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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1904-03-11, Page 1- • , rig goods, and GOODS tads for an unoesa. w Diva Fahrim nee ee days, which you Xke mention of * few Waists ifc Suiting*, —EGAL TWEEDS it and skirt -- and iiheeka, te smart looking. end $1. Y ZIBERLINES. r epic' th ter Weight*: spriee neer 75o 2ad CH GOWNING& in Galore, with* rtioularly Dice ha lee, Freoch Blum, B hie per yard -75, $1 011AIR SUITING& tment of plain cel d mixtures'. A splendi Will retain its :pre Pries per yard— LES AND EOLIENEe.„ r -wool Fabric, , sten& high in owninge. Dra Full range rd -75c, $1, $1 25 ane EAM WAISTINGS. YT y much worn and we rtment of them Stripes_ and Can V of plitia Cream waists. Prices fr yard. .ms and we will help we had such a stock every purse. Ber picking out for yon as correct. Oome ne. oods Company EISIO d several of the deubls headset brown off the track. ow eight were terribly k fire,- The loca Britton, and a- men from Stratford w flames as beet they t me freights snd miracle no one wse 4 "Dowie, whoe Australia, has hftri Ls* appeaied to the U 1 for protection, mina denounees the Free Mamie g the disturbanms, w ' him from holding wee ing a four-yeer old n over by a hmeey ex rank Carlin, an um probsbly fatally hi he girl out of hareals w ran over„ reasiving set and fractured ribs. ti aocidirnt °courted ear Wiarton, on Sunday leer, a you're, girl of 18 y killed. She woe in the tenbed to loose plem essol, used aa a base w crushing out the gfrY nuue, a ferm head en iheon's farm, on the 5tb coneter rkhara townthip,acciden he gager when d' turday and the lei d he was taken to ere the bullet, was "rayst 1413d:then Soo" train, which left k Saturdey niglite left t° nearing Spanish Sta made up of baggage ng c firet-claes eye e train was very qUieklY a large amount of snow aped serious bajury. tied, eideet daughter donald, commanda • h.- wee inarrinil tie the son aud heir of Baran Von in We minter A moon. Never b.efore eDlemnized in the Abbill end.there had been no winime ce 1899. Ambassadors and Among the dietinguished mitred by Hon. R. W. 4 St theona eaya tbat pram much anxiety in tIa the safety of inhabit anitoba from enowsto red that the reports Lord rred to were canards. Be them, The, Geyer -Omelet eed in Winnipeg and re _lovely throughout Men Deb itter received in St. Louhe, WAWA -Beeiainin Viljoen, formerly ct toy, announces thee fernier al Kruger, of the Boer dying me an exile at and that Dr. Reitz, state :rug., fa an exile in H .suffcrer from nervoue pr iltu Salo Krugerei mind is be lives in oeclusion, term with any one, The lose seemto have shstter .'y after nine &block re broke out in the Gael whieh left only the relive'. The fire lead gal - headway before being d impoisible to save ie fro tramline Ifow .it origin* The mills were uW- y Mr H. Murton, who h. The tom on the be f'rtraix ttunteand dollen uat on the content', eleven and twelve tholU ie pertly covered by Me theta.: prippeared at t r Ifemes, in Detroit, OJI end prcd aced a roll 0 it -6 $63.2. "This is eaid, "and 1 4M h if to the Grand True t er than this, no The Grand Trunk etteet SUM ever turned 10 "conecience money.' money WWI stolen by o confessed to the p give up the irpoilet THiRTY-SIXTE TEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, Fin TnilOritug' I I and resdymado Clothing I HIS HA FURS A'N'D 11 GS 1 "A siylish bat the fiinishing touch UBNISH of a gentlemrn's attire," THE CORRECT HAT FOR SPRING,iimik NP I Compare this hat with any of our competitors' $2,50 and $3 grades and decide if you will pay the difference to the other fellow. In all the latest shapes, shades black, cedar, coffee and tan. Our name and guarantee goes with every hat. We want the hat trade of all fashionaWe men and this low price is our bid for their patronage. 