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Thoi$ogtt At in Wo11114t04.
Last week UOSSrS VOUS°, TrOghOS and
'urphy, hotelkeepers, f Fergus, were
wanted fur an offenee against the $eott
Act, A. censtable was detailed to
tneke the services Messrs Oeese and
Murphy coli net he foUnci• The con-
stable succeeded in serving Mr. Hugh-
es, but on court day Mr. Hughes was
not to be found and a warrent was
isseed for his arrestbut he has not
yot turned up, Last Wednesday the
onstable went to Fergus to make some
services and he sighted Mr. Copse
across the strees ',from his own hotel,
but Clouse was on the alert and sighted
the constable about the same trine,
when they held a race for it, Couse sue-
ceeried in jumping a buggy which was
Standing in front of his OWn door, and
after slashing the emistable with his
whip severel times lbe 'sirceeeded in get-
ting away and out of town on the fly;
his horses being urged to their highest
speed. We are ilow informed that Id r
Couse is to be charged with assaulting
a peace officer in the discharge of his
duty, which will :no doubt be a more
serious matter than a Scott Act fine.
Mews Murphy and Hughes are said
to he still absent from home to Scott
.Act constables.
Canadian News Notes.
Grading on the Manitoba houndary.
,sailway will be finished next week, -
The Bishop of Huron preaehed in
St, Matthew's at Brandon, on Sunday.
The contract for the erection of the
new Foresters hall at Stratford has
been let
Some thirsty mortal stole a keg of
lager from a Stratford hotel on Tues-
day night.
The fires which have been raging in
the Brooke and Dunwieh swamps have
been extinguished.
The Erin postt'office was burglarized
during MJnday night, but the thief
only got $5 for his trouble.
Mr, W. T. Rowland, of Stratford,
shipped forty head of fine cattle yester-
day. The average weight was 1,300
A. notice has been served on the
Beth well Council' forbidding the issue
of a checque for $40, a grant to Father
31 (aeon s picnic.
On Sanday afternoon Mrs. J, Lebore
of Stratford, fell down the stairs lead.
ing to the cellar in her residence, and
broke two of her ribs.
The 0. P. saw mills, two miles from
Donakl,B. C., were burned on Friday
night. The loss will cause serious de-
lay in the building of the snow sheds.
A man named liescott, of Ingersoll,
is charged with committing an outrage
on a fourteen -year-old girl. He was
up fortrial yesterday and was remand-
ed.
It is Anticipated that about Septem-
ber 1st the time limit of regular return
tickets to points on the Canadian Pac-
ific Railway will be made good foi
thirty days.
The fine grain warehouse belonging
John Shoults of Park was
'burne• round on Friday w
about6,000 wheat and 2,000
bushel § of oats
The traffic receipts of the
Pacific Railwey for the week en
Aug. 14 were $233,000 an increase of
6'36,000 compared with the correspond-
ing week last year.
Soule of the finest cattle in Ontario
are raised in Middlesex. Weekes Bros
Mount 13ryclges, recent
to London, „Eng,
weig.ng 1,565.
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Four oriminal lunatics transferred
frete British Colealhia :to the Kin:e.-
SUM PePite110411 A:rrilTcl there last
There gppe4rs, to be e regular grieg
of thieves operatingat Thedford, AS.
burglaries are frequently repelled in
that village.
GeQrge Leggat, a YOUthfill Prig.ener
in North Toronto Police Station, W
gled through a hole in the .cell deer
and escaped.
There are eight cases of typhoid
fever at the General Hospital and diph-
theria i
s prevalent in more than one
section of Toronto.
During the past two weeks fines to
the amount of $800 have been imposed
upon violators of the Scott Act in Sim -
Cee COUllty, and one offender unable to
Nay has gone to gaol,
• Steps have been taken by the De-
partment of Justice to secure the ex-
tradition of two half-breeds arrested in
Montana 'last week for the murder of
McLeish, a Northwest settler...
An old woman named Sarah Don-
nelly 82 years of age who was com-
initted to Guelph Jail on the rd Aug.
by Mr. Johnston, Mayor of Palmerston
for lunaey, died there on 'Monday.
There are now over 4,000 signatures
to the petition for the repeal of the
Scott Act .for Bruce County. The to-
tal number required by law is 3,915.
It is intended to have a yote on the
question at the earliest possible date.
A horrible murder was committed at
Winnipeg on Thursday afternoon, the
murderer being Thomas Newton, a
bricklayer, and the murdered man John
Ingo, a milkman. A shot -gun was
the weapon used.
A sensational story published ior
Northwest jourhal that Gabriel Du-
mont was seeking to raise another re-
bellion is positively denied by a Mon-
tana correspondent, who says Dumont
is living in Montana very quietly.
