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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1903-03-13, Page 16 1903 ains sing think of Spring, I are busy selecting quantitiee of new ,d. The true key ef real economy is, eying at this *tore k in quantities that please, Goods that. indueercients, melees bihty and eterling aterast to the prud- endard-grade mer- e bargain briaisnetath lent, is extremely. isceiminating +shop- seIlieg when we it we advertise we ivertisee ea. Welt er than ever this. Dross Goods, e materials, we sayi but a modeat 00M- il merit of our ex- t is considere4. int/ sold daily, and e from no stinted y new things have hat of the Goods ? • rtainly curiously tacker blacke than sible; better ter- ft.ngc, doings, the h and shuttlein tietie popular prices, tic.nel values. We - eo adaptable for and entry wanted ream and in fancy fds impoesible to- tr variety of dress in mention some of i'll nee both beauty idei for dresses, in, Larino sneh names r 14. Lustre, Electra,. e Covert, Eoline, herd de Soie. ' briaiS. , fabrica—the kind eni season has there iness, delicaoy and we are now show re pleased to know 7.a say that we lead ariety, extent and Lar linea 'which as rand will. soon be ems, Lewiers, Muse g,andiets, Dimities, Is, Cr turde Prints, igs in figured and Lirts. ,srcoa1eL every ob- it ageinet wearing provided they fit -ct in that reapect. garmentis ia in- eie °as we sold a d tate winter WO zee. This apring more and have a testy sticks out of e been made to sell lid setisfactione gillS at this ample propor- neat sewing, fall t made garments, 8 and charms fiat r box of thesdgfer- le this the leading quired in muslin e skirts. drawers, rone and in chil- oideriese hosiery, _ c create, ribbons, re the pleaeure of ehowiag of hand - A UL ,Co. est Cash Store. wtth the winter ating.--We are 8:enernan, who 4 rno Atha, is able si, Weiler has re Mean, who is in un & Clark, oar - gee), 1 mechanio, eat, where he has Trade is some - t re ing village, •el braking up of Michigan, who ter, Mrs. Blair,. miner, returned - Miss Carrique, ing a few days lands.—Mr. W. s d eta miller in was in Lon - rafting his fam- Dr. Blaokall, of oneiderably im- eche has been A. R. McBrien, 11.—L-ntert ser - 's hhurch every e tLent.—Miss e > apeat a month Ceok, has re - emitter recently lumber of her of near Zurich, e• pat week, Jelin Fisher— d, near Brace week, viaiting McDougall.— were in Gods- MeArthun as council, was ire A / " ng the con- Drerests and L. ore thia week, L Mindoek.— recently dise .. 'hull to Mr. tied a ear load •et. This bull breught his geld for any f It shrews that n tz gocd.—A Clinton and r the rink here', victory for the , the visitore quest, at the ire te extend titmice to the se they have - and death of then William s, through the • EfURON Ex -- armee in hiXLe tU THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,839. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAItcH 13, 1903. {MCLEAN BROS.. Publb3hers $1 a Year in Advance. 2 STORES I 50 ft. wide I I100 ft. long MEM, • MOM.: Elag-Nrc - tafailiat.BIME A Season ope diddrididdrdgilkdrdi*dilidd4.3*irdrddW4ir. 1 2 FLOORS, around 1 near nerreirp _tipper fitoot iteNUid0ZIn4 MO. nor Our Ten Dollar SuiJ4 Have gained us hundreds of customers, and, ea.der, you, too, will be counted among the nuraber if you want the most satisfactory ten dollars' worth of clothing ever offered, j We have our ten dollar suits made in different fabrics and different Styles, in order to pleaseevery taste, and we can honestly state that the man we cannot please with a ten dollar suithas not been in We make it our busines to have the bet ten dollar suits, and we've got them. The taitorimade- to-order look stands out all over them. • Ask to see them when you are in, You n ed not buy unless your better judgment and necessity urges you to do so. yet. The Price $10a00 Spring Overcoat Raincoat This combint tion in the overcoat is a great convenience, as well as a mcneY saver. We have these in the different shades. In fact, all the popu1ai over-, coating materials are now given the waterproof treatment, thus in securi g one to have protection whether it be fine cool weather, or rainy March and April days. Colors—giey, fawn, black and white mixture. $5 a 0 01 to $1 5. 