The Brussels Post, 1893-7-14, Page 1Vol. 20, No, 82, BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY
THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION.
ne 0ne. 000. T1LO 80N, 1Rneemre,
The Columbian Expo:]tiara is a groat
City in itself that extends aver an area of
500 acme and mamma n mild and a
half within its Northern and Southern
limits, beautifully laid out where every
building is a palace enriched beyond
deeoription within and without. On en.
tering the grounds by the elevated rail.
' way, which takes you from the city a
distance of 8 miles for 6 cents, aro the
admission gates wlioh is 60 ciente, The
first building is the Transportation Hall,
050x256. Some of the most important
exhibits axe railway Pullman Dare beano.
fully upholstered in blue and gold. One
old engine, (Samson) from Nova Scotia,
built in 18118 and used 48 years, was very
email and clumsy. There were also
some very fine engines from Canada and
the 01d Country. The railway exhibit
has a space of 8 acres. There is a minia•
ture of the Pullman wake 80 feet long
and 12 broad, models of ships, boats,
sailing vessels, the two best being the
war ship ''Victoria" and the "Cam-
pania," the fastest ship on the White
Star line. The "Victoria" was in a sea
of blue glace to represent water. Grace
Darling's boat was in a well preserved
condition, enclosed in an open frame-
work of wood. Next name all kinds'of
buggies, carriages, four•in-hands, Child.
renal little carriages. There were some
very fine buggies from Chatham, Look.
ed for some from Brussels but either
failed in finding them or else they were
not there. One nutter of white wood,
lined with pale green plush, attracted
much attention, There wan a model of
the Temple of lldfon, explained by
Hadje Mehemet; miniature of Havana,
Cuba ; Spanish horsee carrying trestle
bridges, showing how they can cross
rivers ; one steam hammer 125 ton.
The Mining building, 700x860. Here
there is a great display of iron, ooppar,
lead, coal, granite, marble sandstones,
silver bars from Utah, mica and a piece
of gray granite from which the Merman
temple at Salt Lake City is built. From
Louisiana there is a statue of rods salt
representing Lot's wife, also a pillar of
Coal and sulpher rooks. Montana—In
the centre of the exhibits stands the sil-
ver statue of Junin on a ball of silver
resting on a silver eagle, the whole on a
stand of gold ; she bolds a silver scale in
one hand and a sword in the other. All
kinds of quartz, bare of gold and silver.
In 1892 Montana furnished 92,906,570 in
gold and $22,503,554 in silver. Ontario
exhibit consisted of gold, silver and
stones in great variety, stuffed birds and
photographs of ]flora and other places.
From Kimberly all kinds of precious
stoner+. I saw the process of washing the
diamonds and Betting, one weighing 282
carats and one yellow one 270 carats.
The Maaufaoturere and Liberal Arts
department, 1687x787. This is the
largest and the most interesting building
on the grounds and there are exhibits
from all nations of their own meaufao-
tura. The first we entered was the Ger.
man and here we found a fine collection
of guns, kuivee, lamps, toys, furniture,
china ware and glass and everything is
for sale. 1 priced a smell cup and
saucer and was told it was 912,00. There
were some beautiful five o'clock tea gets
in gold, some with precious atones in
them. A few were marked "sold" but
they oant be taken away 8111 the Fair
clone. The knife department was
beautifully arranged. Ono corner of the
exbibit was in the shape of a cave and
the open pocket knives hanging down
looked like orysbale. The toy room was
a great attraction for the children ; the
beautiful oases of dolls, black and white,
some dressed in old style dross and same
in long oouxt dress representing some
queen. There wee one great white
chariot with two horses laden with toys
and Santa Claus on the top bolding the
Christmas tree while inside were dolle
looking out at the windows. Little
trains were running through tunnels,
blowing the whistle before going in and
coming out. One room is furnished in
blue and gold and is modelled after the
reception room of the Imperial Palace in
Berlin. Another room in gray and crim-
son ie the came as Bing Ludwig's, of
Bavaria. In another entailer roots of
blue and gold furniture hangs a life Size
painting of the Emperor of Germany.
