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THE H (MON EXPOS1TOIC,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
str The figure between the parenthesis after
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
the advertisement will be found.
Reduced Prioes—E. iforaul. (8)
Farm for Sale—D. & J. Robertson. (6)
Wool Wanted—A. G. VanEgmond's Sons. (8)
Cheap Goods—E. MoFaul. (8)
Clothing --Jackson Brothers. (6)
Dress Goods—R. Jamieson. (6)
Why We Advertise—Wm. Pickard. (5)
Coreets—H. F. Edwards. (8)
Property for Sale—George Samwell. (6)
Teacher Wanted—Wm Cash. (6) I
iu�ntxpooitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, June 13, 1890
Hon. A. M. Ross' Appointment.
'The Globe of Thursday has the fol-
lowing : "Ron. A. M. Ross has been ap-
pointed to the clerkship of the County
Court of York, vacant owing to the
death of the late Walter Mackenzie.
The many friends of the Treasurer will
be glad to know that on his retirement
from public life recognition is thus made
of the signal service he has rendered the
Province in the management of her
finances for the past seven years. The
position he takes has a fair annual re-
muneration attached to it, about half the
amount suggested by the one or two
journals that have been discussing the
appointment, but it is to be remembered
that when Mr. R,oss became a memberof
the Mowat Administration in 1883 he
eurrendered two highly honorable and
well paid positions, viz., the county
treasurership of Huron and the man-
agement of the Bank of Commerce at
Goderich. It is safe to say that had he
held back from the turmoils and uncer-
tainties of political Hie, and retained
these positions, he would have been bet-
ter off financially than he finds himself
to -day, after seven years' hard work in
the service of the Province. No one
will grudge the. bestowal of an office
which demands the unremitting at-
tention of a, man who may fairly
be said to have sacrificed his business
prospects in accepting the position he
has for seven years filled so ably, and
which he is now about to resign."
The Ontario Elections.
The Ontario elections are now emong
the events of the past. A hard battle
was fought and victory once more
perches on the banners .of the Mowat
Government. We give full returns in
this issue of the members elected and
the majority scored by each. We also
give the official returns for the three
Ridings of Huron. No doubt these wilt
be scanned and analyzed with consid-
erable interest by many of our readera.
Each party will see by them where
they have gained and where they have
lost, and can determine for themselves
the reasons which led to these results.
By reference to the Provincial returns it
will be seen, that although the Govern-
ment will still have a majority as large
as any Government should have, it is
not so large as it was in the last Parlia-
ment. The Opposition have gained
somewhat in numbers, but have lost
heavily in debating strength and ability.
Weak as Mr. Meredith was in these re-
spects in the last Parliament he will be
even weaker in the next. He has lost
three of his Lieutenants. Mr. Creigh•
ton was buried under an immense ad-
verse majority in North Grey, and Mr.
French was badly " "snowed under
in Grenville, while Mr. Craig failed to
get the nomination of his party conven-
tion in Diet Durham. Strange to say,
Mr. Craig's successor in this constitu-
ency is an Equal Rights Reformer, who
will give the Government an independ.
ent support and who defeated an out
and out Conservative. Who Mr. Mere-
dith will get to take the place of these
leaders we can not even conjecture, as
the material is so very scarce on -that
side, all the new members being lacking
both in ability and experience. Many
of the Conservatives, also, have been
returned by very slender majorities, and
it is not improbable that some of them
will be over -turned ba the election courts.
The majorities on the Reform side are,
on the whole, very much larger. The
principal losses on the Reform side are
Mr. J. M. Gibson, of Hamilton, the
Provincial Secretary, and Mr. Drury,
of Simcoe, Minister of Agriculture. The
general supposition is that a seat will
be got for Mr. Gibson elsentere, and
that Mr. Drury's place will be taken by
Mr. Drydeu, Mr. Awrey or some other
of the many capable farmers in the
Legislature. Mr. Clarke, of Welling-
ton, is likely to be appointed Treasurer,
and a good one he will make. The
general indications are, that by the time
the Government gets into right working
order, they will be fully as strong in
every respect as they have ever been.
