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The Brussels Post, 1901-4-25, Page 1Vol. 29, No, 41 BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1901 W. H.KERR, Prop, New Advertisements, Local -R. Dark, Donal—Mre, Birk, Notice—Wm. Spathe, Steereenented,—Qeo, Best. 'Freer' for sale—Jae. (lethal. 'Phe wrong way—D. 0, Roes. Tenders for drain—Wm. Spence. Stout Wear °boos—I. 0, Rteherde, 'boreal bargains-11MoK.innon & Qo, Htirdware, &o,—Wilton& Turnbull. lrashioae and Fabrics—A. Strachan, xsftixt W aFit1 tom. Rev. A, MaoNab, M. A., has agaepetd a call to Duff's Mineola, Walton, Tbe in• duction will take plane on Tueaday, May 7th, at 2 p. m. Rev. Geo. Ballantyne, of Molesworth, will preach on the 000aeion. Rev. D. B. McRae, of Crenbrook, will address the congregation send Rev, A. C. Stewart, Moderatorof the Presbytery, will address the minister. t),.twv()tot. Some oaths of diphtheria in Elme town- ebip, R. S. Pelton was in Woodstock on business. Mies Stella Woods, of Galt, is the guest of Mre. D. G. Anderson. John Knox bee been appointed Not. ary Pubtio for the Provinoe of Ontario. Geo. Tennent and family moved to Woodstook, where George intend.' tilting up land. Mr. and Mre. Heyd gave a treat to a number of their friende in town on a re oont evening. John Pelton is baying a fine verandah ereoted in front of bis house, which will greatly add to its appearance. The roadster that Rev. Mr. feat hen been driving during the past Winn r has been sold to go to South Afrioa, Rev. E. A. Fear watt at Beneath' on Wednesday attending the funeral of Rev. W. Norton, a superannuated Methodist minieter. Jno. Skalitzky, of Ripley, was &pending a few dews under the pareutal roof, prior to his going to Seafortb, where be will make aheeee this Summer. The boys have reorganized a foot ball olub and will noon be in ebape to chal- lenge any of the teams in the neighbor- hood. We have some good material bare and ought to be able to put a °ranker. jaok team in the field this year. The officers are : Hon. Pres, J. A. Mitchell ; Pres., Geo. Andereon • Tice Pres., Grant Andereou ; Sea., A. F. Dickson ; Trete., H. Robinson ; Saptain, H. McFarlane ; Finance Com., Jas. Struthers, G. Corrie, Jae. Ferguson and O. Stewart ; Maaag- ing Com., J. Roger, Wat. Thompson, J. Corrie and R. Richmond ;Field Manager, R. Riohmond. Roneenr.—Tuesday night of thle week the jewelry store of J. J. Johnston, of thin place, wee raided by somebody yet unknown, and a big haul of gold watobea, rings, jewelry, &o., &o., made, The bank door of the store was forced open and the oombinetion looked safe picked and the geode stolen. Mr. Jobneton and family live over tbe Ettore bat were not awakened and knew notbing of the robbery until Wednesday morning. It will be a heavy loss if the stook is not recovered and our townsman is sympathized with. A tele- gram from Atwood bays :—J. J. John eon's jewelry store wee broken into Tues. day night and robbed of over three bun. deed dollars worth of watches, rings, and other jewelry, and over twenty dollars in oath. No clue. Tbe robbers gained ad- misalon by prying open the front door. Tbe safe evidently was not looked by Mr. Johnson when cloning for the night. Eltise1. Mies Gracie Stewart was visiting the Mime Smith o few days last week. Pedeetraine find a liberal eDpply of mud in and around one village at preeent. This week John MoDermott removed to.Brneeels. Hie Etbel friends wish bim and his prosperity. Owing to increase of basinese G. W. Pollard hae engaged Geo. Wbite, of Wingham, to assist him in bie black. smith shop. Mr. Foga! has °hanged the appearance of his home sonsiderably by nutting down the large shade trees which stood along tbe front of the hone°. Some folks talk of large returns from bene, but we have reason to believe one of oar villagers oen take the "cake" as he gays, he hag 25 bens and gets 27 eggs per day. Any one wishing a getting of those eggs can get it by applying at the grist mill. Wm. Penguin, er,, moved last week in - a to the new house near the station. Doss Cole will move into the vacated bowie and Mr. McDonald, merchant, has rent- ed the house Mr, Cole ie leaving. The demand for housed in Ethel Boerne to be greater than the supply at preeent, HURON POUR° Wit IR a J ALP. MEKEfl, PftOPit[ETOR, BRUSSELS, Ont. Barred Buff and Nooks. Eggs and Fowl for sale in Season. Eggs $7„OO per setting, Corresitondence feeltcstetl. While working to the eaw mill Tuesday Harry Buttery bast the misfortune to get hie right band badly out. We hope it will soon be all right again. The regular quarterly meeting of the Methodist oberoh on Sabbath, May2, at 10,30 a, m. Servioee in the other oburohee will be withdrawn for that day. Dr,.Fergueon, of Ilthel, who has been taking a epeotel poeb•.gradgate worse in the Paliolinio and other hospitale of Ohioago, exposits to return to