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The Huron Expositor, 1901-04-19, Page 14)1 vismilosserits, us ars pts on brighter spring art ment aded. se fresh on from ehe twe- et- store iewneas., te little here, we sterling ▪ tie and r; L4ar r other gle eishinge hccar. design uld have carpet Iffect le eon de. AViDZ ia Not e,re you ac ti before werthy s "linens in will eine and r v his big tat the shown. eireshs hermg. ay and ✓ e, you !Led de - takes - we ere sena. John ntreal r.Ent GU, ig fast her Her. ▪ pust• is days ife. — ,sm on- ohn tfu. at AS ter the when i‘nited eere. rant, f.,,f the t Mr. en in I Light After %loom i was L.( (ley - Et late riaen .;ts exch. diesi ;In she 1ie ard it- hsd nr for e. A as3 ttft,(.vn lily of The ung_ ftort THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. virsOLE NUMBER, 1,740. SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1901. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers; $1 a Year in Advance. The Rosults of Practically A spijed 40-#44411444*****34#444.1111:0* • After all it is rather astonishing how litt what people call genius or cleverness. Just yo yourself, and see what it is that goes to make you set down as the realsmart fellow. If you close enough you will find that he is not ne you thought he was. The fact is, that if . work as hard as the smar- fellow does, you smart as any one, possibly, smarted. Howe may, if you were in the clothing business y that you could not stay in it long unless yo to work hard, and possibly think even hark . out, and once having found this out, we set abot the inevitable, and we have, therefore, worked i -that brought us no little trade in the past 'tw more in the future, rly ou a can er, u w 1 , e there is of watya for p• the man wat6h him: o cleier as .e will° naa .to be just. as O thatas •it uld fii d out re prepared e fond it t to ceept , a manner 11 bri g us t V Some results Of hard work are to be of the boys' school pants, our own make, tha This is no shoddy article, it is all cotton, a much wear As lines selling at 65c and 75c. I As a result of hard work, we are enab and $10 suits that in the ordinary run of th to be sold at $12 to $14;.the goods are of s to warrant us speaking thus of them. One thousand yards of buckskin over 15c and 20c. If we had bought these goods' way, we would have had to sell the goods a Two and a half yards of the goods will cost cut it free of any charge; it's a saving of 5 every day use. There are plenty and to spare of low in the market, still we are of the opinion t there are that equal the mud coat that we sel pleased many. See if you need ,a coat for muddy roads; if you do, this $3 Coat will me that you will make of it for wear and tear. ecu we ed ng ioh in the sell a vill gi make 25c. ve as o sell at $8 would. have a -quality as llin selli g at in the regular c and 30c. ou 50c, and we n a pant for ri.6 d rain coats' at few indif, fo $3; it 1 as dr.ving iri the t kfl detnands 11 Men are a separate and distinct race f beings fribm women in one respect more marked than any ot er,'and that is in the matter of what and how they will c veil their head. With women it is a species of ornamentation ; with many men itis the hiding from view_of a bald spot. However, our interest lies in selling you. your Spring hat. We are safe in saying that there will be no trouble in suiti ig ou in such a large and varied hat stock as we have on hams a the present time. See and fit for yourself. You have dealt with Greig & Macd n4d, and you know that you always found them straight to deal 'with; -therefore you took a satisfaction in dealing w th them. Their business is entirely a Mat's bus always a wise place to buy men's clothing at We sell plow mitts at 25c, wide bri hats A: 50c, blue derry plow pants at 50c, b 90c aLid $1, a smock for plowing at 50c, a bo for 25c, a pair of long 4 -ply cotton worsted st flannellette shirts at 25c and 50e, and a hea shirt for 50c. These will be found serviceabl We could not afford to talk so much makes of men's $8 and $10 suils if they wer claim for them. The small boy needs something to clothes ; that is the reason so many buy the lines of overalls. ness, and it is man's store. med felt plow ckskin pants at s school pant ckings •at 15c, cotton. working about our -own not all that we ave ,his better 50,-45c and 50e The fine worsted suits that we make ti order at $16,50 are of the kind that in every sense of the wo .d give satisfac- tion to the purchaser. You will need a hat yourself, or th boy will. We call hat any head. made.