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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-03-03, Page 1r 241S99, .7oods ; to hand ahnost every ewe. buey putting then to be reaciv tor ithe busy le later, Stiles tire cents ad many choice things are ed up by eerly parehesers ats ees„ pinks, li1c c . e feney floral eff4ct, ej nasee and evrapp te We ut to see how Occl, vela° se cae possibly !give one from e shillinge all the Ofive cents per yard. vhams. \N, atterxi i.nGing' era se ym wili ee ea:Where. emething qutdj differents mon run, somet, ing that - your fancy the ;moment,. -- es are to the frOnt ely be inudh in: ebtnand. and duck costienses Jar, as *ell as the better- )rgandieri, Indial. Linen; gs, Dimitiee, eta., !le of Skirts lir% very pretty, and thelmateriale We have 'Decal particle. tate in getting some :e things for Skirts he ns, merle, blde greys, s and two tone effects.. d tailor made eoetumes, pea, we have some very in all the popular new kinds of metetials used an be seen at heir cou- ave just about doubled Irchase of thee goods.. ,prettiest are the small F:n and lined cheeks, nar- traduated stripe e in silk,. .JoI, and Roma math rs s, Braida, Ribbid a and ' a much used ft; trim - Stock win he fon d very eilly a color or width. r assortment. new a are espeoiailyl pretty , and the new Sit Laces, . Lace a and ha clsome- iatins will add tbthe at - of our great r ge of March open up several' eases of are new on the way,, re towels, table clatnasks, sheetings, fine ehietings, iarmc•le, bleuees; oeytma t coats, latticed eapea, eine, lace curtafue, cur- ls, linoleums, floor oil: 1 1ortly to receive e larva tf new flo were, feethers„ ;ornaments, mourits and.1 :rainy, The hew hate, 5pring trade will likely' he 10th of Marah 13y expect our show' tiroomd tad our Miss Stabie in to receive receive ordeee. e . „ FA oods Go. catest GqS1v ds itstore. hople of our eo 'and wish them al anty sue- t this week to have to, tars. John Caldwell, he late Jo-hri Chem- sh sad eveet oceurred. ooneessierz 3, Tueker- laat. The deceased ago, in her aceus- ud spirits, but wee - 'ere form of illness mean' skill, profes- 11 that loving hearts contiuued to rapids hat within a very de would scarcely but a. ehort time ;sure of bealth and etive Ionic d cities. .rnan of fine, aterlin and kind mother anii in the home, Sho f..f life, being oaly wing hue- . three daughtets tc and loving mother. :reared' cereerery_, on t WaS uretutuallY rtspect felt for the' hy for the bereaved aiCE this week the ort, which occurred' (today evening, at ne. 3, ears. The de - hi von eh ire, England, year le2e, She. ntry, together mdth, .rvivee her, in the Darliegeon harbor,. etou until the year L to Heron county, - p of Tackersmith; betweeu there and ti the yeer 1894,S /ling in Hensel', "i• tl to live. Mrs.. ted by a large circle - meet; for her many title, and much Byrn- er in her illness, -re or lime severe for 'er life. Aire. Short an rig, .1 and loving ere arid three souse iin Colwell, lefrs, Ingram, Mrs, M. , Mese L. M. Shore, and Albert. Tho in the Methodidtt ifternoon Iast, and as was also the .etery, testifyin the deceased, an and family. THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,629. AN EXCUSE FOR ADVE TISING To a great many peqrle it ma to centinue talking!so persiste as clothiers. and the merits would be the height of non by actual fact. The only excuse a reliable goods to sell, and thi intelligent people, wh rm ha is the may b That' is our reason for calling our at the lines we make mention of The majority of our customers are a Pants we sell at 50c, 65c and not be out of place In the must depend upon, something us that the increasing sale o First—The splendid wearing fit and finish. Third—That than ordinary made factory go of our make fully compensate) for the addition quantity of maiterial, but rather the quality of that renders it gOod value. seem a great t ly from week of the stock w ense were the el waste of valua le tim o week about our bilities carry ; and in truth it ims we make not backed for advertising rests in having worthy shortest route t the greatest number of come bay ers. ention to_the fo this week ready acquainte 75c. A few fact first place the ore stable than these lines of qualities of the lthough the price ds, the extra wea During the Winter season a great many thrifty peopl old suit under an overcoat, thei overcoat will soo as the warm weather approach6, revealing the new euit will have to replace t e old, in this we stock of Spring Suiting, in $cotch, Irish and Cloths is as varied as at any time in the course If it is a suit to marry in, a business E., in any event we piofess to ser the assurance that unless you.a