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The Huron News-Record, 1896-09-16, Page 4sa „i We are (Merin the whole of aur stout of renting wheels at Prices that is sure to sell them. Do You ,* want a good wheel at your own Price, then call at Emerson's Bicycle and Music House, Clinton. Public . School ,�.lillk_. Boolis Collegiate Institute Books Model School Books It mature not what School Books you need, we have them in stook, and the latest edition of each. Special attention given to mail orders. Cooper's Boak Store CLINTON. 4citi Aavexti c,nento, Beer—Lack Kennedy. Wanted—T. 11. Linscott. Snaps—Geo. F. Emerson. Our Creed—The W. D. Fair Co. Stationery --THE NEWS-R.EcoRD. Make no mistake—J. Biddlecombe. Money wanted—THE NEwa-RECORD. Wanted—The Bradley-Garretson Co. Points of importance—Jackson Bros. Millinery Opening—Plumsteel & Gibbings. Early fall Millinery—NV. H. Beesley & Cc. Clinton Woolen Mill Store—A. C. Dufton. Central Business College—W. J. Elliott, The Huron News -Record i.Z5 a Year -41.00 In Advance WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, 1896. UURRENT TOPICS. The Liberals have not been long in 'office, but yet they have succeeded in smashing several of the planks they contended . for in Opposition. When they sat to the left of the speaker they condemned Governor -General's war- rants. They had them granted the day before parliament met. Then there were too many Ministers. They have increased the number. Ministers were getting too mnch salary. They increased the salary of two of them by $2000 each. Then they virtuously con- demned bribery in bye -elections. At the first opportunity they debauched North Grey with such barefaced cor- Vasption as had never been witnessed In CJayrada. They condemned the Con- aErrvatives for subserviency to Rome :and are about to ask the Pope to re - Mew the decision of the Imperial Privy Vouncil. In fact it seems that time 'Only is required to hage'them abjure every' pf•inclpie they contended for in Opposition. ilio . 1aet ht �ilrat�o v nov' '* A*** will, i 1e bitattli04104 0 iar'ttso til1 ptaoed. •hl~4ugbaut € ie onunion. I»Yid@d i ,ovines t. e different parties stand 44gOilows ; Lib. Con. Pats Ind. Total. Ontario 48 44 8 1 02 Quebec 48, 16 V' 65 ova syotia 10 10 �' 20 ewe Br�mur aviok2 8g 14 Manitoba 2 4 Visoant cleat 1 7 British Col 4 2 6 N. W. Territories2 1 Vacant seat 1 4 116 89 213 This makes the political standing of the House as follows ; Liberals Condervatives Patrons Independents Vacant seats 117 89 3 2 2 Total 213 This gives a majority of 22 to the straight Liberals over all other parties. Brandon and Sasketohewan are both vacant, and are virtually held now by the Liberals. this will increase the straight Lineral vote to 24. Mr, Me- Gillivary will not take his seat, which may be captured by the Liberals, making the straight Liberal vote over all 26. The combined Liberal, Inde- pendent and Patron vote gives a ma- jority of 32 over the Conservatives at present. WHISKEY IN THE HOUSE OF COM- MONS. Major Sam Hughes, M. P., who owns and edits the Lindsay Warder, knows sornethingaboutthe meaningof the clos- ing of the bar in House of Commons at Ottawa. The writer has several times been in Ottawa and the Warder gives some plain facts when it says :— "The public will renreniber the shal- low attempt made by certain leading grit members of parliament last session to pose as temperance purists. The hest men of both parties scos ned the hypocrisy. But the profession was made to do duty for the 'party of purity' in the recent contest. "Again hypocrisy shows itself in the reform party on the temperance ques- tion regarding the so-called 'bar' in the house of commons. It seems that the public think there is a regular 'bar' in the building. The idea is fallacious. When liquor is supplied it is not in the good old stand up fashion, but is and always bas been given in dignified style. The thirsty souls seat them- selves in neat rooms, touch a bell, a waiter appears for the order, and sup- plies the 'refreshment' which the guests partake of. "The same practice exactly will pre- vail under the new rule, only the thirsting ones must be supposed to bo hungry also, and nibble a biscuit. "If the reform party are sincere they will abolish entirely the sale of liquor in the house of commons. But they are not sincere. Their own followers require restraining, five to one, where the conservatives do. Their object is to attempt to humbug the public. They know full well that the senate controls its own regulations and that liquor will be sold there. "Their action is purely hypocritical and the public know it. "Five out of every six drinks taken in the past were accompanied by bis- cuits and cheese. The.sawe Will le the rule now. Therefore, what is paraded as 'abolishing the bar in the holrse of commons' is a myth, a delusion, a fraud on