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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1896-4-10, Page 1rand i run RAI LWAY,' pecial Settlers' Trains with COLONISTSLEEPER, ntteobed,. will leave Torontn EVERY TUESDAY IN APRIL AT 9,0(3 p, M. FOR. MANITOBA I L THE GREAT NORTH-WEST Via NORTE BAY A' Colonist Steeper will also be a ttaobod to. tho P cine Express, leaving 'Toronto at 12.00 (noon) oa Tueertuya, for Settlors with ordin • pry baggage, J. N. KENDALL, G. T. R. Agent, Brussels. EW �iC�e1' SUop The undersigned has open- ed up a Butcher Shop in the MU ZION BUM, where he will keep constant- ly on hand a supply of the Best Meats Procurable, sold at reasonable prices. A share of public patronage solicited. S. 'UAL Meat delivered to all parts of the town. ABGAIY HUNTERS WILL BE WELL PLEASED WITH OUR NEW STOOK OF Dress Goods. We have Fine Lines to select from. In Staple Dry Goode, Ribbons, Lams, eke, we take no baok seat eith- er for Quality or Price. Our Gr000ry Dapartinant Allways contains a choice and well kept stook of the necessaries for the household., For good Teas, Coffees and Spines we lend. Some people may blow harder but we out -wind them when it Domes to BARGAIN GIVING. Tour Patronage Solicited. Agent for Parker's Dye Wo FLAX SEEB! J. 86 J. UV Nt STON NAVE 1,000 Bust of Bost Butch Srd. For farmers in the vioinity of Brussels who intend raising flax during the com- ing season, which they are prepared to deliver in quantities to snit flax growers.. Can be got et the BRUSSELS. FLAX MILL. Seed given out at $L50 per bushel and on the usual terms. Order early and insure a supply. Per flaxgrown from thie seed $10 per Tin[ Wil bo raid ifjof good growth, harvested in proper season and delivered at the k'lax Mill ae then as fit for threshing. We will also rent a number of good sod fields for the purpose ofgrowing flax. N. B.—Partnere are strongly advised to sow their flax on goodlend, well plow.. ed and harrowed, not on low lands, and the yield will be from a ton to a ton and a bolt per acre more. Iles grown on low land will not grow, fibre to give the weight. J. & J. LIVINGSTON, Proprietors. WifAd, BRIGHT, Manager, BRUSSELS ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1896' W. H. KERR, Prop. Central America AS Seen by g Flumen lerugsellte.' To 5115Editor 'ofThu Poste, Dots Site—I am down here in this country that history describes as a laud of earthquakes and volcanoes. I came hero the lash of December, went to work the 1st of January and have been run- ning au engine on the rota ,hero ever ' since. Theweather is quite rearm, bet I like it grotty well, The thermometer ranges from eighty to ninety five during the day, but the nights and mornings are usually cool and pleasant. About sixty is the usual temperature early in the morn ing previous bo sunrise, This is at Saute Lucia, iu the foot Mille of the mountains, at an altitude of between eleven and twelve hundred feet. The weather is warmer atthe comet and cooler the farther a person goes into the mountains' Gautemala city, the capital of the Re public, is eituabed on a plateau nearly Ave thousand feet above sea level. The weather is cool and pleasant there, it does not get oppressively hot at all. Pao• pie going up there from the lower Obi - Wens sometimes .complain of it being cold, but there, is never any frost. The railroad I work,on runs from the port of San Joey (San Ozay) on the Pacific comet, to Gautemala, a distance of about seventy miles. It is a narrow gunge mountain road with very steep grades. At one place it rises 2,600 feet in sixteen miles At some places a person con look down and see three or four tracks below them. It is the same track, forming great bores -shoo and reverse curves order to overcome the grade. The road is owned and operated by Ameriaane, hot there is some talk of the Government buying it. The language spoken here is Spanish. I am trying to learn it but find it an uphill job. Theao is a military Government, rather unstable, and don't furnish the protection to life and property that some Governments do that we know of. itis a strange, queer country, both old and new, and in many things a few hundred years behind the times. It has no harbors on the Pacific coast. It is simply the open shore line into which the unbroken swells for three thousand miles of