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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-05-09, Page 44 THE. MORON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Ur The figure between the parenthesis after _each line denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. Bn11 for Service—Neil McDonald. (5) Wall -Paper [3]--C. W. Papst. (8) Advice—L V. Fear. (6) By Carriages—C. W. Pend. (5) Dental Card—T. W. Tweddle. (5) "Type-Writing—Shorthand School. (8) Notice—John C. Morrison. (5) "In Darkest Africa "—Presbyterian News Co.(6) Notice of Dissolution—Happel 8s Cleghorn. (6) Flowers—W. N. ?clothes. (8) Wanted—May Brothers. (8) Carriages, &c.—John Dorsey. (6) Shoes—H. F. Edwards. (8) Intelligent People—Wm. Pickard. (5) An Open Letter—Jackson Bros. (6) Court of Revision—S. Smillie. (6) Cricket Club Meeting. (8) For Sale—A. W. vgilvie ft Co. (8) Notice --W. J. Fear. (8)‘\ rt,einiocen txpogiter. SEAFORIII, FRIDAY, May 2, 1890 South Huron. As will be seen by the report of the proceedings of the South Huron Con- servative Convention, held at Hensall on Tuesday last, Mr. J. G. Holmes, a Toronto lawyer, received the unanimous nomination of the convention. What particular claims Mr. Holmes has upon South Huron, or what he has ever done to entitle him to the honor of represent- ing this constitueney in Parliament, we are not yet informed. We presume, however, if he is willing to be sacrificed, no other person has a right to object. When the Conservatives of South Huron twice failed in electing a gentleman of the acknowledged worth and ability of Mr. George Jackson, it is not likely that an unknown limb of the law from Toronto will have much show. East Huron. Ile- political campaign in this Riding has fairly commenced. We understand that Mr. Gibson has been holding a series of meetings in flowick durini the present week. He will be in Elullett next week, commencing at Harlock on Monday evening. Mr. Musgrave the - Conservative candidate, is also in the field, having sufficiently recovered from his recent throat affection to permit of Ms eesuming his political career. We do not think that either himself or his friends have any hope that he will be elected. It will not do, however, for Reformers to lull themselves into a feel- ing of false security. They have the matter pretty much in their own hands, but lethargy, superinduced by over- confidence, may land them in defeat. Mr. Musgrave is, by no means, a candi- date to be despised. His weakest point, aside from his principles, or rather lack of principles, is his 46newness." He is almost a stranger in the Riding. This, hav/ever, he will overcome Co a large extent before eleetion day. He is a good and plausible speaker, and has many qualities calculated to popularise him with the people and, in fact, where known is personally popular with all classes. With a less able and popular opponent, therefore, he would be a rather formidable rival, and even as it is, it will, not do for Reformers to des- pise his opposition. They must be up and doing. Let them rally around their old, true and tried friend and represen- tative, Honest Thomas Gibson, and with the odds so much in their favor at the commencement, they can elect him by a much larger majority than they have ever given him before. The Poor Man's Friends. Our good friends of the Conservative party never weary in pluming them- selves as the special friends of the poor man. An incident in the Dominion Parliament the other day is only one among many that could be given to show how very far astray this claim of the Conservative party is. Of the dis- cussion of the Government Bill making amendment to the Franchise Act the following report is given: "Mr. Brien moved in amendment that the bill be referred back to Com- mittee of the Whole to reduce the in- come qualification from $300 to $250. Mr. Brien presented the plain facts of the case that many men (keno team $1 a day, and of those who do there are many who do not put ;n 300 full days in the year. These people are deprived of the right of voting by making the quali- fication $300 a year. Whereas most of them would be admitted under a $250 franchise. In his own county the Doctor found 200 men excluded under the present law who would be admitted under the lower franchise. Sir John Macdonald declared it a waste of time to discuss the question. He contended that the franchise was low enough already, and called upon his followers to vote down the amendment." The amendment was voted down accordingly; as Sir John Macdonald's followers in Parliament never disobey his orders. It- would he worth while for the poor men to contrast the contemptuous manner in which they are treated by the Dominion Premier and his followers with the treatment meted out to them by the Premier of Ontario, Hon. Oliver Mowat. Sir John Mac- donald thinks the qualification of a voter low enough at pm) a year and any who unfortunatly can not swear that they are earning that sum are, in his estimation, not worthy of consideration. In his own words it is a waste of time to discuss" their case. Mr. Mowat on the other hand, has not only given time to the consideration of their case, but has given them the right to vote, a right which they are