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The Huron Expositor, 1899-06-02, Page 1- n -- 1899 )re en t THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. . WHOLE NUMBER 1,642.. IED.MILLINE iIE SAILORS 4111 ASOLS ASOLS PItUEs TTSLIS GANDIES NE 78 IMITIES INGIIA MS FS IN STINS DINES R WEAR VAISTS ETC. REAM ',Acts IBRONS CETS fLINGS IERY )VES IVES GLOV.ES TAINS FRTAIN MrSI,1NS EIV; HP he Oldill • -7A s Co. st Cash Store. m000v,r,orvozzoomorotemproommisis. -.nese was reputed. udiaWAS BhOWIL inerease inero- nie most exiting the discuseion of Ln some circuit nag that no change of the mieisterial different commit- erenee reaulted as oodwin, to the eta- . B. Clement and e Sabbath school divard and Israel eragee ceinamittee, 6est, Huron, was eerice to the atti- •erninent towards n was pasted by ;e motion 012 the 41 is being intro- inetence of the letion was placed asfaction Of the which Rev. Mr. r, p irfortned the a the district • 4 elf feeling To quote from. ain't bad for a dog dog. The saying has people ,as well as dog although it is chro literal. The, true people were perfectly shadow these very written, or worse, the every one about the What might be , rising, raising a famil good and thereby we conceits. ne feat e as th necess n run a not be and ha There is have to assu •cern that it is None of us c about it. Ca the inevitable and prices of the Re or sell you. Previous to des suits, it may be of va that many of the sui worth from 10 to 25 made from the point • The first suit in price $4.50. And wh worthy, and we make the buying of the goo 'The second suit Wearing Material. moderate priced_ artiol suit. Ever see it ? M $8 we begi averse to wearing, t would not be discreditable to its are in Tweeds, ,Serges an he patterns, ome next, to the $1 by ourselves, full s ched button holes, pr . _ oughly sewn on, a ni the coat is Bilked an collar, sane lining in If you are intere, will learn, better if you. see the that is all we desire at the pre ini inspection of the sa e Will pr In a stock like o rs, wher ly an impossibility o make prices, but we have gi;ven you stated, an inspection on your showing the full values we sel We have an. idea, that vre the market in a B ys 'Straw, 1 The same idea p evails wi Sailor Hat for Childr ,n. •The nistrict meet- : far the Exeter tie ek. The re- tail increaee in wired as well as • NIX hundred the Exeter i jfJfl was heide peeechers, after I to be blameless: Friday the leen •i.t'o !tits were In • from their *ref h shewed .;trut nances, to the eta - when the e,irig Rev. G. v. W. Beugh to ewortli League ea wee tendered at Birthday • ey eur citizens, 1 trge crowd w4.11 as a he morning irnween the Exeter juniors, tor the home to In the e the attrac- r• eummary : 3- E. Tennent, , Brucefield ; nee, St. Marys; w:ry Ingersoll. —let, JRoyal ; end, Mar- erry, :Zurich ; ent,ilea Craig; 4 on, (:oderich. e --1st, Miss- , ned, Acmon erd, Eric R., Robert IL, . Bost time, ellow Jacket, , Haeston, D. Ore:lover, 1 avid Ha it keeps its own ;not n icled th terpretat clear of eople would ailed th ;and are kept um him fr astute cessarily •a literal application.; t folk have qualified for the on po sibly is, that if most roublel-and life was without a ould ish their epitaphs were e a bu den to themselves and fleas f being hard up is early he lik are intended for our rom bTing too wise in our own uostio few fleas, moreor m brooding on be application to liv less, ng a s of re of thi idea, about the bother peOple y go on reathi cf, and that is the 9on- ry to giv to t e clot ing of the body. ay from it, we are al force;c1 to think helped! So le us reign Ourselves to re a reaso able alk ab ut the materia dy-for-w ar Clothing that we can sho ribing d quoting the prices of th ue to the intending purchaser to kno s are `i our own make," and therefore er cent. diore than the ordinary ready - f workraInship the list is a fie line of Tweed. The e the p ice is ow, yet the goods are a profit ven t this figure; because, s was at a low figure. is a Hard Twi IS 11, he pric $6.5 is diffic lt to e to offer suits e style, t and custo Wors varied as We is—made silked sti ted Cloth and Torigli is no high, and. for a col fo • a knock-abbut hich o man need be finis of these suits -mad work. The $8 eds, the colors are as suit, and a handsome suit it oulderl and bod_y facing, all perly worked buttons, thor- he collar, the lining of st made With knotch e body of the coat. se of a good suit you e have mentioned and e are satisfied that an ing to you. re so Many, it is near - of all the lines and as to the range, and as ill do the 'needful in are selling the best value, in at at 2e -c. h s lathe matter of the Wide same pike 25c. . e foiling out of spliced the v the back as in t ted in th purch goods ent,- as ve plea there - mentio n idea part Its not at all stretching itt to 1eep the idea a rolling when the Tammany hirt for mei at qOc is thoucidat of. Not