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The Exeter Times, 1895-11-7, Page 4TI \Molsons Bank (elanguva) 8PesnefsIAMENT,1$66) Paidap Cepital - — 42,000,000 'Peet Fund 1,00(.40(X) aeaa Oftlee, lefontreel. WOLVERSTANTIIOMAS,Eams GEXNE4Ar, 440.mkosa VLoney advanced to gorge fanners ort their Own note with one or more endorser a per evelen anneal. Exeter Branch. en every lasslui day, trom a.xu. to lem SATURD4Y8.10 mai, to 1 p. Ventrates of interest Allowed on depolts N. D.litTRDON, Established in 1877 33. S. O'l'lSX/a B.A.NKER, EXETER, ONT — Traneacts aenersibankingbusineas. Remeiveo the Accounts of Merchants anti 9thers on, favorable terms. Offers every accommodation sioneiatent with efe and censervative banking principles. Interest allowed= deposits. Drafts issued payable at any ogee o the IllerthentsBank, NOTES DISCOUNTED, and Marren eo LOAN ON NOTES and MOET0A.GES. vittztk 41110, as* II 21 I side, marks of prosperity and tear of Free Trade, howeyer, happinessomequalled, perhapa, in brought the American people to any other portion of the world," thetr senses, and in the November elections of 189, the Free Trade party was literally wiped out of ex- istence. As was frequently said during the campaign, the people "had learned throught their stom. ahs what they wouldn through their brain." East, West, Notth, South, city, town wad country alike contributed to the result, mei now, being satisfied that no more Free Trade legislatiou can be THURSDAY NOVEMBER, 7th, 1895 Notice to 'Xmas' Readers. Whe publishers mould esteem it a favor if readers would,tohen making their purchases.. mention that they saw the merc7zant's adver feernent in TEE Dens. .1••••••••••••••• Thealistory ofProteotion U. $' The history of the United Sta tes from the adoption of her constitu- tion in 1789 to th.e present time, is one continued argument in favor of Protection. An unbiased study of the hittory of the United States proves conclusively that all the prosperity enjoyed by the A.merican peOple from the foundation of the government till to -day, has been under the reign of Protective prin- ciples; and all the hard times suf. fered by the American people in the same period, have been pre- ceded by a heavy reduction of duties on imports, or by insufficient protection. The very first Act of the First Congress of the United &atm affecting the country, Was an Act establishing a protective tariff by their first president, Geo- rge Washington. The young nat- ion began to prosper. Washing- ton said in one of his mes- sages to Congress that "our agriculture, commerce' and manu- factures prosper, under the tariff of 1789, beyond example." Again he said, "Congress has repeatedly, and not without success, directed • their attention to the encourage- naent of manufactures. The ob- ject is of too much consequence not to insure a continuance of their efforts in every way which shall appear eligible," In 1812 the war with Great Britain began. and in order to raise money to carry it on, Cong- ress nearly doubled thetariff duties, greatly to the benefit of the country and of its home industries. English war yessels practically destroyed • all importations from foreign coun- 'tries to the States, thus practically compelling them to erect factories and foundries of their own and start new industries to supply their necessities. Notwithstanding the three years war the country •made •rapid progress in national wealth and manufacturing ability. In 1816, for no other reason, ap- parently, than the love of change, Congress repealed the existingTar- iff Acts and adopted what was prac- tically Free Trade. British menu. facturers at once decided to take possession of the new co/rime:I-dal field; as they said themselves, their object was to "stifle in the cradle those infant manufacturers which Protection and the war had build up in America." Niles the Ameri- can historian, says, in writing of this period : "It is notorious that greatsums of money were expended by the British to destroy our &elks of sheep, that they might thereby ruin or manufacturers They bought up and immediately slaughtered great numbers of sheep; they bought our best machinery and sent it off to England, and hired our best and most skillful workmen to go to England, simply to get them telt of this country, and so hinder and destroy our ex- istiog rna.nufa.cturers." Great de- pression in all branches of business at mice followed. I3ankruptcy soon became general, and financial ruin was everywhere present. Thi e disastrous state of affairs vvent on till 1824, when the people with a mighty effort resolved to endure it no loeger, ana in that year Congress again passed a pro- tective tariff, more rigid than any ref the ptevious ones. President • Munroe said the object was