The Brussels Post, 1900-5-24, Page 1Vol. 28. No, 46
BRUSSELS, oNTAR.io, T URSDAY, MAY 24, 1900
W. E3. KERR, Prop.
New Advertisements,
FPC Sale—Vile Pose.
Huron Co, Qohnail—W, Lane,
Court of Revision—F. S, Scott,
Noxou Implements.—Noxon qo,
Jersey Heifer—G, A. Deadman.
Servant wanted—Mrs, Meaking.
Shoulder Arme—W, M, Sinclair,
Lady's Bioyele—G, A. Deadman.
Apprentice wanted—N, F. Gerry,
You have no Idea—MoKinnon & Co,
Very surprising reports—Dr, Pitcher.
Penitentiary enppliea—Douglas & Stew-
art.
Mistrid Pins.
£tiara
Rey, Mr. Yeiland attended the District
peeting at Wingham on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Ethel cheese faetory sold the first half
of May make to Ballantyne & Son at 911o.
Cheese, was shipped on Tuesday.
IT WAS A RAISIN° IN EARNEST.—Leat
Saturday afternoon Joeeph Qaerrin had
a barn raising, one of the regular old
« fashioned kind. There were 164 men, 36
women and 20 boyo there and barring
the accident to Hugh Cunningham every-
thing went off very pleasantly. Peter
McDougall and Henry Battery were the
Captains and it was a rape for your life,
resulting in as nearly'a 'tie as possible.
The building ie 48x50 feet and an extra
good frame. A tip top sapper was served
and Joe and hiewife were voted Orat-
olaee host and hostess.
Monday Rev. Mr. Filer arrived hom
from bis tripEaetward.
A *maple care of (settle were shipped
this week by Meagre. Ferguao t ,t era.
• Donald from Brussels. They h,mlie a
lot of good stook.
Rev. A. 0. Tiffin ie away thie week at
Londeeboro' attending the anneal
Dietriot meeting. He will be removing
from Walton after Conference and de.
serves a good appointment.
We are sorry to hear that Rev. Mr.
Forrest's throat trouble ie not shorting
the improvement hoped for but we hope
the means need may prove beneficial.
Mr. Forrest resides in Parkdale, •
Communion service will be held in
duff's ohuroh a week from next Sabbath.
IRev. D. B. McRae, of Cranbrook, ie ex.
peoted to take the services on Saturday
and Sabbatb. Mr. Oraueton will 'apply
Mr.:MoRae's pulpits.
Duff's Sabbath school- will send the
following delegates to the Convention at
Brueeels next Taeeday :-A. Gardiner
and Mre. Gardiner, Mies Smillie, Mrs.
R. H. Ferguson, Mies Ramsay and D.
MoLaugblin. ' Rev. Mr. Cranston- has a
topic.
The annual Garden Party, under the
aaapioes of the Ladies' Aid of Duff's
church, will be held at the home of Min-
oan Moonaig on Friday evening, June
8th. A fine musical and literary program
will be preeented whioh will include a
brass Band. At the oloee of the enter•
tainment a msgnifloient display of fire.
worke will be given.
DIA rriee.
PaoLtFlo.—A mare belonging to W. A.
Mines, lots 60 and 51, let von., presented
him with twin foals last Friday. They
are Sir Walter bred and are wall- matoh.
ed and lively.
The anion Sabbath eo600l meeting in
the house of John. Spier, 4th line, nom.
menaed opetabions Last Sabbath atter.
noon. Malcolm Bleck war re-elected
Superintendent.
Jae. L. Loyfd'and wife; Gee .Walkerton,
were visiting 'at John alarming's this
week. Mr. Lloyd fe in the granolithio
pavement business and bad a number of
contracts last year whioh he oarried
through suaoeeefully.
NEWSY LETTERFROtI ALAMEDA, N. W.
T.—We left Brussels on April 3rd ;
arrived at Winnipeg = on the 7th at 9
o'clock a. m. all in shill -shape style. Do -
loaded oar stook there and remained nn•
til the neat morning at 7 "o'clock. The
streets were dry and duet blowing. The
ladies and gents were oat on their bikes,
dressed in. Summer apparel the weather
was FM very waren. We arrived in Ala.
'meds on the meriting of the 9th at 2
o'clock and got Moved out to our home•
Meads as soon as oiraumetances would
permit and now we have got settled down
to work turning over the prairie. Have
splendid good neigbbore here the most of
them Scotch. We have ohurob gervioe
every eeaond Sunday in a private house,
Preebytetian of course, and we are' going
to have a eohool built this Summer with-
in two miles of ne., -The land is mostly
taken up, that is the homesteads, and the
. eettlere are ooming in not by ear loads
bat by train loads. There has been over
80 oars at settlers' effects unloaded in
Alameda'.. this, Spring. Alameda is e
A U Q,
ESTIO
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of Spectacles.
Do yout eyes tire easily ?
If eo, yen need Glaesee.
Do your oyes burn ?
If so; you need Gieteee,
Does the type beoonee blurred In reading?
If to, -yon bend Glaseee.
Do you suffer from frontal headache ?
It eo, Glance will help you,
Do you know if yon have perfeoteyesight ?
U not, we van inform you.
It will Coal you Nothing.
