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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1895-7-12, Page 1Vol. 22. No, 82,L BRUvSEL,S, Sn11ANI)A111 BANK OF "CANADA. y`h'E TWENTIETH ANNUAL ,MEET., 4NG O'F SHAREHOt.DERS.' The Shareholders of the Standard Bank of. Canada held their 20th annual meeting at We bead ,office, Toronto, on Wedmeeday, June 19, Pres„ 'W, F. Cowan in the oliair, George P. Reid, manager, acted as seoretary'and read the following report: Report or the 7?treaters. The Directors have pleasure^'in pre. senting the statements of the Bank for the year ending 31st of May, 1895. Considering the low value of money the profits were eatiefeotery, and after paying the usual half yearly dividends of 4 per Dent, each, the sum of 021,520.48 is carried forward at credit of profit and loss account, making the balance of that account now 024,468.01. Your Directors have to regret the re: moval by death during the past year of one of their colleagues, Dr. G. D. Morton,. who had boon a Diroo4or of this Bank since its inception.' The vacancy on the Board caused by We death of Dr. Morton, was filled by the election of James Scott, of the Geer - gime Buy Lumber Company. A neat and substantial building has been erected at Chatham, Ont., where the increased business of the Bank, and the difficulty of obtaining suitable premises, made this outlay necessary. The Head Office and Agenoiee have been carefully inspected during the year and the Directors are pleased to express their satisfaction with the manner in which the various officers of the Bank have performed their duties. George P. Reid, lateAssisbautManager, who has been in the service of the Bank for twenty years, was appointed in June last to the position of chief officer of the Bank, made vacant, by the death of J. L. Brodie. All of which is respectfully submitted, W. F. Cowes, President, THE STANDARD RANK OF CANADA 31st May, 1895. wont 1 Lobs Account. DR. Balance of Profit and Loss Ac- count brought forward from last year 6 2,928 18 Profits for year ending 31st May, 1895, after deduotiug expenses, interest, eto., and providing forbad anddoubt fuldebts 101,540 48 0104,463 61 CR. Yeeeidond No. 88, paid let lit .,1894 $ 40,000 00 Dividend No, 89, payable 1st June, 1895 40,000 00 Balance carried forward....,.,, 24,468 61 $104,463 61 GENERAL STATEMENT. LIABILITIES. Notes in circulation, 0602,454 00 Deposibs bearing interest,includ- ing interest ac- crued to dabe..04,785,624,76 Deposits not bear - big interest .... 051,557.16 5,487,181.92 Totalliabilities to the public..$6,039,685 02 Capital paid up 1,000,000 00 Reserve Fund 600,000 00 Formerdiv'ends outstanding 426 00 DividendNo. 80, payable 1st June, 1805 40,000 00 Tial, of Profit and Loss Ac- count carried forward2 4,468 61 $7,704,525 53 ASSETS. Specie 0 144,681 85 Dominion notes, logy ten- ders 444,687 00 Notes and cheques of other banks 162,986 12 Receiver General (Circul- ation Redemption Fund) $5,888 10 Balances duo from other Banks in Canada .... $208,885 26 In 0.. States .. 107,011 55 In England .. 96,879 62 408,376 43 Dominion Government and other firet-olassdebentures 1,550,887 14 Lean on Securities at Call and Short dates 515,755 95 • 08,262,512 59 Bills discounted and advan- cos current 4,286,855 12 Notes and bills overdue (es- timated loss provided for) 11,541 07 Bank premises, freehold, head office and agenofesaud safes and office furniture186,768 32 Other assets not inolnded under the foregoing 6,847 58 07,704,525 58 Toronto, 81st May 1895. 0370110E P. REtD, General Manager. The usual votes of thanks to the Dime. tors and the various officers were emceed. The sorutieeero declared the following Theodora unanimously re•.sleeted for the ensuing year ; W. F. Cowan, John Burns, Frederick WyId, A. S. Somerville, T. R. Wood, W. F. Allen, and J'etnes Scott. • Tho Directors ab a subsequent meeting re•eleoted W. F, Cowan, President, and John Burns, Vioe-Provident, W. A. Woolson had exposed in his Window some stalks of rhubarb which downed for size anything we have seen !hie season. In measuring cue of them it was found to be 4 feet 2 inohee in Weight, and 7 inches in oireuinference et the base. It was grown by W. 0, Long- ton, of Doroham.