- For size and price, we have a range tliat is unique in the hat trade, ,The place to buy men's goods is at a_ an's store. Two apprentices wanted to learn tailoring. Also two female vest makers wanted. s: Greig & Mao (maid Clothiers and Farm shers Formerly on the Wrong Side 8E1 FORTH of the Street, R1ESULT OF BANK MALC MATION. T e Cana Ian 'Bank of ommerc completes he purc ase of the Assets o the Bank of Br! ish TIE BANK'S CAPITAL NOW EIGHT MILL ON DOLLARS 4.ND ASSET OVER SIXTY- FOUR M LLIONS. ass the no SO DUO ati Col Ca ing wa A a of tiO Pos the institutioas on the Co has 2 branches thr bran hes in the Uni Newi York, Sin Fre lan Lo Th por Th in 1 am abi Be im ortant add tion t the bank. In n any ot int rests of th two sely benefitted by the Tho followi g is a eta ement hum d by th bu iness on th 31st of he negotatione f to of the Bank Canadian Bank cement respect e months ago, h essful conclusion n of tbe affairs mbia was made adieu Bank of Co entirely satiefect finally completed on the atement of affairs of the ommerce after the am been issued, and diadem tion. In point if Capit Bank now ranks fourth tinen ughou ed St scisco y (Ala eetab r the -purchase of the f &With Celumbia by of Commeraer an an - ng which was made ve been carried to a A thorough examiti• f the Beek of British by the Officials of the nmereet and this prey- ry, the1 amalgamation ad of January. Canadian Bank lgatnation has a a very strong I and Reserve among banking of America. It (Jauada ; five tee, namely at Seattle, Port- ka), and one in ish cuts in all. (Oregon), on, Engl cquisitio nt step Skagu nd ; 6 of the Londo offi e is an im- fp n the progro s of the bank. Bank's tra actions .in s erlin eicebange he United States nd Cenad each year tint to ma y milli ns of noun s, and the ity to anilehthi8bu8ine irough the k's own L ndon IfflCOill esult in an se t the earni er di ecti auks will malgamat on. condensation of the Bant at he close of March:— g power of ne also the be immen- et Oah, Gold Btittioans,sB;tree silancee and Balano Du London 'atyl, Ifi,;ffice e. Go ernment, unicipa , 4 ay and other Bon s an k tocks ' I I I , Lons and Disieounts All Other Aosets Ca ital •Re erve die ulation De osits Alil Other .$7,345,421.04 $10,308,780.64 Liabil .$8,000, $2,000, $17,654,201.68 $4 ,530,388.63 $ 1,509,074.61 $6 ,693,664.92 ties. 00 0 00.0 si ,000,000,00 ,588,438.00 $4 ,423,528.64 $ ,681,698.28 $6 ,693,664 92 Got a Call. DEAR EXPOSITOR, my be of interest to some of your readers to tear that the A orican people have received he Wander - in Canuck with open arms, nd treated hi with great kindeess and ospitality. I reached in the city of Red eke Falls, Mi nosota, on the 24th and 31s ult. Re- mit , a congregational meeting a d a prac- tic lly -unanimous reeolution t extend a cal. Only one dissenting voice, and that a bo, who had 'no fault with the stranger, bu acted solely out of sympathy for the re: tir ng pastor, who was present at the meet- . I preached last Sabbath, 7th inst., in th city of Pembina, North ,Dekota. Re- sult, an invitation to remain as pastor pf th congregation. The congregation is not onlIy unanimous, but moat enthusiastic in re- ga d to the matter. hi! is a beautiful Cty on the bank of the Pe b nai and Red River, with Minnesota an anitoba lying hard by. Should your oo respondent get home sick at any time, he can run over any day and kiss the soil of his native land, and then return to sleep in th arms of ;Uncle Sam. The ice is gone fro the river, the wether is glorious, the thlesbirds are singing, and nearly every one are blooming, the farmers are seeding, yo meet is jubilant. Your exeellent jeer- na , THE HURON EXPOSITOR, I am glad Ito kn w, is highly prized in the Weld. • I remain, yours truly, SAMUEL ACHESON. EMBINA, North Da ota, April 9th, 1901. Educatioms he Ontario Educat a t ree day& meeting Th s association is ins ectors, teachers, actlively engaged i Th y discussed a la an their opinions an su jects should carry mong the_, nume oor4sideration was on in Council. onal Association held n Toronto last week. composed of school trustees and others educational work. e range of subjects, deliverances on these uch weight. ous subjects under of great public in- ter st, namely, the minimum age at which pe one may! be lice sed to teach school. After some crsoussion it was resolved, with practical un nimity, that no person be all wed to te eh unde the age of 21 years. Atj present, 0 per cent. of the public soh ol teach rs are 1 inors, and there is a tenldenoy fo_ the umber to increase. Sh uld the r solution mentioned above be ethipted by he depa tment, it seems that a len step will be ta en in advancing the ed cational intriests of the Province. Re Ily more depots& upon the teaoher than on the syste in any srovince o state, and th result o ouch n