Havingthe Idea and meet up -to.
date method g y of testing your a et we
guarantee satiofaoEion.
• MRS. T. FLETCHER
GhADUATI7:,,OUNMANr
Also Orating* of Betlnoseopy,
lively little town with 2 dry good 'etoree,
e hardware, 8 groceriee, a harness shop,
3 elevators, a large feed stable, whioh
will hold 100 horses, 1 boarding house
bet no intoxicating liquors sold, Seed -
Ng is a thing of the past here ae the
wheat ie up weving with the wind, This
is the poor man's country. The weenier
ie beautiful and the flowers are put in
bloom, We bed a nine thunder shower
on the 6th of May. We get the Brunie
POST every week' and glad to see it come
bet would like to ere the Globe Doming
too e41 we have not got any singe we came
here. We are all enjoying the best of
health, wishing you the same, I remain,
Yours truly,
Swot; Ponerro.
McI flop.
Dine re rust WEST.—Word has been re.
oeived of the death of Wm. Rea, a former
resident of thie township, and brother of
John Rea, of the 14th 'oopoeseion. He
oarne to the Huron tract in 1857, and
settled on the 12th concession, where he
resided for about twenty years, and will
be remembered by many of our readers.
In referring to hie death, the St. Paul
(,ifinnesota) Globe, of May 10th says:—
'William Rea, one of the pioneer settlers
of North Dakota, • died at the family
residence, 645 Marehall avenue, this cite,
yesterday afternoon. The deceased was
69 years of age, and had not been in
robust health for some time. He spent
the Winter in Tennessee, and before
leaving the South suffered ;an attack of
la grippe, from whioh he only partly re.
covered. Sbortly after arriving in St.
Paul be Wag etrioken down with poem
monis, athlete developed into a complies.
tion of troubles, pausing his death. Mr.
Ren wan a native of Kelso, Scotland, and
emigrated to America in 1858, going first
to Canada. After 'pending a number of.
years in Huroa county, Ontario, be came
to the Red River valley, 'rattling in Far-
go, North Dakota, in 1874. In addition
to the large farming interests whioh he
controlled in tbat vioinity, be operated a
sharp ranob in Montana, and engaged ex.
teneively in the sheep industry. For
years be was known:aae the'ebeep king' of
the West. He was a ngooeeelal business
man, and aooumulated a large fortune.
His wife and family of four eons and
three daughters survive him. These are
John, William and David, of the firm of
Rea Bros„ South St, Paul ; Mre. G.
Archibald.- of Waukesha, Wieoonein.;
the Misses Ellie and Kate Rea, and Jae.
Rea, of this city. The remains were
taken to Fargo for interment."
Cry ev.
The mumps are still on abs rounds.
Some farmers are ploughing up their
Fall wheat, •
Mise Janet MoNair is spending a few
weeks in Hibbert.
Jae. Battin and olden, of Logan, visit-
ed at R. Robertson's.
There are no appeals in against the
assessment roll this year..
R. MoTaggart rides a bike now. It's
a wonder Bob you didn't get one built
for two.
Jae. Smith and David Harrison, of
Logan, were viaitore at Jno. MoTaggartre
laet week,
Last week Neil MoTageare moved and
raised, hie barn. He intends putting
atone underneath.
Mre. Sinclair, of Brussels, has removed
to her farm on the 14th son. She is a
sister of Lachlan McNeil.
It is reported that some of the young
ladies on the 14th con. will form mater
menial alliances during the month of
Jane.
Geo. Shiele has erected a new wind-
mill on hie premises, for the purpose.ef
pumping water. His son, William, 'did'
the work.
Delegates were eeleoted at a number of
the Sabbath wheals last Sabbath to at•
tend the. S. S. Convention at Brussels
next Tuesday.
A good sized addition ie being built to
the reeidenoe " of Conrad Michel, 12th
con. Mr. Miobelle a good farmer and
has a comfortable home.
The job oflevelling eohool grounds and
repairing fenoe will be let at the eohool
house of,5. S. No. 6, 0n ° Saturday after-
noon of this week at 1.80 o'olook.
The bricklayers have completed the
veneering of Jno. Molntoeh'e residence,
con. 5. It is a big improvement. D. A.
Lowry, of Brussels, end staff did the
work.
G. K. Matheson, of Mitchell, bas sold a
portion of the machinery of the Star mills
to a milling company in the neighborhood
of Durham. It was shipped last week'
from Ethel station.
Jno. Brown, 10th con„ left on Tumidity
morning for a trip to Neepawa, Man.
He will be away or 8 weeks, returning
in time for harvest. Mre. Vance and
Mre. M. Smith, of Enna, went on the
same train toNeepawee
Turnbull's public eobool will hold a
pia -nix in Wm. Tilfer'e grove, 16th von„
on Friday afternoon of next week, Jane
lat. Among the amusements will be
swinge, base ball and a foot ball =bob
between Walton and Oranbrook. Every-
body welcome. •
A COIDE T—
N . Leat Saturday evening at
Joeeph Qaerrin'e barn raising Hugh
Cunningham was knocked off the beam
he was standing on to the ground, a
distance of 19 feet. A brace fell on him.
He was considerably shaken up as he
landed on some rafters in the fail. We
hope the lay np will be only temporary
and that he will soon be about as lively
MS ever.