—Ingersoll Chronicle. ONTARIO, FRIDAY.", JULY NEWS I°'ROMI THE TIB- ETAN M/SSSIQN. Mr, and Mrs, 74ijllbart and Mrs. Fermi - sou, Canadian missiouarioe to Tibet, have arrived safely ab ICulnblem, the seat of the groat lamasery of 4,000 priests, in the Tibetan Province of Amides, where. they will Garry on their work, Mre, Rijnlfart, it willbe remembered by many in Lon, don, 8bratbroy and . Western Ontario generally, was Miss Susanna Carson, M. I1., who practiced, for some time in Lon- don. On her marriage with Mr. Rijn- hart, she proceeded with him to the dirt. tomb field referred to under the auspices of the Tibetan Mission Union, Letters have been received from Mrs. Rijnhart, giving a very graphic, account of the 30133113531 rough China, with experience of the nuns without fires in January, The party travelled overland in primitive fashion in Chinese carts, without springs, and bumping over roads full of boulders, In addition to the letter Mrs. Rijnhart has sent some diary uotee. The follow- ing are a few condensed mamba from the notes :— Jan. 8.—We went for a einaf:'t walk . to. day over the bills and came 806085 an old ruined temple, walla 811—except one— crumbled down, and against this wall in a protected corner were tenidols, among which were two small ones with incense bowls and etioks in front of them, On the ground lay the huge iron bell. The tiles which had fallen from the toof were in good condition There is a strong head wind to -day and we are anchored near a village, Mr. Rijnhart went to the village' to buy charcoal and found the people quite rowdy, talking of rebellion, etc. We have to keep ourselves hidden to prevent them jumping upon the deck of our boat to have a peep at us. We read 2nd John today and found many useful and beautiful thoughts to carry in our minds. Jan. 7.—To-day we finished our pack. ing and got ready to 8o on shore. The boat stopped at the city of Fan Ch'eng, The first person Mr. Rijnhart saw was a Chinaman he had known long ago. Mr. R. made his way up to the Scandinavian Mission Iiome, where we were kindly in- vited to remain until ready to go on to Si Nom. This is fly first experience with- in a walled pity. Mrs. Matson, wife of one of the missionaries, met us at the entrance and welcomedus warmly. flow sweet and home -like it all was, and how we did thank our Father that we were once more in the presence. of some of his little ones. There are here Mr, and Mra. Matson, Mr. and Mrs. Woolin, with their three children, and Mr. Shegmisb, all be- longing to the Swedish Missionary Cov- enant. The missionaries work very hard, San Matson and Mr. Woolin preaching in the street -chapel five hours a day. There is a boys' school here and they are build. fug a girls' school. The missionaries' wives do work among the women, as well as look after the health of theirhusbands. Mr. Rijnhart is having trouble to make arrangements with the carters to take us on our overland journey. Jan, 11,—At last we are started 013 our overland journey. This morning was spent in getting ready a mattress of straw with pillows and blankete—al1 of which are placed in the large cart. In front and behind are our boxes. Mr. Matson read Acts 20 this morning and spoke so encouragingly to us about our departure and our work. Mr. Woolin and Mr. Shequist accompanied us out of the city and bade us Godspeed. The road was frightfully rough on account of the tin - even atones. Once I got a bad bump on the head and was careful ever afterwards. Thirty miles from Esau Ch'eng we got in. to a Chinese inn. The beds consist only of boards with four legs. There is no floor; cobwebs bang in confusion from. the ceiling composed of beams, with ham- boo sticks across them. There is one lattice window covered with paper. It l8 very cold, as there are great crevices in the walls and we have only a little char- coal fire. Sunday, San. 18.