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The Huron Expositor, 1898-12-16, Page 1a IRs the year, atld largo portion; Lew year. Ta - verY day this can usually. RGAINS )DS,• &e. ;ale kets1 hiad at the tilt we have will olear at a pass by, if to finish our e prices will es F rade. t of La- Wraps, aW aps, Gloves SrOidered Scarfs, ,ces, Cor- 'hildren's. s Clothe,_ Table !UL i0 Cash= ore, ved and car- mpowered to'. Foreign Mrs - is the society e of the new s, The elec-. deeded with,. e president, sat, William: mie Murray McPherson ; - conveners of orton ; devo- and visiting,, L Smillie ; of your Sea.- rying to coax enterprising •e to go when rains. How, like it if we it a tempting cur furniture eel church ix and others sir way into ire dime that out of it al - has gone the ncl has been [three times. of their best be no excep- of the begin - a meow fall" winters, and pleasant ate eiduously th Ow; as the us what we ve us whats. i , barrister,. ht last, and; ere in the,- Ow.—Mary Rodd, 1•:x t, aged We uneral took the Exeter re is about. sI, which fell Yiain street Was held ox. rand sut;cese I eceeds, $80 Teter Forth Hoffman, o .--The mere Fndows deco Mr, xlosep ' interest O grist mill nary 1st. -1 - council were (r using ;ing fund to Stores, Thct Stent of the eouncil pur beent very' Ft forget the held on Fri± Methodistic• tea on Mout Rennie heti ese to - Mr. th his fame -Mr. Edwin urned home a week in4 od shipping. ells, of this nit last Sure `enaall.---Mr. o- John.. Jar- ,h Mr. Wim ;tingof the Society, of home of the n Thursday, clothing waft e distributed sitot. THIRTIETH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,018. ORT , FRI I AY, pE Greig& Macd.ona T E CO JNTY COUNCIL. The December session of the County Coit oil oo • vetted in the court room, at Goderic on Tu daS' of laiit week. Warden McEW n was i• the_ chair and all the members `r poste• present. j. COMM UNICATIOT:S. A emorial wee received from the cou •i1 of the county of (Welland, asking that mania pal act be amended so that all fa and g rden produce shall have a. free m ket, e Cher swholesale and retail, in ev part • f Ontario. I Fro, the county council of Dufferin, as ing fo an amend.i ant to the jurors' not. Fro Lanark Bounty council, asking th t the a t re commitment of vagrants •e amen . ed, A • tition from the clerks' as sedation •f the oo my of Huron,', asking the county o petiti n both the:local and Dom'nion Go "ernme• to to .am 'nd their eleoti n acts, -o that unicipal of rise shall be ie ognized : s the le al custodi ns of the voter ' lists •f their espective uuicipalities. A letter fro. J. M. Best, o Seafort claimi &damages for Thomas Henderso whose horse was injured in Sprout's bridg:. Sent to executive committee. A letter and 'circular from Henry Ar strong, respecting a book entitle. `• Mu eipal lawyer." bent to the execs tive co mfttee. A number of accounts were received a • d sent to the•fivanie committee. HOUSE OF IREFUOE PHYSICIAN. Dr. Shaw, phy ioian of the House of R fuereb -ted t at he hadmade 82 visi s �, p d during the year, There have been 9 deat and 1 birth. D ring the whole year he h had 112 inmates tinder his care. The ye has been replete With aocidents,many bei of a serious natu e, two with fractured leas, both above the k ee, necessitating oonfin ment to bed f r a' lengthened time ; t o fracture arm ; one case of amputation f large toe and pat of foot for gangeren. Early in he ea there was an epidemic scabies. La r n one ease of scarlet fev - develope , bu i .wan confined to the one i mate. CIothi r Seaf4rth( Xmas Clothing Suggestion The first and most i portant Christmas suggestion is -BUY EARLY ! Th second—BUS' SENSIBLY ! The third—BUY WHERE YOU OA.t BUY QUALI Y ASSOCIATED WITH VARIETY', GOOD TASTIr AND +REASONABLE PRICES !, The fourth suggestion, also important, is what to buy. The fifth -is : You should size up so t speak the especial' wants, ' or tastes of the Iran " if it is a man" to are Y ogoingbuyfor, an 1 think does . the man you have on the g iflist like to stay at home of he avenins : Why then buy him a Smoking Jacket, or Dressing Gor n, or a Bath Robe. We have these goods all in stock—look at the die lay. Now possibly this uriverse filling man, may be require Dress ass Shirts, Lawn Bow Ties, W. and Cuffs, Qr the Cuff Links, or Sets of Then again, this man may be rather inclined to man, then See that his Uriderclothing is must this be .neglected, and equally.impo his feet See that he wears our heaviest or Cashmare Hose. society man, f so, he will site gid Gloves, nice Cellars hiit Front Buttons. Ie delicate ! Ii he is your own >f the best, and on no account tact is the proper clothing of and best make of Heavy Woo), • i. Oontinuing our discussion of the needs of that all important Tuan; he maY be a sufferer from throat troubles ! if so, do What is sensible, b y hien one of our Fine Black Silk ar Colored Cashmere Mufflers. 