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The Huron Expositor, 1897-03-12, Page 1Hi It ly Sp in ming: a splendi€i of new COTTONS SHEETING a W OTTO S LINE.NS LANNE `.E T S- 5DSOME PRINTS S. EMBROIDERIES LOUSE TE I , 0rtrae ifuIthings In THIRTIETH THAI% WHOLE- NUMMI, 1,526. a SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 125 1897. $1 a Year in Advance. CADY'S BLOCK. SPR ING SS GOODS... rrived freeh from tl n market& They, wl and ready for sat e of the lines arevery ctive, and they: Will be more than ordinaryvalue `. Morgi LRAM Dry Goods Company, latest Cash Dry Goods StoisonsioteamInmenientemeem re se Kyle, in the last hours of'_ mi attending the funeral of '-Our village for the past few 4 the appearance of . a small icing by the large number that k and forced to stay in the • Ei colds and la grippe. We, names of Mr. and Mrs.Jas.Mil ►Mrs.. _ Ricker Mr. and Mrs. and Mr. and Mrs Henri have all been suffering from • but we are pleased to note to be on the- mend, and in a e to bear of their recovery...:. supper held by the Foresters• eiing, was not such a _grand ny of the members of the ted for,ihe evening being: one - `f the season. However, those he storm enjoyed. the evening's • • Oystera flowed in abun- n tables were well laden, to ample justice,, and spent an e. --Mrs. Wm.Ivison has just re from Porter's TO, where - ng her son-in-law and laugh- Mrs. E. Potter, $r Potter poor health for Some - tune.. :nda hope soon to hear of his E—Mrs. T:. McCIymont, who ondoou.for some weeks attend [tar, Mrs.- Grieves, who was turned home. --ire regret to is of Mt - James McLean, sr.., icession, of:Tuckersmith. He tied to the house for two , the trouble being a: heavy ppe, combined with a bad ' h good care he is on the mend.. heymond, who: has been very ne, and at one time seemed of recovery, is now doing, able to go about the house, be improving daily. Mr.: uteith came down on Monday funeral of the late John Mo- ong others from a distance we ary Hollliushead, of Tutton ; Wm.- Henry, et St. Thomas, r; daughter of deceased, and. • James Blair, of Centralia.. Amon -of the deceased will be Sabbath at eleven o'clock, irr thumb, by the pastor, Rev. S. '. Mr. Burton, of Varna, , services in the: Methodist st Sabbath.—The. log - loom slackened up considerably, as tming in isnot so great as / a —Mr. Robert B. McLean,e (keeping his bed for some- ' ja heavy sold, is nicely im- )evid Buchanan, who intends to go as a missionary to t ; occupied the pulpit of St. soh last Sunday, ging a :He is a clever student.— sills and Archie McGregor level the heavy task of turn - lis. of horse shoes, which calla - strokes of the hammer and. ! P. Bell, who has just. corn- ' dwell•%ng the past season, -his good hospitality, en- h load of young folks the here they spent a couple • I enjoyment, in the way of snentsand, a spread tea, yed very much. The young- iy of the warm reception pitality received. This is ht direction and if more of aures were opened for the young, it would bring them of soeialibility,and would many 4 icea of the present. Metturtrie, tri St. Clair - n, was in our midst for .the• omhg home: to attend the eorge Edighoffer, of Blake,. shoe store in C. Fritz's old. Walper has purchased esidence, and will move to Kibler, of Zur- erecting -large new hotel the village on Sunday.— have seoured the contract nevr brick sohool house Won of Hay.—Mr.- Jonas re merchaut, has employed, ulterry, of Zurieht to take, are departmenk—A num- le gave a surprise party et n Tuesday evening. —Mr. cured the contract for the w school house, for $1,756. r of Zurich, was in the- verY pleasant event,. utheran church on Thurs- •when Miss Amanda Kraft,- uis Kraft; of this plane,. eat to Mr. Louis -Shee- r. ifert, in the presence - The bride was assisted by' aim Kraft, while Mr. •H- , acted in that capacity' e young couple settle e, Mr. Shoemaker hevieg idenee of Mr. Jonas - For all the popular lines, for all the seasonable things, for colored goods, for Oxford& for Sandals in all the styles and grades, just call on n& .Although some of our new goods are not here yet, -Spring trade has already started. We have lots of fine new shoes in now, a splendid assortment to choose from, perhaps a little better than later en, the sizes are not yet broken. We are eivine extra values from now until the let of April, and it will pay yiSu to visit our two stores if in need of any- thing In Boots, Shoes or Rubbers. Expositor OfficeISTORES ;Town uilding An Open Letter PUBLIC. Mr.. John Landsborough having changed his place of residence to the corner cottagt, directly behind the Dominion Bank, has, in the Old. Golden Lion Store, formerly own- . pied by R. Jamieson, a complete stock of everything to be found in a first-class furni- ture store. We have sold and will continue to goods at live and let live prices. No extor- tion in any line of goods we sell. • Oar goods are bought from the best manufacturing firms in Ontario. We can, therefore, imiite inspection from the sharp- est critic in town or country. Visitors to our furniture emporium daily repeat the same old story regarding the low price of furniture now to what it was three months ago. We have no doubt brought this larg looked for reduction in prices. We buythe best, and will