Exeter Times, 1896-3-26, Page 4"-tte'reata—
THE EXETER TIMES.
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GICZOMAL MANAGER
Money advanced to good farmers on their
wn note with one or more enctorser at T per
mit. pm annum.
Exeter Branch.
Open everalawful day, from a.m, to p.m
SA.TURDAYS, 10 sem, to 1 p.m.
aurrent rates of interest allowed on depots
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Manager-
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THURSDAY, MARCH 26th, 1896.
THE MONEY IT COSTS.
In his pamphlet on our educational
system, the Deputy Minister a (1..u -
ration states thatihe number of pupils
registered (presumably for the year
1892, as the 'pamphlet is dated 1893)
was 491,741, but that the- average at-
tendance amounted only to 257,042. In •
Other words, about one-half the num-
ber a pupils entitled and compellable
• being paid for by our taxpayer:, were
receivieg, but little in the way of Nie -
to be educated, and whose education was
cation..
To attain this disappointing result
there were employed. 8,330 teachers;
whose salaries amounted to $2,722,110.
The additional expenses paid formaps,
apparatus, sites, buildings, ete. ,brought
the total expenditure for the Public
Schools alone for one year up to the
enormous siun of $4,070,211.
The total cost of the kindergartens
does not appear either in Mr. Millar's
pamphlet or in the Government re-
ports. But enough is found to justify
the opinion that it is an unnecessary
luxury in this country. In the first
place, it is a privilege to city folk
which is deeded to all our ("maitre' pop-
ulation. Children between the ages of
four and six cannot trudge miles front
home for the purpoee a being taught
"Child -like poetry, Marching eXereiees.
and acting the doings of men and ani-
mals," la the next place, of those
who are entitled to take advantage of
it, nearly 50 per cent, remain at home,
according to the statement of theDe-
pertinent. Lastly, the cost of this
"extra" is far in exeess of any advant-
age it is supposed to possess.
In 1893 the number of kindergartens
wae 85, with 200 teachers. The average
salary paid is $342; so that for salaries
alone, in these kindergartens, over and
above what may be paid for rent, feel,
books and what not, the country bas
to put up nearly $70,000.
The statistics regarding High[schoois
and Collegiate Institutes only drive
deeper the conviction that we have a
white elephant on our hands, in the
shape of inflated educational ideaseind
the 'sooner we can exchange it for a
more useful commodity tbetter..
The munber of mils enrolled in
1892 was 22,230, but the average attend-
ance was only 13,148.
The cost of maintaining these so -
caned secondary schools is partly
borne by the pupils. Of the 128 High
schools and Collegiate Institutes es-
tablished up to the date of the pamph-
let, 4$ are said to he free, and the fees
in the others varied from $2.50 to $26
per year. What we are eoncerned to
know is that they itre costing the
tountry-over and above what the
pupils pay -more than 8800,000 a year.
(See reports of the Minister of Edu-
cation for 1891, at page 0.) And with
what result ? "During the last year
reported, 413 pupils from the High
schools and Collegiate Institutes ma-
triculated, 400 joined the learned pro-
fessions, such as law and medicine,
1,202 left for mercantile life, 974 for
agriculture, and 1,605 became teachers."
(See pamphlet,. page 31.)
Is it too much to call this education
run mad ? Is it to be wondered at
that people are growing restive under
such a system, and are muttering ana-
themas against it ? But we have all
been taught so thoroughly that the
more- we get of education the better
we shall be off, that people are almost
. afraid of losing the respect of their.
neighbors by raising their voices
against the system.
Reduced County Councils.
The act for the reduction of County
-eouncilors, which passed the Ontario
Legislature on Tuesday, effects a much
needed revolution in the manageraent
of 'Comity affairs. Taking Huron as
an example, we will have the number
of dounty councilors reduced from 51
to 18. The new county council will
not he composed of members of the
township councils, but will be elect-
ed by popular , vote. Huron will be
divided into nine districts, two coun-
cilors will he elected from each dis-
trict, and each voter will have two
votes. The change will effect a very
considerable saving.
