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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1891-06-05, Page 1LY 29t. isat ,OODS. 'LRRIVALS 1ODS ) SELECT FROK, NNETS, and, EN'S SAILORS. iXS and TERPROOF CIRCULARS ERY- and gRROIDERIEK OCADES and, ,ZED IJRESS GOODS.. Paul, RTTh vere received front ,epayera asking that prohibiting stock go be not paused. motion was passed r,11 the interests of , in the generallin- • that the lay -late - law was according. rk was instructed O be published in iive weeks- in TRE it will not come st January, 1892. • ratepayers of Eg- lefore the Council, Ie opened for the of the people of prity-reeve Weber ine the matter and then adjourned to L on the 23rd .of B.—The by-law xt. week. &extra. ter. r. and Mrs. H. L. thfa Place, - but at :iirsonburg, spent a ug of the week in :f Mrs. Billings' • Oke.—Mr. R. FolIand spent lehell.—Several of nity visited St. st to witness the sadly disappoint - at. come off. EXe- i Orl a par as far al concern ec1,—M rs. week visiting her agton, at Blyth.--e- of thia place spent ne taking part in celebration. They • dissatisfied and yen a very cool re - )f the Forest City lot even welcome w to assist them in -Mrs. Jane &nide re in London visit - Amelia Cudmore f the week in the a Mrs. S. Bucking - few days in St. ✓ villagers secured. t the Sauble on, S. _Redden and visiting in Stephea ee weeks, returned aing last.—A large eera took in the na _Monday last.— with men, women, irey angling for the f them returning, eith large strings, a number visited day !at and decor- eir relatives and „match took place - Monday for thei which was won pis in, succession by, Was shot for by and Mr. A. J. each, Handler& HI out of 15 each. retain* the medal man gets it.—This- t of the finest half triet, and a Urge, heir horses ofl it iklayeris are busy iork of Mr. Jurist use near the San - rhos. Heitman of' clegrara on Satur- pleating them tor 'ace to look after lex. McInnes, Mrs.. t died there very above mentioned Ale deceased was' lawn in and around in the fruit test mat, The relatives. the sympathy of eir sad afflietion.--- ling, of St. Marys, week buying oat' this place. --M1. a been ill of late. -- is being pat in ▪ Duncan Nevins, - a few days in Mark M an, of this Ploai on Friday evea- et of his buggy 014 - hie horse pass Wt' irse got its head es line in the yard, ned it ran await- gy to pieces and TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER 1,225. BOY'S CLOTHING.. You should look through or Fine Assortment of BOYS' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, Almost all styles aro there and nearly every price as well. Suits from $1 up. You can save money with us. Call and see for yourselves. Edward M'Fau I, SEA FORTH. Perth Items. —Mr. John Dore, station agent at Mitchell, has purchased a fine driving mare from Mr. Henry Jamas. The rice peid ivas $130. —Burglars broke into Hergotte brew- ery, in Stratford, on Saturday evening last, and stole a silver watch, valued at $15.00, 25 cents and a coat. —Mrs. Hannen, an old and much respeoted resident of Mitchell, died on Sunday morning, 24th ult., in her 72nd year. She was a native of klagistown, county Wicklow, Ireland.. —Mrs. Joseph Draper, of Sebring- ville, died on the 21st ult., of e com- plication of diseases brought on by la grippe. She leaves behind her a hue - band bull no children. The deceased lady was much esteemed by her neigh- bors, as she possessed in a high degree, thosequalities that win the affections of associates. —On Wednesday of last week the Presbytery of Stratford inducted two miaisters to charges within their bounds. Rev. Mr. Drumm, formerly of George- town, was inducted at Aeonton to the united charge of Avon -ton and Carling- ford. Rev. Mr. Cosgrove was ordain- ed and -inducted at St. Marys to the charge of the First Church. Both ser- vices were attended by very large con- gregations. —At midday on Friday, 22nd ult., fire broke out in the old IL Sawyer residence, in Mitchell, riOw owned by Mr. W. G. Murphy, and occupied for the past year by Mr. D. Hughey. The fire started in the roof of the back kitchen from a defective' stovepipe, and in a very few minutes the whole place was ablaze. Mrs. Hughey was up- stairs, and before she was aware of the fire the house was so fil ed with smoke Viet entrance could scar ely- be made to any of the down stairs r oms. It hap- _ pened that every day erne repairs to the pumps were going on down at the waterworks, and it was about twenty- five minutes after the alarm was given before the pumps could be put together and set in motion. So thoroeghly did they do their work when once under way that the flames were drenched out in less than ten minutes. The whole in- side of the premises, however, were destroyed. Nearly all Mr. Hughey's clothing and $16 in cairn in a pair of his trousers' pockets was burned. Mrs. Hughey also loat nearly everything, in- cluding her wedding silverware and other valuable present- Very