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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-12-22, Page 11899 ing to be dieap- , the goods that EIVIENT. klY into a great es of this county, he stores, offices, 3s places a this L issue, for years ied this apace in Coneerning the , merchandise we ta,rit advertising Of increasing our injoy the patron - place full eonfi- haviug Icon:Led y can anticipate et ideaa and sug- e buying easier. ae of the a and most ,nd often hear en- te made by C1 -18 - Is : it The et area i that shopping is int for me here aa ion to visit the stablishments of cenaplete line of oda carried in a d that are suit- ' shoppers. With the very best in Ladies' - Hosiery, ,fs, Ladies' Neck s, Frillinga, Veil- ' Hat Pins, Fancy New Noveltiea A display of 1$ we will have, 'ecv attention to now to give one ing," it is grow 'c hope to have - snow and the bells. If you !.(earsell as one a.ny comfortable a to present a yeull find Our assortment large e as any, There Fur Coats, Fur nes; Fur Storm Fur Muffa, Fur 4, Cloth Jackets, enitings. tending repn- as- being a reli- ichase of Ladies' tse Furnishings, orted Linens. UL 3 Go. est Cash Store. 11111=11111•111=1••=1111111110 isting his brother in Cairo, Mich. 'ea first line of e -day (Friday) to implements • Mesere. James returned home-. ,were working.— preeented in the evening, Decem- awr is ill.—Miss vimited at Mr. ?rev, and at Mr. Ihe village, tine itertainment will ;hurch on Friday at Ti Ex- am:ma required. .—The children Jo, Winthrop, will --1.-airit.t* of FridaY, -,at will consist of ' A. gplendid time invited. Enter- : E4eion 16e. /670v2 - Jams O'Hara, of ✓ ,.:01,1 to Mr. en, - a fine two - received $185. I;elgian horse, J -ho. Gal braith. evitlen.Ced ira received for weddine took 'L aidenee of Mr - u lVedneaday i:, when Me - c eersmith, wal.. .atigbtor of Mr. a.. po rt ant cere- . M r. Musgrave a ly number of luny over, the :lee, sumptuous tnaer the direc- file remainder in a socied and ,irrie for separat- bride and groom orne in Tuoker- 1 id there cam - realities of, life. L by her mimer- ful and useful amply testd. e both papular and they have ends whe will -prosperity and d life. , proprietor of lee gone blind, ied for ide re. Eon THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NFMBER, 1,871, To Much Fluster° AAAAAAAAAANNAAAAAAAAWAI We will no bother you with too much talk, as you will feel as t e majority of people do at this season of the year, alm st too flustered to read. We will leave what has been said of Values, of reliable goods, and of invariable satif4aotion, to be remembered by you. If you are a cust m3r, it will not be necessary for us to press the mfitt r again at this present time. We will append a list f seasonable articles and the prices, among which you ay find something which will interest or prove of -s rvice as a guide in making a selection for a frien 's gift. In the Nec ar, one man said, there is before me now more beau ifrI neckties than I have seen in my lite; and that si an likes a nice tie, and,never misses a chance of 1o.kiig one up. We certainly have a most beauti- ful and aried range of ties; the prices range from. 10c to 75 , the 25c and 50c ties are something desirable. In Mufflers, w show popular_priced lines at 25c, 35c, 450, 50c, 5c 750, 85c, $1, $1,25 and $1.50. In Gloves w 1ave variety, and nothing if not quality; the lines hioh may be especially mentioned are the heavy kid a 6c, and the fine silk lined at $1. We also have enuine buck, napa buck, .horsehide, pig skin, mule kin m.ocho, angora goat, and our old friend the • sheep s in in all its many shapes and forms of mitts and glo es, and at an equally varied. list of prices. We must m for bo been t linein clearer and y satisfa rqion that there has never been the steady sale s' two and three piece suits as we have had The prices which had such a good effect have e $2.50 line in two-piece suits, and the $3.50 three-piece. Of conrse, there are cheaper and suits to be had, but these rices are moderate, t we can assure our customers that there is ion iin every thread of the goods. 'Without dout, w have the best Coon Ooats in the market. This 3ou nay attest for yourselves. And, again, if you want a cheap Coon Coat, we can furnish you with the s4aite at $25 to $30, although the coats will not excite ny e vy when placed alongside of, the better lines a $40, $45 and $50. We are showing a nice Tasnaa Coon at $18.50. In Ladies' A tach n Jackets, we have many excellent coats at $2..). We have a few suppose yourself re' Go t Robes which we are clearing at$5.50, to •e good value at that money. See for if y u need one. 1-1-1-14-14.14-1-14-1-14-1-+ • & Macdollal Clot iers and Furnishers On the Wrong ide of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, SEAFORT The public will tickets, Seafort and othe and Ne Telegraph and 31J. c. please note that we issue 'through .coupon nd have baggage checked to destination to all points in Manitoba, 11ritish Colu Western points; also to Eastern Prov England States'. from bia •nces money order -business respectfully solicited. R. AGENT, Seaforth. 