desiring to ush *the id4a to far, we y t maintain thatwith us25c wil buy as new a ie, or pa a of Cuffs,! or Handkerchief, or Box or ;Underslhirt,lor Braces, or Belt,' or Straw Hat as may be found anywhere iat, the mon Greig Clothieis and y - On the Wrong Si4e of the Street, STRONG'S BLOCK, ishers HORN AS THE PI 13L 9 FIND 1 The handiness of the Money Order s stem out, they readily grasp the simplicity, the safety, and tie cheapness of remit- ting money this way. You can. In y a $1.0 Order 4t this office for 6c ; $20 Order costs '10c ; higher amounts a ,fraction raore. May ue had any time •night or 'ay. ' Are you going west this year ? If so, drop in and any information you need will be cheerful y furnished. Going to the Old Cotintry this year t) The "Beaver Line" from Montreal offers a inost delichtful way of taking Ithe trip. P flax chu eq,CitiO of the vid cl the r - ;f t1s coigr� - j. MA DONAL C. P. R. AGENT, Seaford). BRITIISH COL MBIA. [Written foal nue EXPOSI1OR by R. Sperling.] (Continued from la t week.) SEAFO.RTH, FRIDAY, JUNt 2, 1899. - PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT. - The form o local government adopted by Biitish Colu hie, at the time of the entry into confderr4tjon is similar to that of On - tad t pr sent the Legislature consists of 3 me ber. The party system of gov. ern4ient, as far as provinoial affairs are cen erne , is unknown here. The issues were alw ys 1 cal in their character; and the attempte introdeetion of Dominion poli ties into local affairs has, until - the presen tine, be.n looked upon with great disfavor. A the I at election the thin edge of th w dge, s to speak, was entered, and thee is no doubt lent the next election will b fonght tut n the federal inane]. Th desire fo the introduction of party politic originate wit.h the "newcomers," or thos wno hay arri ed in the province during th cp St few year The gbvernrn ent had bee t ni turall in t e hands Of " o d timers," an iwas fe t by the "new cotiere " that un le s fede al is ues were dopted it would b i possible to oust tlje old governinen which. had been in pow r for eighteen years, and which, in many re peas had got out of,touch with tthe great mass of the elector- ate. So at thb Liberal 'cony ntion for or- ganization purposes, held in ew Westmin- ster in 1897, a proposal was ado- to intro- duce party politics, but it was defeated by a narrow majOrity. The Liberal party then succeeded in adepting a "-resolution, by a small-majorit port the Opp Jog about a action did no fever, and at divided. As , pledging the party to sup- itions with a view to bring- ange of government. This by any means find universal the last election the party was title personnel of the Turner administration was largely Conservative in federal politics, the arbitrary action of the Lieutenant -GO ernor in dismissing the min- istry before the final results of the elections were known, roused the C neervative party to action, and At their pro metal convention held last autumn, it was ecided that the next provineia election sh uld be contested on puvely federal lines. The present Legis - 'attire has a mAjority of Censervat yes, and the Premier and the Finance Mi later are members of that party. It is i.1together likely that Sir pharles Hibbert Tu per will leal the Conservatives, and Horn Joseph Martin, better !known as " Fighting Joe," evil marshal the Liberal forces at the next ele .tion. What the resule would be is impossible to predict. The Premier is Conservative and has been, but the Liberel element is grow- ing. The carrying on of the government of British Columbia has been a difficult prob- lem. _ The large area of territory and the epareeness of the population renders the ad- ministration of public affairs very expensive, so much o that ehis fact, coupled with the constant demand for heavy expendituresin opening p a very difficult country, has al- ways ren ered the expenditure greater than the reve i uee The old government was ac- cused o favoring the monopolist. This accusatio , in many respects, was well founded, as many valuable franchises and tracts of land were foolishly parted with, but if th old was extravagant, the new has, as far as arely local affairs are concerned, adopted i poliey of niggardly P c ono m y and has, afte its ehort time in office, failed to grasp th situation in a manner that will make to ards the growth and development of the nrivince. We wtre startled a few days ago by the announ :anent that the local government had sig i ed its willingness of granting a round nil lion dollars towards the Pacific cable sch me. Although lull and explicit details O the proposed expenditure have not been giv n, still the proposal does not meet with fay r. Taking for granted, the fact that th able would be a convenience, and that con iderable benefit would aacrue to the prot ince, still the project is an imperial one, an outside the prerogative of British