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THURSDAY APRIL 19th, 1804.
A Fair Oonaparison.
---
• A Farmer of St. Clair Co., ltlichigan,
writes to the Port: Huron OommerMal,
stating that he has been unable to real-
ize thet there is any material difference
in the Canadian market and the market
• of sixty millions.' Re has gone to the
trouble of comparingithe price current
in Toronto mil:larch 14 with that of
Detroit on the same, and arrives at the
• fellowieg results :
Toronto.
Wlieat 58 to 62
Oats 41 to 414-
Itlay $9 to $10 $11 00
Dressed Hogs $5 75 to $6 10 $6 00
Clover Seed$5 70 to $8 40 4 50 to 5 30
Cattle 2i to 8 2 to 4
Sheep and Lambs 3f to 4 2 to 4
Butter: dairy, 15 to 23 18 to 20
Eggs 15 to 17 15
Detroit.
57& to 58t
33 to 35
The Michigan, farmer was led to make
this comparison by seeing an item in
Almonte Herald, stating that a certein
firm, in Boston handle100 cars of Can-
adien hay per month, on which is col-
lected a duty of $4 per ton. To this, by
way of climax, was added the following:
---"As the Boston dairyman pays the
same price for both the Canadian and
American hay, and the Canadian farmer
gets $4 per ton leas than the American,
who pays the tax ?”
ThesCommereial correspondent: com-
ments on this as follows :
"It will be noticed that hay, Instead of
being $4 hipper ton in Detroitganges ham
50o to $2 lower. I have just been inform-
ed by an experienced hay dealer that the
reason that Canadian hay can he shipped
to Boston is not that the Canadian farm-
er gets $4 per ton more there than
the American, but because it 'brings. from
$2 to $1 per ton more then the best
Michigan hay. Thia ie on account:of sup-
erior quality and handling. But if the
Canadian gets a little less for Lis hay he
gets enough for his wheat, oats and clover
seed to make up for the loss."
---The-Oertedien farmer has as good a
malSet all round for his products as the
American. Prices vary in different lo-
calities, both here and. there, acoordins
to the coat of transportation, but it is
difficult to see What motive there could
be for using the markets of the United
States extensively. Even the greah
American barnyard fowi is unable to
dispose of her protected. eggs to any
better advantage than her less fortunate
cousin. Iadeed, from other data at
hand, it appears that the price of eggs
in Canada averages rather higher than
in the States.
The Advance in Wneat.
Mr. Van Horne, when he predicted
that wheat is likely to reach $2 per
bushel, he evidently allowed his hopes
to influence his judgment.
Ile believes that the cheapening of
wheat will cease thousands of the poor
in Europe, who have never used white
flour In the past, to do so in the future,
while this same lowering of the price
will cause many now producing wheat
to turn their attentiou to other lines.
The many whet are at present grow-
ing wheat int small farms in Cid Canada
and the United States will cease to do
so is doubtless true. But this will not
have airy material effect ou the agstrogate
of the World's supply, Even at the re-
duced price there are vast areas in
which it can still be produced at a profit.
At the quotations now ruliog, the
Western prairies, where land is cheap
and fertile, and where all sorts of labor
saving appliances clan be used on a large
scale, wheat can be profitably raised
even at fifty cents a bushel, The same
oan be done in'the Argentioe Confeder-
ation, which has not only au abunda.uce
of land but where the climate is such as
to reduce the cost allying to the mm -
helm. This also holdgood. of India,
already a largo grain grower, and South.
ern Africa, that soon will be, But one
Of the greatest factors in the world's
•supply will shortly be found in Egypt.
There, Eaglish brains are making fertile
• bolds of the desert and the fellaheen
will. furnish the labor with which to till
them at a price that would defy cern-
• petition even by the Chinese,
These factsWe think, justify the as-
sumption that production will increase
rather than diminish and that conee-
• quently prices will not go up. .But
even if there is a reduction in the quau-
• tity of wheat raised there itt no Amur-
• anoe that this Will mean an appreeiation,
• in prices. If valued go up the peasant
conaniners in Europe will cease to
• consume. A population but little over
that Of the United States maintaine
million, Men 00I1Stantly Under amid and
• holds over seven millions subject to call
This burden Will effectually proyent the
poasanto of Burope from paying more
for bread than they' do now.
The mind the whole rnatter is this
'There Are Areas capable of suppiy:ng the
• world with, bread that can rairte Wheat
with profit at present pricee, Coefie-
rptently an advance is unlikely, If,
h'er sdtth dose take pitted thee noet
tutting will 004/46 tO SG end a
, •
kft Ode ettel1Whe
ease fariner$ in Ontario will bo wise ti
oontinue the change that is tiow going
oft =Er, give attention • to steely, (reit
and dairy produce that was formerly
given to wheat,
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Ontario elections will take Place
• early in June. The exact date has not
yet been fixed,
x x
We were pleased to notice last
week that the Municipal commit-
tee of the Legials.ture have carr led Mr.
