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The Huron Expositor, 1891-07-03, Page 4THE HURON EXP J - - N 8 mi c WELL ASSO RT D m -- WHITE LAWNS and MITSLINS, also _ CREAM CASEIM RES .And other Light Summer Deese clood.. Edward McFatil, SEAFORTII. NEW ADVERTISEME TS - lir The figure between the parenthesis after each line denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be found, Bargains Still the Rage --Jackson Bros. (6 Patrons of Industry Meetings. (8) Servant Girl Wanted—Mrs. R. Wilson. (8) A Cutting Time—Wm. Pickard. (8)1 Strawberries—W. M. Morries. (8) Uncle Tom's Cabin Coming. (8) Pen Lost—Expositor Office. (8) Notice to Berry Pickers—R. Turner. (6) Bull for Service—Tobias Nash. (6) Pasturage for Stock—Tobias Nash. (5) Xitron expoottor SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 3,11891. Prohibition. The question of the total iproh bition of the liquor traffic has receiv d its quietus for the present session in so far as the Dominion Parliament is con- cerned. What is now familiarly known as the Jamieson motion, the. is a !reso- lution declaring squarely for F. , rohi ition, came up for consideration in the House the other day. Ththis resolutionr Hon. Mr.Foster on behalf of the 6ove9Iment, proposed the following amendment : That in the opinion of this Honse it is desirable without delay to obtain Ifor the information and consideration of !Parlia- ment, by means of a Royal Commission, the fullest and most reliable data poasible respecting: 1. The effects of the liquor tra e upon all interests affected by it in Ca4iada. 2. The measures which have been adopted, in this and other countries, with a view to lessen, regulate of pro- hibit the traffic. s 3. The results of these measu vs in i e each case. 4. The effect the enactment Of a o- hibitory liquor law in canad4 w iild have in respect of social condit 011141kg'. ricultural, business, industrial ad 'om- mercial interests, of the revenue d lift- ments of municipalities, provintie 'earid the Dominion, and, also as Wein!Capa- bility of efficient enforcement , i 5. All other information bearing on the question of prohibition. This amendment was carried by(a ma- jority of 19, every supporter hot jthe Government in the House exeept three voting for it, and every member of the Opposion voting against it. It Must not be concluded by this, however,ithat the Opposition are solid for Prohibition. We are sorry to say that this is not the case, although a great majority of them are. The vote only signifies that they were opposed to this method of desing with the question. In this we think they were right. We cannot see what good is to be accomplished by the appointment of a Royal Commission. All the informa- tion that it is charged to pr4ure is al- ready known or is easily obtainable. The only result of the Commission will be a large bill of costs; a long report which many will never see and no person will ever read, and delay. This latter, is, no doubt, what was sought. One of the principal arguments urged in favor of the appointment of a com- mission was the lack of information as to whether the people really deeire such a law and are prepared to carry it out. But, it is quite evident that] after the Commission has completed . its labors, Parliament and the public will be as much in the dark en these points as they are now, because the Commission will have no means of ascertaining the views and feelings of the electorate in these respects. If this is the infoemation de- sired, the proper way to prooure it would be, what some of the Opposition advocated and what all would have voted for, by a plebescite, or vote of the people. Such a conrse, before taking final action, would be only pru- dent. Let the matter be laid fairly and squarely before the people, disasso- ciated from any other question, when the whole subject in all its bear- ings and consequences, could be consid- ered and if, in the light of the informa- tion shed upon it, the people deliberately decided in favor of Prohibition, then the course would be clear for the Govern- ment and Parliament to act. If the vote went against Prohibition, then the matter, in so far as- Par lament is con- cerned, would be allow d to rest, and the education of public s ntimIent would ; have to be continued. The people would have spoken and Perlis ent would only have to carry out their 1elib4rately ex- pressed wish. But, by nothing will be gained. Ihibition whether the majority de- sire it or not. We- can under- stand the dread , and aversion of the Go ernment to a plebescite, for the reason lready stated, but the opposition of the Mance can only be accounted for by ti e proverbial impracticability and unreas nableness which sways so many tempe nee organizations. Sometimes these irganlzations are the greatest stumbl ng blocks that we have in the way of that which they so earnestly profes to desire. In t know gradua the in to sup much our I ago. toxicat ably I Was & burden the nee tion or now th er, alm content showin is, two year 18 gallon sumpti lon. has al used t but for sumpti tenth an ince to thre annuall sumpti twelve frieede the goo tion is in the and ret will co remain a Ctmmission ndeed it