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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1901-06-21, Page 1You etgree tese policy at they cats 11 end out of k our goods pocket book it, lee 1)2 dd. ' people, more rrieei-your- reet- wed king, lietemee and Te want the growing it/ YOU enjoy its! nience. freedom ie eblic for the between the kid have you o many Inns. - their color - amble among is- that many , and eehich eetty muslin f all muelitea OODS, kept up all - .ment. We ger, as the thing new to re. Ilrough and through 'we've made ode eellere. :rig the best, gee. Poplins, ths, taffeta - and bonnets De mare, we wear. In a, ur millinery a. Yes, it'a ,the becom- ournbere of TS. re the kinds waist holds Where can tiness in a iota of chic ad colored, est styes— end on urs require ex - ,sing. If a a pair of . right, any and refund i ela you buy e curtains, send other a different. yeu'll. get d beauty of sf securing HING. .to fit any id of shape, ight, style , , U L _ L r [Cash i . a pitch from the "zsg done, and ice d by the o'clock ent mer - hall met and as pen, the - at this favor of :was fast and the d quick- Boston feature gain in- ly every ibit be - whetted d ample aweet- variotiZ *stir all , thank - 1 manner mi after wished C years iaturbed high:ern, a large -show in y even- t ,—Mr. jug hia W. 0, severe 'king in -rday.-- I have sehoel he ap- Black, cement ntracte d, Wft 8atur- o'clock Heart death, a par- eceived 'ch she a. Are either. d came s beer. .1011111111•1180001111111881111.1111. YEAR. 1 WHOLE NUMBER, 1,749. ,-07.07 - >ttz•-›.).(4,1' - - xttositor. SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, JUNE '21, 1901. For Particular Me ANNANYVVAAAAA•WAsaeyseNAANN McLEAN i3R013„ Publis ere: 1. $1 a Year in Advance, Possibly you are not particular about your clothes, but you ought to be. It means much to your friends, to your awn best interests. We have some particularly nice suiting just in, selling at .$16 50, $18, $20 and $22, and the price in- cludes the highest grade of workmanship in thei making. There are More people losing- time doing top much talking at the present time, than may be found in any method or means of securing a living. We have realized this, for while we have induced, a goodly number of reasoning people to become customers, there is an equallY goodly num- ber of people whom we have not had the pleasure of making customers, and so to the extent that our talk ha S missed fire to these people. To that extent have we, lost time talking,, and wasted our words. However, the wisest and best things ever said are known to but a small proportion of the reading public, let alone those who say they do not waste time reading, , We, therefore, are pleased with past results, pleased but not contented—contentment means stagnation—and we are not stagnant, nor do we wish to be. We are getting our growth of trade steadily—sur ly. It comes of honest goods at reasonable prices. We have faith in prices, such prices and values as our $8, (§9 and $10 suits have proved to be. It is not always that harvest hats in Lany width, made of rice straw, tripple stitched, are sold- at 15c—that's our price. If you can find the name Christy in the sweat -band of a hat, you save in paying a price for it. There is no better' value in fedora hats in the market than the $1.50 Christy soft hat. SoMe people have a disease called bargainamania— always looking for -something a little less in price than some- body else, or less possibly, than it costs. It is a hard disease to cure. We recommend that person afflicted to take a course in the plan of giving your dealer. his price for the' article you want. Y011 will be better off and much more re- spected by yourself and friends at the end of theryear. Fashion's Fancies. Fashion changes for this season haVe added many new' things in collars, ties, hose and shirts to 'our already • com- plete stock of men's furnishings. The new goods seem to touch the spot during the hot weather spells,—easy, cool, free. Is there any article of this list that you are in need of; Braces, belts, sox, hosiery, hats, ties, trousers, collars, cuffs, caps, coats, cardigans, gloves, Vests, dickies,, suits, handker- chiefs, sweaters, jerseys, outing shirts, lawn bowling hats, soft bodied shirts, starched short bosom shirts, black sateen umbrellas, gloves, .every style of garment that goes to add to the comfort of man in clothing. Greig & Macdonald Clothiers and Furnishers Formerly on the Wrong 'aide SEIFORTH of the Street, Manitoba and Northwest Excursions. The Canadian Pacific Railway will run special excursions to Manitoba and the North- west on June 18th, July 16th and 23rd. Round trip colonist class tickets will be issued - as under: Winnipeg, Deloraine, Antler, Estevan, Binacarth, Aloosemin, Hamiota and Swan River and return, $28; Regina, Moose