The Huron Expositor, 1899-04-21, Page 1IL 14 1899
Giri
hat ie an leject of ad
I sheens see the elegant
med millinery which ia
upon our show room
iich has been so inach
,'or. The very eight of
;itch the spirit of Spti
.ell of nevenees ; the
as they come out of
seek of neWness ; and
ti
If beautiful flawere
. gentle Spring is right h
ing time ie at hand.
sy matter to get suited,
nd $tyles are in your fay
ing wonderful value
with or vtithont
untrimmed Walking }:f
ts and Boanets, stale
nd
s of the chOicest pat
!mente here and th
boroughly becoming te
Let, nothingis lefe out
.nery talent can produce,
Mbrellas,t
ing, and a most tasty
that's nice in Parasols
m
The ateriel in the co
o prove eatigfaotorys WT
ed the mountings are isei
e frames are light si
kteel rods, nod the h
- ivory, pearl, hor
, with silver, gol
ugs. Oare
grood Yetile at $1,
:c1 $a-2. each.Fine
aty handledl--$2.25,
$3 50 each. I
-13ess
I to be able to shoW
eganee ia light textg.
Summer cOstumes.lJ
!ayes and kinds is
hari you cen believe ure
fls. White materials'
le popular thug, ancl wi
- toward making up
s dainty ettractiVen
t he corded piques, En
g.
[can Welts, Drills, Due
Organdies and Ind'
assortmene will pie
ilighte of fancy.
lks.
anotier lot of new s' _
zetas, Japene and Foie
,
b nes- rose ,s k v mauve
• ' 1
ad cream. Tnis new Iot,
fur tine range of checks,
ies, will give :us a great
,-ery !west silk noveltiee. •
• 65s, ,75e, 85c and.
fny things that call for
is Lisps; dile to give
p f.refeeler notice it de -
mere ly inention the__
anye Lets' will you find
3 of the fulhineng goods;
e, ribtpons ior beltin
gt
s trixrening, ribbons for
eintlisa enirred rib
rontinge. (_;o11ars an&
oves, beltee fancy pins*
!•wear, hu8, huckieli,
chiefs, hueitry, Veilings,.
hs,
rnishings.
r Spring season of 1899e
ace curtales-33c, 470!
; better goodie heavier,
L.40 a pair:; fine No
$L30, $1.845 end $2.25;
in patterns $.2 50, $2.75,
etre epecial fine $3.50,
Lir. These Ourteins are
reds of imported sena
be beat ruatiufadtureA,
P- 35 4$e and 500-
sool carpets, this seat.
coloringe ; tapestry
, 50c and 65c per yard,4
es, Brussels - carpets,i
Dor oil eloths--,a very
Tns, no back nuinbers.,1
nree are iU more or
re are particular rex.
(,n1L1 vieit our .store.
it everything is mod-
lerate. Ai fast art
brought. teut we iu-
other, and ,a. very ini
Oust you are weleome
-r not. Lefokers are,
trs for loakere will
fie bnyere of to-daY
to- morrow.;
C
itest Cash
order to supply'
.tre to live in our
Mr. MeKibbere of
enag the wsek,
i,3ter at Walton,
ferried visie at the
-
Meths, of this vile
lumber are being
%a• mill, Mr. R -
!see at the head of
sere this part, on -
he funeral of the-
arinere are arMi*.
"0, on with their_
seas held on thc
n week.: The
I 'gummy and
.ts and Barnard,
Harr. ! Grey;
Wroxeter ; 5th,
h, McCtcheoII
.aron 1,`,1craddena
ne mon-th ni with
n Monday aria
. He had bawl
8. 1)avi1 Walker,
a 'eold the •old
el, te
tains 100 116
e lot, to [ John
:ouncil is prepare
.treet and ea lay
--I Lobert 'Docls•
wallowe 50 egret'
1,004simm••••••MINIONSISPISSIS.
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e--
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,636.
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S AFS R A, FRIDAY, APRIL
Lesson ill o none.
We are not herein claiming to se forth ideas that have
never been thought before, as the think ng of these,_, houghts
-by others only goes to show that we ar not alone in what we
think. For to our mind the simplest thought, So 1 ng as it
possesses the worth of being- original, i worth all he bor-
rowed oratory of the ages.
We would just as soon 1t another man do our ihinking
for us as we would think of 1 tting him use our tooth brush
or choose our politics.
But to proceed about to our less n. It is, only a few
words about the benefit to be derived 1rom the _Purchase for
the cash that we Wish to say a few words o ncerning. -Is it
possible for people to pay cash, and doesit p oVe profitable to
pay the cash ? The answers to these questions involve a wide
range of argument; but we will confine ourselves to that
kind of an answer, which has 'an immediate bearing on the
saving made in • the purclase ofi Clothing for the cash and.
from a cash dealing firm, such as we strive to be.
- There is no doubt that it s possible for the vast majority
of people to pay the cash. ' It being only a ;matter of
negligence on their part that it is not always done. Of
course we speak now of =tthe through going honest man who
desires to pay all his del* and to whom debt is a'burdeln and
not a pleasure. For strange as it may seem, there are some
people who are never so happy as when owing for something.
