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The Huron Expositor, 1898-06-03, Page 14 laulted andseriously he. g him unconscious by the ed by neighbors, Reheat yill The -brother. George t.wardet followed Bitkerasid publicly, before a.large f this place, proceeded to proposed doing the IMMO unable to meat him tintil n the pnblie!street, with tilted Baker Ito badly that be elector's cere and warrent is. nut for the rothing for many rare has reitement, owing to both ILDOWD‘ A muchmore- ty be made against both makes the matter mora kei and Beker emebrotherse sy month among rs ; sweeping, dusting As the work goes likely be some discov- requiring a renewal of rtains, Draperies, and Next comes the por- ed, we, having a large he things required, are - secure at least a good tin purchases. 'To this': de you to call mid see aent while the stock is ets. • Twilled, 31 inches ancy stripes and good per yard. , 36 inches wide, fancy reversible, at 20c m yard. in -Union Carpets, 3 de, at 25c, 30c and 35c- Oarpets, 36 inches wide, t colorings and patterns. 1, 47o and 50c per yard. Rion Carpets, 36-inche3 ;ant designs, at 55c per ,!ts, 36 inches wide, this eitterns and colorings, at ad a5c per yard. ta, 27 inches wide, spree patterns for bed rooms,. 2e, 30e and, 35c per [, u.s, 27 inches wide, good' nd coIorines, for bed - etc at 100 45e.ancl rd. It; 27 inches wide, in it 'ety of patterns, suitable dining rooms, halls, •etc , at 55,&O, 68o re yard. ts, 27 inches wide, in ground shades . and tterns, it 85c 95c and F ard. Id Stair Oil Cloths, in a ti of patterns Floor ,Oil Cloths, in a ;and a quarter, yard and .two yards wide, pretty tgns and Nock and tile t 'ee Curtain' 8 is arranged .tri,g and nuiek buying. 1(..tartains as low as 2e a re have them else as tice as most people !care. j the great- sellers are I lines, which we hold - -a/Mies. air, Nottingham Lace tains 54 inches wide long, taped edges in best designs, made to - 5 per pair, our price $1 per pair, fine Notting- ' ham and Scotch Lace ,white or cream, 51 e,"31i yards long, taped to sell regularly at air; our :price 81.25' per pair, fine Scotole Lace Cur tains, 31 wide and very fine in made to sell at $1.75. hr price $1.50 per pair.. per pair, extra wide j fine Lace Curtains, e, variety of plain and ns, good va`ue- at $.2 n. price $1.75 per pair.. }air, Scotch Lace Cur - wide and, lona in 'eam,,,perfect beauties, - readily at $2.50 per - Tice $2 per pair.i 'arabour and Persian. etonnes, Art Muslins, variety. goon or evening, and time in looking midi louse Furnishings are it don't want to buy 'Ise time:to study out ed.aic1 we win 40.. t'45e.n to make your fern satisfactory. ;goods Ompany, :7ash Dry Goods Store r . THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,590. j The Rilte of Intelligence. Our habit, or rather properly speaking, our rule, in writing our adver- tisement.% has been to approach our readers from week to week with a direct, or rather indirect, appeal to. their intelligence. With some advertisers the:fact that the majority of people out- side of an asylum are intelli- gent beings, seems to be lost sight of, and, as. an outcome of this view, the: patient reader of advertisements is called upon to read the reiterated rot of goods selling at, near, or below cost, unparalleled prices, etc.• ' Now, we readily admit, that we hayent motive in attempting to address intelligent reading to our cus- tomers, and it is purely and simply a business motive. We want busine-s, yes, more business and intelligent advertising of our meritorious stock of cloth- _ • ing has broughtus new businese in the past, and, without a ffoubt, it will bring, us new business in the future.' We cannot offer you something for • nothing, and it would not be • business if we would, but we do offer you, whether you buy largely or sparingly, the equiva- lents of any amount of money, and those equivalents are knoWn ine-our store as "full value" and " satisfaction." It is possible, you know, for is to sell something that turns out bad, but wJe offset that by promptly replainng the article. This week we offer the usual price list, but We desire to impress the fact that in this price list we are offering better values than we hair(' in past seasons. The sellers in men's ready•for-wear suits are the $7, 8.00, 10.00 and 12.00 lines. In men's odd pants we offer no new prices, but we do offer a lot of new values at the old prices, viz.: $1.50, 2.00,2.50 and 3.00. Every mother in the vicinity will find worthy of inspection our own • make of boys' pants at 50c, 65c . and 75c. f The holidays are near, and it is wonder- ful what an amount of wear one of the kniekers and a sweater will give a healthy boy. Try the experiment. I Fancy colored shirts at 75c, $1, 1.15 and 1.25. Flannelettes at 25c, 35c, 45e and 65e. Black sa- teens and. satins at 50c, 75c, 85e, $1, 1.25 and 1,50. Best shirt for factory use. Masons' -and plasterers' overalls, with or without apron, 50c and 65c. Have you looked at that tweed bioycle skirting at 35e? It is all wool and worthy goods. To sum up in a few words what we can do for you, we may say that any article of boys' or meil's wearing apparel, outside of a watch or a • pair of shoes, may be found here. • Ryon have not been a custonaer, it will not injure you to try, and the probability is that you will be benefitted. WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL MONEY BACK IF WANTED.. • GREIG & MACDONALD CLOTHIERS. On the Wrong Side of the Street, in the • Strong Block. SEAPORTS, - 45NT. Did it ener strike you that -one of the • finest holiday trips offered Can- adians is the first-class round trip to the Rocky Mountsins, via lake or rail, as you like 7 Thi ticket ticket is good till November lste and only costs $80, meals and berth included on steamers. Ihe privi- • lege of stopping over any where you choose, is also a consideration: An accident may happen you at any4, time. It costs little to carry. a policy. Try the Canada Accident Company. Ranald j. Macdonald, Agent for C P. R. and Dom. Express. 