7-77E.7.1Lr'L osit SEAFORTH, F IDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1899. THE BRITISHLION WAKES. The recent reverses in South Africa have thoroughly aroused the British authorities and people, and extraordinary measures are being taken to quell the disturbance there. All the reserves, a strong force of yeomanry and other mounted volunteere, all her avail- ablersoolonial troops, and a strong division of militia are ordered to the seat of _war. Field Marshal Lord Roberts will go as commander -in chief, and General Lord Kitchener, of Khartoum fame, will accom- pany him as second in command. These startling orders were issued by the War Office Monday night. The mobili- zation of the troops will be pushed with the greatest possible speed, and the fastest ships from the British mercantile . marine will be used to carry the foroes to the Cape. It is calculated that these reinforcements will begin to reach •South Afriea in about five weeks. Meantime the original oam- paign will - be abandoned, and a general policy of marktime will be adopted by the commanders of the forces now in the field. General Buller will remain in charge of the Natal campaign, and General Ki tchener will probably command the main army of invasion, of which General Gatacre's force is at present the representative. It is not known yet whether General Metheun will attempt to advance on Kim- berley or withdraw to Orange river, pend- ing the inanguration of a new campaign. The latter move seems most probable, as the spreading of rebellion in Cape Colony makes his union with General French only prudent. There is no doubt that General Gatacre's peril will be the greatest during the month' of inaction which must now ensue. A large part of General Warren's division will prob- ably soon reinforce him. The news of Great Britain's tremendons preparations may Opur the Boers into seri- ous aggression before the fresh British troops arrive, but thus far they have shown no desire to attack entrenched forams, while the British disasters have been caused by just that thing. All the indications now point to the be- ginning of a great oampaign late in Jan- uary. Meantime Ladysmith, Kimberley and Mafeking must wait. Their eituation is perilous, but ccording to all accounts their is no serious danger that famine will be added to their other sufferings. THE WAR OFFICE ANNOUNCEMENT. The War Office announcement, which was posted shortly before midnight, ran thus :— " As the campaign in Natal, is in the opinion of her Majesty's Government, likely to require the presence and undivided at- tention of General Buller; it has been de- cided to send Field Marshal Baron Roberts, of Kandahar and Waserford, to the Cape as commanderein-chief in South Africa, with General Lord Kitchener as chief of staff." 4‘ Acting on the advioe of the military authorities, her Islajesty's Government has approved the following measures :— All the remaining portions of the Army Reserve, including section "D," will be called up. "The seventh division, which is being mobelized, will proceed to South Africa without delay, as well as reinforcements of artillery, including a howitzer brigade. " The commander. in- ch ief in South Afrioa has been authorized to continue to raise at his discretion local mounted corps, and it is intended to send as well a consid- erable mounted force trom home. "Nine battalions of militia, in addition to the two battalions which have already vol- unteered for service in Malta and the Chan- nel Islands, will be allowed to volunteer for service outside the United Kingdom, and an equivalent additional number of militia battalions will be embodied for service at home. "A strong force of- volunteers from se- lected yeomanry regiments will 'be formed for service in South Africa. "Arrangements are being made, and will ehortly be announced, for the employment in South .Africa of a strong contingent, of carefully selected volunteers. "The patriotic offers which are being re- ceived from the colonies will, as far as pos- sible be accepted. Preference will be given to offers of mounted_ contingents." AN ARMY OF 180,000. The chief interest in the new campaign centres in the Government's decision to use as volunteer forces the yeomanry and mil- itia. For the active service, the yeomanry should supply a useful contingent. They, as the Daily Telegraph editorially says, "like the rest of the volunteers, are drawn from the great middle and lower middle cleans in England, Scotland and Wales. -They may not possess the mechanical per- fection