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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-11-03, Page 1tb t93. :a state the L A splen - prices is at I make your .and varied goods: ry a &C. ermer years; r half a crop. ae a few days harvested in wheat was ince the late L. he 7th line, to Mr. Wm. We00. un- urchaaed an - the *fitle line, Lately owned els.—A good for the new r last. The and, another Thursday, of ace at Brown- , t to the sec- Gorrie, and [der and Mr. Chicago on Lie gone about epent Sunday rental roof.— day and our terse of the n ely of nutsto Long winter mile of pleas- . on Tuesday iege of Miss ars. Etue, of Mr. Joseph he ceremony Ian Catholic r much inter, rued by Rev. 6-5 given away toe, and was Miss Mary :remeny the. rutiful home 6 sumptuous repared. In - drove to the e they passed join with ivly married epy j curacy Falling of the ii reminds us ;tal life. A ne was in the :5 cold and and friends entise. Last ware of a se, but noth- the time ; proportions in, who pro- rhich might sation of the and worse at assietence t,,old render, Ii e'clock a. cl by a firm family but in Detroit. Inty in the 1840, and roved to the leceasecl had 21 he mar- ), with ten led,, are left inan of good iier all who f the Romanying ground (en Tuesday extend our ved wife and his seal rest X. DeIgaty were the last Sat - els is going house this kerernith, is ris village.— at eke reel - y last. The rimed of Mr. a visit from elthoagh be not thought ay, when he medical aid rs old, and a Sperts from r, trying tc .:ese has not Crawford tablin, shot -Miss Lucy , Mrs. John ration ArrnY er last Sone delivered a jog without veci in per - e1 he liked , TWENTY-SIXTli YRAR' WHOLE NUMBER, 1,351. .1' 1\T= Let the cold winds find your body pro- tected only by Summer, Clothing—it means rheumatism if iybu do. Get into warm and comfortable Underwear as quickly as possible. iyVe've a stock_ of Underwear such as you might ex- pect to see in a store of our preten_ dons. Men's 'Grey Union Shirts and Draw- ers, 50e. Men's Algoma Shirts and Drawers, 65c. Men's All -Wool, extra heavy, 75c to $1.00. Men's Natural Arctic, $1.25. Men's Natural Wool, $1,50 to $2.00. Men's Worsted Wool, $2.26 to 32.50. - Large and small men have equal surety of obtaining their proper size.= a thing you sometimes find hard to get. We carry all sizes in Shirts and Draw- ers—from 34 to 16. Have you tried our Llama Wool OY Black Cashmere Hose at 35c pair —they equal the '50c goodt, and are seamless, with double heels and toes. They are a snap; you will profit by trying them—sizes, K.- to 11. Fancy Top Shirts, Men's Cardigan Jackets, die. JACKSON THE FAMOUS CLOTHIERS, SEAFORTIL THE GREAT SHOW AT THE WINDY CITY. CHICAGO, October 30th, 1893 These last ripe, fullfielown nights of the dying Fair are being celebrated on Midway Plaiaanoe with a zest and vim which lay all past efforts in the shade. Every night this chaotic highway presenta a moonlight - glinted, panoramic- carnival with ever - deluging scenes and actors. In the early hours of the evening prim old ladies, children, dignified men, with spats, family caravans and timid young men and maidens form the predominating element. Roller -chair boys, catalogue ven- dors and the myriads of. all conditions of fakirs ply their vocation. As night ad- vances, however,these classes gradually dis- perse until as midnight approaches a com- plete transformation is effected. The inter- national business mart of the day has be- come the play ground ° of revelers. A spirit born of the knowledge that only a few more nights remain in which to explore this weird penin- sula which reaches out from the Fair—this international Bohemian strip that has been the scene of such hilarious enjoyment in the last six months and which will be spirited away in so short a time, urges and impels the crowd of night -birds who flock there to frolic fast and furious. The dancing thea- tres, concert halls and drinking cafes empty themselves into the street, but no one seems inclined to go home, The tom-toms are silenced, but other sounds take their place —the sounds of noisy carnival. As for the revelry, it might without exaggeration be called riotous, but it is not particularly wicked and certainly not vicious. It is an out -doer orgie without the element of sin. If a nicely -dressed young woman chooses to walk dciwn naidt*ay at 11.45 p. m. blow- ing a horrid reed instrument or crying "Hot ! hot ! hot !" no one objects or inter- feres,and should any one be so imprudent as to presume upon the facts he would be call- ed to aecount by a unanimous motion. The night air hue'analcoholic whiff to it, but a really -intoxicated person is rarely seen. These night crowds are strange and unique. They came with-, the giddy Midway—and will vanish with it, An Anglo-Saxon of- ficiates'but his friends from Calcutta, Vi- enna, Khartoum, Conetentineple, Paris, Solo, Lapland and the Standing Rock Agency make desperate efforts to follow his swift and rather uncertain gait, A few nights ago, four well-dressed, port- ly business men from the East—a fringe from Manhattan day—marehed arm -in -arm up Midway, past the Ferris wheel, all sing- ing The Bowery " at the top of their lusty voices.. Their erratic career was brought to a sudden full stop by bumping face to face against _three white -gowned and gloomy warrior i from Algeria. "Hello, partner, said one of the portly men geniatly, clap- ping his Algerian friend on the shoulder. The dark man with the hood simply grins. Last June he would have fought, but he is learning how to be sociable. " Where are you by goin'?" asked one of the four—a man with a shiny silk tile set cross -wise on his head. The Algerians did not under- stand. " Let's go have a drink," said he of the silk tile, The dark faces of the war- riors brighten up and all seven start up the roadway in search of liquid refseshment. On the way they meet a line of college student e who make night hideous with yells of "Rah, rah, rah, zip, boom, rah." Next comes a swarthy Egyptian upon whose arm hangs a young woman with