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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1906-02-16, Page 1a f • _ ,111.9 tit% _,,00koo...losagrotorliSOMMOOonitOwaraet THIRTY -3i) G TEE YEAR. W1101113 V BER, 1,92 gone since :n,o history, o put on for February, merchandise ons, which, °vita you to t shipments at present a re in greater Tailoring e and readynaade Clothing he GREIG1 FURS AND- LOTHINV 31 FURNIS14 _INGS COPS: .osal.4.Vemmtenol, to Hand Gingham broideries 6 Belts Ogial...104.31•41.1111111611M.491. WENEMMIRAta3tRONOA*0( L Wasto aaaaastamantallefalibakfliagiflaMbilatalia Whitewear egratirowiptaria.mwarawma,,barrarar unwnsmagmagiva d wiien tme your 'Goods. ti(L, ORTal (Ma [, week, from pneumonia - sister and brother went to attend the funeral.— Holt', Miss L. Ort and IMr. recently returned from a .cst vieit with friends in other parts of Michi- any friends of Mr. Jos - of the Goslaen line, be pleased to learn that ng from his recent se- Bliaevale 18 eat far from the sub-. rediculous, nor, in this m the blooming pansy, n dish cloth.—Mr. Wal - went to Strafford oa engage in the funalture ✓ a, .time„—Coratauniort held in the Presbyteri- ast Sunday morning. On previous Rev. G. Baker, odiat church, preached cry sermon very o.ccePt- Davis, of Wingham, has ro.usic class at, Blue - avid Patton, jr., is ill dicitis.—Albert Hughes, line of 'Morris, made an last week.—Clear candle - y 2ad, six weeks Of rnholna Amos Gaul, or Ros- tting friends in Born- eek.—Mr. T. Coppin, of il, spent Monday with Mrs. G. Rogers.—Mr. Hicks attended divine onkton on Sunday even- ry McLagan spent sister, Mrs. Jamee lies sold his river' to a.r. Cudmore, for which let received a !nude Hunkin deys in rsburne the On Tuts/ay, Jenuary 30, nt was re I e bra ted a t Mr. Henry Grieve, being - of Ms daughter Mary,. idese, a proeperous ✓ of Cost ig,..ct a•lebra.ted • ty on February let. 'till it member of n e • rlierner f and lirte 1:fe grett many • le still robeet bath. .d mentalty/ Well Dressed Is to be carefully dressed from head to foot. But after all, the important feature of a ma's apparel is his suit. The Blau who, in addition to „being correct as to hat, shoes and neckwear, Wears th Century Brand suit is always known by his exceptionally "smart" appearance. Careful dressersalloyer Canada, are now wearing this fine, ready to -wear clothing in preference to paying the higher—very much high- er—prices fOr equally well made custom work. They've come to realiie that none but the most expensive, +de -to -measure garments can equal the style, fit i and finish of this brand of clothing. We can conOnce you and put you with the best - dressers of this country, with a big saving in out- lay of cash, if you will but come and see. !IMMO All Goon Coats All Calf Coats' A4 Wombat Coats All Dog Coats AU Wallaby toats All Fur Coats & Robes All Fur Jackets AP. Fur Ruffs, Ca- perines & Muffs All. Overcoats Al -Boys' Overcoats Al Boys' Reefers Al Winter Suits Al Winter Caps Al). Winter Under- _ Olothin.g All Winter Gloves All Winter 1Vlitts W4iter Sox Water Shirts Sweaters In fact, every vestige of Winter wear must be cleared at once. If you appreciate saving money, this is your chance of this season. Small amounts of cash or produce will buy big armfuls of goods. Try the experiment. fl••••••111SmasP 1.11.011011kUISYSM anaelaseammanaa—aearr '•1=1111110•1•1•11MINIIMINIMMMINIMMUM Altogethet the best stoc ti Seafortb. to Choose from; because everything is absolutely new and fresh, and bought at: low mice, and selling at lbw prices.; Highest price for Butter and. Eggs. Ite-GREIG CLOTIIING CO East Side Main Street, one door South of the Dominion Bank, 1 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUAllY 16, 1906. The Britieh Parlianaent. Altbiough the !eareinetnial of form- ally evening the Britiah Parliament will net occur Until February 19th, and While mic. legislative work can be undertaken +Until after the King's speech has been delivered 013, that oocasion, the second Parliainent of King Edward assembled last Tuesday afternoon for the eleetion a a Speaker of the. House of Comraons. This was the only business of that day, land the swearing' in of the members will occupy the balance of the week. The new House of Cern on meets under eenditions of 1141110113,1. interest, and evidenee 2 this was seen in the Wild rush for seats at rotidnight,when the spectacle at the entrance of the House a Parliament at Westminster resembled the entry. to- a pit on the first night Of a pley 'by a poet).