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• o- Wear cloth.,
home more poor
to reprtaeot
!Id cheap tha'/Z
our stock ; it ia
nergies, ability,
carefulnees and
U so wet', they
an othere, better
7 buyer, and oe.e
atilt. Only 0,;;;•
tome and am
keeps growinft,
k)i/3g meant nro-
etse season mine
teem' of this seat
NOW.
of a -fur neck_
t, will cert,shily,
L if they cethe to
Our farebtee,
,uch bulb semen.
Cane° we inetbst
ade quality at a
Impett varied em.,
we have ever
We want
' furs too. -
t'NESS IN
oderate price
judgmeet, all
to produce our
Che Hate distinc-
tors, Whatever
ly trimmed, mi-
nted, depend up.,
t wilt be the
priced ett. profit.
SS OODS
things for - any
'cos Goods noun,.
t. Stopping to ex,
rich weaves in
L irtuff&
a of Estatainee,
Amazons, Cash-.
r came to our
large quantities'
Letiaas which are
ontining neith-
aid examine all
y or not as you
JACKETS.
,ajority for any
ri.• The new fall
seemingly very
pie, with loose
eke, Decidedly
but very becom- •
severe simplic-
ensive ones, of
at attract moat
They are.
• wear or look
r. such garments
ed at reachable
f jackets, all the
prices are to be
tit out of doors'
ia, there is noth..
roidery to push
then haw pretty
y with the little
not buy. Yet
the Art Linens
for those dela-
4UL
co,
0st Cash
Stpre.
up to former
horse class, par -
male, there was
eas aleo a good
k fair diepley of
Ily no swine2
, the show wee
eetors are to he
i.g their high
tlithed la the,
ee totoniote iitt
te the fl1t4g.w•
, pow; P Pi 04.
ei 'witty Met
Oevurrtql near
efi and respect.
her life. Mrs,
10 abeut two
ie township of
krys 'to do some
eid buggy and
eturning home,
t Trunk railway
town, she wee
and inetantly
r baggy. The
buggy smash-
Ily known how
the crossing ie
it ill :Alp -
e cover of the
the train until
ice were taken
home. Deep
tetity is expre5.
and family.
itney„ we are
Lt.,. but rathet
D. Malurdy
'other Thomas.,
a. Thomas has
,property, neat
E.‘ra have ' both
buildings, in
nproved stYle.
! bat it ie no
a in the person
f -ed our village
3.3 years. He
',ell quite freely
in this local -
ie on a Visit.
Lckney and A.
onto at the anti
kg had a good
igen, of this
ei Detroit after
the gueet of
cLaren. —The
tas so far prove
turn out vett'
ive always had
to draw- the
a fine speaker.
t, intends gtatig
te winter with
may have a
sojournppy er.
man just
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THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. }
WHOLE NUMBER, 1,767.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1901.
MoLEAN BROS.. Pnb1if3hers;
$1 a Year in Advance.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmin-
•If you were to ask us for advice whether to buy poor
furs or burn your money, we would say at lmce burn your
• raoney. You would not be nearly as mad !then all was done.
• Poor furs find no place in our store, and, furthermore
oar guarantee goes out with every piece of fur bought from
as. Otir prices are reasonable.
SENSIBLE THINGS.
The most sensible women are an-xious for comfort.
Above everything, there is nothing that insures comfort 'so
much as furs. Our idea is to supply you with really good
furs at very low prices, . We clothe you well and elegan ly
here.
There are are times in the lives of some of us when ve
look for goods of the cheapest kind, nothing can be too chap
and trashy. At such times as these people are what is call-
ed "hard. up,,,," and do not like their friends to know. it.
It is a mistake all the same, no matter how "hard
"you are, to buy trashy cheap clothing. The harder up
you are the better clothes you should buy, for they wear 'Onger, and for that reason are cheaper in the end. We want
your trade, and our prices are reasonable.
FUR COATS
SUICIDE OF A:CANADIAN
POLITICIAN.
NICHOLAS FLOOD DAVIN SHOOTS
HIMSELF IN A WINNIPEG HOTEL.
. Nicholas Flood Devin, ex -M. P. for
Regina, "the Demosthenes of the West,"
/committed suicide at the Clarendon hotel,
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at 4:30 last Friday
afternoon' by shooting himself. The act
seems to have been most premeditated.
Veiling in his attempt to purchase a revol-
ver at one store, he went into another and
succeeded in obtaining one. Thea he
entered his room for the last time. Mr.