—This is our first Lord's Day in a Chinese inn. Wo donot, of course, proceed on our cart journey on Lord's Day, and we had to pay the lcart- ers for resting here until tomorrow. Jan. 14.—To-day we had to cross a river in a ferry. The animals were un. hitched and taken over by themselves, we following afterwards. A foreigner.'s pass- port in China gives him the privilege of passing both customs and femme free of charge. Crowds of people going to market paid their ferry -passage, some with vegetables and soma with male. The ferry man collects the fess as he sibs on the ground in front of his wigwam, made of straw. After crossing the stream' one of the wheels of the heaviest cart got into the sinking sand and two extra mules had to be hitched on to pull it out. We made 90 li (Chinese miles) to -day and reached Ma -lien very tired. Jan. 15.—This has been a day of losses I Mr. Ferguson left bis gown and sash at 8u inn and oouid not recover them, while Mr, Rijnhart lost his Waterbury watch out of his vest pookot, probably while Drawling in or out of the meet, Jan. 17.—The road has been very rough since we left Van Cb'eug, being literallystrewn in places • with boulders, over which the Dart had to pass, making us bump our heads and sometimes spring off the part. At Ta -Kien, a miserable little plane, Mr. Rijnhart bought a "Ko knai ping," or large baked cake ; a5 he Wee 601111113113" with it a beggar snatched it out of his Mand and ran away with it, but Mr, Rijnhart ohaeed him a Iong die• tante and got it bank again. Jan, 18.—To•dpy we fed on Chinese douglr-strings, sweet potatoes, corned beef and tea. We pass the night at Hsiang Haien, where there 18 a China Inland Mission station under Mr. Joyce, who name to ase tut. Wehad a nice long taut with him, telling hien how good the Lord had been to us. Jan, 19.—We reached another city before sundown, but went straight through it, as the city gates are not open early enough in the morning for 110. This pity has many "gates of virtue," Brent carved atone arches spanning the street One of the mules was skit to•day,'and the carters doctored it by sticking a large rusty needle into its tongue amt] under its eye, Mr, Ferguson saw them tape the eye partly out and out off a large piece of white tissue. To -day we had an upset of bhe garb, but none of us were hurt The people are very 0011068, being especially interested in me, crowds of them following me to see my "big Peet," while Mr. Rijnhart follow- ed behind and took a snap of us from bis leodao. Jan, 22.—To-day we passed many caves in the hillsides, and many "stones of merit" erected to the memory of some great man. On the tope of these stones are little bells, so fixed that the wind muerte them to ring, bhue announcing the merit of the deceased. It was a surprise to meet two Mohammedans with their white calfs andhead-dresses. Our carters aro of bhis plass, and are very cleanly about their persons, In the graveyards attached to every farm we see stone tables to receive offerings to the dead. San. 23.—We passed many large caves and images of Buddha carved out of the rook on the hillsides. Near by are springs of boiling water bubbling up from the groand, San. 24,—The Chinese are preparing for their New Year. Door -gods, made of paper, are being pasted up in the houses Mr, Ferguson Dost his pig- tail yesterday, but the outer found it again to -day, laughing heartily at the joke. We long to reach our journey's end and settle down to regular work, "Here. in is My Father glorified, that ye boar much fruit ; so shall ye be My disciples." Feb, S.—To-day we go the remaining 501i to Si-Gnau, the old Imperial amp - We cross two beautiful stone bridges ou our way, such as one would nob expect to see in China. We meet many soldiers going and coming, but they are all very civil. Mr. Rijnhart expected the officials to be very particular here, but they only bothered him once for his "pard." Mr, Rijnhart had a long tally to. day with a man from Tibet. Feb. 4,—We met the Swedish mission- aries who ale working in this city and had sweet fellowship with them. Feb. 7.