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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-08-07, Page 4iinnanininnitiontageopei tt 4 1111EW ADVERTISEMENTS tHE HURON EXPOSITOR. tgr The figure between the parenthesis after e3liv line denotes the page of the paper 011 which t e advertisement will be found. t in Two-6per Et Beattie. (6) Leading. Specialty -Jackson Bros. (6) fooey to 1,end1-Expositor Office. (5) o Rent-Thorria9 Daly. (8) irl Wanted -Expositor (Hilo!. (8) rain C.eaner-.-Armstrong. Bros. (8) ea Harvester -I -Thomas Brown. (8) orsets for F. Edwards. (8). ouse and Lot for Sale -A. Strong. (5) arm Wanted to Rent -C. Reutkdge. (5) gal Card -W. C. Smith. (5) ivic Holiday -G. T. R. (5) pan stspoitor. SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, Aug. 7,1891. What of the People. • , The Toroeta Telegram, which is Conservative; if anything, clew: ; "Canada ;could, not afford to look quietly on arrangements for consolidat- ing the Greed Trunk Railway and Canada Pecific Railway. It is not clear that the country would gain any- thing by an lout -burst of honest rage. This nation may roar and rave, the b aver may ;thump his tail until the co-ws come home, and Parliament will just do what the two great railroads wish it to clod If theeGrand Trunk and 'Canada Pactfic wanted to disguise a c rebination ander the name of a traffic •atrangement ' to -morrow, does anyone sttppoee that Parliament will prevent it ? Nota bit of it. The Grand Trunk opvns the - Grits, the Canada Pacific ailway owna the Tories,ievery member o ns two passes, and the country owns i a shares in the national debt. Cana - d an parties are the mere puppets of two big railways.Where railway interests oanflict with ithose of the country, the railways win, because our Parliament is • nierely the legislative locomotive of the Grand Trunk and Canada Pacific Rail- way." While there is a good deal of truth in tire above we do not think things are as hopeless as 1 here represented. The, picture is painted darkee than it should he. Even supposing the two political parties are ea bound up with these two ;great railway; corporations as to be their bond slaves and be forced to do their bidding, we have still more hope in the rank anc1file of both parties than to believe they Would permit themselves to be dragged by the party chariot, under the wheelof either railway company. It is true that the people of both political camps will stand a good deal for the sake of' party, but there is a point ;betiond which . they would not follow their politicalleaders even for the sake of i party, and that point would be reached if both parties in Parliament i• sheind unite to permit an amalgamation a • etcher open or secret, between those ; two great railway corporetione. How- ever, the warning is timely, and the ..peciple would do well to keep a sharp .look out on both Parliament and the :railway companies, as neither is deserv- ing of too much trust. Punishing Boodling. There is a growing feeling in the States that Jestice rather overdid it in the case of John Bardsley, the boodling -treasurer of Pailadelphia, in senteacing 'hire to fifteen yeare solitary confinement -with hard labor. This is distinctly -worse than a straight sentence to the .gallows, as it means death after tortures which are hardly conceivable. Dickens -visited this very prison (the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania), and writing of it in his "American Notes," he says: "1 solemnly declare that -with no rewards or honors could I walk .a happy man beneath the open sky by day, or lay medown upon my bed at night, with the consciousness that one ,human creature lay suffering this un- known punishment in his silent cell, and • the cause, orlI consenting to it in the least degree.": Civilization demands the abolitionoa those horrible torture eheanbers, the solitary cells. The judge who pronounced the sentence on Bards- ley was a vengeful monster. This is what Grip thinks about it. The punishment is, perhaps, too severe. It is, at any rate, as described above, a very inhuman one. It is a general opinion among Canadians that crime is looked upon with a great degree of leni- -ency in the United States. This, how- ever, is a mititaken idea. There are few countries where a breach of public trust is more einiftly or severely punish- e d. There are many other cases besides the above that could be cited to prove -this. • We have no particular admire- -tion for American political institutions, that we must eay this for our neighbors, that they seem to be much more sensi- live on matters of this kind than we are. The ties of party do not seem to have such a firm hod or such a blinding in- fluence there its here, and political of- fences, which have been condoned and excused here Would have been execrated there, and would have relegated the of- fenders to private life if not to life in a prison cell. Judging from the temper dieplayed tothards offenders in the United Stateeln the past, they would not condone, Much less tolerate a state ofiaffeire mein as has been proven to exist in our own Canadian Capital. They would aeon make a clean sweep. It is possible our American neighbors 145 too severe with their political bood- les, but if so, there is reason for fear that we in Canada err in the other direction. 