The Huron Expositor, 1899-05-26, Page 1LAY 19,
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E PATTERN
KLVEr CARPETS
NSTER CARPETS
3SELS CARPETS
:STRY.* CARPETS
)0-1, CARPETS
'ION CARPETS
2i1P CARPETS
IR CARPETS
R OIL CLOTHS
,INOLEUMS
i'TAL CURTAINS
NET CURTAINS
WORK, cuarrAncs
AM LACE CURTAIN
rAIX i1USLINS
IT MUSLIN'S
' CRETONNES
1RLE CRETONNES
R COVERINGS
COVERINGS
E COVERINGS
APES, , esc.
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,641..
7
The .
Gooti,s Co.
;freatest
oods Store.
____,_"neeiieteeetrelteeeemamaaresosse-
. a yeire aeo.-Moat of
!re itereediate viciity
r. many friends of Mr. th
'kre pleased te weicom
i agirene 'Nee- are one
eettled in their handset*
ter 1 „North, -The brick
ird's new store on M
detect. It is faced wft
4fl(i when tiniahed witn
ill give the enterprie
emest bueigets block is
likely he a large. turnout
:o the fernier'? cheep ex-
erimental Farm, Guelph,
P, as a god many are
Mr. Getz, hotel keeper,
town on Seturdey. He
hendserce blood hound..
'Pd a Hensel!. gentlemsn
ounday previoeee and in
.
LO t lot. He evidently
enieee, ae insteed of
hl hie way to 1J11
n in bv Mr, donee, Men
-ne elaa owner got hive. -
e! a big day here on 4
a the driving park
let a large crowd,
r:er for the dramatic
! Gerriek club in theev
is and Mrs. Wm, Boman
-Winnipeg ahd the North'
'it friends and relatives
We wish them a plea‘sent
_ Smith is vieiting friends
an's new store is
Ii make a fine block. -
improved the appetit-
e by apple ing a coat of
1 fhe Saturday eve
Ird, of Henarill, brougIit
each,: Yeung from
him in the foekupf
-. rglarized lel r. Ro ,
. eupposed to, have bee
lieneall, on Thuraday
lie was taken back We
et: Mourlay.-Mr. IA= - -
t., dlerye, was in tone
f• town well at the ton*.
erply °trough water*
eeth and the old time`
liroijhr into service
ly
of water from the
.1. ltolliee, of the
Jr °Lillie, visited hie
LY leet.-Mr. JeeePhe
CU€(1 in the Stratfre
and Was buried in
sy on Tuesday -M.
I esteemed residens
s the great, beyond
1 aged nte years. 110
year ago. He - leave!
ere:leer:1 to mourn hie .
hi one rime was hes4
eieko.rd'e mill here. He
len on the market here:- "
! deitri Dauncey, Ire -
le for the peat three
4 -
eon.
i t i cal d t - bat e, which'
tee time ago, is
I here.- .Mr. A. Ige:'
essfui truieure be ote
e-tril :Murphy, of Hite ,
tile residence of Mee
e _Mr. f. MeQuaidee
:i frit -role in edaltore
ne from the teadit
was held in Clinteee
of last veeek.-gre
;reel by his sisteree
if unreel, spent Thuree
3( gueets.of their sir
.. -Mr. James Mee
epent Sunclayett- •
. ite wi and... M
, left for Wi g
ere she has ac ep
es in Mr. 0'1,
eoeial, elude, t
euchre club, ill
ture.-Miaa Ma
ery Iow.--Mr.
with Mr. Tho
ths.-Mr. P. Ri
young elouthd
Diaard.-!--The
and Mr. !John
'acres, will 0
ri
h was wit
irs at p
ratford, Heen
As the fitful, fuming, fussing of the empty ket-
tle is readily discernable f ora the steady steaming
of the full -filled boiling Jett1e, so is the empty
prattler known from the ixan who has something
to sity and knows how to s y it. When we come to
our Customers from time t4 time in our weekly an-
nouncement, we do so with the Confidence ,lhat
what is said is read, because of its practical icom-
mon sense, as well , as from the infOrraation we im-
part concerning the values «e show in our line of
trade—that of complete (lothing, 'fully eqUippecl
Clothing store in the whole of its branches. Speak.
ing about information con erning certaiin lines of
goods and their uses, it Ma be in order_ito mention
a few articles.
Fo: instance' there' is th
choose to callthe Tamm.an
ness. It sells for 50c, lbok
and as to the wearing qualit
better.
Then, again, there is tile
that we have done so mucl
and $1.50 buckskin pan s ;
been most satisfactory, 4nd
lieve that it is only just
merits of this line have beei
possibly a repetition will no
the material will not har len
muddy, like the ordinarfr m
then it is not of a. shri ka
noteworthy reco-mthendajtio
You may or may not bu
made. If you do, t
comes to the make of
likely is it to be good fit
is the only reason that
popularity of our own mc
and $12—they are wort
1
every day shirt tlit we
:by reasbnlof its tough -
well, washes perfectly,
ies we. know of nothing
ine of everyday Pants
talking about—the $1
the sale of this line has
vve have reason to be -
begun. The particular
enumerated before, but
be amiss. One thing,
nd crack when wet;and
kes of overalling ; and
le nature, and:the most,
s the price.
ur clothing all ready -
e nearer the workmanship
rde -ed clothing, the more
ing and well made. This
we can attribute for the
ke f men's suits at $8, $10
oods.
