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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-05-29, Page 4• - • •••it'• , 3 ft,e' • 4 tie , e have received another shipment of those fine Black Dress Goods we have been selling so much of lately, beautiful in finish and handsome patterns. Also a nice assortment of Linings and Trimmings. Dresses and Wraps made to order in our Dressmaking Department. 33.1R,ME3S - G-0 ODS_ dward McFaul, SEAFORTH. N1W ADVERTISEMENTS The figure between the parenthesis after ea3t line denotes the page.oif the paper on which the advertisement will be found. , Cen ral Furniture Rooms—M. Robertson. (5) Cle ring Sale at Duncan & Duncan's. (5) Ord red Clothing Cheap—Jackson Bros. (5) Fir men's Demonstration—R. Haxby. (8) Grc)tries, &c.,—[3]—John Fairley. (8) Biseel's Carpet Sweeper—J. C. Laidlaw. (8) A G. od Cup of Tea—J. C. Laidlaw. (8) GirI1 Wanted—Mr& C. Bartliff. (8) Tolt1on Pea Harvester—Thomas Brown. (8) Fantn for Sale in Stanley—R. Dalgetty. (5) Dur am Bull for Sale—David Milne. (5) Bee Boxes for Sale—John Landsborough. (5) Xed eel Card—Dr. Wright. (5) I" Gladstone "—George bfurdie. (5) TwoiDays Great Sport—R. Haxby. (5) Ch p Millinery—D. S. Faust. (8) uron (Expooitor. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 29, 1891. The Claim of the Ontario - Municipalities. 1 One of the largest deputations that ever visited the Dominion capital, 'crafted on the Government at Ottawa, on Thursday of last week. The object of this visit and the response which the dale/ates received from the Government 3 will e found in the report of the inter- view, which we publish in another column. As will be aeen by this re- port, the deputation asked -that the sum of 10,200 per mile be given to each -of th4 several municipalities in Ontario - that had given bonuees to local railways, this amount to be distributed in pro- ir porticn to the amount of bonuses given by ea h municipality. The grounds upon which this claim is based are these lt At the time these municipal bonuses were given and at the time that the reads so bonused were being built, the Dominion Government were not giving aid to construct any but inter - Provincial railways. Subsequently, howener, they adopted the policy of bonusing local railways to the extent of $3,200 per mile in such places where they considered these roads necessary. -Under ;these circumstances, municipali- ties that had incurred heavy responsi- bilitieS in order to get railway facili- ties,- Were forced afterwards to aid through the• Dominion Treasury in bonusing railways through municipali- 'Celt that had never given local aid. In other Vf o r da , after paying for their own improvements, they have been forced to assist , in securing improvements for those Who refused to do anything to help themselves. This the people of Ontario claim, and we think justly, is unfair, and they ask that all be put on an equal footing by the Government giving „ to those vOlo provided their own_ railway facilities a num equal to that which has since been given by the Government to those who, although requiring railway facilities, refired to aid them out of their oWn municipal exchequers. This request (must appeal to every reaaonable person its nothing more than a desire for justice. ! There are municipalities ' in Ontario !that have incurred heavy muni- cipal indebtedness in order to pr!ocure needed eailway facilities, while !there are other municipalities who refuted or neglectedj to give this aid, but , who, later on received the railway facilities through the aid given by the Dominien Government and ;without needing to incur any local responsibilities. It is now ask d that the first be put on an equality with the last. For instance, malty unici alitiee in Huron gave large bonuses to assist in constructing the London, fihron, and Bruce and the Wellington, Grey and Bruce railways. These bonuses were paid directly by the ratepayers of the several municipalities. Other connties that did not give muni- cipal bonuses have since had similar railways constructed through them, and instead of the local ratepayers , being called upon tovotebonuses, the Domin- ion Goiernment by their change of policy, were enabled to, and did come to their aid and paid out of the Domin- ion Tress' ury the bonus necessary to secure the construction of these roads, and the local municipalities were not called on or required to contribute one cent. Thus the people of Huron, after heving built and paid for their own railways, have been forced,; through the policy of the Dominion Governmoht, to turn in end help pay for the roads for other municipalities, and from which they derive no benefit. They now ask that thia injuatice be made right by having given to them out of the Domin- ion treasury an amount equal tail what was given out of the treasury to those who had their roads built for them. Anything fairer than this could not be atked.But it seems that even this measure of justice is not to be given to Ontario. And why? Because, says the Prer4ier, the other Provinces will net allow it. This may be so, but in view of the facts as they exiet, the On- tario representatives in Parliament will not be doing their duty if they do not put thent to the test. While the local THE HURON' EXPOSITOR. municipalities of Ontario have contri- buted of their own funds over eight mil- lions