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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-11-21, Page 4sr' I r Vtfi t114$n . biptiz?a '9W L Q unmefite Stray news. -vat (1unn,.m 111,e04,I0x''42oticfr,R-T14evi 'rink. IIa11Qt Shiites, -,-Thos Tei)elld NotiQ--Mea/isiNe A .Seett GAO Pub 1iRta,—n�an aslll Drs inta1 t/lane,--W. Cooper 8 Co. A fine stoclr d. 7E1. Ruulbail A Co rtig't argains mm eeslay A 1Oo l(fleine-c-Ketateof c7obu Bodging, thitietesegliiMateel A Qibbings. «linton 4o1 A `r_* IL of e 1); .qui troti4: .�ltaxwt.. paw* drat obaoat to opuougrolot Unieno ssy •Aur nlailufacturerp • scald' net compete with those et the .State.$, bink it has been proved aver and Aver tt,galu that Canadian Inentifaotnrera are 010 %0 hold their own in the A,$1er- hien merkete, and here is farther evi- eenee of the fast in the statement of Adr iii;torous, a well -.known Braptford mrnafaoturer, who says to a Globe reporter:— Ott eporter:— Ra''ba "Three years ago we crossed the line, and established a branch of our busi- nees in St. Paul, Minus, there to make steam fire engines, pumps and Are apparatus. We went into the midst of the United States competition and are making steady headway. Oar engines are finding places in the fire stations of the Western cities, and we have now one in Buffalo on 60 days' trial. We are not afraid of the competition of the United States manufacturers, and we believe their large markets would be of benefit to us. We are not alone in this belief. Armstrong, the Guelph carriage man, has established a branoh menu- faotory $arose the line, and Gurney is manufacturing furnaces down in Bos- ton. Those of the Canadian manufac- turers who are live, pushing business men are not afraid. It is not because we have patents that we can hold our own in the United States, nor is it be- cause of proteotive patents that Gurney or Armstrong are making their way there. All that is necessary is to manu- facture cheaply, put the articles into good shape, sell at reasonable prices and push the goods with energy.' ,L'!I IDAY, ,NOVEMBER 21, 1890. I1'or the Farmers' Benefit. The policy .of closer trade relations ,with tbe United States, now being aelvoeated by the Liberal party, is prinattrily in the farmers' interest. It fell an accepted truth that if farmers are prepperouS all other °lessee of the •.Comrnnnity are proportionately so. Protection has certainly done no good Whatever for the farmer. It has not uaoreaeed the price of anything he has: "to as - "to sell; while it has increased the pride Of articles he has to bay. Concur- rent with a general depreciation, his land has fallen in value, and the N. P. bad no povier to prevent it. The only way for the farmer to derive the great- est benefit from his labor is to have the utmost freedom in trade. To be able to sell anything he has for sale where - ever be oan get the best price for it. This he would lie able to do under Commercial Union. It is true that in ' pertain products England will consume all that we can send there; it is also true that the United States, a much nearer market, will likewise consume a very large amount of farm produce. The Liberal party is desirous of recur• ingfor the farmers the American mar- ket, as well as the English one. They can secure it if supported by the people. Self-interest should stimulate the farmers to support that party which is doing the most for them. r-• Too True. In an interview with Mr Waterous, the well known manufacturer of Brant ford, he says :— "In my mind the most deplorable thing at present is the exodus of Cana- dians. Last week three boys went from our shop, and they are going con- tinuously, as fast as we make men of them. We are keeping our raw mate- rial in the ground, but we are driving oar young men out of the country." Unfortunately, his remarks are too true. It is well known that there are scores of former Clintonians living in Detroit, Chicago, and other parts of the American Union, and instead of helping in the development of our own country, they are helping tobuild up another. A gentleman wbo travelled through Michigan recently, made the ,remark that "he believed almost every other farmer in the State was a Cana- dian." • Slightly Sarcastic. The London, Eng., Railway News, discussing Canada and its relations to Great Britain, makes the following earoastic references to Sir John A. Macdonald:— "In the discussions which have taken plaoe in Canada with respect to the possible effects of the new A merioan tariff upon the trade of the Dominion of this country, opinions have been ex- pressed which can scarcely fail to ex- cite surprise