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Exeter Advocate, 1901-9-5, Page 1FOTJETEENTII YEAR. —670. "14.2.• 11[1419,111,,..1.0•11,01.116414.111MOIRIYAZIKIM.11.1.10.034101.6.10.11311....11...,,....,4.0 EXETER, ONTARIO, TIT [TR S IDA Y SEP eIE BER , 1901. THE PERFECT CURE TO PROTECT YOUR CATTLE AND HORSES FROM BEING TORTURED WITH FLIES. CEMENT, MACHINE OIL, LAOE LEATHER, .S.QN MONEY TO LOAN, • We have unlimited private funds for in'. vestment upon farm or village property, at o west rates blintereSt. DicKsoN & CARLING, Barristers, etc, Exeter. MONEY TO LOAN. I have a large amount of private funds to loan on tarra and village properties at low rates ofinterest. F. W. GLADMAN, _ 33arristor, Main Street Exete FOR SALE OR RENT. The undersigned is offering for sale or rent the property of the late Win, Martin, at Devon, being 21, acres of land. There is on the premises a frame house and stable, a well of water and other conven- iences. For particulars apply, at the Telegraph Office Exeter, FARM FOR SALE. The undersigned is offering for sale his farin pro- perty in the township of Hay, beim'part of Lot 2 0,Con: 15, 2 iiles west of Zurich, c nt I •ng 3(a acres of first-class land, There is on the premises a good frame house, bank barn, driving shed and other good out buildings; splendid orchard, a good well of water and other conveniences. Will be sold reasonable. .Apply to BARDAL TIOWALD, DICR$ON & CARLING; •Proprietor." ' 13arrister, Exeter, "*-1OU1IT OF REVISION --STEPHEN, 1.Zotice is hereby given that a court will . be. held, pursuant to the Ontario ,Voters Act, by his honor the judge of the County Court of the County of Huron, at the Town Hall, Crediton, on Friday the Gth day of September, 1901, atTO o'clock. a. in., to hear and determine the several complaints of errors and =is- EliODS in the VotersLists of the Municipality of Stephen, for 1901. All persons having business at the Court are required to attend at the said tune and Dated at Orediton this 22nd day of August, 1001, _ H. EMBER, CP.3rk "Say Bill Are you going to the Western Fair ? " "Western Fair, be darned, Jack! What I want worse is a pair of good Long Boots for the Fall." " Well, Dill, if that is what you want' you can get them at Bob Sweet's." "He has them all styles, of the best French and Canadian Kip stock and made by Alf Coffin, no better shoemaker in town." ' WARRANTED • Every pair Warranted to last until worn out temember, 'The Place, SWEET, Ti...ble,s Old Stand. Clinton: ' 'While Mrs. Andrew Ginn was standing'on a bench engaged in tritining a running plant Wednesday evening, the bench tipped and in fall- ing Mrs. Ginn was so unfortunate as to sustain a fracture of both bones in the right ankle. Tne injuries are of a lijaainful nature and will confine Mrs. inn to the house for severely w,eeks. Her good man had a narrow escape down town but an hour previously when, in good naturedly trying to stop a runaway horse, he was caught by one of the wheels and performed a gymnastic feat which he conlcl not ac complish without such assistance nor could be induced to try. CROPS DESTROYED. Siincoe, Aug.30.-- A very heavy eke- s-az:I ric storm passed °VET* this section at noon to -day. Many trees were either uprooted or broken lay the force of the. gale, A few miles north of thie place the hail simply threshed all the wheat out of the Shocks. The winter apple crop, as Well as the pears and plums, was destroyed. Reports are to hand tonight advising that some buildings, as Well ttS stqck, 'Were struck by light- ning. DESTROYED BY FIRE. Chatham, Ang. 30, The dwelling of George Itosbough, Harwich, rind 1,he barns, farm implements, crops ancl stook, were destroyed by Gre last night. $150 in cash also was lost The loss will be heavy; partly covered by insur- ance. Farmer Accas Wright yester- day lost his barns by fire, • with 100 bushels of wheat, 500 bushels of oats inal a quantity of hay. Insnrance and losS not known. The origin or both Farquhar Visitors at the Toronto Industrial this week are, Mr. arid Mrs. H. Bor- land, Wm. Ward, H, Passtnore and A. Hodgert.