The Brussels Post, 1891-4-24, Page 3Volume 18.
BRU8SELS, ONTARIO,
FRIDAY, APRIL 24,
1891.
Number 41,
Huron Spring Assizes.
Hanna v. Aitcheson.-Action to deter.
mine the boundaries of land in MoKillop.
Camera, Q. 0„ and Bays for plff.; Gar.
row, Q. C., and Prontlfoob for deft.
Cameron meted for adjournment in the
absence of material witnesses. HisLord-
ehip decided to strike out jury noteo and
hear evidence as far as he could.
Bryce v. Louth) et al.-Aotiou for dam.
age to lands. Garrow, Q. C., and Proud -
foot for plff. ; Cameron, Q. 0., and dolt
for townslup of Turnberry ; O'Connor,
Q. C., for township of Culross, By eon•
sent of the parties His Lordship ordered
that the questions arising herein be and
and the Dame were referred for enquiry
and report to Isaac F. Tome, as a
special referee under the 101st section of
the Judicature Act.
Andrew v. Pugsley. -Action on promis-
sory note. Holt for plff. ; Q. C. Hays for
deft. Judgment by consent for plff. for
$785.
McKenzie v. Quinn. -Action to deter-
mine boundarine of land in the township
of Ashfield. A survey had been made in
1888, and it was claimed by the plff. that
the original surveyor's poet binds the
boundary. The deft. claimed that the
. poet that was put down originally was
four rode south of whine it should have
been. Lount, Q. 0., and Lewis for plff. ;
Carew & Proudfoot for deft. The case
has yet to be argued.
Beatty v. Holmes. -This was a case of
libel against the publisher of the Clinton
New Era. A correspondent of that journ-
al had made disparaging remarks against
plff., which were published, and deft. had
refused to give up the name of the writer.
The evidence went to show that the
writer had exceeded the facts, and the
jury returned a verdict of $1 for plff., to
wbich His Lordship certified poste.
Lount, Q. C., and Ball for plff. ; Garrow,
Q. C.. and Scott for deft.
Jackson v. Huron and Middlesex Mut.
ual Fire Ina. Co. -Action on insurance
polioy. Garrow, Q. C., for plff. ; Holt
for defts. Judgment in terms of consent
minutes annexed to record and signed by
counsel
McLean v. Vidal et al. -Action on an
agreement and for an account. Holt for
plff., Adams for deft. By consent of the
parties His Lordship ordered that the
question arising in titre case be referred
to S. Maloomson, Local Mater at
Goderioh, to enquire and report under
section I01 of the Judicature Act.
Tl[a PIIESENTIIOIIO.
The Jurors for our Lady the Queen beg
leave to present that they have examined
the jail and find the following prisoners :
At present we have sixteen prisoners in
jail -thirteen males and three females.
Of the moles four are vagrants ; the
youngest is sixty. two and the oldest is
eighty-two years of age. All of them are
totally unfit to earn a living. They are
all under sentence. Three are insane and
have all been reported and are now wait-
ing removal to the asylum. One is
°barged with murder, one with forgery,
one with assault with intent to rape, one
with larceny. These four are awaiting
trial, and ono under sentence for larceny
and one under sentence for indecent ex-
posure. The three females are all corn.
milted as vagrants -ages, fifty-seven,
seventy-three and eighty-one. One of
them, Mary Brady, is weak-minded and
totally unfit to take care of herself. She
has no friends as far as we know ; ehe is
now under sentence for six months, and
it makes the ninth time that she has been
committed to this jail, and thin work of
recommitting will continue not poly
with her but with several others at pres-
ent in jail until death claims them, at
least such is their prospect at present.
The other two females are under sentence.
We examined every portion of rho jail
and found same clean and in good order.
We also examined all the prisoners as to
their treatment by the jailer and his
assistants, and all were well satisfied with
their treatment and food provided ,for
them.
We thank the Crown eounsel, Mr.
Lount, and Mr. Lewis, the Crown attor-
ney, for their courteous assistance and
advice,
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN GRIFFIN,
April 18011, 1891. Foreman.
