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ELEVENTH YEAR. —566.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1898. r."
SERVANT WA\TED, apply to Greenway,
MRs. R. SeACKMAN. Exeter.
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FARMS PLIR S ALE7
MONEY TO LOAN.
The undersigned has a few good farms for
sale cheap. Money to loan on easy terms
Jon v SPACRI1A1 ,
Samwell's Block Exeter
egON laY TO LOAN.
Wo have unlimited private funds for in-
vestment upon farm or village property, at
lowest rates of interest.
Dicitsox Si CARLING,
Barristers. etc., Exeter.
STRAY CATTLE.
There strayed from the premises of Mr.
James Hill,Ste ben, four yearling heifers—
I red, 2 roan and 1 slotted red and white.
Any person giving information that wt.l
".•lead to their recovery will be suitably re-
warded. W. H>•:AMA7:,
Crediton, P. O.
V ALL`AIIIKI♦ v114.A(*F PROPERTY FOR
`SALE.
Tho undersigned is offering for sale that
desirable and valuable property, situated on
Heron Street, being part of Lot tt, contain-
ing over five acres. There is on the }remises
a good brick house, containing seven rooms,
with stone cellar, frame kitchen and wood-
shed attached; a frame stable mut other
necessary" out -buildings; E. choice fruit trees,
a good well of water and. othereenvoniencos.
Terms reasonable, apply at this oflhce or to
SA3071.3. PitERZCA'rOR,Exeter•
FARM FOR SALE.
The undersigned is offering his splended
farm, in the township. of Usborne, for sale,
being lot G. concession 3, containing 100
sores. There is on the premises two good
barns (one bank), and other good out-buibl-
ings; r good frame house, good wells and a
Splendid orchard, This is one of the best
farms in Vaborne, and will be sold reason-
able. Intending purchasers should see this
property before purchasing elsowhere,
Apply to
MATT. 7KEr.LA\A
Devon P. O., Ont
filEjli PRE
Rev. R. L. Wilson and family, of
Down ;tints, visited their old home last
week and are spending this week at
Grand Bend.—We had two fine show•
ars last Sabbath.—The Misses S. -Bosh
ton and Alice Wilson wheeled from
Bayfield last Saturday.—Mr. W. Prance
and wife passed through here Last week
on their way to Hensall where they vis-
ited friends and returned home Monday.
Mrs. James Walton visited friends in
Ailsa Craig last week.—W. J. Wilson
and family returned from Bayfield last
Monday.—Our postmaster Galled on Mr.
David Spencer, the new post -master at
St. Joseph. He has built a new briek
office and has it fixed up very neatly
which will be greatly appreciated by
the public.—Mr. James Brophy expects
snow, he having bought a new cutter
and robe last week. -.-Our merchant is
selling choiee groceries, staple drygoads,
grain bags, Fleury's plows and repairs,
at reasonable prices.
The undersigned has op-
pened up a new pleat Market
1 DOOR SOUTH OF
DARLINGS' STORE,
where he will keep the choic-
est of meats constantly on
hand.
A CALL SOLICITED,
John T. Manning.
Ip SUCCEEDSUMIVOS
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011 HANDOeS
(oN THE 5TCLAI RIVER)
—
Priedesburg,
BltIErs.—Mr. J. W. Becker's child
was buried at the Lutheran cemetery
on Friday of last week,—The David
son Orchestra, of Exeter, passed
through here on Friday evening on
their way to the Grand Bend Park,
where they took part in a concert held
there.—Mr. Willert, of Mich., is at
present visiting friends here,—Mr. Mc -
Isaac bas erected a fence to keep the
spies away from the stable, alae for his
horses,—Dir. Ed. 1 rokenshire has re•
turned from a trip to Tayistoek, where
be attended the wedding of Mr. Harry
Mautz--Edwin Eby has purebased a
new Stearns bicycle from 0, W. Snell
—Messrs. D, Hartleib and IL
wheeled to Ms. Carmel on Thursday
evening of last week.—Mr. John 11.
