Loading...
The Clinton New Era, 1888-12-14, Page 4(ntfittnt EPA 3IMen qiite,-Veetilere The IPM'Oralcrifs-Kwenriwallew;. Oreneries-PuPaprEbame tb McMurray Clearing Sale Cnimette Millinery sele--Petler CO Patter lOr Combe °Cottle for sale -Geo Nott - %trey beifor-R Craig' tray heifer ---Richard %tray rant -Geo. Atikwith , Telegrarbingi- Jackben Bros- liotice o debtors. --4, B.t'rosson. The Week -Q, 11, Robinson 'Perm toxeub-Mr1 McCabe " • , Clinton Ent6ra FRIDAY, DBC. 34, 1888. Prison Labor. In one of the American States, the prinoners hi the State Prison were allow. ed to live in absolute idleness because some labor association Id protested against "competing with prison labor," . _The jailer, in his annual renort, states that the jail, .under the old arrange. went, had been- self-supporting, but under the new it cost the people in the neighborhood of half a million to sup- port the institution and its idle occu- pants. This was not all. When the prisoners were employed, they left the jail on the expiration of their ilentence, with a good, trade learned, and the clinnens of becoming a useful citizen more in their favor, but now they were cast on society almost helpless. He also, staten that some of the prisoners came to bin and asked in the most piteous manner to be allowed to work at something or other:even only to relieve their minds, but he could not letthem do it because it was contrary to the prison discipline. laborers; of any kild should object to prisoners in jail nOlifing out manufactured articles, is something that tee cannot understand. There has been an agitation in this direction in 'Canada, but we are glad te see that it does not meet with much encourage- ment. It simply follows that if prison- ers are not found to work for their own maintenance, the community must sup- port them, and it takes just as inueh'to keep them as the profits from their work would amount to, so that there is no advantage whatever in people bear- ing burdens that might. be borne by others. It is one of the fundamental 'principle of political eciltiontY that the man who make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before, is a bene- factor to mankind, so that the greater the quantity of manufactures without an' increase in the relative cost, the bet- ter for thee commUnity. There is a great deal of nonsense talked about "the competition, of prison labor," and experience proves, as the case of,, this State prison shows, that it is no benefit tither to the prisoners themselves or the community, for men to live in en- forced idleness. The following delivery by Judge Price, at Kingston, last Monday, on this very subjeet, is worthy of considerat:on: 'Jude Price made a lengthy address ty Cort the jury and form deeir- to the grand jury of the C on prison labor. He hoi. would visit the penitential. an opinion as to whether able or not to employ the prisoners at profitable labor or keep them as "country gentry." The ease and tiornfort of prison life 'had led to an increase of crime and an increase in the number of convicts. He saw nothing in the con- - tention that prison labor should not come into competition with honest labor. Would the people, the farmers, the producers especially, upon whom the burden of maintaining prisoners fell, allow the criminal classes to remain non-sustainipg ? This was an issue that Parliament would soon have to discuss and dispose of. The manu- facturers were in favor of the country --keeping-prisonseplaces.-01--•idlenbsel Tor Be Adva#Pe0, 4 nontini;,IikrafraPb SaYS that' '41t Ia belielfed to be the. intention Of the evernMent*P Yer$ VateriallY inerease the dutiee at the neat seattion of psrlise meet." it 114 te ha hoped that ibitt not, true. It woftld only be in line. with the policy of protection to platle:en aU the duty it is; possible to colloot, and to a ecrtaio[extent the government wetild jaatiAnd in doing it, because the loanPla have repeatedly declared theMselvegt as favorable to protectionbut we clo uot believe it would be a wise move in any respect to increase the present tariff. The buslues's interests of the country canaot stand it. We may helmet with the argument "they would have to stand it." Well, in that came they would stand it by a collapse. Business the• Dominion over this fall has not been such as to warrant the increase of fur- ther fiscal burdens. All classes, but business men in particular, have found too hard the times just hard e ough - for the good of tente-and any matenial . increase in the tariff means a compila- tion ruin disarrangement of trade that should not take place, especially in a time of stringency. It is quite possible we are opposifig "a man of straw," we hope we are. We hope the government has no serious intention of doing what -is attributed to it. But perhaps if the Igovernment 'did carry out this idea, it might lead people to see the folly of a protective policy when carried out to its full logical con. elusion. 