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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1905-05-05, Page 1either ast tjI ali to pieces ring football de to last and $5 each find a nice ry, Under - Children's w you tO ew m the lot, to sell at 13,,e lot and Curtains, so - out them in 50 pairs (odd hich we in. hey will be 0 and $2.10 our Wirat&it gths of from ach, will be riook over your a ,arp floor oil Squares 9DS CO. es county, where aeitioh ae teacher s Melita Wright. int Easter with Ofiss Johnston, of ot Ding. Allan Me - ass Mienie Beet, a Sleetle, and Miss - for the holidays. D. Johnston. of at county, were at .Mr. Johnston Walton, la.nd pas- arth on the way.. heir Itorae, 2.each- he first day and [tn.—Mr. Arthur Jahn Scatt, Rox- iching soheol at aunty, was home Are.••john Teomp- eae in town this iends. are prepared 250 o. pair op. ark hes, cateets, table covers, rie other requirement*. ?e. F. A. Edwards, Bay - 19604 pod Friday our eottialt team, the went to Ifeneall eindIt- game witb. lo -wee Owing to rends were in bad wan by the score its art ontered in ague unit the firet be played on the Saturtia,y, April tnsell teen. The Bayfiele Football the fair grounds pat in geod hape -hidden and Alex. in Normal, were a eion.—Mise r SODS of Dr. At- retureed Tu.s- of holiday - ergo Mitchell and fiord, were meets r Easter,—jaho hter, Ajice. pent Ilaldenby spent e near Kinoardine. Landon4 :was the tohn Weiddan for ttuck erid daugh- ci.„ Marie Neweiti,. !, errs. Setlers.—Mr- iToronte, ,was the ' Ille Miirtin over WiIixr Erwin :it gArptii Steven- -;--leue Spencer, of - Lor tee holidays. it the di tores close -; Th tired ay evening ruf..ricir4.1. Tuesday !7-11-s E. ! Jetlooner, :orrie Su eley.—Dr. °fifteen at - p ire cemiention Ieryfield foot - I fee -11e evening .-nt .rtainznent "ctures. ltobertson, rthtj&j breeder of a not her Un- dy fine Ili. has par - of Ilay,oele eer and most sue- brs'edo-si a very hicq he paid ; euti eice red oei end was got d Prince," [r. ,n prizebull. He ete eireal rflifl r re. in his ap- only a val- Mr. lerbertsores very ereet ;id-. igheorkood. Mr. fri-0. it e o -nmeed- keel fs!. is ,------------ TITIRTY-EIGHVI YEAR. 1 'WOMB NUAlliElt, 1951.. i .,., Fine I 1 ' The TailOring P aud pnade clothing L••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 105. ---1 MuLEAN BROS., Publishers $1 a Year in Advance. Groun • I -FURS AND I • IFURNISH INGS •, s Weather conOact has expired, and, unless he con- cludes. to work, overtime, Sprmg is wit sure. Nearly every than will want a Sprila suit, and want it soon. The most skiZfri' 1 Clothes builders nke our ex°. eller& clothing,i twid the man who co-Mtt here for bis Spring sO will be looked. upon as a tylish and -well dressed, niait. Won't be coOftirtable to dodge the SI ring suit question much longer. Our comfortillite,prices are in striking ontrast to the excessive Wipe asked by most oloth xghouses. , Whatever yon,',t,' tiy us—our guaranty of your entire satisfaction is always included. 11 A good. measute of satisfaction for you is Capital for us. 1 1 .50 "Vile 'claim to have the best ten dol- lar Sul" 't in this county and we want your!bpinion of it. If you want a black dtess suit, or a blue' serge suit, a fanci Worsted suit or a stripe or a cheek* the best imported tweeds, no matter ,what size you need, we have it and $1011 may make a choice of the best,suit you have ever seen for Mother leader with us is our great Seve*Fifty Suit for general wear— put uti in beautiful patterns, worsteds and 4a,e08, in good Scoich mixtures, shadea, Drown, Grey, Black and Blue. „ I And another line we always carry in , stock is a first class knlek-about suit in gopci'strOng materials, not unpleasant 1 to leak itt, and wears most satisfactori- I ly, at octii crousers, are very much needed \ at thilt sawn and we ziaim to have a epecialij(good thing to meet the de- mand. -not high in price as you'll see, and no lass than twenty five different patter -IA to select from—all sizes at Rain Coats A 4160 of good waterproof coats just arrived from _shester, and Ave have bought' kthese at Armes which means a saving in price to you of two or three donate': Oh a coat; One hundred and fifty cluttO in the lot and 'price it range $5 