Jaw and Yorkton and return, $30 ; Prince Albert, Calgary and Macleod and return, $35; 1;ged Deer and Edmonton and return, $40, All tickets valid tc return within two months from date of issue. For tickets and all in- fermation, apply to J. MACDONAL C. P. R. AGENT, Seaforth. Reminiscenses of' the Late_ Mr. Hardy. The Brantford Expositor gives thefollow-- Ing reminiscenses of the late . Hon. A. S. Hardy. They are oharesteristio of the man, and will he of interest to many : It was extremely offensive to Mr. Hardy, during the days of the Mowat regime, to be called "the wicked partner." The epithet was applied inj eat, but, like many jests, it was extremely cruel in. the case of a man pose sessed of chivalrous ideas of honour, and in- capable of doing a mean thing. It is known that the revelations of wrong doing by responsible Liberals in West Elgin—revela- tions which have since proved to be gross exaggerations—gave him much distress, and delayed his setting aside responsibilities Which his physical condition made it impels - Bible for him .to properly discharge any longer. Letterkreceived from 'him at the time of these revelations may prove con- clusively that they came with as great a shook to him as they did to the country, and that he could find no language too strong to express his detestation of what was re- ported to have taken place in that riding. --"-- - Mr. Hardy never forgot a service render- ed, and, what is more important, he never forgot to show his appreciation. Striking evidence of thie trait' was afforded during the last session o! the Assembly, when he gave a dinner party for his former private secretaries, to which their wives were also invited. Sometimes the lot of Mr. Herdy's secretary was a hard one, becaulie he was often at high nervous tension, and had a somewhat " testy" temper, but there is not a Man who cysr woeked for him but who swore, by him and loved him. The little ebullitions of tem Jer were after all but sun - showers, and nev r lasted long. It is generall understood that Mr. Hardy, a couple o years ago, was proffered :knighthood, but declined, partly on the ground that hole t that he was too 'poor a man financially to stand the incidental. ex- pense, but mainly because he felt that he would prefer, b fore accepting such an honor, t� have an opportunity of making a creditable record s Premier. Such a record, however, the a dden breakdown of his 'health made it im sossible for him to achieve, but without it he «as more entitled to the distinction of kni hthood than nine -tenths of the men who h ve received its • Mr. Hardy was at all times considerate. He never forgot a word of congratulation or of sympathy wh n it seemed to be called for, and this thou 'htfulness continued until the end. Probabi one of the last letters he wrote was addre sed to the editor of this paper, and contai ed the hint that we had inadvertently fail d in our obituary notice to do full justice o the worth of one of the old residents of t e county who hed recent- ly passed away, and who was but little known to prose t -day residents of the county. "Such man," said Mr. Hardy, " ought to be gi en half -a -column." And he got it. • The appended 1 tter, which was received by the writer at t e time of Mr. Hardy's ac- ceptanse of office s Premier, is character- istic — "Thank you fo your kind telegram of congratulations ; ilso for' the good things which you say in he Expositor. So many things—a thousan times beyond my poor deserts—are being said, that one feels very humblesthese days. Nevertheless we -must take these good t inge which the gods send us without a mu mur. I must strive at least to do my du y. " With kind re ards and beat wishes, " F ittfully yours, "A. S.'HARDY." s The. Cattle and Other By -Laws. DEAR EXPOSIT6R,—A couple of weeks ago, a Winthrop correspondent referred to several infractions of the cattle by-law, and to me as one the o enders. I had no cattle on.the road at the time except going to pas- ture, and if I could get pasture, I would never have 'any on the road at any time. I am asked why I d, not get some person to empound cattle rimning on the road and nearly every day ome person applies to me in reference to the by-law. In 1896 some three hundred rate payers voted against the *cattle running at large, so why do not some of these th ee 'hundred do the sem- pounding. My idea is that it would be 'better to furnish tags, at $2 a piece, for the privilege of allowing much cows to- run on the road for the season, and empound all cows not wearing a tag. This would - give the poor man, who pan' not get pasture, an opportunity to do to, as there are 700 acres of road pasture in the township. I. also claim the roads would be in better shape for the children going to -school and for peo- ple going to church if the cattle were al- lowed -to ['hie The cattle