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NEW ADVERTISEME T
tst.The figure between the parenthe is after each
one denotes the page of the paper on lathich,the
advertisement ill be found. €
The Ainnirdity of the Thing -Greig & MacSonald (1)
Spring Clotbing--Wni. Pickard & Co ( ) 1
Wilton's Gash Grocery -C. Wilson (8)
The Mora they know -R. J. Macdonald (8)
Property for Sale --James Spacknian ( )
Removal Sale -J. L. Smith (8)
Rooms to Let --Thom s Ktdd (8)
'Hot ce--F. Holmeste (5)1
Boars for Servico-W L. McLaren (5)
Plows for Sale-thsinas Mollie (8)
The Cantata of Entli (8)
Durham Bull Calf for Sale -John Reid ( ) ,
Central- Business Coll ge-Shaw & Ellie .t. (51
Removal Sale -J. L. with (5) i
A Baker's Dozen -Mc innon & Co. (5) I
Hair, Hair -Prof. Do enwend (6)
Delighted People -Wm. Pickard & Co. ) '
Spring Arrivals Complete -E. Moran' & Go. 0)
Fruits for Spring -Cay & Co. (6) I
Shoes Made to Your Order -R. Willis (1) i
Rest Watches -R. Ate i
Say nothing but slw ood-HR. Mercer ( )
A Rare Chance-51rs. WalWin (e) 1
Sale of IV h Bred HOTgCII, ,-E. c. Cq1einn (5)
"Bicycles- urnsden & Wile n (5)
Delivery of Implements -B McInto3h (
Sap Palls -S. Idullett Co. (8)
& Speare 5)
Ixtapt Txp
'Abr.
SEAFORTH, FRIDA March
20th, 1189.6
Liberal Convention Pos poned:
The East Haron Liberal con ention 'an-
nounced to be held in the town iaU, Brus-
sels, on Saturday of this Week, has been
postponed until Gni Friday, April 3rd,
owing to the inability if Dr. McDonald and
other speakers to leav Ottawa oi the first
date. Addresses are exp eted from the
well known D. C. F aser, M. 1'., of Nova
Scotia.; A. Campbel , N P., of Kent
county; James 'McMullen, M. P., Welling•
ton, and the members f tli ridi sa, Dr. Mc-
Donald and T. Gibson. There wi 1 likely be
an evening meeting as well as ne in the
afternoon. There sho Id be a la ge attend-
ance.
liarknt.
The oratorical battl on he s cond read-
ing of the remedial biT stil eon inues, and
has at thries:grown a -e hot Al the big
guns are afring themse ves, nd a e attack-
ing each other in langt age none oo friend-
ly. These attacks are beinL dir eted prin-
cipally by members of the G vernment
against the Hon. Clar e W Ilace Mr. Mc-
Carthy and others, w o h ve olted the
Government policy on the s hool question.
It was thought that a di -isio would be
reached by Tuesday n ght or 'ednesday
morning, but the large num ser o speakers
on the programme pre ented this The life
of the present Parham at is jus now re-
. ceiving a. good deal of attention from the
members, and nearly a whole da • was taken
up in a discussion on his point. Accord-
ing to the Governor -0 neral's pr elamation,
the writs in the last el ction we made re.
'turnable on April 26t, , and the onstitution
distinctly states that ornament shall ex-
ist for live years, and no longe , from the
date on which the wr ts were na de return-
able. however, thro igh some neglect one
el these writs from Al oma, was ot return-
ed until June 3rd, anc on this ome base
the contention that tl e present arlia.m ent
does not cease to exis until five years from
the return of this last writ. Bu, as Par_
liarnent actually did rieet for he transac.
tionof blisiness on th 29th of A ril, 1891,it
would appear that t would be a wide
stretch of the rneanin of the c nstitution,
if nothing more, to ontinue t e present
Parliament until Jun 3rd. Wi h a view
of retaining power an putting uff the day
of reckoning the Gov riament ar making a
hard fight to probing the time uatil June,
but whether or not they will b successful
remains to be seen. lutside of these two
questions no business of any ,eal public
interest has been t ansacted, in fact, it
might be said that litt e or nothi • g but talk
has marked the pr gress of he present
session.
THE ONT.AtRIO
TURE.
To oro, March 17th, 18913. -
Them was nothing o more tha ordinary
interest in the proceolings of ur Ontario
rulers during the pat week. 1 he voting
of supplies and the disbussing of he various
items took up the tine of eac sitting of
the House very fully, -vhile a lot of work
has been clone by the omrnittees The sev-
eral committees usuall meet a half past
nine each forenoon, a d almost invariably
remain in session unt twelve o clock, and
- sometimes later. The principal ernmittees
are: The public acco nts, the municipal,
and the private bills. It is in he first of
these that the numero aocoun and finan-
cial transactions of the Goveri merit are
scrutinized and enqu red into. It is here,
also, that the OppositOn get t e bulk of
their campaign fodder; The co mittee has
the power to require the produc ion of all
accounts for supplies of any kind furnished
the Government, but they can also have
summoned before she any of the public
officers, and can enqui e from hem as to
the working of any de artment o the Gov-
ernment. There is sometimes, 1 igh jinks
on this committee. If the Op sition de-
sire to get any inform tion which the Gov-
ernment supporters on the comm ttee think
they should_ not have, hen there is a big
row, and the chairman at times as no easy
task keeping order, I owever, t e Opposi-
tion usually get all he inform tion they
ask for, as if it is refu ed to the , they at
once say there is some hmg wron , and the
friends of the' Gos-einment ar afraid to
give the information d ired. A statement
of this kind invaria ly secure them all
they want. But, as a ule, there is nothing
to hide. The Oppositi n have ben labor-
ing earnestly for twenty years to ferret out
something they could wist into a scandal,
and they have never et suceee ed in un-
earthing anything whi h could, e -en by the
greatest stretch of ima ination, b dignified
by any such term. Of course, t e Opposi-
tion are not to blame f r their eff rts in this
direction, they are o ly perfori ing their
duty, and it is in the interestof the min
-
try as well as the G vernment, that this
strict surveillance is ield over their pro-
ceedings. But, it is also greatly to the
credit f the dovernment and should be
gratify g to the country, that, deepite the
most se rthing scrutiny of every 'business
transact on, no jobbery or intentional wrong
doing hasever been discovered.