uninterrupted' ocean roll in and dash themselves to foam on the beach. A long iron pier is built out through the surf for the purpose of receiving freight and pas- sengers. Ships wishing to do business anchor a mile or two out. Passengers are then lowered by ropes over the ship's side. into smell boats, which are bobbing around like corks on the waves,rising and falling with each swell. The small boats take them to the end of the pier, where they are hoisted up again by ropes, and pay two dollars for the privilege of cross- ing the pier: .Freight is landed the same way. Travelling from San Joee the first twenty miles ie through a low fiat country with here and there a banana tree, a sugar cans or pasture field, intermingled with cooannt groves, but most of the land is still covered with a dense tropical forest, all matted together with vines and trimmed with morning glories. The. road here strikes the rough foot hills and gradually commences to rise. Each vel• ley it passes through usually contains one or more sugar and coffee plantations, here called pinkee. The coffee trees are in bloom juet now and look very pretty. Bananas are usually planted with them inside to furnish a shade. The platoon on which the capital is situated is mostly an arid, nnproduotiveplain. The soil is of a volcmuio formation, for which I know no. name. The low altitudes furnish all kinds of tropical fruite in abundance, °mcanut, pineapple, bananas, plantains, limes, lemons, oranges, mangoes, and many other kinds that I don't know the names of. I have seen one bread fruit tree but can't say if there are many of them in the country or not. It is natural- ly the most beautiful and productive country I have ever seen. The forests are green all the year round and contain many different varieties of wood, some of them rare and valuable, among others mahogany, umber and rosewood. Very little of the timber that I have seen so far is fit for lumbering purposes. While there are other kinds, mahogany is the only native lumber that I have seen ship- ped over the road. All the lumber usod hero in the consbrnotion of the road, even the ties, is shipped from California, There are many buds with beautiful plumage, but not many songsters. Par- rots aro quite plentiful. The ugly but useful vultures are as plentiful mud near- ly as tante as chickens in Ontario. They can be found running around in the yards, roosting on the house tops, in the 1 forests, anywhere shade trees out the fo nobody seems to and everywhere, and oho disturb or pay any attention to them. Wild monkeys aro said to exist in large numbere in ague parts of the country, but so' far I have only seen tame ones. I have read that snakes, centipedes, tar- antulas, and suoh reptiles were very numerous and venemoue, A person might think that the inhabitants of the country were in danger of their lives every step they took, but reality I feel a little inclined to think that some of the writers draw a little on their imagination, 1 have to doubtbut there are a great many different varieties, but I have my doubte about them' being so numerals. So far I have only aeon one or two. The nativee go through the forest baro -footed. and barelegged and I have not heard of any of them getting snake bitten. Liz- ards are quite plentiful, most of them small, and ae uearly as X can find nub all but one kind are ooneidered nearly harm. lees. A person can hardly remain in the forest more than a mintite without seeing one or more. A large variety about four or five feet long are considered good eat- ing by the natives. Sometimes they catch and: chip them . to market like Ohiokene. You would probably like to ask in regard to the health of the country, It ie not considered healthy ; some of the swamps, along the coast is a home for the yellow foyer, which breaks out almost every year and carries away some victims. Along the coast thereie more or less fever of some kind most all the time. But why nob take the port of San Jose for instance. It le nearly surrounded by a swamp full of decaying tropical vegeta. bion. The water is not good, there is no sewerage. There aro no scavengers but the vultures, filth of all kinds is loft to foster under a tropical the, The food is frequently novae wholesome or as well cooked at It might he, and thou the very, very large atnonnb of liquor