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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1904-04-22, Page 1dr. ee-i T flozeest iknow Tian 0 von oode tet Noth. Li-01,nd nt G so W,1,1, in- I andth:t we set - yon ght, make can meet no belting, !, t the new Coat aikets and vent -nee of itesee yofl. and the x cloths atortmen te aps, p -ices g a they are e not like I lave Wogs are show- ' z ilk beanti maitching the new ir waits irk:es are ecom- 9pear well take great ting RTS, 1 teral Moro our ready - ping time Cirt is meet ; and rain any kind have a de - and are th' co4 etereste I mg of our roteeheueli; tion of our its t, in a I are ette, not day. eet you , They are 341, shapely . 'snake our Locality for zee where Cempare ! ,emparis ie. doubt lou °Ube -jib -2 e s cape priceL 1$0 to $10 each, Sit/it Waist prices $8 to $9 each Walking priij $2.50 to $10 each, Raincoat Prices a50 to 4514 each. Eult Leagth, oods Company .11110 ng the Easter bolidayl lk� spent their vacationitut - parental roof were: Axth fer, Norman Bayes and Pere We are always glad to eerprieleg young studentaeet ee'l Nicholson spent her holie he Conimercial.-R. GeNichel 117.a1lefusch are open to clip gain this spring. They wad ;. up Mr. 3 T Boye's drivel! 1:1.18 week. -The sugar Ettak4 t1115 locality has not grovel cEjtab1e so far as tberehang few good runs of sapee echler, our worthy yeemlt hard at work drilling cull uppiy the demands of hit Rebert Douglas oref eesent very poorly. We alt Douglas a speedy recoverfe Staffa, Ir. Clarence Rabbles soli team of horses last week d.some. sum. -Mr.. Y. D. Hata and children are spendini g t h friends in Mitchelled JaiC Carlin is recovering ftnag atteck of quinsey,-T1e00n4 -connection with the Stacie' 'Society will be held in th* la% next Tuesday °venial's lnth. A good programme fet repared.-.Maple syrup make full swing just now. Telt- should be next in orderee 'ard Butson is preparing LI o the house lately puroh W. R. BelL-Mr. Andersotra Or, was off work last if tjarnmation in the eyes, bu nlad to know ia at work 4". Tuckeremith. ; t Ei.ebart, fol It.troes °neap ;noel. e2outet be 1., stet, y rsi n •' rd, Friday nigh"), A h h1 eit are t eh- in i k :..:331h. we ere aarth ea ten senadid D.44 ea3e0 tot lvq,, 4130...0 lowl, MclCinnon. !hieKinnon. of the 1°tlion"' Tuckersreith, died on arodd .st, the result of para10101 inrwo wee 78 years a ascit 4en mane in 35 Flora M ayJ5 a sister of Mr. Or.1:11,in, Seaforth. The take place from the f Mr. McKinnon on Satur at 8.30, arriving at rch, tireiforth, about Joliet. to St. James' End Notes,—Robest md bee on rdfonday eg was commenced laet little land is dry ees: who are engaged m srup report a very; week.—Miss Maggie I, is visiting her sister h Johns, of Hepworth, r holiday's at her hom Mrs.Amos Townsend th friends in Morn 4 THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1. Fine Tailoring and readYmade Clothing SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1904. AN BROS.. Publishers $1 a Year in Advance. GREIG STE:WART. HATS -I 1 FURS AND FURNISH INGS There is no getting over the fact that to see the best assortment and most stylish men's goods, you ranst go to the store where Men's Clothing, Men's Rats, Men's toggery in general occupies the whole big store. The study of fashions and search for values, employs the time and resources of the proprietors. We do not dabble in everything from a needle to an anchor. Our store at this particular season is brimful of 'men's wearables, reaching in range from the fine duds required for the highest state or social affair, to the strong and coarser garments employed in the daily walks in work, Some merchants have the unregenerate habit of calling their competitors liars, referring to statements regarding stock. We never use this sort of argument n order to sell goods, No! We believe our competitors are just as honest as ourselves. We do business—a largely increasisg, continuously increasing business—solely on the merits of our goods and values. Our Hat Stock is the largest Our Shirt Stock is the largest Our Clothing Stock is the largest ANY STORE IN HURON COUNTY, English, Canadian and American Hats 50c to $3.00. Engish, Canadian and American Shirts 50c to $2.002 NwAAAAAAA•wwwwwwwo" Our Own Make Clothing Men's Suits, ft special leader, at Men's Suits in fine dress worsted