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The Huron Expositor, 1899-12-08, Page 11. 1899 pees irg-R-l.k"Ehit;ns. nothing sueceeds like r that's what we are all' se in bueiness means trade where they feel perity. They knees i;ore is satisfied with h tranasetion because volume of trade and `actory. y the intereste- of our extent that no expense ours a modern store, says needs the very f roonnspecial arranges so as t make it most !ant for them to do re. to keep pace with eerous and there are iai to success is the aral stylish goods be - allowing old stock crude sprices help tut intending buyers to " dais" mentioned II to kern what Ruffs, Collars, aets._ winter-defeing flora ha much need. The ;rge and now is the r.e the cpld weather r get the fuji benefit s will noli be lower. Il furs a higher fo- ught. on get the MD CAPES •large steek of both he very fleetest cuts re will not be such 'ise the needy to come will do in the way of' posing made eav by scl. sizes-. I xrcIrr, ---714 • IDS ind Dress tnds. weights and etylee ods; a stock of select we never had before, plaid, shywing Ia.teat nett flannele showing rangement. INISHINCS ns, Floor Oils, Curtain Drape - special attention at ie. well assorted for Wool Blankets, Casings, Linen n Towels. emand ani we are ta of a large trade made heady impor- "rt-e-F.Ce n Buying From ,SUNDRIES, DERWEAR, ROSIERY, 'EPS' AND rES. AU ds Go. test Cask Store. re, Se they did the w daya ago sent him (rid repair of gold raied by a comp - a they gave expres- ROSe iS a mhdi.3.1 Obliging and faith- ' favorite With the [ampany here,. and give expeession to have had the most la with him since, verge of Brucefield Ls spending a few re. —Ab. Miller, other young men ee,urried from the diand delivered a SI sermon in the ,unday evening,— il the young people y O have been sen- ile past 15 y ars, to, where theY in - hes ---George Imlay iiehigan, are -visits Lt.—The Isfestliodist Iding their a,nzinal, 1.—Readers of The believe by letters ople of our little El, but we are glad m the case. It la d rows bat young g country are the IcKay, of Stayner, . George Do -bona 1 tiro THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER i 1,669. SEAFOTITH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1899. The Strong Poin In Our Furs . . AAA~oiwykAAANAAAAAAAAA, 1 i { One of the strong point s1 in which we take especial pride, is , the unvarying satisfaction which every purOaser of our furs finds in the quality and durability of these furs. , In the ladies' department we insist that every jacket must be accompanied. with the assurance that we stand pledged as to its quality,no ma ter what the price. We are show- ing the, Astrachan, B charan and Persian lamb, very skin is overlapped on the seams as well as having a linen stay or interliining throughout the entire coat. 'Then again in men's coa s, told more particularly in -coon coats, we are in a po ition lo show a very large tango of sit . well furred °bats in the naturals at prices ranging from $35.00 to $49.00 and every e9at full skins, as we have not any pieced coon coats in stock. . ..lks Christmas approaches a word :cm the sensibility of buying the correct articles for yoUr Men friends will not be out , of place, therefore.: Speaking from the standpoint of men, and also having la knowledgeof men's likes and. dislikes in wearing apparel, we I desire to interest you in what would be suitable kir any of your gentlemen friends for a Christmas remembrAmce, Which is no near at hand. -Ipve may speak from experience, that a man appreciates an article of wearing apparel racire than any other style or form of gift, provided—always provided—that the article has not anything of the appearance of the cheap about it. He is a loving husband, father, brother, son or lover; indeed, if he can overlook this idea of bought at a bar- gain. Qur reputation i Mufflers, Dre Hosiery, Glo Dressing Go Beaver or Se Men's Wear; , the newest is windows, ask pleased to off selections. extensive for all classes of Neckwear, s Shirt PrOtectors, Braces, Handkerchiefs, es, Mitts, Cogars, Cuffs, Umbrellas, Shirts ns, Smocking Jackets, Persian Lamb CapS 1 Caps; in ,fact, any and e ery article o We think that our positio !for supplyin, to your adViantage in buyin atch,our to be shown the nice good.. We will b r any assistance possible to you in you 4 our ordered clothing department we are bu these .60 a .51d days, , the values we ' show at 13.50, $15.50 an $ certainly inducements to shrewd buyers; rvivho look for genuine values, - I 1 The heavy winter pants which we make oursel es at $1.50, : $1.75 and. $2.00 may possibly be not quite s low in price as the factory makes, but the service doublylmakes up for any difference in price. 'he buckskin pant is still a fac- tor in wearing apparel and wisely so, as it gives more wear for an everyday pant than anything i31se we have seen at the money, viz., $.1. 