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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-03-24, Page 1C$ YTHINC ND BEADY OR RC litiSIN in ts THIRTY -111 WHOLE N u ls, blues, pinks, liiacxa, et and fancy floral efeo !or blouses and wrapper laid out to aee how goon tyle we can possibly give eters, from a _billing en [own to five cents per yarn eve patterue in Gingha nis ce those you will see, eisew rave something quit, cliffc he common run, something tlease your fancy the mer e them. ked. Piques are to the front 111 ltkeiy be much in d.,, *ill and duck costumes popular, aa well as the of Organdies; India 3aitings, Dimities, etc_ w style of Skirts are v tl and pretty, and the ma rue. We have been Parte fortunatein getting ly nice things for Skirt* fawns, marls, blue g em greens and two tone to and tailor made ,s capes, we have some vary - sloths m all the popuisr [erent kin& of materials need ;ata, can be seen at our ooh: V e have just about donb tal pureha*e of these g the prettiest are the mit broken and lined cheeks, nazi pes, graduated stripes in, d wool, end Roman. • uta ipingg, Braids, Ribbons y nd rlt be mush used for trim. Our stock will be foundv i -hardly ;a. color or widbt, A our assortment. he new ibbons are especial' pre ning; and the new Silk Leese, renes Laces and handsome. of -satins will add to the ate less of our great range Off e eC consignment of .cases a Old Country Goods, co sine towels, table dames fine aheetungs, fine shirtin art parasols, blouses, eey rain coats, ladies' cagey curtains, lace curtains, ar- terials, srterials, l noieums floors/ alt te. rya received and marked in targe assortment of new flow- era, tips, ospreys, ornament-., chiffon; gauze$, nets" and, trimmings. The new hats e are in, and the Iadi a ire nery Department are bus rings ready for the millinery' _ILINERY ling Days ARE -- red SAT U.R AYs. 124 & 25 The .. rPTA UL Goods co. rreatest Cas ads Store. i Manitoba, where the the best wishes of their ed horses are now in bets ing higher prices than acme time past. As an might refer to a nine sire) by Mr. Williar e," which brought 92 at a' auction sale a week or Sparks, telegraph open- It last Sabbath with her rs. , James 4parke.-Mr. `giepherd, of . Chisels. widen last week visiting` as. Wilson. A. Wood. Dungannon, has beer? week or so with het in -lacy, Mr. and Mrs -Professor Harrison, of cion, will preach a mice St. Paul's church, oa% gr. A. Dent, of Mitchell, us week visiting his sI5 eland.-Mr. and Mrs Elio were visiting their- in Detroit, Cleveland returned home. ---OO reek, Mr. John Camps Itam Campbell, of Hay, in marriage to Miss r.:.Iohn Gould, of the ie ceremony was per- k:. Kerr, ;and was wi ea of the contracti nests. We unite WI the happy couple is 4 continued) happiness relit of Poole, slipper he other day and frame len the knee and th. Ther is a difference, you the state ant strictly fresh eg similiar ifferera ce comes in the wool. - Just the d f ference between sautes the di erence beteen t at $15, and th. Special Suiting It may be . f interest o tho to know that t s suiting ` refe West-of-Engla d Worsted and recornmen.datio from us or an speaks for itsel . You were told that the e Buckskin were n every wa supe overalls,' we wish to repeat the s the price to co i sider, whici is no of overalls, tha is to say $1 a this class of ev ry day trots. ers-. the experiment 1 Our good friends, the Milli display of head ear for the ladie ces ! Our kno ledge of h: ad -dr Is fit and propel for Men's :Wea the largest ra ge of Hats that styles comprise the Fedor., the. shades. The prices range rota 5 day Hats, to $1, $1 50, $2 nd $ To the people who k ow t stand for all that is desir ble i you ever seen these lines ? The ly above the prices of ordi ary f is easily accounted for, fro the material, and the fit of "o r ow $8, $10 and $12 are so pl inly etc., used in the manufactulse of We have made some este shelving and general fitting ;of olz for a much larger stock thn we'. shelves are filled to overflowing w to be without equal so far ,! as co _materials are concerned. is th customers that you will tra el an better equipped Men's Clothing ment will not be found. O ' Cour by some as the tooting of our ow is nevertheless a fact that our stor of Men's and Boys' in Clothing. The most practical woman fi ing for her boys to abetter a vanta House than in a shop wher i it is are specialists in Clothing nd k trashy goods. For the boys' we show t `our ers at 50c, 650 and 75c ; School new stylish effects ; _Boys' -Union and. the all -wool at 25e, 30c and 350, unlaundrLed, and laun,dried at 35c and 500. , Last week we stated Suite would $e announced, 