of dollars, not one other Province in the Dominion, save perhape Mani - ohs, has contributed one single copper ; or any snob purpose, and now every railway that Ontario has thus aided with the money from her Provincial and Inunicipal purse has been taken control bf by the Dominion, and Ontario has no word or voice in their management. Not enly this, but the representatives of :he Province of Quebec, a few years ago, ook the Dominion Government by the throat and forced it to pay back to their *rovince over two millions of dollars Which that Province claimed to have given to assist in constructing local road! Which were afterwards assumed by the Dominion, just as the Ontario roads ere. But, there was no word of giv- i g anything back to Ontario for the mil- lions she had expended. Besides all this, while the Dominion litas ex- pended $4,262,000 on railways in New Brunswick; $8,936,883 in Nova Scotia, and $7,948,667 in Quebec, Ontario has had to be sat &fled with an expenditure of $2,970,000. And yet, in the face of a1 these fact., - the Premier of the Do - inion has th audacity to tell the people this Provi t Parliament mtts would be because, fors from the othe vote it down. the sooner On thin the bett She has been a republics " lon Ilene, however ce that he dare not submit a measure which he ad - doing but scant justice, otb, the representatives Provinces would unite to If this is really the case, ario is out of Confedera- r for her own interests. Lich cow for the "sucking • enough. We do not be - that the Premier gave a true delineation of the feelings of Parliament. re believe be was only playing with the deputation. He has had Ontario at his feet so long that he has come to the conclusion he cak do with her as h the representat porting him has given him postion. It i the present rep have a little m predeceasors. Quebec make c 11 will. The pliancy of ves who have been sup- rom Ontario in , the past ood reasons for this sup - hoped, however, that esentatives from Ontario re backbone than their The represensatives of mmon cause when they watt anything or their province. They fore o party di erences and unite in one solid phalanx n the , interests of their proVince and th ir demands always re- ceive prompt at ention, and are ulually acceded to. If the Ontario representa- fives could onl be got to display sim- ilar pluck and i dependence,the meed of jiastice which the Ontario municipalities are now asking would be granted this .1 sesawn. So Ion , however, as the peo- ple of Ontario a 0 willing to allow their representatives to support party in preference to thpockets of their con- stitiJ ients and j stice to their Province, r just so long wi 1 party triumph at the expense of pure and Proviuce. We in Ontario, as we haive shown by the above figures, have '• 'cid pretty sweetly for party already, a d it is now about time we ,fere looking after our own pockets. The !Dominion ede a mistake in the first place when he principal of bonus- ing 14cal railway !was adopted,but there is no !good reason why Ontario should be made suffer for that mistake. This would only be ad ing injustice to injury. KNFOC.NIAN, in ; the Canada Presby- terian, bits the ri ht nail on the right head When he s in his last letter : "if the Church would give up ite 1 - • cheese paring eco only and honestly pay its servants some hing like the value of their work the b kher interests of the Church would e greatly advanced. Abolish • billetin ," half -fares," cleri- cal exemptions,' clerical discounts,' and all the oth r abominations that , - help to degrade t e ministerial profes- sion; pay the se tants of the Church their dues; do C urch business on the principal that a Curch dollar has just a hundred cents in it like any other dollar,! appeal to te honest men of the Church for the r4ney and the money will come. The People who always want something f r nothing, or some- thing for -half it value, are the only ones that will o ject. These people should not be 'towed to rule the Church." THE chief end i tife of the Winnipeg Free Press seems t be to defeat the present Provincial overnment of Mani- toba. Everythinjg the Government does ii viewed by he FreePress through the darkest apectrc1es. In urging the opponrnts of the overnment to prepare for the next ele 'ion and have their candidates in the eld early, it says: And we trust it tvill be the etudy of the Opposition ev rywhere to name as 1 candidates the ve y best men available. Since 8813 the Pr vince has had an ex- perie ce of politic ',scamps and tramps which it does not Wish to see repeated. The qppcisition is eepected to improve on the present sit 'Mone. for after the it general ele tion, ti come when it 11, t will be te Government party. is e eeritial, the efore, that its candi tea ho - ho h ve a lively rase of personal and iof character; men ll Id be m n ; political honor.' Thia is very ood advice for any Provioce, and par ieularly for a young Provi ce Iike Ma itOba, where "politi- cal a m s and ramps " seem to be numerpus But get the men asked for by tie Free Press the people of Manit ba will ha:e to go outside the ranks ef the presezpt Oppoaition. If we undersa4 the ch4bractcr of the Mani• ne wi It da tribe politicians, and our judgment ha been formed largely, if not! exclueively from information suppliedby the Fre Press itself, we have no laesitataion