not he under- sold be anyone. All goods delivered irk town or country free of charge. UNDERTAKING. In the undertaking department we have two- hearses, one a fine city hearse, and the other a lighe low-down one for winter use. • We gilarantee the best goods in this line at 25% less than have ever been given in See - at the Champion 'College of Embalming un- der Profestor Sullivan, of Cleicago, will, with Mr. Landsborough, conduct the busi- ness: Any work intrusted to us will be carefully attended to and satisfaction guar- anteed. Remember the New Furniture and Undertaking Store. - LAN DS BORO U Night and Sundey calls will be attended to at Mr. Landsborough's residence, directly in the rear of the DominionsBank. One Wa TO Milk. KE A MAN TALKIN LISTENT0 111 But why stop a man talking if he -talks common sense, and tells you in plain words, from week to week, of wise methods to pursue in pulchasing, ," among the ,many purchases' you daily make,' those most essential of all pur- chases, viz : Proper Clothing for the body. As tie spring opens up, and there is lot of -outside work being done on the farm, Smocks and Overalls are in' de - Our leaders in Smocks are priced at 75 cents and. $1. bveralls go at 65c., 75c., 85c, and $1. Heavy Shirt- ing, Blue!Drill and -Brown Derry, It is surprising what values we arS showing this year in Men's Suits, Good Fitting, with lots of The boys now have to be clothed in some way. Ahk yourselves if you know of anyWhere that you can clothe them, clothe them as well, as with us. if you think it ° worth while saving money,. give us a trial with the Boys' outfitting this year. Our Leader In ammo.-- Piede Suit 3 Piece Suit Boys' odd school pants, 35c, 50c, and 75c, and these are wearers. A Toy's Eton Cap for school, at 15c. A nice corderoy at 25c. One hundred and.fifty dozen or 1,800 shirts doesn't look much on paper, but it means the largest individual stock of Colored Shirts ever shewn in the tOWLI. of Seaforth. The patterns are the newest, at iirizes which are reasonable consistent with quality and washing colors. A very nice blue shade at 75c, is a seller. Our odd good s sold thus : Men's odd coats from $1.50 up: Men's Odd Vests from 50c up. Of Hats we make a specialty, showing at all seasons a very large assort- ment, but particularly just now is our stock very large, The si Men',s Fedora, and the $2 Stiff Hat are the special values. REMOVAL , Owing to the rapidly increasing volume of business, I have decided to remove to a more commodious shop so as to be better able to serve my customers. On end after Friday morning, February 26th, I will be found on the West Side of the Main Street, in Whitney's Block, next door to Henderson's Ground. Floor Photo Gallery, where 1 will continue the business of Tailoring and -Gents' Furnishings, And -invite the general public to call and see what I am showing in ENGLISH, IRISH, SCOTCH AND CANADIAN TINGS, IMPORTED AND DOMES TIC TROUSERINGS, &c. A full range of furnishings including the newest and nobbiest things in Hats, Caps, Shirts, Neckwear, Underwear, Sox, Silk and Linen Hankerchiefs, Umbrellas, Waterproof•Coate, Men's and Boys' Sweat- ers, Hose and Caps suitable for Bicycling, in fact everything usually kept in a *ell conducted furnishing store. Good goods,at a fair price is my motto. Your patronage HARRY SHARE,: (Successor to) DILL & SPEARR PRODUCE WANTED. We are open to buy Dressed Hogs,'Hides,"rallow, Poultry, Butter &Zggs. Call before disposing, as we want Yourepro- duce, and can please you with a price. BEATTIE BROS., WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL' MONEY-BACIi IF WANTED. • On the Wrong Side of the Street,_ in the Strong Blosk. Some One Has Said- Suppoae you were a; married man— As perhaps you are— . And had a snug little business— As we trust you have— And there was a mortgage on your home— As we fear there is— And you were not laying up much money— And you often declare you are not— And you had several fine childrep— As we hear you have— And your wife should wake up crying sonie night—. As we trust she may not— As possibly she would in such a casee- "1 dreaMed that you were dead And we were tuined out of the house, And the baby was sick, And 1 had no money to pay the doctor, And Harry's clothes were ragged, And I had no way to get more, And Minnie had gone to' the orphan asylum ! Oh, dear ! Prn so glad it was only a What weuld you do in such a cese If you are a sensible man we will tell you what you would do. • You would Seek a Canada Accident As- surance &gent, get an accident policy for a goodly ameunt, and thus die able to laugh at such dreamt. R. J.