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VOL. VS, N. 8.
W211111118-4449 Pee Amount, in Zanee.
AND CEWIPRE HURON. GENERAL ,ADVERTISER.
CLINTON, ONTARIO, TIIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1880,
traileats"'
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VilottOgitottal anti
AgoNgT VOIttRNP, IN LARGE OR. SMALL 8041$
443- on gobd mortgage security, at moderate ratetre5
terest.. H. BAB* %In
clinton,August 9th, 2808,
A isIBT OP/ANDS IN HURON rOlt SALE BE
-CA- the Canada Company natty be seen at theo800 of
thoundereigeod- 11
HALE,
Clintonoiort.17. /879.
lbrItS. WHIT, Teacher pi Musitt. Pupils attended
'ALL at their own residence, if necessary. Residence
one door Booth of Mr.47. A. Hertt'is, Queen Street.
Clinton, May 15, 1879,
ew
putrti*emtuto,
• '' *a Wanted,
. A.*GOQD GENERAL SERVANT. Apply to •
14.. .
MS. DTI. DOWSLXY.
49l1ntors, Fei.„4, 1880.
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F. GRAHAM, •
AamxxoNErn, TANI) Jr COMMISSION AGENT, •
gelerlen. Liconeed Auctioneer for the County.of
Huroel,, 'Termer alienable, '
Godotiell, rob. 5, lege..
N 3I: DOWSLRE, M.. D., hl, B, C. 5. England,
„Us. Phyaielan, Surgeon, 80. Office and residence
next Mohon Rankossarket equare.
°lintels, sets teosso.
TR& REEVE & WILLIAMS. Qffice, Rattenbury
A./Street, inintediately behind Itaneford'a Book Store.
Ofdee hours from 8 a.ns. to 6
OTOTING, 141,,B., (GRADUATE OF TORONTO
. -University') Physician, lintgeon, &e., residence
Mr.Mazining'e, three doors emit of the Temperance
Han, Londeaboro. Qnt,
Londeubor0, Tana 44,1819.
1118. /37ANE1IY, GRADUATE OF THE MEDICAL
15 Department of Victoria University, Toronto, for-
merly of • the Hespitals and Dispensariee, New York,
Aoronerfortlie_County of Huren,13AYrrEnn,..Ont.
J'uly 22,1874. , 81
Dit, APPLETON. - OFFICE At Reeidenee on
Ontario Street, opposite the English Churoh.
Entrance by side gate.
CUlisten, Deo, 4,1879. '
11,1ONEY TO LEND. -I have any amount of money
.1.11. to lend, on gelid, improved fermi only, at 7i per
(went, intereet payable yearly. Sumno object it eeeuri-
ty ample. I'xivate funds,
JOHN S. POItTER,Seaforth,
•tARRIAGE LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES. -
"'apply at the -Town Hall, or at the residence of the
su Kber, near the London, Huron Bruce Railway
SWUM. • ' " • JAMES SCOTT,
Issuer of Homage Licenses,
Clinton, April 27th, 8878. ,
• TAR. WORTHINGTON, 'PHYSIO/AN, SURGEON;
Aoeouelseur,Lieentiate of the College of Physician,
and Surgeons of Lower Canada, and Provincial Licenti.
ate and Coroner for the County of Huron. Office and
"reuitlentse,- The building formerly occupied by hir.
Thwaite, Huron street.
Clinton, Jan. 10, 1671. •••
MHE OENTRAL HOTEL - late Farmer's -- Albert ,
Street, Clinton. B. PIKE, Proprietor.. Thie ho-
tel has lately been greatly improved and thoroughly
reftirnished, and possesses every requieite for the_com-
fort and convenience of the travelling public, Good,
stabling and attentive hoetier. .
. Clinton, Nov. 28th, 1878. •
W. 18. CARTWRIGHT, S enamor; DENTIST
Graduate of the Royal College of Dental
Surgeons of Ontario, hap opened room'
•in the Victoria Block, Albert Street, Clinton, where' he
Will constantly bb -lis attendance, and prePart 8 to per,
form every operation connected with Dentistry. Teeth
extracted, or filled with gold, amalgam, or other filling
material. Artificial teeth insertedirom one to stun set.
Clinton, April 17, 1879. 16
tilleaaaa
OVINE'S--
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.STOR .01
Is prepared in a form perfectly agreeable- to children •
and most sensitive persons. In iterannufaeture the
properties of the oil that produce pain margriping are"
elimmated, and it Is rendered not only mild and pleas-
ant an its hCtion, but absolutely tasteless and palate,
ble. It is pre-eminently the finest laxative and ea -
thank known, and as a remedy for Costiveness, Con-
stipation, and all Intestinal Derangements it is one:.
• .qtmlled, and is destined to take thb place of crude oti
and all dinatie pills and purgative's. For sale by all •
lik.01/11ista at 0,s cent* a bottle. Don't fail to try,tt.
