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The Huron Expositor, 1897-11-12, Page 15 897. • • rwear big business int he kinds !we are - fitting, soft, corn, give satisfactiork eg sleeves,open Wc. open front and Hygelau Vests, reight, but not td, long sleeves, . . or-ras fir 29e. Vestie opert inished goods, --- iost of above, anel Drawers of a111 fannels, Shaker Flannels - at. Each season. 'goods on the ju- in stock to -day A them, and can Me lines you can, I prominent fea- * is the immense - s imported direct are totally dif-- rill sea elsewhere. attention to - el Tweed effects, There is noth-- a cheap dress. as, 27 inch, in. 1, suitable for _ .. ;eels close and t Igie worth 8c..60. inch, a great 7 English Twill es.... .. . and light colors 80... S• haken., dress Bfforts to induce te in. search of bargains, which are " just out.' we have lots Ty as represented. 5 Bros. ?'ORTERS, DN. ^ 'ate& _ rocate office is now- t. lornhoiin, has a five: weighs 450 pounds. ellitee attended Mr. ratford last week. tory has closed out net make, sonie 600= . sold his farm, lot thard, to Professor a has been engaged ia public schoal for - of Detroit, is visit - habil, after an ab- , a sr., of Logan, veho - farming, intends tee- riends in Michigan. io-St. Marys Journal Shed in the machine . inegal, has another right eye. He has tt out of this eye. tee years $22,725 has- eentario Government • m estates in Perth E i. - last week, the ith ot readyemade istowel, was broken` completion! of the rta, in Elma town - Messrs. Bohan &. , of Mitchell, *ho. route, hoepital with-- ieutly recovered _to- ot has bought tha e I2th concession of' as Concannoul for- e% bought a very , Week mare sa few - north of Listowel. e fine span of blacks- ' Mr. F. L. Manningo ied, on Wednesday Mr. John D.Smith, ;Ilespier. f Mitchell, has just Manitoba. While - .a former residents rhood; all of whom - a spent a pleasant ,sidenee of Mr. Rob- , recently, the cm - anniversary of ehe- _ . Peters. on, sr., of Listowel, a shortly, to spend as. Mr. Livingston - 'and has spent the u the Pacific Coast. pore a boy named ayeing around Diere tvorks, in Stratford, of the monuments, top et him, His- ' twe plasea. 013, evell-knowd township, died on ere:. long illness of nmation of the lungs. re of age. The re- : the Mitchell cenie- it., Mr. Wet. Dille- ownie townline, died? . from long troubles, te months and 1E9 'e native of East- esided Blanshard leaves a Widow and Mr. Alex. Mennio, of 'residents of Dowrue, property. ore the t. 7Karys Jeinction, ck in the sale of at ; Whitefish, to some - and Sault Ste-Mariet 1 THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,561. • • • It Pays To SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 12, 1897. { MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. a Year in Advance. dvertise • When you remember the length of time we have been appearing be- fore the public regularly from -week to week, and just as regular- ly making claims that, unlesS sub- stantiated, would inevitably injure us, were these statements not cor- rect, it is no small wonder that there never has been one single instance where we have not fully carried out what we have claimed in print. The ease with which an error creeps into the most conscientious advertise- ment is remarkable. The public knows, or should know, that a man pays for advertisin,g space, for the purpose of placing his wares before likely purchasers ; so it is with us, We let one issue of THE Extosevet do as much candid talking in half an hour as we could by word of mouth do in half a year. This week while we would- like to mention the values of all our depart-, ments, we will, owing to the season- ableness of the articles, talk about Overcoats, Underclothing, Gloves, Mitts and Raincoats. Talking about OvercoatS it just • de- pends upon what US6 you wish to make of your Coat,what kind of quality it would pay you to invest in. AS every one knows so called Men's Frieze Overcoats can be purchased as low as $4.50, but they are not really Frieze, as we know that no all wool Frieze can be sold at any such price, so that wlAile we have a good. range of Overcoats*sell at $4.50 and $5, we much prete,r) to sell the $6.50, $8 and $10, genuine Frieze Overcoats, as at this price -you may be assured of a good wearing Coat. Should you wish a fine Dress Over- coat, we have very stylish goods in Beaver, Melton and Serge, ranging in price from.$6.50 to $12. Changing the subject to Uunder- clothing, we have first to mention our all Wool Underclothing, at $1 a suit, which is entirely free from burrs, so common in Underclothing at- this price. We are showina this season a etyle of goods for imoplbe who cannot endure the itehing sensation, caused by most wool Underclothing. These goods go under many, names such as : Artie, Fleece lined, interstice, etc. However it is a style of goods, eminently comfort- able. We are showing different grades of it, at $1, $2 and ‘2.50 a suit. Our best grade of all Wool Under- clothing is Ficed at $2, and. $2.50 per auit. Speaking of Gloves and. Mitts, we merely mention the ladies' in Kid, priced at 50c and 65c a pair. , Our heavy Driving Mitts, at 50c, 75c $1, $1.25, are worthy of notice, and in concluding what we have to say about Gloves and Mitts, we make this unqualified statement,that for gen- uine satisfactory service, there is no -fine Glove made that equals in durability, .the Gloves made by Messrs. Fownes' Brothers, of London, England. 