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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-06-16, Page 1E 3, 189 _ —FOI eather. arm weather has le sit demand for the lig terialS. organdieS. "wns, India Mune t in demand. These many of them are !B ern Wing linen, yet to that the breezes e it posaible for keep, cool and ler materials can md 30c per yard. dor Hat will be as imer. Shirt Waists ,y up to $3.00 each, Iced from 25e up qiirts are going from toe from $1 up to $3 ea* . RWEAR ; riow give place to tha ne with long eleeeee_ tevee, and eorne, with na ea cool aa you can poe. ar assortment cover' -)f different quelitiee Neutral Cotton shade's. ped and trimmed, nitre., se each up to the mese ted at 75e each. Tem g in White Wear fittek 7awers, Skirts, Chemise* 1 certainly be to yoi? hrough the contents o , •Suow White—as if cone ie laundrY. The best very mode.rate prices. SETS. uncomfortable to- the itting Cornet. If yoa throw it aside and -.: fitting Corsets. We. " tested shapea and a each make. The nine suit everybody. There short waist, the atent. r !study Of the corset n part iculer in selectiig. e satisfactory and coins ret. Our. best fitting 3, 165c, 75ti 90e, 81.00 eh, We I have lately "te made iSpecially for .hey are light in, weight, price 500 a pair— the comfort the wear- IERY. .er Cashmare Hosimy , Mies& and •Chiids t 25e Ladies,Cashmere Is never been beaten test selling hosiery at acme Stainless Bieck erry a litrge assort- iery is the kind that tod wearing qualities,' -daces, but is soft, to ly as well "as the foot , We sellas good a aa is sold anywhere ett no it:omit ef it—we 3t for parcihasers who - : de for 1iit money, emphasis!' upon the talities oil Inverted i 25e per pair. These lexica.n Craton, with- ancifully Shaped and Pits Fast Black Dye. uying Core Ort Ua- canget ge d atocks rES. :minters and in the conts.ininit !Ace new Lade thir cl, more a all silk'itoade by atuclied 'the stuipe -are, and wholere tre est glove makers in S. full range of these Macke, Tana and ind 50e per pair. If tielude Gloveite sgant aesortment of tintings at $1.00, e Every pair guar- VANTS. h the season there , rh wanted such as tads of Laces' Belts, ..tuckIes, HatPius {sd, Hankerchiefs: -eekwear, the. Our oda will be found up-to-date. is Go. est Cash 8tore. e had been warm - wee made for the ore than usually aitieg and after of the appetizing vening was very 4 iatercourse, w- ard all that goeh ne of that kind. evidenced by the and handsome ved. The happy e their abode at ear ChiseIhuret. friends in wish- inued happiness ing were guests Id Mrs. W. D. Smith, Mr. ani ezeie Smith, ale of Parkhill ble sermon latt re of Dashwoorl, lteied next Seib' hill' spent iieV" ric Wile= last and Bend on„ - 11,$ hum visitecr Mr.— r • Ighter and Molt ay field, arrieed t E e veral day* Parkhill. --The loaten. Methodist nirden oppotti" -Mr. H. Wicker* tre. last Satur-- >rought a isio last Monday.. . A., formerly egiate Institntes b. D. from eel' brk. He led 'ka were 20 per deader. 4 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1.644. Their Hour The Straw Hat durin somewhat out of vogue for ja a very large demand for the 1 en's ew lig st three sea ons has been ear, but thi season there t weight head wear. The accompaning, cut illustrate . for men—a neatly trimmed Strai The prices of this style in al' continue up to 75c. ; The 25c Hat is certainly a mar riearaiace for that money. In the men's ..roods- the lo est 25c also; the hand is a satin mat&i Fifty and 75 cents purphase, a c sion of style that will please the'ir • If you. desire to purchase the t ey will cost variously—$1, $1.2 c DEng to the particular braie o • ay ilictate. he month, of June witnesses th honor of any other month in ow this from casual observation er n tice by the increased sales for w re or use on many of these happ t seems, that no matter what i t e p ice has quite an important mi p ice" has its place in the matter of I ping claim to selling the best value f und anywhere at $20 and $22 h ve done our reckoning with oar h n me of experience. The_last three weeks witnessed Ready -for -wear or Knock -about Sui effect. Those values briefly state $4.75, $6, $8, $10 and $12. The make"on and meritorious goods , A few specials for hot weather at 250; Long Cotton Stockings at $1 are asked for; the Tammany S n me implies, price 50o; Mason I nderwear at 50c, 750, and $1 a sui the most -popular style Brim Sailor: boys start at 25e, and el of style and natty ap- rice we carry is priced at 1 in navy blue and' black. quality of straw and de- ajority. ery fine imported braids $1.50 and $L65; ac - straw which your fancy ore weddings than falls he year, and did we not would 'be forced upon fine Black Suits, which events. I undertaken in life, that Si011 to perform. "The fine Bl Suits, and in in B1ae1 Worsteds to be suit, m de to order, we st, who goes by the full increased sales in Men's s. The values have had are the suits priced at Ost of which are " our every respect. Children's S 5c , Buckski irt is as pow veralls at 50c ureig & M1 odo Clothiers and Furnish On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG'S BLOCK, raw Sailor Pants at rful as its ; Summer rs SEIF RT heap Excursions to the Nort CI e D tes June the 27th, July 131.1, and July 18th, 189 GE od to return August 26th, Sept. 1.th, and Sept. 17th, 1899. 