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The Clinton New Era, 1897-01-15, Page 47730,7- T -orf uary 1871897 Tut ouNtro ...1W. ER, .- t•m„+• *. wry ar e . to sell. a bol000 tai our Stock of Music lvuslnl Goods within the WO tette Weeks, in order to mike I c441•forimportantchanges before. the bicycle , season commences. We, therefore, offer all Musto W1ed, Musical Goods at cut `1),rE"icQs we have stacks of Sheet Music, kta half price; Music Books at educed prices; Violins, off MECOND HAND ORGAN, 'very cheap Sett its for anything in Music or 11lesical Geode. I RSON'S BH"CLEOUSE, MUM etv AtIv'xtiltement ystger—P Cole ltis� Smith eiture—Chellow es -Cooper & co rife—eV Lane shbetti- W Mair loot—J H Combe g --Miss Rutledge ins—Beesley & Co and—W J Elliott •23rd—Jaokson Bros i'ly closing—Butchers ereoats—Hodgens Bros lUpaper—W L Ouimette rn ture—Broadfoot & Box airy rale-Hodgens Bros uts to sell -G F Emerson 1;oltirepairing—J B Runlball ippfng a coin -W D Fair & Co gang cease—Miss McWhinney i}rd the public—Allen & Wilson ,Lielwanted—Stapleton Balt Works DMA tieiv eta FRIDAY, JANUARY 15th, 1897 The Tilsonburg man who was sent to the antral Prison:for eleven months for dispo- ag of obscene literature to school children is none too severely punished His oa - petion was a most disgraceful one, At years of age he certainly ought to have Ln engaged in a lees rascally business. 8y the new engraving contract just yarded' the Dominion Government ill Save $120,1100 a year over the fig - 'es of the old arrangement, The suc- essful tenderer is a New Yor k firm, it under terms of the contract it est establish works in Ottawa and the work there under Government peryision. The government should not have ommuted the death sentence of Bren- in, the Barrie murderer. If there vas an unjustifiable taking of life it was in this case. In almost every in- 8tance when the death...sedtence is im- posed the law should be allowed to tike its course. t;M In his evidence before the Tariff ommission at Ottawa the other day, r T. R. Booth, who has made a con- .tinental name for himself by building, lone and unaided,the important P• a- p Par- lee/Mown(' lee/Mtrrrrci Railway, and who is a fanner and live stock dealer, declared that al- thouglealways a Conservative, his ex- .,perience led him to state that the in- eeerests of Canada were opposed to the, int@rests of the NatiOlnel Policy. A. Conservative contemporary is au- hority for the statement that Hon. Mr eenway is going to create sent -010110 of edncatidili and that I-iuin. Mr Pren- dergdst Will seek re-election in St. Bo- niface as Minister of Education. As Mr 'Pe andergast is a Catholic, and St. Bo- ifieeb isthe constituency in whichArch- ; bishop Langevin resides, that would give a conclusive test of Manitoba Ca- tholic o a- tholico inion upon the school system of the Province. an its wi th k.. 0 The Toronto Telegram (independent Inservative) says ;—" Politicians who Ilkhey will be able to use the Man- hool,Question to throw out the government underestimate the telllgence. of the count ry and over - timate their own ability. The asser- n that the Liberals used -the Manito- School Queetion to throw out the ries overlooked the historic fact that e Conservatives threw themselves t by rushing into difficulties which urier has avoided. - The country is teliigent enough to realize -that its nice is between the compromise and medial legislation, and the politi- es are not clever enough to make a ajority out of members who think lathe compromise goes too far, and members who think that the com- nmise does not,go far enough." Premier Laurier addressed a large meet - in Qnebeo Thursday night, on the p- eal situation, the Manitoba school gues- s and the attitude of the Catholic clergy cards he Liberal party being his prin. al topics. Resolutions were unanimously opted expressing ,gatisfaotion with the bl ment that had been effected between ominion and Manitoba governments. .Laurier said he hoped that this bean - .l Domilion was abont to enter an era peace and prosperity, but said that if it s the intention to keep the province in a intent turmoil and to make it, like Spain, theatre of bitter