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The Huron Expositor, 1900-09-21, Page 1.. : • new :•13 of ng in- mate ming, aged, way. eyes pur., large - goods - is tice. long your e give di - kind in -e BO' EW wing. Dress . lettere, - ,here - levery oring. what [resaestanse early atuma - right ceds ts arid _ ancl dinery coma eitione not be • have will be Ford— buy '.re not as &le a worn 5eaaon* in the right. at any easy 'lose to il— be s --e be- g(ing annels • c =toy - le as a it is tes, the hieh. peeled- - -Mr. pori Tues. sniped Tues - n Mr. deNeil sum- -The eusecl aersed ,Lasties mime lived paea- einety Dum- since about rocery e was !sward, At a vas al- ot by active Bible Lace a eeased Mre. John f an - 1 1 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 1,710. AN BROS., Publishers. Year in Advance, Groig & Mao olla Clothiers & F-tir0 laialna-1-1-1-1a1-1-1—ainadnalait rs. We sell everything that a man requires in the way I o ,cloth-, , ing—rnade to order and readyrnade. We also make ladies' coats to order, and carry the largest and finest range of ladies' furs to be found in the county •,1 we doubt i if many of the city houses show any better range. . i ; 1 Three things we are well known for --the largest store of its kind in the county, the mos e6onomically run istore ii.h the county, and for that reason a good Rlace tp deal at. We can get a profit without asking you to pay the high salaries of clerks, nor the loss sustained thragh° taking produce. . We do not take, produce in trade, not that we hav against produce, but we do not understand and. egg trade, and, therefore, we do not se clear to going into= a business that we kno about. There are too many trying ,that There can be no question: also that if you get the cas4 market price for your butter and egg pay more for the goods and clothing you, bu cash price. It will be denied by some, it is d and has been, and yet let your own sense tel you must see the force of this. One bit of a quoting prices.—never attempt to buy more t lar's worth for a dollar, and you will I do nic anything he putter our way nothing ame now. more than , must than the nied daily, you, and vie before an. a dol - in this The rand coat at 63, a window full of school c:i s at 8c, a threshing hat at 65c, the buckskin pants at $ the.hoys' pants at_50c, 65c land 75, our own m4e, an all sewn with linen, lined throughout.; rtliC best thing «e e er_sold in a heavy wool sock for men. 25e. Have ,you admired. tlae_clan tartans we have shown in our -windows lately ? These are genuine tartans, not ordinary plaids • the pric will interest you, $3.76. The ladies will be i iterosted i the home spuns which we are showing thisIseason fo suitings ; these goods are very sightly, aucl ali wool ; we will be pleased to show the same ; the rices for double fold goods is not high—$1.25, $1.35 and $1 ;O. in ordered clothing; we have a line of suit ng whiph few value is hard to excel, the princippl materi ls--Scqtch `tweeds, Irish serges, English worsteds and Canadian lion* spurts —are well represented in our stock. 1—Men's F.nits—serges and. tweeds—,,01 colors, odd linos, the sale prlce $3.50' blue ancl black—the s•ale price 2- Men's Suits, colors—brown, fawn, grey, 81.25. 3—These aie odd lines, a number of whichsold as higi as R10 arid 811 and - . will bc.t sold, sp.1e price $0.45. • -1 4—Mostly brown and grey colors, some of ,our own Make of suits, .sterling. cloths, sale price $6,95. 5---A number of dress suits—sizes 42, 19, 38, 37; 36, 35 and 34, blue and black worsted serge•—all wo have left of this line go at the sale price 6—Large piksof twecd suits—i'ql and 812.su1ts—sa1e.price 7—Men's, our own make, $8. 8—Iloys*.three-pi,•ce sdits,- sizes 27 to -L-33, all colors .of tweed,' choice of lot, sale; price $2. 9-- Boys' three-piece suits, tizes 27 to 3, 11 shades and patterns, regular price ranging limn •$4.50'.to $6.75, saki price $3. 60. • • 10-- l',oys' three-piece 111 tS, si4es: 2-3- to 33, single and dpuble brea.s.ted tweed and seri,e woisted dress bnits, sale price $4.65. 1 1-11eys' two•ateee suits,s;z.e.s 2'.2-•--Tto 20, all shades and . tyles. This; lot; .will go per suit, Fate price e1.56-.. , . i 1...!--Boyzi) two-piece snits, size's 22 tc-,, all patterns, good, strong, lvell-made. ,.., i t =Do suits, flue quality, liale•inice $2.55.. . I • , T Boys' two-ideve suits, sizeS 22 to 29,.all shades and patterns; Th1s lot con- tains the very finest- goods and -make-up of two-piet3:suits; some' of which ranged in price aS high, as $6. --We offer,thera at the sale pilce $2.75 to 84. -1.4-aaaarloadna-ateaele+-1-1--a-tea - reig a° Clothiers and Fur ishers On the Wrang_Side of the Stree STRONG 'BLOCK, - .S :FORTH It is generally acknowledged that for quick travellinig, for comfort, for civility, and for obliging oftic als, he C. P., R, is without art equal in these respects_ For all information, apply to any C. P. R. agent, or R. J MACDONAL C. P. R. AGENT, Sea ort4. 