by all who have given even the merest superficial attention to the fiscal policy adopted by the Cana- dian government people. It is some- thing startling to hear of the premier, Sir John Macdonald, holding up his hands in pious horror at the iniquity of the States in passing the McKinley tariff, while altogether ignoring the existence of a similar fiscal policy in- augurated by himself in Canada. There is a touch of the "Pecksniff" in his denunciation of "the ignorance and vice" which in the UnitedsStates have passed the new tariff, and the pleasant dream of the Dominion sitting 'calmly and quietly under the British flag, and looking with philosophy upon the struggles of a fierce democracy." Who could suppose that this unctuous premier congratulating himself and his hearers that they were not like other men across the frontier, was himself the advocate and the founder of a system of prohibition and pro- tection which was directed against the exclusion from his country of the pro- duce of the mother country, under whose flag it is his delight to sit in tranquil security and philosophic ease. He says, in regard to the McKinley bill, inasmuch as "it has been passed with the avowed purpose of coercing Canada into severing her connection with the British Empire and becoming a part of the United States, it is there- fore, in its nature an act of war on the British Empire with a view to bringing about its dismemberment." If hostile traffic -could have dismembered the British Empire, Canada would long since have answered to the showman's definition of amphibious existence which Sir Johnelacdonald now pictures when, in speaking of the new tariff, he said, "The Canadian people would never consent to annexation and Can- ada could not exist as an independent power." Thanks to the alternative, Sir.. John can still recline under the ample folds of the British flag and in- dulge hie patriotism without any bur- dening sense of gratitude for benefits received or sense of favors to come." Canada's Cattle Trade. The cattle trade between Canada and Great Britain is certainly assuming very large proportions, and could easily be developed if the government would only adopt a more liberal policy in this respect. The shipments of live stock from Canada to England for 1890, are largely in excess of those.for 1889. The shipments -of cattle will aggregate 123,- 137 as against less than 86,000 last year. A good many cattle are sent away from the farms as "stockers," that do not reach the old country, as they are not in condition for that market. If these animals were first fattened on the farms they are raised on, the farm would get the benefit of their raising. But in .order to fatten them, American corn is aeceseary, as it is superior to coarse grans for the purpose. The duty on .corn prevents its use, It would be no serious violation of the principles of the N.P. if corn was admitted free, because there is very little of it grown in Can- ada, the climate not being adopted to it. To benefit the cattle trade, and thus, by reflex action, to benefit Canadian farms, the government should knock the duty off of corn. It would make no per- ceptible difference in the price of Cana- dian coarse grains, and would most as- euredly be a concession to the farmer. Some of the papers are in doubts as to wbo pays the duly in the case of Canadian barley going into the States. Sir' John's story about the two barley farms on the border ought to settle the question, for he, therein, declared that the Canadian did. But perhaps they don't,culire to believe 1' ;tit ho says nett 1sw v. • xaed LW MAINTAINS US NERVE TO THE LAST, NUKES NO CONFESSION, BUT WAS DENIED THE BURIAL RITES OF THE EFISCO3,'A.L CHUROH. The Reason .Therefor. On Friday morning Birchell was hanged, in the presence of about two hundred spectators, nearly one half of whom were newspaper men. The fol- lowing particulars of the closing scene in this brit iant criminal's tragic career will be of interest :— As Birchall appeared at the jail door and felt the pure air of as bright a Nov- ember day.as ever there was, he looked etraight ahead of him for a moment and then oast his eyes around. In the trees surrounding the jail yard were a couple of .dozen young men and boys perched so as to get a full view of the scene. Then looking at the people in the yard, a smile, such as the prisoner wore toward the end of the trial—a not very cheerful smile,—crept over his face. In turning at right angles toward the scaffold, Birohall was observed to stumble and there was a wisper, "He's weakening." But such was not the cape. While looking around