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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-12-15, Page 1a. 1899 itieg to be dieaps etbe goods that ISEMENT. ;lay into a great )es of this' county, eee -.stores, offices, se lehteee of this issuei, for yeare ied thee apace, in a concerning the merchenclese we taut advertising increasing our njoy the patron - place _full cella- , having learned y. can. :anticipate et iclereir :and sug- e buying easier., of the , 1 t and most ire ad often hear en - ,s inside sby ma- le " The storea that shopping is it for me here aa ir to visit the ablishnaenta of coraplete Une of sds carried in a d that are suit - shoppers. With the very best in eadies' Hosiery, Ifs, Ladies' Neck S, Frilling, Veil - Hat Pins, Farley Fgew Novertiee - A diaphey of s we will have, ,w attention to mew to give one it is grow - hope to have of snove and the h bslls. If you ourself as one eny comfortable I to present a you'll find our essertment large - as any. There Far Coats Fur lee, Far gtorm Fitt Muffe, Fur e Cloth Jackets-, - standing rep- s being a rens ehase of Ladiee se Farnishinge, erted Liens.eee„a" 4UL Co. st Cash Store. lulu been on the 1 cattier, found Charles aged with Mr - t aix months is rden. Broi.-2Mr. veek taken the rules Sreerian's • in this villege work was done uoion Sunday Ad here on Fri- eorge Hill, who iteese factory for winter—Mr. eed the farm of a the village.— ;ling a new hall. re near future. of this useful Ian in the neigh- Mre. Wilt- dorris, died in e 5th of Nevem- ichigao about 5 years of age,— resident of this eng some time in Washington •orking. Since that his body Carrie Moore the violin and • • isendon Adver- The magic city eo much haa (Alf; a veritable targ• ot men are ng which has The frost of he brick work was unsound tilt under an ,pervision, who en before cold sined and men any stream, of . bound for the ised a city will the most sari- J eert made with to establish a ;age tools, and e 'hotels which articular. The :sew unlimited e been paid in satisfied smile Iy a fraotion of ro started, the ,rh the whole conntry. The witched with - 1 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,670. Too Much )1' Life 8 evoovoAft,o/Vomovvyvv/wo. e often misses the zest of life's joys by having too much oi them. -You niust rea113i want a thing befor you fully appreciate it. Too much of anything has a bad effect upon the ii ajority of men. Even a good sermon, lilcessome dresses we have. seen, may be too long, and deltructive to e u pers and. patience. - We have heard some men pray, publicly of cOurs praying long enough to have atoned for all the sins o mankind since Adam's first awkard experience, that is if words counted for anything. en there is the long list of pegpl who never seem to real- ize when they have said enough, the politicia a, the life -insurance agent, and all the rest of the lot, r ght down to the advertiser, who by tie way, may be th greatest sinner of all. IT T ere is no use denying the fact, that when a man talk about the goods he is selling or anything e of a personal nature, the tedeney--is to say a than is necessary. i , In view of this tendency we may say that possibly • not escaped this common fault at times, howev again attempting to tell you there is truesk e • purchasing your men's and boys' clothing. fro ing that we have made clothing a specialty an resort to no fake.gatries to sell the same. If r tain your esteem and confidence it will be t edium of giving y ou value fpr your money, decending to the contemptible trick of one _w, other assuming, the role of Benin°. goods lbelow 1 b , ; .PIis week, with Christmas near 4 hand, it may b i tp mention a few articles which are in deman { brine. We have the newest thugs in ties in al , I' 250, 35c, and 500. Mufflers at 25c, 30c, 35c 75c, $1.00 $1.25 and $1.50, kid gloves at 50c, 85e. and $1,00. The latest ti4ng in fan y shi are 95c and $1.10 Ladiescollarettes, jt $6 $8.50, $9.50 and, $10.50. , StOrm collars at $4.00. Ladies' 'fur gauntlets at $3.00, 4.00a,..' The imitation in sealette astrachan, a 50c, and $1.00. These gauntlets are all inte lined ber and are thorbughly waterproof, just the any lady who has any driving to do, We finest qualities of Persian lamb caps at $10 00, .Sea seal at $15.00 and $18.00, the Beaver these are the priraest skins which may be bo I will prove their 'worth to any, person who d having the best. 1 comes to se that is ittle more we have ✓ we are ,onomy in us, see- , that we e are to rougli the nd never y or an- ost. as well • at this styles at 40c, 500, 65c, 75c, -ts prrees 0, $7.50, 3.75 and d $5.00. 