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The Huron Expositor, 1901-09-13, Page 1190.1 STION tf.rttit 0 eell goodet heto to be. °r• ems. tati °,11. goods, at an tames to nieee concerning ja a5 areat ar. ald give you t at this store. (1'. JERE. utt on sere fulcr ,einde of lale,w, ng Clothc °f. w°rth, those, 'etlans intendeti Imea. al. perfection in Ichnefee___iii hot r them excellence' Eiwhat they really - I -la exalt:tine thern c-ould have yea ern through an STOGRI. Lassortment, but tliv days. for a comfort - jet or Dressing -trie materials. rtre, if anything, last season, and ber the prai8e. oar showing of sold so readily. or and pattern e it.; for we've s so that a lady 0 of her choice Lte. HERE. p dead loads of Four own prices, re not here. aere throughout any old price, ance. son to another ad the list of from the loonier at shopping. ELS A PPE R `0.§ :CGs LocKs als and things V SUITS- ,ye—from the . of the little L ideas of the tg trousers. placed in the Loaf possibility. case fit sure ;,% ort positive; L. We do the UR S. 'low, but then Lell hear much a know we had Goods are in - and you will am Fur Stook Seat excellence rOrk manahip— eleetion. quality make ti)erry boy.— Toronto leer, [mon ie visit- , of Myrtle, Andergoo, or Laughter, Mrs. I -A large con - he _Methodist c to hear Rev. Messer and at Mr. John week —Miss on Monday, [)0I.—Mr. and [of (1oderich, fr Day.—Mr. ,1 Wingliam„. this week.— ciire, formerly le village on 5o la organist many of the this week.— ereton, visit - e McDonald. v Patterson :day, part of Rob - Morris, who take short rand Visl- , Mr, andl tful accident-, aanon Au - .,re, 'formerly ally injored was comin ry, and ha employed 'd-hve, when 4-ind to Eave ;..;h his arm, [ the elbow. f▪ orte he wee td his body which enternrougn his rad accident and -the un- meaning. ' of Tarn- cmniediatelY am, but of r an ai/Ve. &pie did all red Man to - The hodaY vitA9 buried :t is really re and the .by of the 1 11 positor. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,761. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1901. McLEAN BROS., Putilishers: $1 a Year in Advance. DO YOU NEED CLOTHES ------------______:_s„. • t\----.1._______,„..,--_ .,::,:::::: ... '.."'"'"----• '41r.-------__- fr.- ------- ' Are you in need of clothes ? If you are, you can deal to the best advantage with us for the cash. This season will be a big one with us. We are out with better values than ever. rt seems to be fairly well known that it iS our intention to engage in the manufactur- ing business. To do so, we will require all the cash we can get a hold of, We have always carried a very large stock— we think the largest clothing, tailoring, furnishing and fur stock in this district. The reserve of this stock we are anxious to turn into money ; we have no line of goods that could be termed a luxury, everything in the stock is goods that people wear. We are by no means giving up the splendid retail business we have built ; we simply want some, of the money invested therein for use in our manufacturing busi- ness, hence the specials we are offering and will continue to offer for some time to come. Specials this week. A blue and black N‘ est of England worsted suiting, made to order, at $15. This suit will be in every way equal to the usual $20 suiting. The one special suit in the readymade goods that we offer this week, is a $6.75 tweed suit.; this we think you will find equal to many of the ordinary $10 lines. The mud coat special is sold at a price we have often advertised before, namely, $3. It differs from the usual mud coat in the heavy weight and rain proof qualities. In the underwear special, many still like the fleece lined 'underwear, which we are well stocked with. The ma- jority of people are going back to the all -wool underwear. Leaving cheap wool goods 'out of the question, we offer, a line at $1.50 a suit that will be hard to beat anywhere. In the hat special, we have fully determined to sell the best hat value, both in the stiff hat and the fedora, to be found in Huron; the selling price will. be $1—see it for. yours elf. The hosiery specials will include a heavy weight work- ing wool sock at 10c a pair, and a double thread black wool worsted sox at 25c. • The working day pant specials will be sold at $1 and The overall special will be priced at 50c. The smock special is better seen to be fairly estimated at 50e. • For many years we have been the headquarters for the sale of Clan Tartan -Rugs; at present the clans represented in our stock are Campbell of Argyle Campbell of Breadal- bane, Fraser, Macdonald of Keppacii and Garagach, Clan- donald, Clanranald, Cameron, Macpherson, Menzies, Mac- laren, Minto Macdougal, Ross, Gunn, Macgregor, Princess Beatrice and many others. in boys' school clothes specials, we have a line of felt hats any of which