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BARGAINS | AT N'S CHEAP CASH STORE! PORT PERRY. The attention of customers and {Le 'general public is particularly requesed to the following lines of Goods, all of which will Ye found excellent quality, aud will be sold | At Unusually Low Prices: Tress Goods in variety; Double and Square Shawls; and Horse Blankets; Clouds ; and Bonnets, trimmed. and untrimmed. Ladies' Furs, extra ae Fie aud. Fancy nnels, ° Tweeds, Sut- "inetts, Full Cloths and Winceys--all splendid value. Over Coats a large lot just in-- also of Pea Jackets, Heavy Vests and Pants. Boy's Clothing, well made of good material and very luw in price. Suits got up to order on the Most Rcasouable Terms. A large lot of Cloths to select from. GROCERIES. Just to hand, a large lot of Fresh Teas, Baisins, Currants, and General Groceries. -- All of excellent quality aud unusually cheup. B&F All kinds of Produce taken in exe change and the highest prices allowed. Cash for Wheat, &c. ADAM GORDON. Port Perry D.c. 4, 1873. AUCTION SALES, OnTuesday, Dec.9th,on lot 13, in the 1st con- cession Cartwright--Farm Stock, Lmple. lements, &c., the property of Mr. Robt. ooey. Mr. Wm, Barton is Auctioneer 100,000 feet of Dry Lumber, the property of Messrs. M. Reid, & Co., at Reid's sawmill, Sunderland, Brock, ou Tuesday, Dec. 9.-- Sold in lots to suit purchasers. Mr. Wm. * Gordon 1s Auctioneer. Also at the same time and place, 100 acres of .land--the north-half of lot 10 in the 3d con, of Brock. Wm. Gordon is Auctioneer, Hoth Butavio Pheer JAMES BAIRD, - - Editor. "PORT PERRY, DEC. 4, 1873. The Case being Altered. 'When ihe English press through the influence of paid runners and with' a criminal indiscretion--writ- ing of what they were cutirely ig- porant-- joined in the howl with the puts against the late government for advising, and against the Governor General for following the advice oj his legal advisers in proro_u'ng the House on the 13th of August last.-- The Grit jurnals down to the meai - est rag flopped their wings and crowed as best they could over the magnificem rulling of tiie English press. Hitherto these journals to a man had entirely ignored theEnglizh press as authority on matters Caua " dian. They had always asserted and with considerable show of rea- son, that the English press being shamefully ignorant of Canadian affairs were consequently unable to form any opinion of them worth the papemon which it was written.-- But now that an opinion to suit them had been snatched under the base pretences of their runners, the whole pack of the ous became per- fectly jubilant and paraded the rul- ling of the Englsh press over the length and breadth of the land-- This took place at a critical moment when the outs and ins were hover- ing on the balance ; the stakes were weighty and no expense was consid ered too great if it could only secure the treasure chest for the opposition and the runners whobad manipulated the English press were supplied with lots of funds to telegraph thc blabberings of those journals accross the Atlantic for the benefit of thei masters on this side of the wate: Thais had the deired effect and fo the time turned the tide agains ministers. Some of their support ors having no mind of their owl and believing the mercenary rav- ings sent across tLe ocean to Lc genuine and being backed up by the universal shout of the cufs and their supporters, wavered in their alleg- jance and finally transferred thei doubtful support to the outs, and Ministers becoming disgusted reliu- quished their seats. Since then however tle whole matter has been fairly placed before the British Nation,--a worthy tri- busnal whose decision is always on the side of sight, & nation too honor- able to be swayed by party or any other unworthy motive ; and that egs Which 4 short time ago eT hair Jholesnls condemna : 'against Governor-General, Gov- ; now when it is ns and declare that of the Governor-General ly right and constituton- A for sound judgment and genuine constituti- onal behaviour in trying circumstances-- this is the Governor-General, the Earl af Dafferin. In trying to mintain the dignity of the Crown, he had givén offence to those who wished him to act in the interists ofa action, | A : The Spectator says: --* Lord Dyfferin, therefore, in the strictest constitutional man- ter bad obtained time for enquiry into the conduct, of his Ministers, whom he could not dismiss unheard, and yet had secured the absolute right of Parliament to judge finally on their fitness to continue members of the Dominion Government. These, as it seems to us, were the precise ends to be obtained. Nothing could be wore constitutional ; but the rage of the Opposition, who hoped to have crushed an irresistible Ministry, which has gathered many hatreds on its head, grew red-hot, and Lord Dufferin was attacked in terms unusual in England, and nealry as violent as those of which Americans think nothing. Unable to inter- declared, was intended to supersede the rights of the House of Commons." But will our press and those of our thoEnglish press 'do the right thing' knowledge their fault in taking up a false cry ? Whatever our people chased opinions to the skies the hooted as worthless. They have seized the prize in the smoke which they raised and they care not a straw for ought else. ---------- Election of Ministers. After thoughts if a little tardy are generally safe. Commons is being abundantly veri. fied. % The now opposition having basked upder the cheering Leams