Davin came to Winnipeg, October eth,
ostensibly in oonneotion with siome legal
business. •'Since then he has appeared very
depressed. Oe MOnday afternoon he sat
for a while in the billiard room of the
Clarendon hotel, where he was talking to
himself. He appeared, said one of the
hotel men who saw him, as though he were
not quite right..- The girls about the build-
ing also noticed him noting most peculiarly,
one of them telling of quick, distracted
walks about the corridors, and an appear.
Lance of annoyance when anyone passed him.
His friends, too, in that town had seen that
he was not himself, and remarked upon it,
but no one dreamed of the tragic end so
rapidly approaching.
H
BOUGHT TE REVOLVER,
About noon he went into J. H. Ash
-
down's and purchased a revolver and box ot
cartridges for $4. He took them away
with him, and shortly after two o'clock
turned up again with the weapon. One of
the chambers was clogged, and he had been
unable te work the extractor, hence he had
brought it back to obtain assistance in
firing. Mr. Lindsay, the clerk, noticed at
that time he was acting very strangely, and
oonsequently,.after fixing the revolver, drew
back, just as he was, about to hand ib over,
and gave him the mopey instead. Mr.
Davin,' however, was notl deterred by this.
He passed an hour or two driving around
town in a hack, then he visited the store of
the Messrs.Baskerle, end here secured
another revolver. Safely stowing the
weapon away in his pOoket, he went about
as usual. It was a little after 2:30 that he
dropped into the Queeni hotel, and there ran
across some friends, with whom he chatted
-pleasantly for a time. From the Queen's
he paesed on to another hotel and then to
the Clarendon, telling the hackman to wait
for him and take him to the station on his
way to Regina. He then went straight to
his room. Twenty minutes later a boy was
sent up after him with a letter from Regina,
which had just arrived. The lad knooked
at the door, and in reply to the usual
question entered the room and handed the
letter in. Mr. Davin was at this time
sitting atthe table, apparently not doing
anything. He said nothing, but taking the
letter turned and seemed as though about
to read it, when the boy went out.
THE FATAL SHOT,
A few minutes later a loud report was
heard from Mr. Davin's room. Investi-
gation was made, and Mr. Davin was found
lying on the bed, with a smoking revolver
in his right hand. The muzzle had been
placed in his mouth, and the ball passed
through the back of the head, caueing
instant death.
Buy -a good coat or none. We will not attempt a com-
plete list, yet you will be able to gain a general idea of our
stook from these quotations :
Black Coney storm collars, $2.50 to $6,; Coney Cap-
erines, $4 to $7.60; blue martin and electric seal'combina-
tion, with ripple trimmed edges, also the electric seal and
black oppossum combination, $7.50 to $15, varying according
to the quantity of fur and the tails and ornaments used. An-
other tasteful combination is the electric seal and sable; we
shcrYw the newest caperines at $15, to $35 in this style.
•
A very rich article in neck fur is the sable boa. Oar
prices on Canadian sable boas are $6.75 to $8.50; Alaska
sable boas $10 to $17.50; sable muffs $8.50 to $15 ; brocade
fur lined capes $15, Amster lined, men's calf coats, $16.50
to $28; men's coon coats $35 to $60 ;„ men's Australian
coon coats, $18 to $28; Astrachan jackets,$20 t $3
o 0 -;
ladies' Bocharan jackets, $30 to 6O, lathes' electric seal,
$35 to $55, ,
-thittevy oiling lino with tiff. jot 14.0W daw@av 01:
wool (loth eitp, worthy vithi@§111OAfflyiitfold§tom
hhttro ry0e glovo and gab, bop' vett Add§ tani.
gag,
A PROPER EFFECT.
You will be properly gowned if you use your judgment
in placing your order. Our ideas are moulded into perfectly
fashioned tailored. garments, and you have a consciousness of
being well dressed when your costume is made by us.
reig & Maedollal
Johnson Bros.' Old Stand,
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THE CAUSE FOR THE RASH ACT.
The search • for documents revealed very
little, however, except letters which
ehowed that he had been expected baok in
Regina f�t. some few days and an unopened
letter trom his wife asking how it watt he
had been detained so long in -Winnipeg.
This letter it must have been that was taken
up to room HO shortly before the tragedy;
He had little money in his pocket, only
some $10, but that was hardly peculiar, as
he had settled his hotel bill two days bdore
with the intention of leaving then for
Regina. So far as can be ascertained he
left no 'letters of any kind, but his friends
have noticed that ever since his defeat at
the laet election he had, been despondent.
