Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-05-16, Page 4f r. ..r : 1tv ARvertisereits. a., StatMen route—Geo. Lai thwaite Serifant wanted—New Era Office En peund. 1—F. Fe'land. ,)u):azo Bu11--Wm. Mair. C(ltirt of Revisiou—Jas Campbell. Zip v7liut PP Carelake S) ne.lee--Jas Twitchell EX4u' tion fares—W. Jaoksou ' J.lort' and cattle fair—W. Jackson I4betal meetings—J. T. Garrow. flintan tui era FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1890. Hake Your Choice. Both the Reform a- nd Conservative candidates in the West Riding of Huron are now fairly before the electors, who will be called on the 5th of June, to • make a choice between them. Mr Garrow, the Liberal candidate, is cne who has already made a public re- cord, he haviug been in the County Council, also Warden, and is now the Solicitor for the county. He has also dine cuusiderable canpaigu work in past elections. He is regarded as a very able lawyer, with alt honorable per- sonal record, and is the unanimous choice of the largest Liberal Conven- • tion heldin thet county ut for a long time. • He is supporting an administration that has labored for the public good, a govern went that has had the confidence of the people for .early twenty years, and against which the breath of seandal has fastened 00 charge. Judged by its record the guve'•nwent of Mr Mowat is fairly entitled t•, renewtd confidence and support and as its candidate in the coming cuut,st, \Ir Garrow should have the undivided support of every one who has the bust interests of the Pro- vence at heart, Mr Boberts, if vvu mistake nut, leas been a private citizen all his life. We are not aware that he has ever taken any active part in public affairs what- ever. It Is true he is a business man, and we understand, a fairly good one, but in no sense has he ever been regard- ed as a public man. Soliciting support on his past record, he eau only do so as a private citizen. He is the choice of the Conservatives of the Riding, and as :such claims support on their platform. 'We do not think Mr Meredith's cause has been such as to inspire confidence in his stability or sincerity. He has shown a complete change of policy from one election to the other. Had he been consistent in standing manfully by one .platform he might have some reason to expect a measure of support, but he has veered around like a weather -cock. Personally, we have nothing to say against Mr Roberts. But we frankly say we do not like the political company he keeps. We do not believe it would be wise to ."hand the reins of power over to Mr Meredith. We do not think he would administer the affairs of the Province as well as Mr Mowat has done. We do not want to see perpetuated in Ontario the scandels that have disgraced the Ottawa administration, and although Mr Meredith may allege that he has no connection with Sir John, very few will believe any such thing, for he has too often shown himself to be in sympathy .therewith. For these and other reasons, we think that Mr Garrow should be the choice of the electors of West Hur- on, and we ask all who read these lines • to weigh carefully the claims of Mr Mowat and Mr Moi a lith,being satisfied that if they do so, the Liberal candi- date will be the man of their choice. j Testimony from Ministers. i Political Poiittters. 1 The following testitnouiee are from Woree things than the ocntinuanee some of the beat Minietere in Ontario, ' in power of the Mowat Government and should carry weight with the in- I can happen this province. — Toronto Telegram Independent Conservative. teliigent eleotore in deciding how they should vote :- -It iaasauredly =tithe. p, Ovinoe el the State to divide itaconetitnenoy into two b alien camps of Protestantism autism and Ro- man Catholicism. The aim should be unify, and our politicians and divines, who aid in stirring up the bitterness of religions hatred in a community suoh as ours, take upon themselves a respon- sibility that to me would be unbearable. • . • This, to me, senseless irritation now being incited seems to be paving the way for still greater Reparation. Rev W. Burton Congregational., To overthrow a Government whioh has at its head a man whose equal, as the Prime Minister of a Christain country, is hardly to be found, and which has so ably and successfully vindicated the imperilled rights of the Province, and to put in'its place a Gov- ernment composed of men who have, on all occasions, displayed a disregard of the privileges of Outario and an indiffer- ence to its interests—to do this on the alleged ground that our Protestantism is in danger until we get a Government in alliance with that of Sir John Macdon- ald and in subservience to it, every sound and thoughtful Liberal will, I trust, see to be the extreme of folly. Our interests as Protestants, as well as our other iuterests,are, I have no doubt, in far safer hands than those of the men who are now charging the Government with indifference to them.