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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1900-04-06, Page 11900 Hillery% 'ENINg 6th, 7th. oode, *thews comprehensive, ery and Jack- s and Suitingss osiery, fit in Con in Prints and d satins, beauty pets, and men's ill look well, fit inga dry goods, trade, You will find US ces for clothing se The entire stook - tted to :make it aa rtments. H you ear stales drop iri r you. y and rur oustomere this k wide a range, and as we have ever layet will be an - tared goods will be Persorts wishing y come any time •at work. Buyer? t in ourIfeuse Far- nedime when, pass - ea the well, lighted se fitted up for a Carpeta and Lin- verings, 7apestry a Covers, Chenille Covers, Lece Cur - Inds ctf Decorative ;It HISS E. ,elispUy of these kiritt anti effective in—the popular - are durable, artia- 'rattly other styled eeie, Tambour and dish, svashable, and far beauty, grace f new printed Per. wits, Muslims, 7,11,t4, etc. eir praises of oar lave them in tempt- eriees- are .delight - early and see the ineres, Ester/eines, Cheviots, Vene- eoiel line for Shirt rate --1 designe. We dghtly patterus and had at the price— j 1,0 • ea. t •••Vi UL vis Co. dest sh )Store nesseessi,e' Iest week,—The epent an enjoyable , Douglaa, lase Drvedele spent ae 'n.nis 'friends and re - Howard. and Mr. tkieft in the SWSITI-pg rnii fert une to have being frightened tnd made good their rere eaptured before J. ate sorry ' to have ? sve, one of pur moat left for Restore! ,43r merning. Mr,' ;se in the Pipeston sre. We all join i his undertaking. rd a je-sition in tin+ he eurprise partY n -aa largely attened - Mr. 11. Talbot, oue r t.et of moving Mr., eeroes the road and —Mise Leo Durand t We lee-Atty.—Mr; tiM (14y fast week, r„. our ovular dress- frern Toronto.—Mr. altoemaker, res reel Stratford, after s helping his broth- esek talting,—Mr, R. eerie to Michigan, go into terming. I is doing a rushing k. He hie done a eteph, and at Grarrd e a lot in the sur- e& .0. Jeffroi had a .y keit. Henry Ma - came out ahead io ;he kind of boys we Monday morn - t Zurich, was on his t with what might tecident, His horse nto the ditch. For- t, but the cutter and piecee. Sebringville, hart that is being sent Lill, which has been e, is to be darted THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,686. urea Ci SEAFORTII, FftIDA4V, APRIL_ 6, 1900. .A FEELING .OF Pleasurable Emotion. Along with the rest of our fellow men, we have experienced some pleasurable e otion in our time thus far, and we may add, some othe feelings which were not So pleasant So far as our judgment will carry safe in saying that, among tl a man feels, there is not an same sense of corafortable comes with the knowledge t square, profitable. business, , have the fullest confidence i always treated fairly and ho We are,pleased to think that we h and we Will strive hard to offering our customers indu out any bluff or catch -pen that we know the clothing above learning more. Our goods that are honest and pi you a customer ? If not, gi ing wants. s we think that we are e variety of elations which feeling that affords the dependence as that which at you are doing a good, nd that your customers you that they will be orably. ve this feeling in the past, ake an abiding one. In ements, we do not hold y argument. We think usiness, and we are not dvertisements are about ices which are,fair. Are e us a trial f r'your cloth- A few of the finest in the new Chri ty's stiff hats. The low- est price is the first shape, hich we are selling at ,$1.50. The second shape is a hat which we have in the same maker's goods—C isty's—selling at three prices.—$2, $2.50 and $3,— y hat of which is per- fect in color and wearing qi41ity. Perhaps you have a lot of outside 7 line .of buckskin pants which reaclynaade or made to your We have also the material by rk to do. 'There is our e sell at $1 and $1.25, measure, as you desiro. the yard at 20c and 30e. t 121c we have a material which makes splendid-- pants for foundry or factory overalls, ra, de to your order, sewn with linen. A pair ot these d, ill cost you 750. For boys' wear'we have some 25 do en peaked caps, which seem to be meeting with a gi• at share of popularity. The boys' pants, which we sell at 50ci, 65c and 75c, for the most part are their own recpis mend, seeing that they 1 wear well. . adios' tailoring is steadily becomin portant feature of trade with new costumes which w have not a common pattern in the in the,,lot exactly alike. list a mere mention of some taple need in the course_of a ew we coat, a new Sprinrsuit a tie, a night robe,a white shirt, a braces, a pair of sox, collars underwear, an umbrella. more ,and more an im- s. Have you seen the on display ? There is lot, and no two patterns rticles which you eks. There is a a hat, a pair of gl handkerchief, a pa cuffs, a light su may rain ves, r of t of ur own make of men's readymade_luits