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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-05-19, Page 144. 12, 1899 .1.0880.ana•it 3S-OrtMen 1?— CARPETS CARPETS CARPETS CARPETS I.RPETS A,RPETS kRPETe I.RPErS , CLOTHS VMS L'7URTAINS K CURTAINS' LOE ouRfAilis vi-c-s'uNS SL NS e NES TONNES` 7.N.Tos ;4RINGS ERINGS s • AH1JL, is co. test Cask Store. vieit [ the Lea& ueaah—t ports Ly ot the no oriotte Brock.ville Wed' -.ere &eat' s have ...rulers -ere c rtaine L.rul uheold z ot re- , to get 01 the itelL eneraber of m who had good. lietance away and fin; others. Thie net fleet a boy 6 tUrn [kern hen* others. ! We hone Sadly wd ,not be - r• .A.lex. Challet, sd witb a severe. -, by fa ling an has laid him Gethot diereed t(., the rag men aria H-tward, of wit13 his unt,Mrs. Ir. and Ire. Hoar and er arid Grey hag bee holding. , church for the e arid B atty are L. with ea pleasant eigaty is seriously r Robert ega on ti e Mont- t repair .d.—Mr. [ been lo king for ce, Iola made a Ilryadale, ,ercierroet,--I see te has been car - I alsio notice. referred[to that will [consider e early' days of p they will give Ithey say in Par- !;- they have the rit contract, or winter to knock the dhalleoger. irce yourag gen- ie cockey, and, challenge for politica was gentlemen are 13 institution of cerrespondent a way back Washington ae ; when we or high priced rtk the repute - ung men of the an my part, but tdok right is on dreitell oppon- L !eine:1.m. eedeat of Lia- ised away on eget' 74 year5. vets, the finel 'ec within the moved with Tu'cle, from el 1853, and a• eiere her hue- ing in of a 4.mg on Mill ieteit for the ed to the river • heaves a faxu- away- ia Strat- t he death ab tory, of Mrs e a well-known of the early where at ono` ,Jr. Mclutoeh ra about two - before he died err vehich he, a as born near ; t year are f parents in 'Amity owned Lit week AleXe ;etitleman ant :w who haa, lor abut .. 14eueens beteih [ eancesap ,bauseed by er. tbyhi THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,640. Tho ,Clothing uoto The question of clothing has always been a na tter of great prominence in the minds of men. What to wear and how to wear it, has ever been. asked. Adam, when he knew where he w s at, set about con- structing his, first tailor-made suit, and so on down. Now, we have only one idea in introd 'of clothing, and that is, t le placing once readers the fact that we aie in the clothing the way we make it our usiness to Clothe properly, and not merely cover them. This sem ordered clothi great measure offer this seas the workmans n there has g and finer to the lower n, at the sa trimmin been a MOS cfoods[ T price 13 tha e time gi s, et 1V !Is 1 • We are sh wing West of ngla $15, $16.50 and, $8. cotcli Tw •Venetians at $16.50 and $ 8. The Irish erges have, not equls r the lasting ualities of colors and, re terials. There are merous imitations of this fabric, bu kf you %GUN the griui e old-fashionpd Irish r policeman' Serge, there is not the lightest doubt jthat you iwill have a safsfactory suit, as we 1 as something that will look dressy antd nice, no matter wl ere r ,when you claoose to wear it. Our price for the genum art cle is $17.50, -ta4 it is well wo:th it. 3 gra is a e ha g the Wdr ds a cing th ore be ibusines our ifying tributa e been fullest subject ore our and by stomers rade in ile•in a able to value in ted Su4ing at d Vicunas •and A ddllar will only buy a dollar's W inay happen th t from one man you cvorth for your 4 ollar ; from another pb buy $1.95 wortl but the general run chants make no attempt to give, or p 'ibut a full fair d liar's worth. _The ,ite no other reconar end than that eacl a legal Canadian lollar's worth, worthy 1 11 11 rth in most Cc SO I t will receive a 95c sibly the doltlar of fair dealing mer - tend to give, 4nyithing s quoted belOw offer every itena i full e price asked:. 11 Item 1 Bnekskin Pants at one d llar. Item Boys' ,Mackinaw Straw sold better iralu . 1 Item e Tammany Shirt i 's so tough" it's a wearer. Hat -at 25o; we never 1 Item 44---B ) betwet .1i here a save' oney by It's all a mista 4o-wn and Make 4nd 75e, and. 11 ! ys' School Pants; d Cork that does naking school pan e, No -womanr no up paints similar to ve anything saved ther ot ji s foi mat tho or h You may have seen the Childr n's t 25c. The nadst nd only satisfactory S •01-woo1. The new thing in this i th ing price is $1. The follow ng lines we will no as there are so many d4ferent qua sateen shirts, white shirts, hosiery, ilags, belts, brac s, collars, cuffs'su ,I and, bow, striii g, paf, scot, flowi cub end. and k lot ties iii an endless va for anything in men's furnishin s it att ities glo mm ng Greig at 50c, is not a fond i4iother agine that she can • her boys at home. er how clever, clan sit e we sell at c' 65c ' r trouble. ailor that we show eater to wear is an club colors—the sell- mpt to quot4 jrices, of the saine : Black es 'hats bik tock - r underwear, fo ir-in- nd, winclsor, gra uate, ietY of shades. Try