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The Huron Expositor, 1893-07-07, Page 4711111Ir'mP"'""'-t_ I f .; ‘'; ' r"-71"1, THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. sr Th. figure between the parenthesis after each one denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. Save Your Money -Robert Willie. (5) Binder Twine -Thomas Mellis. (8) Six Cattle Stroyed-David McCutcheon. (5) Farm for Sale -Diebold Stahl. (6) Sand for Sale -John Fell. (5) Pointe -Mullett & Jackson. (8) Harvest Tools -Mullett & Jackson. (8) Oasolene Stoves -Mullett & Jackson. (8) Picnic -St. Thomas Church. (8) Bargains -Z. Moran'. (8) Stylish Designs -Jackson Brcs. (1) Midsummer Clearing Sale -Good Bros. (5) This is July -Bright Bros. (3) Jill the World Loves Comfort -Jackson Bros. (6) Bargains in July -Duncan & Duncan. (5) Thanks -W. C. T. U. (8) Special Meeting -W. C. T. U. (8) Bicycle Races, Monday, July loth. (8) Itt *won Cxpooitor. SEAFORtli, FRIDAY, July 7th, 1893 Look After the Voters' Lists. It is now a certainty that the next elec- tion for the Ontario Legielature will be held on the voters' lists now being prepared by the municipal authorities. This being the oase,it is most desirable that the lists should be thoroughly scrutinised and revised while there is yet time. The name of every voter on the list who is not legally entitled to vote should be removed, and if there are any in a municipality who have a right to vote and whose names have been omitted from the lists, the proper steps should be taken at once to have them put on. The Ontario franchise is very wide, almost man- hood suffrage, and, no doubt, there are nom in almost every municipslity who have been left off inadvertently: The machinery, also, for having the lists revised hi compara- tively simple and inexpensive, and it will only be through culpable neglect if the lists are not nearly correct. We do not know what provision has been made io the three ridings in this county by the Liberals to have the lists revised, but we do know that although the three Hurons are now in line with the Liberal cause, they can only be • kept sci by giving to every Liberal voter the right td vote that is legally entitled to it. Any person whom name is not on the list will not be allowed to vote. The Coniterva- tives generally look after these things without any prompting ; but we are sorry to say that the Liberals are sometimes more lax in these matters than they should be. We would, therefore, remind our friends that a very few voters left off the lies that should be on and a few left oh that should be off in each polling sub -division, may mean the success or defeat of the Liberal cause at the next election. Many elections are won or lost through the voters' lists. We hope, therdfore, that the friends of Mr. Mowat everywhere, those who believe that it woull be a lose, if not a calamity, to this Province, should his Government be defeat- ed, will be alert and active. Where no other provision hes been made, if half a dozen good men in eaA municipality would meet for a couple of nights they would eas- ily revise the list of their municipality and have it made perfect. Surely there is not a municipality in this county, in fact we know that there is not; that at least six Liberals can not be found who will devote the neceesary time to have the lists correct- ed and thus ensure the triumph of their candidate at the next election. Let some one take the lead and there will be no trouble in getting recruits. But, don't de- lay. As soon as the lists are printed and posted set to work, and get the work done in time. Now, friends, let the work be done and done early and thoroughly, and yens will be glad you acted on our sugges- tion when the returns are being counted on election night, whether your candidate is successful or not. There is no reflection so galling and humiliating as " it might have been." The Financial Trouble in the United States. During the past month or so the commer- cial and financial disasters in the United States have been so frequent and so far reach- ing in their influence as to cause a great deal of anxiety in that country. Coming so soon after the collapse in Australia, one might easily be led to believe that this panic arose from similsr causes, but as the most reliabie and best informed American journals unite in saying that this is not so, we,who are lees able to judge, accept, for the present at least, their verdict and lay the whole re- sponsibility, as they do, on the free silver agitation and the Sherman silver law. In order to explain the connection between this cause and the effect it has produced it will be necessary to go back a little in the , history of the neighboring Republic. Two elements have been combined to form what is called the silver question. For many years there has been a feeling, in fact a certainty, that the circulating medi- ums of exchange in the United States was not nearly sufficient for the public needs, - and there has beeu a sense of tightness and insecurity on this account. Nor could any remedy be faund, for gold was the standard the world over and there was not enough gold in the world to meet the do- mande But, at the same time that gold has been growing scarcer, silver, the otheremet- al commonly used as specie, has been grow- ing chealuir at a rate which has been alarm- ing in a marked degree to those interested in its production. These latter personages were sharp enough to put the two things together and begin to preach the doctrine that the free coinage of silver would speedi- ly put this embaraseing Matter straight. What they preached was, in effect, thin : The United States is the greatest and most populous country on the Globe ; if she will consent to coin all the silver that is brought o her mints, the price of that metal must remein at the figure she wishes to put en it, whatever that may be, and the potpie will be furnished with an abundance of circula- ting medium, with abselutely no danger of its degenerating. The people of the West- ern States, being very largely interested in the production of silver, and recognizing the fact that if thee° premises, laid down by the