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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ier The figa-e between the parenteals, atter each
one, denotes the page of the paper on which the
advertisement will be found.
Philosophy and Dreams--Grelg-& Macdonald (I)
Markt 8ale—Mellinuon k Co. (6)
Hay Fork Rope—Reid & Wilson (5)
flarvestllhsea—R. Willis (6)
Granitewite-8ills & Murdle (8)
Pure Manilla Rope—Sille and Murtha (8)
Warreng to Fiarniert;--0.liartleilt (8)
.&uotion 8&s of Farm—R. S. flays (5)
Cash Produce Store—D, A. Cantelon (8)
Cash for Bsp—G- 11- King (8)
Cedar boar P. Beating -4)
Waieh Berdring—I. Binger (8)
Too Coal—Iladgens Brea. (8)
merle tor eada—Binehles Braga (8)
Beinteniser se Day saie--8. Mullett 4 Co. (8)
Bummer Suppiles--m—Beid th Wilson (8)
Newliallor Hate—W. W. Hainan (8)
Bioyeae Bargain—S. Mullett & Co. (8)
Money Wanted—F Mohammed (8)
Zia fun gnu:mita.
SEAPORTS, FRIDAY, Julye2nd, 1837
o the country. However, if the good peo-
ple of Canada will insist on maintaining an
irresponsible governing body, it is only
within r _earn that they sliduld have to pay
sweetly for the luxury.
Since the above was in type we learn the
difficulty has been patched uip. The Senate
has backed down.' They have passed the
supply bill With the objectionable item in it,
and have agreed to permit the investigating
committee to sit next session instead of
this, and hence the House was able to pro-
rogue on Wednesday. The mountain in
labor has not brought forth even a) MOUSE!.
The Dominion Parliament.
The Dominion Parliament is still in ses-
sion, or at least it was at last accounts.
Prorogation was expected on Monday last,
but prorogation has not yet taken place.
The trouble is that the old ladies of the
&nate have conitnenced to shotietheir teeth,
which have remained hidden for the many
years in which the Conservative party was
in power. As a result, a hitch between the
Commons and the Senate has arisen. Thie
is what is preventing prorogation. The
gladiators in both Houses are engaged in a
tactical sparring match to see which can
' get to the inside circlet in the ring first. The
Senate usually having the last pull, seem to
be on top so far, but whether or not they
will be outwitted by the sharper wits in the
popular body remains to be: seen. The
trouble has been brewing all session. The
Senate has vetoed several bills passed by the
Commons and sent to the Senate for ratifi-
cation. The one which precipitated the
trouble, however, was that providing for
I the exteneion of the Intercolonial Railway
to Montreal. As we stated last week, the
Senate, in inewiadom, killed that measure,
and in that respect knocked on the head the
scheme of the Government. But, not to be
. outdone, the Government inserted in the
supply bill a sum sufficient to carry out the
'scheme temporarily, with the assertionthat
if successful it will be revived next session,
when, they say, the advantages of it will
, be so potent that even the Senate will
be forced to admit their error and allow the
scheme to go through. The Senate does not
appreciate this forca of what they call sharp
practice,ttecircumvent their patriotic efforts
in the interests of the country, and the
statement has been given out that, if the
Government do not eliminate this objection-
able item from the supply bill, the senate
will throw out the whole supply bill, as it
seems that they can not cut out one item
without destroying the whole bill. If they
do this, then the sinews of war will be cut
offeandethe Government will not have any
money to carry on the business of the coun-
try. It will thus be seen that the Senate
hold the whip hand. Thus far the Govern-
ment have refused to leave their Intercolon-
ial scheme in abeyance and eliminate from
the supply bill,the item for its carrying out,
which is so -objectionable to the Senate,
and so the matter rests. We may say that
the item has been accepted by the Com-
o mons, and the action the Senate will take
on it cannot long remain' in doubt. -
But, the Senators have another string to
their bow. They profess to believe that
there is a nigger in the fence, and that there
has been boodling in connection with the
transaction, and they have appointed a corn-
mittee to enquire into the matter. Titis
eommittee can not sit after the House ad-
journs, and the House can not adjourn while
the committee is sitting, and it may take
this Senate committee six Weeks or two
months to complete its labors, and it may
be, that evenisupposing tha simply bill is
pegged, the House may hahe to remain in
session until it can receive the report of this
committee. It is a pretty kettle of fish.
