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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1904-04-08, Page 1f APRIL. s iiere 1�uched by the deed is the her loveliest old for choice $ the praise on i -five gems of and displayed Iwouid like to refinement arta Bonnets. Come and be ricorne ombinations f praise and lady friends now, but may r description of 'iltBAN SHAPE. tary Tut ban, a, isurity street. American Bening " shade cf naturist foliage, and the. !,n and milky, *traw brai& esitly trimmed with folds of tied bows of Michele ribbo* th drooping cluster of rose ICORNE SHAP& inning ecatunse hat. and wen -becoming to most f/A003. Thit -are made of Champagne aped !softly with 'Melina net, brown velvet bows, claim - of gold, while a cluster of heugs gracefully AD the METRE HAL grafieetit, Blaok Drell' Pic- ttt nal bees very much arle of fine transparent faced with bleak chit- seme black plume it used for telaying the- brisn. The book k Moline scarf hisagisee c thr, shoulder. .choice of your ie stook in 01 !GU know from the first few ork rooms ace generally generaliy ritable bee hive. rbur order early. Ff'"4 Company kbushels of oats. Thee. , go a good way in cheeps of the nainistere—Special OILS WM be preached he s here next Sunday.—The -t, which has been seines - for a time, is commenca e During the past st-wle Nevin sold a very fine o Mr. Murray Gibson* d, for - $160.. Mr. John. • Joseph Hood eachsol& to Manitoba, and Mr. iL7, of the 2nd of Stanley,. likes something extra eh, has purehasecre, very, ' matched team of three libich should tura hintedit . ty after lie has tlieudwelI ii as he is capable of do - [he. recent flood, Mle- , .s. tth had a somewhat.une perienee. He had been on here during the deg Oars for lumber and ort Tao in the evening, wilell i the bridge on the 2rui lio found the water rune • fierce torrent over -the the ice wae so thick he get his horse through, axe eith him he started iy through the ice-afor '-ehilie thus engaged theP tch he was standing gaVet a ft rtiug. down stream care ellealh with it. Fortune- iin his icy craft collidd graph pole v„-hieh staid_ down stream and he get ra firma without ,seffer- ng mo re serious than it Miss Celia Mellis spent a is week with Miss Giliee- tera—Mise Maggie Chare Milt road, is the guest 11. McLean this fellis is here from Torone t the Easter holidays at "I her father. Afr., Thomas Beech:wood .. J. Lacey went to the ,f-k.—Miss Mary Lavine of s- e a guest of Mrs, P. Giv- de—Mr. and Mrs. 3, Eck- Obie last Wednesady to -r with their son, 'Joseph eine; for the:pritothood hfonastiv Oyer there, and Stapeltort are pre - timber tor McCluskey' 'ylr„ Wm, Ewing has rent- •ieel Givlinis farm on the ion and will move there Bernard Downey Ward Downee's fine hundred ni the Huron road, We 4eeets. in the future ashe -he past for he has enjoy. - e of prosperity.—Miss Tk in visited friends on the last weeke—Mr, Miehad meefrom Chicago. THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. 1 WEIOL 3 NUMBER, 1,895. _ Tailoring I Strictly FURS AND Fine and readymade 1Co-rifidential 1 FURNISH Clothing iNGS UseMtddMarn.XXXXillifENai X-WC.w,W We want to say a few words to you, and we wish you to consider them strictly confid- ential for we do not wish to injure the feelings of any of our competitors. What we wish -to say is this: THE SUREST WAY of being satisfied with your snit is to buy it here. We don't know of a single customer who is sorry that he trades here, but we have seen a great many who • WISHED THEY HAD The reason? Our clothes have individual style-. They are made by the best makers in this country They are different from other clothes you see, You can buy lower priced clothes than ours but we an't believe it is pos- sible to buy as good quality for less money, We Guarantee Our Clothes. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS NOW _ STRICTLY CONFIDENTIA.L. $500 Buys a good knock -about Mas's-Suit in good wearing material IP and the -patterns all new, colors will stand. These will eave your better suit and you will be well dressed.. • - SEA.FORTII, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, ..