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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1903-03-20, Page 113. 1903 'NA ,arat ns 'ttstng is one think of S nmer s aro busy eelecting the quarteities of new r hand. The true key icier of real economy. is, .ar buying at thie store ci lack in quantities that that plesee, Goode that rice inducemente, unleta reliability and steer% tle interto the prucl- standard-grade plea. •on a bargain baeisenich epresent, is extremely ay discrimineting shope quit selling wheu wer What we advertise we ell advertises us. Well batter than ever thin red Dress Goods. Dress material's, we sey re is hat a modest opine re real merit of our ete- teions is consider*, re being sold daily, aid a made from no stinted many nese things have t, *hat of the Goods r certainly curiously a ; bleaker blaoks than Doesible ; better tez- strange doings, the team and ehuttle. In s, at the popular prices, ixceptienal values. We item ho, adaptable for poses, and every' wanted ain cream and in fancy si It's impossible to reziater vartety a dress T than mention some of t you'll see both beauty a goods for dresses, in rei bearing auch name mere, Lueare. Eleotta, derma, Covert, Eolinee ut, Cord de Son. Katerials. - ebbe: fabrics -the kind •ravious season ba a there . laintiaese, delicacy and L than we are now show - we are pleased to know Gripers say that we lead he variety, extent and popular lines, which are . idly, and will soon, be rdingharne, Lawns, Min- s. Organdiea, Dimities, , Drills, Ctumie Prints, a thinge in figured and oda. r Skirts. o-vercorne every oh- nessed againet wearing irte provided they fib peAect in that reaped, these garments is in. every one we sold a. II and this winter we te a dczen. This spring I even more and have s. liciresty sticks out of -ey've been made to sell ipiendicl satisfactiou. MIldildS at this Lament, ample prapor- :lane neat sewing, all aome made garments, inhale and, charms firet after box of these gar - e made this the leading og required in muslin imises, skirts. drawer; to &prone and in chill LgS. embr oideries, hoeie ry, imge, cantata, ribbons, nihave the pleasure or Flour ski. dying of hand- edods. 'AUL y)ds Co. .atest Cash ds Store. r keepum these etreete 1.ut plow, and this is eceived for it. -The nate Nook has been .cken, who is putting - te-Cauncillor Backer McFadden's lot, on !ii He will move onto eatly purchased from Sc.} .t, of Emerson, ✓ at John Tait's for a k. -Wt H. Kerr is in tulng the convention Roads Aseociation. a on "Road Making . and Mee. Charles L for Michigan, where auple of weekia-W. . a Toronto- thief week t ;rand Ledge of alle d 'Workmen. ch- i -We are sorry leititece the death of t'Ok place 00 Saturday ' his acit-in-lew, Mr. ett. Mr. Deitz baa - '2 years. He had ind health for some tem te suffer from liut gradually gave tit tion. He was re af i he townehip ,n his farm on the te, when it. was al- e -hose. Like many i , etageeite pioneera eh ,€ by dint of good ev in converiing his - i tineat and most r e the county. He ies feral until a few :anaferred it ta his reside with his ,.deceased him itbout eaves a large family tie ii t ere. He was a in end an obliging nds will regret to LE. funeral took place Malli0 were interred ttery. L Demuth and her r, heve returned to eur, after a three ie. ents here. -Mr. .riased the Dominion tssion ahortly.-Mr. a an operation at rely. The operetiori getting along nice- er.,, was in New tnding the funeral former resident Of Iiii has the water va his house corn - is now supplied , It is the first of ied works well. 1 . • *b. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1.840. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARC 20, 1903. {McLEAN BROB.,, Publishers $1 aYearinAdvanoe. 2 STORES iigh m so wide I 0 11 100 ft. long I 1 2 FLO01116 Ground Fleet nareda Upper Floor ! eitiNtiraCaint ING. Of what to wear, how to wear, and wher6 to get it, our store is likely to be ilhe first place mentioned. Scarcely a day that new goods are not $eeeived. Werre continually skimming the best markets for goods in our sev ral departments, keeping this really a new store all the time. In fact, when ou come here ,to blab you are sure to get the newest. We have been told again and again t14at our stock selections are moat satisfactorily up-to-date more -than a, little aheadiof the average, so that really the atyle and. price of what you wear depends.upion where you buy. Come Here and you Cannot go Wrong. MMSM gialaWg 11 g - mma Our Tailoring Department Is shapinapfor a very busy season -growing larger with each succeeding seasOn. The good dresser who wears custom-made clothes, wants vs to make the Our display of Spring suitings and overcoatings have pleased every one w o has looked at them, and you'll find just what you're looKing for here. Let us have your order now. A little later you will come in and stiy, "1 want my salt right away." Give us time, that's the way to get good wok. Fine imported suitings, English, Scotch and Irish, Black worsted twill and cheviot, blue serge twill ,ancl cheviot Readymade $16 to 820 $1i to Suit The Bloom isi On. An old and successful clothing man said that the secret of holding trajle was in keeping clothing with the bloom, on. He's right, but we go still furth r and SELL our clothingwhile the bloom is still on. Our store is full of New Spring Suits -full of blooming newness. 