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WILL RUN
LABORERS' . S
EXCURSIONS
To all Points West of Winnipeg to
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Saltcoats
Upon peeper Certificationpassengers
will be returned to starting point on pay-
ment of SliS.00.
T. FARROW,
BIM , sbELs.
LIME! LIME!
The undersigned will keep
on hand a constant supply.
of White Fresh Lime suit-
able :for all Building and
Plastering purposes.
Also North Shore Pine
Lath and White Brick for
Sale.
D .. Low
BRUSSELS.
To Smoke's
To -meet the wishes of their customers
The Geo. E. Tackett & San Co., Ltd.,
Hamilton,, Ont., have placed upon the
market
A Combination Plug of
SMOKING TOBACCO
This supplies a long felt want, giving
the aonsnmer one 20 oent plug, or a 10
cent piece or a 5 omit piece of the famous
"T& B"brand of Pura Virginia To.'
basso.
The tin tag "T & B" is on every. Piece.
SHINGLES
British Columbia
Red Cedar Shingles
AND
North Shoe
Pine and Cedar
FOB SALE AT TED
1311uss els Planingl�
711s
Aiso Doors. and Sash of all Pat-
terne on hand or made to order
at Short Notice.
Estimates Furnished for all
kinds of Buildings. Workman-
ship and Material Guaranteed.
J. & P. AMENT,
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When you•want a Stove, Tin
or Granite -ware, or Hard-
ware, Paints St Oils,
—a Mt. Ar—
HUNTER'S
Hardware Store
Where you will, £roan,
WS date, get a
ZISCCVNT of FIVE TER CENT.
Off all Cash Purchases.
Fine Roman, Artists' Can-
vas in Stock.
At HUN
Tho Pa//s of Montmarenoi,
To ho Lditor of T'nn .rosy.
It may not be out of ice to give your.
Western i:eadere eeeneielee of the menu.
tat soonory peoulfer to this part of Can.
oda, The Leurentiane, no is wall known,
are among the principal mountain ranges
of British North America—the others
being the Rockies, towards the Pecifio
coeet,"and part of the Allegeanie , which
extend from New Bruuewiolt and run in
a south-westerly coarse as far ss Alabama,
The Lanrentians lie north of the St,
Lawrence river, and'extoud from Labra-
dor on the Atlantic coast 311 a due wester-
ly direction to the extreme boundary of
Howetin. Theyare ain
n
g the oldest
m'
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ns in the world, zld and belong to
the Gambro -Metamorphic deposits which
lie directly above the granite formation
and they correspond, it ie suppoaeavto
fleetest day's work of creation given m
the Mosaic narrative. They contain the
fossil remeine of the earliest known
anmiil, called by Sir William Dawson,
Eozoon. Their contents have 'boon ex-
amined by the late Sir Roderick Murchi-
son, by Dawson, and by other well known
geologists'; and when viewed under a
powerful microscope they present the
appearance of insects without the organs
of vision. From the fact that it has been
inferred that, being the oldeet known
fauna and without eyes, they must have
appeared ou the stage of creation when
(as the Mosaic writer informs us) "dark
nese was upon the face of the deep, and
the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters." 3t is teasonable to suppose
Bat had those early animals been formed
in a period of light, they would have been
provided organs of vision—similar to
their successors at a late stage, suoh ae
the trilobites and other animals of .the
Silurian. period, when light dawned upon
our planet. Some peaks' of this lofty
Laurentian range of mountains extend to
a great height—One (Cape Diamond) be.