2381, Mr. Andrew Bell, of by Mr, W. K. Pearce, of t1. we congratulate Mr. Bell o; Our stock is now compl 8 1 1 ill • that the w Lippe Do his g te. ay s' to a n em 11- vo e .rdi e are e who ed to 8 SUC oth d or to ateme ore ir. neral noticed it, between newly laid eggs. A s all -wool and pure 1 nd pure wool con - Worsted Suiting ing at $15. buy Ordered Clothing at $15 is a genuine requires no further r person. The name el y Pants that we call the ordinary make of t, and then there is ban the regular price Have you ever tried orth the while trying ery men, will make a great y, we wish them sue- in the realm of what e are now displaying ve ever carried, the sort ssi lies as ha e Hardfelt, the Crush, in all c, 65c, and 75c for ever .50 fo e wt ;Rea rices ctoryl the highest grades. rds "our own make" ymade Suits. Have are, we admit, slight- ade goods ; but that act that the trimrr ings the mak " of Men's Suits at stiperi r to the trimmings, story, makes. ive !p�mprovements in the store i which gives us room have ever carried!. These tilla stock which we know plet ness and qualities of 1 opinion of our steadfast whe e in Ontario, and a .d urnishing Establish - all this will be put down horn, be that as it may,- it fully supplies the wants ds that she cwt buy Cloth - •e fro a strictly Clothing arried as a side line. ' We ow ho to avoid ;carrying w a m s Stock 50 ; t 50 • • he wi neer . Th inion od for ry us Greig & Clothiers On the Wrong Side of the STRONG'S BLOCK. treet, ke" of school knick- t 15c, 25c and 35c, ngs at 15c and 20c, oys' White Shirts at Boys' Fancy Hats ner of the Bedroom s the holder Of No. number Was drawn Bank, Seaforth, and for reliable Clothing. ur ishers ea.fo rt h couver, Victoria, New Westminister, Brit Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Oregon, is no " The rate to Nelson, Kai's°, RoSsland, British Columbia, is $38.30, via Paul One ticket coupon, and baggage checked ri Money Orders sold at a y tim 51. R. J. MA DO ain Line to Van- sh Columbia, and $41.30. rail, and Sandon, r via, Port Arthur ht to ,destination: A forth. THE ROAD ESTION. DEAR i'xPo$ITOR,-As notice numerous lettere ap.earing in you columns respect- ing the great and imp r ant question of good road:, and as diffe e t ideas are given by .iiffere: t .writers, alt • ough all agree that in this instance it is r ally " time for a change," our readers w 11, perhaps, pardon me for ta.+ing a hand in :he discussion. Mr. Cooper's an of having he entire 66 feet of roadway ade fit for tra el, is entirely out of the que;:tion in this c unary for the next thousand ears at least, : red I do not expect that eithehe or I will b here then. Mr. Gardiner : s some good ideas if they were carried 0, t. Mr.; Nils: n's broad wagon tires] w ul be all right i the Legislature would as: a general law to the effect that all whe le'. vehicles carry ng over a ton in weight ho`uld have four inch tires. But unless t islis done, unifor ley could not be secured as one county m gh pass audita by-law, w ile another wo ld knot do so, and as a res It Mr. Wilson's wagons, for in- stance, w ich travel in several different oountie , i they had the road tires, would have to d all the rolli g on � the roads which op d be rooted up by the narrow tires in d ntiee where br.: d, tires were not made ohlig: tory. , , The tow:: s try the 66 feet roadway, as advocated •y Mr. Cooper, and they have the worst r • ads in the spri • g and fall --that can be fo nd anywher;.. For instance, Seaforth's north Main street, as far as the to "n limits, is a terror and the worst piece of roa• within a radius of ten ilex, and the e is not 6rnore travel on hat piece of oad than there is on the a'I joining i half , ile in McKillop. McKillop • as the best rod from Seaforth to Walton that there is in the county, con- sidering th : amount, of t avel and heavy loads that . ass over it. A 1 travellers agree that they eet the larges loads on this road that hey melet on a road in the province. This read is gr: dad thirty-three feet betwe n ditches. As to tb : times )gravel sl. ould be put on the roads . epende on t. a season. Some seasons to . raw gravel in October, would injure the oads more than any gravel that might be .ut on woe ld improve them. To repair roa. s, June ib the bast season of the 3 ear, and he moat oonven ent for farmers, as they have then leisure time and • their labor is le: at valuable. If the new gravel were put on in Jape, an. spread evenly ads instead of •eing 'heaped up dge along the .entre, as is too the custom, an : then rolled a fter a shower •f rain, in accord - he advice of M Campbell, Pro- d Iustruptor, e en if a common has to be used, I think the roads 