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Paint -Johnson et Co
Farm for sale -H. Halo
To the public -J. L. Hill.
Farm for Sala -Peter Colo
School books -Cooper tk Co
Furnishings -Jackson Bros
Medicines -J. C. Ayer & Co
Cottage to rent -W. H. Hine
Rouge to let -Miss Mountoastle
Norge wanted -Mrs J. H. Worsell
For sale or to rent -Mrs C. Carter
Boots & Shoes -W. 'Taylor it Sons
Second Baptist Church -J. M. Smith
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FRIDAY, AUG. 23, 1889
Any assertions to the contrary
notwithstanding, the fact remains
that on our total imports from
Great Britain last year the average
duly leviod.was 23 per cent, while
on our imports from the United
States, the average duty was 15
per cent.
14-46-41
Tho liamilton Times and•Globe
have been into each other's wool
because each considers the other
"a journalistic tough." Such ani.
mosity between leading journals is
not dignified or elevating, and
their editorial space should be used
to better purpose.
Ilk- ••Ile
The Berlin News is the latest
paper to repeat tho false charge
that every license holder is "spott-
ed" and intimidated by the sys-
tem of voting in Ontario elec-
tions: This charge has ho often
been refuted that wo are surpris-
ed at a paper like the News re-
peating it.
Trade Extension
Weare continually told by cer-
tain papers that wily extension of
our trade with the United States
on even term, would be detri-
mental, and, therefore, should not
be thought of for a moment.
This objection, if it means any
thing, means either that trade is
beneficial only when carried on to
a certain extent, or it means that
the trade thus carried on, no mat•
ter to what extent, is not benefici-
al or desirable.
Everybody knows perfectly well
that trade is -slily- an exchange of
one commodity or article for an-
other. .One party has some arti-
cle to sell which the other wants,
and the profits of the transaction
are large or small according to
the demand for the particular ar.
title and the facility with which
it is got to market.
If artificial barriers make the
exchange difficult, it stands to rea-
son that trade is not carried on
with the same freedom and profit
that it otherwise would be.
-- Let us, just for argument sake,
suppose that it is not beneficial to
the farmers of Canada to trade.
wit4 the United States to any ex.
tent. The farmers of Ontario,and
particularly the western counties,
raise`the very best heavy -draught
horses. Nearly all farmers can
raise more than they can find use
for. What shall become of the
surplus ? Our anti - commercial
union friends say we must not
send them to the States -where
they nearly all gonow-then what
shall become of them? "Well,
Great Britain is our best market"
they say. Can we sell heavy hor-
ses to buyers in Great Britain?'
No. "Well but if we raise caval-
ry horses, we can find a market
there." True, but wo do not raise
cavalry horses, and never can to
the 'same extent that. we can the
•others, for the reason that horses
suitable for cavalry will not bo
suitable for a Canadian farm. -
Then what shall be done with the
surplus heavy horses? Any one
with a grain cf intelligence can
sec that unless the farmers have
a market, they will have a lot of
i surplus stock on their hands, the
accumulation of which, would soon
depreeialo values. Fortunately,
we have the 'American market,
because the farmers there do not
generally raise such a heavy class
of horses.
What was the reason the price
of Canadian barley fell so low last
year? Simply because the Amer-
ican malsters found they could
manage to get alorg without so
much of it, a,nd we had no other
market for our surplus. "But,"
says some one, "we have Great
Britain as our best customer." -
Not for barley at any rate, bo -
Tho Montreal Daily Witness has
a pretty poor opinion of Charles
Rykert; speaking of his impudent.
reference to John Charlton as a
morconery politician, it character-
ises Rykort as "ono of the .most
contemptible politicians whom
the reign of corruption at Ottawa
has bred." Tho fact is Charley is
pretty well known all over, and
in his own, home, St. Catharines,
he is regarded -as the 'smallest of
.the small.
