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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1901-02-22, Page 1=fa-f-R.,t2 •nee, hey or girl, with, F taue e from Seaforth, Led ef any wiater api or her day of oppoe- clothes or garments cie piices not to be ve month. This store eures these etock-tak- sidling goods at pricee t reduced prices, very he balance of our high handsome, rich arid aperines, Collarettee, at new tower price*. reeginnieg they were atety, tower than frier' of excellence usually We are clearing theM e per cent, off marked ee to please and save L can buy them here en elsewhere, eve lc prices, ear that wear, those that ese that fit, those that aid save you from sey- these are kinds Of ter would wear. Cold - we've had ie coming, air shiver when under -- so easily and cheaply et a full rangeeo dear, - Woinenee Boys' and in the different size !muslin's. etity of muslin ande— ei said in the different We sell aur share, more. Women are fa,ot that they ehould a -put-on under mute ehorne sewing, when lie bought so rearione re be your purelme. . your muslin ander-- aye find here the best -misee, night gowns, re and so on, at every it killeh ee to sell men whe ready-to:Wear - suit y ere going to buy a cenvince them that. are better than can see. We give epecial etre- values in men'i hing, ranging in price a with this result of etyle, richness of. Lion of fit, our boys' -excelled. What to eeneern you, if yoa e You cannot make thing desirable wilI• ,ase modest prices so y °there in print. suit. ohoice new. things t the kind that man ne-irsei 4.. UL ,9 Go. r,test Cash Store. 111111E1110 �f MaaterTraquairs Ir. Anderaon, wha pulpit of Carmel three weeks, have tiated.—Miss Eva his week visiting Brentnell's broth - re at • Chiselhurst he friends of Mr. (learn that he is rutin Byre, of Dan - emit, was in the ride.—Miss West- vieitiag the Missee etch played here , between Seaforth Kamen. curlers won irtwein, merchant, Iowan, was in the Mr. Ortwein still lenaill.—The em - re of the R. Pick - 1 down to Exeter ea °einr supper and all report ine.yable time.— this village, had is iht might have i had it. occatred in rir to the overheat - eel the igniting of ,me. Fortunately' r , --James Bell, sort eU, left last week 1th a car load af lied by Mr. Wm, here on Friday Ay attended, ow- . er er M ele Me has vers attack of la g of the South ige was held in week. It was eh of July with it Perth, at Ste nue' meeting wilt annul meeting rur Ali:ens were evins, Centralia ; rfanley, Clinton; ensail ; R. S., treasurer, John secretary, Wm. r of ceremonies, lecturers, Wm. Letelon, If olmes- bury. J. Soar - to the coming Winnipeg. THIRTY-PIRST WHOLly NUMBER, 1,732. SEAF •+1 fl or. RTH 1: FRI AY, FEBRUARY 22, 1901. There H VE MOV was net a customer remark that we w lar remark to offer clothing business We have moved a Brothers as a ha this six years we mainly'oue to the fact that we understood our businese, and encleavore at all times to give people goodvaluefor their money. •1 who entered our store last week who had not the re at last on the right side of the street, or some sitni- For six year WO have carried on a most successful n the store lately occupied by us in the Strong block .ross the street to t112 store lately occupied by Johnson dware store, which has been fitted up for our use, I • ave steadily increased our trade from year to yta There has always been, and there ever wdl be, people who claim to give ti some thing for nothing, and also people who look to get something for nothin To this class of _people, inflammatory advertisements telling abou " unheard of prices," "sensational bargain's," "prices cut in two, unprecedented values," and all the rest of it, is at all times attractive. It is impossible for us, bOwever, to _cut prices in two, or Slaughter' stu as we always keep our steck up-to-date, nice and attractive. We sel goods on a close cash baslis, and we always attempt to make a fair profit Such an advertiEement as we have referred to would not only be untrue but the greatest piece of nonsense. No merchant to -day, who expects t' —continue long in business and pay his debts, can afford to mark his good so high as to be able at any time to cut prices in two. e have always endeavored to make this column in THE EXI'OSITOlt as rad - able, sensible and reasonable, as tiny part of the paper. We apf eal to; the readers for their trad on the eround of good valuesand moderate' profits. At such a time , s this, wht n we are removing from one store to another, we er-me in c ntact with many odd lines, whith naturally wel desire to close out. Thia and this only, is the reason for our' attaching! the list which follows. hese goods -will be found to be something out of the ordinary in value. If, looking over the list, you see anything that you think you might with profit purchase, call in and see the article, examine the same, see if it is what we claim it to be, and. if the price is also as we claim, something out of the ordinary, but do not look for priccs cut in two, or any unheard of price." We pay our debts, and we cannot give goods awa 7. Boys' List. • Last week we made incr.ticn of boys' odd coals, from size 22 to -27, -idit 90 cents' We have a few of these still left, they will make a splendid garmentfor boys going to school.. l.Ve are also showing a 25c boys' pant, our own make—that means well made— sewn with linen and butt .DS sewn well on, which we expect will have a very large sale. 