will outwear a cap; .hese hats are selling at 10c. Sizes 22 to 27 of a school pant selling at 25c, an extra, heavy weight of boys' all wool long stockings selling at 250; boys' overalls at 35c and 45c, boys' peak caps from 10c to 25o; boys' fleece lined underwear at 25c each gar- ment ; !Joys' braces at 10c, boys' handkerchiefs at 5o, boys' ties at 10e. We are up to date in all new styles of collars, ties, gloves and well made clothes. Ladies' Tailoring. We have a snug trade along this line. In the first place we have the cloths to choose from; next, we have, peopie who know their business. You may as well throw i your money in the fire as buy good material and then have it spoiled in the making. With our tailormade gowns yon are I always sure of fit and finish. • 1 +++++++++÷+÷÷44++++ & Macdioll Clothiers and Furnishers JohnsonBross' Old Stand S.A.H1OP•1111=1.. 1THE SHOOTING OF • PRESI• DENT MIKINLEY. ' On Friday evening last, about 4 o'clock, ar most bold and dastardly ttempt was made to assassinate President McKinley, of the United States. The President had been In attendance at the Pan-American Expoal- tion, at Buffalo, for several. days. On Fri. day evening he was holding a publ o recap. lion in the Temple of Music. T ere was n immense crowd of people ther .. The President was standing on a re' ed dies nd shaking hands with the people as they Faimed by. A man in the crowd pproaoh- d the President, as if to shake ha de, and e the latter extended his hand to im, the , an, who had a revolver in his rig t hand, onoealed by a handkerchief • wrapped round it, fired twice. He wa within bout two feet of his victim. The ret shot ook effeet in the breast, the ball striking the breast bone and slanting off without doing much injury. The second b 11 pone - rated the abdomen, ,passing thro gh the Stomach and lodging in he intesti es, but its exact location has not yet bee discov. ered. I THE ONLOOKERS DAZED. IThe occurrenCe wits so sudden an expected that all present were deze moment, failing to realize what h happened. Before the desperado c ,the third shot, however, he w powered and secured. The Preei enderly eared for and was remove residence of the president of the e Where the verybest medical skill w tendance. Although the bullet been found, the paeient, at the tim ing, is holding his own nicely, doctors hold out strong hopes for oovery. • THE ASSASSIN. eo un - for a 4 really uld fire s over- ent was to the position in et- as not of writ. nd the his re- ' The desperado who did the shooting is named Leon Czolyotz. He has made a con - is what nearly Russian I got of De. here I oks on I was fession to the authorities, and thia he says : "1 was born in Detroi ‘i29 years ago. My parents were Poles. They came here 42 years ag my education in the public schoolt troit, and then went to Cleveland, got work. In Cleveland I read b socialism, and met many socialists. PRETTY WELL KNO1N N AS A SOCIALIST in the west. After being in Cleve and for several years I went to Chicago, here I remained several months, atter hioh I went to Newburg, on the outskirts f Cleve- land, and went to Work in the ewburg ._ wire mills. _: • " During the last five years I ha'e had as friends anerohiste in Chicago, 01 veland, Detroit and -other western cities, an I sup. pose I became more or less bitter. Yes, I know I was bitter. I never had m ch luck at anything, and this preyed upon e ; but What started the craze to kill was a lecture I heard some little time ago by Em a Gold - ellen. She was in Cleveland, and I and other anarchists went to hear her. She het ine on fire. Her doctrine that all rulers should be exterminated was what set me to thinking, eo that my head nearly split with the pain. Idles Goldman's words went right through me, and when I left the lecture I had made ep my mind that I would have to do some- thing heroic for the cause I loved. HIS ARRIVAL IN BI7FFALO. • " Eight days ago, While I was in Chicago, I read in a Chicago newspaper of President McKinley's visit to the Pan-Ameritanp..iix- position at Buffalo. That day I bought a ticket for Buffalo, and got there with the determination to do something, but I did not know just what. I thougbt of shooting the President, but I had not formed a plan. ' "1 went to live at 1,078 Broadway, which is a saloon and hotel. John Nowak, e Pole, a sore of politician, who has led his leople here for years, owns it. I told owak that I CtillIO to see the fair. He new nothing about what was setting me ritzy. I went to the exposition gr untie a ouple of times a day. "Not until Tuesday morning id the esolution to shoot the President ta e hold f me. It was in my heart—there was no i.soapefor me. I could nob have eso ped it if my life was otaked. There wer thous- nds of people in town on Tuesday. I heard it wal,Prenident's Day. All those people eerned bowing to the great ruler. 