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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-1-14, Page 41877 O` ZXL, BANKER, 'EXETER,; ONT Transacts a zeneralbankleebusiuess. Receives the accounts of merobants and others on favorable terms. Offend every accommodation consistent with aafe,wnticonservative banking prinotplos. Five per 'ceet.interestallowed on deposits, Drafts issued payable at any offioeof Os Merchants Bank. ROTES - DISCOUNTED, de MONEY TO LOAN ON NOTES AND MORTGAGES %gu enter L tm co. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14th, 1892. The Ontario Legislature meets on Thursday, February 11th. »»r The people of Woodstock and Belle- ville have endorsed by-laws baying for their object a reduction in the number of places licensed to sell liquors within their respective bounds. This method of obtaining"ithe views of the populace is growing in favor. tit During his five years' term of office, Hon. Mr, Mercier managed Eto increase the net debt of Quebec by thirteen mil- lion dollars. It is strange that people do not see through humbugs like Mr. Mercier. This increase in Quebec's debt is a mater which concerns the peo- ple of Ontario; as Quebec, being unable to pay, the Dominion will in all proba- bility be asked to assume the debt and increase the annual subsidy to Quebec, The businessoutlook could not be brighter than it is at present. The re- cent snowfalls, though light, have been auMotent to give fair sleighing through- out the country. This is what the farm- ers have been waiting for, and there can be no doubt the good roads will be taken advantage of to rush the large quantities of grain and other produce which axe. still in the hands of the producers to market. The effect will be immediate. Old debts will be wiped off, fresh pur- chases made, and every industry in the coufitry enormously benefited. It is pleasant to hear that the price of coal is to remain low, despite all the rigors that King Frost may bring to poor humanity. Thiskind of fuel may now be bought at the same price that it was at in June last. The reason is to be found in the market having been overstocked in anticipation of a hard winter. Some 2,000,000 tons were mined more than there has been found any need for, and the consumer, con- trary to usage, is getting the benefit of summer prices ;in midwinter. The re- moval of the duty of GOc per ton on hard coal was a good thing, and the fortunate circumstance above mentioned adds to the public felicitat.. . The Russian famine appeareet, bestirs: suming vast proportions. .A. trustworthy correspondent declares that in the Pro- vince of Samara, where he resides, one- half of the popnlation—no fewer than 1,250,000 persons—are literally dying of starvation and Levasseur, the eminent French statisa, has calculated that to supply the deficiency in thirteen provin- ces 6,500 ships must be employed carry- ing 128,000,000 hectoliters of grain, which would cost £60,000,000. The States has not the money to spend; not even if it found the money could it pro- vide the means of transport over a surface of 1,000,000 square kilometers to the 5,400,000 houses in want of food. *1F* Another outbreak of the Russia in- fluenza has occurred in Canada, and from all sides comes accounts of sick- ness and death, No only is this the case in Canada but the malady is claim- ing many victims in the centers of popu- lation in the United States. Still it is safe to say that a great many of the cases reported are not from this cruse, the tendency being in cases of epidemic to attribute all sickness to theprevailing disease. It is also safe to say that the spread of the disease is attributable to fright,many in fear of the disease worry- ing themselves until theirsystem reaches the condition favorable to the action of the malady. It is not such a dangerous sickness as many suppose, in many cases being no worse than a severe cold, but exaggeration has made it a dread fatal- ity. There is no cause for fear, , and with or:Unary,precautions all may avoid it. TIIE DOMINION IN BRIO 1i' e 1' It is a noteworthy fact that closer trade reletisus with the colonies is ex- citing xciting discussion in England, the opinion growing that an arrangement should be entered into bringing the Empire into There are 600 cases of grip in Halifax. l iugelon will have a Single Tax Aseocie- tion. Natural gas has been struck at Ovules, Haldimand county. Sir Daniel Wilson, president of