he had simply stepped on a very uneven piece of ground and his foot slid. He im- mediately straightened up and faded the instrument of his death, with its rope hanging only shoat 20 feet before him. Rev. Hr Wade continued to read as the procession advanced. Fifteen or eighteen feet in front of the scaffold the procession halted and the prisoner stood without flinching, his eyes set fixed upon the awful structure before him, while the man of God concluded reading a passage of Scripture. To the spectators it seemed an awful torture that the doomed man should be kept in enoh a plane, but under any other cir- cumstances the Scripture read would have seemed short. Upon concluding the passage the deputy sheriff gave a signal and the procession advanced. The hangman whit. had followed close behind, went to ohs side and behind the rope as Birchall ,stepped toward it The solemn words ; "Lord have mercy upon us; Christ have mercy upon us." sounded like a death knell as they came from the gulping throat of the minister as the prisoner stepped be- tween the uprights. When the solemn words of the Lord's prayer were being spoken the hangman put the noose over Birchall's head, adjusted the knot under and a little to the front of the left ear and placed the black nap over the prisoner's face. All this time the pri- soner showed no signs of weakening. He spcke to no one as the procession had been ander way and after the first smile had passed off his face there was no change upon it. The hangman had turned him around so as to face the crowd. He then looked around, smiled as camly lase thongh, he were going for a holiday jaunt instead of to his tate, and grasped the hand of his old friend. Again they kissed tenderly and Leetham, (an old college chum) stepped back. Birchall put out his hand to Guard Perry, for whom he had formed such a deep attachment and grasped him with a firm grasp. He wispered something in the guard's ear and kissed him upon the cheek, then straightened up and looked around, smiled slightly, leaned the least bit for- ward and submitted to the will of the executioner. His appearance indicated that he had no feeling whatever, either of sorrow or of fear, except for kis tin. der farewell to Leetham and his guard. The last seen of his face just as the black cap was drawn over it was that of a calm countenance unaffected by anything. With the words, "Deliver us from evil," Rev. Mr Wade stopped. There was a moment of the moat in- tense silence, the prisoner did not move a muscle as far as could be seen. He stood firmly. His arms pinioned be- hind, above the elbows straight at his sides and his feet planted squarely. In a moment the hangman's hand was elevated, a rope attached to the greater rope which held the weight was pulled and the awful drop came. The hang- man was the only person within several yards of Birohall at the time. The prisoner stood against the left post, so that when the weight fell his head was jerked to the right. It shot up about six feet, then fell to the length of the rope, and was immediate- ly steadied by the hangman. The knot being on the left of the neck, and the jerk to the right, the head was thrown violently to the side. From under the end of the black cap caught up by the knot the lower part of his left cheek, the ear, and neck could be seen. Half a minute after the body fell, which was at 8.27 exactly, there began slight con- vulsions. These continued for three minutes; At 8.33, exactly six minutes after the drop, life was pronounced ex- tinct by all the physicians. The result of the post-mortem ex- amination was to show that the neck of the deceased was not broken, but he died of strangulation. The brain was found to weigh 501 ounces. Deceased was extremely well nourished and weighed 145 pounds. DID HE CONFESS IT The conduct of the Rev Rural Dean Wade (who had ministered to Birchall since his conviction) in connection with the burial of Birchall's body points in the strongest way that the clergyman has a knowledge of the guilt of -the de- ceased. After the execution he saw in the papers that Birchall had written a statement on. the 10th inst., in which he declared solmnly that he had never confessed in any manner whatsoever any complicity in the murder of Ben - well. Mr Wade said to friends with whom he discussed the matter that the Birohall o n the of Biro written statement 10th was a lie. All his hope in the contrition of the murderer was des- troyed. The seeming repentance that had given him so much gratification and joy appeared hollow after that last statement. The rural dean was pained to the heart,but he determined