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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1896-2-13, Page 8THE EXETER The Mo1sons Bank (ORAItTERED I3Y PARLIAMENT. 12.55) Paidap Oapite. • — iessiogese Rest Fuel 1.7MM Head °Mee, Montreal. P. SteeitiFERSTAII TROmAS,Ese., Giiennee Maiesera Aimee advanced. to good farmers on their own noteevith one or more endorser at 7 -per oestepot annum. Exeter 13ranelt. Open every lawful day. from a.m. to p.m SATC111)AYS. DS a.m. to I p.m. eurrett rates ot interest allowed on dopoits Ni D.HURDON, Manager. Exeter, Deo elie, L.sTabiistieci in 11877 E3. S. O'NEIL BANKER, FOC ic TER, - ONT frausacts general bankingbininess. Roo:eves the Acconots of Merchants and her on favorable term. Offers every acoommodetion oonsistent with ere aud couservative banIting principles. tnterest allowed ou deposits. Drafts issue1 theablo at any °sloe o the d orehents Bank, NOTES DISCOrNTED, and MONETT° LOAN WI NOV:4 and MOUTGAGleit. 0,111101•11111MMIIII.MilliMaIMINI 11.111rillOMINE16.10=11 e(lf. cein Vino THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, t;',7, 1893. REDUCING COUNTY COUNCILS. Mr. Hardy's bill to reduce the num- berof County Councillors makes pro- vision for au impotent change in the method of election. At pretend the Comity Councils are composed of the BetVe MUT Deputy reeves of the toweehips and village, and in . some counties this evstent makes the num- ber of Coeueilfors so large that the Clemens are unwiehily, The net which Mr. nerdy has prepared to meet this difileulty will not be applied to any comity until approved by a vote of the qualified, electores Provision is made for hiking the vote in 1897, the year in whirit the net ie to come into effect. COuneils of more than twelve members are required to submit the question to the electore at the general municipal election, in 1$07, but such submission is. Optional with Councils of twenty mon- • bees or less. In eounties adopting the act the (*outwits shall be composed of , from nine to thirteen members, accord- ing to population. Nine Councillors are allowed to counties of less than 40,0)0 inhabitants, eleven to connties of from 40,000 to 00,000 and thirteen to .counties of more than 60,000. Candi- dates; for the Council board. in such counties as art. subject to the provi- sions of the act must receive the writ- ten tomination of twenty-five or mare eounielpal electors, the nomination pa- pers to be deposited with the County Clerk on or before Deeember 1. If more than the requisite number be nominated the County Clerk is required to notify the Clerks of the local muni- cipalities and forward voting papers, the terms of which are stipulated in the net. The Reeves and Deputy Reevee at present constituting a Camay Council haye under thepropos- ed law the power to elect its quota of members from among the candidates nominated. It is proyitled that each Reeve and Deputy Reeve shalt have tithe., eleven or thirteen votes. aecord- big to the number of Councillors to be ' eleet ed, and may give all to one candi- date or distribute them, as he desires. The voting papers are to be filled up and signed. at the meeting of the local ,Comicile held on the third Monday in jewelry. Provision is made for for- warding the vo t ing papers to the Coun- ty Clerks and for countingthe votes in the preetinee of the County Judge or -Sheriff, or. in their absence, the Clerk of the County Court. All the details for the effectual operation of the act have been carefully worked ont. The eleethm of Council) ors bypopulat nom- . 'Illation and indirect vote will be amost interesting innovation. It 'nee- afford a method of escaping the difficnIties inseparable from every attempt to re- ducerepresentation ou legisietive bodiee. The members who fear they may lose neae offices by such reduct- ions are generally successful in oppos- ing them. There may be a possibility of reneetrous ties through each Reeve and Deputy Reeve giving all his votes to himself. But that danger is main- ly imaginary. The progress of the bill should be watched attentively by all who i'ire interested in manicipad All the signs indicate the coming of a crisis in the relationships between • England and Gemnitny. And yet it seems: incredible that Ger/limey will choose South Africa as the scene of its battle ground with the British. Gemnany is as helpless against Eng- land in South Ahem+, as the United States would beateeainst England in Venezuela ! With this difference, that Britain is uondiere exposed to attaeks from Germany as she is ex- posed to attaoks from the United States along her (auadiaii frontier. There can only be mai dominant power in South • Africa, and that poweri is to beBritain, and not • Germany. The German Empevor May fume and fret, but, ac- cordiug to present hulications, Britain will force a settlement ofthe Traxisvaal difficifIty without *asking permission froin Germany or any °thee European • power. Germany will thee have to • decide what to do. Emperor William cannot ferry his armies to South A.feitse en the electric currentwhich earried his celebrated messageto Presi- dent Ehriger. Germany is not likely to haiie kalies which would risk a great deal to assist her in it war against England. •Witlithe aid of ilIios Ger- many will have to considev that the first effect of war will be the complete bloultadeGelman ports, the dee- _ _ trecita tl OX Uellliany's mercantile marine, lOa(1 the ilninediate. settlement -ofthe South Alt :c difficulty in Eng - 'midis favor. • Mrs. Shi .deir, while On her way to *chencJ 13c intford, on Sand i' fc ll • and tiro cc her arm. PROF. CLAKQRI.rEOSTNIOTIsT11,. I?' 0I -100L Rev. Prof. Clarke,. of Trinity Col- lege, Toronto, delivered an address be - foe the tioinn for Practical. Progress in Forum Han Mouday. His subject was "Thoeries of Education." Towill- iog on the question of Separate schools. in Manitoba, Prot .Clark expressed the opinion that if that Province had en - toted the Dominion Federation they would have received the same con- cessions in regard to educatiou as the other- Provinces did. Any systeni, said he, that does an injteetihe to any . class of citizens will cause trouble in the nation. Where there are Separate schools they should only be in districts Where the population was large en- ough to warrant, and they should also have the same inspector as the other • schools. There evill always be a ten- dency among some to waste their time in religious instructions, but the impeder should see . that a certain standard is maintained in both kinds of schools. The Govermnent must have regard to the whole population of the country, and any widespread disaffection would render (1(e-e'en:pea impossible, and prevent any patriotic fee intr, On u these grounds he would vote .'for the remedial meaeute for the Catholics of Manitoba. , ,01...re,fm,f1±,•,,,,,re,,, An effort is being mule to induce the Dominion Government to tramsfer the nine lepers now held in restraint in - British Columbia, to the new lazaretto recently erected at a cost of $20,000 at Tracadie, N. R. In this institution there are tittle male and sixteen fenuile patients three died during the past year. Regavding the result of 'Dr :Smith's experience with leprous pats lents, he says: "No real cure for -lep- rosy has yet been discovered. 3Iy pieedecessor, Dr. Nicholson, aid. after him myself, halve treated several of our lepers with colored water, to eee if the influence of the mind. over the body would cause a change, and in every instance it did so. For a time all symptoins of the disease were in abeyanee, and there was a deeided im- provement, but of course only for a time, and it seemed to me that the disease matte up for lost time after - Wards;" The single tax amendment to the Assessment Aetthat Dr. MeKay int en ds to introduce into the Legislature is founded on the solid rock of local self- government. The lotention of the pro- 1111tere Of the proposed enactment is to give municipalities local option in the matter of taxation, just as they have local option in the sale of liquor. The aim, of course, is to facilitate the intro- duction of the siugle tax principle throughout the Province, to which there can be no reasonable objection, ir the people want it, meld possibly from loan eompanies and. mortgagees who might think that their seennty would Is' lessened by the adoption of the land tax. If the ratepayers of a community by a stated majority prefer to raise their taxes from the land entirely the law should be in such shape that they could do so. This would not be any greater interference with the liberty of the subject or right of the citizen than the closing of all saloons within a riding. The adoption of the principle of Iocadoption in this matter would al- so be au excellent way to test the efficiency of the single tax in bringing litbout the halcyon social condition that its advocates claim it will. : • t This year's council seem to be of the -penny wise, pound foolish" kind. From its inception the object seems to have been along the line of rigid economy, regardless of serving the best interest. of the village. First' (mute the paring of salaries, which was an injudicious procedure, especially when the officers were being paid inade- quately for the work performed. Pay a man for his work in the coma and only motto that will