Dien.—Last Saturday morning about
7 o'elook, Janette Bueeannah, eldest
daughter of Robert and Annie Shiele,
formerly of this township, died et the
home of her parente, Winthrop, aged 6
years, 2 menthe and 11 days. She had
been poorly for about 8 Werke, taking
pneumonia a week prior to her death.
Despite all that could be done elle rapid.
1y tank and paeeed peacefully away as
above stated. The funeral took place on
Monday afternoon, Rev, Mr. Musgrave
oontuobing the service, Intermeht was
made at Bruesele cemetery." Mr. and
Mrs. Shiele are deeply sympathised'witb
more particularly as the formeris not t
any too robust. • to
We regret to bear that Mise Maggie
Li.vingeton, S5tb von, who was vieiting
her sister, Mrs, Wm. (Memnon, 10th
eon,, was taken seriously ill last Sunday
and a physician bad to be celled, She is
aonefderably better now we are pleased
to hear. Mige Livingston's health bas
not been extra good but we hope she will
continue to .improve,
Atwoo<S.
AOATNSTTEEBOYLE DRAIN,—Maybes &
Mabkiue, of Stratford, on behalf of Wm.
Raney, of Elma, have issued an lnjeto.
tion to prevent the construction of that
part of the Boyle drain of Elma, known.
ee branch No. 1. The plaintiffis the
owner of lot 83 on the 16th 'eon. The
drain rune down the lines between tote 88
and 34, thence across the blind lane to
the end of lot 84. The plaintiff alleges
that the intention of the engineer, Mr.
Van Buskirk, was to ran the drain down
the line between lobe 38 and 34, The
contractors are, he alleges, constructing
the ditch only on the plaintiff's side of
the line, and dnmpiog and spreading all
the earth on the plaintiff's pasture and.
clover field. Laet Monday morning May-
bes & Metkine issued an injnnatiun re-
stricting the oontraotore from oonetrugt.
ing the ditch as above mentioned and will
move to continue the injunction, : as to
the plane of oonetruotion and ` make it
perpetual, at Oegoode Hall, on Tuesday,
29th next.
el`
3lafelzing
b Relieved.
Details of Colonel Mahon's march to
the relief of Melanie are pabliehed Tune -
day by The Poet sed The Express. The
column, whioh probably'aoeeisted of four
battalions of Imperial Yeomanry, the
Imperial Light Horse, the Diamond
Fields Horse and Artillery, and the
Kimberley Light Horne, set oat on May
4, for Barkly'West, egd covered 25 miler
daily, although it bad twenty waggons to
move and protect. On the '7th, Taunge
was occupied, while a day or two later a
detour to the West was made to evoid a
Boer force near Pndimoe Siding. Vry
burg was reached on the.10i11, and then
the force had an exalting mai with the
Boer oommandoe to Koodoosrand, whioh -
ie about eight miles Weet ' of Kraaipan,
-and thirty miles Southwest of Mateking.
THE ATTACK ON MAFEKINO.
The burghers, were enable to stop
dolonel Mahon at Hoodoosrand. On the
13th, however, when near Krailpan, the
column was attached, bat the Boers were
defeated with beavy lose. Eloff attempt-
ed on the same day to carry Matching
by storm, but the event proved a fiasco,
the attaoking party losing l8 in killed,
wounded and prisoners. From a grapbio
account of this aotien,.forwarded by The
London Daily Mail correspondent, there
is no doubt that Elbff fell into Doe of the
wedeln' traps whioh bad been left open for
him for months, and that colonel: Baden-
Powell achieved a brilliant victory.
INVESTING FORGE DEFEATED..
A Central News telegram from Mate•
king chows that after Colonel Mahon had
eaooesefally resisted the attack made on
his column on the 18th be joined bande
with Colonel Plummer, 20 miles. West of
Mafeking, Rod the united force over.
whelmed the Boers who were investing
the town. ' The burghers fled panic..
stricken, and many prisoners with arms
and ammunition fel intoe the hands of
the British. The Express 'oorreepondent
in Lorenzo Marquez states that the
exodus of Boer women and children from
Pretoria towards Lydenburg has already
began.
The Transvaal Boers intend to stand a
eiege at Johannesburg and have mounted
gone and dug trenches against the Brit.
ieh. Six siege trains have been ordered
to be prepared at Aldershot for the Brit.
ieh. The advanoing army is within leas
than 40 miles of Johannesburg. Migra.
tion from Pretoria has already common°.
ed.
THE eoER SITUATION,
An open air meeting was bald Monday
by the local Hollanders, 200 of whom
were present to ooneider the situation in
the event that Pretoria should be be.
leagaered, A Committee wag appointed
to secure a plaoe of eatery for the women
aud..ohildren. The °onset -general of the
Netherlands, Herr Nieawenhnys, was
askedto advise the Government to take
its snbjeote. One speaker said that the
position was most dark.' The British, he
deolared would be masters of the . Free
State and the Transvaal ; might would
be. right ; the oapitaliete would dominate ;
the poor would be enfferere, and the
Hollanders, would have no chance.
Dr. Heymane eontradiote the reports
oironlated regarding the health of Preei.
dent Kreger, whioh. he says le good.
