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;VOL. XVII.
INDRPHNDENr IN LGL MINUS—NERTtt4G 111 NOTHING
A. 11. TODD, Editor ,tad Owner
CLINTON. HURON COUNTY, ONT. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 13) 1896
Lo►►desboro.
WHERE BO YOU BUY ?
O.01.'.,�^
Probably in some neighbor-
ing town. You should ask.
yourself "why ?" We buy all
our goods direct and sell at a
small margin. We ' guarani;
tee satisfaction. Give us ,ft-
trial for your next order. No
'41atter whether it is large or
small.
J. W. BITER,
THE CLINTON LIQUOR STORE,
Town Topics.
THURSDAY is St. Valentine's day.
THE Exeter Times says :—The Missed
Johns visited friends in Clinton over
Sunday,
• IN consequence of the great storm,
.the Stapleton Salt Works had to be
closed down.
t '.THE Blyth,:Standard says :—Reeve
;young was hi Clinton on Saturday.—
Miss Davis, of Clinton, was Yigiting
friends in town on Sunday.—Mi. L.
McConnell visited Clinton friends st
week.
Town Topics.
MR. D. CANTELON was in the county
town yesterday.
MR. E. SWARTS, of Bayfield, was in
Clinton on business yesterday.
ILL.—The wife of Mr. Geo. Cottle
has been confined to her room for sev-
eral weeks.
THE annual meeting of, the County
Grand Black Chapter. of Huron and
Perth will be held in the Orange hall,
Clinton, next Wednesday at 10 o'clock
a. m.
ENTERTAINMENT.—COt7rt Clinton No.
.470, I. O. F., will hold their annual
oyster supper and entertainment in
the council chamber to -Morrow even-
ing. An excellent programme has been
rranged and a good time is anticipat-
„,.d
NAME, PLEASE.—If the "Traveller"
Who turned his thoughts into rhyme
for >viblication in THE NEWS -RECORD
will . impish us with his name we will
• publist.• -she production. Otherwise
'caw cont, putor can never expect to be-
'e*me famous.
Mn. AND MRS. R. JOHNSTON, of God-
eriep, were last week the guests of the
lady's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. O. Cooper. The lady and gentle-
, lean had also been on a three weeks
. visit to friends in Kincardine and
neighborhood, .
'1 -HE TRIP POSTPONED.—An ambi-
tious pair on. Saturday wanted to go
and did go, but not to Seaforth. After
considerable effort they managed to
lipirerrois the depot, but.objected, to riding
on a snow plotij 1i. - A.lthotigli mother
was ill, the company would not pro-
vide a special. After waiting for over
an hour for the regular train and hav-
ing no snow shoes they concluded as
Israel of old to abandon the project.—
Com.
•
F•
FAITHFUL .SERVANT.—Last Friday,
owing to the great storm, the first
mail to Summerhill missed in seven
years had to be abandoned by ;Post-
master Kilty. The excuse was a th-
ane and reasonable one. *art
THE STORM CONTINUED.—Last Ifni -
day forenoon another snow and wind
storm set in. At noon the storm was
so severe and blinding that it was
with great difficulty the smaller school
children reached their homes. The
eastern nail, due here sat 1.20 was
blocked near Dublin and did not arrive
until late Saturday afternoon. The
northern and western trains were also
blocked for several hours.
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.—
AN EXAMPLE Eon, OTHER SECTIONS.—
School Section No. 3, Morris, have
passed a resolution to pay $1.00 per
annum, each, to the Brussels Post and
the Herald for publishing the monthly
reports. This is a good idea, as it is
very encouraging for the pupils to see
their names come out in the local
papers, and it is also very encouraging
to the printer to get a little renumer-
ation for his labor.
THE COLD SNAP.—The cold weather,
which has continued almost without
interruption since the opening of the
year, culminated in what was possibly
the lowest dip the mercury bas ever
taken in this section on Tuesday night.
At six o'clock on Wednesday morning
the thermometer registered 280 be-
low zero, the lowest point reached here
for years. We are having a genuine
old fashioned winter, with plenty of
snow and keen, frosty weather.
THE MAIL AND EMPIRE.—These two
Toronto papers hatfr been merged
into one with the above naive. The
Queen City has for years suffered in
the newspaper line from an over-
production, and the amalgmation will
prove profitable to the larger dailies.
rhe Mail and Empire will uphold the
National Policy and the very best
interests of the Canadian people. The
paper is now conceded to be best int he
Dominion.