The crop of barley. in Carlton
ceunty this year will be the smallest
raised for years. The smallness of the
crop is due to the retaliatory measures
taken by brewers throughout the
country against those counties which
accept the Scott Act. ,
A. person at Clhatham refused to pay
a bootblack who had cleaned his boots,
and the artist, in order, to strike a bal.
ance,, collected a crowd of youthful
sympathisers and followed the debtor
over town demanding the liquidation
of the account, until he had worried
about $5 worth of humiliation out of
the owner of the boots.
Yesterday morning abut 10 30 a
young man named 611fills, a G. T. R.
brakemah, living at Stratford, met with
a terrible accident at Listowell. He
slipped and fell between the cars, and
the brake beam shoved hiin under the
wheels, breaking both legs and one arm
Ile is believed to have been tribally
hurt, and was not expected to live
through the night. .
A fellow named Maginness, who
lives in the country adjacent to Goder-
ich, has lately been frightening w amen
and children by obscene acts and langu-
age. The hext time he is hi town on a
iilar errand we hope our young men
w• t t nim under the town pump or
s
give' a coat of tar and feathers.
He has be arrested several *times
and a ards allowed, to go
free,
A fatid ened to a man
named John Rogers, at the barn of
Win. Bruce, Peel, a few days ago. He
as on the pea mow when a "patent"
el of peas, after being deposited,
rol ward him, and crowded him
off befo realized it or could save
himself. t ling he struck the rack
and fell from ce to the floor. He
was fatally hurt d died soon after-
wards. He was on twenty-one years
of age.
Two yeung toughs om Stratford,
awed William Mu ay, the other
. ,tunknown, deman adedmittance
ab o'clock Frida ;night to the
house 'dow Macdor ld, on the St
Mary's Being refused, they tri-
ed the wind° ancle?finally broke in
the door with a ce rail. The sound
of a rig driving alo he ioad frighten-
ed them at this juncture and they made
off and did not come Wok. The police
are after them,
Fennel s of Newb
ceived thecon of consti
Mc. Master drai.sa, WIt
give employmeilt ti
men and teams. ,
averag3
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have re-
ing the
will
of
The careless handling Of a g
terday morning, caused the death
bright little boy five years old, a son o
Mn Jules Quesnelle, a rancher, of
Maple Creek, Man.
Mrs. Wm, Bushfield, of Logan was
seized with a paralytic stroke while
partakieg of the sacrements in church
on Sunday last: She never sgoke af-
terwards and died next day.
Mrs. Geo. aark, of London West,
who broke her leg recently on Mount
Pleasant avenue, has agreed to with-
draw all claims for damages on the
Reeve, promising to .haVe a new side-
walk put down on the street to the vil-
lage limits.
J am es Donald, an old and highly re,
4epected farmer, living on the Stratford
road, about a mile from Bt. Mary's, tit -
.tempted to stop Dr. Mathieson's
horse which was running away near
the rink in SC Mary's on Tuesday
Ile' wag struck by the horse in
such a way that the injuries caused his
death Friday 'morning,
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liontelreere Who heated with pride
that they would not know one if they
saw it, hove sadly confees.their farnilar-
ity with the appearance of chriex awl
even in the abodes of wealth chneX
has been lately known to make dills.
The partieular cirnex of this season is
herd to banish He laughs inaedt
powder to scorn and thrives on the
most deadly mixture that &Mid be pre-
pared for him. The fortunate house-
keepers who have not keen him yet are
takiiig extra precantionti against his
visite,
THE '13golcEN 134NIC.
The undue ekcitemeet ,ceeeed,,l)y tho
failere of the Ilenk of London had the
effect of cleasine corishlerable rue on
local teeeetary iestatutrons which ar'e
Iceown to be perfectiy.solicl. Peo-
Ple aPPOAred toliaYe got k,110Pc p.10.S
rattled and tn. haVe lost faith generally.
They seem to think the .whole*fittanciiti
world was in 'danger, and foi:got that
the Bank of tendon did not suspend
under pressure.; but as a matter of`poli-
cy to protect the shareholders. The
c'reunistances of the failure aro simply
thee: Soree trouble haviug arisen
among the shareholder* and directors
of the Ontario Investment, Mr. Henry
Taylor, manager of that association
and presid,ent of the Brink of London,
took up his reeidence 4 Alexandria
Bay on the Anierican aide of the„ St.
Lawrence to Prevent Aqy Proceedings
being taken against Mid. Hp made no
secret ot his'whereaboutt, and kept up
communication with his friends in Pan -
don, Stating his intention of remaining
away • unless he got a sufficient guaran-
tee against pro'Secution should he re-
turn, All attempts to induce him to
come to Toronto to conclude the-egree-
ment for the transfer of the 13rink of
Lydon business- to the Bank of To.
roto failed, and the directors knowing
that the neWs ofhif 41104 would create
a run on the bank, which they. could
only meet by calling .in their ievesttd
moneys -at a great saerifice, deeded
close its doors, and save what they
could for the stockholders. There
seem to be nolloubt 'about the, deposit-
ors and note-hi:Aden getting eVerk cent
that is due thein. ,
Farmers are owbough harvesting
and will be seeking a ;market fox their
produce. Let them bring it to Exeter.
