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The Huron Expositor, 1889-01-04, Page 4a ._ • ExpoSITOR, - • l XaTEIWA.DVIERTIS BM. NTS pap of the paper on lihich her The figurefeetween the parenthesisfter ab line denotetthe p be, advertisement will be found. . . New Seed Store-?,Grieva & Stewart. (6) Executors' Notice -F. Holmested. (6) B*ar foi Service -John Hannah. (6) _ Annual li1eeting.,01. Y. McLean. (5) Station Mills, BItievale-R. N. Duff. (5) House to Let-F..Ifolmested. (8) -Mitsic-IiiIrs. C. M. Dunlop. (8) Cash Sale at Bru efield-F. O'Neil. (8) t Netice-John O. orrison. (5) Agent Wanted- . McIfordie. (5) Estray Steer -Jo n Mills. (5) To the Public -Thomas Brown. (5) Public Notice -Thomas Downey. (6). COmpliments-of the Season -E. McFau (8) Sale of Farm, &c --John George Rock. 5) G neral Dry Goods -H. F. Edwards. ( iatters and Sleighs -S. Barton. (8) , • itrOtt tatp0oxlor. S IAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jan: 1884. ' ats Ea-st Ituron Consery Ives. • ' - st week we published a s ries of re -Cautions aciepted by the Co eerie - ti e - Convention of East Huro . We co muted atIength on one of the e reso- and promised to colisi er. the „ot era in this issue. The second resolo- , ticn *declares that "this meetin views "lx, ith pleasurethe development fof the ' - "Northwest, - which ..aemonstra s the " ivisaoni of our chieftain and his cab,- ' "ipet in the face of bitter ,opp sitimi, 44 -denying out an active and pro essive "poliCY to induce the 'settlement f this . "Vast granary of our noble Dom hien." Asi gilt! resolution refers simpl to a . ineitter'ef :policy, and not tO a ,q estien of krineiple, we only refer to it t sheisr. hor very littie it takes- to plea some pe pie, when :they really wa9 to be plenseda Surely our friendsof the Con- vezition are - not pleased with "ii ipolicy wh'.ch caused a rebellion, cost! g this co try many valuable lives and z4u�h of thr treasure. If they are,they ai more - . eas Iy satisfied than their party repre- - seiitatiyes iiv Parliament, for they forcid thelwithdrawal from the.Dornini cab- inet of Sir 1)avid Macpherson, thp theii Minister of the Interior, through whosie negleet it as alleged ..the rebellf n wos °mailed, and so r keenly has he f It the disgrace inflicted upon him that he hal . ent rely disappeared from public view ii and has not been: -heard of in aim* sin e. • By thus deposing and dis adin0 Sir David, the: Government he e a - knowledged the correctness of the! a..49eu sat on, •the.t the rebellion' was 4ause ' thr Ugh their mismanagement anI neg. heti. Sir David, however, although he wa made the_scape-goat, was not after all, so much to :blame, as heha.only hel the office :of Mikister of 4e In. teri r for a short time, that °We 1a.ving pre iously.been held by Sir John Mac- - don Id himself. It is equally diffi Ult to believe, also, that the Conventioniets .,nihe pleased with the• railway olicy -1 .by the Government in M nito- 7 are, then they differ iclely • rends end fellow Con ervek- -wince as•even o14 John , • •O forced, time after - • -,ainst and co demb. t v, _ ily -that, bu the ',1„,' •es °hate con essed Tong.- For frar8 . the Canada, oeifie y of the r lwaY, • danitoba, altough --..n the agreeme t be - aunt Ond. that- 'corn- aem. to do so.. hey . Antained ' that npnop. . Jer of policy in th in•- • ne Eastern Provinces. But s's time they tnrned roun and kionea their policy of -mon oly, -Trimly in the whole of Manitoba but 2 the Northviest as well, and ind, rrecl heavy liabilities to the c\Ompany in rder to i duce them to forego their -pen poIk in the Northwest. . The latter diolicy . was 'au direet opposition to the fo'nier, and. aonseqtiently both cold not ihave - been right. Which is it that is so leas- ing 40 -the Conventiopists ? It mi t be ' profitable for theframerof this r 'solu tionito explain:, ^But the Brussels -Oen yenta, onists are especially pleased with the f °Hey of. the - Government, be - ousel it luis induced So rapid settlement f the, Nor hwest. In this respect also ithei _ are 4nore easily pleased than their ead- ers,In introducing the Pacific Ra lway t reso titions.Sir Charles Tupper d dar- ed f om his place in Parliament t at in fi.ve eara from that date tlie --popu tion of 1anitoba would be nearly.. d uble what it has yet reached, neir evenr year is past, ' thus...showing that , their, policy has greatly disappointed ev the hopes of the Government, but it tie= ;- to have greatly :pleased • the. Br ssels Coniervatives.'*, It is said of Sir frohn Macknald that he stated. on a a rtain occaiion that he did not thank hi4i foi- l:mini/or supporting him. when 1e did righl. • It :was the support of tree whoistuck to hint when he did Nirong ihatthe appreciated, If this be th case, the gentlemen who composed the rus- sae Convention niust be followers after Sir j'phies own heart. ' _ i 1 The third finalist resolution we 6hall "netic refers. to Provincial affairs. - In case ur readers may have forgat # it impo t we repeat it itoftill as fol ws : • Tha this convention views, ;with sus Mon them reasing centralimtion "of power h the Ontario Legislatureand believe that.. a1144 the minor Provincial officials-, such as license npec. tors, bailiffs, efer., should be _appointed ty the `\count3f t!ouneils or the people, as _the rhsent • systenf fosters an immense amount of un tie in. iluenc , as is evidenced by the differen Votes ii,mm east i the sae unicipalities' in the e eral and P) vincial elections. • Now whythey should halve co nett • themselves to the taxon oflioials isnot for his home near Norquay, darrying • liquor. His wife and three small chil- dren ran away on his appearance. He drove on to Norquay and returned home next morning to a neighbor'sto find his wife lying 40 feet from_ the door, dead, with her face fearfully mutilated. He says he only struck her with his. hand. The Christmas dinner stood on the table as prepared, untouched. Hoffield iias been placed in custody at Holland. - 'News of the Week. explained. If it would be advisable to have _license inspectors, bailiffs, &a., appointed by county councils Or elected by the people Surely it would be equally beneficial to have sheriffs, 'registrars, &c., and if the minorofficers can exer- cise an undue infltience on the :people surely the larger ones would have a• greater influence. - But •, it ' is not correct to say that these officials, do • use - their positions to advance the political interests of the party from whom they received their appointments, and : thus far, not one single case has been substantiated by evidence, and, in so far as this county is concerned, the imputation is utterly un- founded. But, not only are the premises upon which the supposed change is ask- ed unsound, but the principle involved is wrong, while the party advocating it are notsincere in their advocacy. • First then, the Government are charged with the carrying out of the license laws and are 'responsible fortheir enforcement, and, So long as this i the case, it Would- be neither just nor right to take- from them the 'control of the officers appoint- ed under the law and make these - amenable to another body who have no responsibility in the matter, as would be ithe case if the appointment of these Q 'officers were placed' in •the hands of • the county council. ' So long as the Government are responsible for the. -working of any )ow it only stands tol °reason thatall officials required under that law should be responsible to them. If it Were.otherveise the law could not be enforced. But, besides this, it wsuld not be in the tnterests Of the people to • place these appo•intments in the „hands of the county councils. \,xperience has . amply proven this. In this county we have iiiit Yet' forgotten the log -rolling and wire -pulling that prevailed, and the ill feeling that resulted from the appoint- tnent of a County Treasurer and a Public ,Scheol Inspector not very long ago. Let these appointments be multiplied and ' the feeling will soon•become so 'intense that we will have a faction., 4fight every year and a change of. officers every time the political complexion of the council ,changes. It would be equally injurious ' to have them elected by the people; NO man can honestly and efficiently enforce a law affecting the people on whom he directly depends for his ' position.. Ile will have to,favor the side from which he gets his support in ' order to secure their support at his 1 next- election. • If the license inspectors were eleeted.by the 'people we would have whisky ar- rayed against ten -Terence at every elec... tion, and if thelormer, carried the day the enforcement of, the la* would be „to please the liquor interest, and if he other side wen the law 'would be twisted into a weapon of torture for the liquor men, and so on the work would go. We are euro no sensible Conservative would wish such a state of affairs as this, or would say that such a system' would be preferable to the present one. . But, as wehap said, our Conserve tive friends are Ot sincere in their ad- - vocacy of t .'s 'change. • They_do it simply for political effect, and if Mr. Meredith were installed as Premier of Ontario to morrow, we would not hear any more about theilection'of the pub - ho officers, either by the County Coun- cils or by -the people. Now, our reasons •for this charge of insincerity:, First, -these Conventionistt in, their firet reso- -Iution condemned -Dr. Macdonald for voting for Unrestricthd Reciprocity be- cause they feared it would lead *An- nexation, .while in their `last resolution they advoeate. one • of the very worst features of the. American system , of Governmentithe election of public officers ., by the people, instead of as is our syi- tem, the appointment of them by the people's chosen representatives. 'Lt thti. they are inconsistent. Second, if Pro- vincial officiais should be elected by the people or by the County Councils, why should not Dominion officials also' If it is right to have a license insPector. leeted by the people, surely it must be equally right to have a postmaster 'elect.' ed in the same way. Yet'we don't hear one word from these gentlemen about having Dominion ()facials elected by the people. If this ienot inconsistency we would like to know what it is. Third, a few years Ogo - Sir John- Macdonald .took in hand. to adininiater the license laws for the provinces. Did he have the inspectors appointed by theo.people ? Oh, no, he appointed them hitnself, and theay. were all partisan appointments, but we never heard one Word of protest from these people who now profess so much regard for the