Bishop's bridge bill, by a majority of
'twenty to aixteen. There is now little
doubt that the bill will be passed
by the Legislature.
x x x
Cite lodge of Patrons ;has adop ted a
rosolution repudiating the Patron. nom-
inee. The lodge has been g iven the
option, by the grand officers, of with-
drawing the resolution or forfeiting its
charter. The outcome of this latest
conflict between ,the aubordinate and
supreme body will be awaited with in-
terest.
XXX
Teachers in the Public schools might
with profit give a weekly lesson to the
pupils on the protection of aharle trees.
Children are not naturally bad. The
destruction they cause is more the re-
sult of thoughtlessness than malignancy.
An appeal to their better nature would,
we believe, save hundreds of trees from
destruction every year. That appeal
should be made by their tutors.
x x x
President VanHorne's prognostica-
tions that farmers will, withia eighteen
months, get two dollars per bushel for
their wheat, may be borne of the fear
that the low price, which has for et,
long and is now ruling, will deterthem
from sowing as many acres as they
otherwise would, the result being that
the number of bushels to be hauled bo
the Seaboard by the C. P. 14, Would be
seriously lessened. Mr. 'Van. LI orne, no
doubt ha e an eye to business.
x x
A writer in the Forest Standard, be-
lieving that the Wileou bill will become
law, advises farmers to sow plenty oi
barley this spring in order to be in a
position to supply the American market
that he hopes to see r'e-opened next fall,
The farmers will be toolish if they act
on the advice given. There is no more
prospect, to -day of the U. " S. duty on
barley being lowered than there is of
Van. Horne's prediction of $2 for wheat
being fultilled.
x ,
aiThe Ruyal Military College in King-
ston has cost the people of this country
one million dollars since its establish-
ment eighteen years ago. In return the
nstitution has sent out 1376 graduates,
the majority of whom are now in the
British army or civil employment in
the United States. The college should
be closed up. Canada cannot afford to go
on giving her young men an expeestve
training which apparentl; , can be turn-
ed to prufitable account only in ethers
countries,
x x x
The Hamilton Herald say s that the
addition to the cost of legislation caus-
ed by the morease in the membership
of the Legislature will only ainouut to
ei,800. Due is an under -estimate.
The tilIM -earned will merely cover the
sessional indenmity of the weathers.
Besides this there are the travelling al-
lowances, atationery, increased clerical
assistance and other et ceteras that will
bring the total up to nearer $3,000, or
equal to a captal expenditure of $75,U00,
But, evea if the additional outlay were
only $1,800 , it would still be unjusti-
fiable itt view of the fact that the tend-
ency should have been downward in-
stead or upward. •
x x x
Canadian politicians are not mailer
and Canadiaa issues are not narrower
than the politicians or issues uf anY
well-to-do country must appear ia the
light of e comparison ofthe Picturesque
Past with the Prosaic Present. There
is nothing heroic about the business of
legislation for a well clothed, well fed
people enjoying a heritage of liberty
which was not won without danger and
discomfort. It is idle to sigh that in
Canada there is no scope for •heroes itt
politics. The country enjoys blessings
bestowed by heroes who were in politics
at the risk of life and property. Poli-
tica in these days is a question of ac-
couats. • Thanks to the fethers of free-
dom Canada is free to enjoy the happi-
ness of tho country that has no history.
1
1--
Tuolteremith:
Barers.-Mr. David Ferguson, has
engaged Mr. Darling, of St, Marys,
for this year, Mr. Ferguson is now
Preparing a site for to move his barn,
when he is going to have a stone found-
ation anderneath. Mr. Ferguson is
s prosperoue fernier and his improve-
• nnenb will add to the xnany Brie bank
barns thet are to be seen itt thia see,
tion.-- Fall wheat in this part looks
well considering the many frosts it has
withstood this spring. -The farmere
have immtneneed their spring work
Which iti remarkably earlier than lest
year.-- Mr. Peter McLaughlin ha ro-
covered from his recent illness and ia
• able to be around again.
oilreiOn to CalifOrnitt.
On stoomnt of the San Pranoisoo,
id -
Winter Pair, the Oblong°, 1VIl1watkee
St. Paul Beltway Company will sell ex-
cursion tiokete to San Promisee,. St. Jose
Colton, LON Angolas road San Diego.s
and Portlaed, Ore., AO reduced rates, gott I
until April 1, 1894. For particalars can on
any colipar tiokei rigcmf,,ot addtese A .f.
Tai ler, °act
enion Paris,,, Agouti 87 lt k •p
$C, Termite. Om,•
•T:a EX E 5! 4
SOZE-MAN AFFIDAVIT.
MADF 1..orrriii?I‘i PLATES
Detective Greer Declares the Alleged , I
Confession Q .1m Irehm.
T011oNnO, April IA -Provincial Deteo-
TIVIES
DOMINION PARLIAMENT
----
(ireawa, April 11. --In the Hense of
Commone yesterday these bills were read
a first time t
Mr, Adams -To illeorperate the Lake
Megantio Railway Co, •
Mr. Bergeron--Bespecting the Montreal
Wand Belt Railway Co
tr Ilara-To inoorporate the Cariboo
Railway Co,
Mr, 'levier -Respecting the Richelieu &
Outario Navigation 00.