Donald McKinnon was placed on trial
Thursday morning, charged with the
murder of his wife. McKinnon is a
fisherman, and has lived with his wife
for many years in the town of Goderioh,
It appears that when be was away dur•
the summer months someoee was play-
ing a practical joke upon them, giving
the woman to understand that her hue -
band had a wife and child up north up.
en the lake shore. This paused her
greet anxiety, although every one to
whom she mentioned it Would assure her
it was all nonsense and without founda-
tion. They occasionally had words con-
cerning it. One day a neighbor pealing
on the road heard moans in the barmaid
reported it to another, who wetted the
plane. The sound, he thought, came
from the loft, but before going up he re-
turned and called the prisoner whore he
foetid sitting in his house mending a fish-
net. As soon as the prisoner was inform.
ed that something was wrong he pro -
coaled at once, and the wife wee found
lying upon the hay with a bullet wound
in her abdomen. The imitated put his
arms around her to lift her up, but ehe
refused to be assisted by him, nor would
she accept tate assistance of the neighbor,
Mho asked for leer brother, who was sent
for, and he took her to the house. Short.
ly after this the prisoner eltot himself,
inflicting a serioue injury, and also cue
his arin with a knife. The wife, after
much remixing, said that she had been
shot by her husband. She refused to be
treated surgically in order to aaeiet a re.
covet y, but not to take opiates to relieve
pain, She acted in a strange manner,
and the defence alleges that she com-
mitted suicide. The hound was in Snell
a position that tho clothing must have
been pulled to ono side to Mita it, be.
cause the bullet had not passed through
either of the gormsnte she had on. The
Whole of the oircmnetafi005 disclosed in
evidenee rather indicated that the watnah
had taken her own life during a fit of
jealousy. The prisoner attempted to
take his life last week. With a short
piece of sharpened wire he endeavored to
pierce his heart, and although he pressed
It in some two 10011ss he missed the vital
point.
At the close of the case for the Crown,
Mr. (Jarrow, oouneelfor the prisoner,
asked that the once should not be sub.
mitted to the jury, on the ground that
the evidenoe was ineuflcient to warrant
a conviction. Mr. Loanb stated the
position of the Crown and left it to his
lordship's discretion. At the re -opening
of the court ab 7:80 his lordship address.
ed the jury at some length, pointing out
to them that while there might be te
scintilla of evidenoe to go to them, yet
such u ease had nob been presented by
the Orowu as to justify them in saying
that beyond all reasonable doubt the
prisoner was guilty of murder. Els there•
fere deemed it useless to go thnough the
form of presenting the ease to them, and
instructed them to return a verdict of
not guilty.
The prisoner ivloKinuou was then ar.
reigned on the charge of attempting to
oomtnib suicide and pleaded guilty. Up-
on this charge he was sentenced to four
months in the common gaol. The com-
munity is relieved at his being kept in
confinement for this period, as it is fear-
ed that if he had been discharged he
might again attempt taking bis own life.
Shane v. Beetbie.-Action for damages
for false arrest. Verdict for plaintiff for
9150 damages with poste.
Dale v. St. John.-Aabion for slander.
Postponed.
The Queen v. Dempsey. -This was a
charge for criminal assault with attempt
to commit rape, but there being no evi-
denoe to sustain the charge accused was
aoquitted.
The Queen v. Heffernan. - Charged
with cattle etealing and breaking away
from the constable. Witnesses in the
former case being out of the country he
was discharged. On the latter he was
sentenced to two weeks in jail.
Washington Letter.
(From our Regular correspondent,)
Washington, Antll Se, '01.
To -day is the hundredth anniversary
of the signing by the first President of
the Republic of the law which, according
to its title, was designed to promote the
sciences and useful arts by securing to
authors and inventors, for a certain
period, the exclusive right of property in
their works and inventions, and the oc-
casion is being appropriately celebrated
by the convention of prominent inventors
from all parts of the country now in sec•
sion in this city. The effect of our
patent system, as established by law,
and administered as an agency of the
Government, has been to make our
country the natural home of the inventor,
and it is more than probable that many
of the achievements which mark the pro-
gress of the century would not have been
made but for the stimulation afforded by
it to inventive genius, in the prospect of
large and seonre pecuniary rewards.
