HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-5-17, Page 11
Vol. 28. No, 40
New Advertisements:
Looal—G, I4, King.
All etYlea—A R
Smith.
8uooeee—I aKinnon & Po,
Turnip seeds—A. Strachan,
Pens free—G, A. Deadman,
Farm for sale—James Opthili.
A queetioa—Mrs, T. Pletcher,
Beef, Wine and Iron—Jae, Fox,
Farm for sale --G, A, Deadman.
Mistrict Edam
W a,lseon.
Rumor reports a weddingin the near
future in the vicinity of Walton.
(1'm. Shoidioe, er., who has been on the
olok list for eome days is getting' around
again.
The cheese !eatery began operations
on Monday, morning under the manage.
went of Mr. Empey.
Rev. Mr. Tiffin and Mr. Cranston will
introduce topics at the Brussels Sabbath
School Convention on May 29th,
Some of our villagers intend taking in
the teameeting at the Bethel appoint-
ment, of the Methodist alaareh this Friday
evening.
Cireembroglr.
A wedding is mooted.
Rev. D. B. McRae attended Maitland
Presbytery lent Tuesday.
Mies Jennie McNair and arise Lizzie
McRae were visiting in Brueeele this
week.
Peter Dakotas,' was the good of A.
Reymann while here attending the fun
eral of his father.
Rev. R. F. Cameron and wife, of-
Hampebead, wereholidayieg with relit.
time at Oranbrook.
The excavation for theoeila• for A. Wo.
Donald's proposed new reef lance, adjoin•
iug hie store, has been made.
There will be no aohool here on Fri-
day of next week ae the Teaohere' Con-
vention will beheld in $eatorth on that
and the succeeding day,
The people of this locality were ser.
prised to bear of the decease of John H.
Knight, 10th oon,, last Tuesday moruiog.
Funeral took place here Wednesday
afternoon.
Soo. DnrrELAw DECEASED. -- Another
pioneer bas gone in the person of John
Dakelaw, who passed away on Friday
morning last, at the ripe age of 79 years,
at the residence et hie nephew, Peter
Dukelaw, Elms. The remains were in.
tarred on Saturday in the Oraubrook
oemetary. The pail bearers were A.
Raymann, Jno. Molntosh, Jno. Whit.
field, Jacob Young, John Dukelaw, (Lin•
wood) and Peter Dakelaw (Parkdale) all
men of pioneer days. Deceased was a
native of Co. Antrim, Ireland, and first
eettled in the township of Mornington,
Perth 0o., removing with his family to
Grey in 1855 and settling on lot 21, oon.
12. He always proved a good neighbor
and friend. He leaves a family of eight:
Mre. Leadbeater, Brandon, Man.; Mre.
Hubbard and Mre, Deitrich, Chicago ;
Mrs. Edwards and Mre. Oarnoohan,
Linwood ; and two sons named above.
A QUESTION
of Spectacles.
Do your eyes tire amity ?
It so, you need Glaesee.
Do your eyes burn ?
If so, yon need Glaeeee.
Does the type beoomo blurred in reading?
If so, you need Glasses.
Do you suffer from frontal headache ?
If so, Glaeeee will Help you.
Do you know it yon have perfect eyesight
If not, we man inform you.
•
It will 49oel yob Notting.
Having the latest and most mato.
date method of testing your eyee we
guarantee satisfaction.
MRS. T. FLETCHER,
GRADUATE °PRIOIAN,
Also Graduate of Retieosoopy,
Iitaunttn.—.The Wingham Advance of
Inst week °aye of a former well known
Cranbrookite :.—Wo regret to have to re.
porta aerioue accident that bappened on
Monday Morning to J, 5. Mitohell, who
recently Mame 19 town. He was cleaving
We horse, when the animal acoidentally
etepped on one of hie. feet, In trying to
release himself, Mr; Mitchell fell over the
manger and hurt" bimeelf, so that be
fainted, and foil under the horse's feet.
The aaimai, being a nervone '°restore,
became excited, and stamped around in
the stall, treading on hie unconscious
owner, Mr. Mitchell does not know how
long he lay ill bine condition, but Tony
Nicoll happened to look toward the stable
and seeing bine iyieg in the stall, went
immediately to hie resew. The injured
Mall had one rib broken, hie bande,face
and side badly out and bruised, and hie
clothing torn. At time of writing he is
confined to hie bed, but we hope soon to
see him in his workshop again.
14'l rsr lr1tN.
Ed. Bryane was home for a couple of
days from Goderiob Collegiate.
Andrew Geoffrey, of London, is visiting
at Robb. Warwiok's this week.
Township Court of Revision and Conn-
ell will be held on Monday, 28th inst.
Jae. Robertson, of the 2nd lost a vain.
able mow one day reoently from an over
amount of feed.
