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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1899-8-10, Page 1THIRTEENTH SEAR. -607.. EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1899. O. H. SANDERS, EDITOR. H. BI SHOP & SON, Highest Price Paid For Produce, Highest Price Paid For Produce. Jhirt Waists Summer kirts gloves and Mitts CLER :ENG_ Shirt Waists. :Special sale of Shirt \mets at s" aeorth lac. to $L00. Crash, S marts. chow of aur Crash Skirts for $1.00, These goods were selling at $1.75, Clearing at x+1.00. Gloves and Mitts. In Cream, Tan, Dark Brown and Black, Former price, lac. to Sae, (Tearing at 18e.. REAT £(ices &nthroideries Wash goods SALE o lam.b rid...cries. In Swiss or Lawn, all widths, and goodpatterns at prices front :3r, to20 . Laces. ',ace Edgings, Lace Insertions. Any kind of Lace at all kinds of prices; from lc. to 20e. ° Wash, Goods. .Alt sbadesin that pcpular iii. stripe for ladies' waists, at I' ,c. Mud's Furnishings. We tent collar you for 121e, and cuff you fel' :plc, in any style. Men's Shirts. Soft bodged shirts h1 small checks and steipes. cuiti attached, collar dte- A tattelud, selling at 69e. Unlaundered Shirts.. This shirt is worth- 7ue., Inas linen bosom and bands, reinforced. fronts land hacks, (rouble stitched. Special at 148e.. rld FiliGliST 13FIRGAINS, are now preparing for fall trade, and are compelled to clear out the fo t e l - we following lines a .rices that will sell them. wl a .. a f r, SCREEN DOORS all kinds in recrular size. No 1 door varnished natural wood) very handsome, regular - • + : 11'1 , 1 i., 150. Clearing out at $1,00 wa 2 door varnished, natural wood, suitable for front doors. Regu- lar $1.25, Clearing out at 85e. 3 door painted. strong and durable, regular $1,00. Clearing out at 00e. SCREEN WINDOWS. All kinds and sizes, Your choice for 25c BINDER TWINE. We have some of the Gold Medal and Plymouth Special left, Try a ball or so of this twine anti see how you like it. HARVEST AND THRESHERS We have a very large stock of these in MITTS A N E CLOVES. all kinds and all sizes, See our new warranted Buckskin mitts, they are the best. Binding mitts from 25e. a pair up. MACHINE OIL. Why wear out yolu machine by using a poor oil ? Don't buy oil because it is cheap. Be sure and • look at the quality. Re- member we have the quality at the right price. HARVEST T ..OLS. All we ask is comparison of qualityand prices. We have Q the qualityand assortment, Comand seus and be con- vinced. We have prices that will surprise you, el Highest prices paid for Butter and Eggs in trade. H. 13IsI-40P et sod, This Store Closes at 6:30 p.m., except Wednesday and Saturday. EXETER. FARMS FOR SALE. MONEY TO LOAN. The undersigned has a few good farms for sale cheap. Money to loan on easy to rm JOHN SPACKHAN, Samweil's dock Exeter 1liTONEY TO LOAN. • have unlimited private funds for in- ve&nient upon farm or village property, at lowest rates of interest. DICKSON & CARLING, Barristers, etc..•Exeter. EARA FOR SALE. 100 acres, being Lot 28, on the South Boun- dary of Stephen well located, being ad- jacent to Mount Carmel and the school is situated on this lot. The land is first class in every rospect and will be sold reasonably. For particulars apply to the Ontario House, Mount Carmel, or to the undersigned, T. LYNCH, Mount Carmel. FOR SALE. That most desirable piece of land contain- ing about 27/ acres, being part of Farm Lot No. 20, in the 1st Concession of the Town- ship of Stephen. This land adjoins the Cor- poration and is splendidly situated, facing the London Road. Also the following Village Lots in the Vil- lage of Exeter :- Lots Nos. 95 'and 46 on the East side: of Main Street and immediately south of the residence of L. Polaick, Esq._ Part Lot No. 21 on the West side of Main Street, immediately South of the residence of Charles Rowe. Rsq. Part of Lot F., on the east side of Andrew Stseet,almcst opposite the Main St. Metho- dist Parsonage, containing nearly one acre of land and known as the old school house property. Lots Nos. 162 and 168, North-west corner of Victoria and Carling streets. The land now used as recreation grounds, the land immed- ia±ely North thereof and the land being part of same farm lot but West of