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The Huron Expositor, 1898-07-01, Page 1ess klat a of the late aUght.V..; Min Ct thlaSt. it We 4 and the family dle —The Wends ett Mr. regret to learn teat ace ill. —The dwelling bomte. g owned and oceupied su, but now ownsei- by e and ocieupied by Ite, by ligliPling tinting 'One 11.1. The lightrange br- im, apart from spIneeore - ads in the gotene and f shingles adept:rims et, narrow escapee -enema cert in Ocixwortlea -hale Jeily 12th, under the iAed quartette chile nd time can be eenfidently ,—Mt A. Bishop *s.s. inerelay OH his /NWT to a tale of thorebred cat-, - exwerth,of the Ctentennial ,provernents made In the ruse.—Mre. Williams eon- ly kuibury- • Mr MeCuteheonand lave been around asking d unmarried woman in ad the Misfortune to have se three ago. Ther got le . These -ladies are to be sir kindness of heartv— o ha a sucicesefully. /leased *orento Umverety,le at We hope to weleorats him bed to his name bye-and- ereicrops in general leek have a. right to be truly liver of all freak is a baa one. If Pily Worth we are afraid untimely end.—Findlay euseed a steam engine for What with this and two , he should now have at. quirea.—Wm. Dram is rgine for threshing pier - re things hum this corning ed a fine herd of -steers of Me. Aim Gardiner, 0111 , Mr. Gardiner is not 'Lading agriculturalists Of the county of Huron:— come reporta of the vie- pensities of those waifs. o are being dumped upon and, and after all, those behave right- should ordixigly. Strange, the thts class uanally well.—The new barne. ley, township councillor, Laughlin are getting to searance.—Mr.Prindiville, item for the Corcoran teas. fiord, bee been again • on Prindiville is is warm - and -alwa.ys a welcome rtplete rtititent • ods • >iques )rgandies aeks :17.garldies pot Muslins k.ound Print$ ingharriS adines. iaies elaines ves es ilk Laces 's ries i. Corsets W_Cuffs ; tS sts and PAUL oods - eatest Gash Kis Store. wftirof ,„.••••••'.0.4%41/41 xot • -1••• sae ---41t , -At ese,feht\-- I a-, 011 61 THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,594. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JtiLY 1, 1898. /idLaLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1 a Year in Advance, A POINT TO REMEMBER. Advertisili ASA, MEANS. Mill111111111•1•1111 A point to remember is that this :column is used for advertising purposes pure and simple. Eery argument advanced, every rea- son jeep has for its -sole ob- ject the selling of the goods we handle. We look upoii advertising as a means by whioli we place before our customers and readers the par- ticular merits of our clothing store. At the same time, we =believe people will no more read a prosy ad- vertisement than they will be liable to keep awake through a -dull sermon, or an airerage tem- perance lecture. Van Winkle anecdotes about un- heard of prices; sla+ter sales influence with intelli ent - and: all the rest of ;, have no read- ers nowadays. Everybody knows, or should know, that everybody else has to have a profit out of the businese they are engaged . in, or quickly come to a dis- astrous nd. Profit is the first consideration' with every good business man, and the purchasing public Make no mistlke when they pin _their faith.to the budness man who plainly states that he seeks a fair profit in whatever he sells. man is'genuine and fair in his business dealings. out for the fellow who tells you, with a bland smile, that he is selling you at costs or near cost, because of his particular regard. for you. Rip That Look - ON THE ROAD TO THE KLONDIKE. The Peace River Country. AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM DR. BROWN, OF STR,ATFORD. The following letter was written by Dr. J. E. Brown to the Stratford papers. It will repay perusal. This is the second let -- ter we have published from this gentleman.: Peace River Crossing, April 18, '98. When I last wrote we were at Lesser Slave lake, from whence we came here, reaching this place on March 6th, and after getting breath for a day or two, we began to get our timber to build our boats. Be- ing among the first to get here we bad our choice of the timber in the neighborhood. Almost two miles from .the Crossing there are two large islands, thickly covered with fine spruce pine, enough in fact to build a thousand boats. From here we got some very good timber, large enough to square up nine inches, forty feet long. We squared these logs in the woods and hired a team to haul theta down; to the Crossing, where we built a saw -pit and bench ready for work. Four of the men began whip-sawing,taking it spell about every five minutes, in that way our saw was kept humming from eight a, m. to six p.m. In about two weeks after we be- gan we had fifteen of these logs ready. One day two of the men thought they conld saw faster than two others, and it was put to the teat, each pair having to saw ten feet on the nine inoh log, which was done by one pair in eix minutes and fifty-three seconds. The others were not quite so speedy. - I must once more speak of the delightful weather we have in this northern country. It is simply beautiful and astonishingly mild. We have had no snow :since arriving here, and the sun seems as hot as in On- tario. The hills have been here for the last four weeks, and now there is not a particle of snow to be seen anywhere.; the grass is green on the hills and the ground is quite dry. On the tenth • of this month I saw a `team ploughing on one of the small ranches here. There is very little farming done, toe settlers being more inclined to hunting, and the frost kills any grain or vegetables ex- cept that grown in the valley along the river. Peace river is a fine stream, about half a mile from bank to bank, bot as the main body of the stream is .in low water, it is scarcely half that width. In many places the banks are perpendicular to a height of from twelve to twenty feet. There is a broad valley on one Or both sides, then a succession of hills up, up, up, for twelve hundred feet, and on thetop of these hills one can see the river for miles. -The ice was ahout four feet thick when we came here, bet to -day we saw one of the finest sights of the whole year, when the ice above came crashing down and brokeup the ice along as it was carried down by the stream. You may imagine what a force it would take to crash in pieces such a body of ice. The river is now practically open, and in one week we shall be able to ,set sail and go down stream. The water ' is excellent for ' drinking purposes. There are butfew fish -in this river at illy time, and none at this season of the year. Surely it is not boastful of us to say that we have the best equipped clothing store in the West. We.guarantee every man satisfaction. When any article turns out bad, your place is to let . us know, and we will_retplace it. June has brought us quite a goodly number of wedding outfits. We make a specialty of all the necessaries in the way of Suits, Gloves, Ties, Hats, etc. One last word this week ! • Have you bought your Summer Under- clothing yet ? See what we show at 50e. WE HAVE ONE PRICE TO ALL MONEY BACK IF WANTED. GREIG d MACDONALD • I CLOTHIERS. On the Wrong Side of the Street, the Strong Block. SEAPORTS, - ONT. --sPeWeee. \ • , -At the landing are a few unoccupied log shacks, two of which belong to the Hudson Bey Company; five miles farther up the river is the Hudson Bay Company's store, in charge of F. J. H. Bedson. Mr. Bedson is _a young man twenty-eight years old, a grad- uate of Trinity College, Port Hope, Ontario. t He has been at this poet ten years, and,is 'an excelleneyoung man. The great wonder to me is that he can shut himself away from friends and society for so long a time. It is .all right to go through and call for a few weeks, on the way to the Klondike, but to make it one's home, I would say, No thanks ! ' Mr. Bedson speaks the Gres lan- guage fluently, and is :very highly respected by all the Indians and Breeds. He- is of a merry, lively disposition, has the interest of the company at heart, and is doing good work for them in this section. give miles farther up, past the Hudson Bay Company's stores, is what is, known as the settlement, which consists of the Roman Catholic mis- sion the English church mission,,and a few shanks. Therearein all this section of the river about eighteen families, most of whom make their living by hunting. They have a small grist mill here, but as very little grain is grown, it does not do much work, and the flour is of an infer* quality. Three more of the $28 excursions to Manitoba left yet. 'Stop over al1owi3d at Winnipeg and west. Going dates— July 13th, 14th and 19th; returning September 12th and 17th. Through trains from Toronto to destination. Dominion Express money orders cost up to $3, 3c; tip to $5, 4c; up to $10, 6c; -ap to $20, 10c. An accident policy cnats but little, Try the Canada Accident Company. &mild J. Macdonald, Agent for C P. R. and Dom. He is doing first rate and I expect will soon be out again. Since coming here I 4ve been astonished at the number of people starting for the gold fields by this route. It is a common thing to see ten or twelve big outfits pass in a day, averaging from four to forty men in each; each man, as a rule, pounding away at three poor old horses, and in fact every horse is poor when it reaches this stage of the game. One outfit had about sixty head of oxen, and they too, were getting very lean, and would soon not be fit even for beef. Most of these outfits were, heading for the head waters of the Laird and Pally, and would like to go by the Nelson, but I. am positive not a single outfit would doso before the snow was gone and the river un- safe. They intended going up the Peace river to St. John, whioh is one hundred and twenty-five miles above Dumagew'and one hundred and ninety miles above this place, and from there they intended to cross the country, going north to the head waters of the Nelson. Some intended building boats there, while 'others expected to pack all their outfit from St. John to their proposed destination. I am of the opinion that most of them will get stranded by their horses dying off, for once their horses get poor, they will have enough to do to pick enough to keep them alive without working. I believe what a prominent man in this country told me, that one can always travel cheaper by water, Outfits from all parts of the world have passed us. A few have become dis- couraged and have sold out and returned, while others with Undaunted courage were determined to go right through. Some had a sacred spot, which they had pictured in their minds, but woeld not say where the spot was, and othees did not know where they were going, but were simply "drifting with the tide.' Moist of the outfits carry a year's provisions, but some will fall far short of having ' enough to last them till next spring. One niistake made by many is that in laying in a stock of pro ' visions the fact that one eats about twice as much in this country, as at home, is overlooked. In our company there are in all fourteen men, and twelve of them in thirteen days ate 60 lbs. of fresh pork, 250 lbs. of fresh beef, be- sides about 60 (2h lb.) white fish. There are plenty of wild geese and ducks at Great Slave lake, so that we hope to save our meat when we reach there. In about a week we hope to sail and will go down the Peace to the Great Slave river on to Smith's Landing, where there are five rapids, so -de,ngerons, that we shall either have our provisions', etc., freighted a dis- tance