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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1892-04-15, Page 4111 5 18*? THE CLINTON NEW ERA tw *iluertigientento On'orders.,-,,Ngsv Bhic Bicycles.—Cooper & Co. Bull for eale.,J. Owning "10° Bins. Buggies,—g,G. Hayward, , r Ves0 net4-Ommer & Co. Importations.—Harland Bros. ' Groceries.—McMurraY & Wiltse Underwear.—Gilroy & Virisemast PlanOa& Orgaus.—G. 13. Enterson s7W1to's your hatter.—Ja,ckson Bros. "Young man.-rEstate Sohn Hodgins Fropa a few leaves.—W. L. Ouimette rAoR telearing.,—EstateJohnHodgins 1aiteatt.ractiuns. &Wiseman etyour optic. —Plunisteel &Gibbings flintan tiny Ca FRIDAY, 4.PRIL 15, 189S • Sol White Kul E, A. Macdonald, the avowed annexationishe have not yet been dropped fyom the Conservative 'ranks. The salary of Mr Mowat has been in- creased by $2,000 a year, and the Do- minion GOvernmentpropose to increase tbe salaries of Chief Justices. No doubt they are all deserving of the in- creases. Not eat member of the Manitoba Legis- lature opposed the proposed plebiscite tube taken concerning the entire pro- hibition of the liquor traffic. What is to prevent a shnilar vote being taken in Ontario ? The Local House did wisely when it refused to allow a bill to be introduced requiring train hands should pass an examination before being employed. There are now too many laws of a like nature on the statue book. It is anticipated that the re -distribu- tion billhvill be introduced in the House after the Easter holidays. We will be agreeably disappointed, if the word re- distribution is not this time another name for gerrymander. It is:said that when the government's bill to simplify the Franchise act and reduce the cost of preparing voters' lists is brought down it will probably be found that the government proposes to abolish the revising officer, and en- trust to municipal clerks the work of preparing and revising the lists. This will be an improvement at any rate, but a better one would be to abolish the act altogether and accept the Pro- vincial lists. a • General Herbert, the commander of Canada's militia forces, in his report to parliament, practically declares that the million of dollars of public money spent annually for militia purposes is 'wasted. He condemns . the manage- ment of the force in scathing terms; declares that the equipmentis obsolete and inefficieet„andsays—thudefences of the country are tumbling down. When the report %Nrus read in the Ilouse, not a supporter of the govern- ment was found who dared deny it. The Conservatives of West Huron have decided to enter .a cross petition against Mr Cameron, and will -"take every legitimate means to disqualify him and his agents." That is all right; there is no law against it, but our local cetem might have spared. itself. the lu- zubrions wail indulged in this week. If Mr Patterson's supporters have not -violated the electionlawe then there is nothing to fear by a protest trial, and if Mr Cameron's have, as alleged by our cotem., they are the ones likely to suffer. At any rate, boasting for ,either side, before the day. of trial, is ageidedly premature and uncertain. W ' hat is known as "the substitution .5- Ueilr among medicine dealers is recev- a good deal of attention at the • present Hine, and properly so. Men • ,who spend very large amounts of in introducing a medicine or neneedte of merit and find a fraudulent 1Fritlestitute on the market that is an imitation of the ,genuine arcticle, na- Weeny feel indignant that the ground •nhould be taken from under their feet, • --and al) honest dealers and the public 'should help them te stampout the evil. •O'n. case is alluded to in another column, that of William's Pink Pills, that is of • special public interest because of the Very general demand for these articles at this time. re.itical Points. There is o rumor allot that 'the Hon, WflUm Macdougall le shortly to be called to the Bene. North Perth Conservatives meet at Mil. verain on Tuesday, April 06, to nominate a eandidate for the vacancy intim Cormorant. —The laberals meet a week earlier. Captain Peter 11. Cox'who ran against William Peterson, M. P. for South Brant, in the Conservative interest, at the last general eleotion bail been appointed postmaster in Paris. Mr G. T. Biaokstoolnleas declined