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The Huron Expositor, 1900-08-10, Page 1August 1 their. ahead, to keep it coat than to .ight go, 1ge all. ft a Must er early se;4 new ig power .pin oat rep worn w faded wised off set -dame, 1 low on t they're e colors, need and a quick - b tter la hen L atthie neet uy oiaI off- givin in AISTS ' ES C111 uali Ly coatly mg their claim that }at- better in f(tr, .hMS es, Cash avtield. vc been ler the rig1 from s tome. Mary e le to rx ey IMO `r -pLe • I kl trod°, w mentha. las ben iior11t Vil- seeatiou rt, _if the , two event ing 1 ie stay VI); riug ('J nmateLieult. nahnsl, ie M re, atilt 'Oh, of , and the eht:rch in -a bh young voit iu To- ey are (fl •1 9 al eche oltorai highly per of nage ittig der Of ;TA, ILOv. ilTkpOltatkt ge nurnher eiaely :on 1A1Cd- - at IiIrtox r roline M. nut airs. I). Ma, Win, rid, British he rose-. 1)- the,- florae THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,704. THE Q:ONCEED • k AN The conceited man is, generally speaking, an easy person to live along side of. The reasons are many. Among other things which naakes him an agreeable conipan- ion'is the fact that he is well satisfied, and has great confidence in that which is his own'. You rarely hear him complaining of allything..---- If it is that his wife wants a new dress, hp forthwith buys it without a murmur ; if the horse he bets on loses, he pays his wager with -Out fuss, and,it does no matter now little or how m-uch he owns, he seems cluite satisfied that life has dealt liberally With • him nd his ; he never envies others; he has no nasty i.abitof telling you all his troubles if he has any, he kee s the same to him- self, and at all times you may see -rim with his quiet self-satisfied sraile ; it may be att nding his mother- in-law's funeral, it may be awaiting electiou. returns, he still has no fault to find with t e result. For these and variouS other reasons, we like the conceited man, who, after all; is only a misnameij, philosopher. We are in the hope of meeting many cf this tY'pe of men during this hot month—men who fee1 that there is no reason why they should appear ruled or uncomfort- able, when comfOrt and a cool, cain exterio • may be had for the asking. The self-satist ed man is invari- ably a well dressed man, appearingiwearing any of the named goods •we assure you of being well dressed. Christy's 1900 shaped $1,50 fedora ;. Christy's- .1900 shaped $1.50 stiff hat, Chtisty's 1900 Shaped $2.50 fedora, Christy's 190,g shaped $2.50 stiff hat, -There are in- .termediate_qualities.in Christy's..goodf,„ but these are a few leading lines, -and it may be .mentioned that these hats do not weigh over two ounces. • There has never_been any question but hat we °airy the assoxtmeiat in men's furnishings. That assortment is fully up to the standard at the pre nt time in 25.c and '50c ties.; in 25c, 350, 50c, 65c and 75C summer under- wear ; in the newest things in beg igee and starched colored shirts at $1.00 and $1,25 in new lines of night robes, at !::4, $1,25, $1.'50 ar d" $1.75 in fine black'cashmere hose at 250,-85e_and 50o; in a very fine raincoat at ; a fine b1ack sliit at $18 $20 $22 and $2-1. Then we are noted for the fine lines of iScotch tweeds . we carry. , At the present time we hve some ten fine Scotch suitings, which we are offel.ing for $1.5, just to completely clear the light weight el oths. • Do you find any difficulty ip. clothing 3, out boys nicely? For $5 we will find an dutfit for hiui suit, hat, cap, tie, braces, shirt, underwear, collar and -stockings—of which you will feel proud. -1-14-1-latel-1-1-1-1-171-1-1--inh-I- urg & acdollal Clothiers and Fur ishers $ EAFORT On the Wrong Side of the Street, STRONG BLOCK, THE CANADIAN ACIFIC. Commencing MONPAY, JUNE' , the! Canadian Pacific• overland -flyer, the " imperial Limited," will run DAILY be ween Toron,0 and Van- couver, Making the 'run in 91i hours. • Leave S Toronto it 1 p. a P. R. boats will leave Owen Sound „Tuesdays -Thursdays and Satur- day s,i eurtuthineing May lst, for the Soo and lort.W lliam. Thnugh tickets issued at this office for all vvoiuts West, eith,r all rail or via our magnificent boats. Also ocean tickets :via Montreal and Elder .Dempster .Stea rghip. Telegraph and nioney order business respectfully sdlicited. , R. J. ]ACTJONA C. P. R. AGEN Seaforth. 