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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1900-09-07, Page 1of live re will dented t leave mber's he fall nodern '08g. ie for e. emenee ouring id for- aments DB &lid o offer e com- itg ite • ton as t class inquee- mOBt VO Glut netithe er. mean. s• been ie close re not poeket etere to things nilth• e ash Vag -a late by 1 for eether lways has e He allege reeve etired %Et re - widow ! of a 'stead - piece Satin - this his v. e will nue.— eposed reside held ttend- .—Mr. leiting tinier] Carn. tkt a n, of d by yen - night layed d to I :am- -New d for teat and learn - ted iss tield, awe., and his reise. ied :a !tying -ident pert ie al- es 52.. and !Bran - 1 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,708; Six Months Remova movvioAAAAAAAAAAmovvvvim Hunt up the meaning of the word." integrity," cou the word "business," and you have the gu of our business. That wa want to do all t • poSsible, we will not deny, • You cannot giv chance to sell_ you'goods without us taking of :the chance. In other words; we always for prade ; and yet, in all .our keeiaess, t naay be said of our business dealing that the Path of business integrity; we use means of selling good. - For the last week or so we have represented that anxious to clear as much of our stock a owing to the fact of our intention of naoving, as we state it, and we will continue to clear letit with di g idea e lbnsiness s half a adjvantage fe 1 keen laink that e tick to ev ry fair 0• e were ossible, This is r lines. We will not be able to move for Some little tirke-yet, and in the meantime you will have plenty of -oppor- tunity to 'pick up some lines of goods at low rates— that is, if you need them. If you do not ncied the goods, the same would not be cheap to • you at any price. Call and see if you cannot-iise any of the lines, we will make the price interesting enough. School Children's List. A.line of caps will do for small girls for sph ol cap, pin on,or will be all right for small poy ; the rice to clear 10c. Other and better lines at 25c. - Those who have bought our own makes of boys' sc/p.o 1 pants at 50c and 75c, know that it does not pay t? sit down and -make these, when you consider ,the quahty we offer at this figure. Xhis season we, think that the line is better quality than ever. Some poop e like the sweater for boys, and it is 'a handy way o (ressing boys; we have thee at 25c, 350 and 450 n Icotton, and 750 in wool. There is at present a line of Ities on our counters at 10c, or three for 25c, whicl .0 odd lines being cleared, and these do very well ,fo boys' • school ties. A nice line of pocket handke c iefs at 5c each. Heavy ribbed. worsted stocking -s f oys at • 45c ,and 50c.. Men's List. LOL LOT LOT 1—Nineteen suite, sizes 34 to 44, serges and tweed, all colo dd lines, the sale price $.3.50. 2 --Forty-one suits, sizes 34 to 44; colors—brown f iy, hie aand black ---the _sale price $425: • aAvn, -gr pattern nd $11, wn ,and price $ 35 and o at the brawn, 50. luo and $8.50. tweed., c and patt nd double nd style, 3—TWenty-t1iree snit, siz;es 34,0 44, ,all shades an - odd lines, a number of whieh Sold as high as 10 sold, sale priep $6.45. • LOT 4—Twenty-seven suit, eizes 34 to 44, mostly br Some of our own make' of suits; starling cloths, sal 10T 5—A number -of dress uits, SiY,CS 42, 40, 38,37,.3 Ibiza-. worsted serge ; all we have left of this line (I LOT 6i—Large Piles of tweed. suits, .sizes 34 to 42, Tie}, 'cheeks and stripes, -$11 and $12 suits, sale price $8 LOT 7—Seventeen suits, des 34 to 12, double breasted, our MU make. Jost v-alue an the -market, sale-pri 1,0-T —Boys' thre-piece Suits, sizes 27 to 3-3, all colors. sale price $2.90. . 'LOT 9—Boys' three-piece suits, sizes 27 to 33, all shade's • price ranging from.$4.5o to $6.75, sale price $3.60, LOT 10—Boys' threie-pie,ce suits, sizes 23 to 33, single tweed and serge worsted dress snits, sale price $1.t3 LOT 11----Iloys' tw,J-picei3 suit, sizes 22 to 29, all shades • will go per suit, sale price $1.50. D a 12— Bap? two-piew snits, eizen .22 to 29, all patterns, good, made :grits, tine quality, side piice°$2.55. LOT 13-,-4ioys' two-piecc,;:nlitS, 417,Cli. 22 to 20, :di shades and pat .let, contains the very fittest goodel and make-up of two-plee of 1uch ranged u 'wive as high as - We offerthem- at t LOT 1.1---11oyi; hr o with; ea:fa size age 3 to e years. \ ▪ Te offer th lwr vent; dkeount. The lines are lirokein and to sale prie6 WI1L be from ::"-,z2 to $!').25. - -LO1 I:I—Tweed pants, a large pile. of tweed pants, yo'iiiT 'LOT -t(i_irweed trousers, your choice of $2 and $2,50 tr LOT 17-1"ine black pants, choice of fine black worCted price i.41.50. . IA a ek elle, the finest rain coat foe: the pritan Wil hese are d will be rir ,95 34, blue and alp prico $6. reeki brown colors. lajIc serges Pic4 of lot rn. Greig ac Clothiers and ;Furn On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG- BLOCK, Writing of his trip from Seaforth to , 1 0. 