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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1895-6-20, Page 4THE EXETUR TIMES. \The Molsons Bank (CHARTERED 13Y PATtLIAMENT, 1305) Paidnp Capital $2,000,e00 Rest Feud - - 1,000,100 Read Office, Montreal. It. WOLIMRSTAN THOMAS,Esq., Gemmel.. Magmata Moller advanced to good farmere on their owe note with one or more endorser tit 7 per cent. poz annum. Exeter Branoh. Open every lawaul day, front a.m. to lam SeaffstIRDAYS, 10 tem, to 1 p. Curvet rtes a interest allowed on deposit E. E. WARD, Manager. Established in i877 3. B, 0114731Mg. BANKER, EXETER, - ONT Transaots a generalbankingbuoinesa. Reeeives the Accounts of MeTehants and Others cm favorable t coma . Offera every aecommodation consistent with ;safe and conservative banking prinoiplea. Interest allowed on deposits. Drafts issued payable at any office o the MerohantsBank, Nines DTSCOTTNTED, and MONEY TO LOAN ON NOTES and VIOltiGAGES. Ott „..191042:14 poticx turt04, the statement : "Fruits badly dam- aged lne frosts, The crop of early apples will be light. Plums are killed in many sections, while grapes and email fruits will amount to practically nothing,. except in odd sectious. X X X The Ontario Government intends, It is said, to take proceedings against jurors in recent orhuinal cases who are believed to have been bribed. This is well, and it will be salt batter if steps are taken at the sanie time to secure the punishment of wituesses in like cases who are supposed to have been retained for the defeat% just as lawyers are retained tor the same eurpose. x x x A Methodist congregation in London has refused to receive the minister sent by conference and will eyen go so far as to bar the parsonage against him and abandon the lease of the opera house in which services are being held pend- ing the building of a new church. The many cases of dissatidaction whieh have arisen over the action of the sta- tioning committees of the various con- ferences, and tbe peculiarly aggressive form which dissatisfaction has taken in this case, indicate that the Methodists will soon have to change their present system of locating ministers, A modi- fication of the Presbyterian system of calls is, appareatly, about to come. x x x The fact that thirty nine votes were recorded in the Commons on Friday against the grant of $25,000 to the late Sir Johif Thompson is not creditable idler to Parliament or to the country. THURSDAY, JUNE 20th, 1895. ;'he late Premier was one of the beat oducts of Canadian pelitics ; he was Notice to TimesReaders. The publishers would esteem it a favor if readers would,when making their purchases, mention that they saw the merchant's advsr. tisement in Tax Totes. Innocent Men Punished. --- Innocent men have been. hanged. Men have been sent to jail for crimes which they never committed. Innocent men have been almost at the foot of the scaffold, convicted on circumstant- ial evidence, when the real culprit has been cliecovered, and they have been set free. But the other day two brothers named Hebron were convicted at Man- chester, England, of murdering a police- man, and condemned to death. :Doubts of their guilt having arisen, they were reprieved. Before the expiration of their reprieve, another man was arrested for the crime and confessed that he committed it. .As a result, the Hal). sons have been released, and in com- pensation for the blunder by the law courts'they have each reeeeveci. $5,000 from the British treasury. Ten months ago William et-drereon, a New York fish dealer, ewore positively to the identity of two young men -Pat- rick Shannon and Johu Henry -as be- ing robbers of his establishment. They .swore as positively that they were in Philadelphia at the timeof the burglary, butes they lis.d no direct means t proving an alibi, they were sent to the penitentiary for a year. As their term was nearing completion, there came the information that two other men, who had been arrested on suspicion because of some remarks which they had made, had confessed the crime, and had been as "positively identified" by Mr . Acker - son, whose act, in view of their con- fession, was in this case useless. His only excuse is that "it is a case of mis- taken identity," but it is probable that an action for damages for false arrest will be taken against both him and the State. A similar case is that of the man who was convicted in Brooklyn of a burglary which he did. not commit, who served two years in Sing Sing, and who is now'sueing the State for damages. No monetary solatium can fully atone to sensitive men for treatment such as is here set forth. Yet we suppose that until courts become infallible, these failures of justice are liable to occur in any country. Ib may be asked why, in view of these illustrations of how innocent men have been made to suffer, no heed was paid by the authorities to the eleventh