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The Huron Expositor, 1898-02-11, Page 1898.% " before the bal- :t exactly eh trouble mils. Its Qantle for 5, or a $5 re ;stylish, Ole have ant them will pay for next g. the best The - They are Idy scout- -there's EiU smell ,ctnid its . direct 41 in Can.! prices foi [tve blank - ie, 14titin EU y to I buy and ure ihe ordin- t 'are all Van white !dance of !riees that f time to yourself. find our !all staple tine •and prices. id kindred of every ni for those might be fortune un- aommended its of like s direction, nething the ed the sub - dent Order are glad to poring. It and better any where. tertainment aven o'clock inthem, and kart feeling corning out. paign starts' hold joint allowed eoreply for Ur* will be /4 end they hu part part of lot !Obit Dark, -owne4 by also •sold to Donald • formerly" company a. enry Bate - Alexander amateur eireErimer- the sus - Monday e tea meet - ed on ac first real were al- tid pitch rge Cline cer ewneri his inarea Lucy is Ian pacer, has sirice o novo hair - has called Ifardy." tag teara. nterest in ain after - visiting nil Hugh, speeading ng a corn- -Misses onday of oney was County dest day are sick e Bessie Toronto. bliss T. erriecl on iiislop, anization success. Dying to of Grey, Ir. Thos. .1 00 -acre me Tine. Ccde fell xe while go.—An eh before laity will dth line, eh. 'fie lace. —A what is - evening . 3 will in the ebruary el:latent nee of y and. a grand will be assisted - one. f Strat- ther, on About d, which causing g young THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,574. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1898. MoLEAN BROS., Publishers. Year in Advance. Ever Met this kind F Possibly you have never met this kind of man, but we have. The owl, like lindividual, who seeming to see all, sees nothing; who lives in a comatoie state; he thinks little, acts less, and, consequently, cannot understand the object of the continually keeping at it" feature of the merchant who, by conscientious advertising and re- liable goods, hopes to increase his business and attain success. In our efforts to occupy a liberal share of the clothing trade of South and East Huron, wellave not escaped the mouldy advice of our friend who abhors activity. He fears that in our advertisemeats we are too imaginative, but it occasionally happens, as it did last week, that Rip Van Winkle like these easy- going fellows wakenup to the fact that an advertisement may be strictly true to the letter. • A case in point was --that last week we mentioned that for what stock we had left in Fur Coats and Caps, very special prices would prevail from date of writing till all Were sold. The result was pleasing to us, as we, in the week, closed out many lines of Fur Coats and Caps, besides giv- ing—is one man expressed it— values that he was not aware ever existed. .Again, this week, we offer six Fur foats—three coons, two wombats, and one Australian coon—which may be purchased at prices that are worth 'travelling some distance to see. We also raention. this week the three lines of 'Overcoats for which the following special prices are set, viz:• $3.90, $4.50 and $1.90. Have you seen the heavy fleeced lined Underwear at $1.50 a suit This line was sold at $2.25 early in the season; and we are closing out the remnants of it—some 18 suits—. • at the price given above. We have -in stock a perfectly new coon • back robe, which the owner re- quested us to diepose of. The price asked is $16.50, and is low • provided you are in need of such an article. A new lihe of men's black Fedora Hats now in stook; the price is 90c, • $1 and $1 25. To conclude this week's talk, ;it will • repeat what has been often said • before, that th the man who is • looking for value, whose object in baying is to secure satiefaction, and sot to "buy because it is cheap," we offer you values that • are exceded by none other in the men's and boys' clothing trade. If you have not received your calendar for 1898, and are looking for one, call soon, as the supply will soon be gone. WE RAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL MONEY BACK IF WANTED. GREIG cl -MACDONALD CLOTHIERS. On the Wrong Side of the Street, in the Strong Block. SEAFORTH, • • ONT. Ho! for the West All who intend going West this year - will find it to their interest and convenience to apply for rates and information, to all western points, - to • kanald J.' Macdonald, 0. P. R. Ticket, telegraph and Express, Money Order and Canada Accident Assurance Agent, SE.AFORT H. A HURON BOY IN KLON We refer to Mr. James Hagan, so ‘Tohn Hogan, of Stanley, who writ Dawson City, on November 7th, 1 gardinglie trip to the gold liel says: You may be surprised to he me at this time. I wrote you whe Snohomish, Washington, in July, had some time to -day I thought ite and let yourknow somethin experience in this frozen north. Seattle, July 27th, 1697, and took for one thoutand miles to Skagw Alaska ; then 1 and my partner h horses packed with seven thousand and travelled bfty miles, which • fifty-five days, mid when we arrive • end of that fifty miles we had f horses that lasted through, which I 375. Then we pitched our tent -and my partner, stayed with our goode and I • got some other men and we vk ip-sa ed 800 • feet of lumber to build our boats which took us eight days. We loaded o boats and started down the lakes and riv re, and we got caught in a wind storm on Togish lake twice, andled to beech our to. I • never saw such rough water. W never lost a pound ofgoods anywhere on he trip, though we hacVa number of close sans in the eleven bun ed miles we tree lied in our boats. It is almost worth a m n's life • to make this t 'p and I never want to go through sachl hardships again, a h as