the London, Eldon & Brueo R.I1.,containing in all about 90 acres. This landis admirably situated and faces on Huron, Carling and Sanders Streets. The land on either side of the Station Road, being part of farm Lot, No. 28, in the lst Concession, of the Township of Stephen, and now surveyed into lots and streets,con- ,aining about •27 acres. These two last parcels of land will be sola by the lot or more to suit purchaser. For further particulars, apply to UARLYN(- Bees, or to DICKS,N &'CARLING Merchants Barristers ,Exeter. MONEY TO LOAN. Money to loan at froni 412 to 5 per cent. ELLIOT & GLADMAN, Barristers, Solicitors, etc., Main St., Exeter TEACHER WANTED. The undersigned will receive applications for teacher for S. S., No. 4, Usborne, on or before August re. Duties to commence first of year, Teacher will be required to light fire and keep school clean. For particulars apply to the undersigned trustee, FRED LUSTON, Devon P.O. FOR SALE -!i0 USE AND LOT. 1' The undersigned is offering for sale that desirable house and premises on Huron street, Last, in the village of Exeter, being part of lot 15, containing 4/t acres. There is on the premises a good frame house, stable, a green house, hard and soft water, some fruit trees andother conveniences. Posses- sion given this tall or next spring. For further particulars apply to • WH. 5. BARER, Exeter. FARM FOR SALE. The undersigned is offering for sale that desirable farm, Lot 6, Concession 8, town- ship of Usborne, containing 100 acres, with splendid buildings thereon, located 3y miles from Exeter. Will be sold reasonable. If not disposed of before 20th of August, it will be rented to a good tenant for a term of years, with possession to plow after the crops are taken off. For particulars apply to MATTHEW KELLAND, Devon P. 0 TESTIMONIAL. OF q Bi ■ O. BISSETTa, '\Vhat W. G. Bissett says of Hall's British Seven Mixtures. "I have used Hall's British Seven Mixtures for a number of years, and am never without it in my stable. It is invaluable as a dressing in cuts, wounds and corks on horses; also a liniment for strains, swellings, lame- ness, sore a'n'e-ness,'sore throat and influenza it can- not be surpassed." Manufactured and sold by 0. Lutz. Greenway A. C. Wilson, B. S. A., returned to Guelpph Hon Monday. -The annual Har- vest oine dinner of the Boston Metho- dist church will be hel d Sept.20th.-Miss Adah Baird visited Miss Alice Wilson over Sunday. -Mrs., Alex. Fraser, of Clinton, visited Miss Whiteside last week. -Miss Marion Ramsey is visit- ing her aunt, Mrs. (Rev.) R. L. Wil- son, of Ca'nlachie. Dashwood ('Poo late for last week.) The roads are very dusty now and a goodhower would be a welcome visit- or. -Harvesting in this neighborhood will soon be a thing of the past as several have already finished cutting. -Mr. Henry Willert shipped a carload of lambs on Wednesday. -Dr. Mc- Laughlin who has been away for the past month returned home on Satur- day. -Mr•. John Hall and family who have been visiting in Detroit and Cleveland, returned home last week. - Mr. and Mrs. Sauer, Misses Etta and Vera Renclle,.who have been visiting relatives in this vicinity the past month, returned to their home in Toronto Friday. Rev. J. P. Hauch is announced to preach in the 'Evangeli- cal church here on Sunday next at 2.30 o'clock prior to his leaving for Japan where he is being sent by the Conference as missionary. He will preach in both English and German. - Hoffman Bros. sold their remaining black horse for a good figae.-Mr. Valentine Ritter received the sad intelligence on Sunday morning of the death of his son-in-law, Mr. George Geiser of Shipka, which sad event occurred about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. -There will be a change of teachers in our public school staff again after vacation. Mr. Scott, the princi- pal, leaving secured a school at Blyth where the pasture seems to be more sweet. While here Mr. Scott proved himself a worthy citizen and one equal to his task, Of all the pupils he sent for examination none were pluck- ed which surely has something to say as to Mr. Scott's ability as teacher. ' Cromarty Crediton East. 1). HAY, Farq1uhar, Conveyancer, Wills. Rain is badly needed. -Mr. Frank Mortga !e: and heeds drawn up. Aioney to loan at1owest rates of interest. Farms to Taylor• has engaged with \Ir, Fred rent, l`'ucrtl) to draw flax for a month. 