Toronto University, is seriously ill. The Ontario Legislative Assembly has been called for February 11. Poison in a tin of flour nearly caused the death of six Montreal people, At Fairview Wm, Doig fell from a hay loft and received fatal injuries, An action was taken on Friday against the people's lottery of Quebec. Nomination will take place in Lincoln on the 21st and polling on the 28th. William Buttermore .has just died at Perth 1toad, Ont., aged 102 years, .At Montreal on Friday Ottawa won the hockey championship from Montral. The Conservatives of East Elgin have again nominated Mr. A. B. Ingram, Hans Fisher was crushed to death on Thursday at the Keewatin flour mill. Mr. W. H. Bennett will again carry the Conservative banner in East Simone. The Toronto Waterworks Conunittee closes the year with a surplus of $41,000. A veterinary college will be established in connection with Queen's University, King- ston. Mayor Clarke, of Toronto, has been ap- pointed manager of a life insurance com- pany. Harry Carver, M. C. R. brakeman of St. Thomas, was killed at Woodslee Friday night. James Slow, aged 30, was killed while at work at the Grand Trunk roundhouse at Stratford. The C. P. R. have materially reduced the price of nearly all their lands in the Northwest. A movement is said to be on foot to form a combine of cigar manufacturers of the whole Dominion. The iron manufacturers of Canada met in Toronto on Wednesday and agreed upon price for cut nails. Mr, John Campbell, of the Erie Mills, St. Thomas, is filling a large order for flour for the West Indies, The stone for the new Toronto drill hall will come from the Deschambault quarries, near Portneuf, Quebec: Mayor Taylor, of London, will be an in- dependent candidate in East Middlesex for the House of Commons. The five-year-old son of Thos. Mitchell, St. Thomas, was crushed to death by being run over by a loaded. sleigh. The shipments of coal from Cape Breton in 1891 reached 1,000,000 tons—the largest in the history of the island. Mr. James Jones, a farmer of Hillier township, was found dead in the secede near his home ane night last week.. Hamilton foundrymen have notified their moulders of a reduction of 10 per cent. in wages, and a strike is talked of. Leone Labelle, son of the former M. P. for Richelieu, has been arrested at Ottawa on a charge of murdering hie wife, Mrs. James Cowan, mother of Mr. Thomas Cowan, of Galt, died on Saturday, aged 82. La grippe was the malady. Guelph Conservatives have taken steps to aid in the erection of a monument to the late Sir John Macdonald at Kingston.... ' The Parisian, which reached, ?alifax on Friday, made the trip feeee Liverpool in exactly seven days, beat ng the record. A civil actio 'js to be taken against Beadier yem;at d to recover the $100,000 taken^ f ,,,,�ohm the Baie dna Chaleur funds, ..„213e great international bonapiel, played in Toronto on Friday, resulted in Canada de- feating the United States by 136 points. Mr. James Hindson fell from a ladder in St. Catharines on Wednesday, and struck on his head. He is in .a critical condition. Welland Conservatives have nominated James Lawson, of Thorold, for the Com- mons, Dr. Fergusson first declined to run. Mr. Isaac Glenny had his arm torn off by a threshing machine belt at MYlr. Thomas Wilson's farm near Omemee on Wednes- day.' Martin Armstrong, a young man whose home is in Peterboro', was kiUed in the bush near Nassau last week while skidding logs. Mr. R. Hall, ex-M.P.P., has been ap- pointed judge of the Queen's Bench Court at Montreal, vice Judge Church who has retired. Mr. David Robb, conductor on the Grand Trunk, fell between the cars of his train on Wednesday at Tilsonburg, and was instant- ly killed. A company of citizens of St. John, N. B., on Wednesday went by steamer 12 miles up the St. John river and returned with- out accident. A railway train from Hastings for Lon- don, was derailed on Thursday, near the London Bridge. One person was killed and six injured. The Division Court judge at Ingersoll has given a decision which makes it obligatory on persons subscribing to church building funds to pay up. A true bill for conspiracy has been re- turned against Hon. Thomas McGreevy and Mr. N. K. Connolly. The trial goes over to the next assizes. James Neal, 18 years old, fell off a scaf- fold at the new Parliament buildings in the Queen's park, Toronto, on Thursday, a dis- tance of 105 feet. He was killed. Lord Mountstepheu has