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The Huron Expositor, 1896-07-17, Page 1'17 10, 1896 "am - aea. - be a few *leeks Fall Goods :will 3 arrive, and, we mein, for thOre's of new thing& of very lo;irprice& Of summer goods rs for the rest of _ There will be no, in mind when yon Lig that we want, is a rule, where. are Very anxious the place to buy. thugs we would laly well to sell tinds of MILL/NERY: LACES. ) DRESS GOODS and. ILK& OUND PRINTS, L A I NES, Al US LINS, SIERY, GLOVES, dAR, &c., dtc. he edoOds tipan wi:ling to make letions. It will ume OUR WAY at all times dur- August. 1.1111 Goods Gompany, gash Dry Goods Store.. .he soap works, actin, irine the way to Adel- harres Halliday called to- andthat there was no There he was attemptin a.sed merely natittere _ at on to his doom. Mr. he- past two years folt- s of a grain and we'd. - Loadon in the fall of it, where he at one. thee - s in groceries end sun - widow and an adopted qie house on Thursday • tealth and spirits, prom- ' i r . Next morning Mrs. town in sea -rob of him,, Er. George Taylor, who - to her in a gentle wade • 5 Notes. ., v between twelve and ient sidewalks. Ening engines heck and Lrnia, tunnel and Point . 'about $20,000 z$ year. am, which left Union tst Saturday, was thea ear. There were eight • t crowded with excur- r 1 wife of Mr. Fred, 'Chatham, died sudden - 1e deceased as wellr and composer. tatairsing52,2 pieces, 31 feet and va tied at- , towed acres* Lake -- ibex port to Bay City, a s e entertained th mem- Society,. Toronto, last the particulars of his adto Canada in 1832, e to weeks to readh Que- td aid cholera was raging. ow at Edmonton, Al- ,y- Mr.- Ott, of Illinois, derer of a man named n Illinois in December, - I was accompanied hr r $68,000 from the vic- ather is accompanying rpurpose of identifying ' of age named George about Adelaide street her night saw a neigh - untied, and jumping, ay in great glee, leav- sidewalk. Detective- ys on the alert for - ret horse thieves, stain, trought bim up in the' charge of horse steal-' smiledas he looked at- -Isle, and then at the- . opposite his name. laid the Magistrate to • to try anything I event took piece at McLeod, Esq., J. P., clraesday, June 17th, his daughter Rachel,. ling, of West Zorra 'formed by Rev. Step - 6, in the presentee of tets from the connties• harn,btc,n, Huron and a were numerous ancY le popularity of the- xg of a sumptuous re- pent in music,. readt- Finent of - all present,. it a seasonable hour.- epre will hereafter re- ' ar Harrington. urday evening, Thos.. moat popular Grand- inpanied by his lae- Bowden, went for a - earning home, along. if Thurlow, the horse sung locomotive and - reins broke, and the- raph pole, throwing. "Donald -Was so bad - in a few moments. anjured exoept a cut, inerson. , Navarro, in recesunt- Terience ia The La- seeerrs that New Odt- r.issetfiret- to gide her 4anrial scirt, and of ,-iwatzs witti genuine. cUy it was lei "Meg - at yn the favor and eleans public- The fif her presentation :ft alid the audience. " There were speeehea vrites Mr. De Na- mcealed in bistelret led over the feet came on that Illghla actress and brought' !lashington addllerf r a member of the` Dame of the Tigera 1 v. 4 TWENTY-NINTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,492. run a! • Reduced Prices. It • often happens, owing to a number of causes possibly, that a merchant finds himself with slightly more stock of al certain line of - oods at the end of a season, than he . res to see. It, happened so with us in Straw Hats this year. We hao, e a slightly larger stock than we w sh to see, so without making any bon s about it, eve offer our. Straw Hat at clearing prices. To instance th se prices: Men's straws, formerly selling at 35c, 55c, , 65c, and 75c, will now be cle red at 20e, 35c, 40c and 50c. ' Boys' Hats at prices that are easily recognized as being away below the regular. Take a look for yourselves, and possibly you will see a hat that will run you through the summer at a very low figure: We again mention those old relia.bles in value, our Men's $7, $8, $10 and $12 - Suits. Boys' Sehoolj Pants at 50c., 75c and $1; Men's ants at $1,, $1.25, $1.50 and $2. B thing Suits and Bayfield -it costs y u 50d, 75c, and $1.50 teir' -a bathin Suit. WE HAVE ONE 14tICE TOALL 1. 1 GREIG MA DONALD AO CLOTHIERS, 0. T. W. S. 0. T. S. I. T. S. B. -- SEAFORTEE, - - ONT. We'll Turn them Into Gold. That's what we do- with goods in all departments this month. We start this week our annual July stock -taking clear- ance. midsummer clearance means something at this store. It means the - gathering together of odd lines, broken lots, reunion ts 'and every line that from any cause whatever has not sold as quickly as it should, and the putting of prices an them that mean money saved for those who buy. You can make your dollars dd extra duty by attending this stock -taking I sale. One Price—Cash or Produce. HOD -GENS BROS., °LINTON. H. R. J acks & SON Direct Importers a Jules Robin & Co.'s Brandy, Cognac, Fraalde; Jno. de Kuyper & Son,Holland Gin, Rotterdain, Holland; Booth's Tom Gin, London, England; Bul- loch & Co.'s Scotch Whisky, 0 -las - ow, Scotland ; Jamiesons Irish Whisky, Dublin, Ireland ; also Port and Sherry Wine from France and Spain. Agents for Walker's Whisky, Ontario ; Royal Distillery and Davis' Ale and Porter, Toronto. TO THE PUBLIC We have opened a retail store in connection with our wholesale busi- ness in the rear of the new Dominion bank, in Good's old stand, where we will sell the best goods in the market at bottom prices. Goods delivered to any part of the town free. 