of sixteen miles and thus get below all the rapids, or portage across each rapid as we come to it, taking our boats out on the bank and dragging them overland past each rapid. We shall heve plenty of time to do this, as Great•Slave lake cannot be crossed till after June 20th. After passing the rapids we sail acrois Great Slave lake (the second largest in the world) to the McKen- zie. There are no rapids on this river, and we shall have to sail one thousand miles north of it before We reach the Peel river, ope to reach during the sunshine, when the sun eeks, and where there is it. for months. The Peel ive point, and we, like as started, shall be much that point than we . ex- There are veryfew pure Indians in this country, the majority by far being breeds. A number of horses, a few head of cattle, and some pigs are raised here, but up to this year the demand was email, and there was no inducement to raise stock. I have not seen nor heard of any sheep in the coun- try.' Every shack supports about half a dozen dogs, whieh'are used by the natives in the winter for doing all their freighting, etc., and are most usetul. The land is of a good quality, and would grow excellent crops if the frost would not destroy them. There are plenty of potatoes grown of a most excellent quality. We have bought over one hundred bushels here. The timber is principally spruce, poplar and birch. At this point it may be of interest to give the cost of some staple articles: Fresh beef and pork, 15. per ib.; salt pork, to the na- tives'1 skin, 35c e sugar, per lb., 1 skin; salt, 1 akin; oats, $1.25 per bushel; pota- toes, 75c. to $1 per bushel; hay, $30 per ton; naile, 400. per ib.; lhmber, $75 per thousand; horses, about $25, and all other goods at similar rates. Of course with the natives there is DO Pueh thing as money, they never see it, and do all their trading by the skin." The game in this part of the country is growing scarcer every year, and as the country opens the game disap- pears. There are two things in this whole trip in which I have been disappointed; one is the lack of game, although we could not look for any right here, but we have at times been a hundred miles from any house, and yet the largest animal I have seen was the little chirruping red squirrel. However, some of the hunters have, I believe, cap- tured several moose during the winter. The second, thing I was pleasingly disappointed in was the severity of the cold. I have with Me a first clan coon -skin cap and coat, and have never had the coat on all winter. There are people here who have never worn an overcoat. Good sensible clothing is what is required on a trip like this. I was talking about the game before I brandhed off on this cold traok. The prin- cipal gime caught here by the hunters is moose, bear, martin, fox, mink, lynx, otter, skunk; duck, geese, partridge, swain and wolverine. which point we period -of ceaseless never sets tor six continuous daylig river is our objec every outfit that longer in reachin pected. One meetestrange people on a trip like this. Many of t em should be at home. No man should coine here unless he can put his hand to anything. I met a man who claimed to be a j age from Michigatie who did not know wh told it was a file, what do you do, here, should be axe handle, a bo he should not be healthy, strong, bow to do it. plans for two la which are now c boats at the Pe trade ours fer, built. In buil three things to down stream; s third—going u ant considerati shall have four to do. Any t even a raft. A best to go again remembered tha boats, by,hand, up stream, with from eight to ten tons of freight, which means work. Two of our boats are 25 feet long, 8 feet beam and 3h feet deep, and the skills are 18 feet long, 4h feet beam, and 14 inches deep. We shall have about five tons in each boat starting off, besides the men, and till we get to the Peel river I !Than consider it one of the grandest pleasure trips I shall ever experi- ence.- Just fancy, floating down the grand old McKenzie, within the Arctic Circle, with no night. There is no gold on this part of the Peace river, at least it has not yet been discovered. ,I may say here that of the hundreds of companies which have gene through by this route, ours has been the favored one by the Hudson Bay Company. Mr. McDonald, chief factor of this district, told me that ours not only got the name of being the best conducted outfit on the road, but it really wash:and that if any were successful he thought we should be. Now I must close. My address for the remainder of the summer will be Fort Mc- Pherson, in care of H. B. Co., McKenzie River District, via Edmonton. Yours, etc., J. E. BROWN. • There is not much sickness among the natives of this place, but one occaeionally sees a poor fellow who needs help. A week. ago to -day, Dr. Mason, the physician of our expedition, and I, amputated a young Hall - breed's leg a little above the knee. He had an incurable disease of the knee, which was gradually wearing his life away, and which would, without an operation, soon carry Expresshim away to the "Happy Hunting Ground." t a file was, and when he said, Oh, yes !! well, ith it?' A man ceming ble to make a sleigh, an t, or a house, if necessary; afraid of work, shoeld be illing to work, and know n coming here I drew out go boats and two t skiffs, mpleted, and there are no e river ' which I would nd about ' fifty are being ing these boats there are considered. Firsti-going cond—crossing a lake; and stream. The most import - n is going up stream, as we r five hundred miles of this ing will go down stream, flat hollowed boat is the t the stream, for it must be we shall have to pull our 11 those five hundred miles live weight, it is equal to 7.5 cents a pound for beef. Farmers will surely