The position may be better understood when
we say that in the memberehip of the Sen-
ate there are ten Conservatives to one Lib -
end, and, as .a consequence, the -Conser ye-
tives in the Senate can carry thing e all
thee own way. The Government and th eir
friends claim that the Conservative Senators
are using their strength in the Senate to
harass and embarrass the Government, and
• that this is the desire uppermost, and not
the good. of the country. The Government
are also manoeuveriug to keep the Crows'
Nest Pass bill from the Senate Until the In -
tercolonial business is 'settled, and that the
fate of the latter will decide the fate of the
former also. This is ale) another sore spot
with Tory Senators, and helps to make them
more cranky than they would otherwise be,
as several of them being pecuniarily inter-
ested in British Columbia mines, are anxious
to get the Crows' Nest Pass scheme
through. What the end will be no man can
at present tell.
There is another rumor currant, but what
truth may be in it we do not know. Sir
McKenzie Bowell iione of the chief pushers
in the Senate against the Iutercolonial ex-
tension business and in favor of an investi-
gation. It, is ilaid that some leading Con-
servatives are discreditably mixed up in the
deal with the Drummond county railway,
which forms a part of the Intercolonial exten-
sion scherae,ancl that this investigation com-
mittee will unearth this crookedness and ex-
- pose these Conservative politicians who were
instrumental in their efforts to overthrow
Sir Mackenzie when he was Premier, and
that he expects to get back at thetn in this
way, and punish them for their treachery
to himself. • This, however, is a somew hat
improbable story, and we do not fancy
there is anything in it. We incline to the
opinion that the instincts of the aonserva-
tive Senators would not allow them to let
pass such a good opportunity of -using their
majority in the Senate to embarrass and in-
jure the hated Grit Government. At any
rate, when thetrue inwardness of their
patriotistin is reached, if it ever should be.
we are prepared to wager coppers to dough.
nuts that the partisan political motive is
the mainspring of their action. In the
meantime the play is an exceedingly inter-
esting One for the political student. The
greatest objection to it is titbit it is so costly
The Election Petition
Dismissed.
The following dispatch sae received from
Toronto ontiatunday :
In the ALondon election case judge Fer-
guson handed down judgment to -day on the
points that were reserved for further con-
sideration in the previous judgment. The
appeal was finally dismissed in teto, on the
ground that although two isolated acts had
been praven corrupt, they were contrary to
the general orders of the respondent, and
were of a trivial and unimportant nature,
and were not part or parcel of a plan or
campaign of corruption. Judge Robertson
concurred in the finding.
This means that the petition has been
dismissed and that Mr. Beattie is confirmed
in his seat. In view of the evidence we
have no hesitation in expressing our belief
that a more marvellotui decision has never
been rendered by any court in Canada.
How two presumably sensible and con-
setientious men, to say nothing of two
judges
judges of a high court, supposed to be un-
tainted by political partizanship and capable
of weighing evidence, could fender such a
verdict, must forever remain a mystery to
ordinary humanity. If there ever was a
corrupt, an abominably corrupt election,that
vehieb has been e)nfirmed and proclaimed
pure by these judges, was, most certainly
one. In fact there was a carnival of cor-
ruption from the beginning to the end, and
it is not creditable to the courts of this
country that such promedingt should be
overlooked and. condoned. The least that
should have been den% was to void the
election and make an example of some of
the principal participants in it?, by inflict-
ing upon them suitable punishment. This
decision, we are sorry to say, will go far
towards lessening theehigh respect which
the people have always held for the judic-
iary of this province An appeal will likely
be taken to a higher court, for although
the expenses have already been enormous, it
is scarcely probable that a free people will
rest quietly under such an injustice in a
free country where justice is supposed, to
prevail.
and it should be attended to. The most of
dt wais taken up the present session, but was
abandoned for the more attractive as well
as vastly more expensi %although, perhaps,
not's° beneficial schemes which they have
suceeeded in forcing though. If the Gov-
ernment will act wisel , they will not take
up any more of these 1 rge money wasting,
debt creating projects his Parliament, but
devote the balance of their time to perfect -
ing the more simple, as well as more useful
measures, such as thoenwe have alluded to.
It Should Be Attended To.
