The Huron Expositor, 1880-01-02, Page 16
TIEIIRTEENT31 YEAR.
'WHOLE NUMBER, 630,
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
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SEAFORTH, ONTAR10;.
HILL BROS. are still in the front with
Cheap Goods for
THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
And. Buyers are rushing in for
the Bargains. •
Shawls, „Mantles and Millinery at
and under cost.
Dress Goods in the .3tetre8t Shades
Selling at Cost.
NO ADVANCE IN OUR,COTION GOODS
We are still Selling at Old Prices and
showing the
CHEAPEST GOODS IN TOWN
Men's Shirts and Dravt-ers at 35 cent s,
best line in town.
Flannels in Grey, Scarlet, White and
Cheek—a large stock, extra good
value.
CHEAP OVERCOATS.
We have a few Of those Cheap Over-
coats still on hand, going at cost.
IVE US A CALL and be'cOn't•in-
- ced that Our Goods are
the Cheapest.
Remember the Place —Opposite the
Conamercial Hotel.
_ HILL BROTHERS,
Main Street, Seaforth.
The Assessment Law.
To the Editor of the littron Expositor'.
Deem Sin: Ae the time is again draw-
ing near when our Local Legislature
Will meet to make and mend laws for
the benefit (or otherwise) of our Pro-
vince, I think it is the duty of every
person who has an 'idea" to let that
idea be known, and if there is anything
good in it, porno one whose business it
is to nurse political babies may take it
up and fondle, caress and tires§ it up
till it may become an ornament to our
Province, however crude it may appear
on its inception. Some of our M. P. P.'s
might spend an hour on it betimes.for
amusement. I also think it wolld be
much more becoming of us to let our
M..P. P.'s know what we .want, and
give them a chance to consider whether
our ideas axe worthy the • attention of
Parliament, rather than hold our peace
till after the session is over, then blame
our members for doing nothing, and as
you, sir, have taken up your mighty pen
(and I think justly) against that cum-
berous and expensive luxury, the Coun-
ty Council, will you allow me to make
a few suggestions on the Assessment
Act, which is another wheel in our
municipal machinery I think requires
recasting. In the first place the law
requires at present that an Assessor
shell begin his duties not later than the
15th day of February, and have the
same completed on or before the 13th
of April in each year, and as our town-
ship assessors are generally farmers,
they, tiy to get through with their as-
sessing. before the snow leaves the
ground, so as not to interfere with their
spring work, therefore the work is gen-
erally .lone when two or three feet of
snow covers the ground; and there are
few men in a township Who can assess
by their own knowledge more than a
few lots around their own homes, the,
renaadieder of the township being assess-
ed by mere guess work. An idea, I
think, worthy of consideration by our
Local Legislature, would be the assess-
ing -of townships between the first day
of May and the 13th day of June, and
where a township assessment roll shows
* or of that township to 'tie cleared
land, let the assessment stand for five
years; in new townships that, could not
show that amount:of improvemeut, let
them be assessed yearly as heretofore.
And in order to keep a correct roll of
the township, let each party desiring a
change of name or description of pro-
perty lodge with the township clerk, on
or beforethe first day of July in every
year, a description of the required
change, and let the municipal council
hold a court o'rabout the 15th daylief
July, to consi • said desireclchanges,
and the said veirt to have the Tolls
completed b3 •ue first day of August,
when the vots is' lists could be printed
as now, subject to revision by the Coun-
ty Judges as at present. Of course, so
many changes on a township roll as
might occur in five years would greatly
disfigure the roll, but a remedy might
be applied in this way: Wherever
there appeared more erasures or inter -
lineations on the roll than would average
one to every fifty names on the roll, it
would be compulsory on the township
council to order the clerk to make a
new copy of said corrected roll, at a cost
of say two cents pei mune, which would
.ttot amount to more than from $8 to
$12 for an ordinaxy sized township, and
that might only occur once in two or
three years.
