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TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER,1,316.
Early Arrivals.
Already we have most of our Spring
stock all in, and shall endeavor this
season to place before you the .newest
(roods and best values known to the
trade.
-FOWNE'S GLOVES
Are made in England. It is a jp,v-,,
that we can sell to the most extictingt
customer with every assurance that it
will give satisfaction. The gloves are
perfectly sewn, and cut on patterns
that ensure most perfect fit. For men
there is no more perfect hand coveting
madedolor, cut and make can be
depended on. ,
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1893.
{MoLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year in Advance.
zens have a right to say what ehalt be done
in tho nabion. Seoond—Because iu our day
and time the suppression of the Bettor traffic
is a burning geestion and women who are
the greatest sufferers from the traffic) should
have a voice in the management. Third—
Working women need the protection of the
franchise. There was too much talking as to
the effect of suffrage on certain chasm
The greatest good to the greatestnumber
was one of the soundest doctrines of pelitioal
economy. The largest body al women' were
tee working women. Their coedition need-
ed improvement. gauffrm hadeateen an im-
mense help to working)men, aid there was
teveryt,.aaretison to suppose it would have the
same effect in else ceie .of weileaa women.
Every door of adaancernent opened to
women had been wisely taw& ere prophe-
cies of 'the disastrous restalti thate-ruld
occur from the highettedithation,,oft7pmen
had proved false and the highleaeducatad
women of to -day were quite aapracticalaied
mech more useful than their less enlighte
ed sisters of the e early -part Of the century. -
It was charged against working women that
they do not hold together and support one
another, and that in fact as things sten&
• trade unionism, that most potent influence
in raising the standard of individual com-
fort and establishing a moral minimum be-
low which the working classes will not allow
themselves to sink, is almost non exietent
among women, The eatue of this was not
far to seek. Give them suffrage and thereby
-
& common interest_and it will form • meet:
ing ground from whicla the strength of union
will very soon arise -and not only would
education and union be a result,
but the working women would
possess a power that worth( mske
them an important factor in the 'cal-
culatione -of political potentates, and in this
way their wrongs would be redressed and
their hours of labour improved. The
auccess of the dockers' strike of 1889 (that
miracle in the history of -4‘ unskilled labour")
was greatly due to .the fact that many of
those interested possessed votes. Suffrage
for working women was no new theory. As
far back as 1844 the great Italian patriot,
Maajzini, in an addreas-to Italian working
men, closed with this statement : "Your
complete einancipation can only be founded
andeleCurecl On the truth of a principle—the
principle of the unity of the human family.
The emancipittioneof women must be regard-
ed by you as necessarily linked with the
emancipation of the working man. This
will give to your endeavors the consecration
of a universal truth." Miss Hind conclud-
ed: The came of woman suffrage is a good
cause, Madame Speaker, a glorious caw.
What does it matter if in the past its ad-
vocates have been detpised, if to -day they
are barely tolerated, to -morrow they shall
be the exalted of the earth.
UNDERWEAR. *
MareWis a cold damp month; pre-
pare fur It by wearing proper undel.-
wear. We have many medium weights
Ruitable for early Spring—in natural
wool, Merino, Balbriggan. All the
best makes of Underwear, foreiin and
domestic, contribute to a line nowhere
approached for variety and merit.
NECKWEAR.
It is an established fact that no
house attempts to carry- such an ex-
tensive range of Neckwear as we do.
Our line comprises all grades, all
shapes, all colors. Puffs and Bows
will be leading shapes for Spring. We
have the largest assortment, the best
-variety of patterns, and the newest
creation of shapes, and offer more solid
value for the price than can be found
elsewhere.
We are headquarters for Men's Fur-
nishings.
JACKSON BROS.,
THE - FAMOUS - FURNISHING
PEOPLE, SEAFORTH.
WOMEN'S MOCK PARLIA-
MENT IN WINNIPEG.
A Winnipeg cerrespondent writes :—One
of the most unique entertainments ever
given in this city was that on February ath.
.when members of the Women's Christian
Temperance Union and of the Young
Women's Christian Temperance Union held
e "Mock Parliament" in the Bijou Open
Home, which was packed to the doors with
an attentive and delighted audience. Mrs.
(Rev.) W. N. Jarnieeon (formerly Miss G.
Dirusdale) was the leader of the Opposition,
Mrs. J. Wallace Attorney -General ; Miss
Robbins, Clerk d the House, and Miss Cora
Hind, ' Provincial Secretary. The mace,
which -was declared to be identical with the
one so carefully guarded in the Manitoba_
Parliament building, was made by Mr.
John Wallace, and beautifully gilded by
Mies Robbins. The report of the Free
hem said the Sergeant -at -Arms appeared
in full dress apparel, and the speaker called
the house to order, Lie in our own Manitoba
halls of legislation. But right there a
ehange was instituted. The House was
opened with prayer, by the chaplain, Mrs.
(Rev.), Joseph Hogg. A look at the faces
of the twenty M. It. Pti. in the audience
might have revealed surprise in every one.
That was the first awakening, many more
followed in rapid succeasion. The nearer
the night drew to a close the more rapid did
the surprises appear on the scene, and there
ia but tittle doubt that wiser and better men
left the house than entered it during the
early part of the evening. About twenty-
four members were seated in full view be-
hind little tables, upon which were placed
the papers and documents necessary for the
furthering legislation of a working character.
