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The Clinton New Era, 1890-01-10, Page 40e 1�,fy1i%(/t�,�. +A,,•ros ,,�; imettp dI bertson. - T'; A,. Woouui.' % ale Chrig Dlolroo x• O —Jobs Dougall +t Bon ..s ila'Itli Bittitro & 13odgoo.m. Bahopl Hook A4ush�-1000 r a Co. Gaatox14t -who Coutt u r_4,mpauy. N6tice--•.Cuaingh4mo and xolklurray. , wso- l�er tkle QbAnge---G, .,Pay do .Cc „.-ter-.- �. * N A 1 I xttt�r Jfr 'c; FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1690 THE WARDENSHIP. 'There is not, we believe, any member Ii. ot.the County Council elect mere en• Wiled to the position of Warden than fur A.. McMurchie, Reeve of Clinton.— $ s knowledge of County Council mat• ;tars is fully as extensive, if not more so than the majority of the members, wbile�he makes an excellent presiding ' officer, and as the honor has never come to Clinton, we think the council would •. be doing a graceful act by electing Mr :MoMurchie. Frieutlly Hui t to the Godericli Signal. After reading two or three paragraphs lately appearing in the Goderioh Signal, 'we are not at all surprised that for ` r ,sometime back there has been amongst r even its friends a great want of confid. once in a large part of what its Colum contain. Judged by these paragraphs •the opinions of its editor, anc� •what he ' " writes of local import, sl ,r(ould be re• I .I ceived with a very le�grain of salt.— ''' Ire resent eas}e �•tions Concerning the re• . moval o;�Doherty.Organ Company, e consequent loss of populatic n �}ef':and its references to the departure p'1 organ Factory employees for Godo. sI, Mich, are simply false. It will, perhaps, "'" surprise the Signal to learn that whe- \4:, `, •'cher the London bonus carried or not, :1,' . there was no intention whatever on the i' part of Doherty & Co. to remove their '� ` -" works from Clinton. The rejection of �.d_;. the bonus in London gives us now a '.;y;;•' chance to secure, besides the Organ `'r.`:; Factory, a Piano Factory on a large ,. scale, employing a great marry hands. The number of Organ employees go- ing to Goderich from -Clinton, is very few indeed, and in every case new hands r :. r'-. are brought from elsewhere to fill their ,5' places. We are always sorry when any ` of our citizens leave rte, but as there is ', constantly an interchange going on be - ,y2 E% !"a. - tween the Organ employees of the Do- E , herty Co., and the Bell Co., of Guelph, y� 'and the factories of Woodstock, so, no P ul�,, doubt, the same thing will pro a true of the faotor,y ai Goderich an our own, ",,-; :and these others as well. ,,t We are indeed proud of the fact that . ': the only thing Goderich can boast of •: within a period of many years, is a fac. w ` , tory planned by Clinton brains, mana- :t' fed by Clinton hands, and built partly with Clinton capital. ' Now, friend Signal, let us give you.a , � . ' .few facts which we would -not mention �,? . but for your own stupid bumptiousness. In the last ten years the assessed value of Clinton has steadil increased ever 1 4; Y Y ;u' year, but to -day the assessed valy of ;,j,,;; Gloderich is less than it was ten years K"� , ago. The equalized assessed value of z Clinton by the County Council has in ",' , , . the same period been several times f,,'' „_ raised ; the equalized assessed value of *•`{,' Goderich has been lowered. The popu- :; • lotion of Clinton to -day is greater than ` . it was ten years ago; the population of :. ;' Goderich is less. Goderich a few years ,;,,, r ago had two deputy reeves, now it has ` ;,,,,, only one because of its less number of - . ratepayers. Clinton irl a year or two I--, will have a second deputy. Goderich has a large debt, Clinton scarcely any. Clinton has a Collegiate Institute, Code- .';' I ch'a common High School. Goderich assessment and taxation are so high as 1; _'i; a to frighten peopftt, Clinton's assessment ;,11j"` � is just .and taxation low. Clinton has e ,. two Organ Factories booming for all they are worth; Goderich is making an l+a ; uncertain attempt to have one. Clinton "`lliis a magnificently equipped foundry, but One Goderich has is trying to leave r; for some other place, where it would be '. likely to do some bus#ness; and so on to ,;y=Mthe end of the chapter. `1'` J'aets Which Must be Faced. The people of the United States boast that that they can wipe out their " national indebtedness in two years. ..Whether this boast is justified by facts 6r riot there is no doubt, at all events, i-Ab&J the Republic is reducing their ob. ,, ,'' Jigationa very rapidly. Canadians can- `: not afford to close their eyes to these things. We are necessarily affected by the positionof our neighbors in matters .of finance and trade. The immense 'i`'".debt which hung as a millstone about y' , o neek of the young Republic was .. then considered a strong argument agairs J1.nnexation. But aside from ;'' this view of the case, the relative finan. .