hour statement of young Welter, the associate of Hendershott in the Elgin county murder. Welter explained to his spiritual adviser that neither he nor Hendershott committed the deed; he blamed a third party. But Welter waited till almost his last moment be- fore he made this statement -he waited until all hope of a commutation of sen- tence was passed -and he then supplied this explanation, The authorities, therefore, refused to place any reliance upon it. If it were well founded, they argue, Welter would not have waited until now to make ib. In this respect the "confession" cannot be ranked in the same category of defensive evident, as a sworn statement made by a prison- er ea the time of his trial Since the advance in wheat a great many pessimist papers have been claiming there is ne wheat in the far- mers' hands an that the advance will do the producer no good. A Hamilton paper gives the names of tee farmers within 12 miles of the city whose ag- gregate wheat holdings are 7,000 bush- els. Other nections with similar show- ings are still to heel: from, and it is known there are many such lucky ones in the vicinity of Exeter. x x Cropreports received from all poini ts n Ontario show that grain on the whole is well advanced and was materially ,affected by the frosb. The want of rain has greatly affected the hay crop, which will be light, except on low lying land. The pastures aro dried up. Fall wheat is heading out well arid promises at, tiV'erago drop. Spring grainare suffering from want of moisture,.and saw will be shell" and Utiletti ram Comest soon crops will not lea up to the average. Rye is 000041- metil a man of high ability ; he gave the best ye :es of hia life to the service of his •country, , and he was not only scrupu- leusly honest in his own dealings, but he atrove to keep his associates honest as well. Surely, under these circurn stances, the least we can do is to see that the family, which would have been well provided for had the father not entered public life, is not allowed to suffer because the man who is now no more placed hie duty to his country, even that due to his own household. Toronto News. X X X Liberal papers are reprinting from their United States conte mporaries paragraphs to show the improyement of business in the Republic, and claiming ihem as an evidence that tariff reform doss not permanently injure business. There is some peeint in the paragraphs but it is not tha which the Opposition wrii ors striye to make for their cause in•: r e 'The United States tariff ; avowedly maintains pro- , : home industries. The sche- de for duties varying from ;er cent. The average is ent. The lowest duties ere rials; the highest are on •e;1 products. That the is recovering from its shock under such con- • vidence that free trade as lid would benefit Canada. ' t, .Ionecipal Council. Te cee.. el met pursuant to adjourn- ment at Ili "own Hall, Exeter, on June 14th, 1895. Minutes of previous meet- ing read and confirmed. Carling -Harding -Orders : R Gould 831.75 for band stand; Clerk Division Court, $14.65, garnishee, G H Bissett; J W Creech $23.46, street watering to date: G H Bissett 830.35, balance of salary; R $4.50, street water- ing; Bell Telephone 30c, charges; J Creech, 86 charity to Mrs Sutton; do $2*, Mrs eicIntosh: do 83, Thos Davy; Handford 75e. labor; Geo Hodgins 62c, do; J bn Paraons 62e. do; T Welsh $1.25, do W Collingwood $1.25; do; John Morehead 50c, do, D French $14, services as night watch. -Carried. Taylor-Efarding--That the assess- ment for street watering be sustained, -Carried. A By -Law to permit Mr Joseph Davis to open Albert and Edward Streets to Jobn Street, 16 links wide, was duly read and passed, on motion of T B Carling, seconded by W Harding. Carling -Harding-That Thos Bissett, sr., be appointed night watchman. Duties to commence on the 15th, and continue during pleasure of the couneil. Salary 750 per night. -Carried. Carling =Taylor -That all the posts to be pub in along Main Street in front of the granolithic pavement be of iron. -Carried. Taylor-Harding-Thet Mr Carling let the grass of the park .-Carried The By Law authorizing the sale of debentures, re granolithic pavement, was duly read, and finally passed, on motion of J W Taylor, seconded by W Harding. On application the clerk was instruct- ed to notify Mr Samwell to remove fence on John Street as far as grading is. con- templated. Carling -Harding -Adjournment un- til July 5th, at 8 o'clock, p. nee U. EMMETT. Clerk, tioNIMINWO AN ILLINOIS SENSATION. A LADY Or UNION COUNTY RECOVERS TIER HEALTIT IN A 10 ARVELLOLIS MAN zart. -- Alen, Illinois, June 17-A very ino teresting carte of recovery from acomplicat- ed form of kidney trouble has taken place here, and the details are gradually being made public. The sufferer was Mrs. M. T. Loomis, who for a long time has beeu victim to severe pains in all parts of the