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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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JANUARY 2, 1880.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTk
Ontario House—Smith & West.
School Books—Ce W. Pa-pst.
A Happy New Year—IIill Brothers..
Estray Sheep—Michael Mutchy,
Mortgage Sale—Harris, Magee &,- Co.
• Precentor Wanted—S. Carnocham
Estray Cattle—Aedrew Merriam.
Ontario Loan and Deb.enture Company.
Ectiters' NoUce—jaines Beattie.
Redgervilie Cheese Factory Meetiug.
make good at some future time, mad
still kept on in this hope, until they
Were so involved that they had not the
power to resist did. they even have the
will. All might take a, profitable lesson
from those who have so unfortunately
fallen. It is a dangerous thing for any
person, but more especially for a person
entrusted with_ the custody of other peo-
ple's money,te live beyond their Incomes.
-Those who dla so are sure to come to
grief sooner or later. It is very much
better not to below,0to what is called
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-a.
"first society," than to get into "the
SE A FORTH, JANUARY 2, 1880. • set" at the expense of reputation and
A CONTEMPORARY very correctly re:
marks: It is rather a striking anomaly
that bankrupt members of Parliament
should be allo-wed to sit in the House
of Commens and make lasira on bank-
ruptcy. Yet this anomaly actually ex-
ists in Canada. It may possibly. be
contended that a man who has taken
advantage of the Insolvent Act and
paid twenty or thirty' cents on the dol-
• lar; is in as better position to judge of
the merits and,. demerits of the Act
than one who has had 110 such experi-
ence. But it is a question if the -ex-
perience thus acquired is:the best kind,
for there is experieuce that may be
turned tobad account, as well as ex-
• perience that maybe turned to good.
-AN ADDRESS delivered before the In-
ternational bairy Faii. Association re-
cently held in New York by- Mr. Thur-
ber, the President, contained some
statistics that show how important a
part milk and. its products play in the
food of the people. America contains
13,000,000 milch .cows; Germany,
9,000,000; France,I 5,000,000; Great
Britain, and Irelmicl, 4,000,00d; and
Switzerland, 600,000. In 1878 there
were raanufactured. in the United
States 960,000,000 pounds of butter and
340,000,000 pounds of cheeee. About
4 per cent. of the former and Over 40 of
the latter was sold for export. If the
figures for Canada were given, and it is
surprising that they were not, the
amount of dairy pioducts produced on
' the American Continent would. be very
materially increased, as there is a
larger product here, in proportion to
the population, than in the United.
States.
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IN SPEAKING' of the proposed new
Parliament buildings to be erected in
Toronto, the Telegram says: Th se calcu-
lation is that the site occupied by the
present Parliament buildings. will
realize something in theneighborhood
of four hundred thousand. dollars. As
the city ha a given a uew site free of
charge, thel Government will have thi
four hundred thousand dollars to th
good, and will only require anothe
hundred thousand, or perhaps a bun
dred and fifty thousand, to pay fOr th
construction of a new building. It wil
be au advantage to the city to receiv
taxes from the people who buy th
present site, for the moment the land
. honor. After a man gets into trouble
or disgrace, his " set " won't domuch
for him. Those who fawned most
upon him in his palmy days, will be the
first to tutu a cold shoulder to him in
the hour of adversity. It is much
better to live plain," and associate
with plain but honest People so long as
one can do so on his own money, than
to ride in a chaise and churn with the
"nobs " on the money of other people.
The man who pursues the former
course will wear, he who pursues the
latter course will assuredly fall.
TIIE UNITED STATES has long enjoyed
the unenviable rePutation of being the
headquarters of lottery and other
swindlers of a like character.. It is
pleasing to note that the authorities
have at length taken the matter in
hand, and are now putting forth_praise-
worthy efforts to stamp out all such
iniquitous swindles. ' The Postmaster -
'General recently issaed instructions to
thee() under him to detain all advertise-
ments aud other communications re-
specting these lottery schemes found
passing threugh the mails, and we are
pleased to see that the courts have sus-
tained the position of the Postmaster -
General in denying the ase of the mails
to letterY dealers. There -is nothing
practised by swindlers more reprehen-
sible than the lottery dodge, for it is
outright robbery of the people throuth
seductive promises which are never
fulfilled and never made in good faith.
It wias said that the Postmaster -General
wae guilty of usurpation in detaining
theiletters of the lottery managers, and
that the Government would be pursued
for daana,ges, but this decision shows
that the mails are for legitimate , cor-
respendence only, and when used to
-further illegitimate schemes, those so
using thein are guilty of a misdemeanor,
for which they should be punished.