00. Home-made mitts at 35e and 50c. are articles of comfort these _days. We have a mitt which is called the Klondike, sell- ing at 500, which is nothing if not comfortable for driv- ing. re you in need of a robe, we are selling Goat robes at $4.90, 85.50, 86.00 and$7:00. '- . - 1 , i 1 The Ladies are surely finding out that there is style and saving in buying jackets made to order at $7.50, $8.50 and ,?,10,00. The Clan Tartan C indeed an att see the various 1 nig pes which we are making to order are active article for ladifes' wear, call and colors. mind Clothiers and Furnishers On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, SE/WORTH Special round trip second cj-ass excursion tickets to Pacific coast points, and Seattle and Tacoma, W. ,T., and Portland, Oregon, at $77.90 ; and Kootenay, British Colum- bia points,- at $72.90. Also at same rates tlo intermediate points on direct routes, will be issued via C. P. R. from Sea - forth on November 21st and Decembe 5th and 19th, 1899. Apply at the office for further partici_ lars. Tickets issued to all points East _ and West. Telegr h and money order business respectfully solicited. ej- • ACDONALD C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth. NOTES FOM THE DOMINION CAPITAL. • - °Trawls, Deo. 4h, 1899. James A. &left, peputy Minister of the Interiqir, and E. Stewart, chief Inspector of forest and timber, are preparing a report for th Minister of Interior and the Minis- ter of Agriculture in regard to tree planting in the Canadian Northwest. Mr. Smart, during his recent visit t Europe, found much to interest him in the beauty of the trees and shrubbery wherever he went. ' The comparsion with Canada, ' more especi- ally with Manitoha and the Northwest, was not, he says, pivdrable. 1n1 Manitoba and the Territorie th re is an en ire lack of in- terest On the pa t of the ettlers in tree planting. The 1 on. Clifford Sifton, when a member of the M nitoba Government, took a great intere t i arboriculture and as soon as he aooepteq of ce in the Ottawa- adminis- tration he became convinced of the desir- ability of en ouragiug this work for the The Minister therefore, asked Mr. benefit of the weaten-larmera. e Smart to dette Borne attention to this sub= jeot and, if p esible, devise a way in which the views he entertained might be adopted and put into practical shape. It is for this purpose that the Deputy Minister of the Interior is now engaged with the inspector of forests to -prepare the report referred to. "I believe," said Mr. Smart to your cot - respondent ' that by the expenditure of a reasonable amount of money the Neal- west can be wonderfully beautified by the plant- ing of trees whioh, if properly cared for, would bring about a greatchange in the appearance 9f the whole country. The same thing applies to shrubbery. When in the countr cnsisted of hedges which' not Britain I p se ved that a large portidn of only beautlfied the farms, but are of a more permanent ch racter than any other fenc- ing." I "What teps then do you intend to take to proseciite this new departure on the part of the Government ? " "What I would suggest would be that the Government should have on each f the experimental farms in Manitoba an the Northwest—t e Manitoba farm bei g at Brandon and the Northwest at I dian Head—notless th n .three practical men 1 whose whole uty would be to look after the planting o tr es and hedges. hese- men would, dtrig the winter months, de- liver lectures! n I tree culture. Whenever ten or more armers would be willing to use a portion 'of their lands for tree plant. bag or hedges' alopg the ,roads adjoining their farms, the department of agriculture should provide the necessaryi trees. One of the men ieferred to would look after their proper plantin `. Farmers, of course, would exercise thegr atest care in protecting the trees. The officers of the department would also ma e regular vieits to trim the trees and gen rally inspect their growth. It, should alio be understood that the farm- ers themselves would provilcle the neceesary cultivated land and give some time to the care and pretection of the trees." Mr. Smart is thoroughly acquainted -with the needs of the western country, being a resident of Manitoba for many years, and besides filling numerous municipal offices of honor was , also commissioner of public works in the Greenway Government. MANITOBA ELECTIONS. The deepest interest is takenhere in the general election which is now going on in Manitoba. The result is of more conse- quence than 1 mere victory . between the two parties, L berals and Conservatives, in the province. i It meant a great deal more than whether the Hon. Thomas Greenway is to remain Premier of Manitoba or is to be replaced Ely his opponent, the Hon. Hu h John Macdonal 1. The success of Mac onald is the one ay of hope whioh the )ominion Conserve ives have of being able to defeat the La Her Government. Thii is the