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THE HURON E.XPOS1TOR.
APRIL 1886.
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, April 2, 1886.
Lae Hanging of 13fiel.
The:Dorniulon Parliament has by'T an
' unexpectedly large majority apprOved
of the action of the Government in,' r -e -
fusing ta commute the sentenee of death
passed upon Louis Riel. Whatever
inay have been the motives which in-
duced the Governinent to pursue the
course they did, we feeI convinced. that
the vote in Parliament very aocurately
represents the views and feelings of a
very large majority of the people of this
country. It is_quite possible -the Oov-
. _
ernment were actuated more by political
expediency than by a desire to do what
was really right, but be this as it may,
we believe right has prevailed. 'While we
say this, however, we do not in any
sense mean ta exculpate the Govern-
ment from the guilt whieh undoubtedly
attaches tI) them for having created the
circumstances which made it necessary
that the extreme penalty of the law
should,, be carried into effect. We
berieve that Riel was guilty and de-
served the punishment he received, but.
we believe also- that, the Government,
who by theirneglect and carelessness so
aggravated the peopleof the Northwett as
to make it possible for Biel to incite them
to rebellion, are equally, guilty, and we
say further, that it will 'be a disgrace to
the people of Canada tithe GC/Ye-p.m entgo
Scot free while their victims have paid
the penalty of their crimes by forfeiting
their lives and their liberties. In view -
of all the facts, &deo, and while we be-
lieve thet Parliament has given a proper
&eel -Sion an this matter, we ate equally
free te confess that there is , abutulance
of room for honest diffetence. of- opinion
on this point. That Messrs. Blake,
Laurier; Cameron end others who spoke
on that side made out a strong case, .no
person who leas dispassions.tely read
their speeches can deny. While they'
admit the henicusnessef Riel's crime,
they doubt his responsibility for his ac-
tions and the feitness of his trial, and
they claim he sh_ould have had the bene-
fit of the doubt. This is a view of the
case to support Which there is, no little
evidence, although we think the weight
of teetimony is OD the. contrary side, so
that while we differ from these gentle-
men we can very. well sympathise
with them in the view they were obliged
to take.
Now that the course of the Govern--
ment,, in so far as the hanging of Riel is
concerned, has been pronouneed upon by
Parliament, and th,e right or wrong of
the proceeding has heen decided in so
far as it ca.n be, it is to be hoped that
the temains of the unfortunate man will
be . permitted to rest undisturbed for
all time, and that neither political party
will atterapt to- resurrect them for the
purpose of making political capital. A
great deal too much -fuss has been made
over the matter s alreedy and it should
now be allowed to:drop. Both parties
ha,ve. been more or less responsible -for
the continued and offensive exhitition of
the remains ever since the execution,
and it would be well if both 'should now
agree to Iet them rest in peace. Riel is
dead ; the courts and Parliament have
declared his execution test and merited,
and nothing that can be done or said
will bring him to life again, and what --
ever may be- the private opinions. of in-
dividuals, nothing but injury can result
from keeping open the grave, and' those
who attempt to do this, either for po-
litical or other purposes, win prove
themselves even greater traitors to their
country than Riel ever was.
The course pursued and the vote
given on this Riel 'question by Mr. ,
Blake, Mr. Cameron and other Ontario -
Reformers seems to have caused grave
concern to a certain portion of the press
of the country. And it is not a. little
surpria'ing that those who seemingly
take the deepest interest in the welfare
of these gentlemen, are the very parties
who have eyer persistently opposed
them in all things. The Toronto Mail,
the London Free Press and others of
like ilk manifest deep grief over the de-
pravity of Messrs. Blake and Cameron,
but their sincerity may be judged from
the fact, that while they are so deeply
coneerned abbut the course taken by
these gentlemen, they have not a word
to say condemnatory of Mr. Landry,
,who moved the motion, for supporting
which they condemn Mr. Bla-ke. The
fact_ is, that had it not been for these
_ charlatans of the press there would not
have been one-half the fuss raised and.
ill -feeling engendered over Riel's execul
tiou that there has been. Knowing that
there was a split in the rinks of their
own, party, their object has been to
similarly divide -their opponents, and if
they could succeed in this they did 'not
care one straw how much race or' re-
ligious strife they stirred up among the
people. Their unworthy aime, however,
have been frustrated. The Reformers
of Ontario are quite satisfied with the
course their leaders took on this quei-
tion. They know that they voted in
accordance with the dictates of their
coniciences,,irrespective of party or per-
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sonaI considerations, and they have all
the more confidence in them for having
done so. We beg to direct the Eaten-
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tion of these unscrupulous mischief -
makers and all who think with them, to
the followbag pertinent remarks of the
Canadian Presbyterian. of this week,
which we heartily endarse. It says :
" The conclusion to which we came
was the -conclusion at which the Do-
minion Parliament arrived ; but we
none the -less admire the conduct of the
members who dared to break away
from party ties and vote ,as their con-
sciences dictated. All honor to the
man, whether of French or British
origin, who has the moral courage to
stand un in a small rninotity and vote as
he thinks right; The threat to drive
k the French ' bolters,' as they are called,
and Mr. Blake and the small nuniber of
Liberals who voted with him from Par-
liament, is base, thoroughly base. If'
there is no. room in the public life of
Canada for men who dare to vote ,as
they deem right then so much the worse
for Canada. John Bright has more than
once broken loose from his party, aye,
once at least, resigned his seat in the
Cabinet, because he could ncit agree with
his colleagues on one point. If we can-
not understand Such conduct so much
the worse for us.' We had always tried
to believe that public opinion is not so
degraded in Canada and .public life not
so ratten as naany allege ; but if party
has so corrupted the people that a mem-
ber cannot vote , on the hanging of a
'rebel half-breed without having his "po-
litical life• threatened, then Canada is
certainly in al bad way. Men like
Messrs. Blake, Mills, Cameron and some
other Ontario men who voted with them
can do quite as well without a seat in
Parliament as Parliament can 'do with-
out them. And the same is true, we
have_no doubt, in regard to some of the
French Co'nservatives who voted against
the Government. For anything we
know to the contrary it may be true of
all of them. , Some of them are certainly
exceptionally able men whose services
the country needs even if they do think
Louie Riel should. not have been
hanged."
