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SE4F 0 RT 14.
Provincial Rights.*
, The following are a few gems . taken
from the Hansard reports of the great
debate in, the House of Commons last
week, on,the Jesuit question, and shows
very clearly the position of each party
toward the great question of Provincial
Rights:
mp,_. LAtrRitR ON PROVINCIAL RIGHTS.
Mr. Laurier said the Government of
I
- to -day have allowed a large class of the
• Protestant population of Ontario to cook
on them as thephatnpions of Proteitant-
ism. They have affirmed the 'doctrine Of
disallowance among th.at_section of the
party, and now that section cries out: -
-Stre have slyest a looked upon you as the
'champions of Protestantism; here is
legislation which we deem offensive to
the Protestant interests, and tothe in..
'tercets of the country at large; and we
'Call upon you toexercise those powers'
Of disallowance which you have so often
exercised in the past.. Well, as far as
the Liberal party IS concerned, their at-
titude upon this • question was known
before it Will explained in this debate.
The Liberal party always endeavors to
meet these questions, not from a point
of view of Catholicism or Protestantism,:
but from a point of view that -could -in- -
clude all different religious interests.
Among the many questions which divided
the two parties,there is none upon which
the policy of the two parties has _been'
so clearly shown as • upon this, . The-;
Conservative party, led by the right
.hon. gentlioniambave always held the
-doctrine that they have the right to re-
view the legislation Cf any Local Legis-
lature. We on the other hand, have al-
ways pretended that the only way to
carry out this Confederation is to admit,
the principle that within the sphere al-
lotted to them by the constitution, each
Provincial Parliament is independent of
the control of the Parliament, .
as the Dominion Parliament is independ-
ent of the control of the Local Legisla-
tures. On the ecintrary, the hon. gen.
. tlemtin has maintained again 'and again
upon the floor of this House, and by ad-
ministrative acts that he claimed the
power to review local legislation, to see .
whether it was right or wrong, and, if he -
found it clashing with his ideas_of right,
to set it aside. We all remember the
famous Streams Bill. What was the
language used on that occasion by the
hon. gentlenian ?'lleolaimed that it was a
question of purely 'provincial character'
that it was one which was clearly with-
in the competence of the Legislature of
Ontario, and yet the hon, gentleman
• took it upon himself . to disallow it, and
for what reason? For no other reason
than that the Act clashed with • his own" -
opinions of .whaewas right and what
was wrong. ' * : .* * ' * *
1The hon. gentleman now comes to the
: clootrinewhich has been very many times
advocated on - this side of the House,
that he has not to consider whether this
: provincial legislation is good, had or in-
: different ; •it/is altogether within the
• competence of :the Local Legislature of
; Quebec, and therefore,asys he,let it pass.
SIR JOHN'S REPLY.
, Sit John Macdonald, in reply to the
above statement of Mr. Laurier said:
The hon. gentleman then strayed off
into the Streams Bill. Well, the ,hon.
. gentleman quoted what was said in °the
. report on the Streams Bill. -- He forgot
:that the report and- the action of the
. Government on the 'Streams Bill were
' based on the authority of an Act of the,
; Minister of jtistice in the Government
; of which he was a member, which Gov-
' eminent disallowed a Bill plumed by .the
'
Legislature of Prince Enward Island on
, precisely the same grounds as the
; Streams Bill rejection was approved by.
us. Let the hon. gentletrian look habit,
and he will find that the Government of
: that day, notwithstanding their strong
affection for provincial rights,. titsallowed
a measure on the same grounds, first; be-
cause it Was ex post facto, and second,'
because it was a lit :pendeni, and the
. subject was already before the omirts. -
', SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT REPLIES.
' . III reply to the above , statement of
. Si0ohn Macdonald.Sir Richard Cart-
wright said: •
In reference to some- of the remarks:
made, and most patly made, by my'
hon. friend from Quebec. (Mr. Laurier),
:that the policy'ofthe present Govern).
ment, in wantonly and needlessly inter-
fering with provincial rights, was largely
and principally responsible for the pre*.
ent agitation which we must all deplefe.:,'
thelon.- gentlemen opposite took refuge'
. in the old tu queqUe argument that._ in.
the time of -Ty hon. friend beside me
' (Mr. Mackenzie), .certain Bills had been
disallowed, and he referred especially to
one from Prince Edward Island Which
he asserted had been disallowed by MR.
