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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-11-10, Page 1t 3. 1893 [11 b [TS ADS, 0~4* lllflery le Furs kets stunies Lemur. isnadians a tee of' minds the that- a it be reeds for the chilling beide of a, It alao arothe et he tritest rid him. suet of hie heavier eery large stock of - th larger thaw trade in early fall now thate although Furs, Jackets, CO8- kwear is very great, at which they are erciaed in their buy - r• get the very in every thing, r sales. Fillinery, stme there a beeens. to buy; because it dillinery Expert at , atie knowledge can your own ideas, Ilinery room will find 'sally goodservice ,y of trimmed hat; Took at and at the ng -suggestions aid' to choose or order. r Furs. As are real Cold ry thing for winter E,.re close, the furs v. Our elm is to OE semen and so w rn Capes, Caper T8, Muffs, :laps and up-to-date. herehheereeeeh, d ourselves in- the the great number L. This season finda than weer and as est Caned ian,Ameri- ts, we feel sure that at be clissapointed e line. Many well to choose from and seihetfii 16„ rtnaent is the corner ry Goode Store eteation in order to Your intereat, ia frig something few ittle enough for it, stir prices. erials that answer • street and travelees and evening rff-fix-yeb Wats in ear, 1--felaledr UL is 00. test Cask Store. Offsweserimswirmilia""gios 61 inspector, J- offieial visit to Monday and reditable order. re merchant, put and heating ar street Methodist Leh is a creditable ire satisfaction of in street Metho- icoselv-es credit at r tea meeting last ,er, of Exeter gave- Nbly.-ldrii. J. A. visited with Mrs nay, of Ilenzall, t and Bert Knight: Res and Alvinston Fr. Will Folhind is a, Munroe. Mr. d with the R. J. rwater heath3g ty. met with la, from whioll lefe arm etui M tAking A fovr at he theY re°aPel" veil, who hag beim diptherla, Bet- e on Tuesday, at- , wag a bright, Neeentee sad broth- ia their sad 1 tok puke from - Thu Tetley. -The else propertY e ,eat1y irnprole, L number of her empty, whieh during the Put inning th brighten:e_ e winter trade he issee Johns enter- riende to a social )(4 -M. Vine.ntg cid Beer will liat st, ae Bethead*r Garrick Drarnatio °helots Of fi'M xnay soon look for ,pular institution- ig a neer barn ill' estroyed by firiv THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,665. urn SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 ABOUT BOIS ELOTIIING Amilovoloykow4A0AosaweihmesaA The first important division of this branch is boys suits. In the two piece boys' suits, sizes 22 to 28, we are club- bing a range of prices such as $2.75, $3.00, $3.25, $3.50 and $3.75 and) giving one price on the lot, this price will stand until the line is cleared out, which price will be $2.50, this is an extremely low figure for a reliable article. The second. lot of suits will comprise suits, sizes 27 to 32 three pieces, the prices which are clubbed in this lot range -$3.75, $4.00, $4.25, $4.50, $4.75 and $5.00, the selling price until the line is cleared will be $350. It may be well; to state that while we have offered many inducements for shrewd buyers in the past, we know of no occasion in which such a spocial has been placed be- fore our customers. Bring.in your boy, your cash, and the result will be mutually Satisfactory for the seller and the purchaser. This special in boys' clothing will continue right through the fall season. The following extract f:om a paper which is the best author- ity on matters touching on fur goods will be noted with interest : FURS AND FUR GARMENTS. 'The fur markets have been very strong in Great Britain, and at the October salea advances ranging from 10 to 100 per cent. were made. The Winnipeg Commercial recently discussed at some length the situation in the Manitoba metropolis. It was stated that : The .wombat, which has been theestaple coat for farmers' use of late years, has become rather too expensive this season. These coats now range from $15 to $25 each, wholesale prices'whereas they used to sell, two years ego, at $11 to $15. This Australianfur coat is now very scarce, even at the advance. For cheaper grades of coats, goatskins are now being used extensively, under various names, at $12 to $15 each. One line is called Backy bear. Dog coats are also selling under various names at about $12, There are also several lines of sheepskin coats, some under fancy names, from $12 up- ward, for common wear and various grades of black lamb coattein medium priced goods, from $20 up, to the fashionable Persian lambs, which rune into hundreds for a good coat. The coon coat, which has always been a favorite garment for medium to good clam of trade, is still in evidence. C00138 cost higher this year, ranging from $5 to $10 each higher than one to two years -ago. Black cloth, fur -lined coats, whieh make a nice, dressy looking garment, range from $45 upward to $65, as to style of lining and quality of goods. Cat and rat linings predominate. Fine cloth lined are sometimes lined with mink, but these come much higher, costing about $75 each." The above is of interest in that it points out how fortunate we were in securing all our coon coats nine months ahead of the advance in price. We are therefore able to sell a coon coat ata price which it would be impossible to obtainit wholesale at the present time. If it is your intention to purchase a fur coat or more especially a coon coat you will be well repaid in selecting the sa-nae from our stock. The 50c fleece lined mens and boys underwear, Driving rugs at $1.25 and $1.50, boys' odd coats $1,90, Tflondike mitts 75e, the "Billy Reid" storm cap at 50c, 600 and 75c. Fine dress overcoats at $6.50. Eteeet thregeengegreieffiengereet sue Greig & Macdonald Clothiers. and Furnishers On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, SEAFORTII I would respectfully remind the public to procure their railway tickets at the C. P. R. office for all points East and West. Also telegraphy and money order business expedi- tiously and promptly attended to. R. J. MACDONALD C. P. R. AGENT Seaforth. 1899. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1 a Year in Advance. SCORING THE RAILWAYS. it not been discovered in due time a corpse would oertainly have been removed frorn s the room in the morning. Huron Boys in The West. w DEAR Earosreon,-I thought I would drop you a few lines to let you know we e are still alive in the Northwest. We had a f lovely summer, in fact, if any one wishes to spend their holidays in the summer, I know 'of no place which would be more enjoyable for health and recreation. A part of July was rather dry, but towards it. elose rain set in which lasted during August. Al- though it prevented the crops from ripening early, still it was a blessing in disguise, leaving the soil in excellent condition for a crop during the corning year. No one need say after this that this is a dry climate. I had rather a poor crop, as I am on rented farm, one which has not been culti- vated very wel4 but look out for crop for 1900 as I have een breaking prairio land in my own railro d quarter. The crops in ground on lsnd that has been well worked are yielding w II. Mr. Johnson, I think, has rented th "Model Farm" from Mi. McVicar, our, teacher. His wheat will yield over 40 bashels to the acre, and oats about 75 bushels to the acre, Mr. William Think, drover, so well and favorablY known around Blake, is doing well in the cattle business. He his good crops. Alberta is an excellent district for graz, ing. The cattle do well, as grass is natal; tious. This is the place tor a young man with a few hundred dollars to invest in young heifers. In a few years he would have a large herd. Feed is very cheap, as plenty of hay can be obtained during the summer. A FEW FACTS FROM EVERY DAY BUSINES EXPERIENCE. WHAT ONTARIO LOSES. DEAR EXPOSITOR, -I write you a fe lines to give you some idea of the railwa accommodation the people of this Provinc are receiving from the Yankee managers o the two railways that the people of the Dominion built for their own use. I cannot de better than give you a little of my own, experience in the grain business this summer. For instance, I bought en the 15th of August two cars of old wheat at 68 cents at Port Elgin, for immediate shipment. The first car was shipped t Galt within two weeks, and was paid. The other ear was ehipped on the ?,0th of September- and the draft was refused unless the shipper made a reduction of $7.50 or 1 cent per buelsel. This he re- fused to do. And by the time that he noti- fied me that he held me responsible for the full amount of the purchase, the oar had in - cuffed $15 demurrage. I at once wired Galt to pay draft less $22.50 and also wired Port Elgin that I was willing to arbitrate the case with him or would pay the lose, rather than go to Ism. Last week the Tillson Milling Company wired that their pea -mill was standing for want of peas, although I had bought them fifteen oars over three weeks before. Another oat meal miller wired that hie mill was standing fer want of oats, al- though he had sixty cars bought, and sense of them for over one month. Anoth r cus- tomer, that I buy segreat deal of wheat, peas and oats from, states that he is paying interest and insurance on $60,000 w rth of grain that ought to have been shippe three weeksego. This ehows plainly th great grievance both buyers and sellers h •ve to complain of for want of railway aceo mods. tion. In fact business cannot be don under present conditions. Dealers all o er the country are short of cars, and will n t sell any more until they get rid of whet they have sold. The object of selling is for the sake of getting rid of it, and in buyifig be- eause it is wanted now, not a month or two hence when