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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1900-09-14, Page 1OC) 11181111•••••• th of live tore will eedented f it lefty- otember's t haa not It es much ,n it was the fall , modern wres. Udine for irrirtiense ; pouring .iisnd for. ignments• 'rues and to offer .,!are coms • .ning I te tic% aa [gh elk(*) tift(t1108- era most - 'give, our • iornetirne • ober. e mean. hae been sme close "e're not te pocket ornere to s,d thioge and ;h( arch! r .of their tower - I belt. t efully were, or I 2\1r. :13s* 1,1iy ele • tnre( erinand II epend re- „ lenone _ • 'hie- efretie • re- , sset- esteem fele fsi nx lone .!••• el item ee con - se new 1)4 - en - 11 tine re it, a (died ing. tho • light •atter ef the n•onto John 5 in DC, a trict, •ageee vieits a trip orrery —Mr. ierade th will earn THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NIA/113ER, 1,709, SEAFORTII, ilnIDAY SEPTEMBER 14,11900. Study Human WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAANY' If you have any taste for the study of human nature, there is lots of roona for the exercise of the taste. We came acrossi a rare bit the other. day. The dialogue of the case went like this: An old customer CaMe in the stare, and we were feeling very much in the hu- mor for selling hira a fall suit, and addressed him, saying well Nio hope that we are going to sell you a nice outfit for Fall. No, he said, I think not; I am going to buy elsewhere. Why, we said; are you' not satisfied with the fit and' quality of goods we have been giving. you for the last four years ? Yes, was the answer, I have nothing to complain of on that score; in fact, he added, I am inclined to think that your qualities and prices ace all riiht. We asked, what in the name (4 com- mon sense he asked fOr morel and' the stunning answer was that he thought that we were doing too well, and of course, his trade takep away would be so rauchetaken from our well -doing and prosly,rity, It certain- ly was a.queer case, and we are, not yet donefiguring as to( what the twist in that rean's brain must have been. It is odd. However, as this is purely in the line of an advertisement, -and a small bit of store news, there may be other matters more interesting to you, • We are not here to deny, or for that matter to proclaim, -that we are doing well. 'ell for esents e time do not you get ilre that may be 6n who 4ing for What we wish to interest you in is, whether or no can we do - you ? so well, that it will pay you to deal with us. Our stock r the largest striotly clothing store in the county, and at the sa the most economically run store. No waste, no old goods, we take trade, and, therefore, do not charge you trade prices, for if -more than the cash market price for your produce, you may be you pay more than the cashpricefor the goods you buy. It denied, but it is a fact nevertheless, take your' produce to the will give you cash for it, and then buy your suits and other cl the cash. It's the better way by far. Boys' List. We.,have been pleased with the result of the sale from this list. Tha crduroy school caps, at 10; are wonders to every one. The •-boys', pants at 50c, 65e and 75c, our own make, are better than ever this season. e have -a nice undershirt for small boys, will do nice,ly for fall ; the pri is 18; Naturally you will not look forl niuch a&. the price, there is a surprise awaiting the purchaser of this line—see therm Boys' white shi ts, laun-• dried, 50c;. unlaundried, 35e. Boys' colored shirts, soft bedie to be WOTII With white collar, 39c. A line of ties that do nicely for ifie boys, three for 25c, Threshers' List. Are you a thresher, or do you have any threshing to do ? We can i1re you comfortable, wide brim hats, black, brown or fawn, at 50c, G5d95e, $1, $1,25. Smocks that button tight up about the neck, regular chaly shed- ders, at 75c and $1. Overalls, our own make, at 750 and $1 ; ,thOse are sewnwith linen throughout, and are sure not to rip at a critica! time. Bandana handkerchiefs for the perspiration at -three for 25c, twc or 25c, and 15c straight—fast colors. Men's List for use other than at work, for better wear in fac There may be better value in the iharket-2inyt1iing is possible—but we have never placed Eyes on anything in the line of an all -wool suit a a low figure, that equals the suit we sell at $4.50. - We have just had h large lot passed into stock—take a look at tlle line. Therefore so many artieles we might mention that are daily. sellers' wit t that are really worlby goods in: every Way. There is the bucks all, best quality, $1 ; the unionTeloth pant at $1; and a • 'wear Many people liketo make the overalls at home, -'and buy the el • :have a large stock of cottonade goods, and we -cut the cloth free. :f • : _ In our Tailoring Depart:ment .we keep an aqrage of fifteen hands emplo every made to -order garment -leaving our storp must satisfy the before it satisfies us. We 'start -the ordered work