- _ lar author. , Trouble for Police. ly 3b0 Near of the membersare en- tirely new to Parlinmentary life, as coneequence of the uphe,aval caus- ed by the geneeal election, and .the HOUSES of C0111):110:113 peace had a dif- ficult task in differentiatieg - be- tween members and itnitsidere who attempted to take advantage of the occasion to view the proceedings. 'Outside a great crowd showed keen interest in the proceedings, criticizing or cheering taccording to their political bias the better known members, while the arrival lot tlie yeomen of the guard to make the historic search of the vaults for a Guy 'Fawkes' with all the time-leon- ared formalities evoked unbounded eistinisia.sna Glea,r Majority of 85. - The fact that the Liberals lave clear majority of 85 over. all combin- ations 'between Unionists, National- iets, and liaboraties in the new Par- liament has oompletely upset calcula- tions as to the course of events, or probable legislation during the ses- sion, of Panhiameat for whieh the members assembled Tuesday or the despatoh of preliminaries. Before the extent of the victory had been realized' it was expected , that the poliey of the 'Government on many iznpartant issues would be largely controlledby the labor party, and to a lesser extent by the National- ists, GT by a combination of tbe two. Witha, dear majority of 85 behind him, Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerman *an _carry 'out the general Liberal pnograniine evitholet running. Much ris'k. But there are questions. on which the party tie not a unit, ahd which will cauee the sesston to be troublouse if not 'stormy. Among those 'questions enay be trientioned amendtaents to the 'Education Act, the disestablishment of the Angli- can ehurch in Wtale,s. Home Rule for Irelaed; and the ever recurring labor problem. • Huron Notes _Mr. Thos. Cottle has beep ap- pointed assessor for Clinton. " —Mr. Wm.. Glenn, of •Stahley, has sold five pieces of square timber for 4186.50. , —Mr. W. n. Allen, who resided in xoderich some twenty-five years ago, died. recently In Surrey, England. a -The Goderich Summer Hotel was bought in for the mortgagees at the •dreeers.ent sale, as -there were few bid- . —Miss Pettigrew, who has been head milliner for Hodgens Bros., Clinton, for some time,, has accepted. pbsition in, Calgary. —Mr. Joseph *Wheatley, of Clinton, was apitointed chief of police by the town council the other evening. Mr. Wheatley has held that position for fifteen years. —Mr. Richard James, of East Wa- wanosh, has, purchased Mr, Wm. Page's cottage, Wiligham, and will Move to that •towa in Fviareh. Mr, and Mrs. James a.re pioneer residents of pest oWawanosh. —Mr. August Hom-uth, of Turn - berry, has lately purchased the Rose property, in Wingba,m, from Mrs. John Whiteside, of Huntsville, Ont, Mr. Homuth is selling his terra. —Mrs. Hey& wife of C. R. Heyd, ex -M. P. for South Brant, and a for- mer resident of Clinton, died in that city a short time ago. Mr. Davey, Mrs, Heyd's father, while engaged in the 'construction of the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway, made Ibis home in Clinton. —Mr. John Cook, Wn. "Englishman, who Verne to Clinton last year, re- ceived word, the other day,, that his wife died Very +dimly in England. Mrs. Cook was preparing to tome out to Canada to her. hOsband when she Was taken ill. • —A Short time ago lar. and Mrs. Joseph Salkeld, of the Bayfield