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The Huron Expositor, 1916-01-14, Page 1Cene0D eonvenient y t wait—tell us phone or mail. re" and send them *dation charges • • • IF • * Ilther n jam- elar, is good Iption of the t any time s and that is mess. Dun - at record of we expect endeavoring rue offelings. rideals tell us l• ite here. ote 4- 15.00 e habit of to investigate prices.2 We .nd satisfaction considerably ave a gar - get as as we claim ,usiness. Our nd make many 4- - * Pik -METH plat' t *ROLE NUMBEE 2250924I gOinsinilmsoniawfallimminilmair Greiff Clotkiit sloenenosias SEAFORTH FRIDAY JANUARY 14 1916 , PROM ONTrArIt' /08' 0.1i.PITA.L .......4,.....6 , 1 Toronto, janetery II,. 3.910,• .ong Cho kireg4s New Year's honor,e. t re are two erretreinent Ameticans D of course bane begoir.e nattuealiz- British subjeete, One is a resident a /Britain. the other Is. a Canadian, illiata Waldorf Astor eras been, cre- ed a baxon and ISir Thomas Shaun- ssy, preside* Of the Canadian; Pa- ic RailwayerhaS been raised tram iteht1iood 2 to the peerage. Baron eighnessy, ha0 been tor any year a naturalized OEM dlen, but unti the ) r ent imperial aturalleation act w passed" he die. , like either eri- c s who became. aturllzed, Cana tans to,idall beckemon is ,Anderican cit zene sh t when 'visliti the Ihritish siest was -barn ' lidilwankee in eges, a Irish works, and has alwaye taken an ireterest in the land of. his fore - fa rs. This wee appr.6-1ate4 bo ,the -pe le cif tthe green isle, and in '1911 he redid lithitie an hOnorary, D. C.L. a T Inlay college, 'ufblin. It was '' Sir W lliaita Iran Irfor, e, another American, w brottglit Mr 'thanes to the Cane- d Pacifio railwlay in 1882 as pur- e sing agent. Iff xoe bit by bit un- , ril 2he As now prdent of .the oad, coidherd.L ridon and laid, fere bi time Atter ft e war starte . Sir T mas s th war office eIdipoaa1 of 'the en - ti purchasing' dartzent of his rail.. W y toremaking i4r purchases In' this do iitry:. 2, Right Now we are offirin the public nios unusual inducements to buy Cloi,bing and Furs, Wonien's Coats, Coat Sweat ers, etc. Our stock being expeptimliall large in these department F for this 'sea. son of the year, gives ample variety to choose from, and the prices have been reduced to such an extent that in some cases the garments are selling at 12ine4 half regular prices Half -Price. Women's. Coats 20. C.00, -t§. for 10 ,Coats. for and so on from the highest pr coats to the lowest --- all cut in ce two Bit 4 Reduction Fur Coat Prices We have too many fur coats nd we are determined to make a crni plete clearance of every coat. iot for many years to come will t ese, coats be offered at such low priices $1730 The above figure is an extremely low one when ap,i plied to first-class fur coats, and yet, we give you choice from twenty coats at that figure. Think of it ! Missing this chance on a fur coat ahd money loSt are one and the same thing. Heavy Und'rwe The 9eason for the real heavy wool undergarmets ig at its height. 0 ur shelves are packed fullWe want to move it out now. - If you wait until -next season to buy wool underwear you'll pay soc to $1 a gaiTnen more for. them than you can buy the same garipent for now. 290 Shirts and Drawers at 189 extra heavy Shirts and Drawers at Heavy Klondike Sox 40c and Sheepskin lined and Sheepskin co lared Coats, great for long coi drives, and saves the fur coat $5.00 to $7,5o All sizes in stock Buy on no Greig Clothin The Big Corner Store eafortli 1 , ie! risetof Sir Therms White, Can- ed ha Minister fof Finance, has been un que. hi .Can len .Political history, In fact, it hp o parallel. A littf tle Over four ye4 ego lid was quietly pu suing his Asocial ion as one of the h et Of a f1rtan411 institution in the elte of Toronto. n politics at that time he w,a,s a 1sberaI1 but took no active P d t on either s1de When Sir Wilfrid L trier presented to parliament the terielding 'reel rocity com,pact some Iei :'hteen Liberials t iok the bead against One of these ,as William Thomas W ke,. He jgener4d y spoke 4n colajunc- t a with Sit Cli f ad Sifton, whet -was th m 'plain €liftod Sifton. When the c feet was over nd Sir Robert Por - de was -called rto office, Mr. 