The recent action of the Dominion Senate
in veoting the bill providing for the exten-
sion of the Intercolonial Railway into Mont-
real, as well as the bill requiring railway
companies to. carry bicycles for passengers
as baggage and free of charge, both of
which bills had been passed by the Com-
mons, after full deliberation, and by con-
siderable majorities, shows clearly the
great danger of having a governing body
that is irresponsible and independent of the
people, and what makes this danger all
the greater is the fact that there is no ap-
peal from its action, no matter how unjust
or how outrageous it may be: It will not
do to say that these measures were im-
proper measures to pass, and were not in
the interests of the country. The injustice
or impropriety of a law is, largely, a mat-
ter of opinion. The great point id, that
they were passed by the people's represen-
tatives, and in theory, if not in reality, by
the people themselves. In this free country.
the people are, or should be, supreme. If
they do wrong they must suffer the conse-
quences. , But who should be the best
judges of what is right and in the best iu ter -
eats of the people, and what the people
want, the -representatives of the House of
Commons, who are in direct touch with the
people and directly responsible to them, or a
parcel of antiquaries, who are not in touch
a ith the people, but who have had their ap-
pointments for life, and in this way do not
need to care a pin whether the people are
pleased or served, and whoby virtue of this
mdependence do not keep themselves in
touch with the people or in sympathy with
the requirements of the country. Besides
this, the majority of them are in their dot-
age, and are ruled vastly more by their
prejudices than by their sense of right or
wrong, if they have any. It is intolerable
that in a free country and in this nineteenth
century, the people should be under the
control of such a dangerous olegarehy.
Some may say, however, that if the Senate
is not to exercise its powers, and is simply
to approve of and register the acts of the
-popular branch of thd Legislature, what
good is it? Yes, what good is it?
That is a question which has often been
asked, bat which we have never yet seen
satisfactorily answered. If the Senate
does do anything, it is simply a menace to
the liberties of the people, and if it does not
do anything it is only an expensive burden,
and becomes what, it has long been in this
ceuntry, an asylum. for broken down , poli-
ticia.ns whom the people who know them
best, refuse longer to entrust ag their re-
presentatives. It is high time that this blot
tipon our legislative institutions were wiped
out. If it can not be wiped out entirely,
and the cost -of it put to a better and more
profitable use, then the next best thing is to
in some way bring it into such shape that
its members can be made responsible to the
people for their actions, and in this way do
away with tbe danger of its existenCe if we
cannot avoid the expense. ;If the Govern-
ment would now red content with the big
money spending and debt creating schemes
which they have set on foot this session,and
devote their attention to practical legisla-
tion, iucit asithe reconstruction of the Seu.
ate; the reconstruction of the constituencies;
a fair and inexpensive franchise, the aboli-
tion lof, the superammation of civil ser-
'-vantsL and other kindred and needed re -
forma, it would have a r tendency to save
money to the people, make lite easier and
safer and add to the happiness and comfort
of the populace generally. There is workt
enohgh here cut out for the n ext. session
' He is Prou of Them.
Everything Canadiai is Wresting very
great attention and interest in the old
country just new, and', what is, perhaps,
eve# more gratifying to Canadians at home,
is the fact that every representative Cana-
dian or body of Canadians who have taken
any,part in the recent jubilee Celebration
there, have so conducted themselves as • to
do themselves and their country credit.
Canada never occupied a prouder position
in the eyes of the world than she does to-
day. Hon. Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Canal
dian Premier, received the Canadian troops,
now in England, at Chelsea, on Saturday.
At the clue of the evolutions the Premier
said :
"In behalf of the government and people
of Canada I congratulate you upon your
splendid appearance and upon the good, re-
ports I have heard of you from all sides.
As Canadians, we all hope that war will
never break out ; but I express the feelings
of all present in saying that if it is the mis-
fortune of the empire to go to war, the
Canadian troops will be quite as ready to
go te the battlefield and give a good ac-
couut of themselves as they have been on
parade this morning. In my own behalf,
desire to thank you. heartily for your splen-
did appearance and good conduct, and I
shall immediately report to the government
of Canada the excellent accounts I have
heard of you "
There is Money in Cheese.
