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' J i Both Tatario Blserber ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Editor. - oo. JAMES BAIRD, - PORT PERRY, NOV. 28, 1878 Salutary Intoxication. The Toronto Globe makes ® lamentable wail over the slaughter of the innocents, the wholesale dis- missal from office of the nest of supernumerary Grit governmental hangers on who infest every de- partment of the Government build- ings at Ottawa, draw handsome salaries and give no value for the same. Here is the way the Globe commences his howl. "The Government, intoxicated Ly the magnitude of its majority, seems to have Yost all claim to the name of "Conservative " If" Radicalism" means as Tory organs siy it does, dangerous innovations, then the pre- sent Government is radical in its policy. -- The abandonment of the time honored principle in the British Tmperial and Col- onial Parliamentary pocedure, viz. that of maintaining the stabity of the Civil Service and its removal from the throes of party political excitement, has evidently been de- termined upon by the present Government." "Intoxicated" ! indeed ! if such be the effects of intoxication it would be good for the country if all our rullers were intoxicated ; it would have saved the overburdened tax- payers many hundreds of thousands of dollars had our governments in the past been similarly "intoxicat- ed." v The Globe for the. past tive years has been acenstomed to see all Gov- Dominion and ernment offices, Provincial, literally packed with Grit suckers so that three out of every four of them were only in each others way, drawing handsome salaries for which they gave no equivalent, and the maintenance of whom pressed heavily on the toiling taxpayers. The Globe must know that the extravagant course pursued by the Mackenzie government could not possibly be continued without leading to the greatest possible dis- asters; he must know that the an- nually recurring deficits of the Mackenzie Government with the yearly increase of public debt would soon have sunk the country in irre- trievable The understood all this and so soon as an rain. electorate opportunity was afforded them they showed Mackenzie waste by driving 'him their disapprobation of and his wasteful crew from office. -- But the electors in driving one set of men from office virtually said to their successors you must avoid the rocks of extravagance on which the Mackenzie Government foundered or you will soon share a similar fate. Had the new government made no attempt to reduce the fearful expen: diture the G'/obe would have been the first to sound the alarm and it would have been right; but seeing' that the new Government has honestly begun in the proper quarter to cur- tail the alarmingly extravagant ex- penditure of the country it is unfair, unmanly and dishonest to raise a hue and cry and assert that this commencement of retrenchment is the result of intoxication arising from victory. The very pith of the Globe's wail rests gn the fact that the pruning- knife is being applied to the Grit supernumeraries, but the Globe ought not to complain on that score for the supernumoraries are all Grits, the creatures of the Mackenzie Government, none but Grits need 'apply in Mackenzie's time and they occupied every chink and crevice in and around the parliament build- ings, and so far from hooting and branding the new government for this commendable step the Globe and every other journal in the Dom inion ought to give them credit and urge them to go on with the good work of retrenchment and not stop till every 'unnecessary officer has been removed and that only those shall be retained who are both able and willing to perform a fair day's work for a fair day's pay and that more 'shall be retained than are expenditure, all of ns, the Globe in- cluded, will come to see that such and is just what the people want. Municipal Elections. A few more days and the muni- pal elections will be upon up us when we shall again be called upon to select men to fill the responsible positions of reeve deputies and council and it behooves all who wish well to the municipality and the county to look carefully ahead and make a proper selection. While it is perfectly right that in tending candidates should make known their intentions so that the electors may be made aware of the material from'which they can select; it is the vory perfection of im- pertinence for intending candidates to slip round the municipality and crave votes before they have been nominated by the electors to the pusition ti.ey wish to fill. Electors should on no condition give the slightest promise or countenance to any sneak thus slipping round and seeking to deprive them of the right of the franchise by getting them to pledge themselves to certain purties aud thus deprive themselves of a free choice when momination day comes. It is rank insolence for any one thus to seek to steal a march either upon other intending candid- ates or upon the electors by sneak- ing around on the sly and secur ing pledges ina sycophantish way. Let known their intending candidates make intentions and when the day of nominations comes the people will know among whom they have got to select, but intending candidates are acting an unwarrant- able part if they strive to bring them" selves out and secure pledges ere the electors have nominated them.