body. She consulted a number of dootore and was treated for a great variety of complaint' a diagnosis all preying fultv. At length ohe determined to try Dodder Kidney Pelf!, baying read and heard n112011 of their efficacy and found her expectatioes justified in it complete cure. On Friday last about 10 o'cioek a, m., the outbuildingsbelonging to Thee. Morgan of the 4th ecateetaion AtcGillieray Were berried to the ground. The men were all absent, the women only being at home: Everything was destroyed. The barbs Were Set 1:4 some anknown person, at /1000 of the family had been near them for Nome etteereaew eeheehiphtibe Mcaillivrty The Latest News, Faeocett of Bramptoublow his brains out with a shotgun. A ten year old boy named Richard Rice was drowoed at Brantford. The Grand Lodge Canadian Order of Oddfellows is meeting at Lindsay. Mrs, William Demera bit into the lever at Bracebridge and was drown- ed. • Ottawa rseicketere Wen from Rose- dale on the i•esidt of the first innings by 108 to 70 runs. Lord Roseberry bra public speech has announced the probability of his early retiremen t, Tottenham was swept by fire. About 80 buildings were burned, and the loss is put at $125,000. Hay is scarce in Toronto, and tim- othy sold there on Saturday at $10, an advent° for the week of $4 to $6, The W. 0. T. U. Convention in London this week will be attended by delegates •frona all parts of the world. Mr. Charles G•reen's little daughter was run over by a trollycar atBrant- ford and received injuries that are feared to be fatal. The sweeping reductions • made ha salaries in Newfoundland in the new budget has caused the resignation of several officials. Farr, the C. P. R. engineer wanted in Winnipeg on a charge of attempt- ing to burn his wife and family, has been arrested at Vancouver. The charge against James O'Brien, -jun., of Montreal, obtaining $20,000 from the Quebec Bank by false pre- tence, has been dismissed. The question of branding cheese was before the Agricultural Com- mittee at Ottawa again, strong evi- dence in favor of the regulation be- ing offered, Returns show th at 1,823, railway employees were killed in the 'United States during the last year, and 23,- 422 were injured, as 'compared with 2/727 killed and 31,729 injured in 1893. - Canadian securities were very strong the past week. There is a good investment demand. for stocks at the moment, and higher prices are looked for this week. Bank shares are higher. There was a sharp break in the Chicago wheat markets on Saturday, when the price of July option drop- ped from 77 1-2 to 74-3-4-, and closed near • the bottom. The decline was on continued liquidation, weak cables and larger shipments from Argen- tina. The dead bodies of an itinerant umbrella mender named Robert Hamilton and a woman presumably his wife or daughter, dressed in,male attire, were found near Lorne Park, Port Credit, Sunday afternoon. Ap- pearances would' indicate that they had. committed suicide by poisoning.. Henry Arkell, postmaster of Ayl- mer, died suddenly Sunday morning of heart failure. He had been ill for the past two weeks but his illness was not considered serious. Mr. Arkell formerly resided in. Port Stanley, where he carried. on an ex- tensiveshipping and mercantile business. Chas. Freeman, section foreman of the G. T. R., St., Thomas,. , wets ein hi• e way down to the yard -at :6.30 '_ Mon- day. He stepped .frona the main track onto a siding, to avoid. the east -bound train, but did not -notice a pony engine on the opposite track, and. was struck and cut to pieces. Monday morning burglars made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the office of the Bixel B. & M. Co,, Strathroy, by blowing open the safe, which fortunately happened to be empty. An attempt was also made to beeak in W. Cross' grocery store, followed up with another attempt on Gill, Malone & Coes clothing store by removing the lock from the front door. They were evidently frightened away before gaining an entrance. McNeil and Henderson, two men sentenced last week, the fosmer to three years and the latter to eight- een months imprisonment for rob- bing an Ingersoll store and confined. m Woodstock jail awaiting removal to the Central Prison and: Kingston Penitentiary, escaped Monday after- noon. A young boy, an inmate also of the jail, managed in some way to secure the corridor keys and let the men out into the rotunda. They were captured near London. Huron's Crops. The Globe of Saturday had the following from correspondents in reference to the crops in Huron : SEAFORTIL-Fall wheat is now looking very well, but will be harvested two weeks later this year, and. rust may catch it. All spring grains are looking well, with small acreage of spring wheat sown. Other: coarse grains, acreage above the average. Hay- will be generally light. There will. be no fruit of any kind worth speaking of. Gormatoif.