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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-05-15, Page 44 t THE HURON EXPOSITOR EL.A.C* - 13 ESE; . G -0013B.. We bave received another shipment of those fine Black Dross 0 d. we have been selling so much of lately, bea tiful in finish and handeOrne patterns. Also a 4e assortment of Linings and Trimmings.. Drese and Wraps made to order in our ressmakingi Department. Edwar0 McFaul, SE4iFORTH. NEW AD ERTISEMENTS - grins figure h tween the parenthesis after each line denotes t e page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. Street Anchor Id Wm. Pickard. (5) Clearing Sale—Jo n Mtildrew. (5) Millinery—E. Main). (5) Courtof Revision—S. Smillie. (5) To the Public --Prof. A. M. Shreeves. (8) Farmers—W. H. Code & Co. (8) Girl Wanted—Mrs. Moms. (8 Farm For Sale—W G. Duff. 6) Card of Thanks—OE Ewing. (5) Grass Butter—Edward Cash. (8) Allan Line—C. Bet une. (5) - Hoyt/3 Clothing—E. McFaul. (1) Histogenetic Medic ne Association. (5) Black Dress Goods --E McFaul. (4) New Goods—E. McFaul. (8) Blacksmith Wanted—T. Mellis. (5) Notice to Owners 0/ Lawn Hydrants. (5) Store to Rent—G. Ewing. (6) Announcement—Jc kson Bros. (6) Girls Wanted—MretKennedy, (8) Fine Boots.—Georg Good. (8) Court of Revision -J -Wm. Elliott. (6) *won txpoitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 15, 1891e The Irice of Eggs. Several of our Conservative contem- poraries are comparing the price of eggs at the present time with the price this time last year, and because the price now, under the McKinley bill, is higher than It was a year ago, before the .Mc- Kinley bill carne into force, they there- fore argue thatl the increased tariff under the McKinley !All has not injuriously affected the pr ce of eggs in this count try. Thin, of *de of argu and seems to The proper wa ouree, is a very absurd ent, but it is plaueible satisfy the unthinking. y to ascertain the effect the increased tariff has had upon the market is to crimper() the Canadian and American prices before and after the tariff came int force. By doing this tr we find that & considerable loss is oc- casioned to th Canadian egg producer. The average p ice of eggs in New York in the first week of May, 1890, was 12i cents per dozen, viihereas the average price in Cans a the same week was 9 cents, or a di eren a of 3i cents per dozen in f&voi of ew York. During the first week1in M y this year the aver- age price in New iork was 16i cents, while the average I anadian price for the same week siets 10 exits, or a difference of 6i cents in favor of New York, thus showing that the Qatiadian producer loses exactly three cents per dozen on s. comparison of the anadian and New York market; this ear and last. But, the differene is re Ily greater than this, for last year the pr ces were not as high in Canada as they hould have been, as the Canadian buye s, being threatened with the Mclinley bill, were afraid to pay full prices. T is is proved by the filet that in April o 1889,. while eggs were quoted et lli ents in New York they were 10 cents ii Canada, and, as a rule, before the d.utr was imposed the Canadian prices averaged within about two and a -half cent" per dozen of the prices paid it New York, whereas now there is a difference of six and a -half cents. In the Toronto Empire of Wed- nesday eggs were quoted in Toronto at 12i cents to 13 cents, and in New York at 17 cents. In view of these facts it is as foolish as it is dishonest to assert,- as some do, that the heavy tariff imposed by the McKinley bill does not injur• lonely affeot the price of Canadian eggs. 1.1111=1111111MM11111111111111M1 Anti -Treating Societies. A large and enthiudastio meeting of citizens of London 'Was held a week or no ago for the purpOse of inaugurating a movement against the " treating " cus- tom. The meeting joint auspices of the was held under the London Temperance Union and the Conimercial Travellers Circle. TbO fol owing resolutions, which embod the ainis of the move- ment, were a opted unanimously, hav- ing previously been warmly indorsed in excellent speeches by several commercial travellers and others. The resolutions are as followe : Reselved, that the custom of " treat- ing " with intoxicating liquore is a source of evil in many ways; that it is not alone useless and expensive, but distinct- ly harmful, bringing in all cases tempta- tion in its train ; that the habit is un- businesslike, I its supposed advantages fromee business stahdpoint being illu- sory. Therefore resolved, that this meeting calls upofl leaders of opinion to discoun- tenance among young and old -the treat- ing custom above referred to, and urges merchants, commercial travellers and business men generally to unite in dis- couraging such " treating" in connection with business as something unneces- sary, expensive and leading into temp- ta,ti on . And further resolved, that we earn- estly invite eoncerted action on these lines throughput the Dominion by busi- ness men andothers; and that copies of this resolutioll be sent to the various presidents of;boards of traNe through- out Canada, presidents of commercial travelers' ass ciation8, to the various