ation until satisfaction is yours uit, a dress suit, e your needs in e satisfied we do A dozen Overcoats in odd sizes, odd styles, odd pries for quoting the lot at $5.33, $4.4.3 and $3 33. one you want in the bunch, owirg special values in with the make of Boys' concerning the line will opularity of this article rere talk, and it seems to Boys' Pants is due to materials. Second—The may be slightly higher and better appearance prce, for it is not the the art cle in question are co have seed ine have a English f the se Or a hese not s th u The best season we ever had in Furs, seven men's cots 1 two. Coons, two Anstralian Coon and one Corsican 1 For those -who want Value, previous to demanding lownes the lines of our own make of ?[en's Suits at $8, never tire of that phrase " our wn make," as it is t value. Our own make means better fitting, bet the ordinary makes. tent to wear an o be laid aside, s of the suit, a interest; as our also Canadian son. kn ck-a-about suit, pa ticulars, giving as any consider - e excuse we offer ay be able to see ft, two Wornbats, mb. of price, we have 10, and $12. We e by -word for good er .wearirig, more sty isla garments •than There are a few odd pieces of Furs on h nd which may follows : One Alaska Sable, eat erine " Antoinette" 13.0 ; one Grey Lamb Coll rette a $2.90, and o pair of Grey Lamb Gauntlets at $3.10, and three G e $2.65 each. Thee° are No. 1 Firs, an an exceptio you can use any of these items. be purchased as tyle, priced at e at $3.90; one. Lamb Caps at a opportunity if Corning near Spring cne needs Choring Gloves, at 25c ; Boys' all -wool, at 25c ; Sateen Shirtsii at 50c, 65e and 75 for Spring are such as may ie of interest to all articles in wearing apparel. Greig Clot iers & acd Furni On the Wrong S'cle of the Street, STRONG'S BLOCK. f.ong Stockings, flats and Caps 1 vers of graceful 1 11 hers 1 afo rt h TO NUMBERS OF P OPLE WHO ARE CbINC WEST THI Cana Ian Pacitfic Rail SPRING BY THE a Is a continued testimony to the desirability of travelling b that f information you may w sh Will be eheerfull given at this off ce. CD.LNIM-17-QIDZRS Issued at any time -to any person f Up to $3, 3e ; up to $5, 4c ; up portion, oute. Any r any arhoUnt. The cast : to $10, es Oth rs ir pro- ] j. AC OON C. P. R. AGM', Seafort SEAFORT FRIDAY, Do 1 ini • n Cattle, Sheep and Swine ' B eederfe Associations. • (Written tor The Expositor.) • V ry su cessful meetings of the Domin on Cott eSSh ep and Swine Breeders' Associa- tions .vver held in Toronto from February 7th ti lOti inclusive. The memberships of the sod tions are at least twenty-five per cent. grea er than at any previous period. The •fled of the associations during the past ear aye been along the line of cheaper trans .rti tion. At present, between local point in Ontario, thoroughbred stock in less t OrlOad 1041 is shipped at one-half the r gul r tariff rate. Between Ontario and an toba and British Columbia the rates are ow to Winnipeg $72, and to New West ins sr $196, where formerly they were co innipeg $130, and to New West - millet $ 51. The privilege has been grant- ed of 110 ing thoroughbred calves, sheep or sw ne, n less than carload lots of over three, to •e penned off in one end of the car witho t b ing crated. For a long time this has b standing grievance of the live stock en throughout Ontario. Int rpr vinoial trade in pure - bred stock from inta io westward to Manitoba and the N rth eat and British Columbia, and ea.stw rd o the Maritime provinces and Newf und and has been very large. This trade as 'een g eatly assi"ted by the as- sociati ns, both y reduced rattan and also bymath up ea loads of shipments already sold, thus btain ng for the small shipper a carload te. It is estimated by. those who are in a postion to speak advisedly that t e i terpro incial trade in pure bred a oak htis increased five fold during the p trt,year. For the past two years the aad ecFcIation aye been advertising in the On. do A ti ulcers' Gazette the names of the membe f the Live Stook Associations, giving t of the stock each has for eale. r ese 1 sts ha,ve been placed in the hands of breede it roughout all Canada, and it has a! !reat extent owing to these lists fo Bale that the interprovincial een so large. If pOssible, during year, these lists will be 80 ex - they will be published in the roviuces and throtighout Mani, e Northwest. The associations ea y done good work along the tra sportation, and by advertising ari stock throughout Canada, it is co siderahly more work along this ye be chtne which will result in at benefit to this- province. ro incial winter show held in d is 189f, was the most successful n 1891 there were 81 entries, in been to of stoc trade