'White W s givert the po t oil° of finance. -Ili go eraily takes n.ny years', political ap reneiceship to each the ihead, of th finance dep r ment, who is re - c.(' nized ae ''next to the premier, but the ,e IS a man who never ran for Pu lic office befare, enters the Can, Ad an parliament tor the firet time as an (independ en politics and mine ist r of finance.'one -four years la' o• he is Sir T .as White, 'and it Is seld; by his r1�nds that he 'will ye'. become prime nister of thei coun- tr , But as long a,s Sir , Robert Bore de ehooses to e .aIn at the head Of the party; n one Iri the ranks d, -aspire to t a 'position. 1 , I 0 e, . 0 nth three tr n conttnenta1 rail- s now `In ore ation in Ontaxio., an with one of't1iern slashing rates, It looks like.' a zry winter :for Vbis pr since fronl A ansPortation ,view - pe t. The road n which the slash- ing is being do is elle eNational Tr nscoretireerntal„o rated by the G�v- er Meat, and, the big cut has been ,c in fixing i. h winter rate for elk carriage of' eat over that r t. Tho ti•ew a e is six cents a b hel freer., Ar s rong to Montteal Quebec. I responds to the c ep water rat hich prevails in se atter from Po Arthur east. The go ernment hes en operating the Tr nscorrt ntat, 1 Northern Ontario an Quebec 1 atta ss. ',Host of the tr ffic -has ben s.p over the Ontario s,ec Loa bet* en hrane and, Winni- pc the tr tricwitching south at hrane an1 co g down to Tornte. he new OW at rate will help tsai railroad to a e extent and will hel the • edi r great deal. It , ni nee that 100 s a dety of wheat; dr14 bet c'oerting do over the govern - me t. road( and tha a good deal of it mln all Probability, wil pass 0=14111 ronto on the way c . It also en ' privately oWn corrtpeting roads will reduce their lir tes on wheat to me t the low priee getablished by She ego irnrnent. two road p hich will compete tly are the eadian Pacific and Canadian No t rn, both pif which their own. lin from the Pacific oronto, Mont al and Quebec, the Alan Norther having' recently Coiwt bishedt a nevi p rvice between TO- ro o and the co t. The new situa- ti is somehwat s artling,, because it me ns that, so tar as the cost to the sill per Is concerrie , ,there is to be an all Water grain te through North- er Ontarioall fw ter, and, that, there it the other r,aiii• s sneet the new, ra. t established b the goverement. rr storage elev t rs do Ontario have i tie n taxed tpret y well to their ca- ity by the aiu h of wheat from western IprOvi ccs. There nee,d, 00, be any congeet n on thee account, lert h the winter ter trate in force ste the 'prospect Is for three big •en Streams Of wheat flowing li Ontario 1 a winter. Incident- , it will ereaa orrfe benefit to the • rio Govern e t railway, the Te Iskaseing an4 orthern Ontario, be ween North iIa and, Cochrane, as t line will ca r all the wheat ve kb turns sou ,ard. at Cochrane, This is 'the seco shock to the grain tr within the 1 st ifew Weeks, the c mandeering o 5,000,000 bushels by L Government ng the ,first. di to • • e Ontario a 0 far the soldiers At the Trout and the rhospitals. O ta.rio govermr bas been sending a ks to cne for some:timetpar- ticalarly to tho in the English, and "to the men who ny as prisoners of red and flfty eases ited alrea y Rich - beret f e prov- e i250: ea golng to Is and, 30 or. there - s in Germany. It ent as regardS the .xnission havc kseen examining these 'nazi', to be re- p eperties and it isequite probable, if ,00f being obtained I t lea.sis already &ndtcaed works out there int good con- I a rEasonabl-e ifigure at the radial the men:ford Whom • s may he taken over, thus Provid- ' t, trig apart oysten r