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The Clinton New Era, 1887-06-03, Page 4Otteslawens a fantl (1 AluertiOeutelltA. Cheapside -C. Wilson, House to rent -James Twitchell Eggs-, I. Twitehell Shingles -J. Twitchell Men's Furnishings -Jackson Bros. Stray Sheep -Peter Cole • Auction sale -Miss Trewartha Boys' clothing -Jackson Bros. Just in -Geo. E. Pay & Co. Poor man's friend -J. Robertson & Co.. Scribblers -New ERA office. Waukenphast shoes -J. Jackson. Jubilee medals -Wm. Cooper 1!liinfou tiny (6ta. FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1887. Tho Disallowance Question. The resolutions introduced in the House by Mr. Watson, against disallowance, pro- voked a pretty lively discussion, but the strong plea that he advanced in favor of Manitoba being allowed to construct alba - ever railroads she wants, had no effect in convincing the supporters of the government of the justness of his claim, for, the resolu- • tions were voted down by a majority of 48, In so far as the Government is concerned, this clearly shows their intention to stand by the C.P.R., come what may, but the question is, will the people of Manitoba in general, and Winnipeg in particular, abide by that vote. We are inclined to doubt it. There can be no doubt that during the elec- tion campaign the electors were deceived into believing that the disallowance policy ----would be waived as far as Manitoba was concerned. Now that they have found out differently there is likely to be trouble. It will not do for Government. papers to say that the vote in the House practically settles ::the•matters-akZl all -agitation should 'cease for it is the vote in the House that is likely to cause trouble. The people in Manitoba should•be in a better position to know what they require than the people of the eastern Provinces, and when they assort that the C. P. R. monopoly is crushing the hope and life out of them, there is a possibility that it may be true. Under such circumstances men aro not usually disposed to fold their arms -and take their ease. The feeling in a- Winnipeg over the question may be gathered yIrrom the fact that after the vote Mr. Scarth, the member for Winnipeg, received a tele- gramstating that Winnipegers were deter- mined to build a competing road to the boundary, even if it had to be done at the point of the rifle. This strong language only indicates the intensity of the feeling over the matter. Conversing recently with a person from this county, who had just returned from the - west, (a Conservative, too) the question was asked, " Do you think they will build an- other railroad there; is there much excite- ment over it ?" and this was the answer given, " I firstly believe the people will never be satisfied until another line is built ; all . classes in politics unite in demanding it ; you hear it talked about in the streets, ho-. tels, stores, and in fact in every place, and . my 'own conviction is that a road will .be built:" • The Manitoba Free Press, although a Liberal paper, has hitherto been regarded as the organ of the Canadian Pacific Railway, anal this is what it says in reply to the charge thatManitoba is hostile to the C.P.R.: "Manitoba is not hostile to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Her hostility is towards monopoly. IIewever much they may appre- eiate the Canadian Pacific Railway -and Cho does appreciate it most fully -she will not submit to monopoly. She will do any- thing in reason, but she will not forego sottIeine-iit, incur stagnation in busiuess,and suffer revorses, if not ruin -not to speak of tho continued refusal of her rights -for the sake of nourishing a monopoly privilege which is justified neither by law nor by any kind of•known justice; which, in fact, is an unwarranted injustice of a most monstrous kind," These, and utterances of a similar nature in all the Winnipeg papers; show that what- ever the Dominion, Parliament may think concerning disallowance, the people of Mani- toba take. a radically different view, and one which they seem disposed to act upon re- gardless of Federal authority, Prohibition Pure and Simple, A despatch from Philadelphia says : "At to -day's session of the General As- sembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America a resolution was presented and referred to a Special Committee, declar- ing against all measures of license or tax as delusive, .and in no way calculated to end the evils of the liquor traffic. Entire prohi- bition of the manufacture, sale and impor- tation of intoxicating beverages by the States and National Government is declared to be the only effective remedy," There Must snrely be some mistake about this. Up hero it has been repeatedly said that the Methodists were the only "fanatics', who advocated prohibition, and that they distorted