The Clinton New Era, 1878-11-21, Page 4jeft on the Conservative
louse, fit to be leaden.
.of London, is about the
d respeetable man -left,
will likely be'disputed by
who has long aspired to
and, if cheek and inselenee
one for the Position, lie, of
well qualified for it.
tUr OVA.
01P THE ,00UNtY,
NOV. 21, 1878,-
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N iSniTA IN; .
Q
sultry have had.some
eye think. and .call
Qi' twO pest, but
Convetlionee that
mee_ evith and en -
re aro as , what the labor -
ng classes W ve'tcy endure in Eng-:
land foe eomo menthe to come A few
years ago when the foreign demand for
English _goods'was'brisk, the, operatives
forced up, wages to itehigh..figure, induc-
ing many from the rural districts to
flock into the maimfacturing towns, thus
lessening the number ef.ageionituree, :la-
borers, and enabling therniostuen to force'
up wages, causing good times fox:: labor-
ees ; a coodition of things that: they be-
lieved themselves net only faiely.entitled
to but would always continue,' if not
grow better.' • Laboring under this idea
they did, not • trouble then elves about
• the future and prepare for it , saving
some of their earnings, bet 'if smiled
all as they went along. Now., tide.
• has terned ; the customers._ of Engl
have- curthiled eheir and • manu-
facturing is almost breugh too, stend.
still. The wages of operatives, haVe
not only been reduced, bUt the ,farm ik
borers have now to submit to its, reduc-
tion, bringing tlio wages down to abeet
frefir ten to -fourteen shillings a weak,
If Arch, the great agitate -for an in-
crease in farm laborers' wages, hadurged
his fellow laborers to emigrate, and the,Se
who could to take. up, ;land, instead • of
aiding them to force up wagee
there would have been a Aifterent tale;
to tell this winter. The only:Way th
permanently improve the physical cert.;
dition of the English agricultural labor-
er, is to lessen their ninnber, se that
the supply shall not be 'greaterthan the
demand.
• As England is the lest to he seriously
affected by the depression, she will also
be the last to feel the relief. NearlY
all her customers are in a circumscribed
condition, financially, and it will take
them some time to. recover, se that
-they can again he.cotne puh
rcesers of
her manufacturcs. T111' that time ar-
rives her operatives will have to live
• epon short commons, and miler ether
inconveniences, and it aPpeais to he the
fact that mankind will iniblearn which:MI
only theough suffering. There is no
real necessity far any able todieil pee -
son suffering' front the lack of the 'recce -
series of life,- under 'ordinary" circum.
• stances, for their Jabot? 14 always in :de-
mand. at eetes that will givethem a
• substantial living, in some piece or tetlibr,
There is yet, epoir the North Atneri-
can continent', more land that cent be
converted into as produetive farms as
, are now tilled, that in the whole of
Europe. So long as there is idle land
to be taken possession of andturnedinte
°- productive farms,,there should be tip one
complaining' of the lack of indium to
ma‘ke e
MITE OPPOSITION 14EMIOOSHIP4,
"al
The question that is now reeeiving
attention lia1i be -leader Of
the Opposition in the Local Legislature."
As Mr. M. C. Cameron, the former
leader, hes been appointed a, judge, it
has given rise to this question. ' Them
s
6.
FACTIMERS) WANTS.
anuftestivers of Ontario have
ting in council over the
Wa-
j?olicy, and their views, after a
salon, have found expressien in a
of resolutions. They want ----:-
tariff so framed as to give effect to the
erdict of thepeeple b ietee iris-desire:IS but
effectual protectiou to ,all the industries stilted
to the country, . , • '
They Want such duties ou %reign farm pro -
duets and breadstuffs as will seeure for our
farmers awl millers the markets ef the 'Mari-
time Provinces, -and such duties on coel and
the economic) ores ae will secure tc) 410 Minorti
of the ,Meritinia Provinces the maKleets of
Ontario and guebee. ,
They want a -reduction of the ports 61 en.
try and a rigid euforeemeet of the penalty
against fraudulent valuation,
They Want a 13arean a Statistics..