saying it would be difficult to pick up worse breed of "political scamps an tramps " than the leading men of th present Opposition, and whom we ar sorrytonotice the Free Press has kep for some Ulna under its protecting wings. If the good people of Manitob are foolish enough to place the contro of their Province in the hands of these men, they will only regret it once, and that will be for all time. The presen Manitoba Government, under the guid ance of Mr. Greenway, are giving the people of Manitoba good laws and economical administration, and if the Manitobans are wise they will give them another four years' lease of office. It is true the Free Press never wearies in denouncing the members of the present Government for everything that is bad, • but their record,as published by itself in its news columns, does not justify the anathemas of its editorial depart- ment. MAY 29, 1891. bate Wall again made, and this time car- ried by a majority of 18. NEW DEPUTY S EAKER. - On F iday, Mr. Berge on, member for Bauharnois, was eleot4d unanimourily toLI the osition of Deputr Speaker of the Huse f Commons. Mr. Bergeron is a young nan, but has ability and consider - ab e po ularity. He differed with the G vern ent on the Riel affair, but Mr. -Cliapleau said this was the time formepl+tan e. he stimaTtitelre EhSaTIIiMnAg Ebse. been brought (r do n, he House has now got all the w rk t wants to do The Bodget lt , Speeeh ill be delivered this week, per- ' haps on Friday. The es imetes provide t; for an e penditure of $23„690,000,andifor .1 a statutory expenditure bf $19,467,000; i the total outlay for which authority is I asked is therefore $43,157,000, or five Imillions less than last yefr. The forty- ; eight millions authorizedlast year, how - j ever; ir eluded the stipplementaries. These or 1892 have et to appear. 1 Th ey will probably bringup the pro - ;1 Y , . po ed o tlays for the co ing fiscal year ' to he o d figure. The items of interest in the estimates are not numerous. A Ong hem is a proposedvoteof$150,- 000 for he revision of the voters' lists, an $17 ,000 for the census. There is alsio a v te of $20,000 to promote the dairy in erests of Canada in affiliation _ w4h th experimental farm. The chief Ontario utlays on peblicl works are the foe owin ; Kingsann graving dock, ' $1 l 5,00 ; Brantford drill-ehed, 810000; Or ilia peblic buildings, 5,000;$Peter- lb° ough ;custom house, $t,000; Toronto dri I -shed, 840.000: Walkerton post- t$117'rereW's. offiic)e, $ Plioi r tg sHt c'e Beavert arrows iAllan Li c metettmatea A CORRESPONDENT wishes to know why it is that eggs are so much dearer in New York this year than last, if the increase 41 price is not caused by the McKinley bill. There are many reasons, but the principal one is, we fancy, that meat is much dearer this year than it was last. Last year the corn crop was almost an entire failure in the United - States, and other coarse grains were also scarce and dear. This scarcity qf feed has made dear meat, and when meat is scarce and dear there is a resort to eggs. More eggs being used they are consequently in greater demand and dearer in price. seismateasmeismamm, THE Toronto Telegram puts the posi- tion of the Prohibition question in Par- liament straight when it says: "Prohibition is still far from a place in the revised statutes, but it has at- tained to the dignity of an issue upon which the Dominion Parliament is afraid to vote straight. The Jamieson motion has troubled Waters that are now full of political wrigglers. Honest and good men boldly take sides for or against it. Those who have sincere convictions either way are in a decided minority, while the House is infested with parti- zens who want to be upen the side where the most voteare. These statesmen dread a straight vote. Timidity is an indication of their belief that they can- not afford to dispense with the support of prohibitionists in their constituencies. They want to harness the church and the distillery to the Vehicle on which they ride, and with that good end in view strive to, obscure the real issue with amendment piled upon amend- ment. Apart altogether from the ques- tion the situation -is highly entertaining. The resolution gives good exercise in dodging to the politicians who sit for close constituencies and who, wish to vote in every way in order to Win a seat in parliament." DOMINION PARLIAMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) OTrAwA, May 25th, 1891. There is no more interesting episode in Parliamentary life thanithe; first di- vision in a new House. Eaoh party has frem its own point of view made up the sides a score of time, and e ch party paper has denounced the claims of the other as absurd. N w comes the actual count when each rnazt answers; for him- self the question : "Under Which King?" - The occasion was an amenclment by Sir John Thompson giving the six months hoist to Mr. M. C. Cameron's -bill repealing the Franchise Act. The debate was short. The Act had been bitterly attacked by the Opposition and sturdily defended by the Ministerialiste. Then came the putting of the amend- ment from the Chair, a protest against it from the left of Mr. Speaker, and the latter's direction to the Sergeant at Arms "Cail in the Members." The Sergeant set the electric battery at work, and in every direction the bells rang out •their first summons. While