-My recollection is—andI haieconsulted
my hon. friend the member for .West
Durham (Mr. Blake) in regard to it—
that. it was reserved by the Lieutenant -
Governor of thatProvince, and that, as
was done by the h6n. gentleman himself
in a certain memorable instance, it was
-= not disallowed, but was sent back to the -
•,Province to be considered by the Lieu- .
tenant Governor. •
, .He then proceeded to define the pod- .
tioUof the- Reform party on this question,
-413Aksiir hav
s:e-,iaid.,:80.f-ar as the Govern-
ment
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of Canada s concerned, this
de-
mand for interference with the legisla-
tion of the Province of Quebec; is in a
large degree due to the action which the'
Government have previously taken by
their Unjust interference with acts pass-
ed by other Provincial Legislatures,
Passed by the .Provincial Legislature of
, my own , Provittae, passed by the ' Pro-
vincialLegiplature of Manitoba, distinct-
ly -within their rights. • The hon.gentiv
if
men for their own reasons, and n pur-
suance of their Own objects, chose to die -
allow these, and therefore, they cannot
blame their supporters if, under existing
circumstances, they demand that they
should put in force the same rule and
law for the Province of Quebec that they
have put in force for other Provinces of
this Dominion. Sir, they chose to con-
stitute themselves a court of 'appeal as
A Dai*ig Bank Robbery.
One of t e most daring robberies of
, the presen age was perpetrated in Den-
- ver, Color do, on .Friday last. ' The
-particulars are given as follows. The
boldest an most successful bank rob-
bery ` ever reported in the West was
perpetrate up* the. First National
k, Den er, Colorado, Friday after-
noon. Th isday morning a Wen dressed
man with 1 ght moustache and complex-
ion and of medium height walked into
the bank d asked wherein' could see
Mr. Moffat , president of the bank. He
was told tbat he could see Mr. Moffatt,
" who is alsojpresident of the Dewier and
Rio Grande railway, at the president's
office in the Cheeseman block. Friday
morning* stranger: entered the rail-
way office and asked to, see- Mr. Moffatt
on imports t- business. He was admit-,
ted to his rivate room and stated- that
he had discbvered -a conspiracy where-
by the bank was to be robbed of a, large
sum. Mr. Moffatt being very busy
asked the njan to meet himat his private
-office in tb4 bank at one o'clock. A few
minutes a ter the hour appointed he
called at t it bank and Was shown into
thetpreside t'eoffice. Remaining stand-
ings he en nired if Cashier S. M. Wood
1
Waal in -a d Was toId that he was a
lynch. a then asked for a blank
cheque for the purpose of showing how
the robbery was to be perpetrated. He
laid the cheque upon the desk in front
of Mr. Moffatt anti said, "1 will have
to do this myself," and
PULLING OUT ArLARGE REVOLVER,
- placed it at Mr. IMOffat's head, and in
an earnest but unexcited manner said :
"I want $21,000, and am going to have
it. 1 haike considered this matter and
- the chancels I am running and. the con-
sequences if I fail and am arrested. I
ent a penniless and a desperate man, and
have been driven during the past week
to that point where I have considered
suicide as the 'only means of escape
_front the peverty and misery in whitish I
exist. You have -millions; I am deter-
mined tohave what I have asked for.
If you Make a noise, or call a man, or
ring a bell, I will. blow <your brains out
and then blow up the building and my -
Self with, this bottle of glycerine (which
he at that moment pulled out of another
poeket). Istow, take your choice. '.
mr.i.bioffatt started to argue, with the
man, but be was stopped, with the in-
formation that it was us_eless, and that
he had but two minutes in which to fill
_tut the cheque before him, for $21,000
if ke•desired to live.- Mr. Moffatt, see-
ing no other alternative, filled out the
chesue, and was ordered to take it to
the paying teller and get it cashed.
jr. Moffatt Ieft his office and with the
man behind him with the revolver par-
' Ugly concealed under his overcoat, and
with the muzzle almost against Mr.
Molfatt's back marched behind the
counter up to Paying Teller Keeley
with the request that the cheque
BE IMMEDIATELY CASHED.
They then remerched into Moffatt's
office, without attracting the attention
of the fifteen or twenty clerks who
were at work within two feet of where
they passed, - After they had remained
in the private office three or four min-
utes the robber informed Mr. Moffatt
that they Were wasting time, and that
he bad -better step to the door and mo-
tion hiiteller to come to him, which he
did. Mr. Moffatt instructed the teller'
• to bring the money- into his office, and
as the teller turned to go away the rob-
ber told him _he wanted twenty81,000
i
bills and a thousand dollars n gold.
The Money was brought in and handed
- to the robber, who waiting until the
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teller had reacted his desk, backed out
to the front door, making Mr. Moffatt
remain standing in his door until he had
reached the curbstone. He then raised
.. his hand, walked around the corner and
has not yet been heard of. Mr.- Moffatt
is completery-prestratedmith the shook.
Detectives are out after the man, but
- no trace of him has been found: - -
—1dr, Wm. Mulcahy. and. fanaly, ,of'
Hibbert, and -Mr. Thomas Duffy, of Mc-
HilIop, have taken their 'departure for
California.
to those A;ets. I hold that the #143 or r
for North Sinicoe (Mr. McCarthy) Vras
perfectly right in saying that When two
gentlemen holding the position of the
First Minister and the Minister of Cua.toine and Some thore of their colleagues
and affiliating with the society to ieh
they ;belong, if this Act was a bad one,
if there was anything objectiOnablein it,
then they Were - bound'. by their Own
previq.us proeeedings,:. to. disallow' this
Apt and to take the consequence. i, Now,
Sir, the positioe ofthree parties in this
House is tolerably clearly defined. - The
.w h.