He had worried over his litigation with
Walter Scott, M. P., and if rumor speaks
true, had endeavored to obtain employment
under the Manitoba Government, If this
was SO, indeed, it seems that there was no
place suitable to a man of his abilities which
could have been offered him. He had aloe
been drinking heavily for several days while
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to hie oonntry,
the ensuing Conservative triumph he was
eent by the new administration to Wash-
ington, to inquire into and report on the
system of Indian schools in the United
States, and be afterwards went to Mani-
toba to report) as to the best locations
for much schools in that province. In 1880
he was appointed to the royal commission
respecting the Canadian Pacific Railway,
and in 1884 acted u secretary to the royal
OOMMill6101:1 on Chinese immigration. In
1882, Mr. Davin settled in the Northwest,
locating at Regina, where he established
The Leader, the first newspaper of which
Aseiniboia had boasted. The Leader re-
mained under Mr. Davin's control until a
few years ago. In 1887, Mr. Davin was
-
elected member of parliament for West
Assieiboia, and held his constituency for
two terms, though in 1896 his majority
was reduced to one. In 1900 he was de-
feated by Mr. Walter Scott, the present
member for bhe riding. Mr. Davin married
on July 25, 1895, Miss Lizzie Reid,
daughter of Mr. James Reid, of Gloucester,
who survives him.
The publications of the deceased are
"The Irishman in Canada," "Eon, and
Epic of the Dawn," "Culture and Practical
Power," "British v. American Civili-
zation," "Ireland and the Empire," and
" The Earl of Beaconsfield." The remains
were taken to Ottawa for interment there.
nis °Aunt&
Mr, Davin was for many years e unique
figure in Canadian journalism and Canadian
public life, He was a man of AMA oulture
and versatility. His oareer was a varied one,
including the experiences of -a London bar•
rieter,.a reporter in the Parliamentary Press
Gallery in England, a war correepondent in
the Franao-German war, then in journalism
and law again in Canada, and finally many
years in public life. He was a graoeful and
clever speaker, with a touch of true elo-
quence; always witty and . frequently
brillisnt, though not, perhaps, able to sus-
tain hie oratory on the highest levels. He
was a master of banter, and did not by any
means confine his raillery to his politioal
opponents. He was a popular figure in the
House of Commons, where he sat from 1883
to1900. He impressed his interesting per-
sonality on the newspaper he founded at Re-
gina, The Leader, and gave it a name which
extended far outeide its natural boundaries
of influence. He wrote graciously and
vigorously, and was the author of several
volumes of considerable merit aad circul-
ation, and of numerous articles and re-
views.
Huron Notes.
—Wingham is to have an all night tele-
phone service.
• —The new jsilor's residence at Goderioh
is nearly ready for occupancy.
—Mr. Wm. Grigg has been a continuous
resident of Clinton for 49 years.
—This year 55,745 feet) of granolithio
sidewalk has been laid down in Clinton at a
cost of $6,032.64.
— Geoffrey Holt, of Goderioh, has been
awarded the organ scholarship of Trinity
Uni versity, Toronto.
—Miss Ethel Doherty, of Clinton, has won
the gold medal for good conduet at Haver.
gal Ladies' College, Toronto.
—Mrs. Peter Bishop, of Brussels, planted
a bushel of White Elephant potatoes last
spring, and as a return has 20 bushels.
— Mr. R. G. Reid has been reengaged as
teacher in the Summerhill school at an in.
crease of $25 in his salary.
— Alex. MoAllieter, of Ethel, he bought
the,100.acre farm of John R. Savage, lot
19, concession 4, Grey, paying $3,900 for it.
— While picking apples at James Bone's,
Belgrave, the other day, a boy named
Deacon fell from a tree and broke both
arms.
—Mr. Alex. Perilous has purchased the
old hotel property on the Bayfield Road,
Stanley, from Mr. Charles Tippett, for
which he paid $250.
—Mr. John Weido has purohased the com-
pany term from Messrs. Peter and Henry
Koehler for $5,500. This is a splendid 1C0
acres, near Zurich.-
- r. MoMioking, at one time located in
Goderioh, died at Toronto on Sunday, 13th
inst. Deceased had only been ill a week.
He was 77 years of age.
— Wm. Graham, of the 2nd concession of
Stanley, is turning over the management of
his farm to his two sons and will move to
Clinton to reside.
—Martin McNair has purchased Andrew
McInnis' 75 acres, being lot 21, concession
13, Grey. The price was $3,000. Mr. Mo.
