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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1896-05-15, Page 1t • • P396•,: JNERY. a j Bonnet you want, just,, vay that leads through [arid, ribbon land, and you, millinery too . which its, ith. ERS, BONNE V PARA ■ DRE Ems` NEW TRI r GLS, !NOS., rho: like to m'ake- ctions from a NiCe,. Ek, should call up... r TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,483. AY 15, 1896. it- Happened This Way. `AUL. y Goods Company, rt Cash Dry Goods Storer. Rhoda Handford, on Mon - ill Beaver, who has been; r Ella Murlock for some :d to her home in Crediton Harry Welsh and wife, or iday and Saturday Iest in ricks.—Rev-.. E. W. Hunt. - spanied by Miss F. Fish,. r(lay evening Inst, to take dr at Owosso, Michigan. =ets wiii be sold on Satur ft, by int !ilia auction. —The Ir. and ! tn. James Abbot -- ,ening it.—Rev. -Colin: thesda, at -1 Rev. W. 11: ace, exchanged pulpits on_ . McDougall, of Brewster, town, on business.—Mn— :of 'Winehelsea, paid the- ; on Saturday last.—The, commenced operations on II m. Ba1Ian:tyxie, license in- Iluron, was in the village- lelis-ering licenses to the ;re in this district.—Mr. aken possession of his new - et, Exeter north.—Mr. J. sv in town on business.-- :gree, of Mitchell,. spent. --Mr. Richard Handford ed the funeral of their• tliss Rhoda Handford. - 3 been organized in the being prepared for Vila May 24th.—A friendly--. =as played on the school r between the school tear. the result being in favor ' 31 to 11.-41r. W. H. ten years ago,, conduct here, 'was accidentally Psion of chemicals in New ik. He , leaves a wife and en. r • ntralia. r Fero is dangerously ill' Mrs. Alloway is able to having quite recovered d illness.—Miss Lingard to her bed, and under e—Master 'Willie Butt, visiting at the parsonage uarterly meeting services- were Iargely attended, eres ,ing and profitable in -Thq Epworth League, 4 er I seventy members, he he meetings being well rn Towle died in Oen- fust., at the age of 72' yearn past he lived in the vas recently stricken with Hp was • brought home iks ago, since which time til the end came. The 1 oh Sunday afternoon, re laid along side those of receded hien to the other -s before. e uiett. ,:nisa=s.—A special meet - of Hallett was held in lay last, at 6 p m., for rig a by-law passed, mak-- o ses, cattle, sheep and on the highways, with - el arge of them. The nd came into force 1 t, 1896.. The town- s ed his work. and re- t e clerk, and persona rpt. to make, can notify before the 14th of May. edition of the roll, and , if there be any, will be-' My 26th. The assess-.. tree and statistics as fol - y, $1,992,25() ; personal income, $1,200; papula - ns ; betiteen 21 and 60, . tient 1G and 21, 199 ; chil- and Iii, 637 ; number of ep) 2,842 ; hogs, 2,326 a etc, 347 ; acres of fall b etas.. Fj . Sanderson left for Ist, where her husband tireiness in the, grocery =t}. reception was given r rF n Wednesday night len I a visit to the lanclof' �u;is ht was propitious and aliterally packed with nts of the congregation. (recopied tree chair,anct i ac was read by Mr. r which speeches and i dwere the order of the eluent was beautifully t r<; and growing plants, Pisa throughout the room !p easier, effect. Light t r: ed (luring the even- .. flied to enjoy them- eau he m-.fau looks better of his- t) be hoped, with due milled to continue his ii(. •t Douglas is nut with kk (:f the economic quer- Lai,:(. has been favorably- :rig avorably.:r g Toronto dailies. Mr. .1 i arch time and atten- se subjects and a pet` •• will repay any inter- !' aril " property" probe die reasoning is based on- by the great law -giver= -1d Jewish economy is to` of all the ills that at p(• -)ple of our age. g. : Blair, of Brussels, raid 'inc evening last week. - :ernn member for East• s some days ago. --eft.. (copied the pulpit of the ea albbath night last. After all our regular goods parches d for spring had arrived, we received a fair sized express parcel from Montreal, evis Ch on being opened was found to contain several pieces of Worsted Trousering in ver neat patterns. Out of the same day's in il we received a letter stating that a c rtain wholesale house hadmade a large pu chase of Worsted Trousering and had take the liberty of forwarding to us the pare 1 be- fore mentioned. TheVresult was we were delighted. with the goods and surpris d at the prices. We now quote the price f the same made to your order, namely .50 a pair. The goods is of the west of En land niake. _You may see them in our wi dove er we would be pleased te show yOu them in the store. It is not our policy to I est, we will let you do all the praising. ry pair and Bee iryou will not say it is th best value in fine trousering you ever saw. The bicycle craze has struck the wn. One local dealer says that we hav 100 wheels in town, that should mean 100 Sweaters, 100 pair Hose, 100 pair Bloo ers, 100 Coats and 100 Vests that we shoul sell for these 100 riders, that is, if price and quality are considerations with bi ycle riders as they are with other classes of buy- ers. We show a nice Sweater at $1 all The bicycle and golf Hose have sold well this season, the heavy double heel and toe line at $1 being a favorite.. In Belts the perforated or ventil ted belt at 25c is a ready seller. We make to order with double seat and lined through- out, an all wool Bloomer that will stand the roughest use. For people who arehicyclists the $7 and $10 suits are interesting. Straw Hats are to be found at right prices here. WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL CLOTHIERS, On the Wrong side of the