The Huron Expositor, 1898-09-23, Page 11898e
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nnounee, at .
Lt our ran
open for •
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large and, •
etiona have
aost careful
ty, dura -
a being the
r miads.
ha a been
ass of cu -
feel quite
ef that our •
a
-lie in cra
• s -n -
leased, with,
seas_ora
at present
Sik
; the
aderings in
; Cloths, and
In these
assortment
iat of other
risk trade in
!;oods during
:ter months,
every re-
Nre have al -
ass ortm'en t
-better value
seldom' if
in Seaforth,
red io give
aforth. '
enin
urday,
and 24
ash
1.50....mv-oresmmasiv*
Etlx. the
'z QOM
;-4116 was har-
es/ dead. lo-
ad been (lead
as if he had
ite mposed,.
sitiniut a pang
r+ 'dent of
ers,and wae:
Li by ell ivho
. ears ago,
-it hie two
en and Mra.
!‘.;.• of two sons
e-taee is sup-
, f d• atii. He
reen, uf San
re
r
th a Beaton
Wielnesdey.
e.re eeeit -
-a died on the
eereeens, res
- Thomaa
isath, of flay-
- wee k. W.
lain in J. it:
London.—
i-Veeley Me -
1r. A. M.
re ante Fallis,
ailed for sev-
he insane egg -
r treatment.—
, O. C. 'Wii-
on, W. J.
attendit
Mr. Sarnue
711 this fall to
a(' by tight -
'3. J. M. Wil-
rieled over to
-re last Sa.tur-
d Sylvan, me
eldlesex, woe
aiions of the
on the 29th
a.ded the Tore
THIRTIETH Y
WHOLE NUMBER,
reig&
Macdonal
Clothieirs, Seaforth Ont
We have d clad to move our stock in
Hensell back to Seaforth. The last.ship-
Tient comes ts1ay.
,Our one m in reason for doing this is :
That peopleh� want the fullest variety,
the 'best qu ities, and the largest values
in Clothing, re going to coine to our store
in Seaforth , because they know from ex-
perience, that in our, businei3s, that of an
allround -a, 11 equiPped clothina house',
we have no s periors in Weetern Canada.
To illustrate t case in point, within the
last few da0--- we have had dozens ,of
people buyind goods front us at Seaforth,
who lived within a mile, or. half 'mile of
Hensall. Seeing this we concluded that
when geod v lues .are . offered people are
prepared to t avel to buy the same.
It will be 4orth every clothing buyera
while trve11iTng1• a great distanca to, see
what vire can jio for them.
Th -is` we k we offer as specials
LOT 1.—!Fifty • Suits ;of Men's Under-
clothing, all wool, free, from burrs for
grease, at $1 a suit. All sizes. 1
LOT 2.— orty Suits of Fleece Lined
Underwear, 11 sizes in men's, at $1 a
suit.
LOT 3,—
Sox, two pais for 25e.
LOT 4.-- etenty-five pairs of M
Braces, stronaly made, .at 15c a pair.
LOT 5.— wenty-four dozen Linen
lars-, all sizes and styles, at three for 25
•
ixty pairs of Men's He vy
LOT 6,—A new shape in Black -Fe
Hats, the regular price of which
$1.50 and $1,25, price now 75c. '.
1 ,
LOT 7.—Seventy-. Hats, all siaes,
ular ,prices $1.75, $2 and $2.51,' We
- clearing at $1.50. •
'LOT 8.--irA. line of Rubber Coats, gaar-
anteed waterproof and with sewn se ms,
The same uality. sold last season at $8,
. this season's price, owing to the quantity
we bought, is $5.75.
LOT 9. -1 -Men's Suits, regular rice
$6.60 and $7, price now $4.75.:
I •
LOT ]O.+ -Twenty Men's Suit, reg-
ular values at $8 and $9, priced no at
$5.75.
LOT 1I.—This lot We are ,proud of,
these Suits' b ing our own mak ei and ill
` satisfy. In Irish Serge and a grey Ox ord
Tweed, selling at $12, !°equal to cu tom
make.
LOT 12. Two -hundred Bow Foul -in -
hand 'Knot Ties, regular prices ranging
from 25c to 50c, being cleared at 15c.
LOT 13.4-Tbe Buckkin Pants, away
ahead of any ordinary overall for wear, for'
fit and appearance, the price $L
LOT 14.—Is just a1 mentionof our
New and Stylish Suiting and Overcoat naas.
Watch our windows for the new goods
_ 1 -
LOT 154—If you are thinking of uy-
-ing a Fur Coat this Fall, our stoc is
already complete. We shova special at-
tention to this department. •
LOT 164--Smoek and Overills at 65c,
• . a
75c and $1.
•
LOT 17,—A fullline of White
Cdlored Gloves, Dres Ties, Shirts,
mere Soxs, , Fine Underclothing, N
gowns, always stocked..
0
ora
'ere
reg
are
and
LOT 18.—A heavy weight of all C tton
Underclothing, jut: the thine- for Fa], at
• 75c a suit: ,
LOT 1 9,---Blaek Sateen; !Black atan
and Black Caslimere Shirts, at prices ,ang_
ing from 50c to $1.50.