65e, 750 ith rub- rticle .for have the he South t $10.00, ght and lights in it own make of men's suits at $8.00 and $10.00 equalled and. never excelled in the fit and. wear ties. When we started boys school pants, dreamed that we would be able to turn the q this line which .we now find a ready sale for, w that the combination of price and quality have effect of driving the home made article out. of boys' school pants are 50c and 75c. They school pants, but in reality they are good f r • of wear. • • gen's fur coats are a line with Us, which we are say have had a pleasing sale already this, sea o in fur jaekets for ladies there has also been an ac for the better grades of Astrachan and Boc • • ar re rarely •g qali- we never antity of suppoSe had the ur prices re called any kind leased, to e demand n. reig & Macdo al Clothiers and Furnish rs I -Ckn the Wrong Side of the Street SEAF • STRONG BLOCK, ItT Special round trip second° class excursion tickets to Pacific coast points, and Seattle and Tacoma, W. T., nd P rtlaud, Oregon, at $77.90, and Kootenay, British Colum- ba points, at $72.90. Also at same rates to intermediate p hats, on direct routes, will be issued via (3. P. .B., from Sea - forth on November 21st and December 5th and 19th, 1899. A )ply at the:on.ce for further particulars, Tickets issued to al points East and West. Telegraph and money order bi siness respectfully solicited. J. MAQDONAL C. P. R. AGENT, • Seaforth. C.` ; t SEAFORTH, FR,IDA COUNTY COUNCIL. The eounty cou!nail met in the Court : House, Goderich, o1 Tuesday of last week. -The following oom1unication were read and referred to the special committee :' From A. M. Roseburgh, E q., secretary of the Prisoner's Aid Aesociation of Canada'ask- ing the council to petition the Local Legis- lature to grant public money for certain hospital purposes. From the council ot the county Of Victoria re government control of railwa a. And from the clerk of the uni ed counties of Stormont, Dundee and Gleng rry, seek- ing to have the assessment act mended in reepect te certain corporations. Cirouler from the clerk of Y rk county, asking this council to send one o more .dele- gates to ttend a " Good Rom a" conven- tion to b hel in Toronto this onth. Sent to the ex cute1, e committee. A lett r from A. Shaw, Esq., elicitor for the coun y of Bruce, respecting the main, tenance f George Letson, in the ,Catholic IndustriI 8°1°01 at Toronto. Sent to th executiv co mitte. A peti ion rom certain residents of Dash Wood, as ing he council to pass• a by-law erecting Das wood into a police village Sent to • he e ecutive committee. T 'ESDAY'S SESSION. Letter fromIH. H. Hill, asking the coun oil to cor ect Mistake of last meeting in ap j. pointing , rbit eters in , the Hullett echo° case. • Sent t the education committee. .App1ictions from Henry Plumsteel an Robert echinan, to be appointed count students at the Ontario Agricultural Col lege, wa read and sent to the executive committ e. J. D. O'Coeuell, acting registrar, asked the council by letter, to have incondescent light installed in the registry office. Re- ferred to the county property committee. Letter from James Stewart, asking the council to asst Thomas Finn, who lost his leg, to procure an artificial leg. Sent to the executive committee. Messrs. Jackson and VVilson, of Seaforth,, waited on the council in the interest of the Huron Poultry Association, asking -for a grant for a show to be held • in Seaforth in January. Moved by •Mr. Holt, seconded by •Mr. Hays, that the petition of Messrs Jackson and Wilson, on behalf of • the Po ltry As- sociation, for a grant of money, b ) referred to the executiye committee, to rep .rt to this council. • JAILOR'S REPORT. Joseph Griffin, the jailor, rep rted the number of the persons in the jail as 10, nine males and one female. Eight of these are charged with vagrancy, one with insanity ' and one with trespassing on the Grand Trunk Railway. Sent to the county property committee. COUNTY ENGINEER'S REPORT. Mr. Ainsley, county commissioner, re- ported that the four bridges which had been erected this year were all done in good time, and are quite satisfactory. . A good deal of repairing has been done to old bridges and to approaches, and they are now in a very good state of repair, but will require tb have some protection nade for the next fresheta. , All the iron tnd steel bridges ave been painted, as have also the bounder• bridges, each county paying half the cos . Bridge lurnber has been very scarce di ring the summer, and it will be necesear to lay in a considerable quantity during t1 e winter. The courtehouse has not been pai ted, as recommended, as the sea- son was oo far advanced after the bridges had been paintedeand it was thought better to leav the work over until spring. A bridge o er the Maitland river, on the bounder • between Morris and East. Wawa - nosh, is n very bad shape, and should be replaced by a steel bridge on concrete abutmen s ; to be of one span of about 100 feet Ion witlh a sixteen foot roadway. He did not hin1 it wise to undertake the ask- ing for t nd ,rs for other