There were wax figures of ladies Bitting
on the chnire with sienna on that every
lady had to linger long and admire. A
silver fountain of Pfau de Cologne drip-
ped the preoioue liquid for any who
wanted Boma on their handkerohiefe,
which wan every 09 out of a 100. There
was oleo a ¢ave of alum which looked
very pretty when lighted up with eleotrio
light. Sew the famous Tiffany jewels.
Single stones in the collection were valued
at 0100,000, a few rows of pearls $400,-
000, a yellow diamond weighing 125y^
Carate and another 77. One noaklaoe of
pearls was valued at $86,000, one sena..
meat for a ladies' waist was of 800 die,
monde and 126 pearls ; another of 1000
diamonds, ae many emeralds and a num•
bey of large yellow sapphires ; one nook -
lace of 2,000 diamonds ; a silver tea set
valued at $22,000. There was an en-
ameled cloak showing the time ab any
point of the earth's eurfaoe. The
only engraved diamond three
year's work. San Francisco had a fine r
exhibit of furs and sbowed the different
peones of preparing the Beal skin which
takee three months before it is ready to o
make up. A Chicago flat show a sus
pension bridge with all kinds of. buggies,
care, men on horse bank and ladies walk• o
ing, all of soap twenty feet long. Sun. r
light soap show a miniature of Windsor 1
Castle 50 fent long, Jamaca has a col. T
lection of ooffee, fruit, fans, pads made b
from the bark of trees, lane bark for w
trimming hate showing some trimmed e
with the lace and dowere, beautiful w
poliebed wood, pottery, leather, tobacco,
ginger, aorowroot, eugar, tnpiooa, Korea p
shows grass oolleotions, inlaid boxes and
otnamonts, boote and elippere Onrnod up 1
at the toes. A native, who spoke very w
good English, was selling thin�ggo, Ceylon r
Iad brans ornaments and Godo. Ono a
small Natio in ivory, Wahl, was manned
$500. There were some beautiful ivory
ornaments ; one small vaso carved by
band sold for $200, while an ivory
ohariot with a pair of ewane driven by
cupid was marked $1000. The native
men wore thein hair in a ball et the beta
with a oomb in front. The native ladies
made tea for 5 cents a oup for any who
wanted to Mete before buying, Ole tea
selling at 91.00 a pound. There was a
tete factory showing the process it gone
through till ready for ehipmenb. There
was also some tea and ooffee grown on
Libton's estate. We saw the royal mail
cart for driving through the Country with
lettere naval on top, with four mon in-
side and drawn by two horses. The
Gods "13uildah" and "Vietua" the for•
mer abort 0 feet high with large, flat
face painted a bright yellow, the latter
in a standing position, 8 feet high,
with one hand up and the other down, ie
painbed blue. A Buddah priest and
Singaleee icing and queen were all in the
sacred temple, The natives were very
willing to explain in broken English auy-
thing that weer'asked, One man asked
if they liked this country and the reply
was : "Like Chicago 7 Me not go bank."
Another nodded his head and poiuted his
finger to his breast, seconding his motion,
as it were. Cape of Good Hoppe had mo-
hair and merino sheep and skins, ostrich
birds and feathers, shells and fish.
British Guinea displayed all kinds of
beantiful birds and one tree brought
from the forest had the nest of the
humming bird hanging from a branch.
It was a very large nest for such a small
bird. There were wreaths merle of sea
shells and scales of fish also flowers for
trimming hats made of fish sales. Pre-
served fruit in large glass bottles and
dried flak and euakee. From Dundee,
Scotland, there were some beautiful
white marble statues. Two figures ab-
beadingt much attention was a man
standing with a bottle clasped to his
breast with both acme, the expression on
his face seeming to say be had all the
happiness this earth could give, and at
the bottom was written 'I -like my
drapie" ; the other was a boy with a
mouse in a trap and a oat at his feet
ready to give its victim a warm reception.
Kirkcaldy, Scotland, oil;oloth and lino.
linen. Aberdeen, R. S. Stewart, black
and white horn and tortoise shell combs.
One very large oomb bad the coat of
arms of the oity and Bou Accord written
in gold. There were also horn water
pitchers and muga mounted with gold
and silver. In the Southern end of the
hall were pianos and organs in great
variety, some beautifully oarved and in.
laid. One gilt piano -looked like gold
while there were others pure white. A
large ohnroh organ was played on several
times during the day, each exhibitor
sending a player so it was a very popular
place to sit and rest and listen.