The Postmaster -General has concluded
to bring them to justice, if passible,
and he should. receive the hearty en-
nouragemeut and -support of all -good
citizens.
e TUE following remarks from the To-
✓ route Telegram on the subject of coin-
- pulsory voting we heartily endorse. R-
e says The objections . of Bystander, a
monthly magazine recently started and
o supposed to represent\ the views of Prof.
e Goldwin Snaith, to 1 y vQting
...leaves the hands of the Government i
becomes taxable property, and it wij
be an advantage to the Province to ge
new Parliament buildings at a merely
nominal expenditure. We understand
th'at Mr. Rivas Tully the Government
architeet, is preparing the plans, and
that he is of opinion that it will take
about two years to erect the buildings.
t seem to be that "it could hardly pre -
t vent bribery, because the elector,
1 though compelled to vote for one can-
t didate or the other, would still have
IT WOWLD almost seem as if the com-
mittal of crime was Elpidemic. Some-
times a series of revolting murders oc-
cur in rapid succession, then again we
have forgeries, and a her times some
other species of:crime. Just new ther
seems to be a mania fo defalcations on
the part of officials occupying lgh
positions of trust. Wax recently seve
bank Managers and cashiers have fallen
victims to the allflerCS of the tempter,
and nOw we.I have got to the municipal
officers. Within the past few weeks
more than one municipal treasurer have
had the affairs of their offices investigat-
ed, and have been proven defaulters in
large sura The last case on record is
that of Mr. Hooper, M. P., and treasurer
for the county • of Lennox. This
gentleman has for years stood highin
the esteem of the people of his county,
and his character for probity and
honesty was never, until now, even
doubted. A. recent investigation into
his affairs, however, shows that he has
been a defaulter to his county, for over
twelve years; that fur ,that length of
time he has beeu using the funds em
trusted to his. custody for his own
private purposes, and that now he is a
defaulter • to the amount of about
twelve thousand dollars. The defal-
cations of the Collector of Customs at
the Port of Toronto, is another striking
andpainful instance of this character.
And strange, also, in almost every
instance the defalcations were com-
mitted for the purpose of 'keeping up
appearances." The parties lived bo -
yowl their regular incomes, aud rather
than curtail their expenses and haul in
their sails, they gave way to temptation
and supplemented their owls Me8218 by
the funds of others which were entrusted
to their keeping, and as a consequence
ruin and, disgrace followed. It is not
at all. probable that in any of the
instances of this character which have
recently come before the attention of
of the public, the guilty parties really
intended wrong -doing at the outset.
The first money they appropriated,
there is no doubt they fully intended to
the pc war to sell his vote to either,"
and that "those who will not, take the
trouble to vote, are generally those who
have not thought about the matter, and
those who have not thought about the
matter are surely best at home." But
it would probably be found that, if com-
pulsory votiug did aot put a stop to
bribery, it would. whittle it down to a.
very fine point, for the party agent
wouldvery soon give up buying:votes
when he found he had no means of
knowing if hisabargain with the voter
had been carried out. Party agents
will not throw away money on voters
for the benefit of the opposite side. As
regards the suggestion that those who
hay.e n.ot thought about the matter to
be voted on had better be left at home,
itwould surely be no injuspice to take
away from a voter that which he does
not think worth while Using. The
franchise, as everybody admits, is not
something to he used at the pleasure of
the elector, but is a trust to. be exer-
cised for the benefit of the State. It is
evident that the people who now re-
frain from voting are those whose suf-
frages would surely be cast for the best
raeu. By making it compulsory on
them .to go to . the polls, the power of.
the Wire -puller would be lessened., for
there wonld be an element in the con -
est that he could. not control.
Nif-t-v-s of the Week.
E, I .— m. Hepworth Dixon, his-
torianand traveller, .and for many
years editor of the Loudou Athenoeum
is dead.
FIRE IN Bosrome--An extensive fire
occurred in Boston on Sunday last, de-
stroying several million d.ollars worth
of .property.'
Tun UTES OP COI;ORAD 0 . —The trouble
with the Ute Indians in Colorado has
not yet been settled, and it is feared
.
will terminate in a war.
DECLINE IN-GAS.—There is a heavy
decline iu gas stocks in New York since
the publication of Edison's recent suc-
cess with his electric light.
REPORTED TO IIAVE FOUNDERED.—It is
"reported that the steamer Aragon, from
New York on November 26 for Bristol,
has foundered. in. the Atlantic, and that
'all on board are lost.
ENGAGEMENT WITH TUE AFGHAZSI S
In an engagement with the Afghane at
Cabul on the 23rd of Dec. the British
troops were entirely successful. tThe -
enemy lost heavily. The British loss
is 5 killed and 33 wounded. A Lahore
, despatch says the Afghans who attack-
ed General Roberts at Shir ur th
23rd -numbered 6000. The ground
around Shirpur was thick with the
corpses slain.
SCE-NTING THE GAME.—An American
millionaire, Christopher Springer, has
. left property said to be worth eighty
millions. There are Seven hundred
heirs looking after an interest in it.
WHERE IS COURTNEY . —Courtney fail-
ed.. to make the $500 deposit fora
race with Iranian in the spring, and
cannot be communicated with at
present, as his whereabouts is not
kn own.
Lieu TRADE REVIVING.—The British
iron trade in Staffordshire is in a most
flourishing condition, and the manufac-
turers decline to receive 'further orders
except at prices current at the time • of
delivery. -
DISTRESS.—WTG. Smith, arrested on
Christmas day for breaking a plumber's
window, in New York, and stealiug from
it, stated in court that be stole to
obtain food for his consumptive wife
and starving boy.
MORE Vderansy.—Two meu have
been arrested who entered into a -con-
• spiracy to steal General Grant's Arabian
horses. It is said their purpose was to.
hold the borsesauntil a large reward was'
offered for theiit return.
