HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1889-5-10, Page 1Volume 18.
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AehnmM1 of Their Anthograph.
Te the Editor of Tree Pose,
DRAB Snt,-In connection with tho re-
cent school election, several anonymous
communications appeared in your col.
inns. It in not my intention to answer
all or any of torn, but I hope you will
oblige mo with a small space to make a
few remarks regarding tbone and their
authors. I do nob believe in sailing
under false colors, and they must either
be ashamed to subscribe tueir names to
the stuff they write, or the object sought
to bo attained by theoo slanderers would
be somewhat defeated if they were known.
Thorn aro some wh000 pen or tongue
would harm no 0110, I will leave the
reader to judge which of the two they
belong to. For my part I wonld judge
the latter, as no other class would eon.
descend to use the language they do, to.
word another. Saab empty meaningless
expressions aro not worth the ink that
paint them. I never put on a shoo that
don't fit me nor would I follow the course
ono of these scribes did, who tried it ou
a friend of his, and thereby assisted in
circulating the opinion of some that his
friend wan either a Jesuit or an infidel.
Some of their alone sneer at me because
I ama mechanic, and think and speak
my own mind when not in harmony with
theirs. Lot them sneer 1 I hope, Mr.
Editor, you will ex0use m0 if I speak a
little stronger than I am in the habit of
doing. If there is a creature I detest it
is the yellow dog who barke behind the
fence ; men who put on a respectable ap-
pearance during the day and at night
hold high carnival with closed doors and
windows "Pestilence that walketh in
darkness" "Wolves in sheep's clothing,
who love darkness rather than light,
their deeds being evil" They are wall
known, and should they reply after their
former manner, they Dan do so. I can
ass the langnago of Cowper and say :
"A moral, sensible, and well bred man,
Will not affront me and no other cam"
Brussels, May lith '80. JAS. Bovine,
Brussels Council.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Brussels Council was hold iu the Council
chamber last Monday evening. Fall
Board present, Reeve Graham in the
chair.
Minutes of last regular and speoial
meetings road and approved.
The following accounts were present-
ed :-
Thos. Stewart, street imp'te $26 00
F. S. Scott TrusteeElootlon exp'oe 24 75
H. James, salary and fire dept17 00
Mrs. Meadows, salary for Town
Hall 15 00
Mrs. J. Blashill, oharity G 00
J. B. T. McComb, street imp'ts. , S 12
Mrs, Wallace, charity 2 88
W. T. Hunter, Town Hall 1 44
W. Ainlay, tree planting 1 25
Moved by J. M. McIntosh, seconded by
Wm. le. Stewart that above accounts bo
paid and orders issued on Treasurer for
payment of the same. Carried.
Tenders for gravel were opened the fol-
lowing being the order :-
screened uuseroened
Jas. Gibson, 35 cants 55 canto
Wm.11onbow, 70 " 57 '
Jas. Kelly, 68 " 47 '
Lewis McDonald's was the only tender
for lumber and cedar, $10.50, for the
former and $10.00 for latter.
Moved by D. Straohan, seconded by
W. Ainlay that the tender of Jas. holly
be accepted for gravel and L. McDonald's
for lumber and cedar. Carried.
A petition from Samuel Rivers and GO
others against the proposed amendments
to tho Cow By.lawwas presented and die.
0u0sed.
By-law No. 12 of 1882 amending pow
By-law was read three times and passed.
The annual statement ae to amount of
work done at the National Roller mills,
as per agreement re exemption, was r0.
ceived by the Board.
W. F. Vanstono asked permission to
move a frame dwelling into the fire
limit district. No action taken.
Moved by J. M. McIntosh, seconded by
D, Strachan that the Court of Revision
for this munioipality be held on Monday
evening, June 8rd, commencing at 7;30
o'o1ook. Carried.
The Board then adjourned.
Guelph Conference.
The Guelph Conference will meet in
the town of St. Marys, oa Thursday, June
0, 1889, at 9 a. m.
The Conference prayer.meeting will be
held from 11 to 12 o'olook noon.
The following is the plan of Sunday
services and anniversary meetings :-
01NDAY, .107113 9.