01 0 New Shirts and Collar*. All this season's designs:in collars, and new pattern in shirts, have been placed in stock, and we hOestly think such a large and well -selected stock in thi parti.; cular line has never before been placed in any on tore in this part of the county. Our trade in -this, as e I as; other departments, has griown to such proportion that instead of buying in dozens, as ;smaller stores do, ws purchase in case lots direct froni manufacturers,1which placcs us in a position to Supply our customers at abouti the regular wholesale prices, and at the same tiMe NVEi make our profit. Straight band stand-up collars 4 for! 250 Stand-up, turned points, 2 fori 5g Stand-up, "doubled," 2 fori 5e All sizes and 1eights-11 •to 2 inch. Fancy Shirts. _Hard bosom Soft fronts Boys' hard and soft 17072t3 vsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmAAAN Fine Dress Suit made to measure 750 to i.5O 50c to $1.50 50c to 75c 15 1:301_11_,A_B,S_ Hero is a chance for the man who buys made -to -measure clothing. S ves F.5 to $7 if he g vts hen in time. A number of these suitings sold at $20 and $-22, and now you have a choice of any one of the pile, made as you wanti ood trimmings and workmanship, and sat'sfactoiy in every way, or no sale. Butter and Eggs taken as Cash. 33-444-4-4-4-3-#4-#33~#4-4-4,44*# Greig & Sitewar (SUCCESSORS TO GREIG & MACDONALD) Johnson Bros.' Old Stand, H LAT' Colonist Special Trains to tro Canadian Nortwest *-fittlAtAtt,e-t**....4t,frAte rish(= first special train will leave on Tuesday, March 3rd,.and other specials will rutn. every ruesday in March and April. . P. 'ties going West will have the opportunity to travel with their stbck, and have good accommodation and make quick time. • Each epoeial tlain will have .a colonist sleeping car attached, the. bertLs in which will be free. For all information and rates, apply to GREIG & STEWART, Ager,*s C. P. R. Ticket, Telegraph and 71::aninion Etxpress, U P. It, folders, instruction books and pamphlpts supplied on application i IMPROVEMENT OF THE PUBLIC) HIGHWAYS. – To ai II in the betterment of the pittlic — highwegiala re at the 1901 session, setting it a s, an act was passed by the Ontario L apart the sum of $1,000,000 of the cone li- dated r venue fund of the Province. T is sum is ivided among the different count ea in the Provinoe, according to assessed ar a. Ju order to participate in thie fund the coenty runcils of the ;Efferent countee may, be ore the 1st of Ja nary, 1904, desig- i nate in it by-law the retch to be improved and assuirned as county roads, because the comityst assume as bounty roads bhpso whioh t ey decide to improve with the eid of this thd. Copies of thie by-law metst be eubadtted to the councils of the different townships, who in return shall, within three menthe of the reoeipt of the notiee, take hetet ooneid.eration the matter of high- ways designated in the county council by- law andireport to the olerk of the county their aceeptanoe or rejeotion of the same. Should it appear that oae-third of the re- poiti reeeived by the county clerk are ad- verse to the system of county roads as stet forth in the by-law, then the roade, be intole: townehips reporting adversely ehai termined by arbitration as provided in the Municipal Aot. But should more than oae- third of the township councils report adveree- ly, then the county council shall submit to the ratepayers qualified to eote on money by-lawethe question : "Are you in favor i of a county road system ?" Should a majority of the Votes oast be in favor of the county Hysteengthe roads to be designated and As- sumed in any dissenting township ehall be determined by arbitration. Before finally passing a by-law designating and assuming the needs as provided for above, the comety oouncil may submit the 'by-law for ther#p- proval of a majority of the ratepayers quali- fied to mote on money by-laws. , Should the county council carry the by- law, the mileage of the roach] assumed : in each township shall be according to the teamed area of the township, and the moeey shall be expended in proportion to the equalizsd assessment of each township. TOWNSHIPS ALONE ELIGIBLE. In the event of the by-Itaw submitted by the county council failing to carry, or in the event of their taking no action, the tewnship oouncile themselves may teke up the matter by panting a by-law deeignating the reads to be improved. They must, however, sale - mit thie by-law to a vote of the ratepay re, Which requires the same vote in its favoL4 as is required by the Municipal Act with re- spect te by-laws ' for the creation of debts. Bate in no case will a township reca ve more than would otherwise fall to its lot in aecordance with ite assessed area. In order to receive the Government green ail highways must be oonstruoted or rep4ir_ ec accoeding he the regulations of the Pub - 1i Werke Department with respect to high - w ye. Under these regulatione a portion of this motley may be expended in the phr- chase of machinery required for gold reticle 1 making, such as etone crushers, road roll re, etc., and the work on the roads may icdede better grading, better °rosining, new gra el- ing, etce A porticn or all of thie money may else be devoted towards the purchese of, toll rolds or freeing roads from tolls. a the com,pletion of any work under this ct the commit must tubmit a statement of he cold) to the Publia Works Department, o - cempanied by the certificate ot a cotnpet nt engineer, when ore -third of the cost will be rapt by the Government, provided, of sour e, that nig sum does not exceed the prop r- tihn of the appropriation to which he mhnicipality is entitled. The ceenty commit or the council of a ey township may raiee