44-4-4-0-.4-01.414440 IN sioFT All the new colors, and all the 11 novelties, Men's hats should suit their faces as well as their heads. We have that kind. $1.50 Popular Prices $1.90 OtOtiliolhosiViientlitMArinleeteetentie 4:„HIS SUIT, No time like the spring. Like the Hies of the field HE must bloom, and if he would bloom to best advantage a careful selection must be made of his spring plumage. You cannot make a choice from a stock where the styles of make up and goods are limited to a few lines. Come whore the variety is practically unlimited. Come where you will receive the most corteous treat- ment. Come where you'll find garments with the fine points of tityle and the general ail around newne-ss which the soul of the progressive man hankers af- ter every spring time. For the above reasons, come where you'll find val. nes the equal of which are not found eleewhere in this district.Con3e where you'll be welcome to look whether you buy or not. Come to thie progreesive store. POPULAR PRICES $5500 $7.50 $10 We Have Your. Spring Overcoat Ready to hand 'over, any time you come for it: And that time should be pretty near at hand unless you prefer to worry along with a winter overcoat into the warm weather, Our Spring Overcoats show an individe- alily that raises them away above the aver- age readymade coats. You can discern the touches that you tonally associete with custom work, And yet you'd expect to pay more for such excellence than, these prime wouldn't you? SE1 $10 WERE TAILORS. Along with our readyznade clothing business, wo have 'a department which makes clothes to measure. It caters to the whim and will of the man who wants Custom Made Clothing. No matter in how many styles, or in how many shades of sizes rPadymade clothing is made, there will alwaye be men who want clothing made foetheir own figure, according to their own ideas. —Our tailor shop ie right under our eyes. We see it at work evet y day, and insist on clothes being made to satisfy you. if we fail to do this, We don't want your Money. We may think the clothes fit, we may think they are perfect, but if YOU are not satisfied, we don't mint yon to' -keep them. rhe new Spring fabrics are beauttful. Come, see them while our assort- ment is at ita beat; moderate prices for the best. eittOkehedt. Ittkekfietitit********* Greig & Stewart, Johnson Bros.' Old Stand, Canadian Pacific Railway. Settlers' one way exoursione be Manitoba and Canadian Northwest will leave Tor- onto every Tueeday during March and April. Passengers travelling without stock ehould take the train leaving Toronto at 1.45. Passesigers travelling with live stock should take the train leaving Toronto at 9 p. Colonist eleepers will be attached to each train. Books and maps given OD application. nwSpecial Excursion Rates to all Peao west pointeduring March and April. Single fare, $43.05. For fall partioulars, apply to GREIG & STEWART; Agents C. P, R. Ticket and Telegraph, and Dominion Express, _ - .-^ SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCIE 11, 19040 MISIITER GROGAN On Agriculture, etc. Av 1 had me t")ife to live over agin I'd be born a fahmer. Av a mare has his farm paid for, an well, shtocked, an a few tousaod dollars in th bank an wan or twohnortgagee on gloms - body ilse'e farm we'll say, what more does he want I Av merge its pur- ty hard wurk t toimes, but its sil- doin nicissary te git up befoor four o'clock in th M main an ye can go to bed wid th bin . Now there's all koinds iv farmers. There's th far or who has businiss in town about ix days. in th wake an makes a spicialty is' thistles an mustard. Thin there's the farmer who comes to t wn about ivry other day, but mixes is thistles an must- ard more plintifully wid grain than farmer number wan. This is called mixed farmin. IAnd lastly there's th farmer who oo es to town jist whin he has to; th trmer who takes two or three Agri ultural papers an a daily; whir kapes .himself posh ted on all th latest tones lv fertiloizers an other perfui ery; who cultivates his moind as well a.s his land, an at - ands ,th Farmers' Institoot wance in wboile av th roads isn't too bad comsitherin. An spakin iv Farmers' Institoots I may mintion th fact that me an Clancy attinded th last wan hild in th town hall a wake or two axle Claney is great(ly intheristed in far - min, an I suppose that's whoy he bangs round Ji my Dicks so much on Sathurdays. They tell me Ithat th crowd at th afternoon servi es was not so large as th quality iv ,th intertainmint wud call for ut there was fully noine farmers n hand at noight an th remainder 011 th crowd was made up of town f lks an their frinds. Av coorse th w'the; was not as plis- int as ye'll noti e in th good old In- dian summer toime, but ye can't ix- pict dacint ;hither a winther loike this. - Clancy thinks it was th hoigh proice of admission that kipt so man- ny farmers a.ea.y but 1 know • bet- aken There's ino durthy little fif- teen