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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1879-08-07, Page 4e T1TE CLINTON NEW Eit.A: ew Afirettionornto thio gittga !iced wheat Wise.. Reduced prices -Wm. Taylor. Land fee eitle-Ja Ines; Fistier. tekett at par -Jobe Hodgiee. Pciumelreeper's,notice-J. Wheatley. ; Poundkeepale eotice-G. A. Cooper. flullett voteite' list:- -Jas. Braithwaite, Hayfield voterlist- -Win, .A. Morreioe. Holniee liver pad-Hiektion & Bleasdell. .J4001 Pt T.0,(10300 IsTUIV ERA may be tutu as %he Boa -store uvasre. l)letnhen .111-lianble, awl W,11. Ilanefera, Albert $treet. Price 5 %alibi 'per cope • _ (glutton OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1879. li*E, • C-ON80-LIDATE 0 DANH..• • • Haley years have trenspire'd. sinew a' bank closed its doors in Canada leaving • enredeefifed so. tettean arnotint of HABIL- tids as. the .Consolidated bank did when it stopped on Friday last. • The loss and • ineorivenienee 'resulting fi•oie this event will be witlespreed end seveee, notwithe `•etanding..the. large redection .thet'hav taken plaoe inits. liabilities during ,the past monthqv two. . In this sectioie, as' there •weio three agencies in close proi- iniity, the amount of bills in circulatien was largeeand• the eon that will. result . eta the, inconvenience• alone,. will be very great to the, community, from -the' .r.:eppage of business. When the Royal Canadian bank ;wee, . , eetablishecrtheee were between $417;006` STEAM "MOINES AND iNsrDANDD NIAT HONEY, VOLICIEs, • The euspeneion of the Ueuselidated The recent action or tbo McKillop Dank will- be apt to strengthen the ideas Insurance Company, in deelaring that of many iu theiv desires for an inereas- the use of steam engines on the farms of persous who may,be lamed in that company, is at the risk of the farmer, and that they will not be responsible for eny losses incurred, thereby, has eitused considereble talk atuong the farming community. Now that steam has been found to be applicable t� farm work, feel proves a great saving in time and labor, there are meny who would like to aveil theinselves of it, but the fear that amidst the inany technicalities behind which Mee rance companies shield themselves, there might be rine in this. connectien that wculd violate theie snrance policy (even theugh no &intim) whatever was the result of its use) re- streins theta from accepting 'the adven- •Mgt% that its use would result ie. e . Anyone who has watched the work - big of a -steam thresher .is at ouce cen- vinced of , its titillaty. and safety. The engines are so constructed that it is im- •possihle for" a single spark .t* -escape, practical tests having demonstrated this. fact --then why. is it that opposition to their nse is manifest? If it I's not the result of preeedice; what is it,/ Com- mon sense' woull. neterally lead every. intelligent man to adept anything. that was labor-saving in iese cheraeteee . many pares of the 'United States steam engines are used on farms n various cepacities,-andev.e do not rentembee see- ing e single instance wherein. a fire oc- curred •thrZingli their use. That they • Will be used in this country ore than at present; is .beyond doubt, notwith- standing the opposition: of insurance etempanies. ..01.coarsethecompanyinay elayeetteAenmn's inetnance'eis ell AM, -even. if :he dees nse a . steitin threehieg Medlin° birt he does it at his own risk ,e. . e_durin ih time o 1 s " • ' and $50,000 worth of stock subseribed . for in this neighbothood, which -cot -ilium; -cd-to-be held • bereettlleafter its -Stoppage, if'wyeari7 majority disposed Of sheres 'at a esse• mauyelosing - Lis"thucheaa fate, Or best es osing.interest on t en, in- vestment. ' -There are still a tew .per-, s.,ins around here who hold from_one to - thirty shares, .willoh,* if no worse,. will • most likely' a total loss. •••••• If we compai•e the losses that have been sustaleed ;it the head eitiere ,in Mon treel, and by elie various branches, we will find that ther) is pot only a vast difference in the atneunts, but at those places where the greatest. losses •haveheen sustained they have resulted from givingearge discetuite to rneh Who . wee() known to be worth but mac; Monday's papers them is a statement to the efilept. that :Heavy _peaty tt debtors to tho .bank Montreal, 'not be able "to pay more then two..cente. • en the. dollar, el% this firine•kneiv thee - -they weep -bankrupt eineletteeleettleintepe business, bite the tinineger of ,t4e. benk • told them he would strike off from their. indebtednese. $47,000, and they could gel on. 