The faces of the "honorable members were
in appearance hard, stern or determined, as
one sometimes meets with in the parliament
of the stern sex, but all had that kind,
motherly look which seems to win the
affections and sympathy of everyone. The
routine proceedings consisted of presentipg
petitions, reading and receiving petitions,
preaenting reports of standing and select
committees, government notices of motion,
motions. Then followed the orders of the
day, eleven bills appearing on the paper.
It was on the irecond reading of bill �.r 2,
providing that equal suffrage shoal& be
granted to women, that the debetetof the
night took place. Duribg the delifery of
the addresses much interest was manifested
and at the close, which was at 22.20, round
tater round of applause greeted the leaders
front the audience. Mrs. (Dr.) Blakely
occupied the speaker's chair, wearing gown
and hat. Mrs. (Dr.) Amelia Yeomans was
the Premier and leader of the affitmative,
and gave a masterly address. Miss Cora
Hind is a delightful speaker and held the
audience spell bound while she replied as
follows to the arguments of Mre. Jamieson :
She could not forbear expressizig surprise
that the honourable member for Beautiful
Plaineshould have treated them to so much
of what had been charaoterized as the hys-
terical vapourings of Mrs. Limi Linton.
"Tho grim blood tax," the cradle across the
door of the polling booth, etc., etc. As to
the grim blood tax, the argument that
women, if in parliament, might bring about
a war in which they could not be called out
to fight was idle, because those who decide
for war are never those who can be called on
to fight. Doctors, lawyers and clergymen
were exempt from Bervice but enjoy the suf-
frage equally with those who may be called
OU to fight. Onettenth of the population of
Mara° b a was Mennonite. All men are en-
titled to suffrage if they have spent three
years in the country, and have taken out
their naturalization papers. Yet these
People have the promise of the Federal
Government that they shall not be called on
for military service. The cradle across the
floor of the polling booth. The absurdity of
eepposing that cashing a note will incapaci-
tate a mother for home duties. What was
to be done in the case of the hundreds of
thousands of women who do not marry?
eternity was not the first and only office
of womanhood. As to a woman not having
the mental calibre to vote, mental qualifica-
tions were not required of male voters.
Aroma would do what was right, not what
waft expedient. This'the best of all reasons
way the ballot should begranted to them,
rather betrayed the Opposition to say that
in politics it is expedient to do wrong.
Women should have the suffrage. First and
tiwaye, because they are citizens, and eiti-
tat
For humanity sweeps onward ;
Where to -day the martyr stands,
On the morrow crouching Judas
With the silver in his hands ;
Far in front the croas stands— .
Ready, and the crackling fagots burn,
While the bowling mob of yesterday
In silent awe return,
26 glean up the scattered ashes
Into history's golden urn.
And shall not Manitoba, brave little Man-
itoba, who has declared her ability to man:
age her Own affairs in the face of so much
opposition, shall not Manitoba have the
honour of [being the first of the provinces to
grant equal rights to all her citizens?
imt
The object of the meeting was to have the
all-port&t queeion—" the ballot for wo-
men"--diseussed before the public and also
to raise funds for carrying on the work
of the Union. The, proceeds amounted to
over $150. ,
te .
A Manitoba Ditty and Other
i Matters.
1
Smowriasz, Man. /
February 13th, 1898. I
DEAR EXPOSITOR. —Right in the midst of
the reassembling of both Federal and Pro-
• vincial Parliaments, and speeches from the
• Throne, and the glitter of tinsel, the
play of grand 'costumes and the flutter of so-
ciety,we have a patriotic poet that has com-
posed the following lines upon his adopted
province. We are not informed that he
expects good old Victoria to place Tenny-
• son s mantel upon him as Laureate. Y ur
readers may judge how nearly he may be ;fl'
titled to the honor. It is as fallows :
MANITOBA.
1. Come all my old neighbors, give ear to
my song, I pray do not weary if it sho ld
seem ion ; 'tis about this fair country th t's
known to you. all, 'tie the land of r eh
prairie, called Manitoba.
2. NQW the snow has departed, the spr ng
work begine, the land never hardens or
cakes in the Nun, and oxen and horses do
not winter on straw, they come out fat nd
fiery in Manitoba. k
3. When summer comes, the geneses re
green, wild flowers in their beauty re
everywhere 'seen; moaquitoes are plen y,
the weather is ,braw, and the farmers re
"breaking' in Manitoba.
4. Now liayingicomes on they are b sy
all day, in Mowing and staeking the sw et
prairie hay; on a small piece of gron d,
they get all they on raw;dno thistles or
daisies in Manitoba.
5. Harvest time comes, they are all ha d
at work,. they don't mind their old hat, n r
sweat on their shirt; but 'look at th ir
stacks, the wheat and the straw; you wou d
wish you Were Waling in Manitoba.
tit Now harvest is over, the threshing
gins, and many a granery with o'er flowi
bine; they just take a match, and burn
the straw, for no EOM will use it in Man
toba. .
7. Thresbets bring with them a full gar
of wen, and while they are threshingtt
plowing goes on, and finer fall weather Vim
ever you saw, is the month of October i
Manitoba. -1
8. Now *inter time comes ; don't let tha
frighten yet there is many a fine day and
stormy one toe, with lots of fine weather te
market and chine there is no time for freez-
. , ,
ing in Men t ba. ,
9. Comemy old school , &tee to man
i.
hood growz, tnd if you are intending to
start out al tie ; pack up your old duds, say
good-byestd your mamma,and try your luck
farmingaiii Manitoba.