to give "additional protection to those •articles which We are prepared to In 1833, the enennes of Pro- teetion rallied their forces and again secured control of Congress. Protection was abandoned, and again financial depression followed; assignments and bankruptcies re- bated everywhere ; manufacturers suspended operations and business grew worse anti worse, till the culmination wee reached in the fieancial crash of 1837, one of the fi a.ncial revulsions ever known. This state of affairs went oe till 1842, when the Protectioeists again got control and eassed a highly protective tariff. President Tyler vetoed the hill, but Congress carried it over his veto—Tyler was a Southerner, and the South was always for Free Trade, owing their eheap slave labor. Protect- ion again brought prospenty, and in 184% President Mt said: "The progress ot or country in her career of greatness, in resources and wealth, and in the happy con- dition of our people, is without example in the history of nations." In 1846, however, the South having again succeeded in getting power, and being„ as we have elready intimated, irrevucably committed to Free Trade, the pro- tective tariff was agaia repealed, and though delayed for a few years by the Mexican war, the famiae in Ireland, the discovery ot gold in California and the Crimean war, the same dire results followed. President james Buchanan said of that distressful Free Trade period : "With uusurpassed plenty in all productions and all the elements of natural wealth, our manufacturers have suspended ; our public works are retarded ; our private enterprises of different kinds are abandoned; and thous ands of our useful laborers are thrown out of employment and re. duced to want. We have possessed all the elements of material weahh in rich abundance, and yet, not- withstanding all these advantages, our country, in its monetary in- terests, is in a deplorable con- dition." In /86r, Protection was again adopted and maintained practically without interruption for over 3o years. During that time her wealth increased from $16,000,- 000,000 to over $60,000,000000, and it is estimated that $8,000,- 000,000 worth was destroyed dur- ing the great Civil war. Her wealth per capita has :increased in that time from $415 to over $1000. In those thirty years of Protection the United States earned over one half of the sum added to the world's wealth. Her manufactures increased during those thirty years irom $x.8oct,- 000,000 to over $7,000,000,000, In 1860 her foreign trade amounted to $6o,000,000 ; 1890 it was $1,750,000,000. In 1860 she had 30,626 miles of railway ; x890 Ebe had over e7o,000—enough to warp around the earth at the equator seyeu times, and more than all the railways in Europe put together. During those thuty years of pro. tection the value of her farm wealth more than doubled. In 1890 the McKinley Bill was passed, which very largely in- creased :the tariff duties on suela articles as can be prodnced in the United States, at the same time greatly extending the free list by adding to it all such articles that cannot be produced to advantage to tbe country. Under the oper- ation of this Act, in less than two years oyer $4o,000,000 were invest- ed in uew or enlarged industries providing work for 37,285 addition- al hands. Wages were higher they nave the in Ildanager. most appalling and disastrousn- than ever the history of the nation and great general prosperity prevailed. In thet election of November, 1892, The Free Traders won, and in a few months the greatest con- sternationfprevailed throughout the whole country. The manufactur- ers filled their standing orders as soon as possible, this kept business somewhat brisk for about six months. Then the crash came - Wages were reduced employees dismissed e.nd factories closed. Over seven huedred banks suspend- ed and dire dist, ess was felt every- where. In less than a year from Free Trade victory at the polls, President Cleveland's snessa.ge to Congress contained the following significant_ words ; "With plent- eous crops, with abundant promise of remunerative production and manufacturewithitinusualinvitat ion of safe investment, and with satis factory assurance to business en terprise, suddenly financial dis- trust and fear have eprneg up on every side. Values supprsed to be fixed ate fast becoming conjeetural, and loss and failure haye involved every branch ot business." In two years the degrease of the outbut of factories wds 50 rer cent, the falling off the number of hands employed was 30 per Inatufecture " The vaults were cent, and the deerease in the •gulch a r helpful. ?resident track- I a mount of wages earned •WaR 4,5 414011011 X828, ill bis message, said per cent. t„uuntry resetC, on every f The experiencee of two year