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The Clinton New Era, 1890-05-23, Page 4• 4301: aktirtraftelaZeiltd. Coria -3'a8 Stelap, pilAttxtlll� Wttltan & Morrison. NQ,t1}cv,-.-P. Adamson: Wool wanted—John Scott. Nxeetutor's Notice.—Manuing R Scott. Going—W. Cooper & Co. Th rrli•hinge—Jackson Bron. elinte titww xa FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1890. The American Tariff. The new tariff bill passed the United ,plates house of Representatives on Wednesday. Before long a good many Canadians will wish it hadn't. Nova Scotia Elections. The Local elections in Nova Bootie were held on Wednesday, when the Liberals swept the Province, carrying 28 out of 38 seats, Let the Libeeals of Ontario follow suit on the 5th of Juue. Liberal Candidates. All the Liberal candidates in Ifuron are reported to be meeting with very gratifying encouragement in their progress through the respective ridings. And we know of no reason why they should not. They are all good hien personally, supporting a good cause, and on the 5th of Juue we hope to see etch one returned by a good majority. Let every Liberal help to make it so. The Lineoln Contest. Doting to 1'1l the vacancy caused by the retirement t f lir Rykert, takes dace in Lincoln to day. The candi- dates are Mr Rykert, and a Mr W. K. Patterson, Liberal. When ltykert first resigned, and people generally were con- demning his rascality, a Conservative took the field in opposition to him and announced that he would remain in the field until the last vote was polled. This man was a life-long Conservative, a prominent fruit -grower, and would have made a fairly good representative The Liberals evidently could not allow the occasion to pass without putting a candidate in the field also, and Mr Patterson was nominated. Now in do- ing so we think they made a mistake, for it had the very result that might have been anticipated,—the withdrawal of Mr Petitt, the Conservative. What were his reasons are best known to himself. The contest is therefore be- tween the two that have been named, ' and the probafilities are that Rykert will be re-elected, for notwithstanding his unsavory record, and detested as he is by men of his own party, they will re- gard it as a straight issue between Con- servative and Reform, and vote accord- ingly. Lincoln being a Conservative stronghold, the result can easily be an- tioipated. Had the Liberals been satisfied that ' P tett would have remained in the field, it would have been wiser, in the exceptional circumstances of this con- test, to have endorsed him, and as there would then be no violence to party feel- ings by the Conservatives, there would have been a better chance of testing public feeling than there is. We admit that there is no ground but aparty one upon which Rykert can possibly stand, but when the party is in danger people are apt to forget his rank iniquities. We would be glad to see a public con- demnation of a scoundrel of the Rykert type, but we are strongly inclined to think that it would easter have been obtained by allowing a member of his own party to oppose him, than by a Liberal doing so. If the result is diff- erent to what is anticipated, we shall rejoice, not in the election of a Liberal, but in the fact that Lincoln is more pure than we mentally give- it credit for being. On this matter the Ottawa Free Pres. says:—"Some newspapers blame the Reformers for nominatinga candi- date against Mr Rykert in Lincoln. Tf the Reformers had not placed a man in the field Mr Rykert would have been returned by acclamation. Mr Petit was put up as "a decoy duck" by Rykert with the view of hoodwinking the Re- formers; it being his intention to retire as soon as possible after the time for fyling nomination pitipers had expired. Death of D. MacG. NHach North Huron School Inspector It becomes our exceedingly painful duty this week to chronicle the sud- den and unexpected demise of Mr D. McG. Malloch, Iuspector of Public Schools for North Duron. He had been slightly unwell for some time, but had been coufined to his bed for only a few days at the time of death, which occurred early Monday morn- ing. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis. It is almost impossible to realize (at the time of writing) that he has passed away. Mr Malloch was born in the township of Nepean, in the county of Carleton, Ontario, on the 20th of September, 1834, ao that he was in hie 56th year. Although a Canadiau by birth, he was descended from good Scottish stock, his parents having come to Canada from Perthshire, Scotland, in 1833. He received his early edu- cation in the rural schools in the township of Drummond, Lanark Co., to whicu place his parents had re- moved from Nepean. He was also indebted for a portion of his edu cation to Mr McLaren, at that ti Principal of the Perth Gramm School, and it is to this gentlem that he owes, in connection with own industry and perseverance, mu of the educational success of his of life. He was greatly benefitted his attendance for some time at American school at Fort Edward New York State. He finished scholastic education by attending, two terms at the Toronto Norm School, then under the principalsh of the talented and energetic Thom Jeffrey Robertson, who did much his day to stimulate and encoura deserving young) men. As a'ehole Mr Malloch had a culture and refin ment and a breadth of view far abo the averse of those holding simil positions. While acting as a Publ School Master, he taught successive iu the counties of Lanark, Elgi Perth, Simcoe and Huron, and everwhere proved himself a master the art of teaching. In 1862 he o Mined the principalship of the Grill Public schools, which position held for six years, when he receiv be appointment of head master the Clinton Public School, which la er position be continued to hold f ixteen years, when, on the resigna ion of the late Mr Dewar, he w u nanirnously appointed Inspector ublic Schools tor North Huron. g oes without saying that in his pos ion as Inspector he was highly a reciated by those with whom h ame in contact educationally, Mr Malloch was also a graduate of he Kingston Military School, and held for sometime the lieutenancy of No. 7 Company, Simcoe Foresters. He was a prominent Free Mason, having been initiated at Port Stanley, o 1858, in Sc, Mark's Lodge No. 94. Wherever he went he was much ought after in Masonic circles, and e consequently held leading posi- ions in the Lodges in his locality. He was for sometime master of the rillia Lodge, and filled the chair in Clinton Lodge No. 84. He received he Capitular degrees in Signet Chap- er No. 34, Urillia, in 1870, where e took the higher degrees of the Royal Arch, Knights Templar and ,:nights of blahs, in Mount Calvary ucampment, and at the same time eceived the investment of Knight of he Red Cross of Rome and Constan- ne. He received the Council de - roes in 1875,'and has since taken the sottish rite degrees in Hamilton. He as Peet First Principal of Seaforth hapter No.66;)Preceptor of St. Elmo receptory, No. 24, Goderich ; Past rand Registrar Grand Lodge of anode, 1875, and Past Grand Super- teodent of Huron District for 1883 d 1884. He was probably the best thority on Masonry in this section Canada. As such he will be sadly lased, - as well as in the Malloch hapter, in which he was Past First incipal, and was re-elected First incipal, which office he held at the me of his death. In politics he was Conservative, t never took a very active part in e political questions of the day, and ore particularly in his position as spector he held it to be his duty to main, to a large extent, neutral. December, 1867, he was married Isabella M. Wilson, daughter of onus Wilson, and niece of Rev hn Cray, of Orillia. In religion he s Presbyterian, being a member of illis church, Clinton, in which for eral years be was a trustee, also lding the position of chairman and rotary of the trustee board. He k a lively interest for many years the Clinton Mechanics' Institute, which he was for several years ce-.president, ea - me ar an worda of ours will convey to the be. reeved widow the sympathy that is extended her, for as deeds speak plainer than words, action has al- ready expressed a sympathy that words cannot deacribe. Mr Malloch's only ann, whwhobM baaen ill for Bowe time, is still very low, but appears to be improving somewhat. [We expected to publish a likeness of Mr Malloch with this, but, unfortun- ately, our engraving has not arrived from Toronto.] Local Sporting Notes BABEBALL. On Saturday last, at 6 p.m., a very interesting game of baseball was played between the organ factory club and a club from" town. The follow- ing is the score' and the names of the players: 1 2 3 4 5 Town, 3 3 3 5 0- 14' Factory, 1 0 0 4 1— 6 Town team—Scruton, (Capt.) lst b; B Agnew, 2nd b; Johnston, 3rd b; Tunks, c; Kennedy, ss; Budge, p; T. Agnew, c f; Reynolds, 1 f, Mude, r f. Doherty Factory—Quigley, (Capt.) c; McGee, 3rd b; Downs, 2nd b; Gib- ; binge, lst b; Diamond, p; Robertson, s 8; Kerr, I f; Chowns, c f; Manning, r f. Manager Vann, in his courtly way, umpired the game to the great satisfaction of all. his LAceosse. ch This (Friday) evening, the follow - tel ing members of the Junior Lacrosse by Club go on the 6.45 train to Wing - an ham, to play a game with the Wing - in his for al ip RS in ge r, e• vg, ar is ly n he in b- ia he ed of t- or 9,3of It p- e e P P c s 0 le E r ti in an su of C Pr Pr ti bu th In re In to Th Jo moa 'ev ho sec too in of Vi Clinton :Mechanics Institute The annual meeting of the members was held in the Reading Room, Thursday evening, May 15th, 1890. The attendance was small consider- ing the importance of the object. The Director's Report was delivered by the President, Mr James Scott. °The Financial Statement showed the -Receipts to be $557.60 and payment, $541.06. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT Volumes on the Catalogue, 2272, •History, 324; Biography, 213;Seience, 253; Poetry, 90; Fiction, 598; Voyag- es and Travels, 172; Essays, 203; Re- ligious Works, 51; Reference, 61 Mis- cellau'eonat159• Members on the roll, let May, 176; Books and Periodicals issued during the year, 7883—Biog- raphy,670; History, 652; Voyages and Travels, 918; Science, 605; Poetry, 342; Essays and Lectures, 1870; Fic- tion, 1818; Reference, 138; Religious, 174; Miscellaneous, 1196. The reading room is supplied with Circe Illustrated Paprr 2 Dallier, 5 Weeklies, 18 Magazines ""find 2 Reviews. Daily averageattendance 26. The persona elected for the various offices for the ensuing year are. President, John McGarva; Treasurer, James H. Combe, Secretary, James Scott; Consulting Committee, Alex- McKenz.e D. C. Carr, W. H. Mann- ing, R. 'Stoneham, A. Armstrong, 1). Robb, Wm, Coats, Ales. MoMur- ohie, Fred Jackson, W. H. Lough. A resolution . of thanks was passel} to a gentleman, who has donated several volumes of books to the Lib- rary, but he modestly asks for the omission of his name. Mrs Baily, of the 10th line, E. Zorra, relict of the late George Bailey, was 'buried the other day, She wag one of the oldest settlers of Oxford county and was in her 9rth year. ts The funeral on Wednesday was very largely attended by the general public, and never was a funeral in this neighborhood attended by larger numbers of the Masonic order,(under whose direction the burial took place) than was this ene, all the places of business for the time being closed. The children of the Public School, numbering several hundred, headed the procession, Mr Longh, headmast- er walking with them; then came the members of the Public school board, the Collegiate Institute teachers, also Headmasters Goderich and Seaforth High Schools, carriage containing female teachers of the Public School; immediately after these came the Doherty Organ Band, with muffled drums, playing the Dead March in Saul, then came members of the Masonic order. (all parte of the county and elsewhere being represented) the hearse followed these, the pall- bearers being Messrs Ball and Rad- cliffe, Goderich; Slirnmon and Ewing, Soafortb; Ouimette, Londeeboro; Worthington, Doan and Glasgow, Clinton; then followed a very large number of vehicles, and also persona 011 foot. Among those who were noted at the funeral were P. Adamson, Co. Clerk, Goderich; Dr, Holmes, Treas- urer, Goderich; I nepector Tom, Gode- rich; Col. Coleman and MrsClarksafn, of Seaforth Collegiate Institute; H. J. Darling, Esq., President Bank of dommerce, Toronto; and other pro- menient persons throughout the country. But one sentiment is expressed, and that is deep, heartfelt sorrow at the sudden demise of one who has led an active and useful life and whose memory will be long cherished by the large number who enjryed the pleasure of his acquaintance. No ham club. The names will show what an excellent team our club will put on the field, and we think that victory will surely be theirs. The boys will appear in their new suite, which they have purchased from the Hodgen' Estate, and which indeed look very pretty. The shirts are of old gold and brown colors, and are very serviceable; the knickerbockers are grey, and stockings and caps brown. The following is the position each will occupy: Goal, Cottle; point, Cox; cover point, Robertson; let de- fence, Morrish; 2nd d, Cantelon; 3rd d, Potts; centre, Read; 3d home, Fair; 2nd h, Stewart; 1st h, Gibbings; out- side h, May; inside h, Kerr. CRICKET. The cricket club is now practising every evening, getting in shape for their game with the Seniors, of Exe- ter. As this will be their first venture this season, it is hoped that they will bring home the palm, The Wanderers Cricket Club go to Goderich on the 24th. POLITICAL MEETING. The first political meeting of the season, as far as Clinton is concerned, was that held in the Town Hall, on Monday evening, in the interest of the Liberal candidate, Mr J. T. Gar - row. Dr Worthington occupied the chair, and there was a good attend- ance of the electors, Mr Garrow took up the several questions that are before the people at the present time, dealing with the general ad- ministration of the b;owat Govern- ment, and showing that upon its