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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FE HRUARY 26, 1892
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A TRIP T THE WEST.
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emolce el net on the YeneeliVer
Island tillore 1 elhi or Nan:tirno',3 nual
mines where tle3 ship'. heekere were
filled, 'Le11 always to the eaet shine's
lYionia Mika, it white acme showing os
long Its land is in sight. Strange mttrk•
legs 011 tho water tell where the Reel'
water al the FraZer River, with its dif•
ferent density and tempera '
ture floats
above or etas through the 8,1311 water in it
body, showing everywhere a sharply de.
lined line of 'separation As silently as
if getting, not a beat of ifs groat engines
felt, the ship gees swiftly over almost
glossy water, innotei numerous islatale,
until passing between San Juan and Van
4001181 Telande it sights Beaoon Hill with
its many suburban houses, and slows for
a few minutes off the outside wharves of
Viotoria. The pilot clambers down to a
waiting boat, carrying last letiors and
messages ashore and the last passengers
are embarked. The oity of Victoria is
all but hidden far within its rockaimmed
and Mali:lite harbor, end the neva] sta.
tion of gain/mesh only declares itself
by the Ina8t11e,n111 showing beyend the
tree -tops. No one should sail away
thinking 1)8 111118 seen all when he has 11
yduited the one eity of Victoria on (hill
Weetern Ootitittent. Other cities named
from Her Majesty have midi their dis-
tinctive alarm, but the Videria of Van.
convey is not serpased. The real har•
bo v upon which the city fronts 18 18 breed
basin reached by seat a, nartow passage
between troomovered points that larger
steamers do not attempt to enter it,
stopping instead at the outside wharf et
the extreme eastern end 01 11)18 city. So
intricate is this inside harbor' with 111,,
bays Raul arma, tatno title
table has over been made out fel it mid
that mastery of the moon and the sea,
remains a riddleto scientist and meeker.
On one arm of the herbor stands the old
Hudson Bay Company's etorehouses, re•
reniclers of that day when those earlier
pteneers erected their block houses and
Rutted with the Indians for pelts. Slow-
ly the town grew, Frazee River, Oa' iboo
and Cassiar mining booms bringing pin.
epectors, pioneers and settlers to know
the place and slowly add to its impor.
tance in that long ago before the 00's.
While Columbia er is en Inca
pendent coffin; and Sir James Denelas
and the other governors reigned midis-
tnieted on this reinete waist, Victorians
had en eerie greater pride in the city,
'rhea were the geed old clays of which it
is most intereeting to hear, 1)111 since the
twnvinea joined with Canada its fortunes
have grown Reece end the sentiment of
the older test tent -811a given way te great
emisfection with ite woiderful later ite.
velopment and prosperity. A railway
connate t he city with the coal [ohms
and Nanaimn, a 11111 way bridge spates 11.
1111(111811 arm of the harbor, electric cars
whizz up and down the street, across
Jamie] Bay to the outside wherf,its hotels
have multiplied and grown, its etreets
and shops melte brave, gay showing, its
Chinatown beguiles the tourist of many
belies and dollar's, and 1118 passing travel.
ler leaves it with regret, hoping always
to return. Victoria has the perfect
olimete accoecting to the Princess Louise,
who /mein,/ it smothered in the billows
of bloom of Re eerie. summer 'mulct not
say enough in its praise. Southern Ceti-
fornia hardly shows more of beauty in
city dooryents than one sees in Van-
conver and Vitoria, where the tmee, the
honeysuckle and the fuelusie in partion•
lar, astonish one by their wild luxuriance.
A century ago the natural clearings mat.
ted with wild roses amazed Marchand,
the olcl French voyager, who oompared
Van0011Ver fihureS 10 the rose -covered
elopes of Bulgaria. Ferns, measuring
eight and twelve feet in length froin root
to tip 01 ,8 single frond, octangle them-
aelves by the roadside as foregroulid to
the original forest setting and everyetrive
showe more of wild beauty alai Wender.