••••••••••I MISHTER GROGAN On Millinery, Etc. My oh my 1 how tnime does floy 1 Bedacl, thats poethry an I didrit mane it aither. It dont seem no toime an scarcely that, since Mary Ellen tackled me last shpring fur a dollar and sixty foive chits to pay fur some zepairs that she consither- ed, nicissary on bur Sunday bunnit. Ye see, Mary Ellen has arroived at that payriod in loife whin a bunnit is more suitable and coneistint wid bur stoyle iv beauty than a bat. Ise moighty glad iv it, Ler it °esti a great dale more to kape a bat in good wurkin order than a bunnit. Mary Ellen' hes had th same Sunday bunnit fur th last tin years an its not in bad shape yit so it isnt. Whin it its .a bit seuffy she hakes it to some roillinur or other an gits it turned ind fur ind, or mebby a bit iv new ribbon „shtuck od here • ail there an ve'd niver know but what she was spoortin -adnew bunnit. An economical woife is half th bate, '11e has resided in Winnipeg smee so it is, ispieially during a sev- 1871, and was a Member of the well aire whether loike this. Me an Mary Ellen attiruled th millinery (merlins last Tursday. Th elishplay svas someting litigant, an I congrathylated Mary Ellen on hur remarkable silt denoil in refrainin from invistin in aven so much as a bat " No, Dinnis," she says,- " me ould bun.nit'll see Ine t'ough another year all roight. We're not Vough wid tit coal yit," she says. The faverite shtoyle iv bat this saison is called th Torpedo. 1 dun - no why it gits-that name, unliss its becase there's sure to be an ix - plosion whin th ould man gits onto th coslit iv it. Thin tliere's th 1Cu- 'Mu th Roustabout tit Gesv- -gaw an th ToUch-me-not an th Why -not an iver so manny Moire that 1 ean't neeind th names ot. I don't purtind to be much iy a judge iv millinery, but as fur as I know, there don%. seam to be much iv a change in th generalhappairance It th hats from lasht year. They ar, jist. as ixtineive an unraisonable iif shtoyle an proice as usual, an , al though some are more outlandish an mistifoyin than others, phtill av ye luk carefully, ye can see at wince that they're all intended fur hats.. At taste Chat was ray impres- sion. The proices range from forty- five dollars down, an maybee less than that av ye're a careful buyer an not too hasty. Some wimmen can inter a shtore wid a' foive dollar bill: an some small change an come out iv it agin in an blear or two wid new shpring flirn-flam hat an enough printenq to build a iiew shurtwaist an tsvo or t'ree shpbols mebby home huks an oyes beSoides. An an - °there wumman wid liss brains .an more money will inspict th shtore from tb ribbon counter to th mil- linery palace an go home- wid a hat that 'suits neither hur co plixion or. hur purse an charge th rist to th mild man. Oh 1 Woman, Woman, thy nameis myshtery 1 Well, we had inthervi milliners an their proda on our way home whin w Missies Clancy comin o ard's_ wid a -big paper hand. "What have ere Missus Clency ?" says a new bunnit l'y $750 A lower pries fcir all the newest pattroned suiting, designed for • • the customer who wants an up-to-date smart suit at a figure be low the average. 1 0100 The ten dollar s its have all the excelleme styls of cu grade of workmansh p and quality of cloth. that usually goe into -a suit costing full $5 to $7 more. Handsome stripes and overchecks, fine black worsted, blue serge and all the fancy patterns so much admired these days. ALL THE ABOVE!PRICED SUITS IN SIZES 34 TO 44. AMANNAMAMAAAAMAMW4 Every Man and Boy there was much in it. The Indian, who had done placer mining in Can- siar, made a rude sluice box and shoveled in the dirt. In an hour be got a big handful, svhich he brought out to Telegraph Creeh, Ryland and Barrie, but had recently been purchaseile,it at seventeen dollars ae - ounce, and experts pronounce it eq- ual to anything hver lotted in the Northwest. 