The Huron Expositor, 1899-10-06, Page 11899
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took of Millinery •
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popular " Rough ,
fine eelection of
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ng.. The8 Nalya-
sass be seen on the
covelties will he
forward.
"again:ass, Granite
ets, erepont, Golf
kinda of DreSS
; interest you, but
he GOODS WILL
'awing is large—
snakes and shad -
moderate. There
xretty eifeets_aa
. A really nice
coda can be had for
4 several groups
$4ic$5x $6, $7, $3,
Length'. Along
re several pretty
!irta and Waists,
•.; and Dress Trim-
ors—in plain and
swing for Weida
[ame particularly
and8 Trimmings.
pee, wide stripes,
8.Olonng8,8 and all,
the way of price.
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a fine stook of
on. _Molest every
the lot. If you
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the stock is very
iarge assortment
t to our Mantle
a nice Fall Coat
come arid take
anging from $3 -
he most popular
Lay really Nobby
kets, for girls of
tge, at $3, $3.50,
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Suits for boys
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wing ill_be found
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Un at $8 3, $4,
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Bring the boys
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Laces!, Tie Rib -
Ribbons, Shirr-
-les, Belts, But -
• Underwear,
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en large in the
8.tpkins, Towels,
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!similar goods.,
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THIRTYFIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,660.
•SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 0,99.
McLEAN 13R08., Publishers.
$1 a Year in Advance.
Exporionce
111 Furs
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNANWA
Fur Coats
Nearly twenty years exp Hence in the handling'
ana selling and buying of all kinds of fur garments
has taught is that there is only one way to successfully en-
gage in the fur coat trade, and that way is the purchase or
-sale of the very best, we know of nothing more unsatis-
f▪ actory than the low grades.of fur coats.
Our poii
ston in the fur business is an enviable one, in
that we have not, up-to-date, sold it fur garment that has not
given satisfaction, or that in the e ent of any trifling thing
going wrong with the same that ve have not immediately
made it right.
- Our advice to the intending
rather than purchase a low grade fti,
a tweed or cloth coat of some kin.d
that yen can afford to buy the ver
market, and in the long run you
p ofitable investment.
It will be exercising good judgment to see the qualities
purchaser of fur coats is
r coat, put your money in
or save up until you feel
best that there is in the
.11 hare made the more
t at we are showing when you are looking for furs.
We carry A, large range of bo h ladies' and men's fur
c ats.
nderclothing
-We feel safe in the assertion t at there jaas never been
s oh a demand for any one line of vinter underwear as that
*th which the season started 1 st week. The line in
estion was the wool fleece, of which our window was * full,
fling at $1.50 a suit. There are dearer and. lower priced
I es, but it seems that the $1.50 lipe strikes a popular price,
and when the goods are as worthy .as these, the sense of it
is very notitleable• Did you ever Watch the expression of the
rap who has uncomfortable und@rwear on? A bad con-,
memo could be no rare 'pitiable. 1 And here again, so far
as the wool fleece is concerned, is another recommendation,
it never irritates or torments. Tryti a couple of suits of this
li4e.
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Macintoshes
. The name which is now associated with the best makes
of raincoats in the world, we hav three weights of these
celebrated coats, which we sell seve -ally for $7.50, $8.50, and
$10,50. The price allows room for the entire confidence,
that the garments are everything that is claimed for them—
sewn seams, thoroughly _waterproo4 and fornaing a consider-
able wind -brake in rough stormy weather, when it is impos-
sible to wear the ordinary cloth or nix coat. 8 8
Of Interest t� Ladies—
The fact that we are now cutting and making ladies'
capes ,and. coats, we will not attempt any quotation of prices
in this department, there being su h scope for exercise of
taste in the immense variety of mat rials from which ladies'
coats and capes may be made.
Clan Tartan Rugs or Sha is
Will be of interest to any clesce idant of Highland heath
men. We have at present rn stiock he following list of Tar-
tans Murray, Forbes, Mackenzie, unn, Campbell, Menzies,
Gordon, Black Watch, or 42nd 8 Hig landers. These make a
handsome and comfortable cape.
Storm King Caps and Other Caps—
For some years we have handled this durable and com-
fortable brand. of cap. In past seasons it was difficult to,
purchase anything nice less than 75c. This season, however,
we have three distinct and worthy qualities. The prices are
50o, 65e, and 75c each being wort y of the price 8 asked,
A New Departure
• Wherein, we are taking good b tter in exchange, we will
allow the highest market price for i in trade.
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Greig & M
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Clothiers. and Furnishers
• On the Wrong Side of the Street, SEAFORTII
STRONG BLOM
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT SEA.