at S8, $10 and $12, are, so far as our. experience go s, the. very highest kind of value; allsewn with silk, ta lor-made and a fit. Greig & Anal Clothiers and Fprnishers n the Wrong Side of the Street, SEAFORTII SMOG BLOCK, Setters trains for Manitoba leave every Tuesday cltiring March and April. Apply for tickets, folders, maps and other nformation at this office. RJ. 11VIACDONAL C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth. 0. BETHUNE "Agent for Merchants. and Berlin Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. Pathmasters, Statute Labor and Other Things. DEAR EX1'OSITOR,—,1 find McKillop has 117 pathmasters and not six of these turned out to make the roads paseable after the re- cent snow storm, although the roads were so badly blocked that the -stage could not get from Brussels to Seaforth, although in McKillop there is a pathmaeter in every mile and a quarter. I think the council should drop 100 of these officials as a re- form measure. As to statute labor, McKil- lop does about two days more than any other township for each 100 acres on the boundaries. This is not fair. MoKillop takes half what the statutes provide. Tuckersmith has two days under $1,000 as - augment, and for every additional $1,000 one day. The man assessed for $100 does the same work as the man assessed for $1,- 000. Take two men, one in Tuckersmith and the other in McKillop assessed $5,000,' the McKillop man does fo r days more statute labor. Take Hay to nship, where every one lese.than $400 asses ment has two days' statute labor ; more t an $400 and less than $600, 24 days; $600 and less than $800, three days. This by. aw does not . say how many days for $800 a augment, but every $400 over $800 is y half a day. That is, a man assessed $100, has two days; the man assessed $4,000, 6i- d ye. I cannot understand how these muni ipalities read the statutes, but when there is such varia- tions and unfairness, is it not better to have moth 100 acres de an equal number of days statute labor and only have ono or two pathmasters in each township and pay theta by the day? If 117 men lose one day each, that is $117, and that would pay one or two men, and the roads would be better _ looked after than now. - Municipal officials should try ,and keep near the statutes. I see one paper states that the county council passed a by-law at its last session making each peddler, hawk- er or chapman pay po for a license. The statute says they can only charge a peddler with a two -horse rig 850; a one4roree rig, $30, and a peddler travelling on foot, $1. At the June session, the county council ap- pointed an arbitration without a hydaw and the petition had not been in in time request- ing them to appoint the arbitration. As a result the people had to pay the members of the arbitration for their time spent, al- though, on account of the bungling of the county councillors, the arbitrators could not do anything. The ratepayers should see that councillors and county councillors know some hing about municipal law as well as the tast of good whisky. Jolts C. MoRnisos, McKillop. • The Boer Difficulty. (Writhes for TIIE EXPOSITOR.) _Clancy is a great schalar. Whin he's nat -makin' barrels he's studyin' hishtry, an' he hae a loibry in his kitchen that wud do yer oyes gud to see. Books all over it-.; books itS all koinds, from Ayer's Sarsaparilly al - 1e m nick to David's Harem, but moshtly hi htry. He's well poshted in hisIstry, but w in it comes down to pallytios he's nat in it wid me. Clancy is a Tory, an' as a mat- t r av. (worse he don't know much about pallytics. Whin Clancy wants a political tip he comes to me, an' whin I want anny information regar-rdin' Malt -try I go to Clancy. He can tell ye the date ay ivry battle av anny account fram the toime the Angular Saxons burOarded the coasht av .Galway in the year five till Fitz. dieplash- ed Carrbit's liver in Cartoon City that toime; an he knows the hisary av Oireland -loike a book fram the toitne St. Pathrick banish- ed the l'cs till I lift there in '56. Says I to Clancy wan day, says I "Clancy," says I, "wud ye moind givin' me a tew tips about the dishturbance in flout' Afrioy," I says. g' I have been engaged at a princely salary (an' boord mesilf)" I says, " to wroite a few arrticles fur the Exposhitor," I says, "an' I wud loike a few pintera on the throuble wid ould man Kruger," I says. " Let thim be brafe," I says, "an' nat too lang either," I saye. " I will," says Clancy, " wid pleasure," he says. "Th the &slit place," he syas " the Dutch Boers are near- ly all Dutchmen," he soya, "or dicindents av the Dutch, which manes the same ting. Kruger hirnstlfe" he says, " was borern in Africy wid Dutch consint," he says, " an' he is very religyus. He is a lar-rge patri- archial-luckin' man, wid a Geordy Nichol whisker, but the reeirnblance shtaps there, for he haven't that gintleman's plieant oat - male exprissien," he says. " He