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NEIXrADVERTISEMENTS
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: J&V"-Tbe figure between the parenthesisafter
. Ineldenoteithe page of the paper on which
'Idvettliementwill be found.
Sale of Thoroughbred Stock, &e. -j. Brown; (5)
'Mortgage Sale -Albert 0. Jeffery, (5)
Note Lot -John Smale. (6) •
New Goode Arrived -J. L. Smith. (6)
Fresh A rivaIs-A. Cardne (5)
New Sp ing Stock—Duncan & Duncan. (5)
Clearin OutSale-Wre.sitachan. (6)
Sale of own Property-Crerar & Crerar. (6)
Servant Wanted-41ra. M. 0. Chesney. (8).
Springfeedi-Grieve& Stewart. (8)
. - lonistiTrains-T. Mtolter. (8) .
Georgiei Bay Shingles -J. Twitohell. (8)
Apprentice Wanted -D. Campbell. (5)
Legal Card -E. N. Lewis. (6)
SpecialiSt-Dr. Phillips. (6)
Londesboro Butter Co. -W. L. Oultnette. (0)
Notice-4imuel Barton. (6)
. Cash for Apples -Scott Brothers (8)
*The Y. g.c. A. Cantata Rehearsals, (8) -
-TeseherrWanted-43. Vanstone. (6)
Farm for Sale -G. Bretz.
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0 -on. xpollitor:
SEAF e RTK FRIDAY, March. 1,180.
- ! The Parnell Trial. -
. The Parnell tile', or rather the inveit-
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tigation cd- the charges preferred against
Mr. Parnell by the London Tithes news-
. . .
. paper, which has been in .progress , be-
fore.the speeial commission for several
menthe, seems now to be drawing nearly
to &close. The last two weeks of the
_ trial have been fraught with considerable
interest: Most of the important wit-
nesses by whom it hoped to prove,
not Only Mr. Parnell's complicity in the
Phoenif Park murder • and other out-
raged, hut the authenticity of the letters
which:were published in the -Times and
' which purported. to be from, him, have
•een examined. These witnesses were
-. a Major Lagaron, a spy employed "by
• the English Government for the purpose
•. of ferreting out niatters connected with
the Irish Leagues. ' He succeeded in
aibtaining admission to Many of the
• leignesboth in Ireland and the, United
States, i and. was On the most intimate_
terms 4' friendship with many of the
Irish leaders in both countries. His
evidence, however, did not directly
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implicate Parnell in any of the outrage
that had been perpetrated, although it
went to they had been plan-
_ ned at league meetings,, and aided and
: abetted by prominent members, all pf
• Whom *see inbre or lees closely associ-
ated with Parnell. Although he stood
. a long tan4 . very searching cross exam-
ination vety. well, and stuck pretty
'
- closely, o his original story, his evidence
is eery generally discredited and did
not xis It as injuriously to; the Irish
cause - as theta on the opposing side
hopecbit would. The Very fact Of his
being an acknowledged spy was against
him,. While the lying; deception and
duplicity he admitted to having prac-
tised in order to gain the information
of, which- ha said he had become possess-
ed,' went to:show that his testimony,
uncorroborated, was, to say the least, of
doubtful reliability. The main inter-
est, however, was centred in. the efforts'
' totprove the authenticity of the so-called
- .Parnell;letters. Had the : evidence in
• this direetion been even as good as that
given bi re 08,F01:11 the out look for Mr.
-- 'Parnell [Would be muchless hopeful, and
, his position before the public would be
much dOferent to.day i,from *hat it is.
Thie wasthe important Point, and this '
was just the point at whic.h the Times
case ' completely broke down. Mr..:
• SoameE4 the solicitor of the TiMes, was'
, placedin the witneesbox and he was;
• forced toady& that the letters were
• putchated-from A. men named Pigott, st‘
person Of lieu doubtful character, and a.,
,
- - --bitter e emy of -Parnell... He also.adai.
. mated hat the Times . bought these let:
• tars w thout any • serious attempt to
rove their_ authenticity or to trace
_ /their history, and on the testiniony of
a single expert in hand -writing the
•-Times published the letters ' as..
genuine and, en thkse based. the
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terrible attecks Which -it -made- ' on Par.
• nell. The v.eryfact that more than $20,-
000 was paid for letters whose genuine-
- ness reetecl mainly on. the unsupported
• staten+t of a min like Pigott, when it
beearan known, went :a great way to
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convince the public- that • the whole'
charge. wetebaseless and that the great _
'.4 news per -ha' been . terribly hoaxed. -
• - The finishing touch, however, was' put
- on w en Pigott was placed in the
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witne4 16x.. : He - toId his story very
: nicety, but it was badly ehaken in cross-
exami etion-and whenhe was confront.
ed by etteri levet his own signature,
and s4hich - he, was forced to admit
had ben written by himself, offering
to self the information he pretended to
iosseii
s to both. parties, he completely
broke own and showed himself to he a
question tha anything that has yet
oeourred, although the change will be in
▪ different direction from thet hoped
by, those who.made the charges
as by thosewhoappointed the tatunal
to try them when the trial eommenced.