'This make has been in the market since 1777, and. although. they are admitted- ly higher priced than other makes, we have never sold these Gloves fo any man yet who would not pay even a higher figure than he had, could he not seaure them at the former prices. The unlined qualities, are worth $1.50, the lined $1.75, $2 and $2.25, according to the style. We are sole agents for these Gloves in Seaforth. Whatever may be your opinion about, - Rain Coats—ours is and always will be; that to put one's money in a cheap Rainproof Coat is like throwing money away. Buy a fairly good Rain Coat, or not any. We show reliable Coats with sewn seams, at $6.50, the price then ranges up to $15. Our store is from top to bottom a complete men's and boys' outfitting establishment, as we carry everthing- that a man or boy wants, with the ex- ception of a pair of shoes. SHOT BY HIS BROTHER. HARVEY 'PLLIO'TT, OF BAYFIF.LD, SHOT BY HIS BROTHER—THE OUTCOME OF A QUARREL WHJ.LE THEY WERE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF 'LIQUOR* m•••••••••••.Y. A terribly fatal and distressing tragndy was enacted in Biyfield on Monday night, when Harvey Elliott, of the Albion hotel, Bayfield, was shot dead on the street, in sight of his mother and sister, and several other persons, by 'his younger brother, Fred Ebtiott. The &idol affair was the out- come of a quarrel, while both the partici- pants were under the influence of liquor. The exactnatureof the disagreement is difficult to determine) owing to the conflicting evidence given by the t different witnesses at the coroner's inquest, but, as far as can be learn- ed, was apparently of a trivial nature, and was due to over indalgeuce in liquor. Since the death of their father, about a year and a half ago, the hotel has been run by Mrs. Elliott and the two boys. Harvey, the victim, was 23 years of age. He was of rather irregular habits, and is said to have been of a very quarrelsome desposition when under the influence of liquor while Fred, who is 21 years of age, is spoken of as being of an even temperament. It is said, how- ever, that they had frequent tiffs, all of which were amicably settled through the medium of their mother. On the afternoon of the tragedy, Harvey, in company with Albert Woods and Louis Dumert, two of his chums, went for a drive, pulling up at Varna, Where they are said to have indulged in too much whisky. About lea:pest eight they returned to Elliott's, in Bay- field, where they continued drinking, and were joined in their jolification by Fred. Everything went along smoothly until ten o'clock, dosing time _came, when they all went out onto the Areet, in front ot.f the hotel, with the exception of Fred, whestay- ed to lock up. After he had done sci he started out also, but when at the door Har- vey told him to go back into the house. This be refused to do, and a quarrel ensued, the remelt of which was so terribly fatal. Mrs. Elliott and her daughter heard the loud talking, and came out to, if possible, pacify the boys and get them into the house, and were, consequently, present when the fatal shot was fired. They, however, were apparently too much excited to give any coherent story as to how the shooting actu- ally took place; and the story which is like- ly the true one, is that told in the witness box by Mr. Thomas Clark, who was an eye witness of the affair. MR. CLARK'S STORY. Mr. Clark was in a store on the opposite side of the street, and attracted by the loud talking went across the street to see what the trouble was about. Re saw- Harvey and Fred clinch, but they *ere ' parted and Fred walked away about 12 or 14 feet from .the rest, and was heard to tell the others to take his brother in or he would shoot him, and at the same time held a revolver at- his side, but how he came -to have the 'revolver in hie posiession no person seemed to know. Miss Elliott an& young Woods struggled with Harvey endeavoring to get him into the house while Mrs. Elliott had gone to the other 'boy, apparently endeavoring to get him away. Harvey was in a towering rage, however, and was bent on continuing the rumpus by getting at his brother and exclaiming that he was not afraid of being shot, broke away_ from the others, and throwing off his coat made a rush at Fred. When they were abotit four feet apart, Fred was seen to raise his arm and the revolver, which was re self -cocker, was discharged, the bullet entering Harvey's late cheit and proceeding downwards and almost through hie ody, death resulting in about two min- t ute . Whether Fred involuntarily raised his and to ward off his brother or did so intentionally ie is hard to say, but those who know him best are inclined to believe that the firing was accidental. On realizing the awfulness of his deed the young man Fred, wept bitterly, and it was feared would end his own life. Since the fatal night he has been in great agony of mind and it was deemed expedient to keep strict guard over him lest another tragedy might be the result. The remains of the un- fortunate -victim were interred in the Bay- field cemetery OD Wednesday. Mrs. Elliott and family are moat highly esteemed in Bayfield and vicinity and the deepest sympathy is extended to her in her most trying affliction. An inquest was held on Wednesday 'be- fore the coroner, Dr. Stanbury, and a large number of witnesses were examined by County Crown Attorney Lewis, and Mr. Proudfoot, of Goderich. The greater paet.1 of the day and evening was consumed in this way. The jury was composed of the following gentlemen : Charles Tippett, fore- man ; Wm. Brandon, Albert Elliott, Samuel Moore, J. Donaldson R. Rouatt, Thomas Clark, John Falkner,'Daniel Dupee, Wm. Lawson, Alex. Brown and Wm. Osborne. After deliberating for t so hours the jury brought in the following verdict : " That Harvey Elliott came to his death by a bullet fired from a revolver in the hands of his brother, Fred Elliott, on the night of No. vember 81-1." the other hand, liable to be too much water quantity of alleged "gold dust," which he to work with, and then dams have ta be I carefully weighed. out on a delicate paii of built to turn it, ao they dam the water when / scales, as security, he borrowed $10, $15,$25 it is high and when it is low. Wood has' to be brought from a distance and labor at -1 high prices. paid for. On the other hand