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ery
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geason'a
linery will be.
invitea,
agh the! Pall sea-
ock of :Millinery
now there is a.
Kiputar " Rough
fine selection a
1-10-ta---,in the
tgs.. The NEW
an be seeti on the
nvelties will be
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forward. ;
nwairies, Granite
Creporis, Golf
-W kinds !of Dress
'jn-terest you, hut
ie GOODS WILL
owing is large_
makes and shad-
noderate: Thera
retty offiects-At
A really race
ds can be had for
f eeveral gronee
4. $5, $6, $7, $8,
; Length.; Along
re severel pretty
ilL8 and. Waists,.
A and Dress Trim-
-in LIain and
;ening fax W aists
,orne particularly
and TrImmings.
nes, wide stripes,
volorings, and all
1 -le way of priee.
ilk Tables!. You
5, and cheap too.
a fine i-tocic of
onAhnst every
he let.1 If you
ything te match
the stock is very
large assortment
to our Mantle
a nice,Pall Coat
. come and take
nging from S,3 •
he most popular
,Lny really Nobby
,:kets. for girls of
age, at $3, $3.0,
made of good
tyle abont them
more expensive
pened up a large
will talk to Tuu
).e semen.
out
secured new floor
npie room -With
L Clothing section
will give Ilhis
ention as we do
_Ve flave recently
if S'its for Nays -
As this is Our
iing will be fottnd
t. starts as Io as
un at $2, ::".•;3, $4,
between-accoed-
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itir choice of the
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Laces, Tie Rib-
. Ribbons, Shirr-
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Underwear,.
(-hrnere ( ;loves,.
retc.
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illifen large in the
'apkins, 'rowels, -
*Sheeting,
..r similar goods-.
:quantity willdo
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,luor 011 Cloths/
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THIRTY-FIRST YEAR.
Vr gulp NUMBER, 1,659.
SEAFORTH, FRI
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eteeette
AY, SEPTEMBER 29 1869.
McLEAN BROS., Publishera,
$1. a Year in Advance.
FLANNEL TIME!
AIYYSIkla
It is not that we lay claim to being a
other people—in fact, if you ask us, we are
don't want to be for that matter. However,
jag the fact that we have been eminently
Clothing business, an4 the only reasons we
ra
,ay account for it are that we know our
aIso, we talk only when we know what we'r
There is a great heap of talk which would
heard if all people would follow that rule.
another question, wha4 we are interested i
many articles of Clothing which peopld will
There is first Flannels ! One writer• sp
time says :—
hit smarter than
Lot smart at all—
there is no hid-
uccessful in the
can give, which
wn business, and
talking about.
ever have been
However, that is
just now is the
require for Fall.
eaking of flannel
For a N4eek the. Flannel tickles youji
It titulateS and tickles you,
I(isn't half as smooth as this weelrhymet—
You say for quite a while,
Good bless the Great Argyle
In the sweet delicious happy Flannel time.
The author of the foregoing could never have worn our
Wool Fleeced Underwear 'which we have tic 'eted. in the
windows these days ad $1.50 -a suit, and we ask you to accept
our word that it is the best value in the market.
, And there are Raincoats to think about !
are out when the cWm is made that the lin
seam" MaeIntosh Coats that we sell at $7,50 w
the judgment of the shrewd buyer. There are o
and lower, but this is !a special.
Snits, also, may ;be mentioned, more esp
,own make" of Men's 1Suits at $8, $10, and $12
defy competition on 0:lege lines any more than o
line in the house, what we do is to invite corn
for yourself.
How far we
of " sewn
11 b left to
her higher
daily " our
We don't
any other
etition, see
Our readers have heard us say many things concerning
the worth of our owia make" of Boys' Pants in the past,
let us ask you to add t•the recommendations of the past to
the assertion that we loave never shown any value that at all
equalled the value of -this season's make, The rods is a fine
worsted, lined uhroughout. The price is 750.
As to Suits and Overcoats Made -to -Order,. it is only
necessary to say that we guarantee the fit an.d -workmanship
of any thing,we tuth out of Our store. Aspecial Worsted
Serge at $17%0 a sn't is worthy of mention.
As a house whi h, has a repu
we feel safe in sayini that there is
Toronto which is ab e to show the
of Coon Coats that we have this
splendid line of Lad e Astrachan
ation for high-class Furs,
not a retail h use west of
variety and h gh quality
season. We also show a
and Bochanan. Jackets,
Our aim is to d the Men's C othing Trade in the most
Complete and satish ctory manner to our-custoniers, at the
same time always glowing odrselves a fair margin of
profit.
Heretofore, we ave notItaken butter in trade, however,
as we now have an cpning for good butter, we will take in
trade all first-class butter pffered, fallowing, theiefore, the
highest market priCE.
Remember our
)(Tax tm6nfs !
—11, en's and Boys'
en's and Ladie
uits
Furs
P/f-S and Boys' Vndetwear
aware
linen Goods
—( li'dered. 'Clothing
Anything and: verything that a man or boy needs in t4e
Clothing line.
& Machu,
Clothiersand tarnishers
On the Wrong Side of the Street,
STRONG BLOCK,
SEAFOR
STAFFA SHOW.