justly and equita- bly entitled to. The Ontario Frandhise Act, gives to every Cahadian subject who is over 21 years of age and wtio is not a criminal, be he rich or poor, Itlack or white, the right to exercise the teen- chise. In the view of the Ontario Premier, the length of a man's purse is not the proper criterion for the rights of citizenship, whereas the Dominion Premier seems still to adhere this antiquated theory. Sir John is the poor man's friend at election times only. Hon. A. M. Ross' Successor. As will be seen by the report of pro- ceedings of the West Huron ReformCon- vention held last Monday., at GOderich, the choice fell upon Mr. J. T. Garrow, the well-known Barrister of „that, town. Much regret was expressed both -Public- ly and privately at the retirement of Hon. A. M. Ross, but be had the full sympathy of the Convention in the mo- tives which had prompted this action, while the reception giVen him by the Convention- shows that het possesses a very warm place in the affeetions of the Reformers of West Huron. The Convention was one of the larg- est, moat enthusiastic and most har. monious we have ever attended. While, no doubt, the Several delegates had their own choice as to candidates, all seemed anitnated wag one spirit to cheer- fully acquiescein what might be con- sidered best in the interests of the whole party by the majority, and no sooner was the contest ended than the friends of the unsuccessful candidates seemed as enthusiistically in favor of the ehoice of the Convention as those who had sup- ported him throughout. Mr. Garrow, although comparatively new to politics, is a gentleman of. whom any party might be proud as a candidate; and if elected, as he no doubt will be, he will be a valuable acquisition to the Legislature and will, we have every confidence, distinguish himself in poli- tics as he has done in his profession. The Reformers of West Huron have a good candidate and a -good cause,and the only thing that can endanger their success, no matter who their opponent may be, is a feeling of over confidence. —At the Conservative Convention on Wednesday Mr. J. M. Roberts, of Dun- gannon, was Unanimously chosen as the Conservative candidate. He is probably t he strongest man that could be put in the field on that side. ACCORDING to the official figures there has been expended by the Mowat Gov- ernment during the past 19 years, from 1871 to 1889, on behalf of the several counties of the Province,the wrier* liberal sum of $18,226,711. Of this amount the County of Huron received 066,629. This was divided as follows: Lunatic asylums, $169,154; Central Prison,' $5,185; Reformatory for boys, $6,601 ; Blind Institution, $16,978; Deaf and Dumb Institution, $35,666; Public, Separate and High Schools, $219,409; Administration of Justice, $51,155 ; 'Agricultural Societies, $37,099; Mechan- ics' Institutes, $25,382. The amounts set down for the public institutions, show the:cost connected with the inmates that have been sent from this county. The grants for Education, Administra- tion of Justice, &c., are amounts which have been paid directly from the Pro- vincial Tteasury to the Treasurer of the County. To these amounts should be added the amount returned under the Municipal Loan Fund distribution. to the advisability of distributing thei Provincial Funds in this way among the people who own them we leave our read- ers to judge for themselves. THE Dundas Banner remarks : "The funny thing about the Equal Rights candidates is that they are all Conserva- tives. These men know that they can- not beat Mr. Mowat in a square con- test, having tried it several times and failed, and now they are trying to sneak into office under the cloak of Equal Rights. But the cloak is too short. It is like the case of the man who assured the grocer that he firmly believed that honesty was the best policy and that he wouldn't steal anything, for the werld. Then the grocer advised him, next time he stole a codfish, either to take a shorter one or wear a longer coat. ' TEE Conservatives of North Went- worth have selected Mr. W. A. Maclean, • Editor of the Toronto World, as their candidate in opposition to Dr. Mc- Mahon, who has represented the con- stituency for many years. If we are to judge Mr. Maclean by his convention speech, as reported in the Toronto Em- pire, we would say that if the people of North Wentworth want as their repre- sentative the champion prevaricator of the universe they can not go very far astray in electing Mr. Maclean. MR. MEREDITH is reported to have stated at a meeting of Conservatives .in London the other night "that 'Hon. G. "W. Ross and Hon. Mr. Drury were "about to be defeated, and he further "asserted that fear of defeat was the " sole reason for the retirement of Hon. "A. M. Roes from public life." If Mr. Meredith is not misrepresented, we are inclined to think he was drawing a long bow and was simply feeding his friends on "chaff" to keep up their spirits. If Mr. Meredith's statement is as far astray in reference to Mr. G. W. Ross and Mr. Drury as it is in the case of Mr. A. M. Rokeit has not much foundation in fact, as there is not an elector in West Huron who is not perfectly aware Of the fact that had Hon. A. M. Ross' consent- ed