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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton New Era, 1894-03-16, Page 41.'Ss •':o-9;- x CLINTON NSW ERA, I5 . -- e 2)104004 -0. p'. Emerson .Attelition--Elf. Plumsteel, Cnucerte-'F,raser Dramatic Co. B ecial, values-R.4Coats & SOH Wall•paper+--Rance Spalding Spring fashions-Beesle & Co. Kastmr excursions—W, Jackson .Reese goods—Gilroy & Wiseman Auction sale -Jas. Landsborough Who's Your .hatter—W. Jackson 5,000 rolls cf paper --Cooper & Co. Boots and shoes -.W. L. Ouimette Spring circular—Plumsteel & Gibbings Clinton tw • FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894. The nearest market is usually the best. Our trade with Britain last year increased a trifle overa million dollars, Our trade 'with the States increased ten million. Mr Clancy, the financial critic of the Opposition, was re -nominated by his constituents the other day,' and in his speech accepting the nomination, spoke as a man who anticipated defeat. His opponent is a Liberal Patron. Hon. Mr Royal, Lieut-Governcr of the N. W. T., is advocating the separa- tion of Canada from Great Britain. Because he is a good conservative this will be regarded as all right, but what a ruction would be raised if a Liberal advocated the same thing. Lord Roseberry, the new Premier of Great Britain, announces that there will be no change of Liberal policy, so far as he is concerned. He says it is simply "a change of men, not of meas-' ures," and will endeavor to carry out the Home Rule measure. It is said that Mr McGreevy, who was recently liberated from jail at Ottawa, is to be a canditate' for the Dominion House, for one of the Quebec City seats, and he promises to make mat- ters lively on the hustings. He is certainly in a position to do so. r' Judge Palmer,of the New Brunswick 'Supreme Court, has resigned. It was he who imprisoned Mr Ellis, of St. John Telegraph, and as an effort to im- peach him at the approaching session was likely to be made, it is surmised that his resignation was taken to head this off. Had he waited until May he would have been entitled to his super- annuation allowance. Tuberculosis in cattle .seems to pre - wail more than many people 'are aware of. A herd of cattle; belonging to Mr Miller, of Chesterfield, Ontario, has developed tuberculosis, and on exam- ation several animals have been con- demned to be slaughtered .and others are being closely watched. 'A test of all dairy cattle in the country would probably lead to startling results. A study of the Trade and Navigation returns will convince people that in some instances the tariff is very far from being the "moderate and equit- able affair" the Empire pretends it is. For instance, on $1,856 worth of berry 'bushels imported in '92 the customs offi- cers collected $1,281; on grape sugar to the value of $33,000 brought in the duty was $21,000;on $662 worth of vine- gar taxation to the extent of $535 was imposed; and, on a purchase of slates aggregating $3,984, the customs au- thorities collected $2,516 in taxes. ;This is a pretty high tariff. Mr Barr's bill now before the Legis- lature, for the reduction of County Councilors provides that the county council shall consist of the reeves only of each municipality composing the county, and that each shall he entitled to one vote for himself and an addition- al vote for each full 500 of the persons entitled to vote at municipal elections. In the opinion of County Councillors, it would be better to allow the reeves 'to have one vote only on all general matters, but an additional vote where the expenditure of money is involved. This would greatly simplify work at meetings of the County Council, and prevent injustice to any municipality just as well as the present method does. The Patrons state that one object they have in yiew in their organization is to break up "party tyranny, but the action of the Grand Lodge deciding that every Patron must vote for the nominee of the order, even when a better man was put in the field by one .or -other -of old parties, is regarded by even Patrons themselves as a form of "tyranny" they will not submit to. The Patrons who meet at Oakwood, near Lindsay, are not willing to sur- render their franchise"tothe central au- thority Of ,the order, so they took the 7fti l dinhaudalat bough tagogd•supper aide �Other :night, and resolved tr,formal- r .. r llil e' of �i1 point at *blob, they the .r lu Thepnblie debt of the United