•= -We bid farewell to the mis- sionaries at Si-Gnau. Outside the city gates we visited the famous Nestorian tablet, bearing record of Christian, mis- sionaries in this district centuries ago. A funeral in Mt. Lebanon. DY 5ni5. 00511N-E11.110tp3T, In the early morning we were startled by the news that the angel of death had spread hie wings over the home of a neighbor and, borne the eonl of a promis- ing young man beyond the bourne of time. No doubt the fact was announced, as is usual in such cases, by a crier from the house -top and the tolling hell. Very frequently, on account of the hot climate and incommodious hooses, the funeral takes place on the day of the death ; but, in order to give some rela- tives at a distance time to arrive, the ceremony in this case was postponed, Before dawn next morning the wail- ing and shrieking of the women from the "house of mourning" was borne on the still air to cur ears, and, since the deceased was a neighbor, I felt it incum- bent upon me, although I naturally shrink from such somas, to make one of the nnmeroas throng who paid their last respects to their fellow -townsman. It was abort ben o'olook when. we an rived, and we found an immense con- course 8f people in front of the house on a terrace somewhat broader than the average one, over which an awning of white oauvas, ornamented with scarlet crosses, loaned for the occasion, was spread ; for, although but the middle of February, the sun has groat power in this part of the Orient thus early in the year. In bhe middle of this extemporized tent the bier containing the remains of the dead man was placed,while at the head the wife, and at the feet the mother, took their places e8 chief mourners rsspeobive. ly, while "mourning women" on either side.helped, by their real or pretended sympathy and tears, to augment. the anguish of those really affected by the drama of life thus 'suddenly terminated, The edges of the surrounding flat -roof- ed houses were crowded with spectators, six oe seven deep. Preferring to witness the speobagglo from a "near distance," rather thee. mingle with the douse crowd below, I joined en English.speaking acquaintance on an adjoining roof, and for about three hours maintaiaod.a roast. lug position in full view of the proceed. ings. Not to be different from my neighbors, I cried bo sit tailor fashion, with my heels tacked under me, but, I. suppose want of practice made me ap- pear awkward as well as feel unoomfort. able. No doubt the women near me, who RAM exceedingly kind hearted and atten, Live, thought s0, and one 0f them brought me a 0Uafr, for which I was Dot 'a little grateful. From the teat below arose sounds whi011 I unwittingly oharaoterized as singing, a sleepy, monotonous, rybhmioal repetition. of about three bars of what, for want of a better term, I must call musk. This was ao0ompanied by adrna', cymbal, and two reeds or flutes, and played by men whostood around the bier, They, with the women, made a "great lamen- tation," whioh, however, was nothing compared with the frantic gsstioulab- ions of the poor mother, who, almost, be- side herself with grief, tore her hair, rent her clothes, and beat her breast, wring- ing her hands above her head, and throw• ing herself about in her anguish, which was most harrowing and distressing to witness ; while the wife, hardly less af- footed,swung a block handkerchief and the tarbush (cap) alley husband around her head, or waved them feantioally, while uttering piercing shrieks. Meanwhile the neighbors sat patiently and .quietly on loose atones, terrace walls and roofs, while now mud again men and women bearing trays of coffee or lemonade could bo seen' wending their way in and oat of •bhe crowd. This me - tom of presenting coffee, eto„ especially asthey make it here, in billy coffee-pots not holding more than half a dozen email 2, cube, (the size of en egg-ou9), meat be very inconvenient,' should think, at such someone. There must have been over 500 people preeeut. I don't suppose coffee was effered to all. Tt is mammary to do. cline it when offered at funerals, saying,. insteadof the usual "Daitno P" (that is, "Porpetuai I" "May you live forever P"), "Allah yuharamllu 1 (May God have mercy on idol I") Most of the women. present, out of reslteet for the departed, bad exchanged their white lace 01' color. ed mendiis (head dress) for black lace or dark, kerchiefs. 