----r--eaeeteseesee=er
• It is understood the committee of
the Legislature on the maintenance of
the Government House will report
favorably to keeping upthat place.
x + x
Some people have objected to the
enforcement of the curfew bell ordin-
ance by municipalities, on the ground
that it infringes on the liberties of the
young. It has been tried in the city of
Lincoln, Neb., with so great success
that the chief of police is moved to
report that during its enforcement for
the first month in that city there has
been, a falling off in crimes of 75 per
cent, overformermonths.
It was brought out in the Ontario
Public Accounts committee the other
day that at the London Asylum farm,
consisting of 300 acres (126 under till-
age), only 60 head of stock were kept,
and the amount paid for chop feed and
hay was $4,000. Col. Matheson thought
this was pretty high. He said the farm
etself ought to support that number of
cattle, Inspector Christie maintained
thatthe amount was reasonable. This
- for themselves, and they will agree
ie a question the farmers can estimate
with Col. Matheson.
A VOTE AT LAST. 1 to be carried away. One man fell into
the well, and another into the cellar,
•A -vote was at last teethed in the
House on the remedial bill on Friday
morning, after an all night session,
when Mr, Laurie's amendment for the
six mantles hoist was defeated by 24,
and the second reading earried by. 18.
The House adjourned. at 0 o'clock.
There will now be a .conference on
the matter, Mr. Greenway having ac-
cepted an invitation from the Domin-
ion Government for that purpose, and
OD Monday Messrs Dickey Desjerdine
„
and Sir Donald Smith left for Winni-
peg. The Manitoba Legislature has
adjourned until April Pith to allow the
conference, when it will meet again .to
hear the report of the Premier. and
consider any proposals which May be
arrived at by the parties.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
A second reading was given in the
Legislature to the bill to extend the
operation of the Lord's Day Act to
farmers, and Mr. German's hilL pro-
viding that vacant ground or ground
used for farm, garden, race track, or
athletic purposes in cities, towns or
-villages, shall be assessed in accordance
with the prices for which sachland can
be sold, with such percentage not to ex-
ceed 50 per cent. added thereto as the
situation of the land, reasonably ealled
for.
• • + + +
When Sir Charles Tupper reached
the Dominion parliament from Cape
Breton he was weary with the toils of
a long campaign, and. his looks may
have justified the descriptions which
pictured him as a crumbling ramof
aged manhood. The experiences of
Sir Charles since he arrived at Ottawa
may not of tended to invigorate his.
frame, but he has been physical-
ly invigorated, and now, so far as the
eye can see, he is as strong as a man
of his years could expect to be. In-
stead of tottering Sir Charles Teo -
per walks. He does not stammer in
the accents of senility, he speaks in a
voice that is elear and true. He is not
a weak but. a healthy man.
The Raines liquor license law, which
Governor Morton of New Yorkhas
just signed, effects great changes in
the Management of the traffic. By
this Measure, local boarde having jur-
isdiction to issue Ileenses for the sale
of liquor are abolished, and the whole
subject is played under the supervis-
ion of the State. Part of the license
fees will go to the State and part to
the menicipality. In New York city
a, license will cost $800, in Brooklyn
$650, in Deltaic). Rochester, Syracuse
and cities of that size $500; in other
titles the license fees range from $30
to $150. The principle of local option
in towns is retained, with the addition-
al provisiou that if a town determines
either forior against the sale Of liquor
ley popular vote, that result cannot
be changed within two years,
A. Marvelous 'Boy.
A singular - story comes front the
Island of Orleans, met below Quebec.
It is said to be vouched for by trust-
worthy persons and is to the effect
that WO -year-old boy there is astonish-
ing everyone by the display of the
most extraordinary and mysterious
powers. According to the statements
of eye -witnesses, this strange child
performs almost supernatural feats,
such as causing heavy objects to rise
from the ground without his eye
touching them. Among other in-
• stances of his wonderful powers, it is
said that the other day, while
playing with some other children of
his own age, he caused a summer cart
that had been laid aside for the winter
and. whose wheels were frozen to the
ground, to move as easily as a feather,
and that not long since, while ac-
companying his father on a visit to the
bush for firewood, he removed out of
the soil, without even touching it, a
tree stump which the horse was un-
able to pull out. It is also stated that
the frightened parents of this extra-
ordinary boy think that he is possess-
ed of the devil, and have applied to the
cure to exercise the evil Spirit.
