The Huron Expositor, 1898-10-21, Page 1re having day
res of Jackets,
Is and Millar.
.dily, but, we
ar buyers wino
our intention
very full ses,
t, whether it
later, you will
•nent of every -
from.
eek.
Peau-de-Soie"
Ei a beautiful
wavy, service.
kt bargain at
11
ag into three
sGeoda at 500,
ley are in very
sure to prove
!ring, We are
!talent of 1898
and a beautis
I Plaids,
Dress
eat de-
beau.-
t5o, 65o
C.
moving stook,,
ia sdaily. The •
of New York I
a also further
buckles, orna.
'assort-
ddren—
Taros,
illy nice fitting
a much money.
ezee, as love aa
ere from $5 to
Voice from a.
Sore of
sorne made of -
isle, but 'every
eppearanee.
prices
$T 52,
Nacks,
the a
Seriety of clothe
d Winter wear..
e Cloths, Nape,
ths &C., and
most idurable
great
fts.
itere yet, but it
I are way too
ivieion for it in
04, Fur Capee.
Muffs, Caps,
Mikei e, Quilts
of these day
you will b
aria. Cell am
11 want, and w
he very taloses
may require.
Co.
Cash
fore.
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the near frit- I
• eurtel a good
in eitratfered-
haa
hoese.—A
tieir evenings
tlizierniten, in-
, w rooky dia-
.atierneo, from -
hi on Sunday ,
Ian ausl Rose
lieti Turner re-
siersing for
1'IU eitew was
,t few attend -
our veteran
the Klondike
1era, .Enetrorn,
n(1 Mre. J. E.
he other night
')ra prenounced
hydrophobia.
attacked by a,
e Ieg between
tor dressed the
later that the
impposed to he
ening the first
esented itself:
-
0 the last teen
e girl's suffer-
-nee
-1
i
P' 7 Pm' t't• t"
.-er=eattr-seee.
THIRTIETHYEAR. •
WHOLE _NUMBER,- 1.610,
r •
S AFORT
F
A1,. OCTOBER 21, 11398.
McLEAN. EROS., Publishers.
$1 a Year in Advance.
Greig& Macdonal
Clothiers, Seaforth
• --
Boasting is not Nece, sar
to Lead to Success.
Its a peculiar feature of
which in a measure partakts
are used to express things whi
• the plainest of ordinary Engli
To illustrated the point ! a
with a plain candid staternent
way ; but must deal -in high
crying their wares as incompa
tterance, o written sta
f a public nat re, that so very m
ch would 1iayI been much butt
311.
[en are not satisfied nowadays
of what they are able to do in
ounding terms,linloud voiced sup
able, unparall led; ect.
Now we cannot see why that kind of lo1sting is net
• .
and. it is not necessary when speaking with lntGlllgent custome
We have every faith in grand old Anglo-Saxon
'We think that if a man has anything wort n talking about, he should
find no difficulty in having someting to say Itnd something to offer his
CUStODIers.
We find, it rather a pleasure to give information con erning
ow, immense stock of men's and boys' clothing.
This week we are particularly anxious to impart few of
'those casual values, prices and good that NVO have in stock.
Our Underclothing stock has very° many interesting lines, a
of these are
; .
ement;
sty.lwords'
r. told in .
business
•rlatives,
ssary,
s.
nglish.
FROM 11 NILA, PHILI PIgE
ISIirANDS.
! We have b en Peimitted to mak
lowing extrat s frorn a private let
by Mr. Cheri e Stewart to Mal f
mother, Mr. &nd Mrs. Alexander
of Seaforth. The, letter is date
August 25th. •It proceeds : The
Manila is, u doubt, old;to you,
baps you wou d not mind me telli
little about 't as Ilave •it. Dew
fortneda half eirele in the bay an
up fire on a panish fort. Every
and the fee le resistance put u
Spaniards wa quieted in that quer
than an hour. At the same time
forces traine' all- the field gun on the
enemy, and in a short time the order to
charge wee even. The Americans dashed
forward up t
to find only
having retre
miles distant
to catch the
The order to
boys halted.
a grew was s
render, whie
ment and
were march
fire arms fro
I was sent
rendered, an
company of
'the street to
•
the fob,
r written
ther and
Stewart,
Manila,
battle of
but per-
•g you a
's ships
opened
hot told,
by the
r in less
our land
-fel
The,z-if eavy Fleeced Lined Cotton at 506 a sine e
piece, or $1 ksuit.
Then their is th'e Wool Fleeced Line at 75c for cne iece, or
$150 a suit.
If yon will go ashighas, 2, or $2.50 a 'suit in
Lined Goods, you buy a.b1 ss of goods that are rarely
section. .
In All Wool Winte; Unlierclot ng, the_ low
Iattempt to sell is at 50c a singlegarr1e t, or $1 a full sui
Of coure yOu will see All Wool U derclothing
uit Thiderolothin
rs as our is.'
but yin you not see All Wool $1 'a
from 8111&11 of factory greas and of b
We may mention, also, th t your
wear. There are some boy who woi
-wear than wear the rough wool and NV
stone lines of Wool Underelothing,1
scratching post every few- yard. Clur
overcomes all this and the pries are :
• - to size. 1
Buckskin. Pants may not have- aiv
11
•
a
boy ret
d rather god ith
don't blame the
he Fleeced
in this
Show
st line we
$1 a suit
perfectly free
re Un.der-
ut a5ny Under-
. a bit, for with
so cOled, itsk necessary to have a
oys' Fleecar-tined Underwear
70; 75c and 85c-4. suit, according
1
ry high toned name; but
riame or no name they are wearers, v orth 'double the price 6f,an ordinary
overall. The price is $L
The' Whip Cord Cotton T eed
well worth the dollars. anal cents.