—Rev Dr. Middlemess, Presbyterian. I have heard people in this country talking of separate schools and blaming Mr stowat for their introduction into this country, when the fact is that Mr Mowat had nothing to do with them, but voted against their establishment. I am a Reformer, but I don't say every- thing Mowat has done has been perfect, but his legislation has been wise. if I had any faith in the religious auteced ents of his opponents I might be tempt• ed not to support hint ; but as it is, 1 !lope Mr Mowat will be sustained. —Rev Ur Melligan, Presbyterian. Is it to be taken for granted that nothing is right or proper unless the Catholics condemn it? if so,then what shall we say of all our legislation in which Protestants as well as Catholics concur ? I yield to no man in loyal at- tachment to Protestant principles, but I do not believe that the interests of religion are at all promoted by such ap- peals to religious jealousy and prejudice. —Rev Dr Dewart, Meth odist. tinder the administration of Hon. Oliver Mowat all denominations and creeds have had impartial justice.—Rev Dr. Castle, Baptist. The recent modifications of separate school law are in substance what our platform demand.—Dr.Caven, principal of Knox College and president of the Equal Rights Associattop of Ontario. Mr Mowat has proved himself to be a capable administrator, Mr Meredith only promises that he will be, and his promises have changed like the wind. Political Pointers The Quebec nominations have been fixed for June 10 and voting OR the 17th. Equal Righters sboeld remember that Sir John Macdonald voted for the estab- lishment of Separate Schools in this Province and that Hon. Mr Mowat vot• ed against them. SQiial Boron. Mr Archibald Bish- op is again the standard bearer for the Liberals in South Huron. IIe is a man who has ably represented the Riding for a num. ber of years, and enjoys the confidence of his friends to a wonderful extent. A practical farmer, he should be sup- ported by all of that class. His inter• este are all in the riding and every vote cast for him on the 5th of June is a vote for a resident representative who bas in the past proved a true friend of good government. Let the electors of South Huron show that they want no one from Toronto as their representa- tive, when they havc a good man right in their midst who k worthy of their support. The committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of :Jen. Middleton concerning the stealing of the fore, bavo reported to the house, and to their credit be it said, they have con- demmed his action as strongly as words express it. Even members of the Gov. ernment scathingly refered to hi% con- duct, intimated that that he should pay for them out of his own pocket, and even conveyed the impression that he should be dismissed. ` So he should be, at once, and we give the Government credit for the stand they have taken in the matter. Since the year 1876, the year in which the Crooks AA was passed—the liglaot licenses have Jbeen reduced in number b w t e comm iesionere Y 1,453. Mr ]12oa have done a good work. It was Mr Mowat who saved half of Ontario, with its valuable mines and timber, from Sir John's grasp, and now the people of that Province are asked to dismiss their ohampion and hand over their Province to the "lieutenant" of the man who tried so hard to despoil them. Surely the people of Ontario are not orazy.—Montreal Herald. Mr Mowat is so good a parliament- arian and statesman that he has beat- en Sir John Macdonald every time he went to court with him on constitu- tional questions. Of the consolidated statutes of Ontario the late Chief Just- ice Harrison said: "These acts were the most complete and perfect oode of the kind that he knew of in any eouutry of the world." The farmers owe much to the Mowat Government. While Sir JohnMacdon• ald has been robbing them by making them pay taxes through the nose, Mr Mowat has aided agricultural societies . The body of Henry Byers, once a and colleges, creameries, fruit growers, ' Methodist minister, was Round it Cat - entomological, bee and poultry associ- aragni Bay ou Tuesday. He had appar- ations. He has also supported the • eutly co..uuitted suicide. Agricultural College at Guelph and given each county a grant of money Mr Rykert is I _ported to be canvass - to help support the poor. Prince Edward Island has had the benefit of a Conservative Governmeut finds as a result it itself face to face with direct taxation. The Government announces a deficit