-- There is no surer sign of the unfit- ness of a candidate for uny position thar his sneaking round in his own sly way trying to secure the votes ot electors before he has been nom- inated. A plausable, sly sn2ak who will creep around and strive to secure votes before he is nominated ought to be hooted by every inde- pendant elector, for any man who will secure offico by any such means will prostitute it when he gets it. Let canvassing be deferred till after the people have said by their nominations whom they wish to stand for the several positions.-- Let the electors go to the nomina tions free and untrammeled, let the municipal matters be fairly discuss ed and let those men be selected who are best suited for the several! posi- tions. Let the utmost care be ex. ercised in the selection of Reeves and D. Reeves for the time has come when County Council matters de mand particular attention at the hands being of our both more costly than township affairs.-- representatives as more intricate and Let varties who are willing to come out make it known and do no more in the matter till the electors have given their nomination, A Murky Outlook. Astronomical authorities are trying to frighten us by pointing out the good things thutare in store for us about a year or so These authorities tell us that the four planets Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn and hence. Uranus will in little more than a year hence all be In that part of their orbits which is nearest to the sun, that they have not occupied a like position during a period of nineteen hundred years and that we may expect during the four or five years while these planets are hovering round their peribelia that the inhabitants of the earth will experience disastrous and pestilentinl, times. A learned author who has thorough- ly studied the subject has traced the course' of the greatest recorded epidemics to times when two or more of these planets have been at their peribhelia about the same time, feels sure that when the four are near their perihelia at the same time that the inhab. itants of the carth will experience trying times. His theory is, that when one or more of the large planets is nearest the sun, the condition o our atmosphere is so dis turbed as to cause destructive storms, long droughts, serious ailments, and evils with. out end. In the 'sixth and sixteenth 'centuries the perihielia of three of the planets bad time for other people d to continue for ple want. And when our govern- | Mackenzie's late Private Secretary, whom | i ment become sufficiently intoxicated | to cutoff every dollar of unnecessary | | a8 all that could be desired, the Burns family who wish to join them are all expected to | turn in and give 'their patron saint a be-' goods, should sign the Merchandise delivery coming welcome, Abundance of good cheer book before he took away the goods, some, Mr. Mackenzie had on the eve of his dis- missal, placed in a comfortable birth ata salary of $3,200 a year, to step down to his former position and thus save a uscless ex- penditure of $3.2000 a year, Mr, Bucking- notified of the proposed change, That Excursion. the Mail styles the magnificent Director of all the Railways on this side of sun down)-- | everlusting, mutual, lauditory excursions took place onthe W, P, P, & L. R, ou the 26th inst. On the platform at the Port Perry station waiting the arrival of the special train from the south might be scon a knot of worshipers of free vides and unstinted rail- Holden worshipers or rather These were dressed to within an inch of their lives, $he inveterate, aristocrat. 1cal " plug" being the order of the day. The slightest scream or whistle in the distance set the expectant group on tip toe, all cast- ing longing eyes towards their ising sun, -- At last the long looked for whistle was heard and the train made her appearance in the offing, rush to see the train? No! but to see the But judge of their sorrow and disappointment way grub, The expectants now made a Great, Honest Managing Director. when they learned that the great man was not there and that they must proceed on what was now a weary pilgrimage in in tellectual darkness, in the absence of the great luminary, The regular train was to follow the special but there was considerable d:Mculty in mak. up this; all the " braw" cars were away with the special for the accommodation of the free awells, and now to accommodate the plebeians on the regular train, an old hulk was dug out which from its antiquated ap- pearance one would suppose to be the car which conveyed the material to Noah's ark before the flood. But its appearance was not the worst of it for the miserable antedéluvian hulk had its coupling apparatus so placed