'We think it was an American paper that coined this phrase "prate°. tion for revenue purposes is patriotic, but protection for plundering purycins is against the best interests of mankind," and there is more than surface truth in the remark. Hon. G. A. Kirkpatrick, M. P., a pro- minent Conservative, will re -introduce his bill into parliament at the next session providing for reciprocity in wrecking, and expects to carry it. Now if reciprocity in wrecking is good, why not in other matters bearing on com- merce as well. Last fall' a crowd of farmers from the southern part of the county, com- posed of both Conservatives and Reform- ers, visited Port Huron on an excursion They decided to stick together in "see- ing the sights," which. they did, and were highly gratified at the courtesy and attention shown them. On the way home a vote was taken on Annexa- tion, and almost every man in the crowd voted in favor of it. This may or may not mean anything,but it shows that people are thinking over the mat- ter. -.a.. • Recent information from Ohina con- veys the. very sad intelligence that a young lady, an American missionary, with other Europeans, had been brutal- ly murdered by natives. Such outrages are heartrending, but they are nothing more than what might be expected in retaliation for the outrages perpetrated on Chinamen in America. if the Chinese are to be forcibly driven out of this country, pepple misjudge the tem- per of a Chinaman of they think he will ndt,rosent it.. Le ns a toipty rno slut GrAPItie PStiiettliarri the, Terriblo, ,Ac0.1dot t iihitit Wet' the. fairtilY of Allebael Virg' last wk.. thel(sEa's sovcIalrspertsr,) ',TAO the ffaVYR that reached MITA 04 ,W111111341ty morning 0,014 live in'Olnekthat mohica nvmeo'wife l his [daughter, Mrs Jat,t4 Ciennan, and her three children were burned to deatlit and when, at 7 o'Olooiri the working Men, who were ou their way to mirk, also heard the reports that were passed rapidly from one to another, the eaoite- ' Went reached almost a furore. Soon a liumber,of pedestrians, and others with livery horses, were on the read toward the scene of the fatality, and in a little time, when the persons who.first visited the scene had returned, the first reports were corrected, and the whole topic of the day was now IT 00CILREED• Mr Dwyer lived on lot 3: con. 7, just across the railroad track, in the town - sbipof Morris, as the traveller leaves the Wingham Gravel road. The house, which wan one of the old- fashioned log houses, was situated from the Concession about 20 rods, and in almost immediate contact with a lane running past it and leading to the barn, which was about 15 rods distant. At the west end of the house' within about a yard of it, was a milkhouse, which was untouched by fire; and in clone proximity to the dwelling, at the east end, was a summer house. It has been supposed that the fire originated in it, in a barrel of ashes, in which fresh ashes had been placed the day before. An- other theory is that the stove down stairs started the fire, as it seems in- credible to think a blaze so great could rise suddenly, and from an cbj,ect as remote as tho ash barrel. Directly across the road is the house of Mr JCilin Taylor, at which place Mr Dwyer had been the night before, arranging a "bee" of the neighbors to kill pigs next day. He went home about half past eight, intending to go to bed early, in order that he might be well prepared for the morning's work. The following diagram and explanation will give the reader a bettor idea of the affair. The house did not stand as near the Gravel Road as the di- agram shows it, but in other respects it is a cor- rect illustration. 4 VINCIAL RIGHTS Another Victory for 11011. Oli- ver Mowat. Mr Mowat received a cablegram 'on Wednesday morning announcing that the Privy Council judgment in the case of The Queen vs. The St_ Cathar- ines Milling and Lumber Company was in favor of Ontario. This is an victory for Provincial rights, and is a case growing out of the Disputed Territory ueal. Reformers naturally feel jubilant at the triumph of "The Little Premier" once more. Personal- and Political. On motion of Senator Hoare the U. S. Senate on Monday postponed for a year the consideration of the resolution moxiding,franaloseraienaneraisd,relitti eitC•Rnst-4.gin't; -cr • up es ..on nentritreetl"in' ina:meer-etrperitir-lxv--the- -the--1.9tir-inst:34-to-reind1n.-1he- Villa honest working classes. The convicts Roceabelle, near Poseipollo, until the could be made, and should be made, to end of February, when he will return at support themitelves and contribute to" the opening of the session of Parliament. Messrs Charlton and Blue, of the On- tario Mining Commission, are in Wash- ington inquiring into mining matters, and from there will proceed on Thura- day to Birmingham, Ala., to witness the testing of a saw system for the re- duction of sulphurous iron ore. Sandusky, 0., December 9. -Cora Graham, aged 20, daughter of ex -Com- missioner August Graham, of Huron Township, was found dead in her room this morning with si, bullett through the heart. The eyes of the young lady were afflicted and she was growing blind. In a fit of despondency she shot herself with her father's revolver. the revenues of the country. The con- tract system