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The Brussels Post, 1887-5-13, Page 1t I s Volume 14. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1887. Number 44. COUNTY MIMIC CONVONTION COMMUNICATION, A large number of the temperance peo. JA'1` NEIPAi. AN i► 1)iPLO1Lt. p1e of this County assembled in the Rotten. burystreet Methodist church, Clinton, on To the gaiter of Tni, Pori', Tuesday of this week, D. D. Wilson, President, in the chair. After a short address from the chair. mean and the reading and adaption of the minutes, the business of the day, viz., that of selecting a fit and proffer person to bo recommenned to the Ontario Gov- ernment overnment for the position of Police Magi- strate for Huron Co„ was taken up. The following nominations wore made --Andrew Govenlook, MoMillop ; Dr. Williams, Clinton ; Thos. Straohan, Grey; Geo. McKay Wingham ; Jas, Wanless, Varna ; and R. H. Collins, Exeter. After short addreeses by persons supporting the various candidates the vote was taken by ballot, and Dr. Williams was declared the candidate by alarge majority. He was then made the unanimous choice of the Convention and the Secretary, instructed to notify the Government. A resolution expressive of the thanks of the temperance people of Huron to Messrs. Govenlook, Wanless, McKay and Smith for their energetio efforts in acting as magistrates in the various oases brought before them, was carried unanimously. The question of Inspector's expense% was discussed and a resolution drafted to be submitted to the Government. Huron County Notes. Exeter has organized shunt club. Jas. Morrieon, lot 82. con. 8, Kinloss, bas a mare that gave birth to three fine colts. The Exeter railway station house was burglarized the other night, but very lit - Ile of value was taken, The safe contain- ing $100 was not molested. The Grand Trunk authorities are re. placing the wooden bridge at Blyth with a fine stone aroli, and when completed it is the intention to extend the siding over the arch. Professor Fred. Knight, who has resid. ed in Exeter for the past eight years, left this week for Denver, Colorado, where he has secured a lucrative position as organist for one of the principal churches, at a yearly salary of $1,200. Mr. Hess, of Zurich, who has made several town cloaks for places in Ontario, was in Clinton, and examined the Market House tower, with a view to having a cloak put in. He estimates that a suit. able one would cost in the neighborhood of $800. Clinton's Constable has notified all business men that the by-law prohibiting the use of the sidewalk in front of their premises for the display of their goods, will be strictly enforced, so that if goods taro exposed in front of their premises, it must be done upon their own property. Geo. Browning, of Ripley, formerly manager of the Londesboro' Creamery, has been appointed Creamery Instructor by the Ontario Creamery Aasooiation. Mr. Browning has had considerable ex- perience, is a man of broad and liberal views, and theAseooiation could not have selected a better man for the position, Mr. Miall of the Inland Revenue depart- ment, Ottawa, mot a delegation of the Balt men of the oounty at the Rattenbury House Clinton, last Friday to get their views about .a standard weight barrel of salt. Among those present were Dr. Coleman, Seaford; Huchinson, Platt and Scobie, Goderdoh and Raneford, Clinton. Perth County Notes. Measles are quite fashionable in St. Marys. The total eleotion expenses of S. R.Hes- son in ,the North Perth contest were $906.43 The members of the Mitchell Young Mens' Liberal Association have formed into a Moak Parliament. William Buok, of Hibbert, was badly bitten by a horse the other day, and oame near losing a thumb. Thee. Ballantyne, M.P.P. for South Perth, and W. A. Higgs, of Stratford, started on Saturday for England. The St. Marys Argus got out of its libel suit with H. A. Hogg by apologising for the insertion of the article objeoted to. The Trowbridge poet master strictly prohibits amoking and apitting, also poli. deal and other uncalled for disouseions in hie new office. It is, said that the landlorde of Strat- ford are overreaohing themselves in in. creasing the rents of -their houses to an unwarranted extent. Dr. D. L. Roes, of Mitchell, who recent- ly graduated with high Honors at McGill University; has dooided• upon praotioing• hie profession in Windsor. St. Marys Mechanics' Institute will this year be officdded as follow :—Presi. dent, G, H. McIntyre; vice-president, J, W. Laird; secretary --treasurer, Jas. Roberts. Information. was laid before H, Nilson, J.P., of