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TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR. No 28.
HURON & MIDDLESEX GAZETTE.
EXETER, ONT., CANADA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25th, 1897.
How would you li ke tte ex
chest -Age
Five D011ar
=.@-Bills
! Tens?
We have no bills to ex-
change, but we've got a few of
this Winter's Style.
$ig.oO Ladies' Jackets for $6.00
IO,Oo do $5.00
7,00 do $3.50
5.00 do $2.50
Since we advertised "selling Jacket
at just half price" a few weeks ago, we
gave made many sales. But in order
to start with a clean sheet, next fall.
Wo . dh+a n.
Brunie. -Nathan the T.
Eaton Co. Toronto, spent a few days
of last weekwith fehmils in the village,.
-On Wednesday evening last a quiet
wedding took place in our village. The
contracting parties being Mrs. Abray
Copeland. y
clam 1. v. J. (J.
and John (op c Re
Nethercott performed the ceremony.
We wish them a pleasant voyage down
the stream of time. -A. Sawyer has
been confined to the house for the past
couple of weeks with a severe cold.-
Mr. Lou Beavers and :Miss Mary spent
Sunday last with friends in St. Marys.
-Fred Copeland, of Stratford G I3. C.
spent Sunday at home. --Mr. and Mrs.
GEo. Swallow, of Clinton, attended
the marriage of his sister airs. Abray,
last week.
South Perth Agricultural Society-
will
ocietywill hold its fall fair on Oct. 5th and
6th.
Toronto has a scarlet fryer epidemic
and the al-tenclaime at the city schools
has greatly diminished.
Mr. Wm. Aiken, of St. Marys, had
her hand bitten by a eat recently and
WC are bound to clean out the balance, s it is causing her some trouble.
if prices will do it Coal has been discovered on the
z[DUR LOSS IS- shores of the Petewawa, on the Upper
-YOUR GAIN. Ottawa, and it is said to be in paying
ew COO S will be
joined el
in wcd ock
to G
eor
equantities.
, .
for Gladstone, Manitoba,wI re sheMies M. E. Crittenden ha: left BlythSPRINC
Stewart, a, former resident of East
Are coming rightalong. We already) Wawanosh.
lnayepiles and piles ofthem. but win- Buffalo lumbermen are looking for a
Iver isn't over yet. We'll tell you restoration of the old tariff on lumber
more about them later on. as early as July 1, and when this is
CO.complished, they say the manufac-
turers e, .! turers will be enable to restore former
wages.
wO0DHAM. John $arlton, of the Sauble line,
ereaN. B. --All kinds of wood wanted, Bldduulpla, was taken to the London
.asylum the other clay. No immediate
cause is known for his unfortunate
condition. Of late his mania had taken
a religious turn and within the last
few days be became so violent that he
TIMES and Toronto Daily News $1.75 had to be constantly guarded.
,4 Toronto Weekly Mail 1.80 The town Commit of Essex has pass -
4, Farm and Fireside 1.30 ed a by-law to submit the question
" Daily Mail - 0.00 of local option to the ratepayers. The
EveningMail - 4.00 vote will be taken on March 15. Con -
Farmers' Sun 1.30 sidc'rable discussion has arisen in the
Toronto Daily World 2.75 town oyer the matter, there being
London Daily Free many partisans of both factions who
Press 0.00 have declared that they will fight the
London Evening Free question to a finish.
Press 4.00 A writ has been issued against the
44 London Weekly Free College of Physicians and Surgeons-
PressandFarintic Home 1.75 for $10,000 damages for the death of
4f London Weeekly Mrs. Thomas Wasson, who was killed
Advertiser 1.50 on Jan 28th by fallingdown the eleva-
4, London Daily tor shaft in the college building at
Advertiser 2.50 Toronto. The writ is issued on behalf
i4 Toronto Weekly of the husband and children of the
Globe 1.50 deceased.
Toronto Saturday The Canadian Typograph Company,
Illustrated Globe 2.00 of Windsor, among the largest em -
n Toronto Daily ployers of skilled mechanics in West -
Globe 6.00 ern Ontario, have notified their em-
Toronto Evening ployers that as soon as the Corlis bill
Globe 4.00 becomes law in the United States,
41 Montreal Family they will discharge every man who is
Herald & Weekly Star 1.75 not a Canadian. Most of their em-
„ Montreal Weekly ployees live in Detroit.