If the man who wants to p y cash will make it an un-
breakable rule not to buy unt.i he has the cash, be willfin4.
at the end of the year that h is better.off menta4y and fin-
ancially, and it can be done.
That it will prove profita le is as plain as day-. Because
it stands to reason- that any b siness man who understands
his business must have a highe price for his goods when giv-
ing a year's °relit than when he receives the cash for the
same.
The application of the forecloing is that we sell on a cash
therefore it is wise an profitable to deal with us.
Try it for a year and see !
The folio ing are a few prices that illustrate 6 cash
selling basis : Ir3uckskin Pants at $1 a pair sell at sight7; the
West -of -England. Suiting at $ 5 and $16.50, made to order,
has had a sale exceeding our highest anticipations, a 'd the
sale conti ues ; it cannot be he lowness of the price that
make o r own= make" of AI n's Suits at $8, $10 an $12
so pOpula as there are lots o Men's Suits much lover in
price thar these prices. and a though we show these lower
lines, it i =the better goods tha sell best.
1
Last week a mention was inade of Boys' School Caps at
10c, 150, Oc and 25c, we still show a large assortment of
these linej.
The eader in Fedora Hat this season with us is a fine
Silk Trimmed Hat at 95c, in bl ck, brown' and fawn.
The season for the Swea er, the elt, the Straw Hat,
the Soft hirt, the turn -down collar, th Bicycle' Cap and
Bloomer, t1ie Light Weight Under Shir and Spring Suit is
at hand. In all of these lines -We excel. (live the'cash basis
store a tria •
grolg
& MacdoBal
Clothiekss an
Furnishers
On the Wrong Bide of the Stiteet,
STRONG'S 13LOCIC,
SEAFORTII
. •
V ,rott
YOU CAN BUY A TICKET AT THIS OFFICE FOR
C I IICAGO, DETROIT,
SAN _KRA CISCO, VANCOUVER,
Or any point in astern or Western Canada. Baggage
checked to destinati n. Through ticket.
Money Orders sold at any time of the day or night.
This is the cheapest land most convenient way of remiring
small amo-ants. I r
FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION APPLY 1T0
R. J. MACDONAL
- C. P. R. AGENT, SeafortIL
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
(Writtei ter THE Exrosnon by IL Eiparling.)
Much has been written regerding the
sources and possibilities of British Columb
buttes yet t e descriptions have been= giv
with, in maliy cases, the object of boomi
80 O partio
art cies ib is
giv reliable
as lIie has be
son 1 know
peo le have
proVince o
tributed to
ish polumbi
and come
e-
a,
11
lar section. In this series of
the purpose of the writer to
and accurate information, such
n able to ascertain from per -
edge and observation. Many
been induced to come to this
the strength of artieles con.
he eastern press, in which Brit.
has been painted as a paradise
aently disappointments have
been common.
There is no doubt but What British Gel-
urnbia has very 'liege, vafed and almost
bou dless resource* but as yet the develop -
me t of these, as a whole, inay ruthfully
be aid to haire ju In the days
gon
act
bial
wes
gro
MOB
by developrae
r, and partook
boom Which
rn countries. In order
th may be attained, t
of necessity he regular
t begun
t was of
too much
is so eo
feve
of t
MOD
that
deli (shar-
e prover.
to these
a healthy
e development
nd gradual.
B itish Columba is the largest of the
Can dian pr Vince . It is n arly 750 miles
in 1 ngth, anj has n averag width of 400
il s. The jrea in squar miles is more
ha one andjbne.half times t at of Ontario.
be lower po tion forms a re ion of highlY
ley ted land enclosed and intersected b
on tain ra es. The great and massiv
hai of the Fookios forms the boundary Oflj
he ast. Th s range resembles a range 011
aj stio ramparts. Its peak 4 are grand an
obl . i. Thig mighty wall pOnsists for the
ost part ea limestone rocks. Twelve
teases pierce this stupendous mass. To-
arcts thenoreh, in the Peace river district,
the eaks dari dle in size to low lying hills.
R nning pa elle' with the Rockies is the
Selk rk range, of earlier formation than the
prec ding, bu were much more broken up.
The • eaks are more graceful in form, and
the ddes are ery preoipitous, down which
the ighty av lanches slide with irresistible
force. Unlike the Rookies, these mountains
have their sid s covered with great forests
of 5 and piee up to the caps of eternal
sno . The Selkirk range ie about 80 miles
in tvdth, that of the Rocky being a -little
more than 60 iles
Be weca thee two ranges there extends a
valle for a di tance of almost 700 miles.
This valley I very regular in its outline,
and i in fact large plateau. To the west
of th Selkirk lies another plateau rising to
a hei ht of 3,5 0 feet above the sea level.
Thes tracts a e of course broken by smaller
rang s, and th whole surface is diversifie
by m ny small and beautiful lakes. The
latte plateau orms the great agriculturtil
area if the pro ince. Professor Macoun, is
spea mg of t is largo tract, says : "T e
Wholi of Britis Columbia south of 52 d
grees north la !ludo, and east of the Coa t
rang, is a grazing country up to 3,50
feet, and a farming country up to 2,5
feet, ,here irri talon is possible."