'TELEPHONE II. • 148943 Great Excitement. THE RUSH IS ON. A. G. Ault is now clearing his entire stock of Groceries, Crockery and Glassware at 'wholesale prices. Now is the time for great bargains to be had at the great bargain GROCERY AND TEA STORE. A clearing sale of all kinds of Croatery and Glassware. I will quote you a few articles which is less than the wholesale cost. Fruit Jars, pints Sc, quarts 8e, gallon 10e each. About 15 hundred on hand. 5 lbs. Japan Tea for 50e, worth 15c lb. 3 " Gunpowder Tea for 500, worth 25c lb. 3A. " Evaporated Peaches for 25c 6 " Rice for 25c 6 " Tapioca for 26c 6 " Boneless Fish for 25c 5 " Currants for 25c 5 " Raisins for 25c 4 " fresh Prunes for 250 5 tins Sardines for 25c 4 packages Corn Starch for 260 3 cans Apple Butter for 250 4 cans peas, corn and tomatoes, assorted, for 25c Globe Washboards, 10c each. Brooms 10 each 3 boxes Matches for 25c 1 lb. loose Baking Powder for locs A. G. AULT C4th GRAIN AND DAIRYING IN THE UNITED STATES. it BLUE LOOKOUT FOB. FARMERS. (Special Correspondence.] WASHINGTON, l• Once more the American farmer. The public may think it has heard enough abaft his tro.0 les and many congressmen have taken up t e tone of stigmatizing those who portr y said troubles ass "calamity howlers," ut the farmer he befcme the committees ag in on some comparatively now Issues an I am glad to add that, they are very pr ctical: They are inttoduced, however, - 'ith a summary of Woes the mere exam nation of which has depressed me so that I feel as - If this letter should be printed in b ue ink; and read with smoked spectacles. Out of the mass two facts stand establish d and important -the first that American farm- ers are now unanimous in the con lusion that wheat as a money maker is done for and cotton little better, and that for many years. Indeed, the bucolic experts who have just testified declare that instead of the 2,500,000,000 bushels, the largest world crop ever raised, which averaged the prod ducers 60 cents at ports of shipment, with- in seven years probably, and ten Certainly, the world will produee 5,000,000,000 bush- els a year, which will average between 40 and 50 cents at the points of export ship- ment. I hate like sin to believe it, but their arguments are unanswerable. The second fact Is that' all the associa- tions which can bodatild to represent farm- ers are unanimous in urging that all prod- ucts must be turned at least onceebefore leaving the nountrye-that is, instead of, exporting corn, wheat, hay, oats and so forth we must sell butter, choose, meat and blooded horses. And ,here is where the prompt action of government is evoked, for it so happens that just as this change of export staples becomes imperative every country we ship to is either in trouble which makes ita poor.. customer or en- gaged in a mean and sneaking fight against our products. And it is astonishing how much handl they have done us, aided not a little by our own foolishness. I take cheese as a specimen' because the fight on it is hot just now, and as Representative David F. Wilber of the Twenty-first New York is the active man of the eOlTiniltte9 on this subject 1 sought his help to begin with. Mr. Wilber ought to know a good deal about cheese, as he was reared in the center of cheesedom, Worked at the busi- ness for years and is one of the great milk cattle breeders of the country. How the Trade Was Ruined. "It is pretty much our own fault," said Mr. Wilber, "for we have allowed these fellows to make a counterfeit to run hon- est cheese out of the market, and if you fancy this is a small thing, or that I am engaged in a petty business, just look at these figures. Here the New York city Produce E,xchange shows that in 1879 there were exported from that city to England 2,775,800 boxes of cheese, valued at over $16,500,000, while it has of late years run down so rapidly that this year the exports cannot possibly exceed 600,000 boxes, val- ued at $3,000,000, which isjs decline of $13,000,000 in the years whentheincrease should have been very much greater than that. Now look at these late figures from Canada, which show that the shidrnents from Montreal in 1879 were 525,000 boxes, and last year they were 2,148,864 boxes, worth $13,000,000, every pound o it to England and a conclusive 'proof th t they have gained nearly all that we ha e lost. And, furthermore, I know that at least 10,000,000 pounds of good New York cream cheese have been taken to Mo • treal, reboxed and branded as Canadian c eese to be sold to England. You know ho» easily the •" li h can be prejudiced agai st our prod ots, and the shipment of a f w car- goes o this filled cheese has ruined trade 10 or 26 t mesas groat. It is suicid I. It Is a fra d on customers and an entr ge on honest er ducers." "Bu»:l; filled cheese unwholosom "Unq itionably. In the first pla e you know th skimmed milk of the or inary kind is inferior in -the matter of ealth to pure la ilk, but the new system ern- ployed at the great Elgin creameries -and it is in orthern Illinois' that nearly all this filled cheese is made -takes every par- ticle of n tural oil out of the milk, leaving nothing •ut casein. Now the old style of skimmed milk made 'white oak' cheese and ever body could tell what it was un- less it wa very skillfully colored, but this completel ernaschlatod milk, to borrow a word, is too thin to make anything and so hey add fork fad, a0 pounds to 100 of the milk. Sometimes they add cottonseed oil nd have used other things and sometimes dd miscellaneous stuff they call 'neutrals,' ut generally it is pork fat. Now, they can - �t heat it above 140 degrees because it would not mix and that leaver] in all these aoteria or trichinas or what not, which re supposed to be killed by a thorough ooking. And who knows what kind of at it is? And it is right in the loin fat hat the trichinte are at their best. Why Ir. Sands, who is the largest manufac- urer, of this counterfeit cheese, declared m hat he could not take pork into his •stona- oh in any forwhatever without suffer - ng great distrese. Yet ho, imposeth this normous proportion of it en the ignorant ho Oink they are buying dairy products. ow isn't that a nice trick to play on an rthodox