at,$10, and tl run as high, as 630 a suit., all 1i1eperniing on the cloth, the linieg. woikmanship. There are'speCials ii the West of -England- su $16.50 ; the Trish, or as the old fashioned name ...was policema . at $1z--; Scotch tweeds at $16,50, Canadian- Paris card, best. w 417.50, - s, and ii over- ', it is. • We d, and stonier fo prices A d. the a ing at , serge ight„ at A Pvecial worsted trousering at .:;3.25._ The new thing -in. fall overcoat 4g, NT • Ip. We have just received allarge, stock of the cap which, by force of eireunistanCee, hoe become kmiwn as the " Billereed ;" the'priee vi1J be 65c., Moro is also in Stock what we On a mud coat, just the ti jng for walking and driving in the hiuddy weather ; the price will c nmend itself, viz, $3. McLEAN BROS., Publishers: I $1 a Tear in Advance. HE CHINESE, MISSION- and the courtyard; was jammed With the A RIEO. mob. It was too dark to see in the build- ing. Finally we persuaded the people that if they would go into the courtyard we would show them the children, whom they seemed ourioua to aee. The officials of the nn ,eity came to us and said : Go away; go he&wee., y Mr. Goforth replied: If you are THEIR TERRIBLE ENPERIENjES AS RELATED BY ONE OF THEMSELVES. • A party* of Canadian ninion&ries w came through the troubloue period of t early summer in China, arrived in Toron lest week, after fearful experiences. Amo thote who are in the city ara Rev. Jonath Goforth, Mrs. Goforth and children; D Dore, a lady physician, and her assistan Mils McIntosh; Miss Slethman, of Soo land ; and Miss Pike, of Brantford. Puring the flight -from Cheng-te-Fu to t coaat Mr. Goforth was wounded with ni sword-oute and nine blows from clubs, an has not entirely recovered from his injurie Mrs. Goforth, who came through it wit her children, the youngest being a babe seven months, tells a most ithr lling stor She by the way, is e sister of the we ',- kis° n Canadian artist. Mr. F. M. Bell. Sm th. As a non-combatant, she was an eye witness of all the eventa of the journey of 23 days, from Chen.te-Fu to Han -How. Ddr. Goforth is a native of the county of ertb. He has two brothers residing in Mitthell and one in Elnia townshiFi. He is we! ITO 11 to going to kill us, kill us here and have done ng with it. But remenper our blood will be up an on your heade.If you want us to go, giye us r. money and let us go perieefully,” In the t, darkness of the early morning we left In b- oarte. PAUL GOFORTH LOST. he "In the darkness we oat Mr. Grath and De e. of knewn to many reader d of Tire- Extos- I now believe in the Providence of God as I never did before," said Mrs. Oefarth, int4111-ng her experience. THE FIRST ALARM. " We had charge of on of three stations in the northern half of the province of Ho - hen,'" said Mrs. Goforth, "The Yellow river divides the district inte two parts, and the laorthern section is shaped like an equal- ateral triangle. In one of the angles Cheng-te-Fu is situated. I is surrounded by a farming country, and, owing to the faihire of the crops and the consequent presence of famine, the p ople were limit epring in a very unsettled a ate, However, we *ere in total ignorance o the events on the coast, although our mail z were delayed after the middle of May. E rly in June we • rece ved a. telegram tellin:, us to escape eouti and avoid Tien -Tei. The word 4 eadape ' alarmed us, as we did not know what was wrong at the coat., and Tien- Tsin had been on our usual route out of China 4Ve did not leave, owever, but on Jun25th we received an mperative tele- grai to leave by the southe n route., Dur. the period that elapsed etween the two telegrams, our little claughtir Florence, was tkerth we left cart, t e byparty includ- 28ill With throat trouble and died. On Juni ing a large number from ot er stations in Hon n. Our rout lay dire.t south. i "During the fir t few da s of our jour- ney y cart we su ered inte sely from the heat and ib was o ly by han ing wet sheets in front of our arts and applying wet cloths to our head that w escaped stin- strot e. During t e early p rt of the jour- ney he party disided, an one convoy, beaded hy Mr. Ja ieson, w o is connected with an American ailway a ndicate, went ahea . On the ni th day o r party reached the ity of Hein -Tien, and h re we learned that the movemen • -ageinst foreigners was at it height. One of the servants over- hear the Chinese eying that the foreigners would be murdere at the ei de, gate in; the mor ing, e ' ATTACKED A1.951 STONED. It e were not tolested t ever, and next mar ing whe ther must have ben thirty and hinese abroad o see us wall were black' ith peo not tteek ue, fiow ver, alth had one to the cit.' gates pr deat . After w passed noth ng happened turned a Gofo th that we ha had a for n thing, and th t they to ki I us'after all, mb just t a pa ty of four or 6ve hundr elevation, and ea d : "'T hea huouiort OID ere ofo all t f th ot. Ch nd a -p fr 10 a N. B. Over and above the reular six m sale, we will