there are great.rewards. A Nova Scotian named Aleck McDonald went in with very little experience in mining and staked out a claim on Eldorado Creek and worked all through the winter of 1897 >making a dump. When water came in the spring he shovelled for five hours the first day, when he had to stop and " clean up" and found $16,000 in the box. The total yield of his whole dum was $110,000. To get this he worked hard all through an arctic winter, with five men, to whom he paid a -dollar and a half an hour in wages'. A great deal of the time was taken up in getting wood to feed the fires which burn down through the frost, which never leaves the ground otherwiee. The big, brawny Nova Scotian is at present buying up all the properties he can get, thus showing his faith in the region. THE OTHER SIDE. Here is another actual ease, which in all honesty should be gieen alongside of Mo - Donald's. An Englishman named Leonard had spent two years on Bonanza Creek, and sunk nine holes down to hard -pan without striking a dollar, although the claims on both sides of his were enormously rich. Finally last August he offered the claim for sale, telling just what his experience had been. He got $2,500 for it and quit. Another Me A man had .been for years in the country without getting anything. When Mr. Ogilvie was at Dawson this man appealed to him for a pointer. Ogilvie pointed to a Side gulch about a quarter of a mile off, and exprersed the opinion that there was coarse gold there. The man and his companion both staked out claims in the side gulch indicated, and panned out one hundred dollars a day of coarse gold. They gave the first nugget to Mr. Ogilvie. It was worth nine or ten dollars. Mr. Justice McGuire will have to ad. judicate on a large numbee of partnership cases when he reaches Deximii. Some of these partnerships have been running on for years and *bile miners were getting from $6,000 to $8,000 a 'season they worked all right without any paPers. None were need- ed. The enormous wealth of Eldorado add Bonanza blunted their moral sense, and partnership agreements - were" repudiated right and left. Judge McGuire will have to take evidence and decide these cases. It is sate to predict that in Mr. Justice McGuire the miners will speedily recognize a thorough representative of British fair play and jus- tice. WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL MONEY BACK IF WANTED. • SALES OF CLAIMS. Sales of claims are frequent. A contract will be drawn up stipulating, say, for $5,000 down, $10,000 in three months and $25 000 in six months. The owner of the mine re- mains the owner until all the money ie paid, but the purchaser has the right to work it from the first. If he fails to meet any pay- ment he forfeits what he bas paid, and the owner takes possession. of the mine. A man named Somers bought a claim on Bonanza Creek, agreeing to pay $45,000 between April 11 and June 30. He was told he was making a pretty stiff contract, but he had been down in the drifts and knew what he was doing. He paid the last iostalment three days ahead of time, getting all the money out of the purchased claim and the two men who sold it to him refused' to speak to him; saying they had been swindled. Miller Creek, which wasthought to be in Alaska, was found, when Mr. Ogilvie ran the -line, to be in Canada, and it has lots of gold on it. In Mr. Ogilvie's opinion quartz gold will be heard from in the future. There is plenty of quartz milling from six to seven dollars a ton. The Treadwell mill yields only from three to four dollars a ton. The value of the placer gold varies. The loWest for Klondike gold is $15.25 an ounce, and the highest $18. In estimating the valee of Yukon gold it is best ja calculate it at $15 an ounce. or as much as the farmer's pocket would stand, and decamped as soon as a favorable opportunity presented itself. —Mr. F. O. Fowler, of Wawanese, Mani- toba, has been nominated to contest South Brandon in the Liberal interests in the com- ing by-election. Mr. Fowler is a native of he county of Huron. —The value of the output of Manitoba airy factories this season is estimated at $340,000,all surplus butter and cheeese made in the provinca and the Territories being consumed in minieg reeions east and west. —Three Hesp1er residents—Mr. William Cowan Mrs. Shaw and Mr. Ferguson—had ten sheep killed by dogs on Wednesday. Young James Cowan mounted his wheel and captured the canines. —Piney McDonald, of-Pieton, arrived at his home there on Thursday of last week, hailing ridden all the way from California on a bicycle. He left California on Septem- ber 16tlawhich is remarkable good time,and requires considerable pluck and energy. —D. Ewart, acting chief architect of Public Works has beeen appointed chief architect of the department by Hon. Mr. Tarte. Mr. Ewart is an excellent officer, wile was appointed by Hon. Alexander M.aokenzie. —Robert D. French, of Devenport, Iowa, died at the General hospital Saturday night of typhoid fever. He had come over with a party of gentlemen for the purpose of shoot - mg in the Muskoka district, but became indisposed and, was unable to proceed fur- ther than Toronto. — Gooderham & Worts' distillery in To- ronto will be shut down completely for a year or two because of the decreased de- mand for whiskey. Only e few men have been employed since June last, when a par-- tialahut-down was decreed. — Mr. Hugh Clarke, late editor of the Kincardine Review, who has taken charge-. of the editorial department of the Ottawa Citizen was entertained by a number of his Kincardine friends and presented with a purse of $60 in gold. —Whitest prayer-meeting,Thureday night Wm. Stickle, a farmer who lives about two miles from Warkworth village, had his horse and buggy stolen from the sheds of the Methodist church there. The thief got away and no trace of him can be found. —Children *playing with matches set fire