Scripture in advocating what some claimed was no part of the divine law" Wo are aware that Baptists, Presbyterians, Egisco- palians, and some even who have no religious convictions, support the act, but as a de- nomination, the Methodists have boon singled out and�c •iticised by opponents of intemper- ance. le res yterians must bear a share of the odium that is erroneously sup- posed' to attach to prohibition advocates. But dist is not likely to trouble then very ouch. Men who havo fixed convictions upon questions of this nature, are not usu- ally afraid to give expression thereto, orto stand firmly by them, The resolution -above quoted, however, is particularly indicative of one thing, that is the growth of public opinion favorable to prohibition. Men who are opposed to it may as well make up their minds to the fact that at no very distant day, the principle nal] bo embodied in the laws of the land, anal public opinion, growing in that direc- tion, will aid in its enforcement. le an interview at Winnipeg Mr. Van Horne said the C.P.R. lost 12,500 a month by keeping their workshops there, as the work odtlk-1 be done that much cheaper at _Montreal. If this is true it does not display much business ability in keeping them at the former place, and it would only be a matter of time, disallowance or not, before they would be removed. Tim Montreal conference of the Methodist Church of Canada, at its session inKingston, unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning the conduct of the present Dominion government in filling all vacancies in the Senate with men who are notori- ously opposed to temperance reform, but what does the government care for a resolu- tion of that nature, or in fact any other. The best way to reform the Senate is to abolish it, and it is only a waste of time and energy to try anything else. The Senate however constituted, cannot be other than opposed to the general good, and that is enough to condom it. THE Mail says :-" Much surprise is ex- pressed atztlte ?okurnit�.�op tie-, Glilirlmous o Mr, Baird, of Queens, ,IV.B., as it was fully understood Ire would resign the seat he holds under such peculiar circumstances." Why should there be surprise? His party superiors have virtually supported him, and if they see nothilig wrong in his holding the -seat, why should he ? It may he true that he procured, it by a very mean fluke, an act to which no honorable man would be a party, and shows that he has no principle by retaining it, but what of that? Public life largely has become seethoroughly demoralized, and the public conscience so dead to all sense of honor or honesty, that the most," outrageous violations - of public �lorit9"S OCCiion no-uneasiness'or concern. --- --+.•.a--.- A r.ILL touching the election law was in- troduced by the Government on Friday., During last election the 4uostion arose whe- ther the deputy returning officer; pd11 clerks and constables, seeing that they are in re- ceipt of public stoney, could legally poll their votes. It was held by some that they were disfranchised, and by others that they could vote. To settle this point Sir John Macdonald has introduced an amendment to the election law, which says the deputy- z-eturuing officers, poll clerks and constables, whether appointed by a returning officer or by a deputy -returning officer, and employed in connection with any election and other- wise qualified to as vote are, and always have boon, entitled to vote at an election of a Member of the House of Commons. This was the view expressed by ns prior to the general election, and cei'tainly,no fault can be found with the' provision. It would be unjust to allow deputy -r ruing officers, poll clerks, etc., to vote aocal elections, and to deny the same right to those who per- formed the duties for a Dominion election. WE have ceased to be surprised at any- thing that the Dominion Government does, because it has shown itself so unprincipled and unfair, that nothing is too low. The proposition contained in Mr. Thompson's Bill to amend the Franchise Act is probably the most astoundingly impudent that has ever been made to parliament, even by, the present, Government, The minister of justice proposes to enact that the " voters' lists" prepared last year shall be good for two years without further revision. The object, is, of course, to give the ministerial 'party the advantage they have at present; -by. nieaiis of unfair lists, in the by-elections which are likely to occiu during the next two years. The Government do not want the young men who conte o_ age or the new settlers tvho come into the country to get on the lists and so, in order to retain the unjust advantage they possess in constituencies which are likely to be opened, they propose to disfranchise an immense number of eleo- toi•s. It