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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1904-06-03, Page 1- -.MOM LAY 2'7. 190 connection for NOW is ice of all that nth ken, antt expect to are -ou ean depend ny department. sprinkling 'of patchased front an Amenesm. :gay Mudins for waietinga net on to aell then goods at twenty- , ivy being greater then we sem e &. 1"d t.oelose them out thee tteneg your chance now ts'Je HALF PRICE. e-ta so early in misome thirty five cent tut yea have the opptr- 'a ode leamin of from . All white Grounde and stripes. If you White dress or waist .0 this season. pon get fer a ge rter, iet ..w4j male and property shaped Erns weather. They are a laica- l_ cettone high neck, long sleeves" V:. et, with Edging and Tape. Al liffiouity in getting good boys, try theee, They erti.s" ed, thirty-five cent Heavy ribbed cetton, Lea to keep BLACK to r away good. moaey for he best when you can tr.. i big redaction, end Boit is bre- Tney are short end& frantA , not emmughin some cane for it Ozm for a skirt or a waist. T ooze just as well all if yon in. You will find quite a vsrlety otorings, perhaps something yore Much in Denia4 11•1••••-•• Fancy Belts Araeriean Collars te. White Gloves Embroidered Hosiery _eine Underwear New York Waists Walking Skirts LadiesRain Goats f)ods Company 7741?,10 kly represented: at Clinton ce h, The iatermediate foot - Lm, which played there with }legate team of that tower feated by a score of one to E. p. Dunford, A. C. Dam*. X150.0, Alf. Baeker and orris, Donald took in the iig toronto on Saturday re received a bad shaking day last week that has laid E ever since. He was leading 'hen she suddenly took frgb loth flapping on a clotbN I the jerk was so unex r was landed with great for - back .His back receive4 asere Tench and was followed bet r setting in, whieh gave hire .pain for a while. We ar, say that he is coneideredbet-= Thos. Ross, of • Chesiert - 'lat. Ross, of Kincardine, were fis week to see hina.—Councile :4ker has purchased the house, !; on lames street, from Idis, et The latter will probabir Manite,ba short1y.-.1dre A. and Isabel Were visiting ktn during the heiliday.—F..1, Scheik. of Toronot, aret t in town with Mrs, Wynne- hitrso Meadows, of LondoneVas- ier a few days this week. --As ttgomery the new teller it Da _ -teitan bank, arrived hers reekville m Triesday.—M' Stratford, was visiting lirs. Ballantyne and other no town for a few days. -- Mrs. Alf. Lowry and babr ,ting London friends this*-: lively and exciting game of was platyed here on Fridar last in connectice with tio ries of the W. F. A. Wing-. the opposing team andetbei; germ: all right._ Our bop good luck to score one goal st half, thus the score stood- Titis. was the first game, for eiors end as goals con& our need to keep going toviin rict .—Tony Sample' was:home t-Pdisler for e. few days thiS it -Welter Jackson arrive idiom Toronto on Monday- . (el hs organized a hasehe 'hh good prospects for tiev old and reepected reeident a the person of Mr. Selo pitecel ftW y Sunday Mcroillt- at the residence a big *op 15, concession 4, Ellicer ,r 62 years and 1e5 daY ▪ due: 10 ObStr11060.0 t It deeeased easing beets :.tfIntd=r. Mr. Moore woe lestra. f.II;r1,' E110.alldi and When lire of 'lee cattle to this Nan' I: his father, and liveci cel the= r)W occupied by his Seas ?Sri ebeet roue yesrs 200 et ired and moved into 00 - There survive besideshilgt l•-ette (led three danglit't , • •y Wormer of Blaetehafit " fiway in the person Moo Deeald, whose d th, :'t h.• at the family efrt ehe: f• (I, at tbe advance -a_ es a The late Mir • 31-w, •• leen la Caitlinessbiree h a brother vibe ,=" I r 6 ,.rne to this co 11 firet settling atrd fitteene r rd r emoving rat velege he was rna.rrieti 0-22 Cr' he came svith his lq the hardehips of pioneer ILL° :n Blanshard townsblPt t.Fisee from Stratford. 100"` eers age, he went to Stratf -he hes since carried ea a m bue.iness at the stone e id building trade, leaving fair ,Ftone for the principal b Stratford and Vicinity, member of the Preittl and a Liberal in politics, and a family a Basest let to deiZ. vaou-rn Pit THIRTY-SIXTH TRAIL WHOLE NUMBER, 1903.. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1904. McLEAN BROS.. Publishers $1 a Year in Advance. p Fine 1 FURS Tailoring I and I S S AN D * I readymade 1 1 FUR ISH Clothing IN S CLOTHI NosilAAMAAAAANIAAWMANON4 Greig & Stewa. June Sal 40•41000•04011101MMINOMIle* With the coming of June, a summer month, we have a whole lot more stock than we care to have. Fact of the platter is, we should prefer to have the use of money tied up in too much stock. There are Hundreds of People , at this particular time find themselves in need of—perhaps a suit of clothes, a Hat, or possibly Shirts ori Raincoat, light weight Underwear, or Worki\ng clothes, such as SMOCKS, Work Shirts and Overalls. All the above lines ire propose putting at prices giving the buyer a chance to save a few dollars. Remember, we offer no old rubbish. Our goods, no matter how low priced, are properly made. ' We allow no manufacturer to make our store a umping ground for his mistakes, no matter if he wanted to make us .a present i of the same, What we have to sell in suits you'll find coats of goodlength,i-sleeves in proportion, trousers proper width and length, vest collar right, etc 4 and in all there must be about 2 Hundred Men's Suits Sale prices $3,50 to $7.50. 1 Hundred Boys' Suits Sale price $1.25 to $3.00. I Hundred Men's Raincoats Sale price $2.00 to $6.50. 1 hundred %looms' RaincoOs Sale price $2.00 to $8,00. I 2 hundred pairs Men's Pants Sale' price 85c to 42.175. 1 hundred pairs Boys' Knickers, sale pride 50 dozen men's fancy Shirts, sale price 10 dozen boys' fancy Shirts, sale price 50 dozen Men's Sox, sale price 3 pair for 25 dozen men's fancy Sox, sale price 25c to 75c 45c to 900 40c tO,65c 25c 25c 50 dozen straight band linen collars, sale price 4 collars for 25e 50 dozen men's Ties, all styles, 35c to 75c re- • gular, sale price choice 20 dozen Straw Hats, one lot, single choice second lot San Shades, sale price ingrersoleirerrn************** 25c 25c 500 10c to 12c A Busy Month in Tailoring. A New Blast From an Old Horn. --- (Written for The Expositor 4id con- tinued from last week.) Everybody ought to knoiv that the railway interest has been run- ning our Governments ever since they were built, Sir John - Ai Moe - 'Donald had to borrow m,oney from Sir Hugh Allen to be•recouped out of the building of the Cdr. R., ..the syndicate hating got him in their power could demand just what they wanted. George Stephens and Don- ald Smith were made Lords and soon left the country. Before leav- ing they imported Wm. Vardlorne who brought Tom Shaughnessy a- long to adopt the Ameriean metbeds of running Idle road to make money, and having,succeeded in running the Tory, Government for twenty years, he made lots of it. The Scottish Ai:eerie= atates that Lord Mount Stephen is iworth 74 millions, Lord Stratheona 1 125 millions, and' no ` doubt Sir it;rim. Van Horn is probably 1 the richests an in the Dominion. I was told Sone years ago, by a -man who !should not have told me, that he received a cheque for $350,000 from Chicage. This might have been a rake-off on a contract, or a share -of a cut in rates given to a large shipper, or it might have been a Pro- fit on a deal, it being an easy matter to give himself a profit out of the rates. It seems he and his friends have spare money enough to build a railway frorn 'one end of' Cuba to the other without having to beg any fav- ors from them. If he sucoeeds in running the Cuban government as well as that of Canada, in twenty years he will own the country that Ontario is giving $75,000 a year to compete against in auger making. Besides it- is reported the American Knight is going to build a million dollar- betel, the largest in the world, for the benefit of rieh merm or sickly women who cannot stand Can- adian, winters and who have to goT- south. it is not to be wondered that Sir Rivers -Wilson imported an Am- erican to run his road and the gov- ernment seeing the C. P. It. has been tto successful. The wonder is that the Liberal Government would go: into partnership with the manager. of the 0, T. Reda road that has kile led more people, destroyed more property, given poorer sereite and charged higher rates to the people of Old Ontario who have paid More towards its constructiten than all the other provinces put together. During thy month of October last ifo travelling through Manitoba, I saw the station sidings were full of empty cars waking tor the crops to move. in Ontario