hold on the last Saturday o month, the 29th of September, our semi -a Futurity' Sale. Keep that date in view, prove intefesting to the shrewd buyer. adoll ths' this nual will Clothiers ani Furnishers °lithe Wrong Side of the pitreeti STRONG BLOCK, SEIFOR 11 It is generally acknowledged that for quick travia for comfort, for civility, and obliging officials, the C Is without an equal in these iespects. For all: infor ation, apply to any C. P. R. agent, or R. 3. MA C. P. R. A 0, BETHUNE, Agent for Fire Insur DONAT ENT, Seaforth. ercha,nts and Berlin Mutual ce Companies. ." When w were armed w d down upon over the car the.showers o killed at the th jumped fro vice and rise ir awords and as covered wi - His head w tramper carne Mr. Goforth g ve himsel but by the mercy o God the sword turned in the, man's hand j st as he etruck. - Dr. LealiO was slashed in fifteen places, and .his knee -pap cut in tee.. Mr.McKenzie had maul flesh wounds and Mr Griffith was also ut. . PLEADED F HR. I3ABY'S LIFE. " I was sitting in the cart with my little baby in my arms a d 'four men came and struc at the child ith their swords. One swor blow came within a quarter of an inch, I pleaded fo my baby's -life in Chin. ese, and implored t lem not to kill my child- ren. They oomme eed to drag the trunks from he cart, and told " them to take all the bnoty they wis ed, but to leave the little (Mee unharme , While I was talking, Mr. °forth, who I feared was killed, strug led to the ea t, "and the eart got awa,y, leaving all our belo gings behind. "Only one serve t deserted us during the fight, and he was n t a convert. At first our diver turned a out and said that he was ging back to t e city, but we pleaded with iim to go for ard, and he did. Be: fore, e got away, however, the mob again surro4uided our oar to kill ua. God gave me gr ce to speak to those men, and I plead 'd with therh or life for all ot ma One man thoro 9avage t an the rest, ran forward crying in Chinese at me, '1 will kill you.'" But another, who stemed to have influence over them, said, al uding to Mr. Goforth, who ley in the bottoim of the. cart covered with blood, ' You have killed her husband, let her go;' and they obeyed him. ,. ' MOHAMMED NS WERE KIND. at night, how - we set out r forty thous - opera The city be. They, did ugh all of us pared to face the get° and d said to Mr. 1 our trouble ere not going en he sighted d men on an here's' trouble approathed,. the men, th stonea and daggere, s. We had stretched s, which protected us stones, first o our car gain und the sho h blood $ slashed p to cu ut four horses slaught. Mr. . I saw him r the slashing era of stones. from head to in three places. his head off, up for dead, " We reached a village populated with Chinese Mohamme any, and at first they would, riot receive u , but we pleaded with them for food and s elter. At last a poor old woman came fo ward in pity for the baby, and then th men beoame friendly. They took ue and h d us in a hut, gave us food, and when we eft even gave us cloth- ing for the women nd children. , We had torn our garments op to bind the wounds of the men, and the weather wail growing cold. "When we reached the city of Nan- lang-Hsien we found the walls black with people. We had trbuble getting carts to go forward, and the Chinese had stood about and taunted ue. But we prayed to God to send us carts, and they came before we had given up hope. W en we entered the city some of those in t e orowd cried, Stone them ; kill them 1' ut finally we were al. lowed to go on to a inn on the other side of the city. As soon` e were inaide, the popu- lace melted in, and we wares in danger of being crushed to death. The ohildren we placed upon a bed, nd they Went at once to sleep ; the men were so far gone with their wounds that they ould not defend them- selves, The inn we packed to suffocation, my son Paul, and it was only afte may y dangers we found them ,3gain, although we feared they were dead. Many times men who came to kill them turned over and ren- dered them kindnesses. A day or tWo later Books and Supplies FOR PUBLIC AND HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES, SEPARATE SCHOOLS AND OOLLEGES. THE NEWEST 1E1ITI0NS AT LOWEST PRICES. ALEX. WINTER, suFoRTE. we came to a village where there were two Chinese gentlemen who had stayed with us at Ching-te-Fu. At made they asked where was Florence, our little irl who had died, and were kindness ite,/ f. They gave tie letters to the offioiale of, the towns on • our route, and the rest of oiir jeurney was as tingles(' carts could ay we -reached the on's party had ar- t back money and ft for the coast in, were ten days on n would warn us an anti -foreign vi • idden. Three daYs easy as a journey in be. On the thirteenth Han river. Mr. Jamie rived previously and se assistance to us. We 1 Chinese river boater an the water. The boatm when we were coming t liege, and we would be before we reached Hong -Kong, a tug bear. us, and for the we tasted