Inclepenclent Vindication
A. few tveiks ago the Canadian
Gazette of Lonond, Eng., had a
very generous reference to the
work accomplished for the Pro-
vince of Ontario by Hon. Oliver
Mowat,then sojourning in the Brit-
ish metropolis. The same inde-
pendent authority -if it has any
political leanings on Canadian of
fairs, it is generally on the side
of the conservatives -now takes
up and discusses the French-hi-
schools
rench-hfschools question in the following
vigorous and appropriate terms: I
going ou, namely, the exodus NEWS NOTES
which deprives us of our best
blood without giving us anything lrIontana cattle ranges are being swept
in return. From the point of by fires.
view of loyalty to Canada and to Hon. Mr Mowat sailed from Liver -
Britain, then, the Liberal policy gool for & t heard f om the PrThursday.
mier was in the
is more loyal than that of the best of health and spirits,
high tariff men. In fact the I The death is announced of Joseph
chief objection to it among a cer- Weir, of East Zorra, at the advanced
tain class of American politicians age of 90 years, 11 months and 19 days.
-men like Senator .Blair, of New The death occurred on Sunday, Aug.
Hampshire -is that it would post_ 18, tire cause being old age.
•
pone the dissolution - of Canada aaThe Ser have deterarnia Sun min dat on running
Con -
and her absorption by the United ea-Beeve Flack, of Moore, for the Lo -
States, whichlehe present unRat- Sal, Thos. Kenny having refused also -
ural asst eRl of restriction is rapid .lately to be a candidate. •
ly bringing abqut. The veteran journalist, Endue
NEWS ES newspapers established in New York,
and of these only six are now in exist-
--
ence. He estimated that 025,000,000 -
Mr Andrew Melville, of Collingwood, had been sunk during that time upon
died suddenly Tuesday morning. daily newspapers.
passion and prejudice which seem A fatal disease has broken out among Apel feat comp
to have become a rampant of the the cattle in the vicinity of Greenburgh,
Premier Province. no of the Pa.
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main subjects on which, the relig- i Robert Marvel, the Indiana faster,
who had eaten nothing for 67 days, died
Tuesday, aged 85.
Tho editor of our local totem
was, we are informed, the re-
cipient the other day of a hand -
home gold watch and chain from
a personal friend in Chicago. We,
aro glad to notice this act of good
will and esteem, bat really, to bo
consistent,. should he not have re-
t rncul it. How ever will he be
able to speak of the meanness of
the Americans, and the presumed.
annexation tendencies of others,
with that American watch in his
Docket.
A Winnipeg telegram last week
mentioned that on the arrival of
Hon.M1•IrDewd nay in theNorthwost,
"be was presented with a peti-
tion several yards long,. asking
for adjustment of settlers' old
claims and tbesettlernent ofgriov-
ances,o-This surely cannot be true
A petition several yards long.
Settlers claims and grievances.
It must be some Grit fabrication,
f'or have we not been told over
and over again that the settlel;s
had no grievances, and what the
government press say on this
point should surely be accepted
without questioning, eceu if the
settlors in the west have griev-
ances and claims that fill a peti-
tion several yards loner.
Sized Then tip
• 1 ue 'I'ut.lutn Telegram Li an in-
dependent paper with Conserva-
tive leanings, and while it is no
We cannot help wishing success
to the Ontario Minister of Educa-
tion in his manly struggle against
Brooks, said that he had seen 120 daily
ions agitators have fixed their at-
tention is the adoption of English
as the predominant ianguage in
all public schools. Upon the
main issue both the Minister and
his opponents -seem agreed. Eng-
lish ought and shall be the langu-
age of instructiod ; but while the
opponents loudly call for the
rough and immediate enforcement
of this rule in the few districts of
the Province where French and
not -,English i3' The prevailing
tongue, Mr Ross is content to
have the object carried out as de-
liberately and yet as quickly as
the interests involved may justify.
Hence we have this programme :
1.To press steadily, prudently,
and reasonably for the same pro-
ficiency in English in the schools
of Ontario in which French and
German are taught as in public
schools in which English is
taught.
2. To carry out measures for
the training of the teachers of
French schools in the correct
method of teaching Ehglish. • .
, 3. To see with all convenient
and reasonable spend that none
but authorized text -books are used
in these schools.
4. To continue the policy of 1•e -
fusing to grant permits or new
certificates to all persons unable
to speak English.
This is, we think, a considerate
and statesmanly prt.grammo. It
is the outcome of that policy of
'reason and prudence which must
prevail in Canada if peace andd•
gnowill is to be preserved among
the various races and creeds of
which the Canadian nation is con-
stituted, and in the friendly unity
of which in the common cause.en-
ormous benefits may bo found.
cause Canadian barley has been
found to be unsuitable for English
use; only $700 worth went to the
old country during the last fiscal
year, while the Americans took
over $6,300,000 worth. With the
American market shut against us,
barley becomes a still greater
drug, and consequently goes still
lower in price.