The annual fall fair of the Hibbert Branch
Agrioultural Society was held on the show
grounds, at taffa, on Monday and Tues.
day. Both days were disag„reeably cold,
thus preventing a large display. On Tues-
day a cold n reh wind was blowing, which
kept a good tnany away, but, despite this
fact, quite e good sized,crowd showed their
zeal by their presence, and apparently en.
joyed what was to be !seen, even if they,
shuddered ith the -cold. The display in
the indoor d partments was rather smaller
than in previous yeatse but the outside
show may beconeidered almost up to the
mark. The following is a list of the suo-
cessful prize -winners :.
•
HORSES, -Draught, Canadian and Agri-
cultural -Team, john A Dow, Brood mare,
having foal in 1899, R B McLean, Thomas
Colquhoun, J J Miller. Foal of 1899, Thos
Colquhoun, R B MoLean, J J Miller. Three
year old filly or gelding„Thos Colquhoun,
Duna ri McLaren. Two year old filly or
gelding, Jos Norris, R B McLean, 0 Tuffin.
One year old filly or gelding, Robb Norris, C
Tuffin.
General Purpose -Team Thomas Coign-
houn. Jag Cooper took let for brood nrare,
having foal in 1899, and foal of 1899. Three
year old filly or gelding, Jos Norris. Two
year old filly or gelding, R B McLean. C
Tuffin, John Steinacker. One year old filly
or gelding, R B McLean.
Reed and Carriage -Team, John Stein.
sari, M Hamilton. Brood mare, having
foaled in 1899, D Moteren, Robt Norris.
Foal of 1899, &Neat Norris, R Barber.
Three year old filly or gelding, D Grassick.
Two yeer old tilly or gelding, Jag Hagen.
One year old filly or gelding, Jae Cooper.
Saddle and Buggy -Single horse in sad-
dle, Fred, Gadke. Single driver, Jae item-
ilton, Minnie Creighton,
CATTLE,-Durhams with Pedigree-Miloh
°owe, having oalved since last fall show,.
John McConnell, FR Hamilton. Two year
old heifer. Thos Colquhoun. One year old
heifer, -F R Hamilton, Thos Vivian. Heiler
calf, calved since last fall show, F R Hamil-
ton, John McConnell. Bull calf, calved
since last fall show, Henry Yeo, Hugh
Norris.
Ayrghires with Pedigree -Two year old
heifer, J A Norris.
Jerseys -4 A Norris took all the prizes in
this chum
Gra' de Cattle -Cow' having celved since
last fall show, JosephWells'Hugh Norris,
Jos Wells. Two year old heifer, Thomas
Hoggarth, John Smale. Yearling heifer,
1st and 2nd, 0 Walker, jr: Wm Oliver.
Heifer calf, calved since last fall show, Thos
Hoggarth, Henry Yeo, Wm Oliver.
All Classes -Four steers, two years and
over, F R Hamilton. Two year old eteer,
F R Hamilton lot and 2nd. • One year old
steer, Thos Hoggarth lst and 2nd. Steer
calf, calved since last fall show, Henry
Yeo, John Smale. Fat cow or heifer, Thos
Hoggarth, 0 Walker, jr. Fat ox or steer,
John &rude, Thos Hoggarth.'
SHEEP, -Fat sheep, L F Goodwin. •
Leiceetershire and other Long Wool -L
F Gobdwin took all the prizes in this class.
Downs- 0 Walker, jr., took all the prizes
in this class. -
Diploma for best pen of sheep, L F Good-
win.
Pies,-Tamworths-L F Goodwin took
all the prizes in this class.
Chesterwhite-A E Hodgert took 2nd for
aged boar and aged sow; Jas Gemmill took
all the other prizes.
Yorkshiree-W J Walkom took let for
aged bear, aged sow, and boar of 1899,
and 2nd for sow of 1899; Jas Gernmill 2nd
for aged boar; L F Goodwin 2nd for boar
d for sow of 1899.
s Gemmill.
pe, George Smale.
, lst and 2nd. Buff
Charles Netheroott ;
R Barber, George
riety, John Smale,
any variety, John
white, D McLaren,
at; red, M Brethour,
he -at, M Brethour.
milton, M Brethour.
of 1899, and lst and 2
Best Pen of Piga-J
Pout/me-Red c
Leghorn L F Goodwi
cochins, W Sadler,
Turkeys, any variety
Smale. - Geese, any v
Henry Yeo. (Ducks,
Smale, W Sadler.
Glenne-Fall wheat
M Brethour. Fall wh
D McLaren. Spring
White oats, Hugh II
Black oats, M Breth ur. Large peas, M
Brethour, lst and 2nd. Small peas, M Bret -
hour. Barley; M Brethour. Beans, D
McLachlan, M Brethour. Timothy seed, M
Brethour, Thos. Annis. Clover seed, M
Brethour. Flax seed, M Brethour. Indian
corn, John Carmichael, George Smale.
VEGETABLES -Early potatoes, D McLar-
en, F R Hamilton. Late potatoes, J 5
McIlraith, R Barber, F R Hamilton. Col-
lection of potatoes, John Carmichael, Thos.