The /sportsman and the angler find as
1111101) of delight in the surroundiug cone.
try as the botanist, and every brave
Briton feels pride in the splendid ship.
at Kiejnimatilt, the nava1 station juet
wait ot the city. There a dry doult,ship-
yerd, foundries and workshops, etore
houses and in igazine supply the fleet,
(het 0110181n141r001 the Dominion to Chili
1ooke after British interests on this side
of The radii°, Up the Arm all young
Victoria rows and sings on sommer
nights when sunset lingera 80 late ; and
to pull up this lOng, narrow, winding
arm of the roe, thretah its gorge where
the webers swirl and boil, and return with
the tide bearing one swiftly back again,
is an exeurgion that delights the Victerian
heart. Life goes easily end delightfully
in this oity by the western sen. Its cite-
zens 'are sociable and hoepitable. There
10 11811011 tee and tennis, boatiug and pio•
;doing, dining and dancing, and military
anfl neva, uniforms brighten such scenes
and maietein the affitial flavor of society
at this old provincial capital. Leaving
Vittoria the shore emery grows finer es
the tiip, heading almost due westward
through the Straits of Fuca, follows the
sinking sun. The Olympia range stands
as a giant sea-wall along the Washington
shore, the Angel's Gate, a gap in the
ratio just over the teem of Port Angelee,
81)01111111)4111 splendid snow peak in far per -
:tractive. Vancouver's shores slope from
park.like and cultivated treats by the
water to leagues of ufibroken wildernessee
that clothe the n10110tain slopes to their
very summits. Groups of bleak canoes
drawn up on shore, columns of smoke
before bark lints, can be seen with the
glasses and all the water's edged are
pictureeqne. Race Rock Light, a morel
candlestick ',tending on the water, signale
the strainer edict: with the Union Jatilt
dey and finshee its white lipja by
nigh& Var./Lanes, Cape Flattery's light.
keeper hails witlt the attire and stripes
and then, as BIM foliates the dying day,
there lies before the Empress the limit.
lege Weelern 6081811 Where the sun sate,
the Fan rises an)1 time begin&
In the Now York Legislative Friday
as amendment providing that the New
York state exhibit at the World's Fait
should be °1a11 on Stindays was adopted
by 49 te 47.
Our Toronto .Letter.
Local Legislature affeire are moving
IlIltIlO 3)40(413' wl Iiw, 11 anything very par.
Hardee let 'peeing There are an jan
men e numb 1. al pet Moms beide handed
In for am indite/Ms to exietieg laws and
for the furtheranne of temful
The Tantperanco question, Municipal
rogulittintei, 010111 181110, tee., ere beteg
well looted Mae.
Hon. Mr. Gibson has given notice of a
Bill that will cause benevolent societies
a little anxiety until it is Oeelt with,
The Bill aska that all insurance (torpor.
181110118 transacting business in the Pro.
vines be regietered with a Proeineial
official anneal] y. 'Flame corporations
will be divided into two olesses—licensed
insuranse• companies, which will include
both Dominion and Provincial licienses
and artein other corporations to which
the Dominion Government 108008 1831 en.
noel document of authority ; the sewer!
class will include benefit, or, as they are
feequenty henevoleut societies.
This group orith aces, I is understood, all
Ontario corporations Moorporieted before
itlitroh 111),, 181)0. 1( 11118.1 inoludee such
foreign corporations us would have bean
within the purview of t he Benavoletit
Societies Ant ha 1 they been incorporated
ie Ontario. At prseent the legitl states
of benevolent amieties is most unsatis.
factory. It is doubtful whether ell
foreign emitter...Mons .4 this class and EL
considerable number of Ontario ewer-
alione are not iiable to prosecution fee
transaction illegal insurance business.
The registration for whioh it is ptoposed
to make provision will be protection to
legitimate institutions and to the public'.
'Measurer liarootirt presented his bill
of fere on Friday, 801ne or the leading
patelcula'rs in it ere as follows :—Groes
ani .unts paid into the license fund in
1890 was 11580,6)10.63, and in 1801 8080,
2118.68. '1'110 murticipalities imposed by
by•law, over and above the statutory
ditties, in 189(1 5102,008 and 111 1891 8156,
400. The gloss amount paid to the
was in 1890 9207,353.45,
and in 11491 9294,903 211, while the Prov•
Mee received 111 1890 6307,281.02 and in
1891 9008,200.17.
T. o detai 81)1 'he payments ender the
head of open accounts show that there
was expended upon the Mimico Asylum,
611)1)83880 ; on the Hatniiten Asylum,
643,1198.36 ; the Asylum, 983,282.-
73 ; the Deaf and 1)111111) 11181itute 11)
Bi -:betide. 611,681.03 ; the Aoreuituv..I
Oull«,ge at Guelpti. 517,077.16 1 the 14111)1)0.
of Practical Science, Toronto, 935,151.07 ;
the new Parliament buildings, 6208,318.•
43 ; railway)), 11250,179.81 ; Toronto Uni-
versity, 8.1100,000; land impro•-emetit,
8)7,171.87, end diainege clebentures,
887.81.