The Municipal committee have the con' -
,sideration of all the bills affecting the muni-
cipal institutions of the province. All such
measures' after receiving their second read-
-
ing in the Holum, are referred to _ this coma'
Imittee. They etre fully discussed and thole
'oughly threahed out here and it takes a
'pretty good bill to withstlad this test. It
'is here that the product of many a budding
law -maker is ruthkssly killed, . and nevelt
again sees the light of 'day. There is no law
on the statute book which is the subject 'of
such prolific atteck by legislators, as the
municipal act. If a member is desirous o
showiiig his constituents that he is tryin
to earn his money and win fame for himse4
and his constituency, he almost invariably"
attacks the municipal or the drainage act,"
and brings in a bill to amend some clause.1
His name appear e in the order paper, andj
gets into the neWspapers ; bis bill is sent t
the municipal committee, and there it is
torn into shreds end tatters, and natty nt-1
terly annihilated; and that is the nd of it,
but the legislator has accomplishe his pur-
pose. Again, frequently three or four dif-
ferent bills_ will be amalgamated into one
by this 'committee, the best ideas in each
taken and chrystalised into one measure,
which is fiaally reported to the ouse, and
ultimately • becomes law. But not one
bill in twenty that goesto thi commit-
tee survives the ordeal, and here are
-very few, if any,. that return to t e House,
from the committee, in the same ape that
they went to it. In most instances he parent
of the bill would have difficulty in recogniz-
ing his offspring. - This is one o the most
useful committees of the House. 1
The private bills .committee deals w4h all
bills relating to the confirmation ef muni-
cipal by-laws, granting special pow' rs to
corporations, and such kke. e of
_the most important comthittee cf the
House, and it is probably the most in rest-
ing committee. Before it frequently ppear
the most eminent counsel of the province,
urging before the committee the cause of
one side or the other. A few • days go we.
had Mr. S. H. Blake on the one sidnd
Er, ,a
Mr. B. B. Osier on the other. It is treat
to listen to these gladiators of the Ca adieu
bar.
The principal subj▪ ects discussed uring
the week, were: (1), the school m nage-
ment of the province, and (2), the liquor
licenses. On the first, the Opposition claim
that too much money is given and too much
attention paid to the high schools, aid too
little to the public schools. They ailed,
however, to make their contention good.
The Minister of Education, in a mos mas-
terly defence of the present system, scat-
tered their theories and arguments o the
winds, and showed that while all due tten-
tion is given to the high schools, th t the
public schools receive more mone , and
that more and better work is being d ne in
them than ever before, and that in reality
the people have naw so much control over
their schools that they can regulate them
pretty much as they desire and as they
may deem best seited to their interests or
circurnstaiices.
On the !cense question the Opposition
have brou ht in an amendment to the mo-
tion to go into committee of supply. , This,
of course, is always considered as a Motion
of want of confidence in the Geyer meot.
The main point in their amendm nt is
that the present con missioners wh con-
trol the granting of liquor. li enses,
be done away with, and that i stead,
the county judge, the county warde and
one appointee of the Government, e the
license commissioners. This ii! th sys-
tem adopted by Sir Jo n Macdonald some
years ago, when he tri' d to get con rol of
the licensing system 'o the province. By
this mode the granting of . licenses and the
regulation of the 'traffic would be given into
the control of an irres onsible commission,
while the Government would be held re-
sponsible for the operat one of the act' The
usual charges qf bull dozing the hote1.
keepers, partizai commissioners and in-
spectors, and other tithe arguments of the
Opposition, were brou ht up. Hon. Mr.
Harcourt, whoseldepart lent has charge of
the licensing system, m de a most able de-
fence, showing that th actwas adminis-
tered faithfully, fearlessly ahd impartially,
and that the Charges made against the ad-
ministration re utterly foundationless. The
division took place on Tuesday night, and
the amendment svas, of course, defeated, al-
though the Patrons and Conservatives unit-
ed in opposition to the Government.
An interesting discussion took place on
the bill revising and consolidating the pule -
lie schools act, introduced. by the Minister
of Edacation. The bill, on the whole, was
generally approved of, especially by the op-
position members. The principal objectors
were on the Government side and among
the Patrons, and the main object of their at-
tack was a new clause providing the levying
by the county council of a special rate over
the whole county in accordance with the
equalized assessment, of a sum sufficient to
give to each school the sum of $56; and $25
for each assistant teacher, the same as is
now done in each township. The object of
this clause is to assist the weak sections, so
that the ratepayers with a small section and
a large school population may not be ver -
burdened._ The object i a good one, bit it
would seem that many of the peopl4 are
not yet educated to that degree of !felt "sac-
rifice tO make the clause a popalar one.