: Th -Coast- ra ge of mountains lie to th
est, and fro the summit of' these, th
1 nd lopes to t he Pacific) shores. There =i
a ill another ange, of which Vancouve
I lan , the Qu en Charlotte Islands and th
est rn portio of Alaska are but uphea
a s. The west rn coast of British (iolumbi
i fa ous for its numerous bays or inlet
hic surpass even in grandeur those o
Gree land and Norway.
Th drainage system of the province 1
pule t. The southern and eastern portio
is dr ined by the Columbia river, which
'after flowing north, then suddenly turn
south formin whet is called the ' Bi
Bend ' countr , finds its outlet to th
Paoifii ocean, after draining the state o
Washngton, leo that of Oregon. Th
Frase river dr ins the west and south-west
and t wards th north we have the Stickin
and ass river, which ar waterways of
&Mei arable in) ortance.
POLITICAL DTYISI NS.
11
ror political purposes t e province is
di id;d into dieisions, w-hic , in the mejor-
ity o oases, correspond to counties, es in
th o her proViecos. Her we designate
th se divisione as counties in official.lan-
r0ge but otherwise we call them districts.
th extreme south-east, nd comprising
an a ea of oVer 15,000,00 acres, is, the
wo Id renowne Kootenay district. :The
Col bia river drains it. Three valleys
oo p180 this region; one, that of . the
Uppe Columb cf. or what is commis/11y
know as East cfotenay ; the second ie the
lake r gior, as qoprised in the Upper'and
Lowe Arrow lekeseand the third, the col-
umbia riv.er valley proper. East Kootenay
contai a8 a considerable tract of arable land,
but o = ng to the high elevation and dryness
of th ,climate, irrigation is invariably re-
quire in order to ensure success in agricul-
tural pursuits. In the vicinity of Fort
5 teele and Oranrook are large areas of ag-
ricult ral Ian& The construction of the
Crow' Nest Pass Railway has given a great
impet A to the development of this district.
In w at is known as the West Kootenay
distric , there f,s very little agricultural
lands. The wh le of the Kootenay district
is best known in, connection with its great
Miner 1 wealth; the lower portion or Rose-
land
ores,
is rich
region
demon
future
past 5
and to
during
south.
ence
'strict ling rich in gold -bearing
hile the xrthern or Slocum dist*ict
in silver d galena. These min ral
have beep sufficiently developed
trate be ond a doubt that t
is one of reat promise. During
-e years a number Of thriving cities
ns have Sprung up in Kootenay, and
the latteit portion of last year he
astern seetion has oo
wing to the constr
Crow's N,est Pas Railway.
eight ears ago the member
Legislature
that day
evoted to
district. ;The r quest was t
ridicul ue in
ay is t
of th
he we
to
eir
he
theroincfiI
Goverement of
$100,000, to
he, extreme,
e greatest rev
previnee.
t f Kootena
hioh ea prises an area ot nearly
0 sqaar miles. Th's mitire region
hat i c led the dry belt, the land
irriga ion for agricultural pur-
Koote
distric
To
trict,
16,000,
lies in
equiri
poses. 1 Thia dis net is made up of several
very important Valleys, among which are
the K ttle River, Similkameen, Mission
n,Spellnrnobeen,Nicola and Thomp-
er. Bea des the agricultural regions
be fail d the cattle ranges. Fruit
alse c rried on, and the prospect
ered
e portio of Yale district is corn-
!. certainly a . bright one.
n wn as he Boundary Creek coaun-
i diatri is now enjoying a general
m. he mineral wealth is un-
ut as the case in other new
penin gi p, the ambition of town
tees rincipally to unload town
Wont; cee. Times are at pees--
nly liv. y, -and although many for.
ma
e of, pr
they i
ext th
riod of
e into pro
akin of
It is said t
or Kootena
had asked the
for a grant of
pening up the
en considered
harass to -day,
nue producing
he
lat
in
lies Yale die-
Okana
on Ri
are to
growin
in this
The lo
monly
try. T
weete
doubte
distric
site pro
lots at
ent 00
tune,
trict
be safe
bide th
present
1 I 1
0 AD
mise
ves
• or
boo
lost, still the dis-
and investors 'would
d in the country in -
four years, as the
and inflation cannot
last onge- r than thr ugh the priagent year.
The grioulturel die ricts of Okanaganand
Spallumcheen are w thout doubt the richest
agrio ltural diStrict of the province. The
soil i fertile, end t e seasons generally sure
and averable4 In some of the localities
irrig tion must be r sorted to.
To the weist li the Lilooet district,
whio has long b enamous as a range
coun ry. In ome°cal ties, such as near
Ashe oft, agricultti e bus been tried, and
d.
the r .sults are very prornising. Along the
Cari oo road, the gr at highway of the in-
terio , considerable rm prodnee is grown,
whic brings pod p ices, and is always in
good • emend. Lilo et abounds in excellent
pastu e land, and at no di4ant date it will
take tank as an exce lent dairying district.
As yet the populatio is very sparse, but
with he mining pri spade of the Bridge
River end other dist iota, the future is very
hopef 1. In this istrict is situated the
; a
GOIde Cache miner I clai'whioh at one
time bowed great p omis , but has,. to use
a coin on tern); lit rally fizzled ut. It
does :eem remerkabl that the stook of a
comp atively Undev loped prospect should
rea,dil sell at Upwar $ of 2 a share before
a mill teat of the ore had een made. The
mane ement of the hole concern will no
doubt be thoroughly nvestigated, but the
disaat oils collapse of this concern will give
:
Lilooet such a et ba k from which it will
take years to r cover
(TO, be e ntinued.)