admit that to be a good pri3e. But if cheese were made instead of butter, what will produce e pound of butter or beef ought to produce about two and a half pounds of cheese, or 90 pounds- in a month. This, at 7 cents per pound, would be $6,30. Allowing 2 cents per pound for making, the farmer ought to have $4.50 in the month. This is not all. It would' cost about $24 to ship a bullock of eay 1,400 pounds from Seaforth to Liverpool. That would be about 850 pounds of beetat most, and 850 pounds of butter shipped would cost about $1.50, or 2,125 pounds of cheese, which could be pro- duced at the same price as the 850 pounds of beef or butter, would cose$10,62 to ship. Now, to feed a bullock or cow on good grass is worth $1.50 a month ; so deduoting this your readers will see the profit. But, if 5ii bens were fecle$1.50 worth of grain & month, they would average two and a half dozen eggs a day, or 75 dozen in a month. This, at 8 cents, would be $6:' As I have taken the prices now current, yeur readers will see the cow beats the bullock and the hens beat the cow. The trouble is, the hens' are not fed; most of them haveto scratch for a living, and the cow gets the poorest grass on the farm, white the bullook gets the best. And farmers who will eat only what they cannot sell, are not able to- work, and will not feed the land and will have poor crops, and will not feed animals or hens and consequently will have no profits. I am aware some of your readers will say I am not a practical farmer. I inherited prac- tical farming and good feeding from my father and have practiced it all my life, if not on a large scale, in a small way, and, what I do not know I am not too proud to ask, and what I do know I am Willing to tell others. Yours, etc., JOHN 0. MORRISON. McKillop, June 27th, 1898. Christian Workers. The annual convention of the Sabbath School Association and: Christian Endeavor Union of Huron county was held in Wing - ham, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Previous to last year these conventions had been held separately, but the fact that the two lines of work are so similar seemed to favor •a joint convention. This joint con- vention was inaugukated last year and the attempt was highly successful. Time was saved, expeeses were lessened, the number of delegateewas increased and consequently the enthusiasm that prevailed was deer and more intensified. Wingham was in ite gayest of colors to welcome the 300 del- egates. The Presbyterian church, where nearly all the meetings of the convention were held, was very tastefully decorated. In the morning Mr. C. W. Andrews, of Viltoxeter, gave a thoughtful and inspir- ing address on "Teachers' Opportunities," a sequel to which Mr, J. p. Ross, of Exeter, gave in a bright and earnest talk on the Respoiusibilities of the Teacher." In the afternoon Secretary Stoneman, of Hensall, and Treasurer Taylor, of Clinton, presented their reports, while the latter spoke of the financial obligations of the association. Temperance was dealt with ably by Mayor Holmes, of Clinton. Miss J. Murray, of Wingham'showed how a primary class should be taught. Mr. J, W. Rae, of To- ronto Junction, gave an address on the "Aims, Place and Requirements of the Sunday School Association" and his explan- atory method �f teaching the Bible ,class was well received. In the evening Mr. Rae's address was on "Women's Hemisphere." Mr. Clement was the other speaker of the evehing. His subject was "The Relation of Parents to the Sunday School." In the afternoon a, mass meeting of the Wingham children was held in the Methodist church, when a chalk talk was given by Dr. Towler, of Wingham, and an address was delivered by Mrs, P. J. Mackay, of Woodstock. THE NEW OFFICERS. The following were elected officers for the Sunday School Association for the ensuing year:—President, Mayor Holmes'Clinton; vice-presidents, Dr. Macdonald M. P. , of Wingham, Messrs. W. H. Kerr,of Brussels, and Wm. Elder, of Hensall ; corresponding secretary, Mr. J. C. Stoneman, of Hensall ; minute secretary, Mr. Israel Taylor, of Clin- ton. THE SECOND DAY. Beef, Butter, Cheese and Eggs. - DEAR EXPOSITOR,—I noticed in your issue of two weeks ago, a statementr said to have been made by Mr. Wm. Johnston, at the South Perth Farmers' Institute meeting, in reference to the relative profits of butter and beef. There is, evidently, an error, either in the report of Mr. Johnston's state- ment or in his calculation. I think Mr. Johnston would not say, it costa as much to produce a pound of butter as three pounds of beef, and in this there is an error somewhere. As THE EXPOSITORIB read by a large number of farmers, and the opposite of what is in- tended is conveyed, I take upon myself to direct attention to the error. What will produee one pound of beef will produce one pound of butter, if fed to a good cow, pro- vided the one to be a beef animal equal to the other as a butter animal. At the Iowa experimental station, forty fat bullocks, prime stock, produced 62 pounds of beef for every 100 pounds live weight, and that is about the average of the best beef animals. A good bullock will gain about 60 pounds, live weight, in 30 days, equal to 36 pounds of beef. At 7.5 cents per pound this would be $2.70. A good cow, on equal grass, in the same time, would make 36 pounds of butter, which, at 12 cents a pound,would be $4.32, and the milk would more than pay the extra cost of milking and making the butter. When beef cattle sell at 4.5 cents tenth legion, aed by Rev. W. Fi Wilson, of Hamilton, who well sustained his reputation as a brilliant ispeaker. After thanks had been tendered to the people of Winghame and those w o had helped to make the con- vention a su ce,ss, the delegates disbanded, to meet next tar at Exeter on June 20th and 