cints goin, to froightin a farm- er away from an intertainmint loike that av he maos up his moind to e spind it all at wance. There must be some otbe.rraison, an me own proivate opinion is that th majority iv th --farmers imagines that they know about asi much about farmin as th chaps tlilat runs th Institoot an that sittles it. Well mebby they do an mebby they don't. I had prepared a paper on "Th cultivation • anl managemint iv th burdock" but Lb chairman tould me that th program was alriddy filled to suffocation., an he wtid be Loomed though much aginst his will, to lave it out; an whin I axed him av he taught that th burdock oud, be sue- cessfully crossed wid th common rhubarb plant be partly imeulted me by axin me what I'd bin drinkin. But I tuk no no t ice iv that, fur I've often bin axed th same quietion. The hall wa tastefully diet/rated wid a couple of loife seized aromas iv two foine, nother1y lukin Shrop- shire cows. " I wonther," says Clan- av tlaa 's th braid iv cows that gives th roice, blue milk we've bin buyin late y V' Clancy do have some quare oi eas sometimes. I'm not goin Ito say much about th programme. "was A wan an in- therestin from shtart to finish. Moind ye, its not only th lawyers an praiehers tha can putt up a good job iv talk whin niceesary, We have some farmcrs! in this neighborhood that ean admonish an audience wid army iv thim. The musical part iv th programme was well sustained by Mies Beckett, of Detroit, an our own Imperial Quartitt, Miss Beck- ett wud give Jissy Idoloachlan a hard push fur first place, an our own Im- perial Quartitt gave us ---a eouple iv duets in great ptoile. Take it all to - together 'trims an 'intertainzeint worthy iv a bigger audienoe an a betther hall. Ail now fur a dash at me (sorry- spindints. G. J., Egmondville, iuquoires av 1 know annyting that will cause his hair to sprout more conspiciously than it. does at prisint. About foive, hundred an thurty- two iv me corryspondints have axed me tit same muistion an I'm goin .to ,make tbis, anower do fur th whole lot widout extra change. From me men ixparienee an that iv me frinds, I am foorced to say that I do not. Shortly afther I got married me h ir began to pull out on top, an I thri d ivry rimidy known to man an th druggists but widout avail. Early oiety, do ye say f Me frind that jok came over wid Billy th C-onqueror in 1066 an its hoigh tonne it bad rise - But a little baldness now an thin is all might in its place. As Shakes- peare says:— 11 "A little b_ iciness now an thin Is notioed lon timmost iv min." I'm- getting ailed to moine now, an I dumio as I'd be widout it. Excipt fur a small bump or two adjicint to th organs iv Vineration an Benivol- ince that I acquoired at th Fall Fair in Bliinitb some years ago, me head is noiroly rounded, an it gives nie a sort iv patriarchal appairance _more- over. I say ijs all roight, so it im Its noice an c ol in th summer an in an occasional ifamily re -union Mary Ellen can't °lam th same hoult iv it that she ou in days gone by. There's a broight soide to ivryting, av ye only luk at it in.th roight way. j • T. T., Melbdurne, Australia, wants to know th miuse iv th prisint war. Well, railly, I can't say for sure. Some says wan' Ling, some another. Finnerty says! th Japs got mad be - case th RIISSWIS used foul language towards thiree An Finnerty's posht- ed. An ye can't bleu* th Taps whin ye oome to tink iv it. Now, fur in- shtance, av al man wur to call me "a son iv a gin,"- I'd say, " Th same to ye," or so feting 'pike that; but av be wur to call me " a sonovitch iv a gu.novitc " I'd retaliate wid-th furst ting 1 0, d lay me hands on. A man can't shtand ivryting, espici- ally whin yer relations do be some - 'what shtrain d. J. MeGe Ba field. Th admission to th Lacrosee oys *eat an unexcell- ed Minslitral Intertainmint to be, held some toinee in April will be as usual or as near that as possible so far as I know at prisint. GROGAN. Rearing IChiekente on the Femme (Written for The Expositor.) There is every indication that there will be a great consumption of poul- try in Canada this year. The de- mand for every class shows a strik- ing incmase during the last few years. Ter. F. C. Hare, chief of the Dominion Poultry Division, does not believe it possible for the farmers to rear, for at least five years to come, more utility -type chickens than oan be sold with profit