'The yeekless Manner ia whioli business was conducted, by the bank was most shameful; in one case, ihat of Ascher & 'Co., the .bank says that they were indebted .to it to the • athount of • over $500,000; •but the •Messre. Ascher • & Co. 'deny. this, and shy thatethey tvere used to hide hp bad losses,. When • further 'investigations are Made- there will he no doubt rage° queetienable _ P. transactions laid bate, : ' • • . As the ptiblk eonfidence has- rec.eieed a very seyere ehoek by the suspension • of thia• bank; end the atter Untruthful, nese of the annual statement latelY 'putt forth, a siespioion is felt that other, in- stitutions may be, in sonic; respects, in stmilar positioneauclethat.noecertainey can be eleeaitied as to the acted stand; ing of a bank. ' This. is tree in i:`great measure, and when all the hank charters .3xpire, which lidthe ease in year or so, and tldW: 011G!; arc grantedeoc a• " iiew bank system butegurated, tietter eueens of finding out:the staridieg of a. bank than now exists should be adopted, As.-wo havo said before, bill holders need be WARP itlartn as to .the ilemption of thete, but it will take timt as the assets of the bank cannot be re - ahem' all at otiee. They arc• lieing bought upeet alma 80 end 90 tente on the dotter. The writ for Bone:Venture, Quebec., has been prepared, and -will be issued as aeon as Mr. Langovixi returnS. Mr. Eettnehenty.ex-M. :1?,, is, the °Onset'- , Yative candidatee ed amount of piper 01:51ny to be issued by the Government. Unfortimately, the niejority of inaukinil. appear to ha - nine that pipet issued by a Govern- ment with a promise to pay, has some intrinsic value in itself, and that no matter what amount of it may he issued it will be ell equelly valuable, and that there can be no depreciation er loss upon it. With Many of these people it is no useto talk in a serious and ration- ,* manner upon the subject, as they are totalle'igeorant of the prineiples of finance, but they may -possibly see' the point if illustratione• aye given whieh shotv the sestein in a ridiculous light. following "extract' from: • a speebh made :by k Michigan represeetative at Madison, Wis„, recently, is' of tide char- acter, hut it shows acerb,: the absurdity 'a an irredeemable currency f.' e 'should . h ,fire poem' in -a Autrn three Months after an engine tiad. beennsed, 'Wetild not anTaitetript be made to tivoid . • . payment, or create delay simply. because of this / It might not be. the ease with . , 'the McKillop CO., but experieime shows - . . there ere -some other companies that wald take advalitege ..of the. ,eircuine stanCes.• • .' Our advice to' farmers is to fists steam Wherevei practieable, even if ineeirance companies refused to accept saelei•isks, as the adtantages , of .ites (Ise .is very greet. ny • wrixtue$. • "I cannot understand thie fiat business, 1 can enderstand hew a piece of .paper 18 perfectly good if it is payable some thee - and to some one; but hew apiece of paper stamped as money is moneY, 1 cannd un- derstan& 1 earl understand perfectly Well, •when 1 buy a ticket from here to -Chicago, thatit is good for somethieg, Vocalise it is eedeinnable iti e rider; but I dannot under- stand how the ticket itself is the ride, and nobody but A moderate Greenback fiat - money man would sit down on that ticket - and think he was going to Chicago., I can underatand how a ticket into a ohms is good, if I can got into the show bet I can not understand how the ticket is the show and nobody bet a modern fiat money man would take the ticket and think he saw the homes going round and thelwhole perform- ance. • I can understand how an ordor on fatnier 'bete in Wisconsin for a cow is pretty good, if I can get the cow, but I cannot understaadhow the order itsgJ,,f i the cow, and nobody but a modern Green- back tiateneoney map „would sit down on a stool and attempt to milk thee:eider-I-will telleyei.eillove citizens, there le no use in talking about getting out of tlineuition- oledebtineany wayeeeiccept tcepeje it ; 'that' is theonly straightforwey way-te-do.