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The Wingham Tragedy
The particulars of one of the most
disgraceful scenes ever enacted in the
western peninsula, and which resulted
in the death, a week later, of the vic-
tim, aregiven in the Wiegham Journal.
That paper says: -"About 11 o'clock on
Tuesday night a horrible scene was
enacted at Lower Wingheen. A mob
of about 35 men, under the influence
of liquor, and in disguise, went to the
home of J. G. Fields and demanded
that Mn. Fieldsbedelivered up to them.
They claimed that Mr. Fields was
guilty of a heinous crime, and had
gathered to take the law in their own
hands in the matter. When their
wishes were not granted the leader
ewe the word and the mob rushed
e‘ -
on the door, breaking it down. They
hunted the house and eventually found
Mr. Fields in his bedroom. A stubborn
resistance against admission was made
but the door was torn from its hinges.
A shot fired front within the room
passed by the heads of the mob as the
door fell, when Fields grabbed one man
by the throat, and holding him down
on the floor, would have choked him
to death bad he not been overpowered
by the rest of the mob. He was dragg-
ed from the' house, in his night garb,
and led in his bare feet to Cameron's
corner, where he was threatened and
compelled to take an oath, which he
did, professing his innocence, the
meanwhile pleading for mercy on his
knees. He was horse -whipped, and
kept on the corner for about half an
hour, all the time pleading for mercy,
the thermometer at the time being
below zero. If it had not been for the
interference of the leader, holding the
mob at bay, until the nian was 'taken
back home, there would have, in all
probability, inurder been committed.
Thehowls of the mob,the screams ofhis
daughters to have mercy on their
father, accompanied by the reports of
firearms and the fierceloaths of drunksin
tuen, made the night hideous. Fields'
feet were badly frozen. The windows
were smashed, furniture broken ancl
, the stove overturned. The daughters
I were forced at the point of a revolver
to take their oath on the matter, not
excepting the sick girl, lying in bed.
They were there for two hours,and
some of them were so drunk they hacle
while another was thrown over the
banister down stairs. Fields was told
to leave town, and promised on his
knees to send his daughter away as
soon assbe got better. Much sympathv
is bit for the children. The law should
look into the matter."
The Latest N ews.
Fire at Colon, Columbia, destroye d
40 houses.
Christopher James, a farmer near
a. Thomas' • was killed Friday by 4
straw staekfelling on him.
A boiler in the mill ofA.B,Palmerton
near Elmwood, exploded Friday, kill-
ing a young man named Lewis 'Cole. .
The Rev. Father Maloney, parish
priest of Durham, Ont.; died very sud-
denly Friday at Oderielg of pneumonia,
aged 29.
-The bill for the supervision of Nike -
shops received almost unanimous sup-
port in the Ontario Legislature on its
second reading.
The bill changing the coustitutiou of
County Councils was read a Second.
time in the Legislature Monday.
There was strong opposition to the
mei/Sure.
The prisoners who have escaped
froin the Abyssinian vamp declare that
the prisoners there are ill-treated and
badly fed, and that 'a number of them
have been garrotted.
The Grand Jury at Whitby brought
in a true bill against George E. Alger
on the charge of conspiring to defraud
the Equitable Life Insurance Com-
pany.
The jury in the Alger ease at Whit-
by after being out oneand ahelf hours
returued. a verdiet of guilty. Alger
\Vag sentenced to seven yeare in Kings-
ton Penitentiary.
A boiler explosion took place in a saw
mill near Waterdown, Ont., on Wed-
nesday, which resulted. in a teamster
named Thos. Smiley, sustaining what
are feared to be fatal 'injuries.
'A sad, accident happened on Tues-
day evening to little Edith (Doll) Ely,
of Wiarton, which may possibly have
serious': results. While alone she took
carbolic acid for cough medicine.
