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BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892
BrUSSelS COI111.0i1.
The regulau ineeting of the °oaten
wee held on Monday evening, Members
all present. Minutee of last meeting
read and prised.
The following Recants were preeetit
ecl
John Censley, work on street, $ 8 49
Mrs. J.13081411, charity, 4 00
Mrs. Wallace, " 1 00
Jobe Broadfoot, salary. 27 00
Rev. J. L. Kerr, index books, 70
h'. S. Soo' t, insurance on town hall, 50 00
W. M. Sinclair, electrio light, 60 OC
Moved by R. Ross, emended by John
Grewar that the above tiocounba be paid.
Carried.
B. Gerry and if. J. Gilpin waited on
the Council, as a delegation from the
Methodist church Trustee Board, offering
to dispoae of the cemetery to the town.
On motion of Councillors Thomson and
MoCtooken the Reeve and Coon:ethers
Grewar and Ross were appointed a Com.
mittee of investigation to report at next
metaing of Council.
31'. LeBou asked about a tile drain to
take the place of the open water course
across hie lot. No action.
The resignation of R. L. Taylor as
member of the Band Committee wet
read. Moved by Geo. Thomson, second-
ed by W. II. eleClraoken that resignation
be not accepted until the other members
of the Committee are communicated
with and the business of the Oommittee
propaly wound up and reported to this
()outwit if they desire to resign also.
Oarried.
Ilford by W.11.
by Geo. Thomson
Roderia McKay
Carried.
Treasurer Kelly presented a statement
of the town' e financee and after the gees.
tion was discussed it was moved by Geo.
Thomson and seconded by W. H. Mo.
CracIcen that the Reeve and Treasurer
borrow the sutn of 6400 from the
Standard Bank to pay current expenses.
Carried.
The Council then adjourned.
McOraoken, seoonded
that 680.00 be paid
on gravel contract.
PllACTlrAl POULTR Y Al SI N bl.
BY T, A, WILLITTB, WESTON, ONT.
There are from ewe to half a dozen
strains of nearly every breed of fowls and
there ie a vast difference between thorn
to some inetnneee. We have ex-
perimented with two different
strains of the same breed,
bale las of fowls being treated in pro.
oisely the same manner, and have found
one strain excellent layers and the other
decidedly inferior, because they had not
been carefully bred for a number of years
empecially for (ass predation as the other
lot of birds had. It should be remember-
ed as an almost invariable rule that
"like pi:educes like" with thoro' bred
stook and your fowls will produce jut
what they have been bred to produce.
If with your strain of fowls everything
has been stvorilleed to fancy points, you
will doubblese get exhibition birds, but
dont expect them to be phenomenal lay,
ere. The folly of sacrificing everything
to fancy points' is well illustrated in the
ease rd the White Faced Blaok Spanieh,
for years fanciers have been selecting for
breeders the chicks that developed the
best white feee, disoarding mauy chicks
that in every point but the faoe were in.
finitely euperior to the bird selected ;
this practice continued year after year
has had the effect of fixing the White
faces most unmistakably and hes also
ruined the breed physioally, rendering
them tender and delicate and decidedly
O fancy fowl instead of the vigorous raoe
of prolific layers they originally were.
Now had the W. F. B. Spanish been bred
for their laying qualities, vigor aud size,
paying no attention whatever to the
white face, which, by the way, is an
utterly useless feature,they would be bred
to•day by thousands where dozens are
not now to be found. Just so with any
other breed of fowls or strain of that
breed, if you oonstautly breed for one
object you will certainly attain it in time
and it is easier to develop the useful
qualities of a breed of fowls than the
useless and absurd ones. Plymouth
Rooks could, in the course of years, be
bred to beoome a white faoed breed.
Standard birds of this variety have no
white in the face, not even ao muoh as a
piu's point, but occasionally a ohiok is
hatched that develops a white ear lobe ;
now by selecting these ehioks and breed.
ing them together, rejeoting as breeders
all birds without the white ear lobe, you
would fled in time the white ear lobe
would become a white few. Ae evidence
of this it need only be mentioned that
with some strains of Black Homburgs,
which should have a white ear lobe but
not a, white faoe, it is a aornmon aeon
renoe for two.yeanold birde with large
lobes be develop into a white face. To
atteinpt to breed a white face on Ply.
mouth Rooks would ruin the breed utter-
ly and much move quickly than it
ruined the Spneileh,beeetmee they natural-
ly had a white face but not such an ex-
tonsive one as we are =materna to see.