1 In the spring of 1897 many spruce trees in and around Toronto were found to be more or less injured by a pseudo -gall insect. The galls were enlarged and deformed buds �f the previous year, nanally towards the tips of the twigs. Investigation showed that these galls were formed by a small in- sect, popularly called the spruce gall -louse, •the Cherrnes abietes of entomologists. A short account of this destructive peat, as then known in Ontario, appeired in the an- nual report of the clerk of forestry for the province of Ontario for 1897. • Since then it has spread with astonishing rapidity and ha a been detected at many points, from Peterborough to the county of Bruce, where it was lately detected by Dr. Hunter on native spruce tries in a 'Swamp in the town- ship of Culross. It has also been found on native spruces in Muskoka, near Utterson station. So far it would apPear that unless this ineect is checked by some artificial means it will soon destroy our ornamental spruce trees and hedges and, extending northwards do immense injury to our spruce toreAs. The trees already attacked toy this spruce gall -louse in Ontario are the European spruce, picoa exceles, the double spruce or black spruce, picas nigra, the white spruce, - picas alba, and the haleam fir, shies bal- armee, and it may also be found on the hemlock, tamp canadensis. This insect is native to Northern Europe and with intro- duced into the United States on imported spruce trees and thence into Ontario, Or it may have been introduced he direct from Europe, as for many ,years there has been ate annual importation of young European spruce trees into Ontario. L. At Toronto the bill grown insects—the producers—emerge from the galls, the scales of which open to give them exit, about Aug- ust lat. On emerging they are slightly im- perfect, bat in one day ample wings are de- veloped Which enable them to fly' long dis- tances. After distribution the female set- tles on &spruce leaf and lays—under herself —about thirty-five eggs and then dies', rest- ing on the eggs. In about a week the young six -footed larvae are hatched. They crawl about and find ,immature buds, into which they burrow, and of course remain quiescent during the winter. But in the following spring their presence in the bud causes it to develop into a "gall" instead of a normal tveg. The lice in the galls give birth to other living lice so that about thir- ty individuals are found under each scale of the gall. The galls are tinselly irregularly spherical and of,ten more than a half inch in diameter. When growing they are of a yel- lowish green color, but during the winter they assume a reddieh brown tint, which they retain until the end of May, when they usually fall from the tree. This is the usual form of this gall but there is another form, not a gall, in which the injury is done in the leaf exile. As these insects in the feed- ing stage tre within the gall, and the gall is perfectly water -tight, so that no fluid can penetrate, poieoningts out of the question, and, as in the migrating larval tage they do not eat, poison ts equally useless. Of course in this - larval stage soap emulsions might be of some use, if applied abundantly at the proper time. But without any doubt the cheapest and beat plan as yet tried in Ontario is to clip off the galls as soon as they are noticed—say in Jane—and always before the first of August, while the pro- ducers are fn the gall, and immediately burn them up. When a tree is too much infested to be dealt with in this way _ it should be cut down and burnt at once. Of course there is no use in doing this after the producers are out of the galls. Several cases are known where this plan was carried out with very satisfactory results, and it is respectfully recommended that all those having spruce trees in charge should- care- fully see to the clearing of their trees and the extermination of this formidable insect pest. As some of our nurseries are affected, buyers of evergreen nursery stook should be very careful to see that the young trees are perfectly free from this insect pest. • WILLIAM BRODDIE, Toronto. ANOTHER TREE DESTROYER. THE SPRUCE GALL -LOUSE. INuts for Our M. P. to Crack. DEAR EXPOSITOR.—Since my last letter, I have received from John McMillan, M. P., his speech, I suppose to show me I was astray. I have no personal spite against Mr. McMillan, but i think my own public acts should be criticized, even if my friends thought fit to do so, and I think it my duty to eriticize any public man's public speeches or acts without ill feeling. • When Mr. Mc- Millan was on the Opposition side, I gave him credit for being honest; but I can hard- ly do so now, as I will show. He starts by saying that some 50,000 or 60,000 head of young cattle went to the United States bust year—he can not come nearer than 10,000— at a profit of $7 or $8 per head to the Cana- dian farmer. The report of trade and navi- gation states that, to the 30th June, 1897, we exported 4,688 head of cattle under one year old, valued at $29,613 or $7 each, to the States, and for the same period 31,310 head over one year old,valued at $479,525,or $15 each, making a total of less than 36,000 instead of 50,000 or 60,000, as Mr. McMillan states. He says he is perfectly convinced we shipped 200,000 head this year, at a profit of $8 per head, but his belief is not good authority. We will have to wait for another year to get the authority. But the prices for cattle on the Toronto market dur- ing the months of September and October, 1896, ranged from 2/ to 31 cents per lb., and during the months of September and i October, 1897, from 3 to 32 cents. It was i during these months that ost of the stock- ers were shipped, and, as t was all calves that were shipped, or at least those sent to Buffalo, (they were entered as delves there) we will take them as being bought at the lower price, or i of a cent higher than in 1896, and say average 800 pounds, a good weight for calves, which would be $2 profit:, eaoh, and not $8; as Our M. P. • states. A man in this locality :shipped several