Goss DISHONESTY.—Last Monday
evening at the Public School Board
when the members were discussing the
wood question the point was brought
out that one dealer some time ago had
robbed the Board. The contract called
for 22 -inch wood. It was all piled,
passed inspection, and the stoney w(ts
paid. When the wood was being used
ai considerable quantity of 16 -inch was
found in it, piled where detection was
~irnpossible. Such deception will not
he allowed to happen again without
legal punishment following.
A WISE Mort•:•—At the meeting of
the Public School Board last, Monday
night the Property Committee were
Instructed to ascertain the probable
cost of putting in furnaces and seenr•-
in$ a proper system of ventilation. In
I his respect the public schools of
'linton are not up with the times and
(leflnite action should be taken, especi-
ally when the outlay can be k( pt near
the appropriation. Every parent in
Clinton should desire that the health
of the future men and women of this
country be preserved. For this reason,
if no other, proper ventilation and
heating apparatus should be adopted
by the Public School Board.
Recepti it and Presentation.
On Prit rt evening last a reception
was given%to(Mr. and Mrs. Fairlie and
friends by the Women's Auxiliary of
St. Paul's Church, at the `.`Wigwam,"
the residence of the -Misses Mount -
castle ; and notwithstanding the storm
that was raging, quite a number of
ladies and gentlemen were present.
The verandah was used as a hall, and
decorated with pictures, drapery, and
chmese lanterns, giving a pretty effect
on entering, as you pass along to
the picture -gallery., into which an open
lass door admits the visitors. Pass-
ing through the picture gallery you
enter the hall proper, front thence
through the diningroom into the
snuggery, where a large hay window
is piled up with flowering plants. This
is the favorite room of the sisters—and
here is a piano on which Miss Clara
plays simple, old-fashioned tunes by
way of recreation, and a writing table,
where, when not engaged in the study
of Art, she occupies her spare mo-
ments. -- The work she has now in hand
is entitled -"The Doings in Tattletown,"
which it is expected will soon be in
print. From the "Snuggery " there is
another entrance to theverandalt,which
rendered "The Wigwam" a very suit-
able place for the object in view, name-
ly, giving the Rector and Mrs. Fairlie
a happy evening with their friends ;
that, in the event of their leaving Clin-
ton, they might carry with them a
pleasant remembrance of the town.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairlie arrived about
eight o'clock and were received by two
members of the Ladies' Aid, when,
having with the other guests viewed
the,,,s7! .collection, they were invited
diningroom to juin with
oth 'in a game of bagatelle' while
arra.igenients were being made for the
more important partof the entertain-
ment, namely, the )_sentation which
took place in the pict3ffrre-gallery, where
in the meantime the presents had been
placed on a table and covered with a
cloth. The guests were then invited
thither, and when the Rector and his
wife were conveniently placed, Miss
Clara Mountcastle react aloud the fol-
lowing address
ONE KIND Of A MAN.—Whenever
you hear a man finding fault with his
local paper, open it and ten to one he
hasn't an advertisement in it; flye to
one he has never given it a job of print-
ing to do ; three to one he does not take
the paper ; two to one if he is a sub-
scriber hes a delinquent. Ev a up
that he ne$erdoesanything in af'+;i ;g
-u
that will assist the publisher vo c in a
good paper, and forty to one that he is
most eager to see the paper when it
comes out. .
Goon PROGRESS. -- Through the
courtesy of Secretary H. Foster, of the
Collegiate Institute Board we have
been furnished the following figures,
showing the marked progress of and
the pupils enrolled at the Institute
during the last three years :---
1892. Ial term, 114, 2nd term, 101, 3rd term, 100
1893— 112, " 104, ". 1416
1894— " 140, " 108, "
1895— " 162,
The fees paid during 1892, 1893 and 1894
were as follows :--
1899 1 term, $256 71, 2 term, 8233 00, 3 term, 5235 75
1803— ''257 00, 241 10, " 826 25
1894— " 300 95, " 296 50, " 866 40
This shows that the receipts in 1892.
were. $725.50, in 1893 $824.35, and in 1804
the grand total of $963.85. The figures
speak for themselves.
COI.LF.uI. TE INSTITUTE. --The an-
nua1 meeting was held on Wednesday
evening in the clerk's office, town hall.