element members were gathering Col. Prior and Mr. Joncas sang their old time songs, the chorus to " Britradier " resounding through the vast Chamber. Then the Whips came in followed by the Sergeant and the division was taken, each mem- ber standing in hie place while the tel- ler called his 'name and the Clerk re- corded it. The action of doubtful mem- bers was eagerly watched. Mr. Tarte voted with the Povernmenf; Mr. Vail- lancourt sgainst them. Mr. Savard shirked the vote. The result was 112 votes for the Government and 85 for the ; Opposition, a Government majority of 27. When the result was announced the Conservatives cheered and were an- swered with counter cheers from the Liberals, Mr. Lister getting up and ex- claiming "Where's your majority of 35." The motion as amended had then to be put, and on this the Government called for a division which resulted in a majority of 29, Mr. Robillard, one of their supporters having come iu,. and Mr. German, one of the Oppoeition hasd ing gone out. The House adjourned immediately. THE PROHIBITION DIVISIONS. Mr. Jamie/Ionia resolution, declaring that the time had arrived for a prohibi- tory liquor law, gave rise to a debate and two divisions, both of which left the merits of the question untouched. First, Dr. Sproule moved that the de- bate be now adjourned. The Opposition opposed this, and the Government sup- ported it, but it was voted down by 74 to 65. With the exception of Mr. Jamieson it wits a straight party vote, and the Opposition happened to be pres- ent in greater force. There %VIP loud applause at the Opposition's succesa and jocular cries of "Resign !" Later in the evening, however, when the Govern- ment supporters had mustered in steength the motion to adjourn the de- - 000; and PetrOlea buildings, The Ontario harbor expendi- e to be: Cobourg, .$2,000; , $6,0Q0 ; Owen Sound, $6,000; e, 85,000; Torento, 875,000; n, 85,000; and , Parry Sound $6,000. The $125,000 for, the e moil service isi dropped. IEF ENGINEER PERLEY. , The Terte•McGreevy affair came up a T couele of times in Committee of Supply nnhe it m for Mr. Perley's salary, Mr. ar e an4 the Opposition holding that !ivhi e such serious chargewere pend- ing, Mr, Perley should not be voted a eala y for the coming year, while Sir oh Macdonald -contended that the Sala y was for the office and not for the Offic r. Finaily the Opposition allowed the item to pass. 1 The Committee on Privileges and leetions will meet to -morrow, when Mr. Tarte will begin to' present his Pro fs. Mr. Giroux, Chairman of the Que ec Board of Harbor Commissioners, who had some control of the harbor im- per' ements, is here and will be examin- e . Sir Richard Cartwright expressed the. pinion in the House that while the ep rtment of Public Works was being t ie the Minister of Phblic Works shou d have exchanged portfolios with one u f his colleagues. Sir John Macdon- ald eplied " We'll see." I• •NoTES. • Ti -day being the celebration of the Qee n's birthday, the Rouge adjourned frem Friday till Tuesday. • T e appointment of Messrs. Kirk- petr ck, of Kingston, Ontario, and Oui- met, of Montreal, as Privy Councillors, is th ught by some to be a mere honor to e -Speakers, and by others to be mze y preliminary to their; being taken inLo the Cabinet. Mr. Ouimet is a strion • Chapleau man. Mr. Kirkpatrick is 4 'erector of the Canadian Pacific R,8.1" ay. ; Ni gara fruit growers ask the Govern - ;meet to establish an experiMental fruit fartn. T'h appeal against the abolition of Separ te Schools in Manitoba comes be- fore t e Supreme Court to -morrow. i 1 News of the W ek, NF THOUSAND MEN OUT, OF WORK. he shops of the New York Central Ralwtly at West Albany were burned last eek, causing a lose nf $150,000, and th owing 1,000 men out of work. FEV R IN A BRITISH FLEET.-- Fever is said o be raging among he officers anti me of the British fleet at Malta. It is re orted that 40 men are sick on each ve eel, and the hospitals are over- crotvde . ONE MILLION ACRES OPENED FOR SETTLE ENT.— President Harrison has issued proclamation opening to set- tleMent 1,600,000 acres of the Fort Berthol Indian reservation in. North Dakota. *NOT banker n milted et Mottite C 1 ones h ;ER MONTE CARLO VICTIM.—A med Spekart, of Munich, com- icide, Thursday last week, at rlo, France, owing to heavy sustained at the gambling table. This is the sixth suicide which - has ccur ed at the resort since May 1. • 13 ISON US PARSNIPS.—John Hitt, a pros erou# farmer living Eve milee from Port Huron, Michigan, plowed up some wild parsn'pe last week, and ate of them freely. Ir twenty minutes he was dead. His two soh who ate of the parsnips sparingly, were saved by the doctors afterlhoura of hard work. SNONV IN GERMANY. — There was a heavy fall of snow on Whit Sunday throtighout central and southwest- ern (Germa ; y. In many places the snow, was a foot deep,and in some places the ;roads *ere blocked. Fruit crops and ;tines sustained much damage from the hailatornts. • A . ATERP LLAR STORY.—A special to the Journal 1rorn Mankota, Minnesota, tella f an a ny of cateitirillers about eight miles f om that place which de- layed all train on the Milwaukee road. Millions of caterpillars came out on the track I to sun thlemselves, and were ground into grease. They have infested that locality for tw weeka, destroying many fruit trees, . ENGLAND G TTING ALARMED.