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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ne.,The figure between the parenthesis after eaoh
one denotes the page of the paper on which the
advertisement %ill be found.
To Clear Out -W. W. Hoffman (6)
Main Spring of Business -McKinnon & Cc. (5)
Egg Preserving -I, V. Fear (a)
Reduced Prices-Grelg & Macdonald (1) -
Store to Rent -John Kaiser (6)
Teacher Wanted -M. Bates (5),
A BArgabi in Bicycles -G. M. Baldwin (8)
1,009 Packages Corn Statch-M. Jeasop & Co. (8)
Voters' List Notice -J. C. Morrison (6)
Two Shoe Specials -R. 'Willis (6)
Dental Visit -Dr. Belden (8)
Property Bold -John Leslie (9)
Special Prices -W. . Willis (8)
Ladies' Button Boot -W. R. Willis (8)
Camp Supplies -H. . Edwards (8)
bpi on tspooitor.
SEAFORTII, F IDAY, July 17th, 1896
Our wn Province,
So much atte tion has recently been
given to Domini n politics, that lietle - or
nothing has been eard regarding the politi-
cal changes in ou own Province. Oa ac-
,
count of. having j ined the Dominion cab-
inet, Sir Oliver Mowat, after fa thfully
1
serving the peopl of this Province a Pre nr
ier for nearly a q arter of a ceatury, has re-
signed that positi n. *The people f this
Province, irrespe tive of party le nings,
will part with Sir Oliver with feel ngs of
the deepest regret He has fough many
hard battlee in th ir interests, and always
given them hones , clean, economi al and
came out of the s niggle on top. e has
progressive gover ment, and notwitlstand-
ing his long term f eervice, he leaves be-
hind him a record of which any man might
justly feel proud, -a record without one
single Mot or stain. The only thing which
reconciles the people of this Proviece to the
:removal of euch a man is the thouglit that
he may be of equal,or even grea.teresel vice to
hie country in another sphere. A generation
has grown up in this Province siece Sir
Oliver becethe Premier, and it seems almost
impossible to realize that we can no longer
look up to him as the occupant Of that
position. But, although he no longer bolds
a position at the head of affairs in this
Province, he has left matters in good, care-
ful and efficient halide. His successor in
the Prerniership is the Hon. A. S. Hardy, a
gentleman who is almost as well known and
as highly respected in the Province as Mr.
Mowat himielf. Mr. Hardy has been a
member of the Government for over eeven-
teen years, and for many years has been
Mr. Mowat's right hend man. He is a na
tive Canadian, is in the very prime of life
o -
and has proven himself a shrewd, capable,
careful and honest administrator. For
many years he has had charge of the de-
partment of crown lands, one of the most
important, as it is one of the most difficult
departments to manage, and. the care and
ability, as well as the strict impartiality and
fairness with which he has conducted this
department is the best guarantee the people
can have of hia fitness for the higher posi-
tien to which he has been called. Althoegh
" Ontario's grand old men " will be missed
from the ceuncils of gtate in this Province,
none need fear that any interest will suffer
under Mr. Hardy's Premiership. We pre-
dict for him as successful a career aii that
whfch attended his illusteious predeeeesor..
As to Mr. Hardy's colleagues in the Gov-
ernment, there is to be tittle change. ge
is surrounded hy eble, tried men. His place
as cemmiesioner of crown lands is to be
taken by Hon. Mr. Gibson, for many years
Provincial secretary, a most competent and
tniatworthe- man, who, in his careful, eco_
nornical and business like management of
the various publie instieutions of the Pro.
vince has proven- his business ability and
lategriby. kr. Gibson's successoe is Hon.
W. D. Balfour, late Speaker of , the Assem-
bly. In selecting him as the new member
of the Cabinet, Mr. Hardy has made no
mistake, although he was not by any means
the only available good men. Iu this con-
nection the names of Messrs. Davis, Strat-
ton, Garrow and Dr. McKay have been fre-
quently mentioned. We.may say that, either
of them would have filled the position with
credit to himself and advantage to the Pro-
vince. But the lot has fallen on Mr. Bal-
four, and we are sure that either of the
others will be the most rrcady to acknow-
ledge his peculiar fitness for the position.
He is a clear headed, clever young man, well
liked by his fellow members, and by his own
ability and perseverance has worked himself
ep step by step from the ranks. We shall
be much mistaken if Mr. Belfour does not
soon -become one of the most able and popie
lar members of the Ontario Government,
and that is saying a good deal. There is no
chenge in any of the other departments.
(Since writing the above we learn that the
appointment of Mr, Balfour has not actually
been made, but it is pretty generally under-
stood that. he is to be the man.)
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American Politica
The all absorbing topic in the political
world in the United States during the past
'week has been the- great Democratic con•
vention in Chicago, and the result has been
' a surprise, particularly as to the selection
of a candidate for the presidency. Th e con-
vention throughout was a lively °tie, and
resulted in a victory for the free silver men,
I by the convention adopting as a plank in
their platform the free coinage of silver.
t By the adoption of this plank it, -does not
signify that the entire party is unanimouly
ia favor of such a policy ; they are far fr
beingunanimous. The adoption of the g ld
standard by the Republicans has helped to
saddle this question, which is appareetiv to
play a most prominent part ie. the com'ng
carapaign, upon the Democrats. The sel c -
tion of William J. I3ryant, of Nebraska, as
the presidential candidate, was one of the
surprises of the couvention. The name of
Richard P. Bland, of Missoliri, had 'previ-
ously been most favorably. `mentiOned for
thatposition, and it was not until after his
speech at the convention that Mr. Bryant's
chances were coneidered more than second-
ary. However, the max who has thue sudr,
denly sprung into prominence, was able t.,O
outstrip all rivals. He is a clever orator,
and a strong advocate of the free coinage of
silver.
