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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1889-08-30, Page 4lt;v ; ttvevttwrlllr if) A. wonderful lino—Jackson Bros. Stratford excursion --W. Jackson. Seliools supplies—Chris. Dickson. Adam's emporium—R. Adams Big reduction—J. W. Irwin Equal Rights—Jareee Scott Anotion Sale—James McGinnis Timothy seed—R. Fitzsimons Fall goods—Geo. Glasgow • 011iintenKewera FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 1889 What is Going to Happen. "The largo trade that, despite the hostile tariff that the United ,States has set up, exists between ourselves and the other portion of the American continent tells counties of Essex and Kent. that we cannot afford to ignore There are some schools in which the continental aspect of our poli- the time given to English and the tion, and to hope for t he daywhen use of that language in the school are too limited : but, eyes in these, more French in the Schools. TI.e et innii"siuners r ltpo rated to it,yuite into the use ot 1`'rehch in the public aehoola of certain sectioue of Out'tt'iu, have made their report. It is a very long nue and we give the result of their investigations in the follow- ing summary from their report:— There can be no question as to the fact that iu all the French schools in the several counties visited, notwith- standing particular cases of back- wardness or inefficiency, an effort is being made to impart a knowledge of the English language; and not only so, but this work is receiving a larger amount of attention at present than in former years. There are some of these schools in which English has beeu well taught for many years, so that they are practically English schools, There are also some, as will be seen from the statistical statement forming part of this report, in which the English language is largely used in the work of the school. This is the case more particularly in the a more reasonable condition of mind amongst our neighbors will bo the cleans of increasing that already largo interest. There are so many things that the Ameri- cans uood that Canada 18 able to supply, that the high duties that are:imposed have not the effect of shutting out. In spite ot exac- tions and contentions that aro often to bo ranked with the idea of the existence of a spiteful feel- ing, our trade with the rest of the continent continues to grow, and in a manner which it, can never do with the distant portions 'of the empire." Will the reader please peruse carefully the above paragraph a so;ond tilno. It looks very much -like an extract from Some very Commercial Union pronounced p paper, does it not ? The mind, with that idea uppermost, at once concludes that it is the expres- sion of some "rank Grit sheet." It shows just as strong Commercial Union leanings as if it had an- peared editorially in the NEW' ERA. But it did not appear any- where as a"Grit" editorial. it is the editorial utterance of that out-and-out Conservative 'paper; alio London Free Press, and no .paper in ;Canada ..has &hitherto more zealously fought for the N. P. • Whether the Froo Press is going to take as acute a -turn as it is credited With doing once be- fore, or not, we cannot. say, but its utterance in favor of commer- cial. -Union certainly shows tl.at' it is not a believer in the Silly ar- guments advanced by its own political brethern of the press, in opposition thereto. We have frequently expressed the opinion that Commercial Un- ion is almost inevitable, and the tree Press evidently realizes that. No 'two countries so closely con- nected as the United States and Canada, and with such diversified interests, can remain side by' side -without trading with each oth er And the barriers intervened in the shape of customs duties are re- strictions that lessen the profitt !hat would otherwise be received• attention is paid to English than formerly and the use made of it in the work of construction is greater than it was a few years ago. In dealing with these schools, in. order to raise them to a higher stand- ard, and to secure a satisfactory teach- ing of the English language in them, time must be allowed. and patience must be exercised. For many years the French people were allowed to conduct their schools in their own way, no exception being taken either by the Education Department or by the public. Special provision was made to secure French teachers for them and_ French text -books were authorized for their schools. They have lived for a long period in the localities where they are found, en- joying the use, of their native lan- guaee. They are strongly attached to it. It is the language of their fathers, and the language used in their homes and spoken by their children. u. It is natural that they should cherish it with affection and desire their children to acquire a knowledge of it. If the schools are dealt with justly, and with due con- sideration for the feelings of the people, and if the recommendations made in this report are adopted, we believe these schools, within a reas- onable time, will ,be raised to a degree of efficiency that will be satistactory to both the English