The Dominion Line Steamship, Scotsman,
which left Liverpool on September 14th,
bound for Montreal, went on the rooks in a
dense fog on the south-east coast of Change
Island, 8 miles south-east of Belle Isle
lighthouse, At 2 40 on the morning of Fri-
day, September 23rd. The passengers were
all below in their bunks at the time, and
they were awakened suddenly from their
sleep by the signal fog horn, followed a few
minutes later by a terrible crash as the ship
went on the rocks. The paseengers rushed
on deck, men, women, and children, with
hardly a stitch of clothing on them, to find
the abip reeking to and fro on the rocks.
The night was pitoh dark, there was a high
• wind, which &Mounted to almost a gale,
and the sea was running terrifically high.
Five boats were launched, and the women
were lowered into them. The launching of
of the first boat resulted in the loss of at
least eleven lives, and it is believed that a
number of others 8 perished. The boat,
which was loaded with women, sank almost
as soon as it touohed the water, and its 30
occupants were struggling for their lives in
the icy water. Those who perished were
Mrs. Robinson, wife of the manager of 8 the
Sunlight Soap Company, Toronto'and Mies
Robinson; Miss A. Street, of Montreal;
' Mrs. Harry Childs, wife of the 8 manager of
"The Sign of the Cross" Company; Mrs.
Scott, of Port Arthur; Mrs. James Dickin-
son, of Windsor; Mrs. Skelton, Miss R.
Weavers, Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, Mrs. M.
Scott, Mr& Roberts and infant, all of Eng-
land.
Early on Friday morning the fog cleared
a little, and, the vessel still holding fast,
the captain ordered the boats back to the
vessel. In the meantime, as the fog had
lifted with the breaking of day, it was
found that the rocks on which the vessel
had run formed part of the high mass of oliffe
on the Belle Iele coast. A number of the
male passengers had been lowered by means
of ladders to a ledge of rock. When the
boats returned to the vessel, the women
were hauled near the vessel 0 means of
ropes, and lowered to the led e in chairs
and by Means of the ladders.
CLIMBED A STEEP CLIFF.
The passengers were now sAfely off the
wet on solid earth, but the werst of their
troubles were to come. It was necessary to
get out of the danger of the inboming tide,
and to do this they had to climb the steep
cliff, a height of a couple of h ndred feet,
to reach a place of safety oi a plateau
above. It was not so bad for 1 the men as
for the unfortunate women, ma y of whom
were in their bare feet and lwith hardly
anything but their night dresse on.
DRUNKEN SAILORS ROBBED P SSENGERS.
To add to the horror of the situation,
the firemen and lower grade of sailors, who
nwere simply "scabs" taken on at Liver-
pool, owing to the strike, behaved in an
atrocious manner. No soon r had the
vessel gone on the rocks than hey started
to loot the ship from end to end. They
entered the passengers' cabins, br?ke open
the luggage, and stole ever. thing they
could lay their hands on. They broke into
the steward's' quarters, br ached the
liquors, and filled themselves with wine
and whisky until they were i a beastly
state of intoxication. To the, appeals of
the women, who asked for provisions and
assistance, they replied with jeers and
drunken oaths. While the women were
almost perishing with cold on the barren
plateau, these monsters in human form
stalked about the rooks drinking and sing-
ing obscene songs.
The three hundred passengers paned all
day Friday and Friday night on the narrow
plateau, a couple of hundred feet above
where the vessel was wrecked. The night
was a beautiful moonlight one, and the
scene, the passengers declare, was a most
weird and solemn one. A number of the
passengers sang hymns, and Father Long-
more, a Church of England clergyman,
offered prayer for their safety.
TERRIBLE JOURNEY TO LIGHTHOUSE.
A party which had been sent out by the
captain to hunt for the lightship returned
early on Saturday morning, and reported
that the lighthouse was about twelve miles
distant, but the journey to it was something
terrible. During Saturday, Sunday and
Monday the passengers, in groups, cov red
the distance between the rooks and the
lighthouse. At the moat it was only fjrom
fifteen to eighteen miles, but to nearly all it
seemed thousands. The way was over 14 eep
cliffs and through swamps and waste p.1 ces
which had never been troddeu by the oot
of man. There were innumerable p nds
and brooks through which the foot -sore as-
sengere had to wade. But all kept a s out
heart, and though a number of them fell ex-
hausted by the way, the majority reached
the lighthouae in safety. For four days,
from early Friday morning until Monday
night they had wandered on the rocks with
hardltrany food, and with only the water
they could obtain from the brooks to drnk.
On Tuesday morning the Elder-Demp ter
steamship Montfort, which was palming in-
ward to Montreal, was signalled from the
lighthouse. The Montfort responded to the
signals, and all the paesengers except a lout
fifty who had not reached the lighth uee
were taken on board, and brought so Rim-
ouski. The remaining passengers ere
brought on the Allan Line steamer Gree on.
THE PASSENGERS STORIES.
Miss Edyth Hyman, daughter of r.
