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VOL. XIX. ME LIBERALP '1'. F. 31031 AHON. THURSDAY IvTORNING DR. LANGSTAFF RICENEOND HILL. Cheap Dent-a! Oflice. Repairing m-d Replating. Good Work. 0.75“. 1st. corner store east of Queen St. Subwuv Graduacu of wink diploma Dental Sir-huui‘ Friday of anal mm 1 to 5 p. x Diseases uf 1: ed animals cre proved menhm 935%. Va”. DEW. TE'YLNER, a. £3 {)entist, Brick H: For pr J. T. Lmy, VETERINARY SURGEON J. T. SAIGEON, Manchester, of London.Eng., BRITISH AMERICAx 0f '1‘ Will be in Richmond Hill every Wedâ€" nesday. GORE, ()F GALT. RIC}. 8 to 10 a m; aqu 610 8 p m very accommodation to guests. Board, 81. Derday a. $1 per annum, in advance.] ‘6 omceâ€"W. Storey's. next door to school Lgamgm @S‘Efifia‘fl EM-‘E'Efla, E? SW . R!!!“ E EEG. Toronio. Agent for the following stock Fire Insurance Companies, viz.: I‘m-«mm, Canadaâ€"the coming com pauy fur the farmers of Yolk Ca. OF 21 VETERINARY DENTIST, RICHMOND HILL, 8:0 10%! m: 6:089:21 BUSINESS CARDS. CHMOND HILL, Ont. @FFECE “(was YORK MUT U AL, 1 '8 OF TORON T0, CANADA. â€"-â€"ALSOâ€"â€" A First class Cash Mutual. ERAL PRINUNG & PUBLISHING HOUSE RICHMOND BILL, ONT. {S PUBLISHED EVERY of the Ontario mm. from the Emma .92 Paormmon KING STREET EAST. TORONTO NEAPLE. Business Solicited. from the Untario Veterinary will visit Maple on Monday and l week, and Concord on Friday a. Calls promptly attended to orsas, cattle and nther domesticat- ated by the latest; and most; ap- é’flctcrixmrg fifiwémi. â€"-'ANDâ€"- i!me STREET. TORONTO sing Emmi EEC”?! W. J. W Veterinary College on) \1 Store HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, 6m. Issuer of Mak'riage Licenses. RICHMOND HILL POST OFF]! E‘ Earristers, Solicitors. W. Toronto Officeâ€"No.15 Toronto Street. Richmond Hill Office oyen every Saturday. MONEY T0 LOAN AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES A G F LAWRENCE LAWRENCE & ORMISTUN. LINDSEYI LINDSEY & BETHUNE Mr. T. Herbert Lennnx will be utKelly‘s Hotel Righmmgg Hill every Wednesday,fur the trans- action of business Barristers, Solicitors. Conveyancers, Notaries. 87c de 0111005 NOTA RY PUBLI C. Telephone 2984 ROBINSON, LENNOX & MACLEOD Mr, Fred. W. Garvm a.“ day every We sitmng East Toronto Office. Mr. Grant‘s residence. Woodbrldye, awry awniv-g. Thornhill, each Wednesday from 10 to 12. A LFRED MACDOUGALL LicensedAucbioneers lor theCouuty or York,re- spectfully solicit your patronage and friendly influence. sales attended on the sLurtest notice an‘ a rausonabe rates. P. O. nduress King MACDO Licensed Auctioneer [or the County of York. General sales of impleme‘ ts, turniture.msmding timber. eta. nttemied on the shurcesb notice and at reasonable rates. Patronage solicited. P. U. address Mr. ole. A large amount of private funds to loan on improved farm property. Five per cent. in- Lorvsb. Easy terms for repavment. No comâ€" mission charged on loans. Apply to LAWRENCE & ORMISTUN. 15 Toronto St, Toronto n...” 13““...h-) 71:" r. ‘ . Licenseu Auctioneers for the Countxes of uutanu and Peal. Goods sold on consigL Geum-alsales o ntock. em, promptly at: to atreasouanle rakes. LiconsedAuctioueer for the 00111: Sales attended Lo on shortest notice snnnhlerates. Patronage solicited. Maple MONEY! MONEY! .v ‘ v‘ v...“ Or at Rxchmond Hill on Saturdays. SALEM ECKARDT. Union ville. ALFRED W. BRIGGS C STOKES Money to Luau 25 KING STRE LFRED MACDOUGALL, FREDERICK o. JONES Solicitor to the Treasury of Ontario. Undertaker s & E mbalm ('rs, une ‘ul Furnishings Always on 213:! Md 6‘8. 8. LIXDBEY Room 1, Masonu' Building, 16 Toronto St. Toronto. Pacific Buildings, 23 Scott St GARVIN & GARVIN, 38 Richmond sweet “’05! Toronto. Barristers, solie-ilm's, am. TORONTO AND AURORA. E28533. G Barristers, Solicitors, Ixoturies and Conveyancera. WRIGHT BROS $150,000.00 L‘ckardl dk Plcnlice Barristers '“o 1mm at lowest rates‘ Stokes dz Blullgh. LVDBEY LYON LINDmY (HARLES J. B. BETEUNE. Barristers, Solicitors, 6:0. J . I). Rendma n, RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1897 OHMMISSIONBR IN THE Barrister, &c Know 10. York Chambers. 