wheaten ldren had been cry - n we knew that our ing foreign officials me first time in many days bread, for which the eh ing tor some time. Th troubles were over." Mrs. Goforth is feeling well and strong after her fearful experi noes and weeks of trial and sorrow,. A Canadian N rse in South Afri a. • SHE VISITS MR . KRUGER, Writing to her sister from the Palace of Justice, Pretoria, now used as an hospital, under date of July 17th, Miss Affleck, formerly of Ottawa, pr fessional nurse, who accompanied 'the first anadian contingent to South Africa, says: "Web!, here we are t last—the height of our ambition realized o far, in getting into Pretoria 1 Sister Rues 11 and I at Spring- fontein, and Sisters ope and Forbes at Kroonetadt, received t legrams ordering us to come here. Neither knew that the other had the order, nor w ence it came'as we were all very happy an contented to stay with No. 3 ,hospital. Our superintendent was so indignant that s e at once wired to Bloemfontein to the principal medical officer to know. if we might remain where we were ; but the ans •er came back that it was the field marshal's order that we should be in Bloemfontein Mo day evening, so wa had only one day's g ace. We were very loathe, indeed, to leave No. a and all our friends, whom we had been with tor over six menthe, although w were delighted at the prospect of gettin to Pretoria. We left Springfontein on Monday at noon, reached Bloemfontein p. m., in a pouring rain ; slept there on tra n, and left at 6 a, m. on board Lady Ro erts' train en route for Pretoria, We wer preeeeded all the way by an armoured rain, for the track had been destroyed in everts) places only a few days previous. H wever, nothing ex• citing happened along the way. Tuesday evening we reached Kr onetadt, Where we again stopped for the night. !Here we visited the other sectio s of No. 3, met our old friends and were jo ned by Slaters Pope and Forbee. SHOOK HANDS W TH BOBS." The third day we rea hed our destination and at the station mci and had a hand, shake with Lord " Bob ," who was down to meet Lady Roberts and, the tvvo Miss Roberts. On our way up we had a few trying experiences. hen we got on board at Springfontein whom should we see but Capt. Barker, leo on his way to Pretoria. We were gl d twee() him, for we had not heard from hi since we left the boat, seven months pre i(:0s. Sister Russell and I very foolishly lef • without a lunch to eat 'along the way. % e got a miserable dinner at Bloemfontei , for which we paid three shillings each ; .ut when breakfast time came we found ou selves starving, ane, not a morsel to eat. • e tried in vain to buy bread at the stet ons. At last a staff officer travelling on the train heard of our plight and gave us a oaf and some butter rare commodity,) an. two Evglish eisterd with whom we share. the carriage (for there were twenty si ters on board) had some tea, so we manage, though late in the !day a to appease cur amiehing appetites We weresall right after we got to Kroon- stadt and joined the others. They, like wise virgins, were supp ied with rations for the journey. Major ennison took us to his 'quarters for the night. Here the luxuries were almost to much for us after six menthe of tent li e. He gave up his room, a magnificent o e—bed wide enough for four, an open fit 'place and a fire. electric light, carpet, 1 vely furniture, etc., The sudden change fro privation to lux uriance almost appalled us. Then the dinner! After being used to one knife among a dozen, eto. ! Here we had two knives each, violets a d roses on the table, and everything lovely. AN IRISH I OSPITAL. Thursday noon we roceeded to the Irish hospital, which is in t e Palace of Justice, a magnificent buildin commandeered from the Boers, It had inst been completed for law s courts, but had ot been opened. I should think the Boere would be furious to see the English take possession of such a fine building, I was given charge of Sir William Thompson's ward ot thirty patients, together with three small wards of sick officers—eighteen in all. I found the work immense—never minute off, so many complaints, and have ow only the officers. Anyone who ever nurse them knows what it means. Individuall ' they are exceed- ingly nice, but they intik° very trying patients. Among the eighteen have at present one lord, two c lonels, tWo doctore, Cele major, seven capta os and the others are lieutenants. Another sister and myself take it week about for d y and night duty. There has been fighti g only six miles off since we arrived. Just ow the forces are all gathering north of me and a big engage- ment is expected to -m rrow. It is so strange how we meet o d friends out here, The first day I was here met Dr. Arthur • Rose, who is with Dr, Duff. They were stationed eight miles ou and he was in for flupplies. To -day when was out I met Dr. Vaux, for whom I had nursed in Ot- tawa. He said : "How little did I think, when you had that care for me, that the next