religions controversy 1 conflict which kept it stationary while sister Provinoes are forging ahead. He abed it to be distinctly .understood that would take no part in such conflicts, and .1 the responsibility would rest in the Ter quarter. He stood and would stand t civil and religions liberty for all. O tr -to see his French-Canadian Iloweoountrymen in Manitoba the equal Other races. He desired to see his fel- t oiittetrymen of the Province of Quebec *Pace in tolerance and other respects 11t their English-speaking . brethren in Or ievinces, so that controversial ques- ta which were blocking their path might sleazed away, and an era of great pnblic tittaiagurated''to make the St. Law - he great highway of American trade, pat'tioularly to benefit that Province. ore the energies of the French -Can- a have been wasted in fruitlessdisone• Ellen the right to call themselves lie Liberals was denied• them, as if Wen in politics was inootnpatible he (j'etbel o religion. Civil, political liqioute liberty are stating, and if re - liberty hopes to triumph political mace:' be respected. in es do ba To th ou Jin Oh Re cia g t; b of ing liti do to oip ad set Mr tifr of wa 00 the P9waty 44ti*leIl$' Act. Since the election the pew County Oouncils•Act has come in for consider- able discussion; some of it favorable thereto, some of the opposite. An es- teemed friend of the NEw ERA op- posed the Act because he thought the councillors were at liberty to vote themselves whatever salary they liked, and while he was in favor of the num- ber of councillors being' reduced, he contended that they could make the expense just as great under the new system as under the old. When he was informed that the councillors could not draw more than $3 per day, and mileage, (the same as they got un- der the old order of -things, he express- ed his admiration and approval of the new Act. If the matter is looked at purely from a financial standpoint, the saving is something important. Formerly there were 52 members of the Huron County Council. The sessions usually lasted five days; 52 members at $3 a day for five days, amounted to $780, to say nothing of the mileage, five cents per mile each way. Under the new ace there are 16 members, and,as- surning that their session lasts no long- er than before, their salary would be only $240 and mileage—a direct saving of $540 for each session. The use of the double vote is another matter discussed, and on many occa- sions during,the last few days we have been asked for an opinion as to the propriety of this. It is adifflcult point to decide. In the absence of detailed figures as to the actual number of vot- ers who cast their ballots, one can only surmise as to whether voters generally gave two votes to one candidate, c,r one each to two. In giving the voter this privilege, the government evi- dently acted on the principle that as there would invariably be three candi- dates in each division, and each voter was entitled to vote for two, thus hav• ing two votes to cast, it was only right to give him the option of using those two votes in any way he liked, each for one candidate or two. It is also intended to give an opportunity for what is known as "the minority vote." We are inclined to think that as the working of the act becomes better un- derstood this particular feature of it will be better Appreciated than it is. Another objection to the new act is that ie is sectional in its character. That municipalities are distranchieed, or have no direct representation, by its working. kOn its face this looks like a good objection, and it does seem a clatter of injustice that ane munici- pality may have a representative and Another not. But to our mind there is rio actual injustice, nor is a munici- pality disfranchised. Take the case of this division, for instance. We are sure that Mr cox regards himself just as much the representative of Clinton and Hullett, as he is of Goderich town- ship, and the same thing applies to Mr Snell, and we are convinced that inthe their hands municipality will suffer no er injustice. The same argu- ment will, we b_>lieve, hold good gas regards the representative of any par- ticular