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The Huron Expositor, 1891-10-30, Page 472-:-" ter" - - t‘, tt, 4 - THE HURON EXP SITOR ..telrora tr-v. OCTOBER 30 1891 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. larva figura between the parenthesis atter ea sh line denotes- the pare of the paper on which the advertisement will be found. kireat Crack Remedy—Lumsden & Wilson. (5) ' ' We're After Yea—Jackson Brothers. (5) Attentien, Eyes Front—Peper & Beattie. (5) what wo wset--E. McFaul. (8) Deem Goods, att.—Hoffman & co. (6) males to Members—Wm. Moore. (5) Anneal Stoat Sale—J. hicConnell. (6) Inge for Sale—Rev. A. D. McDonald. (5) rooster Sale --Wm. J. Johnston. (6) Greet-We—H. F. Edward. (8) Boar for Service—Wm. Bennett. (5) sheep for We—Thomas Anderson. (5) iladerware, Tweeds &e—A.G.VanEgmond & Sons. Good Time Pieces—W. R. Counter. (8) Clothing &c—Win Pickard. (8) Not Annihilated Yet --Jas. Beattie. (8) Tempe—McIntosh, Brucefleld. (8) troika to tiontractors—Thomas Thomson. (5) Creamy. Glassware &c—D. S. Faust. (8) Ost With the Dance—A. It. Smith. (8) after, if they will acquaint us of the fact, we will at once furnish them with all necessary paper, envelopes, postage stamps, Sze. ' We have now, in conclusion, a few words to say to the people of Seaforth. While THE EXPOSITOR depends upon the public generally for its patronage, it feels that it has a special claim upon the people of Seaforth. There is no agency better calculated to advance (S) the interests of a town than the press which more immediately represents it. The character cf a place, its business capabilities and otherwise, is frequent- ly judged, by the newspapers which emanate from it, and a better index of the enterprise and- public spiritedness . gilt furon txpooitor. of the people could not be got. We are doing our share to creditably and beneficially represent Seaforth in this respect, and we think we have a right to expect in return a share of the con- fidence and ligitime,te patronage of the - THE EXPOSITOR does not ! often people, commensurate with the efforts trouble its readers with matters per- we are putting forth to creditably 're- taining to ita business affairs. Nor present them before the world. ,This is it in the habit of sounding its own is all we ask and if we receive this we praises, preferring to let actions speak shall not only be well satisfied, but rather than words. This week, how- will be encouraged and enabled to go ever, we propose making a slight de, on to better thing 4 in the future. It parture from the general rule, and, shall be in the future as it has been in. under the circumstances, we fancy the past, our constant aim to keep THE what we may say of a personal or busi- EXPOSITOR such a paper that every resi- -ness nature will not be eonsidered an dent of Seaforth and every resident of intrusion. As will be noticed, THE Huron will feel a pride in claiming it EXPOSITOR appears this week in an en- , as emanating from the town and ' larged form. The columns are consid- county in which they live. To all we aralply wider and longer than formerly, extend our heart -felt thanks for past thus enabling us to give from twelve favors and encouragement, and we to fifteen columns more readiug mat- hope the pleasant relations which have ter every week than we have ever so long subsisted between THE EXPOS - done before. This is an improvement ITOR and its patrons may long continue that we have had in contemplation for and that the bond may grpw and some time, and but for unforeseen strengthen as the years roll along. difficulties, would have been carried As an encouragement for new sub - out before this. THE EXPOSITOR is scribers we may say that the balance now one of the largest, if not the of the present year will be— given largest, weekly paper published in gratis. That is, that new subscribers Ontario, outside of the cities, and con- will receive the paper from now un - tains more reading matter than any til the first of January, 1893, for the other purely local paper we know of. price of one year's subscription. If These improvements have not been there are any who do not wish to ven- accomplished without a large expendi- ture for a whole year and, would pre- ture of money. But every addition fer to take a trial trip for two months, and improvement that we have made WO will give the paper from now until on THE EXPOSITOR during the past the first of January next at the nom - twenty -one years, has yielded a st.is- inal price of l'EN cents. That is FIVE factory return, and we have every c n- papers for about the price of ON. fidence that this one will do so also. Send in your names a,nd give it 'a We have added to- our plant, and have trial. It won't cost you much any now in successful operation a larger and way. f,aster press on which to print the pa- ..... per. This press was manufactured by the celebrated firm of Miller & Rich- ard, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a couple of weeks ago, for the promotion of purchased through their Toronto house. the mining interests of that part of 0 It is a magnificent machine, and will, we feel confident, do credit to tha trio, the propelled was made, and accordi g manufacturersIts work speaks for to the report, supported by seventy-five er . cent. of the delegates, that the district of itself, and is the best recommendation we can give it. • We have also added Algoma should secede from Ontario and et in business on its own account as a P o - a new and more powerful engine and 'IP boiler. These were furnished by the vince. If the proposition was made with firm of Chrystal & Black, of Goderich. any degree of serioueness—and we can hard- ly suppose. that intelligent men would spend From our experience of this firm, we their time in dieeessing such a scheme unless nan conscientiously recommend them. to any who may desire their machin- they were more or lese in earneet—it will be eq. They will find themcourteous, as well for the rest