1 made p my mind to kill that ruler. I b ught a 2 -calibre revolver and loaded it. " On Tuesday night I went to t e fair rounds and was near the railro d gate hen the presidential party arrived. I tried o get near him, but the police for ed me ack. They forced everybody back o that he great ruler could pass. I was c ova to ihe President when he got into the gi ounds, ut was afraid to attempt the assess nation, ecause_there were so many men in the ody guard that watched them, I as not fraid of them or that I should get h rt, but afraid I might be seized and that my chance would be gone forever. \Yes LOSINO HOPE. " Well, he went away that time, and 1 went home. On Wednesday I went to the grotinds and stood right near the Pr sident, eight under him, near the stand from which he spoke. , "1 thought half a dozen times of shoot. ing while he was speaking, but I co Id not et close enough. I was afraid I might les, and then the great crowd was always jostling, and I was afraid lest my a m fail. waited until yesterday, and the P cadent ot into his carriage again, and a lot qf men , ere about him, and formed a cord n that. I could not get through. rough. I was t�ssel about by the crowd, and my spirits were getting i)retty, low. I was almosV hopele s that night as I went home, 1 " Yesterday morning I went agah to the exposition grounds. Emma Go dman'a speech was still burning me up. I waited near tbe central entrance for the Pr eident, Who was to board his special train fr m that ate, but the police allowed nobody •ut the 'resident'e party to pass where th train Waited. So I stayed at the grounds all day Wai tin g. " During yesterday I first tho ght of hiding my pistol under my handker,hief. I Was afraid if I had to draw it fr m my pocket I would be seen and seized by the ' uards. I got to the Temple of M sio tthe rat one, and waited at the spot where the riception wee to beheld. , THE SI -LOOTING. I "Then he came—the • Presid nt—the 1 ruler—and I got in line and trembl d until I got right up to him, and then I sh t twice through my white handkerchief. would have tired more, but I was stunne by a blow in the face—a frightful blow that Icnocked me down—end then ev rybody Jumped on me. I thought I would •e killed and was surprised the way they treated 0.1e.e 1 Czolgosz ended his story in utter xhaust- Ion. When he had about concluded he was esked : . 1 " Did you really mean to kill th ?real. lent ?" "1 did," was the cold-blooded re iiy. " What was your motive ? Wh t good could it do ?" he was asked. "1 am an anarchist. I am a disciple of Emma Goldman. Her words set me on fire," he replied, with not the slightest tremor. "1 deny that I have had an accomplice at any time," Czolgosz told District Attor- ney Penney. "1 don't regret my act, be- cause I was doing what I could for the great cause. I am not connected with the Pat- erson group or with those anarehiste who sent Bresci to Italy to kill Humbert. I had no confidante • no one to help me, I was alone abeolutely." A 'RED-HOT SOCIALIST. • Several years ago Czolgsoz was employed in a Newburg mill. Among his fellow work. men there he was known as Fred Neiman. He is a member of Forest City Castle Lodge No. 22, of the Golden Eagle. His former associates in the mill describe him as a German Pole of about 26 years of age. They say that he was a queer acting man, but was known to have a most violent temper. It is said that the weuld.be asses - sin is a strong infidel and a red•hot socialist. WHAT THE DETECTIVES THINK. The general theory now held by the de- tectives is that a circle of Czolgoez's associ- ates 6tti the murder of Preeidene Mo - Ki ey, and that he was picked by lot or in aced by persuasion to carry out the con. apiracy. They say that he lacks the shrewd- ness to have planned and executed the crime himself. But, so far, no reliable evidence has been secured to justify this theory. THE VERY LATEST. The very latest reports are to the effect that the wounded President is doing more than holding his own, and is getting on as well as could be expected. The erisie is now past and the greatest danger is over, and his medical attendants have the best hopes for his recovery. The bullet has not yet been extracted, but that is not con. sidered essential. There are no new de- velopmonta. The Huron Registrarship. Mn. EDITOR,—A few old Tories would like to know the reason that no registrar has been appointed for this county, although vacant for years, or what power is behind the Government preventing the appoint- ment ? You will find when we get into power, which may be in a short time, we will make short work in filling all such well paid sinecure positions or doing away with them altogether. AN OLD TORY. ED. NOTE. —W e are sorry we can not answer the query of our correspondent, as we are not sufficiently in the confidence of the powers that be to possess the informa- tion desired. However, if the appointment be not made until the Tories come into power, it will be a quick snap for some good and worthy member ot that party,—perhaps our correspondent, if he desires it. As to the Tories doing away with "all such well- paid sinecure positions," past experience justifies -tie in saying there is not much danger on that score ; they are not built that way. That is not one of the planks in Mr. Whitney's platform. • Objectionable Literature. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Fennib me, through the columns of your widely circulated joule nal, to.protest against the introduction • cf infidel literature into our public libraries. I was not aware until recently that we in Hensel( had anything worse on the shelves than the comparatively innocent works of Charles Darwin. Readers of Darwin Will remember, that while he lays down the theories of evolution and natural selection, and which are generally held to be antagon- istic- to the Mosaic acociunt of creation, yet, he does not go out of his way to attack the Bible or the fundamentals of the • Christian faith. He puts his own theory in a modeet and yet meeterly manner before the reader, and leaves him largely to draw his own con. elusions, and to reconcile it with the state- ments of revelation as , beet he may. It is not thus with Erusti Haeckel, the German materialise, a transiation of whose recent work "The riddle of the universe at the eloee of the XIX century," is now upon the shelves of our public library. He boldly and unblushingly attacks and disposes of,(to his own satiafation), the trinity of truths, which may be regarded as the' citidel of our faith, viz, " the personality of God," 1' the immortality of the soul," and "the free- dom of the will." And underneath it all is a vein of coarse sarcasm and assumed con- tempt for the Scriptures, which marks at once the sincerity (2) of the author as a searcher after truth and the source of his inspiration. Now, while it would be un- wise and unprofitable to the reader, for the mere ley student to offer any criticism how. ever short of the details of the learned auth• or's work, yet, as this and similar works are being widely read; it might not be unprofit- able to point out in a few words the falsity of his general conclusions. Lee us look. at two or three of these. (1) There is no God outside of nature, and the universe has not been created but "evolved." Given a uni. vereal and eternal cosmos, the firet motion will separate the imponderable from ponder4 able matter. The aeoond motion will be one' of condensation, matter will be aggregated into centers, leaving the imponderable either to pervade ill space, etc., etc, Now, even granting the faille assumption of the eternal °emus, whence came the motion. Haeckel seeks to get out of the dilli• culty by asserting that that motion is as much a quality of matter as any other. This was not the opinion of Newton, and the quintesence of the objects around us and the eternal motion of the spheres above us,alike testify to the truth of his famous law ef 'nation, viz., that "everybody will con• tinue in its state of absolute. rest or mo- tion forever, unless some outward force is impressed upon it." Again, even as e mat- tbr of pure reason, is not the evolution of the world from a cosmos • repugnant to a sane, unprejudiced mind? In the universe we have a machine of almost infinite QOM- plexity, yet, the parts are so perfectly adjusted to each other that there is perfect harmony, and we are asked to believe that this beautiful machine had no maker. (3) It was simply " evolved " by a natural pro. case of law. What is law? It is evidently not an operator at all, but a mode of oper- ation, and yet we are asked to acceptthe paradoxical Resumption of law without a law giver, an evident absurdity. Further, if we assume the " soul of the world" to be net a personal God, but the sum total of nature's forces then we must invest this materialistic God, with nearly the same at- tributes which we, as Christiana attribute to the Almighty. (2) Man is not a epecial creation, but a phenomen of nature like heat, electricity, the wind, etc., and was evolved by a natural process. Given a nitrogenuous substance of the proper com- position and consistency, living protoplasm was evolved by spontaneous generation, and from this simple beginning, through a long line of ancestry, extending into millions o years, man—the God -like man—finally came SCHOOL SUPPLIES • —FOR-- • Public Schools High Schools AND Collegiate Institutes. All the latest editions in Text Books, Scribblers, etc. ALEX. WIN ER, SEAFO TH. upon the scene. Haeckel here also employs a false assumptinn to help him out, viz., the old assumption of spontaneous generation, and the falsity -of which was