AN Onsasen 1111.1UD , —A shipment of
oranges to New York, on --which con-
siderable advances had been obtained
from a London banking house, have
been discovered. to consist largelyof
sawdust and other worthless filliug.
Foe.. ON . THE TIIA.MES. —A despatch
from Graveaend on the 25th says an
almost continuous fog as prevailed on
the Thames River during eighteen days
past, the consequence being that a fleet
of inward bound ships are detained.
MmuneenS LYNCITED.—Last Sunday
morning at Golden, Colorado, Woodruff
and Seminole, the Murderers of Hay-
ward, in September, were taken from
jail by 150 masked man and hanged.
The murder was cold blooded and. cow-
ardly. ' ••
EFPECT OF THE PEDESTRIAN CRAZE.—
Clarence Howard, son of a respected
citizen of. Huntington, Long Island, en-
tered the recent walking match ia
New York, and after making 75 miles,
withdrew sick, and died on Saturday
from exhaustion.
DEATH SENTENCE. — A Mu SW11.0384
priea has been sentenced to death fOr
assisting to translate the Bible into the
Turkish language.- Sir Austin Layard,
British ambassador, has demanded the
priest's release; and it is believed Ger-
many will support the deumud.
OHRISTMA.S IN THE SOUTIL—Ohrist-
mas Eve at Atlanta was the warmest
ever keown in Georgia. -There were
few fires on during the night, ancl per-
sons Walking in the streets 'per-
spired freely. Christinae day it turued..
bitter cold, _afore money was spent
than during any holiday since the war. ••
THE. DISTRESS EXTEND IN 0 . —Reports
of distiess- among the Irish tenantry
still continue to come in, and their. un-
fortunate condition is beginning- to
attract attention of the people of all
classes. Dr. McCormac, Bishop of
Achono, Sligo and Mayo, publishes a
letter stating that on Christmas Eve he
gave food to 300 starving people, one
fifth of the whole population of Bal-
highadereen towmout of his own funds,
saying he reserves for a "darker, not
distant day," the money sent him by
charitable persons. He gives an apall-
iug picture of the approaching misery. •
He censhres the callous conduct of the
Goverement, Who, while they cannot
spare Money to avert the Irish famine,
can waste millions in wars of equivocal
morality, a,ud contrasts strongly the
conduct of Prussia -in dealing with the
famine iu Silesia.
Mr. Norqua.y arrived in town the same
day:
The roads are reported to be very
much drifted in places, some of the
banks of SHOW being over eight feet
high. Sia or seven miles west of the I
Portage some three or four oxen were
left by their owners in the snow. What
has become of the human beiugs is not
as yet known.
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South , Huron Railway Projects.
The Exeter Retleofor of last week
says: As our readers are aware the
people of Bayfield have for some time
past been urging on the Grand Trunk
Railway the advisability of construct-
ing a line from Clinton to that place.
They have at length obtained the Com-
pany's consent to the extenSion on the
uuclerstauding that $45;000 be raised
for the road, itt bonuses. This amount
the promoters of the scheme seem to
"think reasonable, and should the oliar-
ter be granted, they -purpose asking for
as o ows . Bayie1d, $10,000 ;.Stanlev,
$7,500; Goderioh township, $7,500;
Clinton, $5,000. This with the Gov-
ernment one of $2,000 per mile will
more than make up the required sum.
1The plan looks feasible enough, and is,
should no. better be adopted, likely to
be carried into execution. - The people
of Hay, finding that the Bayfield and
Chilton road, if constructed, would
lessen their chances of securing a line,
communicated with a few individuals in
Exeter, urging concerted action. Un-
fortunately the matter was kept, as if it
were some dark secret, from the, people
of the village, so that no authoritative
action could be taken. A connbittee
was, however, formed, -and a cOnsulta-
tidn with the Zurich delegates took
place, the result being that Mr. Hick-
son was comnmnicated with on the sub-
ject. He expressed himself as pleased
with the proposal to connect the Bay-
field branch at St. Marys instead of
Clinton, provided the various munici-
palities along the line contribute their
proportion toward its censtruckon. He
assured the committee that the branch
from Clinton to Bayfield would be car-
ried through unless a more favorable
route could be agreed upon, as his com-
pany expected a trade with the ,North-
west, and required the harbor, lashich,
in event of the road being built, would
become the property ,of the company.
This information led to a conference of
all the COMMittees, when the Bayfield
people were fouud quite agreeable to
the more southerly route, if practicable.
• The bonuses "required to secnre the
road are estimated : Bayfiefd, $19,000;
Stanley, $15,000; Hay, $20,0o0 ; Us -
borne, 10,000;$Exeter, 10,000;0
Blanahand, $5,000. Stephen wouild also
be asked • to coutribute. Failing Ex-
eter's willingness to contribute, it is
proposed. to pass west into Stephbn and
connect with the main line at Luca.n. qr
Craig. At present the committee is
awaiting a reply from Mr. Hicksbia, ap-
pointing a time and place for meeting
the committees to confer on a Plan of .
bperations. In the meantime st will
not be out of place, for the committee to
tell thepeople what they have been
doing. The people are the paymasters
and,we think, claim consideration..