during the fall, dealers had to pay. interest and in- eurance on millions of bushels of grain and other property, six and seven weeks after being sold wait- ing tor, navigation to close to ob- tain empty, cars. From August to the close of navigation there must /lave been over 30 million bushele of Arnericati grain carried over Cana- Olilfi roads at 3c per ' bushel to the seaboard, weights and prompt ser- vice guaranteed. It seemed- to be a case of necessity and mercy to keep the elevators empty to save demur- rage, os special trains with double headers were put an on Sundays. For ill -St -AM& .t bought two cars of wheat from Henry Schaefer, Brunner, on the. 18th of Noyember that were not delivered in Stratford until the 18th of February and I bought over 100 ears during January for the dif- ferent mi tiers that were not del iv - bred 'until the last .. half of April, S01110 of them being bought nearly four months and nearly all fell short -a. few bushels. I was told by a par- ty who has suffered as much as any person from the want of prompt rail- way service, when complaints were pouring in, that he waS asked by= an -editor of the Globe tth write a let- ter to offset these complaints, and lie did by stating the officiate were working night and day to keep the reacts 'open, but the snow was so deep and the weather scd severe it was impossible to do better. If the roads cannot be kept- open in this moderate climate how much worse enust it be to keep them open four hu.ndred mites, north where the win- ters are longer and much more se- vere. Thefact is the engines were all. used up in the fall in being svorked beyond their capacity, carrying 'Am- erican and Manitoba grain at one- third the rates charged on grain . .grown in Ontario, but this is nothing ne.1".,nr' 1898 the G, T. R. serried mil- lions of bushels from Chicago via Goderich and Midland at 8c per 100 pounds to the seaboard, while the rate from Stratford was 17 1-2c and trent points north and west it was 19c and to the lower' provinces the rate was 25c and over,. which shows how both .producers and consumers are robbed. At this time the local ratee were raised from 20 to 50 per cent. all over the province. Thisen- abled Charles M. Hays to pay. a small diviecend on the stock; this caused Premier Ross to begin blowing; up Mr. Hays as the greatest railroad man on earth and, as one good turn deserves an -other, at the last elec- tion for North Perth 200 good Tore votes - were changed in the twink- ling of an eye from the Tory to the Grit: candidate. It . is well known i hat Premier Ross and Sir Wilfred Laurier are as closely connected as i he Siamese twins, the one can do nothing without the knowledge and ceneent of the other, nor without each 'ether's assistance, hence the - reasoe Mr. Ross had .to give a bon - 11`4 of $400,000 and. 1,200,000 acres of land to the Triplet they have, taken in t 0 per tnership, Mr. Pettipiece made il fool both of himself and the country in nol standing by his bill after putting his hand to the plough and doMes such splendid work. The time has come when farmers and all producere must unite their votes in -favor of a policy that will eilirich bot h i heinselves and the couirtry, regardless of party. Mr. Ross' aim in life has been to get the govern- ment pap in his mouth and keep it there. No doubt the Tories are just 'es anxious to gain the railway -in- fluence to get. the pap in their mouths and it is the duty of farm- ers to see they are not made The dupes of either party. Mr. Ross has We are always busy in this department, but we are going to -be busier than ever. /We are becoming better known. Our work is pleasing our patrons. ,We‘gilve exceptional good fitting and well made garments, and our prices are lower than people are usually asked to pay at a dependable store. We satisfy you in every way, or refuse to take your money. Black Dress Snits, sale price Bine Serge Suits, sale price Fancy Striped Suits, sale price Grey Worsted Trousers, sale price Scotch Tweed Suits, sale price AolsAltioVWeit Greig & $15.00 to $20.00 15.00 to 20.00 14.00 to 20.00 3.00 to 5.00 15.00 to 18.00 Stewart Johnson Bros.' Old Stand, The largest and best stocked Clothing, Hat and Shirt store in Western Ontario. ghest Prices for Butter and Eggs •leeconie a strong imperialist and la- ments