may be said that this is as fair for one side as the other, but such is not the case, 'as the Liberals claim that the present lists were " cooked" rand they anticipated that the revision of this year would place the lists on a more equal footing. jBye. elections which may ocoiir during the next two years, will have to be held on voters' lists which aro practically three years old. If Mr,Thornpson really wants to save stoney as be professes, let him abolish the revising barrister altogether, and allow the lists to be prepared by the municipal officers. f Itt(EFIELD, BRIEFS -The wife of Rey J H Simpson, who has been ill for some time, is now slowly -recovering. The wife of Mr. S Broadfoot, of the mill road, is very ill. - Mr. John Hude, of Wingham, is visiting Pere, Mr. T Higgins, who has been at tending Toronto University, is spending a few days with friends in this vicinity. Mr John McLeod,who has been attending the medical school, Toronto, is borne and will study under Drs Gunn & Elliott, during the summer. We are having some new sidewalks built this spring ; they have been long needed. A meeting of the Sabbath school teachers was held on Fri- day evening last to arrange for a picnic, Mr Robt McCartney and family have re- moved to Londesboro, where Mr Meeart- ney has been engaged to run a butter factory. Mr James Patterson, of the Loudon road, is building a very- large bank barn this season; Mr James Copp is building the foundation while Mr P Kitten is doing the frame work. A man named Johnston, a butcher, who lives at Angus, came to Barrio on Satur- day, and in company with a number of others went into the stable of the Victoria hotel to site a stallion named Young Lex- ington. Although warned by the care- taker, neither he nor the others took any notice, end Johnston was kicked in the stomach, from tho effects of which ho died ofl Tuesday -evening, being conscious only ,once since the accident. Additional Local News, A Question of Verael4•y. The Clinton NEW ERA says :-"Accor- ding to the Assessor's return the popula- tion of Seaforth is now about 30Q less than that of Clinton; bad the figures been the other way round, the•voices of our Sea - forth cotems would be heard." The ERA is off its base as usual. Seaforth has a population of from 800. to 1000 more than Clinton, and we do not care to discuss a question which is an admitted fact by everybody except the ERA.-Seaforth Sun. A little comparison may not be out of place, even it the Sun is not diuposed to discuss the question. which we are not surprised at. The Clinton assessors re- turned the population of this town at 2800, which is claimed to be under the mark, but we will let it at their figures. This is what was published in the Seaforth papers of May 13:- `' Mr.Wm. Ballantyne,the tows! assessor, 'has completed his labors and returned the roll to the town clerk. From it we learn the following particulars: The real proper- ty of the town is this year assessed at $492,- 920 ; the personal property, at $60,800,and the Ineetee. at 142 �ufat a,saCss- �. 8 ingot amounts to 679,950. The population of town is given at 2,540." If that is not about 300 less than the population of Clinton, we would like to know what it is. No doubt,the Sun will tell us next week that Egmon Iville and Brucefield should be included in Seaforth's population. Mile Match. The fifteenth annual match'of the Hur- on Rifle Association was held at the Atholcott Range, Clinton, ()a Tuesday last. The weather was decidedly unfav- orable for shooting. The prize winners in the several matches were as follows :- ASSOCIA'rION MATCIh-200 and 500 yards, lst, Mayor Wilson;, Seaforth ;Bpd„ Lieut Wilson, Seaforth ; 3rd, J.Johnston, Clinton.; 4th, Stall=segt. Wilson, Seaforth; 5th, N. Robson, Clinton ; Gth, Mr. Grigg, Holmesville; 7th, Capt. Wilson, Seaforth; 8th, Lieut. J. Young, Clinton. SECOND MATCH. -1st, Mr. Grigg; 2nd, N. Robson ; 3rd, J. Young; 4th, J John- ston ; 5th, Lieut. Wilson ; 6th, Sergt. Coleman ; Seaforth; 7th, Capt. Wilson ; 8th, J. Anderson, Clinton. CONSOLATION MATCH. -1st, Capt Rob- erts, Seaforth ; 2nd, 1V H Hastings. Sea - forth ; 3rd, W Mugford, Holmesville ; 4th, H. Stanbury, Clinton ; 5th, E. G. Courtice, Holmesville ; 6th, J Colcloagh. FOURTH CLASS. -For the highest ag- gregate score in the first and second matches,the "Association Challenge Cup" value $45 ; lst Mr. Grigg, 2nd, Mayor Wilson. Entrance fee $'1.