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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1901-01-11, Page 1IIt R117- the ii4 the 'he surge We have g fast as eartmenta Foua buy. and the clition of they have rde ? re been to - doing, to 4er, more h of our eau bay, tminaniou loon con dugs know our hods, that e reach of at hasn't nen show- storm and seeping if Linen is trash, no :sur table well, etc,, e listen to the sorrow hide; A =terns are he prices cur -store step into i give you :upper to s, caper-- will aper.will juati eV a have: the most . a few as dity and i.50 and Why, we high as t a ruff more ex< et stock Our eye. 5, fawn k lined. axle silk rig, is a r• priced a look `ep Put- arae De< rernem nIcl also toffee col - with. the T1 line of datario, Wm. art and: re this iverton n of the nesclay.. y Public nt. Any first-class oney ad- • Also a per cent. of sash 157 1;cFriul season's :leer the ry. You e'ith the et, Cap - y other ;€f very erne ex- • ofa daugh- idays at Stanley. a guest -The -be ob- un Sab- eight, of rtaneoag nor of of that gent at with an the oce itch and ipeecbee and a la the can, of • enter- en was= MO - it Sand: leen re - 10 'THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. THOLE NUMBER, 1,726. EAFORTII, AY, JANUARY, r11, 1901. M4EAN 13R9S,, Publishers; $1 a Year in,Advance. IRCUS ADVERTISI olivvvoiwwwwvvvwwwo Thereis so much nowadays in the advertisements calls the attention of the reader to " enormous sacrifi " astonishing reductions, ". prices cut in two,"' and all rest of this circus style of advertising, that we hesitate to state that we often clear out lines at prices ' much b the average. But it is not often I that we are able to goods at these reduced prices. Int is only at rare ince that such a clearing time can be afforded by us, for it tal 'lost and fair profit at all times to enable a merchant to his just debts, so that in offering ;these few special prices will not promise they will last 14g -only as longas the of goods to which the same applies will last. There are 25 pairs of a_heavy driving mitt ; these a double knit mitt for the lining Of the same, and we known cases of these mitts wearing three seasons: facing of the mitt is a split cowhide, and the back i tanned sheepskin. The price that .we are asking for is 50 cents. •LT that es," the van slow sell vials 1sa Tay we line ave lave The boil hem Another line that will not last long is the twenty s airs of dress loves. These are what the trade call kid. We do not think that the' glove is a kid glove ourselves, but .we think that they will wear better hau the 'most of the kid that one can buy nowadays. s. These are in many nice. shades of brown, and .are well lined. Thy price that we are asking for the same is 500 while they lash. There has, been no mistaking the wishes . of tbe' p ople as to the class of goods that they wanted this season, ' hile the majority were careful and all that in their buying, yet thele was a marked tendency to buying the best goods, even should they be called upon to open theirpurse strings wider. More especially was this noticeable among the ready ode suits for men. In this department we have had no cliffi ulty iu selling our own make of men's suits at '8 and _810, in preference to the cheaper factory makes at lower figures. We had the lines to place side by side, and we found that the good suits, with a few exceptions, invariably sold._ As no reasonable man looks for more ; than his mo ey's worth, we will -ask the attention of the prospective must mer to the fact that we are selling all that any reasonable m n or oinan could ask for their -money in men's and ladies' fur coats and jackets. You will be well pleased with thehook and with the fit, and, as we guarantee all our goods, you may rest assured that you,wll obtain a satisfactory article. We have had our January thaw ; we are now 10 Wing out for the cold snap. There will be plenty of need -fd the Billyread cap, for fur caps, for heavy sox, for .home knit r itis, for robes for driving, We have the Saskatchewan goat, black bear, mountain goat and the Galloway. If your Underwear needs piecing up, to snake it this year, se have a large number of odd shirts and dr and, of courser because they are odd, we will not ask t gular price. The prices of these are all the ;way from 50c, 05c, 75c, 85c,' $1 and up. You may find just the for the kind that you are wearing, the shirtsor draw which are about done. Look through and se:. We will spare the feelings of our friend, ing any boast, right