'THE Dundee Banner thinks there is ground for the criticisms that are being pissed on the Governor General, who ie away on a fishing excursion while his constitutional; advisers are being stood on their heads at Ottawa. It says: Canada does tot ask her Governor Gen- eral to stay at Ottawa all the year roureinalthougleshe pays him a salary neon; ate" of fiftyl thousand dollars per annum and provide' s him with a mansion and whole troop of servants besides, but she has a right to expect that he will remain at the capital while parliament is in session. Everybody knows that the Governor General is only a figurehead in the government of Canada now, and that as far as practical utility is concern. ed he might as well be away fishing all the year round. But fifty thousand dollars a year for five years would buy and stock a good many farms and the least Lord Stanley can do for the money is to keep up the appearance of being . of some use to the country, even if he should have to buy his fish from the fish -man. impommemoommimanis Canada a Country for Tourists. Distant fields look green and people are sometimes disposed to undervalue blessings and advantages within their reach, and thirst for those that are much less accessible, although perhaps not so desirable or beneficial. Canadians look- ing for a suitable place in which to speed a holiday, or who may desire a place for rest, recuperation or pleasure usually direct their aitention to the old world or to the neighboring republic, overlooking the fact that there are many phs_ces, nearer home and in their own country, where they could fare better than in those far off fields for which they hanker. Referring to Canada as a popular and pleasant resort for tourists the Chicago Canadian -American says The increasing interest taken in Canada by Americans is best shown by the pe- tronage the _Dominion's lines of travel and attractive summer resorts are this year receiving from the people of this country'? For many seasons tbe beauti- ful provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have been the objective points of New York and Boston tourists who have aimed to spend the hot days of July and August in a rational manner, and East- ern Canada has no greater admirers than those Americans who have got real rest and recreation beside its waters and in its forests, and have in September gone home to business with another lease of life. The tide of travel from our great centres of trade to the Mari- time Provinces shows an enlargement every year, notwithstanding that Western sisters have in a the fact measure entered into competition with them and placed before American touriets the beau -ties of Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. This sum er tour- ists have poured into Canada from all parts of the States. One da it is a large party from New York on its way to Halifax; the next day a select eom- pany of business men from Chicago bound for tbe Muskoka lakes, via the Falls, Hamilton and Toronto. Educa- tional, religious, temperance aCd other societies swell the crowd of tourists " doing " Canada, and all repeirts from the travelers ere in the highest degree complimentary to Canadian scenery, Canadian transportation companies and Canadian hospitality. MANY of our readers will be itorry to learn that Mr. Charltonhi Sabbath Ob- servance Bill has again been defeated in the Dominion Parliament, lathe gh only by a small majority. As fev could vote against thelmeasure on, its merits, some other excuse had to be devised, and that excuse) of course, w s forth- coming. It was that the 1 gielation trenches upon the rights of he Pro- vince.. This proved a very -convenient way of getting out of the diffic lty. It is amusing how very regardful the Ma- jority of Parliamentariaos can e about Provincial rights when it suits t eir pur- pose to be so, and how very lig tie, they can treat the constitutional righ s of the Provinces at other times. It is but fair to say that the opposition to Mr. Charlton's bill was not confined to either political party, but the opponents were found in the ranks of both parties. However, the question is not dead Yet. Parliament will have to grappl with it again. If Mr. Charlton does ot bring it up another session some othe member will. Like the Prohibition ueetion, the people will not allow it to rop, no matter how anxious the politic ans may be to let it rest. The fact of t e matter is that the question of Sunday observ- anee, like the question of tempe ance, is an embarrassing one for polit clans cif - both parties, and they are gla of an opportunity to lay the burden pon the 'shoulders of the Provincial Leg slatures, caring little what becomes of it. But, they must be kept at it, and they must not be allowed to shirk responsibilities which they