had been abolished in the United States prisons with disastrous results. Idleness, indeed, wag ruining the health of prisoners, making- them insane, useless, confirmed loafers. It was making wrecks of them, body and eoul. In the interests of the publionoo, criminals should be employed. They ehould be so taught and instruotod as to be of use to themselves and the country when liberated. The judge urged the jury to give the matter consideration and express an opinion on the subject, and so mould public sentiment and have it infinence legislation. The con- vict labor question was one of the moat important of the day." Rev. W. W. Carson,pastor of the Do- minion Church, Ottawa, was Wednes- day presented by the congregation with Marliets Once More. la purse. of $3i)0 in gold to defray the ex- ' pongee of a holiday trip, which the con - There has been a tretnendous drop in past week. greption hoped he would take to recup- the price of wheat during the orate his health, which has been severe - Ninety -eight cents per bushel is .now ly affected by the accident he recently the standard price-Seaforth E xpositor; We have repeatedly -shown , that Clinton market is superior t� Setiforth and the above paragraph placed in com- parison with Clinton quotations for last • week, again proves Clinton to be sup• erica: to Seaforth. But there is another point we wish to draw attentien to, and it supports a statement we have before made, viz: that the Expositor will not do Clinton justice if by so doing it re- flects on its own town. In its report of Clinton markets last week it quotes fall wheat at 98 to $1.02.'''. There has not been a bushel of grain bought in Clinton for months at 98 cents, and the Ex: positor know that this was not a correct quotation, for it received the Clinton markets last Thursday by telephone, that the term "colonist" was humiliat. - the figures given it being "$1.00 to ing. Ho considered it the proudest title in the world, Subsequent speakers St0.3." Will the Expositor state why attacked Sir Charles Tapper, but Lord tihtedmid?not publish the figures no it got I Lornedefended the High Comimissioner, Ile quite agreed that was ridiculous The market reports of a paper ere ! fejt suppose that the Empire was in a s ate of spontaneous combustion and presumably totiabh), but we regret to , mint collapse unless an immediate cut �y that there are itteeptiona to the Vale ',and dried schema was adopted. I. 0 S. te Spook Whisper, ita ;has become „ ected by the. 0 •hot air be was 10047 to. hr 'reiliing,bia exit, [Besides, ha to the fire from gr. • lor'e the aaMe con.ditioa ag [. • went, and the air being treat dared the extremes Of heat 0 For a tims.his Oaatt was viewedji ,011.03. DO are glad, to learn, passed throngh the moskeritics.4. About tints:0,6101r 14 *4 'hop WPCs 4141.pleosa et werot Pp, and. SO intense 'ha,d'ilie-[fire.-,. eon. !•tnat 9.01Y-41,,Pantul 9.flb•04144ittlil$.7. re; Mains Othe 'Ave haPlatl beings OW - i be found. They were placed in a 'coffin . and removed to the U. 'C. church in "Myth, retiotiging there until MOoday , mOr11111.N. fierv100 WOO held at 9 O'clock, • and Atli/o'clock the funeral procession, numbering fifty-five vehicle, paesed through the village to the R. C. came. tery at 13ushfield. MO.WWWWWIMMIM ARINIAMP - . i I '....—.. _ I bcl 1 2 — . ». I 3 f d a> 1 1 Qoneession 7, • cc M. H. is the mIlkhouse, which was withli a yard or two of the house, and which is still standing, not having been blackened by the fire. F.D. was the front door of the house, facing the concession; it had been closed for the winter, entrance being had through B D., the back door, where Mr Dwyer escaped. The summer house or kitchen was built in contact with the lane fence and Joining the house. In it was the bar- rel containing the ashes from which the fire was supposed to have come. A door opened at D in- to the house. Paging over this door were the stairs leading to the upper flat, one side being nailed to the wall. Close to the door and the stairs was the stove that heated the upper apart- ment, standing about three feet from the wall. W was a window, or rather pane of glass 8x 10, i the Window having been closed, or n some way was not of service in lighting the room mere than that afforded hv the one pane 1 2 and 3 show the position -of the bodies of Mrs Dwyer, Mra Clennan and one child, and Another child, respeetively, as they burned, after the floor fell. The family, coneieting of Mr and Mrs Dwyer, Mrs Clennan and her four chil- dren, were eleeping upstairs, which was heated by means of a pipe attached to a stove below. Mr Dwyer was awaken- ed in the night by smoke, and jumped out of bed, and ran down stairs, being followed by his daughter, and on per- ceiving the real state of affairs, the fire having made great headway, and the down -stairs apartment being --filled with smoke, the father cried to his daughter, "There is no chance, Mary 'Ann, to stop the fire; go and save the children." Thereupon, both ran upstaire, the room having now filled with smoke, and Mr Dwyer hastened to his wife's bed, but she was not in it, she having in the