thet it went right past the coupling appar- atus of anything constiucted since the flood, and when a brakesman--a noble young man --went to couple this wretched old tub to another car the couplings passed each other and crushed the young man to death, Dec man in his 20th year, the only support of ed was an active, intelligent young his widowed mother and fatherless brothers and sisters, He bad occupied the position of brakesman but a short time, Universal sympathy is felt for the sorrowing and bereaved ones, A coronor's jury brought in a verdict of accidental death, Er---- Playing Sharp. Mr. Hortop, a miller near Columbus whose standing in society was considered very good, a man much respected by those who knew him, and an exemplary member of the Daptist Church, in an unfor- tunate hour, foolishly attempted to play sherp and got cauglt. It appears that he has been forging the signa- ture of the station agent at the Brooklin station of the W.,'P. P. & L. R. to bogus shipping bills of flour and on the strength of those forged bills had been drawing on consignees to between two and three thousand dollars. On Saturday last the bird being suspicious of being caught was just about to fly when he was nabbed at the Whitby junction of the G. T, and was taken straight to the Whitby jail, We are sorry to learn that the dilingnent has gone into two of our grain merchants to the extent of some thirteen'or fourteen hundr- ed dollars, These are certainly perilous time for business men, ---- St. Andrew in the Walker House. The members of the N, 0, St. Andrew's Socicty and all who wish to join them will celebrate St. Walker House, evening 29th inst, Andrew's Festival in the Port Perry, on Friday The celebration on this occasion is ex- pected to be unusually attractive and every effort is being put forth to make it worthy the patronage of all. The committee are doing their best to make the festival interesting, attract.ive and highly enjoyable, the good taste and enterprise of the host and hostess are a sufficient guarantee for the excellence of the arrangements, The bandsome din® ing room is being still further enlarged with a view to the comfort and convenience of all who may take partion the interesting festival. While members of other nationalities will doubtless be present in large numbers and their presence will be regarded with much favor, surcly mo ome of Scotch descent, who can at all be present, will absent him- self on au occasion of so much importance, | especially to Scotia's sons and fair daughters. St. Andrew calls his children together and the Scott who allows him to eall in vain ia! not worthy of the name. Supper on the table at 8 p.m. Dancing at 11:30, Re- member Friday 29th inst, The musical department may be relied on from Whitby, and the Sibley family have kindly consented to be present, tli St. Andrew's Day Celebration. » St. Andrew's celebration at the Thompson House, Port Perry, on Saturday 30th inst., when St. Andrew's bairns and all others Magistrates' Court. On Saturday, 16th instant, an interesting Magistrates' Court was held in the Town | Hall, Port Perry, J, Squelch, Esq., on the time, I.J. Davis was station agent at the Port | in sending the party to trial, he cannot see Perry station then,"know that to be a freight | how the magistrates can get out of sending Bench, J. Holman, Esq, associate. Jolin Nott, Esq., had laid information | intoxication has a salutary influence ham Lowever took the pot and retired from against Mr, I. J, Davis, charging him with thing of that particular charge, it was before the Civil Service immedinsely on being | fraud in the matter of charge on freight to! my time, I have nothing to do with it, these | Jones Bros. Port Ferry, while he (Davis) matters don't belong to my de| was Station Agent at the Port Perry Station of the Whitby & Port Perry Railway, + N. € Paterson, Esq, appearing for the for the defence, The large number present at the investi- gation proved how wuch interest was taken by the public in the case about to come np. We have no intention to drag our readers over the windings of a somewhat circuloqu, tious evidence, but confine our report to the more salient points, The first witness called was a Mr, Hopkins Station Agent at the Whitby Station of the G.TR was extended to great length simply with the view of illustrating how the Advice Notes are made out, and the liability to make mistakes, Mr. Hopkin's evidence may havs been useful in some way but un- professional minds could not see the point, Mr. C. Jones, one of the firm of Jones the freight on the goods referred to in the Advice Note B, Mr. Jgnes suid that before making any statement as to the matter in question, the would distinctly that tie firm of Jones Bros. has nothing to do with this prosecution, that they had done their best to prevent it, and that they had advised the informant not to lay the inform- ation, The evidence of Mr. Joues weat to show that the. $213 of an overcharge in freight as per Advice Note B paid by Jones Bros. had since been refunded