to so. oept the nomination of the Young Con- servativesas a candidate to fill the vacancy in the Ontario House caused by the death a R. E. Clarke, Toronto. Nov; that there is talk of Hon. Edwend Blake returning to political life, the "pro- tectionist" organs begin to pitch into him. So long as he remained out of politics they had nothing but praises for birn. What the Liberal members of the House of Cotrannmelank in number they make up in ability. in debate they can heat the Conservative ocibort easily, and so far this session have out-generalled their op- ponents. There is enough of the Opposition left at Ottawa to make a right lively fight. It has brains under its hat. The Conservatives nen only vote it down', while herein Toronto the Grits simply laugh the Opposition down. —Toronto Telegram, Ind. Cons. At the Cayuga Aesizee tlenry I. Ince, a deputy returning officer • in the late Domin- ion election charged with opening the poll at 8 o'clock and admitting personators of Indians, who were dead for years, and other offences onlyescaped conviction by the jury disagreeing -11 being for conviction and 1 against. The action of the Government in re -in- stating and pensioning officials who should have been dismissed, evenif not jailed, and in shielding Caron from investigation, has alienated thousands of voters who are in accord with the general policy of the Abbott Cabinet.—Toronto News, Conserva- tive. Sir John Thompson arguesthat theE dgar charges are not specific. Maybe not but if this journal made similar.oharges against you or any other honest, publio man, Sir John, it would be "specific" enough to give the plaintiff cause for a libel suit and the assurance of heavy damages. — Toronto Telegram Ind. Cons. The Mystery or the By-uteettoos (ny D. W.stlesient Windsor, in:Montreal Witness,. Before the by.elections came on, I wrote yon that the Governmentpe.rty would carry them. The statement which you did not publish; doubtless, appeared preposteroufe yet, as the event has proved, it wtts based not on powers of vat(cinetion, nor was it a chance prediction, but on tbe (imam it was a reenacted deduotion from hiatorieel and existing facts. In 1871-2,there was general election which Sir John A.Macclon ald earried with Sir Hugh 'Allan's money. The -Reform oandidatee fur Tfamiltou were Messrs Irving and Wood, and their convene ing agents' books showed n clear majority of over three hundred in their favor. Sir John name on the scene, telegraphed to Mr Allan for another $10,000 and the majority topped solidly over to Hilbert and Robert- son, tbe Conservative, at a cost of 633.83 per head. There is in every constituency a large mass of voters who have no taste for politics, who do not understand the issues between the parties, and who do not think it makes any difference to there which party wins. If let alone, they are divided between the parties according to instinet, with strong influence in the air they pre- ponderate toward that aide. In the last by-election in Haldimand 1030 per vote was offered and refused. About 150 votes changed sides, at a probable cost, to the winners, of 122,000, and this was spent at a time when the Conservative ministry was strong and not particularly in need of an- other vote in the House. An election petition had to be abandoned, not a dollar of the expenditure could be traced to Dr. Montague, who, for several reasons, spent no money of his own, nor to any of nis authorized agents; in taot,it is and has been for years, understood that a Conservative candidate is to have no agents, nor is he to appear at any compromising committees. If he does any bribery, he must do it in a riding other than his own. As Mr Tarte, who was in the secret, has explained, the bribery business is done by candidates ex- changing fields of operation and thus the penalty of the law is evaded and the results are the same as if each man did his own. A bribes in B's field and 13 in A's. This piece of clever finesse was probably the in- vention of the late,not the present,Sir John, and it throws a flood of light on the where- fore and the why a Conservative can hardly be unseated, though 050,000 may be spent •in bribes in order to elect him. It is no longer necessary for the Govern- ment party to steal enormous sums from the Public Works Departmer t or to buy Mackenzie Howell is the one Minister Potter presses in INew York at two prices, Inthe DominionCabinetwhodoesnodis- so that one price may go into the boodle credit to Ontario. He is a thoroughly competent politician, but his superiori- ty, conspicuous as it is, is not sufficient to obscure the inferiority of the other three ministers from Ontario and the west.