-MACDONALD, Agent Caa4da Accident Company, C. P. R. Telegraph and Doininion Express. The Canadian Maple Leaf Club of Chicago. The Canadian Maple Leaf Club of Chicago gave their first ball on the evening of Fri - 'day, February 26th, in the drill room of the Idesonie Temple. About 100 couples assembleitand spent a most enjoyable even- ing. These who did not care to dame en- joyed themselves by either playing cards or renewing acquaintances among their coun- trymen. The music, which was furnished by Prof. Goldsmith's orchestra of eight pieces was al that could be desired. The grand'inareh at 9:30, led by E. J. iforeney and Miss Mamie Burns, ably seconded by W. S. Matheson and lidhei Nichol, was fol- lowed by a well 'selected programme of all the popular dances. Light refreshments were served in the dining hall during the evening from 10:30 till 1 o'clock. The whole affair was a brilliant suceess, and the dub ars to be congratulated on this their first ettempt. The following gentleman coniprised the reception committee : Jelin N. Hays,'George W. 8. Mathesoneg. E. Devereaux, Wm. Phillips, J. C. liftetray, C. W. -Allison, John Jamieson and J. Devlin. Canadians who enjoy a goodtime andepare to meet their countrymen in a sociat way,would do well to meet the boys in their rooms in the Wellington hotel, on the evenings of the first and third Fridays of each month, Any information regarding the club may be. had by ardressing the corresponding secretary, Be Ni Hays, 175 Wabash Avenue. Canada. —A ease of genuine hog cholera is report- ed from Yarmouth. . . —Large numbers of new settlers are ar- riving in Winnipeg for points west. ag—edWum.. Smith, ex -Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries, is dead, at Otte wa, —The Rev. E. N. Baker, M. A. Chat- ham, has collected $1,500 for the endowment ,fund of Albert College. —The will of the late Mrs. Labbatt, of London, bequeaths large sums•to the church and charitable institutions. ' —The total shortage of the late treasurer of Braut county, Mr. W. J. Campbell, is reported -by the auditor to be $24,97L91. —The Experimental Farm authorities will not send out samples of 'reeds, and roots junneltes. s appli cation is made before the 31st —The excursions of last week te Man- itoba and the North west exceeded in num- bers those of any former years, so early in the season. . tn e -The management of the Bel oral Ho- tel, Montreal, has made an assi ment on the demand of W. W. Ogilvie. The rent claim alone is $23,000. —The late Sim Fax had $5,000 of insur- ance on his life. Some time ago he allowed a $2,000 certificate in one of the lodge. of Forestets to' 'lapse. —The well-known evengelist, Rev: A. H. 'Renton, is conducting meetings • in Euclid avenue yiethodist church, Toronto. The meetinge are crowded to overflowing. —Miss May Fielding, who died a few days ago at Aurora, left $100 to the Meth- odist church at Bond Head and $400 to the Aged Women's Home. — Lientenant-Governor Kirkpatrick will leave the hospital in London, England, this week and.proceed to Brighton for four or five weeks prior to returning to Canada. — Dutton Presbyterian church, has given a unanimous to call the Rev. Joseph Elliott. The stipend offered in the call is $1,000 per year, and four weeks' vacation. —Wilder Babcock, of Hamilton, agent for the Bell Orgen Company Guelph, who was hurt in a runaway accident, is very low, and there is little hope of his recovery. —A maskinonge that weighed 46 lbs. and a large- mouthed black bass that weigted -8 lbs. were reeently caught tbrough the ice on the Trent, a few miles below Campbell- -Mr. George Whitelaw, of the vicinity of Guelph, has a great crop of lambs. Near- ly every. ewe has had three., His brother William has a ewe which gave birth to four. —Mrs. Trumper, an old lady of St. George, who is visiting in .Brant rd, was .ceived injuries that it is feared will prove — A yougg man residing in the vicinity of Warwick has been fined $5 for molesting a respectable old man living alone in the vic- inity. : He threw a stick of firewood at the door of the little residence. —At Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, De- puty returning officer Mawhinney had a tree bill found against him by the grand jury. The charge is destruction of ballots in the late Dominion election. —Forty years ago James Somerville es- tablished the Dundas True Banner. The Banner and Mr. Somerville are still on deck the one expressing public opinion at the old stand, and other expresing it in the Domin- ion parliament. — -Magistrate McKinley made two con- victions in the liquor cases against the proprietor of the Beaton House, Ridgetown. The fines were $10 and costs for selling to a minor, and VO and costs for selling during prohibited ,hours. -The steamer Lake Winnipeg, from St. John, New Brunswick, for Liverpool, had a hard experience from stormy weather in crossing the Atlantic. Her machinery was badly disabled and her deck load of cattle —A Calgary dispatch says the- reduction in •Canadian Pacific Railway freight rates between Rossland and Calgary and other points inAlberta is produciug an excellent effect on trade in that 'district. The effect on the farming and dairying portion of the community has been electrical, —On Sunday, Mr.Peter Brown, contract- or and builder, of Ottawa, was given lay his wife a dose of carbolic acid -instead of medi- cine for a cold. Antidotes were immediate- ly administered, and it is hoped Mr. Brown will reeover. —The trial at Portage la Prairieiof Wm. Mawhinney, charged with the deetruction of ballots in connection with Mr,. Boyd's election in Maccloaald, was concluded late on Seturday night. The jury 'found a verdict of not guilty, and the &paused WM --The other day at Chatham, four men bravely went to the rescue of three drown- ing boys in the Thames, and succeeded, after a great struggle, in saving the lids, who were aged 7, 8 