0. BETHUNE, Agent for Merciiants and Berlin Mutua Fire Insurance 9ompanies A HURON GIRL'S OBSERVA TIONS I OLD LONDON. r I ETTNR I NO. 8. A HOLIDAY TRIP , 'FOLKESTONE. . DEAR EXPOS' OR, -- he summer holiday s e t e seems to be an i etsitutam that has come t2 stay with und o thaitevolairioie firmly establishe in the Old land than at home in Canada -A- fOrtitight's .holiday is, therefore the r gular !thin, but whether that holiday is alwaya a pleasure is some- time a question ' 'For a few days one of the ?, London dailies • as been 4.voting a column to letters meat to the edi r on the question of holidays and' Who_ es s one not; the man of the hous or his wife?" Some of the lettere have been very Ifunny, but the queetion still sta ds. 1 , I used to thi k tha a holiday time we ; had a good man cheap e elution., but the \ Englieh. railwity compa iee are even more generous, if 1 mi ht so pe4k. At thistime .of the year there is al aye a ruvh to the amide and En land setas to have no end of such resorts f r her people. Thinking I would like to g to onel of! these places and take adventage f the cheap rates, I chose Folkestone. T e latter is on the south coast of Kent, j at amiss from Boulogne in France. It is q ite a joarriey from Londop, but as you go th Ough Kent county to reach it and the place itself is udt on*a high cliff, I preferred it to flatte place or one nearer London. We left Charing Cross station at 9.30 in the morning' a d , reae ed Folkestone at noon, a distatice f 71 miles. The train was , so crowded that anextra one had to be madeup at Lond n Bridgej station, the last one we stopped t in thecity. We, who had.aitarted fro Charing Cross, had the advantage and ere feeling quite comfort- able in our co partment until a big fat woman not only crowded in herself, but in- sisted on her son coming too. Fortunately, the latter was no as broad as the mother. I happened to e in the corner, so had the woman next me. 'I did feel at tiret that° I was somewhat cr "shed, but after persuading her to put some of her packages and a omel- ette cape into th parcel rack, we were more cornfortable. - 7 e old aswoman evidently knew I was a .s ranger, and undertook to tell me about the places we passed. I quite enjoyed her talk, only she would poke me with her elbow very time she began. She was going to Do er, a station farther than Folkestone, to a e her son, who had just "corne home fro South Africa, and was ordered to China'ext day. . We passed through a very pretty country, but only stopped many fields of stooked, but not know, Kent coun hops. The gar very pretty. Th poles, planted in be room -enough wondering what houses with the my travelling fr her " hopping " they were -the ki The season for the first of Septen the people of EMI whole families of enough go into th vera particular, eleep,and any pl enough. The ol weat down. ever pick now, so ju She was a good and insisted on , and any of the gr aura -pent who w and fruit, Which of her good sized After' we pasee throtigh rather covered with low cou bay, as a w pic al aye visible i juresque. T a you get a good s hedge, surrounde cottages, imrnens mill here and -t stone church, you one -that can hard As I said, we g and were.taken t town. The latte since it has been r has quite fiacelern .The tewn, old a the face and top of a largecliff, .with the sea for a front and the Kentish hills at tho baca. From the station we went up hill and, down, thro gh sudh narrow, poky streets, but when vet- we dame to a hill top we had a' most delightful view. Some. times it was of t e sea, so etirnes of the hill e and again ju t looking jlown on streets running zigzag ere- and ,t, ere, and'houses built in odd cornt. It see ed that dinner intuit be the firet onsiderat on, and finding r aerestaurant near the see ' which looked clean and businesa like, I de ided to patron-- ze it. However, like nany - - others'it °eked better then it real y was, but then !one can't gat evarfthing. I felt a little djisappointe1 when I first, got to the beach i for there eemed to lie no eand, nothing bub stones, an1 all along were the people who had come d wn in the train sitting about- eating theiir luncheon. The bathing houses, en whee e, looked rather funny to me, but, the b tilers, and there were crowds of them, book1d funnier. The grass on the cliff Seemed 10 burnt up and there were so man a cheap Wag stand!' and eide show affairs, I beg n to think the beach, at any rate wasn't vhat it was said to be. However, I thoughb I would walk on a bit, and after going a tittle past the pier, Which, by tie way, has a pavilion at the end of it, vhere c neerts, etc., are .rt, given, changed y ,mind entirely. Here thee were not so Many pe ple about; there' wail along stretch of sand and the cliff was so pretty with gre n grass