would then eat down the long grass and instead of walking along the centre of the road, people would have a nice, smooth -walk onthe grass. But this is not the only by-law that is not enforced. We have a by-law which im- poses' a heavy fine for taking clay, gravel or, other material off the road without the con- sentof the council and for the improvement of the roads. Yet people break this by-law continually, especially in front .of their neighbors lots, and as yet only one has been fined•for an infraction of the law. Another by-law says that no drunken person shall drive on the roads or use profane or obscene 'language, and that every person shall give half road, and that no person shall allow their team to go along behind another with- out some person having the lines, but every person who has travelled between Seaforth and Walton, especially in the winter, knows how this law is observed. Still another by- law imposes a fine if all officials do not take the oath of office, and all pound keepers are supposed to empound all animals running at large contrary to law. And pathmasters are liable to a fine of from $5 to $20 if they do not cut all thistles and weeds on the roads before the first of July, and still not one in a hundred is fined for not living up to the requirements of the by-law. JOHN C. MORRISON, MoKillop. —Friday morning, 7th tint. about 3 o'clock, the house of Mr. J. H. Waterhouse, of Mitchell, was entered with burglarious intent. Entrance was made through a *side window, by lifting the lower sash. Once inside, the back andi front doors were un- locked, and the for er left wide open. The fellow then stealthily stole upstairs and entered, on his hands and knees the 'bed- room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse. He had first to pass the bedroom of Mrs. Waterhouse's mother and was plainly seen by -this lady, but she thought it was her son-in-law, and paid no attention at the time to the incident. Mrs. Waterhouse, hearing a noise in her room, sprang to the floor and gave chase. The fellow went down the emirs with a couple of jumps, and hav- ing no other weapon at hand, Mrs. Water- house seized a lamp that was standing on a table and flung it at his head, but her throw was wide. He escaped through the back door. An alarm was given, but by this time he had made good his escape. On ex- amination of the house a jack-knife was found holding up the window through which he bad entered, but beyond this there is no clew to the fellow's identity. It is said Mr. Waterhouse had mosey in the house, and it is thought this fact must have been known to the would -be -burglar. • Huron Notes. —The 12th of July will be celebrated in Lucknosv this year. — Mr. P. B. Crewes, jeweller, of Clinton, has purchased the Biddleoombe block, in that town, paying $2,500 for it. —A. J. McKenzie, of Morris, has passed his final examination at the school of phar- macy, Toronto. He is a son of K. McKenzie of the 4th line. — The name of Robert Pearson, of Grey, appears Ismong the successful students in the first year examinations at Toronto Uni- versity. —Dr. J. A. McNaughton, of Brussels, has purchased the fine residence of John D. Ronald, in that village. The purchase price is said to be $2,300; . —The suit for $10,000 damages brought by N. M. Contine, of St. Joseph fame, against Mr. Vallee, of Montreal, has been settled. —Miss Helen Strang, of Goderich, has graduated with honors, at the head of her class of nurses in training at the hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania. —A lamp started a fire in the cellar of Hodgins Bros.' store, .Clinton, on Monday of last week, but the blaze was extinguished before any serious damage was done. —A young lad, sou of James R. Wood, of Wingharn, had part of one of his thumbe taken off while at work on one of the ma- chines in the union factory in that town. —Mrs. Ross, of Aeburn,will shortly move to Clinton, having purchased the residence of Mr. George Rourke. Mr. Rourke is going to the 'Northwest. — A warehouse in the rear of Cornell & Sons' furniture store in Goderich caught fire from a stove used for heating glue, the other day, but the blaze was extinguished before much damage was done. — Mr. Donald McTavish, a former resi- dent of Clinton, died recently in Chicago, aged 79 years. 