of $40,500 this year, and unless it gets assistance from the Dominion exchequer a direct tax must be imposed on the people. Mr Mowat has a different story to tell. Our Pro- vince has a surplus of $6,000,000 and plenty more where that ea.tte from and not a cent of debt. During the seventeen years in which Mr Mowat has been Premier of Ontario, the average bonus received by the On- ario Government has been $751 a square mile. For the saute area of timber lands, the Dominion Government re- ceived a uniform rate of only $:p a square utile. The sale of Ontario timbers limits last held (in 1+187) real- ized for the Province the magnificent average of $3,759 a Milel The Fort William Journal,one of the leading journals in the District of Al- goma, says that it is not a partisan paper, and therefore cannot indorse every act of the Ontario Government, "but," it adds, "we believe the legisla- tion enacted during late years to be as progressive as the people of the Pro- vince indorse, and the administration of affairs to be in harmony with the requi entente of the times." Reformers should not forget that in 188.2 Mr Meredith declared in the leg- islature that "at the time the Roman Catholics were asking for Separate Schools it was the Conservative party who supported them in their claim, and obtained for them, at the risk of loss of seats and influence, their now recogniz- ed rights." He also declared that "he did not favor forcing the ballot upon the separate school supporters if they did not want it, but he supported the proposition to extend the ballot to the public schools elections." NEWS NOTES. - i Middleton Censured, St. Mary's has a total population of On Tuesday the report concerning 8,644. Gen. Middleton s conduet was presented The town of Berlin has voted to bonus to parliament. Mr Blake spoke on the a piano factory and a wood -working question, delivering an address which factory. even for him was a surprisingly oow- ptete and masterly statement of the whole Daae. Mr Blake •said in this matter there had been grievous nabs- aoudad i - conducand impropriety on the part of an official of the Canadian Govern- ment. He referred caustically to the fact that in granting the inquiry this session the Government said that Geu- eral Middleton had called for an inquiry as though Parliament could not act until General Middleton had given his gracious consent. It was whiapered at ono time that it was proposed that the matter should be hushed up on the pay- ment of a fixed sum, that sum to be paid by the Canadian people. He hoped that no such suggestion had been or would be made. "This is a matter to be settled by the people who have done the wrong and not by the Cauadian people. (Cheers) We ought not to indemnity, either in reputa- tion or in purse, the person who has committed the wrong. He has had honors and rewards, and he ought to pay for his misconduct and receive the censure due to him." (Hear, hear,) Mr Blake then reviewed the British military law on the subject, showing that General Middleton Buffalo city council has voted to ex- clude Uanadians from working on oor- poratioa jobs. A Mr Deustedt, of the village of Blair, Ont., died Sunday from the effects of a kick from a horse. Burglars took a considerable amount of property from a Lakefield jeweller on Sunday morning. It is thought the Dominion Parlia- ment will be prorogued on Saturday, or Monday at the latest. Adam Hudspeth, M. P. for South Victoria, died in Lindsay Tuesday evening from apoplexy. W. E. B. Dubois, a colored student, has won one of the first prizes for de- clamation at Harvard University. James Carscallen, a farmer living near Napanee, died suddenly Sunday at the Royal hotel in that town. The women who were elected as may- or and council of Edgerton, Kansas, have grown disgusted with their offices, and resigned. Mr Rykert has issued an address to the electors of Lincoln. In it he says; "Why should I be singled out for pub - The Equal .tights ,people should not lig censure viten there are dozens of forget in 1883 Mr Meredith tried to beat members in `the same House who not Mowat by telling the Catholics that they ( only have applied for ard. obtained would never get justice until he (Mere- dith) was in power. Mr E. O. Runians, president of the Conservative association of the town of Brampton,has resigned his position and writes to the local papers stating that he will vote for Chisholm, the Reform candidate in Peel, and against Mr Jas. L. Hughes. Rev Dr, Wild is a man who cannot be said to be extremely fond of the Mowat Administration, but he is shrewd enough to see the trend of public affairs. While in London he once more pointed out that the Grand Old Man of Ontario would be sustained. Rev Mr