action voul4 be to raige the at tus of t e teaching profession. The youth o the Pr vince wIl derive an adiantage f instr otion fr m mature minds. Besi es, wer the twe ty-one year agq adopted those ho would otherwise enter the pr fession a minora would spend so mush ext a time preparing themselves for their oho en milli g. Bring about such coditione hat wi I put the teaching pr feasion o a peri anent basis and not lea e it a s epping tone to other ceilings, an the ques ion of 1 w salaries, will, to a lar e extent, solve it elf. proposal to use t e whole Bible in the so ool was armly °bated in the trustees' de artment. The a bject was also under .dis union in the pub io schools' department, an the loll wing r olutiOn was carried: (1) That the ible eh uld bb a texe book in th public s hoots; ()) that a committee be ap Muted oho how it pould be ut' ized. he Deputiy Minis er of Eduoation made so e dealer done w iloh he thought should be carried o t in the educational eyetem of the •Province. He thought tbat there should be a better mode of distributing the legislative grant. At present it is based upon the ,average attendance, and fails to exert any influence , in the direction of encouraging trusteee to improve their schools by securing teachers of high quali• &Litton', Secondly, he considered there should be some systent of official recognition for the high standing of certain teachers. At present, a third- lase teacher with a month's experience, as on a legal equality with a firet-olass teao er of wide experience. With the high schools the case is different, as the regulations g verning the appoint- ment of principals nd specialists eliew. The Deputy Minister dvottated a system of free text books, and held that something should be done to I seen the amount of home work, in many graded schools. He thought that high so oohs should be free. Were the departinen to sot _upon this suggestion, such aotio would be favorably felt by many, espeoi ily those who, while receiving small salaries , are endeavoring to educate their familie . At present, the cost of educating several members of a family a $15 to $201 a year is a serious drain on the meehisnie, who perhaps does not make over $400 or $500 per annum. I • , I Presbytery 'of Huron. The -Presbytery met in Clinton on the 9th inet Reports kon Sabbath schools, ohurch 1 fe and strork and Christian En- deavor were submitted and disposed of. It was left in Mr. Sewer& .hands to make ar- rangements for the holding of a Presby- terial convention of Christian Endeavor So- cieties. . Dr. R. F. Beattie, ' of Louisville, Ken•- tucky, was emanimousler, nominated for the new chair of apologeti s and homiletics in: Knox College. Rev. De. Warden wag nom-- inated for Moderator 1 f the General As. sembly. Rev. Mr, Fle cher and his elder, Mr. Duman, were a1liJointed members of the Synod's oommiite� bills and over- tures and Rev. J. S. Eenderson of Assern- blei's conamittee. , , 1 4 petition from the congregation of Union church, Goderich township and Lee - burn, was submitted, praying for a dissolu- tion of the union const mmated by which Leeburn was united; ,o Manchester and Smith's Hill to farm I one pastoral charge, and Uni n church to 13 yfield and Bethany, to form another charge, in order that Lee - burn and Union church might, as in the past, form a pestoral charge. After a long discussion the prayer of the petition was granted. The to lowing are the commissioners ap- pointed o the General ,Assembly, to meet at Ottawa : Messrs. J. S. Henderson, J. W. Hamilton, Colin Fletcher, S. A. Cate rier, ministers ; Muter. J. Wilson, Wm. Carnie, John L, Taylor 4nd Wm. MeMath, elders. . A lett,r was read f oni Rev. Mr. Acheson, minister of Kippen nd Hills Green, in which he left in the h nds of the Presbytery his resignation of his !charge. The Presby- tery appointed an adjhurned meeting to be held in Union churohe Beucetield, on Tues. daY, 23rd inst., at 2 le M., to dispose of the resignation, at which !the aforesaid congre- gations are to be cited t� appear for their int rests , e. Anderson as appointed convenor of th Home Mission committee. A resolution was adopted respecting the demise of the late Rev Robert Hen ereon, minister of Manchester' and Smith's Hill, and of which the following is an extra t : " He was al- ways witling to perform he work asaigned him with promptnees an care, but those to whoin he ministered can bear full proof of his talents and his fideli y in the ministry of the Gospel. To this i portant work his greatest energies were b nt. With this he allowed nothing else to i terfere. He aimed at testifying the whole c uneel of the grace of God ;I at dividing rig tly to