that is drank must all have its effect. A. carpenter friend of mine who ovine' down in the same boat with, me shopped al and went to work there, while I wont up into the mountable. He tools the fever and only lived three weeks, Since then several others have been brought up from there and some bf them have died, Aaywhere up in the mountains away from the BM/CAWS is fairly healthy, other things being favorable, but the 'trouble is the surrauudings, rendered so by the careless habits of the natives, are often unfavor- able The present capital, city of Gaute.: mala, is about two hundred years old. It is the third capital' of the same name that this country has bad, both its predeces sons having been destroyed by earth- quakes. The first one flourished for forty years, the emoted ono for nearly two hundred years. It is now called' Antegna and is a place of resort. The ruins cover the ground at the ,foot of the volcano nearly as it fell about two bunched years ago, so that you will notice that this is quite an old country, it being conquered and settled by the Spanish in fifteen hundred and something.. (To BE CONTINUED ) 3. E STEnaaNa. Santa Lucia, De Gautemala, Central America March 8, '06. EAST HURON LIBERALS. Last Friday afternoon the annual Con- vention of Beat Huron Liberals was held in the Town Hall, Brussels. Despite the very stormy day there was a good attend - mice. A. Instep, President, occupied the ohair and briefly stated the business of the meeting. After the minutes of last gathering were read and passed, business of interest to the Association was discussed for some time by Messrs. Smillie, Armstrong, Mc- Kinnon, e-Kinnon, MoMillan, Blah:, Morton, Scott, Duff end others. A oommittee on resolutions, consisting of J. A Morton, G. F. Blair, R. Arm. strong, A Gardiner and J. S. McKinnon, was chosen. Election of officers followed, the result being as follows :- President, J. A. Morton, Wingham ; 1st Vice Pres„ A. C. Dames, Grey ; 2nd " R N. Duff, Morris ;. Sec Treasurer, W. H. Kerr, Brussels; Chairmen of Municipalities :— Howiok, Thos. Gibson, Fordwiah ; Wroxeter, Alex. Monroe ; Turnberry, Jas. Elliott ; Wingham, Jas. Ohne ; Morris, Joseph Smillie ; G, Aroh Hislop ; Brussels, GF, Blair ; Blytreyh, J. S.. Mckinnon ; Hallett, Thos. McMillan ; MoKillop, George Mordie ; 117:0, Morton on taking the chair express- ed his thanks for the honor done him end briefly outlined the history of the past and prospected as to the coming contest. P. McKenzie, the Liberal nominee for the West Riding of Bruce in the Com- mons, was celiac' upon and gave a prac- tical talk on pointe of interest to the As- sociation The arrival of the afternoon train brought T. B. Flint, M. P„ for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and Dr. MCDon- aid, M. P. for East Huron. They were very heartily received by the Convention. Both of the gentlemen addressed the meeting for a short time on the work at Ottawa during this session of Parliament and other topics, in an able and off -hand manger. The following resohitious were unani- mously passed : Moved by G. F. Blair, seconded by Alex. Gardiner that, Wo, the Liberals of East Enron in Convention assembled, de.. sire to express our continued confidence in our Federal representative, Dr. Mc- Donald, in the Maud he hes taken on all questions that have occupied tho atteu- tiou of the Dominion Parliament during the present and former sessions, and de- sire to assure him that in the grand fight that he and his fellow members of the Liberal party ars malting for unity, har- mony and good government, that he and they have our sympathy and best wishes for a triumphant conclusion to the severe fight in wbiolt they are now engaged. We also pledge ourselves to aid by all right meaue the return of Dr. McDonald at the coining mat election by a g jority. Moved by J. S. McKinnon, seconded by Robb. Armstrong, Tltat.this Convention desires to ple,ae on record its unbounded confidence in the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier, Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposi- tion in the House of Commons. During the present Parliament circumstances have transpired that have almost shaken the foundation of Confederation, and we believe all true Canadians are looking to Hon. Wilfrid Laurier 00 the Hope of Canada. To him and his colleagues