fluffy blonde hair, Two young women follow blowing fiendieh instruments which inflate like a bologna sausage -and then collapse in a blood -curdling wail. Suddenly they see in front of them a blocky little man from Java, who is attired in a plaid turban, a blue coat and calico skirt. Before he knows what has happened they have captured him, one at each arm, and are marching him away. He laughs bashfully, but submits. A dozen young men follow, singing in a delirious, tangled chorus, " Ta-ra-ra Boom - one of the number imitating the Lottie Collins dance, to the intense delight of the others—who wouldn't have' enjoyed it half so much had it happened earlier in the everting. At this jigictUre one of the party proposed going home, but was ans- wered by a shout of protest. "We never sawtanything like this before, and we'll never see it again'and we'll enjoy it while we can. No sir -se! we don't •go home," said the spokesman of the party, and he had expressed to the letter the spirit and feeling which actuate the- crowds that may be seen on Midway until the wee sma' hours of these gloriously moon -lighted fare- well nights at the Fair. SPOILING A BLACK PRINCE. Far back in the Street of Cairo, on Mid- SEAFORTIt FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1893, way Plaisance, where the camels sleep amid ed by a spectacular re roduetien of the the "18 -months -old Soudanese baby" dances —who has been 18 months old ever since the Fair opened (reminding one of a theatricel prodigy who when asked how old she wad, replied : " My, stage age is 5, but I have little twin brother who is 8 " )—a strikin scene was witnessed ono October day. " Here lived at that time Mohammed Ali the prince of the :Nubians. Beside him in the Nubian hut stood Mrs. Potter Palmeri, forming a wonderful study. Mohammed Ali was the must beautiful creature in the Exposition—a boy 19 years old, with tall straight, lithe. figure, regal bearing and the most beautiful face that could be imagined The profile was one Cleopatra might have envied, lips of the most exquisite shape, perfect teeth and a finely -poised head cov- ered with a thousand little ebon ringlets. He looked like a beautiful bronze statue. Mrs. Palmer, standing beside him in all 'the grace and beauty of cultured woman- hood, looked like the silver moon breaking I upon an Afrio night. They stood at the op- posite poles of beauty. She Was white and i he as black.. She had everything; and he hd nothing. She was a work of art and he child of nature. Shea queen of civiliza- tion, he a prince of savagery. Standing thus they formed one of the many odd, striking little pictures that will forever cluster around memories of the Exposition. Mohammed Ali has gone away now—and for a very sad cause. His relatives and fol- lowers and, in fact, the whole band has gone because they found that civilization was debauching their hero. In answer to an inquiry as to the wherefore of the de- parture of the Nubians, the leader said : "He is our prince. He will one day be our ruler. We came thinking a sight of the great world would be an education and pet - ter fit him to sit in judgment over us. We are poor and had to come this way. But he is learning too much to drink, to smoke, to' be coarse—he is acquiring only the vices of civilization,and we must take him away. In Africa he may forget." Mohammed wore a toga—and but little• else—of white cheesecloth and when he went away he bought a high collar and a pair of pointed russet shoes. In fancy, one gala see the divine creature in a tropic night, stretched naked upon a leopard skin; lions roaring in the distance; a hundred wives crouch while he drinks from a calabash; and on a little bracket at his head are two objects labeled, "Instruments of torture among the civilized savages of America "—a pair of pointed russet shoes and a high ONTARIO KEEPS TO THE FRONT. The hist award of merit in the live stock department, if not in the .whole World's Fair, made by jurors, was won by an exhib- itor from Ontario in the fat sheep competi- tion. Mr., John Rutherford, of Roseville, Waterloo county, is the lucky man. Mr. Rutherford's flock of 42 sheep, besides car- rying off three-fourths of the prize money, amounting to $662, has won the silver cup, valued at $100, and the honor of the grand sweepstakes for the best. fat sheep of any breed. Ontario horses in standard breeds and thoroughbreds won $2,275 and the gold medal. Poultry;which also is from Ontario! won $2,500, and no less than $1,050- worth was sold and 'shipped yesterday to South Americans. The following are the prizes secured by Mr. Rutherford for fat sheep; In Cotswolds—Wether,2 years old or over, 1st and 2nd premiums ; wether, 1 year old and under 2, 2nd pretniurn ; wether, un- der 1 year, 2nd premium; sweepstakes, competition limited to let premium animals in this class, let premium. ' In Leicesters--Wether, 2 - years old or over, let and 2nd ; wether, 1 year old and under 2, let and 2nd; wether, under 1 year, lit and 2nd; wether, cross -bred or grade, any age let and 2nd; class sweep; stakes, competition limited to let premium animals in this class. Ist,2nd, 3rd arid 4th. In Lincolns—Wether, 2 years old or over, let and 2nd; wether, 1 year old and under 2, let ; wether, nnder 1 year, let; wether, cross -bred or, grade, any age, let 'and 2nd; class sweepstakes'competition limited to let preinium animals in this class, 1st. ' • Ontario manufacturers secured awards for the following exhibits : Newland & Co., Galt, eloakings and imitation buffalo robes; Toronto Carpet Manufacturing Company, Toronto, Ingrain and Axminster carpets. ONTARIO APPLES FOR THE SOUTH. The Ontario Fruit Show is still one of the sensations of the Columbian World's Fair. Mr. John W.Clark, manager of the Georgia State Fair, held at Augusta, and lasting for one month—from November 14 to December 14—was so pleased with and interested in the magnificent display of apples made by Ontario orchardists ES to request that a Ire - presentative collection be furnished himifor exhibiting to the hundreds of thousandsi