The campaign will in all probability be a
mixed up one, and it yet remains to be seen
whether or not McKinley and Bryant will
be left in the field to fight the battle alone. -
The silver men in the Republican ranks
have bolted their party. The gold men in
the Democratic patty have not gone so far
as to bolt, but they abstained „from voting
at the efavention and are apparently play-
ing a waiting game, and it is not unlikely, •
according to some authorities, that an agree-
ment may be come to between these two
dissenting factions, Dad it thought that
should such be the case that they will bring
out a candidate to oppose the two regular
party nominees.
The New Liberal Cabinet.
Hon. Wilfrid Laurier has succeeded in
forming his cabinet. He lost no time in
carrying out the instructions given him by
the Governor-General. He .was ealled upon
by His Excellency on Thursday, and on the
following Mondayehis elate was completed,
and the new government was sworn in and
entered upon their duties. The following is
a list of the gentlemen who compose the
new government, and the offiees to which
they have been assigned ;
Premier and President of the Privy
Council, Hon. Wilfrid Laurier.
Minister of Trade and Commerce, Sir
Richard Cartwright. -
Minister of Juotice, Sir Oliver Mowat.
Minister of Finance, Hon.W. S. Fielding.
Minister of Marine and Fisheries,. Hon.
L.H. Davies.
Minister of Railways and Canals, Hon.A.
G. Blair.
Minister of Customs, Hon. William Pat-
erson. •
Postmaster -General; Hon. Wm.Mulock.
Minister of Public Works, Hon. J. I.
Tarte.
Miniater of Militia and Defence, Hon.y.
W. Borden.
Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Sydney A.
Fisher.
'Minister of Inland Revenue, Sir Henri
Joly.
Secretary of State, Hon. R.W.Scott.
Solicitor -General, Hon. Charles Fitz-
patrick.
Ministers without portfolio, Hon. C. A.
Geoffrion, Montreal, and Hon. R. R.Dobell,
of Quebec.
Mr. J. D. Edgar will be nominated for
Speakership of the House of Commens and
Senator Pelletier will beappointed Speaker
of the Senate, while Mr. L. P. Brodeur will_
be appointed Deputy Speaker of the' House
of Commons.
Most of the names in the above list -are
familiar to our readers. They are the
names of men prominently before the public
for many years. One notable featureof the
new cabinet is, that it contains no fewer
than .fiVe ex -Premiers, three of whom, like
Sir Oliver Mowat, lay down the provincial
sceptre to aid Mr. Laurier govern the Dce
minion. It will be noticed that the position
of Minister of the Interior has not Yet been
filled. It is expected that this position ovill
be taken by either Premier- Greenway or
Attorney -General Sifton of Manitoba.
Either of these gentlemen would be quite
.acceptable to the people of ,Canada. Fotid
of .the netlir ministers, Messrs. peterson,
Blair, Fiel ing and Tarte are at present
without se ts in the House and conAituen-
i
cies will h ye to be found for them. This
necess tate the reeignations of at least
four of thle present members. Who these
will be is n t yet stated. Sir Oliver Mowat
also is without a seat, but he will be ap-
_ .
pointed to the ,vacancy in the Senate,
caused by he death of Senator Reid, so
that he wil not require to seek a con-
stituency u til that ancient body is either
abolished o reformed so as to bring it more.
n harmony with nhaeteeth century institu-
tions. The new ministers will now have to
go to their constituents for rerelection, and
in order to permit of this, parliament will
be adjourned until about the middle of
August. We think it must he admitted by
every unprejudiced person, that Mr.Laurier
has gathered around him a number of ex-
ceptionally strong and able men, as well as
men of clean public and private records. In
fact in these respects he has secured the
very pick of the Dominion, and if the coun-
try does not receive honest, economical, and
progressive government from such an aggre-
gation, we may well despair of our country.
We feelehowever, that the people will not
be disappointed, and that long before the
present parlia.mentary term expires, few
there wilt be who will not admit that the
people did a good and profitable day's work
on the twenty-thirdof June, 1896.
Emlommiegmtimmii
The Opposition Leadership.
There is a good deal of talk going on .in a
quiet way about the leadership of the -Con-
servative party, and not a little speculation
as to who may be seleeted for that position.
So.me take it for grahted that Sir Charles
Tupper will be the man without any further
ado, and that he,will naturally fall into the
position. Judging from an interview which
he lia.d in Montreal it would deem that he
'takes that view of the matter himself.
There are several prominent members of. the
party who will not assent to and who
will not work in the party raeks under Sir
Charles' leadership: They blame him for
having wrecked and defeated. the partyaand
they say that he never was the choice of the..
party, but that he was foisted into the
premiership by the action of the Governor-
General, and at the instance of only half a
dozen members of the party. There is a
good 'deal of, truth in all this. The Con-
servative plirty will never succeed under
the leadership of Sir Charles Tupper, He
is a, back number, whether he recognises it
or not, and the sooner and. more peueeably
he steps down and out the seoner will the
party be able to gather itself together
again. Even were Sir Charles what he
once was, he would not now be able to lead
the -party, for the simple reason that n4er-
son has confi lenea.- in him, and even his best
friends are afralid' to trust him. The longer,
therefore, that Sir 'Charles hangs on to the
leadership, the longer will the party be in
getting into full and efficient workipg order
and the longer they Will be in getting their
differences and animosities healed so that
they can work harmoniously together. The
leader should be chosen by the represented
tives of the whole party, and none other
will be ',Isle to cement 'and harmonize the
various antagonistic elemente into one har-
monious party, and unless and until this is
done, effective work need no be looked for
from the party either in parli ment or out of
it. In fact the Conservati e party would
just now have difficulty in selecting a suit-
able man for leader. Not b t ii=liat they
have many able men, but t ere is no one
wfho seems to stand out With sufficient
prominence beyond his fellows to command
the respect and fealty of all the others, and
who has the natural attributes for the
leaderahip of a party. indeed such men
are feiv in any panty, and since the death of
the old Chieftaln and his clever successor,
Sir John Thompson, the right man does not
seem to have arisen. Mr, Dickey, the late
Attorney -General, seems to come nearer
what would fill the bill than any other, but
he is noel now in Parliament, having been
defeated at the recent election. The
Conservative party seems to be as badly
off for a leader now as the Liberal party was
hefore they pitched on Mr. Laurier. Lead-
ers p,re born, not made. In Alexander Mac-
kenzie end Edward Blake, the Liberal
party had leaders who, for ability, honesty
and sincerity could not be surpassed, but as
party -leaders neither was a success. Mr.