to contest that constituency again he would be re-elected by the largest vote ever given him, if not by acclamation, of which there Was every probability. FROM THE CAPITAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) lYrrAwe, May ith, 1890. John Charles Rykert has resigned his place as a Merriber of Parliament, and has gone back to St. Catharines declar- ing that he will come back to the House when the election is brought on en- dorsed by a large majority of his con- stituents. He handed in his resignation just in time, for to -morrow the House will adopt unanimously a report already adopted unanimously by the Committee on Privileges and Elections, declaring that the charges against Rykert were true, and that his conduct in connection with the Cypress Hills Timber Limit was "discreditable, corrupt and scandal - ms." -The chances of Mr. Rykert actually coming back to the House are being actively canvassed among the members of the House of Commons. It seems impossible that Lincoln can be in- duced to return a man officially declared to be a boodler. Even if the Conserva- tives should be so foolish as to give him the nomination, there must be enough thonest men in the constituency to pre- vent his election. The fact that he was returned at last election by a majority of 500 when he was nore than suspected of being a boodler is an indication, how- ever, that Lincoln is by no means an ordinary constituency, and that the' fact of a map being corrupt does not neces- sarily bar him from the confidence of the electors there. There is no sympathy for Rykert here on either side of the House. The Liberals have been after his scalp for years, and the Tories feel that he has brought them into the dis- grace which attaches to the criminal who has been found out. The fact that he has actually been convicted has given the Liberals renewed hope of cleaning out the corruption which festers in the House of Commons to the disgrace of the whole country. There are other cases, which, on the face, seem to be as bad as that of Ry- kert, and it will be the business of the decent men in the House to see that they are investigated. One of the firet of these to attract attention must be the case of Hon. Thos. McGreevy, M.• P. for Quebec West'. His case is somewhat -the same as that of Mr. Rykert in that the tharges are brought against him with all the greater force because there has been is falling out between him and those who claim to have been his part- ners in guilt. The changes appear in Le Canadien, a Conservative eigan in Quebec, and are to the effect that in numerous contracts he has received large sums for his influence with the Domin- ion Government in order that favored contractors might get exorbitant prices for the work. The contractors in this case worked ander the firm name of Larkin, Connolly & Co., and one of the members of that firm is Mr. R. H. Mc- Greevy, brother of the accused M. P. Charges are made in other papers that a large share of this money went- to Sir Hector Langevin for use in election con- tests. Mr. McGreevy has promptly re- torted by charging his detractors with criminal libel. The public have a right to know whether their money has been used in the manner charged, and a com- mittee should be appointed with power to continue the investigation after the session in order that the facts may be made known as soon as tpossible. The.delegates from Nitwfoundland are here to -day. They are to interview the Government to- morrow. Their object is to gain the sympathy of Canada in a strong protest which the island is now making against the recent concessions to the French fishermen. The difficulty arises out of an interpretation of the 'treaty of Utrecht of 1713 alleged to be too favorable to France. Under that treaty the French ceded Newfoundlend to Britain, but retained the right to her fishermen to catch and dry fiah on the coast from Cape Bonavista to the north- ern point of the island, and thence down the west coast to Point Riche. There have been modifications of the treaty from time to time, and now the extra- ordinary claim is made by the French and admitted under a modus vivendi lately negotiated that on any part of the coast on which the French enjoy privi- leges, those privileges are exclusive, so far as they are used. Thus if an Eng- lishman makes an establishment of any kind on the coast affected by the treaty "it French man may oust him by simply claiming that he wants to dry his fish there. This is the main grievance, but there are others. The2 islanders have sent a delegation of their best men to England to enter a solemn protest against the present arrangement. It is not impossible that negotiations looking to the entrance of Newfoundland into Confederation may be begun. Sir John Macdonald would very much like -some- thing of that kind, for he could, with the prestige and power of his Government, secure the support of all the representa- tives of the new Province ,which would make him "solid" against the strong protest that the older provinces are now ready to enter against his extravagant and incapable rule. The progress of worIF in Parliament is dreadfully slow considering the lateness of the session. The fact is that the Gov- ernment is