REFERRING to the pictures purchased
in New York by Mr. Donald 4. Smith,
of the panadian Pacific Railway, and of
which mention was made in these- col-
ummi a few weeks ago, the Toronto
NeWs makes the following pertinent re-
marks whieh we heartily endorse. The
two pictures,. it will be remembered cost
$55,600. The News says : " The inci-
dent is full of suggestion for the tea -
payers of Canada. Ponald. Smith has
been enriched, not by any labor of his
own, bat by the vote of the representa-
tives Of the people of Canada,who in
betrayal of their trust granted to him
and his colleagues land and money
amounting to something like one 'hun-
dred and twenty 'million dollars, to
build a railroad, not for the people, but
for thernselites. No wonder Mr. Smith
can afford to squander money lavishly
on paintings. Some people, no doubt,
consider it a source of legitimate pride
to Canada, that her citizens can outbid
the wealthy connoisseurs of -the Ameri-
can cities _in the purchase of ivorka of
art. But rightly viewed, it is -a -scandal
and a disgrace that the public money
should have gone to satisfy the caprices
of a few individuals, Who hold the
monopoly of trans -continental traffic.""1
As a sample of the, unadulterated
trash which some of the Conservative
papers place before their readers we
reproduce the following which we take
from a county contemporary :
It is said that the trouble the Grits
are raising in the House over the execu-
tion,ef Riel will cost the country nearly
as ranch money as did the rebellion
raised by Riel. The Grits. are merely
wasting their 'ante and the money of the
country at this morn -ea, and when the
session is over they will cry out that the
Tories are rogues, that they spend
money recklessly, and a hundred and
one other things equally as false.
While it is quite dorrect that the Rdiel
discussion will cost the country a very
large sum of money, the writer of 'the
above seems to be ignorant of the fact
that the motion which called forth this
discussion was made by a thick -and -
thin, life-long supporter of the Govern-
,raent,.and that the mover of the ainend-
'tient is first Lieutenant to the immacu-
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late-Preinier himself. And yet our con-
termportiry, presuming on the ignoranCe
of its readers, lays the whole blame of
the dismission on the Grits.'
THE Montreal Witness, which has
supPorted the Government throughout
on the Riel question, takes a proper
view of the situation when it says :
"Mr. Blake only stated a palpable
truth when he said that Ws vote on the
Jtiel question would,be to his own great
political disadvantage. Instead, there-
fore, of Conservatives and Liberals join-
ing their voices to denounce him as in-
sincere, because he has come to different
conclusions from theirs, they would give
:better proof_ of their own honesty and
manliness by frankly acknoWledging the
heroism of his course."
IRISH BUTTER TRADE. —Irish dairy
farmers are in about a state of panic
over the fast-growing gloomy prospects
of the butter season. As an instance of
the disappearance of profit from Irish,
butter, it may be stated that the whole-
sale price of, the best Dimish butter fell
in the London market bn Friday last to
a trifle above 11d. per und, its lowest
price in the Danish arket being 'ad
per pound. With the" best Danish pro-
duction within . reach of almost all
classes af purchasers, c nnnon Irish but-
ter, which usually fe hes only about
half the price of the third quality of
the Danish product, can of course find
no sale. I
OUR OTTAW4 LETTER.
OrrAws, March 20, 1888. '
`Government snpporters are just now
ctoing a great deal df virhistling, hoping
thereby to keep thefr cOurage up. The
resolution of Mr. Landry, expressing re-
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gret at the executio of Louis Riel,.came
to a vote on Wed esd
the resdlt being the clef
by 96—not 92 aab,co
week. The result *as
prise for the Govern
grievous disappointment as well. The'
men who furnish the "
,Government side forly
the Liberals into a als
question. In the fitst p
•tion wits a bops one, and nobody hoped
for its defeat so sincer
In the second' plaee t
previous question made
change that motion so a
that would mean ny
ting out all questions, eiccept the single
one of the ad,visability df hanging Riel,
they hoped to prevent t eir own crimi-
nal negligence in the orthwest from
being taken,into accdun , and undoubt-
edly they succeeded for he time. They
thus hoped to force t e Liberals into
taking one side or other If they voted
against the motion, th French-Cana-
dian Tories would be told that
they would lose everyth ng by changing
allegiance, for even if t e Government
does find it necessary to go against the
wishes of the Bleus occa- ionally it makes
up fer it by bribing the in all matters
where a meney value c n be set upon
their opinion. The Melia know perfect-
ly well that if they act
als they must be wide
what other Liberals de
ment for all 'without re
or race. Under Liberal
be no such thing as ban
room No. 8 " levy blac
y evening lent,
at of the motion
municated last
a complete sur-
ent, and a very
tactics " for the
hoped to press
position on this
lam the resolu-
ly as its mover.
e moving of the
it impossible to
to make it one
hing. By shut-
• "th the Liber -
t with exactly
and—fair treat-
ard to Province
ule there would
ing together in
mail upon the
Government in its extremity, as was
done two years ago in the case of the
$30,000,000 advance tol the Canadian
Pacific. On the other hand the Govern-
ment expected that if the Liberals voted
for the motion, they would identify
themselves with the French-Canadians
and Roman Catholics w ile the Conserv-
atives would range on their side the
Enolish-Canadians and rotestans. The
mere fact that they formed such a plan .
as this shows the desp rate straits to
which the Gevernment was reduced.