'The Indian said there is an unlimited. whantity of the stuff where 313 was Wieling. The news has cam wd a sta etirth. —If the Dominton Parlitiment,pro- rogues in time, 'Sir Wilfrid Laur- ier contemplates 1 taking a trip to the Yukon in Ju or early in July, .in order that he may be elate to judge for himself, of Me wealth and capabilities of that great countryt The idea is a good one: —William Robert Dick, pioneer lumber merchant, is dead, aged 83. He was born at Kingston, and was reeve of Felnelbn Falls,Victoria coun- ty, Ontario, for 'a number of years. pede all over the ifas an idea of his own about the style of hat he should wear. Our hat stock is so large that all comers can be suited in style, size and price without any difficulty or hesitation. If you are particular about it, we have arranged that you may see youri-elf as others see you when trying on hats; it enables you to make a becoming selection. Our leader— Soft Rats $1.00 Stiff Hats saw WE HAVE OTHERS_ Soft Hats $1.00 to $2.50 Stiff Hats $1.50 to $3.00 Every novelty in Spring Caps for men and boys, the popular prices 25c'to 7 Rain Co4s for Men Rain °Oats for VVomen c. The new and the reliable kind. We stand behind the coats we sell. If we guarantee a coat to be waterproof, it\ must be so, or we have it ex- changed for one that will e waterproof.. Men's Price. ' Wpmees Price. $ 4 00 $ 2 50 $ 3 50 -600 450 5 50 8 -00 650, 750 10 00 8-50 10 50 12 50 14C0 $3 00 5 00 00 00 The largest stock of boys' suits in town the best make- of boys' odd knickers (double seat and knee) in town; .th'e best wearing boys'. stockings (double knee and double heel and toe) in tov)n ; the best stock of boys' sweaters in town. Greig & Stew Johnson Bros.' 'Old Stand, 8MILHOT3a.. Canadian Pacific Railway. onto every Tuesday during March sad April. -Passengers travelling without stook shenld take the train leavineToronto at 1.45. Passengers travelling with livei stook ehould take the train leaving Toronto at 9 p. no. Colonist sleepers will be attached to each train., Books and snaps given on apphostion. atm -Special Excursion Rates to all Peel& coast points during' March and April. Single fare, $43.05. For felt partictsfitre, apply to wed all th ts wut, ran aerass t iv Pick- ag in hur in the bag• ary Ellen. bin buyin known lumber firm of Dick & Ben- ning. —John Fraser, of Embro, known throughout the eoanty of Oxford as " Piper " Fraser, Idled sundenly e few days ago, having, ehoked to death as the result of tthroat trouble. De- ceased was a yeung man, and well known in the county as a Scotch musician. —The new wing erected four years age, to Rideau Hall, the residence of the Governor General, Ottawa, was discovered to be on fire about five o'clock Sunday morning. The occu- pants of that part df the building had a narrow escape -from Suffoca- tion by smoke, The dareage to the building and contents will amount to about $40,000. . —Last summer while buying eggs at Geo, Hamilton's, in Elma, Russel Curtis wrote on an egg the 'request that the person purchasing the same would write to him and let him know how far the egg bad travelled. Some weeks ago he received a let- ter -from a hIrs.Richardson, of Nelson, IL C., inforMing him that she had received the egg in good condition. —Marjory McDonald, who fell sev- en storeys down an elevator . well in •Roehester and crushed her skull, was formerly of Gana.noque, where her mother and several brothers and sisters reside. - Deceased was aged 21. Shes tried to step out, of a mov- ing eleteator, but her foot caught, and Alio was hurled into the shaft to her. death. —George Gibson, a prominent res- ident of Seymour township, expirw ed very suddenly at an hotel in Peterboro a few days ago. While taking his dinner he began to choke and although a physician was speed- ily called,. be was found in a dying condition when the doctor arrived. Only about twenty minutes elapsed from the time he first began to choke until he died, He wee 79 years of age. —The twenty-ninth annul re- port of the Ontario Agricultural Col - 'wheeze lies been issued. During the last all term there were 248 stud- ents in the regular course and 350' are expected in the short courses for the year, Last June between 35,000 and 40,000 visited the college during the annual excursion season. The expenditure for the year was, in all, $79439.72 and. the revenue $21,207.55. Of the graduates 95 per cent. return to the farm with an increased liking for farm life, 1904. Wall Papers. alMos*Ja• their positidn it was o that one of there' had become chilled as to be unable to move, PAINTING & had to be killed, —Mrs. Greenwood, of Whitby, PAPER HANGING been visiting her .parents, Mr,. Mrs. Mugh Campbell, of Mitchell. At Lowqt Prices. Misses Jean and 'Muriel Melts en Miss Alice Roger, of Mitchell, sp the Easter holidays at the 'home Contacts Taken.......0 Rev. J. Kerrin, of Jamestoten, N —Mrs. W. H. Bay, a young ma 01, AN BR05„ .leubliPhers ri a Year its Advances so nd a, I . 