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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1893-11-08, Page 9TE:R i 0:-.4148 Per i►teenni r 1440. an Adv*nor. foods . amug our purchases of the Big BELL STOCK was 50 BoZ0n Fine Na Aware 50 Fine Umbrellas, bought for a High Class Toronto Trade. Tn a few days we will an- nounce prices on this splendid stock and the bargains will be the greatest ever offered in Clinton. JACKSON BROS., MEN'S and BOY'S OUTFITTERS. Towle Topics. "J4..CK" DIVINE has returned from Algoma District and will remain until next spring. OCTOBER 25th.—Mr. Wm. Lee, of Goderich, would like to secure a few copies of THE NEWS -RECORD of October 25th. if any of our readers can supply numbers of that date we would fell obliged to them. THROWN OuT.—Baker James Young met with an accident on the Huron Road last Wednesday.. He was sitting on the delivery cart driving the horse. The animal stumbled, the shafts broke and Mr. Young was suddenly thrown to the ground. His knee was severely hurt, but he is now around again and will soon be all right. "ABREAST . OF THE TIMES."—The Toronto Sentinel, a paper that cir- culates in every quarter of the English speaking world, speaks thus of THE NEWS -RECORD" under the head -line "Good for the Paper":—THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD has clothed itself in beautiful new type and has once more shown that its management is deter- mined to keepabreastof the times. THE 'NEWS -RECORD is an excellent paper. CONSISTENT CONGRATULATION.—THE NEWS -RECORD has always endeavored to be a model paper in its make up, and for general news and typography. The competent and thoroughly reliable firm from whom we bought our type congratulates THE NEWS -RECORD most heartily on its superior mechanical ap- pearance. Last week's issue' will be photographed by MESSRS. MILLER & RICHARD and circulated throughout the civilized world, simply to show what can be produced by skilled labor and superior type. The compliment is one which THE NEWS -RECORD appre dates and one which few papers or towns can boast of. Fine printing can be secured at this office without a doubt. '. WEST HURON FARMERS' INSTITUTE. �-A meeting of the West Huron Farm- ers' Institute`will be held at Manchester to -morrow. Among other subjects therewill be discussed in the afternoon, underdraining and fattening cattle for the British market. In the evening there will be addresses by J. E. Tom, S. I., on "Agriculture in our Schools," resit and by J. T. GaUTOW, M. P. P. The announcement says that a suitable programme is being prepared, but does not. give the subject on which the Re- ferrer member and candidate will speak. Byy the way, we have been asked what +"o vection there is between the legal 'hwofes ion and the farming profession? 0' are IM to think that this is 'A, ,, pun directed ,at the "indepen ent' ,M. P. P. for West Huron. T e r fa rifler's ' no doubt will be pleased to it beer cMrr, C~Farrow a advice abouthe 1ie'ati Mosta of "underdraining" and "t'etteflin'g", cattle." INDliT NDSS I' IN.44L TatlffiS--NA(717IAL IR NOTHING CLINTON. HURON COUNTY, ONT., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER,15 1$93 Town Topics. MR. J. 1t MPRonERTS, of Lucan, was in Clinton last paturday. ROBS2WL MAsoi , of the Central Hotel, believes in advertising. Kook at his sign. Petoor' of FAITH,—Wilson & Howe have faith in advertising. See their handsome new sign. HELD OVER.—A contributed articles on municipal affairs and old and young men will appear next week. THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR gives a quarter column about the improved appearance of THE NEWS -RECORD and our handsome new dress. ST. ANDREW'S DAY.—The sons of Scotland, Murray Camp, have issued invitations for a dinner at the Queen's Hotel on November 30. READ THE NEWS-RECORD.—Our town cotem travelled all the way to the Londod Free Press to secure an item of news, that referred to aprobable candidate for the Local in West Huron. THE NEWS -RECORD columns gave the original item. And this journal is re- sponsible for it. Capt. Beck is strong enough to win the Riding, even though our totem. should introduce witch -craft and prophesy otherwise. DON'T WAIT.