Columbia. Many of the "old timers," though intensely loyal to British ;institu• tions and interests, remember with mingled degrees ?f feeling the fact that the province has received but small favors from the British Admiralty in tiines past. One in- stance Will illustrate this. In the early days of ;he colony of British Columbia, which then comprised the mainland only, the tend )le Chilicotin Indian wars broke out. The young colony was helpless to put down the Iridian rising : and the Imperial forces Stationed at Eequimalt were appealed to. Tne assistance was given, but the young and seruggling colony hail to foot the hill to the last farthing. It is not likely that the Legislature will vote the million dollars eo the bable scheme, as the majority of the neople feel that the same moieey could be spent to much better advantage ' in openin upthe country or developing our resources. 1 It is ouropinion that the loffer hes been made with the view of attracting the attention of the British public to the province, as the Finance Minister will soon be leaving to float a loan of several millions for public works, and to meet the exiting deficit. Whether this apparent spirit of liberality towards patriotic sentiment I will have any weight remains to be seen. The government of this province iS a strange task. The population is so cosnto- poliean, and as there are no defined preced- ents to follow, it is a very difficult matter to so legislate in order to satisfy so many di- vergent interests. Public men 'some in for a full share of ebuse, and in no portion of i Canada is public opinion more fickle than here. The inteoduction of peeper issues may improve mattere in some respects, but th re is such a large population that know no h- ing of Dominion politics, and does not c re to learp, con,cerning federal issues, the difficult task of the politieiana I will be in holding the political allegiance of such a large army of electors who naveino fixed or settled political opinions. i • The entry oftHon. Joseph Martin into local politics o British Columbia has been a subject of ini ch criticism. His being a ccmparative steanger in British Columbia was reckoned to be not a qualification, but his record froin Manitoba, whether favor- able or otherwise, as strong opinion ti ara expressed both ways, appealed to many. Whatever may be his faults or failings, one thjing is certain that he has carried through m eh useful legislation. His tendency se ms to be towards adopting legislation of a IisVinctive1y socialistic character.; He is th most roundly abused man in "British C lumbia. Some other features of our form of government I leave for future articles. (To be continued.) • —Serious havock was wrought by a or- nado in a section of South -Western Man to - ba, on Thursday of last week. The at rm came from the ;ortheivest in the shape f a very dense der cloud, and as it approac ed it; seemed to swoop down in the f rm of:a funnel. The wind was accompanied by torrents or rain and hail. At Melita the sides of a stone building were crushed in, and a number of frame structures were blown down, and many partially Wrecked in the towna and surrounding districts. The same destruction was ceased in tke vicinity of Deloraine and other places. The residence of Geerge King was torn from is foundations, and rolled for a distance of fifty yards. In the house at the time were Mr. King, Adam Galliger and George No. rite Norris was probably fatally mutilated and bruised. Goderich District Meeting. The regular May meeting for Goderio • district of the Methodist church was held i North street church, Goderich on Ma 23rd. The circuit reports showed an i crease in membership of over 100, and ci cant finances in good shape. The etatistical report of Young People a Societies ettowed as follows : Money Members Raise Goderich, North at. 81 $ 31 0 Goderich, Vietoria at. 98 30 0 Clinton, Retteribury st. 229 102 52 5 41 9 128 4 355 37869-68 42 0 68 8 23 1 15781 20 °linter), Oetario st. 162 Seaforth 73 Efloyltmhesville 37 B 95 Dungannon 126 Wile Benmiller 73 87 Auburn 163 Walton 34 Londeseboro 110 Tuckererni73 the Bayfield Varna 44 84 6122 000 The Sueday school report gave the folki ing membership : Goderich, North Berea 212; Goderich. Victoria, 152 ; Clinto Rattenbury, 389 ; Clinton, Ontario, 383 Seaforth, 281 ; Holmesville, 139 ; Blyt 204 ; Dungennon, 180 ; Nile, 294; Benmi ler, 199 ; Auburn, 276 ; Walton, 96; Lo desboro, 2612 ; Tuckersmith, 91; Bayfiel 130 ; Varna, 183. Rev. W. Godwin was elected as * repr sentative t4 the stationing committee ; the Sunday school committee, Rev. 1. Clement anel Mr. R. W. McKenzie ; to th Epworth League committee, Rev. . Mil yard and Mr. I. Taylor; to Feu tenatio fund committee, Rev A. L. Rue ell and Mr. J. Miles ; to misSionary commi tee, R lelito .inAnnderson, St. Augustine; D. iplady, c The lay 1 delegateto, conference ar Messrs. R. W. McKenzie and G. Green Goderich ; D. Tiplady, James Stev we Is rael Taylor and Ica Johns, Clinton; J. Mc Michael, Seeforth ; N. Peck, Varna ; James! Wallis, :Thinfield ; A. Allin, Benmiller ; John -Hiles, Dungannon; W. Moon, Lon. desboro ; R. H. Anderson, St. Augustine ; John Mille, Blyth; J. W. Yeo, Holmes - vine ; John flustow, Nile ; 0. Grigg,. Walton. 