States decreased $12,360,770 in February. Oauladiens would be agreeably surpris- ed to gee. that Much sliced off our na. tional debt .jn a year. Ours goes on increasing. The 'vote in the Local House to abol- ish the expenses- of the Lieut. -Gover- nor's residence, stood 50 to 32. It is al- together likely when the term of the present Lieut. -Governor expires—three years hence—they will be abolished. The subsidies of about a million dol- lars a year to be given by the Dominion Government for the establishment of a fast line of Atlantic steamers, will just be so much money thrown away. There is no demand for the steamship line, atrd'it will' not be any especial - service to the Dominion when it is started. Canada exported nearly live times as many horses to the States last year —10,606—as it did to all other places. It exported 99,9114'h:e'ad of cattle to Great Britain, more than ten times as many as to all other places. It sent 337,718 sheep to the States, nearly fifteen times as many as went to all other places. What greater tribute could be paid to the stirling honesty of the Mowat Government and to Hon. Mr Fraser in particular, than the fact that during his long association with the Ministry he gave contracts for millions of dol- lars, and in all those contracts there never was a single cent for extras. It would have been well for Canada .if the same could be said of Sir Hector Langevin, another Minister of Public Works. The Dominion House is now in ses- sion, and is likely to prove of unusual interest. The strong feeling that is supposed to prevail in the country for tariff reform, . will find able supporters on the floor of the House, and the ine- qualities and injustice of the N.P. with all its modifications, will be scathingly exposed. There are many other ques- tions likely to receive the attention of the members, and some hot debates may be looked for. There are constant reports of dis- sensions in the Cabinet at Ottawa, but whether these dissensions exist only in the minds of newspaper correspond- ents or.are actual occurrences; is some= thing the public cannot decide. The latest report is that Hon. John Costig- an ' is dissatisfied, and will take the Customs Collectorship at Montreal, a position it was generally understood would go to Mr R. S. White, M. P. of the Montreal Gazette. Here are some figures from the Trade and Nagivation returns that may be of interest: In 1893 our exports to Great Britain amounted to over $64,000,000, nearly one million less than in 1892. Our exports to the United States were nearly $44,000,000, or $5,000,000 more than in 1892. Our imports from Great Britain in 1893 were over $43,000,000 or two million more than the previous year; our imports from the United States were over $58,000,000, or five million more than the previous year. Mr Garrow has a bill before the Lo- cal House which is being opposed in certain quarters, we think because the provisions of the bill are not fully un- derstood. At present persons usually entitled to vote for the Legislative Assembly (excepting freeholders) are debarred from voting if they are away from the Riding for a certain length of time. It so happens that numbers of sailors whose homes are in Ontario and whose families are residents here, lose their privilege to vote by their ab- sence on the water, sometimes doubt• less in the United/States. Mr Garrow's bill provides that these persons may be entitl^d to vote if their families are still resit .ants of Canada,notwithstand- ing their own absence. This seems to us to be perfectly reasonable, if the privilege is properly guarded in the act. What with exemptions from taxa- tion, s„perannuation and' other per- quisites enjoyed by government em- ployees, things are in rather an ano- molous condition, and the Toronto Telegram calls attention to the mat• ter in the following paragraph:— "Allowing exemption from munici- pal taxation on the salaries paid by the Dominion Government is a wrong that could be wiped out while the community is waiting for a large measure of relief,. Officials of the Pro- vincial Cloverlsnlent are taxed; Minis- ters of the Crown in Provincial 'Cabi- nets are taxed. A righteous law re- quires ministers of the gospel to pay taxes on the salaries they earn and the houses they live in. Why, then, should a customs collector or other officer get his $4,000 from the national treas- urfree, i } tollre while the � athe h .ta re reaches the itiemes f '01,4 hod bar t#on of the •side' . he **vice ofi kh ee Ce filo �►olaa aipn GFQ`7-. Additional Local News., 1!TEWI NOTES BACKED OUT.