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The Huron Expositor, 1885-12-11, Page 1,•-•••••••••-. Minim nple of te a will corn - EIGVITTICEINTH YAR. V73101.41 NUMBER 939. Sel.lng Out! COUNTY COUNCIL. ale !, AMIABLE 2 'Positively ge,p4ine .Olearing: Will be sold without Reserves lieves that ier this seii. La Cash ty turn th nay at the' knows that af the time - Pt, and have- = order -tie eash, he has. Induce.. baiance of n posted eecly Money Many lines of goods are selling just to cover cost and others at a. very small advance. Man& persons seem to think that we a.re advertising justto clear out old stock, which is not the case, is the stock is all new. I am selling mit in order to Close upthe business. Now is t,he time ;for cash buyers. It will pay you to and invest at the _ • The December meeting of the County Council opened at Goderich on Tuesday, the 1st inst. The warden opened ,the proceedings by referring to public works completed Sitice the June meeting, viz: Four iron bridges with stone abutments, two of them built by the Toronto Bridge Company, one by the Hamilton 'Con - any and one by the new company, of J. J. Fisher & Co., Of Kincardine. He also referred to the statuthry amend- ment to the Hawkers and Peddlers' Act. A communication from Mf. Colborne, President of the Mechenies' Institute, inviting members of the Council to visit its rooms while in town, Was read and filed. A Circular from the Assistant COM- missioner of Agricultore in reference to establishing Farmers Institutes was read and referred to the Special Committee. A letter was read from the HamiltOn - Bridge _Company in reference to the length of Ball's bridge and was- referred to the Road and Bridge Committee. A petitien from E. Huber for damages in. connection. with, :the building of Lotdesboro bridge on account of the water having been let off to permit of the building of the piers was read and referred to th,e Road and Bride - Com - mitten. A resolution authorizing that the an- nual grant to the County Model Schools be paid over was passed, when the Council adjourned until ten o'clock Wed- nesday. - WED:Ulf:MAY, Dec. 2nd. The Connell met at the appointed hour, when the following reports of the Road Commissioners were read and referred to the Road and Bridge Com- mittee : • - Mr. Jas. Hays, Road Commissioner, reported as follows At the request of the Reeves of Tuckerernith, I examined the Egmondville bridge and found it iii a very bad condition, the timbers being very much decayed. I asked Mr. Hardy to meet me and consult as to what was best to be done. We came to the con- clusion to put a bent under it, which has been done at an expense -of $25. This bridge although only about ten years up is in very bad shape, and I 'Would re -- commend that the abutments. be raised a,bout three feet, and an iron superstruc- ture put on as early as possible nexttium- men The span is only about 60 feet, so that the iron would -not come very high. There is also a large culvert through the embank ent at this bridge which has partially Sent of M ed in thi verted in • $7, and the culvert can now be done away with. I had Silver Creek bridge near Seaforth rebuilt. As some of the timbers were very sound I used them, so that the -cost of the new bridge will be about $45, inclusive of flooring. The contract of the stone work of the Londes, bore bridge which should have been completed. by the 15th of September was not completed until the 31st of October, or between six or seven weeks after the time specified in the contract, which has made it impossible to get the bridge completed and the road put in a proper shape this fall. It is now passable for traffic, however, but I do not expect to get the embankment completed .as it should be this season. The county has also been put to considerable cost, a,nd myself to a great deal of trouble by hav- ing the water dammed back upon the road by a mill dam, which is about forty rods below the bridge. I think this council should have an understanding with mill owners whose dams affect their roads, and not be subjected to inconve- nience and expense when they have a bridge to repair or rebuild. Mr. Hardy, ',Road CoMmissioner re- ported as follows : The brid re on the SE, T. auth, Water- rri4 late one horsea in the hew the ani-- ). escape from been kicked, 1. He found torn from the t t&eflow the it no trace of nil the prem- ,hief had been a of Mr. Hins- tember since a - organized in :e of the lead- ty have made a meeting in A history of be given, and teresting char - ministers of [denomination.. nen who have the past half o was one of r• more than 40 - he hymns that be sung i tunes, and it r enjoyable and spent. Ir. Moeller, of pe from a hore 1. The mother three children,. r 5 years (Ad, 1..Ipstairs were mad the stove-. the garments - fid caught fire - !neighbor first. aided towards -- ref one of the children, while L the railway nit out the fire.