The same line of reasoning ap-
plies to a number of other Cana-
dian products, and it is unneees
sary to carry out the illustration
further. •
If ..we derive any benefit from
an exchange of commodities, it
follows that the 'greater the ex-
change the me o the benefit.
Some one will say that the dis-
advantages of trade would more
than offset the advantages, and
they hold that this would be es-
pecially true concerning our trade
with the States.
We fail to see
friend to the Mowat Government, believe it until conrincedTTy that
it has not even a good word to
say for the men who stand behind
Air Meredith in the Local House.
This is its somewhat frank opin-
it and refuse to
ion of them: -
The Ontario Opposition is very
weak. It certainly dons not excel
in debate. Its private •members
aro not rich in tho qualities that
equip successful administrators.
Its thin ranks are filled by wash-
out men who have travelled to
Legislative dignity on their merits
an jolly good fellows. The secret
of their greatness is a faculty of
gliding through life without mak-
ing any enemies. These states -
*
manly gentlemen aro just. able to
thump the desks in greeting to
their leader, punctlato all tolling
points in his spenchs with mild
applau se s aliclvaddross blue books
to their:conslituents. Such aro the
rlarro•v limits of their usefullness,
and wi thou t better men behind him
no leader could conquer the one -
Robbie Gunn, a boy of North Oxford,
was thrown from a wagon on Friday
and instantly killed.
John L. Sullivan, the prize fighter,
has been sentenced io twelve months in
prison for his last fight.
John G. Morley, a young man living
near Rockwood, Ont., was killed by
lightning on Monday night.
The original of the familiar tune "Old
Blank Joe" died at Mt. Holly, N. J., on
Thursday, at the age of 11.2 years.,
English capitalists are endeavoring
to secure control of the business of the
publishers of cheap literature in the
United States.
The pack of salmon to date this' year
in British Colombia totals 376,000 oas-
es, which is larger than any previous
year's pack by 127,000 cases.
The New York Sun says negotiations
have just been completed by which the
entire breweries of Chicago have been
sold to a syndicate of. English capi.
talists.
The Rev. D. R. Robinson, D. D„ one
of the most prominent Methodist min-
isters of Indiana, dropped dead at his
home in Indianapolis on Sunday night
from apoplexy.
It is not generally known that Mr
Gladstone has only three fingers on his
left hand. The index finger was shot
off 47 years ago, by an accident in the
hunting field.
McVean's hub and spoke factory at
Dre$den was burned on Monday, to-
gether with 'a large quantity of stock.
Daring the fire the boiler exploded, and
several persons were hurt.
The Chicago police raided a number
of gambling houses Friday night and
arrested 125 inmates. Four wagon
loads of furniture, chipa and cards were
captured. Three lottery agents were
arrested there on Saturday.
The people -of Warren county, Ga.,
have organized to get rid of the Mor•
mons, who are not only making con•
verts among the ignorant, but have in-
duced some good citizens to join them,
Laura Wolford, the colored giantess,
died at Lafayette last week after a
We fear, however, that the men short illness. Laura was the . mother
of seven children. She weighed 904
pounds and measured three feet about
the waist., •
lexion, free from pim-
ple or blemish, is very rarely seen, be-
cause few people have perfectly pure
blood. And yet, all disfiguring erup-
tions are easily removed by the nee of
Ayer's Sarsparilla. Try it, and sur-
prise your friends with the result.
Hall and Brown, the two tramps who
held up farmer J. Bird near Canfield
and decamped with his horse and rig,
were found guilty by Judge Upper
at
Cayuga on Wednesday, and sentenced
to,nine years each in Kingstou Peni-
tentiary.
As es instance of the freedom of Cana-
da from the most serious crime, it may
be mentioned that at present there is
not a single prisoner ander sentence of
death in the whole Dominion. It hae
to be admitted, however, that a number
of murders are unavenged because orf
the difficulty in bringing home the of-
fence'to the guilty parties.
A. serious accident occurred on Mon-
day at the agricultural works of A. Har-
ris, Son & Co., Brantford, Henry Eti1-
ery and Samuel Priddle were employed
at one table running emery wheels. -
The wheel which Emery was running
flew to pieces, one of the pieces striking,
him on the head, from the effects of
which he died -in half an hoar. Hia.
mate, Samuel Priddle, was struck by a
piece in the abdomen and badly hurt,
but, itis thought, not seriously. Emery
leaves a wife and child.