of Southerners who attend the Georgia Fair. New York has hitherto been the purchasing port for the South of apples from the North, but Mr. Clark is now opening up direct communications with Ontario growers, SHE SAT IN THE CHAIR. A half hour before the doors of the An- thropological Buildings were thrown open on Saturday morningda timid -looking little woman waited at ths0Tweetern entrance to the structure. When'fat last the guard opened the doors she crowded past him and, with eyes flashing with expectancy, made her way to the north side of the building, where a chair of heavy oaken bocirde stood. Strong straps hung from the framework- of the chair, and a leather -covered cushion formed the protest. Two curious cup -like appliances of rubber hung from the back, in which were two small sponges. It was the chair in which William Kemmler, the Buffalo murderer, was electrocuted. Without a second's hesitation the woman took hold of the heavy arms and leisnrely seated herself in the chair. Then she loeked around the building from this point of van- tage in a self-satisfied, complacent manner. She sat there several minutes, and then stepped from her ghastly seat. "You are sure that's the original Kemmler chair ?" she asked of an employee of the Bureau of Charities and Corrections. He nodded in reply. " Then I've sat in it !" she exclaim- ed triumphantly, And this woman who would probably have fainted at the sight of a mouse hur- ried away to examine a two -cell cage made wholly of hardened steel, which is warrant- ed to resist all attempts to escape made by prisoners. THE BEGINNING OF THE ENDING, The last week of the Fair is being marked by a large attendance. People seem to have come to a realizing sense that it is now or never. They go early and stay late.. They no longer stroll around in the leisurely way which characterized the summer visitors, but throw a vim and energy into their sight-seeing which shows a determination to make the most of the few remaining days. Saturday was devoted-: to a re -union of cities at the Fair. Monday will be Colum- bus day and will close the Exposition. It was proposed to formally close the Fair at noon Tuesday, October 31—it was opened at noon—but it was found impracticable. The closing day programme Will be mark - landing of Columbus. This scene will be enacted on, the lake front with the caravels anchored off shore. At sunset all the flags on all the buildings will be furled—the sig- nal that the Fair is closed, just as the flying of the flags was the signal on May let that the Exposition was formally opened. The ground and buildings will be kept open un- til midnight, October 30th, and some in- formal exercises Will be held the fol- lowing morning. Orders will be issued within a day or two commanditig the mechanical department to shut down all of the machinery of the power plant October 31st, and to run nothing after that day except the dynamos and pumps necessary to furnish light and power to the construction and operating departments. This will be done because, it is said, there is no method of collecting for light or power furnished exhibitors atter the close of the Fair. Prang are being discussed for the contin- uance of Midway Plaisanoe until December 1st, but no definite ' conclusion has been reached in the matter. It would seem like outright cruelty to keep the shivering, thin- ly -clad oriental contingent in this climate after the close of the Fair. They actually suffer with the cold these crisp, sunny days I —they would probably collapse if a genuine Lake Michigan :MOW squall, such as Chicago lis frequently favored with at this season of ithe year, were to strike them. CROWDS STILL. The paid attendance' on Manhattan day was 298,928. The paid attendance last §unday was 138,011, which was a Sundax iecord-breaker ; 321,987 children visited the Pair last week. FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL. The great Fair was officially closed on londay night. Financially, it has been a euccess. After every debt has been paid, there will remain at least $1,000,000, and Perhaps more, to be distributed among the stockholders. From the time of its organ- ation up to Monday morning, the Exposi- t on company paid out $30,558,849.01, or three times the amount the managers ex- pected to spend when they commenced b ilding the Fair. The gate receipts dur- i g the Exposition period proper were little o'er $10,000,000, but the collections from c ncessionaires have footed up to over $4,000,000. On the whole, the Directors de- elkre the Fair a grand financial success. INOTES FROM THE QUEEN CITY. , - TORONTO, October 30, 1893. THE 'TICK -REGAL PARTY. he Earl of Aberdeen came to town one da laet week, amidst flying -bunting and the clamor of brass bands. The guard of ho go the or was composed of infantry and dra- m] from the Old Fort. Since that event re has been a whole round of dinners and receptions. The most brilliant of all was the( civic welcome in the Horticultural Pa- vilion, which will long be remembered by - those fortunate enough to have tickets of ad pre the fro ission. The new Governor-General was ented With addresses from the city,from Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, the &etch societies and from St. cleoege's. The vice -regal party went to Ha ilton for Thursday. Friday they re turz4ed to visit the city hospitals and receive the Iforonto Veterans at Government House. Another public reception was down for Sat- urday at the Parliament Buildings. ' A WATER FRONT PARK. Nnt one dissenting voice has been heard front the citizens against Surveyor Sankey's proposal to have a 4i acre park on the water front, but the Aldermen are offering plenty of opposition, and the Square stands in very great danger of existing on paper alone. It is- astonishing that any reasons whatever can be entertained for neglecting the oppor. tunitiee afforded by the present ' re-arrange. mentslong the esplanade. In this connec- tion tihe reported correspondence between the cly and the University authorities rela- tive t the acquisition of