'EX I I INTER ed woman about thirty years \ of 9 died at her home recently in St TN, Turf ford, after a short illuese. eseroate.--.81EAF011.2.11* leaves a husband and six child Picture framing a Speeleity. the eldest being only elevesit year orst=orrormusgessimenmervirars age. —The o. have I Tueltersmith- m Phi 11 Farurcased.—Mr. I avid Mc- Lellan, who has been residii g in Ful- lerton for several years has purchasa ed. the farm of Mr. Peter .. cLeugh- lin, on the 8th concession of Tuck - n ast of the Red Tav - The farm contains 100 acres and. chased for $5,600, There. . did barn on the premiees a ly good house, and it is a m lent farm and good valu price Mr. McLellan pays 1 was pur- eplen- d a fair- ISt xeel- for the H r it. e obtains poseession at once and will work it the coming- season but he does not intend removing On it un- til next fall. We will all be pleased Whyte Packing C of bred some of the best thoroughbred chased the residence and stable. of to have M rtsident r. . Tuckersmith and extend hint a most hearty welcome. We have ot learn- Clydgsdale horses in the country. the late Wm. H. Bowe St M in' • a • ed where Mr. McLaueld n int end,: For time he was a judge at the The purchase price was $1 500 efr • Missile Grogan," she says. " Me ould wen was searcely fit fur ivryday lit alone Sunday's," she says. Thin Mary Ellen axed hur what she paid fur it, an bow was th twins, an was bur bine layin, an did she, tin we'd have more shnow purhaps, an how was Clancy, an was all tb w hur oilier yit, an all th an more too. Thin she t an she says "Dinnis, s belave I lift Me purse up at Mo- nett's. We'll have to go afther it," she says. So we, bid 'hfissus Clancy "good day" an shtarted up th strata on I says, "Mary Ellen," 1 Says„ "1 didn't notice ye wid per purse out this mornin," I says. "Neither did 1," she says,but ye 11 be bavin yours out purty soo ," she says. What d'ye mane?" I ajiys. " Yedre a dandy," says Mary 11len. "13'ye suppose I'm goin to lit Missus Clancy git th shtart iv me wid hur new bunnit? What d'ye take me fur ?" sbe says. Now whin Mary Ellen makes up. bur moind to do a certain ting yo may as well surrinder furst as last. She got th bunnit an now there is a toolniss betune th two families. Mary Ellen an Missus Clency is spacheliss an Clancy is far from hasn't borrowed ayen tobaccy from me since; all roight in tb sbpring. be runnin out iv tobaticy days an his missus will fur a pinch or two iv has a, thence to run -up dn't wonder. It'll be th shpring. P. S. Somehow or feel in th huinor to tac spondinteethis wake an iv litters all th way frox in Ontario, to Neepa But it'll be all roight i ther out iv oike iv that rued to me e eays, "1 Settlers' one wily excursions to Manitoba end Canadien Northwest will leave Tor - GREIG STEWART, Agents C. P. R. Ticket and Telegraph, and pominion Express. rindly. He poipeful iv But it'll be Clancy will wan ie these e droppin in alt till she town 1 wud- 11 roight in ther I don't le me cony - have a pone Winchelsea a, Manitoby. th Attiring. , GROGAN. Cana‘. —Plowing and seedi Southern Alberta on t ril, -The winter there severe and the Snowfa over the average. —Mr, W. A. Strattoie a lawyer and a heeding eitizen of Pesterboro, yeunger brother of the Provin- cial Secretary, died iri Peterboro on Monday.Ile was 40 yeais of age, going. TOPotto Exhibition. George Wa.kefield, the new lc iel —MrsRobtMcKay, of Buffalo, manager, will live in the newly ur- ing Married in Torento.—A vent tran.spired at thof N homery pleas- . . ee e who arrived in Woodstock last week chased residence. on a visit to her parenta s, ,Mr. nd —A short time ago a yoteg Man, 1 the brith', 53 williar" Torn- -w Mrs Sohn Pascoe, left a $75 Peto on March 2-81h, henrsian E. L. Holmes, of Acton, eien t Londry and Miss Agnes goDonald, Stratford to work in the th T . eldest daughter of Mr. Denald employ. About a week ago be had concersion,were an attack of tonsilitis but v as net Donald, of the 10111 was shocked to find the young int. n (hi Elmo-, united in the holy bonds -of inetri- considered dangerously lil mony by Rev. Mr, Murray, of Er - day morning of last.week Mr. liolmes- skine Preehyierian