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The Brussels Post, 1888-10-26, Page 1Volume 16. lttat Rain= Te °here' Meetileg, The sorni.auitual meeting of the Eaet Huron Toachora' Institute waa hold in the Publio School, Wiugham, on Thurs- day and Friday, Oot. 18th and 19th. The President, Mr. Dorrauco, opened the meeting at 1180 p.m. and the following committees were appointed :— On Resolutions—Moseys. Melloch, Groves, Dickson, and Missee Charles and Dick. On Reporting --Messrs. Doig, Wilaoo, Balfour and Burchill. After the confirmation of tho minutes, the ohairman cabod on 1fr. Houston, Direotor of Institutes, to address the meeting on Composition, the practical teaching of English. Tho speaker asked his hearers to quos - tion hint on any points of interest, and in beginning his subject oounsolled the teachers to subsaribo for educational journals. Composition should not be in writing alone ; he thought little progress had bean made during the past twenty years, in training the English composi- tion. Before entering thoroughly on his subject he asked the teachers to bear in mind, that, 1. The English language is conventional. 2. We learn by imitation. 3. The young pupil has a certain amount of knowledge wben he Domes to sohonl. 4. 'pupils should not derive their infor- mation of composition from text books. Howie we see the necessity of the proper use of English at home, and the educa- tion of the mother is of prime import. once, In school there should be habitual practise in writing. Spoken language is of more importance than written lang- uage, the teacher, therefore, should use correct language. He emphasized the great value of original oomposition, and thought there was little practical value arising from paraphrasing. Row then, sinal) the teacher got enough practice for the pupils, without inflicting too much drudgery on himself, it being a foot (bat he cannot read every oompositior 7 He answered that the abildron should bo taught to detect as well as correct the preprioty of their work; and in early school life should write, re -write, and preserve in some permanent form their thoughts on subjects of wbich they aro informed. The teacher should not core root every composition, bet once or twice a week should make a special lesson in composition from the work of the pupils ; errors should be dealt with impersonally, and the blackboard should be oonatantly used ; no reason should bo acoopted that is not aompletoly satisfactory. The value of good usage wee pointed oat as the cri- terion of good English. He advised the teachers to consult Hodgeon's Errors in the use of. English, William's Practical English, and 112oElroy's structure of English Prose. After an intormiesion of five minutes the Director continued, dealing with the Eebhetio Treatment of English. The contemplation of the beautiful is the chief element to be kept in view; the pupil will acquire a fondness for litera- ture, and will thus elevate his mind and educate public sentiment. Great respon- sibility rests on teachers in leading their pupils to noise( and read good authors, and they must themselves be devotees of literature; must make themeolvee so- queinted with the great body of pootioal literetnro. He commended the study of the works of 'Tennyson, and also of Browning, Longfellow and Swinburne; Stedman 's Viotoriau poets; Dowden's Transcripts and Studios ; Ward's English poets, and the English Men of Letters series were specified as of real value to teachers who wish to study the subject. J'. Diokeen, B. A., followed with solu. tions of the most difficult and practical problems of the III class algebra paper of 1888. The work, (shish was put on the intendedblackboard, innded the simplification of quantities in the various forms of symmetry and short methods of algebraic analysis, and was dealt with in a master- ly and interesting manner. In closing the afternoon session Mr. Houston disoussed briefly the meaning of science a5 applied to English grammar, "theology and rhetoric, which would be treated on the morrow. On Thursday evening a public mooting was held in the Town Hall, Mr. Gibson, M. P. P. noting as chairman. Mr, Itouaton delivered his lecture,'' Industrial Education," in which he pointed out that all did not view alike its meaning; teach- ing a boy a trade was not industrial odu- oation in