—The great offers we make on another page will close before long. We could not think of keeping them open for several months. Fancy THE NEWS -RECORD and Ladies' Journal for $1.25 to new subscribers, or both for the price of, one to old sub- scribers who pay a full year in advance. The regular price of the two is $2.25. One dollar saved clear. Don't Wait, because the offer will not remain open long. We- club with c 1l the city weeklies and give the closest cuts and best possible value. WORTH REMEMBERING.—Every little while we hear of some one who has stuck a rusty nail into his foot, knee or some other portion of his person and lockjaw has resulted therefrom, of which the patient died. Yet all such wounds, it is said, can be healed with- out such fatal consequences as often follow thein. Smoke such wounds or any wound or bruise, that is inflamed, with burning wood or woollen cloth, Twenty minutes in the smoke of wool will take the pain out of the worst case of inflammation arising from these wounds. FIRE PROTECTION.—The town should feel somewhat indebted to Mr. James Fair for his liberal offer to the town, free of Bost, the use of water forced to the market from his pond and mill by his new steam pump. A special meeting of the council decided on Wednesday evening to accept the offer. Pipes will be•lai d from the town hall tank to the mill at a cost of $200 or $225, and the work will be proceeded with at once. The increased fire protection should at least have a tendency to lessen the in- surance rates. The time is coming when Clinton must inaugurate a com- plete water works system. THE GUN CLUB SHOOT.—The first meeting of the Clinton Gun Club on their new grounds, Tuesday of last week, was a decided success. Letters of incorporation have been applied for and the documents are expected to arrive this week. The score, as furnish- ed by the officers of the Club. is as fol- lows :- 1ST MATCH, 10 B/RDs, 30 YARDS RISS. J. McMurray G. Hinchley . 7 E. Watson 7 J. E. Blacken 9 E Cantelon 9 ,Tohn Dodds 7 W. Doherty, jr....7 Chas. Overbury8 John Stevens 8 R. Wallace 6 Thos. Stevens 8 John Powell 8 A. Tierney 7 Chas. Spooner 5 T. C. Doherty 5 S. Gidley 9 N. Harper 4 J. T. Leo 5 D. Cancelon 7 SWEEP No. 2, 6 Bruns. J. McMurray5 J. E. Blackall:...,.5 G. Hinchley 5 S. Gidley 5 A. Tierney .6 E. Cantelon 4 W, Doherty 3 E. Watson 3 J. Stevens 4 J. Dodds 3 SWEEP N0. 3, 5 BIRDS. J. McMurray 4 J. E. Blackall 4 Geo. Hinchley 4 S. Gidloy 5 W. Doherty 3 E. Watson 3 E. Cantelon 4 A. Tierney 5 THE WITNESS.—The Montreal WIT- NESS is now offering the remainder of the present year free to newsubscrib- ers for next year as an encouragement to give that valuable paper a trial. The WITNESS, both WEEKLY and DAILY, has during the year adopted what it declares to be the model form, and neat small, convenient pages, being enabled, by one of the most complete printing presses ever built by the Hoes, of New York, to vary the number of pages at will. The paper enters the press at two places, on rolls broad or narrow as required, and the newspaper comes out at lightning speed folded, pasted and cut. Besides the improvement in form, there is a re- markable improvement in typography, he type being' set by the wonderful Linotype machine, which attains the speed of five men, and casts a new type face every time. The proprietors invite visitors to Montreal to see these machines. The picture element has so greatly developed in the WITNESS, that it may now be fairly called an 11- lustrated paper. The WITNESS has moved to the busiest corner in Mont- real, the junction of Bleury and St. Peter Streets with Craig Street, and has a spacious building there which is in some respects as fine a newspaper office as is anywhere to be seen. The price of the Derfee WITNESS is three ollars, an'l of the WEEKLY WITNESS one dollar, while the little pioneer wiper, the MESSENGER costs only thirty cents,. THE N,uws-REo1RD and Daily. Wit- ness fot $3.25 a year, with the Weekly $1.75, Or with the Messenger $1.26. Town 'Eoplcs. WILL PAY.—It will pay to read every line in THE NEWS-RnooRD. Mit. BttowNaandfamilyy, Msaple street have removed back to Stapleton. EzcHn,NOE.