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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1897-06-16, Page 3E BUSINESS ,DIRECTORY �axu�>c• __ _The MoKi/lop Mutual Fire Insurance Company. ,�...- ..----�_-----�—•--�_._, • No. 710, L. 0. T. -- +lOLI1�TTOIN, Express ................. : , T18 O�SQNS BANS. Meats YeCOND Monday of ovary month. Hal, 2ndflat,flat, McKay block. Visiting brethren always Far• an Isolated Town Proper - t�J�'i'Donly Insured 10.27 p. m made wel000. ' lucorpOrated by Actot Parliament 1865. •J, P. SHEPPARD, W. M, --'-- 4.M p. to P, GANTELON, JR. Bao. THUS. BEACOM. D. M. orrtotlxs. verlTel ^-- - $2,000 000 REST, $1,400,000 George Watt, President, Harlock P. 0.; James Broadfoot, Vice -Pres., Sesforth P. 0.; W. J. Shan, null, Stuy.'1'reae., seaforth P. O.; Michael Mardis Aj1#C. 4.30 p, in Lodge, No. 84, A. F. l A. M. IasQt. Iuepeotor of losses, Seatorth P, O. $Bpd Office, MONTREAL. CLINTON I l ovary Friday, on or atter oho moon. Vlait Ing brethren cordially invitad DIR1rCTORS, James Broadtoot, Seatorth; Michael Murdle, Sea. J. H. R. MOLSpN, President. F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager. A. J. HOLLOWAY, W. M. THOS. RUMBALL, Sxo. forth; s H.Geoll Dole, 6eafw•tAlGeorge ser,WateatlbuHarloek 'Phomas H. nays,Seu(orth; Alex Ourdlner,Leadbuty Tornt. Clinton, Dec. 6, 1895. Thomas Garbutt, Clinton; John McLean, Kippen. Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafts aONNTa, Montreal issued, Sterling and American ex- X. O. T. M. Thomas Neilans, Harlock; Robert McMillan, Bea• change bought find sold. forth and James Cummings,Egmondville. In'rimasT ALLrOWND ON DseotllT5 Keuras Tent No. 60, Knights of the Maccabees of parties desirous to effect Ineuranca or trans•' act other business will be promptly attend- SAVINGS BANK. the world. $7,000, $2,000 and $8,000 Policies. Mem• bership over 100,000. Assessment principle—has fid to onothei resption to any of too above officers ad• dressed to their respective poet oGices, ' Interest allowed on sums of $1 and up. never oxeceded 12 assessments in a year. Cheapest and safe• t in existence. Meets in Orange Hall, Olin - t fl E -1 -1,1 d 'ds of every month. F'ARMHIRS- on, re an r rt y Money advanced to farmers on their own notes with one or mora oudoreers. No mortgage re- quired as security, H. C. BREWER, Manager, W FEED STORE, December, 1896. Li1.lNTON. Cli(ntou. G. D. NeTaggart BRAN and SHORTS in Large or BANKER Small Quantities, ALBERT STREET, CLINTON. OIL CAKE, LINSEED STEALS 10 lbs. Choice Oatmeal for one Bushel A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS flats TItANSACrED.i . COOK. CLINTON. Notes Discounted. - Drafts Issued. - Interat Allowed on Deposita. Clinton, June Sth, 1891 658y �II;t1f�CklX. DFS. W. GUNN, R. C. P. and L. R. C. S., Edinburgh, Office — Ontario stret4 Clinton. Night calls at front door of residence on Rattenbury eireet, opposite Presbyter. ian church. DR. TURNBULL. J. L. Turnbull, M. B. Toronto Univ. ; M. D. ; M., Victoria Univ. M. C. P. & S. Out, ; t 'low of the obstetrical society of Edinburgh. Late of London, Eng., and Edinburgh hospitals Ofilce;— Dr. Dowsley's stand, Rattenbury tit. Night calls answered at Office. DR. SHAW. Office—Ontario street. opppo itc English Church, formerly occupied by Dr. Appleton. Jas. S. Freeborn, X- L. K. & Q. C. P., I.. M. C P. & S. 0., &o., tic. Graduate of Ring's & Queen's College of Phys 0, Dublin, Ireland. Licentiate of the General Medical Council, Great Rritain. Member of College of rhysiciaga and Surgeons, Ontario. Formerly reel- denta Lite Rotunda Hospital (Lying-in and Gyna)• ;illogical), Dublin, Special attention to diseases of women and children. Office and residence, Rattenbury St., next door to Ontario St. Methodist parsonage. 829-1y �fvlYtl�tl•11. Dr. Bruce, Surgeon Dentist. OFFICE -Over Taylor's Shoe Store, Clinton, Out. Special•attentionto pre- servation of natural teeth. N. B.