have a right to be r. The question should also be brough up in the Provincial Legislature. GRIP takea in the whole situation when it says : "Mr. Clarke Wallace is still playing his picturesque part of St. George slaying the combin dragon. But although he jabs the beast with his Actiof Parliament, it doesn't seem to die worth mentioning. The spectacle is not half so impressive as Mr. Wallace seems to imagine; it is, in fact,' open to the suspicion of being a mere piece of clap -trap to gull the unwary. While Mr. Wallace prances and atiears the dragon, he Seems to wink at Mr. Foster, who keeps on feeding the monster with the elixir vitae of the tariff. There _tee) 4 will always be eombines Where he protective policy is in force." r. Wallace is as anxious to suppress he i combines as Mr. Dalton McCarthy is to suppress the Jesaites. They are bo h,, politically speaking, frauds of the fi st water. THE Dundas True Banner is e- sirous of knowing why it is "they always put fences around graveyar s ? Nobody who is inside a graveyard wants to get out, and nobody who is mite& wants to get in." You must inv nt something easier in the conundrum 1 ne brother. MR, W. C. VAN Homise, President the Cenadian Pacific Railway Compa is just now in England. Mr. V Horne is an American by birth, but i said he has renounced his allegiance the United States and has promised become a loyal subject of Her Majes of ny an is to to 3i• Itis also rumored that while in England he will be created _a baronet and have the prefix Sir " added to his name. These titles will soon be so comman in Canada that they won't be worth having: However, Mr. Van Horne is as much entitled to the honor as ma y others on whom it has been conferr d. It must be said for him that he und r - stands his business and has prov n himself one of the most astute and s c- cessful railway Managers of his day. fact aome have an idea that if he wire less astute it might be better for Cana a, although perhaps not so good for t e share -holders of his company. ‘1111111111111 IN THE division which took place in the Dominion Parliament a few evenin;gs ago, on Sir Richard Cartwright's motion in -favor Of Reciprocity, the motion was defeated by a majority of 26. The sup- porters of the Government stuck to them to a man. The vote against Reci- procity, however, even in Parliament, is radually, if not rapidly, growing smal- ler. in 1888 the Government majority gainst Reciprocity was 57; in 1889 it •as 44 ; in 1890, 37; and in 1891, 6. here is encouragement in these figure. •f it were not for parayism, and if metin. era would vote in the interesta of tiho °entry instead of in the interests of arty, the majority would be 26 in fa or i f Reciprocity instead of as now, gainet it, That is just what we lose nreasoning partyism. Does it pay? aimmisammimmemes. • 6 THE platform of the Ohio Democra s, dopted in convention at Cleveland 1 st eek, contains the following claus : 'We favor closer commercial relatio s vith our Canadian neighbors, and t e Temoval of the embarrassing and anno • ilng restrictions, which only vex our pep - pie without yielding any substanti 1 revenue to the Government." The Ohio emocrats have level heads. i, arge Profits and Liberal D nations. iThe Mail, in an editorial a few da a go gave a very concise, accurate and nbiaesed account of the transactions bf he now notorious contracting firm of arkin, Connolly & Company with the °minion Government. This history is ailed on the evidence elicited before the rivileges and Election Committee, and every person who has perused that evi- ence will see that the history this given is as fair and correct as it can be. very person -interested in the affairs of our country should read it. It discloses state of affairs not at all creditable to e Government, the country or any erson else concerned. It is but right, owever, that every citizen should be onversant with the facts, discreditable hough they be. It should also l[ei emernbered that the facts here given ave reference only to the dealings af he Government with one firm, of con- ractors, Whereas hundreds of contractors ad dealings with this same department, at whether or not the dealings of other ontractors were any more honest the •eople, for the present, at any rate, can nly conjecture. The following is the ail's article : I The Tarte-McGreevy committee hafti- ng sat for nearly two , months, a pretty fair outline of the history of the firm, of Larkin, Connolly & Company, ite con- tracts and its quarrels, has been gleaned. It seems that the firm originally consist- ed of Capt. Larkin, Nicholas Connoliy, and another partner named Niban. ()Wen E. Murphy, an exile from the United States, bought Niaan out soon after the firm had commenced to build the Lehis graving dock, and from that moment became the leading spirit in the com- pany. He looked after the contracts,. devised means for securing them, and rewarded out of the firm'm funds those persons who were worthy of donatio e. The firm has done a great 'deal of vjery important work. It has built the L vis