11r. 1Vileon ellen, teacher, who has been spending the holidays at the old home, left on Thursday of this week for the North West where he has been teaching for several eral y ears.-:wlrs. John Melville, formerly ly a resident of Iiib- hert but nowof the Township of Grey, came down to see her hailer, M1•. ,john McLean, who is nliffering with a can- ter in time inollth.---Mr. George Leary while digging a well ac Mrs, Thomas Choppers sane day last week, bad a very mirror, E (:I iefavnaa inhaling alin l f<l gas. He Si.ge ae dell in clinging to the rope and hite•ket until he. was hoisted. to the torp. It was fully half an hour after he wee ieti-ed to the top before lxe wva5 rE Sta71Y Eltl'1 C:U1180011in( sS, 1)IEI) OUP I ibbert's early set- tiers, in the per -on of Mrs. ;Margaret i)itnlop, litee• t d away to her long home on Friday. at her taste residence on the c E, a o S • 3 I oar n She had i eattained the h good old age of 75 years, About three months agoa•he fell down cellar and broke her s•:•ni hl two places and dis- clisabeteti the other one. This, along •'ttheeaei e i , . with her ailments 1 (. 111 tsa+ ( E it 114 ha i ti.,t i .( e. n , '. , ,' re- moved. A sewt nil, it i until she was (. nt w a t 1 Idoved by death which was a happy 1 ele.tse. 114.r remains were laid tit rest in the ('rd warty cemetery on Sunday. She leaves s al family of two sons and two (laugl,.E•r's ti. mourn her loss, her husband taring !meth- R:4Pal her fiver years ago. Clinton. The firm, elf Davie & llc(.%oul, livery-; mei, has lel n dissolved by mutual' consent, Mr. Met'oul retiring, His, Once has been taken by Mr, George! aavis. father of the remaining, partner. The firm title will be Davis at avis. -A On Thursday night the Staverly Hall caluinitt a took over the building from Contractor Couper, who receives $367 3. The contract price w iai 1 : .0 co tea i , was ti tH and the additions le for extras.$Mr. Cooper's bill was considerably higher, but the committees had an offset and a compro- mise was made on $:3073. The contract was let in September last, ---One of the apple dealers who has been surveying the orchards of the Apple Belt says that that part of (Toderich township from Stanley to the Cut Line will yield over1000 barrels of apples to the concession anile and that along the Lake Road and in the Maitland Bloek the yield will be even better. Up in Colborne the harvestwill also be a good one. About the most fruitful orchard up there is that of lir. Richard Jewell who will have at least 1000 bar- rels off eighteen acres of trees, ---Mr.. .Tames IIeae+u met with an experienee 'Fhursdly !bet, he would not e are to have repeated. nor would any one else for that rotate:. It happened in this way: Feeling the, need of a luncheon he went down cellar to get the where- with to satisfy the cravings of the in- ner man, and seeing, as he supposed in the then light, a piece of bread nicely buttered, he picked it up and began to eat, but one bite was sufficient. It tasted Of arsenic and he bethought himself that the bread he had partaken of had been prepared for rodents. Dr. Shaw was promptly summoned and Although \h. Hearn was a pretty sick man for several hones he went out of doors next day and is now Around again as usual. Crediton COLLINS & STANBURY, Barristers Con- veyancers, Notaries Exeter, Ont. R. H. Col- lins & J. Stanbury B.A. (late with Mc- Carthy, Osler & Co , Barristers, Toronto. Key. J. G. Litt and family have re- turned home from Seberingville,where they have been visiting friends the past week. -Henry Silber, M,P.P., is attending the High Court of the Inde- pendent Order of Foresters at Niagara Falls, being a delegate from our Court. -The flax-mill is running in full blast. Mr. Wuerth has about forty Indians from Muncytown assisting in unload- ing nloading the flax. -Mrs. Robert E. Wacker, accompanied by her husband, left for Montreal last Friday where she will undergo an operation. We trust that Mrs. Walker will be greatly benefitted by the same. -Mr. Ben. Eilber, of Ubly, Mich., is spending a few weeks here, the guest of his father, Mr. Jacob Eit- her. -Rev. Hauch, of Berlin, who in- tends leaving for Japan shortly as a missionary,reached in the German Church last Sunday evening. About $50 was collectedifor the Mission Fund. Mrs. E. B. Scott, accompanied by her family and Miss Enisweiler, of Phila- delphia, is visiting her father, Mr. J. Eilber.