sleeping in a fent every night fo three • months, and f r the last thirty da when the thermometer would register fif . .n and twenty degreci3s below zero. Bre night we had to eh vel off from six to ten inches of snow to sleep on the ground, bu in a mining excitement like this men ge crazy. Since I came here I have seen more money in the shape of gold dust, held by ne big corporation, than any horse would d aw on a good road. It is something wo derful. I did not believe it until I saw 't, nor would any one else. We had to tra el 200 miles on the last of out trip on cake of ice, from five to fifty feet across, and en we struck the month of Stewart river e had to make a landing and camp for -fiv days, as we were afraid to take the -clia ces of losing our provisions and even our 1' yea in the ice. But on the sixth day we pn ed out and got through all right, and got.o r boats unloaded and got into ei cabin he , and just got straightened up and went dlown to • the river to -day to take our boats a art and sell the lumber. But just as were g ing to work onethem, the ice broke boosO above here and came down like a cyclone, 4nd car- ried about three hundred boats dclwn on • the ice and broke soine of the4n into n you tWI splinters, consenne;nob value ly we lost ou but they were not of made the trip with them. But e were very lucky to get ours unloaded: I 'Would have been just the same if they h been loaded. Many times on the trip we had to jump "mtoice and water up to our wa* tor when our boats would ?et on sandbars, an there are Iota of them in the different rive . We had to do that in order to save" our goods. Thousands of people have left here on ac- count of the scarcity of provisions. I tell you they are very scarce here. I '11 tell you some of the prices: Flour, $2 r Ib.; bacon, $1.50 per lb. ;fresh beef, $1.50 per • lb. ; mutton, $1.75 per ib.; dried ruit of all kinds, $1.50 per ib.; long andled shovels, $15 each ; chopping axes, $12 each; peke, $15 each ; cross -cut saws, each; itand-saw, $10 each.; an ordinary Yukon handsled, which they use here sit gether, (drawn by dogs), $50 each ; 'nomad is, $7.50 per pair ; woolen mitts, $8 per pair. socks, $7 per pair ; coal oil,$20 per gallon; andles, $1,25 each; eggs, $15 per dozen; butter, $2 per lb. ; whiekey, $45 per gallon a meal at a restaurant costs $3.50. You n see that this is a very expensive country to live in if you have not got your earn s pplies. There are quite a nuieber of men he e that I used to know in Washington. 0 e man in particular_ I will tell you A, tut, In April, of 1896, I went good for a , oath's board for him at a hotel in Sao omisha • Washington, as I knew him. His ame is Charles Anderson, and is a native b Den- mark. I was to his cabin yesterday and he showed me two tin 5 gallon coal oil ans of gold dust he and his partner had, • d the two of those cans were more than could lift at once. I would have bet a 1 I had that I could walk off with them, b t soon found my mistake. This is only ne in- stance in a hundred oases where • or men came here with scarcely enough pr visions ttio last one summer and have go good claims and to -day are -worth half a million dollars. Of course there are no sue claims as that to be had here now, bu i there might be others struck just as goo., and this winter will tell the tale. Whieh way it will go is hard to tel. However,I kn w this rnan had almcist nothing when he struck here, and he *as offered two hund i ed and fifty thousand dollais for his da m and would not take it. If it had bee me I would be striking for the month of the Yukon river, instead of living here among the Esquirhaux and Indiana. This is no place for a white man to live in, a d any time I snake a fair deal I will get ut , and live in Washington, that is good eno gh for me. I was doing well enough th re but thought I could make more moue here, - and it is hard to tell how I may co e out. If I were to sell what .tuff I bro ght in with me I could make a good thing, but I am afraid to start back from here ith an Esquimaux dog team and sleighs, a • d pro- visions enough to last both mys lf and dogs to travel eleven hundred mile in an Arctic winter, as the sufferinga w uld be more than an ordinary white man, who has not yet wintered in this cIimate could stand, so I think I will stay here un il next July and then take a boat down the iver to the coast, as that is the safest way out of here. There are about four thousan • people here now, and numbers are leavin every day on the trail to places where t ere are more provisions. There is a place called Fort Yukon, about 380 miles do P the river, -and many people are trying to get there to keep from starving. My artner has just come in and says that thr e men that were sleeping in their boat last night, when the iee raised and „started out were jammed in under the ice and all killed. About half a mile from here this orning, threemen with a raft of fresh beef h d their raft broken to pieces and all three' d owned, as no person could, help them fr m the shore, the river being so wide and .uoh a swift current, and jammed fun o large pieces of ice. 