graving dock, the cross -wall and smith wall at Quebec, it has dredged the Louise basin, and it has completed the Esquimalt graving dock. Its the ltter contracts Michael Connolly was a p rt- ner, and in all but one, namely, the Levis dock contract, Robert H.Mc- Greevy, who was not under the necespity of subscribing to the capital of the firm or of taking any risks had a share. ; The contracts on the whole have been remunerative. That which was the least profitable was the Levis grafting dock. The total cost of that work to the Quebec Harbor Commission was $718,372. The profits to the firm vere $80,000 divided among four partners and $45,035 paid out in donations of one kind or another. The -largest of these donations was a sum of $22,000 which, iccording toMurphy, Thomas McGreevy got. If the firrn did not make much at Levis it rolled' in handsome profits Unen the works across the river. In receipts on account of the dredging were t 000; it received $832.448 for build ng the cross -wall and $259,518 for build ng the south wall; besides small sums of $50,000 each for minor tvorkm, wh ch bring the total receipts from Quebec up to $1,833,415. It is in connection with the dredging payments that one cha ge of extortion is founded. Mr. Pe ley reported favorably to an increase in he prices froro twenty-seven to thirty- ve cents a yard, j use after M ichael Conn lly had written a memorandum stating t at if the prices were so raised the rm would pay $25,000, meaning, according to Mr. Murphy's commentary, $25,0 0 to Mr. Thomas MeGreevy. for his ini u- ence. The fine was allowed the increa ed price, and the sum of $25,000 was p id out on the evidence of the account bo ks to somebody, who is not named. 1 he firm appears to have had a slice of li ck in its dredging operations, for whilt it was receiving thirty-five cents a y rd for dredging and throwing the mate la' into the river it was enjoying un er another contract forty-five cents a y rd for dumping this same dredged mate ial upon an embankment. Thus it 1ot eighty cents a yard for what formeri.. it drew but twenty -Leven cents. But Martin P. Connolly intimates that, net satisfied with this good fortune, Murpjhy bribed inspectors to report that m re material was dredged than was actua ly the case. The firm then profited by its dredging in three ways; first by he increased price, secondly by the cern !- nation of the enbankment work with he dredging work, and thirdly by mani u- lating the inspectors. The cross- all contract is that the tendering for wh eh was scientifically conducted. Th ee tenders were put in under the firi 's auspices, one by Gallagher, a second by Beaucage, and a third by the firm its if. Gallagher's, which was the lowest, as withdrawn. The next, Beaucage's, as lower than Larkin, Connolly & Com- pany's. Murphy was to have p id Bea,ucage $5,000 to follow Gallagh r's example, and to stand aside. But, by good fortune, iVI.r. Perly found a, mist ke in Beaucage's tender and suggested t at he should remedy it. Beaucage at o ce corrected his figures, thereby so incr ag- ing his prices that his tender was a few thousands above Larkin, Connolly & Company's. Thereupon the firm rec iv - ed the contract. • The contract price as $634,340, but at completion the act al payments to the firm had reached $e 2,- 448. Of the receipts it is charged e at Thomas MeGreevey received $25,100. The south wall contract, which come i to $259,518, is not the subject of a meat deal of evidence. It is lumped with the other work so far as irregular payments are concerned. Altogether; as already observed, the firm drew $1,833,415ffbr its work in and around Quebec. Ofthis amount $418,17 was profit and $96,, 84 was spent iti donation. The Esquinialt graving dock was a still more profitable work than the Quebec work. According to the.contract and the original estimate of the work the cost was to have been 074,589, but Mr. Perley and the Minister permitted departures from he specifications. For example, larger courses in stone than were orginallly .I determined upon were authorized. ' he consequence of the resort to these lar er courses was that much of the et ne measured three times as much as was at first intended. At the same time he quantity of concrete required as reduced. By this change profits le work was increased and the less pro t- able work was diminished. The act al coat of the firm's work upon the dick was $586,445, or $212,000 nere than he first estimate. The profits upon t is work ai•vided among the fire partn re aggregated $240,000. In addition $2,- 000, of which $22,000 is said to h• ve gone to Thomas McGreevy, was sp nt in donations. The gross profit on he Esquimalt works appears to have ben $268,000, or almost half of the total s m paid by the Government to the contr e- ters. Altogether the firm cleared $953,975 on $3,138,234 worth of wo In It is estimated that the firm p id $170,000 in boodle; but to this ought to be added Robert McGreevy's receip s Robert put in no capital and render d no services except such as came throu h his brother. Hie $187,000 of pro ts were practically donations. Add t e $187,000 to the $170,000, and we hay a total distribution by the very genero s firm of $357,000. The largeness of t e profits, it appears, were the cause of t e present exposure. Thomas quarrell d with Robert, calling his brother a th ef and declaring that he was not gettin a fair share ofithe proceed°. Robert th n sued Thomas and Thomas sued Robe t. Murphy sided with Robert, and conse- quently fell into disfavor with Thom s, who said he should have no more co tracts and no more large profits. A n w contract presented itself in the shape of the Kingston dock. Murphy tried for it and failed, for it went to the ConnollYs, who stood firmly by Thomas. There- upon Murphy and Robert complained of their ostracise:le to Senator Robitaille and Mr. Tarte, and Mr. Tarte gave the whole story of Robert's woes aad Thomas' receipts to the world. Aftier this there was no etopping the develop mente, and as a consequence to -day e know what we know. DOMINION PARLIA.MEN (From Our Own Correspondent.) OrrAWA, August 3rd,1891 The Budget debate, although over, y no means disposes of that kind of d s- . cussion. The question of Free Trade s. Protection, was debated Friday on con- currence in the tariff resolutions, ad to -morrow Mr. Desjardins, of L' fel t, will introduce, as a subetantive rnotio the resolution which the Opposition o vehemently objected Onto an amendme t to Sir Richard Cartwright's resolnti n on the Budget, which was voted do n by a Government majority of 26 in almost full House. Mr. Desjardi If resolution declares in favor of the mot extended form of R,eciprocity with t e United States consistent with protecti n to our industries and no discriminati n against Great Britain. The Gove ment expect Mr. Tarte, and perha a Mr. Simard, the two members who left them, since the Session opened, to vo e with them on this resolution. M Tarte shirked the vote on the Bn get, as did also Mr. Savard. THE 'MCGki.EEVY SCANDAL. The committee on Privileges a d Elections have been sitting twice a d y taking evidence. The evidence for t e prosecution is now all in, and the cou - try will breathe easier that there is, t all events, some limit to the scandal, jobbery iniquities and bribery in which this firm of Larkin, Connolly & Co. appear to have moved and had its be- ing. A sensation was created in the Court on Friday, by Mr. Perley, Chief Engineer, waving his hands wildly and declaring about the south wall tenders. "1 know nothing about it. I had no interest in it, yet I have got to take the responsibility." He then fainted dead away and turned almost purple. When he came to, in an adjoining room, he exclaimed "My God, have I to bear all this." There is a general feeling of sympathy for Mr. Perley, because he must have always acted under instruc- tioinalsr.. Peters'an old contractor, put in a letter he had received from Sir Hec- tor Langevin, asking Peters for a con- tribution to the elections. Peters swore that he at once gave Sir Hector $1,000. The list of contributors to the Lange - vin testimonial was put in. The amount subscribed from 1880 to 1883 was $22,- 7:31. The majority of the flubscribers are contractors, but a great many sums appear simply as " cash " the name of the contributor not being given, A ROW INT TUE PEDLIC ACCOUNTS, Friday's sitting of the Public Accounts committee was marked by a three hours' wrangle as to whether a witness should be allowed to testify as to the Langevin testimonial, No. 2, presented to Sir Hector in 1888, the value of which was over $1,800. The four membere of the Government present, Meeors. Foster, Bowel!, Chapleau and Haggart, protest- ed that the only way to investigate this testimonial was to impeach Sir Hector Langevin in the House. Messrs. Mul- och, Lister and Barron, of the Oppos- ition, insisted that the testimonal bore upon the enquiry going on into the Langevin Bloch, and they wanted to prove that Mr. A. Charlebois, who was permitted by the Minister to tax all other contractors in that Block 25 per cent. of their contract, contributed largely to the testimonial. The witness was Mr. D. O'Connor, Q. C., Govern- ment solicitor of Ottawa, who purchased the plate. One of the surprises of this surprising Session was to hear the mem- ber for Brant, Mr. Patterson, get mad and tell the Minister of Finance not to be impudent. Mr. Chapleau told the eommittee that he was in the Cabinet at the time of the contract, and he thought then and thought yet that it was a strange act to make a contractor master of a building belongidg to the Government. Finally, on a vote of 18 to 13, the evidence of O'Connor was' ruled miltan other Session it came out in evi- dence that a departmental messenger, receiving $400 a year from the Govern. ment, was living at Mr. Dewdney's house, as the Minister's butler and valet. The Government also protested against enquiring into this, and there was an- other wrangle. NOTES. Mr. Arnoldi, Mechanical Superintend- ent of the Department of Public Works, who confessed to acceptiug gifts from contractors, has been suspended. The Franchise Bill extending the time for making application to get on the voters list to August 15th received the royal assent Friday and is now law. The Governor General returned to Ottawa on Friday night. News of the Week. FASTED SIXTY DAYS. —Dennis Quig- ley, of Paterson, New Jersey, is said to have fasted 60 daya as a cure for indiges- tion, and with success. WASHINGTON'S COUSIN DEAD.