car loads to the Stateis last fall and winter. They all went as calves underds year old, or yearlings. I heard Mr. McMillan state that it was a good thinglor this country that stockers could not go to England, and he and others have been paid to tell farmers so at institute meetings, and then we pay him to tell us that it is good to send stockers to the States. Mr. Symonds, of Lobo, stated ' in Seaforth, at an institute meeting, that he and Mr. McMillan made a profit of $20 on every stocker they fed, and I heard Profes- sor Robertson state that there was a loss to some one of $20 for every stocker shipped oat of the tenantry; so your readers will see this is good proof that the country lost $20 a head on the 200,000 head, and did not get e profit, as our M. P. states. He states also that the farmers got poorer from.1892 down to 1896. Now, we see by the trade and commerce reports for the year ending 30th June, 1893, that we sold animals, the prod- uct of Canada, valued at $10,661,312, and for the yeer ending 30th June, 1897, only $10,263,717. We shipped grain for 1893, all kinds, 22,973,571 bushel', valued at $13,834,277, and for the year 1897,21,257,147 _ 77, McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1 a Year in Advance. bushels, valued at ,$10,612,085. These are the products of Canada—not thoseimported and exported again. Now, the last year of Tory rale, ending 30th Jame, 1896, we im- ported from the States, 2,426 cattle, paying a duty of $7,109.39, but in the year ending 30th June, 1897, we imported 4,238 head, paying a duty of $10,540.80. These were for British Columbia and the Northwest. In 1893 we shipped $1,000,000 worth more of cattle to the British markets than in 1897, bet in 1897 we sent $500,000 worth more to the States than in 1893. This is preferential trade 03 Britain. • Now, with regard to free oorn. Mr. Mc- Millan states that it is of more value than peas and oats for feeding. One hundred pounds of peas contains double the protein and fat that the same weight of cern and oats contain, if the reports from the Exper- imental Farm are correct. Straw and hay contain ell the carbohydrates needed in feed, and it is protein and fat that is want- ed in grain, and if our M. P. knows better than those at the Experimental Farm, it is time they were let go. I know that some people say they would rather have corn. Some say whiskey and tobacco,are good, but doctors who study the question say bread and butter are better. Would it be good policy for a fernier who had plenty of peas, oats and corn for his own feeding to go and buy these from the States and ship his own to England and sell them there, or would it be wise for the people of Seaforth to go to Toronto and buy furniture and pay freight back to Seaforth, as some have done, and who think they are better off when they are getting back Broadfoot's furniture, which they could have bought cheaper at home? The Dominion is a large farmer, with his sons scattered over the provinces. Ie it good policy for one son to .buy cheap from the States and for the old man to ship to other countries the same material and seat less? You will admit, Mr. Editor, that this is logic. When in Opposition Mr. Mc- Millen opposed building post offices in small towns. Now, when South Huron pays for building post offices costing $16,000 and . $18,000, in towns not as large as Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter or Wingham, and he says he cannot get any for Seaforth, with more population and more revenue from the post office, wily not vote against the party? That is not the only wrong, but these will have caretakers at $400 a year say, with fuel, light and free house provided. Just think of it, Huron paying their share foe these expenditures, and the Government pays no attention to the protests of our M. P.—they know he does not mean it—and the Opposition does not think his speech worth a reply, there are so many inacoura- cies in it, if trade and commerce and navi- gation reports are correct. Why not oppose the Government and step across the floor. Mr.McMillan sent me the Auditor -General's report once, as he said he knew I would re- port from it. Now, it was sent to me, but the post office department wrote the post ,mistrese at Winthrop that it was lost, as the wrappers were found. They have not sent it yet. I think no Tory will get one to show the cost of pocket knives and pencils now, as 125 clerks in the post office eilepart- naent were dismissed and 128 appointed to look after these matters for Grit purposes. I could show that the farmers now pay more duty than under the late ,Government. • ;Tome C. MORRISON. MeKillop, May 26th, 1898. The Yankee Soldier Boys. "Kit" the versatile and ever pleasing writer of "Woman'AtKingdOm" in the Mail and Empire and who is off to the war as the first woman correspondent that ever "went to the front" writes from Tampa where she was sojourning, as follows: The troops are fast becoming acclimatized, or ik acclimated," as the Americans call it. I was up at the volunteer camp yesterday, having waded through half an acre of hot sand to get there. The men looked fit and well, but so young, many of them, and so unsoldierlike. Somehow the pathetic side of the whole situation appealed forcibly. These volunteer lads, tenderfooted, unaccus- tomed -to roughing it, as roughing it means in a frightful dimats, " with many miles of daily marching under rain and shine, acmes a country lmost inaccessible in places, snake -ridden and insect -infested, to say nothing of the chances of fever and dysen- tery—these boys are the ones that will go -underif the army marches on Cuba. There can be no doubt about it. An extraordin- ary number of lives will be sacrificed, and not iv shot or shell, but by the.inglorious touchof yellow jaek 'and exhaustion. It semis like actual murder to send these raw 'recruits on the march. The regulars are all Iright—aa splendid body of, troops as ihe, world can show, equal to twice the number of Spaniards, no matter how brave or how acclimatized the latter, but these