-- To- day the beat thing that couldehappen to the -financial interest arathOtralrioes very next session to puttieh. with deatleany member, of Congress that Would ineke speech, ora finance for the next twenty years. What we Want is to -let it Alone, and we are ep ?theteligh road to prosperity.," • . eerie, se: ancl Personal Notes. It is stated in well informed circles that the Government contemplate, as a reward for his services to the Couserva- five party, calling Goldwin Smith to the Senate to fill the first 'vacancy. A Quebec paper prognosticates that on account of the scarcity of work there will be bread riots this winter, and sen- sible people there behove such not ien• probable. Is this the boasted prosper- ity a the N. ? On Saturday a maieee meeting was held at Quebec) to present anaddress of condolence to Mr. Letelher;- About 5,000 persons wepresent, speeches be- ing delivered by Hon. Messrs Hunting- ton, Laurier, Pelletiet and Irvine. Down at Northumberland,. sonte membei% of the county Council having been (holing to petition the heine authorities far leave to annex the provi.nce to the U. S.! ,If this had been. dime limier the hem government we should have eery Conservative paper in the country joielitegeetie yell of "sen what 'briaokerizitee is driving the eauntry to," but as their idol is in power, why, they erre all mum. • ON THE DowN GRADE: • Ottawa Pres Preis. • There can tee no„doubt that if the Do- minion is not, at this Moment, practically leinkrupterie are 'rapidly approaching a ch. Max in our enaticiaL affairs which must re- selein bankruptcy, unless, in the meantime, the people decide. upon a new•departure. Obligations aggregating over foity six mil- JIQDPASIellars next six years, and when next ,our Finance Min- ister gees on a borrowing mission, in order that he may be•enabled toeneet these, and the other and immense sums required for projected Public Works, we shall be curious to know ev,hat answer he will give to the London money lenders vvhen they require at his hands a statement of assets and lia- bilities. Will he tell them that our impede have exceeded our exports by over two, hun- dred and twenty millions in. the last six -3reerie-an•d-thateweave-nothing-vreetever t� show for that enormous differenee Will he frenkleeadmit thateweeire indebted -to -*Risk capitaliste in no less a sum than a hundred and Err" millions--theonly _elate- product...of ,Intered, 1004 Itailway-eeihich short:el:r pay- ing its, Working expenses by a quarter ofeaemilhone annually, and _which -is ebee ng used to 'help "home industiies" that The traveliing eerrespondent a the Cleveland Pi,aindealer makes thp fellow; ing eernaeke- in -reference: tosedfairaeine Canada :- ' • • • ' • " TWOS had been hard in Canida,, as they have been'everysehere else, and hence verebody geurahled, was dissatisfied, look- ed at the "Chinese Wall" their neighbors the Yankees had erecte0, to keep foreign goods out, and in a splendidmood the.elee- tors hoisted the "Grits" and installed To- ries in their placea, It was proinised by the latter that' on their advent to pewer Ca- nada • would rightabout face and march althig the high road to prosperity. The • • morning after the election was to see every man ivroman andchild gIthering up wealth aa , the Israelites . of old filled their baskets 'with the manna of the wilderness. Delu- sive hopes No magiean's weed was waved over the land. • The multitudincius work- shops which were promised, the thousaqs of men to be employed, the increliiied pay for everything and to everybody, were net -fortlicoming And bine monthseieve ginie abide then. ProsPeeity seems even far-, ther off than ever. Foreign capital has •not flowed intie •Canacia. Foreign mann- fiteturers do not feel that any investineet would be safe until the permanency of this tariff is assured, which it is net. In proof of this, I mayenentien that I intim into Ontario, while the elections for the Local Legislature; were going On. These elections correspond-tvith our State contests, and aro marked by party lines as these of De- mocrats and Republicans. Well, the Re- formers Ainapletely defeated their oppo- nents,•t Conservatives, and, although the policy of the Dominion Governritent, had really nothing to do with the question, it ia claimed with good readonthat theceun- try is cliseatisfied with what is called' the "national" or protective policy, and that should another eleetirin take place for the great central Legislative, • the -Country wield vote the Tories out of power:" 41 • 11-4111, Mit, JOLT' DEFEATED. 