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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1890-06-06, Page 44 - THE HURON EXPOSITOR. JUNE 6 1890. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Thefigure between the parenthesis atter each line denotes the page of the paper on whioh the advertisement will be found. Hellebore, &c.—I. V. Fear. (6) Violin Outfit for Sale—Drawer 14. (8) To Pig Breeders—A, Duncanson. (6) To Yarmero—John Ashton. (6) A New Bull—David Hill. (5) Medical Card—W. S. Ferguson. (5) Wool Wanted--Seatorth Woolen Mills. (8) Mower Repairing—Thomas Meths. (8) Door Screens—D. S. Faust. (8) Just Received—Wm. Pickard. (8) Collie Dog Loot—G. E. Cresswell. (5) Great Slaughter—Duncan & Duncan. (6) Notice to Farmers—Thomas Brown. (8) Caledonian Games and Concert (8) pOron itxpeoitor. SEA.FORTH, FRIDAY, June 6, 1890 The McKinley Tariff Bill. The Republican members of the American House of Representatives 'showed admirable discretion in the manner in which the McKinley Tariff Bill was carried through. This is the Bill in which Canadians are so much in- terested. It increases the American duties on eggs, horses, cattle, sheep, hay and every animal and article that the Canadians have sent to the American market in such abundance of late years. In fact, if passed, as it now almost certainly will be, Canadians will be practically excluded from the Ameri- can market. While this Bill was being carried through the House of Represent- atives there were many protests from Republicans against different schedules ; • there were several protests against the systematic raising of the duties on manu- factured goods; there were very radical protestagainst the inauguration of a system of bounties; but, in spite of them all, when the Bill came to a final vote only two Republican members, Coleman, of Louisiana, and *Feather- stone, of Arkansas, voted against it. Theae two members were actuated by their hostility, not to the bounty system in itself, but to the bounty system as a substitute for a protective tariff. The bounty promised by the McKinley Bill on auga.r amounts to two cents a pound, and continues for fifteen years. The total amount pledged to the sugar planters is upwards of $100,000,000— more than the entire value of all the farms in Louisiana. But the difficulty in the way is that an annual appropri- ation is necessary in order that this bounty may be paid, and the Demo- cratic members gave notice in the de- bate that a Democratic Congrese would never vote for such appropriations. The contract -made is not one which the Su- preme Court would be likely to enforce* The ten or fifteen Republicans who kept voting with the Democrats against the proposals to increase the duties on woolens, earthenware, tin plate, -lead, ore, etc.; were almost exclusively from the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, -and Kansas. The Republican leaders predict that the party dicipline which secured the ratification of the Bill with such slight modifications in the House of Representatives will insure it an equally speedy and eafe passage through the, Senate. Should this be the case Canadians will then have an ocular de- monstration as to which is the best and most profitable market for trade, the United States or the British. The Reason Why. The Ammonites, so Scripture says, were in the habit of sacrilicing their children to the god- Moloch. But the effects of their superstition were proba- bly not more injurious as regards lone of population than the yearly sacrifice the Canadian people offer on the altar of re- striction. Every Canadian can count within hie own family circle, or within the circle of hie friends, a number of persons who have gone across the line- to seek the employment denied them at home. The Boston Transcript has recently publish- ed some of the latest tables issued by the State census bureau of Massachusetts, relative to the census of 1885. The en- tire population of that State is 1,942,- 000, and of these 40,800 are natives of Nova Scotia, 41,000 are French Cana- dians, and 18,500 hail from other parts of Canada. That is, the Canadian ele- ment in. Maesaphusetts numbers 100,000, or more than the combined population of Ottawa, London and Kingstoe, or of Hamilton, St. Catharines, Chatham, St. Thomas and Dundee. The Transcript speaks in high terms of the intelligence and enterprise of the Nova Scotia inuni- grants, and adds : "Under present conditions it would appear that while Nova Scotia is a good place to be born In, if one would get ahead in the world it is a poor place to live in, unless one is already ahead." The truth about the matter is that in Nova Scotia, as in other portions of Canada, the people do not get a fair chance. It is not the fault of nature. She has 'endowed Nova Scotia with far larger resources and with just as good a climate as New England. There is coal in abundance there, iron deposits of unsurpassed richness, good farming land, a considerable quantity of Iurnber, and the finest seaboard and the most prolific fisheries in the world. How