---Owing to the May frosts and continued dry weather throughout this section the prospects on the whole are behind last year. The fruit suffered the rnost by the frost. Early oats are looking well, later sown, not as good, but a good average expected. Wheat, a poor average, even. OD most favorable lands. Peas, looking ; will have crop about same as last year. Hay will be poor crop ; clover, very ser- iously hurt berel a,y frost and droughts, Apples will be 0 nom crop in early varieties, the later fruit being not so poor. Small fruits will be a good, half crop, excepting grapes, which are a failure. CaniTeet.--Timothy very light. Clover averag,e, Fall wheat, pro- spects for more than an average. Pees generally an average, later sown nob doirig' so well. Oats look Well and peoinise more than weer:eget Barley, very little SOWn, and it Was damaged. by free,. Flax beak - Ward fermi frost and dry weather. C1,)en. lworniSos wsli ,Roots backward, :Paid.The Penalty. St, Thomas, Jane 18. --With pray- ers, without a single protestation Of innocence, • Welter and Henclersleott met deatis on•the scaffold at 8:12 this Morning, Death was instantaneous. The two •prisoners passed 0 very fair night. Towards Morning they slept heavily. They were up at 0 o'clock when Rev, ..1), Spencer, Who has been their spiritual adviser arrived at the jog. At 7:30 the erowd, which num- bered about 50, and including enough spectators to empanel a jury, were admitted to the men's yard. Here they waited until 8 o'clock, when they were allowed into the stillsmalle er inclosure of the women's yard. It wa,s the loveliest of June moruings- a morning with all nature smiling radiant, a light mist being over Kettle Creek .ne the pretty valley to the west of the jail, over whichthe condemned men saw the sun go do-wn on their misspent lives. The birds were singing, the sun was shining, the air was balnly and the trees were dressed in their beautiful summer foliage -a morning when the veriest hypochondriac might wish to live. Meanwhile, the men in the jail yard united in saying that it was hot, and in potting souvenirs of the scaffold, in the shape of chips and blocks, into their pockets It was just 8:09 when the sound of footsteps were heard descending the stairway inside the jail door. The sound. increased as the procession of death drew nearer; and SherifeBrown appeared at the door, Deputy Sheriff Brown followed, and then came Wel- ter walking unassisted. Turnkey Langdon came next, supporting the elder prisoner, Hendershott. As the clergymen and other officials reached.. the platform they ranged themselves about. The faces of the prisoners as they Walked -up the steps Were stud- ies of intense misery. Their eyes were sunken, and lines underneath told of the sufferings they had under- gone. • Both were a ghastly white color, and Welter's ashen counten- ance was rendered Imre conspicuous by his. black mustache and jet black hair, and the elder man's hair . and heavy drooping mustache of the same color as his face. When the two men saw the ropes hanging in front of them, Welter quickly placed himself in position uuder the one nearest the wall. Hendershott start- ed back when he caught sight of the rope and muttered, "Lord, have mer- cy upon me," and. as hestarted back Radcliffe placed Welter, who got under the rope intended for Bender • shott, directly in front of the latter, and. then the elder man was gently forced forward and to the left on to the trap door. He was stillmuttering in an audible voice the prayer, "Oh, Lord, have .enercy upon me, and his hand e were elapsed before him, as if in theattitudeof prayer. The arms of both men were pinioned at the el- bows, but Welter's hands hung limp, and. sci white that the blue veins could be seen thereon. His eyes traveled over the men in the yard, and as he Caught sight of Dr. Edmunds, of St. Thomas, who was brought up o11 an adjoining farm, he said in a firm voice, though .his speech was thick, "How are you, Doc? Good bye." The doctor was moved to tears. Turniug to Doctor Hannon, Welter shook hands with him, saying, "Good-bye; God knows •ney heart," He also shook hands ewith, and said "Good-bye, to Rev. Mr. Spencer and to the hangman. Then he said "Good-bye, everybody," closing his eyes and bending his head to receive the black cap, that Rad- cliffe produced from a pocket in his Prince Albert coat. The legs of both had. meanwhile been pinioned by the hangman, and.. as he put the. cap over Welter's face andeadjusted the noose with knot behind the left ear, the latter said, "Not too tight -too tight.", Radcliffe immediately eased the pressure, and then turned his at- tention to Hendershott, whose body was swaying from the knees up- ward in an ominous manner. He said, "Good-bye" to those around him, but never once released the clasp of his hands, or discontinued entirely his prayer. As the black cap was drawn over his eyes