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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-02-14, Page 1TIIE HURON 4 EWS-RECORP. TB R IS—$1.50 per Annum, 1.25 in Advance. .SOL. XVI INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS-•NRUTRML IN NOTHING A. M. TODD, Bator end Owner CLINTON. HURON COUNTY, ONT. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1894 Prohibition. Now or Never ! The vote seems to be for Prohibition. If people require any reliable kinds of LIQUORS or ALES (imported or native) now is the time to buy. When total prohibi- tion comes the pure stuff cannot be bought from me or elsewhere. I will sell the genuine article as long as the law permits ; when it does come I will be out of the business. While things remain as they are, I will sell small quantities or ear loads (for less) of Walker's Imperial Rye Whiskey for 76c. a Bottle—the greatest value on earth. CLUB WIIISKEY at the ridiculous low price of 95c. a Bottle. GOODERHAM &WORTS' FINE WHIS- KIES in Wood and Bottle at Diamond Cut prices—highly recommended for medi- cinal purposes. Full Lines of Fine French Liquors, GOLD LACK SEC CHAMPAGNE, and other Bottled Goods. J. W. RITER, THE LIQUOR MERCHANT, • CLINTON Town Topics. M. W. DoHERTY was called to Dun- dalk on business last Saturday. DR. APPLETON has been confined to the house through illness for several days. MR. ARTHUR APPLETON, of the Bank of Montreal and the same city, is in town visiting relatives. MR. CHAS. KELLY, the celebrated bass singer, was among the callers at this office last Saturday. GOLD COIN.—Mr. Isaac Ratetenbury is the possessor of a gold $2 coin of jitNewfoundland issue. MAYOR HOLMES was in Toronto last week attending a meeting of the Press Association. A CHIMNEY BLAZE.—There was a small blaze,though dangerous looking for a time, at the residence of Mr. James Twitchell last Monday forenoon. It was a chimney blaze and was soon got under control without the aid of the brigade. WE ARE CONNECTED.—THE NEWS - RECORD has telephone connection to all parts of the town and the outside world. When you require information from the editor or business in our line just call up THE NEWS -RECORD. The Central will place you in direct com- munication on very short notice. TooK SICK.—Mr. Arthur Cook was up north pruning and grafting trees last week. Not feeling well he con- sulted Dr. Case, of Dungannon. He was advised to return to his home at once and arrived here Friday. His trouble was something like an abscess in the abdomen, but we are pleased to learn there has been nothing serious, although still confined to his room. AN ALL-ROUND SURPRISE.—A sur- prise party of Clintonians visited an old-time friend in Goderich township the other night. About two ar. M. all were in the rig, but the horses refused to move on the homeward journey. Two of the party walked a distance of about seven miles to Clinton and des- patched another driver. The dis- appointed and careworn party arrived in town at eight o'clock in the morn- ing. A "BUSTED" MONOPOLY.—It is not long since John Whyte, Sr., was try- ing to alarm the citizens of this town against the robbery of the • newspaper offices and especially this one. He became in fact so solicitious for the young Liberals that he offered to pay for all their printing for the Laurier demonstration. providing they would get it done out of the town. At that time and up to ten days ago Mr. Whyte was selling sausages at ten cents a pound. About that many days ago Mr. Fred. Davis began to import sausages of a superior quality from In- gersoll and sell them at eight cents a pound. Now Mr. Whyte is selling sausages at the rate of four pounds for twenty-five cents. Since he couldn't make much of a case against the print- ers, Mr. Whyte is now succeeding better in showing the people how they have been robbed heretofore in the price of sausages.—Mitchell Recorder. ATTEND AND HELP THE INSTITUTE. —Sheppard's grand spectacular pro- .