bridges until after the spri glreshets. The total amount of orders is ued since last meeting is $5,342.97. Sent t the road and bridge committee. HOUSE OF REFUGE REPORT. The Man ger of the House of Refuge submitted t e following report of the crops grown and work done on the industrial farm during the ear 1899: Oats, 450 bushels; barley, 350 ushele ; potatoes, 520 bushels; mangolds, 1 040 bushels; field carrots, 75 bushels; t rips, 27 bushels; garden beets, 35 bushels; garden carrots, 30 bush- • els • onions, 33 bushels s parsnips, 10 bush- els; beans,12 bushe s; cabbage, 1,000 heads; appl s, 10 barr Is; raspberries, 75 pails; hay, 2 tons; fo der corn, n acres. Seventy .ma les were planted, which are growing nic ly this, seas n ; and transplant- ed 58 evergr ens, all b t three are growing. Built and c mPleted i plement shed and ice house w thout any expense for labor. Also manag d to do al the work on the farm withou any hire help during the year. The • have plo ed over the land twice this fa I, and the oil is in good con- dition for an ther crop. . Sent to th House of efuge committee. • WEDNESDAY'S SESSION. A letter from Mrs, To ranee was received by the Warden, stating I hat Mr. Torrance is unwell, and would not be in attendance at this session of council. 1 Tenders for coal and wood were sent to the executive committee. . - HOUSE OF REFUGE CO.NjfITTEE. The House of Refuge comm ttee met on October 3rd last. Those present were Metiers. Miller, Torrance, Snell and the Warden, aloe the inspector and clerk. Shortly after the June meeting Messrs. Miller and Torrance met and disposed of the team of horees, that were on the farm, and replaced them with another team which is considered far more serviceable and ' better adapted for the old men who have to do the work with them, a good exchange. In re- ferring to the minute in the June meeting report, relatng to the timber on the farm, after a thor ugh inspection of the bush, they found bout 3.4 acres of timber of any value, bein interspersed with a thick growth of u derwood, end being , informed that about 1,5 cords of wood pet. year is taken out for the use of the house, they thought it a3lvisable not to dispose of any timber, but directed the manager, when tak- ing the woo required to clean the land up in a face as far as he goes, and seed down with grasekeed. A thorough inspection of the buildings and farm was made, and they found everything clean and well kept in and around he buildipgs. The new driving shed and ice house ha been all completed, giving ampl room for implements and other material in �onneotion with the bowie, being a first-claesiob and not costing the county one dollar f r work, the carpenter work hav- ing been all one by One of the inmates John McAll ster, along with Mr. French, the manager The hosise was full to its ute most °aped y, there being now eighty-three inmates, a d seeminglyon the increase. They found there was only one cow giving milk, the ot • er two having gone dry and in DECEMBER 15, 1899. McLEAN EROS., Publishers. poor condition, the result apr4rent1y pf some disease. They, therefore, instructed the inspector and manager to dispose td these two and buy two others. Thie has been carried out so far by selling the two, but have only succeeded in getting one new cotv up to this date. The report was passed. Moved by Mr. Miller, seconded by M ' r. McEwen theta resolution of sympathy be conveyedto or friend Mr.Torrance, county councillor, whe is unable to be present fit this meeting on -account of severe illness,and that the clerk be instructed to forward a copy of this aip his earliest convenience, also that his name ,be retained on the pay sheet for this meeting.—Carried. SPECIAL COMMITTEE. • The special committee recommended that the Council 0000Ur in the petition of the united counties' of Stormant, Glengarry and Dundee, asking the Loeal Legislature for amendments to the Assessment Act, re man- ner of assessing telephone and telegraph lines, contractors' planta, ,etc., and that the Warden and Clerk sign the same. Regard- ing the petition from the same counties, as to removal of fees imposed by Regulation No. 53, of Regulations of Education De- partment, recommended that no action be taken. The report was passed. FRIDAY'S SESSION. A letter was received from the jailor in reference to the erection of a new house at the jail,.and asking the council to take im- mediate action. • Sent to county property committee. COUNTY PROPERTY. The county property committee reported that they had visited the jail and found everything in &it class shape, and the numbenof inmates to agree with the num- ber in the jailor's report. The jailor has utilized prison labor in levelling the yard at the jail, recommended that the engineer have guards erected to prevent teams drie- ing on the same. In reference to the re- quest to have Electric lights placed in the •registry office, the committee found that the same would cost $27.25, and reconri- mended that theYbe installed at once. Re- reepecting the communication from the jailor regarding the building of a residence, re- commended that no action be taken. Moved by Mr. Holt, seconded by Kerr, that the engineer procure plans and specifications for a hew dwelling at the jail, • together with an estimate of the coot of the same, and lay the eame before the council at the January meeting.