division. We do not think that because Mr Torrance lives in Hay he will look after its interests any better then he will the other portions of his divisiotl, It is onl'i7 natural that the introduc- tion of hew electoral machinery, par- tleularly of a radical nature like this act, should cause some friction and dis- satisfaction. But if the act is given a fair trial we are of opinionthat it will receive public endorsation. It willbe much cheaper, is much easier worked, should accomplish all that is required, is based on the principle of representa- tion by population, and may in time prove in every way more satisfactory than the cumbersome system so long in vogue. If it does not accomplish these things it is not like the laws of the Medes and Persians, unchangeable, but can be removed from the stattite hook by the will of the people. Many persons are of the opinion that the government might as well have abolished entirely the position of reeve and deputy, and empowered municipal� corporations to have selected a chair man from among themselves. Perhap's this would be a step further than the community is willing to go, as it worild have the effect of leaving some milr.i- cipalities without any respon$ible head. Time Will tell if the services of these persons -are necessary for the proper running of municipal machine- ry, and if they are not, the act can easily be amended. County Council Election. Below are the official figures, as sup- plied by W. Lane, County/ Clerk, giv- ing the vote for each candidate in the county council election.The candi- dates in divisions Ne. 4 and .(i were elected by acclamation, consequently their names do not apeeear below :— Div. No. 1 Ashfield Colborne Goderich Girvin, Hugh 777, 225 35-1037 Holt, Philip 317 230 676-1222 McLean, Robt 50,0 408 626-1534 Div. No -2 Cliryton Goderioh Hullett Cox, John 252 750 179-1181 Forrester, D A '646 198 103— 947 Snell, James 130 111 757— 998 Div. No, 3 Hayfield Hay Stanley Douglas, P 91 151 399— 644 McEwen, George11 698. 158— 867 Torrence, John 134 819 344-1297 Div. No. 5 McKillop Tuck's'ih Seaforth Hays, T E 590 176 324-1090 McLean, J B 28 690 66— 784 Murdie, Richard450 51 38— 539 Wilson, D D 31 156 438— 625 West East Div. No. 7 Blyth Wawanosh Wingham Currie, Robt.. 6 61 170 149— 386 Hanna, John.. 26 47 26 226— 325 Patterson, D .. 246 426 378 121-1171 Stuart, Alex.. 53 439 105 46— 643 Taylor, T H... 86 71 161 161— 479 Div. No. 8 Herrick Turnb'ry Wroxeter Cook,,B 5. 775 150 24— 949 Miller, Robert 499 515 108-1122 Saunders, T 13 211 197 74— 482 Mr John McGarva has'taken an in- terest in the Electric Light Plant, and the management will be under the supervision of his son, Andrew. FINE Music,—At the morning ser- vice in the Metropolitan church Sun- day Miss Chester, soprano, sang the new song, "Satisfied, by Ernest A. Humphries. The words, which are by Miss H. Isabel Graham, of Eemnnd- ville, ate full of fervent spirit which is admirably brought out by the music. The song is published by Messrs Wha- ley, Royce & Co., and has met with mach praise from leading musicians.— Globe. This new • sacred song is for sale by W. D. Fair Co. and W. Cooper & !Jo. Church • C11411400 Rev. Father Kennedy, of Seaforth, moves to Sarnia this week; he is popu- lar and will be missed by others than his own people. Rev. Joseph 'Edge, Goderich, chair- man of the District, was last week con- fined to the house by a severe cold, but is now performing his usual duties. We are sorry to say that Rev. W. Rigsby, of Blyth, is confined to his room by illness, and the probabilities are that it will be several weeks before he is able to resume his work, The Salvation Army purpose hold-? ing a banquet, to be followed by a pro- gram of solid attractions. On this oc- casion there will be a grand muster of field officers from London, Seaforth, Bayfield, Wingharn and Goderich. This event will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 26th. Further announcements next week. METHODIST.