It being an admitted fat that fowle will
prodtioe nothing more or less than what
they have boon bred for, you will be con-
sulting your intereste by seleeting the
breed that poduees in the greatest pen
feetion that which you ate desirous of
ataining.
II, turns out that the death of Hon.
John Robeon'Peettilet of Bribieh Colttm.
bia, reunited from negleoted injuries of a
very commonplaeo nano, Mr. Robson
was driving in a hanSom (tab, and mach
dentally shut the door on his little 01ga',
ensiling it. A phyeieden who wag ailed
In at the Meteopole Hotel, where the
Premier wee stopping, did not oonsider
the injury serious, and it was not mail
Dr, George Ogilvie, the celebrated epee.
ittliet was sent for six clays later,that 0
watt (Recovered that blood poisoning had
sot in, Dr. Ogilvie amputated the finger,
hut 0 was too late, and Mr, Robeen'a life
laid the forfeit
Go pc (bra) No ave.:.
The National Federation of Ameriect
forwarded $5,000 more to the National
party in treland.
N. M. Pierce), of Pottsboro', Texas, kill-
ed hie hired ran and his wife and then
oommitted suicide.
A tornado at Mason, Neb., on Friday
night caused destruction amounting to
$80,000 or $40,000.
Hanludi and O'Connor won the double
scull at the regatta at Erie, Pa., on June
23rd, by three feet. Time, 12,85.
Another olondboret steak Illinoia on
Saburday evening. The flood in the Mi.
nois Valley mace] a geeab deal of damage,
At a meeting of the French Cabinet
last week a projeot for holding an inter-
national exhibition in Paris in .1900 was
approved.
The disease known as oholerine is
spreading.in the enburbe of Paris, 14
deaths bstng attributed to the disease on
Sabercley.
The Knights of the White Shield is an
Organization formed in Alabama to pre.
:verve the supremacy of the whites over
the negroes.
Great consternation 0 being (mused in
some parts of Basin by the rapid
spread of cholera on the mist of the
Caspian Sea,
The Peoples' party oonveution at
Omaha, Neb., nominated General J. G.
Field, of Virgiula for Vioe-President, on
the first ballot
A despatch dram Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
says the work of eonsti noting the 0.1?.
R. from Woodstook to the Falls will com-
mence within a month.
The rainy season has opened at the
City of Mexioo and has brought with it
an epidemic of smallpox. The death
rate is increasing rapidly.
The hymn, "Jesus shall reign where'er
the eon," has been suppressed by the
Turkish Government as inoompatible
with the claims of Mohammedanism.
Herr Werth, editor of The Keating,
Berlin, has been sent to jail for three
months for stating in his newspaper that
Emperor William shot two stags during
the cloys season.
Five square miles of territory adjacent
to the village of /Dauphin, a suburb of
Chicago, were buried beneath a flood, rend
a thousand or more houses were at the
mercy of the waves.
A. deposit of $20 made in the Newbnry.
port Institution for Savings in 1820 now
calls for interest amounting to $898. No
ono has ever claimed the original deposit,
and no addition has ever been made to it.
The Queen signed the decree dissolving
the British Parliament brouday. The
writs for the election of new members of
the Commons were issued Tuesday. The
new Parliament will meet on August
4th.
The Vicar of Barking has invited his
parishioners to Sunday afternoon con'
carts in his garden. Ile has engaged a
military band, and they will discourse
snored musk, while his parishioners sit
around, smoke and chat.
Glaegow is famous among Satoh cities
for its captive song birds. Belgian ean-
aries bred in Glasgow frequently sell at
$50 each. The skylark is often aged in
Glaegow, and the bird sings, though it
does not breed in captivity.
Caterpillars from six inches to a foot
long are common in the vicinity of Darl•
ing River, Australia. The natives twist
them together and boil them in kangaroo
grease. Travellers who have tasted this
delicacy say that 0 is not altogether un.
palatable.