advocates of free eilver, were correct, their part of the country would receive an im- mense boom, at once accepted the specious edrietrine and began to push it for all it was worth. The result was that the Repulicans, duting the administration of President Hare risen, desiring not to destroy the stability of American finance and yet intensely anxi- ous to placate the West, passed a compro- mise law, known as the " Sherman Silver Aot," compiled by Senator John Sherman. By this bill the Uoited States was to buy annually a certain large amount of silver At a fixed price and to issue thereon silver cer- tificates, which they were pledged to main- tain at a parity with gold. The amount of silver to be purchased annually was fixed at the extreme limit that the Republicans thought it sale to touch. The Sherman Aot was never satisfactory. It did not go far enough to please the silver men and it went so far,as to alarm the Conservative business element of the East. In fact it seemed to have little or no lasting effect on the world's price of silver and that product has since fallen in value to a auffident extent to make the United States Government extremely anxious. Lately Europe has been draining the gold from the United States at a rate that threatens to embarrass the Govern- ment In its pledge to keep the silver certifi- oetes at parity with gold, and the result has been that this, together with the feel- ing of uncertainty in the busiriees world as to the future atits of the politiosne as re- gards this all important subject, has pro- duced a widespread panic in commercial and financial circles. The recent step taken by the Government of India, suspending in that country tbe free coinage of silver, which has been in operation there for some years, has caused another drop in the silver market and has made things very much worse, in fact has carried consternation in- to financial circles in the United States. President Cleveland has called an extra ses- sion of Congress, which meets in August, to consider this trouble and the hope of 'the conservative business element is that his sound common ,,sense and fearless advocacy of what is right, will bring the matter to a safe and satisfactory conclusion. That the Sherman law will be repealed is a foregone conclusion, but whet will be done towards the ultimate solution of thie vexing money problem no one seems to have any idea. It ia pose ible that an in-, ternational agreement met? be resched,‘, which will place silver on an equality with gold as a money metal and maintain it there, but at present the outlook in this di- rection is not promising. That something must be done and that quickly is certain, for the supply of gold is utterly inadequate to meet the increasing demand and the next thing seems to be to fall back on oilier. the weak spot in the doctrine of the free silver men is in the fact that the United States alone is entirely unab le -to maintain the parity between gold and silver. It must be done by international agreement or hot at all. We think this might be done, were it not for the selfish spirit manifested in all such affairs by the United States, but prob- ably a few more turns of the screw of finan- cial depreseion will bring them to a realizing sense of their position as suitors and not masters in this matter. The Liberal Leader. The leader of the Canadian Liberals, Hon. Wilfred Laurier, has been attracting a great deal of attention of late. His immense per- sonal popularity with the rank and file of the party; as manifested at the recent Lib- eral Convention at Ottawa, came as a reve- lation to the country. He is a perfect gen- tleman, polished and refined in manner, and an orator who has praCtically no rival, even in Canada. But a man might be all this and still be depraved, unscrupolous and dis- honest. In Mr. Laurier's case, however, the very opposite is the fact. Not even a breath of scandal has ever touched his pri- vate reputation, and his bitterest political enemy has never even hinted that his politi- cal life is other than absolutely spotlees. Had we been doubtful about hie honesty of purpose and his true loyalty to Canada, an incident which occurred just lately must have entirely dissipated such doubts. At the National Fete of the French Can- adiane, " St., Jean Baptiste," eld just re- cently, Mr. Laurier was called upon to give an address. He spoke to an audience com- posed entirely of French Canadian Roman Catholics; in the French language, and there was little likelihood of his speech be- ing widely reported. Could a politioia,n have desired a better opportunity of " making hay ?" Yet those who are in a position to know, say that not one word passed hie lips to which any English Protestant migh t ;not have listened with perfect equanimity. What a light Ship throws those Conserva- tive politicians in who are so fond of mak- ing firebrand speeches at Overige gatherings. We venture to say that no other prominent politician in America to -day would have come as cleanly through such 'a test. Lib- erals may well be proud of their leader. He doubtlees has faults, but with all of them, and taken all in all, he is -the peer of any statesman on the American continent. burg 'say that 1,290,Canadian animals which arrived at Shieldball suffered to the extent of two pounds per head, owing to compul- sory slaughter. At Deptford to -day trade was very ilow, 335 Canadians being offered. The best made three shillings ninepenoe to three shillings tenpence, and seconds three shillings sixpence per eight pounds," In view of this state of affairs the Canadian authorities shoold take immediate steps to make the faollities for slaughtering cattle on the other side as effioient as possible, so that the loss apd delay in disposing of the aniuoals ifter they reach old country ports, may be reduced to the miminum. THE good people of Toronto have another Sunday street oar agitation on hand. Last January they took a vote of the ratepayers to decide as to whether or not the osre should be allowed to run on Sunday, • The Sunday desecration proposition was voted down by a large majority. But, like Old Niokhimself, the friends of Sunday street care