The allowances to pnblit schoole
arnorinted to 6225,177.25 ; to separate
schools, 617,681.01 ; to poor schools, 834,•
00101 ; to model schoels, 99,300 ; to
kindergarten solionts, 52,505; to night
echools, 957'7 ; to high sohools and eel.
legiate institutes, 999,782.35, and besides
these there were liberal though prudent
expenditures in oonnection with triticiffig
and teauhers' instittaes' art schools, ex.
arninations, ete. In all5645,115 23 was
expended for eclocation.
The asylums for the insane and idiots
were maintained during the Year at an
expense to the l'reVinee of 6548,330.21.
The Central Prison cost to maintain it
966,945.89, while the industrial &pert.
meat of that institution, which, however,
is revenue procluoing, demanded an ex-
penditure of 559,571.80. The maiaten-
ance of the Reformatory for boys 1111
Penetanguishene took 637,169.58 out of
the revenues. There was expended upon
the institution for deaf and dumb at
Belleville 918,000.'21, upon the institution
for the blind at Brantford 585,961.73 and
the Andrew Mercer Reformatory 529,211.
Ontario's publio institutions cost to
mitintain, 8820,610.68.
The legislative grants to electoral diei•
sion societies amounted 40 862,666 ; to
various aseocietions orgiteized in the in-
terests of those engaged in agricelture,
dairying, stock-ritismg, etc., 817,717, and
to farmers' hatitines, 91,731,17. Upon
the Agricultural Colleen at Guelph there
was expended 621,284728, and upon the
Experimental Farm, 820,105.20. No less
than 8149,535.49 was devoted to the en.
couragement of the agricultural industry
teed; year.
The expenditure upon the new Perlin, -
meet buildings, whieh are tearing corn.
pletion, amounts to 8832,261.76. Of this
amount 608,818.48 was paid out last
year.
Fourth Division Court.
The natal sitting of the 4111) Division
Court was held il, the Town Hall, Brue•
80)9, 011 the 23rd inst,, Judge Doyle pre•
siding.
The following cams 1111810 011 the list :—
A. R. Smith, primary creditor vs.
Robert Cooper, primary debtor—Johtt
Smith, (41m1181180 Action on account.
Judgment for primary oreffitor with
01 '18 against primary debtor. Adj-1111n.
ed as to garnishee.
Ennis, primary creditor vs. Swilizer,
printery debtor.-0orpotettion of tow0.
ship of Grey [garnishee, A garnishee
after judgment. Alijourned by consent.
Sinith, Malcolm et Gibson vs, Willits—.
Garnishee notion, Settled.
Dieksoir de Hayti vs. Chas. Da,ffirie and
Robt. Bowen—Snit for sol tor's 81000 1111.
Judgnitent for plaintiffe with costs.
Burt ye. Burton—Action for Recount,
A.djoureed by consent,.
• A number or judgment summonses
were hoard and the metal orders were
made.
The Duchess of Pertlend has long been
celebrated for the beauty of her sealskin
Weak, which cost &bent 6000 guineas,
but this has now boon thrown oomplete.
ly into the shade by the magnificent
cloak which was worn by Lady Alington.
It is a gift from her newly made husband
and Senn the point of view of expense
R10110, completely overtops the garment
whiull has hitherto boon the cynosure of
all feminine oyee for the sable trimming
alone 0081 ne 111110'11 se the cloak of the
fitir Maltese,
nistrict
lit 1 ;sewn ley.
Menses. Stewert Den' have Bold their
bush farm in Grey for 81,750.
Win, Isaac Je11e0ton removed tide
week to Ilowick to work his fatherein•
law'S (Capt. Kein(3) farm.
Hurry Robb is pio•nioking for a week
or two at eornebody else's home but no•
body has been hotted to say that he is
1111811 111118 time,
The Methodist their was entertained
by our Mud parson and his good lady
lest fiater-lee evening. They approoiat-
ed it very miloh.
Rev. I. B. Wallwin leaves next week
for a term of six or eight weeks to attend
the tinivereity. Mrs. Wallwin and her
mother wilt reside in Goderioli during his
abeence.
Ver11 1111111 attn.
501111 W. Walker represented the
Winghtun A. 0. U. W. Lodge at the an-
nual meeting of the Grand Lodge, which
MS 11131(1111 Ottawa, last week.
The Jnvenile Temperance lodge, lately
instituted, has now a, membership ef
seventyffive, with a prospect of re,whing
the 1011 meek in the worse of a fee
weeks.