11 • Another Letter froth Mr. Pringle THE INJURIOUS RESULTS F RAILWAY D S CRIMINATION I. RA ES.—ONTARIO L BEING RUINED IN THIS WAY.—SHE I BEING IlLED TO DEATH T 13UILD RA L WAYS OR THE BOB IT Of OTH -et PEOPLE DEAR RX1POSITOR,—I notice that a la ge deputation from Goderich and Guelph e- 1, cently visited Ottawa, an it appears they succeeded in getting quite a sum of MOD y to throw aWay in that ol sink hole "the harbor." The people were not to bla e, seeing that Mr. Tarte had proclaimed in plain language, " Come unto mean ye who want your harbors deepened and improved and I will find the money." They also want the C. P. R. extended from Guelph, a road that is no More needed than a cart needs a third wheel. From Guelph to Goderich and to Kineardine, on both brenchee of the Grand Truk Railway, there is scarcely a fanner that is more than 10 miles from a market, an1 there isnot a town on either branch tha gets wheat enough to ke p a 150 barrel Mill running night and da the year round which is the only way a team mill can beenade to pay. To cut uj the traffic with another road would be a posi- tive injury lto this part of the country, as it would make business more unprofitable both to the people and to the railway. Besides, now -a -days the most of the produce of the faxen is made to walk to mar- ket, in the shape of horses, cattle and hogs. The more usiness can be done at one point the more p ofittible it is both for buyer and seller. M . Tarte stated in his , Brantford speech tha the Goderich Elevator ComOany had ahead contracted to carry six mi lion bushels of rain. This means it will ake 12,000 cars to move in or it will tak 80 cars per da for six m nths, and if the Sar- nia and Midland elev tors are going t be equally we 1 employe , they are goin to bite a great deal mor than they wil be able to chew. This 1 rge amount of usi- nese cannot be got without a fearful am unt of rate cutting. RailWay ommissi ners are wanted to find out What tlhe rates are. If 5 or 10 cents per 100 lbs. blow the ates that Ontario farmers are charged for the Same service, then the beeines must either be stopped; or Ontario .farmere given just rates. There is no sense in robbing Peter to pay Paul. • Ontario raised far more grain of one kind or another last y ear than Mani- toba. Why then should our grain be de- pressed in ierice as a lever to enable our railways to carry American and Manitoba grain so much eheaper to market? The only remedy for our grievances is to require that local rates should bear a fair- propor- tionate rate to the through rates from Chic- ago •and Minneapolis to the sea -board, and that cars he furnished promptly and receipts given in the regular way that are good for both huyee p,nd seller. Stratford being the hub of Weetern Ontario, only 117 iniles from Buffalb, a just local rate would at once give u the full benefit of our • geoa 11 graphipal p sition. We would then have a I dozen railw ys competingfor our trade, and the more trade we had to give the cheaper it would bel carried. These same railivays are carrying our grain from Buffalo to New York, a die anoe of 440 miles, for 5A- cents, whil i :tnow cbsts us 10 c nts to send our grain 117 miles. As soon as we get jus- tice we will hare a second "string to our bow," which w1 enable us to play the Amerman r ads gainst our o n for all they are worth. 1 Thee is surely niething wrong in this as lo g a the bonding system is in force between the two countries. What is good for thj goose remit be good for the genden The Americans have been playing our two roede ever since they were built, egai at their o*n, in order to ,secure clieat r tbs. We muse play the same game o a to be able to compete profitably in the markets of the world. All Ontario wants i fair play. We will then not need to! care what rates are given at Jake ports, to lo g as we can not be dis- criminated tgai at. We have been badly dis- criminated pi' at for the last 40 years, but it is only withi the last few years that it, has told so badl against us, and ie the 1 cause wh he eat milling interests of the country re so edly depressed. When the roller sy Win first Started it WIS nothing i uncomm n to have a profit of one dollar per barrel, ajid:for many years 50 cents and Sip - wards w4s quicommon. In those days millers cuds d discrimination, but alas, times ar sedly changed. Millions and rain - BICYCLES. ONLY 4 LEFT at $30 00 Reghlar $40 00 " 40 00 " 55 00 45 00e ." 