•
From Manila -
Mr. Charles Stewa t, son of Mr. Alexan-
der St wart, of Sea() th, who iii a member
of the elegraph! .cor se of the American
ariny t Manila,write to his parents hereon
Febru ry llth,giving an interesting account
of the rat battle between the Ameriean
soldier and the Fili ino insurgents. He
says:
The rouble *as n t unexpected, as we
all real zed we Would have to teach the na-
tive Fi ipinos a lesson as they were getting
so ugly toward i4, alt ough I can state for
a fact, we had t eir b st interests at heart.
The waterworksated r servoir are situated
about eight mile S out f the city of Manila,
and are pumped!,hrou h an enormous pipe.
The inshrgents bad t e city entirely sur
rounded with an army of 60,000, and where
this pi e passed thei lines and entered
ours, w s whereehe rouble started. We
had sev rel guars sta ioned at this poiet,
and the had sev ral within a tew yards.
Thursd iy night, .ebruary 2ad, a lot of them
got ho ling dru k, lo ded their pieces ad
walked over to 4ur si e. The guards re-
treated leaving hem 'n possession. Next
morniret, we got 4 seu d to advance, and
then this insurgents re reated. On Saturday
night, bout 8.30 p. m, they came up spirt
and opened fire MI us Well, we took a
few sh'o s at theni and the scrap was onJ
The op rater wired int the city and a "ca)l
to arms" was soended and all the soldierg
got On heir fighting = lothee. I had just
rolled i to my little bu k for a, good sleep,
as I w pretty tire , when the bugle,
sounde I was ;up a d dressed end readyl
for busi ess in a Very eye seconds. 1 was
detail° as operator at the Cingalen block-
house, nd I started o it for it, which was
three iles distant. I could _beer firin
away o er to my left, I but they had not
opened ut on our blo khouse as yet, I ar-
rived ea ely, and short after the different
soldiers and officers b an to arrive, chief
amongs them being G ,neral Ovenshine, the
man wh m I had= to d the telegraphing for.
By this time the firing- had become terrific,
1
and wa now not 300 ards to our left. It
was ver still around our place ; all the
soldiers were lying in • skirmish line, flat
on their stomachs, aiting anxiously for
the blac -faced gentle en to open up. I
was ver busy telegra hing when it seemed
as thou h ten. thOu8ans bullets passed ell
around ii, and then t e fireworks opened
up in god shape. On account of the denee
shrubbe y we coeld tom no idea how f r
they we4e from us, an4 as their bullets we e
high, w laid down an4l let them plug aw y
for abou three hours, ,when it commenc d
breaking daylight. Tbe troops all prepar d
for a charge, and the Oommand was given
and for ard they wen . The fighting .W.6
DOW something terribl'it was a' rain tlif
bullets ; every time an insurgent poked hk
head up jhe would get bullet put through
it. The finally broke and ran, our men
right aft r them. The had sharp -shooters
in the t ees, and as hey timed smokeless
powder ur boys had hard time 'feasting
them. hen they di see one up a tree
they wo ld shoot up a4 him, and down to
the grou d came Mr Insurgent. About
one hun red and fifty 4f them had hid in a
church i the city the nightbefore, and
aftereall he troops ha4I gone out to the
front, th y got up in t e dome of the church
and star ed shooting a officers and stray
soldiers. At first the boys had no idea
where,th bullets wer coming from, but
they ail located the $ at of . the trouble.
A canno was aimed at the front door and
the first shot set the bu lding on fire. They
poured lead into that huroh for hell an
hour ; it was all in flames, and seven Fili-
,
piisos wer captured. The rest were either
shot or b rned to death. The Red Cross
had theirhospital opporlite our office and
were bus ei carrying in Ithe wounded. The
dead were left lying 4intil the wounded
were oarej for. I coul4I hear one fellow
groaning inti1 be was t en to the hospital.
The -dead men, twelve tt our place, were
laid in a zow, and I havu seen some ghastly
sighta, b t, none can evek equal the sight of
those me . Some Iooke4t as though they
slept, an others es tho gh they had suffer.
ed untold agonies. The roar of cannon and
musketry was se ething almost deafening;
every gu would hake o r old building. I
was excit d at 5r t, but las the firing kept
up on our house eight lo g hours, I took it
as a mat r of couree tow rd the end. Sev-
eral bulle s came pretty lose, one almost
grazed m . Our wire ha been cut and I
started d wn the line to our next office,
about a qUarter of a mil distant. Iran
along thaside of the roa , crouohed down
as far as possible, when o e jf their sharp-
shooters took a crack at Me, 1 He no more
hot foot tor a
to the other
the church I
he bullets were
ole 'crowd of us
e t 11 the cannon
es .; Three Eng.
