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The Huron Expositor, 1892-10-07, Page 4" :2` , • F :f ; •-•; ••• e IstEW ADVXRTIEMENTS. Mr The figure between the pirenthesis after each line denotes the page of the paper on which the ative.rtisement will be, found. New Gloves—Jackson Brothers. ,(1) Read It Over—Hoffman & Co. (6) Ridiculous—Duncan & Duncan. (5) Ready -for -use Clothivg--Jecksori Brothers. (5) Auction Sale—R. H. Collins. tne Sae of Stock Steers—W. 0. Winter. (5) Dissolution of Fartnership—Sparp & Livens. (5) Estray Ram—W. E. Coldwell. (6) Teacher Wanted—Louis Walper. (6) ROOMS- to Rent—Mrs. S. W. Cady, (8) After the Opening—Edward McFaul- (8) Farm for Sale—Robert Murray. (6) - Teacher Wanted -T -Thomas Neilans. (5) Furniture, for Sale—Miss J. Richardson. (8) Store House for Sale—Scott Bros. (6) Rooms to Rent—Scott Bros (8) Apprentice Wanted—John .A. Stewart. (8) Special Discount Sale—Robert Willis. (6) Fall Boots for All—D. McIntyre, (8) Liquidation Sale—J. R. Gregory. (8) Remember John Landaborough's Sale. (8) Literary Society—WnL Moore. (S) the *won txpooitor, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY; Oct. 7, 1892. The Demo ratio Candidate Defln is platform. -, Mr. Cleveland, the Democratic candida for the Presidency oi the United States, h issued his letter of ecceptence of the no ination of the Dernocratic Convention. far as the acceptance of the candidatu was concerned, that was practically settle when Mr. Cleveland was, nominaeed by t Chicago Convention, as lit was well undo stood by every one that ttcceptance won follow nomination, as noininations to suc positions are never made en chance by eith pattee, But this letter of acceptance, as is called, is used as an opportunity for th candidate. to lay down his pelicy and to e plain his views on the burning queetions ii the contest. " It is the same as the publishe • political address to " The Free and Ind pendent Electors " in our own country. I thia addre.ss Mr. Cleveland deals wibh th , Tariff, Civil Service and Coinage questions On the tariff question', which is the only on in which Comedians are mach interested, h does not come out as boldly as free trader wcitild like, or as one would inaturally ex pea from his previous course and utter ances when in office. To use a comas° phrase, he is " hedging." This seems to b a ticklish question on the dther side as wel as heret as the monopoliste who have grown up under the Protection syetem, have ter rors for the leaders of both parties. Mr. Cleveland evidently feels this, and while he does not come out; as strongly for free trade as he might do, he leaves no doubt as to which side he is on, and oh this queetion, even judging by his very gearded addres3,he is a long way ahead of his opponent. His address gives the foremost place to the tariff questiohi, affirming that tariff legislation is a familiar form of Federal taxation, and is a tax on the daily life of the people, the burden of which is too palpeble to admit of any doubt as to its existence. and not to dis- pose of the sophistry that le is paid by foreigners. Such taxes represent a diminu- tion of the property rights of the people, and are justifiable only when laid for the purpose pf maintaining the Government and enabling it to discharge its legitimate func- tions. The iipirit of American institutions demo.nds tariff for revenue; and enjoins stria economy ia public expenditures. Pro- tective tariff taxation is contrary to the spirit of the "Constitutihn, encourage3 eel- fishnese, imposer' a harder home life upon workingmen and farmers, invites eorrupeion in political affairs by encouraging extrava- gant expenditure, and, by the introduction of a Wee and unjust cliecrimination between different classes, corrupts the life of the country. Tariff reform is the purpo3e of the Democretic party, not exterminating war against any American intereats ; a re- adjuatment can be abcomplished without disaster or demolition. •Freer raw material should be accorded to the manufacturers, and a fair and careful disttibution of nec- essary tariff burdens made, rather than, the rt p cipitation of free trade. On the whole, M . Cleveland stands fairly up to the prim lipIes with which he has -been identified since his entranee into public life. The publication of this letter presente the issues between the two panics with tolerable dis- tinctness, and draws the line of battle be- tween the.m. The campeign has so far been extremely apathetic on beth sides, but iti has also been commendably free item personalities and abuse. In this respect it is the most J worthy and respectable political campaign wiehin the mernpry of this gederation. es te- as m - So re he r- id er it x - of e - The Street Car Et oree- The city street cars have hitherto fur- nished a liberal outlet for Catadian horses of the general purpose or less valuable order, In this department, however; the horse is being rapidly superceded by. electricity. In all the prineipal cities both in Caned& and the United. States, street k'ars are now mainly propelled by electricity and in a couple of years hence et horse propelled street car will be as rare an event as a horse power threshing machine tow is. A few days ago five hundred sereet oar horses were disposed of in Toronto. The price& ranged from $25 to $75 and in a short time the use of horses on the street cars in Toronto will be a thing of the past. Montreal is rapidly following suit, while Hamilton, London and Ottawa and the smaller cities are trans- forming their hone care into electric cars ae rapidly as possible. This eha,nge must necessarily have au effect on the horse market, as thousands of horses *ere former- ly used annually for street cart, The horses in use on those cars were of a medium kind between a heavy draught and a 'roadster, or what is usually known as a general purpose horse. They are rather too large and have not breeding enough for good /roadster or 1, I -- carriage purposes and are no ;tate and heavy enough for drays, expresa wagone and other city purposes. Thie being the case, this class of horses is likely to become a drug in the market, and fannera would do well to cease breeding them. The only horse that it will now pay our farmers to breed is the large, heavy animal eultable for &eying and