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Trade
of La.
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iday evening
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THIRTIETH YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, L617.
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Y, DECEMBE
It 9, 1898.
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THE PONTON TRIAL LT
NAPANEE.
THE .JURY DISAGREE ON PONTOIS AN FIND
MACKIE GUILTY.
One of the moat exciting erimina trials
that has ever takeo place in Ontario, closed
on Saterday last in the town of Nipante.
Penton and Mackie had been on tria for a
week fer participation in the robbery f the
DominiOn Bank, at Napanee, and t e par-
ticulars of which are already well kn Wii to
our readers. The excitement of t e im-
mense otowd of people attending the trial,
and which was kept well in check luring
the week, seems to have burst forth ' in its
full fury on Friday, after the eviden e was
all in, and the counsel and judge had deliv-
ered their charges to the jury.
STRUGGLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE CO ti Itt ROOM.
"Before court resumed after the ne in ad-
journment on Frida , the small pass geway
leading to the side f the private e trance
to the court room wiis filled to suff eatien
with the overflow f om the main co rider.
His Lordship had to elbow hie way t rough
the crowd, the corp of constables be ng in-
adequate to keep ba4k the mass of people
that struggled for, a mittanee. It w e with
difficulty that a laii was cleared to admit
of the entrance of t e jurymen, and as for
reporterie they had o take pot kw and
literally fight their way through. It is
difficult for an outslller to realize the store
people placed on bei g present at the losing
scenes in this famous trial. Man were
present from distant points fir that xpress
purpose, and to dent them admittan e was
regarded as in infri gement en their ' ighte.
Many and veried were- the expedie ti re-
sorted to. 1Friday afternoon, whe i His
Lordship was addreasing the jury the e was
a knock on the tyled door, and a i usioal
feminine voice was heard to say, "Ob,
please open the door ; my dress is caught in
When the unsuspecting constable com-
plied with the request, the fair owner of the
voice and two of her friends pressed past
him, and thus gained the coyetedl goal.
Outaide the court room hendsome; well
dressed ladies 'waled and struggled' n the
surging orowd for ,hours, b eyed by the
hope of eventually gaining a mittance, and
many were turned away diem, ointed.
DISGRACEFUL SCEN8.1
The jury retired at 4.40, andPr 6.15 His
Lordship announced an intermi Hien till 8.
When court resumed, the scene in the court
house beggars description. The building
wu jammed with a seethirig, , surging mass
of humanity. LawAre, officers and report-
ers had to fight their Way through the
crowd that assailed the side entrance, and
clamored for admittanceThe corridors and
i
stairway leading to the ain entrance were
black with people, and wemen vied with
men for a place of 'vantage near the door.
Inside the court moth PeoPle were peeked
like s rdinee in a box, and cries of
" orde " opr ved ineffectual in prevent -
1
ing the m uconversation and
eonfue n w ich pre ailed. It bore about
as mue reee blame, to a court of justice as
the W odbin at thelelose of the Queen's
Plate. It w deemed inadvisable to bring
in the risen re, wh ci were at the jail, so at
five mi iuteu her 8 His Lordship adjourned
the et• rt un il 9 a.; m. Saturday morning.
When he cr wd surged out of the collet
room t ey m t the immovable throng in the
oorridi r who were endeavoring to gain ad-
• mitten . E planatione were unheeded for
a tim , aus a scene of indescribable con-
fusion follow d. Matters were finally ad-
justed and t e laughing, jostling, obatrep-
erouai Lultit de surged out on the street.
Tin he ns, histlei and other instruments
of tort ire we e employed, and' for a tirne
the dii was addenarg.
MOBBED THE JUDGE.
An unprecedented incident odcurred a ter
adjournment. The own was crowded ith
outsiders, who, in their enthusiasm, ere
ripe for any "mad freak to show their reg rd
for "Billy" Penton. It is not known t at
the idea of a rescue was seriously con no
plated, but the Crown officials were eert in -
4, apprehensive, and it was owing to his
fact that the,eourtv as adjourned with • ut
j
receiving the verdict Whether the pre u -
tion was necessary r not, Mr. Justice er-
rton, Mr. B. B. Osier, Q. C., Cou .ty
rown Attorney , Herrington, and 1. rt
enograPher Crawford, accompanied by the
reporters, were escorted ' to their` hote in
the evening ,by a pose of police, headedt by
Detective Greer and'Chief of Police Ada$na.