Mre. Wm. Bray, of Glens Hili, was
visiting ber father, W. Farrow, last
week, returning on Tuesday.
R. J. Clegg, B. :A., and bride have
settled down to housekeeping in Belgrave
none the worse of the charmer'.
Last week Mre, A. I. McCall and
children, of Chathamarrived at A. Mo -
Call's. They will visit in this locality
for the next month or so.
Mise Nina J. Iebieter, teacher in S. S.
No. 9, Grey, spent Sunday at her home,
Burnside farm. She was accompanied
by her friend, Miss Alberta MoNau,ht.
Mre. Alex. McCall, 7th line, has a
sword oaotne plant In bloom. No ISM
than 180 flowers of a brilliant red oolor
were counted on it last week. It is a
beauty.
Bailey &Duff, of Bluevale, agents for
the Oreseent bioyole, sold a wheel to
Mies M. Sellers, of the 2nd, this week.
Trade in Crescent's is booming tbis sea.
eon.
This township has the right to elect
30 delegates to attend the Liberal Con-
vention in Brussels next Wednesday
afternoon when a candidate for the
House of Commons for Eaet Riding of
Huron will be ohoeen.
Somme ReroMT.—The following is the
standing of the pnpile in S. 8. No. 5,
Morris, according to the marks obtained
during the month of April :—Sr. IV—G.
Parker, M. Proctor, F. Halliday, G. Cole.
Jr. IV—P. Anderson, A. Cole, J. Cole,
E. Watson, J. Eaeom, D. Gallagher, G.
Proctor. Sr. III—M. Armstrong, M.
Campbell, 5. Clegg, W. Watson. Sr. II
—M. Fisher, I. Clegg, L. Gallagber, P.
Swindleharet, E. Proctor, A. Johnson,
E. Gallagher, G. Ferguson, A. Gallagher,
0. Proctor, F. Eaeom. Jr. II—L. Arm-
strong, L .Parker, J. Auderson, N. Wheel-
er, Mies C. HALLipxr,
Teacher.
Etta sot.
Court of Reviaion and coattail meeting
oo Monday, 28th.
Jno. Grant, Of Seaforth, was renewing
old friendships in this locality during the
past week. He looks well.
Quite a number will go from here to
Braeeele next Wednesday to attend the
Liberal Convention and hear the ad.
dresses.
Herman, the 5 -year -old -son of W.
Fogal, bas beau eerioaety ill with ery-
sipelas in his fade bat we hope he will
aeon be better.
A Clinton paper says :—Mise Carol
Newoombe, of London, and Mre. (Dr.)
Evane, of Tiverton, were palled home on
Tuesday on account of the eerions illness
of their mother, Mrs. (Rev.) Newcombe.
Next Tuesday Mrs. George Hogarth
expects to leave here for Montreal where
she will take the Allen steamship
"Tunisian" for Liverpool on the follow-
ing Saturday. She was ticketed by W.
H, Kerr, Allan tioket tweet, Brussels.
Mrs. Hogarth will go to Yorkshire flret
where she has relatives and will also
visit in other parts of England, We
wish her a pleasant trip and a safe re-
turn.
We have the following different varieties of
TurnipT
eeds:
Sede. Turnips
rHall's Westbury,
Bangholrn,
Sutton's Champion,
Skirving's Unproved,
Sharp's s Tm roved
p Improved,
Bruce's Seleot'd East Lothian
Royal Norfolk,
Hartley's Bronze Top,
Carter's Elephant,
White Swede,
Fettercairn Green Top,
Also Grey Stone and Yellow Aberdeen Soft Turnips.
Ws—
The above Seeds we recommend as the best we eau buy
in any Market. All are Reliable.
Our stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Ready-
made Clothing, Hats Sit Gaps are up-to-date and well assorted.
Jane Standard Patterns and EVERYTHING CHEAP.
Fashion Sheets to band. NO FANCY PRICES.
A. Strachan.
BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY
Ethei oburoheg will send delegetee to
the Sabbath Behoof Convention in limn
male on Tuesday, Mny 29th. A good time
le always enjoyed there.
At the querterly'0111 101 Board of the
Methodist ohnroh, Ethel °Moult, J, 15.
Balzer wile chosen repreeeutative to the
,District meeting,, to be held at Wingham
on Wednesday nest, There ie some talk
of a division of bbe oiroait and another
plan mooted of rodeoing the number of
appointments.
Flue. —On Tuesday morning of lent
week the barn on Jas. Lindsay's farts,
4th eon., was destroyed by lire. Mr,
Lindsay used title barn oceetsinally
when seeding or harvesting and at the
time of fire he had two team of horses' in
it, The are was uodoabbedly the work
of an iuosodiary as a cert track wee
traced along the road in front of the
farm and as Sar Haat as the school where
it turned South. A bottle that had eon -
Seined ootel.ell WAS also found near the
building.
