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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1907-05-17, Page 1MAY 10, 1907 11 aeeeeeeegegegenest rood tes. ur -Msortmen OF w DressCoo WILL APPEAL TO ALL • :21 mad Dresser WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE .atest Style Ideas FOR THE PRESENT SEASON. r6DODS SEAFORINAO e'relay.—The email •pox scare 10_ pitting somewhat. _We Slope the �e may be etamPed out before Heir.. Peter Brennerman has teason work with Mr. Snankt kle. and intends following it. the season.—Mrs. E. Ester eve tmed to the house with mumps rote tetter. • Usborne. Hurondale News.—Mr. Geo- een lost a fine mare Mondee° foaling. He had two vet !nut it wasneeo good, !they could •einove the foal from her after three hours hard. work and t so IdIl her.—Seeding has heel -lei/ eere lately, it has teen so wet old --Our rieef ring is la full here and we are getting teerta Steer. Everybody le well 0 with it. Mr. Peter Moir, of t (=cession. put a nice ene week. ORTIETEL YEAR VirkOleE NUMBER* 2,057 TaliQrin•g Th and e G -"REIG • FURS AND LOTH IN G IrUiRLSE CDOM:ED.Aste,i"re Feadymade Clothing 0400100.1100"...M.BWIMINIMINIEM6 3:3M.A.T.e Eli-TOM:033s Our $2.0 Derby. 11111.11.1.111.0111M111.1111M ?RING DERBIES are good picking these days.' We have a splendldl,crop this season. There's sort of a band-boxey freshness about them. $1.50 2.00 2.50 3400 OUR LEADER 1. However, we?ye got a favorite—a hat we be- , • lieve to be the best hat on earth for the money. It's our 2.00 Derby In selling this hat we charge nothing for a fancy label or some exclusive hatters name. We simply give you the biggest two dollars' wortliOf stylish hat on the market. Try one of these exceptional hats and you will fall into line with the rest of its admirers. efeetisieveseteefelVeleAAAIVVVYWeellAete The Telescope Soft Hat SEAFORTII, FRIDAY, MAY m9 1907. MCLEAN R Pleb' $1 a Year in Advance; - ••.,,MENWPIPERIPNwari/PPWAT.1041 A Spring Holiday in? the South of England. .1.11,01:11a AMMO (Written for The Expositor.) Imre IMO. AMMO Letter! No. IL, 'A Cornish. Fishmarket. On !the west side oe ),,fount's By, !near Penzance, !there is a. 'Beans :town of some importanoe knoWae as Newlyn. lb stretches itself along the baseof a low rounded hill, which ehelters it from the northwest. There is• a good harbor, inside a !pier, a, quereer of a smile lotigt and: there is a !Leh market which,. although not quile so, large as th,9.,t, whichiltay be seen at .Aberdeen or Grimsby, yet ;pre -gents a lively scene almost any forenoon. On leen morning -of my visa the harbor was crowded with steam !drieters end sail boats. In the seamier many of these drifters operate in the Shetland waters', but In the winter they frequent the -more temperate regime !near the Land's, End and land their catchee at New- lyn. Of !sail boats there is e large, permanent !beet. There are nosteasn trawlers to 'speak or, The ice used I s imported from Norway, as there is trio ice rectory. The varieties of feels landed include cod', halibut, skate, 'plaice, sole, ;herring end mackerel/ Of 'these the mackereei anpear in the greatest numbers. A frequenter of the meeket error/nee me that he was riot aware that any other fishing !pert in England could litiow better results ithan. Newlyn in the matter! ot mack- erel. • PENZANCE. On a. gentle slopei overlooking the centre or Mount's Bay, Penzance has estaellehed itself. The town 'is, fer most Tart, substantially buiet of .etone, and there is a striking irreg- ularity in the arrangement Or. Its streets iaud lanes. any of he etreets are narrow and crooked; and oh some of !them, streams! of clear water run 'along the gutter, effect- ively clearing away impuetties, • Al- though space has been economised Ini • roadways !there is no lecie a opeis spwees in the town. Back gardens are extensive, and so are the puD ile one. Among these latter may be mentioned etc Morra,b gardens. The sub -tropical trees and plants there Show %quite clearly that the climate is. mild. Palm trees have attained, a theight of over 20 feet, and ;the eu- celyptus, mangolia, camellia, hy- drangea, aloe, myrtle and tree ferns are all !thriving well in: the open Penzance is becoming deservedly !popular as one of the Cornish, Riviera, !resort*. A ether bay and a .tineti, epromenede an scarcely be imaefited. Then, ie one. wishes foe a time, to exchange the ezone of the( bay for the eregrant atmosphere of the coutn- ery lanes, they are close at hand. Under ithe; 'shade of fine old oak and elm !trees one can well alongside of orchards, gardens and vegetable pat- ches. Those fruit and vegeta,blefarms are }evidently in a 'high state of cultivation, and no expense in the way oe manure or tabor, is spared in order to arrive at the beet results, • The fields are email and t well shelter- , ed by trees, dykes and,, hedges. The Cornish way of buildtng a dyke is to lay a foundation six feet wide.