—Carried. The report,as amended was adopted. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. A petition was presented from 22 rate - Payers of the township , of Hullett, request- ing that arbitrators be appointed to adjudi- cate in the matter of a new echool section in that towieship, recommended that the prayer of the petition be granted and that the following be arbitrators in the matter,: James Ritchie, Behnore ; Thomas Gregory, Exeter; G. E. Cresswell, Egmondville, ale, His Honor, Judge Masson, and Inspectq Robb. The report as read was adopted. ROADS AND BRIDGES. The road and bridge 4ommittee reported recommending that no a tion' be' taken in thermatter of the peLitioz froth the county of York asking that dele anis be sent to e meeting of the Good Roads Association, in Toronto, on December 1 th. In reference to the bridge over he 1ait1and river, on the boundary bet een , Morrie and West Wawanosh, recom ended that the commie- sioner ask for tend rs for same and lay thorn before the council t the January meeting, In asking for tendo s for the abu tments for this bridge the Isom issioner was instructed to ask for tenders n both rubble and fine concrete. The co mieeioner was also in; structed to procure all necessary lumber for bridges during the winter, by tender, if possible. • The report was adopted EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The executive committee reported recoml mending, in the matter of the petition of the Prisoners' Aid Association, asking th Provincial Government. to make a gran of public money to enable general hospitals to make provision for the 'scientific treat; ment of Paupers and indigents, that the warden an clerk sign the memorial onbe4. half of the council. In reference to the maintenanc of George Letson in the Roman Catholic Industrial School, at Toronto, re. oommendedl that as the police magistrate of Goderich h4s already fixed the liability for maintenance on the cOunty of Bruce, that no action lee taken. Recominendece that the tender of F. Barlow , Holmes for 0041, and that of accepted, t application A. G. Goldthorpe for wood, be ey being the lowest. As to the of Messrs. Plumsteel and Rob ert Deaohman to be appointed as county pupils at the Agricultural College, recom- mended that no action be taken, as B. 01 Gilpin had been appointed at the June sea sion. In reference to the application of James Stewart, on behalf of Thomas Finn, recommended that -the council grant $25 for the purpose of procuring an artificial limb, ;provided the balance required is granted by the town of Goderich, In refer, ence to the petition from the ratepayers of the village f Dashwood, recommended that the prayer that the sal village, and are stipulat first nomina trustees be Jelin Garble ence to the Poultry As grant of $50 the petition be granted and village be erected into a police that the boundaries be such ae d in the petition, and that the ion for the election of police eld in Moser's hall, and; that be returning officer. In refer4 plication for a grant to the eiation, recommended that a e made. The report. was passed as read. TIINANCE COMMITTE. , The finande committee reported recom4 mending the payment of the various aci counts which had been presented to them. , The report was adopted. Moved by Mr. Kerr,. seconded by Mr.1.; Snell, that ,bylaw No. 5, June 7, 1891) ma,king the fee 75 cents for entrance pupils be repealed and that a new by-law be drafted to correspond with motion and rel port of committee in January, 1895, makin the fee $1 as per statute.—Carried. Moved by Mr. Kerr, 'seconded by Mr) Bowman', that as J. Baker, of HenS fryn, paid $12 • for auctioneer's license on November 2nd, 1899, which license ex- pired on 'November 30th, 1899, that he be allowed $6 on said license, which would exe pire November 30th, 1900.