Street, Strong's Mock, ETHItiP14/11- Fast as the Ethiopian's skin, blacker than the darkeist African. Have you seen them Have you worn them ? Hundreds know where to buy their Hosiery—do you 'Tis here. No staining, no fading with our stockings, satisfaction or your money back,— that's the way to do it. That's why we do one of the biggest hosiery trades in the west. Here's some sample hosiery values : i2 s2e Ladies' Cotton Hose, fast black, full fashioned, seamless, a marvel of good value at our price, 121c. 20c Silk Finished, black or tan, absolutely fast and stainless, better than most 25c makes, our price 20c. 25c Extra fine black cotton, full fashioned, double toe and heel, guaranteed Hermsdorf dye, some would ask you 35c, our price 25c. 25c Plain Cashmere, pure wool, regulat 30c line, our price 25c. 390. If you bought hosiery from us; this line needs no comment—all-wool, Cashmere, soft yarn, worth 50c, our price only 4.39c. The children's friend, the greatest children's stqcking in the trade. No more scolding if mothers will buy our special for boys and girls. Ask for our No. 372 ribbed Cashmere, six fold at knees and ankles, double heel, and wears like iron, all sizes always in stock. One Price—Cash or Produce. HODGENS BROS., Picture Frames Room Mouldings In all the Newest Styles . . . THE PRICES ARE WindoW Shades Cuirtain -Poles New Stock Just Arrived. C. W. PAPSTS BOOKSTORE, East Huron Teache T14 regular annual meeting o Huron Teachers'. Association w the Collegiate Institute, Seaforth, day and Friday, 7th ainn d 8th init. ing an attendance of about 120. opening exercises by Mr. Lough calling of the roll, the regular b the meeting was proceeded with. order of business was the appoi committees, after which the b mensuration, "How. tp teach th was very ably presented by Mr. Cranbrook, the method being to relations of different parts of the the object. In this manner th finding the area,circumference an. of the circle was found by actual tion by pupils; themselves, . thus the use of rules, which the pupi understand or.would'soon forget. discussed at some length by Mes wright and Hogg. The next subject taken up was' Elemen- tary rules in arithmetic," by M. W. H. Stewart, of No. 1, Grey, showing how he would introduce the study of arit metio to the child. He laid great stress o ► mechan- ical operations in the- early stale :,' recom- mending the mastering of all it: combina- tions belonging to each num ► .r . before taking up another. Itwas fu her dis- cussed by Messrs. Lough, Baker, Cameron, Robb - and Cheswright. The n:xt paper taken was the report of Mr. Ca ► eron, of Brussels, delegate to the Provinci:1 Aesoci• ation, 'held at Toronto in April. : e gave a somewhat lengthy report of the b sinews of the Association, and was listened to throughout with the most undivi► ed atten- tion. Mr. MoFaul, of the Seafor h public school, then concluded the day's proceed- ings with his subject of "Engl sh litera- ture," taking as his selection, T e Return of the Swallow. He clearly s owed his method of presenting the subject t ► a class, emphasizing the importance of d awing as much from the child as possibl , and of leading him to think fordhimself. The les- son was an interesting one, and as much appreciated by the teachers. Mis• Robert- son, of the Wingham public schoo , gave a number of methods, illustrativ of her methods inteaching several subjec s of the public school course. She dwelt o. the im- portance of the use of a map in teaching history and literature. Her prese tation of the methods exhibited were cred table to herself, as well as instructive and a ggestive to all present. On .resuming business on Friday 1 (truing, the I financial statement for 1895 as pre- sented by the secretary -treasurer, showing a balance on hand of $i 10.63. On otion of Mr.! Lough, seconded by Mr. Rob . , the re• port was. adopted. The next order of busi- ness was the election of officers, w ich . re- sulted as tollows : President, r J. H. Cameron ; first vice president, Mr. J. T.. Dodds ; second vieepresident, is Robert- son I; secretary treasurer, A. H. P ummer ; executive committee,—Messrs. Dobson, Forsyth, McDonald, and Misses - eynolds and Wilson. The newly elected .resident then took his position in the ch: ir, and called for the address of Mr. Scott the re- tiring president, who dealt with he sub- ject of " Written examinatib{is." His re- marks were concise and to the poin , and in his address suggested some changes, partic- ularly with regard to uniform prom ► tion ex- aminations, claiming that the exa ninal ion would be more uniform if no teach r ex m- ined the papers of his own pupils. Healso thought it better to have the drawing books and book-keeping books discrdecl on entrance and. public school leaving examin- ations. This provoked a. lively discussion. Mr. Schmidt, of the Seaforth Colle • iaelIr<- stitute, next took up the subject •f ram - mar, Which he handled in a very a►le man- ner, showing the mistakes most fr q eiitly met with in teaching the subject, and. how to correct them. Next Mr. For:yt,' 'of School Section No. `2, Tuckersmith i�ead a vereeinstructive paper on " How to keep pupils employed in school." He ► res silted the subject in such a manner that n ► -one; lis- tening could fail to receive benefit. Air. In- gram, of No. 1, Tuckersmith, 'too u.p f the subject, " Voice culture in reading " which he dealt with very exhaustively, hr ing outmany valuable hints regar ing , the teaching of reading. After the usual vote of thanks, t e Meet- ing closed, to meet -at the call of t e execu- tive committee. = It may be here entioned