The members of the local W. 0. T. U.
are encleavorhig to have the side of cigar-
ettes discontinued in town, and their
efforts are likely to be dawned with
8000,141.
Robert Orr, wife and family, returned
home to Winglutm last week from Mexi•
oo, whither they had gone for the ben..fit
of Mr. Orr's health. iVe are very
to say that the centime had the opposite
from the desired effeot, Dlr. Orr is pos-
sessed of wonderful vitality and energy
and these faculties may yet pull him
through.
(7ryt 3811) ('0)0)14.
The following letter reneived on TI1C777
day of this week speaks for itself. We
are very sorry to 118/111 since this letter
31)18 written that Mies McIntosh died on
the 17111 at Birmingham. A. cablegram
wits reneived from there announcing the
fact but giving no partionlars. The naive
men tiened lefty went to England forbthe
purpose 01 1111001)4 a tumor removed but
whethev 'lath mete ender the oper4ion
or not :4 11,11 known. Ibis- DIniitosn's
unities ere medical men there :—
MAR IN I 117 KM1111,-7Ve are now on
board the "MnIestio" and, according to
pronthe, we write you it, brief sketch or
ottr jiturney to Liverpool. The olienges
in the mine were Pal tierstne, Harris
berg, B04pe1121011 Bridge ancl Buffalo.
We arrived in Nov Ye, k about one
olook p. 01. Tuesday. The Erio railroad
oenduotoe oreiveyed us to 1171 hotel con•
venient to the White Star office 11.11 we
could not get on bard that night. Next
morning we presented ourselves 8.1 11118
offieettne were very 111111111 surprised to
see the enormous orowd of all alesses pre.
paring themselyee to board the elil'ajes
tic." Exactly at 10 a. m. good-bye's
were Said, bannerol -tiers waved and the
steamer proudly ailed out of .port on her
voyage across the Atlantic. She em-
ploys aboun 300 men and is between 500
and 600 feet long. The accommodation
is excellent and rules are strictly adhered
to. There are about 600 passengerson
board, some homeward bound and 'others
to foreign lands. The first day on board
((0 8)181111 very pleasantly indeed but the
10011 )8111 are really unmentionable, near-
ly 11.11 11110 Indies were ill and a goodly
number of the gentleman bon. But for
the incessani rocking of the steamer the
voyege would have been very fine as the
Weather Wn. beautiful, nova who were
able were on deck all day long. Toalit y
(Tuesday) the ocean is as anlm our
river Maitland and this evening the
0)1)1111 18 very grand—meoulight on the
broad Atlantic, and a lighthouse in elate
on the Trish coaet Wednesday, the 10th
—Weather still line. Have passed
Queenstown where a number of passen-
gers lett us for Leland. We are now
8181)111)4 up the St. George's channel end
will soen bo in the Irish sea. Exped to
land at Liverpool some time this after -
meal as the mountains of Wades are now
in view. When you receive title we hope
to bo with friends in England, With
kind regards to all we left behind.
Always Yours,
E. Merferess,
Feb. 9, '92. L. MeLaourate,
new ries.
Leonard Ruttan, of the 1st eon., has
gone on 8. visit to the States.
Prospects for 18 wedding next week.
That is 11 01)8 groom shows up.
Mrs. John Mason, who has been very
siolt of iota, is now slowly recovering.
Mrs. 3011,1 Bowman is now ninety re
covering from a very severe attach of la
grippe.
David Ramsay and Miss Mira Ram-
say aro elm visiting friends tide week
et Nitric*.
Henry Robb je. has gnne on a visit to
the Slates. Somebody says, 'Come back
soon Harry.'
John Breekenridge, of Michigan, is at
present visiting his uncle, David Brook-
enridge, of the 1st con.
W. J. Jahnnton, son and daughter are
atvay attending the funeral of hie sister,
Mrs, MoIlwatne, nt the Nile. Gon.
Johnston and wife and 111ra, Johnston, of
Newbritige, went also.
Ceo. Henderson, thel line, its busy at
Present preparing to have hie barn
moved to a more suitable position than
ib18o0upieo at present, Where he will 1111V0
it raised and a stone foundation placed
innate making a bank barn of it.