—Will visit Blyth every Monday, and Bayfield every Thursday afternoon during the summer. !r D.Agnew, r DENTIST. Office hours - 9 to 5 At Zurich the second Thurs- day of each month, d, i�A�Win 0. CAMERON, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, j Conveyancer, &o. Office—coiner Hamilton and St. Andrews -stn., opposite Colborne hotel, Goderich. ass.tf J. SCOTT, - Barri8ter, e1c., ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, - - CLINTON. Money to Loan, E. CAMPION, Q • C , BARRISTER, - - SOLICITOR,, NOTARY, ckc-, Goderich, - Out. Office—Over Davis' Drag Store. Money to loan. M. 0. JOHNSTON, BARRISTER, - - SOLICITOR, COMMISSIONER, ETC., God©rich, - - . Out. Office—Cor, Hamilton and St. Androw's Ste. i W. BRYDONE., BARRISTER - - SOLICITOR. NOTARY PUBLIC, itc,, OFFICE BEAVER BLOCK - - CLINTON, 817.0 outy to Baume. JOHN RIDOUT. CONVEYANCER, COMMISSIONER, ETC. s Fire Insurance. Real Estate. Money to lend. office -HURON STREET, CLINTON. Cantelon Bros GEIr14'RAT. GROCERS & PROVIS- ION MERCHANTS. Grockery, Glass & C14inaware ALBEnv ST., CLINTON, ONT. ' Ih' hest Cash Price for Butter and Eggs 3 s k . 6.•�y Mr. Laurier left Ottawa Thursday on his journey to London to represent t)anadlt at thedfalnond jubilee, PRODIUCE EXCHANGE 1-11LL & JOYNER, Corner Store, Albert St., Clinton. Dealers in Grains, Flour, Feed, Seeds, etc. 'Teas a specialty. Hoadquarters for all kinds of Field and Garden Sects. We carry the largost Stock and the largest variety of Seeds. All Goods will be'sold at lowest prices for Cash. We pay Cash for Eggs. Any kind of grain taken in exchange for Goods, same as Cash. HILL & JOYNER. CENTRAL BUTCHER SHO P FORD & MURPHY, (Successors to J. W. Langford.) Having bought out tho above business, eve intend toconduct it on tho dash principle, xnd will supply our customers with the best meats at the lowest Pay - rig Prices. aynaprices. FORD & MURPHY. LIED HOGS WANTED. Highest Market Price Paid. D. CANTELON, Clinton. v98-tt. J. E. BLACKALL, Veterinary Surgeon and Veterinary Inspector•. Office on Isaac street next New Era office. Residence, Albert St., Clinton. B. THOMLINSON, VETERINERY SURGEON, Honorary Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Col. :ege, Toronto. of Domestic An' al T Treats all diseasesAnimals on the most t modern and S ) n i0o Principles. Day and Night Calls Promptly Answered. Residence—Rattenbury Street, Wept, Clinton Ont, Geo. Trowhill, Horseshoer and General Black- smith, Albert Street, North, - Clinton, JOBBING A SPECIALTY. Woodwork Ironed and first class material line work guaranteed; farm implements and machinel rebuilt and repaired. TO THE FARMERS. Study your own interest and go where you can get Reliable 04 Harness. I manufacture none but the BRST OF STOCK. Beware of shoe that Bell cheap, as they have got to live S Call and get prices. Orders by mail promply attended to JOH:1ol BELL, HARNESS EMPORIUM, BLYTI19 ONT — GO TO THE Union Shaving Parlor For first-class Hair -Cutting and Shaving. Smith's blocic, opposite Post Office, Clinton J. EMERTON, Proprietor, WATTS & CO., CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS Great Northwestern Telegraph office, _Albert Street, - Clinton. - PUXPS ! PUMPS! It you want a firlivalseP, well made pump, one the will give you satisfaction, send your order to th undersigned. He will dig and clean wells and do it a the closest prices. He also handles a first -alae FORCE PUMP. JAMESFERGUSON eppoeit Queen'a Hotel - High Street Clinton. 809-tt Grand Trunk Railway. OFFICIAL TIME TABLE. Buffalo and Goderleb Distriet:— Going West, Mixed . . . ............... 1016 a. m Express ................. 1.03 p. m „ Mixed ...... ........... 7.05 P. m „ Express ................ 10.27 p. m Going East, Hxprom... .............. 7.40 a, m . 2.59 p. m ., Mixed.....,.....•..,... 4.M p. to London, Huron and Bruce:— Going South, Exprem................ 7.47 a. m 4.30 p, in , Going North, ...... lo.'S ... 1. ......... 