(Os'e.v.
Connoil meeting on Monday 28th.
George MoFarlane bas a new farm
hand. He oame Thursday of last week,
Jno. Houston, 10th oon,, is at Belgrave
this week attending to none book -keep.
ing, dm., for one of the business men.
Simon Grant, late of the 6th con., left
en Monday of last, week for Boiseevain,
Man., where be will spend some time.
Jae. Elliott, Bth mu., has been bother•
ed with a swelling ou hie cheek from
ringworm but we hope he will soon be all
rigbt again.
James MoDonald, who purohased the
Lamb farm, 141b con., moved to it
We season, has got in a good big Spring
Drop. He talks of mabiug improvements
to the house.
Wednesday of this week John, eon of
James OutliIit, ittb oon,, left for McLeod
N, W. T.,. where he will viola and pros.
peat, He is a steady young man and
Mould do well in the West.
Mrs. N. M. Richardson, Mise Both) and
R 'bt. 1visKay from this township will
take part.in the program of Brussels
District Sabbath School Convention' to be
held in Melville church, Brussels, on
Tuesday, 29bb inst.
Grey will Bead 85' delegates bo the Lib.
eral Nominating Convention at Brussels
on Wedneetlay afternoon of next week.
There ars seven polling enb•divisious in
this township and Reeve Turnbull is the
municipal chairman.
DIED.—Early Tuesday morning John
H., son of Joseph and Barbara Knight,
10th eon., died, after a short illness of
appendicitis followed by a rapture. He
had been ailing for some little time be-
fore he made hie parents aware of the
condition of affairs so that very little
oonid be done for him es far as expeota-
tion of recovery was concerned. He was
21 years of age ; was quiet in disposition
and highly esteemed. The fnneral took
plaos on Wednesday afternoon, intermenb
being made at Oranbrook: Rev. Mr. Tel -
land, of Ethel, conducted the service.
Mr. and Mre. Knight are sympathised
with in their bereavement.
MosroAL Aon Lirauaao.—Last Friday
evening an enjoyable time wee spent at
Roe's church at the weekly Epwortb
League meeting. After the opening ex-
ercises W. H. Kerr, of Tag Poet, wae-
oa lied to the ohair and the following ex-
cellent program was rendered :—Mueio
byhe choir ; reoite ion byMr.Rogers •
t rtoe
g
duet,Misses earson and Miller • read.
ing by Will. Bryane; quartette by Misses
Bryane and Miller and'Messre. Rogers and
Bryant; ; reading, Mies Susie Pearson ;
address by Ilse, J. G. Yelland ; lustre.
mental, violin and organ, by L. Frain
and Mies Miller ;. question drawer,
answered by obairmmo ; recitation by
Mies A. Miller ; music by the choir ;
Benediction by the pastor. A collection
of over 98.00 was taken. Miss Lizzie
Bryans is the euergabio President.
Good work is being done by the Lasgae.
Bottom REroiT.—Tho following is the
report of S. S. No. 9, Grey, for the month
of April. The names are arranged in
order of merit :—Sr. deb.—Ella No -
Naught, Russel Robertson. Jr. 4th.—
Ethel MoNaugbb, Lorenzo Bray, Rob
Detwiller, Willie Harrison, Nellie Han
risen. Sr. erd.7-Willie Mann, Olive
Oliver, Frank Harrison, Nellie Harbottle.
Jr.
3rd,—Wilbert Bray, George Mann,
Harry MoNaugbt, Norman MoNaugbt,
Willie Mann, Wesley Malley, Henry Mo.
Kay, Willie Hanley. Sr. 2nd.—Retie
Harbottle, Robbie McKay, Maggie Mann.
Jr. 2n1.— Badie MaRay, Winnie Ma.
Naught. Sr. Part II.—Alfred Machan,
Catharine Brown. Jr. Part IL—Fergus
MoNanght, Ella Bray. Bae Roes. Sr.
Part I. -Alex. Mann, Waiter Noble, Roy
Cummings, Myrtle Cummings. Inter.
mediate Part L—Pearl Harrison, Lizzie
Lneae, Alice; 'McKay, Olive Brown. Jr.
Patt I.—Melbnrne Bray, George IteKay,
Edna MoNangbb, Agnes McKay.
Mise N. J. Interne, Teaohar.
A Gngsrrg IN Tag WEST.—The follow.
ing interesting notes are taken from a
letter written by W. L, MaQuarrie, for.
merly of the 4th eon., of Grey, to a
Branselite I have often thought to
write you a letter desoriptive of this
part of the West, but have as yet not
done eo. I now write, part socially ;
part b efness. To me it does not mere
two years nearly, sines I left Braeeele,
stili such ie the ease, I am still in the
same school as I took charge of when
miming West, and I will likely stay here
at least another yam'. I believe in the
adage, "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
What do you think ? I am ten miles
from Prince Albert, a town built on the
bank of North Saskatchewan river. Ito
population le about 8,000 probably and
the Matinees centre and town of Sachet.
ohewao Dietriot. The land up here is
hilly, interepersed with binff and abound.
ing in small lagoons. It is especially
adapted to mixed farming, wbeat grow.
ing and ranching. The farmers here
have nevor had a total failure from frost.