every man the wor of truth. It p eased God to take him aw y, as in a moment, from the die - charge if that work, in vhioh he delighted, to the e joyment of it Ileward. His death was lik an immediate t anslation from the work of the sanctuary Me earth to the em- ployme t of khe sanctuary above. He was permitt d tAscape, in 0, great degree, from the rnel neholy approaches of the last foe. Tbs gar ent of mortality easily dropped off and the servant of God fell asleep in the Lord. Ve commend tee bereaved widow and sor owing congregations to Him who " heale h the broken in ' heart and bincleth up their wounds, and we would oursolves be adm nished to increaited diligence in the vineyar of the Lordee trnowing that the night c meth when no-iaian can work." , . The resbytery adjouened to hold its next regular eeting at Willis' church, Clinton, on the 9th of July at 10 30 a. m. • 1 Canada. John Ealand' proprietor . of the n hotel Paris' died Monday at Clemens Sa itarium, Miohigan, e went three r four weeks ago to ailing health. a meeting of he congregation of ood Peet' yter an church held last night, Rev. H. A. Macpherson, of as called to oiumeed Rev-. D. S. Ph. D., now of, Westminster. ase of smallpox was discovered on da Atlantic train, which arrived in Tuesday morning. The case was before the train reached Renfrew • atient isolated:there. rew Kerr, of Ottawa, le suffering d poiaoning mined by a collar but - was a metal affair, and came in ith an thrasiori on his neck. The blood poisonin but it is expected ill soon be well. k R. Hummel a quiet, industri- g man, was ins antly killed Setae - noon while taliing down a barn rm of Thomas 1 Abernethy, a few m Tottenham. He fell from the and his head was crushed between beam and a loge stone. ost 200 pupils have been refused to the 'subtle schools in Kingston, refusal to comply with an order ulsory vacciriation. The parents indignant over the attempt to on their children that which they iously object to. le trying to free a tree that had another, Mr.! John Ferguson, a speoted farmer, who lived on the ession of Mariposa, near Manilla, was instantly killed. The tree, very emeffcrushed his skull, and errible Wound. Captain Galt, of the Salvation d daughter of the late Sir Alex - it, has been appointed major and special evangelist, and is expected from Spokape, Washington, to ntario and Qtiebee district. It is that her headquarters will be Ot- • • —Mr Arlingt Mount where recover —At Coning Friday Acton; McCrae, —A the Can Ottawa detecte and the —An from blo ton. It contact result is that he —Fre 011/3 you day afte on the f miles fr building a falling —Aln admissio owing t for com are quit force u oonscien —Wh lodged i highly r 2nd con Ontario, althoug made a —8 ta Army, a ander G spiritua to com eastern thought taws. —Ge 'highly r Embro, was fou Decease atthe u onI, this mornin rge McKay, the well known and speeted baliff of the division court, and county eonstable in Oxford, d dead in his bed Tuesday morning. retired to resit the previous night ual hour, but 'not feeling well, and ecount he olept by himself. In the , Mrs. MoKey, not hearing her Wall Papers Winclo0 Shades Curtan Poles and Picture Frames At prices just a little lower than the Iow et. Hanging wall or ceil- ing, pa per by experienced workmen at the I west price. AILEJ WINTER, SEAFORT 11 I I husband rise at iie accustomed hour, went up to his ro :n a about 7:30, and found him lying on his ide. She failed to arouse him. He was dea . he- deceased was 60 years of aye. He wa born on the 8th line of West Zorra, and located in Embro about 23 years ago. He held the position of baliff for the pas 15 years. Deceased leaves a widow and t ree sons. —Rev. Ir. Wihd, who was formerly i pastor of Bo d st eet Congregational church, Toronto, is t kin a trip to Egypt. Dr. , Wild is the uth r of a book on the ten sleet tribes, a d hts object in visiting Egypt is to make some original remearches and satisfy hims lf u on some points on which he is in dou • t. r. Wild expecte to leave at once on h s jo rney. —The de th s announced of Thomas Clyde, of ings on, aged 77 years. De- ceased was . pro inent Frontena.c resident. He was a co nty councillor and ex -warden, and once contested Frontenao in the Liberal interest for he Dominibn House, but was defeated by the late G. A. Kirkpatrick. Last year he celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary. . —Mrs. David Woods, wife of a laborer in Kingston,' who was beaten and abused by her drunke husband on Sunday, sought relief to be tro iblea by drinking carbolic acid. Whit she had the bottle to her lips her husband discdvered what she was doing and was sob red anfficiently to