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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1903-12-11, Page 1ead- Into. twee gaily $1.0gt reset, ces-- St, r sere ad ou promo to be f the in, on ars of horne ontha isoki- e. A with ming her ehowe a for your look ertise- en to 17-1 anday ime rill be 4 bet- It- fell e her - will wtor's aving. L the Mr, ei for either. tang, * up THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,878. ibeli tt, a,an ThWaie te P. ation rtant me is 4Und., neut. M. L. ction eider Id on tbe leort an h- itimiri, irony> tontart. oYea were Idomi- ithotit tomeit 'etott5 a hive -- bout* 6ro 2 STORES 50 ft. wide 1.00, ft. long Out with our h the Selecting and Ray ing of UM ?resents. FLQORS oround Floor MAUL IUpper Floor MANIITA\CTIM. DIG 1 ' 1 4.1+1-144.1144-144444444. The worry of knowing what to give robs the historical custom of its best element. If you would know what to give 6' HER " or "RIM," look at the list below. Sure to find here articles, the., giving of which means comfort, mutual pleasure and mttual satisfaction. Incidentally,we state prices by way of purse guidance. Come early while the pickings is good and select • FOlt -A Choice Piece of "Fur. Sable Rriff Sable. Boa Sable Muff Persian Gauntlets Black Oppossum Cap- erine 5 50 to Seal Oaperine 5 00 to _Black Curl Caperine 5 00 to Brack Persian Gap 4 00 to Grey Lamb Gap 2 00 to Sable and Seal Cap- erine 10 00 to Black Astrachan Jacket 25 00 -to Black Bocharan Jacket 35 00 to Black Lamb Jacket, sable collar 55 00 to Seal Jackets 30 00 to Seal Jackets, sable collar 45 00 to Persian. Jacket, plain 100 00 to Persian_ Jacket, with sable or mink 150 00 to $ 5 to $ 10 10 to: 20 7 50 to 15 5 00 to 12 10 15 10 10 20 40 ,60 70 35 55 125 200 FOR HIM. A TIE—The largest assortment of ties ever shown in Seaford', all styles, at 25c and 50c NEOIC SCARF—The knot kind or the silk lap over, or the silk folder , L 25e to 1.00 OUNGING COAT of many pat- $ , terns and colors ; red and- black, grey and silver, long coatis and short coats. $5.50 to $10.00 FUR GAUNTLETS—Persian lamb, Black Astrachan! Cam, Calf and Imi– tation. $1.00 to $15 00, FUR, CAPS-LPersian lamb, Beaver, Seal, Otter, German Otter, German , Beaver. $2,50 to $10.00 FANCY SHIRTS—New patterns, for the holiday season. . 75c to $1.50 SUSANDERS—Men's and–boy; 'special for ne eeason. .11 35c to $1,00 GLOVES— en's. and boys' gloves and mitts, inkid and knit wool, black and white, ' '1 - 50o to $3.00 4-••••••••••••÷.+++44-044-0-#44-0440 For Children, Girls and ,Boys. Grey Lamb Caps in fur. $2.00 to $3,00 Grey Lamb Collarettes, high collar and good width shoulder $4.25 to $10.00 Grey Lamb Gauntlets - for all ages $3.-75 to $5.00 Imitation, of fur in all • the above at 50 to 81.00 Wool knit mitts and • gloves for all sizes 25 to 75 • Wool Stockings, Eizes 7:1,c to 10 25 Raglan Overcoats, ill-.. ster Overcoats and: efers, for ages 5' years to 15 $2. 50 ,to $5 00 STOCKINGS in the heavy ribbed all- • , wool, sizes Tic to 10 - 25e OAPS in fur and cloth, ' heavy and light - weight; prices: 25'c to $2Q0:, SUITS—Notlisg nicer' • than a good suit as , a gift to the boys; . $1 50 to $5 001 Sweaters, all colors •50e to 75c .11 • • 1. 0,4ww*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANI Many other lines for Which this store Is 11 P.A.MOTTS Men's Fur Coats, Men's Overcoat Men's Suits, *en's Underwear, Men's Smocks, Men's Odd Trousers #." diA010404011AdhAANWelhA0401/40,010111/494 AT UNDERWEAR SALE. 1 1 V. If you haven't already got your share, get it now, Or your chance to save a dollar or So will be gone. Thirtyrieven and one-half cents a pie& ; all sizes, 34 46 shirts ; 32 to 42 drawers—good winter weight. 37 CM1\TTS iseitiegotheriediearisnotortAlif5,,,geeeemhg onte early In the day and avoid the mermin• Butter and Eggs as Cash. - .444.01.“*“.“~“&a. rush Greig & Stewart, Johnson Bros: Old Stand, SAFORTII, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1903. SEAFORTIA, FRIDAY, lie llth; 1003 0.