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Huron Nominations.;
Berrer.,-Reeve, Wm. Clegg, re-elected_
by acclamation.
GODERICH.—B. L. Doyle, Ma?lor ; J.
F
T. Garrow, Reeves . W. JP nstob,
Deputy Reeve.
letbeenaa.—Reeve, John McMillan ;
Deputy Reeve, John Mason, . and all
the old cour cilors re-elected by acolama-
tion.
EAST WAWA.NOSII. — Reeve ames
'Potter and Thomas H. Taylor; IPeputy
• Reeve, Robert Currie re-elected .by
acclain ation ; cou u oilers, Messrs Robert
Reilly, Finlay Anderson, Thomas Gib-
bons, Richard Leishman and Wm.
King, Sr.
WEST WAWANosu.-4--Reeve, Charles
Girvin; Deputy Reeve, Edwin. Gaunt,
and all the old councilors re-elected by
acclamation. This is the 14th year
that Messrs. Girvin and Gaunt have
been elected by acclamation. -
— Reeve, Geo. Forsythe;
Deputy Reeve, F. Clegg; councilors,
-Messrs. D. Vanalstine, Henry 111boney,
AO. Henry Gossman, ail re-elected. -by
acclamation.
BRUSSELS.—Reeve, John Leckit. and
B. Geary; councilors'Messrs; J. R.
Smith, P. Moor T. Fletcher, 0. R.
Cooper'WI H. Moor,
T. Town
and F. Vanstone: •
McKnaane—Reeve, Thos. E. flays;
councilors, Alex. Kerr, Win. Grieve and
Win. Evans, re-elected by' acclamation.
SEAFORTH. — Mayor, John Beattie;
Reeve D. D. Wilson; Deputy Reeve,
James I. Carter; and the couucilors in
the South and East wards elected by
aeclamation.
TUCKER SMIT11.—Reeve, David Walk-
er; Deputy Reeve, John .Hannah, re-
elected by acclamation. .Couneilors,
Messrs. Samuel Londesborough, W. S.
Mundell, 'Joseph Nigh and Robert
Elgie.
STANLEY .—Reeve, Hugh Love, Sr.
and Wm. Graham : Deputy Reeve,
Geo. Castle abd Wm. Campbell;
councilors, Messrs. Allan Douglas, Jas.
Aikenhead, John McKinley, John
Torrence and John S. Horner. •
Hay.—Reeve, J. B. Geigher and Dr.
Buchanan; Deputy Reeve, J. C. Kalb-
fleisch and Daniel McColl; Councilors,
3. FeMorritz, Wro.. Snider, Henry Hey -
rock, Wm. Charters, Noah Fried Wm.
S. Wilson and Robert McMordie.
Te RNBER RY. —Reeve, Samuel Black;
Narrow Esoape of Attorney -
General Walker.
. A letter from Portage La Prairie to
the Winnipeg Free Press, dated Dezem-
ber 12, gives the following rilling ac-
count of an adventure in ate snow-
storm on the Plains of Man obit:
For the last two days (Thursday and
Friday) the thermometer has run 'down
as low as 360.. Some parties claim
that during last night it was 30 0, but
-Mr. Lakeman's glass Showed 360 at
12 m.
Wednesday's storm was really a very
dreadful One. The few people who did
, attempt to brave the hurricaue of wind
and blinding, snow repented beforethey
hadgonefar. Hon. Attorney -General
Walker in attempting to reach the
Portage nearly losq his life. It seems
that he was some (Six -miles from this
place, when his 1 orse, by plunging
through the snow 4 rifts, nearly upset
the cutter, and eve tually broke it. Iu
the blinding, cutting storm, the hon.
gentleman was forced to attempt to
remedy the break, bit in doing so he
became numbed with the cold. Fail-
ing to get the break repaired, he at-
tempted to put some articles which had
been thrown out of the cutter, into it
again. To do this he had to leave the
horse alone for a , second or so.• The
poor auirnal, finding its master gone,
made a dart forward cleared itself out
of the drift, and left the damaged. cut-
ter behind it in the bank of snow. The
Attorney -General managed to -chase the.
horse for some distance, until the -heavy
drifts so impeded his and the animal's
progress that it was captured near a
fence. Mr. Walken was by this time so
exhameted that he Was barely able to
get upon the horse's' back. For some
two hours he battled with the blinding
snow. At last, speechless, and almost
frozen to death, he arrived near a house,
and sank down before the door of it, too
much worn out and too Weak to even
knock. He says he had an idea that if
he could get his feet up against the
door he would make an effort to rouse
some one to hear him, but he had no
power to even do this. Fortunately for
him, the owner of the house, Mr. Mc-
Donald, happened to come outside of
-the aoor a short time after, and found
Mr. Walker before his house. Mr. Mc-
Donald at once had the prostrate gen-
-tlenaan carried into the house and
wrapped in blankets, and after about
an hour's time Mr. Walker says he be-
gan to understand that he was a living
man. His escape was wonderful, and
thanks are due to Mr. McDonald for the
eapeditious manner in which he did all
he could for the sufferer.
Mr. Pratt the same day lost his way
for some two hours, but as he had a
team of horses, and met with no
break, he eventually, after much wan-
dering over the prairie, reached the
Portage safely.
