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eantiaineetea.
Union qaapets,
.try Carpetth Britsse
erni11t4er Carpets,
et Catliefe.
body is not cof one ref
:ion. Some people et
hers are satiefied to
s it looks well, and Se
Tel want the best.
tle to gt:ve our custo
pation of very rued
ra
bout twenty good
fancy designs, frota
icj
•This eaeon's colorie
3;te and 40c per yard.
.f.xtra heavy quality, yea
pretty tintings and. pet.
in light and dirk
I and scroll patterns, in
e per yard.
Sp(oial value at "I'N
isets,Velvet Carpet',
in this (leased&
e.
te have a very large
()remarry if our businees
[tit a trade that, carriaeg
ccevery day --not to.
beyers don't (tare to
-leave only a few pate
Our assortment give'
the choiceet things in
scial for common wet
ide and heavy, 500 per
in good qualitye7de
ird Curtain, full taper!.
for $1 per pair.
ae Curtains, floral and
niers in a greet variety
ties, ranging in prioe
s: per pair.
door Oil Cloths and
set, 1, It, it and 2
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CAUL
ods Co.
atest Cash
ASY ore.
to have to part with
threkbeir.er, the new
I will preaeh oni Sah-
a welcome hirn and
: with suecese hie his
Valentine was in
businesa—Diviaion
1-Vec1nesduy. A few
lateen.
re in this vicinity
ist completed. They
[bag in an excellent
itearterly services in
daat, there was no
hodist church here,
:ex hair taken 4 pool -
ti. J, Fernette, sup -
Superior 'iopper
1
Bey, Michhgen, hi at
ir eieter-irelaw Mrs.
ire. Jelin Co beano
1.
eaeh pundit eed a
' . Andrew Love
1 a, cream sepa ator.
he entirely eatisfac-
:lint:hey, wife and
ved here this week,
abode with Mr»
f tie tewn line.
here for the sem-
ick had engaged
the suMmor, as,
,eperit Sunday
tehet tete a new
Deiheon ,has a new
Company, who
11!rdeen, ;Hall the
tay her Greaten.
good. dad were
rill Elliott heti
aire tenths Det/P8
ho went as dele-
iday School Con -
turned home on
nh then favor-
ite ale° to be
514tjut, son of
tir ,l a situation
e•- r ee, at :Sarnia.
4 I.4. Tall
nt
bl!cyfle. — Mr,
purehuied two
to D. Morrison,
de Tent of Mac- ,
r in organizing a,
Morelay for St-
cetenie tho guest
netetion A has
tale
. A of Brus-
:nix-mune in the
leet Sabbath.
oeoupied Mr.
1 tie lecture on
,reio, M. A., on
II anteaded,
arts,
Views of
ceetlee, ati
.11:1, emit ies,were-
_ Mare Lottin
ehe ie a more,
hely, gave two
able manner;
earth /solos, anal
:detach saliva
die'a chareh,
hieg.—ed„ corn-
tti Aden an or -
[give an enter -
(11 next( Tires -
1 they will ap- .
the thp worth
church.—The
eg renovated
end daughter, -
Iftarniss drove
ind a couple of
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NIIIIMER, 1,639.
'
olfishlloss Gill OS 011
Its just a question llow i4uoh of this wprld's
progress is due to the much ab sed, although very
human feeling, commonly call d Offishness. We
are satisfied that there is nothing that appertains to
the things oflife that isnaguided,and in a great meas-
ure controlled, by this feeling of self interest.Even
in matters where the greed for this earth's goods does
not play a prominent partii
, t s nevertheless a fad't
that we are ruled by self. Take the case , of the
thoroughly good man, of w',iich kind the crop is
not too heavy, and you will find that his kindly acts
and words are not so much the result of MI rent
love of mankind as of the pleasure -he derives from
the performance of these kindly acts; or, in ther
words, he gratifies his desire to do good.
For ourselves we could never see that t1is pro-
pensity of selfishness, so called, was such an un-
mixed evil that some are inclined to think it, We
find it at the root of all our public and private en-
terprises and movements, people vote for a scheme
not for- the interest they have in the public
well-being, but rather f:orn the interest they have
in the benefit that they expect that is going to ac-
crue to themselves one way or another. Now, we
find no fault With the feieling, because we think
that when people have a !selfish „interest in you,
they are very much more liable to serve your in-
terests that when their interest is wanting i. this
feeling of sefishness.
Permit us to herewith apply the foregoing re-
marks to the interest we have in the people who
buy Clothing. Now we are not philanthropists nor
anything like that. We are -endeavoring to serve
the best interests of the Clothing public, because in
doing so we realize that we are serving our own best
interests. , That may be considered a- somewhat
candid and fiat -footed statement, but its policy has
brought grist to our mill in the past, and there is no
doubt that it will be as effective in time to come.
- These prices are not quoted for your benefit
solely, but for ours also, and in their' being to our;
interest they are the More likel to be yours.,
The best value in a Child
we ever sold will cost ,you 25c.