-- -. FIFTH MATCH. -For the highest aggre- gate score in the first and second matches, the O. R. A. Medal ; 1st,, Mr. Grigg ; 2nd J. Johnston; 3rd, Lieut. Wilson. Special Meeting of Town Connell, NEW ELECTION FOR MAYOR ORDERED. • A meeting of the Town Council was held on Friday evening last; at which all the members were present excepting ,Councillors Walker and Cooper. Reeve McMurchie presided. After the notice calling the meeting had been read, the clerk presented the following letter from Dr. Williams :- WM. COATS, ESQ., CLEM:,nton, May 2it1 , 1887. DOAR S[a,-I received notice yesterday even- ing of my appointment as Pollee Magistrate. This, f presumeftertninates my pleasant official relationship with you and the council" As the Court of Revision has its first meeting to -night, it would perhaps be well to have a meeting of the council to fill my plane on the board. Please convey to the council ruy acknowledg- ment of favors shown while acting as Mayor. With best wishes for yourself. and hoping for prosperity for our town. I subscribe myself, Yours truly, R. W. WILLIAMS. On motion this letter was ordered to be entered in the minutes, and the Reeve re- quested to issue his warrant for a new election. ' THE RETIRING MAYOR. Deputy -Reeve Manning spoke briefly of the services of the retiring M ayor. He believed every member of the council regretted that the law made it necessary for Dr. Williams to vacate his seat. He. had shown the greatest courtesy whilst filling the Mayor's chair, and presided with impartiality and ability. He re- joiced that the government had select- ed a gentleman from Clioton for the honorable position of Police Magistrate, because it tended to make the town more and more a county centre He moved the following resolution :- This.council, having learned that the present Mayor of the town, R. W. Wil- liams, Esq., M. D,, has been appointed to the honorable position of Police Magis- trate for the County of' Huron, and bas vacated his seat as the head of this Coun- cil, desires to place upon record their high appreciation of the impartial and kindly manner in which he has always presided over the deliberations of the council, and of his:constant and disinterested efforts to promote the general welfare of the town ; we further regret that according to law he requires to vacate his position in the middle of his second year, but at the same time extend to him the congratula- tions of the Council upon his selection for the responsible position of Chief Magis- trate for the County of Huron. The motion was seconded by Councillor Doherty and unanimously adopted. THE COLBORNE IIRIDGE. After some conversation in regard to the approches to the bridge over the River Maitland.near Holmesville, the fol- lowing motion was agreed to : -- Moved by the Deputy Reeve, seconded by Councillor Kennedy, that this council earning that an effort is being made to- wards thg purchase and construction of a new road through the Halstead farm in the township of Goderieh, to the bridge over the Maitland river to the township of Colborne, appoint the Reeve and R. M. Racey, Esq,, asa delegation to attend the meeting of the Council of the township of Goderich, on Monday 'next, and that they be authorized to pledge this municipality to the extent of $100, if they see fit upon condition that the proposed new road be purchased and opened, On the sugges tion of Councillor Doherty, tho Deputy Reeve was added to the delegation. A by-law appointing the places and Deputy-Rett'rni•ng Officers for holding the new election, wns passed and the council adjourned. The Court of Rsvisien sat for the coir - sideration of appeals the same night, but did very little, adjourning untilTuesday night last, .when all the appeals were dis- posed of. Messrs. Blaekall and Snell wrongly assessed for a dog each, were: al- lowed their appeals. Of 25 appeals for wage earners to be placed on the list,only 6 were allowed,the remainer failing to put in an appearance. A number of other changes were mainly removals from one property to another. Mechanics' Institute. A meeting of the director of Clinton Mechanics' Institute was held on Thurs- day evening, the 26th ult., at which the following standing committees for the current year were appointed: - FINANCE AND SuBSORIPTION.-A. Mc - Murchie, chairman ; A, H. Manning, A. McKeuzie and A. Armstrong, LIBRARY AND READING ROOM. -John McGarva, chairman ; J. H. Combe, Wm. Coats and W. H. Manning. EMERGENCY. -Jas. Scott, Chairman , A. McKenzie and E. Keefer. - EVENING (LASSES. -D. Robb, chair- man ; A. McMurchie and J. H. Combe. BGOIis--Rev, W. Craig, chairman ; D. Robb, W. H. Manning, E. Keefer and • W.' Coats. EelrEit,TA>Ny eater - A. Armstrong, chairman ; D. C. Carr, A. McKenzie,Rev. W. Craig and John McGarva. Tho matter of preparing a catalogue of the books in the library for the use of the members of the Institute, was referred to the book committee, with instructions to report to a future meeting of the board. LOCAL CHURCH CHIMES. Rev, J. Gray will preach in Rattenbury Street Church, next Sunday morning, and Mr. Jas. Young, in the evening. An effcihkis being made to secure the services of Rev. Mr. LicWilliamIs, during the absence of Rev. A. Stewart, in the old country, but it has not yet been successful. He is et ..presentin.