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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton New Era, 1912-04-11, Page 4ies 4 44A ;rA4,‘ row, ki4A44. 11Ii11iner4 aHd Dresa Making eadY•ta Rehr Garments OUP Opelling Was so successful from eo every standpoint that -0.1110 we could riot possibly _) have hoped for better results.. We Thank You CM OUP NOV •Reddij-10-11COP Dparontai We're showing New Snits New Long ,Coats New -EmbroideryDresses New Gingham Dresses . New Silk IliireSees New Tailored and lingerie Waists New MenaeDressea New Sills stud Satin Illnderskiras Women who recognize the advantage of early choice are sure to be impressed with our excellent showing Come and, try on soma of our new gar- ments. Children's Summer Dresses All ready to put on and a bewildering 8aSbrtnient to choose from, made in Ging- ham, Chambrey, Embroid- ery. All neatly trimmed. We have them in all sizes, from / to 18 years Now is the time to look after the ' children's wear while stocks are complete. This Store Selgs High 'Vass Goads seam:a-remnant asesase. VVYYVYYVVVVY*YVVVVVVIrevrvilvVVILMTVYVVYVVVVVVVvivvYVVYN Eat Wawanosh The following information taken soRREspoN0ENTs from the Assessment roll eeturned hist week hy Assessoe Wighttnan will be of interest td many of tile Vatepayers : Number of acro ass,eesed........41791 cleared ........32216 wood land , 3704 - slash land swamp latid .... 4903 Value of real property exeSiis ' sive. of buildings a a ......31,132,103 Value of buildings .. ... .428,200 Business asseesment.. ,....... —.2657 Taxable income..........................203 . 'Notts' Assessment— a .....$1,5(.4 300 There are 493 children between the ages of 5 and 2Ladd 310' between the ages of 5 and 16, The population for 1012 is given as 158, an inceease of 13 over last year, 31 births anti 15' deaths occurred in 101I. There are 241 dogs in East aVaavanoeb. L01,1:flow The •New Era wishes to in. crease its staff of correspondents througliout the county and in- vites the help of those willing to sena in teens, week to week, tteins of .news in the neigber- hcod. Matters n2 iniportanee are always welcome, but equally so are the iterne telling of the esoyensenta of peeple to and Amu) the locality. The New Era asks that all willing to help in the work, which will benefit the locality by bringing 11 before the • world, write to the Billet's of • the New Bea, when supplies of • paper, envelopes and postage will be furnished, eninitRonm"-' 0Jan:iglu 525k74thF 'MUIrt frearin}ree.1,363; lipsioreIV lo Seia.7 ior (aotranbi) 505,. Prercv. ,Manning 4.13, Clarence.. ali(aSvford. 1303, Willier Scott, 880, Olive Lyon '808, Olive Lyttle 325, Nellie 'Manning 325,' Mary'Orawford 301, Moe Lyon' 260. Senior III to junior IV-111tiositiouro 725 ,IViintinum to paes 803 -Everett 11111 500: , Kathleen McConnell 459 Reasie Orawfoed as,Della Braithwaite 465aaliaze1 Coonibs 385, May jamie- 8011,888, Janet Honking. Jarior III to 'Senior III -Maxirriern 680, Mitairrium to pass 315-1tirlse Lyon 496 (honors) Mildred Gray 432, Myrtle Grainger 371, Nettie Woodman 841. Norman Mann- ing 325, Julia Brown 282, Katie Brown 223. Ewart Blatchford, Principal, ales. Youna her daughters came hotne from 13rantforc3 on Friday last. • Mrs. Dr. flarnilin, of Detroit,, and Mrs, 'McDonald and daughter of Lon- don, visited Mrs,. Lasham aor the holi- Large shipinent of cattle last Satnr- day and of hogaron Tuesday and Wed • nesday. • Mrs. -Lash= and Mrs A. Wood- man :ire on the sick list and not mak- ing as muctaimprovement as friends desire . airs. W. C. Johnston, wife of the wen -known undertaker here, was tem- bf the town of Clinton, when ibly injured in a ennaway aecident they present a copy of by-law tamest. last Wedneaday morning. Reling out ing the aforesaid right of way, and of the village in a farmer's cutter to Is a co "y of • their aareement with pay a visit in the count ey, they were overtaken by a runaway teem, which struck their cutter arid eadmed in on , them. The cotter vos em ;shed, 10 kindling wood, and both occupants were trampled benefit h the hot sea' feet. The num, John McKinnon, by name, was; bruised and