to $112, but we have a guaranteed - coat in different shades, all sizes at • A !Blast From The North, Dear Expositor,—I (notice the men from the eolith ,are discussing the horse questien, through your col- umns. I know both Mr. Berry and Mr. Selene and their Wines and I con say that their horses ere a credit to their owners. ,Ari theft are . quite a number of good .laorees in this eounty and in the neighboring county of Perth ,and beip,g in the benne business myself, I *Fluid sug- gest that as the South Rieung Show is to. be held in Seafortle 'this 'fall, the ,awnets of draught horses cern- bine and give ten &ottani each. for prizes to be .offeree for the best! five or ten - colts from any dr tight stal- lion. This would be a good thing for all ooncerned in hors 9 'breeding and would 'help the show pry much. It we Id alsohave a good effect in stenvi g the people •wh have thte 'good breeding stallions. pi I believe in a farmer br eding the 'horsesthat bring the most money in the rnarket end that is a Clydesdale that is short coupled, With heileY bienle . pd good feet and tytth a good disposition. A bad tempered horse is no ,a good' horse to breed frona. My reasons for giving Mae Clydes- dales the • preferenoe i that they have proved tlicmscLvc.j as I have desaribcd above. I have aeua in Eng-. land, cotland-_and Ireland and there •draug t horse. hen !yes in the 'W the •lydeseale takeii tell lead as a mid o untry three yeane, ego, I saw men Germany, Bus*, Belgium, Argentina, the United i States and Canada and all :of the after the Clydesdale. When I was in Cumber- land, England, a good liorse breed- ing_ county, 1 Was at number of the best stallicin shows eud all the draught the:tees were CI des. I ask- ed a number of horaernen standing together why [ 'horses Jo Englan ? they yr breeding Clyde A gentle- man tot the number renlieci: "They are a -far superior 'herse to the Shire." Thi,s statement was assented - to by thesewho weep weth ,14.m. These man Speak fnom ereperience and certainly should know whereof they 'sPelaT.ki. Berry, of Herniate bought his famous stallion "Gatley Gold" from Mr. John Kerr, of Red Hall, Cumberland, England; a famous breeder of Clydesdales and first in the county of which r refer to. Last year I toffereel a prize of tee dollars for the best five colts fnom :any draeght ,stallion, not less' than - five to compete. The society not getting the requisite number to• compete, the prize we's barred. Mr. George Dale, -one of the directors, wanted botput if this way : From any /registered horse, NOW1 sir, the colts shown would'be a. mixture of breeds, Shire, Clydesdale rirnd 'Percale/rm. I think, theretore, that he Centeneimi of Mr. ;Dale was injudicious, that is to commend thee teei colts slaciwn, must be from a refistered horse, when the motbers optic colts would not be iregistered also. It would,a1- 8o, prohibit a large number who have geed colts from exhibiting, it registration was required. A man of Mr. Dale'e size sruld know bet- ter. Wber ever saw i advertised in a prize list requiring colts from a registered stallion ;when the colts were mot called for ireeisttation al - std. If pedigrees :are called for they certainly ',should be required in the animals exhibited. e Tin conclusion, I eppe all the owe - ens will join in the contest for the Family Prize. It Will be a great boon to the stock peelers as well as to the show.. Let competent judges decide ' welchare the best stock homes. ( Yours truly, THOMAS DICKSON, Seaforth. 'Another Blast 140m. The South. Dear Expositor, -.I noticed in your last issue a:nattier blast frem the earth, written 44an ironical style, ill becoming :a men who went abroad " trailing his ecgt," and practical- ly issuing a cbellenge, as in the words of elle " Egg Philistine," "Who will come out ,and fight with inc.?" As the prevailing breezes 'have been from that direction for the lest few weeks, and a.s.! a consequence tbe weather has i,I3 sornewt at back- wardbla and-runsea paable,I thought an- other blast tr, , the south inight prove exhiliariting not only to the writer but lie the genenal public as .4 3vell. $5. DON'T 1VIISS THE •SALE oys Clothin OF al.so showed ;Young Rakerfield in the Canadian bred class, and he took first and sweepstakes. In 1902 Dials - den William took nest in Toronto, and had there been a swee,potakes' prize he could eastly have enured it atsa. The • same year I showed. Southport in !the three year old class be being only two years and seven monthe old at the time, and he won .secand prize it a well filled class. This is all the exhibiting I ever did in London or Toronto. Mr. 