Charles Hyman, ex -M. P., of London, as
among the passengers. As soon as he
heard the noise she went up on deck, ery
lightly clad and wearing slippers. No
alarm had been given, but the men «ere
letting down the boats. She entered the
second boat, commanded by the ship's ar-
penter. It contained 26 ladies, and as
manned by three sailors. "We were away
about ten or twelve hours," said Miss
Hyman, "though curiously enough it
seemed to be only two or three hours.
Every one was seasick.. There were no pro-
visions whatever, although I believe the
law requires a tin.rof provisions and a flask
of water. Finally the captain called to no
to • come back, and then we entered the
cabin and put on some more clothing. I
was in the boat the second time only ten or
fifteen minutes, when someone shouted
"Hurry up," and I was swung across to
the rock on a chair. I remained there from
Friday afternoon to Monday morning.
There our party; including Mr. Matters,
Mr. Green and Miss Mekelle, *sited for
the lighthouse, which it took seyen and a
half hours to reach. While on the rocks I
saw several of the crew drunk. We tried
to get up_a concert on Saturday rnight under
Mr. Westerton, but had to stop, owing to
the shouting and obscene conduct of some
of the orew. I lost all my luggage except
the few things I have en and the key of my
t r unk."
J. C. McCracken, of Chesley, gave a
Rev.
vivid sketch of the thrilling experiences of
the passage.
"The reports as to the conduct of the
crew," he said, "have not been exaggerated.
It was shameful, outrageous—cursing and
swearing. They made a rush for the cabins,
stealing everything they could lay hands on,
They even left no one to man the „boats.
They broke open the wine and acted hor-
ribly.
"The people were mostly delirious and
half fainting: • Many of them have not been
able to come on to Toronto—we're nearly
dead.
"1 B&W the boats lowered, and I saw the
first one swamped. I heard the captain
call out ::` Put in the bungs,' but some say
the bungs were not put in. The boat was
being lowered apparentla by seamen who
did not quite understand their work. The
women had to get over the side, en to a
rope ladder'and make a little jump for the
boat. The boat was still attached to the
davits when it went down with the sea.
The waves brought it up again, so that the
women °odd almost catch the railing of ,the
rthip. Then it went down again, and ap-
parently struck the point of another boat
and collapsed. The people in it were
washed around like corks, some ef them,
the older ones, just lying back and, drown-
ing without a scream. N 1
" One old lady, going out to California,
lay back and was drowned in the beat, and
remained there for days, when she was
drawn up and buried at sea. Her husband
was saved. The men on 'the thip threw
ropes with loops in amongst the drowning
women. One of them, Mrs. Scott, slipped
her arm through a loop and clasped it with
both hands. She and a, few others were
saved, the skin being torn from their hands.
All this time thedin was terrific. The
water came in, and the lights were put out.
The engineers let off the steam, which
roared up the pipes and mingled with the
noise of the breakers and the -grating of
the ship on the ledge. It was three
-
o'clock in the morning, cold and dark, and
the scene was a wild one,,, It would be im-
possible to accurately describe its The boat
was within 50 feet of the' shore, where the
rooks towered 500 feet high. There were
114 of the crew, and I hear they disobeyed
orders, eighteen or twenty of them refusing
to work. Some of the stewards acted as
badly as the crew.
"The three first officers behaved nobly.
There is plenty of fresh water there, and
we lived on black and blue berries. There
was ham and stuff, but we couldn't eat it.
The crew got the food and refused to give
it up. They cursed frightfully. I never
heard anything like it. The weather was
bitter. You'd shiver with your overcoat
on, and there were women in nothing but
night-dresseg. There was not so much fuel
as you could put in your pocket. The
Monterey appeared on Sunday. She had
mails, and would only tako on those who
would go to England."
Dr. Kirschman, associate professor of
philosophy at Toronto University, told an
interesting and clear story of the wreck. I
had not retired," he said, "when I heard
the whistle blow. This was before the ves-
:eel struck Almost immediately there was
a grinding sensation and a crash. I at once
went on deck. It was intensely dark, and
there was a heavy, drizzling fog. I noticed
that the ship had tilted over to an angle of
15 degrees. The ladies were ordered into
boats. The first boat lowered sank and most
of the ladies were drowned, By this time
the ship was at angle of 30 to 40 degrees,
but she seemed to be securely held by the
• rocks, and I concluded she would not sink.
There was no panic, but, on the contrary,
the beet of order prevailed. After the sink-
ing of the first boat four others were lowered
in perfect order. It then became 8 brighter,
and I saw we were about 20 feet from
the rocks. The captain ordered a ladder to;
be lowered to the rocks and we descended.
But he did not know whether the rocks
would be covered at high tide or not, and
so ordered us to Climb up. It was a dread-
ful steep, and it as a wonder no one was
killed. 8 The rock were almost perpendicu-
lar. The captain Ifron the ship directed us
with a horn to t e lighthouse. Then the
ladies returned t the ship in the boats,
were hauled up ad taken across to the
other side of the ship, where they were low-
ered on to the rocks by chairs and ladders.