The latest electric carriage inventor
bails from Boston and has manufactured
a twcesteeted vehicle with a motor on the
front axle and stemma batteries under the
seat He claims his carriage can run 60
miles without recharging the cells, whose
normal discharge is 55 ampere at 40
volts.
The work of laying a telegraph belt all
around the island of Great Britain has
been begun and 19 58 expeoted that it will
be completed at the end of the year.
The coast guardsmen all along the ooast
will then be able to communicate with
ectoli other instantaneously for purposes
of offense or defense.
Edward W. Gould, a prominent mem-
ber of the Staten Island Athletic Club,
New York, and a well-known stook brok-
er of that oity, met a tragic death tat
week while participating in au amateur
"Wild West" show. An extensive pro-
gram had been arranged, in which the
members took the parts of Indiums, clew -
boys and scouts, and theee was a large
and fashionable audience present. Mr.
Gould, who was 55 years old, took the
part of The Old Settler" on the famous
''Deadwood Coaoh." When the Indians
attacked the coach the bronehos took
fright and started on a run. In rounding
a oorner the mach upset, and Mr. Gould,
who was riding on top, was thrown to
the grand, while the mina fell on bop of
him. His sons, who aoted as Indian%
rushed to hie assistance, but Mr. Gould'e
neck was broken, and he bad been inst-
antly killed. His wife in the grand stand
first fainted, and then wont into violent
hyaterios. There was great exeitement,
and the show came to an abrupt Lermin•
Mien,
Willittinson's wife wag with her
baby working in the yard of their farm.
house, three miles south of St. Marys,
Miseouri, last Saturday. She leid the
infant down and While dm was going
about her Work she heard a noise behind
her and tatted just in time 0 see a huge
Inuto leap into theyard, Sein the baby,
jump back over the fan and make for
the bush. lIee (forearm buonght a neigh-
bor who lived about a hundred yards
away, ad *ha, with Mee. Williamson,
started after the boast, The chase woe
oontinued for about a half mile, when
the animal was eeen malting in some
bushes with the alit] between its pawls.
A shot from a gun decive the animal aeray
O short distancie and Mrs, Williamson
ran to the spot to find that her baby had
been killed by the panther's tooth, which
hed beet driven into the nook of the in.
fant, +Devising probably instant • death.
Tho whole Yieinity was %eased ogee the
occurrence and equade of Men started
after the animal, killing it the spice
afternoon about two miles from the place
whore 59 had killed the baby.
Twelve thousand people saw the world's
double team rectord broken on Monday
afternoon, at Kirkwood, Dol., at the
opening or the great kite shaped traok of
the lelaele Volley Trotting Association,
by Belle Hamlin and Globe, the fast pair
of 0. S. M, Ilambio, the millionaire home
breeder, of Buffalo, N. Y. They went a
mile without a skip, and R0 prettily as
cloak -work, with Ed. Caere driving, in
2.12. The best previous double beam
record WW1 2.13, made by Iloilo Hamlin
and Sestina, in October, 1890, on the
Illa0p011d811CO3 Ia,, traok.
The St, Peel, Minneapolis dc Omaha
passenger train was held up on Satarchey
night about one mile east of Kasota,
Minn., by two masked men, who attempt-
ed to rob the expras oar. The robbers
got on the tender of the engine at St.
Peter, and at a safe distanoe from the
station they got down in the cab and
ordered the engineer to stop the 'train.
One of the men stood guard over the
engineer and fireman, while the other
went back to the express oar and rapped
on the door. The messenger opened the
door, thinking he had arrived at the
station. As lie did eo he loolced into the
barrel of a gun and was ordered to throw
up his hands. The robber mid :—
"Where is your gnard 7" The messenger
answered : "There 0 no guard on the
train." The robber got in the oar and
ordered the messenger to open the safe.
He did so. There was a large amount
of money in the safe, but in opening it
the messenger grabbed the money and
dropped it behind the safe unseen by the
robber. Seeing that the safe was empty
the freebooters left the oar with curses
and proceeded to the engine. The en•
gineer and fireman were merohed up the
beak about half a mile. They were then
told 90 go back to their train. The rob-
bers then disappeared in the woods.
C rt aditim
The Belleville brigade camp broke up
on Saturday.
The large pm k packing house of J. L.
i
Grant es Son n tngersoll, slaughter from
eighteen hundred to two thousand hogs a
week.