'There is a line of boys' white liar. ndried shirts, which weconsider very good value at 45c. .An unlatr dried line of boys' white shirts we are selling at 30.c. A boys' long stocking, all wool, at 25e, is not an unheard of price," but we consider that the stocking we are selling at this price is good value. If your boys' underclothing need repleni hing, either the shirts'or the drawers - we have some broken lines in boys' underwear, both shirts and drawers, that we are closing but at 25c for each garment. Me 's List. A -feav words about the ordered c'othing trade will not be amiss here! New goods.are coming in steadi y. The prime favorite for the Spring over- coat will be a dark grey k rsey cloth,. made in the fly front Chesterfield style, the back cut Trier) and roomy, just defining .the form—no more, Any indieatiod of tightness in an ordered garment at the present time is not fashionable. As the new century advances, there will be a marked improvement in the sty1ea7advocated by merchant tailors for men's wear. we have just placed in st ck lines of Scotch tweeds, Irish -serges and English Worsteds, besides he French makers' goods. so celebrated at the present time—Dorroeuil dr Co. All these several lines point to the fact of an increased desire on tie part of the man on the street. to weartailor- made clothes. There is Tr getting over -the fact - that the 'consciousness of a suit made for yourself and madeto fit, is a source of satisfaction whieh readymades, no matter how well made, nor no matter what the price, can fully make up f r. You will need a nice Spring suit, or over- coat, ora pair of trousers. We are fully prepared tomeetall demands made on us for new, nobb , up-to-date goods this season. ... , Now for a word about readymade . When a man buys a readymade suit, he usually buys it - for a knock -about, something - that he need have. no '.thought as to how he uses it, -or to what work he may engagein with it an. There are different degrees of workmanship in readyinades as in everything else, and it has always been our claim -that the man Who in. - vested his money in one f . our own make of ready-mades, at $8 and 810, was a much better sa isfied man,thaii howhowould give an equal amowat for an ordinary fa tory-made -suit. • We -Wish to impress upon our customers the fact tha our. $8 and $10 suits, which we make Our- selves, are a superior line f goods, and should not be compared with the cheaper class of readymades; they are far superior in every way to or- dinary readyroade goods. ' We sell a_special suit for. what is termed' a hack suit at $4.75-, made of heavy Halifax tweed, in brown, fawn, dark grey 'and.'light grey, which we consider is something about as durable as anything in the Market for a roughing suit. It withstands -rough usage abort as well as any material we have been ever able to secure.. The suits are well cut, up to date in every particular, and give an astonishing arnount of wear when the price is considered. At the present time we c 'el. lines of heavy wool pants at $1,-$1.25 and $1..50,_these being odds an,d ends of our winter stook, and we will be glad :to 'clear the same-. The odd pile of underwear has proved quite an attractive feature of late. The attractive price for fleece -lined shirts and drawers, and some of the lighter makes of all -wool -shirts and drawers being 45c, and there have been a reat number avail themselves of these goods to piece out their underwear far the winter.- +++++++++++++++÷ Greig & Macdollal Clothie s and Furnishers Formerly on the Wrong Side of the Street, SEArORT on February 19th and '2Gth, .April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23idi and 30th, 1901, only, the C. P. R. will run one way excursions to California, British Columbia, to the mining dis- tricts of Nelson and Roseland, also to the Western States to such- points bes Helena and Butte, Montana. The C. P. R. is aeknowledged to be- the best equipped long distance Iine ie America, civility and safety are assured when travelling on this. Por all informa- tioe regarding rates, time ane.. booklete describing route, apply to any C.P. R. agent, or to the local if. P. R. agent in Seaforth. . IACDO.XAIJ 0. P. AGENT, Seaforth! THE GREAT ANb GROWING 7.30 SAULT. dine Cav Mr. Francie H. Clergee, the gentleman through whose energy an enterprise, backed up by American capital, o much has been done in so, short a time, i building up the town of Sault Ste. Marie, and in developing ;the latentreaourcet of th t section of New Ontario, and in taking them productive and profitable, was, entert ined at a banquet by the citizens of I the " oo "0110 evening last Week, Mr. Clergue made one of his characteristieally clear, f rcible and tellipg speeches, in which he o tinned the great projects whieh ha e alt ady been Carried out by his Comp ny, an what they still have in yiewl to ()comp ish. In reply to some press oriticis a adv rite to the assist- ance which had ben give by the Govern- ment in carrying ut th se mighty enter- prises, Mr. Clergu alike these critics to withold further ori icismntil they had an o_pportunity, from person 1 observation, to *rite of what had seen done. He further asked them net to ase thee attache merely upon the informat on which thee have in - their own ' sanctum, or t� make them for the purpose