Greig & Mac
Clothiers
On Oa wrong side of the Street, i
•
no.
SEAF01=q1:1; F IDAY, SEVTpIBER 23,1898.
McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1 a Year in Advance.
PROHIBITION. NORTH
DAKOTA.
,
, As vinweii :iik AN ol.,) HuRoNrrz.
1
DEAR Exroarroi,,-.-Being an occasional
reader of your } valuable paper, and admir-
ing the bold stand you take on te reform
i
qUestions of the day, I though I Would
write you .a short letter for publcation on ,
the true condition of peohibitien in this '
!ate.h
Te be'tter class of Nort Dakota settlers,
i
originally from Canada, w o are 'etilinter-i
ested in publio affairs in C nada, are !poetic-
iilerly interested he the pi biscite vote to be;
taken throughout the Ca adieu provinces
this' month. Although tr e Canadians can,
boast, and that rightly, that your laware
superior and better enforced than oursoistill
e can compliment ourselves on beteg a
nada in our con -
1 ng stop in .advance of C
trol of the liquor traffic.'
, This infamous busieess was outlawed in
talistate some nine years ago, and the pub -
ho sentiment in favor of prohibition is con-
tinnally increaeing.. When the writer came
to the state,,over fourteen years 8,0, the
conditioe of affairs was something terrible.
The open saloon and the licensed hotel our -
Med, the vile odors of putrid liquor p tired
forth frommumerous breathing holes oh the
front and rear streets of nearly every town
and city in the state; the click of billiard
balls could be heard at all hours( of the day
and night; young men, boys, and some old
men, spent their precious time in these dens
,of vice, . smoking, drinking and making
hip hideous in their drunken revelry,. and
, .. .
re ned ladies could not with propriety be
Been upon the streets after nightfall. .
1
, Now all is 'changed.- No licensed hotels
Or saloons are tolerated in, he state. A few
'unlicensed groggeries or laii d pigs do busi-
ness where the prohibitiorsentiment isllow,
li
or where it is impossible to get a jury to
convict this particular kind of law breakers,
and some of the unprincipi d -druggists per-
jure themselves by eelline liquor for bever.
,
age, when they are perm tted to sell for
inedieine only. You may sk, what then is
be real result of the new order of things?
We, answer, our cities, to ns and villages
• re as pure as you will fin in any civilized
country. The temptation o drink, as well
as the drink itself, has ben removed, and
our children are growing h i practically free
from the terrible cirse. ur law prohibits
the manufacture, sale I, and importation into
the state of all kinds cd n xicatieg liquors,
by whatsoever na ethey re known, Under
ii.
most severe penalties of fi• es and imp ison-
ment. In localities wirer the tempo ance
element predominates, th law is almost
self -operative, as the wou d•be law -breaker
knows that his business is npopulara and if
arrested he is confident th t his chances for
escapingeonviction are , v ry small, and al-
though the fine might no trouble itim ISO
much, he abhors he idea f confine Mit in
the steel cage in the cone y jail, where he
may be invited r peatedl to peruse rank
temperance literature fu nished by hose
zealous workers, the lathe of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, for a term of
ninety days or over. In • districts where
Prohibition is unpopular, it is not so easy to
enforeinthe law, but. we have what is known
as the State E toreeme t League, rhich
has done grend service. 1 hen the temper-
ance people in any of thee places are confi-
dent that the liquor lavy .0 being violated-,
they notify the secretary f the league,' who
attenda to his bu iness in very quiet way
through the priv11 te detee ive , system, atid,
by this means, sometimes over a dozen of
these gentry of the criniin 1 cases are uP for
trial before the districtico rt, and if found
guilty their sentence is Su e. I !
Statistics prove that p hibition does pro-
hibit. ; The Brewer's Jdur al (which is not,
strictly speaking, a proh bition paper) re-
cently made the confession that the state of
North Dakota under prohibition consumed
only one-half galion of be -r perapapita per
annum while the state at: te ofIlinneso a,
underhigh license, con ed tWeIve gall ns
per capita during the sa time. •
h Strong
Bloc
TJ ITITM
Canadian Pacific
Rail
In travelling and in Telegra hingr
Use Dorainion Exiaress Money Orders in emitting
ari Accident Policy. it 'cost S little.