Mr, Maclean (East 2 ork) introdueed bit
bill to amend the Railway Act, providing
that on and after January 1, 1805, no rate
of fare for way paesengers greater than tWO
cents it infle ehall be charged or taken
over the track ef any railway company
east of a meridian line drawn through
Port Arthur in the province of Ontario.
The bill was read a first time.
Hon. Mr. Costigan, replying to Mr.
Charlton, said that the totel expellee in.
°erred by the Goyernnaeat in commotion
with the revision of the voters' lies in
1886, 1887 and 1891 was $890,453. The
printing of the lists in 1886 cost $416,000.
The printing in the two subsequent years
averaged $28,000 a year.
OTTAWA, April 12, -In the Ilouse of
Commons yesterday Mr. Gillies' motion
that the bill incorporating the Boynton
Electric Railway Company should be re-
ferred back to the Committee on Standing
Urders was carried.
Mr, McLennan moved the first reading
of his bill compelling, railway companies
to issue return, second class tickets at all
etations where they issue return first class
tickets. The ampanies' refusal to issue
second class return tickets was an injustice
to the farmer and laboring man. The
bill passed its arab reading.
Sir John Thompson said, in answer to
Mr. McNeill, the Government would
shortly bring down returns showing the
creed or church of each person employed
in the civil service of Canada.
A deputation from the Dominion Live
Stock Association waited on Sir Hibbert
Tupper yesterday and urged their views
upon him in support of Mr. Alulock's bill
to regulate ocean. freight rates on cattle,
• OTTAWA, April 13. -Hon. Mr. Laurier
resumed the debate on the budget in the
Commons yesterday. At he commence-
ment he took occasion to give Mr. Mc-
Carthy a little bit of flattery with regard
to his speech against the Government,
which no doubt pleased that gentleman
and did no great harm.
Dr. Montague followed Mr. Laurier, and
was still speaking when the Speaker left
the chair at 6 o'clock.
After recess Dr. Montague continued his
speech, and was followed by Messrs.
Fraser, (Guysborce), Kenny (Halifax), and
Prior (British Columbia).
Hon. Mr, ,Foster at 1.10 a.m. rose and
laid on the table some additional tariff
resolutions, which had heretofore been
orders in council, Which the Government
proposed to pet in enactment on the free
list.
Another was an amended package clause
and a resolution relating to malt and vine-
gar. Thera were also the following ad
ditional amendments:
Meats, not elsewhere ppecified, 2 cents
per pound.
Live hops, 14. cents per pound, '
L. rd nompounded and cottolene, 2 cents
per pound.
L•aidensed milk, 3 cents per pound.
Hien, cleaned, le cents per pound.
Chicory, 4 cents.
Cocoa paste and chocolate and. other
preparations of cocoa, 25 per cent.
Cocoanut, desiccated, sweetened or not,
5 cents per pound.
At 1.15 a.m. a division was taken and
the Cartwright amendment was lost by a
Government majority of 56.
This shows an increase of 12 in the
Government majority since the budget
division in the House last year.
Messrs. McCarthy and O'Brien did not
vote.
OTTAWA, April 14. -In the Commons
yesterday the House went into Committee
of Ways and Means.
Section 2 of the resolutions re-enacted
the provision giving power to the Governor-
General in council to transfer dutiable
goods to the list of goods which may be
imported free of duty.
Mr. Charlton moved in amendment to
the clause: That the following words be
added to the clause: 'Provided, however,
that all orders in council relating to any
matter in connection with the customs,
whereby any ruling or decision is made on
a remission of duty or rebate dealt with,
or any order connected with the Customs
Department acted upon, shall be publish-
ed in the Canada Gazette in the week fol-
lowing the passage of any such order.'"
This, the mover said, would make the
Government show its hand.
The amendment was lost and the clause
was adopted.
Other elauses were carried.
• A resolution having been carried bring-
ing the new tariff into operetion from
March 27, the committee reported progress
and the House rose.
OTTAWA, April 17. -Mr. Davin, itt the
Commons, has introduced a hill to further
amend the Act respecting the Northwest
Territories. He explained that the objects
of the bill were to provide that a judge
who has tried a ease shall not sit en banc
when an appeal is discussed; and to get
rid of the doubt as to the powers of the
court to fix the fees of registrars and
sheriffs, counsel fees, eto.
Mr. Mille' (Bothwell) moved a resolution
providing that ths sale of timber from
Indian reserves should be made only by
auction. He said that this was the prac-
tice in Ontario, where prices were better
than were received for Dominion lands.
Sir John Thompson said that the objec-
tion to auction was that •the perchasers
Tight combine at auction sales to keep
ovsn the price. He moved an amendment
reserving to the Government the right to
sell by tender or auction.