--e-Therevetriteeesebsidized line of steamers to
ply betweenoCerda aud tropioal ports. •
They want Hidifai "establighed as a winter.
port, and -facilities for shipping freight over
the Intereolonial.
They want the Canadian Pacific Railway
built' tied equipped.
, They want Canadian indatatries represeated
at the Now South Wales International Ex-
hibition of 1080. •
• 1 '
It will be seen that they want every
facility Or both home and foreign trade,'
ail: are 'desiinus that large sums elieuld
'be expended for' this purpose, 'but, at
. • • .
the same 'time, they urge the adoption
of aepolicy :that, would obstruct foreign
trade, at least. • What good worth" reSult
from stibsidizing,a of -steamers to 'the
tropics if W,p adopt' o protective, policy?,
and, also what is the use of aiding ex-
hibitors to go to New South' Wales if.
:we are net -willing to -receive -their pro -
duets for our inenefactures1 •
'The wholething is simply ;to throw
dust in the eyee. of the farmers to:get.
them to permit the imposition Of more
duties on manufactures in -this country:,
•DIS,0*SSAX,..
•
•
. Ottawa despatches repent that Mr..
Btickieghain has been dietniSsed fium
. -
the.position of-Detioty Minister of the
, • .
Interior. His• place is to be filled, by
Col. Dennis, late Surveyor -General;
Mr. Lindsay Russell is appointed Sur-
veyor -General; end Mr. Andrew 'Bus-
sell. Assistant Surveyor -General. ..This
• dismissal of Mr..Buckingham, or even
the change of office, if the position is
not eepraf te the one he is removed frein,
• is an act of injustice to him, not in keep-
ing with fernier practice, and augurs bed
for the future.- If one can be removed
More can, and the reeult May be an en-
tire change of the dill service with
evert change of government. ; As a ser-,
Tint of the government we dciubt *he=
ther his eqUal will be fund, and we aro
canfident his 'superior will not. We
speak from actual knowledge, and knew
Min to be indefatigiible in performing
anything. that may develve upon him
But the real truth is, office was want-
ed and office they will have, if theft: is
any passibility of getting it, and it was'
soon made evident that Mr. Bireking-
hainfs piece was to be Made vacant for
sone one; nridit only required time to
prove this, •
. .
•
II:see:to the, election, the' qiiestion of
"Who Pays the duty V' Was replied to
by Conservative, papers with '" The
Prochwer," and farmers were led to b.
live that on every Linn, the3r sold to
go to the United States they lost, $O;
that the wheat and oats coming into"
this country fr.om.....th.
irice here, and many were ,led to -,bee
lieve that just as SOIL as Sir, joint was
returned to power, this would be ehaeg-
ed. If the arguments, were sound and
true, why do the, present state of affairs
exist 1 Sir John is in power, but farmers -
are sellfni their horses as before.; Ante-
rican wheat and oats still co:nein.; why
do net our' cetemporearies protest against
it, if they believed their own arguniente,
but this is just where the hiith is—they
don't believe them.
4•-• '
LAD DUrrilltnt paid alilyitig visit to
the Canadian department Paris Eiposi.
thinly -last -week, and although packing
up had commended, expressed himself
'well -pleased with the display.
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• 14HE CLINTON NEW ERPA.
EDITORIAL NOTES. •
. 0,01a1TX Connell will meet in (ode -
ick on the 3rd of Decanting' *ext. •
IT Is rumored that during the Mar-
quis of Lerne's retention of office as our
Governer•Qeneral, it is the intention of
the other tnombers of the Royal Family
. .
to pay Canada a visit. ,
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•
' The tariff committee at Termite includes
a paper maker. No doubt all good Na-
tional Policy journalists •would gladly pay
a higher price for their paporr—totiefoit
A.tittertiser.