time I should see you would be in Pretoria." Then the seco d day we were here who should happen n but Dr. Robin - eon, who,was our doctor f ir three months nt Ronclebosch. I went sub i with him to see Kruger'e house, Saw Mrs. Kruger and plucked some violeta from their -garden in the face of the sentries. Our mils are very slow to reach us here. The way is so often _ Iblocked with transports that ail cannot I sget through. The climate here is quite warm, although it is winter, (I ,thouldn't like their summer) and violets roses eto. still bloom in gardens. We • poet to go home, by England, but can hea no definite news as to when, but I expect it will be well on for winter anyway before ewe plant our feet on native soil." , • What I Saw on a tisit. Deem, EXPOSITOR,—Two weeks ago I took a drive through the townships of Logan, Ellice, North Easthope, South Easthope, East Zorra, Downie and Fullerton. I saw no sheep or hogs pasturing ,on the roads after I left Logan until I returned to Dublin. In East Zorra cows are allowed to run on the roads if their owners purchase a -tag for that purpose from the municipality. This, I think, is a good idea. None of the townships named have as good roads as are In McKillop. The best road is from Tavis- tock to, Woodstock, a distance of 14 miles. It is al good as our North road, but the oulvertil are covered with twelve or four- teen feet plank and are dangerous for vehiclesimeeting on them after dark. Near the limit of Woodstock, the road has been repaired; with large, flat stones, not broken, and oneihas to pay seven cents at a toll gate for the privilege of travelling on such a road. Ila South Eaathope we had to travel two miles out of our way, as there was one mile on a side road that was impassable, and that too, in an old settlement. And one can not get into the town of Woodstock without passing through a, toll gate, and all are Reformers in these townships. But you can't tell a man's politics by the appear- ance of the farms or the road e which pass their places, In Downie the roach; are all well graded, but are ,too narrow. Cattle are not allowed to run on the roads in this township. The aides of the roads are nicely levelled, and each farmer seems to take a pride in keeping the sides of the road in front of his place clean and tidy, and the effect is very pleasing to the eye in passing along. MoKillop beats any of these roads for thistles on the road sides. Our roads, also, are not as well graded, but we have better gravel. I was ia the county House of Refuge at Woodstock, and was welcomed by Mr. 0. J. Clarke, the manager. I bad always heard that the Huron House of 'Refuge Was like the Oxford one, but I could see no re- semblance in the buildings or eirroundings. I noticed that in the Woodstock establish- ment the female occupants all have rocking chairs and easy chairs to sit in, and the male inmates have nice arm chairs, In the Huron institution, however, there are only benches without cuehions for the inmates. At Woodstock this year they had 700 bushels of wheat. They keep twelve cows and send the milk that is not required for the inmates to the cheese factory. In the county of Oxford, cows are the farmer& main source of money making, and the papers of the town take a great interest in publishing information on the dairy pro- ducts. 1 saw in one of the papers that the Bright, factory made 189 tone of cheese and 15 tone of butter last year, anpaid their t patrons $30,000. Some patrontmade $64 off each cow in the eight monthi, and others made $72 in the same time. Every farmer sends his milk to the factory and delivers it at the road side, and most of the houses are further from the road than the are in Me- Killop. There was a re -union of the pat- rons and friends of the Spring Creek Cheese Factory while I was there. M ;son; James, is cheese maker in this factory 1 They have 85 patrons and at the re -union ithere were about one thousand people prettent, and all 4ad a fine time. Sheriff Bra4 was chair- man, and only an Irishmap ' filled the position es well. Mr. ' attullo„M. Fuld have P. P., an Irishman also, I presume, by the tame, was one of the speakers, aleo Pro- fessor Dean, of Guelph, and many other prominent men of Woodetock and vicinity. There was also vocal and instrumental rousio in abundance. The affair was a auccess, and must prove alike beneficial and interesting. The factory sold ' their July heese for 10i cents and made 51 tons up to he lst of August this year. Now, Me- illop harisbetter grass and better roads han there are in the vicinity of this factory. Isere is a good cheese factory in the centre if the township, and there , is no good season why one hundred tone of cheese hould not be made at our factory next eason if the farmers would only keep nough cows. It would pay them better ban raising fall wheat or feeding steere. 