0, BETHUNE, Agent for Merchants and Bei' Fire Insurance Companies, J Mutual A HURON GIRL'S OBSERVA- TIONS IN OLD LONDON. LETTER NO. V. TIIE MANSION ROUSE, TO. DEAR hErOsITOR,—Some time ago, I think it was early in June, the world's tem- perance congress was held in London. As ie was attended‘ by representative delegates from all parte of the globe, the Lord;Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a reception in their honor on the Friday evening of the congress i days. Through a friend who is intere ted in the temperance movement we rece ved invitations and were glad to accept. I had my first ride that evining in a hansom, in which vehicle we went to and from the sta- tion to the Miknsion House. I had bee in a four wheeletand a bus but never i a hansom, and must say they are most de ep- tive affairs. When I first saw them I felt sure I would never want to ride in on of those jiggly looking' things, but 1 aye changed my mind, for I never rode in ny- thing more comfortable. Just sat back, for that ii " more swelter," as the girl said, and enjoyed myself, You have often seen pia.. turesof those hansoms, I am Eire', with the driver perched up behind. The latter rery often takes a nap with his head on ,the top of the vehicle, and only wakens when some one steps mtg. his hansom and asks for a drive. These very warm days even hired hansom' have white cotton cov which, I suppose, make it cooler, as wel looking SO; Well, I suppose you are wondering When .1 am to get to the Mansion House, par icu. tarty when it is only e short distanm .froin Liverpool stree station. This well kn wn house looks very different in its inside ap- pearance fromlhat without. It, like'all the city's buildings, is rather gray and et imy looking. We .wn are just too late to be ie- sented to the host and hostess but didn't feehbadly overahat. There was a good string band in Ithe main hall and from ODO end of the lattir you . went to the con ert room. This room, whioh is used for an- quete, receptions, etc,, le ' very gorge us. At on end is a platform on which sat the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress and the notables attending the congress. The room is lighted with electric light and the door- ations, which are mostly in gilt and soft corm, with the immense mirrors at either end and the bright colored hangings, all combine.to produce a very pretty effect. the ers; as As they were about to begin the irst number on the programme, we decided to .stay in the concert room aid after a time were able to get chairs. I don't think I ever saw a queerer lot of people in my life. Of course they weretfrom all countries ; a German with a pointed beard ; a ;man we knew to be from the far east by hie- dark kin _and huge white turban; and there was such a sweet faced lady with a peou iar head drees. It was made from some w ite ' material and ehaped like a coronet on he top of her head and a long veil hang'ng down behind. We couldn't make out wh th- er she was from Swedenor Iceland. There were some nice looking people among th m, but it seemed to us the home societies m at have picked out their plainest look ng women and sent them to London. Th re were a number of Americans there, but we • didn't recognize any Canadians. The n in. bers on the programme' were very good, s nd after the first half was over a number of delegates spoke on the resolution of tha ks to be tendered to the Lord Mayor and L de, Mayoress. Among them was an Engli h. man, Honorable Dillon, a gentleman fr m AuStralia, and Monsieur and Madame so e. body, from France. The latter spoke in ,their own language; Couldn't make ut what they said but the gestures were m et, suggestive ; a pleatiant faced old man fr m Pennsylvania, and a Mrs. Steveue, fr m Portland, represented _Uncle Sam'. lar, m C but no one spoke froanada, probably e - cause the others took up all tho time and the Canadian was too seneible to talk wen he knew the people had had enough: Then the Lord Mayor. made a very good rep y. He looks much better on the platformtl an off; has a good face but is rather short.., nd i) round shouldered. His wife is a very phs n, pleasant -faced lady and seemed very kim ly as she talked to the people. eRefreshme its were served in one of the parlors, and. there we went after the first half of the progratn• me, had a glass of lemonade, and a piece of cake and then took a walk through the other parlers, which were open ifor the oc. cashes. Thee are beautifully furnished rooms, not too gaudy to look comfortable, and we saw heaps of pretty *Inge in the pictures and bric-a-brac. In two of the parlors they have a novel way of lightiag. There is a space juet between the ceiling And the -well and a row of ' incandescent globes quite close together, g.pos in this, around the roorb. You can't imagine what a pretty soft light it throws down on the rooms. Aft r we had looked about we thought it jas time for home going and slipped awa without anyone pressing us to stay longer. 