the way the speaker viewed it, but it is that which should show to him his physical nature . and surroundings, end should give him a training in the use of his limbs. Tho speaker then expanded these headings, considering the great suocses of tiro Kindergarten with the junior pupils he thought something similiar, but on a mote extensive plan, would bo of great ntilibyfind value to the public schools. Much that is now taught. is of littleuse, such as dates, the liven of sovereigns, battles and treaties inhietory; feels of little present value in political geography. lie dwelt at length on the dignity of toil, and showed the great vaine of drawing (not copying) to me. thanks and other clamp of the owe. annuity. Ids oonoluding his leoture by quoting the thoughts of Baron Humboldt, Huxley and Socrates to chow that the common school should furnish the training that fife children for their after life. In commenting on tho lecture, the sbaitmate gavo hie opinion that tooth. ors should bo engaged for n longer time tbau one year. Bev. Irtr. MoQuarrio, in vigorous address on the utility of the training, given in schools, lnade.00 ap. peel for infatuation in the prime/plea of cookery, 12ov. Mr. Shoret oomnondod nonan that the lecturer had advocated, seeing that some aro more skilful with their hands than their horde. On Friday morning the convention mot in the Town Ball, the room used inn tho Oohed not affording suflioisut tenting ttccommodetion. Mise Poke, of the Winghatn Public School, read a valuable paper on Cana - den history. ,In it she Outlined the course to be taug,ht, and included the tabool and mnnioopal eystem. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCT. 26, 1888, The Director then continued his sub. jeot, dealing with the treatment of Eng- lish Grammar, Philology, Rhetoric and Prosody, from a scieutiflo standpoint. A. H. Plummer gave his report as delegate to the Provincial Association, referring to four p0 ore read at tho last mooting of that body. On (notion his exponsos were ordered to be paid. It was moved by Mr. Doig, aeoouded by Mr. Plummer, that the next meeting of the Instituto be held in Clinton. Tho question was roundly debated for soma 11m0, and on the vote being taken a do resulted ; a second vote was called for, when the motion carried by a ma- jority of 33 to 14. The following resolutions were panned; "That,it is the opinion of this Insti- tuto that it would be advisable that the Regulations be 5o altered that the age of applicants for third oleo oertifloatos should be 18 years for ladies, and 19 years for gentleman. "That the Regulations should be al- tered that no candidate shall be allowed to attend the Model Scboole, unless they be of legal age when they write for their professional certificates. "That, as numerous complaints have been made regarding the binding of the Ontario headers, this Institute tbinks it advisable that the Minister of Educa- tion sbonld take snob stelae as he may think proper to remedy this defect. "That the thanks of this Institute be and are hereby tendered to the muni- cipal authorities for the use of the Town Hall, and to the Public School Board for the use of the soliool building. "That the Minister of Education be requested to place Euclid on the list of subjects required by third class Candi. dates. "That the thanks of the Asaoeiation be and aro hereby tendered H. W. C. Meyer and J. Morton, for the map and oolleo. tion of Canadian flora, respectively, kindly planed by them for examination and inspection by the Association." Perth Fall Aesizeg. Tho assize court for the County of Porth opened shortly after one o'clock Monday. Mr. Justice tiaoMalton presid- ing. Him Lordship congratulated the grand jury upon the lightness of the calendar. Mr. Ildington, Q.C. convoyed the con- gratulations of the bar of the County of Perth to Mr. Justioe MacMabon on his elevation to the bench, and more partio- ularly on his first appeer0nce iu this county in hie judicial capacity. His Lordship thanked the bar of Perth Perth most cordially for their express- ions of confidence in him. The County Attorney conducts the Crown bssinese. The following oases have boon disposed of :— Hannon vs. Mciubosh—Assoesment of damages for false imprisonment. Post- poned. Donoghue vs. Page—Action to recover possession of land in Listowel. Verdict for