Heudershott, Halmos, Hyams, and
Hammond all bad dealings with the
life insurance companies. The ABU-
edation is as curious as were the
methods of SOD1 of them to make
niouey.
Mies Emily Wildsen, of 'Norwich,
jumped of a moving train at the
Grand Trunk station, Woodstock,
Wednesday, and broke her left leg
below the knee, besides receiving other
injuries of a nunor nature.
A young unmarried man named Lewis
Cole was instantly killed at it Mill near
Elmwood, Ont. on Wednesday, by the
explosion of a feiller. Cole was not a
regular employe, but was takii g the
place of another man for the day. .
All over the Province Friday tho.
big snow -storm blocked travel on rail-
ways and country roads, and the re-
ports of trains snowbound come from
.almost every branch line in Ontario.
Business was at a standstill 10 many of
the smaller towns and villages.
Early on Saturday fire broke out, at
Newcastle, and ahnost destroyed the.
Chandler block, causing a loss of 825,-
000. Ten business places are burned
out. This is the second disastrous fire
for this town inside of two months.
Insurance light.
Edward Kreger, of West Orange, N.
J., swallowed his false teeth, and, is
now in the Meinegial Hospital. Kreger
was awakened by a violent fit of congh-
ing. When it ceased be missed his
teeth. Pains in the stomach devided
where they had gone.
Sixty families living in and around
Brigns, Nfld., are reported in a, desti-
tute condition, and on the verge of
starvation. Their neighbors are un-
able to 'supply them with food, and
their condition is described as heart
rending.
A peculiar and almost distressing
accident happened to Miss Maud
Hoover, a pretty - stenographer, at
Alliance, Ohio, Monday evening. .A.
celluloid comb, which bound her hair,
exploded while she was sitting in front ,
of an open grate fire :Sunday evening,
burning the greater part of her hair
and. badly blistering her scalp and
faTtegrams to the Journal from Fort
Valley, the heart of the G-eorgia peach
region, say that the cold weather has
done no material damage to the fruit
crop in the section so fax. The grow-
ers say that whileesome varieties may
be hurt, others' -are not, and with
favorable weather to the ist of April
all will be well.
A saki accident occurred Wednesday,
at the home of Christopher Tainea,
well-to-do-fartner, living on the town
line between Oxford and Aldborough
townships, about three miles from
Muirkirk. Mr. James was pulling
straw out of a stack, when the stack
topped over on him and killed him.
Deceased was about 50 years of age,
and highly respected by all who knew
him. He leaves a wife and large
fain ily.
The Ontario Government has award-
ed the contract for the fencing of the
Goverament game reserve at Road
Eau. A park fence for inclosing the
pheasants will be erected first and will
be eight feet high. The pheasants will
be brought from New Jersey, and lib-
erated within the enclosure, their
wings being clipped. The eggs will be
collected and hatched by . domesticated
fowls.
A rodent expert estimate-. of the ex-
tent of the antracito coal fields in the
Un ited States places their contents at
11 921,400 tons. The .annual produc-
tion averages 45,000,000 tons, .at which
rate the supply would last some 205
years. Long before the end of thar,
period, scientists will have discovered
some means whereby they can obtain
heatand power for all purposes di-
eectly from the sun. The electric age
will have fully arrived •many a day
before the year 2000.
About midnight klat'arda,y night the
double tenement house property :of H.
W. :Wilson Danville, Que., . and. °c-
oupled by Jas. Brady eand T. -R.
Safes, was coninleeetydestroyed by
fire; only poet of tbe leMily having
time to epeape -froin the butning
build -
in With their. livea. Two .datughte$
of Jas. Brady, named Maude, aged
about 10 years, ,eiadMyrtle, .aged about
Iayears,and.. oneson of T. R. ',Win,
.natned Freddie, aged abrait 10 .years,.
.perished in. the &Mese the Wife :of T.
R. SaMn being athetniseiouse burned
and. smothered by smoke.,
I. It has been .officiallyanuOunced that
L. T. Constable, of Hamilton, was•
robbed. of 8800 by-hurgiers.
z the life of Parliament expires on April
24.