— Messrs Powell and Cluff, who had bought out Young's bakery, declined to complete the trans. fer, and Mr Young will, ther efore, con- tinue the business himself. MARRIED.—The War Cry of last week contains a long account of the wedding of Ensign David Moore and Lieutenant Annie Corneil, which oc- curred in the.Preshyy.terian church, Windsor, on the 8th inst. Ensign Moore is a son of Mrs Moore, of Albert St., and has worked his way up in the .Army from the position of private to that of Ensign, by fidelity, zeal and earnestness. EASTER.—Easter falls this year on March 25thas the earliest date for many years. It will be nearly a hundred years before it again falls on this date, theanext-years sin 1969.--2035, 2046, 2957;" 2103, 2114, 2125 and 2198. The earliest date upon which Easter can fall is -March 9°1, and thw 1aktt Faetera.nn this date were in the years 1693, 1716 and 1818;.but so early an Easter will not come again until 1970. . JiIRCULATION RATI;NG.—George P. Rowell & Co., Publishers ,American Newspaper Directory, say:—The NEW ERA is the only paper in Clinton to which a guaranteed circulating rating will be accorded in the new edition of the American Newspaper Directory for 1894, which will appear May 1st. The correctness of the rating is guar- anteed by a $100 forfeit, offered by the publishers of the D.rectory to any per- son who will show t hat the circulation of the paper is not correctly stated. FROM THE WEST. —Dr. Stewart, of Duck Lake, N. W. T., was the guest of Mr Mr J. W. Irwin last week. The doctor is a native of Blyth, his father being at one time pastor of St. An- drew's Presbyterian church. He has been practising in the west for eleven years, and likes it very well. At pres- ent he is engaged in colonization work on behalf of the government. He ad- vises people who are getting along fairly well here to stay, but it people will move, "why," he says, ' g0 to Duck Lake." ABREAST OF THE TIMES.—The NF.W ERA has always kept abreast of the times, and it is continually putting in new material, having added a lot of new type recently. We have the most conveniently arranged premises for a printing business in the county, and are in a position to do work that can- not be excelled outside of the cities, while in many cases our prices are lower. We. shall be glad to show samples of work and prices and look for a continuance of the generous sup- port that the public have hitherto be- stowed on their favorite paper, the NEW ERA. Huron Presbytery The Presbytery of Huron met on Tuesday, the 13th inst., in First Pres- byterian church, Seaforth. Besides the discussion of reports from the var- ious standing committees, which occu- pied most of the time, the following business was transacted:—The usual grants from the Augmentation Funds were asked for Bayfield and Bethany, Grand. Bend and Cor ett, and Leeburn and Union church, Gbderich township. Tlie French Evangelization Board were asked to continue, if possible, their grant in aid of work among the French in the Grand Bend district. A call from Bayfield and Bethany to Jas. R.•McKay, probationer, was sus- tained. Leave was granted to moder- ate in a'call at Brucefleld. A motion to reduce the number of regular meet ings of Presbytery from six to four in the year, was negatived. A motion to discontinue the practice of billettin members at these meetings was car- ried. The following ministers were ap- pointed commissioners to. the next General Assembly:—Drs. McDonald and Ure, and Messrs Barr, Anderson and Atcheson. Dr. McDonald was nominated as Moderator of the next General Assembly. It was agreed to hold the next regular meeting in Clinton. Huron Assizes. The following cases have been dis- posed of so far:—Irwin v. Broadfoot, an action for seduction, the parties resid- ing at Seaforth; verdict by consent for plaintiff for $30. Lambertus v. Dalton, an action to establish a boundary line, was adjourn. ed till May sitting. Andrews et al. v. Baechler et al., an action to recover damages for the wrongful forcible taking of cattle, the plaintiffs claiming a lien upon them for $625 for feeding. The Judge took the case from the jery and reserved judg- ment upon the question of lien. Senior v. McGillicuddy, an action for libel in the publishing by defendant in The Huron Signal of an anonymous letter charging plaintiff with keeping a