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The Huron News-Record, 1887-10-12, Page 24 k� House fo liat1$4 P9otw 404. Mare ;unitises fogy01c. It Crnnl►c, Mortgage Sale- Orerar , A I. Furntabrng Goghs-�acltson Bros. Children's Vlotlung--•Jeeltson'Bros. Me Huron HNws fleoord•• Wednesday, October 10, 18$7 THE Ht1 L'DIMAND ELECTION IT will be remembered that at the last general election on a re- count before County Judge Upper, Dr. Montague was declared elected ovor Mr. Colter, his Grit opponent, by a majority of one. The Grit press waxed wrothy thereat. Dr. ''"---Mbntague's seat was protested. The trial crime off last week before Chancellor Boyd. No charge of bribery or other illegal not was made against himself, and the charge of• bribery by agents broke down utterly and was abandoned. Nett, a scrutiny of votes was gout) .iuto. At the end of the scrutiny, a change olfour in tho count had been made by Chauccllor Loyd, taking away 1)r. Montague's majority of one, and giving Mr. Colter a majority of three ; but several ballots were re- served for further inspection ; and it is impossible to say how the count might now stand had tho .Judge passed upon these• ballot,. Judge Loyd disallowed some ballots allowed by Judge Upper and allow- ed other ballots which .Judge Upper threw out. But the changes worked +:oth ways. Chancellor Boyd threw out at least seven ballots for 11Ir. Colter which Judge Upper allowed. But prior to the trial and since it the Grit press have boon vindictive- ly asiailiu•g .Judge Upper for what they c tiled his partisan `conduct in tho reconu1.. By privateariangonlont after cunsiderablo bribery had been proven by Grit agents of Mr. Colter, the both parties privately agreed to take the case out of court and have a new election. As to Judge Upper's de cisions iu the recount, ,Chancellor Bnyal relieved hint of any party bills. Tho Chancellor iu assenting to the arrangement for a ROW eloction said :_ But there is another' matter .1 would refer, to before closing the Court, and that is the re-count. Some observations have been made, I believe, upon the discrepancy be. tween the results 1 arrived at and those reached by Judge Upper, This matter of counting the votes accord- ing to the rules of the statute is one on which people miry honestly dis• agree. One judge may think some• thing fatal which anotherjudge would not so regard. The law has not put 'din in the same position to, judge of the mark's as I possessed, for .he had no power to examine witnesses to explain what, unexplained,' might justify rejection. This element in thecalse shows`tlfirt one.resnit cannot be compared with the other, because evidence was given before me which Judge Upper could not pos. sfbly receive.. . His duty was not to receive evidence, but to take the ballots and count there ae they. a 'p• peered on their face, but he is not allowed .to receive evidence to ex- plain or impeach the ballots, which it is coinpetent for me to do, se that, .1tLis quite irrelevant to say that there has been different results because they have been passed upon by a differ. it judge dealing with different materials. •In this case I had evi- dence before mo which Jude Upper had not, and no comparison can be, urged between the results he arrived at and which I irrived at. I have to congratulate both parties in this case on having conteste:d....tlte cons stituoncy in a satisfactory and honorable way. It seems to me thorn were . no illegal_ practices worth speaking of, because the instances are very trilling and the amounts small. So that there is practically nothing to detract from the upright conduct of the candidature on both sides. THE BY-ELECTIONS, Since the general elections of Febrmi'vy hast, six electiu115 have taken place. 'Thl•y aro 1'.16t Bruce', I )cl t trio; South Victoria, Ontario; hestigouche, N. 13: Digby, N. S; South Renfrew, Ontario: Charlevoix. Qaebec. The election of Mr. Cilium for Charlevoix is a direct gain for the Government, as he takes the seat of his lute father, who hast session voted with the Opposition. The Government have gained two seats since the general election -South. Renfrew and Charlevoix -equal to four seats on a division. The result of the by-elections, plain a tabular form, is as follows: - Number of contests .5 Elected by acclamation 1 Total .6 Conservatives elected .6 Liberals elected ...0 Conservatives gains 2 And yet the Grit organs are as - fstlrtA ` oftaaio4.1 l•4P9 „Qx ,,e hien r tt ` lpg giauttd' ,she ref!si t Uric top cimnent q; ` titer 149.t6r+dl;'f.4tttQYelt4 11,ed. gest Wowcmosh, bliss Lizzie Magill is ou the sick list this week. Ur. Wnr; Potter was .homey 'WI Settuday last. .. ; • - ' Ei itoR's NOTE.