that so. much a our trade .is done with the., 'United States ifistead of with Great Britain. How .much mere ought be Lo lament after be- ing twenty years Minister of Edu- cation that tbis courftry bus not been able to produce men capable of running railways the people have built with their own money, but 'have hei to import three m:en at $50,000 a year salary, who never were within the walls ef a eollege, besides imperting scores of others to fill the bdst positions, who are ali riding around the country in their private cars at the expense of the poor farmer, The Liberals before getting into power pledged themselves . to re- duce the burdens 'of the people by reducing expenses, and in redneing the tariff and in mending ()mending the House of Refuge for wan, out politicians. Instead of doing f.ter they have increased the indemnity ;in both houses to pay for the time Spent in rangling abodt polilios. In every other way, they have ,followed close- ly in the footsteps of Sir John, A, Macdonald. As soon as Sir Wilfred Laurier got the power he put a handle to the name of Tom Shaugh- nessy, a man who has systernatizal- ly robbed the county to enrich' the syndiaate and himself. And why did be go cm his knees begging Sir Wm. Van Horn to accept the chairman- ship of the transportation commis- sion, knowing he was chairman of the Canadian board of directors of • the C. P. R., at a salary stated to be $35,000 a year ? And worst of all why did he make Mr. Blair chair- man of the Railway Commission at a salary of $10,000, a man who fought against the 'Grand Trunk Pacific scheme and who fought for years a- gainSt a railway eommissian, bedilig appointed, until he drew up a hill that there is neither head nor tail to These commissions are go- hng to cost the country $100,000 a year and are no good. You, will re- collect= Dalton McCarthy With the assistance of your humble 'servant, John A. troduce commis - of the bers of de who loin the succeeded in, eetting Sir* Macdonald to -pTomise to i a bill to appoint a railway sion to gain the intere,st country. But the rotten me the Toronto Ilipard or Tr; had been getting favors f raihvays were furnished w th free passes to send to their -customers to .go to elitawa and protest. against any change being made. Tim crowd was • so large the little city could not hold them, !Sly John being so :glad he had get out, of a bad hole, put h-andles to the names or William Van Horn and that of Joseph Hick - ,son. The original Railway Aet could have easily been enforced for $10,- 000 a year, the l`mt bein,g so simple that . - roads were. bound to supply empty cars promptly and. not to (discriminate in rates of freight be- tween individuals or localities for the same service rendered, all that ,was required being the appointment of one or fey° good. deteetives to see they walked up to the terms of their chatbert erti lls all how the pillaror the party have changed. Sir itiehard Cartwright in his foolish optimistic speech spoiled it in stating that vvhen, the Libetals got into power C. P. R. stock Was only worth 35 millions, it Is now worth 85 mil - Hone, The trouble is there is too 'much wealth -getting into the hands of soulleas corporations who buy up the people's representatives to rob the country ina wholesale way. The worthy Knighthad nothing to say about a son getting $4,000 a year as secretary to . A. Gt Blair. Then there is that good man, John Charlton, who had been boxing the political compass for years un- til he became a railway pronuiter and gat a bonus of $28,000 to him- self tmbuild a road that is not need- ed, from Port; Rowan to Collings wood. He has not had a word to ;say against railway Sabbath dese- cration stride, hit foolishly under- took to enlighten the public as to how theap grain can be carried from the Territories to Irioectori, some- thing he knows nothing about. I in - )ended to have something tollety about Joseph Chamberlain and his Irnerial policy, but this letter is too long. Tours truly, JAMES PRINGLE, SR, • - The Algona Model Farm. McLennan, Ont., May 23, 1904. Editor of Huron Expositon—It has been -said that "Algoma is a couetry of rocks held ,together be mud - holes," but the person who is re- sponsible for that ;mist have mis- taken the Muskoka District for that. part of New Ontario known as Al- gonaa