h the co tended Mariti toba an have al lines of the On felt tha line oan the ulti The Brantfo yet held 1898, 76 show is money t that thi nature, partmen Exhibits the cons in the e• for expo sentativ ments. block tes gentleme first blo to be bel in the s canes, t men of e. special le show, where and swin wi will be delive the merit an e0.88e8. ditional supplyin how the s what the ing for th During experime on with f ing ha ti • O tries ot eld prize at sh w sh ro begi t is ob in ell de melt'silt imdea oon s t awe yiea sna d ingt k eat i 1 ie 1899 eep ,dep e ges per ence tin hall rea8 The Provincial winter or the purpose of paying ok. It is the intention 11 be educational in its Ding to end. In all fle- 'ect is being. eatered to. artments are judged from ndpoints Two years ago, tment, prizes were offered op, judges being repro - e pork -packing establish - in addition to this, a gurated,the above named e judging. This was the Canada. At the show prizes will also bo effered rtment for dressed car - Df which will be practical in this line of worik. A will be provided 4t the d carcasses of both sheep tures g out oar- ad- itors as to bred, f car- hed. ative rried ince. anies 1 be en exhibition,and le ed by the judges, pointi den erits of the variou o a 1 departments of show a rize will be given to exhi da a, giving full informatio too exhibited by them was w re fed, and the method m. This data will be publi the summer of 1899 co-ope ts i swine feeding will be Cl rs throughout the pro ere and railway com plan. ions in their work shoul 1 re- ty co-operation of all who the welfare of agricultur and industry in Ontario. F. W. Holism, Secrete. y. F bruary 27, 1899. e Olden Time. respondent of the Br ssels following reminiscent sifetch mp was the first white man y township in 1850. With ven men and one woman, ht with him from Wellesley, ill at what is now called ergot a hammer and had to s to get one. 1,000 feet of sawed into inch lumber by old-fashioned epright saw, ,ma le it into a raft On the river to fl.at it down to Goderieh, e in three weeks. The Govern- .A.ge it, Mr. Clark, found out was taken off Government land sered, and Beauchamp got TM( The porlapac will assis th The ass cia ceive the ea have at h art the live 6took Toronto An ilth 1 co Post gives the of the on ag Mr. IBeniob to sett e is Gr thehe1p o el whom ie ron he built a aw Henfr n. He go bach 12 mil pine lur1ber wa Ootober wi h ni and he the and starte getting the ment Land this 'umber and bad i nothing for his s wife and t o chi nothing to at b aneged t live hich grew leo plentif ived home the cupboa est with hi found a dee and front fe and carried ome days aid asked h owned u k ew it wa Indians nev 'always pull !fade or in o nevir he ha as they had the enow an They knew where he ha the mark of but now sin would let hi him where ,h on in the bu lock and sm in those d killed it, an to live throu champ creek named after —Mr. Th extensive de at his home, ing, at the a lingering illn ease. He w Robert Jones Warden for t the deceased popular aud county. He, but had man Mee. - He wa to which plac remer's work. He left his dren in the shanty with t a few potatoes, They le fish and cow cabbage thick in the woods. Fish were l'in the river. Beauchamp ar- byth first of the winter, found d em ity and struck for the for - rifle to get some game. He hun reuts on a pole l'y the nose t by a w th. He cut it down it ho o his family for meat. fter Indians came along ire if • • ad taken the deer, and, that had. They said they a wh' an took their deer, as r car eir deer to camp, but d it e nose with a twisted her a with. They also a lip og with a short tail, seen e it had sat down in left arks of its short tail. e ha ort rifle, as they saw atoos against the tree and the g as left an the bark, e he told the truth they ha e deer. They told wou •d an ex` with a bell h fee on the ground hem - 11 shr bich were plentiful ye. champ got the ox with gh u of w his s wo he te y t y t ord le he the as iti ad e t d fi mg ea • a few potatoes managed til spring. The Beau- ich we so often hear, was me man. • mas ones, for years a very ler a d shipper of cattle, died in Mi chell, on Saturday ev,en- e of orty-three years, after a ss of six' months, of heart die - • the thtrd son of the late for ea s reeve of Logan and O ea nty of Perth. Tom, as uBualy as called, was very idel kown through Perth was a s aunch Conservative, frie ds n both sides of poli- wel k own also in Toronto, bus nes had called him for MA CH 3, 1899. many years t ,Its a promin ‘, "cistern Cott and six child eased was a f United W The 'OM Ox Friday 1 suds ed by oxe at, Gode as the official Diviston 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 o r three times a we nt and popular figur arket. He leaves en to mourn his los 8.4 ber of the Ancien eU. • ia Figures for est uron. k, and at the a wife . De - Order at Addends, returning officeor, . .Lane, opened the baut ich and gave the following figa es : Holmes AlBEIELD. 