1 .• Rates to Winnipeg and return, $28 ; Deloraine and retu41, $28 ; ' Reston and return, $28 ; Binscarth and return, $28 ; M osornin and return, $28 ; Cowan and return, $28 ; Regina and retulrn, $30 ; A oosejaw and return, $30 Yorktown and retur $30 Prince Albert and return, $35 ;! Calgary and return, $3 ed Deer anid return, $40; Edmontoni and return, $40. For all infornIttion in connection with the same apply t i west MACD NALD C. F•R. AGE*T Seaforth. COUNTY COUNCIL., , he county, council met in the court hou e, G erioh, on Tuesday of last week. I Me ber present—' -Messrs. Bowman! Cook, C n Ily, Chambers, Hays Holt, Kerr,'Mill r, M Ewen, McInnis, Hays, Patters n, Bins, 'Snell; Stuart and Torrence. The w rden addressed the council on the ques- tions to come up fordisoussion and decision' by this council. ' The following communicationwere read and placed before the counoil : 1. From James Mills, Esq., president of the Ontario Agricultural Coll ge, •re ap- pointment of county students. Sent to ex- ecutive committee. 2. From clerks f minor mun cipalities re supplyingof asses inent and col ectoe's rolls by the county. Sent to special committee. 3. Front G. W. Holman, Esq , secretary of the West Hur in Teachers sentiation, in referenoe to palter read on ventilation of sehool house's. Sent to education commit- tee. A number of accionnts were react and sent t the finance comtaittee. , INSPECTOR OF PRISONS' REP ORT. Mr. Chamberlain, Inspector of Prisons, eported that he had examined the jail on and fpund the building order and the books water closets and bath rooms in since his last inspec- tion. A furnace should- be provided for heating purposes. - Besides being safer, it would bp more econ quires a ihouse for h the jail, and if this i the near future, e will be neceesary in ecoupy. anuary 21st, 1899, olean and in good properly kept. W rooms had been put Sent tit county ;pr inioal. s famil not tensiv the a perty o r of Br nce to y of The jailor re- , situated near rranged for •in improvemeets artments the mmittee. 1 i Mr. Blair, barrist see's, addressel the council in refer the legacy of $1,000 tp the Coun uron for the mainteneein the Ho se of efuge of Mis Dickson, . - 'Petition from certain minor municipalitie re assessment rolls. Sent o special co mittee. Petition from certain rat payers in the township of Hullett re the e tablishing of a new section. Sent to the ducation com- mittee. 1 AUDITORS' REPORT. • The county auditors repor ed that they had examioed the books f the county - treasurer, , Et n1 compared the various entries with the welchers, and found the same cor- rect. The b'alanee in cash on December 31st was $794.38 e $459.01 in the bank, and $135.37 on hS.nd. The vari us statements of receipts, expenditures, etc , were found correct. The net. debt on ecember 31st was about $55„800. The rec ipts from the first of January to the date of the audit, February 24th, were $21,721, and the ex- penditures for the same time 4,915.55, leav- ing a balance of $16,806.15, o • which $16,- 642.90 as on depesit in the Batik of Com- merce, Goderioh, and $163.25 in he. Mol - son's Bank, Clinten. They. exantined . the several school accounts and found them correct. The securities give1by the treas- urer are the same as rep rted by the auditors in 1893. 1 The balan e of Legisla- tive public school grants in hands of town- ship treasurers for. 1898 are • as follows : Ashfield, .940 • Morris, $84.08 ; McKillop, $111.95 ; Stanley, .460; East Wawanosh, $4.55.; total, $201.98. I Sent to finance eommittee. JAILOR'S REPORT. The jailor reported that at present there were four prisoners in the jail, all males, two for ipsanity, one for larceny and one for burglary. Sent to county property committee'. cIOtINTY COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Mr. Ai sley, county commissioner, re- ported th t he had prepared plans for re- building Mud Creek bridge on the boundary of Stephe and MeGillivray, but had not let the co tract, at he was waiting to see if any mope work would have to be done on the bound ry of Heron and ' Middlesex, so that it i ht all be let at once. He had ex- amined the bridge oh the boundary of Us- berne n Biddulph, known as Drought's bridge, an found :it in . nobc1 repair. He censide e that it :wits quite large enough fOr the bream. But