As you, sir, have so ably advocated
the reduction of the number of mem-
bers in our county councils, by distribut-
ing the labels of thatbodyonto the
shoulders of township councils and the
Local Legislature, and leaving that
council merely a committee to look af-
ter a few large bridges and the equalize, -
tion of the assessment rolls of the town-
ships, I think that committees' labors
might be greatly reduced( as an equaliz-
ing committee by adopting a. scale,
whereby each municipality would pay
each year so many hundredths of the
total amount required for county pur-
poses, and from that scale the county
clerk could make out each township's
portion of the county rate =without the
interference of the county committee.
That scale would require a change oc-
casionally, which initeht be done by that
committee or by a commission with the
Comity Judge as chairman; and where-
evera township was so changed, let
that change be permanent for three or
five years before that township could
be chauged again. If you think these
few crude suggestions worth a space in
per paper, please give them a corner.
I am, sir, yours -truly, -Wsweeoeir.
A Few Political Squibs.
MR. EDITOR,—From time to time I
have noticed. through the columns of
the ExPosieoe a few items as regards
political thesis, which passed by with-
out any comineut, though.fallacious in.
respeet of sentiment and foundation: ,
So, Mr.Editor, allow me to make a few 1
remaeks oh the same through the 1
medium Of your journal.
Firstly—I will speak of the Dominion
Senate, which has been designated as a
itrotten institution," or an "asylum for
broken-down politicituis," and are, there- -
fore, pensioners upon the •public goner -
ally. 'As regards it being a "rotten in.-
stitution," &eine error presents it-
self—if I unclerstall the meaufng of
the Sallie correctly, it signifies a useless
body. In. the face of -human reason,
observation, °I:human rationalism, will
any persou say tbe Senate. is a uselese-
body ? No, Sir, it .not. Let us re-
tlect for one moment at its -capacity, its
tenure or extent of jurisdiction, so that
we may then be better able to judge. In
order to accomplish this, we must look
to the coestitational -privileges of Eng-
land Sir, the first ruling y then
known as the Witanagemote of the
Anglo-Saxons, held full sway. In it was
vested the right of law and government.
Later on the C0111111011S was founded,
and still later the parties were desig-
nated es Lords and Commons. Is tleee
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY -I JANUARY 2, 1880.-,
MeLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$150 a Year, ila Advance.
any rational being who will deny that
the Senate is an exact fac-si ile of the
House of Lords? Sir, throu h the in-
fluence of the Senate many n obnoxi-
ous petition was protested and defeated,
and. as a fitting recompense other useful
bilis-were introduced. And moreover
it is now designated es one of the planks
of the Reform platform. T e Reform
press, indeed., says that 'suci a body
should be swept out of exist nce as a
last relic of barbarism, whiclk has thus
far been tolerated in such an enlighten-
ed age as the nineteenth century.".
Surely the old adage, "Consistency thou
art a jewel," applicably presents here.
Many a more barbaric act has been
tolerated in this enlightened age above
spoken of. It is a greater expense to
the country, no doubt, than it Would
otherwise be if it were abolished. But
what of expense? Why, this is insig-
nificant when'compared with the essen-
tialities of good government. .Where
was the administration that ever exist-
ed so neonoinical as not to dpend one
cent more than was necessar ? It ever
there was one, I should like o hear of
it. Is it not better aud more dicious to
have a bill thoroughly debutel OR and
duly considered before being Submitted
for signature? If we abolish the Senate
we lessen the power of the Governor-
General, and extend the power of. the
Commons, which has, as any candid
person will admit, sufficient power vest-
ed in themselves already. If there
were no Senate the Govern6r-General
' would, in the majority of cases, be
forced to ect upon the' advice of • the
Commons alone, and if the ruling party
be either Tory or Reform, the stronger
party will have full sway. . SO you see
that it would be inconsisteutito abolish
this important body. It wotild be par-
ricidal on our part to sever oarselves
from the realm and prerogative of, Old
England. Hoping that Ihave not tres-
passed too far on your valuable space, I
will now conclude. In my next letter
I purpose dealing- with compulsory
voting and the N. s7.
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Mcdeu.i.or, Dee. 2
County. Councils.