The cheese market seems to be opening
up pod this season. Canadian cheese has
notvgained such an enviable reputation in
the markets of Britain that it always com-
mands ready sale at the very highest pries,
and is, consequently, one of the leading
sourbes of revenue for our Canadian farm-
ers. i• Our butter and eggs are now rapidly
making their way into public favor on the
other side of the Atlanti% and with the
facilities now being provided for safe and
rapid transportation, they are sure, at an
early day, to take as good a position as our
cheese now holds. With greater care in
seleeting and packing, Canadian apples
,will also very speedily be in as great de-
mand there as our cheese, butter and eggs.
It Would seem as if we have now reached
the dawn of a new era of prosperity. The
Montreal trade bulletin of last week mikes
the following significant and encouraging
at4itement. It says :
wee
cash
foil
Yor
of 1
the
th
th
ple
facO
of t
about $275,000 as -compared with the cor-
responding week last year. - In other
words, the fanners of this country received
that much more for their cheese last week
than for the same week in 1896. It is rio
wonder that circulation is increasing in the
aountry and arrears are being liquidated.
A large wholesale boot and Shoe manufac-
turer stated to the writer a r days ago
that he was surprised to fin remittances
coming in so well while new business was so
smS11. This is,Oow fully acc unteff. for by
outalarge shipments of ehee e and other
produce.
e exports of cheese frbm this port last
were 105,159 boxes representing a
value of about $600,000, 'being about
times greater than those from New
, and making a total from both ports
,600 boxes ; and yet .the market on
other side has net broken much under
e heavy shipments, which demonstrates
vast consumptive capacity of the peo-
of Great Britain for cheese ; and this in
of the facathat the increase in values
e exports from this port last week was
ling labor interest% when called on by your
committee. iRespectfully submitted,
(Signed) CHARLES MARCH, Chairman.
At a later dage of the Counoil's- proceed-
ings a resolution was moved, seconded and
carried unanhnously, instructing the legis-
lative committee to use due diligence in
urging upon the Government to sustain firm-
ly and give full effect to the "Act respect-
ing shops and places other than factories,"
and -more especially so as to, section 40 of
thie provisions affecting bake shops.
News of the Week.
ONE oF RUSSIA'S BEST VESSELS LOST.—
The Ruseian turret ironclad Oangoot, one
of the best vessels in the imperial navy, ran
upon a reef near Tranzund Friday during a
storm and sank almost immediately.
FEAST OF THE Poore—The Princess of
Wale's Jubilee dinners to the pooreof Lon-
don, England; on Thursday were very sue.
cessful. About 300,000 denizens of the
Slums were sumptuously ente ained at the
various centers.
ON A BRIDAL TOUR.—MrS. tCurtis, wife of
Frank Curtis, of the Columbia, Opera Com-
pany, Los Angeles, California, and a pop-
uler actress known as Pauline Williams,
was 'killed in* mine shaft at Roseland, a
fen: days ago.' They were married in San
Francisco two weeks ago, and were on their
wedding trip.
A VETERAN TYPO DEAD.—Rovert Fergus,
eighty-two years of age, a veteran job prin-
ter, of Chicago, was instantly killed .on a
level crossing Friday. Among the works
on which Fergus set type in Glasgow were
Sir Walter Scott's "Marmion" and "Lady
of the Lake."
MADE Hue Coon Ur. --George C. Ware,
a well-dressed young man, was arrested in
the Fifth Avenue Bank, New York, Friday,
while endeavoring to cash a forged check
for a small amount. Ware tried to swallow
• the cheque when detected, but the bank's
special officer seized him by the throat and
choked him until he coughed up the evi-
dence.
What The Working Men Say.
At the regular meeting of the Toronto
Trades and Labor Connell, held on the 10th
on June, the legislative committee of that
organization, which is compo4ed of mon of
all shades of politics, prese ted a report
which, on being read and apoken to in very
favoreble terms by several 4elegates, was
unanimously concurred in. We have to
thank the secretary for a 'copy cf the report,
and we submit below extracts therefrom,
which will be of interest to any of our
readers. The report proceeds s follows :
GESTLEM ES,—Your legislatiire committee
in this their first report for June, 1897, beg
leave to submit that they would not have
performed their duty in full to your body,
no would they be—according the Govern-
ment, of which Hon. A. S. II rely is now
Premier and Attorney -General, its due meed
of ,commentation and praise, d d they ne-
glect reporting upon the legisl tion of last
session of the 9ntario Legielatdre, in so far,
atIleast, as such legislation was Of direct in-
terest to the working classes .of the Pro-
vince. W hile not losing sight of th importance
and great value of legislation in the interest
of the working elements in' Ontario, enacted
year by year during the political leadership
of Hon. Sir Oliver Mowat from 1873 to 1896,
yet it is not asserting too much to say that
the labor legislation of last session, be-
ing the first uuder the,Premiership of Hun.