_position of the meneoer for :North T-17
eoe and his friends is clear °no
They maintain that we have a tight to
interfere and to sit in judgment on pre.:
:vincial legialatiom They disapprove of
this Act, andthey consistently call upon
the Government to disallow it. .. 8Oi the.
position of hen, gentlemen here is clear!
ly defined. ..We have -always, *lee% ed.
that the Provinces :had a fulr and per cod
power to legislate- on subjects w ph
were formally assigned to s the* and
on such subjects we ought not! to
interfere with them, even where stoma of
pa might believe that :their adieu Was
unwise or indiscreet. But as to the:
Government, their positionis wholly
different., We find them on thiS oe AS -
ion, as on almost all .others, some times
assuming one line and . purauing �ne
policy, and sometimes on grounds; f as
they allege, of high moral .convictipn,
disallowing an -Act like that of the
Province of Manitoba; but in caeca like
this, Where there is too much at stake,
we do not find the hon. i gentlemen are•
troubled with any serious moral con Lo-
tions which would lead them into eel is -
'ion with a powerful and united Province.
Now, I do not in the least ofter • 14
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opinion as to the legality of the -prom ct.
ings. • I am wholly in • . accord - with he
hon. - Member for .West York (Mr.
Mulock) and with other hon. gentlemen
who have spoken here, in saying! that if
there be a question as to the'legality . of
this Act, the_proper place to ettle it is' .
the courts. I donotthink thisl House
is in any Way constituted to act as a
T legal tribunal. I do not think the
country would have op:Ade:me in #8,!
acting as a legal tribune]; I am -sure for
one I would not. Now,, 'we -have. two
opinione from men eminent i4their*pcof
fessien of the . most possiblet :opposite:
character On this question; There is no
doubt, whatever, I suppose, that there
are very few questions of this nature- on
which legal gentlemen of. the 'emitter*
of the Minister of °Justice, or the , hon.
member for North Simcoe, or of the monk,
stitutionel'knowledge of my •hon.: friend
from Bothwell (Mr. Mills, cannotinake.-
-out at first sight a very god and -a very
'pleusible. case, but with that I...hti.
nothing to de. What we are concerned
with here is the question whether it is
advisable for us to make use of this 'ex-
treme power which we possess,- Which
the Government possess,' , under the
British North America Act, to disallow
this legislation. Sir, I have attreye ob-
served. this plain principle in respect to
such proceedings: I say. that the poi
tion which. the Dominion of Canada and
the Government of Canada oecupy with
I
respect to the PrOvinges; is identical y_
the same as that which the Petliamet
and the Government of England .occupy.
with respect to this Dominion
Parlia-
ment, and that we should imitate the
-example of the English Governinent a d
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English Parliament in abstaining fro
interfering with the 'Provinces. ,. They,
have setupulotisly abstained, in all buta-
very few cases, growing yearly less and
less----almostbone I may say within the
last fes. years—from interfering with.
our legielation; and so we it4 tete are
bound carefully to . abstain from inter-
fering with the legislation of the Pro-
vinces. The words used in,the Act, 118
the hon. gentleman knows right well, .
and as all. hon. gentlemen 'I suppose
know, are precisely and identieally the .
same, . and just the same powers- are
given to the English Goveinment tor*clii.
allow the Acts of Oita Parliament as 10:3
given to the Canadian Government to
disallow provincial rights, and it weld
be idle, it would be needless for me t�
Waste the time .ot. the Ho*. by remind-
ing hon. inemliera how- they would resitt
any, interference on ' the part : of the
British Government in a. matter .which!
came clearly and distinctly,' at those I
think come .clearly and distinctly, with:.
in the jurisdiction ; of the ProvInoiel
Legislatnre. All I desire to say with
respeet to the Bili.neW-in hand is. this :.
With the. incorporation of the Jerniite
-Webeve-nothing to do. • The, hon. gen-
tleman was perfectly right, as ether 110*
gentlemen were right; .in calling the
attention of • the country :. and the
-House to : the .fact that over and
over again other Acts of incorporation ha
been passed- incorporating certain poi.
tions of this order,- All, I say; we have
• to do with in these matters is the :quell -
tied; whether we were justified hi, iri
terfering with this particular Act purse
by Mr. Kepler. With • respect to that
question, I am °bound to my, that I myr
'self entertain very -great doubts of the
*Wpm and propriety of that Act., k
` donbt 7whether if I had lived int the
Province of Qizebee r would not have
_felt it to be my duty to have opposed it!;
but that is not the question; it is not
what my opinion is and whether T. ap-
prove of it or not; or whether it la justi-;
flable, on the whole.' The question i;
this: whether after the •Legislature . of
Quebec has underta en to deal. with
this subject, we, the arliament of Ca •
ada, have - a right t interfere:With it.