or wrong, concerning th of our stock of men's furnishings. Suffice i whether a tie, collar, pair ofll cuffs, braces, so dove or mitt, shirt or umbrella, we are safe in article will prove value for the money. or Young Lady: wanted for offic ��-%-i'�-•1- i�-F�i•-1-i-i•-1--I--l"i^l- o -or vers,_ le re - 450, Latch rs of so far as inak- comple en•ess is to say that han dke chief, saying th it the work., greig & Macd ll,a�l� Clothiers and Furnihers On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, SE FOR im The handiness of sending money by Dominion E money order, appeals to every one. The rates are : $3 and under, 3c ; over $3 to $5, 4c ; $5 to $10, 6c ; $10 to $20,, 1-0c ; $20 to $3 to $40, 15c ; $40 to $50, 13c $50 to $60, 20c ; $60 to $75, 25o ; 475 to $100, 30 $sial, et same rates. For orders payable in Europe -$10 and under, 10c; overv$10 1` ; $'.O to $30, 25c ;:$30 to 540, 855c ; $40 to $50, 4.5e ; over $50, at same rates. �. MACDON.AL C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth. press 0, I2c; ; over to $20, A HURON cIR, TIONS- IN OL LETTER N WHERE -MONEY 'S MISER LONDON . 15. IS MA S E. VA - DEAR ExroszTofl, I think th: mint the most tantalizing dace ever w a in. Just fancy seeing sovereigns halt -o owns, shil- lings and sixpences thro n abou as though they were of no ;accou't, and et with all, theseemingindifference no one would even give away a handful, my let you hold a coin, in one of its various stages of making, in your hand, and t en, of ourse, you handed it back and appe red as hough you had so many •pieoea of y ur own you would not even think of keepingahal made one. ' Leet you might thin . my isit to the mint was . only dine of dieapp intment, I must try and tellou h very interesting - it was • to see ho$' the oney is made. To begin with, we ha to h: ve,an order, I don't know from whom, to o 'over the plane. Went first through, he entrance gate, where a policeman or t o were on guard, and aoroes a payed co = rtyard o the stone building called the mint Ther are other buildinge, homes for em .loyees I presume, Omit the court, put e did„ of see any people. We were show into a ►omfortably furnished reception ro.m, whe e a bright Sre was burning in • th fire pla ie, and two gentlemen were se ted a• the t ble in the centre of the ro m.. ,1 ere we had to reg- ister our names an wai till so eone name to take us about., In a little w ile a party of ladies and gent! men flame al ng the hall and after getting their mbrell s out of the rack went off, a d than our turn Dame. Why we left our ' mbrel as behind I don't know, unless they might a too handy for holding stray pies a of sieve I suppose the r oepti n oom must be in the office depart ens, f r. a ent out of a door and acrose noth r ourt before we came to the work ooms he en in at- tendance told us we w re fort nate in see- ing about on a da whe . t e or was being melted, as that perat'on doe= not take place every day. Irr th = s elti i g room the furnaces are rangearound he valla, about two•feet high, and look 1 ke clos=d in tables. The metal is put in gre t eep a ots, and as one of these was to be littes out justas we got lute the room, we were a ked to step into a. little ante room while it was being - carried to the moulds. The g eat red hot pot is taken from the furnace w' th a pair of immense pincers. The • tette are sus- pended from an iron rod that g es from one wall to that opposite, and is ab ut two feet below the -ceiling. The whole works• -very much like a hay fork, and as th man at the further end • regulates the malehinery; the red pot, with it boiling contents, moves slowly along till i is right over the moulds and is then low 'red into an iron fork that holds it while the liquid is poured out. A man with a lather apron and - gloves gives the stuff a- stir and then it goes. spluttering and b bbling into the moulds.. •As soon as the atter are filled, they ares taken away on truck and nether pot comes along and ore moulds ay�o filled. On going into - he next roof , we found that as a result of the emelt ng the men were taking bars f pure metal and rolling them into long trips of ' abo t two and a half inches in idth. We aw a man Making holes, th size of a coin, in the strips of gold and silver, and t en measur- ing the thioknes of the pieoe taken cul:. If this was right he put the Stripon one side, if it was n t correct, it as laid aside and melted over again. The ext process. was that of cutting the ' silt' r and gold l pieoea out of the strips. 