The trend -Of feeling, even in England,
may be gleaned_from the following es
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tract from an article in theLoedon.daily
News. Regarding. Mr. Pereell- the -
News says:
"If he clears Ms character English-
men Will remember the patient dignity,
.gentle forbearance, and unflinching
courage with which the greatest living ,
Irishman has borne himself under a,
storm 'of calumny which would have
broken many a brave spirit. He will
&reser rank among the .most devoted,
sagacious, loyal, and unselfish statesmen.
He steered a country through storm `and
peril to honer and safety. Nor will the
names of Wahl and Eagan fp without
their due !need of praises. •
-Since the above article waskin type
_news has been received of Pigott's
having made a full confession. He has
contested that 'the letters were forgeries
and that they • were written by him.',
This confession created e great sensation
in court and a warrant was at once issued'
for the villain's attest 'but it was found
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he had fled and his Whereabouts are not
yet known. - •
• The Jesuit Estates' Bill.
The Toronto Mail.,, which bitterly op-
posea. the Jesuit Estates' Bill, and which
poses as champion of Protestant inter-
ests in this Dominion, has succeeded in
raising excitement, especially in On
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take, to fever hot on this subject:The,.
ministers are preaching shout it ; the
• Orange emieties are passing resolutions
condemeing it, 'and •the people are all
talking about it. No dopbt it will be
discussed in Parliament before very
• long.. While there : is so much tumult
in Ontario' the people of Quebec, Who
should be most interested, as it is their
-money that , has - been voted- to the
Jesuits, seem -to be taking metiers very
indifferently and are not at all excited
over the Jesuits' promised pimp. Even.
that stalwart Protestant champion, -the
Montreal Witness, has very; little to Bar,
about it and is not nearly so much ex-%
ereised over the Jesuit-. bill as it is over
itrehibition - and the winter carnival.
Perhaps the reason for tine -coolness. is
that Mr. Mercier, with his 'usual astute-
ness, and in punning and cleverness he
is a second Sir John, -distributed the
allowance so evenly that all denomini.
tions will get their proportionate share
of the spoils. The $400,000_ voted to
the Jesuits is to be epee -rationed by the
Pope between that denomination and
the Roman -Catholic body, while the.
sum of $60,000 was voted to the Protes-
tants. So that in this way there will be
a- shower of .blessings all round. The
money voted else has to be devoted to
educational purposes, and in this way
• also, if judiciously expended, may prove
beneficial. The principal obtectione to.
the Bill are that the money is given
under false:pretences ;. that, it is given
to an order that, should: not r(beiee
state recognition, ; while in the third
placethe preview has no money to
spare. for sueltpurPoses. It is objection.
able end pernicious to giant public
menet, to aid any religious denomination
and karticularly se to aid a religious
organization that has been disowned by.
and banished from every country where
it has gained a*footing. But, the people
of,Quebec do notlook upon matters per-
taining to church and State in the same
light that we -Ontarioans dp. In this
respect they are; both Prptestants and
Catholics, half a -century behind ;us in
their views, and a - State aided church
has not the distaste for them that it has
for the people Of the more enlightened
and liberal Province of Ontario. This,
perhaps, is another reason why they
view so calmly an act that has so exas,
iterated and excited so Many in this
Prot ince.
rogue, poltroon and , coward; - From a
- close iaIysis of these letters, and from
a com3arison of specimens. of Pigott's.
composition and spelling frarnished in
• the .. _ctourt WitW similar phrases and
• words tn the letters, there remains not
theler doubt but they were forged by
• `him ne sold to the Times. The,
evidence and conduct of this repeal in
• thewi WO box and under cross-exam-
inatio! , has practically given away the
whole 'faseforthe Times and shows that
• it is certaia to break down, and the
- charges made against Parnell will re-
bound with redoubled force upon itself,
• whilethe object of its attacks and mal-
erienee will step from 'court -honored
• ten.fp teore than ever before. The
reault of these charges and of this trial
• will de more for the cause of Ireland
. ankte hastens solution of the- Irish
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• But, it looks to us, very Much - as if
We in Ontario Were getting, excited
over a matter that we have no business'
with. If it had been the tonitnion
Parliament that had passed the
Jesuit Act, and if it was Do':
minion Money that was to -be paid to
them, thin we would have a .good
ouse for 'raising a row. But the Act
Was Pasted, lmost unanimously, by the
Legislature of the -.Provide° of Quebec,
and it is the moneyof that Provinee that.
is to go to endow the jeauits, and con-
sequently it seems like a piece of imper-
tinence for the 'People of Onteriio to be
raising such a files over a matter that
does not concern them. But it is said
that the Jesuitbrder is one which threat-
ens to over -run the oeuntry, and in some
way tread under foet-Protestantism, and
stamp out political and religious liberty
in this countri, and so on, also that
as the Quebec treasury is already im.
povenshed, if not bankrupt, the prov-
ince can not afford to give, so much
Money for any such purpose, and that
the Quebec politicians will Make a raid
upon the Dominion treasury in order to
replenish the exchequer which has been
exhausted by taking from it this large,
sum of mtney, and that in this way
Protestant Ontatio'will be forced to give
f
of her means to endow the Jesuit order
in Quebec. -Well;as to the first of these
.objections, it May be said that the Jes-
uits are an lgeotporateil ; association.
They were incotporated:by the Provin-
cial Legislature, and the Act of incor-
poration wm sanctioned by the Cot -erne!.