^' cial standing of the two countries must :lave a owerful influence in attracting irtlilligrTtion. Tho people of, Europe w only too well what a national ilUt means, and, other things being ttr.1, they would prefer, in seekingi a Country, to cast in their lot with Wharb the obligations are•the light• is mnst be fairs n• . , xbese .ado y co ilfai6 ,4- It is useless to try and close j$or gy & to them. And the flrst lesson itidy to6ch us is the absolute necessit) dt,,a'Voidiilg.any fatther increase in the itidobtednoliil of the Dominion, except Bach afN may be absolutely necesaar3 tri li.. . out public works of undoubted ility,�.Toronto Telegram. "cal paiv ra have taken this ground 4 ,. ;�_. fol; slfipie time baclt,. but tha �ZitlAawvit�- tiw;tl halve di$pou to rxlska litlht .0 it; J ,'4Jwthey'. -, nitly u ng f a realisation 9f�ue Ntaf�o�.atifairs. There,114 no getting ,river the t% 1, that 0AU4da j4 i�R14A9,14lly fu Melt Water,,. And it will take tier a long tine tP get 0 . Tho interest 94 our debt, at only 4 tier cent,- 4 about twelve million dollars annually; just�,t#tinik of that, twelve million dollars f intprest, to ea nothin of what netlist b 1Ivl y 13 a ,.. ea for a Sinking Fund;, If the Dominion Government was disposed to be econom- ioal, it oouid save every year enough from. what it expends generally to pay the interest, but judged on its past re- cord„ there is no probability of it doing t t. T ha he only way in which Canada can redeem itself is for the people to elect men who will insist on an econom- ical administration of affairs. If the I people are satisfied with a spendthrift I and extravagant government, the,peo- ple themselves are to blame, as the p3wer of making a government econom- ical rests entirely in their own hands. Soi-ie Pointe for the Signal From the minutes of the County Council for June in 1880 and 1889, we glean the following:- 1880—Total value Equalization Goderich..$1,136,810 $1,065,000 Clinton .. 538,990 450,000 1889—Total value Equalizatinu Goderioh . , $1,091,350 $875.,8,00 Clinton .. 595,410 . • ' u41,830 Goderioh in r.9 years dee,-reased its total value $45,460, and_ its equalization $189,700. Clintr,n in the same period increased i ; total value $56,420, and its equaliza tibn $91,000. i Ipe1880 Messrs Garrow, Johnston and Detlor represented Godericli in the County Council. In 1889, owing to de- creased population, it has only a Reeve and one Deputy. The Exodus. The Empire, one of the"worst bar- gains Sir John ever got for hie money, takes great pains to keep its readers informed about the decay of agriculture in New England States. It doesnot ap- pear to see that the failure of the farmers there to hold their own against Western competition and foriegn com- petition, is docisive proof that the home -market theory of protectionists is an illusion. For surely if protection is capable of helping the farmer, it ought, at least, to have saved him from wreck and ruin in New England, which is the chief seat of American manufactures. Judge Nott, a New England man, who seems to have studied the subject with care, says the high tariff has distinctly injured agriculture there. The farmer. he says, was so fascinated by the picture which the high -tariff men drew for him of the benefits that would accrue to him from having "a factory at his door" to consume his produce, that he 0 never thou ht of askui what the other g n effects would be. He has now found, after thirty years' experience, that "the factory at his door" does not con- sume leis produce, while it enticed away from the land the laboring youth of both sexes, so that he can get nobody to help him in his fields, or his wife in her kitchen. • The -Empire imagines that the move- mentlof the agricultural population from New England to the Western prairies is a fair set-off to the exodus of farmers and farmers' sons from Ontar- io. Even if this were true it, would be poor consolation for the farmers re maining here, wfio, with wheat at 80 cents and barley at 35, are compelled to pay tribute on everything they use and wear, from a woollen shirt to a keg of nails, to the infant industries which have established the Empire in the hope of being able to -keep the people in a state of fog a little while longer. B ut, as everybody knows. there is a wide difference between the exodus from New England and the exodus from Ontario. The New England f a rmers are not crowding into Canada or going to any other foriegn land , they are simply moving from one point of the United States to another, and continue as before to pay taxes to Uncle Sam, and to aid in developing the country. The exodus from Ontar- io, on the other hand, isnot a migration but an emigration. The people depart from Canada never to come back, save perhaps to induce their friends and relations to pull up stakes and go, too. The Conservative press should leave the New England question alone. As leas been said, the condition of things there proves to a demonstration that protection does not protect the farmer even where factories adjoin hie farm, from which it is fair to infer that it ie not competent t0 benefit him any- wher e. Sir John Macdonald is suffering from a cold. D. L. Moody is this week holding special services in London, Ont. Dr. Brien, M. P, Essex Center, is ser- iously indisposed from malarial fever. The Queen will not open Parliament in person, as she has been suffering from rheumatism. Robt. McKee, Con. 5, of Grey, has leased his farm to his sons. He will probably reside in one of the neighbor. ing villages. Mr Wm. Grabam, of St. Mary's lost last week four valuable horses which he was importing from Scotland. Hialoas is estimated at over $5,000. Mr Grabam has been rather unlucky with a similar misfortune. Dr F£fard, a prominent French-Ca- nadian doctor at St. Boniface, died under eculiar it p 0 oumstaneea onFriday. He had been drinking heavilyjfor some time, and it is thought had taken a dose of chloral t$ help to sober up. He was found in a dying condition, and every f (fort to restore him proved futile. if . �l #C ", - 'Afr 1'1�.. Doherty w .e ole,ctad' may_ r'. pf lutout OR U90di;y.. Tbir,.,uoea v �,re�11 i>ladicate :t�ontelltbeteicolthiva�, yeuand M telzead,foc mac a erg di .'ln 'P�t ;khat th 1.t4 r d if e. xe*ele,Upp, u1ti► ,1>i bl. hi$..n ,On before the elect4rq: Mr. Mut_ - . 41 hua. dQr4e, Drell . for The toWii, a td vie believe twill feel j -net so much 1111 erect 11I it ae ever, and from what is known of Mr Dohexty there is every reaPon to believe that be will fill the civic chair with. •dignity and ability, and lose no opportunity of advancing its interests, The real contest was for the position of Reeve, and both candidates put forth strenuous efforts to ensure their el tion • Mr M tic cMurchie wa s admitted by even his opponents to be an un- commonly strong man, and the warmth of thecontest may be j udged by its closeness. After the contest was over Mr McMurchie invited every- body, supporter and opponent, into Anderson's restaurant, where be paid oysters for aliwho wished them, and he personally conducted his opponent to a seat at the table. Only in two wards St. John's and St, Gecrgea was there a contest for the council. The vote in thu :cveral wards stood as fol,ows:— ' FOR MAYOR - m R R 0 P c a c, 8 c 0 a P , m Doherty...... 79 68 61 87-295 Whitehead 46 62 59 37-204 FOR REEVE. McMurchie 74 68 70 61-273 Cauleton 54 61 56 67-238 FOR COUNCILLOR St. John's St. George's Kennedy 96 Plummer 105 Doan 88 Searle 81 Overbarry 70 Andrews" 74 The members of the Council will, therefore be as follows;—Mayor W. Doherty ; Reeve, A. McMurchie ; De- puty Reeve, A. H. Manning. Coan- cillore:--St. Andrews Ward,—J. Johnston, A. Armstrong ; St. James Ward.—W. Cooper, A. Couch ; St. John's Ward.—D. B. Kennedy, 0. S. Doan ; St. Georges Ward.—W. C. Searle, S. Plummer: The election for school trustee in St. John's Ward was as follows : — Jones, 75, Scott 61. COUNTY COUNCIL. The following are the Reeves and Deputy -Reeves for. thg County of Huron for 1890, as far as known: MIINICIPALITY. RHEVE DEPUTY -REEVE Ashfield .........J Griffin......... J W H Girvin i W Struthers Brussels .........R Graham .............................. Bayfield .........G Castles .......I ...................... Blyth............P Helly ................................. Cliynton........Amemurohie A H Manning Colborne....,..Joe Beck.......A Milloy......... Exeter ............Dr Rollins..... W G Biseett... Goderioh townwB ProudfootA Smith......... Goderich t'p...John Cox......... John Beacom fW Oliver...... Grey .............W Milne....... 1 J Bryans...... Hay ............F Hese ..........A Heyrook •... Hullett............John Britton.•.R Scott ....... Howick........B S Cook*...... Dulmage.... Jaques ......... Morris ...........H Mooney......0 Howe ......... McKillop.......J Bennewe,s ........................... Seaforth.........D D Wilson ...G Henderson " Stanley............J Torrance......I Erratt ......... Ste hen V Ratz............ H Eilber ...... p """"' }J Sberritt ... Tuekersmitb...R McLean......Wever . ......... Turnberry......W McPherson .................... Usborne..:....... Al T Ka .. ... Ii dd 1111 . y..., y Win bam .....T Gre r z e g goy ....0 Mche❑ i ... Wroxeter ......T B Sanders ...... .................. Wawanosb E. T Taylor .........F Anderson ... Wawanosh W, J Johnston......Locbart ......... Those marked with a star are new members, and _ McKillop elects its deputy reeve in council. ELECTION NOTES. M.r Cox was re-elected Reeve of Goderich township by ovor 100 of a majority. . Mr Kelly bas not much to spare in Blyth, having only 6 of a majority, Capt. Kain, who has been Reeve of Howick for many years has been de- feated by his former deputy ➢1r B. S Cook. , Mr Hays, who hay so Tong repres- ented McMillop, is this year out, hav- ing retired. . The election of Mr Hess to the Reeveship of Hay, put new lire and a good man in the County Council. -- s . • Entrance Examinations. The following is a list of the names of the successful candidates who wrote at Clinton recently for admission to the Collegiate Institute. The number of marks required to pass, 367, and also 333 per ceLt of each subject. Andrews, Ettie.............432 B iggart, lMay.............. 492 Cameron, Grace........ 369 Cautelon, Amy....... ,495 Cook, Susie.......••.,-... -496 Crich, Nettie................488 Crisp, Addis................451 Cruickshank, Annie......410 Dyer, Mary Jane.......452 Ferguson, Annie....... -442 Hit h, Edith............370 Keir, Mabel................524 Lawrasou, Alice M ......422 McConnell, Annie L......377 McDonald, Jessie D.....475 McEwen, Isabella.......434 Magee, Elizabeth.......482 Murdock, Ellen L.........4661 Pickard, Maud V ..........434 Ross CaIriA.................521 Stanbury, R®Mecca... -...-.452 Straughan, '•�,lnnie........424 Struthers, Annie... -.....476 Tedford, Battle..;..........486 Torrance, Grace...........438 Walker, Carrie... ......533 Wood, Annie.. ...875 Woodman, Jennie.........459 Erratt, Orann Elaworth...500 Hodgens, Geo. Arthur..425 Holland. William.........431 Jervis, Fred. W........451 Jones, Charles...............409 McClyymont, James.....488 McVittfe, William.........375 Marsh, Arthur:...........891 Morrow, Joseph J.........373 Pfeffer, Edward.. - .......403 Reid,' James ................368 Taylor, Frederick.......368 Turner, Harold.. - .......443 Whiddon, John......... 430 Recommended. Dobie, Emma.., .........378 Miller, Annie............886 Baird, Robert...............386 These have more than the required aggregate, but are below the required minimum in one subject. •.A�tr A customs official at $ingston pfaked up on the street what he enpposed to be a glass stone but which turned out to be -a diamond worth 8700. l l f 11 I . . ,.. iiJC+i�l S0i. \ It vfl resr ,ib Reade mou oqrs, � Z mdou on Tue+ld�iy tel beer Rev. l), LF11 , ... - , u v.J,$, freadvroop .r>ettt fed - p1t to the Metbodist share �undax lost. The X.:P. M.. i, 4549.01140(m rte regdlat meeting'oII D olldaq e tug Imt, The chief at�raccic.. which, was . debate., Resolved the negro has qu$f regi more at hand$ of the white ma..a, than the LAn.er the affirma0ve utas led by $ d, s ppo d by Messrs Stoneman a d J. H. Beek, and negative by Mr. J.I. Wren, euppo by Messrs R. Carlisle and W, B anan. The judges gave a decisio favor of the affirmative. .Messy Bell and H.Arnold will lead the del at I. , Ttie Foresters, of this place, a grand concert on Tuesdgiy even which was well attended conside the fearful state of the roads. program was everything• that c be desired and gave general eatie tion to all concerned. Indeed Court is to be congratulated Oil decided success throughout, w was only a just reward, since nei time nor expeaee had been spare make tbb e+0ocert what it prove be Tihe Canadian Order of Fores is deservedly a popular order an rdpidly gaining the confidence of people. Ten years ago it was established as the Canadian O thus making it national in name purpose. Then, there were only members, now,9,500;during ten y $220,000 have been paid in d claims, while at present $100,00 the strength of the treasury to claims as they come in, and w amount ie more likely toAucr than otherwise. So that the orde on as good , a footing as any -in world. This fact appears more prising when we consider tha cheaper insurance and sick be combined is given in Forestry t in any other order that we k Those taking part in the prog were as follows .