2.1R,, Rev, Rural Dean Hodgins says : . , • "No one need hesitate to travel West on a tanrist ticket. 1 pleasant rail trips 1 ever Wok in my life, and in euncompany wer this eountay cart produce.A porter goes with each car, and ev the comfort of the pa,sseogere. Tables are provided and other thi paratiau of Your own meala, or you may take them in the dieing This speaks Volumes for the popularity which greets the 0,1). it. almost invariably. On goptvniberthe llth, there will be a -harvest e-cursion good for two months from date of sale. Winnipeg, Deloraine, van, Binscarth, Moosomin, Tiamioata, Swan River, ; Regina, Yorktoni $30 ; Prince Albert, Calgary and aclood,. ti35 Red Edmonton, $ 10. For rates arid all other information, apply to tre regular breasted, This lot no04 well err This soine 10 t,ale. price s I no at 25 sizes the ce $1.50 ,C15, sale 31* the Cad dioice, sale pi users, sale 'pr* stripe 'trous plac. 011 she FO a tyi sale at Banff, via the was one of the most some of the b at people- ry attentio i paid to ge necessar fo the pre- :, , ar if you • sir the train se vice of R. J. MACDO, A tl e West, tleir, Este- ossejaW, Mer and C. P. R. AGENT, Sea orth. 0. BETHUNE, Agent for Merchants an Berlin Fire Insurance Companies, 7 Mutual A TERRI The worst perienced in western porti Assinibolle la oausiug enor destruction Fortunately, in several i were badly i the west and proaoh. At Whi were demolis windows bro $10,000. Crops wer implements a I The Piper lousily; Stan lows. The h blown to pie injured. M eighteen feet a wreck, and mile off the si the town was LE IT BA. Ind an rain storm ever ex. Manit ba passed over the n of t e province and eastern e Tuesd y night of last -week, ouu Ioi to farmera in the f hou , barns and stables. o less o life is reported, but stances occupants of houses jured. The storm came from aye am • le warning of its ap- SEAFORTH,' FRIDA. TORM IN MAN - wood, uiniboia, uildings ed, obi nays blown down and en. T e estimated damage is destro ed and farmhouses, d fence damned at Elkhorn. no Ores district suffSred ser - hag ero s are almoet a total use of Mr. A, Taylor was s and r. Taylor and wife und'el house turned hile M. Findlay's is ry we blown half a R. Tran's stable in .e north end of the e wind, and the Agri - 0. Webster's stable, Morden's workshop (JAL Oar TM carried over into the ditch. fine new brick rod - town was wrecked If a mile. . A. Steinburg, barn blown down. ad house were de- limit his stables and Mrs. Milne Wati injured. , VV. reed, a gran e. Mr. struck b At Pilet Mound, t town was si• cultural ,Gibbs' buggy laid in ruin several feet a slit by t mews. hed an .Aa d turns Mr. Frank 1 ublow'si dance, just ou side th and the roof o rried h • At Moose in, M farmer, had • is larg Mr. Sutton's barn atroyed, and r. bier ontbuildings. The town of Sour s, and district were badly damag d. ' In he town, the Sowdon rink was lif ed off its foundation and collapsed. he othe large skating and curling rink, •.olonglng to the Sourle Rink Company, ale suffer° . The tower of °,4 -the Roman Oath lie ohur h and front of Craw - ford's brick /Aire wer also blown out, as well an the smoketaoke - of elevators. FOrmers arri ing in own report consider- ' i able damage t outbuil inge, while grain is scattered in all direoti ng. . The roof o Mr. . J. Wilcox's store at 'Virden was taken off a d all the stook ex- posed to thr e hou s' rain. Cemeron's 1:very stable, Healey' furniture:store and Other buildin a were damaged, also barns and buildings! n the oo ntry. A 'stable eon- taining eleve horsea,t belonging to Mr. M. Nichol, of C If Montstain,, was struck by lightning and urned to the ground. Not one of.the her es escaped. Wapella, A oiniboia, w s the scene of a disastrous at rm of wlin , rain and hail the same night. Dark, I w•rimmed clouds gathered in he west a d northwest of the tewn. Sudd nly all, as still, and calm reigned supre e for a le minutes, then the hurricane eo menced. he wind blew a regular cycle i for a h rt time. ' It -was a terrible night or the t nspeople and get- tlei s. The p blic soh ol a stone structure, hacl one part of the ro f completely de- • stroyed; stabl s were e olished on eWery hind. But th- saddes hing to chronicle I is thedeath of Angus o onald and family, who were livi g on t ei farm about two miles from town. VVhe the ;term wa8 at its height, the decided o seek refuge in thacellan T e father t ok his daughter, a girl of two, in his arrrin while the mother took charge o the ha e boy aged six. Just as the f ther attempted to lift the cellar traeadoo , the wind had in some way got; undenthe houseand !blew the trapdoor into his face. !Seeing no escape that Way they ,decided to get oateide and attempted to catch the door, but before being able to do se the cyclone -lifted house and inmates, and in a few inutes .41 was desolation. Hope is enter ained that the mother will recover, but