Annis, Charles Tuffin. Swede turnips,
Hugh Hamilton, George Smale. Other
turnips, Hugh Hamilton, F R Hamilton.
Intermediate wurzel, John Kemp, John
&nide. Long mauled wurzel, .A Vipond,
Geo Smale, Fielct carrots, 'W Sadler, F R
Hamilton. Garden carrots, John Car-
michael, W Sadler. Parsnips, F' R Hamilton,
M Brethour. Blood beets, John Carmichael
W Sadler. Turnip beets, J S MoIlreith,
F R Hamilton. Onions, red, George Smale,
John Carmichael. Onions, yellow, George
Smale, John Carmichael. Onions, white,
John Carmichael. ..Cabbage, W Sadler, Wm
Oliver. Cauliflower, Jbhn Carmichael. Wa-
ter melons, George Smale, A. Vipond. Musk
melons, Jolos .Carmichael, George Smale..
Pumpkin, Thos. IAnnis. Table squashes,
John Carmichael, W Sadler. Mammoth
squash, A.Vipond, lst and 2nd. Citrons
A • Vipond, W S dler. Tomatoes, F R
Hamilton, Miss Ping1e. Collection table
vegetables, A Vipdhd, W Sadler. Celery,
George Smale'W Sadler. Pelham's special
for potatoes, W Sadler, D McLachlan, C
Tuffin.
DAine.-Salt bu ter, F R. Hamilton, D
McLachlan. Newly made butter in rolls
or prints, John Kemp, Mrs P E James, J A
Norris.
FRUIT. -Plums, tiny variety, Joseph Nor-
ris, John Carinichael- Apples, northern
spy, George Smale, Thomas Vivian. Road
Isiand kreening, Jas Hamilton, Jos Norris.
Baldwin, Joseph Norris, 11 Yeo. °elver*
F R Hamilton, George Smale. Wealthy,
Joseph Norris, 0 Walker, jr. Spitzentlerg,
Mrs. Armstrong. Any other variety, Hury
Yeo, F R Hamilton. Golden russets, Obas
Tuffin, Walker, .jie King Tornpkin Hy
Yeo, 0 Walker, jr. Snow, Thos. A nis,
John Kemp, Talman sweets, Chas T ffin,
Thos Vivian. Maiden's blush, Albert
Vipond,1F ,R Hamilton. Grimes' gol en,
John Carmichael. Collection of apples F
R Hami1ton, George Smale. Crabs, W ad -
ler, Hugh Hamilton. Grapes, Mrs D Mc-
Intyre, F R Hamilton. Pears, winter, F R
Hamilton, 0 Walker, jr. Fall, Thos. ivi-
an W Sadler.
MISCELLANEOUS. -Maple sugar, ohn
Kemp, 'George Smile. Extracted ho ey,
J J Miller, George Sine's. goney in etmb,
James Hamilton. Home made bread, Mrs
P E James, Thomas Vivian. ; Home • ade
soap, John Carmichael, Mr" D Mein yre.
Preserved fruits, --Peaches, Charles T ffia,
F L Hamilton. Pears, F' L Hamilton, in-
nie Creighton. Plums, Joseph Norris, J 8
Mollraith. Cherries, M Brethour. Grim -
berries, J Norris, M Brethonr, Stra her.
•
• riei; J Norris, Minnie •reighton. Rasp-
berries, M Brethour, F Hamilton. To-
matoes, Thomse Vivian. J elly, G C Rob-
bins, J 5 MoIlraith. Specimen of writing,
John Kemp, D McLaren, Miss Pringle, Col-
lection of stuffed birds, 0 Walker, jr. Col-
lection of out flowers, J Sj Moflraith. Col-
lection of potted plants, W Sadler, Jaime
Hamilton, Pickles, J 8 McIlraith, U C
Robbins. Tomato catsup, Miss Jamieson,
J 8 MoIlraith.
MANUEAcTURES.-Home made blankets,
Minnie Creighton, Miss Jamieson. Home
made flannel, alio home made satin, Miss
Jamieson, Hanle made union flannel, not
twilled, M Brethour. Rag carpet, cotton
warp, M Brethonr, Mrs Armstrong. Home
made hornet blankets, Maggie Creighton.
Home made union blankets, Minnie Creigh-
ton, Maggie Creighton, Calf boots or shoos,
J 8 Moilraithq Coarse boots, J S Mc.
Ilraith.
IMPLEMENTS. -Top buggy, also open
buggy, Simon Miller. Cutter, F L Hamil-
ton. Single mower, .Frost & Weed. Iron
beam plow, F L Hamilton, Frost & Wood.
F L Hamilton took first prize for iron har-
rows, drill /muffler, straw cutter, also root
cutter or pulper. Wind mill, W MoOloy,
LADIES' WoRK-Gents' fine shirt, home.
made, Mrs. D. McIntyre, Minnie Creighton.
Pair Woollen etockings from home spun
yarn, Maggie Creighton. Pair woollen
socks, from home spun yarn, Maggie Creigh-
ton. Pair woollen mitts, from home spun
yam, Maggie 'Creighton, Miss Jamiesop.
Four ekeine home spun woollen double
yarn, Minnie Creighton, M Brethour.
