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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-4-6, Page 4The Mollsons Bank, • (Caartraanall) BY RaItiaaMiWa, ja,35.; Paid up Capital, P.Q0Q,000 Aostrand, . a1,400,000 • lima Calico, Montreal- . • . NVOIX,SHSTAX TM:WAS, alsea - • Giaswasa.. Mastacaaa Money advanced to geed. farmers on their own mite wittiou° oa mere endorsor at 7 por cent. or anniun. ' Exeter 13ro,noli Open, ovorilawtra day from le a. na to 3 p.m, SaTVWDAYS, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Cluareet rates of interest allowed on deposits. C'18°N 84' °Itiligglie X'D. Ittiagiu- gxeter, Deo, 7th. '0. Calender for APRIL, 1899. Sleseneer.. , . 2 9 16 23 30 MoenseST 310 17 21 TUESDAY . . 4 11 18 25 WEDNEsDAY... . 5 12 19 26 TxivitsDAY . 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 SaTuRDA.x • 1 8 15 22 29 Olt• sOctl 0180 - THURSDAY, APRIL 6th, 1899 NOTES AND COMMENTS. In Committee of the Legislature the other day, Mr. Barber, the paper inanufaoturer from Halton, one of the able business men of the House, point- ed out that municipal bonuses were largely responsibie for the collapse of the woolen industry some years ago, and that if municipalities werepermit- ted to bonus pork -packing establish- ments, as it was clear there was now a tendency •to do,the whole pork -pack- ing industry of the Province would be demoralized in a few years. It was already in a critical condition bonus- ing would bring over competition and ruin. The Hardy Government is responsi- • ble for a clear, cold. gift of 505,o00 to Messrs. McKenzie & Mann. The On- tario and Rainy River Railway would have been built without a grant of another ten cents from the treasury of Ontario. Granting $505,000 to Mc- Kenzie & Mann for a railway which they would have been glad to build • without the addition of a dollar to the ample enbeidiee already at, their dis- pesal, is an act which. =et start& as a disgrace to tbe Hardy Government. While it would not, have saved the dis- grace to Mr. Hardy, had we a senate for Ontario, the people ruight have been saved the above amount. A Protest Entered. A protest was, ou Thataday, filed 1 agaiust the realm of Nelson Monteith, the gentleman twice chosen by, the electors of Soeth Pet* to represent' them in the Local Legislatnre. Tbe petitioner isLiedsay Hitch. of St. Marys, wise advances the •usual 'allege - 'Vous of bribery and coreoptien, and also o1o4zathat the eleetion is noll Ana vow on the groned that the writ was issued Oe Febenary 8th, dining the session of the Legislatiere, contrary te the statute, ' The petitioner., asksthe diegualifica- tioa of Mt. Monteith, and clams the seat for his opponent,Valentine Stock. The petition wastled by Messrs. Kerr & 00.., Toronto. UP Go The Taxes. The Customs taxes per head during the past five years have been as fol- low: •-• • • ' ' 1804 (Om.). . .. . ... • 1895 (Oon.) ... 3.52 1890 (Con.) 1897 (Lib) • 3.83 1898 (Lib.) * 4.22 We pay 28 cents more pee head than we did in 1894,seventy cents more than in 1895, and 52 cents more thee in 1896. In 1898 a family of five paid $2.60 more to the Goyerrunent than in 1890, p.m) more than in 1895,and $1.20 more than in 1894. This is the fulfillmentof :Plank No. 1, which promised to reduce taxes as speedily as possibly. • B EXET R T • Hictchilph 1)BaTir Or A. 1IONEEn.—.4u. old and respected resident; of. Biddulph town, •ship . died at hie llOIDO. 110ILP' Linein shortly nor nboiron Monday, Morel) 27, in the perso 0Malliargees. Deceased had been ,a eonfiried for about fifteen- yeare. Hedied somewhat suddenly, fie oe the Sator- day precedingliii death he \vas able to . write a' letter, He Must, hoWeVerihaVe shad some !arena:Mitten of his apprea,ch- .ing end, as be inede all arreagements for his own feneral some two weeke previously. Death was dee. to heart failure, Mr, • McIthergey Was born 78 years ago in the tunth of Irelaod; hut • when oely six moetlis old came with his. parents_ to this c.onntry. They settled in London township, being 'ainoug the .9rst to make that plaice their home. At that time.the country wee almost completely covered with the primeval forest., and the present fine highway between London and Goderich was -still anconstructed, About fifty-three •years ago he mar- ried Miss .McOarthy,of the same town- ship, by whom he had the