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The Huron Expositor, 1901-02-08, Page 1L 1901 infille1M1s1,717111•11%11•1111111Tokyik! k e edy. Ln, -boy or girl, with', knee from Seaforthi I of any winter ap ✓ ht -r day of op,port. othes or garments of prices not to bo e month. This store less these stock-tak, 2'lling goods at priceS need pries, very ,blanee-of our hig' rich an 4perine9, Collarettes, at new lower prices!. ••.giurupg they were lower than furs f excellence uswi1Fjr 1We are clearing theri per cent. oft marked k to please and save buy them here :can elsewhere, even price. wear wt.tr. thcse that Chat ti!, those that Ion from Bev- y ti el.e are kinds Of H, would wear. Cold- =v:e'vt- I:ad is eoming, L•'t ;diner when under- eit‘Ey t1 cheaply t.e full rar'ge to clear! :Nomt. m•', Boysand r:n the ditierent sizes ity of muslin under - oil in the different - We i -,c11 our share, ;more. Women. are fit that trey should • -put on under mu 'home ewing, whe ,e1),•uglit so reaso be your purcha - your muslin urade- ,ays find here the bet Mises, niLtht gown, anii so on, at every LtMueh Le to • sell rnen whO readylto-wear suits. are going to bu convinee them that are better than ca We give spec' tra values in rrieu"s ning, ranging in price. Li with this result7 of style, richness of ,tion of fir,- our boys' excelled. SVhat- to concern you, if you e. You cannot make thing desirable will acme modest prices so by others in print. suit. choice ue,,v things • the kind that ma r.* a- *7 a.","".•," e oc:s co. ttest(]ash Store. eels and loved he le is succeeded by will hope that hi0 •ha. befits the Kin ,-- John Boyd ha henediets and haill the peraon of Miss ..t.r of Mr. Thomas , the village black killed trapper a umber of valuable Bell, who was laid able to be around 'great de -d going on this coming season. :ting up a new bank fl purposes building N1•:Gavia, jr., we build a brick mail. are preparin e,ezei bre. •-- V.hti,1•1 pays it ollowing salaries ; losessor, $70 I each ; returni ie..; ors of jurorsi oi Knox church, k: The reporte 10 conne:ition tht _a good work • -art ments Tho iounted to 94,5Sg with a balance of i:)frvi rents and WEI awl the plate Ladies" Aid dont0.- For the scheme+ tibutions amounted ns ,f expenditure eoiM(s salary, and -partment, $-100 t rt salary, $300 t JL;titiscellaneoul 1-1 'will regret tO- . Wm. Wise, of thet ,iderich townshipi. educeday 4 14154 yearsof age, -and t for several years: took an active hfll. other public triat4 successfu %Ide a condo:dab). o provided liberal a genial,: whole14ed and esteemed by 4'.quairitanee. Hi large family e him, orr WHOLE NU BER, 1,730. I THIRTY -FI ST YEAR. FU URITY COME AND AAAAAAAAAAAMAAAMAAANY4AA Our futurity days have come many lines cleared at prices that w of fixing_in the mind of many that attending. and gone, 11 have the the day is Before making mention of other lines, out the fact that if we have your size in a fur clear it out at a right price. The dea prevail coats are always sold first. This is not al This season we sold more of the m dium grad present time we are selling the better coats. We have three calf coats s lling at $ one knows, there is no men's coat in the m give the same wear as the calf co t, and to has $15 to spare, this is a chance that should Our reason for giving this special Iprice is, th better to have the use of $15 for a year, than over, and even posssibly sell the- c at for $19 and there desired e one well are ect orth we will point coat, we will that the best ays the gas°, s, and at tide 5. Asevery rket- that. will any -man who ot- be missed. t'it will pay us arry the gods ext seaso There is still another kind of coat th t we hay in stock. It is called the Russia -me OD, and so far as the wear is concerned Li will wear as we 1 as our anadian .coon, although not as good looking a co t, yet for yarmth, it will be as good as any. We have two lof these c ats. We r will clear the two gut at $12.50 each. The sizes kf the coat are such as will fit' the average sized than. We ha pairs of fur ga Any of these e eight ladies' jackets left, seve ntlets, and about a dozen -r rticles will be cleared at attrie caperines ten ffs ,and muffs. ive prices. Eight good robes still left these will be cleared at right prices. In the furnishing department you may select from the following lines articles that will be of use to ou: The odd underwear pile i3 made up of goods that sold at 50c, 65c, 75 and $1. We are aking tw piles, one at 30c and the other at 45e. 0 In gloves, there is a dress kid glove th t sold for 651c and 75c; these are odd sizes, and are being cleared at 450 a pair. Have you seen the boys' school pants 4hat we are sel - ing for 25o? These are our own make, se n with line ; buttons sewn on to stay, not for 4nament. 