Attwood, charging R. Hemphill, of Listowel, with committing tape upon Mrs. Richardson, wbose husband cleared out a short time ago and is supposed to obtained p be in Michigan. Hemphill os•p session of Riohardaon's stook of boots and shoes and had been engaged in dig. posing, of them. Tho evidence produced at the investigation was tufftciont to war- rant a committal of Hemphill to stand hie trial, and he was accordingly commit: ted to Stratford geol. While being con- veyed to Stratford gaol on Saturday by Cou p Managed getable Gordon,the ' prisoner to give the covetable the slip after reaoh- ing Stratford and got away. He is sup- posed to have mode tracks fo the States. Michael Doric, was also charged with as. eaultin Mrs. Richardson. Hie ease was tried, when he got off with a fine of $10 and Oeste. I notice, Mr. Editor, that Mr. Dead- man has endeavored to reply to a few facts published over my name in your issue of April 29t1, I fail to see that he lone refuted a eingle statement then made. He has shown his weaknose, however, In resorting to personalities, and scrupu- lously evading the point inquestiou. My object in writing the said article was not to make my friend Mr. Deadmran wrathy but to correct a wrong impression" One purpose of the Colonial was to show what the Colonies could produce; and the artioles sent to it were merely for exhi- bition and in no oast wore they open for competition.. It is evident then, what I contended for was correct, namely that the medal and diploma were given to every exhibitor no matter how groat or insignificant the thing exhibited and altogether irrespective of its merit or ex- cellence. p R. Reecnrsa, Apiarist. Dominion Parliament. George Moffatt, brother of Mr. Moffat, late member for Restigouebe, has accept- ed the Conservative nomination for the constituency. If Mr. Moffat succeeds, he will be the third member of his family who has sat for the county. It is thought that he will, as Restigouehe is the pre- serve of the Moffatt family. In dealing with the delay in gazetting the election of members of the Reform side of the House Dr. Macdonald, of East Huron, said he had received notice from the Returning -officer, who was a respect- able and honorable man, that the return was made on the 0th of March. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in his return said he did not receive it until the 26th March. He wrote to the Returning - officer and received a letter, whish he r"ead,-re-aff3rmingthat he had mailed the return on the Oth March. He was not gazetted untilthe 2nd of April. He did not blame the Returning -officer wholly, believing there had been some tamper- ing with him. He would ask the Gov- ernment if they oonsidered it right to this officer to prevent him being heard, and whether they considered, in view of the state of affairs shown by the state- ments made, that it was in the interest of the country that anything should be done to prevent a fell investigation of the whole case. It is understood the resolution to be in- troduced by the Prohibitionists will de- elere that in the opinion of the House it is expedient to prohibit the manufacture, importation and sale of intoxicating li- quors except for sacramental, medicinal, scientific and meohanioal purposes ; and that the enforcement of such Prohibition and the regulation of the manufacture, importation and sale ae prescribed or al- lowed shall be by the Dominion Govern- ment through specially appointed officers. The sub -committee appointed to draft the resolution have wisely decided that the feeling of the House should be tested on a simple declaration in favor of tho principle of Prohibition. The resolution will be introduced by Mr. Jamieson, Con- servative member for North Lanark. Mr. McCarthy introduced a bill to amend the Canada Temperance Aot. He explained that the object of the bill was to simplify proceedings when a petition was presented for the repeal of the Aot. As the law now stood, forms applicable to the introduction of the Scott Aot were used for repeal, the necessary changes being made. According to the form of ballots used the voter was required to re. cord his vote, 'for or against the petition'. and oonfasion had arisen, voters being in doubt as to how to volt for or against re- peal. Ho also proposed to repeal the clause compelling a wife to testify against, her husband, and viae versa, and to cub. ebitute for it a clause making husband and wife allowable, but not compellable, witnesses. The hill also gave permission to brewers to sell within their own coun- ties. The law at present prohibited this, while it allowed a man to buy beer and eider outside a Scott Aot county and bring it in. This seemed to him absurd. There were also some amendments which had already been before Parliament re. garding the sale of liquor by druggists, The County Counoil of Victoria has petitioned Parliament to pass a law com- pelling salt manufacturers to indicate on the barrels the number of pounds of Balt the barrels contain. St is charged that barrels of salt have until lately contained. 