both buyers and sellem may be in their graves. I offered a dealer in Goderich 66 cents for five cars wheat, he re- plied, there was no use in selling as be couli not ship what he had sold, and added there was 160 cars wanted in Goderich for apples alone. This I do not believe. You will recollect when the Minister of Public Works was iu Brantford less than five months ago, he stated that the Goderich elevator had then contracted to handle 6,opo,000 bushels of grain. This means it would take the Grand Trunk Railway to furnish nearly eighty cars a day for six months, to carry this amount of grain. And es the same rail- way has been competing all summer with Amerioan Railways in their own markets for grain via Goderich, Sarnia and Midland to the Sea Board, this accounts for our Cana- dian car famine. We bought 350 oars of grain last month, and on an average it was three weeks from the time they were bought until they were shipped. During this time interest and insurance had to be paid, and freight from Montreal advanced at least three cents per -bushel. The fact is - Ameri- can grain glutted that port and secured all the low steamship space. Now Ontario freights and other grain cannot get rates for love or money. The paltry gain this country derives from the increased traffic over our Canadian routes to the sea board, is as nothing in comparison to the direct lois this country sustains in the depreciation in the value of the whole products of the country. There is no earthly reason that, wheat should have ruled all this season 6 to 8 cents per bushel lower in dtratford than it has been in Chicago, only that the two railways that the people have built, have discriminated against us in rates of freight. This last season the export rate on grain from Chicago to New York fell from 11 to 8 cents per 100 pounds and during this time the Grand Trunk was a keen competitor for a share of the trade, whereas the rate from Stratford to Montreal, half the dis- tance, has been 14 cents and, the rate to l'ortlandhas been 15icents, and on the branch lines north and west 2 cents more. The rate to Buffalo, a distance of 117 miles is kept at 10 cents to prevent business with the other side, so as to get the full benefit of the long hauls. At the last meeting of the shareholders in England, the president, Sir Rivera Wilson, complained bitterly at the low rates obtained on the through traffic), which was caused by keen competition id his able manager, On the other hand Mr. Hayes got great credit for having increased the earnings of the road, which was aused by robbing Ontario out of the benefits she ought to derive from her geographical posi- tion, by playing into the hands of the United States. Ever since the Liberal Government has got inte power, nearly every manufacturing industry in the country has been booming. Since Mr. Hayes got the control of the Grand Trunk, milling that used to be the greatest industry n the Province has become so unprofitable that mill property has fallen in value at mat 50 per cent., which is caused by the policy that is being pursued. It is a well known fact that the Americans are he greatest peohle on earth for forming rusts and combines in every branch of rade to advance prices, both on the .living nd the dead. 1 ruinous a Their railways would willingly combine to advance freights on the products of the country, but the large shippers at the large °entree of trade prevent this being done by using our two Canadian railways as a lever to keep rates down. It stands to reason the higher the rates the Americans have to pay, the better able would Canada be to compete with them, both at home and abroad. To put a stop to this ruinous policy, the Liberal government, if worthy of it. name, must at once appoint railway commissioners with full power to guard the interests of the country. Yours truly, JAMES PRINGLE, SR. Stratford. -A man driviag a bucking broncho at- tached to a two -wheeled vehicle, passed through St. Marys on Monday morning of last week on hie way to Collingwood. He had driven the outfit all the way from Salt Lake City, and began hie trip last June. Hanging on the baok of his cart was his camping and cooking outfit, which con- sisted of a V tent, a blanket and a camp kettle. The traveller stated that he had been delivering lectures by the way on "Social and Political Reform," and inti- mated that he was engaged in an active crusade against polygamy, -Mr. William Murphy, of Logan, recent- ly paid a visit to Stratford and remained over night at the Windsor hotel. He had not been accustomed to gas light and after turning the gas off he again turned it on and retired to rest. After some timethe in- mates began to smell the oder and hastily visited the different rooms, to find that in room No. 7, the gas was pouring out in full force and Mr. Murphy was almost uncon- scious. A dotter was at once