following cnitdren : Dennis, of Biddul ph town- ship.; Mrs. S. Long, of Stratford, Ben- jamin of Toronto; David and Olensent, of Stratford; James, of ' Detroit; Stephen, of Minnesota, aod joseph, on the homestead. Mrs. McIlhargey died tu 1870. Soon after their marriage, the young couple moved into Biddulpla township and took lip lend near the present village of Lucan. Here Mr. McIlhargey acquired considerable pro- perty, being the owner of several, fine farms. He owned and operated the first brick yard for many wiles around, For a number of years he also owned a general .store in the vit. lege of Luean and dealt extensively in grain. He was, in every sense of the word, one of the old-fashioned, hard- working pioneers who have made this part of Ontario what it is to -day. He held the offices of reeve and -councillor of Lucari for many years. He was also a justice of the peace. Though be took little interest, in politics, he was a thorough -going Conservative. more than forty years ago he raised a militia company in the vicinity of Lucau,and for a long time helheld the position of captain of this erg iuization. Though he started each of his boys in a business of his own, Mr. McIlhar- gey.was in very comfortable circum- stances, the estate being valued at about $25,000. In his will he left $400 to the housekeeper who had tended him for many years, $400 to the Mount Hope Orphanage in London, an d $100 to the Protestant Orphans" Home, else in London. All the children except Stephen were in attendance at tbe funeral, which took place Friday morning to St. Patrick's cereetery,apd was very largely attended. • The 'pall- bearers were the six sons of the deceae- •• • ed, who were present,and Rev. Father • A Midnight Raid. Noonan of SL Patrick's condiected the. services. • THE COMING TAX. It is, perhaps, not generally known that provision has Already been made by the Ontario Legislature for.. the levying of a Provincial as well as a county and township tax. Section 264 of the Ontario assessment act provides that taxes may he levied for the .pur- poses of the Treasurer of the Presnoce, and that such taxes shall be assessed, levied and collected by and paid. over to the same persons, in the same man- ner, and at the same time, as taxes imposed for municipal purposes. The insane policy_that is being fol- lowed by the Legislature of borrowing millions of dollars and donating it to railroad. promoters will surely cause this section of the assessmeut act to be brought into active operatiore There is every reason to believe that part of the donations already naade as well as those that may be voted. hereafter, will have to be provided for by direct taxes levied upon the rate- payers of every municipality in On- tario. Each farmer will then find in his tax bill a levy for the Provincial Government. — The Weekly Sun, To- ronto. Besides Sir Charles Tupper, eleven Conservatives addressed the House, Hon. G. E. Foster, Hon. Clarke Wallace and Messrs. Taylor, Monk, Casgrain, Craig, Broder, Osier, Moore, Davin and Pope, and while it is im- possible to give anything like a synop- sis ofa week's debate, in a brief ar- ticle like this, it may be sufficent to say that while the speeches were,with- out exception, forceful, argumentative and keenly critical of the policy and conduct of the Government, there was a very marked difference between them and the:speeches on the address • which one was accustomed to hear during the eighteen years the Liberal party was in Opposition, in that there was not it all the speeches one word of disparagement of the country, one word which could injure its credit and _high standing, or one word of dispair • that the country must go to destruc- tion immediately unless the Opposition was returned to power. On the con- trary, the speakers were one and all patriotic and hopeful in their tone, and while each speaker was free and • outspoken in his criticism of the Gov- • ernment, he was careful to distinguish \ between the Government and the country, and not try to injure the one by decrying the other. In other words, • it was made very apparent that each speaker on the Opposition thoughttbat although the Government was all wrong the country was all right, and vvould continue to develop, even un- der five years of Grit maI-adminstra- tion, so strongly have the seeds of • prosperity and development been sown by the Conservative party during its • long and wise administration of affairs, • and the establishment of the National policy under wlaich it has grown great, rich and prosperous. Perth County Notes • Miss lUggie Davis of Kirkton hes eecered a position as saleslady in To- rontee ' TilSCO is now a Movement on focitito start alodge of She SOS of Etigland ip g , y. Monctoet .Tohoohn Hey bee' purchased the fanI o The reportef thelPeStpiasteeaeral Huron County Notes Pest Office Statistics: , • of the Zurich Flax Company. . • . for the yeer ending June 30, 1803. has Aleii„ Srn1i 3t13 line, Morrie has ittst been reeeived, Frrini it wegleam purchased the ooe hundred acre faeni 'the following' interestieg infoimation. The annexed Dahl° .shows the Ifusluess done at each of the "aecounting" of - flees in the county and the remunera- tion received by the postmastere, in - chiding their allosvencee for euel light 'and. rout : . , . Noof Sal'ry Gross any of Other Revenue, orders Post- Allow- ' ' • iseeed s t' r aneee. Anhtirn • $ 431,90 790 $ 176 $141.80 Bayfielcr '• 629.44 r792 •252 145,79 O Ileigravo 864,48 216 290 35.73 Blyth 1,467.49 894 500 215,24 Brucefield 465.48 100 175 30.80 •Brussels 2,328,22 2807 720 481.22 Clinton • 5,109.68 1225 1240 505.60 Oranbrook 302,22 162 130 • 22.92 Orediton • 729.96 458 • 270 124.28 Dungannon 715.73 555 220 116.38 Ethel • 524.92 207 228 • 34.82' gxeter ' 2,442;60 1524 • 700 397.28 Forcterich 815.45 802 280 .. 134.61 Goderich 6,813.03 268.1 1090 • 479,53 Gorrie 1,057.08 819 380 178.13 Hepsall 1,310.81 924 420 186.50 Kippere" 872.99 174 128 53.45 Londesboro 465.51 274 • 164 35.69 Molesworth 332.76 120 • 92 22.24 Seaforth 4,891.53 1686 1384 610.78 „ • On Tue,sday last tbefu , year The contract for ereeting the new ecbool house, eee, 6. Vellareon, has beep let at aluinp tender of $2924. , • Thos Knipe ;jr.,•Moncton, has decid- ed to leave the Old farm and seek hie fortune tinning the farmers at Russel - dale, • • • • . . Late Eoglish papers announce the deeth of John Thornton,' father of M's. (Bele) ,Ketrin, ,Mitchell, in the 72nd year of his age, •• Mr. Hannah, of•London is talking of buying the Mitchell hardware business from MT. O'Dell. •Mr. Hannah is a son:in-law of A. Dna, Mitchell. Thoinas Speare and sister Minnie, of Hibbert, tat last week .for Gledboto; Miteitob.a, Mr. Spear° as at one time a member , of the ' Ncrthwest -mounted police. ' , , • „ • , Why don't you try Carter's Little The World says: Mr. Hardy de- ceives himself if be imagines that the people do not understand his tactics in bunching all his shady measures and rushing them through the Legis- lature when the members are in no lit physical condition to give them the at- tention their importance demands.There is no excuse whatever for the in- decent hast with which important legislation was passed and millions of dollars voted away during the closing hours of the session which has just terminated. We do not know why it 'WAS necessarY -that the Legislature should be prorogued on Saturda,y, or why it should be made a matter of life and death to rush through atbreak- neck speed a dozen important Meas- ures. This is not the first time Mi. Hardy has resorted. to this trick to pre- vent discussion and to hide from the public the:objectionable features of his objectionable bills. His open defiance of a public opinion on this occasion' is on a par with his brazen attempt to hold op the courts last summer in or- der to keep himself in power. Mr. Hardy is prepared to resort, to almost any expedient short of an indictable crime to retain office.. He recognizes the fact tlaat hp cannot face the pab- lic again. Among the measures that Mr.Hardy rtished through on the sneak was the bill granting over one and a half mil- lion dollars to railways; the Conmee bill compelling municipalities to buy out existing electric light and gas companies in the event of their de- ciding to undertake these services themselves; resolutions authorizing the Government to refund to the En,gledue syndicate the $20,000 forfeit held by the Government, and em- powering the Government to cancel its agreement with the Canadian Niagara Power Company and make such new contract or cont•racts for the utiliza- tion of Niagara Falls power as it may see fit. All these measures were