—Carried. BY—LAWS. The fellowing by-laws passed: No. 6, te incorporate the village of Dashwood into al police village, comprising lots, 23 and 24 in the south boundary concession of the towns ship of Hay, and lots 23 and 24 in the north boundary concession of the township of Stephen; and that the first meeting of the hotuseholdere and freeholders of the said village for electing their police trtustees be held in Moser's hall on Friday, December 22nd, at One o'clock, and that John Garble be returning officer. No. 7, to impose a fee 1 Xmas 1899. • BOOKS, BASKETS, ' • CALENDARS and CARDS In endless variety • Bibles, Prayer and Hymn. Books For all denominations, at Bible Society prices. AI Xs WIA TER 9 SEAFO I TA. • of $1 for entrance examinatiens te Collegiate institutes or high schools in accordance with the regulations of the Education De- partment. Council then adjourned tc meet in G de - rich on the fourth Tuesday iki January. • The Goderich Breakwater. • While in the county town one day recent- ly, we had the pleasure of going over and inspecting the Goderich breakwater with Editor -Contractor McGillicuddy, who went into lengthy descriptions of this mammoth work and talked of hundreds and thousands of dollars with much more sang froid than we had even been accustomed to think of so many cents. The work is certainly a large one and to the ordinary mOrtal would seem a stupendous one for any person other than it regular contractar to undertake. But friend McGillicuddy has plenty of that quality that should make men rich and of course he expecte to reap a small har out of the contract. The work is now ing carried on with some twenty men though during the greater part of the summer they have employed from 50 to 75 men on the average. 1 By the time work ceases this winter about half the contract will be completed and the balance will have to be done before next fall. Everything is done in the most labor saving way. They have a small tramway on which stone pnd gravel is moved from one place to the other very readily and conveniently. This, Mr. McGillicuddy says, he is going to use in a railway to the Klondike when he has I no further use for it at the breakwater. A Government inspector is on the 'groundi all the time and nothing but the best_of Mater- ial is alloeved to be put into the work. It seemed to us as we walked along that te e Government were doing just a little too much for Goderich, when they might have saved a little of that money and spent it in our own town of Seaforth, which is, of course, ot much greater importance, from a commercial standpoint, than a town which is so far behind the times as to allow • its streets to be turned into a cow pasture. Even if Mr. McGillicuddy does sit end smoke his ten cent cigar, and through • the curling smoke imagine he sees anywhere from $50 to $75 a day dribbling into his ample pocket, the business of contractor is not all sunshine and ten cent cigars. He points out a large pile of stone which rep- resents some hundreds of dollars and this cannot be realized on; again we come to a large quantity of Georgia pine, imported at heavy expense, but some loyalists at Oita- wa claim Canada for the Canadians, and no Yankee material is allowed to disfigure a large Government contract. At another time, while clearing away the old pier, a large quantity of the banking caved in and the services of a dredge was necessary. The dredge had to scoop out its way into the river at a cost of $8 ap hour to the oon- tractors, before it get e to work at the job it was intended for, and by the time the bill comes in it amounts to over a thousand dollars. However, we trust that Mr. Mc- Gillicuddy- will make his little pile out of the job and that he will be able to spend his declining years in affluence, suoh as wielding the scissors end paste brush and pushing an editorial pei, even with his well known vigor, woeld never place him. vest be- al - Huron N tes. —Mr. J. E. Swartz ha purchased a' half interest in the carriage business of Wm. Dore, in Wingham. —Mr. Owen DonnellyJ f East Wawanosh, has purchased the farm nown as the Kent farm for $2,850. —idle C. Gillespie, f Wingham, has gone to Indian Head, N W. T., with a ear load of apples. —Thomas Irwin,ot W nghaneaccidentally slipped and fell the other day, breaking sev- eral ribs and cutting his bead badly. —Mr. and Mrs. Josep Little, of Lucknow, celebrated the 50th a niversary of their' marriage on Wednesday, the 29th of No- vember. —As a token of appr elation, the many friends of Rev. W. ijowe, rector of St. Paul's church, Wingham recently presented him with a purse of mon y. --Mr. Seymour Thorn on has purchased the north half of lot 20, concession • 10, Turnberry, near Wingha , from Alexander Porter for 52,0004 —D. E. McDonald, drover, of Wingham, had a number of sheep in Turnberry. One night last week dogs badly worried twelve or fourteen of them. —The balance of this season's make of cheese at the Holmesville factory, some 240 boxes, has been sold to the Ingersoll Packing Company, at 11e cents.