ing 19,000 feet, and another (Cape Tene-
ment) being 26,000 feet above the sea
eVel. There is a ,peculiar grandeur
about those lofty 'mountain ranges, and
they carry one's thoughts back to Him
who framed the everlastipg hills. Thus
e are invited to "look from nature up
o nature's God, and to discern the
'God of our fathers." Could they but
peak, those everlasting hills would
furnish us with a history of this planet
r more ancient than that of the remot-
st nations of antiquity. The question
aturally presents itself' to an inquiring
mind, how and when were those moun-
sin ranges formed ? It would be useless
o speculate on such a subject, but the
oat plausible theory seems to be that
suggested by my fellow countryman, Sir
Wm. Dawson, who thinks theirformation
e attributable to the shrinkage of the
arth's surface while undergoing the pro
ess of coolie from its original" '
gmcan-
escent state. It is now a pretty
well
stablished'faobhat this planet vas at
one time an immense mass of molten
matter, much larger in size than it now
, and that when the earth had so far
cooled down as to allow the; process of
evaporation to go on, and water to form
nets surface, a shrinkage of our globe
ok place inwhioh there was a crump -
ng up (so to speak) of the oldest and
artier formation, causing by the joint
tion of fire and water such mighty con.
Malone of nature as to throw up into
eir present position our principal
oamtalns—such, as the Roches and
Andes, the Lenrentians, the Himalayas,
e Ural, and other chief mountain..
anges. Of course .this would imply a
uch greater Mine of time, in the past
IA
story of our planet, than was once con -
dared to he the probable age of the
orld. Sir Wm, Thomson, one of the
ost eminent scientists of the day, leas
ntured the opinion that from 60 to 100
ions of years probably elapsed be -
ween the first fermabion of matter and
a era of man. Even supposing' such an
pinion to he well founded, it does not
oesearily conflict with the Mosaics nu-
Um,
or•
tfve,'whichallows room for en indefiu-
period of time between "the begin -
ng" of emotion and the modern era ;
or does it oonflicb,with the usually. re-
oivvd popular idea that this world has
isted for eix thousand years or more.
e facts of science go lo favor the opin•
that man has existed for only about
at period of time. Welmow, both from
ologyandthe Bible, that man was the
t created animal ; aad according to
e now generally admitted opinion the
ye of creation were aeons, or lengthen-
periods—thus allowing greater latitude
the era of man than has been ooin-
ouly: supposed. The stone men dimme-
d in different places give evidence of
cerebral development, quite eubver-
e of the Darwinian theory of evolution
ugh a long period of ages from a
suer species of animal --and quite come
ibhe with the more generally accepted
eory of man's recent appearance among
race of animals. It is now ;becoming
re general among scientists to admit
modern period of man's exiatenee,
compared with hie predeceeeore in.the
le of oreation ; so;that he every way
Mosaic narrative, which at one time
s discredited by many scientists as
ug contrary to ascortamed facts in
0 logy and in paleontology, is once more
tuning its propos place both' as regards
an'eorigin andmod's antiquity, as well
.hie ethnological relations. Se true
t that ellIagua east veritae, et provale•
t is noticeable that all along the foot
the Laurentian—at least on the river
Lawrence, are to be soon settlements
reneh habitants, who 'cultivate the
up the slope of the mountains ; but
igh do the hills extend that probably
foot of man never trod their highest
Its. They appear to be well wooded
oughout, thus giving timber and fuel
he inhtabitente dwelling at the foot of
mountains, ae well tee being a place of
orb' for fur•bearing' animate -which,.
ever, aro fast dinuniehing:he number.
chief rivers flowing down through
mountain range are the Saguenay,
Montznorenei, St, Obarles, eto.-in
t of which the scenery is very grand.
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ONTARIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 189
only sumo six miles below Quebec city,.
are from fifty to sixty feet higher than
the falls; of 1`Tiagaua-though not nearly
so broad en'a eapaoioue ; ,and their 'Met
volume of water is supplied frim Lake
50, ran and Moutmorezei elver. Cape
Trinity and Cape F,teruity are among
the natural features of grandeur at the
mouth of the Saguenay. This is one of
the many fevorlbe resotts for tourists in
the Seamier emote ; and to aceom0Bo•
date the eight -timing six boats ply
Weekly between Quohoo and.Seguenay..