—Revs Messrs Millyard and Ford exchanged pulpits on Sun- day morning last. The special services in Ontario St. church this week are growing in interest, are welf attended and several have shown a desire to lead a better life. .They will be held in Rattenbury St church next week. Evangelistic services in the Baptist church are being well attended. A well filled house every night greets the evangelist. Several have decided for Christ, others are anxiously en- quiring. Owing to the success of the meetings, Mr Palmer has decided to stay all next ween, beginning Sunday, Jan. 17. Those who have not yet lis- tened to Mr Palmer should not fail to hear this noted evangelist. About two months ago the NEw ERA announced g that Rev. Father Qui - ley would take charge of St. Josephs church here, Father West devoting his, time to his charge in Goderich. Father Quigley will commence his dut- ies on the 24Lb. We. are informed that the house adjoining the church, (now occupied by Mr Murch) has been purchased from Mrs Butler, at $700, to be occupied by Father Quigley as ,00n as Mr Murch can secure another place. The "Mystery tea" served bythe ladies of St. Paul's church, in the school room, last Monday evening, was cer- tainly a "mystery" at the outset, though everybody fared well after they were able to interpret the bill of rare. For instance the menu car said '"Women of Grit," but no o e could guess that this meant "sa d- wiches." Then "Grandmother's Pri e" meant doughnuts; "Tabby's Pa ty" milk, itnd so on through the list. The ladies aided those in lnterpretin the item's that were unable to thin thele out, and served a really excel nt :ea for the low admission fee of 10 • The annual meeting of the omen's Christian Association in nnection with the Ontario St. churc was held on Monday, Jan. 4th. Tel reports of the year's work and pr grecs were ver y satisfactory. The roes amount of money raised during the year was $268 92. Out of this a expenses of petting the electric 1 • ht were paid and sundry improveents in church and parsonage, leavi ' g a handsome balance to begin ano •er year's opera- tions, The follo"v'ng officers were elected to for1897•—Pr•sidettt Mrs Watts; Vice President, Mr Andrews; Secre- tary, Mrs W, a anning; Treasurer, Mrs Plumsteel. NE S NOTES During°the p: at ten years the debt of Great Britairi •as decreased $270,000,000. What protect:d country oan make such a showing? es The dear sentence of Michael Brennan, for the mu der of Mr. John A. Strathy of Barrie, ha been commuted to life impri- sonment. The .a : ndemeni of the Bishops of Quebeo denoun.ing• the Manitoba school settle- ment '•ill be read from the pulpits on Sun- day n:xt. T ••o lives were lost in the Queen's Hotel fire : t Wallaceburg. The victims were Al- ber Ughle of Cicero, Ind., and Andrew Baird, formerly of Hamilton. By a fire in the Queen's Hotel, Wallace- urg, at an early hour Ms morning, nee of he guests, an unknown man from Cleve- land, is reported to have lost his life. Winnipeg Conservative correspondents profess to believe that Hon. Jos. Marin will be the Liberal candidate in the com- ing bye -election. If he is, he will be elected. The:storehouse of Crathern & Caverhill, metal and heavy hardware merchants, Mon- treal, .was damaged by fire. There was $300,000 worth of stook in the building which [offered very largely. It is stated at Winnipeg authoritatively that Hugh John Macdonald will throw up the sponge next Friday, and the court will declare the seat vacant on the ground of bribery and corruption. The many friends of Hon. Wm. Harty, Ontario Commissioner of Public Works, who has been in search of health for some time, will be glad to hear that he has re- turned to his duties in a robust condition. The Echo de,Montmagny (Que.) says that Archbishop Langevin, of Manito- ba, was favorable to the school settle- ment untiLaft.er de had received mes- sages from some of the Conservative leaders. Mr. Edward Fenton was suffocated while trying to rescue his stock from his burning barn in Melancthon Township. as a se- ries of incendiary fires have occurred in the neighborhrod, an investigation .is being held, resulting thus far in five arrests. Ex -Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, dined at Government Honse, Ottawa, last Mon- day evening, In the afternoon he was en- tertained 'at lunch at the Rideau Club by Hon. Sydney