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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-11-17, Page 1LO, 1893 - NDS. nery , Furs ts limes tedious a taste of, lads them that a, be made for tha eilling limiter of also- arouses the he inust rid him. at of hia heavier ay large stock of larger than usual, rade in early fall row that, although Furs, Jacket., Coe - rear is -very great, t which they are . Dised in their buy - get the very beet. in every thing, will alert. gex.se_rataa4 litnery. ne time a hesioni- k bay; becauxe it Illnery Expert at ic knowledge can >nrOWD,ideaL ttieryreorn will find illy good 'service, of trimmed hats* ok at and at the suggeations and • ohoose or order. @arg'"W Furs a are real Cold r thing for winter e close, the fur* - Our aim is to to SeaS011 and so in Capes, Ceper- , Muffs, Jape and „p - to. dat e. rs: aeavel ourseivee in the ,he great number This season finds han ever and as DCartadian,Arneri- , we feel sure that be dissapointed ine. Many well r choose from, and ment is the co Goods Store rner elation in order to Your interest, in g something few tie enough for it, tr prices. rale that answer atreet and travel - tees and everring vials in 1-1-4-1-1-- • 4UL Co. st Cash - Store. ya —The httsiest are Mr. Patter who hay° been er to have the the opening on the woodsman's village. Weser', arn Moore haver ni the left side _y hte1y bought George Taylor e cattle during ought up some ia winter. No er's feet.--•Mrs- wait in the all- arm:Ate Mr. and alNevin, Who is • lausineai, dor- iayee,g in, for rs,a aliPP1.7 per, of Howirek, in a prosPecting rthwest, 'Visited R. B. M °Lean on business.— mercharit, of D u -tract of pat the Methodist knee, is a. credit en of Hansa% me of Mr. and tekersreith, for , Thompson, of was at Whit* the funeral of —Oar citizens, etting odds and efore the eold g village is There is good ▪ Falhafer OC- )uth Estethope veek, from the ig and painful - of Mr. Stun -- d Et espea,re, sin c, of Taaalst°°„'" leaves a fauuaY 411111* ---/,41V THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WIJOLEI NUMBER, 1,666. SEAFORTI , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. t $1 a Year in Advance. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAA The man who sees the ever shall be, in what is," until the predisposing cause is changed, Zis the same fellow who claims and knows that it is impossible to _sell a good article at the price of the cheep, and still have a margin left to pay your honest debts. ' Some men—We were going to say that some men claim to sell the good at the price of the cheap, but it is not what - some men do, that is any of our business, rather it is of more importance to those who deal with us to know something about what we ourselves, not others, do not do. To do, is any fools trick,to refrain from doing re- quires a bit of nerve at times. Now with all the cry for cheap goods and low prices, it took not a little courage to keep away from the other fellow and try your hand at seeing how cheap you could sell, the temptation was great, more especially when the daily cry was that this was too dear and that was too dear, meaning, not that the article was poor value, but that there iwere cheaper imitations on the market. But we refrained from lowering the quality of our stock and our daily reward is coming in the shape of increased sales, and the more cheerful sayings of : Well, after all it pays to buy the good thing, to buy once and to buy well is much better than repeated. buying with doubtful results. • Such lines of men's suits as our own make at $ 8.00, $10.00 and $12.00 are the outcome of a steady demand for re- liable goods. It has been said often enough in this column that in any line of men's wear we acknowledge no 'ipeer, whilst at all times on the look out for a fair profit. We claim that 15 years of steady earnest work in the study Of what is best in. men's wear has given us a rather exceptional a dvan- tage in knowing the right values in our line. We have to mention with satisfaction the success which the two piece boy's suit at $2.50 and, the three piece boy's suit at $3,50 have met, if your boy needs a suite, it may not -1)e unwise to take these values into your reckoning. A hand made mitt at 25e is not very common, we have a rather good mitt at this price, of course we have other ?