th .others are dead. Indep The twenty. High Court for dependent Ord Goderich last e tendance of de City ", looked c Dr. Cameron chief ranger,- Al McGarry, of N honor with him The other o Porter, Siincoe McCorinick, 8 Archdeacon D Dr. Piper, Lon Proud foot, G Brothers C. II R. D. Cameron • The high chi appointments : Hughes, Tilson rington ; 11. S. II. J. W., E. James Fry, Sa Listowel ;. H. Craig; II. Con H. Mees,', Dr. I . Nash, Tara ; H. organist, Miss Terrey, G emsby. PER INENT QpESTIONS. •Brother Ged es, of S. Thomas, said that (he statement had been lined° that the High, 0.ourt was pm loftily u °lees, and lthat the affairs of the Or er wer in the halide of the Supreme Execu ive, an he gave notice to the following e ect "That the 11 gh Sea ding Committee be instructed to a k the uprerne Executive far a return, showing : 1. The amount of Interest receive from investment of the Supreme Cour fund 2. Showing the amount receive as rentals from the Tem- ple Building. Show g the amount in- vested in the Te ple B ilding. 4. The cost of maintaining the T mple Building. 5. Showingin who:e name the deeds of the Temple are bel.. 6. mount invested in reel estate and ortga es respectively. 7. For what purpo es are the large amount's spent by the Su reme ourt, under the head of general Ma ageme t expenses:. These returns to cover the Yea a 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900. The 'nforin Lion when received to be furnished ach u bordinate court. CON :171,AT TIONs, Congratulator reizrks ware made by several on the f ct that , the Supreme Chief Ranger had bee elected to the position of preeident of the Fra r al Congress, then in seesion in Bo ton, n telegrams of con- gratulation wer sent to Dr. Oronhyatkelia, and also -to the rateni 1 Cougress. The following replY W;8 received to the congratulatory elegr m sent to Dr. Oronhy- atekha, who wa ther i. Boston : "To the officers and MO 1?era pf he High Court of Ontario, --I api reciate deeply the , kindly message of the othe igh Court of this order-. Say to t e min ere assembled my regret -at not being able o meet with them this year cann t be e pressed in words. This is the first time 1 have been absent eince the High (ourt waz instituted. I con- gratulate the High,Cour on the magnificent work done duri g the resent administra- tion. This is t e large;t meeting of the nd entl Foresters. - hird annual session of the W stern Ontario, of the In. ✓ of Foresters, was held in sek. There was a large at- egates; !and the "Circalar uite liv of Cla r. Kerr, agnate, ,ly for a few daye, t, was elected 1 igh f Hamilton and D.C. Palle, disputing • the cars eleeted were : Broeher vice &lief ranger ; Frank Thomas, high secretaty ; vie, London, high treasurer ; on, high physician; Brother derich,, high councillor ; Merrifield, Mmakton, and Lucknow, high auditors. f raiger made the following chaplaiin Rev, le, . J. S,, It. A. Har- Eilber, M.• P. P. ; Mitchell ; 11. S. B., J. B., H: Maloney, J. Dancey, Allier). Goodman, Cayuga ; High urg ; W., Davis, nia IL Ware, , A. K. • Congress ever held, and the I. 0. F princi- pals are decidedly on top. (Signe ) Cron- hyatekha, S. 0. R., President Nati nal Fra- ternal Congress." Huron Notes. —James T. Duncan, of Morris, to Regina, Northwest Territory, -- .t the Normal school, preparatory ,te4 in the West. —Mr. George Pierie, jr., who spending Nome months _-with his p Morris township, has returned to peg. —J. H. Chieholm, of Wingham, °opted a position as traveller with t Shuttleworth Chemical Company, ronto. —The dwelling of Mr. George parling, of Cranbrook, was damaged by fire t e other day. The fire was caused by a spar ditch- ing on the roof. —A well known resident of ✓ ports having seen a ghost while w y home the other night, but d • ith not what he had to eat or drin —Young & Paulin, hardware me o Wingham, have dissolved part T e business will bo continued Y ung, and Mr; Paulin will go west —Mrs. David Erwin, a former re ident of B yth, died in the hospital at Ma le Ran- i s, Michigan, on Monday mornin of last ek, from oanoer. — The barn of Mr. Thomas Ti ford, of A berley,was struck by lightning Satur- d y night, 25th ult., and destroyed, ogether w th nearly all the season's crop. —A alight change has been mas e in the carrying of the mail between Port es Hill and Holmesville. Hereafter the ail will go out on Wednesdays instead of T esdayg. —R. Lesiherdale, of Brussels, a d Spence, of Ethel, have been presen ed with veteran's jewels by the Brussels Od s fellows, they having been membere of the rder for twenty-five years. — Mr.i.A. Mal), Allan, of Goder oh, left on Wedneeday of last week, for aria, to assume his dutiee in connection ith the Canadian fruit exhibit at the great exposi- tion. —Henry Smith, of Springhurst Farm, Usborne, purchased at the stook sal of W. D. Flatt, at Chicago, a high bred 5 urham cow, for which he paid $700. M Smith is bound to be in the front row in th stook line. —Richard