by debentures, pays le in thirty year, stech stems as may be te- geired fpr the improvement of the hi li- ways, provided the money raised by deb n - titres under the adt shall not exceed two jer cent. of t he equalized aesessment of the m,unicipolity. , 1 The statute laber, for which lands fronti g oe road g whioh ate being impioved un er this and are liable, my be commuted ad applied ,On other highs: aye of the mu 1- oipality as shall lie determined by the cotin- ci gi !lei tethier ceeesieenoizfataienny rotaodwansthroipm rtehc3eievoitg s0lidate revenues of the Province,- te a,1 ount of these greets will be deduct d fr m the amount that towrehip is entitld to under the act. Where, any township has been receiving grants for colonization roads for five Years previous to the paseing of tt is ant, the 'assessed area of that township shall be deduoted hem: the assessed area of the cduuty he which it is enlisted in determin in the amount the county is ent tled to. I HOW IT AF.b4CTS HURON. As we stated teat week, the proportion to which this county is entitled is approximate- ly $40,000, so that it would be neceesary fOr the county ocuecil to raise by eounty rate the eum of $80,000. The benefit se- er ing td the townships through the county ta ing up the scheme would be that the to ne and incorpiorated villages would be lible te their share of the oounty rate, while miller the ant they are not entitled po perticipa,te in the [fund. Should the town- ships take it up out their own responsibilitly, they will have to meet the increased bac. aton themselves, end would lose the pro- ne tion of the county rate payable by the to es mild villages, he ' 'idea of the county council ie to raise each year the sum of eight th ueand dollarn which supplemented b the $4,000 front the Government fund, w uld give them he sum of $12,000 to les ex ended each year for ten years on thedm- pr, verne t of such roadie ate shall be deter- mined la -er. To 45188 thie $8,000 yearly by °Minty rate would require a rate of ,25 male on the dollar. , The county would have to designete and ass eine, in accordanee with the prodigious of the sot, a certain milage ofroad in each tmehrhip in proportion to the assessed area of the township, and the money must be divided aecotding to the equalized assessed value of th P municipality. It would not be umbent on the county council to ain these roadinas county roads after the irati n of the ten years. If the muni- alitie so•wishe sired, they eoul n them over ose cqntrol the ailing the costof the work at $300 a mile, the estimate given by Mr. Campbell, the Boad CommisSioner, the $120,000 which the county council would have to expend -en per.maneet roads, would build on an average 25 miles of road in each township in the oceunty. Thiel is a long stretch of permanent roadway for each was being accomp , or if the county couneil at the end of that tine, to the townehips, under now are. township, and while this liehed, the statute labor new being perfornted on the sections to be effected eould be need to improve other roads In the township, so that a two -fold benett weuld be reaped. L -Mrs: A. R. Simpeon, of London, had oceasion; to go into her pantry a few days ag , and was immediately startled by the so nd of a shot. She raised the curtain ;to find out what wen the trouble,' when a se- cond shot was fired, the bullet crashing through the window, which was of heavy plan glass. The missile struck Mra. Simp- son on the neck, just above the jugular vein, and her face was out by flying splint- ers' of glade The wound is a serious' one. Mr . Simpson was prostrated by the shook. Th shot is supposed to have come frotn the yar of a nearby boarding house, where a yoi g man was I struoting a lady friend to sho t at a targate • Th Canadian Bank of Commerce AMALGAMATION WITH e Halifax Banking Company. Gireab interest has been shown in the an- nou oement from Halifax that a provision- al a reement has been made under which The Halifax Bankbag Company is to be am- algamated with The Canadian Bank of Com- merce. The latter bank has at present a paid-upeapital of $8,000,000 with a rest of 82,500,000, but a Week or two ago a special general meeting of the shareholders was celled for 14th April nextee pass a by-law inor a,sing the capital stook to 810,000,000. Its ijead office is in Toronto, and it has now 84 1ranobea throughout Canada and the Uni ed States, stretohing from Sydney,Cape Bret n, in the extreme east, to Viotoria in the int, and from Daweoa in the north to San rani:new in the south. It is repre- sent d at all the prinoipal businesa centres in 0 nada west of Montreal, and has its own officee in New York,Porthend (Oregon), Seat le, and London, England.' U til the recent establishment of a branch at Sydney, The Canadian Bank of Comtnerce had no office in the Maritime Provinces. Its took, however, has always been a favo- ite investment with Nova Sootians, no lege . than$800,000 of its capitelbeingheld in their Province. The purchase