will pay you. , & Mudd Clothiers and fonishe 04 the Wrong Side of the Stree STRONG'S BLOCK, PA I trr I ES IN TENDING L A INQr F .1 Til R THE Will do 'well tio obtain all he, inlorra don for t avel- ling via the C. P.. R. at this office. The han Dominion IL Perfe order. Do diest way of rernitting s by the r se of press Money `Orders—b y tpm a any tly safe. A receirt g.yen iwith ever ou use them ? Give it trOl. J. MACDO O. P. iL AGENF, S aforth. BRITISH COLUMBIA. (Written for Tin s E P0811011 by R..Sparlingd (Clontinued rein last week.) As the early sett! tnenhof British Colum- bia is so closely ass dated with the work of the Hudson's Bay Company, a sketch of this wonderful orga ization will be appror priate herd, In 1671 the company received its charter from C arles I., King of Engr land: By the term of the charter the corn Pany recei,qd the de right and privileg of tradiniii North merioa. In 1822 th Hudson's Bay Com eny and the Northwes Company ame.lgama ed, and from that tim onward noro atte tion was given to th oolony. gigantic trade was built up ati the oom any mad enormous profits, al though daring man years it experience great loss s. The g eat success is due t the noble and valiant men the company ha in its employ. Ma y of, these were Scotch men, mein of noble $ attire and ,, of strong, though charitable isposition. Space wil not permie of any e. tended account of these rence must be made to , who may justly be of British Columbia." of the company as e- mail he became chief years his name appears the history of British wing description of the f life at the same, I t given by Mr. J. Ter the employ of the com, , ading pds is on the coast of Brit, ia, were in stly quadrangular forts, by tal palisades, flanked by rined wit ' medium six•poundere -poundere eiraronades, with carts nd shot, rape and canister, be- ing alweye ready for action, not for mere empty sp w„ but fo ' use when regaired, feet below rl which fertonately, eldom happened. Al round the inside of tne palisades was a gal Ivry, the, platform of which was about 4i intervals,' busses on readiness gate and gateway t height. about, ten plank dou The tops above th cedar logs tions were with por stands of tion read wicket f which wa wherr the watchman within th famous m n, but ref Sir Jam s Dougla styled "he Fathe Enter tng he servic clerk, he tose rapidi factor, anI for man in conne tion with Columbia.. The foil posts and the mode take from the accou McKay, fee years in parry. "The t ish Colum surrounde bastions, and twelv ridges ro the top o ern socke wivels. for actio the palisades, and a s for mounting blunder 'hese were also kept i . There was a fron brick gat in the palisades, eac elect wide and twelve feet i 'he gates in;ches in led and s f the piths g round , fitted clos..ly together. The bas - agonal of three stories, pholes, and contained' bayonets and ammuni-, In each gate was a ere in pairs, and wee hickness, made of stout rongly belted together. des were eighteen feet ind consisted of stout usually oc s and lo muskets, for use. r ordinary Ingress and egress, closed! to 11 parties after 9 p. m., .atch for he night was set. The had to walk round the 'buildings stockadce once every half' hour, then mount the g llery and continue to walk, ther on round the fort. 'All's, well was dalled by them every half hour during the night The di erent ordinaey ' move- ments for he day w re. regulated byringing the fort b211; at 5.3 it. m. for all hands to • turn out ; at' 6 a. m. work for the day of the differe t employ es was given them by the officer in charge at 8 a. m.:for brealeL fast, at 9 o turn to, at 12 for inner, at 1 p. m. to r sumo wor , at 6 p. • for sup- per. The !elms for the day t en ceased for the op ratives, b t the clerks were kept at work uitil 9, and frequently ntil 10 p. m. Stric discipline was enf reed. No irregulari ice were Rowed, an all hands without el ecial refer nce to thei tenets of religion, lad to attend service n Sunday morning i. the offic r's messroo at 10 a. m. The eryice was read by th officer in charge, ,w o, though often a Pr sbyterian, and sorn Utiles a • oman Oath. ic, had to use the C urch of Ei gifted book f common prayer, .a, d itt regar to this regulation the force of h bit, and f good disci line were well exemelified wh n, through the influx of population, it h ppened tha churches Were bui t and re ular congre ations or- ganized, tie sturdy resbyterian , who had become ac ustomed, o the use of he prayer book, wit, is eirnpl though stro gly devo- tional Ian uage and .urely shcript ral utter- ances, followed it to the Anglica churches, and worsoipped the e in the hea ing of the prayers to which fro custom th y had be- come atta hed, and which they Would not late in th ir lives ex hange for any other formulari les on purely dogmatic pretexts. " Besid carryin on the fur trade, the Hudson's Ba,y Co pany, rani d horses, horned ca tle, sheep and other f rm stock. They had arge far s in differe t parts of the