ady made and en- -nearly 80Q0 cana- soning a monopoly fr the Beek scheme te English hoital* Sir Adam Is naturally enough very e, ar Ye ar th nch hoopitals held •in 0,er e Sixteen hu e beeiridietrib Reid, szent- 4F. in England French Ji uts to ter's° been an expe n carn,ps ted, only on t the tfrait on and reae Is elestinede here are no o aoldlere- in alone, and, the _agent -general reports that there is oohing they like better than a Igid, Ontario ii,p171e?. This is borne but 'by kttetrs from. the head Of the various hospital, and! the ,gov- ernrt.ent has decided to Increase the 'shipments eo "that all the hosidtals may be veell supplie.dt Arrangements are neew being made for securing, the necesaary supplies of fruit and g'ettintr them acroes the Atlantic. Ontario, ac- cording to' Attorney General 'setae 131. Lucas, ha given supplies of all sorts and contr1but1one of motley for patri- s (up. to ts.)., grand, totalrof tLo P4r $18,000,000. * * • . The, adoption by the, electors of To- ronto„ Berlin,' !Guelph And London, al- so by all the rua-al municipalities on the route -with but the exceptions, . of the BE r that this It rdlee,s n Will take k railway proposal rrean.s big project Will go ahead. t tmean that the, province on any tinanclel responsibil- ity leig erough to hamper Ite work In coaltrtiaatiag in varieties ways to war exPenditures, but it firea,ns that the way, 1as been orpenedl for a otart and for tie completion thousand and one prelim sary in . the launching Of such ragnitude The jority tor t he hydroer.adi 1 by-law was not a large one, which was natter pure prising in view of the enthusiasm manifested previously for the Beck project in Pat city, anid in view of the tact that London, h s bed some profitabk. experiente iril the cood.uct of munictpal railwat* enterprises. The veto, however, wee substantial enoogh to put the seal tef ,popellar aaimoval on the scheme. The reel right was In Torontond In Toronto the majer- ity by which the radial bylaw was I en- dorsed was ..a very large one,. Sir Adam! -Beck put up an .heroic corepaign for the suceess of this second, fbranch of his great cheap - power work in Ontario, addressing several 'meetings nightly and, warning the ratepayers that the fkilling o th,e, echeme now would teave it dead for !all time. His ooint in this .wasl that by another year the,forces hostile to the scheme would the able to -stren.gthen their feeganieiation and sot eetrench themselves ash to enake, the defeat or the scheme probable if not actually certain. The fight in Toronto was not a party °tee. Although the project is to be carried out by,e Coll- E.ervative governirrent. lit was suPPort- ed by Liberal newspapere and oppoeed by at 'least one of the forrerr.ost news- papers of the government side. The laattle against the projeet was based on two main grounds flrst that the citizens were insufficieotly J./lb:armed wIth mon], to the plans,1 its cost iand the effect upon the control of their streets, and secondly, that the time wee e time for war projecta only. It was urged that the province ought nee to be called upon to shoulder a neav and heavy financial responsibility when every energy and le,soaree eught to be exhaustted in the support of the war. These' objections were an- swered by Sit A.daan Beek with „ the assurance that the city w-ould, re- train absolute control of the streets. Sir Adam explained how I ne Open - dal aspect of the 'proposal would wOrk out. As to the objection that the raising -of funds for the radials wauld cripple the rgOverrunent in the performance' of Its war ,work he de- clared. that the endorsation of the radial plan by the people would not interefere with the war prograartme, of the governnoent, beeause the hydro- clectrie corrmission Would not proceed with any 'part of the radial echeir.e wfthout the Approval a the govern- ment. The Intention .VAtOilto raise $500, 000 or 41,000,000 on the 1 can -mission's