little of the furniture was saved, in fact, about all of Mr. and Mrs. Hughey's household possessions were swept away. The house was pretty well wrecked, but there was a email insurance on it. J. O. GILROY, C I 1\T '1' CD 1\T_ LADIES,—We make our bow to you, and in doing so -wish to talk for a little while with you about a Dress Goods," which in our store as much as anything else takes the lead. There's scarcely a kind we've not got that's worth the getting,and whether the taste is for Cheviots, Fa-ncy Tweeds, Cashraere,Debeiges, or one of the many other dress stuffs on these -counters we .please. The demand for the Henriettas of this store is more than remarkable. Assuredly they're attractive enough to captivate the desires of woman- kind anywhere. Texture and weave tell of quality at once, whilst there's no missing taste with scores of colors from which to select. Something else that's always a catching factor, has also caught here, the price. We start, these Henrietta' s at 28c a yard. The price is ridiculous, as you know the price in other stores—but this store does many ridiculous things in this way ; you're satisfied, that pleases us. In our department for Plack Goods we know what is -wanted by shoppers, and we have given special attention to buying :Black Dress Goods. It will pay you.to see us. J. C. GILROY, CLINTON, NOTES FROM HE QUEEN CIT. Our streetrailway place in the pUblic mi the air of mystery w put forvvard when gu tuture management is that Engineer Jenn commissioner and get The rumor e are elasti in cornplexion.l In t tenders arel allin, an urer's pockistie heavy the tenderer's good f cate is composed of It (late part lowher of monopoly),, Mr. Woo ter, and Mil. Everett, this trio theI4t nam City's witnesses in th tration, and should b able inside pointers to other is a s rong corn gentlemen. Their nal Nanning, qeorge A. W. R. Broc , IL P. ID Macpherson, John A Kerr, and S. If. Jame nine out of the 'Queen thing would befall! could well he termed energetic:- A Wanhi ,life's rough path unde Mr. Marmaduke, is al from appearances is no tistician hasjbeen tiger earnings during the fir operation, aid the tot is a good thing to own Toron I. OUR LOY1 L CELE' RATION. iiThe Queen's irthd y was celebrated in right royaI et le by th loyal citizens 3) of Toronto. lo day' b ight sun shone on 12,000 interested ape tators of the Jockey Club'races, ad n :3,000 more who jammed ' the gr: nd stand at the great match between t e ld'-time rivals in lacrosse, the Montr al rs and Toron- tos. Luck and good • la won the day for the local team i and ic •led those who saw this exhibition of he national game. At the races people w re hinking of the lacrosse mentediseomfi ur as playing to what they wrongfully pr sumed would be sithply benches—sreat was the jam. Everyone eeern d to be there, from Lord Stanley do n o the unfor- tunate young riar in ki gloves and insets who topic the ate -jump in an unthinking mement a a d woke to the occasion when he foun imself up to the middle in yellow w• ter, and the grand -stand on its eet laughing its loudest. Everyotte, b t is, is fully ac- quainted with ithe res Its. The Ontario Jockey Club has achi.vee its greatest Nut, June 1st, 1891. still occupying a d on account of ich the aldermen tioned as to its ne of the rumors gs isle run it as 10,000 as salary. and vary much e meantime the the City Trees- ith evidence of 'th. One syndi- . George K,iely Senator Smith's orth, of Roches - f Cleveland.' Of W&8 one of the late costly arbi- ble to give vain is frieuds. An- ination of local .es are, Alexander x, Hugh Ryan, ight, Sir D. L. Taylor, J. K. • Take this great ity and what a This syndicate he wealthy and ton man, roving the appellation, a tenderer, but in it. The ide- a out the road's t six days of civic 1 is $14,497. It a car system in success. 1 THE BRAVE D 'FE The young then to b se with the skin peeling o t foreheads in umfyinme inc tensive areas are our b ld who disported themsel es out of town foe over t Grenadiers left a good Woodstock, and the looking forward to a with the hosp table f lk The latter reg et tmenly lost the basebellg regulars frotri Unite Niagara. WHAT JAMAI A CA 0 FOR US. Adam Brown, Esq., t e great and only Canadian Commis ioijier at the Ja- maica Exhibition, orat d ast week be- fore the Board of Tra e ipon his pet theory of comm rcia p ssibilities. It has been demonst ated e actually that our flour will stan the climate in that far-off island, and havi g tasted of our land's richness, r. r wn says the people there are de an ing of their bakers that they buy fm Canadian mills. The cheese sen to the exhibi- tion was acknowledge t1 be the best ever in the island Li e hie the bacon. In fact Jamaica was he "Garden of Eden without the serp nt " whither we can send flour, bacon, c eeee, stoves, carriages,and the rest f the gamut; im- porting their coffee, aw sugars, and fruits by way of ret rn. The people themselves are awaken ng to the