summoned and it was found that the pati.nt was not much the worse of his oar essness, but had • Horses do well, the only exception being that "lung fever," so called, is somewhat prevalent. I helped to gravel the first gravel road in Alberta, good gravel being found along the banks of the Battle river. The price of a. few articles may be interesting: wheat 53 cent.; oats for milling 33 -cents ; eggs 20 cents; butter 20 to 25 cents, Butter' has sold.at a good price during the summer. Not much barley is sold as it is fed to cattle , and hogs. Bacon is selling in Wetaskiwin at 12 cents a pound; A large grist mill in Wetaskiwin, our nearest inarket, will be in full blast about the middle of November. Mr. Macclonnell, cattle buyer, is erecting a larg departmen- tal - store at the same plat) -the finest building between Calgary and dmonton. I shot three or four wild gee e a few days ago; They mike good eating, better than the tame ones. Prairie chicke s are very plentiful this eases, also duck . No young m n, recently ma ried, need be afraid te bring, his wife sten , as far as getting fruit 14r the table is oncerned, a strawberries, askatoons, ras • berries, bine- berries, cranbe ries and chok -cherries are plentiful. I pit in a few pam kin seeds for trial; they di4 well and one of them was a monster. Cab age does well hr. and eaul- iflower pretty Iwell. Rhubarb also grows well. Potatoe are an excelle t crop this year. Turnip and mangolds thrive here fairly well. Ajlthough in Seafirth you had snow about th 28th of Septerneer and frost about the lst f October. Ou &et enow fell about the nd of October, nil the first frost was on thle 2nd of Ootobe . Our snow was gone in ha f a day. We h ve beautiful weather at pr sent, rivalling the Indian summer in 0- term during ctober. Al- though several immigrants set d.d here this summer, there is plenty of Ian yet for the Huron boys. Hoping I am n t occupying too much space in your val able paper, which is eagerly, read by the 0 • tario people in the west, I r‘rain, Yours ery respectful y, RoBBRT ARD, Formei y of Stanley. Wetaskiwin, Alberta, October 7th, 1899. • HUron Notes. -George E. McKee, principal of Gorrie school, was married recently to Miss Jennie Sanderson, of Fot-dwich. -The directors of the Huron Central Fair, Clinton, hate decided to pay only 70 per cent. of their prize money this year. - -James Hortop, of Leeburn, happened with a very bad accident last week, by fall- ing off one of his horses and spraining his knee. -Mrs. Jones, a respected resident of Auburn departed this life on Monday • of last week, after a somewhat lingering ill- ness. -While getting out of a wagon the other day, Mr. Thomas Hill, of Londesboro, had the misfortune to break a bone in his left hand. -Mr. John Wallace, of the lake shore road, Goderich township, has been a con- tinuous resident of the township for 68 years. -A. B. Webb, of Clinton, who has gone with the Canadian contingent to South Afrioa, was presented with 330 by Clinton friends. -Mrs, John Clegg, formerly .of Gerrie, died in Toronto on Monday of last week. The remains were brought to Gerrie for in- terment. , -Miss Jennie Sharkey, formerly of Gode- rich, died in Milwaukee, on October 29th, and the remains were brought to Goderich for interment. -Robert Wells, a former resident of Wingbam, and brother of Mr. P. Wells, of of Glisnannan died u.t Boiasevain, Manitoba., on October 36th, in his 70th year. -Mrs. Alex. Robertson has sold her farm near Bluevale to Mr. Eli Elliott, who will commence there the manufacture of brick. The price obtained was $4,500. Mr. Elliott gets possession in December. - Mri. Guest, of Wingham, met with a painful accident on Monday of last week. She was stepping off the sidewalk, and slip- ped, spraininghn ankle, and breaking the small bone of one leg. -The contract for the Fraser ditch, in Grey township, was let to the lowest tend- erers, viz : John Curtain and W. Connelly, at $1,025. Councillor Livingston has been appointed inspector of the job. -Mr. W. Doherty, of Clinton,has bought what is known as the Bro_adfoot farm, on the 5th concession of Tuckersmith, H. R. S., for somewhere about $5,000. The farm contains 96 acres, and was bought for the timber that is on it. - Rev. E. B. Smith, the very popular and able pastor of 'the Holmesville, Sum- merhill and Middleton churches, was mar- ried on Wednesday of last week, to Miss Duck, of Morpeth. They will take up their residence in Clinton. -Mr. Israel Taylor, of Clinton, has pur- chased an interest in the Williams Shoe Company, of Brampton, and will shortly move to that town to reside. He will be succeeded in his Clinton business by his brother Jacob. - During the fall fairs this season, Rob- ert Nichol, of Morris township, the well- known breeder of improved Yorkshire hogs, was very snecessful, in the face of keen com- petition, which of course adds to