-The barn of J. Routley was struck by lightning last Friday and burned. Insured in the U. & H. Co. -Rev. W. J. Waddell preached in the hall here on Sunday last; and af- terwards organized a Sunday school. - Apples are very scarce crop this year, but plums are plentiful. St. Joseph Mrs. C. Wilson, of Henson, was the guest, of her cousins Mr. and Mrs. D. Wilson last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, who have been spending a few weeks witlo friends here, have returned to their home in Detroit. - Mrs. D. Bedard, of Courtwright is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Denernony.-Mr. Nelson Mass and MISS Cella Sherritt were joined in holy bonds of matriniOny at 51:: Peters church, on Tuesday last. We wish them along and happy wedded life. Hay STRUCK BY LigasuramaG.--The large bank -barn owned by Mr. John Decker, on the 9th concession, was struck by lightning clnring the severe electrical and rain storm on Friday last,and was completely constnned together with the contents. The entire building was a mass of flames in a very • short time and it was with difficulty they man- aged to get the stock removed from the stables below. This was one of the best barns in the township and entails quite a loss, which was fully covered by insurance in the Hay Town- ship Fire Insurance Co. The contents were in stii,ed for $800 and the barn $550. Winchelsea BARN BURNED. --During the heavy rain istorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, on Friday last the fine bank barn of Mr. John Routley, who resides on the 'Sunshine line, South, was struck by lightnig and burned to the ground; together vvith all the season's crop and a number of imple- ments. There was a horse and twopigs in the barn at the time, but with diffi- culty they managed to get them out. The loss is --estimated' at about $1300 with an insurance in the Usborne' & Hibbert Fire Insuranc Co.' ' of $1100- $500 on the building and $600 on con- tents. Greenway Mr. W. A. Wilson Spent part of his holidays visiting friends in London, Blenliehn kl,nd Glencoe and returned home Thursday. -Mr. A. Glendenning sold a load of -Alsick clover seed to Mr. Charles Zwicker, of Crediton, which brought him over $440. -The after har- vest Farmers' picnic last Saturday was a day long to be remembered at Lake Huron. The day was just cool enough to be pleasant. -The Ladies' .Aid of Boston Methodist church ;ire making arrangements for their annual Harvest Iloine-dinner to be held Sept 251h. Further announcement and bills litter. -Will the party that picked up Miss Thibandeau's fountain pen please leave it at, the post office. -Mr. W. T. Ulens, and Thos, Stewardson ,ancl wife left here Monday to attend the Toronto Fair and Pan-American. Stephen Council The Council of the township of Step- hen convened at the Town Hall, Cred- iton, on Monday, Sept. 2nd, at 1 p.m. All present: Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Resolved that the owner of the wood piled on the first side road, opposite Lot 5, Con. 10, be notified to remove the same and that Wtterth and McKeever attend to the approaches to- Mud Creek Bridge and have the road repaired in thab cinity. Anderson -Wu et th-th a1 the gravel Contracts be let a b the Town Hall, .Crediton, on Monday, Sept. 213, at 2 o'clock p.m. The following orders were granted: --Robert Sceli, lumber, $7.85; Goderich Linnher Co., limber, freight ancl teaming, $223.20; Isaac Bastard, work on Con, 19, $1.25; ,T. 13. Hodgins, repairing cillverts and ma- teriel, $2; Wolf and Either, work at 1003ber,$1.50; Wm. Yearley, gravel, $15.08;Jos, Lawson, repairing Ford's In•idg,e, $12; J. McInnes, gravel, $41.40. Council adjourned to meet again in Town Hall, Creditornon Monday, Sept. 23vd, at 2 o'clock p.m. Entima, TP. Clerk. fires is a mystely, TO cure a cola In a night -two Vape-creao- , , • !cuelt has been used extensiVely during more „ than tv,'enty-fouf years. All Druggists ff Children Ory for CASTOR IA. 11 Dash:wood De. Mc:Lau:shift] returnecl fawn the Pan•American Tuesday evening. --Mr. T-lawrence Wiegand, who has been suf- fering fer the past three weeks from the effects of tin enormous carbiniele on his back, is in a very precarioes condition ancl there is little hone en- tertained for his recevery; Dr. 