-
On that point, no mo than the heno
able gentleman do - I entertain . any
doubt. I hold that it was fully , within
their constitutional rights, and I hold,
therefore, that . we have no ' business'
whatever to interfere. with it or medal
with the disposal of the money .intrsis •
ed to their care in any shape or way.
11: they T have done wrong, let them an-
swer for it to the people of tlie.Provinde
of Quebec, whom they : specially • repre-
sent. Let us not bring that. Aqts iitp
controversyhere, • when, for various
i
'reasons, it s •almost utterly impossible
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1 that we should °eine to a - fair and
-equitable decision on the merits -of any
cese passed by a Provincial Legislature.
From Algoma. ,
LAIRD, ALGOMA, Feb. 26th, 1889.
' MB, EraToe,-.-:--Being aware of the in-
terest you take in the welfare of former
Huronites, I thought I would write you
a few lines concerning Berne of Huron's
noble sons. 'Mr. Rebut Murray, well-
known to many of your readers, who for
the past few years has been a member of
the bald-headed bachelors of Laird, has
withdrawn from their ranks. He was
united in matrimony on Wednesday
last .to Miss Annie Cummiqgs at the
residence of the bride's - father, - St;
Joseph's Island, in the presence of a
goodly number Of friends. The happy
couple returned to their future home in
Laird_onThuraday, and early on Friday
evening.a large number of invited guests
- began to throng the house, and d,espitel
the storm that raged without, by nine.
o'clock the house-yras filled to its tamest
capacity, and all was harmony within.
Dancing was the brder of the evening,
and -both old and itoung enjoyed them-
selves to their hearts' content. The
music was furnished by Prof. -• McNeil
and his faithful band of attendants, who
acquitted themselves creditably as they
have done on former occasions. The
amusement was kept up till the broad
light began to creep in at the wino:Jews,
when they all wended their way to their
respective homes wishing that Mr. Mur-
ray and his estimable young bride
might enjoy a ,long, prosperous and
happy Innen.
Mr. Neil Rosa, formerly of _Tucker
. -
smith, - but who has been for the past
two years a resident of this township,
left'on Monday for that dear old- county
of Huron, where he intends spending the
remainder of the winter visiting - his
friends in the vicinity. of Brimfield.
-Mr. Ross is one of those genial, generous
hearted young men that is sure to make
scores or friends wherever he goes,
, especially among the fair sex. He was
engaged in the saw -nailing business dur-
leg-the past summer. but owing to the
heavy rains that fell latsin the season,
which created woonsiderible amount of
.mud, he found the work rather disagree-
able, so he disposed of the mill and
other property to very good, advantage.
Mr. Roes is one of those men that can
-
turn his hand to:almost anything. Dur-
ing the winter he purchased the stook of
a Sault Ste., Marie jeweller, who. had got
into a finanial difficulty, at a very low
figure, and after travelling for some time
between the Soo and Port Finlay he
succeeded in disposing of it very satis-
factorily, the benefits of which he will
reap at some not very , far distant day.
We understand that he intends return-
ing to the Soo in , the spring,' where he
will open up a roller rink with a shoot-
ing ,gallery in connection. We wish him
'success.—A FORMER HURONITE.
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Canada.*.
—Belleville police "run in " all bi-
cyclists who use the sidewalks. -
—Dr. Howard,- Dean of the medical
faculty of McGill is dead.
— Seeding in Mepitoba has .been
• checked by cold weather.
.—Miss Jennie Phelps is an enthusias-
tic Scott Act speaker in Ontario county.
- the ice in-theharbors of Port
Dalhousie and Port COlbourn disappear-
ed ten days ago.
—The twentyth anniversary of Sir
Hector Langevin's oificial life was
celebrated on Sittirday. • ,
—A deputation waited on the Premier
Friday, and' urged the closing of'th�
Welland canal on Sundays. •
Winnipeg,horse market is be-
coming overstocked, owing to immense
shipments 'rem Ontario.
--Walter Scott's :.farm of 60 -acres in
the vicinity of Galt, Was sold the other
day for something over 14,000. • -
—Bracebridge Muikoka has been in-
corporated into a town and on. Monday
elected her Mayor and Council.
— —Mr. H. J. Cornell, of Watford, has
been left $10,000 by an uncle, who re-
cently died in Watford.
John:Henry Pope, Minister of
Railways and Canals?, died at Ottawa
on Monday afternoon ut lark 69th year.