be- longs much of the honor for the exalted position crimpled by the Liberal party at the present time. In him is to be found a Statesman of the English school and we feel confident that after the forthcoming elections be will occupy the position of Premier of Canada. Convention was then brought boa close. At the evening meeting there was a large attsndanue, President Morton 00- oupying the chair. The firstepeeker was Mr. Flint, who gave a clear and imparti- al review of the policies of . the Liberal and Conservative parties, proving that a protective tariff is opposed to the public good. Mr, PIM, who is a lawyer, pre• seated hie one very clearly. Dr. Mo' Donald next addressed the audience and showed the muddle ahioge-were in at Ot- tawa, so much so Chet Conservative papers, like the Hamilton Speotabor, Ot- tawaJournal, Kincardine Review, Te - route World, Meaford 1liieror, Kingston Nerve and others, bad not been slow in expressing their mind very clearly and forcibly en the mismanagement and intrigue cif the Government. He gave an inbsreatit g mount of the Manitoba 5011001 ciueebiou and showed up Sir Chao, Tupper's imperious Ooeroion 13111. In dealing with the Anaooee be referred to the iniquitoue'jobbery in the Trent can- al, Laneavindooke and Curran bridges, and closed with an elves! to the elector ate to eland by their principles, The National Anthemwas sung and the meet. ing brought; to a close, Spring. Millinery. 1'1N 10118i'LAYS 01F TIM MOST IFA$IIION- AISLI1 50008, Thursday and Saturday of teat week were the days set apart for the Spring Openings of Brussels. Old Probs. did not smile benignly on this important oe- caeion, Borees sending along a regular blizzard and snow storm instead for a part of the time. Notwithstanding the un-aecotnlaanimenb • of Springlike weather there was euffloient interest in the annual display to attract a large 'attendance of ladies on the clays mentioned. AT nue, 01000155' new quarters in the Graham block, Mies MoLachlau's deft hands had a very tine and taking exhibit of the latest and most fashionable nreationsin ladies' headgear, so tastefully arranged that even the male sex, who arenot eupposed to grow en- thusiastio, wore not .slow to express ap- proval at the neat and varied display. . Hats of meny shapes and styles profusely trimmed with flowers and gay ribbon, in Dresden, Persian Egyptian and Che effects were to be seen along with those calculated to suit the staid or more youth- ful. Point lace, tulle, &o., also come into the calculation in trimming. Among the shapes, a sort of bonnet -like hat with a flap on the back orside to receive the ar- rangement of r-rangement'of flowers or plumes appears to be popular. The brims also chow changeable effects in bine, green,and red. Pale green is a favorite color and all beige tints end metal colors are very be- coming. The show room was brightened up with beautiful natural and artificial flowers. Mrs. Rogere informed us that the orders, oonsidering the bad weather, were very good, and she expects a big season's trade Ladies who have not • called should do so and see the latest and most fashionable millinery, so as to be upp to date on this very important matter. Mrs Rogers and Mies MoLaohlaa are to be congratulated on the excellence of their display. lase Iton0im5 went to a lot of trouble in preparing for the annual display and the compliments paid her end Mise Creighton over their exhibit }ndioated that thsy had sncceecded. On entering the store the visitors were greeted with the word "Welcome," in flowers, while the whole exhibit, includ- ing hate, bonnets, ribbons, flowers, plumes, feathers, &c„ were neatly and prettily placed in position to win favor with the purchaser. From the display of new fashions it is quite evident that flowers eater more largely than ever into the trimming, while plumes, bright rib- bons and ospreys divide the honors. Of course there is an infinite variety of styles. Among the leading ones are plaited straw in placques or toques ; tam o' shunter crowns ; the regular broad brims ; 'and dainty Tittle effects not much larger than a dollar bill. To attempt a description would be useless, so we advise a visit to Miss Rocidiok's so that the work of explanation may be undertaksa by more competent hands. While the back. ward season tells against order