- divray, one of mmereial mere on Nov. 24th. - For nearly- : a large whole - had extensive - Li the lumber- itry. Ile was= r, the years of connected with ylvancement iays_of Bytowa The Montreal St. Lawrence A- the -Canard& tong the most Ea which Mr. hiet energetic r. Matthews, '-etford, an& his. 'for Chicago to. They went to Huron, and as eliing, by night ever and take ng. That night street at- m the shoulder- , "X want you.' y 'ail all night*, e morning, dis- y .rearrested on ncerned in tho was held Imo s discharged its ad, and he aid next cloy. SEAFORTH BOOT STORE, And by so doing you will get a large discount These times will not always last. took at the following Winter Goods, which will ir suit your pocket and give yousolid comfort: Men's Long Fat Boots from $2 up. Great improvements in these goods this season, they will not rip and break around as they have in the past. Came early and examine for yourself before they are all gone. Don't get 3 -our -feet frozon for want of a pair of these boots. Look at our Overshoes and Rubbers. We have on hand a large and varied stock to select from. Long Manitobans -these are -the ones for conifort, and selling cheap. Get a good pair of Snow Excluders, and then you will be able to keep the snow outside. These are also down in price. Ladies', Gentle- men's, Misses' and Children's Plain Flannel Lined Overshoes and Rubbers just waiting for you at very low- prices -this season. The people are surprised to end how cheap we sell our boots alnd shoes at present. Ladies' Slippers from. 47c to 95c; Ladies'iShoes from 70c to $3.10. Fine and Heavy Boots in proportion. 1We have still a lot of Men's Fine French Calf and French Kip Long Boots of our awn make, and be soIcl very cheap. We have also on hand some Men's Fine Long Sewed Calf Roots for $i1.6. We have still a lot of Hats arid CaPs, which we offer cheap: Don't fail to get one. 1 In Custom Ordered Work we are still to the front. Leave your orders at the Seaforth Boot Store,. and get suited for one. Satisfaction 'guaranteed to all reasonable parties. Repairing promptly done; old ones Can be made almost like new. Remember the address, and tell your friends. 1 W. Kempthorne Co. Cheap Clearing Sal ,.HOFFNIAN • PROS., • MAIN STREET, SEAF01T11; We are now holding a Great Clearing Sale in every line of goeds, which are offering at a great sacrifice. Call and see the bargains. -- The goods are all new, being bought for this fah and winter trade. In Dress Goods we never had such a choice variety of fabrics. In Mantle and Ulster Cloths, all the Itevv novelties. Ladies', Wages' and Children's Jack- ets, Boy's Overcoats and Suits. Ladies', Gent's, Bey's and Children's Uriderelothing-all in large assortments. Ladies' and Misses' Fur Caps, Fur Capesjur Sets and Furo Trimmings- evtra value. Men's and Boy's Fier Caps, Cloth Caps, Plush Ca,ps, Knit Caps, etc., in large stacks. Tweeds, Flannels, .Shirtings, Cottons, Cantons, Cretonnes, in feet all kinds of goods fully .assorted, and. all will be sold regardless of cost. . Come along and get priees. We have a very large line of Velvets and Plushes, which we are offering ex- tra inducements in. Inspection invited at the 'SEAFOATH, '111:11)A :1 • qual ty, and should last 15 ot 16 years. The Reeveof Usborne called my atten- tion to a small bridge on the boundary betWeen Hibbert and TJsborne. I ex - am" bad. and brid $2 plet are If ti the pali feet roken down. With the cori- . :Jackson' and others interest - stream, I had the; water di- e another channel," at a cost of Cheap' Cash Store OF- IIOFFMAN BROS., SEAFORTHr Agents for E. Eutterick's Reliable . atterns. ed it and found some of the timbers Mr. McLaren, Reeve of Hibbert, nyself let the contractfor a neW e, with small stone abutments, for which has been satisfactorily corn" - The approaches at 'this bridge o narrow and should be widened. is were done it would 'a rne within upervision of the adjoini ig mullet- ies in future, as it is now under 20 I bad new floors laid on Black Cre k and Sauble bridges on the boun- dary between Stephen and Hey, also a new floor on the Sauble bridge on the boundary between Usborne and Hibbert, and'new flooring and hand -rail on Hol- m - 's bridge, Crediton road, and shingles laid on the Elimville bridge on. the St. Marys road. These bridges are nen In good repair, and should last Rine or Lve years. These repairt mentioned coSi $190. Some of the rod§ in Grand Bezld bridge were loose and . broken. II hadi them tightened and repaired at a cost of sm, the county of Huron paying this bridge amom onei-half. The Sauble bridge on the let th job of p boundary between Huron and Middle- bent under the sex has had considerable repairs, at a protectit for thi cost of $40. 