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The Exeter Advocate, 1891-4-9, Page 4THE E ($1.etv,r, •tai SANDERS es SWEET. Props. TH(JRSDAY, APR. 9th, SIGNS OF PROG.I E S• It would seen that despite the lilg tibrious wailing of certain opposition journals, and their studied detertninat• ilea to malign this country and dis- courage. our people, providence has favored with its smiles the return of the Conseryativo government topower. Seareely a week transpires without ;ringing us some additional tokens of aoming prosperity for this Dominion, in the way of improved markets, in- creased facilities of transit, the early prospect of accelerated ocean speed from a fast line of steamers, and a steadily increasing volume of innui- ;;ratiou not only from the old country and Europe, but from the neighboring States as well. Let us, for the benefit of our readers, summarize a few point - ars as giving evidence of increasing progress in the directions above indi- cated: 1, First, as to immigration, The ?atest despatcher inform us of the al._ rival of a large number of settlers in the Canadian North West from the Western States, mostly from Dakota and Minnesota, The government at 'Ottawa have made arrangements with the C. P. R. for the conveyance of hun- dreds of families from Dakota to the North west territory, by which they are to have free passage and grants of the best land on easy terms. The rea- sons for this unusual tide of emigrat- ion from the Western States are to be _Sound in the fact that all the best lands there have been taken up; that many who left Canada a few years ago, hop- ing to better their condition by cross - ng over the line, have failed to realize their expectations; and that the discov- ery lately made of the superior attract- ions offered i n our own N. W. territory, in the shape of millions of acres of the best Iand, and of unlimited mineral and other natural resources, has had the effect of diyertiug attention to Can- ada as a field for boundless expansion and development in farming, lumber- ing, fisheries and mining. Not only has there begun an immigration noyement from the Western States; but information has reached us of a large number of farm emigrants from the old world, who will proye to be the 'very best class of settlers for the fertile plains of Canada, where there is ample room for many millions of people who prefer to live and die under British in- stitutions. 2. Another token of progress is the movement on foot for the construction of a line of fast steamships to do ocean aesvice between Britain and America, by which it is calculated that the trip across the Atlantic will be accomplish- ed in five or six days. In this respect,. Canada.nas a decided advantage oyer the United States, as Halifax and Que- bec are nearer toi Liverpool by some Eve hundred miles than New York, and Boston. With an improved speed cof ocean steamers, it is within reason - ;able certainty that the trip between Liverpool and Halifax or Quebec—or Flossibli- some nearer port in Cape Bre- ton—may be accomplished in about five days, or even less. An English 2.yndicate has been formed, of which Lord Hartington is President, to con- struct a fast linef steamship os service e e 1zam England to Canada. Itis expect- eded that 'when these arrangements are completed, the whole route betty, en Liverpool and Australia, by way of the C. I'; R. to Vancouver, can be ac- •• omplished in less than thirty days— the exact time contemplated being ,boat 28 Clays and 6 hours—in which .case the importance of Britain s trade with the Australian Colonies, across Canadian territory, cannot be overlook- ed or overestimated. 3. Still another token of progress for the Dominion is to be seen in the pres elft hopeful outlook for our farmers. Within a few weeks past, notably sin tl1e since return ofle '1 ' t IlEler 1 ' Ca Vat 4 eA to power, there has been a marked rise in many •farm products; --partly, no aoi 1,4t, owing to the greater ter foeling of 1 eeenrity experienced )erieneed as the result 'of` , 1 s ibe1s'e a t eleetiots„ partly arilY from the <tnusual rise in',tln' rice of grain ow- 1 p a ing to the partial failure of wheat and. �V p etlSer corrals in foreign countries; In b nssia and Franc f e for earn Ce last , P f. Fear's crop of wheat tvas short from e o �.tn rtl a tit •. vnelkill 7 ' ed ,t Is � :partly yet soon to speculate With any degree of certaintyas to .'this y,� •' rn „ t ai s rowing, l op; but if, in Canada. ' the prt sent 'tsar's crop-shotilcl`turn out as favorab,. ly' as last year's yield, the'' probabilities titre that farmers will. have plenty to oiI at r',einttnerative prices for the yield of drain. But there are other departments of agrieultture ill which the outlook is equally encouraging, Stock -raising is being more. generally adopte,l; so is dairying;, both in butter and :cheese. Last year's exports in cattle and horses Sc. yielded to our Canadian farmers over twenty four millions five hundred thousand dollars, being an increase over the previous year's sales of above ono million dol- lars, Canadian cheese is largely sought for in the British market at re- munerative prices. Steps are also be. inns taken by Prof. Robertson the Government Commissioner, for secur- ing a plan of winter dairying whieh will add materially to the receipts of the farmer. And with that wise over. sight and painstaking regard for the farmers' interests, which has been a marked feature of the. Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, we may safely predict a hopeful future for the Ca• nadian farmer during the coming year, Only let us give this piece of wholesome advice to our friends, the farmers; do not, with the return of good crops and remunerative prices, expend in needless luxury or a showy equipage `what should be put in the Saving's Bank against a rainy day, or against a possible reverse in agri- cultural pursuits. STABBED TO DEATH. A Sunday Tragedy in London Township. On Sunday afternoon about fou o'clock a terrible affair occured on th farm of Mr. John Geary, on the sixt concession of London township, as result of which one man met a suddei and a fellow -laborer stand charged with the crime of murder. Chas. Hodges aucl Benjamin Hub bard live near each other on Geary' farm, and have done so for a long time Hodges is a sort of "boss' around th place, it appears, and had coutrol o the milk -house, where all the milk re ceived from the 125 odd cows on th farm was taken to be strained. Hub bard was also connected with the dair department of the farm work. Abou a year ago so it is alleged, the tw men hafta quarrel, since which tim they have rarely spoken to each othei never in a friendly spirit, unti yesterday, when the trouble broke ou afresh - Hubbard went into the barn abou half an hour before the fatal fight t get some liniment to apply to the le of one of the horses, and -in doing” -s had occasion to pass Hodges, who wa seated on a box near bv. "He called me a whole lot of ‘ver bad names, the worst he could thinl of," Hodges told a Free Press reporter "but I took no notice of him, and said 'Go on about your business.' He thet went on and I saw no more of him un 111 about half an hour afterwards, whei was in the milk -house. and I saw him come running up the steps as though he was in a hurry. I was Clear the door when he came in, and turned by back away from him, and moved on so that he could come in, because 1 thought he was coming for a row," "You — old — -- —, put me out," he says to nye. "I have nothing to do with putting you out," I said to him, "I had a dipper, about two feet long, with a two quart bowl on the end of it, when he came in, but I put it down in to one of the milk cans. After he call ed me the bad names he rushed at me and grabbed me by the whiskers, and in his other hand he had the dipper. He then'tried to shove me out of the door backwards, on to the hard, frozen ground, down the five or six steps, and with that I grabbed hold of his whisk- ers, and managed to shove him away He wasn't nearly as powerful a man as I thought he was. 1 says to him, `Now, leave inc alone, Hubbard,' But he. didn't," "And did you hit him?" "Yes. I hit him with my fist about here," Hodges replied, placing his hand near his heart. "And then he walked down the steps, and when he reached the bottom he fell with his face down, wards into tzc manure heap, My wife heard therow ow I went down the steps, but did not go near Hubbard. Hi wife was standing over him giving him some camphor or something, and when she saw me, shesays, 'Don't come near him, and I' went away. Ldid not know he was dead when they, picked hitn