(To be continued.)
LEAPING TO DEATH.
Abort Ports' Firemen tom Tuck. Lives
at the World's Fair,
Just before two o'clock an Monday
afternoon the cold storage warehouse,
South of the sixty-fourth street gate at
the World's Fair, aught fire in Ole top
of the Cupola, whish rises fully 200 feet
from the ground. Through thin Cupola
the chimney passee. The cupola is built
of wood and ie highly ornamented with
columns end pillars. Near the top is a
landing. The fire broke out about 30
feet above this. With about 40 of his
men Capt. Fitzpatrick olimbed up the
ladders to this landing and were peeper.
ing to throw streams of water to the
burning portion, when the fire, which
had eaten its way inside to a point below
where 40 firemen stood, broke out with
volcanic forooity on all sides.
IETn5r OAT oar.
An exclamation of horror went up
from Ole lips of the tbongands of people
who had assembled about the building to
see the fire. About five of the men saved
themselves by sliding down the ropes.
Before Ole other fellows Could follow the
fire had burned away the ropee. The
unfortunate follows who romained hud-
dled together on the Northside of the
cupola were doomed. It was beyond Ole
reach of any of the ladders and the
Crowd stood horror etrioken and power.
leen to rescue the helping crew. Tie
flames ran higher and higher until the
mon were almost concealed from view.
LOAPTN0 To TOMTIT.
At this moment one of the men epeang
far out into the air and was dashed to
pieces on the roof fully 80 feet below.
Another and another followed his ex-
ample, orazed by boat and doubtless pre-
ferring to be !tilled by a fall than burned
to death. When five had jumped the
upper portion of the cupola gave way
and the remainin fireman were swallow-
ed up in the seething mass of burning.
timbers. Meantime the water engineer
on the grounds had been Called and aid
had been summoned from Hyde Park,
bat the main portion of the fire was far
above Ole reaoh of the streams et water.
The building cost $250,000 and was etored
with meats, frnita and wine' It wan
uiltand oconpiecl by the Berculee Iron
Works Co., mnuufaoturers of refeigerat-
ng machinery. The lose will probably
each $500,000.
OTHER BUIL0INea nun0ED.
Several small hotels on Stoney Island
uteide the Fere grouude and just West
of the cold enrage warehouse caught fire
fram the flame. Tho warehouse is a
omplete ruin and ft le doubtful if the
amens of the firemen who lost their
ivse In the fire will ever be recovered.
he stables, south of Ole ,cold storage
uitding were also burned but no lives
ore lost there and it is believed the live
took in the barns were all saved. The
ind was blowing from the lake and to
rho southwest. Had it been in the op•
Write direction it in poseible the entire
air, despite all efforts, would have been
aid in ruins. At three &olook the fire
as confined to the cold etorege building.
ram 60 to 60 firemen have been injured
ad at least 80 of them levo been killed,
BrUSSe1S Council.
The adjourned meeting of Council wen
held on Monday evening, all the mom•
berg present except Councillor Wynn,
the Reeve in the chair.
Minutes of last meeting read and
passed.
Accounts wore presented as follows :—
I'. S. Snott, a year's eatery, $ 40 00
Mrn. J. Bleshill, oharity, 2 00
Mrs. \Vallee°, charity, 3 56
J. Broadfoot, salary, 27 00
W. Denbow, gravel, 214 60
W. M. Sinclair, electrio light, 62 10
Moved by W. It. MoOraoken, seconded
by Geo. Thomsen that the above a000unte
be paid. Carried.
Howe 8. Co. served e garnishee gam-
mons on Ole Reeve in connection with a
dispute over Claim for power running
electric light. Mr. Sinclair gave an
undertaking to make good the amount
ehonid the suit go against him at the
Courtin August.
The Clerk reported the Town hall
rents for the past quarter to be $12.00.
Harry James was appointed Pound.
keeper and By-law No. 4, 1803, passer)
confirming the appointment.
The Bead Committee's financial re-
port, up to May 1803, wag presented. It
showed a balance in hand of $1,71.
Moved by 11. Ross, eeoonded by W. H.
MoCraoken that thle Counoil approve of
the sale of inatrameuts recently made to
Capt. Albertson, Lindsay, and that the
$40 be paid forthwith to Treasurer
Kelly. Carried.