- duction of the World's Fair, which will be seen in the Town Hall here on Thursday evening the 22nd inst., under the auspices of the Mechanics' Insti- tute, is said to be a wonderful enter- tainment. The magnificent palaces of architectural skill. erected on the site of Jackson Park and Lake Michigan, which are to he seen, have elicited unstinted admiration and are reproduced on a magnificent scale. Starting in with a scene of the Illinois Central Depot, where people are pur- chasing tickets for their journey to the Fair, one is then led to the Fair Grounds, thence through all the build- ings, etc., until the entire exhibition has been seen, and the return journey to Chicago is made by boat. A most enjoyable evening is the result, and Mr. W. E. Ramsay's songs add greatly to the entertainment. Town Topics. MRs. JOHN SCRUTON is able to be up and we hope will soon be out again. DR. TURNBULL spent Sunday at Milverton, Perth County, his old home. MR. WM. TAYLOR, of Clinton, was in town a few days last week.—Wing- ham Times. MR. H. N. T. COLQUHOUN, of Lon- don, is again in this section in connec- tion with, the fruit tree business. MR. W. SCANLON has returned from London, where a successful operation was performed on one of his eyes. To EXETER.—The Exeter Advocate says :—Miss Whitely, of Clinton, is the guest of the Misses May.—We were favored by a friendly call from Bro. A. M. Todd, editor CLINTON NEWS -RE- CORD, and P. Cantelon, the well-known produce merchant of Clinton, yester- day. SILVER,WEDDING.—Last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Wm.tanbury celebrat- ed their 25th wedding anniversary. There were between 30 ane 40 present, among those from Clinton Mr. and Mrs. N. Robson, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Harland, and Mr. and Mrs. Isaac and- Miss Dodd. A very enjoyable time was spent. THE MAYOR'S FIRST 'CASE.—Mayor Holmes had his first case on Tuesday of last week. The complaint was one of assault against a well-known citizen. The charge was made by the defendant's wife. The evidence was so direct that His Worship levied a fine of $10 and costs—in all $12—or 15 days in jail. The fine has been paid. M. P. P. VISITOR.—Mr. W. M. Dack, M. P. P., editor of the Kincardine Re- porter, was in town last Thursday and called on THE NEWS -RECORD. He came down to see his old friend, ex - reeve A. H. Manning, who has been ill for some time. The worst feature in the make-up of Mr. Dack is that he is a follower of Sir Oliver Mowat. We were pleased, however, to meet the gentleman. MR. THOS. JACKSON, SR., District Deputy of the Sons of England for Huron and Perth, was to have bean in Stratford Monday evening to install the officers of the local lodge, but the great storm intervened and he had to forego the pleasure. A year ago he had the same duty to perforin and reached Seaforth, but could not get further on account of delay by a similar storm. Town Topics. THE MONTHLY FAIR.—Last Wednes- day was fair day in Clinton. The little snow was fast disappearing, which prevented many from being present. As it was there was a fair attendance, runners and wheels being the convey- ances. A number of buyers were pre- sent. Some splendid heavy horses were offered and several sales were ef- fected. With reasonably good weath- er the March fair should prove even more successful. By all means con- tinue the monthly fair. FEBRUARY THUNDERSTORM.—There was a severe thunder, lightning and rain storm in this section last Friday evening. The lightning flashed, the thunder seemed to shake the living and the dead, and rain fell in torrents. Telephones rang up the alarming temp- est, or the alarming tempest rang up the 'phones. Some of our citizens de- clared that the whole earth shook and chinaware and glass goods rattled as though being clashed together by human hands. There was no percepti- ble damage, however. Sleet, frost and snow soon set in and a severe blizzard followed. There is something unusual in having a storm of this kind in February. ROME AND THE P. P. A. --Thad W. H. Leavitt, of Toronto, will lecture in the town hall, Clinton, on the evening of the 23rd inst. His subject will be :— "Rome historically considered and the P. P. A." Mr. Leavitt is the author of "The History of Leeds and Grenville," "Australian Representative Men," "The Jubilee History of Victoria," "The Popular History of Tasmania," and "The Witch ot Plum Hollow." The lecturer recently returned from a trip around the world and will depict the condition of the papa^,y in Italy, France and Spain. THE BAPTIST CHURCH.—There was a very interesting and profitable time spent in the body of the Baptist church on Tuesday evening of last week. The proceedings commenced by singing hymn 522 and prayer by the pastor, Rev. Mr. McKinnon. The well - executed programme consisted ,pf a reading by Miss L. Oliver, recitation by Miss L. Finch, trio by Jennie and Mary McKinnon and Mary Rohh, read- ing by Mr. Hoover, hymn 393 by all, recitation by Jennie McKinnon, duet by Mary Robb and Mary McKinnon, reading by Mr. Prior, address by the pastor, Rev. Mr. McKinnon, and clos- ing hymn 175. NORTH HuRoN L. O. L.