'Thi was done so! quickly, that it seemed no time till a strip of gold was full of holes, an the pieoe that dropped into a bucket at a brisk rate soon filled it. - After the pieces were cut out the edges were turned and they were ready for firing. The latter is necessary in order that the piece of silver or gold may be. softened enough to take the stamp. The furnaces where this is done look like bakers' ovens, and the man at work opened the doors and showed ue the silver pieces in large pane and the gold ones in earthen jars. After the pieoea come out oft the. furnace they are rubbed in sawdust an then taken to the stamping oom. Here he machines make suoh�a note you can h rdly hear a person speak. man at one of the many machines, takes a handful of ilver pieces, piles them one o top ot,the o her and puts them down a tub ab the top o the machine and when they drop out they are stamped on both sides. low this is one the man did tell us, but there was su .h a noise I could not quite make out all h said. I should think the men i this depart- ment have the ha deet time, a d one could not wonder if sometimes th y should be tempted to put a bran new oin -in their pocket. 1 beli ve, though, he men- are searched every mbrning.as .they go to work and then again on going home. They have their dinner, or mid-day meal, at- the mint, for just as we were going away we saw in one room plate after plate holding meat and potatoes, and soon a number of men filed out, and after washing their hands and faces proceeded to take charge of the plates. I must not forget to tell you that even when the piece of metal is stamped,it is not ready for use, for it must be weighed. The last room we were in was filled with weighing machines that ticked away _at a great rate. There were three elote for the coins to go in after being weighed. One f those thatwere' correct, one for those th t were too heavy and another for those th = t were too lighte The pieces in the t •• o. latter, of course, were taken; back to t.e smelting room. A few minutes walk fro the royal mint end you come to the fsmo e London Tower, where not even a good man handfuls of the gold and silver coins woul have freed any one of the prisoners who spent ' many weary days within the of stone walls.. The tower ha been a fortress, a roy : l residence and state 'prison. One par called the white tower, was built in t . e time of William the Conqueror, and t . e present fortifications in the time of Henr III. It really is a wonderful old plat full of gruesome corners, and so very i - teresting when you think . of its histor As you probably know, t e tower is bui t on the river side, and on the other thr:e sides there was original! . a moat. T e latter, of course, has no water in it = t present and looks like a deep ravine lyin between the street and the lower wall The day we were there come boys we e having a creat old game of football and t iron fence along the street was lined wit spectators. There is the great outsi e stone wall with its corner 1}igh towers an inside of this the other stronger tower where the prisoners were k}ept., One coul not imagine a person ever escaping fro such a place and even when you kno there is no possibility of yiour being ke inside, there is a queer feeling comes ov youas you go about, one that makes yo look behind as if you don't care to be alon One can imagine almost anything, btandin: on the stone steps in front of what- is calla' "The Traitor's Gate." - This is on the riv:r side of the wall and when the boat broug r its unw !ling, guest to the to er the gate was opened and the water fl+o ed in till it reached the stone Stelps and railing, and there, the boat ride !ended, th : guest was escorted across to another gre t gate of the Wakefield tower and given room, per- haaa in it or. maybe in eithe the White ower. alit look :he Traito ht be a oti Q and. the do steps, I e . steps, alk along ace gate tot ver f the wall on! the o p.omena e generally bongs to g not allowed. The e bited in the Wake e .is not very large' and . In the centre is e, protected With a in it are theroiwn jew r all that indyyttdee, bu lied St. Edward's cro d at all our ooron II., several preeente fr n, the 'immense golde tower or Beauchamp There is each a q thewall, quite near looks as • though it mi, its heavy wooden d windows, and toy get climb a flight of eton did want to olimb t at the door and also the wall .from the ent tower. This walk i with the higher part and an - iron railing rather s}n inviting course, o public i are exh This pea in chap