scratched, but. _The Campaign • spent the Easter holiday e the guest of Miss Nell Stitheeland, oe Seaforth, Constance her parents, Ma, and Mrs. D. Suther- land. Anoint the Bgr irss Alma Mellow, of Warwick, is visiting het' sister eles N. Behr on. 3 Mts. John Britton and family are moving to Settforth this a -eek. We Miss Vera Colclough spent Smulay in Stratford the guest of bee cousins Mrs. Nelsen Steep ad children, of Goderich are visiting their uncle, Mr. Henry Colelough. • Mrs. Farnham and children spent Sunday and Monday visiting her par- ents at Seatortila Mr, and Mrs. D McGregg,or. • ' ' Mr. Hiram Pronto'', of New Lis keard. is visiting his mother,. Mrs Jas. Ploctor and other reienda, hasBegun• tiaip,Tesorry to lose them from our vill- Continued from pagte 1. Sir James! Whitney -The honor- able gentleman( is looking tat one of tb.em every „day he slts in this House. • Mr. Proudfoort-Thef Pfpvincial Secretagy is Heel inoart prominent figure on thel Govestamelnle side of the House. (Laughter.) r If the' Prime Minister never( did anything el ad theta abolish the treating s ortern1 then he svould Inot have Dave vam. . Mr. ilsinudforolf. also urged upon the Go.vennmenti to do away with the present( system of Inelpectors • and License rOommassioallerS: He 515 not( know what. the) Goveanie • Moot Mould to establiish ila the way of placing, :the liquor liceneei Isys- tem under a commie,saorn, but if it swould do away with many of the • present officiator, would be a vera good tnea suer e. , Ontario's' Liquor Revenue. He spokd of the fact that the S,Bereltary's( Depaxament had arevenne of about 3650,363 . a 3Seaa• from,' liquor lleensas. They paid oult(nearly iwo clollaaa • froa Maiantenalnee of Pativinallal iaislUtrultions such as Paisre(as and asy- lums to care 2 or those who had Ito , be cared 201' as the re,sullit of using antoxicaiaing aiquors. Re' east) of ithe great amo.uni of. gilante to the wand of 32,700,000 rannuallty, • that was wasted en the Manufac - ur,e of lignoes Thist grain might be used pr of itablry . an making bread and foods Pos. the people avho surfa fewed faom the use Of liquor. ara the Bell Telephone Company regard- ing connection at Clinton, Thenfollowilia pathmester- changes were nan.de : G'eoege Elliott instead of John Wnon, and Charles Walters instead of Charles Fuller. a he Council agreed to Meet ae a body April 15th at the small Colborne was not seriously injured, and was bridge to arrange ter the erection 01 a able to bold his horse. Mrs. Johnston's" new tablge in place of the one destroy, leg was broken, and she was injared ed. Adjourhed to meet the first Mon. internally. .Her,, present condition is day in May at. 1.30 o. • the full extent of her injuries. N. W. Trewartha Clerk such that the pysicians cannot tell The following is the result of the promotion examination held at S. S, Sealorth .No. 3. Goderich Township: Sunior Mr. Hubert Henderson; teachea aq IV to Senior IV, Total 700 -Elva Prod Jervis 423. Bryanston, is hotne for tlie ho'idays. tor 428, 'Verna, Harold Lavis 423, Harold Cole, 800, Roy Munnings Mrs. John S. Brown is spending 872, Gertie King 372, Cli Easter with friends in Lucknow. fford n 01 tirlid rohn Murk, of Walton, a for- mer 301 . Senior III to junior 1V, Total .. teenient ot Seaforian has pus- chased,t he farm ot Mr, James Strong in Tuokersmith, and is moving there his week. Mr. ntrong and &unity leave for Vancouver, B. .m.v. John 0 Rota, of Totonto, is visiting acquaintances here amd get. tinga. line on the expoet cattle in this section of the country. Sir. and Mrs. Wm. Scott and Miss Aileen, are spending Easter with rely". tives in Wingham. .The maple syrup season is in full swims. wie h prides the same as last year -8L25 0 gallon. Dir. H. Clancy, of Peterboro, hes joined the staff of the Dominion Bank. A. tarp number from here attended the Spring &sow at Clinton last.Thurs- nay. Miss Mildred Jones is home from Toronto for the holidays. , Mrs. IL Lomhtua, of *Mato,. is visiting her parente, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnett. Mr Fred Hammet, of Sarnia, is home for a few days WES Mamie Morray, 02 tbe office staff