the old Upper Cana a College grounds in King street, di• rectly north of the new Union station, is de- cidedl, interesting news. For a ten years' occup ncy of the college grounds rental is asked of 3 per cent, of the assessed value of $376,0 0—a very grand price for park lands. Mayo Fleming is engineering the deal at presets , and is said to have the old and original big hotel in hie mind's eye in con• nectiod with it. So far, he has not harken- ed to i numerous questioners, and there is some chriosity as to what possible interest the corlporation, as such, can have in the hotel s•heme. If the purpose is to utilize the col ege grounds as a park proper, the general opinion is that the game is not worth the canIdle. •ittE MUCH COMMISSION. Last veek the Royal Commission on Pro- hibition, started taking evidence in loronto. The me h t ere present were Sir Joseph Hick- son, Ju ge Macdonald, E. F. Clarke, M. P. P,, and r. G. A. Gigault. The brewers and distillers were looked after by the geni- al LouiteP. Kribbs, so well known in I ()- rout°, While the -temperance brethren were represented by Elgin Schoff, Q. C. So far the evidence has gone to show that nothing in the world is so difficult to get at as the truth about prohibition. The Commissioners will hava herculean job of it when they come to e trial balance. 1 THE ABATTOIR SCHEME, , In a letter to the Mayor Alderman Hal- lam has outlined his abattoir scheme. The company will want cheap water, low taxes and a sit4 accessible to the railways. If the corporati, n sees fit to grant this aid the pro- moters will proceed at once, They intend to slaughter cattle, pigs and sheep, and will need the latest machinery. The two rail- ways have promised to give Alderman Hal- lam all the help in their power to develop the business. A,' CANNING ESTABLISHMENT. W. Bohlter & Sons, of Picton, Ontario, have written the Mayor es to what conces- sions the city will make should they estab- lish a large fruit canning establishment in Toronto. j They prefer to locate here as it is central to all Ontario fruit growing sections. The firm would employ 200 hands, and Mr. Boul ter is already negotiating for a lease of the Esplanade property. AN OARSMAN'S MONUMENT. Up in St. Michael's Cemetery a large and handsome monument has been erected over the grave of William O'Cowner who died At:n be champion oarsman of Aavies:. Carved in l'elief ion the stone are a shell, sculls and a horse -Shoe, and around these a wreath of laurel. The memorial is one of the finest in the cemetery and attracts 'much attention from visitors. ' A COSTLY SETTLEMENT. When the site of the new Union station was fixed upon it was found that there was a disagreement between the parties interest- ed as tot the cost of the land. In the old days suCh a disagreement would have been ventilated in the law courts, which are pro- verbially slow. At any rate the cost would have been less; and, as far as the city is concerned, the aldermen should take a les- son from this quibble over 124 feet of land. The award to Messrs. McMurray, Petrie & Fuller is put at $8,000, but the cost of ar- riving at this conclusion is exactly $3,060. Old fashioned law ought to be good enough for civic) squabbles after this. SIR DAVID'S GIFT. Sir David MaoPherson's gift to the city of his $3,000 collection of palms and plants was made the occasion of a very pleasant function on Friday. The Lieutenant -Gov- ernor and Mrs. Kirkpatrick and many of Toronto's best.ami fairest met at the con. eervatories in.; answer to invitations, and Mayor Fleming and an Aldermanic delega- tion represented the citizens. Sir David 'said he had been 30 years in making the collection, and wished it now to become the nucleus of plants for a public winter gar- den to be' built here. Sir David and his wife leave shortly to winter on the ,Medi- terranean. ASSESSMENT APPEALS. There is an increase of 158 in the appeals against the assessment of property in 1893 over last year. Outside property -owners have sent in fewer appeals than formerly, which is taken as evidence that central own- ers are feeling the exodus to the 'outlying districts'due, no doubt, to the opportunities afforded quick trolley service. THE BREACH HEALED. • The Young Conservatives held their last meeting with two presidents, and the Gil- bertian element im the society's affairs tend- ed to make things wear the same stormy look as at the previous meeting. It certain- ly looked as if a dplit in the ranks was in- evitable, as fully one-balf refused to admit thatJohn A. Ferguson had been legally elected. Finally each faction appointed re- presentatives, who disappeared, taking the destiny of the club La their keeping. The committee returned with an entirely new set of officers for the current year, causing the greatest surprise to the many who deem- ed the breach too' wide for healing. The schedule was approved of by the meeting. Mr. Ferguson drops down to his level as first vice-president, while the chief office fell to the lot of W. D. McPherson. Mr. Kane, Ferguson's rival for the presidency in the first instance, now holds the second vice., presidency, and through the youthful camp, so lately the scene a tumult, reign content- ment and quietude. A HARD FAMILY. The body of Patrick Shearin, the burglar who was shot at Port Dalhousie, was brought to Toronto -on the steamer Lakeside on Friday. The body was inclosed in a plain pine box. Both the -mother and sister of the dead num were on board the Lake- side. The boat was met by Sergeant Re - burn and Detective Davis, who immediately tot* the women to Inspector Stark's office, where they were examined. The younger woman is a resident of Toronto, and is well known to the police. At present she is _ go- ing by the name of Mrs. Ellis. She has two aliases; Murphy and Massey. She has been brought up inj the Police Court numerous times for bein drunk. The story told by Mrs. Shearin, he man's Mother, is to the effect that he , son left home on Monday, October 16th, with the intention of visiting his brother James at Walkerton, That is the