21st. , Canada. —Mr. Isaac I. Levee, of Paris, has been appointed principal of the Collegiate Insti- tute at Woodsteck, to succeed Mr. D. H. Hunter, deceased. i —Lord Aberdeen, who has been on a fish- ing expedition, i was at Hardvard on the 29th, where he eeeeived the degree of L. L. D. He will spend Dominion Day at the capital. —It is stated Ithat the office of registrar of the supreme eourt, vacated by the death of Mr. R. Cassels, ' will go to Mr. E. R. Cameron, of London. The position yields $3,200 a year. 1 _ —Last week 125 tons of binder twine left the penitentiary for Winnipeg, and 50 tons more went to Toronto and London. By the 1st of July the hole of the year's output of 550 tons will hale been shipped. —A three story tenement house in Hal- ifax was gutted by fire not long ago and an aged couple, W. liam Arley and his wife, who slept on the top floor, were burned to death. The charred corpses were found after the fire was extinguished. —The Ontario Natural Ga8 Company has sunk another gaff well near Ruthven. It is estimated that the well will have a capacity of 20,000,000 feet per day. The well will -be connected with the main pipe, and the gas sent to Windsor ,inct Detroit. —Fred Currie, aged 17, ion of Neil Cur- rie, of Owen Sou d, was drowned last week. He was riding a icycle on the C. P. R. dock, close to th water's edge, and tumbled in. He never htise to the surface. The body was recovered about half an hour afterwards. i —Mr. John Ju'nkin, .an old resident of Atnprior, was ying in the vicinity Of Stewartville at fire o'clock Saturday even- ing, when his helloes ran away and he was thrown out. The wagon passed over him, and he only live accident. ' —Simon J. Owen Sound on ness. Mr. Park conducted a larg ness there at one years he had,held the position of landing waiter and custo —A sad accide noon at the Kress A five-year-old dirghter of Mrs. liinner, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, a guest at the Springs .hotel, was laying around the foun tain and fell in. No one was around at the, time, and the c ild was drowned. The fountain is about four feet deep. —Robert R. St wart, son of Mr. Peter Stewart, of Anc ter, died very suddenly last week. The night of his death he re- tired seemingly in good health, but when his father went to his room next morning to call him, he foun his son lying dead. in bed. Deceased was only 24 years of age. —A committee has been formed at Ot- tawa, of wheel Si Principal Grant a for a testimonal t of Mrs. Catharine living author in t now in her 97th y Ontario. —Johnnie Powe old, and working and killed Mr. Beautiful weather greeted the delegates on the second day of the convention. The number of delegates in attendance at the proceedings of that day was much larger than at those of the previous day, due to the fact that the subjects considered all dealt with the work of Young People's so- cieties. In the morning a sunrise prayer; meeting was held freiti 6.30 to 7.30 under the leadership of Mr. Paul, of Wingham. At the morning's session Mr. McTavish, of Clinton, gave a thoughtfully prepared ad- dress on Yesterday and To -day," which was followed by an eloquent talk by Mies Robb, of Clinton, on "Forever." "Our Backbone" was the subject of an address by Mr. A. B. McDowell, Westfield. Mr. W. H. Kerr, the editor of The Brus- sels Post, then became speaker of an "open parliament" for the- discussion of "The Work of Committees." Secretary Cooper, in presenting his rePort, Made it interesting by using the different parts of the locomotive to illustrate the mechanism of the modern Endeavor society. His re- port -showed the number of members of Young People's societies of Huron to be 5,471, grouped into 105 societies. In the afternoon the nominations com- mittee brought in its report, and the officers for the ensuing year are as follows: Presi- dent, W. Pridham, Goderich; junior super- intendent, Miss B. Washington. Clinton; secretary, A. T. Cooper, Clinton; treas- urer, Mary Rose, Brueefield. W. E. Stied - dart, of Goderich, made an earnest address on the topic "What kind of personal work can young people do in the church ?" Com- munications were read from the convention committee of Hamilton inviting the dele- gates to the convention to be held there on October llth, 12th and 13th. Rev. W. Rigs- by, Blyth, gave an able talk on the "Im- perilled Sabbath," and Mrs. Pentland elo- quently explained a lately -inaugurated movement called "The Quite Hour Circle." Rev. Mr. Henderson of nsall, took charge of an open parliament In t on "The Social Life of Young People," and Mrs. P. J. Mackay closed the meeting by an enthusiastic talk on "The Value of Junior Work." "A NOVEL FEATURE. At the close of the afternoon session the delegates crossed the road to the tow* hall, where "The Junior Garden" was pre- sented by 75 children of Wingham'who have been under the instruction of Mr. Park and Mies Houghton, of Wingham. It was said to be the best part of the con- vention. THE CLOSING SESSION. The closing session was .addressed by Mr- Diokie, of Beaforth, who smoke on" Mission - about an hour after the arke, aged 65, died at aturday, after a short ill - was an early settler, and grocery and liquor busi- ime. For the last eleven ms appraiser. nt occurred Saturday after-, mineral springs, Preston. Sandford Fleming and e members, to arran go mark the unique position Parr Traill, as the oldest 10 British Empire. She is ar, and lives at Lakefield, 1, a Bernardo boy,13 years or W. C. Wheeler, shot heeler's four-year-old boy Charlie and then eommitted suicide at Mr. Wheeler's farm about two miles east of Austin, Winnipeg, one night last an be given for the deed f Mr. Wheeler to allow go to a picnic. : rham field battery were at Port Hope, the other day, Driver Edwa 'd