of mak ng political capital. He outlined iiome of t e information these par- ties would gain by personally visiting the field of action. He said: " He (the oritic) would find that in the different lines of in ustry we had expended here. in the neighbo hood of nine millions of dollars cash, all of which has been foreign money injected into the circulating -medium of Canadan to remai forever to the everlast- ing blessing of thou ands of its inhabitants ; that the compietion and successful operation of our undertaking ill require the expend- iture of a sum nearlr as large ; that several thousands of inhabi ants had found new em- ployment in these undertakings, at a higher scale of wages than ad ever before prevailed in Canada that ti e passenger earnings of the little Oanedian Pacific station at Sault Ste. Marie; which ere $15,000 in 1895, and grown to $61,000 in the year 1900; that the freight earnings of the same little station had grown iroth $25 000 in 1895, to $142,000 in 1900a ehat, all he Canadian steamship lines operating to Ault Ste. Marie had to put on additional teamers, and that they were still Unable to carry all the freight we required; hat -our orks sent over $200,000 in cash to ¶we» So nd last year for pur- chases ; that wets nt nearly as much to Hamilton, andnear y as much to Toronto ; that the niechinery and electrical supplies that we have, pur hased from Peterboro have amoented t over $100,000; that Brantford, Galt, D ndas and every other Ontario to n engag d in mechanical man- utacturee - bad; rec ived from $25,000 to $200,000 ofl patgona e from us; that our re- quirements had dvanced the price of horses and eatly al farm products in that part of 0 tario e ibutary to Sault Ste. Marie. In fact fo the year 1900 we ex- pended for farm pro ucts and manufactured materials more,' tha $1,000,000 in Ontario alone, besides a vere large sum in Quebec. By looking:over ou estimates for the 'year 1901, he would see hat our requirements of a similiar character from Southern Ontario will amount to moo than $2,006,000, and additional etealmshi lines are being inaug- hrated frorri Georg' u Bay and Lake Huron points to Sault Ste. Marie on the opening of navigation.I That t e railways entering the American Soo hay announced additional passenger erain ser ice to bring impatient travellers to Sault '.te. Marie, and that the Canadian leaciee R ilway is putting on an additional panienge service to Sault Ste. Marie for the ame urpose. g, Lookiok over o r office staff, he would finil scientific and lassical graduates from every college in Canada, clerks from nearly every bank en 'sea a, and aocountante from almost every °ivy i Ontario. Among .the artisans, mechanics nd laborers he will field nearly every town nd city in Ontario rep resented, arid all th se people Mimi assem- bled here becaese t ey fuund the rewards of labor greater than e sewhere. With this in- formation acquered, the critic will naturally ask what great co pensetion has induced this astonishin dis lily of effort and energy. An investigati n of our aecounts will show that these e pen 'tures, commenced six years agoehad yield d no return at all for the first three year is ; that the works then commenced to get irito full operating condi- tion, and from that time onward there has been a satisfactory progress in the earning capaciey of oar various establishments, as they have gr dually' crime into operative conditions. Th advantages of raw materials which we shall enjoy by means of the Al- goma Central I nd grant will beyond doubt yield a large ii.00me on all the very great in- vestment necessary for its utilization, but this recompense can only be enjoyed in .the frution of time, ad undertakings of the magnitude of ohm s ould not be entered in- to by those who can ob 'learn to labor and to wait.' The enthusiasm to commence them and the courage to compel them can all be had when sustained by the good will and the cordial eym athy of the peeple and the public men' of qanada, but an ambition which will creamily such things will be quickly dulled and a courage which will carry them mit will be quickly chilled if as. soon as energetic action gives evidence of the serious inintio ofesarrying the projects through, politi al in ereste make them the object of attack. Bu I am full of confidence, and just such genuiz4e and cordial applause as you give me here hope to deserve of all Canadians for many a year to come." • . The Sunny Sid of Life in India. We So frequent' hear of "Famine Stricken India' and the terrible sufferings of that country fro famine'that we are prone to conc.ude th t it is all dark and that there is no sunshin there. It is pleasant, therefore, to get a 1 rims° at the other side of life in Ind'. his we certainly do in the following extra te from private letters recently received fro Dr. Thomas Wilson by his ,friende in th s country. Dr. Wilson is a son of Mr; D. e. Wilson, of Seaforth. He went t� India ast fall, accompanying_ Rev. Mr. Wilkie, th well known mission- ary to that couiatr . Dr. Wilson intends practising dentistry in India and is now located at Mhow. e says: "We arrived at Bombay in clue course and, through the se aaintance of Rev. Mr. Wilkie, were able to get our baggage through the euetome with little delay. It is very amusing to see a man here pick up a trunk and carry it up a flight of stairs on his head.' We put up at the Great