Now, Mr. Editor, the words of the _abov4
are not so eery enchanting, but it is the
music they are set to that fetches them and
it has been mooted that a suggestion be
made to out emmigration department to ern-'
ploy no agent without a musical voice .and
fully qualed to render the above with all
its pathos nd wit. .
Turning from the eioetical to the common-
er plains of life, I am ' constrained to say
that the last fear days of January and up to i
this date ;we have been getting our full
share of the cold wave that bas hovered so
very persistently over old Ontario and Que-
bec, and to go farther, over old 13ritain as
well, ad ari one English writer very aptly
puts it, that the Gulf stream must be frozen
too. During the week before last we were
treated to 54 below zero, but our winter up
to the last week of January was mild and
pleasant, and the netives enjoyed themselves 1
in a way befitting their personal incline, 1
tions. But, sir, I was just thinking that i
0
probably the elements were preparing us to
appreciate he warm amnion that we are
promised at; Ottawa. It is to be sincerely
hoped that anecia's eloquence and wisdom,
!assembled at Ottewa will, in Sir John
Thompson's own words, not only lop the
single moul ering branch away, but collect-
ively do so lilt all the mouldering branches
of our Proteative System and lead Cleve-
land's van instead of Inenkly following it.
Sir John Thompsoit's Government.is not as
capable as I give them credit for if they do
not discern the gathering storm, which ex -
'tends from Halifax to Vancouver, and take
steps to reform the tariff this very session
and thus relieve the farmers of Canada.
Any thing that is a benefit to the
farmer ie a corresponding benefit to most all
classes. But should the Government fail to
give this relief the time ie ripe for the farm-
ers to commence selecting candidates who,
when electedovvill teach the Government
that this countty is not destined to be run
by a baker's dozen of manufacturers.
One matter that pleases me, is a general
and growing desire among farmers to in --
quire more deeply into our tariff, and conse-
quently they will be better informed and
enabled • to come to right conclusions, and
not have their opinions formed by campaign
talk that goes for nothi g.
I will close by saying/that the season of
1892 was a fairly goo one for the Province
of Manitoba in spite of the prevailing low
prices for the prodij�ts of the soil.
Yours very Truly,
W. BARBER.
A Kippeli Boy Near the Top.
DEA.R, Exrosrron,—I beg to send you a
clipping from a recent issue of the Y oko-
home, Weekly Box of Curios." It refers
to a former Huron boy and a resident of the
vicinity of Kippen. It will be read with
interest by many of his old friend.. It is
as follows: •"Our young friend, Hon. John
McLean, Dnputy Consul General of the -
United Statile; is one of the most genial of
men, and is admired and beloved by all who
know him. We had often heard of his
Palace on the 131uff, and the grand style in
which he lived, but we never could spare
the time to partake of his well known
hospitality. On New Year's day we con-
cluded to pay our official call, so in full
dress • we appeared at No. '206 Bluff,
but at first hesitated about entering the
• Palace grounds, fearing we had struck the
-
wrong place, for the magnificence and artis-
tic taste displayed was in strong contrast to
the Consul General's residence and we could
not realize that genial John dwelteso luxuri-
ously. Mounting the marble steps we
" pushed the electric button" and John
and his liveried servants " did the rest,"
for the Palace doors were thrown wide open
and through the gloaming we saw the Vice
Consul General approaching, with his hand
extended in greeting and a baloic emile
beaming o'er his claseical face. He gave us
a hearty welcome and escorted us to his
drawing-roorn,and amidst Oriential rugs and
cushions we rested eur wearylimbs. Bright
and beautiful houri
ie tripped n with refresh-
ments of all kinds and smilingly paid us
every attention. After resting a while John
showed tunthrough the Palace and we were
surprised to see the magnificence and nom -
fort displayed in the furnishing and orna-
ments. Passing through a conservatory
filled with exotic plants, and oriental birds
of beautiful plumage, we were shown the
bathtroora that always attracts the admira-
tion Of John' i guests, for it is supplied with
spring water by an invention of his own.
The view from the palace is the finest. we
have seen in Yokohama, the whole city and
bay being in full sight- Passing down the
broad staircase we were taken through the
grounds and garden and greatly admired the
beautiful landscape t gardening, majestic
pine trees, miniature FOB, rustic bridges,
marble walks and other evidences of wealth
and taste. Strolling through a grove of
pines we tripped down "lover's lane" and by
serpentine and , picturesque walks reached
a summer house nestled amidst vine clad
bowers. We candidly believe that John
has the finest location in Yokohama and
would advise his many.friende who have not
called to do so at once and judge for them-
selves. We enjoyed a most pleasant hour
and shall soon call again."
Many readers of the EXPOSITOR will re-
member the honorable gentleman referred
to. He was a universe,' favorite when a
boy, always kind and obliging. His spare
moments were spent in improving his mind
and he is fast climbing the ladder of distinc-
tion, but amidst all his grandeur he remem-
bers hie friends around the home of his
childhood and'often the old folks are made
glad by some kind token. Hearing of our
young friend rising to such prominence
should be an impetus to young men. Boys,
remember you will be men some day. How
are you spending your leisure hour.?
• A FRIEND.
The Tariff and Annexation.