We have jus now some sp cials i
at these pride : $2, $2,50,,1,3, $3.50
In Men's Suits we Show' uo better value than. our own make
of suits at $8, $10 and $1 . At$10 you are able to pp:chase a Heavy
Napped, or Montenac Cloth, which style of goods are ftu great demand
at present. •
We are stiacked'up in Men's Heavy and Fall Weight 0 er-
-1 1
nts sell at $1.60, and its
•Men's Pants in fine' godds
and $4. .
coats. Our big values s4 at $6.50, $7.50, 88.50 and $10. •
;
Boys' Reefers at .$3 and It. Otir own make of 1Boy
j iii Alt Wool Blue Serge and Tweed selling at 65c and 75C are a
from ordinary readymadeiboys' pants as gdod differs Iron' bad.
Take a look at our SouthWindowfor a - Fur Cap' displ
We have sold scores of M 'n's and Ladies' Fur Coats
years and:there is not one arment that we cannot give as
for reliability.
The Black Silk Bound F dora: Hat still continues
favorite, The price does i 15c.
The storm kin,glisi begin g to lift Iiis head) we are prepared
for him with our Storm ing Cap, - Price 50c and 75e.
Odds and ends of stock :„ ,-::
the Spanish: entrenchments,
few wounded men i the rest
ted to the town, about three
Our soldiers hurried forward
, but they were out of sight.
cease firing was given, so the
From one of the battle ships
nt into the oityto depiand sur -
was done after a bang argu-
couple of regiments , of ours
d into the eity to to.11• all the
the enemy and do gu rd duty.
to the city the day after it sur -
it amused me greatly to see a
panish soldiers marching down
the place where the1 gave -up
their arms. They gave up ab ut _fifteen
thousand rifles, a pile of bullets larger than
your house, and all kinds of ewords. My -
chum and I winded to take a was around
the town to �e it, and the Spanish soldiers
were as thek as bees everywhere. They
would look at us, then talk among them-
selves, but xiade no attempts to molest us.
ivided into two yarts, the old
Manila is
town and the new. The old part is sur-
rounded by a wall of stone 15 tee 20 feet
thick, with -,a ditch around the outside and
drawbridges at every gate. This is the part
occupied,mostly by Spaniards, and has in it
several very handsome buildings It has a
cathedral which is so old it is
state of complete decay and is eo
moss. Ibis famous the world o
ing been in its time one of the la
-Pants
different
Y.
in past
reference
o be a
Imost in a
vered with
er as hav-
gest in the
world. Tho streets are very marrow and
dirty. The stores were all closed on ac-
count of our blockade, but are opening up
now. The new city is outside the walls and
is more up to date, and the streets, al-
ter and dean-
s have street
works, so you
ike what one
rope, of which
in two big
. They were
nd are right in
shed- into the
or inside the
sin the nicest
truck it fortun-
undred yards
ht the gang go
ve a firsteclass
The days and
It gets dark
•out six a. m.
. m., breakfast
per at six and
see we have to
is a snap just
elve telegraph
one when our
ty for 24 hours.
, nothing deli -
muscle making
ood but we boil
ather has been
is over and we
eather. It is
at all trouble -
aro having it
has not always
ng our telegraph
very day. We
, go to bed that
main wet until
drie the eloth„es on
is we had to wade in
wamps for days, cut
holes and often -go, a
ything to eat except a
addition to this the
sly flookingr around uS,
though narrow, are etept be
er than in the old city.
care, electric light and wat r
see the country is not a bi
might imagine. The Signe.
I am &member, is statics
houses adjoining each ot
occupied by Spanish officer
the new city. When we
city df course they all mad
walk
place
ately
from
for a
bath
nights are about even kng
abou
We
at si
go .t
keep
now.
offic
turn
Our
cate,
qtiali
it be
.rainy
are
so we made our quer
we could find, and w
We are about tw
the shore, and every
swim, .although we
room in our house.
•
six p. m. and light
newer roll call at 6:3
, dinner at twelve, s
bed at eight. • So yo
good hours. Our w
We have abo t t
out
on d
y far
antia
er is
0
•
e
r
s, and we each a
comes And tamed
rood is regular az
but of good subs
by. The city wa
ore d inking. !The w
, but the wet season
havin every plc sant
warn', but the heat ie not
some. But, althoug i we
rather corrifortable n w, it
)1
b,eenso. W en we wer build
lines it rai ed all da and
natives we e continu
Would get oaked to t e ski,
way, get u no better and r
the sun cm e out andi
our backs. Besidesthis
water and mud in
down bush $ and dig
whole day without a
few hard iscuits. I
and we di not know the minute one of them
.would tak a notion to shoot at us when we
were not looking. However, that is all over
now, and we are enjoying life in good style.