are not so easily put down. A few weeks ago they petitioned the city council, asking that body to have another vote taken at mid -summer. The matter was referred to the City Solioitor, and that functionary decided thet the council could order a vote, taken, but they could hot devote one copper towards paying the expenses of the vote. And thus the matter dropped for a time. It was again brought up in the council a few nights ago by an offer from the street oar company to provide the necessary funds which the council could not grant. The council decided by a majority of one to ac- cept the offer of the company, and made provision for the taking of the vote early in August. The friends of Sunday oars, by taking a vote .at that time, hope to steal a march on; their opponents. They expect that at mid -summer a large number of, citi- zens, and most of their opponents, will be absent from the city then on their sum - Ater holidrys and at their summer , resorts, and that, consequently., -they, may carry their point. In thin however, they may be mistaken. Opposition to Sunday oars is, as a rule, the result of strong oonviction,. and most people who are thus influenoed will stretch a point or deny themselves a plea- sure that they may have their conscientious convietions carried out, so that it is pos- sible many votes will not be lost by the anti - Sunday car partY, no matter when the vote may be takem The people of Toronto set a noble example to the sister cities in Ontario and elsewhere by their last vote, and we hope the verdict to be reoorded in August will be even more emphatic in the same d irection. The Cattle Embargo to be Continued. Our cattle dealers and feeders have, as it were, been hoping against hope, that the embargo on Canadian cattle enteriug the old country markets would soon be remov- ed. Largely on account of this embargo, combined with the high freight rates, the cattle exporting business, thus far this sea- son, has resulted disastrouklyoto all engaged in it. Needy every shipmetit has resulted in a lose of from ten to twenty dollars per head. The shippers also, could not well avoid these losses, as they had purchased the cattle throughout the country early in the season and they were obliged to take them up and ship them even though certain loes stared them in the face. We are sorry to notice that prospects do not brighten and that the scheduling order is likely to remain unrepealed. A cablegram from London, England, dated July 3, to the Globe, says : " Mr. Herbert Gardner, president of the board of Agriculture, states that a micros- copic examination of the lungs of animals landed from the steamer Lake Winnipeg, from Monteeal, has proved that the animals had been affected with contagious pieuro- pneumonia. The prohibition against the importation of Canadianhattle must there- fore be maintained. Swan & Sone, of Edin• THE MERCHANT, a commercial paper in Toronto, says : " The Ontario Government has decided to discontinue the plan of sending detectives to foreign countries to extradite forgers and embezzlers who have swindled Ontario banks. The ground the Government takes is that embezzlements by bank servants, or by employes of • corporations, are cases which the parties primarily interested in should themselves follow up, especially where enormous same of money have to be paid out and thousands of miles travelled to bring the culprits back." The ground which it is said the Govern- ment take as a justification for the diecon- tinuance of the practise is the very ground which should hive prevented the engage- ment in it in the fret place. There is no just reason why the people of the whole Province ehould be heavily burdened for the purpove of keeping bank employes honest, or securing the punishment of dishonest ones. The banks should attend to these_ matters at their own expense, and in reliev•I ing them of it the Government displayed generosity which oould have been exercise a good deal more advantageously othe quarters. THE DOMINION CAPITAL. with a want of wiedom and prudence with whilst' the Minister of Justice is not gener- ally credited. When the history of the Manitoba school question, up to April 1891, comes to be written, it will disclose some surprising things. The French Canadian National Congress at Montreal was remarkable for two or three things. First the testimony was that the exodus of the population of Canada to the United States was *mulled by the bar- riers which had been erected so as ;to close all commerolal commuoicition between the two countriee. The Frenob whet& in On- tario were reported by delegates to be non- effioient and there was no demand for their extension. Mr. Laurier delivered an ad- dress before the delegates which was nation- al in its character in the sense that tbe Do- minion is a nation, hopeful in its tone and encouraging in its conclusions. He made no appeal to the racial or religious pre- judices of his hearers, although the occa- sion was a tempting one to the ordinary demagogue. A number of delegates from the North West Territories are here for the purpose of Urging on the Minister of the Interior the adoption of a vigorous immigration policy, and it is understood that there ix consider- able divergence between their views and Mr. Daly's. When Mr. Daly had a seat on the back benches a couple of year. ago, he took the Government to task for not having a vigorous immigration polioy and talked columns on the subject. Mr. Daly memo to be a different man in office. He is probably confronted with the old problem which makes it extremely difficult for the Govern- ment to do anything in the way of bringing' setelers into the country. Certain condi- tions might exist uUder which settlers would come into the country, and when you have associations in thet North West publicly passing resolutions advieing their friends not to come there owing to the burdens of the customs tarriff, it would not be difficult to imagine the creation of the condition whioh would be very inviting to the average settler. That condition is an absence of burdensome taxes and the cheapening of the cost of transpoitation. The Goveroment should apply itself to these matters