'The stone arch crossing meats are movin places. I wbul bridge at Port A as the timbers i very badly deca not safe for pu approaches to Shore road, fen DECEMBER D. i885 the extent o $5; he bridge known as Deckerls, o the north boundary of West Waw nosh, was repaired at a cost of $3. had the piers acid flooring of Help's bridge re aired at a nest of $8,39. The appr aches to Blyth bridge were gravelled an a new rock elm floor laid on the bridge the whole costing $36. I 'had the appro ehes to the bridge on the 3rd concessi n, Luekhow road, re- paired at e cost. of $4. also the abutments on th eEight Mile r ver brid e, Lake Shore road, A.shfield, w re re* ed' and stone pla,ced to preven the ice from under- mining therh, whi cost $36.25. I h Amberly bridge r .at a cost of $24.4 abutments Of the north boundary, keep the ice fro at a cost of $12, -preaches gietvell I had the culver the hitinchester sunk deeper, in s also had young side of the appr 13e1 Ki as ab bee ace at on sh i rock elm floor besides some repairs to th approaches at a cost of $157. I also had Bayfield bridge repaired in like m nner and had it raised in the centre an .the approaches graveled, the whole repairs costing $459. This bridge is 400 feet long and 18 feet wide. I had 's Creek, on the London Road near pen, has received some repairs, such ointing the stone walls, &c. and the tments of Exeter bridge have also repaired at a eost of $25. fr. Elliott reported as follows : In rdance with instructions received he June meeting I had Hall's bridge he lst concessimrof Goderich town - repaired with new cedat joists and Crirg's bri ge, on the Bayfieid river, re aired by having Placed under it two temporary bents and two new joists and al sio had a new rock' -elm floor tempo- rarily laid,. the whole repairs costing $96.55. This bridge is id a,very unsafe condition and I would recoihmend that it be rebuilt next season. .1 had repairs to the amount of $80 made on Holmes - vile bridge. I also had repairs to the vair of $49 made on Benrhiller bridge w ich will, I think, keep it safe until next spring. This bridge . will require to be rebuilt next spring nd I would mmend an iron bridge and stone tments. The stone can be got close re ab by. In company with the Warden and -M . McMillin I examined the Summer Mill bridge, on the base line, and found that it required to be raised as the truss work was only about six -feet from the bed of the river -and on th,e recommen- d ion of these gentlemen I had it raised t o feet . which with othefr needed re- past's to the bridge and ap $1 7. This bridge is now it hould last for a number ta eived, three tenders for the eree- ti n of the stone abutments at II 11's bridge. The tender of Mr. JTeph Nagle being the lowest, the con- tr ct was awarded to hini for42,850, aid the, work was satisfactorily com- pitted. The iron superstracture for this bridge was furuished by the Hamilton Bridge COmpany, and the whole bridge is now completed. Mr. Thomas Strachan reported as fol- lows : In accordance with instructions I had the necessary repaint made on the North bridge at Wingham at a cost of ' $ 65, together with fit; piers and i a utments at a cost of $ and gravel- ft'g g and repairing the approaches at a cast of $21. I.had one of the abutments filled and other repairs made at the cost 43924 at Mitchell's bridge on the boun- ded", between Turnberry land Howiek. town line between Stephen an Hay has Day's ' bridge, between tHowick and been completed. -1 he contract for the: Ternberry, was also repaired at a cost stone abutments was let at the January a $33. Jamestown bridge was also re - meeting for $973. When the masonry . p ' ired by being\ raised i: the middle ich was carried away in the spring roaches cost uite safe and of years. I was built to the height given in the a ut 6 inches, and ha ing the bent specifications I considered the abutments w were too low, and I agreed with the con- replaced and screwed up, the whole re- tractor to build them ten inches higher pelirs costing $42. The lIpproaches to for the sum of $15. The walls are built tile Brussels bridge have been gravelled with large field and quarry stones, the and the fence repaired, the cost being latter being used for facing. and headers and backed with field stones'which makes a strong Wall, and can be built for , at least one-third less than if all quarry stones were used. The iron suPerstructure for a ninety feet span, the 'contract for which was also let at the January meeting for $1,645. When - it was delivered at the place and the false worla erected we measured between the abutments with a steel tape, and found they were 21 feet 6 inches apart, while the superstructure had been made for a 90 feet span. This necessitated the removing of one abutment to provide suffieient bearing for bridge seats to rest on. The taking down of the walls and re -building of this abutment cost $66. The