on a course of prooedure in conneotion with the burial service that has been dictat- ed by hie conscience but which to the dead murderer's relatives and friends is e*ceedingly distressing. He determin- ed that he could not read over the body of him to whom he had ministered so hopefully and tirelessly the burial ser- vice of hie church. At the hanging he had read the service, but he would not give the body the rites of the ohnrch. The reason for this change in his opin- ion he freely aoknowledged was beoanae of Birohall's denial of having made any oonfeesion. The only logical sequence of this is to say that Birchall has non• Nosed to the rural dean some complic- ity at least in the orime. This Mr Wade has acknowledged by saying that he has known about the orime from the beginning. Mr Gladstone speaks of protection as "a fraud," alleging that the word "protection" is a misleading one. The number of Canadians who came out ahead in the late United States elections, would indicate their popular- ity, and at the same time points to somewhat of an exedos. The O'Shea -Parnell divorce case name up for trial in London, Eng., on Saturday, and very much surprise was manifested, when it was learned that there was no defence whatever. This is an unpleasant matter for supporters of Mr Parnell to face, being equivalent to an admission of guilt. The execution of Birchall has given rise to sermons and letters on the question of capital punishment, most- ly against it. The time may come when society will not regard the rule of 'a life for a life" as being essential to its well being, but until that does ar- rive, we shall raise no objection to murderers paying the penalty of their crimes with their lives. An English statistician has figured out that in 182 years, all the available land of the globe will be occupied, and there will be no room for any more people. This statement should not particularly worry the people or prevent doing their utmost to make the world . better. The published story that Jameson, ! of Stanley's rear column, actually did purchase an African girl and present her to cannibals, for the purpose of seeing them eat her flesh, is so horrible that one can scarcely credit it, and yet it is told in such a circumstantial way that it is hard to get over. The at- rocities of African exploration aro evi- dently as bad as they have been repre- sented. While the exports of cheese from Canada to the old country have very largely increased during the past few years, the export of butter has fallen off. Last year we sent over 88,000,000 lbs of cheese, against 89,000,000 lbs in 1881, while in 1881 the quantity of but- ter gent amounted to 1G,687,000Ibs, and in 18$9 was only 902,000 lbs. The growth of the cheese industry has cVideittly retarded the development of Bele btltter business. corpse were made during the afternoon. There were present: Mrs West Jones, Mrs Inglis (Montreal), Mr Leetham, Dr. Chamberlain,Depaty Sheriff Perry, Jailer Cameron, Registrar Patello, the Rev Mr Wade, the undertakers and jail guards. The body was lying in an air -tight metallic coffin in the west corridor. The corpse was clothed in a dress Bait. On the broad expanse of the shirt bosom a wreath of calla lilies lay, and his right hand held a beautiful boquet flowers. Over his heart two cabinephotos lay,one of his wife and the other of Mr Leetham, the friend who went with him to the scaffold. Op the white linen over his breast a plain gold locket was shining, the memento given him by his wife on her last visit and containing her photo and a look of her hair. The embalmers had done their work well, and there was only a slight darkened shade over the features, which at 8.25 o'clock that morging had been so white. His face bore a natural expression, the fixed, hard resolve that had set hie jaws in an iron compression had gone, and there was a peaceful rest over his countenance. After the clergyman arrived there was a consul- tation between him and Birchall's near- est friends. The rural dean refused to read the burial service. The body was carried out into the west yard and placed beside the open grave dug near where the gallows had stood a few hours before. After a few moments the coffin was lowered into the ground in silenoe, Rev Mr Wade made it prayer and with no further ceremony the grave was filled in by three conviots. The refusal of Mr Wade to read the service was significant, but still more significant is the language of THE RURAL DEAN'S PRAYER. The prayer was as follows :. Almighty and everlasting God, who knoweth the secrete of all hearts, and who knowest all about the crime