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The returns tell the tale. The fight
irhrOnglltut the indole 1'rovir:cc was
plrob;L 1y the Most stem (Willg the
last twenty years. The Conservative
• fatty Was compelled to .tight against
' great odds -officials, money, pr•u,uised
patronasge enol the like.
In West Huron the ponservatives
were handicapped in Slot bavlea. a
cauaclic�ate in the field. False Patrons
knifed Their own Isglrsinee• by the Most
miserable deception known in the
• annals of llattaadiau politics. In the
town of Clinton the majority for
Gari`ow was 100. Foe weeks his
party' heelers here worked like
demons and claimed 200 majority
yesterday. Money flowed frou}
the party fund and there was • no
trouble, it is said, in securing slims
ranging from +$1 to $15. This was
one means of demonstrating the
pure quality of the "Uhristia.u"
Mowat Government. • 141r . (arrow's
Irlajority in the whole Riding was
about 107.
South Huron has expressed limited
faith in its old love and elect-
ed Mr. 1\I.. Y. Masses), a new
man, to support the, Mowat Guv-
ernrncut. His rnaj,}urity over 111r.
Weitmiiller is SIX'1'Eti:N. Here, as
in other Hidings, Mr. Wuisuriller had
to tight ttgaiust great odds, but the
figures demonstrate his great popular-
ity.
East Huron rejected a Reforest Patron
and re-elected Mr. Gibson, a straight
supporter of the Mowat Government.
In the Province of Ontario Mr.
Meredith has,inuch reason to be proud
of the manly fight he made.
A POLITICAL MA.V SPEAKS.
As an evidence of how England her-
self is affected by her Markets being
thrown open to the world, wemay
quote a recent speech of Mr. Haslam,
M. P., of Vancouver, -a practical
tradesman. He said:
"We all look upon Great Britain as
the centre, and the best and cheapest
place lathe world, for the manufacture
of iron and steel and their products. A
person would naturally think that. a
country like Great Britain, with its
wealth and all its other advantages,
would be able to supply even its oWn
market with those goods. I know that
it is not table, I know that it does not
do so. I import a good deal and when
I can do it I aur loyal enough to Great
Britain and her institutions to import
from there. Last summer I wanted a
small quantity of steel rails, only a
little over a hundred tons, and I sent
to London for ;.thein. They were
brought there and ghipped to me, and
what were they when I got them ?
They were German rails, ,rnanufaLctur-
ed by Krupp in Germany, with Krupp's
stamp and name on them. If tree
trade had all the advantages that the
hon. gentlemen opposite claim that it
has, could that condition of things ex-
ist? I do not believe that it possibly
could. They may have some means of
arriving at their conclusions that. is al-
together foreign to roe, though, from
a business point of view, 1 must confess
'I cannot understand it."
If such happens in England,. whose
industries have been established by five
centuries of protection, what would
happen to Canada under the system
the Grits advocate? Only this, that
our industrial. life would be wiped out,
THE SENTIMENT IN ENGLAND.
•;;C',ri. rpitap , t 4$04. ,P#01QTJQR.
Abe: 19110wluR epeecb by the Hop;
LIi n rier Made 114 the Douse of 0941.-
Merle in 18701 wasgtloted by Dr, Mentes
due,. 4.144 in the Iatise of Comtt100
the other day. •
"\Vhatseny hon. friend bits said as to
my protective proclivities is perfectly
true, and I do not deny that I have
been a protectionist, which I am still
It is asserted by many, and as-
sumed by others that free trade is
a LiberLtl principle, and protection a
Conservative principle. 1 beg to dis-
sent from this doctrine.
"If I were in Great Britain I would
avow free trade ; But I am a Canadian,
boric and resistant here, and I think
that we) require protection. I consider,
however, that the present ttp`itf affords
sufficient p}otection.