DEAR EXPOSITOR. -4 am sometimes amus-
ed and frequently disgusted, with the argu-
ments advanced by the advocates of Free
Trade. Some time ago Mr. Justice Armour
made the statement that the National Po-
licy took $500 from him yearly in duties on
imported goods. Very well, this goes to
prove that Justice Armour and his family
live well and have a jolly good time. He
'receives several thousand dollars of public
nioney yearly for his services, and of the
duty he pays; perhaps $490 will go into the
Dominion Treamury and the balance will go
towards paying custom house officials. If
I understand anything about the tariff, he
must purchase fully $3,000 worth of goods
Over and &beim those lines which are on the
free list, yearly; or in other words, he buys
morelhan teti average farmers with families
to keep. There are tens of thousands
tri Mr. .1dotice Armour and I hope they
will be long spared to retain their large
salaries and to buy their fine clothing and
luxuries, and pay their pile into the Domin-
ion Treasury. What I condemn and protest
against is, thi, whine of these people who.
shed crocodile tears over the lot of what
they are plealledto term, the over -taxed and
over-burdenea farmer, and yet doing their
level best to lift the burden of indirect tax-
ation from thkshoulders of such gentry as I
have referred*, and place ni double share
on the shouldbis of the farming community
in the shape pf direct taxation.
•A short tine ago, Mr. R. J. Dunemore, a
humorous neWtpaper man, whose abode ap-
pears to be New york, put forth a plea for
Free Tradte,ok Annexation, ,or dear knows
what. • Thereileppears to me to be a streak
of feminine nature in the get up of this gen-
tleman, as thonly prices he quotes are of
articles whichare dear to the hearts of
farmers' wive ii and daughten, namely:
butter, eggs, geese, turkeys, spring pullets,
etc. He quotes the prices as he found them
in the Commercial Metropolis of the United
States this Stunt winter. With Mr.
Dunsmores permiseion I will come nearer
home and compare prices of articles of much
greater importance to farmers. In the month
November of last year in conversation
It ith a former resident of Huron county, but
who has been farming in Michigan for the
last fifteen years, he informed me that stook
steers which here were selling at $30 or $35
would not bring over $25 in Michigan and
miloh cows which sold by auction at $40 or
$45 here, would not bring over $30 with
them.' You see, Mr. Dunmore, he also
made the statement that a certain class of
horses there brought a fair figure, but the
common and numerous class of farm horses
were a drug in the market, and all kinds
of grain, with the exception of barley, was
dearer in Seaforth than in his market town,
which has excellent railway facilities. And,
farm lands, not including the value of build-
ings, were worth from $20 to $25 an acre
and here in the northern portion of McKil-
lop, which was settled about the same time,
the bare land is worth fully $40 per acre.
Mr. Dunmore will please recollect that
Mictigen is the nearest United States terri-
tory to western Ontario; and that there is
no tariff wall between that state and New
York city, and I trust he will read, compare
and digest my figures and guide himself ac-
cordingly. It may appear strange that some
varieties of Canadian apples sometimes sell
in London, the commercial metropolis of
our Empire, at three pence esoh ; that
would be, eight or nine apples for a half dol-
lar, although these same epplee were origin-
ally purchased for lees than a half dollar per
bushel; also, dressed turkey in the same
city not infrequently brings from 25 to 30
cents per pound, and there is no tariff wall
in regard to these articles, between our fair
Canada and old London. If the EXPOSITOR
will publish this short letter, 1 will in the
near futureepass an opinion on the action of
Messrs. Pope, McMillan and these other M.
P's., who wish to see our country flooded
with mane American grain, while nine out
of every ten of our farmers have coarse grain
to dispose of for shipment, but space forbids
more at present.
Yours Respectfully,
J. J. IRVINE.
- MoKillop, February 27th, 1893.
•
Civil Service Reform.
(WRITTIIN FOR TIM )XPOSITOR.)
Whenever an office in the gift of the Do-
minion or Provincial Governments becomes
vacant there are many applications for the
position from the faithful politicians who
gave their services to the party at election
times, and, if we May give oredence to
rumor, the Government is often he a quan-
dary to decide between rival claimants. With
the exception of the Judgeships, the work of
all these offices is purely clerical, and could
easily be done by a book-keeper or account-
ant of average ability. They are not posi-
tions like the Presidency of a great railway
corporation or the general managershipof a
bank, which require the use of eminent
ability, and for which there is not an abund-
ance of material. They do net call forth
such ability as a first class counsel or a
skilful phyeician employ. The postmasters,
sheriffs, registrars and county court clerks
all draw salaries that are princely compared
with that of an assessor, book-keeper or ac-
countant, and large compared with what
the majority of hard working professional
men earn after spending years in the study
of their professions. The sheriff of ,Toronto
receives $17,660 per annum; he stepped
into the office a couple of years ago without
having undergone any previous training cal-
culated to fit him for it, while his father,
who occupies the front position in the Prov-
ince, receive8 lees than one-fourth of the
salary although be has spent a quarter of a
century in the office, and had, before that
• time, the great advantage whir% the varied
experience of a professional life gives a man.
The sheriff of Huron drew $3,473 from the
general coffers for last year. What grave
responsibilities did he shoulder in return?
What very important duties did he perform?
None that scores of men in the county could
not perform and consider themselves well
paid at one-third of bis salary. In this
county the .Deputy Clerk of the Crown,
°County Court Clerk and Surrogate Regis-
trar is one and the SAM person, and for his
multifarious offices, but by no means oner-
ous duties, this modern Poo Ba receives
$2,798. I believe that as soon as the pree-
ent Local Master vacates his office, it and
its salary of $1,250 will go to the holder of
the last mentioned three. The County At-
torney and Clerk of the Peaoe, one and the
same person, receives $1,953 for his ser-
• vices, and finds time after his public duties
are performed to devote to the practice of
law. Front the report of the Postmaster -
General -for the year ending June 30, 1892,
I learn that the Wingham -postmaster re-
ceive i a regular salary of $1,100, and a cone-
miesi n on money order and savings bank
business amounting to $102.91; total,
$11202.91. Goderich postmaster receives a
total of $1,798. In fees and salary Clinton
postmaster is paid $1,413, and Stratford's
poatmaster is compelled to live on the meagre
allowance of $3,157 per annum. Hon. A. M.