—Eng- land is becomi g alarmed at the exodus of destitute Heb ewe from Russia, as large numbera of th m are seeking refuge in Greatj Britain. This movement has as- sumed eueh peoportions that it is term. ed th i " Hebrew invasion' of England." It is e timated that -500 appeals are made each Week to the different newspapers by individuals, utying that the authorities should iotrodoce legislation to exclude destitute alie e similar to the immigra- tion law recen ly adopted by the United States', LAI GHING HIMSELF TO DEATH. — A queer case has just attracted the atten- tion of the do tors of Philadelphia, that of Jo n Dorli ger, a prosperous farmer of Wr ghtsto , Bucks county, Penn - sylvan a. Do linger is laughing himself thin a d to de th, and, in addition, it ia believed he i faet losing his reason. Three ;month ago he weighed 175 pound, but n w he weighs 110 pounds, and fere are felt for the worst. The 01 ' old axiom is laugh and grow fat, but in this case it hi laugh and get thin. Re- cently the tr hiladelphia and Reading railroad extended its line through Dor- f linger's farna. He was so delighted when the first train, March 1, passed through that he began to laugh. He has been laughing ever since, and the doc- tors must stop him or he will die. • THE RESULT OF INSANITY. — Mrs. Christen Pederson, a Danish woman,and four children, aged from 3 to 10 years, were found. hanging in the cellar of their house three miles northwest of Harlan, Iowa, Saturday. It is thought they have been hanging since Wednes- day night, the 20th inst. The husband was sent to the insane asylum a week ago, and this series of murders and sui- cide shows that the wife must also have been insane. • A MORMON EMIGRANT SENT BACK.— Marie Ha.selman, aged 22, a Mormon emigrant from Munich, is the first per- son the emigration authorities at New '`or:k ever decided to bar out of the United State e on the ground of being a professed polygamist. She is not an actual polygamist, but announces her intention to become one. She arrived in New York on the Wyoming and was bound for Logap, Utah. The authori- ties have decided to send her back to Munich, where her parents live. She says that she was born. brought up and baptized a Catholic. She says she was converted to the Mormon faith at meet- ings she atpended in the southern part of Germany. The Mormon elders say they will take the case into the courts. The other members of the Mormon party were allowed to go West. MURDERED BY HER PARENTS.—Lucy McKeegan, daughter of Judge Me - Keegan, one of the foremost lawyers of St. Louis, eliesouri,died Tuesday of last week, a victim of Christian Science, was 17 years old, beautiful and cultivated, and was a student of Mary Institute. Three weeks ago she was taken sick, and her absence from echool caused some of her elassmates to visit her house. They found her sick, but learn- ed that no .physicians were in attend- ance. She grew worse, and last Satur- day at her own earnest solicitation a doctor was called in. He saw at once that she was beyond his skill, Her disease was typhoid fever. The girl's perents were believers in the Christian Sicience, and placed their daughter. un- der the care of two " teachers " instead of calling a doctor. NORTHWEST CATTLE IN ENGLAND.— The Canadian Gazette says: In connec- tion with Canadian store cattle exports we learn that in Manchester market on Tuesday a couPle of cars of Canadian Northwestern ranch stock excited the greatest possible interest. They were bought by a gentleman in Leicestershire lastNovember,and costin Liverpool about £12 each. This week their condition,qual- ity and size was such that they sold for something like 25 each.1 It must be admitted that the beet of !attention has been given to them, but in doubling their value in _six months they have amply repaid the care. The animals were handled by several well known ex- perts, and pronounced almost models of what a butcher's beast should be, viz., full of flesh, fine in bone, and not too fat. Their disposition was quiet, even amid the frequent pinchings and measurings to which their splendid appear- ance subjected them. FAITH CUBISTS DRIVEN OUT OF TOIA'N. —A lot of ,faith curists were forced to leave Losanticville, Indiana, Saturday. The people are angry and violent be- cause a bright little boy had recently died there and his parents had depended upon the faith curiste to save him. It was a bad case of scarlet fever, and af- ter his death the disease -spread into other families. The people think that if capable physician,' had been summon- ed promptly the boy might have been saved and the disease baffled. On Sat- urday, when the faith curists came to Winchester from Ohio to attend a sick lady, I- they were threatened by a mob, and had to get away at once. CLOUD BURST IN IDAII.0.