and 9 years. The little fellows slipped into an air hole while cross- ing the river. —Miss Eve H. Brodlique, the former clever Ottawa Parliamentary correspondent of The London Advertieer, and who has since won well -merited fame by her contri- butions to leading magazines and New's- papers in New York and Cfiicago has made her debut as a dramatic authoress and ac- tress, in Chicago. It was known that a new one act play would shortly appear but when Mies •Brodlique ap- peared ' upori the stage as the heroine of her own dritana, there was a decided emanation among her friends. —A proelamation in the Offirsial Gazette fixes the Quebec Provincial elections en May 11. deThe new roller life-saving device WAS , given a satisfactory test at the Hamilton —An earthquake shook was distinctly felt on both sides of the Niagara , River on Satarday night. —A little son of Mr. Henry Brown, Til- bury West, set fire to his clothing and was burned to death. —Two people, one aged 70 and the other in, were married in Ottawa on Weduesday, 3rd inst. Their parish priest refused to merry them, but they secured the approval of the Archbishop. — W. D. McPlierson„ a schoolmaster of Salford village, hail leen committed for trial at Ingersoll, charged with having com- mitted a criminal assault upon a young girl in attendance at the prisoner's school. —An investigation is being held into a number of fires that have taken place in the townships • of Smith and Monaghan, near Peterborough, -Government Detective Greer being placed on the scent. Some de- velopments quite as ausational as the Mel- anethon fires are expected. —Mrs. Russell, a widow of 80, living alone in the village of .Bright, was burned to death in her house early the other morn- ing. The • dwelliug was also consumed. How the fire originated no one will ever know. Mrs. Russell, was the mother of Mr. R, Russell, of the 16th line of East Zorra, and also of Mrs. Bickle, of Wood- -Miss Tatiana Tolstoi, daughter of Count Tolstoi, the Russian -novelist, has been invited to attend the World's, W .C.T. 'U. convention, to be held in Toronto next October, and has signified her acceptance. Miss Johannsdotter, sister of the Premier of behind, has also expressed a willingness to attend. It will be a remarkable gather- ing. —Mr. Je C. Little, tax ecillector for No t- tawasaga township, had made collections en Friday to the amount of over $200, 'and ieturning to his home at Duntroon shortly after dark, when he.was held up' by two men and rebind of $73. After getting the money the m hrii drove off rapidly. Mr. Little had.$1h0 in another , pocket which they did not find. — A freak of natute in the shape of a double lamb is reported by William Min - an• imal had two heads, .eight legs and two tails, but the bodies were grown together along the abdomen and *ere encased in one skin. The legs of each lamb encompassed the body of the other/ as though locked in one another's arms. The freak had the ap- pearance of being born alive but was dead when discovered by Mr. Minaker. —The talented Canadian wet, Mrs. Jean readings of her own poems,. in King street Methodist church, London; the other night, which is pronounced by her audience a rare literary treat. Hon. Senator Mills pr'esided. Among the selections read were The Corn Flower," Settled by Arbitra- tion," " When the Preacher Comes," and " The Kingdom called Home:" —Henry Imlay, formerly a resident of Windsor, but now living in Detroit, has returned from a heineymome which was out short owing to a very unpleasant experience. On Tuesday morning '•he was married to Miss Pratt, and the young couple intended to go for a tour through Michigan. They reached Monroe, when Imlay wae held up by two masked men. He very reluctantly banded over $56 end a gold watch. —The most brilliant Oda,' event of many seasons was held at Belleville on Monday evening, Merch lst, when Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Lingham entertained their friends after the manner of the Brailly-Martin affair. 'Musicians, florists and caterers lent their skill in making the scene one of lavish, and dainty beauty. Mr. Lingham has bat late- ly returned from South Africa, where dur- ing the recent political troubles, he secured his liberty opey after paying a large ransom. —Alfred H. Morrison, for several years English maiter in the Brantford Collegiate Institute, died recently at Richmond, Sur- rey county, England. me Morrison wail a frequent contributor to Canadian period- icals and illistrated many of his own poems and stories. In early life he saw service with an English cavalry regimentin India. He publishee one book, The Art Gallery of the English Language," which is a gem of cotaptlation and "bows the fine literary and artistic instincts of a gruff soldier. He was 58 years old. . —Old Country papers are complimenting Canada on the generosity of the people to- wards India's starving people. The Man- chester Guardian says that Canada is doing magnificently in her efforts to -relieve starv- ing India. The •Gearditin finds much sig. alifiCallee in the factl that the fund is. largely made up of hard-earned dollars aud cents of working men and Women in all parts of Canada—French as well as .English from Hen. W. Laurier lywn to the little red