That euoh rewards have frequently fol-
lowed es the resale of inventions is
shown in many conspicuous instances,
but the excellence of the system is made
apparent by the foot that, , where im-
mense fortunes have been made in sup-
plying some ingenious contrivance in
universal demand, an incalouable benefit
has been at the same time conferred up-
on the great body of the people. It wore
needless to observe that all the groat
mechanical discoveries and the most
valuable applications of scientific prinoi-
plea to the useful arts in modern timee
have had the closest relationship to the
operation of the patent laws. To them
may be directly attributed, in a word,
all those means of material achievement
which make our time richer and fuller,
more prosperous and mote hopeful of
progress than all preceding ages.
It is no secret that President Harrison
looks forward to his renomination. The
swing around the circle this mouth is
openly avowed to be for a political ob-
ject. But while the west is worth culti•
eating there is an old saying that as goes
New York, goes the Union. President
Harrison has, therefore, laid all his
wires to secure the New York delegation
solidly et the next nominating (*neon.
tion. The means by which he hopes to
accomplish this result are just now a
ourrant bit of political gossip in Wash-
ington.
For several days there has been more
or less speculation and conjecture regard.
ing the proposed changes in the New
York custom house, It is ten absolute
fact that these changes are to be made.
Secretary Foster is endeavoring to kilt
two birds with one atone. He will at-
tempt to put the custom house admiuis-
bratwon on a business footing and he will
see that the patronage is dispensed so
that it will serve the best interests of ins
chief. This, in brief, is what he intends
to do. He is both a business man and a
politician. He was appointed because he
is not only suooseoful in a merchttntile
venae, but he is known to be a shrewd
organizer, a keen judge of men, and be-
times() he has no experience in practical
politics which no other member of the
Cabinet possesses except Mr. Blaine.
But the latter is inactive, and just now
there are presumed to be a number of
gnesbione which demand his personal at-
tention. Besides this it might nob be al.
together pleasant for politicians who are
intsrosied in the re nomination of Mr.
Harrison to converse freely, on this sub.
jab with Me. I3lnino, arm he had the
time to devote to them.
Mr. Dalton, the ex -postmaster of the
(louse, who is one of the best informed
Democratic politicians of Indiana, is in
the city for a brief visit. Speaking with
our corees p oudent about the situation
your
affairs in his State, he
said : "I do mot think there can be any
doubt about the hold Cleveland has on
the mass of the people of Indiana, as he
has in many other States. It is hard to
judge hoot mulch opposition to him hie
affect letter has provoked. There are
politicians who are fighting against frim,
bat the Workingmen and business mets
have confidence in him, They believe
him to be honest aecl frank and they are
for him. Among the steady, hard-work-
ing farmers about the same state of feel.
ing is found. Ile has the conservative
laborers, the bankers and the substantial
agriculturists among the Demoorats, and
these three classes of citizens are a power
greater than the practical politician can
control."
The statue commemorative of the dis-
tinguished part that the Marquis de
Lafayette tooit in the war of Americium
Independence, which has been ersoted
recently is a valuable addition to the
public monuments of the Capital. The
bronze effigies of our heroes, military,
naval, and ofvilian, from the 'Father of
His Country" downward aro to be found
in the parks and squares of ibis oily, and
of them all there is none better fitted to
be the reminder of a disinterested love of
liberty, of brave oonduab, and of a heroic
life than that wbioh bodies forth in per-
manent form the figure and mien of the
gallant Frenchman who wits Washing•
ton's friend,
bPRING SHOWS.
EAST IIIIRON.
The annual Spring Show of the East
Heron Agricultural Sooiety was held at
Brussels on Friday of last week. There
was a large tarn -out of spectators and
stook, especially in the imported heavy
draught horses. The following is the
price list :-
RoneEs.-Imported Heavy Draught,
aged -let, Thos. MaLanohlin's "Blarna-
vade," Grey ; 2nd, Emmanuel Olvar's
"Ayrshire Stamp," Morris ; Ord, L. Me -
Neil's "McFarlane's Hero," Grey. Can•
adian Heavy Draught, aged-Jno. MIit-
ohell's "Blank Galloway," Grey. Under
8 years-lst, Jacob Barrow's "Honest
Frank" ; 2nd, Chas. Rose's "Borland
Chief," Grey ; 3rd' Albert Carter's "King
Kennedy," Morrie. Carriage -let, Thos.
Lapslie's Carlisle colt, Seaforth ; 2nd,
Geo. Whitley's "Maitland," Seaforth ;
3rd, Wm. Levy's "Melbourne," Blyth.