They also climbed up to a little platform,
and there we stayed all Friday night. 1
"As I had left the ship with very little I
returned, but found my stateroom 1°04(1,-1
and now my best coat is made from a blan-
ket. 8 We sent up many rockets, and several
ships passed but did not stop. I must say
that the captain and officers behaved !splen-
didly, but part of the crew got the wines
and liquors and got drunk instead of assiat-
ing the ladies, who were shivering on the
rocks. This was not the fault of the captain,
but distinctly that of the company which
hired such a rascally crew. The captain
had no sleep for days, and if it had not been
for him and the officers we never could have
been aaved.
"Well, on Friday the captain sent a party
to look for the lighthouee, and they re-
turned Saturday morning. • The captain
then ordered all to go to the lighthouse,
which, he said, was six miles away. After
twenty minutes' desperate climbing we
reached the top and started off. There were
twenty men in the party. It took us about
seven hours to do the distance, and you may
imagine what an awfal job it was after we
had been without food for almoet-two days.
The country was all hills and hollows, and
we sank to our knees in the moss at every
step. I left the ship about 10 on Saturday
morning and reached the lighthouse between
5 and 6 that night. We were well received
by the lighthouse keeper and his sisters,
and also by Mr. Noble of the Marine De-
partment, Ottawa, who was there. On Sun•
day we were ordered back to the ship for
provisions, but I could not go owing to the
condition of my fset. I could not get my
boots, which had been taken away to be
blackened before the ship struck, and had to
take a boy's pair. The result was that when
we reached the lighthouse my feet were in a
fearful condition. .. .
"Those who went back were ordered to
stay there or take provisions with them.
The captain then sent back another party of
50, including 8 ladies, and some of them
dropped exhausted on the road. Those
who came brought few proviaions, and all
were glad of a sardine or a cracker. Some
of uo got nothing. Sunday afternoon we
heard that aomeone was lying out on the
hills. It was an English clergyman, Father
Laugmore, who was completely exhausted
by his efforts. A search party went after
him, and missed him, but brought in a
Catholic priest, Rev. Father Delacre, who
also was campletely exhausted'. Ti -e steam-
ship Monterey passed outward on Sunday.
She took off those passengers or crew who
wanted to go to England, but positively re-
fused to take us to Quebec or Rimouski or
to go to some port for assistance. Small
parties continued coming in until Tuesday
morning, when the Moptford appeared. She
, had passed the wreck without noticing it.
She took on all the passengers at the light-
' house, and then went back to the wreck and
sent out two boata, which rescued those on
' the rooks. We then continued on our way
, to port.
TILE LOOTERS ARRESTED.
When the Montford reached Montreal,
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the members of the crew were, placed under
arrest and on being searched a large quantity
of clothing, jewelry and other valuables be-
longing to the passengers were found on
them.
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Belgraye Fall Slovv.
The fall show of the East W wanosh Ag-
ricultural Society was held at; Belgraye on
Friday last. The day was cold and threat.
ening, which doubtless made the crowd
smaller than it otherwise would have been.
There was a fair exhibit of all churns of
stock, a really excellent display of fruit,
and the other inside elasses ;were pp to
the average. The prize list is ;se follows;
HORSES,—Heavy Draught -I -Brood' mare
with foal, 3 Speir; R Nesbitt. I Horse foal,
R Nesbitt, Mare foal, Jas Speir, Jan Cun-
ningham. Two year filly, J Forster, W H
Cruickshank. Two year gelding, W H
Cruicksh nk. Year old kil y, J Speir.
Team ho es, W II Cruickshank, James
Forster.
General Purpose—Brood mare with, foal,
J Owens, Proctor & Son. Mare foal, G
Robertso
more lst
Fells, J C
Fells, R
Proctor &
J Cs,semo
Road a
Oster. T
wick let
Warwick,
Williams,
saddla, A
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, J Owens. Horse i foal, J Case-
na 2nd. Two year filly, 3 E
eemore. Two year gelding, J E
Scott. Year old ifilly, Charles
Son, A Robertson. iTeam bones,
e' J Taylor.
elCarriage—Two y ar filly, Jos'
o year gelding, cott & War-
nd 2nd. Year old filly, Seott &
J Spiers. Single 8 driver, R
3 W Fisher. thick horse in
Robertson 1st and 2ad. Team,
road or ea riage; J Brandon, Ji E Fella.
CATTLE —Thoroughbred -04w, R Corley,
G Sowler, R Corley. Two year, heifer, R
Corley, is and 2nd. Heifer elf, R Corley
let and 2q8. Bull calf, R C rley, George
Bowler. ull, two years or ov r, R Corley.
Bull und r two years, R Corley, G, Sow -
ler.