Methodist churo11-6 a. m. Love feast,
Rev. Wm. Birks 11 a. In., Ordina-
tion Service, Sermon by Rev. E. De.
wart, U.D., editor of the Christian Guard-
ian. 3 p.m., Sabbath School addresses,
Rove, E. S. Rupert, M.A., and G. A. Gif-
ford, Ph. D. 7 p. In., Rev. Goo. Rich.
ardson, President of Conference.
First Presbyterian ehuroh-11 a. m.,
Rev, Robt. Davey. --7 p. m., Rev. R. H.
Waddell, B. D., Ph. B.
Ituox church -11 a. m., Rev. Jabez
Wass. -7 p. m., Rov. C. E. Stafford.
Baptist 011tirch-11 a. m., Rev. F.
Swann. -7 p. tn., Rev. Thos. Amy.
ANNIrena=RT tummies.
Wednesday, Juno 5th -Temperance
eneo1fng. Rove. Wesley 0a0e011, Wm.
Hinako, and de II, Flagg, Mitchell.
Thursday, Juno 8111 - Educational
meeting. Rove. Dr. Potts, Secretary of
Education, D. Griffin, and Jae. Mille,
M. A., of Guelph.
Friday, June 7111--Receptioli of pro-
bationers into full eolmeobton with the
Conference. Rove. Jae. Hannon, D.D.,
and John Scott, M. A.
Saturday, June 8111-3 p. m„ Theolo.
g)oa1 Union. Loeture by :sten. Jas. Bro-
loy, eubjeot . 'Degreoe of Glory in Ileaven'
--8 p. m„ Con0daratlon mooting, led by
1100. J, 11, Rowell, M. A.
Tuesday, ,Juno 1.'1311 -_ Missionary
meeting: Reye. N. 11. Willoughby,
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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1889. . Number 48.
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Wm. Smyth and W. 1.. Jones, Strati
ford
Wednesday, June 12111 --' Sunday
School meeting, stove. A. Cunningham,
W. 1'. Campbell and W. M. Gray, Solt.
fortis.
Nora. --All the above evening inept -
Inge will commonest at 8 o'olook, and
a eulleotiou bo taken each 0yeuiag in
aid of tho Fund represented by the meet.
ing.
1lrussele Mechanics' inelitiote.
Tho animal mooting of the 13ruesels
Mechanists' Instituto was held in the
room of the Institute on Monday of this
wook, Adam Good, Vicn.Presidont, filling
the chair in the absence of President
Grant.
Tho annual report was presented by
the indefatigable Secretary -Treasurer,
Alex. Hunter, and on motion of Rev.
foo, Roos, 13. A., seconded by George
Rogers was accepted and adopted.
Election of officers for the current
year was then taken up and the follow-
ing Board elected :-
President, Adam Good ;
Vice -President, Geo. Rogers ;
Seorotary.Tressnrer, A. Hunter.
Directors, Rev. J. Roes, B. A., F. S.
Soobt, Jno. Shaw, A. M. McKay, W. B.
Dickson, J. T. Pepper, R. Graham and
W. H. =err.
Auditors, W. H. Moss and A. Straoh.
an.
A discussion was then entered into as
to the best means to be adopted to in-
crease the membership, the preparation
of the neoessary report, eta.
There is ono of the best libraries to be
found in any place this eine now on the
shelves of the Institute, many of them
the best books attainable, two hundred
dollars' worth having been added this
Spring. £hero should be a membership
of 200 at least as $1,00 will give you the
privilege of a year's reading, two books
a week, if yon desire it.
Washington Letter.
(Prom our Benelux Corrospoa,leute
Weconemeox, Olay 0. '03.
The realization that our Union of
thirteen ;Mateo has swelled to one of
forty-two,,and that the next census of
population, if its fruits justify at all the
general expectation, will show tho.U. S.
to contain 70,000,000 Soule, forces home
upon us the necessity of malting some
provision for the subsequent inaesse in
the number of representatives in Con-
gress. It is almost out of the question
to consider the wisdom of making the
reito of the constituents to numbers any
larger. It is so largo now that there ie
danger of the mombere being out of
touch with opinion and sentiment among
the masses of the people at home. What
remains is either to extend the size of
the hall or redm0e the quantity of furni-
ture inside. In the English parliament-
ary chambers tho absenoe of desks en-
ables a large gable ring of legislators to
be put into comparatively small space
without meth discomfort. A like ar-
rangement hero would relieve the situ.