boys'! And here they are, cracking their jellies and lounging under canvas, and longing to be out and at it. They gathered round me ask- ing questions, and seemed to take the fact of a woman war -correspondent as quite a usual attachment to an army. "Say a good word for us up in Canady," said a talle eager - faced lad, who sat before his tent cleaning his fire arms, "tell them up there that when the time comes for the fightin' the Jacksonville Light Infantry will be right in it. That's right, ain't it, boys ?" "You bet," said the boys, and you should have heard the rousing cheer they gave, those poor young lads,who no mat know what war really means than their sisters do at home, but who are full of ardour and, real patriot- ism 'who are burning, each one to distin- guish himself, and, as one little chap put it, wave Old Glory in the face of them Span- ish pirates." Ah I many and many,a lad of them will go under without ever firing a shot, and there the pity of it all patches you. As I turned to walk down the lines, accompanied by as smart an officer as. ever wore uniform, I heard a lad playing "Home, Sweet Home,"onthemouth organ. The sound of the simple air on the simple instrument in some queer way spoke of the youth of the boy, who must have had some memories of home and mother tugging at his heart. Raising the tent -flap I peered in at him. A long, lank lad he was, well under twenty, with a pale eager face, already looking ex. hausted under the heat, and bright eyes that somehow reminded me of a little lad somewhere up in Canada. I cannot exprese. to you the feeling that came over me as I looked at the b, oy leaniog up against the tent pole, and playing with his hand over his mouth. I appose it is because one is a woman, anda bit emotional, that the tears came to one's eyea; but I dropped the flap without a word, and there was something beside the sun in my eyes as we walked silently on. One is beginning to realize whatiterar means, and I tell you it is peer and squalid, and a bit heartbreaking. —A very highly respected resident of Blanshard passed away on Monday evening, May 23rd, in the person of Mr. James - Currie, at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Alexander Currie, of St. --Marys, after an illness of only three weeks. The doweled was born on lot 16, Mitchell Road, Blau - shard, in the year 1850. • He was in his • y unger days considered to be one of the et ongest men of the district, but unfortun- at$y, through a medical attendant, he was gi en some mercury preparation, and, not irl be, ng properly warned, got wet, causing th mercury to settle in his knee joints, fr nt the effects of which he never fully re- coVered. He worked on the old homestead ct fari with his parents up to twelve years ag , 'when the death of his father took • pla e. He then took full charge of the farm, his enother removing to St. Mary n sornefive :years later. He worked up to about three wedks previous to his death, when he was :taken down sick. Desirous of being with his mother and two sisters, lie was re - •moved to St. Marys during hie first week's illness. Death took place from aneurism of the ieart. He was a valued member of the oman Catholic church, and Rev:Father Brennan was in constant attendance on him, administering the last rites of the- church. Mr. Currie's warm, generous disposition was uches to gain him the, esteem of all with whom he came in contact. His mother, four inters and three brothers survive him. • Canada. —1ihe Hamilton Templar Publishihg Corn- pany a to be wound up and the paper sold. Mr. Vf. W. Buchanan, it is reported, will soon, 1 ave to settle in British Colembia. — Tie Archbishop of Ontario hes consent- ed to lbe appointment of, a coadjetor bishop with zjght of sucoessimi. The eleetion will likely mut. in September. The Archbishop will re ire on $3,000 per year. , —Mks. Deacon, who died last week in Londo , from a dose of paris-green, -was, 55 years o d. Many cif her friends think she took the poison in mistake for . soda. Mrs. Deaconileaves a husband, one son, and four married, daughters. , i — For the second time, W. J. Hammond, of aracebridge, has been found guilty of murdering his wife, Katie Tough. His third t ial was brought to a close before Justice Meredith last Friday. The sentence was tha he should be hanged on the 15th of Septeiiber next. 1 • — orento's revenue from the street rai way amtnted last year to $145,673, an * crease o $6,751 over 1896 ;$85,673 of which was percentage of gross receipts, and $60,- 000 mileage. This year the estimated rev- enue from street railway services is $154,- 000, an !estimated increase of $8,327 over last yeari 1 — The ' Thornbury woollen_Mills were I destroye by fiee last week. Scarcely any- thing ws saved, and the building was burned t the ground. The cause is sup- posed t be incendiary. The total loss is not kno ,n. Insurance in the Economical Mutual, p2,000, and in the Gore Mutual, $3,000. 1 —William Hale, of Melton well known throughont the county of Peel, died at his hotel atalton, on Tuesday night of last h week. H was 65 years of age. At an early hour on Monday morning he was attaoked with apoPlexy. All that medical aid could do was dope, but Without avail. He never regained Sonsciousnees. He is survived by a widow, lout no children. --At the session of the Methodist Chnroh for West Toronto district, Miss Newton, of Euclid Anenue Church, was appointed a lay delegate to attend the conference. Miss Newton isi the flret woman delegate in Can- ada, and the second in the history of the church. Miss Frances Willard received a like appdintment some years ago in the States, but was refused admission by con- ference. e ; —Vance Cline, of Winona, who was shot by his father, George W. Cline, several days ago, is reoovering rapidly, and he will soon be all right again. Mrs. Cline is getting along fairly well, but the surgeons do not yet know whether or not she will lose her arm, that was shattered by her husband's murderoui assult. George Cline is said to have remarked that he has no recollection of