-Uoderich.- and ay excellent satisfaction when here once be- fore. • Mr J J Cruickshank, who is engaged as assistant to Rev W W Sparling, preached morning and evening, on Sunday 1ast,aud was listened to with profit and interest. Rev W Sparling has been invited to George- town for next year, but he has only put in two years here and the congregation are strongly opposed to his leaving. On Hensall North circuit of the Metho- dist Church, the different appointments contributed the following amounts during the past ecclesiastical year, toward 2min- isterial support: - Chiselhurs,, $232 50; Kippen, $202 50; Sexsmith, $162 50; Hills Green, $152 50; Fansville, $227 "50;"Lake view, $82 50; total. $1060 00, Disburse - mentor -paid Rev. W Torrance, $700 00 ; R H Barnby, $360. Missionary services were held in Willis church lastr abbath conducted by Mr. D. McGillivray" a student of Knox College. Taking as his text in the morning, the last commandment of our Saviour. He dealt with the question of foreign missions generally, setting forth their claims upon the church and the need there is on the part of all Christians for united and vigor- ous action in carrying the Gospel to the heathen. In the afternoon Mr,- McGilli- vray address the Sabbath School scholars and bible classes upon the same subject, directing his remarks especially to the young. In the evening the state of India, morally and spiritually, was the suuject of the discourse. The extent of India as a field for missionary enterprise -sits special claim upon the churches of the British Empire, the religious beliefs of its people, their degrading and demoralizing in- fluence, the lack of social and home life amongst the people, were concisely and. graphically presented, showing the young preacher had obtained a good mastery of his subject. , Mr. McGillivray is one of 25 students now in course of training in Knox College, who have signified their desire to be sent 'as missionaries to the foreign field, and he has expressed himself as anxious that some part of 'the Presby- tery resbytery of Huron send him after the comple- tion of his course; The services held in Willis church last Sabbath is a part of a general course of such services being held throughout the western section of the Presbyterian church, vsiik the object of' stirring up greater intere in•th ause of missions and of securing the sending forth of more workers into those places where Christ is not yet known, THE MEETING OF BUSINESS MEN. - The large number of business men from all parts of the county who met in the Council Chamber last Friday, for the pur- pose of devising some way (labeling the evils arising fio n the iystom of peddling now in vogue, showed how deeply con- ceived they are in the matter. Mr. Geo. Satnwell, of Exeter, was appointed chair- man, and Mr. Geo. Good, of Seafortb,who had been appointed secretary at ,a pre- liminary meeting, acted in that capacity here. Opinions bearing on the question were asked for, and quite a number ex- pressed themselves, showing that the prac- tise was not only injurious to the towns and villages, but was also injurious--to-the farmers as well, as, under existing regula- tions, it allowed outsiders, men who had no interest or stake in the county, to go around selling their, wares, oftentimes deceiving the unwary, and as a matter of self-protection honest business men, who had something at stake, were compelled to send out peddlers also. It was not for a moment contended that peddlers gener- ally were irresponsible or unreliable, but the main objection was against the system, as being injurious and detrimental to the interests of all concerned. It was shown that in the counties of Bruce, Middlesex and Oxford,the license fee had been raised to such an extent that pedlars were prac- tically_ excluded from these counties, the farmers themselves finding it better to trade with established houses than with those who were largely strangers, and it was the unanimous opinion of those pre- sent that the County Council should be asked at its next session to raise the fee in this county to $200 and petitions to that effect will be presented. A large and influential delegation was appointed to wait upon the council next Wednesday, (Mi-. M. Y. McLean, of the Expositor, be- ing selected as spokesman,) and ask for legislation that will remedy the existing evils, It was also decided to forth a County of Huron Mercantile Association, and a meeting for that purpose' will be held in Clinton the first week in December next, to which all business men of the county will be invited. TEACHERS* INSTITUTE. -The semi -an- ing Company (limited), signed by John Tol- nual institute meeting of the teachers of