1 1 I Some eight white fur lamb caps to lear at ''$1.5. The billyreid cap is still the favoritejtha be.t quality now selling at 50c. There is a new thing in a cap called the Baden-Powell rather a niee cap, price 50c. Some fifty boys' odd coats,: the style t to the neck, sizes 22 to 27, sellingat 90c; th school pants Nvould make a good outfit for gm The odds and ends of our stock of bo 8' fleece lined underwear, at 25e each piece, all sizes. If you prefer making your boys' every ay clothing at Lorne, we will sell you a union -tweed for 19c that will prove value. at buttons up se with the 25c g to school in. Is There are some very heav stock at the present time, selling my, the quality extraordinary. weights ef cottonade ii t 25e. The price is ordin A long stocking for your 1oy, that will give- fair* amount of satisfaction for the money,,25c a pair. A tale twice, yes Many limps told, and as interesting as ever, the fact that we make ouri own men's suits for the most part; they are well made, the fit and finish being surer and safer than the ordinary make of readymades, we sell these lines at $8 and $10. Greig & Clorers and 4-1-14+ - ad al Furnishers SEAFORTII On the Wron Side of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, IHURON TIONS IN SEAFORTLI, F IRL'S OBSERVA- OLD LONDON. . hrreen NO., 16. RECEPT ON TO !BOBS!' DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Ev r since the return ' of the C. I. V'a. had wo dered if I would be able ta get a limpse of " Boleti", when he should come h me. Y u may be ieuro I watehed the pape e that told of hie home coming and the intende eeception. The papers had so ove done it jon the return of the C. I. V's., by their ap eals to the people to show their loy, lty, etc, that they kept rather quieter t is time Then the War °dice did` not wart such another ado es that of two months ag , and, consequently, there was no thanksgiv'ng service and no ban- quet Oven by th city. , arl Robert's wel- come w'as to be one from r yalty, and a very just one it was. Well 1 As 1 haiu no iht ntion of being in a crewd, nor of p ying a uinea for a seat, I was ra her reii ved to e by one of the papers t at the •est plats for sight -seers was in he park partio tarty at Marble Arch, f course knew I would not be the only on that wo ld see t at notice in the .peper, but yet I etermin d to go to the park an way. T ere you can get into the open sp ce back •f the ro da if you don't care to e in the rowd.. ou .will already have sen by th Canadi n papeis of the &A's a rival at South& i pton ; his recep- tion byrincess enry of Battenberg, and the mo e privet one w th Her Majesty. Mao, t at he wa, met at ddington station, London by th Prince and Princess of Wales, and en ertained at luncheon at. Buckin ham Pal ce. The r ute fro the stat'on to the Palace is not a long one, so there was less room for those w shing to see the rocession. How- ever, the crowd ould not be such an im• menee 'ne, as th re wean' a public holiday given, nd the Hoolig n" element was kept a ay by th rumors •f the strong force that was to line he lame s. The hart money order, $3 and under, 3 $30 to $40, 15c; $4 $1.00, at, same rates. ; to $30,;25 R. J. mess of sending money by Dominion Express appeals to every one. The rates are; ; over $3 to $5, 4o; $5 to $10, 6o ; $10 to $20, 10c; $20 to $30, 1o; to $50, 18c; $50 to $60, 20c $60 to $75, 25o; $75 to $100, 30a; over ,For orders payable in Euro e—$10 and under, 10c ; over $10 to $20, ;):$30 to $40, -35c; $40 to $5 , 45c; over $50, at same rates. MAC ONAL P. R. AGE 11 Seaforth. The erocession was due t Marble Arch at one o'cl ck, so I ent up to the city early and too the tw penny t be from the bank to Mar le Arch. I tell y. u, the carriages of the el Uric un ergroun . are a vast im- provem nt on th others i• the city, either suburb n or und rground. The two latter have n heating eparatu of any kind, not even st aw on th floor t keep, your feet warm, ike- the o d 'horse care in Toronto. R,eally, I wonde the insa ranee- companies will ta e any rie s on the(lives of the men who go up every day in t ose refrigerators. One is uite cos and w rtn • going by the " two penny t be," an the guard does I call o t the n mes of he stations as you come t them, a d, stran e to say, you can tell w at he ea s. • On the other under- ground roads yo simply lave to count the station-, and, if ou don't know enough for that, k ep &skin the peo le in the carriage till you find som ene wh does know, The names f the sta ions are stuck' in ever so many places a out the platform, but so mixed p with dvertise ents, one finds it hard t pick -out the nam for which he is lookin . I reall didn't i tend to write on the iscomfor a of he railway Car- riages of the metropo is when I start. ed, b t I sup ose the are so new to me I d� not ben them as does the long suf- fering British p blic. I must tell yo, that th carriages in the Lord Roberta' rocessio were to go into . the park at Viet rut gate drive along the read, which run north a d south,to Marble Arch, then on t 6 road, Which runs east and west, to Hyde ark corn r, so that you can understand the ark bein a good place to see. At Hyde Park a mete the carriages went along Pico dilly to St. James street, down it, past