disad- vantage of buying lum �r, for instance, in the United States, high was grown in this land of forests. Me. Brown im- pressed upon the Boari, "n conclusion, the necessity of provid ng more ample steamship accommodation between this. country and that, toge hell with cheaper rates from this section to he seaboard. The Board of Trade is beg nning to take more interest, in thiii nater and may shortly take it up wit so a vigor. A SIGHT TO R ME IBERED. - Seven hundred chil re of the public schools united to give n i mense audi- ence unalloyed enjoyment on Saturday night. It was their flor 1 day, and caliathenic and vocal e -erc ses were en- tered into with spirit y the prettily - attired young ones. I wa a sight for sore eyes. The singin w e of excellent quality and, as is usua lo the - sehools over which the Tinned Inspector Hughes wi' rod, most of the num otic—aye, even to t teste. HE MAY CLIMB Bad as -the hole was, Hewitt contrived to t heavy load of real este lied, yet at the credit Tuesday, when a comp affairs was read, his saved him. An exten tirne to realize on some His friends think six him up the ladder ape DOWN ON D _ Young Mr: Kelso is bone of the Society for Cruelty to Aniirls, I have got him in o diiir ere of horseflesh, Mr. Dr. Campbell, a veell- before the magistrate t charge of docking a ho case was remanded. I young man will put a ot DERS. n about town eir noses and I though ex - soldier laddies under canvas holiday. , The e behind in n's Own are er encounter of Niagara. ne thing, having o the gray clad States Fort 1 Ids ere • ederationist, the birchen were patri- ueen's own GAIN. nto which Ald. mb e, with the e which he car- ete goo ion of h on CICI the he nd pute Kele now • an se's BUC oth meeting on tatement of reputation ill give him s properties. hs will see sinew and revention of is energies with own - summoned Veterinary, wer to the ail, but the essful, the rs through i -After' long agitation on the part of the New York press and public the true - tees of the Metropolitan Museums of Art have at last 'yielded to -popular de- mand by deciding to open the museum on Sundays. Accordingly, this great collection of art works, paintings, statuary, and ancient curiosities was yesterday opened for the &St time on Sunday, and was thronged with thous- ands of sight -seers, who perhaps would never have had an opportunity to visit it on weekdays. This is a very com- mendable move on the part of the mus- eum authorities, ane one that will not only be appreoiated by residents of the metropolis but also by those who may wish to visit us and whose time may be limited. For these, as well as for the great majority of the people, who are busily engaged six days of the week, the opening of the art treasures on Sun- days is a boon whose cost bears no re, lation to the benefit derived. Our city is poor enough in places of interest, in- struction, or recreation, but it ie rich enough in money, and the few extra dollars spent for Sunday openings will never be missed. , A HUMAN FISH. • A moat novel and interesting contest of skill and endurance took place here a few days ago, whith was nothing else than an attempt by one man to catch another who was swimming in a tank as if he itvere a fish. The fisherman was Mr. 9m. H. Cheseborough, an expert angler, while t he man who acted is the huma4 tarpon was Mr. F. J. Wells,who is wid ly known among amateur ath- letes4 a first class swimmer. A wager of a diner for a party of club men was made by Mr: Cheseborough, that he could -reel in Mr. Wells with an ordin- ary tarpon rod and line in thirty min- utes. ,Mr. 'Wells wore a leather harness about his head, and the line was fasten- ed to an eyelet at the tog. He was not &flowed to touch the line with his hands nor to touchythe aides or bottom of the tank. Thefisherman used all ohis arts to tire out the fish and land iiim, but withoet success. After an exciting contest of 28 minutes, the man -fish suc- ceeded inbreaking the line and thus won the 'wager. Be was still fresh, while the tieherman was exhausted. ' 6 g AMUSEMENTS AT HOME." The " lentograph " is the name of Edison ti 1 teat wonder,the•ains of which 1 _SEAFOR'01, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1891. their paces. At this date he is not the most popular man in town. A NEW BISHOP. Six years has the Reformed Episcopal Church of Canada bean without an official head. Bishop Wilson was the last one, and on his retiring through ape' Bishop Fellows, of the United States Church, took the reins of office. At the annual meeting of the synod On Monday, the Rev. T. W. Campbell, pastor of Christ Reformed Episcopal Church of this city, was elected the Canadian Bishop. The biehop-eIect is only thirty-four years old. He is a na- tive of Three Rivers, Quebec. New York Letter. (Regular Correspondence.) NEW YORK, June let, 1891. The great and determined contest be- tween employers and workmen in the building trades in this city has at last