•
General upon the advied of :his constitu-
tional advisersteed in:10,441*dt Of protest
was not uttered from any quarter. If
the organization is such a dangerous one
as is new claimed, the time for objec-
tion • was When it was -being given
legal sanction, and not n�W, after it has
been made a legal organization. If it
proves a menace to the country take
from it the legal status that has been
granted to it. As to the second objec-
tion, the people of Ontario have the
matter in their own hands. No Gov.;
erne -Lent dare propose a grant of money,
and no Parliament will tote it, in opiate
'olden to the Unanimous protest. of .the
Ontario representative's in the Dominion
Parliament, If they stand together in
this matter, there is nopessibility of the
Jesuits of Quebec ever receiving a . cop-
-per .of the money of the Protestants of
.Ontario. If, however, the Ontario re-
presentatives how before the needs of
party, rather than stick to principle, as
they have before nnw done when Que.
beo was raiding and robbing the Do-
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minion ttreasury, . the • whole of the
$400,000 and more Too, will come from,
that source, _Let the people Of Gated°
give their representatives in the Do-
minion Parliament definitely to under-
stand that under no pretext or .party
exigency is any money to be voted from
the Dominion treasury to the Province
of -Quebec that it is not equitably and
constitutionally entitled to, and they.
will . most- effectually* insuie that none of
theirinoney will be usedfor such en objec-
tionable purpose as.endowing the Jesuit
order.. If they have'fietithe courage and
stamina to de this with :their own re-
presentatives they will make 'a very
poor show in stemming the tide' of Papal
aggression should it ever Commence to
flow either in Quebec or OntariO. They
have control over their Own represen-
tatives, and thyhavea right to dictate:
to thein as to what legislation they 'will
pass, and if they do not obey their in-
structions they hold the power .to pun-,
bit them; they have no controtover the
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legislation or legistatnts ol- the Province
of Quebec, and they have no right to
interfere with either. '
In the mean time the question is a
source of great agony to the Conserva-
tive papers. They. do not know, how to
•haisdle it, - They dare not find fault
with the Government forrefusing to die,
allow the Act, and they havenot the
opurageto justify it Or to, say that it.
should be allowed to :becomelaw, and
in order ' to relieve their , Minds they
abuse the 'Grits. But the Grits are not
troubled over the matter. ` They have
no 'hesitation ittelaying that the Act,.
being one admittedly , within the com-
petency of the Quebec legislature to:
-pass, should not be disallowed but they
also, at the same time, condemn the.
Act.... The Toronto Globe,' the leading
paper on the Reform side, has said re-
peatedly that it will not condemn Sir
. • -
John no matter which course he should
take. If he sees fit to advise the die.
'allowance of the Act it would'pver-look
the constitutioeal-ppint on account of
the badness of the Act, and if lie desires
to, observe the constitutional question
it will over -look the bad Act in. order to
have a constitutional preceant establish.
ed by Sir John in these matters. This,
also, is the position taken by Reformers
geeerally, and we are sure .it is 'a most
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generous and liberal one and More gen-
erous and liberal thantheir, opponents
would assume with them under -like
circumstances. But, it is not the Re-
formers who are raising the row, butSir.
John's own followers. ,Ite has taught
three' that he has,eupreitue jurisdiction
over all Provincial' tegislatiop, and that
it rests -with himself and his -Govern-
ment to supervise the'.1egislation of the
Provincestiind to;.,eay. whether Or not it
.should be iellowed to pass into law, and
they de _1j4at now believe: him and his
organs when tliey,ftell them, that this
-Act, being within the peWers, *of the
legislatuteto.pass, should .not be fdisal-
lowed, The difference between the two
parties is this: The Reformers' oppose
disalleivante ' under any . circumstances
unless the legisIetion 18 clearly ultra.
virus of the Provincial legislatures',
the Jesuit 13i11 being .intra virile of the
legislature of Qttebee they say it should
not be -disallowed badalthough it 'be.
The Conservatives on the other land'
believe in and haveeprectised" &alto*,
slice in its broadest .form' whether -the
legislatures have atight to pass the ob-
jectionable laws or not, and professingas
they do, to believe that the jesnit Bill
18 bad and objectihnable legislation, they
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have no excuse fort not disallowing it
except the fear of alienatieg from them
selves the Qiiebee vete if they.earry out
their principles. Thie is the position
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fel and squarely put, aid it is sense._
. less or the Conservatives to .abuse the
'Grits fOrfia difficulty they .have brought
upon -themsetves.
,
Von some reason or other out. -usual'
Ottawa lette;'.-has not code to heed this.
week, but there is nothing startling to
note from there. The political
grinds on day after' day and night 'after
night. Most of the time during the
past week has been taken up passing the
Estimates, and in . advancing -private
bills of various kinds. On Tueeday,i
• Mr. Laurier, in an admirable speech,
'moved a resolution censuring the Gov-
erntnent for their policy in connection
with the Fishery negotiations, and
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urging,he desirability of a conolliatory
policy On : -the . 'part of., Canada to,
-wards the United Statest,and the making
Of in.ctoesied efforts toSecure Unrestricted --
trade retitle* betweeitthe- two. eosin..
tries Mr• Latirter west replied to by
Sir John; who see.med. :to display muels: form -wide of "eight Imun' work d
Ngw STA.TES.;r-The 'President j :has
- old-time fin) and- energy,and
%proved -the bill :for the itdmissio of.