-The Morlock's and Brown's helot their picnic at Grand Bencl last Tuesday. A pleasant time was spent. -The Misses Misterley and Miller, of Albro, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Wind. -Mr. Albert Dunuingham is on the sick list. We trust he will soon be around again. -Dr. Rivers is in Montreal this week on. business. - Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield have rettrn- ed home after their summer vacation in Detroit and London. -It is rumor- ed. that Christian Fahner, our well- known pig man, intends taking his p' s to the Industrial - Fair, Toronto. We trust he will be successful in secur- ing good prizes. -Mr. and Mrs. Schnei- der, of Morriston, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Gottleib Morlock.-Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Mellin,afVa11a Walla, Wash., are the ('nests of Mrs. Millin thisweek. -Miss Lottie Schwartz, of London, is spending her holidays here, the guest of Miss Lizzie Eilber. -Mr.. Jacob Hoist carries the medal as champion fisher. Every morning the old gents can be seen going to the river, each desirous of defeating Jac. So far they have been unsuccessful. -A number ofour boys attended the baseball match at Ailsa Craig last Friday between the team of that place and London. -The Rev. Fiulbeiner, of 'Milverton, will preach m the German Church next Sunday, the Rev. Litt going to Dash- wood. -Mr. Wm. Lewis spent Sunday at Grand Bend. '4Iiss Laura Kea'', who has been visit- ing i it- ing 3lr's. Geo. Mantle, is visiting Mrs. Thos. Yearley, Stephen. :Mrs. Chas. Mackay, of London, visited Ars. Geo, Hirtzel on Tuesday. --Mr. ' and Mrs. Geo. John Duncan., of Farquhar, call- ed nn Mr. and Mrs. George Mantle Sunday. -Mr. Will England and his 'mother spent Sunday at (iron(] Bettd. ---Mr. IN ilson Anderson, Mr. Harry Sweitzer and a number of friends from Crediton, l aetei, and Hensall , intend spending a week at Kettle Point„ --Mr. Joseph P. \Ioiloek and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sweitzer, attended the Mor - lock Picnic at Grand Bend on `Tues, clay. -Mr- Geo. Finkbeiner liar been sone •e somewhat indisposed rn. : 1 set l e ._tfew a tt a 1 days. %Ve bupelsoon to see hien at work again Mr, John Heywood, of Exeter, visited his • d:urghter, Mi:s. .Harry Finkbeiner a few days last week ,.. -Miss Lillie Anderson, of Cen- tralia, who has been the truest of her cousin, Miss llilcla► 1,nEler,un, for the past three weeks, (ks, returne(i home \'Vc4l. nesclay, 'ler sister, .hiss Maud, will spend a slIol'ttilne with relatives here, 11111. ar-u r' it's (X COLI,INB$.STANIIl.-RI', I►trrrl*r(:ra,con- veyaneere. Notaries,. ,deter, Out., It. 11. Cal lizas and J. (I•. Stwnbury B.A. (lathe with (artily, Osler &. Co. 13arriste•rs,Toronto. - On Friday of last Weel. M1•, and Mrs. George Stewart and MI. and Mrs. Jos.. Speat•e, of ('ronlarty, went to the Bend for an outing and when coaling through Exeter on their way home, one of the draw irons att(ehing the shafts to the huggy of Mn Stewart's rig broke,letting one hide of the shafts fall to the ground. The -home, realiz• - ing the change, tirade 44 dash forward. running the baggy into Mr. Speare's, upsetting both vehicles, throwing out the occupants and breaking oil the other shaft. and now being free it gal- loped off at full speed tip the London road to Mr. Hawkins where it turned in, broke through the gate and ran up into the pad.. • Fortunately there was no on.e hurt. They succeeded in pre- venting lir. ti e:ue s horse from get- ting away. Mi. Stewart procured a>. livery in Exeter and drove to Hensel!' but getting no trace of the horse he remained there all night. In the morning he started for Brucefield lett; learning nothing [of its whereabouts he returned ane. on his way back he saw the shafts • at Mr, Hawkins and found his horse' all right. -Mr. John Whyte, ir., and wife, of Mitchell, were the guests of Mr. D. McNicol on Sunday last. --Mr. Sidney Clarke, of the Oth concession, 1Tsborne, has- dis- posed of his flfty-aero faun' for :;32001 to Me. Robert 'liequair of Tucker - smith. Mr. Clarke, since selling, has purchased the 100 .acre farm of Mr. Richard Raymer's for $600.