glass ca ing, and rememh crown c been us Charles the Que and drinking goblet tat are ooronatien banquet, the royal many other jewels of intern near, in the deep silledjwindo orders and medals wit�ho t, end V ictotti Royal 0 Royal R There the corn grateful was'inclined to be d rder of India, d Cross.. was . a fire in r and I should to the men i men are men of ' Beefea esque d and the blue, wIi looked a8 we went across to as you have the Guard, ere." They eau ; skirted eefeateer, hat, th sdarlet long as we out again what is calk now .used as an arm hale to climb a nacre stai-4, under which the font sons of E murdered in this tdw r by Richard III. - Now One finds Westminster Abbey to mark place of the unfortunate princes There are many into eating found in the armeriee. I Weep fare of all ages andof many n for horses and men fr the seventeenth cent of one king, was a fig he wore when a lad. must have been accus r o ten hea o cum ear rat o at, kn al of whoh are navy tr mmings. Having cared at the jewels, into a co in yard and jd tie ' hite tower, ng tower on 'e Gate. It hapel, with dd shaped ✓ one must might say I et a peep in the top of to the little wide, but at one side her, looked e, and of t where the own jewels eld tower. is circular n Immense iron grat- is. I can't t there is a n, that has Hone since m cities to salt cellars used at the ceptre and In cases s, are royal such as the Cross and 1itt1e fire place in think 't would be barge, or the place and hilly. The d, the Yeo only called er a pictur- ekerbockers r To and wi ere found ward IV m the t idles, and re showj So the k -oi`ned to heavy weight from boyhood. Th a taste shown in the lecorat of spears, a circle of sw -rds, o design, all of bright p fished the grim old place look ike a hibit. It must tate time though, to keep all in order. the old instruments of torture rack and thumb screw and ecution block and axe.1 But rather ut of place to see e wires a d globes in a place lik To be i keeping' with the One wo Id • expezt be Beef about ith lanterns • or tall suppose, though, the prefer way of ighting, and I guess had to o around them aft° also prefler it. Anot er thing out of place was the uillding barrack in the court, just nea It look d so very n w and the othe buildings. In g ing to the eauche p tower we passed he place th =t arks the old exe- cution lock and the cjuain looking old chapel, here many •f Ithe v otime of ,this block were buried. o ane is : flowed to go in the chapel, for .w ioh e were ex ceodingly sorry. You, have to go i up another dark, narrow &fair tt= got tel the Beauchamp tower. t is no very 1 rge, but of I particularly his'torio interest,' for here so many noted prisoner : were kept, among there being ' aleigh, Anne Boleyn and Sits Thomas M ore. There are: the et there we ding stone the bones of I who - were he' order of a tablet in_ the reeting things to be ns of war - tions, armor irteenth to beside that the armor ights of old carrying the re was quite one. Fang some other metal, made modern ex - and labor, hen we saw such as the leo the ex- it did seem ectrio light the tower. urroundings, eters to go the modern any one who dark would that seemed f a red brick this tower. odern beside The New Fur ithre ombi e. 75 par c tit, of the en ire tra e of Canade, has just been consum felted, nder the title of .the Canada Fur itore lanufactuters, Limited with a ea ital of $3,000,000, of which $2,000,000 is i 7 per cent. cumula- tive preferred stook, and $ ,000,000 com- mon stohk, limited to per ce t. The Offic- ers of the new com any ar R8 folldws : peeside t, W. R. Hob s, Lon on ; seeretary- superin endent, J. S Knee tel, Hanover. The bo rd of directore are : The Hon. Samuel erner, Berlin ; Simo Snyder, Wa- Bell, itigham ; D. Knecht 1, Hanover ; head o ce of the co pany, n der its Pro- vincial hharter, will b i To onto, and the erton ; Anderson Fur Wire 0 mpany, Lim- pany, Limited, Wing a ; B rr Brothers, Compan ;lit erten ; he Hill Chair Com - The fii•st meeting Of the dir 3tors of the newly oeganiZed Cana jail Fu iturer Man - 403000 ENVELOPES OBLONG AND SQUARE BOUGHT AT A BARGAIN If you want a snap in Envelopes' Come Soon. ALEX. WINTER, SEAFORTIL ufacturers, Limited, was held last week, at the offices of the solicitors, Messrs. Smellie & Shaw, in Toronto. It was decided to re- arrange the entire staff of travellers, who are in the employ of the firms that have en- tered the organinzetion, and:another meeting will be held to allot the territory to be cov- ered by the salesmen. Special