reason why Sir Charles Tupper has een stumping the p evince for the last two or three w eks. It is for the same rea- son hat the Hen. George Foster, the Hon, Clar Wallace, R. . McLennan, M. P. Glengarry, and other eading Conservatives are in the West fighti g 'for "Hugh John." On the Government ide the Hon. Clifford Sifton, the Hon. D. . Fraser and others are defending Gre uway. The Hon. William Peterson, J1inister of Customs, has just returned fro there. If "Hugh John," as he ifami1ii rly called, wins the day then he 'will come to Ottawa as leader of the Consersjtive party and as the son of the late Sir J hn A. Macdonald, the differ. ent sections ofL the party that have been more or less divided since the remedial bill was passed in their midst, are expected to rally round h m in a united body. The capturing of the province in such a way means very nuieh more to the Opposition than would at tfirst appear, and its loss to the Government would be a dirninntioh of the prestige of the administration in the Canadian Nort west. The genera opinion here is tbat the farmer Premier, as Greenway is sometimes called, will win with a reduced- mejority. He has a great hold on the people' of the Northwest as he is One of themselvels, be- ing entirely dependent upon is large farm at Crystal "City, The Ca adian Pacific Railway has always been against Mr. Greenway, but in the past e has had the support of the Northern Pa ific. In this election the Canadian Nadi may quietly support Mr. Macdonald, but it is not likely to take any tidily part in the contest, while the Northern Pa ifio will be partly against_ Mr. Greenway. The fight is, therefore, very interestieg, and just how it will . end will only be to d in the election -returns when the ballot'1 oxes are opened on Decem- ber 7th. SESSIO - IN FEBRUARY. All the minis era are returning to the city this week tol proceed to make prepare - tions for the n xt session of Parliament which it is expeeted will meet early in Febru- ary. The Minister of Finance, Wi S. Fielding, was entertained at a banquet ail New Glas- gow last Thuesday night and there were present also theHon. A. G. Blair and Sir Louis Davies, It was in thihappy way that the ministers closed their campaign in e the Maratime -Provinces. Sir Louis Davies cisme over from; Prince Ed ward Island and Mr. Blair came fromiNew Brunswick to take part in the event., 1 . Judging trona the rather backward state of the work in some of the departments the Government will find It rather difficult tole have everything ready for the meeting of the House. The progra Me for the session is to be a short one, alt ough that does not neces- sarily mean th t the session will be equally —short. On the contrary it is likely to be a long and tedious one. The campaign will begin immediately after the speech from the throne is read and it will not end until the last vote is polled, at the general election vvhich cannot in any event be many months distant. i —Mrs. John Wilson, one of the pioneers of the townshiP of Elms, died on Wednes- day, November 22nd, at the ripe age Of 70 years and 3 months. De4ased, wh're maiden name was Agnes Hu,sh, was born lin Reorboroughshire, Scotland, where he. spent the days of her girlhood, and where she married Mr. Wilson over 49 years ago. The family emigrated to Canada in the early fifties, settling in Oxford—eou V where they lived--two-years. From t re they moved to the. 10th concession of E and shortly afterwards to the 12th en - con ien, taking up the land which Ow foriis the farms owned by T. Roe a d Ch ries Barr. Here they lived some 15 yea s when they moved to the present hornestead. • Canadian Frnit in England. Under the directicin of Professor Robertson the Dominion Department of Agricult re have been making experi ental shipmenteof fruit to thii old country. The feet that this fruit reached its deatin tion in the very best condition and rea ized remunerative prices, even this year, when so muoh frit sent forward by regular dealers, spoiled pn the way and the best of it only brought losing prices, prove the necessity' of cere ing the fruit as well as fruit sent forward by was carefully inspected organ, an acknoWl. nd his report thereon to both fruit growers da. It is as follows : t the sample case of di pears, and a box of in selecting and Joao in shipping. The Professor Robertson by Mr. Simpson edged fruit expert, will be of interest and shippers in Can I duly receive Canadian apples at peaches which you sent me, and as yeur representative for the distribution of the fruit in this country informed me that you would be pleased to have my opinion ,on seine, I herewith send yot a report which therefore be de - most confidence. au thoritativelY pert from a mar - is disinterested, and ca pended upon with the u I am in a position to epee upon this subject, as an e ket point of view, being the only fruit trade journalist who has, for just upon a