disorderly billiard room, and selling tobacco and cigars to minors, contrary to the Ontario statute. The jury re- turned no damages and his Lordship dismissed the action without costs. Queen v. Hugh McLeod, perjury and false pretences, • a true bill was found by the Grand Jury at last Assizes, but when the case was called the Judge traversed it until the next Asskes, de- fendant giving bail in $200 wMI two sureties for a similar amount. The Queen v. Daniel Mclvor, a charge of stealing coal belonging to the Government dredge in the harbor, sent up by the Mayor, was turned over to the Session of the Peace, the prison- er giving bail in $500 with two sureties for an equal amount. McDougall v. Allen, an action for assault that has excited a good deal of local interest, resulted in a verdict for defendant, the action being dismissed with costs. In A Bad Way. The Conservative party is not giving Ontario ,a fair chance to trust it; for where there is no strength for opposi- tion their can be no fitness for govern- ment.—Toronto Telegram. Gagging A Iiistake. A Patron Lodge in Victoria county has already protested against the ac- tion of the supreme body in declaring that no member of the order shall be permitted to assist in the election of an old party candidate, even where no Pat- rol is in the field. More protests will n/ doubt come in later on. The Grand ridge of Patrons will soon find that eir non -intercourse resolution was ite as seat a: mistake dS Wa6 e !�lata adopted beth Or'atige Or d idgq at the Sant., Mrs Ackerman, aged 68, was burned to death in a Are near Pioton on Monday night. • Mr John Often, an old and respected resident of Newcastle, Ont., died Wednes- day, aged'76 years. Large quantities of Manitoba wheat ere going into North iOakota for seed, notwith. standing the heavy duty. Mr Duncan McGibbon, of Milton, has been appointed county judge of Peel, suc- ceeding Judge Scott. Buffalo is suffering from an epidemic, of typhoid fever, 250 oases having been re- ported since the;firat of thio month. It is said about 25,000 visitors kissed the alleged blarney stone which wee exhibited in "Blarney Castle" at the World's Fair. A child of W. P. Pierson of South Bay, near Milford, drank some coloring„dyes and isespeoted to die. Charles George, a farmer near Bancroft Ont., was killed on Saturday by a tree which he was felling striking him as it fell. John' Teahen, a respected farmer of Downie, about two miles from St. Paul's station, committed suicide lay hangirig,in, a barn. • Mr Erastus Wiman has written a letter to a Montreal paper thanking his Canadian friends for their sympathy in his present troubles. Fifteen young ladies of Vassar College have joined the Salvation Army as the re- sult of the labors among them•of Mrs Bal- lington Booth. East Simooe Patrons have nominated Mr Walter Lawson, Reeve of Tiny, to op- pose Mr A. Misoampbell, M.P.P. Mr Law- son has heretofore been a Conservative. Women, children and cattle in Texas are said to be starving to death. Water sells at 12 cents per gallon, and provisions are so costly that poor people cannot parohase them. At the St. Thomas Assizes George E. Young, pleaded guilty of manslaughter in killing Frederick Glover, in Southwcld township a year ago last month, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Jas. Manio'n, Kingston, who whipped his 16 -year -daughter at various times, was tined $20 and costs at the police court. She was on the last occasion beaten with a stink for • not giving her father all her wages. She paid her board and kept some money back to buy some clothing. The five hotel -keepers of Thorold have just discovered that they have been paying $240 a year each for their licenses which is $90 a year more than can be collected. They will enter an action against the town for $3,000. Detective Murray, of the Ontario detec- tive force, is in Thorold searching for evi- dence regarding the young man, Ed. Lamb - man, who has been missing for five weeks. It is the common impression that he was lured to the mountain side between Merri- ton and Thorold and murdered and ',fibbed. Mr Hemstreet, of Aylmer, got a verdict of $250 at the St. Thomas assizes Tuesday, against the Malahide Agricultural Society. He was injured in an accident at the'Ayl- mer fair, and it was contended that it was through the negligence of the Agricultural Society that the accident happened. The,report-that--Lord end' L'ad'y Aber deen will visit New York soon is