last she sew of him alive. She said he had served one term in the Kingston Peni- tentiary under the name of John Henry. He was liberated in March. Since that tinie up to the Monday before leaviog home, he had,; worked around the house. Both mother and sister declared'that they had not the faintest idea as to who the two men can be who were with Shearin. The inspec- tor then tried to get them to tell why Shear - in had served time at Kingston, hoping to trace the men that way, but they said they did not know. It is thought, however, t at they do not want to tell, The detecti es are of the opinion that Shearin came to ,To- ronto on Monday and remained here Until Friday, in the meantime picking up the two men who accompanied him to Oshawa. ,New developments' may turn up at any time. The body was sent to Oshawa on the three o'clock train, Mrs. Shearin accompanying it. A TORONTO ASSIGNMENT. C. M. Taylor & Co., publishers, Front street, have made an assignment. It is not likely the estate will pay more than e. few cents on the dollar. The total liabilities amount to $88,830,97, while the assets are only $36,896,33. The claims of the Cana- dian creditors aggregate $29,257, of the Am- erican's $26,308, and of the foreign, $13,- 763. Putting it Straight. - DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Your correspondent, Observer," in last week's issue, while Os- tensibly describing a trip to the World's Fair, gets in a sly lick for protection. He says, in speaking of the Chilled Tlow Works at South Bend, Indiana :—" In 1877, if I remember rightly, about $1,400 worth of these plows were sold in Seaforth, to sur- rounding farmers, and that money, with the exception of the agents' fees, went to sup- port the mechanics of South lend, Indiana, but the next year the duty was put on, which shut them out, and, as a consequence, a factory was started in Seaforth, which, later was moved to Toronto," A great deal more is implied in this than is absolutely put in black and white, but I would have paid no attention to itwere it not a fair sample of what is being put before our peo- ple every day as argument in favor of a pro- tective tariff. It is an indefinite statement in support of an unworkable theory. It is plainly implied that the placing of the duty on chilled plows brought about what a lot of people believed it would, but this is .not the case. About the time your corres- pondent mentions, the chilled plows became so popular that many manufacturer i started to make them in Canada, but up to the time the duty was put on, their output were not able to compete with the American plow because of its inferior make and finish. Then the duty was put on, and the farmers were forced to pay a higher price for the inferior Canadian article than they had paid before for the American plow, and the re- sult was that they soon stopped buying them, and every firm which handled these plows or made them,- lost money on them. A factory was started at Seaforth, was a failure from the first, and was moved to Goderich, where it soon drifted into the hands of creditors, *be were obliged to sell the immense stock of plows on hand for what they would bring, and they brought mighty little. So, instead of. bringing money and prosperity to the country, the imposing of the duty, in this case at least, brought only loss and disappointment. I will not trespass on, your valuable space to show how it has done the same thing in other lines, but will simply state that there is scarcely a town in Ontario that has not at least one idle factory or industrial estab- lishment which protection was to have kept booming. ANOTHER OBSERVER. —Laboring men are reported very scarce around Trowbridge. Canada. —Wm. Condon, of Tweed, is said to be 105 years of age, and in fairly good health. —The foundation of the Workmen's Opera House in Guelph, will be built this fall. —Erieau, the summer resort at Rondeai, will be made a public park by the Ontario Government. -s-A private chapel is being built on Rid- eau Halll-grounds for the use of Lord Aber- deen and his household. =R., J. Hewtoo, baker' of Vancouver, B. C. died Friday of typhoidfever. He form- erly resided at Wiarton. • — A party of hunters from Toronto and iPeterboro killed a moose deer in Cardwell township recently, and Magistrate Wilson fined them $20 and costs. — Eighteen thousand dozen of eggs and five oars of fresh flail ,passed out of Canada at Ogdensburg during last week, bound for New York, • —Parliament Street, Toronto, Baptists out the salary of their pastor, Rev. Mr. Grant, from $1,200 to $800, and he re- signed. — Mr. J. C. Wilson, of Glenora, near Pic - ton, was awarded first prize and a gold med- al, on his little giant turbine water wheel at the World's Fair. —Fall wheat in the Haldimand district is growing beautifully, and the prospect for next season's crop is at present a good one. Farmers -are busy fall plowing. —The Winnipeg Women's Christian Tem- perance Union proposes prosecuting tobaca oonists who sell cigarettes to boys who are under age as it is against the law. — Ten age, of Moulton township, Hal- dimand county, were fined each, the other day, $5 and costs for tampering with milk sent to the Attercliffe cheese factory. —Miss Norah Clench, during her per. performance at Hamilton on Monday even- ing of last week,was presented with a hand- some brooch, the gift of the Canadian club of that city. —Companies are being formed to prospect and mine in the Rainy Lake region, and in the vicinity of the Lake of the Woods, whence come reports of rich finds of gold and silver. —Donald McIntyre, who lived in Lobo, died the other morning of blood poisoning. He had been shoveling gravel in a pit and had the skin knocked off the knuckles of his hand. From this blood poisoning set in; —The recent storms have caused mariners to agitate that a weather bureau be estab- lished in connection with the custom house, at Kingston, where full information of all predicted storms could be obtained. —The employer of a large threshing gang was held up by highwaymen near