- P. R.. ExtS on. There, has of late. be n considera- ble interest manifeste in certain 5E:CUM'S of this Count respecting the proposed extension 4f t1l6 Cana- dian Pacific railway. ern Guelph to Goderich. ' There were three 'pro- posed routes' for this (ix 'melon to take. First, w -hat was Ien wn as the Northern route, by Listo el, Myth, Brussles and on to Gode lei'. Sec- ond, what was known ae- he Central e route, by way of Monate , Walton, Blytle and then to Godegi h. Third, the Southern route, by ay. of Sea - forth, Clinton; •Holthesvil e and en- tering Goderich on the So tla side of the harbor. Wt....publish in another column of this issue anJa tide frora -the Listowel • Banner, t 'appears from this that the Centra toute has been adopted: That is fr to Guelph by Way of Elmira, Lind' d, Milver- ton, 'Monkton, Walton, pi th and on to Goderich, passing thr0 gh or near to Manchester. This st- tement is, no doubt correct, and it he road is built that, is the route Well will be finally adopted. Si.eys have been made of both the i o them and. Central • routes and t Southern -route has been earefulJyl ooked ovef by the engineers Of tlfe company. A •considerable staff of s r eyors has been engaged. at •Goder'c for some Weeks trying to secure t e best and easiest route for entre cc to the harbor. When that wo k is com- pleted, the roadway will, most like- ly, be laid out orththe re ainder of the route. The underste ding being that the municipalitiee interested will provide the right o way and that the C. P. R. will co struct and operate the road. The object a the C. 1 ...R. Com- pany in constructing this 'road is, so far; as we can learn, to g t a better and more direct route fro the lakes , to the Sea boardefor the rain traf- fic from the Neetheitest„ Their pre- sent lake' port is Oweii!e. •nd, but • the grades from that pa e „ re such as to make the liaulin f grain ;nose expensive than is id sir ble, On the proposed route the u atiiral ob- structions are more easil overcome, the route is shorter and JIiwre direct and larger loads of frei ht: can be drawn by. it than by he other. • Their ',main 'object, there ore, in se- lecting a route, is to prcure that which as most level and' oSt direct. The route which they have selected is almost an air line a id sot level that _very ,large loads of g ain can be drawn over it. . • But, while this is the r primary object as to through t alio, they are also anxious to •tap the terri- tory of the Grand Trunk and get as much local traffic from It at road as possible. This, hoWeve , is a sec- ondary consideration to t e through traffic _from the, Norther =st, Had they been more anxious t secure lo- cal than through traffic; ey would not have passed by •such trade and manufacturing centreel. is Berlin, Stratford, Seaforth and Linton on the Southern route and Listowel and Brussels on the Nort er•n route. But, having built their la r line and provided for their thrall b traffih, they will then look afte the local traffic and will connect the places named with the air line r some of their other lines by the construc- tion of subsidiary roads. This lat- ter, however, seems Eitel - to be so far hi the distaoce that t is scarcely worth while seriously con. iidering it now. We do not agree with tl e Listowel Banner that the neW roa will be so injurious to th , trade of russets as it seems to think. He, forth and Brussels are nearly on 0, • ex in this respect. Of course the new road will be -tannewhat nearer Brussels than Sea orth rind to tide xtent, per- haps, 4 ivilt be rriore injtit ous to the formertlhan the' latter, but even that is 4oubtfuL t We do not think it will lna.teriafly injure either of theme I Both places are 'ell estab- lished v.ith their busine connec- tions. tfhey heve large • oneraercial , nd tnanitfacturing enter rises, be - ides other business inter sts which g re well ,established and: which al- ways attract and retain • rade for a • town. ' On the othethhan , take Wal- ton; for instance, srbici under the new order of things will b .' the lead- ing competitor with •'tb places. There is lttle there to t met trade and the keen competiti n of the more established and Ii r ter places. i surrounding it, will prev nt it E:ver becoming an important tri de centre and a strange conapetiter with Sea- • 101 th Or Brussebi. The • oad there • will be a local convene ce to the people of the vicinity and hat is all. The road. also, being buil and used as a through traffic road the same facilities will not be affo ded on it for local traffic'as if Unit trade were specially catered for, as i the case with. the Grand Trunk on -ither side of it. Besides this, the Gr nd Trunk Company is not likely to stand idly by and.pernait the C. P.. , to carry off its local trade. The will put • up- a stronger fight to r Lain their local trade after the C. P R. trains are running than they e er did' be- fore- and as a consequence the towns dependent on the Grand • runk will receive better rates anti better ac- commodation on account co the nom- • palm; read. This, of 1 curse, will largely benefit both eaorthi and Brussels .and will, place hem in a better pasition to retain the trade they now have than they have eves been in before. On the w oleathere- fore, and