McKay, who accompanied a deputation of ladies who had an inter- view with Mr Mowat at Wookstock on Saturday took accasion to publicly thank him "for the excellent temper- ance legislation he had been instrumen- al in passing in recent years." The Crown Lands Department of the Province of Ontario has dlurin-4 the past seventeen years contributed tp the province fourteen of that 1t 0 revenues millions of dollars. Instead of being disposed of by private arrangement, as at Ottawa, the timber limits of the province have been sold by public auc- tion; and the crown lands, instead of being used to endow colonization com- panies, have been held for actual set- tlers and administered in the interest of their owner, the province. Three. ing vigorously in Liersoln. The local papers all oppose hint, and a Grit can- didate is to be nominated. Marshal Ballington and Mrs Booth arrived in Toronto Monday e venin t„ from Detroit, and were welcomied by a big Salvation Army demonstration. lion. W. W. Lord, one of the fathers of responsible government in P. E. Island, a member of the Legislature for a quarter of a century, au,. a J. 1'. for sixty years, is dead, aged 93. Mr Jacob Merner, a retired farmer and an old settler of New Ilamburr, died on Friday from injuries received in a runaway on the previous slay. He was the eldest brother of Senator Mer - nee. James Colville, a well known and prominent farmer of the township of Clark, died on Friday at the age of 75. He had resided in the neighborhood for 46 years. Ile was a Conservative in politics. Mr Douglas It. Pelly, the witness for the crown in the Benwell murder case, has evaded the haunts of men and the busy newspaper reporter by hiding himself for the next six months with a survey party in the North-west. limits for themselves, Int nit there ,luny eating moneys into their wee pock(ts, cannot understand. I do not wish, how- ever, to escape because others have of- fended." Why, indeed, Charley? The only difference between you and the other fellows is that you have been found out. Mr Meredith could not Improve up• on the existing condition of affairs if he was in power for a century. He cannot abolish or in any way interfere with the Separate school system— though he might succeed in making Separate schools inefficient and inferior. His hypocrisy is too transparent to de- ceive any honest man. While Mr Meredith hints that he would like to see Separate schools abolished in On- tario his leader in Dominion politics refuses to abolish Separate schools in the Northwest territories, and Mr Meredith makes un complaint.—Ottawa Free Press. stilt is that Ontario has a.,.:et3 which are arrestable and bare a market i•alut, while no other province of the Dominion, nor even the Dominion itself, is in such a position.—Montreal Witness. The campaign is fairly under way throughout the Province, and there aro no two opinions with regard to the pro- probabilty—not to say certainty—that the Mowat Government will go back with a larger majority than the one which tilled the space to the right of the Seeaker hi the last Ilouse. The race alai religion cries are not taking hold in tiro country. The people, free to ex- press their honest opinions, know enough to appreciate good government when they have it, The garrets of Toronto newspaper offices have had to be searched to find any kind of candi- dates for such constituencies as North Wentworth, South Huron, Haldimand and North Grey.—Hamilton Times. To the Reformers must be attributed the credit of unearthing in the first place, the rascalitiee of Itykert and 'L Middleton. Give them half a chance and they will get at the bottom of some • ether gnostic) sable transactions. Ml•,r HAVE 1.NOWN nE WI DOING 9IIONU in the case of Breulner, whose furs he ordered into keeping and afterwards ordered out of safekeeping. Mr Blake recited how General 9liddleton sent Bremner to Regina for trial to see whether be was or not a rebel and at that moment confiscated his property as the property of a rebel and appropriat- ed the best of that property for hint• self, taking the lion's or rather, said 1\Ir Blake, with withering scorn, the wolf's share. That seemed to the hon. gentleman disgraceful, and he could not uiderstai.1 how Gen. Middleton could have confused. his amoral sense so far as to have been guilty of such a•i act. It was true, Mr Blake continued, alluding to the disappearance of the cases of furs addressed to him on board the steamer, that the plunderer was plundered, but that was uo palliation, and he loped the Government would see that the General paid for the furs and withdrew from our service. This sentiment, with which Mr Blake con- cluded, was loudly applauded. A genuine autograph letter from General