designers will also be engorged to supply original de- signs for the factories. The British trade will be looked after by F. E. Coombe, who was British representative of the Furniture Manufacturers' Exporting Company, which has entered the new organizetion. Mr. F. G. Jewel, of London, Ontario, was appoint- ed accountant for the company, • The CountyCouncil. The council of the county of Huron will be composed as follows for the current year : Division No. 1,---Inoluding Ashfield, Col- borne and Goderich town. -Philip Holt, Goderich, and Hugh Chambers, Ashfield. teivision No. 2, -Including Mullett, God- erich township and Clinton. -James Con - Division No. 3, -Including Hay, Stanley, Heneall and Bayfield. -John Torrance, Hay, and Wm. Lenient, Stanley. Division No, 4., -Including Stephen, Us- berne and Exeter. -H. Spackman, Exeter, and R. D. Hicks, Stephen. Division No. 5, -Including McKillop, Tuckeremith and Sertforth.-John B. Mc- Lean, Tuckorsmith, and Thomas E. Hays, Division No. 6, -Including Grey, Morris and Brussels. -W. 11. Kerr, Brussels, and James Bowman, Morris. Division No. 7, -Including West Wawa - mesh, East Wawanosh, Blyth and Wing - ham. -Donald Patersori, William Lock - ;Division No. 8. -Including Howick, Turn - berry and Wroxeter. -Robert Miller, Turn - berry, and R. Ferguson, Howick. The official returns for the divieions in which there were contests will be given next week. Canada. - A herd of 25 cattle belonging to aDrum- mond township farmer brought $762.72 for their milk in one seasou, ' =elelre. Kabayah, of the Sarnia Indian Reserve, is dead. She was 93 years of age and her husband erected the first frame house on the reserve. - Wm, Prout, living near Tamworth, in Addington county, has had the privilege of living in three centuries. He was born 104 years ago, and is still in vigorous health. Last year he planted an acre of corn, tilled it, cut it and put it into the barn without assistance. -The Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways, during the Christmas holidays, carried between them 9,500 students from the different colleges and schools to their homes. The number carried by the Grand Trunk was 6,000 and by the Canadian Pacific 3,500. This is almost double the number carried any previous year. These figures apply only to Ontario. - Last Friday morning, about 5 o'clock, fire destroyed a farm house, together with contents, situated about 5 miles from Brighton village. The house was occupied by Mr. Wesley Montgomery and owned by Mr, John McLean. Mr. Wm. Lawson, an aged gentleman, 90 Years old, father-in- law of Mr. McLean, was burned to death. Mr. McLean's arms and halide were badly burned trying to get Mr. Lawson out. -A runaway accident, which reiulted fatally, occurred in Hamilton on Saturday evening, While Ira Blain, a farm laborer from Green's Corners, Ancaster, 50 years of age, was driving home from market, he was overtaken by a runaway team. He was thrown out on the ground, receiving an ugly wound, which rendered him uncon- scious. He was taken to the city hospital, where he died about noon on Sunday. -The Provincial Health, Department of Manitoba authorities report that there are grave fears entertained of an epidemic of emallpox in Manitoba, unless the utmost precautions are taken, not only by medical officers, but the masses of the people, in the way of vaccination and good sanitary arrangements. Smallpox is prevalent at many points along the international bound- ary. - Within the last few days Galt has lost by death three old and valued residents in the persons of Mies Patterson, sister of Assessor Patterson, of that town ; Mrs. Cooper, sister of Mr. C. Stewart, account- ant for James Warnock & Company, and Robert Webster, particularly popular and prominent among the older townsmen. And in a precarious condition through paralysis is Mr. James Melrose, the well known real estate and insurance man. -The fall of 1900 will go into history as the most disaetrous for fishermen on the great lakes in many yeara. The catch has been very light, lees than. one-half that of last year, and in consequence the fishermen are discouraged and disappointed. The catch of herring DI Green Bay, which is the heaviest on the great lakes, is barely 43,- 000 half barrels ; on Saginaw Bay, 10,000, and Lake Erie, 2,000. A year ago stocks at these points were 125,000 half barrels. - Dr. T. M. Fenwiek, of Kingston, died Friday morning from the effects of blood - poisoning. Two months ago he pared a corn, blood -poisoning following, and finally