other heevy work of that de- seription, and the rangy, stylitii, well bred carriage horse that will go 16 halide or over. These two deuces of hinses are still in active demand leoth in the United States and the old eiteuntry and will always cionmand good p ee in this. country. hese are AMP mile expensive Awl, perhaps, more ifficult breed than the street car horse, b t they vein command larger profit, whi h will I -01p to make up for the increased c st and trouble'. Road Making. Several of the journal?, both great and smell, throughout this Province have, re- cently, been- earnestly engaged in instruct- ing the yeornenry in the art of road making. No doubt it iethe case that some, if not many, who have written very learnedly on this subject, know very little about roads or road making. They might, perhaps, be able to distinguish gravel frem clay and, after studying the dictionary, might be sufficiently vereed in road lore to tell what " turnpiking " means. In referring to the road question the Mitchell Recorder says : We have been pleased to note that so many of our esteemed contemporaries have, of late taken to the highways. The ways of the husbandman are smoother even in 'their alleged roughness and their devious courses easier to follow than the ways of the pole. tician. But while our contemporaries have been descanting learnedly on the best and moat economic methods of road making, the practical husbandman has scarcely been heard from. As between the profeesional newspaper editor and the intelligent prac- ticed farmer, who has informed himself on , municipal geyetnment, we would give the odds to the latter in the matter of road - making, There is no doubt that the fruits of the statute labor, system have not been a full and satisfactory return for the time spent. Bnt there are few farmere who could afford td give the cash representing the time ae eo.sily as they give the time it- self ; and thete are not many farmers in this age of jobbery who would not look upon the change recoinmended with a considerable degree of distrust. sasawalmeemeneeses lleinei Senators. The antouticement bas already been offi- cially made i that ' two vacancies of long standing in the Senate have been filled by the appointthent to that body of Dr. Fer- guson, of Welland, and Mr. Alphonse Des jardins, NI, P., for Hochelaga. Both these are gentlemen Who have out -lived their use- fuluees in the dommons, and are now placed in the Seaate as life pensioners' upon the country, with en allowance of one thousand dollen a year end perquisitea. Like moat of those Who hccupy scats in that House, Dr. Fergusoia has been rejected, bylthe elec- tors of his coinstituency as nod being com- _ petent for a representative in the Commons, and yet he is appointed te the Senaee by the Goverorrient, and the Senate has the power to veto eny legielation the Conimens may paste the abeurdity of centinuing this misereble kncl expensive farce must be apparent to ?every one. 1 inemsemeamemseer THE .0litlerie Government struck a veri- table gold Mid° when they secured the pas- sage hist; Session of t eir Successiori Tax Bill. Air:duly severe; men have paszed li I t horn earth whose estates will have to con- tribute libetally towards the Maintenance of the asylums -end other charitahle institutiont of this Provintie; It is estimated that this year this tax Will yield to the Government a revenue of 6.1:14:iut one hundred thousand dol- lars, It seerhe that Nova Scotia hae also a eimilar law, . and by the death :of a Mr. Cronad,recenely, the Provincial exchequer will IA' benefitted to the amount of about / 1 $30,000S1 Referrieg to this latter circum- stance la contemporary remarks that the Provindies are making some big hauls from the eseates of dead men. There was a theory thet those who .had wealth would - i - evade the Succession Tax by making distri- bution durieg their life time. This has been disproved. If hhe prospects of a lawyer get- ting the bulk ef an estate fails to induce its owner to stiPetwise its division, the dread of a Successien Tax is not likely to prove a more poweeful incentive. f A DEPUTATION of Methodist, clergymen, headed thy' the venerable and. able Dr. Carman, attended the Pan -Presbyterian Council ond dgy during its Se38i0TI. The Methoditt brethren were given a most 'ter - dial we:Icon-it, and their spokesman, Dr. Carmen, delivered an elegant and eloquent address, wields drawe from „the Toronto Telegram, it journal not mueh given to flattery, the following commendatory re- marks : ,F " A poweeful platform thinker, his brain is busy supplying color which his ' voice uses in boldlyi painting the meaning in his mind. His address vias clearly the great effort, of a ginat Canadian. Men of his rank belong to the bhurch first, and the country next. The 'admiration which hie speech evoked was- proof thae Canadians ought to be proud of_ Dr. Carman as a Comedian no less than Mathodiets-should be proud of him as a Methodist." MIN simmimmimaminummume THE death of postmaster Ermatinger at St. Thornita has led to an almoet general seramble among Canadian office -seekers in Elgin for tbe position. The gross revenue of the office sehounts to nearly $7,000 a year, and the plum is a rich one. The St. Thomas Journal very wisely directs attention to the excessive einoluments enjoyed by the St. Thomas posiniaster as compared with- the salaries p.aid where the ofiice is on " Gov- ernment basis." For instance, the postmas- terehip of Toronto is worth only $4,000, Hamilton $2,400, London $2,200, Ottawa and Kingston $2,000 each, and Windsor and Belleville $1,400 each. MIIMINNMINIMimmemmil THE order reeently made by the Cana - dam ana American Governments prohibi- ting the importation of rags from foreign countriesi lest the cholera germs "night come in with them, is likely to make the people of both countries pay more dearly for their pajiers, The American manufactur- ers have Already agreed to put their mills on short tithe edd raise. the prices of their pro - hence& price of rags; News -paper, being manufactured more largely from wood fibre, ducts on reicaunt of the scarcity and en- . . is not likela to be so much affected as the finer papaw, but as more or leis rags are used in etlid ; manufacture of this paper also, no ileubit there will be an