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Mr. S. A. Poplestoue is attending the
Grand Lodge of Oddfeliowe hold in
St. Thomas from Aug. 10.11 to 14tb.
He has been again appointed on the
Committee of Legislation.
Oar oitizene were shocked to hear that
our townsman, Mr. Adam Wettlaufter,
had passed into eternity. Deceased had
only been sink for a few days, all that
medical skill could do to stay the hand
of death was of no avail and on Friday
evening, July 31st, his spirit took its
flight. He leaves a widow, one on and
five daughters. Deceased was a mem-
ber of the Methodist Ohnroh and an
upright citizen. Deceased was 60 years
of age.
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NEWS NOTES.
GREY.
R, G. and Mrs, Rest, of Chioago,
were visiting at Oon. Engle's and
Richard A. Cardiff's 18th con. of Grey.
Mrs. Rose is a sister of Mrs• Eagle and
Mrs. Cardiff.
Mrs. W. H. Hodson and three
children and Miss Maggie Livingstone,
of Detroit, and Miss Mary Livingstone,
of Toronto, are enjoying a holiday
with their mother. Mrs. Dantean
Livingstone and other relatives in Grey,
Morris and Bruseels.
Consumption is less deadly than it used to be.
Certain relief and usually complete recovery
will result from the following treatment,
Hope, rest, fresh air,
Emalsion.
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Mrs. Pretchard, of Wyoming is visit -
Leg at the parsonage.
Mr, Wray is spending a oouple of
weeks with friends at Dcbbinton and
C
hesley.
Dr. and Mrs Johnston, of Adri"n,
Mich , were spending a few days with
his brother, H. Johnston and ether
relatives,
Mr Simpson and Miss McDougall, cf
Whitechurch, Dar and Mrs. McDougall,
also Mr. and Mre, Fitzpatrick, of Wa
wanosh, were visitors at the home of
Mrs. Caesar last week,
Early Friday morning, July 31st,
the small barn on the farm of W. J.
Cooper, 10th con., was destroyed by
fire and with it the threshing engine
owned by Mr. Cooper. He was away
at Molesworth at the time. Cease of
fire is not known but inoendiarism is
supposed. There was an insurance of
$500 on the machine and 5200 on the
building. It was a bad time to lose
the threshing outfit.
An attempt was made to blow up the
douse of St. Thomas' license inspector.
North Easthope oonnoll has awarded
is contract for 515,000 for a drain to
clear swamp land.
A shortage of $28,000 has been discov-
ered in the accounts of Wm. Martin,
,jun., North Bay tax collector.
J. B. T. Caron, jun., M. P. for Ot-
tawa, will not seek re-election. He
:says too many constituents want jobs.
Fire destroyed a large portion of the
business section of Stirling on Saturday.
Damage was done to the extent of
-$75,000.
The Dominion Government has de-
olined to relay alien labor regulations to
-permit import of laborers for railway
-construction work.
Howdtd Sharpe, aged 3 years, was
'instantly killed by the discharge of a
-shotgun in the hands of a playmate at
West Toronto.
Lecturer in Anatomy
Dr. J. R. Fowler, of Seaforth, know n
to many of oar readers, who for ten
y ears has held the p,altion of Leotnrer
in Anatomy at the Ontario Veterinary
College, has jest been re appointed, the
scope of hitt duties to include also Sar
gery, for whioh he receives an addition
of $800 to his salary. This is quite. a
compliment to the doctor's recognized
ability. When it is known that the
doctor's political vie we and those of the
ant•ario Government do not harmoniz+,
it is all the more °red,ttble to the Gov-
ernment that it has re appointed. him.
Thomas Corbett, formerly of Bel -
grave, wbile loadiug hay with a hay
loader, was thrown from the load,
breaking his arm. The accident was at
Frank Little's farm fa Hallett.
A garden party under the auspices of
Trinity Church will be held on Garner
Nioholsou's grounds on Thursday even-
ing, Aug. 20th. The Wingham Citi-
zens' Band will be in attendance and
tea will be served from 6 to 8 o'clock.
Tho committee is putting forth every
effort to make this one of the best
garden parties held on Mr. Nicholson's
"rounds. Seep the date in mind and
attend one of the very beat entertain-
ments of the season.
1)r. Hamilton Follows Nature's Flan.
No physician was more successful in
treatiand liver troubles than
Dr. Hamilton&stom0 He avoided harsh medi-
eines and produced a wonderful pill of
vegetable composition that always cures.
Dr. Hamilton's pills are noted for
promptly oaring billionsness, sick head
aches, constipation and stomach trouble.
They work like a charm—very mild—
yet
il —yet searohing and health -giving.