In Huron, as we have all along pre-
dicted, the three ridings remain as- be-
fore. They have stood firm and true to
Mr. Mowat. The East Riding leads off,
with the splendid majority of 503 for
Mr. Gibson, and is now entitled to rank
as one of the banner Reform ridings of
the west. It would have been more
satisfactory had the other ridings done
better, but the majorities are still auffi.
eiently decieive to show that both the
South and West are sound to the core,
and all that was the matter was a little
over -confidence. The reduoed majori-
ties will, we have no doubt, serve as a
weaning for the future of the great
danger of over -confidence. here was
enthwflasm enough at both -conventions
to ensure much larger majorities in both
ridings, but when delegates consider
that they have done their whole duty
when they have put the candidate of
their choice in the field, they need not
expect that a very large majority will
be piled up for him.
The result throughout the Province is
most gratifying. It would have been
little short of a calamity had Mr. Mow-
at been defeated at the present time,
and particularly on the false issues
which were placed before the country.
It is also gratifying that the good sensel
of the people has prevailed, thus show-'
ing that they do afipreciate good, honest,
economical and just government when
they have it. Mr. Mowat, for eighteen
years, has held the balance fairly be-
tween all classes, creeds and nationali-
ties, witholding f.rom none their just'
and legal right', and giving to none'
privileges or advantages they are not
constitutionally entitled to. Besides
this, his finaneial and general adminis-
tration has been irreproachable, and it
will be encouragement for himself and
his talented colleagues to persevere in
well -doing to know that his fair and
honest dealingois appreciated and valued
at its true worth by those whom he has
so long and so faithfully served.
See the Conquered Hero
Comes."
Telegraphio despatches to al contem-
porary state that Mr. J. G. Holmes, on
his way to the station at Exeter, was
accompanied by a • large delegation of
the most influential men of •Exeter- and
adjoining townships, and that as he was
stepping on the train cheer after cheer
went up in honor of him. Another des-
patch gives the reader the impression
that the young man made a sort of
royal progress from Exeter to Wingham
and was cheered at all the stations be-
tween these two points. At Wingham
he was met at the station and escorted
to his father's home by a brass band
and a large concourse of his former
townsmen. These demonstrations,
strange to say, took place without the
consent or knowledge of the people of
Wingham. They saw no concourse and
heard no band. The procession which
moved up from the station, was com-
posed of Mr. Holmes and a relative;
and neither of these played upon any
wind or stringed instrument. For this
reason the record of Mr. Holmes'
triumphal procession from Exeter to
Wingham ought to be examined with
care, and it should be, made plain that
Mr. Holmes did not get out at each
station and cheer for himself. We are
inclined to think that the two de-
spatches are fictitious and we advise
Mr. Holmes to curb the glowing im-
agination of the young man who wrote
them.
The above is from the Toronto Globe
of Tuesday. The two despatches above
referred to, and whioh appeared in the
Toronto Empire, were, no doubt, pre-
pared and forwarded by the same per-
son who sent the report of Mr. Holmes'
Seaforth and other meetings. That
person was Mr. Holmes himself. What-
ever the young man's merits or demerits
may be, it is quite evident that he is
not at all backward in sounding his own
trumpet.
THE day after the Ontario Elections
the Toronto Empire had a very melan-
choly article, in which it owned up the
defeat of its party, and admitted the
overwhelming victory of the Mowat
Government. In that articleOccurs the
following significant sentence:
That there has been "a solid vote"
against us, as has been boasted by some .
of the Ministerialists, is not the fact.
Many Conservative Roman Catholics re-
main Conservative and voted with their
old friends.
It so happens that the Ministerialists
did not " boast " of " a solid vote." It
was Mr. Meredith, the Conservative
leader, and his followers, who warned
the country against the dangers to re-
sult from the "solid vote;" and the Em-
pire backed them up in their warning.
Now, however, that the _Provincial elec-
tions are over, and the', cry against the
" solid vote" can not longer be of ser-
vice to the Conservative party, the organ
of that party takes the first opportunity
of repudiating it. A. Dominion elec-
tion is in the near—future, and it is nec-
essary in the interests of the party now
to cultivate the "solid vote "which but
a day or two ago was so bitterly con-
demned. _Nothing so clearly proves the
insincerity and hypocrisy of the , cries
raised &giblet the Mowat Got ernment
by their opponent as their above sen-
tence from the Empire. After so lustily
abusing the t` solid vote," it might in
decency have allowed at least a week to
pass before it commenced to cultivate
what it had so recently condemned.
We would ask some of those good peo-
ple who have been induced by the "solid
vote " and other similar cries to refrain
from voting for Mr. Mowat at the recent
election, to keep their best eye on the,
editorial columns of the Em-
pire and the utterances of the leading
Conservative speakers for the next year,
just to see how very nicely and com-
pletely they have been fooled.