conferences, ' assemblies a.nd synods shortly to meet, and to the press. We do not think there ars many who will not agree to the absolute correct- ness of the propositions set forth' above, whatever their practi e May be, If this pernicious practise o "treating f"were abandoned, the backibone of the liquor traffic would be badl broken. In fact, without " treating " there would in a niparatively little ndingly few drunk-, ' treating " system he drunkard. We large majority of s to drinking habits education through ustum of "treat - will go deliberately a glass ,of liquor for far gone and has for it which cannot ut there are thone- one this far, and very short time be drinking and corres ards. It is the which really makes believe that a very those who fall victi receive their early the prevalent social ing." The man wh up to a bar and buy himself is pretty acquired ar appeti easily be o .ercome, ands who have not who have really not acquired a taste for !intoxicants, who, fo the sake of good - fellowship and to co ply with custom, - will treat and drink at a bar time and again unti they become in- toxicated. This i continued until their appetites gai the mastery over at them, and losing 11 self.control they become the merest sots. The chances are ten to one that ut for the treating custom these partie would never have gone near a bar; w uld never have got drunk, and would t -day be sober and industrious member of 'society instead of being confirmdrunkards, and a curse to themselves and the community in which they red e. Outside of the .liquor itself, the tr ating custom is the greatest drunkard making agency we have, and is reapon ible for nine -tenths of the drunkenn4s in the land. If, therefore, it could be done away with, a mighty step woul be taken to great- ly decrease the evil results flowing from the liquor traffic. This anti -treating movement should r ceive the counten- ance and aseistane of every good citi- zen. Let an effort be made individual- ly, by seesieties and even by legialation if possible, to put S atop to it, or even check it, and the nkst beneficial results will foilow. We liope the London or- ganization will prosper and spread until there is a large, 'active and aggressive anti -treating society in every city,town, village and towns temperance work join in. They c many to join an who would pledg from treating, wh posed to go the w total abstainers. of temperance wo augmented and m complished. ip in Canada. The rs in Huron should uld, no doubt, get esociation of this kind, therneelves to abstain -might not feel lie. oleway • and becOme In this, way the army kers might be largely ch good could, be he- Parliame The clever To the Montreal Wi tary Oratory. onto correspondent of nese, in discussing the recent session ,o the Ontario Legisla- tare, makes the f Bowing sensible refer - &mice to a subject that is too apt to be looked at in a different way by the pub- lic. He says: , "It is all very well to speak of the value of free disc anion, but there is far too much time w eted in all Canadian Parliamenta in this way, The Legisla- tive Assembly of Ontario is no excep tion. Parliameetary debate effects nothing, cannot eect anythinget-ii the way of changing opinions on any impor- tant subject. Every member has his mind made up before the debate begins, and so far as conviction goes, the , time spent in argu- ment might ju t as well have been saved. In fact„. here it is narrowly looked into, the hole affair is unspeak- ably absurd. Why should men talk systematically ex ept to win others over to their views, and yet, in Parliament they deliberately spend hours at a time in argument without the slightest ex- pectation, perhaps without the slightest hope or desire, that any one will be either converted ;to their opinions or prevented from abandoning them. Par- liamentary debate is, so far as the House itself is concerned, quite as much of a theatrical performance as any- thing on athe sage, without having even capacity to interest people as a ground of justification for its exietence. The lateneas of the season this year,‘ and the strong desire of Members to get away, kept some frotri talking and made all impatient of the few who failed to tre was no reason why see how unpopuler they were making themselves. Thi even lees time thin seven weeks should not have sufficed, had everybody been disposed to abandon .ineffective talk. Parliament, in pite of - its name, is really a place speech, and, if th the work would u done. What is House is a gener tails of bills mad or work- rather than re were less speaking, doubtedly be, better needed most in this I desire to see the de - as perfect as possible, and this presuppeses a general deter- mination to comprehend each bill in all its details. Very' few of the members take this view of their duties. They are willing to trust their leaders in this matter, and, fortunately, their leaders are worthy of th trust." Many are too prone to value their representatives b the talking they do, and not by the a ount of work they perform. It is o ten the case that the most voluble in speech are the least valuable workers It is not always safe to judge a repres ntative's influence or usefulness