Mime a good deal. It would deprive
members, however, of their present
means of turning their time to double
account by sitting through a session and
voting on parry measures when the roll
is called wbile writing letters to their
constituents. Members of parliament
make notes when they choose, but it is
on a slip of paper or pad resting on their
knees. If emelt Congressman were given
a alork to do his letter -writing for him
outside of the hall he could open his
daisy mail in his seat if he choose and
jot down a word or two on 0841, letter as
a saggsstioe for an answer, which would
meet every demand. Iu view of the al-
ternatives, some each change seems to be
inevitable, and not many Congresses
hence.
A tall, soldierly looking man, \veering
a shiny silk hat, which partly concealed
his iron gray lair, stepped up to the
register at one of our hotels last evening,
and in a few seconds the name of J. 13.
Foraker was inscribed upon the big
book. Simultaneously Ohioans seemed
to spring out of the ground, and the
popular governor was quickly surround-
ed by an enthusiaetio orowd anxious to
shake hands with him.
Releasing himself as soon as possible
from his admirers Governor Foraker
hurried to his rooms, whore he joined
his family preparatory to going to
supper. But ho was not Buffered to par-
take of his meal unmolested, and he had
hardly seated himself at table ere a band
of musio, whioh had been hastily
summoned, struck up "Marching
Through Georgia," in front of the en-
trance to the hotel.
A committee called upon Ohio's gov-
ernor, and without waiting for him to
procure a hat, escorted him to the lobby
of the hotel: where an enthusiastic orowd
awaited him. "I am glad to see so many
Ohio men at Capitol," said the governor,
"and although I do nob know whet you
want, believe I am einoore in hoping that
you get it." This created a lane\h, in the
midst of which a jubilant Buckeye shout-
ed, "Come down hero for four years,
governor, and we will enlighten yon. "
ThQ overnor tools thio remark good-
naturedly and continued hie speech by
thanking those who had honored him
with the serenade, and assured them
that anything he eottld do for residents
of his State would bo eheerfnlly done. "I
will remain in Washington for a day or
two," he conoluded, "and I don't avant
anyone to be backward in commanding
my services. Meanwhile my family are
waiting for me to finish my supper, and
ander these eiremnatanoes I must wieb
you good 1115111 and good luck."
Applicants for an opportunity to floe
the President upon:lis return frons New
York were not as numerous as had been
expected. A good many of the anxi.otts
ones had doubtless been celebrating the
inaugural oeotonnial, and they felt as if
a little rest was au imperative necessity
before settling clown once more toscone
recognition--stlbetantial or attendee--
from
ttte vise --•from the adminlistrstion. On the lower
floor there wag a great crowd of vieitore,
principally: the overflow from New York,
They wore on their way to their homes
frr filo west and south and stopped over
to feaet their eyes and ntethetio tastes ou
the springtime glortee of the meet beaua.
ful city of the world, Tho great majority
wore attired in military costumes of
many varieties, but there was an
abundance Of the vole -fed, homespua-
alnd, bucolic element which makoe peri,
odical but rare exan0ei0ne to the °apttsl,
and 10111011 stares with undisguised
amazement and admiration at the
splendors of the Past Room.
ShOrllratid lOeu et' (hie Times.
Front the Phonographic World.
Thomas McGillicuddy, the new Presi.
dent of the Canadian Shorthand Society,
was born in Ireland about thirty-four
years ago, at the foot of the mountain
range that bears hie family name. He
came 10 this country with his family
when but a soar old, and at the ago of
fourteen entered a printing office and
learned the business. At the early age
eighteen ho joined his brother in starting
it lively newspaper, in the village of
Brussels, Ontario, where they remained
for seven yenta. The brothers then sold
out, and purchased the Goderioh Signal,
the senior paper of the ooun',y, and there
in 1888, Mr. McGillicuddy started to
learn Shorthand.
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A full report of ono of Juetin Mo.