—Mrs. Martha D. Washington died in Texas' the other day aged 71. She was the wife of a cousin of the illustrious father of the country. RECIPROCITY BETWEEN THE STATES AND SPAIN.—The reciprocity treaty be- tween the United States and Spain was made public at Washington last week. DEATH OF AN AGED DISCIPLE.—Mrs. Ann Milner Woods died at Cynthiana, Kentucky on Thursday, 30th ult., aged 98,years. She was one of the original followers of Alexander Campbell in founding the Church of the Disciples. - A MILLIONAIRE A RAVING MANIAC. — Dr. Henry T. Helenbold, who was credited with having piled up a fortune of $10,000,000 by the sale of his pateut medicines, is once more in a New York mad house chained at the wrists and with shackles on his ankles. He is now a raving maniac. COSTLY Girr TO THE POPE. —The stained glass windows of the grand stair- case of the Vatican at Rome, which were smashed at the time of the explosion of gunpowder at Pozzo Pantelo a few months ago, have just been replaced, Prince Leopold, regent of Bavaria, paid the expense of the restoration as a gift to the Pope. PrieriNci eon TIIE PRINCE ---The Wesleyan Conference, sitting at Not- tingham, England, passed a full hour on Thursday of last week, praying for the conversion of the Prince of Wales and other high gamblers and card players. DIED IN THE PULPIT.—Rev, W. N. Perry, pastor of the Central Presbyter- ian church, Bowling Green, Kentucky, was preaching to a large congregation last Sunday when he fell dead in the pulpit. Death resulted presumably from heart diseame. THE HOLY COAT OF TRIER. —The Holy Coat of Trier, (or Treves), sup- posed to have been worn by the Saviour, will be exhibited at the cathedral, Trier, for six weeks, commencing on August 18tb. Fully 2,000,000 of pilgrims are expected to visit Trier during that time. An earnest and long controversy has been waged regarding the genuineness of the relic. INHUMAN PARENTS.—Tommy Fay, aged 5, is dying at St. Francis' Hospital, Pittliburg, Pennsylvania, from the effects of liquor alleged to have been poured down his throat by his parents. The little fellow has been unconscious since Tuesday of last week. His parents were arrested and sent to the work- house. AN OLD PRINTER'S DEATH. —Samuel Sends, one of the oldest citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, died on Tuesday, 28th ult., aged 92. He had been in un- interrupted service as a printer, editor or publisherisince his apprenticeship in 1811. When an apprentice boy in 1814, in the office of the American, he pat into type fresh from the author's hands the Star Spangled Banner. His death was due to old age. - MARRIED ON THE BRIDGE. — Henry Bird, of Newark, New Jersey, aged 50 years, and Miss Carrie Scudder, only half as old, were the contracting parties in a tomantic marriage Wednesday night, As the the sun was sinking the couple, with Justice Russell and a curi- ous crowd, repaired to the center of the Suspension Bridge at Niagara Falls, where, amid the falling spray and the thunder of the cataract, the justice tied the nuptial knot. A banquet at the Casino followed, where everyone who called was made welcome. SAM JONES PELTED WITH STALE EGGS. —While preaching to a large audience at Houston, Texas, Monday night of last week, and when in the middle of his discourse, some people on the out- side turned out the lights and rotten - egged Rev. Sam Jones and his audience, most of whom were ladies. There is great indignation felt and trouble may ensue. HUNDREDS DROWNED . —Advices from Yokahama, say that on July 12 at 3 a.m. the steamer ramie Mara of Hokadato while returning from Suto with 320 laborers on board collided with the steamer Migashi Meru of Shiragami. The Terrific immediately sank with the lose of 260 persons drowned and missing. The captain and first offieer and 60 laborers reached shore. The Patrons of Industry and Mr. Bennest. EDITOR Exeoseronaa-In your last issue I notice a communicatiou from F. J. Bennest in reply to a notice I had in- serted the previous week, making the announcement that he holds a Commis- sion for Huron County,dated June 22nd. I hereby enclose the communication of the 14th ult., sent me by the Grand President, containing notice of F. J, Bennest's dismissal, and under Section 16, Article 2 of constitution, all organi- zers are under the supervision and con- trol of the Grand Preeident. It ie there- fore evident I have been acting under in- structions from the highest authority in this matter. The Grand President also says that he has written Bennest regard- ing dismissal, as well as the Grand Secretary, but it did no good, and as a last resort sent me the