Of course none -of us have any idea when
we may return to the United States. We
have little commuMeation with the outside
world here. The papers when we receive
them are ix weeks old, and the news that
comes' by the telegraph is kept by the offi-
cers. 'Ho arever, I would just as soon re-
main here a few months, as the Government
is paying e well, the pay is sore, the work
is easY, t e climate agreeable, and I am en-
joying th best af health. -
Two and three Linen Collars for 25. A new Four•in.tland.-
' Tic at 25u. tIA very good Brace at ipc ha. 25c., At 50c Boys' Scotch
Caps. Ono hundred, Boys' Suits, size:27 to 33,'in 3 pieces, coat, vest and
pants, just in ; • prices $3.50 'to $43,apd•worth inspection.
.-s- I
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' • - •
. r _
•i.11
On
donall
Clothiers,
the wrong side of the -Sired; in the
r
giving portraits
two church build
ed. The
uring Mr.
gation has.
°coup
thatc
congr
prosperity,. the
doubled, the Sa
wards of one hun
tributions from $
800 Wiped out, a
$800 to $1,200.
the church had t
cominodation,for
This is the kind
delight to ehroni
f th pastiors and of the
rigs t e congregation has
histo Leal sketch shows
end rson'e pastorate the
onti ued to enjoy great
emu union roll having
bath- ohool increased up -
red, the missionary eon -
75 to $885, a debt of $3,.
d the stipend raised' from
Duri g the pre$ent year -
be nlarged to give ac-
he r gular congregations.
f chu ch history we most
le.
•
Rev. Dr.
Rev. Dr. Cooh
pastor of Zion Pr
ford, and one of
the Presbyterie.
Cpc rane Dead.
ane, or over thirty years
sbyt rian bhureli, Breat-
he bet known divines of
chu oh. in' Canada, 'died
suddenly at 10 o clock kat Monday night,
of angina pecto's,lat is 'home in Brant-
ford. He wee token 11 on Saturday 1 and
was unable to fil hie p spit dia Sabbathi but
no serious res ts w re anticipated. He
wee apparently as w 11 -as usual Monday
. evening, havin diet, ted and aspersed of
• considerable c rem) ['donee tiering . the
?
ay, but at ten d'eloe he inddenly- passed
way without It y wa ning. - ,
Dr. Cochrane was a man of extraordinary
energy and gre t will • ower and-t'avas well
-known through' ut Ca ada for his- zeal and
ability, and as a eading spirit in the
denomination t whici ho belonged, as well ]
ited member of the.'
as born in Paisley,
, 1831, and was edu-
ersity, and Hanover,
eh° graduated with
He. was ordained in
•
as being a pub io epi
commonwealth.
Scotland, Fehr
elated in Glasgo
College, Indian
the highest ho
Jersey City in
call to Zion oh
indomitable e
built up a larg
and confidence
his activity co
work.. For 14
Presbytery. F
clerk ot the syn
and for abont t
the Home
church. H
every .wort
ident of the
and eontinu
rary Board
27 years. In
strumental in
Young Ladies'
been the gover
He
ary 96
'Utri
, w he
ors.
859 ; "rt 1862 he accepted a ]
rch, 1 re.ntiord, where his
ergy nd wide popularity
eon regation, whose love
he lways enjoyed. And
ered ot only his pastoral
•ears e was clerk of Paris
• r 25 years he has aeon-,
•d of 1 amilton and London,
e as e period convener of
Committee of the'
took a deep interest in
object. He was pres-1
d Mechanics' Institute'
ent of the Free Lib -I
ng over a period of
• he was largely in-'
ding -the Brantford•!'
ege, of which he has
d directing head ever
since. In 1881 he 1WLIS moderator of the
General Asse bly, and in 1884 and 1889,
delegate to the Pan Presbyterian Alliances
in Belfast and indon. He expected to at-
tend the meet ng of the 'executive of the
Pan -Council on Monday next in St:1-, Louie'
and give an adi nasal on home missions.
There is uni rsal sorrow at the unlooke
for and terrib y sudden termination of an
active and use ul 'life. His death leaves
blank in the eh rot), and especially in the
city and congr gat on with which, he was s
long identified,
ally loved and
rowing widew,
Mr. William C
wood Asylum,
rano and two s
Kamen
al ays
y ublie
Br ntfo
d real
e tend
187
fou
CoI
or a
Wall rapercfs
1 -1-
•InNew Designs•and Colore.
,
hidow Shades.
That will not
durl, creek or fade.
• •
urtain. Poips
New styles ab i low prices
leture FrOineEi.
ow,..
Made to order. Perfeet goo
•
Alex. Wint6r, See
mARILLIGIE LICENSES ISSUE
No Witnesses RI
S-trong Block.
FURTHER ENTiRPRISES OF TH
CIIP.R.
The President of the Canadian T'acific Railway, Sir William Van lime,
makes it. known that he has,
Mr. W. Ogilive, Mr. R. B. A
sity, found the roadbed betwe
Those who have not been ova
have been cut down, curves s
structures replaced by 'stone and steel. The whole dis ance is
75 -pound rails and this is npw Completed over all the Iii
• William and Winnipe.
You can buy Money Orders at an 3 hour of day for[ any a
n his current tour of inspection, accompanied by
gus, and Principal Peterson, of McGill Univer-
n Montreal and Winnipeg, in nOgnificient shape.
it recently would -not r cognize it. • The grades
raiohtened, and practic lly-all the Old NVOQC1013
being relaidl with
e between Fort
ount.