would seem as if the Government felt this, and fearing that the vote might b� in favor of Prohibition, they oppeeed the taking of The vote and carried the course they thought would result in nothing definite in order to save themselves rouble, as trouble in the shape of providing rev- enue will, undoubtedly, follow for a time, the enacting of a Prohibitory law, no matter whet party may bein power. - It seems, also, teat the ternperance people, or at least that porti n of them represented by the Dominic) Alliance, are determinedly oppoited to a plebes- edte. Nothing will de then but Pro - e meantime it is gratifying to that temperance sentiment is ly and surely, if not rapidly, on rease. Any measure calculated res. the liquor traffic receives rester attention and respect from gislators than it did ten years he consumption per head of in - ng liquors, although still lament- rge, is les. by one half than it ecade ago in Canada, while the of taxation as it is removed from ssaries of life is, without hesita- fear, piled on to spirits, until y carry, in one shape and anoth- et as much as they can bear. A orary gives officio./ statistics that Canadians consumed near - &Ilona of spirits per head in the 4. In 1882 they consumed a er head, and in 1889 the con- n was but seven -tenths of a gal - regards wines the movement o been downward. We have o-tentha of a gallon per head, the last three years the con - has been less than one - f a gallon. There has been ase in beer from two and a half and a quarter gallons per head ; but this is not a large con- n, for the Americans drank tenons per head, and our Britieli o lees than thirty-three. So work goes bravely on. Agita- oaring its fruits. - Prohibition de ir. Politicians may fight against rdit for a time, but it must and e. In what way or how soon to beieen. a Refe duced providi ance at elector "Th ipeople Dion, a submit titled cast hi franohi not si the ole not jus bers of to mak to the compu to vo wish t before side. be s g who s should memb vote in should Our somew quired moral palsio plaoe witnee that r road law to other oblige secure as sta "ever 1 • • ompuleory Voting. ring to the bill recently intro- nto the Dominion Parliament, g for the compulsory attend - the polls of every duly -qualified the Dundee Banner says: only kind of compulsion that ill submit to is moral compul- d a good many will not even to that. Every man who is en - vote should go to the polls and ballot, as the exercise of the e as has so often been said, is ply a privilege but a duty which tor owes to the Stte.But is it a trifle inconsistent that mem- Parliament should bring in bills ' it compulsory for electors to go oils and vote while it is not sory for members of Parliament in the House ? If they do not vote on any subject that comes he House they simply step out - 1, as not a few think, it would od thing to punish every elector irks his vote at the polls, why it not be good thing to punish s of Parliament who shirk the the House? Sauce for the goose be sauce for the gander." • 'teemed contemporary's logic is at loose. People. are now re - to submit to legal as well as ompuleion. It is not mdrel com- that requires a man to take his 11 a jury or to attend court as a ; neither is it moral compulsion quires a man to pay taxei or do ork. And yet he is required by perform these and a great many uties, simply because the moral ion involved is not sufficient to their performance. It is a feet, d by our contemporary, that man who is entitled to vote SUOULs KO to the polls and cad his bal- lot, a the exercise of the franchise is a DUTY hioh the elector owes the State." - And hen the elector fails in the per - forma co of this duty, it naturally and logicaily follows, that he should be pun- ished for his wilful remiasness. It is so In ot s er matters, and why should there be a exception in this? Every man who as children, should send them to achool a certain number of days each year. It is in the interests of the State that e should give them at least this oppo tunity of securing an education. Ther is no greater moral obligation in - vol din this than there is in a man ex - ends ng his franchise in the interests. of the tate, and yet in one case the law steps in and compels performance of the duty and why not in the other? If a mem er of Parliament shirks a vote the poop e have the remedy in their own hen' . and no legal enactment is re- quir d. But there is nothing whieh has a grater tendency to make a shirking repr sentative than a shirking elec- tor& Haz weal Bre in t whi this sup and iwnisth t Mr. ed o was soia eis ho 8 but RNED TO DEATH.