—Rev J. S. C occupied the chair and in ops spoke of the workings of Order ; Mr Town, of London H. C in a Short address, gave an action the' management of the- society iti growth financially and numeri ly since, and showed how the wi and orphan is looked after by Fo ere. The Orchestral Band of Ex gave a number of excellent e cions, which were well recei Mrs J. S. Cooke, in her usual ex lent style, gave a couple of solos. Cooke'q excellence as a soloist i well known in this neighborhoo to render further notice unnecess Mrs Gould, of London, gave a n her of recitations, which were e lentiy rendered; should she a visit Hensall she will be sure crowded house. D. L. Thom gave a very good solo, whilst Westeott gave two comic songs.. Roeding gave two comic recital in the German dialect. The children, the Misses McLean, gave an excellent recitation, The annual meeting of the teat and officers of the Presbyterian ch Sabbath School was held in the tura room, on Tuesday evening for the election of officers and reading of the different reports. large number of teachers, officers nt. Mr their friends was rose S p was in the chair, and first called the Secretary for the minutes of meeting, and a report of the stag of the school, which showed the t attendance to be 12.785, average Sunday, 250; No. of scholars on 316; teacbene and officers, 33; t 349: number of deaths, 1. Traasu report shows, amount of box col tions, $117.20; missionary collect $42.06 ; congieLrational collect• $12,75; amount raised from childr entertainment and "other sour $32.80, with a balance from last of $224, making a total of $428; penditures, $320, including $150 library, leaving a balance on ban $107. The above report far ext all previous years, and the school had a most prosperous year. following officers were then elec Supt., Geo. Swallow; Asst. Supt., C. Carr; Sec., T. Jackson, jr.; Tr Jas. Keane; Librarian, W. D. Asst., Jas. Jackson. After this c a very interesting part of the gram; the officers had prepare most sumptuous repast, and the perintendent invited all to par thereof, and forty persons sat d and enjoyed the hospitality of officers, after which came shr'rt dresses ori Sabbath School topics Messrs Swallow, Scott, Tedford, Grant, Budge, Hartley, Straith Jackson, and Mrs T. Fair sad Struthers, who all helped to the evening a profitable one by t interesting addresses, and much will follow by this enjoyable an meeting of the teachers and offi of the school. It is the intentio the teachers and officers to every effort to still further buil the school, and show their lou the master by winning souls Christ. Mews Notes Around The Con The Choicest Sti5alfngs f our County Exchange Mr A. Kerr,has purchased the farm, ori the 3rd line of Morris, con Ing 140 acres. The price paid is $ Duncan MoLauchlin, the well - stock -breeder, of Grey, has a four - old grade cow that weighs 1644 po She is hard to beat. On. Tuesday of last week Miss gfe Keys, of Grey, had the misfortu slip on Francis Millers's veranda break her left arm. The many friends of Mrs Davi Brien, of Goderich township, nee Dot Reid of Goderih,were deeply p t6 hear of her death last Friday. Mrs Douglas, mother of Mr R. glas, died M Stratford last week a age of 74. She formerly resided in evioh, and was very much respect all. On a letter from Hong Kong res by Jun. Smith, of Grey township, a relative, there was 50 cents to owing to the letter being insuffioi stamped. Mr Archie W. Whitely, son of Whitely, Goderioh, died in Chico Monday from typhoid fever. He young man of good 'promise, and oral regret is felt for hie demise. Andrew McNichol has leased his lot 20, con. 12 of Grey, to Eligqah lin. Mr McNichol will sat a in locality for some time to co o and go back to his trade as a b 'o�p'mi' 1 ' r . I , A , of Blu*x 1p, who ' �` Aust' iia Letter, Int sevpil R'fllQglr on the - She hen been 1471 Thitntg 1ltiS gown It Q crit lx bard n $.bat Itch• a neat Lich Cher d d d rder Bath meet hich IIefit now, nthe nt rest- elec- reel- gain peon Ezra each ding roll, otal rer's lon, year reds ted has., Fair: take Carr, make good make e tom S Mflue 6,000. known fi d wined edlby Mr go was Jack- th, mq .#m-0` a.44 ha;i suffered a aq . S�yt~8. tj1t >�+ f'A "*#" ... IVA& llziftn>v t a R . Lyal• . T'. 1,a'�I,dR. oto ;,;r ole. "hiQii>t4 h h a o q , a q ld his fertxt o lQ ag 0 h ,1 res n t o 7th son., of ; l3Q ick, to a l;eistleman festa yffaterl I@fiadial, COrrgel,C,AfleaCe) Mgmiloll0s, Vxorox4m+, NOV-0,' 1883. van. ,o for he sura of 85,1x00. 