APPLY
• 2
R. . ACDONLD,
egraph and Canada
Agent for Dominion Express, c. p. R, Te
Accident Ins ranee Company, S
AFORTH.
•
THE JUPI
The 'I
following
of our re
The ho
After Fifty Years.
BE OF CARmEt, CHURCH, HENSALL;
estminster", of Toronto, bas the
which will be of interest tomany
dere:
e of the 'Church is not in the city,
butlinitlILe country. City churchee may
have mote far-famed preachers, superior
choirs, larger orowds and heavier debtsabut
it is from the quiet of the country the iren
are coming whose' strength and steadiness
are the stay of the Church. It is, therefore,
with gladness we mark the continued pros-
perity and gradual growth of congregations
whose jubilee services tell of worthy history.
Dr. Hamilton's church at Motherwell, Knox
church, Scarboro', and several others have
just passed their half -century, . and aow an-
other reaches its jubillee and signalizes the
occasion in a fitting manner. Carmel church,
Hensel!, is not the leas
in the Presbytery of H
tors have rendered serv
but most deserving.
October 2nd and 3rd
days. The present pas
derson, was assisted by
of Toronto Junction, a,
greatly to the pleasure
(lesion. The Commun
bath was a time of reunion for man former
members 6f the congregation, and .was in-
deed a "feast of love.'
. On Monday afternoon a ".Memo ial" ser-
vice was held, at which a historic 1 sketch
of the congregation was read, and ev. Dr.
Hamilton, of Motherwell, and R v. Peter
Scott, of Cromarty, gave appro riate ad-
, The social reunion o2 Mende evening
dressea.
Sveas most enjoyable. After tea ad been
served in the lecture hall a plabforth meeting
4.118 held in the body of the church, When
reminiscentand congr tulatore addresses
it
Were delivered by Revs. Kerr, of Hensall ;
cheson, of Kippen ;
Dr, Hamilton.
the congregation
: John Logie,. A.
son and J. S. Hen -
an
rum
th
ch
in
ns
where he was so gene -
dad. He leaves a sor-
ee sons and a daughtter
ne, Bursar of the Rock-
ston, Miss Mary CooliL
t the university.
1 Anoth r 0
Another tertible
d. The stee. ship Mohegan, of the
rantic Transpo t line; from London to New
York, was wr
cean Disaster..
ocean disaster is ,re
ort-
At -
eal.
1
4uired.
•
arrangements. She wa built for
rather than speed. Her first-class Pa
in the English
one hundred a
ve
me
cd
of
-tol zg t
oI Of
ttl
ber
en
po
Wa
of
M se Fres
epherd,
be ante
board.
.10 werde
vi ors nun
ar cattle
nos
A desp
is
exceedi
ed to h
Mr. J
John M
among the churches
iron, and its four pas -
ices not unrecognized
were the "Ebenezer"
tor, Rev. J. S. Hen -
the Rev. J. W. Rae,
hose sermons added
and profit of the m-
ien service on Sab-
tch
glY
-tle disastltLr,
ed, it seems t
but that a•
blowing,and •
swell on and trong current runnin. ,
Dinner was ready, and Captain Giffith,
was about to • roeeed to the saloon, wiaeri a
sudden crash made it apparent that the
steamer had one ashore. The captain fin-
modiately we t on dek, 'and survivors say
they saw him on the bridge- doing all =that
lay in the no er of a brave 1 man to lessen
the digeste. =' _
Aut entie •artaculars of the events Oe
aiming
11
hip struck are not yet ob-
tainabl a howver, that one o
the shi ontainieg several women
gobawa 3ut Was gapsied. A num
ber ofits were tesoned by life
boats. 1 boat wi h sixteen hand
Was pi a lifeboa and safely go
ashore,l i tr three lo her persons man
1 Out of the 158 person
8 a ed, About 30 bodies hav
ash re at different points.
WENT DOWN WITH SHIP.
for the Mohegan's presence s
mains unetplained. It see
a mistake o
in Griffith.
• tdwz wit
hinise
mn
ear
ble,
e al
a t
ha
n;ar
iviv
Me fl them have been inju
eks, and are suffering f
hid fractured limbs. S
rams died from exhaus
eked on Friday evening
Channel, off the Lizard,
•d eight passengers are
•ershed. One of the vi
-Backey, buyer for the
na d & Company, of Tor
ontreal lady, and
&took, are azo rep4 d
st. There were 158 !sou s
e 54 were passenger e saId
and the crew-. The sur
all told. Of thes 39
members of the crew
CADENT HAPPNED.
St. Keverne says!: It
cult to trace the events:of
ut, go far as can be aseetam.
at he weather was not trick,
troog southeast wind was
hat there Was a heavy grc•uid
fif
fr
di
last,
and
SU •
ti'r
s
fir
nt
Mi
rt
omfort
asenger en
73r
whi
and
the
East B; er road. he latter was in his But even at that, distance Mrs. Ireland says
year, nd was born on the farm on that she saw her husband jump, as if over a
h he died. Both were conspicuous men, pool of water, and then he disappeared, and
highly esteemed. she has not seen him since. She found his
United Empire Loyalists protest against hat and one of his gloves on the wharf, and
preposition to erect a monument to the there the mystery begins, for nobody seems
Am ricin general, Montgomery, in the pub. to know what became of him.
lie yam o Quebec. , —Another of those accidents so common
say
da
life
Ca
Ow
by
Ca
Hi
on-
aw
ohi
rcommodat ions were amidships in the super- of
tructure. The saloon vas, fully fdity feet an
above the water and many of the staterooms
were filled with brass beds ads a a every la
convenience to be found i any 111t -t1.888 th
hotel. The vessel was i fitt4ed for &limited
number of voyagers, as sh was than
more as a heavy freight rrier as a
•
passenger ship.