placing, Miss Roddick stated that the Bales made and orders taken were satisfactory and the prospects are for a lively season. Tun 0 500 i o1' 1896. It is rarely that; the Spring millinery boasts such exquisitely natural lowers as those that we see this year. That they are, therefore, rather expensive goes with- out saying, for flowers that are modelled and colored so near to nature, must needs take longer to snake and more skillful fingers to make them than would those hideous black roses and wall flowers that were worn a couple of years ago Black violets still obtain favor to a certain ex tent, but the flower in its natural coloring is more generally seen. Roses take the lead as they did last year, but mignonet- te, carnations, petunias, scarlet geran- uims, hyacinths, and indeed almost all kinds of flowers aro also to be found, while quantities of foliage, in every shade of green arta brown, are used most effete lively. Flowers are spoken of first, he. cause the sunshine brings thorn so forcib- ly to the memory', but 1 t is the osprey v Y, P Y that stands ppre eminent in the list of trimmings this Spring. In describing one of the newest hats, one's involuntary remark is most likely, "Oh, ib is trimmed with an osprey I" For the osproya on the ohoieeet Freugh models are eo enormous, and so extremely handsome that the re - manlier of the trimming takes quite a secondary place. Sometimes they aro black, often sombre, but it is the white ones that wave majestically over so many of the hats and bonnets. We hoaragreab deal about the cruelty that is praotioed upon tho birds in taking from them the little feathers of which an osprey is com- posed, but the thought of this cruelty evi- dently has no place in the mind of the fashionable woman of to -day, or this form of garniture—beautiful though it is —would soonceaee to be popular. The chiffons are lovelier than ,ever this sea- son, the silk embroideries upon them be- ing in the most exquisite designs and colors, and causing some of them to roach as high a price as $5 a yard. Auothoe material extremely feahiouabls, is tulle. It comae in blank, white, self oolore and amber, cud is used in rivalry with taco for tho ruches which are often seen around the edges of both large and small hats, In the forin of enormous rosettes, it also appears on both hate end bonnete. Ono method of using it is for the entire crown of bats withwide brims. A very picture• sane model in this style had a orown of ember green tulle piled on in the airoet possible manner, and just naught down in two planus with Iargo diamond bestlete The wide brim, turned eharply up ab the back with a great bunch of yellow roses, was of the hair braid Mahal either plain or studded with jet, is very much need. This hair' braid Bas it is technically called though it looks putt like a stiff, shiny thread lace) Is made by the peasants of Italy, and, being braided entirely by hand, the supply is naturally limited. It ie wonderfully durable, which is a treab in these days of chiffon and tulle. Leguinednets and laces are used on a great many of the new models ; and tam o' sbanter crowns of satin are embroider ed with colored beads, sequins andjewels, These irridescent embroideries on black satin Drowns are wonderfully effective. Ribbons are very wide indeed and are seen in most exhale ooloritig There is scarcely a hat this is not favored with its due quantity, when one Oleos into ac- count the large spray of flowers that mush also find a place, to say nothing of the osprey which is also more than likely to bo present. Paisley and Dresden pat- terns aro the most popular, while the omber ohine ribbon—especially in green, shot with blue—is having a great run Swiss braids are used for most of the hate and bonnets that do not boast a satin, vel- vet or tulle crown, but those "made" crowns are the most fashionable. Grey Council Meeting. Council mot at the . Township Hall April 4th, pursuant to adjournment. Members were all present exoept the Reeve who wasmean to attend on ac- count h of an accident by which his right hand wee badly out byan axe Deputy Y YP Reeve Hishm to the chair. Minutes :of last meeting were read and oonflrmed. Alex. McNair notified the amnion in writing that Government drain No. 1, on lot 21, con. 16, required to be gleaned out. as it wee in a bad state of repair—Laid