Four skeins home spun single woollen
yarn, Minnie Creighton. Patchwork quilt,
F 1 Hamilton, M Brethour. Crochet or
knitted quilt; Maggie Creighton, Miss
Jarnieson. Sofa cushion, Mrs 1) McIntyre.
Embroidery in silk or satin, Mrs D Mc-
Intyre, Miss Jamieson. Embroidery in
wool, Maggie Creighton. Roman embroid-
ery, Mrs 1)1 McIntyre, Maggie Creighton.
Kensington embroidery, Mrs D McIntyre',
Java canvas work, Minnie Creighton, Johp
Kemp. Croohet in wool, Minnie Creighton,
Jno Kemp. Crochet in cotton, Minnie
Creighton, •Maggie Creighton. Macrame
work, t Brethour. Fancy pin cush-
ion, Minnie Creighton, Mrs D Mc-
Intyre. 'Arrasene work, Mrs D McIntyre,
Maggie Jamieson. Drawn work, Mrs D
McIntyre, Mise Pringle. Table drape, M
Brethour, Mrs D McIntyre. Best foot-
stool, Maggie Creighton, M Brethour.
Best pied° of Wic. work, not on list, Min-
nie Creighton; Mrs D McIntyre. Pillow
shams, Maggie Jreighton, Minnie Creigh-
ton. Feiner pa el, M Brethour, , Maggie
Creighton, Toilet set, M Brethour, G C
Robbins., Thr e patches on old pante,
Maggie Creighto . Suit ladies' underwear,
Maggie Creight n, Miss Jamieson. Darn-
ing on etookin s, Minnie Creighton, Miss
Jamieson. Ra mat, Miss Pringle, W
Sadler. Button holes on six different ma-
terials, Minnie Creighton, Miss Pringle.
Painting on sil , plush or velvet, Maggie
Creighton, Mag ie Jamieson. Pencil draw-
ing, Miss Pringle. Painting in water
colors, Miss Pringle.
JUDGES :
Horses, ---J Woodley, Fullerton; Simon
Campbell, Farqu,har.
Cattle, -W Pridham, Russeldale ; John
Sutherland, Kirkton.
. Sheep and Pig -John Shepherd, Hensall ;
John Delbridge, Winchelsea.
Poultry, Graih, Vegetables and Fruit, -
W Hoggarth, Cromarty; George W Wren,
Chiselhurst.
Dairy and Hcirticulture-Mrs.
Dublin; Mrs, M Parke, Cromarty.
Man ufact urese-Joseph Coppin, M itchell.
Implementte-A Hodgert, Ruiseldale.
Ladies' Work -Mrs. Jos Coppin, Mit-
chell ; Mrs. Hodgert, Russelditle.
•
PedatOn Liberated.
The third t iai of Penton for complicity in
the robbery o the Dominion Bank, at Naps.
nee, was cone uded at Cobourg, on Saturday
last. After an absence of fifty minutes
the jury came into court and announ-
ced that they found William Hamil-
ton Ponton not guilty.
PARE, HOLDEN AND ROACH.
Pare Was sentenced to the Kingston Peni-
tentiary for three years while Holden re-
ceived- four leers. John T. Roach was
allowed to go eipisn suspended sentence.
WILD SCENE.
i
When the flu in came after an hour's
absence and decl red Ponton not guilty, the
wildest scene ev r witnessed in a Canadian
court room oo u red. Men and women rose
to their feet, 80 e mounting the benches,
and the vast c wd cheered most uproar-
iously. Hats an handkerChiefs were waved
aloft,. and ro r efter roar of ch'eering rent
the air. Whi e this "went on Mr. Ponton
;,,
jumped from he dock, his mother threw her
arms about hi neck and kissed him passion-
ately, while h held her in a close embrace.
After his dis barge his friends thronged
about him an reseed his hand, some of
them kissing in, while a few shed tears in
the exuberan f their joy. Judge Boyd,
when dischar n him, said: "The jury,
by their eerdi t, have declared you free and
the law has no f. rther claim on you, I do
n
not regret tha y connection with this case
ends in this gr eable manner by ordering
your disoliarg . ' The intense strain upon
the prisoner jv4 shown m his pallid face,
and firmly set li s, every vestige of colour
having left his po ntenance. When the fore-
man, Joimph . Varner, said "not guilty,"
Mr. Ponton e en then hardly realized that
he was a free zjkiat. Momentarily he seemed
dazed, but the cheering and congratulations
soon -brought lin, back to himself and he left
the room, foll weds by an admiring crowd.
PONTON1 WANTED TO GO HOME.
The enthus ` sin of the many who had
come from Be leVille and Napanee was tre-
mendous, and L,hardly had the news gone over
the wires to the various cities of the pro-
vince before congratulations began to pour
in from Toronto and from various eastern
points. Planters himself took a very sensible
view of all thie. "1 don't want any brass
band thie time," he said, "I want to go
home."
Ponton's wiihes with regard to the brass
band were not consulted. Cobourg musici-
ans were gotten eogether in a hurry, and in
company with a troop of citizens, in rigs and
on foot, followed, him to the railroad station
when he embarked for Belleville, where his
home -is.
WHAT THE JuRysmEN SAY.