. A BAD I4C0 .,
The Mohegan was of the
commodore Of the line, 1J iRiebard
Griffith, whdhad eomniand n near-
ly every vessel of the comp t Since
areago.
°began,
t on her
August
mind to
for steamer
at half
he pas -
e land -
he yes-
om late
riod of 411 ays.
trial run, Which
ly Satsialetory.
d rated, her Al.
from L aultin on
p. •1
vessel s fled un-
by the Wilson's
Ikrr
e hoi she
CI op ra. I She
c T ort I Line
the ha s of the
rw o c me: over
ube le ked, her
er pump'
was also
became
day, the
nd steady
• by her
we e
th seas
un-
ndS mely
big radi-
nt. She
crew had
in right
reteet to
n, end at
splendid
iinestblishment, nearly fo
The captain went down; wit
Regarding the condition
it 4s Said that when she
Ort trip, arriving in New
12th, her pumps and boiler
be‘sornewhat leaky. All b
mune.
aptain
d in t
ny'a !fl
rteen y
ii his ah
f the
amd o
• ork .o
were
• okings
sage on her were cancelled nd th
started back for -Londe , goin
speed. She was 21 days making
sage, but the 600 cattle oard w
ed, not one sick or miseing -Then
eel was laid up in London for a
overhauling, covering p
She was then subjected to
was reported as entir
Lloyds passed upon her a
Six days later she sailed
her second and tr
On her first voyage the
der the name given to 'her
and Furness -Leyland lin
was built, that is, as I th
was sold to the Ablaut
while she was still in
builders.
According to a passeng
that trip, her boiler
lues did not work !rig t, and
were deranged. Her p umbing
leaky, and some of the tateroo
ooded. She had to lay to half t
hird day -out. She was a staunch
essel, this passenger avid, as eho
conduct on two or three days whe
were very rough, and her cabins
many comfortable and were h
furnished, bat there l..was Bernet
eally wrong in the engihe departir
made the trip in 11 clie, but her
to work like beaversto keep he
shape. The passengerslot up a
the line on the vestiel's conditi
the same titne a testimonial to th
conduct of officers and crew.
Shaw,of Egmondville ;
Muir, -of Brucefield and
During The half-centu
has had but four pastor
"Y. Hartley, R. Y. Tho
derson. A handsome jubilee picture com-
merating the occasion has been published,
aftee the
. It
s bo
y saf
te oc
Anot
ked u
and:
aged tib reac
on board 50
been Washed
CAFTAL
The tease
far inshore r
to have been
part of Cap
however, we
not speak fo
tate to cond
It was a 0
ard was via
seen from t
coast is kno
the English
the vessel r
Allhe s
then, 4nd s
by waves a
bruises and
of the resc
after landin
Only the
the Mohega
From the
Keverne'
foundered
rocks. Sh
twice, stop
water, As
°ere of the
has been i
how she go
light and t
PASS
One of t
boat Hays t
going' ash
nearek Ian
were dlinin
through so
sick were
Mohegan s
first the e
by coal fa
ond shock
settl
Th
1
1U
(judgment o1 t
"The eommande
h his ship, and ea
f, and other sailors hes
yeti,
ig t, the light of the Li
nd the Mohegan could
re. The danger of t
every sailor who navig t
nel. The rocks on
perfectly familiar.
it are in a pitiable co
cl r
rn
e p
okestack and 'the foremast
can now be seen above wa
best evidenee obtainable at
appears that -the Mohe
ve minutes after She struck
was, going at full speed, str
ed, and rapidly settled into
the captain and executive
steam wen went down with he
• possible thus far to ascent
out id her pourse, as Falm
e coe. b were visible.,
NOE WERE AT EINXER,
• e pengera rescued by the life -
at ijit previous to the Mohe an
re hi thought the steamer as
tha nsual. .A11 the passen era
wh n the catastrophe occur ed,
e oil the children who were ea -
in heir bunks. I Suddenly the
eue with a grating Mdse. At
gine r thought this was ca sed
ing n the bunkers. B.ut a sec-
followisd, and the vessel bega to
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1-
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A Worth* Example.
•
DEAR EXPOSITOR 4-A few daya ag I Wall
pleasantly surprised' by- the reCeipt of s.,
handsome . volume, 8 by 103 inches, 576
pages, entitled "Heroes of the 'Dark Con-
tinent," containing atcomplete hi torsi of all
the great explorations and lelis overies in
Africa since the ear iest ages. it contains
over 500 first-rate illustration, nd An ex-
cellent Tripp, dated 1670. It is lprinted oa
heavy paper, with large type &nI gocid ink,
and is one of the meat readable 1 books ex
j
tent. The horrors -
trade and the unutt
truculent Arab are b1
by means of the epee
he re idenee of George Greer, of Lind- of late, resulting from the _careless use of
wfatotally destroyed by fire on Setae- firearms, occur: -ed at Bloomingdale, near
Mrs. Greer barely escaped with her Berlin, on Monday, and Walter Snydera a
• , young man living in that village, may die m
lin W. Shipman, a trucker at the conisequence. He was out shooting with a
d an Pacific Railway freight sheds at revolver, and had fired the weapon off sev.
ound, has fallen heir to 87,000 left eral times at birds. The revolver finally re-
lish eelatives. fused to shoot, and Snyder looked down in -
rd and Lady Aberdeen will leave to the barrel in -order to see what was wrong
ad for England on November 12th. with it It was discharged at the same
111 cello/ley will be banqueted At Ottawa moment, and the •bullet -entered his breast,
November ist. piercing one of his lunge.