1 I forgot to say that I visited the cele- brated Bleck Creek Cheese Factory, the property of Hon, Thomas Ballantyne, and the beet and best kept factory in the rovince. Mr. George Barr, formerly aker at the Winthrop factory, has had barge of the Black Creek factory for some years. He is now leaving for a Position in .. the dairy department at the Guelph Model I'arm. All who know him will say he is the right man for the place. , in another letter I will show that cows are more profitable than steers. JOHN C. MORRISON. was besieged, by Mr. Roland's brother, who lives there, and whose house was used as a woman's laager during that exciting time of besiegernent. The vouchers are one and two shilling denominations, used during this time in lieu of but to be exchanged for coin at Mafeking branch of the Standard Bank, on the resumption of civil law. One was issued in January, 1900, No A 2260, and the other February, 1900, No B 8787. The stamps were nine in all, consisting of half penny, penny, eto., used during the same time, and all were cancelled with the mark of" Mafeking beeieged." This lame set was sold in London, England, a few days ago for $200, and was evidently bought by some enterprising fellow who sees a handsome return for them, or is one of the stamp fiends. Canada. —The London public library board intend establishing a museum. —Several hundred harvesting and thresh- ing hands are wanted in Manitoba. —The ratepayers of St. Thomas have voted $3,500 to enlarge their hospital. —The Windsor school board have deeided that sewing shall be taught the girl pupils of the school. —Fire insurance rates have been materi- ally increased in Ottawa and a number of other Canadian cities. --Kingston ratepayers will be asked to vote $50,000 towards the erection of an arts and science building for Queen's University. —The Manitoba hotel and other buildings at Oak Lake, Manitoba, were destroyed by fire Friday night, entailing a loss of $30,000. —J. Harvey, for many years a resident of Vancouver, but formerly of Hamilton, fell dead in the street, Wednesday. Death was due to the heat. —Dorthia Tupper, the 11 -year-old daugh- ter of James R. Tupper, of Toronto, died on Saturday from blood poisoning, caused by eating ice cream. —The Western Dairymen's Association willbold its annual convention and winter dairy show at London, Ontario, January_ 15th to 18th. —A number of bones, belonging to what was evidently a giant mastodon, have been found on the' farm of Mr. Henry Hobbs in West Nissouri. —Shipping firms engaged in the Canadian trade have agreed to an advance of 10 per cent in freight rates, because of the advance In coal and other steamship stores. --George Robinson, yardman Grand Trunk Railway, at Brantford, while coupl- ing cars Thursday evening, was squeezed between the bumpers of the cars, from the effeots of which he died shortly afterwards. —A fleet of freighters that will ply from Lake Erie ports, via the Welland canal and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, across the Atlan- tic, to cost $3,500,000, is being constructed by order of Pittsburg iron exporters. —The receipts at the Toronto fair this year are said to be in the neighborhood of $85,000, or a falling off of about $3,000 from those of last year. The decrease it account- ed for by wet weather. —A Syrian jeweller in Montreal caught a burglar in his store, and during the struggle a crowd took the part of the burglar against the foreigner. The jeweller is in the hos- pital and the burglar escaped. —Richard Pigeon, an employee of the Kingston Electric Railway Company, picked up a dynamite cap Friday' morning- and pricked it with a pin, which caused an ex- plosion, resulting in his hands being ter- ribly mangled. —Lorne Srigley, son of John Srigley, In- nisfil, was drowned off Minett's Point at noon Sunday. While bathing he and four others got in a small skiff which upset. Strigley was unable to swim and sank im- mediately. —A small riot took place at Guelph on Thursday night, whiliethe return of Private Barber from South Africa, was being cele- brated. The police arrested one of the crowd and a mob smashed the glass in the police station. —The six-year-old sou of Mr. Alexander Pringle, a wealthy Sullivan farmer, was ac- cidentally killed the other night. He was holding a team of horses, which became frightened and ran away. The boy received iirjurice which terminated fatally. —111r.JamekRow, who has 'filled the posi- tion Of inspector of mines at Rat Portage, for the past three years, has tendered his res'gnation to the government. Mr. Bow has accepted a position with the Anglo, - Canadian Gold Estate, and will have charge of their prospect work in the Seine River district. ----Mr. Joseph Mothersell, of Glen Wil- liams, had a berm containing about sixty tons of hay burn( d down Wednesday morn- ing. The barn was situated on an unoc- cupied farm on the fifth line of West Chin- guacousy, known'ae the Lindsay property. The fire is supposed to have been caused by tramps. —IL Morris' hardware store, at Forest, was entered by burglars last Thurodey night and