not ready with its business. There it a hitch in, the arrangement of the supplementary estimates, and an- other and greater one in the arrange- ment of the railway subsidies. It being generally known that the Government has a surplus, and that a general elec- tion is not very far off, the applicants for such favors as the supplementary estimates generally show and for -rail- way subsidies grow more numerous every day. It is no small matter to compose all the differences and make division of the money that will be satis- factory to all concerned. And while this is being done the House has to go slow. Ueually at this' stage of the ses- sion the rule is to have late sittings every night, to sit on Saturday as on any other day, and generally to rush business through at the greatest speed. Bat there is really nothing to do to -day except formal business and the further consideration of the Banking Bill. ' The general expectation is that the supple- mentary estimates will be down to -mor- row, and the railway subsidies a day or two later. The delay makes it will certain that the House will not close this week, and there are not want - Ing those who predict two, and even three weeks longer. Already the House has been in session longer than usual. The contest in the city for the Local House has great possibilities of excite- ment in it. The present member, Mr. Bronson, is a sound Liberal and a promi- nent man in business and religious cir- cles. His return at the last general election was something of a surprise, but the course of himself and of the Government which he supports has gained him auch etrength, that he is now regarded as by all odds the strongest man in the city on either or any side of politics. On the other band Mr. Mere- dith's course has not merely alienated the support of Roman Catholics, but has secured for the Conservative Party their cordial opposition. But the attacke made upon Mr. Mowat's Government and the progress of the Equal Rights movement has embittered a number of English Protestants against the Liber- als. The result of this is that the other - evening the Equal Righters nominated for the Local House, Mr. D. Donaldson, a prominent merchant and a man ofhigh character. Mr. Donaldson's antecedents are Conservative, and he will go into this fight with the greatest good will. The Liberals will run Mr. Bronson— that is practically settled, though Mr. Bronson expresses a ,strong preference for a quiet life at home to the continu- ance of hard work in the Legislature. The Tories are in very bad shape, and they do not know what it is best to do. Many of the bestamen among them are in favor of doing nothing at all in this election as a party. Some want • to bring out some working man as a labor candidate. There is no danger that they will have anything to do with the Equal Rights candidate, for the Mere- dith game seems to be to run pro -Equal Rights in the western part of the Pro- vince and anti -Equal Rights east of Kingston where the French and Catho- lic vote is pretty strong. It is hardly, possible. ,that with a whole month of campaigning ahead this pretty little trick will not be found out On the whole the prospects for the Conservatives in Ot- tawa are not particularly bright. News of the Week. STJKING WORKMEN. —It is estimated that ,000 workmen are on strike in Germ ny. SAL ONS CLOSED.—All the saloons in Sou)k Dakota have closed up in-obedi- e e to the prohibitory enactment. DIED. —Robert Fleury, the French painter, is dead, aged 93. DEATH OF AN AGED SCIENTIST.—Dr. Ryland T. Brown, one of the best known scientists in Indiana, died Fri- day at Indianapolis in his 83rd year. UNFAITHFUL TO HIS TRUST., --County Treasurer J. E. Murray, of Aiken,South Carolina, is short in his accounts from $17,000 -to $18,000. DECEASED MINISTER. —Rev. William Barnes, who preached the funeral ser- mon of Daniel Webs: er, died at Jack- sonville, Illinois, Saturday, aged 74. WELCOME SNOW. —A snowstorm pre- vailed in Minnesota, Wisconsin' and Da- kota Sunday, and is looked upon there as an augury of good crops. . •.•- FOREST Frnss IN MINNESOTA. —Mil- lions of feet of pine have been destroyed in the past few days near Red Lake, Minnesota, by forest fires. SUDDEN DEATH. —Mrs. Kate Harper, wife of Wm. A. Harper, of the firm of Harper & Co., book publishers, and daughter of Col. Beecher, son of the late Henry Ward Beecher, died suddenly Friday from a rupture of the heart. ONE OF THOSE PLEASING EVENTS.— James Sevial, aged 101, and Mrs Amy Terrence, aged 83, were married at Laurel Forks, West Virginia, on Satur- day. IMMERSED.—The first public baptism in Boston for nearly fifty years took place on Sunday, when six women were immersed by the Canadian Adventists. FOUR CHILDREN SILLED.—At Hast- ings, England, Saturday, a runaway horse dashed into a van in which 40 little children from one of the Bernardo Homes were taking an airing, killing four and wounding ten. . CHINESE BuRIAL SERVICE. —Young Chee Yung, a Chinese physician, was buried Monday in New York with all the honors of Chinese Masonry. He had lived up to the highest Mongolian idea of what a Mason should be. Two thousand celestials followed the hearse to the cemetery. THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTRIC LIGHi.