HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-5-18, Page 1THIRTEENTH YEAR. --602.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1899.
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C. H, SANDERS, EDITOR.
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Special Attractions
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N the line of .Bargains this week, and we would advise all reader's of
this paper to look carefully over this low price list, and note the dif-
ference
ifference in what you have been paying and what you pay now in some
lines of goods -Note Every Quotation.
Dress ( roods I Silkh. Sillr.S .
1.Ve have only the best, goods made, !10 only, fan ey dress waist. pats; 4
the GOLD )IEDAL. These goods ares •e a in each; wort, (i0e now 40e.
warranted, every yard, not to discolor t * 1, I ,
lei shrink. k e eh only,
lwt rtlt.t73sc snow 43e. 1115
X12 inch Carr lxnlere Serge mid Navy, i 2 only homy rieh Silk Masten t yds.
regular price 35e., our price 23e, ` fur each wast; regular $1.3() goods,
50 inch all wool Cravenette Cash.; this week 90e, each K '
here Serge, navy and black; reg. Ira!" ? i inch Duchess Satin air wais v
our price one. �- t t, at
73e., worth $1.23.
,'lain satin plan de sue; warranted
46 inch wool Satin Sat -eel, worth 75c.,
our price a0c, yd, s every yard not to cut or discolor; at
44 inch all (wool Henrietta, worth , Aver) yd., worth $1e50
40,10e., inch
prick 3,ic. ; Pitney and lain Silks and Satin
o inch slik-ilHenrietta, all all colors, for dress trimmings at very
wool, aUe„ worth 73c. +�
Fancy Drod Deteta, extra tine, plain ; low prices.
and fancies, all wool, at 30e„ worth nae, V
42 ineh all wool Satin Cloths inuavy, : Robinson et Cleaver
blaek worth and all new shades, at 11114"•, ;
x LINENS, W e keep only the vele-
Plain black Brocaded Lustros, all twitted linens hnanufaetured by the
23 . 33e. , above nanie,i curupany, whit% bas
warranted. l3 e AIA over e;1t. the largest linen factory in the world.
tl goods, at
30 , worth
very rat We quote you some low prices for this
est at. ,1)e., wurtlr a;n .
20 other Spi'eials in Dress Goods, : week :
..-__ - Piles of tine glass towelling at 5e.,
1 ' worth 7e, Piles of Gl inch, ; blotched
�� Curtains- l t`Z1Ilfi- - table linen at 21a, worth foe. files of
Another biglot of Lace (urtnins 63 Welt new bleach table linen at $5e.,
just. arrived, TI1ey will he on eshilai- worth 30e. Piles OS ineh flue table
tion on second floor, at the followings linen at Mc,; this is a big snap.. - 7()
low 'Mips:- inch bleached table linen at 83c.,
Fine, 3 yd. by 80 in. wide, 30e, reg. 73e. ! worth Mr." 3e " " 60 " " 90e. •' $1,50 i R. tl•. C'.'s „ all linen Napkins: ---
It " " 00 " a $1.23 " 2.00 ei per doz.., worth $1.00
i3 .t .t 60 . " 1.50, .. :am
1.00 e e .t Lea
it tCot "
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24 yds. wide at 23e., worth 40e, pair. 1 1.30 et •, 2.23
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.Linens -.-Lx leu ---
Fine all linen, fringed and hem.
stitched bedrootli towels at the follow.
ing low prix. e
20e. p1•., worth Ma; 23e. pt;, h :333,
800, 'e .he.; 83e... e
Beth Towels 13re., word 23e.: and 20k„
worth 3;r.•
Fine ('rash ToSvelliugs at 1, 3, 7 and
9e.; worth 2e. to 5e. per yard more
whol&. s:the
Bed Spreads -
23 only, large white l:'•:1 g':ilk.; very
fine and Wee patterns, at, oast•., wort,,
$1.23.
Boots tSa Shoes --
All the celebrated 3. D. King shoes;
.all new and clean, up-tu.date goods.