red trees, grow. ing-up its sides. All along the eliff are such pretty winding pahe and kustic seats every little way, for tireipeople. ' I was amused to see on orie of these seat an old man, ap- parently blind, wose cos, was decorated with medals. Hei had a ea d strung around his neck,- on which wait w itten something about the battles be had c me through and askiag for help. Re looke o very comfort- riblY clad, and when I saw a good eized lunch basket under the eat and a bottle sticking out of it thought he didn't look aery. _needy.. I walked al ng several of the paths -lust -fit see how pret y they were, but es it seemed to me it woul take too long to, get to the top, webt, up in ti e lift. , When I got to the top if the cliff and eould look down I wishe I could stay a week. The sea was very e 1m and such a pretty blue - white ; there seemed to be every kind of a boat on it that you could imagine, 'froma rowboa til the large tearner. ' There is a broad road all around he beach and Ouch a q aint, red brick ottage at the tollgate. T en, through the rees you catch gl mpses of he white walks rend people comin and goi all the time. About half way up the 'iff and in ctne of • (aloe or twice. A good ram had been 3ut and much taken in. As you. y is noted for its fruit and. ens of !the latter looked y were all tied up to tall ows so that there should for the pickers. a I was he little round red brick ointed roofs Were, when end began to tell about experiences • and told me ns for Idrying the hops. icking !hops begins about ber, and is a gala time for Londoe. They go down, hem, abd all who are old hop field. They are not any of them, where they. i ce, evea a field, is good woman! aid she always year, i) t was too old "to t went Or her health. hearted creature though, treating all the children earl up cotes in the corn- uld be treated, to biscuits were moat of the contents eather bag. the hop district we went marshy -tract of land, bushes and trees, but the ole'was ' certainly very e , Kentieh hills were the distance, and when retch of rolling land, with pretty red I brick old trees, an old wind. ere and the ivy covered have a pretty picture and y be described: t to Folkestone at noon, the junetion in the old is a very old place,* but amed as a summer resort buildings in the new part. d new, bas been built, on th prettiest spote, is what is called " T1e 1 Re t."' . It is a istone house with rust o pia me, on which are chairs and table8. n one can go there with a book or their ni tineinget a oup of tea Ifiathey wish, and a oh the scene Ibelow. When you are 1 ig t up on the cliff you find a great broad ro enade, which awns to be endleirs. All lo g are _seats, 1anditandM, sometimes a ar en and back q the walk the row of fine to• e buildings, mostly hotels and boarding ou es. I did en the "walk along the ar de, as they say, an went as far As I el t I could in thineini . From one place I ot .ueh a pretty vie* of Sandgate, whioh a a ehort distance away, built along the - ea h with the high hills about it. When I et back to one of the gardens I found it eves time for a band concert, so got a . seat arid listened to the mueie and watehed the aieo be for about an hour. It was a motley Oro d; some dressed in such smart frocks, but whose consciousness of it all rather I coi t the effect; o here plainly dressed, but ce oulcl see they iv ere among those who seed consider bier! of the needful, and agai those who, belonging to the worka- day world and last of all the excursionists. f wa told that Folaeet ne has, the last year 1.wo, become quite a resort for conti- cint I people, and there certainly seemed to e a good many Ifoteigners about, I zioti ed that nearly eVeryone who seemed to b staying in th place carried a book. Evi ently there as a circulating libiary abo t and it was the !proper thing to be thou ht a reader. oine of the books look d quite ponde ou , but I eaw very few read ng; expect th crowd was more of an attr etion. The motile was good, and the time passed so geickly I could hardly reali 9 it was five o'islor and 1 mut move 013. So e one had toldme about an old char h near the cliff taat was worth seeing, so I bought I would flied it on my way to tea.