stand. Cut away his salary and he will perform labors in proportion. That his human nature. Another retrogressive move \-as dispensing with the snow plow on mans,- of the principal walks. It is not only an equality but an unwise move. In the first place a man has no more right to clean the snow off the sidewalk in front of hie property than he has to gravel the road or repair the same piece of walk. Besides should an accident occur from people walkiug on the road by reason of the sidewalk not being passable, the council could be held fax damage -i. The expense of keeping the walks open is trifling, and being a convenience to ladies and small children, the snow plow should run, as before, along all the streets. It will be thee enough for the Council to withdraw this service when they are petitioned to do so. x + The individual who amasses a for- tune of $100,000 these days is a reeky one. He must either have been Neel' endowed by nature with the happy faculty of making money or else he has unduly enriched. himself at the expense of the community. In either case the people are justified in politely requesting and insisting that he will return to the community a small per- centage of the wealth he has aunassed with their assistance. While it is gen- erally conceded that a Mall is entitled to the fruits of his labor, anothee doctrine somewhat contrary to this, is being shoved to the front. and is commanding all the respect of sound economic philosophy. This doctrine is to the effect that no individual is en- titled to Inixtniate in superfluous wealth while the rank and. file of hu- b e madly is grubbing for very existence. The doctrine is growing more popular every day. The levy of an inheritance tet is it practical application of the principle in political ecimomy. lt has produced very satisfatcory 1 °sults in Oeteriee and the outlook for the future is more promising. The tax is now it well recoenized method of raising revenue for pablic purposes, and the Government, is fully justified in taking. emit eteps as will peevent weelthy-tncliyideals disposing of their property before doth far the express .purpose of evading the tax. - The - editors of the Clintim •News- Recoed and GoderichS igner are pleying the role of Kilkonnycats lately. Their respective journalsare filthy to say the leest, an1 it iS high time their Teaderacalled them off the fence. • ' TIMES. NOTES AND COMMENTS, Seed, Grain For Test 'Wliv is Hon. 'Wilfred LalliieeS life uot insured P Because no one is clever enough to make out his policy. + x + Spring Wheat maybe low, but what of that to Patron members when good old Ontario is for four years, at least, obliged to buy their Winter Time at $600 per session. • + Sir Charles Tupper must be about two thousand. years old if all the great national blnriders which his enemies attribute to hint are fairly numbered among the works of his awn + x Hardy, the other day, in the Legislature, introduced a bill dealing with civic reform. Briefly stated, the measure provides for the election of aldermen for a. term of two yea% oleo half retirbag alternately, x + Winter, it is safe to say, is on the down grade oow. There will be little more very cold weather, and soon the spawn of suow and blizzards will be trying, as many a time iu the past, to lag superatious upon the stage. • + + The Mends are womiying over the belief that the comet will strike the earth before the general elections. The effect on their chance fair offiee would be about the same. A comet travelling at the rate of 1,000,000 miles a second is due to col- lide with the earth on March 14, 1890. It is another injustice to Ireland if it wandering comet is to spoil the cele- bration of St. Patrick's day, by de- stroying the earth, which was to be the scene at that patriotic function. We are often pained by the expres- sions front some of our young men says a correspondeut, about the many drawbacks, etc., our country labours under and the awful place it is to live in, and yet we never hear of such per- sons, wherever they go, having im- mortalized their names. To such we would say it is not the place but the people that snake things so happy." + There has not been any lack of ef- fort on the part of the Dominion Gov - eminent to bring about a compromise with the Manitoba Government on the school question. If the last effort in which Sir Donald Smith is the inter- mediary should prove successful it will not be necessary for Ontario members to go to Bermuda for their health. • Three million dollers is the value of the logs rafted. annually from Cana- dian forests to Michigan saw mills. For this three millions' worth of timber Canada does not