Our Winters are oold and frosty and not
tnttoh wind. Ws never have the Wiz -
rattle olutraatetestio of the
liz•rardeoheraatetietioofthe plains. Most
of rain Domes in June though lash neaeon
we had it wet namely all Summet. So
fat thin meson weather has been famous.
Farmers have finished wbeat•eowing and
are resting it little on their oars before
they start Gbit eoaree grains,-Colloston,
Prince Albert, Sash., May Ord, 1900,
Pian.—Monday forenoon, abbot 11 0 .
olook, the home of James Grant, tot O,
oon, 14, was destroyed by fire, Mtge
Grant was upstairs when she heard a
toed report and on running down to 1306
the mouse wee met et the hituhso door by
a blame whioh, fanned by a atroeg
Soatbern breeze, soon carried the fire in.
to the main buildingwbioh was speedily
in reins, The fire got snob beedway
that oonsiderable quantity of the bonee.
held effects could not be got out. It is
supposed an exploeioa took plsoe in the
kitohen stove from eome cause. The
bouee was a comfortable brick veneer and
was only up about 10 years. There was
an inearanoe of $700 in the Howiok,
Mutual, $500 being on the hone and $200
on the contents, but this will not begin to
cover the loss, President Miller and
Director Bryant; made a visit of impar.
tion on Tuesday and the insurance will no
doubt be promptly paid. Mr. Grant will
rebuild as soon as possible. He and hie
father and sister are sympathieed with to
their leas and Budden turning out from
their nosy home.
BRUSSELS ON JUNE 22ND.
A GOOD.START MADE.
Brusselitea are determined not to let
the grave grow under their feet in the
matter of a rousing demonstration on
'Friday, June 220. Leet Saturday
Reeve Thomson bad dodgers distributed
oalling a meeting of the citizens for Mom
day evening to take the initial steps in
conneotion with a celebration. There
was a large -and representative turn out.
B. Gerry was voted to the chair. After
stating the business of the meeting it
was deoided to hold the oelebration on
Zone 22nd and the following staff of
°Moers were chosen :
Reeve Tbomeou—Preeideot ;
D. C. Rose—Vine President ;
Jae. Irwiu—Becretary ;
G. F. Blair—Treasurer.
Committee on Attraotione.—R. Leath.
erdale, R. Johnston, H. L. Jackson, W.
0. Smith, W. P. Vaustone and G. N.
Gordon,
Bporte,—J. T. Roes, W. F. Stratton,
Alf. Backer, Fred. Wilson and Ino.
Hewitt.
Printing.—T. Farrow, he. Fax and
W. H. herr.
Grounds, &o.—R. Graham, J. A.
Creighton, F. B. Soott, W. Blaehill and
Jae, Turnbull.
Decoration.—B. Gerry, Geo. Beet,
Fred. Gilpin, M. H. Moore, Jno. Beattie,
Joe, Ferguson and Jno. Dooaldeon.
Music.—A. Ross, H. L. Jackson, Jae.
Jones, T. A. Hawkins and W. Grower.
+ Canvaesiag.—R. Johneton and N. F.
Gerry.
The first mentioned an eaob committee
is tbe obairman.
It was decided to obarge an admission
of 10 onto for each entrance at the
Park gate.
After talking over the question of an
in -door or out -door performance for the
evening it was deoided to leave the de-
cision to the next meeting whioh will be
bald on Monday, 28th fust., at 8 o'alook
in the Council Chamber when all the
chairmen are asked to be able to report
what has been done.
Speoial rates will be given on the rail.
way and one of the best celebrations
Brussels bee ever seen is expected.
There is over 9165.00 in hand from
other celebrations to start off with as a
nest egg.
Public and Free Libraries,
The report of the Minister of Educa-
tion for the year 1899 contains eome in.
teresting information concerning librar.
ice. From it we gather there are no iees
than 406 pablio libraries in the Province
of whioh 120 are described as' free, ran
upon similar linea to that we have in
Clinton.
Public Free
Libreria°, Libraries.
Total Receinte 8 76,876 88 8117,046 84
Total Expenditures 69,805 68 109,188 70
Total Assets 858,895 78 577,580 02
Total Liabilities 16,021 00 118,003 49
Members 82,249 89,148
No. of Volume 486,124 422 9280
Number Toned 784840 1,812,48
No. Newspapers, &o2,717 8,112
Toronto has the largest library of the
Province, the only one with over 100,000,
having 108,376 volumes ; then domes
Hamilton with 26,262 ; Brantford, 15,.