resome pragtiee on Monday, April 20 h. R .bt. Dilworth has sold lot 12, non. 6, Grey township, to Col, Oon°oily. Ib is hinted that now that this gentleman has secured the cage he le likely to soon se. cure the bird. May good luck attend' them, Mr. Dilworth lags beoome quite a real eetate dealer and makes the business go whether in farm or town property. Witte vales, Wm, Bailey was i11 teat week, David and Mrs. Hall, of. Blyth, visited in Bluevale last week. Miee Buokley, of Paris, visited her aunt, Miss Hood, last week. Robert King, of Godericb, visited rela- tivee in the village last week. Miss Edna Patterson is visiting at John Patterson's in Molesworth, Mr. MoNevin,'of Seaforth, and Wm. and Mrs. Gannett, of Wingham, visited at Mrs, Dailey'° last week. John 13urgeee ie attending the quarter- ly audit of the Canadian Order of Fores- ter() at Brantford this week. Matthew Eutohineon, brother of Dr. J A. Hutehineoo, a former medico of Blom vale and Brussels, is one of the. M. P. P.'s representing' Montreal in the Qaebeo Legislature. There is no question as to which side of the politioal feriae he is on as he is an outand oat Rouge or Liberal 01-'111 keynote. Will anything be done on Arbor Day at our public eohool ? Tbe doctor was a visitor at Wm. Moe. dou'a on Tuesday es he was threatened with pneumonia. Rev. D. B. McRae was a pall bearer at the funeral of the late Rev. W. Norton, Brussels, on Wednesday afternoon of this week. In the Het of eoaoeeefnl etudente at Viotorie University, Toronto, we observe the names of Rev. J. F. Knight and Rev. Mr. Trimble, formerly of this circuit. Wm. Oameron, eon of Jae. Cameron, Oranbrook, has gone to Brussels where he will study dentistry with Dr. Twaddle. 'We wish him success and believe he will do well. Wm. Ennis will be in obarge of A. MoNair's peddling wagon this Beason and A. McDonald's rig will be looked after by John Ritchie, an old hand et the busi- ness. Mores**. Mise Forsyth, 6th line, was visiting frisods at Wingham. Jaokson Bros. have leased the Button estate farm for a year. William Bird has rented Alex. Byelop'e farm for the Doming Summer. Neil McCallum is engaged with James (Hannan for a while this Spring. There is some talk of holding debates in Button's school house atter seeding. It is a good move. It is reported that a yonnu mac got aligbtly duped in a rano fora matrimonial prize, but he ie not dieoouraged and will button ep and try it again. The census enumerators are through with their work in Morrie. It war' found by some to be a very onerous job as there were a good many things not explicit enough in the directions or inetrnotions. Tuesday of last week, Mrs. Wm. Shed• den, 4th line, left for Michigan to visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. S. Lamont, and to sea her brother, James Laaohlaud who is seriously ill at preeent. He is in hie seventy.eiehtbyear, so alight hopes are entertained for hie recovery, His wife died about a year ago and since then he has made hie home at D. S. Lamont's. James Speir, 8bb line, disposed of a tip. top heavy draught, "Sir Walter" oolt to Eli Smith, 7th oon„ Grey, that will not be easily beaten in either Grey or Morris. She is 1 year and 11 months old and brought $180. Mr. Smith has a fine oolt and Mr. Speir wag rather loath to part with her even when be received all be asked. ',Sir Walter" stook is "All right" and ferment regret bis removal from this section. Goon RossEFLEen.—Monday of this week John Shortreed, the well known resident of the 8th line, disposed of an entire heavy draught Dolt, 2 years and 11 months old, to B. Bender, jr., of Wallace township, for the num of $800. The animal is oalled "Gold Crown,' weighs 1744 pounds and was bred by "Sir Walter" with a Canadian bred dam from "Lord of the Manor," The great grand. mother was owned by Mr. Sbortreed and cost him $285. Sem was killed by lightning a few years ago. There ie- no doubt but keeping good stook is it money- making as well as a very agreeable line for the tiller of the soil. STATreTtoan.— AaOoeeor Watson, who. bas completed his rounds for another year, handed Tun Pose the follownig par Maniere of bie roll :--Number of eoree in the township, 65,100 ; cleared land, 44,- 000 ; woodland, 4,489 ; swamp, 6,882 ; orchard, 780 ; Fall wheat, 8 722, a de- cream ecrease of 146 acres t value af real and personal property, $1,802,991, an inorease of 0586.66 over Iaet year ; No. of persona between 21 end 00 years of age, 1422, increase 160 ; days Statute labor, 8148, inoreaae 40 days ; total population, 2,407, deorease 78'; cattle, 7917, inoreaee 192 ; sheep, 8647, decrease 157 ; hogs, 8538, deoreeae 266 ; horses, 1797, inorease 78. There is no dog tax in Morrie, heuoe the number of ermines n le not o recorded. This year: the niunioi oali al a ti p q za ton is raised from $32 to 083 per acre. Assessor Wet. eon