J. G. Skene tendered hie resiguatiou
as Chairman and member of Board of
Health. Moved by W. H. MoCraoken,
[seconded by R. Ross that the resignation
be aceepted and that J, N. Bendall be
appointed to fill the vacancy an the
Board. (tarried.
By-law No. 6, 1803, was read three
times and paseed.
Application was made from P. Mo.
Kenna and T. McGregor re ditches,
Street Committee to attend to requests.
The Trustees of the Metbodiet Par.
sonage asked the Council to remove tops
of shade trees on Icing street, as they
interfered with the building. Mr.
Broadfoot to have work clone.
It was decided to gravel Turnberry
street from Icing street to the crossing
opposite the Central Hotel and repair
any other planes requiring attention.
The Reeve introduced the queetion of
a Transient Traders' By-law and after
some discussion the Clerk was asked to
prepare such By-law for presentation at
next Council meeting. It wag also de-
cided to have existing Bylaws revised or
amended as found necessary.
Council then adjourned.
The World's Fair.
DEAR Mn. EDITOR,—Having allowed a
few weeks to pass by in order to give you
time to recover from the violent shook
which you no doubt received on reading
my last letter I now write to you again
concerning the great, grand and glorious
Columbian Exposition. I wish to give
you a alight description of Jackson Park,
where the Fait is held. Jaokson Park 1
situated on the shore of Lake Mloltigan,
seven miles south-east of the City Hall,
Chicago, and embraoee 583 acres. Wash.
ingtou Park, which is quite close, eon.
tains 871 acres. 'Upon these Parks and
the Midway Plaieanoe, which is a strip
of 80 acres joining the two Parks, 54,-
000,000 had been spent in laying out the
grounds and beautifying them with
lawns, flower bade, shrubbery, coo., prev-
ious to their selection as the World's
Fair site. Since being selected, of course,
no expense bag been spared, until now
Jaokson Park, with a frontage of nearly
two miles on the lake, has not a square
foot of ground that the baildiuge do not
ooaer but what is decorated in the high.
est style of agriculture and horticulture,
at a cost of over $5,000,000. Entering
from the lake by boat we may take a
chair on the movable sidewalk and in a
minute we speed the whole lengOh of the
long pier and are landed safe at the Grand
Entrance or Peristyle. This Peristyle,
or Greoian Colonnade, ie 500 feet long
and has 90 oolumus and a great arch.
Along the top is a broad promenade
adorned !with 85 allegorical figures of
heroic) proportions. Passing through the
grand molt we enter the Court of Honor.
In the centre is a large basin of water.
At the end, near the lake, ie It large gilt
statue of the Republio, 66 foot tali, is
perfect in symmetry and handeoma to
view. The nose of the figure 1 80 inches
long ; her forefinger, 45 inches ; and her
diadem at night is a blaze of electrio
light. A large music hall at the right of
the Colonnade and a Casino or restau-
rent, at the other. The AIminsteaOion
building at the opposite end of the basin ;
Idanufaoturee's and Liberal Arte at the
right hand side and the Agricultural
building at the left. In front of the Ad-
ministration building is the grand
Columbian fountain, with go many jag
of water hurled into the air that the
water gushee down in a perfect made
over the groat circular stege into the
basin below. A lhandsotne white strip
filled with figures, surrounded , by mer-
maids, dolphins, oto„ Drown the immense
etrueture. A large eleobrio fountain is
placed on eaoh gide of the Columbian
fountain and these illuminate everything
on Certain nights of each week and
preeetta dazzling epectaole. Concrete
pavements, stcnewook down to the waters
edge, walks, Beate, grass Vote, and
flowers Complete the Court of Honor,
malting it one of the loveliest epote in the
park. The South Ohne' ie a nide
extension to the left of the Grand Baein
and rivals it for beauty and deooratimt,
Statnee,'pillass, huge oxen, horses, buf-
faloes, and other animals, in plaster,
present an leveeing appearanoe to the
beholder. Another extension to the righO
of Obe Grand Begin loads into the La.
goon. Beautiful bridges span these ex-
tensions as well as in many other places,
built in the bighead style of erohiteoture.