Nair gets posseerion next March.
—The quarterly board of the Methodist
church have invited Rev. R. Hobbs to re-
main in Wiugham for a fourth lear at a
gaiety of 81,200. This is an increase of
$200.
—Andrew Teylor, of Clinton, who lost
both feet in a railway accident near Clinton
not long ago, has received damages to the
amount of about $7,000 from the company.
— After having conducted the Gorrie
Vidette for the past sixteen years, Mr,
Thomas Nash has disposed of his paper to
Mr. W. J. Sharpia, who has been in Mr.
Nash's employ for about eight years.
—An amalgamation has been formed be.
tween the Turnberry and East Wawanoeh
Agricultural Societies, awl initead of hold-
ing a fair each at Belgrave and–Wingham,
one central show will be held in Wingham.
—Mr. Wilson, of Grand Bend, met with
apaiuful accident one day last week. While
picking apples at Mr. H Hamilton* he no-
cidentelly fell from the ladder and oprained
bie ankle. -
FROM LONDON TO CANADA,
Mr. Davin was born at Kiffinane, Ireland,
in 1848, his father being a physician of an
old Tiperary family. He was educated
privately at Queen's College, Cork, and
afterwards at a college affilated with Lon-
don University. He was called to the bar
at the Middle Temple in 1868, but instead
of practising law, he went into journalism
add for a year or two represented The Lon-
don Daily News in the Parliamentary Prees
Gallery. On bhe outbreak of the Franco-
German war he went to the front represent-
ing The London Standard and The Irish
Times. He was wounded at the siege of
Montmedy.• Coming to Canada later on in
march of health, he entered Canadian
journalism, being successively on the staff
of the Globe and -the Mail. He was later on
called to the•Ontario bar and practimed in
this province for some time, one of his oases
being the defence of the man Bennett, who
shot Hon. George Brown. In the campaign
on behalf of the N. P. he took an active
part, and was a Conservative can. didate in
Haldirnand, without menus, however. In
—At a Moeting 01 Ptgi director@ of the
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mony pstiottnel tifiviajor Mottlitisn, of
London.
—The Zarlob Herald says : E. Bonen.
berry's pacer, Sydney Pointer, has retired
from the turf thie year. Out of nice starts
he was behind the money once, Sidney
Pointer has a record of 2:30 but has abilities
to pace a mile in less than 2 20.
—Mrs. Wm. Welsh, of Exeter, met with
a very painful accident the other day. She
was engaged in her household duties when
In some manner she tripped on a mat on the
floor and fell against the cupboard, dielooat-
hog her shoulder.
—While going along the road on his
threshing maohine the other 'day, Mr. P.
Potter, of Goderioh township, met with a
nasty accident, the maohine went into a
bole and Mr. Potter was thrown off, the
result being a broken Leg.
—One day recently, as Mrs. Wm. Van -
stone, of Colborne, was ascending Ithe steps
leading from the 'cellar, she in some way
overbalanced and fell to the atone floor be-
neath, fracturing the bone of her left arm
near the elbow.
—Edward Garvin has leased his farm
plot, 12th concession, Grey, to Thomas
Lott, of Wawanosh„ who will shortly take
possession. Mr. and Mrs. Garvin will take
a rest for a while and recuperate their
health.
—John Doig has purchased the 50 -acre
farm of John Clark, west half of lot 6, con-
cession 7, Grey, for the sum of $2,775. The
purchaser is a eon -in-law of Reeve Turnbull.
Mr. Clark is on the lookout for another
place. He is quite a real estate dealer.
—The and intelligencewas received by
telegram that James'sin of Thomen Miller,
5th line, Morris, had died from typhoiel
fever, near Deloraine, Manitoba, on Tues-
day noon of last week. He went west dur-
ing the past season and his decease was -a
great shock to hie many friends. triot Epworth League was held inLacknow,
—On Wednesday afternoon of last week Tuesday of laat week. About 80 delegates
were present. This is considered one of the
best yet held in point of information gamed
and interest manifested in the programme.
The two items of most interest were ad-
dresses by Dr. Spencer, missionary for
Wingham district in British Columbia, and
a description of the trip to San Francisco
by Rev. R. J.,Gezbutt, of Gorrie. The
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ALEX. WINTER,
SEAFORTH.
coming 10 and 15 miles throunh a drenching
rain, assembled to take part m the festivi-
ties. A pleasant feature of the occasion
was the presentation to Mr. Zirrtmerman of
two handsome easy chairs by his neighbors,
and a beautiful clock presented by the
Orangemen.