taken tip after midnight • and put through, with much other legislation, between that hour and seven o'clock Good Friday morning—in less than seven hours altogether. With the ex- ception of Mr. Conmee's bill, these measures had previously received rib uiscnssion whatever. They were intro- duced for the first time after midnight and carried throngh all the necessary stages, within seven hours, and. Under conditione that were most naavor- able for an adeguate consideration of their merits. , A bill was passed in the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday whereby no municipal council will hereafter liege • the power of renewing or exempting • any person or persons from paying taxes withoutthe consent of two-thirds of the electors. The Seaforth football club has re- organized as follows : Honorary presi- debt, Colin Bethune ; honora,ry vice George E. Jackson. ; president, W. Ce!. Willis; lst vice, OscarNeil 2nd vice, Harry Oresswell ; seceetary-treasurer, 3. L. Killoran ; inanal.er, R. 0. °hes- wright. Many of the friends of Perry Over- holt, in Bracefield, will regret to learn of his death, which took place at Wes- ton, on March 22nd, of typhoid fever, Mr. Overholt was for several years employed with Wmth . McMillan, of e London Road. He IeftBrucefield about three years ago to work at the black- sinithieg business with his brother at Westomand has beeri there ever since. Ile was '21 years of age. Mrs. James Young died at het resi- dence in Seaforth,on,Friday last, in the 54th year of her age. Deceased, who only moved to town from.Clibton a short time ago with her husband, had been failing in health for some time. 0. W. Andrews; of the Rs B. Smith Co., of Goderich, has again purchased. the stock in • the old Harman stand, Seaforth. A few months ago he sold out to Mr. Peddie,but he seems to "mele- e, liking for Seaforth, and that he might again be in business herepur- chased' Mr, Peddle's stock and has taken possession. The Detroit Sunday•Sun,. a sensat- ional weekly that, has beenpublished in that city for several years to the scandal of the comininaity, • has been suppressed by Prosecuting Attorney Frazer, at the instaxice of a... citizen who protested against an outrageous and absolutely untrue atteek made by it upon bis relatives.. Lumbermen from the Upper Ottawa, prophesy heav-y floods this spring as a result of this winter's exceptionally large snowfall. ELI.GyAnD's YELLOW OIL Mires sprains, bruises, sores, wounds, cuts, frostbites, chilblains, stings of insects, burns; scalds, contusions, etc, Price 25c. .A. wealthy gentlerean DAM ed Tourret was shot dead Friday evening on the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, by a man who mistook hie victim for President Lou - bet. The Minneapolis •City Council has passed a, curfew ordinance, under which children under sixteen yearere not allowed on the street after 9 o'clock p, m. • Fifteen prominent citizens of Like City, South Carolina„ will be put on trial in the 'United States Circuit Court this week to answer to the charge of having lynched Postmaster Fraser n. Baker, colored, more than a year ego. They are also charged with murder - hag Baker's lettle son and with burn- • ing the postoffice. child ot,John Brenne, of 4urich,. was beried in the I.,atheran cemetery. • •Dra. Low's WO= SYaVP is a safe Ai and re reliable'WOrtii expeller.- Acte• equally well on children or adiilts. Be sure yoti get Low's. • . The Tuckersmith Branch Agricul- tural society is applying to the Sea - forth Counell for aid, otherwise it will become de f upn • Daring the past week the 33rd Bat- talion Band, Seaforth, added a new 870 bass horn to their already fine ca. lection of band instruments. • On Fridays evening W. E. Deep° was elected president of the Kiritteri Epworth•League in.the place of W, Marshall, who resignetl, on account of ill health. . , • • . . Geo. Oliver had the misfortune to • cut his little finger badly in a. rig saw Liver Pills P They are a posdaye cure while at•his .accustomed work in the for' sick headache, and all the ill pro- duced by disordered liver.. Only one pill a dose. • Voss, blacksmith 'for Mr, Berlet, Moncton, had the misfortune to run the tine of a fork into his right band on Tbursday of last week which caused laini to lay off work for a few . • • Thomas.Fletcher, son of Mr. Robert