6.55m P . M. C. DicresoN,' Dis. PaRs. Agent, ' Tornt. W. E. DAVIS G. P. & T. A. Montreal A. U. PATTIBoN, G. T. R. Towr NOT10E. There being some misunderstanding with re. Bard to wreckage, let It be distinctly understood that if any person takes possession of any kind of wreokuga and tails to report to me I shad at once Eake proceedinge. Remember thio ie the last warning [shall give. CAPT. WM. BABB. Lrereh•ur of `Vrecl(s, Goderich, Goderich, Sept.7th1891. FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS D U N'S BAKING POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND LARGESY .MALE IN CANADA, Wanted—An Idea to can think hing oosimple Protect your ideas; the may bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDERDURN & COPatent Attor- neys Washington, D. C.; for their ii sso price offer and list or two hundred Inventions wanted. J. C. STEVENSON, Furniture Dealer, &c. THE LEADING UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR. Opposite Town Hall, Clinton, Out Farm For Sale, South half Lot No. 2;i, 17th concession, Godc rich Township, one nlilo north of Clinton coni- )II7Hed Of 40 acres, more or loss. The lanes is ill cleared and in fair state of cultivation. IVeil fenced and plenty of cedar on the pr�opperty. Frame barn 40x60, stone stable 30x50. Will be sold reasonable and on terms to Ruit purchaser. For particulars apply at TnE N1?,ws-REcovD office, or to JAMES H. ('OI.CLOUGH, Henfryn P. 0. - Wanted. - Mena ndmnen who can work hard talking and writing six hours daily, for six days a week, and will be content with ten dollarH weekly. Address, 1� t,):1,i )..3'L)te)�1. Ont, WM. N. WALKER, —the reliable— UPHOLSTERER AND iiAWRESS MAKER, SEAFORTH, ONT. Parlor Furniture repaired and recovered. Carpets Rowed and laid; also cleaned and re,novated at reasonable prices. f X'S Or(lerR loft a t , BROADFOOT )T & BO XIS store, Clinton or Seaforth, will be promptly at; tended to. McLeou.'s System Renovator —A's ; r OTH ER— Tested Remedies. SPECIFIC AND ANTIDOTE For IntPnre, _%ti'cak and Impoverished Blood, Dyspepsia, Sleeplessness, Palpatation of the Heart, Liver Complaint, Neuralgia. Loss of Memory, Bronchitis, Consumption, Gall Stones, Jaundice, Kidney and Urinary Diseases, St, Vitus' Dunce, Female Irregularities and Gen- eral Debility. LABORATORY, CODERICH ONT. J. M. McLEOR Prop. and Manufacturer. .c,old in Clinton by J. H. COMBF, and ALLAN & WILSON: Property For Sale. A CHANCE FOR GARDENERS. In consequence of my age and lack of help, I have decided to offer for sale my splendid gardening pro- perty couRisting of five and a half acres in Clinton, some of the beat land in the county of Hnron, includ. ing hot beds and other necessary requirements, There is on the premises a frame house with cellar: soft and hard water, barn and other outbuildings The Bovfield river adjoins the property. Will Bell at a reasonable price for half cash and balance secured by mortgage. As I desire to Pell, this is a chance seldom met with. Apply personally or by letter to the proprietor, JOSEPH ALLANSON, 894.6 f. Minton AGENTSNew Edition of "Queen . Victoria" now ready. En- larged --thirty-two full page plates added. Best ' :tory of the Queen and the Victorian Era l llblished. Tho only Camuliall book accepted 1)y Aer Majesty. Sales enormous: canvassers knocking the bottom out of all records. EaRv to make thirty dollars weekly from now unth Maniond Jubilee. ParticularR free. THE BRADLEY-GARRETSON CO., O UTD., Toronto, nt. A ten -year-old boy in Berlin com- mitt-d suicide because his sister was given a larger piece of cake than he got. The steamer Hall and the tug Sir Hector, both owned by the Ottawa Forwarding Company, collided In the Ottn,wa river, near Big Bay, on Wed- needay night. The tug lies at the bot- tom of the river, and the Hall is badly damaged. No lives w -re lost. For Over Fifty Years MRs. WINSLOW'a SOOTHING Sva ur, has been used by millions of mothers for Usti, children while teothing. It disturbed at night and broken of your rest by a sick child sufroringg and crying with pain of Cuttingq Tooth sand at once and qot a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow'o ecoth- Ing Synlp' for Children Teething. It