uv" "Did you have a knife with yott?" "No. 1 did not." "And hacl Hubbard, do you know? " "Not as I know of." I'ul tier th •' prisoner c said hebelieved it was a case Where either himself or his opponent would have been seriously Iurt, T,hc first news of the conflict and its ad ending was tele honed'to Dr, Hut p ehinson,"of •London, who immediately trove out; but when he; reached the: place the man Was dead, The doctor macre an esantination of the body :and Mind_ that Hubbard had been stabbed about an inch below' the heart the dirt being ovet aninehin length. The wound a eared to h ave beenn ftp <tde by au or- clinary jack•isni.fe, and tine blade had either entered the heart or cut some:': of the Iarge vessels nearik•. Dr Hittchin- son returued to. the City, about 7,d0, Detective Graham arid a Constable drove out to the scene' of the murder about half akr heal afterwards, In con Verfation with a reporter Graham said r e h a n s 0 0 s y seci ilii his, ala working' clothes, and wall bis load boots on, He was to"king to Ms fancily in a very easy weed when the officers entered,and on seeing them he said, with 4 sillle, "Oh, I thought you wore coning. This is a bad job, but it was ail self- defence." Where is, your Knife?" asked the de- tective. "I have no knife," Hodges replied, and after searching hiul, without suc- cess, a jael,lcrdfe was found in a tin'. box` on a sllielf, and this wasbrought in by Graham, who lodged his prisoner in the jail about eleven o'clock after a warrant charging hint with murder. had been made out by Squire Jarvis. Mrs. Hubbard wife of the murdered man, takes the awful affair very hard Detective Graham says she told him that about a year ago Hodges threaten- ed to let the entrails out of a man natn- ed Wm. Custin, who was also an ,em- ployee oe. the Geary farm, the pair hav- iug had a quarrel' also. Hodges says the whole difficulty has been that ho has been to plain with the leen around the place as regarded the milk over which he had control. He looked very carefully after his employ er's interests,and allowed no one to tape away milk, and as a consequence he has become unpopular among the inen. The victim of the tragedy- was aged about 40 years, and leaves a wife and several children. Hodges is also mar- ried, and has one child, about ten years old. The prisoner is aged about 65,and is a medium-sized man, of the ordinary farm laborer stamp. He appears to be respectable and intelligent. Last night he did not seen to realize the terrible position in which lie has placed himself and takes the whole affair quite coolly. The knife which Detective: Graham says he secured at the prisoner's house is a two bladed jtick-knife. The larger blade is sharp, and would easily have gone through the two shirts and vest which Hodges had on when he re• ceived the fatal stab. If the knife in the detectives possession is the one with which the crime was committed it had either been washed afterward or wiped off in the flannel shirts when being withdra,vu from the 'wou.pd. To the naked eye, however, there were what appeared to be several small blood stains on both blades of the knife, and also on the handle. The wound 'itself bled yery little, the shirts only being slightly stained. Coroner Flock has ordered an in- quest to be held and the jury will be empanelled to -day. LATER PARTICU.LARs, Nothing of very great importance has since developed in connection with the death of Benjamine Hubbard on the Geary farm in London township Sun- day, A post-morten examination of the body of the deceased was macre at his late home l\Monday aft'rnoon, tt which Coroner-Floek and §mitisstir : TJrs, Hutchinson, Payne and 'OSTaii„•.h :were+ present, The' result showed' that a knife had penetrated through:the cart ilage in the left side of the body, and entered the heart for aboitthalf aninch at the lower end. The cut on the out er portion of the body is only half an inch long, and is below the heart, ap pearances going to show that the fatal thrust was made back hand, and the knife had taken an upward course. The inquest will be held at St. John's at two o'clock Thursday afternoon Cor - eller Flock is conducting the proceed- ings, Butter and Egg Market, .Shall the Butter ana Egg Market continue? During the spring of 1890:.a number of the citizens desirous of seeing the