church. The dead in bed. bride, wearing bridal roses and maid- ' en hair ferns, w.1 3 beautifully attir- • ed in pale blue duebesse satin,trim- liuron Notes. med w tb white point lace and chit- -Dr. Moore, who for raany years ' fon She wet: assisted by Mies Li/ - was a reeident of Clinton, died re- ' ' ' Gently in .California. zie Srigley, couein of the groom, —The Ladies' Aid of Ontario sij t who looked charmiag pale green - lamb and fur caperine in the car whets she, got off at that station.. She did not naiss the article until she got up town, whercup she Im- mediately telegraphed to Londe to have the ear searched. This was done on the arrival of the trsin, but the fur was not to be found. „Some one had removedit between Woodstock —Tile people of Bellevlille bad a and London. rough time of it last week on ac- count of the flood. -About two o'- clock Thursday morning the ice took a shoye and the water in the Moira River rose about two feet, flowine over on to several streets.. Many people were awakened by the 'water rushing through their houees, end in the III.Ornirig some lied 18 inches of water on the More. of their pal -loos. The flood is the worst know in many years, and two of the three bridges are impassable. -Corporation em- ployees bad to go round with boats rescuing inhabi t a n ts Of flooded houses. —Fif teen horses were suffocated in a fire which broke out in the stables of George V. Verral, Toron- to, one morning Iast week. There were about thirty animals in the building at the time. Several were led oul by firemen, which were bad- ly burned. Fiemen with axes went in and cut the halters off some of the poor beasts before it was too late. Three were dead out of a doz- en upstairs, and the others died in their stalls on the ground floor. The loss will be about $3,000, Some twelve or 'fifteen ‘years ago the stables On: the same site were burn- ed and a large number of horses de- stroyed. —,Some of the most prominent farmers and horse breeders of the Province attended the sale at the horse repository in _Toronto last week, hf twenty imported register- ed Clydesdale filliee, the property of Douglas H. Grand, of Trevathan, Beckenham, Kent, England. Mr. Grand recently purchased the lot with the aesistance of one of the leading Clyilesdale men of Scotland, with a view to improving the breed- ing stock in Canada. The total re - °chits of the sale of twenty fillies were $4,625; the top price, $330 be- ing paid by Mr. W. J. Hazlitt, of Jarvis, for "Gipsy Jane," a two- year-old filly of superior breeding. g started in e 4th of Ap- has not been 11 very little —The Grand Trunk Railway Com- pany have aecured what is believed to be the largest moose head ever Laken, and the feet that it comes for about, 40 years are moving to from the Highlands of ()uteri° makes celedonia, —Mr. Reginald Rumsey and his wife are visiting in St. Marys. Mr. Ruinsey came to attend his father's funeral. —The Central Methodist thumb, of Stratford, is putting in a new organ. The old one has been in 1156 for thirty years. —Mrs. Joan Stewart, who at one time' was a reside,nt of Stratford, died at the home of her daughter in Dakota, a shert time ago. —Miss Gina McPherson and Mrs. Royal Burritt, of Stratford, have returned from a four months' trip to Mexico, Texas, California and Col- orado. W. T. Hamilton, son of Rev. Dr. Hamilton, of Stratford, has just come home from a fifteen moritha' visit to hospitals in London, Dublin and Edinburgh. —Mrs. Kenneth Turnbull, wife of the manager of the Cardigan Over - fame Co, of Stratford, died after a short illness on March 290, at the city hospital. —Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gale cele- brated the twentieth anniversary of their wedding at their home on lot 16, concession 1, Downie, on Satur- day evening, March 26th. • The Victoria. La Stratford, intend e ing this suminer tha 'bination boat house —Mr. Allen Came has purchased the . which he pays $1,4 moving into the bui 1st, living overhea lower flat for his 1 —Mr. el. Hord's st narrowly escaped one evening lately. On the second floor an 'electric wire ignited some goods, but fortunately it was no- -Hod- in good time. —Mr. G. L. Money, Who has lived in Mitchell for nine years, has form- ed. a partnership with Mr. Ernest Robinson, of