snatch the bottle away. Little of the acid reached her mouth, go hat no serious consequences I ensued. —Gerald Mont the young farmer of London tow ship, who has been in London gaol for eeve al menthe awaiting trial on the charge of ha ing Murdered his father, was brought up •r trial at the assizes in Lon- don, last we k. In account,. however, of the illness o an i portent witness, Mrs. (Cannon) Ri herds in- the case had to be postponed ntil tlhe fall sittings of the court. Sift n will therefore, have to spend the summer onth in jail. —It is an iounce1 that the Ontario Nickel Company, o Ham 1ton, has purchased the McConnell lekel leposite, in the Sudbury district, for $350,000. Speaking of the deal, John atters n, secretary of the Com- pany, intim ted th t development work, on a large scale wouli be at epee started. The purchase of his prbperty puts the Nickel - Copper Com • any, of Hamilton, in the proud position of eing by far the largest holder of nickel depo&te in the province. —The an iouncenent is made that the Hon. Edwa d Bla e has ceased to be a! member of ti e law firm ot Blake, Lash St Cassels, of oronto with which he has bet n associated f r over 40 e ears. For a num- ber of years owing to Mr. Blake's residence in London, `clean , his connection with the firm has been Iut nominal. Mr. Blake will eontinu by hi self to practice before the Privy C tuned nd elsewhere as he hart done since e took up his residence in Eng- land. —While re pare ions were being made for a limelight xhibition in the First Baptist church in oodstock a few nights ago, the gaol gener tor exploded and the gas i ignited. Tire pro ramme was just ready to be commenced, an there was a good-sized audience. The explosion caused an instant- aneous flash wh(clj served to put the audi- ence into a 1panio. No damage was done, but severalj women fainted. Order was soon restored, but the entertainment had to be postpone . The church had a narrow escape. —J. Alfr ii Dougall, an old and respected resident of Windeor, expired suddenly last Saturday e ening at his residence there. He came hone for dinner, and went into the kitche4i to ohat with his daughter Maude, whti was preparing the meaL He was sitting 'n a Iow rocking chair, and after talking for about five minutes, he gasped and fell forward on hie face. Death resulted almost itistantly. Apoplexy was the cause. He Wfili a native of Amherst - burg, Essex couple and was 57 years of age. —The first gum ons for refusing to give informatioul to a jensus enumerator was is- sued at Ottewa oi4 Monday. As a result a stalwart Dqminioiz policeman waited on a lady of that city to escort her before the police magitstrate. She was a maiden lady, and turned e deaf ear to the enumerator's pleadings apd warnings, and finally became so wrathy ale to ter up the form and throw it on the flobr. S e considers it a piece of insufferablei impezftinence that the Govern- ment should ask h r age and ancestry, and pry into the exten of her resources. —Dr. J. Aroberi Watson, a well known eurgeon, of Toronto, was instantly killed on Friday, at the C. P. R. crossing, on Dundee street, near,Lamb on Mills. Dr. Watson was riding a rather restive horse, which be- came unmanageable at the approach of the C. P. R. express. I The doctor got it across the track, but it began to back, and as the express readied the crossing, it was right across the track. 1The doctor and the horse were instantly killed. No blame is attach- ed to the men in charge of the train. - Dr. Watson was 45 yearn of age and was unman ried. He Was an ardent horseman and a leader in sportingicircles. —After the Hong° at Ottawa, adjourned Friday morning, 1r. Talbot, member for Bellechasse, atte pted to aesault Mr. Clarke Wallace as he wa leaving his seat in the chamber. MrW'allace bad laid his walk- ing cane on his deltic, and Talbot attempted to seize it, With which to strike him, but was prevented by several members, who divined his intention. Mr. Wallace took the matter oolly.! The cause of Talbot's ebullition o temper was a wordy scrim- mage which the two had at the public ac• counts oomriittee in an earlier part of the day, Althqugh Mr. Wallace is lame, he is a burly chap phyeically, and it would take a pretty good male to handle him in a per- sonal ecrimthage. I —A °lever swiridler victimized two banks in Toronto the other day and got away with a good pot of money. He opened an account in each of the banks, depositing small sum& of Money at different times. On Saturday he Visited the bank and mak- ing out a cheque for $100 got the accountant to mark it, as he had enough to hie credit to cover this sum. Instead of presenting the cheque; to the