Ross, County Court Clerk of York, draws a
salary of $5,790.65; as Provincial Treasurer
he got $3,000, and the duties and responsi-
bilities of tbe two officee are about inverse-
ly proportional to the square of the salaries.
The Sheriff of York gets tbe modest salary
of $7,352. The Surrogate Court Registrar
contents himself with $4,822.10, and the
County Attorney gives services that are
rated at $4,779.
Now, it is not the enterprising citizens;
it is not the men who have done much for
their country that fill these offices; the
salaries paid those officials mentioned is, in
most cases, five times as much as they could
earn if relegated to private life. I have not
given the figures for •the Registry offices
for I have net the official report at hand,
but the Registrars are not underpaid by any
means. I contend that $1,000 is sufficient
for any of the offioes mentioned. It would
be an easy matter to fill them with responsi-
ble men as well, nay, better in most cases,
fitted for the positions than the present in-
cumbents.
- The post -masters of Goderiob, Clinton,
Seaforth, Wingbam, the Sheriff of the
County, the County Attorney in his dual
position and the discharge of his tripartite
functions, receive a total of $14,168 • per
,annum. At $1,000 each, (which no one will
deny would be a generous salary, not com-
pared with the salaries they now receive,but
with the duties they perform) the county
would save $7,168, without taking the
Registry office—and from it another $1,500
could easily be taken and still leave enough
for the Registrar to live well upon. Eight
thousand six hundred and sixty-eight dollars
per annum would, in a few years, build a
very capacious House of Refuge. If not
applied for that purpose it would lessen the
amount of county taxes. I The question of
paying salaries instead of fees in the cases
mentioned, hi one that is already before the
public, and is likely to come up more em-
phatically in the neer future
NIEMAND..
—The Lindsay Post says: Mr. R. D.
Thexton's business in the hay and straw
shipping line is assuming larger proportions
with every succeeding season. Tuesday of
last week he shippped ten carloads, or 100
tons, of hay to the New York market, and
has twenty carloads more being pressed.
Another birch of the business that i being
pushed is the cutting of hemlock and hard
wood logs and cordwood upon his 1,000
acre limit on Ball lake. Some 35 men are
at werk, ance7,000 loge have been cut and
drawn to the bank and this number will be
increased by 2,000 before spring. Contracts
have also been let by him for 2,000 cords
of hardwood. The jackets taken off the
nwloge will give him about 300 cords of
hemlock bark, worth close upon $1,200 on
the spot. In the course of a couple of weeks
a substantial cottage will be erected on a
charming site for a summer residence, and
Mr. Thexton's family will occupy it during
the summer months.
- sentiment, each believing OW he belonged
to their denomination. In this •ease what
must be the feeling that wells up in the
bosom of the average Presbyterian, to which
faith Rev. Dr. Johnston adheres.
—The annual meeting of the Canadian
Holstein -Friesian Association was held at
Paris recently. The new herd book show-
ed 400 bulls and 714 cows registered. The
total number recorded to date was 427 bulls
and 727 cowl. The association now includes
73 members.
— It ie stated that Lieutenant Colonel Mc-
Lean, of, Ottawa, will shortly make a claim
against the Federal Government for the
title and possession of the land upon which
half the city of Winnipeg is built. He
°Whim that his father was granted the land
by Earl Selkirk.
—A young man named Brady was, last
week, nearly frozen to death in the woods
near Gilmour's station Hasting's county.
He waehrought into the lumber camp with
hands, feet, nose and cheeks frozen. He
was sent to Napanee where he resides.
—The Grand Trunk bave started a _num-
ber of men to work, whose instructions are
to thoroughly overhaul the Point Edward
elevator. The repairs are likely to include
an addition to the building, giving the
elevator a bin capacity of probably 500,000
bushels. The present capacity of the deem
-
tor is 80,000 bushels. ,
— The cost of taking the census in the
county of Bruce amounted to $4,284.58,
namely, North Bruce, $1,594.01. West
Bruce, $1,359.64 ; East Bruee, $1,33141.
The cornmissionere ware: In the West,
Robert Baird; North, Joseph M. White,
and in the East, Edward Kilmer.
— A five -mile skating raoe came off at
Meaford on the evening of the 22nd ult., for
a purse of $55 in gold. There were five
entries. John Graham, of Toronto, won
easily. James Woolner, of Collingwood,
• took iecond money, and 1). McLeod, of Col-
lingwood, third. About 500 people wit-
nessed the race. Time, 17.20.
—Dr. John S. Livingstone son of the late
ex- Mayor Archibald Livingstone, of King-
ston, died in Nebratka a few days ago. He
was 37 years of age, a graduate of Queen's,
i
and practising n Nebraska for five years.
Previous to entering college he Was connect-
ed with the Bank of Commerce in various
places in Ontario and Quebec,
— Mr. George Allan formerly of Handl-
ton, and a brother of kr. Thomas Allan of
the Great North Western 'Telegraph °dee,
Hamilton, died suddenly at Houston, Texas,
last Friday. At the time of his death be
held a responsible position in the despatch-
ers' office of the Southern Pacific Railway
Company at Houston.