A. horrible crime was perpetrated at
Ashland, Wis., Monday night. An un-
known man laid the body of a compan-
ion, who was intoxicated, across the
tracks of the Omaha Railroad. The
night express from St. Paul came along
at the rate of 40 miles an hour. Before
the, engineer, who saw the whole pro-
ceedings, could atop the train, it .ran
over the body, cutting it in -three pieces
and mangling it so that it had to be put
in a barrel to be removed. As soon as
the train passed over the body, the mur-
derer took to his heels and, disappeared
in the woods. The body was brought to
thiscity, but is so badly mangled that it
cannot be identified. A posse was or-
ganized to hunt the murderer, who will
be lynched if caught.
NEWS NEA.E. EMILh Q c
Many will learn with regret of the T he Safest
death of Mr Mathew Thompson, who
died at his residence near Port Blake,
after only a short illness.
Another of the old pioneers has pass-
ed away in ol
the death of Mr Jno. Mn•
tosh who died at his home on the 18th
con., East Williams, on Monday even-
ing of last week, aged 66 years,
Mr R. Neil, of the 14thoon., McGilliv-
ray, had housed his hay, oats, wheat
and barley, when the barn was struck
by lightning and totally consumed by
fire, together with one otihia horses.
who Wish to crawl into political
power by the agency of'race and
religious cries will not take the
advice implied in the above ma
dere .o and truthful statement.
They will continue, as in the last
Provincial contest, to nifsrepi•e-
sent the policy of the Govornlnent
and to fan the flames of religious
bigotry and intolerance. But we
have faith that the majority of
the electors will resent this indult
thus offered to their intelligence,
and that they will indorse the
programme devised by the Minis-
ter of Education for rendering the
schools in the French-speaking
districts as efficient as possible.
There aro difficulties in the way,
but the Government is bravely
facing them, and'ulay be expected
to strive for the best possible re-
sults.
which is irrefutable. Our trade
with the United States last year
was over $11,000,000 more than
with England.
If the former was a more profit-
able trade than the latter, then it
should be encouraged.. that we
might bo all the better off.
If the latter was the most pro-
fitable, wo must be a lot of in-
competent individuals to continue
increasing Four trade with a for-
eign power, with diminishing
profits. '
Some of' the objections to Unre-
stricted Reciprocity are so trifling
as to be scarcely worth notice,but
there are others that we shall take
up in the future.
We believe that it would be of
almost inestimable benefit to the
country, and shall continuo to ad-
vocate }:hat has been a cardinal
principle with us, "the greatest
good to the greatest nt�ffl u '"
THE TRITE CANADIAN
POLICY
It is said by the upholders of
monopoly that unrestricted trade
with the United States is imprac-
ticable, Why so ? It can be
brought about in two ways :
1: By a treaty with the United
States. • '
2. By concurrent loglielation ;
that is, by the two countries putt-
ing. their tariffs at the same
height.
Where there is a will, there is
a way.
Thee stalishment of a Customs
Union between the various inde-
pendent German States fifty or
sixty years ago was a task of far
greater difficulty than that pre-••
sentod in this 'case, yet it was sac•
cessfully accomplished, and im-
mense benefits flowed from it to
all those, concerned. It would
give Canada all the advantages
derivable from annexation with-
out affecting in the least our con-
nection with Britain. Sir John
Macdonald, when begging the Im-
perialGovernment in 1865 to make
an effort to obtain a prolongation
of the Reciprocity Treaty termin-
ated by ongress in 1866, pointed
out that the political contentment
of a people was closely interwoven
with their material wellbeing.
The annexation movement of 1849
engineered by the loyal Tories,
vanished before the prosperity
which resulted from the reciprocal
arrangements in 1854 ; and there
eau be no doubt that if reciprocity
in a wider form were brought a-
bout now, the audible murmurs
of discontent in the Maritime Pro-
vinces,
vinces, the North-west.and Brit-
ish Columbia, separateas they
are from their natural markets by
a double row of tariff's, would
cease, and Canada have a chance
of becoming politically strong.