Mr. Hardy, will bear more than favorable
comparison with any preceding enactments
of like oharacter.
'ISTour committee also desire t3 bear will-
ing testimony that lion. Premier Hardy,
and every one of his colleagues on whom it
became their duty to wait, from time to
time, always met them most courteously,
listened to them with interest and patience,
afid not without effect in most instances,
(as legislation evidences), besides always
incommoding themselves to meet the
canvenience of your representatives by in-
variably meeting them at a suitable hour in
the evening, after working hours, and for
Which courtesy and kindness your commit-
tee, through your- body, desire to return'
their most sincere thanks as well as the
thanks of the working elements generally
whom they represented..
The principal acts of the last session and
he names of their respective promoters,
are :—
(Here follow the several bills, together
With comments and explanations by the
committee.)
Your committee, in conclu4g, desire to
record, as well, their keen appreciation of
the many kindnesses accorded to them from
time to time, as occasion offered, by all
members of the House and by such corn:*
nuttaes of Legislature as they apiseared be-
fore. It is also desired to pay a well merit-
ed and special compliment to Messrs. D.
Macnish, of West Elgin; J. L. Haycock, of
FrOntenao ; J. Caven, of Prince Edward;
and M. Y. McLean of South Huron, for
their special as well as successful efforts in
defeating ita,committee the bill to increase
and grant special powers to the Architects'
Assoeiation in'Ontario; as well as rendering
other valuable assistance in matters effect-
GREAT HEAT.—The most intense heat that
has prevailed in Central Kansas for several
years was experienced for four days last
week. The thermometer averaging 100, and
finally reaching 104. Many prostrations
among the farmers are reported, and at
some points farmers have been compelled to
abandon their harvest work. In the vicinity
of Larned it was hot enough te curl the
leaves of vegetation.
IMPORTANT ARRESTS.—C. M. Fagen-Bush
was arrested in New York on Friday on a
charge of 'forgery. He is alleged to be the
principal member of a gang of swidlers whose
operations in Denver, it is estimated, netted
$50,000. They are also said to have operat-
ed. extensively in other cities from New
York to San Francisco. Under arrest in
Denver is E. H. Sahli, who is alleged to
be another member • of the gang. Frank
Parry, still another, the authorities believe;
is dead. The charge on which Fagen-Bush
will be brought to Colorado is that olswind-
ling Mrs. Margaret Menzies,of Ontario, Can-
ada, out of $2,500 in 1892.
SOME HAIL STONES.—The worst storm
known in thn history of Kansas struck
Topeka and vicinity on Thursday night of
last week. Hail stones weighing from 12 to
16 ounces stripped the trees of their
foliage, smashed windows, including
the finest plate -elms s,tore fronts,
cut down telegraph and telephone wires,
riddled awnings, and inflicted unprecedent-
ed damage throughout the city. Dogs were
struck in the streets and instantly killed
and horses were knocked to their knees.
When the fury of the storm had passed
dead birds were found everywhere. Fre-
quent and terrific lightning accompanied the
storm. There are not a dozen buildings in
the town that were not almost windowless
after the storm, and many roofs were
caved in, the roofs of street cars also
were pierced. The hail stones rang-
ed in size from that of a hen's egg to
that of an rseArieh egg, and 30 minutes after
the storm one hail stone was picked up
which meseured 14 inches in circumference.
Surgeons were hussy dressing wounds of per-
sons injured in the storm.
previous to their examinations at the Se
forth Collegiate Ittetitute.—Misis Mary
Diek, of Hensel, spent a few days in Bla
and vicinity the past week.—About sixty
men assisted at the raising of Mr. Robert
Allan's new barn on Wednesday last.—Mie
and Mrs. Allan Douglas have been away
visiting , friends.—W hat almost proved to
be ' a serious accident happened to Mr.
