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THE l\IERCHHNT FRIDAY APRIL 17 1874 RATES OF ADVERTISING BONUS OR. NO BONUS School Exammat!on A pub! c exam nat on of tl e pup ls of th Eon sk llen S boo! "as held n the school house oa Vi ednesda) Apr I lat The exam nat on cont nucd the whole day tho un or classes u der the cha ge of M: ss Bradley bemg e.an ned n the forenoon n read ng spell ng &c The classes were r g dly exam ned n tl e afte noon by the teacher Mr Stott ass sled by Mess a Qrog g n of Port Hope Ce t al S l ool 'Ell s pr nc pal of Hampton School James of Bradley s Jessop a forn er teaeho~ of he school and Tu! ca) of Haydon Schoo m Read ng Gramma Geogr pl y Ar ti met c H stori Lat n and Greek Roots and Spell ng n wh ch bran I es he pupils ac qu tted themselves n a manner h ghly cred table to themsel es and teacher rhe school has been under he charge of Mr AROUND HOME pa C O MMEROl ti.L DOWMANVIILE · \.t I c e t our Town men are con ide ablv exerc ·ed on tie quest on Bonus or no Bonus nnd see ng they are so exer c sed t nay be th s s the me to cons de Ll e whole quest on We have two or three q er es to subn t ford scuss an l t I the pr nc pie a t ght one I ti. proposes to nvest $10 000 nthe manu factur ng of vatches. fie v ll erect a bu ld ng o[ certa n d mens ons and employ a g ven number of hands, year by year prov ded the Town ll gi e h m a bonus of BOWl\fANVILLE APRIL 17 1874 $5 000 the To n to have a 1 en on the prope ty as secur ty The Town 1s cons d ~A I matter advert semen ts 1.\c nten crably n debt already ne ertheless she de l for pub! cat on must be handed n be borro v $0 000 by the as e of debentures bea ng ntereat at ax per cent per annum ore 12 o c o k noon on Thur day s and cha gcs herself an add t o al two per -----~- ·-- ----.,,.~ cent as a s nk ng fund To Correspondents B sU.rts a man lactur n~ enterpr se nd X: Bi o we ; s a e too "ell k cla ms a s n ar bonus. c follows w th by the Reform pa ty for any sucl - - to another and n each case the Town consents DJUIC 'lhe c rcu at on s small a d ti e to ncrease her t'.l.Xa on to a d those very See Prov xx 22 enterp a ng gentlemen wl o man fest so lluen c next to l a dent a des e to pron ote her prospenty r. I e pr nc pie a r ght one! II.WAKE Ond If t be r ght for a heavilJ taxed people o ncrease theU' ndebtcdness v th a v e v of n a.s ng tier prosper tybybr ng ng farn I es to ree de among u· tl at other w e would res de e se vhere ought not great are to be taken that only sue] en terp es are cnco raged as w 1 produce art c es of general n I ty and wh I vbetber e t 11 es are good or bad are sure to com at tho !:! exam at o s nand a sale Tl e e am uat on con pl ted Messrs '\ 3 d Should not ca e be taken to nsser D M Leo] EI s Jamesand Sta ntonspoke a n the I tne"8 of the part es concerned, to n commendable terms of th proa1 enty of cond ct the bus ness so to be bonuscd to the s lo a s ceessf l ss e j TheJ should be rel able Co a to means mdustry and bus ness tael Enn k llen Apr 1 Gth 87 4 We confess we cannot eee our 11ny to go for a Uouus to every one horse arrangement ask og such a d nor are we prepared to say that the pr ne pie IB a r ght one we tL nk t may n aomcicases be unjust Let us suppose a case -X owns a fac tory n B l e uses steam po ~er and em The Assessors put ploys a dozen hands down h s property at $5 000 upon that amo nt he s ta ed Y v shes to start b s ness n the To ·n and appl es !or a bo nu of $5 000 and exempt on from taxat on for five y are It s subm tted to the peo pie a d the major ty vote Yea X "} o bad qu teas nuch as be could struggle un der before s no v taxed to help Y take h · pos lion b t not one cent by vay of bon · w II the Town grant to I elp h m along 1t s assumed that t s to be advan age to