After reeess Sir Richard Cartwright de-
• nianded a vote on the question as to
whether or not the Government should be
allowed to use their discretion lathe mat-
ter of disposing, of Indian reserve timber
berths. A vote was taken, resulting in the
adoption of Sir John Thompson's amend-
ment by it majority of 23,
Hon, Mr, Laurier moved for copies of
all correspondence , between the Govern -
merit or any men:Osier thereof, and Sir
Charles Tupper, asking for and giving ex-
planations in regard to the followieg State-
inent made by Lord Dafferin and Sir
Charles Tepper to Mr. bevel's), Fielich
„Minister for Foreign .Affairs, on the 6th of
February, 1893, mutely:
"We take this opportunity of eoilfirni.
itig what we hone elteedy made khown to
your excelleimy during the progress of the
coeferences, viz, that the Canadian Par-
liament, desirous of tweeting the develop.
Meld, of etninnercial relatiOne betireen the
two coontriest has Voted. a StibVentlen of
4100,000 for the perporte of eetablishing a
ne of eteeinere to tele between a Canadian
Ort on (et tsidei and a rrendh tettOiting On
if ether,'
tive Greer has returned from Bozenine„
Mont. In the abrupt perlance of a police
officer, Mr. Greer prouommee the confeei
sion of Dutton, to the murder for which
treteWherrell steeds cenvieted as 'a great
big fake,"
tevenson still maintains that it is geno-
me. lie remarked that the escape of Dub.
ton had laid, him open to much ridicule and
he had been Se 'worried about it that he
wished he never had anytlaing to do with it.
Greer will report te the Attorney-Greite-
ral that Steveesou's story is not believed
in the Montana tOWII Where he resides;
that he found papers in Stevenson's room
containing accounts of the trial and son-
teuce of ifacW•herrell; the statexnent of the
poliee marshal of the town that if such a
mete as Dutton existed he would eertainly
know of it ; also other observations gathered
during the.,detective's stay in the plaoe.
Bozeman i a cennty seat in the State
with a population of about 2,200 people,
Deputy Attorney.General Certwright
says the department is thoroughly setistied
that there is nothing in the Dutton story.
The Affidavit made by W. J. Stevenson
is in the hands of Mr, Robinette, who re-
ceived it from Slontana on &tenthly: It
bears strong evidence of not being genuine,
is typewritten, and attached to it are the
signatures W. J. Stevenson" and.
" Robert Dutton." The characters of the
two names are remarkably similar, While
in Bozeman Greer asked Stevenson to show
him the affidavit, but the latter said, he
had forwarded it to Mr. Robinette on
March 21, the day after it was sworn to.
This was untrue, for he had it is his pos-
session all the titne Weer was there, and
forwarded it on the mune train that Greer
left by, Euclosed with the affidavit was a
letter datet April 14 to this effect: " Why
did Stevenson not show Greer the affida-
vit ? The reason is obvious. He knew
that the officer would reoognize at once
that the signatures were made by one man
and was afraid. the detective might inake
it uncomfortable for him."
AFTER YANKEE POACHERS.
Buffalo Fishermen Caught Fishing in
Canadian Waters by Inspector Kerr.
'PoRT'COLBORNE, Ont., April 16 -Fishery
Inspector Kerr,. of Hamilton, with the
chartered tng Alderson, Capt. Peterson,
made a raid on some Buffalo fishermen
engaged in fishing atCanadian waters,
between Fort Erie and rt ort Abino, near
Windmill Point, destroying a number of
their nets and taking some of the fish
found in them.. There were some fifteen
or twenty boats engaged At the time and,
there was Trite a scattering of the men on
the appearance of the inspector's tug. In
one instatme it is reported the tug had. to
fire a gun in order te permit one of the
boats from sinking their net, to save it
from being destroyed. Some two or three
miles of nets were confiscated or destroyed. •
THERE'LL BE DEARTH OF COAL.
Canadian Coal Dealers Notified to Lay in
a Large Stocii,of Soft Coal.
HAMILTON, :April 14. -Local coal dealers
here have been notified that a great strike
will be declared in the soft coal mines of
the United States on April 21, and all
dealers are Advised to lay in stocks of soft
coal, as the fight may Le a long and bitter
one and a coal famine may result. The
miners' confederation have notified the
owners that a strike wilibe inaugurated
on the date named en account of the low
rate of wages consequent upon the em-
ployment of cheap foreign labor. Already
300,000 men are out in Pennstivauia and
the strike is to become general.
Prince of Vales on National Defenee.
LONDON, April 16. -At the festival din-
ner given at the Middlesex hospital the
Prince of Wales, wl..et presided, offered a
toast to the Army tu/i Navy, the defenders
of the empire. He expressed. his gratifica-
tion at the decision of the Government to
increase the navy, which, he said, was the
bulwark of national defence. On the sub-
ject his Royal Highness said: "God forbid
that it should imply any threat to other
countries. It is just the reverse, for in
order to be at peace we must be strong.
Therefore it is the best policy to strengthen
the first line of defence -the navy. I hope
the motto of which our volunteers are so
proud, that of • defence notedefiance,' may
ever be retained by the navy." The Prince
was loudly cheered.