- I could see th eaurch tower from the cliff, but before I fund the entrance had one through the private grounds of a boar ing house an1 trough the back yard of a other place. nly hoped any one seein me would suppose.I was a boarder. Whe I did find the front of the 'church, founs what I thougab , a private lane was reall a thoroughfare, and it went through the c mesh yard down into the streets where the s ops were. There. were some very old ston s in the churca yard, and the epitaph on 0a6 was in shorthand. The old church is ve y gaudily painted in ide and has the usua ivy on the outside walls, a clock in the t wer and very sweet chimes. I should _Ire told you the chureh And yard are com- p ete y surrounded with buildings, and it did's em strange to go down the walk and through the gate to find yourself at the end of a narrow street with shops: "on either Matzer getting my tea I thought I would see a little of the town before going to the stati n, and walked and walked wherever it bo�kei like a pretty part. I finally came to a par up on the top of a hill and after Iceekipg about, thought I had better find my way Pack. I began by asking a policeman, and hen kept on asking and asking till I could free the station in the distance. As I walk+d along I came to one of the many high laces where I could see all about, and as I 1 oked around the sun went down, and I ho se I will always remember that quaint old town in a blaze of leght; with the hills towe ing up behind and the sea on the oppo ite side. It as after eight o'cloek before the rain start d for London, and it was certainly a very tired lot of people that toiled up the hill o the railway station. After we stert d, we went along at a good speed, and were not Long in gettipg to London. This great old city looks very different at night. You don't see any soot or grime, although there are dark corners, but you .rush past a pleas re garden which is a perfect blaze of light then by a long row of houses with a light twinkling here and there, and through the streets with the bright shops till you -come t the river. The latter is a ,sight when the bridge lamp are lighted and each ' craft., be it little or big, has also its lights as it glide in and out of the shadows. You can see the buses, the cabs, drays and the pedestrians, • the never ending proceasion paseiog by the bridge lamps. Ib does sleem a long time though, before the train gets through London, stopping at one stallion, baaking up to a juncteop, and then waiting a waile, for you know not what, befo e it finally gets to the station from which you . starteld. ! j S. Me . lamas), ENGLAND, August, 1900. . . Huron Fall Assizes. - There Was an exceedingly light docke at the fell assizes court for this county, w ich was keid at Goderich laet week, before Justi e Ferguson. There were but . two cases and although these occupied s me _ Ji time, Hisordehip seemed to think it neces- sary o make up in seine degree for the light aaket by making an unusually lengthy addre s to thegrand jury, and if that wort y bo-dy were not thoroeghly posted in their uties, the fault could not, be said to lie wi h the learned judge. THE GRAND JURY. , Ta re was a great array of legal talent, the o e civil case on the docket having broug t at least ten barristers into court. The ames of the grand jurors haying been 'called and those present- sworn in, His Lord hip commenced hie 'charge, but seeing only inc jurymen presentelie stopped and direc ed the sheriff to complete the panel from he court. While this was being done two of the absentees appeared, and the shed selecting Major Young and II. W. Ball s the tailsmen, the following compos- ed th jury, the first named being chosen as forem n : Hugh McCrostie, West Wawa - nosh John Bell, Chilton •' Robert Car- rick, Ashfield ; W. 0.—Davie, Hensall ; Davis Dunbar, East Wawanosh ; John Hend viola Tuckersmith ; Joseph Lawson, Hulle t • John McCrae, Tuekeremith ; Archi aid Sterling, Stanley; Thomas Simp- son, o eKillop -; -Wm. Snell, Usborne ; A. Youn , Colborne ; H. W. Ball, Goderich. _ THE JCDGE'S CHARO E. Ju ge Ferguson addressed the jury for one h ur, pointing out their duties, their privil ges and their power. After inform- ingt em that they were expected to visit the p blic institutions of the county, and that hey might open the door of any build- ing ii pported by.publio money, he dwelt at coo eiderable length on the grand jury syste , past and present, and drew atten- tion to the causes of the changes that led to the 'resent number (13), and gave the sheri power to make that number up from eitize s present in court. His Lordship congr one them, what thegand panel to its duties. THE CIVIL CASE. tulated the jury on the fact that -only riminal case would be submitted to 0 a case of theft, and after defining constituted that crime, he dismissed ooks and applies AJL FOR PUBLIC AND IIIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES, SEPARATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. THE NEWEST EDITIONS AT LOWEST PRICES. N. WINTER, SEAFORTIL ed for tlie plaintiff. Asquith sues the Grand Trunk Railway for damages, on account of an iniur to his pereon while passing into piaintiff Clinton from Goderich township. The it appeare, was standing in a wagon, nd not noticing a wire stretched to the Grand Trunk Railway telegraph poles, be was caught by the neck and thrown backwards'his throat being cut by the collision. The bar was crowded at the opening of the case, the plaintiff, the Grand Trunk Railway, and the Great North