—A cloud burst occurred one mile north of Boise City, Idaho, last Saturday evening, in Culver gulch. A great volume of water, 10 feet high, gathered in the deep and narrow bed of the old creek and swept down into the town, flooding a great portion of it with several feet of water. Considerable damage was done to United States government buildinge and parade grounds. Henry Rossback, living in Culver gulch, saw the flood coming and only had time to take his family to a place of safety, when the flood carried away his house, The lose will reach $40,000. TRAIN EXPLODED. —,Tuesday morning of last week a train containing a large amount of dynamite was blown up e short distance from Tanytown, New York. The explosion was terrific. It blew the train to pieces, sad the report could be heard a mile away. Two Americans and eight Italians were in- stantly killed. Their remains .were picked up and carried to the station. A large number of people were injured. It is impossible to tell the cause of the ac- cident. The shock was tremendous. Notes from the Queen City. Toatmo, May 5th, 1891. Business -men will be astonished to hear of Ald. Edwerd Hewitt's business difficulties. During the boom of two years ago he loaded himself up with real estate and houses, and instead of getting out of the danger when the warning note was sounded, held on to all his property. He now finds it necessary to call a meeting of creditors. Moat of these are builders and lumber merch- ants. The young alderman's liabilities are said to be near $80,000, although nothing definite will be known till the meeting on Tuesday. Ald. Hewitt is one of the most energetic men in the council, and was thought by most to be in very good circumstances. Taxes and heavy interest are responsible. A NEW COMPANY. Notice of application for a charter for the "Nickel -Steel Company of Ottawa" will appear in Saturday's Gazette. Among the incorporators is Jacob Reese, of Philadelphia, Pensalvania, patentee of the Basic process. Several Toronto men are interested in this company, the first one to work the nickel of Eastern Algoma. AN INTERESTING CASE. The late Dr. Hostetter'of College street, a very highly respected member of the professiou, was twice -married, the second time to a young German gover- ness of remarkable beauty. When the doctor died she moved to Servia, Europe, and shortly afterwards began ne suit against the estate for dowry and dam- ages. E. B. Hostetter of this city ha admitted the liability for a dowry, an now wishes to have the other action die missed, for want of p+ecution Judgment in this romance ( was re served. THE STREET RAILWAY BUSINESS. Torontonians lately have reeked not o inveetigation's knife driven deep int the body of Ottawa scandals; here, a home, have been incidents quite as ex citing and incomparably of more concern In the throes of death the Street Rail way Company has given several viciou kicks. On Saturday night the city was to have assumed possession at twelve o'clock, but when the civic army had ad vanced upon the offices of the railway Senator Smith refused to open the doors and informed the Mayor he had obtain ed an injunction restraining the city from taking over his concern. Samue Blake, Q. C., counseled the Mayor not to use violence, and as Mr. Smith reso- lutely refused to deliver up the keys,the city dignitaries and their clerkly myrmidons retired defeated. On Mon- day the papers teemed with what they thought another example of official lack of strength. All the wag -wits of news- paperdorn had their shot at the Mayor. Monday and Tuesday were signalized by several hundreds of passengers refus- ing the -conductors • their fare. Among this lot were E. A. McDonald, once Alderman and would be Mayor. He took a boyish delight for 48 hours in jumping on and off the street cars - merely to ride a block. On Wednesday the motion for the Senator's injunction was dismissed and the lawyers at last carne to a compromise. The transfer was made on Wednesday evening quite peaceably. Both parties retain their right to fight out the claitn of the com- pany to a perpetual franchise. But •the city now holds the street -railway to let or to run itself as may be thought fit. The old proverb concerning the carcass' and the vultures comes appropri- ate already. For again strange faces of wealthy men are to be seen on our streets, and it is not likely they cross the border -line in search of health alone. OLD FOOLS, ETC. There is a curioue case coming up for trial soon. George Lewis is a 76 year old gentleman, who lives at • No. 321 Davenport Road. He is to be defend- ant. Mrs. Revis, with 45 summers to her credit, is billed plaintiff. She has been Lewis's housekeeper for a long time. In 1880 she wished to return home to England, but the defendant got her to remain by promising to make her his wife. This event has been put off so many.times and Lewis, according to her story, has treated her so cruelly that she.seeks the monetary balm of 85,000 - for her injured feelings, at the same time seeking to recover $800 due for wages. Mr. Lewis tried to make her return to England the other day by offering $100. .11e is said to be worth $4-0,000, and more ca active ttelirai cn. most people past their grand SERVED HIS TERM. Many will remember the events pre- luding William Kyle's sentence to Kingston penitentiary for forgery, five years ago. He has just returned after serving sentence, and having unsuccess- fully tried many times to get his case reopened; has now entered an action against ex -Manager Cook of the Merch- ants' Bank and his former partner, Colin Munroe, for civil damages. One for perjury may fellow. Munroe's testimony -convicted Kyle. Kyle & Company was the name of the old wholesale liquor fir" WAR sTA INED VETERANS. Post No. 532, G. A. R., department of New York, is the full name given to the organization formed here on Satur- day night. Uninitiated Canucke will fail to recognize in this, perhaps, the fact that enough veterans of the Ameri- can Civil Wer now live in Toronto as to make a Grand Army post a desid- eratum. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO. June 2nd is the dete fixed for the in- auguration of the catlebration of the 25th anniversary of the Fenian raid. Officers high in the, volunteer force head the movement, which will be of fitting mag- nificence. Military from all over On- tario are to participate, and a deputation of Canadians from the windy streets of -Chicago have sent a caurier to announce their presence. The Lieut -Governor will open the proceedings. • daughters. Both Mr. and Mrs. Andrews pmwoessrkeeee 8 the de prfteheoevpolsnetseohrfilirtnehgateqxdutiarealciieotano,ratirt - Old Laud James Patton clerk of Gode good settht,leersmiionfortaunmeetv r - of fcwcoh—aednmntotreyrwne.d. antwkloe'or tHareeweasfelettalfirdoimugthhet :,Y2i1Pasetiwiaedek to breakthis rig on • t. gal ergioaundnde ground, ,rr ,at ebh ceui but e n t ahoi wyr slipping ppBp,Dhir ..nru gweDi .eeolosiffw:i. rieocei nfpatuceeTosretnoi yds. fracture, Knox He o - SI pp: ohuane—sr ttpfooRerraef eoecfrsi visitingSyria lastfor while Saturday,aehwawn hdhile ne lie: he es - con- cerning the land of the orients. Mrs, 1 aaemcoaneigenhaiuwhnearkinfrsemmen 'n-Huo—mw°bieenreisodfianpyTorpoercboeolinttottlie's in his store, Mr. McBride, of Blyth, met with a painful accident. One of the bottles exploded, and Mr. McBride had the misfortune to cut his hand badly on one of the pieces. —On Monday, 18th inst., Miss Mc- Kay, of Goderich, who had been in poor health for about a year, passed away, —8 ;Obnbetween eeenvel6of fnmd 2r.4M. * Beckwith' 8 much regretted by a large number of friends and acquaintances. The de- ceased was the second daughter of the latelasteemedA n g bu ys allandthe was thighlyweek e8 e e s pleasure of h nacquaintance.rueedaym O the dray horse belonging -,to the Wing - ham Tanning Company, made things lively for a few minutes. He took it into his head to run away, and went down street at considerable speed until stopped by Mr. Wm.eDore.asses s orT'sh erreetuwrangs hetotaltno—daAlnecaograeds sdi —According emi th nt for the township of Hay for 1891 is $1,902,470 ;I number of acres, 52,920; population, 3,7:39; doge, 386; number days statute labor, 3,639. The school population is as follovre Number of children between the ages of 5 and 16, 1,015; between 7 and 1.3, 61 departure from Wingharn, some of his friends entertained him in Al cKelvie's restaurant in that town. To show their appreciation of Mr. Beckwith's friend- ship they presented him with a Forest- ers' pin and a meerschaum pipe. After the presentation a short time was pleas- antly spent in speeches and music. —On Sunday morning, 16th inst.,Miss Barbara Howatt, daughter of Mr. James Howatt, of Colborne, passed peacefully away to join the ellent majority. De- ceased had been ill for a long time, arid her case seemed to thwart the efforts of the most skilful physicians. The family have the sincere sympathy of the com- munity, as this is the third titne that 'death has entered the family within the p a t ‘tvher re de or o ruere ye ievaer de 'in Goderich lest week of a sad death by drowning �f a son of Mr. John McKay, of that town, who is engaged in the fishing business in the Duck Islands. It appeara that the boy, who was only sorne seven or eight years of age, took a skiff and went out to meet the fish boats, when he fell out and was drowned before any one could reach him to help him out of the water. A_by named Hamilton Rentsay met with a strange but very severe ac- cident at Inglis & Co's woolen mills, Wingham, on Wednesday afternoon of last week. He was throwing something out of the window through a _broken pane of glass, when his left arm came in contact with the glass, making a deep gash and severing the main artery. Had not the wound been attended to at once he would certainly have bled to death. —What might have been a very serious accident happened one day last week, while some farmers and men were taking down an old barn for J. R. Holmes, of Holmesville. W. Ramsey, Mr. Knight and J. It. Holmes were car- rying one end of the plate, while the other end was resting on a beam, when the floor broke through, throwing W. Ramsey at full length with the plate on top of him. Though theltimber was taken off as quickly as possible he was considerably bruised and is perhaps hurt inwardly, no bones were broken, but he feels pretty stiff. —The house and lot in Wingharn, recently owned and occupied by Mr. John Cleghorn, agricultural implement agent, who went to Manitoba a short time since, was sold by auction, under mortgage, on Monday, last week, to Mr. C. J. Reading, for the sum of $500. The purchaser has made a good bargain. Mr. Reading intends spending about another $200 on improving it before moving in. He will have a stone foun- dation built and move the building back, then veneer it with brick, which will make it a fine and very comfortable residence. ' =Messrs. Smith and Hearn, of Clin- ton, shipped 143 head of stall fed cat- tle, on Monday of last week. The entire lot was a fine batch, and among the number were evidently soine of the very best that ever left that locality. Those eold by Mr. Forrester, of Clinton, aver- aged over sixteen hundred apiece, which is exceptionally good