[fro d some • way
u4. When some
m, they shouted
ur good friend,
hrghe,, shows the
d, so did
ve
the engagement
tha
fe w
offic
missed me, but I didl th
seconds and came do*n
e, which was right n ar
was telling you about.
whistlinghere, so the w
broke int a a store for refu
put the church out of burn
lish sailor!' had got in our
and ran ieto the store wit
of our botfre recognized the
out, "Here's a health to
Johnnie Pull." The sail°
we. T
feeling
was ov
trenche
house.
two an
eaoh on
empty
see 0,11
year. o
He hadleyi ently put his
trenehele when one of our
baok of h head. Right
thee:nigh I? forehead and i
iS incident, how
f our men, Whe
r, I went up the insurgent
, and saw a rtiguiar slaughter -
Each ins -urgent h fired between
three hundred s ots, and where
of them stood the e was a pile of
artridges. I was eeply touched
tie fellow, not mo ' than fourtee
1 ing dead in o ei of the trenches
ad. up above th
ys sent a hal
, came out at th
ear him was
F
Mo14, AN 13ROS., Publishers;
I $1 a Y'eaprin. Advance.
2,50
ROLLS
L PAPER
From 30 per Roll Upwards.
BORDERS TO
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I
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Main St., - -
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dead Filipino officer. thee returned to
the blockhouse, and ov r fourbundred of us
slept on the hard floor In my idreams I
could hear those bullet, but would wake
only to find murmurings coming from the
boys, who) like myself, were busy in far-off
dreamland, Next mor ing wle, about four
of us, went out to the i surge t village, and
found all the houses deserted. We got
many souvenirs to take home with us, more
than we could carry. Amongs other things
t r
we got a coop full of he s, and the whole
company had their first ch cken dinner.
This is the most delightful parof a soldier's
life ; the excitement is immense. What
happened at our part during the battlewas
true all over, We cleaned the insurgents
gut in good shape and followed them to the
woods. I am at present telegraphing at a
little town six miler= south of Manila ; am
with the same General Ovensbine and like
.ib tine. He smokes and eats pretty good
things, so do I, and he is very considerate
of his operator. We have been fightiog one:
week now, and our loss bee been -sixty
killed and one hundred and sixty wounded -
a very few considering the crowd of savages
we had to fight. We are not through yet,
however, but do not anticipate a great deal
more trouble. The treaty of peace has been
ratified, and I suippose we shall be taken
back before a great while now. I hope j so
and I shall come home for a while to recup
orate
•
The Mitchell Spring Show.
There was a pretty fair crowd in Mitchel
on Thursday of last week, to witness the
annual spring stock show. The -day wag
comparatively fine and the sleiging wag
fairly good, so that the farmers came in M
goodly numbers. For some reason or an-
other there were a few good horses in the
immediate district which did not enter for
competition, but enough exhibited to make:
che show a success in most of its classes.
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Following ie the list of prizea awarded i
HORSES, -Imported heavy draughts, -
Four years and over, 1st, Royal Conqueror,
Colquhoun & -Dow, Hibbert ; 2nd, Bay
Prince, Wm. Rae & Co., Downie; 3rd,,
Bravo 2nd, Thomas Skinner., Three years
and under, let, Glengleggan,lj. & W. Faw-
cett •, 2ad, Sit Richard, Colqaho.un & Dow..
Canadian.heavy draught, let, Aberdeen W.
J. Stineon, Logan. Roadsters, 1st, dleud:
Lexington, Cephas Woodger ; 2nd, Confed-
eration, Casey . & Davidson. Therough-
breda, let, Tryone, T. Skinner ; 2nd, Caryl,
Woodburn & Lawrence, Logan,
Bones; -18t, Mise Chief, Wm. Lawrence,;
Logan ; 2nd, General Havelook, J. Fanson'
& on ; 3rd, Indian Chief, R4 McCullough,
Blanshard. Jergey, let, Duke of Hibbert,
Thome Pullman. Polled Angus, ist, Lord
Forest Wm. Huriburt, Logan; 2acl, ,Hero
of Perth, Wm. Hodge ; 3rd, Klondike,'Win:
helm, Ellice. Ayrshire, 1st, Frank Bred -
well, Wm, Rogers ; 2ad, Heir of Neidpath,
Jessie Looker.
Canada.
-All the St. Lawrence canals will be
open for navigation by May 1st.
-The county almshouse at Chatham)New
Brunswick, was burned early Satorday
morning. Four aged inmates were Waned
to death.
-Fire at Carman, Manitoba, on Friday,
destroyeda large portion of the business
places in the town, doing damage to the ex-
tent of about $60,000.
-Clifford Bradley, the 4-year.old son of
Mr. George Bradley, of Port Lambton, fell
into the St. Clair river, Saturday, and was
drowned.
- John Willoughby, of Dresden, is dead,
at the age of 104 years and five months.
This is the third citizen of Kent county
who has reached the century mark.
- Mr. S. C, Miner, president of the
Granby Rubber Company, has given $40,000
for the endowment of a chair in the Congre-
gational College at Montreal.
-Allen Richardson, aged eleven, only
son of Mr. Richardson, jeweller, of Dunn-
ville, accidentally shot himself through the
heart while playing with a *evolver.
-Three fishermen, Jacob Oak and George
and William Vanwark, left !Deeeronto Sat-
urday evening in a email boat for their
home near Howless ferry, and were
drowned.