R. J. Niacdonaid, C. P. R. Agen
d carry
ea:fort
u
ni
For a year o twof Eq er the. lave was
passed, it was no well of reedabut we find
as tine passes we ar nearer perfection
every year. An old a lo.n keeper, in the
early oays of the law, ef sed to close, and
for a whole seaso ran n •pen bar in a l'ed
river valley tow , and it is said in a short
time cleared ove $3100, . Soon after this
he removed with his illeg tten gains to an-
-other lown, erec ed a filne hotel, and started
busine a at his o d trad3 of illegal sellipg,
statin defiantly that e ould like to 'see
the officers that ould • a e arrest him. He
had udt been in Ibusin s long, however, -ire
the new stand, hen iif rmation was laid
against him. H was ried, convicted, fieed
$300, and confin d in t e county :jail for
ninety dep. Us ,case p obably cost him
over sa 0, inclu ing at 0 ncy'a fees. That,
togethe i,vith thh impr el .intent, effectually
cured h'rn, as it is said b the residentth of
the ple e that he has ee • law-abiding Over
since. ' i
Living as we do here n ar the internat on -
al boundary line in Ca al er county,we ho.vo
a gra d opportu ity f observing the true
coed ion ef affa re' in b °th countries. In
Lang on, our co, nty sat, a place of a mit
i,00q nhabitante, it is re orted that there
is eo4iei liquor edid. hi may Gossibly be
the c ee. We don't (i n the fat, but one
'of th oldest residents tu id the other day
that before the Prohibit() y law Gassed that
beer came into that to la in ea -load lots;
now it comes in small ntitiew packed in
plain boxes or Begat ii rels, a d often ar-
rive!' Iby express pa IF gee, eel tents un-
knowi. Where it is on timed i is hard to
say, » t one thing ' is c rtain, •here ie no
temp tion to the we k runkar or innoe
cent h ye to dri k th ile guff; but; on
the C nadian sicIe oft e line, in the Mani-
toba ivies the rever e is the case. The
doors f 1icened hot Is are th re thrown,
open, he poor arunkard inhales the fumes
ofithe liquor he so dearly loves, he tem ta-
• thin a irresistible, Lied you know th re-
sult. Young boys paSsi g these, places 1 not
unfre uently hear lopd talking or ein ieg
inside, their cu iosity is roused, they e ter,
meet, other boy who »ai e already stated
on a amfol carer, th y re urged to dr$ink,
finally yield, and hay t ken their first tep
downwards to a do te runkard's grave.
As the anti- rohi it onists are lo ded
with arguments, so cane , we must, b fore
closing, refute them.
They say prp ibit
The reverse,of this w
They say that al law
for the suppresai n o
failed, and prohibition
arguinent. seethe a in'o
answer, for if th 1 is
as they say it vet I,*
spending ao moe m
fact with us is t at
for the euppressi n o
been a failure, b t p
success neverthe ees.
ment• ii that ' he re
licenses and duties n 1
ethe country will suff r a
necessary 'even e w 11
direct taxation, to 1hi
not submit, as
melte* high al
This a gum
vinping, as no
revenue derive from the traffic for various
perposes is v ry large, but I experience
prdves that aft r the law is in opera ion a
year -or two, th revenues from other s ones
increase to sue an extent that the taX bur-
den which is i posed on the people is not
increased in t slightest degree. I know
the taxes here ave not advanced eine the
la•W passed, anh I think our county treas-
urer, to %hem •ur taxes are paid, wil bear
mci out in sayi g that °taxes have n t in-
creased, but h ve been much more pro ptly
paid than befo e the prohibitory law p seed:
In cone usion, let me ask every voter to con -
consider well t is important question eftre
casting his vote If you vote for the plebiscite
you will be vot ng with the Christian people,
and with all t • ose who are interested in the
eIevatioti of th home, the school, arid the
church, and w
in the welfare
grand Domini()
ut if you v
vote with all
c al Wants.
hey all complain that taxes So i
eady.
• t at first sight seems' con-
ne denies the fact that the •CALLING
AT HOME CAR -DS
TALLY
WEDDING
Written, Printed or Lithographed.
edrCall and see our samples.'
th those
• n dge ne
• of Can
te again
he bums
the crimi nil el se of yo
vote?tirith whic lass
I will'oheerf 11 give nether inforination
to any one at ny time respecting the work-
ing ef our pro Oat ion law.
1 am, yours or pr hibition,
J. F LAN SBOROOGR,
Pres yterian miseionary,
• Elkwood, N. D.
ho are interested
al upbuilding a the
da.
t it, you cast your
thugs, toughs and
r land.
ill you cast your
Of the ong Ago.
i Mr. William Ha, rison, of ,Bayfield, has
•fornished us with a otter which is en his-
torical curioeity. This letter, whieh was
written nearly sixty years ago, is still in a
fairly,good sta e of preeervation, arid has
le
been in • Mr. Harr eon's possession or 43
yeare, and he ecam possessed of it in the
following man er : Mr. Harrison wse then
livingin an h tel in London, Ontarilo, and
he found the 1 tter in a sleigh belonging to
Mr. John Day demo of Stanley. Mr. Dav-
idson ban driv n to London and put up at
the hotel w ere Mr. Hart -hien wits em-
ployed. Whe on his way he over ook a
lady and gav her a ride in hie el igh.to
-London, and it is supposed that she d opped
the letter in the sleigh, and althoug dili-
gent engairy was made at the tibiae o dis-
cover the owner, she was neverdound IThe
letter, as will be seen by the ,dat , lwas
written at the time of the Canadian rebel-
lion, and the writer w , no doubt, one of
the unfo tunates who w re imprisoned and
execuated for partioipatio4i in it. The writ-
ing is go d, and the writ,r wits, evidently,
no ordin ry man. It isl addressed to Mrs.