John Budd, an Oxford pioneer, passed —At 11.30 Saturday morning, while Miss
y in Woodetock on Friday, aged 79. He Meyers, the cashier of the Metallic Roofing
married I ehree times, and leaves six Company, Toronto was pestling a lane, a
(Irian and ie widow surviving. , young man Of about 20 years of age ran out
Thursday night of last week burglars and, seizinglher, attempted to tear from her
ere& the residence of Mts. David Goldie, hands a bag containing $500,- which she had.I
yr, and sthle a quantity of silverware just drawn from the Parkdale branch of the
two overcaats. Standard Bank, to pay' the employees. Miss
The *sea* position in the Parliamen- Meyers held on to the handle of the bag,
librery, at Ottawa, is to be filled by and fought the highwayman. Her -screams
appointment thereto of Mr. W. W. speedily brought assistance, and the thief
departed without the bag.
—For the last ten years, John Crawfoed's
illicit whisky still has been known to the
shantermen and hunters in the -Haliburton
ditrict, and the product Iran been pro-
nounced first class by those competent to
judge native whisky. Wednesday night a
last wek, Preventive -Officer Floody,eof
Toronto, swooped down on Crawford, and,
in company with County Constable Short, of
Lindsay, seized the whole outfit, consisting
of a large copper still and worm, capable of
producing 20 gallons per day, a barrel of
whisky, empty barrels, stoves, etc.
—The Ontario provincial 0012Vlltinn of
the Christian Endeavor Society, in conven-
tion at Hamilton last week, elected officers,
as follows : President, Rev. Elliott S. Rowe,
Toronto, vice-presidents, Rev. J. S. Barker, '•
Hamilton, Thomas Morris Hamilton C. J.
Atkinon, Toront, and floe 3. S. iender-
son, 'Jensen; secretary, A. T. Cooper,
Clinton; treasurer, W. J. Doherty, Lon- •
don ; editor, Rev. J. S. Conning, Caledonia;
junior superintendent, Miss Lottie
gins, Toronto. It was decided to hold the
interprovincial convention at Montreal next
11
Edgar, son of Sir James Edgar, sipeaker of
the House of Commons.
--Gordon Hunter, of Vietoria, British
olournbia, who was recently appointed gold
ea missioner in the Yukon, by the Demin-
io Government, has resigned, on aCelaunt
of hiawife s health.
Devine,1It is rumored at Ancaster that David
who is serving a fourteen -year sen-
te de forhurglary, is prepared to give evi-
dence as to the murderer of Mr. John gee
b
lo s trearier r of Aneaster township.
There i a ease of small pox in Camden
township, Kent county, The patient is a
co ored mail, who recently came from Da-
te it. Every precaution is being taken to
p vent the spread of the disease, ' •
In the darkness ot Thursday night of
lab week Mise Annie Ross, of -Winchester,
Ontario, i mistake for a dose of medicine,
s allowe quantity of carbolic acid. She
died four hearer later.
--A big burglar, who entered the home of
t 0 Allays on Barton street, H milton,
early on Wednesday morning, was confront-
eday Mks iMay Allan and so vigorously
treated that he made a hurried exit,
ei—Dr. Charles Robinson, of Brampton, was
seieed wi • heart failure Monday afternoon,
)tist ,at theIcompletion of a surgical opera -
tin that 1 it had performed, assited by Dr.
Woodhill, near Bolton, and ex
11
of
r.
• 't.
an -
he
ck
he
it
in
th
f the exec able slay
table vileness ;of the
ought to our very eyed
ing picture'', - and the
graphic pen-and-inlf photographs. A1to.
gether, it is a laughing and crying book;
well calculated to move thedeep st passionsja
and the strongest emotions of the human
heart, , The list of African hero is the roll
call of the select spirits of Christian eiviliza
tion, and ought to be a pow
to fruitful and victerious a
earnest reader. You may b
great pride in entering thi
catalogue of the Collegiate Inst
i
and equal pride in sanowledgina
fealty and esprit de cors of Missi
Adam, the donor, ah ex -student
all rerriember with Irespect, an
sympathy for her ;recent here
hope her fine example will sp
hearts of the Tuckersmith,
Hullett ninuicipal !councils, an
to found scholarships and pr
young people of their splendi
just as the' councilee of some o
townships have; done in several
twice Let us a Ways aernem
finest product
earnest' and hig
and women, thor
patriotie spirit, 1
institutions, and;
for the progresi
rful stimulant
tie in ever*
co taind take
b ok ion the
te ibrary,
the gener-
Maiy Mc-
wkom we
al° with
vement. I
ak to the
Killop and
lead them
es for the
townships,
her banner
•arts of
On-
er that the
Canada, is
young men
d with the
ntry and its
ready to die
civilization
to nay an -
example of
recording.
died before
herex-staden, too odest
er name, doniited valuable
Lean,
Id 1
seed
•
TH ErND OF BOAT SHE WAS,
Mohegan had most elaborate rior
four belove
ly intelligent
• ughly penile's
vpig their co
eady to fi ht,
of education,
and pure religion. i Permit mel
other word. This is the thir
the kind I have he pleasure
The late Murdo eLeod, who
his time, and ano
to reveal his Or
books to this li 'miry. Mr. M
also furnished f•er valuable
hope these exe pies will be li
scattered on dee 'rich soil.