—Toronto Telegram. Should the Government persist in its re - fusel to grant an inquiry concerning gir AdolphCaron, only one inference is possible •—that the statements made by the member for West Ontario, Mr Edgar,are true. And the Government which is prepared to maintain in office %Minister who has bought his own and others way intoParliarnent with money stolen from the people is unfit to rule this oountry.—Toronto News, Conser- vative. Sir Richard Cartwright delivered an able and forcible discourse noon the present political situation in Canada at a meeting of his Sooth Oxford constituents on Friday evening. He told the Reformers of Ontario in plain terms, what they must do if they are to make any headway against the powers of corruption now controlled by the Abbott -Caron ministry, and made some startling declarations as what -would be pTroved if tho charges formally preferred against Sir Adolphe Caron and Mr Haggart were investi- gated even by parliamentary commit- tees controlled by friends of those ministers. , Sir Richard charged that the whole policy and conduct of the government was made subservient to the business of providing a huge corruption fund to be drawn upon for general elections and bye -elections. He took the full responsibility of de-_ searing -that -he -knew- aned elninfdlend'en, 'f afforded an opportunity of doing so, that at every general election since 1878 the government has collected huge funds for campaign purposes, averag- ng not less than one million dollars in cash; that large sums were also expend- ed in by-elections, apart altogether from indirect bribes of railway sub- sidies and grants for public buildings, and that this was done in pursuance of a general system. The funds, Sir Richard says, were,. and are being, supplied by the protected corn binesters, subsidized railway, companies, contrac- tors and the Canadian Pacifiacompany. Sir Richard is of opinion that "every tariff item and every tariff charge represents a payment to the campaign Ifund; that every contract for a public work has been tolled; that every rail- way subsidy has been sweated, and that every advance or special favor to the Canadian Pac ific company has been discounted in advance." The government's possession of vast cam- paign funds; and its ability to move an organized clique of campaigners from county to county as the elections were brought on, are, Sir Richard says, sufficient to account for the small majorities obtained at by-elections in Ontario by government candidates. He points to the results of contests for the Ontario assembly as proof that the Conservatives cannot win elections without the aid of cam- Pitign funds, gerrymanders and stuff- ed voters lists. The following paragraph appears in . the parliamentary report of the Ont- ario Legislature proceedings of Tues- . 'dare—Mr Meredith said that among the supplementary estimates he notic- ed an item increasing the salary of the Attorney General by 62,000, and he ; heartily concurred in the same. He • knew that it was a matter of delicacy fine it gentleman occupying such a poeition that the Governmeut of 'which he is the leader should propose the- increase, and he (Mr. Meredith•) fie& the greater pleasure in approving • ot a on behalf of the members of the oaltion. (APplaUSe from both sides o he House.) • • . fund for the purpose of buying elections. Another beast has arisen out of the foul sea of Conserystive politics, which is more in- sidious in its working than the thieving of the immediate past. It is the creation of the late Sir John, but it did not bloom into perfect working in his day. The red parlor was slow in getting into full range. The vulgar story of the farmer shaking the sp• plea down to the hogs is effete. The process has been reversed; the hogs have been reversed; the hogs have the farmer, the pre- sent Sir John, by the throat, and they can make or mar him. The