for which this man has suffered,we beseech thee to look upon us,to lookjupon us as gathered round this open grave. We look upon thee as the revealer of all secrets, and we look forward to the day when all secrets shall be revealed, when the books have been opened where all the deeds done to the body shall be re- corded. We leave this body to thy guiding hand until the morning when it shall be raised by the power of Christ. We have prayed to thee for the soul of this departed one. Man has done its worst, and now the body of this poor, deluded sinful man we confine to the earth, trusting for forgiveness through the merits of that blessed one who died for our eine. We commit this body to the grave. It is not ours to speak un- kindly of the dead or to speak to thee about his crime. Look upon us, we pray thee, gathered here. Have mercy upon us according to thy loving ekind- nese and have mercy upon his brother. Wipe away the tears from their eyes sand give joy to their saddened hearts. We leave his body to thy care, commit- ting earth to earth, ashes to ashes and dust to dust. Have mercy upon us, and in the day when we shall stand be- fore thee may we stand complete in Jesus Christ. We commit ourselves to thee, we beseech ,thee to hear us and our prayer for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen. May the grace Iof the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and fel- lowship of the Holy Ghost be with us all now and forever more. Amen. It was known to Birchall's relatives before the hour of the burial that Mr Wade would take the course he 'did. He had expressed his opinion ofBir- chall's posthumous statement, and so nxious was he that if he attended the burial there should be press representa- tives present that he exerted himself to gain their admittance after they had been refused by the officials of the jail. ]!1'EW$'NQT iiisll exports to the United states; etlQw no foiling off under the epor tion of tine Meginioy tarf. Tamers around 1!?[odicine feat and Dupe N. W. T. bore aeaured a aecood crop of oats this season. Duringthe recent .&tlantiostorn}s ov- er six hundred head of cattle shipped from Montreal were lost at sea. Alt Orson J. Phelps has been !Ip - pointed sheriff of Sirnooe in succession to Thomas McConkey, deceased. Scarlet fever hasbroken oat in thg Orphans' Rome in Ottawa, and six of the children are down with the disease. Mr R. M. Meredith, of London, was sworn in at Sarnia on Tuesday by Judge Boyd as judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature. It is pretty- well decided by the heads of the Republican party that Secretary Blaine will be asked to run for the Pres- idency next election. At Thann, Alsace, a woman, fearing that she and her family would starve to death, out the treats of her five ohildren and then killed herself. Further looses of cattle shipped from Montreal to old country are reported, bringing the total loss so far up to more than 1,300 heal, with more to come. Mr Charles Watts, the free thinker, has commenced a series of lectures in reply tc Mr Mowat's Woodstock address on "Christian Evidences." Hs is wast- ing his time. Chas. Jones, a brother of tbe Rev - Sam P. Jones, of Cartersville, Ga., shot Jim Young three times on Main Street. Young died in 25 minutes, and Jones was jailed. Fifteen Pennsylvanians, who migrat- ed to the land of the Mormons last spring, have returned with their fami- lies to,. Wagnesboro' county, penniless, hungr^j alpd ragged. At West Duluth, Minn., a man named Morland, put a oan of dynamite in the stove to thaw out. Morland was killed his wife and four children were serious- ly injured and the house was burned. Mr T. V. Powderly was re-elected Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labour on Monday, with a salary re- duced from $5,000 to $3,500. The mem- bership is less than 200,000 at present. The Globe is displaying enterprise and posh in a manner that indicates its determination to keep at the head of the prooeesion. It is the first daily papdr that people oan secure in the morning, thanks to its own special. train, and ie always eagerly sought after, while at the present time it has representatives in both eastern and western Ontario, securing testimony concerning the most vital question of the day, viz:—Closer trade telations with the United States. That its en- terprise is appreciated, is shown by the fact that its circulation has very materially increased, reaching last Saturday, nearly 42,000, while its ad- vertising columns are almost "running over." TILE HANGMAN AT )5051E. Hangmen Batley, went back to To- ronto the same afternoon