and the French people. In many of the rural sections in •Prescott and Russell the etchool'hcus- es are inferior and poorly equipped and the salaries very small, yet in some sections and villages the people have manifested their appreciation ot the importance of education by providing excellent buildings and paying fairly liberal salaries to the teachers. While many of the teach- ers, as already stated, do not speak the English language fluently, we know that teachers may give instruc- tions in languages in which they can- not converse. At the same time it is necessary that all the teachers of our Public Schools should. be 'familiar with the English language, and be 'able to speak it fluently. And it is found generally that in those schools in which the, teachers are able to. use that language with freedom, they brought their schools to a very credit- able degree of proficiency. u, uppoppositionuu that doe, not Op Local Sporting —Tg Matters. puce. Ile is a party svithout a dL;r.roN Diutt a Pato: RAL Es. policy. It is unxiu'In Lu do rl'h• t, if The fall meet of the Clinton Driving doing right will not make enemies ii Park Association was held 011 Friday for the party in Dominion poli- '..of�laet week, and was well attended, w tics. It would like gain friends/. altheueh the crowd was not as large as but fears to sacrifice a few old foe i anticipated. The course was in splend- I id condition, and as everything passed the sake of winning many new i off pleasantly,contributedto the suocees adherents. The 'province needs ' of the meeting.—The judges were as an Opposition that can speak the follows ; P. McGregor, Bruceheld ; Thos language or bold hostility to ' Bell, Wingham; John Mooney, London. Timekeeper, Isaac Rattenbury, Clinton. wrong. It bas one that cowers 3minute trot, purse $100— iu the presence of evils; that halts,' Baldwin, Murray, Goderich .... 1 1 1 hesitates, and finally lets patriotic Stephen A, Johnson, Semen ... . 2 3 3 anger exhaust itself in empty Happy Lucy, Nixon, Wingham . 8 2 4 generalities. , Reliable, J Swartz, Bayfield.... 5 4 2 __.....,___ ' Jay Gould, jr., Bishop, Goderich. 4 dr The Mowat Government is not I Time, 2.38, 2.43, 2.89. 2.40 Class—purse $125 Carlisle. G Whitley Seaforth.... 1 1 1 Donaldson,Jas Rapsou,Brantford 3 2 2 Gunhilda, W Dunaoith,St Mary's 2 4 4 Rosewood, W Thompson, London 4 3 3 Time, 2.40, 2.34, 2.35. It is No Go. Wo have often opposed the visionary scheme of Imperial Fed - oration, ,and it is really l;efreshinr to find a paper like tho London Free Proms (one of the stiffest of Conservatives) in the same boat as ourselves. ° Some of the Con- servative papers have been trying to boom the scheme hilt the Free slow. saythat theyfind English teachers their inability to speak French a serious binderance in teaching French children who do not understand Eng - lien, The teachers employed in those French schools should be able to speak French as well as English. A sufficient supply of English students willing to undergo the labor and ex- pense necessary to fit themselves for teaching in these French schools, could not be obtained for the small salaries paid. Hence the necessity for providing such means as are re- commended in this report, by which P'renc"h•speaking students can be trained both in the knowledge of English and in the theory and prac• tice of their profession. It must be remembered also that the teachers in these French schools have to carry on their work in the face:of difficulties not met with in an exclusively English school.. Espec- ially is this the case in those dis- tricts which are wholly French, or in which there are only a few English speaking residents. The pupils bear no language out of school but French. They have no occasion to snake use of the English language, and theft progress in learning it is necessarily extravagaht.. It is not corrupt.— Toronto Telegram. This is a pretty good testimon ial from a paper of Conservative leanings. If neither extravagant or corrupt, why endeavor to re- place it by mer. who might be both. OUR LETTER, BOX [ We wish it distinctly understood that we are not, directly or indirectly, re- sponsible, for any opinions expressed under this head.] THE BAPTIST CAUSE CLINTON. The following letter has been sent to the Canadian Baptist, and we have been requested to publish it: To the Editor of the Canadian Baptist. IN Demo Stn,—It is but right that alT explanation should be given of the pre- sent position of the Baptist cause in Clinton, and of the unfortunate divi- sion that has recently arisen there. For a number of years, though small numerically, we were a united and happy people, living at harmony with the other churches of the town. 