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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1906-03-09, Page 2- WHOLE NUMBER, 1,995. TEHRTY-EIGtTla YEAR. 10 Pages Fine Tailoring 1 and adyniade Clothing g Garment Le by wee matter; rollent. var- izaerts and EAIRS EINES oegesimairmit a 48 inches salve raixs gray and extra good nd 60e a lines are 85c Hand Light, was I A gooa • ,partak- spentt he n a social t entributed were the ae- rner. Re - ere elven' oth:rs— eitieg her his week. e Sewers); t Tilbury, Ulla week, has been - is recov- er' Varna. in Reid's ieelair. of G. Hillis ith enter - at her, e 'stet. spert: St.Marys 1•Yeetlake5 souests of few- days o. Sinicar, Ja °oh were °lair last McLag-• the home; eMr. and frs. Mar- an:t y last The 141 LOTHI G FURS AND FURNISH INGS " srMOTZ333. Y." 0 The atershed." The only time a man is really aware that his watershed coat is a watetproof garment, is on a rainy day. At all other times it is an ideal light- weight overcoat. We have all the new and up- to-date patterns' in the 200 tett.ar.Zlirand - You've heard about these garments, of course, but do you know personally how superior they are? They hold the estpIaoe in the esteem of good dressers. Ram. coats and nits are alike in this respect. We sell them" on their Grits, and ask to sell YOU only when the goods we show you possess greater merit thin those shown by our competi- tors. We are showiti-g a big range for Spring, and no fancy prices either. ' • Wpmen'O- 'Rainto4ts. A shipment df these garments has just been placed in stock, all brand new styles from the New York and English designers. Early choosing,from this assortment will mean to some lucky women the distinction—pleasant distinction— * of having the handsomest ,Spring coat ever i3eea on the Streets of Seaforth. These_ coats 'cost no more than the common place goods. . You can pee at a glane they .are in a class by themselves'. LET US SHOW YOU $7.50, $10 And -$12 Coat$. ............. THE:B' Without Patches +++++++++++ If you take the trouble to ask why ie never has patches, bat &mar looks neat and clean, you% learn the reason.- He wears LION BRAND. No cloth- ing wherever made, surpasses this particular brand ifor, LION BRAND Style,•Finfisli .and, Wear. Its just good, honest -made, clothing, made to withstand the wear that healthy boys will subject it to, double seat and double knee. ,1 - Suits, #3 to $5 - Pants, 25c to $1.25 All Fur Coats, Fur jackets Small Furs, overcoats Winter Underwear Heavy Svtith Caps and Mitts Selling at prices never before experienced in Seatorun. You're not too late for oa good .choice from, our new stock. 10AAALAWLOVVV,41AAMANYVIAOM Altogether the best stock in Seafort o choose from, • because everything is absolute' y new and fresh, and bought at low ik.trice, and selling at low prices. xr-Highest price for Butter and Eggs. GREIG CLOTHING CO., East Side Main Street, one door South of the Dominion Bank, ' SE .A.POITTII. 0 1 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY', MARCH 9, 1906. Huron Noltes. —Mr. George 'Wheatley, of Bul- let, is at present very low, as &he re- sult of a paralytic- stroke. • —Albert Ca;rey, son la Mr. 0. E. • Carey, est Goderic% was recently [married th Seattle, to Miss Downey [of that city. —Mr. John Avety, of the Loam. Road, Stanley, has ,gone to Morning,. side,-Alloerta, where ,hie I brother • Charles is located. —Thos. Watt, jr., an emeileyee at T. McKenzie's planing mill. Clinton, met with i a severe accident one eve ening reeently, by falling through et trap dem.. • —Mr. James Taylor has sold, his 100 acre farm ton the llth °maces - elan of Tuaniberry, to Mr. J. Bair& Mr. Taylor intends going west to live with, his daughter. - —George Campbell, who 4ior many years has been a resident of Gods - rich, died in that town on 'Saturday, February 24th, at ,the age of 75 ; years. —A 'short. time ago Mr. W. vir.! Fisher, 14010 owes the