arlboro h House, (Prince of Wales' city residenc ), and then along Constitution 11 11 to B aingham Palace. Having given yo the ro te, as the news- papers did, I m et tell y u how and Where I really. saw Ear Robert:, (no one is quite familiar, as yet with t e new, title, and Lord Roberts, 0 " Bobs " comes more eas- ily). When -I got out at Marble Arch station 1 Raw a ong pr cession ot people .heading for the ark, aid I soon followed too. LI was fairl besieg d with hawkere to buy phatoa, buttons, pr grammes, and all sorts of souve • irs of he occasion, and bought from one or two hat I could tell the eaters " I have one." Marble Arch was quite alive with people, who paid a good gum for a seat o top, b t ' who had a fine view. The mai gates a the arch were not 'open, so I went little urther down, and got in without ny tro hie. It - was then about eleven o'•31 ck, but I, did not go far till I saw the ro ds lined on either side with soldiere, and as any pe ple behind them as could see. I be eh to th nk my chances of Boeing - " Bobs " from- hat poiet rather slim, but croese the roa and went through in open space be ween t e road and a sec- ond promenade t at had an iron fence be- tween it and the open pa k. The open space was not very wi e, and was partly filled with mounted r gulara, ho were kept as a reserve force. I looked t the round hori- zontal bars of that fence and wondered if I could balance yeelf o one near enough the top to allow if my se ing over the heads of the fortunate ileople e the roadside, and while so wonder ng a- pa ty of three ladies and two childre • came up on one side of me, and a lad and a boy on the other. They too began o wond r aloud if it were a good place, an when the lady pent her little boy off o see i he oonld find any better, I conclu ed to at:y where I was and profit by the la 's looki g about. The boy oon ceme bac to say there was no better place, as farthe on the fence bars were not horizontal, but erpend cular. The roads were full of pe ple an from our place we could see the be • d in t e road and stood a otter chance of a good view. ,• 11 In a very oho acquaintance w boy, both of wh friendly. Just tell me that- E to one withou times you wish for a little form or more civil who will talk ime I struck up quite an th the lady and the small m I fou d quite chatty and ere I n ay say no one need •glisli p ople will not speak an i troductiori. Some- ome o them would wait lity. 11 never met a kinder peakin people, even those courteous. It does anyone for a short I am not Englieth, ould be careful not tionality, not that I Canadian, far from re most seem that I can't talk t time until they onclud so this day I th nght I, to make know • my n am ashamed of being a it, but it saves a great ieal of answering of questions. Ho ever, I got on very well for a time till the lady begin talking about the Diamond Jubile there. Of cou I out of the eit wasn't English being ealled a being a Canadi few questions, if I kn w her she tol4 me she found t real to and augh vr. Of course, e rode at ever that?' Ind we some soldiere s and 1 had to say I wasn't se she was surprised, "was " etc., until I had to tell I and, to save myself from American, confessed to . Then I had to answer a ut the lady did not ask me rother in Toronto, though had one in that city. ice to have some one to talk h over the funny things. ery time a man in uniform one Would say, "who is were amused, as also were ending in_front of us, whe ' 11 1,• one of the ladies on said, "Oh tit is only one laughed out when a two little dogs led by a DAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1901. 4 McLEAN BROS., Publisher $1 a Yearlin Advance. he tither side of me general." Every. 1 woman passed with strap, and the poor Attie animals had on mealekin blankets. One heard "Oh 1 sea skin," from every side. was not long till 11 opr fence had a ine of people by it nd even though it eau% very comfort& le sitting, it was a est from standing. The party near us had • uite a luncheon with hem and our small •oy had some biscuits, and 'before the wait- og time was over I wished I too had rought a biscuit; Two men in khaki tood in front of us for a while and we had great time finding out whO they were (or t least the regiment Or colony.) Finally, we'saw that one was a anaihan, and, when we said that, one of t o Ilttle arabs, who was beside me, jutnped dowiand went to look. It was funny o see him go around and around them an loo* them up and down as though they were the greatest curiosities. We were not ';ure about the other soldier, but the oy t ought he had discovered something, for he 'came back to say, "He has A., . and C. on his shoulder," which, as 1 foetid out after. warfe, determined h a being from Aus• tral a. As it came n ar one o'clock the crowd increased and e congratulated our- selves on having a goo1 place. Our small boy was conetantly being asked to let people over the fence that they might take a short cut through he park and perhaps get a place to see