With such facilities, -and with the cheap'
exoureione now on to various pointe. east.
as far as the Marillre Provinces, no one'
need be ae a loos to ltnow where to
ruebioate or find a suitable, ''outing,"
Any one reading the Daily Star, of
Montreal,
i' will n t
v o ice the 'met Ya 0x0 a of
du
teuriets and pleasure seekers that find
their way at this season to the ,varioae
Summer resorts along the St. Lawrence.
Their name ;ie legion. Owing, however,
bo the varied and delightful scenery
along the line of the:Intercolonial—and
the piscatorial attractions presented to
the disciples of Isaac Walton on the.
Metapedie and other river's flowing into
the Gulf of 'St. Lawrence—bite rush of
tourists every year ie tending more to-
wards New Brunewiok and the extreme
east of Quebec Province, where saimou.
fishing iseoabundant. To a lover of
sport, the capture of a good sized salmon
or sea trout le more exciting than the
latest novel, No wonder that the Ameri-
cans of Boston and New York make au
annual visit to these far-famed 'fiahing.
grounds, to enjoy the unspeekable pleas-
use of securing a few dozen of this king
01 bah. Bub I find my letter is exceeding
due limits, and therefore must pause for
the -present. Fare eta.,
11. D. El,
Grease Ie1 , Que., July 25,'95.
1e1 EAST HURON.
We spent our holiday week in East
Huron, chiefly in Bluevale, ivbich is situ-
ated in the Southern part of Turnberry
Tp., 4 miles from Wingham and /6 mike
from Brussels. Bluevale, though lnnah
older than Wingham, hex/been badly left
behind in the rage with its younger rival,
the population of the former being about
800, the latter about ten times as great.
The chief industry in . Bluevale, outside
of those eammon to every ,village, ie
cheese making, the factory in that village
making to -day the higbeat-priced cheese
in the Canadian market. The highest
make hes bean 140 tons per annum, but
last year owing to the deficiency in pastur-
age, the output dropped to 103' tone,
This year the joint stook company which
manages the factory is receiving the'.
milk if 1,200 cows, and the June make' of
cheese was eold by the company's seller,
Mr. Messer, a shrewd merchant of Blue -
vale, for 8$0, which ie e. of a oent more
per pound than that received by other
Canadian factory. Bluevale chasm has
y
more than a Dominion reputation, its
fame hue reached the British market.
From a denam-inabional standpoint, the
people of Bluevale and vioiaity are al-
most entirely Methodist and Presbyter-
ian. Rev. Mr. Mom is pastor of the form-
er church, Rev. Mr. Hartley of the lat-
ter. The bay orop in the townships of
Turnberry, Grey and Morris is light, but
oats and, peas are excellent. In the.
townships of Wallace and Howiok there
have been good' showers throughout the
Summer and the pasture fields appear
quite green.. During a short stay in
Wiegbam,we met Rev. Mr. Perrie, a
former pastor of Geneva church, Obesley,
Be had just arrived back from Scotland,
and both he and Mrs, Perrie were it
perfect health. When we asked him
about his severe damns in Scotland, he
informed ue that there was no truth in
the report that he was eiolt, and was ear.
prised that soot/• a false report had gone
abroad. We also made the acquaintance
of Dr. McDonald, the popalarLiberal M.
P. for East Pluton. ' The Dr. is an able
parliamentarian cad is invincible in his
Riding. He is one of the noble 18 who
stood out against the Jesuit Estates grant
and, as might be expected, he takes a
very strong stand against enforcing the
remedial Order. He is a capital speaker
and is almost sure of re-election by an
increased majority. Winghaua is an
importantmanufaoturing centre, and the
Union Furniture Co, which was burnt
down a few months ago, has been grant-
ed an extension of time for re -payment
of a $10,000 loan given about 0 years ago.