in- terval, it is supposed, gond 'to the cor- ner where the children were sleeping. There was no noise, no sound from any of the humanbeings, save the voice of one child, and seizing her, the grand - Niter rushed to the stairs, which were tow on fire, and reached the floor in the nick of time, as on the last step or two -iresfainlatnhainnt,g.ntnnil. nleAnningantindnann-n-e,, - ourtnitUreettattlysabo the -Luster, nbenesrmarnhands-and-sleg as he had no clothing en -except his , night shirt, while thingirl, being pro- tected by a 'heavy flannel night drese, was burned chiefly on the hands, head, and on one leg from the knee doven ;- also blood was flowing freely from a wound on the side of her head, caused, it is supposed, by being struck on a nail while she was carried out. No shriek nor noise of human voice oame from the- burning house, the in- ference being that smoke suffocated the remaining inmates. Mr Dwyer hurried to the house of his nearest neighbor, Mr John Taylor, and in a little time a few of the neighbbla were at the scene of the horror. They saw the body of one child, about six years of age, lying at the foot of the stairs, and the bones found at the head of the stairs aro known to be those of the mother and another child. The body of tbe remaining child could not be identified with certainty, but, when the stairs sunk 'down, the onlookers saw the empty bed of Mr,'s Dwyer fall, and • in another corner the old woman's body: There, in the still hours of the morning, with strong men standing around, anxious to desperation to save life, but dill unable, the body of the grandmother was easily discern• ible, the forked flames passing over it while member after member was con- sumed. The sight and the thoughts asseaiated will never be obliterated from the memories of those who wit- nessed it. What betel Mrs Clennan ? Conjecture has innthat when she accom- panied her fattier upstairs she went to her children's beds, but was stifled with the dense smoke, but first threw one child to the head of the stairs, thinking it might escape; or some suppose that, on seeing the futility of .further effort, she remained with her family, till death swallowed them all together. The for- mer vieseems to prevail, as no noise was heard except the cracking of the fire. Medical help was secured for Mr Dwyer and his grandchild, who stayed during &Tart of the day at Mr Taylor's. Thence they wore removed to town, the former staying at the Queen's hotel, where careful and kind attention has boon shown him by the nurse, Mrs Hon land. Up to the day we go to press he was progressing as favorably' as could biettiting his leg. tiopeit-tv enter. Marti a- otel, Dungannon, on Satur- be looked for ; many persons from town tabled for his reeOverylad:,: by Ware day, jani11;" ,Matining & Scott, Vend. tied country have shoUrti a kindly in- Si death came and -rolitved him; or's SoliSitoll,,Clinton, T. M. Carling forest in his welfare, but he is unable frOfil• tale:* Attetienter, NOTES. The house was about 15 ft z by 24 ft., and had been standing somewhere about fifteen years. Boarded and papered in- side, it requires no effort of the imagi- nation to think that once a foothold lied been gained, the fire would envelop the vvhple house in a brief space of time. Telegrams were sent to the Jive sons, four of whom were in the States, the other one living near Toronto. Mr Michael Dwyer, jr., arrived on Satur- day morning, and his brother John on Monday evening, the latter having read in a Detroit paper an account of the 9.0astrePlIft, en the. day it.lapp.oned. $60 in cash and the policy of insur- ance on the barn were burned. The house was insured for $200. Now that, his mind is returning to its natural state, Mr ttwyer remembers that on 'Wednesday evening he- put a lenge quantity of wood into the- stove and a pot of meat was left on it. Kind - hug wood was stored behind the stove and possibly the grease ran out of the pot on the stove and took fire. The little girl, Mary Ann, "%even years of age, is staying at Mrs Cary's in Blyth. She is improving slowly,but like her grandfather,enduresmuoh pain. Her nervous systtnn seems to have got a severe shook, as on the mention of the -sad occurrence she starts from her position as a person frightened in a. dream. She remembers that her moth- er wakened her and that her sister Maggie slept on ; that her mother went to her grandmother's bed, but can give no further information. lerifg!'arTrahlfCgraolsabee0ondreattc. An eXplesion Of 3Z44t, wOhicago[OatMeal nrI4 and 4 men on Tuesday. 