9
Your truly,
O'l CLaTocsd_
: •
B wels, 9
red alai* instantly. •
-1-It is eeported that the Imperil author -
i es are prpared to send to Toronto a war
v asel for raining recruits for the Royal
yy, and for giving instruction to navel
vlo untees, previded the DOMiniin Govern
-ne t will furnihthe necessary supplies.
i -Mr. W. Maediarmid, barrister, of Lu --
c n has been appointed a commissioner to
her the complaints which have been pre
ferred against Mr. Dan Coughlin, the deputy
inepector of weights and measure e of that
The Canadian Govermnent intends to
piece more whitefish fry in the Detroit river
mid lakee St Clair and Erie next year than
ever before.. Preparations are being made
She is survived
for a big season's work at the' Sandwich Kingetmn fer mellY Yea" -
year.
—$t. James' -church, Tweed, was the
scene of an unusual oecurrenee a few days
ago, when the pastor, Rev. G. T. Lewis, re-
fused to marry a couple who presented
themselves. The would-be name
was Kollar, and he was apparently 17 or 18
years of age. The lady in the ease was a
Mrs. Bateman, of Madoctownship, and was
plainly, 50 years of age at least The minis-
ter refused to marry them, on the ground of
inequality of age. A Madetc minister united
them a few days later.
--About noon on Friday, the death oe
tarred of Mrs, Maepheezon widow -of the
late John Macpherson, of 'Kingston. De-
ceased, who was aged 94 year, was an
aunt of the late Sir John A. Macdonald,
and mother of Lieutement-Colcinel John
Macpherson, R late of the -Governor-
General's Foot Guards. She was a native
of Doaavert, &attend, but was a resident of
by two daughters, who reside at home, and
one son, Lieutenant-Colonel Itlaepherson.
—The Canadian Pacific Railway round-
house at Tieswater was completely destroy-
ed by fire Monday night There was one
locomotive in at the time, which was badly
damaged Mrs. John E. Kennedy, who
lives across the river at the north end ef the
village, started with her daughter to go to
the fire. On reaching the bridge AIM
Kennedy felt faint, and told her daughter
to go on alone, and that she would rest and
return home; About an hour afterwards,
when the daughter returned home, on going
tchery.
Arthur Fee, of the 6th concesnion, Cel-
li gwood township, recently met his death
in a peculiarly sad Timmer. Deceased, who
was 18 years of age, had been ill, and his
mother accidentally administered a dose of
carbolic acid, instead of the usual dodoes
prescription.
—Mr, C. J. Anderson, superintendent of
the Savings Bank Department at Ottawa,
w presented with a valuable ,gold watch
by the sta of the Finance Department, on
the oeciesi of his retirement from- the ser-
vic. Mr. Anderson has been in the service
4q years. upstars she found her mother lying on a
M
oaks;
ie goo
The ba.nque
d for Novem
Snow fell h
Canada.
to Premiee
15th.
aYily in Man on -
day night and U. uesday.
—The provin e :of Manitoba gave ma-
jority ot 9,291 i favor of prohibition.
—Brown, th want
tramp, has bee brought ' to
locked up.
—Thomas C Wan, postma.
die&Vriday ev ning, aged e'
prominent Cons rvative.
—Mr. Edmu • &Senkier, ba
son, British Co uMbia, has b
geld commissio er in the Yu,
--Hrry Mer dth, a •rin
Parkhill, was
Michiganawhil
—The North
aolved. Nomi
28th inst., and
4th.
—Two of t
farmers in the
day, in the pe
Crieff, who far
and was in his
1
Seafo h. -
rdy
ohm o
een
drowneda
duck shooting. I l
est Assembly ha a been dia-
l/
ations take 1ase on the
the elections on November
• 8 oldest an est known
ieinity of Gal died on Mon -
Bens of John '
ed there for
5th year; an
•
peg -4
Londo
te
ris
of
•
He
—Rev. sofa qiiite dead. It is supposed that the
Akdrews'
his intenti
by the Ch.
likely tore
[—Chad
Rathb' n
East
died a
week,
Hudso
gged
and
as a
Nel-
earp,pod jilted
r formerly of
Alenominee,
ge
J. McCaughan, pastor of St.
church, Toronto, has intimated
n of accepting the call given him
ago congregation, and 1 will not
excitement and exertion brought on heart
failure.
—Mrs. Niles and her mon were driving to
St. Cathaines, from Merrittone on, Satur-
eh again in his Toronto -church.
Hudson, lately manager for the day morning, to the market, with a lead of
honey for sl, and drove past the L11160111
Company, and seeretery of. the
imps Conservative Asociation,
lleville on Thursday night of last
Ile was a brother of W. P.
8"-8 AB I drviee fl --35:11 F. F. A widow and two
nearlyldr wn
centlyi w ile
tt
mouth f
him irs a
in an n
call.
