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The Huron News-Record, 1893-09-20, Page 1A110:41.50 per Annum, 1.25 in Advance. -L. XV! INDOPENDENZ' IN 4LL rifiNGS--NEUTRAL IN NOTHING A. M. TODD, Editor and Owner CLINTON. HURON COUNTY, ONT., WEDNESDAY. SEPTEl1V113ER 20, 1893 WHOLE NO, 775 at is there Gore sensible, becoming and hirable for Girl's going to 001 than a neat a Zor Hat 1 —OR— Focht Cap. e Sailor or "Teck" sell t 2500 the Yacht sell at 25c., 50c. and 75C. he same question applied o boy's wear for nock- about for school calls for some mention of the Peak Cap or Melville which sells at 25c• • ive the average boy some- thing handy to wear and you satisfy him. he Melville is handy and it only costs 25c- ,;&CKSON BROS., :EN'S and BOY'S OUTFITTERS. Town Topics. 'MB. 'M. MORRISH it still quite ill, Bough somewhat improved. JOHN A. COOPER is horse from oronto. •'WEDDINGS, it is said, will be ntuner- iie in Clinton to -day. J. CHIDLEY, JR., was in the Queen City last week. MCTAOGART spent a few days „in -Toronto and has returned. MR. THOS. OLIVER and Miss Lily, 'Of town, are spending a week's holiday rat.'Londesboro and Blue vale. • • MR. JAMES MILLER has returned ;frein the Sault and reports a good fruit ':'fiarket. _MRS. UzELL, Maple street, is confin- ed to the house with a severe. attack of iri$arnmation of the lungs. ,CbNCERT.—Remember -the Sons of .,inland concert in the town hall next �.:,Vednesda evening. The concert will Elie one of the best of the season. ..CAser. RANCE slipped on the wet walk 'Sunday morning and one aril is baud- l•ged as a result. He received a severe, tbiough not dangerous, shaking up. ...WOODSTOCK VrSITORS.—Mr. and Il>Grs. Manning, of Woodstock, were on iu Visit last week at the residence of Mr. -Daiv'd Robertson, Mill street. THE REv. MCKINNON will preach on OCI�kle Missions next Sunday at 11 ;O'clock, in the Baptist church. The Sunday School subject will be Home Missions, at 2.30. ." NOTHING UNusUAL."—Last. week .our, esteemed town cotton. took another 'ieeoild-hand decoction from the Goder- u ,annexation organ. These Grit eajttors be " queer cusses." t1UED IN CLINTON. -- Joseph Mal- gh, of Dungannon, was before g ,!$rates Steep and McGarva last Motiay on two counts—one of selling 'liquior on Sunday, the other of having .the blinds down after hours. It was proven that the liquor was given a boarder on a doctors certificate. Two �f the three bar blinds were up accord - big by law, while one w'fi,s not. The first oliirge Was not sustained and the sec- ond; reserved. RATION.—Mr. L. Kennedy had ration performed on his cheek CIr jaw bone the other day, Some time ;;ago a'Wisdom tooth caused him great ,pt£in, ,.Several unsuccessful attempts ;wore made to draw the tooth. It had ilp1)ixr'dntly grown to the jaw bone. Under chloroform, the tooth was re- -Moved. The pain continued. Last weclk 3t de " incision was made clear to the bine d several splinters remov- e ,: -: ,ed, 'We trust there may not be re- ftiirted again such a painful operation rour. SO simple a cause. Town Topics. Mn. G. W. SWA,ISLAND, of London, who has been relieving at the Molsons Bank, here, has' been transferred to Toronto Junction and commenced his duties Monday. ExTBNDINe.—Tho electric light has been extended to High street and the residences of Mayor McTaggart, T. Jaakegn, sr. and jr., and R. Irwin will have it. A GREAT DAY.—Next Tuesday will be a great day iu Clinton. It will be marked as an important event in the history- of the County of Huron. Read the official programme and railway time table and rates in another column. Then come to Clinton. FOOT BALL.—Last Friday the town boys and Collegiate club kicked pretty hard. It was all a good natured game of foot ball, though: The contest resulted iu two to one in favor of the Collegiate. MEET THEM.—We hope our citizens and county friends will turn out en masse to unoet the responsible heads of the Government -next Tuesday at ten o'clock in the morning and escort, the distinguished visitors to the town hall. If the weather is fine there will no doubt be a very large turnout. A full report will appear in THE NEWS -RECORD on October 4th. SONS OF SCOTLAND CONCERT.—A Grand Concert will be given in the Town Hall on Sept. 27th by Murray Camp, Sons of Scotland, when W. E. Ramsay, Canada's beet comic; Miss Forbes, soprano, one of the best in 'To- ronto ; the Misses McLaren, of God- erich, Highlanddancers;Piper McKay, of Kiutail, will skirl his pipes ; Mre. Ramsay, pianist. Dont miss this; if you do, you will regret it. See posters and programme, NARROW ELCAPE.