been brought to a close by a mutual agreement which is said to be favorable to both sides. This is very gratifying, as the boycott which the Timber Deal- ers' Association placed on lumber to be used in building was threatening to re- sult in a complete " tie-up " of all such work, During the latter part of the week this tie-up was 80 extensive that work was stopped on a very large number of buildings and hundreds of men were made idle. The boycott was caused by a strike againet one builder who refused to employ union men. In order to compel the unions to surrender, the Lumber Dealers' Association took up the fight for the builder and refused to sell lumber to any builder in the city. This had great effect and after a struggle of two weeks both sides have come to- gether and mutually agreed to stop hostilities, All the strikes have there- fore been declared off, the boycott is raised, and hereafter disputes will be settled, by arbitration. MORE CIVILIZATION. The bill providing for the appointment of Police Matrons at the station houses in this city having become a law, the proper anthorities are promptly taking steps to put it in operation. The first civil -service examination of tandidates for appointment to the new offices was therefore held last week, when about one hundred women presented them- selves and passed through the ordeal. Only ten or twelve will be appointed for the present, as there will only be that nurreber of station houses set apart for the incarceration of female prisoners. Heretofore these female prisoners have been subject to the same conditions as male prisoners, but they will now be in charge of the- matrons, who will also have the care of lost children. The matrons must be between 30 and 55 years of age, and the salary will be not more than $1,000 a year. A FINE TURNOUT. The annual parade of the Coaching Club took place on Saturday, and the magnificent turn -outs were admired by thousands of spectators, the most of whom-, it is fair to presume, were -too poor to drive coaches of their own. The nine coaches in line were driven by some of our wealthiest citizens, and their loade were macre up of a very se- lect set. On the same day another' noaching party enjoyed a trip which will lbe repeated three times a week all through the season. This party had but one coach, -the "Lakewood," which is owned by R. H. Macy & Co., and which will run from their store, in 14th street, to High bridge. Thie makes a delightful journey for those on top, and will no doubt attract a great deal of at- tention and; perhaps, custom for the promoters. OPEN ON SUNDAY. is to enable a man to sit in his own parlor land see reproduced on a screen the forrns of players in a distant theatre, and alai° to hear their voices at the same time. j The machine is a combination of phonograph, camera, and stereopti- con, bY which 46 photographs are shown each second, thus presenting,. apparent- ly, a cOntinuoue movement of the abtors and perfect reproduction of their voicesj, The principal mechanism for taking-1.0.nd reproducing the photographs consiets of a narrow film of gelatine, of great length, wound upon a spool. WhenIthe machine is set in motion this filen is unwound froin one spool, passeajbehind a lens, and is wound up hi movingstrip of gelatine . on alrapidly thea . The photographs are taken on t and efterwards reproduced by the stereoPtican. EDWIN 'ARLINGTON. i Canada. J The population of Winnipeg is placed at 26,000. —Oakville has voted to have the town lighted by electricity. —Ai Icelander national demonstra- tion vvill be held at Winnipeg on the 8th of June. ' —There were 28 failures in Canada last week, as compared with 14 for the corresponding period last year. —The Canadian Pacific Railway Com- pany a intend toltuild a new station at Fort William. —Sii Charles Tupper will attend the Internetional Postal Congress at Vienna as Canadian delegate. —Mt. Wm- Stewart, a blind law student, heads the list in the results of the final examination in connection with the Lear School of Ontario. I.—Fourteen Chinamen are said to have a uggled themselves into the United States ne night last week near A aterd tqwn, ¥ew York, from Canada. . I —M chael Griffin was crushed to d ath n Wednesday, last week, in the C nadi n Pie Foundry, Montreal. A c re b rrel, weighing 1,000 pounds, fell on him. I—The United States fishing schooner, J. D. Hopkins, was last week seized by the Catiadian cutter, La Canadienne, for fislhingl inside- the -limit at Fox Bay, Amheret. —The hop growera of Prince Edward and &list Northumberland have peti- tienedithe Government to increase the drity on imported hops to 15 cents per pleund Ito protect the native industry. ' —NI S. Eager, a young Englishman who went to Manitoba about three years Igo, has mysteriously disappear- ed. He is thought to have committed suicidej, —Tilvo three-storey buildings, in Sim• coe, dined by B. Cammel, and occupied by Ch rlealtitirlatt, grocer, and