•
Last season there was a lar
indespensible article fo b
the quality of last seaso
terial, and did not proie s
the tendency of all un,on
stretch into bad shapes.
placed in stock only all-lwoo
very best wool; the newest
ed sweater, and looks natty
Are you in need of a Bi ycl
all -wool suit to order at 5.
other line readymade,
1
In the purchase of an
no mistake in the selecti
suiting. at $15 or $16.50,
or the Irish serge at $17
are sure to be satisfaetor
ce sale 'of that almost
ys" wear—the sweatey
rticle was. a union ma-
tisfactory by reason ofl
goods to pull out and,
This, season we ,:haVe•
goods, .and that of the
hing Ss the club color -
the price 75c and 90c.
Suit? We make an
And then there is an -
1 at $4.
rde -ed suit, ,y -ori will make
11 •f the West of England
the Scotch .1; weed at $18,
50, ny one of which lines
Just a word in ending
Spring Hat ? If not, it is
ing that we have, witheut
the same time -the newes
this section ; the prices
•
a
11
ave yOu bought your
point worth rismember-
ubt, the largest and at
of men's head weas
multidue.
Greig &
acdollal
Clothiers and Furnishers
On the Wrong Side of the Stre
STRONG'S BOOK,
SEAFORTII
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Ini ting it may be had at any h ur of the day or night, the
9oSt up to $10 is 6c, up to $20 1 o, Up to $30 12o; a rece pt
18given, with every order.
Any information regarding travellimg via the C. P.
is cheerfully given at this office. Any wishing the same, may
Obtain the Manitoba governmen statistical information re-
specting municipalities in the Piovince of Manitoba for the
• year 1898. There is a lot of useful •information in this
pamphlet,'and it costs nothing, b ing furnished to intending
settlers free.
J. MAC
C. P. R. AGE
0,NA
T, Seafiwth.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
1
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(written for Tits EXP0817011by R. Sparling.
(Continued from lest week.)
While Van ouver Island was under a
form of gove nment, the mainland was a
Crown colony known by the name of New
Caledonia. I 1850 the name -was changed
to British Co u-nbia. For many years it
;
wee under th control of the Hudson's Bay
Company untd at length in 185$ it became
a colony under a regular government. At
Langley, on ,the Fraser river, the first seat
of government was chosen but it was
changed to Que nborough, and Her Majesy
on beirg asked 110 name the new capital sug-
gested New Westtniuster. Many now
turned their att ntion to the, infant capital
and invested th er all therein hoping that
the capital would remain but the jellourry of
Victoria was ever manifest and the political
and financial influence of its inhabitants was
exerted with th Home government until in
1868 the union of the two colonies was con-
summated with
Thus the seat of
across the Gulf
Victoria as the capital.
government was removed
f Georgia. Those who had
staked their all, .in the hope that New
Westmineter wohld remain the ,capitalewere
simply ruined and that without any redress
or compensation. This action of removing
the capital produced an open sore which has
remained until the present. The j aleusy
of the meinland and island was f r long
years bitter, but as time passed by Iits fea-
tures became modified and at the jresent
the sectional ory is raised mainly for politi-
cal effect, hut it influence has seated its
dory. Time will yet effectually heal the
breach
After the fed ration of the colonies of
Vancouver Islam and Caledonia, the affairs
of the province ent very smoothly along,
and the progress of the new country was
rapid. Settlers hegan to be attracted, peed
as a result the farming districts began to
,
show new signs of life and prosperitY, so
that a new era had dawned. In due tire,
es in the other previnces the subject of c in -
federation began to be mooted. In Bri ah
Columbia confederation was brought abut
in ways entirely different to that in he
older provinces. Every student of Cana-
dian history ie ht iliar with the many ob-
stecles that bad t be overcome in order to
bring about e, uni n of the four provinces of
Ontario, Quebec, 1 ew Brunswick andtNova
Scotia. Local pr .judices had to be met,and
overcome, other existing and divergent
views had to be r .conciled by way of com-
promises, and or u in the cases of the mar-
itime provinces a species of political strat-
egy had to be rear rted to in order to gain
the end sought fere. To gain the "Prairie
Proviuce " a rebellion was the price and
then owing to bad management a trouble-
some racial and religious question was
I
disturbing factor n ehe government of the
raised which will continue for years as a
Province. The idea of unity, as far . as the
older provinces wore concerned, was one of
sentiment. The ideaf a onion of the col-
onies of British North 'America was a dream
of the statesmen and "Fathers of Confeder-
ation." _
British Columbia, was far removed from
the rest of Canade, a,' range of mountains
lonh thought to be. impenetrable separated
re from the eastern portion of the Dominion.