The Will of Luckey's Father. ,
TORONTO, April 17.-A singular point
for decision for the court has been raised
by the heirs of John J. Luckey; whose
murder the law avenged by the reeent ex-
ecution of his son. These heirs applied to..
the eourt yesterday for the payment out of
$1,100 which was willed by the father to
the wife, Martha. They claim that she
predeceased the husband, and they. are
entitled to the Money. Chief Justice
Armour, however, refused the application
and ordered notice of a latter application
to he served on the heirs of Martha
Luckey. The question ,to be determined
is as to which died first.
slAter or mercy Preedered
BERLIN, April 16. -Yesterday the police
found the deed body of a sister of Mercy
lying by the side of a road leading to the
Grunewal forest on the outskirts of the
city. The bode was partly concealed by
some bdshes. 'The throat of the unfor-
tunate woman had been cut and examina-
tion disclosed the fact that- she had been
maltreated before she was murdered.
Near the spot where the body Was found
were evidences of a desperate streggle and
seine footprints of a tnan which may lead
to the arrest of the murderer,
Lacerated by Barbed Wire.
Lotrimet, Ont., April 17.-A peculiar ac-
cident happened on Sunday night to David
Bullyer, a, young lad who resides with his
parents on Cheapside street, near Colborne.
The boy was going homeward (led Was
climbing over a barbed wire fence, When
he loat his balance and fell. One side of
his face caught in the barbs, lacerating the
cheek from the corner of the niciuth to the
ear, It respired six stitches to sew up the
woend. Fears are entertained that blood
poisoeing will eet in.
Saxe -Coburg as a, Fireman.
CoBtaice April 17,-A. furious fire start-
ed here in a building facing the royal
palace. The flames were finally subdued;
bat not until the bureing building had
been nearly destroyed. The Duke of Saxe -
Coburg Pike of Edinburgh) figave aotivo
aasistance to the firemen inputting out th
blaze,
aboneanous Auditory Burned,
M1xtrnoroms, April 16. --The Vitiat Re-
eiment armory • hail been seriously dam.
aged by Are. • trniforme, rides and own,
• petite rooins Were destroyed with much
(moral property, The Iota will °embed.
80,000, Thera a enopicion of
Serious (barges Formulated Against
be Carnegie Company.
UNITED STATES BATTLESHIPS
Arij Saki i0 bo Armoreti with. Steel
the siighteet emote wt11 emitter to
Atoms Alleged eteilberate
Attempt to Defrand:the
Government.
WASHINGTON, April l'7. -Secretary Her.
bort, of the Navy Department, received
yesterday the representative of six men
who make charges of an astounding neture
against the Carnegie Steel Company hi
connection ivith the manufacture by that
company of armor plate for the new ves-
sels.of the navy.
The chargee involve gross carelessness,
and possibly worse, on the pate of the
government inspectors at the mills, and
Wilner, chief impeder at the armor -
plate mill, spent yesterday at Washington
In conference upon the matter with his
superior, Chief of °Menne° Sampson,
They are based on affidavits which purport
to show that the recently -exposed defects
in armor plates for which the Carnegie
Company has mild the government
$140,000, instead of being the result of ac-
cidents, blunders or overzeal on the part of
the workmen, were part of a deliberate
schothe for swindling the government,
That, instead of continuing for only
ten months, they began whim the manufao-
tering of armor began at the Carnegie
works and had not ended two weeks ago.
That they were carried out by the
orders, under the supervision and, in
some cases, with the personal assistance of
superintendents and other superior officers.
That uot only were test plates retyeated
and doctored in -various ways after
selection, but where plates failed, test
specimens out from other Elates were
palmed off on the Inspectors, while plates
iiiiholutely rejected were laid aside and
subsequently substituted for other plates
and foisted upon the Government. That
plates sure to be rejected were fraudulently
stamped as accepted, the inspeetors'
vamps being sueeptitiously obtained for
that purpose. That the bolts for festal,-
ine the armor to tile ships received It ss
than the tequ!red and necessary treatm Lt
and are thereby weaker than they shou d
be and liable to be broken by it blow that
even a poor plate might stand.
These charges, if substantiated, will
show that the supposed invulnerable sides
of the eew American cruisers and battle-
ships are weak enough in spots to be shat-
tered by it comparatively light blow.
CANADIAN' 'CATTLE IN ENGLAND.
Prospects for the Speedy ltemoval of
the Scottish Embargo,
LONDON, April 16. -During the debate
in the House of Comnions on the subject
of agricultural depression in England, Sir
William Vernon Harcourt, Government
leader, said he was now preparedto favor
the admission of Canadian cattle which,as
a matter of precaution, had hitherto been
so long opposed.
Mr, Chaplin said the House would
probably like to be informed as to the in-
tentions of the president of the Board of
Agriculture. Mr. Gardiner in ' reply said
he had already arranged to answer thnt
question fully next week.
Mr. Chaplin said it was believed Hint if
the restrictions now placed upon the be
portation of Canadian cattie were removed
it would mean a loss to the farming popu-
lation of Great Britain of nt least twenty-
five .per cent. of the value of their live
stook.
TROLLEY BRIDGES AT .NIAGARA.
The Toronto Men's Scheme is Quashed in
the New York State Legislatnre.
ALBANY, .April 17. -It is authoritatively
announced that the bill granting to E. A.