Benmiller White Wyandotte Pouatry ,Yards, shipped by express 22 beautiful birds to J. aVialsenneuve, Montreal. —Rebin Macpherson, of the pat- ent Department,'Ottawa, is home in Clineon on a two .months' leave of absence.. He has lust come out of the hospital, after six weeks' 'illness with typhoid. feier. -,.Sarnes Craigie died in Godetich recently, after a few days' illness, from pneumonia. Deceased was 61 years of age, and had' been a highly respected resident of. ,Goderich for a Inumbeir of veers. —Elizabeth Pearl, 'se-eand daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Crawford, of the 16th concession, Howick, died on Satourday, February 24th after an illness of nine months from a can- cerous growth. Deceased was in her 18th year and was highly -respected by all her friends. *—At the organization meeting of the tWingham branch of th.e Retail Merchants' Association of Canada, held in the council chamber last week, officers were elected as fol- lows: Preside•nt, R. Crowder 1st tyke, W. J. Greer; and vice, M. Gordon; treasurer, C. N. Griffin; secretary, A. 'W. Breiver ; atulitors, F. H. -Walley and L. A. Bali. —Mr. end Mrs. J. K. Baker, of Grey celebrated the ,2.5th anniver- sary of -ft -heir wedding day on Feb- ruary 21st. About 130 ,guests were present and all epent a pleaisant ev- ening. Mr. and Mrs, tBaker were very generously remembered- on the occasion bytheir many friends. Galbraith, of Clin- ton, 'Who thas purchased the stock and 'good will of Mr. Thos, jackspn, sr., in addition to carrying a full stock high-class gent's clothing - and 'furnishings, intends to ruse the second flat for a manufacturing de- partment, Which will be -ander the inana,geraerst f Mrs. Galbraith. —Mi. amid Mrs. T. A, Strong, of 'Gorrie, who are moving -1+o St. Cath- arines were presented by their friends of the Methodist church in that village with an arra chair and a china cabinet. To it•hese articles, was added a very kind and. 9inp1i- me•ntary address. —Richard Sandow, a farmer of Centralia, met with a very serious and perhaps +fatal accident while drawing hay. His. load upset, and in falling fiandow struck on his head, causing a large wound and fracturing the skull. Very little hope is entertained for his recov- ery. —Dr: .T. P. Kennedy, of Wingham, was in Ripley fast week, where he performed a critical operation on Miss Gertie Shane, in removing a large tumor. Miss -Shane '.had been ailing for about a year, and. since the operation is ineiroving as rapid- ly as could be expected. —Mr. C•. J. /McGuire, who has far some time been engaged' in the real eState endinsurance, busineas in Wingham has sold hie business to to Mr, J. H. Chisholin, a former weli-knewn Wingham young man. Mr: Maguire is going West to en- gage more extensively in- the real estate business. --The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Henailton, Wingham, was the scene of.a happy event Wednesday, -Febru- ary gist, when their youngest deugh- ter, Miss Jessie, was joined in wed- lock to Mr. /Robert Arbuckle, son of Mr. Wm. Arbackle, of East Wawain- osh. The ceremony was performed' by Rev. D. /Perrie, in the 'presence df only the 'relatives. of the °entree - ting parties: —Thomas Sample, a former 'resi- dent of Morris kownship, died at the home of his :nephew, Jahn Sample, at Souris, /Manitoba, in his 81t -h year. Deceased was born ip Scotland and for anany years lived in Morris. Thirteen years ago he went west. Mr. -Sample was unmarried and had- beer hying for some time with his nephew: —The Wingham Times of I OS t weck says:' Last week the C. I?. R. siectionmen took u.p about 75 feet of track and put in new ties. This is certainly 'unusual for the month of February and Foreman Neil in- forms •as, that it is the second time in. his long experience on the road ;that the weather has been so mild aseto permit work of that kind be- ing done in that month. While working toe the 22nd 