'It is only a short time ago that Mr. and Mrs. McTavish celebrated their golden wedding. - The total equalized assessment of the eounty of Huron is $32,335,290, and at the present county rate, one and one-tenth mills on the dollar, will raise $35,568.82 for all purposes. —Gideon Brown has made a contract with James Turnbull, of the 4th concession of Gray, to dig about 200 rods of ditch 6 feet wide and 2i feet deep at 50c per rod with board. Mr. Brown expects to get the work done in about two months. — :The remains of the lath Andrew Hum - mason, who was found dead in bed on Mon- day morning, June 3ed, at Novar, Muskoka, were interred at Gorrie on Thursday of last week. He formerly resided on the 9th con- cession of Howick. —Mrs. Thomas Southoombe died in Pres- ton on Tuesday of last week. The deceased was Miss Nellie Tiplady and lived for some years with her uncle, Mr. David Tiplady, of near Clinton, at whose home she was married in February two years ago to Mr. Thomas Southcombe. —While Mrs. William Elliott, of the, Bay field road, Goderioh township, was feed- ing the turkeys,the other day, she met with an accident which will render her unable to perform any duties for some time. A ram which -was around bunted her and knocked her down, thereby breaking her arms —Mr. and Mrs. Echlin, of Nile, recently celebrated their golden wedding, on which occasion a large number of the neighbors and friends assembled at their residence to commemorate the event. Mr. and Mrs. Echlin were each presented with a gold watch. —Mr. George Andrew, of Lucknow, was united in marriage to Mies Webster, daugh- ter of Mr. Robert Webster' of Ashfield, on Wednesday of last week, atthe residence of the bride's parents. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. F. J. Oaten, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends of the happy young couple. —Dogs have been playing havoc with the sheep in Turnberry township. The chief losers were Andrew and Robert McKague, W. Case, H. McAllister, R. Watson and J. L. Loutitt.A number of the sheep were, *killed, others worried so that they could not recover. A. McKague was the heaviest loser, havingsix killed and five badly worried. An- other report gives the total number killed at 23. —The Wingham Times says: A few days ago a farmer left a horse with a broken shoulder in a field on the Bluevale road and the horse would have starved had it not been noticed in time. The offender ap- peared before the Mayor on Tuesday even- ing and was fined $1 and costs. The horse should have been shot when it was found, it could not get better, and not be left to starve. —Mrs. Patrick, mother of Mrs. R. Ross, of Gorrie, died on Tuesday of lasiJ week, at the home of her son-in-law, Andrew Doig, on the Grey boundary, at the ripe age cf 95 years. She was much esteemed by all who knew her. Her husband predeceased her some years ago. The remains were in- terred in the Molesworth cemetery. She was a staunch Presbyterian and was born In Scotland and immigrated to this country many years ago. —A very pleasant evening was spent on Tuesday of last week, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Marquis, Huron road, near Holmesville, by the members of his old class in Holmesville and a few other friends, when Mr. and Mrs. Marquis were presented with a beautiful extension table and cake dish as but a slight token of the high es- teem in which he, as class -leader, and both, as neighbors, were held. , —One afternoon recently, A. Hislop, M. P. P., was in Brussels with his team and wagon without a box. One of the horses, a colt, got frightened at some lumber on the wagon and struck off, and before the driver could brace himself the equines were in for a race. Mr. Hislop pulled them into a tree on Mill street and the jolt threw him off and the horses went again, finally bringing up on either side of a maple tree in front of the Methodist church. The wagon had an axle broken and some other slight damage was done, but Mr. Hislop fortunately escaped with little injury. —Her many friends will regret to learn of the unexpected decease of Mrs. Robert Youill, 4th line, Morris, on Wednesday of last week, She had been in poor health for some time with a nervous ailment interfer- ing with her mental powers and while alone in the house, it is said, she took a draft from a bottle of strychine, which her hus- band had procured to kill some crows, and was a corpse before the doctor could be se- cured. Mrs. Youill gave no explanation of the sad occurrence although she was not unconscious when discovered lying on the floor. She was 49 years of age and was a WALL PAPER BARGAINS. AL 1800 Rolls Grounded, Glimmer Wall Paper with ceilings and 9 or 18 inch borders. Scroll and floral designs in all colors, regu- lar price 10o and 12ic per single roll. On sale now for 8c. X. WIN Elt, SEAFORTIL Miss Boyd prior to her marriage. In addi- tion to her husband there are two daughters and a son at home, a daughter in Toronto and a son at Teeswater. —The Goderich Star says: County At- torney Ira Lewis, class 1844 of Yale Univer- sity, has received an invitation to be present at the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of Yale College, to be held in New Haven, Connecticut, on the first four days of the week beginning October 20th, 1901, and (D. V.) our ever youthful county official will be present and take part in the