Witness 1.60 Mr. James McCaffery, of Downie,
died at Stratford last week from ul-
ceration and an abscess in the throat
by a bone lodging in it nine weeks
ago. Mr. McCaffery formerly ran the
Zurich. hotel commonly known as the "Half-
. way House on the St. Marys road, but
there-
ea r or more ago
he retired
a a
K
y
thoror u h bred jersey calf ! g
there-
--
FOR SALE :-$ o >; y from and rented the farm iu the Gore
of Downie lately occupied by John C.
Delaney. He leaves a, widow and
primary department in the Seaforth (seven children.
• public school, met with a painful ac- Wednesday it was discovered that
dent ou Tuesday night. She was the treasurer of the A. 0. F. had left
returninghome about eleven o'clock, w Goderich the day before, and that
and whein front of W. W. Hoffman's some $185 that should have been in the
she slipped and fell, breaking her right
arm at the wrist.
Cheap Papers
Following is the clubbing list: --
41
44
44
The rates in all cases include Tun
Teems and the other paper named for
one year.
FRED Huss, Sia., Zurich,
Mrs. M. A. Coulter, teacher of the
Grip livery prevalent in the north-
ern part of Huron county. Mr. and
Mrs, Dunnage, the aged parents of
Mrs. (Rev.) A. L. Russell, of Welling-
ton street, London,areboth seriously ill
at the home of their daughter in New-
bridge.
Malcolm Cameron, of Parkhill, who
las been in jail for some time past,
charged with aidin Edward Ellice in
bank to the credit of the society was
missing. It appears that on Tuesday
the treasurer got a rig at Swart's to
go to Goderich township but that
Swats heard no more of it till heheard
from Lucan at noon, Wednesday,
that his rig was there. Thesupposition
is that the absent one is on a visit to
Uncle Sam.
Huron Poultry Association's next
meeting is to be held in Goderich.
The following officers and directors
g have been elected; President, A. McD.
assaultingSamuel Peck, at Parkhill, Allen, Goderich; first vice, A. J.Grigg,
on Dec. 1 1894. and for which Ellice Clinton; second vice, Walter Taylor,
was sentenced to a term in the Central Wingham; directors, for Goderich-
Prison, was before Judge Win. Elliot Wm. Antray,'J. Fisher, C. A. Wills;
Saturday morning. An order was I Clinton--LackKeunedy, WalterCoikts,
made, releasing Cameron on bail -$500 I J. W. Ford; Hullet-Vin. Wallace,
in his own recognizances, and John W. Carter, Fairservice Brothers,. G.W.
McLennan and .7. A. Mcg ochlan, of I Irwin; Seaforth--John A. Wilson, 0.
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East Williams, in $250 each -to appearI C. Wilson, U. Johnson, T. P. Coleman,
at the county sessions, which open here John Ward; Lucknow-J. 0. Lyons;
on June7. _ . , j Wroxeter -John Barnard.
SPeING
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SSPRING
NESPRIG GOODS
etieeteciiaaiueuativaaueauitmili enlaenaniaolnientenieo-ueengl VI J
bought them in the .closestmark1et, places
'• us:in.a togive the: shire goods
}. positionp
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at the closest possible prices,
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We have no.w one of :the finest Spring
in t-Ccitinti of TASTY UP-TO-DATE s,Toe
the,
Y
GOODS to select .from.
WHILE THE,Assortrnen
is
A few Ladies' Jackets also Mens' and Boys' Over-
coats to be sacrificed at COST.
AND MISER
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All Woollen Goods to be cleated regardless of cost
I: ~ ash and Produce and one Prima hi All.
Brown & Preeter.