get one-tenthe value in any way, shape or form, save poss- ibly in direct tariff concessions from the United States—but in return for which we, too make tariff concessions. + + 4- . The law requiring a property qual- ification for mayor and aldermen is one of the most farcical and. ludicrous enactments everpassed. A. man may own fifty thousand &Hers worth of property and lease it in parcels to twenty-five different occupants. Each of the twenty-five may qualify for mayor or aldermen upon the property as lessees, but if it be mortgaged for fifty thousand dollars the owner him- self carnet qualify unless he should happen to actually reside Upon it. Surely the owner of such a property would have a .greater interest in it than his twenty-five occupants. The Legislature should abolish property qualification at once and make the measure retroactive to cover the cases at present berm% the courts in this and other municipalities. • It is said that the Ontario GOVCril- ment will introduce in the Legislature this season a bill to prevent large estatee from escaping the suceession duties payable to the CrOWIL The Government revemie from this suc- cession tax is estimated. at $300,000 foe the current year, end to increase the reteipts from this source it is proposed to levy on estates of over $50,000 in- stead of only on those of over $100,000i The statement has been made that, such meet as Hiram Walker, Sir David Macpherson and others are deeding their property away in trust in order to ,escape the tax. The Government's Meitaute will likely contain a clause making est aces liable mile -es they have been mule . WU. a anted number of years before the death of the real owner. + x If the Government decides 011 anniuding the Assessment Act in any respect this session it should not neg- lect to consider the petitions that have been submitted to the Assembly in favor of the abolition of exempti- ons. Public opinion is becoinui g stronger every day in its demand for the removal of these unjustifiable in- equalities in the assessment of muni- cipal property. The prineiele of equal rights is the motive that should run through every act sanctioned by the Lenislatere or the House of CoMmons. It is the proposed violation of this principle that makes the Rentedial Bill obnoxious to eo large a section of the comaninity. The principle that gives peeuniary advantages to differ- ent soeieties, churches , and other organizations in the shape of exempt- ion from taxatiou; is exactly the Sane principle as that in virtueof Which the Catholics of Manitoba insist on Sep- arate schocils. being meintained for their perbicolair benefit. ,Those . who express their indignation ele the pre- tentions of the Catholle inhiority of Manitoba ought to be equally indignant at the demand of those in Ontario who insist on the perpetuation of the present anfitie Aesessinent Act. • Ottawa, February 18th. 1890. EDITOR TIMES. -1 will be pleased. to forwardthe application of any farmer desiring to avail himself of theoffer of the Central Experimental Farm for sample of .seed grain as per the follow- ing letter of Win. Sanders, Director.. All letters addressed to M. P. here are :free of postage. •Farmers will please .state the kind of grain wanted. Yours truly, W. H. Ilurcurie ONNTRA.I. 'EXPERIMENTAL 11".A1IM, Ottawa, Feb. Oth, 1890. W. H. Htermaixs, Esq. M. P. House of Commons. Dear Sir,—Under instructionof the Honorable Minister otAtericulture a die• tributioo by mail. of samples ef the most promising varieties of seed grain, Sze., for test is again being made, among farmers in different sections of the Dominion The object of the distribut- ion is to improve the quality _and yield of these prodecte throughout the country. I shall heeded to receive from you the names of any farmers in your consti- tuency who take en interest in this work and towhom you think such samples should be sent. As the season is now approaching when the Mini - dual applications come in very fast, I shall be glad to receive at your earliest convenienve, such list as you may have to submit, so that the samples may be mailed itt good season and while there is a good stock of material to draw from. Owing to the very large needier of applications eve receive, I have been in- structed to send one :sample only to eacli individual, so that as iavge nnmbev aS possible may shaire hi the benefits arising from this brand' of the work of the Experiruental Farm. . Yams very .traly, Wm. Sanders, Director. A. Massey Dead. • -- Mr. H. A. Massey, head of the Massey -Harris C'ompany died peeve - fully h Toronto on Friday night, with his family around him. Mr. Massey was taken ill shortly after