by the length and number of , speeches he deify re in Parliament. _ Between seven nd eight hundred peti- tions have alread House of Comm there are doub Whatever may b traordinary grow to be feared that i mensurate there an excellent stu and that is all: So says the To LS no doubt a goo statement. It is been presented to the ne this session, and less more to come. the cause of the ex - h of this industry it is fruits will not be corn- ith. Petitions make ng for pigeon holes, onto Mail, and there deal of truth in the a pity, however, that such should be the case. The right of petition is designed to be se ready Mang by which the people can Make 'their wants known to their representatives, and it should be more effective than it usually ie. It is ofen the case that a irgood deal of time i expended in getting up these petitions Inchit is a pity that they are often loolfed upon more as a subject for levity aid indifference than 'an earnest expressi n of opinion on the part of the petition rs. Petitioners are, however, aomewha responsible for this feeling themselves. If people would re• fuse to sign petit ons when the thing asked for is not in ccordance with their view!, and would nly sign ' them when they earnestly d sire the thing peti- tioned for, petitio a would carry more weight than they o now. In addition to this, in the eve t of their petitions not receiving the ttention and respect from those in autho ity that they deserve, if the offending arties were promptly required by the p titioners to give an explination of thei neglect, instead of treating indiffereno with indifference, as is now too oiten th • case, the right ofpe. tition would soon become a more valu- able and effeictive ean of communion - tion between the peop e and their Par- liaments. DOMINION , 'A LIAMENT. (From Our 0 n Cor TTAW Parliament res med rums from Wedeesda ing Ascension Da. M to make his charg House against Mr s this Tho member for Queb o We tor engevin, Mioister Mr. Tarte, who is a stro is re eiving the a pport tion in the affair. He a f Gre vy of sellin his wit the Minirite of P Larkin, Connolly & Co., of money, and of obtain advance informat on fro ment of Public l'orks tenders for the Qflebec by means of which Lark Co. were enabled to buy tenders ancloobta ned t themselves. Th sum i the millions. I is al Hector Langevi ,receiv for him, large su a of m contractors. These ohm other aide have not yet &newer, will probably g mittee on Pri ilegee wheitle both side ,will b oath The mat er is in before the court at Que this May be put forward Parlament shou 4 not i THE SEVARA E SCHO MI. Dalton McCarthy at th abolition f Separ the North west erritori Protestant an Cat Schools, as both kinds Whichever part is in any school distect, is e separate public chool. wants the cons itutiona separate school e abolishe trol of the quelion pla of the Northw Aim words, in the hands of t selves. ' 1 The subject o the abo ate Schools in anitoba House on mobilo s for pa lin, the Liberll memb county, Quebec attacke ment bitterly f r refusi the Manitoba. ct if, as dicated, they thought tional. A. DI 'ORCE CO The Senate h s opene questiening its wn use Hon. Mr. Abbo t moved a report namin the ata tees two or thre membe serve on the di erce com ground that t e, Eryste divorces by et of wrong. They elieved should be deleg ted to a stituted court of law. systern was cop ed from there long ago t e tribu was transferre from Lords to the forum of la THE .LGAR D The Governm nt inten to ma e extenei e chang duties and mem think' t go so far as to abolish t gethezj on both ew and The nanufactu ing con here in force a ew day out that since $ gar was free list in the nited St ored under a reat di cause the Cana ;an impo fined sugar, wh eh is the is higher than t ,e duty tured article. he sug actively lobbyi g to pr terests. DEATH OF S SATOH One of the fe Libera Senate died on hursda Ottawa. He w a of the Sir John Macdonald, 76. ly owing to his efforts th ward Island, where he 1873, brought lito Con was • buried ia Otte morning. ONTARIO IARCHIN Over one hus 'red w and reeves of t countie palities, deman rug a re lions of dol1ar naid in b railways which, •y Dorni ceased to be loc railwa to Ottawa May 1st, t been fixed by t Premi be received by , Sir Jo Hon. Mackenzi Bowell Carling. espondent.) , May lab, 1891. to -day, after a , Thursday be - Tarte Intends evening in the as McGreevy, t, and Sir Hoo- f Public Works. g Conservative, f the Opposi- cases Mr. Me - great influence bile Worksto for large sums ng secret and ri the Depart- ith respect to arbor works, in, Connolly & off the lowest e contract for volved was in eged that Sir d, or some one ney from these gee, which the undertaken to to the Com- nd Elections, heard under some respects eo, and possibly as a reason why terfere. L QUESTION. s bill, aiming te Schoola iu a affects both olio Separate xist up there. minority, in titled to form a Mr. McCarthy right to form , and the con - d in the hands bly ; in other e people them- ition of Separ- as up in the ere. Mr. Dev- ✓ for Ottawa the Govern - rig to disallow heir report in-. it unconstitu- NOTES. Hon. Mr. La rier has to his room for week w lumbago., AS Senator