Themes Sherritt while returning from the
picnic on Tuesday last. He escaped with a
few bruises, and his many friends are
pleased to see him able to be around again,
—Mr. John Johnston will soon have the
foundation of his barn completed. Messrs'.
Thompson are doing the mason work.—
What is the matter with our baseball club?
Leadbiny.i. ,
NOTES.—Some of the member e • of Mr.
Bell'e and Mr. Gray's families attended the
conference of the Latter Day &bits at St.
Marys last week.—Miss Mary Gregg, 'who
his been residine with an uncle and aunt at
Staffa for some trine, was visiting' relatives
in this section recently.—Miss Mary Irvine,
of Blanshard, is visiting at the residence of
her brother, Mr. J. J. Irvine.—The native's
of this section turned out in great style on
Jubilee -Day. It is estimated that nearly
1,000 people from the Loadoury line and
the lines to the north and south of it visit-
ed Seaforth that day. Five or six from a
house was nothing uncommon.—Statute
labor is completed and the roads are now
simply horrid.—Many of the ladies who
are qualified to judge, say that the Mem-
bers of the Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 813,
McKillop, were the most handsome men in
the procession on Jubilee Day. And your,
correspondent must be pardoned for Baying
that the most pleasant feature of the day
was the display made by the girls' brigade;
we were all proud of the girls. They are a
credit to Seaforth, and are as clever as
they are pretty '• the boys' brigade stood a
good second. The most unpleasant feature
was the dust on the line of march. This
could have been prevented before hand, but
the very best people make mistakes some-
times.j
Lakelet.
NORTHERS SPARKS.—Mr. R. Carson rain-
ed his barn on Thursday, last week, and
everything went o. k. Mr. Zeigler, of Clif-
ford, is the framer.—Mr. Lowish will raise
his barn next WednesdaY, and it will take
about 150 men to do the work. Mr. Por-
terfield, of Howick, is the boss.—Mr. R.
Wallace is around taking orders for bind-
ing twine these days. Nearly all the farm-
ers in the vicinity wile use twine are
taking it from Mr. Wallace. —Miss
Georgie Dulmage who, for the past few
wseks visited at London, Wheatly and De-
troit, returned home here on Friday.—Mr.
Hovey and his men did good service for their
country and Queen at statute labor this
year. They put out a lot of gravel, and
otherwise improved the road and sidewalk.
—Wm. McLaughlin, of Fordwich, had a
number of good cattle from this vicinity de-
livered to him this week. He paid a good
price for them.—Springbank factory is
booming this year. We believe they make
between 25 and 30 cheeses each day.—Mr.
James Ritchie lost a very valuable brood
mare the other day. This mare was im-
ported from Scotland some years ago, and
we believe Mr. Ritchie refused over $400
for the animal at one time. This is the sec-
ond valuable horse Mr. Ritchie has lost this
spring.—We see by the Harriet= _ Tribune,
that Mr. W. Wallace's cattle, which passed
through there recently, were admired. One
steer about 18 months old weighed about
1,200 pounds.—The cheeky thief who enter-
ed Mr. Allan's house in Clifford recently,
and took a gold watch, was captured. the
ether day. He is new in Guelph awaiting
his trial. He is one of the tramp fraternity.
—Mr. S. Scott and daughter Maggie left
the ether day for Galt, where they. will
visit for a week or more.—There will be a
union picnic in Mr. Harris' grove on July
1st. This will take a great 'umber away
from Clifford.—The beef ring around Bel -
more and the 17th concession of Hovvick is
booming. Mieltitchie is president, and Mr.
Yohone is butcher. They feel quite 'elated
over their good luck, and cannot refrain
from giving vent to their satisfaotion in a
poetical get up. Mr. Gowdy, their poet,
has got bp a few stanzes,voicing the feelings
of the well fed crowd, which we will pub-
lish next week.
Blake.
BRIEFS.—The Blake auxiliary of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary society- will.
hold a special missionary meeting on Tues-
day evening, July 6th. The special feature
of the evening will be an address by the
Rev. Mr. Henderson, of Hensall. Other
neighboring ministers are expected to be
present. No effort has been spared by the
Blake choir to make the musical part of the
programme a success, and Messrs. Beattie
and De Lacey, of Seaforth, are expected to
assist. A silver coll&tion will be taken up.
—The regular meeting of the Christian
Endeavor society was held on Sabbath
evening. Mr. McTaggart presided, and a
large number of young people were present.