STORES AT OREDITO AND LtEIWR,
JOHN WHITE & CONS
Publishers and Proprietor
Maguire. Syneail
BRIEFS, -One of the largest parties,Fo) owing ere the market quotations,
of the season was held at the residence Wh°at
rate 73
IIarl 5
e 20 to
Y 2
of J. Laughlin's on Monday evening. Oat
There were over fifty couples present, Pas .3517 ttoo 40s
including some twenty one fiddlers, Buytor $7.50 i3toto$iS2
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TEim"sothysoed.......... ....S2.50t102tro 501
Cloverseed.............. ...s4.0o to $1.25
being represented from Liven to
Limerick, East and 'Vest, and from
our town up to Buffalo. North and
South. While some indulged freely in
card playing, others tipped the heel
and toe until broad daylight. Tom is
the boy to g,et up a party. -The resi-
dents of T, Hodgson's were taken by
surprise on Tuesday eveningFeb. 9th,
by a number of young adies and
entlemen. We 'tender the young
adies, of Brinsley, very many thanks
for their presence at the party, and
hope to see them at many more. A
very enjoyable time was spent up to
en early hour. -Miss Julia Darling,
our popular musician, is visiting
friends in Thed: ord.-Miss S. A. Clark,
is
of Stephen, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
J. Hodgson. -Miss E, Fenton is yisit-
ing friends in London. -Mrs. Win.
Cook had a bee sewing rags on Friday
last. Will and John likes pie. -David
Watson and wife were on their wed-
ding trip, and called on his grand-
father, Wm. Maguire, and other re-
latives. -Mrs. J. Sutton, of Exeter, is
visiting
her mother, r, Mrs. T.
Hodgson.
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BRInr's.-Josepli Raville and Simon
Green have returned from Port Frank,
where they had their nets set for her-
ring ; each lost his net. -John Statton
has moved with his family onto the
farm which Win. Cornish left this
winter. -James Spittal and his bride
returned on Wednesday of last week,
and a reception party was held for
the occasion, and to which the young
people of the neighborhood were in-
vited. All report having a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Spittal will visit their
friends fora short time, and then leave
for their home in the West. -Don't
waist your time with the old broom,
when you can buy two good ones for a
quarter at the Post Office Store. -
Abner Millard, who has been working
up North for some years is now home,
and is preparing to go West some-
time in March.-Robt. Hamilton has
purchased a shingle mill, and will be
able to supply the surrounding country
with shingles. -Chas. Morrish deliver-
ed a fine lot of hogs which lie sold
to Henry Willert, of Dashwood,
on Tuesday. -The ice on the lake got a
good send off with the recent east wind,
but no doubt will soon be hack as the
wind(changestothe west -Try theblack
tea sold at the Post Office Store. It is
unexcelled for richness of tlavor.
G, J. Sutherland, Notary Public, Convoy.
sneer, Commissioner, Fire Insurance agent,
and Issurer of Marriage Licenses. Legal
•al docu-
ments carefully t
oft 1 y drawn at reasonable rates.
Money to loan on real estate at low rates et: in-
terest. Moo at the Post-oftico, Ilensall.
'BRIUFs.-Jas. -Taylor has recently
purchased a fine piano.- A number of
our villagers enjoyed a pleasant even-
ing at the home of John Hawkins,
Hay township, recently, -- Mr. and
Mrs. George Case, of Hay township,
on Tuesday entertained a number of
friends, including the choir of Carmel
ahnrch of which his wife was formerly
a ruember.-Peter Hagan, of Detroit,
arrived here on Monday evening, to at-
tend the marriage of his brother
James, of Ray, township to Miss Mc-
Kinnon, of Tuckersmith. The cere-
mony took place Tuesday at the R. C.
church, Seaforth, and was performed
by the parish priest, Several of this
village attended the wedding. -
Mrs. +Gilchrist intends offering her
fine farm for sale by public auction on
Saturday next.-Iiev. (Dr.) Buchanan,
missionary, of India, occupiedi -.
s da the ui
y,> p
j pit of Carmel church, on Sunday even -
mg last, delivering a very interesting
discourse on his work there and of the
urgent need of help owing to the
famine existing there. A very liberal
collection was taken up at the close in
aid of the famine fund. --A very in-
teresting event took place at the
Kippen circuit Methodist parsonage in
Hensall, on Monday, when Frank H.
Mann, of the township of Tuckersmith
was united iu marriage to Miss Annie
M. Windsor, of the same township.
The nuptial knot was tied by the Rev.
