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The Huron Expositor, 1886-05-28, Page 44 TRE HURON EXPOS1TOR• NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Vir The figure between the parenthesis after each line denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. National Roller Mills—Stewart & Lowick. (6) Bargain House—Jas. Pickard, (6) Farms for Sale—Thos. McBride. (5) Situation Wanted—T. Brenner. (5) Durham Bun tor Sale—Wm. Cooper. (6) Farm tor Sale—C. McClelland_ (6) Poundkeeper's S. Roberts- (5) Farms for Sale—J. C. Morrison. (6) Wanted—Peter Adamson_ (5) For Sate—John McGregor. (5) Woof—R. Graham. (8) Millinery—Mrs. Alexander. (8) Carriages and Wagons—Scott & Williams: (8) WooI—Jas_ Beattie. (8) Wide Awake—D, Lathrop & Co. (8) G, T. R. Excursion—J -Hickson. (5) Farms for Sale—Peter Thomson. (5) Farms for Sale—John Knox. (5) Board Wented—Expositor Office. (8) Estray Cattle—J. R. Sundereock. (6) Poundkeepees Sale—R. S. Roberts. (8) nrott txpositor SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 28, 1886. . - - - • _ Those Declarations. A few weeks ago a correspondent in these columns directed attention to the character of the declarations made by some of those interested in getting names put on the Domation Voters' Lists for East Huron. In doing so he made the statement that these declara- tions were made in a very loose manner, and that tome of the parties 'were either ignorant of the law or that they had mode declaration to that which was un- true, and he farther insinuated that there might be grounds for a charge of perjury. For permitting this statement to be made we were called to aecount by two of the parties referred to, and were threatened with a libel suit if we de- clined bi apologize. We accordingly made such apology as we thought neces- sary' in the premises. At Mist time, however, we had not seen the form of declaration taken by these .parties, but since then we have been favored with a copy of these declarations, and we give one of them in order that our readers may judge far themselves how far our correspondent was astray in -his remarks, and also to show the absolute worthless- ness of the evidence upon which these voters' lists are based: The declaration, is as follows : FORM aF DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY A PERSON ON BEHALF OF ONE OR MORE ELECTORS. IN THE MATTER OF TIIE ELECTORAL FRANI:HUSE AGM Pro-vince of Ontario, County of Hinton, } To : I, Joseph Clegg, of the Township of Morris, in the County of Huron, Farmer, do solemnly de- clare : let. That knew the parties whose names are set forth in the first column in the schedule on back of this form. - 2nd, I have reason to believe, and do believe, that ail the persons whose names are set forth in the first calumn of the said schedule are entitled to vote at elections of the House of Commons in the Electoral Divisien or the East Riding of the County of Huron_ 3rd. That column No. 2 sets forth their place of residence ; No. 3, their P. O. address ; No. 4, nature of qualification ; -No. 5, municipality where qualification is situated ; No. 6, the de- ription of qualifying. property ;- No. 7, the n ture of title ; No. 8, the name of parent, if - q alified, as son of farmer or other owner of real p opera,. And I have made inquiries, and from h inquiries,_ and from other information I have received, I do verily believe the said par - titulars to be true ; and I make this solemn dec- laration, conscientiously. believing the same to be true, and by virtue Of the Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her Majestv's reign, in - Muted, "An Act for the suppression of volun- tary and extrajudicial oaths (Signed) Joseen Chem. Declared before me at the Town of Wingbarn, in the County of Huron, this 29th day of Janu- ary., in the year of our Lord, 1886. (Signed) II. W. C. Mesnrc, Notary Public. The arighaal of this declaration is, or ought to be, filed in the office of Mr. Dieliensen, of Wingham, who is clerk for the Revising Barrister of East Heron, and the decleration was made before Mr. H. W. C. Meyer, Mr. Dickenson's Ia,w partner. Now among the 'names " set forth in the first column in the schecluIe on the back of this form " aee those of Lucinda Conway and Sarah Flemming, and Mr. Clegg declares that he" has reason to believe, and DOES BE- LIEVE that -these-women " are entitled " to vote at elections of the House mf " Commons in the electoral division of " the east riding of the. county of "Huron," and yet this same Mr. Clegg had the supreme impudence to threaten us with a libel suit because we permit- ted our correspondent to say that " " either knew very little about what be " was declarin.g or perjured himself," and Messrs. Meyer & Dickenson, being cognizant of the fa.cts, had the in- decency tto advise him to this course. While it is quite true that Mr. Clegg could not ptoperly be accused of perjury, it is equally true, as shown by his dee- laration,that he is either so ignorant that he believed women are, by law, entitled to vote at elections for the House of Commons or he has very little regard for his pledged word and solemn declara- tion. He can take whichever horn of the dilemma he chooses, and either is not very creditable to him. In either case it does not become him to be so exceed- ingly sensitive about his reputation, as a false declaration is next door neighbor to a false oath and no man, in any way regardful of his reputation w_ouid take either. We are bound to believe, how- ever, tlaat Mr. Clegg does regard his reputation in this respect, and henee we must attribate his declaration to his gross ignorance. There is another phase of this subject to which we wish to direct atten- tion. It will be seen from the character of this declaration the kind of informa- tion upon which the votersi lists under the Dominion Franchiee Act*ere based. It is true that in