keep h s Factory go ~g or be would g ve t up Do ve n th s case treat X w th ord nary Just ce 1 'I e would l ke to see th s matter fa rly d c cd and l e by ofter space n our for the temperate d scusa on Peas Oats Conec od byJ Mc.Dougal! Produ eMe J a t Ho ¥ll~«VILLE Ap il 14 I 87-1 Fall Wheat 2o to I rz! Sp ng Wheat il0toll5 Rye 060 to OuO Barley 1 Otol25 0 uH 0 60 0 35 to 0 40 0 01030 600 0600 515 t 2 0 35to 0 40 o 10 too 12 000 tOOO t 1 01} Butte Potatoes Eggs Wool Hay D essod Hogf1 Co e Seed 14 t Spnng Who t Fa! \ TORONTO lODONTO <lp Rye \:le" Deas d Hoga Potl1to a Eggs Woo Hay Butte Ba ey Pn Oats 14 h 1874 8124! l:Jl 17 0 00 060toooo 1 2 t l 25 0 70 to 0 70 041016 03ilto038 50 8 00 OoOtoOOO 018to02() 030to03() 1800to ~6 5 Carr cd Moved Ly Mr Bu den se onde l B 'tta n -Tbat the appl at on of !\!r Hobbs for the po· on of J n or lay over uni l le next meet ng ot tl e Board Ca~ ed Ou mo on the Boa d adJ u ned !'ITS C"O'llE:tl :FB t:E ! I PERSON svffe ng ANY disease s -equ.Ested add t OR HOE f om tie aho e ss Dn P:R CE b fo ward d a <la trial botteofm dcue \\ by Exp esa TOWN COUNCIL GENER.AL SUMMARY The 1 mes corre Io lent from Calcutta te graphs that tbe lam ne e ncrcas ng and that fro n the est mates 4 ~73 000 persons n th ec d s r eta nre sufler ng from starva ton Tl e Fmance M n ster made b s B dget A sum ary of t ta Speech on Tucsda I en from ti e Montreal W ·t wss Wlll be found n another column Tl D ppcr House ot the A sta an Pa I a rnent b e )XL' ed the Uovernment Eccles ast cal B 11 po wl h the B shops v th dre v n a body Surely we n ay add good It s expected th t l e Queen v 11 d reel I a a n dal shall be str ck o co nmemo rate ti e Ashantee w r 11 ti one bar for A noflf tl or CoomasSJe Only the troops n a nes and'" lorsengaged at tie front w I be ont t ed to the bar b t ali ·ho took part n the exped t on even those who ere l ept n eserve and d d not land w 11 have a legal cam to tue Ashantce The steamsb p E rope a a ster sh p of the l fa ed V le du Hav ·prung a leak short l after leav g port On the 2nd Aptilall I er la sengers "ere rescued by ti e Br t Bh stea er Gr e wb ch arr ved safely at New York on Monday Th E ope was taken posseSR on of by a crew from the Greece and headed for France The rescued paBSengers have presented the capta nof the Groe e w th a al ible chronon etcr and cha n n recog n t on of h s services The Dom n on Par! ament has got fa rli to work The quest on of quest ons up to the t me of our wr t ng and that n "h ch the pub! c tale the l el est nterest s Lou s Rel e case '.Mu I apecnlat on ob ta ned dur ng the past week as to whether he woul l venture to take h s seat n the Ho se Whether w th the charge of one of the most brutal murder> ever comm tted I ang ng over h s head knc\\ ng that detec t ves were atch ng h s com ng wa ting for the r prey he wo Id hurl defiance aga nst I ubl c sent ment and w outrage the c I zat on of our t mes as to obtrude so n ucl ash s sl ado" among the Commoners oftb s Dorn non Tl e \\eek passed a\\aV and al though sum noned by the House to appear n h s place he came not. Wh le we vr te w pres ne the quest on of h s exp ls on from tie House s be ng debated by the peoples representa ves at Ottawa We wa t the res It In the Ho se on Monday even ng t as undel.'8tood that tile Po tn aster G·neral has under cons derat on the quest on of the f ee d I ery of letters n c t es and the free Vie hope the Gov postage of ne ~spapers emme t w 11 see s way to the repeal uf that very object onable tax on knowledge the Poshge on newspapers Mr M Us gave an out! ne o! h s scheme He pro for re construct ng the Senate po es to nake that Body elect ve aud to g ve o each Prov nc al Leg laturn the power to elect ts o vn Senators He also proposes t-0 redu e tie n mber of