mie, Secretary Withyour permission I would wish to throw West Huron, will be held at Exeter, on upon Thursday and Friday , June 9th and 1Qth, gra kenow what ether 'people have the say, as beginning each day at nine o'clock. Wm. well as Mr. Tolmie. There are always two Houston, M.A., Parliamentary Librarian, sides to every tale, and it is always beat to hear has been appointed by the Deppartmept,, both sides. flaring been Secretary of the Caa- to .act as Director, and he will denier a ads Salt Association from the beginning there - lecture on Thursda evenfn on "Educe- of to the end -I am fully conversant with the yt; g• faote of the case. tional Maxims." The lecture to Commence To begin with I am reluctantly compelled to at 8 o'clock. By regulation all the teach- desoribe Mr. Tohnie's circular as very mislead- ers of the division are expected to be pre- fug. Had be communicated with me, 1 would sent. Trustees and others interested in willingly have given him a couplets and actor Education are cordially invited, ate statement, that would have prevented him from falling into such grievous errors. It is at mens THE R different COMISSIOfsatpresentN.-The Govern- any time deplorable to see dente inmen making mia Co feetakino; evf- stateme"ts, but doubly so when money is being fffrent Mnt parts of the country and l noth tfg buttbe simt ple truth shoo debit toldthat several shippers in Clinton were asked to I will naweh. w wherein Mr.Tolwie'scircular testify before it, but they wisely refused. is sq exceedingly incorrect. No man having business relations with First of all, he speaks of us supplying Salt at 75 cts. per bbl", and 60 eta. per bbl.; and the a railway is likely to express his true convictions as to the grievances that may asspciation price as being $1.25 er bbl ! What exist, for the simple reason that it be did Tthe rang. I cannot speak about hie prices, P Phe Grangers know far batter than Ido what so, the railway could use that evidence price they have paid. But I can speak -about much to his inconvenience and possible the prices of the association ; and I defy Mr. embarrassment. The only proper way Tolmie to show that the association ever sold to have found out what difficulties shippers salt at $1.25. He speaks of 75cte. and 60 cis., have and which need redress would be to what is that? Itis the price flees B. at Kincardine. What ie the price he Fefers to ae have the evidence taken privately and 51.25? Itis the price that the association asked kept as such, then shippers wquld not be fur salt.delivered freight paid at any point in afraid to express their opinions. As it is Ontario. Deduct the average freight from they certainly are, $1.25 and what have you ! Is it fair, is it hon. est, to compare a price F.0,B, the cars at the. LOCAL RAILWAY NOTES. -A quantity point of shipment with the price delivered at of brick is being shipped by rail to Kia- destination, freight paid,+which freight amount. cardine, Luck now and other points north. ed in some cases to 45 cents per barrel? If this Mr J Holmes, for sometime telegraph is a sample of the information upon the strength operator and ticket clerk here, ha oe transferred to Kincardine •, nYfriwhho�icCPP e fl+rtaro People's Salt Manufac- farmers. of Ontario have invested o„1ita wonder that "a considerable taken by Mr Foster, late of dhesley. W loss has been sustained." Diherty & Co., ship two cars of organs to But this is not all, although bad enough. Halifax this week. No less than ten cars Mr.Tolnlie says he was solicited to join the ring. of stock were loaded at the. station one Perfectly true, be was. He then adds,e'vidently day last week ; eight for export were ship- as n tesultp ofy his refusal tod join, or determiner ped by Messrs Gould & Morgan ; S An- tion toe ring the st determined to "crush she per om.- that the ring to crush our Com- drews also shipped two cars for export. pany out of existence," and reduced salt to 60 Mrs John McQueen went last week to cents per bbl., or 10 cents below the cost of pro - Eagle, Wis., where her husband has been duction. This is another example of the folly lately. The following goods, ex -steam- of a man talking or writing upon a subject that chi s from the old country,have arrived: 'he ie ignorant of, I say, fearless of contradfc- r P tion, that it was not Mr"Tolmie refusing to join 50 bag' of log wood, for Clinton Woollen the ring, or persisting to supply his patrons, Mills, 38 eaee'a of window glass for R M that caused the association to .reduce . their .. Raeey, two packages -of •• galvanized iron prices: The real cause of- such reduction was • for Harland Bros., one bale of goods for the opposition created by the Cartwright Salt Company ! The association dissolved simply W Doherty & Co. Conductor Schwab has resumed his duties on the L H & B