increase in the price; 41 It too, The Canadian mantl- e; facturere heve not taken action yet, but as - , they arh ridti, any more magnanimous than their neighbets and have no greater anxiety to work hoVely for the good of the public, we may exPetit them to make, a move next. The prospehts; now are, therefore, that the' people Will thave to pay more for their papers nt eit'eiear, or that the printers will have to ge4b.long on smaller profite. But as keen odi4j)kition has about done aWay • e , ; aes . s • - - • THE HURON° EXP,OSITOR. with profits in the newspaper and printing business, the likelihood is that the enhanced prices will have to come off the readers. But, if the precautions against cholera, which are the prime cause of the increase, succeed in keeping the dread disease from our shores, the people must not complain even though they do have to pay a little more for their reading' matter. ONTARIO'S country roads, says a contem- porary, do not commend themselves to an American visitor who was interviewed re- cently at Ottawa. Judge Collins, of New Jersey, says that a Canadian leaving home to drive a few miles in the country bids his family good bye and kisses his little boys, for ethey are apt to have beards before his return, if it rains. Possibly the picture is overdrawn but the story is not without a point. The time lol,t in consequence of 'bad roads would more than pay to put ttletn into good shape. New Jersey has the best roais in the United Satte3. Tneti are a CDM- bination ef the Telford add Macadam sys- tem, They are built with three layere of -stone, the smallest en top. The expense, however, is considerable. It costs six thou- sand dollrus per mile to, build these roads, but they possess great durability. One im- portant point in connection with the matter is the fact that the roads. have increa.sed the value of adjoining farm lauds from thirty to fifty per cent., because the owners can market their produce readily at any time of the -year. Good roade have much to do with making farmers prosperous. 'IMINIIIIIMP TEE DOMINION CAPITAL. • (By Our Special Correspondent.) OTTAWA, Octbber 3rd, 1892. The question now agitating the politicians to the exclusion of almoet everything elee is, will Sir John Thompson appoint him- self to the position of Chief Justice of Can- aria ?" made vacant by the death of Sir William Ritchie, Chief juetice of the Supreme Court of Canada. There are very many who belieye he will. They point out, truly enough, that the personal testae of the Minister of justice are in the direction of the Bench, feoni which he descended at the requeet of Sir John alacdoneld and Sir Charles Tupper, to strengthen' the Cabiuet in 1885. They also dwell on the feet that, talk as one may of the right of it, a Roman Catholic can never long remain Prime Min- ister of Canada. So it is argued, Sir John wtll not let elip an oppertunity which will never _recur of securing for himself the peeition he tricot covete, that of Chief ilf A BRAINLESS PARTY. Againstthis view there is the feet that in the ,present state of affairs there is no other man in the Conservative patty who can furnish braies' for the Ministry and lead the House of.Commons. It is ale.o said that Sir 'John is beginning, to like the ganie of polita.:3 at which he has been so sueoes4ful lrom. pertooan mid perty point of view and that he will show those who hold to the contrarY that it is possible for a Roman Catholic to be Premier. It is said, bow - ever, that the Roman Catholic Bishopeef Antigonish, which county the Minister a Ustice represents in the House of Commons, is averse to his remaining- any lorger the in ember then is necessary because he is op- posed every electioe by a fellow commuui- cant and the Bishop does not like the division in his flock which every .Contest creates. ' If this p so, it is importaattfor the influence of the Bishop over the Minister is certainly great. . There is the possibility that Sir John Thompson will take the ermiae and that his place will be taken as Minister of Jiie• tiee by Mr. Meredith,. the leader of the Opposition in the Oatario Houee. Under this programme Sir john Abbott would re- main the figurehead for few months longer', leaving the question of leadership to .be settled during 'next session. The party are certeinly ifi a quandary, as the Ontario Orangemen are of the belief that Sir John Thompson is a source of weakness to the Conservatides of Ontario and they chafe at being compelkd . to follow hint in the Houee. VICE REGAL AUTOORAT:-.;. The action of Dr. Schultz,• Lieutenant - Governor of Manitoba, in refusing to ac cept the advice of his elected -advisers by declining to sign a certair Order -in -Council respecting surveye in the city of Winnipeg, brings out a report that there is a settled conspiracy at Ottawa to deprive the Lib- erals of power in all the Provinces by using as the tool of the Federal Government, the various governors whom they ,heve ap- pointed. It is easy for a Governor -to dis- posed to bring on a " crisis " between himself and his advisers and secure their resignation and consequent dissolution of the Legislature, or possibly, as was the case n Quebec, their dismissal. A few months ago the Governor of Prince Edward Island refused to sign a Bill which both Houses of the Legislsture had passed and he or his donde expected that the Liberal Ministry ;you'd resign. They did not resign how- ever, but await what action will be talen Ottawa. It may yet result in a crisis. This whole question of Lieutenant -Gov - rears requires attention from the people who have tolerated too long a practice which is fraught with danger to the liber- ies of the people. Third class politicians ;item haee either been defeated at the polls r run down on a disordered liver—brought n sometimes by too much: whisky—are ppointed to that fossil body, the Dominion enate. The Senate has been the breeding round for most of the Lieutenant -Governors ppointe.d of late years. British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward eland, all have had or now have Governors earen from the Senate. The two Governors n question were both 'Tory partisans while n the Senate and while iu active political fe and it is too much to believe that they an ell at once beeorne impartial and ob- vious