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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-10-23, Page 1lases pete vII° or goads. Utu3 1.99 t#.sv+siitaee. oW in stock new lines. of Eaxiolaioa Rum, Hennessy ootoh and'Irigh Whisky, $andormall,. Vol Wine (strictly sok inedloteal purposes:, . alker'e Imperial Whisky tie ted a: good, general selection of shelf goods. • ennedy e Clanton. Liquor Store. DO Xou KNOW GOOD THING W EN. YQU SEE Iriewswonrommeasmm SIT ? 80 ''W is *OUR 'WAY TO mode's Jewelry Store. am`offering my business for sale n accoutitof failing health, but be- nre'; getting a purchaser have to -tr due() stock. To do this, going to sell at Cost.'w p.. ? Simply because it will pay ine,t,''better to take cost from you khan-:to„take less from who ever boys my business. fa; all there's to it. I bene - ,yo ,11,;. benefit equally with me. eiythitng' goes at Cost, (#ch s,Clocka, Jewelry aud Silverware Cwti t the money. If you want the on ,Vit along, was will trade =Ouic”goods for; Your Cash. BID MBE. SUtf `MON. TUE :WED •Tf1U FRI .5g .fir• ' .:1 2 3 4 5 '.-6:'',-`7.; .8J.: ;5.. 1 O 13 12 13, 14"'I5` 16 17 18 19 ZO`s :':2.1:' :Z2 23 24 2:5 26 ,:z8 29 30 31 P ..e) Town Topics. FAM RRENTEri.—Mr. Charles A l.lan- son;.,along with his father, has rented ,t Mr.:iS ':Pike's splendid 150 acre farm in Hullett near Kinburn for a term of flvo .years. Possession was given last The: ay and Charles is now on the farlrf+ TIMI lettnePOWt3I R PLOT. --On the evening+ of Tuesday, November 5th, the nienbers of L. O. L. No 710, will have a reunion'in.their hall, when Rev. Bro. Stout will deliver an address bearing on 'she important historical event. The 'members of neighboring lodges are most cordially invited to he present. The Object of the meeting is for mutual improvement and no admission will be charged. 1 u WERE CORRECT. --Our town cotem.,gives the lie to the statement made by 'run NEWS -RECORD last week in regard to .some fiend mutila- ting ,the tongue of a horse in Clin- tbn Whrit we said we know to be • true. od inad'e the matter public in the best•interests of the community. Just why`s►ny ehief.magistrate should desire to,cOyerrup crime of this or any other kind•'`18 beynnd our comprehension. The;perpetrator should, if possible, he broughtto justice, and our cotem. only beteo willingto warn the public of the presotnce of any monster in human Pori r;t. Wo.or ART.—The W. D. Fair Co. have on exhibition in their window a very fine water color drawing of an evening scene on the Sussex, Eng., i'iver.Adui' Which runs up from Shore - hark on the English Channel through fnuol><> historic ground by Bramber Castle, And Many peaceful villages. Tlydp; leture'is a very faithful rendering Of , the. ateriospheric•effect and color of the tittle .of day depleted and reflects '°, reat. credit' .on. the artist, J. Ades Clintofi Inb, hold its oven in .matte .arrtistic, .tVg( itliany town of its size; In •Canada., with handsome mount- ing ;df the;,liicturp adds, to its appear - ha .I► 'Odd elrecilnen of the NtIYt-e , a .. r Falb Oo'e. ark n` this Inc.l 1vA i'Alvn r pi 4 p& T .ufTc s,lii$1TTli4rr AAT NoratKq I'TQ ITRON CUUNTY; ONT WgDNESD,AY: OCTOBER 23,, 1,895 Town Topic& W'AVE'S A'TING..—The most' popular country editor, as Well •as. the most popular'' country' preacher, ' is, the one who avolds treading on anybody's toes; Such an aor , or such a preacher, however, rnu necessarily be a hypo, fete; forever an endowed with ti brains must bave gpiir%ons, ideas and convictions cif 1!is own, and should not hesitate to express them in a, proper way when occasion requires. "Policy" controls toomany people and makes moral cowards of lots of men. PATRONISEAD vEETlsERs.-.-The read- ers of a newspitper•should make it a point to patronise its advertisers, for if it were not for the advertising patron- age the subscription price would have to be doubled in order to afford the publisher any profit. Moreover, those who are not afraid to advertise their wares liberally must have faith in their yalue, and the buyer can be, reasonably certain of getting .a good article. The rule of shrewd advertisers is, first, to be sure you have a good article, then advertise liberally. OUR Jwi , "THE HUGGER."