Mr. Warne*, foreman of the jury; when
interviewed seid: !tint the first poll, taken
immediately atter we retired, the jury stood
eleven to one in favor of acquittal. ' The one
juror held that on a general view of the evi-
dence it indidated guilt. The rest of us
were in favour of giving the prisoner the
the benefit of the doubt. We thought Pon -
ton should 11143 been proven to have been
in the company of the crooks. We were
told to look far a doubt, and we found it."
Other jurors who were interviewed confirm-
ed this state tltint of the case.
irr
HOW THE HER PRISONERS TOOK IT.
To all three the clemency exercised by
Wall Papers
Window Shade
Curtain Poles
Ricture Frame
Newe
Best
Lowes
ALEX. WINT
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the judge rate a surpriee. Par was in hi:h
good humour, and laughed as he left the
court room. The melancholy counte a4e
of Holden was also brighter the. it had been
at any time since his arrest. : e expected
a sentence of from seven to ten years dura-
tion. -Pare was prepared for fi e years, and
had threatened to make troubl if reerely
dealt with. Roach looked fo a tcrm of
about three years. It is said that R eichfs
extradition cost the bank over
Canada. ,
-A little two -and -a -half year Old bo
named Curran, was run over by al trolle
oar in Toronto, Friday evening, and l killed.
-A by-law to provide for the granting Of
a $20,000 bonus to the Lake Erie,: Tilso-
burg, and Port Burwell railway, for an ex.
tension ot the road from Tilsonburg to Inger.
soli, has been carried • by the ratepayers �f
I 1
Ingersoll by a large majority.
- James McDonald, a Toronto sten ail-
,:
way conductor, was held up by tivo mep
Friday night, while on his way hotri e and
robbed. McDonald showed fight, and as e
result is in a. bad way, his fac� beine
severely out. 1
-Rev. F' J. Bennett, Presbyterian mist
sionary at Ainsworth, British Columbia,
accidentally shot • himself Thursday, : and
died next day. He Was hunting high up on
the mountains and slipped off a cliff: !The
,
m
gun , was di charged, blowing his eroff.
He came fr m St. Catharinee. ! 1 I
- The oldest resident of the conntely of
Lincoln, Mee. William O'Connor, died Wed-
needay morning at the residence l of heir
daughter, Mrs. John Arbuthnot, Grantham.
She was 106 years of age, and had lived in
that viciniy for at least nalf a century,
,
from Ireland. ,
having co
-Legal procieedings have been t kep by
the London Street .Rai way qornpany
against E. Jones Parke; no ice magistrate,
and John D. Wilson, m yor, to recover.
$20,000 damages, • clahned due for the
alleged illegal licensingof'L.usses.
-Fire hroka out in a barn in the old
Johnston rbperty in Stradhroy,
Wednea-
day. The rear well of. t e barn fell
burying four firemen beneat the ruins; and
one of them, ;Frank Ureptha t, has since died
from his injuries.
1
. ! .
-While a number of chil ren were play-
ing around a bon -fire in To onto, on Satur-
day, the dress of,one little irl, Mabel ?iay,
caught fire, and she Was fatally Iburned.
Her little brother attempte to put out, the
flames but was unsuccessfu 1 1
- Mrs. Ezra bookerife o a well known
farmer of Gainsboro' towns in, while tem-
porarily insane, took her soungestchild
and dropped the little fello in the well
She intended following th child iheirsel
but decided the water was • ot deep eneug
to drown her. i !
=Another life has been lo t in the ; cori
struction of the Massena •ower eiteal nt
Cornwall. Michael Buena ico used elate 1
bar to remove a small stone from a' drilled
hole into which he was •lacing powder.
The steel caused a spark to drop itito the
powder, and Buonsanico Was blown 40 feat.
I
n the air and instantly killed.
-Minor Bates, a young man of the tow
hip of Yonge, neer Brockvi le, while operat.
mg a corn-outter the other clay, was caught
1rn a belt and became tangle in the mechi
ry, receiving injuries fron which i it is
hought he cannot recover. His iikall is
ra3tured. ! .
-Herbert Cavanagh,. a 1 mbermlan , from
rout Creek, Muskoka, has been breuight to
he Royal Victoria horipital, M Barrie, ireffer-
'ng from a very severe a cident.' While
ursuing his work in the bush the, head of
is axe came off, an • striki g his foot just
ieloW the ankle co tpletel severedi . that
nember from the leg.
-The other night burglars broke into A.
oArthur and Sons' ffice nt South :Lances-
er, blew open the sa e, and carried off notes
rawn on the name f the firm for between
12,000 and $15,000 Thiat is the, ecicond
ime within two months that the :office,
hich adjoin' their saw mills at Lenclester,
as been broken into.
-,JohreG. Belyea, of Toronto, fell ;down
n elevator shaft at the new city hell on
aturday night, sustaining a broken I leg.
he fall was a distance of abouttreaty
eet, from the ground floor to the basenent.
e lay at the bottom of the 'Theft for !about
n hour before being able to attract iteten-
i on. , ...1
-One of the attractions at the South
erenville Fair at Prescott, on Wednesday,
as a balloon ascension. A 14 year-old lad
amed Dean was Standing with others
etching the work ofraising it when one of
he poles supporting the balloon fell on his
head. His skull was split, and although
medical assistance was at once obtained, he
died about two hours later.