to the intereets of those to whose enerosity they owe their appointment. In act they do not, and history provea it. eine of them, it is true, get through their erm withont friction or attempts to harass he local Liberal Governments, but the op- ortunity does not come every day and if hey don't get into trouble their successors o. Everybody knows that during the cant crisis in Quebec the Governor acted a grossly partisan manner, just as one of is predecessors, a Liberal, was accused' of oing. a 8 a re A WRONG SXITEM. The trouble is that these men ,are ap- pointed from the midst of strong party struggle and when their term of office is over they usually return to the lime scene. Fancy an eager, active racehorse running the first and third heats of a race with all the necessary fire and enthusiasm and going thesecond heat in an ambling, 'staid man- ner; without even so much as shooting. for- ward his ears ? No more can an ordinary bunion be a stern contestant in the political race both before and after a term as Lieu- tenant -Governor and Yet smother all his personal feelings while acting as the repre- sentative of Her Majesty, ae it is' called; though he is really the representative of the Dominion Government. /Some system ought to be devised under which the Governors of the Provinces should be taken from a purer atmosphere, such, for instance, ,as the Bench, and prohibited, when their term ex- pires, from returning to active political life. VACANCIES IN THE COMMONS. . There are two vacancies in the House of Commons of New Brunewick seats, one by •• • - the death of ° the member for Kent and the other by the resignation of one of the mem- bers for the city and county of St. John. Kent Conservatives meet on the 14th inst. to nominate a candidate. It is said the Hon. Timothy Anglin, ex -Speaker of the House of Commonm, will run in the Liberal interest in his old Province, although he has for years been & resident of Toronto. Both vacant constituencies are at present Con- servative. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. The fact that England has ordered a man of war to proceed to Baring Sea 'off the coast of Siberia, the seene of the seizure by a Russian Cruiser of Canadian sealing schooners, gives a new phase to this clues. tion which has grown into such a complicat. ed affair that I purpose in my next letter giving a concise statement of the history of the question and the present aspect of it. Under the recent conference at Washington, - a Commisaion is to try and determine the boundary line between Canada and Alaska. The Canadian Government appointed Mr. W. F. King to repeeseut this country, and have now been advised that the United 'States Government has appointed Mr. F. Mendenball to act for them, The Commis - stoners All meet at an early day in Ottawa. A GENERAL ELECTION. New Brunswick is in the throes of a general election, the House having been diesolved and polling fixed for the 22nd inst. The present Blair ministry has held power since 1882. The Premier is a Liberal but one or two of his colleagues are Conser- vatives. As a rule their elections are run on purely local lines, without the introduc- tion of federal issues. The present legis- lature has been in existence less. than three years, so they meem to be rather fond of 'elections, as indeed most blue noses are. NOTES. The Governor General returned to Ottawa on Friday night, but remained in his private car until Sunday night when he left; for the St. Clair Flats on Lake Erie for a ten days shooting expedition. The seventh applicetion for divorce comes from Joshua Pitman, of East Flamboro, On- tario, who accuses his wife of deaertion and adultery. An important Cabinet Council was held on Saturday. The Governor General was present and it is understood that some im- portant matters were brought to a head. The Canada Central Exhibition held'in Ottawa last week was a complete succese both in point of exhibite, attendance and re- ceipts, as well as in point of the most beau- tiful weather. The receipts amounted to $11,209, an increase of over $1,100 com- pared with last year. The show of stock was the feature of the fair, excelling in that respect the Montreal exhibition and excit- ing the admiration of such experts ae Mr. Awrey, M.P.P., Commissioner for Ontario to the World's Fair, and Mr. Henry Wade, Secretary of thet Provincial Fair, both of whom were here to select stock for exhibi- tion at Chicago. senemeetemmeni.ete NOTES FROM THE QUEEN CITY. TORONTO, October 3rd, 1892, Last winter at Ottawa our law-ma,kere argued on the proposal to force the railways to adopt, instead of the 3-centa mile rate, a 2 -cent one for passengers. The matter was left in abeyance, and now Sir Henry Tyler comes along in his Norfolk Jacket, long stet:kings and knee breecheh to remark that the railway of which he is president will always fight the proposal. 'When inter- viewed here, he eaid that as the &rand Trunk, since ite organization, had never contrived to pay a cent of dividend onithe preferred stock it would therefore be unfair on the Government's part to lessen -its earn- ing power. In and out of Londoo on the Great Eestern's workingmen's tins the rate is a penny for 10 miles: Butsh is is an exceptional case ; on other Englishelmes the third-class fare is 1 penny, the .iieconcl-elass 2 pence and the first-clase 3 pence. Sir Henry did not at all believe in the argument that the reduced rate would lead to a per- ceptible increase of patronage. HARD ON THE CLUBS. These idle men who daily away their spare hours at clubs whether political, national, sporting or 'literary, are gepting hot stet from the Rev. W. r. Wilson of the new Richmond Church (Methodist), who delivers on Sunday the fourth of a series of sermons against vice -in Toroeto, Mr. Wil- son statee that more wreck's On the shores of life result from the existence of clubs than of Saloone. The former provoke both drink- ing arid gambling. According to the reverend gentleman, not 50:per cent, of the citY clubs care for the lew of man or God endemic certain club has done more to ruin men on Saturday 'nights and *Sundays (when our bare are closed) than any two saloons in the city. "There are blood marks on the tables of some of the clubs of this city," said the fearlees young preacher, who