George Washington, dated New Windsor, 1781, and said to be one of the only three letters now in exis- tence written by General Washington, is owned in Guelph, Ont. The other two are deposited in the White House at Washington. It is currently repored that the Gov- ernment had decided to call upon Gen. Middleton to (pay the amount of inde- mnity which Bremner claims as tha value of his confiscated furs, namely $4,500, or be asked to tender his resigna- tion. It is rumored he will resign The works at the Standard and Ven- ture Powder and Dynamite manufaot• ories, situated near Brockville, explod- ed Sunday. Where the works stood ie a hole in which a god -sized house could be placed out of sight. No one was hurt. The loss is estimated at $10,000. Thomas Pell, an employee of the Classic City mills, Stratford, went up in the loft on Tuesday to shovel a load of bran down the chute. By some means he got in the chute himself and was smothered. He had been employ- ed in the mills for a year. His wife is now in Toronto hospital. The oak planted at Mount Vernon. Washington, in 1862 by the Prince of Wales having died, Sir Julian Paunce- fote, the British Minister, on Tuesday planted an oak grown front a British acorn near Washington's tomb. A number of prominent people witnessed the. affair. Sir Julian made an address eulogizing Washington To overthrow a Government which has at its head a man whose equal, as the Prince Minister of a Christian r country, is hard to be found, and which has so ably and successfully vin- dicated the imperilled rights of the Province, and to put in its place a Government composed of men who have, on all occasions, displayed a dis- regard of the privileges of Ontario and an indifference to its interests—to do this on the alleged ground that out' Protestantism is in danger until we get a Government in alliance with that of Sir John MacDonald and in sub- servence to it, every sound and thought. ful Liberal will, I trust, see to be the extreme of folly. Our interesta, as Protestants, as well as our other inter- ests, are, I have no doubt, in far safer hands than those of the men who are now charging the Government with in- difference to them.—Rev. I)r. Middle - miss. Rev Principal Caven has issued an- other letter, on the schools gnestion,the principal points in which are the fol. lowing: It is perhaps too much to expect that in the heart of an election contest keen partisans should refrain from seeking to use for their own ends the utterances of a body which wishes to stand absolu- tely free from party. The document re- cently issued by the Equal Right As- sociation is not intended to be, as in my judgment it is not capable of being fair- ly, used against one party rather than another. I most repeat what I said in a letter which you were good enough to publish on April 30,tbat all attempts to make party capital out of the separate school question are either ignorant or dishonest, and will be discountenanced by every fair poinded man who knows a little of Canadian history. It were a shameless thing for either party to make the other party responsible for extending the privileged of separate Rchnnis, and almost equally shameless for the community or any eonaiderable section of it to lay the reaponsibilityex- elusively upon nor legiellatnrs. What ing classes that had been placed upon savages waRet tletf bay until exhausted,1) ie iwhtplitlon he has been done, whether for gore' or evil, the statute books by Mr Mowat and his was done with hot little criticism or colleagues, they thought this was a was killer . I his mon perished with remonatranrr. g g 1 him, and the. r bodies were eaten by fitting time to recognive his Rervire9, the cannibals. The station Bagni was Could the rnndemnatinn of the Tnry consequently they had a pointer! a I re-established bythe French twenty- le bosses he stronger ? They aro the committee to draft this address, which y• ehamelese crew who took the ground he had been dela aped to present to the four days after the death of its. Dom• state d by the T1'i'ial Rights Asnocipetion. Attorney -General, mender, The faithful Commons, on Wednes• day, came somewhat nnexpectedly to the end of business for the session,there being left practically nothing to do but prorogue. That cc remon y will take place today. The dropping of the Northwest Bill and some minor measures brought the end sooner than was anticipated. Dr. Donglas, who attended Gen. 3rant in his last illness, res now poor and a patient in one of the (New York pity thnapitale. Gen. Grant left him $6,000 in recognition of hie eervicee. Buy your Boys and Girls -�' - A GOAD EXPRESS WAGGON We can give ' ou a strong Iron Axle Waggon, with box for $1.25. Wood Axles at 75 cents and $1. Our line of Bent -Bail Waggons, with Wirt) wheels, are just what the children need. Prices are $1.75, $2.10, $2,60 and $3.15. EVERYBODYIIAS OURACHEAP OUT a er a. • ---AND--- Y St lish Window Shades. 