plaintiff. O'Flaherty ce Quirk vs. Tobin—This was nn action to oompel the defendant to fulfil an agroemont to purchase the hotel known as the Shipman House for $1,200. $800 had been paid aucl the defendant had not paid anything further. After hearing Mr. O'.ilahorty's evidence the case was left to arbibratiou, 0. Stook and J. Proobor being bhe arbi- trabore. The greed jury brought in a true bill against Patrick Morrissy, of Stratford, charged with wounding with infant to do bodily harm. • Thos. McLaren vs. A. T. Davis—An aotiou brought by the plaintiff, wbo is the owner of a lob in Mitchell, against the defendant, the owner of an adjoining lot. Tho complaint was that in erecting a fence defendent onoroasbed ou the plain• tiff's property. It seemed to be a ones of neighbors not dwelling together in amity. The grand jury brought in a true bill against Thomas Moore for the larceny of a watch, and true bills, on four indict- ments for lemony, against Walter Mor- kius and Thomas Connelly, two young Meet tender years, who burglarized four Ames about a month ago. They pleaded guilty to the charge. Patrick Morrisey, spinet whom the jury brought in a true bill for wounding, pleaded notuilty. M. A. Anderson vs. Anoiont Order of Foresters --This was an eolith to recover the amount of an insurance policy. Re. furred to Judge Sinclair, of St, Osther, inns, for trial, McLaren va. Davis WAS an action for trespass. The jury brought iu a verdiob of $1 for plaintiff, Long before the breach of promise 00E40 was nailed the court began bo fill up with the aurlous and the inquisitive, there being a fair sprinkling of ladies present, Miss le. Donegan, a comely matdsn of twenty-four gun -inlets, vs. F. Short, for the modest sum of $1,600 for trilling with her affections. The parbies reside M. Wellesley. The girl is a domestic and Short is a young farmer. They had, se - cording to the girl's evidence, been koop. ing company for four years, during which time ho had shown her marked attention, Finally hie love grew cold and he refused to marry her. There was not muoh sen. nation about it ; as lawyer Mabee put it, it was ate every -day affair without any romance to make it gm:r ation Grey' C01.132011 Meeting. Council mot at Burton's hotel, Bthel, October 19th, pursuant to adjournment. Members were sll present; 'Reeve in the chair. alinutoe of lest lnooting were road and passed. Pretzels Beitnes ape plied for moire to road at lot 84, eons. 0 and 0, Messrs. Miitlo and 'Brown were iustruotod.to attend to it. D. S. Camp- bell, P. L. 9., roperted hoeing examined the disputed road allowance on eidoroad between lots 30 and 81, 0000, 12 and 13, stating that be had found the original poste On oaelo side Of. said allowance for load and that ho bad made a Survey adopting a straight lino front the original" posts et the 12th con, t0 the original poste at the front of the 18411, eon, ae the true limits of the said eidoroad allowance through tho said 12th and 13th Sons„ as said allowenoe for road is sot fortis by the original field notes to be of the 841110 bearing through both said oonoessions. Moved by Walter Olivez, seconded by Wm. Brown that 1110. Campbell's report be adopted, and that the Olerk be in- etruotod to notify Messrs. Denman and Neablo to have their fences removed forthwith to the proper boundary of said road allowanoo.--Carrisd. Application of j. W. Scott for leave to file requisition for ditch at lot 0, con. 5, under the pro- visions of tho Mattes and tyatorcourees Act 1888 and amendments thereto. Sev- eral of the intertidal parties were present and wore hoard by the Council. Moved by Aroh. Hislop, seconded by Walter Oliver that (iiia Council approve of the e0h0me and that leave be granted to file the reguisibion.—Carried. Application of John IIarbotblo to have the Engineer brought on to examine the ditch or drain ab lot 81, con. 13, with a viow to having ditch cleaned out. Moved by Arch. His- lop, seconded by Wm. Brown that tbo Clerk be instruoted to notify the Engi- neer to make the necessary examination and report to tate Council.