They will else, no doubt, heeled to learn
thakthe same party Was recently endea-
voring to, get up a combination emong
the paper makeeir—whichmeent 8 high -
or price all round. .
A large -,anteeit. of cordwood is • now
droplet; tile river elaily, and being sold in
Detroit: The weed haulers fiod they can
afford to pay the American eolleetions
rather than sell 1141,51 wood at, 8'50 per
cord. -- •'
We clip the' above from. the London
"Free Press, wLioli is notes careful now
as it wds a short time ago to -keel; ant of
its columns airyting, thateyould damage
its arguments as to iThe paid the Anie-
ricer). duties, In:the above meotioned
:wood busieess • who . Paid the duties?
The Windsorites can get their wood at
450, but the people in Detroit must
payaboVe that e.tirri and also the—ilnties-
added, The consomerossennot, get Out
of paying the duties.
MAery people wonder when the terra
Of the peesent Local Legislatanotoopires,
and considerable discussion , has taken:
place hereon. -The • following, taken
froni the 85th section of the Act of Con:.
federation, may assiat interested ..parties
in arriving at a unanimous conclusion:
"Every Legislative Assembly of Cote-
rie shall continue for four years front the
day of diet:kin:1i of the writs her dimming
the same (subject, nevertheless, eto being
Bonner dissolved by the. Lieutenant Goy-
ernor of the Province) and no longer."
. AS THE writs for the -present House
Were issued on the: 23rd day of bee.,
1874, and were Made returnable on the
2nd -day ofFeb., 1875,..it will bo seen
thatthe prelent Legislature can continue
tintil thee2fid , day of Feb, next.. .No
doubt the writs for a now'election .will
be issued stanewhere in the vicinity of
tins
Political and. Personal Notes-
• Dr. Haney, M. P. 'P., for Merck, died
on Monday. •.
• The Loma Reuse will meet .about the
7th of January. . • •
Protest'has been fyleO against the to -
turn of Dr, Strange for North York. • • .
The Ettet Eigite 'Conservatives have no-
tninated-Mr. Samuel Day for the Local,
ItIr:D, D. Calvin, M. P. P., is the Con-
servative candidate for -the, representative
Frontenac in the Local Homes.
• A banquet is td be given Col. Walker,
previoutete hie departure for England, by
hie Reform friends of London.
•The Hon. Mr: and Mrs. Mackenzie left
Ottawa for Toronto on Friday evening,
where they take up their residenre.
Nene of the members of the original
Sanifield Macdonald Government are now
members of the Ontario Legislature.
It IS rumored that Mr.Beaudry, the
Mayor, of Montreal; is to he knighted by
the Marquis of Lorne. It is likely nothe
ing more than runuorl • '
With the exception of two Bills brought
in by leg Meredith, of London, the pres.
ent Opposition in the Ontario Legislature
have not placed'a single publie Act on the
statute books oOthe conntry, • e
• Hon. Mr, Anglin is at Ottawa settling up'
matte's in connection with the Spealcership,
making needed appoietments, etc. He will
hold the positron until the meeting of Par -
Nutrient, and electioneof a new Speaker.
On Wednesday a nuMber of the Conser.
waive electors of Bothwell met at Thames -
villa and entertained Mr. and Mrs. j. J.
,Hawkins at a dinner. In the 'course of the
proceedings Mre, Hawkins was- made the
recipient of a gold watch, together with a
cernplinientaryaddresa,
Chief Jostice Hagerty has been promoted
to the, Chief Justiceship of the Queen's
Bench, vacant by the death �f Chief justiee
Hawse& •Mrs Justice 'Wilson suceeede
Chief Ititticeilalaity in the Common Pleas
and Hon, Matthew Crooke Cameron has
been appointed a Puisne Judge, in room of
Wilaon promoted. --
The Duke of Edinburgh, commanding
the Black Prince, arrived at Halifax on
Monday. • He will remain there till the ar-
rivaref the Miersquia and Marchioness of
Lorne, who are expected to reach Halifax
itext Saturday. In the meantime, active
preparations are in progress in Halifax,
Montreal, Ottawa, and -other cities to give
their Excellencitis a suitable welcome.