No
where can a better tonin laxative be
found than in Dr. Hamilton's them and be convinced, 25o, at all all deal
era,
One fice•extingnlaher to passenger
coach is ordered by the Railway Com•
mission.
Four persona were killed and fifteen
injared in a street car collision at
Ohatham,
Fines aggregating $910 were imposed
at Hamilton for breaohes of the liquor
license law.
The hotelmen of Toronto have pre-
sented T. J. W. O'Connor, the barrister
who won the license reduction case,
with a purse of $2,600.
ST. AUGUSTINE.
Miss Boyle, of London, is
of Miss Mary Cummins.
Mrs. H. Spencer, of Brooklyn, is
visiting at Mrs. J. Thompson's.
itennsSELs.
Four Brown Leghorn hens the pro-
perty of Rev. E G. Powell, have made
a record by laying 500 eggs since the
opening of the season.
Postmaster Farrow finished 19 years
of service in Brussels Post (Moe on
Saturday, Aug. let. The years slip
away very quickly indeed.
the guest
Death of Mrs. Morcombe.
The following from the Stratford
Herald of August 4th, refers to the
death of Mrs. Morcombe, mother of
Mrs. E. A, Brock, of this town:—One
of the few remaining pioneers of the
Prospect Hill neighborhood died on
August lst, at the residence of her eon -
in -law, Mr. Wm. Mitchell, Fullerton,
in the person of Jane English, widow of
the late John Moroombe, and whose
first husband was the late John Renton
Dee.eased, who was in her 79th year, was
born in the county of Armagh, Ire-
land, on Jsnua:y 10th, 1530. When a
year and a half old she came with
her parents to the township of Dar-
lington, county of Durham, Ontario,
where in 1848 she was married to
the late John Renton. In 1851 they
settled on lot 31, north boundary,
township of Biddalph, on which the
first house at Prospect Hill other than a
farm house was bailt. In 1804 they
removed to the south half of lot 29, con.
14, Biddalph, the faros on which the
schoolhouse of S. S No. 5 (Revere) is
situated. Here in 1866, her first hus-
band died, leaving her with a family of
eight small ohildren, the youngest but
one year old She continued to reside
in that neighborhood, with the excep•
tion of two years, near where the
present town of Palmerston now stands,
until about 1877. when she removed to
Masonville, London township, three
miles north of the city, where in 1881
she was married to the late John Mor-
cembe, who died in 1695. Since that
time she has made her home with her
youngest daughter, Mre. Wm. Mitchell,
in Fullerton, tno miles west of Car
lingford. She had but few educational
advantages, but by diligeat reading she
became familiar with current and
general events and was especially welt
versed in the Bible. In early life she
was a Presbyterian, bat for many years
she has been conueotd with the
Methodist church, regularly attended
its services and took a deep interest in
its work until prevented by failing
health. A family of six by her first
husband survive.
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At the special meeting of the Sohool
Board, 31 applications were presented
by Secretary Skene, many of them A. 1,
After dee deliberation Miss Bessie Mo -
Camas, daughter of Rev. D. N. MoCam•
no, of St. Marys, was chosen and a tele-
gram forwarded to her which brought
an so:leptanoe-
Monday evening, August 3rd, Miss
Lottie A., fourth daughter of John
Badd,'died at the parental home, John
street after an illness extending over a
year, from Graves disease, aged 32
years. She had been in the West for 4
years arriving home last Ohristmas and
at times was a great,yet patient sufferer.
The close of this life Dame peacafally
and in a trust,ul confidence she entered
into her eternal rest. Mrs. Band died
11 years ago. The other members of
the family in addition to Mr. Budd are
Joseph and Mrs. Carson, of Gienboro,
Man., and Misses Jennie add Annie at
home.
At high noon, Tuesday, August 4th,
the marriage ceremony was performed
by Rev. E. G. Powell, at the home of
the bride,. Mill street, Brussels, in the
presence of about 100 guests, between
Frederick G, Longfoot, manager of
the Stratford Cartage Oa , and Miss
Carrie M , daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edwards. The contracting parties, who
were unattended, stood before a bank of
sweet peas and ferns, a final horse shoe
Mr. Dobbs, of Parry Sound distriot,
is visiting friends in this vicinity.
About 150 men gathered at J. Craig's
Tuesday afternoon, July 28th, to raise
the frame of the new barn he built in
place of the one that was burned last
spring. The barn is 60 feet by 71 feet
and is built on the old foundation. The
timbers went together first-rate and
the frame was up and the rafters on
by 5 30 o'clock. Walter Tisdale and
Joe Kinahan were captains. The rape
was so close it was hard to decide
which side won. Aster supper a game
of football was played between aides
chosen from the crowd,. A. Pentland
met with an aooident at the raising.