will re- lieve the poor little sufferer Immediately. De- pend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about t. It cures Diarrhoea regulates the Stomach and bowels, canes N'i')nd Colic, softens the Gums, redscoRi flammat1nn and rIvontones nd ones yy to Ile whole RIyT m "MrR. W , w's Soothin j Syrup" for chil rcn tnething is plen- sant L) t_o test o and Is 11.9 proscriptionof ono of too ol0cst and best iomale •,hY sidans 1, 11. morn s itc Fl irk e in the Un d Stator. , twallt - ve cents a bottle. Sold by all dor„i;l through- otft the world.” Be sure and a.:l for MRs, WINSLOW'6 ;'n0'1 RING SYnt ^, 2 lir. the ce.mmunieation froru Wei-' We hear a great deal about Little lAct, no action. and couuty, arcking vo-operation 4uMuchobtaining tneudulents to ttlr Juryinpurifying the blood. 'rhe ise+pmWy Gens of Hood'e Pills, for nomedf- S. That regardilt � the mercurial Waft to purify It 15 to enrich sine ever omtafued so grout curative power IR froul Hhllcor cunni -r that the warden eo smau SPAM They pre q whole medlol" and cleric join with yiu+c•oe iu petition- it. Blood is not a simple ing the Legislative Aa*eintlly.fluid like water. It is made 0 0. That the council Ii1e.rllot•I:tllze the H o o d S Dominion govermnent fut the puI•pube lip Of minute bodies and Of procuring safe railway guards for cattle. when these are deficient, the 7, That to the Matter of apt, +nitin blood lacks the life-giving chest, ahvaya ready, aF i .' g ways efllclent,always eat- two vil'uators to value the couuty, 110 tsfactory, prevent a cold i IS action be taken. principle. Scott's Emulsion is or fewer, aura all liver ills, EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT, not a mere blood purifier. It ttok heagaohe, jaundice, constipatiok ste. 2% The OWN Vols to tales with Hood's Sarsapar" delegationn eat t'that t1lat tlppuatrul bet'orr the actually increases the number county council for a grant to ,jch0Ojs of the red corpuscles in the for continuation classes, we recurn- 11uroa County Parnament• mend that a grant equal to that niitLie blood and changes unhealthy b the Legislature be given by this CONCLUSION OF THE JUNE SESSION. Council. action into health. '2, That with reference to the dele a- If you want to learn more THURSDAY Lt) A. M, g tion ft•Uul Hay township, we recuts- Minutes of Wednescltty's ineetium trend that Lhe case be a veli❑ of it we have a book, Whicli read and coutirm(.1. hear:, and that Archibald Biaf'i l�iattthew Lockhart, Auburn, and Geo. Mrs. French, matron in the House of E. Uresswell he arwtratoi s. tells the story in simple words. Retuge applied for an incof sal- ary, 3. That in the uf;tt,ter of the petition I SCOTT & BOWNE, Belleville, Ont. Sent ::0 executive committee. for a new school section in Grey town - Report of equalization committee ship. no action be taken. P 1 Ge r•:.i„r• t;:L: I- TEA read, COUNTY PROPLItTY CO3I21TITTI'7L'S 06tinril went into committee of the REPORT,N 11 lvhole. Root. 11icL,ettn in the chair. + " h'•''Egg The committee rose and reported and That the gaol was erettnined and ,rONS "'ON P found clean :Lnd well kept. 1H 0 the report wits adopted. That a young Ivan, insane, should be Note the only .,hange Froin the equaltaken charge b of by the town of Gods- ization of lost veer is that the. r'et•eutly rich and sent to the asylum f•or incut•-iEA - '.ncoroorated village of Hensalll is as- ;toles ab soon its possible, its the goal is THE sesseu at $1:)5,, . 1, and the township of nut the proper pl+.ru for smc•h parties. FI LEST TEA Hay is reduced $1 per atcl•e. IN THE WORLD The report of the hUtlaP.Of lefllre We r•econ,Inend tllitt. the stable be FROM THE TEA PLANT TO THE TEA CUP moved into the wooel yard, and tits committee wits read and passed. front of the lol, forked, that the stairs IN I'i S NATIVE PURITY. Report of finance committee was inside, be relrtire,'l, sevel;al doors he re- read and adopted. paived :111d Imillted, th;11 .50 I't•cl of ItetL "Monsoon •' Tea is put up by the Indian Tea A Inot.ou that the counciltlletnorj>tl- nO.