passed, dee country is already be- ginning to show signs of awakened prosperity. Not Explicit Enough. Commenting upon the condition ot the agriculturists et Great Brit. ain, the Iioadon Standard in a re- cant issue said : The time for mere talking has gone by. Somethine will unquestiouably have to be done. It is for ministers to say what measures they think besb calculat- ed to avert the great calamity with which we are threatened. The country has full confidence in Lord Salisbury's statesmanship, and will be ready to listen with the greatest respect to any plan which he proposes. But mere palliatives will not be ot the slightest use. The evil has gone too far. Whets a man is hovering between life and death, it is useless to give him ginger beer. The farmers will expect froto the Government something stronger than that ; and unless they get it, 'very many of them will soon mei) to be farmers. What was the Standard hinting at? What is the measure required to relieve agricultural distress which is not a mere palliative? What is the stimulant that the in dustry hovering between life and death needs? What is the strong renaedy winch the farmers expect is to save them from utter ruin ? OTES AND COMISBNTS The Ameridat eensul at Sault Ste Marie, in a recent report to his Government at Washington, says: "That by reciprocity with Canada. the United States farmer would gain one hundred dollars for every dollar he would lose." This is just what the great majority of our Canachan farmers have be- lieved ever since 1878. They are too shrewd to want to bring about a state of affairs by which the advantage over them of 10o to x, therefore, they stand by the N. P. x x x "With me protection is a con- •yiction, not a theory. I believe in it and warmly advocate it, because enveloped in it are my country's highest development and greatest prosperity; out of it comes the greatest gains to the people, the greatest cruntorts ,to the masses, the widest eicouiagement for man- ly aspirations, the best and largest rewards for honest efforts, and a dignifying and elevating citizeu- ship, upon which the safety and permanency of our political systems depend."— Wen MoKrareey, Gov. OF 01110, XXX • According to the Review of Re- views it is estimated that in Great Britain, i with its population of thirty-eight millions, there are generally about seven hundred thousand men out of work. There are about eight hundred thousand paupers. Out of every thousand persons who die, aver nine hundred die without leaving any propert at all. About eight millions exist always on the boiders of dest itution, and twenty millions are poor. Will free trade make you rich? There is no such thing as free trade, except between Eng- land and Ireland, and Ireland illustrates how that system affects her. Three Vtrriolis Murder trials • Ended. Three remarkable morder trials were brought to a close on Saturday. At Montreal, the young Irishman Shortie avaa found guilty of murdering John Loy, an otileer in tho Beapharnois cotton factory, in whieh he had been employed. There was no question as to the killing of the man. It was ad- mitted that Shortie slew him without proyocatiore arid that he intended to kill others besides hint. The defense was thab the prigoeer was stibjeet to fita of insanity, and evidence was given to show that in Ireland, as well as in Can- ada, the prisoner had been subjected to fits of mental aberration, In one of thoee Apaerus, it was contended, Shortie murdered his vietim. Dr, Buoke, super- intendent of the Asylum for the Insane in London, ;awl other insanity experts were examined in eepport of the view that the •prisoner was mentally irresponsible at the time the crime was conenaitted. • They asserted that it was possible for a man to have periods of • mental collapse in whir& he had no control whatsoever oyer his actions. The prosecution combatted this view with threat s macle by lithe price:mar against the mill managers some time prior to the commission of the orime, and the jury, in giving a verdict of "Guilty," have upheld the assumption that, no matter how many mental lap. ses a man may have, if he knows it is wrong to kill, and. proceeds to murder, be meet be held responsible for his tans - deeds. Homicidal maniacs do not get much sympathy frora the average Can- adian, jury. He wiU be hanged. Jan. 3r8 at 8 a. ne. The conviction of Dimwit, the young Torontonian, who has for weeks been on trial for murder at San Francisco, was nob unexpected. Hie crime is one of the most remarkable in the annals of wrong -doing. A young man of hitherto blanielesa character, he has been found guilty of a most atrocious crime His victim was a school girl with whom he was in love. He in- veigled her into the church, of which he was a