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2,4.$ the gloom which pervaded the
...community for the few days following
the accident disappears, the citizens
awl,: mainly to the herrewing details
..only to realize more Oly that. an
exwful calamity has fallen ,upon the
pity, and are resolved that a most
eeerching inyeetigation shall be =de
to. determine upon whose ehoeldere
ayste the reeponsihility for the dreadful
keenrrenee, A ne feeling is very strong
iegainst Sopoutondent Lemmas of
london, for his ensympethetie (mud ect
911091nPening handrPCI$ of the friends
•'And relatives of the viotims t rernein
ett seepense at rolt eteriley five or six
-helm afterthe collieion •oceurred.
The•death list rentaine' et twelve, no
*here of the injured having yet KW^
Pueihed. The number of injured by
the collision and explosiou i reported
lie over 120, most of whom are •reeover-
log rapidly.
Many will be unable to wok fer weeks
'The inquest was resumed to -night, arid
'the evidence promises tohe important
-A- large II -timber a railway men are
waiting to hear and give evidence, The
first witness examined, David Cerbrey,
-of London, teetified that Engineer•
'Donnelly was not intoxicated, us re.
potted. He was in his eompany short -
before the train left, and believed
Um thoroughly competent to handle
he engine. Henry Clarkson, etatioe-
zeaeter, Pert Stanley, testified that he
-,had knorn Engineer Donnell for
twenty-five years, all of which time 40
lead been running on the 0 -rand Trunk'
:Ail way. He never saw him the*
worse of liquor. Ile, was sober wheAl
lie brought his train up to the station.
die didn't know whether the air brakes
-were in. working order or not It was
0 the conductor's duty to test them he -
dere the departure of the ttain.
He :ry Angles, fireman of the wreck- Brantford goel contains seven female
engine, testified that he itad•been prisonerd'et present, and of these, three
tea years in the employ of the Grand are .hinatics.
- Trunk Bailway, =tiled known Engi-
neer Donnelly over tWenty years. He
never knew him to be under the infla-
ieice,ef liquor, and no men can say
•Denuelly was intoxicated upop the day
of Ms deeth. Tiie-evidence of this wit-
pvee. vhis somewhat contradictory; but
.eihe main, pelets brought out were that
e did not test, the air breaks :before
' Laving the Port ll and .did not know of
neV defect in them. He also swore
wisively that :the ,Condnetor told id,
a subsequent 'conversation that" he
• Ved net tested' the air brakes before
el;ut)ng IL aecribod the causecof the,
f.tilu re of the at lei Ike§ in working to
eille box ,car next to the engine, used as
et neggage car; being ..tooshort for the
inticef' thepipe,' thereby causing ifn-
, per per ev$rkinge Be says engineer
neunelly did .all in;',113.'s power to Stop
eine train. :
;lames Stewert, stationinester, G. T.
, ;St.. Thomas, testified to its being
Aheytouductoes duty to test .tho air
• 1,relee's before leaving Port Stanley. •
The County Crown Attorney then
feugl(Ated to the Coroner that it would
edvisa.ble to have a learramt issued
•fer the arrest of Condector Spettieue,
ne the tecideet had undoubtedly r.ieen
eansed by his neeltgence.
110 001•0110): immediately , acted up-
(rn the euggestion, anti a warrant was,
.etiorl and the arrest, mule,
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Abolzt 0111rPh Orga4.
A large amount -of diseord is beieg
developed between the congregatiooe
of the Dominion Methodist Cherch
whiele Rey. \17 "SV Gerson is pastor,
ftnd itnOX PreBbxtorin Olurcb,
about a, new organ and a new erganist
Some time ago several of the leading
reembere of the Dominion Methodist
Clutrel eubeeribed 4000 to buY
new orgau on the oondition that Mrs.
Bourne'who has been organiet of the
ehureli for twenty years, should bo re-
tained in her poSition, if after trial she
was found competent to manage so
large an ihstrumene, one doubts .as to
this having been raiSed, The trUstee$
of the tchurch, however, took the met -
ter in tWr owie hands andengarred Mr
S. 3, Jenkins, Private Secrery to
Hon, Mr. Fester, who is •arganiSt st
Knox Church. And now there is a
rumpus in both churefies, The Kno4
Church people don't want Mr. Jenkifie
to go, ancl the subscribers for the new
organ for the 'Methodist Church de -
Our() they won't pay their subscription
unless Mrs. Bourne :is retained. The
trustees steutly maintain that it is none
of the salescribers' business who plays
the organ. All they have te do is to
pay for it, which the subactibers fell
to see end.much unbrotherly feeling is
being l'apidly developed.
Camadian News Notes.
New buildings to the value of $400,-
000 are in course of erection in Winni-
peg.
Quite reoently a quarter section
farni near Brandon was sold at auction
for $1,000.
Between five and six miles of the
11.ekniver ValleyBailway have already
been graded.