Waddell. -The death of William Kerr,
of this village occurred on Wednesday
last after a protrated illness,at the ad-
vanced age of 85 years. Deceased was
anative of Scotland, born in Glasgow,
where be married Miss Isabella Park,
of that city. They caine to this country
55 years ago, settling first in Ottawa
and the township of Lanark. Some 49
years ago they moved to the township
of Hay and engaged in farming, 9
years ago retiring and moving to
Hensall, where he had since lived, his
wife dying some three months after
coming here. He was a Presbyterian
in religion,a Liberal in politics, a good
neighbor and esteemed citizen. He
had a family of nine, seven of whom
survive him. The funeral took place
on Friday last *o Rodgerville ceme-
tery, and • was largely attended, -A
very interesting event takes place to-
day (Thursday) at the residence of
Thos. Robertson, of the township of
Tuckersmith, his daughter, Miss Mar-
garet E., joining hand and heart with
John Dodds, of Manitoba, formerly of
Hay, and who has been spending the
past month among his many friends
here. The happy couple intend leaving
for their prairie home shortly. They
carry with them the best wishes of
their innumerable friends. -Mr. and
Mrs. John Carmichael and George Mc-
Ewen, of Hensall, on Wednesday of
last week, attended the marriage of
Mrs. Carmichael's sister,Miss Towers
to Mr. Gillard, both of te township of
Hibbert. The marriage ceremony was
performed by Rev. Peter Scott, and
was witnessed by ai, large number of
relatives and friends. -Mr. Ferris, of
the County of Brant has been spend-
ing the past few weeks with his.
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Chapman, of the township
of Hay. -Miss C. Carroll, who hasbeen
spending the past month with her
aunt, Mrs. J. Sutherland, returned to
her home iu Beachville,on Saturday. -
Miss Hunter, who was the guest of
Mrs. Smallacombe has returned to
Brussels. -Richard Wright is visiting
his sons in Detroit and Toledo, while
Mra. Wright is visiting her daughter
in Gorrie.-The many friends of Rob't
Bell, jr., of the Hensall machine works
will regret to learn that be is co),fined
to his bed through illness. We hope
to be able to report his early recovery.
-Miss Westaway, of Exeter spent
Sunday with her sister Miss Jennie
Westaway.-The village council have
purchased a second-hand fire engine
formerly used in Kincardine, where
they have adopted the waterworks
system. The engine is a first class one
and cost when new $ 750. It was secur-
ed for $150, a great bargain. Now for a
water supply. -Mr. Gibson,of Galt,visit-
ed at Wiu. Moir's.-A. Dent, of the firm
of Dent & Thomsou,Mitchell, accompa-
tied by Mrs. Dent, visited at James
Sutherland's last week.- There has
been a great deal of sickness in the
village during the past week. We are
ro1 s to saythat all
ea, edare on a fair
ad to recovery. -I. W. Ortw eiu in-
tends adding inzllinei y •to his present
mercantile business, and has engaged
the services of Miss A.. McEwen.-
Miss Cartmell delivered. averyinter-
esting address on Missionary work in
the Methodist church on Friday even-
ing last. -Mrs. Win. Kyle, of Kippen,
visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. John
McAllister, of this village last week.-
Business has been quiet in the village
the past week. -Sleighing on the roads
runningeast and west is cc nun
b U
bare, While on the north and south
- roads pitch holes are innumerable. -
At a meeting: of the village e3uncil
Saturday evening the hotel licenses
were raised from $90 to $100 per year.
This is one of the results of incorpor-
ation. - Samuel Jackson and wife, of.
Ripley visited friends in town Monday
and Tuesday. Mrs. Jackson has' been
very: poorly of late, and was quite ill
here, on Monday, -Rev. J. 'S. Ilender-
son and Geo. Mc {'wen,left on Tuesday
g. ,a,
for Niagara, as representatives of the
1:Iensall Ivy Green Court, C. O. P., to
some weeksbefore he is able to return.
--The Hills Green Presbyterians in-
tend purchasing an organ for their
church. Some of the congregation
a .o-
of n or-
gan
be
re O opposed to t
a a
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The ice
rules. z
pp themajority
an glut
has 'been safely arveted, a good deal
of it coming from Sippen. It is of
poor quality and will be hard to keep.
-The milliners are attending the
openings in London and Toronto. -
David Clark continues very ill, with
little hope of recovery. -Miss Kenny,
of Seaforth, is visiting her aunt, Mrs,
Taylor, at present. -W. C. Davis, we
understand, intends removing his pre-
sent promises and erecting in their
stead a handsome brick block. Con-
tinue the good work and King street
will soon present a handsome Tear-
convention
will hold
convention at Zurich, on Tuesday next.