There were no direct means pf communi-
cation, the two eountries had nothing in
oommone The habits end modes of life
were also vastly d fferent, as the influences
of Eastern Canada, either socially or politi-
cally, did not, extrida within one thousand
miles of tho career n fringe of British Colum-
bia, The inhabitants were not Canadians,
To the people of this province confederation
was not a matter f sentimente neither did
the idea of a Dom nion from ocean to ocean
appeal to them merely, hut th whole mat-.
ter N as viewed from a busines standpoint.
The following words from thej chief oppon-
ent of Confederation,' Dr, elmeken, are
very suggestive : 1‘ No union between this
color y and Canada can per anently exist
unle s it be to the material and pecuniary
advantage of thie olony to r main, in the
Union. The sum f the interests of the in-
habitants is the intereet of the colony,
The people of th colony have, generally
speaking, no love for Canada. They care,
as a rule, little or nothing about the crea-
tion of another emhire, kingdom or republic.
They have but little- sentimentality, and
eare little or nothibg about the distinctions
setween he form ef government of Canada
and thateof the United States, Therefore
no union on accouut of love need be looked
for. The only bond of union, outside of
force, and force the Dominihn has not, will
be the material advantage of the country
and pecaniary bet:left ,of the inhabitante.
Love for Canada hts to be acquired by the
prosPerity of the country and from our
children." These words show conclusively
that sentiment was no fact* in the bring;
ing about of the confederatien. Had it not
been that other cireumstances prevailed at
the time,it is very doubtful if a union would
have been affected PIA soon as it was, The
population of the province at the time did
not number 10,000 whites the debe was
Over one and oine.half millions of dollars.
The temporary e iod of prosperity occas-
ioned by the go]d rush to Cariboo had van-
ished and the iutevitablc rea,ceion had set in
with all its dist6ssing circumstances, times
were bad and money scarce. Victoria, which
had prospered while a free port, had exper-
ienced a great falling off in trade after a
tariff had been levied. •On the mainland
there had been a bitter feeling regarding the
removal of thej capital from New West-
minster to Victoria. This intensified the
desire for a eliange. As a Crown Colony
there were very few advantages and the
privileges were tore or less circumscribed.
Confederation or annexation were the only
goals. A number of Americans resident in
the colony had favored the latter and quite
a following was gathered, but whatever
seeming advantage might appear to accrue,
still the great mass of the people looked
upon annexation as a political impossibility.
The insolation of the ,colony had perhaps
mott to do with the bringing about of the
change. The idea of a transcontinental
railway had always been a popular one, the
construction of which was the principal con-
dition under which Brtish Columbia was
prepared to enter confederation. The in-
habitants fully realized Oe advanta,geri that
would follow if a railWay were built, the
heavy debt assumed by Canada, and still
the province enjoy the priceless boon of free
constitutional liberty in matters of legis-
lation, The following were the princiad
conditions which may prove interesting to
eastern readers : The railway was to be
begun Within two years, $100,000 a .year
was to be given in lieu of lands to be given
for the railway,a per capita grant of 80 cents
on a population rated at 120,000, which was
a very lave.: fitimate, the Dominion to as-
sume the debt of $1,500,000, the officials
who had held office during the colonial days -
were to be superannuated, a grant of $35,-
000 a year was to be made to meet the ex-
penses of the local gove:nmenth$500,000
was to be given towards the construction of
the dry( dock at Esquimalt, the Indians
were to be cared for by the Dominion, a
sum of 5 per cent per annum on the differ-
ence betweeh the debt andOuit of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswiek according to
the population, and British olumbia was
to have a representation of lei members in
the House of Commons and t ree members
of the Senate. !
So popular was the idea ef ontelleration
that at the local eleotion, liv ich followed
shortly aftert the terms of th union had
been ratified the Confedera io parey was
successful a11 the polls, havijig been return-
ed by a deci ive majority. iiiou1ties soon
appeared. he delay in th a nstruction of
the Cauadiari Pacific) Railway ave rise to
feelings of disappointment. The time
many s chi erica). Surveys k,
but not uffic ent to give any idea as to the
1,
stipulated w s far too short, and had twice
the tirne bee specified for tie eompletion of
the rod, the e would have rich no serious
s
object on fr m British Co umbia' because
the wole undertaking was loos wereedupon by
made
It
location of the line That period in the po-
litical history of Canada, I known as the
"Pacific Sea dal," and which 'resulted in
the overthro of the - Gov rnment of Sir
John Macdonald, is eloeely sr:related with
the progress c.f railway cons ruction in Brit-
ish Columbia. When the Government of
Alexander ackenzie assumed office, a
change in the method of c netruction was
adopted, The G'overnment decided not to
accept Esqui alb as the temnlinus. This led
to decided oppoeition from IVanoouver Is-
land, as it theught that the jerminua would
be on the Maitiland. The di satisfaction be-
came intense, :and the Provintial Legislature
sent a delegation to England to endeavor to
obtain some- measure of redress. The
" Carnarvon Terms" we e negotiated.
These provided that the railway from
Eequimalt should be, comin need without
delay, that the final sdrveys should be push-
ed with all hate, and that, by' 1891 the line
should be opened am far as Lake Superior..