11 right. But hen the gravel is along th cent e, ehicles take the road until the are im ass - come ruts in hie the . ater h to the Ietrim: nt f the main 11 roads should •egraded twenty- etrveen ;ditches aid the sides sloped off to ards the water at if a horse a ied there would uch danger of accident as now. width the Cl. vernment recom- e late Judge oms, who was ad - II to be an au hority, told me hen the road: are graded up d an acciden- occurs at such is judgment the municipality ld responsible for damages, as ted the road • be made in a danger smith, and b over the r in a high r frequently few times ance with vincial Ro land roller would be heaped up the sides able and b lodges mu track. I think six feet should be table, so t not be as This is the mends. T mitted by once that 3 narrow, a places, in would be h they permi way that i were to joi for use in think it w steam roll(' eafor heir res,pectiv uld be f mo wise to abchish statute 1 days of ate ute lab r tha profitable or farmirs to what is ne ded, is to hay tete, and i some have labor allom time. Thi spent. T and better one hundr instead of thing woul with the 1 ernment fewer path roads and ditches at accordance pathmaste formity, al efficient located, a better and by reasOn of t o spend longe ance, pay th would be e work Would done. For in d councillors ve, the' result d e very th in asters, instea ide roads, de II, within a d too often the with the fanc nagement wo supervise the wor • On why the 'orth ro d is so work. Et understood hi work was roperly laid o the first pi ce, and the evident ee the case, 9 engineers or the run informed fi pudding is out of 100 fa now no hing in the eating o You'll truly, • and McKillop am stone crusher, municipalities, I e service than a 'eve it would be bor. It is more o four thousand to pay out even hard cash. But fewer pathmas- ere being fewer, time than their m for the .extra oney profitably e more uniform tan es if we had a municipality ey,land we would n, Whereas now have good gov- in order. With of having narrow p ditches and no stance of a few case or C n agr wou now, pet in otchee of the e as to pow d have for bad or in- ld be more eesily we Would -have a t class of men to principal reason good is, because and oversaw the besiness, an t and execute ensfits are t, although th's is me s will tell you bout road -ma ing pared with ell - he proof of the , it. She in uite lerk, McKillop. A Toron o corresponde tical eigni cameo. Ever the Cense vatives are c 'energies in Ontario, and supreme e ort to unseat moment. he personal g Some time ago theses was advisory b of the Pr at which Sir harles, the gart, the on. Peter Whi Costigan end many othe were prese t., The sole t now trans ire; what form will take According to ment, it is said that "R w.ho has been the Ont many yea a, wilt retire tain the se retary-treasur sor or suce seers with his ence." The party is perfe over the eine to a you man, his h alth having late. The nevi organization division o Ontario into district An rew Broder, ng Push. pper through On- reat deal of poli - body knows that ncentrating their hat the next gen- ovince will see a per are expected eal to that end. a meeting of the een's hotel here,' Hon. John Hag- e, the Hon. John strong party men pie discussed was in Ontario, but it the organization the new arrange- bert Birmingham, rio organizer for from the active he will still re-' rship of the Con- tly satisfied with prefers to hand ger and stronger een impaired of cpntemplates the three districts-- . In the eastern Orangema not be dist west, Jam his name is appointme definitely s the moat i three condi of the ad Wright, of W. (1. Fee inee of th party, the s ed. Samue an applioan in favor of , is already at work, and he will rbed in his position. In the s Clancy, M. P., is acting, and mentioned for the permanent t, although the matter is not yet tiled. In the central district, portant of the three, there are ates. The unanimous nominee isory :board was Alexander oronto. At present, however, s acting, and, as heis the nom - Clarke -Wallace section of the to tion is somewpatl complicat- I arker, of Hamilton, is also ut the chances are strongly r.Wright. • What the Teachers Want. At the me ting of the West Huron Teach- ers' Association held recently at Exeter, the reselutions rnmittee reported the follow - 1, -Resole d that all resolutions present- jority of the embers present. 2, -That t achers who have taught thirty, years, and ho have contributed to the, superannuate teachers' fund, be allowed to 0 superannuate 3,-The,t 11 teachers should receive one year's profess'onal training before entering the professio , and that those who are suc- cessful be gr. ted permanent certificates. 