The Brunswick Hotel, Minnedosa, one
of the leading provincial hotels, was
totally desbroyed by fire early Saturday
morning.
Six members of the Grand Trunk
Boat Club were drowned at Monbreal on
Saturday through the capsizing of a
large oanoe.
Salter M. Jarvie, one of the most high-
ly respeeted and useful oitizene of Chat-
ham, \vas acoidentally drowned in the
oistern on his ocvn premises on Saturday.
Burglars broke into and ransacked the
Grand Trunk station at Newmarket on
Saturday night, but only got four cents.
They, however, seared some liquor from
the freight shed.
Miss Ida McBride, employed at the
Galt knitting frotory, had her foot caught
in a winding machine the other after-
noon. Part of the great toe of the right
foot was taken off.
Tho smuggled liquors which have been
lying in the examining warehouse at
Quebec for some time past were sold at
auction on Saturday and brought $1.98
per gallon. The total amount realized
was about $24,000.
The horse Gladiator was beaten at
Windsor on Friday and two inen who
had baoked him and lost all their money,
went into the stable after the race and
beat the poor brute unmercifully. The
men are to be prosecuted for cruelty.
The other day as a little girl of Mrs.
David Bell, Walkerton, was passing a
colt that was playing in the yard, the
animal struck out with its hind feet,
kioking the girl in the mouth, loosening
all the teeth in her head, and kuookiug
eome of them out. The libtle girl's lips
were also badly out.
A little son of George Middleton, teach-
er, Luaknow, fell from one of the large
willow trees in front of J. Agnew's resi-
dence there reoently, and broke his left
arm near the wrist. The little fellow
dropped about 20 feet and although for
some time he lay unoonsoious, it is mire -
onions that his injuries are not of a fatal
character.
3.0. Ashdown, a well-known farmer
residing three or four miles down the
river from Burk's Fulls, attempted to
cross the river in a tart of sheet iron
boat, which had presumably been used in
connection with sap boiling, and was
nailed at both sides to parallel pieces of
wood, but forming a dangerous crab.
The boat capsized and went down, taking
ite ocempent with it
Jack Bartram's cancerous eye, which
played such an important parb in the
make-up of its interesting owner during
the Heslop trial, is now literally 'tout of
sight." It having been taken out entirely,
and for the rest of his days the notorious
amok will go through life with the essiet-
anoes of but one optic. The delicate op.
oration a outting out the cancer wae
performed by Dr. Itosebrugb, the Toron-
to mullet. The operation is considered
to have been a sucoessful one.
With the exception of the first Sunday
in April, rein has fella in Montreal dur-
ing eveey Sunday be April, Witty and June.
The fiese Sunday in Jaly was also wet.
Parmere on the islaud al113 oomplaining
that their low lying oropa are ruined. A.
farmer from $t Laweenoe states that
some potato fields in tbot distriot have
been under water fa the past tett days.
As a rule growth has been stopped, and
itt some °Naos the plants have begun to
rot.
A toreible boiler explosion cieourred on
Saturdey on the farm of Fred. Lewis,
south of Moeda, near the boundary line,
by which four men were terribly scalded,
ono of whom will dio. The mon were
engaged threshing at the thne of the ex.
ploeion, all °tote to the boiler. The vio.
11019 are ; Robb. Bothrel, terribly Balder],
Iwo limbs broken• he will die, Thomas
Oarripbellbaned'e,bout head, facie and
body; iejuries very serione. Nevvton
Lewis, eeverely Imelda and steak in
rehdaten by piece of iron. Seim Drumm,
eatilcied. All the lain% hall from di5.
fared parts of Ontatio, Tho cause of
the exploeion ie a Mystery, but it is eup.
posed to have been aotnEetied from :Are -
Mrs. Pulley], relict of the late Ira
Pafford, of Teaswater, returned from a
visit te relating in Wingham by the late
train Saturday night, and was mot by
her brother, it. W. Johneon, and accent.
paniod part of the way home. She
seemed to be perfectly well when they
parted, but ID was nob more than ten
minutes afterwards when ahe was round
in a dying state at her own door by her
brothenindaw, J. Fulford. She only
lived a few minutes.