is it, then, that population is flee- ing that favored region ? The answer is thirst man instinctively leaves the spot where production is most difficult and least profitable, for lands where the con- ditkine of production are more advan- tageous to him. Why are the conditions of production in Neva Scotia, with her great natural wealth and her splendid natural facilities Mr turning it to ac- count, leas favorable than the conditions existing in Massachusetts? Simply be- cause legieletion Makes them so. What would be the use, for instance, of labor and capital undertaking to open new coal or iron mines; or to properly de- velop the fisheries? Therein no market for the outnikut, or, to speak more cor- rectly, the output could not reach the only available market, that of New Eng- land, without paying a tariff toll which would exhaust the profit; and even if it could do so, the Nova Scotia producer would not be permitted to bring back the articles he received in exchange— that is, in payment—without •paying a toll on the Canadian side which would also take the cream off the profit. If the richest among us had to pay a tax of 25 or 30 per cent. on_ every bushel of stuff he sold, and a tax of about the same amount on every pound of goods he obtained in return, how long could he stand it? This is precisely the position . of the Nova Scotia miner, fisherman and farmer. Protectionists tell us that when he disppses of his products in the Ameri- can market after paying the United States duty, he can return home and buy Canadian -made goods without pay- ing any duty. But, in the first place, it is manifestly a great loss and inconveni- ence when a man has to buy and sell in two different markets; and, in the next place, when the Nova Scotian buys Western Canada manufactures he has to pay a heavier price than would be re- quired for similarwares in New Eng- land. For, even supposing the Western Canada manufacturers could manufac- ture as cheaply as the others, it is obvi- ous that the price to the Nova Scotian is augmented by railway charges for a very long haul, whereas if he were allowed to deal at the New England ports to which he carries his products, the transportation charge homewaiid on his own vessel, by the short water route, would be comparatively light. This is why Nova Scotia is compelled to sacrifice her children to Uncle Sam. And Ontario is forced through the self- same causes to follow suit. We have a magnificent heritage, but the greed of a few and the blindness of the many stand in the way of its development, with the result that to Canada belongs the sad pre-eminence of being the only yoang country in the world which is being steadily drained of population. And ' when such has been the case in the past what may we expect when the McKinley Bill comes into power? The Liquor Influence in England. The recent discussionin the English House of Commons on the bill of the Government proposing to increase the tax upon liquor, and devote theproceeds to the compensation of liquor dealers whose licensee should not be renewed, brings out clearly the fact that public sentiment in England against the retail traffic in liquors is rapidly becoming as strong ite in America. In England, how- ever, vested interests have a sanctity which does not attach to them either in the United States or Canada. While in Baltimore recently one-half of the saloon- keepers were thrown out of business by the new license law, no plea was heard from any quarter that they, should be compensated for the financial losses which they thus sustained; in Canada also, in the event of a Prohibitory law being passed, it is doubtful if a proposi- tion to compensate the liquor dealers would, be sustained by the people although more consideration might be given the brewers and distillers in the way of compensation for their plant. Under the present -license Act, which is something similar in its restrictive clauses to that now proposed in Eng- land, no person ever thought of propote. ing compeneation for those whose licen- ses were withheld,nor would such a pro- position have been seriously considered for a moment by the people. In Eng- land, however, almost the entire Conser- vative party still hold to the principle that suppression without compensation is robbery. The new bill distinctly ad- mits that the dram -shops are a public nuisance, yet it would compensate their °eviler*, for abating this nuisance. Not even the mu -ch -desecrated principles of "individual liberty" would justify such compensation. These principles declare that a man has aright to do as he plemies only so long as he injures no one else. This bill admits that liquor dealing does injure some one else. It admits, in- deed, that it injures everybody else. If, then, no one would be permitted by a court of juetice to demand compensation from an individual for ceasing to injure that individual, no one should be per- mitted to demand compensation from the public for ceasing to injure the pub- lic. Yet even in this country the rights of the public are not so well