Ladies' Thing. Oxford, at $1.23. 'worth
$1.75. Ditto at $1.10, worth 001,23;
Tallies' Dong. Osfin'd, chit,, top, $1.30,
worth $1.73. Ditto, $1,:35, worth$1.73,
141(11es ]extension Sole $1.33, reg. $L73..
Button Shoes "2.341.
" Dal tt ,. 81.61), t. $2.00.
" rlclla a• .e, ( , t
I i Bush .1t) , .Frei,
" Long 73, " .00.
Gongola Congress 1.25, " $1.73.
NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY...
SVe have no time to keep these goods in stock, because our prices are away dolyn, and we down the prices
each week in order to always snake room for that which is yet to come. Look at time above list and (mile
here and be convinced we telt the truth every time. No bluff's here.
.ware
11'II E-n13aa'b, (lalv., HIay, O. & A.. ete. Blue Stone, Paris Green and Sulphur. See the Famous Blue
none, SViekless, Coal 011 Stove --.odorless, perfectly harmless and simply constructed. Ball Bearing
Lawn Mower -the newest and best on the market -Be sure and see it before you buy. SEEDS. --a 11
stook of Garden and Ie'ield-all Ilww axltl reliable. (`ane of ALS. Sweet (`ore Improvedy 'seaming, r . fl 1
Geh all'r:
Dent, tete. SCREEN DOORS-- all sires, all kinds, t10c, np, SCREEN WINDOWS -„-all sizes, all kinds,
20e. up. The justly -celebrated Sherwin -William Paints an all color:e).-Thcese paints are too well known
for its to speak of then,. Paint and Varnish brushes of all kinds. i?ell stook of Builder's Hardware.
Highest prices paid for Butter and Eggs in t,ratle.
Remember -The Stand Opposite the Commercial Hotel.
This Store Closes
i-1. 818J40
at 6:30 p,llh..,
et S
. . . EXETER.
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except Wednesday and Saturday.
MONEY TO LOAN.
We have unlimited private funds for in-
vestment upon farm or village property, at
lowest rates of interest.
DlcicsoN & CARLING,
Barristers, eta., Exeter.
FARMS FUR SALE,
;MONEY TO LOAN.
The undersi ned has a few good farms for
sale cheap. Money to loan on easy terms
JORN SI'AOXMAN,
Samwell's Block Exeter
4TVMONEY TO LOAN.
Money to loan at from 4'h to 5 per cont.
ELLIOT & GLADMAN,
Barristers, Solicitors, etc., Main St., Exeter.
COURT OF REVISION.
Notice is hereby given that the Court of
Revision for the Assessment Roll of the
Township of Stephen, will hold its first sit-
ting for the present year in the Town Hall,
Crediton, on Friday, May 26th, at the hour
of ten o'clock a m.
HENRI EILBER,
Oredittn, May 5,1890. Tp Clerk.
RECRUITS WANTS D
k'or No. G Co. Surd, (Huron) Battalion-ap-
Slv at once to Serg'ts Handford, Harness'
taubus, or Lieut. avis.
R. T. HANCE, Capt.
Children Cry for
CASTOR I
Usborne
COUNCIL, -Council met May 6, pur-
suant to adjournment. All present.
Minutes of April meeting read, ap-
proved of and signed. By -Law No. 4,
confirming the appointment of path -
masters, and By -Law No. 5, changing
certain 'statute labor Divisions were
passed, signed and sealed. The Court
of Revision of the Assessment Roll for
1899 wi]1 be held at the Township Hall
on Saturday, June 3rd, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon. Next meeting of Coun-
cil on June 3rd, after the Court of Re-
vision. F. MORLEY, Clerk.
Tritiere is
Such a
Thing
as wearing glasses when you should
not and not wearing them when you should.. .
it is a Mistake to do either. We only prescribe
,. glasses when they will be of use to the wearer. A large
proportion of the cases of painful eyesight are due to the use
of unsuitable or improperly fitted glasses, In consulting
our optician you incur no expense and run no risk... e
T. FITTOt1'S
tJEWELtEIRY S
Mornings preferred for testing.