11' think thatenow I Am- on this strain, I might as well tell you of another function we attended—the Dominion Day celebration given by Lord and Lady Strathcona, This was held in 'the Institute of Painters and Watercolors, It has such pretty rooms and, of course, nd end of beautiful pictures to see, although there was so much else to see that night We could net spend much time on them., The papers said there were about a thousand peeple there and they were most- ly 0o.nadiana, many of them now beiug recognized a surprised to entrance, a board Steam British Colu his first visit and daughte some month so different i and gentlem board with who looked sees himself Lady Strath middle room then was heli little woman some one sai ed she could hueband, wh is a remarkable man for his age, is not t 11, has a good face and such white hair a d beard. They were both very gracious and seemed to spare neither time nor expense in trying to make thinge pleas- ant for other people. The affair was from nine o'clock shortly after very full. the left of th was a red -col some beautiful palms and other tropical musio was very pretty, but it ear the rest of the programme, talking about. All who teak na,dians and acquitted them. creditably, Madame Albani e guests and looked as bright ossible, for she seems to be peeple - who never grow anyA Wo met quite a number of London citizens, We were oe just ahead of us at the •entleman who had been on ✓ with us. He has lived in bia for 35 years and this is home to England. His wife , who have been in England , were with him. He looked his evening dress ; also a lady n from Halifax who were on s. I suppose there were others little different, but one never s others see him. ' Lord and one, received the guests in the of the three in which the func- . Such a quiet looking, plain Lady Strathcona is, and as , "looked as though she wish - stay quietly at home." Her o twelve and as we were there nine, the rooms were not then e went into the large room on t we (tame to first and here ted orchestra, stationed behind plants. The was bard to 1 because of th part were 0 selves very was among ti and fresh as one of the fe °War lookin SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Canadians, several from Toronto. Of course this is the time for visitors and then a good many had been attending the congress or chambers of commerce the week previous. The Honorable Mr. Chamberlain wee to have been there, but wasn't. However, Lord Ampthill, the firat secretary, wal there and at first sight I thought what a gawky looking fellow. He looked very much bet- ter when talking though, and I then remem- bered it was not always wise to jump at oonolusione. Some One said the Makes were present too, but we looked all over and didn't get a -glimpse of them. As the evening wore on the rooms bourne quite ,full of the people and I did enjoy looking at them all. But one does feel very small and insignificant though amongst so many. I mustn't forget the refreshment room, for that seemed to be a very taking place for a good many. It was a very pretty room, rather away from the others, and we had to go up a number of steps to get to it. The fresco, or whatever you might call it, on the walls was beautiful, and as the room was brilliantly lighted, the feast for the eyes was not the least among the good things. As a rule men look well in evening dress, but not always women, but there were some pretty women at the reception, and such smart frocks. We didn't think a gorgeous brocade frock on a very stout woman among the pretty ones though. The time passed so quickly it was half -past eleven before we knew it. I don't know why, but very many of the men wore medal' and our friend of the steamship had two he had from the Crimea war ; indeed, medals were so common teene one wished he had worn an old Jubilee one he had. I haven't time to tell you of another function I Went to, but must 'leave it for another letter, and besides there is a street organ just opposite saying "pay, pay, pay," and if I don't get away from the widnow I will have to do as it says. S. MeL. ILFORD, England, July, 1900. • Huron Notes. —Blyth fair will be held thie year on October 9th and 10th. — Mr. J. R. Murray, now a prosperous druggist of New York city, is at his home in Clinton, on a visit. —Brussels cheese factory Bold the last half of June make to Ballantyne & Son, Stratford, at 9 cents. -.Greorge Joynt, of Hensall, had the misfor- tune to run a sliver in his eye the other day, but fortunately the eight was not injured, — The assessment of the Ogilvie mill pro- perty, in Goderieh, has been reduced by the judge from $60,000 to $25,000, —Mrs. A. B. Carr, of Westfield, has a fuschia which has 175 buds and blossoms on it. Here is a chance for our florists to make a record. —In Brussels voter& list for 1900 there are 255 names in pert 1 ; 132 in part 2, and 32 ia part 3; 112 el quelthed to eerve as Jurors. — Mr. Henry oung, of the Maitland concession, Goderi h township, has a