Fletcher, of Kirkton, who has spent the past simmer and winter in Ham - iota, Manitoba, left that town for • the Klondike on March 17th, in Company .with Mr. Thomas Blake, of Kirkton, where they intend accumulating their -fortusies. • • • •• The death of.Mrs. Peter turns 'occur- red on Friday, Meath 24th, at the resi- dence of MacOansland• Irvine, on the 4th line, Blanshard. Deceased had been in poor health for some time, and at last succumbed to her sufferings. The deceased leaves two sons and one daughter to mourn her loss. Mr. and Mrs. Ohas. Robb, from near Donnybrook, were preparing to go borne last Fridny evening and had their horse and cutter infront of the Beaver Block, Wingbane The horse fell over to the ground and Mr. Robb's attempts to arouse it were nseless, and the horse was dead in a few minutes. Rev. J. T..kerrin perfoamedaone of tnose pleasant ceremouies on Wednes- day last at the residence of Jpho. Ley - lawn, Mitchell, when Thos. Tubb was married to Miss Maggie, daughter of Mr. Leyburn., They are 'both fine young people and have good prospects 'before them, for a happy life. , • The bill of the city of Stratford to confirm by-law 779, guaranteeing the debentures of the Whyte Packing Oo., received its third reading in the On- tario Legislature and the Oompany will now make , all pecessary arrange- ments to begin building in that city according' th agreement, • Greenway tRIEFS.—J McWilliams loft here last week to spend his Easter holidays with his parents at Cla,ncleboye.—W T Ulens and wife, Alex Wilson and family attended the silver wedding of ..51r and. Mrs John Ralson, Alisa Craig last week; they repolt having a grana re -union and jolly time, -meeting so many of their friends and seeing so many silyer dollars and other valuable presents.—Miss S MacLachlin is spend.- ing the Easter wed with her parents near Parkhill.—Mrs 0 Ruphorn who has been visiting friends in Boston, Mess, returned homedast Saturday.— The annual vestry meeting of Grace church. was held last Monday. A. large n.umber of the official members met Rev. B G Gunne and squared up the yeam's business, and elected Jas. Hickey and R. Hodgins Wardens.and James McPherson, Sexton.—Dan Dor- mon visited his neice Mrs W T Diens last Monday.—John Brown had a wood bee last Wednesday and Mrs Brown a. quilting, they. are .preparing for cold weather and intend to keep warm.—Jas Bullart visited his bro- ther, Thos Bullart on Monday. -Wm • Bell, W TIllens, Ed McPherson, and • several othersaave tapped their maple trees and are making maple cream.— W J Wilson & Oo are advising their customers to seek not the cheapest but best goods. They have- been in business here for a quarter of a cen.- tory and aim at giving tbeir customers No 1 goods' at reasonable prices.—Miss Rama Ramsay, music teacher, has • secured a large -number of scholars lately.—Miss Vinn a , and Bertha Mc- Pherson are home'visiting their par- ents during the Easter holidays.), THE SPRING OF 1885. Talk about whiter lingering hi the lap of spring this year, it's not the only time the old fellow was guilty of the same indiscretion. Below you will find his record for 1885. --March 13-24 degrees below zero.—March 16-18 de- grees below zero —March 17-14 de- grees below zero.—March 18-6 degrees below zero.—Mach 10-15 degrees be- low zero. —r-22 degrees below zero, — March 2, 'e.,10 degrees below t zero. —March 21 Wi degrees below zero. —March 25—h egrees below zero. -- April 12— Excellent sleighing. — April 13; 14 arid 15—Excellent skating and sleighing.—April 22-76 degrees in the shade. — April 28— Heavy fall of snow. - a May 0th—Hetvey fall a snow. —March 240, 2 feet of erns* MI level. • On March 23re, the band of death entered the home of Richard Rowden, lot 2, con. 3, eastern division Oolboree, and called away his uiece, Susannah_ RoWden, at the -age of 38 years and months. Deceased has liyed with her uncle for several years,her parents pre deceasing her, mother about nine years ago and father seven years. Her death was due to heart failure. • , On March 15th, quite a 'number of relatives of Mrs. P. Bain assembled at her residence, Kirkton, to witness tbe marriage of the eldest daughtee, 'Wee Harriett Bain, to Archibald J. Robin- son, the nuptial knot was tied by the Rev. C. Fleteher, of Farquhar. .The bride was assisted by Miss Lottie