Insults were freely Offered to Hie Lord hip
rind the Crown Prosecutor. Napane is
thus given unenviable notoriety by, the re-
prehensible conduct Of a number of oul id -
ere. Mr, Justice Ferguson was escorte to
Vanalstine's barber 'shop in the evening by
the chief of polkas and Sheriff Haw ey.
While there a large 'crowd congregated ut-
aide the shop, and they conducted ti em -
selves in such &disgraceful manner that His
Lordship instructed the Sheriff to readj the
riot • Set. In a firm, loud voice, Sh riff
Hawley read theriet set to the crowd, and
they must have realized the serious rasa ts
that might ensue if they disobeyed the m n-'
date, as the throng immediately dispera�d.
No open violence was offered to the reprea
sentatives of the Criavn, and perhaps none'
was intended, but., the irieident placed a
stain on the fair escutcheon of Napanee
which it will be difficult to efface.
SATURDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
,
The closing scene in the Napariee bank
rohbery trial were ifrell caleulated to leave a
lastiag impression ojn the mind. The solemn
birth that pervadedj the court rooin Satur-
day morning was in, marked contrast to the
noisy demonstrations of the night befcire.
When the four pri °nevi were blnighti, in
th
and placed in e d A a
there was moment-
ary stir of exeiteme t, and then the dense
crowd settled down into an attitude' of
strained attentionil For the fire time in
the history of the case, Pare, Holden,
Mackie and Pontqn occupied seta in the
dock together. '
THE VERDIj'T OV TIII E JUR .
The jury, after being locked tp for the
i
night, were brought into Court. The fore-
man announced tha they .had artived at a
decision as regard the prisoner Mackie;
they found him gui ty, but strongly recom-
mended Mtn to ercy. With regard to
Penton, he stated they could not agree, and
asked for some ins ructions from the judge.
His Lordship sake the jury to retire for
another hour to see, if they could not agree
on their verdict as lto Ponton.
AN Al4CIOUS HOUR.
There was blank look on Robert Mackie's
face,when the verd et was announced. He
held a brief but an mated consultationowith
his counsel, but ex ibited no outward signs
of emotion. With the younger prisoner it
was different. • When it was announced
that the jury could not arrive at an agree-
ment regarding his case, he blood rushed
to hie face and the blue veins on his fore-
head stood out like knotted whipcords. He
was sanguine of acquittal, and the action of
1;[Treilij3uor/hwe astwealvbeeamayen bwl-ow
het Is fahte"ei.
ni
their hands filed solemnly out to againde-
liberate on his case, the mental excitement
octal Wants.
_
serve. Hie oor mo,ther sat within the en•
closure, an only the tig tly compressed
lips and the unnetural pallor of her face
gave indication of the 'agony she WAS endur-
ing. After the jury had bean out about
thirty minutes she moved over halide her
boy and held a whispered c nverestion with
him. There were many Wet eyes in the
court room.
THE JURY DISCII RAD.
- At ten minutes after 10 tie jury returned
to the court room and annonficed that they
could not agree on a verdict. His Lordship
said that it seemed too 13adi that after all
the expense this trial had n endered they
under which he labored wa painful' to ob- S
could not agree. Before 1 diacharging the
airy His Lordship thanked Ithem fer the at -
t ntion they had paid to th case.
MACKIE SENTE ICED.
His Lordship .entencedl Mackie t,o ten
y ars in the Provincial Pen tezdy.timatya and he
as taken to Kingston on
Penton will have to staiit another trial,
a ide discharged from c stody on giving
t e required bail himself in $5,000 end two
s reties in $5,0o4 each. '
Pare and Holdenwillbe kept in jail until
a tee Penton's next trial, to be treed as wit -
n saes, and will then be sen ancedi.
eoreaox's SYMPATI ISERS
• i
It is astoniehing the hold renton has (se-
cured upon the sympathies of t e people.