ringsters and coin- binests have the whip -hand now, and their machine has attained perfection in work - ng. In 1872 a duty of 10 cents„per gallon was imposed on the importation of refined petroleum, coal oil. It was selling in Penn- sylvania for 0 cents a gallon, and in On- tario it was retailed at 60 cents, a margin of 51 cents. The Canadian coal oil com- bine rented the small refineries, and shut *them up, and they soon got out of date and became useless. No one was found hardy enough to import the moredesirable Ameri- can article, because the ring conicnendereell. arrby- the amount of the duty end the extra freight and charges. The immense margin of 51 cents was only a temptation which, yielded to, must ultimately result in ruin. The prices of surgars in England and in Canada were „published in the Toronto Globe: during tlin time of the general elec- tions, and the &verge difference was 4 cents per lb. favor of England. On the volume of Canadian consumption,220,000,000 pounds, this amounted to $8,800,000. This difference owasonmostsall-the resuitainthe Mandeeerind tariff. The revenue producing part of this tariff bas been wholly abolished and the re- maining part, or present tariff, wholly protective, amounts to $16 per ton. The refining combinester who gets his raw material free has an advantage of $16 per ton over the importer. Sugar dries out rapidly, and there is a risk in holding it over. The sugar men broke down the several houses who imported in defiance of their monopoly, and with $16 per ton in their favor they can do it again, just as the oil -refiners ana the salt men did. The sugar -men's extra profit on the con- sumption of Canada, 224 million pounds, or 112,000 tons, amounts per annum to a mil- lion and three-quarters of dollars. But if they follow the example of the coal oil men they can double or treble this amount. Now, this is the stake for which the com- bines are fighting in the by-elections. They have an interest of four or five mil. lions of dollars in the unexpired term of this Parliament. Why not launch out one year's extra profits to put the profits of the other three ont of danger? Can anybody believe that the sugar com- bine and all the other combines, including the huge cotton combine which is just loom- ing upethe creation of two exnerican mil- lionaires would not launch out 650,000 in order to buy West Huron for Mr Patterson. It was necessary to buy 200 votes in order to convert Mr Cameron's majority of 379 into a minority of 16. The amount named gives $25e to each man of the required tnrn-over. Mr Patterson rightly judged that among the 2,000 to 3,000 wbo voted for Mr Cameron 200 could be found who cared little for politics, and who would °lunge sides at that price. The reign of monopoly has always been relentlese and cruel. It was that monopoly, the East India Com- paby's grasping greed, which caused ,t1a,e rupture between the Mother Conntry and her thirteen American colonies. the war of Independence. The Canadian combines have their machine in complete running order, and the coercion, undue influencenlae overbearing force of numbers in a locality, rssed away after a vershort illness. Judges' Sal ari es. • -- The Dominion Government. has de- cided to increase by $1,000 the salary of each of the judges of the Provincial courts. Sir John Thompson last Mon- day night, gave notice of a motion which will increase the salary of Chief ustice Haga,rty, Chief .Tustice Armour, Chancellor Boyd and Chief Justice Sir Thomas Galt each from $6,000 to $7,- 000, and the salary of Justices Burton, Osier. Maclennan, Falconbridge, Street, mon li, Ferguson, -Robertson, Rose and McMahon each from $5,000 to $6,000., The salaries of the judges of the Court, of Queen's Bench and of the Superior Court in Quebec will be raised to the same figures. The salar- ies of the chief justices and justices of the Supreme Courts of the other Pro- vinces will be also increased by $1,000, and will be, as before, $1,000 less re- spectively than those of the judges in Ontario and Quebec, except in Prince EdwardIsland, where the salary of the chief justice will he $6,000 instead of 84,000, and that of the assistant judges $4,500 instead of $3,200. Rev. J. M. Wilkinson, formerly lessee of the Torotite Auditorium, %trying to arrange coMpromite