of the sun of prosperity (in which the whole nation largely participated) on the cosey side of the treasury benches for a period of twenty years, feel rather impatient in the awkard position in which they have been placed by a genuine ruse de guerre. And doubtless teeling, their strength and the, justice of their cause determined to prevent the re turn of the new members of thy new Government and thus crushing the ministry on the very threshold. But after thoughts appour to have dictated a wiser policy and the op- position have withdrawn from their foru.er det rmination of opposing the election of the ministers and have determined to allow them to be returned without any serions op- position, Inthe case of Cartwright, Hooper only wished to make a little sport without any serious in- tention of taking the seat, but simp- ly of creating a bit of a rumpus and show Mr. * Cartwright what might have been done if in garnest. The fact is that the opposition being confident in their own strength and being able at any time to ¢rush tlie Government need not pat them- selves to the trouble of killing them by detail so they generously allowed the several ministers to run the course in order to allow them to meet Parliament with unbroken ranks so that they may have the sat- isfaction cf crushing them all at onee. Ot course if the new ministry should be able ta serape up a policy before meeting the Ilouse, and that policy be any way near right, the opposition won't crush them until they have an opportunity of dovel- oping that policy, and if they con- duct things about half right the Opposition will allow them to go on for a time ; in fact they will help them so long as they do right. The Village Council. ) There 'have been two meetings of our village council since our last-- proceedings will be found elsewhere. Amongst other matters it will be seen that $6,000 worth of corpora- tion debev tures have been sold at 87 per cent; or wo give $6,000 for 85,220, TIarties not familiar with matters of interest often get puzzled in such matters : and selling deben- tures at 87 per cent is apt to make people squirm. That is,we gaveaway $6.000 worth of debentures payable in 1882, or about 93 years hence, with 6 per cent, interest payable half, yearly, have been paid, principal and inter- est, the corporation shall have paid $9,420 for $5,220 now received. This looks a formidable amount and to the unexperienced eye ap- pears to be a crushing interest.-- The sale, however, for these times, cannot Le considered a bad one; the rate does not amount to 8} per cent, re- { barely 8.47 in fact. Of course this is a large inllerest for asound, vigor an | 0us corporation like Port Porry to pay, but if it were absoluteiy Deces- 'to the money now we do | not see how better terms could be {looked forin these Light ti gs for money. 5 ke the villagers as being some- hing reprebensible. Lhe old engine, ; village has, and one, , which already has done servic ay the fire- may yet do good rT fere with the prorogation, they fell foul of the Enquiry, which, as they unhesitatingly now and hke the English press ac- may do our press scem to have no relish for doing justice in the mat- ter ; while they extoled the pur- true sentiment not only of the Eng- "Ilish press but of her people are, the poor thing was all right in the The truth of this proposition in the tactics of | the present opposition side of the for $5,220. Hence when all shall{ .iciig vovots Of tho covert The. matter of th fire engine will | TERR IRR went to considerable additional ex- pense in fitting it up and supply ing the necessaries for active and ef- ficient service in tee event of fire such as the necessary lose. water supply and an active staff. Thus the villagers supposed that on the first manifestation of the devourer I bad an engine ready to pounce |Another Dreadful upon him and extinguish him at jonce. But it appears that the too | confiding villagers were sleeping, on the brink of a precipice at the un- , disputed mercy of the fire king if be chose to make an attack, Some {time ago our village fathers, for | some reason or other, went to work | and sold the house over the head of { the unfortunate engine with the vx- | pectation of having its board provid- fed in an adjoining building. The engine-house was accordingly sold people who fairly roared with glee | by auction and knocked down to the over the half-informed utterances of | highest bidder and this happened to be the Reeve of the Municipality who had the house knocked down to him at $90. Whether any of the villagers or or what number of them were aware that the poor engine was being sold out, we can't say, but doubtless those who did know. including the members of council, believed that hands of the Reove, and that he would not throw a valuable servant out of doors and leave it to become frozen and useless. Every one felt satisfied that al) was right and that in the event of a fire the engine would be ready to como to the scratch on the shortest nbtice. But | the astonishment of the villagers may be imagined when the poor old engine was found houseless, standing on one of pur back streets frozen al- | most to death. "Had councilor Ro- | Eerts not brought, the matter to the notice of the council the thing might have been buried in the snow for aught any one appeared to care.-- The, recital of the poor ocngine's wandering ayound our back streets without a house to put its head in, .