'Smillie boats of what he did in the Forest ,and Queen cities, and says if I can duPlioate Prince of Mefferd's win- nings be will treat me to a dandy silk hat eind will be the first to rush up end congratulate me if the or9wd be not itO9 big. You had better keep your :silk that Robert, until this Con- troversy is ended, when the swelling will harm ;gene down and you will be able to wear it again yourself. If be should. hawe in hand that illus- triaus sire :at the congratulaitary meeting and ishauld attempt :to "du- plicate" a farmer tragedy, he eeted net be afraid of being troubled with crowd, as they will take the pre- caution to cultivate his aoquaint- anee ,at t ilistanae, especially round Zurich where they will consider there is less 'need of a " dehender " of the tiers° teen of his victim. En tbe 'lest paragraph of hie epis- tle he indulges in e eulogistic (reit- taunt of me. In this connection I raight justesay that I engaged in ex - potting horses for several years and found that lthe kind that are in de - Maud and bring the big prices are tbe ones. with plenty of size and quality combineci, etherefore L can- nekt but he partial to that elms of horse. There was a time, some eight 'or nine years ago, when there was a lair demand for those emal- ler sized horses to be used as bussere and 'teamsters in London, Liverpool and other old country cities, but now that motor power has been re- volutionized' by electricity, there is very little demaild for anything but big draught borses and drivers. Hoping to bear another blast from the 'Defender" 1 remain, • . Yours truly, • T. J. BERRY, Hensall. The values offered beat everything on record\ in boys' olothing selling. CO prices for boys' suitsatths sale put all competitive saleto sleep. We have the goods, and everybody is pleased With the styles, the patterns and the quality. To get what you are looking for is most important to you. We think we have it, and a chance like rTITIS SAD gives you, to buy at Omit one-half the usual ou4ay, does not come your way eve ry season. Come now. rices for the leading styles in boys' two and three piece sui s— $1.50 Boys' Sailor Straw RAO Boys' Cotton Pants Boys' Wool Knioker$ Boys' Sweaters to • $4.5p 0440040000.4404004010VV~WA The Parhaments. •trfficer of the license department, IWALL PAPER1 when .seen, said• that in his opinion the commissioners had n6 power to cbange the, hours of elosing. The '1(1[TE EXTEND you A CORDIAL closing hour is definitely fixed by VII INVITATION TO VISIT US, section 55 of the Ontario liquor 11 - and see our new selection of Wall Papers. cense act," said he, "and in. rny opin- Ib outclasses anything we have ever at- ion no change can be made except by tempted, either in low or better grades. 'statute :of the Legislature. The Many fine patterns are so beautifully color- commissioners have power to pass ed that they are at once an interest to the regulatiane governing the hotels critic, and will be a Continued delight to within their district, but those reg - the mirohaaer. •Also our moderate prices ulatieles must not be contrary to the will enable you to decorate the home at provisions of the'act. They have no small expense with varied yeb harmonious right to make any eliange whatever effects, and thus add to the pleasure of liv- in the hour of closing." ing in it. —Mr, John Speir and Mr. P. Rout- ledge, 4th line of Morris, have pur- chesed a yeueg stallion, " Renoo," from Wm. Elston 2nd eine, Morris. —Mr. Norman kurce, eon of Mr. Thomas Murch, who, has been lead - Picture framing a Speeialtyer of the Blyth Methodist choir, was . given a $10 bill, as ,an Easter gift, is a disposition it ohasten on, so that in recognition of his services. is a disposition to hasten on, so that —Mr. W. H. Ford, of Kamloops, B. the 24th. tof MayBut the Toronto C., is visiting his .brather in Clirt- ten. He is on eis