this instance the names of the women were not entered upon the lists because the Revising Barrister or his clerk 'mew more than Mr. Clegg dirt, and had lenge enough to omit them. But there were names on this and other declarations that were unknown to the Revising Officers, and were put on the, lists although they had no se_rt of right to be on. Some of the parties were not of age, and others have not the neces- sary property qualification. Notwith- standing these facts, however, these names were inserted in the preliminary lists, and once on the trouble is to get them off. In each case the party desir- ing to have the names remove i has to mail and register a notice of appeal to the Revising Officer and to the person complained against ; lie has to subpcena and. pay witulsses to attend the court in order, if nece sary, to prove his appeal, and all thes parties. have- to sacrifice their time attending cceirt until the case is dispo ed of. Failing to do this, those names I properly ins -ted on the lists are con rmed, and the parties, no matter what their qualification, are en- titled to vot . All this expense and trouble is occ sioned simply ibecause un- scrupulous pe sons, influenced by parti- zan neal, are permitted to make incor- rect declarations, and these declarations farm the onh guide the Revising Offi- -cer, who corn •iles the lists, has to go by, and there is no provision. made for the punishirte t in any way of the per- sons who ire he occasion of all this trou- ble and expen e. This formula also has to be gone ver each and every year. In many cons ituencies the nieeple will be put to tho sands of dollaas of expense annually in rder tit have the voters' lists purged, d the only ones who are. : I in any way b nefitted are -the harpies who, by the avor of the Government, are permitted to live and thrive at the expense of th public.. It is not the of- ficers of the law who are to blame -for this, nor is i are wrongful' in most case without thei matter at all, famous law w encourages f result ha occ expense to th sake of gain advantage b the people pe act laws whic gross injustic enormous exp In justifica it is claimed obtained than the lists were assessment r contention is cited above, a one by any stituency in similar cases irresponsible such names pi the persons whose names inserted on the lists, as their names are .put on being consulted io the but it is the base and in- ich not only permits, but auds of this kind, which sionhig such trouble and people. And yet for the g a temporary political one party over the other mit their legislators to en - inflict upon them these s and occasion them this nse and trouble. ion a this fraudulent law y some that a purer list is by the old _ system, when based upon the municipal lls. The fallacy of this proved by the case we d this is note, singular means, as. in every con - the Dominion scores of can be found. Here an person is allowed to- hive t on the lists as his elastic conscience wi I permit him to declare he believes entitl d to be put on. Under the old syste ,the assessment rolls of the several unicipalities were taken as the basis of the votets' lists, and from them th re could be no departure. the first lace the assessor, in pre- paring his rol , has to visit every rate- payer and sat sfy himself personally that he has suffici nt property to entitle him to be pat on t e roll, and in the case of income, he not allowed to pet any name on the all unless he has this per- sonal knowle ge or- receives a declara- tion made b the person desiring to be put on. On oompleting his roll the as- sessor has t. prove its correctness and reliability by 1 is oath, and if wrong -do- ing can be proved against him he is sub- jectito heavy ones and penalties. After this the assess . ent rolls are revised by the courts of levision, each member of which is swor to do his duty. When the court of r vision completes its work the municipal clerks have to compile the voters' lists rom the assessment rolls, and if they ut on or leave off names wrongfully t ey are subject to heavy, penalties. A ter the elerks complete their work, t e lists are still subject to revision befor the County Judges, who are an indep ndent and disinterested authority. I will thus be seen that the machinery he e provided, while being complete, is i expensive. On the other hand, under he pew law the lists are practically ba ed Upon the unsupported statements of any irresponsible adven- turer aind hir ling, and are ultimately revised befori the very parties who make them, an from their decision there is no appeal. o that in the matter of purity there s no comparison between the two syste s, while the least efficient is three -fold ore expensive than the other. This ixpensee also, is unneces- sarily incurred a because, under the old laW, the one li t did for Municipal, Pro- eineial and oininion election, while under the nes law this list has to be gotten up espe ially for the latter, and all the expen e and trouble Connected with it is an a ditional and unnecessary burden upon the people. In short, the law is an im osition and a fraud. It is an impositio , because it imposes this unnecessary ex ense and trouble ; it is a fraud, because, as we have shown, it is next to impossi le to secure a pure and honest list un er it. If the Reform party accede t power at the next elec- tion, and if one of their first acts is not to expunge this obnoxious and rotten law from the sthtute book, they will de- serve, as condemna Canada. A few d 'lament w abolish th &c., was b dialogue, the absur producer Sir Ric glad this e hope th'ey will receive, the on of every honest man in Apt Reply. ys ago in the Dominion Par - en Mr. Mitchell's motion to duty on flour, meal, Coal, ing discussed the following hich.illustrates very clearly ity of the doctrine that the ys the duty, occurred : ard Cartwright seid he was question