0. Pew, of Toronto, mid others a charter
to build two trolley bridges across Niagara
river, one a short distance below the Falls
and the other at the Whirlpool, which was
introduced by Senator O'Donnell, will not
be reported from either the Senate or As-
sembly committees, and is accordingly -
smothered so far as the present Legislature
Is concerned.
singer Sewing Machine Factory Burned.
MONTREAL, April 17.-A fire broke out
last night in the Singer sewing machine
factory at St. Cunegonde. 'When the fire-
men arrived the fire had gained consider-
able headway. The building is a large
two-storey brink building, and the flames,
owing to the inflammable natnre of the
material, made rapid headway, The con-
tents of the upper sections were totally de-
stroyed and also the cabinet work. The
total diming° is estimated at about $25,090,
covered by insurance.
Armenian Emigrants Attacked.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17.-A report
has reached hero of an attack upon a body
of Armenian emigrants to Russia by it
band of Kurds, in which it large number
of Armenians • were killed. Recently
Armenians in great numbers have been
migrating to lisissia owing to , dissatisfac-
tion with the Turkish administration in
Armenia, and it was one of these parties
that was attacked. The survivors of the
party succeeded in reaching the frontier.
• Fire in Atibburnham.
Akrinnonfild, ' Ont., April 16. -Last
•night Etre broke out in a storehouse adjoin-
ing the large our mill owned by the Dick-
son Company here. The flames spread
rapidly. Three Grand Trunk cars which
were on the siding, which had jure been
unloaded of their contents, were burned
to ashes. The firemen were promptly on
the scene, but owing to Ashburnium tiot
having any water works considerable time
was lost in getting waters
.oetermined to suicide.
lia.rdrAx, X S., April 17. --Mail advioes
front Jemnica state that at, Jacksee teem,
near Falmouth, Edward Barrett, colored,
an old solelieit shot his ,wito through
jealousy, probably inflicting fatal injuries,
and then shot hirnsolt This did not prove
fatal, mid Barrett thereupon obtained it
razor and cut his throat, from ear td ear,
A Sambly Morning Fritcaa.
, BUIE, Apri116.-1vViri. Smiley and others
'bombarded the hoese of Michael telling
gesterdAy. Mrs. Ernling Was shot and
dangeronely wounded. Her son Micheel
defended his motlrr and shot and fatally
wounded Smiley, t i4 now to
rtemntou ShoeivorAters Striker
IT/Y.40,1.ms, Apial 16, -Ott e haindred Men
employed in, 3. .rerittireos & COA boot
and she mantifectory have gone out oti
•atrilte * reduction in the scale oi
1NevvArrivais
IN
SPRING GOODS.
bave just received a beauti-
ful line of Serge Dress Goods that
are desitable in color and texture.
Also an elegant line of trimmings
in Silks and Velvets at prices that
cannot fail to suit purchaser.
In Prints we "aye tile
choicest Pat-
terns in the marbet, and will sell
at a very v ;
In Laces we haye Black,
White and
C; earn. In Cotton aad Silk,a large
variety both in quantity -and Pat-
terns. •.
OUR GROCERIES are fresh,and
pronounced very choice by all who
buy them.
The highest price paid for Pro-
duce in exchange for Goods,-.13ut-
ter, 190 ; eggs, xoc., at
j. P. CLARKE'S
MARKET RIIIPDRTS•
Pall wheat terbush. . s 52 $ 58
Spring wheat per bue- b. ..... 55 •68
Barley per bath 35 35
Oats per bush. • • .- ..... .. . .. . . 30 31
Peasper bash.......... . 50 51
Flour per bbl. . ... ........ 400 4 20
Apples per bag----- ----- . - .. 75 85
Potatoes per bag 40 90
Ilay per ton 600 701)
Wood per cord hard .. 3 00 3 65
Weed per cord soft 200 326
Butter per lb..........• .......”17 17
Egge Per cleaen...,.... . . ..... . . . -11 II
Turkeys per I b . ... ... „.... • • .' 9 9
Pork per hundred.. -... 6 00 6 95
Hogs, live weight.- ....., 4 60 4 60
Geese ; 55
Ducks 6 7
5
• London. April 13. 1899:
Wheat, white, fall, 100 lbs.-- 3 95 to $100
Wheat, red, fall, per 100033- ... 93 to 95
Wheat,spring, aerie° tics 93 to 98
Oats, per 106 lbs............... ...... 98 to 100
Peas, per 100 lbs....-. „,„ ..... 90 to 00
oorn, per100 ...... . 90 to 95
,Barley. per RE ibs ........ -- 85 to 90
Rye. per 100 lbs 90 to PO
Buckwheat, per 1001bs. . .... 90 to 1 00
Beets, per bus.., 1 CO to 1 10
Finis, fresh, single doz... .... 15 to 16
Eggs, teeth, basket, per dos 12 to It
Eggs, fresh, store lois, per dos 6 to 10
Butter,singlerolls,per lb-- •• 24 to 953
But ler, perlbo. lb rolle,basiets 20 to 20
13 atter, per lb. large rolls or
crocks . . . . 17 to • 18
Butter,per lb, tub or firkins 18 to 18
Lard, per lb. .. , . 11 to 12
(Thiokol:in, 40 to ' 70
Ducks.. 70 to 80
Turkeys, 8 to 90 per lb; each 60 to 1 75
Toronto, April: 18, 1894.