-A few weeks ago Mr. William Monteith sold his firm, formerly known as the \I'1 - lar farm, to Mr. Geo. Jeffery, cif Rod g- erville, for $5,800. G"rrc` oto lti DiEn.-This week it becomes our sad duty to re4.oL(t the death of Mr, Corne- lius11'estnaan, who passed away at his home here, on SOIlday morning, at the age of 38 years and 10 months, The deceased gentleman was the eldest son of Mr. Thos. Westnman, and was born in Mor•aington, near Milverton, where he lived until he was24 years of age. The late Mr. Westnian then droved to St. Marys and entered Mr. Gilpiil'.s Hardware store where be re- itlailiEs for several years. Later be cowmenecd business as :a barber in (=canton and some six years ago he married Miss Annie Langford, of Bid- dulph. Ihweeased w%as ft member of 1110 (xrareom Lodge, 1.0.F., (he R.T. of T., and L.O.L. No. 592. of Rlanshard. Throughout his life he was closely eon - F fleeted with the Methodist rhumb and in politics 'w is as staunch Conservative. Ile was as premising young business num and mins demise has excited the liveliest sympathy of a wide eirele of friends, The funeral took place on Tuesday, and Was co e•e ,,> i t Il4liic t l by Revd's Smith • ,r and Brownlee..The Orange n fra- ternity was repi•esenc•e(I by at rstl•nng; deputation of brethren. The lateen Orange hand headed the cortege. Stephen Council.. The Council convened at the Town Hall, Crediton, on August 7. All pres- ent. Minates of previous meeting read and approved, Resolved that the Reeve inspect certain drains, put in by J. F. Taylor on L,R,E. and len. W., before the next meeting of the council. Resolved that the Reeve and Council- lors, Yearly and Willert, inspect the third. side road, between lots 20 and21,. con. 11, and let such grading contract as they may deem advisable. Willert -Hicks, that $8 be paid for part burial expenses of Mr. Carrick. -Carried. Yearley--Sweitzer, that Councillor Hicks inspect the culvert at Shapton's corner and'auble bridge id an Exeter tel side road and have all necessary re- pairs made. -Carried. Hicks --Yearley that Gottleib Brown be appointed Col- lector of taxes for 1899, at a salary of $90, and that a By -Law be passed con- firming such appointment. -Carried. Resolved that the Clerk and Mr. Hicks make plans for a cedar culvert on London road, opposite Lot 11, and that the Clerk advertise for tenders for the construction of drainage works on 2nd side road, Sauble and 22nd con. The following orders were passed: At- kinson and Parsons, grading London Road, $3; J. McKeever, culvert, S.B., $2.75; Conrad Walper, culvert N.B., $4; Abraham Dearing, culvert 5th con. $5. Rhode and others, work on 4th S. R., $16.75; John Rhode; road allow- ance, $10; Thos. Kestle, gravel con. 11, $11; Fred Koehl, Com., N.B., $2.50; R. Handford, gravel contracts $59.45; R. Handford, work on boundary be- tween Biddulph and Stephen, $6; W. Hueston, gravel $17.01; W. D. Sanders gravel, $65; Grigg and McCormick,con- tract N.B., $11; Grigg and McCormick, gravel contract, blocks 10 and 11, 516,- 47,C. Finkbeiner, repairing culvert, con. 16-, $2; P. Disjardine, work on A. and B. Con., $3.30; J. Tennant, Com. lst side rood, $8.75; Wm. Holt, culvert and ditch, C.R., $7; J. Heist and oth- ers, grading, con. 12, 6, 8, 3 and 4 S.R., $26.50; R. Essery, culvert 1st S.R., $3; 0. Prouty, burial for Mr. Carrick. $8; H. Brinker, plank and repairing cul- vert $1; J. Dalziel, gravel, $10.53; W. R. Essery, Com. lst S.R., $4.75; Geo. Kellerman, gravel contract, $10; J. H. Johnston, statute labor refund, $6. S. Sweitzer, repairing culvert $1.50. By- Laws Nos. 8 and 9, for appointing a collector and levying taxes for 1899,be- ing read the third time was passed and signed by the Reeve and Clerk. Coun- cil adjourned to meet in the Town Hall, Crediton, on September 4th; at l p. • He l'ooled the Surgeons, All doctors told Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson, 0.after suffering 18 months from recta,l fistula he would die unless a costly operation was per- formed, but he cured himself with five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the surest pile cure on earth and the best salve in the world. 