with his ore,ditrire at 25 indite • en'tere thedffiliere—te %Si herfOr weak, the financially pressed, the corrupt and the timid. The country has net eaer• °Ned eternal vigilance, and the consequence is that we are in the bowie et the eom- binester Philistines. There will be an end. of this, but in the meantime the country will suffer in wealth and reputation. NEWS NOTES John Ormiston, one of V, oodstock's old- est residents, is dead. A Montreal grocery firm ties been fined for selling adulterated coffee. During 1891 13,123 settlers entered Mani- toba, with 756 oars of stock. Mrs Catharine Jones, of Easton,Peo, died on Friday from blood poisoning, eaused by being pecked by a hen. A. five-year-oldboy rimmed Hugo was kill- ed at Guelph Saturday by having his bead crushed in by a falling waggon. The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has fixed July 12 as the day for trial of the election case against Sir John Thompson. Rev. N. H. Martin, whose sudden depar- ture froChatham causedsuch a eensation, is now in Belinont, Man. He will become a school teacher. Hon. John K. Porter, senior counsel for the people at the trial of Guiteau, President Garfield's murderer, and for the defence in the Beecher trial, dieVionday at Water- ford, N. Y. It has been decided to hold an inquest on the death of Richard Wigmore,of Dummer Township, whose body was found on March 28 floating in the river at Peterboro'. His relatives Beeped foul play. Rev Walpole Warren, the English clergy- man brought to iNew York to be rector of Holy Trinity, says he ,will not become na turalised, because he will not accept en- franohisemeet in so corrupted a city. Erb, the only son of Thos. Hugo, of Guelph was accidentally killed Saturday morning. The lad was riding on a horse - cart with a workman, and when driving on a terraced roadway the cart got too close to the edge and upset, falling on the boy and cruehing his head. He died instantly. _ One of the most remarkable oases of hiccoughingknown is that of Mies Etta May Cox, of Topeka. She has been hiccoughing at the rate of 75 times a minutes for eight' months except when asleep. She is so much reducedin strength and flesh that she ie only a living skeleton. She went there from Troy, N. Y. Ontario sends more students to Ann Arbor University, Michigan, than any State of the Union outside of Michigan, Illinois, Obio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Io- wa, New York and Missouri. The number of Ontario pupils in attendance at that seat of learning this year is 40. New Brunswick sends 3, Quebec 3, and Mani- toba 1. The revelations attendant on Rev. Dr Parkhurst's moral crusade in New York are something horrible and revolting, yet Rev. T. Dixon, jun., another New York divine, declares that "Dr. Parkhurst has only touched the facts. He might have gone much farther. With the positive zeal An interesting ease was down for trial at the Brant aseizes—thet of the action for ,,i,reaelt of promise of marriage brought by Itlital Mary IlIcEwen, on Mount Pleasant., against Ili James G. Rammer, of Mona Vernon, for 52,000 damages. The ease has th been withdrawn, however, e plaintiff hav- ing now agreed to accept 0500 in lieu of all damages and expenses. This sum has been tendered by defendant, and the case settled out ofcourt. Plaintiff is a handsome, good- looking young lady, and the faithlese swain well-to-do young farmer. -Defendant ad- mitted the promise of marriage made to Miss MeEwen, so that in uny case it was merely a question of coats. A dispatch from Tokio says the conflagra- tion that broke out there on Sunday last did enormous damage. Six thousand houses were destroyed. The loss of life was heavy. It is known that 50 natives loin their lives, and a number are still rniseing. Tokio, the chief city of Japan, is noted for its fires. The whole business portion of the oity is studded with clay fireproof etorehousee, into wbich all the chief valuables are hastily thrust immediately on the breaking out of a fire in the neighborbood. The massive iron doors and sh utters of these fireproof "Doves" are, as soon asthe interior is filled, cemented airtight, lighted candles having been placed inside before closing the last door, in order to exhaust the inflammable oxygen of the inclosed air. The structure may be left to be ronied around by the fire, and may even be raised to a redhot state without danger of combustion insile. The houses that afford fuel for these fires are of light barn- b000rof wooden structure and built rapidly The city of Tokio covers an are% of about 28 square miles, and is in point of extent, after London, the largest city in the world. The population is between 900,000 and 1,000,- 000. Colborne. COUNCIL.