the value of the prizes won. He took five tickets at Belgrave, viz : Three firsts and 2 seconds; 7 at Brawls, 3 firsts, 2 seconds, and 2 di - Hymn and Prayer Books For all Denom At all Prices nations . . In all B1 dingt . New Stock New Styles ALEX. WIND R, SEA Orli. plomas for best sow and pen any age or breed, on the ground. At B yth he was awarded five prizes, 2 firsts, seconds, and - a diploma for the beet pen o exhibition. Total prizes 17. -Mr. George Swallow, of Clinton, has purchased the George Rumbal farm, on the 13th concession of Goderich to ship: The farm contains 80 acres, and thle price paid was $2,100 Mr. Swallow wilil go extensive- ly into the raising of poultry. -Archie Lamont and Johii Bishop of Grey, left Ethel on Mionday m rning of last week for a deer hunt in Hali urton. This is an annual outing with themi and oee that is greatly enjoyed by them veteran sports- men. -The trustees of school section No. 6, Grey, have engaged the services• of Miss McTavish for next year,to take the place of Miss Nellie Turnbull, who leaves to 1 go to the Toronto General Hospital in January, to take n course of trai ing as a nurse. -Sunday, 29th ul ., was the 20th an- nivereary of Rev. Joljn Ross' pastorate of Melville church, Bru gels. -As a suitable remembrance of the oc asion the members of his congregation pr seated him With a handsome fur -lined overcoat. -Oa Monday of laat week Mn.. Miller, of Goderich, while perfor ing household dut- ies fell down, the resuIt being a broken leg. The old lady, who has pased the 78th mile- stone, has not been in he best of health for , some time, and it is likely the accident will cause a long illness. 1 -The home of Dr. A. J. Irwin, of Wing - 'ham, was the scene of a quiet wedding on 'Tuesday evening ef last week. Mr. Rich- ard McWhinney, of Aehfield, was married to Mies Eliza Watson, sister of Mrs. Irwin. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. Pe -M rr i°..ies Bella Murdie,of McKillop, daugh- ter of Mr. M. Murdie, has been engaged by the trustees of school section No. 8, Mor- ris, for 1900, as successor to Mr. P. L. Strachan, who has resigned to attend a Collegiate with the object of matriculating next July. Misi Murdie is to receive $275 per annum. -While S. Sheppard, of Nile, was closing his gate on Monday morning of laat 'week, his horses started to run away. In attempt- ing to catch them Mr. Sheppard was phrown violently to the ground, thereby beaking his shoulder blade and two ribs, andllother- wise injuring himself. s, -A quiet wedding took place it the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hod eon, of Wingham, on Monday of last' w.el, when their only daughter, Miss Jean Lawr e Hod- gson,-wes married to Mr. Wkite Do 'burg, of Napanee. The ceremony was pert°, rmed by Rev. D. Rogers, of Bluevale, eoliths of the bride, in the presence of only a few in - innate friends. -Mrs. Hockey, ens of the oldest resi- dents of Uaborne township, passed away to her reward on Monday, of last week, it the age of SS years and 9 months. Mrs. Hockey had been enjeying her usual health up till Saturday when she was taken suddenly Worse and died as above stated. Bronchitis and infirmities of old age was the cense of death. -The trustees of school section No. 4, Morris, known as Barrie's school, have en- gaged the services of Miss Lizzie J. Mc- Laughlin, of Grey, for the balance of J.D.E. Henry's term in 1899, and for the year 1900 at $275 per annum. Miss McLaughlin is a good worker'and will no doubt do well in the school. Mr. Henry goes to Brantford, where he has secured a position in one of the schools of that city. -Word was received last week of the death at St. Thomas, Dakota, on Ootober 25th, of Frank Jones, formerly a blacksmith in Clinton. He has resided in the west for a number of years, and is said to have done well there. The friends got no particulars beyond the mere announcement of his death. He levee a wife but no family, sad his mother resides with her soreinlaw, Mr. Glew, of Hallett. -A very sad death occurred at Brandon Hospital, Manitoba were Mrs. Joseph lie.d- eliffe, of West Manitoba, passed away after a abort illness, having gone west to visit her son John. The cause of death was obstruction of the bowels. The remains were brought home and interred in Dungan- non cemetery. -James Snell, of Hullett, has been very unfortunate this fall. A couple of weeks ago he lost his beet breeding mare, and on Saturday he lost another ; he had been in Clinton with it during the day, and it took sick after he got home, dying in a few min- utes. As both were in foal, and were valu- able mares, the loss will be considerable. He also had the misfortune to lose a ram lamb, valued at $100, which broke its neck fighting with another. -On Wednesday of last week a termer resident of Ethel passed away at White- church, in the person Of Mr. Peter Imlay, at the