4, -That t e British history for entrance claims be ited to two periods. 5, -That G ge's system of vertical writing be authorized. 6, -That hile monthly reports may be used to adva tage in graded schools, they cannot be use with the same advantage in 7, -That t e county board of examiners consist of fou members made up of the in- spectors of th county, and of any city in the county, a d teaohers actually engaged in teaching who have not had less than three years' experience in publio school teaching an who hold at least a second class certifica e. Ilur n Spring Assizes. The spring session of the High Court of justice for th County of Huron opened on 'Monday of la t week before Ilia Lordship, !Chief Justice Armour, and there being no criminal plai te on record, Sheriff Reynolds ipresented the chief with a piir of white 1 After the g panel retired he presiding ;omplimentin ounty from ut their duti The followi Morris ; Joh Clinton ; Ja George Har MoUall, Hu Smith ; Jose The civil li of six cases. The first t Combes, an connection w mortgages. ing of the co ing, when Ifs Lordsh intimating t at if he low the acco nt to be Hays Vs. own of recover for g avel ta was adjourn d till ne the illnese of Thomas who is an im °ain't and a penel duly .0 the defenda t having when selling a baker was givan to the jitry costs. Murray vs McIver and action to recover a legacy, wa , pen in an offer of settle- ment, postp ned to t e May sitting of the High Court. Small vs. radioed, an action for injuries caused the p aintiff by negligence, was post- poned, coets of theIda to be paid by plain- tiff. -Rutledge s. Fishe , an action on a mort- gage, judgm nt after hirty days to be: en - the lands. Spr yink *mit Trees. The repor of the su,perintendent of ispray- iog, for 189 , has est( issued. This report inge on the fruit eels of several orchards in the provi ce wh re spraying was dtine un- der the dire tion of ehe Government spray- er. The res lt, on the whole, Is ver satis- factory, and shows th t a very muc larger trees that h d beam, sprayed th n b . trees that had no been so reated. The verage ports show, owevela hat the hest ,results are obtained when the spraying is deem un- der favorab e condi ions. For initance, where it wa done in et or windy weather, ill results ere not ni3arly so satiefactory 13 as when don in calm, dry weather. Three orchards in his couet were sprayed by the the. respite i eac : hese three 'orchards, and julry had been called, the and on their ret' - to court judge eddreseed them briefly, themlon the freedom pf the erious Offences, and pOinting s putside of finding bilks. g gentlemen formed the grand Acheson. Goderich ; James forrie ,L Michael Cummings, es M. Shepherd, 0-oderich ; is, Ashfield ; John Hutton, arry Keys, Grey ; William Loh tow ship, foreman. t was short one, consisting ied was that of Bedford vs, etion to reopen an account in th the eying off of two chattel he °as lasted from the open - rt until ten on Tuesday morn- ip reserved judgment, Mild under the hsw al - re -opened he worild do ()clench, an action to en from plaintiff's lot, t court on account of itness. a jury case, was called orn. The action was mages on account of made false statements to plaintiff. The ease shortly after four, the vor of the plaintiff. li elation the jury re - plaintiff' of $200 and the follievein rep r re given :1 MR, Or "N OCK'S ORCIIA4, with the foil In al Govenlock's re a 48 on September 19th, Spy,e-aEx ri en a spraying, 70 per cent. clean, heavy oa ; n prayed, 20 per cent. clean, very 1 ht rop, St. Lawr ce,-ExperimentaI spraying, 8C(per cent. eau, well loaded ; unsprayed, well loaded, isi clean feuit. Snow, -E perimental spraying, 90 par cent. clean, heavily loaded ; 'unsprayed, heavily load d, keit not a clean apple. King, -Ex erimentel spraying, 75, per cent. clean ; unsprayed, 50 per cent. dean. per cent. cle n. No Unsprayed trees. i Greening, -Experithental spraying,_88 per cent. clean • unsprayed, 32 per cent. c1ean. Flemish be: uty, -Experimental spraying, This orch rd has been in sod for filfteeia Under 'dist of November 17th, 189 , Mr. years, and h s never been sprayed be o e. chard prior t sprayin ,'I may say t a the fruit evas badly spotte , misshapen a hill of worms ; ut this ear, after spr ing, there, is scare ly a wo in the apple , and they are far or perfect in shape. I oked five sprayed no trees, and they p eked the bruised apples ; while the unsp eyed Wall Papers Ba der_ Did you never think whe yet;w re buy- ing Wall Paper that you had to pay too much for the border ? Y u ca ► ow buy Borders by the Roll. Nine inch Borders, 16 yards the oil, 10c per roll ; 18 inch Borders, yards to the roll, 15e - per roll. Borders or Ingrain or Plain Paper at above prices. Three hundred Rolls . Wall Paper suitable for din- ing room, bed rooms, or kitchen i at lc per roll, put on the wall. Estimates given for Painting, Experi- enced workmen only. Alex., Winter Seafarth. MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSITED1. No Witnesses [Required. cider. There was a marked differ nee in all the other varieties. I corral er the spraying a direct gain to me of at le st 850 in my small orchard. Of course, I sprayed the balance of my orchard, but not so thor- oughly. 