—Mrs. Elizabeth ett, wife of Samuel E. Hazlett, a hy and influential resident of klyn, en Saturday went to a room e fourth storey of the house in h she lived to disinfect it. To do he was to burn a preparation. It is did she lighted some of this stuff y accident set fire to her clothing the match which she used. In an nt she was in flames. In her agony azlett opened a window and jump. t, falling on a three storey exten- The fall did not kill her, but she everely bruised by it. Several per. soon hastened to Mrs. Eazlett's sal- mi and she was carried into the . Every bit of her clothing was ed off. Her shoes even were par - tially destroyed. Th ee doctors were summoned, and all hat was possible was done to relieve h r sufferings, but she died in a few minu •s. - DOMINION PA LIAMENT. (From Our Own C OrrA To -day is a boly da of Quebec, St. Peter Parliament is not sitti [respondent.) A, June 29th, 1891. in the Province and St. Paul, and g. Some of the Ontario members object strongly to these Quebec religio s feativels. being observed by Parliame t. It Was pro- posed to sit on Wed esday, Dominion Day, but ther is opp sition to this, and the 'louse wil not likely sit en Wed- nesday. Theife have .een many weeks lost in adjournments his session. WANT OF CO FIDENCE. Mr. Laurier's motio of went of confi- dence in the new Mini try took the form of a motion tol adjour the House. He attacked the Governm nt for not making fuller explanations to arliament as to the formation of the n w Ministry, al: luded to publ!shed r ports as to Mr. Chapleau s po ition, hich should be ex- plained, and cbarged ti at Mr. Abbott,on account of his Close co nection with !the C. P. R. Com eeny, w s an imprudent selection for Premier. • Sir John Thomrl- son replied that Mr. bbott hatirsold his interest jg the, C. P. 1-., arid from the testimony of Liberal members of the Senate was a fit and roper person as head of the Gdvernme t. He stated in the course of bis speec that His Excel- lency had asked him t form. a Govern- ment, but he bad decli ed. In the de- bate which followed, t e Opposition as- sumed that Sir John Thompson was unable to forni a govei iment owing to the objection ef many of the Ontario members on Recount o him being a .per- vert to Roman Catholi ism, and Colonel Arnyot hotly denounci d what he termed the fanaticism of cer ain Government supporters from Ontar o. • The debate was kep up until half -Past one in the morning, as several Govern- ment supporters who ere in Montreal had been telegraphed or and only got up at one o'clock. The Government was sustained by a ma ority of twenty. As it was the first di ision under the new Ministry the redu ed majority was loudly cheered by th& Liberals, especi- ally as three Conserve ivee left the Gov- ernment and voted wi h the Opposition, Messrs. Tarte! Joncee and Simard, all of Quebeo. BUD ET: Mr. Foster' budge was significant only in One re pect, t e reduction of the tariff on sugai and sal , and thejmposi- tion of new d ties on pirits, beer and tobacco. ' Th duty o raw sugar for re- fiaing purpose was ab lished, and the duty on refined sugar educed to eight - tenths of a cent. Thi means a loss of revenue of about $2, 00,090 annually. To meet this $i duty o one cent a pound on malt is pue on ; an extra duty of 20 cents a gallon on disti led spirits, and an additional 10 cents a pound on cut and manufactured tobacco Sir Richard Cartwr ght, after criticis- ing the speec of the Minister of Fin- ance, propose an an hdment that the Government 10 fort with reduce all duties on anti lee of p ime necessity, 'and that the Was ington egotiations should be conducted en abaas of the most ex- - tended reciprocal tra e in manufactured as well as natural pro ucts. The tariff reeolutions were adop ed pro forma, and the debate on Sir Ric ard Cartwright's amendment will be e Burned next time the House goes intlo Committee of Supply. _ The resumi#1 debate motion for the immed pressen of the liquor an amendment by Mr. lar vote or plebiscite ing voted do n, and Government mendm Foster that a oyal pointed with ut dela the whole subject. ed his belief ii proh'i were difficult ea in th which was the douli sentiment would sup present He was twi ency because n 1884 lution deman ing im and declared that th cate public se timent a prohibitory law. that he had v ted for ION. on Mr. Jamieson's ate and total sup - raffle resulted in Taylor for a popu- n the question be- n the moving of a nt by Hon. G. E. ornmission: be ftp. to enquire into r. Foster re-affirm-- ition, but there way, chief among t whether public ort such a law at ted with inccinsist- e voted for a reso- ediate prohibition, best way to edu- was to begin with Ir. Foster replied such a resolution in a moment 4f weakness, but from this time forward he was oing to be honest. The Royal rmis ion carried by a Government ajorit of 19. SIR IIECTOR INVOLVED. Before the iComm ttee on Privileges and Electionsl on Fri ay,Mr. D. Murphy, one of the fir+ of Li rkin, Connolly & Po., swore that he h rn,elf had paid Sir Hector' Lang vin $ 0,000, which was charged up a ainet the Levis Graving Dock contraet. Mr. McGreevy knew nothing of t is transaction. He also swore that M'. Th ores. McGreevy, then and no met ber for Quebec West, re- ceived $22,OC for securing to the firm certain xtr& on th Esquimalt Graving Dock. Othe trans alone of the most scandaleue ch rade , affecting the firm and Mr Mc reevy, were also sworn to. few more Parnellites would desert P nell and _join the majority of -the part THB E EECHER STATUE UNVEILED The bronze statue of Henry W Beecher was ;unveiled with impos ceremonies at the City Hall Pa Brooklyn, last week, by Gertrude R lame Beecher, the preacher's little gra daDugosht Aner. oN TO KINDERGARTEN SCHOO —Mrs. Leland Stanford, of San Fr cisco, California, has given $100,000 the permanent eupport of five kin garten schools in that city. WILLIAM WANTS A LOTTERY.