Buckskin Pants for every
make," at $1 and $1.25 are a
find trouble in getting durable
pose.
Sailor Straw Hat
ay) wear, "our own
oon to those who
ants- for this pur-
W.
i
e show "our own make" o Men's Suits at $8,
$10 and $12 that are No1 valu 2
,
Items -worctli your consideration are Cotton Sox
at three for2-5c, and two for 25c in black and colors.
Boys' SchoolCaps at 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c. -
13oys' School _Pants, "our own make," at 50c
65e and 75e.
A nice Fedora Hat at 750 and 95c for men.
The new Linen Hats at 50e, 65c and 750 are
pretty.
A few items that we will not price o ing to
the multitude of the same are Slimmer .Und rwear,
Ties, Collars, Gloves, Shirts, Belts, Bike Hose,
Sweaters, Sox, Handkerchiefs, etc.
roig & Mach
Clothiers and Furnish rs
On the Wrong Side of the Street,
STRONG'S BLOCK, SEAFitir
PARTIES INTENDING LEAVING FOR THE
,
VTEJST
'11
Will do well to obtain all the information for travel-
ling via the C. P. R. a1 this office.
The handiest way' of remitting is by the use of
Dominion Express Money Orders—buy them a
any
time. -Perfectly safe. A receipt given wit ever 1
order. Do you use them ? Give it a trial.
J. MACDONAL
C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth.
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BRITISH COIJUMBIA.
(Written for MK ExPosnoa by R. Spading.)
• (Continued from laet week.)
AN HISTORICAL SKETCH.
Our western Provinoe has a history, fuld
of incident, yet unique and vastly differenh
to that of the others. Although more than
one nation asiierted rights to what is no
called Britiali Columbia, still the shores of
the Province have rot -witnessed such scenes
of blood as ware conspicuous in the transfer
of the eakteria continent. It is generall
supposedthae at a very early period Span
ish adventurers and traders had made visit
to the westeen coast. After Cortez had
discovered what is now the state of Cantor
nia in 1537, Spanish sailors explored the
entire coast,. Among the early navigator%
the belief was prevalent that on the weetern
coast, would be found a passage which divid
ed the continent of Nor th America into two
halve.s. This (weaned mysterious passage
was known td themhis the Ainan strait, and
from ,the very vague knowledge of the geo-
graphical nature of the comet this strait wasl
suppesed to ,he located somewhere near
what is now nailed Juan De Fuca strait.
The career of he Shaoiarde on the Pacifiu
did not differ from what characterized that
nation in other colonies. The early explor-
ers, were really buccaneers, who (tarried on a
work of pirao and despeilation, itnd earned
for proud Span la name which has always
been proverbi 1 Of cruelty. The pirates
made iich har wits by robbing the natives.
Following in he tracks of Spain pame the
greet English evigator, Sir France Drake,
who vietted the west in 1578,9. fte, poss-
essing aelire hatred of the Spaniar4a, began
a work of pluoder by destroying h ir towns -
and settlements, and even took the
r richly
laden galleons, which were duly censidered
valuable prizea. It is said Ghat Drake win-
tered on the coast neer the ince' of San
Francisco, took possession of thp whole
coast in the name of Queen Elizsbe h. The
records point to the fact that he ailed al-
as far north as the entrance o Juan,
De Fuca strait ; some even state that he
sailed ae far north as Alaska. The fact that
he hoisted the British flag at Drake's bay,
and took posseseion of the country in the
name of England, was the ground of con-
tention taken by England in after years
when disputes with respect to houndaries
and rights of settlement arose. Following
in the track of Drake came Cav udi(311, of
great fame, whonavished the enei e Spanish
main and eucceeded in taking groat booty
from the then e titmice of England Numee-
ous other navigae ors came to the west, but
space will not ermit even mention. In
1592 Juan De F ea sailed iuto he obrait
,that now bears his name, and the discover,
'ed what was known as the traditi nal Aina,n
strait. The rep rt which he heel left corre-
sponds in the m jority of oases with the
waters he is said to have trave se•d. For
many' years litt e further atte tion was
given to expldrat on in the west I ntil Cap-
tain Cook, on his third voya e he 1 778, vis-
ited the coast of hat is no British Colum-
bia. } A few yea a previou ly, Itehring,
Dutch navigator •n the emp oy if Russia,
had discovered t e strait th t stillbears his
name, and came :s far sout as ount St.
Mho, which has .ow beep s own to be in
Canadian territo y.
In this conne ion refer
made to the trad tional reco de th t Chinese
Len
and Japanese sai ors discove aceth hould be
,
western
coast long before Europeans saw the new
world. It is saitethat they cam over in
their " junk e " o ships and disco -ered the
coast. Relics fo ind along i e co st go to
prove in a elig t degree, at 1 -sat, the
autbenticity of t is accoun . T e native
Indian races of British C lumba are no
doubt of Mongol an origin a 1en oubtedly
3
found their way ither by thi hoijt passage
cif Behring serait , but these m grations,
though perheps o remote an iquit , formed
no essential elem ne in the settlement or
discovery of the country.