He fell about eighteen feet from a
girt and sprained his arm and shoulder.
He, however, fared much better than
he might have, tee he name very near
falling on a pile of stone.
A Dominion Government survey
party of one hundred men will start
this week to locate a route for the new
railway to Hudson's Bay.
A half -yearly dividend of 2 per cent,
on preferred stock and 3 per cent. on
common stock has been declared by the
Canadian Pacific Railway. ,
Edward Lloyd, aged seventeen,• is in
the hospital at Stratford in a precarious
condition from a kick, and Kenneth
Douglas is under arrest on tie charge
of being his assailant.
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atoRRls.
Miss Minnie Walker, Gth line, and
Miss Bertha Rands, of Grey, are holi-
daying at Elmwood, Bruce Co.
Mies Florence Kindall, of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, is visiting her cousin, Mrs,
Wm. Wilkinson, 4th eon. of Morris.
Miss, Pearl and James Hamilton, of
Toronto, were visitors at Jamea Hall's,
Gth line, for two weeks. They took Miss
Vera Hall back with them for a holiday
visit,
The cement gang are pushing work
at the cement abutments for the new
steel bridge over the Maitland on the
5th line, known as the Somerville
bridge. Another week will about com-
plete the abutments. George Barkley,
of Brussels, has the contreot.
The 100 acre farm of James Sherrie,
4th line, was sold to Arthur L. Kerr, of
New Hamburg locality, for the situs of
$5,400, he to get possession on January
15th next. Mr. Shurrie has done well
on the place but has been overworking
himself and intends to take a rest, irob-
ably in Brussels, for a time.
with initials F. and 0. and a floral bell Thos. Casaels,aad former resident of this
adding to her scene. li father. Miss Ls avinia Ed, way given) place. Dr. Or.ssels will be remember by
sway by herl many of our readers, having left here
wards, sister of the bride, sang "The about thirteen years ago for Michigan
voice that breathed o'er Elea." in good
where he is practising his p^o°ensiou as
form and Mrs. R. Thug! presided at the
organ. A very becoming costume of a veterinary enrg.ou-
brown silk trim:ted with tuscan silk Rochester, Mich., July '310`.—Nellie,
lace and insertion, was worn by the •• daughter of D. Roeert Cassels, is dead,
petite bride who carried a beautiful and the news has spread sorrow through-
bognet cf white carnations and maiden1
out the township. I; seemed that
hair fern. Congratulations over the
guests sat down to an excellently pre-
pared lnnoheon. The wedding gifte,
consisting in part of hand painted china,
cut glass, silverware, fico., were choice,
valuable and useful,
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Death from Ptomaine Poise ning.
The following, taken from the D etroit
Evening News of July 31st, refers to the
to the death three year old daughter of
Dr. Robert Cassels, a brother of air.
Steamer
In the burning of the steamer Premier
at Warren's Landing on Lake Winni -
peg Thursday morning, six passenger s
and two of the crew failed to make their
escape, and were burned to death. The
fire started in the hold, near the engine
room; and made auoh rapid headway
that escape was cat off for many of
those aboard. The loss is estimated at
$50,000, the boat being only partially in
stared The Premier left Selkirk for the
north Monday at 11 p. m., with a orew
and passenger list of 39. She reached
Warren's Landing, Wednesday evening,
and unloaded her cargo during the
morning. In the afternoon Captain
Stevens took a return oargo, which in•
eluded $50,000 worth of furs. All was
in readiness to sail when the fire broke
out. There were about 35 sleeping on
board, and these had not time to dress.
was Burned.
One in,ti.'crou Called by Consumption.
A dreadful plague indeed when you the
that in incipient stages it can once the dooter recognized the sy mpmms
be cored. Take care of the little cold j o! ptomaine poissniag, and i:laced the
fore it becomes a big one. When the ! blame 0n the sanseage. To Dr. Spencer,
everybody knew the chili, who was
often designated as the prettiest little
ons in all of Oakland county. And the
manner of her pasaing was pathetic, A
week ago to day a quantity. of balogna
sausage, purchased in Rochester, was
left in the pantry, and the little miss,
ant:nowning to her mother, ate her fill.
That night she was taken i'i, alai Dr.
