The Liberal Conservative Party have taken the the Market House, formerly used as the Ci'y Council Chamber. This room room in will be open threughoeut the cam. prign. A for organiza tien, will be held to-morrow cven ime at 8 o’e ock. THE DAILY EXAMINER. JANUARY 9, meeting, LSe8y., Then and Now. INTELLIGENT ELECTORS will not expect to find perfection in politicians of any party. Nor will they be prepared to take every that or that which he will do. politician at his w rd, either as to which he has done Chey will rather look to the record left by ; the two parties before they decide which of the two had better be entrusted with the management of their public affairs. Let us, then, refer, briefly, to the state of the Province when the Opposition Party went out of oficein 1879 andthe state of the A 1e close of the Grit régime, of two anct a half years, this Province was, from end to the ‘r, seething with discon- tent Indignation meetings were being held in every district. A perusal of some of the resolutions passed at these meetings may refresh the memories of the people as to that unhappy time. At Argyle Shore it wa That this meeting set an example! to tings in other sections of tn Islaad, by til ! His Honor the Lieut- enant ( } » dissolve the present House of Assem und send bick our Represeats- Ves to ) at ty pois, there to give An a m gs while in power. \ OY é iii was , That in the opinion of this lecting if the Government have | iolated their principles and policy as enunci- i t 1 whils in Uppositiona, thereby forfeiting the contidence of the people.’ y> | NY + : + > mesoived, ~anat, tn tne meeting, the Government h respect and confidence the country, and abould resign. came from Freetown, from ym Little York, from Tryon, from Centreville, from St. Eleanor’s, from The same ry Belle Creek, fr Tyne Valley, from Murray Harbor,—from districts North and South, East and West ! What ia the ‘“situation now?” After ten years of Liberal Conservative rule the Province is quiet and prosperous. To this date —though it was known that an election must soon take place—there has not been a Bin le mport nt Jpp sition meeting held, not a single strong Opposition resolution passed | When the L 1879, the : : tislature was convened in Governor lamented of the Lieutenant tt acl} i , ‘ 1@ stead Y uecrersing revenues Province ln 1878 the revenue from Ottawa, obtained as $159,005 38: in nt obtained as revenue or $34,524.35 Yet we shall probably Crovernment 1888 the G 7 from Ottawa, $193,529 77, more than in 1878. hear Oppus tion orators declaiming about Liberal-Conser- vative Government made upon the capital of the the ‘“‘inroads which the country.” It will be hard for them to show how it is that less capital yielded more revenue ! In 1878 the balance credit of the Prevince, at Ottawa to the including the Land Purchase fund, wa $906,872.14. The Government ss since drawn $61,758.45 for the purchase of landed estates. Yet the amount to the credit of the Province on the 3lst December, 1888, was $1,027,- 549 40. the $20,000 granted each year by the Dominion Gov- {f we ratte bee Capitaiize ernment, a8 4 result of the representations at Messrs, Sullivan and Ferguson, we have, in addition, $500,000, or a total capital at Ottawa, yielding annual revenue, De ¢ emb oF on the 3lst 549.40. last, of $1,527,- from Ottawa the sum of $200,000 on account of But we have since then drawn expenditures upon public buildings of per- manent value and utility. It cannot pro- perly be said that this amount was taken from capit sl, because it is represented by capital in anotherform. That is to say, in- stead of the money we have the Hospital for the Insane, the Court House at George- town, the Stock Farm buildings, and other valuable assets. But the amount no longer yields revenue from Ottawa; and it may, therefere, be subtracted from capital, as follows :— Capital yielding revenue 3lst Bel, SOU Oe dib. ckcckcdecci $1 527,549.40 Less amount withdrawn, Jan., WA hens os wa cdioh incesdaa 200,000 60 Total capital (yielding revenue ia 1339) tte eerecceressccene $1,327,549.40 Total capital yielding revenue, Attias kien o.nek eb tans 906,872 14 Additional e»pital, yielding rev vetoed tc Ge = re as $420,677.26 So that both ‘capital and revenue from Onaga have Jargely increased under Tory rule ! Bat the revenue derived from taxation of the people has, in the last ten years, ; : O4= —On en: been reduced from $45,583 59 in 1877, and $34. 