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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-02-24, Page 1LI- 1899. Early RING vade - Grey Cottorts White Cottons Pillow Cotton Sheetings Prints Ginghams - Zephyrs Piques Ducks Shirtings Tickings Cottonades Linens Flannelettes Embroideries *Drapeiies Costume Cloths- -FOR— Spring Suits Etc. The ',PAUL 7oods Co. reatest Ca od,s. Store. 1 - :le plitee he removed to ke met the one who has 4fu1 partner in life eride n. Ile Qame to hie we rg ago where he has 1..e. .For years he hae rheumatiam, which he Patience. Death came. Frmities of a good old ted husband and an those love none but his ileen. removed. nway. h Dixon, of Clande- sds in . ehie vicinity.— "landebaye, who has ey flitede in this viein- eek at Mr. E lward - lity laet, and haa since r's care, Ile h troubled k grippe. Mies Jennie e is vieiting friends in • `1.ecl Howelit paid our .on Monday.— We have ,eet Wether ever ex- nity, 32, below zero.— Mies Jeouie Wiley, of -home of her yauth. ,---thie by one the old iity are paeeing.away e none or those left Ji e early history of this toe- er ern eau ing, in the . Thomas Wilson, has -ity. On January 4th ith la grippe, and on h, he paesed peacefully eee of 7e year and 8 qt was born in Guyse -.. in June. 4th, 1e20,. wife and t hree child- , aria, and for three reship of lloaeh, back I moved to the town - is county, where he S boundary. He re -I rut eight years ago-, erm to hia son, C. ILS ito 4;reereway village-; his death. He was, and in, his allegiancee -cit. Phurch, in which: :nes, various efficiai 'ustee and elase-leader deittle His faanitt Teo, four of whom he better land. He i and two daughters. -on Friday last to the serviees being con - "laird, IL A. THIRTIETH WHOLFI NUMBER, 1,628. ' Straddic the Pence Business In a general way business men are supposed t are not required to know'or offer advie flatly in the line of ordinary business d It often happens, in fact, it might be called a granted idea of 'some people, that a ma ing outside of his': business, that youi men in business. Men Jat end strictly to businss, and on Matters which . are not ex- alin s4 ule in wi or account of this taken for b sin6s .should know noth- 1 see so many characterless' The secret of the whole trouble being that nost business men, rather than offend trade will straddle the fence bn alirst any subject, whether civic, social, political, moral or refigous. Their own private opinions are subjected to the,mcist searching oenorship, and on DO account will they permit thenaselves to indulge in open clean, manly views of life. They forever cringe before he demon of their customers sensitiveness, or as some express it—they know on which side their bread is buttered. In talking in this manner, there will be in all likelihood those who may think • . that we should not tread on ground of private opiion, when we under- take to write an advertisement. Th keep off the grass of my feelings sign is warningly held up to the mer hant who dares to sell goods on their merits and who despisse the toadyin cringing at your mercy style, prac- , tisesd by some in theselling of their goods. , To pat the matter concisely ; We sell good lothing at r asonable prices, trying • always to obtain a fair profit, at`the s me time be ng candid and honest in the expression of our intention of continuin to serve our many friends with a willing civility. Those who have stood by the firm since it inception, N have a all appreciation of this fact. Therefore, • from week to week come before our patrons wit the benefit of our customers:generally. • e feel safe in saying it follows that we can something to offer for To itemize this vveek's offerings we would direct attention to our Ordered Cloth- ing Department, in which the following specials fi • d i place :— A West -of -England Worsted in five distinct colors, the pr ce 815. An Irish Serge, twisted in warp and filling, great wearer, nee .$17.po. A Scotch Suiting, either the Bannockburn, Gallisheels, or Harris makes,i prices $16.50, $18, and $20. In Readyn,ade Suits there is nothing superior in the mark t than our own make of Men's Suits, at $8, $10, and $12. These ar as near perfection as • may be obtained in ready for use clothing,. We have made it a boast many a time that the Boys' Pa ts we make have no equal in the market for wear,: fit and style matefial, and to be candid, we tire still of the same opinion, the prices of th Se are 50c, 65c, and • 75c. In Men's Hats our stock has the merit of being generous in the variety of styles, the newness of the hapes, the fairness of tte prices. We make a leader of a Fedora Hat at $1. All the new Spring Shapes in cap l; -are in) and we are atfe in sa3iting that no previous Spring has displayed ae many artistic clesigns and tasteful colors. i : .The beautiful creations in Shirts, Ties,#: . ollars, Dress Gloves, Hosie wear, Cuff and Collar