1,87••••••••••ii • In the Quebec Legislature, . on Tues- day the Government of' Mr. Joly (ac-; cording to the Mail) was defeated by e vote or 26 to 27 -the vote being. in ference to tut expressioti nsed byethe leader of tho Opposition, which Mr. oly cotieiderecl imparliamentary. On the result being known, the Retitle' a (1- j mc(1. ° • EDITORIAL NOTES- • ' • The Londem Free PresS, pr Monday lest, went ex little too fee en eassuming that' the- Eefortir, prods woad " piteheyi- to ,the :MaeqUis" On .eceerint Of 14. ectien in the:. Letellier matter: e Iteie unfair to measure otherei. by 'lee Own standard, . — • AUGUST 7, 1879 'l'oette Editor of ela, Clinton 2V( v. Em. ---- 4:117; A- T--- , IteeletelTOD.4 eteRRESPeeetereENCE. i ERIDOINO THE CHANNEL. D 2,writReA;t0$0,IRt,e-fjret litawewb.:ebnurtnylintitaewno etibieletAF no bridgetih•eencEhiznitishesogitioninngtul o, to try 5 away from home, up At ray claim, and had no writieg material. Our party went to • their claims thelast of May, mime a little Stadordshire collie's have struck STRIKE. later, and comnienced tobreak uPland mid against n proposed reduction of wages. plant potatoes, and have gob ohe hundred iroon persons are affected by it, and ten acres broke ; we are busy hayiug a CLERICAL SCANDAL, • It is very fine for papere•supporting elle ',National Policy- to.qttote mi evi- dence of its euceessfet 'working, 'revii.ors itt eeferenCe to manufactories about to be started _anywheee. When these get. -intO-aetivei-operation it Will be -time- . enough to talk, net till thee': • • The. Ottekva RTC .Press states that there are 'clerks in the eeenproy. of the Government who have nothing he'd° but 'draw their ,salaries, being granted un- limited leave in order that the Govern, Mime inay be kept informed of the pub- lic sentiment just now in. the Proyince of' Quebec.. : Economy,. tray. .: • .; The. AS`i. gild- suggests the 'proPi'eetY holding a Reform demonstration Re that place. sometime after. hareest, at, which Meisrs,:Mackerizie and Blake; and other raembere of the Reform party, might deliver,addreises, We second elie. Mo- tion; Merely suggesting''that ,Clinton ,bet the place, instead of Goderiche Conservatives who are fond of admir- ing Goldwin •Smitln may ,take • the • censolitiert.they can out of thee follow- ifig sentence .frotri 'the letter he Wrote last Weelte-e." I firmly believe that the undeetakieg (Canada Pacific • Railway) if persieted in ttecordieg to the present preject ; Grin!, us to -*national' bank- ruptcy, and tleat nationer beekruptcy mug, lead te MineXatien," Viiienere were given to. understand that lee the ditty on oat's, they would get it much higher price for their home growo article,eatul Americati oats we'uld not be able to eouie in, bu t 'Thompsien) of the, Mitchell mills, recently 'Serail's. ed 28,000 bushels of °tits, in Chicago, brings thein into (inituln. in: bond) grinds awl exports them, and never pays cent of duty thereoe. What do fitsmet think of that *--2and a few other "worthless railway; :in theEaornProviaioe only usefhl fer ideal teat*, and which harelyneerage their ren- nin expenses? :he.' tell tboin that we have the most inagnificene interior ia- ter ComenunicatiOns in the while world, and that notwithatanding they Were hoer used' to -e tenth of their capacity, we art now -the Markee borrowing thirty :Mil. liens 'to still further enlarge these conntie- • nications, nudely for, the -belie& of the Western States of the American.. Union? (Theta are, _indeed; seine people -not ordie narily chargeable with pessimisixe who de- cline thatehis canal extension will involve positive OEif$ to the Doudeien Of not leas than twie dollars a year.). Will he tell: them that WA have already depended Immo twenty, millione of :their enon,eyin •building'd transcontinental reilway,- which is emit one. hundred and',fifty • and which cannot for .manygenerations be expected to pay Much more thanthe sale - ries of its officials-to.say nothing of keep- ing the reed and rolling dock in 'Working Orden -and all because of the :elanior of about ten •thouiend white people on the