of the Province to vies careful and obliging, and their ma- the bumptious land and mining speculators ehinery all that it is rerawsented to be. of Algoma to understand that they are With these and other n6w additions, "barking up the wrong tree" altogether. we have now a printing outfit which There ie no room for seceseion in our con - is excelled by few offices outside of the stitution, and the Province of Ontario has no large cities. „ • idea of reducing itself to a second-class poe- Unelar these circumstances, there- ition in the Confederation,orof handing over fore, we feel that we are justified in the vast stores of mineral wealth,the nickle, hoping that we will. be able to make the gold, the silver, the iron, and the THE EXPOSITOR a more popular, inter- forests of timber, which oemprise so large eating and useful weekly visitor to its a part of her resources,to any set of men, 1 numerous subscribers than it ha, ever _ ,aberever they May live, or whoever they been -before, and that we will not only may be. The idea that the natural wea th be able to retain the subscribers we of a particular section of the Province ,be- longs of right to the people who happen to live in that section, instead of to the people at large, is a fallacious one, and the sooner the people of Algoma ditpossess themselves of that idea the better it will be for their happiness and peace of mind. The mineral and timber snored away in Algoma and in thther parts of the Province form part of the inl esourcee of the country and constitute ei lfund from which a share of the public ex- SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Oct. 30,1 1891. A Few Words About Business. A Foolish Cry. At a Convention held at Sault Ste Mare, now- have, but will add many new names to our lists'• during the coming "season. ! It has been, and still is, our aim to make THE EXPOSITOR a neces- , . sity in every" household in the County of Huron. The more sribscribera we have the sooner we will accomplish this result. We ask our friends, bath oid andnew, to give us a helping hand. We have many subscribers on our lists whose names have been there for near- ly a quarter of a century; we have mariy more who have been - stbscObers , and readers for a loeger or shorter period. ! If all who feel that they can !recommend THE 'EXPOSIT -pH to their neighbora and friends as a Clean, inter- esting and useful journal, would inte-r- est themselves a little in our behalf and send us the name • of but one new Subscriber each, our circulation would. !soon. be nearly doubled. WholwilL undertake to do this 3. It would l not •take ranch time nor trouble, and would enable us to give them even a better paper than we do now. THE Ex- POSITOn now has a circulation of over 4,300.- We want to make it 5,000 i'during the coming. winter; .Who of our numerous- readers " aid us to !accomplish this result by sending us - .at least One new name? For the signal and substantial suc- cess which has' attended THE EXPOSI- TOR in the pa.st, we are truly thankful', and to hone are we rilore... deeply in- debted for this success than td our ! -ever efficient..9,ud ever mindful corps of correspondents. We ask them to continue on in their good' work. Cor- respondence of an interesting -n ture, , tope with Mr. Pacaudeand be the better such as we usually receive, is always - prepared to draw from him what he knew tvelcome. We intend addin,g many 'about the subjecte of &Miry, both they new features to THE EXPOSITOR,- but ,and the public were not •a little astonished we will always give -first place t� our 1 at an a,nnonncement made by Judge Irwin, iocal correspondence- Let every sub- Mr. Pacaud's counsel. He Enid his client scriber who learns of any local occur- Was prepared to . go on the witness stand rence in his or her anighborboold, jot hend• to make a clean breast of hie whole down the ' particulars and send 'them ' ,dealings in connection with the Baie de iniAlltuch is ever welcome. Never Ch.ale-ure affair, and also to produce all mndthe tion. D the partic in your 0 perms must be met, expenses contracted on behalf of the people living in those sections 3 ' as well as of the inhabitants of all the ot er sections of the Province. The Province has built colonizetion roads and subsidized ways in the newer parts of the country, be- sides relieving them of many public expen- ditures which the older sections have to de - ;fray from local taxation, and it aaors not a little of impudence to talk of secenlion because the whole public resources lyi4 in those sections are not surrendered to total use and control. This foolish talk of secession, it is alleged, arises partly out of some changes made last sestion in the mining policy of the Onterio Government. If these changes are uojust, or against the public interest, the proper *ay to provide a remedy is to have the ob- noxious laws repealed. The people of Al- goma will show- more manliness by mo ing in this direction than by actinglike spoiled and petted children. says he foupd he had struck a gold mine, and he at once determined to work it for all it was wortb, he accordingly risked $25,000 more, arid contrary to his expecta- tions hie demand was complied with, and be received the full hundred thousand. He produced cheques and receipts showing the dieposition of every cent ef the money. Some of it went to defray hie own personal debt?, one amount being fort pew rent in a city ohurch ; several thousand dollers were loaned to Mr. Longelier, one of the mem- bers of the Government, with which to erect a new 'residence, and eight or nine thousand dollars were used to pay off notes which had been discounted in the banks to raise money with whica to pay political and election ex- penses. These notes were indorsed by members of the Government and other prominent politicians. In eicplan- ation of this latter transaction, he , says that he was financial agent or secretary for the Liberal Party of Quebec, and as such it was hie duty to collect subscriptions from friends of the party to meet these notes as they fell due, but being very. btu.), at that timeand haa ing this money, which h tiidered his own, he paid the I THE ,ROYAL COMMISSION' appointed to, in. 