:Alex, Russell, a farmer of Virden
district, conunitted suicide by shoot-
ing,
The wife of Rev. T. Albert Aloore
died. at the Methodist parsonage,
Palmerston, -
The bill to permanently.exclude live
cattle from nupertation into Britain
for butchers' purposes passed its sec-
ond reading.
The Aylmer branch of the Canadian
Pacific Railway becomes the property
of the -Hull Electric Co, and will be op-
erated as an electric road.
' An explosion of nitro-glycerine at
Petrolea wrecked Mr. Corey's factory
and blew two of the employees, Messrs.
John OWOD and William Haggard, to
atoms.
Andrea' Boyd, of Montreal, who was
arrested in London, some time ago on
a charge •of perjury in connection with
some Customs deeds of the firm of
Boyd, Gillies and Coe was acquitted.
The other day James Rae, of Cale-
donia, Ont.,took a dose of poison, and
died in a short time. He was despon-
dent on account Of the death of his
wife, which took place a year ago.
D. F. R. England of :Montreal has
been awarded $1,000 and costs in his
action against Kerry, Watson & Co.„
wholesale druggists, for. $20,000 dam-
ages for the death of his wife owing to
a mistake in filling a prescription.
David Stock, Deputy Collector of
Customs at Dundas, Ont., has resigned:
on account of a shorta,ge inhis accounts
tothe amount of $400 or$500.Stockihed
been connected with the Custom
House since 1890,
Christopher James, a farmer ou the
town line between Aldborough and
Oxford, Ont. was killed on Saturday
by a stack oeStraw falling upon him
He was 50 years of age, and 'leaves a
widow and a large family.
On the motion of Premier Green-
way the Manitoba Legislature ad-
journed Friday till April 10th, in order
that the Provincial Government may
take part in the conference with the
Dominion Government on the school
question.
An influential depetation from Tor-
onto United. upon the Government in
Ottawa to request a grant towards the
proposed Dominion Exhibition to be
held in Toronto in 1897. The request
was viewed favorably by the:members
of theGovernment.
The Woodstock board of trade are
agitating to have the banks of that
town kept open till three o'clock on
Saturday afternoons. Two of the
banks are wining to comply, and the
third is likely to drop in with the ma-
jority. It will be an immense conven-
ience to both the merchants and farm-
ers.
Wheat was firmer in Chicago Wed-
nesday selling up to 03g cents -foe May,
but closed at 02 cents,. which is 5,1
cents lower than Saturdays closing
price, the later weakness being due .
to a poor ' speculative demand. The
American visible and the amount of
grain on passage to Europe together
show a decrease for the week of 1,200,-
000 besets. The visible supply ale -
creased 785,000 bushels. •
A good story is just in from Drembo,
which is worth repeating. It appears
there was a sale of horses there recent- •
ly, and very poor prices were obtained
for the annuals. A farmer who,
after much bargaining, had purchased
a steed for $2 Asked the seller if he
would not return him a quarter, jest
for luck. The seller refused, but add,
ede-"Ilere, I won't be hard on you;
take another horse."
The case of Wm. McLaren for as-
saulting Rev. J. 0. Midill and J. T.
Mitchell on the ferry Hiawatha, Mon-
day, has token a new featuee that is
bothering the Port Heron judiciary.
There is no positive proof that the af-
fair took place in American waters,
and as the Hiawatha is a Canadian
boat, they are of the opinion that the
case Nunes under Canadian jurisdic-
tion. Prosecuting Attorney Avery
coincides with this view, and the
case against McLaren Will doubtless
be discontinued at Port Huron.
The Provinehil Government brought
snit to recover succession duties from
the estate of- the late Alexander
Cameron, of Windsor. Mr. - Cameron
left an estate of more than $1,000,000.