—The most Powerful Electric light in the world is said to be one at the Honsthohn lighthouse on the dan- gerous coast of Jutland. It is of 2,000,- 000 candle power, and is visible forty miles. - NEW STYLE OF SMUGGLING.—A raid on an opium den in Chicago the other night disclosed the fact that lemon rinds are used for smuggling the drug into the country. The lemon is opened, the seeds extracted and opium inserted,after which the rind is so adroitly sealed as to escape detection. • VALUABLE PICTURE LOST.—The War- ing collection of paintings_ is on exhibi- tion at Chicago. Among _the works is a little picture, "The Ragpickers," by J. Bufferdinger, of Munich, valued at $1,000. It stood on an easel near the front of the gallery, and Tuesday it mysteriously disappeared, supposed to be stolen. BARON HAMMOND DEAD.—Edmond Hammond, the first Baron Hammond, is dead. He was 88 years -old. His public services covered a period of 50 years—for 20 years he occupied the office • of Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. His father, G-eorge Hammond, was the first Minister from Great Bri- tain to the United States. With the death of Baron Hammond the title be- comes extinct. —The regular annual meeting of the East Huron Teachers' Association will be held in Seaforth on Thursday and Friday, May 22nd and 23rd, when the following programme will be presented : Composition, Mr. J. Dearness, Inspector Public Schools of East Middlesex; Division of decimal and vulgar fractions (with class), Mr. Lough; Song, Miss Killoran's class: Temperance and Hy- giene, Mr. Dearness ;* Reading, Miss Struthers; Time -Saving Methods,; Mr. D. McFadyen ; Music (with class), Miss Helyar ; Recitation, Mr. W. G. Duff; Attention and Memory, Mr. Dearness: Song, Miss Killoran's class ; Literature, Mr. D. Johnston; Recitation, Mr. W. MoTaggart ; Talk on Drawing, Mr. Dearness ; Tressurer's report and elec- tion of officers. ,On Thursday evening a public meeting will be held in Cardno's Hall at which Mr. Dearness will deliver an address on "Music." A good pro- gramme of a musical and literary char- acter is also being prepared for the oc- casion by the Seaforth teachers. Political Pointers. THE PROVINCIAL EINANCES. Mr. James Somerville, M. P., speak ing at the Hamilton Liberal banquet, congratulated the Province of Ontario on its financial position. He said "it was a grand thing, that of all the states of the civilized world, the fine little Pro- vince of Ontario was the only one that was entirely free from debt," and that excellent position for "the fine little Province"is due entirely to the fact that the affairs have been administered by a careful and economical Government. OF INTEREST TO TEMPERANCE PEOPLE. The last issue of the Good Templar, the official organ in Canada of the Inde- pendent Order of Good Templars, has this piece of sound advice for Temper- ance people :—" The amendments to the License Act, introduced into the Ontario Legislature by the Mowat Government, passed its third reading without any material change, although(earnest efforts were made by the Opposition to impair its usefulness by useless 'amendments, contrary to the well-known wishes of the temperance people. The act, however, is now law, and it remains with the Gov- ernment to look to the enforcement of the same. A general election is expect. ed in June, and it will become the duty of the temperance people to see that the Government which made the act is sus- tained, in order that it may be properly enforced. THE NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. The Toronto Telegram, an Indepen- dent Conservative newspaper, says: "Hon. C. F. Fraser is fortified against effective attacks upon his dealings with the question of erecting new Parliament buildings. The Government supported an outlay that is barely sufficient to satisfy the requirements and keep up the dignity of the Province. The Minister of Public Works is seeing that the Pro- vince gets value for every cent it spends. The country is not being cheated, and when the opposition cannot boldly impute wrong to the Hon. Mr. Fraser it is un- fair to declaim against an expenditure that was wholly unavoidable. As to the architect, the Government acted up- on its judgment of what was right. Po- litical interest would have dictated the choice of a native Canadian to originate isnd execute designs for the new legis- lative building. The Government puts aside every consideration but that of fit- ness, and did not allow the unpopular- ity of its course to deter it froak doing what was right. REV. DR.' CASTLE'S OPINION OF , MR. MOWAT. It is charged against Mr. Mowat that his government is more favorable to the Roman Catholics than any other de- nomination, but . even his opponents know this charge to be untrue, and made only for political effect. The words of Rev. Dr. Castle, principal of Toronto R. east College, are worthy of consideration by all. In a public ad- dress he used this language: "1 have looked upon thecourse of the Premier of this province with the highest satis- faction. It has seemild to me a most delightful thing that throughmit the length and breadth of this land we could look to him who has the controlling posi- tion and feel