795 ; London, 12,505 ; with volumes be.
tween 8,000 and 10,000 we have Brook.
ville, Elora, Guelph, Peterboro ; from
6,000 to 8,000, Berlin, Chatham, Dresden,
Paris, St, Catherioes,St.Tbomas, Water.
loo and Windsor ; from 5,000 to 6,000,
Collingwood, Kingston, Preston, Seaforth,
Uxbridge and Woodstock ; from 4,000 to
5,000, Barrie, Fergus, Gslt, Kincardine,
Owen Sound, St. Mary's, Stratford and
15 others ; from 8,600 to4,000, Clinton
and'Goderioh (Huron county) along witb
10 others,
The following will form some idea of
the libraries of the oouut
Y
8
Ir
b
a 4q
a e,
pJ le x
Auburn 107 548 1940 18
Blyth 104 1845 591 21
+Braeeele 280 2051 8288 22
+011nton 140 8708 0796 25
Dungannon 105 1960 690 16
10tho1 120 1200 1182
+Exeter 480 2176 5824 17
+Fordwieh 176 1608 9720
Godorioh 169 8600 10870 24
*Gerrie 101 1542 8150
Honeail 107 1167 1101
Woburn 108 080 1080
Bsaforth 177 5102 2100 18
Bt. Helene 109 1064 1985 1s
Whltoohurob 105 1980 750
PVruzeer 120 a,9 2092 4080 44
roe Libraries,
From tate above it will be nth that
Exeter deeds first for having the largest
library in the county then Brussels,
Wroxeter, Fordwioh, Seaforth and Clin-
ton. The people of Goderiob are the
most extensive readers their average be-
ing one and a half volumes per member
per week, Gerrie next with a little over
a
MAY 17, 1900
one volytno per member,then eonlee
Wiugham end Clinton fourth,
Sinoo the above report was made out
by the department Clinton hos been
changed into a free library and the
membership nearly doubled while the
management has added extensively with
sddibionsl volumes and the hooka issued
have inoreaeed oonsiderably. The library
of Clinton has an aeset of $4014.10 and
and along with those of Ethel, Hensall,
Wingham, Gerrie, Exeter and Wroxeter
have no liabilities.
(Do attain -Re N a vv -s.
Fire at Dauphin caused a lose of near.
ly 910,000.
De. Charles Chamberlain, ex -mayor of
Leamington, ie dead,
London and Aylmer will play orioltet
at the latter pleas on June 4th.
The Ottawa fire tend now amounts to
9846,000, and the Pabriotio fund to $272,.
818.
By a recent militia order infantry bat.
teflon will henceforth be called regi.
menta,
Rev. Charles Phillimore committed
enicide at Part Dalhousie by taking oar-
bolfo acid.
The close Beason for epsokled trout in
Ontario will in future ren from Beptem.
bar 16 to April 80.
James Jewhnret, an inmate of the
Kent County House of Refuge, choked to
death while eating hie dinner,
A large quantity of gravel caved in on
John Bryaot,at Dandies, hie °oiler bone
was broken and other injuries intlioted.
Wm. Ferris, one of the oldest residents
of Colchester, wan found dead on the
roadway a short dietanae Fest of Har.
row.
Speaker Evantnrel, of the Ontario
Legislature, ban been appointed an bon•
orary oommissioner to the Paris Exposi-
tion.
James Munro, foreman of the Sanford
Manufacturing Company, of Hamilton,
for many youth, dropped dead in ,his
home.
s Bayfield bids fair to be a popular re-
sort this Sommer. New cottages ere be.
ng put up and a large pavilion is to be
erected.
The Queen bas contributed 500 guineas
and the Prince of Wales 250 gaineae to
the Mansion Homme Fund for the Ottawa
fire sufferers.
John 0, Brown, of New Westminster,
was sworn in as Minister of Fioanoe and
Agriculture in Mr. Martin's Cabinet in
British Columbia.
C. P. R. esotion:men found the dead
body of John Bishop lying between tbe
rails on the brooks, about one and a ball
miles from St. Thomas.
The Sanford Manufacturing Compaoy
of Hamilton has been given an order
for 80,000 khaki serge uniforms for the
Imperial troops in South Afrioa.
At Port Dalhousie a sailor walked out
of the Wallington Hotel window in his
sleep. He fell three stories to a board
walk, but was apparently uninjured.
A Paris (Ont.) young man, Ales. Ink.
eater, visiting at E'mira, N. Y., died
from heart disease, brought on by an at.
tempting to catch a high -thrown ball.
John Lalonde, a farm band in the em•
ploy of Mr. Gotha, township of King-
ston, wee kicked in the stomach by a
horse and died as a result of his injuries.