—Rev. Mr. Holmes, Rat- tenbury street Methodist church, will preach in Blyth next Sunday and Rev. Mr. Buggin, of Blyth, will preach here. CLINTON ORANGE LODGE will hold a special meeting a week from Monday evening. A committee has the band reorganization in hand and will report progress at the special meeting. KIND WORDS NEVER DIE.—Last Monday evening L. O. L. 710 appointed a committee to draft a letter of sym- pathy with Bro. W. G. Smyth in his recent sad and trying bereavement. GuY BROS.—This famous troupe had a crowded house on Tuesday evening of last week. The preformances were of the highest order in minstrelsy and everybody seemed well satisfied. THE PORK MARKET.—Mr. E. Dinsley is buying all the pork he can get and considerable is coming in. The market is firm at $6.50 per hundred. The cold wave will cause considerable more to be mar keted. REVIVAL WORK.—Rev. Mr. Carey, of Ailsa Craig, preached very accept- ably in the Baptist church last Sunday and is holding revival services every evening this week except Saturday. Good work is being accomplished. Rey. Mr. McKinnon took Mr. Carey's work last Sunday. "SHE's A DAISY."—And "poor Mag- gie" has been in Clinton and furnished plenty of proof to warrant the follow- ing from an exchange :—"The Brant- ford police have ascertained that Edna Lyle, the girl arrested for vagrancy, is in reality Maggie Kennedy, well-known in Seaforth, Woodstock, London and other places. She has a record of blackmailing and other escapades, and although young has evidently put in a lively life of it.' LOOKS LIKE A HORSE THIEF.—A man who gave his name, we believe, as Beaton or Beeton, hired a horse and rig from Beatty's livery at Wingham and came to Olin ton last Saturday. Ife said he was travelling for the Toronto Mail, but that paper says they have no one by that name engaged. He left here Sunday about noon and drove in the direction of Seaforth, but no trace of rig or man can be found. The affair looks like a case of horse stealing. SPLENDID LECTURES.— John R. Claeke's lectures in the town hall last Thursday and Friday were master- pieces. Mr. Clarke, of course, had a grand reputation before he carne here, and he sustained it. The ouly thing we regretted was the slim attendance on both nights. The subject on the first night was "Gough in humor and eloquence," and on the second, "Eng- land, Ireland and Scotland." For two hours and a half the entertainer.held the marked attention of the audience and was frequentjly and heartily ap- plauded. And on the second night English, Irish and Scotchmen were alike deeply interested. Those who were not present certainly missed one of the greatest treats of probably a lifetime. John R. Clarke deserves to be always greeted with a crowded house. Goon EYE-SIGHT.—A caller at this office the other day was Mr. Malcolm Macgregor, of the township of Stanley. He related a fact worthy of special mention. Mr. John Ross, of the 2nd concession of the same township, aged 82 years, is a native of Ross -shire, Scot- land, and has resided in Stanley for forty fears or more. He has never worn glasses and can read THE NEws- REOORD Or any reasonably well printed paper without difficulty. Few people of Mr. Ross' age can get along without spectacles. In fact it has become quite common to see young boys and girls and young men and women not yet out of their teens wearing glasses. The other day a gentlemen remarked to THE NEWS -RECORD as the boys and girls were going to school :—"What is the world coming to, anyhow? Even the school children are wearing spec- tacles. Have you noticed, Mr. Editor, the great number of youthful people that resort to this artificial means? There must be some reason for it, but I am bound to believe that, it is not all necessity." We are inclined to the latter opinion, that so much glass wear- ing is not anecessity. Some people think there is "style" in wearing glasses, but this would not be applicable to school children. The rising generation is not as strong or hardy as the former, and their talents are more closely applied to various callings. The mind and of course the body of the child is taxed in the schools of to -day to a much greater extent than formerly. Now and. again you hear of this boy or that girl having to leave school through weak or over- taxed eyes. Our forefathers had not the same study; they had not to perform the same work; theirs wasmore