of The Halifax Ban ing Company will give it offices at fifte n additional pointe in Nova Scotia, in- olud ng Halifax, Truro and Windsor,—in faote all the more important pianism. Two branches will also be obtained in New Brudsevick,—at St. John and Saoleville. Tie present directors of The Halifax Banking Company will continue to give thoij services be the capacity of a local ad-. viso y Board at Halifax, the cashier will be- com local manager there, and the entire staff will be taken into the service of The Can dian Bank of Commerce. There is con- sequently no doubt but that the good -will 1 of ti e institution is being taken over along with ite tangible assets. Originally established in 1825 as a private part ership, under the same name as at pre- sent The Halifax Banking Company became inco poratecl in 1872. It has retained the friei dahip and support of many of the old .) Hali for firms whose predeoeesors did busi- ness with it in its earlier years,- and in eptte of the disadvantage under which in theee a comparatively small local bank must a labor, it had built up a sound and re - days -alwa mun,rative busine4. It has' a paid up capi- tal o $600,000 whit a rest of $525,000. Its dep site are about 0,000,000, its total as- sets bout $6,000,000, and with the added etre gth and prestige which its incorpora- tion into The Canadian Bank of Commerce will ecessarily give, a large increase in the pres nt business may confidently be expect- ed. T e terms under which the arnalgamation will take place ars said to be as follows ; A ter the necessary approval of the share- holdlers of The Halifax Banking Company has een obtained and all the requisite legal for alities have been completed, The Cana-, dian Bank of Commerce will assume the lia- bilit es of The Halifax Banking Company, and will give in exchange for the surplus of its Beets over it liabilities titock of The Can dian Bank of . Commerce! of the par val e of $700,000. D ubtless some of the new stook which The Canadian Bank of Commerce is taking aut ority to issue will be used to carry out the. erme of the agreement. B th Banks are to be congratnlated upon the rrangement which has been made,which must materially strengthen the position of The Canadian Bank of Commerce and add to ilbe xceptonal facilities which it!already pos- sess s for conducting a succeseful banking bus nese. When the amalgamationhas taken pia e, it will have a paid-up capital and reet co blued of nearly $12,000,000, and total 0,88 te of some $80,000,000,, with 101 bra lobes distributed throughout the length and breadth of Canada • The Wingham Mystery. I JURI,' SAYS DEATH CAUSED BY BLOW. The inquiry into the death of Selwyn Je ae Smith, who was found insensible on th sidewalk about 7 o'clock on the evening of ebruary 3rd, and who died on the 15th, wa continued before Coroner :Dr. Fowler M nday night. Acting Crown Attorney Lewis, of Goderich, appeared far the Ctown an1 subjected every witness to a careful ex mination. Dr. J. 5 Chisholm, Dr. T. Chisholm, Dr. T. Agnew Dr. j. P. Bethune and Dr. P. McDonald, M. P., gave evidence describing the nature of the injuries. _ Dr. Chisholm, in his evidence, after describing the cheraoter of the wounds on the head, gave it as his opinion that the blow at the side of the leftear, which caused the fractures, could not have been caused by a fall. The shins of the dead man were bleeding, which would not have been the case bad he fallen backwards. A 'fall could not have caused all the wounds. A piece of a maple club about, the length of a policemenh baton'which was found near where deceased lay, wee produced. Witness stated that the wounds might have ben caused by a blow with it. Dr. J. 5. Chisholm, Dr, Bethune and Dr. Agnew corroborated former veitness' evi- dence. The first named stated that he heard deceased utter the word Murder when corning out of the chloroform. Dr. MeDonald lucidly explained to the jury how the injuries might have resulted from a fall. Ethel Tippling, a little girl, saw a man following Mr. Smith on the night of the tragedy. Several other witnesses proved that on Monday, the night before Mr. Smith received the -fatal injuriee, a man was in the town begging. This man 'answers the deecription of one John Maxwell, now in oustody in Goderich,charged with wound- ing with intent. His movements have been traced and he was in Lucknow on Monday,. Febtuary 2nd, and at Goderich ;on Wednes- day, February 4th, but Tuesday is a blank, although the Crown believes he:was not in Wi Wm. Holmes, a juryman, owl ore that a man who inesome reepects answered Max- well's descripticn, was at his store begging on Tuesday, the fatal day. John Garnese got a check changed by deceased on the afternoon of February 3rd, after the bank hours. Smith then had a number of bills in his possession. Charles P. Smith, son of the deceased, said the missing money, according to the hooks, amounted to $114. Several years ago a Rum of $50 or $60 had been stolen from his father. _ After one