overbill next meeting of Council. Peti• tion of Joseph Faulkner and four others asking to have lots 18 and 17, in the 7th and 8th concessions, nhanged from pol- ling subdivision N. 7 to polling subdivis. ion No. 5. Moved by Jae, Dindeay, seconded by Jae. Turnbull that the peti- tion be uranted—Carried. In the mat- ter of the application of the Trustees of School Section No. 7 to have lots num- bers 11 in the 9111 and 10th concession detaohed from S S. No. 1 and added to S. S. No. 7. Moved by Jas. Turnbull, emended by Wm. Brown that no alter- ation be made in the boundaries of S. S. No. 1. Carried. Application of Robert Livingston for a ditch on side road be. tween lots 80 and 31, con.15. Mr. Hislop to attend to the matter. The Council then adjourned, to meet again et the Township Hall on Tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1896, ae Court of Revision of the Aseesement Roll. War. SPENCE, Clerk. Brussels Council. The monthly session of the Municipal Council was held on Tuesday evening of this week. All the members were pres- ent. Minutes of last meeting read and ap- proved. The following accounts were presented: J. T. Ross, Collector's salary, postage, &e $45 00 T. Rielly, Treasurer's salary, &a45 00 3. Wright, salary 20 00 W. M. Sinclair, eleotrio light 58 00 J. Y. S. Kirk, Auditor 0 00 A. Oousley, 6 00 Brussels Herald, Assessor's slips2 50 Mrs. J. Blaehill, charity 2 00 7. Ballantyne, (for Mrs. Wallace).- 1 00 R. Williams, grating bars 30 Moved by R. Leatherdale, seconded by R. Graham that above accounts be paid. Carried. Tenders were opened for lumber and gravel and were as follows PLANT: CEDAR. L. McDonald $12 60 513 00 W.Milne 12 00 18 00 ORAYEL, J. McKay....64o. per square yd. Alex. Bird ..55o. ' " J. Barr 45o, ' Wm, Denbow 89o. " " 11, Denbow 370. " " " Moved by Geo. Backer, seconded by R. G. Wilson that Wm. Milne's tender be accepted for lumber and R. Denbow's for gravel, material furnished to be satisfac- tory to the Street Committee. Carried. The Reeve celled attention to the amendment iu the law regarding the Board of Health, whereby three of bite members now retire consecutively after 1 r e oval A Tins of 3,2 year es and o to y P Y.• new By law will he drafted for next meeting of Council, to comply with the Statute. Next Dame the Auditors' report, which was reed and considered and the abstract ordered to be inserted once in the Herald, on motion of Geo. Backer and R. Leath- erdale. Moved by R. G. Wilson, seconded by Geo. Booker that Mrs. T. Hall's taxes, amounting to $5.00, be remitted. Car- ried. Mr, Robertson, representing the Copp Steel Champion Road ntaohins, Hamil- ton, addressed the Council relative to the purchase of a machine. No action was taken. The town bell ringing on Sabbath was briefly discussed but nothing done. Council thou adjourned. Newfoundland sealers report a good. catch, A branch of the Bank of Hamilton will probably be opened at Winnipeg. The Coroner's jury at London found a verdict of murder against bheparbioipsnts in the Field outrage at Wingbam. Mr. McMillan, agent of the Manitoba Government, brought a party of 300 settlers from England on the Parisian. bins. T. S. HAwxtes, Chattanooga, Tenn,, sayee "Shiloh's Vitalizer "saved my life," I noneider ib the best remedy for a debilitaed system I ever need." For dyspopeia, liver or kidney trouble it excels. Prise '75 ole. Sold by Jas, Fox, Druggist, Brussels. M' PERSONAL K',tliLtURAP us, D. G. Hogg had at attack of le grippe. Mrs, (Dr,) Graham is visiting In To• rento. Miss Lucretia Oliver ie visiting in To- ronto. Barrister Blair ate his Exeter eggs in Godericb, Geo. Anderson, of Atwood, watt in town last Monday, T, fa. Mo0raoken, of Harriston, wee in town this week. A. 3, Davie was in Watford during the. Easter holidays. Reeve Sperling, of Wioghatn, was in town On Monday. Mies Dark, Frederick street, le on the sick ilat this week. Mrs. Goebel, of Mitobell, is the guest of Mrs, A. Koenig. Mrs, Smale end bliss Ella Burgess are viaitiog in Bluevale. Mrs. Blackmore, of Listowel, spent Sunday with her son. Min Nellie Parke, of Galt, is visiting Mies Ethel Creighton. Ronald Sinclair hes been quite poorly thie week with measles. Mee Clara Thompeou, of Toronto, is, visiting Mrs. Jas, Jones, D. A. Lowry was visiting in Mildmay, and Walkerton for a few days. T. A. MoLauchlin, of