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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-01-03, Page 10'll 'Q>tx>!letx '444111.i $'4I0t 04 Q Oar t'ewtCotem, 'a�in reseI Ong.•blu3. ruin. gyota "Bey. Dr. Robin, sonkauperinterdent, of tntasiens 11a 'ihe lstprt,l1W,eet," ,ae snyit g;' ^ cff the tariff' reznttyltts ae'zzi }tt'esent" ft. i o. dt�llcutt 'farmerfor the io4,get wiX,, nlong.'.:iSo,vt ducted went• stl}ne f#t1'Fbers h ' ' :tea,I of o •see wa l' ao d for.anl t at t � . p. �l, py .i $5 7G. Tice-: ,i�Oox fa finer 1 ,. "If tlli ,`ttaa�al u.e� xn:tins''lz ilt' t, iz`" sent.it. willbee difilee1t qr thy; ,farzt?en' to get along.",:.40 Vii* Males rxre;yns that things are not se, l bad ust no ,NY' for the "poor farrrter. . Jhe;eleotot's. of WVinnipeg would have decftyreil With • protectirnx w th Hu glz •Jon a lliacdpnlyld as a candidate tagailast >1 arbor 'The 41tev,1)r." And our cotetn, are akYuong the agitators' who are will• 'Wing to' preach blueruin for a •pelitical ;11urpose,''"Sts reduced," says the Eev. Doctori4wt'ira seine' farmers that a titaikt of helves woe' sold ,for only $5.75.', This caps the climax. The value of the hides, proba'bl ! pealers who have been fot' years buying horses in this sec,tietalmdl shipping them to the Nortla. weatat.a-good profit will ridicule the , statement, The very idea of 'such being the general state of farmers in the Canadian Northwest is rich indeed At the abive figures dealers hero will 'he enabled to, travel arid pay freight both ways and reship the same horses to our Northwest at a ;good profit. There would be a great bonanza in the horse business for Dr. Robinson right on the spot. Right there' he Could acouinulate a great for- tune in short' order. Evidently he has missed his' chosen occupation. He sherild .,be in the horse business at the fabulousprice of $5.15 a span. VOLUME SIXTEEN. Tris News-RRcoitn has already enter- ed upon it's sixteenth year of publiea- have been connected with the, paper almost from its first incept; tion..t- 9i foreman of Tian HURON .RECORD ' in the fall and winter ..Of 1880=81; partner in the publication Of 'gam GQDERicliNEws in 1881-82; and of:: the late firm of Whitely & Todd, of THERIJR.ori'NEws=RECOED. The name, : otir. eaders will rentember, was derived by tbe+amalganation of the two papers. Nearly fourteen years_ have come • and •gone, the. ',atter twelve being spent by thewriter in Clinton. The iminediate control, manage- ment and editing of: ..the paper, fell to the lot of the writer -during the past fifteen month's. or "more.. We were quite,aware that the task was a difficult one to fellow such an able and polished the.late editor. Mr.. Whitely. jrep'ared to even loose friends ur shortcomings. We, are know. , that we have no really increased our subscrip- 'c£Yitil our circulation is larger • tan a:t anytime in the history of THE FfWS-RECORD:: This during a period whefi a 'certain elass of people are cry - z `a g Bard tunes is gratifying- indeeti. 'During the patstyear We have work- ed hard with the Object of making THE NEWS -RECORD a Model and. firet-class 1oc"" ipaper. If has long been among -the' bet. Although not y4 up to what ave desire, the paLtronage ari"il encourage- •ihetit.is• substantial During the pre- sent year we `h'ope .;to even do better. To our:able staff of':eorrespondents is e a larp measura of credit and we desire 'their eontititred assistance. To the business nien of Clinton we offer a Most 'desirable ad%-ertising medium. Their ,patronage du'r'ing the past year hats been of a .liberal. and progressi tie nature. + very business man, to suc- cessfully advertise, should make the; announcements • interesting forthe reade:•s'i�ndthat's what the live busi- ness me.'n`of Clinton do. Our host of Subscribers we are delight: ed elight- ed to talk. with once a.week. Even