1Mlr Mg.Xntosh Someth n 'More th n tw e r a g a o Y i. s go, of has purchased, another farm of 148 when your correepoudent was as yet but AQres in Turnbiiry, a ee tohum in Anstralla, he wrote g the d ll the pall-bearrers At the funeral of lett r o the FiaA, commenting Pn the horse racing proclivities of Colonials. In. Mr the lute John Grieve, ofMoKillop,gamo to this dbantry with him in the and telling how, duf;iug •,Cup week,,, W. same vessel 52 years ago. The circumstance business throughout Victoria is partial• ly and in some oases wholly suslren4od', the of their all meeting together on the dad in order that both Jack and iris master rted occasion was purely aooldental. may go to Melbourne to witness the Mrs S. Getty has sold her farm on greatest of the 350 race meetings. that n in the 12th con., of MoHillop, to her near- take place in the..year.. Two years ago R est neighbor, Mr Jas Rynn, for the sum your correspondent represented the of $2,850. Mrs Getty refused $3,030 for it last harve st. Mr Rynn will now raoing and gambling manias as a Carso to Vio ria n m ra ' to a d o laze d accordin r sly. held have a very fine farm of 100 acres. But two years of beef diet and open in 13, Mr F. C. Rogers, general dealer, Brussels, who is one of the oldest busi. air, combined with a natural curiosity, induced your correspondent to lay aside ring T The nese men in that neighborhood, and for a few days his scruples of conscience and affairs of business, and see for him• whose business is a varied and erten- sive one, has assigned to a London man. self the great race for 'the Melbourne f ,l The liabilities will be about $70,000. ouPpur Colonial friend" went too. He the Mr John Cummings, who was report- always goes. It is part of his religion ed to have lost his life in a flood in —the greater part. Often have I heard er California is alive and well, although his trunk and other articles went down him relate his experiences. How he has returned from Melbourne with only to the stream. This young uran is a son sixpence and a return ticket. How he of Mr Jae. Cummings, of Tuckersmith. has staked his all on one horse, only, to tern Dr. McTavish,of Seaforth, was called see him run second. How sometimes is suddenly away to St. Thomas on account he has done very well, and how, at the of hisbrother,wbo lives near that place, other times, when he has taken "e long fir t meeting with an accident in the woods shot," for hundreds of pounds, his by which his shoulder was dislocated. horse has run so well that, to use his and He also received other severe internal own expression, he has almost heard 400 injuries. the notes rustling in his pocket. I ears John Peacock, of Morris, who went have. tried to convince "our Colonial 0 is to Manitoba last March, has returned to his home and be gives a very favor- friend" that betting and getting up sweeps arewot particularly honest ways able account of the country. $e says of obtaining money, but in vain. One that the crops were not as good as might as well attempt to argue with a duck about swimming. ease some other years. He purposes going back�,in March. A ride of a hundred miles in a Vie- r is the Mr Robert McIntosh has sold his toria railway compartment carriage ie not too pleasant at any time, but at our- farm, lot 10, Con..7, Howick, 100 acres, holiday seasons it is exquisite torment. r a for $6,00, and liurehased from Mr One is fortunate to get a seat on the Anson Chrysler his two farms, consist- ing of lot 10, Con. C, Turnbury, 89 acres, end of a portmanteau.. There ie a law hon and west half of lot 10, Con. A, Howick, a ainst smokin g gin compartments not -60 acres, for $5,700. set apart for the purpose, but it is a dead letter, a kind of Scott Act: nobody ram sok Miss Janet Barr and Miss Lottie takes any notice of it, and the non. Latimer, of Seaforth, were both quo- smoker has to do penance every time he cessful at the training institute examin- is so fortunate as to take a journey by ations. Both are now fully qualified rail. During "cup week" Melbourne is •R•, of as High school assistants. Mise Lati- 'High thronged with visitors from all parts of mer goes to the staff of the Elora Victoria, as well as from the adjacent and School and Miss Barr to that of the colonies, and upon our arrival in the cal- Kincardine High School. city it was only after two or three hours dow The Wingham Treasurer, Mr John diligent searching that we secured Dickson. has issued hie annual state- lodgings. titer ment of receipts and expenditures of To say that on the evening before the the town for the year 1889, up till the great race nothing else is talked about, ved. lbth of December. The liabilities gives but a faint idea of the interest Cel- are given at, $61,860,52, and the assets taken in the subject. The newspapera Mrs at$59,010.44. The debenture indebted. devote columns to it ; in the dining s so nese is $57,660.52, including the $20,000 rooms and restaurants nothing else is d as loaned to the factories last year. spoken of , the bar -maid, while she Mr James B. Jameson of Brucefield, mixes four "shandy gaff;" gives you her nm- had a narrow escape on Tuesday last opinion as the probable winner; news - from being burned out. It appears that during the