member, killed her, and then dragged her body up in the belfry, where it lay four days before it was discovered. A gender fate befell an- other yonng girl friend of his, and if Durrant had been acquitted on his firat trial, he wnulcl have been accused of a second crime, equally revolting. What aided moat to convict Durrant was his anxiety to make believe that the pastor of the church was the mur- derer, and. the admission which he made to a women reporter who work- ed upon hie sympathy and his vanity. What were his motives? No one has explained that feature of the crime. But his admissions, and his fishy ex- planations regarding his presence in the church •on the day the girl was murdered, proved the strongest of cir- cumstantial evidence against him. Yet he maintains that he is innocent, and has applied for a new trial. This well that the monster Holmes has been convicted of the murder of Pietzel at Philadelphia, Holines and Pietzel were associated+ in the work of defrauding insurance companies—by first insuring a life, and then provid- ing a bought corpse, upon which the insurance was collected. In pursuance of this acheme, the life of Pietzel was insured for $10,000, and it was agreed that Pietzel should disappear, and the money be collected in the usual fraud- ulent manner. Holmes made up his mind to get the whole insurance, how- ever. He chloroformed Pietzel, then sprinkled him with acid, and set fire to his bady endeavoring to make be- lieve that the victim was killed while experimenting with chemicals in the establishment carried on by Holmes, as a blind. • The insurance companies were suspicious, and Holmes disap- peared, taking with him Mrs Pietzel, whom he kept in ignorance of her hus- band's death. To cover up his crime, he murdered the Pietzel boy at In- dianapolis, and the two Pietzel girls at Toronto, and there can be no doubt that if he had not been overhauled by justice he would have killed Mre. Piet- zel also. His one idea was to get rid of every witness against him. Subse- quent itivestigatioa has revealed the fact that lisemes has murdered twenty-two persons. whom he at one time or another thought stood in his way. He was an educated man, but a villain of the deepest dye, who turned his undoubted talents to the worat possible use. It is fortunate for this Province that he has been con- victed of one of his numerous diaboli- noel crimes at Philadelphia. If be had been acquitted, he • would have been brought to Toronto for trial oa the charge of murdering the two in- nocent children of Pietzel, and that trial might have cost the Province 810,000. As be stood in the dock at Phil- adelphia, Holmes was a roan abso- lutely withoub friends. The merciless, heartless scoundrel cannot two soon be dropped from the publics eye. Mr. Joseph Aunt, an old and respected resident of Howlok, died on Wednesday of last week, at the advanced age of 68 years. After an illness of abonttwoweake, Mat- garet, beloved wife of Mr. Michael Fox, of the 10th concession of Grey, reseed away on Wednesday eyening, last week, aged 55 years, 3 months and 19 dove. Deceased was born in Biddulph townshie, Middle- sex county her maiden name boiDg %Iva_ show, She was united in mairiage to her now bereft partner in 1859 and they moved to G.ey township 17 years ago. Five sons and tour daughters survive, to remember with feeling of gratitude the life of an excellent mother. The cause of death was a complication of liveand long troubles. td a Fox bad been a very healthy pinion, and WAR very highly se. teemed by a large circle of friends. She was a conaistent member of the English church. A Winthrop correspondent thus writes to the Seaforth Expositor 'Liberal) : A pleaeant event took place at, the residence ot Stephen Godkin, oxi W ednesrlay even- ing, 16th ult., when hie eldehf daughter Emma, was mauled to &smear, Efackwell, A prosperous young farmer of McEillop The preterits to the brine wore numerous, A number of the old men were viewing the pregeres, end, no doubt, thinking or their owe wed ling day, wished nob re °a- rmorer times had been tbir t or forty 9' firig ago. Oins Reformer remsrlrecl suoh is the fruit of proteetion, give the crank another turn end lot us hoe tureen' Irthe Hon Mr Lanrier*:and Sis Either,' Cartwright visit Seaforth and the Liberal will give yen correspondent one balf hour to reply, he will centime, them by the el t. (lie of the aewly married couplenow and the presents received in- farming commun Wee ae compared vvith those of Sir Hoberd OSAWrigh G'S role, that the fa mete aro no. gettmg peorer nor threes harder, The t.ustees of sobool seetion No. 12, Say, have engaged Mr. Turetbull, of near Pert Bloke. as teacher for the ensuing year, On Thursday shortly before tbe 446 tram arrived the Brucefield