9 to St. Toronto. and at res Centre St. Richmond Hill evenixm.und Dominion Ho \Vednesdav. UGALL & JONES J. 'l‘. Salim Emmi. -v‘n Goods sold 70}; cltnsiéhment mk. em, promptly attended willbe at Richmond Hill adnnsduy, and at. each of the Court. ART 8; film-EN: Solicitr-rs, (320.. T WEST, TORONTO. In Essenticds, Unify; £71 Non-Essentials, Liberty; in all things, Ckari-ty P. 0. address Mr. ple W B URMXSTI'JN L L B tbsa Cguuty of York est notice dad a}; tea.- sulicited. Remdence goon, Telephone 47 M on 33' to Loan J. H. PkENTxCE Carrvme. ‘ul onto D BLUUGB use 01] idence, NS York Richmond E i]] and Vicinity N o. 52. Fur “It; 515'. lno days aflvr the massacre lhe budles of the dead wele mill lymg expnsed m the sun. The lm'll Dru-(ls \Hmld llI‘HW snuw of them off the road, but the Indians uuuld ding them back again, ~rn‘l delight in qutilntivg and [bungling the remains. On Satur- day, lhe day l efnle Easter,lhe woman in- duced Some of lee half breeds to get, their luuabzmds‘ budlcs and bmy than. Nun bclllg allowed to put thvm in yawâ€"m they placed them in the Mission Church, alnng “Ml (hose of the priests, {he in diam torbidding them to move any of the rust of the dead. Tllv Indium; Lheu Bel fire to the church and yelled and dill‘Clâ€"d around it until it was burlleed m the gmund. The budxes were charred heyund rcCugnmon. The hula scbm-l hum-e, the null and the. other lluuses fol- luwed in qmck successinn. April 5m Big: Bcnr and his braves mam: preparations fur an attack UH Fart Put. The arrangements ware made amid the greatest. excxteuxeut. The in diam; were attired in full war l1ablli~ manta, including an um, fathers and war paint. In order to swell their numbers all had to go, squaws, children. half breeds and or Course the captives. Bluud butul-ery and treachery filled the hean of every brave. Hie sla rHW HI pencd to the ing in war lminl. several of (hr-m wearing por- tions of lhe clulhes slripped from the dead. The whole night was spent in yel- ling, dancing, and gwmg vent to fearful war whur-ps. The lwn wmuen wrrn fur- mnute in securing as a fuiend in time of awe nred a. man of the name 0! Pri'ch- cam Hsil his tent fluurhhinu 'hcir arms a tln'emen the Cnptlwa mu. (loam, f Prifchurd vmuld plume himself In in hf the w.)men and plead fur their in He finally M‘llq'llt their fru'dulll fr such experience-shy the samlticn of huree :m'i putt. 01 his tent funmure. iva. J. Delanvy, '1‘. ann,’l'. DIII, W. C. Girchnst, J. Wilhscraft, C Gunm, and two pric rats, Farht rs Mann-and and Fafard. Mrs. Gr-wanlock and Mrs. Drlaney wr-ru taken captives to Bug var’s cunt. The 2nd x-f April, (m which ‘he slaughter occurred, Was excmdingly NW and coid. yvt the captives “ere com- pelled to wade the strPams on their way to the camp and spend the night shiver- ing in the Corner uf the tvnt. When Big Brat arrived he emu-red tlu- tent with 30 of his braves, cuvured wnh feathers and war lminl. sevvral ni (hr-m wearing por- Md, were were Fox-t Pitt was a stockade on the River Saskatchewan in charge of Captain Charles Dickens, nephew uf the well known antlnii‘ of that name. Dickens was himself the authur of a. book called "Six Years \Vnhunt Beer 7’ Joining the Mounted Police under the Muckanzm regime l111875l|0 was placed ili coni- mandnf twenty men and suitinned 2n Fun Pin. «Big Bear and his band sur- i-nnnued the fort and demanded ihe snr- render of the police pest. McLean, the Hudson Bay 00. factor, being familiar by long service in the compau) with the Indians, went out to treat with them. Instead of peacefully receiving him they atunce made him prisoner. He was ni'del‘ed by Btu Bear to write a letter to his family to come immediately. A re- fusal meant death. He wrote to his wife and five children, 'lwu of them young Wilmen just. r'eturned from the Lhdlee' College, Winnipeg. These young WUlllenWol‘e Well acquainted with the lndlan language, and not suspecting danger, came and were also made prismiere. Fiuin the hill above the fort the ln‘ dinns Cunnnenced firing, which for a short time was vignrnusly