quaeter of a century, made choice fruit productien, paekin , and distribution a special study, that, is in the United Kingdom. APPLES. The apples were Snow's, and when open- ed, the fruits were found to be in the prime of condition. Not one was unsound. They were wrapped separately in paper, and had been packed in layers and in rows. Aebet- ter style for fruit could not possibly be c n- ceived. The fruits were mediam in si e. Possibly ,we Want a larger sample on ur markets, though the uality was excelle it, ancEI was very much struck with them 1- togethier. The package was rather en all for apples. When the parcel carne to hni d, there was a large supply of ordinary ly 1 grown English 1 apples on the market, a d this w:. uld tend to affect pries. Still, or a large eirele of buyers, the small pack go should form a good attraction. Large qu n• tities of such fine eating apples, packed in these handy boxee,j would secure a free s le directly their quelty became known to the general public. I mean in the original - package. I do not feel inclined to say ab- solutely that a bushel box would be better, but perhaps both sizes would prove advan- tageous to the trade generally. PEARS. Then as to the pears. They had been put 1 up in the same size box as the apples, aid each fruit had bee wrapped in a emMl 1 square paper. They were absolutely sou d and in grand condition. I kept some of these pears for two weeks, and when' fu ripe the flavour was delicious. They w Beurre D'Anjou. Fiom thee samples itis clear. that Canadian *porters oan easily Put high quality pears upon the English' mar- kets, and at the rig t, time, too. I am sat- isfied that for qual t , size, clearness of skin, and condition, and they will readily compare with the heat Californian and French fruits. A better pear than these D'Anjeu never entered the English markets, and I em confident 'that a big future lies before the Canadian pear trade in the Unit- ed Kingdom. I was immensely pleased with these fruits, rend the prices realized justifies the cenimendation I give them', With care in grading they would einem a very serious competitor to the French fruits as the sample casies under notice Were 1)4 up in better style, and the fruits were cer- tainly cleaner skinned, and much more dainty as eaters, than the foreign ones re- ferred to. PEACHES . Then as to the peaches. These wer 1 Elberta. The fruit, had been partly cover ed with paper in which a strip of waddin had been - inoluded. Under this method, when the lid of the box was taken off, and the layer of wadding removed.. the tops of the fruits would be exposed to the view of the buyers. Here the specimens were in, fairly good condit' ion but not what could be termed perfect; the flesh of some being al little discoloured. Ail lin the box I had, were, however, eatable, , of excellent size, and like the apples and pears, had been well i and evenly graded, -an important featare in the fruit trade Isere. The color was good,t but the flesh was too fit, if I may expres- sively put it there that is, they needed to be sold in a day or two at least, not being in good oonditiop. They were not so juicy as our forced peaches, but the flesh was firmer, and as a.ti advocate of fruit -eating, I claim thatthese Canadian Elbert& peaches re magnificent, and I should like to be le to live on thern without anything else f r a month. They are' very delicious,. osmosis a nutritipus flesh, and should prove a great boon to the consumers in all of our o ties and towns CO) MENTS, My report will be found most encourag- i g to those on your side who have taken a g eat interest in the development of the Canadian fruit industry, though the praise given to the packages and their contente is due to merit and well-deserved. The Cana- dian fruit growers are to be congra ulated up- on having the fruit export trad , including packing, shipment, and distribution, dealt with in such an admirable manner by the officials of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. It is my decided opinion that at present the Canadian fruit exports are bet- ter put up and more efficiently handled than those from any other ooldny shiPping to the United Kingdom, including 'Tas- mania. I . SAMPSON MORGAN. )5' re , —One day recent,' Ployee 8 f Mr. Henry -had a V ry strange e tous esc pe from de derrick which is 56 f Wm. Webb, an em- orton, at Eden Mills, perience and a miracul- th. He ascended a et from the ground, for the purpose of 4iling an axel. The machin ry is driven partly by water and partly y cable. ee Webb missed his footing -and fell on the !cable, and was car- ried alongat a terri speed for about a hundred yards towa ds the next derrick. He saw the dange ous position he was placed in and thought of alighting on the roof of a house, but feared that he would be carried teo far and !light on a picket fenoe, which might be death. He passed over trees and 'puddings, and at last saw his opportunity, falling off In some black muck on the banks of the river. He let go -es 300 Cloth Cover!cl llop!cs BY POPULAR; AUTHORS, Regular Price 50e, now 250. 