station caught fire It is supposed that a burning match was carelessly thrown down, aud dropping through a crack, aet fire to some debris under the platform, and from th is the platform ignited. Mr John Dormice, of 1V1oKillop, Bold his farm oo tbe 5th coecession to, bis 'brother, Mr. George Dtvrance, The farm contains fifty ad es, and Is one of the Vest in tbi. • num of the couvery. It we sold for $3,000 • Ate Geo. Dorranee has been in Dakota, for aeveral yettrs, and intends returuing home and taking possessien of his new farm. Mt. John Dorraiuse intend, going it Dakota in the sitting and if he likes the cottetry will likely stile hte. "N ratso AND FArAt GENTS. -1 have taken Burdock Blood Hittere every aprine, and fall ete a blood purifier for severs) year* and find it dose peat good, building up my System end nielthor tile feel like a new moo. My wife Moo las t taken it for nervous debility atel weekteesereceivieg great benefit when dc etersmedicioe sessivel to do no good. Rums Avvene ]forth Alignets,Ont, The Latest News - The British steamer Nio caught fire and was abandoned at sea. A quarter of it million bushels Of wheab are being shipped out of Mani- t°TiteD daily Board of Exaininers for the selection of flour standards niel1°nttl' • .1.Paeon, formerly prime minister of Victoria, Australia, is dead. His Ministry resigned Sept. 25, 1894, Sir Oliver Mowat entered on the 24th year of his PrelnierShip OD Thursday. Many happy returns of; bilJeaCicakY IDenipsey, tbe wellsknown pugilist, died at his residence in Portland, Ore., Friday morning of consumption, During Saturday night the ' vault at St. Mary's cemetery, KillgSt011, Was blown open and several bodies were stolen. H. H. Holmes has beeo found guilty of murder in the first degree at Philadelphia for the killing of Benjamin F. Piebzel, 'The • seven year-old daughter 'of Ovid Memorex of Windsor was burn- ed to death, in Sandwich East. She was throwing coal .oil into the kit- chTenstiovuei ' heqdation of the Commercial Bank of Manitoba is grachndly draw- ing to it close. Last Thursday, Oct.31, the third dividend was paid out on all creditor's claims. • An English syndicate has secured the control of the Pipestone mining property near Rat Portage. SMOG of the Winnipeg shareholders have retained $175,000 worth of stock. Two persons were killed outright and 25 or 80 passengers were injured by the wrecking of the Cincinnati express at Elm Grove, near Wheel- ing, on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail- road. Mrs. Richard Walsh, who weighs 200 pounds, jumped from the third story balcony of one of the big Chicago department stores and was dashed to death on the floor of the rotunda. William McCurdy, of Vienna,Ont., and Charles Day, two men who went to Manitoba, for the harvest, bave been killed, the first named on a railway and Mr. Day in a threshing accident. Farmers along the M. and. N. W. are all bolding their wheat for bet- ter prices. The amount of grain moved from along the line this sea- son is greatly below that of the lad year for a eimilar period. It is now reported in Winnipeg that the Legislature of Manitoba will ineet before the date of the meeting of Parliament to consider the reply to the last communication from Ot- tawa concerning the schools. e Nine smugglers bave been arrested at Newfoundland points, and a load of rum and tobacco confiscated. Two revenue cutters will watch the coast hereafter, and tbe Government ex- pects to make $200,000 a year in extra duties. • The jury at Beauharnois, Quebec', returned a verdict of guilty against young Shortis on Sunday morning for the murder of Mr. John Loy at the Valleyfield mill. They answered. a question regarding the prisoner's insanity in the negativer. At Chicago John W. Cadman, au uncle of Mrs. Cleveland, wife of the President, attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in tbe mouth with a 32 -calibre revolver. He was removed to the hospital, where it is stated he cannot recover. runaway horse dashed down the sidewalk of Main street for several blocks in Flint, Mich., Saturday, havoc along Saginaw street. • It fin- ally clashed into the fine jewelry store of George E. Childs, breaking the elegant plate glees and demolishing about $200 worth of jewelry. The horse destroyed $300 worth of pro- perty it its mad race. Wm. McCurdy, who went from Vienna, Ont., some months ago to work in the Manitoba harvest fields, died in the Winnipeg general hospital on Sunday. He was employed near Brandon. Being unable to collect his wages he attempted to steal a ride home, fell oft the cars, and his leg was served. He was taken to the hos.pital, but succumbed to the shock McCurdy was about 24 years old. The explosion of a gasoline stove at Petersburg, Va., resulted