.—The council in Stoney Point, has or-
dered every pram in the 'township Of
Tilbury West to be vaccinated.. •
—Royal salutes are authorized to be
fired on the anniversary of the Queerest
birthday and Dominion Day et the
usual, stations. < ••
—The Grand Trunk effeeted a set-
tlement with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Row-
land, who were injured in the recent ac-
cident at-Lucan for $250.
—Over 6,4000 '
men women and child-
ren pissed through Port Arthur during
March to settle in Manitoba and the
North-West,
• —Hants County, Nova Scotia,shipped
three tons of spruce gum to the United
States this season. It is said tobe
worth 68 cents per pound there.
—DuringMarch 5,265 letters arrived
in the Province of . Manitoba, being- an
increase of $3,753 over the same month
last year.
—John -Lee West, a defaulting clerk
from New Orleans, was arrested -in Tor-
onto the other day with $1,432 in his,
pogsession. .
— There was bought and shipped from
Leamington some 400 tons of hay during
the winter months. The average price
paid was $9 per ton.
— The steamer Siberian, from C4las-
gow, brought to Halifax 130 orphan
boys from Paisley, Scotland. They
were sent'ort to Brockville. . _
-7-Early Saturday morning an explos-
ion occurred in Sydenham village, near
Kingston, and on an investigation it was
found that a dynamite cartridge had
been placed 'under the house of Rev.
Reuben Stillwell, who has been very
active in the. Scott Act- campaign. The
verandah' was wrecked and a -hole
broken to- the inside idthe building.
The house was generaily damaged by the
shock. Rev. „ r..Stillwell was at West.
• - •
brook, but his wife and two ;children
were in the, house, ut were uotinjured.
The anti Scott Act men have offei ed a
reward of $100 fo the capture of the
culprit. The Soot Act _Campaign-. is
waxing warm;
--.Mt. Geo. LaW, Of DrUmbo, is talt
big action against t • Grand Trunk rail. ,
way fOr damages" or the death of his
wife and grand -daughter it the recent
accident at Paris.
—James ° T. 111' nning, a prominent
citizen of Wcilfvfile Nova Scotia, sat at.
his desk and arta ged all his Worldly'
affairs, then lighte his lantern and went
to the stable, wher4 he carefully and sue,
Cessfully hanged °hi self. -
—The Belleville jmlice magistrate has
sentenced" Joseph ijouglas, the bigamist,
to two years in - the penitentiary.
Douglas was matri d to four women, all
..of Whom are said t be living: ' ' • ' ;
. .--Miss Summerville, a young Womb
of 30, fell down on Yonge street,
Toronto, on Saturday evening, and be-
ing taken into an cljeinitig drug cstbre,
expired within ftv minutes.
—Richard Bciag; who arrived at Mon-
treal on Monde fr m Midcalder, , Scot-
land, was fleeced t of $200 by a con-
fidence man, wo et him , and hiswife
at the station.,, .
* .—Edward- Kelly of 'Winnipeg; and
Wm. Fleming, of arkhatn; ' (the holder
of the title,) will p ay for the checker
championshiptif/C nada and $250 a side
at Markham,.April 27.
—Mr. and Mrs ' Robert Akins, of
Nassagaweya, cel breted their china
.Wedding, or the. th ttieth anniversary of ,
their .inarriage p : Friday, 22nd ult.
-About 125 guests were entertained on
the occasion.
—.The Protestan Ministerial -Anode-,
tion at Ottawa met Monday and .passed
a resolution thanki g the thirteen mem-
bers Who supporte the O'Brien resole- •
tion in. the Jesuit •• Orate in the Rouse :
of Commons- . , . ..
- ....A report too es from one. of the '
Lake St. John, Qu bee, parishes', that a
woken there kill d one of. her step-
children while chit ising' the ch4M with
i stick a few- da s -ago. N arrests
have yet been Mad
—Miss' Dr. Beaty, of -Indere, a grad -
nate of the Women's Medical college,
at Kingston, has e ain been laid aside,
and fear is expre sed that she may be
compelled to retikrn to Canada at an
early date to recru t her health. .. .
- —St,. Jelin and ertland . have voted,
by a large nia.joii to Unite, and the
united city will pr bably show a pcopula.
tion - of 45,000 wh n the next census
shall be --taken. t. John would thus
become the fourth ity in Canada.
,-11p to the 27th of March, Winnipeg
implement dealers ave sold this spring
in Manitoba 2,1 . seeders and - 2,425
sets ctf harrowe th total value 'footing
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;pp to over two: hundred thousand
dollars --
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,. —Joseph Board as fined in George,
town $6.00 and -do s for mis-conduct in.
the Salvation Ar y barracks, Elo
Copeland was w nted . for a similar.
offence, but skippe when he heard the
constable:WU after him. .
—Rev. Father; 4 hiniquy says: it -the
Proteistants of put rio, would advance
money and brains f r the propagation of
the Protestant rel gion in Quebec, the
power of the Pope ould be soon shaken
s.bylhe intelligence if the people.. .