. News . °tithe Week. ?
' IN GOOD liEALTH.1!-IteY. lir. pur. .
goon has returned to London in ood •
- AN Exarr•froun, Sm.:E.-A
health. - ..
ass.
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meeting was held in New York on. Fri-
day night to start an agitation for A BBL,
made • the best speech he bas made,•ashington, Montana NeIrth D
DETOURED BY WOLVES,4-tWO 80001
"onus years. The. deb,te ,pport: uyedi. children were devoured by wolves. hear
finished. When it adjourned, . en, Minnesota a . few days ego.
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•Donald, of East Iluton, had the floor.. STARVATION IN CHINA. -Over a mil.
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lion and a half of people are starving
• tee and South Dakota as gtates.
either in or out, of Parliament,
in the Chinese PrOV11100 of Shan Tui, THE Montreal Herald puts the whole
matter' very tersely in the followieg Flood, the California millionaire, died
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MILLIONAIRE DEAD. -Mr. Jai4s C,
it says: '44` So the other daY Heidelberg, Gernurty.
brief paragraph
tregGr9doPthertiviniheeent of Canada per. SMALLPDX OUTBREAK. -A Sma lpox
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slate in Maintaining such an.anstmatods here
cendition of affairs, money, spent in
_midfield ' efforts to: develbp foreign
trade is simply theowe away -wasted.
-Hew: are we,to: find a market in foreign
countries in competition with the world
if we cannot meet foreign competition
an home market without the aid Of
high protective tariff? Will the . te-
strictionist organs exercise a little com-
mon sense in dealing withthe subject."
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013:It .TORONTO 143YRTER,i
(By ourowncorrespondent.)
. ,. : s TORONTS February 25, /889)
On Thursday evening, Attorney:Gen. -
oral Mowattonfirm_ed the general capita-
tation that the session of the Legisht-
' tete this year, will be a shottone by an-
touneing .that. it was his expectation-,
-t6o, the statement being in - reply- to a
direbt question 'toil ' Mr, Meredith. The
probability .is that it Will be the shortest
and least eventful. sespion,.. for several
years 'past:Last week was of e'very
unexciting nature.:. There were no night
sestjees, and there Will be just _as few Of ,
these as the Government can contrive
Most ot the time Was, Spent. in, consid-
ering the *ultimates. : This is very quiet
and tedfoui` work, in A rule, being re-
lieved only by:still more 7:tedious criti-
cism. The estimates inefude-nothing of
an extraordinary nature, so the Opposi-
tion had very little to say. On 'Mt. if.
E. Clarke; one of the . members for To-
ranto, whoevidently, alms at being : con-
• sidered theleadingfinencier of his aide
•of the Heuse,.falls the bulk of the duty
, of . criticasin. He -Werke' hard at :his
eelf-iinposed task; but receives.: nothing .
for hfi.paiirs beyourid a severe snub now:.
andj. hen from his, Opponents. . Almost
the t nly 9ubject in connection with the
Estimates that _caused a' really -serious
debate. was that of 'furnishing supplies
for the public institutions controlled by
the ' Government. i - Several - niembets..-: of
'.the Opposition held that. the-Govetn,
reent.should advertise for tenders for all
their supplies,. whereas :the Govern-
ment admittd . that they •allOWed.
only a portion of the said supplies to be
furniihed by tender. '-, The reasons -for
thiepreartice have ..,been toed by the
Government every ', year . se reply to the
slime objections... They- amount in brief
to this -that the Government havefound
by 1, the :experience .Of 'it. pod: Many
years that it pays them better- to get
the -.Majority . of ' their supplies -from
whatever source they . best eau and to.
make the best' possible bargain, rather
than to advertise for .tenders, and enter
unto cOntracte. in which. they -freqUently
treated for, save, in the case.of emer-
ggeetnotyhie. wo7.. of.,,i:t..:.: `There are .-toretp-.
regard to the iteri of fuel; which is: eon;
tions to the rule,:the 'principal being in'.
. Aside from the -,estimates . the only
matter demanding ,thaoh attention this
week the debate on ' the ' question ef
abolishing the grant to the Annual Pro-
vincial ° Exhibition.. ' , Mit Nicholas
'Atvrey's.resolution-had beena long time
on the order ,paper,..._ and ',-there were
those who. thought'. it would not. be-.
Moved ett all. Its- time came, however,
and in a very exhaustive and lmoderete.
ly interesting speech; treeing the history
of the Provincial: -Fair from - its....incep-
tipn; showing ` its iptiniate -Connection
with the prosperity of -the province;
andigivieg unstinted praise .:and credit
to those who had managed' it in the
years : that are past,„ Mt, . Awrey ar-
gued th t.- the Provincial's - usefulness
wasno 1 eget, and that the Government
!Should werlidraWits grant. TheiprOposed
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abolition ' was intended to -include
the present year, 7 but Mt. Drury, the
- Ministeraif ' Agriculture, urged that the
honor of the House was virtually fledged
to 'continue the grant this year and en-
able the. Connell Of the Agricitltural and.