John Torrance is the orbable candi-
date. -The carnival at Exeter Monday
evening was largely attended by
Hensallites, - W. Coiwill has been
selected as a juror for the Spring
ante. The Conservatives
Assizes.
g
Clinton.
BRIEFS. -The death of Miss Mary E.
Churchill has cast a gloom over the
whole community, she being in the
prime of health up to allele days before
her death. She was taken with a.
headache on the Friday previous and
kept getting worse until Sunday,
when she became unconscious and
never rallied until death cl{aimed her
on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of
death was congestion of the brain.
She was aged 22 years and Omonths.-
A peculiar freak of nature occurred on
the stock farm of Mr. D. A. Forrester
o
the other day. He has a number of
fat steers being prepared for the May
British market. Under one of the
animals the attendant;uoticed a pool of
blood and made search to ascertain
the cause. Behind the forearm of the
beast, near the heart, the blood gushed
out at every heart beat. His hand was
placed upon the cavity. but the
blood still spurted out. Veterinary
Blackall was secured. He found that
a wart had grown oyer one of the
main arteries. The steer had rubbed
against the stall with the above result.
-On Wednesday afternoon, at the
home of the bride's father, Mr. Thos.
Farquhar, Miss Etta, and Mr. Wesley
J. Moore, were made one by the Rev.
J. F. Park. Both are well known and
popular among their many friends
here. They Ieft on the afternoon train
for Detroit. -A suggestion has been
made that the Suavely $10,000 would
be well spent •in tearing down the
present town ball and erecting' a more
suitable building off the street. -Mon-
day morning'about 2 o'clock or a, few
minutes after that hour, Mr.. John
Sheppard, who sleeps over the new
grocery store on Ontario street, was
awakened from the. smellofsumoke. He
hurriedly dressed but was almost suffo-
cated onreaching the hall way. He could
plainly see the clause of the smoke and
hesitated as to whether he should fight
the flames or soundtbe fire alarm. He
used good judgment in doing the
latter. Although destruction seemed
imminent, a few dozen pails of water
quenched the blaze. The partition
h bb e
W,18 burned clean through for a con-
siderable space, also the floor. In a
few minutes more the whole building
Would have been in Haines. --If the two
churches, Batterbury and Ontario.
street, amalgamate, many people are
of the opinion that the Ontario street
church might be converted into an
'hospital,andtho $10,000Stavely money
invested in this way. -On Friday.
evening when about retiring for the
night Mrs. Jas. M.Sheppaard,complaained
feeling very o •l. •au
of 1; lin or and herhulsb< d
went fora dctor, and though gone
only a few minutes his wife had pass
ed away during his absence.
,.,•
On Saturday doctors performed an
operation on Mr. Chas. Brine, of St.
Marys. Mr. Brine has been ill for
some weeks now, the latest ilhess.be-
ing an .attack of pleurisy, which tiirn-
ed to empymma, and a rib was re -sect
ed to get an opezingto the part affect-
ed and about three pints of pus wasex-
erecte 1 is
. t , He recoveringas rapidly
i < lid y
as. can be expected, which of necessity
ivill be very slow. His many friends
1vill be pleased to learn that lie wilt,
erelong be up.and around again.
At the the Grand Council of Ontario
Royal Tempters of Temperance, held.
at Oshawa; it WAS decided to meet next.
year at St. Thomas.
Centralia
BRIEFS. -Square timber and bass-
wood logs are being delivered at the
station for shipment abroad. -Miss
Huston, of Exeter, is visiting Mrs.
Delgaty.-Mr. and Mrs. Webber, of
the Exeter Steam Laundry,dry>
spent
Sunday here. -Rev, John Greenway,
of Crystal City, Manitoba, . is visiting
here, and will preach in the Methodist
church here on Sunday evening next,
-Revival meetings are being held in
the Eden church with great success,
and the pastor is being aided by a
band of Epworth Leaguers. -Admir-
able sermons were preached on Sunday
last by the Rev. S. J. Algin, of Brussels,
in aid of the Missionary Society of the
Methodist church. The financial re -
rains were fairly good. -Mrs. Lingard
is suffering serious illness from the ef-
fects of a fall.
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Lucan.