They were willing—aye they were most
anxious—that all public uestions should
be dropped out of accou t. They knew
that upon not a single asue have they
a clean Or creditable. r cord. But by
arraying race against ra e and religion
against religion, by in aming passion,
and prejudice which ould blind the
people to. their true interests they
hoped to snatch a verdi t. Even upon
the -Riel question th y would not
have fair or impartial' he ring, but every
point that could possi ly tell in their
favor would be made re rdless of con-
sequences. In fact, C adians at one
step would go back to he period long
before confederation, w en, instead of
being one people, as n w they fondly
hope to be, they would r nge themselves
in two factions of race a do religion, and
all the untold bitternesi of such a fight
would be stirred up. d all for what ?
In order that certain g ntlemen might
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continue. to hold their sa aries of $7,000
a year, with the priyil et of rewarding
their relatives and frie ds with public
the public do:
positions itnd slices of
main.
HONESTY AS " T CTICS."
So confident did the Conservatives
become that their plan ould work that
'it was only at the las moment they
were able to give their leu supporters
the " tip " how they w re -to vote. In
Quebec the people realiz keenly thatno'
question of justice as considered
when Riel's life hung in the balance,.
and they naturally resell the idea_ that
a fellow -countryman m , be sacrificed
merely to save the o cers and per-
quisities of Tory : gr bers. Every
Bleu, therefore, would h ve.preferred to
vote for Landry's motio the majority
of them giving a purely bogus vote, not
to injure the Governme t, but to save
-their own seats. But, expecting the
Liberals all to vote for he motion, the
Government got frighte ed and insisted
that the Bleus whom th y had reserved
as a make -Weight, sh uld all vote
against the resolution. By doing thia
:they expected to 'have a majority of
about forty, with the • nglish Liberals
all against them- and t e French Con-
servatives about equally divided. They
would thus be in no da ger of defeat,
brtt they would have an- xcuse for going
to the country on the c y: of race and
✓ French sup -
re than making
nglish- speak ing
have suited
esPecially, for
y ;enemies the
terestS in this
ch would hope
onstituency in
in his own,
e way to the
Conservative
religion, sacrificing the
porters in the hope °fin
up for them in the
Provinces. This wo
Langevin and Chapleat
although,thpy ,are dead
lines of their separate i
case run parallel, for e
to spchre an Ontario
case of being defeate
and this would open t
leadership of the, whol
party, upon which each t.f , them has an
own knowledge was s
almost complete proOf tl
rnent expected the niatt
above. A conservative
the inner circle, a Math
of t,he Crown, and a s
a,uthority for the Mini
state of public opinion, vas betting one
day before the vote was itaken, that the
Government's majorityn ould he between
ut the Govern-
acconnt what
rested or half
knew that the
-act truth when
ot make this a
no object with
the expense of
o two irrecon-
r the Liberal
of the Govern-
onsehas no ob-
le affair of this
e main subject
anxious eye. An incid nt within my
fficient to give
at the Govern -
r to turn out as
who is well in
e of a Minister
rt of consulting
try as to the
forty and forty-five. _
ment forgot to take int
men not half so much- in
so well informed alread
Liberal leader told the e
he said that he would-
' party question. There
Liberals to gain power a
dividing the country in
cilable factions. Moreo
party, having the 'best
ment on all public quest
ject in allowing a, misera
kind to be obtruded as ti
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foreonsideration by the people. Imag-
ine the figure Canada would cut before
1 the world if polities herd were reduced
I to a question of how a rebel shotild be
dealt with. If that could be done, it
would pay the.GoVernment to stir up a
rebellion every five years—their present
average is only one in eight years -7 -in
order to keep fresh issues before the
people. Hon. Fdward Blake's dutiwas_
plain and he followed it. He made up
.his mind how he would vote on this
Riel queition, and he told every one of
his followers to do the same, The result
was that they were about evenly divid-
ed. And yet the Government are angry
that their eloquent speeches against the
motion actually had the effect of con-
vincing some whO usually oppose them
that Ithey were right. The ca,cklers of
the Conservative party, it is true, make
a ,,great to-do over the fact that the
Government was sustained by a majority
of 96, They forget that every shout
they raise over this victory is a tribute
to the honesty and consistency of the
Liberal party in refusing to Make this
Riel question. an issue. The cacklers
are honest and they mean well, 'but if
' they knew iloiv grievously, their leaders
are disappointed they would say less.
They have nothing to gain by opposing
the honest connnon sense of the people
on this question,. especially as they are
not' unlikely to keep up prejudices on
the other side, which the Liberals are
doing their best to allay in order that
the country'may Ile waken,ed out ol this
nightmare and resume the consideration
of public questions on grounds of the
public welfare. The fact is that, so far
as the Liberals are concerned, Riel was
never the issue. Now that the Tories
have been prevented, in spite of alitheir
efforts, from making it so, it is to be
hoped they will accept ' the verdict
against them, and will come up like men
to receive the jndgment of the people
upon their:general record. .
THE ESTIMATES.