in the burn- ing to death of Mrs. Fortescue Whit- tle, daughter-in-law of Bishop. Whit- tle, of the diobese of Virginia, the probably fatal burning of the young- est child of Mrs. Whittle, and the serious if not fatal, burning of Miss Lucy Stone, daughter of Re S. Stone. A neve woman servantwas also injured. Miss Stone was shortly to be married. The Durrant murder case went to the jury at 3:25p. m. on Friday. He was found guilty of murder in the first degree on the first ballot. It will be remembered that soroe months ago the dead bodies of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Wil- liams were found in the bell tower of Emanuel chure'h, in San Francisco. Suspicion rested on Dement and be was arrested and tried for the crime, and the above finding of the j ary is the result. A fatal shooting affair took place 'at Cobourg, Thursday evening about 8 o'clock. John Philips, an old resi- dent of Cobourg, walked into Mr. Oruickshanks's office and deliberately fired two shots at him inquick succession. Phillips then turned, and making the remark, "I will finish you this -time," started to go out. Mr. 0rnickshanks said, "I guess you have finished me," where- upon Pbillips turned and fired the third shot. The first bullet struck Mr. Cruickshanks in the • neck,frac- turing his wind pipe. The second one fractured his cheek bone, while the third one fractured the right hand between the thumb and first finger. He was found by a Mr. Holland, nrho immediately summon- ed doctors. Next morning Mr. Cruickshanke died. NeXt morning Philips was found in the cemetery, lying acmes it grave, having commie - ted suicide.A. legal dispute was the cause of' the friction . between lumeelf and Philips. Oruieltsbanke had entered action foe $10,000 dam- ages for gantlet against the suicidal. Phillips Was Omit 70 years of ego, rted leaves a widow, four datighters and two sons. •,•• Thursday, Nov. 28, will be observ- ed as Thanksgiving Day in the Unit- ed States. Sir jam -les Brown Patterson, form- erly Premier arid Chief Secretary of Victoria, is dead. • It is DOW reported that Mr. R. S. White will be appointed collector of customs at Montreal, Mr. W. White, Q. C., of Sher- brooke has been appointed jedge of the Superior Court itt Quebec. The Shortis murder trial at Beau- hannois was interrupted Friday by - the illness of two of the juiy. Wheat was almost a cent lower in 1 %logo Monday owing to the cheetah in the west being broken. At Ohatham. N. I3.,Joseph Doher- ty shot and killed Arthur Luke. The shooting was the result of it street row. The Ottawa Board of Trade has ex- pressed a, strong opinion in favor of two Aldermen for each Ward instead of three, Sir William HingsbOre M. De ban beea offered. the Conservative Malin- telteinontref.or the Commons in Montreal At Oswego the jury in the Kellar case brought in it verdict of guilty 1o2f.m85a. xu.nci rerin the second degree ab The grave the late Fiore Honore Mercier at Montreal Was decorated with flowers Friday, the anniversary of his burial. 8Charles Hibbert Tepper were . very cordially received in Washington by President Cleveland and Secretary 01nierMacitenzie Howell and ir y. The Executive Committee of Tor- onto voted doWn AM. Lamb's pro. position to submit to popular vote it by-law ''efor closing saloons at 9 o'clock. Mr. j. W. Drake, of Windsor, has made a settlement with his•creditors, who have been most generous, ac- cepting a cooapromise rif 20 cents on the dollar. 1VIrs. W. O. MeLeod, of Woodstock has presented $2,500 to Chalmers' Presbyterian Chin.* of that -place, and $1,000 to the Woodstock Gener- al Hospital. At Chatham' Alf. Berry-, son of a respected farmer who lives near Sim- coe, was convicted of stealing a horse and sentenced to 23 months in the Central Prison. Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of Buffalo, has recovered $2,000 from the Nia- gara Falls (Ontatio) Park Commis- sioners for injuriei received through a. defective railing. Wheat was easier in Chicago Fri- day on the petering out of the war talk, from which the market derived. its strength on Thursday. Decern- her wheat, closed lc lower at 59c. The population of Blenheim town- ship having reached 1,500 ratepayers entitles it to have an extra deputy • reeve riext year, which will give thena four eePresentatives . in the county council.. Mrs. W. C. Macleod, of Woodstock, has presented. two thousand fivebun- dred dollars to Chalmers' Presby- terian Church, of thet place, and one thousand dollars to the Woodstock General Hospital. At the closing meeting of thd W. 0. T. U. Convention at Hamilton resolution was passed expressing re- gret at the effect of the decision giv- en on the Sunday golf quesbion by Judge McDougal. The case of Irvine vs. McCauley was continued