the new year,and though at timeshis condi- tion seemed to be improving, he never gained ground. On laSt, Friday, however, Mr. Masseyexeressed himself hopefully in regard to his chances of ultimate recovery, but soon after be became rapidly NVOi'Se. Mv. Massey's health had been Mini; for some years past, and in fact he had never been the same since the death of his young- est son in 1890, Mr. Massey was .pro- bably the best known manufacturer in Meade, and was the head of the Massey -Harris Company. He was born in 1823, being the oldest of ten children. He was educatedat Watertown, N. Y.,. and Vietoria College, Cobourg, helping to defray expenses of his education while at Watertowu ley working for relatives on a farm, and while a Co- boern by cutting wood and keeping fires in the Coliourg tannery. After farming for a few years Mr. Ma8sey went into business with his father al New Castle, farming and dealing in agricultural implemente, and the busi- ness grew, until 1852 it became II. A. Masseen& Co.. thnfather of the deceas- ed retiring in 1853 and leaving his thin sole proprietor. The business was re- moved to Toronto in 1879, and in 1891 the Harris Manufacturing Company of Brantford, was amalgamated with it giving it the presenttitleof the Massey - Harms Company. Deceased 1V118 mar- ried in 1817. His wife survives him, with three children. Within the past three years Mr. Massey gave over $300- 000 to various educational,' 'Anhui- throphie and. religious objects. . • . • - • - Inapt wooed In a Mme. Colliers, W. Va., Feb. 21.—David Snyder recently explored an old mine near here which has not been work- ing sieve the 00'e, _and discovered hu- man bones. One of the skeletons -was sitting .upright against a ledge. Be- side tins skeleton was found a flask cootaining, at note that explained the mysterious disappearance of - John Ewing, Ben Ayres, Tom Ackelson and Joe Obney, 33 years ago. The notes were written in pencil, but well preserved. They read as fellows "Nov. 2, 1803,—Should this ever teach the outside world la it be known that we (giving n)1mee) are prisoners here riveing to the caving in of the Mille. We are deserters, and were in hiding here when the mine ceved in. Food an Water all goat.. We are doomed, as no one outside is aware of . our whereabouts. This is about the eighth day of our imprisonment. Nov. 4. ---john Ewing and Tem Ackelson have just killed. Ben Ayers and are eating him, I have already eaten my boot leg. The water in the mine is terrible. Our oil is ;totting scarce, air becoming foul. I oily know the day of theenonth by my watch, Nov. 0.— Ewing has just killed Ackelson, cut, off one of his feet, and is eating it, and (lancing around and flourishieg his dirk like a maniac. Nov. 7. -ed ani now alone With the dead* I had to kill lawing in self-defence. 1 hey° just eaten my Other bootleg. Ant sleepy. Good bye. I enclose this wita in this flask to preserve it if possible, so that if ever faired onr sad fate 'will be known. (Signed) JosePli (New. Several old residents hereabouts re- member these men. FOR TIRED FEELING. ---- • histmerisnox es wasive---Ovein-woug: MOANS SHORTM Lail`V —DODD'S KIDNEY Plaits ltIDAN RV:8T Pon THE KIDNEYs. -- Overwork hi what you do after common 8111180 asks you, to quit. Ovevivork of a,nykind does 11080 111811 tire, it exhanete you. Just a little more after you ought to quit is the "too much" thatusesyau up. The blood goes out to all parts fester than lisnal when you ovcrwork. If the kichaeys are not, in perfect filtering older, more poison is injected through them to all parts of the body than usual, and then work, to say no- thing of overwork, is harmful. As soon as your kidneys cannmence doing ggoodwork there is less and loss i ! poison n the bloocl every minute. I This explains why. Dochrs Kidney I Pills cure so promptly and permanent- I ly. ' lee .syvosalsotiFc51t,5. Middlesex County Notes James Allan, tinsmith °Whet Craig, has been obliged to make an assign- ment for the benefit of his creditors. Jelin Torrance,. of West lileGillivray has a book in a fair state of preservat- ion which wits printed in 1 068-22e9 years ago, in the reign of Charles It Chris. Baechler, 151711 cone EastZorrat lute purchased the farm of Chris. Sehratgg, S. Easthope, for $0,000, and the farm of the former has beenbought by Jos. Baechler„ the price paid being $ie,o00. Clearing, Out! 3(. „.....0,„AT COST. All Lines of SKATES. All Lines of COW TIES. All Lines of STOVES. AND ALL WINTER GOODS. We cannot carry them over this summer, and therefore WC are. prepared to SELL THE RA OFF VERY CHEAP. Now is the time to buy Alsike, Red Clover and. Timothy. We have a large stock, 1 H. Bishop