' The trouble for the new Finance Min-
ister will begin to culminate to7morrow,
for then he 'will make his budget speech,
and will do what he can to. show himself
able to deal with the finances of the
country. He will show that the coun-
try is in a most prosperous condition
and that the National Policy flourishes
notwithstanding that there is n, deficit
for last yeartof about three millions and
one looming. up for the year Which will
close with June. next of about six mil-
lions or more. It will be his pleasant
duty to show the farmers and business
men that they are prospering in spite of
85 -cent wheat and the tightest money
tnarket known since the awful days of
'57. He will be able to comfort the
wcirleingman who has been mit of a job
all winter with the assurance that there
are more millionaires in the country
•than there used to be, and, above all, he
will be 'able to assure that faithful few
'who still behete in the N. P. that .their
hopes are to be realized through the im-
position of increased taxes. Mr. Me-
Lelan will be remembered as the author
of that eloquent appeal to Canadians to
believe iu the present Government be-
cause cradles continue in fashion and
men and women have not ceased to love
and. wed. It is expected • that Mr. Mc-
Lelan will not own that the Government
is a bad one until it has prevented the
natural increase of the population. Mr.
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MeLelan occupies the place lat Sir
Francis Hincks mice held. Th silences
'of the country need a faithful and skill-
ful guiding bend, far more now than
they did in Sir Francis' time. 'Even'
Tories are outspoken -in private con-
versation in denouncing Mr. Mc-
Lelan's appointment to the respon-
sible position of Finance Minister. He
hen neither record nor capacity to justi-
fy his selection. If Sir Richard Cart-
wright does not feel exasperated at hav-
ing this puny, played -out • politician
pitted against him, his patience is
worthy of all praise. Another Dian in
Sir Richard's place, and having his
strength would simpltetear his opponent
to pieces. If this is the way he feels
aboet it, the handling the Finance Min-
ister will get will be one of the sights of
the session. Mr. McLelan has laid on
the table his estimates for the year be.
•ginning nent June and ending the June
following. They show a falling off of
about $2,000,000, which is nearly all in
rebellion expenses.. Thisindicates either
that more money for rebellion expenses
will be asked in the supplementary -esti-
mates, or that the six or seven millions
required will be charged as part of the
debt of the country. It will in fact be-
come a permanent charge upon the
people, and a permanent reminder of
the cost of Tory rule. One cause' of re-
duction in the estimates will be received
with gladness by the people. Last year
$50,-000 was voted to carry out the
Liquor License Law, under which the
" great eonstitutional lawyei " was to
take away from " that little tyrant
Mowat ". all control of license' affairs.
Next year there will, be no charge of
that kind. Without attempting to in-
vade the editorial territory, I would
like simply to record• here an
idea which it seems - to me is
not brought out prominently enough
in public discussions. It is this, that
the questions on which this Govern-
ment keeps parties divided are purely
manufactured, and even after they are
,settled, • there ii nothing to show for
them except that we have lost ground
in the meantime. The Boundary,
License, Rivers and Streams and Dis-
allowance questions have nothing to. do
with the progress of the country. -The
Government simply went out of their
way to get up a quarrel about them.
Even the National Policy has as its core
the question of whether the few or the
many shall be considered in irbposing
the taxes, while in the case of the Can,-
. adian Pacific • Railway there was no
question at issue except the single one of
monopoly. To return to thp estimates,
I forgot to say that the 'total amount is
$33,124,350, or. about ten millions more
than the 9penditure used to be under
Mackenzie s regime. In the good times
of '82-3 thia did not matter so much.
In fact, the Government then Used to
justify its great expenditure by the re-
, ply : " Well, if we do spend, we col-
lect more than we spend." It was a.
piratical kind of excueeehut even that
is taken away from them now. They
are spending millions more than even'
their enormous rates of taxation will
yield. Ther8 is a very serious doubt
that, in theepresent hard times, even
increased rates of taxation would yield
greater revenue, for many people would
simply cut their purchases short in
'order to make even on expenses.
, DEWDNEY, THE UNCONCERNED.
There is a very serious question, now
among the Conservatives as to whether -
Sir Alexander CaMpbell, Postmaster-*
General, is a trifler with the truth, or
whether Mr. Dewdney, Lieutenant -Gov-
ernor of the Northwest, is one of the
most gorgeous failures that even the
Canadian public service has ever been
cursed with. On Wednesday last Mr.
Alexander in the Senate, moved a reso-
lution calling for copies of all communi-
cations sent by ,Mr. Dewdney to the
Government before the rebellion, warn-
ing them of the danger of trouble aris-
ing in the Northwest. Sir Alexander
Campbell Opposed the resolution declar-
ing that there were no communications
of that kind, that he had taken particu-
lar pains to inquire into the matter, and
knew what he said to be in accordance
with the facts. Riel was in the North-
-west over a year •before the rebellion
broke out, and all that time the half-
breeds were holding ineetings. The
Government now denounces Riel for
having gone.to extremes.in fementing a
rebellion, compelling the people at the
pistol's mouth to take up arms. And
yet Mr. Dewdney either did not knoW
of all this, or else he kept quiet about it
—or it may be the Government has de-
termined to make a scape-goat 'of Dewd-
ney as well as of Sir David McPhersOn.
There are those who say that they have
personal knowledge of at least five let-
ters written by Mr. Dewdney, warning
his superiors of impending trouble. .The
Conservatives are beginning tc wonder
what this move means. Sir John Mac-
donald has declared that Mr. Dewdney
was the best officer he ever appointed.
What kind of a trouble would an inefli-
ccoieunnttryoffitcer have brought Upon the
. A. B. J.
'News of the Week.
DEAD. —Sir Henry Taylor, the Eng-
lish dramatist, is dead.
ACCIDENT TO - PRINCE WILLIAM. —
Prince William of.Germany was thrown
from his horse the other day while
riding at full speed, but was not serious-
ly hurt.
KELLOGG Daan.—A. N. Kellogg, the
Originator of " patent insides " for coun-
try newspapers, died at Tomkinsville,
Georgia, last week.