something It Was rather aggravating sometimei, for we' would get nicely balanced on thelfence when the thing would shake with admeone getting over, and one either had o sit in fear of being thrown off or jump. Howlever, I suppose that could not be helped, nd because we had a good place. m st just smile and be agreeable. The smal boy i who could not see over the crowd, de ermitied to climb the trees in the open an it *as funny to see him. One in partioul r, had a great time scrambling up a tree about the size of a snow -ball tree, and hen Ihe got up we heard him say, "Ca 't see nothing, any - how." The stay in he *es was rather short for the police an came along and ordered the lads do n. !It was rather aggravating, perticula ly an the procession was just about to p se. The Prince and Princess of Wales, akeIt nd Duchess of York were to leave the station a few minutes before the o hers, that they might be in waiting to r ceivel Earl Roberts. When we heard a reat bheering in the distanee we got on ou iron rail ready to see. The carriage of he Wales' was so low we could only -see the Itops Of their heads, and we hoped "Bobs 'iwou41 have a higher carriage or else sit oi a cuphion. We saw the Duke and Duche a of Yea real well and the Duchess look d particularly well, While the Duke was dressed up in his new hat (Admiral's or re r-Adiniral's I forget which.) For the next few 1 inutea everyone was on the look oht, and he people who had no place were 'p shingl madly here and there, and in most me s ato d behind a big man or a soldier, wh re thi y could not see. It wasn't long till a eafen ng cheer arm and we could hear it c me nearer and near- er -while the bands all aroun , us began to play in their best style, the soldiere threw up their heads and even th horses seemed to feel that something was jooming. I must not forget to tell you we heard good music al the morning, for first on band and then a other -would play, he 1rieh airs being the favorites. It is such a queer f elingcmes over one when you hear the no se co ing nearer and nearer and you are on the: etch for some- thing for winch you have waited a long time. Every hat a d h ndkerchief was ready and I nearly fel off t e fence in my efforts to wave my m ff ; a uldn't wave my handkerchief, for one and ad hold of the woman beside me and th other in the muff. I forget what ca e before Earl Roberta' carriage, but it d es not matter anyway. Along came th carriage with one of England's, or r ther ritain's bravest noblemen in it. You have seen his photo, and if you had not I c uld. ot tell you how good he looks. The 1 ft hind touched his hat as he bowed and s fled first to one side and then the other. Wo ot such a good look at that face, for tlho e rl sat on our side of the carriage, a d we could see him as he bowed to the cr ,wd all the way to the. turn in the road. I Even Old Sol, who i very chary of his miles these days, ea e 4ut to welcome "Bobs," and the fog w ioh was pretty thick in the morning and at night, stepped aside at mid-day that he um should have no excuse for not bein pr sent at the re- ception. The Duke if Co naught sat be- side the hero, but as r yalty was not in it that day, I don't kno wh tile looks like. Behind the Earl's carr aye earne his native escort, six big swarth ell we who looked quite picturesque in the r bright -colored turbans and seeds. Ihey eem to be hav- ing a moat enjoyable t me e eing the eights, while their master is c pin with the diffi- cultiee at the War ffice. The carriage had hardly passed til the woman and I looked at each other a d sa'd in one breath, " Didn't we see him well ?" I did not know the other gentle en in the carriages that followed, but the welra nearly all, in some way or other, co neoted with military life. Oh ! yes, I nuis not forgeb to tell of seeing Lady Roberts and her two daugh- ters, who passed us j st fter the native guard. By this time ur 14!d on the fence was getting rather we k, a d we were glad to get down, even th ugh we missed the last carriage by so dm A sigh of "It is everyone and then t move. I tried to get gates, but, as I said be in a crowd, even s one, and icon saw I where. I -walked alo corner, but soon reali ing the procession an I was. Fortunately t lining the route were " fell in " behind and gate, which before h without any trouble. decorations, but kne ing on the streets till permed, so after dinne museum. Had been not for any length of place one might go m all. I told you it was al „fog may know it was quiteldar along Piccadilly to Hyde every place was well ligh see quite distinctly tb pictures which made and pretty, On the way back i picture shop, so got what was attracting - found it was,a steel the now famous piotu mond's entitled " You very possibly kn how Bobs is sitting little child on hie k camp appears at the 40,000 ENVELOPES OBLONG AND SQUARE BOUGHT AT A BARGAIN: IMIIMIIMIIMMIIMIII=11•111111111111 If you want a snap in Envelopes Come Soon. ALE X WINTE 1111 It " Bobs " turns to him and says, "Don't