Present, Messrs. James Scott, I)r. Shaw,
NV. H. Plunistee] and II. Foster. 00
motion of Dr. Shaw and W. H. Plum -
steel James Scott. was re-elected chair-
man. The following committees fur
181).1 were appointed:—Property, Shaw,
Forrester and Plumsteel; Discipline,
Foster, Jackson and Scott ; Special,
Scott, Foster and Hoover. On Motion
of Shaw an(L Pltunsteel E. Herman
was re -appointed caretaker at for user
salary, $120. Mr. H. Foster was ap-
pointed Secretary and Mr. W. Jackson
Treasurer for 189:1. Accounts were
ordered paid as fellows: -R. Holmes,
printing, $2.5(1^ W10. Coats, insurance
premium, $12.75. _Adjourned.
iN THE WITNESS 13cix. -The editor
of the New Era, who by the way has
placed the. "ear marks'; brand of as
tackwisids 1aan upon himself, claims to
know all about the death of a late resi-
dent of the township of Stanley and
takes Tux NEWS-RiooRr) and an "alleg-
ed correspondent" to task for something
said to be defamatory that recently
appeared in the columns of our cotem.
The New Era insinuates that 'Flus
NEWS -RECORD has said something
that is "untrue." Heretofore our town
totem. has slandered and maligned
respectable people in Stanley and ,the
('ourts are the proof. This aside, how-
ever, the New Eras reference to this
journal is 80 malicious that we repudi-
ate its unprofessional charge. As a
rule our correspondent; are particular
and correct, and we have no reason to
think otherwise of our Stanley corres-
pondent. However, since the editor of
our cotem. has placed himself in the
witness box he is doing al gross injus-
tice to the general public by not givin
evidence and telling all he knows. if
he refuses to do so, the demand should
he made that the Mayor of Clinton- -
not, saying anything about the "ear
innrks' ---he locked up for sail. keeping.
Out with 11, Mr. New Era. Fou are
box and should in
the wit ne
f+4 ) X al 1 1
o in
now
fairness give evidence before the bar of
public opinion. Our Stanley corres-
pondent, cror write within the'-h(ntnds
of propriety.
ay
2 o our beloved Hector and hie wife:
DEAR MR. AND MRS. FAMRLME,—We,
the members of the Ladies' Aid; hav-
ing by the blessing of God been ehabl-
ed to considerably• increase the :"Tal-
ent" given us by the Society. have
thought it fitting and right under ex-
isting circumstances, that a portion of
such increase be offered to you, whose
life and teaching, while amongst us,
has imparted that £aith.,r4iich hasrled
us to success in the 'face Of many diffi-
culties. The remainder has already
been handed in to assist the wardens
in the payinent of your solar y, as they
had not been as successful in their
work for the past year. May. we,
therefore, dear Mr. and Mrs. Fairlie,
offer yon these sets of cutlery, plate,
picture's, c., as a slight acknowledg-
ment of the benefit we have derived
from •your teaching; and we trust you
will accept the same in remembrance
of the loving hearts you will leave in
Clinton, when duty calls you else-
where, and we pray that all through
life's journey God's choicest blessings
may attend you.
a Clinton, Feb. 8th, 1895.
South Huron County L. 0. L.
ANNUAL MEETING—ELECTION OF OFFI-
CERS—MAORENZIE HOWELL AND
THE W. O. Iii. OUNGRATULAT-
ED—TO S1r,AFORTH ON
THE TWELFTH.
• In accordance with the Constitution
and previous resolution the annual
meeting of the Loyal Orange Lodge of
the County of South Huron was held
at Exeter on Tuesday of last week.
The weather was bitterly cold, but
this did not prevent one hundred or
more delegates being present from all
parts of the county.
After the opening ceremony and
adoption of minutes of annual and
semi-annual meetings County Master
Todd, in pursuance of Grand Lodge
custom, appointed a Striking Com-
mittee of five and the several cc.m-
toittees were soon named and con -
fl rmed.
An adjournment for dinner was
made, after which the several com-
mittee reports were received and ad-
opted. All went to show that .the
Order throughout the county is in a
thoroughly prosperous and harmon-
ious condition.
County Currency.
Miss Annie Beattie, of Brussels, is
visiting friends in Bayfield.
The town of Blenheim has decided Lo
separate from the e(iunty of Kent,.
Mr. W. S. Dingman, of the Stratford
Herald, has been elected Chairman of
the Stratford Collegiate Institute.
J. W. Connor. principal of the Berlin
high school, has threatened to suspend
any of the students found smoking
cigarettes.