—The children of schools Nos.' 1, 8 and 9,
with their friends, spent a Very -pleasant
day on Tuesday of last week, at Bayfield.
The day was perfect and boating was the
chief pastime. The popular teachers did a
great deal towards making the picnic one of
the events of the season. --Mr. J. Douglas
and bride were visiting their many friende
the past week, previous to their departure
for their new home in Fairgrove, Michigan.
—Mrs. Adamson, Miss B. Wilson and Miss
Manson have been spending a very pleasant
holiday lit Wolfeburn Farm, the residence
of Mr. John Manson.—Misses Thompson
and Welker are visiting at their homes,
a
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JULY 2, 18970
OPLE'S
Hansa,
.. A CASII Peneuee STORE.—Raving open-
ed a eashproduca-ft3re in Henn% the undersigned,
will pay highest prices for all kinds of country pro.,
duce. 1 Farreers bring your Eggs, Butter, Cherries,
ete., to the Hensel' cash produce store, and receive
highest cash prices. A few doors east of McArthur
& ti'c'a bank. D. A. ceetztos. 1542 4
LOCAL BRIEFS.—Mies Edna Neelands is
spending a couple of months in Georgetown
and Toronto.—Miss Blanche Petty, of Tor-
onto, has been home visiting her Mother,
Mrs. John Petty.—Mr. Koine preached his
farewell sermon in the Methodist church
last Sunday evening, to a large congrega-
tion. His services have been much appre-
ciated here, and the best wishes of his
many friends will 'follow him in his new
field of labor. —A very enjoyable strawberry
festival, under the auspices of the Ladies'
Auxiliary of St. Paul's church, was held on
the fine grounde of Mr. A. Johnston, on the
London road, about half a mile north of our
village, on Friday evening last. The at-
tendance was very fair, and would no doubt
have been larger had it not been that the
weather was decidedly cold, so much so
as to make it more desirable to be within
than out. However, those present speak
very highly of the evening's entertainment,
both in the manner of the nice refreshments
the ladies had prepared in addition to the
fine eerawberries and cream, and the excel-
lent programme that was carried out, in-
cluding a number of fine selections from our
harmonica band, who added greatly to the
pleasure of the -evening.—Mrs. C. A. Mo-
nona returned recently from Galt, where
she had been visiting friends.—Mr. R.
Cudmhre and his staff of bricklayers are
rushing up the walls of Messrs. Carlisle,
Foss and Millar's new brick block. It will,
aecording to the plan, present a very hand-
some ;appearance when completed.—Mr.
George Kydd is also, at the time of writing,
putting up scaffolding andpreparing to
start the brick work of Messrs. Petty and
McClett's brick block.—Rev. J. S. Honda -
-
son and his elder, Mr. Louis, Harold, re-
turned hor4e last week from Winnipeg,
where they had been attending the general
assembly.—Mr. B. Shirray was in Hamilton
recentty visiting friends.—Our villagers got
quite la startle on Monthly forenoon last,
when an alarm of fire was sounded. It was
quickly ascertained that the scene of the
alarm was Mr. Welsh's planing mill, which
had caught fire on the second floor, presum-
ably through friction or a spark from the
engine., • When discovered, great clouds of
smoke I were bursting out through every
opening that afforded an avenue of escape,
but very fortunately, through the prompt
action of the employees, what threatened to
be a serious fire was quickly put out by a
numbee of pails of water. The services of
our hand engine, which was quickly on its
I
way tethe scene of the fire, was not needed.
We think it would be well for our fire
brigade to have some practice, so that every
man weuld know his duty, and how to do it
quickly; when occasion required. We think
it would also be well for our council to see
that th4e is an abundant supply of pails in
store. ea our and engine alone should not
be relied upon to do everything.—Mr. Jas.
Taylor has been visiting friends in Stratford
and Hullett.-e-The strawberry festival held
under the auspices of Carmel Presbyterian
church, on Monday evening last, was one of
the most largely attended and successful
ever held. The afternoon and evening,'
though threatening rain, did not debar the
attendance in the least, and very fortunate-
ly for the pleasure and comfort of all, the
rain diclinot come until after the social was
over. As is always the ease, the ladies of
the congregation made abundant prepara-
tion, so that the tables were literally groan-
ing with the weight of good things's ,and in
order that the occasion might be one of
social freedom and plee.sare, a formal pro-
gramme twas dispensed with, and everyone
was free to have a good time without being
required[ to give attention to addresses etc.