boodz, guaranteed by the municipali- ties, and proceed vvIth the preliminary work so that all would he in ereadi- ness for going forward, with the scheme on the conclusion of the war. Sir Adam. ,expects that the (bon& 'for the building of ate ;hydra radials can be floated at par, becattse they will 'have behind themthe igeara,ntee of the Idforernreent as well sa of the enun- icipalities,, and also the system itself. Toward, the close of the cazypeign in Toronto .a (repcyrt was circulated that Premier Hearst was not in sympathy with the Beck scheme. This report had, the effect of cleaeing up anY doubt as to the governirent's -attitude on the new policy. Premier. Hearst *raking the statement that the the govern - the Whitney legislation providing for municfpall4 owned rad- ials is !favorable to the alai scheir.e. Trereis not now, adds, and inever r . le,es been 'any fdolub or rhesitation a - beat the governtre t ejpressing Its' approval of the pol y Of hydro-elec-, tr eadials." With this 'very emphat- ic !declaration from the Provincial pre - her and with the voteof the etdef tr Unielealittes coneerhed, there Is no daturbt that. the plate of linking up the' cities and town of Ontario with re -dial railwaye operated by cheae power 'picot/Wed by tbe government, will be carried into effect. Sir Aden: Beck included , the steam. railways in the list of Interests behind the fight against the radials, and it Is likely eroagh that these roads will, be ther he•ed bit, In eo far as local ffic is concerned, by the operation the Beck lines. nctdentally, it has become known finttely that the Hydro -electric pow - commission of which Sir Adam ck is the head, has under consider - ion the taking over od the electric es now radiating frore Tet•ento ad reizie in t ere etre ie 'sr ready :o dis- Uwe/ Interests in ng the Toronto oro to & Eastern d the Toronto & 5 burban. The con: isston can have t Esc lines at their costplus ten pia c nt.. and ,sorre sor of 'agreement In w !ch the basis of ale Ile each case ts f el, 'have been submitted to the come ndssicue Engineers employed by the of, all 'the inaries neces- scheme London ma- titude of the ar,embers relent, following that of government that leaflet ra tr th e Bi a 11 c ntrolled by the 5 Willi= (Slacken of ,his etectrie r is district, incled • street railway the Metropolitan, a 4 • I I 1111.1111111111111111110111111111 31cLEAN BROS., Publishers $1.00 a Year bt Astrairo$ Lehigh Yalley Coal We do not say that Le- high Valley is better than other dealer's coal but we do -say that no better hard coal is an the market any- where than '‘ LEHIGH VALLEY one load and prove its merit Cluff '8, Sons SeaforthOnt. _ -,•••••,* ^,C• ...."..••••••••••••••••/ pkaseelt at the outoorce of his campaign and, is receiving congratula.tions froir all parts lot the province on tills suce cess. Huron Notes -.Tie gam pecople of Varna Pres- byter dor, oats —T an church presented their pas- vt D. Johnston, With 4 lead of n .New Year's Eve, le annual 'meeting of the Easti Huron Agricultural Society, will be heldIn the town hall, Brussels, on Wede sdaY, January 19th at 1.30 p.m. —Di. Oliver J. Courtice with his wife, -0414i eon are at Holreesville from Edmonton visiting* at elle parental home- that Of Wirt and Mrs. A. J. Cour tics- . —The ladies Of Knox church, Gode- riele, have 'presented , their pastor. Roo. Mr. Ross, vale a New Years' preseet in the shape of a handeom.e fur lined at. —Feed ,Burchell, of Brussels, has en- listed for active service in the 161st Huron Battalion, .and leaves immedi- ately for Clinton. He was elected councillor for Brussels this year. —Pte. Stewart Knox, forn-erly of Auburn and 13rucefield, has been taken to Exeter hospital in England; where he es being treatedtor nervous strain. He expects to rerrain' there until Spring .before- again joining the army. —On December 29th, David Davidson, son Of leireandl Mrs. Thomas Davidson, llth