Hon. Mr. Walker arrived at the
Portage on Thursday, his face and.
hands showing signs of the fight he
had -with the frost and winds. Hon.
Deputy Reeve, Jas. Henning,.re-elected
by acclamation. .
CLINTON.—Mayor, N. C. Searl, D. A.
Forrester; Reeve, Joseph! Chidley,
olected by acclamation. Deputy Reeve,
D. N. Meuzie, elected. by acclamation. t
ASTIFIELD. Reeve, Robt. Webstai and. b
John F. Andrews; Deputy Reeve,hobt.
Hamilton and Joseph Griffin; Connell -
S
ors, John. Whitley, P. Clare and D.
McMurchy, elected by acclamation.
GODERICH TowNsme.—For Reeve—G. c
Elliott, H. Ford. Deputy Reeve—J.
Whiteley, Beacom. Councillors—J.
Cox, T. Naftel, J. Peacock, J. Wiggihg- e
"ton, J. Leathwaite, D. Cooke, C. Naftel, h
A. Acheson, T. • -
COLBORNE.—Wm. Young and. Thomas
Gledhill were nominated for Reeve, and d
H. Guest, Wm.- McClymont ; Ward 3,
H. Kerr, Jas. Hanna, F. Roderns, C.
Lloyd, Geo. McKenzie; Ward4, W. W.
Jno. Elder, Walter Scott, Jae.
Young, Sextus Kent.
Thnioneim—Reeve, T. M. Kay and A.
Bishop, alf. P. P. Councillors—South-
west Ward, James Halls; Northwest
Ward,. H. Horney ; Northeast Ward,
James Hackney, James Ballantyne ;
Southeast Ward, Jonathan Shier,
Francis Cornish, Wm. Brock.
DAYFIELD .—Reeve, John Essen and
Andrew Rutledge ; Councillors, Messrs.
Howard, Stanbury, Bailey, Cleave and
Logan.
STEPTIEN.—Reeve, S. Hogarth; Dep-
uty -reeve, C. Eilber ; Councillors, V.
Ratz, Wm. Baker and John Ryne, all
re-elected by acclamation.
Wnoxerna:a-A. L. Gibson, reeve, and.
all the councillors elected by acclama-
tion.
Howicm—Reeve, John_Kaine and T.
'K. Beady ; Deputy -reeves, David Weir
and B. Cook, re-elected; Councillors,
Messrs. Jacques, McDermot, Robertson
' and Johnston.
GRET.—Reeve, Thos. Strachan and.
Archd. McDonald; lst Deputy, S.
Slemmon, James Ferguson and George
Brown; 2d Deputy, John Hislop by ac-
clamation ; Councillors, 1Vm. Elliott,
Wm. Milne, Walter Olive; Jacob Kef-
ei, Ecl. }3ryan, U. McFadden and Jas.
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Wroxeter.
NOMIN ATIONS. —Our 110Mi11 ation was
a very quiet affair here, and. resulted in
the election of the whole Council by ac-
clamation. The new Council consists of
the following gentlemen: A. L. Gibson
Reeve; Jno. Sanderson, Thomas B
Sanders and Jas. Paulin, re-elected
Councillors, and Mr. Jno. Knutson
elected in place of of R. Forsyth, who
resigned. .
—In Howick the two old Deputy
Reeves are elected by acclamation,
namely, Messrs. Weir and Cook.- The
contest for the Reeveship is between
Mr. Jno. Kahle, the ol.d. Reeve, and Mr.
T. K. Boddy, and promises to be both
close and. exciting. There are four
candidates for the two remaining .seats
at the Council Board, Messrs. Jno.
Jacques, Jno. McDermot, Alex. Robert-
son and Samuel Johnston, and as no
one has ever devised a scheme for two
individuals to occupy the same seat at
one and the same time, somebody is
going to get fooled.
SAD.—Death has been very busy in
our midst this week. The family of
Mr. John Hogg, of this place, has again
been visited, and his second daughter,
Eliza, a young girl of seventeen, just
bloorninginto womanhood, has been re-
moved from our midst by that most in-
sidious of diseases, consumption. This
makes the third member of his family
that Mr. Hogg has buried within two
years. The family have the heartfelt
sympathy of the whole community in
their bereavement.—Mr. Williams, sa(
the Howicle Enterprise, has also passed
away.
was brmight to a close by a -motion of C.
Girvin, Esq., seconded by Edward Pry,
that this meeting is desirous of retain-
ing the office of Deputy reeve as hereto-
fore, which was carried unanimously...
COUNTY TowN.—The adjourned meet-
ing of the ratepayers, regarding the sep-
aration of the township trona the county
of Huron, was held in the town hall
immediately after the nomination. E.
Gaunt, Esq., ocoupied. the chair, who in
his opening remarks stated the object of
the meeting, which was to decide. what
steps were t� be taken regarding the af-
fair. The chairman called upon any
person present to come forward- and
state the advantages to the ratepayers
which would be theirs if they were set
apart as a. new bounty, but there were
none to be found to press the claims df
the aspiring villages, which left matters
to, take a one-sided course. C. Girvin,
Esq., being called, on, stated in plain
language that the people of this town-
ship -were in no need of a c ange ; that
we are well satisfied to reihain as we
are. The large increase in expenditure
by such an event, without deriving any
special advantages from the change, is
not desirable. A number of others ad-
dressed the meeting in the same strain,
when it was unanimously resolved to
petition the Legislature that the town-
ship of West Wawanosh be net sepa-
rated from the county of Huron. Men
were appointed. to canvass each contes-
sion in the township, and obtain signa-
tures to the petition.