and then allow the settlers to cote in, instead of sending overpaid agents into other countries to try and jerk unwilling grants into this country, The United States received last year about 500,000 immigrants, but the Government of that country has never employed a single immigration agent nor spent any money trying to induce per- sons to settle in it. I lay it down as a pro- position that at the present moment Canada, might expend ten times the sum on immi- gration she now expends without adding to the number of settlere. Anyone who ex - airlines the records for the past ten or fifteen years will be struck by the peculiar fact that in the years when .we expended least money we got the most immigrants and in the years when we expended most money we got the fewest immigrants. The demand of of the North West therefore (in which de- mand by the way Mre Daly always joined when a private member,) that the Govern- nment should appropriate a very large eum annually for immigration is one to which the older Provinces should not listen for a moment. The subject is perhaps the moat important which could engage the attention of Government, but it is idle to expect such men as Daly, Bowell, Haggart or Caron to grapple with it successfully. The G-overnment has appropriated $5,000 for the fund for the releif of those who suff- ered by the ainking of H. M. S. " Victoria." Some interest is occasioned here by the President's proclamation calling an extra session of Congress for August because the Government and its friends hope that 90M0 of the democratic leaders will take advant- age of the extra session to try =and force some decision on tariff matters. Although Congress is called for the specie' purpose of dealing with the silver questiOn and the cause of the financial panic, there is nothing in the constitution to prohibit an extra ses- sion from dealing with the tariff or any other matter. The annual matches of the Dominion Rifle Association have been fixed to begin this year on August 28th. For the first time the Snider rifle will be discarded and the Martini substituted. (By Our Special Correspondent.) Orrava, July 3, 1893. The big city deities are in the hebit of re- producing extracts from what they call the country press, for the purpose of raising a laugh and showing the public how green the country editor is, but I doubt very much if, after all, the editor of the average 'weekly newspaper commits near so many mistakes, or makes himself so ridiculous as the editor of the average city daily. An instance of the simple credulity and obtuseness of ethe city dailies, which they display on all emcee alone in regard to anything emanating from Ottawa, is found in the serioue way they are treatiug a ridiculous bit of gossip invented by the correspondent of a Toronto evening paper, who stated that Ottawa society re- sented the appointment of Lord Aberdeen as Governor General because he was the owner of a frith canning factory out near the Rooky Mountains. The statement was a pure intention, as a matter of course, writ- ten as a piece of entertaining fiction of the ordinary summer variety. /sit less a paper than the Toronto Globe, however, publiehed a ponderous editorial paragraph id a serious vein: on the subject, and Montreal end other city papers followed suit. If they had only paueed to consider how Ottawa society had expressed its opinion and how that expres- eion of opinion came to be confined to this one correspondent, and was never heard of outside of this one letter, they might have themselves seen how utterly ridiculous it was to treat a joke in such a dreadfully seri- ous manner. It was also a Toronto paper which recently denounced the appointment of the Hon. T. M. Daly to the Dominion Cabinet because he was -a Roman Catholic, a bit of ignorance which the average weekly newspaper would not have displayed. The Tache -Tarte duel is now fairly on. The Archbishop has told Mr. Tarte that he stated certain things concerning the Mani- toba school question which were false and we may now expect a lively reply from the mercurial Tarte. In justice to the latter it must be said that he is not in the habit of making assertions which he cannot prove. He proved this in the Liingevin-MoGreevy scandals and in many other minor matters. It is to be observed, however, that Arch- bishop Tache, in his published letter a column long, does not deny that Mr. Chap- leau negotiated with him at the time re- ferred to. He does deny emphatically that Mr. Chaplesu carried on any negotiations with him " on behalf of the Government." This is the saving clime, because I fancy it would be useless for the Archbishop to deny that he made a dicker -with Mr. Chap- leau on the eve of the hun general elections, when Mr. Chapleau was the leader from Quebec in Sir John Macdonald's Govern- ment. If it were true that there was no promise to the Archbishop, then Sir John Tnompeon hhinserting in his famous report to Council a pledge that if the Courts failed the miriority in Manitoba, the Government would consider remedial legislation, acted 111.1.111111=1.11..1111MINIP and latterly a rupture of the bowels. De- epito all that medical attentien and o reful nursing aould do, the grim monster al lined her and she crossed the river with the ilent boatman with a onim and pesos that only' those know who trust in the Saviour. Miss Welsh was universally beloved and as a bright, accomplished young lady. bent 100 conveyances were counted in the uneral Ethel Sons of Temperance being ifn tthhee procession, a large representation number. Mr. and Mrs. Welsh and family have the deep sympathy of the coin unity in their sudden and unlooked for •ereave- ment, -Fishing is very good just no on the river and piers at Goderioh. Reoen ly John Philips hooked over 30 pounds at in. fish- cinlugdianngd. soamte vaenroythfienrenbouarsely. 