though. • we. should not accumulate much of this world's -goods, we like to chronicle the. success of our patrons and'• know' that they are prospering. if very subscriber was paid m advance printing mach Mary would certainly mor{-sinootlly. •Ensuing paper' and, best of labor 'and other ex - 'would be more ,easily met and iff would be kept at shooting st we wish our friends—and esttoo-is every poSsiblepros- ng-the present year. SOHOOL EDADESS AND HON. Q. W. ROSS, sult of the procedure taken by sh•publishers, Burnett & Co., +iter of the Ontario readers, •& Co., have' sent out to tho irculars giving notice that )ken. steps to cotnpel the the High School reader that book from the is an infringement of by that firm. The violations of copy - d great excitement roviuce, especially sere, for they found reed , with heavy ruction of readers olesale deal'et•s in 'tl any, enquires from country tiovr what hope ss, ,But if the d so is the it has taken matter, and titer of Chi - g. Cranks diterepte Should we been ...410 • fl ail leenc d In .4.. alonfli±i<tr be- twer fah and Nz.•onloll 'troops in, Thin `in .dant wonld be:, a erloyle h ,its. enough. , :an 4aae#ei bat it booeme#, _positively 4lal�ln g , vhen it. tire. m en►a " ored tltb,'the I:,pk� place. int 1zrtzictover AtscRrn and�'ra4 e both claire 4YWnt'�r 3111! a lit ',the, hist..century wars between the two Ia4Wei.•a occurred' more thhan 0o00 8$ a result.'Of like • causes arising ouster in. India cr~,&ttlerleas Tut will net be :tt%atter of surprise it this Affair in the dark 'continent Proves...the begin, n.'nf of another struggleths,t will uuake ,.the earth tremble. Relaatiolts between the two ct unities, Are ?tlieydy.stlrained, The. British oi: uul►a rtiQ z o .it V tis, 4 rozlstant Source sof irrittltion to .F1' the dispute over tho.pt.ssoasions: of thu 'Newfoundland coast is an elver op+I1 Sore, and there,. wati last year ' anayrziow, escape from' 'hostilities in'.cSiani. There 'issilo,to'Ge borne iia reit", h e fitct that the and'vy were never so strong as ti -day,. and the cimfidonce in these forces has been txntele all the greater lay 'reason of tile recent Russian demonstration, at _Ton- 10If. Taking a,11 these facts into considera- tion, we ntay be prepared ever''to hear thayt France ,purposely arranged for the event announced Friday for the delib- erate purpose of brining on a struggle. In any case, the die atches of the next few days on which hangs they� question of peace or war, wilt -be eagerly looked for. w. DA AND A US7'RA LA. Canada has taken tii a initiative in the policy of esta'blisl ng clown relations between herself a td ,Australasia. The mission of Mr. Mackenzie Bowell, the Canadian Minister,of Commerce,' to the governments of the Australian colonies has evoked hearty response. As, a result, a conference will, it is under- stood,•„ shortly assemble in Canada to. promote trade and to arrange for a cable 'between the two great colonial continents. Of thealternative routes proposed for this cable—the shorter crossing French territory and the lotlg- or. touching British posscessions only— the latter alone' will be seriously con- sidered. The electric link `connecting 'the Dorniniorjy.and the nascent Corn- inonwealth is much too precious, from the Imperial point of view, to 'be ex-' posed for the length of a single inch to the control,and caprice of any foreign, power. That Australians are not be- hind Canadians in the new enterprise is evident from' the statement that Sir Thomas' Mcilwraith ..has yielded the premiership of Queensl'end to Mr. Muir Nelson in orecs� . to find time for a• journey to Canada on this business. The new ,Premier, who 'still has Sir Thomas in his cabinet, is faced with a recrudescence of the separation moveL went in the north. Mr. Bowell, mean- while, is in Canada again, having stop- ped at Honolulu on the return journey to preach the gospel of the. proposed cable.:—/From "The Progress ofthe World," in the January Review of Reviews, ENGLAND'S NAVAL. •SUPMJJtACY. 