20 Writing Tableis REGULAR PRICE 10e I NOW 5c. Oblong or Square Envelopes to match, twenty-five tor five cents. ALEX. WIA SEAFO I TH. his hold and was thrown about 30 feetfur- ther ahead than he expected, landing on soft ground. He termed a complete somer- sault, his head striking some hard substance, cutting a deep gash in it, and sustained several bruiseis on his body. • . -Huron Note. — A hospital on a smell scale has been started in Olintoi, by Dr. Gunn. —Mr. John H 11, of pashwood, shipped four tons of fowl in one Week recently. —About 12,000 buehels ofj apples Were handled at the Clinton ev poretor this season, —Miss Mande Fleuty, of ientw gna h m,was la struck by a bicyclist, one day ek,and had a bone broken. —Dr. W. E. Browning, of.Exeter, ntende going to the State of Minnesota, where he will practice histprofessi4. — Henry Weern an 'Soy Smyth, of Wingham, eaclieehot large owls in East Wawanosh the other day. —Several successtel meetings have been held at different points, under the auspices of the West Huron Farmers' Institute, —Mr.' and Mrs.i1Robert McIndoo, of Wingham, who have gone to Califoreis, for the winter, have arrived safely in Fresno. —Herbert Fisher, of Benmiller, has pur- chased the 100-ecre farm belonging to Mr. Stirling, of Carlow, paying for it the sum of $4,700. , 1 —Mrs. Peter Utzzell, jr., of Langsi e, died on November 26th. Deceased was 'wit 22 years of age, and had been married 'only eleven months. , —Word came to Wingham e few1lays ago, of the death of T. d.l. Jackson, at Poit Albert, Northwest Territory. Mr. Jackson formerly kept store_in Lower Wingham, —Wm. Hedden, of Exeter, while, Work- ing under a scaffold in Brucefield, on Tues- day of last week, sustained a very ,Painful: wound by a brick falling on his head tend, inflicting a severe gash. —John Netterfield, for many yearts a re-' s ected resident of Lower Winghann died' nt his home there on Saturday, NoVenaber 25th. Deceased bad been in ill health , for some time. He Was 55 years of age. - --The residence of Mr. McPherson, of Zion, had a nitrr w escape from destruction by fire one day recently. Mrs. McPherson, who was alone, a cidentally upset a 'env, i but had presenceof mind enough to smother out the blaze with a mat. . , —One day recently Mr. Wm. Hohnes, blacksmith, of Wingham, was Working in the barn on Mr. H. Wilson's been, in Tarn - berry, and while on a ladder it slipped, causing him to fall on the floor below. ' In fall og Mr. Holmes had one rib broken, and rec ived some scalp wounds on the face end hea , and was otherwise badly shaken up. A pleasant event took place at the residence of Mr. Ezra Heist, near Crediton, on Tuesday afternoon of last week, when Mr. Charles Roeszler, one of the mosthe pope- ,cl 1 1 lar oitizens'was married so Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eckhart W"lhelm, of that village. Rev. Mr. Litt ti knot in the presence of the intimate 'friends of the contracting parties. —A very pretty wedding took place on Wedneaday evening of last week, at the home of Mrs. Alexander *neon, Bayfield Road, Stanley, when her eldest daughter, Miss Annie, was joinectin Wedlock to Mr. Woods a prosperous farmer; near Lucknow. Rev, E. Salvers, of Brucefield, performed the ceremony, only the near 'relatives of the contracting parties being present. —A commercial traveller;named Matt - berm, who was driving from Bayfield to Clinton, one night recently,i claims that a bear came out of the bush near1 Bayfieldsand crossed the road ahead of likm. He said it was light enough to distinguisI the animal, which frightened his horse i; h ving a piece of wood moulding in his pocket he threw it and hit the hear, which growled and pass- ed on. I — Richard' Chambers, one of the old resi- dents of Goderich township, but who had been in London the past few: months, died in that city on Tuesday of last week, after a long illness. The: deceased, who • was well- known in Goderioh town and township, was at one time a devoted member of the Salva- tion Army. The remains were interred in Maitland cemetery. —Charles Calton, an elderly resident of the 15th concession, Godericla township, dropped dead on Saturday afternoon of lnst week, while performing some ordinary duties around the place. He generally en- joyed good health, but has been poorly lately, though able to get around. He was a hard working, industri us fellow, and leaves a wife, ono son an one daughter, his wife being in delicate h alth. —Wm. McCo b, for ma y years a resi- dent of Exeter, where his widow still re- sides, died at the home of h s daughter,Mrs. G. E. Phinn, El *afield, on Tuesday of lest week, at the adalancedageo 70 yeare. De- ceased had been in failing ealth for some months, caused by the 1 firnnties of old