from a careful considera- tion of the situation, ,6 do not think thenew road will inure either •niece, but will, perhaps, I prove the position of both as well a- being ad- vantageous to the territ ry tribu- tary to both. Of course, ould eith- er place have got the, ti w road it would have been better',bUt the fact of their not having got iit will not militate against their prOsperity in •the elightest degree. f 1 is much • mere likely to add to it, i they take advantage of the favora le condi-' tions they now enjoy. • The Pot Calling the Kettle Black The following, which we take from -the editorial columns of the Toronto Mail of a recent date, is a beautiful illustration of Satan reproving sin or the Pot ceiling the Kettle• black. The Mail says : "It is regrettable to find that the Toronto Globe, instead of • calling for sun -clear men, has gone over be Mr. Stratton. It is deplorable to know that the journal establialied by George Brown has turned its back upon the iold doctrineof righteous- ness- and has surrendered itself - to the services of the machine, What a splendid opportunity the has had to declare for pub- imality and to contrihute to oble work of redeembag the ch of Ontario froM the pre- orga • lie the polit veiling. wickedness. Had it come . Out courageously against all forms of evil it could have clean- ed up the party and have 'p1ace41 it in a position of which its menet bora would have been proud. It has chosen, however, the con- trary course. It saddles the party with the evil. elements. • Ittencourages these elements to peritievere • in their work. It installs the Strattons and Sulli- vans in the places- once held by Blake and Mackenzie. It is de- stroying Liberalism and is , tablishingin its place the rule t of the machine, of which it is the • servant. a Now, supposing for the sake of ar- gument that the statements in the above quotation are correct, and it would require an iramense stretch of the imagination to believe them anywhere near accurate. But sup- posing they are correct, on what principle of right or justice does the Mail thus lecture itsrival, the Glebe? What has the Mail ever done to pur- ify the ranks of its own party? Af the Liberals have become incorrect in some of their ways, the Conserva- tives have been proven to be many times worse and who ever heard of the Mail rebuking them for their transgressione or advising them to turn over a new leaf and seek after righteousness? It has rather encouraged them in the ways of in- iquity. Within the past two weeks thoth the Mail and the 6 -lobe have ibeen publishing a series of very able !articles, the object of which was to I try and convince their readers that two blacks make one white. ,Or in I other words; that because their op- ponents were guilty of bad things that, therefore, their friends, al- thottgh equally guilty, are immacul- ately pure. How far they have suc- ceeded we are not prepared to say But we dine a better opinion of the 'intelligence of the general public than to believe that they were in- fluenced in any considerable degree by any such a rguments. On the other band, this continued attempt of the organ of mac party to blacken the charax4r and reputation of the other, must have a debasing in- fluence on the public and has also a tendency to destroy the credit of the country abroad by making, out- siderbelieve that we are far wokse than = we really are; This is not the way to purify either party and turn it from its evil ways. If both these great pap- ers would cease their slang whaag- ing and agree one with the other to give credit where credit is known to be.due and ceneure where censure is deserved, irrespective of party, both parties from top to bottom will mien become irreproachable in their methods and practices and the 'pub- lic will be very greatly advantaged. We know that, more particularly in their election -methods, both parties have wandered far from the straight path and there is Ittle* to be gained by the leaders of one party casting stones at the other. If the two lead- ers, Mr. Ross and Mr. Whitney, would: get together and make a sol- emn compact and keep it, to have their elections condueted honestly and. fairly; to abandon the Sulli- • vans and the Vances on the one side and the Birmingliams and Wrights on the other and permit the election in each constituency to be managed by the local men in thconstituency who should be most interested in the result and at the same time abandon their central funds in so 'fir as the constituencies are concerned and let the candidates and their helpers sup- ply the necessary .money, a marked and gratifying •improvement would soon be manifest. In other words let both parties get back into methods and manners in vogue in• the days of Alexander MacKenzie and Oliver Mowat, from which they have wand- ered so far in latter days. If they will do this, they will effect the greatest reform and. do the Province the greatest Service they have ever done; the Garayism and other abom- inations which have disgusted honest people of late years, will soon not more be heard. of and the credit of the Province and of both political parties will soon be restored. All this, hot/ ver, will never be acorn-. plished b • one party blackguarding the othe and one deader trying to paint his opponent in the blackest possible Wore. Let the honor of private life prevail in politics and let each Man and journal treat Ibis opponent as an honest man and a gentleman of 'honor, instead of as a blackleg ond a rogue. This is what is wanted in Canadian politics 'aid those who Strive hardest to bring about this state of affairs will prove themselves the best and the truest friends of their country. Judging from the tone of the Con- servative and Indipendent press the Coneervatives are not so sure of win- ning in the North Renfrew bye-elee • tion ae,they were a short time ago, It seems that the Conservatives in the riding are not as united and en- thusiastic as they might be and there .is a searcity of the one thing needful, cash. On the other hand the Government are flooding the constituency with their best work- ers and the Conservatives say they have plenty of money. There are. two very uncertain elements in the constituency, viz, the German vote and the lumbermen. These are said not to be firm in their political con- victions and strong pressure is being thloLEAN BROS.. Publimhers $1 a Year in Advance, BIBLES, PRAYER AND HYMN BOOKS For all Demoninations • at all Prices. CALENDARS &CARDS • In endless variety, Bee our lines at 10c & 15c ALEX. WINTElt, SEAJORTL Picture framipg a Specielty. brought to bear On them to induce them to vote for the Government. Altogethertbe prpspects seem to be much brighter for the Governuietn than they were anfti it need not sur- prise any person shottld this much talked of constittfeney remain in the right column. Editonal Notes and Comments. The Stratford Herald has Mr. A. It. 'McLaren, M. P. for North Perth slated for the position of Minister of Agriculture in Mr. I3orden's Cabi- net. We fear the Herald is prema- turely raising Mr. McLaren's hopes for promotion in the ranks of his party. Mr. McLaren is a ,first rate fellow, but even if he were sure of a 'seat in the next Parliament, which he is not in the re -constructed con- stituency, be will likely be a very old man before Hon, Mr. Borden will be in 4_ position to offer him, or any other person, a portfolio in his Cab- inet, !if he ever is. Indications are not averse to the supposition that there may be a Pro- vincial as well as a Dominion erec- tion in this Province before very long, perhaps before the verdure of spring appears. Both parties are, evidently, preparing for such. an eventuality. If tbe North Rrnfrew election goes against the Govern- ment, no person need be surprised should this be the result. In the controverted elections that are now being manipulated in the courts, the proceedings look very •much as if both parties were sparring foe- wind and that they are averse to go- ing on .with the proceedings if they can stave them off, so as not to :waste money in legal proceedings which could be expended to better advantage in an election contest. There are also other signs which are manifest to the close observer. How- ever, as time passe, the politicians will be forced to show their bands more distinctly. The Huron County Concil at ts late meeting did a most righteinis act in deciding to memoralize the Ontario Legislature to amend the Anatomy Act. As the law now is the Keepers of Houses of Refuge and other charitable ins ti tutions are obliged to hand the remains of in- mates who die in these institutions and who have no relatives to loak after them, to the medical colleges to be used for dissecting purposes. This is a most abominably abborant thing to do and it is dreaded very greatly by many of the inmates. The law should be wiped off the statute book at once and the officals of the institutions empowered to take charge .of the remains of sue)]• un- fortunates and give aim at least decent burial. The County Council did well in thus 'directing the atten- tion of the Government to the mat- ter and the members shold make it a point to see that the request of the Council is attended to at the first