by expiration of the term for which it was created. It has not been renewed because no again, atter having been at Nets Orleans agreement can be arrived at between the makers at a railway convention, which was heldof salt. But if any maker has attended meet - in that place. Ings, and shown a desire to form an association, it was i\ir Doyle and Mr Tolmie, and latterly Mr Toltnie alone, It is not correct to say a spirit of opposition was manifested at these meetings to your Company. There was no more opposition, nor as much, shown to the Grangers than to many others. On the con. trary, there was on my mind a very conciliatory spirit shown to Mr Tolmie, and one that he has ill repaid by his circular. In the next place I would point out how Mr Tolmie,by inference,intimates that the old ring or members thereof, determined to fight him with tight weight barrels. This is also as inac- curate as it can be. If some of the makers have put up light weight salt, which they have, is it fair to intimate that all have done so? I know for a fact that I myself have never at any time sold knowingly salt that was light in weight. I have ever branded the weight 280 lbs. in the barrel, and guaranteed good weight. I have their statements that Messrs, Gray, Young & Sparling, Dr Coleman, Mr Jos Williams, tyle Rice, and I daresay many others, have also done the same thing. Surely our statements are as credible as Mr Tolmie's? Action speaks louder than words ! Yesterday the Government Come missioner of Inland Revenue, E Miall Esq., eta', '• tended in Clinton, to hear the wishes of the salt makers, with reference to legislationas regards the weight of barrels of salt. At the request of Mr Miall, I invited the Ontario People's Salt Manufacturing Company to be present. With the exception of two Inakers,who apologised for their absence by letter, all the makers of salt were present, except Mr Tolmie. He was not there, nor did he explain his absence. These people who deter mined to fight Mr'1'olmie with light bbls., what did they do? Unaniinonsly resolved that the Government should by law compel every maker to print his name on every barrel of salt he made, print the weight thereon, and that it should be punishable to sell salt that did not weigh as represented. Was Mr Tolmie there helping on this work? Where was -the - man who poses as.a martyr, who is being done.. to death withflight weight salt? Echo answers, where? Is conclusion, theta are many other stat ments I could refute as easily as the foregoing, but I must not trespass upon your space, ' There are one or two questions I wish to ask, to give the Grangers something to think over. 1st. - if they have been paying Mr. Tolmie 60 pts for salt, and be has made considerable loss, how near to utter ruin has be brought several firsts, who have been supplying full weight salt for 50 cts? 2nd -If salt can be bought weight and quality guaranteed,,for 50 'cts, per bbl, which it can, where is the profit to carry on a busine, "at considerable loss" and yet paying 60 cis per bbL for salt no better or no heavier? 3rd -If 1 TRIFLES. -Vegetation is making rapid strides, The wise merchant advertises - and of course in the NEW ERA. Some of the sidewalks in toll n if not repaired will be the means of some one getting hurt. This is the time of the year when a man wao keeps hens begins to be viewed with intense anxiety by his neighbors who have gardens. Wool is coming in freely ; it is said that -some farmers bave even last year's clip on hand. Street grading and other improvements aregoing on in " Little England ;" that portion of the town certainly deserved some recog- nition at the hands of the tow n authorities, The rain of Monday night and Tuesday was worth an immense sum to this section, and was the first soaking rain experienced this year. • Strawberries. promise to be - a fair crop. A couple of filen with a per- forming bear amused the people on Wed- nesday. Mr Pasfield, (an uncle of Mr T White) arrived here on a visit from the old country yesterday. J Manning, (son of Mr L Manning, base line,) returned from Dakota, on Saturday; while he thinks that country has certain advantages which this has not, be is also strongly of the opinion that "there's no place like bonne." Mr E Floody returned from • the meeting of the Orange Grand Lodge, to which hey was a delegate, yesterday, Mr 5 Booth and wife returned from their wedding tour on Wednesday. • - NEWSrAPER NOTES. -Mr. Ger. Moir,of the defunct Exeter Reflector, has entered the law office of H.A.L. White, St.Marys; it is said that this. is only temporary, and that he will be appointed on the staff of the Auditing department at Ottawa. There is sorfle talk of the publishers of the county forming themselves into an associa- tion for mutual benefit. Mr. Trios. Mc- Gillicuddy, of