re- cord no just criticism could be based, nor could much exception be taken thereto. Touching upon the different branches of the administration, he proved that these bad been in the in- terests of the people, and quoted from papers not favorable to the admi..is- tration, that gave independent testi- mony in favor thereof. Oa the chief question of the election, that of the Separate Schools he showed briefly the fact of their being an inseparable part of the constitution, and the no• cessity of regulating them to the best of our ability. rnis, he claimed, had been all that Mr Mowat bad done; they received no favors that were de- nied others, or had been treated in any - ther way, he claimed, than in a a spirit of fairness and justice. He acknowledged Mr Meredith's abili- ties as a lawyer, but claimed that his policy bad been changed so often that it was difficult to tell how long be would remain attached to one set of principles, and in concluding asked for the support of the electors as the representative of the best government that had ever existed in any country. Au opportunity was here offered to any one wishing to speak on behalf of Mr Roberts, but no one accepting ;t, M. C. Cameron was then called upon. He started off in his custom- ary off -hand, familiar style, and was at once at home with his old support- ers. He did not like to travel along the same lines of argument as those Iaid down by Mr Garrow, for he had so ably and exhaustively dealt with the Provincial issues that there was no necessity, he claimed, for him to go over the same ground. In a few brief remarks Mr Cameron drew compar- isons between the Dominion and Pro- vincial governments, showing bow one was extravagant and the other economical, how one Iegislated in the interest of class and the other in the interests of the people, and warmly endorsed the candidature of Mr- Gar - row. To the claim set up by Mr Roberts, that he was an Equal Right's candidate, Mr Cameron humorously alluded to the men who had brought Mr Roberts out, naming them as men who were Conservatives first,last, and always. A number of Conservatives were in the audience, and the meeting broke up with three cheers for Oliver Mowat, good order having been maintained throughout. Mr Garrow's speech in particular, made a very favorable impression on the audience. Being a comparative stranger here, there was, naturally, some interest in knowing what kind of a speaker he was, and the universally express- ed opinion was that he had greatly exceeded their anticipations. No intelligent man could listen to Mr Garrow withoutbeing convinced of the honesty of his arguments, his evident fairness in discussion, his courteous and honorable treatment of his op- ponents, and his manly, straight- forward presentation of hie platform, and the majority of those who listen- ed to him were fully convinced that he will make an excellent represent- ative for the West Riding of Huron. Mr Roberta and others are announ- ced to Speak here on the 27th. News Notes Arend The Duty. Mr Hall .Rutledge, of the 4th con., Goderich township, lost hie valuable Clear Grit mare on Tuesday last. The event of laying the corner stone of the Methodist church, Fordwiob, is to take place on May ?r4th. To Mr 11laasey, of Toronto, as conferred the I NEWS NOTES. honored duty, 1 Monter Barton Hooper, of Exeter, I was scuffling with some other boys on Wednesday afternoon, and by some meane broke his arm. A meeting of 141aitland Presbytery was held ine Wingham Presbyterian ohuroh, on Tuesday last. There was a full attendance of ministers and elders. A telegram was received by J. Y. S. Kirk, Brussels, last Monday, • from Leamington, Essex Co., stating that his son Jas. had met with a serious ac- cident having one area broken in two places. Mr Bert Casson, son of Rev. Mr Cas- son, of the Methodist Church Seaforth, has returned from Colboarg College, and will take a circuit somewhere after Conference meeting in June. We understand that Rev. Wm. Tor- rance, of Walton, has received a very hearty invitation to the pastorate of the Methodist church, Gorrie, fur next year. The reverend gentleman has ac- cepted, subject to the Stationing Com- mittee. Jno. Clark, of the 17th con., of Grey, who was over to Michigan a couple or three weeks ago looking for work, has returned on account of the scarcity of that article at fair wages in that state, and is at present employed in the neighborhood of Woodstock, Ont. Mrs B. Holmes, sen., of Turnberj, met wits a paiefui accident a few days ago. She teas hurrying across the yard when she stumbled aud fell, strik- ing her shoulder against a large stone, receiving a severe bruise. She will have to carry her arm in a sling for a short time. On