280 pounds, but that by packing light the manufacturers in filling the barrels give short weight. Dr, Macdonald, of East Huron, . is a very active worker and in caucus has been doing his utmost to further the pro- posed Prohibition Bill. The Dr, is on ilio Banking and Commerce Committee, also on the Agricultural and Colonization Committee, Mr. Somerville moved for a return showing the expensesin connection with the tour of the Jamaica tbrotight (biter. io. Carried. It is understood that Mr, Bing, of Queen's, will not appeal to the Courts for the seat which the people gave him, but which a partisan neer of the Govern. Ment, and a partisan majority of Parlia- ment have bestowed upon the defeated candidate. When Retnniing.officer Ste- phens undettook to return J. J, Hawkins for Bothwell it cost Ilon. David Mills $4,000 to oust the interloper, and he has never been able to recover one dollar of this amount, Me King is not prepared to face a similar expenditure. Drainage Water. RS C. 0, LOMB, .lx. A., PROP. Or c0N0Ievnr. In estimating the worth of a fertilizer, commercial values are set only upon the nitrogen, phosphoric said and potash ; sometimes the lime is considered, The three first mentioned aro of most import. anee, since nearly all soils contain swine. fent of the other plant foods to sustain ordinary crops. To grow Drops it is nec- essary, therefore, to supply nitrogen, otherwise the land will become exhausted. The ordinary crops annually remove from the soil the following quantities of nitro- gen per acre :— Wheat (80 bush,) grain 38 lbs., straw 12 Ibis, total 45 ibs. Barley"(40 bush.) grain 36 lbs., straw 12 lbs., total 47 lbs. Oats (45 bush,) grain 88 lbs., strew 14 lbs., total 62 lbs. Hay (1} tons) 45 lbs, total 85 lbs. Red Clover (2 tons) 70 lbs„ total 70 lbs: Turnips (17 tons) roots 63 lbs., tops 45 lbs., total 108 lbs. Mangelo (22 tons) roots 86 lbs., tops 46.5 lbs., total 131.5 lbs. Po- tatoes (6 tons) roots 42 lbs., tops, eta, 18 lbs.. total 60 lbs. The nitrogen, however, before it is in form available for the plant must be con- verted into a nitrate, a compound result- ing from the union of nitric acid with some snob substance as lime. This for- mation of nibrates in the soil is called nitrification, and every fanner should be thoroughly familiar with the oonditi ons under which it proceeds. The process is one of fermentation in the soil. The work is done by a very minute organism or vegetable oell (called bacterium), similar to the yeast Dell and other vegetable organized bodies produc- ing the various fermentations. It is found in all fertile soils, and for its development and work demands a supply of air and water. Tillage therefore assists in the process, The presence of too much wat- er excludes the air and hinders the work, even undoing it. Drainage therefore in- creases the range of nitrification and deepens the fertility. A proper degree of heat is also most important. Nitrifica- tion °eases below and near the freezing point. As the temperature rises to 98 Fahrenheit (87 0) aotivity increases. From that point it again diminisee to about 121 (55 0), when it ceases. Under these conditions nitrification proceeds moat actively during the summer, and continues even into the autumn. Tho nitric acid thus formed unites with lime principally. forming nitrate of lime, or calcium nitrate. In the spring there aro few, if any, ni- trates to be washed out of the soil ; in the summer there is but little, if any, drain- age to wash out the nitrates ; in rho aut- umn, therefore, when nitrates have ao- cnmulated and drainage is also abundant, we may expect the greatest loos. In the Experimental Department of aur Farm we have a sot of drainage meas- ures„ or lysimeters ; also a large rain gauge. Tho former are 36 inches deep, and contain the soil preserved in its teat - ural condition and position. The soil in three of them is eight inches sandy loam, ten inches reddish clay, fourteen italics of gravelly loam, four inches pure build- ing sand. One has been covered witb permanent pasture, manured in 1884 with farmyard manure, 14 tons to the acre. A two year's rotation, bare