—Our attention has been called to the unwarranted liberty that.has been taken with the ntttuea of several respectable resi- dents of E. Wawauosh, by a writer whose effusion appeared iu our issue of.$ept..,0 8 with the affix X. The communication did net COlne from our regular correspondent, and enclosed with it was a card purport- ing to bear the name of the writer. We published the matter in good faith as though 'it was a bona fide report of a literacy entertainment in school house of S. S. No. 9. We are informed by several of the persons whose names were given as having taken part in the numbers on the programme, that they wore not there and that no entertainment of the kind mentioned took place at the time named nor at any other time. \\'e are further informed that the intent is apparent to bring into ridi- cute and contempt many of tho per- sons referred to. That while no direct libel has been perpetrated upon their characters an endeavor has been made by mean inuendo to covertly convey a slanderous mean- ing which the writer did not dare to state in a manly way. We regret that we should have been Made the anof annoying respectable r'esi- dents of the locality, but we had 110 reason to doubt the Imnafrle.' of the report which wo are now informed was made out of the whole cloth. The sante writer has apparently imposed ,upon the Expositor last week, as an item of the sante char- acter appears iu it. Colborne. ORANOE. - At the last regular meeting of Enniskillen L. 0. L. No. 153, Colborne, the members of the Lodge were favored with the, presence of the W. C. M., Bro. E. Moody, and also the D. C. M., L'1o. A. M. Todd, both of Clinton. The former took up the insurance scheme in connection with Order and dwelt upon it at some length, after which he. entertained the Lodge on the workings of the Order throughout the Dominion, and as far as the Mother Country. He advocated strongly the formation of a drill corps in connection with theOrauge body at large,"and especially in con- nection with 153, so it could brake „a grand display ou the coaling 12th of July iu the marching line. He also advocated the uniformity of regalia and thought that if n..clt Lodge were to adopt the regalia de- scrihed by the Grand Longo, it would look much botter, and wound tip by congratulating 153 on the good work they were doing, his con- clediilg words being, "Go on old Enniskillen, the victory will bo 'yours." Bro. A. M. Todd next fol- lowed- 1» his astral- happy -manner ,and entertained the brethren with a neat but well chosen discourse. He pointed out to the brethren their duty as Oran`getneu and es citizens, and showedl the hindrances and drawbacks they had' to contend and grapple with against the en= croachru.ents of the Church of Rome. IIe spoke at some length on this point,and in Sit pinta of his arguments he referred to the cold-blooded mur- der of Bros. Hackett and Scott, who wore wilfully murdered for being loyal to their Queen and country. He referred briefly to the workings of the Order in general. He said he was glad to . meet with the brethren of 153 and find such an efficient acid talented officer at the head of the Lodge, more especially because it was the first number that he ever belonged to, he extended the right (rand of fellowship to all the members of 153, and wished them 811000x8 in all their under takings, and hoped they would 'stand shoulder to shoulder to fight the battles of civil and religious liberty. At alis point ho was loud- ly applauded, after which ho took his seat. The Worshipful Master, .1. H. Million, spoke for a short time in a very touching manner, and as it were, held tho•nrembers spell bound while 110, spoke. He was I'ollo\'ucLby several of the members giving short addresses.. The busi- ness of the Lodge .being concluded, it was closed in the usual fortn,after which it re -opened again on the Royal Purple Degree and one mem- ber was advanced to that noble Order. This Lodge -is inakiug rapid etritles despite all the slurs that are heaped upon it. Now a word or two from your old but faithful cor- respondent with regard to the above. To illy mind I think that such meet- ings as the above aro a groat benefit to the Orange Order,and haven good tendency by bringing the brethren il►to close proximity to each other. I think that such visits as the ab'o've from prominent mon in connection with the Order too seldom take place. If such meetings and visits occurred more frequently in con. nection with neighboring Lodges it would benefit our Order a groat deal and infuse new blood and life into the members. God Save the Queen. • -9• it4 ttllr St, mel !'