honesty acrd a premium on hypocrisy." CURRENT TOPICS. In the Northwest Li's chief concern is to know whether there are any good looking "Indian ladies." If his 180 wives discover the drift of the old man's Canadian investigations his queue may be in danger. Many farriers are complaining of the extreme low prices offered for everything they produce. Those who clamored for a change of government are beginning to realize that with it there has not come better times or prices. The Grits are approaching the deep water mark. Since Hon. Wm. Patterson corrupt- ly won his seat in North Grey, all members of parliament are now allow- ed to sit down to drink their beer and whiskey within the precincts of parlia- ment buildings. This is as great a reform for temperance as placing the cart before the horse—both stand still, while the "stills" are working as usual. Times have greatly changed with the liberals at Ottawa. The opposi- tion cannot ask a question on a matter of policy but the Liberals cry obstruct- ion. And this from a party who have practised obstruction on every oc- casion. The cry indicates, the insin- cerity of the party who fears to have their past deeds or past utter- ances brought up in the House. The country recognizes in it rather a beg- ging for mercy than a desire to get on with legislation. If the Tories would just slip away borne and not bother the government the latter would be happy. Li Hung Chang has apparently hyp- notised old Mr. Joly, and that good- natured old chap will oppose the raising of the import tax on Li's fellow countrymen. During the election cam- paign Mr. Laurier, in answer to a ques- tion put by J. C. McLagan, of the Van- couver World, said that the policy of his government on the Chinese ques- tion would he the policy of the Liber- als of British Columbia, the question not affecting the rest of Canada. The policy of the Liberals of British Col- umbia is to increase the tax from $50 to $500. What we want to know now is whether the British Columbia Liberals are to have their way, or whether Laurier's hyp- notised secretary of state, old Mr. Joly, is ping to have it his way. It will be interesting to watch the out- come of this little tangle. ri l� q a . t#r 1,,10,14t vto!riNor t nit llao u _ 1yi�' tooture of oi?,> cr #o ke tort :41 NEwo•AIioolt i bas d.Q94,44Qw dallaL'e.. worth of printing in cpnneetion with the recent ellecton. Such being the case, we can only express regret to our readers in tnflieting on them matter so foreign to the discussion—it should, have been"The Law ve. Filthy Lucre." .A.udrew Pattulo, who has beep elect- ed to the Ontaf;io House oyer Dr. Adams (independent), by some 700 majority, should prove a good repre- sentative. He is Grit, but promised many reforms on Lbs school question and good roads. If he carries out his pledges the Ontario Grit party will change their programme; if not, Mr. Yattuio will be the same as the Ontario Government—anything to beat the Tories. Major Beattie, -M. P. for London, last Friday brought before parliament the fact that the Laurier Government bad awarded contracts for supplies to Reformers for the military camp with- out tenders. He also instanced how the same Government had refused Conservatives blank forms on which to tender. Although the Conservatives had awarded contracts to Reformers for the same supplies the Laurier party could not give any better reason for their action than glaring partisanship. Where is all the boasted "economy" which the Canadian electorate were led to believe would permeate the Re- form party? If the Ontario Conservatives are alive to the interests of this fair Pro- vince there will be a change ofGovern- ment in the next election. A repre- sentative Provincial Convention should he called in the near future and a policy formulated on which to appeal to the electors. Heretofore ;Ontario Conservatives have been lex in present- ing their policy before the people in time for full discussion before an elec- tion takes place. For the coming elec- tion such a grave mistake should not be made. Call a provincial conven- tion, lay down the Conservative policy, let it be discussed on its merits by the electorate, and the Conservative party will receive a just reward and be re- turned to power in Ontario. S:r Oliver Mowat, the Senator, is certainly a "grand old man." He is old enough and has had enough ex- perience in politics, to give him the title, whether or not he has honestly earned it. When this "grand old man," who is clow receiving $7,000 a year from the Laurier party, wanted in grit caucus to reduce the present session to less than thirty days at $7 per day for the rank and file, one of his own grit friends, Dr. Landerkin, replied that the "grand old man's' move would be "A D—D BAD THING FOR outs POCKETS I" and the expression was re:eived with approval by the Grit members of