is very religyus. He wud dhrink tree schooners av beer, shmoke a cupful av tabaoey, and rade two chapters on an itn ty shtammick before brikheeht, so he wud. He was Prisydint av the Transvaal republi , an' he had the bush Dent down foine. He a pointed himself assia- sor an' tax collector, nwhin he wasn't col- lie in' taxes he was r nnin' a camp matein'. He knowed his Bible ram thefirshtehapter av Generations to the lasht chapter av Revo- lutions. He was ver relegus. Whin he wud sind out a shquad av young Boers to kill aff a few Kaffirs he wud ar-rm aich man wid a roifle, a hundred rounds ay ammy- nition, tin rounds ay sassiges an' a psalm book. He was very religyus. Whin he wanted a few more far -ems he wud sind aff a gang wid their reifiee an' -their lisalm books, slaughter a few tousand Keffirs,' putt a bar-rb woire fence round their lend, thin he wud say " We will now , sing ,the hun- dredh an' noineteent Psalm." Thin in a day or two whin they got- tro-o wid the Psalm they wud march back to the tone of " Ould Hundhred."_ He was'very religue. But he didn't know whire he was well off. He was dein' so well that he wanted to do betther. He got tired av his little two -be -four re- pooblic, an he wanted to go into the de- par-rtment business. " Av I cud git the Free Shtate," he says, " an' the other Dutchmin in Cape Calany," he says "to back me, an' purhaps a few min from Gut.. many," he says,'" an mebby a han'full or two fram France," he says, " a.n' who knows but a little assishtance fram Rooshey," he says, " I don't see army raisin," he says -" why cuddn't packet the whole ay Cape Calmly," he says. "For we are the Lord's chosen ayple," be says, "an' don't ye fur- git it," he says. He was very religyus. So he beg n to poile on more taxes on the Out- landers an' he bought a little powther here an a little dinnymoite there, an' a few roifles i this place, an' a few cannon in that place, oin' it all mice an' quiet an aisy, a little a a toime. but always pilin' it np, till at lasht he had a furrat-class war depart- ment, an' poor innycint ould Jawn Bull nivver suspected that Ould Kruger had a full-grown har-rnit's nesht concaled about his purrson. Whin he tought he had ivry- ting gud an ready he called two avhi. beeht ginrals intil his affice, an he says : " Oran- jy," he says, "how manny min have we 7" " Fifty tousand," says Cranjy, "wid shpats fur more," says he. " Jubbert," says he, "have we comandeered ivryting we cud comandeer 7" " We have," eays Jubbert. Thin says he " Schwackinheimer," he says -to his proivate sicritary, " Schwackheim- ' er " he says, "ye will rade us the fonrteent' chapter av Hezzykoiah," he says "an' thin bring us up a coople av gallons av lager," he says. He was very religue. Well, he mar-rched his forces intil the British Terrytory, an' he says to them, say% he, "1 give yez jusht tin minutes to eachape," he says. But the Irish Fusileers an' the Cannaught Rangers an' the Heigh lenders wurn't put togither that way, an' they at it hat ate hivy for a wont' or two wid sometoirnes the Boers on tap, an' some toimea the British, but moshtly the Boers, for," says he, "ye mueht undershtan', Grogan, that a Boer can lick anny foive Britiehers," he says " av he has a rack to hoide behoind," he says. When the British wud troive thim fram wan kopje they wud run to another, an' they wud take their trinches wid thim. Well the Boers wur havin' the besht av it till tbe Canajeens an' Lord Bobs appeared on the scene an' that 'waled it. Yie sorr, that sittled it. The Capajeens capchered Cranjy, Buller re- layed Ladysmit', Frinoh relayed Kimburly, aed some other folly relayed Toodlesockit- dorpfontein ar some snob place. Whin Kruger maw it was all up wid him he writ a letther to Lord Bobs something loike this : Krugersfonteindorpberg, Feb. the wanst, To Lord Bobs, Surr — I take me pin in hand 1e; lit ye know that -I'm not feeling very well at prisint, hopin' "these few lines will find you the same. Al- though ye are pat as good as licked, me airly Christyan trainin" an' me religyus dis- position won't allow me to take anny mane advantage av ye, an' av ye have a moind to sind the Canajeens home an' call it sehquare, I'll call aff the byes an' go on doin'_ business at the ould shtand. Signed, KruTGER. He was very religiyue, but Lord Bobs sint him back wurrd that the foight was to a finish, an' there was no hope fur him as there was more Canajeens to come yit. So that's the way it shtands now, Grogan," says he, "but it's as good as over. I under- shtan," says he, "that the Boers have wan or two sympatoizers 'round here," he says. They have," says I, "they have, but they're moighty searce, says L "If a man wants to foind out the nearest road to the hoshpital all he has to do is to run up town an' yell "Hurray for Kruger"—an he'll foind it." GnocAN. Canada. — The Ontario good roads instructor has received word that the township of Picker- ing, Ontario