53 59 ' 51 38 76 77 1. 75 -- 432 LBORNE.. co ‘,1 3 4 CL Divieion 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DiVision 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Division 1 2 3 4 Division 1 2 3 4 5 (IOD 105 37 77 68 -- 287 INTON. 32 41 52 51 40 37 22 40 :315 3R101 TOWNSHIP 36 32 50 5 McLean 81 106 69 59 47 29 30 421 52 49 87 30 -- 218 35 24 34 37 28 24 28 LL 242 100 67 82 69 54 70 36 32 233 0 DERICI1 TOWN. 52 - 54 72 66, 48 7 4 ,412 EAS w4WANOSD. 80 84 72 651 +eel [301 - WE, W:1WANO8H. 57 - • 54 136 83 64 94 MAJORITIES. Holmes McLean Ashfleld 11 Colbiarne 69 Clinton t 73 Goderich township 40- 420 77 65 40 47 49 59 33 70 42 70 38 31 181 70 65 64 50 33 • eeo Goderich town East Wawanosh West Wawanosh Twenty-four b were rejected, an The total vot spoiled and rejec Holmes McLean ajority for - he House to meet on Marcl —Mrs. Mary 11 on Sa urday age 3 Hots ten pol ed b 0 12 187 rq 187 , were spoiled, forty Were put in blank. ed, independent of lots, was : , 2274 2134 olmee 140 e• . 'anE0a. f Cominons has been called 16th. orone , of Toronto, died 102 ears. —Fire did $10,000 chi "age to the tdobbie , & Stuert foundry, at ThOrold, Sunday morn- ing. 1 — Prospectors are sijiking wells in the neigh orhood of euelph in search of oil and vi natur I gas. ; — illiam Tu nbull,of the law firm of Turnbull & Barri 'all, has been ap- It, to succeed the salary is $1,800 Silv rstein, a Toronto skating on the ice in the ing, fell through and was sistanc could be got. Government have appro- assist the farmers of the prairie province to transport thoroughbred 0. ing, of 1 , aisley, who is on a phrge of passing been taeto that state. gainst e t edition for two pbellyille, has stealing a mail ntaining $250 in eirched Derey ween two ice •ay, and, as a aged 16. was fatal injuries, re after the ac —T - of pointed postmaster of G late Thomas Cow re Th a year. —Little Hym newsbey, while bay, Sunday eve drowned before a —Tt e Manitob priated $2,000 to cattle crom Ontar —Ribert W. K wanted in Iow forged drafts, ha King has fought month, —Samuel Der y, of been arrested on charge bag at ampbell tation, e registe ed letter . Who had $15 on his p rson. —A °Melon o cuffed .e boats at Hamilto , on Sn ati result, !William Holtbor thrown to the ice suetaini He diel in less t an two h eident' —Walter Stevens was a n enced, at Chat- ham, o Wednes ay of 1 week, to six months in the Ce tral Pri for attempted arson. Stevens lade tw, ttempts to set the Rut ey hotel in fire, a d was caught in the ac —Taggart an old nem living in a 8Mall sh nty in 8 merville township, near Bobcay eon, was burned to death. The shanty as burne down u4ng the night, and the neighbors found 'n the ruins next morning the charr d remansiof Taggart. —Peter Dore, if Anca ter, met with a serious accident o Fridaafternoon. He was attending a steam t oper, and his right arm was eau 1st in th cutting box. Before he coeld re ove it the knives had almost chopped if his arm below the elbow. 1 —The,trad retu ns for ja uary show ex- ; ports valued at $ ,l'67,00 , a decrease o $2,987,000. he i ports sere valued a $10,489,000, an inc e o 598,000. Ex ports for the eeven onths show a falling off of $44704,000, whi e the imports have in- creased rear1y $16,00l,000. 1 —On Wednesday eveni g of last week, about si e'elock, when ne ring the bridge over the , rvine river, thr e iniles west of t'ergua, the Grand 2lrunk ixed train going north wakederailed. The e gine, tender and eight care passed oaf ly ov r the bridge, but ten oars intmediately folio ing, went down 118 PR I NG --189 —NEW STOCK —WALL PAPERS —WINDOW SHADE 1 ----CURTAIN POLE I—PICTURE FRAME —MADE TO ORDER 41ex. 'Wm/ter, Seafo • MARRIAGE LIOEN$ES ISSUED. No Witnesses Req t i. hir d. the bank, a 1 diatanc4 of seventy .t. the river below. The s ad clas coach and ar in front of it, althou th off he rails, re ained oh the ties. he trai men and pa sengers 'were unhurt. A bull and a pig went dowi.4 with the wrek unh rt, and when these were secured t e wre k, which was a c replete one, as fire . Next morning t e charred truelt onl of a man vsas found, burned beYon ratio Melon. Thli accident was caused !ter bro en rail. — °ray Karrington, en eight year ol Ilost is hold and ell directly in front of an - Tore nto boy, was attempting to climb ont the tick o a wagon the other day, when h • othe horse. He was trampled on and the wile Is of the rig assed over him, He suse