Road, near Goderich, celebrated their sil- vex' wedding at their farm, in the old township. There was .6.. pretty large gathering of friends to join in the congratulations to the worthy couple. . —Rutli OiT, wife of Mr. Jamieson Reid, Of Goderich, died recently, af- ter a rather long illness from heart :trouble. The rate Mrs. Reid was -svell knewn, having lived. there for. many years., Deceased had. been Married 48 years, 3.0 leaves a hus- band and large family. —Mrs. Cres, daughter of Mr. Wm. Cook, of Goderich township, and for many years a reSident o Clbaton, died at the Industrial school- near Winnipeg, after a short illness. -The deceased went to visit her daughter, who is on the school staff, about two years ago, and_ afterwards accepted a pesition in the same institutiop. The body was interred in Milton. —At high noon on Thursday„eFeb- ruary 8th, Miss C. Brook Mitchell, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Wm. Mitchell, and Mr. W. J. Brig - ger, manufaetarer, of Hamilton, were Married at the residence .of the bride's grand -mother, Mrs. Geo; Swanson,- Goderldh. The marriage service WiS performed by Rev. Mark Turnbull, rector of St. George's church in that town. !'t . —James Reid, one df th4 oldest, 41, and best known residents of Gode- • ritieh, died. at lets home there, en Wedetesdayt February 7th, aged: 70 • years and 10 months. The:deceased had been seriously ill for over six months. The late Mr. Reid was born in God.erich town,and wb.en a young man left for Hamilton, in which city, he wi 'as for maay years n_ the employ i of the late Sir Allas MoNab. But he returned to his h rth-placee to take a contract from t]$ late C. C. Crabb, and then. 'thecae:tea permanent reel - dent. The decease: gentleman was ,widely known in Huron, his quali- ties as a builder making him a host of friendp. ji e had been mare ried over fifty ye ee, and bis wife and six children survive him. —Thoma ti Amy, Of Goderieh, died on .Wedneedp.y, Febru.ary 7th, 'after he weeks' illness, though the de- . ased had' suffere from asthma for any years. Mr. my was born in Devonshire, Eingla d, -came to Can- ada 27 years la:te , and resided at Burford until 14 ears ago, ,when he maiVed to Gader oh township, and after a residence bere, for seven years, moved into Godericle where he resided till deai came. The late Mr. Amy, who was widower, leaves seven children. .—The Clinton NeWs-Record of last week says: "Messrs. W. Manning, W. Oockerline, an4 Jas. Haggyard, who left Hullett t venty-seven years . ago, and with .a nirnber of others from the same t wnship, settled' near Pilot Mound, Manitoba, form- ing what is known as the " Londes- boro Settlemeat," eave in a few days for home, after several weeks' visit among old Words. They were the first settle* 'In that part rof , Manitoba, and for y ars it was uphill Nv-ork, but graduall .theyoveroarae all difficulties, and re noW all well- to-do. —On Wednesday e ening, January 24th, Rev. Mr. Burnet -t, of Moles- -month., married Mr. Robert George Gil:Won, of Ethel, an Miss Annie El- liott, of Moleswort , in the pres- ence of about pixty invited 'guests. After Congratulation and•the ?wed- ding dinner the do pany_ Itspent a very pleasant eoenin . Tile ,presents were dostly and .vari us. The young - ample b:ave settled down t to the stern realities of lif in Etheawhere the groom has a inn perous business. . —On Monday eve mg, February 5th, Miss Florence da, second daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. MoCreath, and David, J. Ryslo also of Gode- ' rich, were married, the aerations' taking place at the ,esidence of the •bride'a parents, St.' , David street. Rev. d'ames A: Andersen, .8, A., was the officiating minister, • and ' the , bride'was given away by her father: Bridesmaid and groo sm.an were dis- pensed with, but th4 bride's sister, Miss Lottie MoCreat „swag maid of honor; and alias Glad s Bedford ring bearer. : --Mr. Gavin 'Davidean, of Winghane junction, died at his home there on Tuesday,.