1 A Knockabout • 5 010 A Business $ 7,5O Dress Suit 10,010 444-#3333-444-4444. Hard and Sof 40144 t Hats. Our hat stock is undoubtedly the largest in this district. We might say the seine ab met the varieties we carry -all the very newest are here. 'I'Ou must see them, fit them cn., o) you can never tell how any will suit you. Vire have the style and price -both satisfying. Have a Look Anyhow. AAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWA The best and most convenient Overall ever invented fits like a pair of custom trousers. No buttons to -pull off, no button holes to tear, no braces required, nobelt needed. You get Or - feet freedom above the''waist.For the medial+, workingman, farmer, or in fact any one who wears overalls, they are perfection. , For the man who works around the house or 'pa the garden, after his day's work is done, they are a grand convenience. Slipped on and vff in a second. Try a pair on. You will be a convert at oncie, ' and will never wear any other overall. AAWAAAAAWAN0AA"W Butter and Eggs taken as .Cash. 3.-44304-40-4-0443-#4,4111,441iNgali Greig Stewart" (SUCCESSORS TO GREIG & MACDONALD) Johnson Bros.' Old Stand, Colonist Special Trains to the Canadian- Nortwest The first special train will leave on Tuesday, March 3rd, and other specials will run every Tuesday in March and, April. Pcrties going Weet will have the opportunity to travel with their,' stock, and have good accommodation and make quick time. Each special train will have a colonist sleeping car attachedr the berths in which will be free. For all information and rates, apply to GREIG it STEWART, Agent C. P. It Tio)Ket, Telegraph and Dominion Express. R, folders, instr action books and pa mphlets sup plied oit application. NOTES FROM THE DOMINION 0.A.PITAL. OIfTAWA,Maroh 16th, 190. The Dominion Parlinient was opened on Thureday with all the old time ceremonies appropriatelor t e occasion, Although the opening wallah.) it a month later than 1 sual, the ittendace Was not any less and the in - term epanifested in the event wae as sleet as in past y ars. Indeed, there never as a time when t ere were so many applij3ante for tickets of admission from visitors tb the senate hamber, Where the function is ield. There wereo many strangers this time that many Oitvi a ans +ere disappointed_ ab eing left off for lack of room. The two fav rite places for the up er ten are the floor o the senate oham er ad the dress gallery,d rect. S ly in front o the throne* from where Lord Minto, the overnor General, delivere the addrees. The ineitations are first eent out to senatora! ruirdetere of the crown, and members ofParliament, judges of the Su- preme Court deputy heads and some o the leading me here of the civil service hp the floor, and th gentleman usher of the black rod selects ft;m the batch of the applicants those whom e thinks are entitled to take up whatever seatremain. There was a geoi deal of grunibling this year over the selection, but whether this was well founded or not is sea °city of euffioient importanee to warrant 1nsie8biatjon. Thom who are ,i. struggling fo a piece and positIon in this show are nt e the Most important pat of Ottawa's population, and one sees to a arge extent the arPertiament Hall. The ere - e noes yeer after year i the procession t mony itself probebly gained tomethin by age, but the eeinei crowd does not. A ong tbe outside visited's were a few New crk- era and one Or tele .from Boiton. 1 THE SESSIONAL PROGRAMME. 1 The speee s frara the throne, while g ving an outline of some of the bills which ar to be taken up for coneideration durin the session, 113v r indicateall the legishltion that will be iutroduced. It has very ocean been said, an said truly, that the epee h is more import rt for what it does not contain than for wha it. does. There ie, however, a good deal o material in it this year i in fact, very m oh chore than has been the case for some tim past. As already said i this oorreeponden e, t ie most important go ern- ment bill wi be he recititribution of con- stituencies, hiolt is for the cutting up and carving of th ridings tei as to provide ,for lose or inore se ef population as the cam may be. Pri oe Edward Island loses one member, No a SOcitra two, New Btune iok one and Pate io six, while Manitoba ains three, Britisi Columbia one and the N dth- west as man more as the government (ie. °ides -upon. In colter words the act des apply to the or hwest. As far as Qu beo is concerned lo sheep stays statio 'try with ite 85 m mb re. The Ontario Lib rale have