When, after given his libe by a d coming
down town after beiog ba led o t he was
tendered an ovation. The treet in front of
the Paisley House was bank d wi h people,
and they cheered for Polito and iie counsel
with right good will and eart nese. He
Was escorted to the train by a a la ge crowd
of sympathizers and admi ers, and when
the train which was to con ey him to his
home at Belleville pulled ou it was amid
the cheer of the multitudel Cheers were
given for he prisoner, his
other arid his
counsel.
HI" ARRIVAL AT BEL EVILER.'
When W. H. Penton arirved at 'Bele-.
ville on Saturday evening, lecompanied by
-his solicitor, Mr. E. Gus Porter, I his rela-
tives and a large party of N met friends,
he was met at the station azd was cheered
by fully 500 friends, and his hand was
shaken until it nearly p rted l company
from his body. The senten a imposed on
Mackie and the dleagreemezlt in Iregard to
Ponton are the only two sub eote discussed
in the city. The exoiteme t in Belleville
from early Morning was s mething never
before seen or heard of. 1
1
' Canada.
— Two supposed cases of lsmalpox have
been discovered in Toronto:
l —The next session ef the uebte Legisla-
ture has been fixed for Janne y 1:ro.
a —A company is bei g org ni d for the
purpose of building an ebectr a rai way from
Hamilton to Caledonia.
—The corporation • f McCIII • niversity
as decided to confer lIhe hon rar degree of
. L. D. upon Lord into.
—Colonel Charles LMaglll e -mayor of
Hamilton, and ex -M. P, diei on 1 hursday,
t his residence in that olty ige • 83 years.
—Nominations for the p ovi cial bye-
lections in Nipissing and N rth Hastings
will take place December 20 ' • ele tion, D
camber 27. 1 1
—The Interior Department el ime that
30,000 persons will irettle in the Dominic'
this year ; of this number 3 3 me fro
the United States. r
— A eold-headed 'cane has •een recovert
from the wreck of the stets er Portlau
bearing the inscription,: " ov mber 2
Toronto, 1887." • '
----Morgan MeTaggert, a sr • atter'fe li
from the third story of a buil ing in Lond
the other day, and escaped witi noth'
more Bedews than some bruis, .
— Mrs. Heddle'a Canadian wh died i
London, England, ten days so, 1 ft a fo
a . divided
among her Mootreal relative
tune of about $2,000,000, •
—While walking along the etre t in Mon-
treal on Saturday, Miss A elai e Richt
was shot dead by a. former 1 ver, Who
afterwards committed suicid . 1
—The snow -storm of Sunday afternoon
and night did consi erable daniai e to tele-
graph wires and pol s throug$oul the conn
try. In both Toro to and !Hariilton the
street cars were hie ked. •a
—The town of Co ourg ebi rge the On-
tario Government 1,405.05 for providing
care, comfort, and medical attendance for
the lady who landei there fr m Rochester,
suffering frem smal pox.
—The Yukon ri r below , White Horse
Rapids is frozen o er, and the overland
trade are almost i iaseabL No fur her
news from the Kion like regi n is expe ted
before January. ,
-a-Archie gelCin on, a wealthy luniber
man from Michigan while o t for a time
around Hamilton, 1 ntario,lf 11 in with shale
sharpers, who fleeced him o t of hie gold
watch and chain, arid some money—nt out
$200 in all. I
-!—An Ottawa statistican as found hat
during the 13 years from lt 85 to 189 no
less than 108 persons have '1 en condom ied
to death in Canada for mui der. Of t ese
60 were executed and 48 sentences ere
commuted.
• —Hugh Brown, of Trento, charged ith
stealing from the body of Wm. Lunnea,j of
Toronto, a victim of the Mu ray Hill d' lei -
ter, a pocketbook containing about $1,I00,
of which 1$900 was afterw rde recovered,
has been committed t� stand hie trial. 1
—In view of the approao1 of the -Christ-
mas lesson, attention is d reeted to the
fact that no parcel can be se t from Canada
to any other country by par el post unless
it bears a customs deelarati n setting forth
the nature of its contents and its value.