— Carried. Moved by Ed. Bryan, seconded by Wel- ter Oliver that all the taxes be collected by tho 15th day of December, according to Statute,—Carried. Moved by Walter Oliver, seconded by Aroh. Hislop- that the Reeve attend to the Colleotor's bond and have it signed by the Collector and his sureties,—Carried. Tho following accounts were handed in and ordered' to be paid, viz. :—Jas. Fewster, repairing •ossways at lobe 30 and 81, con, 14, $24 ; Wm. Campbell, gravel, $24; Wm. IbIc- Nab, gravel, $23.22; A, Hunter, judg- ment and coats Brown vs. Grey, $89.87 ; Mrs. Marren, gravel, $10.20; Wm. Milne, lumber for bridges and culverts, $10,08 ; P. Relines, culvert ab lot 80, con. 3, $8.90, and gravelling at lot 1.5, con. 6, $17.20; John Ridley, culvert at lot 29, eon. 8, $5, and ditch across road at lot 27, con. 8, $1.50 ; 0. Hudson, grading et lot 28, con. 0, $3.50, and repairing areaway lot 29, con. 6, 41.60 ; George Coats, ditch at lot 111, Sun. 0, $9.191 ltobb, Dilworth, gravel, $18,62 ; Wm. Elliott, shovelling gravel, $5; W. J. Cooper, cleaning out ditch lot 30, Dons. 11 and 12, engineer's award, $22.50 ; S. Love, gravel, 41.74 ; A. G. Campbell, gravel, $2.16 ; 10. Rae, gravel and damage to crop, $5.50 ; A. McNichol, grading and gravelling on siderond lots 15 and 16, 000. 12, $200 ; B. Clark, re- pairing culvert on sideroad lots 15 and 10, eon. 17, $1.50; Thos. Lamont, clearing obstrubtion off road lots 13 and 14, oons. 13 and 14, $5 ; Sinclair 15 Lamont, wid- ening road lots 13 and 14, cons. 13 and 14, $3 ; R. Alcock, culvert and dibah lot 14,eon. 14, $27; Wm. King, cedar for oulverte, $18.93 ;. Geo. McKay, repairing crossway lot 23, con. 10, $6.75 ; Luke Spoken, repairing sideroad 5, con. 11, $5 ; James Kelly, dibobing ttnd two ad- verts, ono on con. and one on sidoroad lot 30, and grading at lot 32, con. 14, 316; Alex. Moliay, culvert on sideroad lots 200 and 26, con.15, and ropairiugside. road 6, Sou, 16. $28 ; Wm. Harbottle, rag bolts for culverts and road repairs lot 32, con. 14, $8; Jas. McNeish, ditch at lot 48, con. 1, Gray share, 47 25; J. S. Mar- tin, gravel and damage to road, $15.51 D. Beknnier, culvert at bot 19, cons. 7 and 8, $1.75 ; Duncan MoLaucblio, wire fence boundary Grey and Morris, $15; I. Lake, cleaning and repairing culvert and gravel- ing lot 27, cone. 9 and 10, $3.50 ; A. G. Welsh, gravel, $18,20 ; Inc. Mo0utoheon, gravel, $10.26 ; Jas. Coombs, repairing bridge at lot 8, con. 2, $1.50; W. Bishop, material for culvert at lot 6, con. 12, $5.68; Jno. Raynard, ditch on sideroad lots 26 and 26, and gravelling, con. 6, $5 ; T. Stevenson, gravel, $4.82; John Coats, repairing approach to bridge lot 85, son. 3, $8 • John Raynard, gravel, $3.60. Council then adjourned to meet again at Tuolt'e 'hotel, Oraubrook, on the 4th Friday in November. Wti. Sisson, Clerk. m District Lodge t, 0.•.'T . The regular quarterly meeting of the Dirtriat Bodge, I.O.G.T., was held in the Temperance Hall, Blyth, on Wednesday, 17th lust,; and although the weather was very nofavorable the attendance was good. Many of the most prominent workers of the Order in the oomnty were present. The following lodges were re- presented, viz, : Brussels, Belgrave, Kin - burn, Loudesboro, Ebenezer, Loeburn, Westfield, St. Helene, Auburn and Blyth. The Secretary, Wm. Pollock, presented an excellent report, showing that the Order was in a flourishing condition. J. 11. Maomullen, G. 0. T., of Toronto, was present and, by his council and advice, aided very materially in the work of the meeting. f The Executive Committee was ompoweeld to engage an organizer to push on the organizing of now lodger+ in the different parte of tho county whore an opening could be found. The follow- ing tnembers compose the Executive Committee :—Frank Molealf, D. 0. T., Blyth; Won. Pollook, Die. Soo., Blyth ; Jas. Buyers, D. O., Brussels ; S. 13. Wit- ham, Leoburn, and Mies M. Webb, D. V. T„ St..73elsns. In the evening a public meeting was held, at which F. S. S901103, 2. G. C. T,, of Toronto, delivered ah excellent looters on "One Lodge and Ordor," together with the effects of alcohol on the human system. The lec- ture was eoploto with anoodotes, and Ivan eagerly and attentively listened to by the largo -audience 11101 completely filled tho hall. The chair wee oeoupiod oy Pmok Metcalf, D. C. T„ the short addressee were delivered by J. II. Maomulian, G. 0. '13., and E. Dawson, Grand` Lodge Lecturer. ]Huron As13iznd. (Coutinned from last week) Hen. Justieo.Ftalconbridge presiding. The cash of Darling vs. Hoffmann oc• oupiod the attention, of the Assize O000rt dewing tine greeter portion of .Thursday, and remitted in a verdict for plaintiff for $600. It WAS an fiction t0 recover da - mope for allegod illegally dos1loeseesiug the plaintiff of a farm rented by ]tint from the defendant, Mr. Cameron and Mr, Holt for plaintiff ; Mr. Osler, Q, 0„ and Mr Proudfoot for defendant. Duff vs. Duff has been settled in terms at consent. Minutes filed. Grant vs. Ionians, libel, was called next find the 0055 was not finished until near midnight on friday, The early part of Tburedsy evening was spent in reading the libellous extracts as present. ed by the defendant to the public, 13. 