Sielick has purchased a new Pilot from
0. W. Snell this week. He intends
going to Manitoba and will take the
wheel along. There are also quite a
number getting ready for the cheap
excursions to the North West.—Masers.
Sanders and Spicer passed through
here on their way home from camping
at Grand Bend Park —Quito a number
from here attended the concert held at
Brenner's Hall, Grand Bend, by the
campers.—Messrs. F. Shettler, Sam
Willert and 0. W. Snell wheeled to the
Grand Bend on Sunday.—We notice in
the London Free Press that William
Spohn and Louis Sehraeder, of this
place, have been arrested on a charge
of stealing a bicycle from the Thomp-
son House, London, after stealing an-
other and selling it at a pawn shop.
We regret to say that this is not the
first time they have been caught.
They are now', camping " in the cool
er, and some of our boys intend to vis-
it them while at the Western Fair.—
Mr. Will Fried, of St. Petersburg,
Russia, is yieiting at his sister's, Mrs.
Michael Fenn. He intends to take
with him a brick machine, as there are
no such machines to be had in Russia.
He maygmake a fortune of the same.
We all wish him success.—Messrs,
Dan Willert, Hy. Willert and Benja-
min Winkenweder wheeled to Grand
Bend on Saturday last.—Mrs. George
Kellerman is very low at present.—
The Misses Truemner, of Crediton, are
visiting at Mrs Goetze's.
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excellent positions during the past
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Our system of book-keeping
is ACTUAL BUSINESS from start
to finish. Our SHORTHAND DE-
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For further particulars address
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Proprietor.
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father, Mr. Henry Sweitzer, of London,
has returned home.—Mrs. Stevens has
returned home after spending a few
months with relatives in Indiana.—Mr.
Stelck, of Dashwood, spent Sunday with
friends here. --Miss. Katie Zwicker and
Miss Emma Ratz are spending a few
days at Grand Bend.—Mrs. S. Lamport
visited friends in St. Marys last week.
—Our fire bridage had their first prac-
tice Monday evening. The boys did
very well for the first time,—The Rally
Day of the Y. P. A., of Crediton, was
held in the German church last Sun-
day. It was a success in every partic-
ular. The Rev. Litt preached a ser
mon in the morning for the young
people, and in the evening the Revs.
Sauer and Eines, of Dashwood and
Zurich, respectfully. The latter, Mr,
Eines, gave a very interesting and
touching address on Foreign Missions.
Mr. Eines intends to start for South
East Africa in a short time as Mission-
ary. We wish him God -speed an his
journey and hope that he will be the
happy instrument of leading many
heathen souls to Christ —Ex Sergt-
major, G. II. Schaaf, of the Bechuana-
land mounted Police, will give some
interesting, lectures in the Methodist
Church Wednesday and. Thursday
evening. He has a large collection of
assegies, shields war•elubs. bows, etc.
used by the Mitabeles, Kaffers and
Bushmen.; also dresses, pipes, hoes, and
tools. Lecture begins at 8 o'clock p,m,
For good, fresh Groceries call at
the store next to the Post -
Office (North.)
Rour, FO, et.. .
We also sell flour, chop, oats, corn
and all kinds of feed.. .
Cash or trade for produce of
all kinds..
bA.UTICEY.
'Osborne
twee Mrs. Geo. Rook, of Eden, has gone to
Manitoba to spend the summer.—Miss
Jessie Luxton is visiting friends in Ex-
eter.—A large number of the farmers
around here have threshed. Mr. T.
Skinner had threshed for him • on. Tues-
day, 300 bushels of barley and 800
bushels of wheat Mr. Rook did the
work.—Mr. Ed. Stuart has improved
his farm a great deal and it is now one
of the neatest and cleanest farms in this
township. Ed. has the cage but lacks
the bird. Here is a chance for some
:young lady.
so -
Mr.
Mr. John Hall, a farmer of Dover
Township, Kent County, was gored by
a bull on Friday last, and died.