Roadster - Geo. Whitley's "Carlisle,"
Seaforth. Shire Horse -David Nichol's
"Merryman."
Bones. -Durham -1st, Jno. Currie's
"Riverside Hero," Morris ; 2nd, Angus
Lamont's "Earl McDuff," Grey.
JuncEe-Ino. Hamilton, Elmo ; Jno.
Gaunt, Wawanosh ; and Jas. Bell, Brus-
sels.
wreenelt.
The Spring Show of the Nortb•western
Fair Association wee held on Wednesday
of last week on the grounds of the society.
The number of horses and bulls on the
grounds was not large, and the day being
cold and dump the spectators were also
few. The prizes awarded were ae fol-
lows :
Hoasss.-Heavy Draught - let, W.
Wellwood's "Edmond" ; 2nd, Thomas
Todd's "Yonog Mack." General Pur-
pose-lst, A. Spiers' "Bari of Breadal-
bin"; 2nd, Peter Fowler's "Morrie Lad."
Road and Carriage -let, A. Tipling's
English Hackney, "Young Gordon" • 2nd,
J. A. King's trotting stallion, "Royal
Chief." "Edmond" was awarded the
diploma for best horse, any age or class.
Berns. -Durham, under two years -0.
Henderson's "Scotland's Pride." Here-
ford -S. Weuwood's "Attaliet. Aged -
P. Fowler's Durham, "Sir Colin Camp.
bell." Diploma for best ball, any age or
class, "8eutlani's Pride."
Jun0E--John Cueing, of Blyth.
LIsrowEL.
There was a large crowd of spectators
at the spring show on Friday last in
spite of almost impassible roads, The
day was fair and the exhibit of high
quality. The following is the prize list :
Honer•.e.-Imported heavy draught,
with pedigree -let, John Wilkinson's
"Allan O'Clockkiei" ; 2nd, -John Turn.
bull's "Sir Patrick" ; 8rd, Collison &
Lavan's "Capitalist" ; Imported heavy
draught. -let, Collison & Lavan's "Davie
Lail" ; 2nd, John Grey's "Waverle" ;
3rd, Clhufe & Hay's"Torchlight" ; Cana.
dian heavy draught, any cgs -Isaac Eby's
"Barneoroft" ; Canadian heavy draught,
8 years and under -1st, And. Thompeon•s
"Young Lord Haddo" ; 2nd, Jas. Mo-
Kenzie'e "Sandy Soobt" ; General Pur-
pose, any age -1st, George Wiles' "Young
Sir Frannie"; 2108, E. Wiestone's "Dray -
man Warrior" ; Standard bred horses -
Kidd Bros. "Oliver Wilkes" ; Thorough-
bred, with reg. pedigree -Kidd Bros.
"Ten Brtsek jr." ; Carriage stallion -
Collison & Lavan's "Guerilla Chief" ;
Roadster stallion -1st, J. W. Rolle "Ken.
tucky Star" ; 2nd, Kidd Bros. "Corn
Cracker."
ELM.
Thursday, April 18th, was a delightful
day for the holding of the Elma Spring
Show at Newry. The attendance was
large and doubtless would have been
larger had not the roads been all but im-
pmseable, The entries were fairly good,
but behind last year. Following is the
prize list :-
Holten. - Heavy Draught Imported
Clydesdale, aged--lst, J. L. Turnbull's
"Sir Patrick" ; 2nd, 33, lienry'e "Prince
O'Geil." Heavy Draught Canadian,
aged --John Mitchell's "Black Galloway."
Heavy Draught Canadian, 3 years old-
Jnmes klcKeuzio's "Sandy Scott." i;ing•
lish Shire-lst, John Gray's "Waverley";
2nd, D. Nichol's "Merriman." General
Purpose -let, Geo, Wiles' "Young Sir
Francis" ; 2nd, G. MaNirltol's "Daniel
$tewatt" Blood -Kidd Bros.' "Ton-
i/teak." Roadster or Carriage - 1st,
Kidd Bros: "Oliver Willies"; 2nd, J,
Merryfiold's "Cyclone." Stvoepetekos-
"Sir Patrick."
Bares. -Durham, 3 years old - let,
John Love's "Prince of Cloverdale"
2nd, It Ford's "Elma's Star." Durham,
'L years old --B, Ford's "Primrose King."