you see I am busy ?" I think it is the Prince of Wales who owns the original painting. A little farther on I came to another picture shop where an oil painting entitled "Just like Baba," by Canton Woodville, was being much admired. The incident is supposed to have occurred just after the battle of Dierfontein. A wound- ed soldier is lying on the ground and " Bobs " is stooping beside him, giving him a drink from his flask. The horse of the latter is standing patiently by as though he too had a feeling of sympathy for the wounded one, and one of the black guard, with his colored turban, makes a fourth in the group. In the distance can be seen the high hills and along in the valley goes the pro- cession of soldiers, cannons and wagons. Of couree it seemed a fit thing that these pictures should be on view on such a day as this, but it doesn't need -the pictures, -nor the receptions nor luncheons to ;thew the new commander-in-chief that be is beloved by the British. It just comes out, without an effort, on every occasion when he is seen or heard. The welcome was given Thureday, and Friday morning found the new chief at his place in the War Office. S. McL. ILFORD, England, Janeary, 1901. • • Death of' Mr. Thomas Gibson. Universal regret will be felt throughout this county, and indeed throughout the Province, on account of the death of Mr. Thomas Gibson ex -M. P. P., tor EastHuron. Mr. Gibson passed away at his home in Wroxeter, on Wednesday of last week, at the age of 76 years. Mr. Gibson was firet elected to the Legis- lature on March 21st, 1871, and retained his seat until the last general election in 1898, a period of 27 years, At the time of his re- tirement he had occupied a place in the House continuously.longer than any other member, and was generally known as the "father of the Legislature." His lovable nature and fine, terse Scottish mode of ex- pressing himself on public questions made him at all times popular, and in his later career he occupied a seat in the Ministerial row. He was born in Greenlaw, Berwick- shire, Scotland, and emigrating in 1853, first to the United States and shortly afterwards to Upper Canada. Mr. Gibson settled with several of his brothers at Wroxeter, in the county of Huron, in 1857, when thal part of the Province, now a fine farming district, was almost unbroken bush. His strong com- mon sense and intelligent grasp of public affairs brought him early to the front. He was one of the first reeves of the township of Howick, and at Confederation he was se- lected as the Reform candidate for the north riding of Huron, but was beaten by a nar- row majority by the late W. T. • Hays. In 1871 he was returned to the House, Mr. Hays again being his opponent; and after one or two subsequent elections, his hold on the riding was never seriously challenged. Mr. Gibson was in many respects a typical border Sooteliman. Logical and sagaciowehis advice on questions of policy and administra- tion was highly esteemed by the successive Liberal Governments, whom he supported, and no one received greater attention when addressing the Legislature, especially on questions of finance, in the discussion of which his long and intimate acquaintance with the course of provincial politics gave him unusual advantages. He was a great reader, especially of books on economic and social questions, and kept well abreast of current affairs, both in the. old and in the new world, being especially well posted in British politics. He was a -member of the Presbyterian church, and a life-long total abstainer, having attached himself to the teetotal movement at an early age. He leaves a widow and one daughter. Mr. Gibson's health was unsatisfactory for several years before his death, but a severe attack of grippe was the immediate cause of his removal. ,g- i . 11 over," came over e crowds began to out lit Marble Arch fore,i had no desire to ould [it be an orderly mild have to go else - g towards Hyde Park ed I Was .only follow - decided to stay where e soldiers who were being dismissed so I gotut of the main i ‘n t been opened, I w nted to see the there was no use go - the terowd had dia- 1 went to the British here once before, but line, and then it is a nr t'mes and not see y day, so you when I went ark corner, but d and I could egffags, bunting and he streets very gay 1; • - aw a crowd around a own off the bus to see o much attention. I ngra ing taken from a of Arthur Drum - obi, and the baby." w the story of it and at table with a ee, hen an aide-de- oor with a message. • Parliament he re resented one of the To- ronto constituencies, but resigned on ac- count of the position interfering with hie legal practise. He is a native Canadian and is 60 years of age. —Hen, Di. Montague will sail on March 27th for Au trail , on ,Independent Order of Forester bus nese where he will remain for about tour nionth . His Haldimend friends propose to presentDr. Montague with a case ofsolid ailver before his departure. — Mr. William McKinnon, farmer, of