been waitin patiently iince 188 to get tack at the 0 tario Tories for the ay in which they w re - treated, and it i not likely that time as allayed all the bi ter - i nese whioh the errymander of that ear created in th Gr b ranks. At any rate the redistribution bil will be taken up and car- ried as the major ty in the eenate now sup- port the gove nm nt. , THE SEGOND MO T IMPORTANT MEASU E.., The railway co minion bill is probably one of the no t i importance to the rbdis- tribution me ur , because the question of transportatio is at the present time Terrell more importe it than even the tiriff. The Hon. A. G. B air, I Minister of Railways, has charge of thia bill and has studied the whole question. He is thoroughly oon an- ent with the railway problem. There are no a few who think that it would be"a 1 a gocid thing forl the country if he took Old ot he commission, onoe the bill is pa sad, by becoming chairman. It) might be ood for the country, but it would be a very bad thing for the Government, because the in- ister of Railways now holds the Maritime Provinces for thelpreeent administration. I WILL THERE ,BE MORE PROTECTION? i Jut what Will be done about the tar :rf no i one oan say at this early stage, but the gen- eral opinion isit will not be dealt with this session. Xi there are any ohanges they will be very few and of no great significanre. It may be taken for granted that there will be no readju1111 atment of the tariff. - ere are those Who are clamoring for higher pro- tection, and there are also those who are demanding reductions in the present cus- toms duties, end both them parties will . likely be eatiefied when they find tha the Government has decicled,not to interfer be - In additibn to the bill al. d, there is Sir William Mu- ttiement or railway at ikes This bill was introd oed , On account of oppoe don he labor organizations o the tween them. ready mention look's for the a by arbibretion last year, but from some of t country, it was bald over. Some oh have been made, principally the strikin of the section making the arbitration , puleory, and it is now likely that the will pas. in its present shape. There is sizg the Chinese poll 00. This is oarrying out the oyal Commiasion appointed tq inquire into Chinese and Migration. ov WORK. There la the hevlest docket ef prilvitte legislation on rjeoird, about 170 bills. pito is About 49 mote bills than was given notice of prior to the neebing of Parliament last year. The nio4t importimit of these bilis is the Grand Tru k Paoffie projeot, which is for the building of a trans -continental rail- way. Besides he Grand Trunk bill, there are a nutnber of either importent ones. T ere are foor ukoi railway' bills, several for British Columb a, the Northwest Territ ries and ManitOba. About 50 applicationg! are listed. tout amendments to (renting railWay charters and 32 for charters for commetial enterprises!, Altogether, there is enoag of work to keep Perliament bitting from five to six monthsSO the certainby is that Pairlia- mentariana willihve to take their summer euits to Ottawa before they complete their labors for their coluntry. a bill for inore from $100 to $ report of the over a year ag and Japanese i ges out om- bill mho tax -Mr. avi Walker; of the Wa ker House, To ontoWho is attending the wi ter with his w fe inI !San Antonio, Team, met i: withaa peo liar chident as a remit of w ich he hatebm '61,1,1191y ill. It seem hat while usin th elenatoe in the Me ger H01150, Sea Antorio, one of his eyes was pierced by the t1p of a feather in a la y's hat, which ea sed blood poisoning. For some days his 1ife was despaired of, but latest mem nti a he is Improving. -A very sad affair °marred in London on Monday., Mr. binezer North, thew ell- known con rote oentraotor of that city, ent to his offiee for oine papers. Not _ret ru- ing as soon as ei oted a friend went to the office for him ard found him sitting in his ohair dead.W Mrs. North received the nem i that er ha.mnd had been found dead . she went to a q room, where not a ail eaceped he S 'ell:Mourned in silence. ate In the afternoon it was noticed that she was breathing heavilOi nd her relatives beeeme alarmed at her condition. The family physician was called, but Mra. Nouth was dying when he arrived. The shook,he said, broke her heart, causing her death. Mr. and Mrs. Nerth were within two years of eaoh other in age, he being in his 70th year, and she in her 68th year. The Good Roads Movement. DEAR EXPOSITOR, -As one of the com- mittee appointed by the county council to drafb a reporb to be submitted at the Special meeting held in Clinton, on Wednesday of last week, I must say that I was more than eutprised at the action of the council in changing clause 9, which, as drafted by ue, was as follows : " We would also recommend that the sev- eral sums in eaoh and every year, and also the amount received from the Goverament, be expended equally in the eight diviardne of the oounty, amording te the