'Pondicherry, India, besides a flock of
49 Southdown lambs. The Vulture is
a very large one, being about twice the
size of the American turkey buzzard, to
which he bears a considerable resem-
blance. Two young alligators from
Florida. have been presented to the
menagerie, both of these by physicians.
A very handsome snowy owl captured at
Oswego, New York, has also been con-
tributed and is attracting touch atten-
tion. The snowy owl is a rare bird in
these regions, as it only visite us in very
severe winters.
FIRE -PROOF BUILDINGS.
We have had three fatal fires in this
city during the past week, and as a re-
sult the people are seriously considering
the question of erecting none but fire-
proof buildings. There is certainly a
grave fault somewhere when lives are
lost by fire so frequently, but the rem-
edy is not so apparent. -Many promin-
ent architects are in favor of fire -proof
buildings, still they do not believe in a
compulsory law to that effect. The pre-
sent law is either defective or loosely
enforced. It ealle for fire -proof build-
ings when more than 80 feet in height,
but this does not include dwellings.
EDWIN ARLINGTON.
A BEMIRED ISHOP.
Several abortive attempts to clean the
streets have been made. They are in a
terribly bad condition at present, but
Street Commissioner Jones declares that
he wont start his men to work again ex-
cept with a sworn declaration from
Metereologist Carpmael in his hand,
telling of spring's positive advent. . An
&musing spectacle was witnessed on a
principal street one day this week.
Bishop Sweatman, in running for a car,
accidentally fell foul of a great mountain
of mud which had been garnered from
the road by the corporation men. A
newsboy's holloa made the owner of the
episcopal leggings aware that he had left
behind him one of his goloshes. The
bishop rectified this mistake and was
back on the car again, when he discov-
ered the mate was missing. A second
run was made, and by the conductor's
courtesy the head of the Epiecopal
church in Toronto was at last enabled to
reach the street car, one rubber in each
hand. Throughout this trying experi-
ence the bishop exhibited exemplary
vocal reserve toward the city officials.
THE ART EXHIBITIO:s. •
One of the best -attended art exhibi-
tions we have had is that of the Royal
Canadian Academicians at present going
on. The permanent quarters of the
local Art Association afford ample space
ancl the best of facilities, and is a great
improvement on the old plan. F. M.
Bell -Smith, one of the best exponents of
what can be said to be Canadian in art,
is frequently to be seen lounging about
the rooms.,
ASIIDRIDGE's BAY.
Everybody is talking of the lethargy
of the City! Counpil in not bringing to a
focus somo idea en the scheme of re-
claiming Aahbridge's Bay. The by-law
authorizing action was passed by a large
majority last January, and as yet noth-
ing has been done besides discussion. It
is tolerably certain the city will not
undertake the big work. But whether
the proposals from Messrs. Beavis &
Browne are to be entertained is not
quite so certain. The East -enders are
very enthuaiastic over the scheme, and
would have an awful set -back should
the Council back out. Ostensibly the
city's delay is owing to the demand of
the City Engineer for an esplanade of
125 feet width, along the proposed chan-
nel, which the property -owners would
have to give, making their abutting lots
family, settling in the township of
Ramsay. He subsequently removed te
Stanley, settling on the farm on the
London Read now occupied by Mr.
Grant. Deceased was a quiet, unob-
trusive man, and no one enjoyed the
confidence and esteem of his friends ta
a greater extent than he. He W&5,
member of the Presbyterian church.
He leaves a wife but no family,
—Mr. Hugh Ross, of &kat Wawa.
nosh, has sold his farm, containing 200
acres, to Mr. Marshall, of Ottawa. The
price paid was $9,000.. Mr. Marshall
takes possession in about a month.
—Mr. Alex. Rapson has rented the
farm adjoining the village of Kinburn,
which belongs to Mr. John Clark, for IF,
term of years. Mr. Rapson is an in
'-
dustrious steady, young man, and will
no doubt do well.
—Mr. John Govier has disposed of
his 50-aere farm on the Huron road,
Goderich township, together with a
house and two acres of land on the opi
posite side of the road. to Mr, T. Jenk-
of Button
fmorr.thielsounimaeofN$elt,t5e5r0fi.eid,
&Fessant's chair factory, Wingham, met
with a painful accident on Tuesday last
week. While working at a saw his
thumb came in contact with it ,split-
ting the thumb up to the first joint.
—Tom Small, of Wingharn, met with
a painful accident Wednesday of last
week. He was assisting at building a.
fence at the Union furniture factory
when one of the posts fell on his left
foo_t,Guesoirngge
itThuLtndi,Y.grocer, of Brus-
sels, disposect of a two-year-old half -
bred Jersey heifer to Wm. Taylor, of
Grey township, for the sum of $50. It
must pay to raise this kind of stock if
they can be sold at the above price.
—Mr. John Stewart, of Morrie, hae
purchased the frame building of W.
Cockerline, in Blyth. He is having
stone drawn for putting a stone founda-
tion under it and intends veneering it
with brick during the summer. It Will
be a handsonie residence when finished.
HUron Notes.
The Rest Ituron Spring Show will
be held at Brussels on Friday, April
17th. _ 1
—Mr. Donald McLauchlin has leased
the farm of Mr. John Sample in Grey
township for a term of five years.
—The Northwestern Fall Fair will be
held at Goderieh this year on Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, September
16, 17, 18.
—Messrs. Roberts & Plum, general
blacksmiths, of Brussels, have dissolved
partnership. The business in future
will be carried on by Mr. Plum.
, —On Tuesday of last week, the saw-
yer in the Star mill, on the 16th conces-
sion of Grey, had the misfortune to
have his foot badly smashed.