'Mr Gray, a man beloved by everybody, considered. it his duty to accept a call to Kincardine, Mr Smith succeeded him, and for a time all went well. He urged us into the erection of a new church, which, of ourselves, we were not able to undertake, He held out, however, to us the promise of many subscriptions from his personal friends in the East, and with these we believed that a ew building of modest propor- tions -could be accomplished. The old ni and the new torn d cwt build � wee , The wn a uthottt ies �imanced. o one cog kindly gave us the use of the Council Chamber, at a very low figure, during building operations, and we were thus comfortably provided 'for. At this par- ticular juncture, when harmony was so essential to the interests of the church, Mr Smith became most unreasonable in every matter requiring consideration by the church, and arbitrarily inter. fered in matters he should have left alone. At the same time, by his con • duct and uncharitable remarks, he alienated, to a very large extent, the sympathy of other denominations from us. The -Mayor, the Reeves, and other leading citizens, all members of other churches, had liberally subscribed to our building fund, and others would have followed their example, butfor the fact of the uncharitable and unchris- tianvSmith, in his spirit shown by Mr S , references to other denominations. The subscriptions he promised • us from Mende elsewhere amounted to very little—in fact, the amount he actually secured by subscription was 523, and his expenses in securing it "l'0. A week ago last Sunday Mr Smith ,called for a special meeting on ,Monday evening. Jr. was duly held. A very pobr tepresentation were present. Not one of the trustees was there. Only one officer was present. Only two adult male members of the church were there. In order to, do bnsines it was necessary to appoint Mr Hill, who has since left here for Guelph, to act as clerk. These porsons,ledby Mr Smith,madea motion to dismiss themselves from tite then existing Baptist cherch,and immediate- ly, proceeded to form what they are pleased to call the Second Baptist Church_ -o£ Clinton. Only two adult stale meni -ors e£, 118 old church and a very few .female mem r3--Ia•a`ned the new one. The services were traif's=- ferred from the Council Chamber to a new IIall, for which a considerable rent has to be paid. The old church is left without a pastor, and worse than all,the very man who induced us to go into a building obligation, with a church half - completed on the building committee's hands, announces himself as no longer responsible. Mr Smith was the chair- man, and the seceding deacon was the treasurer of the building committee. In this unpleasant position the matter now stands. It is not trne that the Base lino church wish to unite with the `2nd church to support Mr Smith. It is not true that the 2nd , church has a mem- bership of 23 as Mr Smith says,, unless a number of children,be counted in. It is not true that public sympathy goes with Mr Smith, but the very contrary. It is true, however, that Mr Smith has rent asunder a church that was getting along contentedly and prosperously. It is true that he has placed Mr Hill in an unenviable position by his unwarrant- ed interference,and it is true that be has probably wrecked the prospect of a new church, and the Baptist cause in this town; for many years to come. It is due to those who remain that this much should be said, for they are those who stood by the cause when others proved deserters, and who for many years have borne the burden and the heat of the day. Yours, etc., J. C. Col,t:. 't I It will be observed that this report Press shows 'how little faith it bears exclusively on the schools has in it in the following words : "Imperial federation;' so far as it might affect Canada, has not taken any deep hold on the public mind in this country. It seems to be felt that the proposal lacks that clement of practicability which common-sense people look for. Theoretically the scheme may have its satisfactory side, but the moment one sits down with tho desire to try and arrange the details, then it is that so many difficulties arise as to show that it could never be worked out to the general advantage. And so the 'proposed federation does not charm many, though the highly imaginative, those that do not rub shoulders with the common ,mul- titude very much, may think that they see a very glorious future as the result, of an imperial fedora - tion. among the French people and in which the French language is need. It has to do with the progress of the English language in French districts. There has not, therefore, been any special reference made to the English minority. Their situation is, in not a few cases, one of difficulty. The Schools as now conducted are not sat- isfactory to them. Their children come in contact with views of religi- ous and national questions with which. they are not in sympathy. The ques- tion should, therefore, be considered with special reference to these diffi- culties. Whatever teat -books are used should be such asProtestants can put with satisfaction into the hands of their children, and whatever in any Public School prevents or rend- ers undesirable the attendance of those children should be removed. call for batsnl:an not being responded to by the absentees the gatno was de- clared for the L C C by the umpire. The score at the close stood London 136; Huron 11.3. Free-for-All—purse $200, Florence G. G Whitley, Seaforth 1 1 1 Dr Frank, S. Lawlor, Sarnia. , , . 