scientificality and experimentally demonstrated many years ago. If time and space permitted,the conolueions of the learned author, in his ag- gressive opposition to the Bible as a revel- ation from God might beshown to be just as false and unreasonable, and even more so. I will conclude by asking the public, library board if they consider such books to be good, wholesome, healthy reading, either for old or young ; books which would not only take away our hope of immortality, but destroy our faith and confidence both in God and man, and in which the safety of the whole social fabric consists ? LAYMAN. FLENSALL, September 3cd, 1901. • The Toronto Industrial. The 23rd Induetrial Exhibition is a thing of the past. It closed on Friday evening last. While it may be termed a success, the management finds itself several thousand dollars behind last year, and that was no record season by any means. This -last week was a very good one. Where the fair lose money was during the firet week, when it rained on three days. THE EXHIBITION GOOD. . The exhibition itself was even better than for many years ,in the past. All exhibits were up to the standard. The live stock exhibit was never so good or so large. Over 7,000 head of live stock were quartered on the grounds. This included 4,000 poultry, rabbits, pigeons, etc., in the poultry build- ing. There were 910 head of horses, 740 head of cattle, 550 sheep, 400 swine and 790 doge. MUST HAVE NEW BUILDINGS. Since so much -damage was done by the leaky roofs at the exhibition, there has been a general disinclination to patronize the fair. It will be news to many to know that the main building was built in 1856, and not 23 years ago, when the firet Industrial Exhibition was held. It was the old Agri- cultural and Arta Asseciation that built it, and it was for the purpose of bolding the exhibitions which were held In Toronto every fourth year, and in Guelph, Hamilton and other places in the intervening seasons. These were known as the "Provincial Ex- hibition," The Industrial Exhibition As- sociation took the building over 23 years ago and since that time it has been raised a story and the tower built. The war cry of the exhibition association and exhibitors from now on will be" new buildings." A promise has been given the officers of the exhibition that the by law for the money necessary to repair the old buildings and increase the accommodation will be sub- mitted to the ratepayers of Toronto in January. The amount required is about $133,000. THE LEADING DAYS. Monday, Labor Day, and Wednesday, Farmers' Day, were the two big days of the expoeition. In the absence of anything better than estimates, it is necessary to ac- cept official guesswork for the probable at- tendance. .For Monday the estimated at- tendance was placed at 83,000, and that for Wednesday at 60,000. Tuesday was "Old Boys' Day," but the day was not, as the Toronto World expresses it, " radiant enc. cessful." True, there were hundreds of old boys from all over Canada now living in Toronto, and Toronto old boys who are now living elswhere passed the turnetiles and enjoyed a re -union on the grounds, but their numbere did not swell the gate re- ceipts as it was hoped. Apparently the " Old Boys " game is not ao popular as it was. LIVE STOCK FROM OUTSIDE. A feature of the live stook exhibit was the good standing made by exhibitors from outside provinces and countries. Ontario breeders did well, as they always do, and were broad-apirited enough to congratulate their oornpetitorie who have gone to great expense to bring exhibits from long distan- ces. For the first, time in the history of the fair cattle from Manitoba were entered and their exhibitor, former Premier Green- way, was fairly successful. His Shorthorn entries won the following prizes : Bell, 4 years old and upward, 3rd; bull, 2 years old and under 3 years, 3rd; bull, under 2 years, 4th ; cow, 4 years or over, 3rd ; heifer, 2 years old and under 3 years, 3rd ; heifer, calved before February let, 1900, 6th ; heifer, calved before February 1st last, 5th ; heifer calved on or after Febru- ary 1st last, lat ; best 3 animals, get of •one bull, 2nd ; bull and 4 females, over 1 year old, 3rd. NOTES. Messrs. Bawden &11.1cDonnell, of Exeter, got let prize for heavy draught °oh foaled in 1901, and 3rd for filly in the same class. Both foals are from their imported atock 4orse, Belahazzar, Messrs, David McIntosh, V, S., of Bruce - field, and_ Alex. Innes, of Stanley, were judges of exprese horses and of hunters and saddle horses. .At the directors' banquet, on the last dart of the exhibition, Mr. Thomas Gooch, of Suffolk, England, speaking as a breeder of both horses and cattle, said that he had never seen anything better in the stook line than he had noticed in Canada. He con- sidered the cattle and horses here the purest and strongest