'With tlhy large stock Wo purchased this spring our as- sortment is still good, and any one who is thinking of decorating their house should not Miss seeing them .1 1'0011 APOLOGY. Sir Adolphe Caron put in a weak de- fence and miserable apology for General Middleton'e misconduct. It was, he admitted, a most unfortunate error of judgment, regretted deeply by the General himself, and he had expressed his willingness to pay for a portion of the furs supposed to have been removed on his orders. But, added the minist- er, Gen. Middleton must investigate the matter further, find out the value of the furs, and ascertain whether they belong to Bremner. The minister al- luded several times to Gen. Middleton'e services to Canada, which, he said, he could not forget. MIDDLETON'S 1ESYOSSIn1LITY. Mr Lister, upon whose motion the in- vestigation was held, followed in a severe arraignment of General Middle- ton, who, he contended, must bo held responable for Bremner's full loss on ac- count of the furs. He had no right, Mr Lister asserted, to take the property of a Canadian citizen and after denying all knowledge of these furs for five years only now make tardy reparation. Ile told the Ilouse that Brenner from a position of wealth was now in abject poverty and broken in health,and it was the Government's duty tp see that he was indemnified in full without further delay. Mr Lister, after citing the evi- dence showing that the order for loot- ing issued by Gen. Middleton had at- tached to it an injunction to secrecy,de- clared it to be his opinion that Gen. Middleton knew well at the time that he had no right to confiscate, much less ap- propriate,this man's property. In con- clusion, Mr Lister said :—"In view of all the facts Mr Thos. Elliott, of the township of Keppel, visited Wiarton with another farmer on Wednesday,to procure a coffin for Mrs Lisk. Returning in a democrat rig, Mr Elliott rode on the top of the coffin, and by some unknown means fell off backwards to the ground. The back of his head carne in contact with a stone, causing concussion of the brain. His recovery is doubtful. Mrs James Longworth, of the 2nd a con. of McKillop; had a veryvaluable 1, two-year-old colt so injured a few days ago that it had to he killed. The ani- mal got out of the yard and ran out to the Huron road at Irishtown, and in jumping over a picket fence got impaled on the pickets. The poor brute re- mained in this position until seen by a neighbor, who had to break down the fence before he could relieve it. If the 'Torics ever get the Grits out they will koep them out. They would fortify themselves by a free use of the licensing and appointing powers. Sins they now condemn would be accepted as guides and the gerrymander they de• nounce would be used as a means of warding off a Liberal triumph.—Toron• to Telegram (Tory). That's a fact. Once let Meredith and his gang on the Treasury benches and it would be all day with the French and Separate school howl. They would not depend on these sectional cries or on stirring up religious strife to keep in power. They would work the licens- ing system for all it is worth. They would gerrymander. They would bribe. They would dole out the timber limits and Crown (ands to their own favor ties. They would do anything and every- thing but the right to hold the reins of government.—Hamiltion Times. REMEMBER — Our stock at C. Dickson's stand must be cleared out next month, and we are offer- ing Silverware, Spectacles, Cups and Saucers, Vases and Dolls at wholesale prices and under. Special Discount on Miscellaneous Books to Libraries and Reading Rooms. Store No. 1 Store No. 2 COOPER'S BLOCK DICKSON'S OLD STAND TERMS STRICTLY CASH W. COOPER & CO., CLINTON ON:N. MIDDLETON'S USEFULNESS IS GONE and the Government should intimate to hint that his services are no longer re- quired." An officer in his position can- not remain in it after being guilty of what he is shown to be guilty of. Mr McNeil, the chairman of the com- mittee of investigation, agreed that Gen. Middleton's conduct was unwarranted, illegal, and highly improper, but he would not condemn Gen. Middleton too severely. Ile did not like to kick a man when he was down. THE ral•:MI Elt's OPINION. Sir John Macdonald,in a brief speech, concurred in the general view the t Gen. Middleton's conduct deserved the con- demnation and the strong language pass - It was clear,he added,tbat wrongly and illegally and language used in reflection iddleton's conduct was justi- The alarming exodus from Newfound- land is