Many of the counties to the Northland East
of Toronto have along the front well- im-
proved and rich townships, while in therear
there are many sparsely settled and poor
municipalities, and it was contended that
these rich and highly assessed townships
would, under this clause, be compelled to
pay for the bulk of the education of the
weaker townships in the rear. The repre-
sentatives of all such counties bitterly op-
posed the clause, many -going so far as to say
that if it were. adopted the people would
rise up in rebellion against them. In view
of this strenuous opposition, especially
among the supporters of the Government, it
is likely t1iat this clause will be abandoned,
and that the amount to be raised in this
way by the several townships will be be more acceptable to all, and llin-
creased fiom $100, as it is now, to $150.
This wi
will, oiost likely, be approved of by the
Legislat u e
Therelis rio bill this session which has call-
ed forth nore attention and More favorable
commertt han the second bill introduced by
H
Mr. a d - for the reduction of the members
of county ouncillors. Of course; there are
some who are opposed to it, as] there are
always a f w who oppose changes or inno-
vations of any kind, but there , are a great
many ox both sides of the House, as well as
in the c untry, who view the proposed
change ,e,y favorably.
This i1 roposes that in every county
where the county council is composed of
more than twenty members, the county
council Shall be composed as follows : If
the population is 40,000 or undea, 12 mem-
bers ; if 40,000 and not more than 60,000 of
34 members, and if over 60,000 of 16 mem-
bers. The county is to be divided into dis-
tricts. tqcre the Pounty is 40,000 'or un-
der there are to be x districts where the
population is over 40,000 and under 60,000,
seven diaticts, and where the population is
over 60,00( there are to be seight districts.
Each distrret shall be represented in the
county council by twe members who shall
hold offiee for the term of two years. The
election for county councillors shall be held
in alternate years; and at the same time as
the electil for township councillors, the
cot nty cler - to be the returning officer, and
to furnisb all necessary material for the
ho ding of this part of the election, but the
e oty returning officers, who net at the
'
THE
towns ip elections, will also receive the
votes- or e comity councillors. Each can-
didat for the county 'council shall, on or
befor the first of Deaembler pr ceding the
electi n a e with the pounty cle k a nomin-
ation a , signed by at least twenty-five
duly ( nal ed electors of the county council
distri t fi r which he is to be a candidate.
If, on the aid first of December, there are
more can idates nominated th
quire to e elected, the county clerk is to
in are re-
t
give d e ablicity of the names at such dam-
dida s aid the number so nominated, by
adver ise ent in at least two papers in the
count , a d by bills pot1ed in certain pre-
scribe e: blie places. The elections, of
cours , wi I be by ballot, t e helots to be
provi • ed y the county councils.' After tae
electi • n t e ballots are to be forwarded to
the co at clerk, who sumo up the numbers
and ni ke the declaration. Every member
of asunt,' council is to possess the same
qualifi ati n as the reeve Of a 4 own is re-
quires to iavc, and the qaalification of an
eleoto is o be the same as an elector at a
towns ip •lection. Each elector is to have
as ma y v te,s as there are !members of the
count co neil for his district to be elected,
and h ea give both votes, to one candidate
or giv on vote to each oftwo candidates if
he fee s th disposed. This, in our view,
is the ea est and most Objectionable fea-
ture o th bill, as it gives the elector dis-
posed o ' plump" double the lancer of the
one w o d sires to distribute his votes, and
might res It in the election of the mostlin-
ten.
or. nd ess desirable mata t will not
have a ten ency to, carry out the.will of the
greate t n mber of people, but may seeure
the tri m 11 of the fad of the few. . The
count co neil thus elected will select the
warde , I : he is now • selected, and the
counci wit have all the powers which now
pertai t� county councils. The divisione
of the ou ties into county council distrtets
will be m:de by independent co missien-
ere, ao be amed in the act and ' to be ep-
pointe by the Legislature. ()ne comas-
sioner ill ake t.he divisions weat of the
countiez of York and Simcoe, an Ithe other
commis ion r east f „these counties. They
are to aye a sitting at each ount.y town,
and there a range the divisions of the county
on evid nee and in accordance with geogra-
phical con enience, having regard in ,all
cages t the regular municipal b tmdaries.
This, al o, s an excellent precaution, and
will ev de he danger Of geryniandering.
The div'sio s are to be sisranged every ten
years, a d he population to be based upon
the Do Ina n, census. a ' 1
This bill is along the lines ethich THE
EXPOSI OR as advocated for many years,
and is, e re sureain the right direction.
It is no va uable for the actual money sav-
ing it uleffect, but it would place the
council •n better and more satisfactory
basis, a d ould make it more fay than it
is now, an ntermediary body between the
local in inc pal council and the Legislature.
It is no ce tain, however, that the bill will
become law this session. It is more likely
that it wi I be left over for further and
fuller d scu sion in the country, and that it
will be bro girt up and -finally dealt with
next se sio . i
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era
e-ws of the Week.
ILL VISIT SAN .r4NCISCO -
Moody, who has !tot aisited the
t within the past tele years, is
duct a series of revive meetiogs
eject).
MIL SANCTION.-Thet Imperial
last week sanctioned the open -
galleries and museums on Sun -
To BE KILLED. -1-The French Alinister
ricu ture has issued a decree that
ed attle need not be killed on land-
ai AGENCY AT OMATIA.-An agency
op ned in Omaha for the purposeof
g cruits for the Cuban insurgents.
RIELE PURCHASE. -The Chinese
me t aas purchased eighty thousand
an ides, of the type of 1884, for a
ap1ce.
K ca.'s COIn NSPTION CRE. -1t is
ce that Dr. Ko h will s ortly pub -
est aiscoveri s in usi g his new
inst consump ion.
FOR 1,11E SO DAN.--Ilt has been
ecidecl to se d an expedition of
sand colored troops against the
of the Souda . 1
-ORED QUEEN -The departure of
for the south of France, on Mon -
week, has di wn trent the Loni
a pathetic a count ef the in-
ebleness of he Majesty.