We make no apology for again re-
verting to this subject, as wefeel confi-
dent that ere long the Legislature will
be called upon to deal with it; and the
sooner County Councils and those who
are aspirants to positions in this body
consider the question in all its. bearings,
the better able they will be, When the
time comes for making the necess rv
changes, to make out a case, either or
the -total abolition or the reduction 1of
the number of members of that boc
Either one or the other of these refor s
i*sure to be introduced into Parlia-
ment, if not this session at least uext,
judging from the feeling that so gener-
ally prevails for a reduction of the ex-
pense attending these bodies. We do
not see our way clear to the advocacy
of their total ebolition, but we .think
reduction could be made in the 4.unnber
of councillors, as .well as a number of
other minor reforms, without the least
detriment to the efficient management
of municipal matters, which . come be-
fore them. In proof that County.
Ociuncils are needlessly large the Strat-
ford Beacon, in discussing this subject,
asks the question: "Is there .a man in
Ontario possessed of ordinaryconamon
sense and knowledge of the subject who
-will venture. to assert that the county of
Siincoe needs 55 men to do the weak
that the naost sanguine admirers of
county councils say have to be done by
these bodies? The county. council of
York is nearly as large as that of Sim -
me, that of Wellington is half the size:
of -the Ontario Legislature, and Middle-
sex and several other councils are not
far behind. There are few county
councils in Ontario that do not" count
up to between twenty and thirq mem-
bers, and we do not hesitate for a mo-
ment to say the work done by the larg-
est and best of them could be as well
done by six businessmen of . average
capacity. As a matter of fact, the work
is done now by a few men in committee,
and while they axe -thus engaged the re-
mainder are kicking their heels around
town to the tune of several dollars per
day and mileage."
The same journal iu alluding to the
work -done by the Perth Council, which
is composed of twenty-nine members,
states that they were in session from
Tuesday until Saturday, and that five
men out of this number could beeelect-
ed. to do all the work they did in four or
five hours, and adds : "This View • of
the matter is confirmed by 'a number of
these gentlemen themselves, for our
readers will observe that the special
committee to which the Matter was re-
ferred, composedof the leading mem-
bers of the Council, reported in favor Of
reduciug the number, though the clause
contaiuing the recemmendation was af-
tertvards struck out by the council
when the deputy -reeves were in their
seats. No one can wonder much at W
such a proceeding, for county council- co
'lois are human like other men and th
could scarcely be expected to vote them- as
Selves out of existence Without consiclha
-
era,ble outside pressure. We: venture, he
however, to ,make the prediction that wa
the only way to keep county councils in
existence is to lessen the uumber of
members, and that right speedily. The
people are in no humor just now for tol-
erating unnecessary expense, and it will
take much stronger arguments than
those used over at the court house the
.vseek before iast to make them believe
that 30 or 50 councillors are needed to
do the work of .half a, dozen. In this
connection we would refer to the dis-
cussion in the county council of Huron
which met the same week as our own, a so,
report of which Rill be found in another bit
column. It will be noticed that nearly soi
Our contemporary sayd : "Are county
councils needed at all ? It is said
'they have much to do NVith the local
administration of justi e.' That is a
very general phrase.
what they have to do ii
some more economical
ter way can easily be p
do equalize the assees ent rolls in a
certain way, but we 'are sure they would
not thank us to call attention to the
mode in which they ard wOut to do it.
The equalization could be done much
better by the county judge, as was illus-
trated very forcibly tied at some ex-
pense the other year; bead striking the
rate is simply a plain matter of figures
about which there is lietle difficulty.
" Asregards taking 'care of county
property, will anyone fit to be outside of
a lunatic asylum allege that 55 men, or
even 20 men, are requi ed to take care
of a few thousand ollars' worth of
property ?"
In jpstice to the County Council of
Waterloo, we feel boliUd to say that
they do not waste any ime in the dis-
charge of their duties, but push through
their business in a Blest expeditious
in, if ever, more
session. Two
e views of the
Gun/odbaesthBe Banner.
cils had served. the purpase for which
1.
All of these journals, eecept the Globe,
were of the opinion that county coun-
they were established, esn.cl could now
be dispensed with. We propose in a
future issue to give quotations from sev-
erals other journals, all bearing on this
subject, and principallY- holding that a
change is necessary in circler to reduce
the number of _County Councillors.