and serges, fancy pattern Boy,' Suits, our starting point in price - Iroys' Suits, strong and durable 1 Boys' Suits, fine and dressy styles, and the coat, vest and trousers Men's and Boys's Odd Pants, in all the varied sizes, ranging in I price front 0 or plain 5 00 10 00 1 25 2 50 4 00 35c to $2 50 Men's Waterproof Coats, direct from Glasgow and. Manchester_ manutacturerso—colors fawn, grey and brown $3,00 to $12 00 4 We believe these values cannot be equalled; come and tell us what you think, 1 Men's Working Smocks and Pants in derry, moleskin and cottonade 50c to $1 JO 11************************ Tailoring Department. For nice coloring and patterns of cloth, and excellent quality of goods, you'll findlour stock the most satisfactory from which to make your selection. You have more than likely made up your mind as to what you would like for this now Spring. If you have any difficulty in finding what you want, try us, Prices most reasonable, workmanship the best. 6' $15 Buysta Good Suit *1;18.50 F'inoy Worsted Suit • 18 Black and Serge Suit A 1ader in Trousers to measure—fine stripe worsted in grey, and mixed colorings f • 9 mosneeneniAnAteranneinisAnoWnWa" Greig & Stewa Johnson Bros' Old Stand, The largest and best stocked Clothing, Hat and Shirt store in Western Ontario. Highest Prices for Butter and 'Eggs $3,50 oanadian Pacific Railway, Settlers' one way excursions to Manitoba and Canadian Northwest will leave Tor- onto every Tuesday during March and April. Passengers travelling without stock should take the train leaving Toronto at 1.46. Passengers travelling with live stock should take the train leaving Toronto at 9 p. no. Colonist sleepers will be attached to each train. Books and maps given on application. anaSpeciel Excursion Rates to all Pacific coast points during March and April. Slagle fare, $43.05. For hill particulars, apply to , GREIG I& STEWART, Agents C. P, R. Ticket and Telegraph, and Dominion Express, FROM THE DOMINION CAPITA.L. • THE TARIFF. -BOTH SIDES CON- SIDERED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ottaisee April 18th. The woollen men desire higher duties. The preferential to British woollens leaves the Canadian manu- facturer with a protection of 23 1-3 per cent., plus the natural protection afforded by the ocean, insurance and rail rates which the British exporter has to pay whenever he ships a bale f goods to this market. The case for n increase may' be stated thus: - A woollen plant which in England osts $100,000 costs $135,000.or more in Canada, in consequence of the duty evied on imported machinery. The est of coal is higher in Canada than England because of the tax we mpese on, soft coal in the interest of the Nova Scotia collieries. Labor in Canada is 4Q per cent. dearer than in Yorkshire. It costs more to lay down Australian wool in Canada than in. the London market. In Canada there is a scarcity of skilled opera- tives. In making tweeds and other woollen goods English manufacturers use shoddy freely, whereas the Cana- dian manufacturer uses all -wool and therefore turns out a better, if dear- er, product. Lastly,owing to his lim- ited market,the Canadian manufac- turer cannot afford to specialize, that is, to confine himself to some particular line of goods, as is done in England, but is obliged to turn out several lines from the same factory, which increaseeast of productipn. These, in brief, are the arguments in favor of an increase in the woollen tariff. By way of clinching them, the Canadian manufaoturer shows that, since the preference was given to British woollens, the imports from Britain, the United States and other countries have risen from $7,125,000 in 1897, to $13,560,000 in 1890, the in- crease' being chiefly in purchases from Britain. The complaints come chiefly from the manufacturers of tweeds and carpets, but, speaking generally, the entire trade is de- manding higher duties. Per contra, it is said that some of the Canadian woollen companies.are over -capitalized, and managed at too great a coat ; that on the strength of the N. P. capitalists embarked in the industry without knowing much about it; and that certain mills have • had to shut down either because they had been badly conducted, or 1:teem:le their machinery was out of date, or because they were tee small to per- mit of cheap production. The im- ports