Jean Baptiste Desjardins, a farmer
living near St. Jerome, has returned
from the Klondike with $48,000, the
result of eight months' work.
John McCann, twenty-eight years of
age, had his legs both cut off just be•
low the knees on the railway at St.
Catharines,
Zurich,
Miss Louisa Wurm, who is down with
typhoid fever at Exeter, is improving
and will be brought home this week.—
Mr. Louis Sippel, of Detroit, is visiting
under the parental roof for a few days.
.—pair, John Deichert is spending his
holidays at the Bend.—Mr. Ed. Hagen,
Principal of the Z. P. S , returned from
a three weeks' wheeling trip, to Toron-
to, Buffalo and other points.—William
Baker left for parts unknown last week
—probably the West. Some of our
business men mourn his departure,—
Mr. W. Bender with several others loft
for the West Tuesday morning to share
in the golden harvest of which there is
a great crop this year.—Messrs. Alfred
and J. Mercer loft for Vancouver, B. C.,
Tuesday, where they intend opening
up a business for the Klondike trade.
Success boys.—Harvesting is almost
over in our vicinity and the hum of
the thrashing machine can be heard
constantly.—Messrs. Louis Schraeder
and Wm. Spohn, the young men ar-
rested and found guilty of stealing a
wheel from the Thompson House, Lon-
don, passed through here last week and
tried to dispose of their wheels to W. G.
Hess for almost a song. It will be a
hard blow for their parents, who are
respectable people living in Dashwood.
liiddulph
Mr. and Mrs. John Abbott and Mr.
F. H. Neil and family, enjoyed a day
at Grand Bend this week.—Mr. James
Anderson, of Lucan, is a delegate for
the I 0. F., of Clandeboye, at Chatham
this week.—Mrs. Stewart Hodgins who
has been visiting friends at Crystal
City, Man., the last month, is expected
home this week.—Mrs. George Lewis'
baby won the chromo at the Clande-
boye Patent Medicine Concert by 270
votes.—Mr. William Neil, of McGilli-
vray, is visiting friends here this week.
—Mr. John Simpson, of Mooresville, has
bought a new threshing machine and
now has two threshing machines at
work every day.—Mr. Coughlin, of
Stephen, shipped two carloads of fat cat-
tle from Luean station on Saturday.
The cattle were bought of Mr. Wm.
Reid, of Lucan.—Miss Mary Mcllhargy
and Mrs. O'Callahan, of Clandeboye,
have returned from St. Anus, Quebec,
and were well pleased with their visit.
They intend to return again next year.
—Mr. Joseph Cobbledick has opened
up the grain business in Clandeboye
again.—As Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Powe
were at church on Sunday last some
parties took the liberty of entering
their cellar and helping themselves to
bread, cream and preserves.
C. H. SANDERS, EDITOR.
.A. Wheel Recovered. A Sad Accident at Clinton. Egmondviile: After a lengthened
illness, borne with true Christian pat -
An exceedingly touching and un • ience and resignation, Mr. Richard
fortunate accident happened at the Stewart died on Monday afternoon.
home of Mr. J. C. Gilroy, on Wednesday He had reached the good old age of
whereby his bright little boy, Kenneth, nearly eighty one, and worn down by
the weight of years and the infirmities
of age, the last call came as quietly
and peacefully as the sleep of a tired
child.
Lucau : While working on Down-
ing's new butcher shop on Friday three
of the men got a fall by the scaffold
going down. Two of them escaped
without much injury, but some planks
and a quantity of brick fell on Thos.
Robinson and he was seriously hurt.
He was taken home and a doctor called
who found that he had several ribs
broken and was badly bruised.