good yield of wheat. F om 20 acres he threshed 700 bushels. —Miss Beside errick, of Clinton, has passed her Normal ochool examination, and has been engaged t teach a school in Wa- terloo county for n xt year. —A young chil of William Dore, of Wingham, got hol of some fly paper the other day and ate portion of it. Prompt measures prevente any serious results., --Smith Brother, of Springhuret ferm, Usborne, on Tuesd y,'shipped 11 thorough- bred Durham cattl to Mr. Woodey, Iowa, United States. — William Balk ill, of the London road South, near Exeter, has dispoied of his 50 - acre farm to his nei hbor, Henry Jones, for the sum of $3,500. —It is reported that a Toronto man has purchased 200 acre. of lake front at Grand Bend, south of the London section, which he intends fitting u for camping and cot- tages. --A glib tongu d individual got away with $7 from the g od ladies of Exetee by selling them ordino, y boiled corn which he !aimed to bo 13 3ton hot shelled corn, Other places ehoui be on the look out for him. —Wednesday of last week, Harry, son of M. H. .Moore, V. fa, of Bruseells, fell at the mill dam and inflic ed a bad eut across his forehead, laying t e skull bare. A physi- ' cian had to put in number of stitches to close up the gaping wound. —the firm of Dr.. Jerome & Holloway, who have been con ucting dental practices in Wingham and rthur for the past two months, has been dissolved. Dr. Jerome takes the Arthur b shwas and Dr. Halloway will remain in Wi gharn, —James Wilkins n, a well known resid- ent of Morrie, for t e past 40 years, has dis- posed of his Inc 11 acre farm, south guar - ter lot 10, concesaion 4, to James and Robert Nicholson, who h ve the adjoining farm rented. The price is said to be $5,000. —On Wednesda , August 1, at the resid- ence of James Setle, Clinton, Rev. 3. F. Parke, of St Paul's church, performed the ceremony of the mL.rriage of Robert D. An- derson, of Kinloss, to Miss Margaret, third daughter of John odgins, of Holyrood. —The house and contents of Fred Champ- ion, nsar Donneyb ook, were burned to the ground, on Sunda , 29th ult , between one and two o'clock p, m. The fire originated from a spark from he chimney ; very little was saved, as a ve y high wind was blow. ing, —After a long a d severe illness, extend- ing over six month , Tillie, youngest daugh- ter of the late R inhard Rupp, of Ethel, passed quietly awa to the great beyond on Tuesday of last w ek, aged 33 years, nine months and 30 da s. Her first illness was pneumonia, followe by typhoid fever, and then other complications of a dropsical char- acter set in, resulting in death. —There are a t4a1 of 538 pereons on the Clinton voters' list, entitled to vote at both municipal elections and those for the Legis- lature ; 357 who ca vote only it municipal elections, and 105 ho have a vote only for [ the Legislative As embly. There are 117 widows on the lis also 48 spinsters, and 295 persons qualifie to act as jurors. —John William , of Algoma, is paying friend.. at Constanc a visa; it will be re- membered that he carried on the black- emithing and oarria e works for a number of years in the stand now occupied and owned by P. B. 0 ok ; he moved some 17 years ago, and judg ng from appearances Al- goma has been agre able to him. —A. Jamieson, of tondesboro, took a !Sick turn on Tuesd y evening of last week, lost power, and <fen over. In the fall he came in contact with a hook for the ham- mock, and was held there by the jaw and choked for some time, until kind hends lifted him down and made efforts to restore him, which were successful in about an hour‘. —ve de ply regret to have to ehroniale the sad an sudd u demise of John Thomp• son, an int ustri us and highly esteemed farmer of t, e 6t. concession, lot 19, West Wasvanoeh whhsh oecurred on Sabbath morning, 2 th ul . We have been informed that on the previ us Friday he was troubled UGUST2i10 1900. Writing Tablets led or Plain Paper, egular price 15c. From Saturday Aug. 4th, to Saturday, Aug. 11th, one package of 25 envelopes to match will be given FREE with each tablet. LEX. WINTER, SEAFORT wi h dysentery, and whilst doing a little wo k at harvesting on Saturday afternoon, bee me worse. Medical aid was procured bu of no avail. He will be missed in hie fa ily, in the locality in which he has re - aid d for a great many years, and in the to nship, having been a councillor for the yea 1899, and was at last nomination, along wit other members of the council, returned by colamation. Being an industrious and eco omical farmer, he has left his bereaved widow, one daughter and two sons, who stir ive him, in comfortable circumstances. The voters' list for East Wawanosh to nehip contains a total of 639 voters, of wh m 474 are entitled to vote at both muni- cip I elections and