that the Association will hencefo th meet during the mid -summer holidays, so 'a a to avoid breaking the teaching term. • The Crops in, Ontari The following is a summary o the crop bulletin just issued by the Ontari Depart- ment of Agriculture : POOR FALL WHEAT CROP.' Fall Wheat. -In the Crop Bulle in of No- vember, 1895, the new fall wheat crop was reported as follows :: " Increased acreage ; fair condition." There has not bee for many years so unfavorable a repo t •j': we have just received. The large m jor of our l correspondents report, exte siV.: de- struction by freezing from ice fo mi, , on the bare fields. The loss is much eav r on clay than on light soils. A Marg a ►unt will be plowed up or resown to spr ng ain. The reports from the townsips al ng ekes Erie and Ontario, from Windsor o ngs- ton are with very few exceptions f a ost unfavorable nature. In Huron, re and part of Simeoe the general repor is thin and patchy." The most favorable r arts come from a range of townshipsegi ► ning in Lambton and running, east thr ugh parts of Middlesex, Perth, Oxford, elli ► ton, Dufiferin and South Simcoe. P tti . ; the very best construction upon the re ort, the gen ral condition at present can su med up , poor condition with reduce ac age. CLOVER OUTLOOK FAIR. Clover. -The red clover mad a cath in the spring of 1895. Th dr of last summer in the west was anoth th her he are the East s held in on Thurs- there be- Af ter the and the einess of The first tment of ibject of ynn, of show the circle by rule for diameter examine - avoiding did not This was re. Chea - back. Consequently, it went int ter lin rather poor condition. T con iderable freezing out during and spring,and the present reports unfavorable. Some say that it is bee mo e and more difficult to grow r d c and others go even as far as to sa, th day of red clover is past in Ont worst reports are from the west por and the s from the St. Lawrence and 0 from the East Midland counties a whole, quite favorable, Vegetation. --The remarkable the krowing season is alluded to every correspondent; some of sa that they do not remember vegeta ion as far forward on the last of April in 40 years. The stage of growth is pia ee es rlin he froin one to three weeks in advan average season. In most localit had been turned out to grass, forest were getting well into leaf and were in blossom, while in orcha ferent sections peaches, apricots apples, were in bloom. In Pei peaches and plums were in flo 24th of April. • MORSEL - Live Stock.—Considering the ild de and Is er 0 pros poor ught set- win - was nter- ing ver, the e re- awa s of arly say eing 0 or d at the ttle rees dif- yen the sots when correspondents wrote in November, the condition of live stock in he spring is a cause for congratulation. The animals were put into winter quar erwith very limited stores; as the hay cr.p fad been a comparative failure, -yet w thk wise and careful feeding the bulk of livtock have Horned cattle 'are not in as as might be expected,and with of a few minor cases of sick cases of "lump jaw" in the tow pel, Sallivan, Sydenham an they are remarkably free from some quarters, but more es counties of Bruce and Gre had barely enough to support was hardly enough bedding comfortable and clean, but province as a whole the gener I both dairy and beefieg stoc couraging. Sheep are in agood generally, only a few cases of and grub in the head being the ewes are said to be droppi Swine are freer from disease t though a few cases of paralysi of. The low price of pork -most disbouraging to hog raise s - Regarding the supply of ,y for live stock during the winter, and he tendency of farmers to hold for a rise - iprice, some correspondents state that a ew of their neighbors who refused to sell h at $12 and $14 a ton in the winter are n • willing to FARM SUPPLIES 1PLENT Farm Supplies.—Except wl Ore farmers held' on to their hay for famin prices there is a scarcity of that a ticle, the effect of which, howevere has been disco nted by the genedous pasturage already affo ded by the advanced stage of the gro hag seaion. There is still an abundance of ate on hand, even though this grain was free y fed during the winter, owing to the low rice offered for it. Wheat is said to be r her scarce, although some correspondents a et that $1, a bushel would bring out a surprisingly large quantity. Fat cattle are to be found in much larger numbers than ight be ex- pected from the scarcity of fo}ider, and store cattle are sufficient to eet the de- mand. The earliness of the gr se has ma- tetially lessened the drain on the fodder supply, and owners of beeves h ye thereby been relieved of much anxiety. Farm Labors—The general re ort is that there are more farm hands offer' g for work than are required, and are low. Many reasons at, wages re' given, such as the increased use of m ohinery, the decreased demand for labor in o flier callings, the necessity of economy owing o Continued low prices, and the fact, frequ ntly stated, that cheap labor, though infe ime has dis- placed some of the regular I bor. Many farmers report that they intend trying this year to do all their work with n their own families. There is, however, a air demand for first-elass female domestics-. 11 o condition th exception , and some disease. In °jelly in the many cattle e; and there keep them taking the condition of is most en - ate of health liver disease 4:ported, and g fine lambs. usual, al - ere spoken however, is • The Situation in Sant Huron. MR. EDITOR.