| not a friend to take its part, brought to our mind the good old song, "Poor old Horse, let him die." : But the matter bas a serious as well as a ludicrous phase. ere is the only fire ongine of the village thrown out of doors and frozen up in consequence of the action of the Reeve, that one, who of all others, was in duty bound to protect it, thus leaving the whols village exposed to the uncontrolled sweep of the de vouring element-- fire, had he made his appearance among us. What a mockery would it have been to find men running over all the back streets of the village hunting up the out-casé engine and then find it frozen and uscless. The rumpus which such a state of things would create is more easily imagined than described. There is one thing, how- ever, of which we feel perfectly con- fident, that is had any disaster by fire taken place the Reeve would certainly have been made personally liable for every dollar of. damage sustained 1n consequence of the en- gine being frozen up and worthless. It is to Le hoped that immediate steps will be taken to put the engine in a condition 'for work and get it hauled off the public streets. E----r-- NOW FOR THE CONTEST. As the time approaches when election hosts take the field, visible tokens of unrest begin to manifest themselves in the yarious camps; the weapons are being prepared and the ground surveyed, and the slight- est movements of the several com- batants are being watched and com mented on by the several scouts.-- Port Perry is certainly no exception trom the rule and whoever enjoys a seat gt the council board of this' cor- poration in the coming year will have won his spurs on a hard fought field. That a large amount of blame rests on the shoulders of some if not all the members of the present council, wil], we think, be admitted by all, not excepting themselves. -- Who that sees ofr poor, afflicted fire engine lying in the gutters frozen to death, but will say that blame must rest somewhere, : Again some one must be to blame for carrying the building of some twenty thou- sand dollars v 0ith of public buildin, 8 into mid-winter, and having them in the mean- time exposed to the damaging and under- wether mong | which we have passed. We don't pretend now to say where the blame rests, but that a large amount of it rests somewhere must be obvious to all, and it will be placed on the proper shoulders ere all is over. We have no desire to inculpate innocent parties but as public j lists, we d 1 DLA CORED puty Reeve; and for every additioual 500 against this corporation and report at next properly qualified voters an puty Reeve is allowed, onal De- | meeting, Mr. Roberts introduced the matter of legal Several municipalities will lose a Deputy | Xmptions of taxes in the cases of clergy- Reeve in consequence of the above change in the law. Very likely Reach, Brock and Uxbridge will lose one. Cartwright will have no Deputy Reeve next year. >-- Disaster on the Atisniic. The Ville du IIasre one of the [largest steam ships on the Ocean ,left New York bound for Iavre | with 313 souls on board on the 15th Monday, Dec. 1st, all the members except jof November last. After being seven days out, orabout 2 a. m. of the 22nd she was run into and sank by an iron sailing vessel bound from the 313 on board the steamer only 87 were saved, consequently 226 were lost. A searching investigation which is being instituted will lay dare the facts, -------- Port Perry Council, Perry met at their Hall, Bigelow's Block, on Thursday, 27th inst,, at 6 o'clock, p. m. Members all present, the Reeve in the chaig., * 4 . The minutes 6f the read and appro Mr. Crandell asked the Reeve how it came that the $6,000 of corporation de"entures previous mecting were peoted 7 The Reeve stated that he had gone to To- ronto and had seen the broker, Mr. -- and had asked the best terms he could, make #nd the 'broker had 'assuréd hinmi that he could do no better than 87} without com- to allow the buyer 8 per cent, but no more and tho broker assured him that' 873, cents could be got and noamore, and that he (the Reeve] had come home with that under. peared that there had been a misunderstand- ing for the broker asserted that when proposing 87} without commission he meant without commission to the buyer, Here the Reeve read a letter fiom the broker in which he stated that when he used: the phrase "without commis. ion," he had intendencd it to bé understood without commission to the buyer; tht it' was uot the practice to { pected to pay it it must come from' some | one; besides the Reeve bad stated that the corporation was willing to allow 8 per cent, to the purchaser, and binymz at 87 just made 8 per cent to the purchas. The Reeve stated that he had carefully considered the matter as to whether it w be advisable to accent of 87 and that he ne to the con- clusic fie cepted of it accordingly ; and he expected that the money was p: into the Ontwio Bank and pliced at the credit ot the corporation, Here the matter dropped. Mr Roberts asked the Reeve why it is doors and is being kicked around the Rtreets 7 he considered it a rather awkward matter that the fire engine should Ve allowed to the weather, a frozen mass, utterly worthless in the event of a fire taking place, The Reeve said that he wag very much surprised when he learnéd that the engine was standing out doors, as when it was tiken Emaneys cauriage factory and (hat Mr, Emaney had *consented to allow ft to stund there until a place could be got for it, and he (the Reeve) could not understand why Emaney had put it out, 3 Mr. Platten:i--the keeper of