elections to the Legiela- tiv Assembly, 101 who can vote only at mu icipal elections, and 64 who are entitled to vote- at elections for the Leg stature. There are 334 qualified jurors on he list and 20 widows. Last week, Conrad Rufus, of the 10th con ession of Turnberry, lost his three-year- old aoy by accidentally being drowned. It app ars there WAS a barrel buried in the gro nd, with about eight inchee of water in it. The little fellow was playing around the arrel and fell in head first, and was dro ned before any help came, as no one tho ght of the danger so near by. George Hall is vieiting in Ethel, from Dak • ta. After a holiday he Will take Mrs. Hal and children back with him. He says sem of the crops are very poor, but that he has ared fairly well. Joseph Hemsworth, a fo mer even known resident of Ethel, lost a qearter section of crop by hail, but is for - tun tely well insured, so that he will come out •retty well, as he had a quarter section not injured. The West Huron License Commiesion- ere i et at the office of Inspector Paisley, in Olin on, on Wednesday of last week, and tran ferred the license of Dulmage's hotel, Wingham, to Mr. Carr; the question of ex- tend"ng the permit under which the hotels of $ ltford have been selling, (and which expi ed) was, on reggest, taken up for on- side ation, but the commissioners refused to grant any further extension. ---eRev. and Mrs. Filer, of Walton, left on onday of last week for Xenia, Ohio, whe e Mrs. Filer's parents reside. After a twa weeks' visit there and at Columbus, Ohi , they will visit Mr. Filer's home at Libe ty, Indiana, and also their former past rate, a few miles northwest of Indian. apol s. The reverened gentleman will re- turn about the 1st of September, Mrs. Filer rem ining till a month later. — ('rank Witmer, of Goderich township, rece ved a severe shaking up last week. Whi e he was engaged in throwing down hay rom the loft the end door of the barn hap ened to open, and just when in the act of li ting a forkful of hay the fork Slipped and ended Frank on his back out the door, a distance of some 15 or 20 feet. The pains wer severe for a while, and he was com- pell d to lie in bed for a couple of days. oseph Mitchell, son of John Mitehell, of G clench, who was buried there recently, cam to his death at the hands of Police- man, leek, at Marinette, Wisconsin, by a shot from a revolver. Eck chime that in disci arging his revolver to call assistance, Mit hell got within range and was accident- ally killed. The cigarmakers' union of Mar nette has taken up the case, and ,Eek has )(ten arrested, charged with murder in .the iret degree. ---erivate J. E. Ball, of the 1st Battalion Can dian Mounted Rifles, died of enteric feve at Kronstad, South Africa, on Satur- day, 28th ult. Deceased was born in Hul- lett, being a cousin of Nelson Ball, of Clin- ton, and a half brother of John Colborne, of God rich townehip, and a brother of Mrs. Wm Hill, Colborne, and Mrs. James Tun- ney, East Wawanosh, He WW1 for some time a metnber of the Mounted Police before goin to South Africa. — a Wednesday of last week, at the horni of the bride, in Clinton, Mr. W, Bry- don., barrister, of that town, and Miss Mae IvIcMurchie, youngest daughter of the late A. McMurchio, were unite in marriage by ",ev. A. Stewart. The honeymoon will be Bleat at old Orchard Beech and in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Prior to h s marriage, Mr. Brydone'a many Mende ente tained him at the Rattenbury house, and also presented him with a handsome orie tal rug. — rom the published report of the Meth- odie churches on the Londesboro circuit we lear that during the past ecoleeiastical year Lotu esboro church raised 8541.05 and Kin, bur 8242, for ministerial support; the total receipts for this; purpose being $809.12, and the xpenditure $779.30. The contributions to t e connexional funds were : Missionary, $166 50 ; superanuation, $45 ; educational, 811,34 ; contingent, 84,19; General Confer- ence $7; Union church relief, $6.71; Sund- day chool aid, 81.50; sustenation, $4.84 ; $g2en47e 4a91.Epworth League 41 cents. Total, - hat might have been a fatal accident hap ened at the Josephine street crossing of the Grand Trunk Railway in Wingham, on 8iturday evening, 28th ulta about 8 o'clo k. Eli Elliott, sr., of the Wingham brie yard, accompanied by three small boys, Wore coming to town in a buggy, and when crosaing the railway track were run into by the engine belonging to the . London Huron and ruee 8 o'clock train. The engine was back ug down to the water tank, having just finis ed shunting the coaches into place. The iuggy was badly demolished and the four •ceupants were thrown some distance. The hree boys escaped with a few bruises and bad shaking up. Mr. Elliott was prett