Kinsman met with an cadent last week, while working at a well in Mor- ris. By some means or other, the ! indlaes handle struck him with such force on the shoulder as to break the shoulder b ade. ---Alex. Dyer, of Exeter, met with a slight accident to his face the othe day by the bursting of an, emery wheel in the factory. He was knocked to the 1 oor in- s° Bible, and it was thought at firet is eye w s injurer]. James M, Martin, of Brussels, one of P. Ament's tearesteis, was loading his w gon with dabs -at the mill on T uraday of last week, when a large pile fell •n him, braking two or three ribs, crushing his oh st and slightly damaging hie hea The following persons left Exe er eta - ti n, last week, on the Manitoba ex ursion T emu Clarke, W. J. Sawyer, I. Harvey and Paul Madge and daughter, 11 borne; R ger Northcott, HayVV. H. arsons and W. S. Lang and family, of Exet r. One of the largest concrete oul erts in th county has been built on the bo ndary, be Woon Turnberry and East Wa anosh, ne r`Robert Currie's farm. It is 0 feet lo g, and was built by F. (-utterdge, of Se forth. J. S. Whittaker, who has been cutter wi h Homuth & Sons, of Wingham, eft last W ek for London, England, where he will vi it with his parents for a co phi Of m nths. Mrs. Whittaker is now via ting he parents' home in Brockville. We deeply aregret to have to ote the de ease of Mrs. Baxter, the beloved ife of W lliam Baxter, near Crewe, Ashfield, w ich took place on Thursday of las week, after a protracted illness. Her -emains we e interred in Dungannon eemeter • De- co sed was 27teszears of age. Mr. W. II. tnitely, a reepecte I resi- de itt of Lendesborc departed this ife en M nday of last weele, after an illn as ex- te ding over seven mouths. Mr. N, hitely wa well known as a builder and, con motor, an was highly esteeined. He I ayes 'a wi ow and five children. Mr. W. Hardy, who has been li ing on of Mr. Elbert Miller's farms, on the e line, Coderich township,has bou ht the y acre farm of Mr, Thomas Moore on the don Road, Tuckersmith, a mile s.uth of ton. Ile takes possession at one . The e paid was something over $3,000 as gone attend aching as been rents in Winni. has ac- e E. B. of To. V II inghaan on his ponent chants, ership. y Mr. le l• • on ba fif Lo Cli pri Be ci r M. a. of • 11 Anniversary services are annou ced for hel Methodist church, Whit °herd) uit, on Sunday, September 9eh. Rev. J. Wilson, of Nile, will preach a 10:$0 . and 7 p. tn,, and Rev. A. G. arrie, ucknow, at 2:30 p. m. On the follow - Monday evening a tea -meeting nd ell- tertninmenb will be held, -;-On Sunday evening, 26th ult., during the storm, the house of Mrs. Scott, on the 2ad concession of Stanley, Was str ck by lightning. It came in by way of th chim- ney, which was destroyed, and knoc ed the gable end out of the house ; the bed lothes in the room were also rolled up into a ban, aud, sin.gular to say, nothingtoOk' fir . —On Friday, August•24th, Mery , wife of Mr. Thames, Cooper, of the 9th con ession .of Grey, passed away from time at th earty ago of 26 years, 7 months and 1 day, Heart failure in connection with chi' dbirth was the cause of deceasq, The ba y eves still -born. Deeeased was a daughter of Mie S. Amour. —On Saturday of last week two parcels of land in -the first concession of OoL borne, belonging to the estate of the late Jamas Sande, were sold at auction. T o firat parcel, containing fifty-two acres . with dwelling, etc., was purchased by home McLean for $2,900. The second p reel f eighteen acres was sold to A.Sands fir $30). —Rose Ann Treleaven, the belov d wi e of; George Stothers, of West Wo. alms-, died after a short illnems on Sunda aftet- noon, August 26th, at the age of thi by -fide years. The deceaaed left behind a infant girl about three weeks of age. Tho sincere sympathy of the community is exte ded to the bereft husband and other relat yes of the deceased. —While working at Mr. Edward Balls new dwelling, south boundary of S ephen, the other day, alr. George Holtz an, 4f Crediton, took a fainting spell and fell o the scaffold to the ground, a dist nee 41 about 24 feet. He was picked up neon cioue, but was soon able to be take. home. Beyond a severe shaking up an. smite bruises, Mr. Holtzman came off very luck. He is now able to bearound again. —The Goderich Signal says : ' copy of the Cape Argue, of Cape Town Sou h Africa, is before us, with a list of su cesef 1 candidates in an elementary examina ion f r the University of the Cape of Goo Hop The first name in the list for t e Ci y echoole is that of Edward Huron • cCo nell, who is the eldest son of D. E. cCo nell, formerry of Ashfield. Mast -r M. • PTEMBER 7, 1900. Books and Supplies AL FOR PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, SEPARATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. THE NEWEST EDITIONS AT LOWEST PRICES. X. WINTER, SEAFORtli. Connell stands third in a list of some 2,000 candidates, representing • all