of drill of the regulars, but there are no better crate -country riders in the world -than the British yeomanry." Section "D" of the • reserve, which has been called out, consists of men who have • completed the term of their original enlist- ment, and who engage to serve an addition- - al four years. The militia are the same class of men as the regulars, and are in camp a month annually. These, together with the re- serves, number 113,000 men. Their chief lack is officers. The yeomanry, the back- bone of which is young farmers, are well officered, often by men retired from the regular cavalry, who, marrying young, set- tle on their country estates. They number 10,207. All are well mounted on their own horses. In the militia are 14,734 artillerymen and 1,863 engineers. Of the militia, only 14,- 600 are over 35 years of age. Similar num- bers are aged 30 and 35, and the remainder are under 30. - Over 32,000 are agricultural labourers ; 13,000 miners, and 10,000 artisans. The volunteer infantry contains some regiments that are considered the equal of any of the regular regiments. It also in- cludes the best shots, but their average shooting is lower than that of the regulars. The Governmentf does not indicate the number of volunteers that will be permit- ted iu serve, but Lord Roberts' grand army will probably reach a total of rather over 180,000 of all arms. - CAPTAIN ROBERTS KILLED. Simultaneously with the announcement of the appointment of General Roberts, of Kandahar, to supreme command in South Africa comes the announcement that his only son was a victim of the Colenso battle. Captain Roberts was severely wounded while leading some men in an attempt to rescue the guns. Prof. MacCormac, presi- dent of the Royal College of Surgeons, ex- tracted the bullet, but Captain Roberts died from his wound. °apt: Roberts was an only son and had been his father's aide-de-camp since 1895. Such was his display of gallantry sen Friday, in an attempt to rescue the guns, that he was recommended for the Victoria Cross. It is said that if the Victoria Cross were to be granted for every aot of conspicuous 'gallantry on the part of the British troops, it would be necessa decoration by the bun PATHETIC Most pathetic seen enacted at the war o of hoping for news th fear . of the newe t chietly-of women, arm The lobbies and wai with sobbing, hysteri of the publication o casualties. The scene was heartrending when the offioial, carrying blue sheets, ap- peared. All the suppressed emotion burst forth in pitiful cries, as if beseeching heaven that the bitter cup might pass by them. The official, in sympathetic tones, before fixing the list on the green baize boards, first read the lista, so that all might know as quickly as possible the best or the worst. How the war levels all ,ranks was pathetic- ally illustrated by one incident. A lady; clad in costly furs, and a poor, starved. looking little woman 1 in a faded tartan shawl, were carried out together, fainting, into the air. The rich woman had swooned! on hearing herself proclaimed a widow, and the poor one because there was no news of i her dear one at all. To relieve the terrible strain, for the officers the casualties are al- ways published a day or two ahead of the rank and file., Mr. Pringle to the Front Again. A few weeks ago Mr. James Pringle, se., had a letter in these columns pointing out the injuries being done the business in- gF terests of thia Province y the railway corn- panies iving more avorable rates to western shippers than to the shippers of Ontario, and pointing o t at the same time reduce is allowed in the warehouses to move it, the oyed in removing he large American , secretary of the Dominion Millers' Aasoc ation, in a letter to y the Toronto papers, tooI up the cudgels of the 'railwas and tried to defend therh against the assaults of Mr. Pringle. The following letter is a reply to that of Mt. Watt: EDITOR EXPOSITOR, I notice C. B. Watts, secretary of the Dominion Miller!? Association, has constituted himself the apologist of Mr. Hays, manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, in continuing to violate the terms of the charter of the com- pany, in neglecting to furnish empty oars promptly to carry on the business of the country. It is true thecharter has been allowed to remain a dead letter ever since the reed was built, but, the time, has come when the Government must take hold of this transportation question instead of leaving it to two irrespoesible railway man- agers to do just as it suits themselves. Mr. Watt states that the "milling in transit," privilege on Manitoba _wheat, which was granted by the new management, prevented the markets of Quebec a vinces being monopolize millers, and is the cause such a comparatively p in Ontario to -day. I millers will fervently was true. , It eeems to