—Em- peror William, of Germeny, while re- siding at a Ministerial Council at er- lin, announced that he had devise scheme for a lottery by which he ho to obtain 8,000,000 marks to be used the work of combating slavery Africa. SHELLS AND ALL.—In an egg -eat contest at Beaver Falls, Penneylve Joe Hanna ate 24 raw eggs, shells all, in 1 minute and 55 seconds. will wager $50 that he can consume eggs in 3e minutes. Mr. Hanna ne ate a cooked egg in his life, but alw eats them raw. MR.. GLADSTONE'S HEALTH.—The • t. James' "Gazette says Mr. Gladsto e'e friends are seriously alarrhed at he state of his health. Sir Andrew Clar e, Mr. Gladstone' i chief physician, fe re that the veteran statesman may not e - cover from the effects of the attack of influenza from which he suffered t is sprFiineig' eene Six WEEKS.—Elizabeth C - Vey, of Rosehill, Indiana, died Fri ay after fasting on account of illness o ,er 43 days. Dr. H. E. Tanner, the. c le- brated faster, was with her before er death and pronounced the case one of the most remarkable on record. Co petant physicians will hold an auto isy and nntil that is done the nature of er disease cannot be determined. HALF .A MILLION GONE.—The ld ferry rolling mill at Wilmington, De a. ware, was destroyed by fire Sun ay evening. The fire originated in a sh d, and within a quarter of an hour had e- stroyed a large number of buildin B. The total loss is estimated at $500,110, and is about half covered by insuran e. The mills were running night and d y, and the fire will throw about 300 • en out of employment. ELOPED IN A BALOON.—At the c ty hall, St. Louis, Mrs. J. F. Goodrich, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Friday as ed for help to recover her 16 -year- Id daughter Clara'ewho eloped in a hellion from Pittsfield Decoration Day, with an aeronaut named Walter Cooper. ie- coration Day, dressing herself in a suit of her brother's clothes, Clara elu her parents and made her way to Pi field. Her father pursued and reso the fair grounds just in time to see daughter being borne into the air i balloon with the young aeronaut. Goodrich has been pursuing the cou ever since and swears to il1 her dau ter's betrayer.-- on sight; NOTES FROM TliE QUE N CITY. • aWs of 'he Week. A W NDERFUL e UN.— A new gun capable of theowiu 50 pounds of dyna- mite thee miles wa tested in Manches- ter, England, on Sa urday. TOURISTS GALO E. — Eight ocean liners ssiled from rew Yorkion Satur- day with th ir eta erooms filled with summer tour etc FELL DEAI.• IN 1 IS PULPIT. — Rev. William M. Ogden, rector of the Church - of the Holy Cross Warrensburg, New York, fell dead e i the pulpit while pr esAcRhNinEt pr., glARRI :ID.—Mr. Parnell and Mrs. O'Sheawere quietly married at Steyning, near Br ghton, England, on Thursday of last w ek. THE WOMEN CA- VOTE. — Governor Fifer, of Illitiois, h s signed the bill en. ablingl women to v te for all school of- ficers. ' JUSTIN MC,CART Y'S RETIREMENT,— The retirement of .Justin McCarthy-, M. P., from tlie lea ership of the Irish party is expected i irectly John Dillon is released from jai . Mr. McCarthy, it is generally admitt id, has proven to be a complete failure as leader of the Irish Parliamentary party. Hie friends as- sert thst he is unable to give much at- tention to hts duties, and that he has always recogeiz,ed tie fact that the po- sition he accepted s leader of the Irish party was only a tmporary one. With Mr. Dillon as leader it is asserted a SITOR. s. 11 - or er- a ed in ng ia, nd He 48 er ys ed ts- ed his a re. le h - TORONTO, June 29th, 181. One important move has been m de this week by the City Hall offiei le. The engineer and the aldermen came to an amicable understandg in the sh- bridge's Bay matter, The half -finis ed Don River straightening is to be c m- pleted by the Beavis and Browne sy di- cate as part of their work. A at eet railway is to be built on the Bay im- provement and will revert to the ity free of cost when the sy dicate's cha ter expires 40 years hence. The comp ny will seek their charter f om the Gov rn- ment at once, so that th re is a chane of the reclamation beginni g this sea on. As an evidence of pod aith they ill deposit $100,000 with t e Treasurer be- fore the signatures are finally affi ed. Messrs. Beavis and Br wne say t ey will get the money all r ght, yet t ey still leave the citizens i • doubt ae to their backers and whet er the nic el - steel rumors are to be c edited or no GOING TO CROSS TI E FALLS. Dixon, the photograp er, whose ud- den jump into fame was caused by his adventurous feat at Niagara Falls last year, is going to be no laggard. He aya he will not be nervous next time he ame, bles along a cable. Most people ave yet to learn he has any nerves at all. Mr. Dixon hair arranged to disport ver Niagara's dizzy chasm once again, A- ing four trips from Shore to si ore. This particular feat, the date where f is not yet settled, will take place bet een the whirlpool rapids end Suspen ion Bridge. GOOD TO THE POOR. An additional effort i engineers of the