'Rol- lins vyas called in'consultatden 01 ith Pr. McLaughlin on Tuesday night -Mr. and Mrs. John Hall and claughter,Jen. Me, have nob yet arrived from. the Old. Canary, but are expected this week. Jonas Rartleib and .Mr. Fr ed. G-ossinan left on Wednesday to attend the 'Pan-American at Buffalo. --Mr. JOlin Decker's lairn, north 9i! here Was struck by lightning on 'Friday last and completely desteciyeicl, with all its et:in- tents. The lese was fully cOverecl by insurance. ' -• 13 noma His AftM. --Wes. • Sob m id t, son of Mr. Henry Schmid t, while work- ing in the flax- mill on Tuesday had the misfortune to break his arm. Dr. Anus, of Exeter, was sninnioned ansi. set the frapture and he is, noW deli* as well as can be expected. - — Eden Miss Retta Essery is visiting friends in Toronto and other 'places.-Aubry Buswell was in Mitchell a few days this week on business. -Mrs. Harry Willis.of Saraia,who has been visiting friends here for the past twoweeks, returned home Saturday, aCeorn pan ied by her cousin Miss Minnie Luxton.- Mr.and Misses Henderson,of Crediton, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Swit- zer on Sunday. -Mr. and. Mrs. George Rook spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr. A. Fralleis, of Flugtovvn.-Miss Lottie Hunter, who has been visiting friends here for the past month,left on Friday for Bayfield. -A large number from here attended the ice cream social at Centralia On Monday evening and re- port an excellent time, on13,- a little scarcity of ice cream. -Mr. an& Mrs. Thomas Caves, of McGillivraYi.sPent Sunday here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. Coates. -Th e farmers are basy preparing the ground for fall wheat. --, Mr. N. Kirk, of Russeldale, has rented one of Mr. S. Hicks' houses. -Mr. John Blair has soldlis handsome driver to Mr, Wilbur Luker, for whicb he re- ceived a good price. Brinsle Weather settled a gain. -A large nui mber intend taking n the London fair this year. -Misses Annie Lewis and Verda ,Dale attended millinery openings last week. -Mrs. Weir held a quilting nee on -Monday and gave an enjoyable party in the evening at which a large crowd WM in attendance. -The autograph quilt which has been in cause of construction for some time has been completed,' having over four hundred and fifty names on 'ti.- '1± is a beauty and reflects- credit on the makers. Everybody will have a chance to see it a week from Friday night when a lawn party will he held,' at which thereawill be a game of baseball and a program rendered. First-class talent is being secured and the pro- ceedings will be enlivened by brass and string band nausic. PRESENTATION, One night last week the house of Mrs. Watson's, here, was the scene of a gathering of a large num- ber of friends for, the purpose of ex- pressing their regret on the occasion of the departure of Miss May Pierce, who is about to go to London to attend the Business College. After spending a pleasant evening in games, refresh- ments, etc., Mr. Geo. Dale read an ,ad- dress to Miss Pierce,enibodied in which was an expression of deep regret on losing so worthy a personage, both so- cially and as leader of the choir of the church and as a tangible token of the esteem in which she is held by the.peo- ple of this section she wits presented with a beautiful watch. Miss Pierce was taken by surprise, but in a, few saitable remarks thanked the donors. Grand Bend Park New arrivals at Grand Bend Park for Week ending August 26th:-- Idylwild.-Mr. M. Shier, Mr. and Mrs. S. Doupe, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marshall, Miss Eliza Shier, Miss Lottie Doupe, Misses Edna, Laura, Irene, Car- rie and Pearl Marshall, and Messrs. Fred Johnston, Fred and Ira Marshall. Perry Done and Clifford Shier, Kirk - tors. 4 Alderside.-Mr. and Mrs. John Moir, Mr. and Mrs. C. Drew, Mr. Wm. Blatchford andMiss Myra Drew, from Hurondale, Misses Jennie McArter and Maggie McArter, Brussels, Miss Mable Futter and Mr. Willie Futter and .Mrs. Fulter from Henson and Messers Wrn. and C. Russell from Sex.smith. The Oaks. -Messrs. James Ogilvie, Mr. Harness and W. Allen, of Wood- ham. Woodbine. -Mrs. Thos. Coats, Mrs. Rich. Coats and family, Mrs. Paul Coats and. daughter Verna, Mrs. N. 1-1 and Lena Coats. Mrs. J. Hodgson_ and Miss 7.