"It may be said then this was not
the real opject in view; but I care
little for the motive -I only regard the
results. We have at the present titue
a 17S per cent tariff', whie 1,.is protec-
tion for Canadian manufacturers
against foreign competition. But that
is not all. Against the English com-
petitor he has the difference of freight
in his favor, and against the Auierieau
competitor he has the difference in the
price of labour.
"We have within ourselves the
ability to create an industry. If it'be
shown that we cannot maintain it,
unless by h•gislation, either in the way
of premium or prohibitory tariff, then
I should be reatcly to take that into
consideration."
This is a pretty strong utterance ;
Mr. Laurier even states that ho would
go so far as to prohibit iintlortations iu
order to keep our industries. Our read-
ers will understand that Mr. Laurier
would still be a protectionist were it not
that he has to have a party cry to try
to get into power on. Those indeed
who know the Liberal leader intimate-
ly, say that at heart he is still a strong
protectionist.
In'a speech in London on the even-
ing of the 8th of June, Lord Salisbury
said "that among the many prob-
lems that were pressing for so-
lution the labor problem was,
perhaps, the most • conspicuous.
It was causing general uneasiness and
anxiety. While the population of the
"country grew constantly, the means
of employment did not increase
with equal rapidity. The tariff wall
which separated Great Britain from
almost every other civilized nation was
rendering the ghances of. self-support
fewer than ever. The resulting diffi-
culties were largely new ones, and it
would not be surprising to learn that
the legislative machinery hitherto used
bad become inaulequate."
The fact is that England finds her-
self shut out from every other market
in the world, while the products of
every other country are brought to her
shores free, and deprive her own sons
of work. Lord Salisbury's hint that
the legislative machinery up to the
present adoped is inadequate is a
pretty strong, hint that what England
wants is a tariff that will protect her
own labor. It will come lust as sure
as it has come to every other country
except England. As Lord Salisbury
declared a year or so ago, "Our pres-
ent system of admitting the products
of foreign labor to drive our own labor-
ing men out of employment is a noble
system, but it isn't business." And t•he
noble lord. might have added, "And
this is a business age."
NO MONOPOLIES.
The Hon. John Haggart, Minister of
Railways and Canals, on the 9th inst.
addressed his constituents at Frank -
town. We notice that Mr. Hogg/sit
in dealing with the question of the
tariff made an important announce-
nient as to the policy of the Govern-
ment.)
Ile declared: "The Gnverulment
have made the most careful inquiries
as to the effect of the tariff. Where
they have learned that any combine
was formed between manufacturers for
the purpose of increasing prices, they.
have lowered the duties as in the case
of lumber in the Province of Manitoba
and the Territories.
They will not tolerate these com-
bines for the purpose named, and if it
is shown in the future that such com-
bines are formed with that purpose in
view this Government will kill those
combines at the very first opportunity.
Tho design of the Government is by
their tariff to keep the home market
for. the producers so long as they do
not abuse the privileges given then',
but, if they do attempt to abuse the
privileges given them they might as
well understand at once that the
Government will not tolerate any such
conduct. I speak as a member of that
Government and I have no hesitation
in telling you that we are bound to
• have keen coMpetition and the lowest
po9sible prices to the consumers."
POINTS AND 7'IIEIR DATES.
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THE BATTLE IS UYER AND NOWAT IS AEAIN ELECTED
Constitueney. lConservative.
Liberal,
Independent,
Patrons.
Addington Reid allida ....:
Qlgonia, E 'Hearst FHarewel .
Algoma, W savage Connive.
Brant, N *\Vuod
Brant, S a►Hardy.. ,
Brockville Jelly *Dana. , .... .
Brace, N McIntosh .... ldlcCouuel.,
Brace, S *Truax
Bruce, C. Dacl:
Cardwell "Little..,.. , . • • • .........
Carleton Honk, •
Duiferin
Dundas
Durham, E
Durham, W
Elgin. E
login,
W.