Durham, one year old -Arch. Simpson.
Holstein, 2 year old -V. Ioerger's "Ha-
man." Sweepetakes-'•Prince of Clover-
dale,"
Junai.s.-John Praia, Harristen ;
Thos.1'ioLaucltlin, Damsels ; T. Agnew,
Hingham.
Six hundred of the 950 laborers engag-
ed in grading deekebn Park, Chicago, for
the Worlds Fair Monday struck fa an
increase fn wages from $1,50 to 91,75 per
day,
LOON', OP'I'LON.
Chief Justice Sir Thomas Galt, in the
Common Psoas Division at Oegoode hall,
dealt the final blow Tuesday morning,
which, in point of fact, absolutely crushes
the Local Option Prohibitory Liquor
Law passed by the Ontario Legislature
last session. His judgment continues the
licensing system in all the distriots where
a majority of the ratepayers have voted
for local prohibition,
E. R, Cameron, of London, moved be-
fore the Chief Justioe to quash By-law
No. 246 of the village of London West.
This bylaw was prepared under the
Looal Option Act upon the strength of a
petition signed by half of the entire elec.
borate of London West. The bylaw was
given its first and second reading, on
December 11, 1890, and at the annual
municipal elections in January, 1891, it
was passer] by the electors by a majority
of 48. Then, on January, 15th, it was
given be third reading and passed un-
animonely by the village council. In at -
Molting the bylaws Mr. Cameron argued
that the measure was not approved by
the electors of the corporation in the
manner provided by the Act, as the elec-
tors to whom the by-law was submitted
were the general electors of the munici-
palities. He held that it was beyond the
power of the corporation to pass the by-
law, as it totally prohibits the sale of in-
toxicating liquor in every plane. After
dwelling upon the lack of jurisdiction to
enforoe such a measure on the part of the
Council, Mr. Cameron snarled to the
constitutionality of the legislation which
permitted the Council to adopt such a
prohibitory bylaw. He said :-"The
Legislature of Ontario bas not power to
authorize the municipal corporation to
prohibit the sale of spirituous or ferment•
ed liquor. This is plain upon reading
the British North America Act. Furth-
er, this by-law was not passed at a pro-
per meeting of the Council and was not
properly signed by the Reeve and the
Clerk. The by-law is bad, inasmuch as
it does not provide for compensation for
existing lioenses and the by-law is bad,
for the voting was improperly held at the
same time and place as the annual muu-
iaipel elections."
"Now you need not go any further,"
said Sir Thos. Galt. "Three or fuer
eases exactly similar to yours are await-
ing my decision, and everything that can
be said for and against the looal option
law has been heard. Informally I have
given an opinion ; now I glue it in a
solidified rnauner, based upon full inquiry
into all the merits and demerits of the
Act. In the first place, I know and rule
that the by-law is bad. In framing the
Aot of Parliament they took a clause
from the Act of 1872 which was not in.
tended at all to apply in the same weer,
But apart from all this I believe that it
is entirely beyond the power of the Gov-
ernment of Ontario to grant to village,
township or ocher councils the power to
pass such prohibitory by-laws. If it
could authorize a township or a village
council to pass a prohibitory by-law,
then they would have power to pass it
general law to cover all Ontario. It is a
recognized fact that all matters of trade
and commerce ere exclusively within the
jurisdiction of the Dominion Govern.
meat, and entirely out of the province
and powers of the Ontario Legislature.
So I quash all bylaws of this nature.
I have not a written judgment, but will
prepare clue."
NOTES ON bL'ltlN61 IiLtAIAS.
Investigations regarding various varie-
ties of spring grains were carried on at
the Guelph Agricultural College farm
last year, the details of which have been
sent out in the form of a bulletin to all
members of farmers' institutes. In the
following'conelusioes it will be noticed
that Pruf. Shaw does not commit him-
self hastily to any sweepingly positive
aesertious, as witness such expressions as
"probable," "highly probable," "likely,"
no doubt thinking that it is better to be
safe than sorry. Our readers should al-
ways bear in mind also that their con.
ditions of soil, etc., may be very different
from those at Guelph and the results
would there vary considerably in Daae of
cattalo grains sown. Oouolusions drawn :
1. It is highly probable that some of
the foreign varieties of barley will be
found to give higher yields than the var-
ieties now grown in Ontario when they
have become more generally introduced.