—On Monday even- ing Messrs. R. Baker, Geo. Lavas and R. Huck had a close call. Mr. Levis Was in a single rig, driving a bullock out the Huron road. Messrs. Baker and Huck met Mr. Lavis on the West- ern track and their rigs collided. The seven o'clock train was steaming north. Mr. Baker's horse got away from the buggy, and thatgentlemrun was dragged off the track and down the road a con- siderable distance, while Mr. Hoek managed to get the rig off the track. The bullock was caught by the engine near the cattle guard and instantly killed. Fortunately, there was nothing more serious. The dead ;animal be- longed to Mr. Laois. BICYCLE RACES—LACROSSE. — Last Wednesday was a memorable day for the w•heeltnen of Clinton. The weather was splendid, lint our people did not patronize the worthy affair tis numer- ously as they should. Cooper itnd Em- erson were the chief workers and are to be congratulated on their success. The lacrosse match between Mitchell and Clinton was hard fought, the former winning by two straights. A. promen- ade concert was held in the town hall in the evening, the town band, orches- tra, and Messrs. Spalding and McLeod (the latter of Seaforth) doing much to make the conceit a success. The hand- some and costly prizes were presented by Miss Kate Reid as follows ; • One mile novice -5 entries, .1st, A: T. Cooper, Clinton. parlor lamp; 2nd, A. C. \Vinter, Seaforth, leather collar and cuff box. 1 lOne-third mile -5 entriet, 1st, A. T. Cooper, silver and gold prize cup; 2nd, .T. NV. Livingstone, Seaforth, an oxy- dized silver portfolio. One mile—Sentries, lst,J. W. Living- stone, Seaforth, leather travelling case; 2nd, A. C. Winter, Seaforth, leather shaving case. One-third utile, class B-5 entries, lst, C. Fritz, Dashwood, silver and glass lpickle cruet; 2nd, F. Camino, Seaforth, eather travelling companion. 2 mile handicap -10 entries, 1st, J. W. Livin rstone, Seaforth, large plush box; 2nd,Q. Baldwin,Seaforth,sntokei's set; 3rd, J. Jowett, Bayfield, gold fob. One mile, boys under ]5=4' entries. 1st, J. Jowett, l3ayfield, solid gold cuff buttons; 2nd Norman Cook, Hensall, paircuff buttons. 1 mile town championship—A. T. Cooper, gold and silver cup. 1 uljle, class B., handicap --10 entries, 1st, C. Frits, Dashwood, silver cake basket; 211, J. -Snider, Brncefield, but- ter dish. 5 anile, 6 entries -1st, G. M. Baldwin, Seaforth, large leather travelling com- panion; 2nd, J. W. Livingstone, Sea - forth, bound volume of Tennyson; 3rd, A. T. Cooper, gold pen. Itayned. T C.nnrois,L.D.S.,ofClinton, will, until further notice, be at the River Hotel the seeond ani. fourth Thursday of every month, —On Wednesday evening last, a number of the Wingham townspeople met in the council chamber, and pre• rented Mr. H. W. C. Meyer, Q, C., with an address and a gold chain and locket, as a slight token of the esteem in which be is held I'y the people of Wing - ham. Mr. Meyer leaves for Calgary, his future home, shortly. —A daring piece of burglary was committed at Dashwood Friday week. Some amateur burglars either local or tramps procured some chisels out or Mr. Ball's shop and by means there of removed the lock of Mr. Hall's 'store door, getting for their prize a new'out• fit of clothing, some jewlery and other things. The were evidently amateurs as they had no tools of their own and no Tight except matches of which they used an abundant supply, scatter• ing burped matches all over the strop. Dungannon. A number of villagers returned safe and sound from sight-seeing in the Queen city. About 25 members of the R. T. of Temillars drove in on last Monday evening to pay a visit to their brethren and sisters in Goderich lodge. They were treated in a princely manner and report a good time generally. Rev. Mr. Noble occupied the Metho- dist church pulpit in the evening of Sabbath last. We understand ire is a member of Toronto Conference, but is at present supplying for Rov, Moss, of Nile, who is absent on vacation. The genial face of R. Clendenning is welcome back again to our little burg, after a month's visit to- Holnresville and vicinity. B. J. Crawford, of the Mammoth House, went to Mitchell Last week to hear Hon. W. Laurier. Rev. D. G. Cameron, a former pastor, occupied the Presbyterian pulpit hist Sabbath evening, preaching a good sermon