Arta Association to carry out -its prom-
ise te•h_ Old tire ; eXhibition in i'London in,
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the coming tall.-.: The preposition 'Iseein;
ed _reasonable enough, ,but ...it Seems that
-.Met, 'Airey . .had vowed a little : too
strongly that he weld not, midge Any
°haunt -standee allow his resolution to be
altered; 80, When' ' ikspite of these pro-
testations,. he did, . after - all, consent to
the &rnendreent cif his, ..teiblution iir ac-
cordance .with the, suggestions , of Mr.
Drury,. so that . the. abolition of the ,
grant should begin With next' year, and..
not with this, there was quitea storm:of
• prottits --raised from. thoie-. ;members,
chleitief ,the -.Government ' _ side of the
house, 'whii.' had . :promised.* to.. supports
hiini in. the ''. motion ; and , they
said, had ' included; him , :`to : Premise
to. Stick. closiely, to the terms Of Iliff nrig-
inalOsolution; ',uiteall-interesting de-
bate: followed. ' ' The I Provineial wee
treated with respect, but very little de -
Sire existed to continue its existence.-
-11t, Waters; of- MiddlesegovhoM"bill to .
give. Woman Suffrage is, by the Way, to
' be debated next Week; was alone in pre.7-
- dieting,- and he did: it eongdentlyithat
the day will . come, - and 18notfar off,
When . the Province will evince a desire
fOr the Originalpueely agricultural show,
and will- turn; frit= . tbotie exhihitions
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which, on, account of the side shows
:connected with .them, • have of ;late
leafs imperieded---theni. The - vote on
the 1 Amendment to grant the usual
Innoentin aid of the fair .for :one year
. more wascarried by.i46 to 35. - The Op,
.,pteiltion voted generally- with - -the Gov-
erment- an
Gov-
erment,-
the ;74 °Vern et Side 14 the ..house voted
nolesithan 13 members of
i- .
aga, St the Governtrient ; '' sethat but
for. the .10ptioeition the Government's
ante dnient -,-would have .: been last.
The e. is .nothing in prospect this' Week
of -greater importance, Or interest, than
- the expected .deliate on the Woman's
S4ill, BK. which, it -it understood the
Gove'rnment intend to oppose, .
, • . ': Gatetav,
1
epidemie. has broken Out in Sout
Nebraeka, and extends across the line
into Kansa-s, . .
Ittrtsmete-One hundred Galician
miners, ,employed in the Silesian coal
pits, have been tattered to _ quip the
country. • • ‘ , - I -
BOUND FOR THE HOLY LAND.-Feidak
morning 101 persons left New York on
the Welland, constituting the first'
Roman Catholic. pilgrimage to the Holy
Land. 1 .
DEAD -Dr. Francis Wh_arton • Solici-
tor of the State -Department. and Author
of the Standard Digest of Internatmnal
Law etc., died in Washington Friday
aged 68 years. ,. •" - 1
- DEAF MUTES AT A BALL.-Fiftyidea
mutes participated ate ball at Cin ' nati
a few nights ago, ahd the °E q irer
reports that they danced and enjoyed
themselves as though they heard e ery
strain' of the music, . .
ROBBER PARDONED. -.-The President
has pardoned. Albert Smith, coneteted
in 1881 of robbing the posto ge at
Hackberry, Lavoca county, Ilexes . and
sentenced to 99‘ years' imprisonmett
TREASURY DEPARTAIENT ROBBED. -It
is stated that on • Tuesday it was .18 -
covered that tobacco stamps to the value
of $4,000 had been stolen from the.
-Treasury Department at Washington
and that $2.000 worth of revenue etairms
were stolen some months ago. No clue.
ANARCHIST MEETINC.1 CHANGED TO A
SUNDAY SCHOOL. -Two hundred Ger all,
Workingmen assembled at Maplew od,-
Illinois, to form a branch of the Chicago
anarchist bend. A mote - of wo en
raised such a row that the itieeting had
to be abandoned. It was then decided
to start a Sunday. School. ,1 :
ANOTHER FIRE ;"AT BUFFAL0.-Early ,
Monday morning fire broke out in an hotel
on Broadway, Buffalo: It was dr ad -
fully coldtated the huilding went like
powder. The inmates, some- fiftee in
number, were gottou out with diffic hi,'
but lot all their personal effects, and
were mostly clothed - very -scan ily.
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Quite a few suffered from light bu ns,
but most. of the suffering was cause by
extreme cold.. The loss was about -11;5e
cock -
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ver
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SHOT BY A 41 NIGHTINGALE." -
Brown, known all over the South.
because of his exploits as a seeut.;-
!shot and killed Wednesday at Si
City_ by Ada Hume, known as
" Territorial Nightingale."
MR. O'BRIEN IN GAOL. -Mr. m.
O'Brien, who was sentenced at Tr lee
on Tuesday to eix Months' imprison-
ment for violating the Crimes Act, was:
Saturday conveyed by a strong guard to
the Galway gaol, Where he will und rgo
his sentence. An excited crowd witn ss -
ed his departure. .