celebration. It is not often a man gets an invitation to attend a two century celebration of his Alma Mater, and as it is not likely that he will be able to attend the 300th, he will as above stated be with the boys on the 200th. ' —Milton A. Buchanan, son of Dr. Bu- chanan, of Zurich, who stood at the head of the graduating class in modern languages at the University of Toronto, has left on a trip to Europe and will spend the summer in France and Italy. He will return in the autumn to continue his studies at Chicago University, where he has been offered a fellowship in romance languages. These fellowships are usually given to graduates of one or two years' standing, but Mr. Bu- chanan's attainments were so exceptional as to entitle him to the award of a fellowship immediately on graduation. —Mrs. Jane Wilson one of the oldest citizens of Goderich, died at the residence of her son, David, Britannia road, on Tues- day night of last week, at the advanced age -of 83 years. The deceased lady, like many of the residents who claim Ireland as their birth place was born in county Down, and came to Goderich with her husband 35 years ago, and after a stay of one year, moved on to the farm on the Bayfield road, where the family lived until death claimed her hus- band in 1880. Mrs. Wilson_ then returned to Goderich, where she resided until- she joined the great majority on Tuesday of last week. —On Thursday, 6th inst., Mr. Timothy Nolan, one of the few remaining pioneers of Hullett township, breathed his last. He was born in Limerick, Ireland, eighty years ago and came to Canada when 30 years of age. It -is 45 years since he settled in Hul- lett, of which he remained continuously a resident until the silver cord of life was loosed. He was a frugal, conscientious and Godfearing man and left to his family, as the eloquent parish priest said at the funer- al, the best of all inheritances, a good ex- ample. His aged life partner survives, together with these sons and daughters : Mrs- Thomas Carbert, of Hullett, Mrs. McGinnis, of Seaforth, and Mary, Maggie, James and Thaddeus onsthe'homestead. —On Monday morning of last week, St. Michael's Roman Catholic church, Blyth, was the scene of a very intereeting and happy event, it being this marriage ceremony of Michael, son of James Kelly, Morris to Miss Mary, only daughter of W. Hailed:an, of East Wawanosh. The bride looked beautiful, attired in a wedding costume of cream silk, with white hat and ostrich plumes to match and carrying a bouquet of white geraniums and lilies of the valley; her bridesmaid was Miss Mary Blake, of Hullett, and was pretty in a similar cos- tume. The groom's supporter was his brother, William J., and the ceremony was performed by Rev. Father McMenamin,who tied the knot seenrely in the presence of a large number of friends. —George J. Smith, formerly of Morris township, writing from Ashville, Manitoba, says: We commenced seeding on April 11th, had a snow storm on the 13th, another storm on the 22nd and frost the two follow- ing mornings. Weather has been very fine ever since and crops are looking good. We are enjoying a good rain at present, June 5th. A clipping from the Dauphin Press says: George J. Smith, who resides in the vicinity of Ashville, brought to the Press office on Saturday a very large hen's egg. By the tape the egg measured si inches in length and 6 in circumference. Mr. Smith thinks this egg a record breaker and is of the opinion that it will be some time before another is produced as large. Canada. —The theat is already heading out in some districts of Manitoba. —Ninety-five per cent, of the trackmen on the C. P. R. are out on strike for higher wages. Mr. Arthur F. Crow, of the law firm of German & Crow, has been appointed post- master at Niagara Falls. —Three criminals broke out of jail at Chatham on Sunday by cutting the bars of the cell window. They were awaiting remov- al, one to Kingston for five years, and the others to central prison, Toronto. —A store clerk, named James Henigan, while on his way to work, riding on his bicycle, in Hamilton, one morning last week, was struck by a trolly car and re- ceived such injuries that he died soon after. —About 8 o'clock Monday evening, while Hugh Killoren'a farmer living in Rich- mond, was driving across the .Selby road crossing on the Grand Trunk Railway, close. to the depot at Napanee, the rig was struck by a train. Killoren was badly injured, and both horses were killed. —Hon. Wm. Mulock, Canadian Postmas- ter -General, who represented Canada at the ceremonies connected with the inauguration of the Auetrallan Commonwealth, is on his way back( from the Antipodes, with Mrs. Mulock and Master Cawthra Mulock. He sailed from. Melbourne for London by the steamer China, on June 4th. —A few days ago Mr. Louis Cole was killed in Haws sawmill, at Otterville, Ox- ford