2 2 2 Molly B, J Stafford, St Mary's.. 3 3 4 Rosa B,Hetherington,StTbomas 4 4 3 Barney A distanced Time, 2.29, 2.27, 2.29. Around The County Dir C. Brinker, of Greenway, has a throe months ofd oolt that weighs over 600 pounds. A new stage has been placed on the route between Hensall and Zurich and the fare raised to 35o. Mr Andrew Sloan, of Blyth, has in his possession a snuff box which has been in the family for over three hun- dred years. On Wednesday evening Mr Whiteley was offered $2,000 for his trotting mare, Florence G., cash in hand, by an Amer- ican, but refused it. Kenneth McKenzie, foreman on the Brussels section of the G. T. R., has purohased the Harris farm, eon, 4 Mor• ris, paying 83,895 for thesame. Mr Thos. Hyslop, who has been a resident of Seaforth for many years, in- tends going to Detroit to reside, where he has two sons, one a doctor and the other a lawyer. Running Race, purse 375 mile heats, beat in three— Topsy B. Beatty Bro. Brussels.... 1 1 Donald Goff, Bosembury, Zurich.. 2 2 Skip, E Swarts, Clinton 3 Time, 1.58, 2.00 BASE BALL. A large crowd witnessed an exciting game of base ball, between the Exeter and Clinton clubs, here, last Friday. Tho Exeter boys have achieved more than a county name as players, and put up a fine game, scoring 0 runs in the first innings, while Clinton made 2. Then followed two whitewashes for Exeter, while the home team raised the score 8 to ti in their own favor. Thence forward the play was even, and neither side seemed confident of victory, the lead being held by both sides in alter- nation. In the seventh innings Clinton nearly tied the score, and after the eighth they were four runs ahead. But in the ninth Exeter put on a spurt, and after two men were retired scored three runs; a grounder was struck to the short stop, who fielded the ball prompt- ly, and out the player off at first base. 'The score then stood 18 to 17 with an innings to spare in favor of Clinton. Perfect good feeling prevailed from be- ginning to end. LACROSSE —CLINTON .,, e es 'EAro RTit. The lacrosse match between the above clubs on Friday resulted in a tie. The result after an lieu'' and a -half's play- ing being 1 to 1. Seaforth refused to play any longer, no doubt because they saw that Clinton was getting the best of it. The Marl Lane Express, per- haps the best authority in the world on the grain trade, says, concerning Canadian barley :— "The farmers of Canada are still anxiously .considering the ques- tion of a profitable market for their barley. If existing obstacles are removed it is said that a very profitable market will bo found in Great Britain. But Chevalier barley is best adapted to the wants of the British brewer, and that is not the variety of barley nsually raised in Canada." RACING AT GODERICII. ' The inauguration races under the aus- pices of the Goderich Turf Association were held at Goderich on Wednesday. of last week, The first race in the list was the green trot, in which there were five-entries,viz.:—Whitely's Telegraph Boy, Swarts' Reliable, Bishop's Cap- tain Laird, Murdock's Selva and Liv- ingston's Elam 13, In the first beat the sante fate overtook Telegraph Boy and Reliable, ` The winners were:— , Captain Laird 3 1 1 1 Selva ' 2 2 2 2 In the free-for-all the entries were IIeatherington's Rosa 13., Whitely's Florence G., Lawlor's Dr Frank, and Barnes' Barney A. The last named horse was distanced in the second heat and the others caste in as follows: 'Florence 0 , 2 .1. 1 1. Dr. Frank 1 2 9 2' llosa 13 3333 • • Best time, 2.25 The 2.-10 trot was contested by the winner Donaldson, Murray's Baldwin and Beacom's Toni 'Burk. Dune's Sandy 11. was entere-1, but did not ap- pear on the track. '1'hc result was : Donaldson '1 9 1 1 1 Baldwin 1 1 2 2 2 Toni Burk •2 3 3 3 3 LI the three-minute trot there were six entries, one of which, Parasol, did not come on the track. After four heats had been trotted at 7:30 p. pi. it was de- cided by the jiulges that it was impos• -sib-le-to finish the race, and it was post• poned un t ' 10- a -T Thursday. The judges wore'Mayor Willson; 'Seafurth;_ P. MdOregor, Brucefteld, and A. Roe, Wingham. Timokeeper,W.A. Cochrane, Goderich. CRICKET—HURON V. MIDDLESEi. NEWS NEAR ROME. Mr Kit Walker has bold lot 31, con. 1. McGillivray. The farm contaned 66 acres and was knocked down to Mr Owens for 52700. Tho Toronto Telegram, even with its Conservative leanings, apparently has no love for Mr Meredith,. as it is continually pok- ing him, doing so in a recent is- sue in the following vigorous manner :-- "Meredith cannot win. Ho is a big hearted gentleman. His personal excellence does not find its compliment in the political efficiency of the Opposition leader. Ho is weak publicly and strong privately. Followers may be ^magnetized by the private good- ness of the man, but William Ralph Meredith cannot travel to ,powor;.in this provirce upon hie personal atti'aetiVCnCHS. Ile leads Mr Geo. McKay, a former Brusselite, has received the appointment of Secre- tary of the Y. M. C. A. in Concordia, Kansas, He is well fitted for the duties that will devolve upon him, Mr H. A. Baylis, eldest son of Thos. Baylis, of Grey, who entered the Metho- dist ministry this