District. The District of Al- goma is- noted for its extensive, timber limits, ,and its wealth of mineral -deposits, but it is more es- pecially noted for its large and pro- ductive farming eections. Among all the farming sections in Algoma, none are richer and more producti,ve than that stretch of country' around the village or Mc- Lennan. Here we find well cleared, and well fenced, leeel farms, with large frame barns, and brick houses quite in evidence. Here we find men who were once but day laborers, now the proud possessors of a farm and a home of their own, living a hippy and contented life. Among -these we. might mention ai an ex- ample, Mr. Carson Moore, w1io is the owner of our "Model Farri." The produce, grain and seeds ilhaf Mr. Moore has grown on his fa m have, never yet been -beaten in any con- test, and in the fall- of 1003, at the Soo fell fair, Mr. Moore cat-ried off the red ticket for • the _beet town- ship display suepaesing that of the representative of . St, Joeeph Is- land, "The Garden of Algoma," who never before had taken a blue tiek- et. But, notwithstanding all Mr. Moore's former victories and suc- cesses, the event of Friday law, which marked the culmination of a hard year's' toil, will tong be remem- bered as the grandest occasion in the hielory of the " Model Farm," The neighbors and friends for miles aeound, both -male and fere dm gath- ered to the farm of Mr. Moore to raise his new barn, which :s a meg- Wall Papers Window Shades Curtain Poles Pict -tire Framing. ILEX. WINTE Picture framing seSpmseialty. Seaford' Races misommiimatimsmosems -emnimenmprilgt7— The 5th annual meet of the Sesforth Turf Club will be held on their grounds in Sine forth on TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY JULY 5th & eth, PO4 $1,800 IN PURSES FOR TIM FOLLOWING EVENTS: lit Day. 2 50 pace 2 22 psoe 2 19 ruse 2nd Day. 2 26 pace 2 35 trot 2 14 pace Free for all. . 1,1 ADIESiION 250. R. Wilson, M. Broderick, President • Secretary, 1908 nificent structure 40 by 60 feet, and a credit to any homestead, Mr. John Armstrong, who bad the contract for framing the build- ing, again proved himself quite ,ef- ficient at his trade, and when the captains, Messrs. Thos. Murray and Geo, Nott, both old Huronites, had gotten their men in line, with their pike poles, studs, and braces in hand in perfect readiness, Mr. Arm- strong gave one long and -thrilling "ho -heave," and in less than two hours the building was together, with the rafters standing out ;waited the blue sky. Everything went to- gether like a flash, and not a bmice, nor a pin fell to the ground to Inirt anyone., and better still, not a vet - gar NVord was heard from the lips of anyone of that crowd of eighty mon Perhaps the. secret- of it all +LS that the ladies of the neighborlictod were near by, and one might see one of them picking up a hat that had fallen from someone's head, and another catching hold of the end:of a pike pole. Ladies- are generally euch modest creatures, and never Make a big display of their works but in their silent and quiet way their presence is always an inspir- ation, 0V0,11 to those who do not seem to have mueh regard or admir- ation for the fair sex, Nothing happened to destroy the harmony of the entire proceedings, and oven though Mr. Murray and his men had only a collar beam to place when their opponents had .finishell, yel they took their defeat good- naturedly, and soon will forget whether they really did lose or wire J W. With the Editors .to St: E. Lo • It is not often that the editors get the opportunity of having an out- ing, but when they do t hey take ad- -vantage of it, particularly when they are going to get it at about half rates, and such was -the case when they were given an opportun- ity to visit the. great Exposition at, St. Louis, The exeursion was un- der. the amspicies o2 the Canadain Press; Aseociation and the energetic secretary, Mr. J. E. Clark, of the Toronto Star, 'assisted by the presi- dent, Mr. Sohn Cooper, of the Can- adian Magazine, had, everything ar- ranged to perfection, so -that all the excursionists had to do was to get on the train, bang up their coats and get at again when we reached St, Louis, Even there everything had been arranged for, alien to monis at the • Inside Inn Ott -the Ex- position grounds. The majority