Essex, N
Essex, S
Frontenance
Glengarry
Gteeuville
Grey, C
Grey, N
April 17. -Mr. Martin, M. P., (Free
Trader), who only a few days before
voted for the removal of every vertigo
of protection, objects vigorously to a
slight reduction in the glutton duties
for the encouragement of Australian
and Canadian trade.
April 17th. -Mr. Gilmour (Liberal).
says the United States have never
showiis any particular desire to trade
with us.
. April 17th. -The Grits denounce the
duty upon apples.
April 20th. -Mr. John Charlton, M.
P., objects to the duty on fruit. So
does Sir Richard Cartwright. Mr.
Charlton also objects to the duty of 2k
cents per Ib. (25 p. c.) on dried apples.
20th -Mr. Mills thinks that oranges,
lemons, etc., should be made free for
for the agriculturists. He forgets that
town people use 100 lemons a4nd granges
where the farmer uses ane.
April 20th. -Mr. Charlton urges free
peaches in the interests of the canning
factories. Forgets the growers of
peaches.
April 215h. -Mr. Davies. M. P., (Free
Trader), states the case of the fertilizer
manufacturers. who are complaining
against the lowering of the tariff on
fertilizers. Mr. Borden, M. P., helps.
Mr. Davies.
April 27th. -Sir Richard Cartwright,
thefriend of the farmer, objects to the
duty en French oils for the making of
salads and such other toothsome
dishes.
April 27th, --Mr. D. C. Fraser, (Grit
Free Trader), admits to the House that
he is a rneusher of the 8 p. c. glass com-
bine, but pretests that he don't like
combines.
May lst.-Mr. Charlton asks for
more protection on canned goods (two
Canning factories in his constituency.)
May 1st. -Mr. McMullen, M. P., in
the interests of the poor farther, ob-
s cis to the duty upon roofing slate.
May 9th. -Mr. Edgar, M. P., and Sir
Richard Cartwright, wants the tax
taken off English linen collars in the
inter est of the farmer.
May loth. -Mr. McMullen and Mr.
Casey, M. P's., object to the duties on
velveteen in the interests of the poor.
May 10th. -James McMullen, M. P.,
storms against the Government for let-
ting the twine for poor fishermen in
free. At which his Grit colleagues
from Nova Scotia have symptoms of
heart failure.
May 1001. -John Charlton, M. P.,
urges the Finance Minister to wipe out
the duty of three cents per ib. on wools
such as are grown in Canada. He says
we raise more of this wool than is re-
quired, and consequently it is no pro-
tection. Refuses to apply the same
logic to canned fruit and vegetables,
because there are two canning factories
in his county.
May 10th. -Hon. Mr. Mills says he
does not `believe in agricultural protec-
tion.
May 10th, -Mr. John Charlton, M.P.,
objects to the protection of one cent
per pound to the mackerel fishermen,
and declares that the fish duties are
useless and mischievous.
May loth. -Hon. Mr. Mills objects to
the duties on oysters in t•he shell, be-
cause they are the diet of the poor and
the farmers.
May 10th. --Mr., Casey, M. P., (Free
Trader), urges the importance of the
flax fibre industry and thinks it should
be protected.
May 11th, -Sir Richard Cartwright
takes the agricultural implement
manufacturers to itis bosom, and thinks
theydo not get protection enough
uner the circumstances.
May 12th. -Sir Richard Cartwright
finds fault because the Canadian Post
Office authorities refused to carry
free thousands of copies of Henry
George's works which had been fratnk-
ed-ihto Canada by American politicians
to help the Grit party.
May 18th. -Sir Richard Cartwright
declares that the taking off of the salt
duties was unjust treatment for the
salt manufactured.
Harr
*Whitney.
f Campbell,
t"Fallis
*}raid
*Brower
McCall
Grey, S
Haldinlaud
Ilalton
Hamilton, E
Hamilton, \W
Hastings, N
}listings, \V
Hastings, E
Huron, E.
Gallagher...,
*Bush .. .. •
*Rieke
Pesci
•
*Kerns ..
*Wood
Lockhart ..