hour's deliberation the jury at SEE OUR WALL PAPER THIS SEASON NUF SED nExe INTE 1:45 returned with a verdict that the de- ceased died from the result of blows, but whether the blows were delivered with in- tent or not they could not say. The County Clerk's Views on the Good Roads Question. DEAR Exrosrrorc,—While I like the idea of improving our roads, I do not think the basis of appoe Veining the money among the different ounties in the province is fair, and that Huron, for instance, is being fairly tr ea tnedd A may state my opinion broadly by saying thet toll -road counties are reaping a benefit, which non -toll road counties do not. Compare the county of Huron with Went- worth comaty in this respect, to -day. In Huron we spent, daring the years from 1850 to 1870 say, about $260,000 and bought the nmthern gravel road for $20,000 and abolished toll gates on gravel roads; and have been paying prineipal and intlreett ever since and have still over $50,000 of this debt to pay and now we cannot participate in the provincial grant to the full amount of our share except we expend on new work about $80,000. In the early history of Wentworth private companies noticed what roads were the leading roads, and built these and put on tollgates, and theee roads were controlled by these private companies up to last No- vember, when the county purchased all the toll roads, six roads I think, for $65,000, and are entitled under the act to $21,000 on this expenditure. This is what I consider unfair. For while Huron was speeding large sums of money in constructing roads, Wentworth's roads were being constructed by private companies—or in other words Huron spent money on capital aecount and Wentworth did rot. Some say Wentworth has been burdened with toll gates for all these years. True, but while Wentworth has been paying tells Huron has been paying interest, so I fancy the counties in this -respect, are about on an equal footing. Now, why should Wentworth be asked to expend only about $24,000 on new work and get credit for cld work for the balance, while Huron gets nu credit for old work,but in order to get her ahare has to expend about $80,000 on new work. There may be Dome features of the case I have not taken into account and, therefore, may be wrong in arriving at my conclusion he the matter. Wunnem LANE. GODERICH, Maroh 6th, 1903. Huron NoieS. —Miss Lewis, of Goderich, slipped oa a rug in the heuse the other 'day and; broke both bones in her ankle. • — Mr. George Cookerline, of the gravel road, near Londesboro, has sold his farm and will move -to Cli,nton to reside, —Alex. Smith; of the 5th line of Welles- ley, his sold his farm of 150 acres to Chan Defines, of Cranbrook, for $8,500. — A. T. Cooper, of Clinton hap purdhased the book and stationery businees of A. Reed, of Wingham, and will run it in cOnjunction with his Clinton businees. —Thos. Ennis has sold his farm, -near Cranbrook, to John MoNab for $5,000. Mr. and Mrs. Ennis have been reeidente of that locality for nearly 40 years. —Miss Turner, a teacher in- the Clinton public school, has bode off duty for the past week. While going to, church on Sunday, she slipped on the ioe and in falling hurt her knee. — The woollen mill at Inglewood, owned by D. Graham & Son, proprietors of the Clinton electric light plant, was completely destroyed by fire receetly. The lose is esti- mated at $20,000. — Mr. W. C. Searle, of Clinton, hese copy of a municipal journal for Upper Canada, published in 1859, in which is contained the "Act of inoorporation of the village of Clinton," assented to the 27th of May, 1857. —Some idea of the number of commer- cial travellers on the road may be gathered from the fact that 117 were registered at the Rattenbury House, Clinton, in one week recently. — Miss Catharine MoIvor, daughter of Mr. Angus Mayor, of Goderich, died on Tuesday of last week, aged 25 years. De- ceased had been ill about ten days with typhoid fever, but heart failure was the cause of death. — The imported Clydesdale shire stallion, bought by Robt. McKelvey, of Ethel, last year, has been sold to William be 3 yearold in Cooper, 10bh The horse will s may aind l, w 50a0a. T goncession, Grey, for the sum of brought to this country by M.esters. Ba.wden & McDonald, of Exeter. .