• —The other da ; Alex. McDougal],
pollee magistrate,. f Wallaceburg,.'went
to Blenheim and d alt with fiv eases of
violation of the Scott Aoat Four were
$50 each and este, the fifth . being:
-It second offender, and was sued sloo-
and costs.
. ,—Farmers in Prince Edward county
are - Warned again't purchasing _peas -
for Jsurposes of seeding, . grown. in
Michigan, and having' been '.rejected ins
that State because 1f their fatal liability
to become affected, Y the ravages of the
pea bug.* * .
.—Stamps to thej value • of , $91 were
stolen frozi thepoi -office in St. Cath-
erines Friday nigh The loss will fall
on Miss Bryson,: th& young lady who has
charge of selling tamps; On leaving
the .offioe she neglected . to place the
stiMpsin a vattlt..
Durr, oPar hill, was killed
f .% a
'- -,A little child belt:m.04 t -o--,' . Mr.
urr
pecu
iar mann�r th 'other day: - It :fell
and -struck its head -against an old tin
pan, then roe up, walked a few step
and dropped dead, 1 A_piece Of the
had pierced itibra .
—The citizens of Otter on Saturday ..
presented Sir Heo Langevin,_Minister
of Publio Works; rith a Mild- silver
dinner :service; .con ieting of nearly 300
pieces, and vainedi at $3,000.. It was
the 25th anniversiry' of his' entry into :
public life.
,,,,faster Tomni Harris, the nine
year old son of Mr T. Harris, Of the
Watford Guide o ce, arrived home
from Liverpool o Wednesday, last
week, having mad the five thousand
mile trip alone and arriving.none the
worse for the journ y:" .
• —The small -pox scare in Elgin -fa
somewhat abating. The latest reports
show that the infee on is dying out, and
the health authoriti are confident that
a few Weeks will se things in the county
• vrestoreds:;Tohh. na r.. to their us al salubrious condi-
tion -jury in the ase of Alice Kirby
A. Watson, an action for breach
of4protioise and Re uctioe, which was
tried at the :Civil -Aissiies; • Toronto,
last meek, returned • verdict of $7,000 .
damages for the pia tiff. -This verdict
the judge reduced $5,000. -
—Amongst ...the ages tried at the
assizes in Guelph t Weeks ago was one
in which a great eat of interest was
taken by people of remora. Mr. Jos.
Carter owned forty ores of wood land
in the township of ramose,. and desir-
ing to Clear it set o t.fire to burn the
brush, stumps, dm This was in the
year -1887, which w an unusually dry
mason. - The fire a read from Carter's
land to that of is neighbors, - and
amongst thole who !aimed to have suf-
fered damagewas J nits Donohue who
. brought action for , claiming that
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Carter wa7egligent in aettiI
n out fire
when he di afictin leaving it and not
taking care of it.; - Some thirty witnesses
were called and two questions weresub-
mitted to the jury,. "wars Carter guilty
of negligence ?" and -"What damage did
Donohue suffer?" Both of Which they
answered in Carter's' aver. T
he judge
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entered judgment r defendant with
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full coati. W.A. MeLeanfor defendant.
D. Guthrie, Q. O. for plaintiff:
—Condit ter, John W. Lewis, of the
Grand Trunk, hes resigned his position
and. gone to Omaha, Nebraska. He is
succeeded - n his run between Windsor
and the Bridge by Conductor D.Allison,
formerly o . the Sergio, brvich. Mr.
Lewis is going !lin.. Ito nilaitr
tu. ing in
Omaha.:.:-
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—Nelson Break Schram, who died on
Saturday at the- residence, in London;.'
was born .in 1816 in Lambe h, West-
minster, his father being a U. E.
Loyalist and a iveteran of the war of
:1812. - Mr. Schram was widely a-nd
favorably known in that part of the
country. !" _,1
—Mr. and Myr.: Daffild Fenger, old
residents of the section! of !Brantford -
township ' known as SinoltY Hollow,
celebrated their golden wedding a few
days ago. When married 50 years ago,
the, bride was 15 and the 'groom 22 years
of age. They have ten children, thirty
four '. grand children and seven great -
grand -children. 1 - -
— The other day in Toronto a young
mannamed Robinson, suffering from A
sorethroat was having e medicine ap-
plied with a metal syringe, when the
end of the instrument, abouti% inches
in length,- tune off and dropped down
the youngman's throat. -I Mr.' Robinson
at puce applied to. ri phytician for -aid,
but withorelief.ut • :
*: --Two pedlars° have been :doing- the
farmers' faImiliee in -West Nissourt and
Dorchester
townships during i the 'past
sv
leweeks
in the cheap jewelry line.
They disposed Of a number Of 'watches
at prioes v rying from $10 to $50, re-
presented as grild,'' but really worth
about .$1. , -
' —The iaer / . ' - !
t ,clay at the } village of
Greenbauk, near Port :,Perry, a fire
broke out in the residence :of James
Ironiide, ocoasjoned - by a defective
chimney, and whilst in the set. of put-
ting it out Mr. Ironside -slipped and fell
headlong down the stairs, breaking his
•neck. Deceased Was a much.respected
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farmer.