West- ern Telegraph Company, and the Clinton Eleotrio Light Company being represented. The me occupied the remainder of Tues- day and part of Wednesdey. The jury gave a verdict for plaintiff for $500 subject to a question of law. THE GRAND JURY. The grand jury brought in a true bill in the case of the Queen vs. Rae, and subse- quently made the following presentment: The Hon. Justice Ferguson :1 Sir,—The grand jurors of our Sovereign Lady the Queen, beg to congratulate you on the light criminal calender pf Huron, and the feet that the one charge on the listis a minor one. We thank your Lordship fto1 ethe interest- ing explanation of the grand i jury system, past and present ; your clever presentation of what constitutes theft, and your remarks on the duties of grand juries in relation to public institutions. We visited the county ji1 and found three inmates, one female aad two males, the former charged with lunacy, and of the mea, one was awaiting trial and the other serving ten days for contempt of court. The jail ie clean and well kept, but to make it and ite surrounding e creditable to the old county, it needs proper accommoda- tion for its'governor as at the present time that officer 'and members of his family sleep in cells. We visited the House of Refuge at Clin- ton, deeming it our duty to inspect an establiehmept in which 81 of our residents are living. We found everything in good order, and the inmates contented and happy. We think it necessary • that so large an establishment should be visited by every grand jury, and we would recommend that an amendment be made to Ithe Municipal law, Making it compulsory onk county coun- cils to provtde for the conveyance of the grand panel to the county House of Refuge. Our thanks are due to thelCtown prose- cutor and the county attorney for courtesies and assistance in our duties. lawn McCaosata, Foreman. Hie Lordehip thanked the ipenel for the full presentment, and said the points men- tioned would be directed to ,the proper authorities. TI1E crairelea, CASE. The Queen vs. Rae,—This was the only criminal case on the docket. i laobert Rae, a blacksmith at Walton'had 'ben commit- ted for trial by Meeers. Kerr and Thomson, J. Pe., of Brunch, charged with the theft of $60 from a man named Rorie, ref the town- ship of Grey, in Stretton's betel, Brussels, on the 29th ult. The prisoner 'was acquit- ted. He was defended by M. G. F. Blair, 1 of Brussels. ), • v , Huron Note. —Hugh John Macdonald will 'attend the Conservative picnic at Wingham on the 22nd. , —Brussels cheese factory sold their July make of cheese to Ballantyne & Son, of Stratford, at 11 cents. i 1 I —Miss Sutherland has dispeeed of her photographic'business, in Blythato Mr. 11. R. Brewer, of Brussels. , , = —The Guelph paving Compeny have been awarded the contract for layi g, the gram - It Mite sidewalks in Lucknow. I — During the wind storm,, pn Tuesday night of laet week, the stable of Mr. Kettle Dinsley, of Olinton, was blowp atovn. -a-Mr. Alex.' McLagan a foialer resident of the Huron road, Turermaiith, died at his home in Hemilton, on Friday:, 7th inst., aged 77 yeared He lefb an est to, valued at over $77,000. ' —John MoDonogh, of Win went a successful operation o last week, for the removal of his body. —Wingham people are a foundry. It is proposed to for company composed of local ea Monday of d e r . growth frenn itating for a joint stock italists. —While playing around a faaning mill, the other day, Reggie Williams, of Dunlop, had one of Iris hands badly matngled by get- ting it caught in the cogs. —John Evans, a respected insident of Centralia, died on Sunday, 9th last., after a long and tedious illness from rbemnatism. He leaves a grown up family. • , —As a result of the excursio from Wing- ir ham to Goderich recently, u der the aus- pices of the Sunday schools ea that town, they aro $280 to the good. -1 --Mr. Warneek, of Goderie14‘i has some mammoth squashes, one of which he will ex- hibit, at the Indiana state fair at India- napolis. It is thirty-six incheS long, and 37 inches wide. —H. M. Rotarian has sold bils farm, ore the 2nd concessien of Morris to a a Davidson of Behnore, foe $3,600. Mr. take poesessioa of his fathe Rosman will ai place, at Browntown, the first of next lircb. —Mr. Thomas!' Ballantyno, of Brunelle has received word from Scotland, announc- ing the death of his mother ornaugust 28th, ,? Mrs.