parliament. Al- though Sir Oliyer is on the $7,000.00 salary he does not earn—$2,000.00 a year more than the Conservatives paid —he was quite willing to pocket the money and preach to the country econ- omy if the grit members would take his hypocritical advice. True econ- omy, as professed by the Grits, is so far glaring extravagance. Political Sayings. One good thing about Sir Oliver's de- cision with reference to the Q. C.', is the fact that the Q. C.'s will not be so numerous as Sir Oliver's J. P.'s. It is boasted that the Ministerial majority will grow at the bye -elections. Buy elections, please. But much de- pends upon the localities. The Govern- ment cannot surely expect to win in- land constituencies with promises of graving docks and harbor dredging. In the first vote given in this Parlia- ment the Government had a majority of 34. The Quebec vote, as L'Electeur points out, was 49 Liberals to 16 Con- servatives—a majority of 33. Mr. John Ross Robertson voted With the Liber- als. This just saved the Government from being entirely dependent upon Quebec for its majority. In election times we were told that Sir Oliver was to be taken into Mr. Laurier's cabinet to ensure economy. It turns out that Sir Oliver is the only Grit in either house that is in favor of confining the session to 30 days. And it is suspected that if he hadn't a port - folia income he'd be like the rest. Hamilton Spectator:—It is announced that the government has cancelled a large order for uniform given to a Hamilton clothing establishment by the militia department of the late government, and the Hamilton Times is in much glee. The tailors and sew- ing women and girls` of the city, who expect to get their bread and butter and coal for the coming winter out of that order will not feel quite so joy- ful about the cancellation of the order as the Times is, That Hamilton jour- nal must he peculiarly constituted when it rejoices over scarcity of work and perhaps starvation to many people, just because that scarcity and star ca- tion are accompanied by the loss, on the part of a wealthy political oppon- ent, of a few hundred of dollars of profit he would have made out of the order had it not been cancelled. It is all very well for the government to find excuse for taking a big order away from the Sanford Manufacturing com-. pany, because the chief of that com- pany is opposed publicly to the small- souled persons who are now governing the country; but when, at the same time, the government takes the bread and butter out of the mouths of thous- ands of Hamilton women and children, it does that which will teach the people of Hamilton that they did a great wrong when they assisted in putting 'Laurier and his friends into power. Of 111 heidtbr de ° o da . owtdcip tr,. Siwe Way to the eunO no of base, ppiueaN and health, upon taking Haad'e1 Sarsaparilla, because it give' renewed lite and vitality to the blood, and through that imparts nerve atrem/ gth, vigor and energy to the whole body. Read this letter: "H.00d's Sar s a p a r 111 a helped me wonderfully, changed sickness to health, gloom to sun- shine. No pen can desoribs what I suf- fered. I was deathly idols, had sink head- aches every few days and those terrible tired, despondent feelings, with heart troubles so that I could not go up and unshine down stairs without clasping my hand over my heart and resting,. In taut, it would almost take my breath away. 1 ant- lered eo I did not care to live, yet I had much to live for. There is no pleasure in life if deprived of health, for lite becomes a burden. Hood's Sarsaparilla does tar more than advertised. After taking one bottle, it is sufficient to recommend Itself," Lisa. J. E. Shirrs;, Beloit, Iowa. ood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $L Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass, f euro all liver ills, bilious. Hood's Pills nest, headache. m oonts. Political Points. Will the grit gentlemen at Ottawa have the patrotism to let the $244,000 difference remain in the coffers of the Dominion rather than transfer it to their own pockets ? Respecting the dismissal of the ses- sional writers for having taken part in the election, we have the curious spectacle of the Government opposing in the commons the very policy that advocated by the leader of the Govern- ment in the Senate. Since attaining power the Liberals have acquired a tremendous amount of patience, Even James McMullen has grown patient over the reduction in the cost of the High Commissioner's office, and is content to wait another year for it. If Parliament concludes its labors on Friday of this week the cost to the country of this extra session, called ostensibly and solely to vote supplies, will • be only $59,682 for salaries of members and senators, while if the adjournment does not take place then, the expenditure will be $294,000, even