13, Osler, the well koowu Q. C., of Toronto, conducted the ease for the plaintiff and the defendant argued, his own side of tho question, Owing to this latter fact great liberties were allowed him by both the Judge and Mr. Osler of which be was not slow at taking advantage. Some 23 witnesses, all subpceued by the defendant, wore called and examined and in the main their evidence was that produced at tho post office investigation, held by Inspector IIoplcirk last Spring, Some of the yarns, however, dated bash 20 years but were dressed up to do service on this occasion. Tho case was given to the jury on Friday evening after ad. dresses by Jenkins, Mr, Osler and the Judge. The result was a decision in fever of plaintiff, who was awarded 41.00 damages, which is practically as good 014 a verdiob for $5,000 against a man of straw. It is said that ten of the jury. men were i0 favor of awarding the plain- tiff substantial damages, but the remain- ing two, while agreeing on the question of libel, refused to give any verdict for damages and, as a disagreement would mean a new trial and double expense, the majority consented' bo the above award. The granting of a perpetual in- junction, reatraining the defendant from continuing to libel plaintiff, immediately it 1105 asked, without any hesitation whatever, showed gnito plainly that the treatment the plaintiff had received im- pressed the judicial mind of bis Lord. ship, Judge Faleonbridge. The granting of this injunction was really the object of the suit. Tho question of ants was re- served. Several false reports have been set afloat br interested parties in Bras - eels that are without the slightest ap- proach to truth. McCann v. Carlin—dation to set aside will of the late Thee. Carlin. Osler, Q. 0., and Downey for plff.; Cameron, Q. 0., and Best for deft. Judgment in acordence with consent minister filed and signed by counsel for plff. and deft, Whitefield v. White et al --Action to set aside a oonveyanee as fraudulent. Proadfoot and Hays for plff.; A. M. Tay. lor for deft. Judgment fu terms of con. sonb minutes filed and signed by connsel. for pill. and deft. Shea et al v. Sp. of McKillop—Action for trespass and illegal distress, Osler, Q. 0., Campion and Downey for pili.; King and Proudfoot for defts. Jury dispensed with. Judgment reserved. Isbeater vs. Lang.—An action to re- cover $300 for alleged non -fulfilment of a ocntract to deliver 175 barrels of apples. Cane argued and jtulgment reser ed. This closed the business of the court, all tho oases having been disposed of. The Grand Jury made the following presentment. 1. They have disposed of all the busi- ness laid before them by the Crown Co:mool, finding true bills in all the cases, which comprised the offence of perjury. 2 They have also visited and exam- ined the County jail, and certain parts of the Comb House to which thoir at- tention was invited by those interested. in the proper maintenance of the build- ing; we find the jail clean and well kept throughout, refloating credit on the jailor and matron. No complaint was made by any of those in confinement. 3. Amongst the inmates of the jail your Grand Jurors wore very sorry to flue several insane persons who are de- tained in close oostody until proper ac- commodation can be found for them elsewhere, and whom it would be un- safe to allow at largo. This is a oondi- tion of things which is more or less prev- alent throughout the Province, as tas have reason to believe, and it is very Onuoh to be deplored, as it shows that, notwithstanding the generous grants which have been made by the Ontario Legislature for the proper oars of teat unfortunate class of our population, in- sanityisapparently on the increase, and further accommodation is still required. We would respectfully but strongly urge that this eoplorabbo state of things be taken into serious consideration by the Government and Legislature of the lond, and that increased accommodation bo provided for those who are in a measure the children of the State, and who are dependent on tho rest of aur population for skillful medical broatment and ade- quate protootion. 