Western hotel, as fine a place as I ever .. sew. A servant for everything and the roorris fine and airy. We have iron bedsteads with mosquito netting all round. It is cool at _nights, althoegh we did not use blankets. Clothing, such se duck, you can get a suit of here for about $.1.25.' May have to set up house and keep four or five servants as style counts here in doing businees. flow would you like it in going to your dentiet and, after the operation, not feeling very well, he treated you to a cup Of tea? It is exceptionally warm for this time. 85-' this morning (Dec, 9, 1900) aboute--8 o'clock. You get your first meal in bed about 6.30 a. breakfast at 9 ; tiffin at 2 and dinner at You are r. Yesterda a, seven mile the hole party g 'temple and was p Mob minedano, but cut mb of tbe solid by ' oonlight. Th have been somethieg simply morning we saw t4n sun, ma ab thsame time a last ni tette s easily by ninlight. 4 snake yet althou Elephat • noted for t ing e all went hur h and afte • me loan Mission roe. You could hem that ,they 1 ok n their faces. eal ood looking. har e of the semi • uar er hours, th =pee. .A baby am mething of thei e took our wa hie') is one of the o church thr • eathen country. • atives and greatl is their. different k t enehave little m nd a few of the b idn't even wear owing robes and uropean fashion. the finest cities I t e buildings are cipal buildings, rat mpg among the number. ood people in C oing to an uncivil • e it fora fewda t ey were ° living natives oan teach •oliteness. If a s teing down whe • lutes you with c urse, Bombay is c untry, but I thi g.od deal worse b zaar is a very bo fund in getting a a 1 1 a a MoLEAN 13ROS.1 Publishers; $1 a Year in Advande. I went to the Elephata, Spring 1901 expected to dress for wateTIt i an old Hind rom Bombay rely destroyed by the is a W nderful place, rook. We came back sunset and sunrises eautiful. One n and stars all ht could read Have not 'seen island is said epe reptil e. This morn - t4 the B wen memorial " tiffin" went to the and hea a native ser - tell as so n as you saw er Chris tans, from the ome of the girls were nativ preacher took e and it 1 sted one and a 1 sermon occupying 25 Was bapti ed, so we saw customs From there to the Scotch church, fi est in t e city. You e times day even in a m delig ted with the amused to watch them n s of d ess. Some of re on th'm than a smile at hands in the 'harbor t at. Ob ere have loose y dres ed in regular his is ertainly one of Was ever in and Immo of magnific nt, the mune Way depo and postoffice some of the il n da who thought I was z d coun ry could only , they ould wonder if e all ov r there. The es a lot in the way of ervant ie the hotel is you pita he rises and "Salem 1 Saihib." Of ehe bes city in the liL I can put up with a t an thi . The native y place, Acuity being 1 ng the s Teat, owing to e crowds of peop e. You an get almost ything you want here and about as cheap in America, and eil most melee cheaper as bor is so low. The Encllish people all ok so pale and w kee a good look a e new arrivals Indore,December y about 2 and ha at the station, res, the boys and i so some native remade - of flows n cks and, as they o o, I had to we t ink, a lot of Mr. N • as the main attr ve very comfort • e staying with e living in Mr. 1 ed the school f orning and saw t • ye were weavie wels, etc., and s • Hely. One boy welling a day, bo ill have the fa, " though they are er saw. An add both schools, bu • d not understan • e in English for as read very ni eir politeness is shed out us, for y our loo 11 —Areratriv g n tutting Is from *hristian . They had s to thr4w round our k me f r a missionary hey seem to of course he e missionaries re here. We r., and letris. Taylor, who i kie's b ngalow. Vie- ✓ boys nd girls this ern at their work. The all kin e of th makes ab he is th ine look the brightest ohildren I es of wee ome was read s• it w e in Riede I it. The boys also had a special benefit and it e of the lads, hat everybody hey know we s and clothes. d here yester- rowd to meet 11 the mission - the school and one. lkie -an c ion. T be -quart s of cloths, m do it very ut 17 yards of best. They about) them, e y by o est noticeable." • Smut in Oa DEAR EXPOSITOR' —One Of tIhe most eeri- • e losses we have •e the farn in some parts Ontario is the lo a sustained by smut in • te. Thanks to o 11 experim ntal etations, e have a remedy «iich it vtould be well the farming corn nity woyld avail them - elves of its benefit Remedy : Take 4e moos of formalin, xiix with 10 imperial llons of'water, w h is about 1 ounce to gallons. Immer e the seed Ito be treated lathe mixture for from 5 td 10 minutes d then spread to tly. If th seed is of od vitality and bad with sm t, 8 to 10 nan- t tee is about righ . We ha e used this rnedy and it gave ntire satisfaction, the op being almost n irely fr e from smut, ile the parts of tbe fields soviet with seed treated produced* quarter to one-third ut. Open twine sacks wile do to hold e grain, whichshould be completely vered with the likxid, usingr tub or half rrel for the liqui i .: Any ereon having uch seed they wis to treat may save time usieg 3 sacks, t ol set on ibroad boards aiming into the half barrel, hile one Win e liquid. The .seed shout be treated ly a ,shorb time before using; as if left for vera l days it may be rather illow to germ. ate. 1 Fornialin is a liqiiid (poisonclus