A exander ed that House Or, twe c siontt attention •as draw Senate, and un er the la be forfeited. B fore dec vacant, howev r, it w notify the Sen tor fro Ontario, of the It is said that URT. • the seseion by ulness. When the adoption of ding commit- s declined to ittee on the of granting arliament was the authority properly con - The present England, but al; for divorce the House of • • and justice. TIES. it is believed, s in the sugar ey may even e duties alto- efined sugars. ectioners were ago pointing laced on the tea , they lab - advantage, be- t duty on le - ✓ raw material, n the manufac- r refiners are tect their in- AYTHORN E. Is left in the at his hotel in same age as It wee chief - it Prince Ed- ived, was, in ederation. He & - on Friday G DOWN. rdens, mayors and munici- und of the mil- nusee to local ion legislation, s, are coming at date having • r. They will O Macdonald, nd Hon. John been an • confined attack of as not attend- nseeutive see - to it in the the seat must aring the seat s decided to WoodstOck, roceedings. Dr. Ferguson, of Wel- lard, will get Senator Alexander's ‚ set. The military members of the House are urging the Government to make a larger militia, appropriation so as to an. e the rural battalions to be drilled an natty as in the ;Rase of the city i co pe: uisre JohnthatTthheGv omroenrn‘ailrnitttinedti„ iidinedthtoe w deray the cOst of appealing against the M nitoba School Act. News of the Week. pEATH OF AN EX-FREMIER.—Sir John R ertson, formerly. Premier of Vic - toile, New South Wales, is dead. 19. STATUE TO BEECHER.—The exca- vation at Brooklyn New York, for a °tithe to Henry Ward Beecher, was commenced Friday last. Goon EXPORT.—The total amount of I. go d exported from the States this year to date is $25,474,000; the stock of gold Com and bar in the country is estimated at $690,000,000. FOREST FIRES ,IN MICHIGAN.—Mil- lio a of dollars worth ot damage has ben done by the forest fires now raging in the Michigan lumbering districts, W ole villages have been swept away anI many lives lost. AN INCH OF ICE IN MIOmOAN.— Many fruit growers in the vicinity of K lamnzoo, Michigan, are greatly alarmed on account of the severe cold l&st week. Ice an inch thick formed on sti 1 heater at Kalamhzoo on Tuesday night, and some growers are sure that the great crop of tender fruits which wen expected will not pan out. TERRIBLE EXPLOSI-M.—An explosion toqk place on Monday in the firehold of the British steamer Tancarville, under- going repairs at the dry-dock at . New- port, which resulted in the death of eight men and the injury of twenty-five others who were engaged in repairing the ship at the time. A TRAIN DESTROYED BY FIRE. —A freight train on the Western Indiana belt line was descending a heavy grade on,a trestle in Chicago Thursday of last week when the rails spread: The loco.), mitive and two tank oars went through the trestle, the oil was ignited, and the eags, locomotive, and much of the trestle deetroyed. The train hands escaped by jumping. Loss, $100,000. I „UBE KING'S RECEPTION.—A charm- ing little story comes from Madrid. The 4 -year-old King of Spain had a baby re eption last Sunday, and in the course of it resolutely and intrepidly kissed one of his lady guests, aged 3. She was naturally all broken up by it, and told he mother, who directed her to kiss his M jesty back. Thereupon Alphonso XIII. haughtily assumed his royal dig- nity and offered her 'Pie back of his hatnd, saying: "I an the King." LIBERALS CONTINUE GAINING GRO UND. —IA t the Parliamentary election Thurs- ,d y last week in the South Dorset di.! vi ion, England, Bryrper, Conservative, defeated Edgeombe, Gladetonianaby 40, v tea, the poll standing: BOymer,; 3, 78 ; Edgcombe, 3.138. The electioni was held to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Lieut..0ol. Hambre, Con. se:avative. The Liberals polled 752 mlore votes than they did at the last; election, while the Conservatives polled! 199 leas. 1 ;SIX FEET OF 3N0W.—A despatch, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, On Friday_ l+t lays: At Cumber's Hill, Califor.; flea, the snow stands up beside the Den- - air and Rio Grande section house six felet deep and extends for miles, cover- idg the whole range as far as Toltec Cl ' orge and ranging -in depth from four t five feet. All streams .are frozen ojrer. CAPT. VERNEY'S SENTENCE.—The t ial of Capt. Edward 11. Verney, M. P. f r North Buckinghamshire, England,. c arged with procuring a governess, ell . Beckett, for immoral purposes, t ok' place last week. Capt. Verney pleaded not guilty of procuring the girl, tint he pleaded guilty of conspiracy in conniving with Mme. Roulier, of Paris, tO procure her. The recorder, Sir Thos. Chambers, accepted this plea and sen - ti need Capt. Verney to one year's im- isonment without hard labor. A LORD SUICIDES,—Lord James Ed - w` rd Sholte Douglass, brother of the arquie of Queensberry, committed sid- e' e Tuesday of last week at Lor.don, England, by cutting his throat wi h a _ral or. Lord Douglast had been travel- li g from Ireland during the night,1 and he behaved' in such a strange manner th t the railroad officials noticing that heveils apparently in a demented condi- tin, ordered one of the company's em- pl yes to accompany him to London. Upon his arrival in that city Lord Doug- lalis pat up at an hotel and subsequently chided the attendant and cut his throat. LaIrd Douglass was born . in 1855 and married in 1888 Miss Hennessy, of Ken, si gton court, London. INFLUENZA IN LONDON.