year, has been ap- pointed by Conference to Arkwnight, where he is associated with Rev. B. Sherlock. - Mr James Grieve, of Harpurhey, has a Durham cow from whose milk for two days were made six pounds of butter. This would be at the rate of 21 lbs l per week and she gets nothing but grass with the other cattle. On Thursday night, after years of suffering, Mrs Wm. Tompkins, of Ethel, passed home to her reward, aged 79 years and 2 months. The deceased came to Ethel with her husband from Highland Creek; near Toronto, about 9 years ago. Mr Tompkins is about 85 years of age and has grown quite feeble. Word ',vas received last week from Mr John McMillan, M. P., who went to the old country a short time ago with a lot of fat cattle. We are pleased to learn that Mr McMillan succeeded in landing all his cattle safely and in good order and was fortunate in striking a Creeds itt the (labiriet (London Advertiser,) A Clinton correspondent who signs himself 'tQuerist" wishes us to give him some information regarding the members of the present Dominion Gov- ernment with reference to their reli- gious creeds. Always willing to enisour- age the searcher after knowledge, and having had requests of a similar kind from other quarters, the Advertiser, will gratify the curiosity, as far as can be done with the data on hand. There are at present fourteen Ministers in the Dominion Cabinet, and it may be well to handle them in their seniority. Sir John Macdonald is not known to be a member of any church, but when he attends service it is generally in a Presbyterian place of worship. Owes - ally, when a pronounced Tory preaoher of another denomination is in Ottawa, Sir John takes a front pew, and he has even been known, on the eve of a general election to attend a Methodist confer- ence. Sir John is President of the Council. Sir Hector Langevin is a Roman Catholic and confines his attention to the ministration of that Church. He is Minister of Public Works. Hon. Mackenzie Bowell was an ad. herent of the Methodist Episcopal Church at one time ; whether or not he is still a Methodist, we cannot tell. Sir Adolphe P. Caron is a Roman Catholic. He is Minister of Militia. When Hon., John Carling lived in London he had a pew in the Methodist Church, but he was not a member. It is understood he divides his patronage in Ottawa. He is Minister of Agricul- ture. Hon, John Costigan is Catholic. His department Revenues. Hon. Frank Smith is also a member of the Roman Cathclic Church. He ill known as a Minister without portfolio. That is, he obtains a salary of 87,000 a year, indemnity of 31,000 a session, and other expenses. Hon. J. A. Chapleau belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, and is Secre- tary,,of State. Sir J. S. Thompson began life as a Methodist, but he courted a rich lady belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, and forsook the faith of his fathers about the time he married her. He is Minister of Justice, . Hon, Geo. E. Foster was at one time a member of the Baptist body, but whether or not, since recent develop- ments itt his life, he remains in good • On Thursday last a game of Cricket between picked players from the county of Huron and the London City Club, was played at that place. The Huron players were. Stanley Hayes, Lieut Holmes, C Roache, J C Trotter, H Dennis, J. Elliot, A A Booker, Thos Coleman, Chas Ross, 13 Walker. Un- fortunately the Captain of the Huron team,, 11Ir E E Wade, of Brusssls, and Dr McNaughton, of the same place, missed the morning train at Blyth, and thus the team were two men. short. Messrs Booker and Walker, of the L C C, consented to play in their places,and proved to be of material assistance to then at a critical stage of the game. The L C 0 winning the toss, went to bat on the best wicket yet prepared on their ground, and up to the fall of the fourth wicket for 48 (Mr Ilyntan), they appeared to be good for a largo score. There however;,, the scoring ended, though Mayor secnred a good 'J before being well caught by Mr Trotter, who, with Mr . Ross had been bowling in splendid form, Mr Ross also taking two difficult catches. The L C C inning ended for 70, and with some elation the County men went to the wickets, ex- pecting an easy win. No great stand was made bowever,except by Mr Dennis whose 22 was a well-earned contribution obtained by good cricket. Lieut Holmes and Mr Ross also got double figures, the latter at a very desirable time, the inning closing amidst consider• able enthusiasm for 73 runa,leading the L C C by 3 runs. Here the misfor- tunes of the Huron men began, for as they were taking the field for the L C C second inning their captain, Mr Dennis, was severely hit on the ankle by a ball from a practice wicket, redering him quite unable to play further—Mr Keny- vett, of the L C C kindly taking his place. The inning proceeded until at the fall of the sixth wicket for 66, Mr Hyman declared their inning closed, and called upon the Huron team . to go to the wickets and win if they could, or hold their ground until the time agreed upon for drawing the stumps, 6.30 p.m. At first they deolined to do this, pre- ferring to