—The Kennedy property in Clinton,
which was sold under mortgage on Sat-
urday last, was purchased by Mr. Fer-
ran. The price paid was $510.
—Three cars of settlers' effects left
Clintcn for Manitoba on Tuesday of last
week,the shippers being Messrs. Holmes
and Callender A. McPhail and R.
Docking.
—On Saturday last,W,J.Dixon, living
one mile south of Walton, got his hand
caught in the grain crusher, losing two
of his fingers and badly crushing a
third.
—Mr. John Beacom has sold his well-
known carriage stallion Tontine to
Ilueston Brothers, of Virden, Manito-
ba, and formerly of Bayfield. The
horse was removed to the Prairie
Province last week.
—The death of Mr. Wm. McQueen,
of the London road, Stanley, on Sunday,
22nd ult., was quite unexpected, he
having been in iClinton during the pre-
vious week, apphrently in the enjoyment
of as good heaith as usual. Deceased
came from th& neighborhood of Glu-
gow, Scotland, when but a boy,
and with other members of the
—On Thursday of last week David
Shiel,Brussels, had the misfortune to fall
in his bed room and struck his head
against the bedstead inflicting a cut on
his face and head. As the old gentle.
man is 96 years of age a mishap of this
kind tells upon him,
—Thomas ItIcLauchlin, of Grey, dis-
posed of another of his imported Clydes-
dale stallions last week to Mr Galbraith,
of Trehern, Manitoba. " Poteath" was
the name of the animal, and he -is
pronounced a first class horse by com-
petent judges. Mr.McLauchlin has one
horse left yet, which he will sell.
—The Clinton New Era says: The
festive hen has arisen from her long win-
ter torpidity, and et ted in on her
spring work. Mrs. Joh Ransford, of
Stapleton, is the happy possessor of
hens that lay eggs 6 by 8 i ches, weigh-
ing almost four to the p uncle When
the Secretary of the Salij Association
wants poaehed eggs on toast he gam
thm-e-sir. Gab: ert Mair
has /sold his farm
of 100 acres, on the nith concession of
flullett, to Mr. James Reynolds, for the
sum of $4,000. This fermi' cost Mr.
Mair considerably more than this; but
as he had bought another farm else-
where he was willing to make_ a sacri-
fice. Mr. Rieynolds thus secures a capi-
tal farm at a low price.
—Mrr. Malcolm McTaggart, of Clin-
ton, one of the oldest and beet known
residents of the county is still very ill,
and his condition is critical. Mr. Alex.
McMurchie, another well known resi-
dent of Clinton, who has been a severe
sufferer for several months, is slowly lin-
proving in health, but is still unable to
leave -his residence.
—Mr. Robert Buchanan, of Westfield,
was on his way, the other evening, to
Auburn, while going through a snow
bank, the cutter upset. The horse got
frightened and ran away, leaving pieces
off the cutter every .few steps. The
horse got a, severe wound between the
fore legiecaused by the ends of the shafts
running into it.
—Much regret is felt in Leeburn over
the departure from that place Of Mr.
John Linklater, one of the most respect-
ed residents of that burg and vicinity.
Mr. Linklater moved this week to Perth
county, near Stratford, where he hae
rented a farm for a number of years.
Mr. Linklater always took an active
part in all good work, and will be much
emria_stosedheappointed .e
Tr
following are the milieus enurn-
for South Huron r`
Bayfield, John Pollock; Hay, Charles
McDonald, Chris, Eacrett, Jos. Snell;
lifullett, James Morrison, Wm. Rinn„
James Barr; McKillop, J. C. Morrison,
Thomas E. Hays, R. G.Rose ; Seaforth,
F.G.Neelin, A. Strong; Stanley, Thos.
Simpson, B. R. Higgins, John Sparrow;
Tuckersmith, Rob:. Newell, Frank
Layton, × Ryan.
—The following are the census *num-
erators for West Huron: Ashfield,Thos.
Hussey, A. C. Hawking!, John Whitley;
Clinton,E. Corbett, Dr Cook, jr.; Col-
borne, Ji T. Goldthorpe, Wm., Jones ;
Goderich township, Jas. Connolly, J11.8.
A. Ford, John Beacom ; Goderich town,
E. Woodeock, James Reed, jr., J. 0.
Stiven ; East Wawanosh, James Owens,
Peter Scott ; West Wawanosh, John
Bowers, Thos. Durnion.
—A son of Mr. Menzies, of the God-
erich Organ Factory, with some other
boys were at the dock in that town,
on Sunday, 22nd of March, in-
specting the craft there; the ice
being weak, gave in, and young Men-
zies sank and but for the presence of
mind and adroitness of Horace Bayley,
who threw him a line from the tug,would
undoubtehlly have lost his life, the water
being so Old.
—A young man who had been work-
ing with a farmer on the 16th conces-
sion of Goderich township, was commit-
ted to Go,derich, Saturday, 21st ult., for -
trial, on a charge of assaulting his em-
ployer's wife. The accused has always
been known as a quiet, respectable
young man, but received a sunttroke
some yealre ago, the lingering effects of
which m y account for any apparent in-
discretio he may be charged with.
—Acrrespondent writing to the
BlioarnButdai,oa
seoihlsost says: " At the late exam -
Id at the University of Mary -
Baltimore, we find that our
esteemed friends E. A. Martin and Rid-.
Whitfield, of Brussels, Canada, did
credit to themselves and to their coun-
try, Mr. Martin taking third place as a
theoretical man in a class of severity. In
the competition for prizes our friends of
Canada rank first, carrying with them
every prize of worth. Mr. Whitfield
carried off a fine selection of dental for-
ceps and honors on the tnost difficult
work in, dentistry, while Mr. Martin
stepped completely to the foremost rank
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