recognized as the rights Of property; and in Eng, land the rights of property have a sacredness attached to thern which hard- ly attaches to the rights of life. In this respect, then, the discussion in the House of Commons does teat promise a speedy extinction of the liquor traffic. Yet the debate beth in Parliament and in the press shows a great change in pub- lic opinion during the last decade. Mr. Gladstone, in his speech against the new bill, alluding to the statement that he had himself favored compensation ten years ago, said that since that time "the law had been settled in a manner wholly unfavorable to the doctrine of veated intereat." Proceeding further, he declared that the new bill "might fairly be described as a bill for the - en- dowment of public -houses," This was not mere rhetoric. The euppression of one saloon, when there are others in the immediate neighborhood, might not ap- preciably diminish the amount of liquor consumed. The profits lost by the one dealer are largely added to those of the others ; therefore a measure to compen- sate the one dealer for business lost, without demanding compensation from the others for business gained, would clearly enrich the liquor -dealing fratern- ity at the expense of the taxpayers. While, therefore, it is gratifying to note a change in English sentiment in favor of further restricting the liquor traffic and doing something to curtail and lessen its evil influences, the people of the old world, as judged by their public and representative men, are still a good way behind the people on this side of the Atlantic in real, live, temperance sentiment. The old habits and customs have dill a strong hold on them, although there are signs that even there the traffic is commencing to lose its grip. THE RESULT. -Up to 12 o'clock Thursday night all the constituencies were heard from ex- cept 7. Fifty-four Ministerialists and thirty Oppositions have been returned. There has been a general shaking up all along the line, and many changes have been made, but the Government will be sustained by a good majority which is not likely to fall -below twenty. We are sorry to note the defeat of two of the Cabinet Ministers, viz., Mr. Drury, Minister of Agriculture, and Mr. Gib- son, Provincial Secretary. The three Hurons and the two: Perthe are safe for the Government. Mr. Bishop's mujor- ity could not be definitely ascer- tained in South Huron, but it will not be less than 300, and may be considerably larger. Mr. Gibson's majority in East Huron is said to be over 500, and Mr. Garrow's major- ity in West Huron 150. Mr. Bal- lantyne is elected in South Perth by a very large majority, and Dr. Ahrens has ,defeated Mr. Hess in North Perth by about 92. The following is a Nit of the Candi- dates returned as far as heard from : Constituency. Minieterial. Opposition. Addington Algoma E Algoma W Brant X Brant S A.S.Hardy Brockville C.F.Fraser Bruce X D. Porter Bruce C • W. M. Dack Bruce S. ..... H.P.O'Connor Cardwell Carleton Lew.unomoxnk Cornwall Wm. Mack Dundas... J. P. Whitney Dufferin Dr.Barr Durham ECampbell (E R) Durham WW.T. Lockhart Elgin E H. T. Godwin Elgin W 1). McColl Essex N Sol. White Essex 5 W. D.Balfgur Frontenae. Hugh Snaith Grenville.. 0. Bush Glengarry Jas. Rayside Grey C Dr. Hunt Grey N Jas. Cleland Grey S J H. Hunter ldimand Dr. Baxter lton W. Kerns TA. Hi.," yi noos wn Hamilton. Hastings N..... Hastings E.... Hastings W.... W. H Biggar. Huron W. J T. GarroW T Gibson A. Bishop Huron E Huron 8 Kent W. Kent E R Ferguson Kingston Lambton WChas. Mackenzie Lambton E H. Mackenzie Lanark N.. W.C.Oeldwell Lanark S Lennox Leeds Lincoln London. Middlesex NJohn Waters Middlesex E Middleoex W G. W.Ross Monk R.. Harcourt Muskoka Nipissing Norfolk N J B. Freeman Norfolk S Win. Charlton Northuinber- land E Northumber- land W Ontario S Ontario N Ottawa Oxford N Oxford S Parry Sound.. Peel. Perth N Perth.S. Peterboro E Peterboro W Prescott Pr. Edward Renfrew N Renfrew 8 Russell Sitncoe E... Siincoe C Sirocoo W...... ..C.C.Field John Dryden ie. H. Bronson • 0 Mowat Dr. McKay Jas. H. Sharp K. Chishohn • J. Clancy J. H. Metcalfe N. MeLenaghau Dr. Meachen Dr. Preston James Hiscott W.R.Meredith R. Tooley G.P.Marter Dr. Willoughby Dr. Ahrens T. Ballantyne A.R.Kidd (E R) .J. R. Stratton A. E venture' Johnson Dr. Dowling Robillard A. Miscampbell Robt. Paton Dr. Wylie Toronto . { Joseph Tait E. F Clarke . H. E. Clarke Victoria E J B. Campbell Victoria W Dr. McKay Waterloo N.._ E.W.B.Snider " Waterloo 8 John D. More Welland Wentworth NDr. McMahon Wentworth S. N. Awrey Wellington S. D. Guthrie Wellington ECol. Clarke WellingtonW A. S. Allan York E 0. B. Smith York N. E. J. Davis York W Dr. Gilmour Wm. MeClarey —The Atwood Bee of last week says: On:Thnreday of last week Jacob.Klump, jr., a lad 12 years of age, took -into his head that he would surprise his father, who was away at Listoewl, by knock- ing down, killing and drbesing a beef. So putting hie thoughts into action he drew a four-year-old cow, purchased from Mr. John Gray,, concession 10, Erna, in the usual way into