Sc Son. Perth County Notes . — Mr. JOhU' J3alkwili, of Fullerton, has a goose which be became owner of in the year 18137. Mr. Gordan Stewart, 8t1z .con., Logan, has sold his 100 acre farm to Mr. Michael Connelly, for the sum of $4,100. • Ma F. W. Wilson, barrister who. has been &resident of St. Marys for the past three years, has decided to remove to Petrone. Mrs. James Potter, Mitchell, came !near losing her life from eating canned ' tomatoes. At one time the lady was in imminent dative, , Mr, Sohn NOrriS, of Stara, will be laid up for seine time from injtudes re- veived byhaving olle of his legs crush, ed between two logs. •• Flamm' Nethercat of St. Thomas, brother of ROV. Mr. Nethercott, Wood- ham, died in that city on Thursday of • consumption, aged 46 years. , Fullerton public 8011001 teacher, Mr. Sample, is in good favor. with all the members of the school, and generally speaking is doing exeellent work amoug the Youth of this seetion. A fairly well clad Mau came to Robt. Reid's, 2011i con. of McGillivray, on : Saturday afternoon, and asked for lodgings while he inspected 10.1111 111 the • neighborhood, 88 be wanted to buy a .farm. Mr, Reid eansented to keep him, ' and he remained until Tuesday more- . ing, when he left early, taking with him a pair of Mr. Reid's pants, a pair of mitts and $2 in money. As this sponge likely makes his living in this way, it will not be amiss to give a des- cription of him. He is about 50 years old; whiskers turning grey; chin shav- ed; about 5 'feet, 10 mebee high; wore black pants and dark under coat with red stripes; black round fur cap with • ear coverings, left boot cut actress front of foot. Look out for him. During the past two weeks over 1,000 bushels of beans have been inarkete 1 at Glencoe. P. H. Laird, Newbury, one of New- bury's most populate cattle and poultry shippere, is serimisly In Brantford City Council on Mon- day a petition was presented increas- ing the mind -we of licenses front 16 ' to 18. It was signed by 288 names, but the petition was filed, and not. the slightest refevenee was made to it ; at Gra commit. One itf the best known residents of Arran passed away last week, in the person of Mr. Robert, Esplen, ef that, township. Mr. Elden was one of the nine brothers who went to Arran from Peterboro about 45 years ago. While Dr. Ahrens,of Straford,went to tea on Saturday evening someparty, ; or parties unknown to him, entered his ! office and endeavored to abstract a number ofgoldfillin gs and crowns front a show ease. Some of the crowns we I valued at, from $8 to $10 each. It, seems that dentists are the only people these hard times who have any gold to lose. I Many residents of Bruce sincerely regret the death of 1111. Angus Stew- art, of Lucknow, who passed away last week.. Deeeased wee licenee in- spector for 'the smith ridingand a most efficient official. 1 -le WM; also piper for the Lucknow Sons of &ottani'. .Mr. Stewart, had a pimple or abrasion c111 his arm from which blood poison- ing set in, and extending to the body,' dealt followed. You Dori't Have to Swear oft "Says the St. Louis Journal of Agri- culture in an editorial about No -To - Bac, the famous Wham° habit cure. "We knowa many e118011 cured by No -To -Bac, one a prominent St. Louis architect, smoked and chewed for twenty years ; thvo Duxes eured him so that even the smell of tobacco makes - him sick.,, No -To -Bac sold and guarau- teed, no cure no pay. Book free. Sterl- ing Remedy Co.. 374 St. Paul St. iNiont real. 1 g tel 3 Your clear skin? Ivlotlau's. Your voice? Mother's. Your slight figure? Mother's. In- herited weak lungs? Then protect voursz.X. Live out doors; get the fresh air; and keep well nourished. acE?U eAfrukvsicm 1, of Cod-liver Oil, with Hypo- phosplaites, is the best known preventive to serious lung trouble. It supplies just the kind of needed fat; prevents useless waste of tissue; makes rich blood; and fortifies the body against attack. You should take it at once if yeli fac1 weak, have no appetite, or are losing flesh. SCOTT'S EMULSION has been endorsed by the ntedical profession for twenty years. (Alit ow. doebr 1 This is bccr.use it is always Paldlabie—al. w)Ws rotifarm—always renter:its /..be fiarest Norturgrot /-/,s,.' Oa and tiofrupbospintes. 