`,Tena fIedgson, of Eden, Chesney Wold. -Mr. and Mrs. John N. Stewart aud Master Alonzo, Mar- shall, of Falkirk.• Mr. ;burl- Mrs. W. A. McCallum and daughter Hazel, and Miss Essie Davis from Fernhill. . Bleak House. -Rev. and ikhrs. Geo. H. Long and family, and Miss Annie Berry, of Henson. • Ivanhoe.--.111rs. John E. 'Monteith and family hon.) Stratford. Ivy Cottage. -Mr. and' Mrs. john Drew and family, of Morrison, Iowa, U. 5.Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter and MissFlossiesIlunter, Master 1Vorve11 Hunter, of Usborne. Per Infants and Children2511111. 'Ala fat:. it8a4rino el aipley 0103worthy post untsteria new resi- g..enee ls' nregressing hivorably, the masons having corripleted the 1)31013- W'l'. \Viten finished it add much to the 'appearance of the place. -John Slierritt, At. P., is prepariug for the Ltection of a large straiv shed adjoin- ing his barn, which, wilen coinpletecl, will achl inuch to the' convenience of his feral buildings. --Mr.' John 133131d, who is suffering from catarrh of tile sterth(ell and has been laid up for the past week nuclei. the treattnent ,of 1)r. Amos, of Exeter, is able to be itraeind egairi.-.11t.s. Phoebe Scott and her sister, Ellie, of Detroit, are visiting 3113101' the Imre-13ff-11 roof. -Mr. Malin has completed the work on Mr. John .Love's 'kitclien.-The copious rail's of late,have greatly improved all growing crops,especially tlfe applestild potato crop. Kippen FARM S0n9.-4\fr. Wn. Bubolz has disposed of Els fine fahn, on the Kip - pen road, just south of 'Eginondville, to Mr. William Oke, of Hullett, near lyth. The. price „paid was 57,000 and , Oke gets possession on October lst, This is an , excellent farm, with first-class buildings, while the price paid was in keeping with the property-. Mr. Bubolz has not vet, decidedwhere he will go, but we trusthe will not leave OM township. PRETTY WEDDING. -A very pretty wedding was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Ivison on Taesday of last week. As the beauti- ful notes of Medlessohn's Wedding March were being artistically rendered by Miss Lillie Whiteman, the bride, Miss Unice, attired in white organdie, and Carrying a bouquet of white roses, entered. the porfor, leaning on the arm of her father, and took her position beside MY. H. G. Walker, of Waterloo. The knot was tied by Rev. R. H. Barn- by, of Brigden, assisted by the 'father of the groom, Rev. James Walker, of Merlin, and Rev. G. H. Long, of Hen- son. Only the immediate relatives and a few friends of the bride and groom were present. After partaking of a sumptuous wedding breakfast, and amid SileWOrS of rice, the happy coup- le left for a wedding trip to London, Merlin and other points. On their re- turns they will reside at Waterloo. The numerous and 'appropriate pres- ents `testify to the high esteem in which the bride is held. Your corres- pondent most cordially unites with their many friends in wishing them all the prosperity this world can afford them, and trusts it will be both liberal and kind. Crediton J. (-4,, ,13. A., (formerly 0o11in6 StanburyyEarrister, Solicitoi., Notar), Oonveyaucer Money to Lo. n—Ex'eter, Ont. Mr. Robert Stanley and family, of Listowell, are visiting at Mr. Peter Hoffman's. -Mrs. Wm. Fritz and Miss Lydia Schwartz are attending the Pan- American this week. -The Township Council bought a car -load of cedar lumber last week and ,had it drawn from Centralia to their yards on Mr. Fred Eilber's lot. -Mr. Montague, of Byron, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Bloomfield. -Miss Carrie Foist and Miss Beulah Beaver are visiting friends in Toronto this week. ---Miss. Sewer and Mrs.. Decker, of London, are visiting their larother,Mr.Mattliew Ginter.