—The epi - de ic of influenza from which England ha been suffering for some time is now ra aging London. ' All business is more oe less affected -by the absence from their usual daily work of numbers of people who have been confined to their homes haling to influenza attacks. The busi- ne s of the law courts is seriously im- pe e d owing to the prevalent malady, an many important eases have been po tponed from the fact that counsel, juges, witnesses, plaintiffs or defend - an s in the cases were being initiated in10 the mysteries of influenza. In the H use of Commons 'done their are 41 m mbers en record as suffering from in. fluense. A FIGHT WITH TRAMPS. —A battle oceeurred on Saturday flightiest between trolinmen and tramps. The south -bound mi night freight reached Columbus, In - di na at two o'clock. It w s boarded by seven trampe at Frankliii, and at E. inburg the trainmen un ertook to put them off, and a fight en ued. Car pi s, knives, and pistols wer used, and a lprakeaman named Wyatt as cut and el shed horribly with a knife across the fa e and breast, and a knife blade was br ken off and left sticking in his arm. T e tramps boarded the train again, and at Columbus the battle 'was renewed w en a brakesmau shot one of 'them, th ball entering the front of the chin, braking the jewbone in two places and k ocking the lower left row of teeth out anJd lodging in the tramp's neck. He w a taken to the hospital, and gave his name as John Ebbett, Englis , aged 26. Wyatt and Ebbett will probe ly die. 1—About two o'clock inch -nine of last week fire bro ethble belonging to Dr. J.W. of Exeter. The building ha occlupied for some time, th ught to be the work of an incendiary ednesday e out in a Browning, not been )ad it is AIMEE MAY 15,, .p391. mmossiamsnmsessessmoor who was anxious to see a blaze. The fire alarm awoke the citizens who hur- ried to the scene and proceeded to tear away the board fences which were ad- joining the building, and try and stop the fire from spreading any further. The loss will not be a very heavy one, as it was an old building, having been built a number of years ago. New York Letter. (Regular Coriespondenee.) Nnw YORIE; May llth, 1891. "How shall w ;obtain clean streets ?" is the great quest OD which is now again agitating the people ot this city, and many earnest eff rts are being made to effect a solutio . The letter which Mayor Grant la t week addressed to his advisory com ission on the subject has provoked a ood deal of criticism, mainly became oll the rosy views which the Mayor seems to entertain. The doc- tors have been di missing the matter,and instead of agre ing with the Mayor they are vigoro e in pronouncing the streets to be in a very unhealthy condi- tion. Indeed, th y warn us that either the streets must be kept cleaner or there will be dan er of a pestilence. One doctor declares t i at the streets of New York have not ben kept clean for 38 years. The only hange has been from mud to dust and rem dust to mud. The women of the o ty have taken up the matter end hav organized a society whose members s gn a pledge each to keep clean the sid walk in front of her own house. If nough worrien can be induced to sign ti is pledge and keep it, the question will •e well-nigh solved. A NEW INDUSTRY. Among the pas rangers who landed at the Barge Office in this city last week was an intelligen -looking Syrian, who has come from D museus to establish a new induatry in t is country. His name is Elias Khouri, a d the new industry is that of making ilk without the -silk- worm. Moues e-houri, the uaele of Elias, and who is a famous inventor of Syria, some time ago dissected a num- ber of silk -worm and found the stom- ach to contain t 'e fibre of leaves and twigs of the mulb rry tree. After much thinking he evol d a process of manu- facturing silk di Sctly from the leaves I and twigs of the ,mulberry tree, which, 1 it is well known, rows in great abund- ance in some part of this country. By this process it i said that silk can be produced at one- tieth the cost of form- er times. A larg tract of land has been selected in Georg , where the work of manufacturing b the new process will soon be commene d. GREAT STORE BRANCHING OUT. The rapid grow h in this city, during the past few year ,df. large notion stores, whose burliness w 's formerly confined to dry goods, has een such as to cause alarm amongst ts e small dealers in al- most every line if businese. The trade of these large h uses has branched out until now it emb &cos nearly all classes of goods, and hi very case it has affect- ed the small pr nrietors to a great ex- tent. Butchers, bakers and grocers are about the only 0168 who have not been affected as yet,but it may be only a ques- tion of time w en they too will be driven into fler&e competition by the Frost emporiums which are backed by Immense capital nd which command