competing schools and colleges in South Africa. The ground covered corresponds very closely to the rquirements for the old third.olass teachers' certificate in Ontario, with the addition of Latin and Dutch. This ex- ceedingly creditable position, with a bur - leery of $85 and a silver medal, has been won 'by a boy of fourteen." —The seholarehips awarded by the senate of Toronto University in connection with the annual matriculation examinations, were announced last week. Miss Grace M. Strang, of Goderieh Collegiate Institute, took a very creditable standing in the ex- amination and won one of the Edward Blake scholarships for general.proficiency. Miss A. Chidleyi of Clinton Collegiate In- stitute, was awarded one of the Edward Blake seholarshi a in mathematics —The financia. triot Will conven in the Methodist church, ! meeting of Wingham dig- ' Whitechurch, on Tuesday, September Ilth, at 10 a. m. At 2:20 .p. m. a convention will be held in the interest of the twentieth century evangelistic movement. A convera ation will follow short addresses on "Our Need of a Revival," by Rev. C. V. Lake, and " The Best Metheds to PromoteIt," by Rev. A. G. Harris. At 7 p. m., a sermon will be preached by Rev-. 5. Holmes, follow- ed by a sacramental service. , —Wednesday of last week, Charles Hese, who lives near Ethel, came to Brussels and drew some $75 :or thereabouts from the Standard Bank, for fiax sold to Cameron Brothers, Cre.nbrook. He gave $10 of it to his daughter, and shortly met' in with Rob- ert Rae, of GValton. • Liquor!' refreshments were partaken of, and ere long Mr. Rose went to sleep at the Queen's Hotel. When he awoke he was minus sixty odd dollars, which he said had been extracted from his puree, the latter being left. A warrant was sworn out, charging Mr. Rae with having taken the bills. —On Monday evening, August 27th, the home of James A. Mallough, of Dungannon, was the scene of a happy event, when his sister, Miss Julia Mallough, of Dungannon, ; late of the Toronto Deaconess' Home was united in the sacred bonds of wedloclk to Rev. Alfred A. Thompson, B. A., of Reston, Manitoba. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Chown, president of the ,To- ronto conference, assisted- by Revn C. V. Lake, of Wroxeter, and was witnessed by about, thirty guests, mostly immediate rola- tives of the bride and groom. —The following from a Swan River, Mani- toba, paper, refers to the marriage of two former young Winghamites : " Another of our most eligible bachelors has joined the ranks'Ole the benedicts. This time it is Minitonas' popular merchant, Jams !Po- cock. His friends were left ander thelm. pression here that Winnipeg industries was the sole and only attraction drawing hini to the city during exhibition week. . It lap, pears now that a yoking lady from Wing - ham, Ontario, MSS Lizzie Drew, had also her affections foeused on the city dtieing this week. They were married on July 27th, by the Rev. Mr, Vineent." ; —We sincerely regret to have to chronicle the decease, at the age of sixty-four years, of Mary Ann, the beloved wife of Charles Robinson, postmaster at Prosperity, which occult -red at his residence West Wawanesh, on Sunday afternoon, August 261h. The deceased had beeei for many years in deli- cate health. She was highly esteemed by all who had the ptivilege of being acquaint. ed with her, wee quiet and unobtrusive, and au: excellent neighbor. The bereaved husband has lost a good partner and the sons and daughters have to mourn the de- parture of a loving and kind mother. The deceased was a resident of Ashfield for - many,years. —Richard Kessel, an employe of the Sutherland -Innis Comptiny, at Bryanston, and son oi Mr. Eugene Kessel, of Exeter, net with an accident at the works in that place on Monday, which nearly cost him his life, He was engaged in wheeling a barrow of staves, when one of/ the saws on the equalizer came in contact with his load, throwing him off his balance and thrusting him agaiaet the saw at the other end, which was revolving at a rapid speed and going through his clothing, cut a large and pain- ful 4aah in his shoulder. It is indeed sur- prising how he escaped with his life. —A bright, promising young woman, who was born in Clinton, but who has resided in the west long 'enough to grow out of the recollections of nany of the townspeople of Clinton, died seddenly at her home in Charles City, Iowa. We refer to Miss Lil- lian Wilson, only daughter of Mr. Samuel Wilson, and grand -daughter of Mr. Peter Straith. She was only ill a couple of days, and had every prospect of a happy and use- ful life before her, as she had only graduat- ed laet March. She was about 20 years of age. The remeine of her mother were in- terred in Clinton cemetery a couple of years ago. --The Courier -Democrat, of Langdon, North Dakota, of August 23rd, contains the following sad newo, in which former Brusseliti es are nterested : "Perhaps 110 death in child lifel that