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Newspaper
Barrie Examiner
Location
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1868
Page
2
Posts and schedules list mail routes and timings from J. Edwards Postmaster. South mail at 6 50 am and 4 am north mail at 11 00 am west mail at 11 am. Route notes include Pencangnishene Ovalia Thornton Shanty Boy Minising and Barrie P O with various weekday frequencies.
The Contingencies Committee of the House of Commons reports reducing house expenses by about 830000. The speaker opposed but the sense of the house favors it. the report was adopted and should be quickly enacted. Some fear clerks may lose long service jobs, but current oil staff not to be dismissed. pensions unlikely as economy prevails.
A report notes the British Government acted promptly over Allan McDonald’s kidnapping by U S authorities and the later denial of his liberty by the Washington envoy. Thornton faced censure for overreaching, while Lord Monck defended proper steps and urged informing the envoy before final decisions. The episode, amid new diplomacy, prompts scrutiny of authority.
The piece recounts a failed plan to move a Leader rival to the provincial capital to oust its editors. It sides with Mr McGee, notes attacks on him by the Globe and Zeaminer, and defends McGee’s legacy as lecturer poet and writer despite differing opinions.
The article defends a newspaper against slander claims, arguing for honest reporting about Mr. McGee and criticizes a rival editor. It then blends observations on market regulation, noting high prices due to scarce supply and huckster profiteering, urging council action. Included are reflections on Tyng and a note on Wilson Brothers timber shipments for export.
A hurried town meeting report omits Fraser's remarks on the late Hon. TD McGee’s memory. The editor explains the error, caused by compositor issues and late transmission to Toronto Globes. Fraser’s pointed, eloquent remarks are noted as part of the melancholy event mourned by many.
A letter denounces the street inspector and scavengers for dirty streets and buried stones. It laments municipal neglect, asks where town fathers are, and declares the town is going to the dogs due to winter mud and filth. Echo and townspeople share the despair.
Chief Constable Rogers chased a notorious itinerant vendor of divincement near Barrie Hotel as a Penetanguishene bound train prepared to depart. A man posing as a Smith family member refused to dismount, then swapped to a real provincial land surveyor name. The officer admonished him and allowed the journey to continue.
The Barrie audience will enjoy a literary entertainment by Mr Henry Nicholls, reader to the Crystal Palace and other societies. He relies on memory rather than books, delivering humorous selections in a refined elocution style praised by English and American press. The piece aims to draw talent to Barrie and elevate local taste.
Innkeepers announce a general price increase on all fine spirits due to higher duty, effective from May first. Sce ade t.
The indefatigable caterer Mr. Thomas McCormick aims to please Barrie readers with varied quality and extensive stock, backed by a sweet temper and courteous manners. His advertisement calls attention to well inspected stock as he serves the public. The steamer Emily May made its first trip this season from Bell Ewart to Orillia yesterday. Starting on the 1st prox, Northern Railway trains will run down to Bell Ewart.
The Ida Burton under Captain Smith sailed from this port this morning on its first trip to Washago and intermediate ports. The steamer offers visitors to the Muskoka region a cheap transit option for pleasure or business, avoiding changes in conveyance and baggage handling.
The steam tug Victoria entered the port on Monday from Bell Ewart and yesterday towed away a very large number of saw logs for the Bell Ewart Steam Mill.
Northwest winds last Thursday and Friday cleared the weather by Saturday. Despite a severe winter, spring arrives earlier this year than in years past.
Godoy's Ladies' Book for May arrives with rich spring novelties. It features colorful embellishments and stylish hats bonnets dresses and entire outfits for fashionable ladies. The juvenile department highlights ready to wear suits for young America both young men and women. It is an excellent number.
A fragment reviews a new quarto monthly printed in Montreal by A. G. Nicolson & Co. The issue aims to serve the Scotch foster and care community with well written, stable content and broad circulation. publication promises future prosperity.
We welcome the Albion to our exchanges. Tony recalls its bold British sentiment in editorials from forty six years ago. The New York published journal by W. H L Morrell & Shepherd costs $6 per year in American funds.
A subscriber asks why the Municipal Council proceedings are not printed. The reply: minutes not provided by the clerk and not cost effective to send a reporter. The Examiner boasts wide circulation, while political bias is noted. Weather reports heavy snowfall and very cold, hindering gardening.