—We are inclined to the belief that we have a "Jack, the hugger," m Clinton,tOf late young ladies have been rudely molested on several different streets by a young man hugging them without warning or permission. , In each ease the aggressor lies been frightened off, but a "warm" reception* he no doubt will soon meet with. We notice that a Woodstock "hugger" has been iden- tified and is now rn the toils. These unceremonious huggers should take warning and desist. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.—special meeting Monday evening. The princi- pal reported that all teachers agreed to reengage for 1896, with one exception. Miss M. Doherty and Miss B. Sheppard were engaged at a salary of $225 each per annum for 1896. Owing to the in- creased attendance in the primary de- partment, at present on half time un- der one teacher, it was imperative to secure an extra teacher. Accounts were ordered paid as follows :—J-. A. Fowler, $6; D. C. Strachan, coal, $138.82; telephone account, 70c; Geo. Gordon, work, $6.44; hauling coal, $8.30. The furnances so far have bave given ex- cellent satisfaction. CERTIFICATE OF CHARACTER.—The. editor of the Seaforth Expositor, in speaking of the "unfair horse deal" at Bayfield the,other day, gives the editor. of THE NEWS REcORD this certiflcafe of character:—"It may seem strange, in View of what we have related, but it is. perfectly true as we can vouch—that the erudite editor was in. good,girl= pony while at Bayflejd and when he left for home, and although wet out- side he was perfectly DRY INSIDE." Although in the company of our es- teemed confrere until we left Bayfield, we cannot vouch as to whether he was rRY INSIDE or outside, because he was there when with "a scientific flourish of the whip and reins" we drove off. How the other Clinton editor can ex- plain his position on the "unfair cow deal" will probably ever remain a mys- tery, as he was not away from home and a "double certificate of character" should not even be required or de- manded. "QUEER PEOPLE.".—This will be the subject of a lecture by Conductor Sni- der in the town hall on Thursday even- ing, October 31st. The press of Ont- ario and the Maritime Provinces speak in the highest terms of Conductor Sni- der's new lecture. The Toronto Globe says:—"His genial countenance and strong personal magnetism were much in his favor • in securing the sympathy of his nudience; When once obtained, however, he had no difficulty in retain- ing it. Conductor Snider's next ap- ppearance will be eagerly looked for." The. Montreal Star says:—'His plain, impressive, earnest manner, and unique illustrations, drawn from every day. railway life, gave to his remarks a peculiar interest, heightened at times by a homely butmanly eloquence." The Mail and Empire says: --"He is earnest, firm, logical and charmingly eloquent. He held the breathless at- tention of his hearers." The Montreal Witness remarks :—"The Conductor's earnest, eloquent, forcible' and impas- sioned words thrilled and moved to tears the vast audience." In addition to such flattering comments the Con- ductor is well and favorably known in Clinton and a full house should greet the talented lecturer. THE NEW DRILL CORPS.—The other week we referred to the new drill corps organized by Capt. Combe. The com- positor, by mistake of course, in the hurry made in one case the word "corps" read "corpse." Everybody. knew of course that a corps is a body of troops, and that the word properly appeared in the first instance in the paragraph. But in the second instance the word appeared "corpse," which means a "dead body." THE NEWs- REcoltD had no intention of slandering the new drill corps, because it is by no means a dead body. In fact it is very lively, having over thirty active mem- bers and a good attendance at muster. People, however, do not know that every column in a newspaper contains from ten to twenty-two thousand dis- tinct pieces of metal, the displacement of one of which would cause a blunder or a typographical error. And yet some people think it strange when they can find an error in a newspaper. When they see a word with a wrong letter in it or a misplaced one they are sine they could have spelled the word right and they are happy for a while. We are pleased to state the new drill corps is not a "corpse," for ex-Capts. Forrester and Todd, Capts. Patterson, Rance andLieut. Shaw have been creat- ed honorary members of it. Tho organi- zation of such a body should he taken advantage of by every young man in town. There is great benefit to he de- rived from a drill corps, aud those .ur who niieb joining it may Spend their`, leise time ts a mach more unprofitable `witty. Town' Topica• manor Tarry of $u pN.