This subject is evidentlY attracting gen-
eral attention, and will, as we have
already said, lead very Soon to Legisla-
tive action being takee either to secure
a complete abolition or a reduction in
the number of the rne ben of these
bodies.—Berlin, Telegrai h.
Canada.
The Toronto Gas Company on the
day before Chiistmas presented each of
their employees, 175 in all, with a tur-
key for his Christmas dineer.
—There must be a p etty wicked lot
of people down in the county of Cater&
There have been no less than 250 coti-
victions before the magistrates of dm
county during the past quarter.
hen we are told
this way then
nd perhaps bet-
inted out. They
manner, and are seldo
thee. two days at on
wedks ago, we gave t
Seaforth EXPOSITOR, th
ford Beacon, aud the
_
—That schooner load of dynamite
still remains at Sandlwiela although
orders were issued for its r tnoval Sev-
4
pral days ago. The Saed icheas have
all made their wills an say their
prayers three times a day. The cap-
tain has told the authorities to move it
if they wish to, but no ue can be got
to tackle the job.
—At 2 o'clock on Thursday mornin
a stable at Bow Park, tted up sine
the recent fire, was destroyed by fir
and 14 horses, including one importe
animalworth 'a thousand dollars, wer
consumed. A thousand bushels of oat
, and hay were lost. There is no doub
°that the fire was the act of an incen
diary. The loss on the building is abou
51,500; loss on horsedi, harness, oats
and hay, about $5,000. , There was an
insurance of $1,000 on the buildings and
$100 on each horse.
.—A Mr. Merner, of New Hamburg
recently shipped to Australia throug
the Rev. Mr. Stinson, Who took over
vessel load of freight, $1,000 worth o
carriages. The account sales show tha
this invoice was sold by auction fo
£151 10srand the charges amounted to
£133 12s 11d. This left a balance to
the credit of the consigner of £17 17s
ld, which was afterward increased by
;e25 011 account of damages. The above
figures show a loss of nearly the whole
shipment.
—An appeal is being made on behalf
of the widows and orphans of those wh
lost their lives on the Waubuno. Th
Secretary of the Relief Committee
which has been. organized in Coiling
wood, says that the condition of som
of the faanilies is sorrowful. Already
the good people of Collingwood hay
done not a little toward the object i
view; but the distress is so great tha
they find it imperative tie ask for assist
ance outside. The objeet is a good one
and 'at this special time bf the year an
appeal for Aid to a good eause ought no
to be made in vain.
—A few days ago John Braden, o
- Peterboro, called upon the Chief o
Police of Toronto, and stated that hi
father-in-law, Dr. Turner, of Baltimore
village, near Cobourg, had mysterious
ly disappeared, and has hot been heard
of for a week. On Tuesday of last
week Dr. Turner, who isi a Pelletal true
tee, drew a large sum bf money with
which to pay the teachers. Returning
home from Cobourg in the evening he
read to his family a despatch signed
"A. C. & Co.," asking him to .come to
Toronto on important business. On
ednesday morning he left home to
me to Toronto, but it would appear
at he never -reached his destination,
the hotelawhere he has been in the
bit of stopping have been visited, but
has not been there. The despatch
s sent from Union station, but the
sender cannot be found. .
—The crowd of loafers who generally
visit the Recorder's Court in Montreal,
from day to day, were. surprised a few
mornings ago to see Sergeant Neilson
lock the doors, so that all means of
exit was rendered impossible. Specu-
lation was rife among those assembled
as to who Sergeant Neilson wished -to
catch. After a short time the Sergeant
made a sign to a young man named.
Ale. Hogan to step forward. He did
and was accused of being an ha -
mid loafer around the Court, and
ling the floors with tobacco juice.
e,
d river sunk, rose to the surface almost
e instantly, and face upwards floated
s lifeless down the river, the current be-
t ing very swift. Before boats could be
- manned the body had floated. into the
t rapids below the old Suspension Bridge
and was lost. He .was a respectable
looking man, about 60 years of age, and
had arrived that morning on the Erie
Railway train.