, -Mr. I. B. Taylor, of Ottoeva,a one-time
prominent newspaper man, and or many
ears publisher of the Ottawa Citizen and
Dominion Government printer, died on Sat-
arday, at the age of 70 years.
-One hundred and fifty truekera on the
Grand Trunk Railway, at Toronte, went
Out on strike Saturdayafternaon. They
ask for an increase in their preseet wages of
$1.15 per day.
; -On Thursday morning the 3-n10 the -old
daughter of J. T. D. Coulthard, b ker nt
Huntsville, -found dead in its cot. till coi-
ner's jury in the case returned a v rdict
.hat the child's death was canoed' bf wilful
neglect on the part of its parente.
-The venue in the celebrated P4nton
trial has been changed from Ne,panee to To-
ronto, and will come -up at the assize a there
in May. The peeple of Napanee acted like
fools) and they are being justly punished by
having the trial removed from their burg.
-Counterfeiting operations are in pro-
gress in the districts of Wyandotte and
Ecorse, county of Eseex. The counterfeit-
ing is of.50-cent pieces, exeellently done.
The piece is part silver, and heavier than
the genuine coin.
-011 Saturday afternoon Charles Edward
Higgins, the 3 -year-old son of Edward M.
Higgins, of the Dominion Hat Company, ,
Toronto, was struck by a Metropolitan !
street car, and received such terrible
juries that he died shortly after,
-Thomas Lowe, aged 34 years, era"
drowned in the Grand River at Brantfard,
Monday morning. Lowe, whose residenoe.
in west Brantford had been inundated by
the recent floods, was criossing the Grand
Traink Railway bridge, which alone is avail-
able for foot passengers west Brantfard,
when a freight train came upon the bridg,
Lowe tepped•aside upon an iron girder to
etioape he train. His foot slipped tied he
fell, gr ping one of the lower girder e in his
fall. 1ee he held on until his etrength
was exhatested, when he dropped into the
swiftly rnioning waters below and was
s ept 4vay.
F-Tl4 Roseland Record says If some of
th goo girls in eastern Canada, who are
w rkin for $1.50 a week, knew bow 1 much
th$y w aid be appreciated in Roesland at
fr m $20 to $30 a Month, and of the eppor-
tu itieg for marrying well, they iwould
ha ten westerard.
-1
Mns, Mary Delany, of Mono tow)ashiga,
no rsty Of Dufferins an inmate of the Hamils
to Asylum, Made a rope of her bedding
la :at night, and while attempting to-
kee4 aepae. from her bedroom window the rope
br ke and the fell thirty feet and was
i .
I --john eLean, !of Brooksdale the oldest
e igrated te,this country in 1837. At the
Ilhtt.
✓ sident of ' township of Vilest Zorra,
d ed last week at the age of 102 years. He
last Dominions, elections he east a vote for
J mos Sutherland, M. P., and was said to
be the oldest Liberal voter in the Dominion.
-A eri us accident happened at the
Baden otel Baden, on Tuesday night of
la t week., Two daughters of Mr. Henry
F rler Misses Emma and Levina-were
almost a ffooated by gas from the coal fur-
na e, while several ; other occupants of the
ha el aresuffering pont the effects of the
gas)vine has *nice died.
A fatal accident occurred near the C.
P. R. station at Markdale, on Thursday. A
rid her of children were playing on some
tim er when one of them, a boy about six
yeaus of age, Edgar Ricketts, son of George
Rio etts, C. P. R. Sectionman, slipped be.
tws n two sticks of i timber, causing it to
roll, fracturing the boy's skull and causing
im ediate death. ' I
ra Lee, aged 5, a highly respected
rea ent f Norwi h, Ontario, committed
suie'de Saturday afternoon by severing a
jugular vein with 6.' penknife. The body
!
was oundi on the railroad track a short dis•
tan° aveSt o the station. A note was
! fou ad4n the body containing these words ;
This is no ca8e torLenquiry ; I do not wish
Ito! -j-Ari al nost fatal accident occurred at
lore any longer."
, near Barrie, Friday after -
ebb was running the circular
rat, part of it striking Webb
der crashing through the
roof of the mill Webb got a big opening
across his breast that required 17 stitches,
and ui
surg
vwfic-iiin
w
d uere
ik
is
at $6
and
cause
arriv
Vegprai or ssin
noo4. .11.ark
saw, when it b
and the itema
big split in is right hand. It took a
on three hours to fix him up, but be
robably ppit through all right.
here ie alenort a hay famine in the
ty of Loudon. Farmers, who a few
ago were selliog hay on that market
50 per tot, have become buyers at $9
9.50 per ton. i The late spring is the
• People' who had well-filled mows
the winter ran short, expecting the
1 of spring a mouth or six weeks
earli r than it canie. As a result, they
have had to buy hay for their stook.
-The spring floods did much damage in
different parte of ho province last week.
In Brantford and alt the flood was par-
ticularly severe, At Fergus, loss of life
was narrowly averted. Messrs. Henry
Webiliter, sr., and James Hanna, who were
viewing the flood, got submerged. Mr.
.Hanna, losing his held of the fence on which
he lwas perched, was in considerable danger,
but was gallantly rescued by Mr. George
Kerr. As; it was, r. Hanna twit the 150-
vear-old White het is father wore.