A SNOW STORAI. —A heavy snow steno
set in last Friday at Sioux Falls, Dako-
ta. The farmers had commenced their
'spring seeding end the ground was in
good condition.
To Aotow A DRAWI3ACK. ---,The United
States Government has decided to allow
a drawbaelt on ex -ported beer made from
imported bailey .and hops equal to the
duty paid on these materials.
6' NO SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS. — The
Methodist Preachers of Albany,- New
York, have adopted resolutions de-
nouncing Sunday aewspapets, and have
decided to dealt in their power to pre-
vent their circulation.
STRANGE DISPUTE. —TWO Pittsburg
wonien are fighting io the courts over
the maternity of a child, bah claiming
te be the mother of the infant. -
A VERDICT AND DAMAGES.—Cap-
tain Cannon, an oyster dredger, Who
sued the Baltimore American for $5,000
damaged because that journal called
him a " pirate king," has obtaieed a ver-
dict with 1 cent damages. He paye the
coBstus.RNED
Out2-The Areus office at
0
Fargo, Dakota, was burned out on.
Thursday. Loss $35,000.
HOLOCAUST IN KANSAS CITY. —A livery
stable lit Kansas City was ghtted by fire
last Sunday morning. Thirty-eight
horses and an employe perished in, the
flames. .
COMANCHE OUTRAGES. —A despatch
from Fort Worth, Texas, says •: About
one hundred Comanche Indians camped
at the mouth of the Peace river on the
19th ult.. While there they killed forty.
or fifty cattle belonging to ranchmen,
and then went back to their camp on the
West Cache Creek, burning all the coun-
try' as they went.
Justico BUTT ON AMERICAN DIVORCES.
—At London, on the 25th ult., Justice
Butt rendered a decision to the effect
that a divorce obtained in America from
bonds of a marriage performed in Eng-
land is invalid in England.
A $10,000 DIAMOND ROBBERY. —Two
foreigners entered the store of a diamond
merchant-, named Tabuk, in London,
the other day, and, finding • him alone,
beet him -with clubs until he fell uncon-
scious. The men secured $10,000.worth
of diamonds and departed. Tabuk's
skull was crushed in, but he is still
living. His assailants have been ar-
rested.
STEINIT't WINS THE MATCH.—The
great chess contest at Washington, D.
C., for a purse of. $2,000 and the world's
championship, ended Monday, Steinitz
winning. the twentieth game in thirty
minutes. During the contest Steinitz
won ten games, Zukertort five, and five
were drawn.
Huron Notes.
Mr. Samuel Beattie, who recently
sold his farm in Tuckersmith, has gone
to reside in Clinton. -
— Mr. Jacob Diehl, of Stanley, re-
cently sold to Mr. B. Switzer, of God-
erich township, a two year old gelding
for $180.
—The Government Engineer paid a
visit to Bayfield harbor last week, and
it is said it is to bp thoroughly -dredged
as soon as navigation opens.
—Mr. T. O'Neil, of Brussels, purchas-
ed at the sale of Mrs. Robert Brown, in
Grey, la,st week, a span of very'hand-
'some " Magician " colts, for which he
paid $240.
—Mr. Thomas Sloan son of Dr.
Sloan, of Blyth, who went to California
some months ago for the benefit of his
health, has taken up land in that State
and intends remaining there.
— Last Monday,Oliver Smith, of Grey,
met with a peculiar accident. While
eating soup a bone lodged in his throat,
and it was with some difficulty the ob-
struction was removed by a physician:
—Mr. Jas. Drew, late hardware mer-
chant of Brussels, has given up the idea
of again opening up business in that vil-
lage, at least for the present. He has
taken a situation as traveller for the
well-known firm of Hobbs, Osborne &
Hobbs, of London.
—9n Monday of last week Christina,
beloved wife Mr. Geo. Skelton, of Mot-
' ris, passed over to the great majority
after a brief illness, aged 55 years. The
-deCeased Was a daughter of the late Wm:
Searle, and in waiting on him contracted
a cold that resulted in her death.
—Samuel Roe,. ex -Deputy Reeve of
Elma township, has purchased the farm
of David McDonald, on the 12th conces-
sion of Grey, near Ethel, for one of his
sons. Mr. McDonald retires to the vil-
lage of Ethel, where he has purchased a
residence.
—Mrs. A. Moir, one of the first set-
tlers, on the 3rd concession of Usborne,
left, with her family, for Minnesota, on
Monday last. She was a resident of
Usborne for 38 years. We Join her
numerous friends in the township in
wishing her long life and happiness in
her new home. . 1
—Sunday evening a cow belonging to
Ed. Dunford of Brussels, got into a shed
belonging to Thos. ,Maxwell, and helped
herself largely to grain and chop -stuff. Thie
overdese had a bad result, and " bossy"
turned, up her toes Monday night. ,The
cow etas a good one and Mr. Milford
had refused $50 for her.
—Mr. R. Sterling, of the 7th conces-
sion, Goderich township ha's sold his
farm of 80 acres to t fr. A. Elliott, for
the sent of $4,500, an has bought Mr.
George Gree,n's farm o 117 acres, on the
Bayfield • concession, for :the sum of
$5,800. Me. Green- h s some notion of.
removing to California.
—Me. John Cumillig, of Hullett, a
few days since, sold a ,two year old en-
tire colt, got by -Meson's ," Borelaaid
Chief,',1 to Mr. J. T. Mace, of Laita.,
for the sum of $400.—Mr. Geo. Pope, of
the 2nd concession of the seine town,
ship, seld to the same person; a breed-
ing mare, by " What's Wanted,"for the
sum of '$250. 1 it
1
—Last week Allan , piers, of Morris,
left for Kansas. He took four entire
horses with him and Will dispose of them
in the west. They are all imported_ and
should sell for a g.eod figure in the
prairie state. The Smers Brothers have
still two heavy draught horses and a
1
coach borse, all imported.