equilizetion of each division on the several leading roads leading to market towns and villages in the county. The turns to be EO expended shall be under the supervision of the county's:mum enters in each division with the advice and counsel of the township councils wherein he roads are situated." The council altered this report from qualization to acreege. I, for one, °bloated trongly to the change as nob • in the tuber - ate of the central divisions of the county, as will endeavor to show. In order to do so t will be necessary to make some corn- ariroas between the different divisions. I 111 take Nos. 2 and 6 first. ACREAGE Hullett Gcderich tp. Clinten This means Grey Morris Brunets an 53,541 52,731 903 107,175 average of ACREAGE 64,762 55,233 416 120,411 EQUALIZATION, $2,146,190 2,04,228 541,830 $4,692,248 3.75 per acre. EQUALIZATION $2,012,522 1,770,756 224,000 $4,007,278 This is an average of atout$33.50 per acre. There is a difference of $10 25 in the qualized value of these two divisiorm, so hat on its acreage of 107,175 the tax -payers f No. 2 will have to contribute $440 eaoh ear for ten years more than thee° of the orthern group. We will now take Nos. 5 and 8 : MoKillop Tuckersmith Seder% ACREAGE EQUALIZATION 52,111 40,762 550 $2,888,440 1,923_214 512,900 93,423 $4,525,554 An average per acre of abut $48.50. ACREAGE EQUALIZATION Turnberry '35,697 $1,111,357 Howiok67'2,315,690 Wroxeter 4781 , 80,150 103,89,0 53,507,197 An average of $33.50 per acre. The difference between these two divisions s $15 per acre, so that 03 the acreage of 3,423 oontained in No. "5-, that division will ave to oontribute $550 each year morethen he northern townships, for ten years, over hioh it is proposed to spread this expendi- ure. You will also notice that the largest 3wne in the county are located in the oen- ral divisions. Would it be right or juet to ave a large patt of the revenue collected f om those towns for Good Roads go to- airpcle? sbuilding roads in the remote town- s The stand I take, in this matter is that e revenue collected from, for instance, No. division for Grad Rods, should bo ex - ended in filet division, and filet ti ex - end it according to acreage, would be de- idedly unjust. It ie to be hoped the tewnship councils in t e tentral divisions will look carefully into t is matter before arriving at a decision to r port to the country council, which they re required to do before the June session. D. CANTEtON, Clinton. • he Farmers' Meeting at Hensall. (By a Correspondent.) A meeting of the South Huron Farmers' seociation was held in Miller's hall, Hen- an, on Saturday evening last for the pur- ee° of discussing several important quest ions in which the association is interested. The president, Mr. R. B. McLean, °Wil- led the chair. There were hpwarde of one undred present from different parts of the iding. In his opening address, the president very ully explained the object of the association, bowing the neoesaity for farmers uniting • their own protection indepencleet of arty polities. 14 they did eo, many ofithe rievances we complain of would woe be Wished. The speakers were Mr. Smith, editori. of armers' Sure and Mr. Brooks a'prominent armor from near Brantford,and Mr. R. M3- ordie. .Mr. MeMordie,being the first called upon, ealt with the unjustness bf the law rainy - ng railway companies from all liability or stook killed or injured on heir property. Also the unjustness of the rainage act, which leaves it optional with he railway company to allow a farmer to rain across their traok although it may be he natural run for the water. He moored the Government,for trying tofind an efficient atle guard for the railway companies and • e d up to ridicule the einem at Ottawa ith the one -eyed steer. Mr. Smibh followed. He is a fluent and onvirming speaker and held the audience in ose attention for upwards of an hour, dis- c ming the hennaing of railways and other o rporatione, showing very plainly, ; that t e bonusing system is principally to blarne f r the bribery and corruption that is prima): • ed throughout the Dominion. He explain - • how unjustly we are treated in the mitt- • r of railway freight rates as oompared • ith citizene of the United States, and ride a very able expose of the unjustness the a/easement law on railway property, compared- with farm property and how e farmers are discriminated against. Mr. Brooks was the next Ppeaker. This Is the gentleman who represented the fer- n side of the ease at the Manufacturera' b quet at Brantford a short time ago. life s oke principally on the ,exoessive duties le ed for the protection of the manufactur- e a, and how these duties affeoted the epi- c thereinto, and warned the meeting that a eater raid will be made on the treasury of t e Dominion this year by railroad officials d other corporate bodies• if the govern- nt permit it, than hes been made for a mber of years. The speakers were frequently applauded d rig the course of their