0, M=4;PnrIg2TrAalaVr' yeAPAL194Y frOM ?ort Fertv, ,Fire in theWrChester, Paten. tiary, °mond lib, death. of De.MY den Eeefp4 1?,re[,.bab. fatally inured ' The revenue of the Dominion for. NoWnher Was 4700,000 less than the expenditure. The figures were; venue, 413,024,514; expenditure, $3,752,316.. Around the County. • John Taylor, of the 7th con. E. Wa- wanosh, has rented H. MoLean's farm. Mr J. Scott, of the 10th con. of Turn - berry, has a Newfoundland dog, eight months old, weighing 141 pounds. The Strustees of S. S.No 3, Colborne, have engaged Mr Duff, of Wawanosh, 'formerly of Clinton, for the coming term. Mr R. Jamieson, who has been living on the 3rd con. Morris, for the last 5 years, has moved to Lynden, near Hamilton. The trustees of S. S. No 1, Colborne, have re-engaged Miss Jones and Miss Bellows at an advance of salary for the coming year. Rev. Mr Walbohn has severed his connection with the Manchester Luth- eran congregation, and has removed to New Dundee.. His successor is Rev. A. Wenzel, of Texas. Miss Susan Hill, df West Weavanosh, after. a short illness died on Thursday, Nov. 29th. Her funeral, which took place on Saturday, was attended by a large concourse of friends. Oliver Smith ,son of Alexander Smith, of Wroxeter,and nephew to Smith Bros., of the Brussels plaining mill, has ent- ered the navy of the United States and is now away on a cruise. Henry P. Romp was up for trial be- fore his Honor Judge Toms on Wed- nesday last, charged with placing ob- structions on the railway trauk. The aajourned for a week. Mr Gee. Rice, of the •North Ameri- can Chemical works, G orlericb, died in a railway coach, while on his way to Chicago last Friday night. He had been ailing for some months past. Mr James Dorrence, of McKillop, who has been a very severe sufferer for several months from a cancer in the face, is not getting any batter,'and his friends entertain 'but slight hopes for hie recovery. Debt Parke, at present English master in Chatham Collegiate Institute, takes the place of Mr Eenbury at Gode- rich, salary asked $759 ; Mr' Lent, of Brampton, to receive the appointment in the event of Mr Parke not accepting. Mr Carruthers, assistant master in the Seaforth Collegiate Institute, has sent in • his resignation and will sever hie connection with the Itetitute at the end of this year.. He has received a nnimee„nnarankneeiturition.ninnthes arlin Oxford Connty Council hag petition- ed the (4overoOr-C4eneraLin-00unoll to promote Legislation to prevent the importation, manufacture and sale of intoxicating adults, Wm Greer,. Provincial detective, ar. rived at Sarnia, on Monday and placed in jail Matthew Jones, who is charged with amen in burning a couple of build. Mos in the Township of Sombre, which Jones is said to have done some time before. • On Saturday afternoon Hugh Finley - son, painter, of Blenheim, enticed two young girls, 'daughters of George Breeze and Thomas lielland, aged six and seven, into a stable and attempted to assault them, handling them severely. lie Wan arrested and planed in the lockup, but broke out during the night by making a hole through the stone well and made good his escape. Finlay; son is a married man with a family. A daring robbery was committed at noon on Friday, at Fort Wayne, in the heart of the city, with hundreds of people passing back and forth every minute. On Calhoun street, burglars entered Mr Isaac Lauferty's private banking hOuse in the Avenue' House Block, and made off with some $2,000 in cash and a number of valuable but not negotiable securities, without leav- ing a trace that might lead to their identity. About two weeks ago Samuel Living- stone, a farmer living back of Walker- ville, hired a young boy, who gave his name as James White, to do chores around the farm, 'Things seemed to be getting along all right until Saturday morning, when the youthful James was missing and with him $85 of • Living - stone's money. He was traced to Windsor, where he had taken the ex- press on the Great Western Railroad. The police of Glencoe were notified, and White was arrested. met with. Mrs Carson will accompany him. At the Royal Colonial Institute meet- ing Monday night, Lord Lorne presid- ing, Sir Charles Tupper made a pro- nounced epeech on Imperial Federation. He said that while he rejoiced at the progress of the movement in the colonies and Great Britain, he could not; after thirty years' experience of public life, say, with the federationints, that unless the system of the Empire was radically changed the Empire must fall to pieces. It was most desirable in: the interests of the colonies and Britain to dtaw the bonds cloder if Possible, but knowing what the present system had effected, bow could he submit to the statement that we must change all this for something which ingenuity had not yet devised -for SUMO undiscoviSted panacea. He also repudiated the idea ' `i;!riffirtiltruleT3iThrtninalt ons he-Seatortli-eneeneterr ' titer ma and transacted the business of the year. From the auditors report we learn there were 27,101 pounds of buttermade dur- ing the yeir,„for Which was realized the snug sum of $5,211.57, which was made in five payments. The price paid to patrons was from 15i to 181 cents ,per pound. Any one wishing to see a good exam- ple of "How the Crook's Act works," should have been on the let line, Morris, about daylight one morning last week. The sight was enough to make any man almost shudder. A human being, hat- less, muddy, wild looking and blood shot eyes, lying in a fence corner, on a cold frosty morning, He said be came train Bluevale. A peculiar feature of the assignment of E. M. Trowern, jeweler, Toronto, is the fact that he had