•Then, as the fence rises the width is re- duced, until at the tofitit is three feet. The ineeretices between the stones are filled with earth, and a mound of the same placed on the top. CIA this is planted as thorny hedge, wetch, with the essistance of ivy and, grasessoan covers everything, end makes a. good shelter. In • many !places there are lines of trees alongside the dykes. As tee lields are small, it will be seen that much of the groundi ie taken up by fencee tend trees. Young men who want extreme styles in every- thing, prefer our soft hats. There's a sort of swagger smart- ness about the Telescope that can't be worked into the Derby. The Telescope grows in favor constantly. This spring's styles are particularly attractive. We' have several new shades and shapes that are very swell, smile bound, some with fancy band. Prices range __________ $1.50 $2.00 $2.50 er, or Highest price for Butter and Eggs, ++++4444÷1÷H4+1.14:4+14440111 e GREIG CLOTHING CO., Ceerrection.—In our East Side le couple of weeks ago, it was that Mr, Thompson, of Mon [taken poesession of, the [elackemitts sbop at Eckerre 1"Mr. Archibald F.' eicleay infer thie Is a mistake ; that :shop tbelonge to and la [him and that,klG .T1shoiria/101' te we* East Side Main Street, one door South of the Dominion Bank, SEFORTIL Is statute of Drake aed! the Armada. Memorial, While on the east side is 'the Citadel fort, a largemilitary. de - ;pets With Many guns, commanding the Sound axid the town behind it es well. While in the elder 'parte of Plymouth !the ibuildings ere rather *plaint and !the !streets narrow, the newer, 'pro - gone are more in accordance •with modern ideas of the Meese of thing's. The !population of t he three towns, Plymouth, Stonehouse, and Devon - ;poet, is 200,000. They contain with- in their area large military and Val works. Between Stonehouse and I:levet/sport Is a, bridge, with a !toll on passengers, which brings in to the owner, £6,000 ai year. • The feature of Devonport 1 Its dockyards. They were begun !there he mein. of William III. One [manning I waakedi thi au the gateway. "Well sir," interrogated the ;polite- r/1ton who ,barrede the way. Can I !see !through the yards 1' I •asked. "Are you a Britishsubject ?" "Oh, yes" Then, if you, • will lendly eut your (name end address in! the book, I will take _yotil around." The yards are exteneive, 1-lolw many acres of space they Include roe guide was unable to tell me. Ini the imp docks !several battleships and crusiere were being built or repaired. One ehip, a- bout 14,000 tons, was being ,fitted up, While another monster, a 20,000 tons was :getting her ribs; adjusted. The !slip had to be lengthened to ex- coinmodate her. .What an amount of metal Sher° will be in that veseel When she. is completed, mad what a noise Ithe men males lei her construct - lion. The incessant clanging of hams mers and the rattle of the electric rivetters deafened me, Nye went !through the taiga work Beeps where men and machinery were bulgy' boring plates, pounding, twisting and sha,p- ling ;huge seeceit of, metal into desir- ed eorms. Deafeningnoise everywhere amid which I thought my guitle said that 3.1,000 men were employed in the ,yords, This seetrita a large fig - erre. I looked in !the .guide book end found it sadd that in the Devonport and Heyham docks, 7,000 men are employed •and they are paid 410,000 a week, While 'there are -officials reaping !salaries up to • £40,000 a year, The officials live in a ter- race within the. yards. Powerful navies are hot kept up on nothing. In the Hampaze, or navel • harbor, Devonport, a 'number of froneladu are lying at anchor, and also two large !training :ships: Perhaps the beet view- of this basin} as well as Ithe .sound is had frora Mount Edg- cumbe Park. 