likewise believed that thernore respectable the club, the rnore dangerous it wae, for an air of re- spectability was then given to the lowest of vicee, gambling and drinking. The fiower of Toronto's young men were on their road to the devil, clad in fine ,linen and dark brown "spots.' _Discusaion upon Mr. Wilshn's sermons is quite general, and the opinicins are as -varied as may be, The club Manja Protest that life amen°. the billiard -tables and readiog-rooms is notc'the Sybaritis round of pleasures that the reverend gentletnan depiets, is likely to give him anuoyance, as, 'however formed, he has been at greet pains to get Information. As a last resource it, is not unlikely that Mr. Wilson will adopt the methods of the Rev. Dr. Parkhurst in :New - York. THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE. Public schools, of whioh there are44, are so crowded that overflow rooms have been rented to accommodate the 1,153 children who presented themselves for instruction. Inspector Hughes has made a report to the Board which shows that nearly 1,700, young hepefuls have insufficient accommodation. The overcrowding is mainly in the extreme west and northwest portions of the city—a comparatively new locality. THE VOTARIES OF THE WIRE. Clifford Calverley, whose performances on the high wire, particularly as he ista To- rontonian, have attracted so much atteation, is corning into prominence more widespread sooner than was expected. His m4nager lately made the statement that next slimmer Calverley would cross the Niagara Rieer on a high wire. It is heed to believe that this venturesome riling man of 20 or theretbouts was driving a team thrqpgh Toronto streets and had never walked a rope three menthe ago. Such, however, is the case, and those who witnessed his performances at Harden's Point this summer, when repeatedly he carried a man across the cable stretched from the top of the hotel to a scaffold' over the ticket offices, will not be surprised to bear that he has made up his mind to try Dixon's feat on October 12th next. Calver- ley's friends now look up to him with awe, hie fortune seems so near made. Already he has negotiations with English and Amer- ican managers who are anxious to make contracts. His cool nerve will undoubtedly get him over the Niagara gulch in safety. MA,N PROPOSES BUT GOD DISPOSES. Talking of rope -walking, it never got into the papers what the unfortunate Dixon had intended doing this year at Niagara had he lived. He proposed to tie one end of a long rope, strong enough to bear his weight, at the centre of the cable, the other end. to be tied to the cable near the American shore, This was to be done beforehand. His high - wire performance was to conclude with a startling feat. After walking from the - t Canadian side he wee to tie his pole to tlk cable, and fasten; one end of the rope untie his arms, then letting go the cable he was going to swing into Niagara's chasm, way ing alternately e Union Jack and Stars an Stripes as he poised the centre line. When the rope became still, hie ,purpose was t climb up hand over hand, where, with seeond pole secured there, he :was to seek the Canadian ehote. Had Diion lived h certainly would have attempted: this. POLITICS IN MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. Here are two items from Conservativ circles. The party, while having a big majority of vale' in Toronto, of late ha heen wofully left in securing for sympa thizers the good berths that have been on the market. Outside of the Tory ranks thi has been put down to internecine atrife,, and evidently with ;good reason, for the party on Tuesday night had a Meeting of delegate from the different Conservative associatiens to re -organize them on the new ward 'system. This looks` to mean nothing, but from winks and nods it plainly may come to a great deal. For inetance, who will 'inky that an atterept will not be made to mass the party vote on one man at the next mun- icipal electione, even in the face of straight denials ? THE SWELL POLITICAL CLUB. „. The Albany club, at its meeting this week, again elected Frank Turner as presi- dent. Alfred Bouitbee is first vice president, and J. J. Foy 'second vice president. Before long the Conservative Club will move into splendid neiv ' quarters at the corner of Adelaide and Victoria streets, nearly oppo- site the Reform Club. This move from ob- scure Colborne; Street will be of great ad- vantage to the members, besides furnishing far better apartments. • ARE WE TO HAVE A BIG HOTEL ? "Buzz, buzz?" still go the -Moneyed men round the big hotel scheme. Now that the right authorities deny any aching desire on the part of the greet Canadian Pacific Rail- way to build hi this city a colossal house of refreshment, the information that Senator Frank Smith is to the ft:ire with ideas of his own, is most gratifying. There still lingers hereabouts the thought that a first-class 10 - tel would pay. The Hon. Frank Smith proposes that the Grand Trunk,the Canadhin Pacific the coeperation of Toronto and pri- vete seockholders should form _themselves into a company, each of these four divisions to subscribe $250,000. Each corporation is to' be represented on the board of manage- ment by a director, end the private sub- scribers by several. To show his confidence Mr. Smith will put his name dodin for $25,000. Here is now a chance for those who have been flirting with this scheme ever since Montreal ererected her Windsor Hotel. e ago three of these persons are still livi ✓ the'first two beiog respected residents the town, Mr. G. C. Dobie being in Lond • Post Office, and Mr. George Fulton be d the only one deceased. The Worship Master at the time was the late S. H.Ran o and the Secretary, the late R. H, Re a names familiar to old Clintonians. —Mr. John Wigginton, of Goder e township, lost a valuable colt day cently. He had tied it in the stable a when he returned found that it had hu e 'itself. —One day recently Mr. John Churchill Goderich Township, bad the misfortune fall out of an apple tree and sustain a b ng, of on ing ful ce, ad, iteh ee- ind ng ,of to ad ug r - P. No Id of th rie in he a e - as he of - d r. a it is s- et. y. 133 n- r - n. a fracture of the wrist, the bones protrudi through the, flesh. —John Wilson, lot 29, concession 