Farquhar
Mr. John Allison, who fell out of his
wagon last week, while on his way to
Stratford, has recovered sufficiently as
to. enable him to walk are uncl.-Messrs
Paul Madge and Thomas Rnssell leave
next week for Liverpool with export
cattle. Mr. Russell 1niends bringiug
back some high bred Dzirleams.-Mr.
Richard Tasker was up at Goderich
this week -on business in connection
with his lease, -Mr. A. E. Hodgert,
who' has secured the agency for the
Thorold Cement Co., has leased his
farm for a term of seven years to Mr.
Richard Scott, of Woodham. Mr.
Scott is highly recommended as a first
class farrier. The farm is in excellent
condition ancT the building, commodi-
ous and comfortable. Mr. Hodgert is
receiving $320 a year rental, and after
January 1st, when possession is given,
he will devote all his energies to the
selling of cement and taking and sup-
'ervisrng contracts.
Winchelsea
Miss Nellie White is now out of dan-
ger and improving nicely. -Miss Min-
nie Clements was home on Sunday
last. -Mr. and Mrs. Ponrtice, of Strat-
ford, were visiting the latter's brother,
Mr. George Easson, on Sunday last. -
The frost on Saturday night last ciid
very little damage in this vicinity. -
Mr. J. W. Roy was in Mitchell on Sun-
day last, visiting friends. -The mason's
are now at A. Ttrnbull's new house
and rushing it along. -Mr. .Tames
Kyle lost two young colts recently. -
Mr. P. W. Brown left last week to
take charge of the Centralia.butter .fac-
tory. -Jim Smith sports a horse and
rig these days The girls may expect
some pleasure drives now. -The far-
mers have finished seedi.ug,. and. are
now at their root ground. -Mr. George
Delbrid a goes to Woodham pretty
often. Some attraction, eh ?
(Too late for last. week.)
Miss Nellie White is very sick, but
there are hopes of her recovery. -Mr.
P. W. Brown, butter maker, is visiting
his home for a few days prior to leav-
ing for Centralia, where he will taste
charge of the creamery. -Mr. A. Bell,
brother of J. C. Bell, is engaged at the
creamery here. -Mr. Ge9. oocl trav-
eller, London, called on soine friends
and relatives here'while an his route.
-Our storekeepers are kept busytheee
days.
Bxtldn1p1i
MSS Aggie Aemit:ere. of Chicago,
is visit.idg frhend s in lateau.---Mr. Jas.
Meoher, had his leg, fractured by ar fall
on Tuesday a.y ill I tie t e --`fir. Robert
Letisis, of Michigan. k visiting e,n the
Sauble Line. --M1•. Grigg, evangelist,
has returned to his home in Loudon. -
Mr. Robert Iiarltoli has moved his
blacksmith shop front the McGillivray
side to the i;ieitlelle h side in Moores-
ville as Biddullah, is more lively. --The
creamery at Centralia will be in full
running order by May '-r,'.nd.--There
are many improvements being make
through this station of the country.
lir. Albert ihdrins'sl; ereeting a new
bank barn, with brick basement: also
Mr. W. 13 Silnpon is erecting a barn
45490 feet. with basement the entire
length, whleh. when coin/Acted, will
be one of the linnet in the country. It
Is all planed pine lumber. Ala Stich,
Atkinson 1s el eel ing a I,rit'i hull*e,as
is also fir. inert. Blackwell. ---Tree fall
wheat in the vieirilty of Mooresville
and Vtandeb•1y e k all the farmers
could wieh for. and promises an abun-
clent yield. The yield of fruit also
promises well, and the early apple
trees are itidee with bloom, Those
taking an ilrtterest in fruit growing
will be plteaetd with a view of one of
the finest ureii;n de in :11ie1t11eeex (In the
totem fir, .fnhn (xc;t, I'raaof line
rood, anelf ore'LanI of (lilt bout'r�iacres, your
18110W in full blonrnalld promises bigr e -
turns and cannot fail of being a paying
inve•tuleut•. .lr„uutl Bryanston the
prospects are pour, al -u southwest and
eouttawest of twee.