Jew? And the Jews like cheese d are in the habit of using a great deal it, but they won't eat so much hereafter, think. In fact, we have learned lately at hundreds of boxes are being shipped aok to the wholesalers, especially from e south. Adulterated Compounds. "Now I have some feeling on this mat - ✓ because I have long known that it was great injury to my constituents, and as on as elected I went to work on it to rfeot a . bill which ehould cover every int. Representative Cook of Wisconsin, hieh state Is nexttoNew York ' in pro- ueing good cheese and has the same ringent laws against filled cheese, ought in a bill. He made an honest ort to meet. the ease and his bill was od se far as -it went, but all the cheese on declared that it was somewhat de - sties in the matter of definition. I went or every point carefully with practical en and my bill has been indorsed by all e dairymen and by every **Oasts before e committee encept one and he a Man ho holds patents for the making of fidled eese. And after all this the cormetittee w proposes to set my bill aside for a bstitute which is in the nature ofaev- ue measure, a sort ofeweak disguise." At this point Mr. Wilber became a trifle phatio, but added nothing as to the ots. I find, to my amazement, that there e recorded In the patent office no less an 79 patents for making oleomargarine, several for this filled cheese, but, ow - to' the combine; I cannot determine ? a a a A an of th tla to a so Pe pe - d st br off , go in fe oV in th th oh no en On em fa az th and positor+ EAFORTH, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 189$ the number. In the specifications °ye substances are mentioned as entering i these imitation butters and cheeses, am which I particularly note sugar of 1 bisulphate of lime, boreal° acid, orris rs it, hitario acid, glycerin, cupric acid, al oapsic acid,' cows' udder, 'commercial- 11 phurio acid, butyric ether, caustic pots I h, castor oil, slippery elm bark, oil of s n -- flower seed, stomach of pigs, sheepor calves, dry I blood albunfen and colorl i g matter. Merciful heaven! I now kn w why I have recently lost my taste or cheese, audit was but a slight satisfact in to give our grocer a blowing up. He e- . olares, however, that the compound he as been selling us came to him in the regu ar line of trade and that the whole re ill business is completely demoralized on t is subject. I find also that even in the f ice lunch saloons, where a man will ordinnr ly eat anything, this new kind of cheese i as produced symptoms of revolt, and one p o- prietor jocularly informed me that it t k twice as much beer "to sake ii slug of it go down" ass of the "cr nably New Ye k cheese," and conseque ly it Was geld business to use it. Some Startling Figures: The reader probably has all on th s sub- ject that a ceminon stomach will e du e, . or at least I have, and so I close t wi h the latest figures from the agricultu al e- partment. It appears that in 18e0 t e United States exported 10,361,189 poun s of cheese,' and Canada only 17,100 poun s, while in 1880 the United States export d 113,603;609 pounds, and Canada 40,67 ,- 856. The next year the United States g t up to nearly 119,000,000, and then- the ti le turned,. the one country running down ,rapidly as the'other ran up, until last ye4i.r the United States exported but 69,448,421, and Canada146,004,650 pounds. It fu ther appears that while the industry w on the rise it almost entirely excluded fo eign cheese, only a few fancy brands bei imported, but now we are again goat good comnion cheese from abroad. Fu ther, that New York produces nearly ha f of our cheese, and that state and Wisconsin a little over two-thirds of all, Wisconsi le having the best laws and the best enforc ni against the counterfeits. As near as I pa i determine from the figures, the filled ohee e costs the maker a fraction over 4 cents a pound and is wholesaled at 6, but it r tails here at 12, and in some cases as big! as 15, and 'it did retail in the south reg larly at 15 until, as one disgusted witno s put it, ' even the niggers refused to ha anything to do with it." Raid on Counterfeiters. The airy commissioner of Minnesot testified t that the honest manufacture the had fal en off enormously and 19 chee factorie were discontinued last year. WI; cousin eports that 64,000,000 pounds cheese ,dud '74,000,000 pounds of but were made in that state last year that th filled cheese makers have been driven ove the line into ,Illinois and that so far th people have leen tolerably well protecte against the counterfeit. Mr. James Oyster (suggestive name) of this city dealer in dairy products, has made an in dependent raid on the counterfeits an prosecuted 26, cases. He says he could make 100 cases successful if the depart ment would give encouragement. Mem hers of congress testify that within a wee they have had filled cheese set before the at restaurants and oleomargarine whic they could not by the looks distinguis from the 'best, dairy butter, but the test ii soon detected both. I presume everybod knows of the year being made on our hog in foreign conntries, that dreat Britai has lately ordered our cattle to be alaugh tered at the port of entrance under pre tense of pleuro pneumonia itsd that it 1 proposed in parliament, with good chance of adoption, that sheep also shall be ex eluded and other food products severely re , stricted. If we are to lose our cheese trad also, we shall be left to stew in our ow fat with no place to export the surplus. *I is refreshing to,add, however, that the de mend for blooded horses is increasing and witnesses from, the west think they will soon be making more money in that line than they did when common horses were worth three times as much as now. As to 'wheat, the figures are simply ap- palling. The documents tell of 200,000 square miles of the finest wheat land in the world in Siberia which is made avail- able