By a recent act, all estates larger. than
$100,000 were made liable to a 5 per
cent succession duty on the capital
held and owned in Ontario. Cameron
had 8550;070 worth in Ontario.. By
the terms of the will, the estate was
to be funded and not to be distributed
before the expiration of 21 years, but,
in the meantime, annuities amounting
to $10,000 a year were to be paid to
the three children. It was claimed
that the Government could not. claim
the tax until the division of the estate..
which 1DSt WePic waS held. good by
Justice Rose. The suceession duties
would anima to ahout$30,000, and the
estate will save the interest on it -$1,-
800 it year,calculated at 0 per cent -for
21 years.- This is the first time the
question has been tested.
The beautiful briek residen cc of Dr.
3. J. Hall, St Marys, was destroyed by
fire about 4 o'clo e 'roast:lay m 0 re i ng.
The family. were lath Monday. The
amount of insurance and the cause of
the lire are at present unknown, Loss,
$311005.. Cardwell, of DOWiliD, ,has pnr-
chashed from Vincent Weise the farm
of 100 ;sures, being '•eti lo the Stili con.
of the Gore of Downie, the 'price being
$6,000. The farm we:-; bought for Mr.
Cardwell's son .10110, wbo purposes
dealing largely in .1 ovs,,y stock.
-Diamond Charlie," the man who
•was extradited Yvon: Cansda with
bunched chargek e.glinst 10, on tl•le
understanding tin: ,1;11Y (1) be
prosecuted on two, ie..; beea «e ti
nt Mobeely, Mo., to- awn, years oe
charge of foegery, to which he pleaded
guilty. His mime ;e: aba noreseeadd.,
alias Sulyt17, vats k,,,,esa ie Toronto as
Dattim. lie, SW 8,t1 mon.go
ch aet .Tul y, 1391, a ref was arrested
in San F1-4114"i'SVo agirl brou.41A back to
/tweet: 'ern:tine:a at lameltil,M0. A
Little Reek. Ark.. lie esetatita Fria Neife.
being takea to St, l'em;s, lie worked ,
the Southern States itil his dlitmond,
erharne and skipped to Cahn On bis !
rotten he swindled a Gainaboeo, 'Ga.,
jeweler ord, of $0.000,'. and ceurte to
Canada, wh.ere he WW•3 areeated Sb
Mal'Y's, Ont., while trying; one of his
sebemaa
Maple Syrup
AN • SUCAR
Are you going o make any this year? If so, call and get supplies. We have a full line of
din Pans and Spouts.
SEED OF ALL KINDS NOW ON HAND.
Be sure and buy before the rise.
H. Etishop & Son.
P. S.—We have a supply of Coal now on hand.
Powismawaremarreom
Euron. County Notes.
130 cars of live stock were shipped
from Brussels last year.
J. H. McColl, of Clintoe; has dis-
posedof his 100 -acre farm on the 8th
con., Hullett, to Samnel McColl, for
$4,800.
A quiet marriage took place at Jas.
Bayfield last, Wecluesdav. The
patties immediately concereea were
Soo. A. Wallis and Mr. Welsh, of the
J. W. Rapley, private banker of
Kincardine, died suddenly on Wed-
nesday. This is the fifth death in the
family ia two months, He was a
brother-in-law of Rev. W, Holmes
of Clinton.
The schedule of convictions' in Huron
county for the quarter ending March
10, publikited shows it remarkuble fall-
ing off in offeeeee against the law
compared with former years, only 10
eases being reported, by magistrates.
Last week Messrs, David Crawford
and Daniel McConnell cut from atonal
tree, and split and piled a cord of short
AVOW in 28 minutee. This was done on
the farm of jae. McCOnnell, 13th cone
Hallett, and is considered pretty
good work.
W. Hosts, of Hullett newt with 0 bad
accident the other day; he (tad Lux
Hill were chopping in the bush, when
in seine way or other the latter acci-'
dentally struck Hesk on the leg, cutt-
ing to the bone. The accident will lay
him oft for some time.
Robert Young, manager of Ridge-
wood farm, pear Goderieb, inet with 11.
painful and serious accident at the
railway station on Monday last. He
was assisting to handle some bailed
hay, and fell from the car, breaking
two of his ribs, and bruising himself
somewhat.