to obviate any trouble *ere a a to take place at the bridge, a cOlvert ab ut twenty feet in length could b put n ear the bridge at a cost of about $'5 to eac county. The Dixie bridge had b en erec ed on the boundary of Weet Wawanosl and Kiploas. The b p ring freshet h , s done clonsiderable damage to bridges. The ZetJat4dbridge was badly damaged. It Will requir to be lilted about' 20 inches and new supports put ander it, The bridge on the Bayfield river *ill require considerable: repairing this season. The South apprbach to the Brussels bridge should be completed. At the time the bridge wa erected the fill i was not completed, as it w 8 thought a good' place to dump the earth fr m cellars, and thus accomplish the work ithout cost to the county. It has not y t been filled, and •as the council of Brussels e going to build permanent sidewalks, th approach will ! have to be properly fill d. An unusual ' amount of small repairs wi I have to be done! this year, but the emit wil be small. The ! iron bridges should be pai ted - as well as , woodwork on the exteri r of the court house. 1 The estimated expenditure on roads, frdgee and repairs ill not exceed $6,4Q0.I rrho orders issued since January amoun t $380.32. Sent to road andbridge committee. S E 'IAL COMMITTEE ON BRIDGES. This le mmittee reported that a by-law was palssed in 1874 assuming about 125 bridges' throughout the county. A motion was permed by the county council in June, 1895, throwing 17 ofthese bridges back on the different to ship, but the, i byelaw. of 1874 had not ben repealed, and , in reality • still leaving the full number of bridges upon the couitty. Th y, therefore, redommended that the) counoi ',recognize the by-law of • 1874 and assum the 'full number of bridges under the by -1a . The county commissioner has prepared a rip showing all t e bridges formerly kept u by the county, aa well as thore maintained ince the June eting of 1895, and recoit ended that he e remun- erated for such a s ore. Referred to t 'e oad and bridg oommit- tee. The special c# mittee appoin to in- vestigate the lega y of $1,000 left s Elias Dickson, recomme , dad that it b ot ac- cepted: Their re • • rt was sent t the ex- ecutive committee Moved by Ain owman, second by Mr. Snell, that the 'de k 'purchase t e Ontario statutes, for the y ar 1899, for t use of members of this c unoil, the same be the property of the co nty and to be h tided to their successors, in office Sent to e ecutive committee. Moved by Dr; • ollins, seconded iy Mr. McInnis, that Dr ught's I bridge, tween Huron and Middle x, be lengthe ed or a culvert put in su ;relent to relieve Pressure at high water, pro ided Middlesex pay half the cost, and that the o rk at once notify usitot. 11, 1?RIDIAY, eTlJNE 16, 18 Middlesex should this motion be ratified. Referred to the road and bridge 'committee. HE JAILOR48 HOUSE The corn ittee appointed to equire into the beet me hod of obtaining ore and bet- ter accomm da ion for the jailo reeidence, reported thet t ey had gone ti °roughly. in- to the mat r, • nd recommende that the present °Ott ge be remohed and a larger and mere moder uilding be re ted. They to be na d providei a uld be suit ether with t reedy for ely, $2,200. one to the co MOUS plant hich ey thought ble, weh ti submitted, e costs of th uilding, to coupancY by 0 tober first, • nty property o mmittee. OF REFUGE COMMITTEE. be House of efuge committee reported thalb they had m t at the House of Refuge on Fe ruary 7th an April 7th. esThey decided to iepair the indmill and raiiee the stand- ard 20 feet hi he , which it is expected will pre ent the f eq ent breakage. This im- pro ement ha b en done satiefactorily at a c t of $35.j; T ey have moved the par- titi n upstaire in the hallway, separating the eeper's r4om from the inmates apart. menfs, former was not at all private, at a (met of $3. h ventilation in some of the lower rooms it th men's apartments being exceedingly bai, hey had a new ventilator put in, running th 'Pugh the roof,at a cost. of $37, which thy h neve will be a great im- provement. They •eve also deeided to build a driving she end i ice house, 24 x 40 feet, 14 feet high, also have requested Mre Ainale,y, county engine, te remove the old cedar timber in the S ininerhill bridge, as it would only be dispose of et a nominal figure, and they require sone lOng timber for said build- ing,which coul be secured from bridge tim- ber as soon as r moVed, and the balance of the cedar can b utilized to good advantage in fencing the f rm, which will have to be done in the nea future. The timber land on the farm, b ing quite unproductive in the position it ew is, the committee recom- mended that th y be empowered to ask for tenders for said timber, and have it dis- posed of and th „land -cleared up for pasture lande it being of little use in the state