county, a slab striking him just below the chest. Death was almost instantaneous. About four years ago his son Louis was killed in almost identically the same way at Chatham. —Another terrible shooting affair took place in Montreal on 'Friday last, at the residence of Mrs. John K. Redpath, in that city. At about 6 o'elock Mrs. Redpath end her son, Clifford Redpath, were found in the lady's room, one dead and the other dying. Both mother and son had a bullet hole through their heads. It is believed that Mrs. Redpath attempted to commit suicide, and upon the son interfering, she shot him fatally and then killed herself. Mrs. Redpath was 45 years of age, and was one of the most wealthy ladies of the city. She had been suffering from paralysis for some time and it is supposed her mind had been deranged. The son was but 25 years of age, and had just graduated in law at McGill College, and was a most promising young man. Later developments tend to the belief that the shooting was done by the young man himself, but for what reason can not be determined, except that he was tem- porarily insane. —Mrs. D. Phipps, of Brantford, 50 years of age, was celebrating her birthday with her family on Monday, and during the even- ing stepped over the road to visit a niece unable to be present. She was then, in good health and spirits, but fell insensible on the doorstep of the residence of her relative and expired in a few minutes. —Fifteen thousand people attended Ring- ling Brothers circus last Monday afternoon in Toronto. The Star says: "There were tohtrei. ets7 sights at the circus—a small boy a peanut, missed it, and the next elephant gwhose pa wouldn't buy him a balloon, the camel, and the elephant who tried to catch —Woodstock has hitherto been without a sepatate school, but on the occasion of his reoent visit, Bishop MeEvay intimated his desire that one should be established. Steps are now being taken to carry out his wishes. Tenders for the erection of the school, which is to be built on the church property, will shortly be called for: —No less than $13,309,865 was paid clut by life insurance companies to the heirsof insurers in Canada last year. To Montr&l, $1,447,445 was paid ; to Toronto, $1,076,• 652 ; to Hamilton, $225,408, and to Winni- peg, $133„870. The time was when people looked upon life insurance with suspicion. Now it is universally • regarded as a bless- ing. —Rachael Muldoon of Smith's Falls, and Hannah Brush, of Perth, two nurses em- ployed at the Verdeen Hospital for the In- sane, Montreal, were drowned Monday last. They were out boating with two gentlemen friends'and, while crossing the St. Lawrence the boat upset, and the two young ladies were drowned. —Mr. Jahn McIntyre, a prosperous farmer on the first concession of Reading, near Whitby, was found dead in one of his fields last Friday nfight. He had been rol- ling, and it is supposed the horses had taken fright, and that he had been thrown under the roller, as he was terribly Crushed and had several bones broken. He was 74 years of age. —E. V. Tilson, of Tilsonburg, Thomas Martin, of Mount Forest, Walter Thompson, of Mitchell, and D. R. Ross, 'of Embro, have been incorporated as a company under the name of the Canadian Cereal Company, with a capital of $40,000. The intention is to run all the mills owned by these gentlemen in their several localities as a syndicate. —Many complaints are made in Hamilton about people suffering from sore arms from vaccination. A serious ease is that of Miss Kate Shea employed by the Tuckett Com- pany. Her family physician considered that she was too ill to be vaccinated, but she was inoculated by another doctor. Now she is in the hospital, and theie is a danger that she will lose her arm. —The steamer Hero, owned by the Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte Steamboat Com- pany, running between Picton, Belleville and Kingston, was burned at the Rathbun qornpany'a wharf, at Belleville, on Friday night. She arrived there on her usual trip about 12 o'clock at night. Most of the passengers were in bed, but all, with the crew, got safely to shore, although some had to Jump into the water to save them- selves. —The heavy rains of May iv was feared would destroy the sugar beet crop in On- tario. The Department of Agriculture has been making enquiries during the past ten days in the various districts where the beets are grown. Officials of the department were surprised to find the beets in such ex- cellent condition during the heavy rains. he crop promises to. be a good one this s ason, and beet growing will prove a slic- e 88. —During the ten months ended April 3 bh, Canada _exported gold, in duet and n ggets, to the value of $17,580,556. The bulk of it, $17,395,925 in value, went to the United States from the Yukon. The value of the unrefined copper exported was $2,- 