A b)vs all, unrestricted reciprocity
tvnuld elite!: the oie•ide,l provost:
The 'certificate of Ephraim Buck, the
Zimmerman schoolteacher charged with
immoral conduct with little girl pupils,
has been cancelled and he has been
charged with perjury for swearing to a
declaration that the charge was untrue.
- Whales are reported numerous in
the G-ulf of St. Lawrance this season.
One of the monsters charged upon the
tug Dauntless the other day, and on
leaving gave the vessel a slap with its
tail which made her quiver from stem
to stern.
Whatever may have been the inten-
tion of the Manitoba Government three
weeks ago in regard to remodelling the
educational system, recent events have
sealed the fate of the Separate schools,
and the discussion now is to make a
clean sweep of them and settle the
question once and for all.
While two children of Mr John Real-
ly, Logan, were playing in the barn
yard on Friday, one of them wasthrown,
and his leg turned under him, breaking„ t
the bone between the knee and ankle.
AND most powerful alterative is
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Young and
old are alike benefited by its use, For
the eruptive dis-
eases pecplfar to
children nothing
else is 80 effective
as this medicine,
while its agreea-
ble flavor makes
it easy to admin.
later.
4 -
of ;dm oxat i )n wh id) is c )ntimul113
The death of Geo. Shipley, Esq., oc-
curred at his home in Carlysle on Sat-
urday last at the ripe age of 86 years. -
Deceased was one of the oldest and
most highly respected pioneers of this
section, having lived at Carlysle for
nearly sixty years.
Dr W. N. Robertson of Stratford, at-
tended the bicycle races at Hamilton
last week and carried of the gold medal.
Before entering on the race he gave a
bystander his gold watoh and keys to
hold, but when he looked for his goods
the young man had left. The dootor
was too confiding.
Quite a sensation was caused at Dub-
lin, Perth Co., during last week over
an attempt of a bad tempered woman
to commit suicide by drowning. She
claims to have been annoyed with her
husband for having gone on ane"ex-
oursion," and tried to drown her trou-
blesin the nand and water of the little
creek -that runs through upper end
of the village. The boys who pulled
her oat came near being lynched for
their interference.
Mr Samuel Kerslake, of the tenth line,
Hibbert, met with a serious misfortune
lately in the losing of one .Of his eyes. -
While busy with the hay Mr Kerslake
rubbed some of the sweat off his hands
into his eyes, and it is supposed that
the poison of the smart weed or fire
weed had been rubbed in at the same
time. At all events one of his eyes be-
came badly infianied, and after being
treated a few days by a local physician,
he was recommended to go to Toronto.
On arriving there his eye was examin-
ed by a special oculist and found to be
damaged beyond repair.
rhe Horse Disease.
Dr. Bryce has just completed his in-
quiry as to 1%rse disease in Kent and
Lambton. ty-five witnesses were
examined, extending from Chatham as
a central point, to Blenheim and Ridge -
town on the South, Cmirtright and
Dresden 'on the' north, and Tilbury on
the west. In addition a number of
townships were visited. He finds the
disease amongst horses to have been for
the past two or three years more or less
prevalent in all these sections, and at
the present time some ten or -twelve en-
tire horses have been affected in the
two counties. It is very hard to esti-
mate the exact number of mares which
have received infection. It is about
100. A few fatal cases have occurred.
Evidence gained on all sides makes .it
appear that the disease in its acute state
may be very severe, and that its con-
tinuance in a chronic form presents one
of the most serious phases in the mat•
ter of stamping it out speedily. All
horse -breeders concur in the necessity
for stringent legislative measures, by
which all animals which have been
affected:should be prevented from breed-
ing for some considerable time. In-
spection and registration of entire horses
is urgently required, in order that no
new centers for the propagation of the
disease be introduced, and that a fre-
quent inspection of both horses and
mares will be imperatively demanded
for some time to,A�eqme,in order that the
disease already'Tntrodnced may not
further extend its ravages. Inquiry
goes to show further that the probable
source of the present extended outbreak
bas been by means of horses imported
from the United States, where in some
sections this morbific affection is known
to have been present for the last few
years. -
As has been mentioned from time to
time the murderer of his wife and two
daughters, W. H. Harvey, is getting on
well in the county jail.. The other day
however, he wrote a letter. to his son in
Toronto, asking him to send two darn-
ing needles. All the letters of the pri-
soner, charged with. such a serious
crime as Harvey is, are read before they
are mailed. The sentence in regard to
the darning needles was struck out, but
nevertheless the needles arrived in a
letter. This letter was duly opened
by the officials and the needles taken
out.