65 00 " 25 00, second-hand in first.class condition. ALEXI WINTER, SEAFORTH, 1!0111T., One 4 4' 4 seeenaesseeemme lions of dollars have been sunk , in roller mills all over the country, and the compe- tition has become so great, profits are nil. To be discriminated agains under present conditions, simply means ruin to ehe trade., and is the (muse why milling is deed, while every other industry is alive and well We are told exports have increased 66 inillions in the last two years. Thi .large iacrease must have been caused ohie y by the rail- ways carrying so much American rain and provisions to the sea -board, Which have been credited to us by inisteke. X contend if the milling depression lwas ,subtracted from the improvement in all other indus- tries, there would be no such favorable re- sults, fleeing millers have exported, little or nothing, and farmers still held the ' bulk of their Wheat crop. There is no industry in the country that has as touch capital in- vestedas milling, or none that employs more labor, or is more helpful in building up other industries. Our two railways work So well together that they will not cut rates on home trade to the 'sea -board, but, unfortunately, steamship coinpanies give cut rates on grain for bales when freights are Scarce. Grain being the raw material of the millenit is unfair that i ia carried cheap- er than meal and flour, the ma:nufactured articles. As this injustice can not be pre- vented, the only remedy is to give a bounty of 5 or 10 cents per barrel n all flour and meal exported out of the country, until such time as. the trade gets out of the present congested condition. It is well, however, that every bushel of Ontariowheat should be ground into flour, if for o hing else than to make bran and shorts cheap; so a to en- able the two great sources o ealth dairy- ing and hog iaising, to be carried profit- ably. Such being the case, wilyallow millions and illions of valuable achinery to go to wast when it might be ofitably employed. the time was when r n and shorts could not be sold for . 5 or $ per ton. Now they are worth $15 or 17 by the car load. Offal being se high, it enable a great many mills te runi that otherwis would have been standing, when flour, shorts and bran would all have been about he same price. , Yourii truly, jA.IES PRI 'OLE, Stratford, May 29 h, 1899. 4' The Valu of' Money. [Written for The Ex ..siteri We praise the sibs we ba e a mind to, And 11--n the sins w are not inclined to." —Dean Swift. " Usury—A prerni nt paid for the use Iof • money ; iuterest. T e fact hat the natu e of money makes it e ier for the lender o oppress the borrower, has ca sed nearly all Chri tian nations to fix by 1 w the rate of compensation for the use of oney."—Wo - ster. Ca ada is an exception. . Without doubt this is the eaning of the word i " usury " when used t roughout the scriptures and is righteo .sly de ounced. How can is minister declaim against this sin from the pulpit, knowing at the sa e time that a mortgage covers the b ilding he is preach- ing in. With what li tle ffeet can the elder or class leader adm nis his brethren, when they are perhaps the parties who hold the mortgage on the sacred edifice The laws of a country should be batted on justice and mercy, and if e are net allowed to go to the Great Book 1 r &de ce in the affairs of this life in making the laws of our country, wha't, authority iiii e appeal to? The fact is, the prov,inde of On ario con- tains more partizan poli icians, inore loan companies and money le era to the square mile than any other spot n the face of the earth. We seem to be d vided into money lenders and Borrowers. n the city of Tor- onto tens of millions of dol ars are lying idle awaiting investme t. Waiting for what? To be lent on gi teed ed mortgages on real estate at exhorbita t interest; at the same time we have untol wealth in the natural resources of the co ntry in mines and land, the development o which would give employment to all our y ung men who have now to seek a living as aliens in an- other country solely for want of this capital to be jediciously and wisely applied. Ad- vertisement after advertise ent are to be seen in the Seaforth papers o private funds to be leet on first mortgages on farm lands only. Not a thaught is give to the idle factories so eesential to the, prosperity of the town and country surrounding. No sympathy is shown to family after family obliged to emigrate for went of employ- m'ent, whose labor, if usel here, would create wealth and be a benefi to all. ri This mania for lending oney has got hold of the staid agriculturis to an alarm- ing extent. Their great ambitien now seems to be to sell the old hldmestead, lend out the inoney on interest and live their few remaining years in lonely ease. The old home that was hewn as it were out of the forest is in the hands of strangers ; the girls and boys scattered ; lwenderere, ex- iles, seeking a living denied in their native land. By and bye the aged couple are con- signed to their long rest by the hands of in• terested