Village of Exeter prosper, organised a Board of Trade. This Board advocated. the establishment of a cash market for Butter and Eggs, which after much trouble to themselves they successfully effected. The Butter and Egg market was a very strong factor in the reviv- ing of trade during 1890 in the village of Exeter. On Saturdays during the Spring, Summer and Autumn, the village was crowded by persons from other villages, attending the ash Mar- ket. Had it not been for this cash market the trade ofthese these people would never have reached Exeter. Do you want this trade this sunnier? What efforts are you putting forth to attain this end? • If the volume of trade is increased, and profitably`so, it is without doubt, a benefit to the village. You can not increase e thet .• la de 0f a town without benefiting the whole town The village council of 1800 were not unanimous in the belief that a cash. market would: be a benefit <ind the con cessions made were forced upon then by the Board .of Trade. Now that the Cash,Market has prey- ed a success, bi„ • are the hopes of the most sanguine, not only to the people of Lseter but the people of the surrounding' villagesla es ti�' e lecoe ' zed its success. Let the Council of .1891, the Board of Trade and the citizens of the village of Exeter unite in their efforts to make Exeter one of the most prosperous towns in the western part of Ontario. CITIZ.UN, Hay School Report. Thef ll w' fo o Inis the aP01t=for Mar cl of 5, S. No. 2,"Z Y. Pupils are named in order of merit Fifth—I-tomer-Russll, Alfred Me rag. and Campbell equal, garbl ual q , e Murray. Fourth. --Chas. Chapman, Kate Chap- nittn, David. Smith, Sen. Third:—Henry Jaekson; Chas. Northcott Prank Ross; ,«. Jr, Third:• --Twee . Jaeksoly,' Ralph he found the prisoner at his house,dres. Chaptl a h, Alible Northcott, p , Nellie �coatd;--Jose lr Nottheott Northcott James Shirray, Sr Second Part.— Beelie Northcott,; Willie Warren, John Todd. Jr, Second Part;—Milton Russell, Carrie Gould, Flora Northcott, Usborne School Report. The following are the names of those who were promoted: at the promot- ion examinations, held in S. S. No. 0, Usborne, on March 25t11, and 26th. Names appear in order. of meritr-` From V to VI, Gertie McCord. Froni Jr. III to Sr. III, Lila McCord, and Jen nie McDonald, From Sr.11 to Jr. lir, Nelson Trout,' Lily Westeott, tivillie` Frayne and Garnet Fr.iyne. From Jr.. II to Sr. TI, Emily Wood, Violet Willis, and Norman McDonald, From .II Pt, to Il Class, Maggie Russell and Vin cent Wood, From Ipt. to Upt., George Westeott, Fred Cornish, Willie Row-- cliffe, Lily M. Rowclitte, Edith McCord, and John Richard. J. W. IfOGAlTli, Teacher. Harpley Muddy! Muddy" Mud,—Mr. T. N. Hayter our post master and J. B. Hod- gins are called onforJurymen to attend the Goderich .Assizes.—Air, John Eng- lish has been laid up for the past week With a severe eold accompaiecl with in- digestion.—Mr, Geo. Sherttitthas hired Mr. John Kennedy for G months during the summer,—Mr. John W. Allister sold a span of 3 year old colts to Mr. HLoye one day last week for a good price.- Always lots of fun round Pokertown and Honerable John has been haying his share of it lately,—One of the most in- teresting events was performed by 'the Rev. Mr. F_Seeman, at the residence of Mr. T. N. Hayter, on the 2nd inst. It being the marriage of his oldest daugh- ter, Annie, to Mr. James Moazure, of Stanley tp,, where they returned the day following the eeremnny,wi tri many well wishes for their future happiness. THE WISE SAVANTS Tell us that Rheumatisin is a blood di- sease; that it can be cured only by a remedy which works through the blood And yet, if you have the darting pains of Rheumatism in muscles or joints, try a little of Clark's Lightning - Lini- ment. It will go right to the seat of pain and relieve it at once. There is no waiting' weeks and months until the disease can be attacked through the blood. This seems to be contrary to scientific claims but it is true that Clark's Lightning Liniment will cure Rheumatism. Sold by druggists ;price fifty cents, The Liquor License Act. In accordance with the Provisions of the Liquor License Act. Public Notice is hereby given that a meet- ing ofthe License Commissioners for the Li- cense district of South Huron will be held at th o 'Village of Hensall'on Mon clay;April loth 1891, ati0 o'clock ;t. m. to consider the appli- cations forLicense for the ensuing year. New applicants for License a,re:.Etobort Mo - Falls, Corbett Hotel, Township of Stephen; John Brisson :Drysdale Hotel, Township of Stanley; George Paoli, Turners .Hotel, Bruce- fiold, Township of Stanley; Joseph Weber, Dalys hotel, Egmondville, Township of Tuokersmith; George Grant, Central Hotel, Town of Seaforth; Edward Dawson for shop. Middle Stare, 73olmestead's Block, Town of Seaforth. Number of Licenses at present in force: Tavern 41, Shop 4. Number of applicants for 1sot:• Tavern 40, Shop 8. 