'One, proof that the imperial temper has not quite died out among the 'Eng- lish is • the unanimity with which all parties hisist,`at least in words, on the maintenance of naval supremacy. The approaching expiry of the Naval De- fense act; the apprehensions aroused by the Franco-Russian alliance and the. opening., of the '. French harbors in the `' Mediterranean to Russian men-of-war, 'together with the com- .parative weakness of .England's fleet in those waters, have given rise oto a vigorous agit tion with'a view to snaking the British Navy what it should ,be. The absolute necessity of maintaining the command of all thee' seas is admitted by mein not generally suspected . of Imperial enthusiasm. Mr. John Morley, speaking at Manches ter, declared that England must main- tain an "all-powerful" navy. ford Charles Beresford • requires minittiuun standard of efficiency alPeet one-third greater. than any possible combination of two hostile fleets. At present England hag sunk far below that point. To reach it al%ill require an outlay of several niillion pdunds. Mr. Gladstone at .last seems ready to con- sent that the aspirations expressed by Lord S'pencer on the one hand, and Mr. John Morley on the other, shall he fulfilled to the letter.—From "'the Pro - stress of ,the iVor'ld," in the January Review of Reviews. HE PROHIBITION VOTE. What the result will be is hard to say just now. As to whether the Prov- ince or Dominion have the power to prohibit is before the Supreme Court and will likely be carried to Privy Council. This will consume a great deal of time. Sir Oliver can limit the licenses, but it is doubtful if he can refuse to grant any. The testing of the McCarthy license act a few years ago goes to prove thltt liquor is an article of "Trade and Commerce." The Do- minion receives annually a revenue of about $8,000,000 from this branch alone, while the Prot ince is' dependent for a good figure from the issue of lic,,enses• To show the trend of opinion in politi- cal circles, we append the opinions of Sir George E. Foster, Finance Minister, and Senator Scott,' the father of the Scott Act :— 'The vote', said Mr. Eoster, 'is certainly a remarkable one, the majori- ties being large and uniform in the cities, and I think we may take the actual vote as the fair relative vote of the electorate. 11 this be so the call is a strong one. It of course does not decide the question of Ontario, as the matter voted on is not acknowledged to be within the jurisdiction of the province; but it tnay be fairltaken to indicate the position for Ontario on the larger question. As to the revenue it retakes, no difference, 'so far as mere revenue is cemented, Whether it he raised on tea, coffee and by a direct ,ice ; „ The "is the �ile a a d ti its for there.. aloe de. attavo,ever;wlshed to•. do. in *off' a`'tln• thfa,tvaa, tis• Ill4ke it' clear that at veutacttitanidhava to be rti1004 sothat.therewooldhenonalatake, Peralonally !t have nealeahka.:anti never hay hada 474114 if the wastetexpense and' rale entailed by: drink were done, away. wikit. the Country, could well,. afor'd to • ay three bines the'.taxes fxz.a1, Slifer en. t war: Oi'ikalaST 3IO,:PIrS.. T' •:tit() illail i 'When!itvas state ` that he cos. t of the plebiscite would. he ate upotr the municipalities, the an. ow = ' given was ` that as the polls :were z'pgn for the municipal elections^ it would be very little additional expen:3e• '$) tae a vote on prohibition. ' The Dut das Banner points out, however, that in that place If it were not for the pleffisciteonprohibition there would. be no need: of opening the polling booths' at all." This is the case in many, other places. In fact, itis be - conning clear that Sir Oliver has eco- nomised at the expense of the muni eipallties. Dr. 