disposed of his property at Causapscal, on the Metapedia river, Que., to the Restigouche Salmon Club, composed of wealthy. Americans. Frank Lucas, Robert Cook and Dick Smith have been committed for trial for stealing chickens from Watford parties. They took 100 chickens, of which 85 were recovered, In Glengarry on Thursday Archibald Mc- Arthur, Lancaster, was nominated for the Commons by the Liberals and R. Maclen- nan, Alexandria, was selected by the Con- servatives. The next annual gathering of the Pro- vincial Poultry Association will be held at Hamilton. At the meeting on Thursday Mr. John Eastwood; of Hamilton, was elected president of the association for 1892. Mr. Haultain, chief of the Executive Committee of the Northwest Assembly, says members may address . the House in, French, Hebrew or Greek, but the proceed- ings will be published onlyin the English language. In the appeal to the Court of Appeal of the Attorney -General -'of Canada v. Attor- ne-General of Ontario in the matter of the right of the Lieutenant -Governor to ex- ercise therero ative of pardoning crimi- nals the contention of ttorney-General Mowat was sustained. commercial union. Protection is shut- ting England out of nearly every Euro- pean country, and it is well known that the McKinley bill has struck English trade and manufactures a severe blow. To make new outlets for its congested industries it is natural that• the Mother Country should turn to thecolonies with a view to developing in them the mar- kets she ear-kets'she has lost elsewhere. Bat to do this it will be necessary to give the col onies something in return, and that will be a -preferential tariff or modified pro- tection. A year ago such a proposition would not be listengdt,to, but now it is being debated by men who have been avowed free traders, but who now see that.some change will have to be made if any headway is to be made against the combined protectionism of Europe and the United States. Minard's Liniment:earea;Dandruff. THE GOSSIP OF TIDE WE EK THE SUNDAY STREET CAR QUESTION IN THE QUEEN CITY. Free Text Books for the Public ttohoola' Carried in Toronto and Three. Women Elected Sobool Trustees—A Terrible. Min- ing Accident—Egypt's Khedive Dead, HE recent munici- pal election in To- ronto contained fea- tures which made it interesting to the whole province. There were four strong and able men in the field for May- or, and the intense interest may well be, imagined when it is stated that the ag- gregate vote cast was nearly 22,000—the largest ever polled at any such election in Canada. Mr. Elem. ing won the seat by a 350 plurality. The new mayor is wealthy, and made his for- tune in real estate. * , * * The vote on the question of running the street cars on Sunday was an indication that the people were fully excited about the probable result. Those in favor held two meetings and had the advocaoy of the World, while those opposed had. organized and had the other five leading papers with them. The vote for the cars was therefore phenomenally large—over 10,000 -and the anti -Sunday vote was some four thousand, odd more than that figure. Over, 24,000 votes polled and but 6,000 unpolled votes on this question. The leaders of the movement in favor of running the street cars on Sunday feel confident that it will carrythe next time it is submitted to the people—probably when eleetrie cars are ready to take the place of horse cars. * * * Tho question of free text books for the children of the public schools was also voted upon. The majority in favor of free text books was over 4;000, and they will be supplied in future at the general tax- payers' expense. The argument is that text books are just as necessary as school houses and teachers, and these are free to all legally entitled to them. Whether this movement will extend all over the province we shall yet see. * * * There was also the innovation of electing women as school trustees. It is the first of the kind in any of our cities. In nearly every ward there were female candidates and in three wards women were among those elected. From the large number of candidates in each ward it goes without saying that these elections were hotly contested, Mrs. Mc- Donell, a prominent W.C.T:U. worker, led the poll in her ward over no less than 10 male candidates. Mrs. Stowe-Gullen, a well known practising physician was elected with 6 candidates in the field. Mrs. Harrison was also successful where there were no