friends, the grave digger, the un- dertaker, and marble cut ee, who erects the monument; what eau ompectsate for the absence, at that mome tons hour, of those who are bound to us by the ties of nature? Money is not a commodity in the exact , sense of the term, it is of a d fferent nature to goods and 'merchandise. t is merely a medium of exchange. In is not necessary for it to have an intrinsic value e a piece of paper printed and stamped with ' the author- ity of the government, answers all purposes, being much More convenient than gold,' sil- ver or diamonds. But, to•be useful, it mist be current; it must be in circulation; it must be so regulated that when business requires it, it can readily be obtained. For this purpose properly managed banks should be established in every part of the country. Money, to be beneficial, must be in circu- lation for 4 legitimate p rpoee; for in- stance, we have a factory wh ch converts a pound of woel, worth say e'ghteen cents, into a yard o cloth worth fey cents per 11 yard. By t is means we are enabled ito pay out a weekly wage of say on hundred dol- lars a Week. Can we e time, how many people are benefitted b the circulation of even this small sum; how any debts e paid; how much business c be transit° d by this Addition to the :wealth of a plat*? On the other hand, start pawnbrokers !, shop, which lend. out the se a amount per i week. There will be an entirely different result. Now we have a combine of pawnbrokers, under the high sounding name of loan com- panies, seeking incorporation at Ottawa. They profess to have a capital of twenty million dollars. These men a few years ago were men of very moderate means. How have they accumulated this enormous sum? It has been queezed out of the poorer far - mere of Ont rio.. . They cla in to be philantrophists ; that by a coinbinetion they will supply the far- mers with money at a cheap rate. Don't believe a word of it. Let us insist that the law -makers at Ottawa enact that no greater interese can be collected by law, than at the rate of six, per cent., simple interest, per annum that all pre -payments by the bor- rower shall' so as to red shall jive prieci,p ch e deducted from the principal, ce interest, and that the lender statement of the amount of 1 ad aneed and amount of interest argeq. 11an afrelid Anti -Usury is trespassing on the' pat enceOf your readers. It is curious, hoveee , w th what unconcern and what Eta. ttenion we give to great public wenn s wh eh do not ;directly affect our- selees 1 ANTI -USURY. Canada. —ljhe army worm has made its appear- ance in the vicinity of Belleville. '—ij is anneuriced that the Canadian Pa - ciao ill build a big hotel in Winnipeg this year. he safe in Oleming'e drug store, at ,St. George was bloWn open Friday morning, and .52i takee. I —Jack Roach the man BO badly wanted in connection w th the Dominion Bank rob- bery at Napte , has been arreeted at Bos- • ton. n --The hewn, in Halifax, owned by Sir John Thompson at the time of his deathnind where he lived as a young man, was destroy- ed by fire Saturday afternoon. —Fire did $.500,000 damage at St. John, New Brunseneek, on Wednesday of last week. About, 2)0 buildings were destroyed, and more than ,000 people were rendered homeless. —Two boy more, aged 7 the bank of t on Saturday, , George and Harold Duns - and 5 years, were playing' on e Grand river, near Cainsville, when they fell in and both wine drowned . . —Rev. W. R. Cruickshank, for the past eighteen years pastor of St. Matthew's Presbyterian church, Montreal, has resign- ed, to accept the position of Principal of the Brantford Ladies College. i —Mrs. Aikins, wife of Eton. James Cox i Aikins, Senator and ex -Lieutenant -Governor of Manitoba, died on Thursday afternoon of lest weekIat the family residence, in Tor- onto, from the results of a stroke of Oar- aiyaie. - —The London street car employes are again on strike, and there seems to be Hide hope of a prompt settlement. Although the companyare running cars in the day time, the cit-izens are showing their sym- pathy for the strikers by walking. n --On Wednesday night of last week, Regie Milne, a lad, was brought to St. Joseph's hospital, Hamilton, for treatment. While playing at Dufftown, ou the mokin- nein, he lost lone of his eyes and part of his nose, by the; explosion of a toy cannon. , —Sneak thieves stole $3,500 from the Merchanes Bank, in Montreal, on Tuesday of last week. While two men engaged the teller in'convertation, a third is supposed to bltedvetbsnerneakoeny. sneaked behind the desk and grab- -A Melita, Manitoba., dispatch saps a small tornado Berndt that town Thursday evening, completely demolishing the skat- ing rinkand old Baptist hall, and a numher of stables and outbuildings. Part of he red of the Grand Union Motet was blown off, but no one was injured. I—As a result i of the Queen's birthday celebration at Barrie, Maria Hastings, a young girl