'This Park occupies that elevated corner- Cornwall an the "yreett side of the Sound. It, rises into a !hill some hundreds of teat high, meetly bare grass on the top, with fringes of fine old trees filling- up the depressions leading down to the waterways. The owner of the Park, Lord Mount Edgecembe, generously 'ailowe the 'public to walkor drive In it on Wednesday, a great, boon to the gPlymoeth people. As I 'looked down from the hill .top the roar end rattle or the dockyards. came over to the. To Ithe left was 'the naval har- bour and the Tamar rivers with Brun- elts bridge in the distance. In front was Plymouth Hoe, with tee city stretching a.wa,y behind towards Dartmoor title, while on the right, were the Sutton and Cutwater har- bours, and the Outer Sound. • Through Cornwell. The ettilwa.y journey by express from Penzance to Plymouth teems two and a 'half hours. After leaving Peezence we ,travel among compara- tively level fields of brown soil, well cultivated, As Redruth le near- ed both the, ,soil and[ the rocks become redder. Redraft is • a considerable piece, built or red and grey etone.At Chasewater the ground is rougher, and disfigured by the tin mining in- dustry. 'Whine and heather are much, In evidence', • Truro is a large town; Occupying a wide valley at the hea.d of the, Fal tide water. Buregullow istne centre of the China, clay induetry. Large quantities of this material are stored there ready to be Bent off to any quarter of the globe. As we go on eaelward the country is more hetet with narrow valleys. Mtnes are.seen. at Intervals. Auch of the ground on the slopes is under wood. The opei spaces are mostly under grass, providing a living for cattle and sheep. Farmers do not appear to tou,se their stock =Chi The winter 'pasturage- is supplemented by a few !turnips or ta.bbages mattered in .the fieldai From Bodmin Road to Liskeard and St.- Germanethere is , a stretchor moderate 'sized hills, with narrow Italie-ye, which must be very', pretty • In !the season of the full leaf. Merle of these valleys we cross irr viaduct, and, as we near the Tamar river, they contain, water courses which are vis- ited by the tide andi high water. The Tamer we cross by meanss of the Royal Albert bridge at Saltash, and then, in a flew menuten after, find our- selves. in 'Plymouth. • PLYMOUTH. The atmosp.here of Plymouth may not be as warm and 'balmy as that of Torquay, but it undoubtedly possess, - es one a the finest and airiest of promenades. This is found on the. Floe, an extensive area oni the top of the limestone cliffs overlooking • !the Sound, According to the guide book, Drake was pla.ying bOW1S OR the Hoe wteen the Spanish Armada was repotted in sight. He remarked that the would finish thej game, and then procee,d to thrash the Spaniards teeter -ward% , From the heights of the Hoe the coming eated going of warships and traders is distinctly seen. The old Eddyeacele lighthouse stands on it, and Ithereels a ring which at one time witnessed !bull ,baiting., The view dovrn }the, Sound and across( to Meant Edgcu'rebe park le superb. Close be- hind us, as we look down the Sound, WAKE UP AND GET UP We are negotiating with a firm for the purch.ase ef a wonderful clock that will yank a ina,n out of bed in the morning at the right minute, dress him, pull on his shoes and lace them up— evhile a Owlet attachnient at tends to lighting the fire and • getting 'breakfast, Meanwhile the hest we can give you is a Repeater Alarm Clockwhich break e in on your dreamt} every two minutesuntil you get up • and. stop it—then the Joke is on you, • They cost and are worth it. John' Bulger, Jeweller., - - - SeafOrth Mairlage Licenses Issued. was a total loss; insured for $2,000. The betel was rented by Alex. Rob- inson, and he had arranged to trans- fer it to 3. W. Laird, of St. Thomas, and Mr. Laird and Isis lawyer were In Items to drew. up the agreement, but the fire bell, changed all • ar- eaingemente; as the contents: were complebelel destroyed. Loss $2,000, insurance $1,000. Dr. Evan& loss wlU be about $1,500, with an insur- ance or $700. ; Clinton hes only a steametre ea - gine, •supplied by ta,aalts, and ties has !proven to be ehtirely inadequate to ecipe with. anything more than a very ordinary ;tire • gad there' been a, pro- per ystem of waterworks the fire would in every probability, have been confined to the building in which it originated. The council have had under consideration such a, ses- item., and thee fire will moat likely Spur 'them on to more