Niagara, and intends going into the paper hanging busi- ness in .Stratford. —Mr. and Mrs, John Gray, of Stratford, celebrated their golden -wedding on Saturdey, March 26111. Mr. Gray -was presented with alien of gold rimmed spectacles and a gold headed cane an rs. Gray* with a puree of gold b hede children. Mr, and Mrs,. Gray were residents of any yeare and —A number of able bodied immi- grants who arrived in Kingston a few days ago, were offered employ- ment at $1 per day, but refused to work for less than $1.25 per day Al- though they were in destitute oir- cumstances and entirely out of money, • , —Jack Hyland, a picneer trader of Telegraph Creek, Bni has- arrived at Vance inaens oi gold from t the Nahaani River, ction of the Laird an northern British Celumbia. The Hyland's man- wo years ago. an Indian to not thinking Perth Notes. —Mr. Win. Davidson, of Mitchell, has gone into the coal business. —Mr. J. Seigmann, of hiitchelt, has gone to Prince Albert, Saskatch- ewan. —Mr. and Mrs. Henry Waghornes who have been living in Fullerton it all the more interesting.The ant- lers of this mammoth specimen meas- ure five feet and a half from tip to tip. A magnificent moose hide to match the head has also been secured and its value when mpunted is plac- ed at $100. Both of these trophies of the chase will be exhibited at St. Louis Exposition. —A unique auction sale was held at Sparta. Elgin county, last week. The' stook comprised the estate of the late John Aiken, postmaster of that village, and included wagons, buggiee, plotvs, thresher, etc.,whose origin dated back to the early days of the county, , All these antedil v- ian articles brought good prices, ne old twp-seated carriage, in which Mr. Aiken I was 'driven to and from his marriage sixty years ago, being ectlei ender the hammer at $20.50. People were in attendance from all parts of the conntry. - —Tbe senate of Knox College, Tor- onto, liae decided to confer the de- gree o Doctor of Divinity on three radu,ete,s of the 'college, Rev. isr W. G. allace, M. A., B. IL, of Bloor Street 1 Presbyterian Church, Tor- onto ; !Rev. John Abraham, M. A., of St.' Andrew's Church, Whitby, and the Rev. D. M. Ramsay, M. A., B. D., Of Knox church, Ottawa. All thiee distinguished themselves as students in the University of 'Tor- onto end Knox College, and have kept up their habits of study throughout their pastoral ser- viceT —Two narrow escapes from death occurred near Newtonville recently, Mr. &abort Bugley, sr., when mov- ing hiS clover mill on the side line svee hurt owing to the bad state of the roads. The mill upset, striking Mr. Burley On the head and injuring him badly. His nephew, George Bur- ley, while sawing wood at a neigh- bors, bad a narrow escape from be- jeg cut to pieces by the tereulak saw. The , prompt enovement of an assis- tant ' in thro*Ing the belt off saved him. A. slight eut on the leg result- ed, —One of York township's oldest, and trioet highly respected residents passed away a fe-w days ago at his home on thesWeston road, in the per- son of Wee. Thountree. Decease,d had 'lived for over seventy years in the naeivgehrbyorahcoteivd urri.haenre inhe bdusieidn.esle isivtaea, lie was born in.Cumherland, in the e northern part of England, 84 years no, and -with his parents, moved to L is cOuntry aboul twelve years lat- er. Ile went direct to York town- ship, and for 61 years resided on one farm. He was interested ln the im- portation of etock of all kinds, and ish Coltunbia, ver with spic- e latest field, near the jun- Deese rivers, discovery was made by iager, John Morrow, t Recently Morrow sex) try the elver beds, - silk organdie, with pink roses. The - Methodist church, Clinton, e t pgroom was suported by Mr. William tained the officers and their 11fne3 Billeby, of London, tngland, After one evening last week1 congratulations the "train of guests —Mr. W. Jackson has btenI were called tothe large dining pointed president of the 011E room, where, a tdble beautifully Bowling Club and Mr. G. P. MCIL decorated with Easier lilies, smilax ss Maggie James, of G gart, secretary. I and ferns and laden svith a eumptu- - Mious wedding supper, was presented has gone to Nelson, B, C., wo s to their view. After they had all the su mer with her sister, done justice to the•good things pro- (Dr)f,.Id,rrison. 