--While engaged n their father's sugar
bush in an endeavor to boil down sugar, Es-
ter er living near Alexandria, was burned
n
dr a Marceux, the 6 -year-old daughter of a
to death, and her younger sister terribly
injured. Sparks tr m the fire caught in
the formees apron and she was soon en-
veloped in flames. er sister endeavored
to extinguish the ila es, and as a result, it
is feared, will lose oth of her hands.
-It hi understood,that the farm and resi-
dence of the late Si 1 George E. Cartier, at
Longue Pont, near Montreal, in the prov-
with a fine residence. hires changed bands
i
ince of Qo btu', has been sold by Mr. W. H.
Trenholme to Mt. Powell, of Richmond,
Quebec, fee $30,000. There are 115 arpents
several times since he death of the original
dis-
trict.
owner, the first tins in 1874, when it was
sold for $0,500,blin showing the great in-
crease in the value of property in that dig-
-A sale of horses
Toronto horse s ow
;
repository, in t at c
bidding was not bd.
going very cheep.
team of bay mar a,
went for $180 te Mr
There was quite li
team. Doc and 0
and5 years, 15.2
Mer dith, of Lon
yea old mare, WI
$3
Ini
at
eahibited at the recent
to k place at Grand's
t , on Saturday. The
k, some of the horses
uzzle and Dazzle, a
,ears old, 15i hands,
Harknees, of Toronto,
tle bidding on the next
, kruire and gelding, 4
ioh finally went to Mr.
, tor $435. Made, a 4
to 0. B. Sheppard f r
-frhe frosts id great damage to t e
fruit trees in South Essex, but the damage
was not diecover d until the past week,
when an examination of the orehards was
made. According to a report sent to the
Department ,of Agriclulture, ninety per
cent, of the peach 'trees in South Essex
have been completely killed by the frosts.
Only the young treesi that were well banked
escaised. The fruit growers of that section
held a neeeting at Leamington, on Thursday
ight of last week, and decided to ask the
iovernment to allow; them to import trees
to take the place of those killed.
1 ;
! I Huron Notes.
-FOrdwiob will have a 24th of May
emotuitratinn.
- Mi. W. W. Sloan, of Blyth, has gone
n a business trip to the Southern States.:
- Ratteribury Street Methodist churah,
linton,has extended 'a call to Rev. W. G.
ewston,lof Meaford
--Rev. Stewart pastor of the Willis
Presbyterian church, Clinton, has been
I granted three months(' leave of absence.
; I -James Bone, of Belgrave, had the ms -
fortune to have part of his hand taken off
' cutting box, one day recently.
-Alex. Leech had the top of the fingers
of hie left hand taken off by a saw
Ament'" factory, in 'Brussels, one day re-
cently, ;
--A number of Bayfield boys are in
trouble. They have been taken to Gotie-
;rich to stand their trial on different charges
of stealing.
John Philips has sold his black-
smith shop shop and residence, in Blyth, to Mr.
Wm. Robert.on, who takes_ possession on
August ;let next.
-The early closing movement nas struck
Winghara, and in the fatties the principal
stores will close each evening at seven
o'clock, I ' This is as It should be.
.-A very enjoyable evening was spent by
the residents of the North Boundary Of
Grey, on Wednesday evening of last week,
at the home of Mr. .Andrew McKee the Oc-
casion beingthe ntation of a lulndsome
velvet couch to Mr. ,and Mrs. McKee, ae.a
token of esteem upon their removal from tbe
far* A quantity of oysters had been pur-
1
chased, and, of come, added substantially
to the evening's enloyment, Mr. MoKsse
and daughter, Mies Libbie intend going to
eMnaunyi.toba, where, !if pleased with the coun-
try, Mr. McKee intends residing perman- ,.
1
has reeigned,and ia sacceeded by Mr. Joseph-
-Mr. Hugh cQuarrie, who has been
the very efficient seeretary of the Morris
Agricultursd smile y for the past 30 years,
Habkirk. ,
-Mr. Harry leziao, of Sodom, has pur-
chased the residenee of Mrs. Turnbull, in
Exeter, now omupied by Mr*James Murray,
for the sum of $900, and intend,s moving
therein shortly.
-The death is announced of Jane Rusk,
wife of Mr. Thomas Allan, of Innisfail, Al-
berta, aged 66 years. !Mrs. Allan with her
husband., left Clinton last fall to ;aside with
her son in Alberta district.
-Muriel Donelda 'youngest daughter of
Rev. D. B. McRae, 'Presbyterian minister
-I,
at Cranbrook, died on Sunday, 9th inst.,
aged 4 years, 8 menthe and 6 days. She
had been seriously ill for several weeks with
brain trouble.
-John Clarridge, of the Clinton organ
factory, met with a bad accident the other
day. While cleaning a revolver which- he
knew was loaded, it was suddenly die -
charged, the bail passing through his lefb
hand. t
a recent meeting of the Stephen
council, Mr. Chester Prouty, who had been
clerk of the municipality for over forty
years, tendered his resignation, which was
accepted. Mr. H. Eilber, M. P. P., was
appointed clerk M hisetead.
-Dr. Wm. F. Shoat, /SOD of Mrs. Shortt,
of Westfield, died in Detroit, on Wednesday
morning of last week, from blood poisoning.