- Bal. aountry. on Tuesday last week, the front 0 Mr. John t 11's wa °rooms, in Wingham, was ut, ania number of shade trees wn doy, re , A. alitahell, of Centraliai has a Dan- t ish sugar beet, grown on his farm, which measur s 24 iaches in circumference. He has a b g crop i and says it aye to grow is va iety, eripecially for fee ing stock. —Dr and Mrs. Towler, of Wingham, left ne Tu sday morning of last Week, on their v st the Paris i rip to he Old Land. They iill spend the winter England, and will Exposi ion. at the good bid age of 94 year lantyne hiedneiver been in this —Du ing the wind storm, night o Carnal) blown were bl — J • Th evil case on the docket was then calle , end a jury being sworn in, the ease, Asquithi vs. the Grand Trunk Railway, was opened by J. T. Garrove, Q. C., who appear. - LOzit Thursday morning, 6t.he inst., Mr. Thorna Dennieon, of Brueselea paid Nature's debt, passing away very peacefully. He bad been ailing for about 11 Iyears, so that his decease was not an unlook,ed for event. Mr. Dennison was a Canadian by birth, an in his earlier years lived in the localit • o Dorchester, coming to McKillop tow sbi 32 years ago, where he resided until le yin his farm a year ago and coming to Bru sels He is survived by Mrs. Dennison and tw sons and four daughters. —Thomas Jeckel, of Exeter, met wi h a painful accident the other day. He had been in Mr. John Manning's butcher s op, and just as he went to step onto the s reet he fainted, his head striking the hard Walk heavily and inflicting a painful wound. —The death of Carolina, wife of Mr. Wm. Gohl, of Goderich, occurred on Friday,j 7th inst., after a long illness, from a oomplica tion of troubles and a great deal of suffering. The deceased was in her thiity.eighth year. Besides her husband, she leaves four young boys, who will miss a mother's care. —The home of Mr. Wm. Sutherland on the 13th concession of East Wawanoeh, was the scene of a pleasant event on the 12th inst., when her eldest daughter, Catherine Elizabeth, was united in Marriage to Mr. George Wilson, a prosperous young fariner of tbat township. The ceremony was per. formed by Rev. Wm. Lowe, of Wingha . —A happy event took place at the resi- dence of Mr. James Nethery, East Wawa - nosh, on Wednesday of last week, when his youngest daughter, Sarah E., was united in marriage to Mr. Jatnes E. Noble. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr, Mc- Quillin, and was witneeeed by about 200 guests: —Mrs. John Elbers of Dashwood, died on Tuesday of last week, from the effect S of look jaw. A few days previous to her death she stepped on a ruety nailabut was Inot caused any serious pain until the Friday he - fare her death, when her jaw became ri id, and, although the best medical aid was ro cured, nothing could be done for her. —Tuesday, the 11th inst. was the (late of a happy event, when R7m. Ducharme and Miss Josephine, youngest daughter I of Louie Denomme, were united in marriage. The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. Father Courtois. They left on Tuesday afternoon for Courtright, where they will spend their honeymoon. They will reside in the vicini- ty of St. Joseph. —Mr. Ben. Switzer, of the 10th conces- sion of Goderich township, has sold bis farm of 86 acres, to his brother Sam., who now lives in Clinton, and who will run it as a stock farm. The purchase price was $4,500, but Mr. Switzer reserves eight acres of what is known as the Bayfield bush. We under- stand he intende taking up his residence' in Goderich. —Catherine McTaggart died at the 'lame of her daughter, Mrs. McTavish, Winghtim, on Monday morning of last week, aged I 85 years. Deceased had resided near Ripley for a number of years and was highly re- spected. She had been spending a few months with her daughter in Wingham, and was confined to her bed for only a few days prior to her death. —On Wednesday evening of last week, Mr. Ezra Bender and Miss Emma Wagner, of the 4th concession of Hay, drove to the Evangelical parsonage, Crediton, where Rev. J: C. Morlock performed the rites which made the youpg couple man and wi e. Miss Minnie Finkbeiner acted the partj of bridesmaid, while Mr. Ernie Bonder,brot4ier ot the groom, took the part of groomem ne d for some ti e, to the effects of which he finally Bile umbed. Mr. Smith was 73 years of ag , and Mr. Saundere about 65 • years. lh former leaves to mourn his de- parture a idow, two danghters, Eliza o Jane, wife f Mr. Charles Durnin, jr.,, of West Waw nosh, and Mary Maria, wife of Mr. Wm. J hn Fowler, now of Dakota, and formerly of West Wawanosb, and one son, - George, at she homestead, and other rela- tives resid •g in West Wawanosh. The latter leave a widow, two sons, Nathaniel and James both of whom live on the home- stead in hfifield. The bereaved of both have the sin ere sympathy of friends and ac- quaintances iu their loss. —Mr. Ge rge King, a former resident of Blyth, droped dead in one of the city parks of Chicago , n Friday, 7th inst. He had been at wor during the forenoon) and was on his way t.o lunch when death overtook him. He w s the second eon of Mr. Wm. , King, of th let concession of East Wawsm- osh, and wa 42 years of age. He leaves a 1 widow, but o children, It is ten years 1 since decea ed left Blyth for Chieago. While in BI th he was a member of the firm of Ross & K ng, of the Blyth foundry. The