'ult., the men killed a garter snake about 18 inches 'Ong, which li7'aa 8111111in g itself near the track. —Rev. H. M. .tanning, W1TO has very acceptably filled the pulpit ef Wesley church, Clinton, for nearly four years, has geteived an invita- tion from the Pirst Methodist church of Pet•erboro, to become its pastor next year, and the official board of the Clinton church, has extended an invitation to Revs. Mr, Joliffe, of Pet erboro. —The last regular tmeeting of the Clinton branch of the Women's insti- tute was held at the home of Miss Tebbutt. • The !meeting was presided ed over by Mrs. C. McKinnon, first vice-president. After the !usual rou- tine of business, the subJeets,"Va- lue of 'cereals as breakfast food," and "Pies," were introduced and warmly discussed. The next .meet- ing will be 'held a the home or Mrs, G. Barge, on Thursday, March 22nd, at 7:30 p. 831.. Su,bjeets;—";Uses of eggs," to be introduced by Mrs. Watt, "'ascots, how to get rid of them," by Miss Tebbatt. .—Miss Margaret Calder, of Cranbrook, who ie one of the re- presentatives from the Ontario Med- ical College for Women, Toronbe, is attending the Stedents" Volunteer Convention ;in Nashville, trennesee. -The 100 acre -farm of the late R. McInnes, lots 20 and 21, conceSsioe 1, Qrey, has been sold to Rdbert Hamilton, of Elma, for $4,000. It is 30 years since the late 'proprietor meted- to it. The family purpose removing to the west where five aons and a daughter are already res- idents. —The very interesting tservice in contection with the findiction of T. S. Boyle, IM. A. B. 'D., es'ireitor of St. Paul's ehurol, Wingham, was held on Tuesday evening, February 271h. There wa.s a very large at- tendance of menibers of the congre- gation, and townspeople. The 'cere- mony was 'performed by Archdeacon Riclaardson, M. A., D. C. L., of Lon- don. who was assisted by Rev. Mr. • Westgate of 'Atwood, ta.nd Rev. J. 'Hartley, of )31yth. Archdeacon Richardson - preached the sermon, which Nvia:s very appropriate to the occasiarn. After the induction ser- vice a short musical programme was rendered in the school room and re- freehraents were served. • Perth Items. —The Ladies of Listowel have or- ganized a Tent Hospital Society. - —Mr. Martin J. 'McCauley, for- merly df Stratford, las been -pro- moted to be deputy sheriff at De- troit, lYlicbigan. , — Mee dames Park, of Hibbert, one of the old 'residents of thecounty, died on March ast. Deceased had been ailing sinee Christmas. , —Mr. Robert Thom, station and express agent at Stayner, and Who was was at one time a resident of ma-. -clic'', died after a short illness on Feleruary 25t1i. e -Mr. Robert Abraham, a form- er }Stratford boy, •and son of Mr. R. 'Abraham, of that city, was recent- ly married in 'McCook, Neb., t� Miss Belle -1VIoDaniel, of Fort Wayne, IVIith. • --Messrs. Lindsay ° Bros., of List- owel, have ,sold otit their livery business at the well known stand. at the Wallace street bridge, to Mr. A. MeTavish, V. S, of Mount Porest. • seA nu.mber of the pupils of Miss. Mary Mean, 'of stra*tford, recently piesentecl her with a complimen- tary address a'nd a pearl crescent, prior to her departure from the. city. — Mr. William Hepburn, of Strat- ford, has resigned as a member cif the waterworks commission, fon ac - cont of a lack of harmony between • the city council and the 'board. • —Walsh Bros., of Stratford, have bought the stores in that city (moue,. pied by James Dow and R. •-White' and Co. It 'is stated that the price paid was $12,350. • ' l" Mr• Thomas Kerslake, of Mil- cliell, while assisting Mr. Sylvester Selisbury,• sr., to clean oat a well recently, got bis. hand caught be- tween the windlass and the rope, and ' the top end 'of one of his fingers was taken off. —The Old Boy's Ball in Stratford last week was a great success. The hallwasbeautifully decorated, and the music• contributed by the Tony Vita orehestra, of London. A large number were present -from outside cities and *owns. I '—Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Hurl- burt, of Toronto, are spending a couple of weeks at the home of the formers parents, Mitchell. Mr. Hurl- burt has rot been enjoying velar. , good- of health 'of"' ate, and is home td recuperate for a time. —Mr. Charles Toull, for the past I two years inspector for the Bell Tel- ephone Company, in the Stratford. district, • has been appointed man - 'ager for Ingersoll. 