Herr Kruger is transaating all the work
of the Preeidenoy.
In aaoordanoe with an understanding
with Gen. Botha and Preeident Steyn,
tbe Government bag leaned a oiroular,
stating that should the enemy enoaeed in
gaining a position in the Tranevaal, and
takePoeeeeeion of oneorthe other dia.
te' t i
,o thatn hab,tante1 -
won d b e free to
decide whether or not to leave their
families on the forme ; but the men must
remain with theoommandoe.
The war office announoeethat eleven
veseele will leave home ports during the
next 80 days with 8,869 ofiioers and men
and 2,385 horses. The promotion of
Col. Baden-Powell is generally expected
to be followed by further honors, pro-
bably an important command, with a
temporary rank of lientenant.general.
He only got hie aoloueloy in1897,'and he
now goes ahead of a long list of seniors.
Twenty-one war correspondents have
been killed or have died of disease during
the war, in this respeot the Daily Mail
has been partioularly unfortunate, ten of
ite'oorreepondents having been ,put out
of service by death or illneeo.
The eonoludiug paragraph of the U, 8.
georetary'O reply to the Boer envoys
i0 as foliowe :—"The preeident eyrupa.
thioee heartily in the sincere .deeire of
all the people of the UnitedStatue that
he war now aflioting South Africa may
r. the sake of both parties engaged bornm.
to a speedy gloss, bet having done hie
till duty In preeerving a strictly ware,
position' between them, and In seizing
the firet opportunity that presented 1
self for tendering hie good offioee in the
interests of peago, he Peale that in the
present airoumetanoeo no °parse ie open
to hint except to pereiet in the policy of
impartial neutrality, Po deviate from
th'le would be pontrary to all our condi-
tions, and all our national iptereets, and
would lead to consequences whioh neitber
the president nor the people of the United
States could regard with favor."
Rev, Mr. Wilkie, of lndore,
India,
Last Sabbath the congregation of Melville
church were priylleged In hearing a moat
exaeilent address from Rev, Mr, Wilkie,
head of Preebytorlaq mission work in Oen.
teal India, •
India is a land of strange aontrediotlone,
naturally riah, yet frequently vleited by
famine. The people mentally and phyeioal.
ly are giants and yet a prey to those who
are in many ways their inferiors. If India
wore given a ehaeee she would shake she
Orient an surely an the Anglo Saxon has the
West, The hand of God seemed to be on
this land as famine, plague and earthquake
In their most terrible form, have visited 11
recently. The speaker not long since had
stood and gazed onwhat was once the site
of a largetown that in a moment of time
the earth had opened and swallowed so that
no trace remained. Cities with a imputa-
tion 01 40 000 had by the plague and famine
been completely emptied en that not 100 re.
rosined.
Speaking o1 the efforts to save their pec•
pie from the famine the BritishGovern-
ment are to.dav doing what up government
of any nation had ever done for its eubj eats,
and are daily feeding 71 million people
Over 70 million people reside In the affected
district.
FAMINE 010060.
The people are priest -ridden. Everryy ten
persona support a holy man.. Their religion
makes them improvident and nnprogree-
eive. There ie, however, a general feeling of
unrest,- They are dissatisfied with their old
faith: The New Testament is recognized as
embodying their highest system of morality
—Jame as the ideal man. If the Christiane
would be satisfied with having the Hindoo
acknowledge Christ's human perfeotione all
India would at once become Chrletian. -
There aremany movements to discard
present-day belief and to go book to their
old Systeme of philosophy and belief into
whioh the leaders read thoughts and ideas
that they would never have had but for the
teaohinge of Christ. The great Banger in
the movement is that in dieoarding their old
religion that India will become infidel. It
the Christian church le: unfaithful to her
opportunities at this time they will be lust.
The Gospel and 1t alone will save India to
Britain. If we fail to send our thousands
now to teach the Christian Faith we will
pay oar millions of pounds and 'shed the
blood of brave men to retain our hold on
this people.
11 is alleged that India is satisfied with the
Faith she has, why not leave her alone ? No
ono who knows the people will believe that
true. They are hungering for something
better than what they Have.
Tan PR00REeg 00 oaarnTIANiTY.
In Southern India where the Leaden Mis-
sionary Society is at work, 00 years ago there
wan one church, to -day there are over 400
and over 07,000 Christiane. In the North a
somewhat Mueller malt while in Central
India progress had been slower. The Chris-
tian formerly had to come in through eevero
penetration, to -day that is changed. The
caste syatem is breaking down. The Mhrie-
tian ie known as a progressive man, obtain.
ing preferment is the government of the
laud,,': Mr. Jobori was instanced as a man
;who was more respective and trusted than
any other to Indere. Christianity there in
recognized ae making men honest and truth-
ful.
The value of the educational- side of Mis-
sioharywork was emphasised. The com-
bined colleges of Great Britain have a etn-
dentage of 17000, India has 00,000. The Pres-
byterian College at Lidera tenches the
Bible as an important part of ite course.
The Government colleges though are turn-
ing out young men, keen critical, but too
often infidel, Actually s'lploede of infidel
literatureis oast on the shores of India each
year.
The work among the children is most
hopeful. The speaker gave come pathetic,.
inetanees of the dire effeote Of the famine
on the little ones.