Aetition is being oirou t d
P g
la a and
largely signed in rill re asking n
Wm. Paterson, Ministeriof Customs,oto
again be the Liberal candidate in the
next election.
The extreme penalty, $50 and costs or
BIT menthe in jail, under the by-law, teas
imposed on the five young men who took
part in the disturbances at the Jewish
Synagogue at Ottawa on Sunday, April
15.
The experiment of selling binder twine
direct from Kingston Penitentiary has
been so enooesefnl that the Minister of
Justice hae instructed the warden to oon.
tinge to aooept orders for small lots
when asked for.
The ofacers and drew of the Elder -
Dempster Liner Montpelier, whioh ran
on the rooks and became a total wreak off
Cape Roy on the morning of May 4th,,
were brougbt to Halifax from Newfound-
land by the steamer Harlow.
Al the Napanee Assizes the Bell Tele-
phone Company paid Mr. Shanks $600
for himself and $2,250 for his son, who
were terribly burned by upsetting a port-
able forge used by the company's men
on the highway near Smith's Palle.
Viotor B. Hall is in jail at London,
Ont., charged with musing the death of
Christina Charlton, by withholding
proper medical attendance, in conse-
gnence of whioh ahe died on May 7th,
and with illegally predicting medicine
without a diploma.
After four years negotiations, the
United Presbyterian Synod of Sootland
bas nnanimonely resolved in favor of a
Union with the Free church. The latter
will pass a similar resolution during tbe
present month and the incorporating As-
sembly will meet at Edinburgh in Crotch.
er,
M. 5. Hogan and A. R. Macdonald, of
Montreal, have been awarded the oon.
tract for the improvements
at Pott Ool•
borne, whioh are necessary to make the
entrance to the Weiland Canal safe and
deep enough for larger vessels. The
price ie said to be about one million dol.
late,
The Filipinos have suffered a heavy
lose at Tebako, near Legaspi, Luzon,
Two hundred riflemen and 800 holomen
were proceeding to attach the town and
Captain° Lester and Simoue, with a
company of the 47th Volunteer Regi-
ment, advanced to meet them and killed
many.
President Mo3iinley has authorized to
invite Great Britain to join in a 00m.
mitofon, four from each Government, to
ooneider the diversion of waters along
the boundary of Canada and United
States. The iogniry le designed prin.
oipally to aeoertain the effect of the level
of the great lakes oaumed by improve.
menta at the Welland °anal, Senit Ste.
Marie Canal end the Mingo Drainage
Canal:
W% H. KERR, Prop,
t11fi1iit'ti Oil ES.
County Endeavor and Sabbath Sohool
Convention will be held in Boefortb next
month,
Rev. Mr, hose and G, A. Deadman at.
tended Maitland Presbytery in Wiog.
ham on Tuesday.
Regular monthlyeervios in the R, 0,
church next Sabbabb morning, known AS
the 4o Metre' devotion.
St Johne Young People's Chapter
have "The parable of the sower" for
their ooneideretioo on Thursday evening,
Monthly Oonseoratfoo service will be
held in the Epworth League next Bab.
bath evening. The pastor will be in
charge.
"Work and workers in the Yukon and
Northern gold fiolde" is lbs topic on Mel-
ville Endeavor program for Sabbath
evening,
Mies Bertha Fish, of Ottervills, who
has been attending the Bible Training
Sohool at Toronto, leaves ebortly to do
missionary work in India.
Rev- George P. Salton, formerly of
Brussels, has been invited by the Quer.
teriy Board of Centenary ohurob, Ham-
ilton, to remain the pastor for the fourth
year.
Last Friday Rev. .Jno. Ross, B. A.,
preached at Blyth in oonneotioo with
the preparatory eervioe° of the Com.
'minion in St. Andrew's ohuroh.
It is worthy of note that 14 out of the
17 prizes given at the Montreal Wesleyan
Theological College were won by students
from the London (Outario) Oonferenoe.
The auxiliaries of the Women's For.
sign Missionary Society of Huron Pres.
bytery oontriboted 91700 last year, this
being 9100 in exoess of any previous year,
Keep the date of the Be.bbotb Sohool
Convention in Brussels—Tuesday, 29th
inet,,—clear end be sure and attend.
Gab a copy of the program which will be
issued tine week,
Rev. Dr. John Robbins, a Canadian,
now of London, foemerly of Glencoe,
Ont., and Truro, Nova Scotia, hue been
elected Moderator of the ohnroh of Scot-
land in England.
Rev. J. T. L. Maggs, of Sheffield, Eng.
land, has cabled acceptance of the prin.
oipalship of the Montreal Wesleyan Col-
lege, meetly vacated by the, resignation
of Rev. Dr. Shaw.
The total force of Christian mission-
aries in tbe world, including ordained
workers, laymen. wives, unmarried
women, ordained natives and native
helpers, is 80,300.