—The Irish societies of M ntreal are op-
posed to the proposal of the G, T. R. i to
acquire the lot of land at the entrance : to
the Victeria bridge in that city, on which
Was erected the monumentin memory of
the 6,000 Irish immigrants Who died of ship
fever in 1847. l 1
—An old wOmai named targret Reid,
who made a liing by eon' g papers and
soliciting alms on he streetof Toronto,died
at the General li s ital i that city on
Saturday. A .e&oh of her! effects effects brought
to light a deposit receipt f r $2,000 in the
1,
Bank of Montreal,
—The Galt Reporter saYs ; Big records
in threshing are not alone ,[ confined to the
Northwest; as the following ' will show :
Messrs. Thompson and Colour, assisted by
Albert Johnston, threshed on Monday of
but week, for J. R. Naismith, of Freeport,
1,476 bushel's of wheat and oats in eight
hours and thirty minutes.
—The Methodists of Can da are eubscribs
lug generously to the fund , esigned to re-
lieve St. James' chinch, of Montreal, froni
the debt whioh threatens il existence. :1Mr.
and Mrs. John Torrance, o , Montreal, !head
the list with a subeeription of $30,000; and
the estate of F. Fairman, a so of Mont al,
has subscribed the eubstan isl sum of i$10,-
000. Other liberal isubscri re are Thomas
D. Hood, Samuel Finley,- d Vipond, Mc-
Bride & Co., each of whom give $5,000;
James -Linton and "A Friehid," who iave
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subscribed $1,000 each. Many others -have
subscribed in the hundreds, and among the
Met • mina clergymen who ba,ve come to the
rem e of the venerable cradle of Methodism
in uebec are the Rev. John Potts, 1).
the • ev. Alex. Sutherland, Ix D., and the
Rev Dr. Carman, all of Torento,and other*,
So f r, Over $60,(00 has been. subscribed,but
the mount it fee from the sum necessary to
oeleear off the ' normous debt, which hang's
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the chur lai It has been stated that
ntire su 1ie something Ilike $600,000.
wo mei, hisoDewt11, of Owen Sound,
foreign r named Face, were killed on
ainy Ri er railroad on Saturday of last
, while ' the set of charging the hole
dynamLe. It appears to have been
f those nlooked-tor do, 'Amite (410 -
for with apparently there was no
or blame attachable to any one.
t Owen Sound, Wednesday night of
eek, th large stable riled by W. H.
ka
hinney, rter, and owned by Horace
burner, was • burned, together with
horses, three wagons and a lot of har-
Trac were discovered leading from
table, and there is othisr evidence to
that th fire was of incediary origin.
he Ontario Provingial Fat Stock show
held at Brantford het week, and was
rkably ii ceessfula. The entries were
ly in ex es of former year.. Among
•rominent visitors at t e show were
A. .8 ardy, Hon. John Dryden,
ster of riculture for Ontario, and
Sidney usher, Minister of Agriculture
a Domi ion.
orris, t e well-known hypnotist, who
iving e ibitions at Galt last week,
.day att rnoonput a young man named
s Herri to sleep in the window of a
'
furnisi mg store; left him lying on a
e, and 1 CCM ht him, still asleep, to the
of entertaii ment in the -evening. For
• so he was ned $5 and costs. The
• e was lndec nt expeaur .
he arta ian well sunk in the western
of the city of Winnipeg for water-
s pa ,has proven a success beyond
ticipati ns. : It filled again before be-
emplete , and though pumping water
e rate of 609,000 gallons daily,the level
• t be lowered more than four feet be -
.he land surf ce The well is only 35
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esp.
t is said that Messrs. Oldie, Weal-
& Co., t a well-known oundrymen of
are seri Ludy contempt ting the salvia -
y of ren eying their imi ense establish -
to Mon real, The object of their re -
1 will 1i to Route more central and
r shippi g facilities, with the ides of
derably enhaging their: works. The
val of tia establishment will be a sev-
low to alt. .
burgl r visited the reaidence of Mr.
MeGre or,I3rantford, one night late-
miT
tWeen lib:light and early morning,and
t a pleas nt 'hour beside l the kitchen
In the morning the ruins of a com-
ble breakfast, to which he fellow had
d Mime
ndow h
. A
h were -
f, was diecovere4 on the te.ble.
been forced gain an en-
ood pair of alking boots,
ide the stove, were stolen.