to his old parishioners. \Vin. Holland has been absent on a► two weeks trip, taking in the Toronto fair and Buffalo. . J. Medd, veterinary, was married last week to Miss Mills, of East Wawa - nosh, Anthony Black is fitting up the hotel recently vacated by Smith, and intend opening IV shortly. Rev. A. Fairbairn and family are away on a three week's vacation visit- ing former charges. The Methodist and Presbyterian congregations unite next Sabbath in the morning, Rev. Mr. Rogers, of the Methodist chnrch, preaching. Wtn. Morrow, J. Ryan, W. H. Var- coe, and Geo. Anderson are busy buy- ing apples and pears, of which there a seems to be fair yield in some places. A little girl of seven years, daughter of Thos. Durnin, has been dangerously ill for the past 10 days from blood - poisoning caused by a cut in the foot. Joseph Fowler, who has been for some months poorly, is sinking rapidly. Blyth. Our town was well represented at the Toronto Industrial last week. On Sunday evening the Methodist church was lit up for the first time by electricity. The electric lights are being placed in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church this week. There was no service in the English church on Sunday last, in consequence of the incumbent, Rev. T. E. Higley, being absent iu Toronto. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper is to administ ered in the Presbyterian church on Sunday morning. Quite a large number of our citizens are taking in the sights at the \Vesteen fair, London, these. days. 011 Tuesday evening a lecture under the auspices of the W. C. T. L. was delivered by Rs:. -lir. Hector, a colored gentleman, entitled " The devil. dressed in white." The subject, being quite 0 novel one, drew forth mite 0 crowd. On Saturday morning Constable Da- vits' four large canines took a not ion to having 0 good feed of mutton for 0 change. They made a raid on two or three of oir.• nearest farmers' farms south of us, and went lively fot their flocks, resulting in twelve or thirteen being worried to death. It was not long before the fiu•niot•s LVere iu to notify the owner of their conduct. It Evill cost jimmy something for their morning's sport. Should the weather only prove favor- able, 0 large turnout of Conservatives of this town may be expected to be present at the demonstration in Clinton on the 26th inst. Goderich • Miss Dark returned last week from Toronto considerably improved in health. Miss and Miss Kate Nicholson were in the Queen city the past week. Miss P. Ball is visiting Mrs. John Straiton, at 'l'horudale. Miss Duff, wbo had charge of the C. P. R. telegraph during Miss Ball's holi- day term,returned to her home,Seaforth, on Saturday. Goderich Mrs. J. W. Smith was the past week visiting friends in Wingham. The McGillivray Mission Band will give an entertainment in Ibe lecture room of Knox church on Monday even., ing. Rev. Mr. Henderson occupied Knox church pulpit morning and evening last Sunday. Mrs. P. E. Bell is visiting relatives in Galt. Mrs. Harry Reid has returned to Buffalo. Mrs. Hayhurst and daughter, of Wind- sor, are visiting the lady's mother, Mrs. S. Platt. Mr. W. Alexander, of Youngstown, Ohio, is spending a short vacation in town. The gentleman, wbo is the guest of his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs J. H. Williams, will return ,to his home in a few days accompauined by Mrs. Alexans der and children. Mr. Alex. Watson of Dr. Nicholson's, West street, is attending the 1'hiladela phia College of Dentistry. Miss Tillie Graham Inas returned from her visit to the World's Fair. Dlr. and Mrs. R. W. Lsgan visited the Toronto fair the past weelc. Mrs. E. R. 'Naison and children are visiting relatives in the Forest city. Mr. and- Mrs. Harry Lowe were the guests of their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Watson last week. During the storm on Saturday morning one of the government snows broke away from the Grand Trunk dock,and passing fishing boats, tugs, scows and vessels, without any damage, was stopped by the eastern end. The schooner Theo. Voges with 280 tons of coal for Mr. Joseph Kidd, ars rived in port on Friday evening. The steamer Cantbria left for Windsor on Friday evening, but had only steamed a few miles when she was headed again for this port. Shortly after she was tied up the greatest gale of the season started. The Steamer Monarch was in harbor on Wednesday morning and loaded a large quantity