way to London, I Mail says: "If business is to be concluded by then, there will heve to. England, and his travelling comp -an -be ! ,some itall hustling to get !through loin is a brother-in-law of Rider in time. Besides, over one hundred. Haggard, the author. private bills, (there are a great many , —Mrs. F. (W. French, who was the public bills eo be considered. The 'only daughter IA the late William former, however, are of a non- Taylor, of Clinton, died at her home contentious nature, and can be color- in Toronto ion Good Friday. ,Deceas- ly dew:toed of. But there are several ed,....leyfarsBt.brnee. cphoilwdoere:n.d, who has public bills of -a somewhat radical ruature, and they will require ,more beeeGinobiersome rrich, where he has ae- for the eetrapuloory deherning of cat- ofthetimBley,wt theitaireasdi- or. less !ocinsideration. Meaeures bave aredenk.etfor maff f been introduced by private members w cepted the position of foremae of the ' tie, amendinents to the License Act, St the further iregelations of . corpor- —The fonowing Elders re- ations, the aloensing of statienary ere Gently •erdained into Willte Presby - engineer the granting of exclusive terian church, Clinton: Jon Cun- privileges to abattoirs, the brand - e ninglaam, Wm. Snaith, and m. Toy- ing of all erisoaa-made gooes the lor, telatter formerly of Grey further :regulation tof the speed of township and Brussels motor vehiclesland for other changes —A by-law to loan the Clinton in Ontario's laws ad infiniturn." Be- 'geittillie Company six thousand dol - sides these there are Government lers for twenty years, also a fixed measures promised for the abolition assessment, • was carred by the pee - of the (numbered ballot, genie amend- perty owners of that town on Mon - 1e . , month to :the liquor license act, and ay, by 306 for t 27 againstThe compeny intend enlarging their tee- the agriculture and arts Act, and a measure regarding the Teraiskaming tory at mace. —Mrs. Mary Steele, an (old and re - le Northern Ontario Jtailevey. It its spected resident of Cranbrook, died also possibk that an important bill . in regard to Niagara Falls and otber on Good FridayDeceased was born waterpewere will be introdeced. in Scotland, and came to Canada in 1823. After her marriage eshe lived in Bermuda, twbere her husband died. Mrs. Steele was a sister of Mrs.Johe Leckie ane Mrs. Steinman, of Brus- 5°18. —A couple of weeke ago '3'ohn Mooney, of Morris, slipped on the top stair in his barn and fell to the floor ben.eatie As a result he broke couple of ribs and bruised his isle:wider. He was _unconscious for a time but is able to be about now al- though still sore from .the tumble. NIO111111 —Miss Strachen, who has been book-keeper in the drygoods stare of Hodgens Bros., Clinton, for a cou- plet of yeaes, has retired from Jr. position and is succeeded by Mr. Pin- ner. The employees a the store presented her with a. said leather travelling case, Miss Stracha.n _con- templates going to the ;west. —On Tuesday of last week, at the family xesidence, Clinton, Miss Eva, daughter of Mrs. William Cooper, was united in marriage to Mr. Vic- tor C. French, a former Clintonian, now editer • and. proprietor of tbe Weteskiwin Times. The ceremony was performed in tbe presence of 'fifty gue,sts by the Rev, Mr. Man- ning. —One evening recently the wife of Mr. D. Churchill, •of Goderich town- ehip, was drivieg home from Clinton by way of the Bayfield road, she'col- lided with another rig coming into town just in trout of the McKenzie factory. She was thrown out,* but fortunately was 'unhurt. Both legs Were somewhat smasbed, and it .was some time before either were Able to proceed on their way. —At a recent meeting of the board of license camraissioaers of West guron in Dungannon, licenses were granted. to all the applioants except John f the Queen's, Clin- ton, and N. Perkins,d. Boggs, Carlow. The board also ishortened the day by en- acting, that in towns !the hotels must clo:se teeir bars at ten o'clock p. rn. and in the rural districts and. vil- lages at nine o'clock. —Lena Leotta Scotto wife of Mr: Thomas McLaughlin, Brierwood,Man- Reba, formerly of Brussels, 'died on Sunday, April 18th. Deceased had been ill tar several weeks. She was a