-1Mr. Henry Eilb,er attended the Insurance meeting of the Hay township Farmers' Insurance Co. at Zurich last Saturday. --Dr. Rivers Oc- cupied the pulpit in the Methodist church last Sunday morning. -Miss 011ie Sewer of London, visited Miss May Morlock for a few days last week. -Council meeting was held in the Town Hall,'on Monday. -One of the worst storms if the season passed over our village last Friday: Several tele- graph and telephone poles were struck. Mr. Jas. Clai.ke's•bank barn was struck but no damage was done, the light- ning havir4 gone down the rod. It pays farmer's to have rods on their buildings. --Mr. Christian Beaver is attending Toronto Fair this week. - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eilber, of May- ville, Mich., are visiting relatives in this vicinity. -Mr. B. Brown is attend- ing Toronto Fair and the Pan-Ameri- can at Buffalo this week. --Monday was Labor Day. --A number of rigs from Exeter and Ailsa Craig drove to our town to see the base -ball match between our boys and Ailsa Craig. Onr boys were beaten by 9 to 1 which was not too bad, considering that they had had very little practice. -The flax mill will finish the summer's threshing this week. The workmen have start- ed picking up the lia.x.-A "Hoist" and. "Hoffman" picnic was held at Grand Bend -on Tuesday. -Mr. Wesley Kerr has had the interior of his store re -painted, thus adding greatly to its appenranue.-MessT'S. Charles and David Fahner, who have been board- ing during the summer at Mr. Michael Elumpp's,, had a moving of their things, one day last week, to • their hemes north of Crediton. Each party rode a wheel and Vt'aS loaded down with his MerChant flise and caused a great deal of timusement while pass- ing through • town. Our kodak friends should have beet) around. -- MS. a usl 'Mrs. John Ha itch have return- ed froni Blenheim, What' c they 'have been visiting their 1 elatives for a few montbsa-Mit Ira Bice, of Clandeboye, visited a number of his old friends Item ids t, Su d 17. -Mr. Ad el phus Hooper of T.'igxeter North, was in the village on Tuesday.---Mis Geo. Lawson is attend- ing the Taman High school. We wish George success in his studies.-- Mr. Albert Hooper, of Clinton, was in the village 'Tuesday renewing acquain- tances. Clinton: 'We sympathize with the parents, Mr. ;Intl Mrs. Wes. IVIciore, in the loss of their little baby boy on Werliiesda,v, ;It the age of ;0)r -sit nine elf,01,17 months, iVhat inales the" ill-filet-4cm /.?'4(Vraper. double is that "Airs. 11loore is ;It present confined to lier bed with illness. IThe Pan-American Dairy Te There is 00 other coodithm whi •44/51113... 7","•• S A NM S EDITOR st, IVhen are test commetieed thine were only a few netyspapers 111 the United States that tool- Inv notied. of 11, 1,1( 1 0 are now 0101` 200 asking for reports from the Associated .11..ess, thee showing the intense interest whieh has been create(1 all over the country. At the Werld'e Fair in 1893 the test, extended Over only three inontlis, while this test, is expected to cover 63 period of six months and it will be a Lest of endurance. Standing of Um holds in the Butter Fat Test for the week, ending August 20. eh the ctovs have tO contend with whieli makes as mach variation in the flow or milk as does that of atmospheric temperature. So long its the teniPer- iiture is aboutthe seventies the cows keep up a good flow- of milk,' hut just as soon as the thermometer goes 119 in the eighties, clown goes the mills, no matter what the feed is. Green eern cut, and green millet. have tatken the place of silage ler the past ten days and the cows were doing well on this fee,c1 until the preseut hot spell came .rt pon us which commenced on the 19th ult., and the cows are now suffering front the heat as 11111011 315 1447 have'clOne at any time since the test commenced with a consequent shrinkage in milk. There is the great- est, variation in the heavy, milking breeds, they drop the most *ben the conditions are unfavorable and they (11'7 tiPo°nnsdallel (iftaevogi.t.laillce11.Y vheu the ecicaT1-- ing July 23rd was the most trying week of the season. until the present, and Vhen the cooler weittlier,carne in about the 'first of August there was a good increase inboth milk anti butter in most of the breeds, but at the' pres ent writing the thermometer stands from 85 degrees, to 86 degrees and the milk has again -fallen off badly. Up to the 'present time all the cows have been milked three times daily -5 a.m., 12.30 p,m., and 8 p.m. --but there has been much debating as to whether this is the wisest course tinder sach trying conditions, with the result that