says Fall wheat, particularly in the South portion of the township, looke well. On soma lines there have been many ohangee in owners and tenaate and the drop in population is largely attributed to people moving to the West. Tete ie the. 26th year for Mr. Watton ae Aseeesor, a rather enuesal record for an official. J, Evans, writing from Braemar, 0x• ford Om' last Monday, eaye t—"Tbe most of the farmers bare are nearly through seeding, We started to aow on the Kith lost, The Fall wheat is very good." The writer is a son of James Duane, of title township, Severe, Namara are temp/mining about prowling doge and expected attacks on sheep and Jambe. If ownere of these Wandering bow•wowo don't take warning there will come a time some day in wbioh they won't have live dog. Sheep and good lambs are of more aoneequeuoe than useless, skulking oaninee. ADDnAAB AND PRienNTATroN,-00 the evening of Mies Julia Sharp's departure from London to 8t. Tbomee, where she is tatting a course as trained nurse at the Amaeea Wood Hospital, she was preeent• ed by friends in the Southern Congrega• Mona' °burgh with a very flue leather bound portfolio, well furniehed, and with Mee Sharpe Same inscribed on the stover. The preeenta'iou was made by Gerald Smith and the address read by Mr. Cameron. Presentation was made at a social entertainment held in the eharoh. The recipient wag completely taken by eurpriee but made a brief, suitable reply in excepting the valuable gift and kind address. A male quartette sang "Will ye no' Dome beak again" and a most en• j tyable evening was spent by all. Tan Pose rather likee these kindly rennin. brenoes. It is nioer than waiting until people are dead to perform some loving deed. Grey. Work is proceeding on theoburob, 120 con., moved a few months ago, and it is expected that re•opeaiog eervices will be held next month. On Sabbath May 6th the Strachan Sun• day school will resume its operations. It will move Northward as soon as the Hall at Jamestown ie oompleted. Muth sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. MoOoeh on the death of their little daughter, Anna, atter a brief but severe illness. She died on Friday at the reel - death of John Straoben. The Colon Sabbath sohool meeting in Shine's school house will open np atter the Winter holiday next Sabbath after- noon if weather will permit, P. Ritohie is the Superintendent. He in also the President of the Matelot Sabbath School Association. Germ's VroToay.—A very pleasant and interesting event' took plate on Wedaee- day, April 10th, at the residenoe of Wm. and Mrs. Anderson, of Areola, Assa., N. W. T., when their esteemed friend, Miss Maggie Davidson, eldest daughter of Thos. and Mrs. Davidson, con. 11, Grey, wee united in the holy bonds of wedlook, to Oorneline Robinson Bennett, an anter. pricing young termer of Aroola. The bride was charmingly attired and was given away by her brother. The ogre• many' was performed by Rev. Mr. gine• man in the presenoe of about 40 guests), relatives and friends, the nuptial bow being tied at 4 o'clock p. m. After tend. ering congratulations and good wishes to the happy oonple the oompany was inhered into the dining room by the boateas, where they eta down to a anmp. thous and elaborately prepared supper to which all did ample lnetioe. Temente were many and costly. The remainder of the evening was spent very enjoyably but owing to the intense darkoese and bad roade the company broke up at an early hone sod amid showers of rice and good wishes the happy yoaug couple de- parted for their future home. May success and happineee attend them. Big Drainage Plan. Extensive drainage and river improve - meet work baa been undertaken at the instance of property owners in the town • ship of Elms, and what will be known as the Stewart drain promises to effect e great improvement in all property in the watershed of the North branch of the Maitland river running through Listowel and including all ttibutaries of this stream, but nob affecting lands drained by the brannh of the Maitland running through Henfryn. The watershed of the Stewart drain comprises 8,060 sores and above the junction of this drain with the river the watershed of tbe North branch of the Maitland oompriaes 6,800 acrea in the township of Elms, 1,996 in the township of Wallace, 3,299 acres in the tbwnehip of Grey. The Stewart drain proper abate at the North corner of the James Stewart farm, lot 26, eon. 6, Eima, and follows the course of the creek known as the Turn. bull drank down to the junction with the river'on the Revell farm, on the 5th con- ceseion, near the boundary of Grey, at which point the river improvement starts and continues around the bend hook into Elmo to the blind line between the Oth and 715 concessions, then out of the bound- ary of Gray, and down to the junction of the Henfryn river and then West