General Malinger Hays'a the G. TR.,
some r thee significent , remarks at a
tly 'tendered to him at Port-
itizens of that, plaoe. Refer -
and Trunk's growth, he said
189 showed 100 per cent. in
▪ . Last year the 1 increase
nt. n advance of the ,previous
ye r they expected an. 02 -
cent.
t of Christmas turkey,'
e old countlry will be un -
year ; ov r eighty oar -
and chick ne have been
different oints in On-
pany, of To -
f poultry last
old country,
couver. The
arranged to
h poultry.
ing Saturday
y of hunters,
on, laid 'down
O he proceeded
pile. While
him he lap.
fro
usu
load
000
tari
ron
wee
to
Can
ban
afte
He
his ouble-b
to d'g a rabb
thr wing the
pen d to strike the gun with a stone, &e-
che ng bot barrels in such a manner an to
rece ve the ft11 oharge in the 'ght, shoulder,
bad y shattering the shou der -blade p,nd
coil r baaaae.
James Kidney, a farmei living about
thre miles flora ArtCur village, accidentally
mho • himself a few feet from 1li own door,
and led in a few minutes. t appears 'de -
d was going to the bush and was tak-
is gun bug to shoot foxes, tracks' of
y before. He
n a shot Was
opening the
gered inside, and died
in five minutes withotit uttering a
. It w s found on examination that
all had sised through near the heart.
gun is s ppostd to have been discharged
is dog j raping up on him. ,
The pas engers in a. Springbadk trolley
ad a na row escape from serious injury,
perhaps desth, Thursday morning of
week. here is a steep grade on the
h Londe side of Victoria bridge, and
car was eorning down about 7.15 a. m.,
ak-shoe1 collapsed. The ear jumped
rack and struck the outside of the
ge, toping'only a few inches from the
eme edge, thus narrowly escaping a
' he river, 40 feet below. The
om hat damaged, but no one was
•
e of 500 per
he shi me
Canada to t
lly heavi th
of turk ye
racted for a
The ging-Darrell Co
It s
at
sent o
, valued
atch t
ian Pa
le some fort' cars of su
While tut rabbit hun
• oon, al ng with a par
ry Taff% ir, of Lemming
rrelled gun whi
t from a sto
atones back of
yen oars
,000, to th
e steamer Vs
ific IRailway ha
ing
whi
had
hea
doo
wit
wor
the
Tho
by
CST
and
last
Sou
SS /I
a b
the
bri
ext
pi ge to
OST as
hu
h be h&4 obselrved the d
scarcely eft the door wh
d by the inmates, and on
deeease stag
An ttatva dispatch says: Remarkable
res Its have e4n achieved by the Depart,
me t of Agr u1ture in connection with the
pou try -feed igi establishments whi 4i were
ope 1 ed a sot time ago. At Carleton
Pia.., wher he station was placed in
oha ge of Yo Lll and Son, ordinary fowls
wer purcha d from the farmers, placed in
coo I, and p t under a special feeding pro-
• The rations consist exclusively of oat -
me I ground as'fine as flour, and mixed with
ski • mad mi]r. • In two and a half week
the first lot if birds, which were not chose
speially, bujb ere taken from ordivary
fa yard atck, made flesh so rapidly that
when killed they ranged in weight from 7
to fli ponnds eac • oven Prof, Robertson
was utoeished at the result of the experiment. , pecial boxes .-had been made in
which ts pack the birds for export, twelve
birds to aoh box, but after allowing even
for a sul tantial increase in the weight of
the bird, results proved that the boxes
were far too small. 'This experiment opens
up quite a field of work for the Canadian
farmer. Itt hews that as regards the dairy
and poultry feeding industries one is the
coMplementaid- the other ; skimmed milk,
the by•prodirot of the dairy industry, being
the one essential to the success of the poul-
try -fattening bulinesci .
--Oblinws men have erganized the "Yukon
OverlaNd Express & ,Transportation Com-
pany." The intention of the company is to
build a 'anion and eleigh road between
Skagway and Dawson,Cit—, for the carryin
of merchandise of all cind,, with especia
faci itiles f r conveying exprese and all vale -
able puce s with the great.eet speed obtain-
able in ov dead transportation of this kind.
Way etisti ne will be built along the route,
and every hing conducted as a. railway ay's-
tem would be. A telephone and telegraph
line- will leo be established. The head
'ofli e of th company are to be in Ottawa.
The comp ny will, Mansell goods and fur-
nieh suppl es of al; kinds for the convenience
of persons going into the country.