age. He was a iative of Ir land, and before moving to Exeter conducted a large arrnin London township. — St. Augustine was the Nicene of a juiet wedding on Tuesday, Novernber 28th, vsleen Mrs. M. Brennan, postmistress and general merchant, St. Augustine, was united in the holy bonds of m tractor, formerl mony was perfo Rev. Father M trimony to H. Baker, cent - of Walkerton. The ceae med in the. church by the Meniman, parish Priest, of St. Augustine. Mrs. P. Quigley, sister of the bride, performed the -duties of brides- maid, while Mr. Quigley ably supported the groom. , —Ever since the death of Frank Jonee ; (formerly of Clinton) at St. Thomas, Dakota, rumors have been, current that he met his death by foul play. The particular -8 of hi death, as gleaned from apparently reliabl sources, are as follows: He was engaged building a table, and kept a bottle of via refreshment therein for the use of hims self and hired man. At the close of the daY the stable was looked. Daring the course of the next day, while taking e drink, he detected iomethlng wrong witli the liquid and running to a d otor maid to him and McLEAN BROS., Publielaers 1 $1 a Year in Advance. those standing around " I am dying and have been doped; they, fixed a dope for me." The coroner's inquest ill said to have reveal- ed the fact that he died from strychnine poison, but beyond this nothing is definitely known, although a hundred rumors have been in circulation. It is alleged that he was on bad terms witt sorne of his relatives, and had a fear that; hey might do some- thing injurious to him, but whether this was imagination, or 'otherwise, remains to be shown. He had an insurance of $4,000 on his ife. —Mk. Joseph Ilobieslied suddenly at h is home itt Colborwent to bed at his usuale, on: Monday morning of last week. H time Sunday %lightt and about one o'clock the followieg orning palled his daughter, who was sleeping in an; adjoining room, to come te him b t before, she arrived he had expired. Deceased was in the 84th year of his age, and up to the time of his death had always erj-yel good health. Me. Dobie was resident of Colborne for the past 20 year'and previous that he resided in Eris Wawanos . t is our aid duty this week to chroni- cle the death of another one from our midst, second daughter of Mr and Mrs. James in the person of Mrs Adelaide Mitchell,the Mitchell, of Colborne. On Monday, No- vember 20th, she went to Godericle town- ship to spend a feef days with her cousin, Mrs. Martin Mugford: On the following Wednesday she was tielten ill with acute peritonitis. Three doechrs were called, and, although they did all ,that medical skill could do, the spark took, its flight on Fri- day night.. She was in her 19th year. ' — Wo learn witb regret of the death of Wm. MeClinchey, of the Goshen line, Stan- ley, which occurred on Thursday, 30th i ult. He and a daughter recently visited a mar- ried daughter in Michigan, and while there buried, d he , to k the fever and died the da hter die of , typhoid fever!: he brought he rernai 8 home where they Were therefrom. He Was one of the most highly He was Meth t, and one of the staunch t di reapeete and iciest residents of Stanley. members of the ch roll for years. — The Abilene (Kansas) Reflector, of No- vember 23rd, gives the following interesting account l f the marriage_ of a young lady, formerly of Bruili2lels. . The Officiating clergy- man was also a eusseli e : "At the ele- gant home of Mil and Mrs. David Dobson, in 'Willotwdale, lilt high noon yesterday, their eldest daughter, Mies Maggie, was united in the bends of. marriage to Mr. Cheri a M. Hobs, ReveGeorge McKay, of Clyde officiating. About 75 invited guests assembled to wit.nesa the ceremony. The bride is one o illowditle's most amiable and energetic yeting lathes, and her heart and hand are prize ie.:the one who has won her." , ' --Postsnast rlFarrovie of Brussels, writes the W ngham #dvance : " In last week's Advance you Bey that Wingham proper had no exi tence thirty year a ago. Will you al- low m to say- hat forty yeah; ago this com- ing winter I to k the census of that part of Tuenberry, and foun6 some settlers and aonie in business, but not many. I Fray Mention that Peter Fisher that winter `was reparieg to build his Mill at Lower Wing - am, having begun. to build the race way or the water to drevethe mill. I may, as t would no doubt be intereatIng to many, iv some remieiscencei of Wingham in its, arty exietence 'and struggles. Let me here ay that Blueva e had an existence long be - ore Wingham.' I —i -An old a a most highly esteemed resi- dent of the 1 t line of Morris passed away from earth o uesday evening of last week, n the person sf Mr. Henry Robb, in his lath year. J e eased was born in Ireland, end was mari eil to Chruitianna Hunter,who iteight ch 1 ren survive a husband and father. Mr. Robb came to Morris about ; 2 y ars ago, t king up the farm on which e died, then a hush lot. He was industri- I ;us, saving, a a good manager, and, as a nsequenee, he prospered and made for himself a domf4tab1e home. He was a mem- ber of the Methodist church ; a Coneerva- tive in politics and was respected by the community at large. lieart trouble and dropsy was the cause of deaths I i • (Janette.. —WoodStock Board of Trade fawns in- cerp ration as a city. - —Oollingwood ratepayers 7oted almost unanimously to grant a bonus f $50,000 to the proposed steel shipyard& ...