and the •noose was ad- justed, the clear, ringingtones of 31r„ Spencer were beard uttering the Lord's Prayer, and as the words were spoken fast Radcliffe had just time to take a cursory glance over his work when the minister arrived at •the words, "Deliver us from evil,' the hangman's handwas on the lever of death, and the last of the prayer was drowned in the crash of the two trap doors, and in the awful sound as the bodies reached the end of the drop. Radcliffe had pulled tb e lever, and John Hendershott and William David Welter had dropped out of sight and into eternity. Both enen as they felt the floor giving way beneath them drew th.ernselves up at the knees and elbows. Welter's rope remained stationary, hub Hendee- shott's swayed backwards and for- wards until it was steadied by Rad- cliffe.. The small party of newspaper rnen crowded upstairs to where Rev. Mr. Spencer and Rev, Mr. McIntyre were in waiting. "Well, gentlemen," said Mr. Spencer, "I think it im my duty to stay to you that the confess - ism made by Welter respecting West Elgin farmer is not true in any particular whatever, and that it was made in inar opinion in a paroxysm of grief and. despair and disappoint- ment, and r think, also, temporary insanity, with the hopc that the neck of one, if not both, migbb be saved. The partionlars of that state- ment have not been made public. The items that, did appear aro hut few, and ie is not, about that. The prieoner Welter has assured Inc that the story was false, 'With regarcl to anything else they have said to me I can saynothing be- yond this, that I bellete they have COTI£OSSOCI thernselVee ,tO God and made their peace with him. I have great hopes that at the eleventhbour they 110(1 101111(1 a true and better way. I am rot at liberty to say anything Moro, but think that the country should have the contradict- ion in respect to the story told to several. With reference to their spirits awl' composure, they appeared tO havehad a, itgr , night, and tito paragraph, which is held by newse paper men to be the most important of all the declarations. it was; "They made their confession to me, sincerely tend honestly, the particu- lars of which I give to no MO." The jury rendered the necessary verdict and were dismissed, and the bodies were afterwards buried to- gether in a rough box in the maleen- closure of the Jail yard. It was im- possible, according to law, to allow the relatives to claim the bodies. None of the latter were at the hang- ing or applied for admission, - sector car THE CRIME. On Friday afternoon, Deo. 14, word was brought to St, Themes that Won. Henry Hendershott, a young man, 23 years of age, son of David Hadershott, Waleingliam Center, who was living with hie uncle, Jahn Honder- ohott, at Middlemarch, had been kil- led in Wardellls woods by a tree inn- ing upon him. His only companion in the woods was said to be .William David Welter; and bis storyeabout the tree having fallen on Hendershott while tbe latter was running to save his watch is stillfresh in the minds of all who have followed this remarkable case. Charles E, •Welter, Middlemarch, and uncle of the dead man, was ie. formed of the occurrence at the Court House, St. Thomas, where he was attending the sessions. From, the story told to him, Dr. Gustin, the cor- oner, having no,reason to suspect foul play, gave permission to remove the body, Suspicions of foul play were aroused by the finding of blood spots by Messrs. E. Wardell, R. Stevenson, R. Curtis, R. Sanders, E. Pierce and George Craig, when they went to the woods, some of them for the purpose of removing the body. Patchee of blood were noticed on /eaves and stumps in different places. THE MATTER OF INSURA.WOE„ Next day it was noised abroad Unit the dead man was insured for $11,000 in two policies, one for $6,000 and one for $5,000, and both payable to the uncle, John Hendershott. The fallen tree gave no evidence of having in- flicted the eleven horrible, sharp cuts on tfendershott's head, and various suspicious circumstances so aroused public opinion that Coroner Gustin deemed it advisable to bold an inquest oti Monday. The post mortem strengthened. the suspicion of foul play alreaay in existence. The story of Welter, who, by the way, was keep- ing company with John endershott's daughter, appeared to add etrength to the web that was weaving around the two men. It came out that he was very intimate with Hendershot' and had slept with him for several months. Hendershott left for Eden on the day of the affair, and it was the fact that there he told exaetly the same story about the tragedy as did Welter that told heavily against him. He remark- ed when told of Hendershott's death, that the tree must have fallen on him when he was running to get his watch. This was tbe strongest point against him at the trial, and, coupled with the insurance of the victim, seemed to point to