— At Brants, a few daysagokilev. Dr.
Wild, while going to see a friend, to save
walking, attempted to eras the Twelve -
Mile creek. He was - Warned by the
lady. members of his household not to
attempt it, but he took no . heed to the
warnings o the fair maidens4 and the
result was that the ..greet. Bond Street
Prophet re eived an immersion.
'—"Clut,, hi' Donohue .died in the
Hotel Diet( at Kingston i few days
ago, of blood disease. :Which developed. -
some time ego, and owing tol- which he
was pardoned some days ago. , He was
52years. of age, and until incapacitated
by illness assisted. in the prison flour
mill. His body was sent to gFort Erie
forinterm nt. . -' .' 1
*--J. Q. Biggins an American Sheep
buyer from Palinyta,Illinois,was ribbed
of $500, by a highwayman While driving
,towards . Sb. Themes about two miles
from the elty, on Thursday last week.
-The Tebbe y °peened in a 1,.piece of
woods: Mr. tiggine was -*covered with a
revolver and dared to move While his
vest Was t rn open and his pocket book
cOntainieg the money snatched from an
inside. pocket. i. ' .. • I . . , -
• =Dr. R. r..„Illowixrd, DAD of . the
Medical Faculty of McGill University;
and one of the Most distinguished media
cal men on this continent, died. on Fri-
' day of last week. •.Dr. Howard i was bent
in Montreal in 1823; and :was therefore
67 years df '-'7age,- He was appointed
Professor Of Clinical Medicine at Ile.
Gill University in 1856- and on the
*death of .D . Holmes, in 1860, Ike sue-
- cee_ejed to the chair of . Medicine, which
he . has SIDOiG held. •• :1 1
-. . Herrn)shipments were . unusually
active at. Woo stock last Week. bit.
,
W. B. Milmani sent two of hfs beauti-
•ul stepping horses to Mr, Fred.
Asherdswn, of New York, Mr; Thotima
Hutchison I shipped - a car . of general
purpose beiges tit Manitoba; and Mears.
Farrell and Pascoe _sent ‘ a car i load to
Montreal. These • were , 17 head, the
'average Weight being n. Over 14,009
pounds. Ther.,g
saris firm also shipped.
oar load to ancaster, Pennsylvania.-
—Quite .row, took plaoe in one of the
towns. of the London Smith School On
Tueiday list week.. Mist Watt,teacher
was in the act of chastising -some of her
pulite for misdemeanor, when ' three of
the boys immilted her In' a lively
manner. Miss Watt's dress was partly
torn Off, and she. was otherwis Aherne -
i; fully treated by. m h the yOU114 BOA ps. The
boys were ouspended froool and
s
:will only be allowed to return condit-
ion that they humbly apolegize and take
&sound thrathieginto the bargain.
- -1-Saturday morning, in London, a
*merket gardner, .-named Warburton,*
'Went to a private residence in. the city *
to deliver a bag Of potatoes. He car-
ried the potatoes -down in the. cellar and
stayed so long that the servant went to
see what was the matter with in. She
/fiend hinflying dead in the Mn,.where
he had fallen on top of the potatees.
Dr. J. D. Campbell, coroner, was called
in and pronounced the eause of death
Apoplexy. The deceased was about -60-
years of age . and leaves' a - wife and
family.. - . -,,.
. —Harvey, the'GnelPh Murderer, has .
'come out of his sullen mood and takes
his food regelarly. and 'converses with
those -who are allowed to , see him.. He ,
spoke fairly with Rev. Mt. Harvey and f
t e sheriff Monday, but has never yet
alluded to the terrible crime. He sent ,
for the sheriff to tell himtoMake ar-
rangements to sell his furniture and have
the rent of his late reddence ttopped.
He spoke in A 'quiet, businest-like way
of this matter, -and remarked that he
hoped his son would not be- put out of
his boarding-house on account of what
had happened. He refuses to see his
son. It Is said that Harvey Was an offi. -
cer in the volunteers hi England, that
he was educated at Edinburgh Univers-
ity, and married in'London 22 years ago
to Wes Baker, who was a victim of the
tiagedy. His wife was the daughter of
`e, minister of the Church of England.
His parents and relatives are wealthy,
but for some reason he has been estrang-
ed from them. He expressed a desire to
the :sheriff to have some one appointed
to manage his affairs, and it is likely Dr.
Lett will be asked to perform this duty.
At the inquest on the bodies of the vic-
tims the Jury returned a verdict of wil-
-ful murder against Wm. H. Harvey.