with the rope and such portions of the dead man's clothes as he had bargained for before- hand. He went straight to the Sunny- side Yacht Club, of which he is steward where he related to a group of interest- ed listeners the gruesome story of the judicial tragedy in which only a few hours before he had played such a pro- minent part. He was as little affected as if nothing of the kind had occurred. In the evening the club held their weekly at home, at which almost 100 young ladies and gentleman were pre- eent. The dance went gaily on in the large ball room downstairs, while up- stairs in thebilliard room several games of cards were in progress. At one of the tables sat Ratley in his shirt sleeves and with wide brimmed hat on the back of his heal, his attention divided be- tween the game of euchre and the peo- ple who were anxious to know how he had "treated the subject.' NOTES. Mrs Birchall will remain some little time in Woodstock. A despatch was received by the Globe last Tuesday night from Simcoe con- veying the s d news that Mr J. B. Free- man, M.PP., was very much worse and that the doctors have abandoned hope of his recovery. The Dominion Goverment has decid- ed not to interfere with the death sent- ence passed on Remi Lamontagne, for the murder of his brother-in-law, and on Blanchard, the sailor, who shot Calkin, at Sherbrooke. Rev W. W. Carson, pastor of Syden- .ham Street Methodist church, King. ston, will accept the call extended to him by theeeffersonAvenaePresbyterian church in Detroit. Thebe is a $5,000 salary behind the call. Reciprocity is a winning card down in the Eastern Provinces. Hon. Mr Longley is addressing crowded meetings throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the feeling in favor of the much despised "fad" is growing stronger daily. The Governor in council has decided that the law must take 'its course in the case of Blanchard, a Boston tailor, who shot a man named Calkins in Stanstead county, Quebec, and was sentenced at Sherbrooke to be hanged December 12. The petitions filed in connection with the late elections to the Ontario Legis- lature are rapidly thinning out. On Monday the petition against MrBalfour Liberal in South Essex, was dismissed withou ebste; and that against Mr Met- calfe, conservative, in Kingston, was dismissed with costs. Adam Kean, a successful and pro- minent farmer of Boone county, Indi- ana, began ten years ago to keep a diary. He was an eccentric man and on the first page he wrote the following: "At the end of ten years from this en- try, if I am alive and out of debt, I in- tend to take my life." The time ex- pired Friday and Kean killed himself. He was 70 years old. The offers of that splendid paper, the London Advertiser, are unpreoenented in the annals of Canadian„ Journalism. The Daily Advertiser, including that splendid new monthly, Wives and Daughters, will be fdrwarded for one year on receipt of only$3 at the office of this paper. The Western Advertiser (weekly),includingWives and Daughtors will be sent from now to the close of 1891 on receipt of only $1. These very liberal oflere are for our present sub- scribers as well as new ones. John Shannon, aged forty-five years, son of a respected farmer of East Zorra, has been arrested on the charge of shoot- ing with intent to kill, the school teacher, George D. Damm, near Tavi- sock, recently. A number of slugs were fired through a window from a gun, and took effect in Damm's head. He is not yet out of danger. The mo- tive is alleged to have been jealousy. Damm having won a lady to whom Shannon was paying attention. Dr. F. H. Mewburn, of Lethbridge, performed an unusual experimental operation on Constable Phillipa of the Mounted Police. Phillips had the tibia, or large bone of the leg, fractured some time ago, and the ends obstinate- ly refused to unite. Instead a fibrous tissue formed. The doctor first out away the tissue and then inserted a piece of bone out of the leg of a dog that bad been dead half an hour. After packing the pieces in, the periosteum was drawn over and turned in with concealed sutures. The skin was then drawn over and down, and hopes are entertained that the operation will be successful. /- Wishes the best of everything for Xmas. Right to the front of all competition we place our Elegant New Holi- day stock. Complete in Assortment, Splendid in Qua- lities, Overflowing with Generous Bargains in The hangman received $50 and hie expenses were about $25 additional. On Wednesday Detre Birchall passed the second anniversary of her marriage. There were two telegraph instruments in the jail yard and a third in