to them, state In the absence of important documents belonging to the Railway Company, the in- vestigation could proceed no further. Here the Court adjourned till 10:30, a.m. Saturday, 231d inst, Saturday 23rd the Court again met with the same Magistrates and the same Counsel and a very large number of listeners. Mr. Ross, Secretary, of the R. Co'y was the first witness called, To N. F. Paterson--I of the Whitby, Port Railway Company ; here the Bills of the Company for 1873; 1 recognize the hand writing on the Advice Note, marked B. as that of 1. J. Davis, the then Agent of the Company at the Port Perry Station of the Whithy Port 1% & Lindsay Railway ; am satisfied that exhibit B 1s the Advice Note of the goods in Way- Bill 146, the original Way-Bill is produced in Court, the money paid over to the. Com pany on Way-Bill 146 was $62.02, being the full amount called tor in said Way-pill. This is manifest from the merchandise de- livery book of the Company, kept by the Agent of the Company at the Port Perry Station in 1873. Find the goods in the Advice Note entered in the hand-writing of I. J. Davis and corresponding with the Way. Bill, This 62.02 was entered in the proper column as money received on goods deliver~ ed to Jones Bros. , the entry is correct, and all that Davis paid over to the Company as received as freight on these goods, pronounce the Advice Note, marked B.as incorrect, there is apparently an overcharge of $213 on the freightage of goods in Way-Bill 146. The figures $2.13 marked in pencil are mine ; am satisfied that the $213 was never paid to the Company. The Agent should not charge more than the Way=Biil calls for unless by mistake, the charg the Way-Bill was too little, or the weight fonnd on re weighing to be less than it onght am Secretary Perry & Lind: have blue to be. I.J. Davis sent me money to cover the overcharge, till T sent to him money He did not send me money for it. to pay back the amounts of ove Davis sent me charge. He sent it to me asan officer of the Compmy. The Company got a bond from I. J. Davis binding J. W, Davis and I. J, is to indemnify the Company against any loss arixing from the overcharges made by 1 J. Davis, that is the bond which I now pros duce. Counsel for the defence objected to the bond being submitted, Cross examined by Defendant's Counsel, There was quite a spat between the Coun sel for the Defence and witness regarding the Merchandise Delivery Book, as to whether the Agent in entering his debits was really debiting himself or the Station. Can't say whether I paid Jones Bros. the $2.13 of over-charge or whether Davis paid, Believe it is paid. Here Defendant's Counsel showed witness a piece of paper, then took it from witness and put it into his pocket. Counsel for the prosecution objected saying he demanded that the paper just shown be left iu the bands of witness, as he (Counsel for the prosecution) intended to have some- thing to say about it. Mr. Bigelow refused to give it up. Mr. Paterson said his learned friend must have a singular view of the law of evidence if he supposes he can show a witness a paper and prevent its being seen by the opposite Counsel, and the witness be examined on it With quite as much reason might his learn: ed friend go and whisper in the ear of a witness while he is giving evidence, but his learned friend will find that he is not going to gain much by this paper. Witness continued--1 now know that the $2.13, tho overcharge im the Advice Note B was paid to Jones Bros, as I see it on the list shown to me, Don't remember the time I sent the list to Davis, believe it was within the past two years ; the first I learned of the $2.13 of an overcharge on Jones Bros. Advice Note was sent to me for correction by Joues Bros. Davis did not ofier any mouey till I asked it. It was after this the bond was given, Davis did not offer a bond, I asked one to protect the company, sum of $5,000 to the Whitby, Port Perry & Lindsuy Railway Company, securing them in freight by I. J. Davis, sworn as to his delivery to Jones Bros. of the merchandize contained in Advice Note B. on 10th March, 1873. Could not swear whether or not he had paid Davis the money, ual festival ill be welcomed, freight' themselves, e == Railway Company ; am not carter for the Sup; er on the table at 7:30 p. m, © When all C0'y,am carter for the merchants who em - he generally paid the mouey ere be got the in prepared and the festival is to be celebrat- times the consignees went and paid the = ed by a pleasant and enjoyable supper. Don't belong to the loy me, I strive to domy duty and gene = fobor' : p yrish to join in a rieht cory celebration gu); succeed, Curley delivered the goods to me, : Mr. Holden sworn--Am Managing Dir- Bros. was now called as to the payment of | After dinner Joseph Cook was called and ector of the W,, P.P. & L. R.,was notin the position in March 1873 James Dryden was President then, I was Vice-president at that advice note of our road, don't know any tment, any | notice of overcharge would be Submitted to me as