In the Lagoon swim swans, duke and
other water -fowl, and gliding about like
flashes of sunlight are all denoriptions of
electrio boats, some very ,fanoy, and as
14,
ellont as the stare, not a pinelt of a paddle
wheel to be hoard. In the centre of the
Lagoon is a large island, literally severed
with earn of flowere and shrubbery and
dotted with vine-olad summer -lemma,
Miles of ¢harming walks wind in ani out
in a perfeot maze, A largo part of the
island ie styled the hose Garden but the
roses were not in bloom ae I passed
through. Passing on we OOm0 to the
North Pond with the largo Art Gallery
at the far aide of ft. Another extension
from the Lagoon rune out past the Fish-
eries' buildiug to the North Inlet, whore
the large Ill]no]e battle ship is moored.
There are two other ponds, the North.
west Pondbeyond the Art Gallery, and
the South Pond atthe other end of the
Park. Naar the latter pond is the
Indian School, Krupp's Gun Work's, Ole
Dairy, and the Convent of La Belida,
which is said to be an exact representa-
tion of the old Convent in Spain where
Columbus wan encouraged by the
Franciscan Priest, Father De Marobena,
who used his iufluenee in behalf of the
explorer with Queen Isabella. Snrroued-
ing nearly all the buildings are rich beds
of flowers, particularly pansies, in Count•
less tints and set in varied forms. Ihave
said nothing yet of the size and beauty of
the buildings nor of the great exhibit in
any of them, but will reserve that for a
future infliction. I might here remark
that I did not go into any of the settle.
menta in the Midway Plaieanae so of
course Cannot tell you anytbin g about
the mode of life among any of tbose
foreigners. Again thanking you, Mr.
Editor, I am,
Yours Respectfully,
T, A. Hmarxer.
Brussels, July 6,'93.
(MANGE:11EN AT ClIttoCJJ.
Last Sunday morning the Orangemen
of Brussels and locality to the number of
50, attended service at St. John's ohnroh
in this plaoe. The incumbent, Rev. W.
G. Reilly, preached a most appropriate
and praotioal discourse from the Epistle
of Jude, part of 3rd verse "That ye
should earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto Ole
saints.' The oiroumetanese of the
writing of the Epistle and the object of
it were pointed out. There has always
been a conflict between Troth and error
as plainly evidenced in the dark ages.
The Reformation was not a cloud buret
from a clear sky, it was long in prepara-
tion. The steps leading up to it were
the revival of learning, the introduction
of printing, So. (Religion was purified
from sacerdotal authority. Any system
founded on a false basis, no matter what
efforts are put forth, Cannot be reformed.
Rome had attempted with earnest
men, Counoile, Societies, dca., the object
of which was to reform but all had failed.
The Reformation was the rejection of
Papal authority. The speaker asked,
What right had the Pope of Rome to
esserb authority over Britain 7 Pope
Gregory, the Great, said "Any Bishop
who claimed the title of universal Bishop
WAS the forerunner of anti•Christ,"jyet
the church shortly after took the .same
ground. The points of failure in the
system were (1) Intolerance. (2) Sec-
tarianism. (3) Sacerdotalism. (4)
Pride. Reference was made to the
oarsee pronounced against any who dis-
agreed with the church. The Reforma-
tion brought out the great principles of
Justification by Faith ; Sanctification by
the Spirit ; and an open Bible. Pius IV
said "Bible Societies were Satanic con.
trivanoes." Pius IX, "Bible reading was
poisonous." When James II ascended
the throne of England he was a bigoted
Roman Catholic but he promised to re -
spent the laws of Ole °Gantry and allow
the people to worship a000rding to the
dictates of conscience, a short time only
elapsed, however, until it was evident hie
pledges were 00 use and all eyes Iooked
to Holland to William Prince of Orange
for aid. "I will maintain" was the
motto of the Hones of Orange and to this
was afterward added "the Protestant
religion and the Liberty of England."
These are the principles of the Orange
Order to -day. The working of the Order
was referred to and the following hietori-
oal facts narrated :—The password was
first used in Holland in 1085 ; the obli-
gation fired taken in England in 1688 ;
Go. Antrim (Ireland) Aseooiation organ•
ized in 1800 ; the first Orange Lodge in-
stituted in September 1705 in Ireland,
substantially the same as it exists to -day.