• February sixth. Deceased had been 'confined t . ads hozne for several weeks. Mr. avidsen was a native of Scotland, aid eettied Eng near Galt. Lie thez retooved. to Turnberry, and Min there to Minto, near ,Harristron, .and about twelve years ,agto returned to Turnberry. Mr. ,Davidgen was a Men of sterling integrity, universally reepected, and a member of the 1 Presbyterian church. He leaves al widow, three eons and five daughters. —A, abaft time .a o George Mul- doon, the well know livery man, of Brussels, went to Ex eter and pur- ohlased an importantClyde etallion, rising three years 'old, from. Baw- pee and McDonell, paying a good price. The colt was brought frora Scotland a few wee1s ago, and is , bred from the best stock. Be will weigh well up to 1,100 pounds and is a very likely animal. The horse bears the name:of a Scotia:n(1'p Hop." —Mr. john R. Bone, an East Wa- evan.osh boy, has been promoted to the position of assistant managing editor of the Toront-4 Star, and sue- eeeds Mr. J. Clark of Saturday Night. Canad —A local option by-law was car- ried in Soznibra township, Lambtort County, on Mondia.y, by 6 votes. —The will rof the late Themes R. Merritt, 102 St. Catharines, has just been ha.n.d.ed: in or probate. The estate is apprised at $560,000, ef which $492,000 is in stocks, bonds, etc. ' —Mr. Henry Fuliton, who W 0,13 eltiof 102 tbe Ontario License De- partment from 1868 o 1903 died at his residence in. Tor nto- on Friday. Hei was a nativef Paris, Brant county and was abont 65 years of age. —It is understood 'that the Can- edia,n Pacific Railway Go. has decid- ed:. to plant la se quantities of young trees atF va long its prairie line able, in future time, own ties and fene,e --Mrs. Cynthia Cbu bus points a- , so as to ibe to supply its posts. obill, Who was probe.bly the •old -est resident of Lon- don, die& on Monday. Sbe would have reached the century mark had she lived until April. next. Mrs. Churchill was barn .in New York State, but spent most of her life in London. —Among the hoteimen. of East- ern Ontario the raovement in ten cent whiskey is growitig. The object is two -fold, to provide funds for fighting local option and to eleerease noWdybem by making it more expen- sive to get drunk. , —The Grand Trunk Railwlay Com- pany have announced heti intention to ereot -during the -teeming summer, a large, modern hote', on a eenteal site in the city of Lo don. This ho- tel .will be modelled fter and -con- ducted in the same way as 'the King Edward, in Tordato. —Immigration to„ year was the largest of the provin.ce, th anitdba last in the history wing a grand total a 55,600. The returns show that 46,836 tame in the regular wa.Y and 'that of the number who came in to assist as harveaters, 8764 re- mained. ft, --A great number of timber wdlvedare proevlinaroluid he ke in the vicinity o Kinctra, Ont., s ag it and it is impossible to get aft In- dian to travel after, dark. One In- dian a few nights aga was tompel- led to t'ay in, a tree all night, a navenous pack of wolves thirsting flor his blood underneath him. They only retired as the daylight came on. Traders state that the presence of the evolves in suoh 'numbers 'this yea:r_ is owing to 'the oast 'number of deer, on the isistiads. They, have not 4, lank Books STATIONERY AND Office Supplies. gasnake,teci C -et our Prizes on Envelopes. ALEX. \V INTER, .SEAFORTH• Pieture framing a Spa:ashy. been se. numerous fpr a great many years. Some fifteen, dollars bounty is provided by the Government' for every evolf skin that can be got but the Indians and traders say it is not enough, as the risk is too great, —St. Andrew's -church, Guelpb,has extended a. call to Rev. Thomas II. Mitchell, who is now supplying at St. E.noch's eleurch, Toronto, and form- erly of Barrie, .Vermont, to sue- ceed Rev. Dr. Thos. Eakin., who has accepted a professorship at Toronto University. The salary is $1,800 per year. --The town of Niagara, Ont., suf- fered