2, Mo 3 ris, has a corn crop this year that is a cro He counts on 28i tons to the acre. farmer should be short of feed with a yie like that. The crop was drilled in. — Messras David and Walter Scott, East Wawanosh,returned on Saturday, 24 ult., from Manitoba, the Northwest Ter toriea and North Dakota. They speak high terms of Manitoba and think t country the best for grain that can be had. — Rev. Rural Dean Craig was given handsome send-off at Clinton recently, pr .vious to his departure for Petrolea. It w in the shape of a money purse. T churchwardens of St. Paulter on behalf -the congregation, waited on Mr. Craig an presented him with $130. • —On Tuesday afternoon of last week M Richard Davis, sr., of Exeter, was throw out of his buggy by a passing team colliclin with his vehicle. He escaped without scar but received a severe shaking. Th axle of the buggy was bent, otherwise escaped without injury. —A small boy came near meeting h death at the fair at Wingham on Wedne day of last week, by becoming mixed u with the hind feet of a heavy colt. Aft being knocked around considerably withou being tramped on the colt was swerve around. The boy was bruised considerabl —A barn belonging to Mr, Markham, 8t conceesion of Turnberry, not far fro Wroxeter, was struck by lightning an burned during the thunder storm on Su day night, 25th ult. Mr. Peacliffe, tenan eS the farm, is a heavy loser by the misfo tune. --e-On Thursday of last week, a young so of Mrs. Finley, of Lower Wingham, age about eight years, was driving some horse on the ammo°, whin one of them kicked striking the boy in the forehead, fracturin the skull. Medical aid was at once secured and an operation performed, and the youn _lad is likely to recover. —A number of young horses were tied t e. light wagon at the north corner of th fair grounds at Wingham on Wednesday o !last week. The Canadian Pacific railwaytrat ;starting out frightened the colts, and th+ made efforts to got away. They took th wagon ,quite a distance and managed t smash it considerably before being stopped. —Mr. Alfred Aylesworth, eldest son o Mr. P. P.Aylesworth, of Howick, just south of Gerrie, died on Monday, 26th ult., afte a few days' illness. He was taken sick with inflammation on the Wedriesday previous to his death, and died as above stated. He was a clever and industrious young man and was about to start the study of the medical profession. •-eOn Monday afternoon of last week, as Crowell Willson, Esq., and Mr. William Mitchell, of Wingham, were driving to the cemetery, the horse shied when crossing the bridge at Dieser,. Hutton & Carr's mill in that town, pitching them both out of the buggy. In falling, Mr. Mitchell was thrown upon Mr. Willson, injuring him severely. Mr, Mitchell escaped unburt. —A farmer of Norway, named James Weir, and brother of Mr. William Weir, who resides jusb outside of Clinton, was killed in a runaway accident on Monday of la.,st week. He had put his horses in Smith's hotel stables, Toronto, and was taking them from the stable, when they took fright and started off. - In attempting to atop them he became entangled in the lines and wee thrown under the feet of the horses. --Last week Samuel. Hoggard, Morris, had four sheep killed by dogs. A watch was set for the canines but no trace of them was found until early Monday morning, when R.Leatherdale and S. Haggard espied the two doge chasing the sheep in the field. They took themselves away in a hurry when the men made their appearance, but were followed up to Brussels, where they were treated to some cold lead. —On Monday night of lag week, about twelve o'clock, some person or persons en- tered a field and took out a bay mare 16 years of age, belonging to Wm. BrOwn,,3rd line of Morris, and walked off with her. They had a horse and buggy with them and were traced -to E. Olvar's corner and across to the 4th line. Arthur Centelon heard the parties opening elle fence or gate but the night was too dark to discern wlat they were about. Mr. Brown says he got the mare from a gipsy in a trade a month or so ago, and surmises that, perhaps, her past owner is once more in possession. —There is, seemingly,an unlimited market in the United States for first class 'sheep for breeding purposes, and the Americans are not slow to purchase where they can get the very best stock. Breeders in Huron have sold e good many for this market and the demand is still keen. Last week Mr. John Dunkin, of Stanley, left for the States with a car load of splendid Shropshires-90 head --that were to be delivered to an American there. These were purchased from the flocks of such well-known breeders as John Duncan, Malcolm McEwen and Jamee Mc- Farlane Stanley ; William Snell, Ifullett, and jolin Wigginton, Goderich township. —John Williams, one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of Clinton, paseed away on Sunday evening, 25th ult.,- after having been confined to bed for only three days. Deceased was born in Wales, about seventy years ago. He remained in his native land until he had attained his twenty-eighth year, having in the meantime acquired a thorough knowledge of his chosen occupation—that of iron moulder. From Wales, in 1850, lie sailed for New York. After spending a number of years in various parts of the United States, he came to Can- ada, and after a abort reaidence in Port Stanley, he removed to Clinton in 1862. There he found emplament in the Clinton Fyooaurnsd. ry, where he wrought for over thirty ;ewe nnw STEAMBOAT. A Hamilton drm has secured the contract for the building of the new Niagara Navi- gation Company's boat to connect with the new electric road at Queenston. She is to be the largeat steel pleasure steamer yet built in Canada. She will be 311 feet long by 68 feet beam, and will have five boilers which, with the engihes to be built in New Vork, will send her along at 20a, miles an hour. The boat's oapacity will be 2,400 people, and hy the time of launching in April, 1893, will have cost Senator Smith's company in the neighborhood of $250,000, The fittinga throughout will be in firat-class style. A VISIT FROM " PRAS." When Erastus .Winian came up from New York City to be present at the mar- riage of his neice, Miss Bridgland, of L,owthere Avenue, to Arthur R. Walkere of Toronto, on September 22nd, he broOht with him, Sir Whittaker Ellis,- ex-Li4rd Mayor of London England: „The baronet got deep into the :ffections of the 400 dele- gates to the late trade convention at the Chamber of Commerce, London, by the royal way he looked after the visitors. They will long remerhber the entertainment given in their honor at Sir Whittaker's residence, when the band of the Coldstream Guards made vocal the air and champegne floWed like water and liveried watermen escorted them to and fro on the Thames. Sir Whit- teker was entertained by President Baireaof the Board of Trade at the National Club on Friday, among the other guests being Lieu- tenant -Governor Kirkpatrick, Erastus Wi- mau and H. P. Dwight, of the Great North Weatern Telegraph. 