Be closed hie iaetruotiye and eloquent ad-
dress by an earnest appeal for aid to the
work.
Neat Sabbath the congregation will takea
is to i
oelbeotiou whioh, if one is to udge from the
sympathotia attention of the congregationhe
and words epxceed the of •the need o1 the
work, should exceed 110 3200,00 mark,
Presbytery of Maitland.
Presbytery of Maitland met at Wing.
ham on Tuesday, May 15tb, 1900.
Rev. A. Miller, Moderator ; Rev. Mr.
Andereon wait appointed olerk, pro tem.
Dards were read from the Presbyteries
of Minnedoee, Sydney, Vancouver, North
Bay and Hamilton, intimating thab they
would apply to to the General Assembly
for leave to receive into the ohuroh the
following ministers, Robert Gow, B. A.,
of Presbyterian church, N. S.; M. F.
Grant, Halifax College ; W. D. Gray,
Presbyterian ohuroh, Anetralia; E. N.
Watson, B. A„ Congregational ohuroh,
England, and Iteorge Booth, L. L. D.,
respectively.
Mr. Roes reported that the grants
applied for from the augmentation fond
for charges in the Presbytery had been
allowed save in the case of Pine River
where only 3100 bad been granted, owing
to the need of retrenchment in the ad-
ministration of the Fund.
The following is allot of Commieeionere
to the General Assembly me revised and
changed. Ministers—George Ballantyne,
Robert Fairbairn,B. R. 8 G. Ander-
A.,
Ander-
son, M A. B. D.,Roderick Mcleod, B.
,
D., Wm, J. WestM. A. Dldere—D. D.
Henderson, Wbiteohnrah, Ont. ; William
Dawson, South Kinloss, Ont, ; J. Grier-
son, Halifax, N. S. ; Judge Forbes, St.
John, New Brunswick ; Rev. R. Murray,
Halifax, N. S.
Dr. Murray, convener of Preebytery'e
Committee on Century Fund, asked the
members of Presbytery to fill np the
eohednlee relating to the oongregational
efforts on behalf of the Century Fund
and to return them to him by the 22nd
of May.
Rev. W. J. West presented the report
on Y. P. Sedates, whioh was reoeived
and adopted and the convener thanked.
On motion it was agreed that Dr,
Murray, President of the Y. P. Preeby.
terial Association, be !entreated to arrange.
for a convention of Y. P. Societies to meet
on Monday before the September meeting
of Presbytery and, that the Presbytery
meet where the. Executive Obeli . arrange
to hold the oonvention.
The report on statistics was preeentod
by Mr, Ballantyne, and was reoeived and
odapted, and the ,000600er thanked,
The Committee on Examination of
Students reported that they bailout with
M, A. Cranston and 1), MolKay, students,
Within the boande and had prescribed the
following exeroiaeeta leotare on Gen:
8;8 for Mr. Motiay, and a lecture 00 Pea,
80;7 for Mr, Oraneboei, both leoturee to be
prepared for the next regality meeting of
Preebyteryin September,,. -
Mr, McKay in view cif hie, applioation
to be reoeived as to student of Theology,
was examined an to faith and normals and
the Committee expressed themselves as
ratiated and the Oommittee'a report wag
reoeived and adopted,
'Rhe Presbytery adjourned to meet ie
Whiteahuroh, on Tuesday, May 29th,
1900, at 2;30 p. m., the sederaut being,
closed with the benediction by the Mod
-
eater, Joan. MacNeill*, Clerk.
Luoknow, May 21, 1900,
Cea,etas .c7Ian Ne wag.
George Moutietb of Rosseau shot a
large bear near the village,
Thee. Berke, was rag down' and killed
cm the railway track at Whitby.
Franaie Anthony, of Brampton, an old
man of '70 years, hanged himself.
The eight yetr.old eon of Thomas
Darling wan drowned at Chatham-.
The rejected. A Battery horses Bold at
Ringeton realized nearly 560 each.
The Guelph Street Railway will short.
ly be aonneoted with the 0. P. B. there,
The Loodoo, Ont., Council ban decided
to reduoe the number of wards from rix
to four.
The Toronto Publio School Board has
paned a resolution approving of vertical
writing.
The telephone metallic line between
Amheratburg and Leamington has been
completed.
The resignation of W. W. B. MaInnee,
M. P. for Nanaima, bas been reoeived
by Speaker Bain.
Mr. Beatty, a recent graduate of Knox
College, has been called by the Presby-
terian chinch at Oobourg.
R. M. Droll has 'sold the Palmerston
Reporter to Percy R. Smith, formerly of
the Woodetook Sentinel -Review.
Ozias Molobt,-a Tilbury farmer, while
driving aoroee.the M. 0. R. tracks was
etruok by an Eastbound train and almost
instantly killed.
A number of Essex fruit growers re.
port that the grape vines ware badly
damaged by frost, and that the prop this
year will be very light.
Charles Carpenter, a milihand in
Goldtborpe'e mill at Ashfield, was caught
by the foot and thrown qa the large Dir•
oalar raw and act to pieces,
A etrougcompany has been formed et
Kingston to operate emelting'` works. It
is expected that building operatiooe will
be oommenaed in a few days.