by the great Russian railway, of a nearly eq al area brought into use by the transoaspi n railway, of the use of Ameri- can mac iinery doubling the yield of southern Russia in a few years, of the north Caucasus region being sure to ex- port 40,0 0,000 bushels by 1900, of 200,- 000,000 b shels a year to come from Ar- gentina' w en railroads extend the culture away fro the river bottoms and of our own yield being increased at least 26 per cent by I proved methods without adding an acre to he culture. And cheap as wheat is mankin are actually eating less of it every year for rice, potatoes and rye are .cheaper fit 11 and by the new method .in- troduced into Siam and India it is claimed that rice will largely supersede wheat even In Great Rritain. It was supposed that five bushels per capita was the consumption, ' bat the department has shown that it is really a fraction less than four bushels and decreasing, a painful proof that even in this blessed land of liberty there are mile lions of People who cannot afford wheat bread. Assuredly it is high time for con- gress and the department to do something for oar meat and dairy exports, for as far as grain is concerned the farmers' goose is cooked and eaten. J. H. BEADLE. • Good Roads. . (nom the Municipal World.) The object of the Ontario Government in appointing a Provincial Instructor in road. making has been frequently' misunderstood, • and for that reason, from some quarters has come occasional opposition, although the press of the country has been almost unan- imous in its approval. . The duties of this office are entirely of an educational and advisory nature, seeking to render as efficient as possible the efforts put forth by the people to obtain better roads. No new law regarding road construction and maintenance is contemplated, this office being created to co-operate with and aid the present statute labor and other systems at present in vogue in townships, villages, towns and cities. It is the desire of the government to place municipal officers, reeves, councillors, path - masters, and all interested- in road -making, in touch with modern systems of highway construction. To this end, the instructor in road making will gather, personally and from reliable authorities, information re- garding the methods adopted in England, France, United States and other foreign countries; he will make a close study of the various local needs and conditierui throughout the province; collect data re- garding quarries furnishing any superior material for road making, with railway rates of transportation; gather information regarding succealul or unsuccessful 'sapid - 60 to *- meats or experiences in Ontario or , else- where, and regarding the advisability of the purchase and use of improved ma thinery in the construction and maintenance of roads. He will compile data showing the cost and plan of construction, the economic value, and the cost of maintenaece, of dif- ferent kinds ' of roads; data, shearing the kind,, nature, behavior under varying condi- tions, and under different climatic influence, of the materials used hi etree t -and road con- struction; -data regarding the durability under different kinds of traffic, as influenced ,by the number of vehicles, their weight, speed, eta; all of which will be placed from time to time before the people of Ontario in the form of reports, 'bulletins, etc., and should be of invaluable assistance to road - men.' Through the same medium, practi- cal and direct advice as to the construction of dirt, gravel, macadam, Telford and other forms of roads will be issued. , QT:P3P1 [FREE OF COST. ...TM-in—tended also, that the inteii: y ap- pointed officer shall address public , etings of councils, farmers' institutes, dear men's associations and others, where the he essity of good roads may be thoroughly ds ussed. He will, where municipalities wish i , visit them personally, look into local conditions and difficulties, give them the benefit of his experience as an engineer, and, as for as his time permits, will supervise small 'portions of the work as a practical demonstration of the principles to be followed in roaolmaking. These services will be rendered free I of cost, and those municipalities desiring to sacure appointments should do so without delay, as the time available for such persorial work, will doubtless be limited. , The work of the Instructor in road . Mak- ing will be to place before us the experience of engineers and road builders of all aoun- tries. -Very rarely of course can the meth- ods of one weary be adopted in their en- tirety in another, but from these Methods we cannertainly find much either to imitate, avoid Or. modify. At this stage of road building in Ontario, no detail is unimpor- tant, es the permanent nature of the work is the fundamental point to be obtainled; and to this end the quality of material, the grade, the location, taking into proper con- sideration the requirements of the region, with the amouat of money which can be ex- pended, are all points of the utmost im- portance, and need careful consideration based upon data of recognized authority. Dirt roads no longer serve our purposes and yet in some localities none other can he con- , structed for some years to come. It is equally the object of the instructor it road - making to improve this class of road with- out incurring any greater annual expendi- ture than the present, having in view their ultimate permanency; so that howeVer in- completely the work may be done, one of it will have to be undone. 