013 e. roof jest vis-a-vis bo me a joiner was malting the Met earthly house that would ever bo needed for mortal play, out of a few thin boards 'soared with scarlet cloth, and leaking white tape along the seams and tapers at equal distances along the tape. Sash a thing as an undertaker is unknown in these mountain villages, and the simple arrangements of funerals here can be made at an ]four's notice. The deceased belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church, and shortly after the arrival of a superior from a neighboring convent, the procession was foamed,—ilia superior and attendant local priests lead. ing the way to E1 -Saida, the church of "Our Lacly," while the coffin was borne behind, and then the bier containing the "widow's son," dressed as in life, in a grey suit, his head uncovered, was borne upon the shoulders of comrades who broke the solemnity and silence of the march by contending with one another for the honor of carrying' him whom they would soon see 110 more forever. Be. hind followed the weepiug crowd. The mother and wife, violent in their ex- treme grief, could not but remind us of a similer scene enacted outside the gate of the city of Nain, where the gracious Saviour, touched with compassion, bade the young flan "arise" and delivered him to his mother,. Saving accompanied the funeral to the confines of his property, the wife, rend- ing her hair, and npborne by friends who tried to comfort her, was led back to the house, while the poor mother made the sorrowful journey alone. Arrived ab the church, the bier was placed in the center, under the lighted" candelabra, of which there' are three, while the coffin was placed on the north side of it, and the tapers upon it were lighted. The priests, twelve in number, arranged themselves around the bier, eaoh with a book in one hand and a light. ed tapper in the other, and they oommeu. zed the monotonous, sing•songy chanting of the service, wbioh being partly in Greek and viably in Arabin, and for the most part, indistinctly rattled over, could not be very intelligible to the people ; and it is a' marvel bow they "stood" it,— for there were no seats, and the service was long and tedious. All of a sudden, however, the powerful voice of Dr. Howie filled the ohuroh, while, in response to the invitation of several prominent towns- men, he preached what one might call 8 funeral sermon. Being glad to take ad- vantage of the circumstances, he preach. ed unto them Jesus and the resurreetion (Acts 1748). Towards the close of the ceremony, following the example of the superior, three priests .on his right and left hand respectively, advanced to the bier, and lifting the silver oruoifix from the breast of the dead man, rever- ently made the sign , of the cross b y touching his brow, heart, right and left breasts, and then raising it to their lips before returning it to its place. As soon as the ceremony ended, wail - fog and lamentation again broke forth, and to perfect clamor filled the church as the bearers again bore the bier to its final resting -place in the cemetery, a little die. taloa off. On our way home we met a woman bearing a tray containing some leaves, a basin of milk, and 50132e rico and dabs (grape juice boiled bard.). She was baking it to the women strangers who had come from a distance to bo present et the funeral. No doubt other kind neighbors would do their share in enter- taining the guests ; for there is no hotel in the place, and this is the way the peo. plc show their hospitality. The local governor, a neighbor of the deceased, entertained the urate portion of the strang- ers. La the evening, many comforters repaired to the house of mourning, and sought to console the inconsolable. It