The .Co. will begin building' operations
again. Wingbam possesses the advan.
rage of having two competing lines of R,
Betthe G. T. 11. and Cl. P, 11. The June
delivery of cheese was teamed from Bine.
vale to Wingham because better rates
wore obtained on the C. P. R. We also
took a run on the train to Brussels, stay.
ed, a. few hours, and made ourselves
perfectly at home in the sanctum of Tem
Pose newepaper. The Editor and pro-
prietor of Tne POST is. W. H. Herr, who
has made it one of the best local papers
in Western Ontario. He has been. Reeve
of the town for four years. Brnseelsoon-
tains about 1,200 inhabit/ante, and whiie.
considerably entailer than 'Chesley, we
must admit that the main -street aoutaine
better brick blocks than Cheeley. Lest
March the publio 'school. in that vil-
lage was burned down, and as we loathed
another new building was in coarse .of
ereotion, Reeve Herr kindly showed ne
around and n
made a acquainted with the
contractor, 1), Lowry, who baa the repo.
talion of being an exultant builder and
oontraotor. The main part of the new
building ie7ox33e feet, the annex 40x42,
The'echOol Will contain 6 roome, the mil -
Jugs of'whioh will be 18 feet. The plan
shows a tower 44 feet high, making the
total height from base to pinnacle 72 feet,
The school will coat $9,000• and as there
was an ineuranoe of 1,500- on the old
school, the oorporatioh has issued 30 year
debentures to pay off the balance. The
debentures have been sold ata good figure.
The building is oenteal North and South
but in the extreme West of the village
limits. The stone for caps and Bills has
been bleu ht from the Forks of- the
Credit. The same when completed will
be a beautiful modern buildiug alta a
oredie to the enterprising people of Deus•
sell,.—Obeeley Enterprise.
N, P, v$. PR,icE IRAQ, a,
TO the Editor of Tun Poer,
Duan Stiu—I ;veal In Tun Pass of July
19th a letter from F, S, Scott, Brilseele,
00 a trip to Indiana and return. 10 gave
a good amount of the journey and I WAS
miOh interested when reading ft. I wish'
Mem people who take jourueyslto'dietaut
pa would give ue more of their "ex -
patience, or read ug about people, places
and things is noxi to awing them, The
letter contained one sentence, wlaioh, witia
your pormiesion, I would like to make a
few remarks on, namely, that "we arriv
ed at Windsor about 2;30 te. lee and after
daylight we wore taken across the ferry
and then bad to wait until the offices.
were n e edaolcould make ad entry of
the mare in the Customs, This is some-
thing that if every Canadian voter had to
do he would cease to vote for Protection,
for by the time the mare is back on Cant
adian soil the owner will have paid about
$15.00 to auetoms house oflcere and their
attendants, although eupposed to be en.
tared free," Now the query is, does,
your eorrespoudentthink that feanadian'
votes can make aitch a change 2 Surely
he does not expect the Canadian vote can
run the American Government. A few
years ago the Canadian voter did vote for
Free Trade. We then had what some
people called a Free Trade Government,:
yet the Americans had their Custom.
Houses, their Tariff, thou officials and
their attendants. For my part I claim
that if every Canadian mother's son and
daughter were to cease from voting for
protection and vote for Free Trade again,
still the Americans would have their
Tariff, their offices and their officials.
Yours. Respectfully,
A StmeommEn,
July 29, '95,
Coming Birch Wielders..
The following is the report of the joint
Board of Examiners on the result of the
primary examination ;—
(1) Candidates whose names appear in
list No. 2 at any centre have passed the
Jniy part of the primary examination,
but have not passed the commercial ex.
amination.
(2) The oertifieutee 01 successful condi-
candidates will be sent to the principals.
of High schools and Public school Inepeot-
ors, as the case may be, after the results
of the leaving and matriculation examin-
ations bare, been announoed. In no case
will the marks be reported direct by the
department to the candidates.
(3) Candidates who have failed and
who may desire to appeal are requested
to wait until' they have ,received their
marks of the examination before making
arotest.
(4) In certain oases the certificates of
the principals of High
an
d Public
o
ole
with respect to the requirements of
regulation No. 19, relating to reading and
writing, have not been transmitted to the
department. The certificates of snot/
candidates will not be issued until the
required certificatee bave beenforwarled.