40 po nds, in- -It is said that the lake beach n rth and south of Goderichis swarming wi h potato hugs, presumably washed over f om the Michigan shore and farmers r ort that they are coming'inland in clouds. -Willie Wilton, of Brussels had hie right leg injuredl last week by th'e wheel of the peddling wagon of Ballanty e It Wil- ton passing over it while attead tog to his duties in Grey township. -Mr. George Leslie, of Leslie ille, fath- er of Mrs. A. MoD. Allan, of Goderich, died at his home on Ssturday eve ing, 24th ult., at the advanced age of 90 ears. He was the last survivor of the first city coun- cil of Toronto. -Mr. Thomas Pomeroy, of porrie, an old and respected resident of that vicinity, died last week, having reached the good age of over 90 years. He• has lived in Gerrie for over 20 years, and prior to that was:en- gaged in farming in Howick. -The horse power at the water tank in Wingham broke on Saturday morning of last week, but the tank was soon filled from the nearest hydrant, the hose reel and hose being brought into operation, so that the street wateriag was impeded only for about an hour. -On Sunday afternoon of last week,some one carelessly threw a lighted cigar on a straw heap at the rear of Davis' livery, Clinton, and it was not many minutes be- fore the whole thing was in a blaze. For- tunately It was discovered and extinguished before it had made much headway. -Mr. A. Sheere's stable, in Exeter, nar- rowly escaped destruction by fire on Wed- nesday of last week. The children, bent on amusement, built a bon -fire in a chicken house and had it blazing vigorously when discoveredt in time to allay serious de- struction. -On Saturday, 24th ult., Mr. John Wor- sell, of Goderich, met with a fierious acci- dent, He was engaged in repairing the steeple of the Episcopal church in that town, which had been damaged by storm,when he slipped from th fell to the ground, breaking and injuring himself internall -One day last week a you living in the vicinity of Porte a young lady home from th Fiuronf Notes. One of the companies of the 33rd Bat- talion in camp only numbered seven men all told. -Charles Forrest, 2nd line of Morris, has pulled down his old barn, and will rebuild on a larger scale. -Miss Kate Shaw, of Brussels, has been laid up with a lame foot, occasioned by run- ning a piece of zinc into it. -Mr. Brown, of MoKillop, is at present suffering from blood poisoning, the °MISS of which was a bite on the right hand from a neighbor's dog. - Mr. George Hislop, of Wroxeter, had his shoulder blade knocked out on Monday of last week, as the result of a runaway accident. -West Huron License Commissioners met in Clinton on Wednesday of last week, and transferred the licenses of the British Exchange hotel and Brewery, Goderich. - Mr. Will Kelly,of Blyth, took a tumble while coming down the hill at Londesboro on his bicycle recently, and was confined to his bed for over a week in consequence. - About 75 tickets were sold at Goderich on Tuesday of last week, for the excursion to the Model farm, and 50 at Clinton. There were about 250 altogether from points north. - Rev. W. Leeoh was presented by his parishioners at Londesboro with a puree of money and a very kindly worded address before leaving there for a new field. -An organization called the Goderich Band Association has been formed in the County Town for the purpose pf establieh- ing and maintaining a citizens' band. -When fishing at Hill's dock recently, Mr. William Dietzel, of Exeter, hooked a large black lizard In inches long. It has four legs, each an inch long. -Mr. John McLean left Dungannon on Monday of last week for a trip to Manitoba and Dakota, and intends bringing back a car load of cattle to fatten. -A letter received in 0 oderich recently bore the address : " Goderioh, Toronto, Canada, America." It was not from Eng- land, either. -Mr. Albert Johnston, of the Collegiate Institute Goderich, rowed up to Port Al- bert on gaturday of last week in a canoe of his own construction. -At the Hamilton races last week Miss Garfield, owned by Mr. Roe, of Wingham, won the 2,32 trot in three straight heats in competition with twelve other horses. The fastest heat was 2.2ii. - The new one-third mile track on Clin- ton Recreation Park is now nearly completed, and will be elle of the best bicycle tracks in the county. The club intend to hold a big meeting some time in July. - Rev, James Livingeton, of Listowel, formerly of Clinton, was presented by his friends with a handsome gold watch on the eve of his departure for his new field of la- bor at Kincardine. - Mr. Rennie Armstrong, of Bayfield,the veteran Orangemen, and " crack " fifer, has just ampted an invitation from a place in Michigan to fife there on the 12th. He is tp get 325 and expenses for the day. W. Butler, of Goderich township, wice lately sold his farm, will take up hie residence in Clinton. The lot formerly oc- cupied by Kelly's hotel belongs to him, and he will- probably build thereon. -Her friends could hardly believe the report cirouleted that Annie, eldest daugh- ter of George V4Telsh, 6th concession of Grey, wos dead, so sudden was it. The sad news proved too true. She had been ill for about a week, her illness taking the form of diarrhoea, then inflammation of the bowels, e heavy wind scaffold and is thigh bone g gentleman 's Hill drove prayer -meet- ing, and when about to come !home he dis- covered that the gate was wieed up, as was every other exit. It is rumored that the old gent had taken a fanoy to him and had corralled him. -Last Sunday week being flower Sunday, Knox church, Goderich, wan tastily deco- rated with flowers, etc., by the teachers and others. The children, most of whom had pretty boquets, and who occupied the centre of the church in a body, listened to an in- teresting and instructive sermon prepared specially for them by the pastor, -The Entrance and Leaving Examination coinmenced in Brussels public school on Wednesday morning of last week. Princi- pal Campbell, of Gerrie, assisted by Princie pal Cameron, were the presiding examiners. There were 62 candidates writing for the En- trance and 8 for Leaving, making 70 in all. Brussels public school has 11 Entrance pu- pils and 6 Leaving. -Miss Maggie McLauchlin, daughter of Mr. James McLanchlin, of Wingham, has been lying dangerously ill at Maokin, Georgia, for some time past, from typhoid fever. Owing to the extreme heat and change of climate, Mrs. McLauchlin was prevailed upon not to go to her, but Fr ank, who resides in