addresses, and the audience seemed to be quite in vee- p thy with the views expressed. nember of resolutions were passed ap- pr e ving of these views. A copy of the reso- lu ions were ordered to be sent to the heads of the different departments, of the govern- . a II _m 2,000 Wall paper Borders Regular 10 ce FOR 7c ROLLS. - ith matched & Oeilings its and 12/ cents ER ROLL. ALEX. W1NTJEJR, Ang-----t-SEAFORT :11 ment, also to Mr. L noaster, M. P. and one relat;ng to drainage cross railways to Mr. Cowan, M. P. We understand it is the in- tention of the associ thin to hold another meeting in the near future, of which due notice will be given. The Orangem n at Wingham. The Grand Orange Lodge of Western On - trio, which held its annul meeting at Wiugham this year, closed a very pleasant_ Among other business session on Friday. transacted it was de ided to make arrange- ments ta have the or er represented at the Toronto, London sudi Ottawa Fairs. , Mes- sages of sympathy w la sent bE.F. Ciarke, M. P., Reuben Switzbr and T. Woods, who were unable to attend owing to illness. An application wasreceived from the dis- trict of Algoma for leave to join the lodge of Manitoba because f convenience of dis- tance and railways. The Grand Lcdee con. Rented to the change. The county Of Bruce was re arranged, the South Bruce district being abolished and two Orange oountiee formed to be known i future as North and Centre Bruce. The eurn of one huedred dollars was voted to the local True Blue orphanage and the salary of Grand Secretary Lee was increased by the sum of $50. Two hundred dollars was voted towards the liquidation of the debt of the Toronto qrange Hall. Lieutenant Colonel Beloher submitted a report favoring such n amendment of the Ontario education lavs as would provide that all householders hould be deemed pub- lio echool Bnpportersl until they apply to the assessor to be rated as separate eohool supporters and that all school loud elec- tions be by ballot. A delegation from t e tidies lodge of Loy- al True Bluer' present d aniaddrese and were very cordially welcol ed. A committee was a pointed to inquire in- to and report on the dvisability of estab- tithing a sick fund in onneotionwith the or- der. It was resolved to s nd the Grand Master to the Trienned Oran4e Countil in Dublin next July and to pay the expenses of the journey. THE OFFJOES ELECTED. • The following officei a were elected by aer estimation: John MoMillan, Grand Muter ; Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, Walkerton, De. puty Grund Master; T. Emery, Louden, Junior Deputy Grand Master; Rev. H. a Dixon, Grand Chaplai ; E. F. Clark,M.P•P Grand Treaturer ; William Lee, Torontok Grand Secretary; Richard H. Watson, Toi ronto, Grand Lecture; William Whitey Mitchell, Grand Direc or of Ceremonies. 4 very large number of Ieputy Grand atm lain)] were next appoin ed. W. M. Fitzger- ald was elected manta b secretary and John Hewitt, Toronto, and W. J. Tbompson, Mitchell, auditore. V. J. Parkhill, Past Greed Master, installed the offioers. A REVIEW OF TRE- ORD1R. Dr. Sproule, M. P., reviewed the position of the order. He regtetted that while the Orange Association wa inereming in num- bare, its influenee on he affairs of the couni try was not as great as it once was. He be. hayed title decline in i flaenoe was due to some Of the men at the head of affairs. He had noticed this deolen ion of influence dur- ing the lifetime of their late Sovereign Grand Master, and e (the speaker) had urged hie departed ohi f to take notice of these conditions, but t e late Hon. N. a Wallace preferred to s ffer rather than say anything. THE NEXT PLACF OF MEETING. A very spirited contat trok place as to the town that should have the honor of the next annual meeting. !Brantford was ultie mately decided on as the next meeting spot. • Huron Notes. -The bridge over tie Maitland river at Benmiller was carried away by the sprit* freshet. -Charles Lee, of oderioh, hae been awarded tit, contract f r plumbing at the new Clinton post office. -e-The hardware bu8i1iee of the late S. J, Smith, in Wingham, h4e been sold to Itirt Fiehleigh, of Hagerevil • . - J. B. Hoover and r. Ball, of Clinton* have purchased the f niture business in that town, conducted Iy Rowe and Hollo- way. ---Wingham council be invited the Huron Old Boys' Association,lof Toronto, to ran their annual exouraion to that town thie year. -Clinton and Brumfield checker players tried conclusions at Brneefield on MondaY night of last week, the ;mutt being a vici tory for Clinton. - - Fred.' Nichol, 4th line, Morris, had the misfortune to have the tip elf the first fingee en his right hand taken off in a straw cuttee the other day. -Mr. John Moore, for many year. to, reeident of Exeter, h moved with his family to Created Cib, Manitoba, where they will make their ho e in the future. -The firm whioh too over the businese of the R. Piokard Com any, in Exeter, has undergone a ohange. Mr. -Bennett has withdrawn and Mr. R. N. Rowe has gone into partnership with M . Snell. -Mr. Thomas Case, o the London Road; north, has purchased f • m Mr. D. Mill, of Exeter, the old McColl f rm, situated on the 2nd !concession of Hay, ing lob 11. The price paid was in the n ighborhood of $5,i 000.