shooting his wife and son. _ — Authone Orr, of Galt, accompanied by several of his children, was in Berlin lately, and as a special favor asked Governor Cook, of the jail, to show him the place where the gallows was erected on which JAMS Allison paid the extreme penalty for the murder of Mrs. Orr. Tbe request was granted, and the man seemed to take the greatest inter- est in the weirdly suggestive surroundings, pointing Out every detail to the children.. —There is nothing small about Montreal. The oity evidently intends to exact the ut- most before giving the Grand Trunk a free site for its general officee. The Finance Com- mittee has passed a report recommending the City Council to exact that the company shall have the construction work done 'ex- clusively by Montrealers, and that the arch- itects and contractors shall also be Montre- alerts. It remains to be seen whether the Grand Trunk will comply with these con- ditions. 1 • i —A private bank, conducted by Mr. Alfred Hunt, of Bracebridge, for fifteen years, has suspended payment. I The news has caused great excitement in that town and vicinity, as Mr. Hunt had on eposit very large sums of money from very many people—business men, farmers, and, in some cases, widows. It is not known the extent of Mr. Hunt's liabilities, as he has a great amount of property, which, if, it could be sold, would dotihtless liquidate' all liabilities in full. 1 —Listi week Miss Della R Alison, of Strathroy, was married to Dr. N. C. James, professor of modern languages in the West- ern University, London. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. G. Newton, of Strathroy, at the residence of the bride's brother-in-law in Sarnia. Miss Geraldine A. Alison, sister of the bride, acted as brides- maid, and Mr. James W. Tupper, of the Western I University,, as groomalman. Dr. and Mrs. games will spend the summer in Quebec, returning to London at the opening of the college term in September next. —The annual statement of the Dominioe Bank shows a profit for the year ending on April 30th, inclusive of profit and loss, and after dedecting charges of managemennetc., and making full provision for all bad and doubtful I debts, was 9212,388. After pay- ing dividends at the rate of 3 per cent. a balance of $32,388 was eareied forward. During the year two new offices for the bank were opened, one in Winnipeg and one in Montreal. The old board of directors was elected, and Sir Frank Smith was, at a subsequent meeting of the directors reelect- ed,.....pridesir.1 notbn Hendrie, brother of Mr. Wm. C. Hendrte, of Hendrie and Co., and pres- ident of the Canaille& Jockey Club, died May 27th, at his residence, Hamilton. His death had been expected for a couple of days. t The deceased was taken ill with gangrene About three months ago, and three operations were Performed on him. Until several days ago there were slight hopes of his recovery, but the disease was deep root- ed, and on Tuesday the doctors performed a third operation, amputating the leg above the knee. Since then Mr. Hendrie has been very low. The deceased was born at Geteside farm, Ayrshire, Sootland, 57 years ago. He came to this country when he was about seVenteen years old. For some years he was Manager for Hendrie and Vo. at 1 _ Toronto, after which he was engaged in ih contracting business with his. brother. • H also did an extensive business exportin • high class horses to England and the States He was a most affable gentleman, and h a 'erne circle ofwarm friends, not only i Hamilton, but in all parts of Canada. leaves a widow. • —City Treasurer Coady, of Toronto, h issued his annual budget. He places th population at 200,000. The treasurer's statement estimated the expenditure for 1898 at $5,156,772. Of this 81,903,889 would be raised- by special receipts, and $3,252,883 by two revenues—one from water rates, rentals, fees, fines, eto., of $706,151, and the other from direct taxation of V2,- 546,732. To raise this amount by taxation would necessitate a tax of 20g, mills on the dollar, and the board of control slashed the estimates so vigerously that it is believed. the rate will ba reduced to 18 mills. —44r. William Herman, a well-known in- surance agent, who has an office in Hamil- ton, was chloroformed and robbed of about 92 in his office on the night of May 24th. He had gone upstairs to his office to sell a marriage license to one of two strange men, the pair accompanying him to the office, and while in the act of procuring a light he was suddently overcome. This was about 9:30, and Mr. Herman did not regain conscious - nee% till the following afternoon. One of his wrists had bled copiously, and he real- ized that he had been chloroformed by his mysterimes visitors. Subsequently, he found that he had been robbed of what little mon- ey he had in his pockets. Mr. Herman has reported the case to the detectives. —Sir Thomas Taylor, chief justice, of Winnipeg, the other` day sentenced F. S. Young to nine months' imprisonment for embezzlement from the Globe Savings & Loan Company of Toronto, of which he was formerly Winnipeg manager. Young plead- ed guilty, and asked for mercy, stating that the embezzlement was caused by private epeculations, which proved 'disastrous. Sir Thomas Taylor, in passing sentence, said he had no doubt accused was a penitent, but e had committed a crime which could not, go unpunished,. Having been a young man of good character, he would still have a chance to redeem the past ; therefore, a light iientence was imposed. —Joseph Holman,of London, was killed one evening last week by falling do-wn the steep hill at the Springbank reservoir. Mr. Holman was • a man of 55 years and weighed over 200 pounds. While at the top of the steep bank he lost his footing and was hurled downwardi, rolling over and ever he his de- scent. The ambulance was summoned and the unfortunate man Was taken to the hors - pita. He was badly cut about the head, and hal his wrist broken. When he arrived at the hospital he was insensible, and the doctors found him suffering from severe in- ternal