Cartby'e lectures brought out favorable
notice from the county press, and soon
The Signal became noted for extended
reports of sermons and political address-
es. In the Spring of 1887 Mr, 1yloGilli.
toddy was appointed by tho Ontario
Government as shorthand writer to the
Department of Agriculture, and removed
to Toronto, where he now resides, sating
as private secretary to the Deputy
Minister. He has taken an active in-
terest in the prooeedings of the Canadian
Shorthand Society for the past three or
four years, and has been a contributor to
the leadiug shorthand journals. It was
he who, at a shorthand convention held
in Toronto, in August, 1886, first pro.
posed. the Phonographic Jubilee. He
was a member of the committee in the
recent international writing machine
speed contest. He writes Isaac Pitman's
system, but delights to sea and hear all
styles of shorthand writing discussed.
Hie other bobbies are Sunday school
word and temperance, Mr. MoGilli.
ouddy is married, and is rho father of
three children. Ile is to -day ono of the
most prominent, most popular, and
most enterprising of the stenographers of
Canada.
Brunt sel !Paoli ool llise r<d.
The regular meeting of this Board was
held last Friday evening.
1. S. Scott, having taken the declaration
of office, took his seat at the Board.
Members present -T. Fletcher (chair-
man), 3. J. Denman, H. Dennis, A. Hun-
ter, S. Buyers and. le. S. Soott.
Minutes of last &sgiler meeting read
end confirmed, entiettieg to have placed
on minutes a oommunioation from 301111
Tracy asking for free tuition. Moved by
J.3. Denman, eeoonded by H. Dennis
that t11i0 Board take no action on the
matter as it is beyond their :supervision.
Carried.
The report oe the Property Committee
was submitted. Moved by J. Buyers,
seconded by A. Hunter that the Boport
be accepted. (hurled.
Moved by H. Dennis, seconded byF. S.
Scott that the Property Committee be
empowered to anoortain the probable coat
of repairing farce on south side of school
premises and report at nest meeting.
Carried.
Moved by J. J. Donau, seconded by
J. Buyers that in view of tho excessive
oust of education per pupil in our village
over neighboring towns and viilsges, as
shownby the public report, and in view
of the general depression prevailing
throughout Ontario, and especially this
district, that this Board desire to char.
aoterizo their management of school
affairs with the utmost economy, and that
the school population and the swamp
attendance having so largely deoreaeed
within the post few years it ie the opinion
of this Board thab tho services of one of
the assistant teachers should be dispensed
with, whioh would neoessiate onlya small
amount of extra work on the remaining
four and would not oven increase the
number of pupils in their charge to the
average in the B011oo18 of the neighboring
towns and villages, and would not impair
the eff eienoy of tho sobool, the came
Principal being retained.
Moved in amendment by H. Dennis,
eeoonded by F. S. Scott theawe do not
retinal the staff for the reason that the
'nepenthe has refn0ed his eonsont and
that our school population has increased
during rho last year by over sixty, 00.
100(3105 bo the tesessment roll, and that
by eo redu0fng the staff wo will hart the
efficiency of the school.
After a long and strong dismission on
the above resolution and amendment the
letter was carried :---Yoas-Seott, Dennis
and Fletcher. Rept-Buyers and Den.
marl. A. Hunter was not prawns when
vote was taken.
Moved by 1. fe, Salt, s000udod by I:I,
Donnie that the Secretory notify the
teachers to make out a monthly report,
showing the names, ages and Jaye int.
tondaneo 01 moll child 011100ed on the
roll, end also p pleyi,.g tr•naut.
Report to bo in lutuds of tiecretery before
regular meeting 111 month fallowing the
ono reported on, Carried.
Tho number of school ago children, per
assc00m01n1 roll of Village of Brussels for
1880, is as follows :--Agee 6 to 10, 278 ;
7 to 13, 170; 1(i to 21, 03.
Meeting adjourned at 11:16.
Pdort0a we Jot toes.
.
Femme still continuo to change hands
near Cladotouo at good prioen.
Wild geese aro nn plentiful title spring
as to become a pnaitiee nnisanee in some
parts, deetroiing fields of grain.
I. 1', Alexander has 0,1,1 his farm nn
tho Souris to Mir. Rumble, a new settler,
The price paid was e2,100 for the half.
edition.