—Council met in the town- ship hall on Friday, April 8th, at 2 o'clock p. m. Members all present except lar Taylor. Minutes of last meeting read and adopted. The follow- ing accounts were ordered to be paid, viz: Donald McKinnon, cutting snowdrift, 50 cts.; Signal, printing, $20.40; Wm. Strachan, wood for Mrs. Vanstone, $2.75; George Bean, for four sheep killed by dogs and one injured, $17.32; Alex. Sterling, for two sheep killed by dogs, $8; Robert Bean, for four sheep killed by dogs, $10.65; J. T. Goldthorpe, goods for George Little, $16.17. The clerk was ordered to in- struct J. T. Goldthrope to supply Geo. Little with goods to the amount of $1 per week until further notice as char- ity. The council then adjourned to meet as a court of revision on May 27th, at 10 o'clock a, m. F. W. MCDONAGH, Clerk, BORN SMITIL—At the parsonage, Moorefield, on the 9th inst, the wife of Rev. A J Smith, formerly of Varna, of a sem. McCLYMONT.—In Stanley. on March 29, the wife of Mr James MeClkinont, of a son. MARRIED. PHILLIPS—JEWELL.—At the residence of the bride's father, Colborne. on Wednesday, March 30th b Rev Mr. Bielb Mr William of a child in a new world, to whom all was Phillips, of As freld, to Maria, daughter of Mr a revelation, he has only picked un a few ) Richard Jewell, of Colborne, pebbles on the eeashore of a city's fathom. less shame." At the Brant County SpringeAssizes the suit of McGill against the City of Brant- ford waelheard beforeChiefiJustice Armour. The action was for $1.000 damages for in- juries received through an imperfect side- vsalk in West Brantford. After three hours' deliberation the jury returned a ver - diet for plaintiff, placing the demage at enanneenernentri eneeksitsimithseerseseressieni ' and costs. The city will affeal'enner usst,Wm. Townsend, aged 64 Years and 3 months TOWNSEND.—In Hullett, on the 12th inst., Eah, twin son of Me E. Townsend, aged 5 weeks HILLAN.—In Clinton, on the 13th inst., Alex- ander Milan, aged 53 years and 7 months. eeNTELON.—In Goderich township, on the 13th inst., David Cantelon, Sr,. aged 81 years. PRENDERGAST.—In Dublin, on the loos inst., Mr Thomas Deligny Prendergast, of con- sumption. FARR—In Goderich, on. April 12th, Elizabeth Harbour, wife of WilliamFarr, aged 62 years. _.DEPEUDRY—In Goderioh-, on A.pril ilth, Eliza Marie Jeanne, relict of the late B. de.Peudry, aged 70 years. GREEN—WILSON.—At Portage la Prairie, Man., on March 1st, by Rev Mr Daniels, Mr Walter W. Green, to Miss Mary Wilson, daugh- ter of the late John Wilson, of Morris. STOGDILL—FRENCII.—On the 6th Inst., at the resis once of the bride's father, by Rev. W. Casson, Mr John N. Stodill, to Mary A., dough - ter of Mr Robert Frenchall of Seaforth, DIED. BRUNSDON.—In Londesboro, on the 98h met Dorcas S, wife of Mr W ra. Brunsdon, aged 68 yra. ground that the damages are excessive. The Hamilton Spectator, as unfriendly a critic as the Mowat Government has, says: —"Mr Awrey, M. PP., is to be Ontario's commissioner at the Chicago Columbian Exhibition. Mr Mowat sometimes does the right thing, anci the appointment of Mr Awrey is one of the right things he hits done. Mr Awrey Is just the man for the place, and he will see that the Ontario ex- hibit is weli put boleti? the visitors at,the egreatoexhibitirme Mr. William a Tytler, who for several years past has filled the position of principal of the Guelph Collegiate Institute creditably to himself and to the satisfaction of the Board of Educa- tion, has resigned his situation and accepted the offices of inspector oni schools and secretary of the school board, the positions lately vacated by Rev. Mr. Torrance. On Squire's Creek, in Bawdow, near Belleville, Alex McMullen, with two broth- ers, went out in a boat to shoot pike, and the boat becoming fast on some obstruc- tion Alex McMullen attempted to shove the boat off with the butt of his