These termh were agreed to by the House of
Commons, butt the bill was rejected by the
Senate, and so strong did the feeling beciome
that separation was hinted 1 at unless the
terms were carried out. To relay this feel-
ing Lord Dufferin visited the Province, but
his success wae not such as to inspire the
strongest confidence. The people felt that
they had been deceived. le 1878 a definite
pledge was given to the effect that the work
of construction in British Columbia would
be begun at once. The terminus was de-
cided, and Port Moody has the honor of
being the statutory terminus of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway. The Peovingiel Gov-
ernment strongly pressed tltenecessity of
constructing the line from lesquimalt to
anaimo, and even sent a pe ieion to Her
lt
N
Majesty. Severel.propoeals were made, but
it wasnot until 1883 that the! matter was
finally settled by the " Settlement Act,"
which disposed of all the differencee existing
'
between the Dominion and he Province.
The Dominion Parliament vo ed a subsidy
6f $750,000 towards the road from Esetui-
malt to Nanaimo, The ProVinee Supple-
mented this by a liberal' land grant. The
Canadian Pacific Syndicate , having' been
formed in 1881, the work of const uction
was rapidly proceeded with. In 1887i the
the first train from Montreal reached ,
Van-
couver. ,
(To be continued.) 1
I
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! I
The Redistribution BilL,
The following is the full text of the redly-
tribution bill introduced in the HOW% of
ICE:it:mons by Sir Wilfrid Laurier ott Friday
I
Her Majesty; by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate and Heuse of Com -
mops of Canada, enacts as follews :
(1) Sub -section 2 of section '3 of chapter
VI; of the revised statutes of 'Canada, Hub -
section 2 of sect ion 2 of chapter II. of the
statutes of 1892, and section 1 of chapter
VI of the statutes of 1893 are hereby
amended as follows:
(2) The electoral eistricts of Bothwell,
Cardwell and Wet Ontario are hereby
aboished.
(: ) The electoral districts of! the counties
of Kent, Lambton, Huron, Bruce, Grey,
Wellington, Perth, Middlesex, Elgin, Ox-
ford; Norfolk, Brant, Haldimand, Welland,
Lincoln, Wentworth, Peel, D,ufferin, Sim-
coe, York and Ontario, the diatricts of
Mu koka and Parry Sound, shall consist of
the several townships, village, towns and
citi s and other lauds declared by chapter 3
of i , e revised statutes of Ontarto, 1897, en-
titled "An act, respecting the territorial
divieion' of Ontario for municipal and judi-
dial purposes," as constituting said respec-
tive counties and the said reepeetive dis-
tricts of Muskoka and Parry Sokind ; except
that for the purposes of this act the county
of Middlesex shall not include the city of
London or any portion thereof, I the county
of Wentworth shall not include the city of
Hamilton or any portion therecd, and the
county of York shall not includ he city of
Toronto or any portioln thereof.
(4) The electoral' district of the city of
London shall consise of the city of London
and shall return One member.
(5) The electoral district of he city of
Hamilton shall consist of the city, of Hamil-
ton and shall return two member's.
(6) The electoral district of the city of
Toronto shall coneist of the cit of Toronto
and shall be divided into four eiectoral dis-
tricts each of which shall retie is one mem-
ber.
(7) The .counties of Dufferin Haldimand,
Lincoln, Peel, Welland and W ntworth and
the territorial district of Mus oka and the
territorial district of Parry Sou d shall each
be an electoral district and s rill each re-
turn onomember.
(8) The counties of Brant, gin, Lamb-
-ton, Norfolk, Ontario, Oxfor. and Perth
shall each be divided into two ectorad dis-
tricts and shall each return one inember.
(9) Thi counties of Kent, H on, Bruce,
Grey, Middlesex Simcoe, Wellington and
York shall each be divided into three elec-
toral die riots, each of which districts shall
return o e member.
(10), Where under the foregoin provisione
•any ceunty or city is to be divided into
more than one electoral district, such divi-
sions hall be made by a board of commis -
stoner consisting of three persons, being
jedge of the Supreme Court. of Judicature
for Ozltario, who for that purpose shall be
appoitieed by letters patent under the Great
Seal, and who shall divide the city of Tor-
onto and each each county into the number
of electoral districts by this act assigned to
them respectively. The letters patent ap-
pointing the commissioners shall request the
commissioners in makiog the divisions to
consider the distributioln of the popelation
according to the last lJjominion censuit, the
public convenience an4 such divisidns as
appear to them best cal ulated to d sub.
stantial justice.
(11) In case of the death or resignation or
refusal of any one or more of such co mis-
sioners to act, a successor or successors shall
in like manner be appointed.
(12) The commissioners shall complete
such divisions within a time to be limited
by said letters patent, and,shall report such
divisions to the Secretary -of. State, making
a separate report as to eaoh electoral dis-
trict so set apart by them, and shall set
forth in such report the / boundariee of the
15 Design
In gilt Wall Paperesr s itable for par-
lors, dining rooms or halls -4 -regular
150 and 20e papers, tlo» 100 and 12tc
per roll.
1
CALCAND SEE
Our Opaque Window Siades et 250 -
cream one side, dark gree4 on the
other; mountr on geo spri g roller,
only 25e com lete. ,
Hanging Wall or Ceiling Paper, 5c er roll.