'Ryerson has shown that Sir Oliver Mowat lana so many of his, rela- tives in office that there is no "room at present ,for anyone else, and should any vacancy occur he 'has always relatives growing up to All them, In- deed, if Sir Clive-.: hplds on a ftw more sessions, • until .the offspring of the knightly house grow up, he will be able to make the Government service a family concern. Di. Ryerson promises to handle Hon. Mr. Hardy next. ` Owing to the difference in terms and classifications', it is not easy to compare the duties on manufactured goods in - the proposed new Wilson Bill and the Canadian tariff, The Montreal Gazette gives the following instructive list showing that the Wilson Bill duties are still far higher in many respects than those in force in Canada : • , Canadian Wilson Duty p. c. !bitty p. c. Grey cotton 24 - 25 Ginghams and plaids30 30 Prints r . 3244 30 to 40 . Handkerchiefs'' '°''‘'' 25 40 Thread - 4• .25 ' 35 'Velveteens 20' 35 .. Towels '25 35 Clothing 35 40 lJnenutnerated Wool- lens ...... .,21) 35 lankpts • 50 25 to 35 "loths 33 40 Coatings 36 40 Tweeds • 32 46 Shawlaic' • 25 40 Cloak's, jackets,, etc31 ».,45 Flannels ' 33 25 to 40 Shirts and drawers 30 40 Clothing 33 ' 45 Piece silk goods 30 45 Hosiery 30 45 Ribbons 30. 45 , Shawls 30 45 Clothing 30 50 Earthenware; 30 tb 35.20 to 45' Glassware 20 to 35.30 tot , Window glass , ..20 35 to 63 PRESS OPINIO: & THEY -ARE WELL LOOKED AFTER. Ontario's Superannuation fund is an expefsive one. To provide for sixty- three friends of Sia Oliver Mowat, who are nortninally,,,•deglstrars, the people are taxed $113,810. This gives each an annual ypension of $1,800. ` The super- annuated politicians of Ontario think well of the Mowat 'Government.— Toronto Government.Toronto Mail. . , WAS RENTON .i'r :P. A. MAN. • - There were three candidates running ,for mayor in Hamilton, and thc?;,Spec- atator offered prizes to thecae who would come the closest by guessing to the actual number of votes .pollytl.. by each candidate. Mr. Wm. Reitz ton was the winner . of the first. prize and he tint Stewart at 4,300, within 11 of obrrect ; Carscallan at 2.500, 128 short; and Van Allan 1,300, 32 shirt. The guess was made on the ?0th Dec.—Galt Re,porter.f' 'SENATOR SCOTT'S Oi'INION. Senator Scott, father of the Scott act, said the voice in favor of prohibition is such that it is the duty of the provincial' legislature to carry it into effect as far as -in its power. It controls the saloon and shop licenses, and should next sea- son. enact a law prohibitory to the further issue of licenses and attach severe penalties for selling by retail. With the federal parliament rests the responsibility of prohibiting the manu- facture of liquor in the provinces of Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Ontario, which have pronounced so strongly in favor of prohibition.' HE IS FEELING SHAKY. Mr. M. Y. McLean, editor of the Seafovth (Ont.) Expositor, the Liberal candidate for the Legislature in South Huron, is for good reasons highly respected and vnlued by his party. He says he will give the Mowat Govern- ment an independent support, and if any'question arises upon which he can- not go with it, he will submit the case to the South Huron Liberals, and retire if the convention thinks that course necessary. Either Mr. McLean is not over=stocked with confidence in him- self or he is inaugurating a system that will bring the electors more closely into touch with their law -makers, giving the people a liberal voice in Provincial legislation.