to inhale) d sells for about175icents pee pound. One und will treat mifficient iseed for the erag ed f tir eatm , I I , farmer to SW. The grain may be r feed, in moderate quentities, after nt, if not reqiiired foeilseed. !It. B. OLEAN, Kippen, Ontario. The Howick tasura ce Com - Pay. The wenty-eighth annual rheeting of the Howie Insurance `Company was held in Gerrie hurt week. I,The retiring directors were risers. James Edgar and James Wylie nd they were both re- lected. At a subse e.nt meeting Of the boa .d of direct- ors, r. John R. ;Miller as re-edeoted prend nt. The Ifinananci 1 statement showe that the company had commenced the ye:r with a surriles of ,153 in the treaeu and closed iti with balance- of $8,592,1 a very subetential n et egg with , which o commence the operations of the peesen year. There j was o Ilected from airless ants of the previous y ,ar $409 and firm t e assessmentOf last y er $8,959.69. The lo see for the year were 1 se than the aerag. The number pfpolici s issued dur- i• 'g the past year wee 949, an r the number i fore at the end of the year '5,153, Maur - 1, g $4, 07,340, being an in rease of 198 licie and $284,205 ie the a onnt at risk. ,e pr mium notes held by the cempany a', oun to $230,367,1aed the mount avail - a leon said notes to $209,2341 There are n hab 'Hies. The following i a list of the losesuf rdHall) the Hwr Grey, Cont rite of barn, c use nknown, $209.30; Henderson' and urp • y, damage te 'housepd contents, s ark rom chimneyi $24 ; 'Allan Speir, orris damage to chetents of house, drying k ndling wood in stoVe, $t2; Robert Ire - 1 nd, °wick, contents of d elling house, s ark om chimney'? 35 ; W. Kaufman, ' Vir , barn and coetents, s all boy set- ; g fir- to straw, $5317 ; Davd Grant and ns, rey, holise erd conte ts, explosion om s ove, $700; Aedrew MIer, Howick, use urned, spark ifrom c iinney, $575 ; hn cCreary and eon, Ho ick, contents for er house, $100 ; Jarne4 Mann, Mc- illop cow killed, lightning, $35 ; Robert ardi g, Howick, ' horse kil ad, lightning, . • I ti Wall Papers Now opened in all the Newest Detigne and Colorings With Borders and Ceiling to match From the Cheapest to the Most Expensive. Hanging wall or ceiling paper 5 cents roll until April 1st. AL X. W\ per $80 ; Adam Reidt, I Howick, steer killed, lightning, $25; George McKnight, Wallace, 1 bull and 2 cows killed, lightning, $15 ; Edward Holland, Minto, eteer killed by lightning, $20; W. L. Fraser, Mo ris, heifer. killed, lightning,. $25; JamM es c - Callum, Earle Wawaeosh, horse killed by lightning, e$125 ; Henry Bone, Morris, wagon burned, fire from saw mill,5 Mrs. Rober Irelan, Howick, cow ki led ; by lightning, $32; Joseph Seilfried, Mi to, d heifer killed by lightning, $25; Gecirge Sperling, Grey, clw 'ling house and con - tepee spark from ihimney, $250; John Smih and son, Gre , damage to dwel ing hou 11 e by lightning $12; John Karges, Wal ace, damage to arn and 2 eige killed by 1 ghtning, $18; John Marshall, T rn. berry, steer killed by lightning, 515; d - gar tinson, Minto, cow killed by lightn ng, $32 James Davidson, Wallace, colt ki led itby 1 ghtning, $40 ; Robert Hastings, Ttrn- berr , hay and oats eestroyed by fire feom bus1, $30 ; Georg Spotton, Wroxeter, damege to hou,se from stove, 548; Brown Brothers, Egremont, contehte of bern, cause unknown, 5600 ;Thomas Ellis, Mouiris, content° of dwelling house, cause bush ire, $30 D. F. Stewart, Wallaee, damage to dwe ling house by lightning, 510; 32 s all loss s amounting to I less than $10 e ch, 519.50. Huron Notes. —The East Huron Teachers' Association will hold their convention in Wingliam on May 17th and 18th. —G. A. Newton, Of Wingliam, has sold his harness business, in Wingham, to Ge rge Manners, of Teeswater. —The people of Cerlow and vicinity are considering the adviSability of establishing a pork packing industry. —Bev. W. J. F'reed' has tendered his resi nation as pastoe of Whigharn Baptist chur h, to take effect the last Sunday in April —jA company is being organized in Lon- don or the purpose Of purchasing the on- ald ngine works at 1Brussels, and mo ing then to London. —Rev. J. M. Baird, of Grand Bend, has acce tedta call to the Glencoe Methodist chur h, now presided over by the Rev. H. vish, formerly of Dresden. — erbert Wendell, son of Mrs. D Yid Jack on, of Hullett, died at his home on Wednesday of last week, at the early ag of elem. He had been ailing abou a h. eorge Petty, ofi, Hensalli has rented his on the LondoniRoad, to George Me - M. P., who will crop the greater por- f it with flax dnring the coming season. t the recent examinations at the Tor - Conservatory Of Musia, Mr. T. A. • ins, of Brusse14, took first-class honors ory and honors in piano in the first 16 mon — farm Ewe to innoto — Haw in th year. — r. T. W. Haw shave, Who has ben cond cting the C�mifiercial hotel,in Exe r, for a number of year, has disposed of it to his note, Mr. WM. Hawkshaw, of Sb. Mar s, and formerly of Seaforth. — he haudeome new Angilican church, at rirkton, was formally opened by ihe Biala p of Huron, on Sunday last. It i a hand ome church, and cost in the neigh or - hood of $5,000. — Irs. Isaac Lawrence, of the 13th c n - cum n of Hullett, died on Sunday morni g, 10th inst., ot heart failure. Deceased w s a daug ter of the late Wm. Hills, and was 43 year of age. She leaves a husband and ne daug ter. — ohn J. Ballagh, who returned fr m Michigan