session. As the prospects for a Dominion election in the near future become more evident, the Conservativesof West Huron are casting around tor a candidate who will he most likely to down brother Holmes and bring this somewhat uncertain constitu- ency back into the Conservative fold. There are three names prominently mentioned. These are Mr. Robert McLean, who was the candidate on two former occasions. It is said he is anxious to try corielusions with the other Bob once more. Mayor Lewis of Goderich is also mentioned as an aspirant. Mr. James Conolly of Goderich township is a favorite with a great many. lie would, pro- bably, be the strongest candidate of the three. But none of them need be anxious for the honor, as which- ever of them is seleeted he will have a mighty rockey road to travel and with a -very uncertain •ending. In the first place, the constituency under the new redistribution act is not nearly as favorable for the Con- servatives as it was under the old arrangement. In the second place Mr. Holmes is a hard man to butt against. Since be has been the re- presentative he has cultivated the constituency most asiduously and has kept in close touch with the people and although be may have made a few mistakes, these will all be for- gotten when election time comes. If Huron is properly handled it will send three representatives to sup- port Sir Wilfred Laurier in the next Parliament as it does now. Mr. nays, the present manager of the Grand Trunk, Railway may be a very shrewd and competent man, but the general impression is, and the impression seems to be well founded, that the road, during its whole his- tory, was never so poorly managed as it has been since Mr. Hays toOk hold of The trains are irregu- larly run: tbe officials are less obliging; the car accommodation is imply outrageous and thousands of dollars are lost at every station on account of shippers not being able to get cars when wa.nted. The em- ployees also are worked to death and starved in the matter of pay, one man being forced to do the work of two and sometimes three, and as a natural consequence pitch -ins and run-offs are of startlingly frequent oecurence. It is ceretainly time for a change and the public have just cause for complaint and it is high time the Government were looking into tbe matter and forcing a rem- edy. They have the power to make the change if they, only ba.ve the will If Mr. Hays would properly manage what he now has, the -public would feel a good deal more confidence in entrusting him with more. ,But if the Grand Trunk Pacific is not bet- ter managed and more in the inter- ests of the public than the Grand Trunk has been since Mr. Hays has had to do with it, the people of this country had better think twice be- fore they vote to place themselves more in his power than they are at present, or before they give the large subventions from the public treasury that are asked and will be required for the proposed new road, 0111111111111MINIMINO NMI The High Court of Justice. The fall non -jury sitting of the High Court of justice was held last week in Goderich, before the Hon. Mr. justice McMahon. There was a large attendance of counsel at the opening, and it seemed from the i crowd n court that the plaintiffs, defendats and. all the witnesses to the eight suits were present. The first case was— Mitchell vs. MeBeath et al, an act- ion for alleged breach of an agree- ment. The parties...belong to Stan- ley, By •consent of counsel, His Lordship directed that judgment be entered for the defendants for $125 and full costs of -suit on the High court scale as between solicitor and client, inetuding costs of the exami- nation of plaintiff and defendant for discovery. Wakeford vs. Laird et al. an act- ion for specific performance of an alleged agreement to provide by will for plaintiff, arid for wage. The case did= not last long and at its con- clusion judgment was reserved His Lordship, however, inclined to the view that the plaintiff had a claim on the estate. Stephens VS. 