.u�it111#t >fas pgaitl appt ,ttt call<Ptor $ X$ foal thus year`" al.'.,he shier$; �pf 3:90. Tho neat meetiltg of the einteil will bo at BR•ucefiell on Wednesday, 12th October at 10 q'clogk a. m. Mr. Mathew Ward of the 5th cotuceaaion of Tiiokersmith, passed .to biNlong jtpnlo QIt ,Aloitday lest, b4Wi ig coached the unusual ago of 86 years and six :months. Mr. Ward wasa native of a count of r a t th Wicklow, Ireland, and carne to this country about sixty yoars ago. Mrs. Sproat, sr., utother of the Messrs. Sproat, of Tu:keremith, died at the residence of her son, David, on Thursday ntorniug last at the ago of 92 years and 8 mouths. Ilrs. Sproat was a native of the parish of Closboeue, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She was married to Mr. Spro;t, 73 years .ago, being then only 16 years of age. In the year 1842 her two sous George and Wm. came to Canada and after residing for throe yoars iu Trafalgar, cattle to Huron and took up land in the township of Tuckersmith, the farm now owned and occupied by them. Fi ve years afterwards, Mrs. Sproat, with her husband and finally fol lowed thsir two sons to Canada slid located in the 11e\v home. Exeter. Lotsof rain. Business pretty dull. PERSONALS. -Mr. \1'. Hvtuu and wit'e left for their home in Nevada alter speutling the summer months with friends and relatives in On- tario. -lir. Christopher '\i'u tecet.t and sou who lived near this place left all Monday morning last for their future home in Nevada., -Mr. Geo, Mace and wife ul' Ottawa lett for their home on Monday last. They were the guests of Mr. Itobt. Pickard of this place. -Mrs. Knight, wife ,of \Ii. Geo. Knight, station agent at Ethel, is visiting relatives in town. -Mrs. T. N. Carling, of Cliuton, is visiting in town. BRIEFS. -T110 Gale sulky Barrow and seeder Co. of Windsor who have been located in this place the past four weeks have succeeded in selling sixty five of those valuable implements to the farmers in the immediate neighborhood. • They intend remaining hero for some time yet and. will no doubt do much bettor the corning month as - they have established a good name among the farmers who have par chased the implements. TRIAL. -On . Saturday- hast Mr. James Creech, our eillago cop,.pro- ceeded to Seaforth and with a war- rant sworn out by one James Reith, of Hay towuship, arrested John Hefi'er•ntan, jr., who is a cattle dealer in the township of Hay, and lives with his uncle 0110 mile and a quarter north of tho village of Hen sail, and brought him to: this place to stand his -trial before Megiatratos Buchanan and Snell for feloniously stealing cattle from the plaintiff, James Reith. It appears by the evidence given that Heileman and Reith's farms. abut' each other, and by the fence between being very det'ectiv'e, Heferman'a, cattle broke into Ituitn's premises, and became mixed up with his cattle. Helfer - man, it appears, want' to-1toith's place and requested him to assist in separating the cattle, which Reith declined to do, saying ho,rvas busy ploughing. IIe told Ileffernlau to ssparate-them himself, which. ho._dicl some three days after when he was ready to strip tltcm. IlefTorman on the morning of the 31st day of Au- gust last, went to Keith's place and drove away what cattle, he supposed.