is hoped 'that nature would do for them what friends oould not, and that the quiet hours of the night would tranquil. ice the excited nerves which had bean strung to a tension little short of break- ing throughout this "bitter day" (_Amos 8;10). illt. Lebanon, S11ria. 1310e vale, Mr, Segnings is a little better, Doe. Messer lis .been on the siok list this week. Rev. Robert Thyne, of Markham, was is town on Friday. George Menzies, cheese -maker, spent Sunday in Brussels. Mre. Bnd,1 and Jusie were visiting at ?4 r. McPherson's 0n. Wednesday. Chester Pugh is spending part of his holidays at his uncle's, S. Paul's. Sam. Slott, of Manchester, wive in town on Wednesday shipping hogs. Barry Garnet, of Listowel, gave the ailing° 0 flying call on Thursday of Inst week. The new tailor, Mr, Brinker, of Moles. worth, arrived oil Wednesday of last week, do Hattie, Trane and Etta Salts, of Goa rieb, are visiting their grandmp, Mrs. Stowe. Fred• Hartley, who bee been attending muneHigh School at Clinton, mune home on Monday evening. Annie Stowe Dame home on Monday evening from Goderioh, where she has Mien vieiting' her sister. Mrs. Burgess, of elven Sound, and three of her children have come to spend their holidays at home. Miss Tina Sanderson, of Toronto, who has been visiting at John Diameet's for the peat few weeks, returned to her home 013 Tuesday. Rev. Mr, Mose preached his first ser- mon on Sunday evening, Every person was Well pleased. He seems to be a very able epeaker, 1898 A CORRECTION. d'o tue ltdits Poet, Dt1An Sis,—Saitor01Tme Pew soaks ago an item appeared in the Toronto "World" in reference to the death of the late Rev, Wm. Torrance, of Paisley. The purport was to state that Mr. Torrance for some time previous to his death was addicted to the use of certain drags, I have also been informed that the "World" correct. ed the item by stating that its former statement was incorrect A few !goal papers published the fleet ibelm Bud over- looked the oorregtlon, It has been atatgi to me that such was the ease with regard to Tap Poem. If snob is the ease will you kindly do me the favor as well as the relatives of Mr. Torrance to oorred the ltem 7 You can do this, I am earn, and be on oafs ground, for while it is true that at one time Mr. Torrance w15 in the habit ofltaving neorpbioe injected for the relief of pain and insomnia, and while it is true that a oertain Dr. in .Huron coup. by put Mr. Torrance through a coarse of treatment to break up the effects of mor- phine on his system, yet it is equally true that for the last two years of his life Mr. Torrance was entirely free from the use of morphine or any other strong drug, Several times in the past two years he told me of his thankfulness that be was fres from the nae of these drugs which by order of his physician he bad been using. The relatives feel keenly the imputation pub upon his character by enoh Renee as the one referred to and I am sure you will hasten to correct the statement in question. The statements can only be true upon the supposition that Mr. Tor- rance was telling an untruth to me in making as he did to me several times the statement that he was free from the use of these drugs. Faithfully yours, R. H. 13e5Nnx, Carthage, July 2, 1895. People We Know. • Mrs. W.. H. Kerr is visiting at Gode- 61013, Ira Gerry is spending his holidays in Seaforth. Mies Jean Wilson is holidaying in Brussels. Postmaster Farrow is on the sick list this week. Reginald Fletcher is holidaying in Lusknow, J. AndereonwasvisitingJames Walker, carriage builder. Jno. and Mise Maggie Beattie are visit. ins in Wingham, Miss Gordon, of Orangeville, is visiting at Rev. R. Paul's. Reeve Sperling, of Wingham, was in town on Thursday. Robt, Richardson bas returned from a visit to Walkerton. Mrs. Messer, of Bluevale, is visiting at William Cameron's. Miss Kate Wilson is home from Guelph Collegiate Institute, Mre, Element, of London, is visiting Mrs. Joe Ballantyne. J. A. Stewart, of the Standard. Bank, is away for bis holidays. Dr. Davidson was visiting at London and Strathroy