the engine-- said that something must be done at- once, for in the event of a fire no use could be made of the engine as it now is. It was finally agreed that immediate steps be taken to secure a temporary shelter till the Lasc- ment of the Town Hall is prepared to re- ceive 1s. Mr. Crandel) asked the Reeve what further bad been done regarding the portion of the Municipalities' Fund due to this €orpoia- tion ? The Reeve replied that owing to som: neglect the Department did not appear to know that Port Perry had any existence at all as a separate corporation, things were pretty well mixed up and confused in the Department, bug he had succeeded in getting the matter straightened up and the money would soon be forthcoming. And ag io ihe apportionment to this corporation of the division of the surplus he had succeeded, he believed, in getting the matter satisfactorily arrange |, Several accounts having been presented the Reeve suggested that it wonld be advis- able to appoint a committee whose duty it should be to examine said accounts and re- port to this council at its next meeting, Mr. Nott came before the couneil. He said he had a little matter to bring before the Council which would not detain them one minute. They vould remember that he had complained on an early part of the year of having been assessed for a dog more than he owned ; he had then been advised hy the council to let the matter rest till towards the close of the year and that then it would be attended to and ne hoped that the council would now refund the amount, Mr. Crandell said that he did nof see any way by which this council can get at the matter, were they to refund this money it would be laying a very bad precedent for futue action aid many others would be found pressing similar claims." He would be most happy to do Mr. Nott a favor but he did not sce, under the circumstances, how it copld be done. He did not séw that Mr, Nott could expect the council to grant his fied Mr Nott two or three weeks before he assessed him that if he did not put away the dog ere he (the Assessor)' came round he would assess him for if." But Mr. Noft paid no attention and when the Assessor came round he found the dog still there and had a perfect right to assess him for it, go that if this council were to forego this tax many others may come and present similar clajms for redemption. : 2 ought to © charged for this dog ; it come around his prem and could not be driven away, and they did the owner woiilld come and take it away, but when he found that he had been 8 for it he had it shot before the Court of Re~ vision sat; and as for the Assessor ad the surrender the guilty partics so that they may be iréated according to their 'meits." men are not public pro- perty but' their public acts are. With the exception of a gentle ripple on te surface, matfers municipal, in the town, 'ship 'of Reach, slide on in their usual course, hos's means 15 beyond all question, wé' would not be surprised {6 sé one of the most active election campaigns which Some vey sotive combatants are mustering their forces," We fhink the amended act will end fo add vim o fhe Dh. rida nd NR 500 hames on the assessment roll it was entitléd 'to a Reeve and Deputy Reeve, and for every 500 additional names-on the as- sessment roll an additional Deputy Reéve was allowed. Now however according 'to the amended law, there must be over 500 possessing the qualification as voters but thatthe audible murmuring of gathering | '* Sie proper ' | before the municipality is entitled ts a Dee him to put away his dog to avoid the tax it would bea hat singular course for Assessor to pursue; and as fa council hat in band begging any favors, he had never asked a favor of nor never intended to do so, all that he ask= ed was that simple justice may be done him he asked as a right that the $2 be refund him and if it is not done he can live without On motion of Mr. Roberts an order was granted to Mr. Nott for the $2. i ae unwelcome visitor it appears was a Mr. Thompson complained of havi been neeoed for a bitch while he had pi On motion funded. 5 {. On motion of Mr. Crandell the Commis-- salary as License Inspéctor for tiou for the present year. © ° On motion Crandell and were the mover appointed Glasgow to New York, and out of The council, of the corporatipn of Port were sold for 87 and not 8%jc as they ex- mission, That he [the Reeve] had stated to the broker that the corporation was willing sanding: But in further negotiation it ap- charge commission to the buyer, the seller always paid ; and as the purchaser is not ex- fer to accept of that the fire engine has been thrown out of stand out doors exposed to the severity of out of the old house it had heen put into Mr. | request inasmuch as the Assessor had uoti. |! not like to shoot it expecting every day that/ o bofore thiy wanted none, he did not come or thig J of Mr. Roberts the $2 were re-} J sioner was insgructed to get a suitsble railing On motion of Mr. Crandell the sum of $6 was ordered to be paid to Mr. Nott being his f this corpora- of Mr. Roberts, the Reeve, Mr, a The matter was fully discussed and on. motion of Mr. Roberts the resident clergy were exempted in compliance with the statute bearing on the matter, and the amounts ordered to be refunded where they bad been assessed by mistake, On motion of Mr. Roberts the council ad- Jjourned till Monday, 1st prox., at 3 p.m. Port Perry Council. The council of the. corporation of Port Perry met at their hall, Bigelow's Block, on r. Roberts