teller, however, he slipped oue, and by the aid of chemicals obliterated the ! amount on the marked cheque, and filled it in with $2,000. He returned to the bank when it wee khronged with customers, and with the cheqhe in his hand stood before the desk of the secount• ant as if he was having it marked, end than presented it to the teller for payment. This official, seeing the cheque i properly marked, paid over the money ' without question and the "customer " hurr clly left. The forgery was not noticed unti !accounts were being straightened at night, 'fter the bank had oloeed. A similar g me was successfully played at another ba k for a similar amount. „The scoundrel leo tried to work two other banks in the ea e way, but Was refused the moneyr-until he could get some person to identify him, Erich, of course, he failed to do. He has not been seed or heard of since and it is pr.bable he I will eaoripe detection, as he was n t known personally to the brink authorities. I —A very novel medical experiment is now being tried in the Winnipeg ,hospital. Annie Fraser, 11 years old, daughter of Mr. J. C. Fraser, of the Greenwood se tlement, met with a shocking accident. While she was engaged in working a cream 4eparator in the milk house, her hair was eau ht by a revolving shaft and gradually twist d round it. No one was on hand to render 1 her aid. The result was that her entire a alp was torn off and she was afterwards found in- sensible. On Saturday an operation was commenced which lasted seven days, and during the whele of this time the gi Ps head will be in contact with a living do luntil, if the operation succeeds, a portion of the skin of the animal is engrafted on the denuded scalp. The dog is, of course, under anaes- thetics. —The census enumerators in Torento are having no end of trouble, and many refus- als to answer questions have been reported. In the south-western district of the city 12 persons have refused to answer some or all of the questions. Several prominent men declined to give information &beet their real estate and one lady refused! to tell anything about her Own or her husband's Christian name. A big colored man on Bath- urst street threatened to smash the cen• sus man, and the latter, who was I a little fellow, thinking it wise to avoid !unneces- sary blood -shed, retired in good order. Later in the day he returned, reinforoed by a big policeman, and the colored gentleman capitulated and answered all questiOns. At a house in the east and an enumer tor has called 5 timer!, and every time has een re- fused admittance or an interview. —A meeting of the board of the wenti- eth Century Fund of the Method1a lchuroh was held in Toronto last week. The gener- al report showed that $1.200,000 hd been subscribed, and that $800,000 had leen paid up to date. The amount of $25,860• was directed to be divided equally between the following colleges: • Columbian College, British Columbia ; Wesley College, Win- nipeg ; Wesleyan and Theological Cellege, Montreal; Albert College, Belleville j John Allison College, New Brunswick; St. John's College, Newfoundland, and Alma qollege, St. Thomas. The remainder of thel fund was dietributediby allotting 75 per :ceIit. to pay off church debts and 25 per ce t. for connexional funds. The executive c mmits tee was directed to proceed with the 1 wind- ing up of tbe business of the fund *d to report to the general conference i Sep- tember, 1902. —In the suit for libel brought by the Royal Tempters against the Economist, an insurance newspaper of Toronto, and tried last week in that city, the jury returned a verdict for the Tempters, assessing the damages at one dollar. Mr. Justice Fab conbridge decided that the costs, whioh are very heavy, should also be paid by the Economist. The case arose from state- ments made by the paper as to the insur- ance department.of the Tempters, which it 'characterized as a fake organization. Offi- cers ot old line life companies were put in the box to back up this assertion, whtle offi- cers of the ' assessment ' and 'friendly so- cieties' system of insurance took the ground that the Templars' rates were sufficient, and that the organization was quite s !vent. The jury's verdict was nominal beret se it was not thought the Tempters ha4 been seriously injured by the Economia 's ar- ticles. —The number of immigrants whc have passed through the Dominion immi ration agency in Montreal, so far this se SOH 15 over 2,000, according to Mr. Ho lahan, the agent in charge of th office. his is more than twice the nu ber who ha gone through at the same dat4 last year. Mr. Hoolahan is also author ty for the state- ment that the travellers his year ar of a