At one of the campaign meetings in. Hu-
ron, the irrepressible J. Hawkins, after
a lengthy harangue, put the query ,1—" Is
there a single Grit present V! Aye,"
shoulecl a sturdy Itefortne,.. from amongst
the crowd, "Well, how do you fell II00/
queried Hawkins, :Yearling, of course, after
the taatigation he had given the party.
Like it grairief wheat hi a bushel of mute
dirt," replied. the quick witted Reformer.
The laugh was against Hawkins and he
Up to the 15th inst, twelve election pe-
titiens have Peen filed in Ontario, seven
in Qiiebeo, ten in New Brunswick, and one
Manitoba. pf the Ontario protests five
are ageinst Reformers and seven againet
Conserv:aloes. In Qubbe c three are agaiust
Reformers aud four against, Conservatives.
In New Bremewtok three are against Con.
servetives (tad given -spinet Reformers,
and in Manitoba the single • petition is
against -a Reforiner, -
The following is Watatement of tbe eleo.
tion expensee of lierace Horton, Esq., for
Centre Hurep, at the (Option for the one
of Comments, held on September 1.7th :—
Livery. hire, $100,75 ; printing and adver-
tising, 24.5Q;$canvaesers and bill pastels,
893 ; campaign sheets, 1O;$circula ling Mid
postage on campaign sheets, 7.25;$deposit
with returning officer, $50.; travelling ex-
penses, .$9O5; personal expenses of •canal-
datcl S102.25; total, $456.80.. ,
We aro at leapt a long way ahead, of the
Mother Ceentry in one thing. namely, in
the cast of an election contest. While in
Canada there is no excuse for a oandidete
for ParliaMentare honours spending Much
beyond a few hendeed dollare, in •Gretit-
Britain the legal expenses are invariably
reckoned by the thousandsof .pouncis. A
case in point in the recent election le Ar.
gyleihire for the seat left vacant lye the
•Marquis of Lorne, where the ehargee
agate:it the two candidates—Lora-0°1in,
Campbell a younger brother of theMar-
quis and Mr. Malcolm--anmented to
£16:000. The conteet wee the first for
• some years at which any active canvassing
had taken place, and this hotel—and-livery
stable keepersmade hest. to •pluck the.
pigeons. -
COT. EMPOR414Y.217:077E.S..
crho rum ETU ilbes+o0 neceimailly =lona' every-
thing appearing keen Mlle to.tnno wider this hescing,‘
B opinions boiug gtroa as 5 Matter. of news]. •
Our.leaders are at Ottawa giving . form
0 the great National- Policy,;! -We are
meat anxious tie see it putto work, for the
prosperity promised has pot begun to ap7;
pear.--lifentreei Spertator.
' Whether as leader . os follower, Mr.
Blake's re-entrance into pnielle life will be
welcomedby men of all shades of opinion.
Able politicians are nc>t;se plentiful that
the country can afford to lose a gentleman
of his capecity•fer publie'affairs.—Torento
'11• 1Ant' 'Ottawa paper gives currencyto a
rumor' that Parliament will not be Catlett to'
meet for cleeptioth of business beferelViarch.
What!. No Natio, 4,Tiy•7;;"'1ley . till March;
and the " slaughter nirket" business on
full blast? Shades of the teeny &there of
Protection, never.--Zondon Acleertfser.,
• • The Pa Mall .Gazette, imea.king of the
new Ministry. of Sir John Macdonald, u ho,
it pays, may be regarded as "a political
einigtant to 'Manitoba," remarks that Sir
John " will find it inmessible to satisfy all
the claims that will be Pressed upon him.