-in 1778, as has leen ment oned, Captain
James Cook arriv sd on the °est with bwo
ships. He had b en instruct d by the Eng-
lish Government to examin the western
coast and report a to the ex Acme of any
large bays or rive a along th& coast. Sail-
ing pasted Juan e Fuca s rat, he cast
anchor in what e called ing George's
sciund, since name Nootka, hich was ale
n tive appellatio Unfavorable weather
prevented him from making a ything like a
Minute examinati n of the coa a so he sail-
ed northward thr ugh Behri g strait,. On
his return voyage he met his ildath at the
Sandwich Islands The crew which had ac-
companied him h d returned to England,
and their report f the profits to be made
from trade in fur;, induced en ny other ad-
venturous spirits o try their,f rtunes in the
west. One Jame Hanna caM out in 1785,
but met with gre t opposition from elle In-
dians, who have lways been Med for their
brave resistance t colonizatio stout arrange-
ments were afterwards mad *hereby a
very profitale tra e was established.
Numerous explorations wer made of the
coast, but in 178i a sudden change took
place, when a S 'soloed na ed Martinez
sailed into the harbor at ootka, took
ossession for the King of Spai , seized the
English ships and made pris ners of the
crews. The English parliame t looked up.
on this act as on( of high -h nded piracy
and made a atone demand of S ain to com-
pensate and resto e the ship;. This Wa&.
done, whereby S ain agreed o withdraw
from the ooitet an 1 pay $210,0 0, To carry
out the details of Ithe transfer 'aptain Van-
couver was sentl out by England. This
famous navigatorjmade a full and accurate
sarvey of the enti e coast line as far north
as latitude 60. Tie transfer of thelproperty
taken by Spain diI not take place as was
intended, ,becauser the Spanish Admiral dis-
puted with Vencoluver as to the lands that
were to be ceded.. Thus passed from the
territory of the mirth Pacific the last vestige
of Spanish °coup 'tion, which amounted to
nothing from a colonization standpoint.
To more souther' climes the proud Span-
iard went, but he has left in these northern
regions many na es by which he will be
forever remember d. Such names as Hero,
Rosario, Valdez, San Juan, Hernando,
Fidalgo, Cordov , Galiano, Cortez and
Gonzalo still re nein, although many of
these names are eing replaced by those of
English origin. uring all these troubuloua
times two Fren h explorers visited the
coast, and have given to i history valuable
records of their eXploratioi a. '
After the withdrawal of
the Spaniards,
England even neg ected the territories on
the coast. The vi ry uneetisfactory terma
of the surrender have left room for numer-
ous future disputes regarding territory,
which controversi s, suck as those which
grew out of the 0 egon treaty, fully attest.
It is a significant act that the statesmen of
England, when clanging treaties with
other natione in which the transfer of terri-
tory was the ehief eature, signally failed to
grasp the imports ce of this western coun-
try, and oonseque tly allowed much valu-
able possessions to simply slip from their
hands.
. For long years v ry little effort was put
forth by any count y in the matter of col -
:romlecr
FORTH, FAIDAY, MAY 12, 1899,
1 ,
oniza,tion, until the year 1835 the small
paddle steamers " Beaver," the property of
the Hudson's Bay Company, arrived
at what was afterwarcle knoWn as
Victoria, now. the capital of the
Province. The company had 'for eitme
years had its headquarters on the Columbia
river, but when difficulties had arisen with
rival concerns, and when the dispute re-
- garding the boundary line between phis
Province, then called Caledonia, had become
a serious question, the headquarters were
transferred to Oamousin, which after wards
'became Victoria. Much credit is certainly
due the Hudson's Bay Company. Although
its purpose was to trade in furs, yet the
preservation of law and order in those very
perilous times, speaks well for the judgment
of the company's officers and hief factors.
Several overlandatnorneys were made to the
Pacific) from Iludsen's Bay or Fort Garry.
U.'he &et man to cross frorn the Atlantie to
the Pacific was Sir Alexander Maekenzie.
This intrepid explorer, Who had been an
officer in the Northwest I4'ur Company, was
desirous of discovering a water route from
Hudson Bay to the Pacific. On July 20th,
1793, Mackenzie reached the shores of the
Pacific at the mouth of the Pella . Cools.
river. He subsequently; sailed down the
Columbia eriver. About the same time
Lewis and Clarke, two American explorers,
made an overland journey to the Oplumbia.
The Astor Fur Company founded
Jacob Astor, of New Yorlaestablis Id john
itself
at the mouth of the Columbia, hus the
town of Astoria, whioh forms the s bject of
Washington Irving's famous book,w e found-
ed. IThe Northwest company soon ebtained
control. During the war of 1812, en Eng-
lish gunboot too & Astoi i a By Vh4 treaty
of Ghent it was restored to thel United
States, and was occupied by the 11tr com-
panies until 1846, when the boundery dis-
pute was settled. In 1859 tw parties
started from Canada on an overlau4 journey
to the Pacific, but the greet difficulties ex-
perienced in traversing what was then prac-
tically terra incognita were more than the
hardy voyageurs were able to surmount.