Laurier, however, has been a success in
every sere. The Conservative party are
now experiencing the same difficulties under
which the Liberal party labored for many
years, and it does 'not seem as if the man
for the pehition has yet aritien, although
perhaps few years in the cold shades of
opposition may serve to develop him. We
hope so, ecause efficient opposition is
as necessery as a strong and competent
government.
A Good Beginning,
If wlia is said about him be true, Mr.
Laurier his made a ;good beginning at any
rate. It is said that when called to Ottawa
by the Gdvernor-Geheral, he was offered a
special train to convey him from Montreal
to the capital, and that he refused the offer,
saying that what was good enough for Other
,
_
people would do forhim. This is just alsout
,
what we would expect -of Mr. Laurier, and
well known that he' did journey to Ot awe
whether the statement is true or not, t is
by the ordinary traite and ih an ordinary
car. It is to be hoped that Mr. Laurier
and every other member of the new Gov-
ernment will continue this practice, and
that with their adyent to power the special ,
train and palace - car business will be-
come a thing Of the past. The members
of the late Government made themselves
ridiculous in this way. A member of the
Government could not ge to his home, or
even on ae electioneering tour, unless he
rode in a special palace car provided for the
purpose, and - at the country's expense, of
course. It came to be looked upon,as a
matter of course that members of the Gov-
ernment must travel in this way. At the
recent general electione Sir Charles Tupper
went one better in this direction and had
all throughout the campaign a special train
all to himself, while the other members of
his cabinet had each special- ears for their
own use. In ie democratic country like
Canada, this is putting it on a little too
thickly and practically disgusted the people,
mad 3,1;e venture to say that this special train
business of Sir Charles Tupper's lost him
more votes, than his speeches won for his
Government. Occasions may arise when it
may be necessary and in the public inter-
ests ,Oat cabinet ministers and other im-
portanit functionaries should avail them-
selves 6f facilities of this kind, but such oe-
easiorni are rare. We hope, therefore, that
Mr. Laurier will, in this way, as in others,
set a good example to his subordinates and
the public, by using the ordinary means of
travel when he goes about the country. He
will be thought a great dea more of
by the people, as the more simple and
common sense way in which men
in high positions -conduct themselves,
the more popular are they likely to
become with the masses' of the people. It
is not hy foolish and extravagant conduct'
that, the dignity of a position is meintained,
but by honest actions and proper deport-
ment on the part of the individual. Of
course, it may be said that this special car
and special train business is a small affair. to
raise a fris3 about. It may seem so to
some, but it is often just such small things .
that give the index to the general conduct
-of the individual and tarty, and it is often
the case that people taker more notice of
small matters than they do of larger and
more important things,a,nd besides, if a gov-
ernment or individual is. extravagant and
wasteful in small things it will not be very
economical in greater things.
Notes and Comments.
• One peculiarity ahout the Laurier- now°, t
Government is that they are all. Canadians
by birth. It is said to be t e first purely
native Canadian Governmen ever elected
by the people of Canada.
The Dominion Parliament has been sum-
,
moiled to meet on Wednesday, August
19th, instead of July 16th, as formerly
fixed. The reason for the change is that
the new ministers may have an opportunity
to secure re-eleetion as the constitution re-
quires.
,
The Clinton News -Record says there a
rumor to the effect that Mr. M. C. Cameron
is to -be appointed county registrar, in order t
that he may vacate West Huron for Mr. I
Paterson, the new Minister of Customs. In
the:event Of this rumor proving true, would
the News-Recerd. use its good offices with
its party te allow MT. Paterson to be elect-
ed by ahclamation ? ing officer for Selkirk constituency, John
• Mr. ,John Fraser, who redeemed East Macdonell, the Liberal candidate was one
Lanibton from the Conservatives at the vote in the majority: The conservative can -
last election, defeating Mr. Moncrief, and didate, Hugh Armstrong, applied for a re-
count, and as there were many spoiled
had his majority increased on a re-count, is ballots it was admitted to be anybedy's
a brother of Mr. Thomas Fraser, of the 2nd election. When council for Armstrong pro -
Concession, of Stanley, and secretary of the ceeded to the Court. House to pay the
South Huron Reform Association. Refer- money necessary for a re-count, he asked
aing to Mr. Fraser's success, the Globe Judge Walker to whom he should pay it;
says : " The result of the re-count in Ettat The Judge said the prothonotary, and to
Lambton is to increase Mr. Fraser's ma- I that officer the money was handed over.
jority from 14 to 40. Mr. Fraser made a.n -` When Judge Walker on Saturday proceed -
against h
able char
comes of
Frasers a
is not the
could w
ment."
stile influences of
°ter. The new
ding Scotch Li
e well known in t
only member of
thily occupy a
A goo deal of speeulat
dulged in as to where Hon.
the new Minister of Cus
seat. Th latest report is t
who was lected for both
Saskateh wan, will resign
has aske the people of the
elect his
a very formid-,
iberal member
eral stock. The
e west, and he
the family that
seat in Parlia-
on is being in -
Win. Paterson,
me, will get a
at Mr. Laurier,
uebee East and
the latter, and
woolly west to
inister of Customs.