, —At the recent sittings of the Con -rt
h. of General Sessions for the County of
a Essex, J,udge Leggett in addressing the
f Grand Jury spoke strongly in favor of
t establishing a house of refuge and in -
✓ dustry in that county. He said there
were instances constantly occurring of
persons being sent to jail who should
never be confined in a place of that
kind. He recited the case of an elderly
woman, whose misfortune it is to be
old and feeble and without friends, ivho
is bandied about betweed two towns in
the intervals that she is not committed
ce to jail.
e --There arrived at Bonaventure Sta-
tion, Montreal,on Saturday evening, the
- 20th ult. an old lady, Jane Kidd by
e name, 86' years of age, who was journey-
ing from Fall River, Mass., to Orange -
e ville, Ont. She professed to be under
n the impression that she was ticketed
t through to Orangeville, and declined to
- leave the station, although her ticket
, was for Montreal. ,She was then sent
over to an hotel, • where she told. the
t proprietor that she had, only hall a
dollar, but if he would keep her until
f Monday sheshisd no doubt God would.
f send her some more money. At the
s station she said she had been robbed of
her baggage checks. The baggage-.
- master insisted upon a search, when out
came from her capacious pocket, not
only the missing checks but $395 in bills,
- and two bank -books worth over 4600.
The old lady's wealth having thus been
made public, Mr. Kirkham prudently
handed over her property to the Ex-
press Company for safe transit; telling
her where to apply for it at the end of
her journey.
—The following extract is from a
very interesting letter written at Hay
Lakes, near Fort Edmonton, 'Manitoba,
on October 19th, by Mr. Aleck Taylor,
of Ottawa, to his father, Mr. J. M.
Taylor. He says: This morning I was
awakened by my dog barking. I got
up and ran to the door, and found a
man and a horse there. I brought him
into the shanty and asked him where
he came from. He left Fort Benton,
United States, in August to come to
Battleford with cattle for the Goverrie
ment for Indians. Well, the party got
on all right until nine days ago, when
this man went one day at dinner time
to shoot some antelope. He jumped.
on a horse without a saddle and start-
ed. When he went to come back a fog
had arisen, and he could not see the
herd and the other men. Well, for
eight days he wandered around without
a 'mouthful to eat, and no cartridges for
his rifle, until he very fortunately
struck my rancho this morning early.
He showed me on his horse where he
had opened the veins in her neck twice
to drink her blood, and also showed me
'where he partly cut a steak off her hind.
he would clean the floor, which he did.
amid the laughs and jokes of those as
sembled.
—Oats are selling at 40 cents in Win
nipeg, one farmer realizing $72 for his
load.
--At the Toronto City Council a
resolution was passed asking the Coun-
cil to vote $10,000 in aid of the suffer-
ers in Itela.nd.
—Mr. Needham, a farmer near Sar-
nia, sold to a hatcher a few days ago, a
three-yeareeld. steer, which turned the
scales at 1,700 pounds.
—The by-law granting a bonus of
$5,000 to Mr. Slater for the erection of
a cotton will in Brantford has been car-
ried by 327 of a majority. ,
.—Mr. Isaac, Webster, of Tilsonburg,
made 190 miles in 48 hours in the inter-
national walking match at New York,
and then retired from the contest.
—Seven hundred and. forty-two pris-
oners took Christmas dinner in the
Penitentiary at Kingston. The plum
pudding would require a big pot to
boil in. '
—Mr. Tames Young, M.P. P., is pre-
paring the "Early History of. Galt and
Dumfries" for the press, with a view of
publishing it, if sufficient encourage-
ment can be obtained.
—A leading iron manufacturer in
Ottawa has been compelled to reduce
the wages of his;ernployeee in order to
equalizethe loss sustained by the in-
creased cost of iron and coal.
--Santa:Claus deposited a present in
the shape of a real, live, bouncing baby
on the doorstep of a wealthy, childless
gentleman of Buckhorn, Kent County.
Sensible old fellow, Santa Claus.
—A gentlenian in Brantford bought a
50 pound roast of Christmas beef and
forwarded it as a gift to a relative in a
distant city. Such a gift is a sensible
one and likely to be appreciated.