me the tra not amount to much; judging from the fact that a millionaire Manitoba miller has kept in $80,000 mill sanding in Ontario and a $250,000 one in QUebec, shows plainly there is no money in milling in transit, and the condition of the great majority of millers are in an infinitely worse condition to -day than when the privilege was gganted. Some people appear to think that wealthy firms doing a large bUsinese are en- titled to special rates and special privileges that small dealers have no right to have. This is a great mistake. It does seem there must be a screw loose somewhere when a miller can afford to keep so much valuable milling property !standing idle year after year when he keeps Ilia Winnipeg mill booming, and finds it or profitable. Reports say that he is building a 3,000 - barrel mill at Fort Willis , and is buying stock in the.Lake of thel Woods Milling Company, besides. Thess two large and wealthy firms are now fl 'Oleg both On- tario and Quebec with their flour. As profits are now so small it is time the Gov- ernment should find out if they are not pecial. privileges cceed in mono - the 'Dominion, better employed f his employers Hays. t cars are not rand Trunk ati they are on the American roads; but thie does not help our grievance any. We have been told for the last forty years if the road confined itself strictly to the Canadian trade it would not keep the r cars employed for three months in the ye r. Such being the case, no matter how se rce cars are on American roads, if our trad had been prop: erly attended to there wou11 have been no scarcity. The trouble is, Ir. Hays "bites off more than he can chew,' and the whole country has had to suffer. Mr. Watt, however, shows the "cloven foot" when he blames the Liberal Government instead of theintercolonial Railway for not getting carsi Itis true the .Government extended the line to Montreal, and w en the manager , of the road found such a 1 rge increase in I trade, and such great pros rity all along i the line, unlike Mr. Hays, Ihe -very wisely , concluded to employ all his cars profitably1 on his own road for the ben fit of his cus- tomers, instead of sending t ere, as former- ly, all over the Dominion, t bring griate to the Canadian Pacific Rail ay mill at a yearly loss of $700,000. r. Watt again shows his ignorance by aski g : "If we are discriminated against in fre ght rates, how is it that oats are n cents 1 wer in Chicago than in Stratford, viz., 2s2i- nd 26 cents 7" The reasons are the Americai bushel is 32 pounds, ours is 34 pound:, and the real value of oats being in their weight. Mr. Watt quotes the price of No. 2 mixed,. which pass grade if they we gh 28 pounds. If he really wished to be fa r he ought to have quoted No. 3 white at 25te, which alone pan inspection at 28 ounds, whereas our Stratford oats have bee weighing from 37 to 40 pounds to the bus el. I noticed when the export rate on gra n from Chicago te the seaboard was quoted t -8c to 10c per 100 pounds, vessels were bei g-ichartered at 2c per bushel or fic per 100 minds to carry oats to Goderich. , Now, I ntend the peo- ple have a right to know at what rates these oats were carried to Montreal, Port- land or the Eastern States. Foreign grain or even Manitoba ought not to be carried to : 'the seaboard by our railwa a at a lower to distribute the reds. SCENES. a are almost daily ce in the eagnerness t ,does not come, or at comes. Crowds, ble daily. ing-rooms were filled 1 women on the day the Magerafontein the fact that while our to lie at the stations an for lack of oars in , whio ears are busily emp American produce from cities. Mr. C. B. Wat d the lower pro. by the Manitoba f milling being in ospereus condition ave no doubt the ish the statment sit ptivilege must getting special rates Or and rebates before they s -polizing the whole trade 'o Mr. Watt would-be much in guarding the interests than in white -washing Mr. Mr. Watt tells us th nearly so scarce on the Xmas, 1899. ••••••••••••••••••••• McLEAN BROS., Publishers, $1 a Year.in Advance. BOOKS, BASKETS, CALENDARS and CARDS In endless variety. . . . . Bibles, Prayer and Hymn Books For all denominations, at, Bible Society prices. ALEX. WINTER, SEAFORTli. farmers, and I have been buying for the two months at 65o to 66ic f. o. b., and far as I know there has not been a bushe wheat exported this fall, prices having k 3o and 4o over ite export value, whereas United States have exported in wheat flour since the let of July nearly 85 lions, and the cash price until recently Chicago has been 70o to 72o. Mr. Tarte must have made a mistake stating that the Goderich Elevator Co pany had contracted to handle 6,000, bushels. If, as Mr. Watt states they h only shipped 600,000 bushels, thiii Makes all the stranger why cars have been scar I confess I did not believe my "gr friend" when