fallow and fall wheat, has been kept up on two of the °there, containing similar soil. These two are matured every other fall, before seeding, at the rats of 14 tons per acre. Thus the sante Boil is treated each year se pasture, fallow and fall wheat, and we can compare results. In England for ten years the rainfall amounted to an average of 31,451 inches, and the drainage to about 45 per cent" Under such conditions there is much greater loss of nitrates by drainage, since the period of nitrification is much longer and the washing continuos summer and winter. From a wheat field, unmanured, the average annual lose was ton to twelve pounds ; from unmanured and uncropped land as high as 4L81 pounds per annum (Lawes and Gilbert). From a glance at our table we can draw oonolnsions similar to those else- where obtained, viz.:—The loss of solub- le ingredients from a bare fallow exceeds that from a field under crop. There is loss from a wheat field after maturity. The advantages gained by fallowing may be greatly modified by loss in drainage water. A growing crop tends to hold the nitrogen in the soil. The fall washings axe greater than those of summer. The following may be practised either to clean dirty lend or to rest exhausted land :—In the former case, to avoid ex. minim loss by drainagge, recourse may be had to rootsthoroughly' cultivated. To improve an. exhausted land, instead of allowing the land to lie fallow a whole year, a green orop might be Showed un- der, thus keeping all the nounshmeut in the soil, inoreaorng it by drawing on the air and subsoil, .and by decreasing the drainage. For green manuring, red clov- er rye and buckwheat are specially recom- mended ; other crops suoh as rape, white mustard, coarlet olover, rye and buck- wheat see also used. These should be plowed under just before full blossom. On the whole most soils will improve hest under a combined treatment of green manuring and fallowing, where resort is necessary to such treatment. Elritseiteles School it•3oatt•d. The regular meeting of this Board was held on Friday, May 6th, in the Council Chamber, Members -alt present except Mrs. Smith. Minutes of last meeting read and adopt. ed, The Principal promoted on •report its imam 0— Departments---1 2 3 4 6 Aprfl'87 {roll0-66 141 65 41 77 -970 Departments --12 3 4 5 Aprfl'86{roll°-41) 46 53 85 85-280 Moved by H. Dennis, seconded by Rev. Rosie that Wm, Ainiey's account be paid when certified by property committee. Carried" A discussion on the advisability of a new fence on northwest and south old° of school premises was moved, seconded and carried that the Board advertise for ten- ders and property committee draw up specifications and receive tenders for same. Thos. Fletcher, who visited the school during the past month, reported : Was very well pleased with the teaching and working of all departments except room No. 1. Witls one exception, discipline might be improved upon. Tho attendance was small at present owing to the meas- les. The Board then adjourned. Geneassal IVO Wes. Many lives were lost in the recent Aus- trian storm. The coal of all fences in the United States amounts to $1,747,549,981, Kapiolani, the name of the Queonof the Sandwich Islands, signifies "Arch of Heaven." The reports of drought throughout the agricultural districts in Texas are daily assuming a serious aspsat. A statistical publication just issued at Paris planes the number of French peo- ple in the United States at 106,959. The High License Bill was passed by the Michigan. Mouse of Assembly. Whole- salers are to pay 8800 and retailers $500 a year. boThedy. latest musical conceit in Now York City le the organization of a quar- tette of male voices for service at swell funerals. Representative Milo H. Dakin was ex- pelled from the Michigan Legislature by a unanimous vote on Thursday for an attempt to bribe certain members of that Application for an injunction to pre. vent the building of a railway bridge across the strait between Staten Island, N.Y., and the Jersey shore has been re- fused. The Michigan Legislature has worked itself up on the English sparrow question, and has put a price of one cent on the head of every English sparrow that is found in the State. W. H. Fowler and Rev. Mr. Stivers, Rector of the Episcopal Church at Gren- ada, had some difficulty Wednesday, dur- ing which Mr. Stivers was in all probab- ility mortally wounded. A Washington despatch says the rea- son why so mush attention has been paid to the Queen of the Sandwich Islands is that the U.S. desires to secure a perman- ent naval etabion at the Islands. It is