this week, Miss Mary Oliver is home from a visit with relatives in Toronto. T. A. MoLauohlin is bodte from Brumfield for hie holidays, James O'Leary and Sam. Beattie at- tended the Windsor races. Miss Maggie Stoddart, of Goderioh, is vieiting Mies Hattie Downieg. Miss Nellie Tinsley, of Hamilton, is visiting Mies Jean MoLanahlin. Misses Joan and Mary Ross have gone to Galt and Ayr for a holiday visit. Willie Ament has gone to Seaforth for a holiday visit with hie grandmother, Robert Moore and sister, of Trowbridge, were visiting their brothers this week. Mrs. Fletcher and Miss MoLaohlan wheeled to Luoknow on Thursday morn- ing. Ohms. Sheriff, of Toronto, is renewing old acquaintances in Brussels and local- ity. iss Lizzie McKee, of Molesworth, is visiting at Mrs. Jno. Sinclair's, Princess street', lakes Teenie Smith, of Wroxeter, is enjoying a holiday visit in Brussels with old friends, Mrs, Gmbel, of Mitchell, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Emilie, bas returned home. J. L. Hogg wee in town this week re- turning to his home from Orangeville where he is tea013ing. D. M. Ferguson, the bustling dry goods merchant, of Stratford, was visiting in town for a few days. Miss Kate Wilson was visiting at Lon• don this week and enjoyed the grand un- e ion choir concerts Leld there. a Miss Fisher and Mies Marone, of ICin• cardiae, were visiting Mre, J. Long last week. The two latter are sisters, Miss Moore and Mies MoLaohlan t wheeled to Se8forbh on Thursday evening a of last week and returned Friday morn. due. a Mise Ethel Oreightmfarrived home Met fi Saturdaybridge, for her Sumner vacation. t She holds a millinery situation at Us. w Mrs. W. J. Browatt and ohildren, of J Ingersoll, are making a holiday visit e with Mrs. 0, A. Deadman. The ladies are sisters, 's Miss Annie Stewart loos taken a Duel- t tion in Geo. Thomson's grocery during d hie absence in Scotland, Levi Beam is 11 in charge of the deliveryvan, Jno. McCrea, of this plane, had the misfortune to fall recently and break his m collar bone and injure several of his ribs. d He i5 able to get about again nw o, b Mre. E. 0. Danford, who has been laid up fol' P03110 time with an Omega in her 11 left side, i5 stili under the doctor's care, e We hope alio will soon be o°0valesoenb. fo Mrs, W. A. i'fgl'lwan and deughtere, tl "'militia and Geraldine, of Thessalon, p have come to town fora visit at James o Oliver's, Mrs. 111oEwan is his daughter. a Rev. J. L. Kerr and wife have gone to a Owen Sound to visit relatives and form- 51 er parishioners, Mr. Herr was stationed m there as pastor of the ltfobhedist church several years ago. W. I. KERR, Prop. Culleo4or of 'eland Revenue Cavan, of Stratford, wee in town on Wednesday. Hie visits aro generally aseooiated with Boma "swamp" whiskey pin.ni0, but thio mall was an ezoeptfon to the rule. W. Taylor, the county representative of the Confederation Life Insuranoo 00., has proved so efficient in the service of this favorite oompauy, that his territory has bean inoreassd, and now includes North .berth also, CU UIICll 011111:1(4. Rev. Jno, Ross will preemie the minuet sermon to the Sons of Scotland next Sab-: bath morning at 1l a. m. Bev. W. H, Harvey, B. A,, and wife beve arrived at Rome, Italy, after a very enjoyable voyage via Now York and the British Isles. Next Sabbath mornfog Rev, G. H. Cobblediok will proaolr a epe0ied sermon bo the members of the Sabbath eehool, wimpy are asked to oupy the centre seats in the (thumb.Knox church congregation presented Rev. D. B. McRae with 325 and the sil- ver baptismal bowl as a recognition of his willing servioe in the position' of Moderator in connection with their oon• gregabion. It is said that Rev. Mr. Rose, '(1 Mel- ville °Unroll, will take well earned holi- days this season in visiting Manitoba and the Northwest. Mrs, Roes will meom- panyhim. R. F. Cameron, a student, will supply the pulpit during Mr. Ross' absence. The friends of Rev. W. Smythe and wife, will be pleased to learn that they have got nicely settled in the Parsonage at Pebrolea, and has