being present--the Reeve in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, | In compliance with a resolution ot a pre- | vious meeting the following accounts had been handed in to the committee on ac- counts, viz : D. A. Hucki streets and sidewalks, $34; pumps, $55 ; in all, $89, D. McKercher, commissioner, timbers for crossings, &c., $50 ; for street improvements £91.05; for disbursements, $18.51, ° ¥ Oeserver, for advertising, $2; Globe, for lve) $2; wood for council room, 1.80. Ae Bigelow & Trounce, lumber for sidewalks, $587.46. The committee on accounts reported on His Kove and recommended that they be paid, : : On motion the report was received and adopted, and the Reeve instructed to grant his order for the amount." : © *° . " ¢ A communication was received from J. V, Thompson, one of the 'surcties of the' Col lector, desiring to withdraw his name from the bond of said Collector, On motion the communication was laid on the table, . = On motion of Mr. Crandell the Reeve was instructed to grant his order in favor of Mr. Space for $150 in part contract on Town all al Un motion of Mr. White the council ad- journed till the 10th inst. -------- Cartwright Council. The above Council met at their Hall, Wil- liamsburg, on Monday, 1st inst. Members all present--Reeve in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, : * Mr. Parr said that Mr. Fowler was pre- sent regarding a dog for which he had been taxed which he (Fowler) complains should not have been assessed as it had already been assessed in Manvers; be would move that Mr. Fowler be heard. Complainant stated that he had his resi- dence in Manvers but that he owned and wrought & 'small place in 'Cartwright on which he 'resided for a short time whili he works the place, and the dog comes back and forward with them, but it remained, at Manvers and was assesed there ; and he had got no slip or te would have appealed. On motion an order was granted to the applicant for $1 the amount of the tax. Onc Mr. Talbot came before the council complaining that he had been carged for his portion $6.50 of a departmental survey of the line on which he lives while his line isa permanancy and cannot he changed he there- fore blames the Council far allowing the ap- plication to be forwardet to the depart- m ¢ Council endeavored to show com- plainant that if blame is to rest anywhere it cannot rest with the Council as they had no control in the matter; for whe of the parties interested pi fl petition to haye 'a ntal sarvey, the Council had no discretion in the matter but must forward the request to the proper quar- ter and that if complainant was dissatisfied his only course was to pay under a protest and sue the Council for the amount, when the matter would be cleared to his satisfac-- ton. «nd he would find that the Council had only acted as directed by the statute, 5 Complainant demurred and left the cham- or. Le The account of Mr. A. Parker for grading aud ditching 60 rods on the line between the 7th and 8th concessions, opposite lot 20, at $1 was presented, of whi h $84 had already been: paid thus leaving a balance of $27. On motion of Mr, Goggin, an order was granted Mr. Parker for the balance, Mr, Thos. Hillier's account of 36 loads of gravel, for division No. 19, at & cents a load, was ordered to be pail Mr. J. Smith submitted an account of $8 for putting in a culvert on the aravel road. On motion an order was granted for the amount, Baird & Parsons' printing account was or- dered to ba paid, On motion, Mr. Green's account of 85.15, for 103 loads of gravel, wis ordered 10 be paid. * Mr. Trewin's a-count' of 81.50 for wood supplied to the corporation was, on motion, ordeced to be paid. The necessary by-laws were infroduced and cairied through for defining the bounds of the three electoral divisions, naming the several polling places and appointing re- turning citicers as follows : Division No. 1--Comprising all that por- tion to tl.e v. est of the Scugog road. Polling place, Tewn Hallé Williamsburg. Mr, Wm, Lucas, returning officer, Division No, 2--Comprising those' portions of the 1st, 21.d, 3rd and 4th concessions east of the Scugog road. Polling place, Orange Hall, Williamsburg. My. Hugh Lucas, re- turning officer. Division No. 3--Those portions of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th con cessions cast of the Scugog road. Polling p'ace, thé School House of Section No, 2, -- Mg. Wm. McLaughlin, returning officer, 3x order was granted to Mr, Wilson, an indigent party, for $1. An order for $5 granted to an indigent party 4t the past meeting of council, was | revoked as the party Las left the miyticipal- ity. fe © : An order was granted to one Mes, Coles' an indigent party, for §5. vr A by-law was introduced and carried through, amending by-law 111, by dutaching the south-half of lof 8 in the 4th toncos. sion, from School Section No. 5, and attach. ing the same to School Section No. 3. motion of Mr. Taylor, the Treasurer was instructed to withdmw from the Bank the money now standing to the credit of tho corporation, and fo pay the county Tate, the gravel toad rate, and the municipal Indebt: edncps rate," © : ow Nott said that notwithstanding al fiat Mr. Bruce ca [ wherein he u he may have an opportunity of sending to the school in either section as his children ' cannot attend the former school during wins ter. Mr, Bruce appeared much put out with th council for refusing to take action in the _ matter, overlooking, for the time being, the important fact that