across five lots more. The river is to be cleaned out and straightened in many respects by cutting the .bottom of the river, outtinge to be 20 feet wide in the lower part of Elma, and 80 feet wide be. low the Henfryn river. The lands seemed for benefit on this drain are situated mostly in the second, third and fourth oonoesaions of Elms, and a part of the let oonaession from Listowel East and iuoludee a few lots on the 5th, 8th and 7th concessions of Telma towards the Grey boundary, The balance of the land assessed in Elma and the other municipalities are aeaasaed for what is known as outlet liability and injuring liability. The total cost of the drain is divided among the different municipalities as fol- lows :—Elms, 018,764.04 ; Grey, 0266.88 ; tasbowel, $462 44 ; Wallace, 02,717.92 ; Maryboro', 080614, making the total 021,017.42. A Provincial grant of 02,000 has been made to theist iu the opening up of an outlet to the river and it is understood that this money will be used to reduce the assessment agaihet the lands assess ed for outlet and injuring liability. J. S. Buokborougb, proprietor of the Moro House, Aylmer, bee ou several ori. (*alone missed mcuey from hie coal' eagle" ter, wbiob bee not been working well for some montbe. Me took the re/whine apart and found a wad of Utile amount. ing in all 10 $880 56, peeked under the money drawer, which had evidently been agoomuiating for a year ar mare. PEA CROP IN ONTARIO. Spring 10 again here and the farmers are looking over their broad fields, while with many work bee been started upon the land. It is important not only to have the land in a good state of cultivat- ion, but aloe to gore Beed of the beat quality and of those varieties which are the surest to givethemost satisfactory returns. In order to secure some information whioh might be of praotieal service, a newspaper recces entabic° stalled upon 0. A. Zavitz, experimentalist at the Ontario Agricultural College, to eeoure some in. formation for publication. In converaa- tion, Mr Zavitz at once referred to the pea crop as one of the most important subjeote which oould be diaouseed at the present time. "Do you consider the pea orop a very important one in Ontario ? " asked the reporter. !'The pea crop is indeed an important one for this Province," replied Mr. Zavitz "but is seriously threatened at preeent in the southern parte of Ontario by the rav- ages of the pea weevil (Bruns pini), which is usually called pea bug. Beaman of the damage done by the pea weevil, many farmers are quitting the growing of peas entirely. Thiele pimply seen by referring to the report of the Bureau of Indnotries which shows that in 1899 748,139 acres, were devoted to this crop, while only 661, 592 acres were used for growing peas in 1900 as compared with the year previous." "Do you consider that this deorease has been oanaed by the trouble from the pea weevil? " "I oertainly do, as the pea orop is so highly prized by our farmers generally. The grain is muoh atrongerfor feeding pnrpoeea than oats, barley, or corn, and the pea straw is vary suitable for feeding to sheep and also to dairy cattle when properly handled," "Are all varieties of peas injured by the pea weevil ?" I have been making a=roan study of this point for the last four years, and find that nearly all the varieties of peas are subject to the ravages of the weevil, the only exceptions being grass peas, oow pears, and thick or Egyptian peas. The grass peas produce an excellent straw and a fairly good yield of grain per aore. The peas require too long a season to grow for the climate of Ontario, unless they are on light, sharp soils in the extreme Southern parte of Ontaria, and even then it is doubtful whether cow peas would be satiefaotory in unfavorable years. The Egyptian peas, which are also known by other names such e& chickpea, Idaho pee, Brazilian coffee pea, eta., produced a vary large yield of grain par aero, but they require think seeding on rather rich land, and the straw becomes quite woody by the time the peas are ripe. In the average of seven years' experiments in growing grass peas in the plots at the College, the aver. age yield has been 23 baeSele of grain per acre. I consider the grass peas the best eubatitute for the common varieties of peas for the average soils of those dis- tricts where the pea weevil is doing so much damage." "What about sowing peas late in the Emanon in order to prevent the pea weevil working upon them ?" "We have experimented at the College and have bad experiments oonduoted throughout Ontario in sowing peas at different dates in the Spring, but it seems that the weevils are getting so numerous that they injure the late sown as well as the early sown props, although to a lees extent. The yield of grain peraore,how- ever, produced by a late seeding is meth less than that produced from