of the W. E. Sanford Clothing Company, has been promoted to the hcad offiee of the film in Hamilton, and left for that city on Monday. • laVinghant Hill sold bis residence on John street. to ale. John Cialbraith Me. Galbraith sold lois residence on Ed - wind street lo ale. 11111. A. Ford, V 5 , disposed of his reel - dello end sales stables to Geo, T. Robertson, of East Waiver:web, who will remove o Winghatn. Dr. Ford i in to Hanover s •11111111ett Mr. Bart Andrews, of Strata:1"d, spent a few days with his frieed Charles Dexter, Me. John Stephenson, of Etheaspant a few days, at the home of Edward Crawfurd. Miss Gertie.0 las, of G-oclerich Town ship Spent Sunday with her friend alio Lily Carter. Louis Pingle, of Toronto, spent Sun- day with his cousin Thomas Adams. Miss lane Neilane, of Clinton,. spent her vacation with Miss Pherne Bruce.. Miss Roselle Crawford, who has been visiting at the home of her aunt, redo Sohn Stephenson for the past six months hasreturned to her hosne an sLondeehoro, rr • alio Maggie Adams spent a week, with her cousitt.Miss Bessie Ouckerline of Blyth Miss Viva. Male is spending a few months learning dredsaiaking in Clin- ton. . Mise May Caldvsell is spending a few months learning the nilllinery Clin- ton. Urader the genial aniblender( Zia Spring the( Skating Rank is dSsplec- ' ed by thxd diamond o.nrthe Park and BoWaing 'lawn. t. OUR PEI1SONAL ADVICE TO ALL SKIN SUFFERERS," S, R. tIOLIVIES, DRUGGIST. We have been in business in this Agaitrana again we looms seen how to n for some tune, and we are look ing to build up trade ha, alaays ad vieing our patrons right So when we tell -you that we have found the effective eczemareniedy, you can depend upon it that we giye our advice, not in order to sell a few bottles • ot tne,tlicine to skin sufferers, but be- cause we know bow it will help our business if we help our patrons. We keep in stack and sell all the • well known skin temedies. But we will say this: If you are suffering from any kind of skin trouble, eczema, peoriasis, rash or letter, we *ant you a few drops of this simple wash, ap- plied to the skin, takes away the itch instantly. • D. D. D. Prescription made by the D. D. D. Laboratories of Toronto is composed of thyme], glycerine, oil of wintergreen and other healing, sooth- ing. cooling ingredients. And if you are just crazy with itch, you Will feel soo thed and cooled, the itch, absolutely washed away the moment you apply this D. D. D. We haye made fast friends of more than one family by recornmendin this remedy to a skin eufferer here an s lemov g . Maitland Ledge, 1. 0. 0. , had a social evening on Thuredaty, the 4th. Progressive euchre was i he attraction. There eva.s a large turnout of members. F. J. Hill has disposed of his house on Edward street to Frank, 1.)9WiS. of Turnberry, who will remove to Wing. ham in the fall. The Wingham High School had their annual reunion on Wednesday evening. There Was a targe attend- ance. The Whigham orchestra fur- nished the music. ' The dog poisoner is busy ' in title vicinity. and a close watch is being kept by the pollee for the offender. A. valua.ble hound betongieg to Me, John Rogers was poisoned 5,011 a short, time before a dog belonging to Mei la bin - son met death in a similar matinee. Residents of Lower Winghatti fear a flood, as there is an immense zimount of snow and ice to get away yet, and the mild weather is causing it to go very fast. In some places the ire is several foct io thickness. • Harloek (Too Lola for titst wook.) Maple syrup is the order of the day. . Mr, Wm. M'cAethrunhaa beet) visit- ing in the neiglaborhood for the past. week. , The last meeting of the Literary Society was held on Friday ever ing. A social evening was given. The meetings clueing the Winter have been ()veritable and enjoyed dy Mrs Geo. Knox, Sr., is still on 'the sick list. We' hope to see her soon around again, r Miss Gertie Ferris had a slight at- tack of scarlet fever on tier way to the West. Mr, James Watt is borne for his holi- days but intends,going back to his old school Ruscomit. Miss Ethel Capeling spent Sunday with Miss Mau le alicGregor, 790 -Alvin Leonard 