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SEAFORTH.
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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;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
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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
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'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,
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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
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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,
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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
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