on Tuesday night of last week to the dwel- ling house of Mr. John Adair, Blenheim,and narrowly escaped losing their lives in con- sequence. The house and contents were destroyed. Loss, $1,500 ; insuianee, $400. —Five valuable colts were killed on the G. T.R. three miles eouth of Alviston,Friday morning. Three of them belonged to Benner Bros., one to Wm. Oke, and the other to A. Evans. They had got out of the pasture and wandered on to the track. Lose at least $400. —On Saturday night last, John Jaeksore ex -deputy -reeve, Minto, set a new fashion- ed rat trap in his barn, it being over -run by the rodenst. In the morning when he went to look at the trap he found just ten, four monsters and six email ones. —Messrs. Gorden and Ironsidee, the greet Manitoba cattle dealers,have 'exported,when they close operations on the 15th inst., thirty thousand cattle from Manitoba and the Territories this season. The total ex- ports will probably exceed 50,000 head. This represents a good lump of money. —The house of George Tullock, on the Coal Harbor road, Nova Scotia, ,was de- stroyed by fire Saturday, at midnight. A sister of Mrs. Tullock, a young woman of twenty,named Maria Walker; and an infant ebild of the Tullooh's, perished in the flames. —Col. Sam Hughes, M.P. for north Vic- toria, was honored on Tuesday by the Con- servatives of Mirth Ontario, _who met at Cannington in large numbers and presented him with a complimentary address aod a silver Beryl:cell' recognition of his services in this riding during the elections of 1895-6-7. —In the county judges' crimnal court, at Brockville, the other day, William Moore, a middle-aged man from Detroit, was found guilty of committing an unnatural crime, He was senteneed to one year and 360 days in the Central Prison, with 30 lashes with the cat. —Ottawa is in great luck. The capital city of the Dominion is to have a large and handsome railway station opposite the east side of th Russell house, to be erected by the Cana its own u tracks; of GREIG & MACDONALD, CLOTHIERS. On the Wrong Side .of the Street, in the Strong Block. SEAFORTH, - ONT. THE CANADA - Accident Assurance Company Accident and Plate Glass. An accident policy costs little. Are you insured? Ranald J. -Macdonald, C. P. R. Telegraph and Canada Accident Insurance Company Agent. [CZ • The Lights and Shades of Gold Mr. A. J. Magarn, an old contributor to THE EXPOSITOR, who left Ottawa a few weeks ago with Major Walsh's party for the Alaskan gold fields, writes from Skagaway on October 18th, and gives some iuteresting information cencerning the ups and downs in the Klondike. He seys : If reports of steamboat agents are to be relied on two hundred thousand persons are already booked for the Yukon next spring. To this would have to be added all those from abroad, from Great Britain Norway and Sweden, Germany , and Auslria, and all those going in by the Edmonton route. It ia, therefole, probably a conservative es- timate to say that the world's population will contribute 200,000 persons to the Klon- dike gold lever between now and the end of June. Where will they go ? They will spread south and east of Dawson, which is merely the gateway to a region where there are many rivers and creeks as rich as Bon- anza and Eldorado Creeks. ABUNDANCE OF TREASURE. Then there are copper and coal near by, Mee well in Canada, so that the Yukon ter- ritory will doubtless have abundance of treasure for everyone who is willing to work. It is a great mistake to imagine that a man can walk to a claim and shovel loose earth filled with gold into a deice box. Un- doubtedly gold has been found near the surface in one or two 'instances but there is good authority for saying that'on the aver- age one-half of a miner's output is spent in getting out the whole. To wash the dump a fall of water of ebout three feet in twerve is necessary, whereas on the °mike the nat- ural fall is only abohit fifty feet to a mile. r the miners had spent instructing dams &heavy cl swept away all the n the spring there is, on wine see a good deal of each other, were ehepherd boys together in Sootland,near the classic vale of Yarrow. Mr. Cowan emi- grated to Canada in 1834, coining direct to this district. He named his homestead "Clochmohr," after the hill in the Vale of Meggat where he tended his flocks Mr. Burnett emigrated to Canada in the thirties, and also settled near Galt. -7By the removal of their oar shops from Brautford to London, Ontario, recently the Grand Trunk Railway Company forfeited a bonus of $32,500 granted by the municipality when the shops were built many Years be- fore. - The company had,therefore, to refund the money to the municipality. A few days ago the mayor of the city received a cheek for $32,500 and another for $1,000 for in- terest. --Michel MeGarvin, the oldest resident of Kent county, died at his home a few miles from Chatham Friday evening 'after a short illness. Deceased was born near Chatham inI806, and has resided in the county con- tinuously since that time., He could distin- ctly remember when there was neither a house nor a store in the county and when the first polling booth was established at Chatham for tlae counties of Kent, Essex and Lathbton. —At the Chicago horse -shoste on Friday night, the Hamilton Hunt Clubiteam, porn - posed of Miss Maud Hendrie, of Hamilton ; MisS Beardmore and Mise Cawthra, of To - route, won first prize in the competition for teams of three qualified hunters, te be ridden by members in their heat colors. The ladies had to compete against a number of teams including the Monmouth county and Radnor hunts. —A serious accident occurred in St. Thonias Thursday night, three persons be- im; injured. Mrs. Richard Heard, who resides near Pinafore Lake, was driving along the street, accompanied by her two daughters, Louie and Lena. The horse be- came frightened at a paesing bicyclist, and ran away. The occupants