daughter 'of the. late F. L. Scott, a former wesident of Brussels, and. went West in the trifing of 1D00. Be- • sides her 'husband she leaves seven children to aneurn her demise. Mrs. McLaughlin was 38 years, 5- months and 20 days old. —While Mr. Currie and son, of Nile, were drivieer along' the road about a mile north of Benzeiller one night last week, a tw-ci year 91d eolt which they were driving took fright, became -unmanageable and ran away. The occupants toe the vehicle were thrown out, and the bone, after running a considerable , distance, was finally captured. The rig was bed- ly damaged but the home escaped with a few screeches. Tlae occu- pants of the rig were unhurt. —Andrew Bremner, of Grey town - hip, died after a very short illness on the 10th inst. aged 73 years. He was barn on December 6th, 1832,e - on the island of learre., one of the Ork- ney group, Scotland. He was the youngest .of a family ot seven and received a thorough edhcation in ALEX. WINTER, SEAFORTH. London Asylum, but her case was incurable, and, after lingering sev- eral months, she died as above stat- ed. T'be remains were brought to the -residence of her husband's zon, John Heama.n, lot 15, concession 2, Stephen, frata avlaere .the funeral took place "to the Exeter cemetery, —An Auxiliary of the Women's Missionaey Society has been orga- ized in Crediton, by Mrs. Marshall, • Of Kirkton, with the following of- ficers; President, Mrs. Isaac. Hill; 1st •vice, Mrs. 3. Hodgins; 2nd vice, Mrs. (Rev.) Henderson.; recording - secretary, Mrs. C. Zwicker ; corres- ponding secretary, Miss Turner; treasurer, Mrs. -George Clark; sup- erintendent of eystematic giving,Mrs. E. Shalt. • The Autonomy bills were still the ileading .subjects of discussion in the • Dominion Parliament this week. There was a bolter trim each side. • Mr. ' McIntyre, • Liberal for, fiouth Perth, in e neat speech announced 'his intention ot opposing the educ.a- tioitial clauses as proposed bi the Government and also Mr.),Borden's a- mendment, while a Causervative trona Quebec supparted the bills and stated =that he will suppeet the ed- ucational clauses as they ere pre- isentediby the Government. Han. F. Oliver m,ade Ids appearance in the House .ontTuesday and, was accorded a warm reception from the Liberal side of the Reuse. He is expected to speak on 'the Antanomy bills before the debate • closes ea is also Mr. Fitzpatrick, on (the Government side, the gentleman 'who prepared the or- iginal educational clauses. It is • likely the debate will !be closed. by ,short speeches from Mr. Bo-rden the leader of the Opposition and perhaps Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier. The division on the second reading takes place. late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning and is expected to result 'in a majority of about 85 far the bill. We hope to give an an- alysis et 'the division next week. *An interesting discussion • took place on the cliscrimmation In rail- way rates 'en the railways in -west- ern Ontario. It came up in con- nection with fa motion to adopt the report elf the Agricultunal Commit- tee containing the evidence raf Mr. Gordon, of Eaet Kent, in which dis- crimination in :rates. was charged. In tbe tauree of the dismission Mr. A. F. MacLaren, of North Perth,gave instances of discrimination in the nates of 'cheese and cement. He told the House ehat freights were 7 cantles per hundredweight higher an- the lines north of tbe Grand Trunk main line than the rates charged 60 or 70 miles south of these points. It was decided to have the report reprinted and a copy sent to the Railway Commission, which body, the Minis- ter of Railways said, has power to deal with the subject. The Minister of Agriculture hes • introduced and will carry through a bill to nationalize the live stook records .of Canada. This is a bill to -give the Minister of Agriculture the necessary authority to supervise the recerds and pieces theeseal of his department upon them. One of the results will rbe td secure recognition of Canadian pedigrees by the cus- toms officials 'of tee United States, who are empowered to admit thor- oughbred :animals into that coun- try Auty free. Another bill `af considerable in- terest, which was brought up