232 50 in 1878, to—nothing at all. In other words, about $40,000 a year, wrung + from the pockets of unwilling aie been permitted by tig opinion of this} ive forfeited the | THE DAILY EXAMINER, Se er sae Tories to remain in the pockets of a satis- | fied and contented pt ople. | Onthe other hand, while the total ex- penditures of the Government were reduced | from $334,133 29, in 1878, to $279,939.40, or to the amount of $54,193.89 a year, the the Province amount expended throughout on account of roads, bridges, ferries, edu- eation, ete., was larger in 1888 than it was in 1878, by nearly $25,000 ! The difference between ** Then and Now” favor of the taxpayer, In Quietitude and is certainly in favor of the Province. peace have taken the place of political agi- The Province 1s The expenditures of the Govern- tation. capital of the larger. are less. There are more schools and better roads and bridges in consequence of the larger amounts expended upon them. Intelligent, patriotic, electors, will, there- fre, continue to support a Liberal-Conser- vative Government. —_—_—__ #-e-e Notes and Comments. In respect to the statement of the Patriot that the Hon. S. Prowse accepted the position of Senator and ‘* never said thank you, gentlemen, for putting me in for Murray Harbor,” we have reliable authority tor giving the statement an em- phatic and unqualitied denial. At three public meetings held in the Murray Harbor district, Mr. Prowse publicly acknowledged the obligations he was under to the people of that district, and expressed his thanks to them. There are very few men so thank- less as the Hon. David Laird, and Senator Prowse is not one of them, -La Grippe has evidently taken a ® ‘ong hold upvun the English people. The ti it i] iumber of cases of influenza reported in ,ndon is constantly increasing. A_ large number of nurses in the hospitals, doctors fend clergymen are prostrated. The disease continues to spread among the _ police. Many members of the police fores at Brad- ford are incapaciated for work by influenza. A number of the employes on the pestal and telegraph service at Beltast are suffer- jing from mfluenza. The disease has also }attacked many college students and profes- | sors there. -The crown lands department of the | Province of Quebec, advertised for public isaleon Thursday and Friday next, at (Juebec, leases of fishing rights on certain /streams of that province for a period of ten years. It happens, however, that |some of these rivershave been set apart under the federal fisheries act for natural and artiticial propogation of fish. The |Quebee government have been notified |that the Federal authorities have doubts as }to the competency of provincial authori- ‘ties to dispose of fishing rights in rivers fand streams within the province, and has | suggested that the sale be postponed pend- | ing a friendly discussion of the whole ques- tion between the two governments. Board of 1 rade. THe reguiar quarterly and annual meet- ing of the Board of Trade was held last evening. The President, Mr. Lewis Car- vell, read his annual report which was on metion adopted. The report shows that the Board is in a fiourishing cor?ition financially with total issets and surplus, Dec. 31st, 1889, of $951.01. This shows an increase in assets for the past year of $170. The following resulution was unanimous- ly adopted — Resolved, That a committee of three mem- bers be app»inted to nominate offi-ers for the ensuing year and to suggest means by which the objects of the Board may be more fuily carried ont, and to report at an adjourned meeting to be he'd on Monday evening, Feb- ruary 10th at 8 o'clock. Messrs. George Peake, Horace Haszard and W. L. Cotton were appuinted said com- mittee. Boston Market Prices, Jan. 2, 1890. Potatoes.—Receipts past six days 58,- 009 bush; previous six days 55,000 bush. Dewand is still very slack and the supply on hand has been steadily increasing, al- though receipts are not very heavy. There has been but little change in prices, and the sma!l sales made have been at the fol- lowing quotations: ro eee Gees... kk 55 to (0 - 65 to BO " Stars and Burbanks..... 60 to 00 “6 Sitver Dollars.......... 60 to 00 9 Chenangoes..... ...... 55 to 58 Ecos.—There is no material change in the price of eggs. Fiso.—There has been nothing of conse- quence duing in the fish market the past week, and the market is nominally un- changed, ro A Vancouyer Romance. An Enoch Arden story with modernized variations has Lowell, Mass., for a starting point, and far-away Vancouver, in Br:tish Columbia, as the scene of a climax with possibility of a tragic result. John McKin- ley, now inthe employ of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Vaucouver, his wife, E.iza, and Curtis L. Wing are the names of the parties concerned. The woman is mar- ried to both the men, but up to a few months ago she lived with Wing and was known as Mrs. Wing. She married McKin- ley at Moncton, N. B., many years ago, and bore him two children. McKinley went west in 1874 to find work. He wrote regularly to his wife for seven yearsand then his letters ceased. He was then in Califor- nis. ater Mrs. McKinley heard he was dead, and some years after that, believing she was a widow, she married Mr. Wing, of Lowell, Mass. In 1888 she received a letter telling her that her first husband