count y, had gri t mills, saw- rills, tan- neries, fie eriese etc., and expo ted flour, grain, bee , pork an butter to t e Russian settlemen is in Alask , lumber nd fish to the Sande ich Island., and hides and wool to Englen , from evil t is now the province of British Columfri . Thp Coal mines of Nanaimo ere opene by the Hudson's Bay Company • fter an unremunerative expendi- ture of $100,000 in the search for coal at Fort R,upe t. The spirit of enterprise which had leavened the Huds OD'S Bay Company after th coalition appears to have died out with the Northwest Company partnees, •hose last representative on the epast, Sir ernes Douglas, had certainly con- tributed 1 rgely to ihe prosecution of the industries t entioned. The sale of the -Hud- son's Bay omplisny's td,ck and assets to the Internatio al Finan ial Society, in 1863, brought to an end entirely any good results which may have arise from that, coalition. The new p oprietors, having killed the lion, preserved o ly the ou ward form and name, and althou h one of tl e ex -factors of the old eompan is now srime mover in the most, powe ful transcontinental railway in America, a d another of its employees con- trolled and is descen ents still control the coal trade is this prov noe, and own nearly two million ores of la d, the beet portion of Vancouv r Island, t e present Hudson's ay Compa iy, as far as Victoria is con- cerned, occupies the p sition of a respecta- ble wholesal grocery establishment." In their reatment of the Indians the company sh wed a tru degree of fairness, which in no mall meas re accounts for the manner in w ich the la s ewere respected. The responsi ility devolving upon the chief factor was consider°. ole, and though at times his rulings and m ;thods might, with a [certain degr e of justi e, be deemed arbi- trary, still hi firmness was the means by which the elations e dating between the Indians and he membe s of the company were preaer ed. The chief factor, in his travels from lace to pl ce, had the geeaterst of attention elven him. No monarch ever received grea er homag from his su *Ls, nor had the ore and fit ention of as many servants as h. In the «ilds he was ' Mon- arch of all be surveyed, and his right there waseeone to •ispute." History wi I always, and deservelly so, accord to the Hudson's Bay Compan due recognition, or the excellent result that have, -come f om its be eficent polic . In the province if British Polumbia, the abor- igines wore a ways plea ed at the adv nt of the whites be aurse they, had been t ained by the offloeri of the ooztpany to work and FRIDAY, MAY'h 191 1 eo they looked upon the white inttn as their friend. The noblest name that stands o t promin- ently on th pages of Hudson's Bay Com - hat of Sir in various 46, when n he held 1858. He peered at country, to carry ork. He nd judg-, t been for ore than cipitated. were gov- . a coun- really ad - Many of rary and ative goy. y scorned given the n affAirs. ng failed r, as far peny annal James Dou capacities o he became o with honor nd distinction until was one of those men who have a the right time in the history of tj i is unquestionably las. He had served the company until 1 • ief factor, a positi and who hare been specially fitte out some special and important was possessed of great tact and so ment, so much so that had it n thee there would have been, on oni3 occasion, a serious crisis pr The colonies in those early ,days erned by the Governor, assisted b cil of advisers, but the rule was • mtnistered from Downing street. the early governors were arbi loOked upon the idea of represen ernment with distrust, in fact th the idea of the colonists being privilege of looking after their o The Hudson's Bay Company hay tocarry out the terms of its chart as Vancouver Isla.nd was concern d, brought abl ut a ohange, and, as a resul , induce- nts were _held out to settlers, nd many t their lot in the new colony In 1856 first parliament, met in whit is now received rnment to ible goy - y consist- nd free- • holders The first unted to made to e United hen the 11 the dis- n as the consider- toria and any years oubt had ars th Victoria. Governor Douglas ha instructions from the Home Gov • °eery out the principle of respon eriSment. The House of Assemb ednef seven members'. All 20 po holders and 100 pound propert were entitled to the franchise. supply bill of the new colbny am only 130 pounds. An effort was secure a reciprocity treaty with t States, but without success. near colony bad got fairly starte pute with the United States, kno San Juan affair proved a source of abte irritation. The ports of Vi Esquimalt were free ports, and for enjoyed great prosperity, and no it been continued as such its pr gress and grtwth would have been much greater. [Th new Government et once pr ceeded to n up the country by the const uction of ros cc ds, many of which remain to t is day as w rks of great engineering skill Two of the engineerwho had much to do with the co struction of the