'Any petition against the granting of License to any applicant or against the Premises must be filed with the undersigned at least four day biforetho sleeting of the Board. WM. BALLANTYNE, Seaforth; April 4th,1891.License Inspector. Seaforth. 1OTICE to CRE➢ITOR . In the matter of Lewis Henry Towers, of the Village of Exeter in the County of Huron, Yeoman, Insol- vent, The above named .Lewis Henry Towers has made an assignment to me in ,pursuance of 48 Victoria, Chapter 20, Statutes of Ontario, of all his Estate and Effects, for the benefit of his Creditors. A meeting of the Creditors of the said Lew- is Henry Towers, will be held in m•y Law Office in the Village of Exeter on TUESDAY, APRIL THIE 7th, A. D. 1894 at the hour of TWO O'CLOCK in the after-' noon for the appointment of Inspectors and the giving of directions for the disposal of the Estate. Creditors area•ognirad to file their' claims against the Estate with 1111. with affidavit attaohecl also nature and value of security, iftiny`; held, on or before the 15th Dap of APRIL, A. D, 1891. LEWIS H. DICKSON, Dated April 2nd,1891• Assignee. INSDLVENT SALE ass In the matter of Lewis H. Towers, In- solvent, AUCTION SALE Valuable Farm Lands, Goods & Chattels. The undersigned ed will offer for sale by Pub- lic Auction, on the Premises, on Monday, the 13th day of April, D .1891, At the hour of 1 o'cloelein the afternoon, The following ;Valuable heal Property, viz: Lot number 20 in the Village of Exeter (formerly Usborne) containing by aclii cas- uroment50 acres, more or last', also :the 'fol- lowingGoodsand Chattels,viz:--t mare, 8 years old; 1 black mare, 9 years old;1 colt, 2 years old; 2 heifers; auantity of hay; 1 set„ double harness;1 set single harness:1 wagon t pair of bobsleighs; 1 reaping machine; 1 in ewer,' 1 plow;l fanning in 11,11 ::1 Bair dia- mond harrows; 1sulk, -rake: lroller; l buggy 1 hay -for]: and appendages; 8' forks; 26 lttlslil els of two rowed barley, and other art.iclos; toon numerous erous to mcfntion. TEEMS of SAL1a of C,t:TATTELS: $5 and under Cash, for sums over tlirit amount 7 mon alts credit will be given onap• frayed ,joint notes. 7 per cent per annum off for ea;sla Conditions Of lahcl made known at time of For further particulars apply to :R- Sanders a Ur, John Oill,' " V . H oskin In sped Auotaon tx. J Matho9rr e. or to Lewis tit Dielcson, Assir gnte. S, FARMERS ETC., Dont fail to get a supply of the 1mous; ARDJNE OI L. Made only bye„ ' c 1 Co1 l Bros. &1QToronto. C . � . You will find it 'gives satisfaction, McC OLS S CYLINDER L l� OIL Should be in eves.•Y . Engine C linrler b Y Beware of Imitations. - Get only r Genuine LARDINE. --FOR SALE BY— Say+ta�: iTT �4"0 7 9 n Exeter Ontario. SCAli1I'aIUN. FOR THE EARLY SPRING TRADE WE ARE SHOWING THE BEST ASSORTMENT OF II :1: 11 : li $ II 011 $ II t II $ II / 1I CAffADI 11 T'R'EED SllITINGS, t II • II 'll IIII I II II I II : 11 Scotch Tweed Suitings, Fancy Worsted Suitings, Black Worsted Suitings, Fancy Panting, and Spring Sum fuer Overcoating that has been shown in EXETER for some time. All macre up in the Latest Style by First Class Hands. And at Prices that will suit Bad Times. WE 0111111NTEE JI 6000 FIT 011 N9 Sp[E. GIVE 1VIE t CALL. JAMES H. GRIEVE. • a', V.Xiaaa11.1;ts mfu' vane r' * : a, ric Our Sprin' Stock of Shelf and Heavy Hardware consisting OF ]ocks9Hinges, One-half car ails indo-w-lass, Putty, Paints and. Oils, All kinds of wire, Barb, Buck Thorn, Oiled. and. Anueal - ed at lowest cash price. BISSETT B .' OS. P. S. ---Also a first-class stock of tinware .to select from, Exeter Roller Mills, MARKET REPORTS. i WHIJ AT 1.02 .© 010 er bu h r 1J "� Our Bening Prices. 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