murder most horrible and de- liberate. It also transpired that Hen- dershott had tried to place a poliey on the lite of a drinking character called "Pat the Driver." or Patrick Fitzger- ald. The jury found them guilty, and °bier Justice Meredith passed his maiden death sentence. Welter in his confession endeavored to linden the crime on a well.known and highly respected reeident of the townehip of Southwold. This story watt to the effect that young Pfenderehott had been murdered by a neighbor with whom the family had had some difference of opinion. That Welter had afterwards come upon the scene and discovered the crime- and had concealed it becauee the perpetrator had threatened to kill him also if he told what he had seen and kneva_ The prisoner Hendershott was &eked what he thought of this story, and his answer was that he dicl not know whether it was true or not. The firet he beard of it was when Welter told Rev. Mr. Spencer Saturday night. The atory was entirely discredited. Middlesex County Notes. The Salvation A-rony have bid farewell to Parkhill. The two year old eon of Mr. and Mre. Lonsbrough, Lieury, fell into a pail of hot water the other day and died from the scalding. On Thursday last Mary Smith, wife of the late Mr. E. 0, Smith, and a sister of Mr. Ronald, of the 1841I con,, Weet Will- iam,s at whose place else has made her home for some time, passed peacefully away, in her 80th year, A few weeke ago the youngest daughter of Mr. Richard Jackeon, of Biddulph, wan in her ordinary health. On Monday she was a mine, the melt of inflammatory rheurcatiern, The deceased wait an tuna able young woman, a. devoted Chrastion and a dutiful daughter. Mrs. Eseac Langford, of the Biddulph and London townline, is dead. The deceased, was a daughter of the late James McRoberte, and 74 years of age. Her husband and a large fund ly ourvive her. The children are Ephraim on t he hem e- s teed, Jonathan, on the 12th sou. Biel- dulph, Caleb in the No'Ih west, Corn, in Wiarton and Wrn, at home, Mrs. A, Webb, and Mrs., joeeph Lindaay, both of Biadoubtb; nleiddle, a well to do farmer of Westminnter township, coremittal suieide at noon on Weileeeday. He lived with his family on conceesion 2, just east of the Wellington Reed , end went out to work in his flelde as usual in the morting, At dioner tunas the sons drove from the bush to tho house, and invited tbe hither to ride with them, but he said lie would walk, end they drove OIL When he failed to returnhis son and sister went out to hunt for him. They had not gone far when they discovered his bo' hantring to a beech tree by a rope in the lane loading to the tear portion of the farm, MINNIM...,111.1111.1•4•••••••01*•11.,threllIO B. B. B. Purifies, renovates and tegulatee the eta the system, thug airing Constipation, Dyspepefit, Siek Headache, Bilioneneste Rherlituttisit, Dropsy and all diseases of the stemseh, fiver, kidneys and bowels. Rats° rerociees a11 Intititrittei itott the aye. t The Royal Tempters. The Huron District Coaucil of the Roya Templets of Temperance was held at Clon tralia on Wednesday, June 124h, the Diet riot Councilor, 3. 13, Tom, presiding. Seventy four delegates and 'visitors relate - tared and all preparations necessary was made for their comfort and pleasure. After reading the minatea of last meeting held itt Holmesville, the different oonneibtees were struck and the tneeting settled down to business. Groups hore and there were seen warmly discussing souls point, or examining some report or organizing some plan of aotion, They were the different committeewho were preparing work for the afternoon session. At noon they repaired to the parsonage lawn, where dinner was seryed to the visitors and others. After the openiug exercites in the afternoon. 3. E. Tom, presented the District Cennaillora'report, which was vet., enoouragiugo This was foliowed by the Dietrict Secretary, Bev, W. II. Butt, who anuounced the full membership of reporting councils to be 600, it gain of 5 during the last quarter. The committee on dist, ileition of reports and papers, suggested that the Recording Secretaries of the different councils ehould bee more careful in filling up their quarterly raporto and advised all the members to take the Weekly Templar. The committee on the state of the Order reported khat Hensel', Brussels and Blyth councils had euspended, while Hayfield council was in it weak con- ditien. It was thought poseible to organize a council at Hills Grebe, and tho matter was left in the bands of Varna, 33rueefield and Kippen councils to effect, Wier Fotheringham preseuted the report of the committee CM Temperance Work, which advitted all town and township councils to do away with all lioensed houses that ate not a direot benefit to the travelling com- munity; and recommended all public and S• S. teacher. to induce their mile to sign the temperance pledge, and further, that all Templars should nee their in- fluence to elect all municipal officera and members of parliament who lire knovrn to be temperance men. A motion to divide the district was brought up, but the con senens of opinion was so strong that it was withdrawn. After the usual votes of thanks to the friends of Centralia, all ad- journed to the parsonage grounds, which ere among the finest in Western Cratere°. where supper was served. Some left by train for the north, and others oy bus, all apparently enjoying themselves. The next meeting is appointed to he held at Kippen the latter part of January next. PROMPT RELIEF. Rev. Thos. E, Archer, Seltsprings Island, B. 0. . "From the package of K. 1). 