established six clubs of 60 members each, each mem• her paying $1 a week, and each club drawing a gold watch valued at $60 weekly. A large number of young men have paid sums running from $10 to $55, and have received no value so far. They will rank as creditors, Trowern alleges the money is tied up in real estate, and says the assets are $20,000, Sohwob Bros., of Montreal, are interest. ed to the extent of $15,000. It is reported that a dispute arose between A. Robinson, peddler, of Lan- caster township, and D. A. McRae, Debuty- Reeve of Lancaster, at the Seguins Hotel, Glennormari, on Wed- nesday, and that Robinson struck Mc- Rae two or three times after McRae -left the house, followed by Robinson. In the yard, it is said, McRae dealt Robinson some blows, and that Robin. eonfell to the ground, striking his head against some hard substance. lie died about twenty-four hours later. Encouraging reports of threshing operations in the Northwest are receiv- ed. A properous settler located ten miles south of 'Regina, had a crop of 400 acres of wheat this season. He .got $1.05 per bushel withouteven leaying the farm to solicit purchasers. He will put 600 acres under cultivation next year. Aitother correspondent notified the Minister of the Interior that the settlers throughout the Qu'Appelle valley are in good spirits. He recently saw 302 bushels of hard Fyfe threshed from five acres. This is over 60 bushels to the acre. The wheat was raised near Katepwe, at the edge Utile. Qu'Appelle nalley. Wheat in the various North. - west districts averaged from 30 to 40 bushels per acre. The growth of the 'Ontario cheese trade is wonderful within a few years. The exports of the Dominion now amount in value to over $7,000,000, and the season just closed shows the largest business on record. The shipments from Montreal this season were 1,134,- 340, boxes, as against 1,104,065 boxes last year, 507,019 in 1880 and 359,252 in 1874. Of this season's exports 499,- 391 boxes went to Liverpool, 140,394 to Glasgow, 235,176 to London and 259,- awbaNg00..viltio Ir Thos McMicbal, of the 2nd con- cession of Hullett, has purchased anoth r very superior colt from Mr Simon McKenzie, of Tuokersmith. It is a last spring colt and Mr McMichael paid $200 for it. Mr McKenzie purchased it from Mr George Stanbury, of Stanley, when only two weeks old,'for $150. It was, sired by Mr,,McKenzie's inverted horse, Kenilworth, and promises fair to make a thousand dollar horse in a few years." . . The season's make of butter at the Kinburn Creamery amounted to 25,036 pounds, which sold for $4,983, realizing to the patrons $4,106, or an average of about 161cents per pound. The patrons kept up the quantity of cream during the season very well, thus giving them an unusual good average. The arrange- ments made for the next yealf are that the proprietor will draw the cream and make the butter at 31 cents per pound, providing the season's make exceeds 40,000 pounds, but ^if it comes under this amount the price of making will be 4 cents per pound. Henry Keys, a well known farmer who lives about 11 Miles west of Ethel, died on Wednesday. A few weeks tig6 as he and his son Frank were tithing along the side road near lifitta1 their' bond; took fright and etarted to rub, the tongue dropped down and the Wag. gonyiaa upset, throwing out on his beek On the bard grontld,,, injuring him internally. This ',;:*ral the see,orid atria he had been laid Op this .y.sari. one 0i4h0: bottles 'dolma .him. ItifitOr erottatikus,- o eiri` on-were-only-46;52ft parktegetr,--it against 60,353 last year, 194,366 in 1880 and 80,206 in 1874. Of- this year's ship- ments some 26,014 packages went to Bristol and 20,253 to Liverpool. gown nufla all the Loyal 13nhoOt4, , • ,Q6leorilhetoria that . C1.1:2•33:14'11 GIGANTIC ".• GIFT 1.1 SALE Commences on SATURDAY, DEC. 1st, and. continues -until MONDAY, DEC, 31st. This Sale is of vital interest to Mothers and Fathers of families; to Young Men and Young Women, to Boys and Girls, for it is conducted during that setisdn of the year when every one is expecting a memento from a friend, and directed by - THE- POOR-, MAN'S —FRIEND Who grapples with the immense importance of having nice, tasty articles at a very low figure. do -Remember, we give 4 present with EVERY CASH PURCHASE from 50 cts. up, • Give us a call. 4, P OberiSOH S kat Cash Ron. 4111,4, allitirEIMENSIEMSEIZep "GRIP." With the new. year Grip enters upon its thirtysecond half -yearly volume, a fact which speaks eloquently for the merits of this unique and favorite Cana- dian journal. No former attempt in the field of humorous journalism in Gantt& was ever successful, because in no former case was there the happy • combination of elements essential 'to the success of such a venture. In the first place, an uncommon fertility of invention is required to keep a comic paper abreast of the times, and this must be backed up by an artistic ability equal to the task of interpreting the happy thoughto evolved in a popular manner. Secondly, there must be the solid basis of right principle upon which to build. Truth, honor, fairness and good