badly cut and bruised, but we are pleas -d to note that no bones were broken. — he following etatiatics for the year endi g June 25th, 1900, gives the volume of b Einem done at the customs port of Gode ich ; During this period the imports amo nted to 8526,321, of which 8383,793 were free, and 8142,528 dutiable. The duty coilei ted was 886,790.65. The exports amo nted to $1,317,583. Of the.se goods there were exported through the United State in bond to foreign eountries : To Grea Britain, 8922,390; France, $2,826; Ger any, 815,069; Belgium, 1,420;$ 82,733; West Indies, $1,336 ; Austra- lia, '`3,938; New Zealand, $75. Total, sitar+ $949j,787. Exports via. .the St. Lawrene (mai ly to Great Britain), $287,841. Ex port to the United States, $79,955. Th experts to the United States consisted al mod wholly of sheep and lambs. ' • Canada. — rops in the vicinity of Oawa were badl, damaged by a hail storm en Thursday of la t week. —Through telegraphic communication owiitih Dawson City will be establiAed by Octo,ber 1. —Rev. James Endicott, wife and two h ren, Canadian missionaries in China, hav returned to their home in Lucan. —rLhomas Woodworth, a sixteen -year-old Tor ate boy, was drowned in Mimico creek, whil bathing, on Saturday. — he Hamilton Separate school board has oted $25 inereaee -in the salary of each of the sisters who teaches school. —Sunday morning fire destroyed the dry - goods store of &wilier & West, Montreal, doing damage to the extent of about $200,- 000. —Dr. Potts says the Methodist million dollar fund is rapidly' nearing $900,000, and will jerobably reach the million mark before the end of the year. —Lieut. -Col. R. B. Dennison, tor many year prominent in Military circles in To- ront4 died at his home there on Saturday, aged ,79 years. Deceased was a fenian raid veterlan. —The Dominion Government will locate a chicken fattening station at Chatham and F. C.i Hare, of Oshawa, has arrived there to supelintend the work of erecting the build- ing8. —Three hundred and fifty Roumanian Jews, who arrived at Montreal on Sunday, have been detaiised on board because they. had rio means, and the Government will not &Howl the immigration of pau ors. —There was a grand gathering of the London "Old Boys" in the Forest City this week Demonstrations were held on Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday, when large numbers of former residents were present to take part. —Qin Thursday, the barns of W. H. Keto eson, of the 5th concestsion of Thur - low, itear Belleville, were destroyed by fire, with the greater part of their contents. His dlivelling house was also destroyed. A spark from e threshing machine engine caused the fire. The loss is about $2,000. —Mr. J. J. Withrow, for many years president of the Toronto Industrial Exhi- bition Association died at his home in that city on Sunday, Deceased retired Saturday night in his usual health, but early in the morning was seized with a species of par- alytic stroke and never rallied. He was 67 years of age. —q, W. Penny, farmer, Kennebec town- ship, e in the General hospital at Toronto suffer ng from a painful accident. While opera ing a mowing machine the horses ran away and Mr. Penny was thrown to the groun1. The handle of a pitchfork was forced into his body for a distance of three inche i _chard Griffiths, a resident of West Lend n, made a deliberate attempt to com- mit aikido Friday afternoon, by throwing himee f into the river, near Blackfriars bridge. He yeas fished out by bystanders and lodged in jail. Griffiths is about 76 years old. Recent worries are sueposed to have tnhinged his mind. —The barns of Charles Cook, on the Til- sonbuag gravel road, south of Ingersoll, were Struck by lightning Tuesday morning of lent week, and all of this seasoo's crops of hay ilnd wheat wer.0 destroyed, besides about 500 bushels of wheat of last year's ctop. The contents were the property of Mr. J hnson, who is a tenant on the place. —Mrs. James Sweet, wife of a well knowili farmer of 11.11ssex township,' was found drow ed in a cistern shortly after noon on Satur lay, She had been subject; to attacks of faintness, end it is thought she met her i death while attempting to draw water from the ci tern. She was not missed for some hoursi and only after a long search was her body 1iscovered in the bottom of the well. —Mr. Andrew Hamilton, undertaker, of Tara, was drowned while in bathing at Balm Beach mummer resort, near Owen Sound, Monday afternoon. He was swim - i, ming out to a rowboat and took cramps, and s as drowned before assiotance could reachi him. The body was recovered by grapp ing a couple of hours afterwards. Decea ed leaves a widow. —While going home from Paisley, Friday night, George Skinner, of Greenock town- ship, not with a fearful death about