the kit- chen of the jail. One of the instrumets in the yard was directly connected with Canso, the American end of the cable. The news of Birchall's execution was received at London, Eng., and through- out England with the deepest interest. for the news Crowds waited anxiously of the hanging, which came about three minutes after the execution, and the papers were eagerly bought np. THE neft1AL. At Oxford University,wbere Birchall was a student, someone draped in mourning the door of the apartmentwhich he had occnpied,and nothing else had been talked of by the students for several days but Birohall'e crime and fate. His mother ie rapidly sinking and it is feared that the news of the the execution will finish her. Toys, Games, Plush Goods,Books, Fancy Chinaware, Novelties, Etc. Birohall'a half-brother, the Rev Oswald Birchall, denied himself to all callers and is said to have spent all of Thursday night in praye-. Mr Steven- son, the father of Mrs Birchall, is crushed with anxiety. The news- papers, are unanimods in approving the action of the Careedian authorities in enforcing the law to the letter in Bir• chap's case. orea90 of $834,124 in the month. David McLean, ex -president of the the same date twelve months ago the Savannah, Mo.,. National Bank, has debt stood at „$284,472.090. The ex - been aentenoed to two years in the penditure on capital account for the penitentiary for defrauding his dopes- four months ending October 81 w ea Hors out of $10,000, which he devoted $1,498,805, as compared with $1,E61,- od last year, 1 We are now taking orders for the Xmas Papers, and unless your order is left, you may not get all the copies you want. Don't forget our offer on Weekly Papers,' the balance of this year free when ordering for next year. SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES only 50c. a year. Order before Dec. 5th. A Thoroughly First Class Stock combining Novelties, Qualities and Elegance with prices strictly fair. Hon Mr Bowell, acting Minister of Finance, on Saturday received the fol- lowing ltelegram from 'Sir Charles Tupper :—" Another consignment of Canadian eggs just delivered at Liver- pool, A local firm of long experience in the business states for size, quality condition, style of packing, eat., this consignment is superior to any others ever placed on Liverpool market, not even excepting Irigh product. The eggs have given great satisfaction to retail traders, and consignments of superior quality will probably bring higher prices in future. Dealers speak most hopefully of prospects of trade." AMERICA, MONEY TAKEN AT PAR,. Wm. Cooper & Co BOOKS, STATIONERY and FANCY GOODS, CLINTON. Accounts of the Queen's health. though still satisfactory, dwell on the fact that she is not so active as last year. Every year she does less, and is more fatigued, and it is said by those about court that though in all essentials she is strong and hale, she feels and ac- knowledges regretfully that she is able to do less each year. She is now un- able to take any walking exercise -and is more apt to get chilled when driving. • New subscribers are entitled to the: balance of the year free when ordering the weekly Mail, Globe, Empire, Star, Witness, Farm Journal, Farmer's Ad- vocate, News, Free Press, Advertiser or any other weekly paper. They also re- ceive as a premium, The Farmer's Manual ($2.50) when ordering to the amount of $5; or for 25cts, $4; 50ets, $3! and for 75 cents when the subscriptions amount to $2. , We will also supply any premiums that are offered by the pub- lishers. For further particulars apply at once to COOPER'S BOOK STORE Purif The importance of keeping the blood is a pure condition Is universally known, and yet there are very few people who have perfectly pure blood. The taint of scrofula, salt rheum, or Ither foul humor is heredited and transmitted for generations, causing untold suffering, and we also accumulate poison Ease from •, breathe, We eat, or w e drink. nothing Elusively than the power of Hood's Sarsaparilla over all diseases Df the blood. This medicine, -when fairly tried, does expel every trace of scrofula of Salt rheum, removes the taint which gausey catarrh, neutralizes the acidity and cures rheumatism, drives out the germs of malaria, blood poi- soning, etc. It also vitalizes and en- riches the blood, thus overcoming that /,fired feeling, and building up the whole sy tem Thousands testify to the superiority of Hdod's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. Full idiot, elation and statements of curds sent free. and germs of dis, the air we rthe food, the water There i8 more eon. proven