TO COLLIDE. Perrine's comet,
scheduled to strike the earth on
s travelling away from the earth
rly direction
FOR Bicacats.-There is such a
r bicycles in England that the
facturers are completely blocked
, and wheels are being Imported
nited States,
AY BASE B LL. -Detroit police
ers will not now base ball play -
EIGHT OF GRATITtDE.-The
fghanistan seems to have been
the receptien accorded to his
Nazrullah Khan, for be is send -
en one hundred and twenty-five
unds' worth of gifts,' in charge
envoy.
10 RONTOEX.-Professor Rontgen
•f the hour in Germany. Honors
g upon him in his Wurtzburg
the university students organ.
torchlight processioo through
his ,house, to congratulate the
his Wonderful discovery.
EXECUTED. -Dr. Arthur Due-
-called millionaire murderer, of
ho was convicted in the circuit
t time ago, of killing his wife
St. Louis, has been sentenced
on April 22nd.
011AMMEDAN CONVERSIoN HOPE-
Arc4ishop a Cantethury says
ers can never convert the
n world. Islam is an iron-
utely fixed religion, lied cannot
the civilization of we nine-
nge
he
ste
ed
be
nt
Au
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tiv
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Ma -
ran
r OF TASTES. -The Emperor of
'lees German cooking, and cares
ench cuisine. When Ihis rela-
house of Tuscany visit him, to
taste he has Italien dishes
certain occasions the Xmpress,
Ba eanan, orders German" dishes.
's OSE IfEAVILY. -The ola Masonic
in letroit, was burned the other
lar:e amount of paraphernalia of
t be g 'destroyed. Portraits, medals
nue s of much value were either
ed or • estroyed by water. Iasured for
000 electiao , wire started the
e.
WisimEmEsslEmmEEttn
Huron Ifotes.
b cyc e club hag been formed in
Wi gh m.
A arg number of new books ,have been
added t e Brussels pualic library.
Th P esbyteeians et Molesworth have
dee de to •uild a new church.
Th av iage attendance at the Clinton
pubic (Mad is 379- _e '
M . ames Scott, ef Blyth, departed
this lif on Wednesday, 4th insta aged 53
yea
i • ant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Ed r, of t e 2nd coneeseion, Howick, died
on nn ay, 8th inst.
M a es Stevens has been ee-appoint-
ed ciai m: tof the license commkeion board
of Wes H ron.
-J. o aison, of How.ck-, has leased the
farm o Ad t m Kressler, in Grey, for a term
of year . ,
-Th; de th of Mae. Willoeghby, wife of
Captai 4 W J. Willoughby, toek , place at
the res de ce of her pareots, Mr. and Mts.
4,
a
HURON EXPO
ta Graham, of Goderich, on Wed
,lth inst. Deceased was brough
trom Buffalo, in the hope that she w
over her health, which for 139111e
ad been falling, but all that could
tor her failed to avert the last sum
I -A union Conservative amnia
een formed for East Wawanosh an
is, with a full staff of officers.
-The Grey Branch Agricultural ocinety
will greatly improve their grounds i Bras -
els during the coming summer.
-William McCracken, son of Jam 8 1VrEe-
racken, of Morris, has lost the s ght of
ne_eye from some unknown cause.
-Hugh McLeod, a' well known r sident
f Walton, died on Monday of last 'we k,
gel 74 years. i
- Mr. W. Weymouth, of Londesb to,
urchased from W. J. Biggins, of El hu
area Clinton, the young shorthor b
!‘ Hoilayrood." • '
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esday, Months' era sixteen days. She had beali
there suffering f ein a lingering illness of
uld re- heart trouble, but nothing serious was ane
months ticipated til
e done death, whe
one. pccted chan
on aas s
Mier- f
1
Mor -
about a week previous ao hl*:
she took a sudden and uneie
e for the worse, aid, as abo
bed to its
ghter of th
lin, WhitbY
pected by all
on was of e
isposition, a
nd, and her
d. A family
d three boys
reeved bus-
. ,
Readiog, of
liam .Ander
ly of uln-
a gol nd
1
ver, lash
as fro he
Sande , he
e
iatateide,ffeTuthsiiresdhaye wehethseucdcau
te Daniel Lemon, of Broo
wnship, gild was highly -re
ho knew her. Mrs. Ellering
g ntle, amiltble and kindly -
od mother, and a true fri
ath will be -generally regret
o eight chilaren--aave girls a
urvive her, as well as the
b nd.
-A few days ago 0. J.
as Ingham, received from Wi
nt so., his brother-in-law, forme
11, b ry, a number of specimens
et ver quartz from New De
lumbia. One, of silver,
can Star nine, situated nea
rm of a rage val e of which, is 100 ounces I
to'. This aline !Mows a million to' •
si ht daily, itnd is turning out, 50 to n •
da . $1,500,000 was refused for this mine
last fall, which is perhaps the finest il er
and lead ine in the world.
: otler
sample is frim the Currie mine, near loc n
Lake, and essays about 60 ounces of *1 er
per ton. Another from the Reco mine, n r
Sandon, miler! 200 ounces of silver er
ton ; this ma e is shipping five tons pee day.
Another sa pie was sent by J. Currie, n
of R. Cur ie, of East Wawanosh, be g
pyrites of ir n, sometimes carrying gold a d
silver. Mr. Anderson is now working t
the mines.
ae a Peter Cook has leased the fairm e -
longing to Mr. J. Elliott, on the -7th One
aion, Goderich township, for a
YearsT
- he other night, some person or reons
entered Shawls butther shop, in WinOam,
and stole p at of a uarter of beef, some
and a
Com-
part -
e bus-
Ain's
Car-
ly of
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rned
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summer bologoa, and about a dollar
alf in small ehange.