a few days ago, died at the hone of hi sister, Mrs. H rper, in Wingham, on Thur day of last wee, aged 32 years. e- ras:ftnet had been a su mei. from Bright's a — 00 Thursday, 7th Mete, James Oliver, lot 3, concession 14, Grey, passed aw y aged 84 years. He leas the father of the late Valter Oliver, who was a member of the t wnship council for many years. Jhe caus of death was heart trouble. — n Friday afteirnoon, 8th inst. Mr. Wm. Patton, of Ethel, passed away inhe b4 74th year of his age. Deceased had b en faili g in health for several weeks, so t at his d ath was not unexpected, Mr. Patton estee ed by a large circle of friends. was kind, inoffensiee man, and was nurh — uesday morning of last week the Mein etree Methodist church, Exeter, was the scen of an interesting event, it being the occasion of the marriage of Miss Maud M. Walsh, daughter of Mr. Wm. Walsh, to Dr. W. 4. McDowell, of: Listowel. The Gee. mony was performed by Rev. R Millie,' d. —The Clinton New* -Record says : * he last seven consecutiee funerals in cha ,ge of Undertaker Chidley were of perene whose combined ages amounted to 588 yea s, or an average of 84 yeare. The oldest. seas 101 years old, and the youngest 68 ; he others had seen 89, 97 80, 81 and 73 yea., respeetively. —The West ,Huron Women's Instit te held its first meeting in Goderich on Feb , ary 6th. The officers elected were :—Presi- dent, Mrs. H. Elford, Holmesville ; vice- presidene, Miss Mac hail, Porter's Hill ; secretary, Mrs. Colin pampbeil, Goderiche treasurer, Mrs. J. Sal eld, Goderioh. These officers are for the riding, and stand till the annual meeting in June. , —St. Michael's church, Blyth, was the scene of a pretty double wedding on Men - day forenoon of last week, when Rev. Father McMenamin u ited in marriage Mies Bridget Kelly and Mr. John Oliver, of Michigan, and Miss Annie Kelly to Mr. Michael Healy, of Morris. The brides are daughters of Mr. Michael Kelly, of Mo is. — Miss Maggie Wilson, of Dungann n, died at the home of, Iser mother there, on Saturday, 9th inst. Deceased had been in poor health since hat fall, when she took a trip to California init e hope of receiv ng some benefit, but not improving she decided to be brought home; ! The deceased wee a most popular younglady, and will be deeply mourned by a large eircle of friends. --From the auditors' report we learn that the township of Steriley is in the happy state of having no liabilities. The assets are as follows Cash on hand, $337.19 ; in ; bank, $1,000 ; taxes mpaid December 15th, $116.17 ; percentage on unpaid taxes at 3 per cent., 53.49; no -resident taxes, 5.7 t1 ; township hall, 51,000; road grader, 5200; pile driver, $40. The payments for 1900 rig- greg t d $11,308.98, of which the largest payuie ts were : Roads, $1,677.10 ; schools, $4,6� 21; county rate, $2,063 02. The amo n received from the collector during the e r was $9,361.03. I/ — r deride G. Evans, of Vancouver, Brit eh Columbia, who has been visiting hie pareit Mr. and Mrs. George Evans, of Godtri 'h, will take a bride with him on hie retu n to the Coast. On Wednesday, Feb- ruar th, he was married at Collingwood, to is Sara Amelia, youngeee daughter of Mr. J hn Nettleton the ceremony being pert r ed by Rev. E.Iforace Muesen, M.A., red r f All Saints' church, Collingwood. pass d last Decess a we k save Mr. mou fath ohae Wm. Brue paid lives whe dist tery. re w, last , husbn forty y o year a been oo Duri ener kind 7th i ford,;U mar1e h Rev.i E. old resident of East Wawatiosh, to hie long home, on Wednesday of o k, in the person of Mr. James Bell. d had been in hie usual health up to before his death, when he caught a e cold, which turned to bronchitis. • 1 leaves a wife and large family to • he loss of a kind husband and loving r, Wm. Dark, of Cranbrook, has pur- d he 20 acre farm belonging to Mrs. C rnieh and family, le miler, south of el in Morrie township. The price is aid to be $1,200. Robert Dark,who th re ab present, will move to Brussels, e e has the caretaking of the Metho- h Leh. He also looks after the ceme- . Andrew, wife of Mr. J. F. And - sed into rest on Tuesday morning of k. Mrs. Andrew had been, with her , a residene of Ashfieldfor over re For the past seven or eight e has been a patient sufferer, having fined to her own home all that time, g the days of her vigor she was an et; pushing house wife and one of the st of neighbors. appy event occurred on Thursday,' s . at the residence of Mr. John Mug- lborne, when. two young people were ppy by being joined in matrimony, A. Shaw officiating. The partici, panteacre Mr. Charles Mugford, of Col- born , nd lilies Mary Burgard, of Tucker - emit . Those who assisted in the event were M . Ferdinand Burgard and Miss Bur- gard. - —1r. D. B. Kennedy, of Clinton, met with an accident the other day i which con- fined him to the house for some days. He was dri ing out the Huron Road, and in turning about the cutter upset and the horse at: rted to run 'away. Mr. Kennedy dun t she lines, and was thrown against a tel4gr ph post and bruised badly about the h Mr. Shipley saw the unfortunate affairj & d brought Mr. Kennedy home, but for e ve al hours he remained in an uncon- sciou a ate. — Or John McLagan died at Stratford, on T u eday of last week, after an illness of two a s, of stoppage of the bowels. De- cease as 81 years and 4 months of age. He e from PerthehireeSoottaed, and set- tled i oderioh in 1850, and afterwards re- move 10 Brucefield, where he resided until 1874, w en he went to Stratford, and baa read d there ever since. His widow, who survi es him, has been very ill since New Year s, but is now somewhat improved, als though her recovery is scarcely hoped for. — . Henry Jones died at her home on the Ln.on Road, south of Exeter, on Tues- day o1 -et week. Mrs. Jones had been ail- ing for' ome time the result of an attack of la grijlpe, but her case did not assume a eerie a nature until about nine days previ u to her demise, when she was sud- denly a ricken with an attack of paralysis, from iy Loh she never rallied. The deceased was a e 43 years'6 months and 13 days, and a beloved by everyone who knew her for her ind disposition. She leaves a hus- band a • d four children. 