family and 1 iends of the neighborhood have much symp thy in their sudden bereave- ment. —On Mon ay, September 10th, Lottie, roe- lict.of the In e 3, L, Doherty, of Clinton, ` passed away after a prolonged illness, at the home of Mrs v Chidley, in that town, at the early age of 3 years and two , months, De- ceased had s een a resident of Clinton for a number of y ars, and was highly thought of by all her ac maintances. A daughter of the late Joseph Chidley, who died about six years agoes e was married to the late J. Le Doherty abo t eleven years ago. Her hue. band died in December last, in Tennessee, from decline whither he had gone in hopes of a betterm nt of health, Mrs. Doherty has been ailieg since the spring, it being at- tributed to her constant attention in wait- ing on her husband. Two sisters and a brother are living yet, and her little son Willie. —On Tu -'.day of last week, shortly after noon, the Le ik barn on the farm of Mr. T. Ellis, on the 3rd concession of Morris, was -destroyed bylfire, caused by flying sparks from a -bush ire. The building was fifty feet square, 4nd, in addition, there was the season's crop e spring colt, 15 or lb pigs, etc. There is an ineurance of $1,200 on the building and contents in the Perth Matual. The lose would have been more severe had. not Mr. W. J. McCracken, of Brussebebeen there at the 1itne, and aided in the regime of horses, etc. It was feared at one time the same day th t Thomas Bone and John Elba 3, would be cle red out of their homes by the devouring el ment, as the high . wind swept the fire so clOse to them. By hard work the houses were Saved. _In the d ath of Mrs. A. B. Whitting- ham, who pa sed quietly away after a few days' illness, at the home of her daughter, on Monday, September 10th, Goderich township loses a good old lady, being of the age of 79 years and 7 months, The deceas- ed was born on February 26th, 1821, at Norton Hall, Norfolk, England, her father, James Wigg, being an extensive farmer and coal merchant. In 1847 she was married to Francis J. Whittingharn. In 1856 they came to Waterloo county, then removed to Holmesville ia 1862, where they lived on the Maitland coneession, farming for a few years, and then removed to Clinton. Her husband predeceased her on ' August 7th, 1889, when tae home was broken up and the mother lived ',with her daughter, Mrs. W. Jervie, for thee years, and then removed to the home of Mrs. C. Jervis, where she re- mained until her death. She was for 36 years a faithful and consistent member of the Methodist church, and aleo a member of the Wo an's Mitaionary Society, in which she to4sk a very great intermit. A family of five children are left, three sone and two daughters. 1 —John Richmond, the pioneer newspaper man of Eesex county, died suddenly at hie home in Col. halter south, on Thursday. 'leers ago he conducted a newspaper in Windsor and later at Amherstburg. For 40 years ha li -al on the farm where he died. He was one o the fiat magistrates appoint. ed for the county and was popularly known as " Squire" Richmond. _ — --Mr. J-ohl (i tge, of Eest Hamilton, 'ne of the oldest and most highly respected residents of Wentworth ciunty, passed away Saturday morning. He was in his 82nd year, braving been born on the same day as Queen Victoria. He was twice mar - Hod. The deeerteed, who had amassed eon - :adorable wealth, was born on the farm where hie eon new reeides, and he had lived in Barton tewnship all his daye. —Laat. Friday the death ',teamed, at his r stridence -in Toron!o, of Rev. William Inglis, assatant librarian of the. Ontario Legislative library. Deceaecd had been in poor health fdr some years. Aboub three years ago he Was knocked down by a bi- cyclist, and Oat did much to break up his health. M r. Plaits weer born near Ed-in- borgh, facotlaad,, 80 years ago. He was educated in Shotlana and came to Canada in the early sixties, He was a Preebyterian minister, and for FMB years had chargee at Woo3e.tock arid London. He was fond of literary work and accepted a eituation- on the Globe staff, about 1870. He remained there until the death of 8. J. Watson, the provincial libearian, when -he was appointed to that positian, Again he went back to the Globe, bat in 1887 became aesistant librarian, and has since that time: held tbe position. Hie wife died a year ago, and he leaves a large grown-up family. He was in his day one ot the most able and vigorous writers on ilia Canadian press, —H. P. O'Qonnor, Q. 0., died at his home in Walkerton on Thursday, from in- juries received by being thrown from his horse on the Sunday previous. He sat for two terms in the Ontario Legislature and proved himself an able and coneeientious member. Mr. O'Connor's great strength was in his ability as a platforrn orator. He was born in London, Ontario, in 1814. His ga.andfather, -who wee a captain in the 961h regiment, ceMe