- -Brussels cheese factory sold their Sep- tember and October make of cheese at 1.1gc per pound. It was shipped along with that from Belgrave factory on Monday of last week. —Mr. F. G. Sperling, of Wingham, who has been drilling for salt there, has struck a small vein at a depth of 1,050 feet, but will go deepert in the hope of striking a better vein. , —An old and highly respected resident of Wingham, • Ann Jane, - beloved wife l of • Edward Murray, aged 72 years and 8 months, died on Monday of last week, after an ill- ness of over a couple of months. —J. S. Jerome, of Wingham, has pur- chased a farm about four miles from the village of Norwich, and intende moving on it as soon as he can dispose of his property in Wingham. —The fine residence of Mr. J. C. Gilroy, in Clinton'which is at present occupied by Mr. W. Doherty, has been bought by Mr. John Houton, principal of the Collegiate Institute, The purchase price • is in the neighborhood of $1,700. • —Mr. Hugh Fraser, one of the early eete tiers of Hullett township, died at his home in Blyth, on Thursday, November 30th. Sines last spring, he had suffered greatly from sciatica. He was confined to his bed for two months, and for the past three weeks was very ill. Heart failure was the immeds late cause of death. Deceased was born near New Glesigow, Plana County, Nova Scotia, and came to Huron county 4,0 year ago, eettling on a farm on Nichol's sideroad, Hullett, where he remained until he moved to Blyth 18 yeare age. He was in the Ord year of;his age, and was _a Presbyterian in: religion and a Liberal in politics. In 1443 he mar ied Miss Liz/ie Fraser, also of Pictou county, and who survives him. Of this union there were born ten children, eight, of whom are living. , —This other day [while down town ,in Wingham, the nine year old daughter of Mr. Andrews, G. T. R. engineer, was seised With pairtial paralysis, losing the use of her right side. Her mother has taken her to Londonfor treatment. i — Mii Armstrong, of Pilot Mound, Mani- toba, recently purchataed and shipped fr m Wingham a carload of fine horses for ;he prairie province. I He purchased one mag- nificent team from William Cruikshanke for 83004 —Mr. and Mrs. R.,Gennings, 2nd conces- sion Bayfield road, Goderieh eownship, cele- brated the 40th anniversary of their wed- ding day on November 24th. There was a large 'athering of chldren, grand -children, relati s and friends. . — A ong the students in training at the Clinto model school --evho have been en- gaged or 1900 are: Miss Moffatt, who gees co Ni.5, Turnberreee Mr. McAllister to Londe oro ; Miss Gillespie to Be msville and M es Calder to Ethel. hile coming down the hill o John 1 • 1 ?I street, in Wingham, on Monday night of last w ek, Mrs. A. H,; Oarr had the tmiefor- tu e fall and breakr her arm just abcrve th w let. A number' of children had been el igh iding which made the walk very sli pe y, causing Mresi Carr's fall. re. Marion Cooper died at the resi- de ce if her on, Robert Cooper, Clinton, 0111 Thursdey Ofternoen, 30th ult., at the ag of 70 years.. Deceased I was the widow of the late J. ,Cooper, miller, who died in St Marya some years ego. She leaVes four icses—enly ono residing in Clintoe—and to married daughter's. } —Min. (Dr.) Cook, of Clinton, met with an accident on BundaY evening of last week, hich will prevent be moving about., much f ir a few days. While leaving Mr. Peter C ntelon's, where she had called on her ay home froni church, she made a inietep a d fell from the verandah steps, breaking a a all bone in her ankil, — Rev. Duncan Davidson, for 19 years p stor of the Presbyteplan church at Lang - Si e, died recently ab Sydney, Manitoba, a ed 77 years. •Tne deceased was born in , (eland. He gradtated from Knex 001- 1 ge, Toronto, 40 was first inducted into t e pastorateof Langelide in 1872. He le- s gned this charge in 1891 and engaged in Mission work in Maniteba. 1 —A sad accident happened at Glenannan GU Monday night of lest week, about ten o'clock. While couplieg cars at Glenaranan, Harry Phichin, one of the brakemen on the C. P. R., fell, the train passing over one of his legs below the knee. He was taken to the general hospital, Trento, where the leg was amputated. —The 14th concession of Grey is remark- able for the large number of aged people who reside there, then list includes Mrs. 'Ferguson, mother to Mrs. P. Ritchie; Mrs. Stevenson; Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. T. Car- diff's father; Mr. Sinelair, Mr. and .Mrs. Williamson and Mr. Oliver. • We • under- stand they have all passed the 85 year enark, and some are tarot 90. I —On Wednesday morning •of last week •the dwelling of Mr. William Harris, Lake Road,Stephen, took fire, and before noticed 'wee beyond control. • Luckily, however, they succeeded in saying- nearly all the household effects. The fire originated from e, defective stove pipe. The loss to Mr. Harris is not so great as the inconvenience he will be put to, as it was only a log .holaTe. here are forty -tin persons in Gode- ieli who are eighty years old and over, anging as high as 92 years. The list hows almost an equality in longevity be - ween the two sexes, oontrary .to statisti- piens. tlaTwenty-two are men