county, will abolish statute labor. —Harry A. Gervan, ot Ottawa, and Wm. Way, of Tweed, were blown to atoms in an explosion in the packing house of the On- tario Powder Company's factory at Nelson, British Columbia. — The Gananoque high sohool was badly damaged by fire on Saturday. The fire is supposed to have originated from an ex- plosion of some chemicals in the laboratory, as that was the roam most damaged. —Over 100 men of the Halifax Garrison refused to parade the' other day, as they had received no food for Some time. The griev- ance was remedied and the men went on duty, the ringleadersibeing arrested. — By a vote of 6881 to 3 the property. holders of.Collingwood endorsed the by-law to bonus the blast furnace and rolling mills which an American firm proposes to estab- lish there. The bonus is $20,000. —The Ontario tr asury will profit to the amount of $35,000 y the estate of the late G. E. Tuckett, thej tobacco manufacturer, of Hamilton, which c mes under, the Succes- sion Duties Act. ¶fhe estate is valued at $7,000,000. —Mrs. Samuel Oliver, who resides in St. Thgteas, attempte to end her life the other day. - Her hueban4 was in the house at the time, and, discover ng what his wife had done, imtnediatel sent for two doctor. They were quickly on the scene, and saved the woman's life. — A. Wren & Cc's. foundry, in Forest, Ontario, was destroyed by fire early Satur- day morning. All the buildings were burn- ed except the blacksmith shop. Very little of the contents were saved. The probable loss will be about $5,O00; partially covered by insurance. —A farmer named George Greer, of Fent). lon township, was oing to Lindsay on the ice on Saturday, and just as he was crossing to the landing his team went through. The man managed to scramble out himself, but loat his horses. Mr. Greer lost a horse in the same manner last year. —T. G. Ferris' livery stable, near the postoffice, Port Dover, was entirely destroy- ed by fire early Monday morning. Thirty -horses were burned, to death, and many rigs of all kinds, besides quantites of hay, straw and grain, were destroyed_ The loss is about $20,000, with an. insurance of 110,- 000. —Charles Ayers, a Canadian Pacific Rail- way call boy, while attempting to jump off a moving engine in London, on Wednesday morning of last iveek, slipped and fell under the engine, both legs being horribly crushed. He was removed to Victoria, Hospital,where both legs were amputated. The victim is a son of C. P. R. Conductor Samuel Ayers, of that city. —The first session of the tenth Manitoba Legislature was opened at Winnipeg on Thursday of last week, by the Lieutenant - Governor, with the usual formalities. The legislation promised in the speech from the throne includes reduction of the number of salaried ministers, repeal of the election act, provincial pro'aibition, and a factories act. Mr. Hes eler was elected speaker. —Mrs. George Ryckman, a young mar- red wom n, who lives with her parents in amilton, pleaded guilty to three charges of theft a the police court, 'Friday. Most of the dr, goods stolen by the prisoner were entified by the storekeepers. She was sent for o e month to the common jail. Her coun el claimed that her husband would not support her and that she stole to keep up her appearance. —Walter Teale, employed in Hand & Co'e fireworks factory, Hamilton, was liter- ally blown to pieces by an explosion. He was working alone, and the cause of the ex- plosion will remain a mystery, The small wooden building in which he was working wascotiverted into matchwood, and bits of Teale's body were found 100 yards away from the place where the accident occurred. —Mr. George MoKibbon, one of the beat known men of Bruce county some thirty years ago, died recently in Toronto. He re- tired from business in 1887, and moved to Toronto. He filled some teeponsible muni- cipal positions in his time, among others he was reeve of the township Of Oaken, mayor of Wingham, and warden of the county of Bruce. He leaves a widow and eight child- ren. —There was an exciting battle fought in Huron township, near Kincardine, a few days ago, between a three-year-old bull and its owner, Immanuel Husk. The latter 'Would have got the worst of it had rein- forcements of Men and dogs not arrived. The battle began at six- o'clock in the even- ing, and it was eleven at night before it ceased. Husk was leading the ball with a rod attached to a ring in its nose. The animal became vicious and got beyond hie master's oontrol. Husk got over a friendly barbed wire fence, and the bull got through it. WALL PAPERS, WINDOW SHADES, CURTAIN POLES NEWEST STYLEd BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES. Sewing machines repaired and eatieface tion guaranteed. Agency Singer Sewing Machines. ALEX. WiNTER, ISEAF0 TH. Husk got back; so did the bull. He knock- ed Husk down and would have gored him had he not been deluerned. Husk was ulti- mately