injuries... He never regained con- sciousness. Mr. Holman was well known in the city, where he had lived for many years. He leaves a widow' and children. —A very sad and distressing, accident happened in Eastwood, not long age, by which an old resident, Anthony Hurley, lost his life. He was • returning home with a team, wagon and cultivator, owned—by J. Maloney, which he had been using during the day. He had just reached the top of the little grade from underneath the Tail - way bridge which passes over the Brantford road at this point, when the express came rushing along. The horses immediately took fright and ran away, throwing the old man off the wagon, only to be caught by the teeth of the cultivator, which was attached behind. • He was dragged fifteen or twenty rods along the hard ground; and when found some minutes after by Rev. A. B. Miller, life was extinct. He leaves a widow and two sons, both grown up. --John Ovens, of Guelph, employed in Petries iLrug store, and Tom Wallace, drug clerk in Alex. Stewart's, were both drowned in the river, near Victoria Park, one even- ing last week. They had started down the river in a canoe, in company with a fellow , druggist named Clendenning, when the canoe oapeized. Clendenning hung on to the side of the canoe and was rescued; The other two boys sank almost immediately. Neither could swim. The river in this place is very deep, and nothing could be done un- til grappling irons were brought. Both bodies were recovered, but life was extinct. Both boys were well known and were gen- eral favorites.! Wallace's home is near Ac- ton, and Ovens comes from Mount Forest. • —Much regret was expressed in C. P. R. circles in Montreal, when it become known that Mr. Joeeph E. Millward, the company's travelling freight agent, had succumbed to injuries received in a bicycle accident on the Queen's birthday. He had only, lately learned to ride, and while out riding on that day he was run down by a. vehicle and fatally injured. The deceased gentleman, who web known all over the C. P. R. sys- tem, was only 30 years old. He was a son of the late Mr. John Millward, of England, and came from England eleven years ago, since which time he had been in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He had one brother in the service of the same com- pany at Hong Kong, and another in the service of the Vanderbilt system at Chicago. —One night last week, about midnight, two prisoners broke jail :in Peterborough, and Made good their escape. One was Jas. McDonald, 'supposed to be a professional drook, awaiting trial on a charge of burglar- izing the Norwood postoffice, and the other was a local young man, George Forbes, serv- ing a short sentence for larceny. Forbes being quiet, was trusted to the extent of being the prisoner who was allowed to have his cell door open at night, so that in ease of fire he could ring the bell in the corridor. It is thought that in some way he got pos- session of skeleton keys and released Mc- Donald from his cell. The iron bars in the transom over the 'outer door were sawn through, and thus escape made. McDonald is a stoutly built, middle-aged man, with lightish brown whiskers and blue eyes, and when he made hie escape wore a dark worst- ed suit. Perth Items. —Mrs. (Dr.) Parker, of Bruce Mines, and Mrs. Ed. Fletcher, of Gravenhurst, are visiting Mrs. Parker's parents, Mr.and Mrs. J. L. Kastner, of Sebringville. • —Dr. Sherk, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has sold his practice there to Dr. A. S. Mc- Caig, formerly of Stratford, and is removing to Toronto. —Mr. Melvyn Bennett, of Manitoba, is visiting friends in the township of Elms. Mr. Bennett will shortly be ordained a minister of the gospel. —John Spearn, who was clerking in the dry goods departmenOof A. Beattie & Co's store, St. Marys, for a number of years, left a short time ago for Kamloops and other points in British Columbia. —As Mr. Frost, of St. Marys,was passing through the village of Prospect Hill, a few days ago, Mr. Smith observed smoke ris- ing from his rig. Mr. Frost had an organ covered with a cloth for protection, and, while in the aot of smoking, a spark had blown from his pipe and lighted on the cloth. The fire was spreading rapidly, and considerable damage was done, and if it had not been for the timely intervention of Mr. Smith, Mr. Frost would soon have experi- enced more than the heat of unmoor. —Fraser Scott, son of Mr. J. M. Scott, of the Royal Hotel, Stratford, met with a pain- ful, accident one afternoon not long ago. He was gettisig-out of a buggy, when he slipped and fell est hisleft arm. The small bones of the wrint 'were broken by the shock. —A short tithe ago Mr. J. W. Robinson, of the south boundary, Blanshard, under- went an operation for an _abscess on the hinge. His condition is at present very critical, and it is not yet known that the °potation will prove succeseful. —Lightning struck and burned' the barn belonging to Mr; Eckhardt Diehl, lot 25, concession 6, Ellice. The horses and other stook were rescued with difficulty, but a quantity of grain Was consumed. Mr. Diehl had no insurance, and his loss will therefore be heavy. —A son of Mr. WM. Colquhoun, of Hib- bert, met with a painful ecoident the other day, by which one of his thumbs was almost torn from the hand, while untying a horse. It was at first thought that amputation would be necessary, but the doctor thinks such will not be necessary. —In Trinity church, Mitchell, on Sunday morning, May 22nd, Rev. Mr. Kerlin con- ducted a service in commemoration of the death of Mr. Gtadstone, and in the evening a patriotic service in keeping with . the anniversary occasion of Her Majesty's birth- day. —While Henry Doering, who lived about a mile west of Milverton, was driving home on Saturday evening last, his team ran away, throwing him out and, breaking his arm, as well as bruising and cutting his head to such an extent that he died about three hours afterwards. He was over 70 years old. . — Rev. W. McKibben, B. A., for thirteen years pastor of the Millbank