ONEY TO .LOAN
04 EASY
• • By wistelit the pylepecipat can
be . repaid In -prst:i'or -at
sasity tante dttring • tliap •tistarn '•
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°lintels; Mareh.1819. • • .
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Watch and Clock Makar,
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...stIEWELLER, &c,, •
Wouldrespcatfully annottnie to his customers and the
public gcsserallythat he has remelted into., his former
on • •. '
' ALBEItIr STRXET, orroiTTS 'Ti111., MARKET,'
Wherelie,'Irtill keep on hand a select astiortlent of
Meek*, Watches, leweley, and Sill/Myna ofali kinda,
'Which. he will sell at rekadnable 'ratee. Repairing of
every deseriptionpromptlyattended to. •
. J. RIDDLECOMEE, ALBERT STREET
Clinton, Dee. V, 1878.
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'Jan. 15, 1880. -
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• 440 "6•11itell House to 'tent
m Vrirt-1°.ag'6'411-
Al 0 4i:Li phtli MHATcbnveniently kituatedhouse Seri/sorb, oacupied
.1- by H, Aoki -mei as a store end outdone° on V14.
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j. ALLAISON.
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i First special Passenger Train for _tide year; will Stilt
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AtOilise to *Let.
Awhil Tragedy!
Five Persons Itiordeired
• by Melo,
-near Luca.
TO
LET, a holies with 9 or 10 rooms, with hard and
soft water, ma au complete, situate on Ontario
Street, at present occupied by Airs. Z. B. Battey. Poe -
session given 9n the lst of March, ror farther parti-
elders apply to Mrs. Macey, on the premises, or to
J0 ws COPELA.ND.
Clinton, Feb.4,1880,
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M10171t GOOD FARMS en the Fourth Concepsion of
Hallett, within five ranee ef Clinton, wen cleared
and with good improvements ; will be sold on 'salty
terms. Lot Seventeen, Settth-half of Nineteen, and.
North -half Of Twenty. Will be sold together or sepa-
rately,: s H. BALE,
" Mums Street, Clinton.
Clinton, reb. 9.1880. ,
S:VOGLPR
DEN-TIST 9
GOLD MEI/ALEUT Or 'THE R. -C. D. S., ONT.
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Office and residence-Acheson's Block, near corner of
West Street, Gonsnion, ,Ont.
MORTGAGE SALE
or
Real . Estate.
TT.... and by Thine Of tbe Power of Sale contain-
ed in a certain mortgage made 14.1131E8 WREX-
HAM, et ux, whieh will be produced at the time of sale,
there will be offered for sale in ono parcel, by Public
Auction, OD
Saturday March 6;1.880,
At 8 (Meek p.m., -by D. DICKINSON Anotioneer, at
Bell's.. Rotel LondesborD3
That property in the Village„ of Londepboro, being
eomposed of part of Lot 26, in the llth .cbricession of
the Township of Hallett, and more particularly deacrib-
ed as the Easterly two Roo& of land part of Park Mot
A, Whenhani s Survey. There is erected on eaid
property a- auperior two story Brick Dwelling, nearly
, new, and other improveinents.
Terms and conditions will be made known on day of
eale,.or on 'application to
. W. W. FAMBAN,
Clinton, Feb: 5, 1880. , ' Vendor o Agent.
MAN ITOBA.
•VREENW-A
1880,
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T1JE6DAY, DIAlteR 16th,-
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to be follovred by others On
- TUESDAY, ARK11. 6811,
TuESDAY, APIrtr, 20th,
, TuESDAY, MAY 4th.
Freight leaves the day Previous to all the above dates
• Due notice will be Riven of all tutors earnee.
Rates alwars the lowest, and the greatest
paint taken to have arrangementa most complete and
• • •' • satisfactory: '
Persons joining these parties are released formal' care
in bending baggage, freight, live stock, dm.
150 1 s of Ilawolvve Free.
. -
Ur. Greeaway goes through with each party, a
ror paiticulthe apply to
THE NOTORIOUS DONNELLY FAMILY
ALMOST OBLITERATED.
1413046 Ont. February...4 1,880,,
About 12 o'clock last night a body of men
blackened and masked, entered the dwelling,
of the somewhat notbrious Donnelly family,
and murdered the inmates, the father, Ines
ther, one son, and a girl, a twice. The tild
man was shot at the door, the othOs being
clubbed to death: •
• .A, small boy named. Connor, who Was in
the houge-atthattraertoolerefugesundee-the-
lied, and escaped unhurt.
The maskers then set tire to. the house,
which, together with the murdered bodies,
was totally consumed.•• •
Another eon (William) residing about 3
miles from the homestead, was woke up at
the same time, when his brother john.went`
to the door and was shot -dead. • .
FURTHER pkancar4.4.as.