—I take the li erty of ad- dressing a few lines to you on he situation -in South ITuron. In the first Ilene, I may state that for the past sixty ',ears I have more than ever convinced tha the policy advocated by the great Lib ral party is wise, prudent and sagacious, nd would be of the greatest benefit to the °minion. I am well aware that I . am uilty of one crime, that of earning my bre d " by labor. Therefore, I cannot expect to aye the in- fluence that is accorded ree es deputy - reeves, maYors, etc., but I clahn the right to use the little judgment I h ve been en- dowed with to further the in rests of that party whose record has mot be n marked by to such an extent that the cou ts had to be called upon to penish the guilt . • It will be remembered th t ptevious to the last election for the Local °use it was thought by a large number of the 'R,eforra party that Mr. Bishop had bee the repre- sentative of the riding for a eu dent length of time ; not that the party we dissatisfied with the course taken by Mr Biahop, but it was deemed best to make a change, and now, sir, I with many other , think the time has arrived when a cha e should be made in the representation to t e Dominion house. I would be very -sorr to say one word against Mr. MoMillan,bu at the same time I do think that Mr. Mc Ulan has had a " soft snap" in SouthHuron and has had the office and its emoluments lopg as any one man shoili d, and more es mealy when there are so large a number Of worthy men throughout the riding to occupv with credit to themselves, and benefit to t.e eleetorate, the position that Mr. McMilla hail so long my fellow working men, that f yon woeld study your own mterests, yell would ascer- tain all the facts in connecti n With what you are told the late Govern ent has done for the country ; but this we d know, that work is scarce and less remu eratave than ever it was in the past. Anot er thing, as- certain who is the workingma s friend, and give him your hearty support. Hay, May 12th, 1896. Canada. There are 15,000 bicyclists —The entrance and public s examinations will be heldithis 2, 3 and 4. —A quick tempered fisher boy into the Grand river at cause he disturbed the fish. will hold positions on the Chi sity staff in 1896-7. , —James Phener and Jam have each been fined $50 and ling liquor in Komoka without —Six dollars and costs was inflicted on Louis Honig, fo Conestoga on Sunday. —Mr. Walter Reid, of Rei Ayr, had 22,000 speckled placed in his 'lake a couple of —The Rev. Principal Gran University, Kingston, sails fr this week for Scotland. the Hermiston oil works rece car of oil that contained' 5, passed inspection and the n Toronto. hool leaving yea on July an threw a rantford be- y graduates ago Univer- s McCaffrey costs for sel- a license. the ?enalty Emhing at Emilie, near roui spawn eekti ago. of Queen's m 41ontreal McKay, of gallons. It company heal hand ed millions of gallons of oil during the past season and their buai- --Dte Race thre weeks ago appointed registrar of 0,ntari county, to iescceed J. Horn Perry, Idece sed, died ' siidilenly at Oshawa Fridey mo ing. —Rev Dr. Suthe land, Met odist mission secretary, is 4way the Brit sh Columbia and Manitoba co ferences, , here he will graduate of. nox C Ile e, has been appoint- ed to the e arge of eland, in the Rock —Freeman Blac well, the Biddulph, farmer who it is alleged, shot at Albert Hod ins in the villagteof LuCan on May 1st; has een ommitted for trial. —Rev. Dr. Coehr ne, of Brantford, will attend the Pr sbyt rian Alliance - in Glas- gow, on Junel6th, i the interests of Can- ada's Presbyteriane —A younkinan n med Robert Sweating, an employe at the It °minion cotton mills in Brantford; wa caught in the shaft- ing and instanItly ki led last Friday morn- ing. —Samuel Snela. , son of the late Thomas Sinclair, of Ilepwor h, fell on a brush fire and was burne1.1 so adly that he cannot re-. citizen of London, he was for over forty years a member of t. Andrew's church, and acted as usher for t enty years, died very suddenly of aPepIex a few days. ago. —Four old reel ents of Belleville, died on the night Of Ma 6th, , namely : David McDermott, aged 6 ; -Mrs. Rebecca Craig, 70 ; Thomas Bruse u, 82 ; Michael Cal- laghan, 66. —The Ro an atholic hierarchy of Quebec have prep red, and will issue on Sunday, a mandeme t commanding all good didates a pled e to support the remedial Catholics to dema a from political can - bill. —On Tuesday la t Mr. Thomas Wills passed away aft Be leville. For 25 years he had oocupied the position of gardener at the Deaf and Du b Institute. Ile was born in Ireland 72 y ars ago, and settled in Belleville in 1862. —Rev. W.1 J. C ark, of London, First Presbyterian church has been granted by his congregation t ree months leave of family a,fflictio , his ife having died after absence, in onsid ration of his recent a long and painful ill ess. —Mrs. Kennedy, an old resident of Eramosa, and one, of its first settlers, died at her son's resklenc , in G-uelph the other day. . Mrs. Kenned and her husband came to Eramosa frem elson township in the , year 1827, and took p land there. Toronto, has, uring his recent trip through the Dominion rec ived 38,000 tons of freight for Sou h A rice. The trade be- tween Canada nd t is colony is making rapid strides. —A farmer i nam d David Richmond, while walking with a lady near Gibraltar, a village about ra elev n miles west of Col- . lingwood, was; stab ed seven times, on Wednesday night, b Fra k Woodyard, a farm hand. Jealous is s pposed to have' been the cause,. arranging to take a p rty f tourists to the not return to t is co ntry, but will remain Rhine, in pwizerla. d. r. Bovine will in London, where he ill do special work among the young