Mr. Win. Tucker is lying in a very
low condition in Wingham. The foot
that he had amputated some time ago
is the Sourci of all the trouble.
Louis Sreback, of Berlin, is an appli-
cant for as patent on a steam receiver,
an invention for carrying off the steam
odors front pots and pains -on kitchen
stoves. .
Magistrate R. Graham, of Lncknow,
on Wednesday night committed Dan
McGinnis, of Ashfield, to the county
jail at Walkerton, for 20 days for being
drunk and disorderly in that village.
On Thursday, Jan. 31st, Mr. Robert
Stewart, father of Mr. Walter Stewart,
of the Lucknow Planing Mills, passed
away at his home on Albert street,
Lucknow, to the great beyond, at the
ripe old age of 80 years.
The charge against Herbert S. Gil-
bert, for removing articles from the
American hotel, Berlin, after he had
t had
• 's Ritchie,
lath con., Mr.('bulli R tc 1
disposed of his interest Lo.Iohn Tricker, ,
was ventilated on Friday before Judge his leg broken while returning.from a
l.acourse, who found the accused not narrow escape fray ew sir go. ong He
death.15(1
guilty.
• At the words "offer you," two ladies
raised the cloth and disclosed to view
a set of cable cutlery and plate, consist-
ing of a fish -knife and fork, a very
handsome set of carvers, a fruit spoon,
half a dozen tablespoons and a (cozen
of , each of the following :—Dinner
knives and forks, tea knives and forks,
desert spoons, teaspoons, a dozen table
napkins. and two pictures, one as
beautiful crayon that had taken first
prize art the county town last October,
the other a small painting of Lake
Huron.
:(Ir. Fairlie is a goclll speaker, but
words failed him for a moment, as he
rose to reply ; and when he did succeed
in quelling the unruly feeling that a
roan finals to his throat, when much
moved, his first words were, "O, this is
tort much, after the handsome offer ng
I received at Christmas!" Ile then
spoke of the many and warm friends
he had made while in Clinton, said he
had never before'. and never hoped
again, to have 811eh staunch, true
hearts working with hint : and closed
with a suitable exipression of thanks
on behalf of himself and Mrs. Fairlie
for the beautiful presents offered for
their acceptance. Refreshments were
then handed round by several ladies of
the Auxiliary, and the happy party
broke up at half past ten to pass from
80 fahreinht to 12 below zero.
Much regret was expressed by the
entertainer's that the inclemency of
the weather rendered it impossible for
all who were invited to attend.
Thoughtful and highly interesting
addresses were delivered by Rev. Bro.
Stout, of L. O. L. 710, Clinton, wit) is
a deputy Provincial Grand Chaplain of
Ontario West, Bros. Geo. Hanley and
Dr. Freeborn. A special committee
reported on the County Master's ad-
dress (which was unanimously adopt-
ed.) The report was couched in choice
language and congratulated the retir-
ing County Master on his unusually
long term office, assuring him that he
still retained the unbounded confidence
and good -will of the Brethren through-
out the county. ; it also urged members
to becoine readers of the Sentinel and
to take a deeper and more practical in-
terest in the Insurance department;
and extended congratulations to this
grand Dominion and the members of
the Order in the elevation of a member
to the position of First Minister of
Canada, alike congratulating Bro. Sir
Mackenzie Bowell. The reports of
Recording Secretary P. Cantelon,
Treasurer John Beacom, Dirtrict
Masters Neil, Pollock, Calwell and Mc-
Ilveen were of a highly satisfactory
and very encouraging nature.
WHOLE NO, 848
Mr. W. L. Ouimette returned from
Calgary on Monday morning.
B. Laurason was in Winghant last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Friday and Saturday last were the
stormiest days known here for a long
time. All the trains on the railroad
were blocked. On Sunday two engines
with a now plow attached passed
through from the north and on Monday
the trains ran regularly again.
There was no service in the Metho-
dist church ori Sunday morning ; the
usual service was held. in the evening.
The regular services were held in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday.
Owing to the extreme cold there was
no meeting in the I. O.G. T. lodge last
week.
There were three propositions for
membership in the Foresters Court last
Friday night.
Dr. Agnew drove to his father's,
near Belgrave, last Friday, returning
again in the evening.
The Orangemen will meet in the
temperance hall to -morrow night and
the Sons of England in the Foresters
hall on Friday night.