-Messrs. Bell and Mason, of the
1eercial hotel, Clinton, have dissolved
. rship. Mr. Bell will continue th
ess. Mr. Mason has rented M
Itptel, at Saltfard.
, -Mrs. James Tremble and Mrs
ruthers, of Portage in Prairie, forme
covick, Who have been !mending
onthe in and around Gorrie, have ret
o their westeifn home. .
-Mr. H. Lockwood, manager ' o
ank of Montreal, Goderich,has been
f rred to Amherst, Nova Scotia. His
ion in Goderich will be filled b
illiott, of London:
-Percy Luxton, who ie engaged
Mr. Sanitiel Skinner, of Usborne,
salitting wood on Tuesday of last wee, ac-
eidentally let the axe slip, and cut a severe
ash in his foot. - ,
-The 'following gentlemen have been
warded the contract for re -mod lling
a hool No. 4, Howick : The stone wor was
awarded to Mr. Richard Graham ; the brick
weak to Mr. Willia,m Arden, end the car -
'enter work to Mr. B. Scott.
-Messrs. John and 'A., McEwen; f the
2 d concession, Stanley; have purch ed a
ry fine two-year-old shorthorn bull from
a S. McCool, Hullett, ille was ler d by
ri Fairburn, of Thedford; and won s cond
p ize in a large field at Toronto, an the
1
.s�.ao at London.
-A foot ball mreh was played on
y evening of la t week, between sPhools
d Tues.
No. 9 and. 10. Tae game was intensely in-
teresting from start to finish, and was; wit-
n esed by quite a number of spectators,
Tae result was a tie, each team scoring a
geed. 1
• I -The death of the wife of Mr. Edward J.
Routledge of Clinton, occurred on Monday
of last week, from pneumonia. She was re-
cently confioed, and contracted a cold,' with
the above result. She leaves two children,
oee of whom, the baby, is iot likely to
servitte her long.
-The Brussels Post says: Comticillor
Leatherdale has just complete4 a erokmole
board thetas well worthy of jmentioi. It
contains 114 inlaid pieces of voad, With a
star in the centre. It is made up ot ma-
hogany, walnut, maple, cherry and white-
wpod. The workmanship is fir:t-class
-A sed accident happened t Mr. "John
MeMillan's saw mill, Myth, on Tuesday of
laid week, whereby'his son, J hn, had his
left arm badly lacerated by a aw. It, was
tern from the wrist to above th elboW, the
fiesh being actually ground off. A piece _of
the bone was also cut out. '
I -Beattie Brothers, of Win ham, I have
purchased from W. J. Paisley, of Clinton,
the four-year-old mare Wanet , a enter of
the famous mare, Wanda, rece n tly Old by
this enterprising firm for $2,511 . Wenetta
gives promise of being faster th: it her !sister.
The price paid was a $300 driv ng horse and
$275 in cash. . I
J -The Canada Gazette atmou s ces the fol-
lowing: Thirty-third Huron ba lioni of in-
faotry-quarter-master and honorary cap-
tain, Joseph Beck, is granted the hoiorary
rank pf major, from the 13th of June,11894,
i'l'
after,- 10 years' service as quarter- aster.
TO be captain and adjutant, Capta n and
Adjutant Charles J. A. -Cunningham' Dun-
lop, from the 15th battalion.
-On Monday evening of last week, a
pleasant surprise party took place at Dash-
wood. Those of Mr. irk's childrete, who
are in Canada, all of whom happen te be in
the neighborhood of Dashwood at present,
called at the old home and presented Mr.
and Mrs. Birk with an easy rockeie, as a
small token of the esteem in which they are
held by the family.
-At the last meeting of the Morri' town-
ship council, tenders were receiv d for
building the two cedar bridges o er the
Maitland. R. Jamieson, of Fordwi h, se-
cured Ratan's, at $595, the work ' to be
completed on July 15th. There we e five
tenders. Duff & Stewart, of Blueval , were
awarded the Ard bridge, their figures -being
$699. The bridge is to be finished b July
1st.
4 -Rev. J. W. Holmes, of Clinto , re-
ceived woid the other day of the death of
his eldest linter, a Mrs. Dennyson, ,which
oceurred at Glencar, Ireland, on t e a1st of
Feleruary. Deceased was the e1dea1 of a
family of eight, and was in her 77t1 year.
She had the unique distinction of bing a
member of the Methodist Church a1 her
life', hardly knowing the time wheri she first
joieed it.
' On Monday night of last wele, while
ILTG. Lep was on duty as night-Wat hinan
at Button & Fessant's chair factoy, in
Wingham, he had a narrow escape ron los-
ing his life. He had to jump to one e de to
get away from escaping scalding we r and
steem, and in doing so struck his ' h d on
the left temple, against a block 0 w�od,
with such force as to knock him aown.