on the Canadian Manket alone. Moreetvem commis- sion merchants in Great Britain can handea profitably at least $1,000,000 worth of our poultry yearly. Last year the export of chiekens to Great Britain was materially reduced on account of the great demand in Can- ada. The poultry exports from Can- ada to Great Britain were only $160,- 518, a small proportion of the On 154,092 imported be the Mother Coun- try. The greatest value of poultre was imported from Russia, Belgium France and the United States. Each of these countries shipped over $1,- 000,000 worth. It is a short sighted poliey on the part of our farmers to neglect this industry, when there is an unsatisfied demand for poultry; information with regard to any branch of the business can be bad gratis, and the business is a profi- table one. It will pay almost every farmer to improve his flock before the breed- ing season begins. The old fowls should be killed. There is greatly increased profit in breeding from utility type specimens rather than trona ()ottoman harnyard stock. It is prefe,rred to select the eggs for hatching from a breeding pen of the best ten or twelve bens and one cockrel rather than from the larger number of laying hens on the farm. As a general rule, the eggs that are incubated on tbe farm are 00 eggs from the poorer layers. A utility - type Plymouth Rook cookrel should be bought and placed at the head .of the breeding pen. A great !improve- ment will be noticed in any flock of farm fowls by croMing With the Plymouth Rock, The eggs for hatching should be kept in a cool place, 40 to 60 degrees. The chickens should not be hatobed later than the middle of June. May hatched chickens are preferable. It is quite possible for every fernier to increase the number of chiokens reared with little extra labor. Sitting hens should not be 'allowed to hatch chickens in any place they choose about the -farm buildings. They should be in oe pen set apart for thie purpose. The net hoxes S.bould be made without a floor and placed ermine the sides of the pen. Two or three shovels of earth should be thrown into each nest box and a hollow place scooped out for the eggs; the earth should be covered sparingly with straw. A board is re- quired in front of the nest to confine the hen at will. This nest will give outdoor conditions in an iedoor pen.. The sitting hen should be thproughly dusted with sulphur to kill the ver- min. All of them should be fed on whole grain and grit, and watered at one time. The hens should be placed on the nests and closed in when they finish feeding. It is ad- visable to start several bens to- gether. The infertile eggs can then be tested out on the ninoth day and one Or more of the hens reset. There is a great low in ferro-rear- ed chickens, oaused by the mother hon having her liberty. The hen wanders through the, wet grass; the chickens follow her and beoorne °bil- led and the weaker ones die. This loss oan be prevented by oonfining the hens in a brood coop. It is more satisfactory to have a large brood 000p that will be a shelter during in- clement weather. A packing box of three or four feet, well dimension is none too large. The cover of the box can be used for the floor. The box is reversed open end on the ground, and an opening one foot high is made across one side of the, box against the open end. Two one inch by two inch sleets are nailed on the two ends of the box at the ground; the cover or floor is re- duced in size so that it will slide in on these cleats. This allows the floor to be removed for cleaning. The box should be covered with tar pap - or to make it water -tight and there should be a 10x14 inch pane of glass in the front. This glaze should slide in cleats for ventilation. In front of the one foot opening at the ground there should be a orate 15 inches high covered with laths, two implies apart. The hen comes out into the lath crate to be fed and watered: the chickens run through the laths. This form of coop will hou safely one hen and thirty chickens. The number of coops is thus red ced. The hen and chickens should be placed in a grase field. This will reduce the mortality due to the chickens being reared on infected ground [Mound the farm buildings. A number of cases have been reported to th0 poultry .division of chickens and tuekeys dy- ing because of feeding on grOund pre- viously infested by diseased