A gentleman in Watford, who drives a
baulky horse oecasionally, has adopted a
novel method for persuading the stubborn
animal to continue his journey when re.
quirecl. The apparatus consists of an
electric battery connected by a wire to
the bit and crupper. Just as the horse
has deoidect to give himself a prolonged
rest the eurrenb is turned on and the
eleatrie fluid °oases down his spinal
column, and he is obliged to move along
at a lively gait. The air of surprise and
disgust manifested by the animal open
Med on is amnsing to witness. The ex-
periment was tested and worked like a
charm.
The following western pupils of the
Toronto Oonservatory of Maio have done
well in the examinations :—Pianoforte—
Second year, 011030 2, Miss Edith Combs,
Olinbon. First year, olass 1, Miss Barrie
Pieroe, Berlin ; Miss Dora Martin, Fer-
gus. °lase 2, Miss Madge 00W1113, Lon.
don, and Mies Maggie R. Mills, Guelph,
equal for first place ; Miss Ettie Lee,
Walkerton ; Miss Lily Hardy, Exeter ;
Miss Carrie Martin, Chatham, Theory,
first year, olaas 8—Miss Dora Connor,
Berlin ; Mies Elma M. Naylor, Eseex.
Veal, second year—Mies Ida Walker,
Kincardine. Claes 2—Miss Madge Cow-
an, London ; Miss Carrie Martin, Chat-
ham,
The new ruler of the Salvation Army
in Canada is to be Commandant Herbert
Booth, in plaoe of Commissioner Rees.
Hardly a lesser personage than the com-
mandant is his beautiful and accomplish-
ed wife, who will assist in hie exeoutive
duties. Commissioner Rees has been in
charge of the Canadian Army for the
past year. He was sent to pat in a year's
work making a thorough organization of
the Salvation Army, and 0 is said he
has succeeded very well. He_has gone
to England. A. monster reception was
tendered in Toronto last Wednesday.
Commandant Herbert Booth is the third
son of the General. Major Ballington
Booth, who as been oommanding the
whole American Salvation field, is his
brother, and will now devote himself
entirely to the United States work. For
some time Herbert Booth has been the
commander of the British field. He has
probably doue more than any other
soldier to collect, systematize and print
bhe Army songs. He is 30 years of age
and was married two years ago to Mies
Carrie Seooh, daughter of the Army's
secretary for Belgium. Mrs. Booth was
born at St. Hertogenboeoh, in Holland,
where her father was at that time serv-
ing as an officer in the Royal A.rroy. She
finished her education in Germany,
where she completed her knowledge of
the Dutch, German, French and Eng.
lish languages. God gave her a voice and
the gift of song. She was converted
early in life and immediately after leave.
ing school commenced to work for God
actively. She sang to the suffering in the
hospitals and many a, death -bed was
cheered by the melody of her voice. She
visited the sick and carried on evange-
listic meetings in Amsterdam for the
poor. When the Army oame to Holland
she offered her servioes as interpreter
and finally went into the Army work.
Winghatti.
Dr. Macdonald is expected home this
welokn' duotor Parker, who ha taken Con-
ductor Snider's place on the L. H. &B.,
has moved his family from Sarnia to
town.
Rev. E. W. Hughes, W. F. Beechen -
shire and Wes E. L. Loyd were in Guelph
last week attending the Grand Lodge of
the Independent Order of Good Temp -
bars.
R, Elliott, of the Wingham Times,
who has been on the siok list for some
time, went to Brantford on hlonday to
see if the change from business will be
beneficial to his heath.
Miss Jennie Cargill, who has been
teaching in the Wingham Publio sohool
for nearly six years, and- Nista Maggie
Oargill, teaoher at Fordwioh, intend leav-
ing for Duluth, Minn., in a short titne
where they purpose following their avocia.
tion.
Dovrou Dr.—The 25th ahniversary
of Codiederation brought a very large
number of people to town to take part in
the demonsteation of the Canadian Order
of Foresters. After dinner a procession
was formed and the maroh taken to the
town Park were addresses were given by
Wm. Clegg, Wingam ; H. MoBlveu,
Pahnerston ; T. White, Brantford ;A.