from Innisfil township, will lose t e sight of an one. She was passing along the street jtist es a boy was discharging a giant fire -cracker, , A part of the exploded oracker struck her r the face, penetrating e., , disaster waslnarrowly averted at the a d Trunk Railway crossing at the top of enrge street, Se. Thonias, on Wednes- f last week A. Wabash express near - ran into into a 'buil load of young people who re on their way to a picnic. It is &tinted ,: ngineer did not blow the whistle. —JohndJohn ten and his two sons wore driving over a c elising, at West Lorne, on Sa. utclay morning'about seven o'clock, whe a freight train ran into the rig, in- stanl killing ;the father and mortelly ter ail undnmgoen. e ell ithe shim The rig was carri d on the cowcatcher for over a quer- - remm d ' ieents have been completed `by _ the ranrunk Railway with the Domin- ion epartment of Agriculture to run a re- , frige ator ear service for export dairy pro- ductto •Montrcal from different points alon the line, the sante as last year. The service will be eti Mondavs, Tuesdays and \Vcdncd.a.ysIt the e Gr St da ly th . mmeoeed on May 290. —Mrs. Susio Vine, forinerly a fashionable young *id w of Woodstock, has just been w ,000 and valuable property in Pen awarded $0,000 j$Vanderwenter, an aged gentle- ; 'Vain, New York, in 4 suit she brought ttgaai o she married some years ago, on er4ending that she was to have eet- her what she leas now obtaiped the courts. —Wn. Grant, an Esse township farmer, after dining at the Wellington hotel, Ber- rie, on aterday, went into the hallway to pay fori hi dinner. He was in the act •• of parssing oV r the price when he fell to the floor, aid vas dead before a doctor arrived. The ca se bf death was stated to be apitp- lexy. Deqeaaed was well-to-do, highly re- spected and 62 yeaas of lige. .--Jos.eph Sc =lecher, a resident of Winds r, had t narrow escape from a hor- rible dcath 00 Thursday morning of last week, iat, the Aehme White lead works, where he it employed. His arm got caught on a shaft and he was dragged in, and but for a fellow -employee rushing to his &seise- ance and dragging. him out, he would have been; crushed in another moment. An it Was he was so badly bruised about the side and face that he was. unrecognizable. —A relic of the Indian Mutiny, in the shape of a glorious old Union Jack, was ny- ing in honor of Her radon. Majesty Queen Victoria, from the r sidence of Mr. Charles Cooper, ite Galt, on Queen's Birthday. It was retaken after bet lost by the marine battery in,the charg - under the gallant Sir Colin Campbell at t esecond relief of ',lick - now by the late S rgetint Wm. Webb of H. M. 20th !Reg' ent, after a desperate hand-to-dand confli t, in which nine men lost their lives. • --,--Tke death occti of last week, wade stances, of John G goods clerk of Bran engagement , with named Miss Ethel man, w the un tied o throug red, on Thureday night very tragic circum- braith, a young tdry ford. Galbraith had an young lady friend cord to go for a bicycle McLEAN BROS., Publishers. I $1 a Year in Advance. Iride. He called at the lady's house, on Usher street, about 8 o'clock in the even- ingnand while she was getting ready to start, sat on the verandah in trout of the house, talking pleasantly with the girl's father. "1 see you are not dead yet, after the 24th," remarked Mr, Secord, jocosely. 'Oh, no; Pm not dead yet," replied Gal- braith. Almost immediately after he had spoken the young man's bead fell forward on his breast, and before Mr. Secord could reach him, Galbraith was dead indeed. Heart failure was the cause of death. —A fatal acoident occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway, at Ingersoll, on Wednes- day night of last week._ Wilfrid. Willisans, aged 22 years, came to Ingersoll on the mixed train from London, and it is sup. posed tbat he got off the train while they were shunting in the yard, and got over on the tide track. He was leaning against the car at the end of the train, when the en- gine shunted into them, knocking him down on the track. His right arm and leg were badly injured, and he sustained internal in. juries, from'which he died next morning. —An exciting incident occurred on the Grand Trunk tracks, in the east end of -Toronto, one morning last weekain connec- tion with the trackmen's strike. A eom- mittee, representing the strikers, waited on a man who was working, and asked him to desist. He retailed, whereupon the com- mittee left him, but shortly afterwards a crowd of the wives and sisters of the strik- ers went down and mobbed the man. They called him names and shoved him, where- upon he fled up the Don valley, the women after him. When, after a. while, be got away from them and returned to work, be was told by his foreman that he had better quit. Perth Items. — Rev. Mr. Hardie, of Ayr, has accepted the call to Knox church, Listowel. —Mr, Will Thomson, of Mitchell, has