'i ' Offices similar to that occupied r y Mr. Campbell have been in existence for many [years in every One of the departments of France also in the counties of England, and these have been largely copied by the, states' of the Union. The Hon. Mr. Dryden, who sties in the past so much distinguishedhim- self by his untiring efforts on behalf of the farmers, has, by this appointment, again rendered a service, not only to agrieultur- ists, but to the -public generally. • _ Canada. - Galt, citizens are raising money to con- struct a bicycle path. -The free library board in London have decided to spend $2,000 more on new books. - Dr. G. S. Rye son, M. P. P., has re- turned horn Engle d, much improved in health. -A Galt man has two hens which aocom- plish the remarkab e trick of laying two eggs each a day. -During the me th of June 23,000 pas- sengers were carrie on the Galt, Preston and Hespeler electri railway. -Hundreds of b shels ,of potatoes were sold in Elmira late y, at the rate of ten cents per bag. -Mr. Thomas Doris, a farm servant, fell under his wagon while driving from P,eter- borough the other day, and was instantly killed. - Knox church, Guelph, has extended a unanimous call to Rev. W. A. J. Martin, of Toronto, at a salary! of $1,600 a year, and one month's holiday*. - -Rev. Dr. Dadebia-who is leaving the First 'Baptist chuifch in Woodstock for Montreal, has been resented with a sliver service by his congr gation. -Albert Fisher, eventeen years of Age, was drowned while athing in the Grand river, at Brantford, last Sunday evening. He was the son of a widow. -Mr. Rinch, of East Oxford, says that the grasshoppers' are dying in thousands. He says that a small insect gets on their acks and kills them at once. -Miss Claribell Platt, B. A., of Picton, as resigned a good position on the Chat - am Collegiate Institute teaching staff, and ccepted a similat position in Germany. %I. -Rockton, Wentworth county, reports he oldest voter in the Dominion. He is ohn Gilbert, 101 years of age, who is cdaite ctive, and walked to the poll on the 23rd o record his vote. a -Eugene Van Lierde, of Gretna, Mani- oba, is leaving for Europe to deliver lee - tires On the resources of the Canadian orthwest. -He is particularly interessted n Belgian immigration. -The death of Captain Hugh Chisholm, n old and highly esteemed citizen of Mea - Gord, is announced, at the age of 72 3 ears. eceased was one of the pioneer shipbuild- rs and navigators of Canada. -Thieves broke into the vestry of St. eorge's Cathedral, Kingston, and, after I,n fortnight ago Winnipeg is shown to have a hrinking all the wine in sight, ransacked e box A containing the rchbishop's vest- ents. -By the census of Manitoba, taken a pulation Of 31,649, an increase in ten ears ef 11,411, or 56.43 per cent. -a very remarkable rate of growth. -David Nesmith, one of the best known cyclists in Canada, and formerly the long t distance champion'is seriously ill at his home in Toronto, with a severe attack of ' s typhoid. ; -Some thief or thieves entered the resi- dence ef Mrs. John Jacques, of Coiling - Wood, in her absence, and stole her collec- tion of coins, valued at $500. She had some are coins in her oollection. i t -An extensive coal deposit has been dis- P overed in Algoma, within thirty miles of b udbury. This is considered a very impor- ant discovery, as it means the utilization of b he iron in that district. -Mr. William Porte, who has held the i position of postmaster at Lucan for the past w years, has resigned, and his son, Fred a succeeds him in office. The retiring in " too c ief k eharge of the office in June, 1858. -Captain F. J. Brown, who for the peat 1 years has been in command of Japanese t erchant steamers, trading between F Jiapan, China and India, having retired i f in service, is about to take up his reel- 03 derojiwace illwasGait. presentedBefore byle:XnEgmjpaepanror,wilirth. J ilecoratien for his valuable services dur- r, ing the late war. It is star shaped, with Jean iockhart and Willie Cowan on Janu ary 22hd. In the latter case M. Gilligan a silver back, set around with rubies and inlaid with precious stones of Japan. With it is a lapel button, worn at all times in Ja an and b th as the medal. Captain Brown is the only at sue risk of hi life d he ed k; h; oh st Pre: of is ad A r- at as 1, McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.00 a Year in Advance. 1 ankin,' corner, was notified, but he did not consider an inquest necessary, as dee sed had been under his care for some- - rased over her, and she was gone. Dr. was the hero. After Jean Lockhart had lLbeen rescued, Gilligan noticed something P whichears e same significance bobbi g up in the river, a.nd went in again s own e, an sexed young Canadian khown to have received t honor. -William Hammond, on being arraign at the assize court, Bracebridge, last wee charged with the murder of Katie Toug pleaded "not guitteed The crdwn was n ready to proceed,' and the case was po poned till the next assizes. - -R. B. 'Van Horne, eldest iscat of Pre dent Van iforne, of the C. P. is wi the engineer's party in the censtruction the Dauphin Railway, He is getting h his first experience of practiCal ratite wo_rkA. Toronto Saturday paper says - large number of ladies, with stern faces an brown badges, were on the streets yeste day. They were 'American school teaeher who had come over from the convention Buffalo, to spend a'day in Visiting Tororito -Mr. J. B. McLaren, of Ottawa, h bought 13,000 shares of stock in the Leo mine, British Columbia for $65,000.