Buttons, etc, will prove of interest to appreciate the best in fine wearing apparel, and we show the fi • ti in es. Greig & action y, Under - hose who lest at all Clothiers az Furnishers On the Wrong Side of the Street, _ STRONG'S BLOCK Seaforth. ANY INTENDING i3ASSENGER TO THE NORTHWEST dr MANITOBA May receive all the information they require, whether they pur- ehase a ticket at this office, or not. The information will be cheerfully given. You may buy a ticket from Seafortb to any destination. Baggage Checked to Destination. Tourist Cars. 1VIOINTMY (.31R.IDM Issued at any time to any person for any amoun Tip to $3, 3c ; up to $5, 4c ; up to $10, 6c. portion. J. . The cost : thers iui pro - MAC 0 ALD C. P. R. AGENT, Seafe rth. AV It SEAFORTH, ICE FROM MANITOBA. DEA EXPOSITOR, --A conversation I had a few d ys ago with Mr. J. 0. Dunlop, o the peo ale and things generally, in Ontario impels ne to write you a few thoughts, an - posaibl 1 ani further inclined to do so, b your el torial advising the Government t help y ung men in Ontario to settle o Manitol a lands, also Mr. T. Farrow's time. ly corn ent thereon. I hea tily endorse both the editorial and Mr, Fa row comment, for I feel that it is a questi n that vitally affects our eountry as a wh le. Sometinies when we are led to discuss questieu that is a part of a Gov- ernmen 's .policy, party feelings will rise up either t condemn or defend that policy. But, it should not be so. Fair criticism shophi e the watchword, no matter what party is in power, and when a 0overnment, be it Gr t or Tory, gets onto a hobby horse, (as I thi k the Government has on this emi- gration airiness) it is the duty of the people Lo endea or, by common-sense discussion, to get the Government to /dismount ; and if the ride is obstinate, the ballot box will do Ib. I ha e just said thee the Government, in my o inion, was riding a hobby horse in conneeti n with their policy of bringing as settlers, t a great omit to this province, Galician and the Dtukhobors. There is no doubt th t theemigration policy is a many sided qu stion and it is important that the vacant 1nds of the Dominion be settled upon as peedily as possible. To my mind, this gee tion • of far-reaching results, re- solves its If into this : That as long as there is a youn man in any of the eastern prov- inces wh desires to settle upon land and needs a s at, the Government should bend its energi s in assisting him to do so, then, if there i money and time to bring in a good ale s of . foreign settlers, do so. In defence o the Government it 'has been said: Never mi d our young men, they will take care of th mselves ; besides, they are a fac- tor in pu population anyway, and by sine ply rerno ing them from one province to an- other, twa do not Increase our total popula- tion. Th t is just where I take issue with such defe • ce, for in many cases, yea, hun- dreds of hem, a yoting man may desire to come wes and settle on land who probably has been raised on a farm and knows no ether bus nese. Likely he is one of a large family, a d his father is not in a position to assist hi . sees hie position and event- ually go s to some of the big industrial centers w ere he 9an earn ready, money, but with a lu •p in his throat at leaving his native. an beloved province, and, we have lost a s ttler that would be, at least for some tim , worth two or three of the foreign element. I think to this m it, and t,' suns of employe think wh thoesand to Halifa mid wint now, and and 'cloth farms an til they Sifton m the hobb The M Frontena Grennville, and Leretrk there are hundreds of youn men of his acquaintance who wouldii e to come west and farm, but lack the neoes nay funds to -make a start, and, Mr. Edit r, although I think you ,richly de- serve the registrarship, it would be ir loss if you go fii Goderich, for you give your party good sou d advice, and you are not afraid to speak sut, and I hope you will not let thie emi ation question rest until there is some cha ge in the direction you advocate. The she e need not be an intricate plan, nor the ( overnment need not take a big financial isk, and what a grand Jesuit it would be to have such fine young men as the este n provineee can produce, settled in the wet, instead of 'having the places they .shou d occupy filled by a people that are entire y foreign to us and will remain so fer at lea t one generation, some say two generatio 8. We are having a very agreeable winter so far, no re I bad blizzard yet; snow enough for sleighing, and pleasant to get around with the xception of the first two weeks of • January, when the thermometer ranged from 200 t 400 below. The pitet year was not as pro percuis for this portion of Mani- toba as • ome others, owing to tbe dry spring an summer, and the wet fall, whioh damaged uite a large per cent, of the small crop. Fr et did some damage, too, especi- ally on ne ground, where