The Oro Township council met in room one with Steele Drury Melinlay and McLeod Present. Minutes read and confirmed. Accounts approved for funeral expenses of late Wim Parking and grave digging. Petitions on town hall delay road realignment and other requests referred. Treasurer directed to pay Mary Markley’s necessities and Donald Grant for hall use.
Oro township council opens bids for Town Hall carpentry plastering and finishing. Whybrew to furnish carpenter and mason work at 640 dollars with security. Gilchrist 140 dollars for plastering with security. further steps to sign agreements and arrange payment. Adjourned to May 4 for further actions and tax matters.
A Delmonico’s New York dinner on the 18th honored Charles Dickens with Horace Greeley and other notable guests. Greeley toasted Dickens amid praise for American journalism, Dickens praised U.S. social progress, and promised to publish his impressions upon returning to England.
Paris correspondent reports rapid progress in printing. M Marinoni’s new Petit Journal plant houses a machine that prints 600 copies a minute, four machines yield 144,000 copies per hour, totaling 446,000 daily.
The piece notes a dearth of new fabrics for the Great Exhibition era, praising steel tones and changeable silks like chanteleons and Pompadours. It highlights narrow frill trimming, two color ensembles, and a rising use of frosted tulle with vivid color palettes for gloves, veils, and morning wear.
A melancholy altercation in Mount Forest led to Samuel Dunbar killing Leonidas Chaloner during a crossing near Dr. Dunbar’s home after a night of drinking. Chaloner died shortly after the blow. Dunbar was arrested as the coroner’s inquest returned a verdict of felonious killing. Madame Musard bought costly diamonds in the Bois, famed as the Diamonds of the Cross.
Halifax report cites unreliable intelligence from the Repeal Delegation. Howe and Annaud forego hope of success, while Yroop and Smith fear being labeled fools by their constituents. An anti-unionist notes no chance with current government or Gladsone followers. Telegrams from Dominion and Britain officials corroborate the gloomy view.
The fifth and final day at Newmarket saw Falk's colt Lymington win the Stands Handicap sweepstakes and Chaplin's Blinkhoolie take the Queen's Stakes. Phasbus won the Bennington stakes, and Julius captured the Post stakes. Also noted: various diplomatic and court items from Europe and Africa, including a Clerkenwell trial update.
New York reports ground broken for the Oregon Central Railroad amid other dispatches from abroad. Crete battles favor revolutionists as Greek and other Christian steamers bring food and munition and take refugees. Labour strikes in Bologna end with police seizing headquarters. London reports Barcelona quiet and trade strike finished. Ottawa to hear Irish-Fenian correspondence case after mass seizure in New York and Montreal. Montevideo uprising ends with Berra execution and Buttle elected president. Ocean race starts between City of Paris and Cuba with Cunard wager. Cynthiana editor appeals to arrears payers. St Catharines spring races set for June 30.
Weavespay reports April 15 1868 prices for farm commodities including Fall Wheat 1.75 to 1.77 per bushel Spring Wheat 1.60 to 1.65 Karley 1.25 Flour No 1 Superfine 7 10 Peas 0.83 per unit Oats Ge Hays 9.00 to 10.00 Butter 18 to 15 cents for bee butter choice dairy 12 to 0 cents per pound.
Halifax Nova Scotia April 14 1868 Flour demand remains strong with No 1 Canada flour quoted 5.95 to 6.10 per unit and baker’s flour at 9.2 to 9.40. No 2 flour steady at 7.50 to 8.25. Rye prices rise to 7.40 to 7.50 for Baltimore. Corn meal firm at 5.40 for kilndrieds and 5.45 for fresh ground. Oatmeal buyers at 7.40 to 7.60 for Canada and 7.25 to 7.5 for Nova Scotia. Imports show flour and meal totals from January 1 to April 14 at 67 and 18,000 bushels. 1867 records list 46993 bushels flour and 1 110 bushels cornmeal.
Special notices promote Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething babies with claims of rapid relief and safety. The item markets Curtis & Perkins New York and lists international offices. It also touts Maggies pills and salve, praising cures, non-gripe formula, and warns of counterfeit boxes with specific names and packaging.
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