(1laitt1 bo. ye
)lies t', I,altwctrtlly, of ,,Berton, was
in town lastawls eeeeing friends, -
The :Misses Ihiebel and Jennie Cun-
ningham and till: wine, of Ailsa
Craig. were ben. on Friday l.ve ping,
and when. returning ,,oboe the horse
went through the tilid ee, demolishing
the 1mggee-Mr. Eli Bice has com-
pleted his new wire* fence.--Mr..tit
Bort Hodgins lme moved into town.
He is Eli
to put in the summer with
Mr. Eli Biee.• 31r. Reid has sults two
hundred cords of wood to a man in
London, for a handsome price. --Quite
as lot of shipping now, being lum-
ber, logs and wood. ---Joseph Carter
has pur(ehased a1 nice buggy from
Anderson in Atka ('rang. lir.Shear-
down and family, c ('entrain, were
the guests of Mr. 11,1 Bice, tin Sundsty
last. -Patten & :cone started gravel-
ling Wednesday i n'xxing.-Ttw foun-
dation of Mr. Carter's new barn is
etnnpieted. Tiw funnel% can start at
tiny
time, ---Ma Lind, of Merton, was
in town Weibel. Walker Jell,
Alpert ('alx.itt'al:eti 1,1,•:s(':unk•roisspent
Sunday in °leoni e
)In. Eamon --Kindly answer 1 ht fol-
lowing question in your valuable paper
and ot'Iige :•.•-•t Has a telephone or tele-
graph company power to cut or muti-
late shade trees on the highway that',
may per t•liancc eome in contact with'.
the wires of such ecunpany?
'Aes.m-Nee They have no power
whatever to do the like. In sneh cases'
they are expected to ask perllllssion
of the ecnmcil of the lnunieipnlity in
which the trouble arise, and if they
see fit to allow the like, well andgood,
otherwise the company are liable for
damages, where it can be proven that
the tree has been injured. -En.
k7ensall
RonnEns.•--On Friday night last lir.
Robert Bell's house was ransacked and
robbed of $12 and some silverware
while the proprietor was away. On
Saturday night ah Indian, giving his
name as Isaac Young, who has been
living in Dixey for some time and who
was rn Hensall the worse of liquor on
Priday night, was arrested under the
charge of stealing the above mentioned
articles and the silverware was found
in his possession. He also was charged
with breaking into Stoneman's jewell-
1•y store on same night. He was tried
in the town hall and it was found ne-
cessary to remand hint to Goderich for
trial].
ZIM.-A couple of weeks ago a leng-
thy description of the language used
in our council was published in the
Hensall Observer and a little good ad-
vice was giveu, in so much that the
council were gating to sue the supposed
writer, who had signed his name
"Zine" for $5,000, but after much re-
search and trouble they could not find
hila, and some of our lively boys
erected a mound of earth in front of
Scott's hotel. At the head of the
mound was this inscription: "In mem-
ory of Zim, who died May 13th, 1809."
At the foot a small stake was erected,
on which was written " At Rest."
Zim's competitors will now fully .real-
ize they cannot get the $5,000. That'll
be all right.
Blimps -The many friends of the
late Frec1 Ingianr will regret to hear
of his death, which occurred two
weeks ago at the hospital in Vancou-
ver, B.C. The deceased was a mem-
ber of Foresters Lodge, and has re-
sided in Vancouver for nearly ten
years. He had been failing in health
for nearly two years, and at last it
was found necessary to operate on
him, from which he never recovered.
--Mi. Willard and the Misses Snell
and Stacey,all of Dashwood,spentSun-
day with Mra John Pope here. -Mr.
Wnr. Pengelly died on Tuesday at one
o'clock. The funeral will take place
from his late residence on • Thursday,
at ten o'clock. Internment in Bethes-
da cemetery. Full particulars next
week:
He Fooled the Surgeons.
All doctors told Renick Hamilton,
of West Jefferson, 0., after suffering
18 months from Rectal Fistula, he
would die unless a costly operation
was performed; but he cured himself.
with five boxes of buckler's Arnica;
Salve, the surest Pile ere on Earth,.
and the best Salve in the World. 25
cents .a box. Sold by all Druggists.
.. .........
Cit editors Almost in Despair.