— A quiet and pretty wedding took place
at the home of Mr. Robert Graham, J. P.
and wife, Luoknow, on Wednesday, 18th
inst, when their daughter, Miss Eunice A.,
was united in marriage to Mr, R. H. Bur-
rell, of Toronto, by the Rev. A. G. Harris,
Methoditit minister, of Luoknow.
—The 50scre farm of Mrs. Ransom, being
east half of lot 16, concession 6, Grey, was
sold on Tuesday of last week, by Auctioneer
Scott, to John R. Savage, who recently
diepteed of his own farm. Mrs. Ransom
reoeived $2,000 for it. She will remove to
Brussel,' shortly.
— Mr. S. Scott's barn, • in West Wawan.
osh, had a narrow escape from being burned
down the other day. They were threshing
and a spark from the engine caught on the
roof and -ignited. A hole had been almost
burned through the roof before anybody
noticed the flamee, but fortunately no seri-
ous damage was done.
—The two prizes awarded for best hall.
acre of mangolds in connection with the East
Huron Agricultural Society, went to James
Speir and W. H. McCutoheon 6th line,
Morrie. George Thomson and *. H. Mc-
Cracken gave the prizes, which were $3 and
$1.50. The five lifts weighed 252 and 208
pounds respectively.
—Mr. Charles Cann, painter, of Exeter,
stole quietly across the line Tuesday of last
week and brought home with him alifepart-
ner in the person of Mies Laura F. Linden-
field,daughter of Mrs. Charles Lindenfield,
of Dashwood, Ontario. The wedding took
place at the home of A, E. Liadenfield,
contractor, brother of the bride, Detroit,
Michigan.
— The Wingham Advance says : Dur -
log the peat week Mr. Vincent, of Hanover,
has been testing in this vicinity for the marl
of which cement is made, and for which the
demand ii constantly increasing. The re.
sulk of the tests h the assurance that
cement beds are found to lie all around the
town—at the brickyards, on Thomas Greg.
ory's lots at the south end, and other
places near by.
—A euiet, but very pretty wedding Wlils
consummated in the handsome parlors of
Mr. J. E. Swart., Wingham, on Wednesday
afternoon of last week. Mies Eva Wade,
neice of Mrs. Swarts, was united in wed-
lock to Mr, R. William Drummond, of
Blyth, by Rev. Mr. Lowe. There were no
attendants, the bride being married in her
travelling suite in whioh she looked lovely.
Only the immediaterelatives were present.
—Mr. Mitchell, who works at, the Hen.
sell oat mill, had a narrow escape a few
days ago. In endeavoring to put a chain
over a rapidly revolVing sprocket wheel, the
chain caught and tore oub two elevators.
,What with flying chain, belts and buckets,
Mitchell thought far a while he was fatting
a gatling gun. When he realized where he
was he found himself lying on the floor be-
low, having been knocked through the man-
hole.
—Mrs. Richard Camm, of Usborne, near
Woodham, who was killed by a train near
St. Marys, last week, was a daughter of the
late Joseph Peltier. She was about 35 years
of ago and leaves a eon and daughter, the
latter 17 and the former 14 years of age.
At the inquest the jury rendered a verdict
to the effeot that the eccident occurred
" through the negligence of the engineer
aud firemen in charge of the engine, in not
giving proper foigutils at the Waiting,"
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fit them for market,
—With unusual regret we chroniole the
unexpeoted demise of Annie McDougall,
beloved wife of Hugh Ramsay, 17th con.
cession, Grey, which sad event took place
on Wednesday of hat week, at 11 a. tn. A
baby boy was born at 7 o'clock the same
morning, Deceased was the fourth daugh-
ter of D. MoDougell, of Oranbrook, and be.
came Mr. Ramsay's wife about three years
ago. She was beloved by many and her
sudden death will be a NOM° of grief to the
oommunity, who will deeply eympathize
with Mr. Ramsay.
—The mad news was reoeived last week
by Mee. Neil McLaughlin, Bruseele, that
her sister, Mrs. Enos Willett, of Treherne,
Manitoba, had answered the roll call above.
She passed away on Monday of last week,
aged 40 years. Typhoid fever was the
immediate cause of death. A baby a week
or so old was buried in the same grave as
the mother. A sorrowing husband and seven
children survive, who will be deeply sympa-
tbized with in their sorrow. Deceased's
maiden name was Mary Forbes, and she was
a former highly respected resident of Mor-
ris township.