Taus of thon0andc of geese are be seen
on the Lake of Killarney, and ducks are
also plentiful. 1'mccr have arrived in
great number",
The Moose Jaw tow., council are about
buying some lana east of the town for a
oematery. The price is said to be $30
per acro,
David Arnott ,t Son, who have lately
gone into stock -raising on a large scale at
Silver Creek, have brought their fine
herd of oattic through the winter in fine
condition.
Gophers are very numerous this season.
If they keep on Increasing for any length
of time ae they have done for the past
two someone, the outlook will be getting
rather serious
Rev. Alexander Grant, Baptist minis-
ter, of Toronto, has arrived from the
east. It Is said to be very probable that
Mr. Grant will receive a call to become
the permanent pastor of the Baptist
ehuroh at Winnipeg,
The amount of grain and other pro-
duce of W. Willougbby's farm, at Kill-
arney, last season amounted to about
$1,800 cash. R. letixlong, grain and
stock, $1,000. J. Chapman, grain and
stook, $1,100, A. 3, Rollins, grain and
stock, $1,500.
The Rev. David S..vage olosod a 0eriee
of two steaks' revival services at Crystal
City. The meetings have resulted in
mnolr good, between thirty and forty hav-
ing professed conversion. The rev. gen.
tleman by his kindly manner aid genial
disposition has made ruauy warm friends
during his short stay.
The Soo roars will start on dime 2nd to
run a solid train through to Montreal
from St. Pant, via the C.P.R., with a
through Pullman steeping coach to Boa -
ton. Tho train will leave et. Peal in the
evening, making the ruts to Montreal in
thirty-five hours and to Boston in forty-
five hours,
J. M. Fraser, of Pitot hound, ie in
possession of a stone hammer or mallet,
au instrameut used by the Indians in
former years when buffaloes were num-
erous and white Joan far away. The
primitive hammer was intended to break
the bones of the buffalo in order to pro-
cure the 01O000w, that was mixed with
moat and other fat in the manufacture
of pomican. Tho stone hammer is prob-
ably more than two hundred years old
and was mannfaatnred at a time when
there was no iron in the country.
Mr. Jamieson, of Blandon, has shipped
for Manitoba undoubtedly the finest cot.
load of horses which have ever been sent
out of Alberta. The bunts, numbering
sixteen head, was purchased from the
(,horn Ranch Company. They are all
threw or four years old, and wore roared
ou the 0Ompttty's 0,1110110 at Mosquito
Creek. They are all out of native Mon.
lanesnares by a native Montana stallion.
A most remarkable feet is that every out
of these animals is larger than its sire,
and from one to two lauds higher than
ire mother, showing that the Alberta
climate and pasturao ere such as to im-
prove the breed of horses. There was
not one of these horses under sixteen
hands, and some of them ran nearer to
seventeen. They are all sound and halt-
er broken. It is understood they realiz-
ed $125 a head,
Mount Vesuvius is in au alarming
state of eruption.
The health of the Austrian Empress
has much improved.
Wm. O'Brien and Timothy Hariington
have been released 100111 prison.
Daring the war of the rebellion Alfred
Cunningham was reported killed in bat-
tle, and, after mourning for some time,
his wife, who lived in Chicago, marvied
againt if several children ono John H.
Cunningham went to Detroit, and for the
past ton yyonrs bas been a steward at the
Russel 'House. Ever since the w r closed
Cunningham, who was not killed, bas
been searching for his wife and family.
Two weeks ago while in Leadville ho saw
in a newspaper scrap tho name of his
son as one of a committee to arrange for
the recent convention of Oddfellowe in
Detroit. Ho wont to Detroit at once and
last week made himself known to John
H. Cunningham. A few years ago the
second husband of Mrs, Cunningham
died and she removed to Toledo. In that
city on Sunday rho long -lest father and
husband was met by all his family -a
remarkable reunion, Which equate any-
thing in fiction and beets 'iilnooh Arden,'
A sea of phosphorescent fire, extending
as far as the eye could reach, was pass.
od on Tuesdoy loot 185 miles east by
north of Cape Honlopen by the Allan
lino steamship IIolaaitobien, from Glasgow,
now at Philedellihia. Capt. Dnnlop said
Monday :"Early on Tuesday night the
heavens b0oemo'overdue: and tutonsely
Clark, and I left tbo bridge temporarily,
leaving Socond Ofileor Johnson in ohargo.