peopIe- iind such a dread for the ,partizan influences that . these officials are supposed to exert Taken upon the whoIe,we are afraid that. the programme our Conservative friends of East Huron have cut mit for them- selves is not a very, attractive one, and is not one in the interests of the coan- try. The, resolutions, although Very nidely worded, and intended to be at- tractive,,will not stand the test of °rig- eism, and we can only explain the felt of so larges body, of sensible men, en- aorsing them, by believing that they did so unthinkingly and without having due time to consider what they were giving their assent to:. -A. J. Hoffield left Holland a small village on the southwestern branch, not far from,Winnipeg, on Christmas day, • shrieks, ran outside and were to seea woman running towards her , clothing a mass of flames. tried to pull the burning garme her but she broke *nay and pur mad career .ioross the road. Sh conscious in the ditch and was into Mr. Baker's house, where s .gered in,intense agony for sever -and,died. 1 • .•- -11Ur-On Notes. - i -.Dr. McKenzie, of Belgrave, moved tO.Wingliani Where he * tioe his profession, ' - .- -.4-Mr4 -James, -Calder was 6 Magistrate's Kelly.and Young la in-Blythi-$4'and costs for commi eitiatilt upon Mr. Elam Livings --.JoiAph Bowes,1Son. of. James of Grey township,. has roturne on a v.isit; after an absence of si in Manifoba --- - • ' - -John,.' Hinds , has . come h Brussels!from Sault Ste, 'Marie,. he has been' Upwardsof a ye talks- of trying British Columb - Spring, -, ' • , • ' ----JobillaYler' . of Grey towns with in accidentlately whereby Mated- an ugly gash l in his rigl With an, alma' He is now gettin on erutolles.: • _,,, ,-,TheiMitchell- fe,rin - in East mash was offered for sale .by - au Blyth ' last week. .1 The farm 100 Ocresand the highest bid on only $800, it was net 'sold, . ;---The :pupils of'Miss Jennie 13 Sabbath; School cla, s,•Blyth, as it her residence, ;ozi Monday af last week and presented - her. beautiful Bible, -act ropanied by : : dress. - i - 1, - •• " '-.,71112,. IA.:Ai. Burchill, who f Some time haSibeen principal Of Blyth Public School,- has laid ',aside the ;feru 4 and -birch and intendelentering-- th legal professid ---,and will study :..in t e office . of Mergers. Manning* SepttiVii ton. ' r ---The farm' belonging to Mr. • ichael Dwyer, Of Morris, t e one on w ich .the late fireteek place was sold by I:lotion in Blyth lait Week'. It ' was pu chased ,. by Mr. Jelin. R Greenan; of Hul ett, for $2,500.-.* -:. ,- -• -A- Youngman, from Lower Wing - ham, while returning, home on Christ- mas eve, loaded with a little too. much .-"-t bug •ju"ce,” fell into the riv r, • and had it .not been for the assistarlce of a -passer by, he wouldj undoubtedlfr have been drowned. ;. . -- --MrS.-,,S. Merritt1 of Goderieh . town- ship, has rented the &tin ' baron hig rd Mr; Wellington- Cdnier, on tit gravel road,- near- .Bayfiel -. , There •,:a e 140 acres ;in : the place, 80 Cleared, and. he gets it kir- $100 the firat year. and $200 .for the .second, the.° ner te.pay art of, the taxes.- .• , . --,MayOr Inglis, o Winghath, has -dis- posed of :the lpst $8, 00 issue- of onsol- Jdated.'town - deben ures r to Mr G. A. „Stimion, 1- of Toront4, at 103 1-16, and - Also of $15,000 ten •Srear debentures to, :Hansen Brothers, of Montreal, .at 1 per . bent. premium. - . ' ' .L -Mr. Thomas -TA hie, of Mi higan, . end : fornierly of Du ?gannon,, who is; itt Presentoccupying tLe responsible poEii- ' tion...cf chief c1erk and: cashier bn the Ilulutli.Sonth Shore and.,Atlant °rail- WaY,is visiting his. parents,- MI. and Mrs.Trimble,of thttt village, frier; s and 'acquaintances. _. -D. A: Smolt, w fe and ,daughter, have returned to'Brutssels froin S ginaw City, -Michigan. .Mr, !Sande think there is no plaeo like Ontario, More p rticit-' larlY lisle waedown with the ag e for some time white in the land.of th;-free. : He_PurpoSea launching out into b siss again before ' long, . 1 -Mr. Wm. Isbist r, of Morri - has nrchosed-the 59-aer farm of Mr Jas. McGee, - • Which •acljolns his ow for $2,550. .Mr. lel:Aster has tioW tw hun-- clod acres - of • excell ntly locate 1 and Well tilled land, in fat as fine..an estate . -Olthere isi in the tOw ship. - . - . -Miss M. Radcli e, who ha been. teaching the intermediate depart ent of; the Blythl-.Pablic S hool for th past year, was lpresented lwith „ a .han some album ' br her pupil on Frida last, prior, to heir, departure from _Myth: Her place will be filled by Miss l'aylo i Who fOrmerlft. ught.the j jinior &par merit ,The linton - Ne Era of las week. says: • . Rev. Mr. Dan y, who for Years was pastor of the Pie byterhin -oh Mien on Varna circuit, is at present epre- senting the Confederation Life mar, -anbe Company in 'th s section.; e has some ideal -of moving to Clinto and making ithis panne ent headqu rtera. , . _. • DIED IN FLORIDA. -David .Carli, a noted ship builder, of City Island, New York, died on Thursday of laet week in Florida. KILLED. -Sixteen soldiers were killed at Messina, Sicily, by the bursting of a shell. - EMIGRATING • TO -gOUTH AMERICA. - Austrian and -Italian pea,ants are 'etni- grating to Brazil in large numbers. GLADSTONEI•S SEVENTY-KINTH BIRTR- DAT -Lord and Lady • Defferin • took luncheon With Mr. Gladstone in Naples, on Saturday, the anniversary of his 79th birthday. - • REINFORCEMENTS. The British Ad- miralty has decided to construct four ironcladar ten cruisers, and a number of torpedo boats. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY. --Mrs. Frank Cheeseborough, ef gay City, Michigan,. was aroused from deep on Saturday morning by burglar attempting to 'Chloroform her. •- • EARHHQVAKE tN SPAIN. Several. - shocks of earthqeake:were felt in the. eastern and southeastern tiarts of Spain within the peat few days. - PAPAL GIFTS FOR IlLAND. The Pope has -written a eerclial letter to the prelates in Ireland; informing them that he has sent arich gift to each Irish cathedral. • _ • . • DISQUIETING OPERATIVES.- A pro- longed lock -but betWeen the , cotton. op- eratives is looked for. ELECTION EXPANSES, -Msyor Hewitt, - of New. York, says his election expenses' in the recent elections were $40,000. Feeiria Mims Abba,w • flour mills, at Waltham, Englaiid, have been burned.' Loss $450,000. COLLEGE DONATION. --The Pope 'fag given $4,000 for a college to train mit,- sionaries to be sent to America.' TROUBLE FEARED; Servia# .Gov- ernnient fears trouble , during the com- ing session of the Skuptschina. ' • DEorman.-it is said that the pest of British Minister to Washington was -offered to and refused by Mr. Chamber- lain. • ' OPIUM SMUGGLING.--Jantes. Curren, charged with smuggling opium from Canada, has been committed for trial at Bismarck; Dakota. It is .belleved that the Curren examination will lead to the exposure Of many wealthy men who have been in the smuggling; business for :years. • Tilt NEW GERIAN D,atriti.-Thenew drill in which the German infantry .have . been exercised for some -time is now. considered to. have been thoroughly • tested. Military experts are unani- mous in its praise. • NOT TO BE TEXPTED; -The Dublin Freeinavils Journal states that Sheridan was 'offered $25;000- by The Times to give evidence before the Parnell Coin mission, but refused. SABRES FOR THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. - The Pruseian Government has .ordered. 80,000 new sabres, 20,000 from a Solin- gen manufacturer and 60,000 from Italy, the Whole to be :delivered within one year. - WOOL PROTECI4ION WANTED. -- The - wool -growers of Texas want the .United States Government to enact more strin- gent regulations against_ the importa- tion of foreign wools. NEWSPAPER OFFICE BURNED. -The Office of the Tacoma Leader,Washing- ton Territory, was burned by incen- diaries on the night ofithe 26th'Decem- ber. 14881 $5,000. The.paper had been making & vigorous fight .against gam- blers and disreputable persons. TowN Bultrztan.-The' little town of Auburn, northlof Grand Forks; Dakota, has been almost Wiped out by fire. Nearly the entire business portion of the place was destroyed. A scarcity of water and fireappa,ratus made the build- ings, an easy prey to the flames. SERIOUS COLLAPSE. -During a Christ- mas entertainment in the hall at East Prospect, Pennsylvania, the building cellapsed, and 300 people were hurled With the broken timbers from the second t� the first floor, while the stove set fire to the ruins. A large number were badly bruised and -cut, but only 3 few were seriously injured. \• \ A • FAMOUS PHYSICIAN ILL. -Sir William Jenner, 6ne of the Queen's court phyei- cians; is ill. His illness, however, is not _considered- dangerous, and it is thought that he will soon be able to resume his duties. , THE FLOUR OUTPUT. --The North- western Miller says i -The' total pro- duction of flour „last week was 89,490 ' =A. M:1- Kay, deputy postmaster of barrels, against 64500 barrels the w,eek Stratford; is tempoiarly filling the po- before and 102,000 for the Corresponding sition of postmaster a . Goderich, owing time in 1887.. The prevailing dullness - to the decease of Po tmaster Dickson. in the flour market is .rather more pro- The names of R, Port r, M. P.; _ . W. nounced than ever this week, and in a 'Johnston, W. Campb 11, Thos. F rrow measure is attributed to the holiday and others!are mentio ed as open or an season. It is expected that the big,, appointment to the o ce. It is orth break in wheat will have a good effect about $1,800 44year. on the, market. Ocean rates are weak_ and lower. The -export trade is still bat . The annual conve tion of the Sob; nominal. The direct exports for the Of tachosil ASSOeititiO of the to 'ship„ weeksending Dec. 22 were 17,200 barrels,nley mill be hel in the k etho- against 14,850 for the. preceding week. dist. church, Varna, o Tuesday, Jan.: uar 22nd, 1889. The morning s ssion , .. CHRISTMAS 'Dr Lozinorr.