laved by two neighbors who came along. The bull proved too much for them all and had ultimately to be shot. The en- raged animal crashed through fences and gates as if they were so many straws ahead ofhim. — A young man named Ham selling fan- ning mills for the Chatham lelanufaaturing Company? was struck at Collins' Bay, Mon- day morning, by a passenger train on the Grand Trunk Railway. The team of horses were instantly killed, and the rig and its load of mills completely destroyed. Ham was serimisly injured, it is said, his back be- ing broken. He was picked up by the train hands and carried to Belleville. — Geor ' e Platt, a nephew of Dr. Platt; rested at ioton A few days ago, charged warden o Kingston penitentiary, was ar- rested using the mails to issue fraudulent circulars. Platt advertised for a lady com- panion for a woman going to Pars aposi- tion, and it is alleged secured $2 nd a pho- tograph from each of several hun ed young Women in various portionslof Can la. Platt says he is merely the agene of a man named La Chappelle, who lives ner Carleton Place. —James Spence, a resident lof Winnipeg for 59 years, died there last week. He was one of the pioneer settlers in the old Red River Colony, and experienced many vicisi- tudes in the early history of the settlement, the troublous times ot the first Riot Rebel- lion being matters to him of comparatively recent date, He was fortunate in obtaining possesaion of land near the site of F ort Garry, all of which was subsequently incor- porated into the limits of what is now the city a Winnipeg. e —Commissioner McCreary, of Winnipeg, says immigration into Manitoba and the Territories this spring is exceeding all ex - petitions or predictions. About 2,500 people, he expects, will be hown by re. turns to have arrived this month. Four trains of settlerand their effects arrived in one day, &leo a colonist train from Montreal with European immigrants. Four hundred settlers with one hundred and fifty car- loads of effects are on their way tram the States, a large eumber coming over the Soo line. I1 — On Saturday last as Mrs. John Brown and her son, of Lifford, were driving into Lindsay with a team of young horses, they euddenly took fright. ' The young boy jumped from the rig and to the heads of the animals and tried to check theme but was knocked down and trampled on. Mrs. Brown was afterwards thrown out, sustain- ing a dislocation of the knee cap and a frac- ture of the thigh. Young Brown was un- conscious when picked up by passers by, and when medical aid was brought it was found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain, but Mrs. Brown is recovering. —James Baxter, broker, and Ferdinan Lemieux, accountant, who were committe a week ago for the crime of conspiring t wreck the Ville Matie bank, Montreal, hay been sentenced to five years in St: Vincen de Paul penitentiary. Before the judg proceeded o.deliver sentence, Baxter mad an appeal for mercy, claiming that he wa innocent. Ferdinand Lemieux, who waa the accountant of the bank, was previously sentenced to two years for se ding a false report of the bank's affairs to the Govern merit, and will commence to s rve the sec- ond term after the firat is finis ed, making seven years in all. — Mrs. Nellie Kingsmill, Wife of Mr. Roden Kingsmill the Ottawa orrespondent of the Globe, and daughter of 4r. A. S. Irv- ing, of Toronto, came to her d ath in a very sad way. She had been suffe ing for some time from an attack of la gripe, and was taking for it, by order of h r physician, whiskey and quinine. Abouti two o'clock Monday morning she arose in the dark to get her medieine, and in mistake grasped a bottle containing methylated Spirits, whieh was identical in size and shape i to that co - taining the medicine, which had been place close to it. Returning to her bed, she fe t the effects of what she had drattle and simp said, "1 am dying," once or twice, and lapcd inte unconsciousness. eg-Rev. Walter Reid, pastor of Weston Piesbyterian church, met with a serious mishap last Sunday. On his way home from Woodbridge, where he preached in the morning, he had to drive across the hollow at Thistletown'where the water of the spring freshet had arisen to some height Midway in the stream the buggy struck a large cake of floating ice. The harness gave. way and the horse ran home, leaving the reverend gentleman seated in the buggy, surrounded by water. Mr. Reid was forced to wade through the cold water to dry land, and walked the rest of the way home. He is in rather delicate health, and this un- pleasant experience has laid him up co pletely. —John Coote, one of the oldosb and b st known residents of London, was found de d in bed, one morning recently, by the me ben of his household. Mr. Coote was born in Ireland over 80 yearn ago, and came to Canada when 'quite young, He took his part in assisting to put down the rebellion of 1837, acting as a cavalryman