Fisher, the Premier and most of the Ministers in tome being present. The office of the People's Coal Co., on Queen street west, Toronto, was entered shortly after noon on Tuesday by a man, who seized the cashier, Mise Reed, gagged her, tied her to a chair and then took $90 from the till. All the other employes be- ing at lunch, Mies Reed's predicament was not discovered for some time. The man meanwhile had escaped. The Hon. W. Mulock, Postmaster -Gen- eral, was presented with an address Mon- day night by the Liberal Association of St. George's Ward, Toronto. In making some remarks in reply, Mr. Mulooksaid be had found a disgraceful condition of affairs ex- isting in his department when he took charge. He had succeeded in saving $20,- 000 by changes in mail °entrants, and as the oontrots were good for four years, the saving was epual to•$80,000. He congratu- lated Canada on having a working Cabinet. He did not know a drone in it. He woeked hard himself. fie had been compelled to do so, but he did not know a member of the government who was not working hard- er than himself. 11,Bisrs 1,105,E$ 0xt�er prTrtr:ire $06VRIT Mr. James Hodge of Hamilton of him- self dead on the stairs of the city Hall. The Queen has contributed .2500 for the relief of the famine -sufferers in India. Mr. Donald G. Stephenson,' ex -Warden of York County, died at his home in East Toronto. Wm. Fraser, a London township young mac, victimized some London money lend- ers with forged promissory notes. A Minneapolis traveller named Nyman disappeared from a C. P. R. train between Sault Ste. Marie and Montreal and no trace can be found of him., A Quebec despatch says that a mande- ment ocndemning La Petrie and other Lib. eral papers was printed and sent out, but for some reason it was not read on Sunday. Miss Grace Stearns, a youngPort Rowan lady, was taking a gun out of a baggy in her father's barn when the charge exploded, entering her aide, infliotinga mortal wound, Miss Grace Sterns, of Port Rowan, pull• ed a gun out of a buggy the other day by the muzzle; the gun Rent off and shot her in the side, from the effects of which she died, On Saturday Charles MoCullom pleaded guilty to havi g made a oriminsl assault on his own mother at Port Huron, Mich. He was sentenced to the State prison for life. , A week ago, George. Montgomery, mate on the North Land, was stricken with soar - let fever, and his sweetheart, Emma Thrall, went to his home irePort Huron to nurse him through his Meese. In two days she contracted the diaease, and died Sunday. Mr. Henry Lawson, for eight years the editor of The (: lonist at Victoria, B. C-, is• dead. He w e the pioneer journalist of Canada, havi g for forty years past been engaged in tv 6 t e editorial work in Montre- al, Toronto/and Prince Edward Island. The deqiaration, is made by persons who have heard the testimony given during the last tw9'trial days of the "Seeley dinner" invesi tion at Ne* York police headquar- ters, at nothing approaching it in abso- lute •ndecenc has ever been set upon Y the } p reo fade of a public p b a tribunal in that pity, rs. Traill,,,e/lee well-known Canadian a thoress, celebrated her ninety-fifth birth. . ay at Lakefield on Saturday, and received he congratulations of many friends in dif- ferent parts of the country. Mrs. Traill still enjoys the best of health in body and mind. A. citizen of a Kentucky town, aged 103, has taken to himself a blushing bride of 101, The ceremony was witnessed by 1,000 rel- atives and friends, and the couple drove off in a one horse shay 83 years old. The motto of every spinster ought to be "nil desperanclum," A dispatch from Kingston says that the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Royal Military College la`s been abolished by or- der of the new commander. This is a very proper step. Any one who desires to drink can surely get all the liquor needed at a regularly licensed establisbment. Julia Washington, who lives near Chat- ham, lead her nephew before a Magistrate on a charge of assaulting her. The young man, William Washington, informed the authorities that his aunt killed her younger sister with an • axe seven years ago, and County Crown