-lt has been willi be from 910 a. . to 12 o clock , years since London hasenjoyedsamild noon; afternoen sessio from 1.30 to 5 .ii Christmas. Owing partlyito this feet, o'cl ck ri, m.. .There will be a mass and also to the undoubted! -revival of meeting of the childr n at 7 o'clo k in trade, the streets have been free from the evening. .. -- the. gangs of unemployed Who paraded -Illenry;Attwood, o the 6th -c des - them last year. The pressure upon the Sionilof Grey. met wit a verys rious letter carriers and postmen has been accident_on Wednesda of last weej. He absolutely enormous. The post office was attending a grain rusher, wh n his employed a whole tinny of extra work- arm got caught in the earing; er slung ere, and strange looking men without it_very badly. A me eenger *ent. in uniforms-, who I staggered under the. hot haste for the doe el', there being weight of sacks, overhurdenea with danger of his bleeding:,to death; We Christmas cards, have delivered letters_ trust it may not pro,ve iiore serious than ' until unearthly hours. • The .fashion of Aseyere injury. sending these cards is becoming quite a• : Mania. The Prince of Wales this year: --Mrs. homes East :of the no, Bullett, diecliast w_ek at hen): sent out shoals, and almost . everybody gravel road, the age followed suit. -St Valentine's Day, on '- of 63 Years, of heart di case. the other hand, is fast becoming we She had - been in -dereate heath for some time. .She was a tative of Devon- shire, England, and waS much and de- servedly respected byafl whokne her. She was the Mother of i4 childre and had 20 grandchildren.- , -Mr.-CY Crabb,'ati8 d GoaericI boy, now in Chicago, has :b On in that town visiting relatives, . Mr. Crabb iolds high rank as one of the most successful commanders in military and.seer t so- ciety. drillorps throughout the nited - States. badges wonin different contests, ggre- -, c has about fifteen prize gating in value several thousand dollars, 4 ppalle them The ts from ued he fell un conk e 1 day 11 as re 1li prae ed by t week ting an •n. Bowes home years me • to • where r. La next 'I), Met he -in- t foot about - . Wawa - tion in curtains t being hillips' embled ernoon ith an ad - IA =Mr. Thomas War 1, one of thj pros- Iperous fanners ef „Ste leY,has putohased the farm of Mr. Ch ries Smith,I near -.Varna. IN's this farm lies betweei two. already owned byM,. Ward an4 was boughtat:',4 reasonab e price, w con, :gratulate him on .hi purchase.j Mr. Smith intends to move to Sarnia- n the spring. - glected. --The'other night it Osnabruck Cen- tre, near Cornwall, Miss Duval, a pretty 'doinestie of Gordon Baker, went to the bookcase, secured a hook to read, and while opening a door- knocked a lamp out of her hands. The carpet • ignited and the girl tried to stamp the flames -.but with her feet. The fire caught her skirts and she rushed madly down stairs and into the street, screamingloudly. Several business men, hearing the ' • two of them being worth respec (vela, $500 and $800. They form a rare sight as samples of the jewelers' art. The magistrates of Huron County return a total of -79- convictions ±or the quarter ending ':December 11. Of number 17 were by the mayor ;of Gode. mi], 7 by Seaforth magistrates; 8 by Clinton, 10 by Wingharzi, and the balance more or less scattered. In these. eases were • eight violations of the', License Act. The fines impose amount- ed to $350. -One day last week, while William White, Of Stephen tewnship, was un- loading a valuable thoroughbred sow from a long sleigh, the animal met with. an accident by which it was killed. The box was removed first, and when the animal was about, to be lifted Off, it jumped upon one of the stakes at the back, the stake entering its body to such an extent that it was found necessary to at once kill the pig. It was valued at --The next meeting of the West Huron Farmers' ,Institute • will be held in Wingham; on 1VIon y and Tuesday, January 14 and 15, corna ‘ enoing at 1.30 on: the 14th, and 8- • in-. ' on the 15th..„ Amongst the speakers will be Professor Mills, President Guelph Agricultural. College, and other prominent !agriettl- turista, An excellent programme has been-prepared,:of which further particu- lars will be given later on. =Mr. Frank A. Scott, son of Mr. W. . H. Scott, of Stanley, who taught part of the year in Tuokersmith, succeeded last week in papsing: his examination with honors at the Toronto Normal School, for 2nd class profeseional certificate. While he was studYipg;,-he.also put: in a . `term at Toronto Business College, Which °Coupled one half of his time, so that his .p'assing the examination _under these circumstances is exceedingly creditable. He has beetz engaged to teach in a scheol at ZOrra, near Stratford. - The -.other -day a short, -thick-set, middle-aged 'man, of the genua tramp, called upon a Grey farmer,, and asked for sMnething to eat: Dinner being in course of ,preparation, he was requested, to wait and get a good *arm meal; which he did: In taking his depar- ture -shortly he took .- with him a new axe and handle, which had been - fitted... up for chopping a few days before.. Such characters should be followed up ,,and punished. 'Farmers should be on the look -out for him, and ,give him 4 wide berth.. - - • - • - - On Christ -mei eve a wedding took place at the house' of Mrs. John Wilson, GOderich, when Mise Sadie ,tHenley,. neice• of Mrs.. Wilson, was united in, marriage; - by the Rev. W. Young,. of St. George's, to Mr. B. Graham, pf- De- troit, 'late of Goderieh. ' The bride was . -dressed in crimson plush, with.: satin drapery. The bridesmaids were Miss Mary Wilson, cousin of the bride, and Miss Elizabeth Graham, .sister of the grboni: ' The -groomsmen were Messrs. .. Jacob -Fisher, of Benmiller, and Robert McDonagh, of Carlow. On Christmas the bridalfparty left for their new home, Detroit city. --On Monday morning last . week when Mr: R. Fitzsimons, of Clinton, went tolls :stable ' he Was serprised to find, the ' -door unloCked an4 his horse loose in the stable, and -a rOpe used as a guard- unfastened.' - He - attended to the. animal on - his return from aural the previous evening, and is satisfied- it was- left=perfoctly secure, the rope used as a guard bung fixed in such a way that it was impossible to become unfastened of itself... The horse has been lame for ,some time, ,and. its °Tiler is • of the opinion that -this. fact becoming ',known to the would be thief, the animal was found Unserviceable . and. therefore Was not taken, -.