,
Perth, Items.
—St. A rawe' church, Stratford, has
recently h Id its sixtieth anniversary.
—Alex. Herron, of Newton, returned
lately fror a three monthel trip to Manitoba.
—The i towe' council has decided to
take over the public library and make it
free.
—Mr. a ry Knight, of Mitchell, has
gone to Winginimi where he has secured a
good s tuation.
—M
sold' h
Wadd
—M
Thome
trip to
—W
,
. John Lar si4thy, of Mitchell, hes
6 livery busineas to Mr. George
11.
. John White, jr'
. and Mr. Walter
n of Mitchell,left last week on a
ingland.
'the youngson* of Mr. Robert Lid-
dle, of StIstford, wthrownfrom a buggy
on Saturday last, and Plain ply injured.
—Mr. R. S. Robe tun, late of Toronto,
is about to enter in
Idington, one of Str trordai la
—Robert ndereo and liamTlers.
artnership with Mt.
y, who have
ibeen visitin • relatives inMotherwell, for
the past month, have left [for their home in
Plover, Iovisg,
—Dr. Nethercott formerly of Mitchell,
,bas been elected a, ember
committee of the junior ho
lly formed at Woodstock. •
: —Fire broke out in tbe Roffey block;
tratford, the nigh before Thanksgiving.
Fortunately it was otten under control be-
fore any great dsmae was done.
—The resid noe or Mr. A. 0. Mowatt, of
,Stratford, na owl,' escaped a scorching one
morning last eek, through his little son
laying with • atchea
—Mr. No • an Dore, son of Mr. John
oreaof-Mito ell, returned home last we,
after a :visit • Ka Sall city, Chicago and
New York.
BailistryneT,o hmS
tyne, wife of P
onto; have go e
I:hue-484; ;1341 TonleDo.alds e
has been ap • 'inted
the company, with
ford: [
chased Mr. J• hn
OH the 4th co. w
will
i:takeHer
# ISI BSI
March. I
—Dr.J. A.: Robe tson, of Stratford, has
received formal not cation of his election
to the Medical Co • neil of this province,
from No. 4 District, consisting of the coun-
ties of Huron and P. all.
—The °eminence ent exercises of the
Stratford Collegiate netitute will beheld on
the evening of De • ber 5th, when Hon.
G. W. ROSS, Minis of Education, will be
present and deliver n address.
—Three popular ring men, of Stratford,
have lately left t t city for Winnipeg,
Manitoba, in the pe EIS of W. T. Alexan-
der, Frank Alexa der and Alf. Jacobs.
All three Will work for the York County
Loan and 8 Tinge S eiety in that city.
--George , Robert on, era of Stratford,
fell on the s dewelk on Wednesday of last
Week, and ractnre four ribs. Owing to
the fact th Mr. Robertson is in his 77th
year, and h s not been in the beat of health
for some ti • e, he is in a critical condition,
—The cla a of Medelites at the Stratford
school held is, very Successful "nt home,"
one evening ,last week. There was a large
attendance, and a good programme given,
after which the reinainder of the evening
was spent ' dancin .
_Wane
his father'
evening
stumbled a
Dr. Hutchi
This is the
in two year
--It is
u
nell, of
and rem
Stratford C
tablieh ent
her intenti
shortly._}
.
A. S uart, B. A., principal of the
Lucao high ehool, 'whose home is in Mit-
chell, met ith what, might have been a
serious acei lint a few der ago, while ex-
rimeziting with Some chemicals. An ex-
p onion ocearred which brok#3 the test tube
into fragmente,'snd many pieces lodged in
Mr. Stuart'e fade, o tting him severely.
—While Mr, Ballantyne, of Northeast
Fullerton, *as visiting his father-in-law,
Mr. James Irwin, his horse ran away, hav-
ing been tied outaide the house. After
searching all night and part of next morn-
ing it was found nicely ensconeed in , a
neighbor's etsbtlte;
—John Scott, of
L
istowel, claims $900
damages from, the council of that town, for
loss sustained by cattle poisoned by water
from the river polluted by town sewerage.