bad come up. He would have great pleasure in voting for it. Look establishm omy, or common s more these the od taxe peop and was t these evi many see a burden vince, an vince. Mr. Fa Sir Ric would not was not ae d at Win the light of the principle of political econ- easured by the standards of nse, no taxes could well be ous—more oppressive—than on the food and the fuel of e. Each tax was sectional, erefore an evil. Nor could s cancel. one another, as so ed to hold. The coal tax was 'most wholly upon one Pro - by the cities of that Pro- consumer . Mr. Farrow—The Yankees -pay it. ar it ow—No. ard Cartwright said it surely be contended that the duty decl to the price charged the Sir Ric it or trebl ficit at th (Cheers.) It is ne Huron Ph , Cartwright—Then double' and do away with the de- pense of the Ainericans. dl ss to add that the East os pher at once subsided. OUR 0 TAWA LETTER. (Frotn ur Own Correspondent.) / OrrAwA, May 25th, 1886. The bright anticipations of those who looked for the close of the session about the 28th May have received a rather k, and it is not impossible ay be wholly wrong. The is once again the notorieus Bill. It was known a long that is, some weeks ago— overnment Was in a quandary. was to be done in relation to It has been clear to all ever reparation of the lists began evising Officers, in spite of rude che that they difficulty Franchise time ago that the as to wha this Bill. since the that the the frant would not much as t to'be don was—wha fight of I strength, for defen which wa pose any would be prolong t ceedingly ment itse by any m are nearly purposes, feels that somebody be. The kindest fe " the fait The soone &rated th Still, the have no a and to m power mu seems to s hit on a t suit of wh Bill to am claced in t ie name of the Government, is ively haemless measure, and progress through the House ers have been all smiles—all ce. Every change that sonable they appeared quite oamakm and when the coin - the whole got through the was a reasonable one and one able of being abused. 'CARTHY, MAN- OF - ALL-WORIC oon as this was done Mr. Dal- rthy rose to move certain ts, of which he had given no- ey had been proposed by any - ber, they would not have much suspicion in the minds Is. But it has become no- t whenever a dirty Tory job t through, one requiring at ng, unscrupulousness and the bound party servility, Dalton is fixed upon as the man to lent his name as a lawyer ent man to that miserable Dominion License Act, and xploit is the defence- of John . P., in the great " blind 1. Nobody doubts that the ahave simply taken the ob- features out of the Bill they t first to introduce in their and handed them over to Dal - thy. The amendments, like declaration he drew out for he Tories before the Revising re " Jesuitical." They are hat the Liberals fought for ail last session, but without instance, one of the first is that a tenant, hastead of ed to qualify by a year's resi- ng from 1st January before tion is made, may secure a howing that he has ' been of the Riding for one the date of his appli- d this chaege he proposes a efforts of many of them, be able to help the Tories so ey expected. Something had , therefore, but the question ? The Libmials, by their st session, found their own nd perfected. all organization ive purposes the House very strobg 'before. To pro- utrageouslchanges in the Act o arouse the latent force and e session. This would be ex - unpleasant for the Govern - f, for their follothers are not ant a band of brothers. They all in their places for selfish nd there is hardly one but e has been slighted and that else has got more favors than' ost rabcorous jealousy is the ling among ever so many of ful ' on the Government side. such a crowd' as this is sep- less chance there is for a row. act is patent that the Tories pe but the Revising Officer, ke even him effective more t be given him. The result ow that the Government has rnporizing expedient, the re - ch nobody can foresee. The nd the Franchise Act, intro - a compare during its the Minis complaisa seemed re prepared mittee of measure i hardly ca DALTON But as ton Mc& amendme tice. If t other me aroused s of Liber torious th is to be p once cunn most hide McCarthy do it 11 • and a de fiasco the his latest' White, share" de Governme jectionabl intended own name ton /Vices. the famou the use of Officers, exactly tooth and Fo provisions being obli dence, dat the applic vote by a residen year fro cation. A to make ap 1' licable to the lists now be- - ing prepar heen:worki as it stood were i hon es chise: and t to give peo eible. But where the application the laW, ha will be stru ing officers detice. It ganizers ha everybody earthy or s put up to would confi put in on such' amen that Tories d. Liberals everywhere have g in good faith on the law supposing that the Tories in seeking to limit the fran- at their object was simply le as mudh. tremble. as. pos- it is „well heown that every:. ories have 'been putting in on behalf of Men who, under no right to yote and who k off the lists if the revis- can be convinced by evi- s evident that the Tory or - secret instructions to put n trusting to Dalton Mc - me othee of his kidney being propose leoislation which m all epplications that were he " right " side. To pass ments would' be to declare re to vote, no matter what their quali 'cation,. while Liberals are not to vote anless they were able to con- vince partiaan officers that they came within the tringent lines drawn by the original Ac give time body who . Mr. McCarthy offers to which will enable every - is properly qualified under the amendments he proposes to Canadian Pacific Railway Company, be put on the list. The fact that he _ they are actually bonusing a side-show of males the statement is sufficient to the Canadian Pacific Company to builds arouse doubts as to its Meaning what it line threugh American territory