A number of the Good Teniplars will
attend the District meeting in Blyth
on Friday.
North Huron County L. O. L. met in
Wingham on the 5th inst. A resolu-
tion was passed asking the Grand
Lodge to memoralize the Dominion
Government to allow Manitoba to
settle their own school question.
Matt. Mains, Edmund Crawford,
Joseph Morris, Thomas Hill, Sam Cade
and B. Laurason were the representa-
tives from the lodge here.
Mr. H. Riddle and Miss Jennie
Woodman were married last Thursday
evening, Rev. H. J. Fair performed
the ceremony.
Mrs. Cunningham, relict of the late
George Cunningham, died on Thursday
morning and was buried on Saturday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Roberts, of Ripley,
were here last week attending the
wedding of Howard Riddell and Jennie
Woodman.
Mrs. James Cunningham, from near
Belgrave, was here on Saturday at the
funeral of the late Mr's. Cunningham.
The election of offieers resulted as
follows :
W. C. M., Bro. John Neil, Centralia.
D. M., Bro. G. M. Kilty, Summerhill.
IIon. Chaplain for Life, Bro. Geo.
Hanley, Clinton.
Chaplain, Rev. Bro. W. Stout, Clin-
ton.
Recording Secretary, Bro. Peter
Camel on, jr., CIinton.
Financial Secretary, Bro. Jas. Cal -
well, Goderich.
Treasurer, Bro. John Beacom, Clin-
ton.
D. of C., Bro, R. Scarlett, Winthrop.
Lecturer, 13ro. Jas. McMath, Gude-.
rich.
1st Deputy, Bro. F. Davis, Sentsbury.
2nd Deputy, Bro. R. Politick, Bay-
field.
3rd Deputy, Bro. W. Horney, Sea -
forth.
The officers were installed by the re-
tir ing County Master, followed by
short addresses from each.
P. C. M. Todd was appointed delegate
to the Grand Orange Lodge of British
America, which tweets in the City of
Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the last Tues-
day in May next.
It was unanimously .decided to cele-
brate the next 12th July in Seaforth
and the Brethren there already have
extensive preparations under way.
The next annual meeting will be
held in Exeter and the semi-annual at
Herisall.
Tuckersmith.
Turner's church will he re -opened on
Sunday next. Rev. Mr. Stewart., of
Clinton, will take the afternoon ser-
vice and Mr. Coombs, of the Collegiate,
>
will preach in the evening. There
will be a tea -meeting the following
evening, Monday, Feb. 18th. Interest-
ing addresses will bedeliv'ered through-
out the evening. Everybody will he
made welcome.
Mr, George Watters i . improvirM
Mrs. John White is on the sick list.
Miss Fannie Fisher is visiting friends
here.
Ashfcid-
Another blizzard is raging, the worst
we have had for many years.
Jaynes Brown, from Cavalier, North
Dakota, has been visiting friends in
this section for some days.
We are sorry to learn that. Mr.
Edmund Andrest%kaes been seriously ill
for some time. We hope to soon hear
of his recovery.
SEND TO -DAY.
Ladles and Gentlemen. be alive toy our own inter
eat. There has recently been discovered, and 1e now
for este by the undersigned, a truly wonderful "Hair
Grower" and "Complexion Whitening." This "Ha1r
Grower" will actually grow hair on a bald head in
six weeks. A gentleman who has no board can have
a thrifty growth in six weeks by the use of this
d!Grtderfnl "Hair Grower." It wdl also prevent the
hair from falling. By the use of this remedy' boys
raise an excellent mouetaohe in six weeks. Ladies
if you want a surprising bead of hair, have it im-
mediately by the use of title "Hair Grower." 1 a110 sell
a "Complexion Whitening" that will in cue mouth's
time make you se clear and white as t)t0 skin can be
msde. We never knew a lady or tom blow Wt.° use two
bottles of this Whitening for they all say that be-
fore they finished the second bottle they were as
white es they would wish to be. After the use of this
Whitening, the akin *rill forever retain its relor It
ales removes frec)lea, eta , oto. The "Bair Grower" -
is 50 Dente per bottle, and the "Face Whitenin"" 50
cents per bottle. Either of them remedies will be
sent by mail, po..tage paid, to any address on receipt
of prteo. Address all orders to
R. RYAN, 350 OilmourSt., Ottawa, Ont
P. 8.—We take P. 0. Stamps same as cash, but par-
ties ordering by mail will confers tr ver by ording 81
worth, as it will require this amount of the solution
to n000mplish either purpose ; than It will ,.ave as
the rush of P. O. stamps.