—The County L. O. L., of N. Huron, held their annual meeting in the C. O. Foresters' Hall, in Wingham, on Tuesday last. There was eighty-five delegates present. It was unanimously passed to hold the next celebration of the 12th of July in Wing - ham. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. Co. Master, John Mooney; Deputy Co. Master, John Dane; Co. Chaplain, John Wilford; Rec.-Sec., W. J. Perkins;Fin- Sec., J. G. Stewart; Treas., Wm. Mc- Gi11; D. of C. Geo. Walker; Co. Lectur- ers, T. E. Cornyn and J. J. McManus. The next meeting will be held in Wing - ham on the first Tuesday of February, 1895 THE EDEN FONTANA ENTERTAIN- MENT.—We fully expected to see a reasonably large house last Wednes- day evening. The audience was not as large as it should have been. The entertainment was under the auspices of the Town Band. Mr. Chas. Kelly, the celebrated basso, completely en- chanted the audience as his rich voice pealed forth in captivating richness. To be truthful, Mr. Kelly was applaud- ed the moment he appeared, encored moderately midway and brought down the house at the finish of each number. In each case he responded and was again loudly applauded. 'The, Old Church Bell," "The Girl I Left Behind," "The Sea King's Burial," "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep," the guitar solos and "Spanish Retreat" on the mandelin were a satisfying night's entertainment in themselves. Mr. Kelly's rich voice is so perfect, his musical and natural touch so accurate that all were delighted. He has, we believe, no superiors on the Canadian stage in his specialty to -day. Miss Grace Eden is well named. She is a lady of low stature, slight built, with apparently powerful arms. As THE NEWS -RECORD stated last week, she is a show in herself. She weighs hut 96 pounds. A local committee consisting of Messrs. J. P. Tisdall, T. Jackson, Sr., R. Ransford, John Wiseman, E. Holmes,S. Remington, Dr. Turnbull`tnd W. W. Farran in turn took hold of a chair firmly, but the little lady was more than a match for any one or even all of them. Each sat, on a chair in, turn and as Miss Eden pressed her flat hand on the back, upward, chair and human freight raised from the floor and carne down with a thud. Then Mr. Farran sat on Prof. Fontana's knee, Mr. Holmes with face down, lengthwise, between the two, then Wiseman, Turnbull and several others piled like cordwood on top. Miss Grace brought her hands from the bottom to the top of the chair several times, palms only ; finally as she rubbed up the ilnrnense load of human freight moved heavenward and came down with a crash. The lady and Mr. Far - ran took hold of a round stick. She was perfectly upright ; Mr. Farran braced himself to push he,r back ; it was no go ; Miss Grace seemed like an iron post, immovable. Each in turn— two at atime—lifted the little lady; then with the greatest leverage and strength they could not lift her an inch from the floor. Then eight in a circle press- ing down on a small centre poll, with Remington on top, but could not resist the strength of Miss Grace ; she moved them all with apparent ease. The two Fontanas perform great mind reading acts. Miss Eden was blindfolded on the stage, while Prof. Fantana went into the audience and picked various coins, jewels, wearing apparel, &c., and in every case the lady stated the exact figure or article. In one case she gave letter after letter, the name of a bank note, the date on various coins and emblems, the color of feathers, gloves, canes, &c., &c. To give an illustra- tion of Prof. Fontana's mind reading : Ex -Mayor McTaggart, Messrs. Farran, Brewer, Tisdall and R. Ransford were called as a local committee to see that there was no share. Mr. Farran gave aocket knife to some one in the rear ofp the hall who placed it in hiding. Prof. Fontana held the hack of one of Mr. Farran's hands to his forehead (blindfolded) and proceeded almost direct and secured it. It was a condition that Mr. Farran should have his mind on the person he gave the knife to. Then there was a supposed murder—the objects to be" found by the blindfolded Professor were the murdered man, the weapon, the