has occurred in this community so profoundly affected everyone with sorrow as that of James Stuart, the youngest child of State Attorney and Mre. W. B. Dickson. The little follow's con- stant struggle with the grim reaper for several months past, had filled everydne with hope that medical skill and nursing, combined with the strong vitality of the patient, would filially win the battle, but it was not to be. He had been sickly since his birth, about a year and a half ago, though at times he would rally for a short time and appear to gain strength." —The Hamilton Times of Friday last has the following: Mr. James Toveker, a mid- dle-aged widower from Wingham, came to the eity yesterday to try to find his fiancee, a widow, when name is Mrs. Martha Mc- Kinnon, whose address he didn't know. He said Mrs. McKinnon came here about a month ago from his town, and they had corresponded frequently till a week ago. He had written her several letters in the last week, but had received no reply. He sent them as usual to general delivery, but they had not been called for. This caused him much uneasiness, and on advice he went to the two hospitals"- and made inquiries. He got no trace of her. Mr. Teveker consulted the detectives in the evening. He was register- ed at Buckingham's hotel, Stuart street. While Mr. Toveker was away looking for Mrs. McKinnon his eight-year-old daugh- ter, Matilda, went to the foot of Simcoe street to take a swim. She left her clothes on the shore, and while she was in the wa- ter some little girls ran away with her dress, petticoats and shoes. They left a few things for her to put on, however, and she was able to get home without having to re- sort to a barrel. This matter was reported to the detectives. —The death of Mrs. George Blatehford, of Thames road, Umborne, occurred on Thurs. day, August 23rd, after an illness ef 11 years' duration. She had been suffering trom a general decline, and while helpless for some time, had been confined to her bed but a few weeks, Deceased was born in Cornwall, England, and at the age of 14 years, emigrated to this country with her parents, who settled in Port Hope, where I she lived until she wedded George Blateh- ford, when, with her husband, she came weet and settled near Exeter. Mrs. Blateh- ford wag highly esteemed by a large circle of friends, She was a member of the Meth- odist church, and her long ilinese was borne with christian resignation. She leaves a husband and two sons to survive. —Mrs. Reynolds, mother. of Mr. James • Reynolds, of the 4ele concession of Hullette is just pausing into her 90th year, and is a wonderfully active and well-preserved wo- man for on who has seen so many winters. She came to this country with her late hus- band some 60 years ago, and settled at once on the farm on which she has since resided. She was, in her early days, a woman of wonderful vigor, and many a time walked to Goderich and back to attend divine ser- vice, as horses were very scam. Her home was always one of hospitality, and no one enjoyed the social gatherings of the young more than she. She was a great reader, and never used glasses all her life, while her hearing and memory are as good as ever. —The following chapter of accidents is reported from Clinton : The other day, while Mrs. W. C. Searle was standing on a stepladder, she fell and cut her nose BO severely that it was necessary to call in a doctor and sew up the wound.—The BELMO day a plank fell on Mr. Searle's big toe, while protected by nothing but a pair of slippers, hurting it so that he was lame for several days.—On Saturday last,Hiram Hill met with an accident which might have been more eerious to him. As he was driv- ing along Albert street, a dog ran out and frightened his horse, which bolted to one side. The light wagon he was occupying was turned over, and fell on Mr. Hill, who wag, dragged a short distance, but the horse, throwing itself, was held down and prevent-. ed from doing worse injury. Mr. Hill was. pretty badly bruised, and had a small bone in his left shoulder bkoken.—The day previ- owl, as Mr. Edward Cantelon was driving home with a load of eggs, the bolt in the double -tree broke just as he reached the top of a hill, causing the wagon to upset. He had the misfortune to break about 100 dozen of eggs, but managed to escape unhurt him- self. —The Brussele Poet gives the following description of the excentricities of light- ning during a recent thunder storm : '1William Blashill'e residence was the only property interfered with outside of the nervoue system of many residents. • Mr. Blashill was reading and Mrs. Blashill and Beatrich were in the dining -room with him. His younger daughter, Vic., had retired to bed, and the butcher boy, Wilbert Rae, was locked in the arms of Morpheue. Suddenly the crash of thunder came and Mr. Mullin says the house shook as if some giant blow had fallen upon it. When no one was injured downetairs and no sign of