Wm. Johnsoln, billiard saloon'were burned on Tuesday, last week. Loss, $10,000; insurance, $6,000. '—The large stables in the rear of the Americlan hotel, on the Market Square, Berrie,were destroyed by fire Saturday' mornink. Three valuable horses. buggies and winter rugs were losal Loss, probably $3,000 ; no insurance. —The Toronto City Council has re- fused t� grant the Bell Company a five years' extension of the telephone mon- opoly of that city unless the telephone rentals are reduced to $25 for private houses end $35 for business places. —An unknown man was last Friday morning struck by the express near Napanee, hurled down an embankment end instantly killed. He was walking on the track, and, although the whistle was blown, he simply turned his head and did not step aside. —A colored man named Elijah Brown, aged 104 years, was evicted at Woodsiock the other day because he couldn1 pay $7 rent. His goods were thrown into the street. Then the old man wits charged with vagrancy and takento jail-, much against his will. . —Laiit Friday morning flames were seen issuing from the coal sheds of Coulsonj & Robinson, Niagara Falls. The firemen succeedeed in confining the flames to the coal sheds. The building and care were partially ,destroyed, en- tailing loss en coal of $16,000 The loss on building is $3,000. —A Syndicate has been formed with a capital of $200,000, who will run the rubber factory at Port Dalhousie, which has been idle for a number of years. They ant exemption from taxation for ten years and a bonus from the town, which hey will likely get. —Buffalo parties are said to have struck is gess well in Bertie township, Welland county, which yields 20,000,000 feet pet day. Several Buffalo manufac- turing firms are said to comtemplate removal to the Canadian side in order to get the cheap fuel and light. ---The building known as the " Chrys- tal Palece," on the grounds of the Nor- wich Agricultural Society, was burned to the ground Monday night, .25th ult. The lose is estimated at $1,000; insur- ance, $400. The fire is generally sup - pilled to have resulted from a fire- cracker — Murdock McDonald, a wealthy far- mer, Hying near Bothwell, died very suddenly at Windsor on Tuesday morn- ing, last week. He was atopping at Mrs. Cyrus Kenny's with his wife, who was undergoing an operation on her eyes. Early id the morning he took a glass of ice vvater, and this, it is supposed, caused his death. — The agent of the Dominion Marine and Fieries Department in Halifax last Friday received a message from St. Paul's island, which lies about half way between Cape Breton and Newfound- land,.stating that every man, woman and child, len the island, with the excep- tion of two men, were prostrated with a disease !resembling la grippe, and pray- ing that doctors and other aid be sent immediately: The department, acting on this 'Urgent request, had a tug de- spatched from Sydney, C. B., having on board &doctor and other, necessary aid. There are sbme 80 families on St. Paul's {McIJEAN BROS. Publishers. - , $1.50 a Year, In Advance. island. Thelofficials 'of the lighthouse and fog alai+ are tong those down with the disease. 'T is sickness is evi- dently the (mime as that afflicting the people of Newfoundl nd. A recent de- spatch stated that h ncireds of people were affected, that ik was particularly fatal and thet physicians were utterly un- able to attend to the victims. —Alfred Munger, one of the wealthi- est citizens of Harrow, Essex county, has gone violently insane and is in charge of the police officers. Mr. Mun- ger has undergone terrible sufferings from his head and iear1y loss of eye- sight, and the strain was too much for him. The other nig it he got hold of a knife, and ran all ov r that town chas- ing people. —A logging bee to'k place last week at the farm of Mr. Daniel Campbell, near Komoka, Mi lesex county, in which forty men an four teams took part: Sides were c sen, Duncan Mc- Gugan being captai for the Liberals, and D. McKellar for the Conservatives. The Liberals were v torious, and as a result of the unites labors fully fifty acres were cleared of stumps, logs, etc. --Robert McCormi k, who lived on the east half of lot 7, oncession 3, Mel- anethon, left Shelbur e for home about 8 o'clock Friday eve ing, accompanied by hia wife and two ehildren. Arriving home he went to peek the horse away. A few minutes later Ins wife looked out to see how he was geeing along and she found him lying on the ground wbere he had unhitched the horse. He only lived about an hour. - . —Mrs. Sarah Bo` nton, an elderly woman, who had ben visiting her daughter, Mrs. Time by Daly, 81 .Tom street, Hamilton, wale found dead in bed Tuesday morn' g of last week. Mrs. Boynton had ben suffering from a severe attack of the'eip, but had par - Melly recovered from it, and it was not thought that she weal seriously ill. Her death was owing to the effects of the malady on her heart.1 —The St. Catharines board of water