Yet unless he can de so hie majority; great
as it' is, will aeon be honeycombed with
mutinies and undermined by schismatic
atnbitton.
Who woeld not like to be an American
• farmer? asks. an exchange. The protec• -
tion policy of the Government enables hith
to iciltsin aillt-lence. From n. private letter
received from Adel, Iowa, it is learned;
that corn brings the mangificent sum of
twolvesind a half cents per bushel ou the
cob; oats can be lied for seventeen cents
per bushel ;and hogs for $2 per cwt. live
weight.—Stratford Beacon. • "
The Quebec papers are laughing at ,the
ignorance of Canadian geography now and
then displayed by the leading Etiglisb
journaLs. 'The latest instance of this was
in the statementothat Lord Dufferin hed
_embarked at Ottawa for England. But
eien this was nothing to the ignorance dis-
played by the Home'authorities when not
many yearsago, they gave intitruotions
that a couple of gunboats being prepared
for possible duty on the Canadian lakes,
should be fitted up with tanks foroarrying
fresh water.—Toronto Telegram.
• Mr. Cameron's election in South Huron
• has been protested. This is merely a
Splenetic act, and, we have every reason to
believe, will ainount to nothieg, unless it
be a bill of law costs on Mr. Porter:and
his friends. It would have been .better
for Mr. Porter to have submitted -with
good grace to the drubbing lie rec'eived on
•the 17th of Sept, than to be whining over
the result as he ie now doing. It is not
pleatant to be a defeated, candidate, but
Mr. Porter sought the defeat, and new
that he has received it, he should bear if
like a man. -:-Brussels Post.
• Now that Sir John MaceouaId has office
and a swig $9;000 a year, ',paid quarterly
into his banker's he can afford to look at
the Miseries of this country through gold
spectacles which soften the distreas which
used to drive him furious.. as he gazed
through hie out -of office glasses upon a,
groaning agonized peOple, for whom his
patriotic soot yearned to do them good.
When he thought .of the " flies on the
wheel" who stood between him and a
comforable berth at the public expense, it
was galling.te.him to. see how the populace
was suffering. Now it is different, and it
is a question whether ho liver thinks of
• that popolace at all oi not. —limnittea
Time& •
4.The Conservative leader in Canada
having weir his victory BOOMS at a loss to
know what to do with it., Ile has proinis.
ed a protective tariff for the benefit of
-0anactians mamtfacturers ; but to' make it
really protective he must make it an equal
barrier agaitist the introduction of English
and American goods. Discriminating
(luting against the United States would not
help the infant manufacturers of the Do-
minion, because the Mother Country
would command its markets end break
chervil its domestie industries. Like all
ether protectionists, those of Canada wish
to be proteoted against low prices, ,which
they cat never be if their tnarkets are
flooded with:British gooda admitted at low
rates of duty. But if Sir John Macclons
ald's Government legislates against British
trade it will incur the ilt will •of the whole
British people. Theo difficulties make him
pause, and it will requite more skill than
he posstees to frame it tariff Which will at
once satisfy the Canadian raa,nufaeturors
and rotate the friendship of the Mother
subsided. , Country, —/fcte York Kea,
•
a
40t
Daring leelieertes.
The following daring robberiee have all
ocourred- within the past few days:—.
About two &chick on Friday neerningi
t1� family of Mr, S. N. Olmstead, vello.
side al3eat, a mile and &half fromAneaster
Village, wove rudely awakened frOra steep
by the entrance -of five naked men, The
burglars went quietly to Work and packed
every member of the family into one roem
and 'then set one ruffian as a gua,rd,,over
therm Four of themthen proceeded to
itearah the premises, and coming across a
looked safe, fOrped.a y/oung male member'
of the family to Oed: the key and open it,
The robbers then ransacked the atrong
box and everydrawer, etc., ii the home.