'nestigate the boadling charges preferredn against the Quebec Government, have been 'hard at work for the past week. A few 'days ago, While the Cornmise_ion were fish- ing for material in order to enable- them to spelling, writing or composi- cheques and other documents accounting the best you can. Give us for every cent of the $100,000 which he got lars in your ow -n words and frorn Mr. Armstrong. Pacaud wa,s, ammo'. n way, just the same as if ;ingly, placed on the stand, and in a lengthy you were writing them in a letter to a statement admitted having received the friend, and we will do the rest. ' We money from Armstrong. He said that the hope to have a large addition to our Imoat he at first expected to receive for his cOrrespondenee list, as well as tc:t our services was four or five thousand dollars, sahscription list Any who have never Bated as correepondents before, but who would be wiliing to do so Ihere- but when hiniself and Armstrong came to teak about terms he was astonished when , that gentleman offered him $75,000. He con- notes with - the money thus at his disposal, withithe intention of 'afterwards col acting the requi ed subscriptions from the party en he would redinburse himself. urse, is a very plausible story. friends w This, of c In fact, Ids E tory throughout is extremely plausible, question. huniired- bank in positivel times, th member o ting this if they ha able to pr tion for t ceived tit's true, but difficult t ing ta his intimate Merribers sort of go Ile could, which se lerge a G shouldbecome himself possessed of one-hun- dred-tho send dollars of that subsidy as re- munerati n for hie services in negotiating Ir between Armstrong and the Government without a .ymember of that Government be- • are of the fact, is almost beyond even although he swears potitively but whether it is true is a different He still has $20,000 of the one- housand, deposited in a New York is own name. He swore very and repeated the statement many t neither the Government,nor any it, had any knowledge of his get- oney from Armstrong, and that known he would not have been cure their consent to the transsc- carrying out of which he re - money. Of couree this may be nder the circumstancen it is very believe it. Mr. Pacaud; accord- wn statement, was on the mast erms of friendship with the several f the Cabinet and was, in fact, a eral utility man for them. That therefore, carry on the negotiations ured for his client, Armstrong, so vernment subsidy, and that he coming a c,redence, that it is true. However, it is likely the 1 bs better able to form a more dgment on this point after Mr. publiowi correct j Ps.caud has been cross-examined, and after r. Mer ernment witness true, Qu the mem nocent a honest. 1 A co rand ju ive. T ury. It re away r a,ssizei to do what the regularly aPpoint-. d officer.. of the law have already done— f there is sufficient evidence to used person on triad. Mr. Mowat first step should be to reduce the grand jurors from twenty-four to d the Patrons of Industry say d this would he at least a step in direction. Of a hundred replies Minister of Justice by judges and were in favor of total abolition, ainst it, and 12 were doubtful. ty Court judges of Ontario were s follows : 22 in favor of abolition, to it, and 5 doubtful. This is a go sized straw showing in which the wind is blowing. ier and other memberrof the Gov- , ave passed their ordeal on the tand. If Mr. Paciud's story is beo is possessed of a Govertunent, ers of which are as guilelessly in - d trusting as they can possibly be EMRORARY says it looks as if the ysystem had not much longer to ere is really no need of the grand takes twenty-four citizens oi• farm- ! from their work at every sessions discover put an ac thinks th number o fifteen, a twelve,- a the right Bent to th others, 4 41 were a The Cour divided 9 oppose pretty la direction Mr. Se has been vinced t Sosay sy isan is true t tor of J logs ape ttm he e cOU • different Th thing, a even au need not turned. and it w slip out the pub1. of a jud mind th compani *ill go a atien fr (Seneca' placed i to chant their es • ecal, the Printing Bureau beodler, jailed, and is now becoming con - at the Government means business. a Ministerial paper. This, how - •t S), and is not likely to be so. It at Sir John Thompson, as Minis- stice, has instituted civil proceed- st Senecal to recover $14,317, the a supposed to have boodled from try. This, however, is quite a thing from having him placed in e proceedings may result in some - d they may prove a farce. And posing a judgment is obtained it follow that the money will be re- • r. Seneca' is a slippery customer, 11 not give hint much trouble to f rettirniog his ill gotten gains to treasury, even under the pressure •ment. It must also be borne' In t Seneca' is a fast friend and boon n of Hon. Mr. Chapleau, and that good way in securing him consider - m the powers that be. When s actually made to disgorge, or is prison, it will then be time enough the praises of the Government for rage in punishing evil -doers. As yet, very little has been done in that di- rection. MR. Murphy and fort kin, Co strumen Sir Elect earth, hl try's go against of Quee OBERT MCGREEVY and Mr. 0. E. the celebrated Quebec contractors erly members of the firm of Lar- nolly & Co., and through whose in- ality Mr. Thomas McGreevy and r Langevin have been hunted to ve left the country for the COUTI- d. During the past week an aetion hem was being tried in the Court 's Bench at Quebec. This aetion was brot ght by Mr. Michael Connolly, their ertner. The grounds for the action t Murphy and McGreevy had con - collect from him a note amounting 00 which he had given to Murphy ears ago in the way of a joke, and for which, of course, he had not