The la eat crop reports from Manitoba
and the orthwest are tnost encouraging.
All the c ops so far, give promise of it boun-
tiful har est. The following, from Neepa-
wa, may e taken as a sample, of the whole ;
" The pa t two weeks have been most fav-
orable f r growing crops. All grain has
made rap d progress. Wheat ie fully head-
ed,' oats not as yet commenced to head.
Wheat i as far advanced as la.st year at
this time Oats are a week later."
Mr. Riehardson, the clever editor of the
Winnipeg Tribune, who was the Liberal
candidate in the constituency of Lisgar at
the recent election, and about whose elec-
tion there has been considerable doubt, has
at length been declared elected by a ma-
jority of 3. There is to be a re-count, but
it is thou ht his majority will be increased.
This is t e constituency which has been re-
presente by Mr, A. W. Ross for several
Parliame ts, and is consequently a gain to
the Libe ale.
The T ronto World, which is Conserva-
tive to the core, makes the following kindly
reference to Ontario's new premier : " Mr.
Hardy c mes into his new honors and dig-
nity in a way that is to his credit,. He has
been tru to his party throughout his pen-
eical care r, and as a minister he hae been a
faithful ide to his chief. He has steadily
risen ire one office to another, as a recog-
nition 'of his loyalty to his party and capac-
ity for a minietration, and he is aeother
example hat assiduity iind applicatioin will
in due ti e receive reward."
Mr. B Tent, the Democratic,. candidate
for the nited States presidency, is only 36
year& of ge, and if elected he will be the
youngest man who has ever occupied the
white h use at Washington. He is, un-
doubtedl , a clever Man, and one of the
battle cr es in the coming campaign will be
the wor s with which he concluded his
great ora ion, which certainly won him the
nominati n of the Chicago convention.
They ra in this wise : " You shall not
press do n upon the brow of labor a crown
of thorn ; you shall not crucify mankind
upon a c oss of gold:"
The v tors of the village of Caeghna-
wauga, an Indian village near Montreal, are
priding themselves upon the fact that in
the recent election not a single ballot east
the illage, was rejected as spoiled.
They all ge also that since their enfran-
chisemen only two ballots have been
spoiled, nd these two wilfully. In view of
the enor ous number of ballots rejected as
spoiled i other parts of the country in
other ele tions, and more especially at the
last elect on, these facts Would seem to in-
dicate th t the noble red man is posseseed
of a high r degree of intelligence than his
white brother.
Mr. icholas Flood Davin, the bald
headed b rd of the Northwest prairies, who
has repre ented Western Assiniboia i the
Dominion Parliament for many years, has
had a des erate fight for his political life
at the rec nt election, and the battle is not
over yet. He was opposed by Mr. Mc-
Innes, a Patren. The first returns aye
the Petro a small majority, but other ore
distant p lling places being heard from, Mr.
Davin wa declared elected by a ma-
jority of ne. The Patron had a re -co nt
and this b pught Mr. Davin's vote do n to
a tie, a d the returning officer gav his
casting vo e in favor of Mr. Davin, and
again de tared him the possessor of the
seat. Th Patron, however, is not yet sat
isfied, and talks of a protest.
Ib is sat that Hon. Mr. Tarte, the
Minister f Public Works, 'surprised
ew
and
alarmed t te clerks of his department the
other mor ing by arriving at his.office and
getting do n to work at.eight O'clock. No
-similar ev nt is known within the memory
of the oldest official. The Ottawa corres-
pondent f the Mail suggests that if Mr.
Tarte has -ny regard for his reputation as a
humanitar an, he, will not continue this
practice, s the everage civil servant eau
not possibl get td his office in the morning
before half past nine, or remain after four
in the evez ing, wi .hout seriously impairing
his health. Mr. arte is a newspaper men,
and that 'lay account for his early hours
and indust •ious h bits.
Sir Do ald A. Smithy. Canadian Iiiieh
Comtnissio er in ondon, England, and 'ir
Mackenzie Bowel!, ex -Premier, are now 'on
their way ome fr m the old country, and
are expec4d to ar ive in Canada next week.
Sir Donald is likel corning home to resign
his•commiAsionership before the new gov-
ernment h ve time to invite him to step
down an( out. nd the elections being
over and t ere bei g no further danger of
Sir Macke Izie ha ing to publicly endorse
Sir Charl a Tup er and his "Nest of
Traitors," he ean ow return home with
perfeet sa ety. hat a pleasant meeting
it will be etween he two. knights, but we
fancy Sir lackenzie will have the best of it.
!
The forthcoming presidential election in
the Unite States promises to be as badly
mixed as ae the recent Canadian election.
•Mr. MeTii 1-ey, the Republiean candidate for
the presidency, goes in for high tariffs and
hard mon y, and his party convention has
indorsed his platform. A very considerable
1
number f the Republicans, however, do
not agree with the money clause of the plat-
form, and will vote for the Democratic can•
didate, w o, with a majority of his party,
have declared for a purely revenue tariff,
and a soft Money or silver basis. Many'
Dernocratli again oppose the money plank
in the party platform, and will on this ac-
count vote for the Republican candidate.
There wil be a coalition of the soft money
;i7
Democrat , Republicans and PoPulists, and
hings noil look as if they will put up a
ively race if they do not come in ahead.
A curious incident occurred in connection
with the re-count in Selkirk, Manitoba.
AdeordinOo the declaration of the return -
excellent campaign, and scored a victory ed to cond t tl
ue ie. re-count, counsel for the
Liberals argued that the money ehould have
been paid to the clerk of the County Court
and that the error to icompler with th3
statute in this respect Was a fatal one:
The judge, deciding, earratied the cir-
cumstances and regretted that the point
had been raised, but as it -had been found
he was forced te uphold it, and. ruled there
could be no re-count. The Liberals,
therefore, hold the seat, though the election
may be protested on petition._ .