Foci Beree!—A friendly game of foot-
ball took plabo on Saturday last between
the club of Brussels public) school and
that of S. 0. No, 6, Morrir, in William
Bryan's field. The day. was bine but the
gamed was not in very good oondition
owing to the snow. The netball resulted
in 1 to 0 in fever of Nn. O. Owing to the
sielmese of ope of its members a,nd the
glance of another No. 6 olub had the
hesistance 01 81130 Who did not belong to
their olub,
Next Spring Thee. 31 ',Indere intends
putting a Rhine foiled...thin nutter his
1111,',,. 11 will lie harm fee.). Opera
Robb the /quanta It'd will pueli the
wcalc 11111 1411,81 as the winter le 1:118'
Fern, A1,111 11177717. On Melee's/lay of
this week Stonehouge, of East
wee institutly killed while
working in the bush by having hie head
°rushed by a (alike tree. 1 -lo Was 30
years, 5 months and 0 days old. The
funeral takes plane on Fiiday afternoon.
Once. --On Tees lay Mre. Wm, Eok•
mier died 1811 1)811 home eth oon„ after a
brief illness of 10 clays. Naturally thili•
nate la grippe soon laid her prostrate and
the comp] teatimes of pleurisy 11.1.1(1 inflsm•
motion of the lungs completed the work.
Mrs. Relernire's maiden name was Mary
Jane Lynn end elle was united in marri-
age to her now b 'reit partner about 16
years ago. Two sons and 18 daughter are
left motherless. The deceased was 36
years, 2 months and 21 clays of age. The
funeral took piece on Thursday after.
man, the interment being made at the
burying [Rotted en the north boundary
of Grey township, Sir. Brainier is deep.
ly sympathised
AA -wood..
Chas. Pelton, who has been an am.
yloyee ou the Doe all!, Ita./ taken a eitu.
ation at Norwich. He will be missed
here.
The coucert last Friday for the exten•
sion and improvement of our sidewalks
was not ve y generously patronized. The
program 11(0 it good One.
011 Friday of this week the North
Perth Farmers' Institute meets here
Thera will be an afternoon and evening
session. Prof. Mills, Pa/sided/ of the
Ontario Agricaltneal College, is to be
present.
The contract for the new manse wee
let last week to D. Lowry, of Brussels,
and Smith te Malcolm of the same place.
R is to cost over 51,800 and will be a
commodious and ouintortable residence
for Rev. A, Henderson and bride.
301-10.0) 019011.
Roble Roth, of the Listowel brewery,
has finished his ice harvest, anil scoured
altogether 700 loads.
Jas. Elendersou of the 2nd con., Elea,
brought the carcase of 11 wild eat into
town, which he shot in his barnyard.
81. Valentine aepoites to have been
relegated to the things of the paw. Oniy
two of the once so numerous missives of
love—or otherwise—peacel through the
Listowel P. 0. last weelc.
The Charlton Houee Numbering Co,
einumenend the survey of the town for
the purpose of onmeering the houses and
affixing the names of the streets to all
sty. ei corners, on Moe(1a).
A speeiaPmesting of the town Coututil
was held on Monday evening of list tveek
to oon•icieu the advisability of adding
immediate notion to get a settlement
with the insurance compenies in octaneo.
tion with the Itosbach wee. A resolution
to :tempt 58,000 in full of the town's
oleirn was put to the meeting, but was
vital down, only three members sapport
ing it. Another resolution, appointing
the Meyer and Reeve, with II. B. Murphy,
solioitoe, a deputation to interview the
insurance 0e/invades with a vietv of ar.
riving at a settlement teas carried.
e4 roe..
Miss Aggie Bishop, of Beecheille, is
visiting relatives and friends in this lo-
cality.
Miss 0. S. Calder weitt to Winnipeg on
Thursday of this week. She was ticket.
ed by J. T. Pepper, C. P. 15.11148(111, Brus-
sels.
Next month will see quite an exodus
from Grey lo Manitoba and Dakota.
Among the number leaving will be Wm.
Hehliirlr mid tallith.
Robert Jandeeotee tender for building
the bridges ou the 41)1 and Nth cons.
was in/opted. lie got 5297 and 6534 for
the contracts respectively.
The society of Chosen Friends heel a
debate in Shine's cahoot hunse last Tues.
day evening. It was reported that all
the hewers would be admitted by card
but this WM not the ease.
There was an enormous orowd n't the
auction sale of the late Jno. Forbes'
1008 0(001) and implements on Wedues
day. Good prima were realized. The
hammer wielding was done by George
Pepper, gbh oun„ is the owner of
18 grade cow that is worth possessitig.
Last week her milk supplied the Groan
from which 19 pounds of prime butter
wax manufactured. This record ,vont be
eaL9iRlYbeaatten%
Last Sity Henry Woods called at
Tim Pose Publishing House to seer that
the report of his house and the home of
Mrs. Wortley being entered by burglars
was false in every particular and nothing
that might eiren lend to it had ever ow.