Rev. Dr. Sutherland, of Toronto,
general superintendent of Methodist
Missions, has left for British Columbia
and the Northwest at New Weetminister
and Brandon, and to visit several of the
mieeioo station's,
Rev. Mr. Abey preeohed to the mam
bare of St. John's Sunday sobool last
Sunday morning, giving a very profitable
sermon ou "Gianbe." The evening die.
course wee direoted to the young people
of the congregation.
Rev. John Wilkie, M. A., Principal of
Indore College, lodia, will preach in
Melville church next Sabbath morning
and will make epeeist reference to the
famine. A collection in aid of the famine
sufferers will be taken up the following
Sabbath.
Next Tuesday and Wednesday the an.
nnal Dietriot meeting of Wingham Die.
triat will be held in the Methodist ohm*,
b anvnti
Wingham. The annual a o e on of
the Womens' Missionary Sooiety will be
held on Wednesday ha the same town.
Brussels will be represented.
It is announced that the British
Foreign Bible Society intends to provide
ell Boer prisoners with Bibles in Dutob.
It ie explained that the reason why the
Boers, despite their proved piety, have
not their Bibles with them in the field
is that most of them own only family
Bibles =souring about three feet by
two, and that obviously books of such
dimensions would seriously interfere with
their mobility.
At the meeting of the (Motel Board
of the Methodist church, Brussels, held
on Thursday evening of lest week, R.
Leatherdate was appointed lay represen•
tative to the District meeting to be held
in Wingham next Wednesday. Rev. Mr.
Holmes received a hearty and unanim-
ousinvitation to continue as pastor for
the coming year, for which he thanked
the Board and gave bis assent. The fin.
anoee are shaping well for a satiefaoto ry
closing up of the Conference year.
Last Sabbath Rev. W. Penhall, of
Blyth, 000npied the pulpit of the Metho.
diet ohnroh here. His morning text was
Bt. John 8:18, 'For God so loved the
world, &o." "The Christian's Dread" was
the enbjeob and wee dealt with under the
following heads :—(1) God's Love ; (2)
God's gift of Zia Bon ; (8) Whosoever be-
lieveth ; (4) It is the only preventive of
spiritual death and the guarantee of
eternal Life, The evening disoonrse was
on Matt. 16:18 and I Peter 2;5. (1) The
true rook on whioh the church is to be
built ; (2) The motorial of whiob it is to
be built ; (8 The Priesthood of the
obaroh ; () The Spirituel sacrifices ; (5)
Honor *od with our substance. Rev.
Mr, Penhail bas a good voice, is vigorous
and ready in his style and hie two die.
coarses on Sabbath were well received
and he will be welcomed again
The 7th annual Convention of the
Church of England Sunday Schools of
the Deanery of Huron will be lield in
Trinity thumb, Blyth, on Tuesday, 29th
inst. An interesting program will be
presented as follows :—Moreiag Session
—Holy Communion ; business meeting
of 6, S. Association ; receiving reports
of delegates ; enrollment, Afternoon
Session—"The necessity of the Sunday
school as It means of religions instrootion
of oblldren," introduced by Miss Maggie
James, Gerrie; "The necessity of in -
denoting the young in the duty of giv-
ing," introdaoed by Rev. Edgar Jennings,
Bayfield ; "The Pastor in the Sunday
school," introdaoed by Bev. M. Gold.
berg, Dungannon ; "How to month and
train Sunday school teachers," intro -
rimed by the Rant Dean ; business
meeting of the Buri-Deoanal Chapter.
Evening Beesien — DIvine servioe in
Trinity church, Sermon by Rev, M.
Goldberg, Dungannon.
In Africa 45 missionary orgenizetione
have 1200 miesionerfee, men and women,
and 0,200 native helpers, working in
400 etatiane and sub•ebattone, There are
over 1900 abarohoe, with a membership
of 120,000, and re community friendly to
Protestant missions, numbering mitre
than 1,000,000.
The late Ray. Dr. MoDonald, whose
d each is reported elsewhere in this issue,
was eomewbat fotimetely aesooieted with
Presbyterianism in Bruseele having taken
part in the opening of the old Melville
oburob, aleo then of the present church,'
Be wile here at the induction of the late
Rev, Dr. Ferguson in 1866 and in 1870
when Rev. Jno, Ross, B. A., beoatne
pastor. Dr, McDonald was 10 years
pastor at Clinton, then 10 years at Eton],
and the, last 20 years of his ministry
were spent.in Seaforth. Bev, Air. Roes
joined the °beroh at Wore nuder the
pastorate of Dr. MoDooald. Ha mid
Mrs. Ross attended the funeral at Olio.
too oo Saturday afternoon.
People We Talk About.
W ill. Ainley, of Listowel, Bundayed in
town.
Wendell Holmes is holidaying at
Exeter.