'People on the shore t ad to stand and see those poor fellows d e, not being able to reach them with a line r help of any kind. One old man and wom n and two little girls lost all they had n the shape of provisions, by leaving it • their boat. There is no doubt but man lives were lost in last night's flow of ice. There have been boats seen passing here- to -day with some provisions still in them, • ut no one could reach them,, and in one inst• ce a stove still smoking, but could not se any- thing else. Mail cannot be got in he e very often. At present it takes mail tha goes through the post office here three mo ths to reach Dyea, Alaska, and if a letter seat of Mr. s from 97, re- s. He from I left o 8.5 I would of my I left a ship y bay, fifteen pounds ook us at the ur old old for Horton, by any other way it costs one dollar, and then we don't know if it is ever mailed, so thesafeat way is the post office. I don't expect any mail here for three months yet. That is °lie of the worst disadvantages this place has, as - you don't know what has taken place for five or six months after- wards. Some of the people here did not know who was elected President of the United States until we came here and they got some newspapers. The Seattle Post sold here the day we came for $10 a copy. One old gentleman brought one hundred copies and sold them at that and had no difficulty selling them. I almost forgot to tell you that one of my partners Mr. A. Van Buren, died on the partners, was sick only about half an hour and died of heart failure. It took us nine days from the time that he died to get his wife to where he was and bury him•and get back to our work, which delayed us that much longer than what we figured. He used to be a deputy -sheriff under me in Washington, and was a fine fellow and a hard worker. He worked like a. slave on the trail. None of our party ever got over five hour's sleep each night from the time we left Skagway bay till we reached here. Any information about this country I will gladly give as I find it. Kindly re- member me to all inquiring friends. Yours truly, JAMES HAGAN, Dawson City, N.W.T. Canada. —Mrs. Alexander Stuart, wife of the city treasurer of Hamilton, died last week after a leag illness. She was in her 69th year. — Cornell& Viau Polder. has been found guiltrof the murder of her husband, Isidore Pokier, at St. Crumb, near St. tioholasticiue. —Mrs. Brill, wife of Mr. J. T. Brill, the .well-known cheese dealer ofGuelph,died last. we**. She was known to be ailing, but her • death ivas unexpected. • —After a career of a little more than 11 months, the business of 'Etunians & 13utler, London's big departmental store, has passed hito the hands of a receiver. - —It is stated that the Dominion Govern • meat will propose a voteof 350,000 in the estimates to prepare for the representation of Canada at the Paris Exhibition in 1900. --Miss Minetta Kate Phillips, third daughter of the late Lieut. .Col. Phillips, of Kingston, was married on February 5th to Mr. Edward D. Holden, of Lime% Mass. —JarnesAllison, murdererof Mrs. Anthony Orr, of Galt, was hanged on Friday, February 4th, at Berlin. This is the first time the death sentence has been carried out in Wat- erloo county. — Another old landmark has been r moved in the person of Mr. JAMB McClel- lan, of Bowinenville, wile passed peacefully away at the family residence, in that place, last week in the 89th year of his age. —Mr. Arohibal d Galbraith, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Haldimand county, passed away at Dannville,onFebrumy 4th, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. John Parry, at the advanced age of 91 years. —John Tufford, -while at work in the Vic- toria Wheel Works, Galkone day last week, had his arm nearly tors from its socket in a machine' one lung being exposed. ne was taken tothe hospital where an operation would have to be performed. — Strychnine given by mistake for santo- nine caused the death of Nellie, the six-year- old adopted daughter of C. W. Barrows, of London, January 31st. Medi- cal aid was called in but all efforts proved useless: and the child died in one hour's time. • —S. J. Lancaster, one. of the oldest resi- dents of Petrone, died very suddenly Fri- day morning of last week. He had been ill the lest few days, but hie death was unex- -.pected. Mr. Lancaster was well known all over Canada. He at one time represented the Consumers' Oil Company. —On Wednesday of last week, at Kinsale, Mr. R. Sam McLaughlin, youngest soi of ,Mr. R. McLaughlin, the well known car- ' rine manufacturer of Oshawa, and Miss Adeline Mowbray, eldest daughter of Mr. R. R. llowliray, reeve of Pickering, were married. ' - —Mr. Edwin W. Lyman, who for many years bad been living in Toronto, died sud- denly of apoplexy last week. Mr. Lyman was fifty-five years of age,and was a nephew of Mr. Henry Lyman, of the old firm of Ly- man Brothers and Company, of Montreal. He leaves a widow and one child. . • —Mr. Thome Cook, -Hamilton, died last week in his 79th year. He was a native of Roxburgh, Scotland, and had resided in To- ronto since 1835. He was &staunch Liberal in politica and wasa highly respected member of Maenab street Presbyterian church. —EdwardO'Briee ofParis,died ofstrychnine poisoning on February let, at the residence of .Mr. Chaeles Reider' half mile north of Paris. O'Brien hadbeen a well-km:4n character about there for many years. He obtained his living by working with farmers but thie winter had been in hard luck. —Mr. dames E. Kincaid, of Brockville, aged 58 years, died last week, after a lin- gering illness. He was born and had lived in Brockville all his life. He was a major in the 41st Battalion, and served at the Fenian raid at Cornwall in 1866. A widow and three sons survive. • -4. H. Smith, a farmer of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, who was on a visit to friends in eastern Ontario, caught cold while visiting his sister, Mrs. C. T. Dick- son, wife of the collector of inland revenge, Kingston. It developed into pneumonia, and he died at Martintown. --A party consisting of Messrs. J. C. Griffith, James A. Frost, Ezra Brown, Wm. Brown and William Adamieleft Owen Sound for Toronto, enroute to the Klondyke. They are going well prepared In every par- ticular for the long and tedious trip. An- other contingent will leave there for the gold fields later on. —A very enjoyable time