positive Gun Club. Therttrst competition for the three Silver Cups, offered by the Gun Club, will take. place on Monday, Nov. 24, commencing at o'clock p.m., sharp. Hullett Tax Notice. Notice is hereby given that the undersign- ed will be at Ifinburn, on the 12th of Dec., and at Londesboro on Nov. 28th and Dec. 15th. When at either of the above mention- ed places, taxes may be paid. All not paid in by the evening of the 15tb Dec., will be charged five cents extra on the dollar. THOS NEILANDS, Collector: NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Legislature of ttie Pro- vince of Ontario, at its next session; by and on behalf of the Town of Clinton, for an act to empower the Municipality of the Town of Clinton, in the County of Huron, to consoli- date its debt, :and to provide for the issuing 01 debentures for the payment of the said debt, and for the redemption and retiring of debentures now outstanding, and containing such other provisions as niay be necessary to carry out the said consolidation, redemp- tion and issue. Dated 14th day of November,1890. MANNING & SCOTT, Solicitors for the applicants. The following is the statement of revenue and expenditure on account of the consolidated fund of the Dominion up to the end of endi- tore four months aotober: l $8, 80,637 Sehowing the grand surplus of $5,080,884. The revenue for the fear months last year was $18,502,124, and the expenditure $8,280,637. The net debt of the Domin- ion October 31 was $233,855,202, a de - to The prepere,tiona for the burial of the to hie personal use. 718 for the same p aw= i Ho�d's Sarsaparilla Bold by all druggists. 51; six for 55. Prepared 0nl, by C. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, lease. 100 Doses One Dollar lttU ttttertt en UftL. Stray Cow. Strayed from subscriber's promises, Clint ton, on the 14th met., a largo Dark Rod Cow, long horns turned upwards and inwards. Was milking. Anyone returning her will bo suitably rewarded. DR. GUNN. TENDERS FOR StXPPLIES, 1891. The undersigned ;will receive tenders for supplies up to noon of WEDNESDAY, DEO. 3rd 1890, for the supply of Butchers' Meat, Butter, Flour; Oatmeal, Potatoes, Cord• wood, etc., to the following institutions dur- ing the year 1891, viz The Asylums for the Insane in Toronto, London, Kingston, Hamilton and Orillia; the Central Prison and Mercer Reformatory, To- ronto; the Reformatory for Boys, Penetan- gulehone ; the Institutions for the Deaf and Dumb, Belleville, and the Blind, Brantford. Two sufficient sureties will be required for the due fulfilment of each contract. Specf- fications and fermis of tender can only be bad on making application to the Bursars of the respective institutions. N. B.—Tenders are not required for the supply of Meat to the Asylums in Toronto, London, Hingston and Hamilton nor to the Central Prison and Reformatory Hamilton, Toronto. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. 1 NOTICE. . The annual meeting of the I.ondeebo o Butter Manufacturing Co. will be held }n Boll's Hall, on THURSDAY', Nov. 27th. 1- eH10 Shareholders, Genralmeting, p m. All perilous in- terested in dairying, are Wyk ad to attend. GEO. WATT, Bios. W.L. OUIMET1 d, Seoy Londesboro, Nov. 9, 1890. R. CHRISTIE, 4i T. F. CHAMBERLAIN, Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities, Parliament buildings. Toronto, 15th Nov., 1890. Executors' Notice to Creditors . The creditors of Sarah Ann ,'Vigginton,late of the Township of Goderich, in the County of Huron, spinster, deceased, who died on or about the twenty-oightb day of October, A. D. 1890, are hereby notified to send by poet prepaid, on or before the fifth day of Janu- ary next.1 to Levi Trick, Clinton execu- tor of the last will and testament of P.O.,the said Sarah Ann Wigginton, their christian and surnames, addresses and descriptions, the full particulars of their claims, a statement of their accounts, and the nature of the se- curities held by them (H any); and that Im- mediately after the said fifth day of January neat, the assets of the said Sarah Ann Wig- ginton will bo distributed among the parties entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims of which notice shall have been re- ceived; and said executor will not be liable or the said assets, or any part thereof. to any person of whose claim notice shall not have bean reoeived by him at the time of such distribution. LEVI TRICK, Eaeautor Dated this nineteenth day of Nov., A. D. 1590. W. JACKSON, Town Agent G. T. R nEG..'%: -el ei' IL24ll1 SII'' nsJ;l"• `i, Tickets to all points at lowest fares. 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