it now is. There have been about 70 maple shade trees 'planted, also a large number of ever - gree Is, which will enhance the appearance of th farm in al great measure.. The com- mitte ,having made a thorough examination d farm, found eveleything ondition and well kept ved the different kinds of sown and planted, as fol.! e of oats, 9 of barley, 9 of of potatoes, of cora, of beaus, 2, golds, of carrots, of onions, of vegetab ea, and about acres of is. All th work in connection with rm has ben done by the inmates, t any hel being hired. At the be- g of this ear new tenders were ask - bread, meat and groceries, the lowest in each c se being accepted at satis- prices. hey audited the accounts year up o May 31st, ambunting to .35, and ound them correct. They und that roduce, to the amount of 2, has bee i sold off the farm. adopted,with the addition "-That the House of Re- a empowered, in their dile e of the team now used on rm. and , purchase a new of th iouse an in fist class c They also obser grain 11 acre n and seeds hay, of ma garde tam the f gwiintnhio ed for tende factor for th $1,33 also f $254. The report wa of the following fuge c•mmittee cretio , to dive the in estrial f team.' ' Mo ed by M . Hays, seconded by Mr. 111cLe n, that th clerk be instructed to fur- nish a copy of th Municipal World for each' inemb r of the °nisei'. Sent to the mea cutive oommittel Mo ed by Me. McEwen, seconded by Mr. McLean, that this council, as a body, hire •onveyanc and ge over the whole countrs, with a iew to b Eing able to' make a bett r equalize ion of tbel different rciunici- palitie in the county, sal equalization to comm oice on M nday, 29th inst., and when finishes to meet n this chamber and put re- port i proper a ape, such equalization to hold god for tee years. Sent to equaliz- ation o mmittee Mov d by r. 1err, seconded by Mr. Bowm n, that t is Minty grant a pedlar's license for this ea to John DetVolf, of Brusse s, a youn 1 rriao almost deprived of his eye ight. S nt to executive committee. Mov d by Mr. Holt, seconded by Mr. Mc- Innis, bat in th event of, an appeal from the eq alization f the assessment by this council that the nal equalization be left to the co nty judg . —Carried. A m moriel fr in the officers of the 33rd battali n, asking a grant, was referred to the ex cutive co rnittee. Mov d by Mr. MoEwen eeconded by Mr. Holt, t at the tr a urer furnish the clerk, during the prese t session, with a list of pedlar licenses r nted for 1899,—Carried. SPEC A COMMITTEE. The s • ecial co n ittee recommended, that no Datil n be tak n n the petition of betain munici 'Editions, pia mg that the . muDibipal clerks be allowed t send a summarized copy of asses ment rol t the •county c1crJ in- stead of the hill ol . In the matter of sup- plying seessmen a d collector's rolls, t the differen munipip lities, recommended that in futur the eou ty council no longer sup- ply these rolls, b t that the purchase b left to the e veral inu igipalities. The r port wasi adopted. . C UNTX P CPERTY COMMITTEE. The county tir perty committee retorted that they had ' vi ited the jail and I fund everything clean nd well kept. The um- ber of inmates igroed with the jailor's re- port, and recom ended that the repor be printed in the ini utes. Recommended that the report of th inspector of prison i be printed in the ini utes. , They bad examin- ed the registryht ce, and found thing's sat- isfaetory ; at the court house some fety re- pairs are require and recommended that Mr. Ainsley hey repairs made. Re," the painting of the 'o tside of the Court House, recommended tha the wood work be re- paired and painte , and that Mr. Aineley prepare specifioat one and ask for tenders for said work, te dere to be opened in the presence of Moser . Holt and Ainsley,' and contract let and c mpleted to their satisfac- • tion. Regarding he report of special com- mittee on propose jailor's residepce, recom- monded that no otion be taken at present. Moved by M . Holt, seconded by Mr. Kerr, that the re ort of the county property committee be am nded by striking out the last clause and dding thereto that this council consider i advisable to b ild a new dwelling house at the jail, plane nd specifi- cations and eetim tes for the e me to be procured by th . warden's committee and laid before the council at the December meeting. Lost o the followingdivision: For the report, esers. Bowman Connolly, Miller, MoEwen, lPatterson, Ste art, Snell, Torrance, 8 • ag inet, Messrs. Chembers, Hays, Holit, iCerr McInnis, Mo an, Rol - The report Was bhen adopted. EDUCAT ON COMMITTEE. The educationcommittee recommended that no action be taken in the Matter of the petition from , George W. Holman to have a paper, read by Impeder Tom at the March meeting of the teachers' convention 151 11) "11N And 411 othe eChac8o, 1 NShe. r 9. 