'Mr. ClareMie Card,. inspector at /Ingersoll, will fill the vacancy caused 'ley Mr. Toull's removal from Stratford. —At a recent regular (meeting of the, 1. 0. O. F.,- of Milverton, a pre- sentation was made to Mr. George Goodland, of a gold headed cane, and • ,tte Mr. Stank and Mr. J. Westman, . geld leiket. These gentlemen are leaving for -Manitoba and the mem- bers of the order took this -oPpor- tunity of expressing their appreciae tion of the p,vork done by them filo connection with the order. —Miss Elizabeth,' eldest daughtei !of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gethke, was I united in marriage at the hc4ine of , her parents, Stratford Road, on . Wednesday, February 28th, to Mr. George Rannenburg, • of Stratfprd. The ceremony being performed by - Rev. Mr. Thum, of the Lutheran church. The bride was given away • by her father, in the pr Bence of a large number of reletiv —At' the silver a.nniver Women's Missionary Soci . Methodist church all o ' is 'being -celebrated the ' Central Methodist church, • had their evening last We ; a great success and the programme : was thoroughly enjoyed b the au- , silence 'At the close a bir1thday cake Was' cut up by the ladies 4f the so- ciety and distributed afa eg those present: — Mr. W. )3. Cleland, of McKin- ley, Isle of Pines, Cuba, 1 recently sent Dr. -Steele, of Stratf rd, the skin of -a boa cons€riefor, .to make a necktie for bime1f. The snake was killed by Mr.'01 land' on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, reehne ie was taking a walk. It /must e been a monster, for the dry ski4i meas- ured eight feet, and when a ive the snake must have !been mare than a foot thick at its middle. 1 —Registrar Wheelihan, Of St. - Marys, has bee -n on trial before 11. Merby, K. 10., the commissioner appointed to investigate fhe charges • laid against him. F. a. ThoMpsoia, of Mitchell, appeared for the com- plainant and L. Harstone, fer the defendant. The charge made against him is net of a political nature. !The complaleant is J. W, Grahane, St. - Marys, who charges Mr. Whelihan with 'using information obtained in his official capacity as Registrar ef De-edis, or his own behalf, in Oat he is said to 31 SITS purchased a. piece of s. ary • of the ty df the er Canada ladies of Stratford, . It was Make Your Home • More Attractive! imormwel NOTHING WILL DO IT - SO WELL OR SO CHEAPLY AS TASTEFUL Wall Paper •stody to give the right -kind suitable for each room and do the work at the lowest possible price. AAndIthezy nexed noet, heve yxpeinsNive • TeitbEer. RT:hvays :_- SEAFOITL Picture framing a Specialty. Win property over the head of a client of Lawyer Graham, after Bolding it was for sale. The investigation has not yet 'been 'concluded. , --Miss Catherine Mecluskey, of Stratford, 'rho lived alone, bust was in comfortable circumstances, aged 59 years, was found dead in bed on Saturday, February 24th, about 8 o'elock by 'the Chief of Police, at her residence. The last" known of her alive was on Thursday evening about six o'clock, when she was. heard in the house. On Friday, the neighbors noticed •that z milk- and ether provisions•that had been left t at the door had not been taken into !he house. Between seven and eight .'clock in It he evening, )3 -hey also noticed that there was no lights in the house. Becoming elarro.ed, 'some c -f the eteighbora event teo the house and tried to get in, bet the doors were locked and they