• • _ ' • , ; . - . -On, Thursslay the, cOmmunity was somewhat surprisedto learn of the death of James Sanders, alvell-knownfarmer of the second concession of Stephen. Mr. .Sanders was ,one of the ;most robust men, and appeared sufficiently strong to battle -with the mbet powerfully obsti- nate disease;' but such was not thecase. A few weeks ago,1 he was taken down with typhoid, fever; and While, from the turning point almost to the tigie of his, • death his recovery watd hopeful, yet his fate wassealed and the hand of death was upezi him. He was - 39 years of age and was just in the prime of life, and had a bright future before him: He was a member of the Orange body with the rites of which body he was buried. There survives hima loving wife with several ,. synall.:: children,- together with numerous other relatives, all of whom have the sympathy of the community. 4 Municipal Nominations. . The following is a statement of the result of the nominations inthis county so far as we have, heard: L UoICERSM ETH. -Robt. • B. McLean, Reeve by acclamation; Wm. Elgie, Geo. ' T. McKay for Deputy Reeve; Councillors -- James Cooper, James Sproat, jr„ James Walker and Jacob -Weber. T.Jbrne.-T. M. -Kay, Reeve Conn- billors-J.1 Haller, W. liydd,..1, Shier' and , T. Cameron, all re-elected by ac- clamation. , EXETER. -Drs 'Rollins,' Reeve; Bissett, -"Deputy Reeve ;, both by accla- mation, togetheF, with all the members of the old council. . t: • , STEPHEN. -All the former council re- elected by acclamation. . , HAY. -The Reeve, Deputy Reeve and all the former councillors, reelected by acclamation. .STANLEY. -The Reeve; Deputy Reeve and all the former councillors re-elected. BAYFIELD.-T. J. Morehouse and George Castle for Reeve. GODERIOH TOWNSHIP. - John Cox, Reeve by acclamation; John Beacom and Joseph Whitely for Deputy Reeve; Councillors'-TaoS, Churchill, George ' A. Cooper Jas. H. Elliott, John McLel- lan DavidPurvis, Samna Sturdy and- Wrii. Townsend GODERICH Te .-C. Crabb, R. Rad- cliffe and John Butler for Mayor ;F. W. Johnston and Wm. Proudfobt for Reeve; Robert McLean and Abraham Smith for Deputy Reeve: AsviELD. -Jjoseph,Griffin, Reeve by acclamation ; ;Jelin Whiteley and Hugh Girvin for Deputy Reeve f Wm. Stab. Reeve:by acclamation. ugh Chambers and. John elama=tiTonho. Taylor rlserl.for Reeve. Finlay ers, 2nd. Deput McKenzie by .a . Es WiLvvA -and Robert Cu tThnom. n -aipawdeIL, 8,11 elected by =damn. io win:amt.-0,114ov, W. Scott, . R. McIndoo. Reei'_,e- 'George McKenzie T. Gregory, J, Hanna. Councillors. - Ward No. 1--J. Neelands, Tholes Ag - ;le*, %V. A. ,Dawson, No. .2-417. F. Brockenshire, J. J. Homuth, • W. B. Fowler, Robert Pill.” No. 3-4. A. Cline, W. Smyth, R. Spieling, No, 4. • -C. E. WilliaMs, _W. I. Anderson,' T. Holmes W. Holmes, J. W. Inglis and J, Coad. - Tumeziatial-Mtn. McPherson, for. Reeve, and Gare rge Thompson Deputy Reeve, both re elected by acclamation Councillors, -Gus. Barton, John Di ment; Wm. Getraill, Robert Maxwell Wm, Cruiksha Howaort.--JOhn Keine, Reeve by acclamation. S. Johnston and A. Dul- mage for Jet Deputy l Reeve, John Dane and.J., W ,Jacques for 2nd Depu ty Reeve. •Councillors. -A. Graham, Alex. Robertson, Alex. Littlejohn, WROXETER.. I T. B. Sanders, re elect- ed Reeve by ac lamation. Councillors, -Thomas He . phill, W. L. Henry, James Ireland,Wm. MI Robinson, Dr. Brawn,. James 'Paulin, John Davidson. re-elected Reeve by acclamation. ' .Walter - Oliver and James Ferguson for lat Deputy Reeve. Edward, Bryftns and Jahn Strachan for Reeve. Councillors, - and Brown elected by . . faction for its purposeithe steam pumps, with multiple 'valves, are none the less efficient The engine has four cylinders, two of them high pressure and two low pressure, and so arranged that steam may first enter the high pre/sure cylin- der and afterwards pass into the low pressure and be used a second tirae,thus working conipoundly; or the live steam may be at once conveyed to both sets of cylinders and made to work in that way. By another arrangement, a steam injector carries fully 60 per cent. of the exhaust steam back to the boiler again, to do duty a third time, BO that in the . matter of economy of_power the height - of perfection is almost reached. This , steam injector is _a new patont, and has not as yet been much introduced, and Iwas put in by the contractors, Osborne, Killey & Co,, of Hamilton, free of cost The pumping apparatus consists of two - 8 -inch pumps, with 48 multiple valves, which draw the water from, the well, and force it into the mains with tremen- dous pressure, if need be, and with a capacity of 600 gallons per minute. The upper story of the building. 