Hiss c htistian i i iukla.loco. ui' hall- ',Iv wife entitled withpain and
tion, is visiting her parents, 31r, allyl distress from an :tffeetian of the Moat
Mrs. John F inkbe leer. - 1It ees. 'ti', .,t- (ousted by itupt re blood. She wee il-
cats and Evans, of Exeter. Sun- mostin despair of t•ver obtaining a,
day evening in the village. Om. vi! curt.. bat finally procured at bottle of
• loge must have some attraetio3t. -Mr:. l Iiu4x1's Sarsaparilla and after taking
A. Keine, accompanied by Mr. and six bottles of this medicine she Woe
Mrs. Charles Drier, left for North ^ completely eared. ' Juke r• Z 'ECItNAP.,
• Dakota on Tuesday morning. Mr. Galt, Ont'zrio.
ager 131:s .Die•1 h LL'e 11( 011 14 (4 file t'
patst twenty fit a seal K, and nobs in- That liilitt4 -., after eating isprevent-
tend to pass their reinatiniug day; fu ,'il t1y 4111.1• • rale two of Ilotlti''s Pills.
North Dakota. .We wish thorn a .safe"They= flan t gripe.
journey.---Ttco It iliasn. gave the Owen
a• free eoinee't•t tl itlk mend bagpipes and Suicide Near Mitchell.
bassoon last Tuesday. •.M:. A. G Alec- a •
Gregor, manager of tin' Sun Lif As -
school
Ont„ ',lav 16. -Joseph
coin-
surance ('o„ of I.eanctlin, was ill the ('aerie►, :e sunt,•• •school teacher, coin -
village Tuesday, on busines. -)Il; , nutted •suicide near Mitchell yester-
Henry Either attended the IlayTown-• day horning by drowning himself it1
ship Fir' Insurance ('o'er tilt•etinl; in •i e1;tern at the ice dente 0 hie. unlace
Verne last Saturday. -lir. F. lie•v. H'ather Ilnwney. 1114 t,cct•ased
F:lrneoluhe, lx. 14,1141tllt, was young 111a11 41iet1 been la; h.' .,t,reie little
in the village Tuesday.- Mr. �Alie ist thine andeandit i, believed that the rash
Hoist went- toStrat ford last Tueetlaly ; net of stdf destruction teas' ("unlulitte cl
to get an orphan girl films theinti-11vhile lie labored uncle, the stress of
Oita; thcere. )1r. 11tellael llirtze1 lost : SOUR' great pain, or that. 1115 suffering
t1. valuable mare last week by the; hall tempi r8rtl- affected ,lis brain.
bursting of a blood vessel. ---The turn -1 c,&hug ('arlin 'yas ai geenei ail favorite.
eons have finished the Hutson wtark et ;.,lis Parente reside at til .town, and
Mr. flyer's clwt hinge anti air&e noxi aft ,14• hat, i vel y �vrtic• eireeh of friend-. in
the(fuundathati ►)f .31r. t'uekivill'�s nein . thfs: lac<&]it}•.� .131 taught bchuai at St.
dwelling. Britig'e t'e and lived with Itis uncle,
Rev. Father Downey. Among all he
WWI a general favorite, ztnll his tragi •
derltise has olil•itetl general sympathy.
ath
Tin' farmers in this laeeality are d4•- i Ih. )Iaekeehl::ie was called in the ease,
lighted with the 1't•re'111 171i11' tt",bell "but decided that an inquest wall un-
necessary.
Its Life Crushed Out.
f ur ieh
fell on Tuesday night and everything
thihlg
iS flourieahing i11 this 1'ieillity'.•- ale .i-.
E. Bo, -e nberry and A. Paled, agents
for the Noxell Ewe. Implements, art
rushing hsz,inese ane, tv'port things
brighter that, ever, The IEi .iltets!..