'TIS HINGLISH YOu R -NOW. Preparatione are going forward for the holding of an old English fayre of monster proportions before very long, under the auspices of St. George's Sohiety. As the affair is under the management of Mrs. J. Herbert Mason and Mrs. P. H. Drayton, it is safe to prophesy that it will be one of the fashionable events of the season. It will be held either in the Pavilion or Victoria Rink. THE YOUTH OF OLD AGE. Among the delegates to the Pan-Preeby- terian Alliance a young man was a rare bird. Gray hair and patriarchal beards went with bent shOulders to show that old men still wield their old influence, in the Scotch churches, anyway. It goes without saying that the meetings were as well order- ed as could be, to the surprise of some who, long used to convention jollities, looked for some slight display of earthly weakness from the 400 gentlemen with, white ties. The work done at the oonvention has been most lengthy and varied, the discussions have been lively and interesting, and the city Scotch people heve been attending the meetings daily. Mr. Ramsay, of Bally- money, got warm praise for his heroic res- cue of the Toronto lady who fell through the hide of the Niagara bridge while the conventionists were sight-seeine. His deed has been the talk of the wee6k. 'Glasgow has been fixed upon as the place 'for the next meeting, four years hence. Huron Notes. —Mr. :Joseph Jackson, of Westfield, had a cow killed by lightning in the recent thunderstorm. —John Ellis, of Bruseels, has succumbed to injuries received in the burning of a gambling don at Thompson North Dakota. —Edwin, son pf Joseph' Webster, Blue - vale, has been dangerously ill from the ef- fects of being struck in the eye by an apple thrown by another boy. —A horse belonging to Mr. Joseph Cob- bledick, of Exeter, and valued at $165, was killed in the field'on Sunday afternoon, 25th ult. —Mr. George Stewart, of Clinton, has purchased the houte in that town owned by Mr. Joseph Clark, of Seaforth, paying therefore about $1,000. —The trustees of the Holmeaville school 'have engaged Mr. J. McRoberts, of Tip- perary, as teacher for the ensuing year, at a salary of $375. —Ewen MacKenzie, 8, A. a former pu- pil of the Goderieh High gehool, has been appointed Lecturer Latin and Greek in the Presbyterian College, Montreal. —Sneak thieves entered the store of post- master McNair, at Cranbrook, one night re- cently and stole some postage stamps and some small change. —Mr. John Sweet has disposed of the fifty -acre farm one and a quarter miles west of Exeter North,in the township of Stephen, - to Mr. Wm. Dearing, for the sum of $2,800. —James Walker; carriage maker, Brus- sels, has done a large business this year. He has sold 22 new top buggies ; 25 or 30 road carts ; 2 lumber wagons ; 1 pump wagon and 1 bread van. —The Clinton Neer Era of last week says : Here is a circumsta,nce that is particularly woi thy of note, and if it can be surpassed anywhere we would like to hear of it. On the evening of Wednesday, October 21st, 1857, the following persons were initiated into themysteries of Masonry, in Clinton : E. Diesley, 0. S. Doan, G. C. Dobie and G. Fulton. Although this was nearly 35 yeses —The deeth of Mrs. Fair, sr., which oc- curred on Saturday, 24th ult., at the ad - veined age of '90 -years and 6 months, re- mOved one of the very, first set- tlers of Clinton and also the oldest lady re- siding in the place. Eleceased,whose maiden name was Janet Dickson, was bora at Branchstone, England, on March 16th, 1802. She was the eldest of a family of thirteen, all of which are now dead, except the youngest,who is residing in Port Huron, Michigan. When about two months old her parents removed to Cessford, Scotland. Her father was English and her mother Scotch. She married William Fair in June, 1830,and they engaged in farming at the Oxnam, Kirkstyle, near Jedburgh, being the fourth generation of the same name on the same place. Her husband died on November 2.3rd, 1846, leaying her with four children, Agnes, Themes, James and Bessie. In 1851, she and four children emigrated to Canada, leaving the old home April 1st, 1851, and arriving in Hamilton, May 17th, being over six weeks on the water. When in Hamilton about two years, the eldest member of her family, Agnes, died. In August, 1855, the family moved to Clinton, reaching London by the Great Western Railway, and staging it from there to Clin- ton. Until the marriage of her remaining daughter and sons she kept house for them, after which she lived alone, and continued '..., • - - - OCTOBEIt 71 1890e , ,•2113MW/WarNismili so until five -months previous to her death, when she was induced to ..reside with her daughter, Mrs. T. Jackson, sr. On June 17th last she had the misfortune to fall in her room and fracture her hip bone, after which she was unable to leave her bed, and since then gradually declined, peacefully passing away as above stated. She was for many years a member of the Presbyterian cnurch, and. when circumstances permitted no member was nuSre faithful in attendance at the various services. She was eicep- tionally independent, always che-erful and generous, and one who retained throughotit her long life the friendships formed in earlier yeare. The members of her family are known as amongst the most highly respected residents of Clinton, Mr. Thomas Fair, postmaster ; Mr. James Fair, of the Clinton Flour Mills, and Mrs. Thomas Jackson, sr. Homes for Thousands in Algoma. THESSALOX, 00tOber 1St, 1892, DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Will