reported that the Queen considers Lady Colin Campbell to have been shamefully treated, and that she has in- formed her ladyship that she will be glad to continue to receive her at court. The Athens court martial has sentenc- ed to death three offioers for treachery in having surrendered to the Turks during the frontier fighting, and acquitted live others charged with the same offence. John Dalton, 20 years old, also known as Emanuel Defrais, jumped from the Brooklyn bridge near the New York tow- er late Wednesday afternoon of last week. The young man was picked up by a light- er. During the past winter Mrs. Mary Miller, of Hillsboro, N.H., fed daily eight grey squirrels, which came to her door from the woods every morning, and departed after having had their break - feet. At Clinton, sixteen miles north of Ter- re Haute, Ind., natural gee was struck Friday at a depth of 145 feat. The bore is only one and one-half inches, yet the gas escapee with a loud noise and burns twenty feet high. The Vatican has notified France that Gen, Boulanger's military law, whish re- fuses exemption from military service to youths or men studying for the priest. hood, is an infringement of the concordat, and hoe demanded its withdrawal. A flouring mill in Oregon pays an ad. jacent saw mill $50 a day for its sawdust which it uses for fuel in its big furnaces. Their fuel cost them $100 a day before they found that they could burn what most Western saw mills throw away. Saturday night at 12 o'clock every li- quor license in fall River, Mast„ will ex - lure, and prohibition under the license Law will take-WLThereare about 800 licensed liquor decilitre in the town. The city will lose $60,000 in revenue an- nually derived from the licenses. /3111 Nye says ho expects to make a great deal of money out of his last book because it is "larger and thicker" than any los ever published before. "What the public wants," he midst, "is a big book —one that can be used to prop up the lounge with when ite leg is broken." During the visit of the Queen of Sax- ony to Brussels, a marriage wag arranged between Prince Baudouin, boldest non of the Count of Flanders, and nephew of Ring Leopold, and Princess Matilda, eldest daughter of Prince George, Doke of Saxony, and niece of King Albert I, of Saxony. It may not be generally known that Albany to one of the gteatesb telegraph centers in the United States. It stands third in the number e of wires that rtrn in• to its office, having over 500, while New York City, which °ernes first, hes Duly a little over 600, and Philadolphin, comes next. Albany has as mashy wires enter- ing the Western Union office ag Chicago has. The propellor Troga arrived at Chicago on Sunday from Buffalo, having made the fastest trip on record between the two ports, 64 hours, The fastest time pro. musty made was by the propellor Jewett in 65 hours and 45 minutes, The Tinge, used about 80 tons of coal on the trip. Last Sunday morning a number of colored people, belonging to the congrega- tion of Mount Zion Baptist Church, New Orleans, assembled ou the wharf ab the bead of Lizard street to be baptized by immersion. The wharf railing gave way and about 50 persons were precipitated into the river, Seven oltildrea, one colored and one white woman, were drowned. Forty pairs of starrier pigeons have just been sent to the French Cou o region, and the experiment will be tried of utilizing these birds to expedite oommunioabions among De BMWs stations along the Ogowe, Allem, and other rivers. nem stations are usually not more than fifty miles apart, and the hope is entertained that the birds may be made valuable ad. junets to the postal service. D. L. Moody has a new project for the evangelization of Chicago. On a lot at the corner of Ohio and St. Clair streets he proposes to erect a training school for women oity missiuuaries. The young men wall be provided for elsewhere. Mr. Moody has $250,000 subscribed for the purpose, $50,000 of which will go into the building, and $200,000 will be invested as an endowment, The school will acoom• modate at least 100 girls. A "lightning ticket -seller" earns his name and reputation. At Philadelphia the other night the ability of the "light- ning ticket seller" for a circus was amply shown in the fifty minutes during which the ticket wagon doors were open. Of the 15,000 people inside it was estimated that at least 10,000 had purchased tickets at the wagon within those fifty minutes. This would involve the handling of tickets and money for them at the rate of 200 tickets or 8100 per minute. A curious incident has occurred at Strasbourg. The