Fanny one, at Mr. Buseerks, London, and
is Lie foll we; .
LONDON, 27th January, 1,837.
DgAR WIFE,—I am at this moment con-
!
fined in he eell from which I am te go te
the scaff Id. I reeeived iny sentence to -day,!
and!am o be executed oi the sixth of Feb.
ruary. am permitted 10 see you to•mor
row, any time after ten 'clock in the morn-
ing, as May suit you beet. I wish' you t
think of such questions as you want to as
meetas I do not know hew long you will b
permitted to stay. Think as little of m
unhappy fate as you can, as from the lov
you bear to me aud have ever ,evinced,
know too well how it meat affect you.
wish you to inform my father and brother
of My sentence as soon as possible. I must
say good -by for the night, and may, God
protect you and my dean, child, and give yen
fortitude to meet that Coming event with
that Christian grace and fortitude Which is
the, gift of Him our Lord, Who created us
That this may be the case, is the prayer o
yotir affectionate husband,
JOSHDA G. Poem
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C
/-The sheds containingthewinter
the Montreal Street Railway Com
Ho helaga were burned last week, c
los of over $150,000.
It has been officially stated t
Gr4nd Trunk carried over 76,000
ge s to Toronto during the two wee
th fair was in progress.
cars of
any at
using a
at th
passen-
ks the
1
1A sad accident is reported fropi nea
Pein)3roke, where on Friday, G. Rade los
hi is twin sons. aged three years. They wer
foend drowned in a well.
ee—The barns of Mr. Shotsberg, farme
three miles north of Brantford, Were d
y fire last Friday night. ¶Ihe eon,-
uantity of wheat and 4 , were
dia ism had nothing to de with the
otmi ster'British Columbia, fire.
She hard, who was arreslI on the
s eleased, it having,b ' lie made
he had no connection ith the
I,
e- lection in Sonth Onea io will
the middle or iast of Oc o er. It
too that the laetion is t ken at
en's request, rind that the oarn-
11 in directly after the plebiscite
stroyed
tents, a
burned.
—Ince
New W
:The man
charge,
clear tha
fire.
—The
he held i
ie. uncle
Mire Dry
`pa,ign wi
Vote.
—The
tario he
of the el
has deci
Must b
tion is b
ince.
• —Ad
Trunk h
that K
Pacific c
and are
were:
Orin tr
i —Th
Bickley
Miles 1.
end day
perty o
$5,000;
—Ar
°lamb
on, On
he Sup
lace of
ade C
t age.
ALEX. W NTEA,
Next door to J. S. Robe te' drug store,
MARRIAGE LICENSES I$8 ED, No Witeessei
Requk
th
weather continues, Mr.
3rop will be a fair wept
not think the percent
will he quite as large as
was variously estimated
to 50 millions of bushels
his company was buil
vators.
—The nroress of Ro
Hastings says, he
, although he -does
ge of No. I hard
laet year. The cop
at from 25 millions
Mraifiatings eaid
ing live new Cie -
eland was well em-
phasized 1asweek by t e laying of the cor-
ner -stone of 0, new building for the Bank of
Montreal, in the bueine
land. It is ho be three
and pressed brick, and
s centre .of Ross -
tones high, of stone
by 116 feet, cost-
ing $60,000. Every offiie in the building is
rented in ad anee.
—One of tibe oldest r
passed awaylle.st Frida
Mr. George Cliff, er., a
Deceased was a promin
widely known in King
with some of the proud
atructed in that city 40
—The Dominion reve
Deputy Attorney-Gener I of On-
can:41111y considered the question
ing ot bars on plebiscite day. He
d that, under section 83 all bars
closed in Ontario. Thi informa-
ing sent to all parts of e proti-
Are been received telt Grand
alters, Montreal, to tbe effect
e transportation r t s from
ointa have taken a slump,
o albout half what they ormerly
hat L no doubt due to t - failing
el i • that direction.
Iittle muebroom mining illage et
bay, British Colusnbia, HOme 150
the coast, was destroyed by fiee
ast • eek. The village ie the pro -
he Channe Mining Company. Lose,
very little iosurance.
er artin, of Vietori
, so of Edward Martin,
no, • as been appointed
eme ourt of British Co
Justi e McColl, who w
ief J stice. Mr. Martin
—Re W J Clark, pastor of
Presby rian hureh, London, an
the mo ing se vices last, Sund
ad de ',tied o jlecline the call
church, Toro • td. Mr. Clark's ea
Erskine church
ems
ad
as
on, does not prohibit. is $2,000, wh le
tte' the past 1 _
sed in
h ye already preyed. him $2, 00 p r annum.
liquor traffic have Mr. Al x. Su heland, 10th line, E ' —Fr d Smth„ who is 'in the +ploy of
rst Zorra,
ill also fail. This was te ibly argled by a roller o Tuesday
t trio foolish to bf last wee . The team ran way and
going be a failure, 'dragge him over stone piles a feneeli,
y re theliquor party and w en fo nd lying in the cree on the
ne to defeat it? The Corner f Mr. John Harrington' • farm, it
1 •revious 'legislation Was th ught e was dead. His r covery is
t e liquor ° traffic has idoubtf 1.