an earlier needing." "Oen peas be euccesafelly treated for the deebruotion of the pee weevil ?" "The peas can certainly be treated very effeotually for the destruction of the wee- vill if the treatment is done in the rigbt way. In order to get the bast results, the peas should be threshed es soon as pos- sible after the harvest and treated at once while the weevils or bugs are still in the central part of the peas and are in the form of small worms. The peas amid be planed in an air -tight box, bar. rel or bin, and treated with carbon bi- sulphide by i-sulphide.by pouring the liquid into flit diehee and placing them on the top of the peas One pound of the aarboon Ment. phide ie eullinient for treating from 12 to 15 bushels of peas, and is sold by most druggists. After the liquid is poured into the dishes, the box should be closed and allowed to remain undisturbed for 48 hours. The liquid vaporizes quite rapid- ly, and, as the,fumes,are two and a half times heavier than air, they will pass down through the peas and destroy the bugs, even though they are iu the form of small worms in the inner part of the pane, and the skin of the peas is still unbroken. No flea should be taken near the box while the oarboon bisulphide is there, as the fumes if mined with air are explosive if ignited." "Ir' there any possibilityof eradicating the pea weevil from Ontario 7" 'By united efforts I believe it ie peg. Bible to eradicate the pea weevil from Ontario for some time to Dome, paovidiug that the farmers would either grow bug - proof varieties, or would effectually treat their peas immediately after harvest each year for three or four years," With reference to the effect upon the peas from the use of the carbon bisulphide, Mr. Zavitz said that it did not in any way impair the germinating qualities of the eued, and that peas thus treated ware quite ae good for Gibbet feeding or send pur- poses ae if they were not so treated. "How tad the farmer aeonre the seed for the grans pea ?" was asked in conclu- sion, "A good quantity of grass pea seed oan be obtained from nearly guy of abs prin- ciple aem edeen in Southern Ontario," t re- plied Mr. 'Levitz. "I1 may also be bad feoin a number of farmers in this part of the Pretence, eepenially la the Niagara district, many of whom had a few hun- dred busbeisfor sale this Spring. "Any farmers who wish tc experiment with bug proof peas," oonolgded Mr. Zavitz, teeth eeoure a small quantity of grass pea and one other weevil proof ear - lay free of charge by applying to me, ofo She O. A. O., Guelph. We are baying a big demand for experimental parcels of bug proof peas, and tate taxmen seem meadow' to And out for themselves just how these varieties will thrive on their own farms." a/WW1! lllc1'11 11111 111sy. Dietriot Sabbstb School Oonventinn will be held in Brnesele on Wedne •lay, May 2915. Rev, Jno, Roes, B. A., and Rev. Mr. Anderson, of Wroxeter, will exobamge pulpits next Sabbath. Rev. G. Willonghby, of the Methodist °beroh, Teemwater, is off for a trip to the Old Country to recuperate his bealth. The ecbool room of the Methgdist chorale bas been in the Sande elide painters and kaleominers. A big im. provement was made, At i meeting of the congregation of Collingw,md Preabyte'ian oburob, Rev, H. A. Meopberaon,of Anton, was sailed to eaaoeed Rev. D. L. McCrea, Ph. D., now of Westminster. Rev. W. E. Norton, of Owen Sound, has been appointed to the position of Superintendent of Home Mimeos of the Beptiet ohurcb,'rendered vaoant by the death of the late Rev. J. P. MoEsven. Next Monday evening the Hamilton and London Synod will oonvene at Strat- ford, continuing in session on Tuesday and Wednesday. Rev. Jno. Roar, 13. A. and D. 0. Rose, of Brunetti, will attend. THE Poem tenders congratulations to Rev. R. Peal ori his golden anniversary of 50 years einoe be oommenoed the Methodist ministry. Re ie still able to demonstrate the Truth with a large °bare of his old time energy. Last Sabath afternoon he preached at Sunshine. Toeeday, May 7th, is the date eet for the induction of Rev. A. MacNab as pas- tor of Duff's Church, Walton. The ear - mon will be preached by Rev. George Ballantyne, of bloleewortb ; the oongre• gatioo addressed by Rev. D. 13. McRae, of Cranbrook ; end Rev. Moderator Ste- wart will address the new pastor. Rev. F. Meyer, pastor of the German Evangelical ohurohes at Mildmay and Clifford, was surprised recently by some geatiamsu °eking bim for the loan of his horse and nutter. When they reaorned the outfit the horse was glad in a new set of tureen. The presentation was made on behalf of the members of the Clifford congregation. "'l'he presentation of Christ by St. Matthew's Gospel as a royal King" was Rev. Jno. Ross' snbjoot last Sabbath morning, being a oontinnanae of the theme of the previous Sabbath. Matt. 9:9 "Christ's call to Matthew" was the even- ing topio. Matthew was a man of (I) Resolute Faith ; (2He received Jus into his heart ; (3) esHe welcomed Him into bie home. Jenne LEAovs.