and being employed as a dispatch rider. Before the building of the Great Western Railway he owned and operated a stage line, running from Hamilton through Brantford and Woodstock to London, owning large estab- lishments in each of thee° placefor the carrying on of his freight and passenger transport business. On the opening of the railway, he retired froth business and set- tled'in London, remaining there ever sine . —Some eight years ago, wheMrani Mrs!, Mortimer Clark, of Toronto, were r - :n . turning from a trip to the Pacific Coast,they metiGreneral and Mrs. Joubert. Jr. Gavin. Cladk, the then British agent for the Trans- vaal, was with the general, and asked per- mission to ineroduce the famous Boer sold- ier, which was, of course, granted. The ., Mr. Clark aa l guestir of Mr. and Mrs. Clark party came to Toronto together and Gener 1 and, Mrs.' Joubert were for a short time th impression of the man is that he was of the weadthy farming class. Although he had llicLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1 a Year in Advance. p enty of money, and was a prominent man in his own country, he traveled very plain - I , and few people knew who or what he as. He manifested great reluctance in s milting of the Majuba Hill battle, and ex- pressed the hope that such might never hap- pen again. Apparently, he had the warm - eat appreciation of British institutions and realized their advantages. He was keenly , interested in fine mechanical work, and was much plea ed with a visit to several Toronto manufactories. He spoke English fluently, but his wife had no desire to 'know the benguage,- and spoke only in Dutch. - Huron Notes. $13--1.T9h7.eBrussels branch of the 'Upper Can- ada Bible Society has this year eolleeted —Mr. J. Ireland -has sold his milk busi- ness' in Clinton to Thomas Kemp, and in- tends going west. —C inton ia to have a third dentist, in the perso of Dr, Holmes, son of Rev. J. W. Holm s formerly of that piece. —E buteh rr'ly Saturday morning, 24th u1t., the shop of Charles Wilson, Clinton, was d stroyed by fire. —Mrs. E. Barnard, senior, of Wroxeter, Olippe and fell on the ice one day recently, and fr ctured her hip joint. —N arty $1,000 in customs was collected by H. Davie, co lector of customs at Wing - ham, f r the we k ending March 21st. —The farm b longing to the estate of the late John W. Waiker, being 'lot 18, conces- sion 6, Turnbe y, has been purchased by George Wright, of the same township.' —Mr, J. Wa towman, of Niagara Falls and formerly o Wingham, was killed re- cently by bein kicked in the face by a hOrse_vv. in. Parke,1:son of Mr. John Parker, of the 10th con ession, Goderich township, left last week for Dueray, Manitoba, where he has a &nein engaged in farming. --The Wolper far4i on the London road, nOrth of Exeter, was ffered for sale on Sat- urday, but only $5,45 was offitted, and the upset price being $4,500, no sale was ef- fec—tedhl . a good people Tef Mount Carmel Ro- man Catholic chur li, Stephen township, have presentedthei new pastor, Rev. Mr. Tiernan, with a han Some driving horse and covered buggy. —Henry Heron a d family, of Westfield, have gone to Michig n, where they will re- side 'in future,. Mr . R. Ramsay, of the same place, hes ale gone to Michigan, to join her husband. —Messrs. McNeil & Pugh, of Brussels, were awardedithe contract for the brick- work and plaeltering of the new block of stores to be erected in Blyth to replace those recently destroyed by fire. — Mr. John Moore, one of the oldest and most highly -esteemed. citizens of Luoknow, passed away at his home on Monday of Isett welek. Deceased had reached the ripe old -1 age of 91 years, 7 months and 20 days. -t--The patriotic address, delivered at a concert in Dungannon, March 15, by Mr. M. G. Cameron, barrister, of Goderich, has been published in'sheet form. The address was both able and eloquent, and attracted. considerable attention. - — Oa Wedneeday, the 28th ult., the nup- tials of Miss Maud Dempsey, of Goderich township, and T. J. Webster, of Ashfield, .were isolmonized at the residence , of the bride' parents, by the Rev: J. Greene. The many ecqueintances join in congratulations to thelhappy.couple. —In the past three years F. S. Scott, auc- tioneer and real estate agent, Brussels, hae sold ovet 60 farms and loaned in the above apace of time $100,000. It requires some hustling to de that volume of business, but the figures are correct. — The mafise of Willis church, Clinton, was the scene of a quiet marriage on Tues- day, of last , week, when Rev. A. Stewart madeiNelson Peareon, of Goderich, and Miss Agnes Webster, of Hullett, husband and wife.! The happy new wedded couple will live fit Hullett. Their friends wish theta long lives of rosperity and happiness. , —On Tues ay afternoon of last week Mr. and Mrs. Ha ry Morrish and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rob rtson, of Clinton, together with four childre of