• Th stock was owned by G. H. Stemnie who was a freight agent in Spokane, an who bought the block for $300 two year ago. -At Orangeville, Edward Delaney Was swinging an axe preparatory to driving it into a stick on his wagon,- When he missed his aim and the instrument struck- him on the leg, inflicting a deep gash, and severing the tendons and -arteries. Had it not been for prompt medical assistance he would have bled to death. -Mr. William Haskins, city engineer of Hamilton, a worthy gentleman and a good official, died suddenly on Sunday, 5th inst. He -Was a man who deserved the marked re- spect in which he was held, and for forty years -he died at seventy -he served the citizens of Hamilton faithfully, and died in harness. -H. G. Hunt, music dea er 'at St. Thomas, found guilty of usin cancelled postage stamps, has been fined $1 and costs or thirty days imprisonment .on each charge e the term e of imprisonrn nt, if the fines -are not paid, to run concur ently. A distress warrant was issued, and the stock in his store seized to satisfy th fines and costs. -A unanimous call has bct-n-e tended by the congregation of St. Andre -B Presby- terian church, Peterborough, to Rev. James G. Potter, ^ of Seuthside church, Toronto. Mr. Potter is prominent among the younger Presbyteria clergyman, and had done ex- tremely e ective work in his ahurch, of which he h been pastor for four years. -A Can dian Pacific refrigerator car was attached t the Pacific- express, which passed thro gh Toronto Friday, on the way to Vancouv r. The car had a full load of live lobster's, that were being shipped from Halifax to the Pacific coast, where they will be planted in the hope that they will take to their new home and increase in numbers. -Two sons of Moses Blackstock, of Innis- fil, near Barrie, were hoeing roots a few days ago, when they decided to atop and have a little target practice. In taking the rifle from the loft in which it was kept, it was accidentally discharged, the bullet en- tering the back of Fred's head, killing him almost instantly. He was about le years °f MeCurtis, a colored man, was arrested in Brantford the other, day, for peddling indecent wares on the street. The prisoner had in his possession a lot of arti- cles cleverly carved in bone, including knives, toothpicks, spoons, etc. Much Of the carving on this stuff was deeidedly- in- decent. This was confiscated by the court, and Mr. McCurtis.was allowed to go on sus- pended sentence on promising not to mann- facture any more such articles. -Alex. McKenzie, an old bachelor, living at Ledoy, near Barrie, was missed in the neigh orhood, and was found lying dead in a filth and partly decomposed condition, M his a artments. He was supposed to pennil ss, but in looking through Ads trap $500 i gold was found, and several bills f the B nk of Upper Canada, that bank bein new ong extinct. He also had thre watch s, besides many kinds of -musical i strum nts. =Mr. P. E. W. Moyer, editor of the Be lin Daily News, who was well know' throughout the country, died on Thursda of last week. He was 60 years of age. H son will conduct the paper.., Deceased ha been instrumental, through his paper; in pushing forward many enterprises, such fte the waterworks and sewers the town pea - sasses, and Berlin is certainly better for hts having lived there. He leaves a widow and nine children to mourn his loss, most of the children being grown up. -Mr. Enoch Bauman one of the moat respected farmers of NVoolwich townshied Waterloo county, was accidentally killetl on Thursday, 9th inst., while cutting whe t with a binder. How the accident happene is not known. Only a young son of M Baurnan's was in the near vicinity at thie time. The team, a spirited one, no doubt ran away while Mr. Bauman was fixing some part of the binder; when found hs neck was broken'. and life was extinct. -A despatch from London, England; says: Mrs. Anna Hodgins, wife of a well known Canadian barrister, while riding a bicycle in Battersea Park, fainted and fell from her wheel. Mr. John Burns, the labor leader, and member of Parliament for Bat- tersea, and Clapham, lifted Mrs. Hodgins from the ground and carried her to the park lodge, where she died in a few minutes. A coroner's jury rendered a verdict that the cause of death was apoplexy. - -A grasshopper plague is committing great havoc in Frontenac county. Mr. W. Wilson, of the township of Camden, has been a great loser by it.' In four days the pest ate up a ten -acre fi Id of fine oats and 24 acres of meadow. They appear in myriads, and spread d vastation wherever hey go. Mr. C. Ki mett, near, Roblin, who bad fine crops a d good prospeets a week ago, has nothing left but a field of peas, which they did no touch, and a quan- tity of marsh hay. -A gentleman from enezuela arrived in Toronto the other da . He is Mr. O. G. Pined°, of Maraicabo, ho is on a pleasure rip through Ontario and Quebec. Mr. inedo came by way of New York and Al - any, and after visiting the Falls, will go to Montreal, and then ke the Richelieu, oats down the Saguen y river. In speak - ng of the boundary question in Venezuela, Mr. Pined° said: " Ederything was quiet hen I left home, and I do not anticipate ny trouble. The people generally are tak- g very little interest in the question.": ee-Diplomas have been received by the London Humane Society for public pressen- ation to Leonard Parker, Fred Aciamaand rank McKenzie, for their heroic conduct n saving Liam Simmons' life, on January rd when he fell through the ice while missing the river near Beechees Island. ohn Ross also gets a diploma for services ndered m assisting to save the lives of sotnittuhtee,aff of the St. Marys,Collegiate In- stitute , time and was troubled with heart disease. - r. S. J. Stubbs, B. A. who -has pass- ' ed his examination at the Ontario school of pedagogy, has been appointed to a position -The employes of the Stratford Beacon and their friends intend holding their sec- ond annual excursion on Saturday, July 18th, Crystal Beach and Buffalo are the t objective points. -Mr. John Wolf, of the 8th line of Wal- lace, had his barn struck by lightning on Saturday, 4th inst., and entirely burned alone with his horses, implements and a quantity of h.ay. -Mr. John Wood, of Avonton, and granddaughter left on Tuesday, 7th inst.,-for Manitoba, the ,latter returning home and the former to spend a couple of months with his daughters out there. -Rev. Mr. Nethercott, of Woodham, is preparing to visit his old home, among the - fertile bills and valleys of historic Devon, in England, partly for his health, and also to visit his aged mother. -Ma George Moir, ' formerly of