For some time baa incendiary ftree •and
other misdemeanors have been of .frequent
occurrence, and :whether tightly or :not, the
Donnelly family were blamed, if not as -the•
actual perpetrators of the Crimes,' that they
there the instigetiors, itna hence an intense
.feeling of ennlity culminated against them
through the township.... ,A 'Vigilance. Com-
mittee was foisted some time ago by the
settlees, as a means, of protection from these •
outrages, which, verhit'all their precaution-
ary measures, did not seem to have obtained
the desired encl. The last fire was on the
RiderFarm, on Thursday -night, the lith of
January, in the very midst of -the Donnelly
settlement, and the four Donnelly brothers
were at a wedding when -the Ere occurred,
but thd"father awl mother, who were at their
house at She time, were arrested ot suet:d-
ada Of heing:.implicated in the lateening.-,
Their examination was still pendirio, end.-
waS to have been closed yesterd ay: (We'rines-
'day) but the mornin0 light displayed -111e
ghastly spectacle of the net renta Ms of the
inmates of the Donnelly homestead berried,
to, a cinder, after being 'first miirdeited:with
axes and such other such weapons as 'citine.
. .• , _ .
. If IS saidthat about twenty men, diSgu4ed
_
evidently-heyond-recognithpf; engitts
in the bloody work. 7 . '
' Alittle boy named Connors, belonging tO
Lucan, was staying in the house over night
and when the attack was made, he dodged.
under the.bedwitholit-being discovered.-
-When the murder waS committed and the
house flred; the gang decamped. The boy
then emerged from his hiding place and got
to the village. The parties murdered are
James and Judy, the father and mother;
Thomas, the youngest eon ; Bridget, a 'neice
-four :there. At the same time another
party Called et the residence of Win. Donel-
ly, three miles'from his father's house, and
wokelim. His brother John being In the
house, got up and went to the door, when he
was linmediately fired upon 'by two shots
from a revolver, and killed. The' man,
inien getting Up, could see no
trace of murderers;
These are about the facts as fttr cell he
Seertatned. lu the exciteirtent Of -the -ma
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The cold-bloOded atrocity Is withont pre-
scient in the, criminal calleudar of4Joutario.
LLISTORY OF THE T00.0131.4E5, ,
The histor:y •of the Deninelly family, the
victirns, of' the terrible atrocities ,recorded
-above, .is one tvotild' tee -nitre more
.spage:to narrate than our., liewspaper etin
Watt]. Rightly or wrongly the name liaS
been associared with innumerable chimes hi
the -Townehip' of Biddulph. and village:of,
Lump for the past twenty years,' including
in the category, murder, arson attempted
shooting, cattle stealing, assatat and tats.
ceny,• besides Many miedemeanors of it less
heinons nature. The Old man Jaines Don-
nelly and his wife came to this countilr be-
tween thirty and forty years ago, and settl-
ed on lot • 18, in the 6th con. of Biddulph,
which at that time comprised part of the'
county of Huron. Shortly' after taking up
the fifty ;acres mentioned, the father; with.
the vietv, no doubt, of providing foV in-
creasing family, squatted on nnother fifty
acres on -the llth,Con. of the sarae tOwnship,.
but, after a long and tedious law suit, his
claim to the.property was deeideft to be in-,
valid, and heves dispossessed by the Cana-
da C.,ompanyi and the lot subselmently cattle
into possession of jos. Carswell. This
gentlemanSettlectiipon it, built a good house
and. 4mtbuildings, but One tight, shortly
after harvest, the barns and granary Were
destroyed byfire, together With all the sea-
son's crops. This crime was laid at the
door of the Donnellys, but the fwerpetrators,
notwithstanding a large reward was offered
by the Government, were never discovered:
Some Unto after this, Mr. Carswell had a
number of his horses and cattle disembovh-
elled -during the night, and the blame 'Was
'again attributed to Lite farinlyWhOSe taking
oil' has been detailed above. Indeed, for the
past ten years the Court seabeds were not
considered complete ;unless one or more Of
the gang were up for trial On one charge or
atother. There tura seven boys and One
girl in the flintily, and Of the boys Michael
and Jainee are dead, tlte former being killed
in a. quarrel at Waterford a few Months
Since. James Was said to have died from
consumption, but those Nflio mere:in a posi-
tion to kite% •state that his death resulted
from the effects of a piStol balf,'While endea-
voring to OSCSTO front a Constable some years
sinee. Robert, another son, has been but re-
cently released from serving a terra in the
Penitentiary for attertipting the life of COIL
Everett one night as the latter was about tO
miter his own home.* William was °oh -Meted
in 1876 of assaulting and wounding Constable
Reid, of Lticat, while in illecharge of his
duty. He (William) was eentenced to, Drile
tetotthe imprisonment for the offence but
through the intervention of his counsel, 110
was released betels) Completing the teem, on
the plea of Meknes/I. Sohn, Thanes, and
James Were also indicted at the Sessione in
1876 for larceny, anaultendatternpted arson,
JOHN KNOK, •
G.W.R. Agent -A Centralia. c
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Fon PLE.M.Tra,
congott and Ite-dtil,
t•roolte ouly the g,
• irte GOLD FLAKE.