Childr scheme this summer, th for this most prsisewort the fact of last year's t meeting was held on Fri likely that the indigen this city will be able lake air in abundance. nose of last year will no equation of this ; peopl readily now that the effi is demonstrated. It is -that the Industtial Exhibition authori- ties have devoted 1,000 tickets for de- serving children of the needy class who otherwise would miss the delights of the Children's Day in September. A RAILWAY SCHEME. Toronto has been asked to cast a favoring eye upon the Niagara Cen- tral Railway. De 011ie, who ad- dressed the municipal body on Monday night said the railway did not want money, but only moral ,eupport in its efforts to obtain from the Government a subsidy of $121,600 for the extension from Hamilton hither. They already have a subsidy from St, Catharines to Hamilton. Capt. Nedofn, of the depu- tation- says the Lehigh Valley Road has made running arrangements with the Niagara Central. Some of the Council will go to Ottawa and aid the railway, much interest having been aroused. DEAD F1S/I. An unwonted odor -assails the nasal nerves of those who do business or pleas- ure on the local waters, from thousands of dead shad 'floating on the surface. Island residents carried over from town on Tuesday night, their snow -shovels and labored diligently in putting the pests where they would do least harm. The lake and bay shore! were hidden by decomposing bodies. Whether rightly or not, the fish hatcheries of Uncle Sam are blamed. Insular fishermen say the shad isn't built on the fresh -water prin- ciple and think our authorities should wire Washington to that effect. A HARD CASE. Convict Dean, after escaping from making by the n's Fresh Air encouragement y object being tal success. A ay, and it is youngsters of , respire pure The tip -tilted enter into the will give more acy of the plan leasing to note Central Prison, took the Queen's high- way to St. Catharines, loitering by the way long enough to leisurely burglarize three different houses. But the law got a hold on him, and he met the deputy - warden of the Central once more in St. Kit's police -court. They will again im- mure him in the Central, only more so. Dean has s lofty reputation among gen- tlemen of the Cadeaux class. He boasts that the aggregate of his sentences in the United States and Canada is 30 years, and that he has put in only six out of the lot. He declares that no prison -walls in this or any other coun- try can detain him if he lets his mind wander and his body takes a notion to follow. Warden Massey hints that Dean may be mistaken this time. ROMANTIC MARRIAGE. Capt. Andrews, who is well-known in this and other cities, was married the other day to a blind 'daughter of Mr. W. Thornton, of Clinton, Ontario. The captain met Mies Thornton last fall when on a visit to her father, whojs of a nautical turn. Everybody that knows Capt. Andrews knows of his blindness. Perhaps affinity of affliction brought about the romantic affair. The Captain is famed for his record at life-saving, being easily at the top of the list in Can- ada. He bears more medals and has re- ceived more testimonials than an - old. country army veteran. Capt. Andrews is a poet, and has published a book which has had ready sale. OUR 41 PURE" WATER. Medical -Health -Officer Allen has been trying to get the Engineer in trouble over the dumping of street refuse too near the intake pipe of the water -works and will lament his action forevermore. His analysis of water fail to establish facts as the essayist, who was employed by the Mayor, declares them to be. The Mayor properly objects to adverse reports about our city water by one of his officials when_ either ignorance or " sore -head is at the bottom of it. The Mayor's analyist says the thousands who are coming to the teachers' convention will here drink "a first-class water." THE KOCH LYMPH. Prof. Ramsay Wright, of Toronto University, is back from Germany, whither he was sent to get at the truth about the Koch cure for consumption. The German doctor is not at all cant down over failures to cure in human be- ings as well as in , guinea -pigs, and is hard at work preparing lymph of a purer condition than the first. Prof. Wright inclines to believe thaie the future will have much to thank Koch for. Bacteria - study has received a great impetus, even supposing Koch's present idea to amount to nothing. matmEmeammatimm New York Letter, (Regular Correspondence.) New Yong, June 29th, 1891. The theatre of the ,Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum is proVing quite a suc- cess. Some time ago the city put up a $10,000 structure in which performances are given by the innastes of the Asylum, some of whom have considerable talent. "1 am always sure of getting a full house," says Superintendent Dent, "and I have no difficulty in getting patients who prove acceptable as actors. The plays selected are all light comedies. We want to make our patients laugh and our theatre is proving a great sue-• cese in this respect." "Twice a week performances are given, to which all the patients look forward with great interest. It is surprising how readily and quickly these