10 CENTS E IN SEA in Exeter, piieted in pamph distributed.Re the petitition payers in Hhllett, asking th be appointed to adjudicate in of a new school section in said commended that same be gran the arbitrators be G. E. Cress ville ; James Ritchie, Belm Gregory, Exeter. The report, was adopted: FINANCE CO3I4UITTE 1 The finance committee reco payment of the several account They also relionemended that passed authorizing the warden to borrow the sum of $10, expenditure. I The estimated for 1899, is $39,280.90; receipt net expenditiire, $35377.13, rate, 01:1 the total equalized $32,335,230, of one and oneeig the dollar, and the committee that a by-law be peeked an levying of such rate. The report was adopted. et fotir and from 22 retes- t arbitretors he formation re- d, and that ell, Egm ,nd- re ; Thomas mended the pressen 4. a by-law he nd tersest' er for currnit expendibiire , $3,903.77; requiring' a sseeetnent th mills bof ecommended horizing the I ROAD AND BRIDG COmm TTEE. The road and bridg committee recom- mended re the motion 1 f Messrs. Rolling a.nd McInnis for len thenine Drought's bridge, that the com ission r have the •Work done as soon as pe Bible, rovided the county of Middleaex ay h If the cost. Regarding Mud Creek b idge, ' entioned in the commissioner's report, r commended tat the commissioner ask, for tenders and ave the work done its so° as possible. ecommended that the necessa repairs be Made to Zetland and Bayfi d bridges. That the county bridges sh 11 be those shown on the map prepared by the county engineer. That the engineer Is e the iron bridges painted. That the engi eer attend t the repairing of the abutmen of Londes- boro bridge at onee. -That Mr. Ainsley be paid $5 for preparing a map sI ing all the }ridges maintained by the coun y. i Tbe 'report was amended by triking out t e clause referring to Londes oro bridge, and referring back to the co mittee the clause in reference to county b idget. The report as amended was adopted 1 Moved by Mr. Torrance, econded by Mr. Cennolly, that the county ngineer in- spect Davies bridge, on the auble .line, Stanley, and have said bridge repaired or rebuilt as he thinks necessar . Referred to road and bridge committee. , 1 SUPPLEmENwARY REPORT OFr OAD AND B*IDGE COMMITTEE , [ In reference, to the motion of Mesere. Torrance and Connolly, regardi g a bridge op the Sauble itie, recommende that same be adopted, and that said bridg be added .tc, the list of the county ridges, they had prpared unty bridges. I the matter )F of epared a by-law, which they trusted wou d net the cocumetances Of the case. I The report wae adopted. EXEDUTIVE COMMITTE 1 The executive committee r that no action be taken in the Medd for damages to a horse at bridge. B. C. Gilpin was reco county pupil at the Ontario Cellege, for one yew only. In the motion of Messrs. Bowman recommended that the clerk copy of the statutes of 1899 fo ber of this council, the seme to eety of the eounty. Re the Melees. Hays and McLean, r that the clerk procure a copy of cipal World of this year for eac the cbuncil. Be motion of. M and Bowan, recommended tha lieense be granted to John De to his infirmity.' In the matter plication for amrant for the 33r / recommended hat no action Having examin d into the ma legacy of the late Elias Dick mended that it he refused. The report was adopted. EqUALItATION' COMA ITT The equalizel on committee re that the motio McLean, irelati through the c commended "th of the several m last year. i The report was adopted. 'Moved by Mr. Torrents°, Connolly, that no dange idiot be admitted to the Ho except by consent of the committee.—Carried. 1 BY-LA.WS. of Mess e to the Linty, be t the equa nioipalitie 8. cou ithd ized be t eco outs se Ous • The following by-laws wiere TO equalize the assessment f t municipalities in the cou ty. same all bridges and culverts o in length, clear of the abutme aethorize the warden and treasu re*. $10,000 for county purpose taxes are collected.' {4) To rais ment for general apd other purposes f 1899, the sum of $35,377.13, a rate of o and one-eighth mills eit the dollar. The coutecil then adjourned to meet i Goderich on the firat Tuesday in Decembe • Methodist Appointments. , Rev. Joseph Edge, pastor of 1 Wellingto street church, London, formerly lof the 0 tart° street church, Clinton, !vas elected President of tbe London Conference on th second ballot. Hie closest con ivingetone, of W.' as also a former en stationed at Clinton. We al onference opened 1 t inisters and 79 Ily ok steward, gav showed a year o the net profits 1 • COmV4ended lair"' of H. Mae heater men ed as grit Mural eference to an eSsneella war purnha each mem- e the prop- Ye motion of „eur, commended -1-11 the Muni- a member of wre sera. Kerr a pedlar's aly olf, owing of the ap- battalion, be taken. ter of the on, recont. 