could not do so. Not caring to break open the door, they •sent for Chief McCarthy. Chief McCarthyonarriving, 'broke in 'the door and found Miss McClus- key dead. He sent for Coroner Dv - lin, who peonouneed deafh due to helart failure. The coroner d•eoided that an inquest was not necessary. —Two more rooms are to be added 'to the Stratford Sep rate School, and an extra teacher engaged. Canada, —Lieut. -Col. McGilli ray, of Tor- onto ;- has been appointed president of the Toronto Industrial Exhibition Board, as eueressor to Mr. W. K. MoNeught, M. P. P., who has held the position for the past three years. —His . Lordship Bishop -McEvoy, returned to London on M;ortday from his visit to Rorae. He was accota- panied on his mission by Rev. Father Aylward, of London. During their absence they visited pearly all the cities of Italy and nia7y of those iya_. Prance. —Edward Goodwin, of King town- ship, near Holland Landing, while , crossing the river with his team, drove on to some ice which had' been recently cut and his horses, sleigh and all disappeared. Mr. Goodwin had a narrow escape from drowning al*. His loss will be about $500. • —A great euriesity at Lanark vil- lage is. a baby which weighs 27 ounces. It is in perfect health, is too smell to dress, and is kept 'en- cased in: -wadding. It is a girl baby and. was born Soule days ago to Mrs. Cyrus Tuck. Crowds of people are, constantly visiting the. baby's home. —As Dr. Jake Way, of StaYner, Ont., was attending to his horse a- bout 10 o'clock at night, his lant- ern- exploded. The hay was in flames in an instant. The doctor was suffocated, beet not badly burn- ed. When recovered the body show- ed serious burns only on the .hands and face. —A d'ari'ng burglary was perpe- trated in Stratford early Sunday recalling -at thee -residence -of Mr. Sohn White, sr. The burglars /ef- fected en entrance through the cone servatery and rear end of the house ' and ransacked the dwelling. Valu- able' furs and .dewelry were taken. Mrs. White was awakened by a an cleaving her bedroom. —The San Jose scale which was so • prevalent in the Niagara district a few years ago and which it was thought was completely -stamped out, has again made its appearance in that district and there is danger of it becoming wore than ever Un- less precautions are taken., Several cases have been reported in Saltfleet Tow'xiship. —The Provincial 0;uetion sale of pure bred oattle, 38 head, males and females of beef breeds, held in Port Pekry, on Friday, under the atuspiee-s • of the Provincial Live Stock As,see elation, proved A, grand success, the catalogues being exhausted' before dark, and every 'animal being sold. The prices were good, one male, aged 11 menthe, bringing $245, and one female $160. The attendance pack - .ed the large rink in whiph the tette took place, —A specie' train, carrying 140 British immigrants for Ontario, reached Toronto last Friday. They were nearly all -farm laborers. In the party were some twenty women, who came out to join their hus- bands, and when the -Union Station was reached there were Many joy- ful meetings. This makes nearly 600 iraneigrants who arrived in Tor- onto last week, and before this lot arrived about 200 had already been placed with farmers. —George Burns, Collector of Cus- toms at London, died, almost instant- ly while sitting in a chair at his office desk Friday. anointing, at 10.30 o'clock. An office boy discovered his condition. Deceased was - appointed Collector. of Customs et Londln ex- aetly seven years ago, having begun his duties on the morning of March 1,1899. He was previously a whole- sale olothier, and had a wide ac- quaintance in Ontario business cir- cles. He was born in Scotland, and was 64 years of age. —A few days ago, while standing on the platform of the Grand Trunk station at Sarnia, Glenn Mark, a 15 -year-old boy, noticed a mis-pfa.c- ed switch and a -rapidly moving Grand Trunk passenger