Detroit, is now with her. The danger is now past, and she is slowly Convalescing. -Rev. Mr. Wilson and wife, of Nee - much, India, spent a very pleasant week in Usborne. They were guests at the Thames Road Manse. On Friday afternoon of last week there was a large attendance of la- dies at the Thames Road church, where Mrs. Wilson delivered an interesting ad- dress. She is specially gifted, and her hearers express themselves as highly pleased and consider her a rare treat. -On Sunday, 25th ult., the Clinton Ma- sonic Lodge attended divine worship. Seven other lodges in the county were also repre- sented, and all the present Masters of the same lodges were there. There were also thirty-five Past Masters and three Grand Lodge Officers present. Grand Chap- lain Fairlie, of St. Paul's church, Clinton, conducted the service, assisted by Rev. Mr. Hodgine, of Seaforth, Worthy Master of the Lodge there. This was the largest and most enthusiastic gathering of Free Masons ever seen in the county. -On Tuesday evening, 29th ult., the Bible Claes of the Walton Methodist Sab- bath School waited on Rev. W. Ottewell, at the parsonage, and presented him with an easy chair and Mrs. Ottewell with a silver card receiver. Miss Emily Berry read a very kindly worded addrese, and Mies Emily Pollard made the presentation. -Saturday morning of last week a special train of ten cars of well fed and good weight export cattle left Brussels station the property of Groff Brothers, the well, - known stockmen, of Elmira. There were 159 bead in all, 46 of the number being fed by W. J, Dickson, of McKillop, who re. ceived, it is said, nearly $4,000 for them . Duncan McDonald, of Grey, had 20 very fine animals. Following ie a list of the weights, etc., as taken from the weighmas- ter's book : Wm. Work, Grey, 2 cattle, 2,970 lbs ; John Lawson Morris, 3 cattle 3,720 lbs.; Duncan McDonald, Grey, 2A1 cattle, 26,710 lbs.; Henry Mooney, Morrie, 4 cattle, 5,120 lbs.; Archibald Hislop, Grey, 9 cattle, 12,870 lbs.; Aridrew Hislop, Grey, 7 cattle, 11,060 lbs.; P. Robertson. Grey, 3 cattle, 3,980 lbs.; Alex. Forrest, Morris, 3 cattle, 4,100 lbs.; W. J. Dickson, MoKil- lop, 46 cattle, 67,940 lbs.; P. Barr, Morris, 1 head, 1,760 lbs.; J.Currie, Morris, 1 head. 2,000 lbs.; Wm. Milne, Grey, 15 cattle, 18,440 lbe.; J. Bowman, Morris, 5 cattle, 6,319 lbs.; P. Watson, Grey, 3 cattle, 3,940 lbs.; John Hislop, Grey, 1 head, 2,230 lbs.; Andrew Hislop, jr., Grey, 8 cattle, 11,810 lbe. • J. Stewart, 16th concession Grey, cattle, 2,900 lbs. • J. & A. Buchanan, Grey, 16 cattle, 22,250lben S. Dickson, Grey, 10 cattle, 14,420 lbs. It is said as high as 51 cents per pound was paid for a portion of the shipment. -A very amusing, but no doubt painful, accident occurred in the village of Holmes- ville one day lately. It ppears that in one house there are parts of wo families living, who occupy different end of the building, but use the one door. y some means all the members of the hous -with the exeep• tion of two women who ere not up yet - departed, leaving the do r locked and the key in their pocket. Aft r some time the wemen arose, and tried i vain to open the door ; there was nothing left but to escape by the window, which th y attempted. No one thinks crawling out o a window a very difficult matter, but ljudg rg from the man- ner and result of this oil b, we are doubt- ful. Woman No. 1 appe red at the win- dow in a straw hat with la veil sewed on the back of it, and looked up the road and down the road to be sur no one was in sight, then after severe unsucceasful at - tempts, at last perched herself on the sill. Now for getting down, $68 decided to take a flying leap, but in doing so the win- dow fell and caught her dress, letting her down, not very graoefullyeln a heap, on a pile of stones. No. 2 next appeared at the window with a paroel under her arm that looked like a bed quilt and a frying pan, and asked of No. 1 " be anyone a lookin 7" After being informed that the road was clear the climbed up, but in her effort to jump' clear of the stone pile her foot trip- ped, and she fell headfirs't into the rain barrel. Last seen of them one had climbed two board fenoee and was out of sight, and the otherwas striking for ClinWn at a good lively walk. Grey. 1WPeeChiChhePirPOVCISIM11:111teanreld tillniUggiesinwdassminglivee: was shortly brought to a close, and after as. other round of good things to supply the aching void produced by so mueli open air exercise, followed hy vocal exercise indoors, the happy social event of the year was once mozoertlihEitlitg opflotriop. -althe annual picnic It being Saturday night the entertainment . and social gathering of neighbors and friends along the fourth and fifth mon dons, was held on Friday evening rant in Mr. Robert Beattie's grove. Between four and five o'clock in the evening, the hoots commenced assembling and the baskete Wining the substantials and luxuries for the - ffeurtgoreoeuntignruoevtiwncarsealisteinrga,llnynatillivtehewbiteshuttitt youth, beauty and wisdom of the neighbor. hood, and one would. almost think they ie. tended feasting for a week, while the wel- kin was made to ring with the merriment of the many happy hearts present. The pith- ering was a purely informal one, and all sorte of games and amusemente were be dulged in. When it became too dark "te continue the sport outside, an adjournment was made to Mr. Beattie's large barn, which had been suitably fitted up for the OCOASi011. Here the merry dance was en. joyed until an early hour in the morning, and it would be hard to lay whether old -or young enjoyed the occasion the most. Those who did not take part in the dance seeno ed to enjoy themselves equally well with those who did, and many and sidesplitting were the jokes cracked, the yarns spun and the reminiscences of bygone days related, As a dance is not much without a fiddle, this requisite instrument was manipulated by Mr. Ab. Forsyth, of Tuckersmith, who seemed untiring in his musical perform. awes, while the music was all that the most fastidious could desire. Such pleasant gatherings as this do much toward" making life better worth living, and give a zest to the necessary labors in an industrious com- munity, and the only pity is that they are not more frequent: Too much praiso ean not be given to the worthy host and amiable hostess, for their kind and unremitting at- tention to their guests, as much of the pleasure of the evening was due to their unijoeNsisoinNgpaLteNnwti.o-ns.r. he Union picnic held in John tdcDowelli beautiful grove, hy School Sections No. 1 Ilullett and No. e MoKillop, took place on Friday, June The weather was exceedingly fine, and the attendance very much larger than was ex- pected. Each and all appeared to enjoy themselves immensely. The good ladies of the neighborhood did their part well in ap- plying eatables for the °meal= and had plenty left for as many more. 