—The a,ggregate weight of the five
'children of the late Gordon Buchanan,
of Colchester, is 1,220 pounds. Two of
his daughters have NVeighed 284 lbs.
each. His ,only son and another.
daughter have weighed 220 lbs. each,
and the lightest one of the family
weighs 212 lbs. Where is there a fam-
ily to equal this one?
—Three separate burglaries, eltere
committed in Paris on Saturday night,
the 20th ult. Mr Walker's jewelery
store was first visited where about $75
worth was carried off. The burglars
next regaled themselves with cigars,
oysters and confectionery at Mr. Mc-
Nab's store. They finally visited Mr.
Patterson's ticket agency, but were
discovered and frightened. off, subse-
quently with villianous hardihood. re-
turning twice to reconnoitre the
premises.
—On Wednesday, 24th ult., a stranger
giving his name as D. A. -Sikes leaped
from about the centre of the new sus-
pension bridge, at Niagara Falls, into
the abyss below. His body strikingthe
1 quarter to eat raw rather than starve. But
--' the mare was -too strong for him in his
1
1 section 4 of the Lachine Canal have
weak state,and he could not do it.
- —Over a hundred. of the workmen on.
' been thrown out of employment, owing
by leakages caused by frost.
1 to a suspension of operations necessi-
tated—The congregation of St. Aiadrews
church, Picton, is having a quarrel
Over the organ question. The anti -
organ party, although in the minority,
Carried their point before the Presby-
ler—y"A woma'n named Morgan, who has
iemained in jail' at Guelphs for more
than a year on a charge of contempt of
court, gave Ma few days ago, agreed to
the requirements of the court, and was
released.
—Last year the marriages in Ontario'
numbered 13,000. Considering that
question in leap year, the marriage rbee-
turns foe 1881) will probably show au
.
ine—reTahsee"Rev: Mr. Haranaond closed his
revival services in London on Friday
night, after about six weeks' labor, dur-
ing which over one thousand professed
conversion. Mr. Hammond goes to
Montreal next.
—The Montreal Poultry, Dog and
Pet Stock Association Exhibition. will
take place in Febraary, commencing on'
_the 4th and lasting three days. Some
2,000 specimens from Canada and the
United States -were exhibited. last year.
—Mr. Henry Mittleberger, aged 78
YearS, 0110 of the - oldest and most
esteemed citizens of St. Catharines,
died suddenly on Christmas morning.
after about two hours' sickness. The
, deceased gentleman was at one time
agent for the Commercial Bank of
Kingston. He organized the first artil-
lery company in the Province.
—Two men in Manitoba, on a wood.-
hauliug expedition, were caught in a
blizzard.. In the storm all night and
most of the succeeding day, they burn-
ed one of the loads of wood.. On the
way home they got separated, and. one,
Mark Hayward,was found badly frozen,
but the other, Moses Robertson, is
thought to have perished. •
—An old and highly respected resi-
dent of Paris, Mr. William Telfer, died.
recently at the ripe old. age of 82 years.
Mr. Telfer came to this country Irons,
Jedburgh, Scotland, about thirty-five
years ago and purchased and settled
upon the farm, near Paris, upon which
his son now resides. About ten years
ago he retired frem the more active du-
ties of farm life and moved into Paris,
where, with his aged. and respected.
partner, he has since resided. Mr. Tel -
for was for many years an elder in the
Presbyterian Church in that town.
—Quite a sensation was created in
the Cainsville Methodist Church one
Sunday morning recently. During the
Rev. Mr. Nelthorp's discourse, while
the church was quiet as a mouse, a
juvenile accidentally discharged. a toy
pistol—the report sounding extrava-
gantly loud, owing to the extreme still-
ness. After the consternation had.
somewhat subsided, somebody laughed
aloud. The cachinnatiOn becoming
contagious, the whole congregation was
instantly in a roar of laughter:
—Last Saturday morning W. Hamp-
ton, charged with stealing silks from
the dry goods store of Walker & Sons,
Tcronto, was sentenced. to six months
in the Central Prison. The County
Crown Attorney showed the record be
had in the States prior to corning to
this country. It appears he was in
New York Reformatory at an early age.