--A special Meeting of WS -Presbytery was held last Tuesday at 011nton, when the call from Leeburn and Union church, to Rev. James Hamilton was sustained. The call was signed by seventy-six 'Memi;ers and fifty-four adherents, and prptnised•an annual stipend of $600 and et least two weeks' holidays. The Presbytery hope to have the stipend raised to $800 bya grant from the Augmentation: nd of .he 'church. Mr, Hamilton havingintimated his acceptance of the Cal, his induction was fixed for Tuesday, the 29th inst., when the Presbytery will meet at Union church at 1.30 p, m. Rev. Jas. A. Anderson was appointed to preside and address the,,, people, Rev. Mr. Graham to preac, and Rev. Mr. Muir to address the minister. PAY As You Cro.—Modern philoso- phers haye utter y failed to fotrratulate an axiom containing better advice than this : "Pay as you go !" It is pecul- iarly applicable to newspaper readers and is specially dedicated to NEws- RECORD subscribers. The man who pays up promptly and regularly has the satisfaction of feeling that what he is using is his own, and the knowledge of that fact cannot fail to make him happy. No condition in life is so close- ly allied to heaven as happiness, and no single act should be conducive to greater pleasure than that of paying promptly for a paper which brings tidings from far and near as regularly as the -week rolls around. THE NEws- tECORD fills the bili admirably, andit devolves upon you, dear reader, to return to the publisher, without un- necessary delay, some reasonably ade- quate measure of compensation. Your dollar will do it! THE COLLEGIATE BOARD MEETING.— A meeting of the Collegiate Institute Board was held on Monday evening, Oct. 21st, in the Clerk's office in the Town Hall. The members present were Messrs. Scott, Plumsteel, Hoover, Jackson, Foster and Dr. Shaw. The secretary presented the report of In- spector Hodgson who visited the school on Oct. 11th and 12th. The following extract indicates the tone of the report: "I have to report that this Institute is in a very efficient con- dition. The grading on page 2 of this. form,shows my estimate of the charac- ter of the teaching in the various de- partments." The grading of the character of the teaching referred to above is as follows :—(Explanation—I. Ecod, II. fair, III. poor, IV. bad); nglish I.; Mathematics I.; Science I.; Classics I.; French and German L; Commercial (Book Keeping and Draw- ing) L; Drawing I.; Reading L; Drill, Calisthenics and Gymnastics I. It will thus be seen that every teacher has received the highest grading attainable. The Inspector further states that the time -table is well arranged, that the division of duties among tea:hers is satisfactory as is also the rates of pupils to teachers. That the discip- line is "excellent" and that the general character of the work of the last class of Entrants and also of the other pupils is "good". The report is a most gratifying one in every respect and closes with the statement that "The pupils seem duly appreciative of the efforts that are beingput forth in their behalf." The Inspector recommends the purchase of some additional ap- paratus for the science room. That part of his report was referred to the property committee. The Principal recommended the placing of a system of electric bells in the class rooms and generously donated his examination fees towdads the expense of the equir- ment. The Board decided to adopt the recommendation and ordered the purchase of a clock for the purpose. The property committee was instruct- ed to examine the desks in some of the class rooms and ask for tenders to re pair thein. The following accounts were ordered to be paid :—Davis & Rowland $4.30, Hodgens Bros. $1.99, Ogle Cooper & Co. $2.57, D. Gardner $10.00, E. Herman $1.00, Geo. Rum - ball $2.25, Robt. Holmes $4.50, W. D. Fair Co. $53.37, Map and School Supnly Co. $33.91, E. McLean $1.65, W. E. Rand $1.01, Wm. Cooper & Co. $5.11, Secretary's expenses $1.55. Board adjourned to meet at call of the chair. County Currency. John Roach,of Seaforth, who was so seriously injured at the . Goderich show, is recovering. Robert Walker has sold bis farm near Centralia to John Colwell. It is said to be oue of the best farms in Stephen. The Hurons of Seaforth defeated the Berlin Mechanics' football team for the Western District championship last Wednesday. The game was played at Seaforth, the score being one to noth- ing John W. Mills, who died in Seaforth last Wednesday, was born in New Hamburg, in the county of Waterloo, 34 years ago, and at an early age learn- ed the business of marble cutter. His mother and family came to Seaforth about 20 years ago. Mr. John B. Henderson, of the Hur- on road, Tuckersmith, had a narrow escape from serious injury the other day. He had just finished building a straw stack, and was coming down when he missed his footing and fell to the ground, a distance of 80 feet. For- tunately Mr. Henderson received no more Serious injury than a severe shak- ing up and a few bruises. Mr. Bawden's sale of Wilding lots in Harpurhev, adjoining Seaforth, was a success. blades Bartliff bought 6 acres; John Dodds, 2i acret; D. 'Grurn- mett, 8 acres; Joseph Brown, 14 acres } • Miss Robertson, Hallett, 1 acres; an d Thomas Stephens 1 acre. The property sold at from $50 to $125 per acre.Sev- eral of the lots will bo built on during the corning summer, Uuronls Mu •nn° goo,. The Mouse of Refuge About Completed.. A Creditable Work—A Brief Description of the Building When it was decided b the County Council of Huron that a by of Re- fuge should be erected for the benefit and use of the County wards and oth- ers whose reduced circumstances pre- vented their supporting themselves, the Committee ehose for the farm and site of the House forty-eight acres on the London Road in the Township of Tuckersinith, about one and a quarter miles from the centre of Clinton and on a good rise of ground. From a number of sets of plans prepared by different architects, the Committee selected those designed by Messrs Fowl- er and Fowler of Toronto 'and Wood- stock and from these designs without material alteration the large building has since been constructed and, under the watchful eye of the senior member of the firm, Mr. J. Ades Fowler, at last stands just about ready for its occu- pants. The house consists of basement, ground, and first stories only, as the In- spector of charities, &c., does not favour too high buildings when they are for occupation of such a class of inmates as those decrepit, infirm and aged per- sons who will form the greater number of those who will live there. The total length of the building is one hundred and twenty feet by a depth of forty-three feet on the main part with an addition or wing in rear thirty feet wide and thirty-six feet long. The house fronts towards the west running parallel to the London road, the northern portion being devoted to men's and the southern portion to the women's wards, whilst the centre with extension forms the administrative portion. The basement contains on the front at either end large, cheerful winter workrooms, and the other space is de- voted to stores of various descriptions, except the small portion taken off and appropriated to the punishment cells in which the manager has power to con- fine for limited periods such as are flagrantly violating the rules and re- gulations of the building; wash rooms and conveniences from he north and south ends respectively with ways to the outside yards. The bathrooms are also in the basement, each side of the centre stairway. The landing and boiler room, &c., with stores, occupy all the rest of this lat. The ground floor contains the main entrance hall and stairway and com- mittee room, manager's parlor and din- ing room and doctors dispensary and stores in the adminstrative portion and. at etiher end in front large day sitting rooms for