0. you sent me, a quarter of which I have used, I eau say with truth that 1 neyer tried anything that so quickly relieved the pains consequent upon in- digestion. I shall always be pleased to recommend your cure to all and every person inclioed to dyspepsia." If you doubt the great merits of K, D. C., send for a free sample. K. D. C. Co,, Ltd., New Glasgow, N. S. and 127 State street, Boston, Mass. John Ross and Patrick Fagan, two tramps charged with*breaking into the house of Thomas Martyn, near lila were found guilty hefore- Judge Edward Elliott Monday Fagan, who ie a Roman Catholic, created a good 'deal of quiet amusement by asking witnesses if they were Freemasona. Ha was reproved by His Honor, ana for reply put the same question to the judge, charged that he was being tried by Freemasons. The prison- ers were remanded for sentence. Not many businese bowies in the United States ean board of fifty years' standing. The busineae of Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell', Mass., whose incomparable Sarsaparilla is keown and used every- where, has passed its half centennial and was never so vigorous as at preeent. On Tuesday evening the 4th inst., a large number of tbe people who formerly worshipped in the old Presbyterian Church, Brucefield, assembled at the resi- dence of Mr. George Walker, Mill Road, Tuckeremith, for the purpose of conveying to that gentleman their appreciation of his faithful and disinterested labors in connection with that ohurch, and Mr. Walker was the recipient of a pair of handsome easy chairs for himself gni his estimable wife, EVERYWItERE WE Go. - We find some one who has been cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla, and people on all band. are praising this great medioine for what it hag done for them and their friends. Taken in time Hood's Sarsaparilla prevents serious illness by keeping the blood pure and all the organs in a healthy condition. It in a great blood purifier. Hood's Pills become the favorite cathartic with (way one who tries them: 25c. per box. The borne of Matthew Johnston, Godo' rich, was the scene on Wednesday evening of another happy wedding feast. The contraMing parties weal -Thome', Sowerby, tbe popular young farmer of 44h con. Goderich township, and Mr. Johnston's youngest daughter, Miss Sarah. Rey, Mr. Turnbull officiated, and Mies Cassie Johnston, of Varna, cousin of the bride, and Wm. Sowerby, brother of the groom, attended to the other offices. Ayer's pills promote the natural motion of the bowels, without which there can be no regular, healthy operations. For the cure of hiliousneara indigestion, tick head- ache, constipation, jaundice, and liver complaint therm ptlls have no equal. Every dose effective. A very painful accident happened to Mrs. James McLean, of Tuckeramith, from the effcets whiab she is at the pre/cent nursing a sore foot. She had been out to the barn, and on returning in a burry stepped on it geeden retire, valise' was lying teeth uptvarde in the grass, the teeth peuetrating through the sole of her b°111:e free trona all crude and irritating matter, Concentrated medicine only, Corter's Little Liver Pine. Very sineal ; voty cagy to take, no pain; no griping; to purging. Try them. Suriname Pen Ovnit 30 Yeens--Tereo EVERYTIIIO ANI) EMPLOYED.TWo or Tumot Doos:ons. A well known farmer says: Lot 232, Thorold Township Welland P. 0., - 'For over 30 years my wife had been it sufferer from most dreadful bcadeohee ; at times tbey were so bad sho could neither sit nor lie down but her head seemed as if it would split. She tried everything she could hoer of and was attended by two or three doctors, but (mild not find relief until we got Seark's Powders for headache, bilionsneee, costiveriese, neuralgia and the liver. Since then she hits been free from suffering, and any tendency to petit Steak'. Powder is remove entraellately, 'They are the only Mediehle she ever got that has been of hentillt.,4-t,leasionor tries 258 a btixt-6 boites $1, at all medi- i .....10,44.4.1a.1.14101M041.1.111r Tired but Sleepless Is a condition which gradually weam- away the strength. Let the blood be purified and enriched by Hood's Sar. saparilla and this condition will cease. "For two or three years 1 was subject to poor spells. I always felt tired, could not sleep at night and the little I could eat; did.not do me any good. I read abbut Hood's Sarsaparilla and decided to try it. Before I had finished two bottles / began to feel better and in it short time 1 bit - all right and had gained 21 pounds in weight. I am stronger and healthier than I have ever been in my life." Joule W.