afflicted ones learn their parts. They give a performance that would compare favorably with many profes- sional exhibitions given in a regular theatre. The city's liberality in provid- ing such a play house lshould be heartily commended. THE LITTLE ONES. A diminutive play Iground has been established in one of the crowded portions of the city, which will no doubt be a great benefit to the little people who live in those quarters. The play ground, or " sculping Ichool," as it is called, is the work of a few young wo- men of the neighborhood,who are trying to accomplish as much good as their opportunities will peemit. Their back yard 40 x 50 feet is said to be the larg- est piece of unoccupied ground in the Tenth Ward. It is eovered with sand and fitted up with "cup." or swings, which the clairldren are allowed to enjoy each in turn one hour. There is, such eagerness among these little ones for a place to play that every Saturday they sit for two or three bourn on the front stoop awaiting their turn. This is the only play ground in that great neighbor- hood, and the suigestion is made that the city should extend the idea and, if necessary, tear down a 'whole block of houses in order to furnish the children a suitable play ground. A MYSTERIOUS AFFLICTION. David Molloy, aged nineteen, and son of Mr. William Molloy, agent for David Dudley Field's; estate, left his father's office in possession of all his faculties, last Monday to go up town to collect Borne rent. He did not return, and as foul play was suspected a general &lam was out on Wednesday, which reaulted in the finding cif theyoung man in Peel street, in a battered and bruised con- dition, his money and hat gone, his clothes torn, and he unable to talk or hear. Further investigation showed that he had been robbed of $300 on Monday night. The robbers have all been arrested. At first it was thought that the young man was shamming deaf and dumb, but he has been examined by expert physicians who agree that his affliction is genuine, but are wholly at a lose to account for it. Young Molloy writes an account of his being robbed, which agreea with the facts gathered by the police. He became deaf and dumb before he wae robbed, and is wholly un- able to give any account of himself dur- ing Tuesday. The case is certainly a great mystery. DEVELOPMENT IN JOURNALISM. A new morning paper has appeared npon the scene called the "Morning Advertiser." It is the successorOf the " Star " and "Daily Continent," and will be sold for one cent. With the starting of so many new papers one wonders what is to become of the old timers. They have steadily been in- creasing the number of their pages, while decreasing the price. There is also a decided tendency to smaller sized rages, which materially assist the reader in handling the paper in cars or crowded places. The smell sized pages; are much handier than the old time blanket sheets and are therefore much more popular. New York has now three one -cent morning papers, all of which seem firmly established. If the lame rate of progress in journalism JULY 3, 1891. continues for a few years longer we will, no doubt, have papers given to the public free. SEA LIONS BECOME AN ELEPHANT. Captain Mullett makes a business of furnishing curiosities, when any dime museum, menagerie, or other aggrega- tion of phenomonal wonders runs short of see, hone, panthers, royal bengals, or other natural attractions he is commis- sioned to secure them. During a recent visit to Cannes,the Captain rnet a repre- sentative of a European Zoological combine and struck a bargain with 12i111 for the capture of thirty sea lions. He went to San Diego, Cal., chartered a vessel and went seal hunting. He cap- tured the thirty seals snd shipped them to New York, from Sent& Barbara by rail, in care of Edward Degan. They arrived in this city last week and were met in the railroad yard by Captain Mullett who had arranged with Super- intendent Couklin, of Central Park menagerie, to place the animals 012 ex- hibition in the pond near the Arsenal. To his surprise, Freight Agent Nichols atifly refused to let him take the animals away, owing to some misunderstanding regarding the bill of lading, then Captain Mullett bore out his name, by becoming purple with rage. He told Mr. Nichols thst since the company had refused to deliver the sea lions to their owner,upon the coinpany should rest the responsibility for their well being. He would have nothing more to do with them, but he valued them at $30,000. Since their arrival, 'three of the lions have died, and tbe railroad company certainly "have an elephant on their hands." EDWIN ARLINGTON left last week for Buffalo Gap, South Notes. bor of biscuits for Mr.Smith,of Walton. Grand Trunk Railway station, Brusselsi and stole a quantity of dry goods con - his knee badly. He is able to get around Lars broke into the freight *shed at the Coral Wreath corners, started for Brit - McInnis has the good wishes of the sur- raunding vicinity in her new home. signed to Mr. Neal, of Walton, also a Met with an accident one day last week. When one slipped upon his leg, straining He was moving some logs at his mill, with the aid of a stick. i s h