a quantity of hardware stolen, consisting of razors, cutlery, spoons, a horse clipper and about ten dollars taken from the cash register. An entrance was made by boring holes through the back door large enough to admit the arm to remove the bolt, ; Betsi _ e en one and two o'clock Saturday morning fire broke out in the wincey mill, located at Holmedale, near Brantford. The east end of the building and the contents, said to be raw cotton, were badly •damaged. The building and contents are owned by the Dominion Cotton Mills Company. Cause of fire and insurance unknown. —The verandah in front of a Galt hotel, which has caused no end of litigation and -bad feeling, has at last been pulled down, after several attempts, which a.t times emu, .ed pitched battles between Ithe proprietor ,and the town authorities. This verandah -has been discussed in nearly all the courts of the land. —Maud Cornish, 18 years old, employed at the Proteetant Hospital, Ottawa, was killed in an elevator shaft Monday morn- ing. She started to go up with the elevator, and becoming afraid tried to jump off, but was killed between the floor and the ele- vator. Deceased was a bright young girl. Her home was at Hintonburgh. —Hon. N. Clarke Wallace had his face and arm cut and was badly shaken up by being thrown from his carriage at Wood- bridge, on Monday. He was out driving with his two little children, when the ponies became frightened at a binder which they were passing on the road, and shied into the ditch, overturning the vehicle. All were thrown out, but eseeped serious injury, The horses ran into a post and stopped. —ot daring attempt to escape from the dietrict jail at Rab Portage was discovered in time to prevent the escape of six or seven criminals, who had been sentenced to vari- ous terms in the central prison, Toronto. A hole eighteen inches- laquare was found through the brick wall in -ewe of the prison- er's cella. The escape was to have been attempted Saturday night. —A beast slaughtered by William Hark- ness, a Kingston butcher, the other evening —Sometime between Satui'd4 night and Monday morning of last week a house on the old Richard Cudmore farm,, ad comes- eion Tuckeromith, was destroyed y lire, much to the surprise of the neigh re, who knew nothing of the event untiline t morn- ing. George White had moved eons of the furniture into the house on Friday, intend- ing to occupy it as soon as he 'get he bal• once of his stuff moved over,shis rother, 'Who had been occupying the Place, having just moved out, With the exception of some canned fruit, everything that was in the house was destroyed ; the hone() bad been insured at one time, but whether 't is in. eared now or not is unknown. Th origin of the fire is an absolute mystery. • —Mr. Roland, of Roland & Davis, of Clinton, is the possessor of what are and lehat will be of greater value financially as well as for their rarety in a short time. They consist of two vouchers', whioh were issued by Colonel Baden-Powell, and a set of nine stamps, gathered while Mafeking proved to be the worst case of tuberculosis ever seen in that section. The animal was completely eovered with the tubercular de- posits, not only in the hinge but between the hide and skin, in some cases the sub- stance hanging from the lungs like grape.. The cow was a healthy looking animal when purchased by the buteher for slaughter. --A Winnipeg despatch says: A remark- able influx of eettlers from the United States to Canada has taken place this year, several arriving nearly every day. Satur- day afternoon'. Northern Pacific Railway train brought in a large party of farmerv, who came to spy out the land in the Can- adian Northwest before bringing their fam- ilies and induoing their neighbors to track to Chia fertile country. Edmonton in their destination in moat cases. —James Beaver, of St. Catharines, teams- ter for Carter's brick yard, was fatally ins- jured Monday afternoon, by falling off a load of cordwood, near the brickyard, and died in the hospital abont half an hour after being admitted. He was seated on the load when some of the loge slipped and he went over on his face, the wheels passing' over him. It is believed death was due to the fracturred ribs puncturing the heart. The deceeeed was a married man and - had a family of six children, —Scotty Campbell, a well known char- acter about Leamington, was arreated on a charge of forgery and was found guilty and sentenced to a year in the central prison. He had drawn a check fer $85 and signed the name of Adam Oper, a well-known and wealthy farmer of Memo,. Campbell put in the defence that he bad not signed Mr. Oper's name'but that the words which he used were Gaelic and meant whiskey. •However, the magistrate knew Gaelic as well as law and interpreted the language and law to suit himself. —One of the most interesting displaym at the Industrial Fair, from the viewpoint of the agriculturist, the horticulturist and the amateur and professional