making of approaches, grav- elling and fencing. for 100 feet at each end of this bridge cost $120. The total cost of the whole work was $2,889. The small iron bridge near Kippen, on the town line between Hay and Stanley, hest been finished satisfactorily. The contrapt was let at the same time as that for the bridge already referred to. The walls of the abutments were built with mixed stones, field and quarry and cost 8794. The iron superstructure being 30 feet Span, cost $443.87.' The building .of walls to secure the approaches, the making and gravelling of the approaches, cost $269. The old bridge was 60 feet in length, and I shortened the new one to 30 feet. I sold the timbers of the old bridge for $7, and the Withers of the old Hay and Stephen bridge for $20.90. Mud Creek bridge, on the boundary be- tween Huron and Middlesex, mentioned in my report at the June meeting as being unsafe, has been rebuilt at a cost of $274, while making approaches and gravelling cost $123.75. The one-half of this cost is paid by Middlesex. 1- The timber used in the pile abutments and superstructure is white oak of the best $15.16.. The angle braces or this bridge ate tiot yet put in, but thi e matetial s on the ground, and the work, will be ' done in a few days. I found it neces- sary to renew the floor on the North Prairie bridge, near Witigham, which, with other needed repairs, cost $141. According to instructions § I had a new bridge erected in Lower . Wingham, known as McIntosh's bridge. The superstructure cost $1,25) and the ap- proaehes $255. This bridge, with the exception of the floor, is built of cedar. The span is 150 feet, 1 and I have no doubt that without accident it will last for 30 years. I had the hridge between Grey a d IloWick re- ppared at a cost$6, but tikis bridge is in 1 • bad condition and will have to be re- liant and I would recommend that early s-;eps be taken to this end. I had a new bent put under the bridg between Grey a id Elma at a cost of $8.I 5 for Huron's si are. Itound it necess ry to strength - e the superstructure of the Bluevale ridge, and had upright posts with earns across the top, put up high ough so as to permit leeded teams to ass underneath, and also had an iron late placed on each stringer where they in on the bent By this means the ay of the bridge is i.ery materially hecked. , The cost of these repairs was 40. I had the approaches to Zetland ridge repaired and the floor of the ridge renewed, which with planking n the bridges near Winghamcost $36. Mr. Chas. Girvin reported as follows: n.accordance with instructions receit-- d at June meeting I- had the Beaver eadow bridge on the Lucknow road epaired, and the drift -Wood removed at cost of $10`. The apProaches th the ine Mile river bridge on the same road ere repaired and the driftwood re - loved at a test of $3. I had Johoston's ridge on the Ashfield road repaired, to h, vvith _other repairs d the approaches to paired land widened, ; I have also had the ight mile riven bridge, rotected by stone, to damegIng the bridge, nd also had the ap- d, at al cost of $6.75. on th , east side of bridge repaired and me places five feet,and ees planted on each aches, the repairs on ting to $64.75. I have ttipg in n temporary ort Albert bridge to winter, as the abut - out of their proper recommend a new ert as seen as possible the present one are ed, and the bridge is Ii e travel. I had the lynn's bridge, Lake ed, as it is a - high em - banknient I have- also had the ap- proaches.at Kin fenced and. other of $24.60, A circular fro Ontario in refere aiding in paying migrants to this referred to the S It was resol Clegg, seconded be re tinded to to UithOrne, bein izetion schedule. il bridge, Lake road, ise repaired at -a cost the County Council of ce to the Government passage money to im- country was read and ecial Committee. ed on motion of Mr. y Mr. Currie, that $20 ast Wawanosh and $10 • errors in the equal- • After some other -animportant business the Connell adj tuned until Thursday at 3 o'clock. THURSDAY, Dec. 3. The first busi ess taken up was the presentment of he Grand Jury at the recent assizes, n ging upon the Council the necessity for a Poor House in this county. The atter was referred to the Jail and Co The followin Coinmittee was In reference from the Depa respecting Fa Committee find on this matter the Committee farmers the ben stitutes in each the memorial of the county of.O immigrants, the that the War memorial again reference to the Department of the Colonial an Committee rec make search an if an historical ment and prog six mbntbs in jail. One Kellyr Of the remain are in. for stabbing am for lunacy, while one -- the fur females one of Donald, is a -vagrant age. The other three a them quite harmless, Margaret Dyer, is extre much, so that I have necestity of keeping her RECLEAN BROS., Publishers. 