age of 69 years. Deceased was a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and lived in Ethel a number of years, running, for a time, the Carter water mill. From there he went to Michigan, and was back afterward. Deceased met with an injury 4 years ago, which resulted in his death. For some time he had been a great sufferer. -The other day, while Mrs. W. New- combe, of Clinton, was returning from Kin- cerdine, she had the misfortune to have her pocket picked, losing between eight and ten dollars. At Londesboro she took her ticket from her pocket -book to hand it to the conductor, and then replaced the purse in her pocket. As there was quite a crowd getting off at Clinton, she supposed that the theft was committed at the station. A cou- ple of days afterwards the pocket book was found at one of the hotels, where the thief had evidently discarded it, minus the money, but still having her _trunk checks, etc., in it. -Mr. John McCrostie, an old and highly respected resident of West Wawanosh, de- parted this life on Friday, October 27th, in his 80th year. The circumstances surround- ing his death are peculiarly sad. Ileving left home in his tumid health to attend pre- paratory service in Calvin church, he stopped at St. Helen's corner, to let his daughter out of the conveyance, but ere he got to the chard he was attacked with a weak spell that caused him to faint ; the horse of its own account turned in at the church gate, and was going to the sheds when met by M. meCroatie's son Hugh re- turning from the shed, who noticed his father's condition, jumped into the convey- ance and caught him ere he fell out. Im- mediate assistance was given and the old into the vestry of the er rallied, and in about he spirit took, its flight. e interred in St. Helens gentleman carrie church,- but he no fifteen minutes The remains we cemetery, -Mr. Win. Connell, who for upwards of forty years was a resident of the 16th con- cession of Godenich township, and for some years a careen of Oliuton, died at the resi- dence of his daughter, in St. Paul, Minne- sota, on October 17th. He was found dead in bed in the morning. Death was due to heart f ilure. Mr. Connell was 74 years of age. When he retired at night he was ip the beat of spirits and apparently enjoying excellent health. In fact, he had been ill scarcely a day in his life. No cry or warn- ing of eat, 's visit was heard by members of the farnily during the night, and it is be- lieved Mt- Connell passed away quietly while aaieep. ' -Th re died at his home on lot 6, on the 10th co mention of Ashfield, on October 27t1, Mr. Va.lentine Alton, in the 79th year of his age. Mr. Alton was one of the early pioneer of the section and had continuously resided in that neighborhood for over fifty years. Although of a very quiet disposition, he was a Man who was universally liked 'and respected by all who had the pleasure of hie acquaintance and the township has lest an honorable citizen and the community a kind neighbor and friend. He had been ailing 1 for 4ome . time past with kidney trouble and had Offered a great deal of pain and on fall show day at Dungannon he met with a runaway accident and, being thrown out of the rin, had his collar -bone broken, and from tho effects of which he never fully recovered. . -Simon orsyth, of the0th ;ine of Mor- ris, was so much taken with the appearance of things in he west, that he has taken up and bought ,000 acres in the Riding Moun- tain section., Assinaboia, and will move there next s ring. Unless he sells his farm here one of is sons will stay and take. charge of it. John McCutcheon, of the 6th line of Morr , has also invested in darmsda the same leen ity, and will try farming there next year. U he land is said to be good, within easy r ach of railway, coal, etc., and is rapidly set ing up with a good class of people. It is in this locality that the His- lop families rein Grey township' reside._ They have do e. well. James Fetch talks of moving Ow rds the setting sun. If all these folks get away they should call their settlement Mo risville. • Canada. books for the blind are now e Canadian mails free. , of Toronto, has been ap- nt of the American Public. trion dl, •woit4°fwhile talking to a Rothsay, dropped -Embossed sent through t -Dr. BrYe pointed presid Health Associ --Mrs. Wm. dead the oth neighbor. -John Taun on, of London, died Friday from injuries eceived in a runaway acci- dent a few day previous. --rA. farmer named Smitlr, of London toweship, was illed recently, by- a falling briek, while w rking in a well. -The retail • rice of milk, in Ottawa, has been raised to cents a quart, the highest price charged a nee 1895. -Mr. A. Tr. seined, B. .A., of Hamilton, who hat been a arded the Dominion schol- arship ati Quee 's University, is blind. -August a d Alex. Helmer were, the other day, di teneed by Judge Hardy, at Brantford, tp f ur