Luckily he was not stunned by the blew, or
• he would have been scalded to death. His
head was badly • bruised, and necessitated
his, going off duty for a night or two. _
-e-The Clinton New Era of last week
say: Mr. James .Armstrong, of Varna,
breught us on Tuesday, a copy of " The
New Era, Huron county, farmers' alManac,
for the year of our Lord 1866." The al-
" -
mange was in among some of his tether's
papeli, and had been used as a . mem:a-anal'
k also, containing some interesting refer-
ences, as for instance on June 4th, 1866,
"Guarding Bayfield from Fenians." 1 July
12th, "First 'celebration in Clinton."" No-
vember lathe " yarns spree, plenty ofl girls
here." November 1st, "So-and-so married,
no charivari." And other memos. of like
,
neirt-ureii
Thursday, 5th inst,, an old and re-
•
spected resident of Porter's Hill, passed
e witin a
away, in the person of Margaret, relict of
thlate John Torrance. Until wi
week of her decease,Mrs. Torrance, who was
in' her 80th year, had been in good health,
but fiom the moment of her attack, a severe
stroke of paralysis, hope of recovery was
not entertained. She was a native of Glass -
ford, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She was mar-
ried in 1848; and left Glasgow in 1855,
settling with her husband in what was then
known as the Huron tract. Her hushand
predeceased her in 1885, since which 'time
she had resided with her son, John, oe the
old homestead. An only daughter, Mrs.
Dyke, lives in Goderich. Mrs. Torrance
was a good specimen of the old line Prby-
terian, and in her long residence near IPor.
ter's Hill, had made a large num1r of
friends, who will mourn her sudde de-
parture
-Helen Lemon, beloved wife of Mr.
Thomas Ellerington, of lot 20, concession 6,
Usborne, died on Thursday, 5th ' st.,
at " the age of fifty-four years, ight
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NOTES.- hile Mr. Louis Weyer ikhd h
brother Ado ph were in the big swamp O
Tuesday hist cutting wood, by some ines,
in passing th axe to Adolph, it fell' orto
his face, cut rig a big gash in his cheek. It
took about o e and a, half hours before they
ot home an had th Ie wound dressed. In
that time he ost a lot of blood. -Mr. Jacob
Warm and /4 les Mary Kersch, both of this
lace, joined hands in holy matrimonyone
y last wee . We wish the couple a long
and happy lif. together. They have moved
into one of Thomas 'Johnston's hpuses.
-The'Cosgro e concert, in the *town j hala,
last Monday vening, was fairly well at-
tended. The proceeds' were $38, 25 per
cent, of which went to the order of Fprest-
ers.-Andrew Middelholtz and his father-in-
law, Mr. N.loster, were in Seafortli last
Wednesday,it tending an auction sale. -Mr.
Fred.Kibler aid wife went to Hensalll ana
spent a day 4t the Huron Sunday School
convention. 4r. D. S. Faust and Mr. Adam
Faust were al o there on Wednesday after-
noon last. They were all well pleased with
what they emir and heard. -Rev. Mr. Bec-
ker, from Coorne township, paid Rev.' D.
H. Braund a lying visit last Sunday night.
He left for hame again on Monday. -Mr.
Charles Boss nberry moved from Hensall to
_Zurich hatWednesday, into the house late-
ly occupied by Mr. W. Baker. -Mr. Wm.
Baker movedl upstairs over Mr. D. 8. Stein-
bach's old tix shop.
Brussels. •
NOTES.- a Monday, two rinks of the
Wroxeter s,oiors and two rinks of the
juniors play' d two rinks each of our club
here, which resulted in a victory for the
Wroxeter se iors by 16 shots, and in favor
of the Brus els juniors by 5 shots. On
Tuesday twa rioks of the Wingaam club
played two inks" of Brussels, which result-
ed in a victory for Brussels, by 18 shots.
The Brussele rinks intend playing a return
match withl W ngham on Friday of this
week. -The" efo m meeting for East. Huron
has been poatpoaed until Good Friday, so
that Dr, Me onaad could be here he not
being able t4 cone on account of liressure of
time in the TIous4, over the rem dial hill.
He will bel ace mpanied by Mr. D.1 C.
Fraser, of oval Scotia ; Mr. Campbell, of
Kent, and Ir. a, lc:Mullen, of Welliiigt.on.
-A numb r -of ' airusselites. attended t -he
sale of Thomas apslie, near Seaforthe on
Wednesday. -Th Epworth League held a
rainbow tea on Al nday evening, which Was
very sucees ful. Mr. Steele' who was in
the employ f A. McGowan & Company, has
moved to 'Walkerton, where he intends
launching oat in the gents' furnishing bus-
iness. -Jams McAlpine has gone to Mount
Forest, whe e heintends starting a restaur-
ant. His farnily will follow shortly. -Jas.
Fox has hadhis shop repaired -and papered,
and now it 1 oks very fine. '
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Exeter.
LOCAL BRIEFS. -Mrs. George Samwell
and Rev. W. and iMrs. Martin, of this
place, attended the aabbath school conven-
tion held at Hersall 011 Thursday last. -Mrs.
Williamson, of Inge soil, who has been vis-
iting here for some time, returned home on
Friday last.--aMiss dith Myers leaves this
week for Leaden, where she has secured a
situation as I assist nt milliner. -Mrs. Par-
sons, of Centralia, s ent the latter part ;of
last week in [town siting friends andite-
quaintances. ' Miss ella Crocker, who has
...
been sick withla gri pe for some time past,
we are glad to ea , is recovering. -The
Aliases Shirr, of nsall, paid the town a
flying visit o Weda sclaylast.-Miss tVecole
let, of Det °it, as returned from the
millinery o nings ; at Toronto, and has
taken charof t e millinery rooms of
Richard Pickard & a n. We welcome Miss
1-Voollet to otir town Her. predecessor has
accepted a lu rative position as Initialer for
a firm in Duttlon.-A r. and Mrs. Thomas
Seldom, of Ingersoll, ere the guests pf Mrs.