still going on. Two hundred and fifty young men recently left Har- bor Grace in a body for Canada. There were one hundred applications for pas- sage -on the steamer Ashdene, from St. John's for Montreal. The captain could only take fifty, but the men were so anxious to go to Canada that they agreed to sleep on the bare decks if the captain would take them. They were transported from St. .John's to Montreal at $5 per head Last week's Norwich Gazette contains the following. "This community has been somewhat taken by surprise during the past week by the sudden disappear- ance of the pastor of the Baptist :,hurch, Rev J. Williamson, who left his home hereon Wednesday evening last,leaving behind him, it is stated, a note to the effect that he was tired of continual and harassing domestic infelicity, and that his wife would not see him again. This briefly states all .that is known about the actual fact of his leaving. He took his departure quietly, no one probably but himself knowing that he was leaving town without the intention of returning. At the nomination of Hon. Oliver Mowat, at Oxford, on Saturday, a very significant circumstance was the pre- sentation of an address from the local Knights of Labor. It was read by Mr Wm. McKay, on behalf of the Execu- tive of the body, who explained that the Knights of Labor were no political party, nor did they as a rule take sides with political parties. At the last gen- eral election they did not decide upon e political platform, nor did they ally themselves with either of the parties in the United States. Taking into consideration, however, the amount of valuable legislation affecting the labor- ed upon i he had the stro on Getn, fled. 45till he believed in. charity that the confiscation was all error of judg- ment, but an illegal, improper act that cannot be defended. The Premier ad- vised the adoption of the report. OTHER Mew's. .lir Mitchell called for instant }action by Parliament. Alluding to Sir'Adolphe Caron's praise of Gen. Middleton's cen- duct in the field, Mr Mitchell said he did not question Gen. Middleton's brav- ery, but he knew it was Col. Williams, not Gen Middleton, who carried the ritlo pits at 13atuche. Mr Mitchell compared the stolen furs to a burglar's swag, and called on the Government to compel Gen. Middleton to refund the value of the furs, to then dismiss him and report him to the Horse Guards. Ile censured the Premier for extenuating Gen. Middleton's misconduct. Mr Laurier was prepared to believe Gen. Middleton acted on an error of judgment, but he was answerable for tete full measure of wrong inflicted up• on Charles Bremner. But according to the Minister of Militia, Gen. Middle• ton was to hold a sort- of court of enquiry to decide how much indemnity was ldue and oto whom. He thought that between this and next session the Government should see that justice was done, otherwise, Mr Laurier added, he would himself raise the question next session. After Messrs Girouard and Casey had spoken, the motion to adopt the report was unanimously carried. The news is confirmed of the killing of M. Musy, commander of the French post at Bagui, on the Mobangi branch of the Ccngo. He is the second white man who has been killed by the natives of the Congo Basin. The first was the comrade of Capt. Trivier in his trip last year across the continent. Musy was killed with twelve meh on his sta- tion on January 3. Be had left his post with many allies from the Botambi and Jacobi tribes to chastise the village of Salangtt for making slave raids upon villages that were on friendly relations with the French. Daring the fight which followed his arrival at Salanga all his allies deserted him, and he and the 12 men of his station were left alone surrounded by the enemy in over- powering numbers. Musy kept the Rev Hugh Pedley,of Winnipeg,speak- ing on the Rykert scandal in the course of his sermon last Sunday, said if the electors would return such a man after such conduct, Lake Ontario -should rise up and swallow that community. The death is announced, at the age of 65 years, of Mrs Samuel Cobbledick,of Exeter, which occurred at an early hour on Wednesday last, the anniversary of the death of her daughter, Mrs W. T. Galloway, of Adelaide, who died just one year previously. The indirect cause of her death was la grippe. De- ceased was born in the western part of Ireland on Nov. 19, 1824. With her father's family she came to this coun- try in early life and settled in the coun- ty of Durham. Forty-seven years ago she was married to her deeply bereaved husband. In 1855 they moved west to the 1st con. of McGillivray', were they resided until they retired from active life 13 years ago, when they then went to live in Exeter. Of their family, be- sides the daughter already mentioned, live died in early childhood, while the following four remaiued—David Cobble- dicli,of McGillivray;Joseph Cobboledick, of Biddulph; • ' cul ph• Mrs A. IIIcks of Exeter; er;, r and Rev. Cl. H. Cobbledick, )f Guelph. ph. - _...d . _ a .....,b. .e Ce(v AduertLLe(uents. viTANTED—A GOOD GENERAL SER- V V SANT. Apply at the Nnw ERA Office. BORN 'Iasi/en—In Windsor, un the 6111 inst., the wife of Mr Arch Taylor, formerly of Belgrave, of a son. rt!ED Pt1'TQN.