concession of Grey, was united In marriage to Miss Ethel Lydia,. daughter of Odr, and Mrs. Frank Ritt- wage,, oft '"Hill Farm", EllisborosSask. —It is of interest to note that in one Gederich home eiche following al -- ticks have been knitted, for the boys In the King's .unifooto since the begin- ning or the ware r3 caps, 96 tpairs of wristlets, 14 belts, 0.5, flextrift, and 76 pairs of esockg. • - . t , —On Friday morning before last, (Mr. Robert Fox 'was Wound in his bed, ' at the home of his son, Druggist Fox. in Brussels, dead. He had been in apparent good health the 'day pre- vious. Mr. Fox was in his 83rd year and was a fine Old frentlenian. ---Tho customs collections of God - rich and Its outports for the month of D,ecember, 1915. were $18,504;05. This shows a very large increase over the collections for themonth of Decem- ber, 1914, .which were only $3,388.55. The collections of Goderich alone for December, 1915, were $4,413.13, —Last week, int. Joh,n, musgrove, of Turnberry bovneship, was aperate4 on for 0111 obstruetion of the otoorach. He was accompanied to Wellesley Hospital: Teroeto, fley 4 Ii. Musgrove, lid.P.P. The (operation was a serious one but at last accounts the patient waa dping (favorably. —Mr. W. 1114. Manning, of London. and for many years a well known citizen of Clinton, was elected to the Board, of Education In the. city of London. lefr. &Laming ;stood fourth In the list. He is a brother, of (tr. -R. E. (Manning, of the Royal Bank at Clinton, —44, B. -9,1cLean, of the 16th conces- eion of Grey, purchased tram P. R. Leeming, el' itifeldillop, a handsome yotmeg Durham calf for which he paid the sum fog $100. The price indi- cates the 'quality of (the calf and lift*. McLean is too be congratulated on his purch,asee --diefr. and. 'Mrs, Harry Tyndall, of Neepawat Mane are On a holiday visit, with tricredo in Grey. Mr. Tyndall is a brother to atm, John Brown and his wife was ta former resident of the 9th concession rot Greys in the person of L11185 Vary HatkIrle, It is as pore since lir. Tyndall went West., i—Thiz(ty cOuples took A sleighride to 'the home Of (Mr. and Mrs. W. Wieite, Crediton East on Thursday of lest week andt helped (theft celebrate their silver wedding. Ali had an enjoyable rime and, before leaving wished lirr. and Mrs. White twenty-five ' more sears of happinese. —The Clinton Knitting Company has decided to use Hydro for power .as well as for lighting purposes. The Public Utilities Commission, of Clinton are replacing, the forty candle power, street lamps, as fast as they bu.rn out with sixty candle power latoils, at no additional expense to the tax- payers: —Vie Goderich Signal of last week says; afe. -J. S. Dickoan, of Toronto University, eon of ddr. J. T. Dickson, formerly of receltaltio spent Christ- mas at Bonsai' with its brother, Dr. .4 A. Dickson, and has returned to Toronto after opendinge- a few days in totem (watt( Ms uncle, and aunt, Mr, And Mrs, M. Bates. t —4 telegram swan received iim Wing - ham s (few dap ago from Ottawa, that Serest Willtarc, Darnell,„ tormeiry ofthe 12t1'i Bettellem, who left Wingnam on the 30th at ietutnise„ AK was killed in action in Flanders on December 29. He leaves a wife and five children living in Lower Winghatm Bergh Dar- nell was in his 48t11 year. The de- ceased, carve from/ anglartd several years aight —Or. Ben prainiger and On Cecil. are at Gefelerldie, trotr. Ogema,, Sask. on a vist to their realtive0 In Colborne townshiet. '(err. Grainger has been ten year in. the West !and ihe .aodi llts sohsi liave now 1909 acres of lend. Vila year they took off 20,000 bushels lel wheat, besidoe 4460 bushiels of oats and 1500 buehell of flaz —The death took place at Detroit on Christrees Day of Curtis Ineveason a native and long tine resident of Godericit township. (Mr. Lawrason was born seventy-eight years ago on the tarns on the ;Bayfield Road, Goderich township, now owned, by Mr. Isaac Salkeld and lived in that neighborhood continuously until fifteen 'ears ago when he reirsoved to Detroit. - Andrew Porter,: of Goderiele treasurer o1 'the Huron branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund, rccelv- on Christinao eve, porn Mr. John Joynt, of tfaucknow, .his cheque ;foe $500, Which has been forwarded to Ottawa. 