°erred. Mr. Wood's nem he would give
a men 010 if he'd come to his plaint and
find the 580 reported to have been on
hanP. Somebody evidently should be
named Ananias.
People were pleased to know upon in.
quiry that the reported robberies et the
farm houses of .Mr. Woods and Mrs.
Wortley, con. 10, were without found.
Olen, oonsequenely all firearm's were
put back in their accustomed places, and
there 11118 no perceptible rise in the
prices of powder or bullets. Having had
18 long experience in landling news
items, bore 10 a good pointer gratie, cor-
respondente who are young at the bud -
nese and who are ,lepiring to bo big'
reporters slionad bend every hem en a
Inare founclitlion. This sure foundation
is tenth, This strictly adhered to yon
aro always safe. Yon may et times 1)110
Daniel be east into the lions den bet in
due 111818 3(00 will be taken tlp Red no
hurt will be foetid upon you.
Petitions ere still being oironlated
through the Tewnship for presontatien
at next Council meeting asking for the
building of a Townehip Hall. That
the movement may 1006 803' appearance
of sectiohalitin the friends of better
municipal government in the different
taxa 01 11)10 township who have not pre.
sented snob a- petition had better 868
that their eeighberhoed to prop-,'ly rep
remitted. Why :Mould w have a hid
see ,ne 3 ist - lei -limas 13101.1 11
done bettpr wit!, 1",19 ineonveninne
0,0 witneses had C mein moeling.
Financially it would omit the tamely°
generally, their:Ian over fondlof stimulant
particularly, much less yearly than th
presort system, 3rd-1'rom a more
point of view no mita with any ,ight con
ception of things but will tultnit that be
tween meeting lit a hell and meeting a
hotel for 10101000e purpomes with al
81110008 of people the hall takes first place
Number 83.
Alex. Simmons wise itequittel of the
I char,' '11 131)4110)3' at Hamilton.
R. William., late proprietor of the
Grand Ceetral Broulcvil 8, iH dead.
It is thought in DItettreel Woo the ship.
✓ ping 1414417011 011 7110 111k1171 will 1).71ffil 181111111'0.ly.
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8 711 f4011 111 Perth 111111 Monck tionninatien
I will tithe place March 3rd, polling Mardi
to ; in Ifealeno NOV, Que., Mareli 4 and
11 are tee (latest.
t Five brothers named Shoentalcer live
I DOM' Berlin whose combined aged foot up
. to 437 yeare. The eldest is 92 111111 etill
110.111 81111 hearty.
The Oemadian Penifis hewpremised
very low rates for the Outario pcupt 'w,lo
desire to visit the Wieuipeg litdustrial
Exhibition next summer.
The Leamington Fire Brigade will
hold the grandest firemen's tournament
and g•neeal celebration ever held in west.
ern Canada on the 24th of Mny, 1892.
Spencer Daniels has entered a protest
against [leave McKenzie, of Leamington,
48 the ground of iusufficient qneeitieetion,
AUK neie, 1( 10 alleged, 140181111 (1 on hie
wife's property.
Subpumes are being sent out by the
Department of justioe to witmemes 111
the eon against Thos. eloGraevy and N.
Connolly, which come up at the next
/177.1111,114. Tri10 bills were found aeldust
both last annuary.
The personal friends of A. 11. Manning,
reeve of Clinton, showed theii 11)3)3(00111.
tion of him cm Sal rirdav, by pros nting
him with a puree of 150. He has bath in
delicate health for some time, and yyas
ab 'tit to take a trip to Florida, and
1.11 00 Monday afternoon of hat week,
taco epanieil by Ins wife.
Jas. Griffin, of Loudon. Wal, found dead
Friday morning of last week. From
what could be learned from his wife he
had been suffering for some time past
from grippe and bronchia.. That morn-
ing between 7 and 8 o'clock he left his
home in Wellington street, near. Clark's
bridge, and a is said obtained a bottle
of strychnine, Returning to his house
he died in a few minutes. Tho bottle
was afterwards fennel under his Dillow
by his wife. For 31 years he had kept
80.'1 store id London.