-ines which it is impossible to sell less than 50c 'and even at this price they are value. The storm king cap will be more in demand than ever this season, our prices are 50c, 65c and 75e. The trade which has fallen, to our lot in men's fur coats and more especially men's coon coats, is due we think, to the superior quality of the coon coats which we handle'now there are a lot of painted coon coats in the market, lack- ing almost entirely the necessary underfur which lends the wearing power to a coat, lacking also the pliability of pelt which is so essential to a really good coat, these garments sell anywhere from $25 to $30 and are dear enough at that, no man need expect to buy nor can any man sell -without loss a No, 1 coon coat at any such figures. We lay claim to having the finest lot of coon coats in this section, how reasonable this claim may be, you who are to be the purchasers must be the only judges. If we were to proceed to talk about the merits and demerits of ladies' Astrachan and. Bocharan jackets it would take more time and space than is at our disposal, it is suffici- ent to say that we stand or fall with the reliability of any fur garment we sell. We fill mail orders promptly and send. goods subject to in- spection. Butter and eggs taken in trade. FROM THE QUEEN CITY. Tortoxao, November 13th 1899. In Toronto, loyalist as it is, there is a con- siderable seetion of the community opposed to imperial confederation. The newspapers will not print any antidmperial sentiment just now and altogether the "Canada for Canadians " partyis having a bad time of it. , To offset this an Independent League" is being formed, which has for its platform the sentimene expressed by Sir Oliver Mowat that the destiny of Canada is to become ulti- mately an independent nation. The now society does not wish to be regarded as de- serting Great Britain in an emergency nor yet as intending to out loose from Great Britain for many years to come, but the league is formed with the intention of put- ting a brake on the tendencies that might rush us into imperial confeeeration. A sub- scription list is now under way to start an ephemeral newspaper to campaign while the support is hot, and agitate for a Canadian Governor General and a Canadian comman- dant of the militia. Several prominent lawyers and journalists are identified with the movement. SCARCITY OF OFFICERS. Military men in Toronto do not regard the possibility of a second contingent as very near. Tho permanent corps here end else- where has been too heavily levied upon for officers and though there might be plenty of volunteers, there would be too few reliable officers to put them in shape en voyage. The second -contingent agitation, however, has developed loyalty in an unexpected quarter. One of the members of the Canadian Military Institute received a letter last weak from a gentleman in Rat Portage saying that John Begg, the chief of the Ojibwas, who have a reserve in that neighborhood, was anxious to command a band of Indian scouts for service in the Boer war. The writer went on to point out that_ the disaster at Ladysmith was due to inade- quate scouting and a consequent lack of in- formation as to the Boer strength and position. Chief John Begg thinks that the Indians, with their wood and prairie craft, would be speCially suitable for scouting duty in a country like the Transvaal. The offer has been sent on to the Militia Department at Ottawa. It may be mentioned that the chief was in Toronto as a witness in a mining case at the time the Toronto company left, and his military ardor was stimulated by the spectacle. LO ! THE RED MAN. Military enthusiasm has also been aroused in unexpected quarters by the departure of the contingent. Capt. Barber, who com- mends the Toronto company of the contin- gent, is a graduate of Toronto University and a former member of K Company, Q. 0. R., long since disbanded. K Company was the'Varsity company of the battalion and at various times numbered among its members men who have since become officers. Among these are Capt. Gunther, Capt. Mercer, Capt. Barker and a number of lieu- tenants. K company went out of existence as a separate company about eight years ago and the college men were drafted into other companies. It was at its perihelion in 1885 when a large part of it went te the North- west to serve against Riel in the rebellion. Those who took part in that campaign were granted their year. Nothing in the way of war has occurred since that time and presently K company died a natural death. An actual effort is being made to reorganize the company and Prof. Vandersmessen, Prof. Baker, -Maj. Tranby and other university veterans of 1866 are helping the movement along. If the effort is successful the 48th Highlanders will see what they can do in „recruiting a college company from Knox - Victoria and McMaster and two grenadiers from Trinity. WANT TO RUN THEIR OWN SHOW. At the next session of the Ontario Legis- lature Premier Ross will be confronted with a request from the city of Toronto for a charter to do business for itself. Montreal 'possesses such a charter and it has been found to work so well there that Toronto politicians think that this city might be trusted to do her own housekeeping. At preeent the city bills receive very short shrift in a Legislature largely compoxed of farmers