Pronouriced, by all
who have tried it, the.
finest, purestand best
Smoking Tobacco. -
the world. Ask your
dealer for it. And if
you canna t get it else-
where, write to the
undersigned for cir-
cular and price list,
Nene genuine with.
out My Trade Mark
,and signature.
SAVICOM,
Globe Tobacco Werke,
WINDSOR; ONT.
asistssara
DWELLING . HESE • WANTED
rioNtatIStsto aft Or MOD rooms, hard and soft
V water. Addreaa Or call at Nay, R9)t' office. •
Wilton, Jan" 1680:
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Deca8,1879
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GOOD CHANCE FOR iDAIMAIN
Farm for $all.e. •
nritE *eat half of Let le and tts saorth.lialf of Lot
.1. 16, hi the Itrd con. of Hallett, containbig 100 wed,
90 acres tinder good attitiVation, balance timber; good
/Mine hottie, frame barn, nen and stable, 18 acres
of fall Wheat, good brohttra of bludee fruit. Tito wade
is well weterea, wine* st Wise or the town of omens
Will *ell Cheap or exchange for teen Prepartr. For
particular's enettire OnIthe preniitlea, or to
J. 0. 13nINTISEtts
Jan. 22,1880, ` ste Osittecet
but their cane were remanded to the Assizes.
In the meantime the witnesses were spirited
away, and the accused were subsequently
held on their own recognizancee, to appear
when called upon. Petrick is followinghink.
smithing in the vieinity of St. Catharines at
the preen:Int time, and the retnai13113g 80n$ were
at home on the terra. Michael, Thomas; and
Robert followed stage driving for several
years between London, Luau and Exeter,
but finally gave it up. They could not
brook opposition, and the MBA 19110 had suf.!
&nut pluck. to °rose their paths, in busi-
ness, sooner pr later became a loser in
either stages,horses or evipmenta —
Two or three times thetoppoeition stages, were
destroyed by lire; On one amnion e team Of
horses were eubjected to horrible cruelties,
and at another time the Mlle of the dumb ani-
mals were cut off and their bodies maltreated
in a fiendish manner. The members made
the qaarrel of one of their nutnber a family
-Matter, 'arid iffoitioa•iiiiieitiieliipon their op-
ponents in the most summary style; and after
the most approved Ku -Klux fashion.- Indeed
they have been the terror of the township for
rhany years, and while we doubt not many
orintes were imputed to them which they had
'no knowledge of, or hand in, they were, in
the opinion of the law-abiding people of the
township, responsible for the mint of the of.
-fences- which terve-in-tinr'paets treem-as blotispon the fair name of the 'minty. The old
man served a terra of years in the Peniten-
tiary, for the murder of s neighbor named
-Ryder, many years since. Ile was sentenced
to be hung at Goderksh, but his friends ex-
erted themselves in his behalf, and his sen-
tence) 'wets commuted to- imprisonment. for
seven yeare. Some weeks" since, the barns
of air, Patrick Ryder, situated on the 7th
concession of Biddulph, , a short distance
from the Donnelly • homeetead, were de -
strayed by •Lire, "the work of an incendiary,
and the old man Donnelly and his wife were
arrested for committing the deed, or being ac-
eessories to the crime. They were reepanded
for examination upon the charge entitle day
(Wednesday). ,They (the Doneellys) bave
been at loggerheads with the Carrells, Keefes,
Ryden, Kennedys and many of their. -moat
respectableneighbors for year, anct but little
sympathy will be expressed for them in the
terrible calamity which has almost obliterated
them from the face of the earth.
s• 1
'County Council.
• ‘001iXntuii, Jen. 29, 1880.
The Council met pursuant to adjournment,
tPhillbilWeinnutrened'sreiand,:chdapproved. Tenderc; plans
air: Ail the members
and specifications for building bridges - wen
submitted by Messrs. Hardy and Gibson and
referred to the Road and Bridge -Committee.
Report at Aft Hardy, Road Commissioner,
was read and -referred to the Readand,Bridge
COmnsittees '
Petition from Mrs. Dicksom .matron. of „ the,
gaol, for an inereast of salary, was read -and
;referred to the Finance•Qemnaiteeet • t
, I
Report of Mr,MenzinAteld.C.dinnitasittlitr.
was read and referecl to the'Road' and Brichte
Committee. ' • ; ' . •
Tha following acec)unte were referredolthe
Finance Committee ,HohneSa Sop, John
Pasittora, T. J. ItloorehOuse, Geo. Sheppard,
Winghasn Tins',, Hugh! McGrattan, Howick
EnterpHae; Wm. H. Raisfoyd. T. B.' Flays,
John Martin, S. Stannic°, L Hartly„G. Ted-
ford, D. R. Menzies, A. By, D. Dickinson.