roads and t ails were Pr minent characters in the later iistory of th province. Sir Joseph Trutch heeame a Li utenant-Governor, as also r id Hon. Edgar Dewdney, who has also gured in Ca adian politics. ln 1858 began the " Gold Ruh," and for some yeare, to use it weste ii pharse, everything "fairly hummed." Miners fleeked from California and other countries to this newly -discovered Eldorad . Many of those who came were merely ad enturers, and cared little for law or order, ut, owing to the stern hand of,the Governor aided by Child JusticeBegbie, very little 1 wleseness wee carried on. The name of 13e bie was a 1 terror to evil doers; This dis inguished jur et deserves more than it passing notice. He was the first Chief Justice an ' filled the °thee with credit from 1858 until 11394, when he passed away, -leaving a truly ionorab1e record. To all parts -of the pr vince he went, and was always ready to go where duty called. Much, suffering he endured, but still he gave hs life willing y forthe Cali80 of justice. So successful w a Begbie in his administering the laws that it is said that, during the most stirring time any per- soimight travel overiany portion of British Columbia without weapons of any kind ex- cetit, as a protection against wili animals, He was a man of great ability, an , besides, wa highly esteemed for hia social qualities. (To be continued.) ihast Huron Teachers' A socia - 1 tion. The annual meeting of the E at Hut Teachers' Association washeld in he ease bly room of the Clinton Collegiate Inetitu on Thurday and Friday of last w ek. T pr sident, Mr. T. G. Sbillinglaw, as in t eh ir, and after the opening exe cises, t fol owing commietees were Bele fed: R po ting, Messrs. Cameron and Lowery bu mess, Messrs. Scott and Watt re ; roe lutions, Mews. Robb, Lough and McFaul "Entrance literature" was intr duced b Mr. H. E. Fair, takingfor his lees n "Flo Gently Sweet Afton." He favore the i td ate acquaintance with the 1 fe of th au hor in order to understand t e work In proceeding With the poem he N ould giv att ntion to the following : 1, tine, pia an mood of poet.; 2, dictionary work; dehelop the plan; 4, develop th beauti of poem ; 5, reading of other poe s by th author; 6, analyzing and parer g; 7, 1 vielw. r. L. L. McFaul read a paper n "Least co- mon multiple, greatest corn on mul- tiple, and prime factors." By means of siniple numbers he led the pupils to see the meaning of measure, multiple, prime num- nu bers into prime factors; the using of be; prime factor, etc., the resolution of the factors in finding greatest common mul- tiple and least common multiple; and fin- ally' testing the pupihe' understanding of all terms which were used. One strong point in Mr. ItleFaurs method was its•thorough- ness. An ie Taylor, was undoubtedly one of the "earner reading with class'," by Miss most instructive lessons of the convention. The l change from the short to the long sound of the vowel by the addition of the final "e," was most skilfully , presented. Thelehange from " mad " to "made" was readily grasped by the pupils. Sentence metes were then dealt with. These in- volved the new words taught. Gkeat pains ever taken to have pupils thorthighly un - dere and what they read. Careful ques- tioni g as to "Who was spoken of?" "W at did he do ?" "Tc, whom did he do it?" "When did he do it?" etc., called forth most intelligent answers from the pupil . A most noticeable characteristic of the hole lesson was the remarkable activ- ity o the whole class from start to finish. All t e work was accomplished by them un- der the skilled direction of the teacher. Mr i Watters, delegate to the Ontario Educational Association, gave a very ex- haust ve and interesting report of the con- vene,ti [ rb hrases" was presented by Mr. Loug . e first reviewed the simple forms of the verbs, and then -by nkilful question- ing had the pupils give phrasal forms. The piapile were also required to investigate the cornporrition of the verb phrases, such queati na as the following- being used: What auxiliaries are used in forming the progr ssive verb phrases, the passive verb phras s, the conditional verb phrases, etc. Ins eater Robb gave a short address, in which he urged the teachers to give more attent an to the matter of keeping eheir re- specti e schoolhouses andi yards neat and dean. The teaches were wahned concern. ing th efilistitution of the c'stihient series of school helpefor the authorized -text books. Effort are being Made in the directioa of gettin trustees and ethers interested in school' affairs by having them meet and con- ! 99. 