1 I Now we hope to be forgiven 4is uestion ; but how about h shead ? Is it bald ? If so, we offer tbeIndly meant and season 'bly timed Christmas suggestion, the yo� .. buy something to take the, place Of mother nature. - See that lie haS comfortable head ; in Cap, either gear Fur or Cloth. And then p rchance, this min may require varm Gloves or Mitts. It may be yo have have thought how nice it wou d be to buy him a pair of Fur Gauntlets, we have these . goods. Com early and have a choice. We also know of a kind of man who has the harmless fad of liking rico Ties, we afford you the facilities for choosing `' something 1pleasing for this brand of man. Aliother brand of -man has unceasing trouble with the fit of his Shirts, and no doubt he has cause for grieving. . For him, also, our stock offers • the balm of perfect fitting Shirts.1 We know of still another brand for atvhom life has been a burden, by reason of sari -edge linen collars. Out four -ply Linen Collars in the popular styles overcomes all difficulties in this respect. Some men we know of would. be content to wear any kind of clothing, so long. . as his handkerchiefs are to his taste. We are showing something ex- .ceptionally choice in. Hemstitched Linen Handkerchiefs.. In talking of men's wants, we do not wish to overlook the ' coming men, the boys, for them we carry a stcjck equally choi,e in many respects as for their fathers : Suits, Pea J ickets, Caps, Mitts, Ties, Collars, Under- clothing, Ete. I 1 Fo01 the very snail boy a Grey Lamb Cap makes a most suitable andsensible gift. We earry a large stock of these. l We alto show a line of Grey Lamb, and Perian Lamb Gauntlets. For girls these are choice goods and worthy. A gift very often made and one we had nearly overlooked is that of a ni3e Umbrella. `, Its a fitting and. useful article at any season of the year.. To conclude our list of suggestions it may be just possible that you are going in for giving on a larger scale. If so, then one of our own make of Men's Suits at $8, $10 and $12 may be the article in demand; 1 ;Our own make Men's Overcoats at $7, $8, $14 anJ $12 will' rove interesting. -Better than alt else is a fine Scotch Tweed or Worstel�d Suit, made to order, at $15 to $22. i The opinion with those who[ know, is that they would not part with their Fur - Coat for double the money, f it were not possible td replace the one they have. Try 11S for reliable Furs. Qreig & Macdonald Clothiers On the wrong Fiide of the Street, in the ' Strong Block. BENDING MONEYGIFTS to your Boys' and Girls away from home at Christmas, .clic ' DODI[NION EXPRESS MONEY ORI)ERS Are the most convenient n ethods of transmitting' sale. Rates : Up to re 3c ; up to $5, 4c ; up to $10, c. Intravelling to the West use the Canadian Pacific; Railway. Your - baggage is checked right from starting pointing to its destination. The route is via Toronto and North Bay. No change of cars after Toronto. Rates and all information gladly given by R. J. MACDONALD, get for Dominion Express, C. P. R. Telegraph and Canada Accident Insurance Company, SEAFORTH. y i Sent td the Hbus° of Refuge committ e. EFIP ER'S REPORT. Mr. French manager of the House of ' ce fuge, gave th following report of the pr • - ducts of the fa m and work done duri 1898: oats, 4 0 bushels .; barley, .12 peas, 1 0 ; a s, 12 ; onions 25, gard beets 20, carr to 15, parsnips 5, turnips •0 field tur icarrot of - e 5 field p e 70, mangol a g 1,200, tato 4 haytons,'odds o0 7fodder P three•qu rtes of an acre, citrons' 50, aqua: cabs e 1 e 30, g �0, , apples 5 barrels. The co • • gave 16, 74 pen de of milk, from which w made 46 i poun s of butter, which was :1 consume in t e House. One handr: d evergree a were et out, of which seve al have died •; 550 aspberry bushes were al: set out, and all are making good growl. All the fall plou hing is done, and the la is ready for spri • g crops. Sent to the H use of Refuge commit :e A report on the salaries received a other matters in connection with *Hou: of Refuge was read and sent to the exec tive committee. J ILelt'S REPORT. 