at the Cobourg Assiz- es, after it "stay of proceedinge" of 2 years' duration. .All the original parties to the suit are dead. Judg- ment was reserved. George Cyr of Hull, was sentenced trefive years in penitentiary for set- ting fire to Gilmour & Hughson's lumber piles. Mrs. Lalonde will serve an eighteen months' sentence for burning her residence Frank Huffman, of Harwich, was badly mangled last week while threshing beens. He fell into the teeth of the cylinder and was ter- ribly lacerated, the flesh being com- pletely torn from the calf of the leg. He was considerably cut and bruised on other portions of his body. At Fort Worth, Takes, a young negro, charged with murder was taken by it mob from the officers, and slowly roasted to death. He was tied, and blazing splints of light wood and small twigs were • applied. to varinus parts of his body until be died. Win. Buck, 14 -year-old son of Henry Buck, of Gobles, near Wood- stock, was kicked Monday morning by one of his father's horses, from the effects of which he died Sunday night. He was at work in the stable when the horse kicked him just over the right ear Ite was found uncon- scious it short time after. Doctors were called in and it was found that the skull was broken and driven into the brain. The broken part was carefully removed, but without good result, for the poor fellow died at 10 o'clock, never having regained con- sciousness. He was it particularly bright boy and a great faverite. Mies Kirk baa been engaged to teach the Anderson echool for the ensuing year, This is her third (lemmatise year. On Sunday afternoon of last week the frame barn of Thos. Steele, con. 9 Downie, which is rented by abn Ahlman waa nerued to the ground by lightning with all the seasons crops, farni imple- ments, and several hogs. The same barn was struck with lightinog last year. In - Bored in Downie Farrnere Mutual. In speaking of the toll road question at the Weat Zorra Farmers' Institute, Mr. J le. MoKay, owner of the road, raid if the manIcipslry would pay him 5150 a mile, path. and allow him tbe etatate labor on tbe road to help keep it up for the next fiye years and the privilege of collecting toll he would at the cied of that time band the toed over to tbe municipality. Dorebester township hes a citizen, in the person of Mr. John Mitchell, who celebratedhis 102nd birthday Thursday. and who ia still hale and hearty and as ohipper 0.6 a cricket." This mao, who bids fair to have licf.c1 in three conturiea, Is a hardy Sootehmari. one who hos labo ed hard 411 hie hits, and still retaine his facultiee undimmed. He le a man who earl place his hands on the booty heads of no.n end women who as near the eighties In years and playfulfy "call them my ehildren,t" Mr. Mitchell was horn on Oct. 28. 1793 in the parish of Billie, Hee- store, Boothia& Fle followed tbe (moue. anon of bleekendth in early fife, an I thee a. A, 1,, ed to an unusually vigorous en- stituticm. Huron County otos. The faMilY Of Mes 0, Long, of eiOtono are MOVIng from town to Parkhill. fr 8, Folloek, of Druoeheld, bee been 8"1Atelcln,hodtii 4riaeld8r BI°:ai4Pveaelesr'llicer faeim, lot 8, oonoeersiou I, Grey, to William Hogg, for 58,260, 14/0STri.hdyeeobtu;orgergiersetor from the reroute hove.. tal Attending to Dr. Aguew'e practice• s,. •'inuounttit be'ood"oflhviechild Is'of Mr. Wm. Betty, Brueefield, was buried on Thuredey last in Baird's cemetery, Mr jobn WiAbtomin, Oth line, 1Vlorrie5 has leased Aft. Emerson Littlefaiee farre for a term of years. Rev. Louis G. VC ood, fortnetly rector of vninabem, has been appointed Assistant elergeman of the Church of the Redeemer,. Toron..toi lVIt.dward Carter, of Br ocefields who has been laid up with inflammation of the• • bowels is r000vering, though not yet out of danger. Mr, Al. MoNeughton, of Varna, took auddenly 111 last Friday, wbile tbreshing. He went home, and has been confined 10. his bed since. It has been decided to take the are lights; out of Hattenbury street church, Clinton, C, • and light the church throughout with the- ' ineandesoent eyetem. No, 6 eohool,Teokerenaittnhaa been aloe-. ed for aortae time, on aceount of the whooping cough among the aoholars, but is opinion again this week. Masora 11.13, Oullis and 3. Goldtbrope, of Colborne have purchased 100 acres of bush in Ashfield, and intend telt-Loving; Mr. aoldthorpen portable saw mill baoli to; iinih tuatoenroe and raanufseture the timW ber oo Last week Auburn had the experience of a fire. The stable belonging to ethe. Methodist parsonage was discovered to be. on fire: Mr. Baugh was out on Westfield) appointment when the fire happened. M. WAS with diffioulty that the parsonage was - saved. • On Tueaday evening of last week, Ur., Louie 'Willert of Dashwood, stood, • before' the altar with Miss Henrietta Grube, of Logan, by Ms side, and they were made, man and wife, Miss Maggie Wolper acted'. as bridesmaid, 'while Mr, Sam Willert took. the place of groomsman. Saturday night a barn belonging to Mr... Marshall, on the 14th son., Godertch town- ship was destroyed by lire. The barn and contents were insured for 6400. How the fire originated is a mystery, as Mr, Mar -- shall wee in bed when it occurred, andi knew nothing about it till awakened by the neighbors. Mueb sympathy isfeltfor Mr. and Mrs.. 