The peopeeds.of their search amounted to
beteen $30 and $O0 in money, and a re:
'velver. Having thoroughly searahed the
whole lemur, the burglars departed as
myeteriously as they had Owe, leaving the
family in aestate of utter bovildertneet.
•.This ia Ono of the most daring outrages
that has ever been perpetrated in, this sec.
tion of Canada, end savors,' more of the:
deluge O out weste' then of title 'pi:CO:ince,
On Wednesday morning a 'clespdrate at-
teeopt was made to „rob °the premises :of
Mr. Herdsman, treasurer �f the township
.of Ottoodage. On Tuesday afternoon Mr.
John Graham, township collector, brought
to the treasurer's residence the BUM .of
$2,000, which, he had collected, and ns it-
• was too late to take the itmeey to Brants
• ford -to deposit it in the bank Wiled to be
kept in the house over night. • Mrs. Soulea,
the wedewed daughter of Mr. fleedernao,
litei a preeentiment of clangor, Mot asked
Mr. Graham to case the eigtt in, their
house; lest rabbet's, takin.g adeaetagn of
Herchenen's :age and iiifirmity,would
attetnpt to commit 'a robbery, Mr: Gra-
ham coneented,and the housebblcl retited
to rent at an early hour. About one o'clock
the next mornieg Mr. Graham Was- awak-
ened by a noise -and he immediately gay°
the alarm, and rushing into the hall saw
four men, MOS, just opening the door of
Me. Herdsman s remit. . A cry for guns,
•and the Shrieks of tho Women and children,
• •
apparently frightened the robbers; who
made a hasty retreat, eed. were driven off
in a waggon which was awaiting. 'In all
probability Mrs. Soules' Presentiment Of
clanger saved the, township the loss of the
.$2,000: "
• 4. cash hex Containing from $t,290
to $1;500 in notes and money was stolen
from the 'store of Mr. Henry Lyman, in.
the village of Scotland, in broad daylight;
on Saturday last. .
Mr. W. .Guest a London toWnship:farin
er, came into London, oto Thursday, and
after drinking a considerable quantity of
liquor, Went to John •Lewis' betel, Rich -
Monti steeee. Here he made the apqintin-
tames of e man named Patrick McGuinness,
.with whom he drank anouple. of tithes, at
• the !tame time expesing his large peeket.
book containing his money. , During the
'eftertioon Guest became very tired and laid
• down in the sitting -room, When he was
awakened he discovered that his pocket-
book Was miesing, The, preprietorsof the
ficente was informed of the fact: and sits;
picion fell iiponMeGuinness. Search -was
.sit-onee made.for thtsindividnal, but, on
his being found, he denied all knowledge
of the missing moitey.: A Watch was haw.
ever, kepronollie .actions; onedite-wito teen
to enter the stable.. A man who had been
looking after him entered e minute or two
afterwaieleand foiled him with the motley,
$65, in his hands; He was accordingly
arrested. • The poaket=boolc containing $3;-
006 in valuable papers hee not, however,
been: discovered as yet. The victim in
this dee , has been frequently 'robbed bo-
lero,' but otill will•not take the lessone give
en him to keep sober. •
Aegus MeLarty,'of Dun wich, a few
days ago sold farm to a mareresiding in
Caledonia, and the teems of the sale were
that one thousand dollars were to be peid
in cash, the purchaser being allowed time
• for the balance.. TheCaledonian left Ham-
ilton per G.W.R., on Friday last; for St.
Thotints, hiving the $1,000 safely in his
• pocket, as he thought. After passing
flarrisburg a gentlemanly eppearing stran-
ger eat down in the car beside. hini, end
entered intnconversation, in the course of
which the .too.confidiog man , unbodomed
himself to his heir made friend. • The
stranger presently pulled •out a flask and
invited Ms coin pauion to take a drink, and
the latter Casting caution to the winds; did
so. Ile was almost -immediately overcome
with drowsiness, and on awakening when
Parte- was reached, found that the obliging
"friend" had disappeared.rafter abstract-
ing hi a pocket-heok conteilline the $1,000
from the inside pocket of his coat. There,
course,:ne-,e, lue to -the rogue: .