denied. It is understood that in the summer they will visit the Martime Provinces, that they will then spend some time at Quebeo, and that they will afterwards go to the North- west and British Colum Ready fog the Rush a More than 3,000 Rolls EW— ALL OF PeAPER Have been received at COOPER'S BOOK STORE a this week. ,r NO COMBINATION OF OLD STOCKS They were bought from the best factories, especially to suit ` the tastes of Huronites, and we know we have the cream of the cream of the 1894 output. NEW DESIGNS, NEW COLORINGS NEW PRICES Now that we are selling for Cash and Cash only (Eggs taken as cash) we cut down the prices to the lowest living margin, and which is considerably better than v/ a could offer you when.doing a credit .business, WINDOW SHADES and Curtain . Poles Are on the move and we never shrink from hanging them The will of the late or P oug as, prise, pal of Wesleyan Theological College, be- queaths his entire estate to his wife. At her death it is to be equally divided among her three daughters, who will receive the interest on the estate. A codicil provide. that Mrs Doaglae shall be permitted to nee the principal of the estate should she find the interest insufficient for her needs. A terrible accident happened at!ale'd sawmill, in Sombra township, about twelve miles north of Dresden, at six o'clock last Tuesday evening. The men were just pre- paring to shut down, when the boiler ex- ploded, killing Mr Cornell and three of his children, who were in the room at the time. The boiler was thrown over the house adjoining the mill. Mrs Corneil has one child left. The building was wrecked. The reputation of Sir Oliver Mowat as a constitutional authority was once more upheld by the Supreme court on Tuesday. The court metlat 11 o'clock, there being on the bench Justices Fournier, Tasehereau, Gwynn, Sedgewioh and King. The case of the Attorney -General of Canada vs, the Attorney -General of Ontario was dismiss- ed with costs. The question in this case is as to the constitutionality of astatute of the Province of Ontario, 51 Vic., chap. 5. The case as presented to the court was in the shape of a statement by the At- torney -General of the Dominion of Cana- da, asking that the not was ultra vires, and to this was a demurrer on the part of the Attorney -General of Ontario on the ground that the act was constitutional. The act provided that the Lieutenant -Governor -in - Council bad the right to exercise the par- doning power in all cases whioh came un- der the Provincial statues. The constitu • tionality of the act was upheld in the courts below. On Tuesday the Supreme court gave the same decision, Justice Gwyne dis- senting, by dismissing the appeal of the Dominion with costs. A NOVEL OPERATION. The layman's invariable test of surgery is implied in hie question, "Did the patient get well?" If the answer is negative, he doesn't care for the operation. The doc- tor's views are not so prejudiced. He knows surgery when he sees it, and recog- nizes the merit of it, without regard to idio- synorasies of the patient. When the doo- tor says that the operation was entirely successful, but thepatient died, the layman usually says nothing, bat looks despondent. But even a layman can understand the success of that operation the other day at the Long Island Cottage Hospital, whereby thti blood of Dr. Franklin Kemp was run into the veins' of Kate Pomphrey, Kate Pompbrey had been found almost asphyxi- ated with gas, and was dying. Dr. Kemp, the house surgeon at the hospital, proposed to try the transfusion of blood, and offered to contribute the blood. The operation was done before two hundred students in the operating' room of the hospital, and though mie thou chances delayed its success, and a lot of good blood wet wasted,tthrough the efforts' of two el goons, and lar ” ely through Or. Xahl#11 b r1 look stud poralatenbe, it. OOPER & Go,, - Clinton as presently made to work right, and for ave minutes blood did run through a tube out of hie veins and into hers. The effect was immediate. The woman, who had been black in the face and very near death, revived at once, and though she died twen- four hours later of other complications (Bright's disease), it remains clear that her life was saved for the time being by Dr. Kemp's loan of a share of hie own abun- dant vitality. Dr. Kemp's prompt and generous benevolence is highly praised, and rightly; nevertheless, I think that far more than most of as realize, it runs