-A serious accident befel John Burgess,
employed by Thomas Moffatt, a farmer
near Gelb, Thursday. afternoon. While op-
erating a straw -cutter, his left bend i was
Caught between the knives. When 1 the
member was extricated it was found neces-
teary to amputate two fingers and the
thumb. The arm was also tern and
bruised.
-Saturday morning, shortly before noon,
flomer Kennedy, the seven-year-old sop of
Mr. Robert Kennedy, of the Kenpedy-
Devil! Company, Lindsay, lumber mer-
chants, was drowned in the river while
playing with a number of other boys on a
ecow load of lunaber. The little fellow was
pushing the Scow closer to the shore with a
pike pole, when he lost his balanee and fell
til.
-The Ontario estate of the late Daniel
Scotten, the millionaire tobacco manufac-
turer, of Detroit, upon which the Ontario
Government is claiming 'accession duties,
amounts to a million and a half of dollars.
About $900,000 of this is cash, deposited in
different banks, and the remainder in real
estate. The Government will have to fight
for its share, which, at 5 per (Anti, will
amount to about $75,000,
-A meeting of manufacturers of plows
was held in Toronto last week, at s'ivhich all
the leading makers in the Dominion were
represented, to consider the question of in-
creasing prices in view of the recent extra-
ordinary increase in the cot of iron and
steel. It was pointed out that the raw
material of a plow consists almost entirely
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of iron and steel, and that the cost of the
(aerial per pihad increased *bone
There
$i.50 of late. - was no immediate
p ()spec% it was 'it'd, of a decresse in the
cost of iron and steel, the upward movement
in prices, having been accentuated during
t e past few weeks In view of Oil' omit
d tion of ,affairs the manufacturers agreed
that there must be a cone4lerable increase
Of the prioe of piers next season. ! ,
-Bert Hawkins, the 18 year old son of J.
lillawkine ; veterinary surgeon, Detroit, was
snot while hunting at Tilsonburg, the other
day. His companion, seeing something
behind a biah fired a heavily loaded charge
into the boy's side nd limb. Dr. Bennett
as hastily} called, and under an anaesthetio
remoned more ellen 30 shot, which were
deeply imbedded. It is thought he will res
cover. i
-Detective Patrick Heffernan has ar.
rested Dr. Hoimes, of Walkerton, on a
charge of kiting threats to compel a patient
named Mr -s. Watere„o settle her account
fer medieel attendanco. The offence is
said to have been committed on the 17th of
May, 1897. Mrs. Walters, who was then
living with friends in Forrnosa, left shortly
afterwards for the U ited, States, but re7
tin -pad a for days ago. , i
i -The firit Dominion Christian Endeavour
Conventionlyrill be held in Montreal, begin.:
Ping Thursday even' g, October 5, and
be held in the elegant and will tneetin a ll
Closing Monday night, October 9, 1899.
TheI
abminodiotte St. James Methodist church;
t. Catherine street. very preparation is
being madelor a profi able meeting. Pro-
Minent ltptiakere are ,expected from each
province as well as sone noted Endeavorers
from the Urtited
- A fataliaccide t happened laet Thur.-
.
day evening, on the farm of Mr. Richard
Moore, a fa mer li ing a few miles west of
Lindsay, by which John Robertson, brother
of Mr, Andrew Roberton, implement agent
of Lindsay, lost . his .life. Robertson'who
was employed by Mr. Moore on the farm,.
was hitching a spi ited team of horses to a
wagon' when one of the . animals suddenly
kickedhim in tlie side, killing him in-
stantly.
.-Ex-maeor Th mas Seldon, of Ingersoll,,
lies,in a pr cariOup condition at his resi-
dence in coneeque 'ce, i is alleged, of a blow.
dealt him in the face y Alderman H. A
McCarty on Monday of last week. Mc-
Carty was arrebted, barged with aggra-
vated assault, an r leased on bail fol.
$2,000. When t, e t ouble occurred the
two men were engiged in a street csrner
coneroveray. Mr ISe don was struck un-
der the eye, and e ysi etas developed, since
Which time be haebeen unable to leave his
home. , 1
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Wllam Waitlari IN oWherrell; the con
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victed murderer of theoid Williams couple
near Brampton, tal , orl three years ago, who
Was senteni d to he banged but had his
sentence cbmmut d to life imprisonment,
fulfilled the terms f the law's decree last
Friday night by ni ldirig up his spirit, in the
hospital of Kingst ni penitentiary. He had
been an inmate of the hospital for nearly
si toonthiq suffering from consumption.
During the timel of his incarceration he
a1. owed himeelf al model convict, obeying
the rules tothe letter and not causing the
officiali any treublb Or anxiety.
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At the [ peer i assizes before Justice
Rose, on Wednee iy of last week, Mrs.1
Pcitt; who merles en a grocery business in;
Woodstock, Hued eo collect $1,000, the t
aoce policy in the Can.:
elite' s on the life of her.
Pete, who disappeared
eight years ago. The
amount of an hunt
adia Order of Fe
1:?1,
husb :nd, Williami
from there ,labout
acti n was praoticlallv a motion to have
William Ptit0 de Wed legally dead, he
having not been h' ard of for seven years.