Experienced w1 orkmen
ALEX. WINTER, Seaf
electoral districts to whith such re orb 're-
fers, and the municipalities eo prise there -
n, and assign an appropriate designation to
the e1eetoal district in questihe ; aud upoh
receipt by the Secretary of Stete of the re-
ports of the commissioners ciempleting the
oteva territories
s ribed as eon-
ot ral deetres
oz nto end the
e been divided
he provisiOns
e enme and be
m 'had been so
Such by this
s' ned hei the
ipagreement,
e report of the
s shall be the
divisions aforesaid, the reap
by such respective reports d
stituting the respective ole
into which the said eity of
respective counties shall ha
as aforesaid shall, subject
of section 18 of this act,
electoral districts as if the s
et apare andestablished
et.
(13) Each report shall be
ommiseioners, or, in case o
y a majority of arem, and t
ajority of the commesione
eport of the commissioners.
(14) Each separate report k
iehed by the Secretary of Star
da Gazette forthwith after
hereof by him.
(15) In the province of Queb
ng changes shall be made ir
istricts as constituted undee t
rel1 be pub -
in the Can
its iesceipt
O the follow -
he, electoral
he represen-
ation act and the acts of 189 h and 1893,
mending the same. 1I
Then follow the clauses previding for the
epeal of the gerrymander et Ohateauguay,
3erthier, Bagot, Rouville and L'Assomp.
ion. ta) The parish of Levant ie i trans-
rred from the electoral district of L'As-
eumption to the electoral district of Bei-
thier. (b) The Indian village and reserve
d from the
ua,y to the
nd Napier -
f Ceughnawaga is transferr
leetoral district of Chateau
e ectoral district of Laprairih
..
ille. .
(16) Sub -section 6 of acetic) of chapter
11 of the statutes of 1892 is hr y repealed,
a d the following substitute herefor : 4n
t e province of Prince Edwatd 1 eland thee
8 iall bo three electoral distri t designated
a follows: The electoral dist ie of Prince,
inch shall consist of the coiijitr of Prince,
aid shall return two members The elec-
t ral district of Queen's, whidh bhall consist
o the county of Queen's, and jehalI return
t o members. The electoral district of
I inghe which shall consist of th county of
King's, and shall return one me ber.
(17) Section - of the above statute is
hereby amended by striking out Bub -erection
( ) and substituting the following: The
e ectoral district of the county ef S. ,John
s rail omelet of the county Of St. John
o ly.
(18) Nothing herein containe shall oper-
a, e 80 as to change the constit tion f the
o dissolution of the present P rliam nt.,
il
e ectoral districts as they now exist until
t
•
Explanation Wan ed. I
DEAR EXPOSITOR,—In the 1 st issue of
HE EXPOSITOR, I notice that he County
oard of Exarmners have pa tied several
r igulations in connection with eachie . I
s reh to draw attention to emit tion No. I.
It reads thus: "That the board,grant three
y :ars' teaching, to holders of profeseional
t ird-olass certificates who hol junk or
s nior leaving- non-professional certifica es,
aid who have lost time un er ciro4m-
tJ1108 satisfactory to the Board." Mr. 1idi-
tcjr, will you kindly expain what this
means? Not long ago e teacher applied for
an extension of six months, and was refused.
P ovided a teacher did not get a school, and
w a idle for a year, is it undeiatood that
such a teacher can teach for three years
et 11? Would the Board consider that a
sa refectory reason? There are many teach-
er holding second-class profeeshi al certifi-
er), ea who are without a school b cause they
wi 1 not teach for the paltry an some of
th trustees are willing to gi e. Under
su h conditions as the above r solutioti pro.
vi.es for, a young teacher ma.y b idle the
fir t year after attending the Mod hand still
teach three years on. the thi d -c ass eertifi-
cat , and, of course, the tru tee will en-
ga e such a teacher because he is willing to
tea h for 8100 less than a profese anal one.
Th re fawns to be some flaw som here.
S UDENT.
tri
the
da
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Gr
ord
•
Wingham District Mee ings.
be annual meeting of the Win ham dis-
t of the Methodist church we held in
Methodist church, Brussels, n Tues
andWednesday ef last week. Rev. D.
ers, of Bluevale, presided. H. A.
ham, B. A., was recomrne ded for
nation at the next conferee A re -
sol tion was passed expressing reg et at the
reti ement of Rev. Dr. Pascoe, of Wing -
ha , and recommending the con erence to
ace pt Baffle. In the evening a pu lic, meet-
ing in the interests of the Women s Foreign
Mrs ionary Society, was held, hen ad-
dre ses were delivered by Rev. Ir. Mux-
vror hy, of Bervie; Mrs. Gordon right, of
London, and Rev. J. Learoyd, of ucknow.
rice com-
ta.tioning
Sabbath
xworthy,
mmittee,
mission.
unibert-
mmittee,
h. The
delegates
r: Wing-
rk ; Kin-
(eorge'
Gerry ;
J. Mit.
Edward
roxeter,
eech, R.
r (Luck-
ersdale);
r); Rip.