15 Desi ns In gilt Wall Papers, suitable for pare lers, dining rolems or halls—regular 150 and 20c papers, now 100 and 12to per roll. • CALLAND SEE Our Opaque Wi dow Sha es at 25e— cream one side, dark gr en on the other ; tnounted On good ring roller, only 25o complete. Hanging Wall or Ceiling Paper, c per roll, Experienced wo' kitten. ALEX. SINT R, 8 aforth. verse with the inspector, and he also urged teachers to work in that directio . He also emphasized the importance of h Ming com- mencement exercises, at whiche. trmanigche:tnbde[ public school leaving 'certificate awarded. Ratepayers! should e invited,[ and interest in this way -would b Aroused. Teachers were also urged to use heir influe enoe in the way of assisting in the better equipment of schools'. Some discussion took place, in which school help came in' for some severe denunciation. FRIDAY'S;ESSION. The treasurer's re ort was read and adopted. It showed it balance on hand of $93.73. The following officers we e elected: President, J. H. Lowery; 1st vice, W. . Watters; 2nd vice, Miss A. T ylor ; sec- retary•treasurer, A. H. Plummer; executive -t committee, Messrs. Fair, Baker McEwan, and Mises Reid and Campbell delegate, J. Hartley ; auditors, hJeers. An ereon and Metcalf. The newly elected pre ident, Mr. Lowery, then took the chair a d thanked the teachers for the honor they had con- ferred upon him. Mr. W. H. I3aker preeented he subject "Third class grammar." He mphasized the importance of having pupils, t an early stage, write their ideas', He wo Id obtain etatements of facts coneected wit common- place objects, and in this way t e distinc- tion between singular end plural is readily mede. His method of teaching ubject and predicate was then shown. FI criticized the method adopted by.many of always re- quiting an answer in the form of a full sen- tence. By example lead pupil to to see the use of did, done, 'toi, two, too, a, an, etc. The ordinary definitions should b mastered at this stage. . I , An excellent paper ;was read on "Drill and review" by Mr. James Mal wan, He pointed out ehat there was a danger of teaching too much and not drilli og enough. Facts too, that may have been W 11 present- ed, will lie dormant in the mind nlees care is taken to review them. The quefil ion as tp how far lists of namds should e 'memor- ized came in for a ver' interest ng discus, aide Mr. Shillinglaw, the, retiring returned thanks to the mem AsSociation for the honor that conferred on him, and also dealt of the features of the work of t Um Dir. Shaw gave a ver interesti g talk on over train and underpower of the brain. _ lie ad a human brain and it she p's brain on e hibition, and by means of these and char s an excellent presentation o' the sub- ject was made, He eaid the two great maul 8 of lack of brain power was first, lack of in united power, and second, 1 de of de- velo ment. He then srke of t e various] sizes of brain an said i that the size and dept of the c evolution deter ined the cepa ity of the ndividual ; the size of the nal objects were trans itted to he brain. brai was gr atest diiring the period of grea est intellectual activity. e then sho ed how impressions arising fr m eater - He hrew a good d al of light on quack phre elegy, showing that there 1 little or 0E1 no ennection between the sha e of the m- brai case and the degree of intell ‘ctual de- te velo mart. He. also 'showed th need of he abut'. ance of aleep—n4ural sleep not that he ; id ed by drugs. He also spoke very em - he phat cally of the danger of overs rain from e• exce sive activity, either mental •r physi- ; cal. On being asked his opinion of home- work the doctor said that in his pinion no • hotto-wcsrk should be giVen to juni r pupils. Y A g od deal of discuesion took lace, and W the,u animous verdict of the seociation e- wa si that homework should not e insisted e op in junior classes. 8' 0 Mg to indispoeition, Mr. C. e of the Sealorth Collegiate Inst ce been unable to prepere a pa 3, "Teaching of composition and lit es p blic schools," but in [place gav e t lk on the subject. Be would e- u graded settee' into two classes, senior, for the teaching of the composition. He wou d use fo sitch books as ."Aeso 's Fables ✓ ader," etc., containing short anecdotes. Ie would have several pupils write their e says on the blackboard and some of them d schesed by the teachei and class The subject "Improvised ap aratus for physical soience," was ititroduced by Mr, E. M. McLean, of Clinton Collegiate Institute. He showed how a cheap apparatu could be procured by those teachers hVho a e engaged in the teaching of the subtect o physical science. Among the princi les fo which he shbwed apparatus were w ights, easures, (millimetres) expansion,,e c. _ Interesting and profit le discu alone fol- lowed each paper, and he many able ad- dresses brought outy ny importa, t themes of interest to the teaching professi n. The report of the resolution c mmittee was presented as follews, and dopted : That the thanks of tbe ,Associatio be ten- dered u_s redto the Collegiate Institute oard for il e of the_ building. That oom s of the mis otes of the Provincial Teachers' Aseocia. tios be provided for eadh teaoher in East H on. That homewor be- not •iven to junior classes. Moved t at in the opinion of his Association'No. 0 provin ial reso- lution should be adopte , and that tbe re- mainder be referred