(5) The number of successful 'candi-
dates reported at any centre of examina-
tion must not be regarded as the work of
anyschool, as in many instances Candi.
dates other than those prepared at the
school have presented themselves for 'ex-
amination.
(6) County Boards of Examiners are
not authorized to admit candidates to
the Model school who fail to present the
necessary non-professional certificate.
These may be withheld from ,the candi-
dates for the reasons given in clauses 1
and 4 above.
BRUSSELS.—List No. 1,—Janie Howe,
Leon iJackson, BIM Lamont, D, Oto
Kenzie, Dora Nott. List No. 2.—Sarah
Moreauehlin, D. Strachan.
OLINTON.—M Aitken, J Andersson, R
Baird, 1 Brinenell, A Butchart, M Clegg,
L Holmes, M McCallum, M McGregor, J
McKay, A Murray, M Robb, B Shep•
htpilerd, D Smith, E,Switzer, fe Torrance,
A Twitohell, 0 Watson, J Whiddon,
tse.
Enrte.—List No 1—F Borland, F
Lutz, E McOallum. List No 2-11 Biake.
Gonnarou.—L Bentley, A Blake, J
Clarke, M Dickson'H Dunlop, J Fors.
ter, N Gibbons, R Jsmieson, J Martin,
L Moss, J MoKay, W Naftel, E Odium,
E M Reid, W SEirling, B Watson, H
Wbyard.
HAnnzsroat List No. 1.—T Bishop, 1
Breokenridge, A I. Copland, E Douglas,
D A Ferguson, W Hamilton, L Harding,.
A Beibein, W Herbert, F Johnston, E
Johnston, R Leppington, F Lowish, T
Maguire, H MoNaughtnn, Maggie Mo.
Naughton,Minnie MoNanghton, A Me-
Donald, H Molleinnon, 0 McGuire, 101
Neill, 111 Oliver, 5 Pritchard, M Sturge-
on, A Soott, A Thomson, W Young, G
Merriam/ (pained in Latin), le Perkins,
(passed in Latin authors). List No 2—
el Shannon.
Lrsrowur.—List No 1.-1 Barclay, S
Boyd, GB /Amer, A Dynes, M Harris, (#
Hemsworth, L Hutchison, R Large, 3
Little, G Long, G Mader, J Menzies, L
McFarlane, A Robertson, R Stevenson, I
Stevenson, L Tatham, W Vaughan. List
No 2--B McDowell,
MironIDni,--E Carroll, 111 Doherty, A
Dougherty, 111 McGee, J Naemith.
Snerozen.—List No 1,—W Aberhart, E
Bell, G Cheney, L Gray, M Jordan, t/2
Livens, J Smellie, W Tippet, H Van-
Egmond, A Waugh,' A Woodley. List
No 2 -Matilda Fowler.
SreerrooD.—List 1,-E Atkinson,
00' Coyne, ed Clifford, G Cook, W Ding.
man, R Darling, G ,Edgar, M Hasson, R
Damson, W Enony, 101 Fisher, H Render -
eon, 5 Hammond, M Key, G Langford,
R 3e uiness, E McMillan, T McPhee -
son, L McDonald, A McKelvey, M Mc-
Lellan, E Pfriuimer, M.Robb, G Smith,
teTucker, 0 Workman,' 3e Watson, 0
Irvine. List No 2—M Abraham,
Se. MAres.—N Bobb, V Barnard, R
Boll, M thrown, LBrown, T Bruce, 111
Clarke, L Davie, H Dinsmore, A Dun,
lop, L Gilpin, le Harding, G Rapes, A
$endereon, L illo0utcheon, G Molntoeb,
W Peart, A Smihert, G Sperling, F
Sohwitzer, L Thompson, 101 Tier, N
Tofte, M Vining, W Young, M Heen, W
Keen. List Ne 2-0 Box,
W. I-1. KERR, Prop,
Cumnsing ,e,e W Taryubaiat reon P let Fraser,
13 Johnston, J 11i,olfay, W Robertson, L
Vanstone, M Wellivood. List No 2.13
Cummings, 0 Vanstone.