—Buffalo Ex- press. SOLID AND COMMON SENSE Some of our exchanges are discussing the question of anonymous writing to the press. We have always held that much of the most valuable matter from newspaper correspondents is an- onymous. When a writer gives his ideas over a nom de plumee he can divert public attention from the individual to the merits of what he discusses. When the individual allppere he is often un- justly assailed and the real merits of what he writes lost sight of. Where anefl net's Writing is abused it is 'usu- ally the fault of the editor as much as. of the correspondent. Thera are manny, things which a correspondent Might be permitted to say over his own signa- ture which should never be admitted over a nam de ptume.—Woodstock. Sen- tinel -Review, 4Zw4vlt ptiamsu,kttrt. Mai tar Sam ltil. R., of Lindsay, Nva , the eitY yooterday bearing a small plaster on the 'bridge Of his nose, $140 says It ,oreu7rred, itx a legitimate fussy --in •aaplil>tin •, wood,„ 4a' tlfo .cos" ,. ta. •o �a' a c. iqu. y tfy disG Much was not Pres- ent there za net Much reaSen for doubt, ,ing the story. Th s" .ll d..i tcrs the Grand o Gxzid , range • .lnsutancasociety oiBritish ��erG&a Albon_ML�Qw Sam is One, attar here- this_ week 'tit work., on the books for the' gl anter lust closed,`, ,-,..Toronto 'World, • tertETh' Ta THE eoirai; IrIc co hot bola srrseive t's',ponesi'ip,tgr tttterancop v correspondents or opinions expreitied under thus hexad, --J , ,41it$,BROO,itp: THAT APOLOGY, 7'o dlie Editor of yIhe Arco -140)V. S111,• --I see 141r, H. Holpnes apologizes ;inour paper for slandering Kennedy and Cantelon through the columns of the Fra- It quite proper for This NEWs-REcox u to insert the apology, but surely you 'are aware of the fact that the " following statement in the apology is not true:— - "I have tried to keep it's (the Era's) col- ¢tns"n free frons personalities, and hare not knowingly said, hitherto, *anything that was calculated to wound Me ,feelings of anyone.' People Alto have lived in.this section for any tinge know that the quotation is a base and designed fabrication. 1: could name at least a dozen cases in town and country to ,show that the above sjaternents are absolutely not truer rs in the interest of TRUTII. Jan. 4th, "FRE WILL" STRIKES BACK. Tedi+ r Huron Naws•Record. MY DEAR SIR,—I observe that "Pro- hibitionist" styles my letter to you a curiosity and monstrosity. Self-suffic- ient risen have before this classed then writings of Shakespeare and even the Bible itself as curious and monstrous. Surely my poor effusion cannot be expected to escape. Those critics claimed they could improve upon and repute the secular and divine classics I have referred to. For obvious reasons they never did. To the pure all things are pure ; to the prurient all things are salacious. The statements of Prohibitionist will not carry much weight if I am to judge of his facts in the New Era of Dec. 15, one of which is that there can be met "any/ day here (a little town of 2,000; or 3,000) from ten to fifteen su:h (drunken men), in from fifteen to twenty minutes." This needs na comment, it is so notoriously untrue. In my former letter there was some confusion in the type setting owing quite likely to my execrable penman- ship. I have tried to snake this more legible. , Yours FREE W ILL. APOLOGY. Td MEssns. D. B. KENNEDY AND D. CANTELON. GENTLEMENy,—I hereby apologize to you fo the publication of a letter in last eek's New Era .signed "Genuine Fair Play." Personally I can testify that eflections,pn both of you were unci iedfor and:Pot true. Mr. Wilkie certainly owes an apology• for the language contained in the letter, for I have ovee; nown'ou as good citizens and your names above reproach. Fur- ther, neither of you I -would consider ianorant or illiterate, but rather core- iieteht-husinoss men, and such a letter appearing before the electors giving you no opportunity whatever to reply through the press before the election, is pot7'fair play. I have always tried to keep my columns