the inmates, dining rooms and rooms with large folding doors that if occasion requires can be thrown open and form very large apartments for services, meetings, etc. At either end are rooms for very infirm' inmates and conveniences. In addition to the central stairwaythere is at each end another stair fom basement to first floor. The kitchen and accompanying pantries, &c., occupy the extension. The first floor is entirely taken up with dormitories in the main building, sixteen large rooms being thus occup- ied, and a bath and convenience room at either end. The wing is completely isolated and contains three rooms or wards and is designed for hospital accommodation for men and women and a. lying-in ward, this is fitted with its own plumb- ing accomnrodiation so that if occasion requires it no communication need be held with the house proper. The whole building is warmed by steam,at low pressure about one pound being enough to fill the radiators,but it will be run on about five pounds of steam. The boiler is.of steel and test ed to one hundred and 'sixty pounds pressure and adopted for supplying steam for any reasonable future exten- sion. The water supply of the institution is effected by means of the windmill pumping the water from the well up into a steel tank in the roof or attic, whence it is distributed through gal- vanized iron piping to all the points where it is needed. Hot water for bathing is supplied from a coppor boil- er attached to the kitchen ranges. The buildings have been erected closely to the plans and specifications under the architects, Messrs Fowler & Fowler, by contractor Sam. S. Cooper, who ,sublet the masonry, flooring etc., to Mr. T. Walker, brickwork, etc., to Messrs Heywood and Prior, plastering to Mr. Croll, tinwork to Har land Bros., all of Town, plumbing to Messrs Harp- er & Lee of Goderich, and boiler and tank cell doors &c., to A. S. Crystal elf the same place, slating to Huston & Sons, heating to the Bennett & Wright to. and hardWare to Rice Lewis Co., all of Toronto, and the painthig and carpenter and joiner work himself, and outside drains to Mr. lei. Grummett of\Town. The building has been erected with- out any extensive amount of extras, such as have been ordered having been required by the government inspector for the better separation of the sexes, and the more extended use of plumb- ' ing in the building.The contract amount is nine housand, eight hundred and seventy- four dollar's, Mr. Wm. Bell, 5th lino, Morris, has 1,800 heads of cabbage this year, 44 It TODD,114I41ansi •' Gorlcriell, A #teform convention will be held at Dungannon on Friday, • The station Hotel will travel to its new foundation by way .of Elgin Avenue, Plans have been prepared ajnd tend- ers caned for two kine dwellings, one for Mr. F. Downing, the other for Mtn. Geo. Price. There was a rather long meeting of the. Town Council on Friday evening. The past week the hauls naadeby the fishing tugs were non-paying ones. Quite a number of Clinton's citizens were in -the county town on Saturday night, the gentlemen having made the journey to see the Albion on fire. Two inches of snow on Sunday is a fair beginning of winter. SpainLs ermons were preached in St. George'swlin Sunday for the well doing of the church Sunday Schools through- out the world. Mrs. and Miss Kate Nicholson have returned from visit to Saginaw and other U. S. cities. The steam barge Lilley and con- sorts with wheat for the Big Mill arrived in port on Wednesday evening from Thunder Bay, the steamer's cargo being 40,000 bushels and the schooners half that quantity. There was a meeting of the directors of the curling and skating association on Thursday evening. Miss Josie Shannon bas returned from a five week's visit to friends in Detroit. The high winds of the past two weeks have considerably reduced the catch of our fishermen. Building prospects still seem good, as there are some seven or eight houses yet to be starters this fall. Regular meeting of Huron Lodge, No. 8; I. O. O. F., to -morrow evening. The steamer Lake Michigan is daily expected to arrive from Port Arthur with a cargo of wheat for the Big Mill. If theitiommon Sense bicycle can be pushed as fast as the building