—Mrs. George Bell died on Friday, lith
inst., at the home of H. Tichbourne, Gode-
rich, where she had spent the last few
weeks of her illness. Her age was 39 years.
As there had been some grave _reports in
circulation concerning the manner of her
death, Crown Attorney Lewis has author-
ized the statement that a postmortem examin-
ation was perforrned by Dr. Whitely, with
the assistance of another doctor, and he
reports that Mrs. Bell died of acute tuber-
culosis. There was no mark on her showing
that she had been struck.
—The annual meeting of Wingham Die
the ensuing year: Honorary president,
Rev. D. Rogers, Fordwich ; president, D.
C. Taylor, Luoknow ; let vice-president,
W Hunter, Belgrave; 2ad vice-president,
Rev. T. C. Sawyers, Teeswater ; 3rd vice-
president, Miss Kew, Whitechurch '• 4th
vice.president, Miss M. Stewart, Royal
Oak; 5th vice-president, Mrs. W. R. Vince,
Bervie ; secretary -treasurer, A. Butohart,
Teamster.
Monday evening.of last week the
member' of the choir of Victoria street
Methodist church, Goderioh, the officers
and teachers of the Sabbath school and the
members of Miss Minnie Hillier's Sabbath
school class repaired to the home of W. J.
Rutledge, Albert street, to bid farewell to
their teacher and fellow worker. Miss
Hillier has for severs' years taken a prom-
inent' part in the work of - Victoria street
church, and'this gathering on the eve of her
departure for the weat„ was for the purpose
of showime that her efforts had not paesed
unnotic
a set of
Turnber
killed h
clay ev
Mies Hillier was presented with
ssert spoons.
mea Fall's, of concession 11,
cf a narrow escapefrom bung
train, in Wingham, on Wednets.
of last week, his horse being
killed ahd imself reaeiving severe bruises.
Mr. Faille was driving home about 7 o'clock,
and when near Pringle's crossing he did not
hear the C. P. R. freight coming, -probably
because it was backing out. The train
struck hip horse and killed it. Mr. Falls
was thrown from the buggy which was
damaged La little. He was picked up and a
doctor eninmoned, when it was found that
he had had a reinerkaltle escape. His head
had the skin torn off in place" and a piece
of flesh torn off the bridge of his nose.
—The annual report of the Methodist
churches on the Benmiller circuit; has just
been issued, showinga fairly general sup-
port of the various funds of the church.
The amounts raised for connexienal funds is
as follows : Mitsionary, $128 ; superannu-
ation, $41 ; educational, $11 ; contingent,
82; general conference, $8; 11121621 church
relief, $2; Sabbath school aid andextention,
$1 ; suetentation, $2 ; temperance, $1 ;
general Epworth League, $1 ; total eon.
nexional, $195. The Amounts raised for
circuit purposes were as follows : Sunday
school, $42; Epworth Leagues, $89; re-
moval expenses, 6;$Ladies' Aid, $30;
trustee boards, $425 ; all other purposes,
$30 ; circuit incidentals, $3 ; horse keep,
$50 ; ministerial support, independent of
horse keep, 8600; total raised for all pur-
poses, $1,470. Bethel appointment raised
the largest amount on the circuit, Zion
comes next, Benmiller third and Ball's last.
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Canada.
—Mr. Alfred Hughes, of Ottawa, has an
egg which weighs onequarter of a pound.
It was laid by a Barred Plymouth Rock
hen.
•
—It is figured that the South African
war has cost Britian $700,000,000 in money,
18,000 lives and 75,000 casualtiee. Since
General Roberts declared the war ended,
$350,000,000 has been expended, 8,000
persons have fallen and 27,000 have been in-
jured.
—At a meeting of the special committee
of the Methodist General Conference held
last week in Toronto, it was decided that
the next meeting of that body would take
place in Winuipeg, in September, 1902
Montreal was favored by some of the mem-
-ben, but the western city won the day by a
vote of 11 to 8 when the debate was finished.
—Early Sunday morning last, the barne
and outbuildings belonging to John Milr,
shall, two miles from Brockville, were
burned to the ground, together with the
lesson's crepe, vehicles, and farming im-
plements. No person connected with the
premises had been in the barn" for hours
previous. - The fire is eupposed to be the
work of an incendiary. The loss is about
$1,500, with small insurance on the build.
lag but none on the oontente.