The Ottawa ;and Hull relief fond has.
reached the gam of 3829,426. It is esti
mated from the registration list that 15,•
000 persona loot their hemee.
In the gold sand of the sea mining,
eight miler from Port Arthur, a gold nug-
get weighing one-fourth of a pound was
found by three Chinese workmen..
While discharging a giant $reoraaker
on Friday night, Prank Mitchell, a prom-
inent basiness mac of Sarnia, bad obs
fingers of hie righthand blown off and
his nose split open.
A broken wheel on a O.P. R. train was
the cause of throwing three oars :unite
track and down a forty foot embankment
between Woodbridge and Weston, for-
tunately without hurting anyone.
Colonel Sherwood, Superintendent of
Dominion Police, ie making arrange.
menta to Bend a squad of 25 epeoiaf
policemen to guard the Welland Canal.
The militia now on duty will be with-
drawn.
The Shenango arrived at Port Stanley
Friday night at 1I o'olook with 18 oars
G. T. R. coai, 7 oars steel rails for C. P.
.R. and 7 oars coal for Stoney Creek.
She left at 1 o'olook for Rondean for
empties after taking on cargo from Port.
Wm. Atkineon, of Mauro street, Otta-
wa, was drowned on May 21st, in a pool
of water 6 inohee deep, near the mill at
Mechanicsville. He was found lying faoe
downwards. Atkinson was a Duller in
the mill. It is supposed that he was at -
tanked with a fit, and fell into the pool.
He. was 40 years of age.
M. K. Cowan, M. P., et South Essex,
moat be an Irishman. In the course of
his opeeoh on the boodling charges in the
Holme of Commons the other morning,
he is reported by the Montreal Star to
have said : "They kept that affidavit in
their pants pockets, oonoeeled within
their breast and they knew it." This elo.
queues brought down both Melee of the
Honoe.
The O. P. R. has reoeived several re-
ports on crop conditions throughout the
districts touched by its lines. The re-
ports show that rain fell at Emerson,
Melita, Clearwater, Killarney, Lander,
and brief showers at other pointe within
that territory. The crop is shown to be
in good condition at nearly all pointe.
On the Souris and Pipeetone branches
the reports state that wheat ie up 4 or 6
inches and ie looking healthy and of even
ro
g th. w
O. K. Hagedorn, of the Berlin Board
of Trade, retarued from: his trip to Ot.
taws on Thursday, where he Wag one of
a delegation that was given a half hour's
audience on Wednesday forenoon by Hon.
Mr. Blair, in connection with the appli.
cation of the Port Dover•Goderioh Rail
way Co. for a land grant subsidy of 8,200
acres per mile for the proposed line from
Berlin to Goderioh. There were in the
delegation in addition to Mr. Hagedorn,
J. S. Clark, Ald, A. L. Breithaupt, Ber.
Rlin;enniJe,. Gree. ReveieWellner, esleWelleeytowaebley village;iptRtipeeve.
Gmelin, Ayr, and Mr. Holmes, M. P„for
Clinton. They were foordially reoeived
and stated their proposition and claim,
and were assured by Mr. Blair that the
matter would be laid before hie colleagues.
He told them that there was not a very
glowing proopeot of the request being
granted at thenext session, as over
880,000,000 In eobeidiesare ahead of this,
to be dealt with. The different provinces
end dietriote of the province must receive
their fair apportionment. The scheme
appeared to him 10 be quite proper, of
ell (11011 (MMES.
Rev. Dean Murphy, 6 of Triebtown ie
very low and fa noti ex peoled to - survive
many day. p ve
Rev. Joseph iildge, pastor of Welling.
bon Street 'Meth )dist ohurob, L lndop
has been very ill,
W. H. Herr, of Tun Poer, took the
aervioee at Bethel and Whitdeld'e (March,
Ethel oireuit, labtSabbath,
Somee-neceeeary ,repairs have been
made to the, •brink work of Melville
ohur(b daring the past week.
"The power of a temperate life” will
be the topic et Melville Endeavor and
the Epworth League next Sabbath even.
Mg.
RevG. W. Henderson, of St, Marys, le
receiving prominent mention as the next
President of the London Oouferenoe.
He woald fill the bill wall,
Last Sunday epeaial National hymn
and prayers formed part of the service i
St. John's ohuroh in view of the ne
approach of the Queen's Birthday.
The mind of Christ" was Rev. M
Holmes' topio Inst Sabbath morning an
in the evening the subject was direote
largely to the young people of the .con
gregation.
Rev: Jno. Rose, B. A., discoursed las
Sabbath evening from the 14th ehapte
of exodue. It was treated ander t6
following divisions; (1) The People'
peril by the sea ; (2) Prayer at the Bea
(8) Passage throegb the sea ; (4) Praia
beyond the sea.
A missionary meeting in oonneatio
with the Forward Movement for Mieeion
will be held in the Methodist ohuroh o
Thursday, June 7th, at 8 o'clock, to b
addressed by Reeds. J. W. Ashton and W
Sawyer, members of the Students Rio
eon ary Campaign.
Next Sabbath will be Commuuion a
Melville ohuroh. Rev. George Batten
type, of Molesworth, will preach on Sat
=day afternoon at 2:30 Betook ; the panto
will aonduot the aervioee on Sabbath
and Rev. A. MoLnan, of Blyth,.will occup
the pulpit on Monday at 10:80 a. m.