that we had in that posi- tion an honest man, a capable man, a pure man, a Christian man. And one of the mysteries of iniquity is how it can be possible for Christian ministers to lend themselves to the tricks of party for the sake of hurling from office a Christian statesman of whom we are all proud. I hope it will be found that those who are prepared to take all the risk, and it is a terrible risk—of exciting religious bigotry in the community, and of stirring into flames fires whidh were smouldering in their ashes-, causing those fires to blaze forth once more, assuming the awful responsibility involved in fainting into freeh flames the embers of bigotry, and, taking that risk . and as- suming that responsibility for political effect, will .have so far defeated them- selves that there shall go out a voice, declaring, down henceforth and forever with thoee who would resort to such a means of gaining political advantage. Mr. Chairman I desire to offer a motion to the effect that this meeting rejoices to acknowledge with thanks that under the administration -of Hon-. OLIVER MOWAT ALL DENOMINATIONS AND CREEDS HAVE HAD IMPARTIAL JUSTICE." Mr. Mowat's government merits, on all issues, the eupport of the people' of this province, apd when the appealis made to the people, they are likely to return him by as large a majority as ever. Huron Notes. — Mr. Hugh Ross, of East Wawanosh, sold a fine mare to Mr. Lucas, of Cal- gary, for $250. — Mr. Michael' Swance, of Colborne, has a lamb which at birth weighed 23 pounds. Can a larger lamb at the age be found? If so, where? —Wm. Cameron and family, of Mor- ris, have removed to Nova Scotia, where they purpose making their home if the country agrees with them. —Mr. James Lillico, late of the 10th concession of Turnberry, who removed to Manitoba about two weeks age, died very suddenly before unloading his goods from the car. — Mr. George Smith, of the llth con- cession of McKillop, has purchased a bush farm of fifty acres on the same concession, from his father, Mr. Samuel Smith. Mr. E. N. Lewis, of Goderich, has sold the corner lot back of the roller rink in that town, to the Salvation Army for $400. The new owners pur- pose erecting a brick barracks thereon. —Mr. J. J. Fisher, of the Maitland concession, Colborne, a few days ago met with an accident that might have proved serious. He had a colt that he had driven two or three times hitched with an old mare to a wagon doing some work in a field. The colt got frightened and started the mare, both made a jump, when the tongue of the wagon fell down and ran into the ground, throwing the wagon bottom side up. Parties who saw Mr. Maher said he was thrown ten or fifteen feet in the air. The traystery is how he elicit; ped with only a scratch on one of hia hands and was able to take the team and go onwith his work. --Joseph Whelpton has disposed of his farm, west of Ethel, to D. W. Dunbar, for the sum of $2,950. In all probabil- ity Mr. Whelpton will go out west, either to British Columbia or Washing- ton Territory. —The other evening Miss Millie Ver- ity, of Exeter, met with a bad accident. She was about to open the front door when she tripped, and her arm going through a pane of glass it was cut severely, several of the arteries being severed. —On Sunday morning of last week Mr. Samuel Parsons, of Exeter, was somewhat surprised upon going to his stable to find one of his most valuable horses lying with its leg broken. How the accident occurred is a mystery. The animal had to be shot. —Mr. and Mrs. John Ford returned home from Exeter one day last week, and when he got out to open the gate, the colt he was driving turned around, upsetting the buggy on Mrs. 'Ford, do- ing her some injury, also smashing the buggy to atoms. —After an illness of about ten weeks, a daughter of Mr. Thomas Mogridge' of the llth concession of Hullett, diedon Sunday, at the age of 19 years. She was a fine., young person, and her recov- ery had been looked for, so that her death is a sad blow to the parents. —Dr. Brawn, of Wroxeter, while driv- ing about two miles north of Wroxeter one evening lately, was nearly run over by a runaway horse. The occupants of the rig were upset out over a high bank, but fortunately no one was injured. —Some time between Saturday even- ing and Monday morning of last week the Wingham school house was burglar- iously entered, and a quantity of books stolen. The school board are offering a reward of $25 for the apprehension and conviction of the guilty parties. —A man by the name of Smith, of Morris, who had the misfortune to cut his foot with an axe, has been danger- ously ill during the past week. Pieces of bone have been removed from the injured member and fears are entertain- ed that the foot may have to be ampu- tated to save the patient's life. —A stallion belonging to Mr. Gofton, of Wroxeter, had a narrow escape from being burned alive on Friday of last week, at a farm where he was remaining over night. The barn took fire about seven o'clock in the morning, and it was only after the third attempt that they were successful in saving the horse. His second horse and rig were consumed by the flames. —Miss Maggie Spicer, daughter of David Spicer, of Exeter, met with a painful