BRIEFS. -Mr. James II, McRoberts,
formerly of this place, but now a resi-
last week purchasing cattle, for the
dent ofltheArnerican.Republic,washere
American market. He shipped a car-
load.-lr. and Mrs. Cousins, of Lon-
don spent Sunday with Mrs. W. Reid,
Main street. The Farmer's Institute
meeting here on Wednesday was not
very well attended. However, those
present heard a. number of interesting
addresses. -Mr. Jardine, principal of
Lucan high school, Ieft on Tuesday for
Gerrie to see his brother, who was
suddenly taken ill. -The young peo-
ple of the village, with many friends
from St. Marys, Stratford, and other
places, held their annual assembly in
the town hall on Friday night last. -
Mr. and Mrs. Bowles, Manitoba, who
had been visiting with friends here,
will return early in the week. -The
Biddulph poet, "Adare," is out with a
new production.
Greenway
BRIEFS. -Thos. Bollard, our village
shoemaker, bought a, new $85 Singer
sewing machine of Mr.Bei'efetfor sew-
ing leather and patches on shoes, It
is one of the latest improyments, and
willenableP
him to patch hshoes
much
neater and cheaper. The finest shoes
can be patched so neatly that it will
hardly be noticed. -Over 40 thousand
brick were placed on the ground for
the new church last week. The brick
were purchased from Mr. Miller, of
Parkhill. -Mrs, 0. M. Wilson, of Park-
hill, is visiting friends in this vicinity.
-Miss May McPherson, who has been
in poor health for sometime, was
taken worse last Sunday. Dr. Ovens
is attending her and she is some better
this week. Wm. Wicket's two child-
ren are sick with inflammation of the
lungs. -Miss Rose Curts, of London, is
visiting her parents. -If the party that
found a white all -wool shawl will
leave it at Mr. A. W. Humphries'
store Parkhill, they will greatly oblige
the owner. -W. 3. Wilson has three
young horses for sale.
St Marys. '
BRIEFS. -On Friday evening, Feb.
12, the Hockey Club of this town held
a carnival. A large number entered
the lists as competitorsfor the different
prizes. The costumes were, in many
instances both ludicrous and interest-
ing. Calvin McRae dressed as Mep-
histopheles, received the prize for be-
ing the best dressed gentleman on the
rink. Master Dan Moir dressed as a
page, 'was awarded the• prize for the
boys division. Mach hesitation was
noticed on the part of theJudges be-
fore awarding the young Ladies' prize,
but the• final decision fell on Miss
as dressed to e1 Ross, ss who w o , h
re-
present music. .. Miss Lena William-
son dressed as summer was. awarded
uhe.,irls prize. -The Gold fever is rag-
ing in town and it is said is spreading
to the surrounding country. A large
number of our citizens have invested
heavily in the Rossland mines. -Mr.
W. M. Munroe, a former, resident of
Buffalo. has opened a Brokerrs office in
Carter's Block, Queen street. Mr.
Munroe leas hada good experience in
all matter of. Stocks and exchanges
• u-.
able ole toIva valu-
able
will no ab
ill'dol t
b
able iinformation to any' parties wish;
ing to purchase Stocks. He also has a
rivate wire connected with his office
Vol, the purpose of receiving quotations
on all matters of stool.- Special
evangelistic services will be opened in
the Methodist church next Sunday.
The official board halve secured the
services of Evangelist Hill, of Toronto,
- On
Saturday evening what might
have been a very fatal accident occur-
red. on Main street. While Mr.
Sin
-
riair, Downie,accompatied by two
ladies' was driving down the street, a
the High Court' In session there this horse ;dri en byMr. Hepburn plunged
week. gThe delegation from the local into the frontof''"the`cuter. The oc-
corirtis a strong one. -James Logan,
of Hills Green, who went to Loudon+
last week to undergo an operation in
the hospital, has passed through the
ordeal, and is do, nicely. It will be
cupants of both rigs succeeded in ex-
tricating themselves without injury.
Mr. Sinclair's cutter, however, was
broken to pieces, scarcely a portion of
it except the seat was left together.
Pari hill.
At the Agricultural Grounds on
Thursday the annual sparrow shoot of
Cl
the Parkhill GunClub took place,
George Bawden acting as referee. Fif-
teen birds were shot at 20 yards rise
and 50 yards boundary,. J. D. McColl,
the renowned athlete, made the splen-
did record ofl4out of 15 biz'ds,defeating
I. Bice, a well known crack shot, much
to the surprise of friends of the latter.
Appended is the score.