received any val e. In the event of the jury finding a verdic4 against them, Murphy .and Mc- Greevy rouId likely find- their way to the penitent ary. Fearing this result and antic- ipating tihaverdict of the jury they left for nown on Thursday of last week. A $ after they had gone, the jury ren- antieipated verdict of guilty, so former were, th 'Spired t to $400, several that they had not much time to s tare. It is supposed that 'they have gou& to the United Stakes, but 'as Murphy is wented in New York for e bezzlements cOmmitted there before comip to Canada, he will not likely be very safe under the p otecting wing of the American eagle. However, al- though they have both dole good s rvice to Canada by bringtng to light the r sealities and robberies perpetrated in connection with the kaiblic Worlis Department, they are a pair of worthies of which this coulitry will be well _rid. If the Connollya aud a few other bcoilers of like ilk wouldalso be driven off, no person would feel ver sad. ametimeeemeeseisatease THE protest against the return of Mr. Thomas 111-tegweod, M. P. P. f r North Perth, hes been dropped. Mr. Ma wood, it will be remembered, defeated De. Ahrens, the Reform candidate, after he was unseated by the election courts. The solicit r for the petitioner says: As to personal charges agains; r. Mag - wood, they were made on stories tIist came to me and it is only fair to Mr. agwood to say that on investigation I find tbat none of them eau be substsntiated, and tin behalf of the petitioner I withdraw titem, and abandon the petition. As to the charges of corrupt practices by agents of the I respond- ent, I have investigated all the charges, and feel confident that although the Petitioner could establish a few such corrupt practices, yet not to such itn extent as to effect the result of the election. I believe the election on the whole ta have been condutted in a pure manner. tparts an few hou dered th INIC111125 IN THE COUrSe Of An addiCSS one evening lasti week in St. Jemes' Cathedral, Toronto, Canon Dumoulin said: We were told of, late that we had not in- creased in population; we did not need to be told that recently we had not increased in morals'in purity, in public honeaty. We certainly have not made magnifice t strides in advance in these paths; indeed, lif the in- crease of the earth this year had b en given to us in proportion to our increas13 in mor- ality, in uprightness, in honesty, In good- ness, and in truth, I verily believe that, without doubt, we had been visited with the greatest and most terrible famine which ever desolated. God Almighty's earth. THE Canadian Pacific Railway tipompauy has been awarded $579,000 as compensation for defects in that Portion of its road which was handed over to it by tho Dominion, and the rnolPey is to be expended in remedying these defects. What the people; of the country would now like to know, Iremarks the Mail, is whether the contractor for the conetruction of the work was paid to build the line properly in the fret place. If he was, the $579,000 went into his pocket over and above his honest profits. Immllm.r.L,Mr2m7mimma REV. DR. PARSONS, of bronto, Is credited with the statement that reemasore, Odd - fellows, Feresters, and otter secret Societies "have e sham of moralit to cover ea multi- tude of sins." We are v ry doubtfill if the reverend gentleman ever nacle such a state- ment, but if he did, it on y shows !that. he was talking of something of which ke knew nothing, a thing a sensible man very rarely does. In this day the s cieties named do not require defense again t even so 'learned a man as Dr. Parsons. T eir work i& testify' for themselves. They h ve a grand and a good work to do and, as rule, they do it, and in their respective spheres are only second as a great humaeoi ing agenciy. to the noble institution of whic the learned Doctor is e. representative. THE following paragr4m, from the Tor- , onto Mail, is quoted by i.n Americlan paper as "showing conclusive y that there is a "growing annexation -se timent in Canada." The Mail says: I The fact that the prom ters of t e annex- ation movement in 'anada and org nizers of the Continental Union Club are acl,ive Con servatives. does no receive as mudh notice as it should from t e Ministerial p4ss. Had they been Liberals the evil effects, of their political training rould; have formed the subject of many a cathi g article. ! News of th Week. -SCIENTIST DEAD.—Philip H. Cerpjenter, the distinguished Englis scientists died in London onfew days 'ago. CHOLERA IN CHINA.—There is' ci terrible outbreak of cholera in Amoy, China.. The natives are dying by hundreds. HEAVY DEFAULTER.—The teller e of the Louisiana State Bank, Eugene F. Garcia is said to be a defaulter for $10,000. RUINOUS ,FLOODS.—In Tabasco, Mexico, crops have been rained and thoutainds of cattle destroyed by floods. , FINE WEATHER AT A FREMIUM.—Fine weather is estimated to be wortb $100,000 a day to the farmers of the Red river Valley in Minneseta and Dakota. FAMINE EXTENDING.—The Russiati famine has extended to Siberia. DISTINGUISHEDIkRRIVAL. — Sir Edwin Arnold, the Eoglith poet, has attired in New York. THE FAMOUS Loensx.—Louise Mi hel, the, female anarchist, has returned to aris to repume her lecture propaganda, n ROBBERS CAUGHT. —Four of the Southern Pacific train robbers have been captured in Texas. They had $800 on thein when caught. A DEGRADED FEMALE. —A note foes fe- male is under arrest in Servia char ed with fourteen murders wed endless othe crimes. A MILLION FROTESTS.—A mi1lioi people of the United States are going to p•otest to the Czar against the ill-treatment of the exiles in Siberia. SUIT FOR DAMAGES.—John W Cleary brought suit against the Municipal Electric Light Company, of Brooklyn, for damages sustained through an electric shock. He asked for $50,000 and got a verdict of $3,500, BARGE BURNED.