Wheat, white, per bus-- $ 57 to $ 57
Wheat, spring, per bila...,,,,,.,e0 to 60
Wheat, red winter, pebus 57 to 57
Wheat, goose, p6r bus 56 to- 56
Barley. ;Air bus.• • • -....... 42 " to 93
Oat, per but 32 to 32
53 to 53
800 to 900
Eget per dozen 00 to 25
Butter, pee ih 17 to 22
Dreatcol hogs 6 30 to 6 50
Potatoes, per bag 50 to 00
ttataeamtessitaeseetasneteee,imeea.:tt
.Portage la Prairie will Marlow $15,000
for school buildings.
HOOD'S AND ONLY HOOD'S.
Flood's Sarsaparilla is carefully Prepared
from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion Maudrake
pooh, Piesissee a, Junipi r hei ries and
otlasr well known remedies, by a peculiar
eombination, proportion and process, giv-
ing to Heed's Strsapatilla curative powers
not poseeseed by other medioinee. It
effects remarkable cures when other pre-
parations fail.
Hood's Pills cure biliousness.
Tent Evoeurpets
Of medicinal agents is gradually re'ega-
ting old time herbs, pills, draughts rind
vegetable extracts te the rear and bringing
-into genertil use the pleasant and effective
liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. To get the
true remedy flee that it is manufactured by
the California Fig Syi up Co. only. For
mile by all leading druggist',
their eburch im now free of debt,
_,
Port Perry Me_sihodiAs rsjoice because
London will have no reduction of the
number of licenses this year.
THE Snonnr OF flerrniEss.-It was not
litd generalship, it woe neuralgia that lost
Id battle. It was not a bad beart, ft was
dyspepsia that made Carlyle to hard to live
with. Headaches have 'battered dynes.tie. The headache has been responsible
r the wrong order that lost an empire.
The cure for eta or nervous headache, for
euralgia and •biliousness is Stark's
Powders. In other words, Stark'Powders
peal happiness. Au infallible, sift and
easy remedy. 25 ciente a box.
Mester(' wants the old shooting season
'or hares and rabbits reinstated,
Tito New York Examiner sage; Every
mother and bourekaoper must often aol as
physician in the many illnesses and aa-
aidento that occur among children and ger-
vents, For many of these eases I have used
Dayis'Pain,Killer, and :consider it an in-
dispensible article in the medicine tem, In
diarrhoea it hoe been need and effected
mares. For cuts and bruiees,it M invaluable
250. for the New Big Bottle.
Marton bas a debt of $47,00O3
niters AND itECOSI.MENDID.
I have used with beneficial results K.D.
C. end have recommended kg° a great
many of my friends, all of wlMe speak
very highly of it, To all who eerier from
indigeattois I ban heartily reeopamend it
as the bests j, B. Timm- is,
Secrelary-Treastirer,City Printing &Pliblifii
hing 0o,, Illontreal,jP,Q.
Eurdoek Blood Bitters unlock ell the
elogged aberetione of the bowels time out-
ing 'medians,' and thinner isomplainte•
have been greatly troubled with head.
ache and bad blood for ten or tWelvi yoke.
t Started to Mite Burdock Blood Bitters in
citify 1802, -and now, "January 1893, I am
perfectly cured,
•tiagli 'Nola. Norwood, Oat,
• Burdock Blood Bitters onus d,verepont,
' Burdock *ma musk cons domitipotioti
Bestdeek Bleed Biller" Cure" billotethese,
• Butclook Bloo4 Batas oats heabotto,
MdNONUS-Itt Crediton en the hitit i'ts'.,
the wife of Godfred Mangoes, of a son.
AtrroBBLIA-in Biddulph, on the 14th Nati
the wife of Herbert Mitchell, Oa son,
GLAVIN-In Stephen, On the lith Mate the
wife of Pettish eilioriu, Oft deughter. '
ez-ete !notele0,0u the 14th Mat,, the
wife of Chem, r Tens, of a aan-s till born.
Tesborne, on the 17th irate the
wife:et Plan neuter, of e deughter,
Witnine-in Perkbill, onitbe 10111 Mat., the
wife ef lir, lt. T. White of 8 daughter,
auGGis.-In P4rkh111, en the Oth hot.* the
wife of Geo, 0. t(eggs, ef it see.
smiTle-On the 11th inst., the wife et' Mr
Wm. Smith, West MoGillivraY, of son,
IIANNING-In °Ratan, on the 121h lush, The
wife of Mr. Wilbur 14, Manning, of a daugh-
ter,
• .MARRIKI).
WILLIAms-BEGL-At the residenee of the
bride'father, on the llth inst., by Rev.5.
Acheson, Mr.' Luther Willitms, of South
Edmonton, Alberta, to Miss Elizabeth,
• eines% daughter of Andrew Bell, Esq., Lou-
• don ktoad, 'ruokersmith.