01.50 a Year, in _Advance. is insane, Wm. mg seven, two four of them a debtor. Of hem, Mrs. Me- nd 54 years of e insane, two of ut the third, lely violent, so been under the shut up in her cell. When idle is at arge she breaks and destroys everything that comes with- in her reach, and she would endanger the lives and safety of her fellow -prison- ers were she at large'. The three cases of insanity have also been duly reported to the Government by the sheriff, so that nothing further can be clone to havethem removed to the asylum but to await the action of the G-overnment uponi them. Of the four vagrants I might say one, Archibald McKinney, ores §ent once to the Woodstock jail as a vagrant and five 'times to this jail. His !case is a very bad one. He is 83 year § of age and physically totally un- able to attend to his own Wants. Samuel Duncan is clean and tidy; Jas. Wylie is also 'clean and tidy; Mrs. Norman Mc- Donald is fairly clean, but requires care- ful watching to keep her -so. The other three mentioned give us comparatively little trouble. Duncan has been com- mitted five times, Wylie three times, Mrs. McDonald nine times iv ithinth elast three years. Now what is to be the future of these four unfortunates? Simply death in a common jail, and their only offence is peveety, and as our old friend, Daniel Menai, used to say, "Poverty is a great misfortune but no crime." The report of the Jail and Court House Committee was submitted, and adoloted. It recommended that the tender of Mr. Xavier Baechler for 100 cords of wood at $2.80 per cord be ac- cepted, the -wood to pass the inspection of the county clerk, and it being under- stood that at least one-half be maple; also, that no action be taken in reference to the presentment of the Grand Jury, recommending the erection of a County Poor House. FOUNDLING CHILDREN. Moved by Mr. Kay, seconded by•Mr. Johnston, and carried, that the Council instruct the Warden and clerk to mem- orialize the Local Government to so amend the Municipal Act, that in cases where the parents or guardians of in- fante or children desert them and their care is assumed by the municipal coun- cil of the nuinicipality in which they are rt House Committee.a,v left, that th- council he the power report of the Special of giving out such children for adoption. •eaa and adopted; to the communication tment of Agriculture, ners' Institutes, the that action was taken t the June session, but would impress upon! fits of establishing In- , iding. In reference toi the County Council of I tario, respecting aid tol Committee recommend : n and clerk sign the assisted passages. In communication from the Agriculture respecting Indian Exhibition, the mmend that the clerk enquiries to ascertain ketch of the first settle • ess of the county could be compiled in n interesting form and forwarded to the exhibition. The clerk, wa instructed to prepare a separate state ent of the coat of each new bridge ere ted in the county this year and lay th same before the council. In corn-pliane with the above motion the elerk submi ted a statement show- ing the cost of ew bridges erected in the county this season to be as follows: Ball's bridge, $ 1,000; Sauble and Bell's bridge, $5,091; Londesboro bridge, $5,- 582; Wingham bridges, $1,505, making a total expeudi ure for new bridges this seas,on of $21,1 8. • The Finance ommittee reported re- commending t at the contractor of Londesboro bri ge be paid the sum of $50 extra on ac ount of the work on the bridge having .een delayed by circum- stancesbeyon his control; also the payment of th account of Mr. Wm, Bell of Tuckers ith, for $25 for dam- ages caused th ough his horse having been frightene at a pile of sand which had been left o the centre of the road at the stone, br ge near Kippen, by the contractor who wati repairing it. The horse, • it seem , ran away, broke the buggy and inj red itself. In addition to these rem mendations a number of accounts were rdered for payment. The Road an Bridge Committee's re- port recomme ded that no action be taken on the p tition of Mr. , 'Wier of Londesboro, a d that the several int- prevensents en works recommended by the Road Com issioners be carried out by them as soo as practicable. , On motion o Mr. Clegg and seconded by Mr. Johns n -the clerk was instruc ed to prepare by-law governing hawk .ers and peddle, s in accordance with th amendment p sed last session of th Local Legisla ure. At a subsequent sitting of the ouncil this by-law was submitted and passed. It provides that peddlers f ot pay a licens,e fee of $25; peddlers with a, one horse vehicle $10, and with wo horses $15. The council ljourned until 10 o'cloe Friday inornin FRIDAY, Dec. ah. The first bu inees of the Council t morning was e passage of the . foil w- ing reports :- Jailer Die son furnished the fel- ' THE JAI AND COURT HOUSE. lowing