fire, the door was opened to allow the strong eul- phurous smell to escape, and Mr. Blashill took the light and went upstairs to in- vestigate. The boy's bed was covered with particles of plaster, the paper on the wall was scorched in several places, holes punched in the plaster and picture mould- ings blackened, but nothing more serious. The lad said the noiee-of the thunder woke = him up, but he appeared to be hone the worse for the close call he had. Oatside a board on the north-west corner of the house was split near the dowucorner from the eavetrough." • Canada. —The arrivals of iminigrante et Winni- peg daring August oumbered 2,041. —The house of Adam Green, near Breoks- dalo, was entered by burglars on Monday of last week and the burn of $107 was etolen. —The employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway shops from Fort William to the coast, who went out on strike, one month ago, have returned to work. —The business section of Atlin, Briti-sh Columbia, was wiped out by fire on Sunday last, causing damage to the extent of $40,- 000. —On Sunday afternoon fire destroyed large frame building on King street, Lon- don, used as a feed store and livery stable. Two horses perished in the flames. —Fred McIntyre, employed in Chieholnes saw mill at Rodin, fell against the saw of a shingle machine, and his left arm was com- pletely severed just below the elbow. —Eating green apples and then bathing in the sun caueed the death of Miss M. V. Cempeau, aged 1,5, at Wolfe:Island, Satur- day. She was ill but two hours. —The Fishery Department of the pro- vince draws attention to the fact that under the new law the trout season closed on Friday last.' The close beaeon now hats from September 1 to August. 30. — The reduction to two cents in the letter rate between Canada and Porto Rico, Hawaii, Philippines and United Staten' islands of the Samoan group, is to take effect on the first of October. —Rev. Dr. Menzies, his wife and two children, and Rev. Dr. 'McKenzie have ar- rived in Winnipeg from Honan,,China. On their journey from_ Henan to Foo -chow, they had an exciting- time, having to travel a long distance through Boxer districts. ' —Mr. J. E. Mullin, president off the Montreal Cold Storage & Freezing Com- pany, says that the company has been robbed of $300,000 and bogus warehouse receipts were negotiated with the bank. There are setious dissensions among the directors and the estate is likely to go into liquidation. —A dreadful accident occurred Friday evening, at the Cordova Exploration mine, Marmora. Two men, Ira Derry, of Malone, and Mr. MoKuglin, of Blairton, were finish- ing loading drill holes in the mine and were putting caps on the last charge of dynamite when an explosion took place. Both men were killed instantly. — Premier Ross and Messrs. Dryden, Harcourt and Stratton, on Friday, rez.eived a deputation who asked for a bounty equiva- lent to a cent a pound in aid of the produc- tion of beet sugar in Ontario. It was claim- ed that if the assistance asked for WELS granted it would result in the establish. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers; I $1. a Year in Advance. mut of a large and flourishing industry in the province and neceesitate the erection df many factories. Hon. Mr. Roeepointed out that the Government were having testa made as to the saccharine qualities of beets' grown in different parts of Ontario, and the, matter would have to stand over for further consideration until these tests were -sOn- cluded. —Dr. Bryce, provincial health inspector, disarming the outbreak of the plague in Glasgow, which has closed trade connection with Canada by way of Montreal, expressed the view that the disease may possibly in- vade some of the coast cities of the United States although the danger to the Canadi- an Atlantic 'orte is not so great. —Alexander McNeil, one of the largest grape growers in Essex dimity, says that the grape crop will be far below the averagq in that county this season. The severe weather in February, 1899, and again last spring injured the vines badly. Be places his own loss this season at $3,006. —One of the most serious lumber fires that has occurred for many years in Mon- treal, broke out at 4 o'clock Friday morn- ing and resulted in the entire' destruction of property covering an area of 160,000 feet, doing damage to the extent of about$43,- 000, of Which nob more than one-half ia covered by insurance. —john McKenzie, a marine fireman, who made his home at Owen Sound, was drowned off the steamer Joe Martin, in Wiarton harbor before daylight Thursday morning of last week. In putting up the gangway plank he uneonsciously stepped off the boat. He mile to the surface only once, and in the darkness it was impossible to render him aid. McKenzie was an un- married man about 25 years ef age. His parents reside near Toronto. —George Lambton Hobson, Of Welland, cleik of the first division court,i and treas- urer of the county