me , in the interests of the Baptist church. cause of the collision vhic occurred atBres- $100,000, 'Conduct° Jo n Bowers and have been dismissed rom t e Grand Trunk Railway service. Presbyterian 4hurch Va couver, British Columbia, as success r to the Rev. J. W. cupied the p sitio of resident of the —Mrs. Hatey, ho or 16 years cm - and remarkabl ad inistrative ability will tendered her r signs ion. Her wise counsel be much missed. M 0. MeLelland, a mem- ber of the Board of Managment; was un- animously elected peesictent —His excellency the G vernor-General has reduced the se tence Of 15 years' im- prisonment in the ings Penitentiary tor imposed on William Foster at the General ber last, to fivg - yea s. TJA3 is the result of a petition of eerta n residents of Ingersoll laid before the De artmeet of Justice on behalf of the ptisone , —Mr. and Mrs. itchelli of Reinbeck, Iowa, who hay' bee rusticeting in North Carolina durin the inter, are visiting at William Murr y's, mbro. Mr. Mitchell is dale, where he resid d about twenty-eight years ago. M . Mit hell is One of the many Zorra boys ho h ve been prosperous. Mrs. Mitchell s a si ter of 4 -Reeve R. 0 Murray, of F ' vie • —The dog a d ca show at Hamilton, last week, was veell p tronized. There were 325 dogs on exhibit on andi 35 cats. The Belle Isle ke nels of Det4oit had on ex- hibition the two famous St. Bernards, Eboracum and Arti a, veined at $12,000 $20,000, was also on gest eXhibits were in terriets and cocker and $10,000, r spect exhibition. he la the classes f r fo burg, has pla ed a other 200 fruit trees on his nursery gr rinds, having a total now of 1,200 differen kinds of fruitftrees. The Ibt is well laid ou and in a few years will pre- sent a grancle, appearance. The situation is a good one, the hills on the other side of the river guar ing the trees from the fierce wintry blasts from the north, while in summer the ri, en flowing past the grounds, will be cooling and cause a certain amount of irrigation. --Toronto aper of Frday last say : Mr. John Livi gsto e, of Lititowel, is in the city, visiting Is so -in-lawe Dr. Tweedy, superintenden of he Isolation hospital. Mr. Livingstoee is t e eldest brother of the late David lAvingstone, the celebrated African traveller, a d is moe than 85 years of age. He has for the p t six months been on a tour of th United States, visiting the iprincipal poin s of interest on the Pacific coast, he So thorn States, and else- where. for Waterloo coun year 1895 ther wer 4,745 girls, to al 1 male teaehe em Seven had firs -class and 67 thir s leo township w, as Wiley 8397, Esq., sdhool inspector, y, reports that in the 5,517 Boys on the roll ,262. There were 77 oyed and 96 females. iertifisates, 93 seconds, to masters in Water- , Wihnot $413, Wel- le $436; North Dum- fries $427. The thwns and villages were rnanned and woroanned by teachers as follows : Galt 23,1 Berlin 22, Preston 6, Hamburg 4, Hesperer 7, Ayr 4, Elmira 5. The' highest salaries paid in the county were $1,150 to the principal in. Berlin, $1,000 to the principal in Galt ; five receiv- ed $700 each, and the rest from that down to $240, though 4 few assistants in the villages and rural sections get as low as - from $206 to $225. —A writ has bee entered in the High Court of Justice to nnul the marriage of late accountant of t e House of ;Commons. On the 17th of Nov mber,.1891, eilr. Brewer was married to Isabella Thomas,i, when he was but 19 years of age. It is alleged that knowing at the tim that she was a married she represented h4rself to be la widow, woman, and her hueband still alive, hence the action to have the ntarriage cancelled and declared null and void. —George MeKe ie has just returned to state of Georgia. r. McKenzie says there is a boom en in Geo gia at present. The west and the north are pouring into the eolith by the thous d, and Georgia is one of the chief points o attraction. There are towns there of from eight to ten thousand inhabitants where a ew months ago there was but a single onse. Mr. McKenzie thinks that if he co d take his Zorra,neigh. bora and. friends to Georgia_ with him he could live contented y there. —Henry Garbutt, of Erin, was arraigned before his Honor J dge Chadwick at the Court -house on Sa urday morning. He pleaded guilty of i cest with his twelve year-old daughter, nd was sentenced to twelve years in ingston penitentiary. In this case the bl nd goddess has been swift and sure in h r judgment. A little more than a. week a o Garbutt was a free and, as far as the 1 w knew, an innocent man. ln a day or wo he will be on his way to Kingston, to spend a dozen years within its penitentia y walls. —Last Saturday might a shingle mill be- longing to Mr. C. E. Burnstead, situated in the township of Kep el, was burned. The fire, it supposed, as caused by a spark from the engine. Al efforts of the neigh- bors to extinguish th flames were unime- cessful. Mr. Burnst ad, while trying to work a hand engine, had the back of his right hand and his right cheek terr'bly burned. Some nin ty thousand shin les were destroyed, besi es the machinery of the mill. The loss will amonnt to $1, -00 with no insurance. —The little eight year old son of Wil am_ Wright, of Ilarristen, has been so ly afflicted ever since Ihis birth, he hay ng no knee joints and being consequen ly unable to move or walk around with ut assistance. Mr. Wri ht came to the con- clueion, after taking medical adviee, that the only thing to be done was to have the little fellow's legs taken off above the knee. With this object in viiew he took his little boy to the Guelph General Hospital last week, and