George Samwell e Sunday lust. -The
Christian Endeavor if the Caven
' estrembion
terian churchinte d holding a q
drawer enter lame it same time in
Miss Rhoda andf d is very sick Partiltl;
time of writing.-TLje millinery openings in
t4iis place tail take lace the week before
aster.-Mis Janet Brown, who ha8 been
sick for some time p etas recovering. Miss
Urquhart ret.t4rnedt heurtudrue,tiela as s iulrlidnaeyr
la t tthe._last.-Mrs.
sg. bMnE
Christie, who has been ill for
s me time p ,ave a e glad to say, is recov-
ering. -Mrs i ichar Seldon, who has berm
visiting here for some time paste returned e
her home at Ingersollon Friday last.-ai a
J. Grigg left an Tuesday for a business trip
north. -By t e death of a relative in Eng-
land, Mrs. Joan Mal eta of this place, was
bequeathed a forth e. -Miss Edith White,
who has beenisiting friends in Kirkton
for the past ew weeks, returned home on
Thursday la t. ---al iir Alex. Dow and Mr.
last in St.
Robert Ross sp ea Marys. -Miss
. hwhAouroirdus:d ayOliver,avisitedn1Fridayuffriendsc. e
inKtraatoLiaw,nespeuorniunti:10Friday tla._hstommrien.
who has been visitinghere for the past few
JatAitohKwnnip.1-peleArt111,
Sdaayturs'draeytninolaeelit.t° nhi"g Saturday last, while
attending to her household duties, Miss
Janet Brown; of thi place, had the misfor-
tune to barn her 'hend severely. -A large
number froM the wn- attended the bread
and butter :secial at Centralia on Tuesday
evening. -Messrs. RL and D. Jefferson, of
St. Marys, spent l-unday last in town, the
guests of Mr. la Howard.While Mr.
John White, of the Times office, was re-
turning home on Saturday evening last, he
had the misfortune to fall. On examina-
tion, it was found that his hip was severely
li
injured. Unti er the circumstances, tat in-
jured limb is progressing as well as ca be
expected. -Mr. T. C. Milloy; of Tornto,
spent Wedn day in town. -Miss •Nellie
Ramsay,who Ihas been visiting at Sharon for
some time pat, returned home on Setuclay
last.-Miss dith Miller is visiting friends
on the Thames Road. -Miss Annie Orr, of
this place, is lat present suffering fron the
effects of In grippe. -Mr. Richardson of
eats - OF -
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MARCH O, 1896,
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The Spring season of 1896 is now upon Us, and we are
pleased to say that our stock is just about complete at this
early date. The prospects for better business all over the
country are generally, considered to be brighter than for
some time back, and the new -goods and prices favor pur-
chasers in every way. With the expectation of a brisk
trade this Spring, we haveeprepared to meet it by purchas-
ing large qua.ntities of
Goods, Millinery, Carpets
and Clothing.
In the selection of our stock, we had but one thought in
our mind, and that was to secure the very best things,
those that look the best, those that keep their, color the
best, those that wear the best ; in fact, the best and
newest we could possibly procure at any% reasonable figure.
The assortment, therefore,. will be found very attractive.
Our experience is, that the people of Seaforth and surround-
ing eountry are possessed of good taste in selecting their
purchases, and that they also have a pretty -ttecurate
knowledge of the value of any article shown. We, there-
fore, invite everybody to inspect our offerings, with the
confidence that their judgment will be in our favor. We
extend a hearty welcome to ail to visit our store this
Spring, and we promise you courteous treatment, whether
you are a buyer or only a visitoi.
-Seaforth7s-GrOatest Cash
Dry Goods Store.
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Dry Goods Company,
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the Bu' ding and Loan Association, of Lon-
don, sre nt ite few days in town this week.-
';i
Mrs. Hugh ems, who has been the -guest of
her fat er, tr. D. Johns, leaves for her
home in: Whatip g on Thursday next.-Mr.
and Mrl. Ba Om', of ,Kippen, spent Sunday
the guests of,1 ee e WI Martin, of this place.
-Mem . WI Platte and Wellington West-
cott and Mr.' el n 1 'omits 'spent Sunday
lastan S afor h, thc grieste of Mr. William
Westeo .-As the result of the recent re-
vival me tin 's about fifty-two candidates
were re ived into ;communion with the
Main at- et l'ilet,hodi t church, on Sunday
last. -T e Davidson orchestra have secured
the Sim ax co neert company for the 25th
of this onth, and will give an entertain-
ment in 1 revt
t's opera house on that even-
ing.-Ita a P. Curtain ot Adare, spent
Wednesn ay last in tnaw;a-Miss Snell, of
Dashwoo , 10 has been the guest of Ars.
Geo.Sam ell or the pest few weeks, left for
her hom on Saturday last. -A large num-
ber of horse auyers are in town this week
buying horses for the English market. -
Mr. John Muir, of'rkton was in town
on Monday last. -Mn Ethelbert Butt, of
Centraliaament Sunday last in town. -Miss
Edith Sanders leaves this week for Blyth,
to attend to her duties as milliner. -Rev.
W. H. Butt, of Centralia, and Rev. Mr.
Jackson, of t is, place, exchanged pulpits on
-Sunday mo ing last. -Mrs. J. T. West-
cott spent onday last in Crediton the
guest of her hirter-in-law, Mrs. James frill.
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Hensall.
NOTES.-Quitit a number of the farmers
in this neighborhood are taking advantage
of the present fine weather for sugar mak-
ing.-alisa Smith has thie week moved her
millinery ausineas from her former shop in
Rannie's block, to the shop adjoining Mr.
MePhersoh's tailor shop, and recently occu-
pied by Mr. Taylor. -Mrs. Latimer, of Sea -
for* t has been spending the past week
with friends here, and visiting her daugh-
ter, who iffl one of the teachers in our public
school. ---Mr. VQilliain Carlile is visiting
relatives in 81.. Catharines. -Rev. Mr.