tain•d such injuries as to cause death. — he Cobourg Sentinel Star announces that Mr. Sam Clark, M. P. P. for West Nort umberland, will retire at the close of the resent session. It is understood he has btained the position of land valuator for tllle Canadian Pacific Railway in the Northwest. --4. Burford man, named Peter Cameron, formerly of Gananoque, was on Wednesday sehtetesed by J. P.'s Cox and Rutherford, of that Village, to a fine of $16.20, or thirty days,for flourishing a revolver and threat- ening to kill himself. Cameron took the thirty days. . —Saturday afternoon, John Scott, of Hamilton, had his left, arm frightfully crushed by a machine, in the Ontario rolling mills' The in 'tired arm ivaa amputated at the elbow. flome months ago Scott bad three fingers of the same arm cut off with the a me machine. —he late Hugh Ryan'the well-known railir y contractor, who died in Toronto last , eek, left an estate valued at one and a half)rijiljon dollars. He left a considerable sutra to numerous charitable institutione. Aboe half of the estate is in the province of Oatario. threes' flax mill, at arriston, which en operated for the ast two years by arriston Flax Mill Cempany, Limited, rned Saturday evening, together with lance of the season's crop, amounting w hundred dollars, upon vehieh there insurance. The building and ma - has the 11 Wa8 the to al was n chine y were insured. —It is said that the Grand Trunk Rail- way Company has reached a settlement with he widow of Driver Brady, who lost his life in the Murray Hill crossing disaster. The san and daughter of deceased will be given ife employment at $50 and $25 each per nonth. The widow's portion has not been iselosed. ajor-General Hutton speaks French with fluency that has quite popularized him at»ong the French-Canadian officers in Queboj. He thinks that in a country like °anode., with a mixed English and French popul tion, all office's should be able to speak /french at least sufficiently well to give d ill orders in that language, —T e old roundhouse of the Lake Erie & Detrot Railway Company, at Leamington, was d stroyed by fire Wedneaday night of last w ek. Conover & Wescott's entire crop of tob coo, amounting to about 30 tons, whioh was stored in the bailding, also was destro ed. The fire is suppos d to have been t e work of a tramp. The t ham" was insure for $1,500. 1 —Mr. John Sutton, of WeStminster town- ship, as found dead in bed, t his resi- dence, on Wednesday morni g of last week. The ni ht before, Mr. Sutton w o was 71 years f age, retired at the usual time, ap- parent y in good health, He had not com- plaine of any !illness, and the morning's discov ry was e great shock to the other memb rs of the family. —M ss Ella ;Byers, of Torento, aged 35 years, tepped ha front of a Grand Trunk train, n Friday morning, and was almost instals ly killed, From all appearances it looked as if it was a case of premeditated suicide, but the relatives will not entertain any sloth view. It was known that for the past, two years she was subject to melan- soul w lost. cholia,being under the impression that her —A oho king accident occurred Saturday morning, t Peterborough, by which Mrs. Marge et Sheehan, widow of Cornelius Sheeh n, n aged lady, was instantly killed. She w s s ruck and run over by the Lake - field tr in which, with a big load of passen- gers, vas just drawing jet° the Grand Trunk at tion. The accident took place about 4 bl ck and a half from the station, and waje w tnessed by a numbered people. —M err, the fourteen year old dame'. ter of Twlr. amen Kerr, of Chatham, proved herself to •e a heroine the other day, in res- cuing 1er sompaniore Nellie Carswell, from drowning i. the river Thames. The latter, a daughter of Mr. W. H. Carswell, con- tractor, was going to see her mother, who is ill in the General Hospital, and started to walk across on the ice. Half way over she breke through. May Kerr ran to the res- cue and succeeded in pulling her out, and undoubtedly saved the child fron drowning, at a great risk of losing her owi life. —A new religious sect, call d Zionites, has sprung up in the county o Bruce, in Western Ontario, one of whose distinctive doctrines is that all hogs are assessed of the Deeil, and it is the duty of rich Zionite to destroy a pig wherever he s es one, re- gardles of its ownership. Three of the Zionite are now under arrest at Walkerton, awaitin trial for the wanton deistruction of a, herd f eleven bogs belonging, to a farmer , Whose s n was a member of the sect, and who ass kited the others to drive the swine into a neighboring wood andi kill them. Having isposed of them, the carcasses were buried. —Mrs quite an from de °refuting John Isaacs, of