H. Musgrove aud Rev. 191, W. Hughes,
of Wingham. D. M. Gordon was the
chairman. Parotio sage were furnish-
ed by 50 or 60 children on a platform and
Miss Houghton's alas gave an exhibition
of tambourine drill. Kincardine and
Listowel Bade were present in addition
to the town Band. There were foot races
else base ball and !armee matches. It
0 estimated that there were about GOO
Foresters in attendante. The demon-
sleation next pre will be hold at Kirwan
dine, Brawls taking the next highest
vote. The day was all that cOald be
daired as fay as weethei: was oonoerned.
A grand comfort was hold in the evening.
The Winghtim Advance stye —Go,,•
siderable exeitement and lobe of fun was
caused at the south ond of Josephine St.
on Thursday evening lab. Reeve Hanna
was perambulating the streets arrying
petition for signature,: to have the posh.
aloe removed from its present situation
to the Own hall. He coati got no sig.
natures' in that quarter, and becoming
°mated, so 0 is said, atteinped 0 light
hie pipe. He etruok arata, and in the
excitement pat the lighted match in hie
pocket. Eh then left the orowd, but boa
oot gone far before disooveuing that his
eat was on fire, It Was put out, hovv.
over, without the aid of waterveorka,
Shortly afterwards lie, ic000mpanied by
a number of his "friends," visited a hotel,
and while ticking a glans of beer one of
them accidently spilled some on the
°oaten One of the crowd then aslced
John to let him see the petition, which
he did, and the man who looked at 0 laid
it down on the spilled beer ancl spoiled
it. After that it was passed around from
one to another until at last it disappear-
ed altogether. It contained the signs.
tnres ot a number of boys and girls and
001210 people from the country. But Mr.
Hanna is not molly discouraged. At
6ffi0 next morning 110 wee on the street
again with what he tried to lead the
people to believe was a fao sin:title of the
lost doeument. A contra petition has
also been circulated.
Die t -rim.
Miss Jaokson le visiting Miss Hannah
Ball at Brussels.
Matthew Wilson is home from his visit
to Southern Manitoba.
A. pio•nio was held in W. McCracken's
grove on Wednesday and a pleasant time
enjoyed.
The looal Orange lodges will celebrate
their anniversary at the town of Kinee,r.
dine next Tuesday.
Wednesday morning Samuel Hoggard
was kicked in the side by a horse and
was laid up for a time.
Wm. Bryan, stone mason, is home cm
a visit. He talks of visiting Mee Prairie
Province this season.
Miss Rachel Sharp and 91r.Kingswood,
of St, Thomas, were visiting As. Sharp,
of this township, and A. Lowry, of Brus-
sels, during the past week.
Next Sunday morning a special session
of the Sunshiue Sabbath Reboot will be
held at 10 a. m. Addresees are expeoted
from Rev. R Paul and W. H. Kerr, of
Brussels.
Wm. Fre.yne, of Detroit, made a brief
yet enjoyable visit with relatives in Mon
ris and Grey townships Chia week. The
atmosphere of tinole Sam's country ap-
pears to agree ;yell with him.
A. very pleasant and sucoessful garden
party VMS held at Samuel Fear's on Do-
minion day. The neat sum of $24.50
was added to the treasury of the Jaokson
aura Sabbath school toward the library
fund.
Bowman Bros. sold ten head of 8 -year-
old steers last week 0 D. Stewart, of
Wingham. They averaged 1,300 pounds
and were a fine lot. 4i cents was the
price received. The cattle were deliver-
ed last Saturday forenoon.
Rev. Geo. Jewitt, who has been station-
ed at Harwich, Kent County, has re-
moved to a new field of labor, cabled
Montrose, 0 Middlesex Co., where he
has his work very conveniently arranged.
His old friends here wish him abundant
BUCOOBB.
Robb. Armstrong 0 back from a short
visit to Manitoba and Dakota. Ile says
crops are glowing well but will have a
hard ran to be ready for harvesting be-
fore the frost comes in many places.
Plenty of last year's .grain is yet un -
threshed and the prices away down in
Manitoba for it when put on the market.
The trustees of S. S. No. 5 have en.
gaged Thos. Kneohbel, of Beussele, for a
year as successor to U. McFadden, who
leaves for Sault Ste Marie where he en.
ters the law office of hie brother. Mr.
Knechtel taught for a couple of years but
latterly has been studying for a druggist
with J. T. Pepper.