had one leg taken off most suc- cessfully. The patient is doing remarkably well. As soon as he recovers from the effects he will be taken down again and have the other leg taken off. —R. Mackenzie, the new manager of the gas works, at Peterboto, ahd Andrew .Irv- -ing were at work in the generating house when a stoppage ocCurred. The Manager picked up a lamp and went to ascertain the cause. He had not taken more than four steps before a frightful explosion took place, shattering thg lamp in his hand to pieces and burning h* right hand and face in a terrible manner. ; His eyebrows, eye- lashes, moustache, and a portion of his hair was singed off, and the skin burned off his face in a most horrible manner. • Fortunate- ly his eyes were uninjured, and the fire did not strike in beneath the first skin. Mr. Irving was uninjured. —Itev. Canon Henderson, of Orangeville, and Rev. Mr. Madill, of Sandhill, ex- changed pulpits on !Sunday. An unfor- tunate and serious 'eccident befel Mr. Hendereon, however, While filling his ap- pointment. While being driven by Mr. Bracken from Sandhill to Caledon East, the vehicle collapsed and both were thrown violently to the gr und. The reverend gentleman's shoulder as badly fractured, and his condition i considered serious. The shock to Rev. M Henderson's system, at his advanced age, as been a most severe one, and he has not yet recovered sufficient- ly to permit of his reMoval to his home in —There have been so many • suspicious fires in Western Ontario 0 late that the Ontario Government is aidieg the insur- ance companies in getting at the facts. A Provincial detective has been engaged for some time at Norwich, where there were several conflagrations that were sus- pected to be of incendiary origin ; and now the Perth Metual Fire insurance company has institoted an ievestigation into the origin of a recent fire at'St. Marys, which destroyed the residence of Dr. Hall. The building itself was mortgaged, and the mortgage had been fote-closed, but the contents were owned .by the family and were insured for $1,600. The family had only one day more to live in the house, and all preparations had been made for moving. Most of the furniture. had been packed up. Mrs. Hall, who held the insurance policy, claimed $1,300 as thel value ef the goods adestroyed. The insurance company held that the amount of •goods destroyed was much over -stated and asked for an inquiry. Suspicious cireametances also surround another recent fire in St. Marys, that of the National hotel. A cendle wick was found stretched from burning candles to a box filled with paper, and the floors were saturated with coal oil. This Was in a small building adjoining the hotel and as the fire was checked before reachin it, the discovery of the strange eircume nee was made. Huron Notes. —Wingham merchants are agita ing for a seven, o'clock closing law. —R. E. McKenzie has rented the Wing - ham weigh scales,. at $58 a year. —The'horn fly is infesting cattle in Mor- ris township. —East Huron license commissioners hare refused to grant a license to McKim's hotel, Walton. — Mr. S. Beattie has sold out his interest in the livery business in Brussels, and. in- tends going out west —Mrs. James Huston, of the 16th conces- sion of Grey, has twol geese which have to their credit so farthi season, 40 eggs. li —Wingham drugg sts have been getting into trouble. Two o them were fined $50 and costs last week, for selling liquor with- 118- ,1eabi Spacikman has purchased from Mr. John Mc ughlin, the residence in Exeter formerly owned by Mr. Wesley Bissett. . —The Heiman public library contains 991 hooks. The total receipts last year amount- ed to $887.90. During last year 1,300 books were issued from-thei library. The follow- i g compose the board of management for t e year ending May, '97 : L. Harold, Dr. B nthron, W. Elder, Wm. Buchanan. —The average attendance at the Clinton p blie school, during the month of April, w s 431, the largest average in any month since 1889. —An English lad, who has been working for Dr. McDonald, of Wingham, for some months past, took his departure for un- known parts one morning recently. W. A. Edgar. formerly of Brussels, has p rchased the Culloden cheese and butter I—John McKinnon, lot 5, concession 8, fit tory, which he has been managing for a cbit epTaf huon egyf esfi xA Boo nrt hhtFfihrdeeielddpaa:a syhw,tolteswoct uorhi ursida st. 131 i n in poo ,°anstwhen Wm "the House r h ith for some time, passed away, at the ag of 67 years. vrerth boar with re ' tered pedigree, from th hog to his farm. Sarel Walker, of orris, and has brought The members of the Bible class ef the Bl th Presbyterian church the other even - in presented their teacher, Dr. Ferguson, tio of books. Master Robbie McCool, youngest son of M John MeCool, of Clinton, fell down two or hree steps of a veranda the other day, an broke his arm. This is the second time th little fellow has met with a mishap of thi nature. Last week sixteen cars of stock which ha e been down in the vicinity of Chatham, fee ing for the winter, were brought back to this county. Two cars were laid off at d -While working -on Rundle Hunking's ne* barn in Hallett, on Tuesday ef last 'week, John Arthur accidentally slipped and fell'a distance of 17 feet. His spine was hurt and he was injured internally, but no bones were broken. —At the annual meeting of the Exeter ban , the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Joseph Senior president - An sec lea Ea rew Stewart, vice-president ; D. Dyer, er ; H. Gidley, J. Senior and George A resident of Wingham the other day sen to one of the