Ho USE: OE REEURE NOTES. --The fire
escapes demanded by law areheingput
up this week. No less than ten of the
inmates are unable to take their meals
with the others, and have to be. fed in
their rooms. Geo. Nichol, one of the
inmates, froin Seaforth, has been left
between five and six hundred dollars
by a deceased brother.
The following persons from Huron .
are inmates of the Deaf and Dumb In-
stitution at Belleville: Francis Burtch,
Gorriee Amos B. Cole, Clinton; Albert,
E. Gies, Zurich; Martha Leigh, Port .
Albert; Mary L. McKay, Moncsieff;
John W. Smalldon, Crimbrook; Mabel,
Ethel M. and Beatrice Thompson, Dun-
gannon; Nelson Wood, Exeter; Leon
J. Laporte, Drysdale,
Mrs. Green, of Olinton had her arm
broken the other day. Some time ago
her husband sign ed over his property to
a son, she, it is claimed,refusing to sign
off her interest. She went up to Pert
Albert, to see about it, when her son,
as she alleges, pushed her out of the
house bemuse she wonkl not sign the
document, and in so doing broke her
arm.
The editor of the Lucknow Sentinel
entered snit against it delinquent sub-
scriber at the last session of the Divi
sion Court, in that village. The sub-
scriber was nine years in arrears. Of
coarse the editor won,
Thomas Tilt, the well-known host of
the British Exchange, Goderich, is con-
fined to his room by a return of his old
illness, and is not making that progrees
towards recovery his friends could
wish.
Mrs. Junor, of Clinton. has the deep
sympathy of her many friends in the
loss of her only daughter Susie, which
occurred. on Wednesday, from con-
sumption. ; deceased, was just entering
woman's estate, and up to a recent
date was able to be around, but it was
quite evident that her days were num-
bered.
We have to record this week the
early demise of John McLeod, of Bay-
field, a young man who has been Sick
, some length of time with consumption.
He has been steadily declining for
some time, but grew worse about two
weekseat). n Tuesday le sat up in
, a chair, and in the chair died about
nine o'elock Tuesday evening.
Mra. Papple, of Iligmondville, who
had been a severe sufferer for several
weeks, passed quietly away on Friday
I morning last. The old lady had lived
I alone most of the time formally years
' but during her last illness was remov-
ed to the residence of her son-in-law,
;Alexander McKay, where she received
the most kindly attention.
; Halliday v. Township of Stanley. -
i Osier, Q. 0. for plaintiff, moved in the
Divisional oottrt last Tuesday to set
t aside judgment entered by Armour,
0. J., -dismissiug without costs an ac-
tion for datnages feer injueles, sustained
byplaintiff owing to alleged non -re. -
pair of Kitehen's bridge in a highway
in the township of Stanley, The trial
Judge held that defendants were not
iprepaliced by the absence of the no-
tice required by 57 Vic. (0) ch. 50, see.
13, but held that there was not reason-
able excuse for the want of it. Coun-
sel contended that thafacts, that plain-
tiff was rendered helpless by the acci-
dent for six weeks eferwards and was
many miles away from home among
strangers, but ratepayers of defendant;
that want of notice was not pleaded
until action was partly heard in Sep-
tember, 1805, , and that Meredith,
who had presided at the first trial,
after hearing the evidence, refused to
diemiss action for want of notice; and
that the act was passed only flye weeks
before the accident, afforded reason-
able excuse within the act. Gamow,
Q.C., for defendants, contra. Reserved
pending decision of Court of Appeal in
Dren.nan City of Kingston.
Harry Hart, manager of the God-
erich Opera House' died on Wedams-
day last. For some years deceased
was in delicate heath, but was always
hopeful, and after many a season of
indisposition was out again as smiling
and ambitious as ever. Just after mid-
night on Tuesday he had said good
night to several callers and turned. to
sleep, when, without a moment's
warning, he passed away, and without
o struggle the curtain was rang down
on his brave and kindly life.
looks like cream ;
flows like cream;
tastes almost like
cream. It feed4
your strength as
cream would feed
it if you could as-
similate it You
can assimilate
Scott's Emulsion
Middlesex County Notes
Squire Matthews, a:Londontownship
farmer, was stricken a few days ago
with paralysis.