- Ocirreamx,Wallaceburg, Ontario. Hood's Sarsaparilla' Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye tod'ay. Bo - sure to get Hood's and only Hood's. De, ' not be induced to buy and other. ,Pi a a, cure all liver ills, bilious.- ° I- 1RA 'n AIM Iteadache. WO. eat asisn^enc2=Szetsiae=mliff Body Rested, Mind at Ease, That Is what it is when travelling on the, fast trains of the Chicago, Milwaukee & At. Paul Railvany; besides there is no change to "kick," for the accommodations are up to date, the traios keep moving right along and get there on time. These' lines thoroughly cover the territoty between Chicago, La Crosse, St. Paul, Minneapolis,. Aberdeen, Mitchell, Sioux Fells, Sioux City. Yankton, Council Bluffs, Omaha and Northern Michigan, All the prinoipal cities and towns in that territory are - reached by the "fit. Paul" lilies, mozeot- ing at St. Paid, Colleen Bluffa and Omaha - with all lines for rents in the far west. Write to A. 3: Taylor, Canadian Paseenger • Agent, 87 York Street, Toronto, Ont.. for one of their new map time tables and re. brochure giving a deecription of the Compartment Sleeping Care, Tickets, , furnished by any' coupon tioket agentode the United States and Canada. Tlae- finest dining care in the worin are run on - the solid yestibuled, eleetric lighted an& steam heated trains of the Chicago„ Milwaukee de St. Paul Railway. ••••••••••••••=a, Derangement of the Heer with con- stipationinjuries the complexion, inducer. - pimples, sallow mein. Remove the cause; by using Carter's Little Liver Pilla. One it dose. Try them. M1.0.111MISIMININIMSP. KNIGHT. E=oter Nortki. Store, ' Mr. F. R, Knight has opened at General Store in the stand lately occupied by Brook's Harness Shop, with a full stock of GENERAL GROCERIES, BOOTS & SHOES, HARDWARE, STATIONERY, ETC., Produce taken in exchange for -- goods. 5'. R. R" IsTIGI-RCT ' B UTCHEI1S. For male afloat clue Butchers' out fie in- - eluding horses, rigs etc. Apply to BRED MANSS, Herman. T.-11AM WORTH AND DUROC- A. JERSEY SWINE FOR SALE. 'The undersigned has for sale a number of ' youeg hogs—male and female -of the above , breeds. Tbe stook is thoro'bred, imported and prize winners at all the fairs last fall. Terms reasonable- Also for service There' bred Tamworth and Duroa-Jersey Beare - Terms $1 for either boar. $3 for thoro bred sows. Information cheerfully given) on application to the 'proprietor ' Lot 4, Con 7 8 terhen Township (one mile north of Crediton.) C. FAHNER -,greer ,Crediton P. O. Oat NOTICE TO CREDITORS. " In the matter of the Estate- of the late Francis Cornish, of the Township k of Usborne, in the Connty of Huron, Farmer, deceased. Pursuant to Sec. 36 of Charter 11001 the Re- vised Statutes of Ontario, 1887, notice ie hereby given that all creditors and others having claims agaitet the eetate of French' Cornish.,.. late of the Township of 'Osborne, in the County of Huron, Farmer, deceased, who died on or about the 12th day of May, A. D. 1895, are, on or before the let day of :rely, A. D. 1895,to send by post, pre -paid, to Elliot & El; liot, Exeter, So -Holton forathe Executors of the said deceased their chrietiat names and ettr names, addreeses and descriptions, tbe full Partioularo of their claims, a statement' of their aocounts and the nature of seourities (if any) held by thena, and that after the day last • aforesaid the said Executors will proceed to dietributo the aesets of the said deceased among the parties entitled thereto, having re- gard only to ouch claims of whieh notice shall , have been given as above required and the said Bunters tvill not be lieblo for the Said assetor any part thereof, to any person or Persona of whose olaim or claims notice shall. not have been received by' them at the time of such distmbutiOn ELLIOT At ELLIOT, WM. PUIDITAM, Solicitors tor Exeoutore, • JAS. G. JONES, Exectitore, Dated at Exeter thito 27th day of May A.0.1895 TEIR.SEY BULL FOR SER- t, A standard -bred ;Jersey Bull foe gortriee 08 10 t 330 00n .4 'Osborne. W.M. SOMERVILLE , May 16-8 m. Rodierville 1' XATANTED HELPh—MEN OR v Women in etrere loottlity (local or tray, ening), to introduce a new. dadovery, and ° keret) out ehow oatde tacked up on 'trees,. Vanden and bradgee throughout town tied eeitutri. Steady emniormeet. notinniselew etaarerlee per month end retnereles, Awl nitinat dOn0SitEl. in PIO bask when started., �r Ootioalare,vite W'W its ortto litenicAt, Id Eoeltrea, 11 2414, endon, Onto a ,ifrat '