His lordship reserved judgment. ,
beene
rjat
will
ford lon Octo
r. Art
secu ed a pe
leper tor in t
onto -
erh
hadeoiRo a hotels at Shakespeare, has
o Alen. McTavish, of North
ohpee,Efvo
o 1:1t
9 0s*, Crossley and Hunter,
onimen' e eva gelist services in Strat-
r 8t
r C apinan, of Mitchell, has
aneht. situation as despatch
C. . R. head office in Tor-
-Mr. D. ,f Ski tier, a former St. Marys
I boy,' andabon. ti 0 principal of the Dutton
thigh school, s b en appointed on the fac-
ulty of the J)et.roi college of n.edicine.
--Mr. J. W. Ed proprietor of the St.
Marys Journ , ha !been appointed manag-
ing director cif the St. Thomas Times, and I
will remove t tha city, although retaining!
control of the Jou nal.
-Mr. Hu Le non, of Ellice, has just
completed the lere Wm of an elegant and
eommodious bnk •arn, at a cost of between
$1,500 and $1; 00. It is 70e67, and is one
Of the finest st uct res of its kind in Ellice.
-Rev. Mr. ra ley, of Mitchell, has re-
ceived a call fr m it. Andrew's Presbyter-
ian ehurch, Berli , and it is said that he
Will; accept it. T e salary is $1,400, with -
mit e mantle.
,
-The .den f 'Nathan McGraw, of
Stretford, is a ribiuted to lack of nourish-
ment. McGra • Was in poor circumstances,
and it will be erni mbered that a week or so
ago he droppe dedon the street.
k Alice Cor ell, aboub 19 years old, of
traeford, wh was , vis ting her mister, a
domestic in , oronte, took carbolic acid
Tuesday morning of last week, with suicidal
inteht. A dee
her life. 1
-The reside ce of Mr and Mrs. Thome).
son, ere of Av nton, Was the scene of a very
pretty weddin , on l'hursday afternoon of
last week, whe their daughter, Miss Min-
nie, was married to i1r. ,Thomas M. Mur-
ray. , The ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. W. Graham.
-A evict but pretty iwedding was cele-
brated at the honio of Mrs. James Bartlett.
of Mitchell, at noon, cpLikrednesday of last
week, by Rev. Mr. Bradley, when her only
deughter; Mini Mary was united in mar-
riage to Mr. Allan Cameron. Both are de-
s rvedly popular reeiente of Mitchell.
-There is trouble in Ellice township over
a well. Near Roetoek w s a well on the
v
pitblic highway to which revellers and the
neighbor resorted for ater. ' Mr, and
Mrs. Gal live near b and Mrs. Gall was
in constant dread lest he little child would
fall in, and her good man forthwith filled
up the well, and now there is a law suit.
-An unostontatiouN, but pretty wedding,
ok plac.e at Milverton, n Wednesday eve-
ning of Inat week, at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Pugh, when'their youngest daugh-
t r, Miss Ida,, a youn lady of high accom-
p iahmen s, was mar ed to George Roe, one
of Milve ton's most ppulnr and progressive
farmers.
' ;--The Stratford lIeraLd says: A slick
stove pol sh fakir " d d up" this city a few
dwa a smooth tongued
fetw,aag dt ' onceBe he obtained a hearing, had
little difliculty in pla ing an order for his
Te struck th city with exactly ten
is pocket, but when he left he
ortable roll of greenbacks. At
n hardware !store he invested the
pr waft called in time to save
NOittee.
otsin
had a co
an up to
dime in stoie polish Of the very cheapest
and most ordinary vAriety. He then pro -
ceeded across the street and pinked out one
of the most prominent merchants. After
ten minutes' talk, his wily tongue proved
effective and he sold the ten cents' worth of
stove polish for fifty cents. This process
repeated ad libitum soon netted the fakir a
golden harvest. When he shook the dust
of Stratford from his feet the fellow had the
good shekels and numerous residents bad
the bad polish.
-St Patrick's churoh, Kinkora, was the
scene of a pretty wedding on the 12th inst.,
when Mies Mary E., eldest daughter of Mr.
P. H. Kelly, and Mr. James J. Brown,
were united in the holy bon& of matri-
mony. The bride was assisted by her
'deter, Mies Bridget, while the groom Was
ably supported by hie brother, Robert P.
Brown.
-A very pretty double wedding took
place in Lietowel, on Wednesday evening,
September 13th, at the home of Mrs. Eliza.
beth Zurbrigg. The happy couples were
Mr. Charles McDowell and Miss Melinda
Zurbrigg, and Mr. George McDowell and
Miss Emma Zurbrigg-two brothers being
married to two sisters, Rev. H. Irvine per-
forming the ceremony.
-One day last week, while assisting at a
threshing on the farm of Mr. John Wallace,
in Downie, Mr. Robert Hoy, had a narrow
escape front being seriously hurt. The stack
on which he, along with some others, was
working, upset, and he was thrown against
a building with such force as to lay him up
for a few days with a bruised arm and leg
and a discolored eye.