• The troubles of Major John McGillivray,
the member elect for North Ontario, are
not yet over. He was elected by a mai
jority of one over Mr. Graham, his Patron;
Liberal opponent. A re-count of the bid -
lots was held before the county Judge. The
re-count disclosed a very bad state of
affairs, and a degree of rascality and ballot
stuffing which, fortunately, is raeely reached
in this Canada of ours. In five polling sub-
divisions there were found with Mr. Gra-
hain'e ballots, 21 ballots marked for Mr.
McGillivray. These fraudulentiballots had
been substituted for ones that had been
counted for Mr. Graham on election night
by the different deputy returning officers.
None of these ballots were initialed, and al-
though nicely marked by croises after Mc-
Gillivray's name, they had never been
folded, thus showing that they had not gone
through the slot into the ballot box. With
these counted in, McGillivgray would have
a substantial majority, but the Judge threw
them out, but the ballots of Me. Graham's,
which these bogus ballots replaced, were
not to be found, and could not be counted,
hence the judge had no other I alternative
than to declare McGillivray elected by a
majority of ten. It looks as if some
person in North Ontario has earned a place
in the penitentiary.
Tearing up Old Roots.
The Toronto Telegram makes the follow-
ing kindly and pathetic reference to the re-
moval of Sir Oliver Mowat from Toronto to
, Ottawa. It says :
• It must be quite a sacrifice for Sir Oliver
Mowat at his age to break with the persons
al associations of a life time, and to adjust
himself to the conditions of life in his new
home at Ottawa. The mere eecessity of
having to find his home in another city than
Toronto will be intensely disagreeable to
the old man. Toronto is the stem upon
which are blooming all the memories of
Sir Oliver's long life. He was little more
than a boy when he came here, and
here are centred his chureh interests and
his home ties. Nobody can deny that Sir
Oliver Mowat loves Toronto with an affec-
tion which is only slightly impaired by To-
ronto's failure to return politica), allegiance
for his personal regard. Toronto esteems
the honesty and ability of the' man with
whose policy the eity has differed, and
hopes that the yeareof his life in his new
home may be cheered by all of the health
and some of the happiness which has glad-
dened him in Toronto, his old home.
limmoimminemem
News of the Week.
NEW 'GOLD DISCOVERY. is said that
gold fields have been discovered in the
Orange Free State, South Africa, that, rival
those of the Transvaal.
DEADLY PIG MEAT.-Trinhin08iS`. is ram-
pant among the soldiers at Chemnitz: Sev-
eral have died as the result of eating pork
of German or Bohemian raising. -
A GIFT WORTH Gerrietc.-Baren Hirsch's-
widow has &mated $20,000,000 to promote
the emigration of Russian Jews to
Argentina.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. -Thirty-one persons
were killed and many injered in a collison,
on an excursion train on the Chicago &
Northwestern Railroad, near Logan, Iowa.
The killed were mostly fie)m Omaha.
ARRESTED FOR THeen.4-Harry L. Noade
formerly assistant paymaster of the Can -
adieu Pacific Railway, watt arrested in New
York on a charge of stealing 0,500 frone -
one of the company's pay -ears.
CHOLERA'S VICTIMS. -The number of new
cases of cholera reported throughout Egypt;
on Julv 12th, was 362. !The deaths num-
bered -321- Among those who have died
from the diaease is Major Owen, of the
Soudan expedition.
CROPS IN BRITAIN. -The conditiontof
crops in Great Britain was. somewhat be-
low the normal at the beginning of Ju y,
but well above that at the zorrespond ng
time last year. Taking 1(.10 per cent. as e -
presenting the average, the wheat c
works out 104 per cent. ; barley, 89, •
oats, 85 ; as against 79, 83and 76 per ce
respectively., in 1895. !-
Tue CORONATION CATASTROPHE. -The
quiry into the terrible disaster that
curred on the Ifodynsky Plain, jest outs
of Moscow, on the occasion of the popu
Op
nd
t.,
nce.
de
ar
fetes in connection with the coro.na,tion of I ,
the Czar, has been coneluded. General I
Belu, president of the fete committee., and
the architect of the sheds, are declared to
be answerable for the disaster. They Will i
be arraigned before the tribunal of state
Cmuseren ENDEAVOR. -The 15th Int r -
national Convention of the Christian n- '
deavor Society, which has just been held at t
Washington, D. C., was attended by 40 000 -
delegates. Thousande of other citizens t -
tended the meetings, where Christians of c
all denominations addressed the audien s c
President Clark presented the Christilln 1
Endeavor banner to the Eudeavor Union .of
Cleveland, Ohio, for the best work ,duribg I
the year, in promoting Christianity. Svita- I it
euse, N. I., has held this banner for'the fi
past year. Nashville, Tennessee was lie- °
1 a
lected as the next meetieg place. At sev nr
o'clock Sunday night Christian Endeae
e
of Finance, of Nova Scotia, lays down the
premiership, as does Sir Oliver Mowat 'in
Ontario. . e WAS for many years on the
II
staff of the alifax Chronicle.
Hon. A. . Blair, Minister of Railways,
and Canals, is ex -premier of New Bruns-
wick, and a man with a good reputation in
department 1 affairs.
[
1 HoneDr. Borden has been in the Domin-
ion, Parliain, nt for 17 years, and is the
youngest man in the new Cabinet. He is
colonel of a Imilitery regiment, and a gradu-
ate of Harvard. 1
The careers of the Ontario ministers, Sir
Oliver Mowat, Sir Richard Cartwright,
William Paterson, 'William Mulock and
Senator cott, the father of the Scott act,
are all well known.
meemeeeesnemes.. .
Huron Notes.