Grade
MHHari
Scott heifer, &
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calf, M If
old steer
Year old
Steer calf,
SHEEP,
, ram, T 11
ling ram,
lamb,ewesj Jo
B
J Coultes
C °u lote e
Dn
w, 8 j
2nd, Paul
M II Har
H Harris
ling ewe
Reid, Geo Henry. .
Pios,—Large Breed—Aged boar, , W g
McCutcheon, R Nicholl. Brood saw, R
Nicholl, let and 2ad. Boar! littered in
1899, R Nicholl, lst and 2od. Sow littered
in 1899,T M Henderson, W H McCuteheo
i -
Small Breed—Aged boar, Gee Roberta°
Brood sow, W Scott, P Gibbons', Boar li
tared in 1899, P Gibbons, 1.4t and 2nd.
Sow littered in 1$99, P Gibbons i G Robot
son.
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' POULTRY,—Geese, Geo Robertson. ! T /1.1
Henderson took all the other prizes. i
IMPLEMENTS,—Farm gate, H Edtvards.
Lumber wagon, John Campbell. liluggy,
John Campbell. Cutter, John Csrapbell.
Plow, John L Geddes, W Gannet. I Gang
plow, John L Geddes, John CaMpbelli 8 Iron
harrows, John Campbell, W Ganneal Disc
harrow, John Campbell.
GRAIN —White fall wheat R Scott; T H
Taylor, jr. Red fall wheat, T 11 Taylor, jr,
H Edwards. Spring wheat, R (r McOowan.
Six -rowed barley, R Scott, H Edwards.
White oats, W Scott, R McMurray. Small
peas, R Scott, 8 C Proctor & Son. ,Large
peas, James Speir, R G McGotvan. Flax-
seed, Geo Sowler, R G McGdwan. i Tim-
othy, Jas Speir, R Scott.
FRUIT AND FLOWERS. —Golflen russet,
Joseph Brandon, M H. Harrison. Baldwins,
RG McGowan, A Robertson. Snows, W
Geddes, R Corley. Rhode Is and green-
ings, A B Carr, James Speir. Scott's win-
ter, T M Hendersen, D B Anderson. North-
ern spies, P Gibbons, A B Carr. Ben
Davis, R G. McGowan, Joeepi Brandon.
Canada reds, J Speir, R G McG wan. 1King
of tomkins, M H Harrison, Joee n Brandon,
Three varieties- of winter apples, James
Speir, C Proctor & Son, Three varieties of
fall apples, C Proctor & Sen, R Scott. 2 Fall
pears, R Coaley, James Sp ir. Winter
pears John E Fells, A B Carr. Grapes, C
Proctor x Son, T M Henderson. • Crab ap-
ples, James Brandon, D B And rson. , Two
varieties of plums, A B Carr, T M Hender-
son. Peaches, John E Fells. olleetion of
fruit, C Proctor & Son. R Co ley. Table
bouquet, Miss E Henry, E Sackrider. Hand
bouquet, Miss E Henry, E Saekrider. Flow-
er in pot, and collection of house, plants,also
collection of foliage plants, E Salckrider.
MANUFACTURES.—UniOn fiall la el, ;T M
Hendersoon, Mrs Owens. . Bl nketa, Mrs
'
Owen?, Mrs G Robertsonome made.
wine, Mrs P Gibbons, 0 Procto & Son.
ROOTS AND VEGETABLES.—E ephant po-
tatoes . T M Henderson, E iSackrider.
Matchless eorlies, 0 Proctor & Soni -T M
Harrison. Empire state, E Sackricler, C
Pi octor & Son. Any other variety, ESack-
rider, It Scott. Cabbage, E Etckricier, T
M Henderson. Cauliflower, E Sackrider.
Blood beets, D B Anderson, E Sackrider.
Turnip beets, W Geddes, C Praetor & Son.
Mangold wurtzela, E Sackrider,, C Proctor
& Son. . Swede turnips, C Protr & Son,
W Scott. Field carrots, E S ckrider, E
Fells. Early horn carrots, E Sackrider, C
Proctor & Son, Parsnips, 5 ' Sackrider.
Onions from seed, E Sackrider. ' Onions of
any other kind, E Sackrider, T M Hender-
son. Celery, E Sackrider. Corn, H Ed-
wards, T M Henderson. Water' melon, E
I Sackrider, T M Henderson. Minsk melon,
E Saokrider, T M Henderson. Pumpkin, E
Sackrider, T M Henderson. Squash, A B
Carr, T M Henderson. Citron, E Sack -
rider, Tomatoes, E Seekridera Beans, R
• Scott, A Robertaon. Collection . of garden
vegetables T M Henderson. ,
DAIRY i'RODUCB,—Dairy butter, Mrs. A.