returned from Texas, where he has been since last fall. —Mn George Pugh, of Milverton, has just graduated in medicine from Rush Med- ical College, Chicago. —Mr. John Pruter, of Logan, Was thrown from his buggy on Tuesday of last 'week and had hie arm broken. —Mr, A. W. }Latham, of Staffa, has passed his exa,minetion at Trinity Medical ,College, Toronto,etaking honors- in nearly all the subjects. —The ceremonies attending the laying of the corner stone of St. Brigiti's etturch, Logan, were held on Sunday afternoon last. The stone was laid by Rev. Father Bayard, administrator of London diocese. —A cow, owned by Mr. William Burton, of Mitchell, was killed by the noon express on Tuesday of last week. The poor brute was crossing the track east of the station just as the train came along, when it was struck by the cow -catcher and instantly killed, —After along- illness, William Pearce, wagon maker, of Mitchell, passed away at the residence of Mr. John Beer, on Satur- day afternoon, 20th We, in the 70th year of his age. He came to kitchen upwards of 30 years ago, and was a peaceable and law abiding citizen. — At Whitby, on Monday of last week, Miss Wright, daughter of Mr. George Wright, of Listowel, obtained a verdiet of $1,500 and costs for breach of promise against Alexander Howe, town line, Wallace West, a son of the late Marvin Howe, and who live on the homestead. —On Monday evening of last week, serious accident befel little Johnnie, son of Mr. Andrew Bannerman of Moukton. Be- tween five and six o'clock, after coming home from school, the little fellow went in- to the stable to do chores, when ea three year old vele kicked and broke his right leg between the knee and thigh. — On Saturday, 20th nit., Edith, second daughter of Mr. William Godfrey, -station agent of the Grand Trunk Railway, at Lis- towel, died after an illness of about nine inonths. She was in the fifteenth year of her age, and about a year ago developed hip disease, which ended in emnal meningitis two weeks ago, — Mr. Robert Hemphill, of Listowel, has received word from his senand son, Thomas, who is located at Argyle, Manitobri, that while handling a gun lately, intending to shoot some chickens, the breach exploded and cut off his left hand. The young man is 21 years of age, and the loss of his hand will be a severe blow to him. —B. B. Getty, of Renwick, was badly bitten by the stallion, Young Champion'at St. Marys, on Saturday last. He had a narrow escape from death. The animal turned on him and inflicted severe scalp wounds. Had it not been for the timely assistance of those close by, the animal might have trampled him to death. the four year old aim of Mrs, J. Rehbeig, of Stratford, met with an aeoident on Saturday afternoon, while playing on the road opposite his home. A wagon be- longing to Mr. J, Robb, milkman, with a big iron grass roller attaehed„ was being driven by and the little fellow started to climb the roller, with the result dud he was run over, and injured in the head, How he escaped death is nairaculons, —Mrs. Alex. Crerar, one of the early set- tlers of North` Easthope, died on Thursday of last week. Mrs. Crerar was born in Glenquaich, Perthshire, Scotland, in 1825, and at the age of eight years, in 1832, left the old country, together with her parents and five brothers and sisters, and Can16 tt; Canada; locating in North Eaethope, where she lived continuouely until five years ago, when she moved to Stratford to live the remainder of her days in quiet retirement. —Mr. B. Timms, of Mitchell, narrowly escaped serious injury. on Sunds,y. His cel- lar is reached by a trap-door in the floor, and this was accidentally left open, and the old gentleman, unobserving it, walked right into the hole, and fell to the bottom, Re was picked up by members of his family, and helped up the steps. A docor was called in, when it was found that no bones were broken, but one of his legs was severe- ly bruised. —Tuesday afternoon of last week, Mr.. John Coppin, of Mitebell, wa,e driving his large double carriage out of his livery stable, when his little boy, unnoticed, tried to get into the rig. The result was that he fell and one of the wheels nearly passed over his head. Re was at once picked up and- carried across to Dr. Smith's office, where it was found that nothing more seri- ous had occurzed than bad brudees above each ear and on the temple. —The following items are taken from the report of the Methodist church, Mitchell, prerented at the district meeting held in St. Marys last week : Present membership, 412; increase during the year, 32; raised for missioas, including the Women", Mis- sionary Society and Epworth League, $496.25 ; for St. James church! Monteeal, $173,50; and all the connexional funds sligbtly in advance of lastoyear. During the three years' term, there were raised by letter and profession, 112; removed and died, 86, showing a net increase during the term, of 26.