gardener, was the dieplay of injurious Canadian weeas. Miss Evelyne Colborne, of Smith's Falls, Ontario, won the fi, st prize. She had a collection of fourteen v •rieties of weeds. Miss Hazel Hendy, of Toronto, Wall awarded seeond prize, and Beverley /dopey received the third prize. No other display at the fair attracted ae much attention from the visit- ors on farmer's day as did this simple, but novel and inetructive exhibit. . —A. A. Advani, who claims to be the son of a millionaire indigo planter in Bombay, India, was on Monday, arrested at Niagara Falls, by Detective Mains, on the -charge of fraudulently obtaining $130 from an Otta- wa man aome time ago. It was this Name man who the other day claimed to have been relieved of a letter -of -credit amounting to £5,000 and $185 in cash. On Thursday it is alleged that Advani tried to work the proprietor of the Walker House Toronto, by means of this lost letter-of-eredit itory, and when it failed returned to Lewiston by boa b' _Prominent Montreal physicians have made a report that James Baxter, who was /IMO months ago !lent to the St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary, having been found guilty on a charge of defrauding the Ville 'Marie bank, cannot live much longer in or out of prison. Baxter ie confived in the hospital, and is being kept alive by the injeation �f serum. He ie so weak and emaciated that he cannot talk, and simply lies quietly awaiting the end. The day Baxter was placed under arrest he is said to have weigh- ed 193 pounds, and (.0 day he weighs only 119, a loss of 74 pounds. "With the reports of the physicians, and a petition signed by a large number of men, including members of parliament of both sides of politics, Mrs. Baxter is bending all the energies of a brave and devoted wife in a tupreme effort to save her husband from dying in prison. —Mr. 0. 0. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, at Toronto, is in receipt of a letter from J. H. Coyne, regietrar of -Elgin county, which gives an account of an inter- esting find by the South Norfolk Historical Society. This in none other than the winter quarters of Dottier ae Carlson which Mr. Coyne locates on the Black Creek, near Poet Dover. Mr. Coyne has a tranelation of Galinee's Journal in progress, and with this in hand ho and an exploring party torn - posed of membere of the South Norfolk society, appear to have succeeded inlocating the sieuation. It answers Galinec'e descrip- tion exactly. There is a deep ditch sur- rounding an embankment., 14x16 feet, pro- tecting the buildings against svate and frost. The buildings are shaped ii two squares with corners touching, so thti one diagonal bisects both squares. The embank - merit and the ditch stili exist around one building, and around the other the remains aro plainly visible in the greensward. Regis- trar Coyne, who is a kern antiquarian, says there is nothing to had us to believe that any other pereon than 'Miler de Cas- son could have erected the buildings. • Perth Notes. —There were 170 tickete sold at Mitchell station on Labor Day morning for Stratford. —St. Marys lacrosse team defeated Lon- don by a note of 6 to 4, in London on Labor Day. —McLa.ren's Imperial cheese won the old medal for petted cheese at the Paris Exposition. 7--A movement ie on foot in St, Marys to organize a Yoring Mao's Christian Associ- ation branch in that town. —The Listowel foot hall team defeated the Bruesels team, in Gerrie, on Monday of last week, by a score of 2 to 1. —The public echool teen:here' convention for the county of Perth will be he'd in Stratford, on October 5th and 6th. —The Mitchell Model school opened on Tuesday afternoon of last week, with 23 pupils, and Mr. MoRoberte as teacher. —W. A. McKenzie, of Logan, purchased at the Toronto Exhibition a thoroughbred Berkshire boar, of large English type. —Miss Mabel Davis, who has been in charge of the express ofFice, Mitchell, for the pad three years, has: given up her position and gone home to her parents in Dublin. —The excise collections for the district of Stratford for the month of August amount- ed le $6,428.61. This is an increase com- pared with the same month last year, —Mr, Albert Goebelhi cocker epaniel dog took first prize at the Toronto Exhibition, on Monday of last week. Mr. Goebel has eince sold the anitnal for $75. —Returns have been made with the Grand Trunk, showing a percentage of $161 to the South Perth Farmers' Institute, as a result of the last excuraion to the Experi- mental Farm at Guelph. Thie is mare than double the proceeds of lad year, or of any former year. —The Executive Committee of the Con- servative Association of South Perth met in the Hick's House, Mitchell, on Wednesday afternoon, August 29th. There was a full attendance. Dr. Steele, the preeideot, pre- sided. Considerable business was transact- ed, and it was decided to hold a convention in St. Marys, on September 20th, for the purpose of nomineting a candidate for the Commons.