manu- al labor, muscular action and extreme- ly hard toil. The generation now pass- ing away, the old pioneers, were com- pelled to perform over -work and their iron constitutions stood. thein well. Many a noble pioneer mother in this county has placed her babe in a sap trough and taken her place alongside men in the harvest field and by logging bees. Even so late as 1893 a few can be found performing the same work. Future generations suffer for these in- discretions and hard work of those.who rather require care and nourishment and a good reserve of strength for their children. The ordinary animal nature and care we give to the brute creation should be intelligible enough tq teach this opo lesson. And of course it does. The ailments or defects in the present or rising generation are many compar- ed with the one passing away. Town HIGH SCHOOL . BOARD,— Regular 'meeting next Friday evening. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.—The regu- lar monthly meeting, of the public school hoard will be held next Monday evening. ,'TEMPERANCE.—Rev. Mr. Nugent, of Palmerston, delivered an address on temperance in the town hall last Sun- day. Mr. Jaynes Scott, barrister, will deliver an address next Sunday. MORE KIND WORDS.—Berlin News : —"THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD COmes to hand with a new and very becoming dress. THE NEWS -RECORD is a good paper and should be heartily supported in Clinton and surrounding country." NEW BUSINESS.—Mr. L. Kennedy will in a. few weeks open a wareroom in Clinton, where there will be on ex- hibition plain and fancy cutters, Glad - stones, etc. In the spring full lines of wheeled rigs will he shown. The stock will be on exhibition to sell, Particu- lars will be given in our advertising columns in a week or two. PAY Yovit TAXES. —Mee tor.Wheat ley informs THE NEWS -RECORD that tax money is coming in. But not any too fast. The total amount to be col- lected is over $11,000. Of that about $1,800 has been paid. His instructions are definite. The whole must be col- lected not later than December 14th. There will surely be trouble for those who do not carefully and accurately remember the date. THIEVING TOUGHS.—Four of them forced their way into W. H. Boyd's bakery last Sunday evening and carried off several boxes of cigars. We are in- formed that the leader of the gang was no less a personage. than "Buns" Castle, but the names of the others we have not learned. They made their way to Seaforth (where some of them are said to hail from) and were overtaken. They paid for what they stole. A term in penitentiary, which will sooner or later come, will teach these incorrigible youths a life -lesson. All of them are old enough to know better. PROFESSIONAL, SHOOTING MATCH.— The members of the 25 Club have completed arranoinents for a grand shooting match, to be held on the Gun Club grounds on Thanksgiving Day. On each side will be Messers. W. P Spalding, captain, Remington, Gib - 'sings, Agnew, N. Fair, . Henderson, Holloway; Wilson, Ball, Gundry, Har- land, McDonald -12; L. Kennedy, captain, Combe, McTaggart, Jas. Fair, Morrish, Dr. Shaw, Bruce, Rance, Dr. Turnbull, Crews, McMurchie, Emerton —12. The match will be for clay birds, and will commence at 8 o'clock in the morning. Regulation rise. The losing side to pay for a grand ' supper. A medal will be awarded to the one mak- ing the highest `score. An exciting match is expected as many of those named are first class shots. County Currency. Frank Dinsley, of Stratford, a G. T. R. brakeman, had one of,his arms crushed while coupling cars t Berlin. Geo. Hess, ex -M. P. P., has received the official appointment. as' collector of customs at Stratford. The death of Postmaster Dickson, of Wroxeter, occureed on Wednesday, evening last. • W. M. Sinclair and F. S. Scott, of Brussels, secured a large red fox while hunting in Morris township last week. James Cooper, of Kippen, sent seven of his well bred sheep to the State of Maine on Monday. Mr. Jno. McGaan, of .Mildmay„ has a bill before the Carrick council for damage to his traction engine caused by a defective bridge. Mr. Jonathan Cooper, se., has dispos- ed of his faun, lot 7, in the 7th con. of Usborne, to his son Jonathan Cooper, Jr., at a splendid