3 Mr. Griffin, t e jailer, reported that t present there ar eight persons confined n the jail, all mal s. Seven of them are va: rants, and one i an indigent person. Sent to the o I untq property committee. COgNTY COMMISSIONER'S REPOR.T. Mr. .Ainsley county commissioner, e- ported that a g eatbdeal of repairing h:d been dor a to br dges and approaches duri g the past season and that all the bridges a e in a good state :of repair at the prese t time. The mo t important works were t e Dyer and Man heater bridges. The eh rt span of • he Ma cheater bridge had been e - moved, nd ere ted over what is known s Dyer's c eek,' on the boundary of Hull tt and 'Na anoeI. jThe bridge is about 8 feet ion and 11feet wide, and rests on co arete abetment . ; It is a splendid bridge t the present ti a and likely to remain o. Acoording to iii steuctions received at Ju e meeting, there has been erected a 100 f ot span at Mancll�ester, supported on ab t - menta of stone ;and corierete. The work as well and substantially done and will be a great im rove erlt,as it considerably wide s the etre m. S me complaints were made on account Of the bridge not being completed in the 9e'cifie tune, but he was not awa e that any pereo had sustained any serio e damage, as th cdunty has sustained a ve y good de ration road. The contract for t e superstriction and removal of Manohest r ' bridge was let to Hunter Bros., of. Kind r - dine, for $1,10. :The contract for ab t- ments was let.to F. Gutteridge, of Seattle for $4 ijer oybio) yard. The bridge w s ready for traffic on the 30th of November. A bridge, 100 feee long, should be built t Summerhill n xt etlmmer. He recommen ed a steel bridge with concrete abutmen s. Another bridge on the boundary of Hull tt and McKilloppl will also have to be built ne t summer It ill require to be 20 feet lo g. Cedar ould e a good material' for t is bridge. The mount of orders issued it m the first of the year to date was $5,749. 8. Sent o road and bridge committee. ONSO IDATIN0 THE BY-LAWS. The c mmi$tee appointed to coneolid: to the county byl-laws reported the work d • ne by them. I I, Sent to executive committee, MANCIESTER BRIDGE. • The commi tee meeting held at', Wings for the purpolee of opening the tenders letting contracts 'for erecting Matches bridge, reported that they had not accep any of the teedere for excavation but let by pry to nder. The contract for abutme is w let to F. Gutteridge, and the sup rstruioture to Hunter Bros., of K sardine. 1 Refer ed to road and bridge committee. COUNTY RATE. A report showieg the amount raised or county urpeees by each minor municipal ty in Ibisounty was read. The report wa: 1 Rste asked Actually Di + . ,Ior. Levied. Ashfiel '$2,198.80 $2,204.96 $ 6.16 Colborn 1,479 50 1,511.00 31 50 Grey 2,213.80 2,234.40 20 60 Hay 1,989.05 2;012 27 23.22 Howick 2,547.25 2,563 83 16.58 Hallett 2,360.80 2,360.14 66 McKill p 2,297.25 2,319.07 21.82 Stanley - 2,017.20 2,161.58 144 38 Ste he 2,138.95 2,159.70 20.75 Tuckeremith''. 2,115:55 2,143.42'' 27 87 Unborn ' 2,215.65 2,275.93 60 28 E. Wa ano h 1,424.35 1,443.99 19 55 W. Wa anoe ,1,570 90 1,678.95 103,05 Bayfiel _ 88,65 89.23 : - 58 Clinton 696.00 595.58 1 42 Heneall 165.00 183.96 . 18 96. No epor was received from the other munici aliti s. Orde ed to be filed. Move by Dr. Rollins, seconded by Mr. MoInni , Unlit two inmates of the House of Refuge, named Stone, be on and after this m er it e or n• • HAN BROS., Publishers. 1 a Year in Advance, date free nmates, and that the clerk se d an account to the township of "Stephen of amount due the county for their. board. — Carried. Movyed by Mr. Holt, .`seconded by r. Miller, that the council g ant a sum equal o the grant paid by the Le islature of Ontario for the continuation °lassies for the pub is schools of the county tak ng up leaving a ► d entrance exaininatione. Sent to executi e committee. SPEC AL COMA The special ommitte mending that in reference the clerks' association, th t the request granted, and that a copy tIf the petition sent to each comity clerk, in the pro in asking them to oo- pperate Re the pe iti from the county o Lanark, asking co op' ation in petitionin* the Sel late and House Commons in reference to Domes for the digent, aged, etc., recon action be taken. .In refer from the clerk of Dufferin to petition the Legislature the Jurors Act, recom action .be taken. In refer' from the clerk of Welland county, eolioiti the co-operation of the co ncil in petitioni the Legislature to amend he municipal et be establish fry part of t at no action ITTEE. reported reco to the petition of •e ij •n s - of n - mended . that no nee to the let asking