—The Montreal Herald calls attention to
two advertisements, one for a teacher at $15
a month, and the other for a house servant,
at $14, no washing or ironing. The servant
gets her board, the teacher cloes not. The
only stipulation in the servant's cane is that
she shall be honest. The teacher must be a
Protestant, and must hold a firstoilass ele-
mentary certificate. it looks as if in
Qaebeo the house servant has the better of
it.
—A breach of promise came of more than
ordinary interest was tried at the 11.114iMS IA
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the spacious residence of Mr. Philip Zim-
merman, of the 4th concession, Howiok, was
the scene of one of the most pleasant gath-
erings that it has ever been the good fortune
of the writer to witness. The gathering
was for the purpose of celebrating the 35th
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman's
wedding day. Although the weather was
most unfavorable invited guests to the next convention will be held in Wingham.
number of about 80 or 90, many of them The following were the officers elected for
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—Women hihtti tad( fiti
tonto, In Nit Vie* of ttio posink thou -
Nandi: a eouple of them shave and out hair in
the largeet barber shop on Yonge street.
Some years ago a woman opened a barber
shop on Victoria street and for a while -did
a very good business. Her customers failed
to stay after the novelty had worn off, eo
men took her platee. The females in the
Yonge street barber shop seem to have the
call when half a dozen white.00sted men are
bitting waiting for oustomere, the fair ones
seern to be always busy. -
—A remarkable family gathering took
place in Montreal a few days ago when Mr.
and Mr". P. Forget Depatie, a venerable
French•Canadian couple, celebrated the
seventieth anniversary of their marriage.
Mr. Forget ts 94 fears of age, and • his wife
86. They were married in 1831, and both
are still hale and hearty. This remarkable
couple have had 13 eons and daughter', of
whom the youngest is 42 and the oldest 65
years old. Their descendants number 58
grandchildren and 32 greategraucichildren,
and the greater number of them attended to
celebrated the anniversary.
—A despatch dated Detroit, October 18,
appeared in the city papers recently : " Mys-
tery surrounds the disappearance of Miss
Laura Doty, a young and beautiful girl of
Oakville, Ontario. Her brother-in-law,
Rev. W. E. Kerr, of Amherstburg, came to
Detroit early this morning to discover, if
possible, some clue to her whereabouts.
Miss Doty had been visiting at the Kerr
home'and on last Monday the minister
brought her to Detroit and pub her on board
a Grand Trunk train. She expected to re-
turn to her home by the way of Port Huron.
Mr. Kerr returned to Amherstburg. When
Miss Doty did not reach Oakville at the ex-
pected time, her mother waited for a day,
and then telegraphed to find if her daughter
had left Amherstburg. Possible places
along the line were queried, but the girl
seems to have dropped from eight. Mr.
Kerr will search for some clue in Detroit
and then will go to Port Huron."—The
melancholy sequel comes in a despatch dated
London, Ontario, October 22, and is as fol.
fows t The local detectives this morning
found Miss Laura Doty, the Oakville giri
who has been missing for over 0, week, and
who itwasfeared had met with foul play.
The girl left her brother-in-law, Rev. Mr.
Kerr, of Ainherstburg, ten days ago, sup'
posedly for home. Instead, however, of
returning to her widowed mother'she
alighted from the train at London, being
met there by Jack Allison, a former Oak-
ville resident, and a mulled man,
forty
years of age. She SteM8 to have bean in-
fatuated with Mason, and went with him to
the Western Hotel, where they took a room,
and lived as man and wife, although Mason
refused to register. The hotel man became
suspicious, the girl never appaaring itt
public except after dark, and he gave the
information to the offioers, who arrested the
runaway girl and her partner. The girl
cried bitterly. Mason formerly kept a
men's furnishing store at St. Thomas, where
his wife id underetood to be living. The
girl's friends have been notified, and will
take her home. With them will rest the
prosecution ef Mason.
—The late Senator Allan, of Toronto, left
on estate valued at $86,000. Of this amount
$30,000 was in life insurance. The late
Mr. Millburn, of Toronto, the patent medi-
cine man, lefb an estate probated at $56,000.
—The bill of the city of Toronto, for the
celebration in honor of the Duke and
Duchess of York, amounted to $13,128.
Thie is somewhat less than was expected,
but is exclusive of that spent by the On-
tario Government and by private citizens.
The adult chorus expenses amounted to
$620, and the school cbildren'a chorus to
$978.
—At a recent meeting of the Ontario
Cabinet the claims of veterans for lands in
New Oatario, under the legislation adopted
at last seesion, were dealt with. The Crown
Lauda Department has had an immense
number of these to investigate and locate.