Managing Director, have the whole management of the road, if that were an Another of © Honest John Holden's" --(as Prosecution; N. G. Bigelow, Jsq,, of Toronto, overcharge it would be decidedly wrong, our agents are not allowed to make any overcharge, they may increase the charge if the charge in the way bill is legs than it ought to be or if the weight is more than that set forth in the bill, the extra charge in such case must be returned to the Co'y, am aware that Mr. Davis and his son executed a {houd to the Coy to protect them against loss fu consequence of any overcharge that I. J. Davis may have made, the Co'y hold ! ble for the otficial acts of their agents and the | , Co'y soaght this bond tosecnre them against "any loss. THe Co'y regarded these mistakes by I. J. Dayis as overcharges, have not found any such mistakes made by any other | agent on onr road, no other such overcharges {have been referred to me. To Defendant's Counsel--Would not swear that it was not a mistake. To Counsel for Prosecntion---From my stand. point I regard it as a wrong, To Mr. Bigelow--My stand-point is that Agents have no right to make any over- charge, and they are doing wrong if they do it, He would regard a mistake as a wrong, Mr. Bigelow, Counsel for the defence, now addressed the Court with good judgment and telling effect on the spectators at laast for a round of applause greeted the Counse] as be resumed his seat, His con- tention was that the prosecution had entirely failed to produce one tittle of proof to show that the prisoner had put one copper of Jones Bros. money into his ewn pocket or that he received any more money than that accounted for in the Merchandise Delivery Book. That in order to sustain the charge in the information--obtaining money under, rousing false pretences--it must be shown that there was a misrepresentation of facts ; that this was done knowingly in order to obtain money ; and that the money must have been obtained ; but not a particle of proof had been adduced to show that the prisoner had received of Jones Bros more than he accounted for and that the prosecution had closed their case one copper money from without attempting to produce any evidence to show that the prisoner had pocketed on cent of the money obtained from Jones Bros The books produced are no evidence, they are simply copies of the originals and may be correct and may not but are of no use as proof in comtt--if they wish to prove any- thing from the books, the originals must b. The weekly prisoner khould also have been here if it had produced. returns made by the prisoner had paid over all the money, -- e Sec, ot the Co'y it is obvious that insuffici From the tstimony of it investigation That the See. of the Co'y had simply run up the of the co'ys' books had taken place, figures on the delivery note and subtracted the amount on book from the amount of the. dehvery note the merchandise delivery and charged the prisoner with the difference Would this court or any other court regard such as sufficient ground for depriving a man of his liberty. The prisoner is muzzled from the position he occupies hud he had the in the box Hh would no doubt - have been able to clear np the whole matter, but his mouth is closed he Mr. Cook, the carter, who is doubtless an efficient and care. (rivilige of being placed has no such opportunity, ful carter and seeks to perform his duty as he cughit to do, yet he has forgotten all about the transaction and is only Looking at the delivery note, be does not reminded by knew whether or not he receive, dg the money | from Jones Bros to pay the freight, Ifthe {entry iu the book produced be worth any- [thing in way of evidence it is full proof of th: amount of money 'recvived and | that it was all il over to the Coy.-- I the 1 evidence to show that | the money 'went into prisoner's hands, the {baks of the C that [et uce and to show wherein the mistake should be produced so Whe prisoner might have the means of lies, Mr. Bigelow goes on to refer at length to Mr. Hopkins' evidence and argued trom the difffculty that gentleman experienced in making the calculations that the liability to mistakes are by no means remole. Counsel now dilated on the prerogative of the Bench in summary convictions for lar ceny and argues that it is the duty of the magistrates to give the prisoner the full benefit of any doubt they may have, that the liberty of the subject should not be re- garded as a small matter, We are bound to suppose in the absence of proof to the con- y, that the weight had been corrected and the presumption is that the thing has been rightly done and until the original books of the Co'y and prisoners weekly return have been produced there is nothing to show to the contrary, ith the increased weight the descrepancy is only 40 cents and such a mistake any man might fall into. The much talked of bond treats the whole mat- ter as a mistake and he caonot see how it is possible under the circumstances for the | bench to come to any other decision than to discharge the prisoner. | Mr, Paterson now addressed the Court in {a manner bighly" creditable to himself, been wanted to establish the fact whether | trial. This is the extent of the magistrates duty in the matier, and he (Mr. Paterson) considers that the prosecution has produced | evidence sufficient to warrant the magistrates' | Princess him down. The advice note before the court carries misrepresentation on the face of it when compared with the way bill and; Editor Opserve.