was spent Sat- urday, January 29th, at the golden celebra- tion of the wedding of Mr. William and • Mrs. Dutcher, of the township of West Gwillimbury, who reside about two miles from Bradford. There were many friends and relatives present, among them being seven children and nineteen grandchildren. —Col. Kitson, commandant of the Royal Military College, Kingston, has recommend- ed two of the senior class cadets, Arthur Cecil Dean, of Quebec, and Cadet Allison Smith, of Halifax, for the two extra coin - missions offered in the Imperial army for immediate acceptance. The Governor - about forty years of age. His mother and sister, with whom he lived, are in great distress over his disappearance. —Mr. C. C. Field, ex-M.P.P. for West Northumberland, died on. February 2nd at his home in Cobourg. The deceased gentle- men was seized about two weeks ago, and has had one or two attacks sabsecinensly, culminating in heart failure. He was about 64 years of age and has represented West Northumberland since 1886. —An outbreak of blaok diphtheria is re- ported at one of the camps on theCrow's Nest Pass Railroad. ' Two young men from Nova - Scotia have succumbed and four or five more cases were reported a few days ago. The case of the two victims was a very sad one, especially as they were left to die in a box oar without medical attendance or comforte. Everybody was afraid to go near them. —The death occurred Sunday morning, February 6th, of Mr. Arthur W.Croil, Hon. president of the Toronto Camera Club. Mr. Croil had been ailing for some time, and was confined to his bed for the past six months. The deceased gentlemen was the only son of Mr. James 10iiroil, of Montreal, and was born on the 29th day of February, 1852, at Aroherfield. —James Hoyes Penton, for twenty years professor of biology and geology at the Ontario Agricultural college, died in Guelph last week atter a long and painful illness. He was a -graduate of Toronto University, and after holding a position as lecturer in the college there for two years he became principal of the Winnipeg Collegiate Insti- tute. Later he returned to the Ontario Agricultural College. . — John Milligan, caretaker of the Madoo model school, was in the habit of carrying live coals from the furnace and plaging them in an old stove in onel of the bedrooms in his house. There was no pipe' connecting the stove with the chimney. One night last week, instead of hot coals from the &drool, he substituted charcoal, resulting in the death of his three children and possibly his wife. —William D. C. Elvin .a former resident , of Hamilton, committed suicide Jan- uary 31st, by shooting himself, at St. An- gustine, Florida, whither he had gone for his health. Until two weeks.ago Elvin was superintendent of a local bicycle factory in Toledo. He was 40 years old, and leaves a large family. —The chief of police at Winnipeg has received a letter from Mrs. Turton, of the Cannington Manor, Moose Mountaie, stating that the young girl recently discovered liv- ing with - a band of Indians by Rev. Mr. Sproule, of Pierrie, South Dakota, is un- doubtedly her daughter. Rev. Mr. Sproule sent Mrs. Turton a photograph of the girl, and she had no difficulty in recognizing it as being the picture of her child. Mrs. Turton is going to Pierre to bring back the daughter se strangely recovered. • —Rev. Edward -Topping, retired Baptist minister, died at Woodstock on Friday of last week. Mr. Topping, who was 86 years of aga was widely known as an able and energetic expondent of the Baptist faith, and was personally held in the highest es- teem. 1 He was born and brought up in Wooditook, and after graduating from Mo - Gill, became tbe first pastor of the First Baptist church there. He leaves a widow, six daughters and a son. —James Sharp, one of the best known men in South Dumfries township, died on his farm, near Glenmorris, February 2ad, in his 90th year. Deceased was born in Edin- burgh, came to Canada when eight years of age, and ten years afterwards settled on the farm on which he died. He sat for twenty years at the township council board, and was also for a long period a schoortrustee.' His wife predeceased him about five years ago, -and a family of six children survive. —James Warnock, proprietor of the Galt Edge Tool and Axle factory, died at his residence in Galt last week, after an illness of jabout two weeka. Deceased, who was widely known and highly esteemed by business men throughout Canada was born in Scotland 73 years ago, and lied been a resident of Galt and viemity for 65 years. Mr. Warnock, was a life-long Conservative, in politics. A widow, two dangters and one son are left to moura his departure. - —One of the most disastrous fires in the hisarry ef Winnipeg, in which hundreds of thousands of dollars are involved, °enured early Wednesday morning of last week. The McIntyre block, conceded by all to have been the best business block in the city, has gone up in smoke and nothing but bare standing walls and ushes remain to mark the spot where, only twelve hours be- fore a fine structure stood. The total loss is over $409,000, with insurance of about 3200.000. — Mr. Andrew Tenor died at his residence in Paris, 1January 31st, from cancer of the bowels. About 50 years ago Mr. Telfer came froM Scotland and took up a farm on the River ,road, two miles from Paris. He was a suecessful fanner, and had a wide reputation' as the raiser of thoroughberd sheep. Deceased was a Presbyterian and most highly respected. Politically, he was a !staunch Reformer. Three sons, three daughters, all grown up, and Mrs. Telfer survive. — A C. P. R. train bore away to the west on February lsh eleven men well known in vicinity of Chatham whose ultimate destina- tion is the Klondykix The party is com- posed