a very severe loss Tuesday morning by the burning of • the mammoth ter barns and shops of the International Railway at the Whirlpool. The loss Will run. up to $125,000. The owners tar -e an American, company and the people fear the works will be rebuilt on the American side of the river,. They give employment to over a thoose and workmen. —Two children of Mrs= McIntosh of Glencoe, Middlesex county, Bertha and Silvan, aged ten and twelve years, were instantly killed: when on their' wayeto.. school,- by being struck by the G. T. R. train 1st one otelook. They were 'attempting ta pass, over a ,erossing in front of tae train and evidently did not see their danger until it was too late. ,Thirty-one =carloads of raw to- bacco paesed through Toronto a few days ago en route for Quebec. The toba.too was raised in Essex and was billed frame Blenheim, Kent county. It is •the largest shipment of tobacco that ever passed through Toronto, and is an index of the de- velopment a 'the tobacco growing industry an the pert of the coun- try from which it came. —The town of Einerson, Ma.nitoba, suffered a severe loss last week in the destruction of their fine public schnol building by fire. The kss will (amount to $15,000 as not a. thing was saved from, the burningstrieture, The fire is supposed to have originated from a heated- pipe in ,the braeerctent. The school_ had been furnishedwith near seats throughout within the past two years end all is how a total loss, inoluding the large library of the .seheol which was a veryy, valuable one. —The` Grand Trunk Pacific Rail- way Company's prize or s250 to the peraoh suggesting the most appro- priate name for the town to be formed at the Pacitic terminus of that road, has been awarded to Miss Eleanor M. Macdonald, of Winnipeg, who suggested the name pf "Prime Rupert." Twelve thousand names were sent in. Two others sent .in the narae of "Port .Aupert," and they., -were also awarded $250 each, —Seventy more imMigrants arriv- ed in Toronto this week and were speedily booked out of the eity on farms. The remainder were for- eigners, evho continued their jour- ney west. 'There are not many girls. going out on farms, although there IM a demand and. .it seems to be -along more than one line. Five girls who have gone out in the eotaetry during the past three raatiths/ have been married since. —In Ilaldiraand township, North- umberiand county, a coliapany hag I been 'organized to be known as the Rural Telephone Conapann. The work of getting` out pole e will be proceeded with at once. Arrange- ineltrs have been made with the Bell Telephone Company. It is expected that •the line will bp in ,operation in the early spring. It will oottnect quite a wide traet of rural terri- tory with the county town, —A few evenings ago Von. W. J. • Hanna, provincial neretary, and Hon. Dr. Reaume, minister of pub- lic, works, entertained at luncheon the university students who hail from 'Lambton and Essex counties, - the 'constituencies of the two min- isters. Neat epeeehes of encourage, meat were made by the host% and replied to by W. M. Wallace, lectur- er in English at tlie university. About 75 were present. The enter- tainment was held in the Speaker's 'chamber, in the Parliament build- ings. —A sensational incident occurred in the Presbyterian church. Thor- old, Sunday morning, Ree. ea W. Mc- Leod referred to the movement to secure a license for the Man -Mon House and said any man or woman wluo signed such a petition was not a Christian. Ex -Mayor George Tur- ner promptly arose in his pew, and addressing the preacher said: "1 ' want to say to you, Mr. McLeod, that I am one of those who signed , the petition to re-oeen, the hotel. I had good reasons for doing so, and I want ha say that 1 cqnsider myself just as good a Christian as anyone in this •ohureh." Mr. McLeod made no reply to Mr. Turner, but went on with his service as if nothing lied I happened, '--Miss &leak, Abite whose home is in the villageof Troy, near