Indian MiSSi011 bo and the miners of Springhill, who, though on strike, felt the need of India to be greater than their own. —On Thursday morning. last week at Gil - about eight miles from Teeswater the boil: er exploded and instantly' killed' the fire- man, 1Kenneth hfcDiarniid, aged 18 years. He was thrown about 75 feet, his body be- ing terribly, mangled and stripped of all his clothing. If the accident had happened a few minutes sooner there might have been several others killed, as there were quite a number of men in the engine room, but they had just left. There was a young man standing -beside the • boiler, warming him- self, when the explosion happened, laut he .was unhurt. The boiler jumped about 50 feet endways. —The following memorandiim just is' sued by the education department will be of in- terest to the teaching pretension. The at- tention of the county inspectors is celled to the provisions of the Public Sehool Act (81) and the regulation! 01) and (921 regarding teachers' institutes4 There is no agthority for holding more than 'one meeting in the year, which us to be held on &Friday and Saturday The inspector is required to see that no ad- ditional time is taken from the legal teach- ing days, unless requested by a resolution of the county council. Am the school' term of the last half year is :generally broken by Lsbor day, Thanlisgiving day., end not un - frequently by agricultural fauseit also =re- commends that the institutes should be held if possible during the first half year. — The trial of Henry ,Laraway, charged with rifling mail pouches at the Fort etreet Union depot Detroit, laist September, is ire progress in the United States District' Court. Postmaster Inspector james D. Lar- mour told how he laid the trap for Lard away's detection. - He said it took him about nine months to secure evidence, al- though he knew that the pouches were being cut open and rifled. Finally 'onthe night of September 4th last he claims to have plainly seen Laraway cut open a mail pouch, extract a package of letters, Slid StINS the • bag up again. The &met was then made. Inspector leirmour stated that $25,000 was too low au estimate of what had bun miss- ed from the mails. One bank had lost mote than that amount. "I think at least ten thousand letters were stolen," he said. "They were all front Canada, and were taken from Canadian pouches. —James 0. Graham, Private banker of Tiverton, is missing, and there is the usual excitement. A number of writs of attach- ment against his property have been issued, enefor $613 at the instance of the trustees of Crystal City Lodge of Odd Fellows. Grahant's bank WU believed to be a prosper- ous inttitution. He had been in business there for a number of yeere, and is said to have received a large amount of money from depositorsin' the neighborhood. Con- siderable sums were attracted by offers of high interest, a geed deal of the deposits bearing 7 per cent. There aro no charges of wrong -doing, the opinion being general thst the Formosa and Mildmay failures have mused a serious run on the institution at a time when securities could not be easily ELiiron Notes- -Knox church, Goderich, has raised $157 for the -India famine fund. ' --The Wtngham town council has donated fifty dollars to the India relief 'fund. —Rev. Mr. Whaley's congregation at St. Helens have presented him,with a handsome coon coat. . — Angus McLeod, of Goderich, fell on the icy sidewalk the other day, and broke his leg. —On Monday of last week, Jessie, young - eat daughter of Mr. A. 0. Pattison, ce. Clin- ton, died, aged 13 years. . —Mr. Charles Lloyd, of Winghrun, re- ceived word last week, announcing the death of his son in Oakland, Califernia. — Mr. C. A. Campbell, of Winghern, slip- ped and fell, the other day, dislocating his. knee. —The uniform promotion examinations in the pu,blic school's of Huron will be held on the 25th and 26th of March. —Mr. Arthur Willson, of • Colborne, and Mr. Henry Young, of the 6th concession of Goderieh township, have exchanged farms. --Mr. James McFarlane, the well known stock breeder of Stanley, recently sold a carload of thoroughbred sheep for shipment to Michigan. —J. B. Ferguson has been appointed treasurer of Wingham, to -fill the vacanby a salary of $100 a year. —In order that Clinton may retain its present insurance rating, the Underwriters' Association requires the expenditure of nearly $2,000 for additiolist fire appliances. —One day last week, Wm. Bagshaw, of Stephen, while boxing in the gymnasium at, the Clinton C011egia.te Institute, received a severe blow which resulted in a broken nose. —The Exeter Times says that for a mile and a quarter, on the London Road, north of Exeter; there are by actual count one hundred pitch holes, and the majority 9f them are from three to four feet deep. — Mr. James Martin, of Ladybrook, Fifeshire, Scotland, who last summer visit - donated a handsome silver medal to the nGouadileyri.ch curlere, to be contested for an- - —Mr. Parker discovered quite a curiosity in the basement of the town hall, Wingham, the other day. •It consisted of the nest of a pair of chimney swallows. In the nest were the perfect forms of the birds, thoroughly dried and well preserved. —On Wednesday of last week, Mr. Harry