for mak- ing it is being pushed, it will surely be "a good 'un to gp." The curling and skating rink was opened last evening, the leading fea- ture being the appearance of the Ramsey Concert Co. As Tau NEw8- RECORD goes to press on Tuesday even- ing we are unable( to report the pro- ceedings. The steam barge Lorette with coal for Kincardine made this port on Fri- day evening to wait for the wind to drop so that the vessel could safely enter the Northern port. Mr. H. B. Pollock has opened out in the store formerly occupied by Arm- strong & Co. Dr. Ross, of London, was the past week the guest of his relatives, Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Shannon. Misses Hattie Donagh and Parsons are making arrangements to form young people's dancing classes the coming winter. Mrs. Marsden was visiting in Toron- to the past week. A sill of one of the windows at Craig's hotel caught fire from a burn- ing shingle from the Albion roof, but as there were many watchers it was soon extinguished. Mies Wiggins was visiting in Shep- pardton on Saturday. There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Choral Union on Mon- day evening. Rev. Dr. Potts had large congrega- tions at the services he conducted on Sunday. It is said that the Albion block will be rebuilt and ready for occupation within two months. There was a meeting of St. George's Women's Auxiliary on Monday after- noon fpr general business and sewing. A lady'visitor at the Albion lost a case containing a gold watch, ring and other jewelry, while moving from the building. It was found the same even- ing by Mr. Dakin who handed it to the owner. BIG FIRE.—On Saturday evening shortly before eight, stroke was ob- served breaking through the roof of the Albion block, and within five minutes from that time a large por- tion of the upper flat was blazing, and a few minutes afterwards the whole of the 2nd story, from the west end to Murney's was sending a lurid light high above the town that might be seen in the country for miles. The fire alarm brought out' the hose cart and Soon four branches were playing on the building, but so strong was the wind that it was almost impossible to direct them, the gale twirling the water into all shapes and directions after it left the nozzles. About nine o'clock the scene 'resembled a vast pyrotechnic display, the burning shing- les flying up from the roof in thou- sands and then settling on Kingston street, the whole of which public high- way looked for a time like a prairie on fire. After it had been burning an hour the roof commenced falling in and the fire had caught the shingles over the fire wall at Murney's and was soon working its way downwards. At the same time the tear extension had caught, and it being of lighter con- struction than the . main building it burned more rapidly and was level with the ground while the east end of the block still retained some semblance of its old form. Near eleven o clock a portion of the west wall, that had lookeddangerous forsome time, fell, and its falling seemed the beginning of the end, for though the block was still ablaze it was under control, and the largo number of our citizens, Who had for four hours watched the noble block burn away, left for their homes to pass the night dreaming of fires and fire alarms. As soon as it was seen that the building must go .Mr. A. M. Polley +conitnoncecl to protecthisbililding, and REWARD air :1011 To any jeweler' who calls, himself en optician to Clinton, Ont.. i be can 8t one out of 12 0111100U eyes with spectacles according to Toronto Hospital alive. I bave 8100 more in thb Bank of Toronto 1 Will rive to anyone 1 tail to At with epectaolee.. I will be at Allen A, wileon',Drug, Stone, Clinton, Ont, soon. Welt tor ins. My large book on the eye, how to preserve It, ten be had .tree by Writing for it.. PROF. CHAMBERLAIN, "BYE SPECIALIST," • 87 King Street East, Toronto. Ont. x'20 YEARS EXPERIENCE. •with the assistance of numerous friends and the use of Many blankets he was successful in his undertaking, Mr. Belcher's block was also considered, in imminent danger, but notwithstand- ing its proximity and the fact that the wind blew directly on it, it was saved by hard