'Greenslade, an action to recover balance of the purchase money of an hotel in Bayfield. • By consent this' trial and determination of this action is referred to Junior Judge Holt., Scott et al vs. Scott, an action for construction of a. will, and for dam- ages under it lease'was, after apre- liminary skihmish between the par- ties, settled, by consent and judg- ment entered accordingly. W. F. -Young vs. James Young,— • the parties 'belonging to the town- ship of Colburne. It was an action to recover a striphof land between two farms, it being one yard wide at one end, and tapering off, to ten inches at the other, the total being about 144 square yards. The case lasted to •the rising of tbe court at 645, when HIS Lordship gave judg- ment for the plaintiff and the fol- lowing morning allowed costs. Beattie et al vs. Dickson and.Dick- son vs. Beattie et al, were combined and tried, the first being an action on a. partnership accountaend for an injunction • to restrait defendant from carrying on business under the firm name of Beattie & Co., and the other an action in the opposite di- rection. •Judgment reserved. Tbe parties belong to St. Marys. Biggart vs. Town of Clinton, an action to receive compensation for an injury alleged to have been caus- ed by falling on a defective side- walk, the claim being for $1000 and costs. The case was tried Tuesday, and at Its conclusion Judgment was reserved. This closed the calendar and •the Court. • The Guelph Goderich Branch of the C. P.. R. - The Listowel Banner of last week says : A letter from President Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific to Col. McDonald, Secretary' of the Guelph Junction Road receided, last , week practically settled the location g of the Guelph-Goderich extension of the C. P. R. In it he says the Com- pany have selected the central route provided right of way is granted by •the municipalities. Ile names the points to be touched as Elmira, Lin -- wood, Milverton, Monk ton, Walton, Blythe and Goderich, thus locating the road very definitely. Ile makes the provision, we understand, that the route is conditional upon the municipalities granting free right of way, but as a good part of this coun- try is not served by a eallway and the people are naturally anxious to obtain facilities it is not likely that there will be much difficulty on that score. There has been no official reason given for the selection of this route, but the conditions that probably set- tled the matter are not hard to sur- mise. The grades are -said to be bet- ter for one thing, and as the CP. R. will no doubt handle considerable western grain on tbe road for both export and for milling in Western Ontario, whieh latter is a trade of large amount, it will be important to obtain the best grades available. What was however, in all probabil- ity, the controlling reason was that the old charter for the road takes this route and carries with it a government bonus of $3,200 a nine One of the questions firet asked at the first Guelph conference was whether the request for free right of way came from ttie C. Pit or from the Guelph Junction Company, and the reply was made that it was from the C. P. R. It developes now that Presiident Shaughnessy was at fiat opposed to asking the munici- palities for a single dollar for right oftway or anything else and that it devolved on the Guelph junction peo- ple, to provide a right of way, under WC understand, their agreement with the C. P. It. for the extension of the road. This would mean the pyn3ent by the Guelph Junction Company, or practieally by the city of Guelph, for it is all the Same thing, of from - eighty to one hundred thousand dol- lars for right of way before the. road would be built, and , it was un- doubtedly at their instigation that the C. P. R. was induced' to consent to a demand being made upon the municipalities for free right of way. The city of Guelpli stands to win more than any other naunieipality on the line for they will obtain •a percentage on the freight over their road, making it a revenue producer for the eity instead of a white ole - pliant as it has been so far. At the same time it was distinctly stated that Guelph would not contribute anything at all towards the buying of right of way along the line. It will certainly be a soft thing for Guelph if they can persuade outside municipalities to shoulder the whole burden. Jn his communication to Colonel McDonald President Shaughnesset said that his traffic department were anxious to reach Listowel and that be hoped to do so by a connec- tion from some pont on the present extension through Listowel to a point on their Teeswater branch. The reference was so -indefinite, how- ever, that as far as Listowel is con- cerned, -we are practically •out of court and the by-law proposed for the January elections for right of west has been dropped, , While this town would have heart- ily welcomed the C. P. R. and is greatly disappointed that the alter- native route has been selected, we will. not suffer any great positive in- jury other!. than the loss of the new connection. This is not true of some points west of us, Atwood -draws the largest part of its local trade from the south and thts will lee cut into to a large extent by the devel- opment of smaller places on the new line, The same thing is true of Brussels is Will not only fait to obtain •connection with its eountk, town for which it WaS anxious but will lose trade by the new station at Walton. It is, to put it mildly, rather an injustice to eampel people in such places to contribute their share of public money granted for an enterprise whieh will be a. posi- tive.injury to them. - — Liondesboro. - Notes.