Morris.
•
EnucAtioNAL.—The following is the
standing of pupils in School Section No.
, 9, Morris, for the naonth of December.
• The standing is based on. proficiency,
diligence and good conduct : Fifth
class.—lst James Stewart. Fourth
class.- lst Christina Shortreed, 2d Da-
vid Garvie, 8d Maggie Glenn= and
Wm. Moore. Senior Third- class.—lst
R. J. Moore, 2d Maggie Kelly, 3d Eliza
Jane Scan. Junior Third class.-=lst
Minnie McCall and George D. Short -
reed, 2d Geo. Ed. McCall, 3d. C. E.
Johnston, 4th Elizabeth White. Sen-
ior Second class.—lst Wm. Tait, 24
Sandy McCall and James Lawson, 3d
Clennan. Junior Second class.—
lst Wna. Shortreed, 2d James Moore,
3d Martha Jane Kelly. Senior First
Cla.ss.—lst Jane Button, 2d Hannah
Skelton, 3d Jane E. Kelly. Junior
First class. — 1st George Kelly, 2d
Thomas Hickey. The good conduct
prize was awarded to Elizabeth White.
Neil. McCallum received the greatest
number of misdemeanor marks.
JOCIIETING AFFAIR. —On Christmas
day, as Mr. Phelan, of Morris, was on his
way home from Blyth, going at a lively
trot, be overtook Mr. John Kelly, who
was driving at a slow gait. Mr.. Kelly
,conjecturing that Mr. Phelan was de-
• sirpus. of passing- him, as the latter
-named had already passed another
team, put on the " string " and endeav-
ored to jockey Phelan and cast him into
the ditch. Li order to do so he drove
• across Phelan's course, and getting out
• of his latitude, found himself and fame
ily capsized into the ditch. Mr. Kelly
got his ankle badly sprained, and an-
other of the occupants received a bad
stroke on the eye causing it to swell
and subsequently turn black. Phelan
apprehending Kelly's dodge-, drew up
his team in time to allow Mr. Kelly to
upset off the road, thus leaving Phelan
the whole roaCwho gave Mr. -Kelly a
sarcastic farewell and drove home in
gay speed. Mr. Kelly feeling a little
taken in about the affair concluded to
bring Mr. Phelan before the magistrate
and make him pay all damages, besides
loss of time caused by the sprained
ankle. Although Mr. Kelly gathered a
large number of witnesses, some of
whom were present on the occasion,
and some a dietance of one-quarter to
half a mile away, the magistrate
could not be induced to give a decision
in his favor, for lack of evidence, and
the case was dismissed, Mr. Kelly htvir-
Mg to pay all costs.—Com.
ScnoOL ENTERTAINMENT.—The closing
examination for the year was held in
School Section No. 9, Morris, taught by
Mr. C. Dickson, on Tuesday, 23rd ult.,
at which were present a goodly number
of visitors, and the pupids acquitted
themselves, as is their custom, in a
manner alike creditable to their teaeher
and themselves. However, the most
attractive feature of the closing ex-
ercises in No. 9 :was a Christmas tree
and. entertainrnent,Jeid on Christmas
eve. - On that nigh , shortly after six
o'clock, pupils and. visitors began to,
flock to the school lijoue, in •a manner
that presaged an iinmense crush and
by half -past seven the house was filled.,
to overflowing. About that time Mr.'
D. Knight, of Morris, was called
upon to assume the chair, amid
the applause of the audience, and the
presentation of the programme proceed-
ed with. This consisted chiefly �f ad-
dresses by some of the gentlemen pres-
ent, and music by machete which had
been organized far the occasion by a num-
ber of the young folkof the section,
and who fulfilled their part in a man-
ner that showed that Section 9 is by no
means deficient in musical ability. Of
the addresses we might notice the re-
marks. of Rev. Messrs. McNaughton
and Reid, of Walton, as being specially
instructive and. appropriate. After this
the preseuts on the tree' were distrib-
uted, and the amount of pleasure and
satisfaction manifested by the little
folks on receipt of the various gifts
might well repay those concerned in
getting up the affair for any trouble
taken in the matter. This finished,
votes of thanks were tendered to the
teacher, Mr. Dickson, for the efforts put
forth by him for the enjoyment of all;
to the speakers, choir and chairnaan -
after which the National Anthem was
sung by the company, and all went
Anse, feeling well pleased with - the
evening's entertainment, and that the
work orthe night had not been in vain.
Cranbrook.
MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS.—The nomi-
nations for towuship caretakers for the
year 1880 took place in. Tuck's Hall, in
this place, on Monday, and contrary to
general expectation a good. crop of can-
didates was the result. The day being
fine and the roads good, all sections of
the towusbip were more or less repre-
sentedin the large crowd present. It
would be amusing, had it not become
stale by being so often repeated, to see
the self abnegating patriotism displayed
by the various candidates. Little or no
objection was raised to the old Council,
aud it is altogether likely the people
will endorse them. The following is
the list of candidates: Reeve, Thomas
Strachan and A. McDonald; isti
Deputy, S. Sleinmen, ,Jas. Ferguson
and George Drown, Molesworth; 2nd
Deputy, John Hislop, by acclamation;
and for Councillors, W. Oliver, Jacob
-Keifer, Wm. .Milne, Jos. Ctithill, W.