Presbyterian church, and clerk of Stratford Presbytery, died at Stratford on Monday, at the age of 56 years. He had been ill for'overa year, and on that me:count resigned his charge some months ago, and removed to Stratford, --The First Presbyterian church, St. Maryseintends to celebrate its fiftieth an- niversary on the first Sunday in July. With the exception of Dr. Waters, who has pass- ed away, all the former pastors are expect- ed to be present and take part in the ser- vices. — On Wednesday, May 25th, James Kin- eade, of the northern gravel road, near Stratford, and Miss Aggie MeKay, formerly of Lietowel, joined hands matrimonially. Rev. M. L. Leitch performed the ceremony At the manse. Mr. and Mrs. Kincade will reside on the feral, just north of the city of Stratford: —A marriage took place in Mitchell, on Wednesday aftsrn on of last week, when Miss Rhoda, yo gest daughter of Mr. Thomas Baker„ wa married to Mr. J. Bas- sett Knight, of teaforth. The ceremony was performed by gev. Mr. Holmes, and the young couple left for their home in Sea - forth shortly afterwards. . —A quiet wedding took place at St. Marys on Tuesday,May 24th, when Miss Bella Bonis was united in marriage to Mr. D, Grant, of Guelph. The ceremony was performed at the Bonis hotnestead, on' the River road by Rey. Mr. Taylor. The newly wedded couple, will spend their honeymoon in Scotland. — Word has been received • in Stratford that the biennial Provincial convention of the King' t Daughters and Sons will be held there on October 19th, 20th and 21st. A large number of delegates will be present from all over the Province, and very inter- esting meetings will be held. It is proposed to invite several of the most prominent workers in the United States to be present. —Five young men from the Eaethopes were in the Stratford police court, on Sat- urday of last week, charged with attempt- ing to obtain liquor at a hotel -during pro- hibited hours. The magistrate imposed a tine of $5 and costs on each of the quite. tette. A recent change in the law .relating to hotels makes it a criminal offence even to ask for liquor during prohibited hours. —Mr. Robert Douglas, of Avonton, had a barn raising on Monday afternoon, May 23rd, when he had a large and commodionis barn ereoted,-the size being 46 x 80, with a large and well planned compartment beneath for atabling. The contractors of the struc- ture were Mr. John Graham for the carpen- r work, Mr. Douglas, the owner, doing the mason work himself. - — On May 13th, a well attended meeting f farmers and citizens; was held in Listowel discuss the advisability of eitablishing a armers' 'Joniservative Pork Packing Fac- er)! in that town. The interest shown, specially by the farmers in the neighbor; ood, was very encouraging, and an influen- id organization committee was appointed forward the work.. — Much sympathy is felt for Mr. and rs. Whitfield, of Listowel, in the death of heir little six year old daughter, Maggie, ho passed away on Thursday of last week, f scarlet fever, after a few hours' illness, r. and Mrs. Whitfield have lost several hildren at about Maggie'a age which is ouliarly sad„ The funeral was largely st- nded, attesting the widespread sympathy or the family. . —The contracts for putting about 1,000 ards of gravel on the Huron road, between tratford and Mitchell, were let letely at ates which averaged about 50 cents per Wile yard. At this price the contractors re not in any immediate danger of becom- ing millionaires. The firat section immedi- tely west of Stratford was let to Joseph Richardson, the second to Mark Kelly and &tippler, and the next to a teamster from Mitehell,, ' —Henry Vock, an esteemed pioneer of Logan, died a short time ago. The deceas- though upward" of seventy yearis of age, as in good health till a few days **views* to his death. On a Wednesday afternoon, however, he was stricken with paralysis, from the effects of which he died on the Friday. The deceased was born in Ger- any, and was a 'member of the Lutheran dhurch, He leaves a widow and seven children, who deeply mourn their loss. 1 —The Queen'a birthday tea and social, at Bethel, were again a great success. Good s'ermons were preached on the Sunday by Revs. Messrs. MoKelvie and Birks to large ngregations. The spread on the 24th was good, followed by interesting addresses by essrs. Phinnimore and Holtby, and Rev. Mr. Holmes; and on the Wednesday even - g a large audience greeted Rev. ' Mr. Ker- ✓ , whose lecture was 'much apprecietede he total proceeds were 9109. — A few weeks ' Mies Jennie Haver, daughter of Mr. o Hover, of Stratford, t out on the long trans-oontinentel trip to iotoria, British Columbia there to meet d wed her intended husband. She arrived it Victoria on May 4th, and on the 10th t e wedding took place at the Methodist sonsge, being conducted by Rev. J. C. peer. The groom is Mr. William Dun. , a tirosprolut saddle and harness mer - o ant in Victoria, and the happy young uple will shortly set up house keeping in 4 - the thrivingePacific city. They were twist- • ed at the wedding by Mies A. Hitinpton as bridesmaid, and Mr. George Orimason as groomsman, and several relatives and close friends were also present. The bride WAS made welcome to the hearts of her new so- quaintances, the feat being attested by a number of fine and handsome wedding pres- • ents: Her old friendsin Stratford will wish • her and her husband every happiness and prosperity in their western home. —Dr. and Mrs.,Rutherford ..and Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hay, of Listowel, have gone on • a trip to SOThe of the American cities, and will be away about tan days. They will spend a few days in Washington and New York. Dr. Rutherford intends conibining some business with his pleasure trip, and will spend some time in -the hospitals at New Ypractice is in charge of Dr. Wood during lrk, and at Johns Hopkins. His his absezTmes . —Mr. hoAlexander, of the 4th con- cession o Elms, died a short time ego, from • heart failure, with which he had been suf• - fering for some weeks previous. Deceased