Lond lderly lady, had a na th Saturday afternoon n, who is row escape She was undas street, and failed, to notice the appr ach of an eass-bound trolley car, M which knocked her down, her face striking to the fe der. The lady's skirts became en- a tangle over a ly pre the wh 0118 po wedge taken Fttbiteliere. $1 a Year in Advance. en,her injuries being confined chiefly to outs and severe bruises about the head and face. . —Thomas-Forse the, s. well-known farmer, of Sheffield township, was recently chased by a lynx. He had gone to take a fox out of a trap he had set, when he euddenly came across the animal, which had been dee youth* the fox. The animal chased Mr. Forsythe to the house, a short distance where he armed himself with his musket, and in a short time returned with a dead lynx. , He shot two more the next day. J. H. Beattie ,who resides a short 'distance from Bogart; has, during the past month, shot six of these animate, which West the district between Bogart and Sheffield. —There 15! movement afoot, originating with Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., during hie mints viait to Toronto, to call a large con - elution of leading Conservatives in that ity before the Legislature adjourns. The bject of the convention would he thorough rgimization of the Conservatives of Ontario, t which all Conservative members of Par - 1 meat and of the Legislature, the defeated nservative candidates from Ontario at hich all Conservative members, men from e oh riding, selected by the Conser‘atives o the riding, under the call of the presi- d nt of the .assomation in that riding, would b delegates. Huron Notes. —Mr. Dan Potter, a former resident of Clinton, died at Red Jacket, Michigan, last w ek. —C. H. Cleworth, of Goderich, has been a pointed organist of the Lucknow Metho- di t ohurch. J. H. Dalmage, of Wingham, suffered a alytie stroke on Wednesday of late; ek. The iiniform promotion examinatIons in nubile schools of Huron will be held oil 23rd and 24th.of March. . Skelton and W. Hanna, who nding the winter with friends nship, have returned' to Mani - George mith, an employee in the Olin - to -oifgan factory, had a finger of his left hm d 1 taken off by a machine one day re- cent' th th ha to 5. Meagre, O been sp qrris to a. ; t r. John Wiseman, dry geode mar- ohof Olinton, has disposed of his' busi- ness in that town. He thinks ot going to th 4 Northwest. e- rs. Jones, of Exeter North, slipped and feII on some ice the other day, injuring heraelf so severely that she will lee cornfined ,to the house for 80Me time. M . Alfred Blackwell, of Clinton, and Miss Margaret, eldest daughter of William Co lough, of Goderich township, were mar. ried in Seaforth on February 15th. Mrs. Pascoe, wife of Rev. Dr. Pascoe, of the Wingharn Methodist church, died OU Tuaeday of last week, from the effects of le gripe. She was 69 years of age. -4-John K.elly, of Blyth, intends building b ick h u e on his 100 acre farm on the 5th line, rriti. Mr. Stephenson is draw- ing lamb r snd stone for the same. --eA tome stobk company is being organ- ized in Win hem for the purpoae of eistab- lish ng a new fl ur mill in the town,. and already some ,000 in stock has been sub- scribed. —Thomas,M tinders, of Morris, was away at Toronto duri g the past week with his son, Robert, •ho was receiving niedical treatment). A uccessful operation was per- formed for appe dieitis. —Mr. , h rle Lloyd, for 35 years a 'resi- dent of1VVIin ha , died on Wednesday of hist we ke ec ased was born in Oakville 60 years age e had been ailing for some nionths —E. Nieliol, 6th line, Morris, has the brick on tiu., gr und for a two story cot- tage. Alex d McNeil, of Brussels, has the s one and br ek work, and John Hunter„ of Cr ubroo , t e carpenter work. -e tie of the oldest residents of Wing. ham, ih,the porson of Mrs. Thomas Leslie, died it the r sid rice of her son-in-la.w, in List° el, .o ursday, February 16th, She ris in h r 76th year, and had been in failin fo memo months. - ;priva e f1urriage took place at the Jlaptist par ona e, Clinton, on Monday of 1 at week, the participants being James abb jr., of u urn, and Miss Mary Oath- ; e ine Witm r, • East Wawanosh, by the Rev. J. T. M reluek. The young couple ill tr,p,ke th ir ome in Auburn. —0 Satu day 18th nit,A. W. Cornell, under alter, f cleric'', ied at his resi- dence 14 that to n; after a long illness, aged :31 yea f3. D &ea tici leaves a widow and a large umbe o relatives to mourn his death, snd m eh ympatby le expressed for Mrs. Crnel1, *h se Married life bad been such a hort inc. —Jr. .Jam s •T well, of Exeter, narrowly escapedeierio 8 in ury while working in the swamp,ion 114 nd y of last week. He and hie