taste are -ill as essential to the success of a comio journal as of a magazine of the highest class. All these features have, from the first number, distinguished Grip in a high. degree. It stands to -day alongside of the very first productions of its class in the world, and enjoys a fame far beyond the bounds of Canada. To Canadians it ought to be more and more an object of. patriotic pride, and certainly but little can be said for the patriotism of any Canadian who pretends to culture, and can afford the price, whole name is not found upon Grip's subscription list. The subscription price is almast ridiculously low, when the rates of similar (and not equally able) journals elsewhere are considered. It is only' two dollars a year, although the paper contains six- teen pages filled with bright original humor of pen and pencil, and always gives, Without stint, political cartoons on passing events, which for point, pewer and humor are certainly unsur- passed in any humorous paper of the day. For ourselves we .can say that Grip is the very first journal we open and enjoy on the arrival of our weekly exchanges, and .we believe the ante is true of nearly every editor in the coun- try. Get it for 1.889 without fail. X cablegram announces the murder, near Canton, China, of Mins Sophia Preston, formerly of Waitsburg, Wash- ington Territory, who went there as a missionary two years ago. There was a general uprising among the natives and she and many others Europeans) were massacred. The residents of the missionaries, in which she lived was at- tacked at night by several hundred Chinese armed with' long spears, knives and guns, and a number of people were killed. The mob nextattacked the res- idence of some Europeans and killed them without mercy. So far as known there was no immediate cause for the massacre. Miss Preston was a pretty young woman 22 years old, and a native of China, where her father was a mis- sionary. She. was Rdwieted at White - Man College, Waitsburg, where she graduated two years ago. She spoke Chineee fluently. Agricultural journals in England are again agitating against the admission of Canadian cattle,as a counterbalast to the American agitation for the admis- sion of United States cattle. It is ar• gued that the admission of Canadian cattle is ruinous to British live stook interests, and the Government is urged to withdraw the concession to Canada, thus placing Canada on an equal with thinnStatee. The Live Stockjorta saysAtat the Canadian concession Wei novenitinniti'dettgi.refer to fat cattl the i tritithin of iiittich has now grown in •a rapier, Walt Unless the eat, tie are slatighteted *When debarked, the present trede ntlat bting diseake and' disaster. The friend's of ;Canada poitit, howeter, to OfiffitaStifi., freedom from 'dideitite pia the hbisehlib'Of all prodf 'of- or*to .-eatip. 'carrying ,disease there4 , \- , &tie iteg.1000, , • Farm o,.&S. of tfr Thos'. itta lot 22, bite line, GedetiOh townehip, Tuesday,1360. /fitl* Howilon Son AlletiOneenk ISIert A C WO of farm in Colborne, at FRUIT AND •FRUIT TREES. To the Editor of the New Era. DEAR SIR, --I have noticed in your columns that &large amount of apples has been shipped from this county this fall. In order to keep up the quantity it is necessary that orchards should be Well attended to. In the first place, they should be well inanured on the surface, before 'the frost sets in, and well pruned through the winter, the trunks and large limbs scraped and cleaned, so as to kill the large amount of insects that infect fruit trees. This should be done before spring. I noticed this fall that a large quantity of winter apples • were pickedenbefore they were Nendoulotentswasissitsin • early as. . In picAi2v, a•larg,c webritrgMtherffirithii-ikailit7Eroken oft, which will make a smaller crop next year. Parties having grape vines should at once prune out all the dead wood, and cut them back to the fruit buds, and lay them down, or the grapes will not ripen in our short summers. pull off all rough bark and burn it, and it will destroy the insects. EEPERIENCE. BORN. BOINES.—In Clinton, on the 9th inst. thenwifeef R. Holmes, NEW ERA, of a son. , McKie -.In Kingston, on the 7th inst., the wife of Mr J. B. McKay, of the Dominion Business College, of a daughter. SXELL.—In Hallett, on the 10th inst., the wife of Mr Jas. Snell, of daughter, FLOODE.—In Clinton, onthe 9th inst., the wife of Mr E.Floody, of a daughter. BRICKENDEN.—In London, on the 10th inst., the wife of Mr Geo. F. Bricken- den, of a son, • Camenex.-In Stanley, on Thursday, Dec. 6t1V the wife of John J. Cameron, of a son." DIED HEAPY.—In Manchester, on the 11th inst., Mr Wm. Heapy,aged 77 years. CAMERON.—in Stanley on Friday Deo. 7th, the infant son of John j. Cameron. McDonate.