the ooun re amendment tended that nee to the let providing that a free. mar for garden produce in ev province, recommended . t tak en. The report was adopted FINANCE COMA The fi anoe committee mending hat the account the exam nation of Bridle had examined the acooun Refuge and recommended They also recommended t several a►oounte present()► the pay ent of account 'county co noii elections u recomme , ded that all ne the same. The re • ort was adopts EXECUTIVE. CO3 The ex:•cutive commit mending, on the applic Mre. Fre • eh for an incr ferred to- he committee and defer of Mrs. $25 per a January, of Henr purchase commend til the Ja amitotic of F. Na accident that the it to •o er ot e e ITTEE. reported repo of Dr. Shaw, or bepaid. Th : y s of the House . f that they be pad. e payment of t • e . They deferr : d for advertiei til January, a spatters ' be p: id d AIITTEE. e reported rem tion - tion of Mr. a d ase of salary e- t the last eeesi•n ed till this sees' on, that the salay ench be increas'd ey the sum of num, commencipg on the 1st of 1899. ; As to he communicati n Ar strong, i, reference to t e •f a w rk on unioipal law, e- d the the mat r be deferred n- uary eeesion, t allow of the x - of the'work. e the applicati n for for damag s sustained by n t Gauley'e bri ge, recommend d um of $25 he p id in full of elai Re the m • tion of Messrs. Holt and Mill recommended that a gra t equal to the L islative gfrant to public choole conducti continuation classes for the year 1898, „a made. Concerning the c aim- of Mr. H n- derson fpr damages re • ived at Sproa 'e bridge, the committee ad communioa d with his -elicitor, and haagreed to de er trial. I , the meantime, they recomoaend d that th warden and homes E. Ha s, oounoillo for district N. 5, be a commit se to make .n uiries into t e matter, and oo e to such s . ttlement as th : deem advise e.' the r. ort of the mfttee to rev Re to ppthe ofout and cone lidate b -1 � ws the c yy, recomme • ded that 100 opies of Such y - laws be • rinted, but n t until the end of 1899, so hat all by-laws and proceedings of the coon it of the ycar 1 A 99 may be includ- ed in sue. consolidation:' The re • sort was adop :fid, r, g. g XMAS IJV ,i L i S Books COU TY P'IPERTY. The co my pr party ommittee repot ed thatthe' had vi iced e jail and fou d everythi g clean and i • ood order, and he number •f inmat s to rrespond with he jailer's r port, n mely, igght males, se en committ:d as va rants : nd one insane. • e- commen• ed tha the ;jailer's request or lumber t crib a ell b:i granted, and t et the jaile 's repor be p i. ted in the minu e. They ale drew he at . tion of the cou oil to the fa tthat ometh ng will have to be 'done in t e near future Ito the jail hou e, either by repair ug or (rebuilding, as he jailer co plains hat th house is very n- ' pleasant and disagreeable to live in, e- commen ed that she i request for .rub er matting or the stairs ii the court house be granted. They hid inspected -the co rt house an found it lean and well kept. The re ort was adopted. Moved by Mr. , Co*;, seconded by r. Snell, t at, the clerk fie paid the sum of $100 for is service ae returning officer at the conn y council led ion for 1899: Sent to exeou ive committee Mr. S P. Halls, o behalf of the W at Huron Teachers' Ass elation, . asked he council to grant them he Thursday bef re the Fric,ay of the g neral meeting of he Teachers' Institutes. Sent to execut ve committee. - ! . Moved by Mr. T rrance,- seconded by Mr. Hays, that there stall be 500 copies of the minetee of ea^h ession printed, end that the clerk send sig t copies. to the clerk of each niunieipalit , and six copies to ench member !! of the county council. Sent - to special ogmmittee. EDUCATION OMMITTEE. The education cote ittee reported recgm- mending that the appl cation of Mr. 5.1 P. Halle, on behalf of the West, Huron Te h. ers' Aseo cation, reque ting that the Th re - day prey ous to the da on which the Te h- ere' Inti ute•meeting held in Weet Huron, be gran d, in order t at the teachers from •a distance from the pl ce of meeting May shave an opportunity o attending said meet- ing, be gi+anted. I The report was adopted. HOUSE OF REFCIGE COMMITTEE. ' The House of Re u r e commi tee reported that they. had met a t he Hou a of Refuge on Neve ber 15th At that time they found th House well kept and, the inmates well provided for. I T ey considered a few inmates t subjects fo' the asylum, and in- structed the Wards , • hysician and inspec- tor Oh make applicatPi • at once to have such inmates removed. hey