of the party gath- ered at Toronto, and on Saturday morning weestarted out with a train of five new Pullman's, two itinere and a baggage car, which augmented by, a party of sixty from Quebec, increase the train • to seven Pull - Mans. A few were taken on at Hamilton and London, making a par- ty. of some ono hundred and forty from Ontario, and then on we went without worry even from the eus- tom's officials, until Sunday morn- ing early we jumped off at St,Louis. It might mot be out of place to say a good word here for the Grand Trunk, who carried the party. Per- haps they remembered the many roasts they bad received (luting the latd winter . from the press of all' political stripes and were out to show the editors that they could do things in style if they wished. How- ever, bd that as it may,. the Grand Trunk certainly excelled _themselves on this trip and nothing but the highest praise can he spoken of the accommodation furni. ted ad the facilities afforded were perf every detail. Then too we 4, board with us Mr. J. 1). MU/ of Toronto, district passenger ag- ent, and Mr. Charlton, of Montreal, anotherofficial of the road, both genial gentlemen and obliging, • But the Grand Treat were, not the only people who knew the edit - were out for a time-, At ILim- ilton we took on board a consider- able quantity of refreshments. The Royal • Distillery Compete, seemed to be either -laboring wider the de- lusion that we knew a good thing when we tasted it, or that St,Louis water wasn't what it might be, and they . wished to augment. OM' fare with some of their .best. The Tuck-- ett Tobacco Company • made, a good guess when they came to the conelu- sien that editors ave fond of the Branch lines, spur lint. end electrEc weed, and their excellent cigers lines may be employed me, nmnc- hclped to while away aelms:int s lions and team connect/".)11'-i arraneed. hour. The Ryrie Companymof Tor- onto, and the Toronto Exhibition people were also to the fore with sditable and useful souvenirs. The Return. Leaving any reference to the Re- position itself to some future °eels - ion, let us board the now familiar care to be greeted by thesunny smile of our , old porters. What a relief after some days of continuoue sight seeing and continuous tramping un- til one felt that his limbs were net a part of him. But after a refresh- ing night we are in Chicago and ready to tackle the hustle and bustle of the Windy City. After a hasty trip through the big stores, a peep into the grain exchange was of in- terest. At the tine of our visit there was a bear movement in wheat and for some days things were pretty lively around the wheat pit. I reach- ed there just in time to see the tail end of the day's btusin -ss, just, enough to see what they can do, an what is done when things are at their liveliest. Here I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Robert Pringle, a former Seaforth boy, but now a member of one of the largest brokerage firms on the Ex- change. And by a peculiar co -in- cidence a Mr. Kavanagh; of Winni- peg, also a former Seaforthite, who was making a flying visit to Chic- ago. Although it was currently re- ported that Mr. Pringle was a heavy loser in wheat, he assured me that things were not so bad as people said. In fact instead of losing he stood to make a fair sized fortune. About five o'clock the party again gathered'at the Victoria hotel,where we were teadered a dinner by the Miehle Press Company, It was a most enjoyable affair and fortified us well for the balance of the run home, which, until we reached Lon- don on Saturday morning, WaS of an uneventful character. But there was a murmuring in the air, a pre- sentiment that there were doings a- head, 5'0 that we were not surprised when we were ordered to get off at London for an interesting ceremony. Here Mr. J. T, Clark was presented with a handsome silver service on behalf of the party for his untiring energy in making the trip the suc- cess it was and for the many person- al kindnesses shown the different members of the party. Presittent, Cooper was presented with an illum- inated address, and Messrs. McDon- ald and Charlton,- of the Grand Trunk, were each tiresented with a handsome piece of silver and a ring. Mr. A. E. Bradwin, of the Myth Standard, who acted a,s advance man for the party at