The May meeting of theministers and
laymen of the Wingham District. of the
Methodist ohnroh was held in Wingham
on Tuesday and Wednesday. Reeds. J.
Holmee, R. Paul, W. Norton and R.
Leatherdale attended. Mrs. M. Bnoh.
anan was the delegate to the Womene'
Missionary meeting.
Tim annual meeting of the Exeter
district, Methodist ohuroh, was held in
Ilderton on the 16th inel. The following
were elected in the various oommitteee,
by ballot : Secretary, Rev. J. Waddell ;
statistical secretary, Rev. Chas. Brown ;
stationing committee, Rev. 8. Salton ;
Epworth League, Rev. W. Ball ; Sunday
school, Rev. J. -Fair. R. Stoke and F.
W. Langford were reoeived as probation.
ere for the ministry,
The First Methodist Church of St.
Thomas has adopted the coupon- system
of oontribotiog. Each contributor is
eopp'ied with a sheet of 52 emporia, upon
which ie marked their number, the
amount they promise to give, and date
for each Sunday in the year. By this
plan the holder of coupons clan ' at any,
time tell how his account Mande, the
coupon being a weekly reminder as to
whether be is in arrears or not.
The anneal oonvention of Perth County
Christian Endeavor will be held in St.
Marys at the beginning of July. At this
meeting a deputation . from the County
Sabbath School Association will be prey.
ant to ark that the oonvention of the two
bodies, comprised largely of the same
workers, should be held at the same
time and plane. As the request would
Moen expense and facilitate program weededmatters, it will probably be weeded to.
At the May meeting of the oMoial
board of Laoknow Methodist ohurob,
Rev. John Learoyd, pastor of the eon.
gregation for the past two years, inform.
ed the members that, owing to hie von.
tinned ill-bealtb, he would be oompelled
to retire from the motive service of the
ministry at the end of the present eon.
ferenoe year. Mr. Learoyd, who is in
his 7lst year, has been in the minietry
for over 45 "years, and during that time
has filled many of the moat important
ohargee in connection with the Methodist
ohnroh in Canada.
J. P. Mabee, for M. Upton, proprietor
of the Imperial•botel, Listowel, has writ.
ten lettere to Revs. Irwin and Hardie, of
the same town, Baying that unless a set•
dement were made action would be taken
against them for Blander in connection
with statements alleged to have been
made by the clergymen in circulating a
petition to the oommiesioners against
granting a 'licence to the hotel. The
clergymen deny having made wrongful
statements and have offered no mettle.
went. Write will be served in the oases.
ANNUAL CONVENTION. — The ninth
annual dietriot'Sabbatb school:convention
will be held in Melville ohuroh, Brussels,
on Tuesday, May 29th. The following is
the program :—Forenoon Session mem-
mewling at10 o'olook—Deyotional ewer.
Giese; "What is the aim of the 9. S."
Robs. McKay ; discussion ; "What may
the teacher be"—(e) As an example to
the class, Miss Bots ; (b) As to dieoipiine
of tbe class,Mre. N. M. Rioh
a
rdeon
,o) As an imparter of knowledge, Mr,
Cranston ; d Asa oharaoter builder,
der,
Miss M. . Brook; addreee on Primary
work, Mre. J. W. Humphries, Parkhill ;
disoonsion I appointment of nominating
committee and closing. Afternoon Ses-
eion, commencing at 1:30.—Devotional
exeroieee ; address by President eieot ;
"How may an efficient training of future
workers be oarried on in the 8, 9 7" G.
F. Blair ; dieonsolon ; "How should the
Bible be taught in the 9. S." Bev. A. 0,
Tiffin ; disonseion ; "What shall the
parent do with hie children on Sabbath
afternoon 7" Rev. F. J. Oaten ; diem.
don ; addreae on Primary work, Mre. 7,
W. Iinmphries ; dismission ; announce.
meets and °losing. Evening Seegion,
oommenoing el 7;80.—Opening exercises ;
anthem Melville choir ; address, "In.
finance of the S. 9. in the formation of
ohmmeter," Bev. Jno. Holmee; anthem b
by the choir ; address, "The 8. S. and 0
the Sabbath observance movement," Rev. u
Mr. Hardie, Listowel ; anthem by the 0
choir ; resolutions and - annonneamente ; W
oeing, A Collection will be taken up at
VOIMOIMINIMININYMNIM
afternoon and evening eeeelpne to defray
expenees, Klee Jessie McLaughlin
organist forenoon and afternoon eeistone.
Honor STEM—The Anglioan Synod
of Huron Diooeee mete in London on
Tuesday, June 19, Two meetings have
been arranged outside the oflioftl pro.
gram of tee Synod, for the'oopeldaration
and. dioeueeion of educational, epiritual
and praotioal topioe interesting to ghatoil.
men, The first effort in this dire() lou
Wall made last year, and proved very soo-
seesfuL Thies year the first meeting,
open to clergy and laymen, is arranged to
meet at Huron Collage, on Monday even.
ing, June 181b, at 8 o'clock, Rev, Rural
Dean Deacon, of Stratford, will preside
and two addreeeee will be given, vii :--
"Sources
—
"Sources of the Liturgy," by Rev. Rural
Dean Craig, of Petrolla, and "ohuroh
Eduoation of the Young," by Rev. Canon
Nun, London. Dieoueeion. will follow
eaoh address, the two leaders on the firat
being Rev. A. P. Moore, Listowel, and
R. J. Murray, Essex, and the two leadere
on the eeaond being Reve. W. H. Batters.
by, Walkerville, and W. J. Taylor, St.