1 — • ioneer of the Base line, Goderich towns z , departed this life on the 8th inst., 1 • the person of Mrs. Charles Lovett, sr. h was in her 80th year, the last, 58 of which • ere spent on the farm, where she died. he was a native of Omah, Tyrone count, Ireland. Shortly after her marriage she ea to Montreal, where, with her hus- band, 8 0 remained about four years then in 184 they moved to a farm on the Huron road, ar Holmesville. In about a year they in moved to a - farm on the Base line. 11 f her twelve ohildren eight survive. —Wo d was received in Wingham, on Monda of last week, of the death of Mr. John elton'at San Jose, California. He had bee • ill for some time with that painful disease, cancer of the etornach. For several weeks p et it was evident that the end was drawl near, and on February 4th death reliev • him of his sufferings. Deceased lived i East Wawanoeh for nineteen years, and in 1 93 mioved into Wingham. About a year a o he •removed to California. He was b r near Woodbridge, Ontario. After forty- h ee years of married liferhe leaves his so • wing partner to continue her jour- neyed •e. —.ger y on Tuesday morning of last week, Mary n Hamilton, wife of Mr. Archibald 1. keliot of Goderich, died very suddenly from rt failure. Fer some three years the de ased lady had suffered from the afflicti though it did not prevent her be- ing ar u d, for in the morning of her death she ro e as usual, and there were no ITO- moni r signs of the call home being so near. Ilhe late Mrs. Elliott was born in the count o Fermanagh, Ireland, and came to Caned `n 1842, settling with the family in Goderic township. In 1848 she married her m u fling partner, and lived on the farm 39 yea xi Some 13 years since Mr. end Mrs. Elliot oved to Goderich, where the de- ceased r sided until the death call came. —D v d Ellis died in Parry &tuna Dis- trict oi he 4th inst., aged 78 years. The deceaa d gentle an had lived on the farm, where hel pass d away, some 17 years, but previously had lived near Nile, on the farm now o cti led by Mr. George Curry. The late Mr. Ellis was in t e seventies and early eighties a prominent figure in Methodiet circles he was a loc 1 preacher of cowed- erable eb lity, the old ile churshbeing al- ways o o ded when it was known that he would (reduce the ser ice. He waa a manly man, h s word being good as his bond, ead he h eitated at no hing that he believed would e tilt in the p blic welfare. Many of the ol residents o Ashfield, Colborne and W anosh will hear with sorrow ot the depart • of the one time local preacher of the Ni and his -deatu4 will cause many fire- side t about the re ults of his preach- ings, a d the many kindly deeds he did in the neil4borhood. The deceased leaves a widow d -five children to mourn his loss. e, a —Jo ii Watt, a Canadian boy, just 20 1 years f ge, was convicted of larceny of money f om a friend, i the :mud in Detroit a few a s ago. He was given the dem; ency o he court, and in allowing him to go 011 su ended Bente ce, Judge Murphy said : " The highest reassure in this vvoild is a go name, and -I am going to show you th value of it. 1 I have written to variou people in Torento, and I find that your 0 iiracter has been above reproach up to thi time, 1 thinkiyou see the error of wrong ing, and I trust the 'mon will be uffieient. In allowing you to go on sus- pendedsentence I know yeu will go hack into Canada out of my jurisdiction. I ram trusting to honor. I do not know whether an Anierican boy in like circumstances Would receive the seine consideration if in Canada but I hope Bo." Tears were kept back with difficulty by the young Canadian, and he promised the judge he would write to hitn every month and let him know what he was doing. o 1 1 Canada. i —Mei J. A. Clapp, mayor of Picton, hal _ been selected by the Liberals of Prince Edwerd County as their candidate at the niextprr incl.Court,ialelecof tion. _iarkvaBelmont, has Illir. Owed Mr. MoNiven's fine 200 -acre farm cinthem of concession of North Dorchester, Middlesex county, paying for it the auto i2,7cto —It is understood that two United Stites apitaliets are anxious to purchase the Brantford street railway, and they Will s ordy 'make an offer. Their idea is to ex- tend thline to Paris. —Fred Hill, a teamster from Glencira, was hie &nay killed at Pieter', on Saturday. The team he was driving became untriane ageable and threw him under the wagon, a large water wheel falling on him and eresh- Mg him ' —The Presbyterian chureein, George- town took fire on Sunday lake and despite the efforts of the firemen was completely gutted and