figure. Last Tuesday Win. Mooney, of Brussels, had the misfortune to have one of his legs broken while feeding the hay pressing machine at the rink for Messrs. Baeker & Vanstone. He will be laid aside for several weeks owing to the unfortnnate accident. The Exeter Advocate says : A cheeky theft, requiring considerable unadul- terated gall, was perpetrated in the Commercial House stable on Monday evning, whenaslight-fingered filcher, thinking winter was close at hand carried off a good buffalo robe from a visitor's rig. The thief is known and will he dealt with by the proper authorities of the law if the robe is not returned immediately. Dr. Niemeier of Tavistock performed a very clever operation on the person of Mrs. R. Woon, St. Marys, recently. She had a sudden attack of what ab - peered to he inflammation of the bowels, and growing worse the doctor was sent for. He succeded in removing from the abdomen a goose bone of an inch and a half or two long. As the patient was suffering at intervals in the same way for many years, the sup- position is that the bone was swallowed over thirteeyoars ago. Mrs. Woon has recovered sufficiently to be about again. Mr. Neil NcKenzie, who lives just north of Lucknow, met with a very painful accident on Tuesday morning last. He was walking in the furrow a- head of a team of horses that were ploughing, when a special freight train passed along the railway track frightening the horses and causing them to run away. Mr. McKenzie was knocked down by the startled animals and as he lay on the ground the horses and lou h passed over him. P g His head is badly cut, three of his ribs are broken arid he was otherwise in- jured. As Mr. McKenzie is well ad- vanced in years his injuries are of a serious nature. A* *6 TODDY rintOrrrt►11 Owner WHOLE NO, 1$t, County Currency. John Davis, of Wingham, has . pur- chased and taken charge of the drug business of F. Jordan, Goderk:h. RobertEigie, of Egmondville, has sold his houseanow occupied by Mr. Rhumor to William Allan, for the sum of $800. Arthur Forbes, of Seaforth, has sold his fifty acre farm, on the Bayfield Road near Varna, to S. A. Moffatt, for the sum of $3,100, J. D. Ronald, of Brussels, has sold the Broadfoot farm for $3,850, to James Petah, who formerly lived in Morris, near $lyth. While repairing the roof of Carling Bros.' store, Exeter, on Tuesday of last week, Mr. Edward Gill slipped with a pailful of boiling pitch, severely scald- ing his right hand and arm. For a couple of weeks past a stock list has been in circulation with a view to forming a company in Ridge - town to put down a deep well for natural gas. Harry Gutridge, of Wingham, and Miss Bessie Stoneman of Mitchell, were made partners' for life by Rev. Dr. Cornish at the residence of the bride's mother, on Wednesday week. While kicking foot ball on the Public School grounds at Exeter recently, Eddie, son of Mr. Richard Pickard, had both bones of one of his legs broken. the result of a mis-kick delivered by Frank Willis. The break is a bad one, John Torrance, Reeve of Stanley, purchased at the Assignee's sale of H. Happel's estate, the homestead farm of 150 acres, for the sum of $7,000. Mr. Torrance has secured a great bargain as the buildings alone are considered, worth nearly that amount. Mrs. John B. Aitcheson, of near Winthrop, died on Monday of last week, aged 39 years, and 7 months. She leaves a husband and six children, the youngest a little one over two years old, to mourn her loss. On Sunday week Geo. Pullin, one of the home boys, stole a horse, with buggy and harness, from Richard Rivers & Son, of Walkerton. He was traced to Paisley and arrested in Saugeen town- ship on Monday, after considerable trouble, by a constable of Walkerton. The Wingham Times says : Corres- pondents in several exchanges are ask- ing how it is that with the decline in the price of wheat, bread sticks ten- aciously to old rates. The staff of life, it would seem, goes up by telegraph and comes down by mail coach. Rev. J. T. Kerrin, of Bayfield, who has lived four years in the Argentine Republic, is to deliver a lecture in Staffs on . Tuesday evening the 21st inst., on "Life in South America." The Rev. Mr. Hodgins, of Seaforth, is also to be present and address the