-The second series of the 10 mile handi-
cap road races was held at Staffs,on Wed-
nesday evening of last week, and, notwith-
standing the cold and' threatening state of
the weather, a large crowd was present.
The following ie the result: 1st, W. Gold-
ing; 2nd, Albert Norrie; 3rd, J. McDons
aid; 4th, Simon Miller; 5th, A. Taylor;
W. Stoneman did not finish.
- -Mrs. Felix Devlin, of Stratford, die4
very suddenly Monday morning. Althou
she bad been ailing for some time she as
about her household duties as usual hat
morning, and suddenly dropped dead/about
11 o'clock. Death is attributed 10 heart
failure.
-A very heavy storm of wind, rain and
lightning, prevailed at Stratford on Sunday
night. The Central Methodist church Was
struek by lightning, but not seriously
damaged. The barn of C. McNamara St.
Paul's, was also strucleand with its centnte
totally destroyed. Lose, 300;$insurance
in Perth Mutual.
e -What might have been a serious acci-
dent happened at the steam drilling plant,
at the Thames river, in St. Marys, on Tues-
day afternoon of last week. The 'pressure
proved too strong for the boiler and some of
the plates were sprung, tearing the heads off
several inch rivets. Some of the by-
standers were scalded by the ese,aping
steam, but no serious damage was done be-
yond the delay to the work.
- Hannah Kletzing, beloved wife -of Rev.
M. L. Wing, formerly of _North Easthope,
died at the family residence in Berlin; on
Monday night of last week, after an illness
of ten months, during which time she
suffered untold agony. Death was due to
paralysis, caused by a lesion of the spinal
cord. She met with an accident some time
ago, and the attendant physicians feel that
the dieease may have been caused by that.
- Samuel Edwards, his brother Ammeand
son Miles, of Mitchell, were working on
Gold's -school house, Fullerton, the other
day, when the scaffolding gave way, and
precipitated the three men into the joists
below. Assistance was soon On hand, and
the men were extricated as quickly as pos-
sible, and removed to their homes. in Mit-
chell, where Dr. Armstrong attended to
their injuries. Samuel and Miles are in
'ternally injured, but it is not known to
what extent. Amos has a bad cut on one
of his cheeks and leg, but he will soon be
about again. All had a miraculous escape.
-Mrs. Francis Robinson died on Wed-
nesday morning of last week, after a short
illness, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Morphet, Blanshard. Mrs. Robinson'in
company with her husband, was among the
very first settlers on the 4th line of Blau -
shard, and used to buy groceries in St.
Marys, when it consisted of about half a
dozen houses. Mr. Robinson died in April,
1891: Until within a few months of her
death deceased resided with Mr. Wm. j.
Robinson, her son, on the homestead. She
was the mother of seven children, two of
whom are dead. Mrs. Robinson's maiden
name was Mary Burns, and her exect age
was 80 years, 6 months and 3 days.
- Elma lost another of her early pioneers,
and one of her most excellent citizens, in
the person of Mr. James Robb, whose death
occurred at his home, on the 12th conces-
sion, on Sunday night, 17th inst. Mr.Robb
was well up in years, and had been failing
for some time, so that the end, when it
came, was not unexpected. He had been a
resident of the township for about 45 years,
the Robb family being one of the earliest to
settle in the neighborhood. The deceased,
James Robb, was a native of Maybole, Ayr-
shire, Scotland, where he was born 78 year;
ago. It is 45 years since he came into Elms.
He was living for a time previously in Blen-
heim.
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-The death of Mrs. Bowie, of Clinton,
which occurred onThursday, 14th inst., was
not unexpected. Although congestion of
the lungs was the immediate cause of her
demise, she had been ailing for quite a length
of time and had been bedfast for about a
year. Mrs. Bowie was born near London,
England, about 80 years ago, and came to
this country in 1874: She an her husband,
who was a stone mason, immediately: settled
down in Clinton, where she had sines lived.
After Mr. Bowie died, about 20 year' ago,
she lived with her daughter, Mrs. W. 3.
Cooper, at whose home she died.
-William Elliott,lof Grey township, who
passed away on Monday of last week, was
born in the Parish of °ennoble Dumfries-
shire, Scotland, in the year 18it); eame to
Canada in 1844, andisettled in the Townsnip
of Downie, Perth ceunty, where he took an
active part in the Municipal affairs of the
county, filling the offices of councillor and
reeve of that township for eleven years. He
came to Grey in 1868 and settled on lot 25,
concession 8, where his knowledge of muni-
cipal work soon brought him to the front.
He served as councillor for a number of
years, being elected in 1885, against his will,
and at the end of that year he retired from
active municipal life. Mr. Elliott, who
came of the bold botder clan of the Elliotte
of Minto, had many of the characteristics of
that noted family. A staunch Presbyterian;
zealous and upright Reformer; a, successful
farmer, and a man of untiring -energy and
force of purpose, he filled up an active and
useful life of neerlY four score years. De-
ceased had a paralytic stroke about the 1st
of July from which, after a few days, he
recovered. A second attack came on the
7th of September, from the effects of which
he passed peacefully away on the evening of
Monday, 18th inst. Hee -leaves a widow,
three sons and three daughters to mourn his
demise.