years imprisonment for cattle stealing. -Mr. J m s Gunn, son of Postmaster Gunn, of Ki g ton, has secured a position under Majo irouard, and will start for Egypt next itt nth. -Mr. C es Teetzel, of Fingal, was thrown fror is wagon the other day, and received inj which, it is feared, may prove fatal. -The ge er 1 store of Mr. W. B. Gales, of Fairgroun , county of Norfolk, was robbed of $35 worth of dry goods, grocer- ies, boots and hoes, the other night. ance with a request of the w Zealand, the Department Fisheries will send to that nment of salmon ova. Ly of the Sun Oil Refining Hamilton, was partially de. re Friday night. A large 1 oil was consumed. sdan of last week, during the mother, a little son of Mr. eechville, fell head first het° ter and was drowned. e Scotsman's sailors, charged ffects of the passengers, were -In compl Premier of N of Marine an colony a consi -The prope Company, at stroyed by quantity of co -Crawford, of absence oe Wofedfnts 11. bucket of w ---,Eight of t -with stealing discharged fern custody at Montreal, as there was n011 sufficient evidence against i them. -T lie Fern) rs' Binder Twine Company, I of Brantford,1 as just declared a dividend eof 100 per cep . on its paid up capital stock for the last yeir. The last dividend was 60 per cent. li -It is esthisated that there are 8,000 huntere in the woods now searching for the humble deer. The department sent- out over 5,000 de r licenses and 3,000 settlers permits. Th,e branch in Toronto issued 363 licenses. -Peter Sm ck, of Sarnia, brakeman on a through freigh , fell off the train about half a mile west 61 Watford, Thursday evening of last week, a a d was instantly killed, his head and both legs being cut off. He leaves a wife and famly residing in Sarnia. -A ehoclii g accident occurred at the cement works Napanee Mille, the other day, by wiii h George Thompson, aged a out 18, 1osl is life. He was caught by a swiftly rev I ing shaft and wound round it -A fatal a cc dent occurred on the Radial B ilway, nen he smelting works, at Ham- il on, Satur a afternoon. Walter N. S ipe, a lad, rd to get on a ear before it h d stopped. e fell and went under the w eels of the t Iler, his body being badly m ngled. -Thursday afternoon of last week, Brakeman To Bryce, of St. Thomas, fell frem the eaboos while shunting cars on the Michigan Centr 'Railway, at Hagersville. F ur ears passe ver his leg and left shoul- d r crushing in • is ribs. The offices ef the Canadian Brewing Cempany, Mont eat, were entered one night rebently, in a daring manner, by six or seVen armed me , who gagged the watch- men, blew op* two safes and got away with about $200 in cash, and caused much damage to the p emises. I ---The Ontari Legislative library has been made the r cipiest,. of several numbers of the Louden T mes,in which are commem- oreted mime hi torieal events of the first megnitude. Airong them are the Times of '' th January, V193, giving the first account th&t reached En land of the execution of uis XVI., ai41 a print of his Will; 3rd J ly, 1797, exec tion of Parker for partici- p tion in the 4eetiug at the Wore; 3rd O tober, 1798, t e battle of the Nile; 16th April, 1801, battle of Copenhagen; 7th November, 1805, battle of Trafalgar and death of Nelson 10th January, 1806, fun- eral of Nelson; 22nd June, 1815, battle of Waterloo, 15th August, 1821, death of Queen Charlotte. The papers are presented to the library by Mr. James Playfair, of Playfairville, Lanark county, in whose fam- ily they have been preserved since the date of issue. -On Saturday afternoon: while a Grand Trunk Railway yard engine was passing over Lindsay street, Lindsay, with a string of care, young Wesley Montgomery under- took to catch on between the cars, but_ miseed his hold and fell on the rail, losing his right arm above the elbow. -The Edward Lloyd Company, of Lon- don. England, will erect a large paper mill at Niagara Falls. The cost of construction and equipment will be between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. The mill will employ &bone 2,000 men, and will have a capacity of 600 tons of paper a day. -Wednesday evening of last week, three masked burglars entered the residence of Mrs. Thomas Humphrey, who resides on the Talbot road, about a mile and a half west of Middlemarch. They held revolvers at the heads of the inmates of the house and ordered them to make no outcry. They secured very little plunder, -On Saturday night,. Annie Greenman, aged 28, who had just taken a position as servant in the house of Mr. Frank Hilton, of Toronto, retired to bed, and in some in- explicable manner left the gas jet turned on. When the nurse went to, her room to waken her in the morning she found' her cold in death, and the room filled with the deady gas. -For some time peat, a sneak thief has been entering the store of T. A. Forman of Woodstock, and taking change out of the