of manufactured -woollens in 1903 were really no greater, having regard to increase of population, than they were, in 1887 or 1899, when they exceeded $11,000,000. The pre- ference to `British woollens is an un- doubted benefit to the Canadian con- sumer, who after all, is entitled to some consideration. The Duty on Lumber. In British Columbia, the lumber- men, who until lately had a com- bine, are demanding that a duty be placed on American rough lumber. Their argument is this: British Col- umbia has to submit to tariff taxa- tion for the benefit of Manitoba and the Territories, which find a market there for their beef, cattle, horses, hay, flour, eggs; etc.' It is only right, then, that the Manitoba set- tler should buy. his lumber from British Columbia instead of from the United States. If a duty on Am- erican lumber is out of the question, then let Parliament enact that lum- ber coming free from the States Shall be altogether unplaned, it would have to be taken to mills on the Canadian side of the boundary and planed there, which would in- crease its cost to the Manitoba con- sumer and thus serve the purpose of a duty. • On the other hand the Manitoba man says it would be unjust for Parliament to deliver him into the hands of the British Columbia lum- bermen, who, if they had the power, would squeeze him dry. Manitoba and the Territories have no such thing as a monopoly of the British Columbia market for farm products; the trade returns show- that the imports from the United States are very large. Now that iramigration to the Canad- ian Northwest is increasing in, vol- ume, it would be absurd to check it by increasing the cost of lumber to the new comer,. He must have a house and barn before he can start upon the land, and to make him pay tribute to the British Columbiana on an article of such prime necessity would discourage him at the outset. The Americans take notice of .prices in. the Northwest, and any increase in the price of lumber would tend to divert the northward movement to Texas or Arkansas. _ About Soft Coal. A good many inanufacturers in On- tario would be glad to see the Goya eminent abolish the duty on soft coal, Ontario is the principal seat of man- ufacturing. She has no coal of her own and coal from Nova Scotia can- not be driven farther west than Montreal, or Brockville at the fur- thest, by the duty of 53 cents per ton; consequently she buys from Ohio and Pennsylvania and pays the duty, which, so far as her consump- tion is concerned, in no way benefits Nova Scotia colleries. They point out also that the railways are seri- ously handicapped by the duty, the Grand Trunk in Ontario paying something like $680,000 a year to the Federal treasury on account of it. This large sum, of course, enhances rail rates and prevents the, Grand Trunk from expanding its system ; It is the equivalent of a debt of $20,- 000,000 hangiug over the comlianie's lines in that provinde. For $20,000,- 000 you could buy all the mines in Nova Scotia and pension the owners. To this the Nova Soothing reply that the abolition of the duty would endanger their investments and throw a large number of meo out of work. Nova Bootie agreed to a duty on flour for the benefit of the On- tario farmer and miller inconsider- ation of this duty on coal ; if one goes, the other must go too. .°Tho Nova Bootie Government sett a great proportion of its revenues from the royalties on coal, and is opposed to ' the repeal of the duty until it can be shown, first, that reciprocity in coal with the United States can be obtained; secondlythat free access ao the NeW Eliglaild market would compensate for the reduction of the supply to Montreal and other Cana- dian points. i How. it is with Coal Oil. i I . The duty on refined coal oil is five cents per gallon,.the present price in the Unaea States being about 13c, The duty on crude oil is also five cents. About $5,000,000 have been invested in the Canadian industry. The Canadian induStry supplys only 30 per cent. ,of th& oil, consumed ha t Canada, and its out ut appears to be a iteadily decreasing quantity. The immense refinery erected by the Standard Oil Company -at Sarnia can- not get enough C' nadian crude to keep it running to its full capaeitae end of late has bad to discharge many hands. It is contended, there- fore, that the ditty on crude oil should be