I had hardly reached the abort -room
when tho ory of faro was announoed on
the starboard bow, and I rushed on the
brictgo and found the sea to be into a
mass of flamo, presenting a scene of
sublime grandeur. Whenever a see
broke over the bow of the vessel the
drops of fire spread over the rigging and
decks like the flying embers of a genuine
conflagration, where sparks wore drivmn
by a strong wind. Ievneywltero on the
book were Sound tiny, s>%riding, 111100.
appear until the next morning. Y'oe two
hours the vessel gas eteatning threngh
this sea of Jiro, 1001,1ng considerable
alarm to the ouporo'itions sailors and
puesorl50ro. In the distance the sea
appeared te le. breaking on a ethane, but
it dip of the log without finding bottom
indioater3 that ,howl water was not near
et hand." This unnstr0l phenomenon
luta caused coneideraolo interest among
scientific mon, a similar sea having been
soon several months ago in the Bay of
Bengal, which hes puzzled tho learned
heads of I?urope. Au elaborate report
will be prepared for the IIy1•ographie
Office.
The recent sinking of the little steam.
or Charlotte in the Merrimac river, just
below Mitchell's Falls, on Tuesday, was
marked by the wonderful feat of a bicyc.
list. James Webb and several other
wlteelmea were on the deck of the steam-
er. Webb was mounted on his bicycle
doing the "stand -still" flet. '5(11 Char.
lotto, under frill head of strum, made a
rush to a.seend the rapids. but before
reaching them a little rope broke end the
boat was thrown out of her course. Go.
ing at a high rate of speed, she struck on
the smooth lodge which rises out of the
water at the foot of the falls with such a
force that the boat was carried half her
length on the elippery surface. The
propeller then broke an the rook and the
Charlotte sank like a bar of load. Webb's
friends all managed to swim ashore with
no more damage than a thorough wetting.
But Webb and his bicycle were thrown
over the side of the vessel, and sank im
mediately. Webb is thoroughly at home
in the water, and when he went over.
board he did not think of letting go of
his bicycle. It was too valuable to lose.
The wheel must have slid down between
two stones, for when the machine Strunk
the bottom it remained upright. Instinc-
tively Webb's feet sought the pedalo, and,
patting forth all his muscle, he actually
propelled the bicycle over tha hard, sandy
bottom, and up the lodge for a dietance
of sixty feet. It can be easily imagiued
what a oheer greeted the appearanoe of
hie head above the water. There have
beon 00m0 people skeplioal enough to
doubt this perf0rmauce. bot when shown
through 8water-glass tho wheel's track
in the sand they have been promptly
convinced. Webb has become enthusias-
tic over sabnote 11 dyable, and says that
as soon as he d:ut cidvie0 some way of
steeping up the supply of air ho will try
for ung mile bicyeiing record under wat-
er. He is prepared to receive challenges.
Perth County.
Few trees were plauted in Stratford on
Arbor day.
The electric lights of Mitohell have
beau slut down for the summer months.
The committee of the Stratford La.
orosse Club had to pay $80 rent for their
grounds out of their own pockets.
Miss Edith Birch, organist of the
Baptist church, Stratford, has been pre-
sented with a gold watch and an address.
.Alex. Brown, while driving home along
the 9111 eon., bear Stratford, tipped over
a culvert, and before he got the horse out
it was almost drowned.
A young lad named B. Soown went
swimming in the Avon at Stratford the
day before Good Friday. His funeral
took place last week.
Ten thousand trout fry for the Avon
Fish Society, Stratford, arrived in that
oily Friday afternoon from the Govern-
ment hatcheries at Newcastle.
At the Teachers' Association conoert to
be held at Stratford on the 21ad fust., Mrs.
Caldwell, Fred Warrington, J. J. Jerome
and ]Hiss Jessie Alexander take part.
Mr. Trow, AI, P., returned to his home
in Stratford on Saturday last with the
large portrait of himself presented by his
fellow -Liberal members.