till. While on guard the other night, Mr. Forman and one of the clerks saw a man open the front door with a key and make for the till. The burglar was confronted by the watchers, but bolted and made -good his escape, -despite the fact that he was shot at a couple of times. -Michael Lamb was found dead beneath the L. E. and D. R R. bridge over the river, at Chatham, Sunday morning. Lamb, who was about 60 years of age, was a farm hand. Some of the railway employees Were talking to him just before he started to go across the bridge. This was the last eeen of Lemb till he was picked up beneath ,,the bridge with his neck broken. It is thonght he missed hie footing and feu to the groand below, some 30 feet. -Mr. Reid, of the Auditor -General's de- partment, 03awa, who spent the past summer in Dalvilon, auditing the Govern- ment accounts there, has returned. Be gives a copy of a notice which he saw out- side a store. It reads-" For sale -A good cat will be -sold by auction teesight." Mr. Reid says that a cat is worth from $20 to $25 in Dawson. People have to keep on hand large stores of food, and of these large amounts are destroyed by mice, which in- fest the place, and cats are therefore much in demand. An enterprising individual who imported a consignment of felines real- ized handsomely on his investment. -A week ago Sunday Mrs. Haines, of Flamboroh about three miles from Camp- belville, was driving to church. Mr. Haines negleeted to snap one of the lines in the bit of a colt which he had just hitched. He jumped into the buggy, in which, his wife was sitting, and immediately the °silt bolted. Under the circumstances Mr. Haines had no control over the animal. He jumped out to try and stop it, when it got away, tearing down a hill at tremen- dous speed and throwiug Mrs. Haines tint against a beard fence on a stone pile. Her injuries were such that she died on Wed- nesday last. • Perth Items. -Over $5,000 has been subscribed towards the ereetion of a Catholic church at_Dmubrli.An. . Waterhouse has purchased a hall interest in the Mitchell woollen mills from Mr. Fred Dufton. --Mr. Walter Nicholson, of the 4th con- cession of Logan, has been operated on for appendicitis and is now doing well. -By the breaking of swabs, a number of freight oars were derailed at a crossing on the 8th concession, Blanshard, the other day. -Edward J. Killer, a popular young man of Stratford, died on Tuesday of last week, aged 28 years. He heel not been 111 good health for HOMO time., -The Downie Mhtual Fire Insurance Company have just completed a most set- iesfatitoryyear, Their lossee ansounted to olyv2. -The blacksmiths in Perth county have formed an association and will raise the prices en all classes of their work to a liv- ing standard. ' -Miss Jeannette Macdonald, a daughter of Mr. A. -Macdonald, Stratford, and a gradua,te of the Harper hospital, Detroit, has gone to,the Philippine Islands, where she has been assigned to duties as nurse l in a United States army hospital. -The apple business this year is any- thing but profitable to the shippers. The other day Mr. William Ryan, of 3Ylitchel1, received returns for 146 barrels sent 1 to Liverpool and the receive very little mere than cover the cost of the empty barrels. -Wednesday evening of last week two hearts were encircled in the bonds of wed- lock by Rea. Mr. Whiting, it being the marriage of Miss Jean Burton, third daugh- ter of Mr; William Burton, of Mitchell, to Mr John Chappel, a prosperous merchant of Kirkton, -On Tuesday morning of last week; s, very painful accident happened to Mr. Frank Johnston, who was working ill Mr. Sadler's cider mill ,at Staffs, As he was turning the press a beam fell from the cop, meshing his hand and taking off part of the thi_rdfinwgerfi -slr. ffam 001 quboute who has re- tired from farming, is now the owner of the house and lot lately owned by djr. Heery Balfour, just outeide the corporation of Mitchell. The price paid WAS which, considering the large barn and house thereon, is a low figure. -News has been received froin Phila- delphia that the Rev. F. Veit, pastor Of the Sebastopol Lutheran church, who is la patient in the German hospital in that *34, is rapidly recovering His throat has steadily improved under the oare of the pert specialists. It ie among the possibili- ties .hat he will in a month or no be suffi- ciently recovered to be able to return home. - he hand of dear,h has again visited Cerlingford. On Monday -morning of last week, Mtn. James Davidson passed SIT&Y. Deceased, whose maiden netne was Janie McGee, was born in counts, Antrim, Ire- land, on October 28th, 1843, came to Can- ada when five year of age and settled in Fullerton township,. Oa October 12th, 1864, she was tnarried to Ja•uee Deviation, who, with two sons and sin daughters, are left to mourn the untimely Iosi of a very cheerful and affectionate wife and mother.