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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-6-25, Page 2Subscribers who do not re. their paper regularly will please notify us at once. Call at the office for aavertisingrates. THE' EXETER ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1896, The Week's Commercial Summary. The stock of wheat iu. Toronto is 64,140 bushels as against 81,757 bushels a year ago. Another deposit of hematio iron ore has been discovered atHazzard's Corners, Madoo. American securities are weaker in London, but there is ' a very contracted business. The decline in sterling exchange prevents gold exports. The amount of wheat at Port Arthur and Port William is 1,685,000 bushels, a decrease of about 200,000 bushels for the week. A year ago the total was only 184, 400 bushels. The Bank of Toronto shows net profits of $207, 065 for the year ended May 31. Shareholders got 10 per cent. making $200,000, and, the balance was added to profit and loss account. Between the opening of navigation and the first of June 104 seagoing vessels entered the port of Montreal. Of these an even hundred were steamships and the remainder schooners in the coasting trade. It is estimated that '75,000 cords of spruce pulp wood or about 1,000 canal boat loads will be taken out of Canada this season through the Chamblay and Ohamplain canals and delivered at Ti- conderoga iconderoga and mills on the Hudson. A few months ago the visible supply of wheat in the United States and Can- ada was 20,000,000 bushels less than that at the corresponding periodof last year, but now the visible shows an increase of 400,000 as compared with a year ago. The exports have of late been small and the weekly decrease trivial, as compared with the spring and early summer months of 1595. The amount of wheat afloat to Europe is t0.7 20, 000 bushels as compared with 44,870,000 bushels a year ago. The circulation of American silver has been increasing in Montreal as well as in many other portions of Canada for a considerable time. It has at length be- come such a nuisance to bankers and traders that they have determined,to take active measures to stop it. A large num- ber of the coins are mutilated and will not pass current in the United States, which makes them still more objection- able. On Saturday last, after considerable discussion by the Montreal Board of Trade, a resolution was finally adopted authorizing Messrs. James Orathern, David McFarlane, F. Wolferstan Thomas, • and the president, with three members of the bankers' section of this board, to be a committee "for the purpose of devising a workable scheme for ridding the Dominion of the U. S. silver coin at present forming an appreciable por- tion of the silver in circulation,' and that in connection therewith they be desired to involve free coinage of silver by Can- ada to be substituted for U. S. silver, which it is proposed to displace." The Dominion Government will be requested to take active steps towards accomplish- ing the object the board has in view.— ` Monetary Times. Here and There. A century ago two stage coaches bore all the travel between New York and 1 Boston. Within a year New Jersey has lost four i ex -governors, namely, Bedie, Abbott, a Price and Green. It is said that the swelling sleeves for women's summer wear will be so ar- ranged that they can be removed atpleas- ere. Baby Hamersly is heir to 57,000,000, but will have to go through the measles, croup and whooping cough just like less favored plebeian babes. Profound observers have remarked that when a man don't know anything, lie is singularly apt to disclose the fact when- ever he has an opportunity. Another result of the scarcity of beef cattle is that glue made of their horns and hoofs has gone up a cent. But will it stick? That is the question. It is customary throughout Spain for waiters at Cafes to fill glasses with wine or liquor so that it overflows upon the saucer. This custom is one to show lib- erality, and is styled the "footbath." Fogg thinks it a remarkable instance of the superior intelligence of the house. fly that it can remember, after lying .dormant all winter, which member of his family is possessed of a bald head. An English electrician prophesies that within a few years electrical science will have made such strides as to enable it to control the weather and modify the vari- ous climates. Less tobacco is consumed in Great Britain, in proportion to the inhabitants, than in any other civilized country. The average is twenty-three ounces per an- num for each person. An "epidemic" of snakes, as they call it locally, is eating up the gold fish in ' the Delaware, 0., cemetery. A bunch of eleven rattlers was killed recently within two blocks of the Columbus, 0., post - office. Store -Wall Mottoes. We don't want the earth -only just enough profit to live on it. We like the customer who liken to get a bargain. The stranger's face we welcome, as it soon ceases to be so. Like the revolving coast light, it will reappear. Take allthe time you want to look things