cithereeitide Of 'what kre -,BlikeeeeptlYedee cribed as..a."seasa naotieteins ?" Will he tell .them that We support a .Vice -Regal •Courte Federal - Government Congaing of courteenlelinisters•and an army of Inn, ployees., to rule Over a pclinlation equal ie number lo thee Of fife •city of 'London? Finally, will .he.tell them -to use the len- guage. of an old and,evelliniown coirespore • dent of a Montreal journal, and a outle- t:Lem whose patriotism, haa never :been dertilitede that we have reached a epee:thee .when bankruptcy is doing its' frightful week, all over tho. land; when values of all descriptions have fallen from fifeyeo seven- ty-fiveener cent ;when ofthe-eeoe -iple's money have been' ineept out of vitiate etiee, and there is less pecespect than ever of speedy, recuperation ?. Indeed it is t6 be -feared' thei vigeliave pot yet.seen tho -coniiiieneement-of the worst. The ehrink, • age in the value of Bank stockdeeorib- eel by no less an authority than Sir Franaiti Hincks, moat extraordinary. within. • his experience. • That thiehae had much to do with the &elites* Of the Consolidated. Bank 'eatirrot clinibtede and already we learn that there are apPeriendy gioti et& • ed.fears that other institutions will bevel() suoeuttib. If -Sir Leonard Tilley, in Wane, gotiatiOiai with English eapitalistsedoes Met medal' these etartlingeacts,he• will stand, or rather ttlieold standen the ;lame positiou, as an ordinary individual Obtaining money inider fate° pretences.- Bute it May be seid, English capitalises- have their duty 'in the preinisee. , They might to know whom to trust.; they ought to be in' a pad - Mon to gauge the paying capacity •of A country •desirous of • their assistatice.. To this we reply that capitalists in the past have lent ' money to yarious „States relying simply upon' promises, and thatit is qaite likely, theywill in the future de the- same thing inetbe• case of borrowers of thee. own kith and kin. But the facility to borrow cannot be. allowed to detract from the teeponsibilify of tho borrower. The! People of Canada are deeply interest- ed in having a air and honest exhibit of the country's reeouteeis placed before capi- talists who are.asked to aid in its develop, meet, WO litrtin Milani°. been able to keep our engadements, but there is abun- dant evidence that we have entered upon a dowfiward couttikand that the car Of State, if tot -arkested,•Will land as in tie- tional halikruptcy tied efinexittion. To this' course politicians are comtnitted ; the pewee of arrtiding it bee with peeple, tied the eeeple elotio., • UOW, wnh fine weather; we expect to make about one. hundred tons. Tte. party are nearly all well eatiefied with Mete hied and the prospects forthe future,' We have got' loge twee. for two hottees„ and. cellars one well with plenty of excellent water at . thirteen and•a•half feet deep ; there will be five .er iheusee built this fall, for parties to come. to in the spring. It was theught by some. that Me, Gieenwey was exeggerating lie his letteraThewfalleabeete this place, but 1 folly agree with him as to it being the garden of Manitoba, as far as have seen yet, -it being a beautiful rolling prairie: with plenty of outlet for the water, --dry enough to .Oultivate .aa scan .as. the frost is 000 the land in spring. There are mime drawbecles. to .meete-the timber is. seam, and a 'long distance:to draw„ -the roads eke another difliculty to contend with. Ia'apring, and up to the --present, we have hie.- bad. roads, lent ebb- are getting better now, and in a at condition fortakingagoocl load. The Itembine river is .soniethind se - :Oohs for the settlers west of the, river, - there le no bridge, and the ferry cam not be- reachedfor water on .the flats; the freight and waggons have. to be taken over in einalleboate-wheleetheeoeeneandelecrses, or ie.herliVe dock; have to awimehe rivereand ibbeingte Tepid current they have' hard Werk -croasing. • A petition has • been sent to ob- tain- a pest office. west. of ethe river; the nearest post office to us at *Bent is „over thirty 'miles. aeteer, and as there:is 'a good settlement !nit at Rock Lake and Crystal :City; there itee t5rospeat of getting a .mail• route in a short thn.e iethat,directiou. We have got. 5 blackarairlrshotecine.inile away, w hero, we..can get. our werk done by Me .S. Felth, in, -a workintitilikd • Manner: . Mr. Bentanis- beilding.an house of entertaie- nient a short etstence- west .of the river, -a necessity long needed. • • Messrs. Adamson and illoore.heve .built a board iog hopse. attlie river, and will have it ie. eparation at the -crossing', • Walkingie .something se- rieuein.this country.; to.see.a-neighbor you roust•travel from -half a to foor Hunting cattle iSa job that eeqpieesecene esiderrieblieWilleifigreeThieeicerill"ow.ed my cat' tle • by their (lecke •for -sever' milers, _Mee, .neernirigeeehrteigliesereisleiefiete7'ille-"iiiies, it iv eS.