were hurled into the ditch. Mrs. Heard had her collar bone fractured and the wheeleof the vehicle peep- ed over Louie. —It is reportedthat a vein of placer -mining gold had been found in Raleigh township, about eleven miles fromChatham. The parties who made the discovery are very reticent about the find. Some of the sand was test- ed by a Chatham druggist, who estimates that it would panout eeveral hundred dollars to the ton.He refused to tell theexaet location of the land where the find was made,but said that the vein was about six feet:deep and extends across the whole farm. —Nearly two months ago, Miss Milligan, of Toronto, placed her hand heavily upon a piece of sewing and forced a needly out of sight into her hand. Several doctors tried to extract the needle on Friday, but were 'unsuccessful. .After -Miss Milligan went home, contrary to the advice of the sur- geons, she.placed a poultice on the wound. In changing the poultice she found the head of the needle projecting from the wound and drew it out. --Blood poisoning resulting from an ul- cerated tooth caused Jasper Stamp's death at the Rapson House, Woodstock, Monday afternoon of last week. Deceased was a young man about 24 years of age. A few weeks ago an ulcerated tooth began to bother him very much. He had it treated by a dentist, and got some relief. A few deys ago the ulcerated part burst and blood poisoning set in. His whole system was soon permeated and his death Monday was a happy release. --Mrs. Maria Hartley, who was the cen- tral figure an one of the most sensational murder trials in the history of Canada, _was recently married to Matthew Rhodes, a well-to-do widower of Hartly, Ontario. Mrs. Hartley was accused of poisoning her husband, Caleb Hartley, and although the greatest legal lights of the Province were arrayed against her, she was acquitted. Since then she has lived, as she did before, a quiet, uneventful Masud finally remar- ries and settles down again near the scene of her bereavement and its attendant sen- sations. —In 1883 when the Ontario, Government began to collect statistics on the subject, there were 853 cheese factories in operation and the value of the cheese was $5,589,000. By 1890 the industry had grown until there were 817 factories producing cheese valued at $7,189,957. In 1896 there were 1,250 fac- tories and notwithstanding the low prices the output brought $10,000,000. 1897 will bring upwards of $15,000,000 into Ontario from the sale of cheese, so that the period between 1883 and 1897 has witnessed an in- crease- in cheese productions from $5,000,- 000 to $15,000,000. .-David Brodie, a fine young farmer liv- ing near Brodie post office, in Glengarry county, was killed as the result of an awk- ward Rugby tackle during a friendly scuffle with a farm hand the other day. Brodie and two men were working in a field re. moving stumps and in a playful scuffle Brodie pursued Tom Borris. The latter turned and ducked and his head struck Brodie in the lower part of the abdomen, rupturing his bladder and. causing inflam- mation. Medical assistance was at once procured, but Brodie died next day. • Perth Notes. —John Lennox, an old resident of Bien - shard, passed away on October 28th, at the age of 75 years. —V. Daub, of Baden, has sold his house and lot in Milverton, to John Engel, V. S., for $850. —Jame Revell, formerly of Atwood, is now making his home at Webbwood, Mani- toulin Island. —The Tavistock public library has re- ceived the Encyclopoedie. Britannic& as a work of reference for the benefit of its mem- bers. —Mr. John Vance, of Tavistock, shipped, through agent G. M. Reid, -a double deck of lambs to Buffalo last week. They were a choice lot. —W. E. Sutherland, of Listowel, has been reengaged to teach the Maplewood school during 1898, which will make five years for him in that place. —A fine new barn on the Isaac Fenger farm, near Bethel, was burned last week. It is, evidelatly, the work of a malici ous in- cendiary. —Messrs. John Fawcett and George Ritz, Mitchll,who went to Manitoba on the harvest excursion,returned on Saturday last delight- ed with -their trip. -aWe are called upon to chronicle the death of.one of Elma's esteemed residents, in the person of John W. Rowland, who passed away one day last week. —Miss Nellie Houck, of Fairview, and her sister, Mrs. Samuel Ankerman and family, left last week for Manitoba. Their destination is Hamiota. —The material for the electric fire alartn has arrived in Mitchell, ard will soon be put in position when six of the firemen will have AN INCIDENT An Indian, whose cognomen is "Telegraph Creek Mike," undertook for Major Waleh's party, to paqk over Chilkoot Pass, on his back, the heaviest piece of the Maxim gun, weighing 106 pounds. He laid prone on the ground while it was being strapped eon his WA. It was an awkard thing to carry, as it would not fit to the body, and Mike was unable to rise. Assistance got him on to his feet and he carried it twenty miles over the summit. • A Grateful Acknowledgement . DEAR -EXPOSITOR,—We take the liberty of expressing our move -grateful and sincere thanks,through the columns of your valuable paper, to the brethren of the Independent Order of Oddfellows of Seaforth lodge, for their many kind acts and the atetention the brethren have given to the late Mr. 