Mies Dolly Beaker is home from Sin.
oardine.
A. Coseley spent a few days in Toronto
this week.
Mre. W. F. Stewart was visiting in
Toronto last week.
Miss Lizzie Ferguson was visiting in
Teamster over Sunday.
Mre. MaLeao, of Hensel!, was visiting
her easter, Mrs, Jae. Beattie.
Miss Charters, of Brnoefield, was visit.
ing friends in town this week.
Miss Nellie Pubiaod is home from
Chatham on a visit for a few weeks.
Mrs. T. T. Thomson mad sou. of Lie.
towel, were visiting at John Tait's this
week.
Mies Mary Oliver, who bas been in
Toronto for some time, arrived home
last week.
Hugh Williams celebrated his 75th
birthday last Friday driving Her Maj.
°sty's mail.
Mesdames Habkirk, of McKillop, visit.
ed Mrs. Ino. Donaldson, Flora street,
last Monday.
Robb. and Mre. Green visited in town
for a few days. Mr. Green is the Trow.
bridge Meese maker.
Miss Ella Hamilton, of Wroseter, was
visiting her brother, Herrie, of the
Standard Bank, Brunelle
Word Farrow, formerly of Brussels, is
Vice President of Palmerston Cricket
olub this season. He'll fill the bill.
Aire, Jno. Fullerton, of Desboro', Grey
Co., is visiting her brother, Rev. Jno.
Holme°, at the Metbodiet Parsonage.
Joseph Jamieson, wife and son, of
Egmondville, were here on Wednesday
attending the Williamson•Denbow wed-
ding.
B. Gerry and wife expect to leave in
the course of six weeks on a trip to the
Northwest where they will spend a few
months.
While playing foot ball last Saturday
Arthur Jaokeon broke his left arm by a
fall on Viotoria Park. We hope be will
soon be o. k.
S. T, Plum and wife were vieitors at
D. MoLaughlin's, Leadbory, last Bnnday.
Mrs. Mo. bas not been in the best of
health of late.
Miss Roberton and Mre. Ballantyne
went to see their father, near Clinton,
thio week. He has been ill for some
time and shows little improvement.
Fred. Gilpin's name appears in the
list of successful students in the Fresh-
man year at the Ontario Dental College.
He tae Tag Pose congratulations.
Robert Fox has disposed of his home
and lot at Wroxeter and be and Mre.
Fox will reside in Brussels. We wet.
come them as permanent residents.
Jno. Malilartin, of Paisley, is here
undergoing medical treatment. He has
suffered with hemorrhage of the lung.
We hope he will soon be as well as ever.
R. Roche, who was off duty owing to
illness, left on Monday for Listowel
where he will put in the Summer train-
ing and dr iving fast horses instead of re.
turning to Aylmer.
J. R. Gamey, of Toronto, formerly of
Braeeele, has received promotion fn the
York Comity Loan and Savings Om.,
with whioh he is employed, He is now a
euperint endent in the company,
David Haiste has been quite ill with
bronchitis and astbma but we hope he
will soon be better. Henry Hamate is
also poorly, a disabled lung being the
cause. Hie friends expecttbefioe Bpring
weather will invigorate him:
Robb. Bremner, wife and eon are here
from Roseland, B. 0. Mr. Bremner can
recount eome facts relative to mining
that rather takes the glitter off some of
the boomster stories. James Shaw,
Brussels, ie Mrs. Bremner's father,
Allan McLean, eon of M, Y. McLean,
Beaforth, and Dr. Killoran, of the same
town, were visiting Dr. and Mrs. Twaddle.
last Sunday. Mr. McLean holds a good
position on &London, tEng., journal and
started co his homeward trip this week.
H Kerr attended the funeral of
W.r
the latett o k n
S o Dio eo druggist, ab
Goderiob on Saturday afternoon, Mr.
Dickson who was a son of the tate Arch.
Diokson, died at New York of double
pneumonia. He was 24 years of age and
unmarried, The funeral wee under the
direotion of the A. F. & A. M. and woe
largely attended. Rev. Mr. Anderson
oonduated the services,
The Dungannon correspondent says of
A. E. Treleaven, a former groper of
Brussels :—T. G. Allen, prinoipal of Dun-
gannon publio school, bas recently per -
clothed the stook of groceries from A. B.
Treleaven and is leaving it removed to
the promisee now vacated by A. David-
son, hardware merobant, where Mr.
Allen intends to carry on the grocery
bnsineas. Dame Rumor pats it that
Messrs. Davidson and Treleaven ere in-
tending to take a bueinees proepeating
tette to Sault Ste. Marie, wlrere, if a good
opening presents itself, they intend to lo.
oate in business. We wish them good
emcees, wherever they may happen to
Jambe, and we aloe with Mr. Allen good
look in hie new enterprise,