—Messrs. Snell. & Sons, of Hullett, a
few deys since sold a couple of grade
cows ,for $60 and $80 respectively.
These i axe good prices indeed. They
also geld to Mr. J. F. McFee, of Iowa,
an eight months' o d filly, got by
" Prince of Ke-ir," out of their imported
. mare, for the handsome figure of $350.
For a Berkshire sow they received $25.
—G. N. McDonald, for many yeart
lighthouse keeper and meteorological
observer at Goderich, has accepted the
position of city rnissiottary at Trenton,
New jersey, at a salaty of $1,000. He
avilrwork especially in the interest of the
Presbyterian churches of Trenton. He
is a good man, and Treitton will. be the
better qf his labors. I '.
—Mr. John Elliott father of Mr.
Gabriel Elliott, Reeve c:f Goderich town -
'ship, and one of the oldest settlers in the
township, died in Gaderich, on Monday,
at the age of 75 years. e resided dur-
his life in
ing the last few years
Goderich, but was one o the pioneers
who cleared the " forest primeval " in
Goderich township, and helped to make
that township what it now is, an excel-
lent agricultural district..
—The Wirden's Cernmittee met at
Gederich last week fer the purpose of
opening tenders for , Benmiller and
Craig's bridge in • Stanley. Abont a
dozen tenders were put in, that of Mr.
_L. Hardy, of 'Exeter, for Benmiller
bridge at $2,700, being 'accepted, and
that of Mr. Kincaid, of Winghain, for
Craig's at $500. . A resolution was pass-
ed by the committee that in case these
parties were un.willing to accept, that
the 'work be given to the next higher
tender.
1
—Mr. Wm. J. McBrien of the Mait-
land. Block, Hullett, sold' his farm to
Mr. Wagper, for the sum of $1,300.
The farm contains 45 acres.—Mr. John
Morgan, also of the Maitland Block,
has sold his farm to Mr. Henry Mc -
Brien, for the surn , of $4,000. The'
farm contains 86 acres.---t-Mr. Robert
Sprung. of the Base Line Ilullett, has
rented his farm to Mr. Jeli'n Knox for a
term of years and intends taking an ex-
tended tour through the Northwest.
—The Clinton New Era says : We
understand it is the intention of Mr. J.
C. Linklater, of.the Model School, to
quit teaching at no very distant day,
and cuter the ministry ,of the Presby-
terian church ; he is. one of the most
'successful teachers 'in the county of
Huron, and will make an equally suc-
cessful minister ; a particularly studious
young man, he has attained his present
position by close application to his work,
and we predict for him a bright and use-
,
ful future. •
—The now celebrated case of the
Queen vs. James Bailey, charged with
stealing ballot boxes' in the Scott Act.
election of 1884, got apother airing at
the assizes at Goderichlast week. When
the case was called Mr. Holt, for prison-
er, asked that the case be postponed
until the nextassizes, on the prisoner's
affidavit that material witnesses were
absent. His Lordship granted the post-
ponement, the prisoner entering into
security in $1,000, and Henry Martin
sod Jonathan Miller in $500 each.
—The Goclerich Signal of last week
says : Zebe Tolsma has been fined $1,-
000 by the Customs department for
smuggling supplies, etc., for his fishery
business. The offense occurred last
spring. Ascher Farrow, eustonas officer
at this point, was the agent whObrought
the vase to the notice of the department.
We understand that he will get a share
of the $1,000 for his part in the matter.
Tolsma was an ardent supporter of the
N. P., as our local politicians know, but
he itidn't like the, duties after all, it
seems. •
—Wednesday evening of last week a
public meeting was held in Dames' hall,
Cranbrook, township of Grey, for the
,purpose of discussing the proposed new
county of Maitland. Councillor Ennis
occupied the chair. Speeches were macle
by Messrs. Hay, O'Reilly, Riggs and
Liilico, of Listowel, who presented the
claims of the embryotic county. Oppo-
sition addresses were made by Reeve
Strachan and F. S. Scott. A resolution
condemning the scheme was unanimous-
ly carried by the meeting. The people
of this section of Grey are anything but
favorable to a separation from Huron,
and will give the quietus to the proposi-
tion when voting time comes, as far as
lies in their power.
—Mrs. McRae, an old lady ninety-
seven years of age, and relict of the late
Malcolm McRae, of the township of
Ashfield, quietly passed away on Satur-
day night, 13th March. She .was a
native of Rosshire, Scotland, and, with
her husband, was one of the first settlers
in that district: 'For the past twenty-
five years she had been residing _with
her grand -son, Duncan Finlayson, of
Lochalsh. Her descendants, comptising
three if not four generations, ate ceuite
numerous, and are to- be found in vari-
ous parts of the globe. The remains
were interred in the Lochalsh burying
ground.
—For four weeks past most interest-
ing and profitable revival meetings have
been in progress in the. Methodist
church in Londesboro, under direction
of the pastor, aided by Mr. Woodhull
and hisi band. of Christian workers.
Notwithstanding the fact that a great
many conversions were made a year ago
Under Mrs. Hall's labors, nearly as
many have taken- place this winter.
Over one hundred seekers have came
forward, and most, if not all, have pro.
fessed a change of heart. The meetings
have been largely attended throughout,
and great interest manifested in them, on
several occasions thee rush being so
great that many were anable to obtain
admission and. had to go away again.