the complaint of Donald Lamont, a resident of Listowel, William and Herbert Johnston, of Gorrie, have been committed for trial on a charge of rob- bing Lamont of a gold watch and chain, in Gorrie, on the night of April 28. Both men havo procured bail and the charge will be tried at the next quarter sessions. Our readers will begrieved to hear o the sudden and unexpected death o Mrs Keeney, who was so well known Deceased, whose maiden nacre wa Miss Johannah Coleman, was the oral daughter of Dr. Coleman, of Seaforth and was in the 28th year of her age She had been married a little over year and was a resident of 'Warsaw N. Y., whore she died in child birth. Wm. IvlcNeelands, of Attwood, while down to the river, fished out a turtle, and to his surprise he found these words neatly engraved on the shell: "J. J. McNaught, 1891." The owner of the name, and we suppose the turtle, re- sides in Grey township and is well known to many of our readers. The turtle appeared to be quite innocent of the fact that he has beon sporting an assumed named for the past nine years. On Monday a rather expensive acci dent happened to a dray load of furni tore from the UnionFactory, Wingham It appears that they had put on an un usually large load and when passing opposite Chisholm'' Drug Store, the horse began to run, which caused the furniture to slide off and be strewn along the street. .Qn being picked up it was found that the greater portion of it was very badly damaged. • s y a • Mr W. McGregor on Tuesday arrived here from Keewatin, where he had been workingfor the past seven months for the Keewatin & Lake of the Woods Milling Co. He will not return to the West, as he prefers this part of the country to the Lake of the Woods dis- trict. He says it is the intention of Harry and Charlie Donagh, who left Goderich at the same time as Mr Mc- Gregor, to return home about the lat- ter end of Juue.—Signal. On Thursday, a man named Jas- Wil- son was brought before Mayor Mc In- doo, Wingham, charged with stealing a horse from Mr Jas. Pollard, who resides near Dungannon. Several witnesses were examined, and the prisoner was committed to Goderich jail to stand his trial. From the evidence, it ap- pears that the horse was stolen on Satt$day night Last and taken to the prisoner's brother -in- law, near Belmore and from there it was taken to near Guelph, where it was traded to a farm- er, the one received from the farmer beingtraded to a liveryman in Guelph. Mr Pollard and Mr Harry Day, of Wingham, followed the prisoner, and captured him at the residence of his father-in-law, near Milton, and brought him here, where he was tried, with the result above stated. The following accidents are reported from Zuri An—While Mr Jacob Waltz was bringing a calf from Mr S. Mar- tin's in a waggon, the horse be was driv. ing got frightened and upset the wagon into the ditch, smashing it to pieces.— Fred Rummel mot with a bad accident last week. As he was taking a calf from a cow a large pank fell on his leg. the cow tramped on the plank and broke his leg in two places. It will lay him up for the summer —Mr W. Klopp had a close call the other day. While out in the country he stopped on the road to do some business with Mr A.. Faust, and not watching the horse it pulled a basket containing some butter out of Mr Faust's wagon. The basket fell to the ground, frightening the horse, when it ran away upsetting the rig. Mr Klopp's foot caught in the seat and he was dragged about twenty rods with his head down before he could stop the horse. Luckily, however, he was not Burt. NEWS NOTES. A barrel of powder in a burning hard- ware store in Havana caused the 'death of 22 persons and injuries to 100 others. Jas. Magni' e, a rich resident of Lima, Ohio, was cleverly buncoed out of $5,000 by two well-dressed strangers the other day. Mr Harry Lemon, after 50 years pro- prietorship of the Brantford Courier, has retired. His nephew Mr 1beulle takes hold. Jas F. D. Black, city treasurer of Montreal, died Friday night very sud- denly. He held been treasurer for 23 years and was 65 years of age. Mr R. Trimble sold all his eggs last week at $3 50 per bushel. He says they are so cheap that it dosn't pay to count them.