of freight for Port Arthur. The Great Northwestern Exhibition opens today and will remain open to- morrow and Friday. The exhibits, horse speeding and the novelties are said to excel all former shows. The steamer Magnet made this port on Thursday to load freight. The. Cambria left harbor on Sunday afternoon after a detention of 40 hours. The United Empire due on Saturday morning, did not reach her dock here till Sunday afternoon, 33 hours behind time. The infant son of 11Ir. Jas. Craigie, aged six months, died on Sunday ; the retrains being interred in Maitland renu't.i•rv•yesterday afternoon. Rev. ,,Mr. Lucus delivered an address on Teulperauce in the North street Methodist church on Monday evening. Mr Byaid, of Patterson, New .Tersey, was the past week 0 guest at the North street parsonage. Miss Belle Johnston returned this week from a two tveek's visit to rela- tives in Toronto. The steam barge Jno. E. hall with coal for the Big Mill arrived in port on Monday. The dredge Gcnl. Measle and Ilfe1ae made the port on Sunday from Port Albert. City oft incl.'o\ The, C � V towed in on Moo - day evening the three-unast•ed schooner Queen City, of Cleveland, Ohio. The Ocelot City had parted from a tow off Saginaw Bay, and drifted to this shore, dropping anchor five or six wiles from Port Albert, tilrere she rode out the storm. The schooner Lost all her top masts, nearly all her sails, an anchor and jibboon. The Captain during the trouble severely injured his 041(14. The IVinrl.esr left yesterday with the Queen City for the river. The steamer Cambria was in port yesterday. The Collegiate In titute LiteritrySo• ciety is making preparations for a grand entertainment to take place in a few weeks. Miss Charles, B. A., of the Collegiate Institute, has been seriously ill the past week Mr.. S. P. Balls, B. A., visited Toronto the past week. Mr, A. Saunders has been spending a few days at the Toronto show looking atter the interests of the Goderich Organ Co. Mr. Jas Robinson has opened out a dry goods establishment in the store so long occupied by Mrs. R. B. Smith. Mr. C. G. Armstrong .left for St. Marys on Saturday to attend the funeral of a sister. 'fhe storm almost destroyed (the apple crop where the trees were not well sheltered. One gentleman informed us that before the blow he expected to gather 20 barrels, 'but now his haryeet will not reach 3. There was early communion at St. George's on Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Horton were passengers per the Cambria on her last round trip. The Fall Assize Court opens next Monday, His Lordship Judge McMahon presiding. Rev. D. C. Lupus preached in the North Street Methodist churoh on Suns day evening. Our city fathers met for the trans, action of general business on Friday evening. Mr. F. H. McLean is in Cleveland studying the moat improved system of practical cutting. Stanley. Farmer's in this neighborhood are almost through seeding. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper wits dispensed in Bayfield road church last Sabbath. We are pleased to have Rev. J. A. McConnell in our midst again after a year's absence. And glad to see hien looking ,sc1l well. Mr. John McConnell has gone on it trip to the N. W. T. We are pleased to hear that Mrs. W. ('lark, sr., is recovering from her re- cent illIless. Mr. and Mrs. i\Iurray have returned to their field of labor in port Hope. Mrs. Rathwell, Sr., is visiting in Toronto. Mr. R. Reid is nowattending the To• ionto fair. The Misses Welwood and Williamson and Mr. J. Welwood, of New York, visited Mr. Joseph Richardson the past week. \Ve are sorry to hear of Mr. Charles Reid being called away to Manitoba, on account of his brother's death. Apples are very scarce in this vicin- ity. —John McCurdy, of Usborne, has sold his faun, the old Stinson estate, to Samuel Routley, of Sunshine, for. $6,000.. --Joseph Green, one of the Bruce - field burglars, who was sentenced to twenty three months imprisonment in the Central Prison, Toronto, for com- plicity in that crime, was taken there from Goderich jail Wednesday morn- ing. Green claims that this is his first incarceration in the Central, but it is claimed by the authorities that he is an old bird, Brussels. Win. Armstrong is taking in the Western fair at London this week. Rev. D. Forest, of Walton, preached in Melville Presbyterian church last Sunday evening. Postmaster Farrow and wife are visiting London this week. Miss Minnie O'Conner, of Milverton, was visiting friends in town this week. J. T. Pepper left on Friday "of last week fol the Columbian Exposition. Mrs. R. Ross and son are visiting friends in Listowel. Ryall Pelton, Cleveland, Ohio, was visiting friends in town this week. Rev- John Ross occupied one of the Toronto pulpits last Sunday. Rich Williams has returned from an extended visit to friends in Michigan. 