half a mile rom Paisley. While crossing the railway track his rig was struck by a train, i, and 8 inner was instantly killed, the wheels havin passed over his bead. The horse was found grazing by the side of the track. He was 71 years of age. —The machiniets'boilermakers and fit- ters, employed by the 0, P. R, shop in Winnipeg, Fort William aud other division- al points west to the Pacific coast went out on strike on Friday morning to the number of about 500. They claim the company have been giving non-union men the preference in the matter of retaining their rierviees. —The funeral took place at Palmerston, on Friday, of Charles II. Davis, who died on W dnesday, at the age of nearly eighty 1 yeara, He was a native of Wiltehire, Eng. land, nd was a member of one of the pioneer families of Guelph township. For 27 yeas he was in the employment of the Grand Trunk Railway at Palmerston, and was well known. He retired in March, owing to %cancer, which was the cause of his de th, — KT. D. Walker, of the 13th comae- sion f Snowdon township, Haliburton count, was attacked by hie two-year-old Durham bull, and received such severe in- juries that he died on Thureday, 2nd inst. Mr. V alker was thrown in the air, badly gored and trampled upon. His neck was brokei, yet he survived his terrible injuries overt velve hours. He was 45 years of age and a arorninent Mason. —E ward Young, the 15.year-o1d son of Shine• Young, of Milton, was drowned on Frida . With several other boys be was bathin in the creek at the head of the mill pond. He had been diving, and had re- markal to his companions that Ihe woold see ho long he could remain under wa- ter. ilis friends at last became alarmed at his fai ure to come to the surface, and on makin search they discovered his body ly- ing in hree feet of water. —A mall boy who had the misfortune one dar Is,st week to have his back severely burned finds himself lying in the Sick oChil- dren's ospital in Toronto, dependingna peculia kind of charity, The burn is so severe that the injured epidermis will not return, and it is proposed to do the grafting operati n. Several persons have volun- teered o allow the physicians to take small portion's of ekin from their bodies to be graftedl on to the unfortunate boy. : —A 4ai1way accident occurred Saturday ' mornin , on the T., H. and B, Railway, in West Irantford. The accident was the re - suit of head-on collision between the train ' rom B antford going to Waterford and a MoLEAN 13R013.. Publishers; t $1 a Yea. in Advance. I gravel train. Engineer Gilmour, of the pus- enger train, was killed and hie fireman in. ; also three gravel traintnen injured. Both engines were badly wreeked, as also were the tenders. The passenger ears kept the track, and the passengers escaped with- out serious injury., —Monday last was the hottest day, with the exception of one, that, Toronto has ex- perienced in 60 years, At the obeervatory the thermometer registered 97 degrees of heat, while in the city it went much higher. —Lemene Brother, whose circus is DOW touring Canada, have been fined $1,200 by the Customs Department for bringing a quantity of printed matter into Canada without paying duty. —A mysterious death incurred at the Market hotel in Berlin, Monday afternoon. Professor Hess, an elderly man, a musician by profession, was found dead in his room, He had been boarding at the hotel for over a year. He was up and around and seemed in good health and spirits an hour or so be- fore he was found lying �n his face stretch- ed out at full length -in front of the dresser. His face WAS quite blue and a suspicion is enteitisined.that death was due to poison, e—Two French-Canadians, named Mesen, Allard and Monettia, of Saginaw, Michigan, Were in Ottawa rceently interviewing the officials of the imthigration department in reference to securing settlers' privileges for a large number of tFrench-Comadian families who desired to return to Canada. They are at present situated near Saginaw and Are greatly dissatisfitil with the United State.. A block of land near Edmonton has been seeured and the Government will grant all the privileges given immigrants. —Fire broke out in the grain warehouse of G. A. Gibson, in Cayuga, on Friday night. The building being a train° one, the the quickly spread to the adjacent Thompson warehouse, now occupied by Mr, Brick, of Dunnville. The Gibson warehouse con- tained five thousand buebels of wheat. Owing to the night being very calm the fire was confined to the two warehouses. Loss between five and SiX thousand dollars, total insurance between three and four thousand. Origin of the fire is unknown. —Glenne e Jackson, of London, was ter- ribly womided while playing baseball on Monday afternoon. The boy, who was bat - tints, swung to -.strike