- merchandise delivery book, as the party to | whom this advice note was delivered had no means of knowing whether the charges were or were not correct. In the advice note before the court an overcharge of $2.13 has been made. but the prosecution had not been 80 clear as to what had been done with this overcharge, until my learned friend--counsel for the defence, supplied the missing link by the production of that paper which he show- ed to Mr. Ross while that gentleman was in the witness box, That paper shows con- clusively that the overcharge was no inno- cent mistake on the part of the prisoner, had it been so he would have sent down all that I'he examination of this witness themselves,and the law holds them responsi- [De collected, but he does pot appear to have done so and it is not till after the overcharge has been detected that the prisoner attempts to make restitution. The learned counsel continued Lis able and pointed address to some length and wound up by asking the { Bench to consider the evidence before giv, ling their decision. The presiding Magistrate adjourned the Court till 10 a.m, on the 27th, The magistrates could not agree as to the verdict and the niatter will have to come up before a differently constituted Bench. Shooting Match. The shootiug match at " Our House" on Thursday last was most Successful and the cofipany of sportsmen unexpectedly large when the condition of the roads and state of the weather are taken intoaccount. There were many fine shots present. Amongst other matches was one of con- siderable interest between J Blong, T. Lawler, J. Bowerman, E, Armstrong, P. Holt and G. Ray. Bowerman took down 2 of his, Blong and Each got 5 birds, Rae took down 3 each, Lawler, Armstrong and Holt brought dowa all their birds hence They took three birds each and shot off the tie Holt killed his 3, Lawler killed 2 bat there was a tie amongst the three, Armstiong's birds were too smart for him and his shot cculd not touch them, There was another big match between Armstrong, Tweedie, Holt, Ray, Macquay, Each took 8 birds and Armstrong brought down 7 of his, Tweedie killed 6 of his, Paxtou, Holt, J. Paxton, Blong and Lawler, McQuay and Ray killed 5 each, Blong took 3 of his, Lawler's birds did not want to be shot and they all got off but 2, Law's Crooks. The petitions against the return of Mr, Plumb for Niagara, Mr. Glen for South Ontarioand Mr. White for West Hastings came before the fall court of Common Pleas on the 23rd inst, Mr. Hodgins, Q.C., who appeared for the respondent in each case entered as e demur, er that the Act under which these petitions have been filed is unconstitutional, that the controverted Election Act of 1874 is ultra ires and that the Dominion parliament was traveling beyond its record when passing sich an Act. Whether the demurer will hold water remains yet to Le seen, in the meantime, however it has blocked further progress, the court has reserved its decision, et smirecimmenr The (Chinese Pests --Chinamen like intellectual grasshoppéres create a blight in the labor market wherever they go and become an unbearable nuisance en the labor market which on every instance should be cry ed out on its first appearance The pests have got amongst ous antipodes., "Sipxey, Nov, 24 --There is an extensive strike of seamen here against the employing of Chinamen on ships," ---- -- Poor Napanee. Poor but proud Napanee is advancing backwards at a pace which must alarm her friends if she has any left, from the foolish move just being made by her, # Napanee, Nov, 23.--The Committee appointed by the Town Council have se. cured and had fitted up a poorhonse for the benefit of the poor in town not able to carn their own livelihood. A caretaker has been appointed to take care of the institution, There is » workhouse in connection with the building for those able to work, The majority of the poor declare that they will earn their own living rather than enter the poorhouse, Heretofore the town has paid as much as §1 300 per year for the support of the poor, Under the present system the tax will be reduced. This is about the last move that any municipality should try. poor people guilty of no ether crime than the misfortune of being poor, if the well-to- do consider poverty a crime, A Foolish Attempt. A Conservative in whom according to his own statement, is concentrated the entire fret professional and doing full justice to : the case in hand. In setting out in his i him, he remarked that unfortunately he | i had the unpopular side in this case, he re- | gretted very much that he bad anything to | do