and severe scalding on Tuesday of last week. It appears she was remov- ing a boiler of hot water from the stove and was about to step over a dog which was lying on the door, when it suddenly arose, tripping and causing her to fall, spilling the contents over herself, and scalding one side of her face, breast and arm severely. —On returning from the funeral of Master Wesley Kestle, on Monday last week, Mr. S. Sanders and wife, of Step- hen, met with what might have been a serious accident. On turning the cor- ner at Mr. Wm. Dearing's the horse was going a littletoo fast and the occupants of the buggy were thrown out. Mrs. Sanders fortunately escaped unhurt, but Mr. Sanders received a severe cut on the, face. —On Friday night of last week one of Mr. Wm. Black's teams was standing at the Canadian Pacific station, Wingham, attached to the baggage wagon. When the 8 o'clock freight' came in they be- came frightened and ran away. After leaving the station yard they ran down John street and turned down the Diag- onal road, and were not caught till they reached Bluevale. Nothing was broken, and the team was brought back, looking none the worse for tbeir long ran. —A meeting to reorganize the Brus- sels cricket olnb was held at the Ameri- can hotel, in that place, on Friday even- ing of last week. The following office bearers were chosen for the ensuing year :—President, Harry Dennis; Vice - President, J. N. Kendall; Secretary - Treasurer, James T. Ross; Committee of Management, H. Dennis, J. N. Ken- dall, J. T. Ross, E. E. Wade, Rev. W. T. Cluff, F. S. Scott and George Thom- son; Canvassing Committee, Messrs. Dennis and Wade. —A farmer brought the barrel of a shot -gun to Clinton the other day to have a rusty and broken nipple removed. The owner was positive the piece was not loaded, and the blacksmith put the butt of the barrel in the fire. In a mo- ment or two a thunderous "bang" was heard and the contents of the barrel dis- charged. It was powder and wadding only, and no one was hurt. This is. an- other warning ; always handle fire -arms as though they were loaded. —On Tuesday of last week, a span of horses attached to a buggy, was stand- ing in front of Mrs. Herdsman's milli- nery store, Wingham, when a boy pass- ed with a land -roller which frightened the horses and they made a break for home, striking the doubletree against -a post and throwing out the occupants, Mrs. McCoy and a boy. The lady re- ceived a severe fracture of the wrist, something worse than a break, but no serious consequences are anticipated. The horses and rig belong to Mr. Tis- dale, of West Wawanosh. —A decision of some interest to a good many in this county was given last week by Judge Rose before one of the High Courts in Toronto. It wee on an appeal from the decision of the County Court in the case of Stretton vs. Holmes, tried at Goderich last fall. All the par- ties to the suit belong to Brussels. The particulars are as follows: The defend- ant, Thomas G. Holmes is a physician, and the defendant George A. Deadman, a druggist, both of Brussels. The de- fendant Holmes prescribed for the plaintiff, Mrs. J. Stretton, jr., who was ill. One of the ingredients of the pre- scription was hydrochloric acid. The plaintiff sent the prescription to the de- fendant Deadman's store. On it was written " Chg. to T. 0. H.," by which was meant that the druggigt should charge the mixture to the doctor, which was done. The doctor charged his fee' and was paid by the plaintiff's husband. This fee included the charge for the mixture. In compounding it the drug- gist's clerk by mistake put in hydrocy- anic (prussic) acid, instead of hydro- chloric acid ; and this was administered to the plaintiff, who suffered somewhat severely either from the fright or the effects of the poison. The statement of claim charged that the defendants did not eercise reasonable and proper Ore, MAY 9, 189& and were guilty of gross negligence and want of professional care and skill. TU . -- jury found that the plaintiff, auffereel injury, but the effect was merely tem_ pomp, and they assessed the damages at $100. The learned Judge now sieve judgment holding that the defendant, Holmes, was 4uilty of no negligence, that his prescription was properly pea. pared and every act of his was done with due care; that he was no more guilty of negligence than if he had gone to the drug store and purchased for the plain- tiff a bottle of any prepared mature which to all appearance was properly prepared. He holds, however, that the defendant Deadman is liable, pointing out that the person for whom the mix- ture was required was known—for the prescription had written on its face " Mrs. John Stretton." Judgment against the defendant Deadman for $1001 and dismissing the defendant Holmes. The learned Judge is further of opinion that the plaintiff should not have full costs; and, acting upon a suggestion merle by counsel for the defendants at the trial, he orders' that there be no caste to any of the parties. —A legal discussion of sorne local in- terest was given in the ceurt of Queen's Bench, Toronto, a few days ago, by Mr, Juetice Street :—Gibbons v. McDonald. —Judgment in action tried Without s jury at Goderich on 1st April, 1890. The plaintiff is