At this meeting the Cabinet pad over a
thousand of these clalmt, and Certificates
will be issued to the elaimants forthwith.
—It will be remembered that in July a boy
named Arthur Mitchell, of Montreal, was
run over by a freight oar, losing an ern:,
and having hie left leg badly mutilated. To
heal the latter wound it was necessary to
graft some skin on to it, and the boy's
brother, 12 years old, gave up some forty
square inches of his skin for the purpoee.
Recently a further supply WM found to be
necestary, and his sister, Mathilda,
17 years of age, offered herself for the oper-
ation. About six- square inches of her
cuticle was grafted on to the injured lad at
the General Hospital, and it is expected
that he will now recover.
—Last Friday evening Mrs, George Camp-
bell, of Ottawa, 85 years of age, drowned
herself, while in a fib of despondency, itt a
cistern in the cellar. She had tieda stone
around her neck. During the afternoon she
signified to her husband her intention of
doing injury to herself, but nothing was
thought of the remark until berlifeless body
was found later in the evening. She com-
mitted the act during the temporary absence
of Mr. Campbell. She was a quiet, unassum-
ing woman of estimable character, and had
lived there over 40 years. Her huiband,
son, and three daughters survive her,
--The steamer Victoria from iitananoque
and other ports brought a load of excursion-
ists to Brookville last week to see the royal
party. Among those on board were Miss
B' neje Tilden, her mother and Miss Kirker,,,
who boarded the steamer, at, Rockport.
Miss Tilden was not feeling well and the
party called a Phyeicisn, who, to their
horror, pronounced her illness smallpox.
The three women were at once placed in the
Isolation Hospital. The steamer was plaoed
in quarantine, and those of the passengers
who could be located were vaccinated, and
every precaution taken to prevent the
spread of the disease.
—It is estimated by Mr. Thomas South-
worth, Director of Colonization, that fully
500 people have entered the Temisoisming
district, New Ontario, sines July 5th, on
certificates issued by him, 370 certificates
have been given, many of W111011 were to
men who intended taking their families with
them. This does not include the whole
number either, as manywhocould gain sic.
(tees more conveniently did not pas throula
Toronto, and are not recorded there. The
settlers are still going in, and will continue
to enter for several weeks yet. On Satin -
day last the boat on Lake Temisosining took
up 25 settlers and their effects.
—A correspondent of the Buffalo Express
in referring to Oatarioti fruit display at the
Pan-American Exposition gives it the fol-
lowing good send off: The display em-
inently entitled to the silver medal awarded.
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township of Trafalgar,bfit he fi aoL like
to have it very long. Taylor borrowed
$1,000 to build a barn on his farm, and gave
a mortgage, but when be received the money
he went into real estate 11pin:elation it To-
ronto Junction. He was loaded up with
some property on Royce avenue, which was
practically worthless, and after a lapis of
some months it was sold to pity the taxes.
His unfortunate speculations involved •Tay.
lor deeper in the mire and he made an
agreement by virtue of which it is now
clamed that mortgages amountieg to $3,800
stand againit hie land in Trafalgar. The
matter has notv got into the courts and be-
fore it 00MeS eUt the lawyers will have the
remnants of the farm and Taylor will not
have anything,
—A (atm belonging to a farmer ?eliding
on a farm near Ottawa . made a meal of a
wad of bills, and the animal had to be
slaughtered in order to recover the money.
The bills amounted to $145 and were in *
coat which the farmer had hung up on A
fence. The cow, which felt the pangs of
hewer for a rich diet, came along and
knocked down the coat, the money falling
out of the pocket. The bovine tackled the
bills, and soon the farmer's savinge were
undergoing the digesting process. The cow
was chewing at the coat when the agricul-
turist discovered her, and he concluded the
money had been swallowed by the animal.
The latter was at once slaughtered, and the
fragments of the bills were found in her
stomach. The pieces were put in a bag,
brought to the bank of Ottawa and the
clerks there succeeded in getting the num
-
hers of the bills to the extent of $135.
—Four heifers, the property of Winge-
folder Brothers, of Stratford, met a sudden
death the other afternoon. They got away
frora the men who were driving them and
rushed out the Ste Marys railway trite*,
going, evidently, towards their former home
on the Ste Marys reed. Near the pork fac-
tory they met the Sarnia tram The beasts
'made no attempt to get out of the way, and
were consequently sent into the diteh with
life extinct. The train was not even jolted
by the shook. The cattle cost $117 and the
owners think they will do well if they realtze the odd $17 for hides and tallow.
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