who know nothing of urban necessi- ties or have very little sympathy with them. Many municipal improvements have been nipped in the bud by legislative committees who were too prone to think of Toronto as "Hogtown." There isa very general opinion that with the new city hall we should inau- gurate a new and expeditious way of doing our own business without trotting, continual- ly, to the Legislature for permission and anot her thing that has weight with some of the aldermen is the fact that a oity oharter will justify the mayor and corporation in put- ting on a great deal more style. Some of them are already talking of a red robe edged with ermine and a gold chain for the chief magistrate. UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE. The committee which has the preservation of University Residence in charge has evolved a new scheme. At present Resi- dence is bottled up as tightly as the Eng- lish at Ladysmith, but the new scheme looks to the reopening at Christmas. The M College Council is to be asked to supply for 1 rt he peya i rr se fauns ed, rtehneo vhaatti own i lei b obuet rh '7sed'eaanrodu'nidf among teeic1ence raciva;cs, many and well-to-do, and some 40 of them will be asked to take the responsibility of the in- stitution on their shoulders and to guaran- tee that there will ,be no deficit. The sec- retary of the committee is circulating among , the college athletic and Greek letter societ- ies Clothiers. and Furnishers those undergraduates who are willing to live in Residence. The inducement is held out , with a view to getting the names of that each society will have a separate por- tion of Residence assigned to it, and that SEAFoRTH they will have not only lodging, but a club- house. If Residence cannot be reopened under these conditions they will agitate that the dining hall, at least, be placed under a Ort the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, Special round trip second class excursion tickets to Pacific coast points, and. Seattle and Tacoma, W. T., and Portland, Oregon, at ii177.90 ; and Kootenay, British Colum- bia points, at 872.90. Also at same rates to intermediate points on direct ioutes, will be issued via C. P. R, from Sea forth on November 2Ist and December 5th and 19th, 1899. Apply at the office for further particulars. Tickets issued to all points East and West. Telegraph and money order business respectfully solicited. J. MA.CDONALD C. P. R. AGENT, Seafortb. competent steward, who will enter for the general student body. NOT TIME YET. The next session of the Dominion Parlia- ment will see a vigorous campaign for the nationalization of—the telegraph lines in Canada. Three out of the four Toronto members are newspaper men and they will start the ball rolling. The hope of the Tor- onto members is that the recent success of the Intercolonial Railway under Govern- ment management will induce the Federal authorities to try their hand at the tele- graph business. As newspaper men, the Toronto trio are particularly anxious that the telegraph companies should he only newsoarriers and not news vendors. The two functions do not Work well together— at least, in Canada. BIG B.AILWAY TRADE. Toronto officials of the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways say that never in the history of the road has the traffic in all lines been as great. On the Canadian Pacific business has been so heavy that the officials say t e time is not far distant when double track will be noceseary between here and Mo treal. The railroads have not found the bi mogul freight engines all they expected. Complaint is made that, al- though they can haul heavy loads, they can't get over the road quickly enough. light -draft eereviic is obteined from the email, °motives. THE JACK TAR. Walter Maeghan, city agent of the Cana- dian Pacific I Railway, left this week in charge of a party of 500 marines on their way from Halifax to Vancouver, where they will join t e Pacific squadron. The marines are drafted from -the Atlantic squadron and their journey to the opposite ocean arous s considerable speculation. The naval sh rps in Toronto say that Brit- ain is prepari g for squalls in the far east. FATAL ROBBERY. Two burglars entered the house of John E. Varcoe. grocer, No. 182. Queen street, about 2 o'clock last Thursday morning, and in an endeavcir to rob him shot Mr. Varcoe in the groin and right side. They then en- deavored to escape, with the result that one jumped from a second ,story window 1 and was bedly hurt, being found on the ground by patrol -sergeant Willie when the alarm was giyen. The other an down Sherbourne street followed by 1. C. Dickson, who fired four shots at him, finally bringing him down. Both men were then taken to a police sta- tion in the ambulance, where it was found that they weiellenry Williams and Jamee McIntosh. Mr. Varcoe