• were his own, and drove them to frucefield station and put thein in .the car and got his bill of lading for Montreal. About one hour after this Mr. James I•teith appeared upon the scene, and told Holleman he had two of his cattle and one from his neighbor, Mr. Stelk. Hefferman told Reith he could have his cattle if he would take' them out of the car, which Reith declined to do. Hojferman then unloaded the cattle and put theta in the shipping yard at Brimfield, and requested Reith to take them home which he refused to do. IIefernrau then proceeded to Montreal.. • Roith carte to Exeter for legal advice and was advised by R. 11. Collins, Ilefferman being defended by an intelligent lawyer from Seaforth, named Hastings, who handled the case satisfactorily. The Magistrates eommitteal.tho prisoner to Godorich to stand his trial, application being made to lot the prisoner out on bail but as afterward transpired it was not required. Constable Creech gave the prisoner in charge of Chief Gill, of this place, after the the trial, to take him to Goderieh, which ho did ou Saturday night last. The night beipg very dark and the Chief and the prisoner enjoy- ing njoying the trip very much the Chief ditl not think it necessary to put the handcuffs on the prisoner. It appears that when nearing the jail at Godorich they were linked arm in arm, chatting as usual, when the prisoner's overcoat, which he was carrying, happened to slip down over bis arm and he stooped to pick the coat up, the Chief letting go of his arm, the prisoner took •leg bail and it was so dark the constable could not toll where he had fled. The Chief says he will put the derbies on all his prisoners after this if ho should happen to be his own brother. Outl S#9#Ito too .. w .t weather cold,tvtndfti 0,1144Xtroa there woe vet+y good Sicard., hol4 himon Thur:shay' of last, tiee'k nutlet the auspices of the Eiet Wawanosdt Society., Ot ing to the utipleaaaantuess cif the day a large number of expected exh.ibitore did nut put in an ttltpea rance,cflnaes l}eltt• ly some of the classes Were not very well filled. The exhibits that wero there wore of a splendid order and the people deserve credit for their pluck in doing all they could to wake the show a success. Stanley. The council met on Oct let ac- cording to notice. All the mem- bers present. The reeve in the ohair. Minutes of previous tweet• ing read and confirmed, Thos. Wiley was appointed collector for the present year, and presented his bond which was considered satis- factory and accepted. Moved by Wm. Clarke, seconded by' Isaac Erratt, that all taxes not paid by the 14th of Dec. uext shall bo increased five per' cent., and all taxes must bo pail by Dec. 31st, 1887. -Carried. Tho council then adjourned to meet again on Satur- day, Nov. 12, at 1 o'clock. Gco. STEWART, Clerk. Blyth. Miss Lizzie Walker has returned front hor extended visit amongst friends in Brimfield. llov. 3. F. Parke returned this week from Ohio, where ho has been for some time past. 1[r. .Will Walker, ,of Exeter, spent Sabbath hero with his par- ents. ar- ents. Large quantities of grain is being marketed in um. town every day. Partners are realizing whore the best prices arc paid. ' Our merchants have been busy of lute fixing up 111011 windows with the latest fishionsto show the pub- lic on.fair days, lith and 12111. On Monday \Ir. F. Tanner arriv- ed home from the .Sault. He re- porls.having a pretty rough tune of it on his upward trip. Mrs. John Carey has removed into. the building south of holly's brick store, where she intends to open out a grocery. We wish her ovor3• success. Don't forget the entertainment in the Tempoi•auce hall, on Wednesday night, under the. auspices of the• C. 0. F. It is, promised to be ono of the best of the season. Tice prospect of find weather looks very encouraging after so much rain. It is expected,that there will bo an immense cowd attend our exhibition wt. Wednesday, to-diiy. . liov. Jaynes Hodgens of I3ayfiold assisted in the services of the Epis- copal church on Sabbath. Tho Rev.•gentlemen, preached excellent discourses both morning and even- ing to good. congregations. :qr. Wrn. Bell recently purchased the property on. Queen street, form- ,crly.-owned a11t1 occupied by Mr. Alex. Orr Ras a livery stand. We aro given to uudorstau<1 that it wad bougl>t very reasonably. Mr. Sam. Gidloy, tailor, has had the front of his establishment reno- vated with a fresh coat of paint, which has givou it a handsome ap- pearance. The work was done by Mr. A. McNally. • On Saturday ,C. Hamilton sold the household furniture of Mr. R. Irwin. There was 8 large attend- ance from the cortntry, they being old neighbors of Mr. Irwin's. The goods being comparatively new, they. fetched very good prices. The employees in Mr. Thomas Bawden's sash and door factory have had to work until near midnight for several weeks past to fill the orders that are