the ball, and the bat slipped from his hands. Jackson was Amid- ing near him, and was struck on the head by the large end of the bat. The skull was *caved in over a surface as lenge as the end of the bat The bone was badly smashed, ex- posing the brain. Portions of it were re- moved at the hospital, and the boy will probably recover. —The rowboat from Aylmer, containing Mr. C. 3. Stere, of the record branch of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa, and his four sons, was upset by the squall len Monday, and the two eldest boys, aged 12 and 10 years respectively, were drowned. Mr. Sters managed to hold the two young- est until help arrived, by clinging to the bottom of the boat. He WAS with great difficalty rescued, in a very exhautted cone dition by three men. —V. J. White, of the interior depart- ment at Ottawa, who has just returned from the Western States, says the failure of the crops in the Daketas is much worse than anything in Canada in that line and he does not think that the reports ;bout the failure of the crops in Western Canada will have any ill effect on the immigration move- ment from the States. The Western Amer- icans have known for years, he says, that tho Canadien West has been prosperoutand the partial failure of one year's crop will not have any bad effect, —Joseph Hobeon who died Monday morning of last week, at the residence of his son, Benjamin Hobson, in Hamilton, was born he the county f Armagh, Ireland, and came to Canada at the age of 17 years, settling in Blenheim, e drove the stage between Goderich and Hamilton for his umile for son e time, ind then took ep farming on the 10th lin4 of gest Zona. Af- terwards be 1 red in Tdronto arid Fullerton, and then two years agri went to Hamilton to live with his son. His wife died five years ago. —Speaking of the increased expense to which the 01i(1030 di. !enhances have put the minion boards to Dr. McKay, secre- tary of the Prosbyteri n Board, said that their board had bren Jut; ter exceedingly heavy expenSe. The r ;turn of the mission- aries, their naloriee urine furlough and their passage b..elt t China will mean a great outlay. As on f rmer occasions, the Chinceo Government ill probably make good the tomes of the iasion stations, but the board will find i necessary to ask for an increase in subecript ons to meet the ad- ditional demands, —About 8 o'clock . aturday night, the Blenheim was die - public dhoti honee covered to be on fire. The fire brigade was at once called out and etorkeil till 12 o'clock, but Was unable to save the schwa., although able to prevent tho fir el from spreading to the surrounding buibi i ng. It means quite a loss to the town, DV the builshog was valued at 835,000 and was only inferred for $7,000 on the building and $2,000 on the contents. The fire re suppoeed to have originated in Dome wastle cotton whieh had been used for drying the woodwork, which had been oiled. The wine are still standing but are uselees to build' on again. (1 —Mr. Joht Fraoklie, of Celt, was 105 years and 9 n -teethe old Fr iday,saye the Galt Reporter, an the old men it still compara- tively vigorods and hetrty. He wee born on the let of November, 1701, on ht. George's Chlennel. He lived in the old country until the year - 1830, travelling through Ireland and visiting every county in the Emereld Isle meanwhile, and then emigrated to Canada. He has lived here ever since, With the exception of a shtirt time in the United Stales, At the time of the Mackenzie rebellion Mr. Franklin was a member of the 5th Regiment, stationed at Cornwall, and was called upon to fight for the uph Ailing of theatntilarcnoemzantainedd the system of m governe thatoo it Mr. Fraeklin is robably the oldest man in Canada. He iays that the great Benjamin Franklin wa� his uncle. It —On Build y evening a distreseing acci- dent occurre at Lar es Mills, near King- ston, a few r ds from tl e St. Lawrence, on the road lying between Mallorytown and Poole's Resort. A elep creek there was spanned - by an old weoden bridge, which had done duty fora generation. The bridge was twenty feet above the water and on each side steep graeite rocks rise to con- siderieble height. While Robert Poole pro- prietor of the resort, was driving hie:little daughter Edna, and three lady guests to, chureh at Mellorytown, the structure eol- lapsed. Horiee, vehicle, passengers and all plunged throUgh the broken span into the water below. 1 Mr, Poolehl little daughter was thrown elear of the bridge into the water below.Being able to swim, she had no difficulty in reaching the shore. She went to the eid of her father, who was un- able to rise. ger exertions saved his life. He was badlar hurt. The three ledy pas. sengers were all more or lees injured. The horse e are fatally hurt. I