was removed to the General Hospital where he died five hours later. HISTORICAL. A commit e of the Canadian Club hao been engaged for some time in marking some of the engaged; spots of local historicai interest with substantial marble slabs, con taining an epitome of the information con nected with the spot marked for the benefit of those ignorant of the facts, and for the guidance of interested visitors and future generations. A tablet at the Old Fort reads as follows: "Eastern en/ ranee of the Old Fort. Es- tablished by Lieutenant -Governor Simcoe at the mouth of Garrison Creek in 1796, for the Queen'sangers ; garrisoned by British troops during the war of 1812 14 and at different tires until 1871. Captured by American trope April 27, 1813, during the attack of Yo k; evacuated May 1, 1813." The old G rrison Cemetery at the foot of Portland etre t has this inscription John's Squar. The first military burial ground in To onto. Set apart in 1794 by Lieut-Govern.r Simcoe, and used for 60 years." The dingy old legislative buildings on Front stree now bear this epitaph : "Third pro incial legislative buildings. Erected in 18 5-33. Occupied by the Leg- ishtture of pper Canada,lff 1832.41 : the United Parli ment of Canada, 1849.51 and 1856-59; and the Legislature of Ontario, 1867 -1892. " The Toror4o Street Railway building, corner of King and Church streets, will shortly have this lettering on its eastern wall: "Within the area of this block, for- merly known as Courthouse Square, stood the Second Tironto ,Courthouse and Gaol, 1824-40." The tablet oon to be placed on the front wall of the ga company'- office on Front Street Eaat,l near Parliament, will read : "This tablet arks the northeast corner of the first legis ative buildings of the province of Upper Can da, completed in 1797, under Lieutenant-Glavernor Simcoe ; burned by the American troops at the capture orYork, April 27, 1813. Here also stood the second legislative buildings, 1818-24 ; and „the third Toronto goa1,11840.60." F0fIt THE EX- PREMISR. A scheme ie on foot to raise for presen- tation to lion!. A. S. Hardy a testimonial fund e,mountilig to 120,000. Regret, how- ever, is eirpretised by friends of the scheme at the publication of the fact that it is pro- posed to present to him a testimonial of money. Sub criptions for such a purpose are now bein obtained, but the promoters of the projeo1 hoped that the whole sum should be obtained before Mr. Hardy be- came acquain ed with their intention. It is regarded a likely that he will refuse to accept the te timonial, as Sir Wilfrid did under similar conditions. I • Something About Eggs. DEAR EXP SITOIL,—As another season for the egg trad has closed, a few words con- eerning the biisiness may be of profit to the farmers. Some people seem to think it is not.good business to let. other people know what they are doing, as if they show those with, whom they deal the profits they make in their business, they will lose the custom of the public, who are apt to think they are making too inneh profit out of those with whom they deal. I am not of this opinion, however, as I think that by allowing people to know whea I have been doing, a benefit may be confer ed on all. During the season just closed, 1 gathered 24,000 dozens of eggs, and the previous season I gathered 25,000 dozen, end had not one bad egg re -- ported in the two seasons, which speaks well for those w o patronized me. The early part of this se eon was not as good for eggs as a year ago, but there were more eggs in August and S ptember this year than last, and prices weee better all the year, so that farmers must have been well paid for their eggs. I gathered from 100 farmers, and about half of these gave to other gatherers as well as to me, and there were six others went over the same route as I did. From the amount ofe oney that I paid, therefore, I judge that atleast $4,800 must have been paid to these 100 farmers for their eggs this season. One Party from whom I bought, sold me $69 w rth of eggs from sixty hens, until the last seek in September, and this, besides what ere used in the house for the family. Now,II paid at least $2,400, and only got eggs from about one-sixth of the farmers of the township of McKillop. As I said before, there were six others gathering on the same territory, and suppoeing I got half the eggs, t at would mean that $4,800 had been paid lo 100 farmers, which 'means about $64,000 orth of eggs sold by the farmers of McKillop alone. From this any. person can cou t up and arrive at a very fair estimate of the very large amount .which the eggs. of this county bring to the farmers of the county in a single season. I cannot say what breed of hens is the }best. One fanner who has Plymouth rocks and white leghcirns told me the leghorns made more at nine cents per dozen than the Plymouths