free from personali- ties, and have not knowingly said, or allowed others to say, hitherto, any- thing that was calculated to wound the feeling of Anyone, and this par- ticular letter would certainly not have appeared, had any attention been given to its contents. My only excuse is that in the press of business incident to publication day (the letter conning to the offlii:e Thursday) the expressions of the coriimunicationn were entirely over- looked by me, and I am sorry for the ,unintentional pain its publication has =given you. Very truly yours, DART. HOLMES. Belgrave. Miss Grace Taylor is visiting friends in Paris, Mr. W. J. Russell of Dalnth is spend- ing the winter at his old home in Morris. • A great many in this locality have been laid no with la grippe. The annual meeting of the East Wa- wanosh Agricultural Society will be held in Livingston's Hotel on Thursday llth Jan., at one o'clock p. m. A box -social under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of Knox church will be held at ohe residence of Mr. Geo. Taylor on Thursday evening Jan. 18th. The annual meeting of the congrega- tion of Knox church was held on Tues- day afternoon. Mr. Thos. Archer, Hullett, has purchased a fine young short horn bull from Mr. R. Corley, Belgrave. We,congratufate Mr. Arthur in having secured so fine an animal. \Yl basil. Mr. A. ' Hyslop has returned fronr Stratford. • Miss McWhinney has returned from Toronto. Mr. Frank Shore has returned from Toronto. The Loyal Orange Lodge ,District Lodge of Turnherry met in the Orange hall, Wingharn, yesterday. A frill re- port of the officers elected will be given next Week. One of the most disastrous fires which has taken place in Wingham occurred on Sunday evening when the undertaking and furniture store of Cornyn Bros., was completely destroy- ed. The fire started in the workshop but from what cause it is impossible to find .out as there had not been at fire in the stove in the workshop since last Wednesday. The probable loss will be about $2,000. The stock is insured in the Welt$ggton Mutual for $800, and hi the Pe4 th Co., for ,$ 9�00. Cornyn Bros. intend starting in Dr. McDonald's now block avid expect to have a complete new, stock opened by the first of next week. • WHAT'S MORE SUITABLE ? WHAT'S MORE ECO ING? WHAT'S MORE STYLI For a 1,'tl than. one, 11 of the 1 A ai; this store,They re', •C . 1s. of beaifly, and fid meet perfectly, ' Then ,: they 0660 10 * little, ,/ DP,&$BST(JffS;- offered by thisstore � re the very Newest anl ��t�at things.; to be found anywhere, We. have scanned every', available stunPle in order to lay, before our people only what we are :sure is=choice and we believe ..we are Sh oir- i� one of the richest and choicestic;st Stocks te be seen side the cities. MENS &80.r.$ OVERCOATS' are here "in great abundance at every price and make and it talees very little money to buy here, en's and Boys Suits, Every conceivable color and makes. Prices lowest. the very GILROY &':\ATITS.E.MAN, THE POST -OFFICE STORE SUMMERHILL, ONT. `01IOICE GROCERIES. DRY-G000DS, &c., &c. Our .expenses are low and .our Customers get the benefit. We wept, aYOUR trade. It will pay You to inspect our stock. lat'SEE OUR DRESS GOODS. Produce Taken. Geo. M. Kitty, General Merchant. TIIE POST -OFFICE• STORE, SUMiiERHILL. E3titilihn1, in Clinton, 1851, It is about titne we discussed Fall Overcoete with you, as the cool even• ings and fresh mornings will compel us+ to adorn ourselves with heavier cloth- ing. You know our record in the past regarding these goods, and wit hope to do betel• in the.future. Come and in- spect our Fill.Overcoats and Suits, as we know you will be pleased. They are all our own make, and we can show. you both the goods and trimmings in the place, which usually satisfies, moat people as to quality. rhe style and finish will speak for themselves. Now for the most important item, the price, and who is in it with us ! The Great One Price Clothing Honer. TMS. JACKSON, Huron St„ - Clinton. 