The council 1 and their solicitors, /deserve
Morphy & Carthew, think the town is not
liable, and the snit will be defended. '
—John Weber, of: Sebringville, has re-
ceived the esd news that his brother
George, who owns &: planing mill in wine
part of Michigan, had his hand caught in
the machinery, and lost all his fingers. He
has no parteulurs of how the accident oc-
1
our_rectdo.ito to
excitement was, raised ' in
Stratford over the elections tor the Young
Liberal Club The following ail the result:
Presider* R. T. Harding; vice-presidente,
P. J. Ke y, Stratford ; Theo. Parker, El-
liee ; Frank Kastner, Downie; Robert Mc-
Guigan, North Esathope ; John Krug,
South Easithapel ; David Smith, Milverton ;
secretary Royai Berritt ; treasurer, Thos.
Ballantyne, .1.. ; auditors, E. O'Flaherty,
D. id, 07son ; executive ectrnmittee,
of the managing
key club, recent -
Ballantyne, and, Miss
r4ford, and Mrs. 13s1lsn.
ofsor Ballantyne, of Tor-
te inehurst, South Care -
1
, formerly manner of
ompany, of Stratford,
district inspector for
eadquartere . at Brant-
• at, of Logen, has pur-
Le burn's fifty acre farm
of that township, and
n about the first of
r. 1 Ne ton Boyd was driving
ear of horses in Fullarton, one
eek one of the animals
bioke One of its front legresed
go tad to sifrot the poor brute.
loco d herseldr. Boyd has lost
arid valued at $125.
• eretood thist Miss Annie Fen -
ford, Who has been the honored
d Superintendent' of the
gospitat ever sinee the coi-
f that institution, has signified
n of resigning that position
/La
R. M. Cassels, Charles Rankin, Richard
Gray, A. W. Fisher P. MoDougall, H. Bur-
gess, W. Cloney, JAilark, V. S. C. Welsh
and A. Tilley.
—Nelson Monteith, B. S. A.'of Downie,
hu been appointed a delegate to attend the
Farmers' Institutes during the coming win-
ter season. His subjectsaire Unclerdrain-
ing, Growing and Saving Corn'Cultivation
of the Soil, Feeding Cattle for Export, The
Ontario Agricultural College Farming as e
Profession, and Country Roads,
—The death of Mrs. +Henry Edwards
took place •at 'her home in 'Mitchell, on
Wednesday, November 30th. The deceased
lady had been troubled off and on foraome
time past with an •affection of the heart,
which ultimately caused her death. She
leaves a sorrowing husband and two young
children, besides a large number of other
friends in the town, to mourn her untimely
demise.
--The union Thanksgiving service, held
in the Methodist church, Mitchell, was
very largelyiattended by all denominations.
Rev. J. W./Holmes conducted the opening
services and presided. The choir gave
some good music. Rev. Mr. Wardrope, of
Guelph, read the lessons. Rev. J. T. Ker-
rin gave a beautiful address on life and its
lessons, and Rev. W. Bradley spoke on the
spiritual blessings of the year. A collection
of $26 was taken for the poor of the town.
—A very interesting event; took place at
the residence of Mr. Alex. Fraser, lot 28,
concession 6, township of Elms, on Wed-
nesday evening, November 23rd, when his
eldest daughter, Maggie MePherson, was
united in wedlo:ak to Donald, second sol'of
DMIC1111 blefaenzie, lot 5, concession 6,
township of Mornington, A large number
of the friends of both families were present
to witness the ceremony, which was per-
formed by Rev. J. W. Cameron. ,
--The many friends, in Pexth county, of
Miss Minnie Nugent wereshooked last week
to hear of her death, the ead event having
occurred at her father's residence, Rev.
F. E. Nugent, of Hespeler, on November
24th; The body was brought to Mitchel
on the following Saturday, and interred, in
the Methodist cemetery. While residing an
Mitchell, Mr. Nugebt lost his wife and
since then has buried two_daughters. knob
sympathy is felt for the bereaved parent.
—George Swales, who works with Messrs.
Weir & Weir,flax manufacturer'', of St.
Marys, when going to his work early Eat.
urday morning of last week, slipped on the
icy wink and received a severe blow on the
head. After getting up he proceeded to the
flex.mill to his, work. He only worked a
short time when the effects of the fall was
felt in an acute form, svhicla necessitated
his being taken in a conveyance to his home
in the west ward.