St. Louis, was also made the recipient of a ring. It was here that, with many re- grets, the party began to break up and by the time Toronto was again reached our numbers were sadly de- plete,d. Throughout it was a most enjoyable trip and a luxurious one, particularly to those of ns who are accustomed to paying full fare for a slow ride in a se,cond class car. A Comparison. Perhaps, some people willtobject to comparisons, but it is only in that way we learn, and. in this case the comparison was entirely in our fa- vor, and therefore more pleasing than objectionable. The greater part of the trip through Michigan Wali made by day and gave a favorable opportunity for seeing the country, and although one does not veri often see the best of the country from a car window, still we could see, enough to place it in judgment with our own fair Ontario, greatly to the eTe,dit of the latter, The soil of Michigan is very much lighter than here and in places is inclined 1,0 he too light and sandy for good farm land. Then again as we, drew near St. Louis we had a splendid view of the country. Rich it no doubt is, hut low lying and flat, one mightahnost call it a pre -Mite -reach- ing far on either side with scarcely a fermi, in view; land, no doubt, good for corn, but hardly adapted to _the, good mixed farming we aro ac- customed to at. home. Then we glide on. steadily to the muddy Miesissippi.. Muddy, did I say, that seems almost too. mild a term and at once you hate the thought, of water as a bev- erage, while in St. Louis at least. W. D. M. Canada. —The barn on the farm occupied by Mr. Wm. Brown in Clarke town- ship With struck by lightning on Thursday of last week, and burned, seven calves, seven horses, 600 bush- els of oats and a lot of other pro- -The residence of Frank H. Reid near Belleville, in Thureow town- ship, was struck by lightning Thurs- day •of last week,and badly damaged. Mrs. Reid received the full force; a the shock and is not expected to recover. —Mrs, Wealth, of Croyden, near Kingston, is ibea.d, aged 91 years. De- mised raised a family of eleven children, all of whom are -living, Flfty-seven grandchildren, forty- six great grandchildren, and one great great, grandchild survive. —At a Te.Ctla trial before Judge Morgan in Toronto, between two Chinamen, in which one Was charged With assult ing the other and rob- bing him of $12, it was made clear, that the Chinamen of the city have an almost., perfectly organized se- cret society, under the command of a Grand Master, —Mrs, W. C, St. John, of Uxbridge, will leave Toronto about the last of June for California, where she will Lake possession of an eetate valued et $150,000, left her by the, late Ar- chibald J. Fergusoe, of Redwood City, Saumat is county, California, who was killed in a railway ;inci- dent last March. —The Toronto World Sly's Time Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk have been living under truce- The advene of the, latter- into the Can- adian Northwest has set the bugle' blowing for a shock at arms all a- long the line. The Canadian Pacific will meet the invasion of its west- ern preserve by putting in a bid for business at every station or the Grand Trunk in Ontario and Quebec, —Thomas Lefray, ft ill'fN/ nummr- nwr of Queensborough, Hiles .11 •;.'S county, was takine whey fr5M1 he fact 0 ey, neer that place Thureioy efternimon, when a thunder :dorm came up. II, tees si mirk and in- stantly killed by 'a bolt of lightning. His widow :lone survives him. —Mr. James Scott, who liv-es in Putslinch township, about five miles from Guelph, expired suddenly, of heart failure on Saturday in the of- fice of Dr. Lindsay, %hither he wes taken an him complaint of feeling unwell. He was a Liberal, chairman of the township organization com- mittee, and a county rouncillort —Miss Ina Chambers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Chambers, Sim- oe, has been successful in winning the $100 prize for her second year tit the John Hopkins hospital, Bal- timore, Md. This is the second time Miss Chambers has wgn, and the sec- ond time she has been the first Cam. adian to win. —Sir Wm. Pt Howland, of Toron- to, who was Lieutenant Govegnor of Ontario from 1868 to 1872, eelebrated his 94th birthday on Saturday last,. Sir William's health is fairly goad, and his mind as clear as ever. He is Still able to give his attention to business matters for about an hour every day, and he dictates his let- ters at the rate of a hundred words a Iniinttlle ute. — annual business Meeting of the minister and official lay re- presentatives ef the Uxbridge dis- trict of the Methodist church, held at Stouffville a few days ago, a solution in favor of organic un- ion hetween the Pre,sbyterian,Meth- edist and Congregational cherchee was carried unanimously a,-nd a ries- elution to that effect will be for- warded to conference. —At time request of' Mr.