less than 12 candidates, In several of the other wards the women got large votes, *# The announcement made by Dr. Lyman Abbott, of Brooklyn,, N.Y., of his lectures before the Lowell Institute on the "Evolu- tion of Chriatianitty" has created wide- spread interest. There was a notable audience present, and the announcement of his course was substantially as follows: Evolution is the continuous progressive change of phenomena according to certain laws and by moans of resident forces. Re- ligion is the life of God in the soul of man. I accept the verdict of all modern scien- tists in favor of evolution. I agree with them that all life proceeds by a regular and orderly sequence from simple to more complex, from lower to higher forms, and I desire to show that religion is itself sub- ject to the Iaws of evolution, and that the Christian religion has proceeded by a re- gular and orderly sequence from simple to more complex and from lower to higher forces resident in humanity itself. Assum- ing the truth both of evolution and of Christianity by divine life I shall attempt to show how the latter has grown up in accordance with the laws of the former; that the Bible is an evolution of man's con- sciousness of God or history of the growth, of the knowledge and life of God in a spe- cially endowed and chosen nation; that the church is the growth of the human organ- ism inspiredby this life, making its way against error and superstition and gradually conquering paganisn'? that theology is the necessary mixture of truth and error, the truth winning its way over theory by inter- mingling with it. We shall not be sur- prised to find errors in the Bible. We shall remember that it is the work of God, as it is expressed in human lives, struggling through the imperfections of human intel- lect and human passion. We shall not be surprised to find limitations of knowledge in Christ Himself. The word of the Bible to us is not "halt," but "forward, march." *e* The news of the dread horror which oc- curred near McAllister, Indian Territory, U.S.A., on Friday night, by which more than 200 miners were entombed alive in a burning mine has created widespread sym- pathy with the victims andsecondarysufferers from the calamity most appalling in nature. As a result 200 men lio dead and 40 fatally end as many more fatally burned at 510 mine No. 1, owned by the Osage Coal Mining Company at Kribs, four and one-half miles east of hero. At the time of the explosion 350 men were in the shaft, most of whom were waiting for the cage to take them out, and the foot of the shaft was a mass of dead bodies. Eighty-five men came out by an entry and 42 were saved by the shaft, most of whom are more or less burned or bruised and half will probably die. Wives and mothers eagerly watched each cage as it came up, hoping to see their loved ones, only to turn away disappointed. The ex- plosion was caused by firing a shot when gas was in the mine. The scenes about the mouth of the shaft immediately following. the accident were fearful in the extreme. Weeping wires, mothers and sisters flocked there from the village at the sound of the explosion, their faces blanched with dread and many of them were hysterical to a point of insanity. The work of rescue was terribly hazardous, the hope that some of the unfortunate men might be rescued alive spurred the rescuers on to many deeds of bravery and possible self-sacrifice. Forty. eight dead bodies, terribly mutilated, and presenting a most revolting spectacle, were recovered in 24 hours. The latest news is that there will bo fully 200:deaths from the calamity.' ** At a meeting of the Victoria Board of Regeuts held in Toronto the position of Rev. Dr. Workman, charged with holding heretical doctrines, was reconsidered and the board's action of last March prohibiting him from continuing his theological work was reaffirmed. Dr. Workman thereupon resigned and his resignation was accepted. TIErrEWS FIRE WORLD CONDENSED NPIWs. The Bishop c` Litchfield is dead. Snow is almothree feet deep in Buffalo. There is a general stn tke of cabmen in Rome, TheDukeof Clarenee.has a severe' attack of influenza. There has been a heavy fall of anew in the north of Scotland. It is rumored that a revolution is in pro- gress in Guatemala, The czar peremptorily denies that there ie a famine in Rassta. The refiners have advanced the price of sugar l; to a cent a pound. Earthquake tremors were felt at Roches- ter, N.Y., on