repor , which was read an referred to the Jail and Cou House Comnai tee: There are at pre ent fifteen p isoners confined in t jail, viz: El ven naales and four' f - males. Of t e eleven males three are vagrants, viz. Samuel Duncan, aged 86; James Wylie aged 67; Archibald go - Kinney, aged 3, all under sentence of MOTION OF CONDOLENCE. Moved by Mr. Johnston, seconded by Mit Eilber, and carried, that this Coun- cil now asseinbled desire to express their heartfelt sympathy with the family of the late D. Fraser, Deputy Registrar, in tiheir sad bereavement. The genial manner land kind disposition of the de- ceased, together with his willingness to accommodate the members of this Coun- cil , who have frequently sought his connsel and advice, have always been deserving of our thanks, and we desire to place on record this honorable tribute to his memory. Also that the clerk forward a copy of this resolution to the widow. of the deceased. ' THE WARDEN'S EXPLANATION. Moved by Mr. D. D. Wilson, sec- onded by Mr. Cook, and carried, that the Wardell do and is hereby requested to make an explanation of the reasons for not forwarding the memorial to the Ontario Government for the appoint- ment of a Police Magistrate as required by this Council at the June session, return showing the a. bunts received by each of the Road Commissioners for the present year was submitted by the clerk. The amounts paid to each were as follows : L. Hardy, $1 2 ; 3ames Hays, $156.; G. Ellie Strachan, $89; Chas. live. total -of $607 for THE POLICE 1/1J A motion by Mr. M by Mr. C. Wilson, ins t, $15 ; Theinas irvin $63,, xnak- he year. GISTRATE. • Milian, seconded meting the War- den and clerk to memo ialize , he Ontario Government to appoint a Police Magis- trate for this county in accor ence with 'Um sent to them ple of this county. effectlie that Mr. ted Pohce Mag- istrate for this county without salary. The, ifear having some Members that if carried the Council be male liable for t official, it was deernei -cure,ithe opinion of solicitor, on the point ingly, Messrs. MeM. were appointed a d the prayer of the pe by the temperance pe This petition was to John Beattie be appo The Warden made a verbal explana- tion to the effect, that being uncertain what course to pursue he, consulted the County Solicitor, who ag,teed with him that the best way was for him to issue a circular to the members bf the Council and ascertain. their opinions; that he had done this, and that he had received a reply from a majority of the Council- lors advising that the matter be left over until the December meeting. A motion was then made to the effect that the course pursued by the Warden was not justifiable under the dream- • st nces,and that it was subversive of the intention of the municipal institutions, and if Permitted to pass unchecked would foim a precedent which might prove most injurious in the future. ' This motion elicited a lengthy and somewhat accrimonious discussion. It was held in support of the motion that the instruc- tions given the Warden were explicit. If the wine and beer clahses Were not adopted by the Commons the memorial should be sent to the Government; these clauses were not adopted by the Commons and hence it was clearly the Warden's duty to forward the menwrial and that as he did not do this he usurp- ed the functions of the Council and act- ed on his own responsibility in direct violation of his instructions. It was also held that the replies received by the Warden from the various Reeves were the property of the Council and should be laid before that body for their perusal. The Warden, however, held that these replies were private and that he could not lay them before the Council. In reply to this it was urged that if these • letters were private and were not received by the Warden in his official capacity, then he did not receive the sanction of the councillor§ as such, to the action he had taken. The position of the Warden wai very clearly shown to be utterly untenable, but as there was an evident desire on the *part of the Council not to push the matter further than simply to show that they protested against the Warden or any other official assuming the functions of the Council and acting in accordance with his own views in direct defiance of the instructions of the Council and as it was 'considered this had been done, the motion was withdraivn and the mat- ter dropped. EXPENSES OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS. In accordance with a motion by Mr, Henning, seconded by Dr. Buchanan; a ecu expressed by this motion were ould in some way e salary of this advisable to se- r. Garro, county raised. Accord - Ilan a,nd Keine putation th wait upon Mr. Garrow. Mr. Garrow's opinion was that by ?amine such a reso- lutionithe Council woeld not in any way lay themselves liable, and to make