rifle, the muzzle being tower& him. The rifle was by some means discharged, the ball enter- ing just below the young man's ear on the right side and coming out of the top of his head on the left side. Death was instan- taneous, and his lifeless form was oaught as it fell by his horror-stricken brothers. The young man was about 25 years old. Tbe increase in the salary atteehed to the office of Attorney -General from 65,000 to 37,000 can be justified either as an ac- knowledgment of the eminent services of Mr Mowat or as a reasonable emolument for any mam holding the position of Pre- mier of Ontario. Indeed it would not be going too far to increase the salaries of the other Cabinet Ministers from 64,000 to 65,000 each. The work done by these men would warrant the province in paying them a salary equal to that allowed the City Solicitor of Toronto.—Toronto News, An event of peel/Ban sadriess,at Black Creek recently, was the sudden deaths of Samuel and John Baker, within a few hours, of each other at that pla,ce. The deceased were brothers, of 60 and 58 years of age respectively, and have lived together from boyhood. Few of the community who heard that both brothers were ill with la grippe had any thought of serious danger, but pneumonia. setting in both brothers unscrupulous abuse of looal and financial he remains were followed to the infinenoe,is beyond computation. The new and tremendous engine of the combines is to concentrate on a township in which the Conservative element is strong and chiefly because the scale of intelligence is low. The leading Conservatives get, say, 310,000 if they carry the township by storm, using all the influence within their reach, buying tbe influence of the powerful to coerce and cajole the weak, and keeping much of the boodle in reserve for themselves that the had Webb's note for 3250, and this note be - rank and file may get very little. The least came due and payment was demanded. W the better for the morals of the community. ebb refused to honor it, claiming that it The Government had no occasion to invest, was given as a gambling debt and was and every contest bears evidence' of a dead illbgalDoble proved by Morgan that set in the township. In my youths and Webb borrowed the money straight from middle age I :fancied the liberty of my him and asserted that he owned a farm and country was safe. It is now in the power hie hotel. One Armstrong, who was con. of the monopolies created by the tariff. sated by Morgan before loaning the money, The monopolies dole back to the people a testified that he saw the ransaction, and portion of their ill-gotten gains fcir the put. pests of bribery, slid one-fourth of the exac- tions of the ow/Nur:4 is found enough ,to oltplaire the.waverthg, the indIfferent, the grave by over 1,000 people and 300 tearns. The (*se of Doble v. Webb, heard at Whitby on Tuesday beforeJudge Burnham, was found highly interesting. Webb keeps a licensed hotel at Uxbridge, and last sum• mer spent several nights playing poker at the hotel with one Morgan,alias Hertima.n, from Owen Sound. In the end Morgan SALE REGISTER. House and lot belonging to the Hugh Biggam estate, MapleiSt. Clinton, on Satur- day, April 16. David Dickinson, suet. that it wasregular enough. The testimony was (*billeting teem the ga biers tin beth Ptidea i but the judArt goy ridgment for plaintiff- tit 'the note and bbs. To Let. House on Albert Street, suitable for small family, Large Garden. MRS THOS. COOPER, To Let. • Comfortable house on corner of Whitehead and Maple streets, at prereet occupied by Mr A. E. Morrow, everything convenient,good f tone cellar hard and soft lwater. Possession given at the first of the month. MRS THOS cOoPER,Clinton Rouse to Rent. Small comfortable house on nattenbury St. with every convenience for small family. Stone eellarohard and soft water, convenient to schools and (thumbs. Rent 54 per month. W. H. BINE Cottage for Sale emote Rent. Good brick cottage for sato to rent, contain- ing plenty of room for ordi IIIWy family, with quarter -acre lot; hard and soft water; situate on Dunlop Street, Clinton. Five minutes walk from post office. Will be sold or rented cheap. Apply to J. IRWIN, Customs Collector, or to J. 0. ELLIOTT. "1 Guess Not." Can't get them cheaper than that, ``I Guess