— [Fleshes -ton (Grey county)Advo. cote. The City of Tomsk, the capital of Western Siberia, was recently visited by`a fire and a cyclone at the same time and almost destroyed. Many hundreds of people perished. The curfew has been established in Norwich. After the ringing of the town bell at 9 p, m. all children found loitering on the streets will be dealt with by the authorities. The Premier of New South Wales was thrown from a cab on Sunday while driving.His leg was broken by the fall. he accident was caused by the horse taking fright and bolting. Rev. W. H. Porter, pastor of Ade• lido Street Baptist Church, London, has announced his intention of resign- ing his charge. The rev.' gentleman's reasons have not been made public. George Francis Train arrived at New York on Sunday on his trip around the world and left for Tacoma, Wash., where hie journey ends. He has been exactly two months on the trip to date. Saturday night, mobile some boys were playing near the railway station at Simcoe, a log rolled over a colored lad named Jackson, crushing him so badly that he only lived a few minutes afterwards. Respecting the protests sent to Russia against the barbarous treatment of pri- soners in Siberia,Mr Gladstone says the Czar might well retort by pointing to the English Government's action in shooting down Irish citizens for attend• ing a public meeting. It has been discovered that all the acts and proceedings of the Halifax Board of Trade since its organization a couple of years ago are irregular, owing to the body not being organized as pro vided by law. Steps are being taken to organize the Board anew. Mr Wm. Brandenberger,an enterpria- ing and heavy dealer in eggs, is remov ing his business from Stratford to Buffalo. The heavy duty which falls on this branch of business on July 1, has driven a number of dealers, includ• ing Mr Brandenberger, out of the country to engage in it on the Ameri• can side. In North Grimsby township are a couple of aged brothers who are depend- ent on the township Council for sup- port. It carate out in an investigation last week, that one of them had been running around stark naked, for the last 3& years, having no clothiug what- ever in that time. Evidently there is room to do some missionary work iu North Grimsby township yet. Messrs Crossley and Hunter, the evangelists, on Sunday concluded a suc- cessful revival in Oshawa. Mr Hunter said they had about 400 converts in Oshawa and would open a three weeks engagement in Tilsonburg on Sunday evening. He stated that Mr Crossley and himself contemplated an evangelistic tour from Sault Ste Marie to the Pacific Coast, starting in September and oc- cupying about a year. Peter Currie, a farmer living a few nailed from Collingwood, went to that town on Thursday with his team and put up at a hotel. Currie imbibed free- ly during the day, and finally was put to bed intoxicated, at the hotel. The hotel people not hearing Currie mov- ing around un Friday morning went to his room and found that he had dis• appeared with nothing on but his pants and shirt. As his team is still at the hotel, the supposition is that he awoke in the night, climbed out of the window and found his way to the lake and was drowned. No trace of the body has been found, Monson &. Allan, barristers, repre- senting Joseph Shaw, machinist, Win• nipeg, have filed a bill against Honore Lamarche, teacher of St. Joseph's School, to restrain him from continuing teaching and imparting the religions in- structions that were customary previous to May 1, when the new School Act came into force. St. Joseph's was a Separate School, but now is supposed to be a Public School under the new law, although the Catholics are carrying it on as usual. The plaintiff contends that the conduct of the teacher is a direct violationlof the present school law. Ewart & Brophy have been retained for the defence. A man named John Alexander, liv- ing near Cottam, in Gosfield Township, suicided Friday night by cutting his throat. He suffered from cancer of the lip. Ile informed Thomas Wahoo, a companion, that he intended to com- mit suicide, and when Wahoo replied if he (Alexander)knew the consequences if he did, Alexander said:—"Yes; I know the consequences,and I can stand them better than I can stand this can- cer." He was found Saturday morn- ing sitting ori the side of the bed with his Throat cut, and directly underneath the bed was a pail half tilled with blood. Alexander was 70 years of age and had never married. Last week the Brunswick, Ga., city waterworks broke down and the Kennon Manufacturing Company,of Brunswick, to avoid a shut -down in case of another break at the works, commenced digging a large well. The well was laid off ten bylten feet. It was sunk to the depth of seven feet when water was struck. The water was ;noticed at once to be very warm. As the will was dug deeper the water became warmer; until the men who were at work in it were compelled to leave. Capt. Kennon and others went to work to find the cause of the heated water but failed. Great crowds go to the well to see the boiling water Six hundred gallons are being pumped daily but the water still boils. The well is certainly a curiosity. A very severe cyclone passed