St. Marys, has been appointed by the defunct Ottawa Government, Indian lands agent for West Al,goma, district, with headquart- ers at Sault Ste Marie. -Dr. F. W. Thomson, of Mitchell, has gone back to Montreal to put in a summer term at McGill Medical College, and intends after that to join his uncle; the druggist, in Ti_lsoinhbeurlegg, al men of the town of Listowei, have decided to close their effiees during July and August,at 3:30 p.m., every day ex- cepting Saturday, when .they will -close at 1:30 p. m. -Mr. George Goodhand, theesemaker, at Milverton, has received the medal and di- ploma awarded him for his exhibit of cheese at the World's Fair in 1893. On that oc- casion his exhibit scored 98d points out of the possible 100. -.A shortage of nearly four thousand dol- lars has been discovered in the books of the late treasurer of the corporation of Strat- ford. Wm. Lawrence, eon of the deceased, who was appointed treasurer on his father's death,has made good the amount, - A woman, 75 years of age, has been around Stratford, relating a tale of misfor- tune that never happened, and playing on the credulity of benevolent people in that city. - The bicycle club of the Stratford Young Men's Christian Association 'took a run down to Shakespeare on Saturday evening, 4th inst., and spent a couple --of hours very pleasantly at the manse. -Mrs. John H. Tilly, of Mitchell, has gone to visit hen sister, Mrs. Hopwood, of Manitoba, her two young sons in the 'States furnishing her with a ticket and " pocket money." Boys who will thus remember their mother are worthy of all praise. -Mr. A. Hutchings, V. S., of Mitchell, was married on Tuesday, 7th inst., to Miss McNay, eldest daughter of Mrs. Mehday, of the same place. Miss McNay has been teaching in Logan for a couple of years, and is a very estimable young lady. -An unknown men gained admittance• into the house of Mrs. Laidlaw, St. Marys, one night lately, and proceeded to make himself disagreeable. Pat Dunn the effi- cient night watchman was speedify notified, and the intruder was taken into custhdy. Cowan. For this noble deed the Roya Canadian Humane Society have forwarded a medal. Mr. Gilligan will receive a special prize in the shape of a gold watch, from Mr. Lockhart's brother in England. -The Brandon Sun of' the 9th inst., , gives the following item: A baby boy was born on the incoming delayed C. P. R. ex- press on Sunday morning, about 1 a. m. The birth took place near Carberry, and as there was no doctor on the train, the con- ductor and brakemen were called in. The conductor was Mr. Joseph Fahey, and this is the third event of the kind that has taken place' on his train during the past two ty.ears. The lady came from the Pacific _ -The Berlin Telegraph of last week says : On Thursday, July 2nd, Mr. Joel Clemens, a widely known and highly re- spected resident of Waterloo township, cele- brated the 50th anniversary of his marriage. On the 2nd of July, 1846, Mr. Clemens was married to his life partner, who is a daugh- ter of Jacob S. Shoemaker, and the two married life together. A number of Hies have lived w at it is the privilege of com- paratively fe to enjoy, fifty years of happy long friends assembled on the occasion, and assisted in celebrating the most interesting event. • -Mr. E. Waugh,who lives about one and a half miles from Komoka village, had the misfortune to lose his two barns and granary by fire Wednesday morning. About 2 o'clock a neighbor, who was putting out his dog, noticed the fire and notified Mr.' Waugh and family. The season's crop of wheat and hay •had jut. been placed in the barn. Everything was :lost. No animals were in any of the learns, all being out at pasture. The buildings are insured for about $700 in. the Lobo Mutual. The lightning, which was very severe around the village of Komoka, was the cause of the fire. . The loss was heavy. -What may prove a fatal shooting affair occurred at Berlin the other night, just be- fore dusk. Two young lads named Powley and McCullough, aged respectively 12 and 7, were playing in the yard of the former, when young Powley asked McCullough to get up into a tree and he would show him how they shoot tramps. McCulloch climbed the tree, and young P'owley went into the house and upstairs, and, securing an old shot gun, fired from an open window at the lad in the tree. The charge took effect in McCullough's left Tung, piercing within an inch of the heat. He' lies in a critical con- dit-i°Gneorge A. Kerr, who went from ' Woodstock to South Africa, some time ago, has written home from Johannesburg, stat- ing that he intends to return to America in September. In the course of his letter, which is dated May 25th, he says : " Things are far from being settled. The absence of the Reform leaders, who have been sen- tenced to fifteen years' imprisonment, airly ralyses business', as they were the back- bone' of Johannesburg. Public opinion seems be hat war is not far off, when the Boers 11 b turned out of the Transvaal and the JBritis flag hoisted. This is the beginning f wi ter here -warm in the day with cold night : and an occasional frost." Since the ebove was written the Reform prisoners have en released. 1 Perth Items. :ing in Wallace is about over, and is a en right crop. e directors of the Sebringville Flax C mp nyhave again engaged Mr. G. Hud - so as foreman. T ree acres in Romeo ward, Stratford, th property of W. T. Rowiand,awas sold th ot er day for $150. . 