1 am convinced that if every far- mer would spray his orchard for ales+ 'years we would get rid of most of the pestre', Mr. Curwen writee on November 18th, es 'cinema ; "Regarding the condition of the sprayed trees, I do not see any difference. They all look much t e same. When we picked the fruit we ke t each tree by itself, and when the packers ut them up they did not know the differen between them. I did not think it did a good for t e' spot or codling moth. W will Pave t se a different treatment for them. " They made two classes, and there were as many firsts and seconds each iot of apples ; only the bellefleure were * little better, but the tree st od out from the rest, Mr. Lang says that e has never hed any first class fruit off is orchard. All the fruit has been scabby or wormy ared oot fit for peeking. '; On 15th November,1898; Mr. Lame wrote : "The spraying of my orchard was a Success this' year in the way of deetroying insects and worms. There was scaecely 'en apple bue was free from veorms-sometning very streying the scab the spraying ; we. not a unusual fez, my orchard. But alS for de - sue ess this year. There were so reariy wet da s when your operator call scle4t000stprbaey. tha it may be the cause of the ing checked." • r. William Murray, formerly of T cker- smi h, son of Mr. William Mnrray o Al - go a, and brother of Messrs. 'John rray of uckeratnith, and Philip Murray of , 'Manitoba, on March 8-th, as follews : e have had a very fine winter he/44 with the exception of three weeks of ver cold weather, and it wae cold, the Coldest have ever experienced in this country. ain en- gaged in the real est te, loan, insurance and commission agency businese, in iconlipany with Mr. R. C. Spa g, formerly Of Wing - ham. 1 have also b e appointed georetary- treasurer of the rura, unicipality of Dau- phin, which covers a t rritory of 18 by 34 miles, and is similar a county in Ontario. When the village of D uphin was incorpor- at d last August, I Iv s appointed itie first se retary-treasurer, hied continued tp oc- cupy that position alSo!for the balance of the ye,ar, but with my other businesie I found the work too heavy for me, and I hey° re= eigned the village office, and devote my w ole time to the District office and my ag ncy business. We expect a_ very large migration to this district during the coin - ie spring and summer, from the Eastern Peovinces and the United States ae well as from the old country. We have 13.13 fine a section for mixed farming as can he found in the world, and intending settlers should visit the Dauphin district before locating elsevvhere. In 1896, w ere the town of Dauphin now stands, was a solid wheat fieid, and the first town lot wail eold on the 7th of October 'of that ye r Now there is a population of over one t oueand, and one hundred bueiness houses ef various kinds, besides a 'aro roller flout ill, ma- chine shop, four churches, a splendid school house, and other such institutimse as are found in a prosperous business toWn, and it is still growing. We have also ewo news- paper and printing offices. The .,town is beautifully situated on the south aide of the Vermillion river, about nine miles from lake Dauphin and six miles from the focit of the Riding mountain. It is on the Canadian Northern Railway, and is the ceetre and principal market place for one of the finest agricultural districts in Canada. You will see from this the rapidprogress we have made in the past, and the bright prospeets we have for the future. The Lord's Day Allianc A meeting was held in the Presb church, Seaforth, on Friday eveni for the purpose of considering the bility of organizing, for this to vicinity, a branch of the Provipcial Day Alliance. There was a good ance. The chair was occupied by McDonald, who, after singing and de al exercises, introduced the Re+. M by the Alliance to visit certain , seat the proyince with the view to branches, formed. Mr. McWilliams referred in a pleasing manner to his early associations in Seaforth, where he had Commenced his etudies which