weight, one turn- ing the scale at 1,800 pounds. His were the heaviest bunch of cattle in the entire lot, in fact they were the heavi- est ever sold in Clinton. A steer, own- ed by Mr. James Fair, went 1,704 pounds, which is also an unusually good. weigh —About the latter end of March some unknown person called on Mr. Wm. Wilson, a well known money lend- er, who lives on the 4th concession of West Wawanosh, about two and a half miles east of Dungannon village. He produced's note for $90 and hearing 8 per cent. interest, purporting to be made by James Msdlough in favor of and en- dorsed by Thomas Anderson, two well- to-do farmers of that section. The stranger represented that he was a son of Mr. Anderson and that his father had sent him to get the note cashed, whereupon Mr. Wileon handed him over the full value of the note and one dollar extra, saying he was in the habit of charging only 7 per cent. About two weeks ago Mr. Wilson became suspicious that all was not right,and upon enquiry learned that a clear case of forgery had been perpetrated. An arrest and com- mittal has been inade, but no one be- lieves that the person accused is the guilty party. —Thomas Price, one of the oldest residents of Wingham, passed from this life on the 14th filet. Deceased had reached the advanced age of 72 years. About twenty-three years ago he arriv- ed in Wingham and worked at the shoe- making for Mr. Thos. Abraham; after that he built a house and shop on Huron Notes. The census returns gives the popu- lation of Clinton as 2,635. —A little son of Mr. D. W. Dunbar, of Ethel, got his hand into a cutting box one day recently, and had two of his fingers cut off. —Wm. Stackhouse, Westfield, has a fine yoke of oxen. One weighs 1,900 pounds, and the other tips the scales at 2,100. —Thomes, son of Mr. Thomas Netter - field, of Lower Wingharn, will leave shortly to join his brother William in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. White Sulphur Springs is a mining town. —Charlie King, son of Mr. J. King, of Winghani had the tops of three fing- ers of his left hand cut off in the Union factory,in that town, on Tuesday of last week. —The Woodham hotel near Exeter, has been rented by Thomas Fothering- ham, who hair taken possession, and Wallace Brown, the late landlord, has secured a position as manager of the Frazer House, Pert Stanley. —Wm. Deacon, one of the early Pioneers of East Wawanosh, died in Chicago, on the 14th inst., at the ripe old age of eighty-two years. The re- mains were brought to Wingharn for interment. —While Mr. George Beacom was taking the census in Goderich township he came across four persons who were over ninety years of age. This is a pretty old age, and there are not many townships with four such ancient citi- zens. —While working in the dry kiln at Button & Feesant's chair factory in Wingham, on Tuesday of last week, Mr. Jesse Button slipped and fell, straining his back so severely as to cause him to take an enforced holiday.- -On Wednesday, last week, an old, well-known and highly respected resi- dent of Goderich, passed away in the person of Mrs. Martha S. Andrews, re- lict of the late Thomas Andrews. De- ceased had been a resident of Goderich for the past thirty-four years, having come there from Kingston with her husband. Some eleven years ago she lost her partner in life, and since that time had continued to reside at the old homestead' in company with her two MAY (pee! L'igl for birn witighstno If;)1few years er foul in goo4 heal peara:t9 ha from theao wee a Veit though e. 1,1; one leg *pd ori ,:ajszb_exiiprnotteuoi7asirogihryrnie.5anintownons:;wdta:riis:ssertinbeuoit:60::::..8,033r;gwest:ra 43F11, o3el: oewe satapis ing he thear aahytyhg eea t 1. .ethxenetrtassalusiiihlivaigelsi,owi8:1‘11:14, titnhil_;e b Tkenr 4313 ei nb, 6ase t eesl tbsalige08 bead, 561930 lop, 6 head, A D1TOR 3ic interes t sittings of t ton before , immedietele/ Aicheson, Rynn, knowing al An old dr town line at 1 aDd 2, and 4th zoneessi lOW point , Michael dem an outlet, al nn the engin the moath award 'the el two thirde by Wm: the balance natined by was not eat who bellevecl, to do than ti and also tha and deeper I for. Mr. A ed from thi came up fo; ;before His I was proved the younger] land, but t father, the 1 lease for the er. It was ,gineerthad 1 portion of t McMichael Aicheeon an award did ;course to Honor beid fatal to 1•11*1 gineer had portion of Michaet silo] eheson and that he Aeon portion of -a ed by Me altered ] cir should ifteri the work wa someone elik did the dit provided for Water pOUT 8. 0.). 1154 this Seetioti land was Gil and that roe I gineer and W .ceedingt tha teke theou this reeeona His Honor d nn the t],1he -also a rantol. would have his Honor ne that the awe also bad bee was not a therefore, se paid byGidIN N.f 11EsoLt..rti) following Tel last District Me thodiet the '20th lost 'Caswell, 'teen id That thie record its exe with our dei wife in the id through whi pass; and pr may be reato dear Broth.e labot 8 -access toCALI E. very dry an the crops haV —Monday - day in our vl had. gone to \ attend thaae Meesrs KM son went to club Of t in that game as heretofore practice. —0 Mary Pyke, married toeM Clegg, of Ito. friends in wi happinesv, house and lot Wm. Willian is still confin preach. leas' Mel 'Wright church a out mere A larg Oddfel1oute3 v *ponce to&kj -chose as hie