medical officers is the German military service, on examining a young recruit previous to passing him for entrance to the ranks, found that his body was tatooed all over with repetitions of the words "Viva la France," This phrase was varied by only a single short inscription expressive of the utmost con- tempt for the Prussians. The authorities sentenced the man to six months' im- prisonment. It is doubtful whether he will be allowed to enter the army. The report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, at Washington, for May in- dicates a decline of the condition of win- ter wheat of two points since April 1, the general average for the whole country be- ing 86, against 85 at the same date in 1886. The condition of rye is 90.8, against 92 on April 1st and 95.7 at the same date in 1886. The condition of barley is 87.8, against 96.7 in May, 1886, The proportion of cotton already planted amounts to more than four-fifths of the proposed area, and is slightly greater than at the same date in any of the pro- ceeding years, A physician of Akron, Ohio, claims to have been aotually curing cases of con. sumption for over a year past. He goes for the destructive microbe with an elec. trio shook. A current whioh'produces a mere tingle on the akin of a healthy chest is said to cause a deep, cutting pant the instant it oomes'in contact with a mass of taberoles. By this means the seat of the disease is located, and the microbe is gnfokly struck by lightning. It is assert- ed that the cures are speedy and radical, and that patients, even in the third and final stages, have been restored to health by this treatment. The new liquor tax which is now before the Michigan Legislature levies a uniform tax of $500 upon all liquor saloons, fixes bonds which liquor dealers must file at from $3,000 to 56,000, and requires bloat the tax shall be paid in advance. The receipts from the tax are to be paid into the county treasuries, and are to be divid- ed equeally between the county and the city or village burdened with the liquor traffic. A separate bill le to be inttoduo- ed, applying the local option prinoiple, under wiriolo any community can raise the tax to any limit it ohooses or can prohibit all selling whatever. Canadian News. 011 bone boon struck at Comber. During the last week nineteen tramps have been convicted of *mews on the M.C.R. John Ramsay, e, young Sombra farm• er, is in jail at Sarnia for trying to pois- on himself with laudanum, The Woodstook hand have been forth, nate in securing the services of Mr. Jones, now of Dublin, Ireland, as leader. C. G. Martin, treasurer of the Leaming- ton ck St. Clair Railroad, has floated a loan of $40,000 to pay for the rails. A gain of 782 in 1887 in the population of Berlin is a good showing, and $69,592 in value of ppropertey is better still. Mr. 1M2acdowalI, member for Saskatche- wan, has arrived front Scotland, and took his seat on Wednesday amidst ap. pinus°. A. V. Los, formerly of Woodstock and Brantford, hoe been appointed chief clerk of the criminal Mont, Chicago, at a sal- ary of $2,000. A Board of trade has been formed at Motheine Hat, N.W.T. The following ofiieers were appointed :-President, Thee. Tweed ; Secretary -Treasurer, H. S. Saab - chard ;Executive Cemmittee, W. Finley, W. Cousins anti (1, MoOuaig" The number off farmers who have left the districts about Ottawa thio spring for Manitoba and the North-west is larger than any prevlools year eine° the Manito. ba boom, and fully one third larger than any other goat for thelast ten, The late Samuel Platt, tof. P.. left an estate valued at $200,000. By his will eight shares in stook of the Consumers' Gas Company are left to each of the fol lowing charities :—House of Industry, Girl's florae, Boy's Home, Home for In- ourablos and the Protestant Orphans' Home. Joseph Fanning, aged 100 years, a native of Ireland, was buried in Hamilton on Saturday. When 105 years old he walk- ed from Dundas to Hamilton, mud until seized by a stroke of paralysis last Wed- nesday he was quite able to repeat the walk. His memory oould carry him back a hundred years. During the quarter ending April 80, in East°Middlesex there have been 46 eon• viotions under the Scott Act and 3 dis- missals, the fines amountingto a total of $2,800. Inspector Williams also reports that there were 18 cases in March and 81 in April. The hoariest penalty imposed was 550 and hosts. Aid. Frankland last Tuesday evening plaeed on the oars at Toronto, 100 three- year-old steers of the Kirklevington breed, averaging 1,700 pounds. The embarka- tion was witnessed by 150 farmers from