Not." Well, it's the lowest price I ever heard of anyone giving for snob WINDOW SHADES. "I Guess Not." How? Why at COOPER'S. They are rath- er better and rather cheaper. Yes. They have purchased an immense stock, and will ,offer them at Twenty per cent below, the regular prises until the stock is disposed of WI en ? Commencing on SATURDAY next, you make your choice and decorate your windows for, from 15 to 50 cents less than ever before. THE Wall Paper We sell is the result of yearb of labor by the beat known designers, and brought now to a point ot excellency by skilled mechumss. We save you a great deal of time by trimming the • edges. W.Cooper & Co, ROOK, STATIONERY, FANCY AND SPORTING GOODS DEPOT, CLINTON gnu Ativirtioututs. Boarders Wanted. Good accommodation for a fewboarders, gen tIsman or ladies Applyat NEW ERA Office. Bull for Sale. For Sale a thoro-ored Durham 13u11, twelve months old, of first-class pedigree. Dark red, color, with a little white. Will be sold at rums - able price. JOHN CUMDTG, Londesboro, P0. - - • Implement Agency. Subscriber has taken the agency for the well- known Coekshutt Plow Co, and will be pleased to sell to all who desire any article of their make such as Riding, Walking, or 2 -furrow Plows Soufriere, Cultivators, Land Rollers, scrapers, &c Implements can be seen at my Warerooms Albert Si. Clinton, nearly opposite Fair's Mill J. SNYDER. Pianos Organs Don't purchase your Piano till you ° have seen Canada's Art Piano, manufactured by the Gerhard Heintzman Co., of Toronto, endorsed by the leading musicians, for brillian- cy of tone, beauty of design and finish. It is without an equal. Sold in Clinton by GEORGE F. EMERSON. Write for catalOgue or call and see inWuments. Organs taken in change. Second hand organs for sale or to rent. Residence ne ir Fanning Mill Factory, 0 .nton. G. k, EISIEltSCS, "Why Should I Ride a Bicycle?"' To be keeping with the times. For thepleasure pure and simple that there i to be derived from it. Because it combines health and pleasure to ie greater degree than any other form of recreation A sound body and mind for the price of a Iffe cycle is a good investment. Bicycling is a popular, clean, henithy spec and a wheel is good company. Its benefits are manifold, its remits uniforms. By an even distribution of exercise, the entire system it strengthened midi invigorated. The. muscles are hardened, the lungs expanded, sir- promoted,digestion aided, and the over- taxed mind relieved. It is exhilirating, stimulating; while it 15 la positive mental diversion there is nothing per- functory, nothing monotonous about it. The man of sedentary habits throws off the confinement of the office, and seeks relief in an enjoyment of nature. To ride into the countre with its ever-changing scenery, and to breath* the healthy air is fraught with keen enjoyment The nerves are relieved, and sonnd health and sleep promoted. The bicycle is a machine of universal use. I is a practical means of rapid and inexpensive transit. On it the clergyman visits his panel - loners, the physician his patients, the bushiest, man rides to his office for exercise, and his olerk to save time and expense. The workman rides to and from the factory, the telegraph boy de - liven; his messages on It. It is to be heard ftinia in modern warfare, in the rl,pld delivery of des- patches, in municipal departreentli s,nd in other Ones of Service. Summed up, it saves time, car fare, shoe -leather doctors' bills and worriment. Remember that its first cost is less than that • a good horse, and the expense of keeping its worth mentioning W. COOPER & Co. Bicycle Agents, Clinton. SEEDS SEF•DS SEEDS. -- I are handling SIMMERS, FERRY'S and STEELE BROS. Flower and Garden Seeds, and have in stock a full assortment of all varie- ties. Also several new kinds, seen as white Dutch Onion Sets and White Multipliers. Ales plant box is for sale Call early and get yet& • assortment. J. CUNINGHASIE, Mude's Old Stand, Huron Street Clinton. W. JACKSON, AGENT GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY WHITE STAR LINE STEAMSHIPa ANCHOR LINE STEAMSHIPS STATE LINE STEAMSHIPS ALLAN LrNn STEAMSHIPS DOMINION 'ANTE STnAmentre BEAVER LINE STEAMSHIPS Tickets issued to all points. Vet al , infatuation iii reeterite tratel MS* P . •• ti 40 3 eff • s .