Not long ago two young ladies and
two gentlemen called at Rev. Mr Mc•
Fadden's boarding house and asked to
see him, When he appeared he was
handed a marriage livenbe and a few
minutes later Mr John Burton and Miss
Eva Gates stood before him to have
the nuptial knot tied. Miss Esther
Coffee and Mr George ,Kennedy, • of
Stratford, acted as bridesmaid and
groomsman, and on the cotwlusion of
the ceremony they stepped to tie front
and presented a license also. Once
more the clergyman performed the cere-
mony.
ere-
mony At Sheffield Park, Chicago, on Sun-
day, a bundle of toy balloons in the
hands of a pedlar became loosened, the
cord got twisted about the left arm and
hair of Sophie Schwab, aged two Nadirs,
and carried her 100 feet high over the
lake. Gust Koch, a sharpshooter, with
hie repeating rifle, hurriedly jumped in-
to a skiff with two companions and
pulled out into range. Koch succeeded
in piercing several of the balloons, each
successful shot Helping the bunch tode-
scend. Before it finally reached the
water the boat was at the spot, and
Sophie did not even get her feet wet.
A London despatch of Saturday night
says : Charles M. blcKerlie, a young
farmer, of Westminister, son of Mr
Wm. McKerlie, lot 11, con. 1, of the
above township, who resides about
three or four miles from Nilestown,
while talking to his father on Friday
,night in the`doorway, suddenly drew a
'revolver, and pointing it at his heart
withont warning fired. His knowledge
of human 'anatomy, however, was
somewhat imperfect, and • instead of
sending a bullet through his heart it
wont through his lungs. The young
man had been working in Ingersoll,
but lately he has been living at home.
His father owns several hundred Serres
in the vicinity of Nilestown and the
young man wanted a deed of one of the
farms, so that he could set up in life
for himself. The father refused, and
;harles began to brbol over his troub-
les. Ile grew melancholy, and the
climax came Friday night, when he
again asked his father if he would give
hint the farm. On the old man's re-
fusal lie immediately tlrew a revolver
and shot himselfa' stated above. It
i i reported in the neigliborhnod that he
int nde,l to shoot his father ton, but
11:3 heart failed hits. ai.i1 Its diitnsulf
tt is ti•.' n,,lv ci ti:n •'f 1. • rt.I,'.•'4c,
vula;.
" My little boy
bad large scrofu-
lous ulcers on his
neck and throat
- from which he
_ suffered terribly.
Two physiciana
attended him, but he grew continually
worse under their care, and everybody
expected he would die. I had heard of
the remarkable cures effected by Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, arid decided to have my
boy try it. Shortly after he began to
take this medicine, the ulcers com-
menced healing, and, after using several
bottles, he was entirely cured. He is
Slow as healthy and strong as any boy
of his age." -William F. Dougherty,
Hampton, Va.
"In May last, my youngest child,
fourteen months old, began to have sores
gather on its head and body. We ap-
plied various simple remedies without
avail. The sores increased in number
and discharged copiously. A physician
was called, but the sores continued to
multiply until in a few months they
nearly covered the child's head and body.
At last we began the use of Ayer's Sar-
saharilla. IL a few days a marked
change for the better was manifest. The
sores assumed a more healthy condition,
the discharges were gradually dimin-
ished, and finally ceased altogether.
The child is livelier, its skin is fresher,
and its appetite better than we have ob-
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Long Point, Texas.
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A fearfully sudden death occurred on
the coach between Parkhill and Strath-
roy last Tuesday morning. A man
named Jas. Smith, who had long been
employed about the Powell House barns,
bat who has more recently been work-
ing in the neighborhood of Sylvan, had
lately become quite feeble and through
the intervention of Ex•Warden McLeod
had secured a home in the House of
Refuge at Strathroy,and was on his way
there at the time of his'death. Deceas-
ed was sitting beside the driver, Mr
Fairbanks, and after leaving Bornish he
moved around considerably but did not
talk much, and after a while leaned
against the driver to rest himself as he
was quite weak. On arriving at Spring -
bank he wasnoticed to be unusually
quiet and an examination showed that
the man was dead. So quietly had the
angel come that Mr Fairbanks was to.
tally unaware that he had a corpse for
a companion,
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Though the Johnstown disaster oc
curred more than two months, the in-
terest of the pnblic in so remarkable
an event has not ceased to be active. -
H. S. Goodspeed & Co. of New York,
have,just issued a very complete and
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which is a work of the deepest interest
and power. No reader will care to lay
aside this thrilling narrative unfinished.