—The new bridge at Holmesville his.
stood the befit test that probably could
have been brought to bear on it. Mon..
day night of last week the ice broke up,
and jammed against the bridge, rising _
in some instances four feet higher than
the floor ; uprooting the trees standing
on the island. above the bridge, bearing
them „top first downward, part going
-above the floor and breaking some of the
railing. The strain on the_ abutme s
must have been immense when it b e
in the planks between1 each post. he
strain on the east eide at the teeth ,ind
must -have been great, as it.broke the
pins and lifted the beems clear off the
tenons, also shifting the superstructure
about an inch on another abutment. •
At last decounts the ice is jammed. as
far as the eye can see up the river from
eight to fifteen feet deep.
—The many friends of the late James
McCool, of the 9th concession of Hill --
lett, will be sorry to hear of his decease,
which occurred at his late residence on
the 20th Match, at the age of 60 years
and 6 months, from aril naternal disease.
DeceaSed emigrated from the county of
Donegal, Ireland, abont 37 years age,
After a • lengthened voyage over the
stormy Atlantic, he lahded at Quebec..
Keeping westward he arrived at Bolton
village, in the neighbothobd of Toronto,.
with but a half severeign. He engaged
himself with one Mr. Bolton with
whom he remained for 7 years. 'At the
end of that period he determined to
have a home for himself. He selected.
and purchased the &tin on which he has
since resided. By hard work, strict
economy and just dealings he' had ac-
quited a considerable amount of this
world's goods. The educational interest
had his warmest sympathy. He earnest-
ly endeavored to raise the standard of
his brother farmers, to accoMplish which
he was an enthusiastic granger. The
prosperity of the Lonclesboro grange,
was in a great measure indebted to him;
he held the office of secretary for several
e -.ars. He was a. consistent member of
-am 1VIethodist church. His widow, five
sons -and one daughter are left to
modal affectienate husband and a
kind father.
—The Exeter Times of last week says,.
A eouple of wheat agents have been op-
erating in this locality for the past few -
weeks, and have succeeded in deceiving
a number -of farmers, the majority of
whom, it is conceded, ought to- have
known better than to be " drawn in"
by strangers. The scheme is a sort of
" lawful swindle," whiph is worked.very
cleverly, indeed • they, visit a farmer s
residence under 'the pretense of intro-
ducing a new and valuable variety of,
wheat, show a sample which is carried
in a small bottle, and which they say is
.entirely free fade]. rust and would . yield
more than any fall wheat. They at
first offer to give the seed to any farmer
who will grow it, and in return givehim
half the produce in the fall. If this
takes well, they ask the farmer to take
an agency for the neighborhood, say to
distribute 30 bushels, on thesame terms,
and to receive half the produce in the
fall, saying nothing about the payment
of any money. The scheme is pre-
sented in such a plauSible light that
nearly every farmers approached, is in-
duced to enter into contract. Then fol-
lows the Presentment of an agreement,
which is entirely different from the
terms given' by the sharpers, containing .
a clause which calls for $180 at time
wheat is delivered. Many farmers sign
it Without reading it or causing it to he
read, and therefore can only blanei
themselves, -if that is any consolation.
There were no fewer than half -a -dozen of
the Unfortunate farmers in towns on
Saturday, who had come to take home
their prized wheat ($6 per bushel) bat
had to forfeit $180, the amount ceotain-
ed in the agreement. The farmert were
very much aurprised, and denounced. the
sool gentry ' as " swindlers." The
next -thing is to see what sort of a return
"this wheat -.will make ; it ought 'to be
good, as the growers will take extra
pains with it, having had to pay a fancy -
price for the seed. We are surprised at
farmers --cute and of long experience—be-
ing drawn into a trap of this kind, more
especially after having been warned
time and again not to Sign a document
carried by a stranger, or even a person
with whom you are anquainted, unless ,
the contents are thoroughly understood
by them. We might mention the namis
of those who have been deceived, but by
request we withhold them. The
" sharpers selected only those who had
deep pockets. Those who are not,
" flush, ' console yourselves. •
—The Mitchell Recorder saye : Some
half dozen of our young swells of the
town spent last Sunday afternoon in
the 'healthful exercise of riding on
horse -back through the streets of the -
town." We suppose this OCCUITea
while the town authorities were having
their Sunday afternoon nap.
' —Prof. Valiance, of Glasgow Univer-
sity, appeared in the town hall, Mit-.
chell, on Friday evening, 19th tate
under the auspices of Knox church, and
was greeted. with a verY fair audience.
The professor succeeded in pleasing the
audience in his varied Programme of
selections. -
—The barn of Mr. Fred Lehnheiser,
near Shakespeare, was struck by light-
ning during the storm on Friday night,
19th olt. The shingles were detached
from a large piece of -the roof, and the
end of the barn very much damaged. A
sheep that happened te be lying near the
door was killed by the stroke.
—Four -new pieces for the pianoforte,
composed by Mr. C. J. Keller, of Strat-
ford, have just been issued. They are
entitled " Flowers of May Waltz,"
" 13atoche Military Schottische," "Avon
Waltz," ‘` Stratford Polka," the latter
two being suitable for the parlor organ.
AU fetar are said to be exceedingly fine.
compositions. •
--The Russell Brothers, Alex. Hod-
gert and John Brown, of Russeldale,
have been la.ying in a eupply of building
material. When the weather permits
the former are going te erect a neat little
cottage fer their parents and sisters.
The second will alter and improve ao
otherwise pastable frame house inte
what will appear when finished as anew
and comfortaiale dwelling. The latter
will add more stable accommodation to
his already even equipped and orderly
kept hotel.
ITA' 2, 1886,
Zurich.