The annual meeting of the Newry
cheese factory WAS held in Wynn% hall,
on Thursday, Jan. 21st. The meeting
was largely attended by patrons, who ex-
pressed themselves fu ly satisfied with the
m1.1,,4mment of the past yva . The
following summary of proceedin 0100
read from the seeretery'e report : Quant.
ity of milk reoeived 0.11 10110(3', 1,011,073
Ibo.; amount of cheese menufacturecl,
170,890 tbs. ; avaageffis. of inilk to 1 Ib.
chees-, 10.61; ainsuut of money reasized
510,240,54 ; average price per lb. cheese
9.49 cents ; average cost per Ib., incite Hog
all expeeses, withont the hauling of milk
1,27 omits. The following Committee of
management was appointed : Messrs.
Thomas Lineham, Joint Love and Sam-
son 13ennett ; Treasurer, James Duncan 1
Salesman, S. Bennett.
Tbe Perth Conuty Bee Keepers' Asso.
dation met in Stratford on Wednesday
of last week, says the Stratford 1 ferald.
4.11 the old officers were elated as fol.
10W14 /—President, J. A. Semwill ; Vice -
President, John Myers ; Sec.•Treits„ A.
Johnston. Altogether those present
seemed to enjoy themselves thoroughly.
questiou box furnished some lively
discussions on the best methods of con-
trolling the swanning fever and bow best
to winter, Jai. Ur. Chalmers described
his new winter case and the president
exhibited a hive combining all the
modern improvements for the production
of both comb and extracted honey. The
Listowel Bee Keepers' Asssciation are t,,
be asked to amalgamate with the Perth
assoeiation. Several prominent bee-
keepers from a dietanne were preseut,
notably J. 33. Aohes, of Poplar Hill, who
has 1(0)111 )10 high a. 430 colonies, and pro•
dueled levee quantities of honey. This
Perth asset:dation although not long in
existence is boned to lumen's secood to
none in the province.
At a megistrateesoourt in Ayer, Water-
loo County, a ease was heard which is of
considerable interest to public) wheel
boards and mnuieipal corporations.
Messrs. Rennie, Henderson and Gerbig,
three members of the Ayer Public School
Board, were charged before Messrs. Ho.
well and Watson, J. P,s, with having re.
fused and neglected to discharge their
duties as public school trustees by going
away from a meeting of the board held
last Wednesday evening, and not baking
part in its proceedings for organization
as required by law. Mr, King, of Ber-
lin, eppeared for the prosecution, and
Mr, Ball, Q. 0., of Woodstoolc, for the
defence. Tho nation given by the &deed -
ante for their OUIldlleb WAS that W A.
Mottae, a member of the board, who also
W11.8 present at the meeting, had vacated
hie seat by being absent from meetings
of the board for three successive months,
and that they believed the proceedings
would be illegal if he took pert in the
organizatiou. Mr. McRae had a double
vote in the event of a tie on any motions
proposed, and the defendants wore afraid
that he could thus, as obairmae, control
the board and swum tko eleotionais,eciolvtaeo
iri
man of Mr. Willison, who isboth
the village and it member of the Weal,
1411 against the defendant Gerbig, who
also aspired to the chairmanship. The
defendants are liable to a fine of 820
each and eats if they are convicted,
judgment was reserved for a week. The
ease is melees, becalm the board nob
having organized lab Wednesday evening,
the etatute makes 00 provision foe organi-
mitten on any other day. Tho defend, -
ants as majority of the board had
passed a resolution l,tet Monday evening,
in Mr. MeRee's absencie, declaring Mr,
lifoRae'ti eat vacant for thereat/on aeove
stated, but eir. McBee' who wag exam.
ilia as witness, deniedthe legality of
the resoletion because the three months
during which he was absent from the
meeting,' had not then elapsed. 'there
area number of other legal questions
volved in the ease which will probably be
broughi out in court. The eeheol board
has just finished 110014000 of throe years'
litigation over their salad building and
111)11 feared that there Rea (rah troubles
In store.
T, 17. SI51PSON D17:117.—We learn, as we
go to press, that T. P. Sinepson, Ethel,
died on Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
Funeral on Saturdey,
1401811)1811180 10 haying its innings with
the youngsters.
Reeve Milne WW1 10/C1 up with a ma
knee this week.
Quito a lumber from this locality go
west next month
11, Nichol mil wife spent Sunday with
friends at Bel more.
Bessie Cale is spending a few
days at the doctor's.
D. Sproat was in Seeforth attending
his brother's Nand.
C A. Snarling, of Seaf(1rd), Sundayed
in Ethel and vicinity.
The township Commit will meet here
on Friday, Marra 110.
Mies Pauline, Oliver, of Bruseels, wee
visiting here for a few days this week.