Haartil- ton, diea at •the Ontario Ladies' College, in Whitby, on Sunday morn- ing from burns sustained on Friday. Miss Able was dressing for the an- nual donversa.zione, and was heat- ing her ourling tongs over a small spirit lamp. While the lamp was' burning she poured some methy- latede spirits into it, and the flames caught the sleeve et her dress. She was at once enveloped in flames, and ran adrosa the hall to another girl's room. The flames were extiagetish- ed. The tures did not appear to be scrims, bat a speoialist wae sent for from Toronto, and everything was thane te overeome the young giri's;sufferings. She grew worse, htowever, and. died from shook She was abOut 18 yee.is old. - —Michael Patterson., farmer, liv- ing near 8yden,iata, Frontenao coun- ty, was burned, to death in his home early Friday morning. Neighbors found the house in ashes, and the bones -or the untortunate man in tthegruins. Patterson attended Syd- enham traces the nrevfous day. No one was In the house when he re- turned, his sister having gone away on a visit It is supposed that the farmer ?started a fire in the, stove and through carelessness, the house caught fares laeceaeed was aged. 45 years and 'unmarried. —Mr. E. B. Eddy, the great match Manufecturrer, died. at his resi- dence. in Hull, near Ottawa, on Sun- day last after an illness of about t•uvio weeks.. Mr, Eddy was a pion- eer j31. the mai:tufa-eta& of matches, lumber and paper in, this country and; for a tg mat many years carried an. a very extensive business, al- though he had raa.ny Alps and downs, He, began the manafacture of loud made aulpher matehes in 1851 and his were the kirst Cariadian made matches ever placed on the Canadten market and the inatehee bearing his name are the best in, use at the present day. He was a native. of Bristol, :Vermont and was 79 _years of, age. Londesboro. allotes.—On Tuesday, February 13, Mr. Robert Bowcock a well known reeid/3nt here, 'passed bis rest at the age of 80 years. Be had not been enjoying good health for some ,yeare, but was able to be about until within a week before- hiedeatia The demoted was a devoted member a the Methodist .olureh for -65 years and the funeral service was held in the 'church Thursday and the remains were laid to rest in, the Union. cemetery —Mr Joan Melvalle spent a few days with his sister in Sealiorth.—Mr. Harry Fair, of Lan- doll, called, OIL his old friends here thie Week.—Mr. W. Crisp, of Lon- don, spent Surtday at his home.— Mr. and Mrs. Brigham attended the Bowl dinner .given ,by Mrs; McDow- ell, of Westfield., an Thursday last. —Miss P. Reid, a Harleck, is visit- ing at the home of her untie, IMr. James Camphell.—A number of the JYIanitoba people wlie have been s,is- iting relatives, and friends in tine .viiiinity, left faer their respective homes on Tuesday last.. MeKillrop. The man who looks into the eye is coining bleu S forth, at Robert's Drug Store on February • 1091-2 The Council.—The eouncil mit -at the Conamereial hotel, Seaforth, on February 13th. All theraerobers present. The time for construoting,' the Guelph and, Gcderieh railway was extended tor one year. Ttte 031- t rad for steel superstructure and cement floors for four bridges was let to A. Hill & &Oa, Mitchell. The contract for teem arched cement cul- verts' was 'let to Looby and Nagle, of Doblitt. The auditors' report was accepted as' correct and 100' 'copies ordered to be printed. Ao- noients to the amount of $252`.29 Were passed and ordered to be paid. A petition tasking that clause 606 of the Municipal keit be changed was sent to The Hoilerable; The Legis- lative A-ssembly through our repre- sentative, A Elisiop Tenders .for the • construction of cement abut- ments for six beide:es will be receiv- ed. ue to the 6th of March, also tend - era for removing and replacing the superstructure a 'the three cement bridges on the Barran drain. D. M. Ross was re -appointed treasurer. Council adjourned: to meet at the Conarcaercial hotel,,Seaforth, on Mon - dart March 5th, at 10 o'clock a. en. —M. Murdie, Clerk. • Iftappen. Notes.