Armstrong was thrown from his saddle , y his horse stumbling. His foot caught i ' the stirrup, and before a zit halt could be lled the rear horse had struck him on th head with its hoof, in- never done previouelyi The dates are: flicting a fearful wound. Hopes of his re- June 28th, July llth ar July 19th, The coverer are enterteined. same rate as on the Ca adieu Pacific Rail- -Robert Blythe reeve of Gtielph town- way will be quoted to Winnipeg, Brandon ship, died in the 'hospital, at Guelph, on and Portage la Prairie. I The Grand Trunk June 23rd. The Sunday previous Mr. will quote the same ratee as the Canadian - Blythe was chargel by a young short -horn Pacific Railway to North Dakota tioints bull, and sustaineda double fracture of the also left leg. He was where blood poison tion was deemed the operation provt d fatal. eight miles west o week. No cause but the refusal the boy Powell :to —While the D drilling at the for t, motorman rang the gong, put 011 the brakes,. and reversed ttie motor, but the. ear struck the young woman and threw her to the ground. The wheels passed °tree one leg just below the knee, smashing flesh and bone to a. pulp., With her limb drage Miss Dawson hobbled to the idewalL Doctoes were quickly summoned, and the unfortunate young woman was taken to Bt. Joseph's hospital, where it was found nec- essary to amputate the left leg jtuit below the knee. She - was- also suffering from severe seal wounds, and was badly bruised , about the y. Mies Dawson graduated from Toronto Universtty only a few weeks ago. e —Chief Detective Carpenter and the Montreal detectives are on the hunt for the burglars who broke open the safe of the Dominion bank at Napanee last fill, and secured $26„000, together With k 4000 un- signed Dominion bank $10 bills: Either the burglars themselves or their confeder- ates are in Montreal, and these notes, _ -with a cleverly forged signature of Mr. E. K. Baines, are being circulated throughout the eity. The series which are lettered -"A," run from 46,001 it, 47,001. Deteetivei have visited nearly every store or business house where the bills are likely to be offered, and so far the round -up has resulted in the find- ing of a large number of the bills. Just how many the bank offioials decline to say,. but it is learned that they are of sufficient numbers to warrant the belief that Mont- real has been made the headquarters of - those who are pushing the forged signature notea. Several of the banks have received a large number of the bills. —Michael Twohey, a -policeman in Lon- don, was shot and killed last Friday night', by an unknown tramp. The latter was - ;walking on the Ge T. R., tracks and was intercepted by the night watchman, who informed him he must get off the tracks. The tramp immediately struck the watch- man with a stout stick, rendering him un- tonscious for a time. ' In this state he ' was found, and'the police force being notified of ' the'affair, sent the patrol wagon and three constables. In the oleantime the tramp had escaped, but was sighted by Tsvohey in the east end of the oity, Walking for the C. P. - R. -station. When the policemen attempted to arrest him, ' the tramp elicit him. . The first sleet struck Twohey's watch, tearing out the works and making a veritable pocket of the case. The second shot enter- ed his forehead, killing him instantly. Twohey was 28.years of age and was one of - the best officers be the force. He leaves a , wife • and three children. The tramp - escaped, but the police expect to hear of his whereabouts, as he has been in several other towns lately. e- • Perth Items. —After an illness of some month', Mrs.. Robert Bell, of Mitchell, passed away on , Sunday afternoonI June 19th. Deceased was the eldest daughter of the late Alexan- der idulheron, and was greatly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances, who will : deeply mourn her death. She was in the 44th year of her age, and leaves a husband, . but no children, The 'bereaved widower, mother and sisters have the sympathy of the entire community in their sad affliction. —Mie. Vanetone, wife Cif Ald. Sohn:Van- stone, died at her home, in Stratford, at an early hour on Tuesclay,.June 21st, m the' 58th year cf her age.- Though she had peen confined to her room for upwards of a year and was gradually wasting Sevaeher taking , off at last was rather inlexpeeted. Mrs. Vanstohe had been a strong healthy woman in her days but contracted lung trouble, which was thecause of her death. She was a daughter of the late Mr. Edward Donkin, of Downie township, and was married to her now sorrowing husband about thirty-six. years' ago. The deceased Was a lady pos- sessed of many amiable qualities, and 'prob. ably it was due to her constant welting on ' and attention to others that she contracted the disease Which caused her death; Her , kind-hearted and sympethistie nature bad gained for her a host of friends whoee deep sympathy will go out to the bereaved family in their hour of trial The deceased was ie.\ 4' faithful adherent of the English °hutch. —Mr.