—Last week the follow• ing offioere were ohoeen in connection with the organization of the Junior Leaana, Methodist cherub, Brussels :- 1st Viols Pres„ Ella Funaton ; 2nd, Eva Denbow ; 3rd, Pearl Lowry ; 4th, Laura Leatherdele ; Sea., Frank Ham ; Treas., Allis Garry. Misses Thurso. Gerry and Lizzie Downing are aseooiated ae Super- intendents. There were 27 in sttandauoe at the last weekly meeting whiob will be held on Friday afternoons, opening at 4.10 o'clock. An enjoyable time is an- tioipated. Lent Sabbath mieeionary serrating were preaobed in the Methodist oharob by the paator. Tbe morniug text "Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him, &o.,' the theme being "Tbe name of Jesuit,' It was inoreasing in power more than ever. The great names of history can be Iooel• ized ; not so with the name of Jesus, it is universal. It is great iu eimplioi�. It ie mighty beaaasa of tbe sympathy it bolds and stands for. Friendship bee entered upon a new orusade by the ex- alting of this name. It has wrought a unique devotion and discipline. If judged by its reunite this name ie mar- vellous. "What o! the night ?" was the interrogation with wbioh the pastor greeted the evening oongregation, Isaiah 21:11.12. collections and snbsoripbione were taken. Before commencing hie sermon in the evening Rev. Mr, Holmes made feeling reference to the recant de- cease of J. A. Creighton and Thos. Maunders, both of whom were official members anti faithful to their duties. The Methodist Twentieth Century Thanksgiving Fond Committee met in Toronto a few days ago. The returns were not complete, so that final eohednlea Ewald not be aabmitbed, but the grand total of enbaoriptions was reported at $1,200,000. Of tbie, loos, ohtroh debts gat the largest Share, or 0670,007, eon. nexioual funds got 5227,511; other figures could not be given with exactitude, and those now given are approximate. Cash on general a000nnt to the amount of $21,558, was distributed among seven oollegea, including Victoria Oollege, whish. waived its claim. Tbe expense of ad• ministering the whole feud so far was 020,485, and 05,000 more was appropriat- ed to complete it, The Executive nom. mittee of the main committee was en- larged by the addition of four olerioal and two lay menebere, this executive be. ing charged with the duty of winding up the affair' of the fond. Clergymen of the oburob of England are looking with more than ordinary in• tercet to the coming session of the Synod of the diocese of Niagara, to be held in Hamilton in June, says the Brantford Expositor. It promisee to be the moat important session held in manynY Years, These lea proposition an toot whish if adopted will bring about a radical change fn oonneoblon with the eervioes of the egad minisbere. It is, in affeot, to pro. vide for the retirement of any clergyman who, in the opinion of the powers that be has passed the time at which be oat give the best nevem to the thumb, At tbe present time a oiergyman Dao retain a chetah as long as ba lives, if ha desires, ' and a number of olturohee are pointed to, onoe prosperous and vigorous, wbiob have b en going backtvarde bsoauee, it is • said, their rooters fail to see that they j aro too old to keep up the work and hold the meng,egetiou together, or if they see the fact they retain the r,•otoratee rather thanlive up stipends. Strong Op- position -position to the proposed measure le au. tioipated, EvANoarseis. 'DONNE/MOD—The first day's session of the 87th annual meeting of the Oanadiao Oonferenoe, Evangelical tt.seooiation, oonvened Thursday morning of lent week in Zioo Evangelioal oburob, iierlin. Blehop Horn, of Olevelaud, was the presiding er, opened the Con - 4 'renoe with devotional exercisea. lo bis opening address the Biebop dwelt septa iallynpon the neaseeity of having the Spirit's pith/nos fa all the prooesdings. R v. J. G. Litt, of Crediton, wan reap• pointed Cooferenoe Secretary, Rev. Mr. Ramble, of the New York Conference, wan presented to the Conference, and re• oetved as an advisory member. Dr. 8owlby, Mayar, was presented to the Oonferenee, and in bebalf of the city heartily weloomed the members of the Conferenee. L, J. Breitbaapt, M. P. P., also welcomed the Coofereuse members and extended to them the hospitality of the members and friends of the oburob. The presiding elders were appointed to their varioae districts as foliowa :—North Dietriot, Rev. D. Kroh ; West Dietriot, Rev. M L, Wing ; Beet Dietriot, Rev, S. R. Kaeohtel. The next annual Confer. eons will be held in Charley on the third Thursday in April, 1902. The following were voted deacons' orders end received into itinerancy :—Wm. Zcmmerman, F. B..Meyer and H, L Mernar, The follow - tug received elders' orders : — S. M. Haub, W, E. Beane, J. W. Bean and E, M. Gieohier. The evening serving was devoted to the deaooneae' oahee of the Conference, and the meeting was std• dressed by Mae II'gb, D,aaoness of Termite, and Bishop Horn. Perth County. Mrs Tro.v, of Stratford, widow of the late James Trow, is very ill with iuflam- matory rheumatism. Mo3her-matt heights, Stratford, torose from the Queen's park, are being plowed and will be seeded down this Spring with flax. R, Dickson spited tined the employees of the A. Beattie & Co. firm at bin regi dance, St. Meat's. A very pleasant even• ing was spent by all, some thirty in nam. Ser. Ool. White, of St. Marys, who has been suffering for several weeks from inflam- matory rheumatiem, resultant from en attack of la grippe, is able to be out again. Fall wheat is not looking noiformly good in the vicinity of Embro. Unless the weather is more than favorable from this out many of the fields will be badly spotted. Among those preeent at the reception given by President McKinley at the White House, Wtehingtua, on Thursday last was Era. D. W. Jameson, formerly of St. Msrye. John Read, who on the let of Jane next will O'mplete his eighteenth year as manager of the Stratford Gas Co., bas tendered his resignation to take effect on June 1, with a view to entering business on his own account. David Whaley, St. Merge, while visit. ing his son-in-law, Mr, Ribey, neer Kirkton, met with a serious aooident. He fell while olimbing up in the barn and broke one of his arms between the shoulder and elbow. He is not ab'e to stand the journey home yet but is doing as wall as naso be expected. The trustees of Knoxoburab, St. Marys, have had all the earth that wan excavat- ed out of J. L. Webster's other of his new block placed on the North and West sides of KDoxohurah property to level up the ground slope on which to erect sheds to shelter the horeea of those who drive in from the country to attend church. What might have been a very serious aoaidant happened in 0. S. Botsford's dry goads ebore, Stratford, between 4 and 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. The whole Estero of the dress goods department collapsed, dumping thousands of pieoae of goods out of the shelving on to the floor, and bad it not been for the counter several people might have been injured. Richard Nolan, who has aondaoted a barber shop in St. Kenya for some mouths, suddenly booame insane a few days ago. He underwent treatment for the name trouble some years ago and it was thought tbet a permanent aura had been affected, but it is now the intention of bie friends to have him taken to Lan- don for further treatment. Another appeal Sae been entered at Osgoode Hall in Rouges v. Colgnhoun, in Mitchell horse Daae. The defendant asks for a new trial on the ground that His Lordship Sir Win. Meredith charged the jury nofairly t0 Sim. Tbe oath was tried for the fourth time at the last assizes before Chief Justine Meredith and a jury, when Knaggs won again, obtain- ing ° verdiot for 0800, The rescue in St. Marys recently of young Bellamy by Mr. BirtoS, having been brought to the notion of the Royal Canadian Humane Aeaooiation, thePreei- dent of that body, Adam Brown, of Hamilton, has written for tall partiontare. It will be remembered that the young lellow wan being swept away by the Spring floods when rationed by Mr. Birtob. It is probable tSnt the Humana Aesooiatiou medal for life saving will be awarded to him. The St. Marys Journal says that some time on Bentley, April 14, the store of 3, 0. Gilpin was entered by some one whose purpose was evidently to steal An auger hole had been bored alongside of he desk in the o the look in t flioe in wbioh some 010 or 512 in change is kept. But the drawer had not been open at least the money was not taken. It is probably the party was disturbed, and made a hasty exit, se nothing wag missed from the store. Liebranoe was effeobed by climbing over the roof of the tinehop—a door over which bad been ieft nniooked. The fatruder had Blipped down the aleva. toe ropes end titled open the doors at the ground floor, He went out by an saeier route by onlooking the Snob doer of the store room in roar. Canadian Newee. James Bishop fell dead et Brantford. An aerthqualte shook was felt at Platt, tagenet, Out. The Lanark Helm of Refuge will be beilt at Perth. A strong well of natural gas hes been streak at Melita, Man. The greater Petrel captured 89 ,Ameth. oen gill nets in Lake Erie. Isaac Naurgea was killed et Platteville While tearing down an old barn. The Classic City Flour Mille at Strut. ford were burned. Lose, 049,000, 001. Dent baa purchased 300 boreee in Leedon, Out , for the British army. Ray Sweet, a fonrbeen•yeer old boy, was killed at Doroheeter by a train. President Shaogbneaey of the 0. P.R, bas gone to England on