the assignee under Re- vised Statute of Ontario, chapter 124, of Andrew Morrison, a farmer, under an assignment fon the benefit of creditors, and the action was brought to set aside as a perference a mortgage for We made by Andrew Morrison to the de- fendant McDonald upon the farm of the mortgagor. The mortgage had been assigned before action by McDonald to the defendant Heffernan and the de- fendant at the trial asked leave to claim from McDonald the proceeds of the sale of the mortgage in case it should be held to be a sale which could not be im- peached. The learned judge now statee that upon his own view of the meaning of Revised Statute of Ontario, chapter 124, section 2, he would have held the mortgage to be void se being a transfer, having the effect of giving to McDonald a prefer- ence over the other creditors of the mortgagor. He conceives, however, that he is bound to decide otherwise by reason of the construction placed upon this and the 3rd section of the At by the unanimous judgment of the Court of Appeal in Johnston v. Hope (not yet repo' :d), the effect of which is that unlee notice of the insolvency of the trantierer is brought home to the trans- feree, the transfer is not avoided, even though its effect may be to give ene creditor a preference over the other. Action dismissed with costs. Hills Green. NOTES.—Mr. John Cochrane, 131'.* though not altogether well, is able to be up ,and attend to his business.—Mr. James Holden is still confined to his house and small hopes are entertained for his recovery.—Mr. Geo. Brown, teacher in section No. 3, Hay, owing to ill health intends giving up at mid -sum- mer and going out west to see his brother who is also in the teaching pro- fession there.—Our local sporting fraternity are now out practising every evening and we predict a bountiful har- vest of prizes on the evening of the Queen's Birthday.—Mr. Isaac jarrott's horses which ran away with the harrows last week will take some time before they will do any more work as their in- juries are wore than were at first thought. }Myth. Num.—Mr. Watson is doing a brisk business in cattle this spring. Re- shipped three carloads to Montreal on Saturday.—Mr. David Dorrance, the well known pork packer of Ontario, has cured a large stock of very fine pork for Messrs. McKinnon & McMillan this season. Mr. Dorrance says it is as good a lot as he ever handled.—It is said a Court of the Independent Order of Foresters is to be organized here short- ly.—Rev. Mr. Scott, of Wingham,. is to preaeh in the Methodist church here on Sunday next.—The firemen are practising for the tarnatnent at Wingham on Queen's Birthday. We expect them to carry off a good, prize.—The Court of Revision will be held on the evening of the 23rd. There are not many appettle.--70n Friday a child of Mr. Hamond, station agent, whiist playing in a field was kicked on the forehead by a horse that was running around loose. A doctor was, sent for - and had to put four stitches into the wounded parts. We understand the little fellow is progressing favorably. South Huron Conservatives. The following report of the South Huron Conservative Convention, held at Hensall on Tuesday last, we take from the Toronto Empire. Our read- ers can believe as much of the conclud- ing paragraph as they feel disposed to. The report proceeds: The meeting was opened by the presi- dent, Mr. John Torrance, who. in a short address pointed out the objecte of the meeting. The following gentlemen were nomin- ated : J. G. Elolmes, Toronto'T. B. Carling, Exeter G. E. Cresswell, Tuckersmith : Eilber, Crediton; John Torrance, Stanley;; Dr. Rollins, Exeter; G. E.. Jackson, Egmondvilie' - J. Beacom, Goderich township; R. Wilson, Seaforth. The various nominees made eloquent and enthusiastic addresses, in which the Mowat Government was handled with- out gloves. The banner of justice,truth and morality was waved by each speak- er. All the speakers expressed the greatest confidence in the favorable re- sult of the approaching election. Equal rights to all, exclusive privilege to none, was the tenor of the many speeches. Some Reformers were present, who have declared themselves in favor of the plat- forrn of W. R. Meredith. The greatest of enthusiasm prevailed. The selection of a candidate out of so many worthy nominees WM a matter of some difficulty. It waie finally' decided, by the unanimous vote of the conven- tion, that Mr. J. G. Holmes, of Toronto: fitte& the harness best,and was the inan above all to carry the Meredith -colors to victory. Great consternation pervades the Re- form camp. The oandidature of Mr. Holmes has fallen like a bomb upon them. He will be supported by the con- sistent and right-thinking electors, Con- aervative and Reform. Work has com- menced and South Huron will contrib- ute its quantum towards Mowat's dowoe fall. Verily his hour here has come., 1 1 An Oii Tueel lone of the oeorded hundred ye Ins*" Aler nsda an which con cortinn of t ; mass of structure ground, 101 rooktoo over i -aye perish Ings consti any11101 are * small 131 iontreal fl reace. The ea by the 4;1 consisted o imaller bu with a total bUildiege -The princip bigh, and storeys 111 under the et ofu118. 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