B. C. H. Spencer was summoned. At
throat is sore and it harts to expand
your cheat, rub in Nerviline and immed-
iately apply one of Poison's Nerviline
Porous Plasters. Pain and tightneas
are at once relieved. Inflammation
and soreness gradually disappear and
t' avoided Nerviline
take of corn except in the autumn. The
snipe and woodcock are the guardians
of the subsoil, reaching far down into
the earth after hatching larvae and
insects that would soon attack the
roots of the growing mope. The long
persecuted crow is the farmers' friend,
for he destroys more insects than the
average bird and rarely pulls up the
corn as alleged. He has been known
to eat 200 grasshoppers in a single hoar„
The pretty quail, whose life has been:
spared by the hunter only because of
the laws of several states, eats the weed
seeds, which would otherwise scatter,
and is a good feeder on insect life. The
grouse of the west as wall as of the east
is a great eater of grubs and grasshop-
pers and all forms of insects.
Heat and dronth of July have resulted
in reducing the estimate of western.
A few got away by the gang plank, but crops, bat the prospect is still consider
others were forced to jump into the 1 ed to be good.
tag Idell alongside. Little is known as While the announcement comps £Fern
to how tha victims of the tragedy met
i Winnipeg to the effect that inaurano9
their deaths. It is supposed, however, rates throughout the West are to be
increased as a result of the heavy losses
in the Ferule fire, insurance men in Tor-
onto state that the likelihood of On-
tario premiums being affeoted is very
remote.
Nelle was Fiore than an ordinary
patient, for ho, too, had long since re-
cognized her beauty, and that is why,
after he had dono everything in his
power to save her, only to see her die
twat they were ant off at the cabin, and
ware burned to death or smothered
before the flames reached them. Be'ore
the steamer could be cut airift and
shoved into the lake, the flames driven
by a heavy wind, oaught the docks, and
in the absence of all fire fighting appara-
tus, it was bat a few minutes before the
boat was completely destroyed. Mr.
Arthur McKersie, son of Postmaster
McKersie, of G:enfarrow, who hes been
doing missionary work in the far north
was a paseeuger on the Premier. Ho
hal all hia clothes, effects and money Teeswater
with hint, as he intended to take a j Ripley
course in modiofne at Toronto to ft him } Dangarnon
f )r medical missionary work. He saved I Fordivioh
Paul illness is ons
Plasters as a counter irritant over the Wednesday night, the pil ysiciau was
seat of pain, and as an exterior app?i- moves to tears. Nelle was 3 years old
cation in curing oolds
._ ,u muscles, inJane 10111. Hers was a beauty oat of
the ordinary, she had it plump figure
and the colnrtng of her cheeks was like
the blush of the rose. Hells had a
wreath of golden hair; her unnsxallarge
At the Free Trade Congress at Lan- .eyes were brown, while her eyelashes
den, Eng., on Friday last, the right of were bleak. Coaplod with her good
Canada to do as she pleases in respect looks, was intelligence and her gan
efula
to her commeroiel relations with the l nese. "I don'e believe there everwas an
mother country and other nations, was ; angel handsomer than Nellie," said One
stronglp nrlted by Alexander Fee,
had not ratified the Franco -Canadian , of of•
her aamiters. This afternoon she
Montreal. He oomptatned that France. Wall be carried to t'ae cemetery and her
treaty,although li it had beeomo Iwo, se grave will be covered with the flowers
fat' as Oanada was concerned, i which little Nelle loved so much.
pleurisy and headaohea they have no
equal. Keep these remedies right in
your home.
THE FALL FAIRS.
.... ..... Sept 24-25
Wingham
Toronto Aug 29—Sept. 14
London Sept. 11-111
Underwood Oct• 12
Tiverton.... Oot. G
Oct. G-7
Sept, 29-30
Sept. 23 —24
Oct..7-8
Oct 8
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Sept, 29-30
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nothing but his coat, Sir. MacK.trsie's Lietowel,
friends here will be sorry to hear of 1 is Blyth
heavy loss.
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Fa••lners' Friends.
Farmers who have been studying tt e
use of various girds to their growing
crops feel mnoh less animosity against
the crow, blackbted, and blue -jay than
formerly, for it has been proved that 1
these birds aid 1113 farmer more than i
they . hurt him, The ewallow, swift i
and nightingale are the guardians o'
the atmosphere, fending on the wing,
and taking from the air those forms of
insects that might ,endanger the fruit
trees. V9`oodpsckers, chickadees, and
creepers aro the guardians of the
trunks of trees, eating the grubs tiaat
injure the bark or fruit of ornamental
trees. Elaakbirdi, thrushes, prows,
and larks protect the soil,
eating
the
worms and limed! that Ware the Cote,
wheat and oats. They scarcely par -
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SAW MILL
Though our mill was destroy-
ed by fife on Monday night, we
wtl_t have a large stook of
LUMBER AHD SMiiNGLES
on hand, and can fill all orders.
COAL and CEIVII4IN71f'
nlmo on hand for sale,
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