J. IL
(Bervie);
church,
• elgrave,
dietriet
May dis-
Th election to the various confer
mit ees resulted as follows:
co mittee, Rev. S. J. Allin ;
sch ol committee, Rev. S. W. M
W. H. Kerr; Epworth League c
Res. F. Swann, Edward Cooper
ary committee, W. H. Kerr, J.
son (alternate) ; sustentation
Re . W. W. Leech, Joseph Lee
foll wing laymen were elected as
to t e annual conference at Winds
lh , William Fessant and It P
car ine, 8, Henry; Lucknow,
Gee r ; Brussels, W. H. Kerr, B
Tee water, J. W. Field ; Et el, J.
chel , John Cober ; Ford ich,
Coo 'er; Gerrie, James Lee h;
Wil iam Weir; Bluevale, Jo eph
Ste art; Ashfield, W. T. ardin
now ; Salem, William Melv n (Ri
Bet el, John Thompson (Pi e Riv
ley, John Humbertson; ervie
Kaa e (Kinloss), F. Col ell
Tiverton, H. 0. Foster; Whi
Wil iarn Wellwood •(Fordy e);
Wil lam Wray.
It WWI agreed to hold the fal
nee ing at Bluevale and the next
tric meeting ao
T e amount of money raised fo
pose , including salaries of minis
nexi nal funds and church entezl
$26, 74. Two hundred and nint
wer received into church membe
ing he year. The number of me
mov ng to other places by 'tette
wh* t more than 60 have died. A r
was aimed expressing regree and di
men that in view of the recent
1,1
vote, the Goveemnent had refrained feom
passing prohibitory legislation, and request-
ing their :representatives in the House of
Co
see
hibi
at
Alli
bee.
in lei
ward n
Ot a
instr
mons t40 use their votes and influence in
ing the utmost and most efficient pro -
or y eneetment possible along the lines
reliene indicated by the Dominion
nee
qu
fi
th
a.
et
85
0
sent
and, further, that each paseor
sed to present to each congregatton
his iimportant matter and for-
ction to their representatiyee at
,he chairman and secretary were
to sign this resolution and send
one to the represe
Commons of the se
d lin the Wtngham d
n sday the annual
en' ,reign M issionary
et Wes Iheld. Interesting
n work were given by
nd ;!Mrs. Muxworthy
th rs, !while the procee
nt Sessions were made
ef- 'splendid vocal s
cop
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repr
On
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distr
miemi
of L
wed'
differ
taini
deleg
te
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to at en
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man no
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e
movn
city •n
% es
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Thur da
820,00.
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amou
longi
Mark
years.
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dbelk'
neoan
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inthew
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and c
e wa
viniP.yA8.ehasar-
t
t
s me way got possession of a bot
i g butter aolorhg, and dra
einfticient to eause death in a sho
-MIT. , Jehnson, the gran
ugh Shineer, Beadiville
Woodstock, has received a sever
Berenice. Mrs; Joheson is in her
and little hope is !entertained
(every.
--41bert Sinith,Iteantster, we 1 -known in
St. Thoma, fell down stairs in t 0 Victoria,
bl ok in that city some time dur'ng There -
d yinight and was tkilled, his neck being
broken. Smith was about 35 y ars of age,
an -di a heavy drinker.
A young Galt lad named rchie Mc-
Coll! was playing with a bomb w ich he had
constructed of water and lime, on Saturday,
when ie accidentally exploded, diseharging
its fell force into his face. The lime got
into his eyes and almost burnt them out.
He will Thee the sight of both eyes.
-St. Catharines lost another old and
Inspected citizen by death Friday morning,
in the person of William A. Rawlings. -Dee
ceased came to St. Catharines some years
ago with the late R. H. Smith, from Roch-
cuter, New itIorle, and established the R. II.
Smith saw works., ....
-Ward Leavitt, about 18 years of age,
living two milee from Caledonia Springs,
wee to an eentimely end Thursday. His
mother and half-brother ca,nie to Vonleek
Hill to do sone shopping, and on returning
home found him dead in the house, having
been shot. Death was probably accidental.
-del oe Wall the 8-year.old sore of Conduc-
tor ,Wall, of I'Aeburnham, was drowned in
thelOeonobee! Wednesday. He fell off the
Roger's.dam, which is used as a abort cut to
the village. fins 12-yearold brother plunged
in sifter him nd grabbed the child just as
they werees 'ept over 1 he slide, but lost his
hold in the whirling eddy.
-Stanley arid George Mead, aged 22 and
21)
respectively, sons of Charles Mead, and
a young lad Blanch Dallas, were swept
over. Deschen s Rapids Wednesday after.
noon in a skil Both lads were rescued a
!nil° and a h If below the rapids, after being
an hour and half in the water. Blanch
Dallas was 0owned.
-.John Archibald, of Kingsmill, a pest
at elle Dake House, St. Thomas, had a nar-
nolo escape ,friorn death. When he went to
bed he left his gas -jet full on, and. the room
sock( filled with gas; Half an hour after -
!we da Amos Arnie rong noticed the smell of
gas, and it wee with great difficulty, by the
use of a brown through the fanlight, that
Mr. Archibald was awakened.] He was
thon in a par hilly ,unconscious condition.