J. D. McColl - - - 14
I, Bice - 13
W. J. Bawden - - - 12
M. Thompson- - - 11
C. Sherdown - - 11
R. Robinson 10
S. Donaldson 7
C. McCann 8
J. Rolland
James Cunningham - - 6
Granton.
BRIEFS. --We are grieved to have to
announce the death of Mr. James
Park, Sen., which tooklace at the
family residence on Sunday morning,
the 21st inst. At the very hour when
he was wont to repair to the house of
God to participate in divine worship,
the scene with him was suddenly
changed to one of eternal praise and
adoration with the angels in heaven.
Mr. Park,whose death has cast a
feeling of uch melancholy over the
community, was one of the pioneersof
the village, coming to reside here
about 25 years ago, and ever since his
coming his life had been proverbial for
Christian consistency and uprightness.
For years he had been an elderinthe
Presbyterian Church, in which capac-
ity he will be much missed. A widow,
two sons and two daughters, are left
to mourn the loss of an affectionate
husband and loving father.
Eizmviile.
Aerse nRSAny.--The annual anni-
versary of the Methodist church was a
decided success. On Sunday the pulpit
was occupied. morning and evening by
Rev. T. T. George, of Delaware, a
former pastor whose popularity
was evident by the large numbers
present to hear his sermons and who
spoke of them ns being rich treats.
On Monday evening tea was served to
a large number, and at the after meet-
ing the church was crowded to its full-
est capacity when Rev. C, FIetcher
gave a ,very interesting account of
some things he saw in old London, the
metropolis of the world, during his
recent visit. Rev. N. R. Willoughby,
chairman of the district, closed the
service by a brief but interesting
speech. The finances of the church
were shown to be in better condition
than for many years and the proceeds
of the anniversary amounted to$80.00.
Cromarty.
BRIEFS. - Forestry is booming just
now ; three candidates were initiated
at their last meeting and three more
for the next. -Miss Agnes McLachlin
has returned home after visiting friends
around Brussels. -Miss Stella, second
daughter of John Gillespie, now of
Mitchell, formerly of this place, was
buriedhere Saturday ;she was
ona
bright girl of some 13 year but fell a
victim to that dread disease rconsump-
tion.-On March 8th a tea -meeting or
jubilee will be given in the Presbyterian
church at Cromarty. On Sunday the
services will be conducted by Principal
Caven, of Knox College, Toronto, and
on Monday the Tea will be given in
Simon A. Miller's carriage shop. The
addresses will be given in the church by
several ministers of the surrounding
country. - Joseph Speare has the
material on his grounds for the pur-
pose of remodelling his barn. -Will
Kerslake, who had his nose broken
sometime ago, is around again, and we
are .pleesed to see, although having so
prominent a feature fractured, it will
in no wise disfigure his face: -Oswald
Walker, sr., is confined to house with
la grippe. James Norris, a mile and a
quarter east of the village, while split-
ting• wood the other day had the mis-
fortune of cutting his foot. - James
Miller, of Atwood, spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting his parents Mr.
and Mrs. James Miller, near this vil-
lage. - Parties are the order. The
other evening Mr. Hamilton, near the
village, entertained a goodly number
of his friends, all having . a very en-
joyable time.
The annual meeting of East Huron
Teachers' Convention will be held in
Wingham on Friday and Saturday,
May 21 and 22.
Stock
'raking
Sale.
I
We will offer special bargains in
all our Woollen Goods.
Special Sale
Ot
Woman's Underwear.
We want to xt.luce stock be-
fore entering up our Std
Book.
a c P. Ross
Dashwood.
BRIEFS. --Rev. Mr, Eby is conducting
revival meetings on the 14th con, of
Stephen. •- Miss Clara Bean, -who has
been attending London Collegiate In-
stitute is spending a few days with her
parents here. -Jacob Kellerman Was in
London, on Saturday.: Miss Sybilla
Eby has returned home from St.
Thomas, where she had been attending
Alma College. - Arthur Stelek, who
was employed by Jonas Hartleib, as
tinsmith, left for his home near Blake
last week. - The oyster supper given
by the Lady Maccabees last Thursday
night was a decided success. - Ezra
Teaman intends opening a new
butcher shop and has already laid. in
his stock of ice for the summer. We
wish Ezra success, - Quite a number
from here went to Exeter last Wed-
nesday- night to hear Harold Jarvis. -
Geo. Zimmerman, of Tavistock, is
visiting at J. Voeker's.-Miss Esh, of
Sebringville, is visiting at Fred.