In the world's horrible records of evil
wrought by the untamed ,forces of na•
ture, few catastrophes have been more
heart sickening. The fearful loss of
life, the vast waste of property, the
great interruption to business, destroy-
ing the complex machinery which fed
so many thousands and contributed to
the interests of the whole land, are hard
to match. Death and ruin take a thou-
sand shapes,•but rarely have they as-
sumed a guise so horrible as that in
which they rushed down on the people
of Conemaugh Valley. The record can-
not fail to be of perennial interest, and
to stir the hearts of all who read it for
the next generation to come, for such a
catastrophe, mercifully, comes but once
in a century, if so often. Enough time
has now elapsed to enable the proper
verification of the tants to be made, and
a careful and studied statement to be
given to the public worthy of so start-
ling a subject. Any hurried and hap-
hazard narrative of an event which
stands so unique in our history, is far
from doing it even partial justice. .The
author has given ns in this book a re-
cord both vigorous and accurate, and
every reader should have the work in
his hands. The book is an octave hand-
somely printed and bound, andoontains
522 pages, embellished with forty-eight
fine full page illustrations. Agents are
wanted. H. 'S. Goodspeed & Co. pay
all the duty.
It is remarkable how soon a family
. lose what might he called its marketable
value after its falls from power. Pub-
lishers no longer make handsome offers
to Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, photo-
graphers have left off importuning'111re
Cleveland for sittings and Ex -President
Cleveland is not considered a valuable
card by summer hotel proprietors.-
There is mire money to the epecnlator
-in Baby 'lichee than in the entire Cleve-
land family,
A San Francisco aspatch tells of an
Indian, known a4 01'1 Gehriel, tth;) is
1:11 ye 1r4 011.
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SALE REGISTER.
Household effects of Mr Thos. Wat-
son (who is giving np housekeeping) at
the residence, Isaac Street, Clinton, on
Saturday, Aug, • 31st. Jas. Howson,
Auct.
THAT 'BASE BALL MATCH. .
To the Editor of the Clinton New Era
DEAR Six, -I notice in your issue of
last week a communication in reference
to the Base Ball snatch between Clinton^
and Belgrave in which the former was
defeated by a score of 20 to 12 with an
innings to spare. Now sir that article
for the pure essence of falsehood and
meanness, is' only excelled by one thing
on earth, and that is the writer of that
article. We would not consider' such
trash worth noticing if it were not that
outsiders might possibly think there
was some truth in the charges against
our umpire, Mr Sterling. Now we
know that it is almost impossible for
an umpire to please both sides, and the
defeated party are apt to claim that
their 'defeat _is due to the umpire's de-
cisions against them., Now this is not
manly or just in this case, for the um-
pire certainly did not favor one side
more than another, and he knew too
much about base ball rules to allow
himself te be bullied by the two or
three members of the club who seemed
to be there for the sole purpose of kick-
ing against the umpire's decisions, and
he certainly knew more than that indi-
vidual who had the cheek to walk onto
the grounds and take the umpire's
place without being requested to do so
except by the "kickers." Mr Sterling
has acted as our umpire ever since our
Base ball club was organized,and every
club that has ever played with us has
been perfectly satisfied with him in
that position, but because the Clinton
club was beaten these writers had to
raise a howl against the umpire. We
are sorry the Clinton people take their
defeat with such a bad grace but if we
ever get an opportunity to play them
again we will endeavor to repeat the
dose of defeat we have already given
them, but if they can't stand defeat
we will then put our third nine in the
field against them and they will then
have a chance to cover themselves with
glory. If I am rightly informed they
engaged our pitcher to play with them
against the Exeter team. I 'suppose
they will call that the "union" of
Wingham, Belgrave and Clinton ; be
sure and give it the right name. Now
with reference to the Clinton club, with
exception of two or three kickers, they
all acted like gentlemen and if they ev-
er come to Belgrave we will treat them
as such and won't have a crowd cf "ya-
hoos" along the fence .•side- like what
there was at Clinton to hoot and yell
and abuse their visitors.