back to the Pr vincial Aso' • dation. he next meeting will e held in eaforth at t e call of the president. president, ere of the had been ith some e Associa- Clarkson, tute, had er on the ratute in a short divide an unior and ubject of material " "Bell's • On a railway near Ottawa, a fe days ago, the engineer of it fag' paseeng r train saw a couple of men on the trac ahead wal ing in the same direction as th train was going. He whistled, and one an left the rack. The other paid no at ntion. The engineer whistled again without effect, then whistled down brakes and reve engine, but while still going at a go of speed struck the man, who wa twenty feet into the ditch in appar ntly an wit inanimate heap. As aeon as th train giv stopped the officials and passeng rs ran back and found the victim lyi g un- say conscious with a cut between his e er, an. day other on the side of hie head and is arm dro doubled under him, apparently roken. The comrade wbo.had been with h m and who seemed half dazed said the injar d man was a farmer named Jade Hayes, wh lived nearby. Hayes was not deaf, but" ad had a drop or two." The paseengers an if MoLEAN 13R158.. Publishers. $1 a Year in Advance. officials were debating whether to get Hayek. taken home or carry him on the train to Aylvein, ton mires, w ere the nearest doctor was, when the victim rolled over, staggered unaided te his feet, paid with an amiable grin remarked, "Gee,iwhat yer making till* fuse about me for anyoray ?" 1 1 Another Bank Robbery. 1 The third bank robbery in this province within it couple of weeks took place at Bow- manville op Friday night last or early Sat- urday morning. The Standard bank in that town was robbed of over $11,000) " There were six or seven men in the gang, who thoroughly understood the business of safe -cracking. The building is a bride structure, [built in 1894, and is equipped; with the latest and most improved burglar- proof appliancee. Thoi burglars first went to the police office and seized the night watchman, Henry Metcalfe, and after blindfolding aud gagging him, took a pair: of handeuiln he had and put them on him,: and told hun what they were going to &el and to keep quiet or they would shoot him: They then escorted him over to the bank, which is only across the corner, and com- menced operations. Metcalfe was guarded by one man with - a [revolver, while the others entered the ban* by removing it pane of glass frorri one of the windows on the west side of the bank. I , KNEW THEIIIIBUsINESS. The front door was then pried open ; three explosions took place in quick succes- sion, which apparently iworked well, for in half an hour the three doors leading to the place where the value les were deposited wire shattered eh thou h they were wood, About $11,000 belooginie to the bank, $110 to the Canada Life Inenrance Company, add it lot of valuablee belonging to private citi- zees were carried off. s soon as the job was finished they carried nightwatchman Metcalfe into the b.uik and departed for parts unkuowu. , NIGIITWATotoIAN" PUT INSIDE. Metcalfe was- fonncl there about five o'clock Saturday morning by Frank J. Gar- rett, who was passing a1id was attracted by it ourioue sound info e the building. The vault and safe was one of J. & J. Taylor's most *dem, and °mop ete in construction, fitted with time lock etc. The force of the explosiou blew off tho heavy door and de- molished the 'safe ,bey nd repair. The tti building was not dan'iage by the explosions. The office dock 'stopped t 24 minutes after teve, no dohlst by th%foree of one explosion. Ca —Foenst fires ere r bee province. 1 1 —Lever Bros., the big English soap man- ufacturers,' makers of Sunlight soap,will establish aiCanadien factory in Toronto. A eollishin oncerred on the Grand Tri nk near NaPanee, on Thureday, and Wm. Moon, a fireman, was killed. —Three men who N isieSd Chatham about the time of the Dresden bank robbery are now suspected of the crime. They are said to be in Chicago. —Elias Baker, a school teacher, jumped out of his bedroom window at Stevensville, on Friday; and broke his neck. His mind had become unbalanced. , -eRev. IV. i AL J. Martin, formerly of Knox ch roll, iGuelph. has been inducted ince the•p scoriae of Zion church, Brant- ford, as silccesaor to the late Dr. Cochrane. --Mr. justice Robertson In the court at Toronto on Monday honied an order fixing Co ourg as the place of trial for Ponton. The trial will [take place some time next fleallointreal caught fire near Merrickville, on ' A caeload of cattle on a train bound for Friday, and, a number of nettle were either burned to death or had to be killed to put them out of misery. ' --Meal J. Price'of London, while out bicycling was run down by another rider and thrown from her wheel. Mrs. Price ware picked up in an unconecious condition, her left leg being broken in ' one place and splintered in another. -.