—A despatch from Whitby, on the 24th
ult., seem : "The town is overrun with
pretty girls from every towil and village in
Ontario county. Even Scugog island is re-
presented at the second annual convention
of Christian Endeavor societies held in the
Methodist tabernacle. Great interest is
manifested in the proceedings.
—Louis Lenuiy, constable, of Amherst -
burg, arrested Frank Kramer, jr., Neale,
and two companions at Petit Cote on Wed-
nesday night, last week, on the charge of
stealing 300 priunds of wool from J. W.
Bailey, near Amberetburg. Kramer broke
away, ran across the ice, and it is feared he
was drowned.
— Mr. Andrew Needs, agent of the Can-
• adian Express Company, at Belleville,
pieroed the firet finger of his left hand a few
days ago with a rusty nail, and blood
poisoning set in shortly afterwards, which
caused great,anxiety. Mr. Needs has taken
a favorable turn, and hopes are now ttntet-
tained for his recovery,
—The St. Thomas Liberal Club will send
a letter of congratulation to Hon. Edward
Blake for the decided success of his first
speech in the Imperial House of Commons.
Mr. Blake, when in Canada, always took a
friendly interest in East Elgin, and his
friends here are delighted with the honor-
able position he has so soon obtained in
England.
—Alexander Johnston of Strathroy, died
of consumption in Toronto the other day.
Deceased was one of the most widely known
men in Western Ontario, and was for years
a prominent figure in municipal and politi-
cal affairs. He filled the office of Mayor of
Strathroy for several term% atul also repre-
sented West Middlesex in the Local Legis-
lature. .
—Henry C. Gray, the TJpper Canada Col-
lege student who was arrested for robbing
his travelling compenions' E. N. Pugh and
G. S. Steaoy, admittedhis guilt at the
court in Chicago.. He has telegraphed to
New York for hie father, who is a weslthy
machinery manufacturer, and the case was
accordingly adjourned in bonds of $1,400.
—Duncan McPherson, eldest on of Cap-
tain John McPherson, of Kincardine, and
for many years a resident of Lucknow, died
at New Orleans on Sunday, February 12th.
Duncan had been in Mexico for about fifteen
menthe, having gone south for the benefit of
his health. The lung trouble, however,
with which he suffered could not be over-
come, and he decided to return home. ,
—Dominion Inspector ()Leary, ot Ot-
tawa, arrived in Detroit, on Friday, ;after
Wan. McPberaton the opium smuggleri who
has just comeileted a thirty days' Sentence
in the House of Correction. McPherson will
be returned to the Dominion penitentiary
in Manitoba, where he was serving a ten
years' sentence for forgery, and from which
he escaped about two years ago.
-t-Mr. A. Boomer'a well-known resident
of Linwood, near Berlin, has received a
letter from a law firm in Halifax, Novi.
Scotia, stating that an estate of 1,000 acres
of valuable land bas been left to the Boomer
family. • The grandfather of MT. Boomer, of
Linwood, was an Englishman, and owned
large tracts of land, and it is supposed that
the Halifax property was left by him.
Canada.
A Young Men's Liberal Club will be or-
ganized at'Cluttham.
—Ex-Preminr Abbott is now in Florence,
!tidy, and hie health is very good.
—The Rathbun company's saw mill at
Campbellford bas recently been destroyed
by fire.
—Fourteen business places at Watford
were destroyed by fire on Thursday morn-
ing, last week.
—Judge Baxter, county court judge of
,Welland, died at his residence in Thorold,
the other day. He was 61 years of age.
— Pierce Stevens Hamilton, well known
for hie literary work, died from an over-
dose of laudanum at Halifax Saturday.
—Aerie Laurence was knocked down,
blindfolded and robbed of $650, near
Thamesville, on Tuesday night of last week.
—The Farmers' binder twine factory at
Brantford is now in full blast, and. there is
talk of triplicating the maohinery.
—The Bank of British North America
will erect a new 'bank building in the city of
Winnipeg.
—Ledy Stanley, of Ottawa, is now in
London, England, in daily attendance on
her sick son.
—Petrolea will make a grand exhibit at
the World's Fair in connection with the
mining exhibit from Ontario.
—Hon. A. R. Angers has purchased a
brick residence at the corner of O'Connor
and McLaren streets, Ottawa, for $15,000.
—After five years the anti -Scott Act party
will again risk a vote in Westmoreland
county, New Brunswick, on the proposed
repeal.
—Rev-. Hugh Johnston, who is about to
remove to Washington, took farewell of his
congregation in Toronto on Sabbath last,
after a ministry of 15 years. ,
lover in Spokane Falls last wee and was
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—Nellie -Dunn, the woman il,o shot her
lynched, was well known in Toronto as a
loose character. She was born near Whitby.
— It is said there is a strong feeling in
French educational circles in Montreal in
favor of making McGill a great national
university, if that institution will create a -
French section. .
—Inspector Hughes, of Toronto, recom-
mends the division of the city, for school
purposes, into 12 districts, and the appoint-
ment of a supervising principal for each dis-
trict, at a salary of $1,500.
—The Grand Council of the Royal Tem -
piers of Temperance, in session at Gt.%
have resolved to call a general convention of
temperance organizations of Ontario in the
near future.
— Mrs. M. Kent, who for many years has
officiated .as lady searcher at the cisterns
office on the ferry dook, at Windsor, died in
Harper Hospital, Detroit, on Monday night
of last week.