fowls, W. A. Clemons, Department of Agriculture, ---• 1 —Donald R. Calder, ex -Warden of Oxford county died at his residence in Ingersoll last week. He had been in poor health for the past year or more, but was only confined to his bed about two weeks. M. Calder was a native of East NissoUri. He was prominently associated with township and county affairs. After farming for some aa years be moved into Ingersoll six years ago, ite served two terms in the lngereoll town council. Ile leaves e widow, two sons and one daughter. e —Mr. E. J.hLoveltioe,'editor of the St. CatharineJourna,1 and Liberal nominee for t e House of Conirnons for Lincoln, was the victim of a painful and dangerous accident a few days ago. His barn has been infested by rats for some time, and he took a 22 calibre breech -loading rifle to take a few shots at the rodents. Un- fortunately be slipped ou MO ice- cov _ 1 IVI0LEAN BROS., Palo 1 a Year in Advsintes Wall Papers. PAINTING aL. PAPER HANGING At Lowest Prices. Contracts Taken „olio ALEX. WIA TER, Picture (reeling a Specialty. cited ground and.fell in some man -- n r discharging the weepon, the bul- let of whicir lodged in the flesh of his arm. Huron Notes. —Clinton is to have another but- cher shop. This will make four in the town. —Clinton has three laundries. The good people of that town should be able to wear clean linen. —Mr. R. Miller, of Somerhill, has rented his fine farm on the Bast line to Mr. W. J. MoBrien. —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lott, who live near Brussels, celebrated the 60th anniversary of their wedding on Sunday, February 28th. —Mr. J. W. Irwin, of Clinton, has purchased from Mr. A. 3. Holloway, the house on Huron street, belong - Lug to the Bower's estate. —The trustees of the Summerhill school, Goderich township, have giv- en Mr. S. S. Cooper, of Clinton, the contract for the erection o a new school building. - —Messrs. Win. Davidson. 4nd Geo. Peck who have been span ng the winter in Bayfield and vicieity, re- turned to their horaes in Dnlkota on Monday of last week. —The tiontract for the erection of the new echoed building at Vkirna has been awarded to Mr. J. Paterson, of liensall. Mr. Paterson is, a first- class man and he will give the Varna people a good job, —Oslo afternoon recently a meet- ing of farmers interested in) the cul- tivation of the sugar beet Was held in Brussels. Dr. Shuttleaeorth, of Berlin, and Simpson Rennie, of To- ronto, addressed the meeting. —Mr. Henry MoClinchey, of Stan- ley, delivered seven pigs, seven months old, in Clinton, last week, for which he received $100. Mr. W. Armstrong,, of the same township, got $130 !or twelve pigs about the same age. —St. Patrick's Day in. Goderich will be celebrated by a sacred concert and leeture in $t. Peter's churek in the evening, Rev. Father Stanley, of St. Peter's cathedral, London, will deliver a lecture on Ireland's patron saint. —A wood bee was held at James Sheddens, 4th line of Morris, one afternoon lately when some 25 hands attended, About 35 cords of stove - Wood was cut. In the evening a party was held. at which a royal good time was spent by all. —Miss ,Olive MacDermott, machine Operator at Messrs. Jackson's fac- tory, Clinton, unfortunately had a finger pierced with a needle, which is causing much pato. It may be necessary to amputate at the first joint, the hone having been grazed. —Mr. Gray, manager of the Stan- dard Bank, Brussels, bas received notice of his appointment as mana- ger of the Stouffville Branch of the Bann. Ile will be succeeded in Brus- sels by Mr. A. C. Macfarlane, mana- ger of the Orono agency. —Miss Addie Rathwell, daughter of Mr. B. Rathwell, of Goderich town- ship, left Clinton on Monday of last week for Winnipeg, where on her ar- rival she was married to Mr. John Mackay, formerly of the 17th eon- eession, Grey township. The, happy oouple have taken up their abode in Elgin, Manitoba. —At the last meeting of the Hur- on Presbytery Revds. Messrs. Mc- Neii, of 31,3aAY.filleladm' iDltaovnideo, of LoofnVdaer4,- 05, and boro, together with the representa- tive elders of Kippen, Auburn and Brumfield were appointed as -com- missioners to the next general as- sembly to be held in St. John, N. B., Ln the month of June. , -Mr. D. Cantelon, the Clinton ap- mle king, 'is shipping a lot of apples ft° the old country by way of Port - nand. He has to place a stove in each car