--Frid y, July 31st, has been proclaimed
Cl_intTohne's, cuimvicofho4d171. ha
s been spent so far
this seasen on the streets and sidewalks in
GClo-idnetTorilnli on September 14th, before Judge
Ifueon fall assizes will open at
.Robertson.
:-Mr. John Clutton, of Leeburn, has pur-
ehased a farm near Hamilton, and takes
posession in September.'
-Lord'and Lady Aberdeen will visit the
Northwestern Exhibition, at Goderich, on
September 23rd.
-Mias Mildred Scott, of Brussels, caught
a black base the ether day which weighed
over a pound and a half. "-
-Mrs. W. Jackson, of Clinton, plucked a
rose from her bushes the other day that
measured 14.i inches in circumference.
-One afternoton recently, Mr. Thomas
Nash, sr., of Gerrie, while shooting at a
prow, received a kick from the gun which
broke his collar bene.
-William Flanigan, of Colborne, was
thrown from a load of lumber on Saturday,
4th inst., and nardowly escaped being
killed.
' -Goderich has a by.law prohibiting bicy-
clists from riding on the sidesvalks,and from
riding at a higher rate of speed than eight
+ilea an hour.
-Mrs. R. Leatherdale, H. Dennis, Miss
Dennis, William and Miss Tenie Sample,
and Mrs. John Wilson, Morris, left Brus-
sels lat3t week on a trip to Manitoba.
-A. Kneeshaw, of Goderieb, had been
losing his poultry, and, setting a trap, was
surpri ed to find a neigh ior's dog caught in
a rent ly a weakness
it. Ws dogship had- IT
for poultry. I
-1;ttle John Miller, son of Mr. T. F..
ing, u fortims.tely got th little finger ef his
Miller Wroicelser, whil as:isting his uncle
Reber at the grimIston the other morn-
chiner a badly crushing he bones.
ii.
left la nd caught in ,th cogs of the ma-
-T e Presbytery ef Maitland met in
Lllekll tl- on J11110 30th. The principal busi-
ness n hand was the, call to Rev. John
Rose, of Ashfield, froml Malagawatch and
River Dennie, Cape Br ton, Nova Scotia.
•The presbytery agreed t ' the tranelation.
-The Alaitla.nd °been er says : Owing to
the scarcity of pasture; A r. J. A. Edgar, of
Howick, was obliged to t rn hie cattle into
his barley crop, and M . Alex. Thomson,
also of Howick, tutned his into the fall
wheat. The wintering f steck will be a
serious inatter with man fanners this year.
-James pavison, of Colborne, elways
leads in t e fall whe t harvest inn -that
neighborhoo and this year he cut a 6i
o
acre field on Monday of last week, which
will not be s rpassed in the county. Two
years ago is average , f fall. wheat from
several field , was 41 bus els per acre, and
the present /cut will go fully that, besides
being of fine quality.
-On Tuesday of last ek, Thomas San-
ders, who lives south of thel, passed that
bourne from whence no traveller returns,
aged 63 year , 5 months and 15 days. De-
ceased was an old resident of the section
and had bee in failing health for several
vive.
years. His wife, pre -deceased him a few
years ago. everal sons and daughters eur-
-On Sunday evening last, while wheeling
home from Goderieh, where he had spent
the day, Mr. P. A. Malcomson of Luck -
now, had the misfortnee to break' his right
hand and receive a few Fe.ratches. He was
ring down the h 11 a hort distance from
elfasb, when his -tied -stauck a rut on the
road -and threw hi i off. _
-An event of very pleasing character
itook place at th residence of Mr. John
Gordon, of St. lens, on the morning of
June 30th, in the tarriage of his daughter,
Miss W. 3. Gordo , to Mr. James Inglis, of
Rounthwaite A aeitoba. The ceremony
Was performe by Rev. S. M. Whaley, of
St. Helens. The young couple will make
thei future ome in the prairie province.
- hat, mi ht have proVed a serious acch
(lent happene a few days since to a young
son f Mr. Charlea Williams, Maitland con-
cessi n, Goderich township. The little fel-
ow 'MS playing around a large kettle of
water, and in soMe unknown way fell in,
useitation.
i
and lad it not been for the timely arrival of
his s ster, he wou d have been beypnd re-
-For some Um itntst Mr. H. Sweet, of
Goderich townshi , fas notheed a diminu-
ion in his fowl, a d one morning last week
he thief was sigh ed, in the form of ie large
mmk, carrying off hen. Mr. Sweet and his
ompa,nion chased it into a neighboring
lum of bushes, here he treated it to a
iber I supply of eliot, which no doubt
killed it. - .
-A rather excit ng time was experienced
t the hotne of Mr Alfred Carr, of West-
eld, the other night, between 10 aed 11
'clock, when thity discovered, to their
mazemeht, that heir little .boy was mis-
ing. The anxiou • parents were relieved
vhea the wee toddler, whp had travelled a
istatice of about 2,-t miles, to Mr. John
Wightman's, was :restored to his parents,
afe gnd sound, beeone of the neighbors.
. --Wesley Fisher, of Bemniller, has eveet-
ally' struck water on his farm,' at a depth
f ov,et 256 feet. They bored through sixty
eet of rock. The water should certainly be
f the purest, after being fil ered. throngh
hat amount of eoil, When the vein of
ater was struck it rose 60 fe t in the well.
he flow is no doubt cons ant, as they
uniped a whole day, with t e engine, at
he rate of twelve barrels an hour, and
meld not lower it an inch.
-On June 27th, Frank A ePherson.,- of
"'Anse irth, Manitoba, and Mis Anhie eld-
et daughter of Mrs. John 5 eclair, 'Blue -
els, *ere united in marriage n the city of
Vinnipeg. Rev. John Hogg, Presbyterian
iinister, tied the' matrimoni bow: The
ride I was • attended by her cousih, Miss
Annie! Lamont, while Kennet Lamont as -
eta 'the groom. After p rtaking of a
umptuous wedding breakfeet hey drove to
re depot, where they Welt he train for
eir future home in Binseastle .