continually coming in. Toms' business is .increasing rapidly tinder the N. P. Rev. D. Rogers of Londesboro will preach 1110 missionary anni- versary sermon in the Methodist church here on Sabbath morning noxa. In tho evening a platform meeting will be hold, when address. os will bo delivered on the subject of Missions by the same rov. gentle- man end the pastor of the church, Rev. A. W. Tongue. -11 will take one thousand trains of twenty cats each to transport this year's surplus crop from Mani- toba. -Neil Lamont was drowned in Forty Mile River, or Yukon, B. C., on the 2nd of• July, whileattempts ing to take a boat up a conyon. The body was found and buried. It is through he belonged to Ontrio. -Mrs. John Caton died at the township of Darling, Lanark county, at the advanced age of 103 years and eight months. Ten years ago her husband died at the age of one hundred and five years. -Latest reports of the wreck of -the propeller California show that nine lives were lost, two passengers and seven of the crew, all of whose bodies are reported to have washed ashore. Some of the crew 'who wore saved openly charge Captain Trowell with deserting them. v1 Will be tnagnillcontly illuminated op TUESDAx AND .WEDNEI I?A;Y EVENINGS. Our Stock in every department is now cotlttpioto,;and • frolfi it you can get almost anything yattr heart may crave tern. REMEMBER00 Tummy --IS THE DAYS RoOerlsoris ranU 4De ---.OF-- mnLHenr, & O.OSTUME SHOW RCSNLB, —CAB and see rho BRILLIANT DISPLAY or NOVELTIES "at--.-- 1�TS0 GREAT CASH STORE, CLINTON. (JU1iJ ''NT TOPICS. 81ANTr'OniA'S WEALT,i. -The circular of the Winnipeg Board of '''rade with regard 10 this ae88011'4 crops hr+ been published. The value of the years crop which will he available for export is es• tiniate,t as follows : Wheat, 10, 000;000 bushels, at 54o., $5,500,- 000 ; llaril v, 1,000,000 bushels, at 30e, 4300,000 ; oats, 2,500,000 bushels, at Iso., $150,000 ; flax, 150,000 bullets, at 75e., $112,500 ; potat•ies,...1,000,.000 bushels, -at 25o., $250,000; total, 14,650,000 ; busbies total value, .$6,612,500. It is safe to acid for the value of dairy products, stock, vegetables, woof, hides, etc., available fur exper., not 'regain 'd in Manitoba, $500,000, making a gross total of $7, 112,500. WHAT 0. C. WOULD 1)0. For the want of a free American Market in Canada, "And a desire 'to have their goods placed with the farmere of this prosperous colony. the Gale Sulkey harrow Co, of De- troit were compelled to establish a brsnch tuanufaet.rry in the town of Windsor, in which premises every part of the implement is made, the timber, even, being that of Cana-' dinegrowth,--_,\Lr-_1\TuManus,. the manager 'of a colony of the travell• ing agents now operating in this vicinity, attests that were Commer- cial -Uliion tri ioiSe ioniibout, the Cana - (lien factory in which 'employment is given to a greet many mechanics, would at oec,i be suspended, a,tul all manufacturing corrfined •10 Detroit, thereby increasing the Company's profits and lessoning Canada's popnl.tiou. This would be the ensu with many . if not all of the branch concerns. -.-Exeter Time.. WHERE WE SELL OCR, COOLS Many -writers \abo ought. -0 know better are continually sta ting that the natural market for New Brun- swick is the United States, as if ,here were no other natural markets for oui' goods. And yet Great Britain took last year of New Bruns- wick produce over 50 per cent More than the -United States This statement is from the • blue books which do not credit the province with any of time live cattle exported to England, and which include nearly all the lobster export with Nova Scotia produce. Then, again, it is said over and over again • that the other provinces do not furnish a market for New Brunswick produce. As a matter of fact the province o f Nww-13ru nem iele•-ifissa+reasSysse porting to other parts of the . Domin• ion in manufactured goods alone about as much as the total export- ation of New Brunswick produce of all kinds to the Uuited States --St. John Sun The League is paying the tenants frxn eighteen pounds to eighteen shillings weekly. .John Dunn gots. eighteen pounds for himself and sub-t•onants,and IlXr.Dennis Kilbride tho tenant who visited Canada with Mr O'Brien, fifteen pounds under a similar arrangement. The Man- chester Courier correspondent says Lord Lansdowne's tenants would never have joined