18 used as a fire hall for keeping the hose and hose. parts in, and temporary pro- - vision is made for drying the hose there, until the town is better able to build a , ,, proper hose ower. Only 800 feet, of . hose has as et been procured. From the engine house there are /3 -inch mains for a few yards, until Main street is reached, and then 6-ineh mains extend in each direction -on Wain .etreet, and along the mains are placed six hydrants. The hydrants are of the most itnprOved kind made, shutting from the bottom so as to prevent any freezing, i In the • mains are placed gate valves, by means - of Which the water can be shut off either end, so as to bring all the force where required at a fire. At the test the hose was attached to three separatehydrants, and streams of water sent up simul- taneously twice the height of the high- est three-story building. Knox Presby- terian church s,n imposing edifice, sit- listed high up on the opposite bank of the Saugeen was attacked with 650 feet . of hose, and water was thrown over the steeple. Everything worked to the sat- isfaction of Mr. IL S. Peil, hydraulic engineer, from Toronto, who is recog- nized , as an authority by the Under- writer's Association, and who was pres- ent in the interests of the village. The total cost of the works will be about $8,000, which is livery moderate outlay, but not bad for a place of about 1,500 ieliabitants, 3..R0 A. 2nd Deputy Messrs. Hyslop - acclamation. MeKreror, sines Hays, re-elected Reeve by aocl mation.Councillors.- John Bennewies; Ward No. 1; John -Morrison, Ward No. 3; Charles Dodds, Ward No.. 4. alt eleoted by acclamation. James Evans and Wm.,. Dynes are ran- ning for Ward No. 2. - • MORRIS. -The Reeve, Deputy Reeve and. all the former councillors reelected by acclamation.; BEAFORTIL -4-obeit. Wilson. and F.- Holmested for Mayer. 'D. D. Wilson and. A; 'Strong re-elected Reeve and Deputy Reeve respectively by acelama-' 'tion. - I Ciiiwroas.--Mayor, 'Joseph White- head. Reeve . A. MeMurchie, D. -emu- . V Reeve, A. 'H.. Manning. • All these were re-elected by acclamation. Conn- eillors,.-41., Fester,- J. Johnston, J. Smith, T. McKenzie, T. Jackson, H. R. Walker, Ai • -Couch, C. Overberry, W. Cooper, 0..8. Doan, J. Cook, D. B. Kennedy, H. 'Mem, D. Cantelon, S. C:s Doherty, W. C..Searle,-D, Menzies, R: Fitzsimmons. . UULLETT.-The -Reeve, Deputy and, • all the Councillors were re-elected by - _ acclamation: . • ,.- . BY ACCLAMATION: Ttrif011owing members of the county ouncill have ben 'elected by acclama- ion : D. D. Wilson, A. -Strong, Sea- _orth ;' Robert B. • McLean, Tucker_.; . smith ; I. M. Nay, Usborne ; Dr. Rol:: ' lins, ilr. G. Bissett, . Exeter; V. Ratz, Henry Eilber,E, ,Eilber, Stephen; - H. Happle, George McEwen, Hay; John • . a Mewling, Clinton ; Torrance, Isaac. Erratt, Stanley; John . Cox; Goderie ' Township; A. Me Murchie, A. - John Britton, -Robert Scott, Hullett ; Joseph Griffin,,: Wm; Stothers, Ash- field; P. Kelly, Blyth ;" H. • Mooney, C. A. Howe, Wails.; 'Wm. McPherson, . ' George Thompson, Turnberry ; T. 13. Sanders, Wroxeter; John Kane, How - ick; Wm. Milne, Grey, .James .Hays, MoKilloP. .• ma..........m.me. • • Model. _Fire .Protebtion for a . . ' Village.. . On Wednesday, - December 19th, the Ile* water works system of Are protec-- den, which liaslust been • completedat , the picturesque and thriving little town of Paisley, .county of ;Bruce, was sub- . mitted to a final test, beforebeing taken from the contractors. Paisley is a place composed largely of frame buildings on themainstreet, and like many others of its kid, had long neglected fire protec- tion. - Although able years age to have been -provided with some sort of fire. protection, Paisley' has been miracu- ously fortunate in escaping disastrous • fires, and the villagers calmly and peace; ' fully slumbered.- on, little heeding their ever-present .. danger., High in- surance;:- •rates, however, gradually. stirred them up, and -for , the past two years; with proverbial . Scotch caution, . they were cannily Considering the pro- ject undertaken, when, last summer, the terrible calamity -Which befel the neigh- boring village :of Chesley, awakened them to , prompt. action. They now ' have a cheap, and model system of Water works, Which will, no doubt, stand' them In good stead in the time when fire, in their -fornier utterly help; leas condition, would. likely, have left the ,greater portion of the placein ashes, as Was the case at Chesley and I ', Ripley last semmer;liinsurance com- er:real:re , putting' forth 'big efforts, to Ore extra risks at reduced rates, and business men generally feel mere eon - tented fandseesurer. ogiireabot ,:description - of the general plan and principle ' -Of the works May not be amiss, especially as there are few Simla -towns • which have Veutiired upon the idea of having water . works. The\ water is drawn from the Sauseenriver, at a ,point a few yards fromthe confluence of the Teeswater :river,: and the engine house, in which the heart and -lungs of the system is located, stands On the bank of the first , nettled. stream: , The engine house is a Iwo -story building, 32x22 feet, the lower -.story being below the top of the i bank. A well 26- feet deep in'the foundation of ' the building is filled from: the 'river by means of two inpes, a tea 14011 pipe and _a six-inch one, the °titer ends projecting into the bed of the stream,with consider- erable of It fall • in the direction of the well, to ensure