thief and the stolen goods. McTaggart and Brewer were chosen. J. W. Riter was selected as the murdered, and Capt. Rance received the stolen goods, a watch and chain. With Mr. Brewer the ferreting cart was a failure, for some reason. With Mr. Farran the Professor found the murdered man and the weapon, and with banker Mc- Taggart the supposed thief and stolen good were traced. Then Mr. Tisdall was asked by the Professor to set his mind on some one man in the room with a minute description (without say- ing anything). He did so without say- ing anything. While he was thinking the Prof. was blindfolded. Then Prof. Fontana gave a description of the gentleman Mr. Tisdall was think- ing about. On removing the blindfold and scanning the audience Mr. W. Doherty was correctly pointed out. On the whole the entertainment was of a very interesting nature. We were going to say satisfactory, but the hypnotistic and mind reading features were marvels in delusion—satisfactory except for being intelligible. Theband members are to be congratulated on the general success of the affair. COUNTERFEIT SCOUNDRELS.—They are of the Yankee stamp. We warn Canadians to beware of there. Just now Clinton and other Canadian towns and rural districts are being flooded from that hell -hole known as New York City with type -written circulars offering "ones," "twos," "fives" and "tens" at "a great sacrifice." Wahave been handed one of the circulars by a citizen of Clinton who is not "in it." These New York blood -suckers are after good Canadian money and would glory in the disgrace of any unthink- ing Canadian. Our people should be warned in time. We cannot real- ize that anyone here would be foolish enough to invest and dishonor their family, their home and their country. A foolscap typewritten circular, very enticing in its way, a forged newspaper clipping and a. yel- low slip with the words "Important— send me a telegram according to enclosed slipand I will send you a sample ofmygoods," is enclosed. Those of our people who have been offered these "green" goods may save themselves a long term in peni- tentiary by honestly treating such letters with the honest contempt they deserve. Clintonians and our people generally can get along very well with- out knowingly committing crime to sat- isfy criminial Yankees. These "green" goods are not wanted by honest Cana- dians. Town Topics. MR. T. JRCKSON, JR., was in Toronto this week. SALVATION ARMY PRINCE.—The Local members of the S. A. are delight- ed over a recent convert, Prince Galitzine, of Russia, of royal blood. He will sever his family connections, reject all earthly honors, give up his home, income and comfort for the salvation of mankind in Siberia. THE STORM.—As a result of the great wind and snow storm, all trains be- tween Goderich and Stratford were blocked yesterday. The Monday 0.20 p. m. train to Goderich did riot reach the county town until yesterday after- noon. The Western Division was clear and all trains about on time. THE POWER OF ELECTRICITY.—The town electric wires are a great deal more dangerous than many people imagine. Our attention has been call- ed to a case of recent date here when a young man attempted to magnetise two end blades of a pocket knife by placing either end at once on a wire loaded with the electric current. His fingers were burned and the knife dropped from his hand without more serious results. We learn from the Scientific American that water thrown on bare electric wires will convey the electricity to those who hold the hose, which means death from any reason- able'ycurrent. As long as the wires are covered there is little or no danger, but the fact should not be overlooked that water readily conveys electricity. In the case of fire our brigade should_ 'steer clear of the wires, 1 WHOLE NO. 796 Town Topics. REV. E. W. HUNT, of Southampton, well known in Clinton, has received a unanim ous call to the Trivitt Mem- orial Church, Exeter. MASONIC SYMPATHY.