the seed was so long in tenting amorgst the dry sods, throwing he growth out, • of season, hence the dame by frost. The Gr t Northern have extended their • line 20 au es west of Langdon, to Hannah, a point ne r the boundary adjoining us, and there is q ito a lot of Yankee go in the new town. Te E EXPOSITOR is a weloome week- ly visitor, although we must confess that the names are not so familiar to us as they were fifte years ago, During that time so many f ces that we looked upon in child- hpod and loved, have passed away, and their' p1acs have been filled upon the stage of life by • thers. Ever changing time! It was ever ti us! Yours truly, W. BARBER. Snowflake Manitoba, January 28, '99. • Across • wenty Miles on Canada's Great Highway. [By w. w. COOPER, KIPPEN. A move public high inoe. The everywhere by way of that it has having corn mere' Inseit after hearip us by Mr. A instructor, a more firmly form in the public roads. on his subjec good sound a say, to the de The Departm is no doubt d the country a hence we hay It -would hay have availed these meeting the country a condition for but to say m them, they ar The day has ordinary old - roads should fitted up af methods. T alive to the f much rounds high embank if the eastern members looked in- tter fully, that they would see to at there Would not be such large oney spent when it could be easily to help eur Canadian boys. ' Just t an expense it is to bring four Doukhobors a month's sea voyage , then by rail to Winnipeg, in r, as the Government is doing they have to be housed, and fed. d, and in the spring assieted onto kept for lanother year or two .un - et used to the country. No, Mr. y be an able minister, but he is on horse thin trip. . DunlophI referred to says that in , Lennox, Addington, Leeds and • , •It ent for the betterment of our ays has got abroad in the prov- uestion of road improvement is a live subject. We would say, =Dent, upon this agitation, ot come before its time. After leted our initial round of Far- • te meetings for the year, and the excellent addressee given W. Campbell, provincial road - these meetings, I am still onvinced of a mucir needed re- eking and maintenance of our MG -Campbell is well read up , and is capable of giving some vice. Ife does honor,we inust artment which sends him out. nt of Agriculture, at Toronto, eply sensible of the needs of ong the line ot road -making, Mr. Campbell's appointment. been well that all should hemselves of the profits of That our common roads of e not in a safe and suitable ravel is everywhere apparent, re, and to say the best of very unsafe and dangerous. rrived, we think, when the shioned style of grading our ive place to a style of road er modern and intelligent O present day road -maker is t that a high, narrow and grade is not necessary, and ents, in many cans, much MO ral. AY, FEBRULRY 24, 11.899. less so. We ar ready o admit that, the roads that are ta w bein handed down to us in this gener tion did one day best serve the purpose, bit we ar just as ready 'eo conclude that thpy have ow outlived their day. Road e tlija menet ucted and handed down to us sheer d at on e be replaced by a moderately le el road, slightly rounded from side to ide1 and th oughout its entire course taking in only the natural undulations of the land pn eilther aid of it, avoiding as far is possible iigh banleing. Deep, yawn- ing ditches sho d in no ' ase be allowed on the roadside ; 4 4ve11•1ak system of under- drainage shoul4 take t eir place. Muni- cipal counoilssiouJd taki this matter into their consideratio' n for jthe benefit of the people whose w fare thejy seek to promote. The matter hoji d not lo left to the incli- viduel. Any le nges th1i are 'made will have to be broil t about' through municipal authorities. ' ey shmild compeL water courses to be p operly !located', and any system of m ki „ee and Maintaining roads • that they lay don folio ed out, Election dey, with ths. unicipal officer„, should, in view of these qu (alone, e hot sight of, and he should do wli t same h him good. In a slow pace drive, o a summer day, from Clinton to ,xeter, o er what is ordin- arily , known as lhe Lond n road, allow me to express n worde s me observations. Over this die an e of som twenty miles the traveller ham co sion to ee curious things. , 'The scenery of a jacent f rm homes is good, which, of course, is only °timed by the one in ten of us, h has the happy faculty of seeing beaut in homely t ings. But as to the road,witn yo r allotm nt of space,I shall go on to Hey, ins ead of fi ding a piece of model road o le ving the town of Clinton, south botind we contact'r ad such as was above described, highly g aded, with deep, gaping ditches a either s e, also embank - meats in the ex reme. arther down are the narrow, thre toning grades, whioh are a • constant sou oe f danger to the traveller ; . gravel put on in as many different forms as there