three of the American herdsmen broke over the lines yesterday ancl are now milk- ing only twice per day. The result will be closely watched during the next month, as some claim that more milk and butter will be producesl by three milkings than by -two milkings, and these interested will do well to watch the result, which will be given feam time to time as the test goes on. During the cool weather the Hol- steins made the greatest gains with the exception of Fleg as she had a week's sickness which put her back 'in her milk. The cost of feed, however, still keeps them clown to 4th or ' 5112 place cm the butter test. The Guern- seys, Mary Marshall, has again assert- ed her supreinacy as queen of the barn and headed the list, with $2.09 profit, while -last week she gave ;t profit of 52.37. The Jersey, Primrose, which headed the list two weeks ago with 52.33, stood second -last week $2.22 pro- fit and this week with $1.91. The•Jerseys as a breed, 'stood at the headiest week with a lead of 95 cts. but they have lost heavily during the week just ended, Aug. 20th, and the Guernseys, have anerizeased their leasi by 50 0±9., making tnefr tatal lead at present $6.66. It may not be general- ly•understood how the Guernseys got such a lead of the Jerseys during the .first month, but, in justice to the oth- er breeds, it may .be stated that the Guernseys were all in fine working trim at tbe beginning of the, test. Four of them freshened in April, (2 of them after theyarrived on the ground). The JerSey, Prinprose,,had been milk- ing two months before the test com- menced and Rexina did net 'calve un- til the end of the second week after the tesecommenced, a•nd she was pay- ing for her feed in the meantime which put her hack about $4.90. . The Red Polls are making a remark- ably good record and Mayflower holds second place on total profit since May 1st. Mary Marshall,(Guernsey) stand- ing 1st with $39.03, Mayflower, (Red Poll), 2nd, $33.79, and Primrose (Jer- sey), 533.66. The whole of the Red Polls in the test are owned by Capt.V. T. Hills, of Deleware, Ohio, who has made some remarkably good sales as aresult of his cows' record here. The Canadian cows, as a whole, are making a good record and are a Much finer lot of cows than their competi- tors and they will all give a good ac- count of themselves by the time the test is closed. ' There are four prizes given in this -one for most profit on estimated but- ter as revealed by the Babcock test, the butter valued at 25 cts. per lb. - one prize for most butter by the churn to one prize for total solids in the milk valued at 7 cts. per:lb. and one prize for total solids plus the gain or loss in flesh of the cows valued at 3 cts. per The first is creating the greatest in- terest and is the one on which the pro- fits, so far has been based and publish- ed. The churn test is not considered to be at all reliable on account of only one day's milk from each herd per week being separated and churned,the result for the week being estimated from that one clays churning, There are so many contingencies which might and do arise to affect the prodact of one particular day that the result can only be approximate tat best. The prize for total Solids is based on the value of the -whole milk as food, esti- mated from the •wholesale mine for city delivery and in the, the sugar of the milk figures verylargely, forming 33% of the total solids. In the making of cheese the greater part of the sugar passes off in the whey and comprises about 70% of the solids in whey ,and of which no account would be taken if a cheeae test hod heeu used as a basis for prize but in this test for total solids a pound of milk sugar figatres the same Oslo pound of Casein or a pound of Milk Fat. In the competition for this prise the order of the herds is completely chang- ed and at the present, writing they stand 416 follows: - Holsteins, $173 91 puoat. Ayrehires, 102 55 " Brown Swiss 145 12 " Shorthorn 115 08 " Guernsey 11335 Red Polla , 0 .Terseys 13(86 - " French Canadian 12416" Polled Jersey 103 70 " Dutch Belted 00 76 • Grtetejsey 58 66 prat Jersey 8 10 1-314:(f). (:)11:sesi..1,ci:In°i11,Sielect:tc:sli es (677 49807762 Holstein 0 82 French