he stated that 160 cars w wanted in Goderich for apples alone, apples have been the excuse for the scare of oars every fall for the last 'twenty-fi years. I knew, however, there were h dreds and thousands of barrels of app piled up at every station in the county Huron waiting for weeks for cars. M Watt tells us that the railroads atopp taking grain to lake ports after the mid of September. It is hard to say wheth they did do so. Anyway, for weeks p the Grand Trunk Railway have been ta ing nearly 10,000 tame of freight out Chicago, at a time when thousands barrels of apples were rotting along th road. Mr, Watt admits that- ocean ra advanoed from Montreal 3o per bushel, h excuse being that the Government cha tered so many large steamers for Sou Africa, but last year the situation was ju as bad, and even worse, the large Ame ican exporters having secured all the ohe apace, and by the time our crops began move both freight rates and steamship spa . were just as high and as scarce as they a to -day. It is to be hoped that Mr. Tarte prediction of bringing 100 millions of gra to Montreal next year will not prove tru For my part I cannot see what advanta it is going to be to this country, if th Americans are going to be allowed to mon polize the route; it will only make it a the harder for us to compete with them the world's markets. Mr. Watt tella us the millers are bringin their wants before the railway manager and expect to get all their grievances rem °died before long. My idea is the railway have been running the country long enoug and it is full time millers and grain dealer quit begging from men who have n6 righ to give favors. Dalton Mojarthy yea ago advocated the appointment of Railwa Commissioners, to guard the. interests the public by making them live up to th terms of their charter, and succeeded i getting Sir John Macdonald to grant Royal Cornmission to examine the railwa system of doing business. The commission ers did their duty faithfully, and reporte in favor of permanent commissioners bein ppoieted., The railway influence at one used the men they had been granting favor to to flood the country with free passes t on of the Watt stamp, to go to Cttawa t oppose the change being made. The quesaion now is whether the Gov eanment or the two Yankee managers ar going to rule this country. If money ha anything to do with the contest, I fear th Yankees will have the beat of it, seein they get $40,000 and $50,000 for their ser vices, while the premier only gets $8,000 for running the whole country. " James Pringle, ar. Stratford, December 20. • Huron Notes. —Mr. W. Sullivan, of Wingham, has lost one of his fingers at the first joint, from a felon. bout five thousand turkeys have been shipped from Lucknow this season for the old country and Manitoba markets. —The smoke stack at the Wingham flax Mill was blown down by the high -wind on Tuesday of last week. —The other day Robert, son of Mr. H. i —Mr. Thomas Joynt, of West Wawanosh, 3one, of the 3rd line of Morris, had one of is legs broken by the team running away. had the misfortune last week to loose three head of cattle, by the top of a stack of traw falling on them. , —While assisting in moving a large en- gine, the other day, Mr. James Leonard, of Goderich, had a bone in one of his legs roken by a large timber falling on it. —The ladies of the Congregational huroh, Wingham, have completed an auto- raph quilt, which has over five hundred ames on it. It was purchased for Mrs. olaert Currie by one of her sons in the far ilvest. , —The other day Mrs. Sheffield, sr., of Ingham met with a serious accident. he walking'was rather slippery, and while eutaide, she fell, breaking one of her thigh ones. As she is over seventy years of age, the accident is a Very serious one. —While working in the bush, the other day, James Henderson, of the Eluevale road, was struck on the head by a falling limb. He walked to a doctor's office in Wingham, and it took four stitches, to close 7 the wound: —While John O'Neil, a brakesman on the London, Huron& Bruce Railway, was coup- ling care at the yard at Clinton, on Thurs- day of last week, his hand got caught, and parts of the three, first fingers of his left hand were taken off. , —Walter Fero, who was employed in the Centralia cheese factory three years ago, carried off the sweepstakes prize for cheese making, at Chicago, against the fancy mak- ers from eight Staters of the Union. His oheese had 99 points out of a possible 100. The prize was $50. — Albert Turner, now residing in Clinton, has sold his farm of 100 acres, being lot 29, n the 2nd concession of Tuckersmith, H. R. to Mr. Arthur Cantelon, of Goderioh nehip. The farm has a good brick house, ne stable and is a good place. Mr. Can- n has secured, a bargain, as the price d was only $4,300. The elections which have just been