—One of the largest and most interesting
gathering/. of Free Masons that ever assem-
bled in Huron district, was that of Monday
night of hut Week, in Stratford, when a
farewell wag; tendered Mr. J. E. Harding,
recently appointed to the Judgehip of Vic-
toria county, Many from a distance were
present at the hanquet, and, after the usual
toaster and replies, Judge Harding was pre-
sented with a handsome cabinet of sterling
silverware, col:misting of over one hundred
pious.
- —On Saturday afternoon of last weak,
while at work in the barn, Mr, Peter Camp-
bell, of near Cromarty, was stricken with
paralysis in his left side. His son was
with him at the time, and noticing his
father's peculiar sinking action, c.alled Mr.
D. McLaughlin, and the sufferer was helped
into the house. Dr. Hutchison Was called,
and pronounced the trouble a cue of prira-
lysis, from a ruptured blood vessel in the
brain. No signs of recovery have yet ap-
taeared, one side still remaining quite help-
less.
—Some more changes have been made in
the Grand Trunk Railway shops, Stratford.
Mr. Robert Beatta, for ming years the
store -keeper there, and previous . to that
general store -keeper on the Great Western,
at Hamilton, was removed from hie position
to an inferior one, and resigned. Mr. Nichol
McNichol, gang boss it is reported, has
been sent back to the bench. These and
other changes, 'raid to be in contemplation,
are causing great dissatisfaction among the
men. Matters are so unsettled, they say,
that no man knows where he stands.
—The other day, while
some fifteen men
were working it the Goderich elevator,
pulling, by block and tackle, the elevator
leg to the hatch of the steamer Tilley, the
hook to which the tackle was fastened
palled out. The mishap threw most of the
men down, and caused the block to fly back
swiftly. John Baker, one of the men en-
gaged in the work, fell, some five or six
others falling cm him. He was at ones care-
fully moved to his home, when it was dis-
covered that one of hie legs wee broken near
the hip joints.
—Death has removed front Viringharn one
of its oldest residents, in the porton of Mr.
John Carr, who entered into rest on Tues-
day of last week, in the 79th year of his
age, after an illness of considerable length.
He was born in Yorkshire, 'ngland, and
came to this country with his parents when
eleven years of age, and settled in York,
county, where he resided for three yearrel
Subsequently he came to Oxford county,
where he resided for upwards of forty years
being engaged in milling find farming,
having a flouring mill in the village of Elweai.,
berg. He came to Winghem ieventeen
years ago, and has been engaged in the
milling and flour and feed business. Mr,"
Carr Wall a Liberal in politica, and generally
took an active part in all the campaign..
Mrs. Carr pre -deceased her -husband about
eight years ago. He had a family of six
children, three boys and three girls. The
boye—Charles, who died seven years ago;
and Messrs. A. H. and Freeman, of Wing.
ham. The daughters—Mrs. Cody and Mrs.
C. Flood, of Wingham, and Mrs. Hutton, of
M_oorefiel.
ondFriday,
November '35th, a most
worthy resident, in the person of Thomas
McFarlane, of the 2nd concesiion, of Grey,
passed away to the great beyond, aged 78
yearn. His decease was not an unexpected
event, as he had been poorly for about a
year with dropsy, but was able to get about
until two months ago. Mr. McFarlane was
born in Scotland, and came to Canada 56 or
57 years since. On the 4th concession of
Usbome township, in this county, he took
up land, and continued to reside there until
nineteen years ago, when he purchased 150
acres in Grey, from Duncan McDonaldaupon
which he lived up to the time of his decease.
Mrs. McFarlane wan Miss Mary Lowe, of
Grey township, and died in 1873. Three
sone, Alexander, of Tuscola county, Michi-
gan, George on the homestead, and Peter,
a miller, in kvroxeter ; and three daughters,
Mre. T. Carling, of Clinton, Mrs. D. Rich-
ardson, 4th concession, Grey, and Mrs. M.
Frazer, 2nd concession, Grey, survive. The
subject of thie notice had been a very hearty
and healthy person, as will he understood
by the statement that !tit April VMS the
first time e had a physioian in his long
life. He as a Presbyterian in religion, a
Liberal in politics,and very highly esteemed
by his neighbors and friends.
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