—The Feast of pays, a novel atyle of
bazaar, was held the other night at the
Sherbourne street Methodistehursh,Tor-
onto. The days were represented by
booths. Mies Spence presided over ?
floiver.day (Sunday), Miss A. M. Brown
washing day (Monday), Miss F. Hen-
derson Ironing day (Tuesday), Miss Mar-
tin mending day (Wednesday), Miss'
Stafford reception day (Thursday), Miss
M. E. Brown sweeping day (Friday),
Misi M. Brown baking day (Saturday).
—The Platen Times of last week
says A few days ago five horses own-
ed by Mr. Jonathan Talcott, became
ill and one, a mare about 15 years old,
died on Friday. Dr. McKenna, who
attended the horses on making an ex-
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amination found in the _colon or the
large intestine of the mare, ten quarts
of sand, occupying a space in the lutes -
tine, 18 inches in length and 8 inches
in diameter. The remaining four homes
are recovering: All of Mr. Taloott's
horses, seven in number, had sand in
their excreta. They got the sand, it -
is mid, by feeding on barley straw that
in raking had collected sand which it did
not get rid Of in threshing.
—The Acton Free Press stys :„ A
number of sharp women, claiming to re-
present a Chicago firm, are canvassing
neighboring counties with the pretended
object of introducing a. new kind of
soap. They call at houses and leave a
cake as a, sample, asking that it be tried
and the result noted. In' a eouple of -
days the woman will return and ask the
lady of the house to sign a printed testi-,
momal to its excellences which is to be
handed to the grocers to induce them to
handle the soap. These testimenials
generally turn up as Oilers for $2 to $10
worth of soap at big prices. The word-
ing is very ingenious'and many ladies
will sign it without an idea that it is
anything else than it purports to be..
—Rev. Mr. Burson, of St. Catharines,
representing the Hamilton Presbytery,
and Rev. Messrs. Moore and Armstrong,
Ottawa,waited on Sir John Macdonald
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Friday n reference to the practice of ,
allowing vessels to • pass through the
_Welland canal on Sunday. They stated
that whatever necessity formerly exist-
ed for keepiteg the canal open on Sun-
-day; it no lager existed since the canal
had been deepened, allowing larger
vessels to pees through. The number of .
vessels•wasmuch decreased. No good
reason existed why, any serious hardshi
or hindrance to' trade would be effecte
by closing the canal on Sunday. . Sir
John stated that he would get the report
from the officers of the department and
give the Whole subject -close consider-
ation.
'—Detectives have been at work in the
neighborhood of St. George ever since
• the disaster there, trying to recover mix.
apprapriated property. Everything peo-
ple could lay theh hands on was carried
off, with the exception of the remainder
of the bridge which they fortunately
overlooked. Among other things taken
were some eight or. ten gold watches,
$300 or 000 in money, all the dining -
car silverware, a large quantity of jew-
elry, clothing, cushiOns, seatsand every-
thing else. Among the goods recovered
was the late Mr. Wemp's watch, two
watches belonging to the two colored
Men, killed, besides two or three other
watches, a lot of jewelry, a large quan-
tity of the nphohtering of the wrecked
cars, a little money and some silverware.
An overcoat with $125 in it belonging to
Mr. Budden, of Dorchester, WM stolen.
The late Mr. Baynes was robbed of be-
.tween, $40 and -$50 ; Conductor. Dan'
Revell dropped neatly $50, and several
others large ameunto. The railway
codipany have gone to A great deal of
trouble to recover this stoke property,
and have preferred to take it back quiet-
ly without any fuss. However, now
that they have secured all that people
are willing to give up, it is probable
thatthey will make two or three ex-
amples for the purpose of securing the
rest. Nearly all the money and silver-
ware and three or four watches are yet to
be traced. There' are evidently some
peoplein the vicinity of St. George who
are hankering after terms in the Central
Prisoni.
—Mr: John Townson, the St. Marys
and Avonbank cheesemaker will shortly
remove at Calgary, North West Terri-
tory, at which place he has been engag-
de to iranufacture cheese. *
—Rey. C. E. Stafford, of Main street
Methodist thumb, Mitchell, was sur-
prised the other evening toy reoeiving
from his congregation the gift of a well-
filled purse.
—Seventy five English orphans- -
whose ages range.from 10 to 19, arriveci
at Miss McPherson's Home, Stratford,
on Saturday, frozn England. They are
hearty looking fellows., .
—Wm. Bergman, a deaf. mute, had .
his right foot cut off at the depot, at
Stratford the other night, by an engine.
He was in the act of trying to cram the
track when the en_ _
gine tiau_g-ht Mina .
—Mr. James Trow, Pep has re-
turned from Ottawa. He is in poor
health, not having yet recovered from
the effects of the accident which bald
him last year.
—Mr. J. W. Robson, of St. Id
has sold his entire flock of Shropi
to Mr. Robert Miller, of Brougham,
President of the Sheep Breeders' Associa-
tion, for the handsome sum of $1,500. •
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