Moved by Mr. Hayes sec. bysittr.; Enna.,
that this Council agree to give the $100,granS-
ed to the McKi1Iop and Logan boundaryspra
vided au equivalent is given by the County of
Perth or the township of Logan -Lean -tad.
Motedsby. Mr. Denier; sect by .Mr. ChidleY,
that Mr..A.S.Fishers of °Beton, Mi.P.Adam-
son arid Mr. T. Kidd of Seafeith, be re.ap-
pointed HighSchool Trustee tor their respea
tive School-Carriej.
- , Moverhy-Mis. (Maley, seconded by Mr.
Hardy, that Messrs Malls/oh, Of Clinton,' atcl
Gregory, of Exeter, be:appointed on the Beard
ef Examiners:for the curtent year-'-.Carried.-
tiloyed by Mr.,11enning; see, by 'Mr, Ba.
chapati, that Messrs. Gibson, Hardy, Girvin;.
and Afenzies be appointed Read Conireission-
ers tO RSSiSt the reeves of -the variouS-m 140 --
building' or repairing of tho county idges,
1
politica in this County when callecl up by
any of tne reeves to assist- in letti g the
and that the reeves of such Municipalities re••
queletthe-assistance-ef-theeommissioners nears
est the said bridge with power, it necessary,.
to have the aisistancecitan engineiv-Carried
- Moved by Mr. Kay, . sec.; „by Mr. tVelker,
that Mr. Hardy, Road Commissimier, be in -
stained by this Council to hay° the bridge
on the boundary line betvreen Usborne nee
Ifibbert rebuilt, as it is unsafe for -ptiblie tra-
vel, provided the township' of Hibbert pay
one hall the cont. Reterred to the Road and
13ridge Cotnmittee. , *
Moved by Me Mason, sec. by Mr. Kay,
that this Council grant the sum of 680.0' for
the purpose of having a County Show, on con-
dition that -not leas than two of the Riding
Societies araalgasinttes Referred te Finance
Conatnittee. ..
• Moved by Mr. Strachan, sec, by Mr. Cur-
rie, that the Treasurer be instructed to lay be-
fore the Council the amount of the•cost incur-
red ih the payment of Biidge COmmissioners
for superintending the county bridgese and for
Plane and specification, for last year, and lay
it before the Council at the •present session.
Carried. ' , , •
- Moved by Mr. Hays, see. by Mr. Johnston,
that the tablas be removed. from the centre *of
the room, and that the desks be re -arranged
according to the alphabetical list of the muni-
cipalitiee. Carried. ' ' . •
Moved by Mr:Gibson, see. by Mr. Young
that the Warden and Clerk be authorized ,to
consult nme eminent architect with a view of
having the difficulty of hearing in the room
removed. Carried. ••
Moved by Mr. Monziess, sec. by.Mr 11.33,1il-
ien, that $200 bkgpaEtked, towards rebuilding.
Theist-31cup desitroyed bithe lite fire at Clinton:
Referred to the Finance Committee. -
The anounts of Henry Horton and Dr Mc-
Donald were [similarly teforted. ,
Statement Of amount paid Road Oortnnis-
sioners and for. plane and specifloetions for
bridges was retia and referreddto Finance
Committee. .
The Council then adetjureed to meet 'again
tantoerow at ten o'clock.
. • JAIL 30.
Connell merparsuant to adjOurnment; war,
eton in the ehair • all the comicillors pressent.
The minutes of yotteeday There reed and
appthved. Petition, frotelvit. 0.• L. "wag -
Alma *old 44 others of the village of Egniond-
villa, praying to be incorporated as a police
village, was read.
Moved by Mr. Castle, en. by Mr. Weir,
that the above' petititni be .deferted till next
June meetin .s-Oaeried. ,
Petition 6 Mt. xiao. and others, for a gta
f
to improve the county boundary bete
Meltillop and Logarr was read.
Moved by Mr. Hare no. by 3Ir. Evans*,
that Meson. Ilardysand Menziee, Road Coin-
miesioners, examine the road 40#0 mention-
ed end repott at the' next meeting of the
C°Munoevier.d-bCyDarrire.dieeh*anee, Nee, by 31t. Ho.
garth, that the Weems and Clerk be author-
ized to request the: Ontario Government to
distribute a portion of the eurplues now in the
Provincial treasury, in the game manner as
wasdoneunder the forreer distribution of the
surplue,-Ca • •.