the slaugh- ter house, took the axe and struck the floor a few times with all his force to convince himself that he possessed suffi- cient strength to knock down a full grown beast, and with a pale counten- ance and John L. Sullivan strength he directed two blows at the animal's head which stunned it, and after cutting its throat Master Jacob felt that he was master of the situation. As further proof of his wonderful nerve, tact and skill he drew the beast up by the wind- lass skinned and dressed it ready for =Act. Mr. Klump justly feels proud of the extraordinary feat accomplished by hie boy. maamassesameemon News of the Week. A PROTEST FROM CARDINAL MANNING. —Cardinal Manning denounces the pro- posal of the Government to endow pub- licitivy DEMAND. Brigands have cep- tured a rich merchant near Palermo,and demand $80,000 for his ransom. MORMONS COMING. —Over one thous- and Mormon converts from Europe are expected to arrive at New York this week. STANLEY COMING TO AMERICA.— Henry M. Stanley will come to America in the autumn and will lecture in most of the principal cities. THOUSANDS HOMELESS.—A fire started by an incendiary has rendered two thousand people homeless in Middles- borougheslientucky. • THE MOST COSTLY PICTURE.—M, COU - chard, of Paris, has. purchased Meis- sonier's picture "1814" for $170,000, beating the record for high prices. SCOTCH IRISH CONGRESS.—The Second great Scotch -Irish congress of America opened in Pittsburg, Pa., Thursday last week, Mr. Robert Bonner, of New York, presiding. RUINED BY SPECULATION.—The well- known financier, Herr Beckert, of Ham- burg, who has been ruined by unsuccess- ful speculations, has fled to escape arrest. His liabilities are $400,000. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS.—The inter- national tennis match between Pettit, of Boston, and Saunders, of England, was concluded Friday in Dublin, the Anted; can winning by seven to five, and being declared champion of the world. TRAIN WRECKERS. —An attempt was made to wreck the fast mail train at Castlebar, Ireland, the other night. The tailway gates had been broken off and placed across the trecks, but the obstruc- tion was discovered in time to avert a disaster. Many arrests are expected. MONUMENT TO LEE. —The monument to Gen: Robert E. Lee, erected by ladies of the South, was unveiled at Richmond; Virginia, Thursday, May 295h, in the presence of a great multitude of people. RESULT OF STOCKS SPECULATING.— Charles D. Jenkins, a Boston physician who has dealt heavily in stocks; has gone into insolvency. He owes about $81,000. A PARACHUTIST KILLED.—C. Red- mond, a well-known aeronaut and para- chute jumper, was killed last Friday evening at Snohomish, Washington Territory. His balloon was caught in the top of a tree and he was thrown to the ground. ATHLETICS.—Donald Dinnie, the fam- ous athlete, has written from Australia to a friend in New York that he would like to take part in the Caledonian games in America this year. He is older now than he was, but he thinks that in the heavy -weights he could still aetenish some of the modern athletes. SHORTER TERM PROPOSED. —It is pro- posed to reduce the college course at Harvard to three years. The change will be an important one, and the pro- position is exciting much interest in edu- cational quarters. No CHINESE FOR Mrxico.—The labor- ing classes of Mexico ere calling upon the Government of that Republic to fol- low the example of the United States and restrict the importation of the _Chinese. SUICIDE OF A MILLIONAIRE. —0. C. Brown, a millionaire, banker of Mari- nette, Wisconsin, committed suicide Monday by shooting himself. He had been ill, and was temporarily insane. NARROW ESCAPE. —The new ocean greyhound Normannia, which arrived at *w York on Friday, had a remarkably narrow escape from deetruction. In the midst of a dense fog her captain sudden- ly sighted an immense iceberg right in her path. His ,presence of mind and prompt action enabled him to turn the steamer in such a manner that she only grazed the iceberg. The Normannia made the trip from Queenstown to New York in six days, five hours and one minute. -THE GOSPEL OF DYNAMITE.— MIT. Parsons, in a speech Monday at a meet- ing of the "Arbeiter Bund,", Chicago, said "Dynamite was to be the liberator of the human race. Not that people should go round with bombs and destroy human life, but that as gunpowder had abolished the power of the feudal barons, so would dynamite in the hands of the working Classes render the armies of the capitalists useless in a street fight." THE EMPEROR PLAYS SOLDIER.