as- surance doubly sure he prepared the fol- lowin by stead Mo onde of the report of the Finance Committee, passed last June, be rescinded, and that while this Cou.ncil de lines to affirm the exped ency of a Poll e Magistrate with d clerk be author- Lieotenant-Gover- ant the prayer of d. to the Govern - the Temperance county of Huron tment of a Police ut salary. at by Mr. Esson, Simpson, that this n in the matter of Police Magistrate, the report of the resolution, which was adopted. ssrs. McMillan and Wilson in - f the one they had before made: ed by .Mr. McMillan, and sec - by Mr. C. Wilson, that Clause 19 salar ized nor i , the -Warden a inemorializeth Council to the petition forward rnent 1 last fall fron ization of the ting the a,ppo Orga respe Magi rate, but with Moied in amendm and s conded by Mr. Council take no acti the appointment of a and that No.,19 of Finanpe Committee last June be re- scind d. Up4n the names eing called there voted for the a endment Messrs. fleece , Kaine, Clar Forsythe, Elliot, Durnioe'Eilber, Essen, Simp en, Rat& 11 Either, Johnston, Buch na,n anleyr Hays, Brit- ton ai d Nialker-19, e motion Messrs, Wilson, Cook, egg, MeClymont, , Wray, Campbell, Third voted for t Cameron, Currie, Rann e, Hardy, C Bisse Jas. Youn D. Wilson, MeM Ilan, Young, Gir- vin Sanders, Mc herson, Strachan, Griffin., Oliver, Mc Iurchie, Anderson, Kay, oaths, McMurchy (Ashfi Th major were present atthe 50th anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Clemens are hale and hearty, the first being 7. years of age and the latter 72 years. --Rev-. Dr. Wil lams, General Super- intendent of the Methodist -church, is dangerously ill of congestion of the hinge( at his residence • Toronto. Henning, , eld), Beattie and Horney-29. motion was d dared darried by a ty of ten. ENGINEER. sythe, seconded by ie& that the clerk rtise for applieants County Engineer, e either civil en - bridge builders. salary, including and furnish testi- • Applications to ouncil. at the Jan - D REPAIRS. oates, seconded by t Mr. Elliott, Road trueted to examine and report as to •fe for public travel THE etyrynar Moved by Mr. Fo Mr. Coates, and car be instructed to adv e position of pplicants to s or practic ants to stat or t aid inee pplij xpen inoni be lai nary BRIDGES A Mo ed by Mr. Mr. eMurchie, th Comnhiissioner, be in the b idge at Clinto whet er it will be for a other year. Mo Mr. on th ed by be pa • Mo and seconded by Mr. that Mr. Hennings" motion be left over until next Bessie tion War solici also dams pert whe of re -Ca Af coun il adjourned ane die. es expected, ls of etficiene before the ession. --The wife of L. D. Monk, cheese- - meker of Dorchester Station, is a claim- ant for an estate in Chicago valued at $70,000, left by one Smith. -The church of England in Cal:Jade, requires more ministers. By the census reeently taken that chureh has 40,000 tadherents who are without pastoral care. -The season of lake navigatioeis practically over. Toronto vessel owners say it has been the mosto unprofitable year they have ever experienced. -The sash receipts of the Women's Medical College at Kingston last year amounted to $2,552, and the disburse- ments to $2,234. -Winter has set in the Northwest. There has been good sleighing in Winni- peg since Friday, with the temperature considerably below zero. -Herbert E. Haines, a young and very promising student at McMaster Hall, Toronto, died on Thursday night. His father res:des at Cheltenham. -A female inmate of the Hamilton insane asylum escaped early on Satur- day morning. She was found at Brant- ford. -The Rev. Dr. Cochrane, of Bra-nt- ford, has received £150 from the Irish. Presbyterian church for the home mis- sion fund of the Canadiam. Presbyterian church. -Wesley Vasisiekle, a young butcher of Lynden, has been arrested in connec- tion with the $500 robbery at hotel, Hamilton, last Friday night. Va.nsiekle pleads not guilty. -DuringNovembertherewerereceived at the Western Cattle Market, Toronto: 6,402 cattle, 4,701 sheep, and 3,933 hogs, while there were weighed 1,198 cattle, 590 sheep, and 4,211 hogs. -The new Bible and Tract Society building in Toronto is nearing comple- tion. It will cost $12,000, of which sum $8,000 have already been sub- scribed. -A large grey -eagle, whose extended - wings measured a. little over eight feet, was shot recently in a piece of woods in Percy township, about midway between Campbellford and Hastings. -An engineer named Porteous, who has been an employe of elle Great West- ern Railway for years, was suddenly struck with paralysis while running his engine into the round house at London Friday morning. -Three train' loads, 1,200 to 1,500 people each, of Hungarian emigrants passed through Ontario on the Grand 'Trunk Railway lett Friday,on their way back to Hungary from the Weetern States. Te snowfall along the Sarnia