Attorney ns Douglas h aeorder- ed an inqui,y into the case. A despatch from Quebec says that "some time ago 1,500 copies of a mandament con- demning The Petrie and other Liberal or- gans, were shipped to Montreal and Valley- field from the Archbishop's palace here. That the mandament was not read hi,e oaused a surprise. It is said here that or- ders were sent from Rome not to condemn the papers. , The Dominion Cabinet has passed an order in council adopting the agreement which was entered into by Hon. Sydney Fisher and the authorities at Washington on the question of quarantine. As a result of this agreement, international quarantine will be abolished between United States and Canada, and rigid inspection put in force between both countries, Quarantine against other countries will remain. A Canadian Railroad man who has re- tired from active service is Mr. Dempster Wishart, who has just resigned the position .pit, general passenger agent of the St. Louis and 'San Francisco Railroad, after almost twenty years service in that capacity. Mr. Wishart was born in this country in 1348, and entered the railway service in October 1867, as a switchman on the old Great Western .Railway of Canada, being station- ed at Woodstock. • The condition of Hon. G. A. Kirkpatrick, Lieut. -Governor of Ontario, who is lying ill in South Street Hospital, London, Eng., is somewhat improved, and he is now in a state justifying hopes of his speedy recov- ery. His wife, who has arrived from Can- ada in response to asammons, la in constant attendance at his bedside, and her presence has been of great assistance to his medical treatment and careful nursing in bringing about his present•favorablo condition. Manitoba Legislature will meet early in February, and will ratify the school agree- ment before Parliament reassembles. One section of the extremists objects to the con• cilia tory compromise agreed to by the two Governments, on the ground that it es too favorable to the Catholic minority, but it will find that the Manitoba Legislature is resolved to carry ont the agreement in its entirety and generously, in order that the minority may have no room for complaint. After a canvass of the leading nations of the world it is figured that the total num- ber of copies of newspapers printed in a single year is 12,000,000,000.. Some idea of what thin enormous figure means may be t:roi :f one bears in mind that to print the world's newspapers a year requires 781,240 tons of paper or 1,662,480,000 pounds while 11 would take the fastest press in America 333 years to print a single year's edition which would produce a stack of papers nearly fifty miles high The Prince of Wales, in response to re- quests made to him for advice as to the most fitting plans for celebrating the com- pletion of the 60th anniversary of the Queen's reign, has oaused to be announced that he is confident that her Majesty would prefer that the occasion should be marked by works mercy among the sink and aufferi mbraoing any moverhent tending to b •,hten the homes and ame- liorate the condition of the Queen's poor subjects. , The ostmaster-General has decided to have thorough investigation into the met -.ds of keeping the accounts in his de rtment. For this purpose he has br•ught down from Toronto two expert ao- cd.ntants, Messrs. W.H. Cross and W. F. Munro. They are thoroughly examining the books of the acconntant's branch and will report 10 Mr. Muloch their views as to any improvements which may be made in keeping the accounts of the department. There is no insinuation of wrongdoing in this notion on Mr. Mulook'a part. All that he desires is to improve the departmental booldreeping if such be possible. 4.4111111111110 fThe annual meeting Of the Clinton Horticultural Society was held in the Council Char;riber, on the evening of Jan. 13, J. 0. Gilroy, Vice President, in the chair.'he Treasurer's statement duly audited, was read and adopted; it showed a balaur,e on hand of $102. The followingofiicers were elected:— President, Rev. W. J. Ford.' 1st Vice, J. C. Gilroy. 