2. It is probable that in tome localities
the Heriean Bearded spring wheat will
be found to be an improvement on maty
of the varieties that are now grown.
8, From present indications, based up.
on the trial on the farm, the Mummy
pea is likely to become a generally useful
variety, although the straw is not highly
valued for feeding purposes owing to its
coarse habit of growth.
3. That four varieties of French oats,
viz., the Goanetto Blaoli, the Houdan
Brook, the Obenailles and the .Minsk
L'tampes, are likely to prove of much
vahoo to the farmers of this Province, as
they possess in common and m a marked
degree nearly all the meet valuable char
aoteristios of oats. Their color, will,
however, discount them in the estimation
of the oatmeal millers. The behavior of
the Octet brucher, also a white variety
from Germany, has been each as to 00'
title it to the fitvorablo coneidernbion of
the farmers, It has been most favorably
recommended by the oatmeal millers.
5, Judging from the experience of the
past two years the English barleys give
on the whole the best results, but soave
fine growing and yielding vari5tiee Some
from Germany and France. In refer-
encia to oats, the I'renoit varieties should
be placed first, all things considered, el-
though some kinds (torn Germany de
nearly n ar - as well.
o
6. The average yields obtninee from the
two -rowed and eix.rowed varietioe of bar.
Iey are not far different, nor is there
much difference in the average weights
of the two alabsos.
7, The average returns from the for-
eign varieties are in a majority of le.
stances superior to that from the Old
standard varieties,
lift f'ssess ros'rorto/'P.,
TO the Editor of Tutt Pon..
Dont Sm, -I beard a rumour that the
Brussels postoflioe is to be removed from
its present desirable and convenient site
to 00 insecure, frame store near the
Town Hall. I hope the report isn't true.
The office has always been in the locality
where it is now and I never heard any
complaint as to its inconvenience and I
see n0 reason for a change now, unless it
le selflehness. The present location is
nearer every industry in town, except
two, than it would be after the removal.
It le more central for persons on the
not th sine of the river who ebould be
taken into account, The amount allowed
by the Government, (if the item in last
week's POST is correct) ie sufficient to
rent a fire proof building, rather than a
fire trap. The public want some little
guarantee of safety for important letters,
documents, &c„ passing through the
postoflics, If Mr. Farrow says, definite-
ly, that he is going to move the office I
propose that we get up two petitions ex-
pressing our disapproval of each a dodge
and send them to the Inspector and the
Poetmaeter Galore'. Hundreds of
signatures eau be got to them I'm sure.
A very respectable salary is paid the
postmaster here and it becomes him, as
a public servant, to consult the interests
of the general public or else step down
and give place to a man who will. I'll
not trespass on your time and space
further as I am informed that several
other residents will have something to
say on this poetoffice question.
Yours, &c.,
Brussels, Apl. 22, '91. Fern PLAT.
Perth County.
A new caw mill is to be erected at
Rothsay in the near future.
E. H. Butler, lata of Stratford, talks
of starting a weekly paper at Wiarton
shortly.
The Stretford Times is authority for
stating that the Stratford Beacon will be
run as a daily by the new proprietors.
W. D. Weir, of Milverton, has been
appointed bailiff of the first Division
Court in lieu of Alex. Munro, resigned.
About 91,300 has been subscribed by
the South Perth Conservatives to carry
on a protest against the return of Mr.
Trow.
While splitting wood one day recently
at Carthage J. 1,J, Ferguson at one of
his fingers almost off at the first joint.
It is an ugly wound.
Monkton is in bad need of a telegraph
office or something to take its place.
What is the matter with having a tele-
phone from iblonkton to Atwood ?
There being no oriminal cases for trial
at the opening of the Spring assizes in
Stratford on Monday, Justine MaoMalton
was presented with a pair of white gloves.
Sneak thieves visited the barn of
Samuel Vipond at Donegal and removed
about forty.five bushels of barley from a
bin in his granary, including a number
of bags.
The date of the opening of the new
hospital, Stratford, has been fixed for
May 17. Able speakers will be invited
and a small admission fee will be
charged.
On returning from church last Sunday
the family of Wm. Roger, of Avonbank,
found the old gentleman lying dead on
the floor. He had burst a blood vessel
du ring their absence.