better class than formerly. They ere not only able to pay their expenses, but Most of them have a comfortable cash balance be- sides. • There was not a single pauper among the number. Mre Hoolahan attrib- uted the improvement to the fact that the resources of Canada are becoming better known, and to the efforts of the Canadian commissioner in England. The majority of immigrants who have wine through so far this year ,4vere English.' Next caMe the Irish. Over 20 natiotalities alt gether were represented, ineltiding Germ ns, It- alians, Belgians, Danes and Swedes. —The trial of the feu* Kemptville men, John Garrett, Wm. Dell, James Gannon and ThOrnas Newman, fnr the alleged mur- der of Mr. Launcelot J. Banks, was, heard at the Brockville assizes last week. The first and principal wit4ss for the prose- cution was Victor L. Benks, aged 15, son of L. J. Banks, who net his death at Kemptville, on March 6th, at the hen& of the accused. He was in charge of the livery office conduoted by his father 'on the night of the tragedy, when the font' men entered the building. They became noisy and he went for his fath r. The deceased, i) on entering the office, a arted pulling Dell to the front door and els ped his face. Gar- ret and Gannon interfered. The four men then went outside and eame in again by the back door. damson said he owed Beck something. Banks picked up a stake, and the others picked up stakes, and Garret walked fist towards Banks, who walked back from them. Garret followed, and, raising the stake, strucki Banks. The lad's story was corroborated by other witnesses. The judge, in addressing the jury, Charged very strongly against Garret, Gannon and Dell, and advised them to discharge New- man. The jury were out about two hours when they brought in a verdict acquitting all four. , 1 —The Hensall Observer of last week says: "There was considerable excitement around town on Monday evening, when it became known that oar popelar citizen, W. R. Hodgins, while attendtng a foot ' race at Kippen, had been made the victin of Miff' placed confidence. We have not hard full particulars respecting the affair, ray that there was a heavy be up and t at while the race was in progress the staith holder had joined in the run, carrying iiirith hitn $420, half of which belonged 0 Mr. Hedging. The latter a once drove to Hen - sail and gent telegrams n all directions to constables asking then to look up the runaway. Constables Gumtree of coderich; Bossenberry, of Zurich,, Dumont arid others joined in the hunt. As it was only a breach of trust nothing can be done in the matter, even if the fellow is caught. Mr. Hodgins' misfoxtune ought to prove a warning to other e not to fool with the gun when it's loaded for game." Perth Notes, —The total assessment of 18t. Marys amounts to $1,206,505. —Mitchell lawn bowling club will hold a tournament the first week In July. — Mr. George E. Sawyer has bought the old W, G. Murphy residenoe and premises in Mitchell for $2,000. . . — A jomt stock company has been formed to Fun the business of T. S. Ford & Co., of Mitchell. e ---With the exception of one year, Mr. Nei McKellar, of Cromarty, has boiled maple syrup each year for the last 60 years. s—Mr. and Mrs. Jamen Dunn, of Strat- ford, and formerly of the Gore of Downie, celebrated their golden wedding on April 3rd. —Mr. R. S. Hannah, who has been -con- ducting a hardware busineee in Mitchell, has purchased a business in London, and will shortly move there. • —Mr. Robert Jackson, of Fullerton, sold a pair of handsome four year old geldings last week, to a buyer for the Grand Trunk Railway Cartage Company for the sum of $410. The span were delivered at Seater% on Tuesday. — Mrs. Andrew Hare, of Mitchell, died on Saturday, April 6th, from the effects of can- cer. Before coming to Mitchell, about a year ago, the deceased was a respected resi- dent of Logan township. She was 51 years of age. —Mr. J. B. Badour's shoe store, near the station, in Stratford, was the scene of &t- ether small burglary on Wednesday of last week. One window pane was broken, and through the opening just made, the shoes, to the number of six pairs of men's fine foot- wear, were abstracted. The goods were ly- ing upon the top rod of the shoe reek, in the wincto_w,and thus were easily accessible from outside. • —The following property changes are re- ported in Fullerton township Mr. Robert Heal has bough& Mrs. Holden's farm of fifty acres at Gowrie. Mr. S. Tertian has disposed of the east half of his farm to the Messrs. Fa.uson, and the west hail to Mr. Thomas Williams, for the total sum of $5,500. This is a good figure, taking the condition of the buildings into consideration. Mr. Jordan