meet- ing. On Thursday night the barn on the farm of Charles Barr, Logan, was burned down as4he result, it is believed, of the dastardly deed of incendiary. The entire contents were also destroyed, including the chief part of the years' crop. The loss is stated at from $1,500 to $2,000, on which there was an in- surance of $850. Says a traveller :—At the first intima- tion of danger, jump- for the upper rail in a railway coach, the bundle ack, the hat spike, anything high up, and draw up your legs. This has saved life and limbs before now ; it may save more in future if we can only bear it in mind and put it in practice when the awful moment comes. On the' evening of Friday week Mr. Latta, principal of the pudlic school of Zurich, was taken by surprise when about fifty of his pupils and ex -pupils took possession of his house and pre- sented him with a fine arm chair and Mrs. Latta with a set of Christy knives, aceompanied by a very complimentary address expressive of the high esteem in which they are held by the pupils. The Parkhill Gazette -Review says :— Mr. John Hord made two entries in Toulouse geese at the World's Fair at Chicago and secured two first prizes, amounting to $20. His agent sold the pair before the close of the Fair for $20. The geese took seven first prizes amounting to $3.75 before they were taken to Chicago. Mr. Herd has therefore received in all for his pair of fowl $43.75 and is not at all inclined to criticise unfavorably our American, cousins. "Messrs. H. O'Hara & Co, Stock and Debenture Brokers, members Toronto Stock Exchange, 24 Toronto Street, have just completed the purchase of $155,000 of the County of Oxford bonds, payable in 20 equal annual instalments, bearing4 percent. yearly. These bonds were issued for paying for the erection of the handsome county building in Woodstock. Messrs. H. O'Hara & Co. have disposed of these bonds to clients i.i Great Britain to yield them 4e per cent. yearly." A good natured, good looking bach- elor, while engaged in hauling stone from his home, near Cotswold, to the Christian church, Harriston, one day last week, found a ladies' mitt. Now he is prepared to return the mitt to the young lady or take the other one, hands, heart and all. We have not. heard the result, but if it works succest- ful we may expect to see our streets and county roads covered with odd lost mitts. We wait the result with anxiety. The Harriston Tribune. says :— The town is full df tramps and Mayor Yule informs us thateverycell in the lockup is full every night, where they are kept locked up until morning. Now th town has a large pile of cordwood dos to the lockup and we would suggest that these fellows cut a cord of wood every night before being taken care of, which will be considered a y theto corporation forentertaining the trapa . This tramp business thrughout the whole country is becoming a great nnsiance and should be dealt with severely by the municipal authorities. County Currency: John Cameron, of Farquhar;; who was stricken with paralysis is improyM ing and able to walk about. Two young lads entered theresidence • of Mr. John Mallott, at Exeter the other day, and stole $1$ therefrom, Thpy were seen by a lady acvoss the street gain admittance by the cellar window, from which they also made their exit. The money was in a hand satchel, which the lads left hanging in the woodshed. 'The editor of the Paris Review seems to be a "marked man." In, hia last issue he narrates that "while on our way home on Thursday night last abont 10 o'clock a gun was discharged. If a shot was fired, at ye editor they missed us. The question to be answer- ed are who flred the shot ? What were • they shooting at, or what was the object? We think it should be in- vestigated ?" By all means, let an in- quest be held. Mrs. Thomas Blain, Market St., Galt, received the sad news of the drowning of her eldest son, Simon Muirhead, in the Lake Huron disaster on Tuesday, afternoon. o Mr 14u' 1 ii head � . , vho Was first engineer on the frieght propeller "Al- , bany," was on the beat at the time of the collision between the "Philadel- phia" and "Albany" which occurred at 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning. The body has not yet been recovered. De- ceased was born