and twenty are wo en. Eighteen were born in Scot- land, thirteen in Ireland, nine, in Eitgland, one in Germany, and Mrs. Sharman has the distinc don of being thelonly one Canadian. born. , — M . George Lowe, of the 2nd coneession of Usb rne, met with &narrow escape from injury on Wednesday of last week. It seems he was driving home with a sp'rited team and while on the London road the bridle on one of the horses broke. • This caused the team to belome unmanageable and run away. Mr. Lowe hung on as best he could, but had very , little control over the infuriated brutes and it looked every moment as if he would be killed, but fortun- ately after running a considerable distance they were stopped very little the worse for their escapade. e have to announce this week the • of Mrs. Manning,. widow of the late J. W. Manning, which occurred at the of her daughter ateAlmont, on Friday, deat Rev. hem December lat. Since the death of hethus- band, which occurred in 1891, Mrs.' Man- ning made her home with her children, part of the time in Clinton, but more recently in Exeter, where one of her daughters), Mrs. Amos, died last spring. She was a native ornersetshir , and was married to her and about t5 years ago. She had a ly of four b ys and four girls. ,On Saturday, 2nd i inst., an old and of hus fam most highly este line 'of Morrie, he person of C van ed age of 7 Pro tier was wi sect cult Bel time. He resid sears, heiil most Wort ves. Elis lordship has made the fol Rev.lrather Tra mel, in the tow ship Of Stephen, goes the city, of Lend n to take charge of a new parish to be formed in the east end of he rnan, former rector pointed pastor of Ladouceur, ief the Sarnia to replace her Hogan, whe is at Mount Carmel. ffect at -the begin- . erned resident of the 4th gassed away from time in harles Proctor, at the ad - years and 2 months; Mr. ly known throughout the on and took a great interest in a ri- val matte* being president of tha rave Agricultural Society for a long d on lot 7, concession 5, for g one Of the pioneers hnd y man. A large fa ily the Bishop of Gond owing appointrnente : er, pastor of Mount man was surv ri, he ar- to city. of the Mount c:thedr the ann. c longed The aha nIng of ev. Father Ti cathedral, is a arrnel. Fathe 1 staff, goes to tent priest, Fa to be assistant igesa:sw1i lyteaakr . tt Dayment m t with an accident in the Clinton organ factory the other nay, which Might have had More serious results. A boy -was using the hoist, which lifts em- ployees and stock from one floor to the other, end it becoming fast, he called to Elliott for assistance. The latter respond- ed, and While standing with one foot on the floor and! the other on the hoist, the heist oor beneath. Elliot at the tuinbib and landed on his head, rendering him unconscious for InEie time. It Was eel Hest eared that he had been seriously injured, but fortunately he only suffered a few bruises. —The °inborn house returns for November show a total trade at Montreal of $15,293,- 581, an increase of $875,000 over Noventber dropped to the same tinie took t, 1 a Year in Advance. of 1898 The total exports for the month, including goods not the produce of Canada, were 59,032,226, an increase of $8,651 over last November. The exports of wheat de- clined from 1,745,869 bushel's in 1898 to 991,6141in November, 1899, a decrease of nearly one-half, but the increase in butter and cheese was very heavy. The total imports) were $6,261,345, an increase of $86,890 for the month. Canada. — Mn. D. F. MoWatt, of Barrie, has been appointed Senior County Judge of Lambton. —Bltish Columbia has subscribed over $3,000 or the relatives of the troops order- ed to South Africa. —Th McLaughlin carriage works, at Oshawa, were destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The loss is $140,000.a —An nonyinous gift of $10,000 is being receive by McGill University to found a chair of electrical reeearch. — Re . Dr. Potts announces that the Method at century fund has crossed the half -mil 'oh mark, and now totals $508,856. —Th steamship Merrimac, of the Elder Dempster Line, sailed from Quebec for Glasgow six weeks ago, and nothing has since be•en heard of her. ..--It ie said that a big trust, backed by Englishland American capital, to the ex- tent of about $5,000,000, is after all the knitting factories in Canada. —Dr: Bucke, superintendent of the London Ont, Ont., asylum, lias received word that hie, eldest son, Maurice, ha.