gangrene. It was decided to amputate the left leg, but it was found the right leg had also become affected. The deceaeed was a natiye of Kingston, aged 57, and had prac- ticed' hie profession there for 36 years. He was one of the founders of the now defunct Kingeton Ladies' Medical College and a lec- turer in Queen's Medical College. -The pastor of the Cobourg Congrega- tional church caused considerable of a sen- sation on Sunday evening last. He spoke of " Wrongs in Cobourg which must be made right." The church was packed, and many could not get in. The pulpit was covered with bottles of beer, whiakey, cigarettes, cigars and tobacco, which had been purchased at the local hotels and stores by small boys. The preacher de- livered a sensational address in which he denounced the laxity of the license inspect- or and declared that liquor was sold after hotirs and on eSunday at every hotel in town. else denounced the local shooting gal- lery ,as an improper resort for young men, and declared gambling,was rampant and on the increase. He gave notice that on the following day 27 cherges of infraction of the liquor law would be laid before the police magistrate, the proprietor of the shooting gallery would , be prosecuted rand other charges made. The hotel men were almost panid-stricken as a result of the disclosures. Mr. Shaver referred to the local police as " kidnappers," and urged them to do their duty. -Widows or orphans or other depend- ents of Canadian soldiers who died in South Africa will be provided for out of the Im- perial patriotic fund. This is shown by by the following cablegram from Mr. Chamberlain to his Excellency the Govern- or-General, just received : Questions ot pensions for widows and orphans of non- ootnmissioned officers and men are now being considered. Descendents of Canadian soldiers who died through the war ,are eligible for grants frem the Royal Patriotic fund." --The death is recorded at Egremont townehip, Grey county, .of Mrs. W. Mor- rison, sr., aged 102 years and 14 days. It is stated that when in her 101st year Mrs. Morrison milked the cows regularly. She was born in Howslack, Lanark county, Scotland, where she ,was married on June 13th, 1827. She came to Canada 30 years later and took up her residence in Egremont in 1859. She had 8 Ohildren, 5 sons and 3 daughters. One hundred and forty seven descendants Purvivo her, 2 children, 67 grandchildren, 70 great gratidehildren and =A fatal accident occurred Saturday, on the farm of Conrad Allenson, of the 15th of Newatedt village. Jacob and Louie Allenson were cutting down a dead tree, which broke during !the fall. One of the pieces was thrown iback, knocking Louis over and falling e.;cross his body. His brother had to cut the tree in two befOre he was able to teleeee him. The victim lived only a few hours after the accident, remain- ing quite :tenacious, but suffered great agony until death relieved him. He wee about, 35 years or age and unmarried. - While despondent owing to ill' health, John Clifford, a resident of Gananoqua for many years, on Saturday committed suicide by hanging himself to a beam in Gilliee' factory. The deed was committed' while the employees of the factory were away at dinner. Deceased , took very deliberate steps by placing a ladder against the beam, tying a rope aroundl the beam, and then stepping off the ladder. He was about 76, and had been in ill health for some years. At his age it was scarcely %yeah his while to do what nature would very soon have 'done for him. - Samuel Hobson, of St. Thomas, suing his father-in-law, J, Philips, of Dur- ham, ior $5,000 damages for alienation of his wife's affections. In 1897 Miss Philip , then a nurse in Toronto General Hospit 1, nursed Hobson through • a serious illne s. Hobson asked her father for her hand 'n marriage, and when be refused to cense t to the marriage the couple eloped. Hobson went to Louisville, Kentucky, for his health and his wife followed some months later. Then Mrs. Hobson's father heard that she was penniless and starving, and sent money and brought her and her son home to Dar- - hat noble anithal, the horse, is no re- spect r of persons. When so disposed be un away with royalty as fast as with the oat ordinary subject of Her Majesty. One vening last week a fine, big team of horse' beloeging to Lord Minto, Governor- -Genetal of Canada, started from the door at Rideau Hall and ran away. A daughter of the h usehold and other ladies and gentle- men ere ih the rig and all got thrown out in th snoW, bu;; were not seriously injured, The leigh evas smashed -into kindling wood and he horses cut and badly used up be- fore hey were captured. 