to Canada in 1836 and settled in the county of Maddleeex ; his father was aulaaailently clerk of the division court, at TeesWater, Ontario. H. P. O'Con- nor received his education at the Gederieh, grammar school, and at private schools, and finally entered upon the study of law. He was called to the bar of Ontario in 1878, arid was appointed Queen's Counsel by the provineial government in 189(1, His first public position was that of mayor of Walk- erton, which office he filled in 1880and 1881. The following, year he was elected to the Ontario Legislature for South Bruce, to fill thevacancyCaused by the resignation of R. M. Wells, upon the latter's elevation to the - Commons. Mr. O'Connor was returned the Legislature by acclamation, at the gen- eral election in 1882, and was re.elected in 1886 and 1890. He took an active part in the debates in the house on the Liberal side. More than once his name was mentioned in connection with positions in the cabinet, but he continued a private member until he dropped out of polities a few years ago. —One of the oldeab residents ot Usbo township passed to her reward on Saturd 8th inst. in the person of Jemima Jones, re - hot of the late William Miners, sr., at the age of 80 years and 15 days. The deceaked had beea seriously ill only a few days, but she had been troubled with her beart, to- gether with dropsy, which, coupled withithe infirmities of old age, soon snapped the vital cord. —The home of Mr. and Mrs. A. 0, Patti- son, of Clinton, was the scene of aepretty wedding, on Tuesday of last week, when their eldest daughter, Miss Flossie, was united in marriage to Mr. John DI rigu4.e, Grand Trunk freight agent. The bride Was assisted by Mies Sadie Izzerd, of Toronan while Mr. Ed. Rowed performed the no 1 se important duties of groomsman. The oe e- mony was performed by Rev. W. G. How- son, in the preeence of many gdests. —Mr. Samuel Eseery, of the E7th cone s- alon of Stephen, met with a very severe c cident while unloading apples from a wagon at the depot at Centralia, on Tuesday of 1 et week. It appears that the team was a taehed to the wagon, and being bothered with the flies, started off.' Mr. Essery route a grab for the lines, when one of the hen es kicked him with terrible force on the, 1 g, badly dislocating the knee joint. —Some time during Tuceday bight of last week, no lees than six bueiness places lin Goderich were entered by burglars and a, large;quan taty of goods etole.n. The mode of gaining entrance seems to point towards professionials, while the storm reging at t e time prevented any unusual noises bei g heard. The places visited were, A. Me a Allan's hardware store, Pridham Brothe 's clothing store, Downing & Westaby's flo r mill, Walter's carpenter shop, JAI. Worsell's tin shop, and Thomas Elliott's residen e. There is no elue to the burglars. —John Tedford, of Clinton, has return d from his trip to the Northwest, where e epent a few weeks around alinnedosa, wi h the purpose of assisting his eon Bert, w o has been there for some there, in seleeti y, g land. Mr. Tedford was well pleased wall the outlook up there, and they bought a half section, containing 320 acres, • about thrice miles east of Minnecloria, for which $2,500 was the figure paid, or about $7.75 per acre. —On Friday evening, 7th 'hat., Jane Perry, relict of the late Robert; Buchanan, and mother of Mr. Mark Buchanan, of Bros - eels, died at the home of her sae, at Wept - field, Wawanosh township, aged 84 years. Deceaeed had been a very hearty aerson up to a few years ago, and was most highly es- teemed by a large circle of frienile. She was born in the north of Ireland in 1816, and was married to Mr. Buchanen 58 ye rs ago, corning to Canada two 'years late r. They resided in Quebec for a little while, then went to Streetaville and next to We a field, where they located46 yeas ago. —The demise of David Doan, of Gr y township, on Sunday, 2nd inst., came a a geerit iiiirpririe to the community. The dld gentleman had been feeling r4her poorly, t and was squaring up -his worldl affairs,hav. ing a premonition that the end , as not far distant. He died about 8 o'clock in the morning, while sitting at the breakfteet table. Mr. Doull lived on the 16th conces- sion for years, on the farm now owned by Mr. Wm. Bray, and on leavingfthere pur- chased the twenty acres belonging to the Gill estate, on the lath concession, where he died. He was 70 years, 10 months and, 5 days old, and is survived by a wife and son. —We regret to have to report the deceteee of two venerable and esteemed pioneers , of the vicinity of Dungannon. On Sunday, itth inst., William John Smith, after a !alert illness, caused by heart diseas , ilepareed this life, at his lat-e residence, lungannen. Also John Saunders, of the kwnship of Ashfield, died on the afternoon of the same day. He had -been i/3.1i- poor at te of health