• BB:IBM—Mr. Jacob Geiger a
Sliilbe, both.of Hay, were roa
few days ago, and intend going to
tan to make their future home t
r, Win. Henderson, formerly p
of Zurich school, returned a fe
Iwo from Detroit, where he has
attending the medical. college.
graduated with honors, hisenatterf
here extend him the warmest go
Illations on his success. After v
his friends hereabouts he will re
Detroit again, where he intends t
tise his profession. All will joi
wishing him every success.—Mr.
retunied_ from Uncle Sam'
few days ago, and looks as if t
Eagle had treated him well.e-Mr
Items, of Montrealt is here sPen
few disys with his brother, Mr.
Williaaus. They had not seen
other for many years, and tile re-
. was a joyous one.—Reve J. Umba
• New Hand:tut& was the guest o.
lir. Maurer here this week., fie
as way to Hullett—The
west etill continues. Mr. Wm. E
and his brother Daniel, Mr.
Geiger and Messrs. iTicob and Si
Scleuchter have all gone to Mid
where they intend to engage in far
—Mr. Joseph Oesch has left on
east to visit friends.—Mr. IL H
intends going More extensively
atefee° mocvnrreesdrzins.ut TIII3birsinwgil:uftuurnlisotho-flohtsandofs
ignreasstophnoe*rtilasf bmilless durin
Germany, which is a good move o
part, as the Germans are all imam
and good workers.—A full rnee
the officers and directors of
Branch Agricultural Society was
Zurich a few days ago. The
was thereughly over -hauled an
additions and improvements ma
that the list for the next show w
Much more extensive aod attracti
--say that has yet been offered.
left to a contmittee to decide up
days for the holding of the show,.
are sorry to state that Mrs. Fred
Hess is in a very critical state of h
and has been so for some time.
hard to say which way ft may turn
hen but hepes are entertained' thit
may recover. The sympathy of al
• be exteoded to Mr, Hess in his t -o -
Brussels.
Pouna&L.--Th e Conservative eo
tion held. here en Tuesday:last to
a candidate te contest East Hurt)
the Local Legislature', was a, small a
and was not in_ any sense ef the
reprosentative gathering, as it nue
loosed mainly of people fromthe
It is stated there were hot ovar
persons present, all told. (Partic
will be found in another column.)
Wrens' Inors.—The Reformers
put in the fellowin. g list ef ap
againet the Dominion Voterst Lis
East Huron 250 flames to be strew
the list ; 55 names to be added, an
changes in, names end deseriptio
properties ; being abotet 350 appea
all, or enough to carry a &WO.
stitueneies if not attended to. Ref
ere are workingtwith a will- ha see
the lists are made -perfect, and if
sante diligence is maintained until
last bourt is held, East Huron wil
the next election vanish as a Tory
stitueney, and itIuroo. will stand t
in a line for both Houses. TI
hear 1 I So mote it bee---Ent1
Bniems.—John Leckie \MS in tl
last Friday.—J. Mabee and J.. W. St
of Lietowel, were in town en Toes(
—Miss Lack will take charge of
Smith's millinery this season, and 2
Prittie of G. A. Powell's. Both la
are well and favorably known as g
milliners.—Jemes Drew -e, formerly hi
ware merchant in this town, has g
on the road. as a traveller fer Rol
Osborne & Hobbs, of London,. His
cessor, D. Grant, has opened out, AD
making a good clispla.y.—D. McLani
and. Thos. McLachlan attended a m
ing at Clinton this week, in referene
getting up a stud book.—Thoms.s
Lachlan le,a-ves shortly for the old.
for some more heavy draught tithe'
T. O'Neil sold a horse last week ti
- D. Wilson, of Seaforth, for $130.
NEW CODNTY.—Daring the past Ai
the promoters of the County of NI
land, from Littowel, ha.ve been holt
meetings here and in Grey, advoca
the formation of a new county. T
main object is to get the Town of
towel made a county town. They
not put this -forward as a reason, ly
is, nevertheless, the real one. 1
. have issued a pamphlet, setting f
their arguments, which they are tipr
ing broadcast. It is misleading in
many respects, and parties should t
toughly examine it befere accepting
statements made as sound.
Morris.
Pitostarrentota-1-Preparatory to
John Wilson's leaving this_part of
country, the friends and neighbot
that gentleman assembled at his
dence on Frida,y evening last, and a
filling every available nook and co
to its utmost eapacity, proceeded
make known their errand. Mr. Ge
Jackson, on behalf of the comp
read a neatly -worded address, expret
of the etteem in which Mr. Wilson
family are held in the
mimity, and expressing sorrow '
they are i about to remove f
their midst, whereupon Mrs.
Jaekson eame ferward with a large
filled with china and presented 3
1Vilson with a- magnificent set of c
and a purse containing $11 in c
Mr, Isaac Wileon with a very handt
moustache cup, and Mies Wilson wi
beautiful silk handkerchief. Mr. t
Jackson then -came forward anti
sented. Mr. Wilson with an elega
cushiooed -chair and expressed the
that be might 1:ave long life and e
many happy evenings in his chair.
AIL Sabine then put in an appeara
and, on behalf of Mrs. Sabine, prese
Mrs, Wilson with a superb set of g
ware. Mrs. Jelin tla-ckson, era
presented Miss Wilson with a
handmone preterve dish and b
Plate- Mr. Wilson was taken so t
Pletely by surprise that his words e
ed to have left him, and if he did
thank his many friends with worth
did with. looks. Preparations Wein
Matig' fer tea, which, when it arri
elearly showed that among the e
good qualities of the ladies of Mon
thit of being able to get up epic
tea, Alter tea all prepaved to e
themselves, the younger part of
company going up -stairs and lea,vini
older and more sedate to enjoy -a