The Order has gradually epread until it
has reaohed almost every village. The
net inoreaee of members in Ontario
WeeO for the past year was 2,474, and 15
new Primary lodges wore instituted in
the same juriediotiou, The principles of
Orangeism were pointed out, (1) Proles.
tantient—e protest against erroneous
doctrine, infidelity and ignorance. (2)
Liberty—of thoughb, cotton, speer
The liberty enjoyed by the followers of
Obeid was referred oto. (8) Loyalty,
Sir John A. Maodonald's ntOeranoe "A
British subject I was born, a British alb.
jest I will die,".is the watchword of mil -
Hone of people. Loyalty to the (Zing o£
Kings is of the greatest moment. Before
concluding his discourse, which 000npied
over en boar, the reverend speaker spoke
of two objections rained against the
Orange Order, 1st, It thuds to keep
alive a spirit of hostility. He said there
must always be hostility between Truth
and error and in conteudiug for the
Faith spoken of we must be true to
prinoiple. 2nd, IO is an effete institution.
!;tomo elalma to be the same hence
",Eternal vigilance is the price of Lib.
etty." Weide of advice wore spoken as
to Ohe conduct of every member of the
Order and encouragement given to be
true to the obligations taken. Mr.
Refily was bearbily thanked for his able
effort. The church wee very prettily
decorated with flowers, orange lilies and
roses 000upying a oouspiottoue plane,
Clinton Orangemen wont to Exeter on
the 1281,
Miss Williams, the evangelist, hold
revival eervicoe in the Methodist church,
Bellmore, last week.
W. MaQaeon, B. A.., of Benefield, has
been appointed riaatbeniatioel master of
Brookville Collegiate institute.
1898
BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
1690.
1593.
when.
The annivereary of the Battle of the
Boyne wee right loyally oelebrated here.
There were over tweotyitve lodges re•
presented from North Huron and Bruce,
and over 1,000 people took part in the
prooeseion, together with four brass
bands and two fife and drum bands. The
speakers who took part were :—Jobn
Mooney, County Master ! chairman, A.
H. Muegrove, Wingham ; Rev. Thomeon,
Kincardine ; Rev. Hughes, Adelaide ;
Rev. Reilly, Brussels, and Rev. McLean,
Blyth, Everything paged off very quiet•
ly.EXETER.
The glorioue 12th of July was a notable
day in Exeter. Fully 5,000 people Bath.
ered in the cleanly little Huron town to
oelebrate the anniversary of the Battle
of the Boyne, of whom at least 2,000
were Orangemen in regalia. The weather
was perfection for the purposes of the
celebration. Exeter, too, was attired in
her prettiest dress in honor of the visitors
and everything was done to make the day
pass off as it did—in a most enjoyable
and suoeeseful manner. Main street
from end to end was marked with hand-
some °robes and bunting stretched
across the street, and from nearly every
house in the town flags floated from flag-
poles or hung from the windows. The
Trivet Memorial church chimes were
rung the day long, playing sweetly
familiar tunes and the National Anthem
in particular. The speechmaking was in
Snell's grove, addressee being given by
Co. Master Todd, who presided ; Revds.
Geo. Jaokson and W. MoDonegh, of
Exeter ; Mr. Eeeery, of London, and L.
H. Dickson, of Exeter.
nTItATFORD.
The annivereary of the Battle of the
Boyne wee celebrated here with the
customary enthusiasm. Lodges repro•
senting North and South Perth, East
Middlesex, East Elgin and South and
East Huron arrived during the morning
by regular and spatial trains, and were
received and escorted to the Market
Square and various places of rendezvous
by the city lodges, together with the 28th
battalion and the local fife and drum
betide. At noon the Hon. N. Clarke
Wallace, grand master of the Orange
Order, arrived from the East, and short.
ly after 1 o'clock a large procession was
formed having ae its goal the Queen's
Park. Arriving there County Master
Glenn took Charge of the proceedings and
introduced the speakers of the day. Mr.
Wallace was the principal speaker, and
he with J. A. Hunt, of Palmerston, Thos.