Joseph Whaley, formerly of North
l asthope, lost heavily by the recent
prairie fires in Dakota. Mr. Whaley had
his implemente, grain, coo., burned. The
lose•ainounted to over $2,000.
James Sclater, of St. Marys, has under
oouetruotion at the present time 0 lime
kilo whioh, when completed, will be one
of the finest in Ontario if not on the con-
tinent. Its capacity will be 400 bushels
per day. It will be ready for use &boat
the middle of Jane.
Tho total assessed value of the town of
St. Marys is 61,243,515, an increase of
$43,495, or eight per cent., over last year's
assessment. The population, too, has
kept pace with the wealth, the increase
for the year being nearly 800, or eight
per Dent. over whet it was last year.
While levelling the ground the other
day preparatory to the erection of a new
house for John Sanderson, of St. Marys,
Wm. Mausbridge found an Old Country
Drown stuolc fast in the root of a maple
tree that grew near by. The coin bore
the date of 1707.
Aesoesor Broderiok, Mitchell, has re.
turned the assessment roll, 19111811 gives
the following showing for the town: -
Population, 2,228 ; total valuation, $69,-
803; dogs, 01 ; cattle, 181; sheep, 11;
hogs, 122,; hereon, 203 ; births, 65 ; mar-
riages, 10; deaths, 26; steam 011511100,15;
printing offices, 8.
A two days' session of the South Perth
Farmers' Institute will be held he Mit.
ohell on June 4th and 6111. Hon. Olins..
Drury will give an address in the evening
of rho 4111, and a number of eminent
speakers the following day, including
Prof. Robertson, of the Agriouiburel
logo, and and John McMillan, M. P.
Soaroh warrants wore issued a short
time ago by rho oroditors of Mr. Otwell,
assigned, to rowed property which had
been stolon by sotto party or parties un-
know u. The result has boon quite setts -
fen -tory, as soinne of the stolen geode have
boon recovered in that way, and mere
has been returned silently from night to
night by rho offenders themsolvea,
Ono of the 'Argent society funerals teen
111 those parts foe some time past oc-
ourred in St. Marye on Monday after-
noon. The deceased, George Wilson,
photographer, was a prominent member
of the Odcifollows, aqui Mao hold a po0i.
tion in the tam band for many yaws,
Ili0:remein0 Wore taken charge et by hie
brethren, who waloud he roneesion to
phoroscont beads, tvlr'o n did not die. the cemetery, headed by the St, Mary's
bra,: band playing the ])cad March,
!hs heeettiful and solemn burial service
of the society was road at the grave.
The village of Bright, In the county of
Oxford, a few miles from Stratford, /lad
its sensation whoa a young man innmed
1. Michonor, of Berlin, drove into the
villave with a pistol wound in the stand,
paused by a would.be robber who was
given a drive by 15iehener, but in return
for his kindness 100.0 attacked and shot.
The ansailant wan a well-built nosh, 6 feet
0 0' 1'> 1 :hoe in height, with a red mous-
tache. and wearing bhwk trnusore and a
vtripe:l neat. Ho had been seen about
Bright the previous day.
During the temporary absence of Mrs.
Bre :,l from the ICnssclldel., hetet ou
Wednesday, ono of her ohil:h'ca took a
bnruiu5 stink from the stove awl placed
It fn nport against the back of mother
one of the children. The clothing of the
latter immediately took lire ant the
chill rata out 011 to the etre :t with its
clothing all ableme. eft., Wil:eon, pest.
master, happened to sen t:lto child as it
ran out of the house and hastened to the
moue. Had it not bean for his timely
aid the child might have boon burned to
death, As it was the child was badly
burned and suffered great agony.
C7anacilto Nocs•ra.
Toronto rowing clubs propose to form
a navy and hold annual regattas at home.
The Presbytery of Toronto has nomin-
ated Prinoipal Grant, of Kingston, for
Moderator of the Preebyterian General
Assembly.
8. dry cyclone has been passing over
the far Northwest, and the farm lands of
Dakota are suffering from look of rain.
An immeoee floor mill will be emoted.
at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., immediately.
There are now 100 men .at work on the
Canadian canal at 111e Soo.