ohb tion is a grand —AI . W. . Hastings, vice -p
h ir clinching rgu- • ithe Lae of he Woods Milling
e ue derive -from who zjturnd on Saturday to
q or being ou4 off, from a trip Manitoba, states t
a result, and the he left Ithe w eat crop was all c
ave to be raised by the M noon' and south -wester
h the i people will there 1 a gr 3at deal in stack. If t
sidenta of Napanee
in the person of
the age of 84 years.
nt builder, and was
t,on, and connected
ent buildings con -
ears ago.
u� for August last
totaled $3,673,617 ag inst $2,878,067 in
1897, an increase of $795,551, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the British . preferential
tariff was in full force during the latter
month. The public debt diminished $620,-
779 last month, '-
--Jacob Kern, aged 82, one of the old
pioneers of Oxford county, died at his home
on the Governor's roadd in East Zorra, last
go lie married p his abode on the
Cath -
he had since lived.
is 77 Years of age,
a. on the stage and proceeded to Bro kiln.
e magistrate at St.
Barnett left W,hitby that evening f r his
ied Saturday = Ituit, born in London, fell
home, near ear Brooklin, and it is suppo ed he
is of his buggy. The horse and rig
were found close by. The man looked' as if
migrated to Canada
city.
Ha was fee, the buggy had passed over him, and his
antile pursuits. In neck was apparently broken by the fall
age, he commenced —The Montreal local board of heelth have
issued a circular which says • eyond all
' five years • hair-dreser, whose establishment is open to
all comet's, rune a great risk of becoming in-
fectedi by disease from the razor, shaving
brush, scissors, dippers, comb Or brush hav-
ing been used on a sick person, or even on a
corpse. At ' the present moment, in the
whole prevince of Quebec, there is not a
single barber who can honestly say tab his
inatruments are absolutely, completely and
scientifically, safe in regard to possibility of
conveying infection. The circular winds up
by suggesting precautions to be taken
against disease.
week. About 57 years
arine Brown and took
Governor's road, where
Besides Mrs. Kern, w
three children survive.
—W. J. White, pop
Thomas since 1873,
aged 71. Deceased w
England, in 1828, and
in 1844, locating in th
years engaged in mer
1860, then 32 years of
the study of law, matriculating
nee doubt, anyone who patronises a o
------
later. In 1873 he atlas appointed
magistrate. He wee a Liberal in polities.
Nine children survive.
—Rev. A. F. McGregor, who for the past
five years has been the !popular pastor of the
Congregational church, Woodstock, and who
was recently appoint.ecl. missionary superin-
tendent for Canada, reigned the pastorate
of the church at a meeting of the congrega-
tion last week. Mr. McGregor expects to
leave with his family f r Toronto at the end
of October, where he will establish office,
which will be used as h6,clquarters of the
church in Canada. •
—One morning 'eat eek, in the Colum- —A terrific storm passed .over Montreal
bia river, a few miles
between *and '5 o'clock Sunday afte oon.
orth' of Revelstoke,
five men with a boat loaded with provisions About half peat four a thunderstorm et in
from the south-east., and was followed by a
were going through the rapids, when they
lost control of their boat, which capsized, regular cyclone and hailstorm. Never had
and the contents and te men, named Raw -1 en were thrown into such hail been seen in the district. The
the water. Three of t
hailstones Were as large as good-sized mai-
linson, Doyle, and Allen, were drowned. nuts, and in such quantity that the itreets
f,
The bodies have -not yet been recovered. were covered with them. The wind ewept
through the streets carrying away greets,
The boat and freight are I a complete _toes.
—Rev. Prof. J. A. McFadyen„ who has shutters, and everything exposed t.o its
been appointed Profeasor in Exegesis and force. On Pine avenue, in the upper part
Old Testament Literature at Knox College, of the city, a large tree was torn up by ehe
in succession to Prof. Robinson, wilf,it
meets, fell acrose the street, and tore * large
expected, arrive in . is
Toronto from the old hole in the roof of a house on the other aide.
I
country this week. He will be ordalined
Large trees were snapped in two as if they
. . ,
and installed into his were twigs. The window panes in the city
ial service in St. An
tober 5th. Prof. Me
Germany a fortnight
—An investigation
for the past week a
with regard to hogs
cholera, which verifies
. outbreak among hoge the vicini
Ottawa is genuine beg :cholera. Thi4teet MePhers
was made by Professor Baker, who found at' Atwood
well known in Toronto, and was about six
years ago in the Queen's 'Own Rifles. I He
left a iew years. ,ago for England, for the
purpole of ntering the regular service.
—Oh We
tween' 2 an
Dunnville,
Alex. Hann
lace, wher
few hours la!ter he was found lying on the
ground with hiii back broken about the mid-
dle, and hie upper jaw broken clean across
from ear to par, knit above the teeth. How
the accident occurred is not quite cleari It
Lawson has been in the habit
the hay mow over the drive
ay have fallen from the ladder.