held Manitoba have a special interest for roniants, in the fact that some of the didates are from this county. First, of se, e,omes Thomas Greenway, the late mier, who, though his Government war eated, was himself elected by a majority 82. Frank 0. Fowler, formerly .' of last 88 1 of ept the and mil - in in m. 000 eve it oe. ain ere as ity V8 un. len of r. ed dle er ant of of of eir tea is r- th at r- ap to Ce re 's in f• go o- 11 in a, a h, 1'8 of a of a •• ow rate than they a e prepared to carry the to produce of this rovinee.' Ontario being elo the backbone of t e Domin on, has had to ai pay the lion's shazfe of all ublic improve- 1 1 — ments, and probe ts again t being robbed 'n any longer to bui11 up eith r Manitoba or u the western State. Mr.1 t att insinuatea 4an there must have been a wi ked combine in 4our 'Stratford to keep down the price ef wheat re to 66o. Nothing' of the kind. Stratford def buyers have been paying this price to the Of 1 Tuckersmith, was elected in the Liberal in- tereat for South Brandon; H. Ruddel , son of Mr. C. Ruddell, of Hullett, was 'elPeted in the Conservative interest for Mottled, and f Mr. Thompson, elected in the ConeerVative interest for Souris, is a conein of Dr. triet for 12 years. . • ti Thompson, of Clivton. He defeat d a brother-in-law of Horace Foster, of Cli,tots, Mr. Campbell, who has represented that dis- -Mr. Joseph Clegg has disposed of the . 160 acres of land belonging to the Parker estate, being the north-east quarter of , lot 10, concession 6, Morris, and north half of lot 11, on the same concession, to Mr. F. J. Martin, of Hallett township, for the Burn of $5,000. Possession will begiven next; fall, —A happY event took place it the resi- dence of Mr. Seymour Thornton,-Turnberry, on Wednesday evening of last week,when bis daughter'Misr. Sarah E., was joined in the holy bonds of wedlock to Mr. Jefferson Musgrove. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. Rogers, of Bluevale. —Mr. and Mrs, Robert Mutch, of Past Wawanosh, recently celebrated their golden wedding.. Their children, grand -children, and a large number of friends and neighbors assembled, and celebrated the occasion in a most fitting manner. The aged couple are still hale and hearty, and the wish of their many friends is that they may be spared to each other for many years to come. —Edward Carter, 8012 of Mr. Robert Carter, of Stapleton, met with an accident, on Monday of last week, which will handi- cap him for life. He was employed about a heading macihine, removing the staves as they were cut into shape, and his hand was caught by the saw, which cut off three of the fingers cif his right hand, leaving him with only the forefinger and thumb. —A telegram was received from Dallas, Texas, the Otter day, annmincintthe death of James Doherty, of Clinton, who went south last spring. He was then suffering from the disease which proved his undoing, but it was hoped that the change of elimate might effect,a cure. It was not to be, hew - ever, and he has passed away at the age of thirty-four years, leaving a widow and one child. The remains were interred at Dallas. —During the heavy windatorm of Tues. day of last week, the morning train going north on the London, Huron & -Bruce Rail- way had a dose call from an accident, that might have thrown it off the track. It -was about a mile or so north of Clipt,on, when the wind blew a telegraph pole over, which fell across the locomotive an the train was speeding on. It rolled off without doing damage, but, if it had fallen in front of :the engine, it !night have been more serious. —Mr. Jehn White, of the west end of Tuckersmith, was seriously injured on Fri- day last, while in the aot of feeding a three-year-old colt, which has always been of a wild and untamable nature. The horae knocked him down, and, tramping on him, severely injured his arm and forehead. By sorne meams Mr. White managed to scram- ble out and get to the house, when medical aid was summoned and his injuries attend- ed to. —Mr. Fred 'W. Collins, for many years deputy post master at Exeter, died at his residence there on he 7th inst., after a long illness. Mr. C Bids was a native of Devon- shire, England an was 46 years of age. Previous to enteri g the post office, some twelve years a o, e had been engaged in school:teaching an afterwards in farming. He wars upright an obliging, and was well liked by all wh k ew him. —There died at he residence of her step- son, Mae J. W. M rray, Ashfield, on Mon- day of last week, argaret Murray, widow of the late William Murray. Deceased was born on the same ay as Queen. Victoria, the 24$ of May, 119, and had reached the eipe old age of 80 ears, five months and nineteen days. Deleaeed was an old resi- dent of the section, and was highly respect- ed. it —The following tre the sums which have been sent