special ap- proaching. The boy dumped to the switch and succeeded in setting iti stfaight, only e ran:lute before the train flashed by. Representatives of the Empire Separator Company, who were on the special, returned the following 'clay and telegraphed your Pages 1 to 8 Clark to traeet UAL. They offered him a purse -of one hundred dollars for his act. He, however, refused to accept. it, saying that he had done nothing more than his duty, —Mrs. Maitland, wife of Prof. B. K. Maitland, the well knewn vocal- ist, died Wednesday morning, at the age of 68, from pnetunonia. She had been ailing for two years. Her mother was closely related to John Gault, founder of Guelph. . —Mr. Wm. Shields, e farmer, liv- ing about eight miles south of Bran- don, Manitoba, hauled into that city a few'days egfa a monster load of wheat, whioh contained 235 bugle's, and graded No. 1 northern. The im- mense load, which weighed abeet seven tons, was hauled in the whole distance with one team of horses on a sleigh, and •delivered at the ele- vator. The load as it passed through the city attracted considerable at- tention, and was photographed be- fore any of the grain was temptied into the hopper. Can any Ontario farmer beat this? —Mrs. Kate Westlake Weigh, wife of Mr. Frank W. Yeigh, of Toronto, died at hey /home in that city on Sunday. She- was a daughter of the late William Westlake, el• London, and was a native of Ingersoll. She was a Iremarkably clever woman. Previous to 'her marriage she was engaged in newspaper work and sinee then she has eontribated many interesting letters of travel. Bet Mrs. Yeigh's most successful liter- ary Work is te be found in her Ire-, cently issued I novel, "A Specimen Spinster," -which has tenet with a gorilla' reception from the critics in Great Britain, and the -.United StateA • — -We general store of Teran Wen- ger, of Ayton, Ontario, was all:post totally weeeked lest Friday even- ing, by the explosion •of a keg of powder. A. Wagner, one of f the clerks, had opened 'the keg to weigh some out, ad after doing so he placed. the lid on the ,keg. , Some grains were left on the to of the lid, and it was suggested by an on- looker to try emit of the powder. Wagner lit a match and applied it tore powder on the top of the•kek, an it 'appears that it did not work oni the instant. They were in the act of/ applying another when the whole kfag exploded; doing the serious d/amage Wagner Was frlightfully righted, and was found lying over an eea foot embankment . at the ;seer of the building, with his clothes en firet There •le lttt1e chance of his xecovery. —Edward St. George 'Banwell and' his wife arrived in Toronto from Kingston, Jamaica, on Friday morn- ing ijlast in charge of a member of the Provincial detective force. It -will be remembered that Banwell 'was a teller in the Crown Bank, Toronto. He stole about $49,000 la the Bank's money and in company with a respectable young Woman to whom he had been engaged, left the country. The/ were married in Buffalo and for' a coiasid.erable time sueeeeded, in eluding the autliorit- les but -were enun down in Kingston, tJamaica. They belong to highly respectablefamilies in the vicinity of Toronto, and the young man was a trusted employee of the bank. They had most of the stolen money with them When -arrested., They both pleaded not guilty. 1Ban- - well is awaiting this trial in jail bat Mrs. Banwell has been admitted to • Londeaboro. NotesessOur Epworth Leag,we, re- ceived., an tinvitation to visLll ,the Myth League on Tiu.esday evening mext and: thave accepted.—Rev. Mee Clement and Mr. WM. Moon are e.p- pointe& delegates to attend the tem- perance meetings in ..foronto.—The: friends of Mr. T. Crisp will be glad to know that he has almost (reeov- ered /from his siokness.—Mrs. (Dr.) Bell, of Montgomery, Michigan, who was called to Seaforth on account of her father's illness, spent a few clpys this 'Nevelt at the home of IfEr. John Lasham.