still alive. McKinley wrote exonerating her for marrying Wing, and offered to take her back. Last May she left Wing and went to Vancouver, where she joined her first husband. When Wing recovered from his surprise he made up his mind to get his wife back and their child, but thus far his letters to Vancouver have remained un- answered. In his despondence he drank heavily and lust bis jub. Last week, hayin raised suflicient money, he staited for Van- couver, vowing he would bring back his little one if he had to use violence. Mrs. McKinlay had three children by McKinley, and one by Wing, She tdok Veaaduver with bor, oe New Books, Pamphiets, ete. The Dominion I/lusirated begins the year with promises and, what ismuch better, with performance. Its tirst number (January 4) is one of the most interesting yet issued. Port. raite of Leiut. Stairs, R. K., of Halifax, N. S., Stanley’s valiant and able second in com mand: of Mr. J. M. Le Moine, the venerated author of ‘Maple Leaves”: of Prof. Roberts, the vifted author of “Orion” and ‘‘In Dive s lones” ; of W. Drysdale, of Montreal, with a sketch of the publishing aud bookseil- ing business—are among its pictorial feat- ures. A new attraction is the reproduction of original work, by Canadian artists, in which Mr: Robert Harris, R. C. A, leads the way with an excellent sketch of the Montreal Art Gallery, based on the exhibition of Watts’s ‘Love and Life,” and other British pictures. A charming scene is ‘‘Canadian Daisies,” while of general interest toour cities is the Underground Laying of Electric Light Con- ductors in Toronto, Now is a good time to subscribe. Address Mr. G. E. Desbarats, managing-direetor Dominion Illustrated Pub- lishing Company. 73 St. James street, Mon- treal, —_———__—_—_+-0-¢ ——_______— Conservatism vs. The Rage for No- vel ies. The Seed Avnual for 1890, issued by D. M. Ferry & Co., of Detroit, Mich., has reached our table. Its cover this year is especially artistic and attractive, and its contents, a8 usual, interesting and instruc- tive. Ferry’s seeds are thoroughly re- liable, and always come true. The direc- tions given in the annual for the cultivation of both flowers and vegetables are so full aod explicit that no one can fail of success who uses the seeds and follows the instruc- tions. D. M. Ferry are very conservative, both in offering new sorts and in their claim for them when offered; but they take pains to inform themselves as to the true character ot all new varieties, so, if some much-laud- ed novelties are not found in the Annual, the probability is they have tested them and found them of no value. A request sent tothe firm at Detroit, Michigan, will bring you a copy of the Seed Annual, for 1890 by return mail. +o oe — Week of Prayer. rrr Chursday—St. James’ Church ; ‘* Jews and Mohammedans;” Rev. Read, speaker. Friday—Prince Street Methodist Church; subject, ** The Heathen;” addresses by ley- men. Saturday—Upper Prince Street Metho- dist Church; subject, ‘* Thanksgiving ;” Rev. W. W. Brewer, speaker. Collections in aid of the P. E. Island | Hospital at each meeting. Services begin at 7.30 o'clock. subject, Mr. A A DIED. In Ch’town, on the 3lst December, in the | 72nd year of her age, Jane, widow of the late Michael McCarthy. The deceased was a native of Queen’s Co., Ireland. May her soul rest in peace. At South Shore, after a brief illness, on the 28th ult., Isabella, relict of the late Lawrence Murphy, in the 65th year of her age. May her soul rest in peace, BEST SEEDS are those put up D. M. FERRY & CO. Wh oare the Largest Seedsmen in the world. D. M. Farry & Co's Beautifully Illustrated, Descriptive SEED ANNUAL for 1890 will be mailed FREE to all applicants, and to last season’s cus- tomers, Itis better than ever. Ev- ery person using Garden, Flower S or Field SEEDS should send forit, D. M.FERRY4&CO.,. WINDSOR, ONT. PROVINCIAL ELECTION. MEETING of the Liberal-Conservative ‘ Delegates of the Fourth Electoral Dis- trict of Queen's County will be held at Eldon Halil on MONDAY, the Thirteenth day of January, instant, at 2 o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of nominating candidates to contest the District at the forthcoming Election, ALEX. MARTIN, President Fourth Electeral District. Valleyfield, Jan. 7, 1890—dy wky eee POLITICAL MEETING. ene A MERTING of the Electors of the Fourth Electoral District of Queen’s County will be held at Eldon HaM on MONDAY, the 13th day of January, instant, at 7 o’clock, p- m. jan7 ECLIPSE BAKERY. hos PLACE to buy your Bread is at D, STEWART’S, where you will get it Fresh Baked every day and of best quality. Atso—Tea Buns, Bath Buns, Currant Buns, Parker House Rolls, Drop Cakes, Hermit Cakes, Jelly Squash, Cream of Tartar Biscuit, Cornmeal Cakes, every evening steaming hot. Please give us a call. Special rates to Hotels and Boarding Houses. 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