the former's family and three of the llatter, began their long journey to Oxbow, in Assinaboia, where they will take up farming, ' --, On Monday of last week the firm of Button & Fissant, of Wingham, and their emPloyees presented John Chubb with a 'mug sum ofl money. Mr. Chubb had the miefoetune to have the end of one of his fingers cut off while at work in the fac- tory last week, and the firm and employees did not forget him in his misfoitune. --George, on of David McCutcheon, of the 12th line, McKillop, had an experience the other d y which he will not soon forget. He vas walking along side of a load of wood when it upset on him, cam- pletely covering him. He lay in this posi- tion for about half an hour when found by Calvin Haien, who released him. He is badly out and bruised, but will recover. —On Sunday, 25th ult., while Mr. Robert Ireland, of the C. line, Howiek, south of Wroxeter, wee absent from home, as well as most of his family, his house took _fire near the roof from the chimney. The neighbore soon gathered and by hard work part of the contents were removed and the house saved, not, however'until most of the root was burned off. In working at the fire Mr. John Ireland lead his hands severely burned. —Prior to hiel eparture for the North- west, a number 011 boys in the Clinton organ factory, where hj was engaged in the office, took advantege of the occasion to show Walter Ja.cksoe, of that town, their affec- tion and good will by asking him to hetpres- ent at the Commercial hotel on Mondy even- ing of last week, when he was presented with a gold ring—the golden band of affec- tion. —Johanna Chapman, aged 81 years and 26 days, died at the home of her son, W. J. hapman, in Wingham, on Wednesday orning of last week, Mrs. Chapman was a native of England, where her husband died many years ago. Deceased had resided in Ripley and kept house herself until about two years ago, and since that time has been livi g with her son, If. P. Chapman, at Rip y, and since last fall has been living wit1 her son in Wingham. n Monday of last week, R. Percy And- rew'one of Goderie is young business men, took to himself a p rtner in the person of Mies Marion Rachel, Martin, only daughter of William Martin of East Wawanosh. Thehappy event took place at the residence l of tile bride's uncle, Charles Martin White- church, Rev. Ames A. Anderson, Of Gode- rich, performing the ceremony, which was witnessed only by immediate relatives of the bride and groom. —The home of Joseph Izzerd, of Goderich township, was the scene of a very pleasant gathering on Wed- nesday evening of last week, when a large number of relatives and friends assembled to witness the marriage of hie daughter, Min- nie E., a popular young lady who has dur- ing the last three years taught tichoOl sue- cessfull in McKillop, to Dr. W. J, R. Fow- ler, of Cliuton, who hag just returned from Toronto, where be holds the position of dems onstrator and lecturer of anatomy in the On- tario Veterinary College. Precisely at seven &dock, to the strains of the wedding march, played by Mr, Frederick Fowler, the groom took his place under an evergreen areh taste- fully decorated with roses, where he was joined by the bride, taste- fully attired in cream costume, and carrying a beautiful bouquet of roses, and leaning on_ her father's arm.The ceremony we.s per- formed by Reo. B. Clement, Clinton, After congratulations all sat down to enjoy a hearty supper. The remainder of the even- ing was spent in games, mune, ete. The presents, which were numerous And eostly, show the esteem in which the bride mad groom are held. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler will becAte residents of Clinton. —On Friday morning, 23rd ult.Robert McCorkindale died at Clintonshospitll, De. ceased had gone through an operation, and lived a short time after it. Mr. McCorkins dale resided for a number of—years on his farm on the 7th line, Morris. When he sold out to A. T. Cole he went to Beigeave to live. His wife died five years ago last week. He was a native of Scotland and had reached the age of 73 years. —On Saturday evening, March 24th, a pleasant event took plae.e at the residence of Mr. and Mrs, John Wightmatt, of Weatfield, when a large nurnberof relatives and friends assembled to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. The presents were useful and numerous showing the esteem in whirl Mr. and Mrs. numerous, are held, After spend- ing an enjoyable evening the company dis- persed, wishing the eouple a happy and prosperous journey through the remainder °Ilifei —The Clinton News -Record say.: "Mr. Thomas Wiley, of Varna, is the bigest man in his native township of Stanley, and ,with Jonathan Miller, of Goderich, out of the reckoning the heaviest in the county. He tips the scales at 403 pound, while the very best Jonathan can do is ten pounds heavier. Like most big men, Mr. Wiley is good na- tured and for