speedy action. The 'eccentric manner in which the flames jumped over SOMO buildinge and took others at Icing distances,. was .pecu11ari4y of the conflagration and must be a.ccounted for by `the more hiflaminable material of the attack- ed buildings and the inadequaey jt te.e !fire fighting appliances, 13y e burning a the Thresher Company's works about 70 work people, will be 'thrown out of employment. JOHN ALLARDYCE. The Clinton Fire. The •most disastrous tire in the his- tory of Clinton was started Mon- day afternoon about two o'clock in the works of the Clinton Thresher Company, Tee day was warm and dry and there was a strong wind blowing from the Southweet and for a time it looked as if the whole town would - be destroyed, as fully 26 buildings were on fire at once, and with the wind blowing so hard the firemen were unable to cope with the flames. Assistance was asked for from- Stratford and Blyth and the engines from these place, fully manned were promptly on hand and it is to their efforts that much of the credit is due in Mopping the ftre's progress. The Plantes lea,ped from the thresh- ing works to the office, then across the street to some small building's at, the rear of Weedey Methodiet church. and for a time this splendid structure was hi great danger, but, although the fire caught in a. few places, it was eventually put out. Cinders Bind sparks were carried over to Elliotert !livery stables, but the fire brigade prevented them doing serious damage,t although the con, tents of the livery and residences were removed. The Rattenbury hotel caught fire in the third story, and the bulid,ing„beling entirely of frame, fell a prey 'to the rla,mes, also !the adjoining sample rooms. 11 weeded Lor a time thee the old, postoffice building edjoining the Rettenbury :hotel, !also the- large table at the rear and Flynn's blacks/1%0.th shop on the Huron road, would also burn, but at tele itime the brigades from Blyth and Stratford arrived and prevented further destruction, although the 'rear ;part of the oK postoffice was burned and Melee:fee restaurant was 'partly damaged by water. Dr. Evans' house and stables on the Huron road, were completely destroyed, and it was with difficulty that Dr. Gunn's office and residence on the opposite side ef the road and several private residences in the. vicinity were sav- ed, although the contents ed most of }these were smoked, and suffered con- siderable damage. The total loss, although not nearly so large as at one' time it was fear- ed it would be, will amount to over • $70,000. The Thresher Company is the most serious loser, the building and 'contents being coreeletely de- stroyed. The Ibuildings were recent- ly !erected at a met of $86,000, and there wes Wily an insurance onthem of $6.000. The contents are valued at $30,000 with an insuetance of $20,- 000. The .buildings have been under - :going some changes and ael 'these were about completed, the intention_ yeas to increase' the insurance on !them in a fe,w days, but the fire came !too zeon. Th.e Intention of the company le to rebuild as soon as 19000111,1e4 The Rattenbury Hetet, owned by 3. Rettenbury, was valued at $8,000, and Football Match -AFALL RIVER World's Champions vs. H u rons of Seaforth W. F. A. Champions, RECUEATION GROUNDS SEAFORTR. FRIDAYTIVIAY 24. Pall laver were the only team to defeat -the Corin- thians, whom the Hurons tied. --- Game Called at 3.30. Admission 25e Huron Notes. —Wesley church, Clinton, used their individual tommunion service for the first time last Sunday, —John Thompson, Jr., of Goderieh township, has gone to Lloy[dminster, Sask., Where he has taken, up land. —Tee 80t1i annual meeting of the West Huron Teachers' A.ssociation will be -held in Exeter, on, May 22nd and 23rd. —,Miss Clara Wiserna:nt of Clinton, a professional nurse, -"Wile has been spending •the whiter in Florida., is home on a vitae.. Wm. Thamer, of Milveeton, who recently [purchased the Sage house, Walton, has taken possession of the fkenece t —grs, R. Irwin wild kiss Rippey, df Clinton, who tweet the winter in Calumet, Michigan, have retureed t'h°—Intetir.s. rn. Kelly has leased her Lan m on the 8th cencession, of Mor- ris Ito her son. George, who lives on _the adjointng farm. —Mr. Joseph Hall. who has recent- ly/loved to Winger= was, eor 30 yea,rs stewart the Belmore ap- eointment of the Methodist chinned t —The court oe revision for the purpose