(To be continued.)
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The Crops in Ontario. 1
The following statement has been issued
by the Ontario Department of Agriculture
regarding the condition of crops and live
tock, based on reports received from over
ve hundred special coerespondents during
the first week of May, 1899 :
nor, WHEAT.
The weather during t e winter and the
arly spring has been e ceedingly tusfavor-
ble for fall wheat, and as a coneequence
he crop, which promise well before the
nowfall, has been great y injured by the
nclernency of the season and is practically
failure in many locali ies. The want o
now in most places left he ground exposed
o unusually seyere and protracted frosts,
rid the heavy rains formed pools of water
blob froze and killed t e young plants in
he hollows and floode lands. The dry
eather which has preva led in some neigh-
orhoods since the openi e of the growing
eason has &leo wrought , some injury. A
onsiderable percentage E the,area sown to
all wheat is being ploug ed up. As a rule
his crop appears to ha a wintered better
n clay or heavy la th n on light soils,
lthough the expe ince of correspondents
is by no means un n mo e on this point.
'he situation of th I nd and the degree of
helter afforded fro win and frost by its
ore influeatial facto in deciding int suit -
1 oat.on appear to a e b en a considerably
bility for fall w )(tat Lrowing than the
heracter of the 801 In many cases it has
Pen observed tha he par tial protection
fforded by accumu a, lens of snow near the
f noes, the rest of t field being bare, has
s ved the wheat pl nts this protected. It
i worthy also of nit that the reports from
lgorna, where the e was good covering
o snow during the titer', are more favor -
a, le than those frorn he older-eettled coun-
t es. There are slig t lo ses from insect
ate reported, wire- orm and the Hession
having appeared I et fa I in a few locali-
ti s in the western pert �f the Province.
t the time correspondent, wrote rain was
u gently needed at seyeral points to ensure
V e remaitiing crop.
CLO t ER.
A large proportion ef the clover crop in
e ery sectioo of the Province has been
inter, killed, owing t the scarcity of snow,
L e plants beiag eith r heaved or frozen
i ,the ground b exposure to . the
is verity of the weath r. The thinness of
't e old growth by reas n of the drought of
1 st season, and the p or catch on newly -
s eded areas, oontrib ted to this -result.
lite damage appears t have been greatest
i the Lake Erie and ake Ontario groups,
hile the mest favorable showing is made
b northerly localities, where the snow re-
ained on the groun to a later date.
here the crop surv.ved. the winter the
fiilds are generally in healthy and flourish -
i og condition, and proriise veell, although in
s me cptarters clover is beginning to suffer
f r lecke of moisture. .
VEC ETA TION. .
The 1 te opehing of spring, which render-,
e vegi ation generally behind hand in the,
e rlier art of the season, has been come
ensate for by recent warm and favorable i
eathe , which has resulted in so rapid al
owth that in many localities t e first of!
ay foi nd veoeta,tion well advanced, afforde
g good pasturage for live ,stock. Reports
e, ho ever', very variable in this respect.
he Lai e Erie counties and the eastern por-
Von of he Province appear to be the most
b:ckwa d sections. Fruit trees and shrubs
i th3 sest are in leaf at an earlier date
t an us al, Continued dry weather has
s mewh t retarded the grass in many quart -
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, SPRING SEEDING.
Consi erable variation occurs in the re-
p rts re Yarding seeding. While some of the
✓ ports state that the seed -bed hair beeo
1 vorabl , a larger number describe the soil
a bein too wet, or inclined to be " sad"
a d"r n together," to quote several cort
✓ spend nts. In the west and north clay
a its we e said to be heavy from the weight
o snow, while in more eastern localities the
f ct was} pointed out thee. there was an un -
u ual de th of frost ii the ground. The
s aeon as generally re arded as being late,
b t the remarkably fine weather prevailing,
a corre pondents wrote, made the oetloo
f r the etting in of spring crops an encour
a ing on . The prospe ts are that a full
a ea of airing grains wil be sown, particu
la ly of li sts.
YR LI IT AND FRUIT TREES.
Repor s as to the condition of fruit trees
✓ ry in ifferent sections, and aometitice i
th sam locality. In the peach -g owin
re ion, nown as the Essex district, many
pe Ghee have died during the winter, while
in the Niagara district the lose reported le
s all, perticularly near the lake shore. Ir
th Lake Erie group some plums:and pear
ha e also sustained injury during the win
te , but, generally speaking, there has no
be n serious injury to fruit trees other th
pe
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ALEX. WINTER, Seafort4.
r
speak of an abundant bloom on orchar
trees, and some fear that the blosioms ar
oat so early that the late spring frosts ma
attack them. There are some references t
black -knot on the plum, but the chief trou
bib complained of is the appearance in larg
numbers of . the tent caterpillar. I Severe
correspondents express their confidence i
spraying as a meana of checking this an
other insect and fungous pests. In th
western part of the Province a number o
crirrespondents stated that small friaits, par
tioularly raspberries, have sufferedrfrom th
trying Winter.