'Althorn Aitchesoniof the 3rd concession,. Hullett, account of tbe death of theii eldest son, Mr. John Aitobesen, took place on Wednesday last. Mr. Alt-- cheson had been in poor health all sum- mer, stinting Iran set affeetion of the heart. He waa 25 years of age. Mr. David Mountain has sold bis farm,. being lot 34, on the lith con., Hullett, to' Mr. Fred Younghlut, for the sum of 52,-- 750 • the farm contains 50 acres, with the mina\ buildinpa. Mr. David Mounts.im has bought his father's farm of 125 acres,. being lot 29, on the same concession; the, consideration provides also for other mem- bers of the family. The Clinton New Era says .—"In ad-- dition to being the hub of the county,- Clitaton also seems to be l•the marriages. centre," and we will say for the benefit of the unmarried public that the supply of bandsome, amiable, genial and able.tece. work young ladies is practically inexhuat- able here; in frost quite a number of them have already the promise of life engage- raenftsa.." ArW. Moon, of London, received thee 'ad news on Tuesday of last week of the very sudden death of bitr brother, George: Moore, which ocourrecrin Colorado,. near the town of Lemadville, by the exploon of.. a giant shot of dynamite in a coal mine - The body was blown to atoms. She had; I:warmly recovered loom the shock, whem she received a telegram that her father• was just the point atuf death.- He resides in Perth On Friday last Mr. W. Cantalon of Glin- ton, met with a very painful accident. Hee was lowering a barrel of syrup, and had placed an empty barrel for it to fall upon, and thus break its fall. Iostead of the. barrel doing this, it allowed the other to» slip forward, rolling.upon bis leg; his boot was out from his toot entirely, and the - foot injured, so that be was unable to wear anything upon it for some time. The leg might have bean broken. Mr. Wn.t. McDougall, of Egniondville, with hie nephew, toene Porter, was trans -- sating some business at Mr. Rouatt 8 tin - shop, Hayfield, the other day. As they were leaving the horse took fright, reared up, and striking Mr. McDougall on thee breast, knocked him down. Mr. McDoug- all lay unconscious for a dont time but. was afterwards able to remove the broken • shafts and harness from the fractions. animal which had upset the conveyance. on the other vide of the atreet. A Toronto seedsman pffers prizes for vegetables, eta, grown ft orn seeds pro- cured from him Mr. Wm. 'Warnock, or Ooderieb, beats all competitors with hist. mammoth squaah. Be beads tbe list of- t.ix winners with 296 lbs., the °there - ranging from 220 down to 185 lbs. He- . also won first prize for a pumpkin weigh- ing 155 the. Other winners in this coun ty are Jae, Mustard, Kippen, first f or three largeat oariote, 24 lbs.1G: EL. Davi* Belgrave, 2nd for three largest nymph' dahlia; Robert Armstrong, Constance, 61 for largest yield from one bushel Siberian oats, 2,584 lbs. A Goderich township correspondent.; writes :—"It is said that a good ,number - of people are having a good laugh at the. expense of Mr, J. T. Viresteott, of Exeter. It being Rumored that Began, the escaped' lunatic'bad been SSES:t in reredoses:el town- ship, Westcott came to reconhoitre and. if posaible to effect his capture. Be went into the township, and over near Bayfield saw smoke issuing from a oamp fire. Without further investigation, it is said, - he concluded that this was the hiding. elm of Regan, and as it woe evening his capture Wal3 postponed until dayligiitSext morning he had invoked the aseistarfce ote • sixteen others, and armed with all sorts of weapons they stealthily approached the spot. Sure enough them was somebody at the crone, and eery heart beat with sup. Pleased emotion as they prepAred to cap- ture the desperate lunatic. The "damper"' looked up as he heard his would-be captors approaching, and with the remark "What• the devil do you fellowe went s" 'they inaelavrliyt Wasball? ‘ovveleir iceatohoivnothaenrdwhheanrintihe% character Dan Videlinnie." IIANDOOME FEATurtua Sometimes unsightly blotehes,pimples or eelltne, faces 'opaque skin,. destroys tbee attractiveness of bandeetrie teatimes, la all snob daoeg Sontt it Emulsion will build up the stem an11i,tripart. freehrteas Anct beemty, 4.