'Cis needless to say that ample justice was done to the good things. The leading feature of the day's programme was the present made to Miss Campbell, the respected teacher a School Section No. 1 Hullett, who has re- signed her situation. Mr. R. Common, one of the trustees of, No. 13 McKillop, appointed chairman, and filled the respon- sible position with credit to himself and satisfaction to the large audience. Brief addresses were delivered by John McMil- lan M. P., ,ev. J. W. liodgins, of Seat forth, and others. The musical portion was supplied by the Roxboro choir Miss Clark and Mr. Clark, in their usual first class style. Next came games for young and old. The first was the trustees' foot race, but as none of the Hallett trus- tees were present, the McKillop section fathers bad to run it themeelves. Mr. John McDowell took first money, J. McMillan being a good second. The teachers' reee was won by Miss Brown,the Roxboro teach- er. The married ladies' raze was very ex- citing, as the entries were numerous, The first prize was captured by Mrs. Thomas McMichael, with Mrs. Henry Cash a good seeond. The other sports were : Boys' race, under 16, 1st Wilfred Fowler, 2nd M. Scott; Girls' race, under 20, 1st Miss A. Shade, 2od Miss B. Neelans ; Girls' race, under 8, lst Miss M. Shade, 2nd Miss A. Walker; Girls' race, under 12, let Bella Love,2nd Mary Shade ; Boys' race, under 14, Ist R. Hawthorne 2nd We Hay." ; Boys' race, un- der 12, let 'W. McMillan 2ad Thos. Shade - Three legged race, R. itawtherne and*, McMillan ; Girls. race,.under 10,- lst Alicia NValker, 2nd Maggie Shade. Girls' raoe, under 14. let Mary Shade, 2ad Mary Mc- Millan • Hurdle race, ist George Robertson, 2nd J. koDermid ; Egg race, girls, 1st M. McMillan, 2nd E. Cash ; Sack race, George Robertson, 2nd Win. Hays ; Lean' race, 1st A. Hays, 2nd B. Neilans ; Men's race, 1st F. Fowler, 2ad J.Scott : Egg raoe, boys; let J.Hawtherne, 2nd R. Hawthorne; Boys' race, under 8, let V„ Dale, 2nd F. Giving. The most interesting part of the day's sport wap the tug of war between a picked team of entail boys from Hullett and a picked team of the same class from Mee Killop, which resulted in a victory for Hul- lett. On the whole,it was one of the most pleasant days ever spent by the people in the neighborhood. The judges of the sports were Messrs. Peter Dill and Jack Smith, of Sesforth. NOTES.-I)our more weddings are expect- ed to take place in the near future. -Mr. G. Forrest, of East Zora, paid us a visit a few days ago. He was looking after his farm here. -A great many people attended the meetiag of the travelling dairy, and all seemed delighted with what they saw and heard. -Miss Jennie Wortley was married on the 23rd ult., at the residence of her mother, to Mr. W. Longworth, of Algoma. The young couple will reside in Algoma. - On Friday afternoon a picnic, under the auspices of the Union Sunday School, at Smith's school house, waa held in Mr. J. Elliot's grove, on the 8th ooncession. Sev- eral of the neighboring ministers and others delivered interesting addresses in ad- dition to the other programme. -Mr. Wm. L. Pepper, of Toronto, formerly of this township, and Miss Arnetta Forsyth, of the Queen City, were united in marriage at the residence of the bride's father, on the 21st ult. They spent a portion of their honey -moon at the residence of the groom's father. -Mr. Denied Robertson, of the 13th concession, received a letter the other day from a lady friend now residing in the town of Bloemfontein, South Africa. The letter was mailed early in May, and the postage on it is 12 oeute. Bloemfontein is inland about seven hundred miles from Cape Town and is made up mostly of wealthy British - ere. It is now mid -winter in that part of the world. -On the 2nd inst., John McDou- gall, of the ittit concession, celebrated- his 74th birthday, He has been in this town- ship since the fall of 1852. He says when he first saw the present site of Brussels thero were no less than 36 persons stopping for the night at the Halliday shanty, near where the Americsn Hotel now stands. Among the lodgers were Robert McNaugh- ton and family, Peter Ferguson and family,. Ronald MoNaughton and Allan Lamont. It is by no means uninreresting to meet with these pioneers and bear ef the encounters, hardships, successes, &c., that they had to contend with. -At a recent barn raising, on the 14th concession of Grey, a rafter knook- ed Mr. Joseph McDonald off the plate, but in his fall he caught one of his arms around a beam and was quickly rescued from his dangerous position. —9n Monday evening, 26th ult., a very pleasant gathering took place at Mr. Dugald McTaggart's on the 16th concession, when a large number of pupils met and presented their teacher, Mr. George S. NVilsoo, with a fine gold chain and a writing desk, together with a compli- mentary address. Greenway. NOTELEts, r. James M. Wilson brought home a new threshing machine last Satur- day. -Rev. G. J. Kerr, of Thorndale, spent a few days visiting his sister and other friends here last week. -The garden party at Mr. J. T. Wilson's last Thursday even- ing was a decided success. Rev, R. L. Wil- son acted as chairman, and called for music by the choir,and addresses by Reve. Messrs. S. A. Carrier° and J. H. Cbant. The an- dieuce were highly pleased with the music and the addresses. The proceeds were $42. -Miss Letitia Forbes and her brother Wil- liam visited friends here, and ',pent the Sab- bath with their brother Mr. George Forbes. -Our public schools are closed till the third Monday in August. Mr. George Forbes, teacher in No. 10, returned home with hie brother and sister last Monday. -Mr. W. J. Wilson and family are visiting friends in Chicago, and attending the World's Fair. They expect to be absent for about two weeks. -Mr. Westman and Misses Wiggins and Russell, teachers, of Crediton public school, visited friends here last Sabbath. - Mr. Auburn R-osser, of Saginaw, Michigan, and Miss Jenuie Dorman, of Birr, are via - 'Ring their mcole, Mr. D. Brophy. -A large number of our natives spent July 1st at Grand Bend. MOTill01). SCHOOL ReeonT.