LIVE STOCK.
As a rule live stock have wintered well
and are in good condition, fodder bein
abundant, though some correspondents no
a scarcity, especially in the east and on th
Lake Erie frontier. Many of the cattle are
rather thin in 'flesh, though healthy. The
market for bob' horses and horned cattle is
brisk, and pries good. Horses have suf-
fered in some Places from influenze and dis-
temper. Sheep have been remarkably pro.
Me, and the young lambs are mostly strong
and healthy, thougn in a few localities con-
siderable losses have taken place. The
most serious disease affecting live stock has
been an ailment described as crippling or
rheumatism, which has destroyed very
large nuntbers of pigs, especially the
younger animals, in almost every part of
the province. The cause of this disorder is
supposed by some to be overfeeding with
grain during the long confinement of the
winter months.
FARM ST:PM ES.
A considerable quantity of hay beyond
that necessary for home requirements re-
mains in the hands of fanners in most local-
ities, the low prices prevailing having been
insufficient to bring it to the market. In
many placen however,the extra demands
of the late spring have left them with little,
if any, available eurrilus. Oats are much
scarcer, and the reinsimng supply will main-
ly be required for atopic feeding; A large
proportion of the wheat harvest it yet re-
tained by thole who can afford to do se in
the hope of ari increase in price. The geeat
demand for cattle at good figures has result-
ed in the sale and shipment of an imusually
large number bf fat and store animals, so
almost a uniVereal scarcity,
e former, some places being
insufficient supply for local
emends. Several correspond -
thal there is
especially of t
lett with an
slaughtering
ents note thp,t farmers are beginning to
realize that it is more profitable—at least
when feed is sidling at a low price—to fat-
ten their own stock for market instead of
selling them ais store cattle, This tendency
of course somewhat reduces the supply both
of &terse grain and of the stockers for ex-
port. Its perrhanency will naturally depend
upon the relative prices of feed, and of fat
as cempared with lean cettle.
Canada.
,
' —Hon. Mr, Tarte, Minister of Public
Works, is seriously ill.
—The bye -election in North Waterloo
will take place on May 23rd,
—Nearly 600 iron moulders in Montreal
have gone on strike, and the fight between
capital and labor promises to be along one.
—McGill Univereiey, Montreal, proposes
to pay a signal honor to Rudyard Kipling
by conferring upon him, in June, the de-
gree of L. L. D.
—Burglars broke into the station of the
OttaWa & Now York Railway Company, at
Cornwall, on Thursday night Of last week,
, and blew open the safe and carried off $300
which it contained.
—Hon. A. S. Hardy and Hon. G. W.
Rossi who have been away recuperating
since the close of the session, have returned
to Toronto, feeling greatly 'benefitted by
eheir rest.
—A Presbyterian :school for boys will
hortly be established in Toronto, under the
rineipalship of Dr. Bruce, of St. John's,
ew Brunswick. The company has leased
he beautiful grounds and residence of the
1 te'Sir David McPherson.
te-In the department of the Registrar-
eneral, in Toronto, is a unique record by
hieli the clerks lay great store. It is a
register of marriages in the Ottawa district
from the 22nd of July, 1816, up to the 24th
of June, 1853.
• —Thomas Marr, who lived with his son,
south of West Lorne, suddenly fell off his
chair in the house, on Wednesday morning
of late week, and immediately expired. He -
was blind for two years. He was in his
1
73cd year.
—Joseph Noel, of South Durham, who
spent Friday in Montreal and was proceed-
ing home by an evening train, fell under the
wheels at St. Lambert, aid was crushed so
badlY that he died Saturday. Noel was to
have been married this week.
—The amount paid by the distillers of On-
tario, under the new rev nue bill, amount,
to about $35,000, which i $2,300 more tha
expected. The largest feeamounts to $6,000
This is paid by Messrs. Gooderham & Co
Walker & Co., Walkerville, and H. Corby
Belleville.
—Daniel G. Barstadt, of Denver,Colort
ado, was killed at St. Catharines, Thurada
afternoon of last week, by falling off a
freight train and being nut in two. Both
arms were broken, his face badly cut, his
heart and liver entirely removed 'end the
rest of his body mutilated.
. —At Dresden on Saturday morning last,
between 3 andd o'clock, the Ca,nachan Bank
of Commerce vault and safe were blown
open, the safe badly shattered ard about
$6,000 in Bank of Commerce notei taken,
Securities and other papers were 1eti undie.
turbed. There is as yet no clue to the
barglars.