resulted in his entering the mi istry. elle then outlined ihe objects of the socie he represented, which are to prevent, ise f y as they can,1 the desecration of the Lord's day by individuals and corporations, and to re- tain it as much as pooeible as a ay of rest and spiritual recreation, and to prevent it being transformed into a. day for eeeular labor and amusements, as is too much the case in some other countries ; another im- portant object of the association is to use their influence to secure such legislation as will tend to forward their ende, and to pre- vent legislation that will be likely to loosen the hold of the people on that day, end in these and other ways aid the working men to resist the large corporations in forcing from them the divinely assigned day of rest, and compalling them to work the Heven days instead of six. The parent organiza- tion, which' has in the past done such good work, is deldrous of strengthening its in- fluence and increasing its powers by having a more widespread interest -taken in its work, and this is now being accomplished by having branches "established in every centre in the province. Mr. McWilliams excellent and interesting address was listened to with much pleasure by a,li, and at its conoinsion the following eesolutions were carried unanimously ; Moved by Rev. A. L. Ruseell, and see- terian g last, dvisa- n and ttend- op tui :end - ons of aving nd d byMr.M4Y.MoLoaa,that having heard of t a excellent work being done by the or 's Day Alliance, and of the great need of s oh an orgapization at present in the rovtince of Ontario, we heartily endorse the (A.11i4nce, and that we now proceed to or- ganize a branch, to be known as the " Sea - fort i Branch of the Lord's .Oay Alliance." Moved by Rev: Mr. Shaw, and seconded by Mr. L. L. McFaul: First, That we View with alarm the many encroachments eing made on the Lord's day by pleasure eekers and those lusting for gain, depriving many ofthe day of rest and the privileges f the s netuary ; Second, -That we hum- ly pray our representative in the Ontario gislat re; Mr. H. Eilber, M. P. P., to ppose, th by voice and vote, the special llegislati n now being sought by the Ottawa Street C r Company and the Hamilton and Caledonia Radial Car Company, to operate their card on the Lord's day, and that a (copy of this resolution be sent to Mr. ,Eilber, The following officers of the $ranch Asso- ciation Were appointed : Rev. P. Musgrave, resident ; the resident ministers, vice-pres- idents ; LL. McFall', secretary ; Mrs. MRev.) Ru ell, treasurer. Executive,=- essrs. A. . Bright, James Leatherland, F. Holmeateil, T. 0. Kemp, L. L. McFanl, M. Y. McLean, D, D. Wilson, Mrs. Edward !'IcFaul, Mrs. D. D. Wilson, Mrs. Russell, Mrs.' Smith, Mrs. Belden and Mrs. T. 0. Kemp. - Branehes have also been formed in Gode- , rich, Clinton, Hensel' and other towns in Chis district. Canada. -Ex-Mayor James Beaty, Q. C., of Tor Onto, died on Thursday of last week, aged 0,7 years. -Between 500 and 600 settlers from east - day of last wee -A farmer r aiding about 25 miles frOm Kingston, has aptured over 100 foxes since the first of the ar. -Rev. Mr. Martin of Guelp , is to suc- ceed the late Dr. bochrane, as pastor of Zion church, Brantford. ente, was crushed to death between a ceatiti and an engine, on Saturchiev morning. --s-"homas Sidley, elevator man in the ong street arcade, Toronto, fell down the e °ea or shaftion Saturday and was killed. - revoste 1whe killed two lonely swine herde a few 'miles from Port Arthur, was hang d at Port Arthur on Friday. Tr- barn belonging to John Morgan of K 8* od, was struck by lightning on W'ed- nie tiaa of last week and destroyed. anadian Baptists propose to raiee 0,000 for home and foreign missions, to eke the 'closing of the century enemor- The machine and supply shops of the awa car shops was badly gutted by fire hUrsday niorning of last week. Loss about eaaJohn Folks, aged 100 years, died at nipeg, on Thursday of last week. He las in apparently the best of health up to e oment of his death, and in full posses- elen f all his faculties. as, 23rd will be setapart by the On- erio'Mihister of Edueation as Empire day. programme will include addresses, read- gs and recitations on Canadian and Em - ire Subjects. . 