25 cents a box. Sold by all druggists. s+t 4 He -nall I arrirter li •gins wife and • of Toronto, are nlaen(ling the vaeatinn with Me. W. C. 1J:tvie--'.Messrs, Ethel and Atao;v 3..'iurdoek, seem a few days at.0ra1111 Bend hist week. M(ss,I:s. We Johnston, of Gorr ie, and Alex Keine, ofGarden River, visited Hensal]friends Friday. ----Miss 1'linnic• \Valker, of Brussels, also brother Oliver, are vi(>it- ing at the parsonage. -.Mr. John Balcli- anan, of the 0.?l.(,. Guelph, is spend-. ing the holidays at his hor8Ew I)r. • Mc-Arthlta, wife fano family. lame d(in. are visiting hie b fuller, J. Me,. Arthair, hanker. Mrs, C. Fletcher, of London, ie: spending a few weeks with friends in and around Hensell, Messrs. Baker and Will Sweet, of Crediton, spent Sundae at Mr. Mich Beers. --Mr. and Mrs. David .Mon. of Chimp, are visitingat Mr. W. Moir's. -Miss Lizzie Scott, has returned from visiting her sister in :Mitchell, -»Miss Ida Bantam spent Suanday in town.- Miss oww n. -sties Maud Morton was visiting Miss Tena Swan for a few days last Week. - Mr. Jas. Bonthron and sister Edith were visiting in London. -The picnic of girls is to be held to -morrow (Fri- day) at Grand Bend. A good time is •expected which • no (doubt they will have, -Olive Wright, of Exeter:North. was in town Sunday evening, -.-Hilton. Evans and Will Wilson of Exeter, were in town Sunday, Fr iedsl►urg, Jacob Kellerman 141; t a valuable horse on Therrsda.y last.- Mr, W. J, Scott, of Clinton, former principal of: our Public School, was in town Fri- day renewing aequ mutants s. -Me ssrs Speakman and W. 'Weseott,of Exeter, and Messrs Reynolds and PEtur, csf Brampton), called on 0. W. Snell on Thursday. -Mr. .lex.McLean, teach- er, was in town on Friday last, --hiss Melindy \Valent has returned home after being in Exeter• for some time.- M. McTaggart, of Rodgerville, was in town last week, -The :Millionasehnaidn' was seen going through here last week looking a little: .the worse for wear. - 4. Cunningham, of London, was in town this week. -The Eidt family are at present camping at Grand Bend. - Quite a number attended the ball giv- en by the campers at the; Brenner Hall, Grand Bend. --M. B. Martin, of "Varsity," Toronto, passed through here on Thursday enroute to Grand Bend. -Mr. Faul, of Woodstock, call- ed on O. W. Snell on :Monday. (Toolate for last week.) Miss Randall, of Toronto, is visiting at Ed. Brokenshire's this week. - Quite a.nuinber from here intend go- ing to the North West in August. - Mr. Dennis Brintnell, of Hensel., was in town on Tuesday. -Bicycles rented by the month for $3, -at cycle rooms on Main st.-Mr. 1V. J. Brown, of Lon- don, telephone and line repairer, was in town on Thursday week. - The young people of our town intend hold- ing olding a picnic at Spackman's Grove on Thursday, Aug. 3r.c1-Messrs J. Eidt and He Otto were in Exeter on Thurs., day. -Mr. John Gill, of Exeter, was in town Friday last. -Plan pulling is the rage around here at present. -Dr. T. P. McLaughlin has returned after his visit to London and other places. - The Bell Telephone cloy., have put in anew switch in our central office, also a cable line. -Messrs D. A. Morton, of Hamilton, and O. W. Snell spent Sun- day At Grand Benet. Messrs George and Harry Zimmerman, of Tavistock, visited friends around here recently.- Mr. Jacob Riene, formerly of this place, is visiting at Mr. Sam. Millers.. BIRTHS D AVIS. -At Devon, on August 3rd,. the wife of Sidney Davis, of a sou. BRYANT—In Forest, on August 1, the. wife of Capt. W. Bryant, of twins- girls. ATKINSON.-In Biddulph, on August 5th, the wife of 1Vlarshall Atkinson of a son. DEATHS, RANKIN-In Egmondville, on August 1st, Walter Rankin, aged 37 years and 6 months. McCAI.RTNEY-In Brucefield, on Aug. lst, Margaret Walker, wife of Mr. Hugh. McCartney, and the last sur- viving daughter of the late George Walker, Esq., of Tuckersmith. MONAUGHTON-At con. 7, McGillivray on July 29, Katherine McNaughton,, aged 47 years. STATTON.-'On July 31, Luther,son. of James: Statton, Grand Bendaged 15 years, 4 months, 11 days. Children Cryfor CASTOR