—A Berlin correspondent of The Glasgow Herald reports that Emperor William, a little time ago, wishing to realize the sensations of a soldier on guard, put himself on duty for 24 hours in an ex- temporised guardroom within his own garden at Potsdam, and stood sentry during four spells of two hours each dur- ing that time. He wore the uniform of a private soldier, carried a rifle and ate of the soldier's ordinary. Only one or two persona of his entourage were aware of what he was doing until he had done it. When the whole thing was over he was asked how he enjoyed standing sen- try at night, and he answered: "1 was thinking all the time how many millions of poor wretches have gone through the drudgery of - military life while loathing it, and have got killed in wars for the causes of which they did not care a button." —On Sunday evening of last week,. during service in the Rattenbury Street Church, Clinton, one of the wires that convey the current to the electric light, broke, and still smoking, swung in close proximity to a lady's head. It ereeted a little confusion but was secured without doing any injury. --T-We have this week to announce the death of Mrs. James Werry, of Clinton, which event occurred after a short ill- ness, on Saturday night, 24th ule. She was born in the township of Usborne, October llth, 1850, and was the third daughter of Wm. Perkins, Esq., of Exeter. About four weeks ago she was taken ill ; it was thought at first she would recover, but on Thursday of laet week there was a change for the worse, and notwithstanding all that skilled treatment and best of nursing could do, she did not rally, but quietly fell asleep on Saturday evening, the 245h ult., about 11 o'clock. Mrs. Werry was a sincere christian, a member of the On- tario Methodist Church. Members of the ebairch and chair tendered theirsym- pathtes, accompanied by large contri- butions of flowers. In her deahs the church loses a most respected and use- ful member, the husband a devoted wife, and the children in affectionate and:lov- ing mother. We bespeak for the fami- ly the sympathy of the community in this hour of sad bereavement. She leaves two children, both of Whom have been seriously ill, also, but are now out of danger. Huron Notes. —On Monday of last week John 'Del- bridge,of Winchelsia,delivered in Exeter a beef cow weighing 1,925 pounds. — W. J. Norton, of Brussels, has sold his fancy driving mare 3 -year-old, to John Nicholson, of Mcleillop, for $150. — A heavy thunder storm passed over Clinton early Friday morning last week, doing some slight damage to Rattenbury Street Methodist Church. —Wednesday evening of last week J. 11. Colborne and Dr. Whitely were nom- inated to contend the deputy reeveship • of Goderichonade vacant by the absence • of Mr. A. Smith. —Mr. James Oke, cattle buyer of Exeter, shipped on Monday of laet week eleven carloads of first class fat cattle for the English market, for which he paid over $14,000 to the farmers of that vicinity. On Thursday morning of last week Mr. Thuell, of Morris, fell or was thrown from a load of manure under the horses feet and was fatally injured. His head was badly crushed and his ribs driven into his lungs. He lived only a short time. —On Friday of last week Mr. Samuel Ross, of Brewster, received what might have proved a fatal accident, from one of the followers falling on him while driving stakes for his fishery, tbe fol- lower striking him just below the temple and making an ugly scalp wound. —Mr. M. Parkinson, lately teacher of Ryerscn School, Toronto, and formerly of the Parkhill High School staff, was promoted by the Toronto Board of Edu- cation to be principal of one of the city Public Schools. Mr. Parkinson is son -of Mr. Parkinson formerly of Exeter. —On Wednesday afternoon of last week while working on the roof Of Mr. J. R. Reynold's house, Wmgham, Mr. John Gray fell from the ridgeboard to the ground below, striking on his head and shoulders. He is injured internally, and suffers intensely, but hopes are en- tertained of his recovery. —On Sunday evening of last week, while Mr. B. Switzer, of Goderich toWnship, wee driving along the road, a dog bit the colt be was driving, causing it to kick, striking Mr, Switzer a severe blow on the hand. Some time after the horae - again became unmanageable and runaway, throwing Mr. Switzer out and'partially-destroying the buggy. —Whilst making bents in Messrs. Verity & Some' foundry, Exeter, one day last week, Mr. Wm. Verity met with an accident which might have cost him his life. Two men were wielding sledge -hammers while Mr. Verity hell the object; and one of the hammers gliding off the anvil, struck Mr. Verity on the breast, Had he received the blow a little lower, he would probably have been fatally injured. —Mrs. Isabella, Green, of Colborne, is 94 years old, and, during the last six years, has pieced thirty patch work quilts. Some of the blocks, only five 'inches square, have sixteen pieces. All has been sewed by hand, and only one stitch at a time, and as neatly done as a woman of t•venty could do. Last win- ter she had la grippe, but as a general thing she has enjoyed reasonably good health. She is a native of Scotland, and came to Canada in 1833, living in Col- borne ever since. —Two children -of a Brussels M. D. were playing store. In .their stock of goods was a box of pills. To the sur- prise and alarm of the parents they as- certained that the youngsters had swal- lowed the whole supply of pills. For- tunately no evil results followed. When asked why they did it, one of the