in West Flarnboro' and was in his 60th year His mother . who is in her 82nd year and a brother and sister live in Galt. The Wingham Advance says :—There is quite an agitation going on in many of the towns and villiages in this sec- . tion for a reduction in the price of bread. All appear to agree that ten centsis too much to pay for a four= pound loaf, with flour atsuch a low price as it is at present. • There are four bakers in Wingham, and all appear to be pros- . cents, but does no delivering. It costs peeing. • Three of them charge ten cents and deliver it; the fourth charges eight considerable to keep a horse and rig on the road, and we do not doubt but that the baker who charges eight cents per loaf makes as much in the year as the others who keep the price up to ten. Per- haps this maybe a solution of the diffi- culty in other towns. We give this in- formation just for the benefit of these unsatisfied outsider. George Nornabell, of the time -keeper's office at the Grand Trunk Railway shops, Stratford, had his left foot amputated last week. The operation was performed it the hospital, the foot being taken off a couple of inches above the ankle. He withstood the operation well, and is doing very nicely. The trouble which led to the amputation of the foot is of long-standing and started with an abscess on the ankle. The dis- ease spread to the bone, and he has been lame for years. Several operations have been performed in the hope that the use of the foot would be entirely restored, but without avail, and it was found necessary to amputate the injured member to prevent the disease spread- ing. J. H. Smith, manager of the Inger- soll .Locked Wire Fence Co., who was a passenger in the Battle Creek rail- way disaster, has returned to Ingersoll. At the time of the collision he was an occupant of one of the cars that burn- ed. When the crash came his hat was knocked off by A, splintered timber, and his legs pinioned fast by the seat m front of hint. A fellow passenger re- , leased him from his perilous position and he in turn assisted a woman with both legs broken to the ground, which was six feet down. A young couple across the aisle from hien were among the unfortunates burned. Their char- red remains were found in locked arms. In front of him were two sleeping lesi whose feet were towards the stove. The hot stove was crushed upon them and the fire kindled here. The scene is still a terrible nightmare to Mr, Smith,and he states that its horrors are so vividlyimprinted on his mind that a peaceul sleep is yet quite out of the question. At the time Mr. Smith did not think he was injured so badly, but since, such symptoms have develop- ed as to warrant his doctor in declar ing the spine affected and ordering for his patient absolute rest. . • Sheppardton. Miss Jennie Lang, of Benmifler, was visiting old friends in this vicinity dur- ing the past week.—Prayer meeting conducted by Rev. Fairbairn, of Dun- gannon, will be held at the residence of Mr. Wm. Young. A cordial invita- tion to one and all to attend.—Mrs. Chapman and children, whi' have been spending the summer with the lady's parents, returned to their home in Olean, N. Y., Wednesdayof this week. The children will be vermuch missed by their little playmates here. Their many friends wish them a safe and pleasant journey.—Mr. Wm. McCon- nell also leaves for South Africa on Wednesday of this week. We wish him every success in his new field of labor.—The weather at time of writing is very unfavorable for the tea -meeting at the Nile to -night, but we hope be- fore night to see the sun shining as we would very much dislike . to see the numerous young men of Sheppardton disappointed; and several 50c. pieces missing in the good cause on account of bad weather.—Miss Bella Greene was. visiting at the parental residence one day last week.—A mammoth p oughing bee was held on the farm of G. Burrows, jr., Wednesday of last week. • The re- sult was that half of the farm was turned over. The gang were kept itt order by good humored Joe Thompson, Of Colborne, and Dan McClotitl, of this place. The oldest resident of Middlestk died on Wednesday in the person of Mrs. Margaret McLaren. Deceased lived to the remarkable age of 103 years 5 months and 25 days.