in human blood to shed itself for humanity when the occasion calls. I suspect that there is a little parcel of heroism put up with almost every new soul, which survives the crowd- ing of ordinary petty selfishness, and is rarely eliminated altogether, except by years of calculating poroinity It is strong stuff, and otriously capable of sudden ex- pansion, Go that as long as any of it is left, there is always a risk that it will swell ont all in an unexpected moment, crowd calcu- lation to the wall, and boss the job in hand. —E. S. Martin in Harper's Weekly., Miss Adams, sister of Porter Adams, liv- ing near Qneeristown, Ont., met with a peculiar and most painful accident in hav- ing a thumb torn off one of her hands. She was engaged on Friday in leading a colt, while driving with her brother up the St. David's Road. The Dolt was suddenly frightened and reared. The halter rope was wound around Mies Adams' hard in such a way that it formed a noose over the thumb, and when the horse bolted he pull- ed the thumb from the band. SALE REGISTER. donee and lot for sale on Victoria Street, Clinton, knpwn as the Finkle property, on Saturday, March 24th. Mrs Stewart, pro- prietress, T. M. Carling, Allot. Farm Stock, Implements,• etc,- of Mr James Lr•ndesborongh, lot 23, con. 3, Tuokersmith, on Thursday, March 22. McCloy and Carling, Auctioneers. rusts flAMT CO TOWN HALL,CLINTON ONE SOLID WEEK Commencing March 19, Inn Repertore of Comedies and Dramas, vizi—"Ro,o, Garland," "Queen's Evidence" Dolley, . 2Lio Little De bees, Eaat 400i" Esmefik d, Adniisgfoh� a *WO 0141041 s a , s�Ax 014 no* .A.T 4400BROB Cheap llrices ott ltb w Ella Moyer, a little Berlin girl, attempt- ed to crawl under a G. T. R. train there last week, when the train started. So nar• row was her escape that a quantity of her hair weesont off by the oar wheels. Frederick Stewart, of Windsor, convicted of highway robbery in Bnffalo, was on Sat- urday sentenced to fifteen years hard labor in Anhui n prison. Nay Aavel!'ttattnenta. ATTENTION. For sale FINE THOROBRED DURHAM BULL, fifteen months old, large size, beautiful da -k red, sired by Imported General Booth. Also females of different ages, all of gqod colors and first-class breeding; at farmers' prices. H1LLsrm Pions FA am, one mile south of Clinton. H. PLTMSTEEL. UNRESERVED SALE. Messrs W. MoOloy and T. M. Carling have been instructed to sell by Public Auction, on Lot 23,Cou.3,H.R.S.,Tuckersmth 3 miles west of Egmondville and 31 miles east Granton, on THURSDAY, March 22nd, 1894 At one o'clock p. m,. the following property, viz: 1 heavy draught Haido Mare supposed to be in fea1,1 general purpose Mare, 1 heavy draught Filly coming 3 years sired by atakexfeld, (If not previously solo) there will also be offered for sale a heavy draught Team 4 and 5 years old respec - tively, one sired by Glenns and the other by Koniilworth, also 1 Cai. sage Mare rising 5 years. 3 Cows supposed to be in calf, 8 Heifers rising 3 yea's aupoosed be in calf, 98 -year-old steers in good cocuition, 2 Steers v,ng 2 years, 2 Heifers rising 2 years, 2 Stem a rising 1 year, 2 Heifers Bing 1 ye rr. 10 good Ewes, 1 i.am. 1 brood Sow supposed to be with pig, 8 pigs 10 weeks 1 Patterson Binder,1 Paterson Mower, 1 combin— ed Seed Drill, 1 Horse Rake, 1 Hay Fork, car, rope and pulleys, 1 R. e Reaper, 2 Lumber Waggons, 2 Gang ,'lows, 2 Bugle Plows, 1 double •nvould board Ploy 1 pair Bob Sleighs, 13 -seated Oarriaae, 1 Straw butte.-, 1 Jack, 1 Pitts' eight Horse rower w;th rods, 2 heavy Belts, 1 Clinton Fanning Mill, 1 Turnip Cutter, 1 set Iron Har- rows, 1 set Wooden Harrows, 1 Carriage Nook Yoke, Stone Boat Planks, 1 set bouble Harness, r Logging Chain, a quantity of Lumber abd Scantlfnn suitable for gates, also Shovels, Forks, Rakes, N. hi0detrees, Scythes, etc. Tho H•orsee are all from Imported'Stook, and the stook is in good oouditiou. The whole of the above N• ,11 positively bo sol.l as the proprietor is giving up farming. TERMS,—All sums of $10and under cash, over, that amount 10 months' credit will be given on furnishing approved ,joint notes. A discount of 44 cents on tl,e dollar for dash on credit amounts T. 13ai'•OARi°INC}1Aucts. J,LANDSBOROUGIr, Prop. , EASTER EXCURSIONS rn fONGLE FARE To All POINTS. y2iokota good to go Thursday afternoon, Marcie , and any train on li'riday and Saturday, March 13 and 23. Good to return up to Tuesday, Meech SI. or Tiokste sed all particulars apply lto AKSO u P ltS0 A nt O "R 0 t3 s.;