Dance
~McNeish ,
McKee
*Balfour
Lacey
rlopkino,
Kitchen
Buphapau•,..
Hartman ....
*Cleland
MrKechnie. ,
"Baxter
Huwt.an.l ...
"%Iiddleton
*G
ib Ion
\'ermilyea . ,
'Gibson
Huron,S iWeismilier,., *McLean.•...
Huron, ti' "(Jarrow
Kent, E . Ferguson, tic.
Kent, \1' !Clancy *Verdi)
Kingston 'Smythe Harty .
Lain bton, E I \leCornilel:..
Larnbton, \\' Mackenzie....
Lanark, N ;*Preston..... Caldwell
Lanark, S "ilathesou.. , Clarke
Leeds *Beatty
Lennox '*Heachamt.., Symington...
Lincoln '*Hiscott..... 'Tlionpeou
London a.... *Meredith .. Hobbs
Itliddleoez, E. Jackson.
Middlesex, N *Taylor •
Middlesex, W. . , . I Leitch *Ross
Motck � . . *Harcourt .. ,
*McNan; litcn
Valens
*McDonald
.tells
*Kidd
*Dynes
Fox
W ilio
Buchanan.,,
Fo: d
*Wintermute
Dodson
;11oOillivray..
*McPherson
Fox
Gamey
Metcalfe
*211e\i.:hul
Senn
Smith
Hancock ......
Haggerty .
*13igga.•
Graham
*McLaren
Milne
Conti oliy -
"McCallum„
curd ..
Ferguson
Wilson
13risco
Muskoka '"Langford ... Cockburn.....
Nipissing Longlirin....'Fournier
Norfolk, N "Carpenter ..
Norfolk, 8 I 'Charlton..
Northumberland, E ?*Willoughby. Webb
No-tiluntberland, W !Mitchell *Field . Kirk
Ontario, N 'Gtendinniug.. • Chapple.
Ontario, 8 •Miller *Dryden
{*Bronson
*O'Keefe, .
•Mowot
OttawaMcVeity...
€Dttrocher, .
Oxford, N
Oxford, 8 I *McKay
Parry Sound I*Beatty Sharpe
Peel 'Crawford .... *Smith
Perth, N I*Magwood....McPherson...
Perth, 8 i Ballantyne..
Peterboru', E !Lancaster.... Blrzard
Peterhoro', W (Winch *Stratton...,
Prescott *Evanturel .
Prince Edward ;Gibson
Renfrew, N 'Shaw.. • •. • .
Renfrew; S i . .. , . .
Russell ' Tytler
Simcoe, F *Miscampbell
Sitncoe, C ^' Thompson ..
Simcoe, W Duff.
'McIntyre ..
Beck
*Shove
Alexander
Crawford
Dalton
Cruse
Ewing
•
Horstman
Nancokvill
Weiderholt
'311eNeili
Cross
Wilson I*Caren
Barr
*Cam phell ...1 . I
Rebillard , ...' . Rothwell
Harvey I --;Lawson
*Paton. i i*Coutts
*Currie
(Bennett
I
Stormont Fulton lfack. I
Toronto, F *Ryerson.,... (Armstrong...
Toronto, W *Crawford ... Lindsey...
Toronto, N *Mailer Tait
Toronto, S *Bowland ...Moss
Victoria, N *Carnegie, . ,
Victoria. 8 Bryens.. , ... *McKay
Waterloo, N .,... *Robertson... Gardiner
Waterloo, S ., . *Moore ,
Welland McCleary.... *German .... .......
Wellington, E 'Ilatnpton. , .. *Craig
Wellington, 8 I *Morrie
Wellington, NAllan.
Wentworth, N *Flatt
Wentworth, 8 !Wilson *Avr•rey.
York, E 'Ryckmaa.... *Richardson..
York, N 1 "Davis. Hutchison
York, W *St. John.. . Hill.