if business be wound up on the Mon- day following. The daily scene in the House of Com- mons Friday was precipitated by Hon. Wm. Mulock, who made charges of fraud against his predecessors in the Postoffice Department, and when com- pelled to specify the guilty party, with- drew his words, Mr. Laurier ought to put a bit into the mouths of some of his followers. A contemporary remarks that if the Grits intend to abolish the Senate, Sir Oliver would not have entered it. But no one need be alarmed about the Grits abolishing the Senate. So long as the "wicked" Tories are in the majority therein, they can be relied upon to stand by the Constitution so far as to uphold the Senate, which is theoreti- cally the linch-pin of the Dominion, in, asmuch as it safeguards the minor Provinces. By the time the Grits ob- tain a majority,they Will cease their absurd and chilis,i caterwaulings over that honorable body, and show it every respect. Mining has become a leading branch of Canadian industry, therefore the proposal to establish a mining bureau, in connection with the government departments, is one that will meet with approval—if it can be done with- out increasing governmental expense. British Columbia mines are attracting attention in England and an eagerness to invest in them is a feature of current popular enterprise. The gold fever is a disease that needs careful treatment, or it is likely to run to disastrous ex- tremes. Friday evening's Ottawa journal (Grit)bas a leading editorial, in which the conduct of Mr. Lister in attacking the Opposition is described as disgrace; ful. It takes the ground that the tone of discussion was being raised, and adds:—"The row yesterday was a des- cent and a disappointment, and it is difficult to acquit Mr. Lister, the Lib- eral member for West Lampton, of the entire blame." It closes by saying:— "An attack of the kind is not creditable to the House of Commons, it is a mis- take in a party sense, and as regards the man who makes it without any proofs to offer in support of it, it ar- gues either a lack of -political common sense or an uncontrollable temper, or bo th. News Notes. H. W. Van Every, a Toronto ticket agent, was run downyby a bicyclist, Saturday night and had bis collar bone broken. W. R. Sherwin, of Aylmer, one of competitors in the great road race, fell in a collision at the turn and broke hid collar hone. Lydia Gilkerson, of Toronto, a young married woman, with two children, whose husband deserted her a year ago, took half an ounce of laudanum on Sunday night with suicidal intent. A doctor was promptly called in and pumped her out and she is now recov- ering in St. Michael's hospital. Roy Wells, the five-year-old son of P. J. Wells, proprietor of a Toronto business college, fell from a three- storey window to the street pavement Saturday afternoon and sustained ter- rible injuries, including compound fracture of both arms. He is still alive, but the doctors have small hope of his surviving. ay mm P 25Th, Mhas again returned and ready for business, havingvisit- ed some of the larger A erican cities, ehe has Limey new Was, to introduce in Trilurning. Since she has had charge of our Millinery Department it has steadily increased until we take the lead Per __,00.Fashionable• We Millinery•,,,,, �, and Anpect to be ieric n Hats B netsw all, and ohe urnprices are allines in ways right. Below we mention some other lines that we do exceedingly well/ DRESS GOODS We have largely added to our stock of Dress Goods—We have the newest Goods we could get and when made up by our Dress Maker, Mise Shipley, cannot fail to satisfy. CLOTHING._ - -� We make Clothing which we guarantee as to Price and Fit. We carry one of the largest Stocks of Ready Made Clothing in town. Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Ties, &c, Everybody welcome to the Opening. 4 PLUIrISTEEL & GIBBINGS, - filbert St., Glillt011. Clinton, Sept. 16, 1896, MARKET REPORTS. (Corrected every Tuesday afternoon.) CLINTON. Fall Wheat.... 0 58 to 0 62 Barley ... 0 80 to 0 40 Cate.. .... 0 18 to 0 20 Peas 0 48 tc 0 50 Potatoes, per bush 0 15 to 0 20 Butter .. 0 l0 to 0 11 Eggs per dos .................. 0 10 to 0 10 Bay .... 8 00 to13 00 Cordwood 3 00 to 3 50 Beef ...... 3 75 to 5 00 Wool 0 17 to 0 17 TORONTO FARMERS' MARKET. Wheat, white.... ..... $ 65 to $ 66 do red 65 to 66 do goose .. 49 to 00 Peas 42 to 00 Rye 35 to 00 Oats 21 to 221 Barley 28 to 33 Hay 13 00 to 1400 Straw, bundled 9 50 to 10 00 do loose.. ... 600 to 00 new 11 to 13 12 to 15 Butter, lb. rolls da Tubs, daaidiry 12 to 14 Chickens 30 to 50 Ducks 40 to 60 Potatoes ....... ... 30 to 50 Dressed hogs 4 50 to 5 00 Beef, hindquarters 650 to 7 00 do 'forequarters 2 50 to 5 00 Mutton 400 to 850 Veal . 400 to 6 00 Lamb .. 