'John Latta, Chiselhurst, who was a member of said lodge, and especially would we make mention of the benevolence the lodge has manitested in erecting the beautiful monu- ment in MoTaggart's cemetery at the head of the grave of their deceased brother. Tnel brethren of Seafoath lodge have truly put' in practice the noble virtues and character- istics on which this Order has been founded. JOHN FITZGERALD axecutors. JOHN SHEPHERD, Chiselhuist, November 2nd, 1897. On one occasion af weeks of labor in rain came down a dams in a night. au Pacific Railway Company for at a cost, including site and new ot less tnan $1,000,000. —The Farmers Loan and Sa.vings Com- pany Of Toronto, has decided to go into liquidation. This decision has been come to owing to the depression in real estate exist- ing in Toronto and to the facts that con- siderable unproductive property has come into the hands of the company and the margin of profits has been greatly reduced. —Charles S. White, a brakeman on the G. T. R., met with a fatal accident at Ux- bridge on Friday. When the train was pull- ing into the station he was on top of a caaand in stepping on to another he missed his foot- ing and' fell between the cars. Both feet were crushed and he died during the after- noon. White resided at Lindsay. He leaves two children besides his wifa —Last Friday a young woman ca,me to the General Hospital, Toronto, with a piece of seWing needle imbedded deeply in her left hand. Efforts made to locate the needle were unsucceasful until a day or so after, when by means of an X-ray photo- graph the position of the needle was easily discerned and removed. It was about an inch long. —A horrible murder was committed near the village of Rawdon Quebeaon Thursday. During the absence of' their parents the four children of Michael Nulty were foully mur- dered. The supposed motive of the murder- er was the assult oi the eldest daeghter, aged 18 years. Tom Nulty the eldest of the family has confessed to having committed the awful deed. —The first brick from the Hammond Reef mine, Saw Bill district, near Fort William, was sent east Friday. Its weight isr about five pounds, from 259 tone of ore and a ran of 304 hours. -Preparations are being made to enlarge the stamp mill. The run is con- sidered very satisfactory in view of the ex- tent of the veins. The run of two weeks at the Olive gold mine, Seine river, produced 113 ounces of goldk —A Galt correspondent, writing on the 4th inst. says : Yesterday Mr. Jas. Cowan ex -M. P. and ex -Dominion Arbitratorerea- ed his 94th birthday. Hie homestead in Craigie Lea was the scene of many callers, who congratulated Mr. Cowan, and not a few of them took away his autograph with them. The old gentleman has not failed mentally, and still takes a keen intereet in public affairs,and when in a reminiscent mood an instructive and entertaining °envoi - how got his right hand caught, with the result that the top thumb was scooped by the mabhine, and the middle and little fin- gers baldly cut as well. Dr. A. S. McCaig was h&riedly summoned, and rendered the tp, young an snrgieal aid. It will be some weeks fore he can go to work again. —T e other night a black horse, a buggy and haenesa were etolen from the premises toot wnMrs.Jipa.mes Cline, treasurer of Downie I. — Active preparations are being made by A. T. Bell, of the Tavistook cheese factory, for the, manufecture of butter. Operations, it is eipected, will begin this month. —Mr. James Johnson, formerly of Ful- lerton is she Conservative candidate for a constituency in Manitoba, where a by-elec- tion wlll shortly take place. — Mr. Will T. Douglas of St. Pads, has arrived home from Morden, Manitoba. He reports good times and fine weather, and is well pleased with the country. —The Milling Company, Tavistock, has nearly a thousand barrels of flour waiting for shipment as fast as ears can be obtained. The mill is still running night and day. —Mr. Babb, of Millbank hat, purchased the stook of Mr. John Roy and es doing a flourishing business under the management of Mr. Adam Isiminger, formerly of Carth- age. —G. T. McKenzie, of near Monkton, had a plo -which G ill. farm —T 187tall. :ail 1 for Scotland. —The Stuart Brow, Mitchell, are running their ill day midnight to make up a sec- ond 1 rge shippment of flour . to Glasgow. They re shipping this week. ost of the cheese- faetories 'in the y of Listowel will 'close this month,. making plants have been put into ridge Elms and Wallace factories, to be rendering the winter. A Catiftda.:: - --Lieutenant-Colonel Bliss, Deputy' As- sistant Adjutant -General, has resigned hia p o _s i tTiohni • ves hroke into Gurnett and Sons' store in Ancaster, Saturday night, and stole about $200 worth of goodie =Mr. William Lount, M. P. for Centre Toronto, has resigned his seat, and the writ for a new election will be issued at once. —Mr. Joseph de Letoille, of Ottawa, who proposes to reach the Klondyke ii-er balloon, says his air -ship will soon be ready for the experimental trip. —The Rothsehilds' offer of half a million dollars for the Olive mine in the Rat Portage district, was refused at a meeting of the ownersheld at Rat Portage on Friday. —On Sunday last, the Berkeley street Methodists, Toronto, celebrated the 60th anniversary of their Sabbath school with appropriate ceremonies. —Mr. David Gorrie of Hamiltodhas a claim against the Spanish Grovernment for $25,000 indemnity for the imprisonment of ,his son William in Cuba on October 28,1895, by the Spanish war authorities. —On Sunday, a freight train standing on a siding at Lansdowne, was run into by an- other freight, and Dr. H. B. Wray, dentist, of Napanee, was instantly killed and three Others serionely injured. —Toronto detectives are searching for a faiker who has been working the farmers m Oxford, Waterleo, Dufferin and Halton counties during the past month. He wears a aninere'r outfit, says he made $50,000 in the Yukon,distriet in ten weeks, but bad tired of the hard life, and was now on the outlook for a good farm. He stopped over night here and there, and, leaving a small ghing bee last week, on ehe farm he recently bought from William We understand the price paid for the as $4,300. e legal firm of JamesOn & Graham, of rys, has dissolved, J. W. Graham g the office, while Mr. Jamieson vicini Butte Trow —T e Minister of Justice has made a re; II tiring allowance to Judge Woods, of. Strati - ford, and the money ite„to be paid through two teuseees. His successor will now be appointed at