Thurston
Campbell
Snoemaker
Sipes
Park
'Derby
*Tucker
Nicholson
We 1,.ave Mantes. ,We have
°ream Ground Deiaiues. We have.
usiins. We have lovely , Japn
onie Cloths. We have Mack Silk
Grenadines. We have Satin
Check Muslims. We have' Black
Wool Grenadines. We have Crea
Crepon. We have Black Ground.
Dela .nes. We have Beautiful Pine-
apple Tissue. We have nice soft
Lawnettes. -W e have beautiful
fine Pongees. We have those fine
Cream Cashmeres. Choice Crean,
Bengaline, Lawn, Piques, Ging- ,
hams, Prints, Hot weather Blouses
and Waists, Thi. Hosiery, Warm
Day Corsets. All here.
The ninnes marked thu (5) are the successful candidates. An analysis of
the list shows that the Government captured 42 s"ats, the Opposition 20, In
dependents 2, and the Patrons 14 seats, with incomplete returns and several
Ridings to hear from. The result goes to sliEw that the government has receiv-
ed a severe shaking up if Patron ancj,Independent members prove true to their
professions.
IT IS PROUD 70 BL' REMINDED.
The Montreal Herald is a strong Grit
sheet. It is all the while crying out
for a change of commercial policy for
the Dominion. It should be remem-
bered this is only its political opinion.
When it cones to deal with trade and
finance it has adifferent tune, Here is
how it expresses its pride at our
successful meeting of the financial
storm.
"The address of Sir Donald Smith,
the president of the bank, is a masterly
review of the financial situation, and it
is gratifying to be reminded by him,
that during the year of depression, the
Dominion of Canada, when compared
with •other countries, enjoyed a very
remarkable prosperity."
It will be noticed that the terra used
"reminded" is evidence that the herald
quite agrees with Sir Donald. Smith, ---
In fact it means that the Heraticl knew
it before. -Then let it say so when it
talks politics.
The truth is that the Herald, like
every other great junrnel, when it has
not its political cap on, recognizes that
Canada's fiscal system has done more
than ever will be realized in preventing
our people being ruined in the general
financial and commercial gloom that
has been :abroad in so many other
countr•ie3.
CURRENT TOPIC'S.
County President Gaunt and the
Grits lied Mr. Janes Connolly out of
many votes. Those who so disgraced
themselves will in future be judged by
their past record.
A despatch to the Toronto papers
says that Mr. Dalton McCarthy, M.P,,
accepted an invitation 'to a Patron of
Industry Picnic, and then passed
hrough upon a palace car and didn't
get off although there was a brass
hand to meet him. The despatch de-
clares that the Patrons hacl neglected
to pay the Patron lawyer a retaining
fee, and hence tits failure to turn up.
It is very funny to see tine Patrons
hacking up Mr. McCarthy. All he has
• ever done for farmers is to fleece them
with law costs, and that good and
hard.
• County President Gaunt has well
earned the leadership of the dark -lan-
tern Gritbrigade in West Huron. He
loves darkness rather than light.
The contract for a 12 -foot .statue of
Sir John Macdonald, to be erected in
Kingston, Ont., has been let to Mr.
George E. Wade, the English sculptor.
The figure is to be completed and ready
for unveiling on October 1st, next. The
unveiling will be with'military honors,
and non-political. The pedestal will be
about 15 feet high, so that the figure,
which will be in full robes, will be most
imposing. The statue is a far simile of
that to he raised at Montreal, and be-
fore being shipped will be approved by
the Baroness Macdonald and Sir
Charles Tupper in London. Mr. Wade
has made figures of Gladstone, the
Duke of Clarence and others. •
For several days the Globe broke out
in many spots with the following in
prominent type :-"Look out for Roor-
ba.hs. No charge that can be sustain-
ed is held until the last days of the
cat npaiggn."
The (dote wits not aware that the
words would place the Grit party of
West Huron in such all awkward posi-
tion. The Grits reserved several Roor-
bachs until the last days of the cam-
paign in the hope of capturing the Grit
Patron vote. They captured the Grit
County President who proved himself
a stronger Grit than anything else.