Columbia o n T u ahe 7 seri rtdtahiebaav vsylolept e where she will join her husband. Mrs. chased the Clinton soda water works and water in that town. Mr. Hill has had extensive experience in this line of removed them to Wingham, and will commence the manufacture of soda bone, left for the old land, on Monday afternoon of last week, sailing from business, Sarnia of the Dominion line. Mrs, Fer- guson will spend the holidays at her Montreal on Wednesday, on the steamer concession of West Wawanosh, will be morning,tgs to - -avdnee0drAeueloefpryreaiin:ar portion onogerh, e,1.1 rt. u r sd Huronay night, 18 t h it I t . , burg - home in London.. I —Mr. George Thompson, of Zetland, —Mrs. Fergus McInnis and famuy, of I —Mr.R.Hill, of Wingham, has pur- -Rev. James Ferguson, of Londee- -The Bethel Methodist church, 10th nl t!aeglavurdeeer idkt onnti evhnxhei, gniexpectedirsydwhentaaihidyAte. : —Miss Maud Varney, of Wingham, Dakota. She goes to join her father, who is located there. . —On Saturday, 20th ult., George W. Curtis, of Morrie, died at his residence on the boundary. He leaves a wife,two sons and a daughter to mourn his loss. —Mr. George Crosetnan, of Hullett, suffered quite a loss by having his sheep worried by dogs one night recently. Fif- teen of them were killed, and others badly worried. —A citizen of Clinton left a straw- berry at the New Era office in that town the other day which measured ilex5 inches around. This is a good- sized berry for Oil; year. —A beautiful Easter lily has been ex- hibited in the store window of A.Strach- an, Brussels. The buds of the flowers now blooming measured 81 inches in length. —Councillor Maxwell, of Turnberree left home on Tuesday of last week for Manitoba for a months' holidays. He purposes seeing the greater portion of the prairie province before returning. —Mr. A. J. Lowick, of Brueeels, has returned from his trip to the Pacific coast. He had a most enjoyable trip, and while away saw many of the former residents of this county. —While working at Mr. B, Fear's barn raising in Hullett on Tuesday of last week, Messrs. J. Cumming and Adam Elliott met with painful, though not serious accidents. —On Wednesday of last week as Mr. James Knechtel, of Brussels, was lead- ing a horse to pasture the animal kicked him in the face, which laid him up for several days. —Mrs. George Willie, wife of Mr. George *Willis, of Wroxeter, psssed to her long home on Monday, 22nd hlt., after a short illness of rheumatic fever. She leaves a husband and family of children to mourn her loss. —Mrs. Henry Tindall and two child- ren, of Neepawa, Manitoba, arrived in Grey township last week for a visit at her old home. Mrs. Tindall is a daughter of Wm. Hebkirk, 9th con- cession. —Mrs. Thompson, of the Bayfield road, Stanley,and her daughter Jernima, left on Friday last for Moosejaw, North- west Territory. They are going to live with Mrs. James MoCartney, who lives in that vicinity. —Miss Luxton, of Detroit, who is visiting with Mr. Thomas Spooner,Clin- ton, had the misfortue to lose her pocket book in that town, on Monday of last week. It contained $30 and her railway checks. : eit nhTu'eapeoedtb a:tcadmfest JuneirotdsaolhnndIrdiirlpeey:orarpihooswyswedico,, a gnsaccae2hidfi. o'clock. dinged 8d300000e gterf licacwohdnel Ikknao nedne-1 at . . re -opened Conductor nmeb offdeesigatelwolts. ei:o4serihisoe,n, rraT afternooneteuidronsynnie,hceentbe. hrnoeidhktkehiideoSerTn.erdnHundes:eyftmellgngpshdgwracanate eheseuloenoowhreodpi,gentlemen nervwdaekw. el:: tyteinpwarholcir,alertrLer'ylhibneomaseao. jseiedrwwdeePuxhinr GlioieitMrtavt snhulirf, ntaooegoed—a_nttdBtwnhtdhocohbedAl with the business end of a large beer glass, and two of his comrades, Neil Casey and Jack O'Neill, were knifed by Lace—Casey received a bad @lashing on the side of the face and a out in the ab- domen, and O'Neill having been cut in the left side and lower part of the stomach. The men were then separat44 and went aboard the boat, but the fend broke out again on Wednesday morning and Lece had two ribs broken and hi; head badly battered by a pump brakein the hands of Casey, to satisfy the hitter for the knifing he had received the night before. —Last Sunday James Stretton, jr after throwing down some hay from th'e* loft jumped down to the floor. A broken board flew up and the end of it struck him in the chest caving in one or two of his ribs. It was a very painful accident and Mr. Stretton will feel the effects of it for some time to come. —On Wednesday evening while Meg A. R. Macdonald and Mrs. R. Dreaver, of Wingham, were driving, their horse became frightened at a man carrying bed tick, and turned quickly throwing them both in the ditch, injuring Mee Dreaver so that she was unconscious for about two hours. Mrs. Macdonald escaped unhurt. —The quarterly statement of magis- terial cases issued by the Clerk of the Peace to June 9th, shows 49 cases tried, of which Goderich contributes 7, gee_ forth 16, Clinton 9, Wingham and Brus- sels 4 each and Blyth 5. Six cases were for violation of the liquor license act, 13 for vagrancy and the remainder various offences of a similar weight. —The death is announced of another of the old residents of