> he pnrrhnstlrl, till old huge rel,air- 1-rower—as a sample of the best qualities of Indian fear. Therefore they use the greatest caro in thd ize the Dominion Government t") cool- ed, the gaol wolf puinte..l oil the out- selection of the Tea and its blend, that is why they pel railroad companies to put p"Opet• °tide, that Some windows regniritiv glass put it up themselves and sell it onlyin the original cattle guards on va.l roads was sent to In, glazed, iroin the Outside anti that Wwkages, thereby securing its purity and excellence, ut up in % lb., i lb. and S Ib, packages, and never special committee. six night gowns be purchased for fe sold in bulk. A motion that : , 1 be granted fol• male prisoners. ALL GOOD GROCERS KEEP IT. boundary lines was seat to road and Recom,nend new floors in sheriff's If your grocer does not keep it, tell him to write to bridge committee, and clerk's otlices, that the wall of A motion that two valuators be ap- coul t 1u111se be pointed where the 0 STEEL, HAYTER & CO. e pointedto value the county for 1808 Witter comes in, tile: inside of court 11 and 13 Front Stre.t East. Toronto was sent to Special committee. house kalsom4ued, and the brick -work The council adjourned to 3 p. in. of furnace repaired. ro YEARS' The above repairs to gaol and court, pEXPERIENCE. Council met at 3 p. rfi, house to he c•atrind OUL under the sup- ,Repor•t of education committee was envision of the councillors of No. 1 div - read, passed through cowinittee of the ision, clerkand engineer. whole andadopted. That the registry office be in goodReport of special conuuit.tee read, repair,ref rred to committee of the whole trod That in regard to the ventilationand adopted. sanitary condition of the gaol, no AI9E MARKSa Report of property committee was action be takenat present. 013E MARi nd, considered in c lmtnittee of the That the COM-thouse is clean and YRIOHTs Qts. whole and endo t d far asclause 6. p e its well kept. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain, free, whether an Invention is The Council adjourned to 10 a. m., HOUSt+: OF REFUGE. COMMITTEE'S probably patentable. Communications strictly Friday. REPORT, confidential. Oldest agency for securing patents Friday, June 4. That the Committee met in Clinton In nPatents taken til ough Washington Co. office. Council Inet pursuant to adjourn-) Fell. 12th, and accepted tenders for special notice inthe n)ent. beef at 4�c. for forequarters and 5c. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, for hind, bi'eull at 2C. per lb., and J. beautifully illustrated. largest circulation 9 of proved. of Thursday read and rip W. Irwin's for groceries. That the a6i5voas°1lantmo; £cern speclm weekly, copl y$ nr0ndatidaD 11 cR' ltlspecuor' be instructed to purchaaLe BOOK ON PATENTS Bent free. Address Council went into conimitt•ee on re- dry goods direct from wholesale house, MUNN & CO., port of property committee, and aftel• that it refrigerator had be n purchased 301 Broadway, New fork. striking out clause 8 and amending and a, pig pen and potlltty house ere,t- �' .. _ clause 11, adopted clauses 7, 9, 10 alts ed, and that the contrac6 for erecting News _i_0 cc;s 12. sante wits awarded to Gutteridge & Council resolved itself into commit- Mustard, the .owest tendererti, for So confident is Sir Charles Tupper tee on report of road and bridge coni- $W5. That the inspector had been that Parliament will prorogue on the mittee and adop', A it without amend- authorized to purchase ;,gees and plant 19th ;list. that he has arranged to leave ment. an orchard of 1)d acres, and a cow for England on that dray. Council adjourned at 1 p. In, had been purchased. That coal wouid The Dominion House of Commons 1 o'clock p, m. be required b0br•e n� :t meeting, and commenced last Thursday to have two tnat the sante be purcllatsed by the in- sessiuns it day, , expediate huslness for The county property couirnittee's re- specter by tender. an early prorogation of Parliament. poet wnee anis