brother, Gear ,Iwere working together, e letter was using the pting to make a plow, his brother on the heed, Mind and rendering him and it appear t maul, and in tte accidentally f4 rue ipflictin ec Ip dneonsei us. —We 'need y o wife of Mauri e of her grand-daught Leeburn; at the age of 74 years. For sever - years past she and her husband had lived here, and during ad been in good reisdes near wing arid two daughters —Thornas Ham 1' el t week, Mary Bowler, h, died at the residence r, Mrs. M. Carney, of hat time neither of therri ealth. One of their sons am, and one in Chicago, survive her. 1ton, a young man of owiek townehir4 died recently of con- mption. Heltaulght for a time in Howick d then attended Toronto University, here he wast p sparing bimgelf for the esbytelrian ministry, bue his health failed. fter a short, time he secured the principal- ip of Walton public school, but had to ve tha u —Wh • °tIc' as, Tanner & Company's in B he village of BIytle lost a , ' enspended payment ,over fouryeaain e kh iaanvmge which,' with interest, tw $1,1190. The village coune against and his s koKella he lyt o, of s to 111 deeid d to enter proceedings Jo Tann r, the late treaeured tierF. W. Tanner and Dougal o recov r the money. —Mr, 3 enry Col ,of Clinton, received it, letter fro' Hunter, North Dakota, on Tues' day of 1 p Week, w ich informed him tha his wife, *he; has en living for some tim with her 4 had en stricken by paraly six in the I ft side. When the letter wail despatch dtishe was conscious, but had los the powe f speech Mrs. Cole is in her 79th yea ,and, LOCI this attack, had been in the en oymentof good health for one ed advanced 1i4 year eng 1 —D l 1°, d on) wnship d'ed fter a ori ill his 80th 'e&r. island of 411, MI°. to ada, ndi moved ie re to acre far on the fith he wain ed t iire sold to 'chard 8. where in the fender and she was rolled d over, her heavy fur coat apparent- enting her from being dragged under els. When released from her peril - Wen, her head and shoulder were under the fender. Mrs. Ieaacs was to the office of a nearby doctor t was found she had no bones brok. ning of last week, John the pioneers of Greet residence, in Brunelle, f about tea dap, int ased was born in thel • leshire, Scotland, and • relative', in the year: •g a year at Whitby be nehip, taking up a 100; concession, upon whiche until 1895, when he • township, end moved into Brussels, where eomfortable home was purchased. In 1854 Mr. MeDougall was united in marriage to Mies Catherine, daughter of the late Allan Lamont, who survives him. Their children are: : John, of Bowmanville ; Peter and Allan'of Brandon, Manitoba; Angus, a SaultSte. Marie, Mrs. H. Hill, of Algoma., and Misses Mary and Maggie, at home. —The residence of Mr. and Mre, Henry Johnston, 8th concession'Ashfield, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Thursday evening, February 16th, when their daugh- ter Miss Lottie E., was united in marriage to ifr. Henry White, of Stratford, in the presence of about thirty guests. The bride looked °harming in a dress of drab, with cream trimming and orange blossoms. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Olivant, after which the guests partook of a sumptuous dinner. —Early Friday morning, 17th tilt., a fire was discovered in Bartlet's store, Clinton, and though the fire brigade was soon on the scene, it made considerable headway. The fire was apparently drowned out, and the brigade returned home, but were recalled to the scene about two hours afterwards, the fire having broken oat anew. The fire- men made sure work in the second eall The fire was cliscovdred by two ladies who occupied rooms over' the store. The owner of the property, M. John -a Elliott, bit - about $500, and Mr. Bartlet 1400. Both losses are fully covered by insurance. —The spacious home of Mrs. James son, of Brussels, was the scene of one of those important and interesting events—e marriage ceremony—on Wednesday fore. noon of last week, when Miss Jean, the estimable daughter of the hostess, joined hand and heart with J. A. Falconer, a well- to-do young gentleman, belonging to the wholesale establishment of Messrs. Seats, Roebuck & Company, of Chicago. The ceremony was performed by Rev. 0, 3. Abey, in the presence of the immediate rela- tives. The young couple left the same day for their home in Chicago. —The McNaughton family, of Ernsiele, have a record for longevity not often paised. Robert MoNaughton, of Brussels-, will be 85 years of age on his next birth and is hale and hearty. His brother J who resides at North Bay, is 87, Ronald McNaughton, of Brussels, has n ly arrived at the 75 notch. Their fat ay, nd ar- er lived to be 86, their mother 72, and tlieir