-In Little Rock,Arke.nsae, on the 12th inst., Benjamin H. Mc- Donald, son of Mr Hugh McDonald, Clinton, aged 36 years. TORONTO LIVE FITOCK. The receipts of live stook so far this week have been only sixteen car loads. Generally, prices have been firmer. Last week's receipts were 1,119 cattle, 825 sheep and lambs, and 1,305 hogs. Butchers cattle are realizing better prices this week, but thrt is owing to an improvement in the quality. The receipts have been light and the demand entirely local. Sales were made at equal to 21 to 41e per lb, top prices be- ing for Christmas cattle. The market was not an motive one. All the good were sold, but a few head of common were held over. A good many Christ- mas cattle are expected during the next few days. There is a detnand for ex- port cattle at about 4 to 410 per lb for shipment by a steamer to sail front Portland, December 20. It isnot likely that she will get away until near the close of the month. There are very few stockers and feeders coming forward. They are both in good demand. Stock. ers are wanted for export to the States at 1/c for bulls and 2o for steers, Feed- ers are in demand for shipment back to the country at about 3c per lb. Atbarrtiocittent5 von SA bE.—C UTTER AND BUFFALO _V Robes for sale, apply to J. H. COMBS Clintou. rIATTLE FOR SALE. — A COW, CALF and 1 year old Bull, all red, thoro'bred and registered in the now Dominion Herd Book. GEORGE NOTT, lot 40; concession 3, Tit ekersinith CTItAY HEIFER. — CAME INTO THE premises of the subscriber, lot 15, con. 9, Hullett, about the middle of November, one light Gray Yearling Heifer. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges, and take it away. R. CRAIG. *et OAME INTO THE PREMISES OF THE undersigned, lot 24, 15th con„ Goderich township, about June, a lights yr, old Heifer. The owner is required to prove property, pay expenses, and Mina the animal away. ItICHA. RD ‘BARER. cLITRAY RANI. — CAME INTO SUBSCRIB- I:1E1es premises, lot 37, 10th con. of Hullett, the first weak in December, a young Earn. The owner is hereby notified to prove prop- . erty, pay charges, and take it away. GEO. ASKWITIL 71/4TOTICE TO DEBTORS—TUE SIM- scamEn having disposed of all his bttsi- nesse interests artel,f,asirous of closing up the toed twrideis.., h"atidsof.Manning fi,eott 1.1?•CROSNEhr int6O. "WARM TO RENT—BEING PART OF LOT 12 21 and 23, East Wawanosh, each lot being 100 acres, Good house, bank barn and out- buildings on one farm and no buildings on the otlrer. Plenty of water, good orchards, etc. Just one mile from post office and school, and 4 churches close by. Fall ing all done, and 23 acres in fall wheat, The above farms are in splendid condition, and will be rented separately or together, on reasonable terms. For particulars apply to MRS B, MeCAI3E, St Augustine 411 MARRIED BLIGILiavitav-McKeNzie. -In Gods - rich, on Nov. 30, by the Rev. A. Suth- erland, of Ripley, Rev. Arch. McGil- livray, to Miss Rachel McKenzie, of Inteknow! Pontit113Coonnae--Ry the Rev. J. E. HOWell, at the reaidence -Of Mr Robert Settforth, on Deo. Mr John Follett& Seafortb; toIldise,1ary A. Cooper, of thillett. Prrarax-Cialtuamr,.-By t,an „Key. J. E. 1:lowell, at the Methodist Parsonage, ElonfOrth, Deo. 0th, Mr Gee e Pethick, of Walton., county of II n, to Miss Ieillk Campbell, Of the ' • Tuswintme*.Strittr;k n Strafford, on ben. -6th, b Tot. P. Wright, at.the rea,. aeries -of r Addle, Mr James-littn,, hal Vise Isilda Smith, both of Ortte, tiawrans-13nowth - At 0014011 pi; on Nov. 28th, Mr G. P. Hatiting,, ter Miss A. E. Brown, late of t Goods Palace, Clinton. Wrouratni-,--„, lkacx,-In Manchester, on 5th .1i). the Rev. Mr Isaacs, Mr James -Wtghtithsz to Miss Hattie Mack, Inntli Oast Witwatfoilt. TELEGRAPHING ode of the nicest and most comfortable positions is operating. A good operator can always command a good salary. We have a special operating room for students and our charges are very low. Come and see us and we will give you all information. W . JACKSON AGENT CLINTON " The Week, one of the ablest papers on the con ti n en t, —Descriptive America. ENLARGED & IMPROVED. THE WEEK. A Canadian' 'Journal of Politics, Liter,,ture, Science and Art. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY, $3 per year. $1 for 4 months THE WEER has entered on the SIXTH' year of publication, greatly enlarged and improved In evevy respect; rendering It still more worthy the cordial support rf every one Interested in the maintenance of a flrat-clase literary Journal. The independence In polltjes and criticism which has charactenend The Week ever since Re first issue will be rigidly maintained; one 01 - comity -efforts will be made to improve Its lite- rarY,Vilnifeter, and inoreaeo Its value and at- tratatitrtMOSa as a journal for the cultured home. "Maw Y Internind able writers are now, or have 'protriiiiihitekbeitorne, contributors to Its columns, tharitud 4thrhil ebeitivitliAt fanimuyeefgtuhael ptuobtlhisehberearilifteberaryto joinnale iti tritain and the United States, hoteterete,Rroi. floldwin Smith will, from tithe *A tin% contribute articles, London, Paris, Mid Montreal letters from seem- :plipliekteMilipdrkletliti will appear at MOW rms. ,Spitial Ottawa totters will appear - hWINOVIns of Pathan/lent. -'ThS Wk.le its enlarged form, will be the aatnitr blilhAN'Harpers' Weekly, and the largest paper of its class on the continent. SEND FOR FREE SAMPLE COPY, C. 13LACEETT ROBINSON, Publisher, 5 Jordan Street, 'Toronto.