once. men Waddell, an old resident of Fel- diedett his home near London. His s were brought to his son-in-lavv's in Woods, for interment in Avonbank —J larton reins' W ceme ry. a J. Richardson, principal of Tavi- ublie school attended the Normal stook school atten years has Beaks He is give geod satisfaction. —Miss Mabel Thomson, of Mitchell, sang at the concert given- in Stratford, on Fri- day, October 29th, by the Perth Teachers' very much appreciated by the large audi- Assocrtion. Miss Thomson's singing was ence present on that occasion. —Mr. James Jones had a splendid sale for Arthur Mutton in F'ullarton,last week.Every- thing*ssold well, and especially young cattle. Two year old steers brought as high as $93 a pair ; yearling steers $30 each ; and calves $17 e 'ch. — Forge F. Robbins, a former proprietor of the,St. Marys Journal, bas started a gew steam'laundry in that town, next the fire hall, TOOM be in jubilee, a reunion of all those who ed that institution during the filet 25 f its existence -1848 to 1873. r. Fred Hurlburt, of the Ibsen road, en engaged as teacher for union school No. 1, Hibbert, for the current year. clever young man and will be sure to from the fall. He is able to go around with ehe aid of crutches. Ten days later George, who is working on the Grand Trunk Bail. rribly smashed by it.; The toes and ed. It will be s are able to re. 1 way, had his right foot an iron rail falling upon couple of the foot are br, several weeks before the some work. —Mrs.Watt,Guelph, lectured in behalf of the Women's Foreign Missinnaty Societ in the Presbyterian Sunday so Wednesday evening last we attended and Mt were pl staff, ool,Matelse on .A large crowd sed with the speaker. The choir rende d several sel- ections and Mrs. W. Stuart &nd Miss Mabel V. Thomson san solos. —Dr. Frank was ma Rapids, Michigan, lady, s Frank will be remembered Mitchell high school some eers ago, and afterwards a chum of Dr. lei L. Thomson's at McGill, in Montreal. Frank and Fred gradnated together two yea* ago and now the latter es practising at Haaover, and the former at Grand Rapids. ; —A committee appointed by the Presbya eery of Stratford have Visieed Millbank, Wellesley, Hampstead, N Eaethors, St. Andrewe, Shakespeare charges, and it is likely t their investigations will end Shakespeare congrega Minister of their own, as took congregation. —Mr. Burton, a Lis trtiveller, was in Stratford milting the authorities ia robbery that took place at time ago, while he was The thieves entered thr and relieved him of so valuable silverware. The lease will likely be looked up with a view guilty parties. —One evening last Deering, a highly respe South Easthope townshi 'n Water street. He has also bath in course of construction, which will peration at an early date. Ws Watt, of the St. Marys Argus has resi ned. Miss Watt has been for 'ell to a Grand ort time ago. a pupil of the seven years i entified with that office, and is kn wn to the public both in her office work and as a writer as a young lady of muc%more than average ability. — flowing well has been struck on the farm of Mrs. T. McFarlane, lot 27, conces- sion 12, Elms. The well is some _62 feet deep, and an excellent supply of water has been btained. The last 12- feet of the well was ored, and then piped with a fiveduch iron Tavistack at the result of thia St.Andrews lone will have a it also Tavis- wel Commercial , last week, con- onnection with a his borne a shore et cif the town. ugh a window, e c othing and ' to (latching the ek Mr. Henry ted resident of w ile driving home from Stratford, wth h s wife and three children, suddenly fell °mead to- wards the dashboard, and died talmost in - staidly from heart failure. In the excite- ment that ensued the horse ran away, up- setting the rig and throwing out the oecti- pants, but, strange to saye hurt g no one. —R. W. Dunlop, who was tAmerican Consul, in Stratford, deing 1President Cleveland's first adminstra ion, died at his home in Paris, Tenn weeks ago. When in o greatly troubled with h soine three regard he was fevee, and it seems that that disease h coniplications caused his death. Mr. Dienlop was very popular in the county, and' had *wide ac- quaintance. —One evening lase wee found lying on;the roadsid north of Milveeton. Chief Naysmith were sent for. a W man was about live miles artner and Dr. hey sueceeded in bringing her to eonseiouen 88 and i upon her removal to a house near b she proved to be Mrs. Merrick, who 1 t her! home in Mornington two years ago On treturning disgraced and disheartened 't is thought she attempted suicide by poiso —Mr. W illMeLarty of St. arys,fortunate. ly escaped a serious amide t the ether day. While driving down Well' gton Street his horse took fright at some burnitg leaves rushed madly across the st its driver into the ditch. who witnessed it went to t the buggy right side up, out as unconcerned es n pened. - —The city of Stratford eet, and dumpe numher of men e reseue, placed nd Will crawled thing bad hap- ", wants $25,00D from the Grand Trunk, wit or w thout in. tenet, and it is going to ake a move tie get it. That amount is ',What Stratford gave the railway eornpan to erect and maintain a roundhouse in t avplace,but the claim is DOW that the Gran Truok is break- ing the agreement with a tford by remov- ing engines and crews fro that place to Sarnia, where a new -roun housci is being built. ' —Rev. Dr. Gunner, of istow I, a super - i annuated Congregational inis a died on Tuesday of last week. II was physician as well as an evangelist, a d ati one time a ker itt the New . be emembered he agnostics victim of the ftil ors ion be per- rge assemblage id cto ion. me. - prorninent evangelistic wo ogland States. It will he city council of Stratford are be- k-,' what a protest he made alt inst ginning to feel some of the throbs of city manheod, and are talking electric street railvetys. It is time