commissioners claim to have discovered that the gas company of that city have tapped a main in the Iwaterworks system and have been using large quantities of water for which thehave not paid. r Proof of the charge s said to be con - elusive, and the weIter commissioners will make a there gh investigation. The penalty for tapp ng a main is $100 and $5 per day for t e time the alleged stealing has been goi g on. —A freight trai went through a trestle on the Canadi n Pacific at Revel- stoke 'Tuesday, 271h It, and 16 cars and the locomotive were urled to the bot- tom. Fireman Irving was killed out- right and engineer Morris had his leg broken. Breakmen .iamieson and Tenny were also iejured, the latter severely, being badlyralded. The un- fortunate men were hree hours under the wreckage before they could be re- leased. -The accidentwas caused by the trestle taking fire. -1 —Near Ilderton on1,Thursday night of ill last week, while tem orarily insane, a prosperous and much 1respected farmer - named Bobert Balmer attempted' suicide by cutting his throat. He came to Lon- don on Wednesday, and left for home on Thursday evening. He used his knife while in his bugey, and was found with his throat cut , by a man named Scott near Thomas taisley's gate. A doctor was called who dressed the wound. and the unfortunate man will I recover. —Miss Kate O'Brien, who resided on Young street, Hamilton, died very sud- denly Wednesday night, last week, 011 Mr, Van Bury's farm at Glanford. She had gone in company with eome friends to take part in a barn taking party, and declared as she left home that she never felt happier in her life. Shortly after arriving at Glanford ,the -poor girl fell forward on her face, and though at once picked up was dead and beyond all human help. Dr. Boyce wa sent for at once, and on arriving gav it as his opinion that death had resul ad from an over- flow of blood from th heart. =Mary Mawhinne , a prepossessing young woman of 1, arrived , in St. Catharines from Mild ay a few days ago to accept a positi n as domestic in the Welland house. n Tuesday Mr. Everson, an attache o the hotel, heard a heavy fall in rear of te building, and hastening to the spot found Mary Maw- hinney lying on theground moaning piteously, with both legs, an arm and several ribs broken. I The unfortunate young woman had been cleaning a win- dow 45 feet from the ground, had slip- ped on the moist wiedowsill, and had fallen the full diatanee, alighting on her feet. _ James silk, an einployee of Adam , Clark, steamfitter, o Hamilton, came to hie death in a t rrible manner 011 Tuesday morning, las week. Silk was employed with an ap rentice in repair- ing the bell at the W est avenue school, at a distance of 40 fee from the ground. He was occupied in tightening a nut, putting all his streng1h to it, when the wrench slipped and S lk fell backwards, alighting on his hea4 and shoulder on the grass below. Th , unfortunate inan was taken to the h vital, where he died within half an h Ur. His left arm was broken and the eide of his head crushed in. Silk was 'about 25 years old 1 and married. —A terrible accid nt happened in Rideali Lake, about even miles above Smith s Falls, on til eday, 25th ult., when Wm. Stitt, b rber ; Win. Gil- mour, book-keeper, and Charles Lock- wood, clerk, all prom eing young men, lost their lives. Thet had been spend- ing the holiday on th lake, and about 9.30 O'clock p. m. tbe three of them started for home fr m Oliver's ferry. They were in a light anoe, which it is supposed was not ca ble of carrying so great a load, and sank. Just how the unhappy accident happened will never be known. All the . knowledge their friende have is that they left the ferry about 9,30 o'clock, that the wind raised about the same time to quite a erde that it was very dark, and that they have not yet come to them. The canoe was found with her bow smashed in, and the hats and coats of two of the occupants were found floating on the water. Mr. Stitt leaves a wife and two children; the other two were unmarried and aged about 22 years each. —Cbief Justice A. A.Dorion, of Mon treed, died on Saturday evening. . —The estate of the late Senate, Leonard, of London, ia valued a $291,788.43. —James Havill, a deaf man, was rut down and killed on the Grand Trunk half a mile west of Paris, Sunday. —Joseph Bailey, 73" years old, tiho hadelived in Toronto for 60 years, die • denly -Saturday. evening. He ha ben drinking in the afternoon. Th fact that a bad bruise was discovered o Bailey's head behind the left ear has led to suspicion of foul play, —F. C. Borradaile, of Halifax,. ship ping clerk in the Londonderry Ito Company's rolling mill at Londonderry Nova Scotia, while standing on the rail way track in front of the mill talking t a fri ald was struck by a car that had bpj started down an incline by softie school boys and injured so severely internally that he died a few hour later, , —Word was received in Buffalo las week of a peculiar accident to A. F.E G•ammage, formerly High Court Sere tary of the Canadian order of Foresters It appears he was under medical treat ment in a Milwaukee hospital. The doctors agreed that an operation was necessary, but Gammage persistently opposed it. Force was resorted to, and in the struggle the patient's arm was broken in two placis. It is said he has instructed a lawyer to bring an action ageing& the doctors for the snug surd cf $15,000 damages. Gammage is well- known in Buffalo and•throughout West- ern Ontario. 