Moved by , Block, sec, by IVIr. Hannah,
that in -future -aro- Rola -Commiettionees-.-cr
Reeve, -expend. any grant by this Coancilon
the county boUndaryswithout a resolution from
the Connell of the neighboring county or
township interested, that they will bear their
share of the expense,
Movect by Mr. Cook, see. by Mr. Whitely.,
that the Waraen-ond"OlOrk;•"onboboirbf this'
Council, Memorialize the 'mai Legislatiire to
so amend the -Municipal Act itt reference to
the taxation on dogs and bitches; so that any
ratepayer may own one dog or bitch 'without
taxation, and that any person owningone or,
more dogs or bitches, MIMI pay the sum of
115 for such additional dog or bitch. Lost on
division by a majority of 24. . • •
- Moved by -Mr. Maeoll'; teem by Mrs Grahams
in amendment,that the tax on deem and
bitches be as follewd i• that each person own,
dog or hitch, shall pay a tax of $1 on a.
dog and $2 on a bitch,; Annually, no. that'the
.owner of said animal be required to 'have a
bolter around the, neck of the same, -and every
canine found without such collar may be diet.
Lost on a division by &majority of 36. •
Moved by Mr. Hogarth, see, by Mr. Mc -
Milian; that the Warden and Clerk remnoria-•
In the Ontario Government not to melte the
township school bolted systeut,eompulsory, as
very large majority, of the people at the an-
nual public' eohool nieetings-have decteed itt
laver of the schooLsection systent as at pre.;
gent. -Carried. • ,
,The Council then adjourned to 'meet at 3
o'clock. ,. • • •
. 3 &clack, p„.
The :Council regained; the Warden an the .
Report. of Mr. Dewar, P. S. Inspector, was
rend, and on petition of Mr,.Wilson„ sec. by
Ur. Leckie, it Was received and ordered to-
, be published in the minutes. ,
.. Moved by Mr. Graham, ems by Mr. Walker, that the Warden anti Clerk be instructed,
. on behalf of this Counoilsto petition the On-
tario Government to devise soma means te
'regulate Orgovern- the workitig of :steam
threshing inaehines, sce that. life -and property
Matt be better protected by hieing ell isoileesi
propetly•teeted and inspected by a coMpetent
'engineer-be:foie Passing into the -hands -of the
• operator: said boiler to be stamps:Vas having.
passed inspeetion; We thoutel Mee recom-
inetd thet a trainiegsseliect_lin_added. tosthe.
College' for tbe .17grpole;of giying.
Ouch instructions t fareters'irgiesend.setherss,
relleivra dertitleete teem
such echoed that, they.Wore competent to rgn
engines. -Carried. , • • • .
" Movecl'4)y Mr: Detler, secs by Mr. Bell, '
• thet the -Warden and Clerk be 'authorized on-.
beliaif Of'this'Couneil, to memOrtilize thetes.
'earLegielature to allow. the bill to ineotp-matte
the Gritted Ontario Central R. 11..Co„ •
-Moved by. Mr. •Ifenziess sec by Mr.' Me,
Millen,. that the Warden' and Clerk beet:ether,
ized by, this CoMicilsto memorialize the Legis-
lature to ea amend olettse 515 mid? tellevving
clauses of the Municipal -Act, referringlei the
opening of . boundary lines, as to apply"to
township roads leading to rivers forming tovties
• ship, •beundatiee. Itefeend to 'Road. emu].
Bridge Ceittniittee,", '
• MoVed,13/Stgr:Hegerths gee. by Mr..Esioit,
that the. mutsicipetity,Of Beyfield and ',.Steph- •
en, and, any otho inuniripality iliich may
need hand cuffs, may he sep-pited witb one
paiseacis and that the Clerk be instraCted,to
roonto : .
.Moved by Mt. Sheehan, sec, by Mr. Wein-
mon, that the Clerk be inetructed to columnnicate with.,tho 'Trustees' of the,ingli $cheolt
of Gerleeich, Cliuthe and SeMotth, to regent,
the Beards to furnish this Council ,witti a
statement in detail of the expenditure of -each
High Schools to he laid,befOre the Olouneilsn'
ita Meeting, in :fusee nesi.-40arrsed., . •
' Earn" b• of Mimeo CoMmittee, was read!. •
. . • .
• • REPORT OP TILE FINANCE,' cOMM/TTEE. '
The-follevitrig. Matter hiteing, been referred ,
_tosent...eatansittee .afteesdue ..cetsideratieh
they recomittencl as follows --That thepati-
tion of the Rifle Association of Ontario bo not
granted: .That thesum ef $50 bo .paid to Mr.
Meyer, in full of bisileteim as recommended bY
Mr. Bey. That this Council do. Pay .half, the
account as; submitted by Councilof tomb- a
ten, on the basis Of the agreement ;Made in re-
ferende to the Grand'Beed Bridge., s
Motion of Mr Keine to raise $3;000to int-. b
prove boundary.' linos, reccimmencLthat it be'
granted, • With reference -to the .employement,
of a short -hand reportersreceiiineled- that it, .
be left in the hands et the Warden and Clerk
with power to act if neeessaiy. r 0
The report of the_Treasurer Of the receipts -
And eapenditure for the Year 1879,, be teem.,
ea 'and printed in the minutes! , and; thattlio
• e. • e
money to tin seredit of the oinking fluid. be b
invested an soon as:prectioahle, and that no.IM
,terest be chatted at the -county tate Until if- •
teethe 14.411 .daY. of February, in each gent. T
That . the following accounts • be , paid t -t.