are ba a i • the road, and all of it put on rightly in th eyes o the respective pathmasters. orning own farther we find water •ou ses turn d out of their natural way thown on o the roadside, necessitating deep gullies o be out to ac- commodate t erri Still o down the way, though perh ps erewhat aside from the main road, m dd little arrilets even use the roadside s ai open w terway for their sewage and fith. i On stil farther, and in- deed through tit his who stretch of road, are to be fou d u eless, coitly and tempor- arily -made e lve ts and ' ridges. To con- clude, we would say that culverts and sluice -ways should be more permanently made than those Of wood, and that they be built larger and More con enient for travel. Why should not the gradi g of the road be practically from fence. to f nce and not the widths usually mentione —16, 18, 24, or even 40 feet., T e contfempible meanness of authorities c nnot b over-estimated, who will lay owi the wi th of a road to be 16 feet wide. i M re espec ally can this be said when our. lroad a d liberal -minded Queen has seen fi ' to allo us 66 feet for a public highway. 'Perhaps other readers of THE EXPOSITOR h ve som thing to say on matters pert ini g to r ad -making. Say on, fellow. A Brea -u at " ashington. No TR Am' IN The follow ng official given out from Washingto The Joint High Commi day withoet bein able to The disagreement is upon the boundary bet een Ca' For some time th effort o era was to draw aloompro this effort Was abandoned was that the matter shoul arbitrationi The c,ond i tio reference hove ben under days. The corpm sionere to agree, arid the natter to the BritiSh and Ameri tp be sott1e4 b.y t e regula he Canadian proposals the ed hy the IVenezuela treaty ntially foil wed. d that the a bject be referred to three emntl4ut j Heti) to, be iamed1 one by Great Beittin, One by the Un ted States, and the third !ly an independent and disin• Wrested potve ' . was a ref- eix jurists, ican. 1• The rican plan fo who would d stjyo decision. If took one missioners undecided. uld lhave n Arneri- vieW, or uld have given ision by an in - arbitrator. The t was as to the e reference. Itmacy. precedent °tee has been Rube They propo Karr. intimation was on Tuesday ; Meiners parted to- onclude a treaty. the question of ado. and Alaska. the commission - hie line. When he next proposal be referred to s of theproposed discussion for ten have been unable ust now be left an Governments processes of dip - The Ameeio erence to a tri three Britifth vital differepc did not proeid insure a, final al the three Brit view and the t n o unter p I compo three that th an um uthorit sh commis re Americ un an opos ed of Amo Am ire loner n co another the in tter wouldl be The only hp d of eettlement w been the possible convers 'on of can commissiorter eo the 3ritis1 vice versa. The Canadian proposal w a finel and authoritative de dependent and irrpar1ial second point of die matter to be Mehl greeme ed in t :0W4Y AND I YEN. The America s 'ere unwilling to submit to the arbitrat rs tie queat ori of the owner- ship of Skag ay nd D ea. These- and other settleme ts, t ey sat , are American by virtue of log eecupat'on, and should continue to be Ame' icon, ven though on should prove t be tli the ritish aide of the the strict inter retat ion of the treaty they line. At this poin • it is `'mport nt to remember the oircumsta ces oI he enezuela affair. It is true that n tha 0 e he British Gov- ernment made clai po certain terri- tory by virtue f lon d ndisputed pos- session, but th right nd quities arising out of that pos ession • re ubmitted, with all the other q estion to he a bitrators. The British and Ca dian corn, issioners proposed that that p ecedent ehould be strictly followed in th •resent case. They said in effect : " We o n t ignore your claim of occupation ; ithe are we pre- pared to admit it bout examination. Let it be sub itted arb tration, fairly and thoroughly exaini4e., an we 'will abide by the result." THE VE. EZUEL IN PREC DENT. The provisio of thel Vene uelan treaty which the Can diens p posed to follow was that if the bon dary o ne po er should be found by the t 'bunal • have been at the time of the tre ty occ p ed by the citizens of the other po er, th such effect should be given to tha occup . an" s reason and 'justice, the pri ciptes o international law and the equitie of the case should in their opinion require.), The Canadia is say hat to permit the Americans to k ep Dy a and Skagway on a r" claim of possess on wh eh they are unwilling Pa to submit to ar itratio a not, in the words of the Venez els tray, "according to reason or just*, the principles of inter- mu national law or lthe eq itiee of the case." lie Finding thatp no i4geement could be die reached on this point, tle American corn- ne missioners auggiathd that the other matters Lo referred to the eommisiion be proceeded th f SPRING i8 McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1 a Year in Advance. I ted to reduce their numbers to six. The 99 rducatirt.Dtepartment is empowered to nail .plans of new school build- ings. J Slight amendments are made in the laws governing disputes in union school sections. A rearrangement of school sections on the Islands vided f ized die debentu • —NEW allOC —WALL rA ERS —WINDOW SHADES —CURTAIN POLE —PICTURE FRAMES —MADE TO ORDER. loc. Winter, seaforth. 