Brumfield, spent his Easter holidays in Brussels. Mrs, Cameron and daughter, of Petro - lie, are visiting relatives in Brussels. County Commissioner Ansley was in Brussels last Monday on a business trip. Itiee Ellett Oliver and Master Bob' a are visiting in Bras. Leckie of Toronto, v e , g eels Mies Jennie Brine, of Seaforth, was visiting Mrs. P. Scottduring the pact week. Mrs: R. Stevenson, of Glencoe, was viaitiog Mrs. 5q. Blashill, Mill street, this week. Thos. Town, a former well known resi- dent of Brussels, is now living in Peoria, Illinois. Mrs. A. Bruce end Miss Cross, of Blue - vale, were visiting in town during the past week, W. A. MoLean of St. Marys, was visit. ing in town this week while en reale to Owen Sound. Mies Maggie McMartin goes to Elmira this w, ek wbete she will make her home for a while. R. Graham is improving considerably in health. Hie many friends will be pleased to hear of it. Thos. Parker, of Elms, was visiting his sister, Mee. Thos. Carrie, Queen street, for a few days, D. M. Scott was home for a few days from Goderiob, where he is employed in the new bicycle factory. Chas. Seger has been quite poorly dur- ing the past week with a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. J. J. Vincent purchased the stock of C. A. Mayhew, Tbamesville, and Left here on the S•h to take possession. Mrs. Thos. Danford has arrived home after an extended visit with relatives and friends in Clinton sae other places. Henry DieArter, of Harriston, wile re- newing old friendships in Brussels and ' locality during the Easter holidays. E. B. and Mrs. Creighton and Baugh. ter, of Guelph, were holidaying at J. A. Creighton's, Princess street, Brussels. Mrs. Fred. MsCraoken was called to Bluevale awing to her mother, Mrs Gar- diner, having had a stroke of paralysis. W. 13. Ellis, of Hamilton, was visiting his parents for a few days. He is run. Hing a tonsorial parlor in the Ambitions pity. Dire. (Dr.) Knechtel, of Ripley, and Miss Greer were visiting during the Easter holidays at D. B. Moore's, Turn - berry street. Dr. Shaw, of Clinton, was in Toronto this week attending the conferring of de. grass and the annual dinner of Trinity Medical College. Jno. settergrsn and family have re. moved to Harriston, where Mr. Setter- gren bas taken a situation in a shoe• maker's shop. He is a good mechanic. Mrs. Holmes, Alexander street, had a slight stroke of paralysis last Sunday but we ere pleased to hear that she is im- proving. Mrs. Holmes is past 75 years of age. Mrs. Nellie Ring, of Detroit, sister.in- law of D. Peale, made a visit to Mr. Frain on Good Friday and returned on Saturday, taking little Annie to live with her and Willie to live with an emote in Flint. The Watford Guide—Advocate says of W. G. Collins, of the Garfield House :— Wash. G. Collins, who has been in busi- ness in Watford for the past four or five este removed with his family to Brae• y eels thisa work where he has charge of a business. Mr. Collins took an votive and leading garb in ohnrch and Sunday school matters in connection with the Methodist church and will leave a vacancy that will be difficult to fill, Farmer Wm. Vaughan, of Barber county, Ken., met death in it peculiar way. After a frugal meal he sat down to smoke his pine, filling the bowl with a pocketful of loose tobacco. In the midst of hie enjoyment an explosion occurred and Vaughan fell over in the room, dead. He bad carelessly put two 82.caliber cartridges in the pipe with the tobacco. One cartridge entered his brain and the other his breast, causing instant death. About 7 o'clock Monday evening flee broke out in time cupola of the Denville Ladies' College, which ie located on the hill at the south-west' oorner of Oshawa. The alarm was promptly given, but ow- ing to the distance from the fire hall and to the lack of any water tanks iu that section of the town, the brigade was help - lees, and nothing could be done to check the spread of the flames. The whole roof was soon ablaze, and the flamed rapidly extended to the lower stories, destroying tate whole building. Most of the portable contents, however, were re. moved from the lower flats. It is impos- Bible at present to melte an comate lief of the total loss, tent it will probably reach $20,000: Many of the students and faculty were at home enjoying their Exeter holidays,