of Wella.nd, died ab Welland Friday morning, after in illness of some months. He was a son' of the late - Sheriff Hobson, and for many, years was deputy sheriff, and in 1884 wasla candidate in the C nservative cause for the kohl Legialature. He was one of the most popular men in the county of Welland and his death is universally regrettedlie leaved a widow and two daughteas, —Captain Patrick J. Larkin, One of the pioneers' ot the Niagara district,:died at his residence in St. Catharines Friday evening of cancer of the throat. had been ill for about eight months, and a fatal result was not unexpected, as the patient's age made recovery highly improbable. Captain Larkin. was 71 years of age. He was a member of the -firm of Larkin,. Connolly & Co„ contractors , and has done several large contracts for the Dominion Government, among them a portion of the Welland canal lock and the Eigniimalt dock. • —Early Sunday morning, at Waterloo, the nightwatchman's dog was shot dead and Nightwatcherian Peppier was wounded in the legs by a shot from a shot un in the hands of Mr. Joseph Alexander, a -man well .known around the town. Abo t an hour before the shot was fired the do had jump- ed on Mr. Alexander. When the night- watchman helped him into the hotel where he boarded Alexander threatened to shoot the beast. When Mr. Peppier made his hourly round past the hotel a eh t was fired, killing the dog and wounding the night- watchman. The gun was found in bed with the prisoner. —A fetal accident occurred F iday morn- ing at the railway station nt B Bovine, by which Mies Tillie McCrudden, a Belleville dressmaker, lost her life. She h d been in Toronto and left there the pr vro-ne night for -home. She fell asleep, and when the train moved out from Bellevill she awoke and jumped off. She was caug it between the platform and ear and bad y crushed. She was taken to the hospital, where she died four hours later. Deceatied was 32 years of age and leaves a motter, brother and three sietere surviving her. She was a. very eatimable young woman, who had many friends in that town. —A big haul was made on Frulay night at Niagara Fails by pickpockets, who re- lieved a wealthy Indian indiga -merchant named Anend A Advani, of a letter of credit for C5,000 and $185 in cash, Advani misaed the motley at the Whirlpool Rapids, banal-, on the Gorge railroade It is al- together probable- that pieltpoe,kete wha have been workina about the Falls during Auguee Beenred his money. Advent bee °Meet!! in Bombay, Jalcutta, Beekman and London and is reputed to be one of the wealthiest East Indian merchants who have ever vieited this country. • —Rev. J. Goforth, a Canadian miseion- ary in China, who has two brothers in Mit- chell and one in Monliton, had a terrible experience and narrowly e.ecaped with his life. ale was ba lly bruised with etenes, severareword gashes on the left arm, and a sword cut, about two inches log, on the back of the head. Another ' cut went througlehis hat, jetet over his temple, but did not bejure him. He was ale° clubbed over the bead. ' —Mrs. George Levels ige, wife of the /ate county treasure.rof Perthnlied ha Woodstock on 'Wednesday, Anted 22nd, an the home of her brother, Mr. L. W. Venticeer. Mrs. Leversage- went to Woodseock about a, month ago, apparently in good health, but about two weeks ago she was taken iIL Her death, however, was not antieipated until a very short time before she passed away. It is only about four months since her late husband was cut off. —During the thunder storm on Friday night, 24th ult., one of the barna belonging to Mr. George &ride', on the 10th contes- Edon of alorningten, was struck by lightning and burned. It was the barn on his 50 acres, not the one near his house, The loss will be about $1,000 ; he has $600 insurance in the Elmo. Farmers' Mutual. Mr. Ridded had no insurance on the contents. He had about 18 loads of oats in the barn and some implements and will lose about $300 on the Contents. —The following pupils will attend the , Perth Model schools this term : Stratford' school,—Agnes Johneten, Elsie G. Ross, Ethel Salvadage, Carrie McKnight, Saninel Morrow M. McCaffrey, of Stratfordillelle Q. Roxbury, Avonton ; Edythe Fair and Maud Fair, Luoan'Marie Dalrymple, Lakeside ; Sadie Phillips and Agnes E. Brownell, Seaforth ; Cora Waring, John Thompson and Olive M. /Spalding, St. Marys, Alieeter M, Murray, Newton, L. Langtord, Milverton, A. M. Little, Donegal, W. J. Torrance and Ernie Tom- linson, Listowel, eanstin McFadden and Henry McFadden, ; Arthur Les- lie, Elmwood, B,evin Granger, Moleaworth Violet V. Simpeen, Winthrop and James Gaynor and Cora Forbes, Lisiowel. Mit- chell school,—Edith T. HurIburt, Edna Edwards, Annie Dougherty, Belle Dow, Hattie Wright, Lewes Robinson, Wm. May„Leelie Hooper, Horace Hurlburt and Robert Francis, Mitchell, Alice Brown, 8. Marye, Wm. Robertson, Monkten garding, Anderson; Howard F. kartry and Beatrice Panchard, Seaforth. 1