Coutts, a former resident of Brussels, but who now holds a lucrative position in Chicago was married in that city to Mies Tessie 'Menzies, daughter of Mr. James Menzies, of Brussels. —Owing to the illness of his father's fam- ily, Mr. Long, teacher in school section No. 4, Grey, has tendered his nisignation. His suecessor is Mr. Thompson, of Howick, who miles well recommended, and who began work on Monday of last week. He receives $180 for the balance of 1897. —The Blyth public school board has de- cided that all non-resident children attend- ing the Blyth public school pay fee.of 60 cents a month in advance, and the non- resident children taking up 3rd .elais or other -than regular public sehool worke pay 15 cents extra per month. —The annual meeting of the East Huron Teachers' Convention will be held in Wing - ham on Friday and Saturday, March 21at frnd 22nd. Either Mr. Stewart, of the Nor -- ea sohool teaching staff,' or Inspector Dear- ness, of Middlesex county, is expected to be present and deliver addresses. • —Mr. Harry Montgomery, who has been living for the past few years in Manitoba, and who came over on a visit this winter, has decided to take up his abode on the old homestead, on the 5th concession of Goder- ich township. He has_purchased the entire stook of the late tenant, Mr. Henderson. —The T. McIlveen farm, on the Base line, Hallett, copiloting of 80 acres, has been ;sold by Mr. W. Whitely, to Mr. George Hays, of Lucknow, law of Mrs. Waive. Tebbutt, who has taken possession. The price paid is $3,000 ; there are good buildings on the place and it hate been bought about right. • —The Killarney, Manitoba, Guide Of a recent date, contains -an account of the mar- riage of Miss M. 8. Crawford,-ehlest daugh- ter of Mr. W. S. Crawford, formerly of HUI- lett township, to Mr. R. J. McPherson, of Tisdale, Manitoba. The Guide adds " The ceremony was ivitneseedby 'a large and se- lect gathering, and thk, Fermata were num- erens valuable and beautiful." —kiss 4nes Rodger, daughter of Mrs. Charles Rodger, of East Wawanosh, was ac- cidentally drowned in the well at her moth- er's home on Monday forenoon of last week. She went to the well, which was a pump - less one, to get some water, and while in the act of dipping up the water slipped in. Her mother saw her fall and gave the alarm, bat before assistance arrived she was. drowned. —The annual - meeting of the Brussels town band Wite held on Tuesday evening of last week, at which the following officers were elected for the ensuing year ; dent and treasurer, R. N. Barrett • vice- ! president, W. II. Stewart ; secretary:Teed 1Gilpin • committee, E. Grower, Wm. Watt, and Alexander Bird, J1111108 `Jones was retained as leader.at a salary of $100. per_ annum. —A pleasant night was spent in Mahal on the 25th ult. The guest of the evening Mr. JosepleGriffin, ex -reeve of AshfielC whorhas been app.ointed county jailor for Huron, and who is about removing from A:shfield, where he has been a prominent figure fee some years. Mr. Griffin's many friends in Ashfield, Goderich, Lucknow, and elsetrhere, desirous of giving a public ex - conduct while serving as a municipal officer, resolved to hold the banquet in question ;with all its pleasant features. There were over one hundred present, and interest was added to the ocnasion by the ptesentation Mr. Griffin of en address, expressive of is integrity and sterling worth. He was leo made the recipient of a handsome gold - ,One of the window blinds not rolling up as nitbo:ird.ent o Wedneidey morning, last week. in ueual, she tepped an a table . to fix it, and Aar, down &pia put her foot on a tipped and threw her to the fall rendered her unoonscioun and when a doctor came he found that a taunt. of had been fractured, and she had suite ed other injuries. di -Mr. J hn Webb, an old and highly re - sputa dent of St. Helens, pawed away csa Saturd y night, February 27th. Re wm among the first settlers in the township Of Wawan h, and had reached the ripe old age of 7i1 rs. He retired to bad on Sat- tirday nig , apparently in his asual health, tut took shit during the night, and in a 1, w minutes had peened away. The re - Mains were interred in the St. Helens ceme- , .—The d,erich Signal says : " It is un- derstood t at Mrin Peter Adamson has handed to the Collegiate Institute board the sum of one thousand dollen, - to be in- vested by t e board, and the annual inter- est equally divided into tivo scholarships. It will be r membered that the late county clerk was a long time a member of the h h school board, and it is supposed that re. Adam on takes the present plan of cemmemor ting his long and pleasant con- nection the with." ta . '—Fire de troyed the residence of Richard Aiceek, on the 14th concession of Grey, o Tuesday ight of last week, about 11.30 rs o' lock. M . Aka& was out at the stable at nding t some stoek, and on returning to the house went upstairs' to drive out a ca fir descending the stairs his feet slip - pe , owing the snow on his bootie and in hi fall the mp he was carrying was smash- ed, at once etting Ere to the place. The flames spree rapidly, and very little of the household e hats were saved. The insurance amounted $300. - —Milk ro tes ' in connection with Silver Corners ch se