-On Tuesday of last we k a happy event
mimed at the home of Mr. arries Nash,
McKillop, it being the ma riage of his
oungeat sister, Sarah, to honms Bunyan,
Brant. The ceremony w s performed at
e Seaforth Catholic church, after which
d, dancing was indulged in till the wee
el
e wedding party drove to the home of the
ide, nvhere a sumptuou repaet awaited
ern.. After the inner man had been satis-
a' hoers, when all event home, wishing
r. and Mrs. Bunyan a Idng and happy
e.
-After a brave struggle with a complica-
n of diseases, Mr. W. H. lAleirney, one of
e best known citizens of Ooderieh, plumed
ay o Tuesday of last week, .Eight
at the 'best care MI medical skill couid
eks a o be was tak n ill. with inflamma-
n, foll wed by pleu isy, and then pneu-
onia, which so weak ned his constitution
t save his life. ecea,sed was 'born in
ince Edward county in 1833, and came to
derich about, 26 yeers ago, entering the
ploy of Ogilvie 4. Hutchison a little
meetings were held in all the churches
the city.
IMIIIIIIMICEMIIMII=M1 •
The New Cabinet.
of
d
, I .8
Sizing up the new Dominion Cabinet, the, u
following particulars as to the occupation, 0 -
age, &c., of the several members, are given f
W. Laurier, lawyer, 55 years of age ; Sir o
Oliver Mowat, lawyer, 76 Sir Richard t
Cartwright, financier, 61 ; 'L. H. Davies, w
lawyer, 51 ; William Paterson, biscuit mane 1 T
ufacturer, 57 ; Sir Henri Joly, lawyer, 67; P
W. S. Fielding, journalist, 48 ; t
Mulock, lawyer, 53 ; Dr. Borden, physieian,
49 ; J. I. Tarte, notary and jourealist, 47 ;
Sydney Fisher, gentleman. farmer, 46 ; R. ;
W. Scottelawyer, 71 e A. G. Blair, lawyer, e
52 ; Charles Fitzpatrick, lawyer, ie. s
There are five Catholies in the adminis- \
tration-Messrs. Laurier, Tarte, Geoffrion,
Scott and Fitzpatrick. b
Many of the ministers have had previous
experience in departmental management, Ei
Mr. Laurier himself was Minister of Inland s
Revenue in the Mackenzie Government. I tl
The Huguenot Knight, Sir Henri 301y, th
was at one titne premier of Quebec, and was
educated in Paris. ; o
Hon. J. Israel Tarte runs an agricultural of
weekly known as Le Cultivateur, and is One 3'
of the ablest writers on the French press. , of
He ewes his Parliamentary fame to expos- ; th
ing the Connolly -Al eGreevy scandals an d now th
takes charge of the Department tif Publie br
Works, which he fought to reform. ' th
Hon. Sydney Fisher, the gentleman far- fie
mer of the eastern townships, who takes
charge of the Department of Agriculture, is M
a prohibitionist and a graduate of Cam- lif
bridge. He has a large interest in the Mon- ;
tread Herald. I tio
itor-General, was one of the counsel who aw
Charles Fitzpatrick, Q. Q., the new Solie- ; ttiho
oonf HA.dDolapres,Ctahreonma
defended Louis Rid. He is a brother -in- we
inister of Marine m
and Fisheries, -represented Canada in .the
International Fisheries Commission of 1877,
and is an ex -premier of Prince Edward Pr
Island. ; Go
Hon. W. 5, Fielding, the new Minister em
POOR COP Y
1 ;w6asfeinilaer .jamufgteemwr bittehhretiorhfe.metshanebnItothwl mitheinecto jultinnheiresi,oranumde
years, retiring at the last municipai eked
tione to enjoy a well earned rest from its re-
sponsibilities. In the society circles be was
an ardent and valued member, belonging to
orders, in all of which be had attained high
the Masonic, Oddfellows and Loyal Orange
echeerries passed
through Stratford on Wednesday of lase
ho_,noArs acanrcliodaidd
offaiCthanfu
aldisaernvi
week, from Goderich to New York. The
crop of cherries this year is large, and
the quality is superior,. Canadians have
been expecting they would be exeeedingly
cheap, but they seem doomed to disappoint-
ment, for an American fruit dealer has lete-
I been going through the cherry dietrict on
he shores of Lake Huron buying every-
thing in sight The result will be that
rew Yorkers will fare eumptuously on Can-
dian cherries every day, while the Itteople
f this country will get theirs no cheaper
h_anTusheuitfol.mwing,
teken from the Diekin-
son, North Dakota, Reeorder, has reference
to the death of a former resident of Exeter:
this community was greatly shocked by the
news of the sudden and unexpected death
1 our fellow townsman, Mr. Alexander
, wits, on Saturday morning last,- Mr.
ewis has gone to Glendive as a witness in
a lawsuit, and white there was taken sick
and died quickly from the -effects of heart
disease. He was confined to the hou-e but
two days. Mr. Lewis was born nea c r-
ent°, Canada, on September 12th, . '
He learned the trade of painter and o ecor-
ator, at which he attained great proficien
Most of his life was spent in Canada.
l880 he moved to Chicago, where he resided
two years. From Chicago he moved to
Adandan and in 1888 he serum with his .
family, io Dickinson, where he had since re-
siid_edAn.
old and verey highly respected resi-
dent of Lucknow passed away on Sunday
inorning, 5th inst., in the person of Mr.
James Lindsay, in the 76th year of his age.
Mr. Lindsay was born in county Tyrone
eland, and came to Canada with hit;
Z
He carried on business as a butcher for
arents when five years old, and settled it;
ingston. There he received his education.
tome years, and also was a guard in the
Kingston penitentiary. Deceased eame to
Lucknow from there some fifteen years ago,
and was engaged in the butchering business.