West Wein. nosh in the person of James Smith, vibe was an industrious and good citizen, Age 85; cause of death, apoplexy an infirmities of old age. The deceased be. longed to the Order of Orangemen, and received the rites of burial of that order at the hands of his brethren. —A few days, ago while Harvey, eon of William Soulhcott, of Exeter, was playing on Main street, near J. C. me_ Taxish's store in that village, he fell from the sidewalk into a deep ditch and broke his arm. The injured limbs ins promptly attended to, and the little fellow is getting along as well as can be expected under the circumstances. —Miss Addie Porter, who for the past three years taught in School Sec- tion No. 6, Turnberry, has been success- ful in obtaining a. second this profes- sional certificate, careering off honorlin teaching and theory. We mast con- gratulate Miss Porteewhen we consider that only 7 out of a class of 120 ob- tained honors. —Messrs. Cooper & Co,, of Clinton, propose to fill " a long felt want" by getting up a map of the county. The last one issued for general circulation was in 1862. It is proposed to make it a convenient size for reference and use, without being too bulky, and vvill be of- fered at a price within the resch of all. Mr. Weekes, surveyor, will do the tech- nical work. —A young man named McGregor died suddenly at the Peek House, Goderich, at midnight on Monday of last week. The deceased, who had been suffering from la grippe, arrived there last week from Detroit, accompanied by a sister. He was around on Sunday, apparently recovering, but the disease attacking the brain caused his unexpected and sudden death. —Messrs. C. J. Reading and T. Ag- new, of Wingham, left on Tuesdey morning of last week for Wiarton on s timber limit hunt. Both these gentle- men are former mill proprietors, and they therefore should know a good thing when they see it. There is yet much et the finest timber obtainable in the Bruce peninsula, and we hope these Winghamites will be successful in their expedition and future actions connected •therewith. —On Monday, July 13th, the 20Ist anniversary of Orangeiene will be cele- brated in Brussels in a right loyal man- ner. In addition to the large number of Orangemen expected there will be at least four lodges of Lady True Blues in carriages in the procession. 'Several brass bands will be in attendance. Addressee are expected from Rev. W. Smyth, of Harriston ; Rev. E. W. Hughes, et Winghant ; Rev. W. T. Cluff, of Brus- sels ; A. 11. Musgrove, of Wingham, and others. —On Tuesday of last week, Mr. Alex. Laird, of the 12th concssion of Howlok, met with rather a serious accident, He was driving to Gorrie accompanied by hie little girl, and when near the residence of Mr. John Dane, concession 10, Howick, the horse took fright and ran away, upsetting the buggy and throwing out the occupants. The little girl cams off with no serious injuries, but Mr. Laird was not so fortunate, is he had several ribs brokea besides other injuries. The buggy and harness were a total wreck. McKillop. PATROXS OT INDUSTRY. -011 ThUridly evening of last week an Alsociation of Patrons of Industry was organized at Lesdbury, to be called, " Fettle of Mc- Killopi" The following officers were duly elected: Johnston Kinney, Presi- den' t • Win. MeGsvin, Secretary; Kate Melslitmars, Minerva; Annie McGavine Demeter; Ed. McNamara, Guide • Win, Scott, Sentinel. The organizer wilt de' liver an address on Monday, July 6th at 8p. m.—On Monday evening a strong and influential Association of Patrons of Industry was organized at Section No. 4. The rneeting was largely attended and the readiness with which they accepted the principles of the order gives unmistakeable evidence of the in- tellectual "status "of this communi The following officers were duly elec R. Common, President ; Geo. Dormice, Vice President; Adam Dickson, Secre- tary ; Robt. Deversux, Treasurer; Catharine Beattie, Minerva ; Isabeare Lockhart, Demeter. The Association is called " The Bee -Hive." The organizer will lecture at Kinburn on luesdiY0 July 7th at 8 p. m. COUNCIL DOINGS. —Council m• et se a court of -Revision at Ftelton's hotel oll Monday 29th ult. Wm. McKay wel entered as tenant for west half of lot 7, concession 10, instead of Michael Well owner; John McClay, as M. F., lot 26 concession 11-; Robert W. Hayti as la - F., lot 29, conceseion James Dodd M. F., instead of income. The roll as thus corrected was passed as finelly ee- vised.—Council met for the transaction of businesri after the Court of Revision was closed„ The Medical Health Officer, ' Tobias Nash and James Fox, were' heard in reference to a case concerning* dead sheep and a dead horse. The Medi- cal Health Officer was ordered to 13°' paid $3 andahe same charged to Viet Nash. The ease of James Fox was pOit" poned until next meeting until further evidenoe could be got. William Archie bald was *ranted $15 to be expended ole hill opposite lots 30 and 31, conce11l-02 7. Accounta to the amount of $37' • for 1 o, de rad sim Iron ,onal Pet lare zayi 14,94 peel eld I Bre • eeeS Mel ttio WIP pit auli 1,4o. at ha, an his S. Ch Gr lar Re Iivi K Ra an set 811 dri • * inc fee tee re al. be at -n a