found the - farm work well attended • and the' stook in fair condition. Certain i • mates- had complained to their friends that •lr. French had ill- , treated Imre but the committee was satis- fied, aft r a -. thoron h investigation, that there was no ground for such complaints, and feel c=ertain that all the inmates are properly treated by both manager and matron. The commi tee thought it advis- able to buy another c w, and requested the inspector to perches- one. - Recommended that the nspector bave storm windows put on the north and s*est windrows of the Hones. r# The report was adopted. SUPPLEMENTARY REPDRT OF SPECIAL COM - The EE. The special commi tee made;a supplemen- tary report recomme ding that in the mat- ter of the motion of Messrs. Torrance and Hays, that not more than 150 copies of minutes more each a ion bei printed than at present, and th t the clerk mail six OF ALL KIND f R ALL AGO IN ,-LEATHER, LO H op• i -I -FANCY BINDIN 8 8U/TABLE FOR CHRIBTBAAS WFTS�. Sabbath ,Schoot. Libr r. y Bi) lks at SpeoiaI Prices. Alex.: 'Winter,, MARRIAGE LICENSES No Witnesses eaforth. Iss ED. Req iced. copies of a oh session to the munioipali y, with instructio one to the reeve and each council. The repdrt was adopted. ROAD AND BRIDGE CM The road and bridge com • ittee reported recommending that in the atter of the Manchester bridge the- conttracto be paid in full. There was some del y in the work, but no real dama a was suet ine b ii any person. In the matter of t e emir' chill 'and otherh idges mentioned in the m- miesioner'g report, recommend° that the commissioner make arrange en to- ave these bridges rebuilt,, and ask for tends to be placed fore the coueoil t th January a minutes of he comm session. T ttee i a meeting in Jul to open ten ere and award contracts for- the erection ion of he Manch ster bridge, wer,�e placed before he commi tee. Theyappear' satisfactory, an the committee PP y found that by their not aces ting any o ,, the tenders foe excavation, and b�avin the v tork done by private tender, a saving of $175 had been made, The repert,was adopted. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ►•F E)4ECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The executive committee, n their supple- mentary report,-recommen. ed a the mo- tion of Messrs. Cox and Sae 1, th t the -sum,. of $100 be paid to the clerk or lir services as returning officer at the oun'conneil election, betadopted. The report was. adopted. On motion of Messrs, Ro line And Hays, the council adjourned. i s • The Bt. Marys :Cr : amery. The firet - annual meetin of the share- holders of - ,the St. Ma ys Creamery Company was held in t at town het week,a affair', of the company mi se to be in i highly sati • factory condi- tion. The creamery had be:n in; operation ten and a half'monthe. The' have, in addi- tion to the • 'central factory in St. M rys, seven separator stations. Dhring the time the factory Was in operation they turned out 442,863';. pounds of butter, ° hich gold for $78,016,35, netting to the co pang $62, - was patrons I6. 231.15 an tote56 986.:53. There $ was paid r' milk drawing ,244.62. ;The price charged for makin the butter was 3i cents to shareholders nd 3e cent' to outsider. The earnings of the company, after ey- ing -ing all working expenses an a dividend 'of 5 per cent on the paid-up apital stock of the company, left a small .balance to carry over to th next financial y ar. In order to comply w th the requireme is of the Eng- lish marketi,.and to make n article of but- ter which will Command th top price there, it has bee •'decided to add to the plat a system of pasteurizing and chemical re r ig- °ration to be ready for op rations earl in the spring, Old which ill cost a out $8,000. The report prod ede : It wi 1 be seen that over ten million pounds of ilk have bee muted through the-separa . re, and nearl all a million ounds of batter Manufacture d and sold, his is the largest record of any creamery n Canada. The prices re wed have givenpatronsfrom 45 cents per00 pounds to $1 per 100 pobnnde of milk, according to the st of ;butter fat in the milk,' -with the ski milk retained. Patrons are turning this 1produc to good account in raising calves a• d feed ng hogs. So valuable is it considersthat they soon make complaint if they do not gget their full share returned, In mone value it is ari- ously estiinated by patron at from 15 : ante to 25 cepts per hundre pounds, w ieh, added to the price paid fo the milk i the first place, makes the pric from 70 cents to $1.25 per 100 