—lo Morris, on the 3rd inst-, Louisa, beloved wife of Mr David Pat- ton, aged 36 years and 27 days. EAULESoN.—In Turnberry, on the 4th inst., Lucinda J. McKinley, beloved wife of Wni. Eagleson, aged 32 years, 9 months and 27 days. MCMANSCs. -In Winglra n. 00 the 2nd inst., Andrew McMannus. formerly of Kinloss, aged 30 years. MAYNES.—Ju (loilerieh, 011 Saturday, May 3rd, Lizzie, infant daughter of Wm. Maynes, aged 5 weeks and 6 days. Dovr,F.—In Goderich, on Monday, May 5th, Edward •J., second son of James Doyle, aged 23 years. 5 months and 5 days. \' 3X-tONE.-10 Brussels, on Friday, May 2nd, William Vanstone, aged 56 years, 10 months and 23 days. ... Forest fires are destroying it great amount of property in Northern WiR- consin. Henry Smith was found guilty of murdering his wife at London. and was sentenced to be hanged on June 1411). The Catholics vote for Mowat for the same reason that the Protestanls do. Because lie gives both their equal rights. Said Mr E. E. Sheppard, the Con- servative candidate for Haldimand:--"I wish my chances of success were assure as those of the young Man who has tak- en his seat." The young man was Mr. J. G. ILolmes,who confronts Mr Bishop in South Huron. A prominent Conser- vative of South Huron dubs Mrlolmes "an ass." We have not heard from Mr Sheppard'a oonatitnenoy, but het mnst surely be as popular as Mr Holmes.— Globe. HOUSE To RENT—ON HURON STREET, lately occupied by Mrs R. M. Racey, Ar- ply,to MANNING & SCOTT. West HURON Impounded, 111 Clinton, a black and white Yearling Heifer. If not previously re deemed, It will be sold by auction, at 1 pan ., on Saturday, May 24tH. H. ROLLAND, Poundkeeper. L.)urllam Bull FOL' Service. The subscriber keeps for service, at his farm, lot 34, 9th con., .f Hullett, a thoro-bred Durham Bull, of first-class pedigree. Terms, 18, witb privelege of returning if necessary. W. MAIR, Ja. Township of Hallett Court of Revision. Notice is hereby given that the meeting of the Court for the Revision of the Assess- ment Roll of the Township of Hullett, will be held at 13e11's Rotol,Lolulesboro,on Mon- day, May 26th, at the hour of 10 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of hearing and settling com- plaints a said against Assessment Roll. I'er- soua haying business at the Court will please attend at the said time and (lace, without further notice, JAMES CAMYI3ELL, Clerk. 11` YOU DO IT ONCE YOU'Li, DO IT AGAIN. 1)0 WHAT? Gu 'f() CARSLAKE'4 VICTORIA ST., CLINTON,, When you are in need of your Clothes being cleaned or repaired. Being a practical Tai- lor of Targe experience, I am able to turn out first-class work at shortest notice. — charges moderate. A call +ol 'cited. • Victoria Ht , Clinton (queen's Birthday EXCURSION FARES The following faros will be in force for Queen's Birthday Fixcursions. At HINOLF FARE on the 24th, good until 27tH A t FARM: AND ONE. THIRD on the 23rd May good until 2718. F'or tickets and further information appl y to W. JACKSON, TOWN AGENT G. T. R. J. T. GARROW HORSE and CATTLE will !told meeting's es follows : ASHFIELD.—Grant's school house -- Friday, May 16 KINGSBRIDGE.— Saturday, May 17 CLINTON—Monday, May 19 W INGHAM—Tuesday, May 20 SMITH'S HILL—Wednesday, May 91 ST AUGUSTINE—Thursday, May 22 EAST WAWANOSH, Hoover's S. II. Friday, May 23 I31:LGRAVE, Saturday, May 21 BENMILLER, Monday, May 26 LONDESBORO, Tuesday, May 27 BLYTIL, Wednesday, May 28 LEEBITRN, Thursday, May 29 At'BITT1N, Friday, May :30 HOLMES\-I-LLE,Saturday, May :+I PORT ALBERT, Monday, June 2 (lOI)E1tICH, Wednesday, .Tune 1 The meetin a at Clinton, Wingham Goderich and Blyth, commence at ld o'clock, all otheu places at 7.30. Tho Opposition candidate is invited to attend. SALE SA'I'UItIAY, .TUNE 7, 1890 AN AUCTION SALLA: for the disposal of Horses and Cattle will be hold on the MARKET SQUARid:, Clinton, On the above date, at 2 o'clock In the after noon. Any person will have the privilefo of offering stook at this sale free ofcost: For further particulars apply to Messrs P. OAN• TELON, .1. JfliNSON or W. JACKSON. GO WEST i V.P.R. To MANiTOIBA, NORTH- WEST or BRITISH t'OLUMBIA. Buy your tickets and get full Information from the authorized agent. COOPER & CO'S 800K STORE '. CLINTON' FffO���R•---- '