14fr. Joint promised $1,000 a yRal to the above 'mentioned rund as long .as Ilia war should last., lie has already paid 4500 to the Bruce cowl - Years eve. The church. was erowded by ,a holiday audience to hear the kngthy programme provided. and the proceeds, eterountirig to 3.80, wfll -enable the Won -.en's InstItute to con- tinue their Red Cross work with re- newed, energy. The rrost promintent feature of thei evening was a play en- titled "The Spinster's Convention",. 'which was very capably acted by a large con -any in, a way that revealed careful training an$1. faithful prepar- ation. Another interesting feature was a f-ancy drill by a number ol young ladies. -Th. South Kinloss Presbyterian Chureh to widen the Re'V' Mr. Reid. of Lowdeebore has been called, is just across the road from the corper- ation of Licknow,cand so clings to thk, ane.,ent castents as to eblior ty branch. . , ; the kist of whistks and sing only - A trolat wedding took niece at the the healirs. in that respect being Pranse iri Varna on Wednesday eve I probably alone in all these tounties. ening, when Miss Mary Pearl John- Tha congregation Is largely of High - sten, eldeo daughter 'of and Mrsland descent and loves the Gaelic 80 ROSS Johristen: Of Blake, was united In •rruch that 'for some. time the pas - marriage by Rest D. Johnston, pastor %orate hasbeen vacant while an -ef- of the Presbyterian Churc'h, to Fred fort was acing ;made to locate. a Wth Turners son, of -1,Mee and (Mrs. Rob- eetnister so versed, ire the ancient ert Turner, Stanley e Atter the zere- laeguage so that this eervices in Irony the eottple *left (on tine evening. South Kinloss might be like these 'train afor Goderich, of the pioneer dove Failing in —A monster :recruiting tneeting was •Mr. Reid was the, choice. Tee held( blithe town ball, Brussels, in the Interests of, tire Ifirst Huron County Rittalion, on Ihro.nday eerening of last etteeke The chair ,was (occupied by Rev. De Wren and, addresses were delivered by letaler bleTaggart, Lt. -Col. Combe, ;Major Shaw, Thomas McMillan, and J. T. Wood., A recrultiog league was also formed. The ° Brussels company has already upwards of twenty-five re- crules in tr,alnin•g. —Rev. J. ic, Reid (has been releas- ed by ftible Rresbytery of Huron -front. ;has charge of Londesboro and Burns' church, Hullett, to accept a call front South Kinlosst in the Presbytery of lefaitland, formerly in charge of Rev Mr. McLennan, now retired. ;The congregations of Otonelesberof and Hele lett will be declared vaeaet on the 23rd of January by Rev. W.D. Turner of IBlytht who will act as Interim/ 'node erator. The good loople of Londes- hero and Sullett Will be sorry to lose tdr. Rekla with was much 'thought of and Ihi s -work very h,sighly appreciated, —The Crarebrook Red Cross Sewing Circle held a very succeesful holiday meeting last week. Many holiday vis- itors were present. During the meet- ing tas the ladies sewed, violin music was provided -by 'Messrs, porlsalitz and Jack Siennnen, 8thel: Lunch waa. served, at the close of the meeting. Proceeds of the day amounted do $18.40. Of this stenthe pupils of School Section Myrtle donated $3.50 in coppers to aidttthe work. The interest shown by the frren, revealed by their presence, was greatly .arpreclateet. .Everyone will be welcome again. —Because of the honor reflected on the Goderich Collegiate Institute by the saccess attained by Miss dtary I. Torn and Miss Florence Ai. Smith, at the summer examinations of the University of Toronto, the trustee board of Goderich Institute presented each of the young ladies at Christn:as