dur- ing the 'week, was that to amend the Criminal Code, 1892, with respect to appeals from certain summary con- victions, and which gave rise to a leegthy discussion upon another sub- ject, which was attached to it by an amendment introduced to the ef- fect that a race course of an in- corporated Dissociation shall not be deemed a common betting house, by reason ote any betting which is car- ried on (during the Actual progress of ra. race 'meeting or by reason of any reporting 'or registering of such bets. The mover ot this amendment said that he believed it had been the intention of the Act to exempt race courses. This had been done in England during the present session by express terms in the Act. This.a- mendment was vehemently-opposedby several members on both sides. They held that there was already enough gambling in Canada, and that they should not widen the scope ot the taw, ,sd las to legalize other kinds. A vote was taken in committee, and re- sulted in rthe passage af the a.mend- ment by 64 to 34. The bill has yet to come up for a. third reading, and the objectionable amendment rwill likely be the muse txf a division, in which the votes will be recorded. The Ontario Ingieleture !resin:reed, after its tholidays, on Tuesday, and the Budget debate was centinu.ed, but it is net likely to last long, as there 15e 25c 50o to 750 '50c to $1.50 Greig & Stewart Johnson Oros.° Old Stand,. RE'PE _ - The Largest Clothi4g% ana Fur Store in Western Ontario Reduced Rates to Coast Points Commencieg March ist, an& deile until May 15th inclusive, special on way second class colonist rates, via C. Pi,Pv.; to Vancouver, B. C.; Victoria, B. O.; !Westminster, B. C.; Seattle, Wash.; Tamothai, Wash.: Portland, Oregon,_ from SEAFOBTII, $43.05. top overs will be allowed gclg see coming. For books and informatioel and tickets, eeply to , . 'I Mr. Smillie sly§ he was thorough- ly amused atI letter. Indeed I ern not surprised 't that as, jedging from his pro'dectien, childisbness is manifestly tbe normal condition of his mind, an litis he writes; like a little boy, thueltling with: thoughts that must bane expressexn.He says 1 made fuse of tbe phrase " eising in the :spring." if :the reailers of The Expesitor will &eke :the trouble to turn ,up the issue of the 7th inee, thee .will tincleauch a phrase 'fairs to materialize. ;flowerer, this . is but another ,saropie of that fertility of imagination ;hide characterizes his writing, e,spe Lally when be drifts into his pet element of quoting fab- ulous prices. He saysthe gentlemen to whom reeferred in my' last, always keep rthe best mares that money oan .emieure, but he forgot to tell us that twa of those marestwere sired by Japes owned by me, and the third byelbe Andersoo. He questions the truth )of the paragraph about e Gartly Geld." Now, X am not adic- ted to bef4ng, but I will wager $1,000 wit11, Mr. Smillie that I can • prove every statement therein. a • He :aisle tries to make it appear ihat I baret met been successful with y horses as la prize winner. This is not correct, as the eollowing re- cord will relieve: I exhibited Kilburn at Toronto, in 1896, where he won first prize' and gold medal in his class. Feem there I took him to Landon, weere in his 'class he won first prize as a three -ye -az -odd. I then, gap permiseion to show, him for the nweepstakes against e class of seveciplydesdales, and he came out. with vieterry perching upon his ban- ner. .1f Mr. Smillie bee any doubt as to' the', truth of my statemente, I will re;r elm te his' neighbor, Mr. Peter eGregor, of Brucefield, who was the judge at no of those ex.- hibitio ' , The following year, 1897, Ki1bur14 wen filet prize at Teronto, and ag tri secured the geld medal. I WNW 41111.1111.1.1106°. Seaforth Races. $1, 850 In Purses. Thursday. ,and Friday, June i&2, '05. PROGRAMME : FIRST DAY, 2 50 Pace •$25000 2.35 Trot $250 00 2.19 Pace and 2.15 Trot $250 00 ' SECOND DAY. 2.23 Pace and 2,18 not $250 00 2.23 Trot . $250 00 2.16 Pace $250 00 Free.for,all $350 00' Entries close May 29th. Band in at. tendance. Admission, 25o; carrisges, 25e. ' R. WILSON, Pres. M. Buonnulotc, See. 1901 GREIG 84 STEWART Agents, • O. P. R. Ticket i_ iiteleeraph and Dominion Express Agents. Spacial settlers' train