553, Daniel la - don 438, Stewart Mair 877, Milton'llulr- land 351 Senior 31 to Junior 111, Total 000-almile Feed 491, Altalind filcOard, hey 430, Harry Ford 890, 'Fred. Lavis • 873, Niemen Male 315, Willitun Alcock 3 4. Junior II to Senior IL Total, 000 -al:truce Holland 405, Elsie Fergusion MO Part IL to Junior 11- -Willie Mil- ler, Wilrred Jervis. Pant 1. to Part 11 -Marion Alcoels, Violet Miller. Part 1 (s) -Willie Jervis, Dorothy Jervis, Charlie Potter, Oven Peactor, Willie Larder. Pare (b) -Ted Smith. Al- bert Larder, .Eiarold Larder. Lilliae alacVicar, Teacher, L Mut( on got a car of bran and shorts' this week. t • Rev. Small supplied .Knox Choral coining down Mu the gigger from Blyth last Sunday. - The Easter concert in ICnox Church din net take place, It is posponed till next Monday night. John Harden has repaired the dam age to the mill race caused by the re- centflood and can run his mill again. Marti int Mrs. J. PaXinan, Of Clinton, spent Tuesday at the home of Me, T. Brogclen. Me. and. Mrs. Wm. Ring, spent the holiday as doe guest 62 them daughter, Mrs. Walters, of London. Mr. and Mrs. D. Floody, of Blyth, visited over Sunday in the village, Mo. R. Adams was a, Toronto visitor on Menday. Rev. Mr. Furgeson, former pastor of the Methodist Church spent a few days visiting friends here. &a A T. Cooper, of Clinton, ad- dressed the special Sunday School ser' vine in the alathodist Church last Sun day morning. Misses E Lyon and E. Mains, of London spent Sunday at their homes here. Miss Olvettrt Brigham, of Highgate, is spending the nondays at her home here. Rev. 4.31. J. Millyarcl, of Ltensall, Secretary ot the London Oonferenee, will preach in the Methodist Church next Sunday =ening and evening. Rev, J. lie 0 .terhout is preaching Su'n- day school and Epworeth Leagne Anni- versary sermons at Hensel' next Sun- day. Wm, Temblyna'of Toronto Faculty of Education spent the holidays at his home bore, Rev. J. H. Oeterhout preached in Church last Sunday morning and Rev. .Small, ot Blyth in Knox Church in the afternoon. The snow melting last week was very rapid and many of the ce liars were supplied with too much water. The river was extra high ancl 1 Hutton has suffeted heavy loss to his darn and also in the mill. Many farmers lose lencee wood, logs etc., and some get lots of rubbisb left on the land. olVisarcinonased for Exeter The local scho holidays, Special Easter services were held in tha Presbytetie Churdh here on Sun- daIiel.aatts Delgaty and ale. Robert Boyce, of the Brnoston line, are hay ing auction sales. Mr. Delgata'th hos been held, and Mr, Boyce's will take place next week The former NIB rented his farm and is moving to (be West. The latter is going to New Ontario, A very pi etty sodality tot* place at the home of Mr, and furs, Alex, Mc - Beth, Of the second conceesion of Stanley, when theii eldest, daughter, Miss Bella Ann, was inaaried 10 Mr. loan George Kennard, of St. Marys, by Rev. D ;felinstoti, of Varna. Only the immediate relatives of the bride and groom were present. The young couple puepoee takoig a tour throng's the Weet as far ite Prince Rupert, ' MOInnesville Miss M. Hols,nd, of London, spent, Baster at home, returning to London on Monday morning accompanied by her sister Flossie, who is spending 0 few days there, Miss M. Proctor spent the Easter holidays in Mitchel] and vicinity. Mrs, R. B. Bloomfield, of Wingbana, is visiting her friends around here. • Mes. F. McCartney, of Gederich, spent her holidoys in and around here, dir. Wilfred Ootizons, of Tavistock, spent Eater at his father here. Rev. Mr, Couzeas has been confined to the house the last week, by Pneu- monia. We hope to soon hear of his speedy recovery. Ills work on Sun- day last was.taken by Mr. Greene, of Clinton. The floods of last Friday and Satur- day did considerable damage to the roads'. Councia-Adjourned meeting all present. The Clerk was instructed to write tbe Colborne Council that the Goderich Townsio Council is prepared to pass a by-law giving the Colborne to try a full size • bottle of . . D. there and we want you to try it now, Telephone System a right of way to Peeseription,• build a trunk line to the corporate Goderiels TownShip Wedded at Lloycltown: The marri- age of Miss Er hel al. Smith, deughter of Mr. ;101111 Stiortb of the 161:11 Ooncess- Ion, Goderich Township to ?Jr. Will. lam John elerral, also of the 10.11 Concession took place on 'Wednesday evening April 3rd at St. -Mary Magda. 