On the eve of his departure for South-
ampton, Jno. Grey, G. T. R. agent, was
the reoipent of a silver -headed Dane, and
smoking set at tine hands of his numer-
ate; friends at Milverton.
The parsonage trustee board of the
Monkton Methodist circuit, bought from
C. H. Merryfiold the Foster property for a
parsonage, whish will be a suitable place
and can be made attractive. Price 9575.
John Soheieh, of Stretford, while out
hunting ou Saturday, shot a white eagle.
The eagle measured 7 ft. 9¢ inches from
tip to tip end was a beauty. A gentle.
man from St. Marys bought it from Mr.
Saheiolt and paid 97 for it.
St. Mary's Park Association elected
the following officers for 1891 :-W. C.
Moscrip was eleoted President ; H. F.
Sharp let Vice, and J. W. Wood 2nd
Vice. Other officers are the same ea last
year. It Was decided to hold the Queen's
Birthday celebration on Monday, May
25th, on the athletic park.
The number of hotel licenses in opera•
lion in 1890 in South Perth was 81,
against 37 in 1889. There were four
shop licences issued in the same year
against five in 1890. The proportion re.
calved by the province for Mee, fines,eto.,
in the riding in 1890 was 92,078.07.
North Perth coatetbnted to the Govern-
ment the same year 95,545.98,
Henry Doering mourns the toes of hie
gold -headed cane, of which he wee the
recipient a short time ago by his Re.
form friends. While driving home Set-
nrday he picked the sane up (some say
to top his ilors0,) when it caught in the
wheel, which made the work of demolit-
ion short and complete, as file. D, wag
left with but a remnant in his hand,
Diligent search was mule, but the gold.
11 cad lute not yet been tonna.
H. T. Butler and family, of Stratford,
left dor Wiarton this week, where Mr.
Butler will assume the editorship of n
new Conservative journal. Mr. Butler
was for many years the editor of the
Strabfo'dTimes, and about a your ago
stetted it new paper, 'The Sun,' which,
however, (lid not prove a financial spm
oese. llo took a prominent part in
Municipal affairs, and was mayor of the
city for two years,
Thos. Freeborn, of Morningtou, was up
before the polios megisbrate Monday for
practising surgery unlawfully! It ap•
pears that about a year ago Mr. Free-
born treated a Mrs. Bannon, of Ellice,
for cancer of the face. Afterwards she
gave ]rim 995. The information wee laid
by Detective Webb, of London, noting
for the Ontario Medical Association,
Tito evidenoe did not show clearly that
the offence had been committed within n
year before the information was laid,
and ae the dofondaht rnndo no regular
obargo nntl asked for no pay the magis•
trate dismissed the mum.
The parishioners of St. Joseph's (R
C.) Church of Stratford intend plaoing a
memorial in the church in honor of the
late Right Reverend Biebop Orinnon of
Hamilton, who was its first pastor.
W. Colwell, late of the Mitobell Ad-
vertiser, baa decided to locate at West
Lorne, 20 miles west of St. Thomas, on
the M. C. R. Mr. Colwell intends start-
ing a printing office and small bookstore
there.
Jas. Corcoran left Stratford this week
for British Columbia, wbere he intends
to make his permanent place of residenoe.
He was one of Stratford's best known
citizens, having been engaged in busi-
ness there for many years.
The following are the newly -elected
officiate of the Y. M. C. A. Stratford for
the ensuing year :-S, McCutoheon,
President ; George MoLagan, let Vice -
President ; Wm. Baker, 2nd Vice -Peal -
dent ; George Stuart, Secretary ; A. C.
Mowat, Treasurer ; H. Baker, C. J. Mac-
gregor, L. Owen, R. R. Goulding, O. F.
Hamilton, J. Yoriok and W. G. Young,
directors. According to the Seoretary's
annual report the society has at present
108 members, and, although the Associa-
tion has been laboring under difficulties
in the matter of finances, satisfactory
progress has been made in the various
departments.
The following officers were chosen to
represent South Perth Conservative As-
sociation :-President, Jas. Dougherty,
Mitchell ; Vioe-President,Wm. Johnston,
Blanchard ; Seoretary, T. D. Stanley,
St. Marys ; Treasurer, Reuben Switzer,
Blanshard ; Executive Committeefor the
riding, Jas. Clark, Jno. Bartlett, G. i'.