—The steambar e Omar Towntend, owned by J. Root, of Tenum- seth, Michigan, was burned off Point Sanilac on Wednesday beet week. No li ee were lost. The vessel was - valued at S40,000; insured for 825,000. BUFFALOES GOING TO LIVERPOOL.— Mr. Leland, a millionaire banker of Liverpool, has purchased at ia high price 10 prairie buffaloes in Chicago for his privete park. The animals are On the way toNiew York for shipment. PRpPOSED ELECTRIC RAILWAY.—The Ganz Electric Comrany, of Vienna, esks the 'privilege of running a rapid transit electric railroad from Chicago to St. Louis during the World's Fair. They propose to cover the distance in three hours. DATE OF THE WORLD'S EXPOSITfON.—The World's Expesition buildings at Chicago will be dedicated on October 12, 1892, with imposing ceremonies, in which the President of the United States, the Governors of all the States, the military and militia, and many distinguishedindividuals are expected to pacticipate. The exposition will, open its doors to the, public on May I, 1893, and close them October 30 of the same year. A WARNING TO TOBACCO CHEWERS, —Geo. Eisenhart, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, aged 69, was choked to death by a, quid of 1 tobacco Wednesday night. Eisenhart 'we t to bed with the tobacco in his it -loath, a d when he fell asleep the tobacco slipped in o his windpipe and caused his death. HEAVY CARGO.—The steamship Empre S Of India silted a few days ago from Va cotver for Japan and China. She had n A sboard 91 iloon passengers, 20 secoud-cla a WRLY IPED OUT. — Meiringen, a passengers and 500 Chinese. She card cl tons 947 ons of cargo and 54 sacks of mail. NEARLY village of 3,000 inhabitants, in the canton f Berne, Switzerland, hae been almost eotirel wiped out by fire. The railway etatiou, ti e post -office, the telegraph offices, and near y all the busby ss places and residences haae been utterly destroyed. FINE NAVAL EXHIBITION.— The rece t naval exhibition ia London, England, whi- h has beon tbe moat successful show for yea s _past, closed Saturday. Some of the mo t interesting features of this display of ma '- time relics, the models of H.M.S. 'Victor Admiral Nelson's ship, and of the Edd stone lighthouse .will be sold- by auctio and bidders from Chicago are goiug to ma e attempts to pecure them. REG1I, VISIT.—The King and 'Queen f Denmark are expected to visit England t ward,the end of November for a stay three vvoeks, during which period they wi I be the gueets of the Queen at Wind' Castle and of the Prince and Princeee ai Wales at Marlborough house and at San - ringhaM. SAD AND TERRIBLE CONDITION.—It 18 estiinated that 20,000,000 people in Russ'a are without food, and to such extremiti s are the pea3ants in some districts reduc d that they are selling their daughters f r purposes of prostitution to obtain the mea $ of buying a little bread for themselves a di remaining family, HE BROKE THE laneEs.—Rev. G. R. Rile , of Mardon, Indiana, has been turned out f the Methodist conference, because be join d the Grand Army of the Republic, a secret society. FARICELL'S SUCCESSOR. —Mr. John E. Red- mond, the Parnellite candidate for the va- cancy in Cork caused by the death of Par- nell, arinounces that he lam been elected leader of the Parliamentary party, and Mr. Pierre i Mahony, speaking i in Dublin, mid that he was ready to follew Mr. Redinond,_ the neW leader, as loyally as he had followed Parnell.NGicAL , BOOTH'S DAUGHTER.—Mrs. _Booth- libborn arrived in New York a few days a o. Mrs. Booth-Clibborn is the com- ma/idea-in-chief of the Salvation Army forces in Fratien and Switeerland. She comes to deliver i a series of lectures and hold meet- ings throughout the country, to raise fun -de to carry on Salvation Army work in France and Salitzerland. NEW' YORK TAKES THE HONOR.—The committee of the International Exhibition 01 FineArts at Berlin in 1891 has awarded to the Society of American Wood Engravers of New Ybrk city the great diploma of honor. HEIR TO A M ILLION. —Charles Woomble, a factory workman at Lawrence, Massachu- setts, has fallen heir to an estate worth $1,000,000 in Australia through the death of his fether, who went from England to the Antipodes 35 year ago and had not been heard from until his death was announced. NOTgS FROM THE QUEEN CITY. i . Toeosro, October 26th, 1801. Colborne street is unkinged and the titl d one, S mutat Davison, is "abroad," as th -y a. eay in he theatree. Mr. Davison'e preci i - tate flitting caused endless surprise to is subjecle, who knew for quite a time, nev r- thelese that the cOmmiseion agent's affa re were muddled. The custom -house autho i - ties seem to have pushed Samuel to deep r- atio°, as a quiet little investigation has ben proceeding which proves him to have ot from bond goods unburdened by dues, va u - ed at stemething under $2,000 quite recent y, and the penalties for this sort of - thing s ar quite as high as,$8,000. _ The presumpti n is that Davison dreaded criminal proeecutit n and haetened to pat miles between hima If and Toronto. He is a prominent member of a num er of secret eocietiee and is a direc ot of theBelt-Line railway. Colborne street "talk leads to a belief that a careful inquiry will be made into the practices of certain customehouss officers with whom the fugi- tive was on great terms of intimacyr. Davison i8 sojourning in Buffalo. MORE ROWDY CONDUCT. • Upob the festive Univereity student, in days of old, fell the citizens' reproach for the noise ated disorder at their annual elections, but at this time it is up another tree we have to barks Blame is upon the Young Liberals, Young Conservative, and the Otgoode 'pal Literary and Legal Society. The elections have taken place in the past week and caus- ed excitement of the demonstrative kind, that being especially true of those who in a short time will enter upon the staid and for- mal profession of law. Quietly -disposed voters *ere enabled to exercise their fran- chise only by the aid of two protecting lines of policemen, who near midnight, ewe in handily to choke Off an impending riot. GONE TO REST. i