No matter whdt they have to sell, they
can dispose of it here at the yery high.
est prices. Exeter:buyers , have estab-
lished an enviable reputatiqKfor honor;
able rind fair dealing, and always. pay
the highest litotatiens. • Let farmers
make a note orthis, and see if what we
say is not literally an-rect. Then, fur-
ther than that,'.our business men carry
the very best ,stooks of goods to be
found in the cohntry, and offer thein at
the closest prices, eo' that after selling
their produce t1d,gh prices, farmers
Catt buy their impplies at law ones, and
thus be a gainer in two ways. If this.
item should meet -the eye of it farmer
who has not hitherto made Exeter his
market, we hope ,fie Wilb give it a trial
being satisfied* that he will be so well
pleased with the 'experiment Quit he
will ever afteri
.ipeat the operation.
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HIGH 14-110E8
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To the people of Exeter and
surrounding country :— -
Throw oft kb e'eYoke so long
borne by you under
your Tyrannical
Master,
High Prices.
TO -DAY YOU ARE FREE?
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And not witICa frpedom dear-
ly bought if you patron-
ize me. I l'illkeep
high 'Aces ever
in siihjee-
tion.
Prortise Absolute-, Safe v
from cal 9n4nner of oveOpharge.
r 8upply Olk: with relicOle and
stylish goods fte.
WAX ORES,
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JE IVE LL ER Y,
SZLVERIVARE,
17O NEL IV E S
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At 1,.owek,,t thiing Prices.
'4R8PAIRING4
entmo. spE6IALTY,
Stand opposite J. Pickard's
Main St,. E*Pter)
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New Premises?
EW COOtS.
Respectfully reminds hie ninny
Customera and the lad*
genera); that he' has re-
eieved to
1: -NEXT
:rotsi osticoto
Main Street, ,EXETER.
Where• he has just received
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: STOCK OF
flEARY-IVIADE-7- •
• BOOTS:4 SHOES •
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" Hand -made t orljoi the highest
f Class.
• "A Trial .Solicited, • and
Satisfaction Guaranteed
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GE01 MANSON:
6 .Exeter.
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For Balance of 71887.
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liziezle or pleasant ! invisible
eclipse of the mewl I Work like
fury, or you'll never get through
in thus to secure one of those ex-
traordinary bargains, that we are
offering. Furniture of every de,
scliptioll'at reduced prices.
(October.
Another st)ell of weather! War in
the east! Terrible catastrophe
in New Volk ! 8 peojile
I ine-
eumi, to base ball fever. Police
ordered out to keep back the
crowd from our Warerooms I
Several seriously. jammed.
4,-)v.inti•er.
Look out for snow. • Fathers with .
• eligible daughters, nnhang the
front gate, and buy one of our
cosy sofas; warranted tobring
the most bashful young man in
the country to time in short
order Beds, Spring 11fattrassesy0
Lounges, etc., etc., in endless
variety.
II•ectember.
Change in the moon; and more .
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wea cher.
tud4lIa1rinj :—
Our Stock of Caskets, Coffins, Robes and
Trimmings, are unexcelled. iteforrned
undortukor0, hbBinge, no C1Ij1ies ISO use
all allke. OOP erleOs w AteVern oufselves,
and as Most peopie know thty aro Very
Moderato WO undtnetand, and. make 34
specialty oi this Part of our business.
Conte and see before you buy, • Open (ley
and nitolt.
REMEMBER the PLACE
Drew's old stand,—one door
north of Molson's Bank.
Rowe & .Andrews.
40.e!
memmemorovememorirs*****,
When our coinpetitors talk about us not being able'to sell *
RELIABLE GO OtS
At lovi, prices, we feel like shouting
"CHESTNUTS:".
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We know just what we, can do and 40 do,our .customers;, if they
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did not we should not have so many on our list,
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Dut if you will only make up your minds to give any of otir toads in
Groceries; Croekery, and Glsssware, a trial yoti will soon
be running, around town calling out A
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But thereis ouly one place to get the combination of • •
Good goods at Low prices
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• ED. ROBERTS'-
FAN$ON'S BLOCK, - MAIN -STREET, EXETER,
ARD.W.ARE.
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Kin NATLS, Both'.Steel and Iron; PAINTS and OILS,
' SPADES and SHOVELS,'
Barbed *Wire °Fen.chig,
. Plain Twist Wire Fencing, Woven Wire FenCin,„e and Galvanized
Wire Fencins,—Ml. bought before the recent advance in prices,
and will be sold at LOWEST MURES.
AN EXCELLENT ,ST.00KL,OE„ LAMP GOODS
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TINWARE Or 'ALL KINDS KEPT IN STOCK.
Agents for tito..R1Y1110ND Sewing Machine.
BISS1TT,BROTHERS,
.MAIN SfREET.o. . • 'EXETER,
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HADVOCATE OFFICE. .
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Corner John and Main-sts.,
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