to com- puiiports to mean. But anyhow, seeing pete with the Intercolonial Railway, a that the lists are to lab completed by 1st road owned and operated at great annual August it would seem well nigh impos- loss by the Government. The policy of Bible for Mr. McCarthy, supposmg there this Goternment evidently -is, Canadian was nothing " Jesuitical' about' .his Pacific Railway first, and the people no - position, to make good his words. There where. The extraordinary statement no possible objection to the amend: was made also, and strictly insisted ments, if they can be applied fairly, in upon, that the people of the Eastern fact, as I say, they embody principles Provinces had pahl. money to build the for which the Liberals fought hard. Canadian Pacific, and they were entitled lint it would be foolishness of the worst to keep up the monopoly which brought kind for them to agree to work under the trade through these Provinces. If this one law, while the Toiies are to work is the caee, what is to become of the oft - under another. They will put them- repeated promise of former years, of the selves in a false position, it is true, by solemn Parliamentary enactments of - opposing what is nominally an extension former year's, that the road was to be , of the franchise, but this could be set built without increase of taxation. right by a straight vote for manhood What is to become of the promise that suffrage, or some other wide and honest the road would be built with the pro - extension of the franchise. ceeds of lands to be sold. The amend - TRYING TO LESSEN THE CONTRAST. ment was, of course, voted down. Mr. M. C. Cameron proposed that the pro- vision to forgive the Company one- third of its debt and take back part of their land be struck out, but this also was voted down. Mr. Trow proposed, a much-needed amendment which was accepted. It was intended to prevent lands sold by the Company from remaining, in the purchaser s hands untaxed. To meet this difficulty the Company will be obliged to make a return of its sales of lands. The lands are not taxable by municipalities so long as they are in the hands of the Company, and the arnendh ment, having been accepted, will pre- vent this exemption being continued beyond the time of ownership of the Com pany. A. B, J. The Government has evidently grown tired of the constant recurrence of ex- posures (if jobbery on their side. And, as they can neither deny nor disproye the charges made, they are obliged to seek another defence. Their only hope is to carry out the policy inaugurated long ago, of saying "you're another." In order to do this:effectively they must prove some corrupt acts on the part of Liberals. In the old daye they shrieked -about " steel rails," " Neebing hotel," and so on, but none of these cries will avail now, for they have declared over and over again, of late years, their con- viction that Mr. Mackenzie, is a man whose sterling honesty and singleness of mirpose are an honor to Canadiao pub- lic life. It is evident that. a " rooting committee " has been at wotk among the public documents for a longtime, with a -view to finding something that could be made to bear an ugly look. They have fixed'at last upon an enormous " bribe" to Mr. 11. 11. Cook in the shape of a re- bate to him Of $1,480 for overcharge of dues on timber cut on certain islands in the Georgian Bay in 1873, those islands being Indian lands. The matter w-a,s brought up in the. House by Mr. Taylor, of Leeds, the man who struck the brilliant idea that the Mowat Government established the Bureau of statistics in order to lower the price of barley and _bring dishonor on the great National Policy. He has been ably backed by that other brilliant Orator aud Statesman Mr..Thomas Far- row, the originator an'd alleged patentee of: the striking and beautiful thought that the National policy causes the hens lay bigger eggs or more of them. The matter was referred to the Public Ac- counts Committee; The efforts of four Ministers; one official, the father of the Tory candidate for the Local House in Algoma at the last election and of sever- al devoted followers of the party on the back benches succeeded, through the absence, by some strange co -incidence of certain important documents, in leaving one fact unexplained and so giving ap- parent grounds for those- who are de- termined to find dishonesty in the case to hold their suspicions for the present. The Only fact that could possibly cause suspicion was that the documents show- ed that the logs were cut in 1873 and the claim for rebate was made in 1877, and paid in 1878. Mr. Cook was given no chance .to make a ttaternent and even the document. on which the claim was finally paid was not produced. Mr. Plummer, the witness referred to, said he had seen it that morning, but it had got off his file in some waY, but he could not explain how it did so or into whose - hands it had fallen. Thd original state- 'ment Of the logs cut had not been found. In the course of the evidence it came out that the "rooting committee " had had ftee access te all the papers, that Mr. Plummer had been told three weeks be- fore to get up all the docements in this case, and that Mr. Cook Was refused int formation absolutely nehessary to the proper presentation of his defence, not- withstanding that he had asked. for it: It is a notable fact, moreover, that while the " rooting committee " was so long and arduously at work, they .did not give 24 hours' notice of their intention" of havine the affair investigateda. The mo- tion tbo refer the case to the Public Accounts Committee wa.4 made about four o'cloek in the afternoon, and the investigation was begun at half - past ten next morning! But every. thing had evidently been -prepared even to the verdict, for several members, in- cluding John White of blind ehare no- toriety, declared that kr. Cook was guilty before the case had been in pro- gress half an hour. Mr. Plummer him- self Was forced to admit that the ques- tion of rebate was a fair dne, that he hed recommended the PayMerit of whatever sum Mr. Cook could show had been overpaid, and that Mr. Cook took the only means open to him tis establish his claim, and that the main affidavit upon which the claim depended was that of a man who knew the facts,: and whose ac- curacy and truthfulnessi he adinitted. The only chance the Tories have of making anything out of this " scandal" is to prevent another 'fleeting of the committee for if there shauld be another meeting -their charges will, without doubt, be shown to be not merely foUndationless, but absurd. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC. The latest bill to relieve the Canadian Pacific Railway, a bill under which they receive a priesent of one-third of the $30,000,000 loaned to them id 1884, they giving up some number of acres of land for which thewhave ,no use, came up for its third reading oh Tuesday last and notwithstanding several amend- ments offered by the Libetals, it passed with only one important amendment. Mr. Watson, of Manitoba, moved that the monopoly clause be struok out, as a condition of granting the terms asked by the Company. This he simported with an excellent speech setting -forth the in- justice of the law which prevents the people of Manitoba and the Northwest from securing competition with the Can- adian Pacific Railway, anid of the policy which disallows Provincial charters when passed. The rather' astounding answer was made that the Canadian Pacific contract had nothing to-do with the maintenance of the monopoly, that there was nothing in the .hontract guar- anteeing the company freddom from com- petition and that charters were disallow- ed isimply because it Wa& the Govern- ment's policy to thus disallow them. In view of an Ordemin-Coubcil quoted by Mr. Davies, disallowing charters, because to permit them would be. to violate the contract, this was rather ,en extraordin- ary statement. It seemis strange, too, that while they insist mion this policy of edisallowing competing lines for the benefit of a private company like the 111•1111111•111111111111•1=11111=11111 News of the Week. DEATH CLAIMS Dio.—Dr. Dio Lewis,' the author and reformer, died at Yonkers, New York, Friday merning from erysipelas. He left orders that his remains be cremated, which was accord- ingly done. DIED. —Col. Folsom, grandfather of President Cleveland's fiancee, is dead, in consequence of which she will fall heir to $1,000,000 in real estate and se - entities. THE MURDERED MISSIONARYeL-Mis- sionary Houghton, who, with his wife, was murdered by natives • in the River Tonna district, East Africa, belonged to the Methodist denomination. A ROYAL Box.—The Queen has taken a eoyal box at the Opera for the whole season, which promises to be a great success. . ENCOURAGING HOME Maittmemuna. —The two thousand persons who at- tended the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's garden party on Saturday wore saits or dresses of new Irish fabeics. SOLD BY THE SHERIFF.—The sheriff of New York has seized the Pennsyl- vania, Poughkeepsie and New England Railroad. It will be sold on May 28. DON CARLOS. —Don Carlos says he repudiates the claim for the infant son of Queen Isabella to be 'the succeseor to the throne of Spain. AN OLD RELIC. —An old cannon, a relic of the war of 1812, has been. brought out in Portland, Maine, as an encouragement to fishermen to arm. RETURN TO TEN Ilinins.—St. Louis furniture manufacturers having returned to the ten hour system, all their estab- lishments haye been closed by the men striking. SMALLPDX. —During April over 13,000 cases of smallpox occurred at Ja,ssan, more than 3,000 of which resulted fatally. THE CRUEL AracuesmeMore than 40 persons have been massacred and a large number wounded in southeastern Ari- zona during the last. !six weeks by Geronimo and his band of Apaches. lo THE _FRONT. —The orders to de - Mobilize the Greek army have been can- celled, and troops have been ordered to proceed at once tO the frontier. STAMPING OUT MORMONISM.—Seven Mormon missionaries from Utah, hold- ing meetings at Fayette City, Penn- sylvania, for the purpose of making con- verts, Were driven from the place with clubs and stones and fled for their lives. No MORE CHINESE WANTED. —A pe- tition 2,000 feet in length and bearing 50,000 signatures has been sent to Con- gress by the Knights of Labor of the Pacific Coast, praying for such amend- ments to the treaty with China or such legislation as will for ever prohibit the farther immigration of Chioese into the United States. DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. — The House of Lords by a vote of 149 to 127 have again rejected the second reeding of the Bill legalizing marriage with a de- ceased wife's sister. The Peinee of Wales :Supported the Bill. The Duke of Connaught, who was in favor of the Bill, paired. Nineteen bishops voted with the majority. WONDERFUL FLOW OF OIL. —The Cam- eron oil well, at Washington Pa., start- ed Off at the rate of 145 barrels an hour last Sunday. The flow increased during the afternoon to 198 berrels an hour, or 5,000 barrels a day. This is one of the largest flows on record. RAISING THE Where—The Minister of Commerce at Madrid will introduce a Bill in the Cortes providing for the sale of a portion of the Crown • lands and forests. The Government expects to re- alize from . the sale $50,000,000, which will be used to defray expenses in con- nection with the Army and Navy. PETITIONING- CONGRESS.—Forty thous- and workingmen, of Philadelphia, have sent a petitien to Congress asking for tariff revision in the interests of labour, and that 'raw material be allowed to come in free of duty. THE CHICAGO RIOTERS. —Indictments for conspiracy to murder were formally - returned by the Chicago grand jury against August Spies 'and Sam Fielding, prominent anarchists, who were speakers at the Haymarket meeting which pre- ceded the bomb -throwing and riot on May 4th. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —The wife of Mr. George 11. Pendleton, United States Minister to Germany, was thrown from her carriage while driving in Central Park, New York, the ether day a.nd in- stantly killed. She was a daughter of Francis' Scott Key, author of " The Star Spangled Banner, ' and a sister of Philip Barton Key, who was killed by General SicAk1 eitsfieRROW EsCAPE. —The steamers America and City of Chicago had a nar- row escape from a collision in *re fog off Galley Head. The America was just midway between Fastnet, at the old head off Kinsale, when a large steamer - loomed up out of the fog not twenty yards distant, crossing her bowm. A collision seemed inevitable, and the pas- sengers who crowded the decks of each were panic-stricken. The America was reversed at full speed, 'and the other steamer went on with itaireased speed. The Chicago almost grazed the bows of the America—so close was she, in fact, that a person could have jumped from one vessel to the other. The next minute the vessels were hidden from each other in the fog. Huron Notes. The North Huron Division Grange will meet at Brussels on the 8th June. —Mr: John Mason, of Hullett, goes to the old country in a couple of weeks, for the pntpose of importing horses. _ —Mr. James McFarlane., of Stanley, left this week foe. the Old Country, and if he sees anything to suit him will likely bring back some thoroughbred cattle. — Mr, Wm. Bissett, Deputy Reeve of Exeter, has a Black Java hen which lays eggs weighing 5 ounces each and measuring 8i by 6f inchea. —Mr. Curtiu, of McGillivray, and who is well known in horse circles in this county, shipped from Glasgow last week seven thoroughbred Clydesdale stallions. --Mr. John Dow and Mr. Wm. Colquhoun, of Gowrie, have purchased from Mr. Wm. Bawden, of Goderich, a beautiful entire colt, for the sum of $225. This animal is one year old and sired by " Majot." - — Mr. Wm. Logie, formerly of Sehool Section' No, 1, U.sborne, passed for the degree of M. D. at the London and To- ronto Universities this miring. and has decided to begin the practice of his pro- fession in Sarnia. —Mr. R. W. Fulton, of Henson, has purchated a very superior Black Hawk- Morgen stallion. He stands 16i hands high, weighs 1,300 lbs., and is warranted to trot a mile in better than 2.40-.. The price paid is said to be $1,000. —The Exefer Times of last week toys : Mr. George Sleamon., of Us.borne, was in town the other day. He is now 84 years Of age and is as active as a man of 40. Last summer he could cradle and mow as many acres in a day as the most young men. —At a meeting of the directors of the Hullett Agricultural Society held in Clinton last week, it was decided to hold the fall show at Clinton on the 24th and 25th of September, provided -these dates do not clash with those of any other Society. —The Orangemen of, Wingham are commencing to make arrangements for holding a grand Orange celebration in that town on the 12th of July, and it is expected that there will be the largest turn out of Orangemen that has ever been seen in Huron. —Mr. John Ross, farmer in Wawa - nosh township, has just invented a ma- chine for sharpening reaper and MOW& knives. He has had- it patented and has twenty claims covered by the pat- ent. It is said to be a.well constructed machine, and can be_ adjusted in, less than one minute to sharpen any knife blade, and will grind. out hicks without touching any other part of the blade. — The following somewhat practical subject has been selected for discussion at the meeting of Hullett Grange : If the production of a farm will not provide enough to put the farm in good working order, that is, to fence, draiu, put up necessary buildings, get mechinery for working, and provide the house and family with the necessaries and luxuries of the present day, which . should wait for the accumulation of money, the farm or the house and family. e --While :three men employed by Mr. N.iltlorrish, of Colborne, were hewing timber last Friday, for the Benmiller bridge, a limb fell from the top of a tree, striking Mr. John Penn, cutting his face and hurting him inwardly. He . lingered until Sunday morning, when death ended his sufferings. His remains were interred in- the Dungannon ceme- tery on the following Monday. - —Mr. Jelin Gregory, of 'Whitehead, Manitobaghas returned to Wingham for the murpose of packing up his family and balance of his effects and taking them fo his new home, and he expects to start back in the course of a week or so. Mr. Gregory has a fine stone milt at Whitehead, which he erected last . year at a cost of $40,000, and he has met with such_ success in his undertaking that he has decided to make Whitehead. his permenent place of abode. —The township of Hullett lost a promising young man very suddenly on Thursday night of last week, in the death of Mr. W. Little, son of Mr. Francis Little, of the 12th concession. Deceased was travelling with a stallion and had reached the house of Mr. John Riley,. one of his stopping places, when he was taken with violent pains in the bowels. Medical aid was at once called in, but every effort to give him relief was of no avail, and after 36 houre of intense suffering, he passed away. He was 26 years of age. —Mr. John Ketchen, of Stanley, ship- ped from Clinton station one day last week two car loads .of very fine cattle, aniong the.m being animals purehased of the following parties : Levi Trick, cow, 1,570 lbs.; Mr. Anderson, 4i head, 5,370 lbs.