—$r. Thomas A. Browne, who has for
man years acted as the efficient secrete
of the Western Fair Association, of Londo
has been Appointed postmaster of that cit
hi succession to Mr. Dawson, who will
soperannuated, after long and faithful se .1
vice, on July lst next.
, —threat Britain's reply to the suggestiouil
of this American Government in regard to a
provisional Alaskan boundary was despatch,
ed to; Washington last week. The provias
ional boundary was practically agreed to a
year iligo, with the exception of a few mil .
of the Dalton trail, at the end of the Chilke
pass, from Pyramid harbour. The Wast
ington Government's suggestions relate to
14
ches, A majority of correspondents thie strip of the Dalton trail. Crusade 'As
:
agreed to the linhiadary with s me minor
medifieetione, and England has oo firmed it.
A settlement of the matter isexp oted, as it
is net believed thait the American Govern-
ment will raise any difficulties over Canada's
modificatione. 11 -
Sha ighnessy, a well known
brakeenian on the Grand Trunk Railway at
East!Toeonto, wassqueezed to death Sun-
day morning, while making up a train at
Searboro Junct,jon. He was about to move
the ton u lin a Jenny self -coupler, to pre-
vent it oupling, When the sleek of the
train cam ;back and pinned him between
two eara.
1
— u.
r. Montague, who has just re.
turned frori Brit-ish Columbia, reports the
brightest prospects on the Peel& Coast.
.f
" By Ines every train," he says, " English
capital 1 pouring into British Columbia, for
4
investm te in mining property, and, with-
out donb the present year will see the
largest deeelopment in the history. of the
t,
Caned* W,st.
—Mere Bell, wife of Mr. George Bell,
baker, of Paris, met with an accident Fri-
day mottp .g4 which may have fatal results.
Mie. Bel I was burning some sulphur to
fumigate a room, when her clothes caught
fire, and before Mr. 13e11, who heard her
cries, could }extinguish the flames she was so
badly hiimnd that slight hopes are enter-
tained foj her recovery.
—Auei lai aged four, daughter of Mr. A.
Sutherla ,lof Brantford, was almost burn-
ed to death en Thursday of last week, while
playing at a bonfire. She died from the
effects (Alit the next morning. The child
resided With her gran-hnother, Mrs. M ur-
i I d
nt-
ParheY'deinaf
ford.
--Mr. T.1 A. Bell my, editor of the Ing
toll Sun; While on ,Iiis way home Smut
night, abPitt 11 o'cl ck, was assaulted
some unichhorn man He was struck on 1
head and knocked down, and two or th
blows were adminieted while he was dew
A doetor Was called, and it was found th
Mr. Bellanty had received a sever blow
the head and a deep cut on his chi
—Rev'. Dr. Grant, of Orillia, bet er kno
as Kuoxonian, hats undertaken tc, write
biography of the late Dr. Cochrane,
Brantforel. Dr. Grant and Dr. iCochra
were feet friends for years. Mrs. ICochra
has placed tnuch valuable manuscript in t
hands of the author, which will aid h
materially in his work. Rev. Dr. Stewa
of Glasgow, will write a chapter deeli
with the doctor's boyhood in Paisley, Se
jan--!IA. veryl painful discovery was made
Saturday Morning by Mr. Geoege iSimpeo
well known farmer, living about a m
was e
eel a garter north of Onondaga: On g
ng, to the hare early in the morning
duud the body ot his nephew, atdw
impsonihanging suspended fro
4e rafter8. He lost no time i
down the holy, but the deceased
hlanginghh re some hours, and lif,
theca The deceased was 22 yeare of ag
and, had .may friends.
—On Friday Morning of hist week fi
broke oat in sorne outbuildings in the re
of, lMorrow s �rug store and Thomson
grocery itotte n Elora, and spread to t
prereisesi of lit D. Norris, druggist, dams,
4
p rtment. 1,1 Morrow and famil escape
17 the tieleera h epee and wall aper d
f orn their residence above the tore b
o mpletp wa eui coat! Loseirresotloni!hteyao
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s ious for tlare 1:711.hOwawningescape,PMe 'ouraPrnOdnw w' s ba8teo ur store cal s:
mil eegnantt,shhreaoidutgahheiiit te,ning. Mr. Morrow, tum
:hevofYithe P
was held in Woods
following officers, all of Tor-
leete : President, Mrs. Short-
reeld • ts, MCB. McLaren, Mrs.
obinson, Mtn. la.yfair ;
tary, Mrs. Hug Campt
etary, MisseMae urchyt
s. Grant ; foreig (mere -
,secretary of life ember-
' The next meeti g is to
uelph. The parents of the oh
rid dumb, and reside in Bra
er-
ay
by
he
ree
n.
at
on
wn
a
of
EC
ne
he
im
rt,
ng
ot-
on
n,
He
0-
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in
one of
cutting
ad been
e,
re
ar
's
he
g.
6-
b.
e.
n.