A DREADFUL Danuome.-The dro ght
in Ceara, Brazil, is spreading to the iear
of the neighboring Province. Aire dy
the cattle in the back of. Pernam two
are dying by thousands, the rea of
Bahia is fast drying up, and all arc
stances point to a drought like the f
one of 1877.80. The Government i
moving. the refugees of the interio
other Provinces with all pqasibio sp
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Grey.
:Bap ROADs.-The recent snow fit0 ms
have completely blocked the road in
malYsPartqua
aTHgo;.-- Dr. McDonald,
of East Huron, holds the ?forte at
Ottawa. He uses his voice, 'vote, ncl
influence for the -farmer every time. •
NEW Resroexce, = Mr. John Mc-
Laughlin, of the 12th concession, con-
templates erecting a brick resideticenext.
summer. He is . having the -materials
placeeon the ground.
Dien. -Miss Mary Slenimon eldest
daughter of the lite . Samuel Slemmon,
quietly passed sway to her Jong hoe on
Friday evening last. She contracted a,
severe cold tn Manitoba last year While
visiting friends in -that Province; This
brought . on consumption which elided
her life. An .affebtionate mother and
many kind friends did all they cpuld.
to relieve her suffering hours. -Miss
Slemmon was an estimable and prcijnis;
ing youtig lady.and willbe much missed
by all who knew her. The reniaies
were interred in erenbro'ok cemetery on
-Monday afternoon...
DEBATE. -A pretty 'close debate came
off in the schoolhouse of section No. 2.,
The subject . was " Resolyed that Ans.'
.nexation to the United States would ntt
be beneficial to Canada:" ' The --affirtha-
tive was upheld by Wm.- . Wa
leader'assisted by Messrs. Jas. B
John Harris, Alex. Stewart ancJ
Turnbullthe negative by John R
son, leader, assisted by Messrs.
Fowler, Thos. Turnbull t and
Askin. - Messrs. H. Stewart and
Ewen, chairman nand ..vioe-ohair,
gave decision in favtoe of the affirm
This society is iniproving and its
• ings are both _interesting and ;usefu
large number turnplit eachnight to
the discussions. • • -
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• BRIEFS. - Mn. John Solar ret riled
from the lumber shanties, Mich gan,
last week-. _ Hemotto good time and
lots of,snow. -Mr. Hugh Ross lot his
fine team of bays to Mr. Lucas last (self
for a handsome SUM They are first
class team and have taken the red t cket
at the fall fairs for a general pu pose
team. -Mr. Wit. Love, who has been
visiting his brothers hi Wisconsi , in-
tends returning next meek. -Mr. I ht.
Gibson has moved on to the Cullis arrh
near Blyth. He has it rented for a rm
of years. -Mr. Robert fienderso is
traveling in the West at present. He
intends taking up land and movi g 88
soon as possible. -Mr. James P tter
intends splittinglhis barn and putt ng a
stone foundation under it: Mr. P tter
has a large herd of Durham cattle and
will then be more ebleAo house hem
properly. - Messrs. A. Carleton &
Anderson,. who returned from the ol
sod 'with two grind specimens of horse,
flesh, had the -Misfortune to lose One of
them after landing in Blyth. The loss
will exceed $14500, -Mr, Wash. Solar
has purchased the right of West-Wawa-
noeh to sell patent fence, He secured'
it from. Mr. Boyd for the sum of $100.
-Mr; Wm. Roth purposed having a
large bee to team wood to the Blyth salt
wells last week, but owing to.the 'storm
nt proved failure.-School'section Nth
10, have an', organized foot ban team
which will receive challenges from any
rural 'school in -„the county. They pro.
pose Playing :Myth next week. -Mr.
Proctor, the famous house decorator,lias
jiist completed Mr. Livingstone's house,
It. is ' -painted, although it
took considerable time, Mr. Proctor's
motto is, I' slteand sure, also a com-
plete finish." •
PASSED AWAY.,- After two weary
years combatting that invincible foe of
humanity in :the insidious and 'fatal
form of consumption, in the caseof Mrs.
S. H. Moyers, " the -silver cord was
loosed,!' on Monday last. The der
ceased was, fourth -daughter of Camp-
bell Hanna, Esq., of lot 33, concession
.10; and was inarricd about three years
ago to S. Li. Meyers carriage builder,
Pembroke, County Of Renfrew. Of ro-
hist constituthin and active and -vivao-
ioirt temperament, the 'deceased con-
tiacted a old and the encroachments of
pulmonary trouble could not be- baffled.,
°Ip this Male WO wears were required to
aimompli6li- the work of dissolution.
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Naturally of ••• an amiable and hopeful
disposition,. the affliction was borne
with calmneee, cheerfulness, and the
'sufferer:, was Sustained by the corn -
fors and consolations of the
gospel, • and: Of her it could -be
said : " In the eventime it shall be
light," Notwithstanding an almost com-
plete,blockad's, the funeral on Wednes-
day was largely attended. Genuine and
widespread sympathy with the bereaved
husband and parents is and has been ex-
pressed. ,..
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Looaes..-.4Ir.i Albert Howlett and.
sisters are visiting in the vicinity of.