Tun Opposition Journals new abuse
Rev. Dr. Coven, because he failed to,
fall head -long into the trap which they
had so adroitly laid for him. Whether
or not his course was pleasing to the.
Opposition, they made good use of it
during the election campaign, and Dr.
Caven's milk and water letters were
amongst the hardest things that the
Government candidates had to contend
with. He should either have kept sil-
ent or he should have said more than
he did, and had Mr. Mowat been defeat-
ed he might very correctlyhave laid
much of the blame for that defeat to the
course taken, innocently, we believe,
by Dr. Caven ; and for the help he has
given the Opposition he now receives as
a reward their sneers and jibes. The
Empire speaking of his aourse says :
" It is contended by the Mail that the
Rev. Dr. Caven was amply justified in
suspecting the bona fides of many of the
Opposition members,' and therefore
throwing his infltence with Mr. Mowat
and against Mr. Meredith. It would be
no justification, but it would be an ex-
planation of Dr. Coven's conduct if he
judges the Opposition members by him-
self, and therefore considered them cap-
able of placing one public policy authori-
tatively on record and working for an-
other more in accordance with their pri-
vate sympathies, which is preoisely what
was done by Dr. Caven. He does an
injustice to the Opposition members in
thus measuring by his own yard -stick."
THE Montreal Witness in its report of
the Methodist- Conference proceedings
in that city has the following :
"At eleven Sir John Macdonald was
introduced to the Conference by the
President, and briefly addressed the
Conference on the success of the various
churches in the midst of pseudo science
and unbelief, and said that it afforded
him great comfort in his declining years
to know that the various churches were
waging prosperous war for truth and
right. He aaid, As an old man I can
only pray that my declining years may
be soothed by the continued prosperity
of the great Methodism of our land.
(Great applause.)"
THE OFFICIAL 'RETURNS.
The following is a statement of the
votes polled for the respective candida-
dates in the three ridings of Huron on
the 5th inst.'as shown by the official re-
turns of the Returning officers:
SOUTH HURON.
Bishop. Holmes.
SEAFORTH.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 99
gi
if
411
" " 2.. 50
3.. 47 "
4.. 23
5.. 30
—
249
Majority for Bishqp. 105
TUCKERSMITH.
Polling Subdivision N�. 1.. 75 40
2.. 87 25
3..107
" 4..107
CC
66
16
tt
44
25
26
25
24
144
64
376
Majority for Bishop.. 258
USBORNE.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 37
" 2.. 88
" 3.. 45
" 4.. 73
41
Cd
dd
243
Majority for Holmes ..
° EXETER.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 26
46 41
61
66
" 2.. 20
'66 " 3.. 24
" 44.. 49
119
Majority for Holmes..
STEPNEN.
Polling Subdivision.No. 1.. 43
64
46
if
it
" " 2.. 60
3.. 80
4.. 92
5.. 74
6.. 33
7.. 51 -
SI
di
CC
64
46
41
tt
433
Majority for Bishop.. 74
HAY.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 50
" " " 2., 75
64
46
" 3.. 79
" 4.. 36
" 5.. 83
" 6.. 45
" '7.. 29
397
Majority for Bishop.. 150
STANLEY.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 61
64
id
" " . 2.. 60
di
14
" 3.. 29
" 4.. 15
" 5.. 77
242
Majority for Holmes..
GODERICH TOWNSHIP.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 36
it Ig " 2.. 15
44 14
" 3.. 14
65
Majority for Holmes
BAYFIELD.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 20.
Majority for Holmes..
-RECAPITULA.TION.
Bishop.
249
376
243
119
433
397
242
65
20
Seaforth
Tuckersmith
Usborne
Exeter.
Stephen
Hay
Stanley
Goderich Township
Bayfield -
44
29
24
118
107
45
116
55
323
80
78
62
61
66
.267
148
62
67
58
40
33
51
48
359
28
65
46
9
19
56
24
247
29
-39
112
56
37
273
31
73
54
45
1HOWICS.
Polling Subdivision No. 1..
114 _ it it 2, .
41
44
if.
66
41
44 44
14 64
it 44
it
3..
4..
5..
6..
36
55
52
54
88
48
333
Majority for Musgrove..