Wednesday. Heavy snowstorms and intensely cold weather prevail in Great Britain. Actor W. J. Scanlan has beenremoved to the Bloomingdale insane asylum. The French tariff bill passed the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday by 394 to 114. France's revenue returns show a surplus of 10,000,000 francs over expenditures. The total number of immigrants landed at New York duripg 1891 was 445,290. Hanckel & Riorden, cotton brokers of New York, have failed. Liabilities about $50,- 000. The railroadtrains north of 'Westmor- land, England, are blocked by heavy snow- drifts. Sir Glyn Petrie, British minister to Portu- gal, has resigned, giving ill -health as the cause. Prince Frederick Gustav Charles of Saxe- Weimer-Eiaeneeh, died at Vienna on Wed- nesday. The Pope is saki to blame the French bishops for their attitude towards the Gov- ernment. Right Rev. Henry Philpott, D.D,., for- merly Bishop of Worcester, is dead, in his 64th year. The inauguration of Major -McKinley as governor of Ohio took place on Monday at Colmnbus, Earnest Welhehn Brucke, the well-known 7.'Gerhursmanday, physicologist, died in Berlin on Lawronoe, son of. Henry Irving, who shot himself at Belfast, Wednesday, is progress- ing favorably. Rear Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers died at Washington on Friday evening. He was born in 1819. Sherman 53, Foraker 38, was the result of the voting for U. S. senator• at Columbus, Ohio, last week. Harry Gilmore, formerly of Toronto, and a prize fighter named Collins are to meet in Detroit on Jannary 21. Sir Francis Clare Ford has been appoint- ed British ambassador to Turkey, vice the late Sir 'William White. The archbishop of Mexico denies that the clergy are aiding arA....aution or plotting against PresidentIiiaz, Andrew Carnegie, the. Scotch millionaire, willadd $1,000,000 to his gift of a free library to Pittsburg, Pa. The situation at Arkalon, Kansas, is re- garded as serious. More troops have been ordered to proceed. there. Representative Enloe iutroduced in the United States House on Thursday a bill to repeal the McKinley law. Rev. Robert Knox, Protestant archbishop of Armagh awl primate of all Ireland, is seriously 111 with influenza. The United States revenue steamer Galla- tin was wrecked off Manchester, Mass,, on Wednesday in a snow storin. J. E. Henry, a lumberman of Zealand, New Hampshire, has been fined $1,000 for importing Canadian workmen. Lady Victoria Alexandrine, wffo of Baran Sandhurst, died in London, on Friday. She was a sister of Earl Spencer. Committees of ladies have been formed in Rome and Florence to present wedding gifts to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. Disturbances are feared inthe province of Mendoza, Buenos Ayres, and strong mili- tary precautions have been taken. A dynamite bomb factory has been die - covered at Walsall, near Birmingham, Eng. Several arrests have been made. Owing to the drought in the Broken Hill district of New South Wales the Govern- ment has ordered rain -making experiments, An outbreak of trichinosis has occurred at Lodz, near Warsaw, Russia. Fifteen per- sons have died of the disease and 40 are dangerously ill. President Diaz, of Mexico, has caused the arrest of 300 priests accused of assist- ing the revolutionists. The action has caused much bitter feeling. The gross earnings of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company and its leased lines for December were $4,- 050,979, against 33,803,955 in 1890. A meeting of the Rye Flour Millers' As- sociation was held in New York on Wed- nesday. The price of rye flour in barrels delivered there was fixed at $5.25 to $5.35. The Law and Order Society of Pittsburg, Pa., has entered suits against 35 employees of the Sunday papers, charging them with engaging in worldly employment on Sunday. Laidlaw, the clerk who stoop between Mr. Russel Sage and the bomb in the tat- ter's office, is almost able to leave the hos- pital, and will nue Mr. Sage for heavy dam- ages. A report was sent out from New York that Mr. i3. R. Jacobs, the theatrical man, had gone insane over financial embarrass- ments. Mr. Jacobs himself denies both re- ports. Chairman Springer, of the U.S, Waysand Means Committee, has drafted abill to admit all wools free of duty and to repeal the duties per pound and per square yard upon woollen goods. Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, has conferred upon Marquis di Rudini, the Italian Primo ivfinister, the decoration of the grand erose of the order of St. Stephen of Hungary. The branch office of the Wells Fareo Ex- press Company at the Grand Centraldepot in Houston, Tex., was robbed the other night of frur packages of money, to the amount of $10,000 or more. Col. Ralph Vivian, of Her -Majesty's Horse Guards, was married on Thursday to Mrs. Marshall O. Roberts, ono of Nen York's society queens. The event took place in Calvary church, New York. • Auna M. Dunigan, aged 70, fall dead on the street in New York on Thursday night, and ,before her body could be removed, three rings and a bracelet were torn from her fingers and wrist. The jewels were worth 81,500. • A chattel mortgage for $10,000 has been filed in Syraonse at the instance of A. A, Graft against the Grand Opera house there, the Academy of Music, Rochester, and the Court 'treat theatre, Buffalo, to secure the payment of promissory notes. • Froni Various Sources Through out the District.EIIRON. • Bayfield council this year are all Liberals, Mrs* Goodrich. of Clinton bad the mister tune to slip down on Monday and break one of her arms. The by-law for the purchase of the new steam pump and otiler purposes was oarried in: Seaforth, by s majority of 124. The brick store on Albert -at., Clinton, lately occupied by Mr, C. Cruickshank, has been sold to Mr. G, S. Hyman, M. P„ Lon- don, for the sum of 31,450. Popularly called the king of (medicines Hood's Sarsaparilla. It oongtters scrofula, salt rheum and all other blood diseases, Mrs, J. Russell has sold her farm,; being lot 28, on the 10 don. of MoK'illop, to her neighbor, Mr. Geo Henderson, for 912,400. The farm oantains 50 acres. The Seaforth Fire Brigade return their hearty thanks to Messrs. Johnston Bros. and Jackson Bros. for the very liberal do- nations of $50 and 320 respectively. Tuokeramith connorl is composed of the following:—Robert B. McLean, reeve; Jno, Sherberd, depnty-reeve; Jobn Reinkie,Jno, Mci;loy and James Dallas, Councillors. We are sorry to learn that the sailor -boy Wixon, whose lege werereoeutly amputated, is not recovering as well as anticipated, and fears of the ultimate result are entertained. Mr, James Crich of Tuokersmith has purchased from Mr. Alex Jamieson the 50 acre farm on the 2nd non., Hullett, for the sum of 32,750, as the farm is a good one the price is very reasonable. The District Council of the Royal Tem- plars will be held in Goderioh on the 28th inst. There are 18 Councils in the Dis- trict and a good and interesting meeting its looked for. Some ti eago m Mr. Searle, of Clinton, had a basket of grapes sent him by express. The basket and contents were smashed in transit, and Mr, S. sued the :Express Co. and got full value and amount of casts. Mr. Walter Richardson has sold his farm which adjoins Brussels to Mr. Armstrong who now lives on the Morrison farm in MoKillop, near Winthrop, This farm con- tains one hundred aures and was sold for 35,7'1'00. he beat anodyne a expectorant fax the cure of colds and menthe and all throe), lung, and bronchial troubles, is, undoubted- ly. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Ask yonr drug gist for it, and.at tee me time, for Ayer s Almanac, which is fres o all. The Methodist Sunday School of Hills Green was re-organizedrecently. H. J. Smith was ro elected as superintendent;; Mr. J. G. Troyer, se etary; Miss Annie Consitt, librarian; Messrs. Jos Foster and Wm Consitt aro leader of the bible class. Wo notice by the election returns that two young mon, Messrs. James Snell. of Hullett, and James Dallas, of xaokersmith, have been elected to t e co oils of their it e a un lei respective municipalities, and in whioh their respective fathers, in former years, held prominent positions. The stooks of John Beattie & 0o,, dry goods, and Jaokaon Br , merchant tailors, Seaforth, were completely destroyed by fire and water last week, The fire originated in the former. The lose is fully covered by insurance. Them se of the fire is sup- posed to be ineendiari The other evening w rile Mr. Jae Quigley, of Hullett, wbo has been visiting friends in Ashfield, was driving me, he met with a bad accident. A. broken cul rt allowed $ en .ve 1 lead the rig to drop into thereek beneath, and he had his leg broken two places. He will likely oomo upon the township of Ash- field for damages, We are this week called upon to record the death of Mr. Stephen Keating, of the 6th oon. Tuckersmit Although ninety