1VARRIAOE LICENSES ISSUED. No Witnesses Required. ‘111.11111111111111M with. The Caned view tliat the ques too vit I to be left and th 4t t until the settlement of the q agreein nt or by re ;would e compatib nity no the intere with the negotiati The Matter mus Britieh aid Americ tled by the usual commission is not pared to resume its boundary question indicated. ans declined, taking the ion of the boundary wae in suepense that way, Americans agree to the iestion either by rMitual erence to arbitration it e neither with ' the dig- it of Canada Co proceed ne. now be taken up by the n Government§ and set- iplomatic means. The iseplved, but will be pre- sessioti as soon as the •s settled in the manner A ad Road. DEA ExPOSITO ,—Have you had the pleasur (?) or disp easure, to drilve along the Lo don Road b tween Clinton and'Hen- sail rec ntly. The condition that part of the Lo don Road h s been in for the past on two o the is a dis redit to those living on farms a joining it. Do the pathmasters of the va ions divisi ns consider they have _done th ir duty in allowing it to remain in such a tate when they have had Ruch good opport nities to put( it in proper Condition? And w ere, oh where, are the municipal officers ho made stich fair promises about the tim of the mumcipal election& ? Have they goie on a joureey to Boma foreign land or have they fallen asleep ? Dear Editor, perhaps you could awaken them out of their lethargy.. Your!, TRAVELLER. HENSALL, February 21st, 1899. Changes in the School tuaw. At a recent session of the Ontario Legis- lature, the Minister of Education sehmitsed his pronsised measure for the. amendment and improvement of the present school law. It embraces 13 clauses, with npmerbus sub - sectional .A number of important proposals are included. CONTINUATION CLASSES. The oat important provision is a fol- lows, w ioh is a subetitution for sec ion 8 of the exis ing Act : " Th school corporation of any munici- pality-oe section in which there is no high school shall have power to establishf in 'con- nection iwith the public or separate school over wheoh it has Jurisdiction, such courses ot study in addition to the courses already provided for the iifth form of public Reboots as may he approved by i the regulations of the Edu ation Department. The classes es- tablishe under such comes shall be known as coot nuation "No pupil shall be admitted to the course p esoribed for continuation classes who has not passed the entrance examina- tion to a high school or some higher exam- ination,or whose qualifications for admission have not been approved by the principal of the eohocil and the public school inspector of the dietrict in which the school is sit- ua,N t,ed. • on resident pupils and all. other pu- pils who have completed the course o,study prescribed for the fifth form of public schools, Whether resident or non -re idea, may be charged suoh fees as the t ustees may dee* expedient. Any teacher who 4 the date f this Act holds the position gif principal of any. school in which a continuation filets haie:, been established shall be deemed a qualified teacher of such school, but every ;teacher appointed principal after the date Of this Act whose classes cons* entirely ofl pupile who have passed the entrance examination shall be the holder of at" least a fitisteclass certificate- s' " The Minister of Ed cation shall appor- proprieted by the Legisleture, subject to tion to any achool mend cting continuation classes suoh-sums of mo ey as may be ap- the regulations of the Education Depart- ment. The inunicipal council of any county shall pay for the maintenance of such pleases a sum equal to the legislative graot appro- priated by the Minister of Education for such class and such further sums as the said municipal council may deem ex- pedient." ExAmiNATION BOARDS. • , Section seven repeals oub-eeotion one of section 79 of the present Act, end , reads as follows : i` The public dchooli inspector or inspectors for the county, and the inspector of any city within the geographical boun- daries of the county, or tiny towo separated from the county, shall coostitute 'a board of examiners for the purpose of exaMining can- didates for teachers' third-class eertificates, aud for rola other purposes as are prescribed by this Act. Where the hoard so, consti- tuted would consist, of les ei than three mem- bers, the eounty council shall in addition appoint one or more teachers