si Phill he run by the C. P. R. to Manitoba and the North during ielerch and .Aprili inning Toronto at 9 p, m. The There is nothing new or definite from the seat of war. The Russian fleet or at least a portion of it is still cruising about in the waters :off tbe Cooler. China coast and what- ever the !object may be teem does net acem to be any great hurry to 'try and meet the enemy. The Jap- anese fleet under the celebrated Togo, is -supposed to be some where off the coast of Formosa, waiting until the Russian fleet oomes for- ward when ;he is prepared to give them a warm reception. put neith- er commander seems to be in a hurry te meet ;the other. It is said there has been another land engagement on a :small scale during' the pest week. The Russian troops attacked a. sectien a the Japanese army, but were iriven back with great loss, three hundred 'Russian eoldiers hav- ing been found deed on the field after the engagement. In Russia things are still in a very ,unsettled Oendition and the common people are kept in subjection only through, fear of the military forces which are used most unsparingly and otamp out • insipient insurrections without mercy. On May day a woirkmen's proceesion was attacked by Russian ealdiers and over three hundred mas- sacred in cold blood witb shot and bayonet. Suspected pereanewbeteer male ex female, are tortured in the most inhuman manner and Kitten on the moot unreliable and meagre ev- idence. By sucb means the limp of insurrection • are kept smouldering and ara prevented from breaking out, but this sort of &eye -prism cannot prove effective for very_ long. War. and eilre. S. A. Flack, wild: have been residents of Lower Wing - ham for 41 years, left last week for the west, where they will resiee with their eon. In tbe early days Mr. Flack conducted a tanneey basi- nese at Mower Wing -liana. He has during his Jong residence there al- ways been identified with the Ifeele- ediet church and. was one of its offi- ciats. Mr. and Mrs. Feick were ten- dered a social ifarewell 'evening in the Methodist ehnech, and were pre- sentee ,with a purse of gold. Mr. Flack gave n0-4Mort account of the early historyI of the Methodist church in iWingbam, and many ex- pressed sorrow in losing two of the • oldest members of the churob. —Last fall while the wife of Mr. Peter Ctile, Goderich toweship, was driving into town, the horse caught its foot between a plank and the rail just as it orassed the track tutor Clintoe. The horse • was thrown down, and Mrs. Cole thrown from' the buggy 'and seriously injured. Mr. Cole entered a claim agahest the Grand Trunk 'for $500, togeteer with the medical expenses. The claim agent a the company looked into the matter mead findialg that the rail- way was clearly responsible, eet- tied the !claim in tell the other am, a, fact Mr. Cele appreciates very, much. Canada. --:The Oshawa Canning Company's 'factory was injured by fire on Fri- day .night, to the extent of $20,000 er $25,000. —Over three inehei of snow fell at Moose Jaw Ola Friday last. —The Wiarton Beet Sugar Manu- facturing Company's plant and preme ises are to be sold by auction on Fri- day, May 19, at Toronto. —Hugh McCloy, for 65 Tears a cantinuous resident of Brockville, and tele of its hest known citizens*, died last meek following a few days' illness. He *as 86 years old, and for 17 yeans contbauously be filled the duties of town street surveyor. —Mr. Peter Bernet, of Fergus, one af the. oldest residents of that vicin- ity, died Thursday. He was barn in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1827, and came to Canada in 1849, settling on the oId homestead in West Gara- • fraxa. Some years ego he 'retired and moved to Fergus. • •—Mr. Geoige ,Tye, for fray years editor and proprietor of the Bramp- ton Times, =died on Sunday la -stetter a long illnessHe was an English- man and was 79 years of age. In the early days of the Toronto Globe he was foreman of the office. —Mr. Ritter, an old man, Iimrly, eighty year's old,- father of C. Rit- ter, propriette• of the Grand Central Hotel, at Mitierton, Perth 'county, died suddenly Saturday raOillirtgtie was coming :dawn stairs about six &clock and fell mar the bottom, ex- piring before medical old 'reached Huron