Beverley Robson, of Ailsa Craig,
obtained a verdict in the suit brought
against him for $2000 damages for
malicious prosecution and arrestby one
, of the Markham tenants. Beverley
!generally comes out on top.
Mr. Wm. F. Harper, of London,
died Triesdaymorning at his residence,
504 Colborne street, London. Mr. Har-
per was one of the oldest members of
the banking business in Canada. His
• record of 58years of active and continu-
ous service is perhaps unparalleled in
the Dominion, and ms certainly re-
markable.
• While cutting ice recently Ja.mes Mc-
Neir of Lobo, came very near being
drowned, and probably would have
been had it not been for the timely as-
sistance of James Low, who Was with
him at the time. This is the second
time Mr. Long has saved &person from
drowning in the same pond, as it is
only a few years since a Miss Thomp-
son, of Peterboro, who was visiting in
Duncrief, had themisfortune to fall in,
and 'Jim saved her.
The funeralof Mrs. McBride relict of
Richard McErid e of Granton took place
on .1lionday afternoon.* The deceased
badreach edlaer 87th year and diedon the
13th inst., at the residence of her SOD
Henry in Toronto, where she had lived
shim the death of her husband two
years ago. Quite a large number of
friends met the remains the station
here, and after a short service in the
Methodist church by Rev. Dr. Cook
the procession wat re-formed and all
that was left of one long known here
and respected WES laid at rest in Pro-
spect Hill cemetery.
ARE You Olen
Of those unhappy people who are suf-
fering with weak nerves, starting at
every slight sound, unable to endure
any unusual distill- hence, finding it im-
possible to sleep? Avoid opiate and
nerve compounds. Feed the nerves
upon blood made pure and nourishing
by the great blood purifier and true
nerve tonic, Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Hood s Pills are the best after-dinner
pills, assist digestion, prevent constip-
PARALYSIS CURABLE.
STRicli-BN ONES TO DE SEEN klvno,y-
wnzna---Tins FOR11I OP LIVING
DEATH CURED BY DODD'S
KIDNEY PILLS.
The most startling example of human -
helplessness is the paralytic.
The victim. excites your commiser-
ation, but resents your pity.
He of the palsied hand stiffly press-
ing the benumbed side is to be seen
everywhere we go.
The most convincing proof that this
pitiable condition is the outcome of
kidney disease is the fact that' Dodd's
Kidney Pills cure it,
Not generally recognized as a kidney
disease, it succumbs to kidney treat-
ment.
Did you ever know of a cure? Just
think it moment !
If you do it must have been
the work of Dodd's Kidney Pills, for no.
other medicine ever yet cured.
Mr. and, Mrs, F. Iia,n1ey, Mitchell
Road, Blanehard, had to perform the
sad duty of laying to rest the remains
of their beloved daughter, Minnie
Ethel, on Saturday afternoon. In the
-
early winter she passed through an
attack of typhoid fever, from which
she did not fully recover.
Good
News!
„0.10.01,
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. AVe give you the profits :-
Team Harness $22.00 and up
wards.
Single Harp ess $8,00 and upwards,
Childrens Boots 25c. "
Cow Hid " $3.0o, Hand made.,
Kip Sskiltelightsc S$31:050o,. "
Goat Robes $5.00.
ICome along and we will give you
more for your money than you can get
anywhere else. We mean business.
Iwhen 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 mark on alt
these goods. Beware of inimitationsa
1 Repairing promptly executed.
'
John Treble
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OP
The flowers that bloom in
the Spring aren't more beautiful
in their way, than the
Handsome
40-G ell 11-• $11 t
with which we are supplying our
many patrons', this spring. We
have the best assorted stock *to
choose from that is to be found
in the county and our priccs are
Right Down Rock-bottorn,quality
considered.
Remember the place,
J. H. GRIEVE.
p. S. -We sell tile "Dayton" and
"Road Mire" Bicycles. See them be-
(.,+0.r.e 25c•
. . fore you buyyohr 'wheel for 1896,
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