holding first- class certiOcates of qualification to be mem- bers of said board, so as to constitute a board of three examiners. The members so appointed shall continue in office till their successors are appointed; the board shall hold at lest one examinetion each year,and a majority shall form a quorum." ACRIOULTURAL INSTRUCTION, Section 10 permits municipalities or school boards to Smploy and pay one, or more per- sons holding the degree of Bachelor of Science of Agriculture or a certificate of qualificati n from the 0 tario Agricultural College to give instruotio in agriculture in sepatate, public, and igh schools, of the municipality. Such ctu se of instruction shall include a knowledg of the chemistry of the Rai plant life, dr inage, the culti- vation of fruit, the bea ifying of the farm, and generally all matt+r which would tend to enhance the value o t e pioduots ;of the farm the dairy, and the arden. 1 As far BA practicable' he course of lec- tured in a riculture by s eh temporory in- structor a all occupy th last school I periled of °Oh af rnoon, and shell be open to all ideas f the school section or manici• lity. OTHER ITEMS. Among the other clauses is one by w hich nicipal clerks are compelled to ,supply ta of qu lifted voters in case of an election piete. Another provision removes the cessity of fencing in school premises. cal sch el boards in urban municipalities at are not divided into wards are permit - f Manitoulin and Ste Joeepla is pro - r, and school boards in the unorgan- tricts are empowered to issue schools res. • Canada,. —A 4i htheria epidemic has broken out n the inity of Woodstock. —AO her colony of Doukhobers, number - ng &bon 1,000, is to be sent to Canada from —Pori he first time in 22 years the gara Ri er from Lewston to Youngst $ frozen ver. turned from a southern trip for the benefit of his health. Deceased was a very popular man in Winnipeg, having occupied the po- sition of chairman of the finance commit- tee for several years, He was then elected mayor by a large majority, and in. 1897 he was returned as the Liberal member for Winnipeg by 117 majority, the bye -election being caused by the unseating of flon.Hugh John Macdonald. He was forty-eight years of age and leaves a widow and two children. —The Saturday morning express, going west on the Lake Erie & Detroit River Railway, when near Kingsville, struck a, wagon, with a hayerack on, belonging to Horatio Wigle, of Ruthven, and driven by one of his hired rnen. The rear -wheels and rack were demolished and thrown fifty feet Ni. into an orehard. The cow -catcher of the own engine was badly damaged. The driver of the wagon was thrown 25 feet and escaped unhurt, and the horses were unseratthed. They ran away with the front wheels of the wagon, and were captured in Kingsville• . —An. aceident that wrought death_and great destruction to Property and embrated many hairbreath escapes happened at the Lion Brewery, Waterloo, on Saturday after- noon. The disaster was occasioned by ten thousand bushele of malt emitting through two floors. The malt was storedtin a room on the second stoiy, where seven men were at work. Without a moment's warn- ing a portion of the floor gave way beneath the terrible pressure. As the mighty down- • pour struck the floor below there Was a groaning of the timbers e and it also gave way, precipitating everything into the col - Jar. When the collapse of the first floor oc- curred, William Hoffman and Daniel Kalb- fleisch were working near at hand. Before they had time to think of escape they were engulfed by the flood of malt, and were car- ried into the cellar, where the grain was piled up many feet deep. Aid was soon at hand. and Hoffman was rescued in time, but- Kalbfleich WAS dead before he could be re. leased. —8. W. Laird, a cheese buyer, of Inger- - solI, had a narrow escape from death at the Thames street crossing of the G. T. R., in Ingersoll, the otl-er afternoon. Mr. Laird, together with Mr. W. J. Elliott, of the Chronicle office, were nut driving with a horse they could but ill manage. They pro- ceeded up Thames street north as far as Fleet's corner, and when attempting to turn around the horse took fright and started down the street. On nearing the railroad crossing a through east -bound freight train was seen approaching, _and death seemed imminent to the ocoupante of the sleigh. By the time the horse dashed up to the crossing the engine and first oar had crossed the etreet. The horse's -nose came into eon. tact with the moving train. The animal was twisted around and turned a complete somersault. Mr. Laird was thrown over the dashboard, and landed partially into the culvert near by, which mercifully prevented him getting under the car wheels. —In coneequence of the scarcity of coal ndon eaters have raised the ,price fifty ents a u. • —Fi , id $10,000 damage to 'Todhunter Mites -11's spice factory, in Toronto, on