out by th county treasurer to the different municipali les in the inspectorate ese•surris have been paid lio school leaving work sses : Ashfield, $155 ; derich township, $20;. , 885; Stephen'$95; t Wawanosh, $55; East xeter, 8200; Hensall, of West Huron. T tp the school for pu and continuation .01 Colborne, -860; G Hay, 850; Statile 'Osborne, $30 ; We Wawanosh, $20; $00; Bayfield, $5 , —A very pretty but quiet wedding took ace in the Central Presbyterian church, oronto, on WedneSday, 6th inst., the con- tracting parties bei 't A, daughter of Lucknow, Ont., and of Buffalo, New Yo performed by Rev. assisted by Rev. Dr + MeTavieb, of Toronto:, while the bride was given away by Rev. Dr.: Strongman, formerly of Lucknow. ' —An event of more than ordinary interl. eat occurred at the Mawhinney homestea4 Stephen, on Decemb r 7th, when the Missea Mawhinney, daughters inney, now of Lucan, age, the former to Mr, nd the latter to Mr. The interesting cerei mony was performed by Rev. James Ma- ser, of Crediton, in ' the presence of mor than 80 friends and relativee of the coa- tracting parties. —On Monday morning of last week, Mr G. W. Cater, of Lucknow, left for a tavt months' trip to t Cater came to the se off, and got on the tr bye. Before she co the train had started the cars, and were 11 action ot the stati Hayes, in dragging 1. track, she would u crushed beneath the —We are verv. serr death of Mre. John merbill, which occ morning of !eat week, as a result of confine- ment. Deceased was a daughter of the late Charles Lovett, and was a woman beloved by alb; she leaves a boy and girl to inourn the great loss of a mother's love and cared The bereavement comes as a particularly heavy blow to Mr. McLaughlin, who pur- posed moving in a few days to his newli farm, and who will feel his loss all the great- er because ot these circumstances. The; very deepest eympathy of his wide circle of I friends will be accorded him. —Last Fry Mr. Plunkett and eon' drove into A burn ; Mr. Plunkett went in- to D. E. Munroe's store, leaving his seven - g Miss Jennie Mein-. rs. Agnes McIntosh, of Mr. Orel L. Hershiser, k. The ceremony was . McKay, of LucknoWs Maggie and Fanny of Mr. George Mawli were united in marr Wm. H. Martyn, John James Lawiron e old country. Mrs+, tion to see her husband in to bid him goodf Id get off, however, and she fell between not for the prompt, n agent, Mr. D. er 'from the railway' doubtedly have been wheels. indeed to record the 1cLaughlin of Sume rred on 4rednesdayi year-old son in only a fright, and d pace, runnin where it brok ing itself froni proceeded d iver. The h he perilous r est to contro ntil it stru thrown out, b hold the horse ; le had been inute, when the horse took shed down street at a lively to the bottom of the hill, through the fence, and free - the cutter at this point, it wn the bank and into the rse came off safe, considering ute it took. The boy did his it, remaining' in the cutter k the fence where he was t not in the feast hurt. —Mr. Joseh Wesenberg, son of Mr. Wm. Wesen rg, of Brodhagen, was 'united in the holy bonds of matrimony, 011 Thursday of last week, to Miss Emma Walter, one of Logan's most favorite daugh- ters. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. Landsky, in the German church, at 2 p. m., and after the usual congratula- tions, the wedding party left for the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter, father and mother of the bride, where a rich wedding feast had been prepared. About one hundred gnests were present. Canada. —The Wiarton beet sugar refinery is iaid to be an assured thing. —Hanover Methodists subseribed over $4,300 in one day for the erection of a new church. —George A. Winternate, a well-known Maidstone farmer, is dangerously ill with smallpox. — A Norwich farmer lost 26 turkeys. While investigating, he found a purse in the hen house, containing $80, which the thieves had dropped. — Miss Fannie Broughton, of Hamilton, was terribly burned the other night -by the upsetting of a lamp, _seed has since' died from her injuries. —The Grand Valley Railway, which pro- poses to build lines from Goderich. to Pore Dover and Stratford, has given notice of application for incorporation. —Frankel Brcithers, scrap -iron dealers, of Toronto, have purchased about 150 tons of shells, sharpnel, and other acrap iron, captured by the American armies in Cuba. —The office of the Lawry peeking com- pany, at Hamilton, was broken into early Sunday morning. The safe was blown open, and the burglars escaped with about $240. —A young man named Maher, wanted on charge of horse stealing and -other burglar- ies, was captuted, after a hot chase, by a posse of farmers, near Tottenham, on &Mir- day:- -Edward Yeoman, a workman at the Anderson furniture factory, in Woodstock, fell into a bank of boiling water, the other