absence of the men from the boys shout about the race on every street corner; gray headed men sit up shoe shop conducted by Mr Jameson, by hours beyond their usual bed time to fa of s spark or otherwise,paperwaeignited,aby discuss it; little boys talk to their - not till after the destruction of consider- there about it; little girls go to bed say - W. able hand -made work was the fire dis- ins ,, their mothers, "If you're waking call me early, ' ions covered. The loss is supposed to be nearly $100. No insurance. Call me early, mother dear." two The friends of Mr Robt. Clark,at one The last word you hear before going to time tenant of the flour and oatmeal sleep is the name of some favorite horse, mills al Wroxeter, but lately of Augus- and on waking in the morning, your ta, Kansas, learned with deep regret of room mate, a man you have never seen hera hie recent sudden and mysterious disap• before, introduces himself by asking urch pearance. It seems Mr Clark, who you what horse you have backed for lee- last, owns and operates a mill at Augusta, had been on a business visit to Kansas "the cup." The Flemington race course, where the City, where he sold a large quantity of the great race takes place, is the finest in Australia, and is said by the Mel - `1 flour. He telegraphed his wife that he would be home on a certain da but• bourne people to be second to none in and did not make his appearance, and has the world. It is easily reached by Cott on since been lost entirely to view. His either train or con,�eyanoe from the city. The afternood of Nov. 5 is per. last alarmed friends and family have been making all possible search for him, but . fe Mel- Leven without success. What makes the case for, no n A seraliuld All bourne is out for a holiday. It is an otal per more strange is that Mr Clark is known riot to have bad any large sum of mo- immense picnieing party as we)1 as a ney on his person, and that he was a horse race they have come out to enjoy. On the flat is a swaying mass of people, man deeply attached to leis family.— Foul play is feared. Mr Clark is a son.- acres in extent. The hillsides all lec- in-law of Mr Wm. Laurie,of that place, around the course are thronged with well dressed, orderly crowds, and even ion' and his relatives thare have the sym- pathy of the community in their anxie. close to the winning post, where thou- ty and grief. - sands are massed together in a narrow ens _ ��' space, there is no disorder or unneces- ces, sary crowding. Australians have rea- It Has Flattened Out. son to be proud of their behavior on ex -- "cup day." Scarcely any person the on Not so very long ago,some Canadians worse of liquor can be seen on the d of with others, were allured to California grounds. The grand stand and lawn by the boom that had been worked up are occupied by those who are able or hie by land sharks. That things are not willing to pay half a guinea for the sake The as bright now as they were, will be of comfort. It is here that the wealth seen by the following extract from a and fashion Of�Melbourne shows itself. : letter written by a resident of Passa- Sir Henry Loch, the retiring Governor D. dina, Cal; of Victoria, and Lady Loeb, are here, "Business is now almost at a stand so also are the governors of N. S. Wales still. Two years have come and gone and South Australia, Lords Carrington awe since the collapse of the great boom in and Kintore; as well as Sir Wm. Rob- pro- this country. Its resurrection, predic- inson,the newly appointed Governor of d a , ted by some p:ople, has never dawned West Australia. Her Majesiy's tear Su= upon us and still we wait, and by all ships, Orlar-da and Opal, are lying in appearanoes it will sleep on never to harbor, and scores of blue jackets are Own rise rgain. Many cities and towns are seen mingling with 'the crowd. Fine the becoming somewhat depopulated ; the manly looking fellows these British ad- streets once gay with equipages from the large Hotels, and the sidewalks office sailors are, with distinctly marked , by thronged with people are now desolate. English countenances. Two minor races take place early in As a result merchants are bankrupt the afternoon, and it is not till 4:30 p. and and are daily advertising to close out m. that the flag is dropped and twenty Miss their stock of merchandise. Store horses start for the £50 sweepstakes buildings can be rented at about your and £5,000 added money. The agony heir own price, thus the. workingmen are will now soon be over. In three min - thrown out of employment and fast utes and a half fortunes will be won nual leaving for other parts. Moet cities and lost. Horses costing three thou- cers and towns cannot