you kindly allow me space for a short letter from Thessalon ? We have homes for thousands in Algoma. Good land can be got for 20 cents per acre, and one man can take up 320 acres, and that will only cost $64 ; or you can take up 160 acres for $32, and we have as good land in this part of Algoma as can be found in Can- ada and it will grow as fine crops, aod have a good market, and better prices for all the produce than you get in Toronto or any market in lower Ontario. It ie a rare chance for it young man, or any man with small means. We are sure of a good erop every year, if it is ,put in right. It is the great- est country I ever saw. Yesterday was our fall showt and it was good. I never saw a better root crop in the county of Huron, and I lived in Huron county for twenty years. We have good roads for a new country, builtter the Ontario Goverrsraentt and we have fine timber lands and a great deal of timbering going on in this pert which makes a good market for all that can be raised for years to come. Now, a word to the man that wants a farm. Algoma is the place fOr you, as you have good timber, good land, good water, good pure air and everything that Canada can grow ean'be grown in Algoma. Why pay high rent ; why pay high interest to keep you on a farm where you are? I would say, sell out and have a farm clear of debt. You can rest better at night and feel happy through the day, and all you have will be your own. This is what I did, and &III not sorry for it. I have lived in Algoma in and near Theesalon for over twelve yeare, and I am as hearty as a buck. Now reader, think over this, and if you want any information about this country don't be afraid of -asking, as I will only be too glad to tell you anything that will be to your interests or if you should come to Thessalon don't forget to call, as I live in the t own. Yours truly, W. J. MILLER. The Dakota Settlement in Mani- toba. There is a considerable 'settlement of people who left the neighborhood of ,Aber- deen, South Dakota, at a place called 'York - ton, Northwestern Aesinaboia, Northwest Territory. This Dakota eolony is now a little over a year old and numbers about 500 people. The spatial correspondent of the Globe, who is now on a tour of inspection through the Northwest, visited the colony and this is What he had to say about it : We stopped at the house of Mr. R, Me - Connell, magistrate for the district, and one of the Cana.diens who had come from Southern Dakota. He had been just eighteen months in this country, and in that time had succeeded in building for himself a good log house and stables, breaking up land for crop and fencing it, digging wells, etc. The following morning nay pompanion continued his journey to Touchwood, leav- ing me to visit the settlers until his return. Through the kindness of Mr. William Thornton the storekeeper of the colony, and latety from Woodstock, Ontario, in providing me with a horse and buggy, I have been enabled to visit quite a number of the settlers, and to hearlroin them some- thing of their experiences in Sontheen DA- kota. As their accounts coincide inlevery important particular it will be unneceseary to give in detail the conversations bad with each. I was received most cordially by all, every one appearing only too anxious that their friends in Onterio should be warned of what they would have to face if they emigrated to South Dakota. The first one interviewed was the host himself. Said I, " Wellp Mr. McConnell, I hear you people had a pretty hard time in Dakota, so I come here to find out all about it." " No men can rightly describe our experi- ences in that countryt"he answered. " Only those who have seen ruin drawing nearer every year can appreciate it fully." " Why, didtdti you get pretty fair crops ?" " Well, yes, I did," he replied, 1' bud that was seven years ago—in Ontario." " You don't mean to say you never had a good crop in South Dakota. " No, I won't say that I did get eighteen bushels to the acre one year, and that is a bonanza crop there ; and all my other crops --I put in five—averaged from three to six bushels to the acre, and some fields not that." " What was the matter ?" " Want of rain and hot winds, Ite the spring when the land was wet from the snows everything would look green and free]) and promising, The wheat would come up and grow rapidly, and everyone would he looking forward to fa, fine crop. But as summer advanced and hot weather came on they would begin to wither for want of rain, and then about July, just as the wheat was heading out, a hot, scorching wind would start and literally " cook " the crops before our eyes." " VVell, finding grain was a failure, could you not have gone in for stock ?" " We did, as well as we could, but if crops wither for want of rain, so will grains, and there was always the difficulty of get- ting water. The sloughs and ponds dried up, and we were compelled to herd our cattle long distances from home in order to graze them on some small river." " Had you to stable your &Age all win- ter ?" " Indeed we had, and even then hardly a winter passed without large numbers of cattle perishing biotite blizzards." "How doet the winter in Dakota com- pare with that, here ?" " There is simply no comparison. Here the thermometer goes lower, but we don't get the terrific storms and blizzards that swept the plains down there." " Was there any bush near you ?" "Not a tree nor shrub for miles ; nothing whatever to break the fury of the storm. Many a day it was dangerous for us to leave the houtie for fear we would never get bead' "If all this be true, bow is it that settle- ment is so thick in such a country 2" " Well," said my host, "ten or twelve years ago there were several good seasons, with plenty of rain, and the country boomed. Hundreds of settlers flecked in from Canada and the Eastern States, aud in one year nearly every homestead was taken up. Since then, however, the seasons have been going from bad to worse, and settlers coming in ;comparatively well off have loat all they had, and are now aCtually unable to leave. Hundreds of settlers have left South Dakota,during the loot few years before they got so poor that they were un- able to go, and whole districts are being depopulated. 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