—Messrs. Norris & Carranther, of Tor-
onto'are suing the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way for $21,600 for alleged delay in ship-
ping 16,000 bushels of grain, thereby losing
a sale.
The
stook of loge at the Essex Center
mills amounts to 2,500,000 feet, and that at
Gosfield mill to 1,000,000 feet. The daily
average number of men and teams hauling
and " skidding" logs was 150. •
-; .
— Alexander O'Neil, aged 79 years, one
of the pioneers of tEssex county, died very
suddenly, on Friday ntternoon last, of apop-
lexy at his home on the ninth concession of
Sandwich South.
-e-Brantford has settled the disputed ac-
counts for the luncheon given Lord
Stanley at $129, or $4.30 per head. The
vote in the council stood ten to five in favpr
of paying the bill ari thus reduced.
—A drunken man chased some little girls
returning from school in Guelph the other
evening. • One of them, May Chaloner,
in getting out of his way, fell under a
paesing sleigh, and had her right leg badly
injured.
—A wedding is said to have been arrang-
ed a few days ago in eicton, with remark-
able celerity. The couple were married
within an hour after being introduced. The
groom came from Waupoos and the bride
from the High Shore. .
—It is understood that among the
changes to be made in the permanent mili-
tary corps of the Dominion will be the ap-
pointment of saddlers and harness -makers to
each mounted troop and battery at the vari-
ous schools.
—Barry, of Galt, who assisted the local
hockey team in the Winnipeg -London
match, discovered that his ankle was dis-
located several hour. afterwards. He had
it put in a mould, and was able to leave for
home on Friday.
— There have been issued by the Domin-
ion Post -Office Department a three -cent
folding letter card, gummed for folding, and
a new one-oent pouted card, larger than the
one heretofore in use. There is also an issue
of 20 cent and 50 sent stamps.
— Mn.. Michael Parent, living near
Walkerville Junction, Essex county, was
carrying a boiler of boiling water when she
slipped, and was scalded in a frightful.
manner. No hopes are held out for her'
recovery.
—Emma P. Ewing, superintendent of the
Chautauqua School of Cookery, will open a
cooking class, tinder the auspices of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Young Men's
Christian Association, in London, during
this month. The fee is $3 for the course.
— The Grand Trunk Railway Company
has been notified of the purpose of Mrs.
Johnston, widow of Mr. jeremiah Johnston,
who was killed at a railway crossing in
Hamilton, a few 'days ago, to sue for $10,-
000 damages for the loss of her husband.
— The police of Windsor are about to
make on effort to put a stop to gambling in
that city, and a number of rooms in whioh it
is carried on are soon to be raided by the
force. The race commission, or pool room,
is crowded every day, but there is no law
under which they can be prosecuted.
—Mr. James Brooke, a London teamster,
was driving on the street; and was sitting on
the front of the sleigh. One side of the
whiffietree came unfastened and,flying back,
it crushed his leg badly below the knee. He
was carried into the Clarence House and
Dr. Graham sent . for. He could findno
bones broken, but the patient will be laid
up for some time as a result of -the birthing.
—Rev. Dr. Johnston, of Lindis.y, address-
ed the Convention of Christian Endeavorere
which met at Sarnia a couple of weeks ago.
After hearing him, a lady was heard to re-
mark that, she was proud that she belonged
to the church of England. Another lady,
of the Methodist faith, expressed a -similar
• —Mrs. Webb, of the Eramosa Road, near
Guelph, has, by the death of an uncle in the
Old Country, fallen heir to a fortune. Each
of her four children aleo came in for a hand-
some allowance. To Miss Webb bas been
beggeathed all the personal effects of the
deceased, including his fine residence. Miss
Webb left for New York on Friday to sail
for England and look after the interests of
the !family.
—At Baird's saw mill, in the north end of
the township of Glenelg, Grey county, 00 -
cured a very sad accident on Tuesday of
last week. Mr. Wiggins, who was in the
act of doing something about the saw,
placed hie foot too close, when he was in-
stantly caught anti hie whole body was cut
in two. He was a mikidle-aged man. His
son was in the mill at the time.
—The death of Ella Port wood, daughter
of Mrs. Joseph Portwood, of Talbot street,
London, took place' at the family residence
on Friday morning last. She was taking a
course in stenograplay and typewriting at
the Forest City Business College, and came
home the afternoon previous to her death,
complaining of illness. She grew rapidly
worse, took to her bed, and in twelve hours
was a corpse. The illness was of so mysteri-
ous 8 character that her mother consented to
the holding of a post-mortem, which reveal-
ed a chronic inflammation of the thembrane
at the base of the brain, a small tumor of
•
about half an inch in diameter pressing on
the brain in that locality. The deceased
was an exceedingly clever girl.
—The other day Mr. Thomas Easter -
brook, of Tweed,' while turning his horse '
around, by some means fell over the dash-
board, and the horses ran away. Mr.
Easterbrook remained in the rig until he was
almost kicked to death. He Wa8 picked up
for dead. His lower jaw was broken in two
places seven teeth were knocked outaind he
suffered other injuries.
- —About six weeks ago a farmer named
Delisle, living on the Walden road, neer
Windsor, started to drive to a dance. He
mieeed his way and was found next morning
with both legs frozen. Monday Dr. Casgrain
amputated the legs,and is of ophaion he will
recover.
—LittleYreddie Bleakly, aged 3 years,
met with a startling experience at Norwich
lately. Hie Mother, Mrs. W. Bleakley,
was engaged otitside the house and hearing
the child scream, rushed in and found him
running to and fro with Me hair and
clothes on fire. By prompt action the
flames were put out, and the lad was saved,
only in the nick of time, from a terrible
fate.