A Terrible Fate,
Ilo.yues, the wife of a femme.
2iving near &mew, met with a terrible
rido,y crwornin.Her house
tiught fire from a demfective cooking
e,e, and while she was attempting to
Ituteieli the dames her dress caught fire,
ned in a moment she was all in a blaze.
The sereams of the unfortunate woman
eat aated the notice of eonie men work-
,"
i )0 near hy,but by the time they ar-•
qi the house was so completely wrap -
3141 in ilamee that it NS'a8 impossible for
t';ein to enter, eed they had to tand
ey lama /Jebel able to offer may assist-
neee and eeeithe 'unfortunate woman
writhe in agony for five miuutes 01
eeere bcf:ore death ' relieved her front
3;e1 suffeeinge, They deseribed the
tied., as the most horrilAs they ever
witheseed, and state that the dying
•CIP,1111$ Of Mt& tay2111g 4‘vc3•e most
irtrending. They can aseign. .ne
ISM) fOr *bar riot Ott:0111011g tO es
OtI as she Vas standing but a few
f Nkt• from the kitellete door,„ which was
•poll. Atter the house had been buret
f ) the vented the ehereed eamains of
te woman, were found, net0 piece of
11 t being left on the holies, The de-
ati was ferty-gix years of age, and
iototeg one child about seven ,year of
11 tone in the werrd, The chn was
praytn;,,, in the barnyard at the time.
Illehey-ee,ven littegeeeee of Weed,
;deck have been 011=10110a for hot pay -
Mr" their dog -tax, and as the line for
eetch eoesee is five dollars, 'gots of fun is
expected'',
Canadian liorsee have been found to
cost too much to be bought for British
arMy purposes.
Alfred. Brierly, the Bigamist, has
been , sentenced to six months in the
COmmem Prison. ..
Mrs:Gee. Risme, of Lambeth, has
a baby a:Week old, that weighs just
two pounce eleven ounces,
.From six eases of Scott Act viola-
tion tried in Peterbdre', one 'Morning
recently, $4:00 in fines was realised.
Parkhill is agitetingthe question of
water workSto cost Alacnit $15,000 and.
a yearly expenditure' of about 70
Two women named Meanie Paisley
and Jessie McLean were arrested for
fighting in Toronto, on Sunday after-
noon.
' .Chatharn feels well pleased over the
the fact that her exports thiS year ales
greater by 2:5 per cent, than evee lje
fore. ,•-• • • •
John 0. Mustard, of Norwich, died'
some days ago in great suffering from
lock-jaw, the: result of. treading on a
rusty nazi:
Alice, a little daughter of Mr. James
Boyd,'of Mitchell; fell from the door.
step the other day and broke one of
her arms. - .
The Peterboro' Tihnes warns families
agairot an alleged peripetetio swindler
who is selling "a new kind of wheat!'
in that neighborhood.. ,
About one hundred thousand dbllars
will be expended this year in Vie con;
struction and repairs of North-west.
Mounted Police barracks.
A 16 -year-old erne of Mr, John K.
Macdonald, of Toronto, was fatally
wounded Saturday, by a shullet from.
the 'Garrison Common rifle butts.
Miss Luisa Hutchinson, head cook
at the Simcoo House bee° for the last
five 3,eere, committed suieide last night
by taking four ounces of laudanum,
0,tpt Dyson, of the Belleville Salva-
tion Army, is playing third base foe
the local baseball club His action it
joittini; the club has, created consterna-
tion in the army ranks.
On Sunday morning a farinee named
John Nicholle, residiog on the 13th.
emmession of East Zona, swallowed a
close of Paris areal in a fit of temper -
coy ihsanity, and died from the effects
last night
David Dewar, hotel keepet, of Mil-
ton, who was convicted rechtiy for
breaell of the Spit Ace and sentenced
to two months with hard lobate, and
Skipped, was arrested in Torontch
day night on a warrant of commitment.
An eestward bound Gl'and
freight trein from Chicago Friday
ran fiftca nuniber ef eows lying on
the track roar the railway Station at
fladeit, The locomotive was theown
ofrothe track and badly "i.VreCked, Qad
WW1 ot oh t ears brokne, int o pieces,
A: brakeman ty ow name of Latehet
Was killed.
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CA 11 11 A ,
For Balante of 1887.
,If 1,:dy,
Wind, end more 'weather ! rine
ing,hts ; tut ,bed time for freet
gates, Emeliquelcee 14 sorne
,
,. furnitute ., that an earthquake
• 3-11),Ioeiele.,st,.4i7pinuget a 84 Qf
..e and '.
.
A.tagil...477.4t.
BA! Hotter 1 !- T-lottest ! 1 I Don't
"..'Don't get, excited 1 Try sod
.force y,00r way in to buy one of
, 'bur wave cheep bedroom setts.