wotald at ten cents: I got as good average eggs from one party who had all white leghoras as I get anywhere. I think, to get, the best results, farmers should keep well bred male birds to °roes, and try and hese brown eggs. They should also kill off all small hens, of whatever breed, and breed only from the best of the flock, the same as is done with other stock. They should also sell off all chickens over -80 Cloth Covered Books BY POPULAR AUTHORS, Regular Price 50c, iow 25c. 200 Writing T Wets REGULAR PRICE 10c NOW 5ce Oblong or Square Envelopes to match, twenty-five tor five cents, ALEX. WINT sEAto I I I TH. four years old to townspeople, and get from 35 to 40 cents per pair for them, and keep the spring chickens for layers. ' One farmer told me he sold a pair of eleven year old chickens for 35 cents. Farmers have it in their own hands to get good prices for their eggs and tie make hens pay; they must pay proper attention to breeding and feeding and keep the smallegge at home, or BM them to those buyers who give them one or two cents in trade over the market price. For good eggs it will pay them beet to take the market rice in cash, and then use the cash in buyin their goods. They will do better in this wa -than selling their good eggs for trade, evea if they are supposed to receive more the.nlahe current market price for them. If all the eggs sold in Seaforth were large .andi fresh, they would be worth at least one cent per dozen more than they are now. It would be inter- esting and profitable to farmers if they knew what percentage of stale and small eggs Mr. D. D. Wilson reeeives in the season. I think I got the largest and best eggs in the township of McKillop. I got many that would go two ppunds to the dozen. Yours truly, JOHN C. MOR ISON Mcliillop. The Aristocracy Well Represented.I That the aristocratic famililes of Great Britain are well representedin the: present Boer war is amply shown fron the follow- ing despatch from London, d ted 'Novem- ber 120h, which says: Among the Guards' officers who are leaving for the seat of war is the Hon. Gerald Ward, ag d 22, son of the Countess of Dudley. He arried Lady Evelyn Crichton, aged 21, Tue day Z last. Among other departures are Lord Howard Deewalden, who ha leave for a week to attend his father's uperal Wed- nesday. • Lady Evelyn Crichton h s also two brothers at Orquay going to t e front. The Marquis of Dufferin h three sons on the Transvaal border and i Natal. - The MarqUis of Tallibardine heir of the Duke of Athol, who married it most beau- tiful girl, Miss Ramsay, two Months since, also leaves with the Guards. The three Teeks, brothers of the Duchess of York, are already in South Africa. Lord Edmund Talbot, only brother and heir to the Duke of Norfolk,' whose sister died yesterday, has gone with the 19th Hussars. Two sons, next heirs to Lord the oldest barony in Scotland, St. "Clair, of are there, as well as the two only sons of t e War Sec. r& tary, the Marquis of Lane owne ; while the Duchess of Bucoleugh has l wo sons and a son-in-law at the front. The Earl of Longford, manlied Wednes- day to the daughter of the - Ea$1 of Jersey, sails with the Guards for Cape lTown. The Duke of St. Alban's brotlher and heir is in Kimberley. . The Duchess of Roxburgh he two sons with White's foroe at Ladysmith. The Duke of Portland has a brother in Mafeking, while the Duchess' brother sails to:day. f The Earl of Durham has two brothers there, one being in command Of the naval contingent at Ladysmith, whet'? the Earl of Derby bas two sons. I Lord Edward Cecil,Lordi Salisbury's third son is in Mafeking, and Lord and Lady Tweedrnouth, Lord Rand lph Churh- ill's sister, took leave of their o ly child to- day, the Hon. Dudley' Marjori anks. In fact, there is hardly an aristocratic family with a son which has iot one en- gaged in some .way in the war ike . operat- ions in South Africa. • Canada. —The Belgian embargo on dtnadian cat- tle has been removed. —There is an outbreak of irruillpox at Belle River and vicinity, in Essex county. —Fire in the Haggert foundrY, atEramp- ton Friday night, destroyed a ot sf stock, 1 and almost created a panic at a church con- vert in a hall near by. I , —Lord Strathcona and Moent Royal, high commissioner for Canada, 1 has been elected rector of Aberdeen University with- out opposition. —A. A. Wright i Company's large busi- ness block, at Renfrew, was gut ed by fire Friday. The loss is about $5,000. One man was killed by a falling wall. —The steamship Sardinian, wi h the Can- adian contingent for South Africa on board, arrived at St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, on Saturday, thirteen days from Quebec. —The late Senator Sanford, of Hamilton, left an estate valued at over $1,000,000. The succession duties that revert to the On- tario Government amount to $50,000. —About 250 tons of exhibits for Paris will leave Montreal on Saturday next, on the Leyland Liner Albanian. A further consignment will be shipped frorri Portland on December lst. —Lieutenant C. C. Wood, a native of Halifax, and a graduate of Kinston Mili- tary School, was killed in an e gagement ins—t. F at Belmont, South Aimee, on the 10th ire broke out in a Grand Trunk Rail- way car shunted at Merritton, (trip Sun- day morning, and four horses beaonging to the Riordoa Paper Company were burned to death. 