Canadian 0 37 1 orb Horn 5 93 Dutch Belted 5 06 34S. STONEHOUSE, ACCIDENT Ait G UELPH. Toronto'Aug:1st 30 -W. W. ,Tones n • r 'engineer of a C.P.R, height which ran 'into another in the fog at Guelph. Jundtion early this morning, died at the general hospital here of his injur- ies. He was unniarriecl and. resided at Toronto ,Tunction. The C.P.R. otEciala here estimate a damage ef 55,000 to the rolling stock, a nc17 $5,900 to con- tents, The other trainnien escaped by . • juniping. RIFLED THE SAMPLE CASE. Arnprior, Aug 80. -The valice of II, A. Stone traveller for H. E Saunders containing gold saniplea, were stolen from the platform at the C.P.R. sta- tion, about midnight last nig-ht. It was found in the station yard this morning, cut open and $100 worth of gold chains gone. Misleading. EDITOR OF EXETER ADVOCATE. DEAR Sm. -Allow me, Mr. Editor, 30 space in your valuable columns to correct the misleading statement in, the minutes of the council. As you. • are aware the council were having an arch culvert built, for which there were two plans and two tenders. One • • pmty would build the culvert at 83e, per foot and 20e. per square foot addi- tional for wings, amounting to about , $170; another potty would build same for $1.00, but he would not guarantee . work, as he considered the plan insuf- ficient and not strong enough for an arch culvert. The Council then want- • ed new plans and tenders that Would be guaranteed The Same pasties ten - 5500(0 again. Dne partys tender was , 5179, the concrete to be used being one . put cement to eight gravel, with sides and arch 8 inches thick. The other . tender was for $174, the concrete to be used being one,yart cement to seven gravel, with walls 12 inches wide and • arch eight inches. It was moved by Mr. Leyett that ,the tender for 5174 be accepted, but there was no seconder. It was moved by Mr. Muir, seconded by Mr. Armstrong, that the tender for $178 be accepted. It was carried. Why our so-called town. fathers Should re- ject the cheapest tender, and where so much more material was to be used in the construction, we cannot under- stand. They did not seem to know what they were doing. After the cul- vert was finished the Council met and , one of the councillors strongly object -- ed to the price a,nd said it was too much for the job done. The contrac- tor threw off $1, making it 5175. Now, we seelby the minutes it was $173 and $2 for an extra barrel of cement. Why - did they need another, barrel of ce- ment? Did they think the work not strong enough? Now we see a wing built at one end and the, other, end some patchesi up affair with timbers. Whereas the rejected tender would have put'wings at both ends in a fin- ished and workmanlike manner. We also find that the culvert is cracked from end to ' end, which _fact shows that the work is not right and the cul- vert a poor affair. We think it is a poor showing for so much money when they could have a heavier and . stronger job for less money. lt cer- tainly displays their utter incapacity for the positions they hold. oNtooKER. BIRTHS. Iluzfrarx.-In Usborne, on A.tigust 20 to Mr. a,ncl Mrs. T. Ilunkin, a, son. NORT1100T7.'.-ID Hay, Con. 3, AnguSh 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Northcott a daughter. ANDREWS. -In ITSbOr Ile, COD eeSSiOD 6, August 30, to Mr.. itncl Mrs. Sidney Andrews a scm. . Iholis.-In Exeter, on Sept. lst, the wife of Arthur Dayis, of a 55itug,11 ter. CoLLINOwoong-In. Exeter, on Sep- teniber 2nd to Mr, ancl Mrs. James aollingwood, a daughter. DoYnt.-Irt McGs1hvi o Con. 14, on Sept 33 the wife of 'John F. Doyle, , of a son. Flopetrats.-In „McGillivray, (11) Sept. 8 the wife of I'V 11 Hudgins; of ;1 daughter. MARRIAGES. ataKER-IvisoN. --At the residence of the bride's parents, on ,Ang, 27, , by the Rev. R. N. Ba.rnby, 13. D,as- sisted by Rev. Sallies Walker, and , Rev. (1. TI. Long. Mr. II. G. Walker, of Waterloo, and INlis.s Unice, datigh- tel., of Wm. Ivison, Esq., 1± Rippon. ntialrus PEDLAR. -At Ailsa Craig, on 800-, lst', .1(1- 131,11 'Pecilm:c:formerl S., of Stephen 'township, aged 64 yeaes., .11.1e.T.ancrAtiaa---In Exeter North, en Sept. 2n55, Sarah Ellison, beloved i'velafet's'f 1.,), aged 78 y ' 4 4tt.