chil- dren replied that there did not appear to be any sale for them in their store so they just took them themselves. The above might serve as a pointer to busi- ness men when trade is dull. —The races held on Polley's Race Track, Goderich, on Monday 265h of May, were well -attended, and passed off highly satisfactorily. Following is the result in the 2:35 trot: Miller's Grey Toby lst, Thompson's Baldwin 2nd, G. Whitely's Dufferin 3rd, in three straight heats. In the three-minute trot the result was as follows: Dr. Whitely's Daisy lst, Roach's Tommy 0 2nd, Sillip's Mare 3rd; in three straight heats. The broncho race attracted con- siderable. attention and resulted in Mur- ney's broncho taking first place, the Clinton one second and Skylark third. —Mr. Wm.Jenkins,who resided on the Huron road, about two and a half miles from Clinton,passed over to the silent ma- jority on Sunday 25 ult., at the age of 79 years and ten menthe. He Was born in Devon and came to Canada about forty years ago, first settling in Darling- ton township. He came to Goderich township about 16 years ago. He gen- erally enjoyed good health and was sick only a few days before his death. De- ceased has led a quiet, unobtrusive life, universally respected and esteemed. He leaves four sons and three daughters, two of the latter being married :—Mrs. Geo. Lavie, of Homesville, and Mrs. Frank Gorrell, of Manitoba, —There was a large shipment of May cattle from Clinton last week. The fol- lowing were animals sold to Mr. Stan - bury: C. Avery, 2 head, 2,675; A. Aikenhead, 3 head, 3,775 Its; W. Chap- man,3 head, 3,210; John White,8 head, 9,350 Ms, bull, 1,450; Wm. Graham, 10 head, 13,430 lbs; A. McAllister, 3 head, 3,620 %a; A.. Murdock, 5 head, 6,105 /be; 3. Lindsay, 3 head, 4,100 Tbs ; A. McDougall, 3 head, 3.685 lbs; G. An- derson, 2 head, 2,330 lbs; G. Nott, 1 head, 1,265 Ms ; J. Millar, 2 head, 2,490 Ibs; E. Rutledge, bull, 1,800 ; S. Lowery, 2 head, 2,945 rbs e J. O'Brien, 3 head, 3,635 Ms ; E. Rathwell, 2 head, 2,315 Zs ; J. Landsborough, 2 head, 2,545 tbs. Mr. Hearn had the follow- ing :—C. Lovett, 1 head, 1,355 IN ; 3. Foote 2 bead, 2,390 tbs. Mr. Smith bought the following :—W. Weir, 6 head, 7,180 ; J. Woon, 1 head, 1,610 lbs; R. Peacock, 14. head; 18,145 tbs ; J. Young, 6 head, 6,135 The • John Wan - lea, 3 head,. 3,370 R13; R. Sterling. 3 head, 3,939 lbs; A. Johnston, 4 head, 3,480 ; Albert Cantelon, 1 head, 1„060 1b3; A. Ross, 8 head,8,755 /he ; B. Switeer, 13 head, 13,735 tbs. —A good story is going the reunds at the expense of a clergyman resident less than 100 miles west of Stratford. He was invited to tie the nuptial knot for a young couple who had arranged to take the train on a wedding tour, and promised to be on hand at a certain hour. In the interim he forgot all about the event in which he was expect- ed to play an important role. The anx- ious lovers waited until long after the hour appointed, and then sent for an- other minister. A hurried cereniony en- abled them to catch the train. Next morning the clergyman arose refreshed in body and mind, and speedily recalled what he had forgotten the night before. Thinking he might still be in time to make the young couple happy, he re- paired to the domicile of the bride's par- ents with due haste, where he learned that cupid is not easily foiled. New York Letter. (Regular Correspondence.) Nam TURN, June 2nd, 1890. The most magnificent hotel in the world is about to be erected on Fifth avenue. It is to be built by the Astor family, and will be ntanaged by Mr.Geo. C. Boldt, now proprietor of the hotels Bellevue and Stratford, of Philadelphia. It will occupy the site of the residence of the late John Jacob Astor, at 33rd street and Fifth avenue, and will be 100 feet wide by 225 feet long. Out of re- spect to the memory of Mr. Astor, the old residence will not be torn down be- fore the close of the present year. The new hotel will be absolutely the finest in the world, and fat the accommodation einly of the very choicest class of guests 4 -that is for those who can pay the rnost. Mr. Boldt, who is to manage the new hotel, has had marvellous success in Philadelphia, and is an old acquaint- ance of the Astors. The building will be erected and futnished entirely accord- ing to his ideas. It will present some novel features in hotel architecture, one of which will be a large court, 40x60 feet, in the centre. This will be arrang- ed with balconies on each floor, orna- mental in design and overlooking a handsomely appointed plaza, below. All the entrances will be on 33rd street, and the large dining room, 50_05 feet, will stretch along Fifth avenue. The shotel will be ten storeys high, and will cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. It will be furnished in the richest and most elegant style, and will be ready by 1892. • MEMORIAL DAY. On last Friday, Memorial Day cele- bration was of an extensive character, and more generally observed than in any previous year. Hundreds of graves of brave soldiers were visited and strewn with beautiful flowers. The parade was