600 to 800 TORONTO LIVE STOCK MARKET. Milch cows, each $20 00 Export cattle, per cwt..... 350to to 4 0000 Butchers' choice cattle,cwt 2 75 to 3 00 Butchers' good cattle, cwt 200 to 250 Bulls, per cwt 2 75 to 325 Shipping Sheep, per cwt....2 75 to 3 25 Butchers' sheep, per head 2 25 to 2 75 Spring lambs, per head250 to 2 75 Calves, per head 2 00 to 6 00 Choice Bacon hogs,per cwt 4 00 to 00 Thick fat hogs, cwt 820 to 325 Light fat hogs, cwt 3 65 to 3 75 Sows per cwt 2 75 to 3 75 Stags, per cwt 1 75 to 2 00 Boars, per cwt 100 to 150 MONTREAL MARKETS. Grain—The market is about the same. Oats continued weak, selling at 23c to 24c. There is a considerable amount of old oats still in stock and holders are disposed to push sales, as there is not much appearance of an ad- vance. In the way of peas as low as 48c has been quoted for ordinary peas in store, and business has been put through on the basis of 50c afloat. Wheat, No. 1 bard, nominal ; wheat No. 2 hard, nominal ; peas, per 60 lbs, afloat, new, 50c to 51c ; oats, No. 2 white, in store, 24c to 24 c ; rye, No. 2, nominal ; barley, feed, 331c to 34c ; bar- ley, 40c to 45c ; buckwheat, per hush, 39c to 391c. Butter—The market is easy on ac- count of cable advices and the large stocks in cold storage; 17,1c for choice late made creamery seems to be the limit of buyers. Eggs—The market is firm and sales of candled have been put through at 12c. Receipts continue lights. A cablegram from London says 'a Company have been formed with acap- ital of £500,000 to build a marine rail- way and carry on a shipbuilding yard at Vancouver. Holmesviile. CHEESE.—The last half of the August cheese was sold to Mr. Balan- tine for 9i cis. per lb. NOTES.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowery, of Surr.rnerhill, spent Sunday with friends in the neighborhood.—Miss G. W. Andrews returned from visiting her brother at Toronto Saturday.—Mrs. L. Crich spent Thursday with friends in the village. -Mi s. A. Elcoat, of Tucker - smith, is visiting her friend Mrs. W. Stanley.—Mr. E. Johnson paid a fly- ing visit to St. Thomas.—Mr. C Andrews, of Wroxeter, and Mr. A. Andrews paid a visit to their brother, Rev. G. W. Andrews.—Miss Johnson and Miss B. Pickard are visiting friends in and around London.—Our school is greatly improved by the addition of the new window.—Itfisses E. Cook and M. Caldwille, of Toronto are visiting the formers father. Mr. P. Cook.—Mr. and Mrs. Lofft,of Burnville, Mich., are visiting her sister Mrs. Cole.—Miss W. Andrews paid a visit to friends in London and Lainbeth. Morris. DEATH' OF A PIONEER VETERAN. — A long and eventful life was brought to a close on Monday, Sept. 7t en James Ferguson passed away is 87th year, at the residence of s son- in-law, S. Irvine, lot 6, con. 6, Morris. Deceased came from Perth, Scotland, in 1816, with his parents, who came opt at the time of the emigration of discharged soldiers at the close of the Napoleon wars. Although very young at the time he could remember until the day of his death seeing the bonfires blaze on Scottish hills over the victory of Waterloo. His father settled in Lanark Co., there being at that time only one log house in what is now the town of Perth. For many years de- ceased was engaged in the lumber business in that county and he, togeth- er with a Mr. John Manyon, and another man were the first Europeans to explore the Mississippi River in On- tario. About twenty-eight years ago he moved his family to the county of Huron, living for two years near Luck - now and afterwards at St. Helens. Six years ago he moved into Wingham, but Mrs. Ferguson dying soon after- wards and the family all being grown up, be broke up bouse-keeping and has since lived with his children. He knew no illness during his life until a week before his death, and few were more erect and agile than be even in his old age. Mr. Ferguson saw active service in the rebellion of '37, being present at the famous Wind -mill en- counter. He acted as foreman on one of the divisions of the Rideau Canal during its construction. In his boyhood days be was schoolmate of Malcolm Cameron, father of M. C. Cameron, M. P. Messrs. A. F. McLaren, M. P., for North Perth and Duncan Ferguson, Postmaster of Perth, are nephews of deceased. The members of the family surviving him are R. B. Ferguson, Cbesley, William, of Morris, Mrs. Archie McGillivary, of Wingham and Mrs. Irvine, of Morris. Mr. Aiex.Wherry, Inspector of Pub- lic Schools, Peterhoroug, Ont, was drowned in the river at that place on Tuesday night. His companion, ww�,__ could not swim, reached the shore 1 safety. If You want e . e to save money call and see our selection of $opts and Shoes which we believe cannot he equalled outside the cities. Our American shoes have had a great run and our customers have been immensely pleased with the style and finish. Our increasing business is good evidence that we are getting the trade. JACKSON & JACKSON, W. Jackson. Fred T. Jackson za z5