under the circum- ces the council dare not touch the sub-- . having no legal right to do ro. Mr. ce's only eourse was to come before the | council at ono of its sessions and 'make his ! application ; it would then become the duty | of the council to notify the trustces of both | sections that they [the Syuged]) were about ! to take the matter up on a given day and citing said trustees to be present. It would then have been competent for the council to deal with the matter, whether the u were present or mot. But any individual who may suppose himself aggrieved has no authority to stick 'up hotices through a school on di di ¥ trustees atapy meeting of council or other- ine, 80'thdt Mr. Bruce was dealing unfairly with the council in censuring them for re- fusing'to do that which they had no power ne Fh; todo. Had the rotice even been placed in Diced alc i¢ porth SU f nt tdowalk hands 6f the trustees 'they were not Tonsorium, with 4 view to public safety, obliged to attend to it because the authority ! was incompetent, a private individual has no right to cite trustees to appear before council or otherwheres. On motion the council adjourned sine die. Special Bargans at Gordon's, see committee to examine the several wctounts his advertisment in this issue. ins, balance of account on' for fixing tank | - | vercly telt by the pupils, per rod amounting in all to $111 | coungilesking-| | Section No. 4 and assessed in No, 1, so that © The Festival of St. Andrew. A number of Scotia's sons and daughters with a Tair representation of friends celebrated the Festival of St. Andrew by a public sup- r in the " Port Perry. House," on the even- ing of Tuesday, 2nd inst, The somewhat too severe Saint as is his wont, tried the patience of his children and sought as usual to prevent them assembling at all by giving us one of the most disagree - able evenings we have had since the fall set in; the result was that the gathering was very much less than it otherwise would have been. As it was, however, a very comfort- able eompany gathered to do honor to the weeping saint. + At 8 o'clock the nof" unmusical notes of the supper bell summoned the guests around the table. The President, Mr. Shaw, occupy- ng the head, and 1st-Vice, Mr. Kyle, the foot of the table, On the right of the Presi- dent was Mr. G Wilson, the 2nd Vice. The spread was in every way worthy the reputa- tion of the genial host and intelligent hostess of the Port Perry House. After supper, the ety _ having been 'drawn, the President open the second part of the programme with .a neat introductory | speech after which he proposed the usual loy- al toasts, The Queen and Royal Family ; The Governar-General; the Lieut.-Governor "of Ontario, all of which were received with becoming enthusiasm. The Army and Navy, was given by the 1st Vice and responded to by Mr. G, U, White and others. = The Day we Celebrate, was next proposed and duly honored. Then followed toast, sentiment and song in agretable variety till the approach of the largest hour admonished all that in order that pleasure might not' interfere with Business proceedings should draw to a close, and the winding up toast, Our Host and Hostess, was given from the chair and met a 'well merited response from the whole company by a universal 'expres-- sion of satisfaction with the manner in which the supper was got up. The President and Vice-President dis- charged theiy duties well, and the Society is much indebted to those not belonging to it who turned in and contributed so largely to the pleasure of the entertainment. Messrs, J. B. Campbell, Wm, Jones, G. U. White, J. Cook and a stranger whom we did not know, were the chief contributors ® the interest and enjoyment of the festival, : i ---- School House Burned. We feel exceedingly sorry to have to re- cord the destruction by fire of the excellent and comparatively new School House of School Scction No. 4, [East Settlement) Reach, About midnight on Tuesday last Mr, Win, Coates, whose dence is convenient to the School House, saw a light issuing from the roof and at once hurried to tlre spot and running into the school house had barely time to save the clock and some of the maps They had but lately got a capital supply of new maps. In fact, the section deserves much credit for their generons efforts in sus. taining not only a good school but a com- tortable, well furnished house, ' The house has been only a few years built and cost $500 ; the loss, however, must be considerably more than that. 'There is an insurance of $306 on the whole, ' The section is very small and the cost of a new house and furniture will be a heavy burden on the few ratepayers on whom the weight of the section rests. The Education. al Department ought by all means to make up the loss to a section which has Just lately got through paying for the house which has just been destroyed, The loss of the winter school will be se- ------ Assanlt. Mr. Cunningham, MP. for Marquette, has been murderously assaulted in the streets of Pembina, by a United States soldier nam. ed Lennen, whilst on his way home from Ottawa to Manitoba. The cause of the as. sault is represented to be that Mr. Cunning- ham, whilst acting in his capacity as a Mag- istrate at Fort Garry during the Fenian troubles there, was the means of arresting Lennon's brother, 'We hope that Mr Cunningham may have been mistaken and that no one has touched him ; he appears, since he pent $1,800 to buy himself into parliament, to be scarcely compos mente. He had a fearful attack