was well and favorably known in the vi- oinity, having resided in Elms 'for many years. Hewes in hie sixty -fifty year, and leaves a groWneip family of four sons and one daughter, the latter being the wife of Mr. Arthur Forman; of Mina. He was a member of Knox church, Listowel, and in politics was a staunch Conservative. —On Tuesday evening of last Week, Mr. Fortune, of McKillop, Miss McKenna, of „Dublin, and Mies Kate Pearce; of Mitehell, • had just crossed the bridge at the 'woollen mill, Mitchell, when their horse began, to kick, and tried to get away. Miss McKenna received the force of one of the brute's feet on the shoulder, ibut fortunately escaped. with slight injury. Miss Pearce, however, did not fere so well. Effie was kicked •on_ the ankle, and walks lame ever since. It was fortunate that they got off so well. —H. c. Maleness, of the Stretford Mill Building Company, left that city bust week for New York, whence he sails for Chris- tiania, Norway, in the steamship Hecia of the Thingvalla line. Mr. Maleness' home is near Christiania which he will visit during his absence of about three months. lie has been a sufferer from rheumatism for & year or two, and he takes the trip in the hope that it will benefit hie health. It is •over twenty yeare since Mr. Maleness left Nor- way, and this is his first -obit home. ,Mrs. Boyd, widow of the late Robert Boyd, of Listowel, whose eldest son was killed by an accident some months ago. died • on Saturday, May 21-st, after a there illness of inflammation of the lunge. Deceased was a daughter of Mr. Sealing, of North Mornington township, and leaves A familyof five small children. We understand thot, most of the children have been provided homes among friends, their parents leaving no means for their support. —On -Thursday evening of last week, after refraining from using their artesian well for some time, the Hodd & Cullen Milling Company, Stratford, began to pump water therefrom onoe more, when it was hoticed that a mixture of oil and water Was coming from the well. The pumping was stopped, and come of the fluid has been lent to an analyise- for examination, Many people think that a vein of oil hap been struck, 10 which case some excitement is likely to en- sue. —The closing down of the Mitchell fax business has been a severe blow to Mitchell. -Many have been thrown out of employment, and, as a result, several 'young men and a few families have moved to other places. There is great depression in the business everywhere, and mills are shut down in many places as well as Mitchell: Some eighteen years ago a similar depression was experienced, though prices were not as low as now. The influences which have brought' about the present state of affairs are in- creased production in Russia, where Isher is at a low ebb, combined with a substitution of cotton where flax was wont to be used. —A quiet wedding took place on Mon- day evening, May 23rd, at St, James' rec- tory, Stratford, when Alfred .E. Vanstone, ado of Mr. James Vanstone and Marguerite, fourth daughter of the lite William Mc- Graw, were married in the preemies of few friends only. The bride was su • rted by her sister, Miss Jennie. Mr. "timer Heinbuth was groomsman, and the nuptial ceremony was conducted by Rev., D. Wil- liams, M. A. The knot tied, an adjourn- ment was made to the residence a the bride's mother, where a tasty luncheon was served. The guests then enjoyed them- selves in various ways until a late hour, when all departed,tvishing.the young -couple every happiness. • —On Thursday morning of last week, Henrietta, wife of Mr. Nathan Calder, died at her home in Listowel, in the 37th year of her age. Mrs. Calder has not been well for some time past, her slickness taking a seri- ous turn, however, only about a week before her death. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. Duncan 'McKenzie, of that town, and was married in Listowel to Mr. Calder in 1884. Of her family of three children a son and a daughter survive, the former being about two years of age. The funeral ser- vices were conducted by Adjt. Archibald, of the Salvation Army. Her husband and family have wide sympathy in the loss of a. faithful and beloved wife and mother, —The social given on the Methodist' e •church lawn, iu Listowel, on Tuesday even- r ing, May 24th, was a suacess, despite the threatening weather all afternoon. The •green retard presented a decidedly ani- mated appearance at about six *Walk, en- livened later on by the Atwood brass band, which discoursed exeellent music all even- ing, interspersed with /selections from the Ethel orchestra. -Miss Spence, of Ethel, sang a solo with pleasing effect. Rev. Mr. Stewart, the junior minister on the Ethel circuit, gave an ipteresting address appro- priate to the day and occasion. The reci- tations by Mies Cole of Rtosseldale, were exceptionally fine,. both in point of ,selection and rendition. She was repeatedly encored. The harmonic selections, by Frank Wilson, were also well-received. The ladies of the League provided a splendid lunch, which proved an acceptable feature of the -entertain- ment. The proceed. netted $40. —A disastrous fire occurred not long ago, when a large barn 52x30 feet, belonging to Andrew Johnston, of Stratford, was totally destroyed. The building was situated on the property adjacent to Mr. Johnston's lime kiln, near St. Marys. How the fire -oc- curred was a mystery, as the employes on the premises claim that when they first um it the whole interior of the building was in a blaze. They rushed to liberate *horse which was inside the blazing building, but, as soon as they opened the door the flames shot out and drove them back and they were oompelled to stand idly by whilse the place was burning to tbe ground. With the hum mut destroyed, besides the horse, seven tons of hay, several sets of harness and a large quantity of oat*. The building and contents were totally destroyed, the whole place being razed to the grouted. The in- auranee is only $200, in the Downie Mutual: and the loss is therefore very heavy.