Subsequently he was sent to Torento
whence he_made his escape, then he
was sent to another reformatory and
escaped out of a window in a basket.
He next made the acquaintance of
Sing Sieig prison, from which he got
free in a skiff down theielludson.
—Mr. 'Maxwell, of Bangor, Maine,
has kept a buyer in York, Carleton and
Victoria counties for some months past,
purchasing sheep for the Boston mar-
ket. 1VTr. Maxwell has handled 20,000
sheep during the past season, 5,000 of
which at least came from New Bruns -
Wick. He estimates his profit at 15e.
per head. The United States Customs
keep a pretty sharp eye on sheep im-
portation to check undervaluation.
Some time ago the -Customs authorities,
believing that Mr. Maxwell had entered
sheep below the cost price, sent a
sPecial detective into this Province,
-Who went carefully over the route of
Mr. Maxwell's buyer along the river. t
The result of his enquiries was that the
United States Government began pro- e
ceeclings against Me. Maxwell to re-
cover $8,000, of which it was held the
Customs had been defrauded by under-
valuation. 'gr. Maxwell, however,
effected a compromise and got off by
the payment of $5,000.
---Capt, Symes, of the steamer Mani-
toba; has tendered his resignationfo the
Messrs. Beatty, in Whose dervicehe has
been continuously since 1865, with the
exception of a short interval in 1869
atid 1870. He was the first Captain
who had. charge of the Wanbuno, he
having run that ill-fated vessel on the
route between Coltingwood and Parry
Sound from 1865 to 1869. In the latter
year he took command of the Algoma,
owned by E. M. Carruthers, of Toronto,
in whose service he remained for two
years. The Algoma, it may be men-
tioned, navigated Lake Superior when
she was the only Canadianisoat on those
waters. lie 1871 he entered the service
of the Messrs. Beatty and assumed the
position which has made him well and
favorably known to the travelling pub-
lic of -Canada—the captaincy of the
steamer Manitoba. In 1871 that vessel
plied between - Collmgwood and the
northwest ports, but in the spring of
1872 Sarnia was made the headquarters
of the Beatty Line, or N. W. Transpor-
tation. -Company, and since that time
the Mttnitoba and her captain have been
well known to many. Capt. Byrnes is
not only one of the ablest seainen, but
one of the most popular captains ou the
all the speakers were in favor of reduc- H
ing the number of members." on
. The Beacon then argues • that, apart m
altogether from the question of num- wa
bers, County Councils are 'really not re- yo
quired • in brief, that their functions be
could be supplied at much less ex en
e bad been present every day with
e or two exceptions for the last. two
onths, and the floor where he stood
s alwayStlark 'with tobacco juice. The
ung man sobbed aloud when I brought
fore the Recorder, and was let off
with a caution, on condition that
p se.
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ladies have the privilege of popping t
Canadian lakes—a fact which is well
attested. by the numerous testimonials
and addresses presented to him at va-
'nous times by those who have travelled
under his care.
--Telegraphic communication about
Winnipeg was interrupted all last
week by the severe weather. On Wed-
nesday the thermometer registered fifty
degrees below zerci.
—Miss Sarah. Grebn, aged 23, daugh-
ter of Mr. Samuel Green, of Lans-
downe, was found by her parents and
family, on theirL return from church
last Sunday, drowned in a cistern,
frotn which she was dipping a piteher
of water. She evidently lost her bal-
ance and fell M.
—The New York Herald of the 24th
ult. has three colnams and a half on
the subject ef -Canadian independence'
mein -cling a letter from Montreal, which
says there is a startling growth of the
separatist feeling, that Canada, is tied
down and impoverished by the English.
connection, and there is no future for
her but a free one.
—The Governor-General gives a
skating and tobogganing party -on Men -
day evening at Rideau Hall. Prepara-
tions are in progress on a large scale to,
ill uminate -the toboggan elide and
skating rink with Chinese lanterns.