Dirs. MeCitIlum, of Letulbury, visiting
her son Jon,, here, is dying of oonsump•
tiotntn. Elliott's auction sale takes place
on Tneerlay, March 8th, F. S. Scott, of
13rnseele, is the auctioneer. We are
sorry to lose Mr. Elliott.
Alex. Peebles will shortly remove to
Tiverton 11011,110 he enters into partner.
ship with 4.. .1. Lowlier in a Retiring and
saw mill business. Stuteese Alex,
Eph. Cober and, wife have returned
hoine. Mr. ("ober has accepted the posi•
tion of 1(1808)110)4 18)48011 for a final of Nor-
wood carriage furnishers and makers.
Western Ontario is his present field of
0Peatistv
ti"n'
Teelo T. 1'. Siinprion's life has
hung in the balanoe end despite all that
can be dime he is failing very rapidly.
Tuis is you deeply deplored as he 10 18
universal favorite 11.11,1 Will 11' missed an
no other young men ill 1110 plane would.
On Wednesday evening of last week a
sleigh load of our young pe 'pie drove over.
to the entertainment iu Duke's school.
They had a very pleasant time. A little
difficulty appeared a the door. D being
leap year of 00111'80 11)01101384 ladies were
expected to do the honors and naturally
some embaraament ensned, but every.
body enjoyed them -elves.
Cmince NOTE'S —Mr. S111/170, of 1211 ,1,11
°Ammo, took tile service 111 Church of
England last Sunday, Mr. Leo being sick
with la grippe.—Roy. D. B. McRae oc-
cupied his usual place on Sunday after'
noon end preached an earnest, off -olive
sermon.—In the Methodist church the
Rev, Wm, Baugh, of Trowbridge, great.
ly interested the large congregation
'present Sunday evening. The occasion
WM the annual missionary meeting.—
The English (theme choir attended ser.
viee 04 1,1. John's oltheith, Brussels, Stm•
day evening.
Robt. Barr sr,, one, of our pioneer
settlers, passed peaoeftilly away Sunday
morning. The funeral on Tuesday was
largely attended, the people thereby
testifying to the honesty and upright-
ness which the deceased had alwats
shown in his dealings with his fellows
&Willi of his children from a distance
attended the funeral. The deeeased was
born in Co. Antrim, Ireland, and on
owning to Canada located at Cornwall
where he was married to his now bereft
partner, Miss Phoebe 'Wood. Seven of
the eight children eiveu them are living.
gr. Barr lived in this locality for over
80 years. He was 73 wars of age at the
time of his death. Rev. D. B. MoRae
concluded f he eervice, Ur. Barr being a
loyal Presbyterian for many years. Mrs,
Biter will make her home with hoe son
Robert.
Claws tIltstie Nee 11'4'e1.
lIfontreal's total debt now is 610,000,-
000.
Fit. Thomas 1311)11 110118 a societies' dem•
onstratiou on Queen's Birthday.
Montreal ia likely to have an electric
street reilway at as early date.
George Sleeman has been elected
mayor of Guelph by aralanation.
Flon. Wm. Rhodes, ex,Minister of Ag-
riculture of Quebec, is dead, aged 70,
St. Diary'e defeated Loudon in the
final match for the Western Ontario
Tanicard.
ha Woods, one of the witnesses in the
Welland elation trial, has been arreeted
on e. charge of perjury.
H. 3„ Hill, manager of the Toronto
industrial Exhibition, has been offered
the position of manager of the Detroit
Exposition.
Rev. N. TT. Martin has disappeared
from Chatham. lie is said to have
promised to marry three Indies belonging
to his oongregation.
A number of the Wentworth County
Couneillon have petitioned the Minister
of Justine not to appoint itnother county
jndgo as one is quite sufficient iu their
opinion.
Shovelling snow seems to be all the
ortede 111 Lebo Township. A goodly num-
ber of the patlimasters were obliged to
turn 01111 18110) ()tear the roads in their ee-
epective beats.
Geo. Prince who lived on the town line
between Tossorcintio and 111J'ulmur, went
out 110 111)0 woods to chop. mks found
in the evening lying in an insensible con-
dition, it. limb from a tree heving fal )on
end amok him on the heed, Ile lived
18 hoer°,
Exelorer Bitten lies jest rammed from
the Narrows of Ls ke Manitoba and gays
than will he forthece made of marble
when the treason Bay Railway goes
through, as there is eny amount of first.
olass white naelde, besides an unlimited
supply of plaster Of retie, to be found
arteind the north end 01 1110 lake.