Carr, Mrs G Robertson. Crook of butter,
Mrs G Robertson, Miss McClelland. Roll
batter, Mrs 0 Proctor, Miss Scott. , Home
Cow, M H Harrison
ison. 8 Two year
one, M H Harris°
11 Harrison, W S
Harrison let and 2n
D Seott & Son 1
steer, J Barr, D
M II Harrison, J B
Leicesters and Gr
Taylor, jr, N Cam
John Barr, J Coult
n Barr, J Coulte
rr, Geo Henry. She
jr, N Cumming.
, John Barr.
and Grades—Aged ram, lit and
Reid. Shearling rani, Paul Reid,
ison. Ram lamb, Paul Reid, M
n. Aged ewes, Paul Reid. Shear-
, Paul Reid. Ewe Iambsi Paul
P Gihbons,
id heifer, D
. Year old
ott. Heifer
. Two year
t and 2nd.
eott & Son.
rr.
des Aged
ing. Shear-
s, jr. Ram
, jr. Aged
rling ewes,
we lambs, J
1 -
_
made bread, Mrs A Carr, T M Henderson.
Maple syrup, R Scott, A 13 Carr.
FINE ARTS,—Painting still life Miss
Owens, Mrs Dr Carder. Pencil drawing,
Mrs Dr Carder. Oil painting, Mrs Dr Car-
der, Mrs la B Andereon. Collection oil
paintings, Miss Owens, Mrs Blashill. Col-
lectioa photographs, M E Zurbrigg, Miss
Edwards.
LADIES' DEPARTMEN-T,—Tatting, Mrs
Blaship. Specimen crochet work, Sirs Dr
Carrie , Mrs Fell. Bead iwork, Mies McClel-
land. Hooked skirt, Mrs G Robertson.
Fancy knitting, Mrs Dr Carder, Mrs W Me-
Kenzi . Linen shirt, Mrs W McKenzie.
Fancy flannel shirt, Mrs W McKenzie.
Braidi g, Miss McClelland. Feather flowers
Mrs B ashill, Mrs Owen. Woolen stockings
Mrs enzie, Min McClelland. Socka,
Mrs cKenzie, Miss McClelland. Woolen
gloves Mrs. McKenzie. Woolen mita, Mrs
McKe zie, Mies Owen. Log cabin quilt,
Miss eClelland, Mrs Blashill. Knitted
quilt, Mr 3 Dr Carder, Mrs • P Gibbon -9.
Patch d quilt, Mrs G Robertson'Mrs Dr
Care . Rag mat, Mrs Sackrider, Mrs dBlas-
hill.:; : erlin wool work raised, MrsDr Carder,
Mrs B ashill. Berlin:wool work flat, Miss
McC e land, Mrs Dr `Carder. Sofa pillow,
Mrs D Carder, Mrs -Blashill. Silk quilt,
Mrs lashill, Miss McClelland. Painting op
satin, eilk or velvet, Mrs Dr Carder, Mn
Blas ill. Hair flowers, Miss McClelland.
Emb oidery on silk. Mrs Blashill. Embroi-
dery on linen, Mrs Dr Carder, 'Miss McClel-
land. Lace work, Mrs Blashill. TWill0
lace,;Miss McClelland. Rag carpet, Miss E
Hen0y, Mrs Owen. Collection of ladies'
work, Miss McClelland, Mrs Dr Carder.
JUDGES.:
florses,—J Scarlett, McKillop ; C Rud -
dell, Londesboro.
Cattle —W Isbister, Morris; D Clew,
Whited:era,.
Sheep and Pigs,—Jas Currie, L Tasker,
jr., '1enry Edwards.
Poultry,—J Patterson, Wingham.
Implements,—T L Jobb, Wingham.
Grain,—John Anderson.
Dairy Produce,D Sproat, Belgrave ; R
A Graham, Wingham. :
Ladies' Work and Fine - Arts, —Mre.
Herdsman, Wingham; Mies Harrison and
Miss Hall, Belgrave. I
Fr it and Flowers,—G Fotheringal4
Max och. I
1
M nufactures,—W Robertson, Wingham
R oth and Vegeta.bles,—F Metealf,Blyth i'•
C W Lawrence, Belgra.ve.
Huron County Assizes.
T e fall Assizes for the county of Huron
were held at Goderich last week. The
Hon cable Chancellor Boyd presided.
Th re were one criminal and four civil.
cases on the list, but as the grand jury.
brou ht in "no bill" in the criminal charge
and two of the.civil cases were allowed to
stand over, the business of the court wag
practically concluded in one day.
J. C. Hegler, of Ingersoll, acted as Crown
council.
The following were sworn in as the granl
jury :1 James B. Jones, foreman; Edwar
Bel4er, Samuel Bennett, John Day, 'James
Davidson, James L. Grant, Thomas Ginn,
Jame a Hillan, Andrew Mahan, David Mack;
JohnlMcMahon, William Yearly, 'Patrick
Ford.
His Lordship briefly addressed. the juryl
and instructed them as to their duties.