'Holmes& Son, $86,20; Passim% •$9,50; T. -1
J. Moorehouse„ $5.05 ; Wirighana Tinter, $4 t
Geo. ShopPard, Sus ; . If, McGrattan $18 s
Howie]; Reel/piaci $2--; W. H. Reiniferd, 35s s
13; Thos. Hays, attendance at the Grand Bend
bridge to.fintilly gable and accept contraat 'as 6
-OOmpleted, $1.1;.J.Martin, $4;.S.& S.StanlakeA
113; L. Hardy for inipecting epilet driving at ,
boundary between Huron and Middlesex,ste., 0
$29 ; Geo. Tedford, removing jam at Summer.
hill bridge,, 88; D. Menzin, eeieien 'on
county bridges, $o ;.A:Itay, plane and sent,'
ficaticens, $16; D. Manson, caretaker of to
Clinton hickupi $20.;:a.nortork, supPliee for re
Court House, $17,68; Thstt tho motion . for. a m.
grant of $800 for the purpose Of a County Show ti"
be'defetted to the June Meeting. That the
Ann of $100 'be granted to the town of Olintat
for the peeves. of • rebuilding ther.loelttip,
That. the Accounts of expellee* for the Road sE
Ocimmitittionere appear perfectly. satisfactory, th
and.. yeur conirnittee redornMend that the sem° in
Mailed as to theie appointment be ,sidopted
Report of and Court House 9_matei,ttee-•
was road and Adopted.
JAM. atm COT/RT HOME comurrrir
Your committee beg to report that t ey Stave
visited and carefully inspected the jail; found
it clean andwellkept, and the ofilemle omu,,
teens. There are at present- incarcerated At•
teen persons ; thirteen melee and We females.
Your committee regret to and that four of the
inmates are insane, but are pleased to learn
the• necessary -steps aro being taken for their
removal to the Asylum. Theyllea 'regret to
report that they found the drainage defeotive.••
in fact ie no use, and would recto/Rinse:aid that
it be examined„bY a primer person, ..a_nti
pceeereToy;ktrinorgkobra60-1.eite to put the ;same in pro -
We would algo recomraend that'two strait
taekets, one for males and one for feutales, bo
procured for use in jail, one nisht-stool and a
stoveffor the dace, as the One now in 'use is •
very defeettve. Thosselethitigreeemmagied
to be procured kr use in the tail bits been or-
dered, but not yet .arrived. All of *link is
respectfully 'submitted. • •
dolor Karam, -Chairmen.
eiReport of Salarin Committee, read and
adapted. •
REPORT OF THE SALARDhl COMMITTEE.
' Recommend that the Raliiry of the.isit.
Mat-
ron be increased by $50, and. that the sadorin
of all officials remain at the sittnefigure aslast
year. 'AII of which Is respectfully subraittecl. '
Xprta Liman, Chairmen.
The, Colman then adjourned tilt 7;30,
- Connell tom:tied.. -
The report -of the School and Printing...Om-
mittee was theti,:read, . .
. SCHOOL AND ; PRINTING REPOT. ,
The School and Printing Ootamittee'e re- • • •
port was almost wholly taken tvith refer'
enoe to bills before the Local Legislature,
amending the.Municipal Act, copies of which
were sub/ratted by Mr. Roses for the
purpose of gettingth&opinion•of the Council. '
on the same. The cornfilittoo recommend
that the tentlerof the Exeter. Times tor print.
ing be aceeptedpit being the hitheat ;ttletton
XI:sr Etta being next; Sestfottit&poetor third, ,
arid Goderich Star fourth. •
: Moved by Mit...Leckie, see. by Mr,: Hays,
that the School hha, Printing ireport be so .
emended as to instruct MIT remsentatives in
the Local Legislature to use thentiefluenett to
prevent the bill- abolishing market..fees from.
becoming the leth of this Province, as we eon -
shier it an arbitrary measure,-Oerried. ,
..Letter from Mr. Ferran, resigning his
trusteeship of Clinton Righ Scheel was reed; , •
Moved by Mr. Chidley. seosby Mr.. Debtor,
that it be accepted; and that Mr. Wastes be
appointed in Ins plade..2•Cathicals ;
• Moired. by, Mr: Carrie Sec. 4. Girvio,
that the 'sum. et b'e ;granted' to 'each, of
the three Riding Agricultural- &Met* in the
County; to. -be:, by them distribtited as :the. •
gateernmett grant .now is amongst the Several •
branoli Sticieties within the riding.--Carrieds
- • ska•anceent
motionsof-Me, Gaunt, see. by Mr. Gifyiii;
O ..notassutten..,intinee cconseerses:
Thci-.report of the Read and Brido Com.;
rnitte.3, as follewsi wakthen, road.