,--Gordon i'. Drummond, traveller for
Peck and Co., Mon real, died in Winnipeg,
Sunday, from the effects of injuries sus-
tained while �n a trip in the mountains
several weeks ago. 1Deceased was engaged
to wed a young lady of Winnipeg. She
left for the thountains ' on hearing of the
accident, and returned there with Mr.
Idrurnmond on Thursday. At his request
they were =tried before the journey was
began. 1
I -Frank Tu nbull, a well-known farmer,
residing near Harrisburg, was cut to pieces
by a train Saturday. Mr. Turnbull started
along the t.rack for the village, carrying a
basket. The Unfortunate man was subject
to epileptie fits, and it is believed he was
seized with one of these and fell across the
track. While in this position he was struck
by a train. Turubuliwas terribly mangled,
and death mu8t have been inetantaneous.
-Friday night burglars broke into the
station;at McGregor Junet'on, seven miles
1
north of Harrow, and stole 20 cents. They
then took a h dear and c me to Harrow,
where they pr lured tools at a blacktmith
shop. Thoy vititre; A. Munger'S jewelry
store, and tooc member of wa hes left
r
for repairs, after Which they b.oke into
R chardson's hardware store. The safe was
blown open, wit,h two charges, and $15
tee en. Sam 1Eoard, a barber, saw five men
Jere the sto e
A horn e murder was committed at
S yet, on the St 'Lawrence, a short distance
below Montreal, I about noon Thursday.
Colbort Oliei r had a quarrel with his wife,
and killed he After committing the crime
he called at tie Roman Catholic presbytery
told thei priest in attendance of the
rc. He t en,shrrendered himself to the
ce, Olivier ineaid to have a 4 ost vio-
temper. The couple had o been
ried a year, hut in that time w re three
a separated.
It is stated that the appli times for
ining claims in i the Province of Ontario
Itave never been So numerous as in the pres-
eint Raring, The1ottacialti at t Parliament
1 , I
1
. '
tatives in the
eral ridings
strict.
seting of the
oeiety of the
addresses on
re. Wright,
of Bervie,
hags at the
more enter.-
leetions by
•
,Canada,
and Lady Minto are o be invited
Woodetock's fall fair,
n Brown!! the murder r of Police -
eye of London, was h: rged in that
edeesday morning of ast week.
e W. McKenna, of Chatham, a
tetveller, was arres ed at Lucan
y, charged with misa propriating
ment House at Vancouver,
bumble, was destro ed by fire
morning, The los is about
at ins alrnent of the new taxes
bre era o the province, which was
Ma hs all been pa d in, and
ts to $17,0$)0.
illiain Cate, late mayo of New-
t ntario, Lid president of the Re-
s ciation, died Thursd y, after a
ick ess, at the1 age of eventy-five
re miners were killed arly Wed-
ni by the premature xploeion of
ite while sinking a sh ft at Gold
tie r Dinowie, Ontario, •n claim
ing to the Oxford Mini's: Company.
an Brown, a French -Can dian, Port
's ldeet resident, died Thursday.
8 t efirst white sOttler, c ming there
ar y &dee.? He was 100 years old,
mbe from Rmivaiy7eriedthu. 1079h9ic , Quebec.
fatality is reported from the
f Montague, near Br ckville. A
id child of W. F. McCrea in
l° colltaoi sn-
kade
t time.
mother ofEt
°da,' ralnyetaier
p
00rOthbeyrearre,.
all pur- • and
•rises, ie oli
re, con- 1 rim
persons Jent
hip clur- lior
bees re- line
is 165, LT
solution
appoint-
Iebiscite
MoLEAN BROS., Publishers.
818 Year in Advance.
buildings are kept busy recording
and dealing with correspondence in eonnee-
tion therewith. The various -causes to
which this is attributed are first, that it is
the growing time, and Cana:diens are neces-
sarily turning to the development of home
resources ; second, several of the mines in th
the Lake of e Woods district are becom-
ing paying properbies ; third, the current of
interest which was for some time diverted
to British Columbia and the Klondike has
now subsided, and is centring on Ontarie's
mines.
-Mr. Samuel Wilmot, the well-known
authority on fish culture, died at his borne
in Newcastle on Wednesday of last week.
Mr. Wilmot held the office of superintetident
of fish culture operations for Canada, and
by his exertions the work is now extensive-
ly applied to all the Provinces of the Do-
minion, and forms no ineonsiderable branch
of the Fishery Department of Canada. Mr.
Wilmot took an active part in the great
International Fisheries Exhibition in Lon-
don in 1883. He was seventy-five years of
age.
-The report has just reached Rat Pore -
age of the drowning of Edward Mulhearn
and Louis Jewell, mail carriers between
Fart Frances and Wabigoon. They left the
latter place with, a Peterboro' canoe and
500 pounds of mail, and arrived safely as far
as the Cascades at Rainy Lake. Some In-
diana found clothing floating in the water,
and soon after found the canoe on the shore
with the body of Jewell tangled in some
ropes that were tied to the canoe. Mul-
hearn was not found. They left the cenoe
and body and went to Fort Frances for as-
sistance.