None of his many friends ventured to hope for anylother termination to John Herbert Beatyaoilluess than that which came last Sawn:ley night. The body was removed to Milton, where all that was mortal of the genial " Captein " was laichaway to rest in thir.e g&coti, ntry .churchyatr# Omagh, Tra- faNOT SO WEALTHY AS HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. It was a rather significant fact that was forthcoming on the admission to probate of the wilt of the late S. J. Dixon on Tuesday. He, who did on the high wire what no living man is Willing to do but on payment of a good-sieed fortune, had but a scanty $800 to leave his widow and family. he rope. walker had $100 in horses. Many eople will be imp ieed to hear of the ill -fat d photo- graphe te noverty. It was tbought by many that hit risky feats had netted him hand - Some StiMS. TORONTO HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS. Our Own Hon. Frank Smith still holds the Public 1Works portfolio at Ottawa, so that his visit on Saturdsy was of decided interest. He came up to look over the harbor im- provements and stirred the pampered offi- cials non that work into marvelous activity As everyone knows, all this construction ehould have been completed years ago, but owing ta lack of pusb displayed by Toronto member', other portions of the country got the cettm and the Queen City the skimmed stuff. 'The lion. Mr. Smith, after his in- epectiole, said he would see to it that this city got its dues. More men will be put on the work, and it will be finished Up on a more magnified scale. It is his idea that in two years Toronto will boast the beet harbor in the eountry, and be able to laugh at On- tario's fiercest gales, which have been play- ing toes with the sands of the protecting island. SPORT FOR THE SPORTSMEN. Mr. rastus Wiman is just now at his • shootieg box pear Huntsville, having taken with him from this place two well-known citizene who have been comrades of this en- terprising New Yorker ever since they Were boys. They are Metsrs. H. P. Dwight and W. C. ;Mathews. Others of the party are B. G. Walker and T. T. Tomlinson. Mr. Wi- man has been killing the fleet -footed deer down Huntsville -way for over 20 years, and seems to lack desire in his prosperity to fall back on the modest sport which made joy- ous his youth. Many parties who went north are being heard from, and " sport never better " is the word all along the line. Those in Muskoka and Nipissing districts have, on, the whole, better luck than the rest, but they pay for it in the additional travel. Bears ere plentiful all through the Georgian Bay diatrict. MORE WORK FOR THE LAWYERS. Abont seven -eighths of our population wish that the Don Riiee, still pursued its ; sluggish way around the kinks and corners, I ite straightening has b en such a prolific source of trouble from tie start. It is bad enough to see the half fi ished work slowly going to ruin througbl lack of attention, without experiencing the pang %With comes along with the informatitbu that Manning & Macdonald have begun their suit against the city. They cleim a quarter of a million dol- lars profit which they wOald have had had the city not prohibited them from carrying out their contruet. The suit has been dor- mant for nearly two yt ars, and is now en- gaging tbe attention of those foremost in the array of Canadian connsel. S. El. Blake, Q. C., end John Bair, Q C., appear for the contractors, while IL 1. Mowat, of _the City Solicitor' a office is backed by Dalton McCarthy, Q C. A LOAN COMPANY IN TROUBLE. The shareholdersof the Dominion Build- ing and Loan Atsocia.tion are at variance with their directorate, and have issued writs against the president and others. Alleged misappropriation of funds is charged. An audit was on -Tuesday ordered by the direc- tors, who propose to subtnit it to a meeting. The shareholders are net satisfied with this, and a. requisition has been made calling for a new directorate. Many new developments are expected. THE BALD-HEADED POET POLITICIAN. -Nicholas Flood Davin, etstwhile of To- ronto, -and now of Regina, was in town on Wednesday looking up his literary friends. The famous story -teller is in high fettle, so high that those near and dear tonhim fancy he must be positive of filling the shoo� of the Hon. Edgar Dewdney, who is shortly to resign. Mr. Davin, eince the close of the Seesion, has been in Ottawa pushing the re- construction of those departments in which scandals have arisen. The eloquent one of the Northwest says that Abbot will have no half measures, and that the Reformers,when next Parliament sits, will find no handle upon which to hang investigations. -He considers Chapleau DX "has-been," and hints that before long that Minister will de- cide to step down and gracefully out. THE FESTIVE FAIR. Woodbridge Townehip Fair, as it comes onlY once a year, received attention from such of our citizeos as could- take the trip northward, and who bad the time to indulge in the many delights that Van grangers had gotten together. Seven carrnacis of the city contingent arrived about 2 o'cloek on Wed- nesdey at Woodbridge, and the -good folks from the adjacent side -lines experienced the joy of seeing aldermen, member -a of Parlia- ment, young doctors and lawyers, with others of our Men•about-town claim, disport- ing themselves in the free and etsy way of school children after the bearings,. The -Toronto gentlemen returned very much Pleased with their trip. Most el them are wondering whythe Industrial .Fair doesn't include a baby show among -its attractions. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS. Lord Haeeke's eleven was thelion of the city on Tuesday and Wednesday. Although vastly superior to the Canadian cricketers opposing, quite enough good ply was given the Englishmen to impart interest to the spectator!, who, despite cold weather, were rather the "moat swagger" of any present at the Athletic grounds for some time. So- ciety belles and young men from the banks were there and let their teeth chatter in,ter- missions to their knowing remarks upon the good play of the honorable Mr. this or that. One of the prettiest young ladies was heard "sotto voce" to remark to another "awfully solemn game, don't you think? But one has to appear interested as it's such good form, eh ?" Of course there WW1 a scramble to attack these athletic visitors, who are supposed to be wealthy. 13eing Englishmen, they will not be hurt by this and their pas- sage through Boston must have sufficed for preparatiou. And it would have been odd if Toronto, with all its Imperial -Federation sentiment, had not dined, kippered and feted them. A ball given in their honor by Mre. Beeidrnore, of Beverly street, on Tuesday night, wire a highly satisfactory function. • The Provincial Plowing Match. (RE/ ORTED FOR THE EXPOSITOR.) - The plowing match under the auspices of the Agricultural and Arts Astociation and the South Wellington Plowing Association, was held on the 22nd inst., upon the Ontario Experimental Farin at Guelph. The day was fair, though excessively .cold a but, not- withstanding, the match was considered a great succeis. There were some sixty plowmen engaged in the competition, and a number cf others were at work handling ' plows sent for exhibiting purposts. The plowmen audi visitors canto from far and near, and of the later there were fully 3,000 present Among the visitors were the Hon. John Dryden ; N. Awrey, M. P. P.; J, Brown, M. P.; 1TaMCS Innis, M. P.; and J. Moore, M. P.1 The vis- itors included a large numbhr of ladies from Guelph and other places. 'I About $500 were distributed in prizes. The arrange- ments generallyi were' considered very com- plete. An eating tent had been ereeted on the ground under the auspices :of the Asso- ciation which was greatly patronized and was an especial source of comfoat because of the cold. Flottea and lunch was distributed among the plowmen very much to their E at- isfactiotl. After the judging, a comfortable lunch was provided by President Mills at . Totten, the President, his efforts, and Professor the College. Mr. B was unwearying in Shaw and J. E. Storey gave every attention in their power to the visitors. • The whole affair was very creditable to aliconcerned. The students of the Col- lege were on the ground most of the day, and observed with minute care the work that was being done. They. are very proud of the fact that Mr. James Atklineon, one of their •number, won fleet prize in his clots. Mr. E. B. Fleury, of Fleury's Sons, Stouff- ville, made a gift to the Farm ef one of the two -wheeled Tinkler plows. The following is a list of the witthings Class for Long Plows,—lat prize, let for best finish'and Gold "Medal for best plowed land by long plow, John Diekieson, Era - moss; 2nd prize and lat for beet finish,John McQueen, Rockwood ; 3rd priie and 1st for straight plowing, A. Milne, Marden; • 4th prize, Wm. Tweedle, Tweedeide ; 5th prize, J. F. Richardson, Fergus. - • The plows ueed were the Sellar,the Sellar, the Gray, the Gray, and the Gibbon,rel-pect- ively. The judges were: Gee-ge Robert son, Erin; George Duncan, Vitteria ; Jame. Kerr, Woodburn, and *Wm. ttoberteon, Maple. Single Sulky Plows,—Ist prize and special for beet flitish, Jonah MarsheinElfrids ; 2nd prize, Bart. McPherson, London; 3rd prize, George North, Marden. The winner of the first prize used a plow manufactured by j. 11. Grout,Grimsby '• the second, one made by John Thompson, Lon- don ; and the third, one made by Tolton Brothera, Guelph. There were four com- petitors. The judges were the same as in the cities for long plows. • Jointer Plows,—First Clasn—lst prize, 1st for best finish, 1st for beet plowing, and Silver medal for best plowed land by jointer plow, Samuel Hildreth, Wondburn ; 2nd prize, John alounce, Eramosa, ; 3rd prize, Charles Elead. Guelph ;4th prize and 1st for best feering, F.Mounce, Examosa ; 5th,Wm. Sharpe, Everttn. The Totten plows were used in every toetance except the first, when the Gout plow was used. There were fif- teen competitors. The judges were James English, Aticaeter ; Andrew Richardson, Peeptibun ; and Richard Gilmore, Strabane. Second Chun -1st prize- and 1st for best feerinu, George Dix, Fergus; 2nd, A. Sher- iffs, Winterbourne ; 3rd, Wesley Jesseps, Eramose ; 4th, John Taylor, Rockwood; 5th, Hugh Cameron, Rockwood. The Tol- ton plows were used by all of the above. The judges *ere the saran as in the previous class. straight plotting, Wm. Dix i Fergus; 2nd 3rd prize and 1st for best finish, A. Burnet: and ist for feering, E. EL .Diavie, Marden - Third Claes, — 1st prize and first for Re J. Elliott, - wahaVoai ornddt .ee rn b T,7 hr5netehl , ;opo4rwti shse , Wm. Rodick, Rock pursiezde, in this jag 18 in which nine competed, were all made by Tot- ten Brothers. The judgets were 3.1):Moore M. P. P., Galt, John McNab, Ayr, and Alex. Yuill, Winterburne. Fourth Clats,-1st prize, James Atkineoin Ontario Agrieeltursl College; 2nd prize luta 1st for best feering, J. R. Watson, Arm- strong's Mills finish and Thompson, E roarmosstara;igahtht pPrkizwe,inFg.' Mt. ti°n: The Tolton ; 3rd prize and 1st for best saucy Tawas.— There was but one competitor, Speedside ; Sth, ji A. Armstroegellarden. fit st instance when a Grout plow was used, lows were used except in the il. svaa firet prize. awarded The judges %ere the same as in the previous e who Class. use used oar 'DI e°131 1 Special Clats for Oxen,—In the special or, vile,. W. it, Ross, rbylep: 0 cv,_ ivaa I l class for oxen there Was but one competitor, Mr. A. Bolton, Eramosa, whh well deserved the 1st prize awarded to hitmHe perform- ed very succeesfully the unique feat of Ent The Gold Medal was donttted to the So- ciety lard• by D Martin, Weliington hotel, Guelph; and the Silver Medal by J. Mc- Ateer, Western Hotel, also of Guelph. The Guelph Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion is cet taioly to be congratulated en the success of its nany undertakings during the present year; 163........ Twb-Rowed Barley. The Hon. -John Carling, Minister of Agri- culture, who introduced two -rowed barley into Canada in 1889, is convinced that the test has been_successful. In an interview the other day he said: "The resulte are, on the whole J taking both years together, highly satisfactory, and especially these of the current year. The average *eight of the Igrain produced from ordinary good farming is 52 pounds to the bushel, that is, four pounds over*aight of the estandard bushel of 48 pounds, while in many comes the weight obtained is 50 pounds to the bushel, or eight pounds overedeight of the standard bushel in Canada. The yield per acre,will be found to be larger than that from the six -rowed barley which ;has hitherto been grown. You know it was staid that the results from the -first year's growth of imported seed would be better than those in the following years, but the actusl tendency ig quite the reverse, and I am confident, from the information which we have, that the aclimatization of the strains of the imported seed in Canada will be in the direction of increase of strength." The comparative intrinsic value of the two -rowed and the six -rowed varieties for malting purposes was practically tested by anadian maltster and brewer, was strongly in favor of two- • The test showed that variety cent. more of extract than a fact which ahows that the - ence for two -rowed barley is based on goodi foundation, a competent and the result rowed barley. to yield 13 pe the six -rowed English prefe • From. the Northwest. 1MOOSE -JAW, October Nth, 1801. DEAR EXP0SITOR,—I nin oticed E recent ,, issue of your aluable paper about the crops, as reported from the Buffalo Lake District, near Moose Jaw, that you state that Messrs. H. C. Gilmore and 130118 would have between 4000 and 5,000 bushels of grain. Permit me to say that Messrs. Gilmore svill have at the very least; close to 9,000 bushels of grain. This season they have cultivated a very large acreage, and the yielcl has been most abundant. During a recent visit to the Gilmore hotnestead I was much struck with the homelike appearance of the farm. A large tract of land was enclosed by a sub- stantial fence, affording ample pasturage for a herd of 50 or 60 fine gra1e cattle on the farm, and the cattle were in splendid ton- dition. Mr. Gilmore has a tinge, roomy, two -storey -house, a number of fine outbuild- ings, consisting of stables, granary, ete„ and the buildings flanked by a number of im- mense stacks of wheat, oats, &c. I may say that, in a general way, the har- vest in the Moose Jaw District, has been • simply immense this season. Wheat has yietded, so far, an average of 35 to 40 hash - els per acre; oats, from 60 to SO bushels per acre, and root crops are very abundant, po- tathes, turnips, cabbage, etc. being a large yield and of gigantic proportions. I would certainly advise any young man who may now be living on and paying a large rental for a farm in Ontario, that he would be far better off in the Northwest on a free home- stead,and no rent to pay. I do not say that farmers who are advanced in years and liv- ing in comfort on uueucumbered farms in Ontario should leave their old homes to come to this country, but if they have grown .up sons for whom they are unable to provide land, let them come by all means, and if they are energetic, sober and capable, they will aesuredly, in a very short time, find; themselves in possession of 160 acres of land .and on the highroad to prosperity. Thanking you ;for the space, I remain, • Yours Notruly,Tli WESTER. The County Clerkship. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—I take this oppor- tunity of returriing thanks to my many frieude in McKillop and elsewhere for their good wishes in securing me the County Clerkship, and, although I failed to get it, it was no fault of any person in McKillop, either Grit or Tory. It was the fault of par y, the CURSE, of Canada. MT. Lane may be 4 gcod Clerk or he may not, as far as the County Council is concerned. They never ex&ijnined the township rolls in their pos- sess on to see who sent the best; they never asked any questions of the candidates for officee to see what they knew about muni- cipal law ; they never permitted any of the candidates to address that honorable body. Their proceedings were neither honor- able nor legal. They started one meth- od of voting, which 1 thonght fair, and I left, thinking of retlatling every week to look after my interests until New Year's. When the wire -pullers found their strongest man they changed their proceedings and took advantage of those away. Mr. Burgess polled a larger ballot of the whole council than Mr. Lane, so did Mr. Dolmage, and some think I would have myself if pitted against him; and I know my rolls and discharge of. public business will compare favorably with his. This method of selecting a clerk shows the conned needs a man with backbone to direct them, for the whole proceeding was wrong. Just imagine an election started on one method of voting and then chaoged to an- other before the close. If the members of the County Councilpropose an impracticable method of selecting a clerk, it only sheers their need of a good clerk. Being eight years a township clerk, as statred by the EX- POSITOR, is no qualification. I know a partY swwitohnitain.eve3ntel:rytetahrastexperienee, and it was laws than the late Mr.coAudidamdrsalfnt, baentdtervibby; was it not oiffered to him? Mr. Lane, no doubt, it a politician and secured one Con- servative and all the Reform Reeves; while the cupidity of a few Conservaiives allowed themselves to be overcome. We are- asked to believe that Mr. Lane is a very popular and able man, and that the Reformers do not go for party. While I have always ad- vocated fitness before party 1 will advise rny friends to stink to party after this, for I see Jona C. Monaisosa County pI alipaevree heen pml sastaekceonpva.I l my life.