factory, Grey township, have been let for 897, as follows :-12th conces- sion, to Da d Ballanty.ne, at 5 cents per at 7 cents hundred ; and the 16th con - cents per h ndred. The above prices in- clade haulin the whey .back. The factory is expected begin work on Monday, May 3rd, with N il S. McLaughlin in command. The facthry likely to do, well, as there is the promme f a large gain over 1896. —There w re two small blazes in Wing - ham last wee . - On Sunday evening, about nine o'clock, Mr. Hugh Johnston, ef Blue - vale, went into the, stables of the McKeezie hotel to get his horse when he noticed & rl blaze in the loset. A pail of water put it out. It was unmistakably the work of ari incendiary. On Monday evening the fire alarm Bound d, and the report quickly spresd that t e Union -Factory was on fire. The fire origi ated over the holler in the engine house, and had burned several of the joists in the fling before it was extinguish- ed. Damage about $50. —On Pride , 26th ult., Mrs. A. Walker died at elle idence of her son-in-law, Mr. John Shebbt 4k, on the gravel road, Hut - lett, haying r died the age of nearly 84 years. She - as the widow of the late Joseph Walk r, who built tbe present hotel et Londesboro he having predeceased her exactly 36.yea s to the day. For the last ten years she as made her hohie with Mr. Shobbrook ; hen she was able to get out , she attended he Methodist church, but age and infirmity as prevented her doing -so for some time. In addition to Mrs. Shob- brook, she le yes one daughter, Mrs. W. Cole, of Loud sboro ; and ewo sons, Jabez, of Chicago, a d Joseph, Of Sarnia ; a son —James F:r • • ell was brought before Judge Masson t Godmich, on Tuesday of lase week,,for lection. He is charged with raising two $2 Dominion notes, the one to $5 and the oth r to $10, both ef which he palmed in stores in Hensel'. With the $5 he bought half a pound of candy from Min- nie Schaeffer, getting $4.90 back, and wieh the $10 he bought a hat from Victoria Smith, getting $5 back.. This occurred on October 7th last, and he was arrested short- ly after, but escaped from Constable Sipple, but was lately recaptured and sent up for Wel. The ch nging of the bills was very cleverly done, and especially in counting ehem with. oth *would they be apt to pate unnoticed. The prisoner elected to be tried by his Honor, end was remanded till Tues- -On Sunday, February 28th, Alexender Dawscm,__an old and highly esteemed resi- dent of Winglman, departed this life. The deceased had been laid, up for a couple of weeks with quinsy, but the immediate cause of death was eart failure. Mr Dawson was born in A erdeenshire, Scotland,hin the year 1843. was a tailor by trade, and served many y ars both in Scotland and in Canada in that business. In 1864 he married Annie Falconer, who, with nine children, is left to mourn h' sudden death. In 1864 he came to Cana a, and having brothers in Hilton he eam direht to Wingham. He and Toronto. wenty-six years ago he re- turned toWing sm and entered into business, which he abandoned some years ago to ac- cept the genera agency of the Ontario Mut- -In the town of Clinton one of the early pioneers of Shinier township, - Mr. Wm. Pearson, died on - Friday, 26th ult., at the ripe age of 82 years. Deceased had the mis- fortune to fracture his thigh bone about five weeks ago, and this accident, together with a coMplication of other diseases proved too strong for his advanced years. 'Though his diseases were painful, yet they were borne with patience till he was released from them by death. Mr. Pearson was a native of York- shire, England, where he was born in the year 1815. In the year 1845 he emigrated to Canada, and eettled in the townehip of Toronto. Here he remained for some 'seven years., engaged in farming. In 1850 he marrred Miss Mary Plewes daughter of shire. After two years of married life - in Toronto, he moved to Huron county -in 1852, and settled on lot 32 of the 3rd con- cession of Stanley, where he continued: till 'the year 1887, wltn he gave up farming and retired to the town of Clinton and re- sided there till h' death. He leaves a widow andfive chi dren to mourn the loss of a kind husband an fathee, His two sons, John and Robert, are married, and reside on lots 32 and 33 of the 3rd concession of Stanley. His daughter, Mary Jane, now Mrs. Stoddart, resides in Egmondville ; Maria, - Mrs. Walker resides in Clinton and Sarah, Mrs. kle.naghen, resides -in • —Four Grand Trunk Raileray section men had a very narrow escape from death bust Tuesday morning. They were riding oi a hand-car,on the St. Marys branch, near St. Marys, nd were moving south- ward. They did ot see the way -freight, behnd -for London, bell' ' d them, ,untillid- iii. most too late. The eni struck the hand- car just as the men jum Three escared. withorit injury, bub illiant Adams, of London. had his leg broken by the fall. The way -freight was sto pad, end Adams conveyed to the general °vital, where he ite. doing fairly well. e hand -oar Iran Perth N4es- nt"lw—Twhooeuvillsen trilio.f-Newtet will soon have a • North Easthope, gave birth to three colts on February 2L —The milk routes of tile Carthage cheese factory have been hit. Most of them were —Mr. C. Whelihan, deputy regiatrar of South