1 —On Thursday of last week, John Knight, an employee of Jesse Baker, town- ship of Kingston, three miles from Cater - aqui, fell from a load of hay and broke his neck. —An oil portrait of the Earl of, Alaerdeen will shortly be installed in the Parliament buildings, at Ottawa. It is a. gift from Lord Aberdeen, and is the wprk of M. Jonges, a Belgian artist, of Montreal. —George A. Kruger, of Chicago a nephew of President Kruger, of the Traasvaal Re- public, and Mies 'Las Buck, of Chicago, were married at Sandwich, Ontario, on Thursday of last week.. The groom's age was recorded as 27 and the bride's, as 21. That he should travel several Inuidred mike to be married on British soil, at a time manager. He was a native of Toronto, and When Great. Britain is endeavoring to pot was only 47 years of age? ,Uncle Paul" out of business, young —Louis Coate, late chief engieeer of the Kruger explained by saying that be was Department of Public Works, who has been xious to avoid the publicity that would in the Yukon for some time, met with a given to his marriage by the Chicago serious loss on Friday evening. He ar- rived at Montteal from Ottawa'by the Canada Atlantic, andon arrival at the Bon- aventure station, handed his valise to a transfer man, who set it down fer a moment to attend to something else. When he re- turned to the spot it moment later, the valise was missing, aod no trace of it has yet been -found, despite all efforts made. Mr: Coate has just rpcently returned from Dawson, and thevaltle contained nuggets, ore specimens and plans of claims in which he is interested, plant of Dawson City and other papers the contents .in all being worth $12,00+6. a b papers, which would get their tip from the pablication of the license. 1—Samuel Zavittz, a much respected and peosperous farmer, living about five miles fr m Alvinston, fell off the roof of his barn ofo to a pile of stones, en Friday, and was k lled. I .-Sheriff Jackson, of Simcoe, is danger- ously ill. He was found seated in his bug- gy, about eight miles from home, on Thur - day of last week, in an unconscious condi- then from some kind of a stroke. , i—birect transportation by water from Chicago to Montreal, and possibly to Liver- peol, for both passengers and freight, is soon to be established by a new transpor- tation line that has already been incorpor- ated., , —John McCleary, aged 32, of Toronto, met with a fatal accident on Friday, at Moon river. He had been out with a hunt- ing party, and while handling a loaded rifle in a boat, accidentally , discharged it, the bellet passing through the abdomen. i —The barns of Mr. Kirkby, farmer, three miles south-east of Brantford, adjoing Bow Peak Farm, were destroyed by fire at mid- night on Thursday Of last week. He loses his summer crops, eight head of cattle, and all his farming machinery. i—John Charlton, a fanner living on York arid Vaughan town line, was instantly killed by a Metropolitan street railway trolley, at Bedford Park, Toronto Friday night. He was driving across the track, when the ear struck his wagon. His skull was fractured and a leg broken. He was a sing! man, and leaves a mother and two brot ere. ne of the most extensive configrations kno n in Montreal for years, took place the othe morning, causing the total deetruction of , iau Brothers' biscuit manufactory on East Notre Dame street. The concern was, perh pa, tt e largest of its kind in Canada, cons antly employing 225 men and boys. The oss will reach nearly $300,000. — awe has just reached Napanee of the accid ntal shooting of Charlie Trimble, at Joha nesburg, South Africa, on the 5th of last month. He was fatally wounded by his r volver falling from his belt and ex- plodng. He left Napanee about seven year ago, and was connected with one of the 1 rgost mines of Johannesburg. — t Fred & Woode' Agricultural imple- men works Smith's Falls, on Thursday of last eek, .t-Vellington McWilliams, former- ly o Carleton Place, was grinding on an emere wheel, when the latter burst, strik- ing °Williams on- the front of the head and fracturing the skull. He died in the after oon. , ° . B. Smith, a carpenter in the Brodie wool a mills, at Respe er, had a narrow esca e from death on Friday. While wor ing at the ceiling he was caught in a revolving ving belt and drawn around the shaft- ing. treed clot by t lad Smith, being a