'he government of British Columbia, bavi g heard of the successful manner iu whic the public institutions of this prov- ince aye been managed, have applied to Hon. J. R. Stratton, through the provincial eecre e.ry of that province, for pointers from Onta io. The request came in the form of a lett r asking that permission. be given to the s perintendent of one of our asylume to go to British Colunibia and give the benefit of hi experience doring a short visit. Ao cordi gly permission ham been granted to Dr. . K. Clarke, supti3rintendent of the Rock ood asylunh, at ingston, who will leave for British Columbia shortly. • - he street railway, Which has been in operation in Woodstock /since November, had i s first fatality on riday last, when farm re, was almost instantly killed by , one of its care. Mr,. Thornton and her daugh- ter w re driving intotown when they *ere overt ken by a car eo ing up the hill. Mrs. of wo bugg out. diets after Nib art! and 1 the send will 1 next pc aorurny diers. plies hornton encleavou ed to pars a load d in time to escap the car, but the was struck and th occupants thrown Mrs. Thornton as dragged eorne ce, and only live a few minutes being picked up. he daughter was bruised, but no seriously hurt. hornton was abou 60 years of age ayes a husband and family. he British War o ce has authorized eparttnent of Agric hare Of Canada to nether consignmen of 1,100 tons of ian hay to South him It will be o Cape Town on th: Mic Mac, which ave Cape Town ab rut the middle of 14,000 pounds ot jam and 250,000 of corned beef far the British sol - The Mic Mac will make the 14th er which has conve• ed euppliea from a to South Africa f er the British. In e Department of A' rioulture has paid out $1,000,000 i purchasing sup - n behalf of the Var Office. The h authorities wou d have liked to ad larger orders fo meat filled from Cana a in preference to t e United States, and o uld only meet a limited demand. but t e industry here is is yet in its infancy, Thar is scarcely any do bt, however, that that he quality of Ca adieu meats and forag is so superior to t e American that a large share of the Britis army contracts will i future be given to this country. - he annual meeting f the Ethel cheese facto y was held on the 29th ult. George Doha n was appointed se retaey, at $25 per annuti, Secretary Kreuter declining to take it unless salary was increased. I H.Cunning. ham was re-elected sales an and treasurer, and Robert Barr will loo after the manu- facture, as of old. The 'allowing are some of th partieulars as gle ned ,from the an- nual report, which, was presented by the 083,1 5 pounds of milk ere received ; 96,- 020.1 received for it ; verage pounds of 'milk to pounds of Owes , 11,272 ; averege price f cheese for seanon per pound, 10.42 cents ; average cost of makingo per 100 pounds, $1.16-19 ; Mr. Barr, the maker got 90 cent per 100 pounde, totalling $86;81 ; Secrete yr Kra.uter, $25 ; Salesman Cunning - $20.10 milk hauling $520.00 ; paid to pat - Huron otes. ki --Mr A. A. Eety, 1 te of the Bluevale otel, as leased Walk r's hotel, in Wrox- - Th births deaths and marriages in Clinton for the fast six onths of 1900 were, - Ch Hee Flood, a ormer resident of Wingham, died at his h me in Woodstock, on Monday of last week, after a lingering -Th employees of the Goderieh orgaa factory, the other eveni g, presented man- ul ager Sa nders with a handsome gold headed ca-neT. h S'undaY sohOO1 lase of Mrs. Charles Glrvin, of Nile, met at er home recently, and pre ented her with dainty jewel case, addrese -Mr John Bowers has sold his 100 acre farm West Wawenosh, to Mr, Richard Reid, f Ashfield, for $5,00Ce Mr. Reid has dis osed of his fa m in Ashfield, for -Retie T. J. Murdoch, who has severed his con elation with the Clinton Baptist church, was -the other evening presented people ef the eongregati D. ;--M11 Aid* from ne r Brantford, is the purchaler of the Robert McKelvey 150 acre farm in Grey. The pri paid was $6,800. It is said Mr. McKelve will likely take a' trip to the Northwest on a prospecting tour. -Mr!. Hugh Stewart has leased his 100 acre farm On the 15th concession of Grey, to Mr. IS. McCallum, for a term of five years. Mr. Stewart wIll go into the imple- ment bneiness. -W bile a load of W•ngharn ye -ling men were drive g to Blyth n New Year s day, one of the eorses fell an broke its led, and had to b! shot. The horse belonged to -Oa Wednesday ev ning of last week, Annie, eldest daughte of Captain John McDonald, of Goderio , and Norman Mc- Lean, of Marquette, M chigan, were joined in wedlock's bonds by ev. Jamee A. And- • wald Reed, youngest son of • orton, of Goderich, died on Friday, December 28th, at Collingwood, where he had been working for some time. Hie illness was a complieated case of typhoid Methodists of Wingham have de- cided to erect a new church, and the con- tract has been let to S. Bennett, for $11,400. This does not include Beate, furnaces, etc., and it is estimated that the church will cost $14,000 When completed. -Charles Rouse, who has cerried on a successful baldness in the line of black- smithing for the past ten years, st Lanes, Ashfield township, disposed of hie property lett week, to Joseph Smeltzer, of Luoknow, who takes possession at once, Mr. Rouse, we believe, intends to engage in farming. -The following are , the license commis- sioners appointed for the county of Huron ; East Haron-George Fortune, George Mute die, Alexander Littlejohn. South Uuron- David D. Wilson, Peter Douglas, Henry -Mrs. J. B. Ferguson, of Winghatn, has received word that her :father, John Pelton, late of that town, and now of San Jose, California, is hopelesslY afflicted with cancer of the stomach. The doctors hold out no hope whatever for his recovery. Mr_ Pelton and family left Winghs.m about 0110 yea ago for California. -The tnembers of Whitfield's Methodist church Grey township, recently presented Miss E me Buttery with a handsome gold watch nd chain. Mies Buttery has acted as orga ist of the church for some time, and -A- etter was received from Will. Hinge - the con regation took this means of showing their a predation of her services. ton, in Klondike, by his parents in Brussels. He re t hie mother a fine gold ring and Mies C tele a bracelet, made of a -chain of gold nuggets, for a Ohriettnas gift, Mr, Hingst n talks of taking a run home to vieit relativ a aud friends in Brussels and local- ity. He is doing well in Dawson. -Mts. Mary C. Meihen, wife of Mr. Charters Meihen, died at Stratford, on Wed- needay of last week, at the age of S2 years. Deceased was a daughter of Mrs. Gilchriet, foemerly of Hemel!, but now of Londoroand 34. rii eihen went to Stratford from Han- over ahout four weeks ago: Hodge e Brothers, Clinton, was married on Wedne day of last week, to Miss C. E. Clement, only daughter of Rev. B. Clement, a form r pastor of the Ontario street Metho- d* c arch, Clinton. The ceremony took place t the personage at Kingsville and was pe formed by the bride's father. '---Mr. and M a. }lodging spent their honeymoon in. 1NTivM .rGLeorge Thomas, an employee of the Exeter flour mills, met with a, vary 'painful aecident on Friday afternoon of lest week. It appears be was about to lift something near the engine, and in stooping down came inicontact with the large arm in motion, which etruck him with terrible force in the leg, making a painful wound and necessitat- ing him to lay off work, • i -Nell MoTaggart, of Grey township, and Miss E lie Mitchell, of McKillop,:evere mar- ried at the residence of the bride's father,on Decemher 26, at 6:30. The contracting parties carne te the altar at the conclusion of e we ding tnarch, played by Mis Mary E. Rae, w en Rev. Mr. McRae, of Cranbrook, tied th nuptial knot in the presence .of NO ievited guests. Mr. add Mrs. MeTaggart willre ide on the 16th canceseion of Grey. -On - Tuesday evening, Deoember 25th, the reeidence of Mr. Malcolm McMillan, 16th conceseion, Ashfield, WRII the scene of a most btilliant event, the occasion being the marria e of his youngest daughter, Maggie, to Mr. enry Mullen, one of Aehfield's most popula young rnen.! The ceremony was perfor ed by their pastor . Rev. S. Me Whale , in the presenoe of about 30 invited -A leasant family re -union took place at the esidence of Mr. Richard Webster, of Althfiel , on Christma,s day, when an un- broken family of ten ohildren gathered around the table to enjoy a Christmas din- ner' in he old home. Mr. Daniel . Webster, their fa, her, settled there in 1854, and the whole family of children have settled within four iles of the old homestead, except one. hose present were, James Webeter, of Kin ose • Robert Webster and Thomas Webeter, Afield ; Mrs. Samuel Alton of Belfast ,• Mrs. David Anderson and /aim Efizebeth and Susan Webster, of Ashfield ;- Mrs. James Turner, of Stanley •---- D. K. Webster, of Kinloss, aqd Richard '%Webster, on the old homestead. Their combined age is 5r years.