—Mr, Henry Daynaan and his site, lass Sada, of Whitewood Manitoba, are visiting at the old home of M. and Mrs. John Dayman 'of Tookersmith. They came home to see their mother who, we regret to gay has not been enjoying good health far some time, lent her many friends will be pleased to learn that ehe is now somewhere improved. -On Sabbath evening 'last Rev.Ur- quhart and Rev. Mr. Savfers, of Brumfield, exchanged pttlfits and the latter preaehed an excelli3nt ser- mon is he always does when he vis- its us.—The noneert held in the hall on Friday evening last, under the auspices of the Public Hall Com - Parer, was not as largely attended as its promoters would have liked. However the programme was a/I that cifatald be desired, Mr.sRollings- head, the '0411110 entertainer was a host ina himself, while the pinging of Miss Dodds and Mr. 'Roy Willis, of Seaforth, furnished the audience a real treat and was much appreci- ated as the liberal encores proved. It was a good enteitatinnerrt and. all present enjoyed it.—Two worthy citizens of this vicinity, we regret to say, are not enjoying their usual good health. We refer to Mr. IL C. McLean, and Mr. George Blair. We hope, however, to see Them stepping Around again 4% pf yore.—The en- tertainme.nt =dee the auspiees of the Ladies' Aid' Social in St. An - dream' .churoli, on Tuesday evening', was a splendid success in every- re- spect. 'There was a larges. attend- ance, a good mental and physical prOgraninte, and nothing was reft undone by the ladies for the the proper entertainmen1 of their many guests. Dtsath of an Old Soldier,—The Lon- don Free Press of a few days ago had the following : " Thomas Riley, an ex -British soldier, died an Vic- toria hospital, this eity,this moraing. Deceased came to Belmont, near London, about 12 years ago from England; Previte/ea to that he had. served in the Afrioaa and. Indian campaigns -as a private in, an infant- ra'," regiment. He has no friends or relatives in‘fCanadat other than the people he Worked for. in Belmont, Vourteillor Cousins and 'Kr. Wm. Shields." This refers to one who was a Year in AdVanees long a.resident of this vieinity and who was well known to many here. Mr. Wra, Riley, of thie village, is a brother of the deceased and is the toitly relative he had in this country and he wept to London this we.ek to attend the funeral. He *as 84 years 'of age. Walton. Local Briefs.—Cornniunion setvioes were dispensed in. Duff's Presbyter- ian church, on Sunday of last week, by the pastor, Rev. A. Me,Nab. Quar- terly services were also observed. in Walton Methodist el:wrote—Mr. Wra. Blair, of Portage la. Prairie. who •-has been visiting with relatives in this locality for ' the past few months, left for his home on Tuesday of this week. Mr. Blair looks.' as though farming in the West agrees twifb him, a.nd preemerity has attead- ed his efforts ie his western home.— Miss Aggie Dicks -on, of Atwood,' is Visiting this week with relatives and friends in. this vieinity, and will probably remain in Ontario for a time at least. —Our juvenile foot - bat players suffered defeat in the neturn mateh with the Wily Kickers cif school section No. e, Grey, the Score being 2 to 0 in favor of No.. 6.—Mr. Peter Gardiner is now pre-, pared to do custom grinding for the £irrners of this locality at his home i4i the 14th concession of McKillop. tc will grand on Monday and Tues - (ley' of each week.—Mae W. H. tinders will have an atetion sale le farm stock and implements on h s farm 1 1-4 miles north of Wal - n on Tuesday afternoon of next vveek, and Mr. Janice Harris will aliso dispose of his stook and iraple- ents by auction' on February 26. T '0 former has rented his farm and, tlte latter disposed of his. It is tljteir intention to try their for- tunes in the west, and although we are sorry to lose, these gentlemen fnom our midst, we wish them every enocess in their new ventare.