either ab lished or cut in ii two to allow of re ining being car- ried ,on there and e sewhere in Can- .ada. The Canadian ' coneumer would be benefitted as well as Canadian labor. The Canadian oil men answer that even if the duty on crude were?,ah- olishe,d, the price pf refined would depend on the whim of the Standard Oil people, who practically control the trade in the United States, hav- ing no competitors in the world worth speaking of outside the oil fields of Russia. T' let in American orude free or at a ower duty would have a damaging 3effect on The oil interests of East jarubton, without insuring cheaper refined. It would be wiser, therefore, mci to let things re- main as they are, t any rate tor a few years longer, by which time new oil deposits may be found in Western Ontario or in the! Canadian North- west. How to Solve t4ese Problems. These are some of the tariff prob- lerds awaiting solution. The Govern- ment May not attliole them this ses- sion;t indeed, politi s Aside, Tories as well as Liberals are of the opinion that the best pa* is to submit them to experts, o that both sides may be heard dispassionately and the points in dispute bolted to the bran before Ministers take actien. The present Government is not fanati- cally wedded to Lee trade, and, On the other hand, wi I not increase the duty on any artiol unless good reas- on can be showz. The cry of the more reckless pr tectionists for an all round inereaseiof the tariff, at a time when Canadian industries in general are more 'prosperous than they ever were before, does not ap- peal to sensible Manufacturers, who perceive that su h a step : would open the whole . tariff controversy, with disastrous rcjsults, probably, to themselves. MISHTER GROGAN Talks About One hing and Another. — I had a long Lai* other day wid me ould frind, Co Another McGee, th Gineral Manager n Local Superin- eindint iv th Bay ield an' Bannock - bum Transportati n Company Lim- ited. "It do bate all," he says, "th way th wither hangs on. Jist th wake befoor last we had a few foine days; jist enotigh to incourage th blackburds and give th frogs a chance to clear their t'roats, poor tings, an thin, bang 1 comes along a wake iv Neepawa wither, **could enough to break th heart vith bist shpring burd that iver lad an egg." " D'ye know Conducthor "1 I says, " I of ten fink we'd have an earlier shpring av we had betther *ither." " Ye're taight, Grogan," ,be says. " Th wither. has a grea dale to do wid it. Now av we had a ew wakes iv note° warm wittier id a shprinklin iv rain wance in a whoile, 1 wuddn't wontber but we'd lave shpring in a few days. 'Tis t miserable, could wither we do be h vin that makes th shpring so backw rd." An I wuddn't w nther but what th Conducthor's abou tree parts roight. Me an Clancy w irshtandin on th soidewalk up at eimmy's th other day watchin th b slitanders go past an waitin fur som wan to ax us in to git warmed, w in I noticed some Collegiate Inshty oot lads goin by wid Karky suits es Th top ind iv thoutfit luks all Hight enough,bnt I can't say I admoire th way they do up their shins. As; a rule th average growin bye runs largely to feet, whoile th legs, espicially that pant situated betune .th feet an th knees, seems to be-waitin fur farther de- vilopments as it sur, an whin they are incased in k rky toights hard to telI jist shere th calf be- gins an th ankle aves all. Jist *thin anothe bunch went past an I axed Clancy What it ail mint. Th °idea," says clancy, " is to in - courage a shpirit th youth iv th cotinthry an to fill their moinda wid a lknowlidge iv mil- itary manoeuveres ea well as trig- onometry an sich loike. Tb big throuble is they're apt to git a little mixed wid their lis Os. Whin they're Their moinds is on h ir )rill as well ( shtudyin geomith y•:; fur inshtance, as their troiangles, an they're apt to git the two a bit mixed. Now there's inc nivvy, Tommy Clancy, U 's boordin wid me, and he's takin a coarse iv advert d calisthinics an niattymatics at t1 nstitytoot. He does his shtudyin in me kitchen where he won't Jbe dishturbed by th twins. Somet naps I open a crack in th door a4i Its viry amusin to lishten to him. Jist th other noight I he was shtudyin his Euclid an he wint at it sonseting loike this: 'Let A B 0 be a ttoiangle having A O greater than 4 B. Attintion 1 Roight-turn 1 It , is