—The Methodists here wilt had their annual entertainment on Christmas night. A grand pro- gramme is being prepared.—On Mon- day last, a meeting of the council- lors was called to see what is best to do in regard to giving the right of way to the Celt. R.—Mr. R. Webb shipped a carload of flour to Toronto lastweek.—Mr. John Moon, Clinton spent Sunday with friends here.— Mr. and Mrs. David bloody moved to - Blyth on Tuesday, where they intend living wtih the former's mother dur- ing • the winter.—Mr. and Mrs. John Lashane spent Monday in Goderich on account of the illness •of Mr. Lash- am's brother. 1.1 Notes—Morton Elliot is confined to his bed with the mumps.—Mr. J. Johnston, East, is also confined to his bed wth inflatnatory rheuma- tism.—Mrs. Purdy is laid up with the grip.—MissFannie and Will Reid en- tertained a few of thteir friends last Thursday evening.—Mies J. Foster has returned home from London, to attend her sister's wedding. --Mr. J. Ward, of Egmondville, is visiting his sister, brother, and other friends —Mr des irns-cFonietic;i1 with tbe fdbrienormgebeheirts rwecnelntriniglIntri4.—wTeelike. w ed - Anniversary Serviceie:The anni- versary Exeter, spent Sunday at his home here, Mrs. Keyes and child will re- main a few weeks.--eMiss Galbraith is, we are glad to say,' . recovering the Varna- Methodist church were held here last Sunday. The services were condueted by Rev. Dr. Cook of Clinton, and be preached two very, able sermons to large congregations. On the following Monday evening a Fowl Supper was given. The re- freshments, which were served in the Temperance Hall, were of the very best and in the greatest abundanee and did credit to the culinary -skill of the ladies of the congregation. The musical and literary part of the entertainment Was to have been giv- en in the church, but when the time - came the church was found not to be half large enough to accommo- date the immense -crowd that had as- sembled and the Presbyterian church bad to be secured for an overflow meeting and both churehes were packed. The singers and speakers kept both meetings going and a most excellent programme was rendered and both' assemblages were highly delighted. The choir •of the Sea - forth Methodist church provided the musical part of the entertainment and they were billy equal to the oc- casion and delighted an with their splendid sausitt and established for thentselv4s an enviable recterd here. Addresses were also delivered by Rev. Dr.ECook, Rev. Mr. Usher of Holmes- ville, Rev. Mr. Jennings of Bayfield, and Revels. Da.videon and Miller of Varna. The -chair in the Methodist church was occupied Mr. John Sher- itt, M. P., of Stephen and. in the other church by Mr, Wyllie, The proceeds of the evening amounted to $112. The affair was one of the most successful of the kind ever held in Varna and the congregation and their Worthy pastor are to be con- gratulated on the splendid success of the Anniversary proceedings. Brussels. Notes—G. F. Blair, of eaderich, as in town on Monday, having come over to attend the council meeting, he being a member of that board.— The court of revision on the Turn - berry street sewer was the principal question for discussion by the coun- cil but it was adjourned until the 15th.—This Week anew dynamo was 'nstallel at the electric light works which makes a vast improvement on the incandescent lights.—Mrs. 11. W.. Matheson, of London, is visiting her parents in town.—An old resident of the 6th line of Morris passed away on Saturday last, in the person of .Jane Se.lena Crow, wife of Frank Mc- Cutcheon, sr., at the age of 66 years. Paralysis was the cause of death. The remains were intetred in the family plot on the same line,—Dr. Macdonald, M. of Wingham, was in town on Monday, on his way to the Presbyterian tea meeting at Walton, where he took part in the programme.—Miss Eliza Roddick, of London, is renewing old acquaint - an DrU3SPIS at present.—Ai McGuire bast disposed of his house and lot on Turnberry steet north, to Fletcher Roe, of Meldillop, receiving for it $900. Mr, Roe will get poses - 'ion in the spring.—The, mill dam ia being well patronized by the skat- ng fraternity.