—The following timely letter has been sent to to the widow of the late Bro. Peter Camp- bell:—MRS. PETER CAMPBELL—Dear Madam,—We, the members of Clinton Lodge No. 84, A. F. and A. M., take this, our earliest opportunity, of tender ing to you our sincerest sympathy in the deep affliction which, through the mercy of an all -wise Creator, you have so recently been called to pass through. While we deplore the loss of an esteem- ed and worthy brother from our midst whose genial smile and kindly greet- ings will not soon be effaced from our memories, and in whose character was personified the cardinal principle of our order—brotherly love, relief and truth—we bow in humble submission to the will of the Great Architect of the Universe, and fervently pray that He who has promised to be a Husband to the Widow and a Father to the fatherless may grant to you and yours in this your hour of trial that comfort and consolation which He alone can give. May the social and family ties which have been so ruthlessly torn asunder by the cold hand of death, serve to remind us all of our inevitable fate and when the gavel of death shall call us from our labors may we obtain a blessed and everlasting rest in that spiritual edifice not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. TIMELY AND ACCEPTABLE. —The Young People's Mission Circle of the Rattenhury Street Methodist Church are doing a good work. While all Canadians are as a rule forging ahead and general prosperity prevails, there are at the same time those who from time to time in the winter months re- quire assistance. The Mission Circle of the above church had arranged to have Rev. Mr. Kerrin, of Bayfield, present at their open meeting last Thursday evening ; though 'he could not come, he promised to do so later on. Rev. Mr. Buggin, of Blyth, who is always an interesting talker, was also unable to be present. Consequent- ly the management turned to. the home churches. Rev. )1r. Stewart gave a report of the year's missionary work of the Presbyterian church, Rev. Mr. McKinnon of the Baptist, Rev. Mr. Smyth of the Ontario Street Metho- dist, and the pastor, Rev. Mr. Holmes, of the Rattenhury Street church. The reports were limited to ten minutes each and were highly interesting. There was no admission .except in kind. A considerable amount of flour, oat- meal, canned fruit, vegetables and clothing was received and subsequent- ly distributed among the deserving working people of the town. The Young People of tlie Rattenhury Street Methodist Church deserve credit for their thoughtfulness and the very practical execution of their praise- worthy ideas. FROM OLD IRELAND. — The Rev. Canon George L. Tottenham, M. A., of Benmore, Enniskillen, Ireland, and a diocesan representative Canon of St. Patrick's National Cathedral, has been in correspondence with Mr. Wm. Elliott, ot Goderich Township, since the latter carne to this fair Dominion. The Rev. Canon is one of the many uncompromising Irish Protestants, staunch in his advocacy of the unity of the British Empire. Among other thins, the rev. gentleman says in writing Mr. Elliott recently :—"i hope you will be able to tell me when you write that you and Mrs. Elliott and all the family are well and that you have been as prosperous last year as ever. Did you go to the Chicago Exhibtion? I am told it was a wonderful place, but it does hot seem to have been successfnl and the city is in a bad state now, the papers say." * * * * * Speaking of Benmore he says :—"We had the best season ever was known. There was no wet weather from 12th March to 15th September. The meadows and all the crops were the best ever seen and the after -grass was so good people did not know what to do with it." * * * * * ''You heard of course that the House of Lords threw out the Home Rule Bill and since then we have heard but little about it. The English are too busy thinking about the weak state of the Navy—which has been allowed by Gladstone to get into a bad state --to care about, Home Rule for Ireland. There will be a general election soon, it is thought, and the probability is that Lord Salisbury will be Prime Minister once more and Glad- stone will be nowhere. The church here is in good order and the congrega- tions on fine days are very good." * * * * * "The service in the Orange Hall is very well attended. There were 112 in attendance on the 31st of December. We have got a new American (Canadian) organ which is a great improvment on the old Harmon- ium and the music is very good now." * * * * * "We have splendid mus- ic in church and in the Orange Hall." * * * * * "We often talk of you and wonder how you are getting on. I hope you will write a full letter soon and tell us good news of you and your whole family." * * * * * `:Have you had good crops of fruit? We had great abundance ofooseberries and all kinds of fruit last summer and I trust we may have another season like it. We all join in wishing you and your family a happy and prosperous year, good health and God's blessing."