10110 Church, Lioydtown. The bride looked charming in her travelling suit of navy blue a ich bat to match. Rev. J. H. Colclough. 13. A., cousin of the brisle performet1 the ceremony. The young couple returned home on Mon- day 'evening after spending a few days at (be rectory in Lloydtown. Their many friends in this community join in wishing them much joy throughout their wedded life. A. very pretty home wedding w celebrated at the home of Isle. John Colborne, laith Concession on Thu day, April a, when their eldest dom ter Charlotte was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mr, Sylvesiar Allen, of Seafortia At four o'clrerle the bride entered the parlor to tee slrains ortlie wedding march played hy Kiss fellismi Sinclair. • The blade looteed charming in a gown of 'whm e einbeoidered lawn, and carried a ,1 of bridal roses and fern. The eel s - molly was performed by Rev. 0, J i- kins, Sts Paul's Chureh, Clinto 'aloe bride's travelling, suit was , brown broad cloth with hitt to mat .th Mr. and airs. Allen left for their heel in Seaforth amid the good wishes sa their many. friends. ',14,,FARPAIr:.'kgFe.+44".A .nera Porter'S Hill Mrs, 8, Dawson, of Spri»gbank, is visiting at the honie at her parents, Me. and Mrs. Sohn Cox. Harvey Pott '12 and si +ter Pearl ere spending the E is:er holidays at MR chola ere. and Mrs. Will Jordan and also George Lindsay left for the West re- cently, T, 0. Oox and atteghter Bella spent a few days in London :last week. ales. Fred Moore and claugliter, of Alumoe, ngended the funeral of her niece Slancbe (lox on Tuesday last. Mr. Mowat McDougall is visiting in Caledonia, Mr. and eles. james Cox and Me. Wm. Elliott vieited their sieter, McClean who is very low ein Dun. -gar) m Monday. 00060660060666606060 .6 6 0 WITH THR CHURCHES. fa 0 aotzeooecoseeeeesoees auburn Miss Rena Patterson returned from the West last week. -airs. McDonald has sold her farm to Mr. Fee. Ellsmilton, , of Colbosne,loe the sun) ot 85250. The flood done, conei derabl e dame ge Saturday night and Sunday the nOrI h wing of the VVest abutment of no bridge was undernainded has fell iv; n the water the abutment has also crank- ed in the centre and the north half 1, is settler), making the bridge unsafe f..e traveling over. Considerable detainee hag also been done to the mill delta The head gates are gone and part of the Mere, also part oe the et-tabards- ment between the race and river is wasbed out. Wbat will be done to- wards repairing will not be known un - 10 the proprietor, Mr. 01111'S of the Soo arrives. 1 OS: cOilK Ag010- Now, in the spring season, is the time when the beautiful new creations in Wall Paper tempt the home lover to re -decorate the rooms and give to the whole house a beauty and freshness that fully trans- forms it, We invite you to the finest clis,day of new Wa Papers we have ever shown. These Wall Papers have been carefully selected tor our trade, from- the choicest productions of the seaSon, and we know that no finer goods can be se. cured anywhere. The price will be found exceeding- ly reasonable. The New Papers are now ready for your inspection ILL PAPERS, TillADIED FREE 2182=51=10:635=32121013 155. t a'adherents now stands401 for, 27 hem the town. No freight can be against. As the timehandled, except by the. G. T. R. The limit for voting' expires April 15(13, all who have not a ea Be bridge is a wooden structure mlneeted and has stood all floods for many ngesdo,innctlttelairtelhatlhloatns intreex MontlaY years. In some places the track has htoa evening. . been damaged. At the .A.nnual metaing of the Lad- ' On its wild rush the river carried. les' Aid, the follow:rots officers were away pieces ofe timber, rail fences, elented--1 small trees and somethnes a piece of : President -Mrs. lie ff. Miller. a boathouse. Large pieces of ice from First 'V