Cammilla Ontario, was kicked in the ab- domen and aide by one of hie horses a few days ago ani rendered unconscious, several ribs being broken. Members of his family found him lying i the lane, and he would a doubt ess have died had no one happened to discover hine. His condition is serious. —In the i &Wee court in Toronto last week, the jury returned a verdict for $3,000 in fever of Ethel Fahey, for the loss of her lett hand et the Dominion Paper Box Factory in that city last December, while working a -machine. Her father was caevardado, ed$1 for his expenses, The girl laim —The police magietrate of Chatham re- cently Bente ced Wesley Freeman to three years in Kipp in penitentiary • for grain stealing. Free an carted away three wagon loade of mine and corn from farms adjacent to Cha ham, and sold them to local dealer/. T e robberies were all very bold. The prison r is supposed to be one of an organized ga g of grain thieves, who have been ea ryin on extensive robberies. — Of the 348 d athe registered in the city clerk'S office at lorouto last month, 116, or one in three, w re the result of various forma of pulmon ry disease!, and the large number is chiefl attributed to the unusual weather that h s prevailed. Pneumonia claimed 39 tvicti s, several forme of con- ; sumption 31j, br nchitis 23, In grippe 11 and ongestion nd infiamtnation of the lungs, influehze, leurisy, etc., 12, e--- Ir. Thomas McGaw, of McGaw & Win ett, prOprie ors of the Queen's hotel, Toronto, died at his residence in that city on Friday Id 1 at week. Deceased, who was one of i the best 'known of Canadian hotel' keepers, h d been in ill health for three years, and or the past two years had been unable to devote any attention to busi- ness affairs. De th was due to Bright's disease. He was —On Monday ping in the bu Mint() township, the victim of a v had choppod a bouncbed from t Mr. ee's leg wit foot and leg o earth. In this man was held fo before it was pos Canada. —The town of Woodstock is applying to the Legislature at its next session for in- corporation as a city. —The population of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is now given at 52,443. It is quite a bit behind Toronto yet. —It is said there are four oases of small- pox in the city of London and the medical health officers are advising general vacci- nation. —After paying off a mortgage for $4,500 on their church, the Methodists of Blen- heim burned the instrument at a public meeting. —The Pope has appointed Rev. Father Francis Solauns, rector of • St. Joseph's church, Chatham, secretary of the Apostolic Delegate at Ottawa. —The epidemic of grip will aost the public school board of Toronto $400 for the pay of extra teschera to take the place of 175, who were taken in during January. —The Sultana nickel property in Algoma, consisting of 2,640 acres, owned by two men in Sault Ste Marie, has been purchased by Chicago capitaliste for $250,000, than realizing a good pot to its former owner& —On Saturday, Miss May Steven,. of Seymour, near Campbellford, a nurse at Kingston general hospital, died of blood poisoning. Some days ago she scratched one of her fingers and blood poisoning fol- low_eHd C. H. Mackintosh, of Vancouver, British Columbia and formerly of Ottawa, received a privat:e telegram recently stating that his youngest son, who joined Strath. cona's Horse at Roseland last year, had died on the voyage from the Cape to Eng- land. —The attorney -general's department at Toronto has prepared a report, showing that from September, 1898, to January 1 of this year, 251 tramps were sent to the Central prison, and nearly 100 more to the various county jails for terms lees than 30 dep. —Mr. William Lount, Q. C., of Toronto, has been appointed to the vacant judgeship in the common pleai court, caused by the Rose. The salary ie Lount has long bee and political circles. division of the high death of Mr. Justice $5,000 a year. Mr. prominent in legal For a time in the last —Mr. B. B. Ontario's Most died last. abou trati supposed ha was newel of his deat &coo panie by ing Clift n S since the le of years of age and Simcoe county. —A deplorabl, Winnipeg on F the progrees o bankers' league Fritz W. Bert. Bank team, 'was vital spot, and The I occurrience Barren plunged f as it was being blo* Deceased man, 23 yellre of .peg ifrom Linde Barron, of 1,trat ber for Nor h Vi —Tho annual r superintendent -Far at Dryden, tricte Algo a, b Mininter of Agri June' 30 did so crop,' but ther tory,' the f llowi acre Barley, 12i bushel bushels ; fruit have one been suffie entl During the year, opened and a Pr 63 years of age. of laat week, while[Lop- h, Mr. Jonathan Lee, of Wellington county,, was ry unusual accident. He ree which, on falling, re - e stump, the butt striking such force as to drive his er a foot into the frozen position the unfortunate upwards up of an hour ible to extricate him. sler, K. C., of Toronto, minent criminal lawyer, uddenly, at, Atlantic City, on Tuesday Mr. Osier had been in ill health for a