work. Goode, the druggist and Murney, the butcher, commenced moving when it was seen that the tire must extend over the whole block, but from what we saw, we think Murney was considerably out of joint, and Goode a great loser by breakage and otherwise. Snell & Co. did not move their goods, hut turned the key in the door, no doubt considering—aud wisely so - that theirgoods would suffer less from fire and water than they would from removal, breakage and myster- ious disappearance. Dr•. Whitely's office, furniture and medical instru- ments were moved early in the even- ing with no very great loss, though the Albion furniture suffered consider- ably in the moving. Between nine and ten the whole roadway in front' of the hotel was covered with Mr. Marsden's goods, but the vast quantity there seen left a large quantity missing, as that in' the upper flat could not be reached, and carpets, fixings and small utensils in the other portions in many cases could not be moved. In the teller un- der the west sample room was stored the winters supply of coal which was still apparently smouldering on Sun- day morning, otherwise the fire was out. The result is that the hotel pro- per is burned to the ground, and that portion over Snell's two stores, Mur- ney's'meat market, Goode's drugstore and Dr. Whitely's office is burnt away as far as the two floors are concerned, the stores and offices mentioned being saved from the fire by the large amount of water poured on the floor above them. So far as losses go the whole block may be said to be entirely destroyed. Mr. Marsden loses a large quantity of ' furnishings, and suffers considerably from the articles saved being damaged or missing. Snell & Co's. stock in their two stores is entire- , ly spoiled by smoke and water, Murney loses largely by removal and otherwise, Goode's stock is so badly mixed, damaged and gone that his wealth must 1'e very much reduced, and the doctorrwill haye to spend a little to put his furniture and instruments in con - condition. So far as could be learned all the tenants in the block were more or less insurer}, as was the building, but as the correctamounts were not obtainable the risks and losses will be given at some future date. The origin of the fire is unknown though there are any number of guesses given, but the one that seems to be the true one is, that a hanging lamp in the upper hall fell and exploded. It such was the case the rapid spread of the fire is accounted for. County Currency. A few weeks ago the roof was blown off Mr. John Decker's barn, near Zurich. Twenty men volunteered aid and put on the roof again. A fashionable wedding took place in the Roman Catholic church, south of Centralia, on Tuesday, when C. O'Brien of Gillivary and Miss Hennesy, of Bid- dulph, were made one by Rev. Father Troyer, of Mount Carmel. Duncan McEwen, of the London road, was the purchaser, at the admin- istrator's public auction sale on Wed- nesday last, of the 50 acre farm of the Muir estate, Henson, paying therefor the sum of $2,600. Mr. Hardy's team ran away the other day in Morris, throwing the oc- cupants out and completely demolish- ing the carriage. It was a wonder no person was kilted. The wreck was gathered up in Mr. J. White's yard. Even the springs were torn off the axles. Last Tuesdayafternoon, while Mr. Conrad Soldan amid wife were attend- ing Mr. Axt's sale,, near Zurich, the alarm was given that his house was on fire. Before he got there some plucky ladies had already broken in the kit• chen door, and had the fire under con- trol. How the fire originated is a mys- tery, as there had been no fire in the stove for three days. Varna. SCHOOL REPORT.—The following lisle gives the names of the pupils who suc- ceeded inassing their examination :— Martha Keyes passed entrance. Sr. III to IV—Alfred Johns, Rhoda Reed Percy Wanless, Willie Cook Ethel Reed, Maggie Campbell, Jr. III to. Sr". III• -Oliver Keyes, Norman Purdy, Wilber Leech, Fanny .Mckenzie, Annie Reid. J. II to Sr. II—Harvey Bayes, Laura Cairns, Cleve Adams, Sr. i to Jr. Pt. II-Llod Moffatt, Arthur Johns, Bertha Calmat Frank McKenzie, Darwin Bayes, Willre.Reed, Chester Dunkin. Average attendaance 15.--JouN E. R. flartNVWELL, teacher,