— I We would at any time be pleased to hear from the above writer as to the demand in his section for Canadian farm produce, such as pork, cattle, beef, cheese, poultry, eggs, butter, fruit, &c., or on the question of Horne Rule for Ireland. We Canadians are deeply interested in these matters and would like authentic information such as the rev. gentleman would be in a position to im art. Our columns are open to him.—En. NEws-REcoRD.1 Orrin ;amen Gather. SOUTH HURON ANNUAL COUNTY MEETING. The Skating Races. Last Thursday evening the races at the Clinton Palace Rink were a decid- ed success and satisfactory to all con- cerned. The weather was somewhat unfavorable, but the ice was in Netter condition than might have been ex- pected. As to,attendance, Messrs. Cook & Cole arwell satisfied. The town band was in attendance and added greatly to the interest of the proceedings and were applauded on all hands. .Each race was closely con- tested. Theudges wore Messrs. W. P. Spalding, Dr. Shaw and lr'. Agnew ; referees and starters, Messrs. 11. W. Ball and Chief Wheatly ; tuner, W. P. Spalding. Following are the suiccess- ful contestants: -- Two mile race—James McRae 1st, W. (Boxer) Coats 2nd. Candle race, one mile—A. Spooner 1st, Willie Miller 2nd. Lady and Gentleman race, quarter mile—Miss Irwin and W. Coats. Boy's race, half mile—Willie Miller 1st, 1✓d. Cook 2nd. Young Men's race, mile and a half— Will Moffatt let, John Forrester 2nd. If the weather proves favorable there will shortly be two more nights of enjoyment. There will be carnival or races, probably both. All that is requir- ed is a timely visit from Jack Frost. It has been our good luck to he pre- sent at a great many Orange gather- ings for all purposes, but we do not remember ever being at an annual county meeting where the enthusiasm was so general, the attendance solarge, or the harmony so marked as at Exeter on Tuesday of last week. Every dele- gate seemed to be present to legislate with one view—the best interests and general harmony of the Institution. At 10.30 County Master Todd opened the Lodge in due form. In accordance with Grand Lodge precedent he ap- pointed a Striking Committee and the several commrteees named were endorsed by the County Lodge. An adjournment then took place for dinner. At 1.30, when the Lodgewas called to order the beautifulandcommodious hall was so packed that considerable extra seating room had to be provided. Rev. W. McDonagh, a 'former resi- dent of Clinton, was announced. The whole Lodge rose as one roan and his reception was of a most impressive nature as he entered and was accorded a seat on the left of the County Master, while Past County Master, Bro. John Scarlett, ably supported on the right. While the Committees were engaged preparing their voluminous reports, Bro. McDonagh was called on and de- livered a highiy interesting and char- acteristic address. The County Master's address was received with tumultuous applause, as well as that of County Treasurer Beacom, County Secretary Peter Cantelon, and bistrict Masters Neil, Pollock, Cojwell and Deputy Welsh. The address of the County Master was feelingly and thoughtfully referred to by the Special Committee in their report and unanimously. adopted by the County Lodge. The various reports were of a most encouraging nature and showed that South Huron has never had a more progressive or harmonious reign than at the present time. All the reports were adopted. Not the least interesting was the unanimous adoption of a well -worded report strongly condemning and cen- suring the Seaforth Expositor for its untrue utterances in regard to the Orange Order in general and the County Master last year. The contest for the 12th of July cele- bration was between Goderich, Sea - forth and Parkhill, the latter being the winner. The friends of Seaforth then gave notice of motion to the effect that it would • ie moved at the semi-annual meeting in June to allow the South to celebrate at ' Parkhill and to have the County Celebration at Seaforth. What may be the result we cannot say at this early day. The next annual meeting will be held at Exeter in February, 1895, while the date and place of the semi-annual is yet to be named. The election of officers, though some contests took