Muir, of Union Preab,yterian church, Bruce -
field, and Rev. . S. Henderson, of Carmel
Presbyterian eaurch, Hensall, exchanged
pulpit. on Sabbath laate-Miss Robson, of
Mrs.
it
London, is in t village this week, visiting
her sister, II. Arnold. -His lorship,
Bishop Baldwin, of London, delivered a
very ablc. and ito ressive sermon in St.
Paul's church, On Sabbat,h afternoon last,
his subject being missions. The church, in-
cluding the porch, Melee, vestry and
every available spot, was literally packed,
and the sermon was listened to with rapt
attention, and the greatest interest and
pleasure by tho, large congregation present.
Rev. F. E. Rea,incumbent, was present,
and took part in the services. The collec-
tion at the close, which was in aid of mis-
sions, was very liberal, -Miss Jeckell, of
near Exeter, is thie week the guest of Mrs.
Ellwood. -Mr. Norman Cook has fitted up
a room off Mr. W. Colwelas carriage "show
', e
ld in Coxworthat hall, on
room, for the display and sale of bicycles,
and his aimed quite a nice lot of wheels.
• ---The concert
1Saturaay evening last, under the auspices of
the Canadian (*der of Foresters, and given
!by the Cosgrove musical troupe, was very
well attended. -Mr. C. A. Brawn has sold
his fine 50 acre farm, on the London road,
near Hensel', to Mr. James Petty, of this
!village, who has leased it to Mr. Anarew
Dougall. -Mr. T I3erry, horse buyer, of
this place, and Messrs. 'Robert D. Bell and
'James W. Belle both of the township of
Tuckeramith, ret ed home this week from
the old country, where they had taken a
Bite shipment of horses. We are pleased to
kern that they sold them to very good ad-
vantage. They had a very rough passage
on the way home, and can describe phic-
ally what sea eickness is. -The $abbat,h
school convention for the county of Huron,
held in Carmel Presbyterian church here on
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, was
very largely attended, and much interest
aims manifested in connection therewith. -
Miss Curtis of 13lyth, was recently the
guest of Curtis,
A. Murdock. ---The Mises
Higgins, of London, who have been the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W..C. Davis, of this
village, for several weeks returned home on
Wednesday. ---Mr. ideFarlane has pur-
chased another fine building lot on Me -
Arthur's' survey, and adjoining his other
lots, and we believe intends building -upon
the one he last purchased. --Mr. and Mrs.
D. Urquhart were in London last week, at-
tending the funeral of Mr. Simpson, a.
brother-in-law of Mrs. Urquhart-Mrti.
Vance, of Toronto, and formerly of Hensel,
is visiting her sisters and other relatives
here. -Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, of Thames
road, were recently guests at Mr. A. Mur-
dockaa-We are -pleased to see Mr. James
Bonthron jr., on our 'streets again, after his
recent illness, and hope to soon see him
fully recovered.
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Perth -Notes,
-Mr. Christian Rock, of Logan has sold
his farm to Mr. Ryan Rock, for the sum of
$5,500-
-Mrs. Humphries,reliet of the late James
Humphries, died in St. Marys, on the -6th
inst. The deceased was for over 50 years a.
resident of that vicinity. She was a sister
of William and John Aiken, of St. Marys,
and Andrew, of Galt. Her surviving child-
ren are William in South Africa, James in
Kentucky, Charles in Oregon, Joseph in St.
Marys and Mrs. John MeNeill, aM. P. P.)
Fullerton.
-The Idington fano near Stratford, con-
sisting of 93 acres, and valued at $6,000, has
been chosen by the House of Refuge com-
mittee of Perth. That city will bear thir-
teen -hundredths of the cost and have rep-
resentation in the inanagernent and building
committees. The farm has on it now a barn
worth $1,000, aid a frame house, and is
convenient to the hospital.
-An assault case from Blanshard came
up at the Stratfoadfpolice court last week.
It seems that on March 3r4, W. Porter and
W. Ogilvie met at a school house in the
township and quarrelled. Mrs. Oglivie af-
terwards assisted' her husband, and the re -
was that ruter received a severe
wound in the head.:. The magistrate fined
defendant $20 and (*sae in all about $60.
-A gentleman driving from Mitchell to
Stratford the other day, noticed when he
was a few miles out of the town that he
was on fire. He was smoking a cigar, the
lighted part of whica fell on his fur over-
coat, and before he could put it out a large
hole was burned through both of his coats
and Teat, and some valuable papers -which
he had in one of his inside coat pockets
were somewhat damaged.
-Litt & Company's wire fence factory, itt
Dublin was destroyed Friday morning, 6th
inst. The fire brigade, which consisted of
willing hands, water pails and snow- shovels,
turned out and did good service, as it is a.
wonder the whole side of the town was not
burned down. The property occupied by
the above named coMpany, belonged to Mr.
W. J. Gourley, on Which he had an insur-
ance of $500, but Litt & Company will be
heavy losers.
-The will of the late Mrs. Harnrnett,who
died in Ellice, is being attacked by the heirs
of her late husband, who reside in the East-
ern States. The ground upon which it is
sought to set aside the will is that under
her deceased husband's will Mrs. Hammett
had only a life interest in the estate, and
that at her death it reverted to his legal
heirs. Dr. Hammett's will was made in
Rhode Island about thirty years ago. His
heirs are said to be a sister and her children
and a deceased sister's children. A solicitor
from Boston was in Stratford the ether
day and placed the case itt the hands of
Messrs. Idington & Palmer. The executors
and those having custody of the funds
have been notified of the intended proceed-
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