before the council in All the bed-t.eads but. 13 being in use George Robinson, aged C ),.one of the committee and adopted. g ' - nest known I • •� ' r recommend that fat uc.t. 1 � u ' e t Mr. Coats be ( rt I! Intlto) O em nv r wn- P Re tort of executive committee w-tL c s 1) sill near Fn o �� rid t( boy few ctr rt I.1 e (, y L t v wuc•e if necessitry, P; I c, Ont., committed read, referred to the council in coni- that Mr. Coats be allowed y5 for post- suicide by taking Paris green. rnittee and passed with .the exception age a-hd that he and the commissioner Albert Kendrick, aged 1.1, son of Mr. of clause 6. procure a puinp to lift refuse so that John Kendrick, of Burk's Fall.., Ont., The Council went into committee of it may be spread on the land, was drowned Tuesday while crossing the whole on report (1f finance cnrmnit gonD AND BItIDGlithe dam at the falls. The father N tee and adopted a number of its , clauses. dying of cancer. ecunamittee was Recommend no action in the appli- The House of Refuge cations of Ashfield and Co lborne Mr. Ti)omas Penwarden, aged 7U, directed to tenor t at next session as Lo townships for a grant towards repair'- Aho lived near Orono, Ont., was chok•- the tld-isubillty of an addition to the Ing Lake Shore road. ed to death in a hu'.•i at Port Hope by House of I*fuge ; and if advisable, es- a piece of meat, which stuck in his timate cost of equipping lin and erectile That the bylaw asset by Hallett, 1 Pl g g throat,. such addition. (:losin;• a public roar be confirmed, and On motion •of Messrs. McLean and that tae usual grant of three thousand Mr. IIenry Logic, a prominent farm - Holt the question of painting the out - dollars for boundary lines be made er, Iivin(x near Lindsay, a horse which, Ont., received side of the court house was referred to That the comn)issioners report had a terribix kick fromruptured his kidneys. He is not ex - county engineer' to report at ne••t been (:.alniued and should be published ectad to recover. meeting as to cost, if advisable, in the minutes. P " Sir Richard G1rtwright is a busy Several motions to reduce the assess- FINANCE COMMITTEE, man at present. He is M'ni-,ter of ruent were moved and lost. Recommended pn; ment of it long Trade and Commerce, Acting Minister The council adjourned to meet again list of account Reported that the of Militia, ALting President of the at, 8 p. in. property bonded to the county by the Council, and Acting Premier. 8 o'clock p. m. treasurer was per last assessment Mgr. Merry del Val left Ottawa for Dr. Rullius and councillors McRwan valued at $.'3,750; that a bylaw be St. 13oniface Friday. It k likely 1) and Mooney were appointed a c•ornmit: tee to enquire into and report at next uleetinn tae average salary paid county clerks in the Province and their duties generally. The clerk was instructed to have `I:J copies of the by-law and regulations governing the House of Refuge print• ed for distribution. The warden and clerk were instruct- ed to purchase 20 32-1b. metal weights to be used for hard labor, in carrying them from one side of the goal yard to the other. Report of finance cointuittee was taken up in committee of the whole, and the remaining clauses passed. The report was then adopted. The council adjourned. SUMMARY OF COM ,lITTE REPORTS. EXECUTIVE. 1 That in reference to the motion of Messrs. Hays and McLean to grant the sum of 25c per day to volunteers .in Canada, no action be taken. 2 That the Inspector of House of Refuge be placed on nay list while at- tending meetings of House of Refuge committee. 3 That $20 be granted to the Great Northwestern Exhibition for the year 1 1897. 4 That the matron of the House of Refuge receive an increase of $25 per annum to her salary. 6 that the Collegiate Institutes re- ceive for 181;7 the followin sums: Seaforth, $2, 894.13, Clinton, 91,917.00, Goderich $1,955,25. e T- at the claim of the estate of the late Jas. Dickson for moneys alleged to have been over paid, no action. 