—The dead body of a female child ap-
parently only about three or four days old,
was found on the front door step of the
house occupied by Mr. George Hayden, sr.,
at Paris, on Wednesday night, last week.
On a piece of paper pinned to the child's
coverings was written the following :
"Please bury this child in Paris graveyard.
Its name is Bertha. Its mother lives in
Brantford."
--The stables belonging to the Western
Hotel, at Lucen,owned and occupied by Mr,
John Whelan, were totally destroyed by
fire the other night, together with all con-
tents, which included two horses and a
cow. The loss will be about $1,000 and the
Insurance is only $150. It was only by
great exertions of the villagers that the
hotel and other buildings were /saved. In-
oendiarism is suspected.
—Mn.. James Graham, aged •eighty-four
years, living near Lombardy, in the King-
ston district, was found on Monday, 20th
ult., lying beside her bed frozen to death.
The storm of Sunday night Mew •open - the
door, which was not well fastened, and the
old lady tried to get up and shut it, but,
being benumbed with cold, sank to the floor
unable to help ° herseit She persisted in
living alone.
—Mr. Peter Meagan, of Hamilton, is the
inventor of "an accident preventive de-
vice " for use on trolley cars. It is so
ar-
ranged that when ib strikes any person or
ing it springs back, allowing the person to
fall on it, or lessening the force of a blow
given to a wagon. The device has beea
patented in Canada, but Mr. Meegan Ihas
been informed by the United States authori-
• ties that a- similar arrangement has already
been patented there.
—The remains of the late George Long,
of Burlington, were interred at the East
• Plains burying ground, near Hamilton, on
Friday last. The funeral was largely at-
tended. Deceased had reached his 86th
year. He had been in Canada for over 60
years, and was a successful farmer. Mr.
Long desired that the obsequies should be
conducted simply and inexpensively, and
that no hearer, should be used.
—William Valleau settled on the let con-
ceseidn of Hungerford, Hastings _county,
over , fifty years ago. While tramping
through the woods he lost his pocket come
pass. Last fall it was found near the place
where it was lost so many years ago. It
still bears William Welles-Ws initials and is
dated 1839. It is still in good working
order and in a good state of preservation.
It likewise has a sun • dial, The land on
which it lay hidden has been cleared, burn-
ed and cultivated for over thirty years.
—The passengers on a King street trolley
car, in Toronto, had a little experience on
Saturday morning last, which they are still
talking about. Through some defect in the
motor, the rear end of the car bectiose
charged with electricity and several 'per-
sons received severe shocks. One good old
Methodist lady danced a jig on the plat-
form, and now declares that she will never
ride on a trolley again. The current was so
strong that the woodwork under the seats
took fire.
—The American colony of students at-
tending Ontario Ladies' College, the Vassar
of Canada, situated in the 'educational sub-
urb of Toronto, celebrated Washington's
birthday by driving through the streets in
sleighs decorated with Yankee flags and
waving the star spangled banner over the
head* of the astonished citizens, whose loyal
and patriotic sentiments are now easily
aroused since the agitation of the question
of annexation to the United States has be-
coine so prominent.
—Mr. Levi Morris and Mrs. Ric -bawd
Peate, of Bowmanville, have received the
terribly sad and startling intelligence that
their youngest sister, Mrs. Leonard Smalls -
comb, of Holland, Manitoba, and four
children, Arthur, aged 22 years e 13ernes,
aged 16, Royetta, aged 14, and Viola, *gel
7 years, have all died within a few weeks of
typhoid and scarlet fever, •and have been
buried aide by side in the prairie ehurch-
yard, Another son, aged 115, is also pros-
trated with typhoid fever, and the father
only remains of the family that left Bow-
manville two years ago.
— The London -Advertiser of Friday hist
says : "At •a recent funeral about three
miles out in London townehip relatives of
the deceased from this city were unable to
get out on account of the snow, and the
hearse had to turn back at the sixth 00110011 -
lion, The coffin was taken to the cemetery
in a sleigh, and the family were compelled
to hire 100 men to shovel out the sidermid
so that they Could get out to the cemetery.
No one who has not driven out in the mum -
try can properly estimate the seriousness ef
the snow blockade,
— Mr. John Smith, of Garafraxa, a pre-
sumably well-to-do farmer, and who latter-
ly had been dealing in cattle, has absconded
with his family and effects to Michigan. Se.
far as has been ascertained he leaves debts
behind to the amount of about $8,001
Several well-known cattle dealers have been
victimized. Mr. John Black, of Fergus, one
of the victims, followed the absconder to
Michigan, where he found Smith located on
a large farm, with first-class buildings well
stocked with horses, Cattle and 156 fine
Merino sheep. Mr. Black Made an effort to
secure his debt of $700, but failed,
—On the 14th of February, Wari. Ramsey
Mackendrick died at his home in Chicago,
aged forty-ftve years. Deceased was the
eldest eon of the late postmaster of Kincar-
dine, and at •one time was a merchant in
Kincardine. He had suffered much for
many years with rheumatism. On account
of his affliction he spent a few years in Los
Angeles, California and for a time thought
he had got rid Willa old enemy. He was
popular with all his acquaintances, and his
many friends in Kincardine grieve sincerely
at his death. He leaves a widow, ova son
and a daughter. His brother George reach-
ed his bedside before his death. The body
was brought to Kincardine for interment in
the family plot.
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