• • Year ConusAittee bog ,to ;report as follows "
on the 'Vithioal.ntattere subinitted fop. their
.coistideratiouS they weld& recommend . that' ‘, •
the treasitter be authorized to pay the:trues
urde. of Lanniton; the -baleen, of our .shaze
that May Mill be unpaid, as wen ei the War-
thnst;esiess.eCed°413$0:-.tahTe°11:tbder of T. Bahia.% .
tine, for building he Blaelt Creek Bridge on .
for the esum- of '$673, be, accepted; and. '
that Mr: Hatay itetrected to hare. the
.cOntraet 'cloSed. • :
They Mcorentend that the ,apptoecheg fif• e,
biftlge on the line -between Heron and .Middies
scx. be widened. So as to be safe, on condition
thaC.13iddnipli pay half ,t116,cost,'-
•• Reccanisienet that the neesnar • he a'
ro
he -tiOne, to the. &tilde Bridges between Steeks......---
en and MeGillivreys if. itliddlenx
thereon; Tiney,salso recommend' that
-the's-1Mo be ilt--7,iset---s-fatstn Stephet fie, re,
baited. ,•:. • •
Recorelmend, that -the .alontinente of Wrois
Mee Britto bit buffet' eadarinstead tf note, . ,
Mt there is great 'ditlieuley irsknding a stable
fentidatiou for stone; and..the'Cost. of suitable .
atone will be yety thigh;and- that the, need-
ta,ry changes 'tit thts plans be mak, m'' as to •
make the mmentrueturo: euitable for . ceder
ahlitteents, Sind crib's...filled with Stone ands
covered withogravel ors ten, atidthat the con.: -
tract lie acaleil -tender.
Recommend that
built of stone, with 4 span of •ten feat, covered
with.. coda dither,. ,with a• covering- of „ one
oot of gravel. . . • .•
• IleCommend that Slit, ablitmetate of the
bridge on the tolinOro t'oad., 14g 'built Of cedar,
ad the span to be. thetenie as at pretent: '
RecOmmetul that the, matfett for bedding a
ridge on the line between Vsborein
and Hib-
ort boAratted. , • s • S.. •
Allot which it respectfully submitted.,
7,A, Gmsons.Chaiinsiii.
' loamy's naronv
Since ,last•theeting'Of the Council thebridge.
it the Wendell Hee' between' Middlitex,mul .‘•
finron.hase been completed. The appremdies
should be wichnied and, raised higher.. I hive
iamined the SaublebriagW.on.the boundary
theabr thene whInter lalgatillovitradaYtataelitineld
way eine p'oett and teritee.ont;ef the -centre bent.
his bridge will need-eonliderable repairs' or
ohm' rebuilding.... Theft alSo a small.
ridge on the-Londoia.roadAetween Hay and
nekenegettli. that' vhill rehudding this
limner. The Sauble Midge between Tray And .•
rteepPattia'teptrialifer•BAn8d nerecififieria. n; f'lleri{r*?Blax10%
reek bridge; between -Stephen ancl.Hay, kind
eielleibv:dlititantieetfoyrortelaftiorildyinetrg tahvepeakocatea,iwhich,
f which is 'respectfully inbinitted.
:Lariat% Road ComtnissieneeS
: Di IL Mathztes Retests' -;
Since last meetingef Connell the approakee'
Help's bridge hs been completed. • At the •
quern and in Company with Att. Gibsou; I .
amined,axid tOokriteastaretttent of Wroxeter
ridge, and had. plans And amielfications• pre, .
and for a new structure, Which will belayed '
fore you at this nieeting'for yeale Approval. ,
Would. recomened that the corde of the new
inOtiite be coveted With galvanized iron on
e 6011 Side to preVent,the thet, fora getting
to *leen. This could be astne.at A owit net
odeaiiig $100. At the requeet Said it Cont.
.10.th Mr. Hays, 1 examined &leveiJgo,ae
ctfuilly
bolittod. •
hydeafrelel eatietieti it is otele for At least
ad andhe.r paea:d...A.,11, wield gh:aiiI3etelstelt‘
ad and. paned.
By-law, appointing County Aliditers, was
13Yslaw, appointing Beard Of Atidit, was
lititx2rta.
Bysltetv, appointing -1109 an se 0
raiment Waif road And pained.
The Connell thin adjourned to meet again
the hreit Ttneclay iu June next.
for the present year. All of whieh is reepect,
Billy ethyl -fitted.'
P. W. Yeoman*, Chairtettn,
lVfoved in, amendment by Mr. Leckie, sea nu
by Mr. Carter, that the report be amended
by, instructiug Mr. Adainson to employ a
shortband.reporter for the &MC selanenesse re
Oarried._ , .
Moved by Mr. 1,Yeir, See. by Mr. (ilium, re
thet the report be atnetded by neither grants
ing or. deft - the •$860- inked ter Cotenty ini
sh ovh, -Carrie .
The Tteport, at amended, was then wdeptea oit
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