OBEY.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 62
61 46
• dig 44
14 64
41
44
CS 46
" 2.. 50
3..107
4.. 48
5.. 58
6._ 62
7.. 77
46
61
44
fg
464
Majority for Gibson.. 145
M'KILLOP.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 65
" " 2.. 73
61
" " 3.. 59
46 ft 64
16 is 66
44 61 16
44 Cg 46
64 it
4.. 24
5.. 65
6.. 39
7.. 36
8.. 32
393
Majority for Gibson.. 250
MORRIS.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 63
41
C4
54
" " 2.. 65
3.. 48 ,
4.. 49
5.. 56
6.. 54
41
di
41
'44
64
44
64
• 98
76
113
- 87
71
65
510
177
52
32
35
38
52
58
52
319
10
35
28
11
16
25
18
143
39
34
63
46
71
77
335 330
Majority for Gibson... 5
HULLETT.
Polling Subdivision No. 1 .. 70
gi41
" 2.. 92
11
64
" " 3.. 49
" " 4.. 54'
36
26
25
26
265 113
Majority for Gibson.. 152
BRUSSELS.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 77 40
46 64
" 2.. 79 52
156 92
Majority for Gibson.. 64
WROXETER.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 62 41
Majority for Gibson.. 21
RECAPITULATION.
Gibson. Musg rove.
248 205
333 510
464 319
393 143
. 335 330
265 113
156 . 92
62 41
Turnberry
Howick
Grey
McKillop
Morris.
Hulled
Brussels.
Wroxeter
2256 1753
Majority for Gibson.. 503
, The total mimber of votes polled at
this election was 4,009, as compared
with 4,169 at the last election and 3,825
at the previous one. The following is a
statement of the votes oast at the last elec-
tion:
Gibson. Hayes.
.McKillop 327
Hallett 251
M orris . 360
Brussels 139
Grey 498
Howick 389
Wroxeter.... 61
Turnberry 281
2306 1863
302
138
321
123
283.
489
29
180
WEST HURON.
Garrow.
GODERICH TOWN.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 36
44 16
di
46
id
Ci
64
116
6C
CC
" 2.. 43
" 3.. 45
" 4.. 53
" 5.. 42
" 6.. 48
" 7.. 36
303
Majority for Garrow... 5
GODERICH TOWNSHIP.
Polling Subdivision No. 1... 38
14
" 2... 36
gt " " 3.. 31
, 105
_ Majority for Roberts..
COLBORNE.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 64
64
11 66 • " 4... 42
" " 2... 29
". " 3...66
201
Majority for Roberte .
WEST WAWANOSH.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 51
44 6
" 2.. 54
• 44 44 46
3.. 73
" " 4.. 94
Roberts.
48
47
47
31
, 43
51
31
298
73
71
67
--
211
106
62
50
71
47
--
230
29
74
55
72
39
272 240
172 Majority for Garrow.. 32
EAST WAWANOSH.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 64 27
107
63
Holmes.
144
118
323
267
359
247
273
172
83
2144 1986
Majority for Bishop.. 158
The total number of votes polled at
this election was 4,130, as compared
with 4,119 at the last election, and
3,729 at the previous one. The follow-
ing is a statement of the votes cast at
the last election:
Bishop. Swenerton
Tuckersmith 381 90
Usborne
Stephen
Hay
Stanley
Goderich
Seaforth
Exeter
Bayfield
280 307
477 322
467 186
252 255
Township .64 168
244 120
113 291
35 67
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EAST HURON.
Gibson. Musgrove.
TURNI3ER1Y.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 44
64 .1
,
44 44
44 46
" 2.. 74
" 3.. 76
" 4.. 54
248
Majority for Gibson.. 43
54
41
57
53
205
66 gg " 2.. 67
46
gg gg 3.. 56
14 gg " 4.. 52
64
36
34
239 161
Majority for Garrow.. 78
BLYTH.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 33 38
" " 2.. 43 38
76 76
MULLETT.
Subdivision No. 5.. 24
" " 6.. 45
" 7.. 48
di
Polling
66
64 64
117
Majority for Garro -v.. 47
ASHFIELD.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 42 79
di " 2.. 58 82
" 3.. 66 47
" 4 37 68
" 5 99 7
" 6.. 72 13
" 7 86 23
_so
319
35
14
21
70
16
it
it
gi
46
g
46
66
id
440
Majority for Garrow. 121
CLINTON.
P911ing Subdivision No. 1 25
46
44
41
61
4'
16
" " 2.. 33
3.. 30
4.. 35
5.. 27
6.. 23
7.. 18
8.. 26
--
217
Majority for Roberts
• WINGRAM.
Polling Subdivision No. 1.. 34
46
" " 2.. 47
16
C4
14
4'
16
if
30
27
38
29
26
31
31
24
236
19
50
21
JUNE 13,
18.90.