to keep the fruit from [freezing and as the railway people will not return any of the stoves until the freight. blockade is rais- ed, he expects to have quite a heavy stock of stoves at the end of the route if the supply here banes out, —Mr. James Stevens, of Clinton, met with an accident on Saturday evening of last week, welch will con- fine him to his room for several weeks. He was bedding one of his horses when the animal kicked him on the leg just above the knee, breaking the hone in two places. Mr. Stevens was alone at the time but managed to crawl the forty yards or so to the house, Hi is pro- eressing as favorably as could be expected for a man of his years, —Mr. Wm, Johnston, of East Wawanosh, who recently sold his farm to his brother, had a very euccessful auction sale of his stock and effects last week. The whole sale realized him over $2,500. Five ealves averaging from nine months old, sold for $21 a piece, cows went as high as $47, a pair of ewes real- ized $18 and a pair of steers was knocked down at $130, Mr. John- sie tionep,reswhenot.purposes engaging in the cattle buying, will move to Blyth for t —A debate recently took place at Goderich between two students of the Goderich Collegiate Institute and two from the Clinton Institute. God - rich Institute was represented by Messrs. Bowles and Matheson and Clinton by Messrs. Charles Mustard and Kirk Houston. The subject was " Resolved that Canada should be Independent," The affirmative was championed by Clinton 'and the nega- tive by Goderich, Tbe decision of the judges was given in favor of the latter, althongli the report says all the judne,s "conceded that the palm in oratory was won by Clinton's re- presentatives. The leader of the af- firmative, C. Mustard, received wann words of commendation from the judaea and Godprich students for ins able speech." Mr. Mestard is a Brucefield boy, being a son of Mr. Alexander Mustard, of that village. —There are twelve or thirteen oases down for trial before Hon. Mr. Justice Toetzel, at the High Court sittings for this county at Goderioh and which opened on Tuesday. The Goderich Engine and Bicycle Co. fig- ures in two of them, once as plaintiff and once as defendant. There is an action against the Grand Trunk Rail- way Company, arising out of the ac- cidental death near Holtnesville last Summer, and in criminal business there is the action against Thomas Sherritt for assault. —Christina, the tbird daughter of John and Mary Shortreed, lot 19, concession 9, Morris, died on Wed- nesday evening, March 2nd, eged 36 years and 8 months. She took ill with pneumonia the Fricley night previous and despite all that could be (bane she passed away. It ir the past twelve or thirteen years Miss Shortreed was bothered with rheu- matisrn which continued its incroaeh- ments as the years went by. She taught school successfully for a few years prior to this and was a bright intelligent laity whose demise will be sincerely regretted. •--The annual congregational meet- ing o f the Willis Presbyterian church, Clinton, wets -held on Wed- nesday evening of last week, Mr. Houston in the chair and Mr. Bry- done enting as secretery. The at- tendance was larger than for several years, and the meeting was in every way satisfactory. The reports show- ed that an inoreased interest is be- ing taken in all branches of the church's work, and indicated pro- gress in every way. The ordinary revenues for the year 1903 were greater by some $300 than those for 1902, and. the year was finished with a balance on the right side, 3. P. Tisdale was elected in pittee of W. Coats on the board of trus- tees, and M. MoEwen and A. Innis, retiring trustees, were re-elected. ..._____e_......_.—. Canada. —The directors of the Sovereign Bank have decided to erecti a ten - story building on St. James'. street, Montreal . 1 , —The liquor-lieense holdere of On- tario have submitted to the Gov- ernment proposed amendments to the liquor license law. —At Belleville Assizes Rev. Mr. Cragg, of St .01a, was asemesed *25 towards plaintiff's costs, Mr. Sar- gent having sued him for libel for oaricuekeinngs. the plaintiff of killing his —Mr. H. J. Roble, of Calgary, Al- berta, has written to the mayor of Toronto offering for sale a pair of mountain lions. Ile thinks they would be a greet attraction at Riverdale Park Zoo, —A man named Wm. Carlon WAS fined s45 and costs by the police ma- gistrate of Brantford for firing sev- eral shots from a revolver on the public street about midnight. —The late Mrs. Monza Wright of Ottawa, leaves an estate valued at $100,000. One bequest is of $30,000 to Archbishop Bond, of Montreal, in trust for the English thumb mis- sions an the Gatineau. —Mr., C. H. Whittaker, of Termite, has been appointed acting_ manager of the Massey -Harris company at Winnipeg, for the Northwest, in place o Kr. 11. H. Agur who has r re- - Ii Capron, of Ingersoll, signed on account of ill health.