Detectives are still at work on the Galt
poisoning ease, and Deputy Attorney -
General Johnston says he expects a 0110-
oessful termination before long.
Archbishop Fibro, of Montreal, in a
circular to the :storey, expressly forbids
voting at bazaars or church fairs for poli.
tical candidates or young ladies.
Hon. Mr. Jones, ex.ProvincialTreasur-
er of Manitoba, was on a visit to London
tho other day and left an order aggregat-
ing over $1,000 with John Campbell for
two fancily carriages and other vehicles.
It is worthy of note that W. Stewart,
who heads tbo list of the intermediate
examination to the Law Society is a blind
man. He 11•00 assigned a separate room
by the examiners, the questious were read
to him by a child, and he wrote lis
=swore 011 a typewriter.
Milton Morrow, a 13 -year-old lad, ou
Sunday night was engaged in scraping
some mud from itis trousers with his
penknife, while in the Salvation Army
barracks at St. Thomas. As be was thus
stooping over, a companion, Alfred Bowl -
by, a lad 16 years of ago, grabbed him by
the coat collar and the widest part of his
pants. Morrow threw up his hands to
save himself from falling, and the pen-
knife entered Bowlby's leg about the
middle of the thigh, penetrating to the
depth of 1 - inches, and severing the main
artery. The lad started for a dootor's
office, the blood running in large quanti-
ties from the wound. Tho doctor suc-
ceeded
usceeded in stopping the flow of blood. The
lad was carried home on a stretcher, and
will recover.
The Iolanda in Georgian Bay, especial-
ly Manitoulin Island, Cockburn sad St.
Joseph Islande belonging to Canada and
Drummond and Sugar Islands belonging
t0 the States, are the natural home of
the cedar tree. They aro of limestone
formation, and the cedar is almost the
only tree that grows there, and it grows
both on the heights and in the swamps.
If any arca of ground is burned over, the
second growth is always cedar. Ever
since the land has been opened up by the
Canadian Government American mor-
ohente and dealers in cedar have turned
their eyes to the Canadian islands, and
have procured War material there. The
City Engineer, of Chicago, and hie prode-
imseore all state that Georgian I3ay cedar
is the best, and, in the Chicago market,
it fetches 26 per cent. more than any oth-
er kind of cedar, if any other is ever al.
lowed to be used for the pavements of
Chicago.
Local News Items.
T. O'Nene, Eva and Eddie visited
Arthur last Saturday.
Cement trees and strawberries are put-
ting forth blossoms.
300 kegs of out nails just received. 13.
Gerry. Sold at bottom prices.
Gem's Boots, rile 11, 12, 18, 1 and (2
at 60o. for one week. A. Goon.
Soon Potatoes -Early Bose, Beauty of
Hebron, Whibo Elephant. A. Goon,
Tee oheeso faotory north of Brands
commences operations on Monday of next
week.
Sanlm talk of organizing a Ladoga° club
in towel. There aro a number of good
players in Brussels.
Trios HALL is considering the advisa-
b1Tityy of moving hia hotel acro0s alto 8111001
on t1. the lot recently purchased by. John
Amont.
BAa1R'OOTED youngsters aro to the
front, a sere indicator that the balmy
season is hero. Look Out now for the
hurdy-gurdy,
Mas. P1100us0», of Ethel, buried last
Tuesday was the mother of Mrs. Jamie.
8011 and Miss Ferguson, residents of
Brussels.
Too oontraot for grovel is down to hard
pan this year, 68 onto for screened tad
47 Dents for unseroeued. Jas. Kelly has
the job.
Owren to Illness Alias llatnbly and Mise
Taylor were compelled to close their do.
partmm8e of the Public Sohool ou Thute.
day afternoon and Friday of this week.
A Nmmnn of very handsome oilaint.
Ings, the handiwork of Airs Fletcher,
wore in le. i,oatherdalo's show eviudow
title wook. Brnssels has quite a number
of rising artists.
Mimeo Iteseneron ; IInin is 011 hie
00tntds and the Board of Ileelth will
beck him up in Booing tlint.a thorough
0)cauine up is attended 1o. It won't hurt
•00010 yards te bit,