of hearing appeals against assessments, will be held in the town - hall, Stanley, on Monday, May 2/th. —Mr. Henry Batrame one ot the Mr. Jelin Wylie. of Winnipeg. The ceremony was 'performed et the par- sonage by Rev. Mr. Gordon, pastor or ;the Congregational churth. Th.e bride ihas been living in Winnipeg for about four yeaes. The young couple will make their ,home in Win- nipeg. , —Registrer Coates, of Goderich, re - c. ently received from England 200 roots of roses. There were 150 kinds In all and it/ is expected that i June Registrar afboatee' garden. will be worth eft ge —Asseesor McNair, or ' :Grey, has returned les roll for 1907. The to- tal assessment is $2,818,080, whice 18 $6,820 less then 1906. The -popula- titan is 3,121, a reductien a 85 as compared with last year. —Mr. Gregg W. Iewint sea a Mrs. Richard Irwiaeof Clinton, who is :-as- sistant -emretary of the Springfield Ohio, Y. M. C. A., hien been offered the general eecreteryside of the as- sociation- Lockeort, New York. —Weed has reached,: 'Belgrave of the death of WS,- Joseph Englands of Miehigare formerly of Morris, near Belgraven It is said Mr, and Mrs. England 'had the -first white! male child born in the township. He is now in the Methodist ministry. large !party of Englishi inarel- grente arrived in Gdoerich, last week and "were supposed to, goout on firms but. when they landed in Gederielv they were not willing to work in 'theecountry. W. R. Robertson, the agent, had some trouble ia procuring situations for them. - '—Itrevious to the departure of " Mr. and Mrs, 3, j. Homuth, oe Wingbarn, for Toronto, Miss leortnith was I/re- sented by the congregation of the Methodist church with a 'purse of gold as a retogratitm of her serei- ces, in the cheat Miss Homuth is now soloist in Erskine Preshetteleen eixarch, .Torontca. • , —An ,early morning nreddieg emelt place at Ste Peter's church, Giaderich, on May 8th, when Miss Kate Webh daughter oe Mrs. Thomas Webb, of that towte was inami to lames Finnigan,' of Chicago', The bride was- altended by her sister, Nese Etugeine, and ithe groom by Clifferes effeble, brother of the bride. Rev. Father McRae performed the ceremony.. —Mr. Thomas Jarrett, an old Hilis Green boy, and who was formerly succeesful, fielleol 'Washer in this county, but who has Teeently been ,ehgaged in the riewspeper busieeste in Carlile, Saskatchewan, had the misfortune •reeently to have hie orbiting °Ince and pleat destroeee by tire causing- a loas of $t,000 with Only en insurance of $1,500. —Jean Hutton and Carr Harrse, the .two engineers [of the C. P. R. staff, so long erepleyed th4 Goder- lett and vicinity, In connection with the Guelph and Goderich rallyray, have left for the Pacific coast, where they eriil take 'boat for Hong Keng, and eross to the Celestial Empire, where they expect to put. in three years on a „railway survey expedi- tion., _Ifr,Gilbert Dick, of Kippen, to one of the most extensive live stock Mappers in !the !ComityOn day last week he shipped 239 bogo from edlensall station for which he had paid $6.10 pen 100 pounds and on tile same day he shipped „a cell load of export icattle to the old country and a ear load of butchers' cattle to -To- ronto. This is a„ sample of lite bus - beset - —Miss Mary Miller, daughter of Mr. Robert Miller, ex -warden ate° county of Huron, but who now re sides lir Toronto, has for some time been suffering from an atfection ot the nose which was affecting her hearing and for which She under- went an 'operation. One hour after her .arrival home from the operation her nose eommenced to bleed., and despite the best efforts -of medical aid it was feared for a time she would bleed to death. However the hem- orrhage was finally stopped, and at last accounts she was recovering nicely. —An old resident of Colborne towli- ship, died latet week at Croswell, Michigan, in tee person of gr. De,Vid Beer, at the age oe 19 year. Deceas- ed resided on the Maitland conees- sloe ,to many years, 'prior !to shis removal to 'Michigan, where , he had been diving for nearly 20! 