The only case they would have to deal with,
was that in which William Cox was charged'
with manslaughter in shooting and killing
Frederick Beattie last year. The Attorney -
General's Department had directed that this
matter be placed beforethe grand jury, to de-
cide whether Cox should be put on trial for
manslaughter. As we reported last week,
how- ever, the grand jury brought in "no
bill" in this case, and Mr. Cox wail die- '
charged.
The only jury case on docket, Small vs.
Bradford, was postponed. His Lordship
then heard the non -jury cases.
Merr vs. Squire et al.—Action to have a
trustOf the late Valentine Pframmer's will
declared in favor of plaintiff, Mary C. Murr.
The action was taken?* Mrs. Muir against
her sister, Mrs Squire, and mother, Mrs.
Pfrarnmer, to recover the interest on $1,000
under the will in question. Judgment was
givea for the plaintiff for $300, being five
years, arrears of interest, with cost of wit-
nesses to prove that plaintiff was in need,
and an annual payment of $60 every year
by the widow during her life, and after her
death, such annual payment to be made to
the plaintiff by the defendant, Sarah Squire,
as long as the. plaintiff lives, the first of
such annual payments of $60 each to be paid
on the llth of October,•1899. Interlocutory
costs to stand as already determined, aix
per cent. prima faciaeinterest on $1,000 ; if
any doubt about this, rate can be settled by
registrar. Proceedings stayed for one
month.
Coleman vs. Jacklin—Interpleader issue.
Judgment for the plaintiff, declaring that
he bee a charge on the note in question for
$240.18 and interest from this date, and
that he is entitled to hold the same until
paYment thereof, with costs of issue.
Order appointing' Philip Holt, without se-
curity and salary, to collect the said note,
and, after payment of plaintiff's claim as
above, to pay the balance thereof to the de-
fendant.
Murray vs. McIvor—Action to recover a
legacy. By consent of counsel, stands till
next non•jury sittings of court, pending set-
tlement.
Uan.ada.
—The increase in Hamilton's population
last year was about 600. ,
—A. E. Ames, of Toronto, has donated
$10,000 towards the endowment of Victoria,
College.
—The directors of the defunct Banque
Ville Marie, Montreal, have been arrested on
a charge of forgery.
—North Bruce Liberals have nominated
Mr. J. E. Campbell, of !Hepworth, as their
candidate for the Commons.
—Hector Prince a well known rancher of
Medicine Hat district, was drowned while
crossing Red Deer river. •
— Theassessment returns make London's
population 38,902, an increase of 327 in a
year.
— W. H. Childs, local agent of the Simp-
son Bicycle Company, at Hamilton, was
sandbagged while on his way home the other
night and robbed of $73.
— While eating dinner at the Albion hotel
at Arthur, Archie Lamont, suddenly fell
back in his chair, Dr. Walsh, who 8was
summoned, extracted a piece of beef
from his throat, but too late to save his
life.
—A man named Lockwood, employed in
Kyle's foundry at Merrickville, was caught
in one of the belts, Thursday afternoon, and
it is feared, fatally injured. One arm is
smashed, one leg broken, and internal in-
juries are looked for.
—The Welsh farm delegates, who have
been in Manitoba and the Northwest in-
specting the country, with a view to set-
tling there with a number of their country-
men, are on their way home, They am
mu& impressedwith what they have teen,
and believe the country eminently suited
for Welsh farmers, though they will recom-
mend that, if any considerable numbers
come out, they dente in colonies so they
can preserve the social institutions which
are es dear to them..
—John Busby, of Coleman's post office,
Little York, a man 80 years of age, while
walking on the track outside Little York at
noon on Saturday, was run down by &Grand
Trunk train. His right leg was cut off be-
low the hip, and his left foot was eut
off.
—While digging a cellar under a house in
Bridgenorth a man named Gray unearthed
$220 in Aineriean gold. The money was
lost by the occupant of the house twenty
years ago, and Gray was arrested on sus-
picion of having stolen it, but was ac-
quitted.
—An unknown woman while walking
westward on the Grand Trunk Railway
tracks at Gananeque, Friday morning, WW1
Struck by a special fast express and instant-
ly killed. Just a few minutes before A
sectionman bad spoken to her, but she 8 did
not reply, from which it is inferred that she
was deaf.
—A melancholy tragedy occurred Wed-
nesday near the village of Kelvin in Bur-
ford township. A man: named Samuel.
Wood, tired of life, fint shot his faithful
dog dead and then blew rust his own brains.
Wood was 50 years of age, and unmarried.
He had had a lot of troubld, and his mind is
supposed to have been unhinged.
—Rev. C. W. Gordon, pastor of St.
Stephen's church, Winnipeg, and in litera-
ture known as "Ralph Cohnor," author of
"Black Rook," and ' Talei of the Selkirke"
was on Wednesday married to Miss Helen
King, daughter of the late Rev, Dr. King,
principal of Manitoba College. The cere-
mony took place at the residence of a cousin
of the bride.