4 Rayfied. The following is the Municipal Coun- cil for 1804 :—Reeve, Geo. Woods ; Council, Dr. Stanbury, T. J. Marks, Jas. Fowlie, Geo Erwin, all by acclama- tion. Trustees—J. Pollock, J. Whid- don, T. Cameron, newly elected; J. Mor- gan, W. Widdon, J. Ferguson, from last year. Prohibition vote—For 52; against 37. House of Industry—For 20 ; against 20. MR. EDITOR :—I ask leave to write a few lines to.your paper and trust you will give me space without referring to old D. S. or red dresses. A few of the gents were entertained on New Year's night. After having a good time cracking jokes and indulging in tither sports the mazy dance came and also "Old Dan Tucker." The softer sex were very much praised in dancing the ripple. One enjoyed tripping to "Little Sallie Water sitting in the sun." The music being played in hops it was difficult to keep the quick step time. After a hearty lunch all repaired to their homes well pleased.—Com. Egmondville. Mr. Hugh Clarke, of this town, died Saturday at 4 o'clock, at the age of 84 years. He was born in the county of Sutherlandshire, Scotland. He was a well informed man and was considered a first class Gaelic scholar. Hay. The following is a correct report of the standing of pupils of S. S. No. 3, Hay, at the close of the year 1803: 5th Class.—Arthur McAllister, Jane Curry, Chas. Blackwell. 4th Class.—Agnes Hagan, Lettie For- rest, (Jane McSherry, and Viney Curry --equal.), 3rd Sr.—Lizzie ,Reichert,' Ida Troyer, Arthur Dignan. 3rd Jr.—Florence Dignan, Chas. Curry, (Lin Richardson, and Orville Ehnes-•-equal. ) 2nd Sr.—Errick Gorby,Frank Hagan, Nellie Gorby. 2nd Jr.—Bertie Volliok, Matldie Far- quhar, Prank Farquhar. Part II Sr.—Noah Kuepfer, Mary Troyer, Willie Love. Part II Jr.—Jimmie Troyer, Alice Curry, Harry Caldwell. Part I.—John Gorby, Nancy iiuepfer, Charlie Farquhar. Sheppardton. Mr. Geo. Foster returned to Oscoda on Monday. We•wish him a safe jour- ney. Miss Ada Graham has gone to Luck - now to spend a couple of weeks with her sister. Miss Moss and Miss Hetherington, of the Nile, attended service here on 'Sun- day morning. Mr. G. W. Graham was elected school trustee in piece of Mr. Burrows, who held the position for a great many years. If size has anything to do to- wards filling the position George will be a whale. Mr. Burrows returned to St. Albans, Vermont, on Saturday, where he holds a position on the railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hawkins gave a pleasant little party on Fridayy evening in honor of theiruests, Miss Celia Claflin and Miss Kate McDonald, of Detroit. Every person present spent a very enjoyable time. Dungannon. Miss Whyard has commenced her duties at the Nile school. We wish her success. J. A. Girvin returned to Winnipeg op Friday last via Toronto and Chi- cago. Thos. Treleaven, one of our oldest settlers, died last Tuesday. His funer, al took place on Thursday to Dungan- non cemetery. Tho Christmas entertainment in the Methodist church was a success everyway. Wregret to report the serious i; nese of Mrs. H. Duff. Mrs. S. Sande son and others are also afflicted la grippe. Wm. Hiles left on Monday, nd inst,, for a four month's course at te Busi- ness College in Hamilton: Dungannon did its part in roiling up a good vote for the Plebiscite. Itis pitiable to see old men who are per- haps recording their last vote to do so in favor of drink. It is no less sad to find our young men doing the same. But th& number in favor of the drink curse is everywhere growing beautiful) less. Owing to Rev. Mr.Fairbairn's beautifully. . from la grippe the Methodist and Pres- byterian congregations united last Sabbath morning, Itev. Mr, Rogers preaching. ,