What do Conservative Patrons think
of the county president?
DOMINION DAY IN CLiNTON.-The
parade committee are hard at work get-
ting everything in readiness for the
morning of the 2nd, when, weather
permitting, the grandest parade
ever attempted in Western On-
tario will be presented to the
people of Clinton and all those
who come in to see it. The cos-
tumes and uniforms have been ordered
from a professional costumer in Toron-
to and there will be about 75 horses
mounted by horsemen and horsewomen
in the costumes of different nations.
Parties having horses or saddles that
they wish to place at the disposal of
the committee would confer a favor,by
leaving word with either Gen.. F.
Emerson or H. B. Combe. In the
evening It grand bicycle parade will
take •place, the wheels will, he beauti-
fully decorated. All owners of wheels
aro invited to take part.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
We do n.ot hold ourselves responsible Jor utterances 0/
correspondents or opinions expressed under the
head. -Ed. NSW'S-RECOIWD.
To the Editor of The News-itecord.
DEAR SIR :-A letter appeared in THE
NEW -RECORD of May 30th, signed by
Jno. E. Tom, I. P. S. West Huron.
This letter he claimed was to explain
the Porter's Hill School difficulty.
As I am the teacher of this school at
present this letter has drawn me into
the_ conflict. I feel reluctant to com-
mence any newspaper controversy but
on the other hand I feel it my duty to
defend myself against the ungentle-
manly attack which the Inspector has
nettle upon my work. in this letter he
stated that the pupils sat for over two
hours in the room without any ventila-
tion save that afforded by a girl put-
ting a book under a window for a
short time. In another part of this
letter he stated that the windows were
so open that the wind blew the leaves
of the books when lying on the desks.
Now, although these statements are
contradictory, neither of them is true.
The school -room which is occupied is
ventilated; as :follows : A square pipe
made of boards six inches wide and
covered on the inside with an iron
grating, communicates with the out-
side air and is always open, and is'on a
level with the floor. Between this
room and the unoccupied room there
is another opening two feet square. It
is also near the floor. The air hi the
unoccupied room is allnost as pure as
that outside for there is a window -pane
'broken on opposite sides of the room.
There is also a door between the two
rooms which is opened when required.
In the ceiling there is an opening 9
inches by four inches which is never
closed as the bell rope passes through
it. There is also a trap door in the
ceiling which is opened when required.
When Mr.' Tom visited the school
the pipes, six inches square,' the open-
ing between the rooms two feet square,
the opening four inches by nine inches
in the ceiling were open all the time
and the door between the rooms was
opened and closed as necessity demand-
ed. At the recess I opened all the
windows in the room.
When the Inspector visited the
school there were 09 pupils present and
there were seats for 74 pupils. The in-
stances tri which three pupils sat at
one desk occurred 10 this way : Two
little girls who were starting to school,
one of them for her first day and the
other her second day, wished to sit
with their older sisters and I allowed
them to do so until they became ac-
cestorssed to school life. This is quite
customary in rutal schools.
He also stated that the pupils get
very little teaching. I have labored
earnestly and faithfully since 1 began
teaching this •school, as the ratepayers
of this section well know. If the In-
spector possessed the amount of pru-
dence which he ought to possess he
would have adhered to his subject,
two teachers, and paused before mak-
ing any such uncalled statement.
Since I have started to write I have
thonght it proper to informs the teach-
ers and rate payers of the the county
how the Inspector has treated me
since I came to this school. But be-
fore doing this I wish to state I am a
stranger in this community.. Mr. Tom
visited this school on A pril 18th. He
entered the school without rapping.
13e began by telling me to proceed with
my regular forenoon work. I did so.
I did my work honestly and answered
all questions asked. Mr. tom gave no
work to any pupil in the school. After
remaining a half day he left. His next
move was to send in a report of his
inspection. In this report be filled in
all the blanks, as to progress and stand-
ingof pupils examined. I looked upon
this as spiteful and intended to in-
timidate me aur I was only a teacher
and he was Jno. E. Tom, I. P. S., West
Huron.