Summerhill.
The Messrs. Hodgens, of London
township, are visiting at, Mr. Robert
Miller's, Mr. Henry Murphy's and
with other friends in this vicinity.
The attendance at school has been
very low during the past three weeks.
' Mt' Win. Downs, our esteemed
lilacmith, paid a business visit to
Mitchell last Wednesday.
Mr. Edward Dawson, the celebr
temperance lecturer, of Kincardine,
will deliver an address on that subject
to the town hall here on Thursday
evening, 14th inst. The gentleman
was here once before and delivered the
best address ever given here and we
bespeak for him a full house. There
will be a musicial programme as well
as the address. Admission free.
Everybody come.
f County Currency.
U. W. Waldron, postmaster at Bin.,
is very seriously ill. Sunday week he
was at church, but he was taken ill the
saline afternoon, Three (ductoi's from
London were summoned, but they
entertained no hope for his recovery.
A Wallace correspondent writes :
One of the first teams that managed to
pull through the drifts on the Wallace
road to Listowel on Monday was that
of Joseph Woods, of Shipley, with his
little gild, a lad of two years, who
was complaining •of a severe pain in
his leg. This proved to be caused by a
needle which had run into his leg while
creeping about the floor and which
War8 removed by the doctor by cutting
into the flesh and taking out the whole
needle, discolored with having been
buried in the flesh three clays.
The S;r:atford Herald says :- -Every-
bodknowns the ladies are struck on
hockey and it ]las been insinuated that
some of them sure' struck on the hockey-
ists, but the announcement of apro-
posed female hockey club for Stratford
decidedly new. The names of the
members and time of practice are
secrets which the caretaker of the rink
is sworn not to divulge, and the F. H.
C. thus passes into history as an organ-
ization about which the general public
know even less than they do about the
terrible P. P. A.
Last Friday week Robert Anderson,
was seriously injured at the Enterprise
Salt Works, Brussels, by a large quan-
tity of salt falling upon him. He was
barreling the saline product when the
large pile, which was frozen solid, and
had been somewhat undermined, fell,
the weight catching him across his
chest and body. He was speedily
rescued and taken to his home, where
two physicians were soon ]n attend-
ant('. it. was feared that his ribs were
crushed into his lungs and heart but
the patient was doing very well' at last
report.
•
Windsor'so�pulation is now 11,468, the English church and respecle(1 by�p P
an increase of 408 over 1803. There ate the whole conuntmit y. He leaves 1 WO
,736 Romain Catholics,while the h
er
sons v t
onerdsu
ti
ter
to mourn the
denominitions nuer 7,722. loss of a kind father.
Dungannon. •
The S. S. Qonvention which was to
be held in this village nn Friday last
was postponed until Wednesday at 2
p. m. on account of the storm.
No mail on Friday or Saturday. Our
energetic mail carrier is finding his
work difficult the last three weeks.
Mr. Jac. Walker and wife returned
to the village on Thursday.
Mr. IIart'y Walker did not arrive in
the village on Saturday as Was expect-
ed. These storms are very incon-
venient sometimes. Harry is .always
punctual if possible. No doubt he will
get here in time yet if he has to walk
all the way from St. Marys.
'Wedding bells are ringing west this
time and appear to be getting very
close.
Are .our villiage fathers partial to
some of their children?
One of our prominent politicians left
home on Friday driving a horse and
riding in a cutter. He returned on
Sunday minus the horse and cutter,
which he will likely find when the
snow goes away in the spring.
There has been considerable com-
ment during the past week .on the
stabbing affray, the trial and result.
The one who was stabbed paid $14.55,
we suppose for the privilege of being
stabbed. The one who was tried for
doing the stabbing was let off free.
Frozen feet, frozen hands, frozen
noses, &c., are quite fashionable just
now, and during the past few weeks.
The Rev. Wm. Stout, our new min-
ister, despite the severe weather visit-
ed a number of his parishioners on the
16th and in the village, during the past
week.
Owing to the blizzard of Friday last
the Mail did not leave here until Mon-
day, the roads being entirely blocked
until then. This is the first trip the
mail carrier has hissed on account of a
storm during seven and a half years
service.
There was no service in the church
here on Sunday last.
Several dogs in this vicinity are
trained to harness and dial good service
during the late storm.