11. W. Knifles; C. C. Keine ; A. J. Lank -ford; J Sieclair; J. P. Westman and T. E. Malott, B. A. The following ie the list of st Vona for the Goderioh district: ,Gocter oh, North street, Rev. J. Wilson; Gode hsh,i Victoria street, 8. J. Allin ; Clin- ton, R. tte bury street, W. G. Howson; Clinton, Ontario street, B. Clement ;ISeee forth, A. L. I ; Holmesville; J. Greene; Blyth, Penhall; Tuckeremith, A. E. M. Thompson; Dungannon, B. L. Hutton; Nile, R. H. Hall; Benmiller, M. J. Wi on ; Auburn, J. Kennedy; Walton, A. C. Tiflin Londesboro, T. B. Conpland; Bayfie d, A. Shaw; Varna, J. W. An- drew. Th , following changes have been made in the final since the first draft issued hist week: Rev. W. G. Howson, from Mese ford to R ttenbury street, Clinton; R. Hobbs, from ;London to Wingham • J. W. °Imes, fromMitchell to Aden; street, London; Jo n Holmes, from Blenheim to russels S. J.IAllin, from Brussels to Vic- oria street, Goderioh; R. Millyard, from !into to M street Exeter; C, ouzei, from burn to Birr ; H. J. Fair, to Luo Dr. Willoughby, from Exeter to Forest; 0. W. Andrews, from Londesboro to Varna ;I W. Rjig.by, from Blyth to Kin- cardine ; AXT. Godwin, from Goderioh to Grace ch rch,St Thomas. The election of c airmen of diett.cts and financial secretar- ies, resul ed as follows: London distriet— J. Edge, chairman,A. G. Harris, financial secretary ingham—D. Rogers, B. W. Muxwort y ; Goderich—J. Wilson, S. J. Allin ; E ete -e-J E. Ford, R. Millyard. , H on Presbyterial Union. The t i d annual conyention of the Huron i Presbyte ial esoeiation of Young People's Christian Endeavor Societies was held in Knox ch oh Goclerich, on Tuesday of last week. e attendance of delegates was not as large was e Oersted. The morning see - c sion weal ot heldon account of the late ar- rival of ta e delegates. The prident of:the Union, a McTavish, of Clint • presided. In the absence of the secre ary„ do n Lawson, of Leeburn, was appoi ted tole t in this capacity. The float pape' , "'How to secure more systemat- ic study i f the Bible," which was prepared by Mrs. . Teylore of Blyth, was read by Rev. J. A. Anderson. Miss Dickson, of Seaforth, introduced the subject, "How to develop he Souiali life of our societies." The neat ubject taken up was "What can , our ymin people do to further the interests of the Congregation I?" Miss Clark, of Lee - barn, gave an address on this topic. The in roduotion of each of the subjects was fol- lowed by a general discussion. The topic, - "Our IPresbyterial' Union—sits advantages an4 diSad antagese was discussed by the cohventio , after which the election of offi- cers was proceeded with. :Mr. M Gowan'IA Blyth, was elected pt.' side ' t ; Mist' VArilson, Clinton, vice -presi- de,- t; oh Lament,' Leeburn, 2nd vice; Mies c son, Seaforth, recording secre- tary; il iam Elder, I Hansen, correspond- ing secretary; We %' ' . .Stoddarti Godeeicb, t • treasur r In th evening a praise service was held, led by the choir of Knox church and the effi- cient organist, " Mrs. Logan. There was a general d' oussien, on the subject, " What advantages from the study of the history of our church." A solo by AV. W. Stoddart was much app eciated. Miss Wilson, of Clinton, then gave 0 vigorous paper on "Ile church's relation to the social ques- 1 ti na of the day," and lafter the discussion which followed !aid the singing of e, hymn, the covention w brought to a close. , , 1 1 Canada. a—There is a reported scarcity of laborers in Manitoba and Northwest. s—Samuel Gordon, a brakeman, fell be- neath the Cars Friday at Little York, and died from the effects of his injuries. —Burglar's made t o attempts to break into the Bank of Co merce at Barrie on Thursday night last, but were frightened ay. —A lad named Robert Turner, aged tee are, whose parcntel reside in Toronto, was owned at, Kingetonl Mills Friday evening. e body was recove ed. a—Archibald Sher ock, a tea -meter for oderham & Worts, Toronto, was killed erdity morning hy his horse running and throwing h 'm out. E. ommeatded cEwe ! and cil dr awn. assess e sam ving Re- ent e as ded by Mr. lunati or of Refuge, of Refuge passed: ( ) e differe (2) To er 20 fe ts. (3) o rer to bo. , iintii the by asses Rev. James Livingstone tor, having b afterwards at best in this e When the present 155 Briggs, the report, which perity. Ont granted to th D. Rogers wa the chairman caused by the ham. Hantil decided to t hose wild $lesers. Willi Russel, E. iddleton, W. Wiiiiame, W. Fanaber, W. Hayhurst, E. Xershaw and W. B. freighton. The following were re- Oeived and o dained : E. W Edwsrds, B. A.; H. J. rem; H. A. G am, B. A.; I son Mr. tr itoon r pwa s ppen, and a s get) the eere;D werer n. is annual eat prom - ,500 was superannuation ,fuittl. Rev: elected to fill the vacancy of hip of ,the Wingliam district, death of Rev. A. • Cunning - n Methodist