Williams, Stratford, gave no-
nesday morning, 14th iest.i be -
3 o'clock, James Lawson, of
eturned from a charivar to
about three miles from ;that
he had been working, and a
appears that
iof sleeping a
house, and
—Rev. D
tiee of the following motion at the Provin-
cial Synod of the Church of England in Mont-
real last Friday : ",,Whereas, the birth
rate in the province of Ontario is, and hais
been for 'one, years, abnormally low, being
20.7 per theeeand of the population, lower
than the bit eh rate in France, be it resolved
that this Synod views with anxiety the 'low-
ness of the birth rate in that province, and
urges the Government to take measures to
ascertain whether it is due to defective
registration or other and more serious causes,
and that ,a committee be appointed on the
subject of Intel statistics." i
--L-The steamer J. H. Jones, of the Buffalo
Fish COI4paa4 vies sunk in collision .with
the G. Ni T. Company,
steamer Pacific, off
Kagaworig, about midnight last Friday
night. The Pacific cut the J. H. I JOnee
down neer the forward gangway, and she
eank in nine Idnutes. The crew were all
taken off, by the Pacific, which roceeded on
her course until she met the ity,of Mid-
land, Dotted down, when she transferred the
Jones' crew. 1 The Pacific's bows were
slightly injured, but had elle been a few sec-
onds later she !would have been sunk with
loss of life, as the passengera were all in
i
their bertha.
--.4 man named . "Jack" Barnett, about
60 years. of age,' was found dead near ' the
(
Grove Side cemetery, near "Oshawa e, short
distance smith- f Brooklin, on Wednesday
evening of last week. The driver of the
Oshawa-13eooklin stage, Mr. Fred, Ashton,
notieed al dark object on the aide of the
road; and,; on getting out to investigate,
found it to be the body of a man, whom he
recognized as Barnett. He placed the 'body
OWe position,
hall- and many other buiklings were iimash-
reve's church ond Oc-
ed to atoms, and the loss by broken glass
glidnaYsen'beweans emarrarireild on the alone will be heavy. The storm blocked
the street car', traffic, and interfere with
cGill University the electric light service. .
*ith . •
tl the Perth Items. ..
of I—Miss Mar oEwen, of Monkton, and
f Bluevale, were married
I ,nday, September 5th. ,
ulcerations inside, proving beyond a doubt e-ethes M i Steffen, of Mitchell, left on
cholera to be the dieeese. The disease has Tuesday o t week for Bei -elevate,
been playing havoc with the piggeries in Manitoba, w ere she intends residing in the
Russell since last spring, over 300 -hog have future.
died. i—Mrs. Phi ps, of Fullerton, died on Sun-
-Rev. J. S. Hardy, the well-known day of last week. She was a consistent
Presbyterian divine and temperance werker,member of the Baptist church for many
of Ayr one day last week, 'met with a years She leaves a husband and family.
being affected
e report th
British
df
Hami-
judge 1-
iimbia, itt
recently
33 yeas
the Firet
unced itt
that he
Erskine
ry tbere
uld pay
ident of
onanYt.
ontreal,
t before
and in
'districts
e present
1
severe accident. He alighted from a moving ' —Miss Jessie Frank, one of the beet
train at .Ayr stat,iou after seeing a lady primary teachers in the county, has re -
friend comfortably seated, missed his foot- signed her position in the Stratford public
ing and fell on his head. The train at.opped school rather than take second book work,
and he was picked Op unconscious With a which had been.assignea her m some rear -
gash in the scalp eight inches long. i This ramgement by the Inspector.
will incapacitate him from active work dont 1—Word. reached Milverton, not long ago,
ing the plebiscite candpaien. --- ! , of the death of Miss Nelson, at her home in
—The Baptist chureh in Canada has auf-1 lesbndon. Mies Nelson was well an& favor-
fered a severe loss in the death of Prof.! ably known la Milverton. She had for a
Jams -F,dward Wele0 M. A., L.L.D.,i for number of seasons been milliner in Mr. H.
0.,
. Cobbon, farm implement and
f St. Marys, hada fine heifer
I
the northern gravel road, just outside of the
ration- of Stratford,, in Ellice. Mrs,
nuts and a family of three sons survive.
E. J. Deacon, barrister, of Vancouver,
ish Columbia, son of Rev. D. Deacon,,M.
of Stratford, has formed a partnership
Mr. Joseph Martin, the former M. P.
Winnipeg. who is Attorney -General
e Semlin Government recently formed.