of residents of Chatham and Wallace - burg, and they go to Vancouver, _thence to the gold regions of the Klondyke. The members of the party were A. Pardo'R. J. Smith, H. Pringle, W. Powers, T. Harris, M. Harris, d. Berner, J. R. Dunlop, N. E. Greenway, J. H. McLean, J. Malone. They are all stalwart fellows, well prepared for the hazardous undertaking. —After a two weeks' session, the deadlock in the Leeds eounty council, at Brookville on February 3rd, was broken. On a tie vote between Messrs. Green and Foster for the wardenship, the clerk decided that Mr. Fos- ter, representing the district with the larg- est equalized assessment, had the double vote, which he polled for himself, and was declared elected. The clerk reached his decision on legal advice from B. M. Britton, Q. C., and R. T. Walkem, Q. C., Kingston. The warden -elect is a. Liberal, and resides near Smith's Falls. —Mrs. P. Downey, mother of Mr. J. P. Downey, editor of the Herald, Guelph, died suddenly in Renfrew on Sunday, January 30th. She had gone thele to nurse her daughter, Mrs. 0.0. Collins, who was taken seriously ill some time ago. Mrs. Downey, who was not very strong at the best, then General's approval is now expected. took sick. She took by mistake a dose from farmer who came to St. Catharines a few she was using, and her system, in her weak - a a bottle of liniment, instead of a tonic which —Friends of Mr. H. 0. Fitzgerald, years a,&aeand settled on it farm across ened condition, could not throw off the poi - the canal, have about made up their minds son. The deceased was well known in that he.has met with a mishap, and that his body is now in the canal under the ice be, tween locks 7 and 8. He was in the habit of -taking& short cut, crossing over the icefroril hispiece to the town. One evening not long ago, he -went to the town thet way. Since that time be has not been heard from. It is supposed that he missed his footing and fell intol one of the holes where ice -cutters had been at work. Mr. Fitzgerald was of same. On Sunday night Graham left his Guelph and Puslinoh township, and was mach respected. —The residents of Conn and vicinity are greatly excited over the mysterious disap- pearance of Mr. James Graham, of West Luther. It appears that on Saturday, Janu- ary 29th, Mr. Graham sold 100 cords of shingle bolts to Mr. W. Foster, of the Conn saw mill, and received $.W in part payment home to go to churche'and afterwards, about ten o'clock, he got a ride home with George Perry as far as his own gate. Since then he has not been teen- or heard of, although bis neighbors have been searching every- where for hill, and a strong suspicion is en- tertained that Mr. Graham has met with foul play. He has a wife and three children. —A dreadful tragedy is reported from Johnsville, a village about dirty miles from Woodstock, New Brunswick. There lived there My. end Mrs. Patrick Canavan, Mrs. Can- avan's mother, and her sister, hlinnie Quacker. • ,The wife became jealous of Minnie, and de- cided to do away with her by poisoning. She went to Bristol, a village some ten miles from her home and purchased some strych- nine, which ;he said was to destroy foxes that were killing her ehickens. Then she returned home, and putting it into a decoc- tion of tea gave it to her sister to drink. Minnie dad in a few hours. An inquest re- sulted in a verdict of murder against Mrs. Canavan and she was arraigned before a magistrate. The deceased was about 20 years ago. The prisoner has one child only. Huron Notes., •..; —John Morris has purchased`lliP; Joseph Goldthrope mill in Goderich. • —Mr. E. Bell, of Londeaboro, has pur- chased from Innis It Horton, the well known shire stallion, Reid's Hero. • .-About $4,000 have been paid out for cordwood this winter by Brussels salt works over 2,300 cords being delivered. —Mr. M.A. McNair-01ton, of Mount Iron, Minnesota, is on a visit to his old home in Blyth, after an absence of 9 years. —Mr. A. K. McAllister, of Grey, has gone into the produce business in Wingham with Mr. Wm. Armour, and will shortly move to that town. — While working at the Crediton flour mill the other day, Mr. Alex. Coves, got his hand caught in some of the machinery, bad- ly smashing it. • --The merchants of Lucknew had a friendly ending match the other day, when the north side men defeated the fellows from the south by eleven shots. —"Jack" W.Elliott,of Aberbeen,Dakota, a- former well known resident of Goderich township, was married a few days since to a Mies Mills, of Aberdeen. —While going into the court house at Goderioh the other day, Mrs. Litson, of Goderich, slipped on some snow and fell heavily to the floor fracturing her arm. —Dr. J. S. Jerome Winghain, has a ban- tam hen that lays &large egg every other day, one of Which measured 6i x 8 flushes. He has several more about as large. ,-John Horton, a respeated oitizen of Leeburn, was removed by the hand of death on Friday, 28th ult., after a three weeks' illness, aged 55 years. —George Watt, son of foreman Watt, of the Ronald Fire Engine Works, of Braude, left last week to take a position as assistant draftsman in the Pelson Iron Works, Tor- onto. —On Tuesday of last week county coun- cillor Mooney, of Morris, delivered 17 young hogs to Messrs. Baeker & Vanstone, Brussels, that averaged 172 pounds, and at 5 cents per pound netted the owner $146.20. —Mrs. John Clark, sr., of the 7th conces- sion, West Wawanosh, had the nortiine to fall the other day and fracture air thigh bone. As the old lady is well advinced in years, the accident will be a serious one for her. —On Friday evening last, Master Charley Bell, son of Mr. Thonias Bell, Wingham, was at Mr. Thomas Dodd's . butcher shop, where a sausage machine was in motion., Charley, in Some Way, got Ins fingers in the cogs, and had them badly smsehed. —The annual meeting of Knox church, Goderioh, was held recently and from the reports we learn that there are now 551 members on the church dn. The total amount raised for all purposes was $14,978 of which$13,019 wasfor strictlyeongregation- al purposes. —The Department of Inland Revenue blue book for the year ending June 30th, 1897, shows amount of excise and revenue collegt- ed at Goderioh as follows : 'In licenses, $207.501 on spirits, $3,807.99; malt, $1,600.