This he continued till some months put,
ivhen owing to ill health, he sold out his
ljausiness tid Mr. Albert Fleming. For sev-
(*al years he had been afflicted. with cancer
in the face, and although the fatal disease
ad eaten away a large portion of the nose
and upper part of the face, he suffered lit -
'tie or no pain, but when the brain was
eached, he became unconscious lor a few
Wife of Robert Scott, died at the home of
ays before he passed:away. ,
-On Thursday, 2nd inst., Jean, hawed.
her daughter, Mrs. William Ames, 5th line,
Morris, aged 76 years. Dec,eased was the
eldest daughter of James Lambert, who for
:',I5 years was farmer and manager of the
estate of Mn Pringle, at Yair, Selkirkshire
Pentland, on -the banks of the river Tweed'.
dile and Mr. Scott, who lived in the same
ocality, were united in marriage on June
1st, 1849, the bride living in Edinburgh at
the time. They came to Canada in 1852,
and resided at Guelph, where Mr. Scott as-
iiieted in public works, notably the "building
f the Grand Trunk Railway ; spent nine
ears at Ayr, and 37 years ago took up lindt
n the 6th concession of Grey township,
+here they lived for years, moving after-
wards to near,Cranbrook. For several years
Afr. and Mrs. Scott have made their home
With their son-in-law, William Amen lhe
*abject of this notice had generally enjoyed -
good health, excepting eeecasional attacks of
rheumatism in late fears.' The cause of
death was pneumonia. In addition to Mr.
1 man carpenter in Clare's works, Preston,
cotte who has passed his 76th year, three
aughters MTS. Te McAuley, of Windsor,
Its. W. Imes, of Morris, and Mrs. A. Me-
lees, of Grey, and two sons, Robert, fore -
,and John, of Brussels, survive.
Morris.
NOTES. -Haying is over for this year, and
the crop was well saved. -Fall wheat is be-
ing cut now. On the whole the grop is on
the light side, and badly broken dowe in
places. The saniple is not so good as in
former yeare.-Mr.,3. W. Hamm is here -on
a visit from Manitoba. He says the crops
are looking very well out there, but are late
compared with other years. The season of
seeding time -was very wet, keeping a good -
many back with their sowing. -Miss Mary
Halliday is home from 'Toronto Normal
schoot-Messre. E. -Cantelon and W. and
3. Cook were at the county town on Mon-
day, seeing the lake and hearing' the dram.
They report having had a good tittle. Those
who went by rail were late in getting there,
as the train was very far behind time. The
crowd was large and the day was hoe -Mr.
Dutra men started on Tuesday to take
down the old bridge. This was necessary,
as the bolts are wanted. for the ;new one.
Mr. Peter Cantelon ie supplying sense of the
cedar timber, and it is the intention to have
a portable saw mill work in a few days.
-Mr. 0. White has received the contract
of gravelling at lot 4, on the 6th line,
rods for .$20 ; finds his own gravel ; pays
half a man's wages for spreadiag tit on the
road. This knocks statute label. Out. Two
yards to therod is to be put on Sixteen
parties were bidding.
Zurich.
Fall -About nine o'clock o Tuesday
morning our villagers weae startled by the
cry of fire, which proved to be in Messrs.
Johnson Brothers' woolgn mill. The em-
ployees were all at work in tlie mill at the
time, and before any of them were aware of
it, the picker was in flames, The cause of
the fire ,4s a mystery, but is supposed tO
have been' caused by the friction of the put.
lies on the picker About fifteen minutes
after the fire was discovered the whole
'hulloing was one mass of flames, and it
looked as though the whole north-west part
of the village would become the prey of the
flames. However, by the aid of the fire en-
gine and a host of willing workers, the fire
was kept from spreading to the adjoining
property, although the mill was totally de-
stroyed, together with the contents. This
is a heavy loss for the Messrs. Johnson, as
there was no insurance on the property.
The hearty sympathy of our villagers is ex-
tended to them in their misfortune. Able
work was performed by the ladies as well
as by the men, in carrying water.
G. Hess has gone to
South Bend, Indiina, by way of Port Huron,
Flint and Battle Creek, Michigan, on his
bicycle. He will visit his .stepbrother and
uncle. -Samuel E, Faust has gone to Galt
on his bicycle to visit his uncle and aunt,
he left here last Friday morning, and the
next day he arrived. in Galt. -Mr.
Wing, who has been in .I‘lichigan for a
couple of weeks, returned home a few days
ago. -Mr. William Wurm, who has a'situa-
tion in a store in London, is visiting his
parents and other friends here. -Mr. E. E.
Faust, from Freedom, Pennsylvz-nia, is at
home on a visit. He says times are dull
over there. -Mrs. and. her sister,
Josephine Happle, after a six weeks' stay
with their grandmother, Mrs. Stelk, and
other friends, returned home to Berlin last
Wednesda3.-The re -opening of the Luther-
an church last Sunday, was a great success.
The church WAS filled in the morning, and
in the evenine a lot of visitors from other
places were present. The pastor from Tay-
istock and the pastor from Logan were here
also, and tendered their services by preach-
ing, G110 in the morning and the other in the
evening. The -congregation have a nie,e
church here now, and it is a credit to them.
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wherelatirring ad
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of Bluevale and I
recently of Lanai
her home in B
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ley, school teaehe
is esg3ending the
alt4Itiv, -et MYiehlia-igatnt,1
of Chicago, epent
ser, Mr. F. B. Si
Lucy Coultes am]
'Toronto, are visit
. risetevri.11izigit -TAillii;
'Tenney King, of
%olidays with h
Mr. John King
home for the holt
If•PesEhaw:rilenitti: tiplirieinerh'elil,
presided at_ tle
which were held
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