over. Time is a commodity we neither measure nor cut off. Washington once threw a dollar across the broad Potomac. We will try to make i your dollar go still farther: All business days are our "bargain days." Best quality joined to lowest price is the wedlock we invite you to. Every patron gets a piece of the cake. Superlative,' Mrs. Brownstone (dressed for the ' opera)—Am I quite perfect now, Mu- sette? Mu ette—Ah— airfera- airfect ma- dame. P , dame. Even your husband will admire you to -night, madame! TOPICS OF A .WEEK. The 1sper,•tant,Events in a Few Words. For Busy Readers. CANADIAN. Mr. Alexander Patterson, an Uxbridge township farmer, committed suicide by banging himself In his barn. Charles Silversmith, an Indian, em- ployed by a farmer near Waterdown, was struck by a train and killed. A body of German cuirassiers rode into a morass while maneuvering' before the Emperor, and two men lost their lives. Oil was . struck on the farm of Mr. Alex. Elliot, near Bothwell, and in eight hours the well produced fifty-six barrels. South Wentworth (Ont.) Fawners' Institute will give an excursion to Guelph Agricultural College on June 25th. A Hamilton lad named William Gray had both legs cut off by a Grand Trunk train at Point Edward, and is not likely to recover, The Hamilton Radial Railway Com- pany expects to have the line between Hamilton and the Beach in operation by Dominion Day. The Dominion cruiser Dolphin has seized three "large trap nets in Long Bay and Pickerel river on the Georgian Bay , for illegal fishing. Charles Reid, clerk of the Windsor (Ont.) Water. Department, stole $6,000, i pleaded guilty and was sent to the peni- tentiary for four years. Hon. D. A. Macdonald, ex -Lieut. - Governor of Ontario and Postmaster- General in the Mackenzie Cabinet, died at Montreal, aged 79 years Mr. J. U. 7.'yrrell, C. E., of Hamilton, k f has been asked to represent the Dominiorn Surveyors' Association in Lieut. Peary s expedition to the Hudson Strait. Jean Baptiste, or "Mighty Voice"' the Indian who is charged with the murder of Sergi. Coldbrook of the Northwest Mounted Police was captured in Montana. At a meeting of the General Council of the Bar, held. in Quebec) on Saturday, Mr. J. E. Robidoux was elected Baton- nier-General for the Province of Quebec/. Mr. John A, Stearns, one of the oldest residents of Port Bowan, Ont., died on Sundays evening. He was 77 years of age, and had been a constant resident of the village. The General Assembly of the Presby- terian church, at its session in Toronto, appointed the Rey. Dr. G. L. Robinson and the Rev. JamesBallantyne professors at Knox College. Mr. Festus Johnson, of the village of Ohsweken, on the Six Nations' Reserve near Caledonia, was accidentally killed by the discharge of his own gun ' while out shooting. The coroner's jury at Victoria has found the Consolidated Railway Com- pany responsiblefor the bridge disaster in that city, and the corporation officials are exonerated. One of the first things parliament will be asked to do on reassembling will be to pass an interim appropriation to provide for the holding of the annual military camps. The office of local manager of the Grand Trunk railway at Toronto will be abolished, and Mr, E. Wragge, who has held the position for thirteen years, will retire next month. Last Friday, Charles Godin, interpreter for the Northwest Mounted Police, was fatally shot near Calgary by Ducharme, a half-breed. Godin snatched the revolver from Ducharine and shot him. The Lake Superior Power Company of Sault Ste. Marie. Ont., will go erten- lively Into the production of calcium carbide, the substance from which the new acetylene gas is manufactured. The Coroner's jury in the inquest on the body of the late Thomas Lingard, who was murdered near Port Hope, brought in a verdict that he Dame to Ms death from a gunshot wound inflicted by Arthur Prentiss. An enormous iceberg almost bars the narrows at the entrance to St. John's harbor, Nfld, and has caused great damage to vessels entering that port. Over 100 crafts have been forced to anchor off the entrance. George and, Alexander McDonald, of London, Ont., were arrested on the charge of attempting to wreck a train on the Stratford branch of the Grand Trunk railway. A farmer claims to have seen them place spikes on the track. On Sunday evening the Rev. D. C. Mackay, a Baptist minister in Kingston, Ont., died after being ill two days. Yes- terday morning Mrs. Mackay received a letter informing her of the death last Friday of Mr. A. Mackay, a brother of deceased. John G. Moore, one of Winnipeg's most prominent citizens, was arrested for theft. It is alleged that he did not properly account for moneys collected from properties which he was managing for Hon. Stratford Tollemaohe, London, Eng. The amount of the shortage is $6, 000. The first ten -mile section of new line built this season on the Ottawa,Arnprior & Parry Sound railway will be handed over by the contractors early in August. This will complete the line to a distance of 175 miles west of Ottawa. The road is now expected to be completed by October lath. The British military authorities have commenced the installation of an electric searchlight at Fort Clarence battery, on the eastern side of Halifax harbor, The light will be protected by earth and masonry and the range of the light will extend several miles, covering the easternand middle entrances to the harbor. This will be the most powerful revolving light in use. If attacked with cholera or summer complaint of any kind send at once for a bottle of Dr. 3. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial and use it according to direc- tions. It acts with wonderful rapidity in subduing that dreadful disease that weakens the strongest man and that de- stroys the young and delicate. Those who have ased this cholera medicine say it acts promptly, and never fails to effect it thorough cure. UNITED STATES. It is likely that Governor Morton, of New York, will be offered the Republic- an nomination for vice-presidency, if lie is not dying at higher game. '.Che diocesan convention of the Protes- tant Lpiecopal Diocese of Michigan has decided to permit women to vote upon the election of vestrymen and other church matters. In the past four months fifteen cotton mill companies have been chartered in South Carolina, with a total capital of more than $1,000,000. Theits n' d U States Government crop report of June, just issued, was bearish. It showed an improvement in the condi- tion of winter wheat of 6.8 points over the same time last year. For forty years Dawson Oldham has been a member of the Methodist church. at White Hall, Ky.; and during all that time has never missed a sermon. His age is 78, and he has never tasted intoxicants or used tobacco. To encourage the destruction of spar- rows in Gratiot county, Mich., the au- thorities pay a bounty for them. Over 40,000 were destroyed last year, and one sparrow hunter has made an average of $60 a. month by killing them. A crippled Pelham, Mass:, woman recently crawled a quarter of a mile on her hands and knees to notify her hus- band, who was working in the field, that the house was on fire. He arrived too late, however, to be of any help. The citizens of Portland, Me., have subscribed $175,000 towards building a grain elevator of 1,000, 000 bushels capac ity for the Grand Trunk railway,and the latter will furnish $95,000 more, thus guaranteeing a regular line of European steamers for Portland. Mr. and Mrs Richard T. Wilson having made the formal announcement of the engagement of their youngest daughter, Grace, to Mr, Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., Mr, Cornelius Vanderbilt sr., announces that the engagement is against his expressed wish, and without his consent. Dr. Lazarus, the famous hermit, who had for years lived, on the top of Sand mountain, Alabama, died the other day. Twenty years ago lie was a prosperous physician in New York, and his father was a wealthy merchant in Wilmington, N, C. Socialistic ideas turned his brain, and he became a recluse. There are 90,000 to 100,000 tramps in the Uniteu States, costing that country from $18,000,000 to $20,000,000 per annum. Four-fifths of these men are under 50 years of age, able-bodied and have at least ability to follow useful occupations. One list shows that tramps are represented in nearly every trade. Among the students graduated this year by the Baltimore. lenivesity Law School, and who were admitted to the bar, was ex -Judge George W, Lindsay, of the Orphans' Court. He celebrated his 70th birthday two weeks ago, and it is said that never before in Maryland has any college or school turned out so old a graduate. Mrs. E. Clark, of Port Huron, Mich., hid a casket containing six hundred dollars' worth of jewelery in the stove several weeks ago for safety from burglars. One evening, being chilly, a fire was started in the stove with the usual result. When the fire was ex- tinguished the jewellery, which included several watches and valuable diamond rings had been ruined. The Southern Baptist convention, which hold its sessions during several days in Chattanooga, 'Tenn., made a new departure in its proceedings on Sunday. Its ministers filled the thirty-eight pulpits of all denominations. The filling of pulpits in the unorthodox churches hitherto not recognized by the Baptists was done for the first time in the history of the Southern Baptist convention. HOW TO CURE HEADACHE.— Seine people suffer untold misery day after day with Headache. There is rest neither day or night until the nerves are all unstrung. The cause is generally a disordered stomach, and a cure can be effected by using Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, containing Mandrake and Dande- lion. Mr, Finlay Wark, Lysander, P. Q,, writes: "I find Parmelee's Pills a first- class article for Bilious Headache." FUREIGlc. Smallpox has broken out and is spread- ing in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. Mahommed Ali Moran the eldest son of the Shah of Persia has been proclaimed heir -apparent. 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