lee Pres deut-Mes. 0, 8. two to five feet in thickness lammed Hawke. ONTARIO ET. CHURCH letrge congregations attended the Easter eervices last Sunday A special musical program was fur- nished by the Choir. In the morning the Pastor's text was "Then were the Disciples glad when they saw the Lord" The even - hoe sermon was based on Job 14-14. Next Sunday Rev. 4, A. Agnew will occupyabe pulpit,' Rev. Me. Oosene laid preach Anniversary sermons at Dorchester__ Rsv. Dr. Rutledge, of Wingliarrabas been secueed for the Sunday School Anniveesary which will he held April 218b. At the mid week service Wednesday evening April 17513 the progrnm will he provided by the 'Woman's Mission - retry Society. Rev., and Mrs. Bad ker, of Seaforth, will take part and will be Assisted by local talent. The o,nrand Easter Phatele Offering will be received. • Ontario Street charge is stem -way in favor of union. The vote of. the Quad terly Officiel Boned wa.s 86 for and 8 against. Tte, vote of the members and • Londeshor0 Following is the result or the pro. motion exanfinations at Easter in S. S. No 8, Hulletta Junior Room - Maximum marks -600. Minimills' • to prise 300. Senior 111 to Junior - Annie Hiles 386, Maude Shobbrook 385, Alfred Bunking360, Sohneten C. mw' ford, 338. Junior lf Senion - Maximum -560 -Minimum to pass 280 -Rachael Woodman 440, Bert all ob- brook 328 George Johnston 285 Be ith Sampson 255. Part Il to Junior I la- Maxlmuni 260, Minimum to pas* Se - Gladys Grainger 185, Ida, Lyon 203, Stewart Little 116,Willie Manning 135. Miss M. D. Cowan, teacher. asaraWsasiasaissaariaaaresaMeassesavassek > Is the Time For Plumbing, laavetroughing Stove Moving 3 3 ALL ORDERS • will receive prompt at- tention. Prices, given on all kinds of 1 Rooliag, Siding, and Contract Work. Byatin & Sutter sanitary Phsinhera I Is la A AAA MA "4/0•A losi'4 A rr ',UV° I "I Second Vice Pi esilent -Mee. H. Wiltse. Recording Secretery-Mes.B. S. Gib. see ings. Treasurer -Mrs. John Gibbirgs. The annual mseting of W. 17, al. So was held on Tuesday afternoon when the following officers were eleoted:- President-Mrs C. E.Jervis. 1st Vice -President -Mrs. 13, Plu tn- steel. 2nd Vice-President--Mes. George Shipley. Treasurer -Mrs. Jacob Taylor, Recording Secretary-alss, W. Man- ning, Corresponding Secretary-alrs. Bea - 0001 Superintendent Systematic Giving - Mrs, I. Dodds. A very interesting League Meeting was held on Monday evening under Ilia auspices of the Social and Litet- ary Department, when the folio wil.g program was rendered : Devotional Exercises by the Pager. Scripture Lesion -Mrs. Cosmos,. Easter Story in Song -Miss Carr:e against the foot of the raceway, and cut off the poles with which the elec- tric wires are connected, causing them to be left at the bottom of the rivet, or earl led away with the flood. This caused great inconvenience, as no lights were available in that part of the town expect here and there where O store was fittedup with lamps or candles. The ehurches were also much handi- capped by lack of light, and held services al: an earlier hour than usual. About 11 o'clock at night it started to rain, and this added to the appre- hension as it was feared that the river would raise even higher. Dam Gives Away. Word came that the dam at \Vox- eter bad given away about 12 miles from town. Mayor Spottom at once sized up the situation and notified people to get to places of safety as quickly as possible. In a very few minutes down came timbers, planks, ice and a huge wave of water. Instead of theriver taking its course as in other -years, it got blocked at the lower dam and surged across the Shipley and several Leaguers. country flats Duet -Feed and Charlie Thompson. Mayor Spottom got all the men Reading -Miss Walters. available and at once started to res - Solo -Miss Tillie Akam, elle those in Lower Winghtun. A large Rending -Miss Dell Taylor. cake of ice struck Mr. Johnstmo's barn tore off the side of the building as 11 11 were paper. Some eagle, horses, pigs and fowl were dtowned, Soule of the people insisted on re - 10 their houses, but after Mayor Spottom and his volunteers ex- plained the situation to them they thought it best to get out. Mr. Ernest Dennis and the Mayor Levis. had manned boats and rowed to many and Vice Posident- MrGordon I, houses. People were taken into the . boats and carried to place of safety. Next Monday evening Rev. Mr. Grant will give an address at the Missionary meeting. The annual election of Epworth League officers was held at the close ot the regular meeting on Monday evening and resulted as follows : Presiden G—)11 iss Carrie Shipley. 