44 14 3.. 29 56
" 4.. 45 45
44
155 172
Majority for Roberts.. 17
RECAPITULATION.
Garrow. Roberts.
Goderich Town,. 303
Goderioh Township 105
Colborne 201
West Wawanosh 272
East Wawanosh 239
Blyth 76
Hullett 117
Ashfield 440
Clinton 217
Wingham 155
298
211
230
240
161
76
70
319
236
172
2125 2013
Majority for Garrow.. 112
The total number of votes polled at
this election was 4,138, as compared
with 4,379 at the last election, and
3,955 at the previous one. The follow-
ing is a statement of the votes cast at
the election of 1886:
Hess. Taylor.
Goderich Town 331 322
Goderich Township 109 -185
Ashfield 478 299
West Wawanosh . . 267 214
East Wawanosh 280 176
Colborne 241 234
Wingham 168 167
Clinton 260 243
Hullett 152 97
Blyth 72 93
--
2358 2021
SOUTH PERTH.
MAJORITIES.
Ballantyne.
St. Marys 137
Hibbert
Downie.
South Eaothope
Fullerton
Mitchell • • • • .
Blanshard 29
Logan
217
78
180
25
Davis.
11
57
666 68
Majority fot Ballantyne ..598
NORTH PERTH.
MAJORITIES.
Listowel
Wallace
Elma
Hess.
9
135
Ahrens.
. .
• .
12
Mornington . 11
Milverton 16 ..
North Easthope 331
Ellice . 27 ..
Stratford .... . .... .... 77 . .
_
262 354
Majority for Ahrens92
Members Returned.
The following is a statement of the
'members returned on each side through-
out the entire Province, together with
the majority procured by each as shown
by the official returns. It will be aeen
when all have been counted there are on
the Government side 54 and on the Op-
position 36 with an Equal Righter;
LIBERAL.
Constituency. Member.
Algoma, W Conmec
Brant, S Hardy
Brant, N • Wood, W. 13,...
Brockville.... .Fraser
Bruce, S O'Connor
Bruce, C Deck
Cornwall. . Mack
Durham, W Lockhart
Essex, S Balfour
Glengarry •Bayside .
Grey, N ,Cleland
Grey, S Hunter
Haldimand Baxter
Hastings, W Biggar
Huron, lE Gibson
Huron, S .Bishop .
Huron, W .Garrow
Kent, E Ferguson
Larnbton, E 'H. Mackenzie...
Lainbton, W C. Mackenzie. Of
Lanark; N Caldwell
Middlesex, N.... Waters
Middlesex, W.. .G. W. Ross
Monck Harcourt
Norfolk, N. ...Freeman
Norfclk, S - Charlton
Northumberland,
• West. Field....
Nipissing Loughrin .
Ontario, S .Dryden
Ottawa ...... ....Bronson
Oxford, N Mowat.
Oxford, S ' McKay ..... ...
Parry Sound Sharpe
Peel Chisholm
Perth, N Ahrens
Perth, S.... ....Ballantyne. ....
Peterborough, E Blezard
Peterborough, W . Stratton
Prescott Evantural .
Renfrew S Dowling
Russel Robillard
Simcoe, C Patton
Toronto .Tait
Victoria, W.... ,McKay
Waterloo, S Moore
Waterloo, N....Snider .
Wellington, S.. . Guthrie .... ....
Wellington, E. —Chas. Clarke.
Wellington W..Allan
Wentworth', N' .. McMahon
Wentworth, S. ..Awrey
York, E G. Bs Smith....
York, W Gilmour .. ..
York, N... ,.. .. Davis .... ......
OPPOSITION.
Constituency. Member.
Addington .Reid. •
Algoma, E .Campbell
Bruce, N George....
Cardwell... Hanomill
Carleton.... ....Monk ... . ...
Dufferin Barr
Dundas . ..Whitney
Elgin, E.... ....Godwin
Elgin, W . McColl
Essex, N White.....
Frontenac , Smith.
Grenville ..... Bush
Grey, C Rorko
Halton Kerns
Hamilton . Stinson
Hastings, E. Hudson
Hastings, N Wood, A.F
Kent, W Clancy
Kingston Metcalf
Lanark, S McLenaghan
Leeds Preston .....
Lennox
Maj.