-Tilbury sports favorite outing place is
the lighthouse at the mouth of the River
Thames. At one of the club houses a bis-
cuit and strychnine were mixed for rat
poison and placed on a saucer near the cup-
board. A good haul of fish had been made
by three of the members, who were about
to feast on them, when it was discovered
by means of the bitter taste that the cook
had mixed the strychnine and, biscuit, with
the fish dressing in mistake for Home other
commodity. Tc fish were thrown out and
devoured by dogs, who shortly afterwards
died. The Tilbury citizens fortunately
escaped any serious consequences.
-Four miners were killed and one serioue-
ly injured in the War Eagle at Rossland,
,Saturday morning. H. A. Honeyford,
James Palmer, Thomae Neville, W. F.
Schofield. and Mike Crook were in the skip
descending the shaft. When ab the 250 foot
level some defect in the machinery, it is
said, caueed the engineer to loee control of
the hoist and. the skip dropped to the (100;'"
foot level, a distance of 350feet. The threes
first named were instantly killed and Soho -
field, who belonged to Oakville, Ontario, so
badly injured that he died soon after being
taken to the hospital.
Perth Items.
-Mr, Lewis Bolton, D. L. S., and Mr. J.
W. Meyers, of Aleesra. A. Moyer & Com- ,
pony, left Listowel on Thursday of last
week for Dawson. City,IMr. Bolton was
there lat m
ssumer, and is interested in a
number of properties in tie
e Klondike, some
of which are being actively worked and are
giving good returns. Mr. Meyere will like-
ly be away for about three months,
-The death occurred Thursday afternoon.
of laat week, after a lingering illness, of
Mr. Samuel Wilton, of Stratford, in his 54th
year. Mr. Wilton's illness began with pea-
monia, which developed into coneumptien.
His demise is rendered particularly sad by
the loss of his wife about a year ago, and
the consequent leaving of the little family
of six children of -Wilder egee entirely or-
PThulensMdeaydr.8.morning of last week, aged eeventy
James Kerr, of Milverton, tiled
years. Decerteed had been a sufferer from.
neuralgia for the past seven years. The
immediate cauee of -death was an obstruc-
tion in the bowels, which struck her sud-
denly on Sunday morning. She leaves a
husband to mourn the loss of a kind, indul-
gent wife. She leaves no children.
-Mrs. Fleetford, of Mitchell, met with a
serious accident on Monday forenoon of last
week. She was going out to Leman, and
was picked up by Gotleib Pilkie, who was
on his way to Bornholm. When nearing
Mr. May's residence a lddy on a bicycle
shot by them, and the horse became fright-
ened and turned suddenly to ene side, up-
setting the buggy, throwing both parties on
the hard road with great violence. Pilkie
was uninjured, but Mrs. Fleetford had one
of her arms broken near the shoulder and
again near the wrist,
-On Saturday morning, 13Lh inst., there
died at the residence of her sun, George
McFadden, in Stratford, an old resident of
that city, m the person of Mrs, Martha Me -
Fadden, aged 82 years. The decearsed Iady
came to this country with her %husband in
1845, from the county of Armagh, Ireland.
After a residence of six months in Toronto,
and six in Waterleo, they came to8tra,tfords
and Mrs, MeFadden had lived there ever
since. Some twelve years after coming to
this country, Mr. McFadden died. Their
only child was the son, George, who sur-
vives.
-Dr. Steele, V. S., of Stratford, in-
formed a Beacon reporter a day or two ago
that cerebro-apinal rneniogetis is getting to e
very common in that vicinity. Last week
seven fine horses belonging to Mr. Alex.
Phail, of Downie, were taken down with
'this disease, and only with the greatest care
were they treated. Two of them died, but
fortunately the others were pulled through.
The disease is caused by the anitnals eating
turnips which were frozen and have thawed
out. They begin to decompose and a slime
forms 011 the outside, This is practically
covered with germs which destroy the coat-
ing of the bowels of the animals, and if im-
mediate steps are not taken death invari-
ably results.
-The Stratford Herald eontaing the fol-
lowing: "Colonel William Smith, of this
city, met with a very unpleasant accident
Monday afternoon. Early in the afternoon
be drove to Staffa, accompanied by his son,
Mr. William Smith. He set out on the re-
turn journey alone and was en routs3 be-
tween Staffs and blitehell when the awl -
dent happened. When some distance out
of Staffs he meta heavily laden wagen, and
turned out to let it pass. Just as he was
doing so, the man in the wagon cracked his
Whip, and Colonel Smith's horse Wu SO
startled that it gave a sudden jump, over-
turning the buggy and throwing it ei occu-
pant violently out. Colonel Smith alighted
on his head and was rendered unconsetotte
by the blow. The inhuman fool, driv.er of
the wagon, drove unconcernedly on without
taking any notice 431 the injured gentleman.
Fortunately for Colonel Smith, the buggy
righted itself and the horse proceeded on its
way uvtil stopped by a passing farmer who,
suspecting an accident, drove back and dis-
covered the helpless condition of the Strat-
fordite. After some time, Colonel Smith
recovered somewhat, and pluckily continued
en his way to Mitchell, where he had tea.
He returned to Stratford later in the even-
ing, when his injudes were attended to by
a physician."