pounds of w . ole. The or amery ie likely to provea Most valuable industry to St. Marys andvichnity. There is little doubt but t at next ye r,' as the result ot the operation: of this cream- ery, close on $100,000 will be paid out. and expended, as &result of its operations. This must have a most benefi ial effect on the clerk of leach s.t-oj diet- buts ember of the AIITTEE. trade of t e place From Winthro ted Wooekstoak by Roa . • DEAR EXPOSITOR, --Du ing trip o Woodstock, came on, noticed that best roads' in bad weathe pality bet een here and roads thr ugh the corpor Sebringville and Stratfor as they are in Seaforth. Through South Easthope and Zora th re are fine arm buildings,; and the sides of the roads are level and the water table: clean and in ood shape to carry off the wa •er, but grave and broken 'stone' appear to b scarce. The best road is from Tavistoc. to Woods sok. There are noweeds or th'aties to see 011the roadsides, and aro nd th far 's, in many places' are nice tr es, .wit av nues from the road to the hou:es,plaiid on each side with evergreens and other ornam ntal trees.: This has a beautiful effect, an im- proves the appearance of the farms im- men�ely Creameries, cheese f ctoriee and • we seem to be the principal old mines in this district. t was in the ickston facto at Strathallae, *here they re putting in two cream separators and a b tter plant. i hey will make about a ton of butter a da • for the winter.I Their ma a of cheese 'was about 280 toils for the s mmer. This fac- tory ran ten ivate last su mer, and is em- ployed ' ten men. It istributed last year about $50,000 to its pat- ns, and titer : are other factories all aro d it, with' • five miles, and some nearly a largethis one. I also visited the model• creamery, run by , Mr. Robert Ballantyne, of Str 'tford,l and managed !by Mr. McC Rough, from Con- stance. On the day of y visitt, this .-fac- tory took in `seven thousand pounds of milk, and the citizens of Stratford can I get steril- ized milk,' cream or royal butter, and either is fit for the tables of royalty. Any one wishing to 'see butter as it should be made, should visit this factory. It is run by elec- trical power, and all steam pipes are cov- ered with asbestus, with vats, churn and everything else to match. After seeing the prosperous looking f rms, with from ten to ` twenty cows on each ing a recent driv- before the 4now McKillop had the of any munici- Woodstock. The tions of Mitchell, are about as bad farm, and the new a p d comfortable a m houses, all denoting prosperity in this d' ire,- ing country through hich I travelled; I have no hesitati n in s• ging that the' far- mers of McKil op, anindeed of Herein, are standing in heir o n ligh in not en- gaging in dairying ver much more e ten- sively than t ey do. We h ve territory enough in McK llop al ne for ve such' fac- tories as I have descri • ed, and every other natural requisi to k ep the empl ed, and what I say of cKillop will ply equally, to nearly eve y othe township in the county. At the factories in the die riot which I have described, the ch ese is made and the milk hauled for from 90 cents1to $1.25 per hundred pounds of the se, and he whey is sold, when not returns to the patron, for $5.6`? for each ton of a eeee. hen better is made in winter, the atrons eliver their own milk and drew ba k the sk m milk' and pay three cents per pound for Makin the butter and ;all •! other expen es. ' here is no doubt but that cows hogs I and hens are money makers on the farm, and far ere ho work these for all they are worth, ill gime out ahead in t e longrun, taking one year wit another They are eheape , eeie�er to get; and suer thazly the Yukon old -eines. a Jc. HN C. MORRISON, cKillep. •� Canada.' 1 —Th Bell Telephone Compa • y estimates the dan;fage by the storm in Lo • don alone, at $100 000. —It a ann tuned that in Tor nto Presby- tery out of ,�00 ; without ministers re chargee or Pi'nault, member of the Quebec L•egieila ure f ►r M ►tans, has beeappointed depu y Minister of Militia, in s • ccessran to the 1 Colonel Pant, of Otta a. . H. Penton has been engaged by Geor a A. McGowan, of Kings •n, to repre- sent is cigar factory on the ro • . s He will go t work in a few days. he fat stock show held in Guelph last wee was -great success. -Ex 'biters !were ther from many places in Onta io, and come fine tock as shown. enry Lacombe, a labore , was killed at R getow • on Saturday night while en- -gage in o ••tting wood. A lim from a''fall. ing ee st tick him on the head killing him mbt tly. He