—Miss Pipe, 13i -tinsels, is visiting her sister, Mrs, Rebert Young.—Miss Maude, 'James, of De- troit, is the guest of Mrs. ie. illiciames, —Merrell and Holmes have seetieed a dressmaker. ' - Zurich , Notes.—The regular meeting of the W. O. T. it.T. was held at the honie ef Mrs, S. Rannie aast Monday after- noon.—It is said a gentleman from Montreal is opening a general tore in, the- city of St. Josepli.—We uider- stand that -SIT. 3. Ort has aec4pted the offer of Mr. Moser, late �ote1 'keeper at Dashwood, for his fine farm on the Bronson line. The farm contains 148 acres and -the pri e is 1$9,000.—Mr. John Decker, the well known horseman, Babylon line has sold his nice ild.riving mare to Mr. Thomas Handford, of Exeterfor $175. She is a good driver and is quiet and reliable for family -use. Mr. Decker bee since purchased a pair of very nice roadster colts from Mr, Rinkbeiner, of Stephen which he intends train ' training up in the they should go.—Mr. S. Youepfer has purchased Mr. H. R. Johnston's res.., idenoe for $1;300 and intends ocoupy- ing it himself.—Mr. David Bender 'and his sister, Miss Laura,- have.gone to Hopedale, Illinois,. where their brother resides.—A shooting match between ehootists of Zurich and Stephen was held last week mil the farm of Mr. Louis Kroft, Goshen line, Stephen, 'which „resulted •in -a score of 80 to 45 in favor of the Stephen boys. After the snatch there oyes. ate oyster sapper and a deuce. The Zurich team was coraposed. of Middleholtz, W. O'Brien, A. Zettle, B Yungblutt, J. P. Rau, W. Stevenson, O. ;Wilber, C. Mawhinney, C. Dinney, H 'Levitt. The Stephen team lined up as follows: W.Year- ley, F. Snell, G. Mawhinney, Louis Kraft, W. Mawhinney, p. Ma hin- ney, R. Shuodowne, T. Mawh' ney, G. liertzet Varna. The Council.—The -township eau/n- ail of Stanley, held a meeting in the hall here an Monday. The nec- tar reported the eompletion of his work and rAturned the roll. The con- tract for the superstructures for tore steel bridges were let to 'Rill McLiTAN BROS., Publiehera $1 a Year in Advance; and Company, a Mitchell. These bridges are to have concrete floors and tenders for the cement abut- ments are being _asked' for and are to be deposited with the clerk on or before April 2ad. The bridges are to be erected or the seemed Ana fifth concessions. A Good Tinae.—The Presbyterians of this place intend having a box social in the town hall on the ev- ening of Monday next, March 12the when a good programme will' he given and a good time is antioipated. All are cordially invited. Blake. (Continued from page 3.) Briefs.—A little baby daughter ar- rived at the home of Mr. 'Kennel cda Monday of last week.—Mr. 3. A. Manson has engaged Norman . john - Stan for the sammer.—Mr. Ferdin- and Schnell left for the west on Tuesday intending to take op land' providing the country suits him.. Ile goes to Neepawa, district.—Mr. Soloman Kuepfer, who disposed of his farm to Mr. Chris. Gesell°, and. who purchased property in Zu.riche leaves soon for that village. --Mr.. Ross Johnson is y'''t oonfined bo his home with sore throat. We hope to soon see him round again, Oar School.. --The followitak is the report of school No. 9, Staaley, for the month of February,- based on tre- proficiency: Obese V—Ruth Keyes, profieientey: V Class—Rath Keys, Irene Douglas, Noniea Sherritt. - Iv. Class—Roy 'Capling, Thos. Meyers, Viola Edighoffer. 111 Sr. Class— Pearl Zapfe, Isabel Manson, Flos- sie ° Oapling. lel Jr.- Class—Mary Douglas, .A.Itert Keys, Myrtle Mey- ers. II Sr. Class ---Gordon Manson,. Ethel Zapfe, Elmer Oes-ch.' II Jr. Class—Mary' Jane Meyers, - Mikis Kennel, Jackie Brennerman. Part Il—Pearl 3Ylebride, Emma Bechier, Jakie Moyer. Part I A --Sohn Aaron Meyer, •Sophia Oesele Percy Zirke Part I B—Edmund Erb, Olive Zirke Allan Oesch.-0. S. Howard, Teacher.. • 13 eloorne, Conventi-on.