grandfather 86. The brothers mime from McNabb township, -county Renfrew, in 1852, and settled in Grey township, taking up 300 acres of land. They and James Fer- guson and father were among the pioneers of that locality, and can tell some very in- - teresting stories of the long ago. —A very pleasant scene took place at the residence of Mr. John Gilmour, 2nd conces- sion, Stanley, on Wednesday evening of dant week, when his daughter, Miss Janet, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony - to Mr. William John Rose son of Mr. Alex. Ross, of Tnekersmith, About five o'clock the bride was weltered into the parlor, lean- ing on the arm of her father, where the nuptial knot was tied by Rev. W. Muir, of Brucefield, in the presence of some fifty in- vited guests. After the congratulations were over the assemblage sat down to a sumptuous dinner, to which ample justice was done. The bride was the recipient of many costly, useful and handsome presents, which go to show the high esteem in which the young couple are held. —Mrs. Margaret Browne_relict of the late Thomas Brown, of Haat, who died some twelve years previous, 150nd away on Tuesday morning of last week, of creeping paralysis, at the advanced age of 7.0 years. Both she and her husband were born in Ire- land --the subject of this notice in the coun- ty of Clare inthe year 1829, and her hus- band in Cork in 1818. They were blessed with a family of seven children, six of whom are new living, three sons and three daugh- ters; Thomas, of Seaforth ; and Michael and James, on the homestead, concession -6, Goderich township, Mary, in Detroit, Mag- gie, at home, and Kate, who is attending the convent in London. Mrs, Brown was a strict member of the Roman Catholic church. —Mrs. William G. Gray, of Wingliarn, had a thrilling experience at her home on Frances street, in that town, last Friday afternoon. The cistern which is in the kitchen, was open, and was being filled with water by Mrs. Gray's sister, when Clarence, Mr. Gray's four year eld child, came from the front part ef the house to the kitchen, and fell to the bottom of the cis- tern, a distance of eight feet Mrs. Gray, who was nursing a child at the time, imme- diately jumped into the cistern to Te8eUe the child, who was laying on its back at the bottom of the cistern in about two feet of water. Mrs. Gray and ehe child were taken from the cistern with difficulty, and both mother and child are now none the worse of their cold bath. The child had a wonder. fully narrow escape from death. —Several painful accidents happened in t Clinton during the past week. Airs. T. Levan slipped at her doorway and fell heavily, thereby causing a breakage of her right wrist on Thursday evening. The other day, Mrs. W. Wade stepped on a frosty board, and slipping, gave her ankle a severe wrench, which has since caused her considerable pain. While a son of Rev. Mr. Millyard was going up the stairs to the hall, on Tuesday night, the party in front of him slipped backwards, rod struck young Millyard in the face with his head, bruising his cheek and inflicting a painful wound. Mr. G. Rentgen also met with an accident last week by failing and breaking his left leg at the hip very badly. He is, however, improving as well as can be ex- pected. • —Mathias 'Schneider, of Wellesley, died on Saturday morning, the 18th nla, at the age of 80 years, 10 months and 3 days. The old gentleman had been active and in good health up to a week before his death, when he took a slight attack of In grippe, and itl. though not confined to bed seemed to have no power to throw it off, and died in his chair while in the act of speaking, The deceased, Mathias Schneider, tame from Germany sixty years age, first to Rochester, N. Y., then to Dendas for two yearn, after- wards coming to Dome for nine yeara. and then settled In Wellesley township, on the property near Bramburg, which has been his home for the past 46 years. He leaves behind him two sens and two daughters. —Death has agein visited the neighbor. hood of Milverton and carried off one of the oldest pioneers, he the person of Mrs. Wil- liam Griffin, sr. Deceased was in her =nal health, thou_gh of late it has not been of the best On Sunday, 19th ult., she ate her dinner, and at three o'clock passed away, while sitting in the rocking chair. Jane Berry, for that was her maiden name, was born at Amherst Point, Cumberland county, Nova Seale, on August 11th, Hal, and was in her 88th year. She came of U, E. L. stock, whose forefathers left the United Staten after the revolution, and settled on British soil. In 1831 she married Wm. Griffin—who stal survive, her at the age of Armstrong, of Morrie -II ninety-four years. L.