101 up in 50 cent and 4=1.00 sizes. The smell size y bc eux.igh to cure your cough or help your baby. Arthur Couch of Clinton has rented Itis farm On the Huron road, Tucker - smith, to Geo. White, of Tuckersinith, who takes possession at once. Mr. Couch reserves about 40 acres for his own nse. One of those happy eveutsethat never fail to ereate an excitement, einecially among the fairsex. Mise Lizzie Sander - 8011 WAS united io the bon.ds of matri- mony with Albert Howlett, a prosper- ous young farmer of Morris. S. Merrill has purchased from Chas. Hanley, Of the Maitland eon., near Ifolmesville the farm he has been ou for a year; the :elm paid woe' about $2,500 and his house and lot in the village. He takes pcssession in March. Mrs. (leathern, mother of W. Ii. Graham, St. Marys died on Sunday, at South Durham, Que. Deceased wee born at Ecclefechan in Scotland, but had resided in the Province of Quebec 1'017 over sixty years. Dr. Paul, Sebringville, assisted by J. A. Robertson, of Stratford, remov- ed all the fingers of the right hand of James Clark, off Fullerton, above the second joint, on Tuesday last. It will t be remembered that Mx...Clerk had his ; hand seyerely frozen alma the begin- ' eing of last month. Mr. Wm, Edwards, of Mitebell, who had a light stroke of paralysis at few weeks ago, is convalescent. Mr. Edwards is nearly eighty six years of age, and it was the first. tittle he has had a doctor called in. lorp -^,...momacwaa STAMP AUTOGRAPH 1 al !bums SCHA and II II PHOTOGRAPH To be sold regardless of cost. Call and see for Yourselves, x x See our Methodist Hprin, Book and Bible Combined. Pure and Reliable Drugs al- ways on hand, at 1.1W. Browning's The other day John Schwan; of Colborne township, met with an ugly accident.. He was shooting sparrows with a breech -loading gun, when the, breech, which was somewhat worn, flew back and the charge struck him in the 'face. One of his eyes was in- jured and his face was somewhat ca. The sudden demise of James McKay, M. D., a highly esteemed resident of Goderich, took place on Monday. He leaves a daughter and live sons, viz., Miss Margaret, John, William, Alex- ander, Walter and Thomas, who ria,e bereft of both parents, the mother hav- ing deceased some six years ago. He was father of W. J. MaKity, teacher, Hensall. Miss Ford of St. Marys bad the mis- fortune to get her footcaught in one of the darigerousholes on the Queen St. foot bridge, causing her to fall shaking her head. so-heavilY as to render her unconscious for a while. Fertenately no bones were broken but she sustain- ed a severe slim* from which site still suffers. There died in Logan on Wednesday ' one of the very first settlers in this pert, of the country, in the person of Mrs. Thomas Boyle, of the 2nd con. of this township. She .and her husbend. came from Glasgow to Hamilton in the yea: 1812, and settled ,in Fullerton, where Mr. Boyle cleared a farm of 100 acres, and then moved across to Logen, in which township they hiive ever shire resisted. DOMINION LABORATORY. Good News! The undersigned has concluded to. sell his stock of Boots and Shoes, Har- ness, Rugs, Robes, Bells, Whips, Trunks, 'Valises, and all other articles too numerous to mention. For 30 Days, For Cash. We give you the profits :— Team Harness $22.00 and up. wards. Single Harness $8,0o and upwards Childrens' Boots 25c. " 4, Cow Hide " $3 00, Hand made.. t.00 . Goat Robe $5.o0. Come along and we will give y ou. more for your Money than you can get 'anywhere else. We mean limit ess when we quote prices. This stock is clean and first class, reliable goods we, offer you. Remember we are the sole agent for the Galt Saskatchewan Buffalo Robes. See trade mirk on all these goods. Beware of inina;tationsa Repairing promptly executed. Kip Skin " ( On Wednesday night death removed an old citizen of McKillop in the P017- 8011 of Wm. Chrystal, father Of Mrs. Roderick. Gray, of the 2nd cell. of Mc- Killop, Deceased hal only been sick about two days, the cause of death being bronchitis to. gether with old age. He was born Aberdeeoehire, Scotland, 84 years ago, and in: the 6:10 y dayS of this country he settled in Grey township. Mrs. George Croekerlinc, of Haat, departed this life. on Sunaay, February 9th, MOO. She was born in Yorkshire, England, in the year 1825. Alm it forty- three years ago she was married to George Cockerlith and emigrated to America, and en'eettled in Huroe ; township of Hullett, where they ent mon to the early pioneers. About two eriive us a trial, if 3'ou hav dared the hae rdshiph eshich wove come , years ago they gave up their farm to 11C,VEY before done so, and, WC \vitt' please you. their son, George; and .went to rive 1 with their daughter, Mrs. 'Matthew Mains, of Londesborce John Treble.. Eveuboby's Pleased Who Boys ono of Our MS SIS; The reason isn't hard to find= you get more for your money than you ever got before in your lifc. Our Stock is complete with the' latest patterns. Tweeds We lead the Trade and show better range than ever before. • PrIFICT.2.2,1[SW a r 27.11.1.117.4•1.112.71rilat) JH C EVIE'VE.