4. Your Grand Jurors unite with the members of the legal profession in oou. gratelating Your Lordship an your ele- vation to the Benoit; they are glad to know that your Lordship possesses the confidence of the bar, which is the best assurance that you also hold and will re- tain the amnfidenos of the public 01 largo in the discharge of your responsiblodu- ties, and they hope and believe that , with youth on your side your judicial career will boa long and useful one, and - mi. neatly satisfactory to all concerned in the administration of justice. 5. Wo have also to express our warm thanks to tho Crown Counsel, IbIr. King, for tho groat assistanae he has rendered us and his courtesy in his intercourse with us. J. A. S'eev sur, Foreman. His Lordship replied to the present. 'Hent in suitable tame. Ho oononrrod with therendiug int reference to Motorized accommodation for the holploes and in. ealne. Alin; a:eleasing his -thanke to them for the hind reference to himeoif he inforneed the Grand Jury that their duties were now at, an sad and he had. pleasure int being able to relieve them, frons farther labors of a public nature at this coact. Out of 000 lnen discharged from the Illfmofs penitehtiery and kept bra0k of for four years, over 800 have both re. turned to prison again, end not oven 120 oot of the whole lot ware Clear of enspielote or eurvoillanoe. �tl Number 16, Washington Lotter. Thos. Ballantyne, M. 2, P„ intends eructing a refrigerator for the ete ago of (Prom mfr ttegool.,r r'srreste,.1,1euta butter and cheese. It will bo three star. Wesne sett, ne'..;I9, ow 1 les high and 410x00 feet in dimensions,. There are but few of the active soon of The Ball Electric Light Company have either party in the house now. Most of them aro 001 an the hold and have not much time to gnmmunioats their hopes or their fears to those remaining behind. Those who aro hero grasp 50(351y at any information te0atine remotely to point to the result, and the reports brought by these who resit in breatliless from the battle now and then ars encouraging to their friends, so that both sides of the douse have their measure of encourage- ment. Mr, Dineley, who bee been out, goes forth again to -clay to join his ad - leagues in the field, Reed and Beutolle were in the House for a fow days only after tho Maine election and era now on the stump. Hz'. Dingley will go from here to C nnecticut, then to Rhode Island, turd it uncertain what other calls upon his time he may have respond- ed to. Cru, 1-ieucloraon, of Iowa, has been home ou the stump and is book for a brief vpaec. • Excepting the Dernooz'atio members of the ways and means committee, upon whom develops the responsibility for the party managsmeat is the House, as well as a great pert of the burden of the cam. paign, but fow members come in from the canvas. Ail the Repnblioan men- bers of the committee are out working hard, without time to coma to Washing- ton. ashin -ton. The duties of the Democrats call them beak and forth. Four members of the committee hare yesterday were more than have appeared together for some time. bur. Mills has given up all at- tention to the Hoose, and is devoting himself entirely to the campaign, with a little time now and then to look after Lis mail. Even while at the Capitol he does not now attend on the (douse pro- ceedings. This devolves on one of the others, a000rding to tho arrangement of their engagements, andall of them are filling engagement to speak in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia, or wherever else they aro needed and can reach with- out being away foom Washington too long, It seems that the error in the Senate tariff bill placing n comma after the word coal instead of a hyphen, is not the first instance of that kind. The finance committee intended to pool' "coal slack" on the freelist, but by mistake in print• ing a comma was placed after the word coal, and,. thus the prodnot of all the coal mines would, in the event of the passage of the Senate