powerful man, sue- d in holding fast to a pipe while his es were completely torn from him, and is time the belt was thrown off by a ho was severelyinjured in so doing. Smith is badly bruised, but not serious y hurt —Early Thursday morning of last week, ell burg ars entered the grocery store of IE. Var oe, Torontci, and after ransacking the store!, proceeded to the rooms above occu- pied by Varcoe and his clerks. The occu- , pante of the rooms were awakened, and in a scuffle Varcoe was shot, from the effects of whichthe died. One of the burglars was knocked down and captured, but the other ran. He was chased by a policeman and. shot. He also died from the effects of the wound. e —Sunday morning the body of an un- known manewas found beside the Graud Trunk Railway track, half a mile west of ' Forest. The left side of his face had been cut open from the mouth to the ear, and the man had apparently bled to death. In the woods near by a party of tramps had camped the night previous, and near that epot were indications that a struggle had taken place two open knives and a razor case being jound there, and a large clot of fresh blood in the grass, —Mr. Harrison Watson, curator of the Canadian section of the Imperial Inet itute, London, England, has informed the Ontario Department of ,Agriculture that inquiries for Canadian turkeys are being made by a firm in the Midland counties. He is also of opinion that the Canadian poultry trade with England, already large, can be greatly increased. Handlers of poultry who desire to avail themselves of this growing demagd from British customers, should communi- cate with Mr. Watson: , —Mr. A. W. Campbell, provincial in- structor in roadmaking, will shortly pay a visit to Pittsburg and other large eentree of Pennsylvania., for the purpose of studying the effects achieved by the use of crude .petroleum in constructing clay roads. Amer- ican engineers claim that the use of oil in connection with clay roads'sheds the water and prevents rutting. Mr. Campbell will make a careful' investigation into the mat- aer, and if he finds these Istatements borne out by the facts will redommend that re- course be had to crude petroleum in West- ern Ontario. —The following officers ware elected at the recent meeting of the Provincial Wo- men's Christian Temperance Union, held at Guelph. With one exception, the officers are the same as last year; President, Mr!. Mary R. Thornley, London; vice-president, Mrs. Jennie Cavers'Galt • corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Mary Wiley, Richmond Hill; recording secretary, Mrs. Gordon Wright, London; treasurer, Miss Jennie MacArthur, Cornwall. Mrs. Alice Saonby, the previoos recording secretary, was imable to serve kir another year, and Mrs. Wright was elected in her place. — A despatch from Montreal on Tuesday /est says: The fast time that is being made by the Sardinian to South Africa. is a sue - prise. The distance from Quebec to Cape Town is computed to be about 7,015 mile. The Sardinian has now run 3,447 miles of her long journey. There remains 3:568 miles to cover, or 21 miles more than half the whole distance. The Sardinian was out just thirteen days at 5 o'clock yesterday. Tbis would make a daily speed of 265 iniles, or 13 knots. The ship will complete the journey in another thirteen or fourteen &eye, reaching Cape Town on the 25th or 26th instant — Mr. R. D. Gamble general manager of the Dominion Bank, died on the steamer Oceanic, while on his way home from Europe, where he had been undergoieg treatment for an affection of the throat. It was feared when the Oceanic sailed from Liverpool, that Mr. Gamble had taken pas- sage upon it in the hope of getting home to die. He was accompanied on the voyage by his wife. Mr. Gamble had been cora netted with the Dominion Bank since 1871. He was for many years manager of the Tor- onto branch, and in 1895, on the death of Mr. R. R. Bethune, he was chosen general Perth Notes. —The Mitchell board of works have spent $2,600 on the streets and walks this year, — Wm. Roberts has sold his 75 acre farm, in Hibbert, to Peter Evans, of MaKillop, for $4,300. —Messrs. W. Davidson and John Whyte, of Mitchell, will spend the winter in Cali- fornia. —Mr. B. F. Kutner has been appointed postmaster in Sebringville, in room of Mr. John Pearson, deceased. —Edward Cook, a native of St. Marys, has been made president of the Vancouver Builders' Exchange. —Fire did about $100 damage to Mr. Kelly's fish store, in LEN Marys, the other night. The fire was caused by defective stove pipes. —Customs returns for the outport of Listowel during the month of October was $2,654.35, an increase of $1,760.78 over the same month last year. —To show their appreciation of their late pastor, the members of Knox church, Mit- chell, recently presented Rev. Mr. Bradley with $100, and Mrs. Bradley