•
• IliMON ITEMS.
Mr. .James H. Benson is spoken Mies
a candidate for the Beeveslup of Sea,
fenth. -
• The family of Mr. Kepple Disney
left.Bluevele on Tuesday Morning last
for Kansas.
OnMondaylaet Master Samuel Sweet,
of Exeter,- cut his foot badly
chopping in the bush, .
Mr. jetties Loadinae; of Hay, wee of-
fered $250 forehie heavy draught brood
niare, a few days iince, but refused -it.
He wes also offere,d $150 for his yearl-
ing fitly, by the same man, and refused
it,
• 31r, Alexander Moir, of the :la con-
cession of Usborne had the misfortune
to lose, a valuable horse last week. It
received injuries while working on the
horse -power of it threshine, machine,
which caused its death. •
Last week, Mr. John Roe% of Hedger -
returned from Manitoba, where he
has been residing since last spring.
Mr. }loss lits purchased abont thirteen
hundred aeres in the vicinity` of Emer-
son and intends to return to Manitoba
early next, spriftg,
A race took& Place at Goderich, on
Tuesday, on Melton Driving Park, for
a purse of $200 a side, between the Mack
• mare iillOy4 owned by E. .11,„ Palmer, of
Ooderieh, and the hay stallion Amber,
'ZiovExent „21.", 187$,
2, 3, Pilke,y, of Erampton.
the first heat. Time, 240.
Amber won the three next heats, Time,
2.35, 2,30 and 2.37.
Mr, William Hayden, who has beeti
statienouaeter at Exeter on the Lonclou
Huron and Bruce Railway eince - its
opening, has been prombted tg the
Weedetook station,
The young men of Blueirale are band.,
ing together in order to start a lodge of
the Independent Order of Eoresters,
Th,d, have about thirty names on their:.
list, and expect to. organize in a few
days,
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'Miss Smith �f the 3rd department and "
Miss Campbell of the.4th department of
the public eehool, BrUssels,_svere re.:engag-
ed for next year et their fernier salaries
of $326 each,' MissiFlorsytb, of the 5th
department, was else re-engaded at $275,
being an increase of $25. •
Two young gelloWs belonging to Brus-
, .
eels pushed an old gentleman natned,
Green, iaf Grey; off the .sidewalk into _
the ditch One day week, He fel-
lowed--thein, -and had them 'before the
Magistrate inside of fifteen minutes.
The fellows were enly too glad to settle
the matter .and pay costs. ' TWO ought
to be-to:warning to otherTast yotingetero: 1„
Says an IiIxoter paper: --4. young inan •
lodged in the lookup on Monday byway
of proyidiog hitn with shelter,. Whose
story is 'pathetic. He refuses to give
his mune, but seers lee ,ion away ftoni
hie parents in England, and on the, way -
was robbed �t • his trunk and. £20
•stg, • fie has .been:peekine work all'the
Way up. the country but has. met with
succes's, and has even. in thiebencl ef,
• plenty beennearly starved. • •
The dwelling house, barn stable and ‘.
other out -buildings on the faint Of Mr. .
James Longworth,lot 8; ,goncesSion 2,
Weye pprepletely destroyed by • , „
Ate on Sunday night, Mr. Longworth
Vas awakened about 12 .e.cloele on that ..