requoired to prove that angle ABQ is greater than angle A CB. rent -turn I Lift - turn 1 .From AC ut off AD aquil to A 8, Oyes -front 1 Tofu 13 D. Lif t - whale 1 Quick-mar,h 1 Beease angle AD B is an £xtanio1L angle iv troiave gle B 0 D. Halt 1 '1Attintion 1 Oyes - front I Therefore iADB grestsr than A C B. Form -fours 1 Which is abstirdelVI "Well I says, "11. seems to me that th more advanced an- oiviloized ws grit in this multi; th more we want to find out th qui*, Wall Papers. New Colorings, New Designs, New Prices. , 30 MaTIST.G-1VS Regular 15e, 180 and 20o, FOR 120 PER ROLL. Hanging, 5c per roll. ak LEX. WINTER, Pioture framing a Specialty. est an most scointific way iv m ur- therin our felly-crathers, an I sup- pose thc sooner the raisin ginera-, don it into th business th bett- ben Afther all, Clancy, I doubt av we're much av an improvement on our ancistors. Av worse we're a little betther poshted on Ittyquit an Geamithry than th ancient Britons, an we use th latest shtoyle av gun- poisther inshtid iv a war -club, but we !sittle our dishputes in th same ould way. It's murther, whither we do it wid a club or a torpeedy boat. Jiaa th other day th Taps shit six hundred Russians to Kingdom -come in Issixtieth part iv a sicond. In th ys iv David an Goliath it wud have taken six wakes iv hard pound - in to do th same thrick. But th re- sult wud have been th same. We do it more scointifically now." I foind I have used so much space wid me military blatherin that I have scarcely room to attind to th wants iv a.ven wan little corryspon- dint, but 111 do betther nixt tohne. Here goes fur wan annyway. IL H. Winchelsea, Ontario, This corryspondint wants to know th bist way to remove wather from his cel- lar. Ye've shtruck th wrong man, H. H. I don't know th furst ting about damp cellars.' Me cellar is as dsoy an uninterestin as a Prohibition spache. Av ye'll drop a little note to E. A. Fox, care Bank iv Com- merce, two doors north iv Dawson's Dispinsary, Sayfortb, Ontario, Can- ady, ye'll no doubt obtain th desoir- ed information, Don't furgit to in- close a shtamp. GROGAN. • Huron Notes. , -There are 107 telephones now in 'use in, Wingham. -Rev. D. Ferric, of Winghans, was to ill to take his services ma Sun- day of last week. —Miss Annie E. Green, of Goderich, ,topk first and second class honors at the recent dairy examinations at Guelph Agricultural College. eaThe Sutherland -Innis stave Works which have been located in Exeter for five years have moved their plant to Perry Station. —Bishop Carmichael, of Montreal, preached to large congregati011A on Sunday A April 10th, in St. Paul's church, Clinton. -Mr. J. J. Wright, of Goderioh, wh'o recently had to undergo an op- eration. while visiting his son in Lon- don, is progressing favorably. -Messrs. Carling Bros., of Exeter, Yost a valuable St. Bernard dog last weiek. It seems that the dog got some poison that was put in tho barn for rats, and ate a piece of it. -Mr. T. Jackson, of Clinton, has gone on a business trip to the coast and Mr. C. C. Rance has gone to eastern Ontario and Quebec foa the Jackson Manufacturing Co., of that town. -The April meeting of the Gode- rich branch of the-Womens' Lantitute was held af the home of Mrs. Alex. Crainie, an Thursday, April 17. There was a good attendance and interest- ing topics were discussed. —Before leaving their old home, on, thes 8th concession of Grey, for 13russels, Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott were visited by a large number of their friends and presented with a ladies and a gentleman's rocking chair and a kindly worded address. • —A quiet wedding took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Long of Wingham, recently, when their daughter, Miss Jennie Long, was un- ited in wedlock with Mr. Malcolm Lamont, of the Bluevale road. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. N. McLean, B. A. -James Lindsay has sold his 50 acre farm, north half of lot 6, con- cession 7, Grey, to Richard Jacklin 1011 the sum of $2,300. The purchas- er did not retain the property, how- ever, as be sold it the same week to W. H. Cole for $2,340. Mr. Cole will move to the' farm and make his home there. —Mr. John Hardy, of Clinton,lost his watch lest winter while cutting wood in the bush. All traces of the watch were lost but a few days ago Mr, Hardy was delighted to find his watch, It had lain all 3COSOn wader the snow and had run for nineteen hours. When found it was not tbe least tarnished inside or out. —Mr, and Mrs. Beery Murphy, of Goderich township, were forty years ago married by Bishop Carmichael, who was then rector of St, PauPs church, Clinton. Their son, Thomas, was the last child in Huron christ- ened by the Bishop. It is needless to say that Mr. and Mrs. Murphy were out to hear the Bishop on his recent visit to Clinton. —Miss 'fettle Cantelon, of Sheron, 7th concession of Gorlerich township, was ',married to Mr. Beattie Webster, of Lucknow, on Wednesday evening of last week. Rev. J. Husser, 8.0., performed the ceremony. The bride received a beautiful clock and fruit dish from the merabers and adher- aeon ts of Sharen Methodist ehurch, of which she was organist. -Mr. A. H. Jacobs, of East Wa- wanosh, attended the live stock sale on the farm of Thomas Mercer, Markdale, and purchased an im- ported Shorthorn bull, for which he paid $930. He alio brought with him one bull eaoh for Captain T. E. Rob - sop, Ilder ton, and Wm, Doherty, Clinton, Two very tempting offers were made Mr. Jacobs for his bull before he reached home, both offers being greatly in advance of the price paid for him, One of the offers came from a gentleman in the Argentine Itepublie, Soutb Amerloa. The age of the bull is one year and eleven months, and he is a well proportion- ed and beautiful a,nimal. —On Tuesday morning of last week at the Wingham Catholic church, Miss Margaret Bradley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Bradley, was married to Mr. George Haller, of Preston. The -ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Father Hanlon in the presence of a number of friends. -The annual convention of the , Huron Sunday School Assooiation and Christian Endeavor union, will be held at Whagham, on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 14th and 15th. As outside speaker, Rev. J. Gahey,Rev. T. Albert Moore, and Mr. Jackson, the Sunday School secretary, of Tor- onto, will be invited. -The members of the Rodgerville Gun Club assembled at the home of Mr. Milton McTaggart, Rodgerville, one night recently for the purpose of presenting Miss Cinthie MeTaggart with a handsome rocker as A token expressive of their apprechition of her kindness on a previous oecasion in serving an oyster supper to the members of the club. -A quiet but pretty wecldizat took place at the residence of Mr.and Mrs. A. M. Gunn, in London, when their youngest daughter, Miss Margaret, was united in marriage to Dr. P. H. Thom, of Wellwood, Manitoba'son of Inspector Tom, Goderich. Miss Ethel Gunn, sister of the bride,acted as maid of honor, and Miss Mabel Tom, sister of the groopewas brides- -maid, svhile Mr. E. W. Newton ably supported the grooni. After return- ing front a short trip they will leave Lan their future home in the West. -On Tuesday morning, April 12th, a very large number congregated in St. Peter's church, Goderich, to wit- ness the nuptiels of Miss Lucy Nev- ille, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Neville, to Mr. William J. Connors, of Detroit. The ceremony took place at nine o'clock. Rev. Father MeRae*conducted the service. The bridesmaid was Miss Lena, sister Of the bride, and the groomsman, J. J. McDonald, London, cousin of the groom. Mr. Connors. was a resident of Goderich till about nine years ago when he went to Detroit. . -Eleanor Jane Savage, relict of the late James Glenn, died at her residence, lot 12, concenion 3, Ash- field, on Wednesday, April 10th,a.ged 06years. The deceased had been in poor health for about three years, ibut .thudden termination was ratber unexpected. The dec,eased seemed on the way to better health, until complications set in a short time since. The late Mra. Glenn was borne in the town of Goderich, and has • reside4 in this section all her life. —Mr. and Mrs. James Walker, who ride on the London road, south of Exeter, met with a very unpleasant 'accident on a recent Sunday, while returning from chureb. They were driving a favorite old pony, which is about twenty-three years of age, but though not a colt he took fright at something on the road side and, shying, • threw both occupants into the ditch, with the result that Mrs. Walker received a very badly sprain- ed wrist and was otherwise shaken