big Toronto stores for some articles of furniture, and when it ar- rived in Wingham, the buyer discovered that the furniture had been made in Wing - ham, and that he could. have bought it for less money there. —The following facts are gleaned from the assessment roll of Brussels for 1896 : real property, $259,140; personal property, $32,005 ; assessable income, $2,800 ;. total income, $293,945 • population, 1,183; births, —Andrew McKay has disposed of his resid_ence in Brussels __to Mrs. Harris, for the sum of $600. Mr. and Mrs. McKay and son intend removing, in the course of a few weeks, to Portage- la Prairie, Manitoba, where Mr. MoKay eipects to secure lucra- tive employment. —The other day a mare belonging to Mr. Henry Baker, of the Maitland concession, Goderieh township, was safely delivered of twin foals by Veterinary Blackall. They are fine colts, and we understand have al- ready been named after two prominent resi- dents—tNesbitt and Blacken. —A few days since Mr. Long, of Cleveland, Ohio, brother of Mrs. Junor, paid her a visit. Returning homeward he was in a railway collison, get- ting his foot so severely injured that amputation was neeessary. Fortunately he carried an accident _policy, which in a measnre compensated him for the loss of the limb. —The following gentlemen compose the directors of the Clinton public library : Messrs. Houston, Lough, Armstrong, R. ley and Steveneon. At a meeting of the new board, held. late in the evening, Mr. Houston 'ides dented president, Mr. C,ombe treasurer,land. Mr. Brydone secretary. The present librarian, Mr. Scott, was re-engaged for six mdnths. --Asste4sor McGill, of BIytla, has returned the assessinent 'roll and from it are taken the following statistics : Total value of real property, $192,965 ; personal prop- erty, $20,800 ; taxable income, $1,050 ; total Yalde of real and personal property, and taxable income, $214,815; children between and 21, 84; male persons from 21 to 60, 189; population, 938 ; total number of —Saturday evening, 2nd inst., as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glew of the Huron road, were approaching Clinan in a buggy, their horse got frightened at a passing bicycle, and bolted, going clean through ‘ a board fence. The horse became frenzied, and it was very difficult to manage it, but no particular harm was done. Singularly, some butter and eggs in the buggy were thrown'ont, but no eggs were broken. —The annual meeting of the Blyth pub- lic -library watt held on Monday evening of last week, 7then the business of the past year was revi wed, and a board of manage- ing of the fo lowing entlemen : Rev. A. ment elected or the ensuing year,_consist- Bradwin, S. reighton and- A. Robinson. Aboat $65 wo th of new hooks have recent- ly been added to the library. —Henry, el est son of -Conrad Michel, a, well known r sident of the 12th concession, Grey, crossed that bourne from -whence no• traveller ret rns on Friday evening, lst inst. Deceas d, who had been the picture - of health,had en failing for the past year, econmdjoisinsheiddioitu coneumption finally ac - work. He' was an uncom- plaining inval d, and will be greatly missed by both relati es and friends, as he was a general favor te with all. Henry was 26 years of age, easing away on his birthday. -2-On Mond y of last week, while Messrs. T. W.Ilawkiliaw and Alex. Dow, of Exeter, were driving along the 2nd and 3rd conces- sions of Usboene, their horse became fright- ened 04 Mr. Thomas Jacques' e,onveyance, and ran away, both occupants beink thrown out. Mr. Hawkehaw escaped without in- jury, hut Mr. Dow, who was driving, was throWn under the buggy and dragged a con- siderable distance, sustaining a, vbad bruise on the forehead, and the left side of his nose wits badly lacerated, neeessitating sev- eral stitches to close up the wound. —A eerious fire occurred at Auburn at an early hour on Thursday Morning, 30th ult., when the saw and planing mills belonging to Mr. Jas. Young, were entirely destroyed by fire, together with their entire contents. The fire was first discovered at about five o'clock in the morning, and was notictul by smoke issuing from the smokestack. Not- withstanding- the efforts of willing hands, the flames soon reached the stables of Mr. Wenzel and the BAT. Mr. Gensmer, across the *est, both of which were consumed. {McLEAN BROS., Publishers, $1.00- a Year in Advance. were fortunately saved, by those who wil- lingly gave such generous assistanee in this direction. The loss on the mills in over $3,000, on which. there was only a* insur- ance of $800. The loss on the stables is partly covered by insurance. How the fire originated is a mystery. Mr. Young has al- ways made it a practice to go around every night said see that all was right, and we un- derstand he did this the night before the fire, when, as far as could_ be semadthere was no trace of fire. Whether or not Mr. YtaLutnyg. will re -build, is a rnatter of lancer- -A moat despicable thing was done ene night last week, on the j farm, concession Goderich township. it is tenanted 'by Mr. Day, a most excellent personeand in the morning When he went out he discovered that about 75 trees in the orchard had been destreyed by some mis- creant: They had either been broken off short. or smashed 'down. In addition to this, the wire fence was cut in a number of , places. It is supposed the outrage was Icommitted for spite at the owner of the farm, but who the. guilty party was is at present unknown. —The following statistics are taken from the assessment roll of Grey township for 1896 1 Total number of -children between 5 tween 16 and 21, 350 ; total numbe'r of aeres, 64,7844; acres cleared, 0,1:56i; woodland, 4,948 ; swamp, 16,680 ; value of real.property, $1,716,725; value of personal property, $5,700 ; total value of real estate and personal property, $1,722,425 ; dlogse 404; bitches, 8 ; males *betWeen 21 and 60, 801; total population 2,401 ; cattle, 7,675; births, 70 ;'deaths, 21 ; acres in orchard, , 532d ; fall Wheat, 3,207 ; steam boilers,. 