1 vided, , Mr, La Belle proposed the — In he year 1878 Huron co toast to the groom and in h few had 150 licensedhotels and 38 le ap- ton ag- rrie, • end ty ,ell chosen remarks expressed the Sed shops, and last year there vre 78 hotels and 6 shops. sentiments of the guests regarding —Min. C. E. Howard who ca the future of the happy couple. Mr. . . George Gleniesning proposed _the Clinton from Los Angeles, at Years to live with her son, toast to the bride, expressing the Hoe ard, died la t week after a wishes of all pre.seet that she and illness. her husband may enjoy many years —The Ladies' id of Knox ch of married life. Mr. Sneitzeler, Mr, 3. Gould, Dr. McKinnon and others Goderich, held a most mace also spoke a few words, the key supper one evening not long • • There was an attendance of note of all their remarks being five hundred. that if it had been a happy evenn t i —John Chapman, who at one the lives of the bride and groom, that others too shared the pleasure conducted a tannery in LOwer h with them. The bride was the ;T- hem and who has been it reside . Detroit for the past twelve cipient of many beautiful and valu- died there last week. , able presents. They will be at home —One afternoon, not long ng to their many frl iends after April—One 15th, at Henry Zimmerman, of the 9th 53 William street, Toronto *session of Howick, had seven h cattle drowned while in the a Walton. -drinking at the river on his to his home in St, Joseph aft laet week for her honae in $euris, Local Briefs.—Mrs, R. i. Moor eft e to New long rcb, ssful ago. bout thne ing- t of ears ,Mr. con - ad of t of arm. ned ✓ an absence of five years. During that time he served in the Boer way for three years. —Farmers' Institute meetingslWere held on April 5th at Porter's Hill; April •81„11, at Leeburn ; April 7th, at Dungannon ; both afternoon ad ev- ening sessions. Thomas McMillan, of Seaforth addressed the meetin 5, —Mr. George Hoffert, oee of How- ick's sons but now a student at Knox College and Toronto Universit oc- e !Syndicate, of eeting it build - ill be a com- n curling rink. on, cif, Mitehell, loney block for )0. Ile intends ding about May and using the unctry business. rein Mitchell, from a bad fire —Mr. Frank D. Curus has ret cupied the pulpit in the Presby church at Molesworth, ene S not long ago. — James Butler, who has neddeaya, t I re- turned to Clinton, from Rat well, Manitoba, recently disposed ofi his quarter section for $1,5,50. Xi octet him $1,000. When he returns to the west, Calgary will be his destination. — Mr. James Walkout, of Fordwich, had- t he misfortune to cut his right. leg; just above the knee one raoruing recently, while cutting wood With Mr.. James Young in Mr. J. $. Mc- Laughlin'S bUSb. I •—The Auburn school had a escape from fire last whek. from the village saw a light school and on investigating fon , floor on fire. The stove doer was forced open by la burning stiekh —Mr. Quaid, of Port Albert, ,who . has resigned his position, of stiperin- tinday hswas c s -t V4-f9ahfnf ors to 37' HY. Out a tl is a di sev- '. pine will God - on ro frowmn or _east week Netteelfieril(d'. died at his home in _Lower lineham in his wand year. Deceased had for years been a respected res d nt of this section, end was a Stall servative in politics, and a of St. Paul's church. 11e h suffering from cancer, fo months past. The funeral. t On Thursday afternoon last u auspicee of the L. O. L., o society he was a naeraber. = —Mr. Alexander Aitehiso died suddenly last week at t rrow, iboy n the the Manitoba.—Mr. and Mrs. W. .1. Me - Allister, of Elmwood, visited this week with relatives and friends in this vicinity.—Afr. Robert Duncan- son, of KnOX College, Toronto, spent his Easter holidays under the _paren- tal roof. --Messrs. MeGavin and T. Williamson are making preparations for enlarging and remodelling their barns and both will have cement walls placed underneath and up -to date stabling put in.