•like:geing throe so. in itelewatere .1. have ..gonee through - more: iv ugh, life -here elian.I.elareein.On.taeioeee-TheOrepsein-this• -partial* rerynreinising. -1.haVe•got Wheat: Of the. -Lest -Notion variety fear .feet eix incbesehighe andeawthick "at- It, Olin: strode aud have been iising.novepitatees-sineethe , .-tieyerzsew-tfiedi,Tr sensation is being caused in Loa • don, Eng., by the celebrated divine, Rev. Newman Hall, suing for divorce, on the grouted of adultery. The wife denies the charge, anti •alleges that .her husband has been guilty of grose impro- priety.. AMAIX.I.ARATION. The London Standarcl of the 5th hist, says the Eoard of Directors of the Great Western Railway, of Canada, agreed. to refer the conditions of an aenalgarnatioe with the Grand Trunk Railway to ar- " filtration. nen chairman Of inaportant railways are nominated as arbitrators. „ The fusion of the capital of the two companies is contemplated. RAD CROP PROETECT. • London, August 6. -The Times. re- views the agricultaral Prospects, and es- timates the condition of the hay and other fodder crops in, England' and,Wales as many millions of pounds, shore of the average value. In the principal barley growing districts the worth of the barley is 'nearer £5 to £6 t‘ban to 410 per acre, while the latter has been the average value insither years. • ' sevelte. sTonar. London, Auguat aternt Saturday waa the severest knowe here for many years, svia caused immense in- jury. The:Toss by the rain, hail and in- undation will be irreparable this season. The lees of live steak is also serious. The storni .was attended 'by a fall of hail. stones, some of which were flee inehee in eircumferance.„ The damage to the- ' glass immediately around London foots up theusands of poutids. In e great part of Beclfoedshire the hay crop has belly -•conipletely swept away, and niany cattle • _drowned e.....new.in arketeeancleeneighbo- hood are :flooded, and the rainfall in, -Buckingliarnehire, itsiteestiiinited, ed immense quantities of hay, • Damages by the flood and lightning is also reporte - ea -from -.Camerricleete eNerfolk, Gul ford,- . Leicestere.Bath and 'Monmouth. • so fast es they do here. Ceming, to this , country is not like going among strangers, as it is principally settled by Canadians, and you are always meeting some Canadians looking fOr land ; bet it is eetting•scarce in • • •• • BOR Mr. He Cook, pf tile 9th Con„ . • ee• Goderich Township, of a son. Wurre..-In Blyth, on the 28th of juts; • the wifdof Mr. T. White of a dauohter. -MoerieoerenV.-On the 5th bon. this neighborhood. We are all in the very ' Township. On Aug. 2nd, the wife ofMr, •teest of health, and always ready for a good G. P. Montgomery of a clanghter. meal of slapjacks or banicks. The ernoiee . - quitoes, are fearful, driving', ntan and bease ; • • • DIED • , i• .-" almost mad. it belie; part of cnir daY'S workslefieter•=-•tn lelmesVille;on the 30th of ( to make smudge for the °mete, Thathun- ;rely, Eliza,. eldest datighter of Mr , der and lightning is the most fearful I ever Miller, aged 17 years; 7. tnotithe; and saw, and the storms come up so sudden you have no timeto go far to shelter, and a great nany have no more shelter than a tent. ;I have slept in•a tent at night for two Months and like ib well.. Report's have feached 03 thee people were starving to ; death.. WelleI have bought all theflour I I 401 have required at $5.75 to $6- per barrel, Mid can, get 411 I want 'foe that: With regard LINTON RI 4. RUTS . to.the poison you reported some time since ;. •. • August 7,187. 21 dap Reeve:se-L:1n Goderich, 00 271h of ,l'ulye Milian Hutton; aged 58 years. Hullett, on the 6th inst., . Ernest, .soa of Mr. Richard Brown, aged 8 months. 