wi bit, he would rather than all he is I worth that he had had nothing to do with it, personal ends to serve, no bias in the matter and had given the defence every opportunity the prosccution and for his part he should | have been pleased if the defunce had suc-' ceeded in vreaking down the evidence, but he is sorry to say that his learned friend has filed to brake it down in a single particular, the Court must have' observed this and must see that the evidence before the court is quite sufficient to put the prisoner on his trial. The allus: ion of his learned friend to summary con- victions iu cases of larceny did not at all apply, it is neither the duty nor intention of this co irt to convict the prisoner but simp'y to determine whether the evidence 'before the court is sufficient to put the party on hig vox populi writing to the Globe of Tucsday freight as shown in exhibit B was when said | reply to the learned counsel who preceded | Just says :-- ¢ Sir,--Would yon kindly inform me by what authority does the self constituted | Committee of the U. E. Club nominate candidates for the city of Toronto 1" 'When he gets through he strokes his beard Here the bond as read by the Counsel Lut he was bound by his professional obli- and with all the dignity of a sage waits a for the prosceution showed that J. W. Davis | gation to take the case when given to him reply. Poor man | he will wait till dooms- and IJ. Davis (father and son) bound them- and to conduct it to the best of his ability in day ere he can get a reply from that quarter. selves, their leirs, assigns, &c., &c., in the | he interest of justice, He said he had no What docs the. Gobe kuow about it. Does this bogus Conservative expect to extract against any loss in case of any overcharges | of breaking down the evidence produced by blood from a turnip ? . The inquisitive Conservative--Grit Solon --subscribes himself A Conservative who speaks the voice of the People." ie A Great Paren. --On most public matters now-a-days. there are great diflerences of opinion, but the people of all classes seem to, be quite united on one question, Every person who has seen it admits that tho | Fami'y Herald nnd Weekly Star, of Montreal, is the very best weekly nepspaper in the country. It is really a publication that no man can well afford to do without Take it all in all, it hasno equal. The price is only $1.00 a year, and Canvasscrs get splendid commisgions, It is published by the Fauwy Hgravp Publishing Co., Montreal, Why imprison | Ladies Organizing. A female Orange Lodge, under the title of Lovisé Benevolent Orange T.odge, has been established at Montreal, The wife of Rev, Mr, Doudiet is the head of the organization, 0. <-- ee Dear Sig--Kindly allow me to correct an error which appeared in your last issue. In tke account of the case 8. H. Christian vs. The Adminisfratrix of the Kindell Estate, it is statated : * There wus some rent com ing due on the property owned by deceased when alive and plff entered the suit to test whether said rent should not be included in the estate of deceased," : There was no rent coming due at the time of Mrs, Kindell's death. She bad no real estate, The rent that plff tried to include in her estate Las accrued since her death and is the property of her heirs. Kindly allow this space in your valuable journal, Yours Respectfully, JANE ANN MURRAY. Administratiix, Collingwood, Nov. 26, 1878. EERIE DIED. In Reach. on Sunday, 24th inst, Charles Franklin, second son of J. B, Lazier, Esq. , aged 20 years and 6 months. Decewsed was an interesting young man and a universal favorite with all who knew him. He was a respectful and obedient son, a kind brother and an exemplary youth, Although called hence at life's carly morn he neither murmured nor complained but like a young philosopher when he heard the voice which called him home he bade adicu to earth's joys and earth's sorrows, and leaning on his Saviour and guide he entered the dark deep valley which divides us from the other shore, a Much symjathy is felt for the b parents and the mourning family and relations, Near Utica, on the 23rd inst, Aaron Wilkinson' aged 31 years, 8 months aud i8 days. th The Markets. Opserver Orrick, Nov 28, 1878. Fall Wheay,'.... ..... ... $0 75 to 80 85 Spring Wheat, ..... 50to 078 Burley ..,. .....0.. 060 tc 090 Eggs .. 000to 012 Oats... 0 25t0 026 Pons .... 050to 06 Hay per ton, 9 00 to 10 00 Smoked Hams 01ito 010 Dried Hams. 0 09to 009 Potatoes. ... 040 to 015 Hides 500to 605 Pork... "anaes 350 to 450 Cheese, 009to 010 Butter Tut, 010to 010 Butter Roll © 010to 010 Beet...... sssvses 4 00t0 450 006to 007 005to 006 Ducks ...... ... 006to 007 Chickens. ... 