that could be raised. e As a fruit grower engaged in the English trade, and a large importer, Mr. F. N. Hamilton, of Liverpool, considered that Canadian fruit stood firet in the market. There was also a great future for the smaller fruits, suoh as peaches and plurns, hue the packing must be vastly improved. The Government, in his opinion, could not spend too much money in providing railway and etearnship accommodation tor this branch of trade. —The London Advertiser of Saturday Alexander Macdonald died at his home in London, Friday evening, after an illness of some seven years. He was a resident of this city for 55 yearie The de- ceased was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and would have been 86 years of age in De- cember next. On arriving in America he lived for one year at Chippewa, Ontario. Thence he moved to Huron county, told finally to London. For several years he was a fireman on the lake steamers. He took up his residence in London in 1846. In 1860 he was married in London by the late Rev. Dr. 'John Scott. His wife, two sons and two daughters are left to mourn hie loss. One son, 'Archibald, lives in Dakota, while James lives at home, being an em- ploye of the Grand Trunk Railway. One daughter'Mary, lives in Detroit, and Flora in New York. The funeral was held on Monday, the body leaving here on the morning train for Hernial, where it will be buried beside the remains of his father. He lute no immediate relatives in Canada, but a large number of friends in Huron county will learn with regret of his death." The High Court. The fall sittings of the Assize Court for this county were held in Goderioh on Mon- day and Tuesday last, Mr. Justice Falcon - bridge presiding. There was only a light docket. The following cases of local inter- est were tried : LAIRD VS. SAGE. —This was an action brought by James G. Laird, of Detroit, against Mrs. Sage, formerly proprietress of Sage's hotel, Walton, and now of Seaforth. The particulars are that in February last the plaintiff and another gentleman were driving from Brussels to Seaforth and on their way stopped at Sage's hotel where they had two drink e for which they paid. When they were starting away the landlady asked them to have something at her ex- pense, •Mr. Laird asked for ginger' beer and was served with what was supposed to be that beverage. It was soon discovered, however, to be something very different and burned kr. Lttird's throat as he drank it and in other ways affected him injuriously and medical aid •had to be secured before he got relief. It seems that Mra. Sage had a substance which ehe used for washing bottles in a ginger beer bottle, and this, in some way, had been placed behind the bar, where the ginger beer was usually kept, and by an unfortunate mistake this bottle was got by the bartender instead of a bottle containing ginger beer, as asked for. On the unfortunate mistake being discovered, Mrs. Sage did everything in her power to remedy the injury done, and all admitted the occurrence to be purely the -result of a mistake. It was claimed, however, that the plaintiff had suffered permanent injuries and hence the action for damages. The defence set up was that the plaintiff had not paid for the beverage, but that it was given to him gratuitous1y. under the supposition that it was whellie had asked for, and the injuries he received were the result of a mistake, and entirely without premedita- tion on the part of the defendant. • The judge in charging the jury, while admitting the contention, held that while it might mitigate the offence, it did not remove re- sponsibility. The jury, also seemed to take this view of it, and awarded the plaint- iff $300 damages with full costs. Mr. J. M. Beet, Seaforth, appeared for the prosecu- tion and Mr. James Haverson, of Toronto, for the defence. FIRST NACU.= BANK VS. COLEMAN.—This was an action on a promissory note for $2,- 000 nd the defendant is Mr. E, C. Cole - ma of Seaforth. The particulars in brief at that the defendant and Messrs. Dickson ana Sloan formed themselves into a joint stook company for the purpose of conduct- ing& lumbering businems in Tenneasee,United States. The defendant, according to agreement, put $3,000 into the busi- ness and gavehis note for two thousand more. The defense claimed that this note was given with the understanding that it should be puid out of the profits from the business acruing to Mr. Coleman, and that •a condi. tion to this effect was attached to the note. The note was subsequently assigned to the bank without Coleman's knowledge. The plaintiffs claim that the note was assigned to them at an asset of the company, that it was unconditional, and that the stipulation as to its being paid out of profits was an afterthought, that they gave value for it, and that, as there are no profits from the company