59
626
533
161
900
301
350
51
200
300
405
151
365
136
503
158
112
650
462
713
138
100
122
442
307
67
424
450
145
1,415
ACC
852
86
123
92
631
86
589
ace
2,89
835
417,
SR
•••••
. •
•
•
—Meacham
Lincoln .... . . ....Hiscott ..... —
London Meredith
Middlesex, E Tooley
Muskoka • M arter
Northumberland,
East Willoughby....
Ontario, N Glendinning....
Prince EdwardJohnson
Renfrew, N......Dunlop
Simcoe, E Miscampbell....
Simcoe, W Wylie • .
Toronto.... ,Clarke, E. F. ..
Toronto Clarke, H. E.
Nt
480
496
721
652
386
191
279
50
519
62
800
Maj.
12
48
17
92
13
726
100
131
192
660
80
200
69
181
84
4
acc
41
98
340
400
18
122
ace
66
120
210
63
1
81
147
421
Victoria, E Fell 4011;00 80
Welland.... ....McCleary .101
Maj.
13
QUAL RIGHTS.
Constituency. Member.
Durham, E Campbell
News of the Week.
DOWN ON THE ENGLISH BREVERS.—
Irish saloon -keepers in Chicago are re-
fusing to buy beer from the breweries
controlled by the English syndicate.
HIGHWAY MEN.—A solitary highway
man on Friday night stopped the north-
bound stage from Ukiah, California,
and took $1,600 from the Wells -Fargo
box.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—During a
storm at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on
Wednesday of last week, lightning
struck a school house, stunning sixteen
children and rendering them insensible
for some time.
THE CARNEGIE LIBRAIVZ —The pub-
lic library presented to the eity of Edin-
burgh by Andrew Carnegie, of Pitts-
burg, Pa., was opened on Monday. Lord
Roseberry presided at the ceremonies.
SHOT BY HIS OWN SON.—Zack F.
Handley, editor and proprietor of the
Huron Herald, published at Huron,
South Dakota, was shot and killed on
Thursday of last week, by Fred, his six-
teen -year-old son during a quarrel.
THE HIGHEST HONORS.—The highest
honors at the June examination at Cam-
bridge University have been won by
Miss Philippa Fawcett, daughter of the
late Professor Fawcett, who is bracket-
ed as the superior of the maleoenior
wranglers on the mathematical trips.
THE CUNNING PIRATES.—A despatch
from Victoria, British Columbia, says
the seal pirates in Behring Sea are in-
geniously getting ahead of the United
States preventive service by having a
steamer, to receive their catch of skins,
too swift to be overtaken. by the Ameri-
can gunboats.
ARRIVED SAYELY.—The City of ROM,
which was recently injured by running
on the Fastnet rock in a fog, arrived
safely at Liverpool. Few of the passen-
gers knew that the vessel's forepeak
was full of water when she arrived.
THE "HERD LADDIE "An THE Am-
ERICAN CHAMPION.—Mr. James Wyllie,
the champion draught player, who is at
present in Australia, some time ago
issued a challenge to play any draught
player in the world a match of 70 games
for a stake of from E200 to £1,000 a side.
No one cared to take up the challenge,
and latterly the old man of a hundred
battles offered to play J. P. Reed, the
American champion, a match of 50
games, restricted or unrestricted, for
the championship of the world and a
stake of £100 or £200 a side, and offer-
ing to play the match in Chicago if al-
lowed $100 for expenses. Reed has ac-
cepted the challenge.
WILLIAM O'BRIEN'S NOVEL.—Car-
dinal. Manning . speaks in very high
terms of Mr. William O'Brien's novel,
and says the reading of it has impressed
him deeply with Ireland's terrible sor-
rows, born of race and religious hatred.
FOREST FIRES IN' WISCONSIN.—Great
forest fires have been raging in Northern
Wisconsin. In the vicinity of Kings-
bridge, the lumber camps with all their
contents and a large number of build-
ings have been destroyed. Thousands
of acres of valuable timber have been
burned over and nothing but heavy rains
will save other timber tracts.
MARYLAND'S STRAWBERRY CROP.—
The Northern Central Railway is ship-
ping daily from Calhoun Station fifteen
or twenty carloads of strawberries to
Northern cities, and the express com-
panies take five or six carloads. The
berries go to Buffalo, Syracuse, Elmira,
Rochester, Utica, and as far north as
Toronto. The fruit reaches even the
farthest points of shipment in a fresh
and wholesome condition. The berry
crop of Anne, Arundel, is unusually
large this year.
COLLISION BETWEEN CABLE TRAINS.—
I'm) cable trains crowded with people
collided in Chicago last Sunday night.