onday orning. —Ano d lady named Margaret Westcott, of Port 13 rwell, was aphixiated by gas in a Sarnia ha el the other night. op retiring she blew nt the gas. , —Rev D. C. lioseackeiof Parkdale Pres- byterianl hunch, has resigned his I charge on acoouni 4,f ill -health, and will spend some years in ravel. —Mr. SI. McComb, of Palmeteton, a G. T. R. conductor, had his left amp taken off near the boulder, at Elora, on Wednesday of last w ek, —A de 'patch from Ottawa says that from all appea ances it is likely that Parliament will meet ion April &bier It has been formal- ly prorogi ed until April 3rd. -7-Mr. fr. B. Bradley, chief of the Han - sad staff, Ottawa, died on Thursday of last week at, Buffalo. He was considered an unusually expert stenographer. , •-s-A leak in a gas pipe nearly cdueed the death of ti. N. McBride, of Winnipeg, on Thursday night, while a guest at the Walker hOuse, ,Toronto. --The skating rink at Paris was burned , on Thureday of last week, with all the hoekey ortp skates, boots and clothing, and twenty pa ra of curling stones. Lose about $1,700. , --Mr. lir Mueselman, a teamster, while unloading le barrel of oil at D. Helimer's fur- niture factory, in Berlin, intatained severe scalp wounds by the barrel falling on him. It required a dozen stitches to fix him up. --Mr. R. J. Powell's private bank, in Blenheim, was entered by burglars Satur- day morning, and the safe was blown to atoms with several charges of dynamite. The robbers secured $2 000 and a ipackage of notes valued at about $600. —Mr. James Hall, of Blenheim, was found dead in bed on Wednesday morning ot lest week, by his grand -daughter, Mies Mtn. Mr. Hall was almost a centenarian, being about 95 yearskof age, and well known around there, having been a familiar figure on the streets for years. —:Spontaneous combustion in a bundle of waste in the store room of the Packard Electric Company, St. Catharines, on Thurs. day Of last week, ignited some oil barrels, and an explosion followed. The building was ' I totally deetroyed. The curling rink near by wits badly damaged., Los§ about $1,000. —Thomas NeWbiggin, Customs Inopector, of Bridgeburg, cont., fell under a Michigan Central train while disembarking' at the station at Buffalo on Sunday. He was taken to the hospital, *here the leg was amputat- ed at the knee. 1 —The Christiefamily, of St. Clair, have enjoyed the reputation of longevity. A week , ago, Samuel, aged 89, died ; Mary, 80; died on Tumidity; and Henry, 93, died on I Wednesday. Andrew, aged 85, is the only one left, and also the only One who ev r inarried, n Stacey, a, farmer living near Parry So nd was sentenced to six months' im- pri on met, and his wife was made tp enter -int a hond of two hundred . dollars, to ap- pe r later on for sentence on a charge of er elty to a nephew who WEIIS living wit tdheeth., The boy had been nearly starved to A fourteen -year-old boy, named Pol lak , We i, an employee of the J. Y. Shant & :Company'm button factory, at Ber lin , 71;3 turday, Was the victim of a merlon see dent. While ascending in the elevato to he third flat he leaned over the side, his hea lcoining in violent collision with a pro- jec lug timber. He was rendered Oncon- sci uS tor some time, and his 'scalp was near- ly •4-1 it The wound extended over six inc es, He will recover. ',1i. ries 1Cievel, of Lydon village, was uteri in Dundee on Friday, for attempt - tie p es a $2 bill which he had raised to ei4 The raised note was a Dominion V fitgli e fives, which had been obtained had been converted to $5 by past- e revenue stamps, over the twos on 1. Ades Of the bill, h The word "two " on i fecal' of the bi ;was scratched over so ble to tell what it had " Talking about eggs," said the Domin- Statifittoian, "I have just been looking the question of the hen as a revenue litigmeoor. aezIfiened that there are ebont 14,- hens in Canada. They yield about eggs a year. At 12 cents zen the i value is close on $9 600 000 revenue derived by the Federal Govern - t from taxation . of spirits and wines , malt, and malt liquor, is $1,400,000 than the value of the ben fruit. The ly expenditure on education in Canada mo,000 less than the value of the prod - our noble hens." ` • A !strange coincidence occurred at Galt Friday morning. Rev. R. E. Knowles, or of Knox church, and who formerly ided over an Ottawa pastorate, while ating a dream Which he had the previ ilg- ' ht, that he would have to go to New- e,1North Carolina, on account of the h of a relative, was handed a telegram eying the news that a relative of his pet died in that place. Accompanied his Mother-in-law, Mrs. Ellis, he left the e afternoonkon his dream mission, which d out to be a sad reality. Mr. R. W. Jameson, member of the inion House for Winnipeg, accidentally himself at his residence on Wednesday ing last. Mr. Jameson attended a rd of Trade meeting that afternoon, at oh Kettle Valley