'Dick' visited the World's Fair and several other places during his absence. Sam Beattie spent Sunday in Wing - ham. Alex. Forest spent Sunday visiting in Wingham. Morris. The township fathers met 'in their hall last Monday. Councillor Caidbick has returned from his recent visit to Manitoba and the West. W. S. South, 3rd line, met with a painful accident the other day. He was" s'atering his team beside another team tit a creek, the horses started kicking at one another, and he got a severe kick just below the knee which will lay him off work for two or three weeks. On. Friday afternoon of last week, Councillors Kirkby and Proctor let the contract of opening the side road be- tween lots 20 and 21 in the 3rd con.; Frank Bell and H. Sellars got 50 rod of willow swamp at $1 per rod ; W. Bray 20 rod at 70 cents per rod; Geo. Turvey moves a small bridge for $0,00, and D. Errington does all the levelling that is necessary fur $10. The work is to be cgtnpleted by the 20th of October. Goderich Township L. O. L. 300, Bayfield Line, will hold a grand tea -meeting- on October 26th. A good programme is being prepared and everbody is invited. Admission 25c. Itch on huihan and horses end all animals cured in 30 minutes by Woolfurd's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by Watts S Co., Druggists. In and about Huron County. —Mr. Robert Scarlett, of McKillop, left for the World's Fair, Chicago, last week. —G. R. Swartz, of Wingham, has dis- posed of his livery business to Chas. Ward, of Harriston. —Mr. James Petty, of Hensall, will act as judge of sheep at the 'Western Fair and also at Chicago. —Trios. Forbes, of Morris township, has purchased the residence in Wing - ham of H. W. C. Meyer, Q. C. —The editor of the Mitchell Recorder is a judge on fruit at the Western Fair and seven other exhibitions this fall. —The gate receipts at the Hensall fair this year atnounted to upwards of $200, the largest in the history of the society. —H. P. Chapinan,of Ripley, who has conducted a job printing office in Ripley for some years, will shortly issue a weekly newspaper there. .—Some person attempted.to rob the Lucan poet office the other morning, but the ever alert postmaster overheard the sneaks and frightened them off. —The Mildmay Creamery last week shipped over 6,000 pounds of butter, being the August make, which was sold at 21?•c per pound. The cash will be ready for the patrons this week. —Joe England, while working in the clay pit at Hoist's tile yard, Cred•i, ton, recently, a mess of clay weigh - lag nearly two tons fell on him, bury. ing bite to the' neck. Two doctors were summoned and found the thigh dislocated and the hip bone fractured. —A number of the friends of Mr, Alex. Orr met at Wingham on Mon.. day of last week, prior to his departure for Gorrie, and presented him with a kindly worded address and a gold head- ed cane. Mr. Orr moved to Gorrie on Tuesday where he will take cherge of the hotel he has purchased in that vil- lage. • —A young man named August Lang, who had been employed in Messrs. Gordon & McIntyre's store, Wingham, for or few weeks, and who left on Saturday week, was arrested in Toronto on Monday, for attempted rape on a young woman named Mc- Grath, at Gorrie. The prisoner was brought to Gorrie on Wednesday last, but we have not learned the result of the investigation. —As Mre. John Miller,of St. Helene, was untying a horse from the hitching post in front of Mr. A. B. Congram's drug store, in Lucknow, the other day, the animal suddenly aprung at her and sank its teeth into her, nose; from which the blood flowed freely for a few min- utes. The force of the savage brute's attack knocked Mrs. Miller down upon tho sidewalk, and her head, striking upon the planking, raised a large lump • on her forehead. In and About Ilaroii County. — Mr. Robert Charters, of the Mill Road, Tuckeratuith, who is noted as a successful breeder of Leicester sheep, has recently sold five tread to Mr. Snell to complete his herd of twenty, whioh he is getting.up for competition at the Chicago Exposition, and those who have seen thew say thvy are a re. workably tine herd, awl are likely to score high. — The business man who never advertises saves a great many expenses. He saves clerk's salaries anti needs but small stock to supply his customers. Thia Makes taxes light and insurance a small item of expense. Only a small capital is required and a email• building is sufficient for proprietors and spiders. The money saved by not advertising will come in handy in bearing the funeral expenses.