brandh and on the Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway in "the vicinty of Fort Gratiot was very heavy during Friday night and Saturday morning. The trains were blocked for a time in consequence. --Some time ago a. little child suffer- ing from smallpox 'was sent to the Mon- treal hospital, and now -when it has been discharged- two women lay claim to it. Dr. La,berge has refused to give the ekild to either, and the atter will likely be settled by my the court. -The Department of Agriculture will commence the shipment of Canadian ex- hibits for the Colonial and Wien Exhi- bition towards the end of this month, and -will not accept any articles for transtnis- s1i8o8n61.ater than the first week inFebruary, -Twenty-two ear loads of new rails were distributed along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway between Tees - water and Wingham siding the other day. They are intended to replace the old Toronto, Grey and Bruce rails which are in use at present. -Judge lgorrison of Toronto, is -dead. He had a long and honorable career, and was beloved by the legal profession as a sound, honorable lawyer, and respected by all classes. His fa.mily belonged to Sutherlandshire, Scotland, but be was born in the north of Ireland in 1816. -The record of Mr. Stephen Ilan, Blenheim township, of nearly 10,000 bushels of turnips from a field *of about 12 acres, has been beaten by Mr. Peter Marshall, of South Dumfries, near Ayr, who has taken 12,000 bushels off 11 acres, making 325 loads. -A number of years ago a young man named Clark, son of the turnkey of Napanee jail, left home and his parents thought he VMS dead. Friday a letter wae received from bine stating that he was converted by the Salvation Army in Stockton, California, consequently his people are delighted. -Several meinbers of the Metropoli- tan Club, Montreal, have been poisoned, though not fatally, with soup containing arsenic. An investigation has taken place but without any result so far in discovering the authors of the murder- ous attempt by which eleven persons were placed in danger of their lives. -At a religious -meeting held in Park- hill a few evenings- ago a request was made for all those present who were "serving the- devil' to hold up their hands, when a good one-third of the audience promptly complied. Verily that village must be a strong hold of his Satanic majesty. -Last Friday morning a highly -re- spected farmer named Hawkins, of the county of Oxford, brought a load of wheat to the large flouring mill at Til- sonburg. While waiting for the miller and his men to unload the grain, Mr. Hawkins took a walk through the build- ing. The upper fiat not being N-ery well li Idea, he stumbled into a hatchway. -is disa,,ppea.rance created- quite an in- tense excitement, and everybody turned out to search for him. About 9 o'clock at night his lifeless body ,a•as found in an obscure corner where be had fallen. The accident has caused a profound sen- sation in the town and country sur- rounding. 1 ed by Mr. H nning, seconded by cPherson, that the race bridge boundary of Wingham beassurre the County Council, and a by-law sed to that effect. ed in amendment by Mr. Sanders, of council, that further informa- ay be procured, and that the en and Clerk obtain the county r's opinion on this matter, and n reference to proprietors of mill backing up water on county pro. and refusing' to let off the water re uired to de so for the purpose ring county bridge8. veral byda.ws the uil ing or repa ried. er passing s Ca -The thermome low zero at Wiunip ada. e registered 20° be- g, Monday morning. • -TA new station 13 Aiding Truiili Railway at conipleted. -Part of Mr. R. acres near Teeswa $2,900. -A clothes -line has been sent to penitentiary from Brantford for three yea& -A Montreal lee merchant has re- ceived an order for r7,00000 tons of St. Lawrence ice from i Chicago firm. • ells- of Pbrt Rope, 0 to the Methodist A• riny in Ayr have town hall, and will a, barracks. iter of the Berlin with rheumatism, at times, and being oods on the Grand tock is about Harrison's farm, 40i r, has been sold for thief -named Clouse -1-The late Mrs. made a bequest of suPerannuation fun -The Salvation purchased the old have it fitted up fo -Mr. Moyer, e News, is prostrate suffering intensely almost helpless. -Large quantiti provided in Lond.o giving unemployed ing them during th -A Toronto bo .boY of a well-fedta, $1 land costs or 30 rn ther on the nose Mr. a.nd Mrs. use farm, Pres terloo, celebra g on Tuesday, Hc dii aged couple were 1st, 1835, by Squire Scollick, at Preston. Upwards of 70 persons, mostly relatives, s of stone are being for the purpose of laborers work break- - winter. John O'Connor, a pearance, was fined ays for striking his eo. Clemens, of Park n Boad, county of their golden wed - December 1st. The O arried on December