returned by the police. The factor and his family being przsnners in the hands of the In- dians, Dickens thuught that further eflurts to save the fort would be useless. Destruving arms and ammunition that could not be taken with them, he lift the felt. took to the river and fled with his detachment, less one man by the name of Cewun who had been killed in the firing from the licights- Without the less of a single ludl‘dli Big Bear took possession of the fort and the Hudson Bay pust which contained a large quan- tity uf valuable furs, feud and stores be- longing to the cmnpnliy. Alter burning the buildings, the party. flushed with victory and prisuuers, returned and camped near the scene of the former massacre at Free Lake. A letter brought in by a. spy written by the Rev. Juhn MLL‘: ugnll, stating that the government lumps haul arrmu‘ int lidluflllfion and mere it ptxsnit of big ii. I', while V-a 1 V " it .I-ra‘ 'tLl: _« ‘J’H n “19' '4 ha“ breed, annwed to L: protejcred m De BY WM. HARRISON The Captives. many daa ly the Ind ~hinu 'hcir 1088 dan ox Privch- tent they lmm they gel'ullS UC- \Vl Ines hut place to throw the pursuers off the trail. The captives were mm the suflrrers. For nearly two months they were forced to fnhmv their captors from sunrise to sunset, crossing over bone and morasses, wading through streams and tearing through the Woods. The McLean girls waded through streams. water waist devp, carrying their little sisters on their shoulders, the Indians rm horses joking and Janghing at the shivning women. At every halt the prisoners had to bake and prepare the meals for the braves, under threats of death. The captives, twenty in number. Were nrderedtodig pits In which to Screen thuumelves from the flying bullets Hayes of deliverance were frequently disappointed, the Indiana were always on the retreat. On the 313k of May General Scranue's scuuta came dangerously near. Big Bear and his men Were making a. rapid retreat leaving the captives far In the rear fur the first. time without a guard. It was their lint nppurmuwy to atrike fur freedom, they took it, and fled to the woods. The ternble experiences rf the captives were now nearing the end. The troops were on Big Reur’s trail and sometimes the rifle shuts would reach the camp. The Costs of Liquor in ' Canada. The fullowing paper was read at a re- cent meeting of the W. C. T. U. in this VIHIIL’GI Dear Madam Presujent and members at the Uumuzâ€"We have heard the tem perance duration discmsed time and again until one nr-nld think the subject ex- huuslpd. Wise, learned, gifted and con- secrated men and women are devoting their lifes’ best to this great work. the“ they may uphft the drnnkard and place the temperance subject in such a light, that Others may see. clearly all the dangels to which they are expused under the present. system M the liquor tmfiic Ahhhugh many are in the «ed; and much has been said and done, tin-re is Although many are in the now it and much has been said and done, tin-re in Eli“ ample room for action, there are muny places in this great battle, waiting to be filled by earnest anuled men and “mine”, that Methinks I hear the Master say "The lmrvesl truly is plenzeous. but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore. that the Lord uf the harvest, that he aend forth Iabunrers iutu his harvest.” As members uf this Union shall we not indiVIdually say “Here am I, O Lord send me." Then taking our commisaion from His lips, give all we have and are more euiueszly and sincerely tn the work, '11:“ by united and her-.xic effort we may drive [his demon from our fair Domin- ion. Mam, 1X, 37433 Miss Slack, secretary of the World’s W.O.T.U., Ina letter, states that. she is writing tn countries d.” over the world, urging VV.C.'|.‘. Unions to begin at once, selecting their deldgates. to represent them in Canada, at the \Vorld‘s Conven- tiun, in the full of ’97. Miss Slack also states in her Monthly Bulletin that it is a liL-elal education to any temperance reformer to ate the Du- minim), which is mud to he the auberesl: country in the Wurld, nlsu thai II. has the best. temperance legislatiun. It is cer- tainly pleasing to know that ween]:ch less than lands from We liqum- curse. But. we inive here a cullec'inn of figures that will give us an idea of what n. costs us as Canadians to sustain the present liquor laws. Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Sc nia are less uddlcled to the use uf liquor than Ontario. \Ve understand that muney paid for liquor is out like money paid fut fund, and wu cunsider unmey paid fur lulllUI‘, cousmued and no returntu the consumer. Taking an flange of the laut twenty years, we find the direct cost of the liquor traffic annually, in Canada, to be as folluns: Am’t uf lltlllfll‘ consumed, 21,676,149 gals Am’t paid for liquur by con- _ ' sumers Value of gram and fruits \ntelly destrude Coal: of pruportiun of disease, insanity 62 crime charge- able to the liquor traffic. Luna of productive labor . able to the liquor traffic, 3,014.09? Luna of productive labor . . 76 288,000 Loss thmugh deaths by drink 14,304 000 Misdirected labor and other mistakes . ....... . . 7,748,000 Receipts from liqum‘ traffic in revenue: To the Dumiuion Government.$7,101.657 " Pruvmcial " 924,368 “ Municipalities . (499,107 \VE. SHALL HAVE PRHEIBITION (PUBLISHED BY REQUEST ) (TO BE CUN’I‘INUED.) ........ $39,879,854 fruits $143,122.716 1,888,765 is catamared that 3000 lives are cut short annually by imemperance. It. ls stated that they are cut short by nbuub eight years each. If 3000 men 1039 eight yeara‘ each this is the same as if 24000 men lust one year. So we lose annually 24.000 workers. This work may be estimated to have produced $14,304,000 as will be seen by figures of luss throngh death by drink. The above is only the financial less, but who can estimate lhe Lnl’ml evil of intern- peiunce. Time Wunld fail us to tell of wasted inanlmod, blasted homing, worse ihan orphaned children, will of which are due to the demon drink. If Curuda be the emberasc country, “hat must be the c: ndition ul Llii: minister in other lands! We know that this demon is being fought earnestly and genuinely in all our Un- ions, in the churches, in the Sabbath» schuuls and in public schools. It is treated scientifically, religiously amit otherwise. 8'“ 'ln- questinn is, are we individually duing what we can. Are we prayerfmly and earnesth engaged to do battle bull) at home and abroad. This work has so many avenues that it is difficult m dec (16 where to begin. We am abullt to build. Grand and noble ml] the structure be. Its demensfuns almll reach frum “shore to shore, from the rivur tn Ihe ends uf the earth.” Its name shall he Total Prohibition; its cor- ner stone, Christ and Total Abstinence l's architecrs and builde-s are we and all the penple who will stand true to :10 and flare all that, is right in the sight of God. The people whose mutco llke ours shall Then let us With united efl'urt, clear ihe way, removing all debris; beginning with the gambling hnnsvs, pool moms, licensed saluuns etc. It, is estimated that it. takes 2,000,000 boys of every gener- atiun to keep up the supply of drunkards in America. Tth means, dear mothers, that out; of every five families one mush give a son. Whnse non shall he be? Are you, or Vuu willing to give, or shall we. he "F Land. If we once have total prohibitiom all these evils will vanish; then we will wage war with a will. “HM and wide will the warfare be. Might and right must pre- vail. Again we would say; 6l‘lf Gnd be for us, who can be against. us. What can we as mothers. sisters, friends or teach- ers dn u: help in Lhia great temperance campaign. But we fear we have already become weaiiaume. Then let us pray that Gnd’s benediction may rest upon all our endeuvurs that our energies may be judiciously expended and that. each and every tfl'ut may $611 “For God aud Home and Native Land.” WAN'I‘EDâ€"Iulelfiuent men with good educaliun m whom $600 and expenses for the first, year would bc an inducement Write whh full parlicuiurfl. THE MAN; \Vnt ACT? [Single copies, 3 c‘ts. 2d and Home and Native No 37