046,258 ; of lead in ore, $3,133,766; of nickel matte, $859,720 ' • of silver ore, $2,- 032,889. The value ofthe coal exported was $4,150,773. During the same period Canada imported $4,000,000 worth of an- thracite coal. —The cylinder head of the new 500 horse- power engine at the factory of the Dominion Cotton Mills Company, in Halifax, blew out Saturday afternoon, wrecking the whole machine shop. A loose strap across the head of the cylinder caused the accident. It will keep the factory idle for four or five weeks, throwing 380 hands out of employ- ment. This will be the first suspetusion -of the factory for seven years, except on one oc- casion, when a strike occurred. No one was hurt. —When it was made known that Hon. David Mills had accepted a place on the commission to reconstruct the Judicial Com- mittee of the Privy Council, invitations reached him from many prominent people in England asking him and Mrs. Mills to be their guests during their stay in the old country. There were invitations from Lord Lansdowne and the Earl of Aberdeen, while Lord Strathcona extended a most hearty re- quest to the Minister of Justice. On his arrival in England Mr. Mills was met by Hon. Edward Blake. —Staff -Captain Archibald, of the Salva- tion Army, Toronto, visited Fred Lee Rice In his cell at the jail a few days ago. Rice, who is the only survivor of the trio of des- peradoes who have created such a sensation in Toronto recently, conversed with Captain Archibald for about two hours, and dis- played a knowledge of the bible which surprised his visitor. He referred to it as a great philosophical work, and showed that he credited it with being a book of much depth. At one time he said: " If I had studied it with a different intent things might have been different." As Staff -Cap tam n Archibald was about to leave, Rice said to him: Don't go away with the idea that I am converted. I have not considered such an idea," —A desperate attempt was made by a pris- oner to murder Judge Bell, in the county court at Chatham, one day last week. An- drew Epperan, who had previously served terms for stabbing, was up on a %barge of stabbing his paramour, Ida Allison. The jury had returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was remanded for sentence. A few preliminaries were "being gone through with before proceeding with the next case, when EpPeran made a dash from the pris- oner's dock toward Judge Bell, the senior county judge. Just in front of him were lying the razor and knives used as exhibits In the stabbing case. Epperan seized the razor and rushed towards the bench, Con- stable Charles R. Cape meanwhile had made an effort to stop the infuriated man, but he was hurled to the floor. Seeing that his at- tempt at murder was about to be frustrated, Epperan turned on the constable, and was about to attack him with the weapon when he was set upon by other court officials and overpowered and manacled. He will likely be given a life sentence in the penitentiary. —At the recent meeting of the Toronto Methodist Conference, Robert Jones, of Eglington, sprung a resolution to the effect that purity should be maintained in the pulpit as well as in the pew, and to that end no minister of the Methodist church should' have any connection with the order of Free Masons.. The motion was greeted with laughter and ruled out of discussion, on the ground that it should first be considered by the memorial committee. Mr. Jones in submitting to this ruling, pointed out that in 1842 a similar resolution had been passed by the Conference and he would like to see it enforced. Later the committee reported against the resolution. —At the Presbyterian General Assembly, in presenting the report of the Century Fund committee, Revs Dr. Campbell said "The Century Fund showed about $850,000 subscribed for debt funds, of which $550,000 was paid, and there was assurance .that all would be on hand this year. For the corn - mon fund $560,000 had been subscribed up to May 27th, 1901, of which $365,997.32 had been received. In view of subscriptions not yet paid and of the bad harvest render- ing it undesirable to prosecute the work last year in the Northwest, the committee recommended that the books be kept open till the effort was completed, which was ex- pected to be not later than December 1st. Toronto Presbytery was in the lead, with $118,819 subscribed for debt fund and $52,- 070 for the common fund. —A shocking fatality took place Friday morning at Breslau, on the main line of the Grand Trunk, four miles east of Berlin. Mr. Thomas Shaw, of Hespeler,county coun- cillor for Waterloo township, was driving to Berlin to attend a meeting of the coun- cil, and was struck by a special excursion train bound for the Model Farm at Guelph. He was carried fully 100 feet on the cow- catcher, and was dead when picked up. His jawbone