$011001, REpoitx.—The following is the
report of S. S. No. 9 for the month of
June, based on proficiency, good conduct
and attendanoe :-4th Class—Susan
Searle ; 8rd Class—Tillie Cloonan, Geo,
MoCall, Hannah Kelly, Jae. MoCall ; Sr.
2nd Class—Jeunie MoArter, David Mc -
'Call, Maud Sholdioe, Bella Bewley, Bella
Skelton; Jr. 2nd Olass—MaggieClennan,
Bella 6000.11, Ada Searle, Gavin Bewley;
Sr. Part 2nd Class—Milton MoArter,
Sandie MoArter, Edith Saloon • Jr.
Part 2n1—Laare, Fear, Roy Jaok'son,
Maggie MoOall, Jilba MoArter ; Sr. Part
1st—Maud Jackson, Willie Kelly ;
Primary Olaes—Joseph Bewley, Emma
McCall, Raymond Fear, Alex. Farquhar-
son. DI. Sawn, Teacher.
Pzoono.—A very enjoyable pio.nic,
gotten up by the teacher and pupils of
Barrie's school, was held in Robb.
Nichol's bush on Thursday of last week.
A. very interesting game of football was
played betweeu the juveniles of Barrie's
school and No. 1, Grey. Both sides put
up a good game but the home team prey.
ed a little the heavier and defeated their
opponents by 8 goals, to 0. The event of
the day was the base -ball match between
the olub of the 6th line and Belgrave
'Maple Leafs." The Belgrave boys
poeseseed an exoellent battery which
rathee surprised their oppouenbs. For
four innings the home nine fanned the
air and did not succeed in getting to 1st
base. At the end of nine innings the
score stood 82 0 10 in favor of the
"Maple Leafs." After the match a sub.
statial lunch was handed around and all
dispersed well pleased with the day'e
sport.
Inatt:11.
E. Watson's neat and haedsome bridle
residence is about completed.
Dr. Sloan, of Toronto, an old Blyth -
He, is at present visiting old acquaint-
ances,
Our new blaoksiniths, Warren & flag'
gib, have Opened out in their stand eolith
of Mason's hotel.
0. E. Tanner and family left here on
Saturday for o eouple of wake visit
among relatives in Sento.
On Friday our bag was almost desert.
ell ; the largest portion of our oitizens at.
tended the big C. 0. P. demonstration in
Wingham.
'A union pio•nio of tho Methodist mod
Preebyterian Sunday schools is to be
held in A.. Slocce's grove north of Ibis
Otto on Feiday next.
On Statteday evening oonetable Davies
armlet( a pedlae of clothes Rae tor be.
ing drunk and sleeping in Mason's, kV
loft, and pot hint in the cooler nail Mori -
day morning when lie Was brottgla before
Reeve Hamilton and Magistrate Canm.
boll and senteneed to On days in Goethe
Dioktion,
Number 82,
Mee. Thuell he a gobbler Om has
hatobed out eleven chickens this yea
and le now performing the maternal
duties of seeing that they are properly
fed, proteoted and educated. Ms high.
ness eats, at the eeoond table if the
ratione appear short for hie family.
On Monday morning the remains of
the late Mrs. Jamieson were taken from
her son in.law's residence—Thos. Ash.
bury in Morrle—and put aboard the
train for Lyncleu, Wentworth Go., to be
laid alongside of her husband in the
family plot.
er R. 03'.
Gideon Perris is home on a, visit.
Mrs. Geo. Forrest is visiting (donde in
the vicinity of Seaforth.
Samuel Askin, wife and son, of Tees -
water, were renewing old acquaintances
in this locality last week.
The briak work of Andrew Instep's
new residence ie completed. D. Lowry,
Bruesele, had the oontraa.
John Smith, lot 14, eon. 4, has a good
plot of Spring wheat. The average is
about 4 feet high aod growing well.
Shine's Sunday sohool picnics was held
in the grove 00 the bank of the Maitland
on Dominion Day and a pleasant time
spent by all.
The May and June make of cheese
from the Morris & Grey factory was sold
last week, at Listowel, by D. Stewart, for
81 cents per pound.
On May 30th Mrs. Rankin, a sister of
Mrs. John Ilislop's, of this township,
died at the xesidence of her eon, Rev. E.