Ilarritton.-Misses .Halliday and -Stew-
art, of Egmendville, are visiting friends
on'the 9th concession. -Miss Clara Ire-
land is spending a three weeks' visit
with relatives, in Seaforth.-A foot -ball
team from school section No. 9 visited
Walton on Saturday last, for the pur-
pose of playing a return match with
that school. The game resulted as be-
fore, that is, 'a' tie,,Mr. and Mrs. Bar-
ker, Of Manitoba; who have been spend-
ing three months in this township,
-leave this week . for their home in the,
"West. -The Sale of farm stook and im-
plements, belonging to D. Bell, which
was to take place on Tuesday' of this
week, was postponed until Saturday,
owing to inclement weather.
DEBATING Socterr,-:-The usual week-
ly meeting of School Section No. 6
Literary and Debating Society was held
in the. fichool house on Tuesday evening.
The subject of the evening's debate was,
'Resolved that Scotland has sent out
More eminent men than England." The
affirmative Was sustained by Wm. Coch-
rane, John ‘Mason and Richard Arm-
strong, while the negative was taken up
by James Brown'James Iieland, and A.
McColl, The chairman decided in favor
of the affirmative. After the debate,
the foliowing. programme was carries1
through: Reading, James Brown;
ten, James Ireland; reading, Wm.
Ireland; musio, A. McCall.
AUCTION SALE. -On Friday lase, ear.
John Sample, of the third line of this
township, had his auction side of farm
stock, implements, etc. In the after-
noon a large crowd gathered and things
sold high. .Mr. George Kirkby, the
veteran auctioneer, _wielded the hammer
in his usual cheerful and successful way.
Mr. Sample and family will leave in &
shorttiree for Manitoba. He has leased
his farm in this township to Bowman
Bros. of the third concession.
Staffa.
Bruen.- Mrs. John Drake, of this
place, has been very sick with inflamma-
tion of the stonuteh,' but we hope she
will soon reeover.-Miss Aggie Herron
has just- returned home from visiting
relatives at HensalL • We hope Aggie
struck a mash while there. -Mr. Roth -
am is preparing for building a brick
house this coming summer. -Mr. John
Saddler has got a large stock of saw
legs this winter, and the_grist mill own-
ed by him is doing a rushing business.
Expected Wedding -Mr. D. McMillan,
of California, to`Miss Maggie Mackie, of
Staffs. We wish you much Joy, Maggie.
-Mist; ,Hamilton has left for Blyth,
where she intends visiting her brother.
-Mr. Brooke, of Toronto, is now visit-
ing his sister, Mrs. W. Shillinglaw.
. Kelly and Sona' grist
mill . is at present running day and night
in order to meet the pressing demand
for first chiss brands of flour. -Some-
thing _ will have to be done immediately
in regard to the Public -School accom-
modation. Parents are complaining of
the half:day system. -Mr. V. Y. Hai-
lidays' sale, . which was advertised to
take place on the 23rd inst,, was post
polled on account of the inclemency of
the weather. It will be held on Satur-
day next; the 2nd of March. -Messrs.
MoKintion and -Powell are engaged ex-
tensively just nowin thtporleloacking.
business. 'It is under the supervision of
David Dorrance, of Seaforth,-The In-
dependent -Order of Good Template is
booming -now, At the last meeting
there were. some thirty applied for ad-
mission. .'The -Order is well worthy of a
goad -meMbership.-We are sorry to
learn that R. Milne is at presentsenous.
ly indieposed, being confined to bed. -
Mr.. John Mason has taken up his abode
in the Central Hotel, and seems well
pleaselewlth the prospects of doing e,
first class business. Mr. Mason is the
kind of citizen we want, men who are
willing to invest capital. -Miss S. Sym-
onds;of Blyth, has opened a dressmak-
ing eitablishment in Clinton. --The
Hopeful Gleaners of the Presbyterian
church are making grand preparations
for the social lecture and entertainment
to be held on the 14th of March. Lunch
_will be served in the basement of the
church, after which the audience will
assemble in the church, where A lecture
�n ‘‘. Trifles" will be given by Rev. Mr.
Simpson, t of 13rucefield, Along with a
first class programme, at which our best
local talent will assist. -Mrs. Alex.
Elder is at present slightly, indisposed.
-We are, glad to know that James Pol-
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lock Is recovering as :speedily AS pop
sible.--Thomas Robertsim has - 'rented
Mrs, C. Plotter's farm in Hullett, 'a few
miles from Blyth. Mrs. Pletzer will
take up her residence in Blyth Shortly.
-Alex. Lucas, of Calgary, Northwest
Territories, who, for tome timetpast
has been in Blyth, . intends leaving for
his home in a few days, Mr. Lucas
-purposes taking e number of horses_
back with him. -Rev. A, MeLean has
commenced a series of lectures on
Jacob. The first lecture VMS:given on
Sunday last. -Mr. Robert Taylor-Avill
leave for his home in Manitoba about
the 10th of Mareh.-There is ,some talk
of another attempt being made to have
an organ in the Presbyterian ithurch.-
A number of our citizens attena,edthe
wedding of Annie It.„ Booed daughter
of Gregor McGowan, to James McFar-
lane, - of Ailsa Craig, on Wednesday.
Rev. A. McLean performed the care-
mony in the presence of a very large
number 01 guests. Mr. McFarlane
must be congratulated on having chosen -
such an estimable partner for life. The
young couple left on the afternoon 'train
carrying with them the best wishes of all.