place, were of a very har- monious spirit indeed. County Master Todd was elected to the chair for a fifth term. Following are the officers for the ensuing term :— A. M. Todd, W. C. M., Clinton. John Neil, D. M., Centralia. Geo. Hanley, Sr., Chaplain, Clinton. Peter Cantelon, Recording Secre- tary, Clinton. John Beacom, Goderich Township (Clinton), Treasurer. Wm. Stevenson, Saltford, Financial Secretary. Geo. Hanle, Jr., D. of D., Goderich Towns ip (Clinton). J carlett, Leadbury, Jas. Colwell, Goderich, Lecturers. F. Davis, Centralia, On Wednesday week Mise Nellie Dixon, of Bruce$eld, and Mr. Thos. Snell, of Exeter, were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The core mony took place in Sarnia. Mr David Carruthers, of the Oth con., Kinloss, died in his sleigh while en - route to his home late Saturday week. He was in the village of Lucknow dur- ing the day, and left for his home dur- ing the evening, but never reached it. The cause of death was heart failure. Goderich Township. Last 'Wednesday Mr. Sylvester Hub - baud and Miss Margaret Barr were united in marriage. The couple have taken up their residence near Blyth and their many friends will wish thein long life and prosperity. Mr. Geo. A. Cooper had a wood bee yesterday. Geo. A. Cooper, Geo. Hanley and John Beacom were delegates to the County Orange Lodge at Exeter last week. The Pioneer Patrons will hold an open meeting to -morrow evening. Summerhill. Three delegates from here attended the County L. O. L. of South Huron at Exeter on Tuesday the 0th inst. Mr. James Mair saw a wild -cat a few days ago. He shot at the animal but not being close enough he did not succeed in killing it. The heavy wind storm of Tuesday morning will give the farmers some extra work putting up fences. A calf of Mr. Jos. Watkins broke its neck a few nights ago by trying to sleep in the manger. Its sleeping yet but not in the manger. O Nile. The revival services at the Nile which: started a week ago are still progressing. May much good be done. Last Friday night a heavy rain storm accompanied with vivid lightning and loud thunder passed over this place. Something rather unusual in Feb- ruary. It is our sad duty this week to chronicle the demise of Mr. Geo, Franklin McNee which occurred ort Thursday, Feb. 8th. The death though sudden was not altogether unexpected as he had for months been ailing with a growth on his neck, somewhat of the nature of a tumor. Since about mid-. summer he did not suffer much pain,d and up to:the last he was always able to be up and about the house, though not without assistance. He knew his end was near and we believe he was redly for the call. His funeral which took place on Saturday was very largely attended notwithsta•ndin the inclemency of the weather. His pall bearers were his one-time school mates, Angus and William Gordon, John McKnight, James Johnston, Williams McGrattan, T. G. • Sheppard. His parents and his little brother have the sympathy of the people of the neighborhood. Mr. James Bogie has been for some time on the sick list and but slight hopes are entertained for his recovery. BRUNO. McKillop. Mr. Tomlinson, an elder of the sect calling themselves Latter Day Saints, has been holding meetings here for the last fortnight, and with but poor suc- cess. A pleasant wedding party gathered at the residence of Mr. 'VW/m. Brod- hagen on Tuesday last, when his daugter, Miss Louisa, was united in marriage to Mr. W. H. Douglas. Rev. Mr. Hodgins, of Seaforth, performed the ceremony. A nice social gathering took place at the residence of Mr. James W iltse on Wednesday evening last. We are in- formed that those present had an en- joyable time. Mr. Frank McCulla has let the con- tract for the erection of his new reel dance to Mr. Wilson, of Brussels. It will be a dandy house when completed. Our reeve, Mr. John Bonnewies, has got a large quantity of sawlogs laid at his sawmill on the boundary between McKillop and Logan. Mr. Wm. Drager had a bee hauling wood to Seaforth one day last week. There were 25 teams in attendance. Mr. Weisenburg is doing an active ,business in crushing grain. He twee his threshing machine engine to furn- ish the power. Mrs. Grey, of Hibbert, has been visit- ing relatives in McKillop for a week or two. There is some talk of the Patrons of Industry bringing out a candidate in East Huron. The names of Richard Common and . John Govenlock have been mentioned.