1ph and 011ie Robertson, of Monk - to., ere among the prize winners at the A wood races on July 1st. Thursday, August 13th, has been de- ed on as the annual civic holiday for M tchell. Dr. Andrew Ruppert, of North Reat- h, se, will begin the practise of his profes- s'. n in Shakespeare. Mr. David Murray, of Palmerston, has re ently been visiting friends in Stratford and North Easthope. , --Miss Mary Malcolm, teacher in Mani -' I toulia Island, is holidaying at her parents' home in St. Marys. -The fourth line of Wallace, beef syndi- cate, killed their first beef on Wednesday, lith inst. Mr. F. Knipeis their butcher. -A. F. McLaren, M. P., and family are holidaying at Windsor Detroit and other places on the Detroit River. -Mr. George Hamilton, of Sebringville, conducted the leaving and entrance examin- stions at Milverton, 49 pupils writing. -The Listowel junior foot ball club went to Gorrie on the Firsaand got properly done up by the old men of that village. -Mr. Wm. Nichol has bought the Keolar lot of twenty-one acres, in Wallace, for $1,100, from Mr. Long, of Listowel. -A Listowel little girl drank water in which a piece of fly paper had soaked, and was so near death her pulse ceased to beat. -Miss Kate Richmond, of Poole, went to Washington D. G., as a delegate to the International Convention of Christian En- dea,vorers. -The Milverton base ball 'dub goes to New Hamburg on Friday, July 17th, to play the return match with the club of that town. - Mitchell central telephone office has been supplied with a long distance transidit- ter, making the speaking to Montreal and further points quite easy. -Mr. D. Anderson' of South Easthope, raised the frame workof a large, commodi- ous barn, a few days ago. It will be an ornament to that part of the township. - Messrs. J. Wettlaufer and A. Leine. weber, both of the 3rd concession of South Easthope, have each had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse through lockjaw. - Mr. Meera-- and bride, who have been on an extens ve wedding tour, have .return- ed home to Jistowel. The town badd turn- ed out and g ve them a welcome. - blies R. IE. C. Mason, of Toronto, form- erly of Stratford, and Mr. T. Shannon, of Atwood, were among the successful candi- dates at the achool of pedagogy, -Messrs. George Davidson,William Hord, William Heal and John T. Barley, of Mitchell, left last week on the excursion to Manitoba. -Mr. Norval Babb, who underwent an operation in the Stratford hospital some time ago, has returned to Mitchell, and is daily gaining Strength. -Dick ,Grant, of Harvard University, Boston, and Miss Jennie Grant, of the Tor- onto Conservatory of Music, are home in St. Marys for the summer holidays. -Death came very suddenly to Mr.. MacKay, of North Easthope, who, with her son came to market Saturday morning-.wkla walking in the market square she fell, and on being raised a' slight spasm a -Mr. A. McCullough, of Detroit, ielichi- gain formerly of Millbank, is renewing old friendships in Mornington. He ihas been a subscriber to the Stratford Beacdn for over forty years, and says he would nZt be with- out it now in his old days for almost any consideration. -Mr. Jame e Wilson, of Milverton, who has been suffering from blood poisoning for some weeks, is almost well againHe puma. the skin on his left hand with a fork, a mere scratch, and after a few days it be- gan to swell and was very painful. -Miss Mabel V. Thompson, daughter of Mr. Walter Thompson, of Mitchell, Iran - passed the second year examination in vocal music at the Toronto Conservatory of Music, taking second class honors. She also took second elites honors in theory. -Mr. A. A. Knox, B. A., formerly of St.': Marys, has resigned a good position on the Chatham Callegiate Institute staff, to pur- sue the study of medicine. He was pre- sented by his pupils with a valuable set of books, at parting. -Levi Ingold, of North Easthope, passed away on Sunday, June 28th, after a linger- ing illness of consumption. kr. Ingold bore his sickness with true Christian forti- tude. He was only 25 years of age, and was a faithful member of the Evangelical nephew, wno, th, who makes his home with his Saturday, the 4th of July, Mr. H. Mr. J. Hitzaroth, in Shakespeare, celebrated the 73rd anniversary of his birthday in right royal style. In honor of the occasion he invited his friends and rela- tives of North Easthope to spend the day fivisi_htehmrmhriat. .nnj, has been making some great ohn McLaren, St. Marys prize hauls of bass from the river Thames lately. On Monday, last week, his catch was so large that he had to engage the services of a tiller of the soil to convey them into St. Marys some of them weighing nearly four pounds. -The following officers were elected at the meeting of the Young People's Associ- ation of the Tavistock German Evangelical church, on Monday evening, lust week :- President, John Stein vice-president, W. Heinmiller; secretary, Miss Annie Schwalm ; chorister, John Zimmerman, organ- ist, Miss Mary Fleiechhauer, ; press report- er, C. Pieffer. =The town of Mitchell is just now ex- periencing a. municipal water famine. On account of the breaking away of the dam in the spring there is no water to draw upon for any municipal purpose. The watering cart has been taken off for lack --of -svater,and if a fire should break out there is not water enough to keep the pumps working over two hours. The merchants and front street residents are smothered daily in dust. -Mr. Tom Burnet, of Poole, has a lively driver. She broke her tie, the other day, and ran away. In turning the -corner at Topping school the cart upset itself and the animal into the ditch. She managed to right both, when she started for home again. She had not gone far when the cart came in contact with a, telephone post, and was left there. The consequences - were a slightly damaged hors; harness and cart. —Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah McCarthy, of Logan, opened their grand new home with a great party on Wednesday, 8th inst. In the afternoon -the older people were enter- tained, and in theevening the young people had their innings. ,Nearly BOO attended altogether. Dancing took place in the large barn, which was nicely decorated, People were present from all parts of the county, and a, more enjoyable time Wag never spent,1 thanks to the kindness and large heartedness of the host and hostess,.