A. Rankin, near Inverness, Scotland,
aged 65 years. The deoeased had been
ill for SBY0Tal months.
Mrs. John Ransoin, 6th con., was quite
severely injured lasb Tuesday by an 0 -
tack from a ram on the roadside, whioh
knocked her down and bruised her leg.
Ur& Ransom made her escape through
a gate that was fortunately near by.
The new bridge on the 12th con.,
known as Calder's bridge, is finished.
It is a strong substantial structure, the
additional pier in the centre being a great
improvement. The bridge is a credit
alike to the builder and the township.
W. Knight, teacher, wife and children
are visiting relatives and friends in this
locality. We are pleased to know that
Mr. Knight has just obtained a 1st class
A certificate, taking an excellent stand-
ing. We congratulate him on his suc-
cess.
Tenders are asked, as per advertise-
ment in this issue, foe the construction
of drains in this township, under the
Municipal Drainage Aot. Tenders re-
ceived up to Saturday of next week, Ifith
inst. Plans and specifications may be
seen at the Olerk's office at Ethel.
Laat Tuesday night Luke Sperain,
14th con., had one sheep killed and 5
badly worried by dogs. Sheep belonging
to J. Hislop, A. Mallay and J. Dougherty
in the eame locality have also been
worried. Vengeance is threatened on
the canines if found.
A deputation consisting of the Reeve,
Messrs. Tughan and Bray, of Elms, has
been appointed to meet the Council of
Grey at Oranbrook, on Monday, 18th
inst., to confer with them ae to what
procedure would be the most advisable
under the oit'oumstances for opening up
a suffitient outlet for the S. W. drain.
On Thursday of last week Jno. Askin,
14th oon., had an old fashioned logging
bee. About 35 men atteuded and a good
pieoe of work was done. Mr. and Mrs.
Askin were most hospitable in their
treatment of all who attended. There
was a jolly company ou hand in the even-
ing.
P. Robertson, con. 9, recently made a
sale of beef cattle that will be hard to
beat. The purchasers were Scat & Jones
and the prim paid. was 5 cents. A deer
2 years and 4 months old weighed 1,470
pounds ; two 2 year old heifers averaged
1,250 and a 3 year old heifer scaled 1,560.
Mr. Robertson received about $300 for
the sale.
Os the evening of July let a company
from Elma and Atwood drove over to
Albert Whitfield's, in Grey, to spend the
evening. The musio by two of the Ati-
weed boys was something excellent and
about 25 young people tripped the light
fantastic mail 4 o'clock when all left foi
their homes after having enjoyed a
splendid time.
Showery weather still continues. Up
to the preeent time it has done little or
no harm in this section, but on the other
hand has done good. Hay and all lcinds
of grain are looking the very beat but
now that bay is ready for orating dry
weather is hoped for, besides it tie feared
that if wet Weather eontinues much
longer the fall wheat orop, which is the
heaviest for yeas, will be damaged by
rust and other causes.
Most of the statute labor is done, A
large amount of gravel was put on the
made which will improve them for future
travel. We might say here that a great
deal of the gravel put on the roads is far
too coarse, in fat some of it is no coarse
that it does more harm than good on the
reads in places and is ea much labor
wasted. If pathtnaeters and others
would pay more attention to this bebter
roads would be the reeult.
DOIIIINIOB DAY —T110 25th anniversary
of the day whia marked a new era in
the history of Canada, was observed as
a holiday generally. The weather was
lite and cool, all that could be doeind foe
a day't3 outing. Many took train foe
different points while others attended
pinnies and °thee spouts in different
localities, so that the home.gulted wee
very small, but they bravely held the
fort, no doubt absorbed with the thoughts
that ours is a noble country with its
people at onoe the truest, the food, the
bravest the best natured and the beet
looking, the lumpiest ma the meet veligi.
teue npon the taco of the earth.
Coal is now $6.60 pee ton in Labe.
Ab Huron, Oala., Joseph, Zeolucria and
Henry Martin, throe boys, aged 10, 1.7
and 15, were drowned on Monday while
bathing,
The cleittlabion of Cashier Dann, of
the National Savings Bank at RAW°,
lignees up $96,4986, with half the pet9.
bookie to Lea: from,