Magwood, M. P. P., Dr. Ellie, of Strut.
ford, and Major White, of St, Mary's,
spoke of the necessity for the Orange
Order and dwelt on the fact that its
principles aaoorded aril and religious
liberty to all. After the epeeohee various
games were indulged in, and apparently
the day was very much enjoyed by the
visitors. The weather was delightful, a
slight shower of rain in the morning only
serving to lay the crust. In connection
with the pic•nio a ten -mile bicyole road
race was ran. T. B. MoCarth won the
special time prize in 82.25 ; C. 3. Wade
Dame in first, 34.60 ; W. H. Dunbar
e000nd, 85.51.
CHURCH CHIMES.
A new shingle roof is being put on
Melville church this week.
Next Sunday evening Rev. Mr. Cobble -
diet( will continue the eebjeot of last
Sunday, "The story of St. Paul'e life."
J. 0. MoCraoken, of Huron College,
London, will be iu charge of the inoum-
benoy of Dungannon and Port Albert
during the college vacation.
The topio at the Epworth League last
Monday evening was "An evening with
St. Paul." It was divided under the
following lour beads :—Paul's life till
after his conversion, Miss Minnie Mo.
Naughton ; Missionary journey's of St,
Paul, J. T. Pepper ; Writings of St,
Paul, to whom and from where, S. B.
Wilson ; Closing scenes in the life of
Paul, Dr. Cavanagh. Rev. Mr. Cobble -
dick 000upied the their.
The Christian Endeavor Herald,
published in Toronto, Bays of Rev. G. H,
Cobblediok, M. A., B. D. :—Mr. Cobble.
dick is a farmer's son, end wee born in
Middlesex county in 1853. His parents
were devout Methodists, his father being
a °lase leader for many years, end at the
age of eleven he was drawn of the Holy
Spirit, and when sixteen years old united
with the abureh of his fathers. Feeling
that the was celled to the ministry, Mr,
Cobblediok entered Victoria University
in 1881, graduated in 1885 with the de-
gree of B. A., and throe years later re-
ceived the degrees of M. A. and B. D.,
and was ordained to the Methodist
ministry. Eight years ago he became
anquaioted with the 0. B. movement, and
organized one of the first eoaieties in
Canada, In 1880 he attended the inter.
national convention at Philadelphia, and
was elected chairman of e. committee
Chosen by the delegates to organize a
Provincial Union. When the first eon.
vention met in Toronto in October, 1802,
Mr.Oobblediok was elected Chairman,
and by his able presidency did mnah to
make the oonvention the moons it un.
doubOedly was. Since then he has con•
tinned to be an earnest advocate of and
worker for this movement, is president
of Grey County South and East Union,
and. ab Landon last October was eteoted
a councillor of the Provincial onion, a
welt -earned honor, He has also been a
member of the Provinoial McObodist
Young People's Executive elate its
organization, and is a zealous advocate of
the benefits) of interdenominational fel.
lowship for Ole young people of big own
denomination. Mr. Cobblediok 1 a meth
of genial personality, an energetic and
earnest worker, a olear thinker and
W. H. KERR, Prop.
powerful apealier, and ie deservedly
popular with all who know him.
d
acerato1•til. 1N14'e' en,
Three cases of smallpox have been
found in Chicago.
('resident Cleveland's rbeamatiem 1
gradually leaving him.
New York financiers think the tide has
turned in the financial situation.
Friday night's storm did great damage
iu the central part of Wieconsin,
Jahn L. Herrick, of Salisbury, N. 0.,
is 90 years ago and weighs 230 pounds.
The !sing of Greece has abdicated and
the country has been deotared a republic.
The mortality in Meow, ie said to
have been twine ae great an was reported.
In Mean one day last week260 persons
died of abolera, and ae Jeddah the,
victims numbered 490. -
James McMullen, the oldest man in
Kentucky, died near Baremell on San.
day. He was boro in Virginia in 1776.
Madame Demorest, of New York, was
robbed the other night in a Chicago
boarding hoose of diamonds valued at
$3,000.
Nele Hoff, one of Duluth's pioneer
settlers, and one of the-oity's wealthieet
citizens, committed euicide on Sunday
by shing.
The Madrid polio° lave arrested a man
who wasootcarrying a bomb under his °oat
near the house of the ex•Premier Cano
vas del Castillo,
Twenty men and women of a yachting
party were drowned off the east coast of
England on Saturday by the Capsizing of
their boat in a squall.