the Plan of Cam- paign but for Mr. Dennis Kilbride, who would not pay his runt although he screwed the uttermost farthing. from his sub -tenants. Mr. Kilbride has an unenviable history as a rackrenter and evictor. The rest of the tenants are well able to pay with the reductions offered and to make a profit. The estate isboycotted, and supplies have to be obtained from Dublin. In spite of these drawbacks, the estate is well tended, and the cattle thriving. Mr. John Dunn's farm contains splendid grazing land and,a fine residence. Dunn cut all the hot and.cold water pipes in his house, and did other damage to it before leaving. Most of the ten- ants aro quite willing to accept Lord Lansdowne's terms. er WEEKLY . I;{OUND UP -At a meeting of the Licensed Victuallers of 1\Ionteral it was de- cided to ashthe Legislature to with- draw liquor. licenses from grocers, and the'opinion was also expressed that! the 'Law rata Order Lcaguela •teruperanee detective affair, :should be suppressed -Two young Springfield girls, named Charlotte Atkinson and Edith McCauley, were brought to the St, Thomas goal one evening, having been committed for trial on a charge of larceny. The young prisoners who bear a bad reputation, took possession of a horse and rig which was tied in front of a store, but were overtaken and arrested after a long chase. - The Kincardiee Review alleges that D: E. Cameron, of huclsnoa the reje;aed eanilidafe for the repre- sentation of West Bruce, said before the Young Liberals of Toronto something like this:--„ If the Apostle Paul cavae forward as the leader of the Tories, and Judas Iscariot .cause forward as the leader of the Grits, I would vote for Judas Iscariot. That is the kind of a Grit I: and." :These are not the swords of a farseeing man. Only the ritT-raff among Reformers would applaud such a sentiment. - Minnie Allan, daughter of a respectable farmer living . near Chelsea, Carleton county, -died_ on ' Thursday evening from the effects of poison administered it is suppos- ed by herself. She would have become a mother 'in a few months., Tho.;girl denied ,having taken any but alter her death two letters were discovered in her bed supposed to be in her own handwriting, in which she confessed she had taken " tough -oar ---Pats:►'•, In these letters-----s-- was otters- --_.was the confession that she had been betrayed, that her betrayer had married recently, and preferring death to disgrace she had resolved . .10 put an end to her existence. '['here Was also the further statement (diet she had been betrayed under promise of marriage. - Tho wife of Charles Carroll, a farmer living on the Mount Brydges road, near Strathroy, was found ou Saturday afternoon hang! ing 'in the barn .dead. John Car- roll, cousin of the deceased's hus- band, had been ploughing for his relative, and on coming in to din- ner saw the body hanging, and cut it down. , Tho woman had appar- ently clinibed up into the now, attached a rope to one of the poles forming a scaffold some eleven feet above the floor, and there hanged 81'se . ,eco was no appareent motive •of the deed.. Deceased had been in her usual health and spirits, and this, coupled with the facts that it must have boon very difficult for her to get into the position in which she was found, that her body pr•e- sonted no sign of strangulation, And that thorn was a bruise on her forehead, induced tho coroner, Dr. I3ellington, to summon a jury who returned a verdict of suicide. -The residents in the vicinity of Peninsula, a C. P. K. station on the north shoao of Lake Superior, about 180 miles east of Pt. Arthur, •have been thrown into a state of great ex- eitement by brutal murder of two Indians near that place. Last Satur- day night a violent quarrel occurred among the Indians "at the camps, in the course of which two brothers, named Louio Moses and Joe Moses, attacked Isaiah David with clubs, smashing in his skull, and after he was dead clubbing his head till it was reduced to a complete pulp. Tho two murderers, not satified with having thus wreaked their vengeance on their unfortunate victim, followed David's 80n Will- iam, 23 years old, for seven miles over the C. P. R. track, and on overtaking him stoned him to death and threw his body .down on to the rocks. The assassins then return t.. ed to the camps, whence they fled into the woods and have not beeh seen since.