Perth, has had a, very bad attaok of inflammatory rheunuttiem. —Rev. W. H. Meditbbha of Millbank„ intends to resign the Putout° of Knox church. there. — Wallace farmers ate hoping for an early spring, as feed for their stock is get. ting scum in some loaalities. —Mr. J. Broderick, of Mitchell, has manufactured several seta of harness for parties in Manitoba. — Sawing bees, chopping and hauling bees have been numerous dmong the farmers of north-east Fullatton this winter, —The Thomas Kenney sale in Logan on Tuesday last week, wed& splendid success, realizing over 5900. —Knox church people, St. Marye have presented their *pastor, Rev. A. &ant, with a good driving horse. —Professor Cavan, of Knox college, preached the anniversary sermons at Crom- artp Presbyterian church last Sabbath. —The Ree. Madgeeef California, oc- cupied the pulpit of ' the Presbyterian —Mr, Wm. Battershalb an old resident of Stratford, recently gave $1,000 to assist in supporting the hospital in that city. —The auction sale at the Awty, farm in Fullerton, la,st week, realized over $1.1go. There was an immense gathering of pemele. contracts this winter for the cutting of. 200 cords of wood. He has cut 100 cords now. —Miss Delyea, of Listowel, gave a stir-. ring address on evangelistic work at the Epworth League convention held recentlyin that town. ' —Walter Murray, of hivonton, sold a team of horses rising three years old, for _5225, to George Wettlaufer, of South East - hope. —Stratford city Council )1.opoile to pur- chase a steam road roller Oil! year instead of trying granolithic walkh. The machine is to cost $3,500. —Me Adam Mediae:las sold his 100 acre farm On the.2nd concetsiow of Hibbert, to 8M2 r, 6. 90P. atrick Sts.pletOn, 410for the SUM Of —Ittiv. Mr. Fletcher ask d from his pen - ion in aid of the India famine fund. elver 570 was the insult. —Me Robert Moote left Listowel lash week for Rat Portage, and other towns in the Rainy River district, with the objeet J. G. Woolley, the famous prold- bition speaker, lectuted in Mitchell oh Monday night, before a large and much in- terested audience. . Mitchell, attended the meeting of the grand lodge of the Sons of England in Brantford this week. —John Robinson, jr., had his hand badly, injured. by getting it -caught in a straw cutter while working for Mr. Brandon, of north-east Fullerton. —A fire which broke out in Waterloo street blethodist church, Stratford, did up- wards of $3,000 worth of damage' before it waa got under control. —The ladies of Trinity churlish, Mitehell, have presented Mre. Herrin, wife of the rector, with a handsome drawing room ehair and alai) a beautiful table scarf. —The Awty farm in the vicinity of Mit- chell, has been sold -to Mr. Wtn.- Robinson, of Mitchell, for $6,000, Me Retinson bought the farm for his son Thomas, who ill take up his resideinse on lb. ,.„-) —Mr. T. M. Elliott, a former Mitchell boy, was married. a few dap ago at James- town, North Dakota, to Miss Vesta Moicen. Mr. and Mrt. Elliott will reside at Dolor- -The Motherwell draught player§ went over to Avonton on Friday evening lent," and -suffered defeat at the •hands of their opponents, the score standing 23 to 25 and 15 drawn. —Fifteen new members were initiated into the Sons of England society, in Mit-, chell, hist weeL Mr. Thomas Jackson, as - shoed by other- SOAIS, from Clinton, took charge of the ceremonies. I --Mr. H. Schmidt, of Bratiner, is giving up -the homestead farm eh he had rented for a term of years, and /th selling Off hn auction his 50 -acre farm and Also his stook Ind implementa. —Me W. Beattie who sold MI splendid farm in Blanshard a'few weeks ago, it amity to Manitoulin Island, where he has par - chased large interests. He is getting _ready for building out there and will return for II his family in the spring. —A smuh up occurred on the Grand Trunk near St. Marys the -other night, re- sulting in the destruction of tweltre freight ears, one of which was completely destroyed by fire. —The Avonbank Sons of Temperance in - &aged in a debate one evening lately. been more injurious to women than to men." The ladies took the affirmative and• won. proprietors of the flax.mill at Shakespeare, has made a change, Mr. Tracksell taking over the whole business and also makingins brother John, a partner. " —Mrs. David Pepper, of Siratford,passed away on Sunday morning, 28th ult. De- , ceased was the second daughter of Adam Miller, sr., of•Nortb. Easthope, and was in her 38th year. She bad been married about six yeare. —Me and :Mrs. Robert Gillespie, Ura Wm. Gillespie, 'and Mr. and Mrs. Stinson and family, who have been spendMg , the ' winter among their friends around Qum - arty, left for their home in Manitoba en Tuesday last week. —George Vickers, of Rirkton, who was sent to .penitentiary some four years ago for forging notes, wee released a few weeks ago, when he left forhthe States. He sistis he would rather die than return to pia in another such term. —Me T. (Myna, who has been cheesis- maker at Kinkora for the put firei years, was united in marriage last week to Miss Mary Quirk, of Donne*, Grey (enmity, formerly teacher in Kinker* separatei school. The happy couple will ?adds in East ZOITS4 where Mr. O'Flynn has secured a factory for the present year.