An attractive feature of the evening
will be a huge bonfire. At least 300
lanternwill be used in thc decoration,
—The Toronto Women's Literary ,
Club, of which Dr. Emily Stowe is
President, at an entertainsnent given
by the Club the other evening, presented
that lady with an address and well
-titled purse as a token of their esteem
and eoefidence, and their sympathy
with her under the persecution. to
which she has been subjected by the
male members of the medical profes-
si()11-"
—A severe accident happened to a
lady who was skating ell the bay at
Toronto on Saturday afternoon. She
was run into by a clumsy fellow,
knocked down, and received a severe
eut over the eye. The masa frightened
at :the consequences ofthe collision,
made off- and left hie victim to her
fate. The lady fell into a protracted
swoon and was conveyed to theshore
oiy.fi hand sled.
.t—Messrs. A. S. ,iSs G. C. McKay, who
have for some time past been engaged
as hog, .sheep and cattle shippers, of
East Nissouri, have left for parts un-
knOvn. It appears that they recently
met with a very heavy loss in a ship-
ment to the old country, the entire
shipment having to be thrown. over
board. Then they sold out their farm
and have gone; bag and bagame, with
their families.
—A warrent was issued Saturday
morning for the arrest of a hotel keeper
named Peter Skelton, who on Christ:
mai day broke the jaw of a young man
named James Dickson in his bar rooms
The hotel is a few miles from London.
Dickson was asleep by the fire, and
Skelton woke him up by kicking his
feet. Dickson jumped up and asked
him What was the matter, wheel's Skel-
ton dealt him a :couple of blows with
the effect stated.
—It is stated. that Manager Hickson,
of the Grand Trunk Railway has =tie
Led the einployees that there will be
an advance of 10 per cent. in the• rates
of accident insurance. The company,
on an average cost to each employee of
36 cents a month, pays at death front
injury, to the heirs -of each employee
$500; if disabled, $5 a week, compen-
sation and medical attendance. The
conapany donates from .47,000 to $8,000
annually to the fund, and the inerease'
is only temporary, td relieve an indebt-
edness. It numbers 7,000 employees,
and some idea of the nature of its op-
erations may be formed from the fact
that since 1875 the sum of $51,558.67
has been disbursed for loss of time,
$25,518.91 has been paid for medical
attendance upon ipjured members and.
$69e000 allowed in settlement ei 138
death claims.
—Four hundred children of New Ed- -
inbargh, with the teachers of the -Sun-
day Schools and common schools,
assembled. at Rideau Hall at 4 e'elock
Christmas afternoon. Tea was served,
and the children - were waited upon by
His Excellency Governor-General
and suite, with Major De Winton and
Lady Smyth and a number of the
guests, including Mr. and. Mrs, R.
Stephenson„ Lord_ Grosvenor, ad. the
Rev. Mr. Hannington. After the good
hinge had been -partaken of the chil-
dren and teachers were led by His Ex-
ellency into the ball -room, where
stood a 31184/11fieellt Christmas tree
laden with presents for every child and
teacher. The -gifts were distributed,
and each child ev-as made the hippy -re-
cipient of some gift from the tree, the
teachers not being forgotten. The
gathering dispersed with cheers for His
E e 1.1
Thomas Bell, engine driver on
the Grand Trunk Railway express,
whilst running fall speed between Park-
hill and Widder, a few days -ago, saw a
three year old infant on th t track, ap-
parently about 600 yards ahead. Bell
applied the vacnuna brakes, and re-
versed. with a; shock that threw the
passengers forwar& almost out of their
seats. Notwithstanding all that eould
be done, it was quite evident the ehild -
would be struck by the pilot, at a mo-
imeaturn of about ten erdies an hour.
The fireman ran forward. on the pilot, ,
but the risk was immineet, as the
child was a heavy one, and his attempt
to seize it would endanger his own
life. Just as -the locomotive came
trembling within a few yards of the
child, a wild shriek was -heard, and a
woman dashed across the track, a few
inches ahead of the pilot, The -child
was saved by its mother, wh.0 no sooner
deposited her child against the bank
than she herself fell over and fainted.
bwoatyh. mother and child
to their home, and No. 6 went Oil its
e t hceo nsveeeyne de
The neighbors hurrying to