Seaton!' ; Alex. McKinnon, of Tuck-
ersmitb, met with a very painful ac-
cident at the Seaforth station on July
27,"from the result of which he will be
The London Free Press of Monday
says: --Detectives Rider and Egelson
made two arrests yesterday which it is
believed, will clear up the mysterious
theft of J. R. Miteheltree's wheel from
the Thompson House, King street, on
July 18th. Wm. Spohn and Louis
Schraeder are the names given by the
accused, both of whom are young Ger-
mans, and lige a few miles west of Ex
eter. Their capture was brought about
in a most unexpected way. Since the
bicycle was stolen, the city police had
seen or heard nothing' of it, and its re-
covery was almost given up as a bad
job. But on Saturday night Spohn and
Schraeder took a trip frotn their home
to the city, and stopped with a friend
living an the north side of Huron street,
and next door to the house occupied by
Mitcheltree's father. Yesterday morn-
ing one of the visitors went out for a
ride on his Nighthawk wheel, and when
a brother of Miteheltree saw the ma-
chine he instantly recognized it as the
one stolen from the Thompson House.
Young Mitcheltree notified the detec•
tives, who visited the house and found
the wheel and Schraeder, and brought
both to the pollee station. During the
afternoon the detectives again called at
the place and arrested Spohn, who had
in his possession a Stearns bicycle. Both
are charged with the theft of Mitchel
tree's wheel. Tho police have also
learned that the prisoners pawned a
bicycle in this city ou July 18, half an
hour before Mitchelcree's was stolen.
The pawn broker positively identified
one of the accused, and the other sub
sequently admitted having been in the
second hand shop when the wheel was
disposed of. Both the men were seen
to go from the pawnshop in the direc-
tion of the Thompson House. They
were convicted before Magistrate Parke
on Monday, when Schraeder was prov-
en to be the thief and Spohn an acces
sory. Both the prisoners were remand-
ed until Tuesday, the 16th, for sentence.
The remand was made to give the po•
lice an opportunity of finding an owner
for the wheel pawned at Levy's, and.
after be was removed to the cells,
Schraeder admitted having stolen it
from a church at Hensall two or three
months ago. The Hensall poliee will
be communicated with.
Grand Bend Park
List of names registered for the week
ending August 9th:—Cavan Presby-
terian
resbyterian church choir, society of Christian
Endeavor, and friends, numbering 40,
Mr. and Mrs. John Willis, Exeter; Tent
No. 1—W. E Browning, P. H. Brown-
ing, A. Hastings and A. R. Kinsman,
Exeter; Ivanhoe—Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Moncur, Miss Edith Moncur, Mr. and
Mrs. Wes Snell, Mrs. James Gould and
family, J. W. Browning, Exeter, Mrs.
Walter Andrews and family, Pontiac,
Mich.; Tent No. 4—Mr. and Mrs. John
H. McKay, Ailsa Craig; Mr. and Mrs.
(Dr. G. Adam Swann, Toronto; Mr. and
F. H. Neil and family, Lucan; East
Lynne—Mr. and Mrs. J. Battley and
family, Peter Endcox, Mr. and Mrs. D.
Ross and family, Stratford; Boffins
Bower—John Hyndman, M. D., Exeter;
Tent No 1—Harry Browning, Charles
Coates, Exeter; Tent No. 5—W. H.
Stock, Geo. F. Foote, W. J. Earle, Lon-
don; Misses Kate and Anna Zwicker,
Crediton; Miss Emma Ratz, Khiva;
Tent No. 3—Rev. R. L. Wilson, wife
and family, Dawn Mills; Dotheboys
Hall—Charles and Mies Cora Gilbert,
Talbotville; Mr. and Mrs. John McAr
thur, Hensall; Bagshaw picnic, (16 in
number) Rev. T. E. Harrison, Granton;
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sutherland, Park-
hill; Dingley Dell—Frank Pearrin, Mr.
and Mrs. Cornell, W. J. Browning, Park-
hill.
Crediton
Our flax mills started last Friday,
and the farmers are busy drawing the
flax to the mills.—Dr. Wickett, of Wat-
ford,was in the village Friday on busi-
ness. Dr. looks the same as ever.—
Miss Martha Brine, who has been visit-
ing her relatives in North Dakota, has.
returned home.—Miss Adams, of Dash-
wood, spent a few days with her sister,
Mrs. Alonzo Hodgens, here.—Mr. Fred
Kerr spent Sunday with friends and
relatives at Ailsa Craig. -Mrs Mellin
is visiting her son, William Mellin, of
Grand Bend.—Miss Vinnetta Banes, af-
ter a pleasant visit of several days with
friends in London, returned home
Thursday.—Miss Hannah Kerr, of Ailsa
Craig, visited her cousin, Miss Evelyn
Kerr, for a few days during the week.