—Mr. Jacob Shepherd, one of the pion- eer settler a of Golerieh tewnship, died in London on Monday of last week, aged 65 years. The deceased was a native of Ire- land, but for over half a century had been a resident of Gcderich township. A husband and eight children are left to mourn her Appoplexy was the cause of death. —The Alex Hilltop 100 acre farm'on the 7th of Morris, has been purchased by Rich- ard B. Bewley, grandson of Mr. Hislop, at $3,000. The latter will likely go to the Soo and make his home with his daughter, Mrs. A. K. MoAllieter, formerly of Wingham and Morris. — Wedding belle chimed merrily at the home of John Douglas, of Morrie, on Wed- needay afternoon of laet week, when at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. John Ross. B. A., of Brussels, epoke the magic words making Joseph Smith, a well-to-do young farmer on the 61h line of Morris, and Miss Jane C., eldest daughter of John Douglas, a well-known residenz of that townehip,hueband and wife. There was a large company present. James Douglas and Miss Martha Nichol assisted the principals as groomsman and brides,- maid. An _ alluring habit of going to the side- board to drink vanilla proved a fated mis- take for the five-year-old son of me and Mrs. James Levy, of Clinton, on Saturday morning, 28th ult. It appears that the child had been in the habit of dOng the above act, but a bottleof pure carbolic acid, which the father kept in the house for die- enfecting purposes, Lad also been plaoed in the eideboerd, and it was of this, that the unfortunate child drank. The mother was called to the barn, leaving her son in bed, but in her absence he had arisen and par- taken of the dose which took hie young life away. The mother in her freight, after the accident heppened, threw the bottle away, and could not remember how much was in the bottle, or haw long it was previoue to the time of the doctor's arrival that the child had partaken of it. However, Dr. Shaw found the child uneonscious and un- able o get anything down its throed, the aoid tieing done its deadly work, not only in bu ningthe flesh wherever it came in conta t, but life wee fast fleeting from pois- oning death taking place in about three hours — n Friday morning, 27th ult., Michael R&ynjann, who has been a familiar figure he Grey, for the past 50 ye.re, paid natura'a debt, at the advanced ag of 87 years. He was b rn in Alsace, Ger any, and came to Cana a in the year 1840. Re made his home in Vaughan towns ip for a time and moved in Grey township in 1854, settling on lot 20 concession 11.° e toak up the lot in the fall of 1853, and as among the pion- eer eettlers, residing the e almost continous- ly up to the time of his s emise. Old age and cengestion of the lunge was the taus° of death; —Pieter McIntosh, an esteemed resident of Grey township, died t his home, on the 6th °emission, on Sundat-, let inst.. aged 74 years. Deceased had be n lll for about four mont s. He had been a great sufferer from rheutriatism andthe dev lopments were of a gangrene character so th t his demise was a happy release to himself Mr,. MoIntoah was born in Perthshire, cottaed, and came to Canada in 1851. His wife, who survives him, 'as Miss Annie Ro ingon. After rail. roadi g at Harpurhey fo a time he came in- to Gr y township about 1852, locating on lot 15 concession 16. ome years ago he lwetnno ed from the 16th o the 6th concert- ai—H. W. Adams, of ti e Molson's Bank, St. Thomas, and son of Adams, Londes- boro who resigned to a cept a position in the, 'Union Stock Yar e in Chicago, was banqUeted by a large n mber of his friends at the Owl Cafe of that ity recently. Mr. Adams was also presen cd with a silver mounted umbrella,suita ly engraved, by the employees of the city b nks. The young men's dub of Knox °bur h of that same city also heaped kind words nd good wishes up - �n Mi. Adams, who repl ed in a few well ohosei words. After th meeting a number of ladies very kindly sup lied lunch, which was as usual heartily rec ived. —Mr. George Cudmor , of Exeter, nar- rowly escaped serious in ury on Thursday afternoon last. He wa driving a horse at- tached to a load of wood about two miles west of Exeter, and whit walking along be- side the rig the load cap ized, at the same time throwing the horse and pinning Mr. Cuelmore to the ground. Having the use of one hand he eventuall managed to free himself hem his uncomf rteble poeition,but he was badly ueed up, having euetained severel bodily injuries. Mr. Albert Box happened along some ti e after and aoted the part of the good Sa aritan in assisting him to his home, where e was confined to his bed for several days. —Mrs. Wm. Shipley, f Clinton, died on Tuesday:.of last week. Mrs. Shipley was enjoying the beat of h alth ten days pre- vious to her death, but itt Friday, tbe 21eb of Februery, she contra° eel- a cold which immediately settled on er lunge and when the doctor was called in, next day, the death-detiling pneumoni had gob in its fangs, and, being followe up by pleurisy, shut off all hopes of reco ery. Mra. Ship- ley was horn in the town hip of Stanley in 1860, and was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. . JosW. Mille. At the age of 20 year's , she married Wm. Shiple , and to their un- ion three sons were born —On Thursday morni g of last week one of the oldeat and most highly respected ship passed to the person- of William ago he had been in that time, he was n with pneum nia, which carried the above men ioned date. De- s barn in Ha ick, Scotland, 83 In 1852 he c me to Canada, set- rantford, wher he remained ten e then came to Huron countyeset- 9, Hullett, where In 1844 he was residents of Hallett tow great beyond, in the Mair. Up till two weeks the best