Men of Zxuieh have derided hi cissa•
their P1at•e of business during the
sinfnit r months. at 7 pan every night,
except 1,1 eduee+daiy-. and Stittlrtlav1.-
Quito at, joke was lal:tyt•el t114 tine of our
meetlllints who mats offering al, eertatin
.•trtielc• Ile ran• teed, thinking he would
improve his bue,iuesee his eotlipetitior,
who is never asleep in !easiness, cent a
buyer on the quiet and bought all he
had. When the seller fount, out. a
job had been pat up on him he almost
went into cenvidsitnls and has ars yet
,. .
e:
noI'ttXr lftn e. u. \3.)
1t11 h 1. r
1.
Gottschalk has opened, up a, confec-
tionery in Cattleill Me1'n(1'S block and
is going to make things hung this sum.
mer with lee ennuis and bananas. =Mr.
('. 1iartleib, Our popular hardware
merchant, deports havime already
orders fol` tete tons of binder twine.
Last year his output was fifteen tuns.
Air. _lf. I*estate has added a. fresh coapt
of paintto his store which atll'ls great-
ly to the appeauatnee of his premises.
Ali. Philip llonrh ,had the lnisifor-
tune to lose tinder his valuable cows
this As 31r. 13nugh is tnie of
honied glen the sus5 to Win is not
considered so great.- AIi'. J. 11. iris.
11ter, blacksmith. linee'e•1Ul' t4) S4.1'111,
is reported to be a first class horse
shoal. Any pnl'51111 wishing to good
job should give lulu a call. Ile is an all-
round, gsmd gran. --Mr. Fred lies, Sr.,
laid a ceniteilt side walk ler front of his
I)relnisee, which is a gond exaulple foie
our trustcee in the future.
Around About Us
r
St. Marys: "Wednesday dlltsatauy nn )Iatlllc
scan slipped and fell while mailing down
the steps of his residence, breaking
his arm jest above the wrist.
Clinton: Master Jimmie, the nine-
year-old son of Mr. Ea. Robinson. had
his left aria fractured above the elbow
while playing with ae school mate last
Friday,
Winghani: Last week, John ,Ward,
an employe of the Union factory lost
ane finger and part of two others, by
allowing them to carne in contact
with one of the saws.
Seaforth : Mr. Chris Sperling met
with a painful accident on Friday last.
A. Iarge case of sheet tin fell on his
foot and bruised and sprained it badly,
but fortunately no bones were broken.
Grand Bend: The angel of death
visited the home of Mr. Peter Defare
on Saturday last and took away their
little child -aged two years. Mr. and
Mrs. Defare have the sympathy of
the entire community.
Goderich: Shortly before three Wed-
nesday morning the barn and stables
belonging to John Hyslop, between
the G.T.R. track and the Maitland,
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground with its contents, consis-
ting chiefly of garden tools.
Lucan : Mr. D. J. McCosh, general
merchant, has made an assignment
for the benefit of his creditors, to Mr.
Alf. Robinson, of London. Mr. E. W.
Scatcherd is solicitor for the assignee.
It is understood that the assets and
liabilities will be nominally the same.
Wingham: Wm. Elliott received a
bad cut on his head Wednesday while
working at the slain. He was below
the bridge, when a large stone that
was being thrown down, struck him
on the back of his head. A bad cut
was the result, and for a time Mr. El-
liott -was unconscious.
St. Marys: •Monday the tinning shop
in connection with the Richardson &
Webster fbuntlery caught fire from an
r ' n are. The
overheated fi r zz steamer was
brought into requisition and extin-
guished the flames but too late to be
of much use as the building was shall
and burned very rapidly. There is no
insurance. Moss about $200.
Goderich: On Tuesday police magis-
trate Seager cornnritted. -Richard
Charxtbers, of •Goderich township, for
trial on charge of aggravated: assault.