Emerson, Manitoba, on Saturday night, and relieved of $500, the money which he had drawn from the bank with which to pay the men. —Mr. Peter Redpath, of Montreal, has made an offer of a yearly donation of $5,000 for maintenance of the new library of Mc- Gill College, which was opened by the Gov- ernor-General on the 31st ult. - —The remains of the late Robert P. Col - grove, who was killed in the Battle Creek wreck, were privately interred in Mount Pleasant cemetery, London, on Friday. A brief religious service was held at the house. —While Mrs. Bayne, of Wet Luther, was, with other ladies, walking home from prayer -meeting, a lad named Jonetone drove into the party. Mrs. Bayne was knocked down and run over and had her spine injur- ed, She may not recover. —Mr. W, J. Sanderson, of,Campbellford, this season raised two bushels of potatoes, of the Early Blush variety, from a piece of ground in- his garden measuring 12x14 feet. Out of that quantity he picked 16 that weighed 16 pounds, —For a couple of days last week prairie -fires raged in the vieinity,of Cartwright and Holmfield, Manitoba, having been started by sparks from a locomotiire. Two children named Watson were caught by the flames and burned to death. — Duncan Campbell, of Rodney, Ontario, died at St. Luke's hospital, Chicago, on Fri- day, from injuries received at the Fair on October 18th, He attempted to leave a moving train on the intramural railway and was thrown to the ground. — Wednesday night, last week, while the Rev. Mr. Ford, of Windsor, was presiding at a meeting of the Christian Endeavor in the Methodist church, he was called away three times, and each time before he return- ed he had made is couple man and wife. —James Baxter, of Chiselhuret, England, who spent the summer of 1893 as a mining prospector in the Sudbury region and else- where in Ontario, says that amethysts -have been found in paying quantities in Sebasto- pol township, Renfrew county —The Board of Managers of the Central Presbyterian church, Hamilton have re- solved to fit up the basement of the church as a gymnasium and social club for the benefit of the young men of the congrega- tion. =Miss Ellie Cronan, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose funeral occurred on Saturday, left half of her wealth, $200,000, inherited from the estate of her brother, the late Daniel Cronan, to charities of various kinds and embracing different denominations.' —An unfortunate accident recently be - fel Mr. William Pringle, of Cairo's. The threshers had arrived and while they were in the act of drawing the separator into the barn the tongue of the wagon swung around and struck him on the leg, breaking one of the bones. — Ten years ago Mrs. Justus Miller, of Mount Elgin, then a young lady living with her father, J. W. Elliott, of Culloden, lost a plain gold ring in the garden, and a few days ago Mr. Elliott, while working iu the same place, found the -long lost article not much the worse for its burial. —The best collection of rare stamps in this country is owned by Mr. Paul Pequeg- mat, of Berlin. He has over 4,000 different stamps, all of which he has in a splendid album. He has also a stamp room at his residence, which contains 68•,000 stamps, pasted on the walls for paper. —Last Saturday a farmer from the White school house, Brantferd township, brought to Paris market a wagon load of the finest cauliflowers ever seen in that district. They were of enormous size and exceptionally firm, weighing all the way from 12 to 16 pounds. —Joseph Smith and J. 4. G-uiry, two of the British farmer delegates who were in Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, looking over the country, have returned to Ottawa. They express themselves as being well -pleased with the country. —Some weeks ago Ira Forsbee, a resident of the village of Florence, in the township of Zone, went to Chicago on an excursion, and after being in the Windy City a `couple of days he died. His friends had him cof- fined and put him in the baggage car, and wanted to send him home on the unused part of the ticket, The Wabash agent re- fused to accept it, stating that they must get a full corpse ticket. The friends of Forsbee pointed out that the ticket, on the face of it, was a contract to carry him. from McLEAN BROS., Ebtubliehers., $1.50 a Year in Advance. Thamesville to Chicago and back, with nothing said as to whether he was dead o alive. The corpse fare was paid under pro test, and n,ow the case is being tested in th courts. —S. Dawson'of Algoma, who was in Montreal on Saturday, said the silver in duetry of Ontario showed signs of revival All that was needed,esid he, was a settlemen of the silver question,and the removal -of the depression in the American steel and iron trade. —Mr. Seagram, of -Waterloo, now owns over one hundred thoroughbred horses, all of which are at home in the Waterloo stables, with the exception of thirteen yearlings and two -year-olds, which are in training in Toronto. —Benjamin Combes, of the Township of Warwick took a dose of Paris green'the other day with suicidal intent, from the ef- fects of which he died the same evening. All that medical aid could do was done without effect. He was quite despondent the day before, and sometimes would not answer when spoken to. —Mr. J. D. Milleraof Harriston,has been quietly collecting eggs the past season, and has done a large business in hen -fruit, hav- ing now over 10,000 dozen eggs pickled and stored, which have been taken in trade over the counter. This is exclusive of what have been sold to local customers and to the egg- buyers.