of health, but a taken do him off a ceased w years ago tling in 11 years. tling o3 1 t 34, conceal° he has ev r since residech married in Scotland to Mss Jane Knox,who accompanied him to Oant4dlL, and who pre- 1 deceased im a number o years. Six sons and one daughter blessed the union, all of whom are still living. —On bIliday, February 27th, an aged citi- zen of Wgham, Mr. James Groves, passed to his long home. Deceseed was born Octo- ber 13th, 1819, in oounty Antrim, Ireland, where the family had been settled from the times of queen Elizabeth When quite a young mt4i, he came to Canada with the other me here of the family, and settled in the neigh orhood of Stirling village, Has- tings county. In May, 1860, he located 011 the Blueyale road, about a mile east of Wingham; and knew tell tjbe ups and downs of early li e in the settle ant. Roads than, at best, w re tracks thr ugh the woods, while in tirose days the n arest store was to be found b what is now the defunct ham- let of Zctl nd, then a thriving burg. A few years lett r he removed td Wingham, where he residedi till the time of his death. He was a pro ounoed Conserdative in politics, and a member of the Anglican communion. He was ore of the oldest Orangemente in Canada, h ving joined the order in Ireland at the age of eighteen—a continuous' mem- bership of sixty-five years, Canada. — C. R. Devlin, Irigh Nationalist, former- ly Canadian Commiesioner to Ireland, has been elect d without opposition to represent Galway in the House of qommona, in place of Colonel Lynch. — Peter Ostrander, Elgin county. aged fifty-five, ommitted suicide at Mapleton, near St. hotnas, on Satuvlay, by taking a whole box of rough on rats. He lived for several hours afterward. He had been des- pondent f r eome time. —Mr. John Lithgow, of Chattertoe, and Miss John ton,his sieteria-law,were thrown out of the r carriage in 11. runtraway near Belleville itt Saturday, arid Mies Johnston was kille Mr. Lithgow was badly hurt. —The ts wn of Berlin has had plans pre- pared for n addittion to its present Collegi- ate Instit te building which will omit about $20,000. Provisions are being made for a departme t for technical edecatiorl. The work is to be proceeded ith at once. Ber- lin is a ton that keeps up with the times. — MoD ugall & Sehord,, Edmonton, have received a cable order lentil London, Eng- land, for alt the materiad required for 200 houses, al o for a large amount of supplies, all for Rev. Mr. Barr's Britieh colony, which he is locating south of Fort Pitt. The sup- plies will be rafted down ley river. —Willi m D.Burgese, of Pr:noeton, and Agnes H 11 Padfield, of East Oxford, have been erre ted on a charge "of bigmany and are confined in the county jail at Wood- stock. Burgess, who Was at the time a widower, :is alleged to hare married Agnes Hall about two years ago. The girl had been be outeht out from Prigland by one of the homes some time before. The two did not get along well together and separated. About a ycar later _Burgess, it is alleged, married sn eighteen yeavold girl in Prince- ton. His first wife went to Buffalo after leaving him, but neturned after a while to Brantford, where she it said to have mar- ried a man named Padfield with ewhom she moved to Vandecer village, in east Oxford, wfiMalo—leenrIterelfweahlseotRwenaiaciie Seeart'n. r d ay nigh h, During the alrrenstd.ontario Company's Montreal, was burned at fire a shed crowded with spectators Col- lapsed.. One man was killed, two fatally hurt and about a hundred more or lees in- jured. The burned steamer was the best in the fleet. It bad only been running tale season and was valued at $500,000. —A. J. Brewster, clerk and treasurer of the corporation of Hespeler, Waterloo coun- ty, and one of the moat widely known men in the county is dead. Mr. Brewester had been clerk of the corporation for thirty years in all, and treasurer for twelve year. He had else served on the echool board, and held. the pdpition of secretary -treasurer at the time of his death. —.Alfred Northcott, a well-known master painter, and for many years a resident of Collingwood, died with startling eutiden- nese_ one day lent week. He had just seat- ed himself at the table for breakfaet, when he rolled off the chair and expired without; warning. The deceased was about 45 year of age. Heart failure is aupponed to elle count for his audden death, —The Waterloo Board of Trade and the town council have adopted a vigorous fac- tory policy for the year 1903. Already two new indu-tries have been added to the town. On Friday last the ratepayers voted on a by-law for a boot and shoe factory. The new factory will emit over $6,000, and give work to over 35 hands. The by-law tarried by a large mejority, 419 voting for it and only8 algaeirnt —Walter rbert, recently acquitted wf the charge of murder, in ccimecti n with the celebrated Sifton trial, has entered an aotion to recover a share in the estate of his 'father, who died while Herbert was in jail In London, cutting