Five passengers were more or len seri-
ously injured but none fatally. Derail-
ment of a truck of the grip car caused
the collision ; nearly all the passengers
on the trains, iaumbering ;several hun-
dred were hurled headlong to the floors.
In the wild scramble to escape many
women fainted, and there were scores of
torn coats and tattered dresses. -
CHUNKS OP km—Tuesday night of
last week one of the worst storms of the
season visited Lapeer, Michigan, and
vicinity, consisting of rain and hail,
during which chunks of ice as big as
hen's eggs fell forcibly to the ground,
doing considerable damage to fruit, and
in some oasesbreaking in the windows.
The lightning was also severe. It struck
farmer Emerson Higley's barn, killing a
horse. The wind was fierce and blew
down many fruit trees.
Two MICHIGAN FARMERS KILLED.—
A despatch from Caro Michigan, on the
4th inst., says that four farmers were
struck by lightning at the residence of
I. T. Taggett, four miles west of Caro,
in Fah grove township. About twenty
rods from the barn, I.T. Taggett,Edward
Goodchild, Wm. Holmes and Matt
Ringle, were a short time pievious en-
gaged in performing an operation upon
a young horse, when a thunder storm
catne up suddenly and the first bolt of
lightning struck in the midst of the
men. Assistance was soon secured, and
within a short time Ringle and Taggett
regained consciousness, but Goodchild
and Holmes were dead when assistance
arrived, although no marks or traces of
the current could be found upon their
persons. Goodchild was a farmer 37
years of age and had a family of five
children. Holmes was 31 years of age
unmarried. It was one of the greatest
electric storms that ever passed over
that section.
IMMENSE LABOR. DEMONSTRATION.—
A great labor demonstration was made
Saturday in Hyde Park, London. It is
estimated that 40,000 men were in the
procession that marched to the park,
where 200,000 more had assembled to
take part in the meeting. Among the
speakers were Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Wm—
S. Caine, M. P., John Burns, the labor
agitator; Michael Devitt and Professor
Stuart. Upon leaving the park Sir
Henry Havelock -Allen in some way in-
curred the of the crowd, and
Was jeered and hooted at. He incauti-
ously replied, whereupon the mob made
a rush and nearly unhorsed him. The
police formed a cordon around kiln, and
by a free use of their batons kept back
the infuriated workmen, who threw
heavy clods of earth at the officers, and
tried to break through the cordon. A
few arrests were made, ad Sir Henry
finally cantesed off, escorted by mount-
ed policemen.
Huron Notes.
Dr. Whitely was elected deputy.
reeve of Goderich, by acclamation, eu
Wednesday of last week.
—Mrs. C. M. Parker, of Brussels,whe
is 76 years of age, how pat completed a
log cabin quilt containing 6,440 places.
—A heavy hail storm passed over
Goderioh and vioinity on Thursday after.
noon of last week, doing much dames
to fruit and grain crops.
—The County Council met in Gode.
rich on Tuesday, June 3rd, but ivas adt
journed until Tuesday, June 17th. No
business of importance was transacted,
—One day last week Mr. Juan
Stretton, Sr., of Brussels, had the nik.
fortune to fall and break two of the
fingers of his right hand.
—The service in connection with the
induction of Rev. J. Fairbairn to the
Presbyterian church in Dungannon, took'
place on Tuesday of last week. Rev,
R. Davidson preached.
—The other night, while bathing
down at the railroad bridge in Clinton
student at the Collegiate Institute in
that place, was rescued from a watery
grave by his companions, after he Ind
sunk •a couple of times.
—Mr. E. Swarts, of Hohneaville, lost
a valuable horse on Tuesday night of
last week. The horse was found dead
in the field on Wednesday morning.
is supposed to'have been killed by light-
ning.
—James Wilson, charged with steal-
ing a mare from James Pollard,of West
Wawanosh, and trading it with one
Thomas O'Conner, in the township of
Pilkington county of Wellington, wag
tried in Goderich before Judge Toms on
Tuesday of last week and found guilty,
— A meeting of the West Huron Far-
mer's Institute will be held in Londes-
borough on Thursday, June 26th.
Among those who will be present to
address the meetings will be R. W.
Phipps, A. McD. Allan, A. Saunders
and Mr. McMillan, of Toronto.
—The imported mare bought byAlex.
Delgatty from Wm.Barrie,of Morris,and
shipped to the West a few weeks ago to
the purchaser, died a day or 80 after
reaching her destination. It will be a
heavy loss to Mr. Delgatty.