'years, and tarried oe a successful blacksmith/as', business, His death was 'onexpected by his relatives In Ms tounty, -who had no intimation of his having been He was twice married, Isis nee - olid wife being a. stoker of W. II. Lobb, Goderich township. Be has two sons residing in Wingharre, , 'pioneer , eesidente of Stephen, and who resided near Greenway, died last weee after a long illness at the Qof 79 years. ,"—The leofirt for the revision of the aeseSsenent Toll af, the township of Stephen will be held at. the town hall, Crediton, on. Mendel, MILT 27, at 10 O'clock a. M. i —Mr. R. Downs, of Clinton, was last week stricken svith paralysial Mr. DOWTIB is seventy years oe age, so !that it is not expected he will have a very speedy recovery, —The village of Crediton is, here- after to be lighted by acetylene gas. , A mathine '18 being installed an'a pipes are being laid for !that pur- pose. • —Mr. Robinson, of the Rattenbury House, Clinton, bais sold oat, to efr. Laird, ,from near Se Thomas, who takes ;possession as soon se( the tran- ,sfer can be made. Mr. Robinson, Is golng dirsre• e41 —The dentists of the connty will meet in Clinton, on May 24th, to talk over matters pertainMg to their pro- fessional good and welfare, and the result will probably be the forming Of an associaillion. ! —Mr. and Mrs. .John Miller and 'daughter, Nellie, of Indian Head, Saskatchewan, were last week spend- ing a few days ClIntect with friends. They are on their way to England.. —The marriage took place. In Win- nipeg on 'April 25th, or Miss Mary'Ciolwill, eormerly of Centralia, and daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jelin, -Col- ok Exeter. She was married to during 'tee time of .buliding tile new ehurch.—A happy es'ent took place at the residence of Mee. 'Wm.; McNeil McKillop, on Thursday, the 9th inst., when her youngest daughter, Char- lotte, was united in marriage to Mr. John L. Jupp, of West Montrose. On account of recent bereavement in the bride's family, oily the immed- iate relatives were present. The eeptial knot was tied by -Rev. ID.. Carswell and after partaking of tee g wedding feast the happy couple left for their 'new home in West Meat - robe. Bayfleld. The Woman's Inetitute.—The annual meeting ter the Womee's Institute will be teed at. the 'home of 76,Iies Kate Parke, Front Road, on Thursday af- ternoon, May 23rd, at two o'clock. Ever/. member should endeavor to be presentees this is the most important meeting of the year, efe E, CAMP- BELL, Secretary. Breezes.—Mr. James McDonald, who has spent the winter with his son. James, of Washington, returned -to the village on Monday.—Mrs. Warns - ley is having a cottage erected this week on, the property she purehaeed last fall on Main strect.--Rev. David - sons of Varna, is erecting four nice summer, cottages on the bates of the la,Ice arear the White City. These are very desirable buildings, such as are required.—Since Miss Nott left for the weste Miss Floeee Polloek has commenced dress malting at her tome on Louisa. street next the new Meth- odist ichurch. We have no doubt that Miss Pollock will be successful as there Is always plenty of work for a good dressmaker such as she is. Some of our merchants are advocat ing shorter houis. It is a Very wise move as there Is no oecupation where work is carried on such long houre as In country or village stores, There is no just reason- for this end the close confinement Is very un- - Isealthy. Outdoor excrete° is requir- ed and it is the euetom now in many places to close two or three evening each week at six o'clock all the year reiihde EEVCII Tuesday and. Thursday Deter May 24th, John •Whiddon and, .F. A. Edwards close their stores at six o'clock sharp„—Harry Marks vis- ited friends at Lend= tilt past week. 1—T, GUTidrY, Goderien, was in the village Monday purchasing horses. - 0-1 Wroeteter NOTES,— Reeve Harris returned. on Thursday from a two months' busi- ness tripto the West Mr. William Troughton left for Toronto last Fri- day. --Miss Jean Davidson returned te Wingbam on Friday, where she as- sists in King's general store. — Mr.. Rasmussen, of New York, is visiting with his fap3ily here.—Mr, 3. N. Allan is having his residence bricked this week.—Thertedied rn Howick on Fri- day, May leth, afters/et illness ext.end- ing over eight weeks, Bella Robertson ylie, beloved wife of John Fitch, and daughter of Mr. James Wylie, of Howick. A family of three children are left to mourn the loss of a devoted mother, The funeral took place on Sunday afternoon to the Wroxeter cemetery, and was one of the largest ever witnessed here. The service was conducted bythe Rev. Mr. Raeford, of Belmore,—Miss Jean Lovell return- ed from Grand Rapids lastThtersday. Members of Montt/ea Lodge I. 0.0, F. attended service in WilagliaM on Sun- diey.