bill, be planed on the free list. Is the tariff bill that was passed in Jtine, 1879, a similiar error was made. In the free list there was in- serted the following paragraph t "Praia plants tropical and semi -tropical for the purpose of progagation or cultivation." The intent of the framers of the bill was to have a hyphen between the words fruit andpinets, so that it should read "fruit -plants," with a view of admitting plants of fruits desighed for cultivation free, But the interposition of the comma admitted fruit free of duty. Al first the not wao constructed in accordance with the intention of the framers, but after it had been in fares several mouths some fruit importers of New York discovered the prosenee of the comma, They made nn issue with oho Treasury Department, and finally it was dsoided that the act really admitted fruit from duty. The result was that the Government refunded thousands of dollars that had been sol- leoted from the importation of fruit. The Sioux Indians wore unable to bring their untutored mindeto bear upon Secretary Vitae' proposition Wednesday afternoon, 80 their great mantel was postponed until yeaterday morning. They met, and though the prominent paraphernalia of an Indian pow -wow, aoneisting of paint, feetbe11s, tomahawks, eto., were absent, they had a pipe and made out to talk. It was apparent from the first that serious differences of opin. ion prevailed. Some of the chiefs thought it adyisable to accept the offer made by Secretary Vilna, others opposed it in tato, and others insisted upon con- sulting their tribes before reaching any decision. But (bey were informed that this eves out of the question ; that Sec - rotary Vilas had laid down au ultimatum and the chiefs hero must express a posi- tive opiniou one way or the other in re. goad to the measure he proposed. The council prooeoded with a quiet and order that would have surprised an oheorver of eongressionai proceedings. The opposing ohiefe were tenacious of their respective opinions, but not one of thein galled another's veaacity into quos. tion or intimated that bo would use Pia scalping knife if not restrained by par• liamentary usnages. After a while 55) - oral of the chide who had announced their oonalusious withdrew from the council without orettting any disturb- ance. The chiefs who retired from the coun- cil amused themselves as they saw fit while their brethren were debating the question at ieeue, Some of them strolled over to the Capitol, and others want to the Washington monnmeat. When the pending business shall have boon decided, one way or the other, Soo- retary Vitae will take the Indians to see the Presidohtt. Perth County Notes. The now Pro hell schema boas Peon squelched by the Stratford Connote Woskonbn for the G.T,R, shops aro ar- riving at Stratford from Hamilton, In Mitchell. according to tho R000rdor, they canvass yonng -mon to sell then marriage licenses, George Welker, the professional bath ball player, late of Stratford, leas boon reserved by Baltimore. W. J. l±retland lies boon appointed leader et Knox' ehttrall choir, Stratford, at a salary of $300 per MUM. Following aro the o1ieets of the Strut - ford Bunt Club ;-W. P. Hibbard, fres.. dont ;Stewart Cenptboil, let vioe•Pres„ and 3, J. Walsh, end vino -Pros, .• • closed a eontraot with the town of Mit- chell for thirty-five lights, to be supplied at once. This number will be temple- inonted in the spring. Santo maidens pe150n or panicle en- tered the Trinity Church Cemetery,, Mit. Shell, and destroyed a headstone belong- ing te, James Hall, areoto,l :o the mem- ory of 0 departed daughter. A dog belonging to Joseph flfil, of Stratford, while having a little non. turnal amusement chasing eats, fol. lowed one aver It fence, and i0 slipping back hie collar caught on one of the pick. Sts. Ile hung suspended in this way un- til life was alined extinct when he was cut down. He died shortly afterwards. l�ill`Q)11 fi;oulit;i Not, -4, Iloolak council is offering 8000 for the conviction of tiro bugs. TheQueen's Hotel at tieaforth is now lighted by gas, which is manufaatursd on the premises. A man named Joe Woods, of Porde/lob, has been sent for trial for robbing -the office of 13.S. Cook, of that place. The 50 aore farm of firs. Emerson, on the Srd eon. of Ilnllstt, was sold by auc- tion to Jos. Copp, of Clinton, at 