up, while Mr. Walker had his nose broken and a severe scalp wound, which required several stitehes to close. —Wm. Fanner, of Clinton, who drives Harland Bros, coal delivery wagon, had, a close call for his life one afternoon last week. A freight engine was shunthag in the yard, but stopped for a. moment near the end of the platforin, where the road cros- sed the track. Falkner, thinking he .had time to pass, made the attempt 'with the team, but before he could get more than his horses clear of the track the train struck the front wheels of his vebicle, separating the horses from the rig. The driver saved himself by jumping before the train struck, the only damage being done to the wagon, Canada. -The Leland Hotel proierty in Winnipeg changed hands last week. E. J. Rochon, the well known Fort William curler, is the purchaser,and the price paid was $120,000. -The first boat for this season went out from Toronto harbor on Wednesday, April 130, and the first boat to enter the harbor came from Oakville on the following Thursday. -The residence of Mr. E. D. Til - son, of Tilsonturg, was completely destroyed by fire early on Friday morning last. Mr. Tilson is the head of, the company that manufac- tures the celebrated Tilson oat- meal. -Within the next two months two very important by-laws are to be "voted on by the rate payers of the town of Galt, one to provide for the installation of a town sewerage system, and the other for the con- struction mf a forty thousand dollar Collegiate- Institute -The marriage of Edward Laurin and Miss Faulkner took place at Longue Point, Province of Quebec, Saturday morning under unique cir- turnetances. It was to have been celebtrated the previous Sunday, but owing to the overflow of the St. Lawrence i1 was postponed. On tbe day named, however, as the water had not subsided, the parish priest was suinraoned and the party repair- ed to the church in boats, going through a down fall of sleet, —Last Sunday evening Edward Milligan, was found dead on the floor in the Imperial Bank chambers, Harailtoe. He had gone down stairs to turn on the lights. As it was known that he had a weak heart, it was supposed at first that he bad dropped dead. At the inquest some- what startling evidence was pro- duced, proving that the unfortunate man had been electrocuted. The transformer ,was out of order, and instead of the usual current of 110 volts, the electric wires on the chan- delier were carrying the full power of the main wire of the Hamilton Electric Light and Cataract Power Oampany, which is 2,200 volts. While he stood with one hand on the handle 'of the vault door and the other on the ehandelier it is suppoeed that the current passed through hisbody and killed him instantly. The jurors brought in a verdict to the effect that his depth WAN Atte to an elsotrio shock caused, in their- belief, by a defeetive transformer. -Mr. Justice Teetzel gave judg- ment in the High Court in Toronto, the other day, unseating a member of the Walkerton town council be- cause the council hold an unsatisfied judgment against him for costs in- curred in an action which he took a- gainst Alm town. The judge held that the word "contract" in the municipal law must be construed in its widest sense and that consequent- ly Lim liability due by the councillor to the town is of t hat nature. -Last fall Peter Todd was ship- ping apples from Walkerton station, and after filling all the cars to be shipped he had eight barrels of ap- ples left. They were nut alongside the car and the first snow storm of ihe season hid them from view and they Ve4i3-e soon forgotten. A few ' days ago the barrels were noticed and opened and the a.pples were found to be as good as in the fall, the quantity of sUOW having protected them from the frost. - Mr. Daniel Roland, of Pelham tawnship, diedvery suddeniy. He had been in his usual health and re- tired about half past ten. About midnight he awoke in a coughing spasm. He arose and walked across the room to a chair, where he expir- ed in a few minutes. A pathetic in- oident in connection with his death, is that invitations had been issued and all arrangements completed for the celebration of his golden wed- ding anniversary on the following Tuesday. — Arrangements have been cern- plated whereby a departraent a for- e,stry is to be added to the Ontario Agricultural