the roof destroyed. The ose Will probably be covered by insurance, which is $6,000 on the church and $1,506, on crintenti. —Mr. W. H. Ingram, formerly of Wood- stock, who is now a resident of Dominion Creek, in the Yukon, writes saying that during ehe week of January 17th the nd shiver. ther- t, Miusitoba is not in it momete; regietered 70 below zero. Think of that, with the Yukon for cold. --The following Libmal conventions hive been eal ed to nominate candidates for the Legislature : North Ontario, Beaverton, Februa 28th ; South Perth, Se. Marys, Februar 22nd ; North Norfolk, Febriete, 18th ; 8 eth Huron, Hermit, March 5th ; South G y, Durham, Marchs6th, se- , —Mr. I George Allen, of Waukesha, Wis- consin, was in Guelph this week purohasing from leading breeders in that vicinity a couple of ear 'owls of Cotswold sheep for Hardiug & 80138., of that place, who have a 400 aor farm devoted to raising sheep and Shorthorn cattle. —A o ttle drover from Arthur township, who reg tered at 0130 of the hotels in Ora angevill „with $1,500 in his pockets, woke up in the middle of the night with the im- pression that some one was trying to rob him. He jumped from a second story window to the pavement and eseaped with a sprained ankle. The $1,500pwas found intact. —After one week's illness fewith pneu- monia, Rufus Stephenson, collector of customs at Chatham, died Friday morning. Mr. Stephenson was one of Chatham's oldest and best known citizens. He former- ly publ'shed: the Planet newspaper and for !revered yeare sat in the Dominion House as representative for Kent. He had been collector of customs for many years. —Thediseovery has just been made thee some eneak thief entered the lobby of St. Jacob's Lutheran church, in Hespelere Waterloo county, and pried open two tin boxes containing offerings which are used to assist the poor and needy of the congrega- tion. AO the boxes have not been opened for over a year, the probabilities are that the thief made a fair sized haul. —Mr. Donald McLaren, aged 100 years, 2 month and seventeen days, passed sway at an early hour Sunday morning at the resi- dence of his daughter, Mo. McGowan, Toronto. He had lived in three reigns and under fe e British sovereigns. Mr. Mc- Laren Was born in Scotland and name to Canada in 1834. Soon after he settled in Peru, near Milton, Ontario, where he lived until hie removal to Toronto last fall. — —Joseph Greundie, cheese maker, Stormy .Point, we killed Saturday, at the Grand Trunk croasingi at that place, while driving over the orossi lg. He was "truck by the east-bou,ld express-, and he and a portion of the wig n thrown on to the west track in font Of elm express going west, which ran over him and Cut him to pieces. The re- mains W re gathered up in a baakee.. Both horses were ud e ski killed. Avery u death occurred ab the Grand 'conk! Beltway waitiog room at Lindea,y, ri fewmornings ago. Mr. Wm. Ramsay, a well known resident of the town- ship of Maripoaa, who had been spending a _few days in town with his son, Mr. George Ramsay, was at the station to :see his grandchild, a Miss Noble, who was go- ing west, when he expired just as the train pulled into the station. Heart failure was the causo of death. Mr. Ramsay was in his 82nd year. —Mr, R. H. Fortye, of Priterboro, met with a aevore accident on Wednesday of last week while driving out to a branch store belonging to the firm with which he is employed in Collingwood. The night was bitterly cold arid stormy and the cutter upset in the drifts, throwing Mr. Fortye out. The team got away and Mr. Forge was found in an unconscious condition at about 3 o'clock in the morning. Hie hands and feet were so badly frost-bitten that it is feared 'amputation may be necessary. —Two men, who are unknown, entered the hornel of James Clarke, ro. wealthy bade, e'er, about 3 miles from Florence, about 8 o'clock r Monday night, while Mr. Clarke was sitting by the fire reading, boand him hand and footind laid him on the bed. While one ate° over him with a revolver the other searched the house and found $200 in caeh, besides 4 watches. They took their exit by the front door, and locked it from the outside, leaving Mr. Clarke to release hiteellut deaynightbeetwainrtsbu nhe,iciotuia. ra towahip, three miiea from Kingston, Thomas Gil- lespie, I a ed 30 years, ,was killed by tbe bursting of a on -outer, saw. With farm laborers, he was engaged in sawing wood, using is aye driven by horse -power. The men had about finished work when a piece of the Iron Ira* gave way, causing the saw to , buret. i A thee° of the saw, seven by nine Males, struck Gillespie on the right breast, pissing clear through his body, Death we.a instantaneous. Pieces hit him behind the right ear and on the right foot, severing it1 Deceased was unmarried, lie,- ing with his parents. , —An e plosien in shaft NO 6 of the Union cod mine at Cumberland, Britieh Colu!nbiaL One clay last week. entombed 60 miners, 4 of whom are white and the re- mainder Asiatiee. There is little hope that any of th ni will come out alive. The ex. plosion. i rifted the mine, wrecking the shaft 1 rom beef -way down, and filling it with a soid mass of rocks, earth and timber. The first Xplosion was succeeded by sever- ' miner nes'and smoke inning from the pit show d,thatfire as well as gas was doing its deadly work. Mr. Darismeir, Premier of British Columbia, is the chief owner of the mine)