him off with $5. The plaintiff alleges undue Min:mice on the part of the chief benefactress under the will, his step -mother. , The estate comprises a 100 - acre farm and $1,000 ineurance. - —William Carruthers, a well to-do farm- er, living on the 3rd conoessien of Westmin- Eton near London, on Friday, committed euicide by hanging himself in his barn. He W5$ last sena alive at 1 o'clock in the after- noon. Deceased, who was 67 years of age, was much respected in the community, and no reason is known for the terrible act, ex- cepting temporary insanity. He leaves a wife atd two children. —Mr. Edward Birch, of Toronto, com- pleted an 83 -mile walk on snow shoes and reached home from the lemiskaming dis- trict on Saturday, Mn. Birch has been up lcoking around the country, and is greatly enamored with ite He made his trip early - in the Beaton, so as to avoid the rush, which he predicts will come as soon as navigation opens. He will go back himself as soon as possible. —Dr Alexander, L. D. 8, a man of 23 years of age, died at Sault See. Marie, very unexpectedly, on Saturday. He reVred in apparent good health Friday evening, and when hie wsistent went to eall him Satur- day morning be, was 'mind onconsciotte, Several medical men were immediately eum- monad, but despite their united efforts be gradually sank and died wit hetet regaining consciousness. Coroner McClury is investi- gating, and poisoning is suepected. It has developed that .Dr. Alexander probably made his will two days before, —John Dore, e ocheduetor on the Grand Trunk Railway, vvae struck by the eastern flyer as it was passing through Patis at an early hour on Sunday morning, and Was in- stantly killed. Mr. Dore was ha charge of e. freight running from London to Little York, and was waiting at Paris for the flyer to pass. His crew hands saw M. Dore ttanding on the track, -and called to him to get off, but he apparently heard neither them nor the train, and was hurled 25 feet. The deceased was 40 years old and resided at London, where he leaves a wife and child. , —Mr. George W. Parmelee, of Montreal, secretary of the Proteetant Committee a the Council of Public Instruction of the Pio - educe of Quebec, has received a cablegram front Johannesburg, South Africa, announc- ing the death, at Paris, near that plate, of of Miss Sylvia Lee, one of the seven teach - ere which the Province of Quebec supplied to the contingent Canada sent to South Africa. Death was due to enteric. Miss Lee was a grani-daughter of the late Ven. Archdeacon Lindsay, of Waterloo, Quebec, and the dieughter of Mr. Ralph Lee, of Brae:cleft, Manitoba. She wale educated at the Waterloo Academy and graduated at the McGill Normal School. —The biggest deal in race horses made in Canada for aoine years was completed last week, when Messrs. Alex. W. and Rod. Mackenzie, sons of Mr. Wm. Mackenzie, the street railway acd steam railroad mag- nate, paid $7,000 in cash to Mr. Harry Gid- dings, of Oakville, for the two Wickham - Lady Lightfoot colts, Wire In, 4 years _old, a tried performer inpubliteand War Whoop, 2 years olde who has never been thown in- side of a race course. This is the largest sum ever paid for Ontario -bred colts, arid indicates that the Mackenzie brothers intend to do things 011 a lavish scale in the effort to build up a'racing atable that will be a cred- it to the Canadian turf. They will race un- der the name of "The Kirktield Stable,” and will establish a training headquarters at their farm at Kirkfield, which is within easy access of Tononto. It is not at all im- proboble that in this way " the boys" will make away with some of the millions being made by the "-old, man" in his baldness speculations and enterprises. —Mr. Weir, of Ste Marys, was in Mit chell the other day on the sugar beet busi- ness. He would like to get 200 acres in the neighbothood Of that town. He would supply the seed and buy the beets. —South Perth Liberals held their annual meeting in St. Marys last Week. The at- tendance Was fairly good. The offieene elected are as follows : President, Prof. W. Dale, St. Marys ; vice-presitheits, R. Hamilton, of Hibbert, E. A. Dunbar, of Mitchell, secretary treasurer S. A. Hodge, Mitchell, Resolutions of confidence in the Ontario Government and the Dominion Government were entbutiiitetically passed. Meagre. D. K. Erb, M. P.T, and V. Stock, M. P. P., tiae local representatives, made brief, stirring addresses. —A young man, about 18 years of age, mediam complexion, 5 feet 3 or 4 inches in height, wearing a grey overcoat, blue sweater and black felt bat, oalled at Gilbert Gregdry's, lot 30,1conceeeion 11, East Z Ara, one dey last week, looking for a job. Mr. Greg ry placed him with his 8111 -OD the next farm. The iieXD mcrn'n4 he had dis- appeaiel with $2, which he had taken from the loide clothee. He is fend of talk- ing about his Work on steamboats and railways. He is a clever vent rlloquist, and proud of ib, and may be spotted by his anxiety te show off this accomplishment,