People We Talk About,
Mrs, Obae. Wake is on the sick Het,
Mrs. A. Reid bas been on the oink list.
Mre. Too. Carter ie vieiting at Soafortli,
7, D. Stewart, of Wingham, is visiting
in town.
Mise Sarah Carter went' to Goderioh
tole week,
R. McGowan ams wile are visiting at
Port Elgin.
Knox' i
Clim a of Listowel, osv 'e
L el was in town
last Sunday,
;as. O'Leary attended Owen Sound
races tele week.
they
Le a dale 10 visiting at Harrfeton
and Walkerton,
Mies Maggie MoNaugbton is holiday-
ing at Wingham,
Mrs. Letter, of Ypsilanti, is visiting
relativesin town.
Rev, Mr. Higley, of Blyth, wee In
town on Tuesday,
Ryall Pelton, of Innerkip, was visiting.
in Brneeele this week.
Miss Mary Beattie is holidaying at
Ba field and Clinton.
Mies Battie Rogere is home for her
vacation from Zurich.
Mies Slemmon, of Cranbrook, is visit-
ing Mies Mary Oliver.
Misses Rilla and Florence Hunter spent
last Sunday at Trowbridge.
Owen Phillips wee laid up for a few
days from a eprained ankle.
Mise Crane, of London, was visiting
Miss Lizzie Rose last week.
Miss Vera $neabtel, of Wingham, is
visiting at Win. KneehtePe.
Edna and Frank Dennis spent a few
days at Kincardine this week.
Mrs. (Dr.) Me/telvey;: Barbara and
Alex, were visiting at Clifford,
Misses Luella and Gertie Rose were vie-
iting at Wroxeter for a week.
Joe Heater is ill with inflammation of
the bowels, we are sorry to hear.
Mies Mary Richardson is holidaying at
Walton and Leadbury for a week.
Mise Ethel Sperling, of Grey, was
visiting Miss Fula Ainley las;' week.
Miss Annie MoBein is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Jno. Pelton, at Atwood.
T. A. Hawkins wheeled to Port Albert
last Monday and visited Ms parents,
Mrs. R. H. Ross end children are visit-
ing relatives and friends at Listowel.
Misses Ida and Annie Frain are home
from a visit of ten months to Detroit.
Thos. Pieroe and wife of Gerrie, were
vieiting in town during the past week.
Postmaster Farrow is still unable to
attend to business although improving.
Mra. G. Holland, of Detroit, le the
guest of Mrs. D. McKenzie, Queen street,
Mre.
D W. Mala m
o andGer f
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1 are
vieiting relatives and friends at St.
Marys.
J. Beattie, J. Smith and B. Gerry vis-
ited Bayfield last Sunday on their bioy-
oles.
Mies Annie Archer. of Toronto, is vis-
iting Mre. John Grewar and other rale.
tivee.
Edward McNaughton is nursing a sore
band with something of the nature of a
felon,
Mrs. Sharp, of Chicago, is visiting her
brother and sister, H: and Mies Steele,
Brussels.
Mrs. Harry James is enjoying a holi-
day vieft with relatives at Shelburne and
locality.
Mrs. Commons o and Mrs. Burke, of
Rochester, N. Y., are vieiting Mrs. W.
F. S.
Thos.tewartCurry, wife and family, have
been holidaying with relatives in Elms
township.
Mrs. Humphries, nee Mies Maud
Tbompeon, of Toronto, is visiting Mre.
Jas. Jones.
Jamee Blashill took a flying trip to
Northville, Mote, last Saturday, return-
ing Tuesday.
Mrs. Johnston, of Ypsilanti, Mich., is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Jas. Blashill,
Elizabeth street.
leobt. Ross, of Dundee, was home, for
a week on a holiday. Eta returned East•
ward last Monday.
Fred. Gilpin, Herb. Dennie and Frank.
Lowe wheeled to Wroxeter on Wednesday
to see the base ball match.