—Mr J. clan prObably lay claim to having the earlies4 brood of chickens in Ontar- io. He had several hatched on Mon- day, February einli, and despite the severe weather conditions, they are thriving nicely. —The standing �f the parties in the Deroinion, Senate wben the va- canciee at present existing are filled will be 45 Liberals and 36 -Conserva- tives, Making a Government major- ity of nine. This does not include the two senators which are to be given to the Northwest, Early Sunday morning fire de- stroyed the barns of Cornelius Too - boy, 7th and 8th conceeetons of Bid- dulph, Nothing was saved, The oontents comprised seventeen head of cattle, five horses a number of pigs and last season's grain and feed and farm implements. —Mrs. Hall, of Hamilton, was per- ca—ti:s. Davidson, of insuring against loss by tornadoes hail, drouth, lightning, not resulting damp, which was on the dining room ery. insurance companies. for the purpose in fire, or any other atmospheric Little hope is held out for her recov- burning oil set her clothing on fire, trodueed into the Legislature a biii haps fatally burned last week by table, falling and exploding. The and her body was badly burned. to enable farmers to form mutual —The Attorney -General has wile of of the edi- tor of the Calgary Albertan, died on Friday afternoon after a short ill- ness. She was the eldest daughter of the late Res'. Dr, Robertson, Super- intendent of the Presbyterian mis- sions. Mrs. Robertson, her mother, arrived from Toronto a few hours before. her death. —On the sixth of 'March Teronto completed her threescore years and ten as an incorporated city. On that date in the year 1831 tohe city's ehar- ter was granted, and on the 27th of the same month the first inuninieul eouncil was elected. From a scat- tered town of 9,234 inhabitants it has grown to a great and wealthy com- =ity with nearly 250,000 popela- tion and bolding front rank with the cities of the continent. —Another great trek of Mormons from Ptah to Southern Alberta, i.:' about , to take place. Between four and nye hundred families. exeees- ins 2,000 persons, will invade Alber- ta, with their live stock, farm im- plements, and household effects. The most ef them will drive across 0011n -- try. The district in which they will locate is known as Taber, a fertile tract about twenty miles square, on ' the Crow's Nest Pass Railway. Pret parations are. now under way to re- ceive the new comers, who are due to arrive about the rtaiitile of April. The Taber district is said to be well fav- ored with respect to moisture and clitnatio Oondition* generally. —Mr. H. J. Finkle, of Woodstock, has been appointed postmaster at Woodstock, Mr. Finkle is one of the oldest barristers of that eiter- -Dr. Wilson, of St. Thomas, ex - for East Elgin, has been ap- pointed to the Dominion Senate, fill- ing the vacancy caused by the death of the late Dr. Landerkin. —Wm. Hill, aged _42, formerly of Thedford, head cooper with the Lae can Millin,g Convexly of Lucian, emu- mitted suicide in his home by taking a large dose of card:sat acid. At the time the act was committed the vie - dm and another young Mall were preparing supper for themselves.. Mrs. Hill being away from home. Domestic trouble is supposed to have been the cause. —About 11 o'olock Thursday night of last week fire was disoovered in the store of P. J. Kelly, merchant tailor, of Stratford, -The stock is probably a total loss frora fire and water, and the building is badly wreeked. The stock, valued at $15000, is insured for $0,000 or $7,000, and the building for $3,000. Origin of the fire unknown, but sup- posed to have started in. the tailor shop. —Despite the hundreds of thous- ands of dollars expended in drainage in the flat country of Essex, the , farms of. the entire peninsula are al- most without .exception under water and boats