The damage by Friday's Dyclone In
Iowa is calculated at $800,000. Total
number of deaths reported 63, with more
thah a hundred injured.
The 800 employees of the Milburn -
Wagon Co. of Toledo, Ohio, were notified
Monday of a 25% redaction in wages.
All but about 20 quit work.
A negro uprising is feared at Bardwell,' .
Icy„ as the result of the repent lynching .
of Miller, the negro, who outraged and
then murdered the Ray sisters.
The British steamer Falcon, with
Lieut. Peary and party aboard sailed
from Portland, Maine, on Saturday, for
Greenland, on their Arotio expedition.
Jules Verne is 86 years old and has
written 60 books. The novelist leads a
quiet, retired life at Amiens, and le a
member of the municipal council of that
city.
a. collision between two electrio trolley
oars of the Brooklyn, N. Y., railway Co.
resulted in the killing of Patrick Mo-
hogh, a motorman, and the injury of
eight others.
Erie 0. Vanbrooklyn, secretary of the
Board of Eire Commissioners of Buffalo
has been arrested on a bench warrant,
charged with stealing $8,000 from the
depositors' lands.
Oewin Mayo, vine -president of the T.
E. Wells Peaking Company, of Chicago,'
committed suicide Monday with rat
poison. It is supposed that he was
temporarily inane.
According to Canon Farrar, about 4,-
000 clergymen of the dural of England '
are out of employment. Another writer
declares that about au equal number are
miserably underpaid.
The attendanoa at the World's Fair
last Sunday was so light ae to raise doubt
in some minds ae to whether the open
Sundays are to prove the financial boon
to the Fair that 'was expected.
A heavy eleotrio storm visited Middles-
borough, Ky., Saturday night, in wbioh
a shower of fish of the son perch species
MA precipitated on the town. They
ranged in length from 15 to 3 inches.
A hailstorm which etraok Fergns Fails
end dietrieO, Minn., on Saturday was
very disastrous. Farm atter farm lost
everything growing. Pally twenty thous.
and acres were damaged and $100,000
will not cover the lose.
At a pia -nip neer Woodbine, Knox
county, Icy., Joel Mitchell killed John
Marne, James Frances and Dempsey
Smith. They had been drinking and
there lied been bad blood between them, -
Mitchell escaped.
It is said that the largest rough dia-
mond ever found in Africa has just ar•
rived in London. It is bluish white,
weighs 970 carats, and was fonnd in the
Jagerefontein mine. The Kohinoor
weighs only 1025 Carats.
At lblay'a Landing, N. J., on Thurs•
day of last week, Lottie Barnes, aged 7,
went bathing. Getting beyond her depth
she called for help, and ber father's
Newfoundland dog swam to her. The
Child olung to the dog's nook and was
taken ashore,
Oldham, England, has a furnace foe
the ilestrnation of the towa'e refuse
which burns at snob a high temperature
that its heat, applied to raising steam,
furnishes sufficient power to more than
cover the oat of tho collection and burn.
ing of the refuse.
A Perm hand named Bamberger, at
Cando, North Dakota, the other day
murdered Mr. Kreider, his employer,
Mrs. Kreider and four children, assault.
ed the eldest daughter, saddled a horse
and rode away. He is being pursued and
a lynching is expected. The murders
were committedwiOh a elotgnn.
In Hawaii, one of the Sandwich Ie.
]ends, there is eget Called the Rook of
Refuge. If a eriminal reaches thin rook
before capture he ie safe so long as he re.
mains there. Usually his family supply
him with food until he 1 able to make
hie escape, but he 1 never allowed to re.
turn to his own tribe.
One of the attractions et Ole Fourth of
July oe1ebrnOimt at Port Huron was a
prize of $50 to any Couple who would be.
married publicly on the rape track there.
A man ani women, who gave their
nine as Thos. Barr and Jane Saymoar,
of Chatham, appeared to win the privet,
and the aoremony was },performed by
Justice Robeson, who kissed the bride at
the close, It hag einoe transpired that
the parties have been married some time
and live at Bernie, the man being a
second-hand denier there, and bave
children of thole own, The Port Huron
people are wonderfully worked up over
the fraud praotieed upon than. But
they will in all probability halo to grin
and bear it.