1111111111111111111 I never was in such a State before in is ,life, but I am all free feorait. mew_ J.would advise tearcies coining to thie dountekero join in with some of °the agents le coming, as they take all the responsibility. I wilinet advise -Which route they !should go, WI cannot tell,arly thing about any other way but the. one we :came r and as there.. 15 so inanydifferent mince by boat and raileemi- grants will•receive mite, attenlion fromthe officials of the different route, The officials of the Chicago and North Western road.I respect, as they are the right men in the •right place. They did everythingen their power. foy the comfort. ane convenience of passengers. 1 refrain front saying anything now aboue how we got them?, as many of your readers are aWare of the circumstances. Hoping this will 'gratify the 'curiosity' of many of your readers 1 will give a little in-. ovmatimr as-to-theliestetime-to-come-and- see-the_country:The best time to travel is in September and early in October; bute to are the land in the west sewn ,is from March till the end of Juno. Emigrants coining to this country ahould come in the fall or „before the sleighing iu spring is gone, ahd as it fails in the end of Mardi they should notCome laterThan. the eighth or tenth of March. My. family .are all well, And anxious to be on the land over theriver. We will go there as soon as harvest is over. • I lciolc for the 'NSW ERA as a welcome mes- senger with every mail. I will write you again when I know the returns after harvest. •' I "remain; yours, • • • ' • .• , THOMAS TIAVYAR.R.• „ lior.miNT, May Mato 1579. Quotatione .fee ttheat are • slightly lower than last week ; other -grains about the seine. There ,seeras to be agreat deer ef old wheat yet in the country, whip's_ is grade*, beieg • maikeled. A very fine pantile of new veheetire sold yestercley. for 61. There , isno telling • what the future may being forth in itspeet be prices; but the present indicatione are that there will not be Mach Advance inprices, if any. Oats; lvhich are an Unusually 'good , crop', are likely to go down a little. • Wheat, fall, red, VI:11mM0 96 a 0 07 ‘,Yheat, tette weite, 0,96 a 1. 00 -Spring, Redehaff, - 0 90 a 0'92 Fife, • - •• - - 0 95 a 0 98 50° 05600° 'sea' 500 600500 '0 50' a .0 50 • 0 50 a 060. • 0 7 • "a 0 9 • 009 a 0 10. • 7 00 . a 8 00 450 a 5 25 5 50 6 00 . ;4;50:020aa 50 205 350 a .3 7g • Oats, • • Barley; • Peas, • • Flour, --Potatoes; new, - Butter, - Eggs, Hey, •. Hides, • Pork, - Beef, - Sheepskins • - Clover e Timothy • • ?. .1 75 & 2 26 A..11:0 71. 'it • 7. AI A,RIII:rt • Wheat -Pall • • • ".• , $0 :90 a 0 9• 7 . Spring • • • • 0 90 a 0 02 Oats - . 050.a 0.50 :Peas - . 0 50 a 0 50 -. Barley • • -* 0 50 se 0 60 Potatoes .0 50 a 0 60 • 7 00 If 00 • , A 'letter in . the Londem, Eng,. Peewee Butter -• 0 -10 a 0 13 onthe agrieultural. depression en Eng- eeEetes, • • 0 9, a 0 10 4 50 a 5.25 . land; says the average eost of prodiming W•gea ' '2 :Jo a 2'50 , aemarter of wheat is 47s 6d to •18s.ten ° • 00 a 5 50• our, - the other hand, American wheat; canhe • aoDzigicil liknakis lttid .crown at. Liverpool:for 35's a quer- • August 7, 1879; • ter, The 'cost of a pound of English Wheat -Vali , $0'95 a .0 80-• butcher's meat, so far as the producee is • 'Spring , - 0 90 a 0 92 eoncernecl, is 'act per pound ; whereas Flour 5 00 A " 5 5e American beef emit be sold he England at tild per pOund. The writev says con- tingence in this rivalry means ruin to •tbe grig,lishmtui--ruin 401.6,-81'0P and decisive, No fortune whatever. wilt en- able a Minito face competition' of this kind. The farrnere are aecordingly re- treating from theie farms, and those who areeataying are farming badly, and trying to draW from the -earth, every available penny. • He thinks the ques- tion will have to be dealt with by the. Government, but cOnfesses his inability to suggest a remedy. Oats, •- - 0 50 a 0 50 Peas', 050 a 050 Barley, . • • • 0 50 a 0 60 " Pork, . 5 00 e .6 00 Potatoes' - 0 50 a 0 60 utter -•R • • 0 7a 0 0 Eggs, • „ .1..° -'• 010 a 0 10 ' Hay, • • 600 a 806 • • 1401400N• IIIA11.1tETS. August 5,1870.. ' White wheat, per 100 lbs., $1. 65e a $1 70 Red Fall, • do 1 65 a 1 /0 Spring, • do 1 80 a 1 50 Barley, • ele . 003 a 000 Gate,• do • , 1 le a 1 21; Peae, do 0 90' A 0 00 Eggs, ' do 0 11 e 0 le Better, relis, do • 0 20 a 0 ge