- David Blacklock, e. well known an respected' farmer of Fullerton townshipi dropped dead at Fullerton one day not 1013g. -- ago. Deceased was doing some teaming for Mr. Robert Hamilton* a shoemaker in the ' village, and was engaged in platting on AS load in the latterir yard when he fell ovet and died, heart disease being the C0.1136-4 death. His sudden demise caused -consider- able consternation in the -village and vicin- ity, and it was deemed advisable to send for the coroner. Accordingly Dr. J. P. Rankin wentout and made au investigation. It was found that death had resulted from an affection of the heart,tand an inquest was unnecessary. Mr. Blacklock had seldom been sick,and was apparently in good health in the morning. He was about 70 years of age, and had resided' on lot 3, coneession.7, Fullerton, for upwards of 40 years. In politics he was a staunch Liberal and was an adherent of the Preelyterian thumb. His wife and a large family survive him. —The death occurred on Saturday, June 18th, of Mr. J. W. Robinson, a well-known farmer of the south boundary of Blansheod. Deceased was 59 years of age and, until lq uite recently, had enjoyed rnbust health. A few,weeks ago he underwent an operation for en abscess on the lunge; and it was hoped by his friends that he wfiuld soon be restored to health. *Early laseereek he was again taken very ill, and medical aid could do niithing for him. The funeral took place the following Monday, and was one of the largest ever seen in that locality.. Over one hundred rigs followed the remains to their last resting place. Besides his sorrowing wife he leaves a family of eight children, four Sons and four daughters, to mourn the lou of a loving father. ,All of the family are &theme, with the exception of John, who is teaching school at Innerkip,and Miss Maria whois teaching near Berlin. The - heartfelt sympathy of the community is ex- - tended to them in their bereavement. —A very pretty wedding was celebrated &thigh noon, on June rend, when Miss M. A., eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Abra- ham of 8tratfotd, was united in marriage to ifr. Wm. Harvey, G. T. R. fireman.. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride's parents, and was performed by Rev. David 'Williams in the presence of a. large number of guests, and under A beautie ful horseshoe of flowers. The principals are - both weil known in Stratford, and are popu- lar and highly esteemed. The bride looked very pretty in &travelling costume of covert cloth, while the bridesmaid, Mies Aggie lisrvey, sister of the goom, was gowned in a pretty dress of balite. Mr. -George Nornabell acted as best man. Miss Nellie Pinder, cousin of the bride, played the wed- ding march, said little Miss Mind Attaliam was flower girl. A large number of wetly atiarbnde.ausfeardfraumloopr:r.e:iiine:speewyneiter;reoeived by the bride. After the ceremony a wen appoint- ed wedding dinner was served, after which e sun being low, shone shortly after two O'ClOpk. Her parasol ishut ona-tariejalm20anntraeirn I preventing him from out the view of a sorb -bound trolley car for Toronto, Montreal, Portland an& other train until too late. that -was coming at a rapid pees. The eastern pointe. , The jolt threw the throttle wide open, and the Erie engine dashed moose the bridge at -a high rate of speed, and tore through the city yards, until reaching th Tunnel 'Die. to. trict Junction, where the tele aph operator, having been advised of its ceming, ditched_ it, i --Mr. Charles Hoffman, proprietor of the Platteville stave factory, was killed while at work in the factory last Week. In some manner his arm was caught between the belt and pully. The man Was thrown up and his arm torn off near the elleew. Hoff- man received other injuries, 'from which.he died shortly after he was extricated from the machinery. The unfortunate man was about thirty years of age a d leaves a wife and family. —A tripthrough the tow ships of Dere. ham and Norwich disolosee the fact that probably never in the history of the town- ships was there a better hervest prospect. There is a large acreage oft wheat, and it stands very heavy on the ground. - The present cold weather it ver i favorable for filling the grain, and unless something en- tirely unlooked-for occurs in the short time before harvest, the wheat }yield will be a record one. —Wm. E. Coulson, a Kingstonian, is one of the marines who put up tauch a gallant fight against the Spaniards '01 Guantanamo while waiting for reinfcircements. Five years ago he lett Kingston, event to Pitts- burg, Pennsylvania and Was apprenticed to wood -working. *hen the war talk began young Coulson went to Leigue island and enlisted. He was drafted th the transport Panther, went to Key West and later. to Cuba: He is only 19 yearslcif age. , —Thomas Bell, a well-keown miner and prospector of Bell City, lost his life at Mine Centre, Ontario, a short &items from Rat Portage, on June 10. In living the -house in which he had slept in he morning, he missed his footing on the kiutside landing, and fell to the rocks &beet inine feet below fracturing his skull, and deingeabout four hours afterwards: Deceased leaves a wife and family in Montreal. 1 —A very sad accident irecurred at Col- borne, when MTS. • J. K. Fuller, one of the oldest and most highly respected residents, accidently fell down stairs and expired shortly afterwards from ihe effects. The sympathies of all are extended to the be- reaved husband and family. MT. Fuller, who feels his loss keenly, as one of Col- borne's most prominent b of late years has lived a re of ill- health. , —One morning last week eti young man named Robert Wright, about twenty years of age, was returning home from the diieese factory and in crossing ever the Grand Trunk Railway track at Haryiston, was truck by a special train honsisting of en- gine, tender and van. The waggon was thrown into the ditch and!. the young man badly injured. One horst was picked up' by the cow-cather and carried about 300 yards and then thrown aside. The other horse escaped with little injury. ' —The monthly report Of the Provincial Board of Health just issued showea notable decrease in deaths in Ontario resulting from consumption. The death rate for last month was below that of the previous month and also that of the same month last year. - The total number of deaths i reported to the Health Board last month Was 238, as against 243 in the same month list year. Eightye one per cent, of the nuinieipalities of the Province reported. The menthly report will hereafter be printed 'and sent through- out the Province. • —Mr. James F. Listi Q. C., M. P., of Sarnia, has been appoint, d a judge of the court of appeals of Ontaifo. Mr. Lister has an established reputation in Parliament as a lawyer and publicist. 