the neighborhood of Woodstock, to whom. he wished to illustrate the advantages of this breed of cattle. The Kincardine Town Council is bo be asked to submit a by-law for 55,000 in aid, by way of bonus, to the Kincardine Milling Company, stock $30,000—by-law to be submitted so soon as the °itizans of the town have subsoribed $10,000 in stock toward the enterprise. Over $8,- 000 already been taken up. John Bell, M. P. for Addington, was taken to the Toronto Insane Asylum on Monday. His disease is softening of the brain, brought on by siokuoes. Mr. Bell has been in poor health for six months, andit is thought the anxiety over the last general election worried him somewhat, as he was unable to leave the house during the campaign. At the nominations on Monday at Til bury Centre for Reeve and Councillors for the newly incorporated village of Til- bury Centre, the following were the nom. Mations for Reeve :—J. H. Still and J. S. Richardson • Councillors—Dr. O'Keefe, Jas. Powell;B. Dupuis, C. Clark, J. Kidd, H. Beuglet, R Peaker, W. D. Smith, W. C. Crawford, J. Bartley. A man calling himself Smith has been making his headquarters near the village of Palermo for some time, and it is al- leged has been carrying on systematic night thieving from the farmers of such articles as butter, eggs,hams, cheese, etc„ and disposing of them in Toronto, Ham- ilton and Oakville. He was arrested at Georgetown Friday evening and lodged in jail at Milton, charged with several thefts. Mr. Laurier has Riven notice of a re. solution declaring it expedient to repeal the Dominion Franchise Aot and to re- vert to the plan of utilizing the Provin- cial franchises and voters' lists for elm - tions to the Commons. The motion will probablyprovoke one of the most import- ant debates of the session. It is under- stood that the Liberals are thoroughly united and thoroughly resolved to spare no efforts to secure the repeal of this costly, unjust and obnoxious enactment. The following students -at -law have pas- sed the second intermidiate examination at Oegoode Hall: 1, J. A. McLean ; 2, C. Bongan ; 8, D. L. Sinclair ; 4, F. I. Kil- bourn and 87, W. Osborne (req) ; 7, J. A. McDonell; 8, 3, E. Holmes; 9, W. W. Vickers; 10, H. E, Irwin; 11, G. Hunter ; 12, J. F. Durable; 18, T. Walmesley ; 14, W. E. Hastings ;115, E. 11. Britton; 16, W. 0. Chisholm ; 17, J. B. Luoae ; 18, W. B. Lawson and J" 11. McNee (req) ; 20, S. W. Borns ; 91, E. D. Cameron; 22, J. F. Wil- lis; 23, H. V. Lyon and E. S. Wigle (en) ; 25, S. G. Ganid; 26, J. Kyles; 27, W. H. Stafford (without oral) ; and G. F. Cane, A. D, Cartwright, H. 'W. Church, J. W. Coe, J. Fraser, W. E. Kelley, S. R. Wright, (with oral.) A oorrespondent who has just returned from an extended tour of the ranching country in the Northwest and British Columbia writes :—The past winter has been the most severe for cattle ever ex- perienced since ranching starting in the Northwest, and the average loss on pit. grim cattle brought into the Territories from Ontario and British Columbia will amount to from 20 to 25 per Dent., while the loss on the old range acclimated stook will not exceed from 8 to 10 per sent. Nine thousand head of cattle were driven over the plains from Montana to Maple Creek (283 miles east of Calgary) last year, and owing to rho Montana ranges being go crowded it is expected that from 40,000 to 60,000 cattle will come into the Territories this year, providing that the 90 days' quarantine of Montana matte does not hold them bank. Although beef is high at present, this state of things can last only for a short time, and cattle sell- ing for from $50 to $55 to -day will only be worth aboat from $40 to 545 in lege than two months' time, and .in a years' time the same cattle will not be worth more than $80 to $85. Some ranchmen talked about the Hudson Bay route for their shipment of cattle, There can be no doubt but that when completed it will be of great aseletanoe to the Territories, as .it will reduce the railway journey to just one.half of what it is by way of Montreal. It will then oleo bo peasible for cattle to be driven 600 or 700 miles over the plains without deteriorating them in any way, as they would be driven only some ten to fifteen miles per day, and thus would be fattening all;tho time, be= aides lessening the railway 'journey and expenses considerably, The Canadian Pamlie char sa 5254 per carload from Calgary to Montreal, and is willing to re- duce the rate to about $180. To eneour ago trade it has rednocd the rate% from Winnipeg front $280 80 $100 per car load, whiie the rate frons Montana to NOV York is 5270.