years of age Mr. Keating was in the boat of health, with every prospect of living many years longer. About a week previous to his death he fell and sustained each injur- ies as to cause his death. The death of Mr. H ry Mason, of Took- ersmith, which took lemon Saturday last, was very unexpected as he had been' in good health until a week ago. His death was caused by la grippe, wbieh was follow- ed by a severe attackof inflammation of the lunge which prove fatal. Mr. Mason has resided in that township for a number of years, but lately the 4th eon., but having disposed of his property there, in- tended to move to Manitoba in the spring. As old smoker declares that he has been using "Myrtle Navy" tobacco ever since the second year of its manufacture and that during that bine ho h never suffered from a blistered tongue or p raked tonsils or any other of the unpleaaa effects which most tobaccos will leave behind them, His ex- perience, x perience, he says, is that no other tobacco which he has ever tri is quite so equal and that in value for the money. ono other comes anywhere near " • and gh on or BR t da eT as 8 11 h os Dm, e 0 u am wl ee ho o in h al h L, n sp u at en la eo p d w on e n Aro A8 a nt a is ea h it At the annual meeting of the Huron Medical Ass'n in Seaforth last week the following officers were elected :—President, Dr, H. R. Elliott, of Brumfield ; Vice -Pre- sident, Dr. P Macdonald, M. P,, of Wing - ham; Secretary, T)r. W. Gann, of Clinton. Aprotest was recorded against the law,of the Ontario Government requiring all medical practitioners to take out each year a certifi- cate, without which a medical man may be prosecuted in the same manner as an ir- regaiar, SEAEORTsr liaxxvs.—Mr, J. W. Neville has purchased the marble works of the late D. Grant.—Miss Jessie Dewar, second daughter of the late Archibald Dewar, Esq., of this tcwn, was married, on Wednesday last to Mr. James Fair, jr , son of Mr. Jas. Fair, of the Clinton Mills.—Mr. Robert Jamieson, of the Golden Lion store, left this week for Georgia, where he intends spending the winter in the hope that the change will benefit his health, which has not been very satisfaetoryfor sometime.— People are still dying of la grippe. One of the beauties of Dakota. Mr. Jas. Pratt and wife and graedohild, formerly of Goderioh township, now living at Granden, Dak., bad a narrow escape with their lives a few deep sines. They went on a visit sev- eral miles from home and took in the day, the weather having the appearance of a blizzard, they thought to forestall it by starting''fer home. When within a short distance thereof, the storm broke in on them with all its fury, and' unable to make their way, they sought the shelter of a neighboring hay stank; into this they crawl- ed, remaining all night and until late the next day, the storm still keeping up. In the afternoon of the second day Mr. Pratt saw a light some distance off, and rafter tremendous labor, made his way there, got. help, and returned for bis wife' and grand- ohi d, who were rescued with no more seri- P. CLARKE. Good health, with contentment brings rest to body and mind. ,A man may possess millions of money and the ball of pleas4tre at his feet, with a snore of servants ministering to hits fancied needs, and then, lack the bless- ing of health, Men stand by and won- der why health: cannot buy wealth,when the most skilful physician can be secur- ed, thereby baffling the disease and sav- ing the patient from death and prema- ture grave. There 'is in nearly every case of the kind a cause, hence the languid look, the feeble tread, the shat- tered nerve with much unrett : this in- varibly is the bill of fare. These may be avoided by taking care of the body. Secure good Boots, )Shoes, Overshoes, Rubbers, and all other necessary cloth- ing suitable to meet the frequent changes of our climate ; purchase only such goods as will give you satitfaction. Don't be deceived, you are not going to get two dollars' worth for one. I don't care who promises such, he is false to himself and untruthful to you. The purchaser al- ways rewards the `price' when buying, but the 'quality' when he is in posses- sion and wearing. The undersigned is on hand at his place of business.to pro- vide you with all kinds of Ga•ents suitable for )tinter wear. , I remain, yours truly„ J. P. CLARKS EXETER. ous harm than their short period of enforced hunger, tuXDDLESExt, John Carroll, at one time proprietor of the Royal hotel, ljnean, died in S aforth tact week. The till of the Parkhill Mills was robbed the ether day by a boy while the men were at dinner. 