leaves a widow : nd fan'1ily. —Joseph Youill, of Carleton ' lace, a well known oto 4k -breeder, took car ► lic acid by mistake fo cough medicine the other day. His wife a d the doctors gave him speedy relief, and • opes are entertaine i for hip re covery. —The su Napanee f in hie ne totali will proceeds - drair%atic p night. e one clay I t a brakema , 41 • • contributed in r the defence of W t trial amounts to : considerably adde f a - concert in Na formance in Bellev elleville and H. Penton $650, which d too b ' the panee, and a Ile the other betwieen t being tak .r Horne was t weeks to a y — The nol cleverest ba accident happpen =d at London week, when Rs E Van Horne, lost his life. He was crushed care and died a hour after to the hospita . Mr. Van o have been siarri-d in a few onng lady of Elmi , a. prions "Mollie etches," the k burglar and ickpocket in ago keeping arrested on is wife, but he case was ound. for 38 year Trunk Rail - nom his post hat the com- le for the ac - r 15th, the 11 accident. 17 years of rrie, banged v. She tied r attaching is supposed er, her feet ash act is as - f A me ice Was until a r . w daye e a grocery in Montreal. He w a cbarge o non-support of gave the po ice the Blip while pending,an is not now to be —Mr. A. G. Allison, who was diepate er on the Grand way, was di Charged recently at B lleville :the reason being pang, considered him reeponef cident at that point on Nevem day previousito the Murray H —Annie gooey, a girl abon age, living irif, Innisfil, near B herself in a e able theother d a rope around a bean;, and of the ter end to her neck, i she ped fgom a high man other not tonehin ;the floor. The sign d to misplaced confidence in man.' away roadw the t rushe hurled killed. down Wedn the de death Side o wome rooms stores tion was held in seek the co - town business block, in Toronto, on sday night of last w k, resulted in th of two women, p inful injuries to he and 41 the nar ow escape from of several others. Along the south principally by ressmakere and employed in tail ir shops. The in these fiats are' h ated from the beneath, and when the fire in rtes. roke out in the hese ent of Mc trey flain s nd emoke found their weer in a mo- ment it. the hot-air fides, and elthough the lowss p rt of the block was not destroyed, - —Th Farmers' Binder Twine Company, thee i the upper flats were almost suffo- cate fore they could be gotten out. . of Bran ford, of which Mr. Thomas Ballast- tyne is president,. and Mr. Joseph Strat- ford ma ager, has just paid the astonishing dividen of 60 per cent, on its capital stock for the year ending October 15th laat. The company aecounts for the. enormous profits by the good crops, and the fact that they had been able to purchase Manilla fibre at an unueually low price. It is also generally understood that the original shareholders have already drawn dividends equal to the money they put into the concern. —Mrs. Thomas Donaldson met with a e shockil death the other day, at the resi- dence o ,her grandson, W. H. Findlay, of Windsor. The deceased was going to ber 4 room up-etairs, after dinner, and upon reaching the top step she missed her footing and fell down the whole flight -of stairs, which are vete steep. She struck the beck of her head on a chair, was rendered uncon- scious, and expired fifteen minutes after the accident occurred. Mrs. Donaldson was about 80 years old, and was the widow of the late Thomas Donaldson, who WAS for many years foreman of the Grand Trunk Railway ear shops in Windsor. —Ephraim Convey, the old man who was sentenced to five yearein the Kingston pen- itentiary for manslaughter, arrived at his home in Princeton last week, having re- ceived the Governor -General's pardon. Con- vey is a very sick man, and it. *as his ill- ness, together with the efforts of his friends, - that caused his release. One- year of the five had been served, and is he is over eighty years of age and very ,feeble, he is not likely to live long. The crime for which Convey was sentenced tethe peniten- tiary was the shbotipg of George Frost, A young Englishman from one of the bomes who worked for Convey, -and who was teas. iug him at the time. the deed was done. —A despatch from 'Montreal, dated De- cember 8th, says : Sixty five carloads of live turkeys have -been received in this city by the one firm during the last four week*. They are all destined for the British mar- ket, and already half of them 14 VS been shippek the balance to follow in a few weeks. These turkeys have not been con- signed to dealers on the