Senato s The quest on was d sc sscd at some length n comm \tee of the vhole se era! sugges t ons vere made DouutleBB the SU bjeCt " 11 rece ve the ca el l de b;lratton ts porta ce demands Innocent Amusement Compar ng McC ung Bros Dollar or Hal Dol ar Tea th any other you choose to select at the same pnce Sure to come ont No l .Bowman e Aj 13 Co uc I met on call of ti e Mayor Pres e t Tl e Ma) o n be Cha Mess s McDougall McClung McArthur J;lurk Thomp on Porter Soper Cowl Patten.on McMurtry M nutes r ad a d confi n ed The follo v ng pet t ons a d a t ons were presented From W n Barr bal and o hers fo a o e plank BJdew·lk !from IK ng Street to II e res dence of the first named pet honer Re ferred to Roads and Streets Comm ttee F om ifobn McClellan an l a lav~e n oer of other ratepaj ers for a sldewa k from the Base L ne to For Da I u~\on -Refer red to Roads and Streets Co nm t ee Fron Inst tut on for the B d ter ns of adm SB on &c Hcce ve J and yled F om H 0 Hara for renewal of l s abop lease From J M lne protest ng agamst the passage of any bonus bi law Lad on the table A numb r of acco nts cre:1rescnted and referred to the F nance Co1Dm ttee Mr Tlompsonpresented a e1ot from F nance Corum ttee recommen 1 ng pay I ead and ad mcnt of s nd y a co nts dopted 111r McDougall n od eed a by a :v n a cordance ~ tl,i pre o s no e for the the be te rnanagemen of the Cemete y Read first t ne Mr Thompson n ro<l ced a by av to g ant a bonus of $10 000 o the Bowma v lie Man fac ng Co npany Read fi st t me Mr Tho npson n ro<luced a by law to nt a bonus of $0 000 to \he Dorn n on Read fi I t n e and rga CompanJ partly cons e J n uon m tee of the whole On mot on of Mr McA ti r se onded b) Mi Cow le the street lamps were o dered The Federal Bank to be returned and expenses pa a Over $300 000 have been s Ls r bed to Mr Cow e gove not ce that he w th ~toe] of t a Bank and add t o s are next {llee nq Co11nc l troduee a made da ly thereto full I roo ot ti e con ow to grant a bon s f$\0 000 tu the Ma fidcnce of n on ed men u th a heme It s cl e and Imp e ne t M fact r ng Co thought that t ll be r dy for Mr about the lat of July next nc l adJourned fo o e week v II rcce c appl ca o f sto k R WI DA loca y Su GIDE -One <lay a t v na ne<l Tere e I;lugl s o h·s been n the nsy m at To on lo s nee last summer cut b s throat It seems he ~s near vher one of tlw oftic ali va~ ~l av ng vh n be snatched tl e ra·or out of b s hand and drew t across h s tl oat nak g a f gh fu gash res t ng n death He waa bu l on TuesdaJ afternoon n th St Ma v s bury ng ground of th to n -T FREE! Dr P e s n.rog a rb y the treatment vf n. a udy for yea. a and he by the us ofh s m d.y D n tfa to aandtohm ( costg notbmg fl.l.ld l e an wa nd las made FITS OR EPILEPSY t WILL CURE YOU no matter of h o ong atand ng you cas may IX' o how ma y other emed e m y ha. f a ed Cuculal's nud testunon als sent w th Oshawa s proc r ng a number of naptha street amps Debate The Good Templars of th s town mtend Io d ng a Deba e next veek Subject Would t be ad ·able to have a Prob b v th the present state of Leaders on the Aili rm at ve 13 o Allen sup-ported by Bros Ke th and Wh te On the N egat ve Ilro Y el lowlees s ppo t d by Bros Gale and Bel son '1 le members l plenso govern them el cs acco~dioglv Add ess FREE TRIAL BOTTLE ===== DR CHAS T PRICE n28 lyr 67 W ia s , ~' I .t Just Arrived at I e PASHION HOUSE a spl nd d assortment f NEW MILLINERY Al.so a lot of SPElCIAI F NOTICES REAL HAI!t FA,NCY ~:FJS j;)i_ &c Broct11t1s and Consumption Aa a.lagesto of Stamps for Bra1dmg and Em broid.ery. FASHIONS for Spnng JUSt to hand as usua. MRS A FLETCHER April 7th 1874 C "-"E M D LOTt) Xltwe th BUILDI,,-G Scugog st e t f the e tn.t la f ry ru d Ph ll p G II ate Apy y_to RO.BERl AI MOUR