McFadden, Edward Bryans and Win.
Elliott. As the candidates for Council-
lors (except the old ones, Oliver and
Ke.ffer, and the new one, -Milne) ea -
pressed their desire to withdraw, the
contest will chiefly centre on thosethree.
The former Reeve and Deputy are sure
to head the poll next Monday night.
ODDS AND ENDS. — Geordie Coghill
left here recently for a visit to his native
country Scotland. Geordie, by his so-
ciability and genial good nature, made
many sincere friends during his four
years' residence amongst us, and all
join in wishing him a pleasant voyage
and. a safe return.—Robert 'Cameron
has leased his blacksmith and avagen
shop to ad Alexander, formerly of
Ethel, for a, term of years. This is a
good opening for a pushing man of capi-
tal. We hope he may succeed as well
as ha expects to.—All the -victims of the
typhoid fever are now in a fair way pf
recovery, and. no new cases are within
our knowledge.—Electricity is being
recognized, to some extent at least, as a
curativei- agent in this sectima Mr.
Allan McDonald, Electrician, Brussels,
delivered no lees than four galvanic
batteries to parties in this neighbor-
hood this week. Mr. McDonald has
succeeded in making some good cures
of chronic diseases of long standing.
This, I think, accounts for the sale of
the batteries.
St. Helens.
MISSIONARY MEETING.-- The annual
nissionary meeting of the Prinaitive
Methodist denoniination itt this locality
will be held in the Temperance Hall, on
Monday evening next.
SOIDEE.—A soiree under the auspices
of the Presbyterian Church in this vil-
lage will be held in their chureh about
he 22nd inst., of which due notice will
e given. Proceeds to be applied fo-
-wards providing a new library -for the
abbath School. •
Accreana.—Mr. James Weatherhead,
f the 12th concession, got his foot I
aught ill a horse power on the farm of
Mr. John Frazer one day last week,
whereby three of his toes were consid-
rably bruised, which will inconvenience
im for some time to come. It was
ortunate he escaped so easily from
what might have been a, serious acci-
ent.
Anthony Allen and Thomas Morrish
for Deputy Reeire. For Councillors—
i
P. Carroll, 3. Boyd, J. Snyder, J. Fish- es
er,_I. Clarke, A. Malloy, E. Kirkpat-
rick.
WING -erase —Mayor, B. Wilson re-
elected. Reeve, Thos. Bell, elected by
acclamation. Councillors — Ward 1,
John Neelands, John Ritchie, R. M.
Robinson, all re-elected by acclama-
tion; Ward 2, Geo. McKay, II. Leamix,
NOMINATION. — The nomination on
Monday last, held in the town hall, was ,
ell attended. However, there will be
no change for the ensuing year, all the
eld Council being re-elected, viz.: Chas. ,
Girvin, reeve; Edwin Gaunt, Deputy
reeve; Chas. Durnin, Wm. Kmahan
and John Washinaon, as Councilors.
The abolition of the office of Deputy
reeve was brought before the. meeting,
which created a little discussion, which
Huron Notes.
Mr. 3. C. Gilroy has disposed of
his mercantile business in Clinton to a
gentleman in Montreal.
—Mr. Robt. Henry, of the .8th con-
-cession of East Wawanosh, has cap-
tured five red foxes this season by trap-
ping.
—Mr. T. Elliott, late teacher of Ki -
pen school, school, has abandoned teaching to
study medicine with Dr. Cowan, of
Exeter.
—A few evenings ago Mr. 3. Mason,
Deputy Reeve. had a good horse blanket
stolen from off his horse, while stand-
ing at Londesborough.
—Mr. Tuttle, who has recently been
engaged in the store of Messrs. R. Cal-
lander & Co., Winkham, left on Mon -
4
day morning of last week for Jamaica,
West Indies, he having bean employeta
by MT. Lyon, book publisher, Guelph,
to represent daysesenthiago
the
se.p-upus of mele
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worth school to the number of 52 were
treated to- a
sleighriaetoWinghZThey2daiytime-
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hotseafuaforthe
water works in
Wingham„ has been- let to Mr. L. jBrace e
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3720
Sunday,
ay,a..borse be-
longing to Mr. E. Holmes, of Clinton,
was being led. out of the stable, it
slipped into a small hole in the plat-
form, breaking its hind. leg BO badly as
toLlers.sit!teitesbeibnognk, of
illed
P
myab.wingbem,
has disposed of his business ins that
town to Messrs. Robert Orr and Ir.