College, aat Guelph. Mr. E. J. Zavitz, a gradate of MoM.as- ter University, and an undergradu- ate ef Yale Forestry College, has been appointed director of the de- partment, and will take charge be- fore the first of May. The site chos- en for the forestry experiments is in the rear of the new Macdonald Do- mestic Science rnstitute. Already the seeds and seedlings have been ordered. -A big red bull‘ which was being brought down Talbot street, in Lon- don, to be weighed at tbe city scales, made a race at a woman on the street and narrowly missed striking her. The woman did not lose her nerve, -as -many people would have done, ut remained standing still. When the bull came near her, she doged to one side, and the animal went sliding on its knees along the sidewalk. A boy who was leading it by a rope attached to a ring in its nose, held to the rope pluekily, and, with the aid el a bie black snake whip, was able to bring the brute to Its proper senses again. -The death is reported from Greenbush, Leeds county, of Wm. Hanna., the oldest man in tbat dis- triot. Had be lived till July 1st be would "MVO celebrated his 101st birthday. Mr. Hanna was a lifelong resident of the adjoining township, where be was born, and followed the occupation of farmer until incapac- itated by old age. To the end he retained his faculties and an intelli- gent grasp of the leading events of the past century. He is -survived by a family of ten children. Deceased was identified with the Methodist church for 57 years, -The bill which the Dominion gov- ernment intends introducing this ses- sion for the better observance, of the Lord's Day, and wbich will be referred to the Supreme Court as soon as it is illtrodUded 54 that the queation of jurisdiction can be test- ed, aims .at prohibiting an labor, work and business, exeept works of necessity and mercy. It, prohibits Sunday excursions for pleasure, rifle practice, entertainments and sports to which an admission fen, is charg- ed directly or indirectly. It provides a graded penalty for infractions of the law from $1 to $40 to employees: from $10 to $100 for employers and from $250 to $500 for corporation. -The adjournment of the Legiela- lure tor want of a quorum on Fri- day night of last week, when Mr. Si. John was speaking on the Soo aid measure, was the first occurrence of the kind in the, history of the Leg- islature. Premier Ross 'dated on Saturday that the House had not been "counted out" during hie twenty years, and Speaker Chariton eadd he knew of no such incident. Mr. St. John could not get even ten of his own colleagues to listen to him. When the member for West York called attention to the fact that there was not a quorum present there were, in their scats eight Lib- erals and nine Conservatives. A quorum requires twenty members, including the speaker. -By falling off a westbound train at Cobden, on the 0. P. 11 a few days ago, a Scotch immigrant, sup- posedly Ernest II. J. Ballantyne,wa.s instantly killed. The accident hap- pened at 4 o'clock, and while no one saw it it is believed that the man, contrary to the, rules of tbe away, was standing on one of the platforms - and got jolted off. The first section of the Soo train carried several hundred traminrants of whom the deceased was one. He ddae not missed however, by his fellow trav- ellers, but was feund by a passenger who got off from tbe second section of the train when it stopped at Cob- den. On the body were found sev- eral letters addressed to Ernest H. J. Baliantyne, Tillicoultry, Scotland. and $40 in cash. -ser. James M. McCann, who has been in the employ if the Dominion Government for a good many years as surveyor and exiilorer, in a re- cent report referred in somewhat un- compl:ment ry terras to the Upper Peano River country, which hasbeen lauded so highly in some quarters. Rewas(10xmammiintet„rthothello d.befooreAgrjroli tu Commons a few days ago and repeat- ed his cententions and said that, with the xt;rption -oLa small area, the reg;nn wxi unfitted for either grazing or wheat growing. He said the land was teo high, too cold, and the soil was shallow, and it is too far north at that altidute for agricul- tural purposes. He had found a clay subsoil whicb was impervious to water, which greatly restricted the progress of vegetal=and this was only covered by from two to four inches of loam.