forfeit the match under the rules, but better counsels prevailed, and a plucky attempt was made to win or draw the match, which might have been successful had not three of the team absented themselves before the time agreed upon. During the short secbnd inning of London Messrs Maroon, Mayor and 13ritten secured double figures against the capital bowling of Messrs Ross and Trotter, who deserve the greatest credit for their display of crick• et and their plucky uphill fight in the second inning, Mr Trotter hit welf for 20 runs in the Huron second inning,but no other stand was made and at 0 p.m. eats. The advisability of rearranging the seventh wicket fell for 40 rune. The the exchange talk: was Mao taken up. a Roman is Inland NEWS NOTES At Cheyenne, Wyo., the other day, Herman Kerl raised objection to being robbed by Martin Lavin, a boarding- house keeper, when the latter, his mother and some hangers-on kicked the , man to death. Samuel Dowling, of Delaware town. ship, had his barn, with the crops in it, totally destroyed by fire Monday at about 4.80 p. m , and in spite of every effort the buildings and contents were all destroyed. Some men on the top. had a uiNrrow escape from the roof fall- ing in, and one man was considerably injured. The threshing machines were at work at the time and it ie thought that a spark must bave oaueed the dam. age. The insurance on the bi:ildinge was $300 and $200 on the contents. standing, we cannot toll. good market and made a very satisfac- I Hon. J. J. C. Abbott is reported to be tory sale. f a member of the Church of England, at s his 38,000 dr v 'st whodrives his but 10 e 'sing office, Young Master «He has no , father's stage between Seaforth and a year and perquisites like the res . of Brussels, met with a painful accident . them. at the station on Tuesday. He tuns � Hon. C. H. Tupper is also an adher- getting into the stage when the horsesent of the Church of England. He is started and he fell betweet: one of the I Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and front wheels and the box tearing the the youngest man in the Cabinet. flesh from his leg below the knee to the Hon. John Haggart, is Postmaster, ankle, ' ' General. His religious faith is un - Dave Fisher, bf Colborne, is proud of I known to us, but we beleive he is an his imported stallion, Sir Walter .Scott III, an to demonstrate his merits as a stock getter will have a gathering of his colts, suckers and yearlings, on the old Sam Fisher farm in that township,, on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd, at 3 o'clock. Each season Mr Fisher has offered prizes for competition amongst Sir Walter's pro• geny, and we may expect to see as fine a gathering of colts as could bewished for on the above date. Considerable interest is being taken in the neighborhood ' of Wroxeter, in the cage of Mrs Charles Simmonds,who On Tuesday evening while Mrs John Nicholson, sr., of Logan was stepping from a waggon to a fence the old lady fell, resulting in the dislocation of one of her shoulder blades. Mr Richard Williams, of West Mc- Gillivray, had a very narrow escape while in Exeter on Friday. On. starting to return home his horse be- oame frightened at a passing train at the Queen St. crossing, and turning into the ditch upset the rig and threw Mr Williams heavily to the ground. ;rMr J.Woods ex -post -master of Mitch- ell is now in the90th year of his age, and is as fresh and hearty as he wan twenty years ago.. He spends his time at the home of Post Master W. Hicks, Esq. He had charge of the Mitchell post of. fice for about thirty•five years, and a more faithful, attentive, and obliging servant there never wen. The annual meeting of the Wellington Grey, Perth, IIuron and Bruce Millers' Association was held at Listowel on Thursday, when the election of officers and other important business was trap• sacted. The meeting was addressed by the president and secretary of the Do. minion Millers' Association on import- ant questions affecting the milling inter• The last steamer arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Alaska brings word of the abandonment of the Great Bear's Nest gold mine recently purchased by the Duke of Sutherland and a syndicate of English capitalists and which has turned out perfectly worthless. The loss of the syndicate will foot up to near $2,000,000. It is ststen that several other mining properties in Alaska, for which high prices have been paid are likely to prove failures. Last Sunday night a valuable young horse was stolen from the promises of Mr James Uren, 3rd con. of East Nis- ' souri. A new buggy and harness are also missing. As some gentlemen from ' that locality were driving to London be- fore daybreak on Monday they overtook two men in a bgugy heading in the same direction as themselves, who seemed anxious to keep out of their reach and urged their steed to its utmost. Fail- ing itt this they fired upon those behind, which seemed to have little effect, and at last when nearing a•deep wood they decamped; leaving horse and buggy bei hind. Upon examination the property was found to belong to Mr' Uren. Births, &mixes atitl