overWos, ter County, Ohio, bunday afternoon,do- ing great damage. The storm swept a section three miles wide and eighteen Ioelg., In Congress every pane of glass facing north and west unprotected by blinds was broken by hailstones, which ranged in size from a pea to a hen's egg, and fell to the depth of twa feet on the level. Entire orchards and strips of oak timber were blown down or twist- ed to the ground. Many houses, barns and outbuildings were unroofed or blown down. Hail stones were driven through roofs covered with oak shingles. At ?towsbetrg hail fell to the depth of eight to twelve inches and drifted to the depth of :12 inches. Hundreds of sheep were killed by the hail. • Political Pointers. Motherswill thank Mr Mowat's Government for making it a crime to sell liquor to those under the age of eighteen. This is protection to their boys. No government under the sun has Clone more for the working classes during the past eighteen years than the Present government of Ontario. -Ottawa Free Press. Tory stumpers allege that the Mowat Government are 'wasting the Public money. The Toronto Mail says "It must be allowed that its management of the finances has been thrifty, judici- ous and clean." A Toronto Tory editor sneers at Mr Tait, one of the Liberal candidates, be- cause be is a local preacher of the Methodist church, and does not neglect his duties even in thee° days of busy campaigning. The Methodists have votes. Protestants, who are afraid their religion will snffer if Mowat is elected, should remember that Principal Coven Dr Castle, Dr. Middlemiss, Rev, Mr. Milligan and hundreds of other Protee- tent clergymen endorse Mr Mowat and his legislation. If the Province of Quebec had as good a government as that of Ontario, its people world be too happy to even dream of a change. The trouble with certain sections in the sister province arises from the fact that they don't know when they are well off.—Montreal Star, Conservative. St John (N. B.) Telegraph : "Mowat the Liberal, has reigned eighteen years in Ontario without scandal attaohing to his name. The like term of years in the histoty of the Tory part nnder Sir John Macdonald began with the Nei. fie scandal and endo amid the Vesuvian eruption of Rykert-Middleton-Laurie- MoGreovoy/oandals. What a contrast, COINC CONE. OUR ,BARGAINS ARE GOING • Our stock is lowering. Our profits are gone You cannot appreciate our offers until you see them. Our BARGAIN Counter Has many admirers and almost as many purchasers, as the prices we quote will convince anyone that we are selling at clearing prices to reduce our very large stock. LIBRARIES—For S.S. Libraries we are offering 33 i, 40 and 50 per cent discount off regular prices. No School should miss getting their library replenished at such low prices. See our BABY CARRIAGES And inspect our EXPRESS WAGGONS Then buy one of each and make your wife and children happy CROQUET -4 ball set, $1: 0 ball, $1.20; 8 ball, $1.35. ;'All kinds of SPORTING GOODS, FISHING TACKLE, &c. Store No. 1 COOPER'S BLOCK Store No. 2 DICKSON'S OLD STAND TERMS STRICTLY CASH W. COOPER & CO., CLINTON 1. i'olitical Pointers Cels cltivcrtiOntlentS. Temperance people should not forget TTOUSE To RENT—ON HURON STREET. that to -day 141,000 school children of lately occupied by lits R. M. Races, Ag - the Province are studying the temper- ply -to MANNING f SCOT T. ance text books authorized three or four years ago. No wonder the temper- ance organs are satisfied with the Mo- wat Government, At a meeting in Glengarry county in 1886 Mr Meredith, who found himself addressing an audience largely French Canadian and Catholics, declared (as reported by a Conservative paper) "that the true friends of the French and Catholic people were to be found in the Conservative ;ranks. They were those who gave them Separate Schools and recognized their claims to a share of the public patronage, based on the figure of population." Now the people of Ontario are asked to put Mr Meredith in (power because he is opposed to the French language and Separate schools. Could shameless hypocrisy go farther ? Though the Separate Schools were abolished to -morrow, that would not bring the Catholic children into the Public Schools. The United States has no State aided Separate Schools, but the proportion of Roman Catholic children attending Separate Schools is larger in the States than it is in Canada. Of two million Catholic children in the States, 934,000—or about one -half -- attend Separate Schools, in Ontario out of 90,000 Catholic children, 30,000 —or one-third—only attend Separate Schools. Of all the small -sized issues ever imported into Ontario politics the complaint about the Ontario Govern- ment's dealings with the