DAVIDSON-DAVIDSON-At Seeforth, on
the 7th inst., by Rev. A. D, McDonald, D, D..
Mr. Andrew Davidson, of 'Tueltersinith, to
Mrs. Annie Ida Davidson, of Ilelintleld,
• Mauitoba. •
fiROWN-CAMERON-On Friday March 23rd,
in Manitou, plan. by the Rev. Mr Spence,
George Brown, of Boisserain, Slam, to Annie
07E., daughter of the late Ewen OamerenZet
• Anderson, ODA.
RUDIE -ALDWORTII-At Bayfield, on the
4t11 intr., by RON'. E Convent, r. James li udie,
of Goderielt torrnahie, to Mies Aldwortb, of
Barfield.
DIED.
BEITTERID9E-10 8t. Marys, on the 9th inst.,
James Betteridge, in his 501h year.
Clinton, on April ieth, Thomas Fir
(Pcistmaster) aged do years and 9 months.
• Kold Kure has proved infallible for
the past three years in cues of Grip.
Try is,
A Lailiea' Orenge lodge has been formed
in New Weraminiter, B. C.
There is no one ertiele in the line of
niedicines that gives so large a retrun for
the mouey as a good porous strengthening
[ewer. such a Carter's Smart Weed and
ealladenna 13ackache Plastera
, The bonus indebtedness of Morrie, Afar.
has been satisfactorily adjusted.
Those unhappy persons who sutler from
nervousness and dyspepsia should uee
Carter's Little •Nerve _Pills, which are
need° expressly for sleeplees, nervous,
dyspeptic sufferers. Price 25 cents.
Mt. Forest has a deficit of $2,000.
A Toronto -lady says: "1 have tried a
great many remedies but never found one
to give me so much relief as Eseljay's Lir-
er Lozenges.' woulknot be without theca,.
They ere sold at 25o a box at druggists.
Eingeton's 141h band has thirty seven
mealtime. .
Henry Ward Beecher one informed a
man oho came to him complaining et
gloomy and despondent freliuge, ilitt what
he most needed was a good eathartio
meaning, of °mime, snob a medicite al
Aye's Cathartic Pills, every dote beine
e
ff
e
cgt
rtin
i
ve
.
Eville now has a policemen -5400 a 1
yeen
• No small objection which young fettle had °
to tbe old time spring medicines Nyas Weir/
tenuitiouaness. In our day, 'this objectioy'l ,
is removed and Ayer's Sarsaparilla, lb.
most powerful and popular of blood-pari',s
tiers, is RS pleannt to •the palate as a
cordial.
fl' KINSMAN, DENTIST,
• Lin B. SPRCIALIST in GOLD PILL-
ING, EXTRA t; T IN G and
PLATE t'v ORK. Gas and Local'
Anaesthetics for painless ex-
tracting. 2n6 door north of
CARLING'S Store.
D ALT0N ANDERSON D.D. S
r -1-f.1; 15-8. Honor Oral:Mate of the To -
on 611.witty ann Royal college or Dent&Suroons .
of Ontarto. specialties, Painless
extraction and preservation of the entrant
teeth. OtBee orer the LawOffice ot Elliot,
Elliot, opposite Central liotel, Exeter, Ont.
-pp AGNEW L. D. S.DENTIST
1) • CLINTON.
Will be at Grob's hotel Zurich
on the second Thursday of eaoh
month and at itodgin's betel
Hensel' every MOndaY•
FOR SERVICE.
A.Thoro'bred Durham Bull. and Chester -
White Boar, (one cross with Yorkshire) ,On itt
ts,00n. 7,Usborne. Splendid stook. Service:
31 60 for btllall ;31 00 for boar.
Wm ;SNELL. Eilmvitie,
GRAFTING.
Mr. S. Powell is prepared to do fruit tree
grafting on shortest notice. Scions earefuLy
se'eeted and a good stoek on hand. Charges
moderate. 61
TO LET.
Tho brit* store, and dwelling attached, sit-
uated on main sI., and at present °coupled Inr
Mr. II, Bioko, Jeweller. Apply to
THOS. GILEGORY, Exeter
EGGS THAT WILL HATCH
Prom a pea of thoreughbred BMA Minoreat.
i
This pen s headed by one of the highest scor-
ing birds in Canada. These birds were exhib-
ited at the loading fairs in Huron last fall,
cursing off 18t and 200 Exeter. Ise and and
Clinton. and all the 1st prises given for
mix -omen at the fleaforth fair.
SE:tifiefaSOlii°41:11pgatIMI:.anteed. Write mo for full
information. J. IL REID,
Seaforth.
seisoSsommeiniseimis1nessersminmesoi
Horsemen
Will consult their own inter -
eats by getting their
Route Bills,
Tabu:: ated
• 1?edigrees
And any other PRINTING
They may need, at
Thi Qffico
We hat% a large Aeiortment of Horse
Cute, and can turn Mit work in the
boat atyle and promptly.
ADV1RTISE TObit liORSill ROUTE,
Iti Tau Titans
It will
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