2nd Vice, Horace Foster. Directors—A.Arrnstrnng, A.. McKenzie, H. Walker, J. Wheatley, S. Davis, W. Brydone, H. Joyner, sr., Thos. Cottle, W.Coats. Honorary directors—Mayor Holmes, ex -mayors Searle, Forrester, Doherty and McTaggart; Messrs '!'hoe Holloway, Dr,Turn bull, and the follow- ing ladies, Mrs James Fair, sr., Mrs Jn Gibbings, Mrs W. Robertson, Mrs. W. Jackson, Mies Doan, Mise McTaggart, and Miss Fowler. Auditors, W. E. Rand and J. P. Doherty. Mr William Coats was re -appointed I Secretary-'Freasurer, and received a very hearty vote of thanks both for his service° during 1896 and for his efforts in organizing the society AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual meetiing„ of the Hullett Agricultural Society,was held on Wed- nesday, president D. A. Forrester in the chair. The auditor's report was presented and adopted. The following officers were elected : Pr s., D. A. Forrester ; Vice, S. G. Pliknmert 2d Vice, Win. Weir. Direct- ors—Stanley, M. McEwan ; Tucker - smith, John Hunter; Goderich, John W. Yeo; Hullett, J. Reynolds, J Van Egmond, A. McKenzie, C. Hoar ; Clin- ton, J. J. Wiseman. DireJohnston, ctors—Mayr Holmes D. B. Ken- nedy, SyS. Cooper, H. Foster, J. Fair, J. E. Blackall, J, B. Lindsay, W. Do - her ty, J. Wigginton, W. C, Searle, T. Cottle, A. Elcoat, L. Tipladyy. Audi- tors— J. T, Harland. Dr. J. W. Shaw. Members of Park Oimmittee—Messrs Forrester, Plummer and Cottle. " At a subsequent meeting of the new board of directors Wm. Coats was an- ointed Secretin -T p y reasurer. The date for the fall fair was fixed for Tuesday and 'Wednesday, Sept. 2Sth and 20th. The usual committee were then ap- pointed and the meeting adjourned. NEWS NOTES Alanson Elliott, licence inspector of South Essex, has been very ill for some time and unable to attend to his duties, and the Ontario Government has decided to make another appointment. Mr. W. L. Scott, Master in Chancery at O.tawa, hal to decide a knotty question as to whether Mr Peter McRae or his wife died first in a drowning accident. As the husband was found with the body of his little boy clasped in his arms, the Master decided that he must have died first, be- cause his efforts would bo hampered by the buy. Two sons of the late Hon. Thos. Mc- Greevy hold positions in the Post Office Department, and when the Liberals were returned, members of the party in Queebc clamored for the McGreevy's dismissal. Mr Mulock refused to consider the matter until apprised of their inability to perform their duties, or that their services were un- necessary. As their superior officers reports them as entirely sats fa t rY. Mr Mulock will allow them to hold their positions. The Chatham Dredging Company have just concluded the Raleigh plains ditch— probably the largest drainage ditch in America. It is over 10 miles in length, 90 feet wide at the outlet, and tapering to 45 feet, and 9 feet deep. The contract price was about $40,000. The huge drain,. which empties into Jeannette's Creek, a tributary of the Thames, serves the town- ships of Raleigh, Harwich and Tilbury, re- moving surplus water, which at certain seasons of the year submerged the lowly- ing farm lands, doing widespread and heavy damage. The work of construction has occupied two years. Tbrongh litiga- tion, which involved an appeal to the Privy Council, the work has been delayed for .years, and the township of Raleigh sad- dled with law coats aggregating $25,000. The Philadelphia Ledger,a representative of public opinion in the United States, says: "Speaking in a general way, it may be that reciprocity with Canada, if it can be arranged without iujurioas effect on the industries of this country, should be es- tablished on the principle that it will tend to promote that amity which should prevail between neighboring nations. It seems also that there are certain Canadian products• which we need. and that we have certain products which Canada neede, both in such relative proportions as to make their free interchange a matter of public policy in both countries: There are, however, cer- tain other articles which we cannot afford to exchange on even terms, especially in view of the fact that Great Britain will claim equal rights with Canada in whatever. favors are extended to the latter. It is evid- ent, then, the