Deaths. By chapter 40, Revised Statutes of Ontarto 1887, alt Births, marriages and Deaths are re- c uired to bo registered with the Clerk of the municipality in which such may take place. The person required to report a birth •-- is the father or mother of the child ;'regis- tration must bo made within 30 days after birth. The person required to register a 'Marriage is the clergyman who celebrates it and his report must be furnished within 90 1. days after the date of such marriage, The person required to register a death is the adherent of the Presbyterian Church. Hon. E. Dewdney is a member of the Church of "England. He e'hjoys the unique position of being a Cabinet Minister because the wife of Sir John Macdonald desired to have his wife as a companion at the capital ! His office is Minister of the Interior. To recap itulate, the religious professions, of members of the Dominion Government may be down asfollows: Church of England Roman Catholics Methodist (nominally).. is stated to have been the object of a Presbyterian cure by means 'kmoving from ordin- Baptist ary medical age 1010. Mr Simmonds, who is employed as one of the section- Total men on the C. P. lt., is well known as a There is a vacancy in the Cabinet, cans man of veracity, tcho would not wilful. ' ed.by the death of Hon. Mr Pope, Min- ly misstate occurrences, and in conver• inter of Railways, but no one has as cation with him the following facts yet been nominated for the'post. - were learned, Mrs Simmonds, as is . v.well-known to the neighbors, was for ti RAS NOTES.years suffering from a running sore or 1 "open ulcer" ill her ankle, and all the 3 0 2 2 1 14 medical. men in the vicinity had been Half the town of I)ubno, Russia, has appealed to, and had given the case their been burned. The loss is enormous. best treatment, but itt vain. Some The charge of murder against Jnstice Mr eams ago, Mr J. Myles, (brother or • Field of California, has been dismissed. 3V. A. Myles, an eclaim of Mre Fifteen prisoners.are in the Tombs NV. Rutherford) who sclaims to as at New York awaiting trial for murder, the seventh son of a seventh son was called in, and on three separate morn- Apple trees in the Ottawa district are blocniing for the second time this season. Edward Patchell, an old man who liv.ed. near Keswick, Ont., committed ings, each time before sunrise, rubbed Mrs Simmonds' foot with hishands,ac• eompanying the operation with prayer. He than informed his patient that in four or five months she would be well. suicide. Five. months afterwards the ulcer was Robert John Chesley, aged 15, while healed over, and_.Mrs Simmonds, who was before unable to set foot on the ground, is now going about, attending church h Sc., to all appearances complete - putting a revolver together in Owen Sound Friday evening, was shot aid killed. ly cured. The case has occasioned a Mr Henry Powley, of Treecastle, good deal of talk, and Mr and Mrs Sim- while loading a binder on a waggon at monds have no hesitations in ascribing Palmerston on Tuesday, was severely the cure to the agency of Mr Myles.— kicked by one of his horses. His -con Some inclined to sneer say that this dition is critical. . young -gentleman has united the "faith- A family of Fronc.h•Canadians nam - cure" and"seventh-son" ideas in a strik- ed Itiou.t, from Montreal, were found at ing and quite novel way. Lawrence, Mass., dying fr ,m fever and • hunger, while the father had 82,000 NEWS NOTES. hoarded up. James Anderson,a Mono farmer, com- mitted suicide on Saturday ,by hanging himself. Bears are plentiful in the vicinity of Grand Lake, -N. I3., whore they are kill- ing many sheep. Granny Boston; who has just died at Mai•phy, N. 0., was 121 years old. Her corpse weighed only 50 pounds. The Kingston Equal Rights Associa- tion have chosen a candidate to stand against Hon. G. A. Kirkpatrick. All through the Texas pastures fever is raging, and it is feared that cattle going to the consumers are fainted. A laborer at Griffintown was fooling with a revolver in hie house. It dis- charged and his wife is dangerously wounded. A lone highwayman, near Ashland, Wis., held up a stage on Monday. One of the passengers began firing, when the highwayman shot two other passengers probably fataiIy. The entire eastern slope of the Cas- cade mountains, W. T. from Natchez pass north to the boundary is reported to be in flames, which were started , by a hand of outlaws fleeing from the Sher- iff of Okanoga county. Near Independence, Kiriton county, Ky., P. F. Beers, a farmer 58 years old, shot and killed Levi Rice, his neighbor, on account of a quarrel of several years standifig, over a roadway. Carlton Harris, a nephew of, Jay Gould, who has boon sojourning on the St. Lawrence river, died suddenly last Monday night at the Frontenao hotel of heart disease, the effect of excessive ci- garette smoking. Agnes Nicholson, of Hamilton, the heroine of the St. George railway ac- cident of last spring, has had a writ issued against the Grand Trunk Rail- way, claiming 35,000 damages for in. jureis sustained while a passenger on defendants' road. The injuries were not of a physical nature, but