1st Vice President -Miss Hattie 3rd Vice President-eliss Emnoa P.umsteel. 4th Vice President -Mr, Harold Pic kett. Recording Secretary -Mr. Elmer A Strong Current. Many who have gessoline yachts had the engines. taken out of them. Others whose boats were iu shape, ventured out into the' st,rentn, but with a current x unto; eg about 20 ladles CorrBoeoesaopapiaird':ing Secretary- Misslincy c an hour and large cakes of ice coming 'ilown, they could not make much Treasurer-Mr.Lesle Wasman. liendvva,y for fear of the boats getting Pianiet--lIaiss Ethel Bradshaw. either swamped or breken, . • Assistant -Miss Grace Walken r‘iVriltofc r.erretetknah,aaentknadsnbe house, leicalriies Auditors -Mr. McMurray ancl Miss bu Minnie Ker of tte flooded district, and everythina a below is uncler ,vsater. The family as stayingt,G.y npostuanirgs;aarry S haw. 0. G. Vanstone, and the captain of the Sal. vation Army, got a boat and endeav- ored to go out and rascee ()mack- shanks, but the current WAS 100 swift for them and they were obliged to come back to the shore after making severs,' atteisms in Gala manner. Constable George Phippen with sonie more dry land sai ors and a craft which was leaking badly, en- cleavoved to cross the watets, but the boat swung around and one of the party was thrown into the water. Those in the boat managed to get near a tree, and Mr. Phippen got a good * hold of it while his other comrades pulled the man in the water back into tbe boat.' BRUSSELS ALSO SUM:PI:IRS. Satiorday the village of Brussels experienced one of the severest floods in its history. About two o'clock 10 the afternoon the ice above the,Pryne dam commenced to move over and for three-quarters of an bour the river was the scene of a mass of moving ice. PreiVous to this two bridges in Mor- . ris, known as the Martin and 'Clegg bridges, were carrion away. The Pryne dam, which had been repaired last summer, gave away in the centre, The floodgates were carried away, and the Mutate was partly damaged. Tbe , ground floor of the engindroom anti also the dling room of Wood's woolle irr mills were also coms pletely filled. Dyes, 'tow, etc., were amaged. the loss being estimat- ed be ween five and seven hundred doll re, The electric light plant, west of tile bridge, had its coal swept away ' aria" the side torn out of its frame shed. larttown was in darkness on Sata nr ay, Sunday and Monclaynighte. Bad Fiend •at Ingham,' Wingham, April &-The worst flood in 50 years is now at its height here, and the Maitland, always a good-sized stream, is new over its banks in all clirections, No less than six bridges have been swept away between Wing hare and Wroxeter, and three dams at Gerrie. Teeswater and Wroxeter were badly damaged.,. The loss to farmers in the shape of drowned cattle, stock spoiled by water, and buildings dam- aged, will be heavy, It is stated today that 3100,000 is a • conservative ernis mate of the lose. John Loalcridge, a teat:rent of Lower Wingharn, who some weeks'ago had both feet and legs frozen, was lying helpless at his home. Before anybody in the excitement that prevailed thought of him, the water had sur- rounded the house, and before people reached him in a boat, the water' had risen to the mattress of the bed. Lock - ridge was badly frightened both by the ehock of the flood and from fear cif being drowned. a" Unsafe for Trains, About 8 o'clock on Saturday after- noon the ice started to move from Upper VVingloam.9 and began to jam against bridges. The U. Ia. R. bridge had two piles torn away, making it unsafe for the traine to cease, The trains nowetop at the crossroad on the "B" line about a inile out, and boss go and take the passengers to and