was broken and the shock on the brain caused instant death. His left leg was broken in two places, and his body was bruised generally. The horse was killed and the carriage smashed to pieces. Mr. Shaw was financial agent of the R. Forbes estate at Reveler, and one of the best known men in the county. The county council adjourned for a week out of respect to their colleague. He was 45 years of age, and was likely to be the Conservative can- didate for his riding in the next Provincial election. • Perth Notes. —Mr. Thomas Laing, of Cromarty, will leave the first week in July on a trip to the old country. —Mr. Charles Dickie, divinity student, of Chicago, formerly of St. Marys, was married on Wednesday of last week, his bride being Miss Martha Moses`, daughter of Mrs. Moses, of Avonton. The Rev. J. W. Graham, pastor of the Presbyterian church, Avonton, officiated. —The Lutheran church at Seebach)s hill was the scene of a pretty wedding ceremony Wednesday afternoon of last- week, when Miss Clara Shellenberger, daughter of Mr. II Shellenberger, Kastnerville, became the bride of Mr. Frank Hermann, a popular young farmer of Fullerton. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. Mr. Weinbach in the presence of a large number of spectators. —A very painful accident happened on Monday of last week, to Mr. John Bast, on the farm of Peter B. Jantzi, adjoining the village of Wellesley. He was loading a stone to blast when he most likely came in confect with the fuse which ignited the powder and caused the injury to Mr. Bait, which is the, loss of his left eye and the peeling off of all the akin on his left hand. He was sent directly to Toronto for oper- ation and will have to remain there for treatment. —The death of Mrs. James Hester, of St. Marys, which occurred on Monday of last week, was a particularly sad and sudden one. When her two little children came home from school in the afternoon they found her lying on the floor in her room dead. She had apparently been in her usual health when her husband left for work after dinner, and had been talking to a neighbor about half past two. Heart failure was the cause of death. — A very pretty and pleasing event oc- curred at the "Evergreens," the home of Mr, and Mrs. George Kempton„ of St. Marys, on Wednesday evening, June 12th, ib being the marriage of their daughter, Lizzie, to Mr. B. Ws F. Beavers, the pros- perous young merchant of Farqnhar. The ceremony was solemnized in the drawing room at 8 o'clock, by Rev, J. Ball, who performed the duty with neatness- and dis- patch. The bride was supported by her cousin, Miss Lizzie Kirkby, and the groom by his brother, Mr. G. S. Beavers. — An enjoyable gathering was that which took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. feel- ings of regret by reason of the fact that the occasion was tempered, however, by guests of honor were leaving Ellice to take up their residence in the township of South Fran- cis Richardson. The natural hilarity of the large body of friends and neighbors assem- ne—e tAowisenrsihoiups. bled to do honor to two of the townishiee best known residents, Mr. and Mrs, Fran- Easthope. During the evening, Mr. and a chair as a token of the esteem in which they are held by their old neighbors in El - Mrs. Richardson were each presented with Wm. Pinder, in Ellice, last Friday, when a . conflagration was -narrowly averted on Wednesday afternoon of last week, at the brick yards of Mr. John Jar- vis, Stratford. Fire'from the kiln appar- ently, got into the large piles of dry wood and had secured a good foothold before being noticed, On the alarm being given, everyone in the vicinity turned out, and a bucket brigade was organized, which did such efficient work that the fire wass ex- tinguished after about 20 minutes of hard fighting. It is fortunate that quite a large staff of men were on hand as the fire was a. rather difficult one to handle with buckets, breaking out in several places at once, having insidiously crept along the dry wood piles. —A. serious occurrence happened on lot 20, concession 5, Fullartesi, while. Mr. Frank Durant, the owner, was leading a bull to the stable, on Saturday, the 8th of June, before breakfast. The bull always being of a quiet nature, was accustomed to being led by the fingers through the ring in his nose, though having a habit of -throwing its head down. It is supposed it pulled Mr. Durant down or he stumbled and got a bad twist, hurting his leg very badly and straining his ankle; this is all he can mind took place. At noon on the same day Havelock Durant, the son, while leading the bull to the stable again'was kuooked down by the animal and had his collar bone broken, and might have fared considerably worse had not the dog tackled the bull, which drew the animal's attention frs:irn the young man and gave him a chance to -creep