- 45 ; tobacoo $20; cigars, $425.49; petroleum 20o,; total, 16,081.54. • --Mr. JOhn Muir, of the Exeter. Woollen Mills Co., has 'purelinasedfromMriJitn ' i &waltzer, the =sohioryoftheCrediton WoollenMilbr, and intends placing the en- tire plant in the company's mills at Exeter. When completed they will have one of the best equipped mills in Western Ontario. • —While' Mr. and Mrs. Nbitheett, of the 3rd concession of Hay, were returning home from Exeter on Monday night of last week their horse became frightened at the train • and after upsetting the occupants into the ditch ran away. The oocupants escaped in- • jury while the cutter and harness was slight- • ly damaged. — On Thursday, January 27th, Mr. Wm. Cane, of'Usberne, and Miss Ada Sheardown, of Crediton, were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Yellaud, at the residence of the bride's par- ents. They left on a wedding trip north, after which. they will reside in 1.7aborne township. - • —Dr.R.Morrison, of Victoria, British Col- umbia, was visiting Dr.Spence, in Fordwieb, last week. The dootor has been in Victoria, 14 years, and having made his pile is now preparing to go to Klondyke in April. He is organizing a company to proceed by mule train over the 140 miles of difficult passsge to Lake Teslin. —On Wednesday evening of last week, the residence of Mrs. John McSvreen, of • Goderioh,was the scene of a pretty wedding, that of her daughter, Rachael M., to Wil- liam Wallace, of Goderich. There was a very large number of 'relatives and friends • present to witness the ceremony, which WAS • performed by Rev. James A. Anderson, B.A. —The other day, Milton, the 2 year old son of John Lowe, 5th concession Grey, clambered up on the table and got hold of a bottle containing carbolic acid. It was feared at first that the little fellow had got quite a dose of it but on the arrival of a physician it was ascertained that the worst damage was done to the little boy's month and face by the burning. —Silver Corners butter factory,Grey town- ship,is doing all right. The quantityof but- ter manufactured from December 6th to Jan, nary 10th was 3,387 pounds, and was sold at• lfits. to Hodgson Bros., of Montreal. Average pound of milk ;to pound of butter was 20.8. The richest milk delivered 'netted • the patron 85 cents per cwt..; the pooreat, • 60a per cwt., and the average, 7140., after paying ail expenses. —Mr. William Sperling, of Clinton, has received the sad news of the death of his oldest brother, Mr. George Sperling, of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. Last Sep- tember the deceased had an attack of erneu- monia;and although very low he got better, but didn't recover his strength. About January 6th be took la grippe, then double pneumonia, and the best medical skill and trained nurses could not save him. Mr. Sperling left Clinton in 1882 and located at the Portage where he remained until his death. He leaves to mourn their loss a lov- ing wife, three sons, three hiders and three brothers. —Mr. Idiot. Mains, the Londesboro con- tractor, will have a good season from pres- ent indications, as in addition to a number of small jobs he has already secured con- tracts for the following barns :—Noble Elliott, Hulled, 50170 feet; William Grain- ger, Hullett, 43x70 feet ; James Feagan, Colborne'50x60 feet ; Ed. Driscoll, MoKil- lep: 4656xx6. 566feet ; James O'Laughlin, McKil- iopi —Dr. Sloan, of Blyth, and Messrs. T. Gray, Angus McGregor and J. W. Snell, Wingham, and A. Alexander, Listowel, inert this week for the Klondike. This party will be joined by a party of 35 from Detroit, and will take a tourist oar from Toronto through to Edmonton, and will leave that place for the Klondike about the let of March. They expect to reach the end of their journey about the let of May. —A curling match that created a good deal of local interest took place in the Luck - now rink recently, between a rink composed of four Murcloche and a rink skipped by Dr. J. S. Tennant. The former rink was com- posed of Messrs. John Murdoch, of Ashfield, Steele Murdoch and J. G. Murdoch, of Lucknow, and skip Andrew Murdoch, of Scotland, who is at present on a visit to his old friends in Luoknow. The Murdocha won by 25 shots. —The bell-ringers of the Trivitt Merger- ial church, Exeter, accompanied by a num- ber of their friends, drove to the home of T. M. Case, Loudon Road, north, on Tues., day evening of lastweek, and gave Mrie and Mr. Case and family a surprise party. They took with them a goodly supply of oysters and other delicacies, which together with _music, singing, and dancing made up a programme that pleasantly whiled away the tira — A well known character in Lucknow died on Tuesday of last week, in the person of Dr. J. H. Garmer' after a few days' ill- ness at the age of 75year* Bora in Soot - land, of Military ancestors a reverse of for- tune brought him to Canada. For mote - than 40 years he practiced his profession in the vicinity of Luoknow and being a man of marked individuality, he achieved a more than local reputation with the profession, being called in consultation to various parts of the province in severe and criticareases. — The following are the newly elected officers of the Huron County Poultry As- sociation : D. A. Forrester,110II. prem.; W. Carter, Hulled, president ; John Ward, Sea - forth, lat.viceipresident ; J. C. Lyons, Ludt- now,2nd vice-president. Directors—Goderich - —W. .Anstay, W. Warnock, W. McLean-- Clinton—T. A." Walker, C.X. Rance J. B. Rumba!, • Hulled—W. Wallace, W. Car- ter, G. W. Irwin, T. McMichael • Seaforth —H. Johnsen, J. Charters, D. Scott; Wroxeter—John Barnard; Wingham— Masers. Taylor, Henderson and Gray; See - rotary, Geo Swallow, Clinton. —Mrs. Dey, wife of the late Dr. Dey, a well-known African missionary, is visiting her relatives Mr. and Mrs. H. Foster, of Clinton. Mrs. Dey will be better known to Clintonians as Miss Whitfield, having visit- ed thero before her last trip to Africa, where she too was engaged in missionary work. Dr. net, and wife started for Amer- ica a short time ago, in order that he might undergo a delicate surgical operation, but he died before reaching New York. —A sad death occurred in Clinton on Tuesday of last week, by the demise of Miss Annii Grainger, daughter of Janes Grain- ger, Brimfield. Deceased had been em- ployed in Clinton as a domestic; and cin the previous Friday was in good health, but later was laid up with an attack of inflam- mation of the bowels. Everything possible was done for her recovery, she having the best of care- and medical attention, but death ended her sufferings on Trieeday'evin- ing. The remains were taken to Bruoefield, and interred in the Bayfield cemetery. ' — The residence of William Forbes, 16th concession, Grey, was the scene of a most interesting wedding on Wednesday evening, February 2nd, it being the marriage of his daughter Miss Tens'to William McKay, of Grey. At 5 o'clockthe strain!' of the wed- ding march, played by Miss Gardiner, of MoKillop, announced the ushering in of the happy event, and with his usual adacrity, Rev. D, B. McRae, of Cranbrook, made the young eoupla man' and wife. The bride, beautifully attired in cream serge, was as- sisted by her sister, Miss Minnie, while James McKay, brother of the groom, did duty as groomsman. After congratulations had been extended to the young couple all partook of an elegant wedding supper, a"lter which the time was whiled away in games and dancing. —The annual meeting of the County Loyal Orange Lodge, of North Heron, was held in the Orange hall, Wingham, on Tues. day of last week. There was a good at- tendance of member* It was decided to hold the next 12th of July celebration at Blyth, Wingham to have her turn in 1899. The following officers were elected for 1898 : County Master, John Wilford, Blyth; Dep- uty Master, W. J. Greer, Gorrie ; Chaplain, Rev. W. Lowe, Wingham • Rec.-Seey., - Thos. Nash, Gerrie; Fla. -60'y, W. R. Mooney, Brussels: Treasurer, Wm. Duane, Belgrave "• Director of Ceremonies, T. J. McLean, Wingham ; Lecturers, Robert Mc- Crae, Belgrave ; Matthew Mains, Londes- bore. —On. Wednesday, the 26th January, the annualmeeting of the VVawanosh and Ash- field branch Agricultural Society- was held at Dungannon. The following gentle- men Were appointed officers for the coming year: President, Wm. Bailie, Nile, P. O.; bit vice president, Hugh Girvin Nile, P.O.; '2nd vice president, Paul Reid, Belfast P.O.; Director*, Messrs. Jas. Gibson, Reeve, West Wawanosh; W. Dwain, Robert Glenn'Jas. Chisholm, Wm. Cameron councillor West Wawanosh, Jeseph A. liallough, Rose A. Anderson John Bowers, and James Hol- land. Win. McArthur and J. M. Roberts were re -appointed respectively as secretary and treasurer. Auditors, Messrs. James Whyard and T. E. Case, M. D.— - — The annual meeting of the South Huron County Orange Lodge was held in Exeter, on Tuesday of last week. Owing to the stormy weather the attendance was not as large as usual. In the absence of John Neil, County Master, Past County Master, A. M. Todd, occupied the chair. After routine business the following officers were elected: —W. M., 'Robert Scarlett, Seeforth ; D.M., A. Nevin, Centralia; Chaplain, Wm. Craig, Hansen ; Fin-See'y, William Anderson, Crediton; Rec. See'y, Peter Cantelon Clin Von; Treasurer, John Beacom, Clinton; D. of C.'Francis Davis, Saintsbury ; Lecturer, John Bullard, Goderich township; Deputy Lecturers, James Cox' Goderich, and George Deacon, Lunn. Thenext annual meeting will be held in Exeter. —An interesting wedding ceremony was aolomenized in the German Evangelical church, Crediton on Wednesday afternoon of last week, it, being the marriage of John Morlook to Mies Ca 'a Virurth. The nup- tial knot was tied by the Rev. J.A. Schmitt. At the appointed hour the officiating clergy- man was esOoded to the alter, preceding the groom clone Henry Eilber, who was one of the groomaidied. and Miss ion Morlock, one of the bridesMaids ; following them tame the groom trissiiited by Mr. Ezra Feist, pre- ceding the bride, who was escorted by her sister '• inniediately following the bride came the two shepherds, Miss Mary Mor- . look and Master Herbie Eilber, while Mr. Knight presided at the organ. The cere- mony was /Idiom and impressive. The knot wail hied in the presence of over 409 people ameba; Whom were about 175 invited., guests, whd diarned to the residence of the bride's patinitri after which a repast was served. ' •4 . —The Dittig Connell of Royal Templets met in thiatenperance Hall, Goderich, on the 27th of Jahuary. Wm. Lewis, Oredi- ton, in the chair. There were over forty dele- gates- preareiti i The repots of officers showed A Very ipitisfaetory agate of affairs, all the local beitacihrbeine in Splendid work- ing shape, one hundred and and fifty members having been added during the past year. Plans were arranged for each council to carry out regarding the expected Plebiscite vote, also the Work in general. The Select Degree and Sick Benefit's department showed a large -itterealie in numbers and cash on hand, so that altogether the Royal Templets are to be Porigtatulated on their success. The election of officers resulted in the fol- lowing being elected :—Distriot Councillor, John Muir, ,jtae Exeter; District Past Councillor, Win. Lewis. sr., Crediton; District Secretiky, David Jacques, Exeter; District, Treasuder, E. A. Wanless, Varna; District Vice Oriunoillor, Mrs. Colin Camp- bell, Goderich l District Chaplain, Rev, Henderson, Itenliall ; District Herald, Geo. McTaggart, Chiselhurst ; District Guard, Silas Stanlake, ilitedoin; District Sentinel, Wm. Rutledge,; Holmesville. Reprsenta. tives to the Gi•end Council, J. E. Toni, Goderioh ; Wim. Lewis, Creditor', alter- native. 