---For the first five months of the current year the customs revenue has increased $1,. 40,772, compared ith the eorresponding, period last year. -1—Mrs. MloPhee, aged 70, and her grand daughter, Miss Arnie Mouland, aged -16, were drowned in the river, near Kington, on Friday, by their beat upsetting. —The Manitoba Dairy Asseciation has shipped for the Paris Exposition, two cheese, one white and one c lored, each weighing 70 potted& i —Dr. Wm. I. A. Case, the oldest physi- cian in Western Ontario, ' who has lived in Hamilton tor hal.E a century, is {dead. Dr. Case was 9''' yearot age, —MinnieKirkham, of Lanark county, aged fourteen et ars, was shot and killed due day r cent , by the ace dental dirs- eharge of a gnu I the heads of her infant *lather. —Napoleon -C anaugh, an old C. P. R. was killed' runni g on the Halifax express, Frid night at t e Windsor conductor, station, Montreal as his train Was leaving for Halifax. ,1 —It is reported, that Dr. Ireland, whose Mysterious disappearance on tibe wharves at ' Montreal, about a year ago, led to the supposition that he was drowned, has been found in the Western , States practising medicine ',under the name of Dr. Gray. —Because John Hughes, aged 16, a pris- oner at the Central Prison, Toronto, told the guards that Arthur Cardinal, another prisoner, had tried to strike him, Cardinal laid in wait for Hughes on Friday and fat- ally stabbed him. --John Mitchell, a Liverpool merchant, who is in Canada buying maple blocks, saps about 450,000 blocks, 20 inches long by fli inches through, will be exported this year to England. They are used largely as rol- lers for weinging machines. Most of the maple cornea from Huron, Bruce and Grey. --Two daring, burglars early Sunday morning gained an entrance to the home of W. H. Thedford,Toronto and with revolvers drawn, proceeded to ransack the house. Young Tedford ljnmped. out of a window and ran for assistance, but the burglars got away. i I i —Death called and respected eiti of Woodstock, on #y a very prominent Saturday morning, in the person of Will- iam C. Stewart, I president of the James Stewart Stove Manufacturing Company. He was 61 years ofage, and died very sud- de---elYMrs. Mary Oa 'anagh, a widow, living , in the southern porbion of London, was the victim of a brutal murder early -Sunday morning, th. outemne of it family euarrel, and her son, John Cavanagh, is under arrest oh&ged with the crime. The mother andi son have had frequent quarrels, and it was during one of these, after the son had returned home about 1 o'clock in the morning, that the victim inet her death. Cavanagh was in a drunken condition when he entered the house and but very few words had passed between himself and kis aged mother when he became enraged, and, pisfring.up a flat iron, dealt her an awful blow on the head with it. The old lady sank to the floor and must have expired alnaost immediately. —Joseph Vanalstine, a resident on the Woodburn road, Pittsburg, met his death at Seeley's Bay, Thureday. He was driv- ing a team of horses when they took fright and ran away. ire -sustained injuries which resulted in instant death. Deceased was sixty-four years of age, well known and respected in the township. —The new and magnificientparish church of St. Charles of Limoilou, near Quebee„ was completely reduced to ashes on Sun- day morning. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The flames spread so rapidly that in one hour there was nothing left of the church but its solid granite walls. The toss is placed at $45,000. —William Chisholm, known as the king of horse thieves, died in Woodstock jail on Thursday of last week, aged 75 years. Forty years of Chisholm's ripe old age have been spent behind prison bars, and, with the exception of the last five years, which have been on charges of vagrancy, Chis- holm's terms are all for horse stealing. —Burglars entered Barrister Chisholm's house, Toronto, very early Friday morning. They awakened Mr. C'hisholin, but before he could make any resistance one of them was at his bedside'and holding an axe over him forced him to be still. The other burg- lar ransacked the houee, and then they de- parted, taking away two watches and a quantity of jewelery. —Frank Wreke, w ho is lodged in theeounty jail at Welland charged with the murder of his wife, in Niagara Falls, the night of Nov. 29, attempted to suicide in his cell on Friday night. The instrument used in the effort to take his life was a part of a broken bottle, but the only result was the loss of much -blood; which leaves him in a very weak, but not dangorous condition. —While David and James Monk were blasting stones on the farm belonging to Mrs, D. Morrison, about three miles west of the village of Thamesford, on the Gov - emcee toad, there was a premature dis- charge, by which Devid had his left thumb entirely blown off, the bone.s of his hand broken and his hands and face badly burned. —Mr. F. W. Hodson, superintendent of Farmer's Institutes for Ontario, who has accepted a position n under the Dominion Government, has been succeeded by Mr. George C. Creelms.n. The latter has as- sumed his new duties. Mr.