1 -1 -During the storm Wednesday morning lest week, a barn situated on the old p estate, near Mount Elgin, and belong - to Messrs. Morrison Brothers, was ek by ightning and totally destroyed i cars in t le yard, at Streetsville June- s i clarod a d fell across the rails. His t Friday orning. He tripped over a c re passing ver them. ineWilliam Taylor was struck by the lopigan Ce tral train, on the -London divi- .s On, at Gla worth, Friday morning, and ntly kill d. He was driving in a lum- t h, orsee were killed. Taylor drove right During a thunderstorm, which passed Thanieseille on Wednesday afternoon i g bout three iles outs was struck' and ill d by ligh ni g, when crossing the field f o one arn t another. His cap and left s SI were tor t pieces. On &Our a morning, the eastbound f eight train a hakespeare station. Both e gines and sieve al cars were mailed. The oth firemen re seriously injured, but aryedr.eciover. The passengers escaped unin- o dest citizens, di d while reading the morn - 1 g peper, at his reakfast, Saturday. Mr. ene foe 32 years being accountant in LAM - n for many yea a peen, and was superan- ated • few wee a ago. He was 67 years age, and for 51 "ears had lived in Loa- n, at one time serving as aenember of the y council. Two daughters and three sons A fish peddler named John Wickert, o has been living at the home of Charles a, , lot 24, conoession 7, Chatham town - p was fonnd dead in the. barn on Mon - f last week, *here he hod. gone to at - to his horsee. When 'found he was twat bbreottohoetirdreasifdyientg near Kingston, but 1 bitte on the face, hand! and thigh he ho ses. The man is eupposed to -Childeen playing on the river bank, op- posite Jerrie', Ray'',Galt,made a ghastly dis- co ry on Treesda afternoon of last week. Th y found a biscuit can, wrapped in an Ev ning Recorder of March 3rd, and tied wit white etring.1 And in the box was a les , dead. Coroiler Radford, who was no- tifi el, took eharge of the infant. A post - mo tern showed the child, ft female, had bee still -born, and that it could not be a cas of infanticide, though it might be one I Fire aid18,000 damage in the business ceu e of Lohdon on Sunday night. The bl e started in the third flat at 138 Dendas etre t, occupied by the R. Greene Manufac- tari g Company, and used by them in the mannfaeture of clothing. - Thence it epee d to the fourth flat and burned through the oof. The flames were confined to the tveh top steries, and the shops underneath, omit/ ied byf Thomas Pethick, tailor and gent ' furnisher, and the fur and hat stock of, t e H. Beaton estate, were damaged On- ly' b Water. 1,6 L B. Clemens, a successful practis tion r and preeminent citizen ot Berlin, died in thel h vital- there on Friday evening, afte a ver short illness. Few outside of his ore i timate acquaintances were aware of the serif:Maness of his illness until his deat :was announced. Death was occa- sion d lby cerebro -spinal meningitis. He was prat taken ill on the previous Wednes- day :venirig. Dr. Clemens was a valued and fluential citizen. He was the Liberal el au sh da te ba by oa • MoLEAN 13RO ., Publshers. $1 a Year in Advance. candidate for the north riding, which has just been rendered vacant b , the unseating of Dr. Lackner, and the robability wae that he would again have b en the made date. He leaves two yo ng daughters, Mrs. Clemene having died a little ever a year ago. -Ernest. Langtry, the boyi who wag sent by Magistrate Bartlet, ef Windsor, to the penitentiary for five years, for stealing a pail of preserves,turns out be the nephew,. onto, one of the leading E isoopal clergy- men there. The Church of ngland clergy- men in Windsor petitioned the tnagistrate to release the bo , but that vas beyond his -A sad amid nt happened on Tuesday afternoon of last eek to Duncan Campbell, the well known a eep breeder of Mayfair, and brother of th rovincial road commis - fodder cutter, wh n his left hand got caught in the feeding rol e and was drawn into the knives, which eu it off inch by ..inch up to the wrist. Mr. Campbell ma ed to throw the machme out of gear, th saving him- self from a horrible death, the engineer was unable to hear the signal to atop the engine. The arm had to amputated a couple of inches below the el ow. -A peculiar ease occierr d in Toronto last week, resulting in the eath of a resi- dent of that city, and w ich baffled the medical professi n there, Daniel L. Oust - man, a vigorous oung man 21 years of age, was the victim. His nose nddenly -com- menced to bled, and, despite the beet medi- cal skill, the flow of blood -could not- he stopped. The blood oozed from every pore of the man's body, and in three hours, be- cause of weakness, be became unconscious, and death shortly after ensued. The &a- tom. are completely puzzled, as no similar ease is known to them. -W. Greenwood, of Blenheim, who had been sitting up with his siek brother set out for hOme about two c'eloele on Wednes-. day morning of last week. The night wati very datk, and, being unable to see his way, he decided to return for a lantern. He had