float bonds to the sand guineas are pitted against one an - n of value of $50,000 and as sewerage is other. Every face shows intense in - needed it leaves affairs in a bad state. terest. Scarcely anybody out of'the d up How long this depression is to con- hundred thousand who are watching for tinue is a course unknown. Some had the race but has at least a small sum hoped for a revival in business circles staked on the result, while to many it for when fall immigration began, but De- means poverty or wealth, life or death. cember is at hand, the hotels are still As the horses enter the home stretch idle and the vacant houses of the sum- every eye is strained to catch the colors n mer are yet unoccupied, nearly 400 of the leader, and as they near the win- utye being empty in Passadena alone. The ning post, there arises small fish, so to speak, have gone, the „A hum of hoarse cheering, a dense big ones are to follow, and ere long a crowd careering. great smash up will be the result. Let those who can, stand from under. All eights seen obscurely, all shouts vaguely heard ; Real estate men are doing all in their , The green wins 1' ' The crimson N The ower to convince Easterners that land multitude swims on, tain- re now cheaper than it will be again And are blended and features but such is not the case. Those who are blurred. re blur will look into the state of affairs here The great race ie over and, usual, Y ear- will see at a glance that property, both n the favorite horse Hae not won. AI• undo. rancho and city, must come down to a ready word has come from Brisbane of mach lower price than it is at the pree- the attempted suicide of a young man Macr ent time. From $650 to $300 per acre who bad lost heavily on the race. Twc net- is somewhat abovea paying investment navvies working on a new railroad in and for farming purposes. N. S. Wales won £22,000 between them, Anothergreat drawback in California and on receiving word dropped their IYIC- is the absence of a Sabbath observanppe picks and shovels and took the express Miss law. Its desecratioff is a leading fAa. tura here. The saloons rema'q open for S dna Between' these two ex - thousands of the farmer ploughs hie land, baseball treme cases countless Pounds have changed hands as a result playing, dancing and selling wood and of the race, ao deeply fs the spirit of Dou• hay on the markets are also part of betting implanted in the Australian t the Sunday doings. The above coupled heart. ARNF.R CosExe. God- with the fact that there is no provis- ion made on the statute books for the CITY MAYORB.—In Toronto a short but protection of young girls is not a coun- vigorous contest for the Mayor's chair hived try to be desired by parents wishing to hie reeultod in the return of Mr E. F. from bring their children up in the admoni- Clarke for a third term by the great .pay ently tion and fear of God. There is hope, however, even for majority o4 1,904. In Hamilton Aid, McLellan was elevated to the Mayor's wicked California. The women's chair. In London Mayor Taylor was T. ohriatain temperance union hue taken re-elected. Mr S. G. Road was elected this matter in band, and held gather• Ma or of Brantford. In Ottawa Mayor on Inge in many cities. Enthusiastic Erratt was re-eleoted. Mr G.S. Ticllell a speeches were given and a .petition fs the now Mayor of •Belleville, and gen- drawn up to change the law. The paper has been extensively signed and of John Bro. Ur been eleoted Mayor of r Gowdy, Mayor fArm resented to the le islature of this p g Wm. Dr of Guelph ; ]Yir Wm. Drennan,Mayor of of Gu 1ph this state. I trust b at in the near future a brighte and ppier any may soon Kinggston ; Mr IsrAel Morse, Mayyor of St, Tunas, an'd Mr J. B. MOTIn e, may dawn aptly, the inh itants of the gol• Mf yot of St. Cathavinoa, +afore olootisd des stats. . , bl� �ibW16m&tMtii, ! l`- .. ... d•� aPi ar �1 m hip paetoar:rat $11+11 Qfi' illodist•Ci=urchr Toronto, stili spa r� Srl+g4tion ttQ f;ivo #fI,O11A ,, the redQmptioxl of debt Of tli+l ' `"1 the dr0t Sunda In the N� V', , y ��1 respol, wiso gI,i1Q00 , 4 ciesptitch from. attuilwltly& � +dam., Saye 1.. 4eirzAr i11 iti V7orflt t fliilfi*.tM>d;. in that village sad i •I�'. iafllra familieaAvg oAt t tar p v►atk - and 41fli ii0.4 no otel,.oa of rs regovery is flqubtfut'L ;. pt.. me. Carson .Parker, was 10444 .dead; 1n Pueblo 04199u, an'Mgnday,.; . p'or y he was one of the t at oinju4nt , chars of the Mpthodi#t' P}ndrdb, In N Xork state, but ,bQ. gme, a drµnliard . outcast, wandered to Pueblo,• .Fef and again joined tkle otiuroll, Hip t f rmation o lasted a vasty during .wbi I time he did editorial work', ai}s I deli . titrated rare ability. His heti