,—The an
FOreign „M is
lett church
weak. The
mitre wore
; titce-
MeLennen, Mr t.
cop
omen's
esbyter-,
ok last
responding- de
b 1 ; rehordln se
home secretary
t
suaiplys, MAIiessCa
Miss
orvopg.
be held at, OttaWai
than with al
at tho office of Collector of Custom
ab I ifidsor, the other day. He t
collector that a() years ago he sm
$10' suit' of clothes tom Detroit.
he
ree
leleit m the Governfeasti.re The
sho e qouraigrie
vn
WtLM $2.50, and th ie collector figur
with interest, this would now am
$7i The man paid the money a
att'slY h`a
al-Thenlarriagc on Saturday of a
me hani and a wealthy widow of
is announced. The wid
, and fort uneifavored 1.
tern -fitter, employed for t
he by the IleClarey Manuf
. The widow, who is mai
000, advertieed for a
on responded. After cor
as inviteI to meet her,
54 compotitor8 by consi
from as ing her how muo
This deliciacy paid him, as
ed of he house, wears a s
to work more t
ng lonesome.
as received a fe
India, announ
Samuel H. Kell
oparn and religion
pastor of Ste James'
hutch, Toronto. He
d 4 half ago. Some
e ill from over work
prostration. It was
est of his fellow missionaries
nd the American Board of
that De. Kellogg consented
to and take up the mere tedi-
e Missionary. He Was ask -
d of Local Missions to help
Id iTestament to the language
, in order that the Gospel
t to a betteradvantage. Rev.
f }England, and Rev. Mr.
ertca.n Baptist misaionary,
ender consciene
xplained, he h
vat meeting, nd with the ch
V had come a
been converte
Mi higa
850ap
50; ui toar
few mon
C pan
weeth 56
ea n Johne
nh
tan ed hi
refeeinin
she had.
bee the d
and does not inten
keep him from feel
--A cablegram
ago from Landour,
death of Rev. ter,
world-famedniissi
and a former
Presbyterian
India a *ear a
since he lbeca
caused nervou
combine:4 req
in the field
Local Mission
to leave Toro
ous labors of t
ed by the Boa
tranelate the
of the heathen
might be taug
Dr. Hopper,
Bates, an Au
were his colle gues. The work has been
completed, and the men were engagedin
making the reyieW of the translatioa abreeforaet
. .Kel-
cane
Allan
Id th
ggled
cently
at
nge o
ccount
I dut
that
unt t
d wen
Lando
etroit
w had
John
e pas
cturing
to b
usband
even d
nd die
erately
nioney
he now
lk hat,
an will
days
ing the
gg, the
writer,
Equal e
went to
months
which
at the
shown them, had fallen into the hands of
persons, -who might treat them cruelly, or
would make -them work, which would make
them suffer." The executors had no option
but to carry out the testator's wishes, and
accordingly the three valuable horses were
taken behind the mountain, and shot by Dr.
.M
Thursten, of eGill University. This is
believed to be the first insta,nce of the kind
that ever happened in Canada.
- —During the month of APril there were
discharged from the Central Priem, Tor-
onto, • 64 prisoners; first tonvictions, 53;
second or more than two convictions, 11.
'
There were 45 Canadians 4 English, 9
Americans, 2 Irish, 1 Scotchand 3 others.
From the jail there were 116 discharged
during the month; males, 102; fona es,
14. Of these 26 were convicted for tile first
time and 90 more than once. There were
24 cases of drunkenness. The Prisoners
Aid Association assisted 58 prisoners, as fol.
lows : From the Central Priam '
, 15 • from
the jail, 39, and from the Mercer Iteform-
atory 4. During the month the agent of
the association had 190 interview with
prisoners in the Central Prison and jail.
He made 51 visits to the Central Prison, 43
in the interests of prisoners, besides 45 calls.
From the Mercer Reformatory there were
13 discharged, of whom 12 were from the
city and 1 from the country. The Bible -
woman made 17 visits to the police court,
13 to the jail, and 8 to the Mercer Reforma.
tory during the niontle. She also made 94
calls, and bad 507 interviews with female
prisoners. The Central Prison Night Scheel -
had an average attendance of 137 clueing the
month.
Huron. Notes.
—The population of Wingham, rewording
to the assessor's return, is 2,204.
—Dr. H. H. Rosa, of Auburn, has gone
toChicago to take a course in the hospitals
there.
—J. E. J. Millyarcl, son of Rev. R. Mill.
yard, of Clinton, has passed his second year
examination at Victoria College. ,
—Joseph Millyard, of Thornhill, father
of Rev. R. Millyard, of Clinton, died on
Sunday, 30th ult., aged 79 years.
—Sheldon B., son of Rev. B. Clement,. of
Clinton, stood first in his eecond yeerte
course in civil engineering at McGill Uni-
versity, Montreal,
—While Working on a building in Varna
the other day, Mr. Reynolds, of Clinton,
fell into the cellar and received a severe
shaking np.
—On Friday last, the engine house on
the Grand Trunk Railway, at Wingham,took fire but was extinguished befere any
serious damage was done.