—Mrs. Trick, who has beeq'visiting her
aged about two years and five mouths,
was instantly killed. Erie Gilroy
and Stewart Jackson, aged about six
years, were on a swing together, both
standing up and swinging, when I%en-
neth approached the swing from bo•
hind, and before it could be stopped,
the board of the swiug caught the little
fellow in the baekward stroke. He
was hit on the corner of the forehead
the Bead thrown suddenly- backward
and his neck dislocated; he gave one
or two grasps, and expired. A doctor
was called, but the child was beyond
all human aid. The mark on the fore
head was quite slight, and would not
seem to indicate a severe blow. It is
supposed ttie little fellow ran under the
swing to pick up a foot rule that had " laid up for some time. It seems he
f'tlIen. To make the unfortunate af- was loading some cattle, and while
fair more distressing Mr. Gilroy was tying a bull in the car, the animal be -
away on a trip, and was supposed to be came infuriated and turned on him,
somewhere in the west but after con- goring him severely. Mr. McKinnon
siderable telegraphing he was located had several ribs broken and was bad -
in Toronto, an bis way home, arriving
here Wednesday evening. It is a die-
tressingly sad affair, and the com-
munity sympathize very deeply- with
Mr. and Mrs. Gilroy in their sorrow
over the death of so cheerful a little
boy, in so sudden and heartbreaking
a manner.
PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS.
The rural schools will open for the
first term on Monday, August 15th,
and in urban municipalities the first
term begins on September 1st.
The Public School Leaving
examin-
ation
will be conducted in 1899 on the
same course of study as in 1898,
Physiology and Temperance beim;
taken instead of Botany. (See course
of study on last page of Register.) The
examination will be conducted by the
Entrance Board of Examiners as in for-
mer years. Copy books, drawing books
and bookkeeping books will not be ex-
amined for either 11. S. Entrance or
P. S. Leaving. The special literature
lessons for Entrance and Leaving for
1899 are given on the third page of
the register for 1899. This register
has been sent to each school by the in-
spector this week.
Teachers and trustees are recommen-
ded to read carefully the regulations
and course of study given on the last
six pages of the new register. The
register contains a sheet on which a
copy of the minutes of the annual meet-
ing in December, 1898, should be sent
to the Inspector. The annual report
and the report of attendance have
been combined and simplified.
All persons wishing to attend the
Model school should notify the Inspec-
tor or Principal of the Model school
before August 25th. Applicants will
be notified by the Secretary of the
County Board directly after their meet-
ing when they are to be in attendance
and which school they are to attend.
Any person who has a Primary or a
higher standing, and who will be eigh-
teen years of age before the close of
the term, may be admitted.
Teachers who consider that their
schools are entitled to share in the
grant for continuation classes are re-
quested to send to the Inspector of
West Huron before September 1st, the
following information : This year
in which the principal was appointed,
his professional certificate and the num-
ber of pupils regularly attending dur-
ing the academic year 1897-8, who had
passed examinations before 1898— (a)
H. S. Entrance, (b) P. S. Leaving.
(See regulations 20 and 21.)
Teachers are asked not to forget the
resolutions passed at the West Huron
Teachers' Institute in May. It is the
duty of every teacher to do what he
can to make the local Institute meet
ings a success. How many teachers
are working to obtain a Teachers
Reading Course certificate ?
The Very Latest.
The London Free Press of Wednes-
day says.:—Early yesterday afternoon
a man called at the police station and
imparted the rather startling informa-
tion that he could pilot the officers to a
woods not many miles from the city
where the dead body of the slayer of P.