- -Rev. Professor Clark, of Trinity Uni- versity; Hartley H. Dewart, Crown Attor- ney; and Hon. G. W. Rosa, Minister of Education, were examined by the Royal Commission on Saturday. Mi. Ross de- clared himself to be an out and out prohi- bitionist, but the two other witnesses did not favor prohibitory legislation. —A young man, Mr. Robert McMeekin, aged 17, was out deer hunting the other day in Glengarry, with two companions,and while crossing a shallow creek, dragged the gun after him. The trigger caught in a root and discharged the contents of the gun into his side. He lived for two hours, suffering great agony. —A few days ago, while Mr. John Tout, of Pine River, near Kincardine, was hauling the separator into the barn of Mr. James Hopkins, a plank on the approach being loose, his foot slipped under and the whole weight of the machine came on it. The big toe was crushed so that the nail had to be removed. —Dr. Edward W. McGuire, formerly of Guelph, died the other day in Toronto, sud- denly,of paralysis. The deceased gentleman graduated from Victoria University in 1860, and was registered as a practitioner in May, 1866. Until a few months ago when illness supervened, he was a much respected citizen of Guelph, and a valued phys;cian. —Miss Jane Young, daughter of Theo- dore Young, of Glanford township, near Hamilton, has instituted suit against Dr. Wallace 'Smuck, claiming $5,000 damages for breach of promise. Smuck was married to a Toronto girl a month ago and Miss Young claims he had been engagedeto her- self for two or three years, —On Thursday of Iasi week, Mrs. Scher- holz, mother-in-law of Mr. Henry Roth, of East Zorra, with whom she -resides, had the pleasure of celebrating, hale and hearty, the 87th anniversary of her birthday in presence of a large circle of friends who had gathered to congratulate her and to cheer her with many valuable and useful birthday presents. —While John McMurray was sapping shingle, bolts in the Baker Lumber Com- pany mill, at Gravenhuret, his assistant struck a beam overhead, which caused his axe to glance and cut McMurray's right arm at the wrist, severing the radial artery,from which he bled so profusely that he died in the doctor's office before_ the doctor had suc- ceeded in tying up the arteries. —George W. Gerrie, of West Garafraxa, met his death from a peculiar cause. On May 25th last, while carrying some, tree pruniogs from his orchardna thorn of a plum bush entered one of his legs at the side about two inches above the knee. From the effects of which he took to had a few days afterwards and he never left the house till carried out in hitt coffin on Wednes- day of last, week. —Col. Lazier, of Belleville, one of the owners of Barrie silver mine, says that the property will be opened at once, and its development commenced. $10,000 will put the property before the public, 'when it will realize a million dollars. A eading expert states that the formation is the same as the Leadville silver mine in Colorado and many others realizing millions of dollars annually to their owners. —Mr. M. C. Dickson, of the Grand Trunk Railway, Toronto, made a flying visit to Cherrybank farm'North Dumfries one day last week to see his aged father, Air. James H. Dickson'who was born near the Pent' land Hills, Scotland, on the 31st October, 1801. There are four generations in the house, the old gentleman having had his great grandchildren around him. He can see to read the finest print without spec- tacles. e a train while in motion, on the old Great ✓ Western Railway, while returning from Chatham to Sandwich', After her husband's e i death Mrs. Salter resided in Detroit until her removal to Sarnia a year or so ago. —W. R. Brown, of Maplewood, West - Zona, is the possessor of a team of horses . which have made a record for themselves during the past season. They started out at London and secured third in a big field. Tnen. followed in succession firsts at Wood- stock, Tavistock, Embro, Stratford, Inger- soll, Kintore, Thorndale, Drumbo and Bur- ford, and were second at Simcoe. At Wood- stock, Embro, Ingersoll and Thorndale, they were in addition to' the above,awarded firsts in the lady driver's class; and- at Stratford secured the special prize, as well as the society prize. Mr. B ewn has just reason to feel proud of his teem. —Mr. Albert Little, of Puseinch, shot and killed a large gray squirrel the other day, measuring twenty-five itches over all, ten inches of body and balance of tail. He is having the skin stuffed and mounted. —Special Custom Officers McCloy and Durland have paid a visit to the Toronto Club house, on the Canadian side of St. Clair flats, and seized a lot of stuff belong- ing to Detroiters who are members of the club. They had evidently forgotten that there was a custonis law in Canada, and when they went to the above resorts to hunt did not make the required entry of their guns and hunting outfits. Fines and duties on the goods seized may be. over a thousand dollars. - Dorland, of Tilsonburg, a victim of the Battle Creek wreck, had a premonition that an accident might happen, as he was careful before leaving to see that his insur- ance was all right, and also left some in- structions in regard to his burial if any- thing should occur-. He also told his son that if anything befell him he wished Otter Lodge to bury him and take charge of the remains. At a meeting of that lodge Mon- day night a committee was appointed to act with the family and render all assistance in their power and make arrangements for the interment ehould the remains be identified. — A shRrt, dark -complexioned young man attired in a dark suit, and giving Delhi as his place of residence, put up at Matthews' hotel, Woodstock, one night recently. The next morningAin skipped out before break- _ fast, forgetting to pay his bill, and hiring a horse and rig from Hayward & Cornish, stating that he was a hog -buyer for Fer- guson & Company, and was going to make some purchases through the county. He stated that he would be back by evening. The horse has not yet been returned, and the liverymen- are apprehensive that the omu.ytthical hog buyer has - stolen their tura — Mr. Thomas Stevenson, of Ayr, having decided to remove to Windsor, a large num- ber of the members and adherents of Stan- ley street Presbyterian church assembled to hold a farewell meeting for Mr. Stevenson. The removal of such an estimable citizen be a source of unfeigned regret to everyone in the vicinity, and all desired to wish him, "God Speed." He was presented with ad- dresses by