-The following is the re- port of School Section No. 4 for the month of June : Senior Fourth -William Beattie, Aggie McLeod, Elizabeth Beattie. Junior Fourth -Minnie M °Fadden, Elizabeth Hen- derson, Archie Kerr. Third-Essie Beattie, Maggie Beattie, Robert Wright. Senior Second -Magee Murdie, Wm. Kerr, Wil - more Scott. J-unior Second -Louie Beattie, Lillie Scott, Andrew Calder. Part Second Harold Lawrence and Elizabeth Wright. A TERRIBLE MALADY. -That terrible malady which has been raging in the town- ship for the past nine months, shows no sign of abatement, and is more destructive than the cholera, yet appears to affect those in single life, and two are always affected at the same time. Sometimes due resides in a dif- ferent locality, and in some cases it ends in measles. The difference between it and other diseases to which human beiogf3 are subject is, that clergymen can cure better than doctore. A number of our school teachers have to resign their positions on account of its ravages, and even the council has been subject to its effacts. It is known as matrimonial fever, and is not likel§ to abate while a marriageable person remains. -COM. COUNCIL MEETING,-COIMOil met in Craw - ford's hotel, Dublin, on Monday, June 26th, as a Court of Revision. A few names were added to the roll as farmers' sons, and some changes were made, when the roll was pass- ed as corrected and revised. Council met at the close of the Court of Revision, when a by-law was passed for the treas- urer to lend, out of the munici- pal fund, to the trustees of the Ro- man Catholic separate school, on their note, $50, at six per cent interest, also to trustees of public school No. 8, on their note, $200, at six per cent, Accounts were passed and cheques given for $253.54. The Reeve, Mr. Manley and the Treasurer were authorized to see what terms could be got with the Dominion Bank, and, if satisfactory, to transfer the township account. Council ad- journed to meet in the Queen's hotel, Sea. - forth, on Saturday, July 15th, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. DO3MTION DAY Pmeie.-The annual pic- nic of old friends, neighbors and schoolmates in the notion to the smith and east of Win- throp, was held this year in Mr. George Dorrance's grove. TheriOwas a goodly at- tendance, and the day being fair and sunny the afternoon's rest on the green turf in the shade of the leafy oaks and maples Was greatly enjoyed by all present. About 6 o'clock refreshments were served by the la- dies, and we may remark right here that this was no insignificant part of the pro- gramme, as the emptiness of the baskets in comparison with their previous filled up and pressed down condition cleerly testified. The grinding performance appeared to have a magical influence, on the gentlemen espec- ially, as all seemed to have an inspiretion of activity, and immediately games of varieue sorts were set on foot, including tag of war, foot ball, races, etc., which lasted till sun- down, when an adjournment was made to the house. Mr. and Mrs. Dorrence, with genuine kindness and hospitality, welcomed and pleasantly entertained all. A chair- man was chosen, and a programme of Exeter. THE GREENSLADE CASE. -Considerable interest wae manifested in the cue of Greenslade vs. Berry, which came up for preliminary hearing before Magistrstes Snell and Buchanan on Monday and Tues- day. The parties to the suit live in nay townehip and the tase arises out of ie letter which was sent Mr. Greenslade two years ago, threatening his life. A detective from Chicago, who happened to be visiting in the neighborhood this spring, took up the esee and fixed on John Berry, a neighbor, u the guilty party . A complaint was laid in Exeter and this preliminary trial WAS the result. The prosecution bases its case on the similarity of the handwriting of the original letter and of various samples of Mr. Berry's penmanship which they have in their possession. Mr. R. H. Collin', of Exeter, is acting far Mr, Greenslade and Messrs. L. H. Dickson and W. CABISIVA Smith for Mr. Berry. The magistrate', after hearing all the evidence committed Mr. Berry for trial. The evidence of the Detective, though entirely circumstantisle was such that they could scarcely do other- wise, although Mr. Berry protests his inno- eceandsieystnodporonvfauirtt.her hearing may be able BRIEFLETS.-MeSM. W. E. Browning, H. F. Kinsman and Frank Lutz, of this place, attended the Bicycle Tournament it Sarnia on Saturday and Monday last. -A, great number of our villagers spent the 1st of JulY at Grand Bend, while others took in the strawberry festival at Centralia. -The Rev. W, H, Butt, of Centralia, paid his old friends and relatives here a visit on Friday last, -Miss Hannah Butt, of Kippen, visiting friends here. -Mrs. Mary Fisher and daughter, Huron street, are spending few days visiting at Mitchell. -Mr. S. Pero hale, of Waterloo, is visiting relatives in and around this place. -Messrs. Bra.und It Company, f the north end carriage works, succeeded in selling several hundred dol- lars' worth of buggies and wagons on Thurs- day and Friday holt, which they have re- cently manufactured. A-aiong the number sold was a very fine oil finished Gear buggy purchiseed by Mrs. Pratt Fisher, of Huron street, which cost a fine sum. -Mr. H. J, Glanville and wife, and Mies Mary A. Ching intend taking in the excursion to Mardtdb* on Tuesday next. They go by the Canadian Pacific Railway and purchased their tickets from the town ticket agent, W. J. 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