, Archibald J. Hamilton, of Syramise,,,
N. Y., is in Stratford. He intends to re -
to Los Angeles, California, shortly, to,
lune his shoe business there. aiis
her, Wm. 3. Hamilton, has opened *
store in Syracuse, N. Y. •
Bishop O'Connor was in Mitchell oh
daY, September Ilth, and held confi
cor
Me
Bri
A.,
wit
for
in
tum
con
bro
sho
nine-yeare editor of he Canadian Big) 1st, G. ,iser s s or
formerly chief editorial writer of The Week, —Mr. E.
an one of the most. gifted men in Canadian apple dealer,
jou -Prof.alism. rof. Wells had been4in excel- killed on Thursday of last week, by one of
lent health up to Friday last, whe e was the passing trains at the townline drossieg
stricken down with apoplexy. He was for f the G. T. R., London branch, South of
seventeen years aVdsifessor in the Wood- he town. 1
—A severe shock, seemingly of' earth- aluable base a Short time ago. T e ani -
quake, was felt at St, Hilaire, Quebec, and al was standing on a bridge on his farm,
in the surrounding -district, one morning long with another horse, when it f11 over
last week. It was oeused by anexploision the bridge, a depth of about ten feet, and
in the mixing -room of one of the mills of as killed inetaritly.
the Hamilton Powder Company, .at eloeil. --Mr. Joe Connolly, ot Logan, met with a
The building was totally destroyed, but no bad accident liuse week, being kicked on the
lives were lost. Ti-,, shoek W911 more severe hand by a horse The flesh was tern, and
, • .
. Arm -
to the oldest inhabitant. Windows and strong, of Mitchell, was sent for, who soon
d the situp s,
a,rrister W. 8. Deacon, of Resslaud,
h Columbia., who has been spending
1 weeks, visiting his father, Rev. D.
n, M. A. Of Stratford, returned to
me in, the tieest last Week.
n Sunday, September 11th,- Ernest
tna
lie
in
an
aes
• stock Baptist College4 —Mr. John Geetz, of Sebringville lost a
be
wh ch he received while running a saw at
La ge's planing mills. A piece of board
ca e back from the saw, and caught Mr.
Ca er's right band between the !wend
an third fingers, making a very nasty
wo nd,
On Saturday afternoon, ]0th inst., as
M . J. D. Hamilton and another lady were
dri ing down Knox church Stratford,
ther horse stumbled and fell, breaking one
of he shafts and throwing both occupants
of the rig out. Fortunately they esageed
unhurt. Both -of the horse front feet were
badly cut,
--e-By request, Mr. Hord,of Mitchell, gave
an account of his late trip to old London,
France and other points, in the lecture room
of the Methodist church, one evening last
k. There was a fair audience,land much
rest seemed to be evinced in the deserip-
of the speaker's tour, which must have
n a pleasant one.
ion seryiees in St. Marys' Roman Cath
hureh, Logan, and the Catholic church
itchell. Rev. Dr. Kilroy, of Stratford,
Rev. Father Downey, the parish priest,
sted in the services.
Mr. Nathan Calder, of Listowel, has
laid off work, owing to a severe eut
than that caused by any earthvake known some of the ) bones dislocate .
doors of buildings eta: miles away flew open, dress
and consternation reigned amongst the id- e --
-Mr. James McArthur, an old resident sever
, Briti
habitants. J
of Aylmer, near Ottawa, was almost boiled Dees
to death at Eastman's S tinge, a few nights his h
ago. Mr. McArthur was stopping at the
Dominion hotel, and got one of the attend- Wjlliame, residing on the Logan road, near
ants to arrange the water for a bath.. Some Mitchell, died after a lingering illne.a. He
time afterwards, Mr. Boyd, proprietor of had been twice operated on for appendicitis,
ingthe bath room and but without good results.. He was twenty.
broke open the -door and five years of age, and leaves a young wife.
libelous hteavdingintakbetlinillg, bank, WilaWs simtr'Ll eRko xbbyu rg
lightning,h'ebarn,
one Avnightnn-
tlaur sea
!tar the hot water off recentlin and slightly damaged ; fortunate -
Toronto, on Satur; —A well known resident of Ellie passed
turn the
it did not ignite, or the seasdn's crop
ry, who fir many would have le,tien lost. The barn was full to
position of armourer the roof and as not protected by red.
1 lish War Office s. away n Wednesday of last week in the
ect that his only :person of Mr. McInnis. The &welted had
son, William, who a few yeare ago enlisted been confined to the house more or lees since
in the 21st Lancers as ban man, had been last November, but his illness seamed a
killed in the memorable charge of that regi. serious natureabout four months ago; when
merit at the battle of Omdurman. When it he was taken down with consumptrie. He
nark county, and moved to
was decided not to take t
beta 47 years ago, following
front, young Oldbury, anxio
as ti shoemaker. Subdequently
begged that he might be t
to North Easthope, and farmed
regiment as and hie
of years. Of late he lived on
to his request. Tbe deceased soldier was
i
the hotel, was pas
heard groans. H
found Mr. McAi
water, almost unc
and was unable
after lettin it on.
—Mr. ilium - 1db
years has occupied the
sergeant at the Old ort
day received from the E
communication to the
we
in
tio
be
--David M. Hackney has -disposed of
his farm in the south boundary of Hibbert„
ootitaining 126 acres, to his neighbor, Mr.