• ei -In a letter to a Inc. d, Mr. John Zeller of North Dakota, a forss er resident of Hay township, near Zurich, eye : "1 mid my' farM of 320 &ores, last spring, for 520 an acre. My crop last au mer consisted of 2,090 bushels of wheat 2,477 of oats and 1,990 of. barley." -Mrs. Wm. Campbe of Goderich, died on Tuesday of last wee after an illness of four years' duration. She was a daughter of the late Wm. Sharman, nd h&d resided in Goderich for over 50 ears. Besides her husband, sheleaves a Iar4iily of one b011 and eight daughters. -Oa Friday, 6bh imam Hector McKay, e 11 resident of the 3rd concession, Grey, for thei past 46 years, died at London where h went two yeats ago last eptember -for med- ical treatment. The re runs were brought? to Brussels on Saturday afternoon train andthe funeral took p1a�e, on arrival of the traip to the cemetery tit°. Deeemed war! born in the North of B tland and mime te Canada in 1841. He II ed for a time at Hamilton before coming westward. He was tw oe married, his first) wife was Penelope Mc ay, and on hr decease he married Kate Me hail, of Gimp township, who died 15 ye re ago, Mrs. Owen Smith, of Guelph, is the only child. A son died a number of years ago. Mr. McKay was 81 years of age and had been a very hearty man, -1--A happy evept to k place in Westfield nei hborhood on We nesday, March 4th, wh n Will MoDowel and Mies Hannah Sta khourre were uni -d in marriage. The tier mony was pester ed under an arch of eve greens, by Rev. B. Coupland, in the premence of 180 guests Messrs. Crowley and McDonald, of Lo an, were awarde the contract of the Lo king drain, in 0 ey township, at 14i oen per oubie yard. This is above the en - gin er's estimate. Js hn Nicholson, of Lo - 8g1, an 8h9.as been awarde the contract of the th rain, uter ain, in th same township, at On Friday of last week, R. A. Dineley, of ingharn, met wi h an accident that sev rely injured one o him eyes. He was wo king at one of the awe in the Bell fac- tor , when a smell pie e of material flew off an struck him With terrible foroe on one eye. At firat there w danger of the sight of t at eye being perm nently injured. A pretty March «edding enlivened the reel, once of Mr. John Gray; of Winghem, on " ednesday of last eek, when his eldest dm) hter, Mies France., was united in mar- riag to Mr. Louie L. ere, of North Dakota. Re'. D. Perrie tied the matrimonial knot. The ceremony was witi eased by about sixty gue te, who left behin , them many gifts as entos of esteem. he bride was prettily ed in white silk,. Tuesday of lad • eek, Wm. Kelly and fam ly, . 16th coneessi n, Grey, left Ethel etet on en route for Balgonie, Northwest Ter itory, where they • arpom making their ho e. Mr. Kelly was west last year, so is a.cq %bated with the ciuntry. Re leas 320 acre oi land and will eve a man "break- ing 'ori it this year wi ile he works at the carpentering. Mrs., K Ily le a daughter of George, McKay, a wel known resident of Gray township. . The Doherty Orga 1 Company, of Clin- ton, has failed in its a peal for a new trial in is suit agaiset tip Millets' & Manufac- turers Insurance Com .any for some $8,000 the (*timed to be due under policies auto ting to $30,000. The fire occurred oa the ay of the reeewal of the policies, and the lrial judge Mid that no contract ex- ists under the ciroam tames attending the neg tiations for renew;I, The Court of Ap- peal takes the same vie . On Saturday last, "alter Rose and W. H. reen were workin at the ice at the eleo ric light dam, in Wingham, when the for er slipped and fell into the water. He was in great danger of being drawn through by ljhe tremendous ru h of water. -Fortun- ately Mr. Green was a le, with the aid of a rtpiketpolee to •retieue bi assistant- from hie dangerous position. 1 was an experience that Walter does nob 0 re to repeat. Beside the inp1e&eantness of cold water bath in liar h, however, he is fortunately novo the , Wore. Frozit the fiihery nspeotor's report we tear i that Huron cou ty possesses quite a fishi g induetry. Fo the year 1902, elle hed one tug with a t nnsge of 28, value 53,000, employing six a en; 12 boats, value $1,30, with 24 me. employed; 49,000 yar e of gill nets, $3,8r0 value; 11 pound nets $1,450 value. hese ()aught 31,930 pouiidaLof herring, 2,60 of whitefiah, 106- 702 of trout, 43,743 f pickerel, 443 of etur eon, 2,331 of p rch, 130 of catfieh, 0,951 of mixed and con se fish, two barrels of tijout and 335 poun.s of caviare. The tota value of which is 14,440.14. On Friday evenin of last week, the hon of Mr. Charles tnell, er., of Exeter, wa,s the scene of a gat eying of frierids for the purpose of expressiig regret on the oc- casion of the departure of Mrs. Brooke and her on William to Cr stal City, Manitoba. Both have been life Ion residents of Exeter, and by their kindly ispositione, coupled with their many othe estimable qualitiet, have Woven a chain f friendship *hich neat er time nor distan 46 can sever. Ae a tee ible token of testae is in which they are held, Mrs. Brooks w a presented with a arty r cake dish and Mr. Brooks with a tray lling case and a I. 0. 