Carter, and intends removing to Gerrie,
where he has purchased the bankrupt
store stock of R Leech & Sons, -which
amounts
to°evteerr81m2Zsa
Tmen cleaned
out those of Stratford badly at a match
held in that town a few4days ago. The
snatch was at ten birds -each, for a
purse of $100, in four prizes. The 1st
prize was won by Mr. A. Bright, We,
s2unel., T. Bissett, $35 ; 3d, Westeott,
—There is a Mali in Clinton 56 years
of age who possesses a set of entirely
semi% teeth and who never h.ad_ the
toothache; and there is a man in Stan-
ley 75 Years of age who yet has all. his
teeth whole and. sound and who has
never had any experience of the tooth-
achei
—ast week Mrs John Mason, of
Hallett, purchased a two-year old colts
from Mr. Hugh Ross, of Wawanosh,
paying therefor the sum of $1.30. He
also purchased. one of the same age
from Mr. A. Watt, of Hallett, for $115.
Th7ese were very fine coIts, and were
got by Bank of England. -
—One evening M Wingham a young
man named John Toole eame very near
having the small finger of his left hand.
amputated. He was skating in the
rink, when he accidentally fell, his left
hand resting on the ice. The skate of
a passer-by ran over the little finger,
cutting it clean. to the bone.
—Thursday morning of last week, -a
young lad minded Charles Williams,
while attempting to imam on a sleigh,
itt Winglaana, was kicked on the fore-
head by the horse. Ile was taken to
Dr. Macdonald's, where the terrible
cat in his head was stitched up. It is
doubtful whether the lad. will recover,
as the brain evenings
age .
posed_
—ifew hay 0
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32.
ton was working at a sewing machine,
having a lamp standing thereon. The
'unevenness of the floor and the motion
of the machine caused the labap to fall
and. break, the oil instantly taking fire.
The lady, with unusual presence of
mind, ran and procured a pan of ashes,
which she spread over the flames, at
once subduing thena„
—On Wednesday of last week; Mr.
James Torrance, of the fith concession,
Goderich township, was so unfortunate
as to break his leg. - He had .aot a load
of wood ready to take into bGoderich,
and went into the hush to chop.a, bind-
ing pole, which he succeeded in doing,
but it fell and struck hina on the leg,
resulting as above stated. He was un-
able to move, and although he called
loudly for assistance, it waasome time
before his cries were heard.
—A very successful entertainment
was recently given in Holmes' school
house, Turnberry, under the -auspices
of the Presbyterian Sabbath School.
The scheol was well filled, there being
about 150 present. The programme
consisted of singing, dialogues, recita-
tions, and speeches by Mt. W. B. Hut-
ton, Dr: Macdonald, and Rev. Mr. Mc-
Quarrie, of Witighams Over $25 were
-cleared, which will be applied 'to fur-
nish the library with more hooks.
_dea'fra: Wm. Smith, of Brussels, had
asuarrow escape. She took a dose of
strarnoniuna in mistake for pennyroyal
The poison took immediate effect, and.
for many hours her life Was despaired.
of. Finally an antidote was success-
fully administered, and we are glad to
say that she ie rapidly recovering freri
the effects of the drug. The ammoni-
um had been in the house for over a
year, and AIT. Smith was unaware of
its existence. It was well that the
draught was an over -dose.
—The regular annual meeting of
Morris Grange, No. 348, for the elec-
tion of offibers, was held in the stone
school house, on the 2nd line, 031 MOH. -
day evening of last week. The follow-
ingseffieers were ekcted : Master, John
A. McEwen; Overseer, .1 -wales A -
Brandon ; Lecturer, John Triggenson;
Steward, Robert Warwick ; • Assistant
Steward, John Elston, Jr.; Chaplain,
John Salter; Treasurer, John Elston,
Sr.; Secretary, Wnt Mill, Gate Keep-
er, Alex. _Hunter. The installation of
officers will take place on the 9th of
January, which will be open to all
—The following partieulars of in-
terest are gleaned from the list of con-
victions for this county for the quarter
ending December 9. The total number
of convictions is 153 as against 129 for
the previous term, which indicates as
strong a desire to "go to law" as ever.
Out of the number, 32 were made by
Brussels magistrates, 25 by Goderieh,
22 by Seaforth, 20 by Clinton, 16 by
Exeter, 8 by Dangannom 6 by Wing
hum, 5 by Blyth. ; the others being
mostly by individual magistrates.
Among tillt3 cauees of conviction are 37
assaults, 16 drunks, 20 non-payment of
wages, 8 illegally sellina liquor, and 2
cases of arson. The total amount of
the fines inflicted was $1i€4.42. itt this
sum is included a fine of $500 for illicit
distillation, which was discharged on
making an investigation. In only 8
cases were the fines not paid. A nuin-
ber of the cases were breaches of the
peace, and the parties beingbouna over,
no—finTehewaCslibantflotteaR. ens Era says: On
Monday evening last the firm. of Stewart
& McCully, machine agents, of this
place, were sufferers to the extent of
n20, by a very bold robbery. Mr.
Stewart had been out making collec-
tions, and had returned with a consid-
erable sum ; part of this was snailed, '
and the remainder left in a pocket -book
in his coat. During the evening he
took the coat off and threw it across
a chair in the room. - Mr. McCully,
who was busy writing, some time after
took his coat off, as the roorn became
warm, and threw it over the other,
both being forgotten when. they retired
to rest at a late hour. A lamp was left
burning in the room, -owing to Mrs.
Stewart being ill. Somewhere about
two o'clock she heard a noise down
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