4is services in con- nection with the investigating, committee of the House of Commons during the past ten years, stamped him as ohm= of rare gifts in a legal sense, and his appointment will be regarded as a 'recognition of the leading position he occupied. — The Grand Trunk will this year com- pete with the Canadian Pacific Reilwa.y in its harvest home excureions. This it has siness men, but ired life because ary Int irstioe • bi Mr. Cooper, who gave brought to the hospital, ing set in, and amputa- ecessary. The shock of —After two hea ings before Squire Wood- cock and Colonel Lloyd, John Bean and Charles Henry, of Newmarket, were com- mitted to the Vitoria Industrial school, Mimic°, for two y arse and were taken to that institution th other day -by Constable Savage. These bo able trouble on a case they assaulte nearly drowned his —After the ste Liverpool, via Bt. had reached the do ing last week, a found in the stee child. All the s immediately rem station at LaWlor's was fumigated. , —Last week t away in Galt. On diner died, in her later the death ow relict of the late years. She leaves Stuart, of Burford, alysis, while visitin H. Lutz, of Galt. —Sunday, June tawasaga e in bathing the were with llim. H and back again. his companions he a but sank when half he took cramps. 11 age, and lived in th tawasaga township. s have given consider- veral occesions.° In this one- James Gould, and. younger sister. mer Roumanian, from John's Newfoundland, k at Halifax, one even- ild case of smallpox was age. The sufferer was a eerage passengers were ved to the quarantine Island, and the steamer ee aged people passed unday Mrs. James Gar - 75th year. A few days rred of Jane Lumsden, ames Devitt, aged 88 four daughters. Mrs. also succuinbed to par - her daughter, Mrs. W. 9th, a resident of Na- iled Kichardson went 'river. Two other men swam across the river espite the ewarnings of tempted toteross again ay over. It is thought was abimt 35 years of southern part of Not - He leaves a wife and family. —The wood-shopand pattern -room of Buck's stove works, Brantford, were badly gutted by fire last eek. A spark from the (topside is supposed The building is an o ed fiercely. The da light, but the loss of patterns considerable as many of great val e to the company were burned. The exact oss cannot be estimated as yet, but will tot in the neighborhood of $1,000. ' —Owing to a understanding of the signals, Grand Tr Railway train No. 12 collided with an en e of the Erie railway at Niagara Falb and Engineer Geo. Jack, of d between the locomo- have started the blaze. frame one, and burn - age to the building is I — Some days ago 11. 0. Fleming, druggist, of Windsor, imported t from the United -States a barrel Of coca -cola, a summer drink. As all the drugs', medicines, etc., have to be analyzed by the Govetnment ehemist at Ottawa, a sample of the coca -cola was taken by the Inspector at Windsor and forwarded to the department. The analysis showed that the beverage conteined a certain per- centage of spirits. In fat, -there was enough to justify the customs fin collecting $2.40 per gallon specific duty and 30 per cent. ad valorem. 3 1 —I.B.Lascelleeproprietor Wile Hub pool room, Ottawa, poiscinedthirOielf with a dose of carbolic acid the oth h, day. He sent his ei brother for a bottle of rbolic acid, which he said he intended to b on his feet. The acid was left in his rem. Shortly after- wards his sister heard sereams coming from the room, and, on entering, found him in convulsions on the bed. i He told her that he had drank out of theglass containing the poison, and expired in [ten minutes. Las -- cella was prompted to i take his life by a painful illness of three years' duration. the latter,' was win tive and tender and kiled. Jack is supposed to have taken the ignals given by the Grand Trunk signal an be stop for those of him eompa,ny, which re American standard, to,come ahead, and t brightly in his eyes, ' —Newfoundland has become a Second Cuba, at least so far as the French Shore settlements are concerned. The poor in St. Anthony are living on I dry codfish given them by wealthier residents. Seven have already died. From Qnipon to Cape Nor- man there is not a barrel of flour, and one family has starved for ;six days on one loaf of bread. In a cove on White Bay a half dozen families are livineon half a barrel of flour among them. A telegram has come to Tilt Cove from a priest at Csmche : "Send on provisions at once; if not, boards to make coffins." —A dastardly attenipt was - made Wed- nesday night of last week to wreck No. 3 express. on the Canadian Pacific Railway, due eel, London at 11:38i o'clock* from Tor- onto. The safety switeh between Adelaide and William streets, in the London yard, was opened, and the signal light so adjusted as to indicate "all right ahead" on the main line. The engineer took the light for the signal, and, running at a high rate of speed, dashed into 11 open svvitch. There was a wabbling of the locomotive and the well filled coaches for a second or two, and then the train went over the switch onto the main line again out which it pulled into the depot. f —11/liss 3ifillie Dawn in. eldest daughter of ) Postnnuster R. J. C. awson London, was struck ley a trolley car_ Saturday afternoon and so severely injured that one leg had to be amputated. There were other injuries,but it is expected that she will reoover. Mies Dawson was crossing Richmond street I I Amos . ient'? amous address on the seemly the approach