other side, but have been purchsaed outright by one firm, Messrs. S. Brill & Company, All these tur- keys were purchased in the province of On- tario, and it is estimated that about $50,-000 was paid out for them. There are yet some half dozen carloads to arrive, and these, with the large quantity now in eold storme, will be shipped as quickly as poesible. The turkey trade of °Atari° amounts, to a good round sum in a year. —Thomas Collop, for the past forty years one of Chathatn's leading citizens, ended his life on Saturday afternoon last, by shooting himself in the head. The act was aommitted at 10.30 a. m., and he passed quietly away at 2 o'clock without regeining conscious- ness. No reason for committing the rash deed ean be given. He lived happily with his wife and children, and was in comfort- able circumstances. Deeeased was for more than forty years a leading business man of Chatham, and had amassed considerable property. He was born in England in 1831, removing to this country in 1855. He was a veteran of the Crimean war, being present at Inkerman and Balaclava. He leaves a wife and five children. Two of his 'daugh- ters reside in Toronto. —A great deal of anxiety was caused in the vicinity of Glen Birell, near Brockvipe, by the strange disappearance, on Wednes- day of last week, of George Harper, aged 21, son of a wealthy farmer of the district. After partaking of brealdast he went out, dressed in his usual working clothes, end nothing was seen of him. The country round about was ecoured with no avail, and grave fears were entertained that he had perished.' Saturday' he was found, standing in the barn, where he was last seen. It ap- pears -on Wednesday night he crawled under theliay-mow, and remained there for three days without anything to eat or drink. He is in a very melancholy state, ' which ac- counts for his strange action. He is very popular with his friends. Perth Items. , —Mr. Gooneve of Mitchell, has sold his residence to the Mises Brown, daughters Of Mr. John Brown, of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Goodeve leave this week for their new home in New York. —Mr. and Mrs. Dusty, of St. Marys, cel- ebrated their golden wedding on Monday. December 5th. Mr. -and Mrs. Dusty have been residents of St; Marys for over .55 years and are among its best known end highly respected citizens. Their thildren and grand children were all present on the - —David Wright, third son Of Rev. Peter Wright, of Portage la Prairie, and formerly of Stratford, died at Long Beech, California on November 14, and was interred at Lot; Angeles. Mr. Wright went to California. several years agd in hope of recuperating his health, which bad been poor for a long time, but unfortunately he continued to de- cline. He leaves a wife and one child. Ile was about 25 years of age. — Mr. John Wilson, clerk of Fullerton has been appointed returning officer for tht; municipal division composed of Fullerton, Hibbert and Mitchell, and will, bold a nom- ination meeting in the town ball, Mitchell, on Monday, the 19th inst. The candidates will be Messrs. 'Thomas Ryan Hibbert ; Joseph Jackson, Fullerton, and 'Mr. James. Dougherty, Mitchell. Two only can be — It is understood that the Stratford General Hosnital authorities in selecting a. suceeesor to Miss Fennell as lady superin- tendent, had a number of excellent opplies- tions and that their choice has fallen upon Miss'Chillman, a lady who at present pre- sides over the surgical department of the Toronto General Hospital, and who it le believed will be a worthy muceessor to Min Fen71311. tion, was present at the commencement ex- ercishs of the Collegiate Institute, Stratford, held last week. After the distribution of prizes and certificates to the pupils and speeches from the local gentlemen interested in the welfare of the institute, Mr. Ross gave a most admiral address on the work and aima of a true teacher, the trustees re- sponsibility as well as the parents in getting the very best teacher and paying himethe highest salary they could afford. —Mr. Campell, reeve of Hibbert, who had a stroke of paralysis a short time ago died from its effects last week. The deceased was one of the early settlers of Hibbert, coming in with his father in 1853, when but. a boy. He helped to clear out of the bush the splendid homestead fermovhich he now leaves to his widow and son, an a result ef lifetime of hard and frugal industry. Mr. Campbell did long service in the council of his township, and has filled the position of reeve for the past four years.