takes this, year's crop off the place. --The License Commissioners for South Perth met at the Collison House, Mitchell, on Thursday, of last week, to consider ap- plications for licenses. All the old liquor dealers were granted fresh permits to sell for another year, except James Murphy, of Castnerville, whis was allowed three months to wind up his business. Action was defer- red in the oases of Theodore Rohfriteeh and Henry Moser, of Sebringville. The applies - tion of Wm. Pushelberg for license to open an hotel at Brodhagan was refused. —Mr. Richard Hamilton, one of the pion- eers of Mornington township, passed over to the silent majority on Friday, 5th init., at the age of 66 years. Deceased had been in failing beelth for nearly two years, during which time he had borne his trouble with Christian fortitude. Mr. Hamilton had been a resident of the township of Morning ton for about 50 years, havingremoved with his father from Leeds county, and braved the hardships of pioneer life in the woods in the early fifties. In 1859 he married Mies Hamilton (deceased) and settled on the farm where be died. —A pleasant incident took place in Zion church, Huron Road, at the morning service on Sunday, 7th inst. Just after the sermon the minister asked the organist, Miss Graze !Jewell, to come to sit by him, which she did with tear and trembling. Then two ladies from the congregation, Mrs. Charles Jeffer- son and Mrs. John Aikens, marched up, and while the latter read a short address to Mies Jewell, the former presented her with a purse full of coin of the realm in recognition of her services as organist for over ten years. Mies Jewell is leaving for Brandon, Mani- toba, and carries with her the beet wishes of . the entire community. — Mr. Wm. MoLagan, of Logan, received word, on Thursday morning of last week, of the death of his son John, in Vancouver, the evening before, at the age of 62 years. He had not been well of late years, having been; troubled with an abscess in the brain. Years ago he was one of the proprietors of the Guelph Mercury, and while there lost five children within a month from diph- theria, aud his wife died some years later. Moving to Winnipeg he became connected with the Winnipeg Free Press, and at the time of his death was President of the Van- couver World. Deceased was a terse writer, a strong Liberal in politica and & staunch member of the Presbyterian church. He leaves a wife and four children. His aged father and two brothers live in Logan. —August Stoll, of Elm', died ,at his home early Tuesday morning of last week, after a two weeks' illness. He had not been well the past year, but the immediate cause of his death was an attack of appendicitie. He was in the fiftyseventh year of his age. The deceased, August Stoll, was a native of Prussia, and came to Canada with his fath- er's family when he was fourteen years a age. He lived for some time in Listowel and in Baden and was married in Seaforth to Rebecca- Baden, who, with a family of three eons and one daughter survive him. He settled in the township of Elm twenty- seven years ago, purchasing the 100 leerier, south halves of lots 5 and 6, concession 1, Elma, Where he and his sons lived. — Mr, John Walsh, grocer, of St. Marys, auddenly became partially blind last Satur- day evening, and is now in Toronto -consult- ing an eye specialist. When Me. Walsh retired to his rooms above the store, on Saturday night, his eyes pained him. A short time later he noticed the light in his room growing dim, as he thought. He look- ed in the mirror but eould not see himself. Then it dawned upon him that be had gone blind. Early Sunday morning Dr. Smith was called and found Mr. Walsh suffering from acute inflammatory glaooma—a disease of the eyes. This disease is seldom met with, and must be attended to promptly, or permanent blindness will result. On Mon- day morning Dr Batter, of London, was called, and recemmended an operation, and Mr. Welsh left for Toronto on Tuesday. He is not.totally blind, but cannot distinguish objects clearly. —The home of D •. Meehan, of Grey, was the scene of a very pleasant event on Wed- nesday evening, April 3rd, when, under an arch- of evergreens, in the presence of a number of friends and relatives, Mize Mary C. Dougherty, sister of Mrs. Meehan, was united in marriage to Charles Cleaver, a prosperbus young farmer of the llth non - cession of Grey. The bride was beautifully attired in a travelling snit of brown ladies' cloth, trimmed with white satin. Little Miss L. M. Meehan, who acted as maid of honor, was dressed in white and carried a bouquet of white flowers. Rev. IL E. Curry, of Ethel, performed the ceremony.