subject is one requiring deep consideration and careful handling in order to avoid undesirable complications and to secure the beet•resulta to the greatest num- ber of our own people." CORRESPONDENCE The NEw ERA is not In any way respon+ible for opinions expressed under this he td. IT SHOULD BE STOPPED To the Editor of the New Lira. DEAR Stn:—Now that you have closed the correspondence between the rival Damps of barbarians in Colborne, perhaps a few lines from an outsider may be in order. To have slain a large number of not only harmless, but, in many cases, eminently useful wild creatures, seems to be counted a praiseworthy performance among the young savages of Colborne. Surely our legislators oan enact laws to preserve the few remaining epeoies of birds and squirrels from the guns of half grown boys, who, with the hearts ttif Kurds in their bosoms, imagine it a manly thing to go ont to the woods and kill or main every living thing in light. Bab! It makes ode sink to read every autumn of squirrel hunts aria shooting matches. It metres one revile the English langnade as a bald and dreary thing, for not furnishing terms strong enough to sear the ruthless con- sciences of the promoters of those squirrel hunts. It may be manly sport to hunt big gams, where there is an element of danger to the hunter as well as to the bunted; but consider what a email aonled coward a man is who oan point a gun at a lively little squirrel dr merry singing birds. Nothing but the law of the land prevents snob a man from perpetrating atrocities as gross as those of recent date in Armenia. And indica wear dead birds on their hats in ohnroh. What hypoorites we all are to be sural Talk about teaohing religion in the public eohoole; better teach a little humanity in our churches arid Sun- dey Schools first. Farmers should not al- low any man to shoot on their premises, for the killing of birds strikes the tiller of the soil in a vital part—the pocket, and he is often too simple to know it. . Commis SENSE. u oz aJ 'Limon A GOOD SUM—LNG—The following is a statement of the crops raised on the House of Refuge faun. lest season:— Oats, 300 bushels; potatoes, 400 bushels; corn not all husked; turnips, 400 bush ; garden beets, 100 bushels; garden car- rots, 5 , bushels; garden parsnips, 25 bushels; onions, 15 bushels; apples, 19 trees, 40 barrels; hay, 1 ton; corn foci,- der, oe.der, acre; beans I2 bushels; cabbage, 1000 head. This is pretty good, con- sidering there are only 50 acres. THE INMATES — The latest arrivals are John Ross, from Tuckersmith; Jno McAllister, frem Brussels; and Fanny Brindley, from Goderich. McAllister is a carpenter by trade, and is now busy making coffins, eta„ to be used when needed, which, it is hoped, may not be needed for some time. Quite a number of the inmates are suffering from very bad colds and some are con- fined to their beds. James Ray, seri„ is improving in health and on a fair way of recovering ; he has lost some of his toes and more to follow. Mrs Wallace absconded last Thursday evening, and some of the inmates say the Horne is like a little heaven since she left, and all hope she will not return. INSPECTOR'S REPORT.—The follow- ing is a copy of the Inspector's Report for the year ending Dec. 31st, to be submitted to the County Council at its next meeting:—Total number of in- mates admitted since the opening of the House, 95; number of inmates on Jan. 1, 1896, 51; number admitted dur- ing the year, 42, 33 males and 9 females; number of inmates in House on Jan. 1, 1387, 61,males46,females 15 7The in- mates admitted during 1896 were from the followrnt, rnunici alities:—Ashfield 3; Colborne 4; Goderich 2; Grey 2; Hay 1; Hullett 1; Morris 2; Stephen 4; Mc- Killop 3; Tucker smith 2; Turnberry 1; West Wawanosh 1; East Wawanosh 2; Goderich 3; Clinton 3; Seaforth 3; Wingham 2; Exeter 1; Brussels 1; Blyth 1: total 42. Number who have not resided in the County two years, 1. The causes of pauperism are as follows: —Intemperance 8; oldlage 11; sickness 12; injury 2; weakness of intellect 5; blindness 1; enciente 1; indorsing for brother 1; father in house 1. 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