in Ottawa ove Sunday not long ago. He ima- agined that some one offered to refund him his bribery money if Le would vote for the government." Some people however were cruel enough to assert that he was only "tight" and had made up the story of the would-be purchase in order to secure pap from the new occupants of the treasury benches. Very likely he' has induced some Yankee soldier to throw him over and kick him a little with a view to securing sym- pathy ja good genu.ne kicking would not be much out of place just now: 3 ee Reward of Merit. The Memphis Appeal says :--* The grand. est sight seen for many long weeks was the " Remember the Manchester Christ- mas Fair will be held on Tuesday, 9th inst. Prizes offered for best fatted and dressed Hogs, Turkeys, and Geese, and also for Fat Ox, Cow, Steer or Heifer. Let us have a rousing fair. Very Important Notice. See Jones Bros' new advertisment in other columns. Christmas presents at W. H. McCaw's (read his new advertis- ment. REACH COUNCIL. We are instrueted to state that the next meeting of the municipal council of Reach will be held on Friday, 12th inst, when parties havitlg business with' the present . Christmas Fair. § AXES | HE Subscriber would, embrace this op- T portunity of urging upon all who have not yet paid their taxes due to the munici- pality of Reach for the t year, that the sdme must be paid with or costs will be, incurred, No further delay can possibly be granted. 5 WM. REAL, Collector for the Township of Reach, "| Reach, Nov. 26, 1873. STRAY STEER, {touspeD on the 3rd inst, in the Epsom Pound, A Steer, coming 4 years old, Color--red and white, mixed--his borns are straight. If not replevined, at the expira- tion of the time allowed for advertising, he will be sold as the law directs. A. EARCHMAN, Poundkeeper, | Epsom, Nov. 7, 1873. 406.3w council will do well to attend said ng ~~ BIRTH. At Sunderland, on the 28th uli, the wife of J. W. Parrish, of a daughter. ': : MARRIED. At Port Perry, on the 25th Nov., by the Rev. Jas. Thom, Elija Kerr, to Melissa Crooks ; both of the township of Reach, DIED. At the residence of her son-in-law, Mn Robert, McKinley, Port Perry, on Saturday 29th ult, Mary, relict of the late Elijah Fos- ter, inthe 78th year of her age, Deceased retired to rest in her usual health beioue 9 p. m.,, on the previous evening and was found dead in her bed on the following morning. On Thursday, 27th ult., Miss Eliza Jane, only daughter of Wm. Lucas, Esq., Clerk of. the Township of Cartwright, aged 22 ycars, rr $e MED Pei Tha Markets. Fall Wheat. , $1 15 to $1 20 Spring Wheat 'T05t0 107 Barley 110to 114 Oats . 035t0 035 Peas 055t0 525 Pork. . 550to 600 Butter . 020to 022 i Bugs i .. 01I8to 020 Hay........ . 18 00'to 18 0 HOLIDA PRESENTS POR ALL! WwW a view to meeting the rapidly increasing demands of his customers and of providing vaiuable, attr. ¢ ive and For all classes of the community, old and young, thé Subscriber has "added largely to his valuable Stock, and would respectfully inyite all to come and INSPECT HIS GOODS! Fine Gold Watches; Superior Silver Watches, of sizes suitable for ladies and gentleman, Yr An endless variety of the best and most FASHIONABLE nN AEN D JEWELRY/ A large and choice display of SILVER- WARE = rr tr Lots of beautiful Fancy Goods. The Book and Stationery department well stocked, : B&B, Repairing of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry executed with neatness and dis- patch, COME FOR YOUR iloliday Presents! TO MCCAW'S, Royal Arcade. : W. H. McCAW. Port Perry, Dec. 4, 1873, 5 "§5 Revar-Money [st | OST on Saturday, 29th November, be- tween Mr. Thompson's Bar-Room: and Mr. Worthington's Store A. Purse containing $22 in Bills | And a small quantity of Silver. The finder will receive the above rewardby leaving the same at Thompson's Hotel, or by giving it to the owner, procession of the Odd Fellows yesterday, accompanied by the Knights of Pythias, down Main street, fiom their Hall to the Mississippi and Tennessee railroad depot, whither they escorted their nurses en route home. Near the depot the Knights ot Pythias halted, pened ranks, and present- arms as the. balance of the procession passed ; the lady nurses were escorted to the reception room in the depot building, and after much hithd shading and some: kissing, on the part of a few of the most 'prominent 0dd Fellows, Major Butler Anderson, of the Register, was introduced by" Mr. Newsome, and made' very appropriate remarks with much fecling.* A venerable lady thanked him fo the honor done them, and: hoped our city would never undergo another epidemic like the oné just passed through. Each of the nurses wore a gold badge, presented by the order. The badge was in the shape of a shield, aud had each nurse's name at the top, then followed, " Reward of Merit, 1.0.0. F., Relief Committee, Epidegic, 1873, Mem- phis, Tenn," et Bible Society Meeting. The Rev. Mr. Manly, of Toronto, Agent of the Bible Society, h will preach here three times on Sabbath, jth inst. In the morning Church, Prince Albert, On Monday evening the annual meeting ot the Port Perry branch of the Society will be held in the Presbyterian Church, Port Perry, at 7:30. The agent, Rev. Mr. Manly, will deliver his interesting lecture on the Bible 'and the bl esda; i Anst., th 1 On Tuesday evening, the annual meeting takes place in { ai Church Prince Albert, comme 180, or which occasion a highly in instructive lecture will be delivered by the Agent of the Socisty--Subject, "The ture," ' The well known