ONE OF THE B. B. C.
FALL FAIR DATES.
Huron Central, at Clinton,
Sept. 24-25-26
Mitchell, Sept, 26 and 27.
North Perth at Stratford,Oct.3 and 4
South Perth,at St.Marys,Sept 24, 25.
Industrial at Toronto, Sept 9 to 21.
Western at London, Sep. 9 to 14.
Central, at Hamilton, Sept.. 2:3 to 27.
Guelph Sept.25 and 26. .
Brantford, Sept. 10 to 12.
Northwestern,Goderich, Sept. 1Qto12.
Colborne, at Smith's Hill, Sept. 25.26.
Tnckersmith, at Seaforth, Sept. 16.17
East Wawanosh, at Belgrave Oct.
1-2.
The impression that the Sonth Fork
dam at Conemaugh would never be re-
built appears to be erroneous, as there
is a strong probability that ' a fishing
lake will again be established in that
locality. A member of the Fishing
Club said the Club could not afford to
lose all the money it had invested in
real estate in that locality. Tho pro-
perty was was worth $200,000, and if
the fishing resort were reestablished
the whole inveatment would become al-
most a dead Wes. The intention, How-
ever, was to build one which would
make the lake much less in size, so that
in the event of the barrier again giving
way no destruct,on to life or property
would follow. No move in that direc•
tion will be made until the damnge suit
now' ending against the stoelchnldereiy
settled either by beiiitt raid or sum.
promise 1.
Caw AdrertiottmtntO.
`IERVANT WANTED. -GOOD GENERAL
I. servant. Apply to MRS C. E. HOVEY
Clinton.
NURSE GIRL WANTED, -SMALL GIRL
to look after children. Apply to ➢QRS J.
H. WORSELL. ,
COTTAGE TO RENT. -NEAR COLLEGI-
iTE Institute, hard and soft water and
all conveninees. Apply to W. H. HINE,
Clinton, x1I
HOUSE' TO LET. - THAT COMFORT-
ABLE house on the corner of Huron and,
Orange Streets. Possession given lath of
September. Apply at IIISS MOUNTCAST-
LE'S Studio opposite. '
G10R SALE OR TO RENT. -HOUSE AND
L� lot for sale or to rent, on Towosend St.
The house, which isuew, contains fourteen
rooms, and is heated with hot air. There is
also a good stone cellar, good lawn and hard
and soft water in abundance. Tho lot con-
tains } of au acre. Terms reasonable. Ay.-
ply
p=ply on the premises or to MRS C. CARTER,
Clinton, t f,
NOTICE. -TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON-
cEnx• Notice is hereby-.gisen that the
new Baptist church, now known as the Sec-
ond Regular Baptist church of Clinton, will
not be responsible for any debts contracted
or responsibilities assumed by the church
from which they have withdrawn, after this
date. By order, E. L. HILL, Clerk, pro tem.
Clinton, Aug, 19th, 1889.
FSRM TO LET. -THAT SUPERIOR FARM
of 90 acres one mac from Clinton, on the
Blyth gravel road, second and third conces-
sions of Hullett, belonging to the estate of
Thomas F. Rance, and heretofore held by
the late Adam nryden, will be leased -ter a
good tenant on reasonable terms. Ladd
first class, nearly all cleared, with good build-
ings and fences and choice orchard,Apply
to trustees, ISAAC RATTENBURY and H
HALE. -
Clinton. Aug. 17th, 1889. p 1 m.
t ARM FOR SALE. -SUBSCRIBER OF -
1 PERS tor sale his farm of 112 acres, being
part of lot 20, on the Bayfield line, Godericn
township. About ninety acres cleared, the
rest hard wood and cedar and in good state
of cultivation. On the farm is a good brink .
house and wood shod, hard and soft water,
close to school and church and is well wat-
ered. Also good bank barn with stone foun-
dation and drive shed. This farm will bo
sold or exchanged for property in Manitoba.
Address l.'ETE1t COLE, Clinton, Out,
The' Serild Regular flautist Church,
CLINTON.
Pairrott--lieu. J. Ar, Smith
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Seats free -All are welcome.
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NORTH WEST
FARE $28
rl UESJ)AY, SEPT. 3rd.
For all particulars apply to
W. JACKSON
TOWN AGENT G. T. R., CLINTON
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