Chambers is• very evidently of unsound
mind and is subjected to all sorts of
hallucinations, and is now apparently
developing dangerous`tendencies.'The
Charge on whiche is • at present in
gaol is that while in conservation with
Eclwarcl Mullin, of Colborne, and With.
eat any-prevocatton. or reason whet-
ever, he struek Mr. Militate a violent
blow on, the • head With his walking
Wale making a wound , which • bled
profusely. •
Windsor, May 16. The two.and-aa
half -years' -old chilli of Jas. Mvt:arviti,
was preying on the lawn in front of
the tonne this afternuntl with Ra
I n1e
other children. .lu older sister,- who
was engaged in opet.itinh at Iawu glory
er, did not 0(54it' ' the chill, wandering
on the street. Just a1s a heavy flour
hill wagon drawn by a team of hearses
happened along the corner, the child
stumbled anti tell in the street. and in
es instant the little life was crushed
out by the horses' hoofs. One of the
greatwheels of the wagon passed
over the breast of the (111111. breaking
every rib hi the little body. The
chilli uttered no ei'y and th • driver
p11" ed on, nncunseionsoftheacl'ident.
The sister (yell did nut notice what
had happened until a, moment later
she tilissed the eIlilll from the lawn.
and rowed the mangled little form in
the dirt of the road. The child wee
carried into the 11ouse, but was al-
ready dead when the doctors arrives'.
Twenty -Seven Buildings Burned
at Port Burwell
Tilsunbtlrg, May 1:3. • The hll5inese
part of 1'4art.13nrwell c.;1ten fray d,••
st•royed by fire last night, with the tee.
ceptiun of Air. Emery's ;store. The lire
was first, discovered in the rear of D.
?ant's store, ablaut 10 li (lotek. A still'
southwest breeze wa:: 1)1unillt : and
the fire took everything. before it on
both sides of Ala in street for cwo Blocks.
The post 4)1110e, e 'Iephane ofllee, Great
Hart hwestern'Ielegraph °fMet, two lei.
tell and several other buildings were
destroyed. Loss about $30,000. Prob-
able insurance $23,000. The citizens -
wterre unable tc) stop the Negroes of'the
fire, and it burned nearly the whole of
Front street comprising- the following
building,: -lir. Zant's general store.
Mr. Brady's undertaking room.. )I1•.
MuC'onncll's drug stole and telegraph
office, Barrett's livery stanblee Holly-
wood's Hotel and barns. 3f,'. 1'tTrit;Irt': •
hardware Stare, lir. ('uclney's two
dwelling houses. the Erie I1utd. D. M.
Clntte's furniture store, including :Ma-
sonic Hall, the pest -office, lir. Logan':;:
tailor shop, F. Pay's general store. Mr.
Chesterman's shoe store and dwelling,
Mrs. Lake's dwelling, Grey's nrrplelnent
000)1)5111)4151 number of other dwellings.
Most of them are party covered by in-
suranee. Moat of the stock and -furni-
ture was saved. Altogether there
were twenty-seven buildings destroyed
Big Bank Robbery.
Bowhanville, May 18.-A daring
bank robbery was perpetrated early
this horning when the Standard Bank
was robbed of over $11,000. TJ.iere
were seven or eight men in the gang,
who thoroughly understood the busi-
cess of safe erackiug. The building is
a brick structure built in 1894 and is
equipped with the latest and best im-
proved btrglar• proof appliances. The
burglars first went to tho police office
and seized the night watchman,Henry
Metcalf whom they blindfolded, gag-
ged and hand -cuffed. They then, af-
ter telling him what they purposed
doing and threatening to shoot lura if
he did not keep quiet, escorted him
over to the bank., which is only across
the corner and commenced operations.
Metcalf was guarded by one man with
a revolver while the others entered
the bank by removing a pane of glass
from one of the windows on the west
side of the building. The froat door
was then pried open. Three explo-
sions took place in quick succession
which apparently worked well, for in
about half an hour the three doors
leading to the place were shattered as
though they were of wood. About
$11,000 belonging to the bank, $410 be -
toning to the Canada Life Insurance
Co,, and a lot of valuables belonging
to private citizens were carried off.
As soon as. the job was finished the
burglars carried night watchman .Met-
calf into the bank and departed for
parts unknown. Metcalfe was found
about 5 a.m.
It is estimated that at least 10,000
peach trees in South Essex were killed
by the frost last winter. The grape
vines and strawberry plants also were,
daanatged to a great extent.
DEATHS.
;How %--In Exeter May lith,Williarix
Brown, aged 60 years, 17 dys. Fon-
era On Friday at 2 o'clock.