ability of the lecturer, the instructive nature of the subject of lec, ture, together with the importance of the object aimed at by themeatings--an increas - ed disse! of the Word of Life--can- a house worthy of the Fruows' 'Coupousp Svror or Hyrorros-| pmres is prescribed by the first physicianain every city and town where it has been intro. duced, and is a th ly orthodox prep tion, * For Ex. pact. --After a fair and protracted trial | of Fellows' Compound Syrup of Hypophos- ! phites, we consider ita very valuable nervous ic, far surpassing many others of consider- 'able repute, and well worthy the confidence of the profession generally. w dl ! A. H. CHANDLER, M.D, H. A. JACOBS; M.D, Moncton, N, B,, Nov, 9, 1867, in the M. E. Church, Port Perry: in thel . | phmer ATo Sa Wesleyan aud the Fu-|- JOSEPH LETCHER, Port Perry. 50 ---- N. 0. E Agricultura Soci T= Subscriber will be at Plank's Hotel, -L Uxbridge, on Thursday, the 11th De- cember, from Nine o'clock a. m., till Five : p.m. for the purpose of . PAYING ANY ron PRIZES That may remdin unsettled at that date, from the North Ontario E. D. Agricultural Societysof which all parties will please take notice, :-. . Dec. 3, 1873, THOS. C. FORMAN, ' ' Treasurer." toy B03w STRAYED STEER. Qs into the premises of the Sub. scriber, lot 16, in the 3rd concession of Reach, early in October last, Nov. 27, 1873. The owner is requested to pay expenses and take him away. a : 3 NICHOLAS DYER. Reach, Noy. 28, 1873. 1% 50-4w CHOPPERS WANTED, WANTED IMMEDFATELY--20 Chop- pers to cut Cordwood. on Apply to | A.W. ROBERTS, or Port Perry. TENDERS FOR © » BUILDING CHURGH | Nov. 26, 1873. TLL be received | undersigned, ! Wa behalf of the ihe Corn ator, up to Jan'y ist, next, for building a Brick Cutrok in Port Perry, 38x62, to be complet- ed by. the 15th August next--Brick and Stone on the ground, all other materials to be furnished by Contra wa Fenders may be for the entire work--or for the Masonry and Plasteri including excavations--or for Cnt 'and Joiner work, and Painting and Glazing separa Pai OF Dob-Slighs Lot | Fashionable Holiday Presents A TEE oT itely. Plans and Specifications and terns pe offi of + 1 11 : STRAYED. about the 20th of October ultimo. One large Red Haifer, 8 years old. One Red and White Steer, d yrs old The owner can have them perty and paying charges. ABNER HURD, Jr. Prince Albert, Nov. 17, 1873, . 49 STRAYED COW | TRAYED from the premises of the Sub- scriber, Manchester, about three weeks. by proving prog 8go, A Light Red Cow. She hasa long bag, broad horns, and a piece.of one eax) | 1" Any party giving such information as will lead to her recovery willbe suitably reward- ¢d;-and any party detaining her after this date will be prosecuted, WM. HEARD. Manchester, Nov. 27, 1373. +, : Taken from the premises of the Subscriber, about the 10th inst., a Pair of Bob-Sleighs, for single horse, the sleighs were in capital condition, having just undergone a thorcugh repair, Parties giving such information to the subscriber or at this office, as will lead to their recovery will. be suitably rewarded. ROBERT McKINLEY. Prince Albert, Nov. 19, 1873. --_----m------ NOTICE. --C-- HEREBY forbid any person or persons paying to Thomas Paxton or Wm. Pax- ton any accounts due the firm of Raxton &. Jones, as they are not properly authorized to collect the same, ' WM. JONES, formerly of Paxton & Jones, Port Perry, Nov. 19, 1873. 48 CARPET LOST OST on Wednesday, 12th inst, between Greenbank and Port Perry, a ' KIDDERMINSTER CARPET. The finder will be suitably rewarded 104 leaving the same at this Office or giving: such information as will lead to its recovery. Parties retaining it after this date will be prosecuted, ' : Port Perry, Nov. 19, 1873, been I 2 TAILORING SQUIRE'S TAILOLING ESTABLISHMENT * OVFR ROSS' STORE, 4 PORT PERRY. JAMES SQUIRE. Port Perry, Oct. 30, 1873. $30. Port Perry, Nov, 18,1873, Twelve months after date I promise to pay' George Mills, or 'bearer, the sum of Thirty Dollars, at my place, lot No, 1, 3rd' con. of Mariposa, for value received, i HIS JOHN X McTAGART, © MARK. Wirsess, F. Demara. ' NOTICE. This is to forbid all partics from purchas- ing or in any way negotiating the above Note, as I have not received value for it and will not pay it. . Ny 1 ms JOHN x. McTAGART. MARK. Mariposa, Vov. 19, 1873, Dissolton of --_ i The partnership heretofore 'existing be- tween J. H. Brownand 8 H. Christian, of the village of Manchester, has this day been' dissolved by mutual consent J. H, Brown will collect all assets and pay all liabilities. J. H. BROWN, 8. H. CHRISTIAN. Witness cie J M. BrirTox. Manchester, Nov. 7, 1818, 47-4w mi AY WM. SPENCE, CONTRACTOR & BUILDER. - RICK-LAYING, STONE-WORK, BLAS. TERING, eo an all their department ts, exccuted in the best style, Utica, July 15, 1873, EXAMINATION CANDIDATES | ' PURE SCHOOL TEACHERS [Peeom nt rat te, Srmnse Town of Whitby, Commencing on Monday, 15th December, 1878, At 1:30 P. M,, for Second Class; and on Tuesday 16th December, at 9 A, M., for Third Class: The examination of Candidates for FIRST CEASS CERTIFICATES Will bo held at the same place, commencing " ON' FRIDAY, 2a DECEMBER, At 3PM. Sb met) 5 Z@-1t 1s indispensable that Candidates should ngtify the: County Inspector not later than the 20th November, of the intention te ment at the bn 1 Er ly GEO. CURRIE, | present themsslves for examination, - JAMES MoBRIEN, Secretary. "LP.8,Co.Ont. Port Perry, Nov. 25, 1873. Raglan, Nov, 15, 1873, g 4 (Ake into the premises ofthe Subscriber, cE --------