an army of customers. The small dealers are complaining, but they do but very little to preve it the centralization which is so rapt ly taking place. It ie certainly the ten.ency of the times,and if it benefits th inajority—the purch- asing public—le it prevail. ANOTHER A IC EXPEDITION. The explorin party which is to be sent to the Aret c regions by the Acad- emy of Natural 'deuces is now securing suitable provisio s in °Oder to start on the expedition bout May 25th. The party will be co i posed of but six per- sons tinder com and of Lieut. Robert E. Peery, of the United States Navy, who has been gr nted eighteen months' leave of absence from the Government. The expediditioi will be taken north by a whaling ship from St. Johns, New Brunswick, and landing made at Wale Sound, on the w st coast of Greenland. A base of sup les will be established near this point a cl from there the party will push on ne t epring, going as far to the northeas along the unknown coast of Greenla d ,as may be possible. The party will scale the glaciers near the coast and by o doing hope to make a nearer approac to the pole than has ever yet been rea hed. Lient.Peary has visited the north before. MUCH NEED'D IMPROVEMENTS. The improvem tits that are now be- ing made by the Pennsylvania Railroad in this city and i Jersey City are on the most extensive se le. The new terminal station, which is being built in Jersey City, will be the largest in the United ' States. Its roof a arched with a single span of 250 feet. An elevated roadbed has been built th ough Jersey City, and hereafter all trine will run on this structure, so as put an end to grade crossings which a e so dangerous to life. In this city an el vated bridge has been constructed acro. West street at the entrance to the C tlands street ferry to avoid the annoy nee of trucks. There will be double -d eked ferry -boats run- ning, so that pas engers can pass from the bridge directi to the upper decks of the ferry boa , When once across theee will be no necessity of deeeending for the trains 1 ill be elevated also. These plans .havi many obvious advan- tages, and will no doubt meet the ap- proval of all tratrellers, together with thousands who ee not travellers, but who might som day get run over at grade crossings. EDWIN ARLINGTON. Hur. —The popula at 1,193 bythe a —Mr. Richard Winghami has be Pablic for the co n Notes. ion of Bruesels is put i4e81101-. Vanstone, barrister, of en appointed a Notary nty of Huron. —Mr. E1. Maguire, of Exeter, has orge carriage stallion, Messrs. T. Hodgins can, for a good sum. cGregor, of Stanley, Saturday, for Huron, brother, who is in a ondition from hernor- 8. and W. Jackson, of ased the young stal- ker, bred by Thomas for $1,000. His sire 7415). He ie a full Rooker Patsy D., of of 2.30, trial 2.17, and a pair of mares . F. Coleman; of Sea - to the pole in 2.40, for $1,000. Brown sold him Royal G Black Warrior, t & Harlton, of L —Mr. John IS left Clinton last Dakota, to eee hi low and critical rhage of the lun , —J. P. Fisher Blyth, have purc lien,, Brown Ro Brady, Chatham, is Old Rooker brother to Brdw Boston, a recor eold for $2,800, owned by Mr. forth, that trottei end were sold Rooker stands 16 hands 2 inches high, weighs 1,200 lbs, and is one of the finest gets of Old Rooker. This fine young stallion is travelling in this county this "eason. —Mr. T. Tilton has purchased from ..Mr. John Welsh, of Exeter, his prop- erty of some ten ' acres situated at the lower end of that village. Mr. Tilton will erect a handsome residence thereon at an early date, —Mrs. F. Whittinghatn, of Holmes- ville, left on Tuesday of last week for Qu'Appelle, Manitoba, where she will visit her sone for about a year. She was accompanied as far as Brandon by Miss Bella_Disney. —The Exeter Times says: Only one hotel in the township of Usborne has been granted a license, while in the township of Stephen there are nine. Is it because the Stephenites drink more than their neighbors Ramie the line that this state of things exits? —On Saturday, 2nd inst., death claimed another victiin in the person of Mr. Hugh MeMath, jr., of Dungannon. Deceased had been sick for about a year and a half with consumption. He was of a most amaible disposition, and wee a general favorite with all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. —Everybody was sadly surprised on Wednesday, 29th ult., to hear of the very sudden and unexpected death of Henry Savage, a we 1 -known resident of i the 4th line of Griy, for many years. He took eick on T esday of inflamma- tion of the bowels and died the follow- ing day, aged 48 years, 10 mouths and 4 -days. A wife and eight children are left to mourn his demise' —The many friends of Rev. Dr. Um, of Goderich, desiring to give some tan- gible expression of their appreciation of past services, took advantage of his re- cent retirement from the, active work of the ministry, to present him with a handsome overcoat of Persian lamb'a wool and a comfortable and elegant phheton carriage, the very best that could be made in the town. —The post office at Auburn -in this ye county as burglarised Wenesday evening of last week. The loss has been found to be $130, which