7 That to. the claims of John T. Dickson for moneys alleged to have been overpaid to the county for 1895, • nd the cla.tm by the county against John T. Dixon for monies said to be clue the county for 18£3, no action. SPECIAL C04MITTEF.. 1 That rega�ding the cotnrnunication from Wentw( nth county, asking better proviJons for auditing municipal ac- counts no actio0ge taken, its tiie Legis- lature has appoiml° d a provincial audi- tor. S 1 passed authorizing the borrowing o; $.;(l,(. ) for current expenses. Thnt with treasurer's assist -ince find tote' estimated expenditure for 181)7$49,052.- (j5, less receipts $7(, ), making the net expenditure $48,352.62. That the totttl equalized assessment being $3'2,3 )','1"',3.- („), recommend that a bylaw be passed to levy a rate of 1,L mills on the said assessment, and the;, tr'easurer's letter abstracts estimate, etc., be printed in the minutes. News Notes. Dr. D. J. Bain, whose home was in Paisley, conimitted suicide at the Je`- furson Hotel, Detroit. The Sunreme Court at Rerrina has fixed the 2nd of August for tae hear- ing of the prot:.st. against Mr. Davin's election. c 1 Mr. Davies has made up his mind to go to England after the close of the session (i the Dominion Parliament. It is thought prohahle that he will re- turn Sir Louis Davies. Wednesday was the anniversary of the fight tit Ridt-eway in the Fenian raid of 1EC3. In accordance with their usual custom the veterans of Toronto and vicinity placed floral tributes on the monument in Queen's park erected to the nfemory of the men who were killed in the tight. More than two hundred veterans t•)ok part in the pro- ceedings. Dr. Macdonald may not ^Ote for nor try to get agricultural implements on the ftee list, but he, has got a job and for his sun at $1O monh per t I d ex- penses for two ,years on the Hudson Bay expedition, to be paid by the gov- ernmat, and you, dear farmer, w.11 'I have the pleasure of contributing t,) this salary.-Wingham Advance. '.^,hesevent-enth annual meetin-1 of the Ontario Medical Association, Geld in Toronio closed Thursday ni-ht. A resolution was passed expressing nn- qualifed disapproval of the scheme for or' er o the founding of a Vrct a OId f Nurses. was iven 'the Nt ee The reason C`: dangers which must necessarily follow to t.le public- should such an order be established.” will remain in Dlanitoha until abot,t its 17th,' when he will proceed to Itoine. The town of Ball>holly, twelve. miles i'r.)m Salishm i%0 heleland, is Sur- rounded by acuu•fl natives, and cruel) fe•Lr of an uprising in thifa part of British Aft ca is felt. Hamilton Sons of Scotland will light a bonfire on the moon` iin brow on the night of June _nal, and will carry the flew cross in honor of her Majesty's jubiiee. Mr. J. H. R. Nolsou's will was pr( - bated at Montreal, and disposes of an estatz of al,out $?,C,)O,CtI, divided among relatives and friends, also it n,inlber of bequests to public instittl tions, including $W',000 to McGill Uni- versity. Both sides of the Dominion Hon e of Commons jo.ned in the L)yal and patriotic (;:-k of passing the johilee address to the Queen, wb ieh was ndop,,- ed in the Senir', . Mr. Laurier, who movt d, and Sir Uhnrles Tupper, who seconded the motion, vied with each other in thei v etior f O do ,justice f ,) the occasion. It is now se onable to advise gard- eners to examine their plum and cherry trees, and cut oft every sprig and branch on wh,cb black knot appears. It is the hest method to remove a por- tion of the limb several incites below the excresence, nd p:iint the part with, turpentine br linseed oil. Burn the prunings so that the disPa•se may not, spread t ) other trees, as black knot iv infectious. Every gardener who fel- lows black knot i.,) remain on his trees,. leaves himse!' liable to a fine of not less than $5 not; more than $20 for every case of neglect. Every inform- ation laid f •;a gist a person for neglect. in this way, may be treated the sam@. as any other offence. Ask your grocer for �- or., W. For Table and Dairy, Purest and Best all,