• Roderick Ross, 3 head, 14,360 lbs.: J. liThite, 5 head, 5,330 Ms.; A. Elcoat, bull, 2,000 Ms.; Mr. Chapman, 5 head, 6,620 lbs • T. Fraser, 2 head, 2,490 lbs ; Mr. Kitchen,8 head, 11,350 lbs ; J. Mur- dock, 1 head, 1,500 lbs. • G. Hartt, 3 head, 4,300 lbs. ; James 'Aikenhead, 1 head, 1,370 tbs. ; J. Harvey, 3 thead, 5,180 lbs. —Winghani is to have another furni- ture factory. The council give the firm a building lot and exemption from tax- ation for ten years. Operations for the erection of the oew buildings are al- ready in progress, and 'it is expected that they will be completed and ready to occupy by the middle of July. The main building will be of frame, 36 x 60 feet, and two Aeries high, with an en- gine room 16 x 24 feet and a dry kiln 18 x 24 feet in the rear. They will cost in . the neighborhood of $1,000. The estimated. cost of the mad) inery which is being ordered is $2,300. The firm is composed of Oliver Gilchrist, Walter Green, Robt. Mainprize and George Mc- Tavish, all of whom are well known as good practical workmen, the first named three having occupied responsible po- sitions in Scott & Bell's Theme furniture factory for a number of years. —On Tuesday morning of last week Allen Boag, late -of the hVingham foundry, took a drive out to Bluevale with Fred Wright, and while the latter was attending to some business near the station Mr.Boag started to take a drive by himself. The horse became frightened an. d started to run away in the direction of the village, and when crossing the Blue - vale bridge at a rapid pace, the front wheel of the buggy struck the hub on MAY 28, 1886. the ael4e1 of a wagon which was cross. river b low, a distance of some 18 feet ing at the same time, the result bein Bthoaatgth asbuseggynt wfiyasinogvheeartudehfierdat into the a n rdi eewfdl lee 11 *et The w ter at this point was sufifiveaileunatbliye deep and bu for this circumstance Mr. toag would ndoubtedly have been seriously escape with a good ducking. In the BI—uemval.e,Rwohheerret Litatlolnrehmaadinas. injure if not kilted. As it was he chorlolkisei atnhde sthheafthsoorfsitethhwadeasbtouignbgejen such an extent that break the force 9f the fall, horse illed by getting entangled in a wire fe ce last week,on the farm of Mrs. Johns, of Tuckerienith. Only a few weeks ago he: had a $150 top bug smash d to pieces by a runaway. He is a young man in the emaloy of Mee Johnni and had all his earnings and um int Thi ethiGs ahlotrseileimpdortbeurggoyf . last week says : " There died at the residence of Mr. orge Beemer, St. George, on the 8th M y, Mr. Wm. Knox, aged 93yeare and 10 months. The deceased was a . native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and emigr ted to Canada when this portion was y t a wilderness. He settled upon a farra near Branchton, where he hewed out for himself and family a comfortable home. His partner in life was called away about eight years ago. An old age a d its accompanying infirmities compe led him to give up his farm and - he we t to live with his daughter, Mrs. Geo. eemer, in St. George. He was living in the Cummings House in that villag when it was burnt some months ago, a d the old gentleman on that oca casion escaped from a second storey win_ dow y means of a ladder. The de - was a staunch Presby- cteeraisaen and was a regular atten- dant at . his accustomed place of worsh p as long as he was able. He re- taine his faculties to the last, being able omead without the aid of glasses, and muld wait upon himself as well as many a much younger man. Hh end came suddenly at last, but it did not find h in unprepared. He was engaged in re ing his Bible a few hours before he die., and passed away with a finn re- liance upon the power of his Saviour." The d ceased was father of Mrs. John Brow , of the 12th concession, Hullett - —T e Wingham Times of last week says : We are called upon this week to chron cle the death of one of our most promi ent and promising young men, in the p rson of Chas. Leggo Ireland, which sad e ent occurred on Sunday evening last. About two years ago the deceased was c psized out of a boat in the Mait- land ver, in consequence of which he contr cted a cold which settled on his lungs. At first no serious consequences were apprehended, but the symptom,st becoming more alarming, he went to Oneoilto, N. Y., where a. sister, Mrs Green, resides, in hopes that a change of air and the skill of a noted physician there night prove beneficial. But that terrib e disease, consumption, had -taken a firm hold,- and every effort to avert it prove futile, The deceased returned home last summer, since which time his strength gradually failed until death came to his relief. " Leg.," as he was familiarly called, was a natural geniun and al mechanic of more than ordinary , and but for his early death he woul undoubtedly have taken a promi- nent lace among the inventors of the age. When but a mere boy he turned his at ention to the study of electricity, of which he was passionately fond, and - Leg eil-as never more happy than when tryin some new experiment in this line. Amon other things he was perfecting an ele tric alarm, which, in case of fire in a b ilding, was intended to be self - actin!, and which, bad he lived to carry it to completion, would have brought him rominently before the public. Whe in Oneonto, N. Y., he became princi al electrician of the Standard Elect ic Co., a very responsible position for o e so young to hold, and which he ret ined until failing health compell- ed hi te resign. Since returning home he plaeed electric lights in Inglis & Co's. woole mills and D. MeCrimmon's store, whic worked very successfully, and for settle ime before his death he had been worki g upon a scheme whereby the whole town could be lit by electricity at a trifl ng expense. His desire to see this acco plished before his death, however, was ot realized. At the time of his death Leg. was 23 years, 2 months and 4 day old. ( SO MIMING ABOUT WALL STREET. Let the poor fools who go into Wall street with a thousand or two thousand dollar of their :employer's or somebody else's oney, expecting