Deceased was a very clever and successful
practitioner, and a young nisei whose death
will be regretted by a large circle of friends.
-Howard Riddell, of Londeshoro, was
arrested on a capias and brought to Gode-
rich last Friday by Deputy.Sheriff Gundry.
He was afterwards released on bail, his
father and W. L. Ouimette, of Londesboro,
giving bonds for laie appearance at the pro-
per time.
-On Wednesday of last week Harry, son
of Mr. Freeman Carr, of Witigham, was
badly bitsen by a dog. Two dogs were
fighting, when Harry undertook to separate
them. Just then a third our appeared on -
the scene and savagely bit Harry, inflicting
a severe wound on one leg.
-Amos Smith, the well-known shorthorn
breeder, of Grey township, has recently
made some good sales of thoroughbred
stock. Thee sales eoneisted of n. cow and
two heifers Shipped to - O'Brien county,
Ohio, and a'five menthe' old ball to Perth,
Lanark county.
-George Fitzpatrick and wife, old resi-
dents of Brussels, and their son Isaac, in-
tend removing to Manitoba on Tuesday,
25th inst. Mr. Fitzpatrick and wife will
visit at Alexander, where their daughter,
Mrs. Elliott, resides, and Isaac will go to
Birtle, where his brother Albert is in busi-
ness. Mr Fitzpatrick is 82 years of age,
andhis wife ten years younger. '
-The county of Huron, one a the 'largest
counties in the Province, with a 'poulation of
about 60,000, presents a very creditable re-
cord in regard to criminal statistics. Ac.
cording to the annual report of the inspec-
tor of prisons, the county stands second 011
the list M the Province in the lowest num,-
ber of prisoners committed to gaol for the
years 1896, 1897 and 1898, the number of
prisoners being 81, 75 and 44 respectively.
• -John Hawthorne, of near Alma, met
with a painful accident on Monday of last
week. He and his father were engaged in
cutting wood, when the axe whioh Mrs
Hawthorne was using suddenly glanced,
'striking his son on the arm, inflicting a deep
and painful wound and severing the cords.
Medical aid was at once summoned and the
wound dressed, which required several
atitchee, and it will be a long time before he
has the use of his arm again.
-A happy conipany of relatives and
friends, to the number of one hundred or z
thereabouts, assembled SG the comfortable
residence of Mr. John Bishop, on the bth
concession of Grey, on Wednesday evening
of last week, to witness the tying of the
matrimonial bow between Mies J131313iej the
estimable daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bishop
and Mr. F. W. Bagg, whose home is near
Weston, Ontario, Rev. John Roes, B. A.,
of Brussels, performed the cereinony.
-A very pretty wedding took place at
the residence of Mr. Wilkie, of Amberlay
village, on Tuesday evening of last week,
when Mr. Evans was united in'marriage to
Miss Aggie, second daughter of Mr. Wilkie,
M the presence of a number of invited
guests and friends of the e,ontraotingparties.
The ceremony was performed ,by REV, J.
IdeFarlaine, and the young coupie were the
recipients of many beautiful and useful
pr-eseOnatsihursday eveningof last week, the
ome of Mr. John Anderson, bf the 9th
ncession of Howick, was the I scene of a
very pleasant event, when his danghter,Miss
Maggie, was united in the hoky bond* of
matrimony to Mr. Wm, MeKee, One of
Whitesville's most highly esteemeil young
men. The ceremony was performed , the,
presence of a number of near relatives and
friends of the contracting parties', by Rev.
B. Dobson,
-The House of Refuge committee of the
county council met at the House of Refuge
Clinton, on Friday last. In addition trx;
routine work, the committee agreed upon a
plan of ventilation for the House, and ar-
ranged for the procuring of lumber for a
driving house, which is to be erected by the
keeper and the inmates. They learned
that one of the inmates, Maggie Nichol, is
vicious, and has frequently amok and ill-
guasoeld. certain fellow inmates, and they -con-
sider that she would better be committed to
-Early on Sabbath morning, 9th inst.,
the spirit of Janet Alexander, relict of -the
late Wm. McInnes, of Grey township, took
its flight. Deceased, who made her home
with her son Duncan, on lot concession
13, Grey, took a stroke of apop xy while
sitting in her chair the previous morning,
and she never regained conscious efts. Tie
subjeet of thigriotice WWI born near Bridge-
town, not far from Glasgow, So timid, on
June 18th, 1815, a date rnemora le by the
greatBritish victory at Waterl . When
19 years of age she was married to Mr. Wm.
Monteith, and a few days after t ey, Along
with Mr. George Monteith and • e, who
were brother and sister of the firs mention-
ed couple, sailed for Canada. Mr. Monteith
took ship fever, and died before, the ship
landed. He was buried at Quebec. The
young widow made her home with her
brother-in-law and sister,in Dalhousie town-
ship, Lanark county, and four or ftve years
after her husband's death was !united in
marriage to Mr, Wm. McInnes, resident*/
that locality. They continued to reside
there until moving into Grey township 44
years ago, when they were among the ion -
ears in the bush. By industry and thrift
the family prospered, and are nearly all
living in that section yet. Mr.hleinnest died
juseni26 yeorss, agagedii,58of parilinflameamaitir ins nattsiiiier a *bort