day, and was so badly isca1d4 that he -died from his injuries. —The crop bulletin, iesued by the Mani- toba Government, gives the total wheat yield this year as 27,922,230 bushels. The yield of oats was 3,226,395 bushels, and the total value of dairy produce was $96,980.16. Nelson Stowe, a Hamilton boy, narrowly escaped being choked to death at school. A glass bottle stopper went down his throat and stuck, and it was with some difficulty the -stopper was shoved further down and the youngster's life saved. . —The provincial board of health has been informed of an outbreak of diphtheria at Biscatosing, in,Algoma, on the Canadian Pacific Railway. There is no doctor in the place, nor a board of health, and Dr. Bryce is asked for advice. —Edwind Dyer, who was a patient at the London city hospital, escaped from that in- stitution Friday. Dyer's body was found on Saturday, on the bank of the river, by some children playing there. Dyer was supposed to have been slightly demented at the time of his escape. —While crossing the ear track in Toron- to, in a sleigh, on Saturday night, Mrs. J. E. Rodgers was run into by a trolley. She was knocked from the sleigh, and run over by the car, and instantly killed. The driver of the rig was also thrown out, and had two ribs broken. —Walter Shanly, ex -M. P. and one of the best known engineers in America, died at an early hour Sunday morning, at the St. Lawrence hall, Montreal, where he made his home for a great number of years. He was 82 years of age and had sat in the Canadian parliament before Confederation. —R. M. Ellis, who drove for Milne & Pratt, lumber dealers, of Stony Creek, was killed in Hamilton on Thursday afternoon. When he was driving a lumber wagon, the axle broke, and one of the wheels tame off. In jumping, he fell backwards, and the lumber fell on top of him, crushing in his head. He died shortly afterwards. —A very sad accident occurred in the Dominion paper box factory, at Toronto, on Friday afternoon. Ethel Fahey, a 15 -year- old girl, VMS feeding 8, prears, when her left hand got -caught between the plates, and was terribly crushed and lacerated before the machinery could be etopped. It was found necessary to amputate the hand at the wrist. —Thomas Ross, one of the- pioneers of Glengarry, died at Lancaster, ,in his 90th year, on Saturday last. He viras the eldest son of one of the old U, E, Loyalist settlers of Glengarry tounty at the beginning of the century, was prominent as a dragoon and de -patch rider during the troubles of 1837-38, and leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. —A man named Frank Jordan, fell dead on George street, Brantford, *Saturday morning. Jordan had promised to awaken a man named John Duncan, early in the morning, and Wa8 on the way to keep his appointment when the end came. Heart failure was the cause. Jordan was 40 years of age, and a widower. Ile had been drinking heavily for some time, —A distressing fatality occurred Monday, at Thomasburg, seven miles south of Tweed. While Mr. and Mrs. Martin Mitts were absent from home, their three-year- old child was burned to death. There is no one to tell how the accident occurred, as the only occupant of the house at the time, was another child of four years. It would seem that the little one's clothing had caught fire from the stove, and she ran out- side. Her flesh was burned to a crisp. —Friday afternoon, John Doyle, er., of Raleigh township, was accidentally shot in the abdomen, and as a result he lies in a pre- carious condition. Mr. Doyle, who is a bachelor, was working in the bush near his home, when two boys, Robert and Bert Eves, came along. Mr. Doyle asked their assistance in lifting some wood. Robert responded, and handed a rifle he was carry- ing to his brother. In doing so, the gun exploded, and the bait:entered Mr. Doyle's 'abdomen. —A historical society has been organized in Stratford. —During the heavy wind storm on Tues- day of last week, about one hundred feet of wall of the unfinished factory, being built .for the Whyte Packing Company, in Strat- ford, was blown down. The wall was about fifty feet high, and tell on the eom- pleted engine and boiler rooms, demolish- ing them. None of the workmen were in- jure& though there were several narrow escapes. Loss not definitely known, but will likely reach $1,500. —The infant child of Mr. Geo. Simms, who lives near the flax mill, in Tavistock, was frightfully burned the other dav. The family had gone out to assist in killing a pig, leaving the baby tied in its chair near the stove. Some time after, a girl entered the room and found the child, lying with its neck acmes the stove. It was still fast to its chair, when found, and must have, in some way, rocked itself over. Its neek and breast were literally roasted, anil it had a narrow escape from being burned to death.