0. F. emblem. Last week R. M. 5 ouglas, who_ has been a re ident of the 15th oonmesion, Grey, all his 4ays, left for Park iver, North Dakota, whe e he will try farm ng on a broder scale •tha. usually adopted i Gray township. He took with hima oar lo d of tietier's effects, aud will do well, we eve no doubt. Hie fara4 in Grey has been leased to D. lifoCal- turn feria term of yea . Mrs. Douglas and daughter took the tra . at Seaforth, being &coo panied by L. To • 'send and motber, rata ives of Mrs. Don las, who have spent eom� years near Park iver and are now re- tuenafg after a visit with relatives and frie dm in Ontario. -James MoLaughli , an old and respect- ed r trident of Gorrle, ied on Sunday, 8th ink, aged 69 years an five months. De- ceits d hed been in fai ing health for the past three months, an on Friday evening, previoua to his death, e took a sudden at- tao of hemorrhage of the stomach. Dr. Tao was immediately summoned. On Sat- urd y evening decease had recovered tome- wha , but later itoo,k ores from which he nev r rallied. Deeea d was born in the tow ship of Caven, Da ham eounty, Ontario, In 0 tober, 1833, and me to live in How - ick ver 44 years ago nd resided on the 6th mansion, where e remained for about 20y are, when he re oved to Gerrie and heel 1 since been livin retired. Deceased was twloe merried, an leaves behind to mou the loss of a k nd husband and a lovi4g father, three so sand three daugh- ter'. , -Fhe golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cole, f Clinton, was duly eele rated on Friday March 6th. Sons, dau ters and grand.oh dren, to the num- ber cif 50, assembled, a d an enjoyable time was "pent from five o'cl ok until late in tbe evening. Mr. and Mr. Cole are not whet yeti tnight call old pele, even though they have celebrated this e event. This is due, however, to their early marriage, the bride being 17 and th groom -very little olde4. They vrere mar ied at the home a Wm, Churchill, of Go erich township, in 1853, Mni. Cole being t e eldeit 'daughter of that !gentleman. Five hildren were born to thorn, -Mn.. Doherty, 1 London; Mrs. T. D. JOhnston, Mrs. Guy Hicks, of Hallett; Angns Cole, of Mich' la and William at home. Presents were j both numerotur and costly, and will lend their influence in brig toning their deoll4iing years, as mem- ories of thche who still , we them allegiance. me atti -IFhe Mitobell Reonder of last week says: "Death has r4smoved another old settl r and prominent fgnr., in the person of Mr. Wm. Aiken, wh lived on the town line, between Downie ansi Blanehard, near the a Minya Junction station. Mr. Aiken Wag 5 years old, and iu been ailing for gore time with a comp nation of troubles, whi h finally turned blood poisoning. Be as a very popular, industrious man, and was well known as the bee king of the district, having done a very extensive hone trade for a number of years. The deceme was well known as the father of J.H. Aiken, who went to South Africa some years -ago, and who made a visit home during the war, and died shortly after returning to South Africa. The old gentleman felt the death of hie son very keenly, and never fairly re- covercd from the shook. His eldest daugh- ter also went to South Africa., and is now married in London. Canada. -A protest has been entered against the return of Hen. E. J. Davis in North York. - Mr. R. S. Rumsey, son of Mr. 0. & Rumsey, of 8b. Mary' s ha ibeen appointed manager of the Bank of Commerce at Innis- t field, N. W. T. -Over 1,200 eettlere arrived ie. Winnipeg on Friday, by eastern trains. The large portion of the new arrivals are from On- tario, and wilt take up land iu the province and the Territories. -The hill court of Manitoba has given judgment that the Territorial Government) bits the right to tax the Canedian Pacific Railway Company for echool eurposes. The Manitoba appeals were dismissed. -Mr. Thomas- MacDonell has resigned the treasurership of the town hp of Char- lottenburg, Glengarry county, after son- tinuous service in that position for 38 Yearil - full pardon has been granted to Robert Mackie, of Belleville, who was in September last released on parole from Kingston penitentiary, where he was con- fined in connection with the Napanee bank' robbery came. J - A by-law to loan the Canadian Where and School Furniture Company $20,000i re- payable in ten years, to assist the tompany to erect a large modern factory, was voted on in Preston this week and was earrietit only twelve voting againet it. -Four more Ontario appointments have been made to Dominion Senate. These are