* been killed in Montana. —Masers. Flavelle Bros., of Lindsay, have just finifshed a consignment of 20,000 turk- eys, 2,000 geese and 4,000 thickens for the British Christmas markets. —William Bradshaw, aged 25, a well- known farmer of Thurlow, was killed recently. He was at woik in the woods when a tree he was felling tame down upon him, breaking his neck. • —A number of members of "The Sign of the Cross" company and other passengers by the steamship Scotsman, wrecked last September, have instituted actions against the Dominion Line for compensation for less of effects as well as for damages. -, —Dr. Bryce, Secretary of the Provincial Board of Health, Dr. Hodgett, Provincial Health Inspector, and a number of local medical men held a consultation at Tilbury on the ases of supposed smallpox and pro- nounce them chickenpox. —Dr. Beaudry, Inspector of the Provin- * dal He Ith Board of Quebec, reports the smallpo - epedemie at Kampurasea com- pletely nder control. In all there were 198 cas s. The disease was in so mild a form th t no deaths occurred. — It as been learned without a doubt that th steamer Niagara, of Toronto, was wrecke in Lake Erie during the fierce storm hich raged on Monday night of last week, and the crew of 16 men are reported a• s—InTiewsioriglittle Toronto boys, named Walter Smith, ;ged 10, and Douglas Duncan, aged 11 yeas, were drowned in the Don, on Thuredey afternoon of last week, while slid- ing on la thin bit of ice that had formed there ditring the cold spell. — A ell -known lady of Barrie, Anna C. F. McCarthy, 60 years of age, died Satur- day mo ning of heart disease. She was a daugh r of the late D'Alton McCarthy, ar., and sis r of the late D'Alton McCarthy. the well-known lawyer and Parliamentarian of Toronto. — The house of S. A. D. Bertrand, who was ereted as Liberal •member for St. Bonifac Manitoba, was burned to the ground �n Friday morning, together with stables nd outbuildings. The fire is sup- posed tlo have been the work of an incen- diary. —EarlIy the other morning Peter Kitto, as miller, df Bogartown, was found in Farmer William:' yard t ad1y frozen and with one of his a 8 and one leg broken. The man had, bee in Newmarket drinking all even- ing, and Wandered into the farmer's yard and got ip on a straw stack and fell, thus receivi ,;_ his injuries. —The National Cycle & Automobile Compan will establish their works at Ham- ilton. t is also reported that the Mcs- Laughli Carriage Company, reeently burned ut at Oshawa, is negotiating with the Ha ilton authorities and may move there. he cheap power furnished by the Cataract Power Co. seems to be an import- ant fac r in these negotiatione. —Rio ard Hewitt, a Well-to-do farmer of Past' ch township, was killed a shore distance from &semen's brewery, at Guelph, en Friday, by his horse running away 101 thro-vu3g him out. He was found in an unconscious condition by Wm. Pinder 4id was taken to the General Hos- pital, bu died on the way. Mr. Hewitt was wel known and was 52 years of age. —A f w nights ago terrible depredations were pez1petrated at the home of J. F. Os- borne, iear Bowinanville. While away from hone paris green was mixed with a quautityl of eatables in the house, and .an attempt was made to burn the house. Ida Knight, girl of 13 years of age, has On' teased to having committed the outrage, ut can give no reason for her acts, • —A rnlan of about 35 years of age, w1oee name, fr m the linen he wears, is suppo ed to be H ldcroft, was brought to Wonde stock on the C. P. R. train from Drum. bo, Frid y morning, suffering terrible injure ies, the emit of falling off, or being shoved off a frei ht train near Drumbo. His home is in Tw ed. He lay in the ditch, where he fell, 411 the night, The unfortunate man has sine been identified as Dr. W. T. Hold - croft, of Tweed. He fell from the train. — A std accident, resulting fatally, oecur- red on S nday afternoon at Nelson Gener- eux's ca p, on Black Creek, about 35 miles north of 1Tweed. • Peter Baker and Louis Dwyer started out with their rifles in search of partri ges. When they got to the woods Mr. Bak r stepped on a log and slipped off. His rifle exploded, and the bullet entered his right side slightly above the hips and • made its exit near the shoulder.' Baker expired in a few minutes. —On Friday afternoon Wm. Moore, of concessien 1, Dorchester township, met with an accident, which resulted in his death Mr. Moore was returning from the Thornda e mill, with a load of rolled oats, when soiie of the bags slipped, and he fell .forward.l He was _kicked by one of the horses, aid one of the wagon wheels passed over his hest. He Heed but a few min- utes. lt T. Moore was about 60 years of age, and had been a resident of Dorchester township for the past quarter of a century. • —Early Monday morning fire broke out in a house on the Barracks Flats at Regina, N. W. T, occupied by Constable Saunders. The hou4e was situated at some little dis- tance fr m the mounted police barracks, and owbgto the high wind prevailing was complete y oonsumed. Mrs. Saunders was alone in the house with her three, small sons and a baby. The three boys were -burned t death, and Mrs. Saunders barely escaped *th the baby, being badly cut and burned ib trying to save the lives of her • other children, , 11 X.4-;