Baker's. -Mr. and Mrs. M. Fenn spent
Sunday with friends in Lieury. - Mr.
and Mrs. John Fenwick, who have
been visiting friends here left last
week for their home in Manitoba.
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Ailsa Craig.
BRIEFS. Mr. Alex. Gunn, of St.
Paul, Minn., is here at present on a
visit to his brothers, Hector and Dr.
John Gunn. Alex. is loaded down
with free &leer. Hugh Russell, eldest
son of Mrs. Robert Fetch, died at the
hospital in Toronto on Saturday last,
aged 23 years. His remains were
brought home and interred in the
Nairn cemetery on Monday afternoon.
-Rev. Mr, Roy, pastor of St. James'
Church, Clandeboye, occupied the pul-
pit in Trinity church, Ailsa Craig, on
Sunday evening Lest The reverend
gentleman spoke inbebalf of the home
missions. His appeal was responded
to very liberally. -We are sorry to
have to announce the death of Robert
Alexander, aged.19 years,son of Dr.
John and Jae Gun, at
his father's
residence about eight o'clock a. in. on
Monday, Feb. 22nd. Mr. and Mrs.
Gunn, have the heartfelt sympathy of
the residents of Ailsai Craig and
vicinity in their sad bereavement.
Rob was a general favorite with all
who knw `enim. The funeral Ieft
his father's residence at 2 o'clock on
Tuesday afternoon to Nairn cemetery.
Mr. S. F. Glass' pottery at Potters -
burg, East London, was destroyed by
fire.
The Simicoe County Council has de-
cided to hold its sessions at different
places in the county.
Mr. J. B. Latizon, Conservative, was
elected to the Manitoba Assembly for
St. Boniface by a majority of 180.
We are pleased to hear that Regist-
rar Gibsoh, of Goderich, is reported
by his medical attendant as steadily
improving.
An illicit still was seized on Wm.Mc-
Iiroy's farm in Collingwood Township.
Mcllroy was fined $100 and costs for
the offence.
Blake Elliot the young man arrested
by Chief Skirving at Ingersoll on Feb.
11, has been dismissed by the police
magistrate of Lucknow for lack of
evidence to send him for trial. Elliot
was taken to that town to stand his
trial on a charge under the Charlton
Act, preferred by one Jane Ste*art.
ling Sale.
Having purchased the business of C. Zwicker, we will offer
the stock at reduced prices for .
greatly
Cash and Proclicc
Having decided to adopt the system of buying for cash and selling for cash
or' the equivalent, we can convince3 giving t. s a call,that i prices , youby wour 1 rices •aro
very much ch lower than any one doing business under the old system.
The stock is large and well assorted, and in good order to Make room for
Spring' Goods,we willdisposetho same c
Sp gv 'of of ost.:
We will make t reduction of 25% off all ead -made clothin . ; the stock
is No. 1 and fully assorted with BOY'S YOUTH'S and MEN'S' Suits.
Also about 20 Frame Ulsters at less than cost price.
FUR COATS,FUR CAPES, MEN'S I#EAVER and PERSIAN CAPES will
be sacrificed to clear.
LADIES' MANTLES, about 20, to clear, at from $1.00 to $5.00 each,fornier
price $4.00 to $10.00, and this season's goods.
DRESS GOODS, FLANNELS,FLANNELETTES, COTTONADES
TWEEDS,FACTORY COTTON,etc. at veryclose -irices,
Remnnts of Tweeds, , Prints, w ,Dress Goods, Flannels, I.Llnts, ;etc., at .less than.
half prices.
Groceries, best Granulated Sugar, 23 pounds for $1.00; YellowSugar,28
p ,y
pounds for $1,00 ; best Green Rio Coffee, 7<tounds for $1.00 ; large sire 'beast.
(Jake,5 cents ; Globe Wash Boards, 12 cents ; 7 bars of Dingman's It;lectrie
Soap, for 25 cents ; 0 bars of `Comfort or Sweet Home Soap, for 25 cents ;
Forest City Baking Powder 1: pound,,' Scalers for 20 cents, and other lines at
corresponding prices at the
CHEAP CASH STORECRI D TQlm1,
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