Railway charter was er disomision. He moved a resolution, g that the charter should be gran no monopoly given any railway in ish'Columbia. He supported the rem°. n in a long speech, and at the dose of meeting, s ortly after 6 o'clock, went er of carrying firearm*. litii said, " I O to dinner. After the meal he read papers an discussed with hie wife the one here now," and he pulled out a :ver, which he examined. His' wife ed away to her household duties, and a nd later the weapon was discharged, bullet entering near the mouth and ing out through the backbone, causing ant death. !I e had but recently re. Perth Items. —A syndicate of some sixteen gentlemen among whom are W. Ryan of Mitchell, 0: Querengesser, of Loan; A. •F. McLaren, M. P. John 11'0W/1, M. P. P., and J. A. McPherson, Stratford, have purchased sev- eral miles of fine timber limits front the British Columbia Government, out of which they expect to realize a fortune. —A distressing accident, which might have proved fatal, happened to Mr. Henry Cook, of Amulree, while scorinie :at a wood bee on the farm of Mr. Peter Sayler, on Tuesday, 7th inst. One of the men was cutting a chip off a log, when, owing to the hard frost, the axe glanced off the wood and struck Mr. Cook on the fate, inflicting an ugly gash, beginning at the nose and ex- tending across the cheek. —Mr. Rutherford, sr., of North East hope,met with a rather serious acoident the Aher evening. He was removing bay from a loft when he fell through to the flour. Mr. Rutherford felt a slight pain, but thought nothing of it at the time; and con. tinned his work. Later on the injured part began to pain htm very much, and Dr. h Whiteman, of Shakespeare, found that a rib had been fractured. —A very pleasant event took place at the . residence. of te and Mrs, James Harmer, z of Fullerton, on Wednesday evening of last - week, bein t e uniting in marriage of their s daughter, Mas Mary, to Mr. Andrew Ur - r quhart. The knot was tied by Rev. Mr. • Walker. Previous to the hour friends be. - gen to meet, till the house was well filled, 4 over eighty being present to witness the ceremony. Nurnerous and costly presents were presented to the happy pair, in token' • of the high respect in which they are held. —Mr. Alexander of Mitchell, • succumbed to his illness from Matheson,la grippe on Tuesday morning of last week, at the ripe age of 77 years. Mr. Matheson had been quite rugged in health for a man of his years, up to a few weeks before his death, when the epidemic affeoting so many of our people laid hold of him and finally cut him down, The deceased had been a resident of Mitchell for a great in. s.ny years, and was always an active and valuable citizen. He leaves a grown up family, all in the United States and all well to do. —,..dr. Thornas E. Greenvtood, of Douglas, Manitoba, wh formerly lived in Fullerton, and whose arents are residents of Mit- chell, is forgi g ahead in wealth, as the fol- lowing clipp' g from the Brandon Times will show : " Mr. T. E. Greenwood, of Douglas, has tut -purchased from the G. N. W. ,Land Co. the south half of 9, 11, 16. This leaves hi owner of about 3,300 Borers, about 1,500 &eres will be sown in wheat this 'spring. Mr. Greenwood broke over 500 acres of prairie last summer, and he intends 'to break about the same amount during the coming summer." L hell, and in that tirne had made a number —Mrs. O'Dell, of Mitchell, after a pro- onged and distressing illness, quietly pass - away from her suffering on Monday afternoon of last week. The deceased had n just about a year a resident of Mit- of warm friends, though her delicate health prevented a very wide acquaintance. She etas of a very gentle and kindly disposition, a d made friends wherever ber strength , _ rmitted her corning in contact wich the °pie. One ittle child, now quite recov- ed from a, vere illness, is left with a rrowing fat er to mourn her loss. The r mains were nterred in London. —Mr. Robe t Morris, baggage man of the Grand Trunk ailway at Listowel, was se- verely injured and had a narrow escape from death by an a tack of an infuriated bull the other mornin . The animal had been brought to th station -to be shipped out the night before, nt had escaped by jumping over •the fence. It came around the depot yard the next morning, and when Mr. Mon. ris tried to drive him' away the animal took after him and started to gore him With his horns. Two of Mr. Morris' ribi were broken and his face badly scratched up. The brute would loon have finished him, but tfoorese4thepetir.nely ruisistance of Blackmore, the tention long enough to enable Mr. Morris section man, who distracted the animal's at- arr ing a, fi ing fbro°t1 the tha. bee ion int pro 000 80, ad Th me bee less yea is $ not it *as i peas hurt Ppraee nar 0118 bur dea Ooll had by ARM tu_rne Dom shot BOA whi mid urgin and Bit uhrteiito hom the dang t havetirn ITV° sew the TAM inat 1 0 •