a rapid supply Of water from the river to take the place of that abstracted in pumping; and a shutoff valve stops the -supply of water, when : -desired. .Thebasement of the engine house is divided into two compartments, and contains thebeiler andsteam pumps. The boiler is built in, and is so arranged as to -thbroughlyutilize the fuel, no. heat escaping unlessfor doing - its work insetting up steant,..and it will also re- tain steam for a considerable time -after ' the fire has gone out! - The following i facts aregiven as an evidence Of what was accomplished in, the latter respect:: There had been 4 trial 6f. the Works one day. The fuel used was mixed slabs from. thesew mill, and the boiler was left; al- ter the trial, at .30 pounds pressure, f ready toplay:in a Are Ari Ave minutes. Anderson and -James Potter for Deputy The fire used on this oeeasion was put I Reeve. Councillors, -Wm. Sutherlaild, ' on at 3.30 in the afternoon, and when Robert McGowan, Donald" Patterson, I the furnace, was closed' for theat John Bone, John McCallum, Wm._ Roach, Wm.Robinson. ., BLYTH.-•-P.1 Kelly, Reeve by atela- illation. Councillors, -D. B. McKin- e non, Robert Symonds, John. Wilford, From Virden, Manitoba. HENSAI.24 YAW, Virden, Dec. 27, 1888. DEAR ExPos\goi,-There is no use ha my writing to you about either weather or public matters, as your Manitoba, correspondent keeps, you posted upon these points, so I will give you a few local facts First -the crop Of this dis- trict will average from twelve to twen- ty-five bushels of wheat per _acre, about one-half of which is damaged by frost. The price in Virden has ranged from 600 to $1.15 per bushel. _ • Our agricultural society is a flourish- ing institution. It was organized five years ago with a capital, all told, of $125, and no Government grant, Last fall it offered a prize list of $1,200, and. - now, after paying all prizes and ether liabilities, it has a balance on hand of $220, and our show last fall was declared by competent judges, to. be the best in the Province. One feature of our so- ciety is, that during the winter we hold a series of farmers' meetings, at which questions of interest are discussed. In a new country like this we are all learn- ing, and he is a poor farmer indeed from whose experience another cannot learn sotnething. The subject at out next meeting. ' "The best means of guard- ing against prairie fires." • Some of our friends in Ontario. have • 8,n idea that in this country we are far removed from church and school privi- leges. Such is not the /case. The school is situated just about mile from our door. Our children -all attend re- gularly, and are making most gratifying • progress under the efficient tuition of MUM Annie, -daughter of Mr. James Lang, Miss Lang holds a; second-class certificate, and 18 in other respects a, first-class teacher. Mr. Lang seems to be devoted to the education of the - youth of Manitoba, as his son Allan is also a teacher. The Methodists hold service in the school fortnightly. In Virden three denominations are repre- sented, viz., Episcopalian, Methodist and Presbyterian. The. Episcopalians have had a church built for two years. The Methodists built a neat *frame church last fill. Hitherto the Presby- terians have rented the Town Hall, but they are preparing to- build a stone church next summer. Being Conserva- tive in religion, if in nothing else, we make Virden our church home. Our minister is the Rev, A. Currie, B. • cousin to the Mr. Currie who taught school in, Section No. 1, Usborne, some = years ago. And whilst the mental and spiritual parts arei attended to, the physical part is now supplied, at rea- sonable cost, with plenty of -first-class cheese, manufacture(' by our old Mend, Mr. Thomas Tapp, who is 210W fully • established in the business and whose product always command; a ready I need not add anything to this al- ready too long letter, as Huron winnow be fleeded by young.Virdenites, among them Messrs. G. Moir, 'Richard Tapp, W. Lang, A. Whiteford and E. Blight all with an'. eye to business. Richard told us he intended to bring up some stock; &a., but as it was not a, stable he • built last summer, and which now adorns his fine farm "well tilled," we are inclined to think be will confine his attention to the &e. this time. By the - way, although Richard was formerly.a tradesman, he is now one of the best and most successful farmers in this dis- trict. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Sappy New Year, JAMES rEesniEtt!yErrs • truly, -ru-IYMi r, Thomas Cowan, postmaster of ameemmemenmeeen Galt, was in Stratford a few days ago; nspecting Ald. Gordon's new gas works, Mr., Cowan purposes manufacturing .gas on a similar principle at the Galt Works. -A six year old daughter of Mr. R. W. Dawson, of St. Marys, accidentally ell into a cistern a few days ago an -came near being _ Amine& She was *puusiti e nokuitn. g for .the last time when -Messrs. J. )3. Stewart* & P; half past Ate o'clock, there was scardely a vestige off'fire left in it. At.7 o'clock Sext morning the steam guoge showed 27 pounds pressure. • While the baler is a model of Ter- , Whelihan, of St Illerys, wpre successful n obtaining the diploma ,of the Agri- cultural and Arts Assooiation -given sue- essful students at Toronto Veterinary College, • 1.J ,