- A. P. Wester - felt has taken up his now position of Secre- tary -Treasurer of the Dominion Cattle, Sheep, and Swine Breeders' Aesociation. —John MeGrocy, of Montreal, a 'laborer, received an electric shock Saturday which caused bis death shortly afterwards. He was working the crank of a derrick on the repairs to Saroggie'a store, which fell down a couple of months ago; when the chain ef the derrick crossed a live electric wire. Connection was completed through the metal drum and crank, and isloGrery sank to the ground without a word. —Mr. Henry Harris, a prosperous pioneer farmer, living four miles east of Ripley, cams mitted suicide in his barn Sunday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, by cutting his throat with a razor, while temporarily de- mented. The deomied fell from an apple tree about a year ago, striking his head heavily on the ground, the effects of which he never properly recovered from, although he spent a week this summer at the Toronto Hospital, endeavoring to get relief. He was highly respeeted by a large number of friends and relatives. He leave. a family of eight to mourn his loss, four living in the vicinity. Perth Items. —Miss Mary Carroll, a young lady liv- ing with her widowed mother at lot 18, concesaion 6, tBiddulph, has fallen heir to a fortune amounting to $10,000, 'Miss Car- roll came into this amount of Inelley through the death of her uncle, Patrick Carroll,. of Albany, New York. She was his favorite niece, and came in for is good share of his fortune, which it is said am- ounted to over $50,000. —After about a quarter of a century's faithful and untiring service to the Atwood Methodist church in one capacity or another, J. W. Boyd has retired from the active list and etepped down and out, owing to his advanced years and enfeebled bodily health, which of late has kept him much at home. In recognition of the great services and sacrifices rendered the church by _himself and his honored wife, the friends of the congregation met at Mr. Boyd's home on Thursday evening last, and presented them each with a comfortable rocking chair. —Mr. John Hagerty, of the Commercial hotel, Stratford, was married to Miss Nellie Byrne, daughter of Mr. Thomas Byrne, of the same city, the pleating; event having occurred on Tuesday of last week, the knot being tied by Rev, Father Cook. The happy couple are spending their honey- moon in New York and Philadelphia. On their return John will assume the pro- prietorship of the Commercial, his father, Mr. Timothy Hagerty, intending to retire and become a private citizen. — On Seturday afternoon of last week a sad accident occurred at the home of Mrs. Wiley, of Fulla,rton. Her son, Adam'had gono to Mitchell and her daughter,Miss Martha, had gone to the barn. Mrs. Wiley went upstairs and upon attempting to come down, being quite an elderly lady, she missed her footing and fell to the bot- tom, where she lay stunned and bleeding. Shortly after her daughter came in and found her lying thus. Upon examination the doctor found her erm broken in two places and the other wriat badly sprained. — Mr. William Hodge, one of the most - respected residents of the vicinity of Mit- chell, died at his home,: just outside the corporation, on Tuesday of last week. A. week previous he was attacked with tys phoid fever, and his frame being shattered from some chronic disease which had troubled him for years, his constitution was unable to stand the strain. Deceased was born in Devonshire, England, ia the year 1827, and came to Canada in 1842, set- tling for a few years in Darlington. From there he moved to Fullerton, where he re- sided :until his death. A wife, five sons and two daughters survive him. —The general meeting of the Fullerton Plowmen's Association was lheld on Wed- nesday evening of last week, when the busi- ness of the current year was closed and of- ficers for the ensuiug year elected. The following is the list of officer.: President, Mr. Neil Bain secretarystressurer, Mr. john Brown; board of directors, Simms. Joseph McIntyre'A. T. Brown, jamas Bolton, W. Roger, Robert Roger, all of Motherwell; Joseph: Jackion, Mitchell ; James Russell, Russeldale ; Robert Evens, Carlingford.