1 —Agnes Dornowski, a married wo- man, for some months past housekeeper at the residence of Mr. W. IL Bowley, Crown Attorney, of Berlia, took sud- denly ill, and gradually grew worse nn - til Monday evening, last week, when she died. The body was duly interred on the following Wednesday afternoon. As several ugly rumors got afloat shott- ly after the burial that -death did not result from natural causes the body was Thuraday exhumed at the order of Coroner Webb, of Waterloo. A pest mortem examination was held,- follow- ed .by an inquest, the result of which was an adjournment and the sending of the stomach of deceased to Toronto for examination. —Fire broke out in Reaumeti barn, McGregor, about 4 o'clock p. m., on Wednesday of last week, and Reaume's store, dwelling and contents, barn and outbuildings were burned. Total los, $6,500; insurance, $4,100. Aubin's hotel was also burned, butthe furniture was saved. Loss, $2,500; insurance, $1,400. Higgin's grist and saw mill and • out buildings were burned, aleo some lumber and flour, total loss, $20,000; insurance $6,000. Levette's (lumber dealer) baro, two granaries, wood and bolts were also destroyed. Total loss, $1,500; no le- surance. Three Michigan Central cars were also burned. The fire is supposed to have originated through some boys setting off firecrackers. —John Thirsk, a carpenter, was killed on Wednesday of last week, while work- ing on the new Truth building in To- ronto. A large upright was being raised by means of a block and tackle to to the top of the uprights on the third storey. When about 10 feet from the ground the tackle slipped, and tho jar caused the beam to swing violently around, striking another beam and knocking it down. Thirsk had been standing within reach of the massive timber, and as soon as he saw it falling he tried to dodge it. He slipped and fell, and before he could get out of the way the beam struch his head, knocking his brains out. He went through the joists to the next floor, his right arni beiog thus broken. His death Waal pain - leas, and almost instantaneous. —A minister's participation in Church entertainment ii is generally limited to the position of chairman, but 011 Tuesday evening, last week, in si novel affair at Colborne -street Methce dist Church, at London, Methoiist pain tors monopolized the whole programme. They sang choruses, solos, duete, quartettes, and trios, recited and gave addresses like ordinary people, showing that their clerical duties did not inter- fere with a cultivation of musical abil- ity. A large audience thoroughly en- joyed the coocert. Those who exhibits ed their aceomplishments were: The Rev. Messrs, E. B. Lanceley (general manager), A. C. Courtice, J. W. Little, G. W. Henderson T. E. Harrison; George Boyd, W. McDonough, H. W. Crews (Siloam) William Quance (Brig - don), and G. W. Kirby (Woodstock). The company repeated the performance at the Askin -.street Methodist Church the followiug evening. —Major A. C. Webb, one of the fore- most land surveyors in the Dominion, died earlylast Friday morning at his reeidence at BrigtoWn after a short ill- ness. He was for years identified with our militia and attained to the rank of Major of the 40th battalion; and was en- titled a few years ago to rank as Colonel of his battalion, but on account of pro- fessional duties relinquished this in favor of Col. Rogers. He was an ex- aminer on both Dominion and Provin- cial boards of land surveyors, and has taken part in the Northwest surveys for- mally years, acting latterly as the Do- minion inspector of surveys for the Northwest Territories. He was only 50 years old, and leaves a wife and three, children, two eons- and a daughter, to mourn his early death. Major Webb was a Man about six feet in height and possessed a fine, military appearance, and until quite recently appeared to have hie accustomed health and strength. —Mr. V. Belanger, of the Public Works Department, Ottawa, had his feet terribly crushed at the Canadian Pacific Railway depot in that city last week. He was on the wrong train, but discovering his miatake, while the cars were in motion, jumped off. In doing so he stepped between the last carnind the platform, the wheels passing over both feet. —A serious fire took place in Mon- treal on Sunday morning. Messrs. Burnett & Co.'s wholesale clothing establishment took fire about 2 o'clock a. m., and before the firemen could control the flames, , fire