Notes. --R. II. Cutt, of Jamestown, has purchased the residence in Goderich of Judge Garrow. —Mr. Wm. Moore' of :Winghara, was recently marriedto: Miss Mare Birmingham, of tBarrie. —Mrs. S. Kemp, of Clinton, step- ped on a sharp axe one day last week, and bad elle of ter toes cut off. —Mr. W. Coates, registrar, was, , the, old Stettesh school on hie native advised by his physicians to go to island. In 1.854 be came to Canada bed for a month in order that he 'living in the neighborhood of Ham - may recover from a severe attack iietoonaf5oor acre er fyaerarmsoben feozeepsusirocn,has4,- of sciatica. - Eimer township, Perth caunty, three —Messrs. Wm. :Tiernan and Paul miles from Listowel. There he re - G -Able, of Deshwood, have gone to South River, :where they intend: to sided 10 years eeeleeeen sfbioen .sold 4,Gray,and week for the euanmer. bought lot2 —Mr. Weir, teacher in the James- randiaingonv aferyears itesameblateadded lot 24, town school, has resigned and his po- eo sition is to be filled by Mr. ,Gelles- —The death 'took place in London, Pn April 149tb, of Annie Down, wife PleLffGi A°incc*clr e epolienh. thas been raised by of, Mr. Jeremiah Beaman, London the action of the West Haron board road, south 'of Exeter, at the age of ' of license commissioners, 'in changing 49 years. Deceased was th.e daughter the hours of deg. -tag the bars in rural et Mr. Wan. Down, sr., of Exeter, and municipalitiers from 10 to 0 o'clock, was the eecond wife of Mr. Heaman, and in the towns frau' 11 to 10 wham she married some eighteen o'clock •, and, further, the announce- years agO. She bad. been in poor anent that the commissioners will bealth for several years, and latter - probably cransider the question of ly hen mind had become affeeted. In changing hours on Saturdejs to six 'order that sbe might receive the e'oleek. Mr. Eudo Sayundfts, chief beat et care she was taken to the , —Fred Peeling, the thirteen year old eon of Moses Peeling, of Camp- bellford, was drewned last -week in the Trent river, just below the 'rail- way bridge. He accompanied Oran Tyler, who wa,s- dumping garbage from a wagon into the river. The _haree backed too far, end the cur- rent carried the horse, wagon and boy over`Ranney Falls. Tykr, who is a strong swimmer escaped.. —As an index of the rapid 'growth of Toronto • it is •stated that tele street car traffic has nearly do,ubled within the past six years, There are now mere than double -the nurnber of caes employed than there 'were six years ago, while the reoeipts baVer inereased in proportion and now the per cortege whieh the city receives from the Company amount to near- ly $1,000 per day. —Rev. Dr, Milligan, Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, left Toronto on Monday to attend the academie ixeriferenee in connec- tion with the Synod of pritish Col- umbia, on May 8, 9 and 10. Re preaches at Victoria on May 7, and. delivers four aeetures. Re lectures in Vaneouver on May 12, and preaches on the Sunday following. He will preach at Calgary on May 17,,and days later the will epee the new, church at Nerth Bay. —William Chase, porter at the Mansion House, Xngersoll, died sud- d.enly Friday morning of heart fail- ure in e. rig in which he -was driving with William Herendeen, eon of the proprietor of the hotel. Hera -dem was not aware that his companion was -dead nntil he reached the livery stable. The two hail been to Wood.- stock,a.nd were chatting until Beech - vine was reached. —A few days ago the wife of Mr. Alexander Beaudoin, of Peneteng, presented him with. the 'fourth pair of twins, making a family of 12 small children all growing and (Joint well. Mr. Sevey Lalonde,- the same town, however, beats this. Last Friday Mr„Lalantle dropped into the office of the • local registrar -or births, deaths and marriages' tIl record the, advent of a new baby; boy, and ineidentally remarked that that was his twenty-sixth. • 18-3-7? adptieaainaj.N.t. hislhome:Ireater ersivat bate, Leeds county, aged 92 1tara14` 'grated TO Born in England, he etre tee. Canada with his pareets sehreer. tee; The family settled in t 423,70 where Captain Peale ante, ceeeerv- whole life. He voted OA ative tieket at even' effeti,?.?; 111:003ati: 4xsP,untaitbre irritfP` "Welaistw-Y, "Re74