C. Toohey was to be found. The strang-
er claimed to belong to Crediton, Huron
county, but before undertaking the
task of locating the peg -leg, he wanted
a positive assurance that he would get
the reward of $500 offered by the city,
or a portion of it, for the capture of the
tramp. He admitted that he had not
seen the long sought murderer, but he
said he was a mind reader, and was
sure he could locate him. Chief Wil-
liams listened to the story, but he put
no faith in it, and the fellow would
have been compelled to go home with
his hopes dashed to the ground had not
one of the police volunteered to accom-
pany him to the woods.
The man, who gave the name of
Rowe, and his occupation as a shoe-
maker, was satisfied the peg -leg had
committed suicide, rather than starve to
death. He had gone as far as the bor-
der, he said, and finding it impossible
to get across the river below Sarnia
owing to its being so closely watched,
he began to work his way eastward
again. The peg leg had met a small
boy in the woods and made a clean
breast of the whole affair, saying that
he was sorry the moment after firing the
fatal shot. He even refused to wait in
the woods while the boy went to a
house to get him something to eat, fear-
ing that the lad world return with help,
and he (the tramp) would be placed
under arrest. He complained of hun-
ger, however, and passed to another
woods, where he ended his life.
The London officer who went to the
woods with the alleged mind reader
had not arrived at the police station
at 12 o'clock last night.
Centralia
A very pleasant hour was spent by
our citizens in listening to some splen-
did music given by the Glass Family,
on Wednesday of last week.—A young
man named Harry Cundy, who has
for the last eight months been employ-
ed as a farm hand at Mr. McCoy's, left
here for Birr, on Sunday last. The
cause of his departure is unknown.—
Miss Martha Hill, of Toronto, is visiting
friends here.—Miss May Boyle, of Lon-
don, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Boyle,
of this place.—Mr. T. Boyle and wife,
of Exeter, spent a few days of last
week here,—Miss Mary Mardon, of $t. -
Johns, is visiting at Mrs. J. J. Colwill's.
—Miss Maud Jones is gone to spend
the summer holidays with her friends.
—Mr. G. H. Schoof occupied the pul
pit here on Sunday evening, and de-
livered to•a large congregatiou a very
interesting talk; also on Monday even-
ing he gave a lecture which was well
attended and much appreciated. On
Tuesday evening he finished his lec-
ture with a very nice show of seven
different tribes, which was well taken,
and all were satisfied that it was the
best lecture ever given here, Receipts
or the two nights were $42.
ly bruised, but be was fortunate in
escaping with his life, as he might
easily have been killed, says the Ex-
positor.
Chiselhurst : Mr. John Brintnell met
with an accident last Saturday even-
ing, As he was returning from Hen-
sall, about a mile and a quarter west
of Chiselhurst, his horse shied at some
object on the side of the road, throwing
him out of the buggy and injuring' him
severely. Mr. Duncan McTavish was
on his way to Hensall on his wheel and
happened along about the time of the
accident and brought home the horse
and buggy. The axle of the buggy was
badly bent but no further damage was
done to the horse or buggy.
Morris tp.: During the heavy
thunder storm, Friday, the barn of Mr.
Robert Stiller, of Sunshine, was struck
by lightning and burned to the
ground. The barn contained all Mr.
Miller's hay and this season's crop of
fall wheat, which was destroyed, to.
gather with a number of implements,
including a binder. Eighteen pigs and
five or six calves also perished in the
flames. Although there was some in-
surance in the Howick Mutual, Mr.
Miller's loss will be very heavy, as he
will have nothing left from his season's
work.
St. Marys: On Tuesday morning
Chief Young was telephoned from Strat-
ford to arrest a man named Jas. Newell,
who was wanted there on the charge
of threatening to shoot. He left there
Monday for the Halfway House and
reached the Grand Central, St. Marys,
about five o'clock Tuesday morning,
calling up the hostler to feed his horse.
Afterwards, while the hostler was at
breakfast, Newell drove out the back
way and was gone bef.•re Chief Young
got the message. It turns out the rig
was a stolen one and the Stratford pol-
ice are after him.