COnference hes bolish the bille • ill superannua m McDonagh, D mg system. are Rev. . Pascoe, J. wi 11 The leach house Com any, of Berlin, by fire Sunday morni fire isunknown —Phe third and ourth storye in the resi ence portio of r. John Fox's banking este lishreent, i Luc te were slightly dam- aged by fire on atur ay afternoon. • —John W. N fl, a esident of Galt, Qom- ing=there fro 'Bic heim township, was founsl dead in hs d Wednesday of last wee . It is su Pose he committed sui- of the Lang Tanning ere totally destroyed g. The cause of the cide. co_luTmhbiafierst G from an illness cause from injuries received corn - mit -ted suicide by hanging himself in his in a gasoline exploaion some time ago. His nd family re in Roesland, British . brother-in-law's 1,1arii, at Bothwell, Satur- day afternoon. i He was just recovering from -the effecte of his injuries a few hours afterwards.whee and rue oirer b a wagon. Ile died keeper i that city,' was knocked off his Satur- day, Michael *yes, a well-known hotel —A young man na ed Frank Currie coin- hile bicyJlin i Toronto on Satur- over ment crop bulletin for the year i was issued urday by the Mani- toba D41partment of griculture. It shows a gratify ing conditi of the growing wheat plant, and that the 1ixjea under this class of with thatiof last year, in spite of the late swiihreinagtma .,k, es a very favorable comparieon t —A queer yarn CO es from Bruce county. A despatch from Walkerton, on Thursday last, says : The train n its way down from Paisley, when it reached a point near Dun- keld, encountered so many caterpillars that it had t come to: 8. dead halt. Station Agent Gooclier vouches for the correctness of the a ' r . Before the obstruction could Ie °vete m it wa$ necessary to 'back the engine up tiwo or three times. l --A wajidering umbrella -mender, who went bythe name of "Scottie," was about Tfanivinentodcr illa e, Thursday, doing odd jobs 0 ogi and at 2 o'clock in the after- noon went to lie them in the stables at the Arhington Jiotel. At 6 p. m. he was found by the hostier lying on his back snoring heavily. ! He turned him on one side and left, but,on returning half an hour or so later he Was found to be dead. The dead man was somewhere 'between 40 and 50 years of aga. h . —A very unfortunate accident befell enno Kuepfer, of the 18th line of East orra, re nay. The doctor bad prescribed ft very strong mixture for Mrs. Kuepfer, to be applied outwardly, and warned them to he careful of how it was handled in using. It had been left standing in a warm place, and Mr. Ktiepfer noticing it, and thinking tt was Mind to explode, went to remove the cork, an in doing iio it did explode, the contents striking hint over the face and MoLEAN B t $1 a Year HOS., Publishers; in Advance. eyes. He was very badly burned in the faoe before medical auistance could be pro- cured, and at first it was thought be would lose the sight of ie eyes but timely re- , storatives being use he will recover the en- • tire sight. ---In the Provincel of Ontario there are 35 Houses of Refugel and .31 Orphanage,. All the county houis in operation are west of Toronto, with tba one exception of Leeds • and Grenville. The total number of inmates i.4,480, of whom 1;470 are males and 3,-010 are females. In reii4iion they are classified as : Roman Catholic, 2,235; Protestants, 2,171 ; or other rah ons, oe not known, 24. The nationalities sre : Cearadian, 1,715 ; English, 826, Irish, 1,4501- Scotch, 261; United States, 72, and ;tiler countries, 152. I •--Wednesday nig t, the body of F. M. Holmes, a wealthy •armeri residing across the river from Brook ille, was found in the river between Brook ilk and Morriatown. Mr. Holmes left his Jiome on May .17th to spend a few days atl his cottage up the river. A coupIe of d ys later his boat was found in the -channel iear Poole's resort. It is supposed that whi e sailing his boat up- set and he was thrown into ,the river. The south-east wind that prevailed "Parried hthe boat across and up t e Canadian channel, while the body, whici sank, was carried down by the current. —Benjamin Chem° r, aged 98, who lived in the Anticosti mai it, nese Renfrew, left hie home a little after two o'clock Friday afternoon, telling his wife be would get some grass for his cosi along the right of . way. He took with him a reaping hook to cut the grass and lag to carry it home.