—Hugh Carson, a highly respected resi-
dent of the 15th concession of Howiek, de-
parted this life on Saturday, 29th ult. De-
ceased was 82 years of age.
—The Wingham district eonvention of
the Woman's Alissionary Society will be
held in the Methodist church, Brussehe nn
Wednesday, May 17th,
—On Friday morning, 28th ult., Frankie,
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Pi idham,
of 0-oderich, passed peacefully away, after a
long illnets, aged 9 years and 10 months.
—James Alvin, eon of Mr. James Cern.
eron, of Cranbrook, died on Tuesday morn-
ing of last week, in his fifteenth year. De.
ceased had been sickly for the past two
years.
—Mr. D. A. Ross, for twenty yeers choir
leader in the Main street Methodist church,
Exeter, was the other evening presented
with purse containing $50 from the con-
gregation.
—A merlons accident occurred at the Kin -
lough saw -mill last week. As Fred. Rich-
ards was cutting slabs, his hand eame itt
contact with the saw, and was cut off at the
wrist.
—A quiet marriage took place on Wed-
nesday afternoon of last week, in Clinton,
when the nuptials of Mrs. Noble and Win.
Stewart, of Hullett, were solemnized, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr,
Andrews, of Londesboro.
—While doing some papering the other
day, Miss Coldwell, who hes just east of
Londesboro, menwith an unfortunate acci-
d dent. The board on which she was stand-
, ing broke, and she fell, dislocating her
e elbow and fracturing a small bone in ber
a_ arm.
—Rev. E. B. Smith, of Middletenhe
Goderieh township, was ordained on Mon -
f day of last week, by the Bishop of Huron,
8 Right Rev.M.S. Baldwin, to the priesthood,
y securing first-olass honors in all subjects
except one; last year he captured the gold
o medal for elocution, and this year also won
t honors in the same lite,
—A very distressing accident happened
u on Thursday of last week, at the Goderich
, organ factory. James Culbert, a led of
about seventeen years of age, was instruct-
. ed to clear away the sawdust from one of
t the planers, and proceeded to do so while
the Machine was still running, the result
e being that his right band came in contact
, with the knives and the whole four fingers,
. with a piece of the palm, were taken off.
. —The people in the neighborhood of Nile
were surprised and grieved to hear, on Sun.
day morning, 30th ult., that Miss Lena,
daughter of Mr. S. Sanderson, was dead.
It appears she had been a !sufferer for many
years with erysipelas of the bone in one of
her feet. About three weeks ago she com-
plained of pain in her face, and had a tooth
extracted. Blood poisoning set in,
causing
paralysis of the braid, of which shedied.
. —At the meeting m connection with the
Rodgerville cemetery, held in Carmel
church, Hensall, last week, the following
' trustees were appointed: Robert Stew -art,
James Wood and Thomas Kern -Mr, and
were instructed to purchase additional land,
ale° fix the drain, put a new fence in front,
and put posts along the eniside with gas
pipe on top, for tieing horses.
—A very pretty wedding took place at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Holloway, of
Wingham, on Wednesday, April 26th, it
being the marriage of their daughter,
Bertha, to Mr. George S. Cleghorn. The,
ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Pas-
coe, in the presence of the immediate
friends and relatives of the bride and
groom.
—Severe and painful accidents sometimes
happen simply. That which befel Mr.
William Gibbings, of Clinton, on Fri-
day, was such a one. He was building a
milk stand, when he slipped and felt to , the
ground, and although the distance VMS Only
about six feet, the sudden contact With
mother earth dislocated his thumb and
broke three ribs. At seventy years of lege
he will feel the after results more than he
would have a, few years ago.
—On Thursday morning of last week,
while a gang of framers were at work tak-
ing down part of Joseph Manning's barni on
the lith (=cession of Hulleit, .west of
Londesboro, a portion of the plate slipped
off the beam and struck a young mans
George Nimens, of Clinton, on the head and
shoulder, rendering hint unconscious. Med-
ical aid was procured and kind friends snin-
istored to him, and at present—there seems
good prospects of his recovery. However,
it will be some time before he will be well
enough to work.
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offering it for publication. He is
by a -idew and eix children. M
logg and two daughters and a so
La_ndour.
Afew
Weeks lap Dr. Walter ardleo
a well-known veterinary surgeon, o Mont-
real, died very suddenly. Dr. Wa die was
the owner of several valuable steeple hissers,
including Billy McKinley, Felix, w ieh he
bought from Mr. Seagram, M. ., and
Bushbolt, who won several big even at Bel
Air, The; horser were much affe ted by
their owner's death. When his will came
to be examined by his executors, ,it was
found to contain ehe following peculiar
clause, " It is met will and _desire that one
week after hay Ideseh, my three ,horses,
Billy McKinley, Pushbolt, and Felix, be
put to dea h in the way which will cause
them the leat pinnr It is my desire, for I
would be grieved to know that theire ani-
mals, aftori Vhs core and affection 1 have
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