Rob- inson, sister of the groom, end the. groom by er. Harvey Robinson. .Broadfoot & Box Furniture factory, Seaforth, on Saturday. • On Tuesday, John Davidson took to 'Goderich the largest lead of wood for this season. It Contained oyev six cbrds of green, stove woodIt was drawn right out of thewoods,too. MILBUBN'S STEttLING linADAman POwnnas cure the worst headache in from five to twenty minutes, and leave no bad after-effects, One 'powder 5c., 3 powders 10e., 10 powders 25c. A. R. Shea, of Seaforth, formerly of Blake, left last week for San Diego, California to try a change of climate for the benefit a his health. He . will represent the Bliss Herb Company over there. - Smart Weed and Belladonna, corn- - blued with the other ingredients used in the best porous plasters, make Car- ter's S. W. & B. Backache Plasters, the best in the market. Price 25 cents. ars Robertson, of Goderich, passed away on Friday afternoon. Shehad been ill for some time, and consequent- ly her death was not unexpected. A sorrowing husband and a large tam- , ily survive her. • Abopt six o'clock Monday morning, fire started from the chimney of James Burns' kitchen, Bayfield, and but for the timely arrival of help the whole building would haye been destroyed: It was te close call. . • • Mrs. Vickers; of Mitchell; formerly of Kirkton, received word. on Monday of the death of her daughter, Mrs. David Watson, of Manitoulin Island, who left Mitchell with her husband' a few years ago and settled in that dis- trict. • Samuel Burdick, the well known Lakesideblacksmith, ate a hearty din- ner on Saturday, March 25. After din- ner he was attackedwith vomiting while at the shop: He returned to the house, and while in the act of get- ting a chair to sit down, dropped dead. The deceased was 71 years of age. His father was a blacksmith in' the-nil- lage. He leaves' one child, Mrs. Dick- son, Of Lakeside, his wife having been dead for three years. The funeral'. was largely attended on the follow- ing day. • John Taylor has pold his ,farm, lot 26, concession • 10, Hibbert, to his neighbor, John Worden. The farm contains 100acres, and like all the farms in that vicinity, is a good one. The price paid for it is $5,000. Mr. Worden owns the farm on the oppos- ite side of the road, and this . orie will be very cenyenient to him. 1V1r.Taylor intends moving to Exeter to reside,. and we trust, be may long . be spared to enjoy the comforts of ,life, to whieh long years of incinstry so justly entitle hixn. - This case, which has.been goingon • for nearly two years, has at last reach- ed the Supreme Court of Canada and will be beard at, Ottawa in May next. The action was brought by the town- • ship of Logan against the township of McKillop, to recover $378.38, paid by • Logan for the construction of a ditch, made under an engineer's award. Mc- Killop refused to re-imburse Logan, ' because the executors of the Coleman • estate, Seaforth, who were largely in- terested, objected to the proceedings. At the trial,Cheif Justice Armour -swat) some reluctance dismissed the action. Logan appealed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and:succeeded, three judges out of four who heard the Case, decid- ing in favor of Logan. McKillop now appealed to the Supreme Court. • The death took place on Sunday night, March 26 of James, McCulloch, • of Shakespeare, his 42nd year. He was poen in Blanshard, hut when 22 years old went to Manitoba,. After remaining there for four years he mov- ed to Dakota where 110 engaged in the same ocaupation for tee years, at the end of which time be becatne so incapa ci tat ed with rheureatisna that he Was obliged to give up farming. He -then came back to Canada and has re• sided here ever since. ' In 1871, hamar- id Mary B. Riley. of nla.nshard,who, with a family of a son and. chtup,dater.. Eva, aged 17, and Raymond, aged 14, are left to mourn the lose of a kiad and lovieg husband and father, The family will have the sympathy of a large eircle of friends in their sad be- reavement. A Mr. James Bailey, who has been sexton of the Presbyterian church, Lucknow, during the past 18 years, fell asleep OB Saturday afternoon, March 25th, at the ripe age of 75 years. Deceased was horn in Hamilton, Scot - lend, Charles Reynolds, of Clinton, and Miss Jessie McKenzie, of Ailsa Craig, were married by Rev. J.H. Moorhouse at Christ Chinch parsonage on Thurs- day last. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds will visit New Yprk and the eastern. cities on their honeymoon. A few weeks ago a youug man called' on Rev. A. Mc.:Lean,of Blytb, and gave him $250 for Dr. McKay' S mission in Formosa,to be sent direct to its destine ation, with an additional dollar to pay transmission.. The donor requests that his name be not disclosed. •. The:following are the amounts paid for conveying the mails between the points named.for the twelve months ending 30th Aine,1898 : Auburn, Blyth and St. Augustine, $375; Bayfield and Seaforth, $315; Belgrave and Marnoch, $60; Belgrave and railway station, $131.46 ; Belgraye and Sunshine, $70; Belmore and WrOxeter, $149; Bluevale • and railway station'$138.98 1 Blyth and railway station, $175.28 ;Brewster .and Parkhiil, $310E Brucefield and rail- way station, $88.90; Brussels and Oran - brook, • $150 ; 'Brussels .and railway station, $150.24; Brussels and Seaforth $175; Bnissels and Wroxeter, $250; Oeetralia anct Orediton, $225.60 ; Oen- tralia and Saintsbury,$48; Clinton and railway station, $146.88; Clinton and $70;Dashwood to Sarepta $8208; Dashwood to Parkhill, $334; Dryedale to Kippen .$145 ; Dublin •to Farquhar, $18S; Dublin to railway station, 90.14;SEthel to railway station, $116.43 • Exeter to railway station, $187.80 ; 'Exeter to Si. Marys, 8615 ; Fordvvich to Newbridge, ; Fordivich to railway station, $4690; Fordyce to Whitechurch, $75 Gode- rich to. Kincardine, $797; (*.edema) and • Lucknow, $410 ; oderich mid railway station, $144.G0;'Gorrie and railway station, $46.95; Hay and railway station,- $140.14; Henfrynand railway station, $50; • Hensalland railway station, $100.17 ; Hensall and Lumley, $300:06 ; Holnaesville and Porter's Hill, $75; Holniesville and railway station, $50; Khive, and Shipka, $75 ; Kippen andrailway station, $125 20; Lochalsh and Ripley, $90 Londesboro and rail- way,station, $93190 ; Lucknow end Si. Helens, $166.75; Seaforth and Har - lock, $270.88; Sedortla and railway. station, $187.80;Wing,ham and railway station; $250.40M ingham and C., P. R. station, $82.681 Wroxeter and railway station, 811.80; Zurich and Hensall, $224; Beeatitv owl and Seaforth, $91.80. Rev. E. Schuelke, of Zurich, has re- ceieed word announciag the' death of Rev. N. Minzinger, of W ellesley, in the 79th year of his age. The remains were interred in the Philipsburg ceme- tery on Wednesday. The deceased was well-known in Zurich, • 'st.s he was pastor of the Lutheran church a num- ber of years ago. • The • early morning train east, on Thursday morning, rat into a. cutter, atithe cross -road, two and a half miles' east of Seaforth. The horse was killed and the cutter smashed, but there was no person in the cutter at the time of the accident, and it was evidently a runaway. The rig belonged. to Donald Smith of Stanley. . Word was received on Wednesday of the death of, Wm. Derrance, which sad event took place at bis home it Winslow, Walla Walla Co., Oregon, on Friday, March 10th. Mr. Dorrance caught it severe cold which turned to la grippealo which he succumbed after .a few days illness. The deceased was at one time an old mad bighty respect- .ecl Citizen of Seaforth. Some nine years ago he went to Oregon, Where , he resided 'at the time of his death. Mr. Dorrance was about 71 years old. The resignatio'n of. Rev. A. D. Mc- Donald. D. D., of his .pastoral charge of the First Prcsbytereasa church, Sea - forth, came' officifdly before the Huron Presbytery, at its meeting last week. and was formally accepted. We un- dersta,nd it is the desire of Dr. McDon- ald to be relieved from his duties liare before the first clay of May. He has been engaged in ths active ministry for over forty years, and has been pas- tor of the Seaforth congregation for twenty years. His first charge was in Clinton He left there for Elora, and went. from Elora, to Seaforth, so that he has only had three charges in his long ministerial carper. Tror the past three or four years NS health has been far from • satisfactory, and was the cause of his resigning his charge. The Point Edward Correspondent of the Sarnia Canadian reports that on Wednesday evening, 22nd ult., the marriage of Miss Mary Hobbs, of Granton, to E. 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