with ten volumes _of :the Temple edi- tion of Shakespeare. The books were inscribed as follows;r "Presented to Miss , by the Board of Trustees of Goderich Collegiate Institu.te in ap- preciation of the honor conferred upon the school by your brilliant successat the University etr,serinations, 1915". —On Friday !evening, December 8Ist, friends number g seventy-five iar rrore net at the home of Mr 4 and Mrs, George Johnsto lst concession of Grey, and after an interesting pro- gram', presented their on Pte. John Johnston who has enlisted -with the 161st battalion,, being recruited from Huron County, 'with -a Bible, silveo wrist watch a lgolti :Waldemar claain and; knife and /1 silk kerchief,. Rev. Mr. Johneton„ or Ethel, was chairman. Presentation was made by Andrew ildoleennan and Louie Frain°, while the address was read by Andrew Jacklio, Lunch was served, and a pleasant social evening spent, ' —The Brussels Iftiblic School, whiz'', has a continuation class, had, an ex- penditure last year of 45,012, trade up as follows: Teachers' salaries, *4,260; caretaker's sals,ry, 4800; secretary - treasurer's salary, $50; coal and wood, $312.95; taxes $13.95; repairs, $15.80; supplies, $62.50; supply Balm*. ice $66.50. wtat. $5,072,70. 'title re- ceipts for the soxne year were: Gov- ernment grant, $596,91; County grant ,$1051.96; Legislative grant $142; pup - 11s' kes, 4405; levy on town, $8,000, Total $5,104,31. Outside: vigils pay $1 per !month and town pupils 50e, 75c and 41 peel month to the VB.riOUti forms of High School. --Mr. E. ko. Eagleson, fortr.erly of Stank, writing drone Morse, Sask. on December 6t11, says; We' have just completed, our threshing and have had most beautiful weather, all fall, The early part Of the fall we had plenty of elevator root and igreat nunitees ot ears every day, but the past time weeks the six elevators wo have here are overtaxed and hundretda of wagons are standing loaded from iday to day waiting am a chance to get enloaded which is done by nurebering each wagon as they come to the' elevaters. Prices are good here mot, itle in the elevators and • prospects of gefing higher. We have :cad no snow and farmers are working on the land,. Threshing is nearly finished In this district!. —On Neve Years Day, the home of Mr. and dire. William Beevers, Bay' field Road, Goderich township, was the EISCRO. et a very. haz-VY gathering/ When thetr .five chiheren and eleven grand children !abseiled to the old hotne once again.; Those 'present Were ilir. and Mrs, jaeres H. Johnston, and family., Of Drayton, laitt And- atre. -Ar- thur Drovers, and family, exerd' Mr. and $dra. Arthur Evans, ant tam - rail, of Baydield e Mr: X14 Mrs. d'Altred adoevers, who reside at homed and Mr. and; frirs„ Amos Beevers, oft Mount I Deemds, Ont. It was Melee the 20th anniversary Of get ad! Mrs. .1011111t0111'S wedding. The day was epent in talk- ing over evente of younger days and singing okl; daVeriWs, i —Tile rroet stieces5ful Patel otic Con- cert yet held 16 Bluevatet was given coder the Auspittes of fel- worr.ente Institetee In Xnex, church. on. New salary IS elle %thousand .dollars with free manse and a montirs holidays:. —A pleasing event took ;place at the home of iirre and ;Mrs. J.W. Vaeatter. In Goderich, on Wednesday, Decem- ber, 29dhe •when their youngest sieter. Ethel May was united On erarriageEG Ude.. Arthur T. Tanner, Millbank, Ont. After the eereinony a luncheon was partaken of ad( the young couple left on the Alternoon G.T.R. train or To- ronto. Mrs. Tanner, resided fei Gude- rich several years ago, receiving a goad' part of her education at the Centtal school and Goderich Collegi- ate enstitute. Sublequentli she at- tended the Stratford Collegige In- stitute, after which she entered the nursing • prefession, training at Cook County hospital, Chicago, and Geneva.. Dr Mr, Tanner. has apent the last ten years near Saskatoon, Seek.. hie On- tario home (being at