-At a meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society on Tuesday last, the
following ladies were appointedto at-
tend the annual meeting in Clinton on
Mardi 12th, 1889 Mrs. J. B. Taylor
Mrs. James McGowan,. Mrs. A. H.
Jacobs, Mrs, Cords and Mrs.
McKinnon, and to fill theoffices for the
ensuing year President, Mrs. McLean;
Vice President, Miss Jacobs; 2nd Vice
President, Mrs. Brigham'Treasurer,
Mrs. McKinnon ,• Secretery,'. Mrs.
Cortis.-Mre. M. 2. Mattis, of Chicago,
a fOrmer resident of Blyth, is spending
a short time in this vicinity with friends.
-The Orangemen in this _locality are
boiling with indignation on account of
the Jesuits' Bill. Some who have been
"dyed in the wool "Conservatives, say
they will never give Sir John another
vote. -It looked like old times to see so,
many farmers In town on Monday, after
the storm. -Rev, Jeffrey Hill lectured
in the Temperance hall on Tues-
day evening, under the auspices
of Trinity church, but owing to
the fact- that it ,was not well
advertised, the attendance was. limited,
-While driving from Clinton the other
day, one of our townsmen had the mis-
fortune to have his horse drop dead -
while coming around the big hill. He
had rather an unpleasant walk into
town, especially as he was aceompanied
bi a young lady. -From all 'appear-
ai..:es the dancing school has fallen
Cirough.-Mr.- W. IL Gregg, who for
some time past has _been in Hamilamls
dreg store, has left town for Wingliam>
-Mr.. James McCreight will leave •
shoetly for Calgarry, Northwest Terri-
tory, where he will follow his trade. --
Mr. John Moffatt left this week for
Chicago in connection with his businesi.
He is agent for the Chicago Ticket and
Tablet Co. -Trains have. been very ir-
regular this week, on account of so
much- snow. ---We have notioed several
farmers when driving to town have a
snow ploughattached to the back of the.
sleigh. The idea is a good one,
and if
more of our rural friends would famish
themselves with one of these useful ar-
ticles we imagine we could boast of
better roads.' -The Auburn mail did not
reach that point on Saturday last. This
is the first time during the winter' that
Auburn has not received its regular mail.
-Mrs. W. R. Taylor, of St. ,Marys, is
spending a few days with her friend,
Mrs, Myles Young. -=On Monday a
sPeeielmeeting of the council was held.
The principal business was the buying
of the town bell. It was settled to keep
the present one, the price of which is
$160. The License fees question WM
-taken up, and they were raised $5 high-
er than last year. The coming year
they will be $80 for the corporation and
the Government receives another $60,
making the whole fee $140, '
Colborne.
GOING TO MANITOBA. -MF. JAIL Ed-
wards has traded his 100 wee farm near
Dunlop for a farm of 320 acres in Mani-
toba and $4,500 cash and intends to
move his family to it In the spring. He
is getting a house all ready to put to7-
gether as soon as he gets there and ek
peas to put in a good crop, this
spring. •
• Goderioh Township. -
Immi.—Mr. Ford, of Holmeaville is
at his mother's in Goderich township,
and is looking after the business for her.
His mother has not been in very good
health lately. -Mr. W. H. Steep, of
the 9th coecession, has bought a farm
in Michigan and expects to -move his
family to it in the spring. We will
lose good neighbors in Mr. and MTS.
Steep, but hope they may be blessed
with health and prosperity in their new •
home. -Mrs. Connell has rented her
farm and intends to move to Clinton in
the !tiring. The people of the ftth con-
cession will lose another kind friend and
neighbor, but it will be Clinton's gain. -
Mr. Blair, of Bayfieid, has bought a
small farm on the 2ncl. Concession and
Intends to get out a large* quantity of
rdwood and cedar rails. -Mr. George ,
Young of the first conceesion was called
away to Kincardine to -attend the funer- ,
al of his sister's - husband, Mr. James
Cornwall. •
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Bayfield.
Nogzens...Miss horence England,
of Kincardine, accompanied by her
melee, Ruble Fisher, is visiting her sis-
ter,.Mrs. 11, W. Erwin. -As announced,
Rev. J. G. Manley, _agent for the Upper -
Canada Bible Society, delivered his ad-
dress on Babylon and Israel in the Pres-
byterian church on Monday evening, iiith
inst. The address was very interest-
ing, and much appreciated by the
audience present. -On Sunday last Rev.
Mr, Cluff, of Brussels, preached an able
and instructive sermon in Trinity church.
-On Tuesday of last week there died
at her mother's residence, Sauble line,d
after a very short illness, Annie; beloved
daughter of Mrs. Henry Howard. -
Miss Hattie Fordon, ef Clinton, who
has been for some time the .guest of Miss
Beattie, returned home Monday. -The
exhibition given by Mr. R. R. gallows,
on Tuesday evening, 196h, was very
slimly attended, but -much enjoyed by
the few present. There have been BO
may local entertainments this AM=
that it is hard for t an outsider to get an
audience. --Although the weather Was
exceedingly cold last Friday night there
was a large attendance at the carnival.
Many who intended eoming, from the
country and surrounding towns were
prevented by bad roads, but 25 appear-
ed in costume. The elephant was the,
g. nn
, feature of the evenin Prize wi era
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