- Whitney, leader of the Opposition, Mr. An- -drew Miscampbell, ex -M. P. P., has consented to become, for a timeghe organizer of the Conservative party in Ontario. Mr. Miscampbell will make his headquarters in Toronto. —Wm, Maekey, of' Ottawa, who died in December last, left an es- tate valued at $1,207,000. The suc- e,ession duties will amount to $61,- 000 and. will go into the treasury of Ontario. —The 800 re -organization scheme has been completed; the mortgage held by the. Speyer Company, of New York, has been paid and the property. has been handed over to the new company, of which Mr. IL D. War- ren, of Toronto, is preeideut. All the requirements of the guarantee act passed by the Ontario Legisla- ture at the last session have been fulfilled and the Goverrunent have passed an order in council putting the guarantee into force. Tlee ex- tensive works at the Soo are, there- fore, likely to be put in full opera- tion at. once. —Mr. II. A. Mullins, formerly Con- servative member of the Manitoba Legislature for Russell, and who as again offered time unanimoue nomination of the Coneorvatives al the local elections hist year, is out with a strong letter to Mr. S. L. Head, Liberal eandidaie for Mar - ?yr esiupipnor7bitchhe bLeauarniner" rvserinm- ment in the coming elections on its railway policy. He does not believe in Mr. Borden's alternative policy. Mr. Mullins ie one of the largest eat- tle dealers of Western Canada,hande ling 'over 40 per eent. or the enire cattle shipments east ward. Mr.hlul- tins within the past fee months- was offered the unanimous Conservetive nomination for the, new Dominion constituency of Mackenzie, but de - 61—n -ed. Aroaring cyclone struck the town of Amhersiburg, in Essex coun- ty, stuffily after one, o'clock Thur, - ay last, awl after raging for m'mn-- iy hour left a trail of ruin in its. wake. Fort unai e'ly there were no atalit ices, the damage being con - d entirely to the property lost. The most seritees damage was done - o the Lakeview hotel, which IS a IAA CI0110 10 the 'river bank. The roof was lifted completely off, and carried away. The tall smokestack -of the .Electric Light and Power Co. was blown over. The Amhersibure grist mill was badly damaged, and the court house was partially wreck- ed. Everywherc trees were uproot- ed, telegraph and telephone wires blown down. The property damage is estimated at about $25,000. The wind struck the town when most Of me people were at their mid-day meal, and owing to this fortunate circumstance, no one was killed or injured by flying debris. The area f the storm vas three milete wide. • —Mr. Andrew Bit clavier, of Brod- hagen, has sold his store to his bro- ther John, from Mitchell, elm will met it. as a harness shop. Mr. An- drew Eickerneier will build a new, up-to-date store on his own lot,near hie dwelling house; which he boueht from Mr. Wm- Puschelberg. —Mr. A. J. Cundick, who has held responei Me. position in Scott be nk, istowel, for some years, has ac- cepted posiUoIJwithi timoSoverign Bank in Toronto. I'rior 1.0 his de- parture from Listowel he wae pre- sented wit h a 114 rid50010 51.11I case: be his friends. —One of the earliest and best 0000 on T ii -d y of last week, ha knOWTI residente of Lietowel, died at the person of Mrs. Wpm Gibson, The dem-seed has been in feeble health Lor ,ye 1'1 b t abOtil two m on t hs ago she took worse, and since gradually„ sank until Tuesday at noon %hen nix WA V. neee:aSed :,nil Ve or Yld and was' Abraliere J., Hamilton, El- rna weensimip, died on Tuesday niglt er ei,oee ok (Jer A yer a and li;i'J ben fgo, "IlY during 1 ho pesil ti(r.itid, c de ed ozishfravo rond west, and" years ago to a da afffitPr of Mr. Adate Hendereme who with a fomily of two sons, eur- vives him. ;44,