Messrs. J. K. Kerr, To:onto ; Frank T. Froet, of Smith's Palle ; W. C. Edwards, M. P. of Russell county, and Thomas Coffey, of London. -Margaret le Shepherd, who will be • remembered by many in Canada, alleged ex - nun and anti-Catholic lecturer, died at , Harper Hospital, Detroit, on /tier& 3rd. ' She had been eufferieg with cancer and died a few ininutea after being taken from the operating table at the hospital. -The firat suit arising out of the Wan- stead wreck has beeneettled, the G. T. R. agreeing to give Rose Quinn whose husband was killed in the wreck, $5,L00 infull settle- ment of her suit for 520,000. The court -ap- proved of .the settlemena Mother to re- ceive $1,500 and daughter, Ruth, $3,500, -George Kennedy, a well known resident , of Weston, died a few days ago from mow_ e- poitoning OB,U36(1 by a scratoh from a rusty nail. On Saturday he was fixing up his hen house when his hand caught on a saw. He pulledit away' Trickly and his arm eaug,ht on a nail which inflicted a slight ecratch that reeulted in his death. He is about 55 years of age. -Essex county is Rick. From all parts come etories of smallpox, typhoid lever and grip Windsor is healthy, by comparison. Smallpox has broken out in Anderson, and Petite Cote is haltering from the MEM -dis- ease. A virulent case was detected Satur- day night, and many urge that the author - Hien should take .more drastio measures to suppress it. -Thirty Canadians, who belonged to the South African Constabulary, have landed in t London, England, without means, and have appealed te Lord fitrathoona to providethem transportation to the Dominion. gon. Clifford Sifton was applied to in the matter and will afford them the necessary relief out of e fund in the Immigration Departmettli that is available to help Canadians &broad back to the Dominion. -The financial year of the Presbyterian church has come to a close. The current lame of the Presbyterian contains an inter view with the Rev. Dr. Warden in which the announcement is made that during the year ending in February, the giving. -of the church to the dozen departments which are recognized have been $264,600, a gain of $33,200, or 15 per centover the previous year. The tome mission fund increased by more than $13,000, and the foreign mission fund by over $7,000, without countir% the receipts of the Women's Foreign Missionary Sookty. -At the noon hour on Saturdayfire broke out in the extensive tannery of Hon. E. J. Davis, Commissioner of Crown Lands, which was entirely destroyed. The tannery was situated et King, in the couoty of York. The fire, which was dincovered on the third floor by some workmen who were eating their noon hour lunch in the in hort time huildilcreoneread rapidly, be- yond control. Practically ,nothing o the iti he- , aiad. a •tme wan ena machinery and stook could be saved,extept suoh of the latter that happened to be ill the curing vanThe lose is $100,000, which is partly covered by illailrallee. -Mrs. Smith! Toronto, came to Guelph on Monday to visit her sister, who is At Bt. Joieph's llowital. When she Oliali AB had spots On her face, and on Thursday Dr. Savage reported to the medica1 health officer that he thought it was a OM of smallpox in a very mild fottn. This was ultimately found to he the ease. The pro - Andel health offieer gave instruotions to have the hospital quarentined and every inmate removed to the notation hospital, where Mr. John Kelly has been confined for the last six weeks with a Wrens ease of smallpox, and the young man Dunn, who had a very mild form, for the past two weeke. -One phase of the Ontario immigration question, whieli isnot generally known to the public, is the very large child immigra- tion from Great Bdtain that has taken place during the last two or three years. Between now and April 15th ne leu than 800 boys and girl., from English charitable Institut tions, will arrive in Ontario, send within two weeks ib is expected that they will all he placed in good homes. Lest year there were 1,500 of these homeless young Brit- -Mere placed in Ontario honaes, The de. mend from all parte of the tountry for these youthful immigrants is steadily in- creasing with -the growing scarcity of labor for farming and household operations. -Roberti SWIM) Of Biathfield, near Kingeton, died Friday morning as the re- sult of an accidentel diseharge of a revolver. How it happened will never he known. Mre Sears slept alone downstairs, and iu the morning at 6:30 'Mrs. Sears heard a re- port, and going to her husband's rem, found him unconscious. A medical man was summoned, and he fixed that a bullet from the revolver had pierced the abdomen. Death ensued about an bcur latsr. Mr. Seara was aged 61 rime and had been an invalid for some year,havbeg a broken hip. Be kept the revolver In his bed for protection. He was of a bright, jovial die- posiVon, a man of means and refinement, and particularly happy. in his domestic and social life. Be is eurveved by a widow and four children.