his avoirdupois active. He has collected the revenue for the Stanley ;council for years, and has always made his ' returns so promptly that he is eonsidered a 'model in that respect. , —Oa Friday, the:16th ult., Granny Will- ; lams, formerly ot Brussels, passed away in . the House of Refuge, Clinton. The cause of Mrs. Williams' disease was old age, and for months she had been confined to bed. She was about 80 yea -re old. In her earlier years she was a hard worker, who battled for her living with commendable independence, even ahe did not always get her rights. Her husband, who was also an inmate of the 1House of Refuge for a time, going from I Wingham, died over a year ago at the home of fvihnig- sdaughter, near Minden, Haliburton district, Ontario. They had ten children, but the daughter referred to is the only one —We notice that Rev. Mr. Elliot, pastor of Nairn Presbyterian church, McGillivray, a former Stanley boy, and son-in-law of Mr.. John Essen, of Bayfield, met with a some- what unpleasant mishap one day last week. Ills he was returning from a pastoral visit at Beechwood, and when he was about to enter Frazer bridge on Petty street his horse shied, stumbled and fell, going over the embankment, which was over twelve feet deep, breaking the cutter and harness into all shapes. Mr. Elliot saved himself by jumping to one side before the cutter and contents reached the bottom. Assietance, soon arrived, relieved the poor &tamale_ _ moredead than alive and considerably bruised. —The Goderich Star makes a note tif the following peeularity ; "Phe other day, while cutting down trees on the Falls Re- serve for Mr. James Dick, Alex. Clark felled a good sized oak, and in splitting it, found a plug which had evidently been driven in to fill up a hole, and in the hole was found a large bunch of human hair, evi- ,dently either that of a yourig woman or a 'girl. The hair is well preserved, of a light .'golden color, very fine and fully 12 inchee long. As the tree had grown fully three I;itiohes over the plug, the hair must have been put there considerably over a quarter lof a century ago, but why or by whom must remain a mystery, unless some one living can tell. It certainly wae a curious find. Perth Items. —Rev. Mr. Bunt, Baptist minister, of 'Atwood, was presented with a purse. —The residence of Mr. 11 G. Anderson, of Atwood, narrowly escaped being destroys 'ed by fire, one night lately. Some Wood which had been left in the oven of the cook stove took fire, but fortunately 'it Was noticed before any serious damage was done. —Rev. W. H. Grant, of the Henan. Mis- sion, China, son of Rev Alex. Grant, of ,Knox church, St. Marys, has been appoint- ed delegate to the Pan Presbyterian Con- vention, to be held in New York. Mr. Grant is now on his long voyage from China and is expected to pay a visit to his parent; be—fore theteurninwilvisiting at the home of Mr. Louis Brunner, of Ellice, last week, Mrs. Moore Varner, mother of Superintendent Varner, of the House of Refuge Stratford, fell and fractured her thigh. A; Mrs. Var- ner is 74 years of age, it is doubtful she wdi 'ever recover the full use of the injured member. —The residence of Mr. and Mrs. James ;Dlwards, of Milverton, was the scene of a ;happy event on Wednesday of last week, ,when their daughter, Mise Maggie'became lthe wife of Mr. Edward Broughton, of Itittnit, near Monkton. Rev, T. J, Snowden tied the knot in the presence of the irarnedis ,ate friends of the bride and groom, —A lamp, which was burning in an incu- bator in the cellar at the home of Mr. John ;Skinner, of Mitchell, exploded the other 'night, and set fire to the place. Luckily, assistance Was at hand, and the flamers were Isoon extm" gnished, with no snore damage ;being done than the destruction of the incu- bator and a board partition, —Mr. Peter Haggert, an old and res Ispected citizen of Stratford, died at the !residence of his sonsin-law, Mr. F. Calder, one evening last week, after an illness of on- ly three days. Deceased had been in poor health all winter, but an attack of la grippe 'together with old age, brought about his Ideath, Mr. Haggert was 76- years of age. Re leaves ona daughter, Mrs, Fred Calder, of Stratford, and a brother and sister, David land Mrs. Adam Cochrane, of Brampton. He was for many years connected with Rag- gart Brothers' Manufacturing Company, of !Brampton. I—One evening, while Mr. James Levi, of • ,Hibbert, was about leaving Mitehell for home, he met with a terrible aecidmitswhich ,will be the means of confining him to the house for a long time. About three o'clock ;he when to get into his cutter, whicla was. standing in front of the Collison House,. w hhe missed his footing and fell on the ice, nIt was at first thought that no harm was done. When a doctor was summoned he found that the unfottanate , matt had broken his ankle in two places and twisted his foot part way around, causing a had fracture.