W. G. Moegrove bas been temporarily
laid up with a sore hand, paused by some-
thing like blood poisoning.
Miss Kate Cormaok is visiting under
the parental roof. She has been residing
in Dakota for the past year.
Misses Annie sad Beryl Putland and
Mies Ida Zilliai are spending a portion
of their vacation in Listowel.
Mrs. lames Beattie and children, of
Clinton, and Miss Annie Beattie, of Bee/ -
field,
ayfield are visiting relatives in Brussels.
Rev. A: K. and Mre. Griffin and child.
ren are visiting at Hincardiue for a few
weeks, enjoying the` breezes of Lake
Huron,
H. J. ltforden, of the Standard Bank,
left on Wednesday for a holiday outing
to his home at Proton. He will be away,
two weeks.
Thos. Harris, of Augusta, Georgia,
and Mies Harris, of St. Marys, were the
gueste of their sister, Mrs. E. W. Melsom,
Queen street, Brussels.
Mre. Wm. Blashill be away on a holi-
day *felt with relatives and friends at
Detroit and Northville, Michigan ; and
Gloms and Strathroy, Ontario.
Mre. A. Sample, John MoRae and
Reuben Dewitt, who have been ill with
fever, are progressing favorably end will
soon be able to be about as usual.
Horses Currie and Charlie Denney,
"the heavenly twine" of the Toronto
Bicycle Club, were visiting Robt. Me.
Alpine this week. Mr, McAlpine, ao-
conipanied them on a tour through Mid.
dlesex, Bent and Eesox Counties.
Among the exeursieniete to Detroit
last Saturday were Misses Annie and
Mimzle Stewart, Denial Stewart, G. F.
Blair, Dr. Davidson, H. J. Morden, IL,
M.Dickeon and Walter Lowry.
There were 1500 passengers on the train.
The excursion was under the auspices of
the Independent Order of Foresters of
Wingham,
Grund 'Beange Ledge.
The following am the ale , elected at
the .Grand Orange Lodge of British
America for the enauiag year :—Hon, N.
Clarke Wallace, M. P„ Ottawa, 11, W.
Grand Master ;• Major A. J.. Armstrong,
St, John, N, B„ M, W. Deputy Grand
Maxtor ; Rev. John 1luillwell, Jt?. A.,
Vanklevk HiA, 11, W. Grand Chaplain ;
Rebt. Birmingham, Terme,.. 10,
Grand' Seorotary; W. J. Parkluli, J. P.,
Midland, Mwn, J
. W, Graohnd NTre,aeuz'aM. r'; R.
A, 0. BroSt. n, BW,
Grand Leoturer ; Robert Burns,„ Toronto,
M. W. Gland Directors of Ceren'ioniee ;
John 0. Gass, Shabenaeaide, If. S., M-
W, De1auty Grand Secretary Lieut. Col.
J, H, ani 0 Kincar
din ” a .
o Ti.e autos•
W. Deputy Grand Lecturers,—Mose..
B. C. D. Donald, J. lttnure, Amherst, N.
0. ; J, Cox, Montreal ; J, Sheppard, Ot-
tawa, Ont. ; B. M'oNeil, M. D., Stanley
Bridge, P, E. I. ; W. McPherson, To -
rotate, Ont. Major Sam. Hughes, M.
and W. H. Stewart, Werwiak, M. W.
Grand Lodge Auditors. Hon, N. Clarke
Wallace wee reelected Ai'aeter without
opposition, The Grand Orange Lodge
concluded work Thursday morning at 2,
a. m. Colliugwood wae fixed upon as
the nest place of meeting.
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Brussels Council.
The regular monthly meeting of Brae-
sele Council was held last Monday even-
ing, all the members present except
Councillor Gerry, who ie visiting in the
Northwest.
Minntes of last regular and special
meetings read and paesed.