Mrele12Jg r.0Pe:3110ein
at ock t7piek froee an;you eau
geto:you.oni),0,
‘...1
Drizzly pr pleageut I Invisible
eclipse of,the inoon ! Work like
fury, (yr ,y§Wil never get through
n
ithese OeCure one of thee° ex -
4
. tre,cor. . ,I..broaills, that we are
offerinkeTnr1nture of every de-
ecripti it ee,diiced nrieee.
. ,
latfoller.
Ampthersyq, .,gf. weather! Wer in.
' the .eate i Terrible cete.etioplie
in Nme eroilt r , 53 people sue
-
climb .tiehaeeebell fever. •• Police .
oeclered'eciatIt'o ckeep back the
citned'efeinr,,l our Warerooms •
Severaii gin4fisly jammed.
IN olveirilber
Look out-..firtanow. Fathers with
eligible. angl,iters, unhan„e the
leont,,gaise mid bey one of our
cosfsofee, *Fretted to brieg
the eicet'efielifitl young. man in
the weilutryt:',•ye time en, short
order, c1.4 Spring Mattrastes,
14)1;44- Vc , etc., in encilese
e ',
vaieety , ,.
111:11-1..bl.''.
Chauge int:t 1,.- „moat, laid morel
weather:,
1,721 (1 E-.1141 xlii I te
Dor StOok sf, tkirkets, Doffins, Robes and
. Trimmings. /aro Unexcelled. Reformed
uodertOkerk, 1:14,,a1li5,v no Oliques, 00 1)10
' end ea m#st;DeO •10;,1traliv 'they are ver,r .
01111,111;c, Orr rites wegoVern o
.urselves
,
! m101'101110 ;-•-i,lreunderstionl, otul make O.
, .tait:74.1,t111:SI:110:,•:?1,,:,O; part., 'of our busintsO,
CO105 ootl e1.4,1,idorq you buy, Open day
.,-.z, IN,a.g,1-1-3the pt.Acn
..'Di•ew's1' Ad, .stan(1,—one door
tortle blson's 13031k.
we & Andrews.
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.45' OPPRESSION
PHICE18.
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, 'To ihe,e tpple of Exeter and-
,
surrotin(In •Ceinitry :— •
mr,,:ivy t the•Yoke'so long
• borne • you under'
?four yr'annical
e
astea'
Prices.
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,TO -DAY, U ARE FREE?
ARd net AN tb a freedom dear-
, 13-1-)bng. t if yo:a phtroll-
izo ni. _1' will ke6p
-hig prices ever
)j 511ll)jec-
tioi
AbsoNte Safeiy
front •t.titIn:, Wto' sij over-dharge.
tip/ 1i vita vellqi?le and
?iet goo
TitAri JD. 4)9,
Cri;On.
• 61.11 VER WARE,
ivo Fermi's
St Liviig rice.
tR
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E0.11tt:MC4.
)68ite:,Tieltard's,
Eteter,
R. Niekso
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SILK IS ME:WORD!.
And it seorls to jingle a merry ebiltet
As beard by nany affluent car
13ot harsh end grating it is to mine,
Because it always is so dear,
WE MET VIE DIFFICULTY TER
One end Black Gros Grain wOrth $1,75, to be- Old 1::14
fore Stock -taking at $1.37.
Another worth 0.35, dropped clowo to $14.
Do yo a -wan't a dress, then feel for 3'Our purse and look
13ofore they're gone.
A ObnPle pieces of °annum Cord and a rich Brocbe
we've left the price is down down, down,
Four liemnants. Chenille Fringes as well. A bargain
for any if the cash they've got, or trade to pay,
Gents Ties in Great Variety
a half a dime pays for two if you wish ; or, it takes a dollar
tor another pair nicer, to be sure, but call and see
them, then you'll know.
FELT HATS, STRAW HATS,
COLLARS,
Shirts and Upderwear.
3V,e,wan't to sell them all., and that right early, So ,down,
they go, and out they go, at prices which please
both one and all who wrin't to bay.
' 'Then note the place, its
BANTON- BROS.
Cash,
Fresh Eggs, Choice Butter in good de-
.
rnand, •
When our contpetitors talk about us not being able to sell
RELIABLE GOODS
At low prices, we feel like shouting
"CHESTNUTS."
' Weknow just. what we pan do antrso cld bur etestornere;' if theV
-did not weshmild not have SD Many on our list.
TALK G. H EAp
But if you will only meke up yotir minds to give any of our, goods in
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Geocerees,, (.•roekery, and Glassware, n triai';ybti will soon
. boyurming aroundetewneeallinr,eout
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1$ t
/9
* But theta is only oneplace to get the 'combination of
Good goods at Low prices
E It, .•
• RANSON'S. BLOCK,
e •,..entreistramaiTieniiirsnainseieriin
AND MAX IS AI,
MAIN -STREET, 'EXETER,'
THIS ..8X
BELONGS TO
BISSITT BROTRERS0
Hardware Vtfferchants,
MAIN STREEZ EXETER.
Advertisement next week.
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