her nerv- ous system was shattered and she was under a doctor's care for a month after the accident. The railway authortiies deny any ,responsibility in the matter, but think Miss Nicholson is entitled to some reward for her brave service at the time of the accidcnt, and it is like• ly the matter will be settled out of court, Seven horses belonging to.Mr S. Day, farmer, of Yarmouth, got into the barn Monday, and gorged themselves with wheat. Five of the horses are dead and the others are expected will die. Mr Neil Murray, of West Zorra, was proceeding homeward about -dusk last Tuesday night, and had reached the 11th line bridge, when he was set upon by two men, who held him up and took about $40 from hint. Twa men have been arrested on suspicion. occupier of the house in which the death takes place, and the return must be made before tha interment of the body. Any me - clival man who was last in gatendance dur• 4 ing the last illness of any deceased person, • • is required to register the cause of death.— ct to snake anyof those reports within the s, person so the specified time, will subject-the1 neglecting to a penalty of 830 and costs. All persons interested will take notice and gov- ern themselves accordingly. WILLIAM COATS, Division Registrar, Clinton. BORN. • WAt o1l.—X't "Plein pottage," Hen - sail, on Tuesday, 27th fust., the wife of W. A. Waugh, hardware merchant, of a 'daughter. MARRIED TuonIA8—MCDONALD.— At Goderich on the 20th August, by the Rev Dr Ure, Mr Henry C. Thomas, to Miss Annie McDonald, all of Goderich, OLD.—At Osnabreck, Dakota, on Sat- urday, August 17th, William' R. Old, son of the late William Old, formerly of 3olborne township, aged 25 years. DIED KENNEDr.-Hugh Kennedy; L. D. S., at his 'residence,Church St.,Ailsa Craig,' at one o'clock a.m., August 24th, in the 54th year of his age. SALE REGISTER. Household effects of Mr Thos, Wat- son (who is giving uphousekeeping) at - the residence, King, treet, Clinton, on Saturday, Aug. 31st. Jas; Howson,, Acct, Farm Stock,3:e of Mr .1.J.McCaughey, lot 20, con. 8, Ilullett, at 1 .p.m. on Thursday,Sept 12th, all without reserve, Thomas Brown, auct. ' FALL FAIR DATES. IIiiron Central, at Clj.nton, 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 0 to 21. Western at London, Sep. 0 to, 14. Central, at Hamilton, Sept. 23 to 27. Guelph Sept.25 and 26. Brantford, Sept- 10 to 12. Northwestern,Goderich, Sept. 17 to19 Colborne, at Smith's Hill, Sept. 25-26. Tuckersmith, at Seaforth, Sept. 16-17 East Wawanosh, at Belgrave Oct. 1.9. Nei r gAdvextiorturnto. XTURSE GIRL WANTED.—SMALL GIRL 1\ to look after children. Apply to MRS J. Ii. tt•oI1sELL. AUC HON SALE OP Freehold PROPERTY Four men boarded the train at Wada. worth, Ill., on Thursday night, They had no tickets and were put off, when one attempted to climb back and being resisted struck conductor Parkin with the butt end of a revolver. The con- ductor shot him dead. A few days ago Mr Fred Johnson, manager of H. Walker eic son's farm. bought a cart in Detroit and paid 515 for it. He did not enter it in the cus- toms at Winsor, and they seized it. It cost Mr Johnson 5112 to settle the trou• ble. Four tramps arrested at Moberly Mo., for vagrancy were put up at public nuc- tion on Tuesday, There was a large crowd present. Two tramps went to farmers for,$2 a head, and another was bid in for 75 cents. The forth could find no purchaser. The three sold must serve the purchasers for four months. Miss iiream, for the past eight years head dressmaker of Woods 3r Taylor, Galt, died on Friday from the bursting of a blood vessel. The young lady had been in her usual health the day before and was talking to her mother a few moments before she was seized, and died before medical aid could be pro. cured. On Sunday'afteroon,about one o'clock, the barn and stables of Mr Nathaniel Thompson, on the fourth lino of Mono, were discovered to bo on fire, Mr Thompson got to tho'burning buildings just in time to cavo his little boy's life. The child had set fire to the building and was still in the barn, unable to get out. The barn was full ot grain, also a stack outside and a largo quantity of hay. A valuable horse was also burnt, together with all his farming imple- ments, waggon, separates.- and mowers, drill plow, etc. Mr Th psora wan in• aired for 3000. His loss will be about the value of his crop. IN SEAFORTH. .1 block of four stores, situated on Main Street, and suitable for any general busi- ness, will be sold without reserve, by public auction, on TUESDAY, SEPT, 10th, at2'p. m. This is a chance to secure good proper- ty cheap, Ternisifnade known at sale. .2 JAS. MoGINNIS, Prop. EQUAL : : : RIGHTS REV. JOHN M-OItDY, Of xiagars Falls,wili speak on the Equal. Rights Movement, in the —TOWN HALL, CLIN I'ON,— At 8 o'clock Ot1 MONDAY EVENING NEXT. 4 Silver Collection G. T. R. TICKET OFFICE. Stratford Excursion. Barnum Show Fare 61.05, including admission to show Manitoba Excursion Sept, 3, Face $28 For all particulars apply to W. JACKSON TOWN AGENT G. T. R., CLINTON STolinson's Floor Paints are widely and favorably known for their quick drying, beau- ty ani clllrability. r.2;,s