notice which I had inserted, and also stated "if this notice is not enough yip can insert whatever yoa like about him and we will try and get him rooted." He also stated the name of the paper I was to have it published in, THE HURON Ex- PO:3MM I have written the Grand Secretary regarding the matter, and have only replied this time in vindication of the action I was forced to teke on thia questien. J. GAUNT, County President. ST. HELENS, August 5th, 1891. [ED. NOTE. —There seems to be a screw loose somewhere in connection with this matter. The statements made in Mr. Gaunt's letter are substantially correctand the difficulty probably arises in a confict of authority between the Grand President and the Grand Secre- tary, the one desiring to retain Mr. Bennest and the other desiring his dis- missal. Which has the greater authori- ty we leave for the Patrons themselves to decide.] Seed Wheat. The Seed Wheat Committee of the Dominion Millers'Association at its annu- al meeting in Toronto this week,submit- ted a very interesting and useful report, the substance of which will be found below. While in session the committee received a telegram from Plea Shaw, of Guelph model farm, very kindly inviting them to visit the College, which invita- tion was cheerfully accepted, and the statietica herewith were furnished by that gentleman. The following wheats were recommended by the Miller's Cone mittee : White Oanadian Velvet Chaff, weighing 62t lbs. to the bushels and yielding 59 bushels to the acre; White Surprise, 62i lbs. and 63 bushels per acre; White Bulgarian and Ra-neay, the statistics of these holt not having been taken at the model farm. Red,—flybrid Mediterranean, weighing 64t lbs. to the bushel and yielding 44 bushels to the acre; Jones' Winter Fife, weighing 64t lbs. to the bushel and yielding 56 bashele per acre; Longberry Red, statistics not yet completed. The Miller's Asso- ciation will publish a circular as early as possible, giving further information re- garding these wheats, and will advise unfavorably regarding the Reger and Manchester varieties as not containing desirable milling qualities. _ong Huron Notes. The Western Fair will be held this year in Wingham on the 29th and 30th of September. one day recently. Mr. John Rutherford, of St. Helena, had the misfortune to fall off the mower. He was not seriously injured. — Tyndall Brothers have rented 260 acres belonging to Mr. D. Shanahan, on the 2nd concession of Hullet. t - —Mrs. John Smith, an old and re- spected resident of Morris township, passed to her last resting place on Tues. day 28th ult, leaving a large number of friends to mourn her demise. —Mr. H. B. McEwen has purchased the house and lot in Holmesville belong- ing to Mn. James A. Ford, paying there- fore the sum of $500. Mr. Ford has moved to Clinton. — Mr. H. N. McTaggart, of Chisel- huret, recently sold a valuable team of mares for a handsome figure. Mr. T. Berry was the parchamer and they were shipped to Manitoba, — Persons interested in educational matters should make a note of the fact that Clinton's number, in the depart- mental examinations, is 136; that of Goderich 76, and Seaforth 37. —On Tuesday of last week as Mis� Mesersschmidnof McKillop, was driving into a berry patch in Logan the horse got frightened and ran away, throwing the lady out and breaking her leg. —Last Friday while Master Turner, of Goderich, was seated in a wagon he became dizzy and fell to the road, strik- ing his head in the decent spinet the wheel. A scalp wound was the re- sult. —It is stated that Messrs. Edgar and Musgrove, of Brussels, have received the contract for carrying the tnails be- tween Bruesele and Seaforth, and Brus- sels and Gorrie for the next five years. —We are credibly informed that through the death her father, Mr. Rogers, of Toronto, Mrs. D. McGregor, jr. of Hallett township, comes into pos- session of a very comfortable legacy that is represented by five figures. —George Newton, of Loridesboie, has grown in his garden a stalk of S. S. corn which measured 8 feet and 9 inches high, and 3f, inches around the stalk at AUGUST 7, 189i. the butt, it being less than two mental from the time the seed was sown tin measured. —Mrs. John Scott and family lett Clinton on Tuesday of last week lot Virden, Manitoba. ; Messrs. W. and 3, Brownlee, of Clinton; P. W. Cook end J. Miller, of -Goderich townehip; King, E. Faulkner and H. Morrison Hayfield, also left for the same place. —The farms of the late Mr. Lillies, of Turnberry, were sold by auction at Wingham on Saturday July 25th. The west hundred acres wag purchased by Mr. John Marshall for $2,400, Mai David Marshall purchased the our one hundred acres for $3,800. —On Sunday evening, • 26th ult death claimed as its victim Miss stilted& Harlow, daughter of Mr. James Harlow J. P., Ashfield, near Dungaanon, Mit; Herlow had been. ill for upwards of a year. She was only 24 years and 9 months old. —A joint stock company for the Mane - facture of butter and cheese in the town- ship of Ashfield, has made application to the Lieutenant -Governor