the thieves abstracted from three registered letters. They effected an entrance by prying the store door open by chisels, which they stole from a carriage shop near at hand. —Many of our readers will regret to learn of the death of Mr. W. B. Math- - ews, who for many years was mail clerk on the Buffalo and Goderich branch of the Grand Trunk railway. He died at his residence in Goderich on Sunday, May 3rd, after a long and painful ill- ness. He had been mail clerk 'between Goderich and Buffalo for 33 years, and was widely and favorably known and much and deservedly esteemed. —This week we have to chronicle the death of an old and much respected resident of Hay township, about one mile from the village of Zurich, in the person of Mr. Henry Schilbe. He was born in the township of Hay, in 1846, and at the time of his death, on Thurs- day, 30th ult., had reached the age of 45. The cause of death was consump- tion, from which disease he has suffered the last six months. —One day last week while at Clinton, a five year-old son of Mr. Thos. Sweet, south of Exeter, was walking acme's a large culvert situated on the railroad,he accidentally slipped and fell to the bot- tom, breaking his arm between the wrist and elbow. His eldestbrother, who was with him at the time, managed to get him home, when medical aid was sum- moned and the injured limb properly cared for, —On Monday, while Mr. Joseph Bawe den, sr., of Exeter; wall out driving, he let his horse stand no the side of the road while he wen into a house on busi- ness, when the ani al became frighten- ed and ran away. Coming along the street which leads west of F. Knight'a liquor stere, and on arriving opposite the -same, it made a dash for the build- ing, literally demolishing the vehicle. The borae escaped with very slight in- juriea. — Mr. S. Youhill, asseeeor, of Wing. ham, has completed- his duties. The following is taken from the assessment roll, and will be of interest : The real property is placed at $445,735 ; Person- al property, $85,875; taxable income, $13,978, making a total of $525,585. ,The population ts given as 2,056. There are 139 dogs. The school population between the ages of 5 and 16 is 491; be- tween 7 and 13 is 2/3, and between 16 and 21, 169. . —The following is a summary from' the assesament rol of Brussels for the year 1891: Value of real property, $268,810 • value o personal property, 541.400; Value of taxable income, $3,700e Total value of real, personal and income, 5313,910; there are 59 doge; cows, 123; eheep, 3 ; hogs, 51; horses, 115. There were births, 14; deaths, 4. Steam ; boilers, 9. There are 287 children between the ages of § and 21, end the population of the vil- iage is 1,193. —One night receritly, while a young man named Pearce, who works for Mr. St. John, of Hullett, was on his way hoine on horseback, he was stopped by a person named Do son, who, he claims, pulled him from the horse and as- saulted him. The t onble is an old one, and arose over a ma istrate'e case,where- in the parties were concerned. Pearce laid information o Itfonday, before a Clinton magistrate and after hearing the case, the tnagis rate inflicted a fine 51 and costs, amou ting in all to $5.45. — A. J. Cousin of Mitchell, has leseed the well k osvn Queen's hotel, Brussels, from Capt. Stretton, for a term of five years, and has purchased the fur- niture, etc., in the house. He took pos- session last Monday. The- building has received a thorough overhauling and fitting up. The new proprietor comes well recommended s a reliable,business like man, and will put the Queen's in the front rank of Jopuiar hostelries in Huron county. Capt. Stretton and family will continue to reaide in Brus- sels, living , in the house west of the hotel. c —A meeting of those interested in in trotting stock in this and the neigh- boring countiee was held at the Hicks house, Mitchell, an Tuesday of last week, to arrange for the annual summer races. An organization was formed to be known as the " Lake Huron Trotting Circuit," with Te S. Ford, Mitchell, President; E. Colernan, Seaforth, Vice - President; W. Mattyn, Mitchell, Secre- tary. The meets will be held as fol- Inwe : Hanover, Atigust 12th and 13th ; Harrieton, 18th ; 'Brussels, 21st; God- erich, 25th and 26th ; Clinton, 28th; Seaforth, Septembe 1st; Mitchell, Sep- tember 4th. After the transaction of some other business the meeting ad- journed td meet again at the Arlington hotel, Listowel, at 11 a. m., July 2nd. e --Between 12 and 1 o'clock Saturday night, 2nd inst., the fire alarm startled the people of Clinton, who, on getting down street found the fire located in Mnde's restaurant. The atore had beea kept open a little later than usual and a lamp in the window had exploded. No one was in the store at the time, but Mrs. Mude, sitting upstairs, heard the flames, and quickly gave the alarm. Some fire -crackers in the window help- ed to spread the flames, which soon had a firm hold on the shelves, etc. Before the engine bad got to work a " a bucket brigade" kept the flames well in check, but the fire had got into the ceiling, and could only be reached by the stream from the engine. The fire worked its way in- to the store lately occupied by Mr. Biter, and also in Mr. Wilkie'* office, but was checked before doing much damage. Mr. Mudes etock was badly injured by water. He had an insurance on his stock, and also on the furniture. Had the fire once got firm hold, it would have made bad work of the whole corner, as the wind was blowing pretty strong. Mr. Mude is rather un- fortunate, he having been burned out in Wingham, where they narrowly escaped with their lives. Belgrave. ASSED AWAY.