the Goderich Signal, who is an expert short band writer, has been spending several weeks in Toronto to learn type -writing ; it is, we believe, his intention to accompany judges on circuit work, and report their cases for them,thus facilitating work., Mr. Passmore, of the defunct Blyth Advocate, has moved his plant to Exeter-, and will next week issue rather makers can, as they have, supply salt weight and nuality guaranteed, for 50 Cts per the first number of the Exeter Advocate, ltbl. how [t is Mr. Tolntrn reports "considerable a new Liberal paper; it is said that his inns" at 00 cts't 4th -How Ions will tt take poo• place at Blyth will be filled by Mr. Wat- son, ]ate of the Port Elgin Busy Bee; we are disposed to think he will find it de- cidedly uphill work publishing a paper in Blyth. One morning last week Mr. John Cameron, of the Globe, was chloroformed while in bed asleep, and his watch, about $75 in cash, and a number of valuable articles were stolen. A writ Was issued at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, at the instance of John Brown, journalist, against Thomas and Daniel cGillicuddy, proprietors of the Huron Signal, claiming $10,000 dam- ages for libel; the alleged libellous articles were written during the Federal campaign, and charged plaintiff -with being concerned in the Phoenix Park murder; Brown stumped this riding in Mr. Porter's inter- est, and as the Signal made it pretty lively for him, the suit is the outcome thereof. OUR LETTER. BOX A NUISANCE. To the Editor of the Ulinton New Era, SIR, -Seeing that there is no local paper here now, and that you havo a large circula- tion in this flourishing locality, I beg leave to ask you for a small piece of space in your pa- per, to refer to a matter that is of public in- terest. If the Salvation Army makes a fuss on the streets of Blyth, to the inconvenience of pedestrians and clovers of horses, there is a general outcry against the Army. But these days there is a greater nuisance nom• Mined on the drivers of horses than that caused by the Army. An engine is drawing lumber round on the public highway, and drivers are often perplexed to know what to do to prevent their horses becoming unman- ageable and running away. I.et the Blyth councillors, so interested in the welfare of the general public, look into this matter. A FARMER. Blyth, May 31st. • THE ONTARIO PEOPLE'S SALT MANU- c FACTURING COMPANY. We copy the following letter from the Tiver- ebn Watchman. and eommond it, to the careful consideration of our agricultural friends, who are specially interested in the facts there stated: To the Editor of the Watchman" Sin, - I noticed a circular or an address in your issue of the 7th of April, to the Stockhol- ders in The Ontario People's Salt Manufactur- ply to learn that a man cannot leave a store and manage a farm successfully, nor leave a farm and manage a store, and list, but not least, leave a farni and manage salt Works. Thanking you for thespaoo afforded me. I remain, sir, - .Your obedient servant, JOHN R,INSFOBD. On Friday morning, about 3 o'clock, some ill-disposed and cowardly individuals manifested their indignation towards the Rev.Mr. Koyle,of Paris,by throwing stones through the windows in his residence, smashing several large panes. Mr. Kayla had been in Brantford Thursday watching the proceedings in the trials of certain per- sona charged with violating the act and who were fined 550 and costs. Who the perpetrators of the outrage were has not yet been positively ascertained, but sufficient is known, it is believed, to put a detective on the track, -It is intended that every effort will he, made to bring the offenders to justice, alelc ,` dreettoententgi `ITRAY SHEEP. - CAME. INTO SUBSCRIBER'S IJ premises; lot 62, Bayfield lure, Gederich township, about two months since, a EWE, The owner is here- by notified ovo property, pay charges and take i away. -PETEROLE. AUCTION SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE„ The subscriber having detormined to give up housekeeping for the present, has instructed Mr, Jas. Howson, Auctioneer,to sell by Public Auction, at her residence, ALBERT 4T., CLINTON, on SATIRDAT, JUKE 11, at 1 p. m„ all her household effects, consisting of Parlor, Bedroom and Dining Room Furniture, Stoves, Carpets, Crockery, Glassware So. Terms Cash, After that date-tho house will also bo to lot, MiSS M. TREWARTHA, Clinton. Grand EXCURSION to ENGLAND Wei Luva SATURDAY, •JULY 2, 1887 'The Steamship Anthic,ot the White Stir Llne,wIil leave Now York an tho above date as a special cxcu rsion steamer, and a party from this place Is now botn gar• ranged to take this trip. All parties enntolnulotlnq a trip tt,yQEngland should arraurte their affairs and take tilts excursion. For full parttenlare apply to, W. JACKSON, AGENT, •- CLINTON.