—Ex. —An event which has been expected for Bowe time and which has caused a ripple of excitement in society circles came off' early on Thursday morning' at Hayfield, when Dr. C. Sheppard, wlio has been practicing there fur two years, was married to Miss 1layme Rout:edge, one of the tuost prominent and highly, esteemed young ladies of that village. Rev. Ed. Olivant, pastor of the Metho- dist Church, performed the ceremony at the residence of the bride's mother, where a number of the immediate re.las Lives of the contracting parties had been iuyited. After parts sing of a flee breakfast elle happy couple left for Bruco-field, whence they procce led to Chicago for their honeymoon. —Mount Furest has adopted a cur- few regulation. It provides that the school bell be used as the curfew, that the age of children under the operation of the law be all up to 14 years of age; the bell will be rung.ten minutes be- fore the proper time, as a warning ; the hour at which children are to be off the street being as fullows :—April, May, Juno, July and August, at 9 o'clock ; September and October at 8.30, and for the other months eight o'clock. Any child found on the streets after these hours without proper guardianship or propos authority shall be warned to go home by the chief con- stable, who is to see to ringing the bell, and failing to comply, the child is to be escorted home by the chief and the parents notified that the first offence thereafter is punishable by refine of $1, second offence, $3, third and every sub- sequent offence, $5. —A very interesting breach of pro• 01180 suit is likely to be tried at Goderich shortly. Mr. Doig, a school teacher. at No. 9 section of McKillop township, Iiuron county, and Miss \Vilsey, daugh- ter of one of the trustees of the school, are the parties concerned. The whole country side is torn up over the affair. The wedding was to have taken p!ase in the summer, and the wedding cake and the bride's trosseau had even been made. The expectant bride was very much affected over the alleged perfidy of her lover, and now she asps for $5,000 as the balm that will soothe her wounded heart. Both the young people are well and favorably known. Miss Wilsey is the daughter of a well-to-do farmer, while Mr. Doig also owns a farm. It is said that the defendant will admit the promise of marriage, but will give reasons for his refusal to carryout his contract that may prove sensational. Mr. Darrow will proscute, and Mr. M. C. Cameron will defend,—Free fres. —The oysters is again "in season." Ile has a nice precarious career; first ho lies in the "swim" and later on he's "in the soup." —Acting Attorney -General Whit- ney, of the United Stotes, has decided that bicycles are personal effects, and entitled to free entry into the States. —The Toronto Times has been placed under tho ban of the law, and all ven- dors of the sheet in Toronto linve been summoned into court. The Tulle,, it is alleged, published articles and pic- tures dangerous to public morals. --A well to do farmer who couldn't afford the luxury of a $1,25 a year news- paper, sent a couple of dol'late to down - east Yanked, recently, to learn how to raise beets. In due time he got his answer: "Take bold of the tops and. pull." —Three round dances and one snuare dance will be the novelties of the coming season's ballrooms. The new dance of this year reveal the same - idea indicated by the efforts of the professors to mingle the grace and harmony of the round dance with the more restful figures of the square dance. —Mrs. Jane L. Hawthorne, of Lon- don, widow of Conductor George H. Hawthorne, who died from suffocation in the St. Clair Tunnel in January last, is suing the St. Clair Tunnel Com• pany for $26,000. The case will be tried at London. At Osgoodo Hall on Wednesday judgment was reserved on a motion to allow Mre. Hawthorne to obtain samples of the air in the tunnel for analytical purposes.