year, suffering from nervous pros - n, caused by over -work, but it watt ecovering nicely when the took to binning in the township, of Downie until 4 years ago, when be retired an lived in the village of Sebringville with his son, Mr. L. Eckert, V. S. The deceased was married twice. A widow and 8 child,- ren —1 ru or rv isvoem. e reason or another, Mr. J, H Roberts, caretaker of the post office iti Stratford, has been 'removed and alderman J. P. Murray appointed in his place. It bit said that' Mr. Roberts made himself too active in the last election. —Dr. Fred a Brown and Mr. Robert Speak, both St. Maresboys, left Chicago on January 21st, with a party bound for Alas - a. Dr. Brown goes as physieian for et arge mining company and Mr. Speck wilt ork for the concern. —At the Avonbank cheese and 'butter actory last year, 40,555 pounds of butter nd 179,182 pounds of cheese were made. he butter was sold at an average priee of 1.8 cantle and the cheese at 10.2 cents per ound. —Mr. John Stacey, proprietor of the Mow Grove cheese factory, Logan town= ship, contemplates the erection of a negic brick factory the coming summer. The foundations and floors will be of cement, and everything connected with the factory will be thoroughly upto-date. • —At the annual meeting of the director" of the Perth Mutual Fire Insurance Com! pany, the old officers were re-elected as follows ; President'Wm. Davidson ; , vieei president, Hon. Thomas Ballantyne ; di -L rectors, Joseph Salkeld, Andrew Kuhry and John Corrie. The finances of the emu* pany are in a very tavorable condition. I —Mr. John Chalmers, of Ellice, met - with a very aad accident while going home one night recently. He got in to ride with another man ahead of him, and his own horses, which were behind, becoming fright., etted and trying to paes, he jumped out to stop them, but was unable to do so, as the horses knocked him down. The Sleigh passed over him and injured him severely. —Metiers. A. Bnrritt & Company, of Mit. obeli, have met with another loss of Englieh yarn in transit. A con- pie of le of years ago they lost a q:tity by the wrecking the steamehii Scotsman. Last week they rei- ceived not.oe of the toes of 18 cases destroy -1- ed by fire on the Grand Trunk Railway, between Portland and Montreal, eaused b a collision. The value of the yarn w about $2,800. —One day recently, while assieting i placing a flag at half mast over the fire hal in Mitchell, _Ernest Wood fell from the roof, receiving very serious injuries. ° One leg was broken close to the tingh, and hi teeth went through both upper and lowe lips. He was otherwise badly jarred, bo as there are no internal injuries, his recovery is looked. for. His escape from instant death was miraculous. —A party from Stratford drove a grey team to Mitchell on Monday of last week and allowed them to stand on the street tied to a post until they were -stiff with -cold. The conatahle was just about to take charge of the team when the parties ap- peared and drove off. The team belonged to a Stratford livery. stable. The offenders should be given a dose of their own naedi- eine. — The following have been elected officers of the Blanshard Maurits:me Company: Messrs. R. Switzer G: B. Webster and Q. Hudson were elecad to the hoard of direct- ors. Mr. W. F. Sanderson was electesi president, George B. Webster, vice-presie dent •, P. S. Armstrong, secretary -treasur- er, R. Beatty and M. Irvine'auditors, W. F. Sanderson and P. S. Armstrong, representatives to Underwriter's Aesoci- i ' ati—miBefore closing his store on a recent SO - urday evening, one of the business men f Mitchell sat down in his office to have a quiet smoke. Capt. Money was engaged with him in conversation. A few seconds after applying a match to the tobacco an explosion occurred, sending the pipe from the man's mouth, and for a time constern- ation prevailed in the shop. The merchant had a few small cartridges in hie pocket, one of which found its way with the tobaceo to-tle pipe hence the explosion. —Mies jean, daughter of Wm. Galbraith, of St. Marys, while coasting down one of the hills in that town, the other evening, met with a serious accident. The sleigh struck against a • ist near the bottom of a hill and caused is Gilbraith to be throws wish groat force against the obstruction. She was picked up in a stunned etandithin and conveyed to her home. Dr. Smith was summoned. and found that there was no fracture of the skull, but rather a severely bruised bead. —By the death of Mr, Wm. A. Smith, on Wednesday morning of last week, the town- ship of Wallace loses one of its rapidly lees - ening circle of first settlers. Mr. Smith had entered on the 77th year of his age and had generally enjoyed good health until the last year or two. In Oetober last be suf- fered from an Atte* of bronchitis, and since that time has not been able to leave the house. The deceased Wm. A. Smith was a son of the late Rev. Jatnes Smith, of Glasgow, and was born in the county of Lanark, Ontario, on the 14th day -of