Barry Woodyard, an old time resi-
dent, is renewing acquaintances here.
Port Albert.
The severe storms of the past two
weeks have completely blocked the
roads in many places and our mails are
few and far between ; business in
general is rather flat.
Mr. Beachler has leen clown at.
Sarnia during the past ten days looking
after his interest in the big sawmill
which is proposed to be built with,
a capital of $100),01)0. Ile will start up
his sawmill here this week again. He
intends sawing all the timber here for
the hill at Sarnia.
The work at the harbor drags slowly
along. 'T1s a thousand times a pity
the original plans were changed. if
built according to the plain now pro-
posed the north pair will he as crooked
as 0 dog's hind leg and heaven help the
unfortunate "shell back" who holds
the "stick" when entering the harbor'
in a southwest Kale. 1f he don't find
"Davies Locker' he will be very mnu(•h
surprised himself.
The Manitoba school raise is all the
talk now -a -days. The people in this
part of Her Majesty's Domains Were in
hopes that the war hatchet on this
vexed question was buried, but by the
decision of the Supreme Court the
whole affair has to be fought over
again. This will cause considerable
strife in religious circles. People
should keep cool and not let their
angry passions rise, but, simply rise
to remark as "Niekee Free" did, "Baal
luck to the marching. the pipe clay
ar ttl starching, how nate one must be
tt.'he killed by the Frinch".
Another old resident has gone over
to the majority in the person of
Edward Wailes, who died on the 29th
ult., after only two days illness with
inflammation of the lungs. The de-
ceased was in the (iOth year of his age.
a staunch Conservative, a member of
Li.w at Dungannon,
AS DISPENSED RY TIIE MAGISTRATES
THERE—AN IMPORTANT CASE.
8pe Ixl C"rrespondenee.
On Wednesday last, :t large crowd
assembled at Dungannon in the hall,
where the court was being held, to
hear the evidence in the adjourned
raise of Smyth and Milligan. The par-
ticulars appeamd in the last issue of
THE NEWS -RECORD. During the In-
terval Milligan had Smyth brought up
on a charge of assault. The trial took
place one hour before the time set for
the adjourned case. The case was
heard before J. P's Ward, Roberts and -
Malloug.h. Attorney Campion, of God-
erh'h, was •Milligan', counsel in both
cases and Crown Attorney LewisTh
prosecuted in the criminalal cease'. e
evidence went to show that the affair
commenced in play and alight have
ended in the, sauce way, hall not some
of the spectators encouraged the boys
to quarrel. The result of the trial in
the assault, case, in which the evidence
went to show that both parties were
about equally guilty in starting the
quarrel, was that Smyth was filed $5
and costs, amounting in all to $14.55.
It is said that this is something unpre-
cedented in the village to have three
magistrates sit (01 a simple case of
common assault and charge fees for
the, sauna. In this village the magis-
trates seldom if ever allow witnesses
fees for attending at magistrates court.
Yet in this case the witnesses were
allowed fees, although the et•ielence
showed ;that the majority of the wit-
nesses examined had said or done
something to aid in creating the guar.-
rel.
TIIE ('RIMIN.11, CASE.
in the criminal case the prisoner
Milligian was acquitted. This causes
us to ponder on what. evidence is
necessary to commit al. prisoner.
Smyth swore that the wounds which
he showed to the court were Imide by
the prisoner. The evidence went to
show that Milligan struck at Smyth
backhanded in the direction in which
the uao:4•8000ns wound was located.
The prisoner swore he had nothing in
handshis during
dl
gave bonds prosecute at, the next
Court of Assizes.
The above cats(` establishes 0 prece-
dent that may give trouble in future.
For illustration we will suppose that
Mr. Ward is alone in his house. Some
person entet's and binds and gags hitrt
and takes a large amount of money,
He, Ward, gets outaa warrantand has the
criminal arrested and brought before a.
J. P. Mr. Ward swears this is the
man that committed the crime. The
prisoner swears he did not commit the
crime. According to the decision
given in the above case"the prisoner
would have to be acquitted and Mr.
Ward would go home and console him-
self. -by pondering On how equitable
are our laws as executed by our J. P.'s.
At the annual meeting of 1.11e W( st.
Elgin County Association, Patrons of
Industry, held on Tuesday at Dutton,
P it was resolved to ask ti I r rovinein'
Association to utak(' prohibition a
plank in the Pat ions' plait forum.
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