Robbins, Sb. Marys ; W. R. Davis, S. R.
Stewart, T. S. Ford, Mitchell ; J. Del-
bridge, Woe. Stewart, Thos. Coates, Us.
borne ; G. D. Lawrie, J. MpCurdy, W.
Hutchins, Blanchard ; Geo. Leyereags,
Capt, Francis, S. Knott, Fullerton ; Jno.
Abrogaet, J. Lancaster, S. Nankin,
Downie ; J. A. Norris, J. Jefferson, M.
Williams, Hibbert.
Cnrra.dinei New,e.
Navigation is open at Southampton.
Navigation is now fairly open at Mon-
treal.
Markdede is agitating for a town hall
and system of waterworks.
The Ottawa sawmills will be in open.
ation the first week in May.
The Government hatcheries wilt hatch
0,500,000 salmon trout this spring.
Medford ratepayers will vote, for ar
against a bonne to a carpet tactery.
Se. Thomas ratepayers have data, ted
by-law for an electric fire alarm system.
Rev. Dr. Potts says the new Methodist
College at Toronto will be finished in less
than two years.
Grace Episcopal church, Toronto, hav-
ing tried free seats for a year, heartily
approves of the system.
East Lambton license commissioners
have out off all shop license and refused
license to four hotels.
John McMillan, of Petrolea and
Montreal, one of the oldest oil refiners in
Canada, died itt his residence in Parolee
Friday.
The Dundee Cotton Factory Company
has gone into liquidation. This is to be
regretted, for it will be a sad blow to
Dundee.
At the Belleville Assizes Chester W.
Yourex, the forger, who pleaded guilty to
four indictments, was sentenced to ten
years in penitentiary on each count, the
sentences to run concurrently.
In Little Creek, near Pieta, last Sat-
urday, M. E. Graham speared a pike
that weighed 20} lbs., and measured 3
feet 0; inches in length, 49 inches serosa
the back, and 4j inches across the top of
the head.
Joseph Pratt, one of the founders of
the Advertiser, recently of the Perry, Ia.,
Advertiser, has disposed of his business
in the west and will return to Owen
Sound, where he will become possessed
of one•baif interest in the Sun with Jos.
Lang.
Up to date over twelve tons of seed
grain have been sent out from the Gen.
teal Experimental Farm, and a beginning
is being made on the distribution of 200,-
000 young trees sent chiefly to Manitoba
and the Northwest. There are about
twenty varieties.
The Bell Telephone Company are
about to reduce subscribers' rentals in
London. Limited telephones will be
lowered from 925 to 912 a year ; calls,
two cents each. Odium instruments with
unlimited use come down from 950 to
$40, and those in reeidenees from '935 to
930.
The Haggart Bros. Manufacturing
Company, Brampton, owes the caper.
anon of that town 940,000 and has in-
direct liabilities of $75,000. The cause
of the trouble which has resulted in the
firms going into liquidation is said to bo
dissension in the management of the
foundry.
An examination of the condition of the
fruit trees in the neighborhood of Grime
by this week show that the prospects aro
bright for an almost unprecedented crop
of various kinds of fruit this year. The
oontinned cold weather has prevented the
buds from aiming out and nothing has,
therefore, suffered from the frost or ice.
The fruit growers aro greatly encouraged
at the outlook.
'The ferment of Osprey formed a joint
stock company for the purpose of teper-
ating a general grist and saw milling
busmen, with a capital of 98,000, the
most of which has already been taken up,
and have purolsnsed the grist mill, saw
mill and oatmeal milia its the village of
Faversham, and intend planting now
moohinery and rollers in the grist mill,
and have a first-class furnaces' mill,
which will be in operation about Aug. 15
next,
John MoRae, the ss01000.ysa1-old 500
of Peter McRae, entered MuDougall's
sawmill, at Mnxvills, Ont„ the other day
to get a bag [0111 of saw dust. He care.
leggy throw the bag down near a part of
the revolving machinery, in which it be-
camo'entangled, and in trying to disen•
gage it ho was palled into the wheel,.
which was moving with tereille speed.
The poor fellow's arm was torn from the
body and about half alt hoer after lie
wad taken out he died,