an imposing spectacle. The right of line was composed of the First Brigade, National Guard, General Louis Fitzger- ald commanding. The General and his staff aud all troops and officers and men were in full uniform. Grand Marshall Hyatt and his staff mounted came next, followed by invited guests in carriages; Department Commander Clarkson, and his staff came next, escorted by the Fourth New York Veteran Cavalry, Captain William Oliver commanding. The various divisions of the Grand Army of the Republic marched by posts, four- teen files front, on the left of the De- partment Commander and staff. Next following the Grand Army were several camps and posts of the Sons of Veterans, followed by other military and civic bodies, among whom were Peekskill Cadets,`the Berkely Guard, the Veteran Firemen and other organizations. HO ! TOR THE ISLAND. New York's great seaside resort,Coney Island, was opened for the season on Decoration Day. From this time on thousands of our population will daily set their feces in the direction of this great breathing spot, there to relax their cares and obtain a few hours of rest and enjoyment. People who live outside of New York have but a faint idea Of kow important a place Coney Islamd is to the residents of this city. On some • of the hot days in summer its enjoyments are partaken Of by hundreds of thou - ands every boat and every train being overloaded with pleasure seekers. During the past winter a number of chenges have been made at the Island, but as a rule visitors will find the same old scenes and high prices as in years gone by. All the boats are running now, but the season will not be in full blast for several weeks. EDWARD ARLINGTON. The Twelfth of July. The following circular has been issued by the officers of the South Huron County Orange Lodge to the brethren of the order relative to the future oele- bration on the 12th ef July : The County of South Huron will cele- brate the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, and the year of Orange Incorporation, in the town of Clinton. Clinton presents many advan- tages and attractions for a monster celebration. The town is quite a manu- facturing centre, and is centrally lo- cated, and has exeellent railway com- muniaation from the north, south, east and west. The Civil Council have made an appropriation for the celebration, and, will assist in making the day an enjoy- able one for all. The merchants and other business men of Clinton have made liberal contributions, and will do everything possible to make the day an enjoyable one for the visitors, The Council of Board of Trade will officially extend a welcome to the visitors. There wilt be at least three prizes—$10 to the Lodge with the largest bona fide mem- bership in the procession; $10 to the Lodge with the best, neatest and most uniform Regalia (sashes or collars) ; $10 to the Lodge in the procession situate the farthest distance from Clinton. Other special features are being added. In the way of decoration we are labor- ing to have the whole town present such an attractive appearance as has never before been attempted in Western On- tario. It will be worth coming a long distance to see. We have the definite promise of N. Clarke Wallace, Esq., M. P, Most Worshipful Grand Master and Sovereign, and the successful cham- pion of the Orauge Incorporation. The first promise of Daher' McCarthy, Esq., M. P., one of the greatest orators in the, Dominion. We are in correspondence with E. F. Clarke, Esq., M. P. P., edi- tor of the Orange Sentinel and the popu- lar Mayor of Toronto ; Rev. Brother McKee, of Belfast, Ireland ; Rev. Bro. McDonagh, of London ; and the local clergy have been invited. Such a gal- axy of great talent can seldom be se- cured, and their names should be enough to convince the Brethren of the rare in- tellectual treat in store for them. Our hotels have excellent facilities and will cater to the wants of the visitors at 25 cents a meal. We have the Grand Union, Commercial, Rattenbury, Gen. tral, Prince of Wales, Railway, Pikes, Spooner's Temperance House, and An- derson and Mude's Restaurants. 16,- 000 visitors can be accommodated, and your Lodge may rest assured that their every want will be looked after, The Grand Trunk and Great Western Di- vision Railways have promised to give us the lowest possible rates. Properly constituted committees will meet all trains and billet the visitors in a syste- matic manner. In forming the praxes- sion and in the march we desire, as far • as practicable, to have every District Master, under the direction of their County Master, place the Brethren in -line and conunand them; the whole, of course, to be under the direetkio of the County of South Huron. It is not the intention of the Executive to "walk the legs off'! the Brethren, but rather to have the immense procession present an imposing appearance, and to have every visitor enjoy the day with the least possible labor and at the lowest possible expense. However, we are sparing neither pains nor expense 9,n our part. We have plaeed the matter