entered noon his pastorate there ander very favorable circumstances. The church has a aegis. tered membership of 482. The Chatsworth paper says :—A very • pleasant and successful garden party was. held on the rectory grounds here last Friday evening. The rector, Rov. Mr. Reilly, and Mrs. Reilly made the guests feel perfectly at borne and the ladies of the 500315gatian and their assistants spared no pains to provide a thoroughly enjoyable time for all. The proceeds amounted to about $65. There was a missionary topics on Mon- day evening's program at the League, Africa was the subject. It was subdiv- ided as follows :—Map drill on Africa, Miss Mina Turnbull ; "Missions in Afri- ca," Miss Minnie MaNaughbon ; reading, "Oeoil Rhodes of Souk Africa," Mies Jennie Howe ; solo, with guitar accom- paniment, H. L. Jackson ; 'Mirages and their course," by Will. Bozell ; "Bishop Taylor's Missionary plan," Rev. G. H. Cobblediok ; solo, H. L. Jackson, Miss E. E. Kerr conducted the opening exeroises. The ballot for the eleotion of a President as successor to S. B. Wilson, removed, resulted in Nelson B. Gerry being chosen. He has been a very active worker in the League in the past, a Cnna,tli ; New,s. Hay sold at 012 pot. ton on the Wood- stock market on Tuesday. Frank Wharton, an eight-year-old boy was killed by a train at London. A number of Buffet° capitalists want to establish a typewriter factory in Bract. ford. The Beaver Lacrosse Club of Seaforbh defeated the Teoumsebe, of Toronto, by 4 goals to 1. The body of John Pallier, who disap- peared from a boat oa the Hamilton Bay last week, was found at the north side of the beach. Chancellor Boyd has dismissed with ousts an notion brought against F. B. Allen, a deputy returning officer in the recent Algoma bye -election, to recover a penal sum of $400 on account of alleged mslfeasanoe in connection with said election. The firet motion of an ex0ursion train filled with pilgrims bound for the shrine of St. Anne de Beanpre was run into by the second section, and 13 persons were killed besides many injured. The noel. dent took place an the Grand Trunk a few miles west of Levis. A painful accident ocourred on Friday afternoon of lest week at the Farmers' Binder Twine Works, Brantford, when a young woman named Sarah Stevens was caught in the maobinery end had her arm tern off. She was attending a jenny and wore a waist with a big sleeve. The machinery caught the sleeve and drew the arm in, She was removed to the publics bospital. R. Fallis, Minto, has a cow which has a decided objection to leaving the farm. Last week he brought her into Harriston for shipment. When near the station he apparently beoame suepioions of the ppearanoe of things, broke loose and went direct home, some seven miles. She was taken in again , for shipment. Not liking the looks of a train on the mask, she made another dash for liberty and home, despite the efforts of a dozen men to restrain her. She was home long Fanshead of the owner, Mr. Fas is in a x, as he does not know what to do with be cow, it being too fat for local use and ortb over 050. Wiltiam Barnes, a baker, employed by , McOormet, confectioner, Woodstock, xpired on Monday afternoon in Dr. A, M. Clark's dental parlors while having oils teeth extracted. He had for some ime been troubled with face aobe, and eoided to have his teeth removed while oder the influence of chloroform, so Dr. MaLnrg was palled in to administer it. Tour teeth had been successfully re- eved, and during the extraction of the fob be suddenly gasped, and is supposed 0 have almost immediately expired. Doctors wore called to a58ist in reviving im, but after an hour and a•half their fforts were unsuccessful, and they were reed to pronounce him dead. It is lair opinion that death was waned by analysis of the heart, as a result of the hisroform. The unfortunate man was bout 80 years of, age and leaves a wife nd a two-year-old child. Tie has re- tied in Woogetoak only about two oaths, and lived formerly in Stratford. He was a member of the Knights of the Maoabees and A. 0.1.