Bo ·man Ile Ap !16th 1874 m28 4 a\lll h g boarders m Brod e a Hotel on Monday Ulorn ng 1 s a d took therefrom some clot! ng He wa tmc d to Osba a and ear urcd by Mr oleman h e one of the hotels n hat pla < rests n Colourg goal m27o16 SMALLFARMFORSALE Blend Amalgamate Try McClung Bros M xed Dollar Tea Breakfast Congo nnd M__p une H son 11 lh proper q: antit es of line Assan and fragrant Oronge l'ekoe added ( I FOR SALE. fou ac ea of land outbwldu gs &c BO d fo cash o on tune ]o fu th 1ars app y ta RELIGIOVS SER.VICES SUNDAY \PRIL 19th 1874 ST JOHN s CHU Z CH =:ANGLIC'i.Ne: u thia chu h tw e e ery Sunday ,ii clod DESIRABLE RESIDENCE THAI sent o cup dby M l"i H n.., tt t · I mil be pa u ne s -at ll u th· mornl11g and at 7 n Macnab NOTICE tlie e en ng by R v D CANADA PRESRYTERIAN The Whiskey Crusaders W ll do v ll to r omme11d MQU!ung Bros New Young It strong fine il oreil cheer but not ne b The Wax Works S DOTS · N gat on fro Quebe u l the lat of May M Bo l we I I as been appo nte 1 super of the Welland Canal u en Ca ub <l 0 e bas oga n won le un vers ty boat race Photographs an no Galle cheap t be bad at 0 Hara a The Court of Ass es s hold ug ts s tngs t s v; eek Se era of our c t zens are J uors A n au nan ed 0 Conne l susta ned n JUrle froru the n.aalat on of steam wh le wor~ ng on board he 0 ernah at L ndsay barf ch caused h s d a h I c c s a d fferenc ho ds and tb r employers, re pee ages n Fenelon l! al a The suppl) n ex ess of the demand bor Pleasantries of the Tea'table Use McClung Bros Do lar T o pleasantry w 11 lollo the The Right Man m the Right Place BOS loca ty m28 6mo MEETING OF THE BOARD TRUS TEES APRIL 7th, 1874 Ada n~ game of f aud has b eu s1 o l· l b) the aut or es n Ne" York A oman a ma ated s cknes and death for tl e purpo e o( efraud ng an nsurance company The Sacramento Bee sai a An ol l fr end vn te ls us that out of 700 sheep on h ter range near Orov le be has but 640 lett It LS estunatcd l at $1 000 000 w 11 not horses catt e and ah ep cover the los es n c forn a l ' ng the past " nter Mr Mered th s Garn shee B I passed by the Leg sloture s to come nto fo ce on tl e hr t ol O tober ne I and elie es ages and sa a y fro n being attached for any debt of t e ty five dollars and under that may 1 e ncurred afte1 the date men Loned Tea Punctually at Six I A Sermon to the Young And Jou" 11 enjoy t certa nl;r s \\ ] be p ea bed b) the Re 1 0 e n he Pr n t ve Me hod st Church on Sun McC ung B os cho cc Green Blac at a Dollar Tl eir Half Doi ar Tea day even ng next SubJect - Memory ts mfluence on our happ ness n th s and e els everyth n~ else at he pr ce An brotypes nade at 0 Hara s flallery to n tbe future 1 fe Our young fr ends v I ropresent I le d.o vell to a tend ° M nutes of the last meet g con:fi med. A comm n cat on a rece ed fro n A Hobb· off n 0 h s ser. es as Ja Rece ved and la 1 on I e table \. report was read f om the V s ug Comm Ltee suggest ng ti e des abil ty of n creasrng the Sci ool accom nodal on n the South \\ad rh :Board vent nto a Co nn ttec o the vho e Mr W ndatt n the Cha r Report cons dered n Comm1 tee of the ·hole and adopted ex ept tie last clause vh ch wa. w thdm u On ques on ot concurranco oy the Board t as moved and adopted as amended Moved by Mr ll1cClun 0 seconded by l\Ir Ratel f!'-I'bat we n ake one add1t on of O by 24 feet on the north s de of Lbe Sontl Ward S boo! House sad add ton to be et by tender and that-the vs t ng Com n ttee s le eby aut o z d to take u h "'use the sa l York to steps as v be ac omt IIBhed as soon as poss b c Yeas-Man ng Ratel fl MeCl ng Bur den W ndatt u Sea.soned. Lumber Wa.nied m tf THE FEDERAL BANK ClOOD SIX OO'lAVK P AN ond ~ dubeeedtlza a. e p nnd sub bas Ar y to J M lllUM \ COM BJ A Apr l 14th 18 4 Do man I· Ap 2nd 1874 m26 lm '