a six weeks' trip. Robert Hyam, oaretakorot the Gnvern- ment buildings at GaelpS, dropped dead. Toronto city ball cost in all 02,891,- 910, of which Arobiteot Lennox got 064,696, Woodstock barbers have deoided to have a weekly half holiday during the Sommer. William Colline, Olerk of the Division Court and elunioipal Treasurer of Wal- kerton, is deed. Hon. Dr. Borden was at London, Ont., looking atter the armory site, a new rifle range and other matters. Thomas Maughan, of the Albion Hotel, Stratford, dropped dead. Re was for- merly employedin Toronto. Wm. Patterson, the medical student found with a women's body in his poseea- elan, was fined 9200 at Teterboro'. Rev. ()barter' A. Eaton, of Toronto, baa received a cell from the Euclid Av- enne Baptist Mirth of Cleveland. Arthur Bataan bas been committed to jail at Qalgary on a charge of murdering his brother in.law at Innisfail, N, W. T. Rev. Mr. Joly, a Catholic clergyman, of St. Emelie de L'Eneagie, Qae., has been missing ethos November, and it is believed he was murdered. 001. Lays, M. P. P. for London, Ont., may forward his resignation, being die- eatided wi b the regulations allowing net fishing in the Thames below the oily. Four hundred end fifty immigrants left Halifax on Friday of last week, try special train for Western points, and another lot wee expected early this week. The result of the examinations bald in the Strathroy Dairy School shows that J. A. McIntyre, of Palmerston, and E. Hart stand first on the list of successful oandidatee. The London Daily Mail reports that while Hon. Mr. Blalock, Postmaster. General of Canada, wag takings ride through Lindon he lost fifty sovereigns out of his pocket. The Royal Tempters of Hamilton, kept watch on a number of bar.roome on Sat. urday night, and report to the commis. sinners that large numbers of men were seen entering the baildinge. In Prince Edward Island the road aot is to be amended so as to do away with statute labor and put an annual tax of 75 cents on all males over 21 years and 25 canto OD all horses over three years. One effect of the incorporation of Woodstock as a city is that Oxford County Council will have to elect a new warden. This is owing to the change made by Woodatook'e two representatives dropping out. W m, Bryson, lot 16, coo. 7, Erin, has a ewe wbioh gave birth to three iambs. One of the three, born dead, had eight lege, two tails and two months. The other two were natnrally developed and are doing well. Mrs. Alexander Campbell, of Lake Manitoba, who died at the age of 85, bad no fewer than 314 deeoendente; 9 obild- ren, 79 grandohildren,212 great grand- children, and 14 great - great -grandchild -ren. Forty-three are dead. One hun- dred and eighty are Protestants and 134 Roman Catholics. Last Monday night parties entered the barns of George Laird, near Thedford, and stole two teams of horses, two stets of harness and robes. Coming to town the robbers hitched up to two new wagons in front of John Blake's abowrooma, one a Chatham make and the a Bain wagon, and left, going South, They are being treated. Deaths in Ontario during March, totalled 2,411, aoaording to returns made to the Registrar -General, aompared with 2,480 in February, and 2,830 in March, 1900. The increase of 81 over last year is even larger than it appears, for it represents reports from 87 per cent. of the population, compared with 98 per Dent. last year. Tee deaths from the principal contagious diseases lest month ware as follows :—Scarlatina, 20 ; diph. blterim, 46 ; measles, 12 ; whooping cough, 6 ; typhoid, 21 ; consumption, 188. Diphtheria thews a large iooreate, only. 34 deaths mattering in Maroh, 1900. The Registrar -General is of opinion that mote careful regietratioa is responsible for the increase in the reoorde. De. P. H. Bryce, peavinoise health ofiaer, was in London Sunday and made a visit to the emall•pox infested distriot in London township. It had been re. ported to him that Oouooillor' Hedging, in whoa° family the disease is alleged to have appeared, refused to submit to the quarantining of hie family. Mr, Hodgins Maimed that chicken -pox and not small. pox, was the trouble. The MoRobert family, however, are snspeoted of having coutraoted small -pox from the Hedging plane. The disease is °apposed to have been carried into the township from Clinton, Several other bousee in the neighborhood have been under a partial quarantine, but no other armee of small - os to ed Dr, Bryce saooeeded in small- pox Y straightening out the disagreement be. twain the health autSoritiee and Mr. Hudgins, and the latter's family will remain under quarantine until proper disinfection Sae taken plane, Dr. Camp. bell, chairman of the London Board of Health, eaye he had tltottgght of asking for a quarantine against the whole of London township had the Bodging twee not been attended to.