—Job'
Zorra, w
sauPlPtieollt la
was hurt
married
ul
•
te, named Thomas Hill, was
d in the Brantford canal re-
beisag baptized. Rill got a
ater' and his struggles landed
eep spot He was finally rescued
nsc ous condition. It was a close
Meadows, a young farmer in Best
o fell from a tree While' picking
t Friday, died on Monday as a ro-
e injuries no received. His spine
and it caused paralysis, He was
aelittle over a year ago, and was
well ISno n throughout the district.
—Another serious accident-, which may
proveatal, occurred Saturday morning, in
the Ontario Wheel Company's works, Gan-
anoque. While Byron Keating,- an em-
ployee, was putting a belt on a ghat, using
a stick, the stick became entangled in the
belt and 'whirled around, striking hirn in the
stoma.* His injuries are serious.
—The Indians of the Sarnia ;reservation
have a grievance againse the St., Clair Tun-
nel Company, and: threaten to commence a
auit for $21,000: They contend that- the
construction° of the tunnel a.nd t e tailure of
Its
the company to construct a bride, bas de-
creased the value of property and out off
three thousand acres from access to -Sarnia
city.
—A prairie schooner, drawn by two
horses, crossed the ferry to Windsor on
Thursday afternoon of last week. The out-
fit belonged to John Norris, who, with his
two sons, was on his way
his old home in Brantford,
years ago. The party had
tire distance of 900 miles
16 th.
—Commissioner McCreary, of the Domin-
ion Immigration Department, estimates
that 30,000 new settlers have entered Mani-
toba and Territories during the first nine
months of the present year. The statistics
at Immigration Hall show that about 24,999
went in by way of Winnipeg. To this must
be added fully 20 per cent. who went in
over the Soo line, via Calgary, or who i drove
in from he United States by wagon route.
Me
or
•
fnom Kansas to
Wish he left ten
ravelled the en -
ince September
paper mil's. The high bridge -crossing the
hydraulic raceway there has been in bad
shape for some time, and, in going over, the
horse noticed a hole in the planking and got
scared. The animal started to back quick-
ly, and, in less time than it takes to ten, it
had bate ed the wagon over the side of the
bridge, nd into the deep water. The *eons
pants of the wagon realized the danger they
were in the moment the home began to
back, and both sprung quickly out and thus
saved their lives. The horse- and wagon
quickly Bank to the bottom and there re-
mained. •
Africa,
reland, of Fort Salisbury, South
as mysteriously disappeared in
Montrea . He arrived there a 1abort time
ago, and
for Peri
had bee
aboutsa
Friday,
Hall.
the wha
a ship.
his wife
was hal
iarmid, of saw hi
r 63 years, his hat in response. This was, at half -past
ines Lake, 5 o'clock, and it was getting pretty dark.
after staying a couple of days, left
Ontario, to. meet his wife, who
staying with her parents there for
ear. They arrived in Montreal on
nd registered at the St. Lawrence
aturday afternoon he went down to
f to collect a bill from an officer of
As he was Some time in returning,
went to, search forhirn. ,When she
a block away from the wharf, she
and waved her hand, and he raised
• —An old citizen of Stratford passed away
on Tuesday morning of last week in the per-
son of Thomas Miller. The deceased was
born in Glasgow in 1821 and came to Strat-
ford in 1856, In 1864 he was appointed'
Official Assignee, which poet he held nails
the Act IVAU recinded in 1880. He then en-
gaged in insurence and a general brokerage
business, He died at the age of 76.
—On -Saturday mornng, the 8th inst., a
serious accident occurred in Listowel by
which the son of Robert E. Hemphill was
nearly killed outright from a bullet in a rifle
in the hands of bis twin brother. The two
youngjads who are 14 years of age, with
some neighbor boys were practicing target
shooting in Mr. Hemphill's erased, Roy
one of the twins had shot a couple of times
at the target, and Oliver, the other twin put
a new eartrielge into the rifle a 22 calibre,
and raised the gun past his brother who was
standing within a few feet 9f him. ; He
probably touched the trigger as be raised it
for the gun exploded, the muzzle being a
few inches from Roy's side, and the bullet
pierced -his body just below the heart,. The
injured boy is doing well, but hadthe bullet
gone an inch or so higher it would have re -
salted in hie death,
—Mrs. F, W. Befatt, of Stratford, died
suddenly some time Friday night. Her
death was not discovered until late Satur
day evenine.- The deceased lived with her
son, Arthur, a clerk in the Barnadale Trad-
ing Company's store. On Saturday Morn-
ing the young man in passing by his moth-
el.'s room noticed her lying in bed,' but
thinking that she had been troubled with
headache thrOugh the night, something to
which she was subject, he went quietly to
Work without waking her. It being a busy
Saturday Arthur did not return to dinner)
but -on going home to slipper and not seeing
any sign'of life he went to the roiim of his
mother and found her in the same position
as she was when he passed her in the morn-
ing, cold in death. The family phyaician,
Dr. Robertson, was summoned, but it was
determined that she musthave died (hiring
the night Coroner Devlin was apprised of
the circumstance's and on investigating the
sease found that death was due to fatty de-
generation of the heart, and -considered an
inquest unnecessary. Mrs. Meat was the
widow of F. W. Byatt, who csentnitted sui-
cide several years ago in that -city.
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