with 150. —The farmers in Downie towniship have been loting heavily of late by their sheep being killed by doge. One farmer's loss is estimated at 130. —Mr. Franze Pionthe, of Gadshill, re- ceived a telegram, the other evening, to the effect that his son, August, had been killed on the railway in Howard City, Michigan._ --The will of the late Louis Gordzier,hotel keeper, of Mitchell, has been probated. He left real estate to the value of 15,000, and personal $5,971. John Pearson, postmaster, Sebringville, left in all about 112,000. — Arthur Davis, who disappeared from Stratford some two years ago, has written home to his mother from Liverpool, etating that he is in good health and intends to take a voyage to China. —The Mitchell bowling club held their annual dinner in the Hicks House,on Thurs- day evening of last week. The feature of the evening was the presentation of a fine lounging chair to the president, Mr. W. G. Hinds, who is shortly to be married. —Rev. Mr. Bradley preached his farewell sermons in Knox church, Mitchell, on Sun day, 5th inst. At both services the church was crowded. During the four yeara that he labored in Mitchell 129 united with the church; there were 57 baptisms, 36 mar- riages and 43 funerals. — A new organ is to be erected in the Stratford Baptist church by Christmais. it will be built by Meseta. Lye & Sons'organ builders Toronto. The organ istobe a memorial. organ,and will be presented to the church oy Mr. F. .J. Colvin, in loving mem- ory of hie late wife, Minnie, &tighter of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker. —Mr. Thomas Barnes, the Grand Trisak Railway section foreman at Kelly's siding, near St. Marys, mat with a 'serious accident, on Wednesday morning of last week, while on -his way to work. He took a short out to the scene of -his labors, and in climbing a barbed wire fence slipped and fell heavily on the wires.' His thigh was badly cut, --News has been received of a sad acci- dent which caused the death of Mr. Harry Sperling, of Eskridge, Kansas, who former- ly lived at Anderson. The young man, mounted on a horse, was engaged in driving some cattle from a field, when he was thrown from his saddle with great force and broke his neck in the fall. — One night recently some unknown per- son left a baby girl about a week old on the door step of Mr. James Stephens, at At- wood, and on the following night they re- turned end left an envelope with $40 in a milt can, which, together with the good clothes that were on the child, 'show that it was no poor people who are implicated in the affair. The child is doing well. —A pleasant event occurred at the resi- dence of Mrs. Legear, of St. Marys, on Tuesday afternoon of last week, wben her daughter, Miss Louise, was united in mar- riage with Dr. Ireland, V. S„ of Hamilton, The officiating clergyman was Rev. G. W. Henderson, pastor of the Methodist church, and only the near relatives and intimater friends of the bride were present, —Oa Tuesday ot last week a sad death occurred in:the household of Mr. George Gill, of Motherwell, taking away the wife and mother just in the prime of life. The deceased, Mrs. Gill, had only been 1% resi- dent there a few weeks, but coming from Russeldale, was well known and very much respected. She was in her 43rd year, and her removal will make a sad vacancy in the household. — Another of the pioneers of this county died on Thursday of last week, rather sud- denly at his home in North Easthope aged. 75 years, in the person of Mr. John McTav- ish. He had lived on the homestead where he died. nearly all his life, and had been an enterprising and successful farmer, dealing largely in stook at one time. He was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and came to this country when quite a bey. He leaves a widow and four children. —A happy social event took place at the home of Robert Miller, base line, Hullett, on Wednesday of last week, when his daughter, Miss Flora, became the wife of Mr. A. McBrien, of Clinton. The ceremony took place in the presence of a nice gather- ing of friends, the bride being assisted by Miss Kerr, of Wingham, while Dr, Nelson Ball, of Clinton, took the groomsman's place. Rev. E. B. Smith performed the ceremony. —What might have proved a serious ac- cident took place a few days ego. The victim of the would-be accident was Willie Westlake, of Goderieh township, and the only eye witness was Nelson Steep, who was driving down a steep bill at the time, when his sole passenger, Master Willie, bounced upward, on striking a culvert, and in coming down got his legs entangled in the spokes of the wheel, and narrowly escaped getting them .broken. Luckily, however, the impetuous driver was able to rein in his steed, fractious though it was, bring his wagon to a standstill and ex- tricate the boy from his preeitrious situa- tion.