4 A convention of the apple shippers 01 the county of Middlesex will be held in the Firemen's hall, Strathroy on Thursday, the 28th inat., at 2 p. m, On Tuesday while Mr. Walter Hill and a neighbor's son wore working in the woods on the 815 con., McGillivray, (near Moray) hie hoose was discovered to be on .fire, by ono of hia little children. Mrs,. Hill was alone with her three little children. She gave the alarm and set resolutely to work to save some of the household efleete. She saved a little of the bedding and some of the dishes, but the fire spread so rapidly, that before help came, the bones and the. rest of its contents were deatroyed. The fire originated about the chimney over the kitaben. Ronald Currie, of Parkhill, writes ;—"I have seen the boisterous challenge of G. Parris, of Bramels, Ont., in the issue of the Free Press of the Unit., addressed to me to wrestle him within two weeks for a wager of more 325 to $100, and offering to throw me threo•timee in forty minutes actual wrestling time, atyle of wrestling, catch as patch can. In reply, I aooept Mr. G. Porrie'e challenge, and will undertake to wrestle him in Parkhill, on any day next week, on a wager of $50, the winner to take 75 per oont. of the gate receipts, and the loser 25 per cent. of the gate receipts, and will allow Mr. Perris his expenses to erk- hill." main The Methodist Church Anniversary In Mitchell netted the managers 3127. R. E, Moir of St, Marys fell through a hole in the ice the other day while/skating and narrowly escaped drowning. . It is reported that Mr. Alex, F. Mo7,,aren, cheese buyer, is spoken of as the probable Oonservative candidate in South Perth, 112r, Wm. Foy of Whitby has rented the Queen's .hotel, Mitchell, and purchased the contents from Mr. Whale,who is in Peniten- tiary for the murder of his wife. Joe, Stafford was thrown from a nutter In St. Marys the other day and badly injured. Geo. White who caught the runaway horse, was severely ernsbed by the horse falling upon him, There died in Logan township, 1st can., on the 4th inst., Philippa, relict of the late Thomas Statton, in the 81st year of her 'age. She was one of the earliest settlers of the neigbburhood, The many ftiends of Mr. Wm. Davidson of Oarliagford, will be sorry to hear that she met with a serious accident through a Minto the cellar. It is to be hoped that ale soon may recover. The result of the polling on Monday far Fullerton township council was as follows For reeve-Leversage, 242; Currelley, 180; majority for Leversage,62. For councillors Anderson,125; Arbogaat,255; Butters,241; Edwards, 279. Mr. Wm. Ohm of Logan met with an as oident a :few days ago while engaged in cleaning a Dolt belonging to Mr.Jnhn Squire. The animal became enraged and crushed him against the wall. The result was a broken radius. The people ofStratford are now afraid that they are likely_to become the victims of an electric light monopoly, and the city ' papers are urging the oonnoil to purc ase the plant from the private company ?its owns it and run it in the intert'stl of the citizens. Mr. J. L. Turnbull of Listowel writes to us as follows: "Having read a good deal about old relies in your paper and others, I beg leave to inform you that my daughter has in her poseeseion a coat which wasenede from hey great -grand -mother's wedding cloak over eighty years ago, and has been in constant use ever since. A rather sudden death occurred in Mit- ohell Thursday morning. t Mra Samuel Harris had Ibsen feeling quite poorly for some time, bat no serious results were an- tioipated. On Wednesday morning she was taken down with la grippe and !next morn- • ing her spirit took its flight. .en accident which resulted fatally is re- ported e ported from Fairview, Perth County, Mr. Wm Doig, while doing some work in Ms barn Friday afternoon, lost his balance, falling to the floor, a distance of 18 feet, and fractured his skull. He did not regain consciousness •after failing, and lingered ,until 9 o'clock Saturday morning, when he passed away. With his; thumb, a boy is said to have. saved: the Netherlands from inundation. Many people have been saved from the in- vasion of n-vasionof disease by a bottle of Ayer's Sar- saparilla. This medioine imparts tone to the system and strengthens every organ and fibre of the body.