Yet there was no lack of entertainment, as
the Hensall orchestra were present, and
throughOut the whole evening delivered
stirring music, which was greatly appreci-
ated fry all. The quartette club also gave
several selections, which were sreell received.
The prodeeds of the social, at the nominal
fee of 10 cents, amounted to $45.—Mrs.
William Elder has recovered nicely from
her rece t illness.—Mrs. R. H. Collins and
sister, Miss Kate Bonthron, were in the
village On Monday visiting friends. ---The
• school difficulty, which has unfortunately
existed few sometime in this school section,
owing to, the desire of the rural part to sep-
arate front this section and form a new one
of theirl own, and which desire or action
, was oppOsed by the village part of the sec-
tion, on the ground that the present school
hem, was built to accommodate all, was
erected at the extreme end of the village
across the railway track, wars again settled
by arbitration, on Monday last, when the
desire of the rural part to separate was
granted, they being held for their share of
the debt of the school debentures, amount •
iug to something over $300, an receiving
from this section $350 as their share of
property. This settlement, we believe, is
viewed by the villagers as even more satis-
• factory to them than theformer award,
which they were willing to abide bY'. As
' the leading desire of the rural part was for
separation, and to manage their own future
, and destiny, they will no doubt be pleased
; that they have been granted. sueh separa-
, tion. ---Miss Elder, of Toronto, is visiting
relativeiehere.—Quite a number of our vil-
! lagers were gnests on Wednesday of last
' week at the marriage of Miss S. Fitzgerald,
daughter of John Fitzgerald, Esq., of Hib-
bert, to Rev. Mr. Millar, of Thamesford,
' and speak of it as being a very pretty 'wed-
' ding, and a happy event.
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HOSIERY.
We have never had a bettertock to
pick from. All sizes in •almoSt every
kind required—Co:ton, Lisi2 Cash-
mere and •Silks. The value, we are
giving in Ladies' Hosiery, fronil 10c to
25c • per pair is somethin4 extra,
Children's Hosiery clieap to. 1
OORSETS.
A large 'assortment Of good, fitting
Corsets in stock. The mate ,iels are
the best, Colors, white, fawn and grey.
Prices from 350 to $2 each. I
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RIBBONS.
Nearly a thousand pieces are here in
almost every width and shade, in both
!Silk and Satin. There are sonic light
shades for trimming, whica afe' being
sold far below their value.
MILLINERY.
There will be quite a stir thia Month
in the Millinery room. There are lots
Of Hats to sell, and we don't intElnd to
Carry thein over, we depend upon our
ow prices to sell them.
POINTS.
I 'Li.efht i;round Print, and sev#al odd
_
-lines of washing materials ha-Obeen
ut on a counter by themselves, and
arked away down in prices. There
ebargainsliere- that you can't find
a ywhere-
GLOVES.
We have a very large stock of Moves
jttst now—in Kid, Silk, Taffeta
-psle. Our assortment of Summer
riildves is especially good' value, ea:
lenge in prices from 10c to .$1,25
Children's sizes at low pzicest
LADIES' UNDERWEAR.
A great stock to select from. There
are lots of cheap, medium, and fine
-qualities, all of which are put before
,you at the closest possible figures.
LACES.
, We are selling good Laces chef*
There is a very large stock of soin•
'kinds, and some of these we hav•
rnarked down to about one third their
-value, you should - see 'these Laces,-
lthey are special bargains.
BLOUSES.
' Mouse Waists are the correct thing
rfor the warm. simmer days, and w•
have a good range of -these goods
shOw. They are in good -qualities
dokrs, and low in prices.
MUSLIMS
Plain Lawns, Spots, Sprigs, .Cheekth.
'Vines in cheap, medium and
qualities. A stock so large that
#on't pay to carry them past the 'sont-'-!
mer season. Clall and see how -dies"'
We are sellbagMnslitis.
Besides the foregbg Summer Goods
you will find miany bar4ains extending from
one end of the -store to•Ithe other, odd lots
here and their, Ilienmant0s, fall pieces, etc.
We are bent upon Making a complete
clearmice of thii seasoies goods at as early
a date as possible.
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