in Council of the Province of Ontario for ' letters patent under the great seali The offi- cers of the proposed company are: President, Thoma Ed ward Finny; Directors, Wm. H. Reid, Thomas fies. sey, John Kilpatrick and Joseph Kil- patrick. The factory will be erectea on lot 7, in the 7th concession (E. Di), Ash- field, and will be a great convenience to the farmers in that sectien. Two hun- dred and fifty-seven shares at $10 each have already been subscribed. —The Gray, Young & Sperling Com- pany exhibited at the recent Jamaica Exhibition a quantity of the production of the Blyth salt works, for which the firm was awarded the gold medal, their salt being superior in fineness and qual- ity to the many exhibits in the same line from Canada and other countries. —Mr. James Lendesborough, of Whitefish son of Mr.J.Laindesborough, Tuckersmith, who is doing mission work under the auspices of the Presbyterian church, recently had a severe attack of inflammation• of the bowels'which threatened to be serious, but under care- ful nursing we understand that he is able to resume his work. —The Brussels voters' list is now out, There are 357 persons entitled to vote at both municipal elections and elections to the Legislative Assembly; 111 are en- titled to vote at municipal elections cnly, and 32 are entitled to vote at elections to the Legislative Assembly only. Ninety-nine peptone are qualified to serve as jurors, and the names of 45 ladies appear on the list. —James Wilson. V. S , of Lincoln, Nebraska, formerly of Wingham, has been appointed inspector of the South Omaha stoek yards of the Cudahy abbatoir, No. 19. He has twelve men under him, who slaughter from 600 to 700 cattle every day and about 3,500 hogs. He gets a' handsome salary. Mr, Wilson is a young man of great ability aneno doubt he will fill his position successfully. —Mrs. W. T. Welsh died at her bilio band's residence in Goderich on Sunday morning, 26th ult., after a lingering ill- ness. Deceased had been ailing for some years, but since last year'had been almost utterly helpless. She was a mod exemplary woman, an affectionate wife and loving mother. She leaves - a hus- band and four children to mourn her loss. —Last Friday evening as Thos. Edgar, wife and children were driving into Brussels their horse shied at some chil- dren in the road and upset the buggy. Mr. Edgar was thrown out on his head and received an ugly bruise on his fore- head. The horse did not get away how- ever and consequently the other occu. pants were not seriously injured. The buggy, a new one was damaged consider- ably. It was a close call. —The other day while Mr. R. Glid- den, aseisted by E. Lavin was clean- ing out a 74 foot well on the farm of Mr. W. Wise, Goderich township, Mr. Glidden had a narrow escape from what might have been a serious accident. Be was about 20 -feet down holding on the rope that had the bucket attached, when the latter caught on an obstruc- tion and broke the rope; fortunately he retained his hold on the rope above, and managed to secure a foothold without inj ury. —One day last week while Mr. Geo. Platzer, concession -I4, lot36, of Hulk% was cutting wheat with a self -binder, his little 4 -year-old daughter wandered out to the field and went to sleepla the grain. The father not noticing the little one the guards of the machine caught the:child's arm and nearly severed it from the body. Drs. Milne and Young were summoned, and it was found necessary to amputate the arm above the elbow. —Herbie McElroy, the little son of Mr. W. H. McElroy, of Blyth, one evening last week had a rough time of it. He climbed down cellar for the first time in his life, and when found by bis mother was laying on his back in eon. vulsions. Evidence showed that he hinl got hold of some rat poison that had been put on some bread a short time previously, as he had crumbs around his mouth and some of the bread had disap- peared. Dr. Caeder was called immedi- ately and MastepHerbie was soon •re- lieved, L, —The Goderiehteignal of lastweek says: When the Speed twits about to start with the fishing party the line by which she had been tied to the checkwater got caught. Harry Ball, climbed along the dook and released it, returned to the vessel and, making a step on the slippery inclined surface of the forecastle, WM tumbled feet foremost into the har- bor. Although encumbered with a heavy overcoat he caught the rope over the shiphi side, and with the aid of his chums was soon on board. One peculiar feature of the whole affair Wall that the boat did not stop nor did those on board get the least excited over the mishap. —No more highly esteemed person re- sided in the locality than Mr. James Brown, of the Huron road, Hullett, just! outside of Clinton, and the announce- ment of his death on Wednesday even ing, 29th ult., was a painful surprise everybody. He had apparently been ID his must health during the day, having been at his ordinary work, but la the evening complained of feeling weak, and retired early. 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