Decem- ber, 1824. He was married in Lanark, in Match, 1849, to Jane &obi°, whe, with a family of 2 sone and 3 daughters, survive him. Mr. and Mrs. Smith came back into the township of Wallace on the 4-.,h day tof January, 1855, taking up lots 25 and 26, 2ad concession Wallace, adjoining the cor- poration of Listowel, where he has since lived. • was received. Mr. (trier; ' a wife, had been sojourn- ings and Atlantic City °ember last. He was 61 was born in Tecumseh, , accident happened at iday evening last, during a hockey match in the t the Auditorium rink, one of the Dominion ;ruck by the puck in a xpired in half an hour. was purely accidental, as rward to stop the puck I lifted, and received the I was a very popular young la.geeand came to Winni- . He was a son of Judge rd, formerly Liberal mem- toria. port of Mr. A. E. Annie, f the Ontario • Pioneer in the Rainy _River die- s been received by the ulture. A slight frost on e damage to the potath Ise the yield was satistae- g being the product per bushels; spring wheat, s, 15 bathe's; oats, 33 s, 180 bushels. Small icely, but apples have not hardy for the climate. a new school section was ebyterian church built. • h Notes. er has tendered his resig- he council of Mitchell. tiki, of Mitchell, has sold lin gentleman for $225, a former resident of St. kilieli by an engine at Flint, ecent y. enue of the Mitchell post office year was $2,918, and salary ices, $1,235. obert Patton, of Strat- g a pail of water Tuesday eek, she fell, breaking her ; otat nati Pe eorge Saw ' a as one of r, P Ilako his pacer to a B- -George Ofie Marys, ws Michigan, —The re for the pas and allows --While Mre. ford,' was ciirryi morning of last leg at, the knee. — Wm. Brigham, of Mitchell, after a long illness, peened away on Saturday, 25th ult., aged10 years. - e resided. in Mitchell for nearly 20 years.' — On Wednehday night of last week, Trooper W. C. Smith, of North Easthope, who has just returned from South Africa, was Presented with a handsome gold watch. —Mr. TihOMik Henry, of the Willow Grove cheepe factory, has purchased Mr. Henry Meenna s 100 -acre lot on the 8th concession, Logan. Price, $3,300. —Mr. John Cole, of Russeldale, met with's painful accident the other day, while dra ing loge to the Fullerton saw mill. A large log rolled on to his foot, bruising it badly, but fortunately no bones were broken. he Elma Ii‘irmereInsurance Company, at the close of 1904). had policies in force to the value of $2,085,883. The losses dur- ing t e year amounted to $2,061.27, while a balance of $5,860 was carried over to this year. i — On W the home o was the se his &tight to Mr. We. Mr. Whiti Methodist —One of ship Pane Wm. Sheam tic stroke, He had attained the age of 90 years. Two sons and three daughters survive him. —Another of the pioneers of Downie has gone in the person of Mr. Conrad Eckert. The deceased died in Michigan, where he had lbeen visiting for seveisl months with ii, one f his daughters. His remains Were bro ght to Sebringville for interment. The deceased wsa born in Germany and emigrat- ed to this eountry when be was a lad of 18 year. of age. He worked in Wilmot town- ship for several years, when 14 moved and , dnesday evening, January 30bh,. Mr. John Whithell, Fullerton, ne of a very happy event, when r, Marie, was united in marriage ley Jefferson, of Hibbert, Rev. g, B. A., pastor of the Mitchell hurch, offieieting. the first settlere of Logan town - away last week in the person of . He was seized with & parody. rom which he never recovered. —The farmers of Usborne township have organized for the purpose of establbshing a telephone service between Exeter and Elfin - vine. —Mre. E. Miller, relieit of the late John Miller, one of the most highly reepected residents of Hullett township, pained away at the advanced age ef over four•score years, being 81. She died at her late borne on concession 3, on Wednesday of last week, the funeral taking place on Friday after- noon. Deceased was a native of Armagh, Ireland, and oame to this country 50 year* ago, settling at Dundee, where she was married to her husband, who died over ten years ago. They were among the early set- tlers, having come ro Hallett in 1859. Seven children were born to them of whom Eix still survive. --The semi-annual meeting of the Haren District Royal Templar* was held in Exeter on Friday, 25th ult., and was well attended by representatives and members. Report* were relictand discussed, and ways and means were devised to extend the work through the county. The following are the officers for the current year: District coun- cillor, Mrs. Colin Campbell, reelected ; district vice councillor, Miss E Lewis, Crediton, secretary, David Jacques, Bete - ter, re-elected ; C. Wm. Lewis, Creditox; ' treasurer J. W. Yoleristeen, Verna, re-eleet- ed ; H., J. T. .Westoottt, Exeter; depu y H., Miss Maud Andrews, Varna, G., 14 Vincent, Exeter; representatives to GrsnI Council, M. Vincent and Thomas Natt1. The next meeting will be held in Varna in JunA.