—The recent heavy ntins 4ind melting snow have been over hartd on bridges in Grey township, as it is reported that four bridges acrosh t be Maitland river have gone down with the eurrent. This will no doubt raise the taxes , in the ensuing year, but viola blame the township council for that,—Mrs. (Dr.) Irving has been on the sick list during the past week with neu- ralgia, but we trust she may soon be restored to her usual state of health. —The people of this village learned with regret of the sudden death of Mre. Charles Ritehie, who was for- merly a resident of this vicinity. AI- . though she had been having Poor health for some time, and becalm of this they disposed of tbeir farm and removed to Brus.sels, still the news of her sudden death was heard with sad surprise by the people of this vicinity.—Tbe vote to raise the sum of $3,500 to purchase right of way for the proponed extension of the C. P. R. from Guelph to Goderich will be taken on April Mb. A num- ber of villagers will be intereeted in thie vote and will doubtless rally to the regardless of the very bad state of the roads.—Quite Num- ber of our Young men ere talking of going west in the near future, while we are sorry -to ha.ve them Av out from our midst. we join in wishing them all sueicees in the Prat e -Pro- 1f1060. tendent a the Presbyterian school, on account of ill eal presented by the school h plimentary address and chair, —Not long ago a serieus a happenedeon the farm of Mr Pfaff,' Blind line, Hay. Mr had invited some of the neigh a wood bee, and during the Howald had the misfortune t deep gash in his foot. The c bad one, touching the bone a ening several arteries and ner lost considerable Motel, but ' as well as can be expected. be laid up for a month or so —John Cantelon, a pioheer f °rich township, died- in Clint() March 26th, He came to thi try when but tevo yeare old Ireland. HIS family has all up, married, and away; an number of years he has bee Elnia township for only moved to Str tf —Mr. George Go tz a valuable mulch w recently. He wa head of cattle to Avo rd a year ago. of Ellice, lost one afternoon driving three ton when, on account of the stet of the roads, the ordinals became embedded in a SnONV bank. When extricated from 0 Con- mber been some place er the which ackid dence in Toronto, Mr. Ma 'kid had but recently undergone a se eration for -appendicitis at R Minnesota, and- arrived hon days previous to he death apparently come through t ;Otis op- thester, a few leaving eiordeal with. success. A relapse eet in, how- ever, with the fatal result aibeve re- corded, Mr. Maekid wa.4 50 years of age, was born in Godericle and was the son of thehlate Rev, Alexander Mackid, of that place. Be Miss Victoria McKay, da the late Rev. W. E. McKa angeville. Mr. adeekid was years connected with the Bank of Commerce, holding in Orangeville, Norwich, Married g a ter of of Or- fOr. Seine nadian posi tions rentford conne,eted with the Trusts and Guar- antee Company, of Toronto to relate, he was bore, ma died on the same day of tb • Strange ried and week. (From an °even° al orresponde t) Notes.—Mr. George MCKIM,. of the Royal hotel, who has been slck, is on the mend agaire—Mr. W. Coleman is in Goderich this week on business. Wereuson was in Toronto last week with a car load of cattle; he reports trade dull.—Mr, W. Riley. of Jamestown, has tliken _a position with Me. J. Ityan.—Georg-e Berrowe is the proud father of a little hay. —Mrs. (Dr.) Irving who was again seriously ill is improving,T. Ryan recently delivered to John Shannon: a team of year old colts for which he received the snug sum of It pays to raise good horses and Tommy always keeps the best.—Mr. Geo. Barrows has engaged G. Dark, of Brussels, for the, suromer.—A number have Sold horses for Mani- toba but on account of the Meek- ade on the railroads the buyers earl - not lift them—Messrs. Wm. and J. Grigg left two weeks ago for Mothile Jaw ; we learn they got now bound 10 Winnipepe—Mr, P. Ityee, jr., held a very succesaful manure bee Last week.—The young people have been forced tn cut out tobogganing for this winter. --Those neechwood fel- lows haven't been around lately, -the rreids must be leid.—Mr. G. McKim, of Vassar, Michigan, was he.re on a visit to his father, who was ill. Ile lookin fine, the Yankees must be ?rood to hini,—Mr. It. Mcpole, who left for Manitoba with a car load of horses has been very unfortunate, it number of horses having died and himself taken sick on reaching Win- zipeg,---For indulging in rat her strong language while on his way to a party, it COSr a young man ofjthle vicinity $16.