Parliament Buildings is the smallest. There is absolutely nothing in it. Froin begin- ning to'nd the Government has acted in the best iieterr,st,s if the co miry- It would have been easy for it to employ a Can- adian architect and excuse his mistakes by appeals to a spurious patriotism. The Government could gain no politi- cal glory by its action. It served the province in this particular at the ex- pense of party interest, and time will declare praise, not censure, to be the just portion of the man charged with responsibility fbr the erection of the new legislative block. ---Toronto Tele- gram, Conservative. Mr W. R. Meredith was met at the station, Lucknow, on Tuesday evening by the Conservative Committee and two or three hundred people, accom- panied by a band, and escorted to the residence of Dr Tennant. the conserve - ties candidate for South Bruce. At 8 o'clock a public meeting was held in the Town Hall, which was filled to the doors. Mr Robt Purvis, ex -reeve of Kinloss, was called to the chair, and in a few words introduced Dr Tennant, who came forward and in a short epeaob laid his platform before the meeting. This platform, by the way, differs considerably from that of his leader, and in many points is the same as that of the Government. On the conclusion of the doctor's speech, Mr H. Morrison stepped forward and presented a very nicely worded address to the. leader, who was well received by the large audience. Mr Meredith responded in a speech of an hour and a quarter, dealing with the various planks in his platform in a manner similar to his London and Toronto epeoches. Though the -audience was very strongly reform Mr Meredith was given an excellent hearing and will likely go away with a good opinion of the Liberals of Luck - now and vicinity. At the conclusion of his speech helwas warmly applauded. The meeting was brought to a close with three cheers for Mr Meredith, and was followed by three and a tiger for the Mowat Government, South Bruce is safe for Mowat. NOTICE. The Council of the Corporation of the County of Huron will meet in the Court House in the town of Goderieh, on TUES- DAY, :3RD DAY OF JUNE next. PETER ADAMSON, County Clerk. WOOL WANTED. WooL WANTED AT THE CLINTON WO.Le:N MILL STORE. I have a largo and varied stock of all kinds o, Woolen Goode from the best mills in On- tario, consisting of Tweeds, Coarse and Fine Flannels, Blankets, Yarns, etc., to exchange for wool. Farmers, give me a call before disposing of your wool; I know I can give you satisfaction. Butter and eggs taken in exchange for goods. Farmers leaving their wool with me can have it carded into rolls , 4'Stand—Smith's 131 ock,opposite the Post Office, Clio ton. JOHNSCOTT. Executor's Notice. Pursuant to Section Ti. of Chapter 110, of the R. 8, O. 18x7, notice is hereby given that all creditors and others leaving claims against Mary Dowson, late of the Township of Stanley, in the County of Huron, widow, who departed this life on or about the 10th day of December A. D. 1.889, are requested to send by post, prepaid, addressed to the un- dersigned, at Clinton, Out., on or before the 23rd day of Juno, 1590, a statement of the names and addresses, with full particulars of their claims and the securities (if any) held by them; and that after the day last aforesaid, the sole acting executor, under the will of the said Mary Dowvon, will pro- ceed to distribute the assets of the said de- ceased among the parties entitled thereto, re- gard being had only to the claims, of which notice shall have been given as above re- quired, and the said exeeutor will not be liable for the assets, or any part thereof, to any person or persons of whose claim or claims notice shall not have been received by him at the time of such distribution. Dated at Clinton, this 2:3rd day of May, 1890. MANNING & SCOTT, Solicitors for WM. KEYS. Executor. Queen's Birthday EXCURSION FARES The following faros will be in force for Queen's Birthday Excursions. At SINGLE FARE on the 21th,good until 27th At FARE AND oNE -rtnRn on the 23rd May good until 27th. For tickets and further information apply to W. JACKSON, TOWN AGENT Ci. T. R. GO W141ST Cl D • To MANITOBA, NORTH- WEST or BRITISH • COLUMBIA. Buy your tickets and get full information from the authorized agent, COOPER & CO'S BOOK STORE —NOWIAGENT FOR- - CLINTON • Township of Hullett 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 Mullett, will ho held at Bell's Hotel,Londesboro,on Mon- day, May 2sth, at the hour of 10 o'clock a.ne., for the purpose of hearing and settling com- plaints against Said Assessment Roll, Per - tons haying business at the Court will please attend at the'said time and place, without further notice. JAMES'OAMf'1IELL, Clerk.