—Nel- a n; the little son of Mr. and Mrs. il with .pnenneenta.—Mrs. W. Neal ci E H. MeLaughlin, is this week very also been slightly under the d4Gotor's care.—We are also sorry to report the eontinued illness of Mrs. nathan Moore, but trust that all will soon be on the road to, recovery.. —During the scanty sleighing of the past week business has been ex- tremely ' brisk and a goodly quan- tity of logs and heading, has been d Awn to the Walton saw and head - factory. Weople are -now com- pering the eau mode of travelling with the impassable disadvantages of the two previous winters. ( klabbert1i our North Sick Correspondent.) The Weather. --So far we have been favored with a very mild winter; indeed, the weather all along was more becoming to the early spring or the letter part of fall than to the present -season. The acientifie forecasters ' f climatic eenditiotist and. ii, the home -b ed weather prophets are unable to p ediat, with any reason- able degree. of faecuraiy, what kind of weather!- 'future holds in tl store for us, I's ether it be modera- tion, fluctuatiO a or either of the extremes. Our atitude is situated between two zones, which have a constant andregular temperature at tine season a the year. To the north •of us is the Arctic region, from where most of our told weath- er emnes, pouring down by the MC - Kenzie valley and acroes the Nortbe . west .prairies and the intervening country. South of ne is the tropical, region, which sends northward cur- rents of warm air laden with mois- ture. From these two regions var- ious atraespherio paths lead into and. across our own. Usually the:. paths are traversed by cAualizi currents of air, Which are about regular as the rising and eettizag of the sun; but they are e blocked by eurrents frani et eourees and directions, and t are the baffling things whieh bal weather ealculations. It is the nat- tural property of heavy told air to follow the low levels, the same as water. It is the natural, property of warm air from the tropks to riae to high altitudes. Each anoves a - Way, following the line of least re- sietanee. This winter the cold aPr frame the o.rtio teems, for son3.e un- kdown reason, to find uhustied re - Blatant* in following its usual -course and the w.a.rrn air from the tropiee, for some reason equally mysterious, instead of rising - high above us to be cooled and relieved of aits mo.%- ture by precipitation to the earth in the form of snow, mums ata way aleclose to the ground, and U f inlfcairn is felt in an oceassional S spell of wet weather, a fog, a flurry ofshow, ette with moderation as 4 general atnoospherie condition.eSome weather forecasters will ealculate fuuire oonditions by certain indite» ticns, and °there will augur wisely foom entirely different signs but the weather will keep right Oh fool - in everybody to some degree. tes.—Mr. Mat. Coyne has rei- coyered froni the injury he sustain- ed by falling .frona a 'sleigh a few da s ago while his team wee in an -exited condition. Beechwood. Notes. --Miss Emma Shea, who lin been attending the sewing sehool in Settorth during the last few mon.tha,. is him's; again.—Miss Minnie Msol'axl- is d: de , of this burg, has returned to he home, after spending a term in tbn Ursuline Ape:de:Irv', Chatham Milmale loci-kwell, anher many: * frilends are pleased to have her with •them again.—Mr. John O'Rourke :is able to be out again, and -is in.ear- ly as well as ever —On Monday Ia.st, M;.CO cession of McKillop, -was the scene Jas. V. Ryan's home, on. the Ith of a very pleasant- gathering of fr ends fram Seaforth, Hibbert and. M Killop. Dancing- and cards were thji ehief tamusements, and were in du1getL in far out into the early III rn. Jim la a. jolly_ good fellow, an41 many are the goad wishes and hearty thanks tendered to Mr. a.nd Mts. Ryan for their kind hospitals and waist ,goods at' the 33eetirwoott me end see War new spaing writins g sitybo.:e7fore purchasing elsewher0, co