004 to 005 Xmas Festival. Tr LADIES of the congregation of the . TUT10 A Methodist Church of Canada Will (D. V.) hold a Festival in their Chnrch on the evening of Xmas day. pay™ Look out for Posters, Utica, Nov, 27, #818. interes Suz "TNDER and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in au Indenture of Mortgage upon which default has heen made, and which said Mortgage will be prodyeed st the time of Sale, there will be sold by PUBLIC AUCTION! BY C. DAWES, AUCTIONEER, ° --AT THE-- Walker House, PORT PERRY, (n Sawday, the Eleventh day of Janney, 1678, AT ONE O'CLOCK, P.M. All and gingular Village Lot numbered one hundred and forty-six on the North side of Mary Street in the Village of PORT PERRY. Upon the premises are a first-class 1} Story Gothic Dwelling House, Well finished. A good Stable, Sheds, and a well, the whole suitable for a first-class residence, and within three minutes walk of the business centre of the Village, TERMS :--Ten per cent. down, balance within one mouth. The other conditions {will be the same as the Standing Conditions of the Court of Chancery. For further particulars apply to Messrs. J. & D. J. Apaws, Port Perry, or the undersigned N. F. PATERSON, Solicitor forMortgagee. Port Perry, Nov. 11, 1878. Notice. r§ HE Undersigned will keep for service at bis place Lot 16in the 7th Con. of + Reach, a Thorough Bred SUFFOLK BOAR. He is a particularly fine stock animal and has taken first prizes wherever shown, JOHN PARKER, Reach, Nov, 27,1878, STRAYED HEIFERS. QreaYED from the premises of the Sub- scriber, lot 21, in the 14th concession of Reach, on or about Sept. 1st, 2 Yearling Heifers, One Red, the other Grey with Red on the eck, 3 Parties giving such 'intormation as will lead to their recovery will confer a favor JAMES MURRAY, Sonya, Nov. 26, 1878. Sonya Ask Your IDimggist For Dr. Cargon's old established and never failing Worm Symp Sole manufacturers Martin & Co, Oshawa, Agent, A, M. PENTLAND, Druggist, Port Perry. AUCTION SALE OF A-- Valuable Farm --IN THE---- TOWNSHIP OF UXBRIDGE IN THE COUNTY OF ONTARIO ! HERE will be sold by Mr, C. Dawes, Auctioneer, on December 21st,, 1878, ' Saturday, At One o'clock in the Afternoon, AT THE WALKER HOUSE' ----IN THE------ VILLAGE OF PORT PERRY ! Y VIRTUE of a Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage which will be produced at the Sale, the following valuable property : The West 125 Acres, more or less, of Lot No. 13 in the Tth concession of the Township ot Uxbridge in the County of Ontario. There are erected on the premises two good Frame Houses, a Log Barn and Stable, Said farm is distant about 4 miles from Uxbridge Village, 8 miles from Port Perry, and 15 miles from the Town of Whitby. The Vendor will only be required to furn-- ish the porchaser with a Registrar's abstract and the Title Deeds and papers in his pos- session and will not furnish any title deeds or copies thereof not in his possession. TERMS :--One tenth of the purebase money to be paid at the time of sale. For the balance terms will be made known at the sale For farther particulars apply to BILLINGS & McGILLIVRAY, Barristers, &c., Port Perry, or to the Auctioneer, BILLINGS & McGILLIVRAY, VeNpor's SoviciToxs. Dated Nov. 23rd, 1878, Application lo Perament, A PPLICATION will be made to the LX Parlinment of Ontario at its next Ses sion for an Act giving to Metcalfe 'Fhwaite, Joseph Fisher Eby and Patrick George Close, all of the rity of Toronto, and William Murdock, of the Town of Bowmanville, and such other person or persons as may here- after be associated with them, power and authority to CONSTRUCT AN EMBANKMENT OR SOLID ROADWAY From a point on the SHORE OF LAKE scucoc At or South of and near to Port Perry in the Township of Reach to the opposite shore at some point opposite to the place of com- mencement in the Towoship of Scugog. -- Also, to construct a similar Embankment »e Solid Roadway from some point on the shore of the said Lake Scugog south of and usar to Csarea, in the Township of Cart. wright, to the opposite shore or some point opposite to the place of commencement in the Township of Scugog. To drain the part or portion of the said Luke Scugog so te be cut off lying to the south of the said wkment und to vest all the lands cluimed therchy in the said Metcalfe Thwaite Joseph Fisher Ely, Patrick George Close and Willinm Murdock, and such other person or persons as tay be associated with them, their heirs and assigns for ever, Dated at Bowmanville, this 19th day o November, 1878. ROBERT ARMOUR, Solicitor for Applicants, [RSOLVENT ACH OF 1689, AR AMENDING ACTS, 49=Tw Caxapa: 15 the County Court Province of (Intario, of the County of County of Ontario. Ontario, In the matter of Eenry 8, Johnson, AN INSOLVENT. On Tuesday the twenty-fourth day of De- 2 signed will apply to the 3 rid Court for 'a discharge under the said Act. Port Perry, Nov. 20, 1578. HENRY S. JOHNSON, by N. F. Paterson, his Attorney ad litem. esse tEMOVAL! J. 6. MORGAN HAS REMOVED ----INTO HIS-- \EWBAICK BLOCK One door East of the Ontario Bank J. G. MORGAN, } Sheep Lost. Port Perry Boot & Shoe Store, Nov. 21, 1878. the Subscriber, lot No, 20, in the 3rd con. of Reach, on or about the 29th October, Feu WHITE SHEEP (One Ewe and three Lambs.) 4 : Any party giving sich information as will lead "0 their recovery will confer a favor on the owner, (JOHN CORNER. Reach, Nov. 19,1878, TRAYED or Stolen from the premises of ee st