acruing to the defendant, that, therefore, he is liable for the face value of the note. The case was tried without a jury, and the judge reserved his decision. Mr. Aylesworth, ot Toronto, and Mr. R. S. Hays of Seaforth, itoted for the plaintiffs, and Hon, J. T. Garrow, of Goderich, and Mr. J. L. Killoran, of Seaforth, for the de- fendant. • • Canada. —Miss Maud Mohan, nurse in charge of President McKinley, is a Brookville young lady. —Fire did $3,000 worth of damage to the Copp foundry, in Hamilton, on Saturday night. —W. E. Clark, of Pickering, has a corn- stalk measuring 14 feet, 3i inches in length. Those who can beat this should bring their cornstalks along. - At Rat Portage, on Saturday, George Towne, the English oarsman defeated Jake Gaudaur, of Rat Portage'thus winning the sculling championship of the world. -.The firet prize pair of ponies at the Toronto Exhibition, owned by Mr. C. W. Sydie, of Orangeville'have been bought by Mr. Timothy Eaton, the big departmental store man, Toronto. The price was $500, -.Mr. E. F. Duchesney, assistant general superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, on the Pacific coast, was killed a few days ago by a piece of rock falling on his head. He was superintending the work of clearing debris out of e tunnel in British Columbia when the accident occurred. He was one of the best railway men in Canada. —Mr. J. B. Dumais, & contractor, of Ottawa, the other day lost $120 when pay. ing his 'employee. Rev. Canon Campeau has since returned the missing cash to the rightful owner. It is understood that the money was handed to -him by a party whose confession he heard. -e-Sir Richard Cartwright, who has been g at the Rosein House, Toronto, for ye, left for Ottawa. Sir Richard ot looked so well for five • years'and to that the paint in his legs from rheumatism have almost entirely disap- Peated: -ePternier Rose writes a letter to the LondonTimes, in which he displays a keen desire -to swell Canada's population with people of British origin. He suggests con- cereed action on the part of, the British colcinies in an endeavor to turn the emigre- tioti of the surplus population of the United Ki_,..ngTdhoemhtooCanada. .-.The a lcolmAcLean, of Little Sands, Prince Edward Island, was struck by lightning Monday morning and Mr. Mc- Lean was instantly killed. Mr. McLean wee standing at the door watching the storm at the time. His wife was sitting in- side the door and wits not inkered, but the mat upon which her •feet, were resting was partially destroyed. The house was badly ohettered, part of the side being torn away, UpStairs several children were sleeping in a bedroom and were nob injured, although the room did not escape the ravages qf the electric current. —The good people of London the less are in a very perturbed state of mind. The mayor is in receipt of a telegram from Major Maude saying that the probabilities are His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and •York will not -be able to go no far west in western Ontario as London, and will, con- sequently, not visit that city. —Saturday afternoon a young man named Newell, of Cornell, was struck by the faet horse special on the M. C. R., at Hawtrey, and died 20 minutes afterwards. Ile hied been working on the extra gang, and was to have quit work that night. When the train was about ten feet away Newell, who was indulging in horseplay, stepped back on to the track. He never regained oon- ecionsness. —A family arrived in Mildmay, lase week, from Nebraska, having driven all the way in tented wagons, the trip taking three months. The husband and father was an • old Mildmay man, who emigrated to Ne- ' breaks many years ago, He made money, but lost his health. Outdoor life wise reeom- mended him, and he adopted this way of getting fresh air, and at the same time visit- ing his old home. Hie returns to Nebraska in the same way. —A team of horses belonging to a man named Lehigh, attached to a mowing machine, in working order, made a thrilling runaway through the principal streets of Brockville, the other day. The animals came down one of the crowded thorough- fares, at full speed, and after crashing into two vehicle° tore slang for some distance • further before being caught Several per- sons, including many childrer, narrowly escaped being out down by the arm of the machiue where the knives were working at a terrible rate. —Another fool, this time of the female persuasion,tried to go through the whirlpool rapids at Niagara in a barrel. Miss Wagen- furer, of Buffalo, made the trip Friday afternoon, but it will be her last at- tempt, as it cost her her life. She gob into the barrel above the bridge, and posed into the rapids under the steel arch bridge, about 6 p. m. When the barrel reached the pool it made half a dozen oom- piste tours of the pool, and the woman either