1 procured a copy of this report. I
stated the circumstances attending its
fabrication and mailed it to the Minis-
ter of Education. I also charged Mr.
Tom with neglect of duty, stating that
Mr. Tom had never examined a class in
history in any school' in which I had
taught and that I had taught
in one school for six consecutive
years. This was mailed to the Minis-.
ter on May 11th. On May 22nd Mr.
Tom again made his appearance at the
school, but he rapped this time and '
gave work. being careful to take two
classes in History. I leave the teach-
ers and ratepayers of the connty to
conjecture what made him make the
second visit. Now in order that the
ratepayers may have an idea of the
amount of inspection the classes re-
ceived at the'last visit I shall append a
table showing , classes and subjects
taken :
Class. Subject taken.
V Arithmetic,
Sr. IV Arith., B. History, Lite-
ture, Grammar.
Jr. IV Arith., C. History.
Sr. III Spelling.
Jr. III .Arithmetic.
Sr. II Spelling.
Jr. II Nothing.
Pt. II Work by teacher.
Pt. I
., .
Now it is quite evident that the In-
spector is not in a position to state, in
the public press, that the children get
very little teaching. He should sit
down and take the Second Reader and
read the fable entitled "The .Boys and
the Frogs," then meditate upon the
same and goyern himself accordingly.
Now the conduct of the Inspector
should suggest two questions to the
minds of the thoughtful rate payer, viz:
Should an inspector • who could stoop
to fill in that • report retain •the confi-
dence of the rate -payers of West Huron
and is the expense of paying such a
man a just use of the finances of.the
county, when the report which he
sends to a Trustee Board is not to be
depended, on.
Thanking you for your valuable space
I am, yours &c., JOSN BEATTY,
Teacher S. S. No. 5, Goderich Tp.
News N CB•
The Spanish Parliament has adjourn-
ed for it week as a mark of, respect to
President Carnot's memory.
The town of Keighley, Kansas, was
almost wiped out by a cyclone
Monday night. Many people are said
to have been killed.
Up to Monday night 231) bodies had
been recovered from the Albion mine in
Wales, where Ole explosion took
place on Saturday.
Caleb E. Healy, the inventor of the
Healy motor, was drowned by the cap-
sizing of a boat in Lake 85. Clair dur-
ing Sunday afternoon's storm.
At Montreal Monday, Joseph Pomin-
ville, a bookkeeper employed by the
Sun Life Insurance Company, was
sentenced to four years in the peniten-
tiary for the larceny of $1,568.
; The writ for West Hastings has been
issued. Nomination will take place
July 4; polling, if any, a week later.
Mr Corby will doubtless be returned
by acclamation.
Santo, the assassin of President
Carnot, had the stiletto with which he
killed his victim, concealed in a huneh
of flowers which he carried in hie"'
hand.
The sinking of the tug J. D. Nichol,
ndar New York, caused the death of 38
persons, as far as can be ascertained.
Three of the bodies have been washed
ashore.
Waterloo Chronicle :-"A farmer s
up before %ur local magistrate the
other day for weighing himself with a
load of hay and fined $1 and costs.
The difference in weight in the load
was 250 pounds. Truly a big hay-
seed."
Last week Brussels Gun Club had a
match to decide who was to become
the possessor of the silver cup present-
ed by T. Jones, of Leadbury. Each
man had a chance at 40 birds and some
excellent work was done, as the follow-
ing will show :-D. C. Ross, 33 ; Jas,
Irwin, 30 ; J. T. Ross, 30 ; W. M. Sinclair,
30; J. l'3allant ne, 20; Dr. McNaught
on, 28; Jas. ,Tones, 28; Jno. Hewitt, 28;
A. C. Danes, 28 ; R. Watt 10. D. C.
Ross is consequently the winner of the
cup.