The following amounts were presented:
Was. M. Martin, gravel ac $80 00
W. M. Sinclair, electric light 63 00
Brussels Band 37 5Q
3-no..Wright, salary. 30 00
Mrs. Williams, for board 28 00
Wm. Milne, cedar scantling,18,78
F. S. Scott, Voters' lists 15 00
Mre. Thos. Stewart, charity 11 00
Roddick & Wake, painting Band
stand 7 00
Joe Ballantyne, torches for Band, 1 50
Mrs. Lee, charity 1 00
Mrs. Wallace, charity 1 00
Taylor. & Smillie, matches for
$all 10
Moved by R. Graham, seconded by R.
Leatherdale that above amounts be paid.
Carried.
The following ooinmuniaationfrom the
Underwriters' Association was laid be -
ore the Council :—
I have before me the report of our In-
peeler on the fire appliances of your
own, a copy of which I will forward you
e soon as itis printed. In the mean-
ime I would draw your attention to the
ollowing deficiencies pointed out by Mr.
owe w under the revised sed eta a
nd rd
for
plass "D," which I trust yon will take
mmediate steps to have remedied
1. Bylaw for storage of coal oil, powder
to. ; 2. No night patrol ; 3. Under.
round tank of standard oapasity should
e constructed at the intersection of
urnberry and King Ste. to properly
roteot the business portion ; 4. Other
anlcs required to proteob dwellings ;
The tank at Turnberry and Elm Ste.
bould be made water tight ora new one
onstruoted immediately ; 8. Ice ahould
e kept out during the Winter months. at
1 pumping planes on the river ; 7. Coale
r useofsteamer ebould be kept at each
nk and all points of access on the
ever ; 8. Fire hall is of"frame construe.
on ; 9. The fire bell is too small, a new
e of 1,200 lbs. weight and of proper
aterial,
should be immediately proour-
and made to ring automatically ; 10.
Obief of fire brigade to be fully paid and
constant. duty ; 11. Two firemen to
(imp in the fire hall every night, one to
capable of operating the steamer ;
. Three standard chemical Are extin•
inhere of not lees than five gallons
apaoity each, one to be carried fully
arged on each reel to all fires, and
Moment spare charges always kept-
. An axe should be carried on each
el; 14. Four pole hooka, 2 (nowhered 12 fire buckets to be provided and
rried on book and ladder truck ; 15.
eater for steam boiler ;. 18. Spare
oti0n for steamer ; 17. Regular -month -
drilla should be held with tests of all
plianoes, and a register ebould he at
times kept immediately accessible in
e fire hall containing the fall portion-
s required by sections 4 and'10 in the
andard." Kindly let me hear from
n in regard to the above, and oblige,
Yours truly,
Roar. MoLEAO, Seoy.
It was decided to ask for tenders for
re -building of the water tank, :with
ne, near the Revere House.
Iter s shortdie/cession relative to side•
Ike and gravelling the Board adjourn.
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Mise Mary McLaren, of Chatham, was
drowned while bathing ae Rondeau.
Regina ministers gave the fair direct-
tors a raking over for keeping the show
open on Sunday.
The steamer City of Topeka, from Al-
aska, brings news of a prospector's fatal
encounter with a bear neer Berner's Bay.
Mike McDonald, a miner, and two In
-
ditto boys, were oraiaing alongside a
mountain in search ofg uartz•bearing
rook,McDonald
accidentally atom..
bled
whennd fell into a bear's neat containing
two cube. The little animals set up a
howl which soon brought the mother to
their rescue. Before Mobonald could
extrionte himself from the perilous situ-
ation the maddened 'animal lyes upon
him with all her fury. The man was
unarmed, having nothing but a pocket-
knife to defend himself with, and before
he eould bring hie weapon into use the
bear, with one powerful blow, disabled
him, The two Indian boys, nearly
frightened to'death, started down the hill
and pinoged into the bay and swam ee-
arose to the opposite chore, where they
amid view the conflict with a degree of,
enfoty. The bear fairly tore the flesh
from the unfortunate man into threat.
The battle teethe nearly half an hour,
Later the boyo returned and found the
body in an nnreoognizable condition.