the Band of Hope of which he was President; from the Christian Endeav- or, of which he was one of the oldest and most active 'members; and ,a joint address from the Session and Sabbath School, The latter was accompanied by a valuable Teacher's Bible and set of Commentaries. — The Galt Reporter of last week says gr. John Hay, a resident of Galt, when a young man is at present here on a visit. Mr. Hay left Galt in 1872, going almost di- rectly to San Francisco. After a short stay there he moved to a portion of 'the state about one hundred and fifty miles from the ' city, and there located, winning the con- fidence of those with whom he was asso- ciated and entering into business for him - Self, prospered until he is now one of the foremost business men in the locality,being, amongst other enterprises, one of the owners of the Riverside Irrigating Canal, which supplies thousands of acres with the water needed to make them so iiiimensely pro- ductive, —The Sabbath School Association -of On- tario concluded its services Thursday night of last week, after appointing Rev. J. Mc Ewan, of Lakefield, permanent normal teacher at a salary of $1,000 a year. The association will meet next year in Belleville and the annual meeting will hereafter take place during the second week in November, ; instead of the last week in October, as at present. The delegates attending the con- vention were made up denominationally as follows: Methodists," 500; Presbyterians, 246; Baptist, ; Congregational, 20; and - Reformed Episcopal, Lutheran, Friends, , Disciples, Evangelical Association and , Union Schools to make up a total of 903, —Lawyer Livingston, of Hamilton, was so -unfortunate as to be the victim of a most laughable mistake recently. rHo had re- ceived an invitation to attend the marriage of Miss Grafton, in Dundee and according- ly he purchased a nice wedding present for the bride to be. His servant girl was duly instructed as' to the sendingef the parcel containing the present, and also concerning some other parcels. The girl got them mixed. There was considerable surprise at the Grafton residence when, on opening the Hamilton present, some soiled shirts, collars, cuffs, etc., rolled out on to the floor, and for a moment there was a deep and not altogether pleasant silence among the small group of friends. However, it was appar- ent some-bociy had blundered and the silence was succeeded by hearty laughter. Lawyer Livingston did not know of the little blunder until he returned home from the wedding, when to his consternation he found that his laundry package had gone as a pres- ent to the Dundee bride, —In the Toronto police court on Saturday two very respectable looking women named Agoei Pearson and Mary Symons were each charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of T. Eaton & Company: Both defendants were led into the court weeping, and when they pleaded guilty to the charge, were mo overcome that they had to be as- sisted by the matron. The magistrate sen- tenced each to 20 days' imprisonment with hard labor. In doing so he ,said that again and again ladies of respectable appearance, in comfortable circumstances,and of previdus good chars ' oter had been brought before him charged with doing this sort of thing, and that the time was when he used to let those people go on- suspended sentence. Owing to this there had been a constant and increasing number of cases of the kind, and he gave Warning that to put a stop to this - sort of thing the sentences for shoplifting would be more severe every time, The defendants were carried away bitterly cry- ing. —One night lately the ten year old eon of Frank Binouski, of Guelph, was thrown out of p. wagon and the whole skin of his fore- hdd ripped off, save for a fow shreds which held it to the bone. The doctors found it necessary to put in twelve stitches to draw the skin together. This is one of the matt peculiar cases that has ever come under the observation -of these physicians, the cut be- ing so clean and no damage done to the bone. —The last award of merit in the live stock department, if not in the whole World's Fair, made by, the jurors, was won by Ontario in the fat sheep competition. John Rutherford, of Roseville, Waterloo county, Ontario, is the breeder to whom this notable distinction has come, his flock of 42 sheep, besides carrying off three-fourths of the prize money, amounting to $662, won the silver cup, valued at $100, and the honor of the grand 'sweepstakes for the best fat sheep of any breed.. —The first public act taken by Mr. W. F. Luxton to establish a new daily in Win- nipeg in opposition to the Manitoba Free Press, from the management of which paper he was recently ousted, is noticeable. The application in being made by Messrs. Alex- ander Macdonald, R. P. Robin, William Luxton, Colin H. Campbell, Murray 3.4iller and George D. Wood, all of Winnipeg, for incorporation by lettere patent of the "North- west Publishing Company" with a Capital of $50,000. —One of the few remaining links between the days of the earlier settlement and the present time,passed away on Friday morning, 20th October, in the person of Mrs. Salter, who died at her residence in Sarnia, in the 79th year of her age. Deceased was the second daughter of the late Henry Jones, of Maxwell, who came out from England in the year 1834 to settle upon an extensive grant of government land, on the Lake Shore, in Sarnia Township,where he resided until his death. In 1847 she married the late Paul John Salter, of Sandwich, treas. urer of County of Essex, „and resided at Sandwich until the death of her husband, who was accidentally killed by stepping off • —John McIntyre, jr., who is at present attending the Mitchell Model School, has been engaged to teach in school section No. 8, Elma, for 1894, at a salary of $290 per annum. Mr. Chaeles Fullerton, who Was en- gaged in School Section No. 7, as teacher, has resigned that position, and has accepted a position in School Section No. 9, at a sal- ary of $300. School teaching is not a very money -making business. •