before you as briefly as possible. All the hopes expressed in our circular of December last have been thus far realized, Our earnest appeal is that your Lodge and friends may come to Clinton and help to make the 200th Anniversary and the year of the Incorporation of our Illustri- ous Order a red letter day in the annals of Western Ontario Demonstrations. We hope in the not distant future V he able to return the compliment. A Well Deserved Tribute. - Last week the Canada Presbyterian pays Rev. Dr. Dewart, Editor of the Christian Guardian, the following well deserved compliment: • If there is only one man in Canada, that deserves well of Canadian Method- ism, that one is ser. Dewart, editor of the Cnristian Guardian. For nearly four years he has stood manfully by the cause of law and order in his church, and by so doing has brought down upon himself the antagonism, perhaps we should say abuse, of a disloyal clique that began to plot against the deliver- ance of the General Conference before - the ink on the minutes was dry. There were three courses the editor of the Guardian might have pursued. He tnight have adopted a milk -and -water policy, and allowed the question to drift until the next General Conference. He might have joined the disloyal party, and u ed the organ of the Conference to defeat the educational policy of the Con- ference Or he might stand loyally by his church and try to carry out the de- cision of the Supreme Court. Had he pursued the first course he would have been a journalistic mollusk ; had he taken the second he would have ben a journalistic Judas. Dr. Dewart is a strong, manly Methodist—all Methodists are not manly any more than all Presby- terians—and he took the third and only honorable course. The head and front of his offending is that he did not use the organ of the Conference -_the prop- erty of the Conference—to thwart the deliverance of the Conference. If the Methodist Church is capable of self- government—if Methodism is anything more than a pious mob—the next Gen- eral Conference will sustain Dr. Dewart and lay a firm hand on the disloyalty that seriously threatens law and order in Canadian Methedism. With the in- ternal affairs of the Methodist Church we have nothing to do. Whether they leave their college in Cobourg, bring it to Toronto, or remove it to North Bay is their own business. The question of obedience to constituted authority is not a denominational question. Disloy- alty is contagious, and if not checked may soon pass from one denomination to another. It is the turn of the Meth- odist Church now; it might be ours soon. it is Dr. Dewart's turn to -day; it might be Dr. Reid's to -morrow. Every order -loving MAD, no matter what his denomination, will admit that anarchy in church as well as in state should be pat down. There is grim humour in the fact that some of the leading agitators who have for four years been fomenting rebellion in their own church consider themselves too pious to vote with either of the two great political partiesiof this country. Lightning's Work. ST. THOMAS, June 4.—The most severe and long -continued storm- for many years passed over this district last night. Commencing at 9 a. m. it lasted till 4 o'clock this morning, the rain de- scending in sheets. The peals of thun- der were terrific and the lightnitig very vivid. This morning Kettle Creek has assumed the dimensions of a river, the bridges at Talbotville and New Sarum being carried away and much damage done to fences, etc., and crops on the low lands. Eight inches of rain fell during the night. The barn of Mr. Thomas Johnson, New Sarum, was struck by lightning. and with its con- tents totally destroyed. The house of Edward Miller, on the Edgware road, was struck and damaged to the extent of $300, Mr. Miller being thrown out of bed by the forte of the stroke. Efis barn was also struck and took. fire, but the flames were extinguished, At 2 a.m. the street electric lights went out, a dynamo at the electric light works being struck by lightning and badly wrecked, besides the belting and shafting in the room. The Michigan Central Railway station at Werdtman, on the St. Clair branch, was damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars by lightning, and two barns at Courtright were struck and burned up with their contents. A mill dam at Oakland, near Wyndham Centre, gave way and caueed much dam- age. A Michigan Central Railway en- gineer who came in during the night from Buffalo, reports that he saw nine fires on his way here. , SCOTLAND, Brant County, June 4.— The most terrific electrical storm of the season in this vicinity passed over this place keit evening. Lightning flashed and thunder pealed almost incessantly from 8 p. m. till 5 a. in., and was accom- panied by the severest rain and flood of this year. The Oakland mill darn burl} during the early part of the night, and carried away the bridge and about seven rods of the approaches on the highvey leading through the village from Brant- ford and Waterford. 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