—The annual conven- tion, of the Epwerth Leagues -of the Elirairille circuit was held. in the? Bethany church on 'Thursday, Mareh lot, The afternoon &Beton. was well attended, the church being well fill- ed. _Topics were given by a neember of 'young people belonging- tp, the different societies represented; and reflect a great eredit on. the ability. of those who gave th :erre Opportune ity for. /discussion was given after each topk. The sip -ging -was led by members of the Bethen League,. 134 The evening session was also well attended, the church • filled tto its utmost /capacity, showing the ie in great interest being 1'a1 'n the work. The devotional exe lees weep - conducted by Rev. C. Fleteller, pas- tor of Thames Road Presbyteeian church, and addresses we delivered by Rev. J. Veale, of Kirkton, the subjeet -being, "Lesson n of the past year," and by the ReV. Mr. Go- ing, of Exeter, Chairraan!f the dis- trict, subject, "Chrietian wiliness.' They were listened to with great at- tention, and Were fell of interest' and profit to all. The singing was'. riernished by the 'Zion chin -ch choir.. As a result of the .votes taken,31.rt.1%. Victor Snell, of Elimville-, was elect -i , ed president, and Mr. Wesley Johns, of Bethany, secretary -treasurer. The.: m‘ti.ng throughout wasa a decided success, and all returned fo their homes with a greater enthusiasm and more earnest zeal for having' been present wit taken pert in ft. Thames Road Notes.—Mles Chesney, of Tuckersmith, is visiting friends in this vicinity this week —A number of the young men of thiS neighbor- hood are preparing to gol West this spring, and int'end settling there.— Mr. Thos. Passmore sold I a horse to - gr. Elliott, of Centralia, for a big figure.‘ ee_e_... Wroiceter 1 Briefs —Mrs 10 1 'Sanderson, of Wamilton, is viSiting her !sister, Mrs. W. Rutherford. --Mr. Gideon Park& returned from, a trip to Ireland last- Thuasdary.--Mr. and Mrs. Sohn Hap- -fret left for their home in Sault Ste. Marie last week after a few mentlest visit '4 ith friend -8 herse—Mrs. E.. 'Lewis left for W0110)1b0 on Mondiy to attend the millinery openings.— A. masquerade carnival, will be held. in the skating rink Thursday even- infr--Mr. 'Walter Davidson, of Re- gina, Saskatchewan, spent Saturday with his uncle, Mr. 'Sohn Davidsone —Mrs. W. Rutherford is recovering after a Week's illness.—Mr, Hugh, McDougall, a brother to Mr. Alex. McDougall, of this place, was drowne ed while working last Wednesday on a dam at Londen. The body was not recovered uhtil Saturday, the fun- eral taking place the following day. —Mr. Norraan Cook, of Hensail, was a -visitor in the village over Sunday. —Miss -May Davidson is assisting in the postoffice this week.--Logs.have been rushed in to the saw inilPthls e4Tlike _ New TOWS: Hall.—The new toyea hall was formally opened by a first class concert on Wednesday, February 28th. ,The zonetell took the getting- up of the programme into their OWD" hands, and tbey er- tainly made a success of it. The fol- lowing artists took part: Miss - Mabel Manley, soterano -singer, J. H. Cameron and W 3. Wbite, all for Toronto. Miss Clara V. Haynes, 40- elluitstnaistwoafikBeerlij Bevigithlea,amtadnddattecelristFtolef•. Two: iscwh a itse r.c •033•2011re d olef awl ourocxhres, Dr Brawn, J. R. Wendt, N 3. 4E4113: - son and Mr. and -Mrs. T. G. Hemp- hill, made their first appearance in !public that evening and gave some first class musk, playing from 7.30' Until eight -o'clockHad the roads been good no doubt the ball nyteuld have been jammed. As it was over 450 tvere' present. Wroxeter tan now boast of having the nicest hall of any village its size, north of To- ronto, It is easily heated, -magni- ricently lighted ;by electricity and with stage and acetery is not BUT- passedecombmy I tatne14a.43aver Ye hall ftle40")tertt Th good after paying all expenses.f The Wroxeter people are proud of their new hall add they have reason to be as it 11 in every way a credit to them.