and rafts have been in UH'3 for several days. The big, Govern- ment ditches are totally incapable of carrying off the water and the farme ers of Essex will be losers to the ex- tent of many thousands of dollars by, e serious setback given spring Ltrm operations, —Mr. Alexander R. MeClineghan, postmaster of Woodstock, is dead. Ile was 80 years of age and had only, been ill three days. He was a mem- ber of the first Canadian Wimbleton Rifle team in 1871; established the Woodstock Times about 1854, and re. =slued editor and proprietor until 18734 when he was appointed post- master of Woodstock, ile was a prominent Mason and member of sev- eral fraternal societiee and a lifee long member of the churth of Eng- plaon—sdt-Lesaesptehr. y,a storekeeper vheinx inth6towndsahnii) of Austruther, Peterboro eountY, Was fined for selling liquor 'without a license. The amount which he bad to pay was $225, of where] $150 was fine and. the remainder costs, the large amount of the latter being ac- counted for by the fact that six wit- nesses had to travel sixty miles to give evidence. One of the wit- nesses walked the whole sixty miles through the snow, taking five days to make the journey. —Fifty years )ago, according to the Globe of thin/ time, the people of Brantford were exerting themselves to have their town lighted by gas. What will it be fifty years hence? —Lightning struck the Parliament buildings in Toronto on Wednesday night, following the C. P. R. wirer haw the west end. Fire was discoe- ered in the C. I'. It. °Him shortly after and $500 damage was done bee fore it was extinguished. The To- ronto World says fortunately Mr. Gamey was not, in the building at the etirra,slet:i'y' night of lasi week, lightning , h —During the thunderstorm Wed - struck a barn on Mr. Charlys Veil - Verne' fame!, near Cobourg, levelled the barn to the ground, smashing - part of it into splinters. A horse and cow which were in the barn were knocked down by the falling structure, which -did not take fire. The animals were not hurt by the lightning and both were recovered by their owner the following morning, who was not aware that any accident had happened until be went out to do his morning's work. —The mayor of Thorold anti a member of the Council disagreeing upon eome matter at a _council meet- ing, the mayor invited the council- lor out to the back yard to settle the dispute. The challenge was prompt- ly ;tempted and both men left the -council chamber, When the other members of the board went to in- vestigate they found their ehief and colleague locked in olotte but not in loving embrace. The lig'ranis an wore seperated before any ,,or,e was shed. —An azeident ocourred on the 0. P. it. 100 miles west of Chapham sta- tion on Friday last. The express train coming east ran off the traek and all the cars except the express and baggage cars rolled over an em- bankment thirty feet high. The eel- onist ear took fire and was burned. Alt hough 11 the cars were filled with people only one man was killed and six at liers injured. Several of the passengers have since arrived in Toronto. Thc name of the man aim was killed Was McGowan, but tho, ie - port does not say a -hero he beionged. —Senator Fulfordt, of Brockville, the Pink Pills for Pale People" man, who is now enjoying a Euro- pean tour with hie family, has pur- e -hinted in New 'York, a steel yaolit, which in point of eeamenship, work - mars 411 arid 1 11 X 13 on sn fgis ol f rn. iSh WA% wil 1 eclipse anything on Can- adian waters. It is said the cost will exereel $60,000. This expensive and luxurious pleasure palace will be inemeht around to Brockville in the miring, and 11 take the plae,e, of the Dorot hy, yacht lately used by Mr. FulIord and which has been for t inme the envy of atimi r ers of this sort of craft. —The new boaid of Runway Com- missioners is bring deluged with ail sorts of e4)topLi.ints, these includine shorteee of cars, delay in transpor- tation of goods and many other grie- iratief,S. oni• pp) lift3 beSeeetivm 1 to railu ay fla T41 11, df -1 - &dent cars for him by the 15th ef March, that he In.iy send a big hp- OmOfll hify to Ow Vniipd mates, su-dlv very man who writei the commission thinks that be alone has a ,1;/ Va nee, and deeiree to have it lttended to instanter. There fl TV now.14ornp 50 applieations berme tilt board; and these will have to be tak- en up in their proper order.