to put it back when hey have made a little flyer on stockh, take warning by the downfall of Tasker 11. Marvin and stop while there ,,1 yet is time. Who is Tasker IL Marvin? Well, you have never been on Changeor you ould not have had to ask that questien. Where money circulates and stockware bought and sold, few men are known than he. No Tyro on , no Tenderfoot, no Younker, no orn. No, sir ; he was born as it n the street, and knew all the les of puts and calls, of longs and of bulls and bears, when other ere shooting bean blowers and marbles. . At fifteen he carried ead a list of all the dividend railroad. and telegraph stock& in ited States. He could tell you how much they bad been dilut- what was the value of the water. er was for years President of ck Exchange and one of New York's lrnost honored financiers. There was not a broker on 'Change who did not know young Taskee Marvin, and whatever they did knowl'of him was al- ways to the boy's advantage. The stock was good ; he was well brought up, and no youog man in this city had a fairer start i life or took greater pains to profit la it. His father died, and young Marvin found himself in possession of a goodly ortunc, an unblemished reputa- tion an I a seat in the Stock exchange. Profiting by his father's teachine and followi g in his father's footsteps fellow en ; a. great heart, ever respon- wealth rolled i upon him, and at thirty-six years o age he found himself in posses- sion of a million of dollars and retired from business. Now recollect that Mr. Marvin was no high flier, no gambler, no fool, no sham, that he never made religion a cloak to hide his sins ; yet he was a religious man of whom any church might well feel proud. A pure and spotless life ; honor unstinted among his sive to the call of charity ; his name , From New York. y Broadbrim in St. Marys Argus.) better Chang Green were myste shortie boys playin in his payin the U off -ban ed and His fa the S 1 0,0010:0::: 0. bie: ryththgTtbe pi 4asy'stedied pellaribertnaectgil:Insne;WI tialh: eeYtV: he nh ar :tot kaotefht ;1 °B . 8°tthr k°the fe a Ad minion in gold he could * if was a booeless bankrupt. Itow .,, intmanigrtyhonnesi; tthwyo.eanolratlieadp,aspyetohi:e: ewenh:ti rti:iiwiiii:E„ dtwiseco. Tel de n 1 titi_ilitotitaviev 'Poe awi f;tP eciel leaedi 5-i fidi len0Arth?ft eebpuliwhir uPe s' a, s'lknit atil dndet ei nitgvro: ene:td,g1 :1137-crih .atN:hosVhniral odalrhhua cis4heafssP1 e ei de saEske:snit:tdi le-tyre:I:ley viw,ahlerde:treyuo:yag:n1 ;11 goo Tamil credi: :loot, m: haonr tc 0 yueldarpsoehe lillealvgineliligt:3-naedetcluseux:iirenergdeletbahnyeg ydeeaarrslyo fboslil siirailPereieeallere;11 the hopeless shores of bt optcy and. ruin. But though in a I bee crialtortvirosheashilsesthaonnourIlnioonr othf i -ie! &nee of Ins' fellow men. In the .tril of hig financial rum no man questie bis jiitegrity of purpose, and the ttiripped of every dollar lie -carried ;of Wall street an article that is not sae upon its mouey marts—a spot easeacter and an unblemished na gas ts worth more to this world, ii -bright and ShiBiig example to the ya aiisinesestthoirs tonutItilloasne afl thee tgli°oilial _years, He was treaaurer iof the P Wolfe Institute and Hamilton Clot Brooedklytntiraotiudghthloliesghhaanmasilltisri eaferle 0/ ced to a cent, He could ' bafinove ediaoinerumwh,atbatthohuee anjedospahraLeedl before him and plunged others in, oeni money, and. when that was losI steeped. I have devoted this in tree to Mr. Marvin's case because , saI knexceowptiroenjoaiicoense aotri thVisallLtrefeati-L -though he was a millionaire no man when he had pleitity he remembered poor and suffering and it is they ' will miss him most. - But the more ice 1 slithis is, that if a man of his ke ledge, character, experience and ale isewept out of -- sight in this remoree finiincial maelstroni, what chatie trtalle: inaeOett, nifbadn°YrnorE 3 nt°t:h:: lee enDisti loclyzaaiel n'i its t131 nbbs eee wnliPthe i:Qc. efkfe:a14 rilileetbYineuatrIegiirisele:sdnirytbody else's money -, if yoil try the experin - sooner or later you will find your to the peiniteetiary. If you mus periment m stockswuisiei fiynodutrhoewLnoumis fortune, and PY juieBnuutp,ifor poker, IS safe'"WHatIDACTks;AY Go' rLDYYD:illumawraen . loofmaandb eti :it,. ynabge,rnpalsoi dot or : It is eadd that hawks won't pick hawk's eyes. It is a nice figum speech but not true. These Wall S 4 hawks would pick- ont the eyes of t fathers or mothers or grandenott Some years ago Jay Gould had a 1 friend, a very dear friend named Sale One morning Gould met - Selover on street and confidentially gave hit point on a certain stock. Selover nu down to his broker and sold. $60 worth short, and when the S Un A aOWn Ins bank account WaS short $60,000 while Jay Gould's had proved that and. much more. ait the Board closed Selover met Gout( New street, and seizing him b book of the neck and the seat 037f. pants threw him down a cellar 3 whence he was rescued by a bat ere are men who win, and there men who have made great fortu II e ims as the sand on the seashore or Wall streetth,ebunititurheyy awraey:eitts,soi,sa u; 8thwths loted dice - to the there are a hundred. that lose no eir gold, but honor, eredit, body sonl. 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Poor w7lizatn;o °inrs tlaiendmaorniilain aan °Ii..11v1Yed etohsrtolinug fl ti a alleging that h r al g ia and hitnineirsae ssdi sijoi isgon:giti ft:51 Ptoarggileettteoulltilicolf lis6t,and medical -cope m and macarroons tnd out how Mrs, t, hesnornvly wonder i etdhe t:shjeikae d gh tnwhi fits: :hes wit.:11:-binegw:ohnui tb tere ales da doin window. avere ge semi ti4m-te'e-i°nr ansdheoem, atitione:Ii:Lereep..roo,oief tishatht eonnameertyrtar nit °nee Ira wilson ailnito. aBudtisinputethea anself comes into thoewf r it rgyliitnfcrul and _en threw them t 3a:zee:a:to_ y ehrims gtoanrturels a bine to realize what -