—On Monday after- nonn of fast week, Mrs. Edward Arm- str ng, of East Wawanosh, about three miles from here, passed unexpectedly to her eternal rest at the advanced age of 75 years. She was born near Mullin - gar, Ireland, in 1816; enkigrated to Canada over forty years ago and settled in the vicinity of Brantford, where she and her husband remained till 1854, when they moved to Wawanosh, Huron County. The writer has heard the aged couple relate incidents of their early trip through the primeval forest, and of the hardships they endured while hewing out for themselves and their little ones a home in the western wilds of Canada. Such an experience as theirs is the kind that develops true, sturdy, industrious and loyal citizens, and those who have experienced such early Canadian pioneer life know what genuine sympathy is. Mrs. Armstrong was always an industri- ous lady, and it was while engaged in household duties that she was euddenly summoned away. She and her daughter Francis were busily engaged in the usual season's house-cleaning, when the aged mother initantly dropped and expired. Heart failure was the cause of her lift's sudden termiitation. On Thursday her many friends and acquaintances turned out to escort her remains to Morris cemetery, where one or two children of the same family are interred. An aged husband and a family of sons end daughters are left behind to mourn the loss of an es- timable wife and a kind, self-sacrificing mother. The home that for so many years was presided over by her will possess a vacancy no one else but she could fill, and the term mother, with an ifs depth of meaning will be more fully realized by every member of the family, and particularly so by those who were absent from home, and were not permit- ted to be beside her as she passed out of this life to that better land. That we may all be as consistent and as ready as Mrs. Armstrong, when the call comes to us, is the wish of AN ADMIRER, Clinton. A HOT TIME. —A desperate encounter took place in the Commercial hotel here at about 6 o'clock last Saturday morn- ing, during which Chief Constable Bulmer, of Listowel, narrowly escaped being murdered by a robber he was try- ing to arrest. A gang of burglars have been operating at Harriston and Brus- sels, two of whom were arrested at Lis- towel. Balmer got on the track of the third one and traced him to Clinton, ar- riving here late Friday night, the burg- lar being in bed at the Commercial. Balmer secured the assistance of Con- stable Wheatley, and at about 6 o'clock went up to the room and ordered the fellow to get up. He did so, came to the door, and threatened to shoot if they did not leave. He then stepped to the back window and prepared to jump out, when Wheatley ran dowu stairs and around to the back to prevent it. The fellow threatened to shoot, but Joe stood his ground, and the fellow then deliberately fired at Bulmer, the bullet passing through the door. , Balmer fired back, and a couple of shots were ex- changed. The man then made a rush, out of the bedroom, being caught by Bulmer, who managed to catch the burglar's revolver in his left head. desperate struggle ensued, during which Bulmer brought the fellow to his knees by a rap on the head with hie free hand, but at that moment the robber managed to discharge the revolver, the bullet entering Balmer's left side, cutting a muscle, and thus- causing his arm to drop instantly. The burglar was free, and coolly walking down stairs, he bid someone, who 'zisppened to be there at -the moment, good morning, walked out of ,the door and off. It all happened so quickly that no one had time to go to Bulmer's assistance while he was strug- gling with the fellow. Instantly a chase was entered upon Buttner follow- ing in a rig notwithstaz:ding his wound. The fellow had considerable stilt, and was followed over the fields by those on foot as rapidlylas they could make head- way, but he managed to reach Weir's bush, where he was lost sight of, al- though the pursuers tramped back and forth through t for some time. Duo- ing the pursui the fellow deliberately turned on his ursuers at pne time, and shaking a couple of revolvers at those behind him, dared them to come on. Bultner certainly made a plucky effort to capture the fellow, and it was through no fatilt of his that he was not successful. His wounds were dressed, and it is not thought that anything ser- ious will follow. He left for home on Saturday afternoon. The burglar has not since been heard from. ' Zurich. Accroenasne-Whilis Mr. Bartel How- ald was engaged in moving the old Lutheran parsonage for Mr. Christopher Hess, who bought it, he met with a very severe accident. 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