—Nellie Petrie, a young girl employed in
the pill department of Messrs. Parke, Davie
and Co.'s laboratory, at ;Walkerville, died
suddenly Friday morning. A girl working
near her heard her say she was fainting, but
before she could catch her she fell to the
floor dead. Heart disesah is supposed to
have been the causeof death,
—The eight-year-old sen of Joseph Gird,
a young farmer living near Belle River, a
few miles east of Windsor. met his death in
a peculiarly shocking manner Thursday.
The lad was cracking and eating hickory
nuts, when one of the sh Ile became lodged
in his windpipe. The eff rts of the parents
to remove the obstruetio were unavailing,
and a doctor was hurried y sent for, brit by
the time he arrived the boy bad literally
choked to death, after suffering great
agony.
—Two lads named Barber, living in Shn-
coe, desired to fight with a lad named Stew-
art Stewart, being smaller than either of
the Barber lads, declined to enter into any
contest. One of the Barber lads ran home
and procured a gun, and then told Stewart
if he did not fight he wou d shoot. Stewart
deelined, and thereupon the Barber lad gave
him the contents of the gins, hitting him in
recover.
—A
It is thought the Iad will not
v
—A terrible fatality oecurred on Wed-
nesday afternoon of last wteek, on the farm
of Mr. Ortmann, an aged gentleman who
resides near Centreville, in which Mrs. Ort.
mann, 81 years of age, wee burned to death.
She was just about to do Some washing and
had just put too much woad on the fire,
preventing the stove id from closing
tightly. She took one sti k out and the
flames ignited her clothing . Her husband
was &deep in another rooM and knew notlas
ing until all was over. 1
—Fred Shunter, of Gleout hunting the other day shot a fox. im-
mediately after shooting he reloaded his
rifle, hue neglected to put down the hammer.
He found the fox was not. quite dead, and
etruck it a blow with thel butt end of his
gun, which discharged. IThe ball pierced
his right hand and entered his right side,
passing clean through hie body just below
the - heart. Although in great agony, he
managed to crawl to his house, a distanpe of
about a quart -r of a mile, but expired short-
ly afterwards. 1
—One of the oldest residents of Guelph,
in the person of Mr. Robert Martin, sen.,
passed away on Wednesday of last week,
Mr. Martin dying at noon; at the General
Hospital, Guelph. The old gentleman was
in hi* 9lat year, and. was i apparently hale
and hearty right up to within a day of his
death. On Sunday last hewent to 8 church
twice, and it was though caught a bad
cold then, as it was raining. He was
following day. The late Mr. Martin had
resided continuously in Guelph since June,
al8ro3u7.nd on Monday as us4al, however, but
on Tuesday was taken ill and was removed
to the hospital, where be died on the -
1
—An extremely sad double drowning oc-
curred at the village of TeCumech, east of
Windsor, Thursday evening, the victims be-
ing Mrs. George Stankyl and her infant
daughter Gladys. The littile one had man-
aged to crawl out of the fiouse while the
mother was occupied in some of her house-
hold duties. A deep cistern filled with
water a few feet away stood uncovered, and
the firet warning of dangee the mother had
was when she heard a Wed eplaah. She
rushed out to find her -baby daughter in a
,death struggle between the :narrow walls of
Ihe cistern. The mother jumped in after
the child but was unable te get out again,
and as no help carne she sank and. was
i
drowned. 1
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—About 3 o'cleck Sunday afternoon fire
broke out in the dwelling ;house of James
Coghill, which was badly damaged, the COU
tents being mostly saved. The fire was
first seen on the roof near ene ot the -chim-
neys, from which it is stipposed the fire
caught. Insured in the 13ritish American;
amount not known at present, but will cover
loss.
—During the thunderstorm early on Sun-
day morning 24th ult., the barn belonging to
Henry Otto, lot 28, concession 3, South East -
hope, was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. The family Were awakened by
the heavy crash of thunder and one or two
members had stepped outside to see if all
was right, when suddenly the barn burst into
flames. Mr. Otto .hurried to the barn and
released the horses, pigs, and calves but all
the season's crops with which the barn was
fined were consumed. The loss on building
and contents will amount to over $2,000, on
which there is an insurance of $800 in the
South Easthope Farmer's Mutual.
—A serious accident occiirred at Atwood
the other morning. About 3 a, in., Mrs.
John Roger was awakened ;by her brother,
W. R. Erskin, who desired her to wait 012
Mrs. Erskine, who was ill, and in the dark-
ness and not fully awakened, she started
from the gothic windowfor what she
aupposed was her bed room4o dress herself,
but instead stepped into the open stairway,
falling to the bottom violently, fracturing
one of the lanes in her right arm, above
the wrist, and otherwise brnising her head
and body. How she escaped being killed,
instantly, is a marvel, as she fell 20 feet,
head first