— W. Nightingale, of Brussels, re-
ceived word last week that the burglars,
who are supposed to have gone through
his store recently, had been arrested for
a similar offence in Grey County, and
were now in Barrie jail awaiting their
trial.
—.A farmer on the 2nd concession of
Halle! -, has an oak churn which he got
made ot ,Harpurhey, and which he car-
ried home on his back, a distance of six
miles, 24 years ago last Monday. This
churn has been in constant use ever
since, and is likely to last many years
yet.
—On Friday afternoon, May 20, Mt.
James sparling, foreman at the salt
works, Blyth, met with a very painful
accident. While working about the
machinery in the factory,he unfortanate-
ly got his left foot caught in a revolving
wheel, his toei being so badly crushed
that it is feared that one of them will
have to be amputated.
—On Saturday of last week Mr.
Robert McAllister, of lot 21, conoeasion
7,AVest Wawanosh, measured some of
hiF spring wheat, and found that it
measured three feet. He also bad
clover which measured twenty highs..
The crops in his section are uniformly
good.
— Mr. W. Dulmage, of Newbridge,
East Huron, has done an immense
amount of shipping this spring, shipping
on an average Aix ear loads of stock s
week. Last week he shipped two ear
loads of fine cattle to the English mar-
ket, leaving over $3000 it the pockets
of the Minto and Howick farmers.
—Mr. Groves, principal of the Wing.
ham public school, will leave Wingham
shortly. He goes to the Ryerson
school, Toronto, as first assistant mas-
ter. There were over twenty appli-
cations for this situation, but Mr.Groves
spas the lucky man. There are eighteen
teachers in this school, therefore the
first assistant must have his hands full
of work.
— Mr. George Brownett, one of the
pioneer settlers of Stanley, died some-
what unexpectedly at his residenoe,Bay-
field Road, on Saturday, 30th ult. Hie
death was caused by inflammation of
the lungs. He had lived in the county
for about forty years. In religion be
leaned to. the Presbyterian church. He
was highly respected and leaves a wife
and family. He lost two sons by sud-
den death some time ago.
—There is no doubt but it pays to -
raise and keep nothing but the best grade
of stook. As an example of this Peter
Robertson, 9th concession, sold four
head of cattle that had been fattening
since February lst to cattle dealer Scott
that scaled 3,750 pounds. The lot was
made•up of one yearling, two two -year-
olds and one cow. The price received
was 5 cents per pound, so that the seller
pocketed $187.50. That must surely
pay better than trying to grow fall
wheat and missing a crop every few
years.
—We have this week to record the
death of Mr. Charles Carter, of Clinton,
Mr. Carter was suffering from an Ws&
of paralysis. This Being his second at-
tack it was feared that he-wouldnot
survive it, and unfortunately the fear
was realized, for on Thursday of lut
week he died. He was well known in
the vicinity of Clinton, having been born -
on the Huron Road, Tuckersmith, and
residing there most of his life. For
about six year!: he was farm foreman for
Messrs Ransford. He leaves% wife and
6 children 4 boys and 2 girls, the lat-
ter being lifre.E.Fowler,of Manitoba,and
Mrs. Gillespie, of Chippewa, Michigan'.
—A shipment of fine cattle -took place
from Clinton station last week. There
were nearly 150 animals in the lot. The
following were the names of the buyers
and sellers, with weights of the animals
after shrinking :—To E. Watson,—Rey-
nold's, head, 1,630 pounds; RAM"
ford's, 37 head, 49,755 pounds; out of
this bunch one steer went 1,700pounds.
One pair weighed 3,310 pounds, three
weighed 4,270 pounds, or an average of
1,516 pounds for five head. Mr. Chas.
Mason had charge of those cattle dui.-
ing the winter, which accounts for their
excellence. To S. Smitin—McDonald,
10 head, 11,370 pounds ; Riley and
others, 3 howl, 3,490 pounds Ineksh
2 head, 2,215 peunds. To Myera,--
Campbell, a coun,1,330 pounds; Rath -
by, 2 head, 2,735' pounds ; Jackson, 72
head,n1,960 pounds, Robertson,, 1 hula,
940 poundsss Cowan, 1 head, 1,200
pounds Lee', 2 head, 2,285 pounds;
Mairs, jour head, 4,990 pounds ; Brown,
2 head, 2,430 pounds; Caldwell, 6 head,
8,175 pound.; W. Brigham, 1 heads
1,000 pounds; Fisher, 1 head, 1,100 11/14;
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