1--1-0 Pt4ith Notes. —The d ceurred on Monday night of last week, ITNfiUe old lady, in the person of Mra. Themes. emsley, at the residence of her .on -in-law, Mt. Peter Smith, clerk of Downie, 2nd con4ssion of Downie, at the advanced age 41 89 years; She was the reliet of the late Thomas Hensley, who died four years ago, and was very widely known and respected. A native of England, she came to Canada, Aud with her husband saw Downie hewed odt of the bush into the fine township it is to -day, • Four daughters tor - viva her, Mrs. P. Smith, Mrs. Robed Mc- Ewen'a widow, both of Downie; and Min. Robert Crawford and Mrs. Robert Hamil- ton, both of Carlitsgford. —The sad and. early death took place on Wednesday, Febniary 2nd, of the wife of Mr. Archie B. Gifford, of St. Marrs Jour- nal office. The deceased was but inber25tii year and the following Sunday would have been the second ahniversary of her wedding day. She was never in the enjoyment of very robust health and died from hemor- rhage of the lungs. She was a native of Montreal but for the eight months prior to her marriage, lived with her aunt, Mrs. Sohn Lyons, St. Marys. Her father and rt number of brothera and sisters all- reside in Montreal. She 'eines a bright little daugh- ter (Lillian) of 13 Months. Mr. Gifford has the sincere sympathy Of friends in his sad bereavement. —A very pleasant event took place at the residence of Mr. Sitnuel Boyd, of Morning. Von, on January 26th. The occasion was the marriage of his grand -daughter, Mime Sadie, third daughter of Mr. P. Loney, of Stratfordato Mr. Samuel J. Scott, a rising young resident of Mornington. The cere- mony WAS performed by Rev. W. Haig, of Knox church, _Millbsink. The services • of bridesmaid and groomsman were dispensed with, and only a few of the immediate rela- tives of the contracting parties were _prep ent. After the knot was securely tied" the guests sat down to a sumptuous repast. The bride recseived marry costly expressions of esteem from her friend". The young couple, who are well known and highly respected, have taken up their residence on lot 7, con- cession 8, blornington. —Miss Annie, third daughter of Mr. Samuel Dames, of Stratford, was united in marriage last week, to Mr, Jacob Yiterger, of Altona, Manitoba formerly of Stratford: The ceremony took place at the residenoe of the bride's parents, and wase.periornoa&e ., by Rev. I. M. Moyer, of the .MIrAllgedICAL church. Only the Immediate friends and relatives of the contracting parties were present. Miss Enna& Dawes, sister of the bride, performed the dirties of bridesmaid, while the groom was supported by his brother, Mr. Lewis Yoerger. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served, Mr. and Mrs. Yoerger left for Chicago and ' other western point* en route to their fu- ture home in Altona Manitoba. The groom is a son of Mr. George Yoerger, of Stmt. - ford, and a few year' ago he wog in the em- ploy of Mr. G. A. (*lake, of Stratford. He has now a plumbing 'business of his own in the Prairie Province, and his many friends will be pleased to hear of his auccress. eeeNhe death f Mr. Jacob Heppler, sub collector of customs at Listowel, took piece at his home duringWednesday night, Feb- ruary 2nd. Mr. . Heppler had not been in good health lately, and hexing been seized with inflammation of the bowels, he sac- eumbed shortly afterwards. Demand was 69 years of age, was of German netionallty, and had been a resident of Listowel .r about thirty years'during the greater part of which he carried en busineas am s'cooper. Hewes s member of the town council for several years. In polities he was A Liberal, and previous to Mr. Grieve's entry into political life, was selected es t'he Liberia candidate for the riding, but subsequently retired. Being in comfortableeircuinstapees, he had taken life comparatively easy until * few months ago, when he was appointed to the customs office there by the Liberal Gov. ernment. He leaves- a wile and family, the latter nearly all grown up, to mourn their loss, and who havethe sympathy of the eominunity in their bereavement. —One of the prettiest and Most fashion- able events of the Ewen' says the Atwood. Bee, WAS the marriage ofbliss M. C. Min- Aiette Hiles, 'rewind daughter of Mr. S. R. Hiles, of Elma, to Mr. Joseph L, Horn, a prominent young farmer of the same town- ship, on Wednesday :evening of last week, at the residence of the bride's parents, Her. Mr. McLeod performing the ceremony. The bride was ASSItted by her sister Clara, and Miss Fanny Bern, and the groom was sup- ported by hfesirs. !Samuel Hiles and Cyrus Strvey. The ceremony over, some minute* were spent in congratulations, after whiels the bride and groom led the way to the dining room, where a superb dejenner was served, Social chat, music, dancing, etc., tilled up the merry hours. The presents were numerous and costly, evidencing the es- teem in which the bride lo held in the corn - Inanity. Mr. and Mrs. Horn left on a tow to New York, Boston and other points east, amid the good wishes of their numerouit friends, v