-From Saturday: morning last and up to Monday afternoon eight or loads of straw- bersfies were received in [Throat° from Ten- neseee and Nettle Carolina., the largest ship- ment for this time of the season in years P; Y and freight on • lift'. aging in parts of Que- the ,Jan met acci Sat The charges for du ruit amounted to $6, Alonzo Rice, aged 22, es Hall Company fact ory,at Woodstock, with What will probably prove a fatal ent while at work tr the factory on Hay afternoon. Rice l was engaged in saw ng it board on the rip -saw, when the pie flew back and struck him in the ab - don en. Ile,reeslived internal injuries. Natein Stein, a Russian Jew, who clai ns to e a, cattle defame was found neer Eas wood Thursday morning of last week. He 'mid iW was fret upon [; and robbed by traMps, who afterwards threw him from a box car in which he was riding. His in- juries are such that his reoovery is doubt- ful. ' --LA peculiar accident happened to Mies Maggie Bronson, of Hansilton, on Saturday. She,yawned too hard and was unable to close her mouth afterwards. Immediately she fainted away from fright. Medical aid waresummened and it mindr operation was performed by the doctors, after which her jaws assfumee their nature --Adam Wheaton, for of London, died on Saturd W ship, at the ii late Adam CI heat° I was to in the n tie -I- mo his tro ible. He dorng the d he fell over bee88. e a reside y ' Four me C1I8 einsec,rJoaoshn wg Be , near Co ,mployed in the position. years it resident y morning. The ,orn in Nissouri ol Wheaton homestead, ovomber 1821, his father being one of ing's R ere who fought in the het - i Lundy' Is ne in 1812. Mr. Pet idk Milkern, one of London's t prominent barristers, died suddenly at residenc i[Friday evening, of heart had been attending to business an; had just got ho e when tine necious. eeeas d had tt of, London r forty . na iitzg IE1 a 8000 r ov ectEliens Weeks, i'dward rald and Gilbert enter, sailboat from eller's , to Sneake's Poi t, near e boat water. wned ; e boat hton, Su day mnornin, when t ca P ized, thr veingl them 1 into the Fit gerald ana 'Bonter were both dr We ks and Chen Were clinging to t n found. ; Austin Bowen,' who is now serving 7 a in Kingston penitentiary, will be held and his trial on the charge of murdering ham. Gray, at Almonts, last fall. was watchman at a mill, and was ed his fottid dead, hafting:been shot by burglars, d rate who escaped. ,Joseph Thompson, who was flung arrested and taken to Guelph in connection the recent burglary at Hilleburg, has n the due away. •A Dauphinidespatch, dated May 12th, : Settlers :arrived from Sifton yeeter- afternoon with .particulars of the Meg of a Pcilish grrl, R,osalia Coomoot, aged 18[. Deceased and her intended hus- band, Matthew Schachinger, together with two Galicians, attempted to ford the Valley River at the old grist mill crosaing, when the wagon box was carried away by the train swift -r, ning'WaterI and the occupants 1 were dumped into the river. All but the girl reached the shore in safety. A priest was coming from Winnipeg to day to marry Schachinger and the unfortunate- girl on Sunday, One of the horses was also dron- ed, —The special correspondent of the Toron- to Globe in London, England, tables to that journal on the 15the inat as follow : A thousand Galicians are on the way to Can - ads on the S. S. Phoenicia, and another thousand are on the point hof sailing. The tide of European emigration seems turned strongly, towards the Dominion, in fact, - some authorition profess to think that ib may prove ernbarrasisingly large. —The business part of Port Burwell Wee destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The telegraph office, the Canadian Express Oatn- pany's office, the post office, the diatoms house, and the Bell Telephone Company% office were among the buildings burned. The only bueiness buildings saved were the Emery store and the Commercial hotel!. The Canadian Express Company saved all .the property and money orders in their office, but lost their books. --About 11 o'clock Saturday morning Frederick Wood walked into his svifes house, at Greenwood, gave hie watch to his daughter and ordered her out. He then deliberately shot his wife in the abdomen and ha the back, placed the revolver in his mouth and shot himself dead. Wood quar- relled with his family last spring,' ana was sent to jail. Since then he has wandered from place to place, his family refusing to receive him. His wife is still living, but is in a precarious condition. —Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Gregg, of Toronto, celebrated their golden wedding on Wed- nesday ot last week. Dr. Gregg is one of the most eminent members of the Presley- ' terian church in Canada, and was for many years a professor in Knox College., As gen- eral convener of the committee on the hymnal, he had the honor of sending a beautiful bound copy to the Queen, in acknowledgment of Her Majesty's perrnis- ion to the compilers to use certain tunes of he late Prince Albert, which gift Was ac- knowledged by her secretary. I t —Archie Fennell, an employe