neglected or from fear, did not draw the air plug, and in consequente was about dead when the barrel was brought to the shore. —A fine calf, which is intended to prot vide meat for the Duke of Cornwall and York during a portion of hie stay in To- ronto, was purchased at the local 'cattle market a few days ago, by Mr. Frank Hun- nisett, jr. It it 6 weeks old, weigh. about 200 pounds, and is pronounced by cattle buyers an almost perfect animal. It was brought to Toronto by Mr. Henry Heal, of Mitchell, and gave evidence of having been well cared for during its short stay in the country. The careful handling will eon- tinue for another month, when the animal will be turned over to a •city butcher. It will probably be served up on the table of his Royal Highness, at Government House, in —The nual meeting of the euperannu- ation fund board of the Methodist church was held in Toronto recently. It appears from the reports that the capital -a00011.14 amounts to $257,792.78. This money has- been invested in securities during the year in a manner which has been entirely fiat's - factory to the board. The annual income for the past year was shown to be $104,020.- 46. This money was disbursed as follows Claims of 248 ministers, $67,735.69 ; of 195 ministers' widows $29,473.75 ; of 54 -child- ren, 8934.50, a totted. of •$98,143.94. The balance was applied to tefunds, annuities, general expenses, legal •fees, management, interest and commutation. —Messrs, L. Coffee & Company, grain merchants, of Toronto, have received re- ports fom 83 correspondents who have per- sonally visited the harvest fields and thresh- ings in every section of the provinee, and the reports are uniformly discourisging. It is estimated that 90 per centof the peas are bad, bugs causing the thief damage, while oats, barley and wheat are light in weight. Barley is running about 44 to 47 pounds to the bushel, compared with 47 to' 52 pounds last year, and oat. 26 to 32 pounds, coinpared with 32 to 40 pounds last year. Along the main line of the Grand Trunk and in the Lake Erie districts wheat will be fit tor little 'lore than chicken feed. —Mr. R. B. Hungerford,, Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge, who was a short time ago etricken with paralysis at • his home in London Ont., tiled on Monday morning, in the London, Hospital there. Mr. Hungerford was re-elected to the offiee be held in the Masonic order in July last, tine being his second year of serviee. He had risen to the post through every office of the order, He came to Canada when a young man of about twenty year*. He lived with his father and brothers for some time, Ori a farm about thirty miles from London, eventually going to that city, where, for the past twenty e ears, he had been manager for Western Canada of the North American Life Assurance Company, and, as such, a highly esteemed and popular business man. The deceased was born in Clonakiltymunty of Cork, Ireland, in 1846. —Shortly before 8 o'clock Monday morn- ing Mr. W. Wight, a well known drover' of Bowmanville was assaulted and robbedof nearly $2,006. Mr. Wight was on his way to Burketon Station, on the s Canadian Pacific Railway, where he had arranged to ship EWA. He was driving in a cart, and. when in a lonely epot some parties ran up behind him, striking him on the back of the head. The blow rendering him unconscious. Mr. Wight has not the least idea of who his assailants were. On recovering conscious- ness he found that his wallet, containing nearly V,000 was gone. He sustained two severe blows, one of them on the back of his head, the other on his forehead. The suppoeition ia thee when he received the first blow his heed fell hack and be received the other on the forehead. Wlaen Mr. Wight recovered he found his horse titans'. ing some distance up the road. He is in a critical condition from his injuries. —A strong company has been formed for the erection and establishment of a beet root sugar manufactory, in Ontario. The company is called the Ontario Beet Root Sugar Company. The share capital of the company ie placed at $100,000, and the provisional directors comprise the following : Hugh 131ain, Robert Jaffrey, M. J. Hay, M. McLaughlin, H. M. Pellatt, Archibald Campbell, James Fowler, W. J. Gage, John. Flett, S. F. McKinnon, S. H. Janes and N. B. Gash, all of Toronto'and Wm. Henry,. of Hamilton; F. J. Denison and John Brown, Dunnville. The new enterprise will probably be located at Dunnville, and it is expected that it will be in operation next fall. It is believed that the present factory is only the forerunner of a .uninher of such •establishments in the province. The new company has been assured of the hearty co- operation of the farmers in the vicinity of Dunnville, and ib it understood that •many of them will start this fall to prepare their land for thegrowingof the beets.