Thomas Scott, whose farm butts the one
purchased from Mr.Backne Thepriee paid
in
ho
$6,850. There are ap endid outbends
on the property and a frame -dwelling
se. 1
Mr. Andrew Varner, of the Grand
Trink Railway shops in Stratford, and
s. Maria Jane 'Pepper, of Mil-
verton, were quietly married, on Tuesday
morning of last week, by Rev. I. M. Moyer,
of the Evangelical church. The 'contracting
pa ties were unassisted, and only the cue -
to
ch
da
re
an
A
dr
ra
fo
th
Fr
at a passing engine and ran away, smashing
t buggy and harness. The little boy was
erely injured, but the other occupants
ped with slight bruises.
While Mr. John Kelly, of Ellice, wale
urning from Mitchell; the other day, the
d back strap broke, allowing the buggy
run on the horse, causing it to run
ay. Mr. Kelly and his parcels were soon
ttered along the road opposite the larnr
Mr. Robert Thwaites. After a short run
e buggy was upset and the horse esp-
ied. The rig was so badly demolished
at a neighbor had to drive Mr. Kelly
me.
--Listoveel council has fixed their 189$
rate at 25 mills on the dollar. • The
a ount raised on this tax it is said by the
• n officials, will be sufficient to meet the
y iar's expenditure although it makes no
ary veitnesses were present.
The opening of the new Presbyterian
rein at Vesper's Corners, Logan, on Sun-
, September Ilth, was a, nieces', in every
peet. The services on Sabbath were eon- -
ted by Rev. McLeod, of Atwood,
Rev. T. Kerrin, of Mitchell. On
nday an open air tea meeting was held.
r tea a programme, di -insisting of mi-
sses' and mug°, was given in the church.
An accident, which was attended with
her seriona results, (marred at the Strate
d station, on Monday morning of last
k, when Mr. and Mrs. James Nair, of
tsity, and Mrs. Robert Patterson and
ndson, of North Easthope, were thrown
m a rig. The horse became frightened,
e band to the was born in
a to see servicei Carlingford
ken with the his trade
olonel acceded he removed
for a number
se
es
re
b.
a
SC
of
vision for the doating debt which existed
en they took office'and which is placed
b the mayor at about $5,000. The tOwn's
s are of the cement sidewalka are largely • ,
✓ ponsible for the heavy rate, which is the
gest that has been imposed so far in the
wn.
—A letter, dated July lith, has been re-
ved from "Mr. J. Fred Struthers, an -
unclog that the young Stratforclite has at
t reached'Dawson City, and at the time
o writing was, with -his party, sinking a
a aft at Lazy Man's Gulch, otherwise known
b'ight. Fred says that the Klondike mos-
t ated 29 feet, and prospects were , very
Millenium Creek. They had already pene-
°Suoi n ' have t hthing
Eieeintitt4:
bioiope,euat,.
q 1 bLitcOmhe Srt eh. are rjretthuanrbnopeudot i travellersghoef
i4
' as thrown from her buggy while coining to
tratford, Near Matthew Varner's house,
ii the Downie road, the holm shied at ta
bg, overturning the rig bud throwing the -
ecupants into the ditch. Mrs.. Doig
1
Ob hurt, though her clothes were badly
rn and her limbs somewhat seratche
he buggy, which was a c,omparatively new
pe, was damaged considerably. Thelborse
id not attempt to run away, or the, &col-
• nt might have resulted more dangerbusly.
• —Mr. John E. Harding, Q. C,, Maaterain
hancery, of Stratford, has been appointed
order judge of the county of Nictoeue, of
hich the county seat is Lindsay.' The
• unty is one of the largest in the province,
•d has some fifeeen division courts, as
ainst Perth county's six. The 'judicial
uties of the county were so heavy that a
ew years ago provision was made tor the
ppointment of a junior judge. Judge
Larding will hand in his resignatiora of the
astership at once, and expects to enter
pon his duties at Lindsay in a few days.
—One of Mr. Wm. H. Coulton's, farrn
ends, of Sebringville,named Marti? Michel,
hile resisting Mr. Alexander Schreinek to
bred', the other day, met with wha ipiov-
d to be nearly -a fatal accident. He wars
utting bands, and while his hand was rafte-
d a sheaf fell upon it, and drove the knife
hrough with great torso into his left arm,
evering an artery. Fortunately one of the
hreshers had sufficient skill to stop the flow
•f blood, after which the young ni*ei WAS
astily conveyed to Dr. Paul's office, where,
is wound was dressed.'
—Stuart Miller, a dairy commiseion mer -
Inuit of London, England, who is On'a busi-
ess trip through Ontario, visited the Sob-
mgville cheese and butter 'factory.
n Monday, September 5th, and pnrohas-
d the fast • half of July and the
rat half of August cheese from WM. H.
oulton'sidesman,- who acoompanied him.
e was then driVeti over to the 131ack Creek
aetory, where the courteous manager, Mr.
Barr, showed him through the establish.
cut. Mr. Miller was much pleased with
11 he saw it both factories and alato with
hecountry generally.
--Wednesday of last week We L. Me-
Quartie, 4th line, Grey, left for Prince Ale
bert, Northwest Territory, where he has se.
cured the position of teacher, duties to oom-
mence on his arrival.