- The next seen of him as 1when the K. and P. eeotionmen found his corpse close to tile C. P. R. track, near the roundhouse'about ten minutes to six, as they were returning from their work. It is suppmed he wm struck by a train while walking along the traok. •I —While James Forsythe 1w.s assisting Richard Staten to move a building front the House of Refuge farm at- Walkerton, the other day, he met with an accident which will cause him the lossef both eyes. He was pulling,a staple out ; of a barbed wire fence, as the fence had , to be taken down in order to let, the building through. He gave the staple a 'Stiff jerk, but it came more easily than he anticipated, with the result that he was thrown baekwarde, the staple striking him in the eye. The bell of the eye was split open, and the sight com- pletely destroyed. He will aleo likely lose the sight of the other tye. - —A shocking accident occurred Thursday afternoon on the forth of Mr, CaMpbell Scott, about -three miles; from Galt. Wal. pole Boy, a Clydesdale stallion, owned by •Andrew Harvie, Bever ey, became vicious, andattackedhis groo Alex. Harvie, a nephew of the owner, pocking him down, biting him, and othe wise injuring him. Mr. Harvie, sr., went ut to eatch him, and the horse made for him,knocking him down, but jumped over him without injuring him. A mare coming into the barn -yard next at- tracted the mad animal's attention, and he made off towards her, but was caught at the gate. Mr. Harm took charge of the horse while the other men took the injured young man up to the house and Rent for a doctor. Though only a few minutes elapsed before their return, they were horrified at seeing the stallion running around the barn -I, - yard with the old gentleman in his mOuth,; perfectly naked, his clothes being strew* about the yard. Mr. Scott picked up a stone and hit the horse on the head, which caused him to drop his now lifeless wrier. A decoy was used to entice the horse to- wards the barn where he iminediately be- gan to batter barn, the door, and' Would soon have been in among the 'other horses had not Mr. Scott obtained a rifle and killed him. Mr. Harvie was terribly mutilated, him neck, ribs, arm and legs broken, neck and shoulder bitten, and bruised hem head to foot The deceased had been a resident ofaeverley for 55 years, and had travelled a stallion for over 50 years. He was in his 73rd year, and leaves a widowandone son. The nephew was badly injured, but not dangerously. Walpole Boy was a Canadian bred Clydesdale horse, and hie late owner had had him about three years. He was never looked on as a vicious animal. • Perth Items. —Herrnan Kreger, son of Mr, Henry Kreger, of Treesatle, was killed by light- ning at Algonquin Illinois, on May 28th. The deceased was i4 years of age. The re- mains were brought home for interment. —Mr. J. McDonald, son of Conductor McDonald, of Stratford, arrived home from the west last week. He went out about a year ago, and for some time was breaking on the C. P. R. between Moosejaw and Medi- cine Hat. While coupling cars on his route he gbt his arm broken, and he will be forced to give up work for some weeks. —During the thunderstorm that passed over A.vonton, on Monday afternoou of last week, the house of Mr. David M. White was struck by lightning. The part struck was the chimney, which it followed down the stove pipe and out through the stove, and tore off the door of the fire place. Mr. White was sitting not four feet away from where the electric fluid eatne down, but was fortunately uninjured. —A mare belonging to Mr. George Eghotz, of concession 5, Ellice, gave birth to a colt last week, that lacks the caudal appendage. It hasn't even a stump. Last year the colt of the same mare came into the world without feet. The tailless critter is quite smart, and can do anything a colt is supposed to do, except switch off the flies. —The annual meeting of the South Perth Farniers' Institute was held in St Marys, WI Tuesday of last week. The following officers were elected : President, F. Be Hamilton, Ribbert; vicepresident, W. W. Ballantyne, Downie ; secretary-treasuier, P. S. Armstrong, St Marys. Meetings will be held the coming winter in St. Marys, Mitchell, Bornholm, Staffa, RusseIdale, Sebringville and Tavietock. 1 —Ruth, the little four-year-old daughter of Mr. John Morris, of Stratford, met with a most unusual accident, the other evening. The little tot came into the- house and told her mother that she had got a stone in her ear. Mr. Morris promptly took the little sufferer to a physician. The physician ad - I ministered chloroform and the missile was extracted, and apparently the child is none th—e wAdorsei. streming accident happened in • Stratford, on Thursday afternoon of •last week, whereby little Reggie Denuelly lost the five toes of his right foot. Mr. H. F. , Burgess, a traveller, was asked by the little fellow, who was barefooted, for a ride, and Mr. Burgess allowed him to stand with his left foot on the step of the bicycle. While • coming down the street, at a pretty fast dip, Reggie's right foot swung between the chain and the rear sprocket, and was ter- ribly lacerated. The bones were ground almost to powder, and three toes were left hanging to the foot only by the skin, Four toes and part of a fifth had to be amputated.