Mitchell : Saturday evening Mrs,
Wm. Squires and her daughter, Zephy,
Logan, drove into town in a two
wheeled cart. There was no britch-
ing on the harness, and when coming
down the incline south of Mr. Roney's
carriage shop the rig ran onto the
horses heels, which so frightened the
animal that he ran away, turned the
corner east on main street at frightful
speed, and continuing until a buggy
standing in front of Mr. Fred Davis'
store was collided with, causing a gen-
eral smash, and throwing Mrs. Squires
and her daughter out with such force
as to cause a serious fracture of one
of the legs of the former lady. Miss
Squires was fortunate to escape with
a slight bruise on the forehead. The
horse continued running until he
reached his stable, some three miles
from Mitchell.
Seaforth : Mr. Thos. Stephens, who
has been on the road as cigar traveller
for some. time, is again in charge of the
Queen's hotel here.
Lucan : John Fox has built an ad-
dition to his grain storehouse at the
station that will give him much more
room for storing grain. The addition
is 18 feet wide and the full length of
the old storehouse.
Usborne : One evening recently
while Mr Higgins was out viewing the
farm, he attempted to climb a fence
and is so doing his foot slipped when
a few rails from the bottom, causing
him to fall, breaking three of his ribs.
He will be laid up for some time but
we hope soon to hear of his recovery.
Goderich Tp : On Wednesday Robt.
J. Henderson met with a serious ac-
cident at Sowerby's, Goderich town-
ship, being caught between the separa-
ter and granary. The mishap was
caused by the horses attached to the
machine starting suddenly, but for-
tunately for Henderson he was caught
just between the lower rib and hip, the
part that can stand considerable pres-
sure.
Biddulph : The township council
met Monday at Lucan. The rates
for the year were:levied, which will be
the same as last year. The county
rate is this year $162 more than last
year. which will mean that the town-
ship fathers must spend that amount
less so as to get along with the same
rate.
Hay _ Another old resident of this
township passed away on Saturday, in
the person of John Troyer of Parr Line.
He died at the residence of his son Ed.
mond, in his seventy-ninth year, and
was buried on Tuesday. The deceased
had a large connection in this section,
and was much respected by all who
knew him.
A runaway accident occurred on
Thursday night near St. Thomas in
which a seven-year-old son of Mr. Jas.
Marlatt was killed.
W. E. Gillespie, the Penetanguishene
merchant who failed recently, was com-
mitted for trial Thursday at Montreal
on a charge of fraud.
The inquest on the body of Joseph
Laidlaw of Hamilton, who was killed
by the Radial Railway, resulted in a
verdict of accidental death.
Bullock's Corners Episcopal Church
has a choir trouble, and it is said that
last Sunday the choir sang different
hymns from those given out by the
minister, thereby causing some confu-
sion in the services.
An attempt was made to burn Bickle
& Healy's brewery at Cobourg. The
incendiary broke into the Government
supply house and stole a quantity of
coal oil. With this they saturated a
partition in the brewery and then set
fire to it. The wa,chman quenched the
flames,
Clinton: On Monday evening, while
Mr. J. C. Miller's carryall was on its
way to Bayfield, and had just got a
short distance down the Bayfield road,
the horses took fright at a piece of pa-
per, and suddenly cramping the rig,
overturned it into the ditch, The only
occupant of the rig beside the driver
was Miss Fentress, of Detroit, who was
rendered unconscious by the accident,
and having no power in her limbs, it
it was feared her spine had also been
injured. Oliver Johnston happened to
be driving along just after the accident
happened, and he brought Miss Fentress
to town, where doctors were quickly
in attendance. It was found, however,
that her injuries were not of a serious
nature.
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Wou.r.tax.—In Usborne, on August 8,
Elizabeth Scott, belovedwife of Jo-
seph Worden, aged 36 years and 3
months.
Will Dignan spent a couepl of, days
in London last week.
Miss May Armstrong, after a pleas-
ant visit with friends in London, re-
turned home Monday.