—Alre. Alex. Thompson, Guelph, visited with Mrs. A. Miller last week. —Mrs, Osterhout and children have retiarned frem a visit wieh relatives in Ohatham.—Mr. B. T. Carr was in Durham on Tuesday on business. Winthrop. Notes.—The Session of Cavanchurch has just been strengthened by the el-. mtion of Messrs, Arehibald Somer- ville and Adam Dickson as elders.— Tne 01(1 Cavan church building was moved lent week to MT. Efanna's pro- perty, adjoining the church lot. Ser- vices will be 'held there until the new building is xee,dy. Tele kindness of Mr. Henna in allowing 'the useefa earner of his property,nas /aped the - cenemitteehe arranging for .sereices • Brnssels. Briefs.—R. .W. Matheson, of spent. several days in town week.—Mr. and Mrs. F. 3. Sheakt Toronto are sinenling a 'few days 18itown.—eohn Pugh left town on Tuee- day' eor Moose Jaw, Where he will wore at les traele during the sum- mer.—Mias Mettle Downing is laid a- side trom: her duties at teacher 'In the {public school this week, owlegto an attack of rnerepe. A great may mipile are also taking holidays On account of the sense disease.—Bar- -rester Blair, of Goderieh, accompan- ied by his two sons, were in town for a couple of days ,this week. We are pleased to stale that Miss Kate Smith, who underwent an op- eration for appendicitis in the hoe- pital at London last week, is pro- gressing eavorab17. Her mother eand brother Frank visited here there on: Tuesday —$1S3 was the collection eaken up in Melville chetah last Sun- day in aid of tb.e China /amine fend. 'This amount will be considerably in- creased by the Sundae school and the W.F.M.S.—A meeting Of the direttera of the East Huron Agricultural Soc- iity will be held, in the eounzil cham- ber on Saturday, May 25the—The Firth - concert company will preaent "The Beggar Student" in the town 11111 next Wednesdast evening under the a,useices of the football clule—falr.. Peat, of Petrone, was here on Tues- day discussing -with a number of loc al gentlemen the queetion of a pro - pee, all well to be drilled in the neighborhood of the G.T.R.depot.— Triplets, two girls and a boy, ar- rived at the home of Retire' Queen street, early on -Wednesday morning. At 'noon the sa,me day the boy died, and we are sorry to say the &leer two are very weak and not like- ly ;le live very long.—Jae. B. Stret- ton left on Tuesday for the west where be purpose e making les home. Wm. H. Ilutchinoon died on Sun- day 'morning last. at the home Of his daughter, Mrs, Thos. Hayeroft, Johni street, after about a week's illness. The old -gentleman was in the 88rd year or. his age. The funeral took place on Tuesday atternoore—Bres- sels ,fodtball team defeated Atwood: In the first gum of the eetesen in the, termediate series, on 'the park here, o Friday last. The score was 1 to e. Our team went to Listowel on Wednesday of this week and played with the boy,s of that town, te4 more being 2 to 1. in favor of Beuseeeee —Miss Mabel Nora Charles,mail carrier between- London and Byron, in Middlesex county, died at an early hour Tuesday morning. De- ceased was *41 years.of age,and resid- ed in Byron with her :motile; eta tes- tes:. She tad earried the mail from, Bron ft() London for 20 years: Mies Charles was in London the previous day and when she returned; home was taken lit with pneumonia, sinking very rapidly. —A disgraceful affair took, place 18 Port Elgin, Bruce county, on Friday last. A man n.a.med Joseph Elmere an employee 18 the/ shovel works there, had made htineelf offensive to a number of the eitizeae by his ob- jectionable intimacy with a,nother- ates wife. On' tile day in gees - tion he was invegiled to one of tne hotels' in towe and was seizedby a number of roughs and in broad day light taken to- the hotel stables Where-, In a box stall tie was strip- ped oe his elothing, liberally coated with tar and besprinked with baY seeds and ordered to leave town. The man however, succeeded In getting himself dimmed and on Saturday ap- peared on the streets clot:lied and dared Tai opponents; to touch here He had two young men sammoned before -8 magistrate and they were eacb tined one dollar and costs and farther prosecutions are likely to follovi. The 'degrading pe,rt or the affair was that it tooth else& in bread daYlight, and was witneaed by school children and eltizenee who weee Ole timid to beterpgat, • , 4 [.