23. -t-A most critical and successful operation was on Wednesday of last week perfermed on Mr. Thomas Wallace, of 1st concesaion, Goderich toWnship, by Dr. Whitely, of Goderich, assisted by Dr. Turnbull, of Clin- ton. Mr. Wallace had been afflicted with pneumonia, the effect being most dangerous to his life. An incision was made in the left side, a portion: of one of the ribs re- moved. and two gallons of pus extrected. The cese was one of the rnost serious known to medical science. Mr. Wallace could not have lived more than 24 hours without be- ing operated on. He is now doing nicely, and his complete recovery is fully an- ticipate& —On Monday of last week the quarterly official board of the Methodist church, Ethel circuit, met there Rev, Dr. Willough- by, the ehairma.n of the'district, being pres- ent. It was decided to recommend the closing of Ilenfryn and Whitfield's churches next year, as far as Sabbath preaching sere vices are concerned, thereby making it a one man circuit, and the members of the appoin4nents named attending service at Ethel, :Cranbrook or Bethel: The district meeting will be held. at Listowel, on Tues- day, May 26th. John Cober and J. J. Mit- chell were elected as representatives to that body. I —While Mr. Robert Milne, of Myth, was drawing a load of tile on Tuesday morning of last week, the front tail -board of the wagon Oox slipped out, allowing the tile to drop old the horses heels, Mi.. Milne also falling i on the wagon tongue. The horses commenced at once to run away, and as Mr. Milne a.s in a precarious position, he was tongue ntil the opportunity presented it - 110 unable hold them. He hung on to the self, wien he dropped to the ground, allow- ing theiwagon to pass over him. The horses were stopped after they had gone a short distance, but not before they had upset the wagon end damaged it in several places. Mr. Milne had a very narrow escape. —One of the oldest and most respected residenters of St. Helens, after a short bat very pdinful illness, passed away on Thurs- day, April 30th, in the person of Mr. Hugh Rutherford, sr. Mr. Rutherford was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in December, 1810, being -76 years of age at the time of his death. r-,: After emigrating to Canada, he settled i with his wife and family hi the townshtp of Paslinch, moving to West Ws,- wanoshin the fall of 1851, when that patt of the tewnship was first being settled. Mr. Rutherford was a godly man, and an elder of the Presbyterian church. Deceased leaves a family of seven, four boys and three girls, John, Hugh and Donald being settled on farms near home, and Rev. Charles, an or- dained minister of Springfield, New'Yerk ; Mrs. John Lane, of Kinlough; Jane and Teenie 'at home, who, with the sorrowing widow 'have the heartfelt sympathy of the • —Mre. Daniel MeLaren, of Perth, Scot- land, * visiting her cousin, Mr. Thomas McLaren, sr., of Mitchell. Her husband was 04 last summer, and he was so enrap- tured With the =slinky that he sent his wife out this season that she might see- the new woild also. —Defective Bradley, of the Grand Trunk Railway, and Assistant Superintendent Tiffin have been in Stratford investigating a mystery which surrounds the burning of a freight Oar there on Saturday night, 2nd inst.. It appears that the car contained. two barrels oi whisky. A lantern was in some mysterious way placed in the car and overturned, with the result that the car caught fire. Some people say that tramps were the cause, while others hint that rail- way employes may know something of the affair. A strict investigation is now being —The second annual eounty convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in the Mitchell Methodist church, on Thursday and Friday, April 30th and May lst. It was an inspiring and in- dresees were given. Delegates were present from Stratford, Listowel, St. Marys and Staffa. Mrs. Thornley, Provincial presi- dent, presided. Thursday evening an open rsessio,n.-was held in the Presbyterian church, Rev. Mr. Bradley, pastor, presiding,. Mrs. Thoraley gave an interesting andl instruct- ive address. Mrs. Ca.mpbell sank. s solo in her usual pleasing style, and Rev. Dr. Williams made an effective speech. —The death of Mre. James Muir, sr., a former resident ef Hibbert, took place at her late residence, Douglas, Manitoba, on Saturday, April 19th. Deeeased wile a daughter of ths late Alexander e01CillhOWn, sr., of Hilibert, Ontario, and mister of James and Win. Colquhoun, of the same tOWnehip, Tha deceased, with her parents were among the first settlers of Ribber -1 town- ship, and in the year 1880 she removed with her family to Manitoba At her home the first Sabbath school in that district was held in 1881, and her house wasalways open for the early missionary to enter and preaeh the Gospel of Christ. 'For several years the home was .used for church services and the Sabbath school, until in 1286. The first Ilethodist,church was built in 1893, when she was chosen by the pe,ople of Douglas to the corner stone, whim). was done on May 24th. In sicknees she was the first to offer help, and her life was devoted to help Ms& Young's large stook of logs and lumber others.