Stratford was moving beyond its false city airs and aesuming some of the reel phsees of city development. , —The deer hunting season opened on Monday, November 1st. Those who went from Listowel to Muskoka were Messre. W. Climie, J. A. Hacking, James A. Tremain, J. KeBricker, and Sol. Kidd, also Mr. Wm. Livingston of Milvertan, and Mr. Forest of Atweed. —4 ball was given in Stratford, a short tiMe ego, in aid of the hospital fund. It was largely attended, noeunly by Stratford people, but many from the sureounding eowns. The town hall was prettily decor= ated, and all present enjoyed the; dancing and music. - —The annual meeting of the 'bounty of Perth Teachers' Association was I held in Stratford on Friday and Saturday, Oetober 29th and 30th. It was well attended by delegates from all parts of the coenty, and many interesting papers were read and die - cussed. —At the meeting of the directore of • the Elms Cheese Company tenders were opened for a cheesemaker for the year 1898. The tender of W. D. Angual of the Newbridge -fectory, was -accepted. Mr. Anges is an Elms boy, and enjoys the reputatien of be- ing a good cheesemaker. —The inany friends in St. Marys and Stratford, of Mr. F. W. Wilson, of petrolia, barriater and publisher of the _ Advertiser, will wish him and his bride, Miss Aianie Mc. Cort, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McCort, of Petrolia, every heppiness in connection with their marriage. ; —The farm in Ellice township, offered for sale, the other day, by Reeve Goetz, ot Ellice, was bought by David Smith, of Elma for $1,900, The farm is composed of lot '25, concession 16, 100 acres. Mr. Smith will move on his new place arid reside' there. D. Moore, of St. Marys, shipped on Saturday, last week, to! Glasgow, Scotlead, forty-eight thousand dozens of eggs,'and on the same day forty-eight thousand dozens to Liverpool, England. On the previous Fri- day ha shipped twenty-four thousand doz- ens to Nelson, Britirh Columbia. —The fall jury sittings for the county of Perth, Was opened this week before Mr. Jus- tice Rose. The principal criminal cases are the Queen v. J. 49-: . Yemen, and the Queen v. Jacob Wilhelm. Yemen was sent up on a charge of murder. The indictment, how- ever, may be changed to manslaughter. Wilhelm is charged with anon. —The family of Mr. Philip Carey, St. Marys, are at present having rather 'hard lines. On the 18th. of last month his son James who is working in Chalmers tin shop, was a:aiding in putting troughing on Mr.B. Webstees new barn when he slipped and fell abont 20 feet. Fortnnately he landed on his feet, for falling almost in any other post. tion he would -.have been instantly killed. His left foot, ankle and leg are suffering burial of Jessie Keith, t murderer Chatelle, and th Meted in delivering to the gathered at the grave on t —The Flax industry in been so brisk this, as in for Livingston m ills have no and a great number of men istontel has not er years. The been running, ave heenthrown out of their usualemployme t in eonsequence. Mr. Smith's mill on the 3rd line has been tieing a good batmen and found employment with hi -been nearly all taken u are filled to the extreme, quantity stacked out side begin shortly. —One of Canada's able Dr.Potts, of Toronto, cond in the Methodist church, cday last, and his sermon have been powerful effort of the college whicsh he church was crowded both ing, some having come Listowel, Beaforth and ot The', collections exeeeded ahead of any taken up in trice. —On Thersday mcirnin 9 o'clock, John J. Oman, of George McLagan's wor painful accident befall hi using the sharper, a -mac manufacture of moulding other his left hand got i machine, and before be clean cut in four finger other second and they wo putated. He was attend who found it necessary stitcher. —It is reported that a ere have been working in Marys lately. Their phi well-to-do farmer to M effect that he has bought in order, they say, that use of hut name they may pas e others to buy. The victim, thinking t an any way to proeure a free instrumen , sign the paper. In a few days a note haver toms bins that his note is due, and at once and escape cos the scheme has worked i nationalist. He still also enjoys fairly good a gong in their om . health. An old friend of his hereabouts is —A very distressing accident occurred on Mr. Thomas Burnett, farmer who lives Friday last, at Ores planing mill, Stott - about a mile east of Galt On 'the road to ford, saortly after work was begun. The Beverly, and who celebrated his 94th birth- eictim was David .Maguire. Ile was en - day July last. These two old gentlemen, gaged in running the groove saw, and some- - ot a few have the flex has and his barns beside having a Scutching will preakshers, Rev. oted the services tchiell, on Ben- i are emitted to in t e interests- epresented. The orning and even - from Stratford, r distant points. 100, Which were the Steatford din - last eireek, Acme en1300;atfdorad,voenrye while engaged in me u•ed in the Some way or the way of the uld /remove it a was Inade. An- ld hate been am. by Pr. Des,con„ mahe several umbeil Of ,sliarp. be :vi• inity St, is a pion the get some per to the from them, king him to pity • it bi said that some )1aces. —David Irwin died at is residence Lis. towel, on Wednesday,mo ing cif last week, at the agn of 96 years. He came to this country from England w 23 earls of age 4 and located in York Cou ty an was there married to Ellen Cox. After a residence there of ten years, he te oved to Walhice where he tment the most hisli e and where he is well kiaovni and res eted, and retired to Listowel some nine ye re ago . He leaves a family of three sons an th daughters, Robert in Algoma and dllam in Toronto, and Mrs. James Da,vidso of Li towel, Mrs. R. Doherty of Palmersto and Victoria liv- ing at home. Tbe tuner tee place from his late residence to Pal organ Cemetery on Friday afternoon.