just atepN.d inside the gate when he WM commanded to throw up his hands._ Mr.1 Greenwood replied by making It dash bed, the house. The highwayman fired once ' but missed, and the business man reache his brother's; house unharmed. Me. Green wood had been too late for the bank in the afternoon, and had a considerable sum ol money on his person. -Mr. John Perrin, a highly respected farmer, residing at Lorne, about four mike from Kincaraine, went to the bush the other day to take nut some weed, and, the horses returning without him, the family was alarmed, and, noticing blood on the harness immediately weet in 'earth, He was shlortly afterward found lying dead, with a huge gash in his foot from the axe with which he was working. His death is supposed to have reSulted from the shock and loss of blood. Mr. Perrie was upwards of 60 years of age, and leaveir a widow, four eons and two daughters te Mourn ble MI, demise, i • Perth Items. --It is proposed to establieh a syttem of waterworks in St Marys. -Miss Edith Gerry, of Nitehell, leaves shortly for Colorado, to teke a position. -Mr. John O'Brien's lam on the town line of McKillop and Logan, 'has been sold to Messrs. Dantizer, of Shakespeare, for the -Mr. Ed. O'Neil, a popular young man of St. Marys, died On Wedneeday, 8th inst., from pneumonia.. Deceased had only been ill about two weeks. -J. Moffat, who recently told his farna in Nerth kasthope, to D. A. Dempsey, has purchased another farm from G. Rennie, of Downie, for the sum of $6,100. -Mr. Robert Francis, of Mitchell, left for Fort McLeod, Alberta, last week, and Mr. and Mre. John Moore, of Fullerton, went to Dauphin, Manitoba. -Mr. Philip P. James, who had epene the winter visiting friends in Mitchell, left last week for the Northwest, w.here he holds a good position as engineer on Lake Dauphin -While Dr. and Mrs, Whiteman, of Shakespeare, were out driving the other day, their horse run away and they were thrown out. The doctor es...aped vrith a shaking up, but Mrs. WhiteMan had both arms broken at the wrists. , -At the residence of Mrs. A. Finnie, of Downie, on Thersday of leat week, her daughter Mary Sts united' in marriage to Mr. David BroWn, of Roland, Manitoba. The ceremony was perforrnedby Rev. T. 'A. Brown will reside in Manitoba. -Mr. and Mrs R. Fla,wkeysof Rtisseldale, left Mitchell last week fer Hartney, Mani- toba. Others who left on the same excur- sion were Alex. Heern and Andrew Men Lachlan of Hibbert, for Moosejaw, and i Mr. John Moore, of Rueeeldale,for Dauphin. , -George Weidenhammer, of South Wale 1 lace, who has sold his farm stock and itn- i plements , and who intends to leave for the 1 great Northwest, was somewhat surprised, the other evening, when a number of brother Foresters with their wives walked into his house and presented him with a writing desk and Mrs. Weidenhammer with an easy chair. -A very pleasant event took place at the }gene of Mr. Robert Struehers, lot 13, con- cession 2, Mornington, on the evening of the 8th inst, when his daughter, Miss Sadie, was united in marriage to bili. Thomas Tan- ner jr., of lot 9, eoncession 51, Mornington, in t'he presence of a few of their relatives -At the sprin assizes in $tratford last week, James Ron Id, of Listowel, sustained damages against Is son, whd also lives in Listowel, in a cas of libel and slander. In October; 1897, t e pleading; aver, young Ronald wrote an published a statement to the' effect that Jamets Ronald, who is a money lender, waifs a -fit subject for a lunatic asylum, and shou d be confined therein. _ -The gas works at Listowel had a very narrow escape from being deniolished by an explosion of gas. On Friday, ' night, shortly after ten o'clock, those who happened to be anywhere in the vicinity of the gas works were startled by a muffled report and a bright light, which turned out to be an ex- plosion of gas at the works, but which, for- tunately, was not very destructive, owihg largely to the large open ventilators in the roof. It appears that the main pipe which conveys the gas to the gas holder had be- come partially fillerkwith condensation or some other substance, which caused the back pressure to become sp strong as to force the gas through the water scale on the a try light is ke t burning, , The man in purifier, and thu large qnrities -of gas were forced into be pnrifyin room, where charge was worki g in the other part of tit* the building. Th roof got nieely started to works, and had n t noticed th escaping gas, hence the explo on. Fortu ately no one was injured and ery little mage done to burn, but so prom t was the rhsponse of the fire department t at the fire yeas put out in an incredibly shor time,