in the Brodie woollen mills at Hespler, bad a miraculous eecape from death on Thursday evening He was leaning against the eleva- tor gate on the fourth fiat watching for the 'elevator to stop, when the gate, which was secured in an upright position, became un - [fastened, precipitating Fennell head first 'down the shalt, a dietance of almost sixty [feet. When near the bottom the young man came in contact with the lifting cable, which he grasped, and it second later landed on the top of the elevator, which, happily, was still moving downward, thus breaking ithe fall to a certain extent His injuries, though very serious, are not likely to prove fatal. —Samuel A. Connor, a barber, living at Braeburn, U. S., will enter suit in the On- tasio courts next month, and lay claim to nearly all the site of the -city of Guelph, Ontario. Their grandfather, John Connor, was an early settler in Canada'and a Brit-. ish toldier during the war of 1812. For service rendered the Government, 800. acree'' of laud was allowed him. At the time of Jus death, more than fifty years ago, none of these tracts were -valuable, and his son, John, jr., who left home at an early age, did not return when hie father died, and was thought dead. The land was thought to be without owners, and squatters settled upon it. It is now oocupied largely by the city of Guelph. It is the sons of John who have undertaken to recover the estate. --Last spring the Minister of Agriculture fbrwarded instructions to Mr. W. Bach, of Fort -Selkirk, Yukon district, .to prosecute experiments in the direction of raising vege- tables in the vicinity of the fort, where there is it sheltered plateau of arable land that is said to exceed in richness anything in the disttict. This area is about three miles in length by two in depth trom the river, and, being composed of black loam, thaw e out to it depth of from 12 to 18 inc es every, spring. Mr. Bach has forwarded a report to Hon. Mr. Fisher, in which he . spate's that he has found the time -from which the frost leaves the greund until the period when frost makes the continuance of vegetable life impossible to be about th se months. Lettuces, cabbages, radishereve e - table marrow's and other garden vegetab es are quite capable of being raised to an. n - 'finned extent. Some of the equashee nd vegetable marrows are of large size. Po it - toes of respectable size can be produo 4, while turnips, carrots and parsnips that Will compere favorably with anything in the Mar.it:imt Provinces can he easily propa- gated • rather peculiar accident befel Flet- cher Pitrtridge, at Bornholm, on Thursday rnorni g f last week. He was ploning acid, and had ust turned in at the end of the land Wh n something took hold of him and whirled im around, giving hien several bad gashes in the face and leaving him senseless. After he ad gained consciousness he was un- able to a count for the mishap, but says be doesn't t ink the horse kicked him. —Wid w Kaufman, who lives with her daughtert Mrs. Winter, in Tavistoek, was seriously injured on Monday afternoon of list week. She went to the stable to feed the cow, and was still in the stall when the animal beeame frightened by a cat and jumping suddenly to one side pinned Mts. Kaufman to the side of the stall. Two of her ribs were broken and she sustained in- ternal injuries. i i—Wm. Patton.iteeventeen-year-old young man, residing in Stratford, met with a vete" dangerous accident lase week. He was es- , dating to move a small outbuilding when he _ accidentally thrust his left band through the window. On the impulse of the mo- ' ment he hastily withdrew his hand, and in i t doing so e piece of glass penetrated the , wrist tench severed the main art7.ery. e ' bleeding was most profuse, and it WAS with great dnficulty stopped. ' —There died on. Tuesday moreing of last ' week, 4 Stratford, Minnie, the wife of Mr. Fred J.1Colyin, cattle buyer for the Ceiling - wood, Meat Company. The late Mrs. Goblin was born inlBrantford,where she lived until she was ten years old. She then moved ito Stratford with her parents, where she has reisided ever since, her father being a fore- man in the G. T. R. round house for some years. Al few years ago she was married , to Mr. Colvin. Deceased was a lady greatly esteemed and beloved by all who knew her. Her death was caused by typhoid fever. --Mary,the six-year-old daughter of Mr, Henry S. Bean, a few miles east of Shakes- peare, me with an accident, the other day, in which she narrowly escaped being killed. Her brother, it boy of eleven years,was driv- ing a land] roller in the field, and she and a still younger child had gone out to have a ride. A rain came up shortly afterwards ._ and the team was headed for the barn, but they started to trot, and soon got beyond the control of the little fellow. On reachiog th0 barn -yard the roller struck the gate post and the children were thrown off, the roller painting over Mary, breaking her collar bone and causing other fracturea.