Mary's. The emend meeting will beat
the Palaoe Oefe, on Taeeday, June 19.h,
at 8 a. m., where the 'olerioal breakfast
will be served at that hone. This is a
new idea here, but is the long established
practice of the Irish ohnroh - and other
branches of the ohuroh. Already a keen
interest in this venture baa been magi•
fasted throughout Enron Diooeee. All
oletgy desirous of attending the breakfast
are asked to send their names with 30o.
to the secretary in sufficient time to en-
eare necessary preparation. Rev. 0, E.
J. Anderson, Kingeville, will preside, and
after breakfast will present the following
program :—Addressee on "The Clergy-
men and the Bible," by Rev. D. Wit -
tiaras, Stratford. Dieoaeeion thereon led
liy Canon Rinke, Windsor, and Rev, Wm.
Henderson, Wiarton. General discus-
sion, business, eta•, oonolading et 10.15
a. m., in time for Synod service- at St.
Paul's Cathedral.
People We Know.
Mr. Dowding is in Goderioh this week.
Mrs. R. K. Rose is visiting. in Listowel.
Mies Frannie is visiting friende at Port
Dover.
0. Saunders, of Seaforlh, was in town
last Sunday.
Miss Slouch is visiting her sister, Mre.
Geo. Lowry.
Mre. Robt. Herr is vieiting her [laugh-
ter in Toronto.
H. W. Farrow was home from Palmer-
ston for Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. Smith are visiting in
Ripley this week.
Rev. G. J. A.bey was in Toronto for a
few days this week.
E. L. Dickenson, Barrister of Wing.
ham, was in town on Tuesday.
Mier Jane Kelly , is away to London
this week on a visit with friends.
Misses 011ie and Norma Vanetone
visited friends in Wingham this week.
Mre. Joe. Downing and Mies Luella
Holmes are visiting friends en Goderioh.
Jon. Donaldson wee at Palmerston. on
Monday attending a meeting of harness
makers.
Norman Hill, of St. Marys, was in
town for a day or so this week. He ie a
eon of John Hill, Queen street.
Thos. Holmee, an old well known real.
dent of Wingham, was in town Net Mon-
day visiting hie son, Dr. Holmes.
Mre. St. Peter, of Abilene, $ansae, is
visiting Inc brother. John Tait. It is 8
or 9 years since she went to Kansas.
Tom Bloomfield left last week for Sea -
forth from whioh plane he went in °barge
of a shipment of horses to Glasgow.
A note from J. R. Grant, dated Gibral-
tar, May 6th, Saye he arrived safely
that far on his voyage after a pleasant
journey.
We are sorry to hear of the unions
illness of Leslie, only sen of Geo. ' 0.
Lowry, Primmer street, but we hope he
will soon be better.
Postmaster Farrow has been bothered
during the past week with a number of
boils on the bank of his neck that have
given him a good deal of annoyance and
pain.
We observe by the London Press that
Mies Lizzie Sample, of Braeaels, Bung,
with good efface at a Congregational con-
cert in that city lash week. We would
not expect her to do anything else.
George Barker has not been feeling
very well of late, heart and nerve trouble
being the ailment. He and Mrs. Beaker
are talking of a holiday visit in the hope
of recuperating. We hope the desired
result will be attained.
Mies Annioe, daughter of P. D. 31o.
Kinnon, of Winnipeg, arrived in town on
Tuesday night and is visiting at Jas.
Oliver's, her grandfather- Mr. McKin.
non ie in Toronto and Waterloo and will
visit in Brassele and looality before re-
turning West.
Misses Annie and Mand Abraham, now
of Hamilton and Windsor, reepeotively,
former teaobees in Brunel*, Publio
school, are said to have fallen heir to
85,000 apiece through the damage of their
uncle, Geo. E. Taokett, a well known
tobacco dealer and manufacturer of
Hamilton. If tragi we congratulate
the
young ladies.
Jas. Moore, who has obmpleted bis
medical coarse, is visiting in Brussels
with relativee and friends. College life
evidently agreed with him. Dr. Moore
attended Trinity University, Toronto,
and took honors in Surgery. He will
have the Connell exam. to pass when he
will be a fully fledged M. D. with author-
ity to praotioe the healing art anywhere
in this broad and glorione Dotninion,
TGE Pose congratulates him on the sue -
cess of the past 4 years and Lopes that
hie career max be orowned with both
gold'and glory.
The food depot et Rideau Rink,1.
0
taws, was closd - permanently Saturday
night. The clothing department will be
kept open for some time longer until all
the orders are filled. Several hundred
ave to be presented, and there is snffi•
bent olothing for all. There hoe been
othing niggardly about the distribution
f food, and although no more euppliee
ill given out,
l bomoat of the families
are wall Clocked Up,