night by the cinckling- of the flamesnini
'smoke._ When he.awoke the houseoVas
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in flames around hint, and he bad barely
time 'tce secure the escape, of himself and. •
The'llre spread, to the barn and
.otit,builditigs, and the'whole with their
tentents, were consumed. !There was
nothing saved. The 'barns. .contained •
the 'whole of this-SeaSerea crop... The •
fire Was supposed to • :halve originated,'
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from a defective stove -pipe. O • • ”
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On Monday of last. week David ilavis
was brought before Judge Squier on it •
charge- of- obtaining goods under. false
pretends from Samuel Swale, Of Wings
ham, tit.representing that he had been. I
sent by Rebert. Herbertson. Prisoner ' '-
• had also been committed for ;trial on a ,
elierge of forgery, and as this case mink
• be tried at the assizes he elected to .be
ttiedbY, a 'jury at the assizes. anile
former charge„.also.. E1e was admitted • •
on the charge of forgery, hini-
self in $1,000 and two sureties in $500 ,
each, and on the charge a obtonfrig •
goods under false pretences; himself lie
$1,000 and tWo sureties in $200 eitelt,
Mr. 3'. R..HelmeS • of Holmesville," and-
Mr..Yeo, became sureties.
es.•••., ,
poundal ,-nott .0:inztavdal.;:
' Avrees.-OThere we's last week 45,000 bar- ,
rels of apples stored itt efootreal for shipment
to Europe. . . ,
. Country merchants, have commencedcon.t
signing dressed poultry.te Montreal Market; in ,
cases and barrels. • - . • •
Seocx.—Two thousand head of fat cattle
and four thousand sheep.were shipped. to Eng-
• land from Toronto last week.
• 11 it: expected that the steamer Sardinian.
the last of the Allan Line to leave Montreal
this season, will take out this we 38,900
38,900 '
boxes of cheese, weighing over 1,100 to a. The
exports of chetee from Montreal last week
amounted to 20,882 boxes, along With 6,388 '
packages of butter. 4
The Toronto Cattle Exporting CorareanY
have recettly received -large orders -from Eng., -
land for cattle to be supplied during the wee-
r& months. It is reported that there is an
unlimited demand for gobagradebattle weigh.
ing 1,200 lbs. each and upwards, and th'e build-
ing up of thie trade in Canada depends very
largely upon the farmers and, stock raisers.
• WILBAT x ST011E,--Tlie OtOek, of wheat in
store in New 'York city last week was 4,539,-
000 bushels upon that of the previous week,
and an increase 91 2,025,100 bushels over that
of the corresponding period last year. In
brief, the atnottet of wheat in sight is so enor-
mous as to preclude thepossibiliey otjin.yma.
tcrial advance i
prices n tho near future. -
Sale Register.
Household furniture. ori tho Olitiket •Squ'are;'
Clinton, on the 28rd Met, lYs Dielonsoie
euet.
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• BOR a
Teenrsex.--Iti Hullett, on the 17th inst., din
• wife of Mre John Thompson, of a son.
Itoutramestoeln Clinten, en the 19th Mat ,
• the wife of Mr. E. J, Routledge, of it
• StaoglitereolO lbs.
IAN/ARMED' .
num.—Love. Clinton, em the
hist:, by the Rev. Mr. Thomas, Mr, Geo.
Tibbel, to Miss Elizabeth Love, Seth of
• Hullette
Ritowx—Freottio-On the 13th- inst.'by the
G. A. _Mitchell, B. A, at the resi-
dence of the bride's lather, Mr. John
Tirown, furniture dealer to Miss May
Sane, only daughter oi•Meorgo Floyd,
Beg" all of Exeter. •
Mexteixo--OelaBineste—At the residence oS
• the briae's father, by tbe Rev, John
M. k., Mo Charles Manning, as-
sistant poetnitieter, of lizeter, to Miss '
Ceoilia MeBricle daughter of Mr. 'W.
Metfridi, of London..
Xtrrxr-1IcXxv.--On the lith 'Pstg..% Godes
• rich, by the IteV. James Broleyt
Henry tippet, of Goderich towtiship, to
elicet Catherine McKay, of Godetich.
DIED,
aoittox.—In Clinton, on the 14th inst., Chris.
• tine, second, daughter of Mr. Owego Ger-
• don, aged 17 years,
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