afillbank. --Mr. and Ora John Rapson, 01 Clinton, formerly of Hallett, tele-, bretod their ,Golden Wedding on New Year Day- at their home ' in Clinton and alt the family were present. The bride and gr,00nt were married in Colborne on Jan a- ary 2nd, 1866, and for 46 years were residents lof Hallett township, A (family of seven children were born andll are living: Bets,: IL RaPson and, James lof Blyth; Isaac and Al- bert of- Hullett, Mrs,. W. L.' Jamie- son, of Hulled; and Misses Fere and Nellie. at home, Four . years age, 1Hr. and, UkSi 'topsoil: moved to . Clinton. During the day or. NeW Years, a complirnehtary addrese, was read 'to the parents And a gold watek and chain was presented te the fath- er, while the mother received a gold brooch, ring Audi gold headed parasol. —One of those pleasing, functions that make _country life ertjoys.ble took Place on! New Years Eve ar the home of afr.. ilarrias Andereon on the 1th concession of throxYree'when between six(ty and eeventy Invited guests assembled. The hostess did herself ittdrice In the splendid supper served. A programme of *music, vocal end in- strumental, readings and recitations was rendered by the younger Tnefn- bers of the party and much enjoyed by all. The erode pleasing leatuto of, the evening was When the hoot and treeless were presented withan a.ddres5 read by Miss Ethel. Hunkin gnd beairtifal set of silverware by lefissee Blossera Anderson and Maggie Boa- kirkfrore the members of the An- derson fan:11y. After seeing the old year mit, and • the new year in, amid goad, wishes and pleasant greetings, Vise guests departed to their severed homes with happy recollections of ,the evening. —On Saturday evening. County Constabks Waflts e.n4 Welsh raided Re eben Gra.harnis hotel and secured on wet goods, alleged to be too strong to be sold in Huron County undEr the Canada Toorperaneer Act. It Is clahrod that although Graham was shown the search warrant, he said the °Lacers had no right to search lets plane and spoocedied to place hie rtfk on the bar, apparently with the intentIon of scaring off the of- ficers The constables, however, could not be set aside leo easily, tier oven by the Wring out .of the electric lights, aa wao done by one at the occupants. Wallis den:anded that the lights be thrmediately turned en again, and this was done his pocket hearoblights -being (ueed in the 1r:cen- time, The officers proceeded to make an examination of the ber arol: found, a keg of been on tap, lea') vt they claimto be whisky t.nder thp bar. Graham will appc ar Ware the magastrate in the near future. —Mrs. Ann Brown, coma -elan 10, Sydenhaen, near Owen Sound, celc; brated Jr 10t11 birthday in full posetosion cot her faculties and in good vigor, She is deeply interested in the war and koccapiks herself with knit- ting oceks tor' ookliera —sle fire wheel had evidently been smouldering for drotars, broke end 10 tite. aeventh storey ef the Union Sta- tion in Toronto Monday afternoon, aril before being extinguished &Itasca, fire structure to the creel* of ten - thousand dollars. A nurrber of ofe floes were noodled by water and warty valuable document* destroyed Tit'e fixe, is at:tweed to lhave been I catteed by oe. cigarette !having been carelesely tlatrodon on the floor Of the filleigrotere --That a brigade of Canadiene sr German. descent ,W raised to fight for Canada at the front is the saggest;sn which lids been made to the ettinisthr of tfofilltietend is now being considered by him. There are at preaost stemiters of wale men among the ratlita a tile Canadiaa soldiers at the 'front 04N they have idene Egglendid service: itie abrkf Intellignece officer with tits float contingent, is a Genres -Om** velfose, father was a Genrari army ot- ter and erreese mother 'was Ase daegister of an. Austria4 general, thee brothers fighting in the erae- tat= roam bc#44,y, Her *ozl. ri,anadian army has already Wen**- errated. for aood ererre,