32,600. Mr. Wray, of the base line, Hallett, claims to have made about $80 from tomatoes raised on less than one-eighth of an acre of land. Jno. Telford, of Clinton, has traded his farm at Sandusky, Miele, for the farm of Geo. Graham, in Godericlh town- ship, giving 01,000 to boot. It is proposed to lay the corner stone of the new Methodist shuroh, at Blyth, on the 24th of May, and the building is to be finished by tho 1st of October. Mr. Hawkshaw, of Seaforth, has on exhibition behind bis bar three potatoes which weigh seven lbs, Tho potatoes were raised by Mr. Murray, of Tucker. smith. R. H. Archer, aoeountant of Molsone .Banlr, Hamilton, has been appointed manager of the Exeter branch. P. H. Stuart, teller, will be bis successor at Hamilton as accountant. E. B. Hollis, of Seaforth, who hoe had charge of the grocery department in the store of Duncan d: Duncan for several years has resigned his position, cud in- tends devoting himself to the matrical and dramatic business. At a meeting at the Wroxeter Curling Club held on the 11th inst., the following officers were elected :—Patron, Thomas Gibson, M.P.P.; Patroneee, Mrs. Gibson; President, Jas. Ireland ; Viee•President, John W. Sanderson ; Secrstary.Trcasur- er, Joseph Cowan. Frank Goodwin, formerly of Stanley, has been in the Qu'Appelle district, N. W. T., for sevotal years, and in all that time bee hardly had one good crop. Last year the drought and gophers de. strayed his crop, and this year the gophers did not leave him a handful of grain. The Gorrio Vidette says :—Ort Wed- nesday morning our village was agaia visited by the Pre fiend. About two o'clock S. T. Fennel tree awakened by the roaring of fire, and on rising found the wood shed at the roar of his residence to be in flames. The fire alarm was soon Bounded and the people turned out to render what assistance they could in removing the household contents, mast of which were saved. Mr. Fennel will be a loser to a considerable extent es he had .,sly an insurance of $100 on the buildings. The Are is no doubt the work of an incendiary, as it arignatod :rt the woodshed where no fire whatever is kept and no ashes aro kept near the building. The following °Mlcara wore elected to connection with the Seaforth Curling Club :—President, D. D. Wilson ; Vies - President, George Patterson ; Se..-Treas., John Weir ; Patron, John Moiillan, 011. P. ; Chaplain, Rev. A. D. MoDonald. lianory Members, G. W. Castle and R• L. Sharp, Toronto ; Sheriff Gibbons, Goderioh ;E. W. 0. Meyer, Wingham ; Henry Cameron, Winnipeg, and ai, R. Counter, Seaforth. Representative Mem- hers, D. D. Wilson, 31. R. Counter, W. G. Castles and R. L. Sharp. Commit. too, John Weir, R. Common, W. J. Pear, A. Wilson and J. Lyons. Skips, J. R. Lyons. R. Common, Geo. Patterson, D. D. Wilson, A. Young, J. Weir, J. A. Wil- son, J. 0. Laielaw, 3. 8. Roberts and A.. Wilson. a' 7 nett adiem N p ev OA. The Toronto coal dealers will raise tea prion of coal about 50 cants a ton on Nov. 1st. There aro ton oases of smallpox at Kos- wielt, a smell village in tho northern part of York County. Toronto has opened schools on (haus nights of the (seek for the tuition of those wbo cannot attend in the day-timo. Articles of agreement have been signed by John lfoPhorson, Ste. Marie, Miob., and Charles Currie, of Parkhill, for a shot -putting contest for the champion= ship of tbeworld rynd a gold medal wawa at $250, presented by the Police Gazette ihrnugh W. 11. Bingham, Tho stakes aro $200 a side. Fonrboon, 16, 18, 20 and 22 lb. atone° are to be used, . each man being albs -veil five Oriole. The con- tort 15 to take piaoe nate Toronto base. boli grounds on Saturday, Nov, 30. A. football match was played attl'x. bridge of auaturday afternoon at Elgin Park between' the Chalk Lake club and the Uxbridge team, resulting in a draw after an hour's hard play, noibher thorn winning a goal. A very painful aoaident happened to one of the Uxbridge: playor5 just before the game began. Tho Chalk Lake team was somewhat late in reach. ing the grounds, 50' in ardor to koop things melting a earth gams was gotten up, and while Bddie dhirpat'v and Mr, Simard were One the ball, they beth mado a kiok for it, Chirpav touching it lightly, Earned it out of its course, ' Their shine mane together, breaking the large, bone in young Chirpaw's left leg below the knee.