and water had damaged property to the extent of $35,000 or $40,000. The building was damaged to the extent of $5,000, and is owned by W. F. Lighthall. —The mystery surrounding the dis- appearance of Daniel lilcClanaghan, the well-known Montreal 'hotel man'has- been cleared up by the finding of Ms body in the Lachine canal. The body was very much decomposed, Mr. Mc- Clanaghan disappeared May 8. He had at least $150 about hill-1mnd it is believed he was robbed and murelered. Only 85 cents as found_ in. deceased's pockets, and he had a bad bruise on the back of the head, evidently made with a blunt instrument. —Chas Bell, the 14 -year-old son of Ralph Bell, of 257 Niagara Street, To- ronto, suffered terrible injuries on the Grand Trunk track at the western cat- tle market on Saturday morning about 11 o'clock, which finally resulted in his death. With several companions the boy was engaged in the dangerous -pas- time of jumping on and off freight cars while they were being shunted in that vicinity. Just as he commenced to climb up a car the engine to which it was attached started, and the by, taken by surprise, fell on the track. The wheels passed over him cutting off his 1.eft leg and left arm, kis lungs could be seen and his brother, John 0-. Bell, had difficultyin keeping the boy's intes- tines in his body while assisting to carry him to the ambulance. The un- fortunate little fellow died about nine o'clock Saturday night. --John Taylor,of east Toronto, an old gentleman 90 years of age, a native of Scotland and well known throughout the township cf York, disappeared from the residence of John Keith, where he had been staying, on Sunday week. Strict search was instituted for him, but without avail until Monday night at 6 o'clock, when Constable Tidsbury of east Toronto Village discovered the body lying in what is known as Hearn's bush, about two miles from the village. The poor old man had evidently been dead for over a week. Beside the body - was found a bottle capable of holding three ounees- of laudanum, in which per- haps a fifth of the quantity remained. In one of the pockets was found a letter. written in a tremulous hand upon a sheet of note paper. The • letter was written in ink, but so irregular in form as to raise the belief that it had been penned in the dark. A cow belonging to Mr. Keyes, of Logan, gave birth to twin calves last weresidence of Mr. John 11.erd, _e.he of Stratford, had a narrow escape from_ destruction by fire on Friday afternoon, 22nd ult. As it was, considerable dam- age was done by the blaze. The fire was started by a stove pipe, which ran through the ceiling. The blaze had gained considerable headway before it was noticed, but the members of the family, with the kind assistance of several railroad men had the fire soon extinguished. —Mrs. Draper, wife of Mr. J. M. Draper, of the first concession of Dow- nie, who died on Thursday, 2Ist wr victim of influenza, which has acanuse the death of so many in re- cent months, She was attacked about a month ago with the disease, which de- veloped into inflammation of the lungs - two weeks prior to her death. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. Alva Trussler, of Camlachie, Lambton county, and her - marriage to Mr. Draper took place about six years ago. —The assessor for the city of Strat- ford has made his returns for this year, and a decided decrease is shown from that of last year. Value of personal property for 1890, $123,750 ; 1891, $118,125. Total of real and personal property and income taxable for 1890, $,868,855; 1891, $3,812,455. Total value of real property for 1890, $4,149,- 730 ; 1891, $4,064,780, Grand total of real and personal property and taxable income for 1890, $4,419,155 ; 1891, $4,313,555. Population for 1890, 9,- 892; 1891, 9,417, a decrease of 475, —Mrs. Benjamin Johnston, of Carth- age, has passed quietly away into that sleep from whence there is no waking. She was afflicted with a malignent tu- mor on the face for over six months. Her sufferings were most intense. Everything that medical aid could do was done for her by the doctors there. Then she was taken to the Toronto hos- pital—but all was in vain—the destroyer was after her, and claimed her as his victim at last. Mrs. Johnston was much respected by all who knew her, and a kind and affectionate mcther; She leaves a husband and two small children to mourn her loss. - --The Queen's Birthday was cele- brated in Royal style in Mitchell. A good programme of sports had been arranged, and was carried out to the fullest extent. The baseball match, for a silver cup, was won by Mitchell. The other athletic sports were all well con- teated. A concert was given in the evening, when a very large crowd was present and all enjoyed a rare musical treat. The weather being most favorable for the occasion, a vet), large crowd of people assembled in the town from far and near to witness the sports and spend. a pleasant day's outing. * w