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The Huron Expositor, 1904-02-26, Page 1:0§LmagairogiogagelaaMailliginSBIllftimb nartietila nien, to Catairay pmve ii be to please evern vtry &sin-4We color in our dress de„ ang list of new ns come to see th 50c, 6 .ght along wi e, $1.75 and ta, 3 LaCes. h the ben- e -as to piece b-ofors Sok and repick styles are :se ellen yon if eoti Fere and time regu, ss patterns of hien Anna ev were selected for if0V, 4.- .44 segmse. neon them. trainees we do. Yen id like you to know thee w best arid most reliable uht time and at the broad that we carry the be found in this leeetale vir Waist tbeweathrr is cold, eL14 linger long in put off buyfeg y re ore meny Ftiles to net msuy of any One he way we gathsr th cl you ageless meeti kvery comer. A stela know yen eppeeeinen dog at $1.50, V2 $2,50 s elaborate ones ery doom such a geod Lt a mass of jumbled up - 'ed right where you cn oods Company RIO iU here any loager._afr. is on the sick rxi, near Belgrave, saIe announced for Tu week. They intend .*arch.—A good many intend going to Ma i.—A few days ago th a famine for wood, 'sugar, and such like. 'without the sugar but Wood .and coal oil. Th bey ran out of vrls' in Smith is here on a arents on the 6th II310. CO go back to the west a car of horses.—jobx 2ome on a visit to bis 0, intends to go ba whenever the trainss regularly again —A I ve stock ready to sthi .tts cannot get any shi tile cattle market is d Imarket away down .;orrespondent wants t ate for the C. P. R. ve stock can be sent n;t. What difference if the C. P. R. was in ctOrrow if the sever Was to con.tinue blocked up as i its? Look at Winghe Imine there and lots o di yet they could run some of the 8o Walton oan not after all. If 01 will no doubt be oo ihipping_. But in such ; are having now 220 Et lifted when no trai It is doubtful whet makes a village lively or he C. P. R. can make it Plit_ anY can easily build _tk. hout asking a cent of m McKillop farmers. will tell when voting ad nothing counts like vet* — • - Bayfield rc4ction.—Allow me re -was no danoe at Mr as was stated ue of The Exposito correspondent tlld v the evening w must have been wrong impression 'some of our friex are opposed to dan • E. Johnston., . Hullett. ttoad Notes,—The s o tl the roads are Iiigher .4- and those vrho haver400 ill have to get a drill —Mrs. Rinn and her inn, are laid up via t their numerous fr. a speedy recoverye-- regor, of Seaforth, ithig her brother, t,c ;regor, and calling he vicinity.—bliss tly paid a flying iznt,Dirs. J. Proctor son is recoverh3g 0. ecent accident.--Mres ';'-s gone to London to Iserenzo. This is he he Forest City and her (we for her a pleasant - .0erson says it is cold. Varna. 'ite _Farmers' lost ill be held in Ira,rnas nary'20th. In the Er alf pest 1 o'clock, a at 8 o'clock,—Thes st Friday evening vs Jie;Idren did their part quartette Irons • to be present, wide et ted. mr, J. gala chairman.—Ser" :rtgiish church on Josie Galbrait isit to her sister, einliart, of Detroit eof Ripley, is home ner parents, Mr a Bend .tteli.—Mias Mary Nie sith the grip. --Mr. s visiting friends 'rna--Miss Grace Galb a visit.—Mrs. (la is Iaid up with the • hi is alowly ree grip—Miss A. ge! rionds in Exeter ars s. Morton Elliot home from their are settling down t antics of life. YEAR„ ei7EDILE NUMBBR, Fine Tailming and eadvnakiwt Clothing SEAFORTH., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 1904e MeLEAN BROS., Publishers a Year in Advance. HaveFUFARUNNR-DISSEi THE GOODS n Sale Now And they are going. We have had good business all 'through the cold weeks of general inactivity. There is a reason for this. We have been advertising bargains. The people know when they see it in our ad.—they'll come and find it. And come they do. By this means we make an otherivise very dull seam) a season of very considerable activity in the matter o turning out !pack% We lone money, of 'course, at the advertised prices, but not as much so as the houses who eternally hang on to the goods in the vain hope that eventually they will get their regular profit. We have heaps of cold weather goods to move out yet, and as we are promised plenty of cold weather between now and summer, this will make the goods we offer still better value to the buyeeBut-even if you never place them on your back until next Fall, you'll be dollars ahead at the prices men- tioned below. Come and see. Clothing, Furs and Furnishings At fifty to seventy per cent. of the actual worth, means business for us, but best of all it means extraordin- • ary bargains for YOU. Ladies' Ruffs and Caperines handaome Alaska Sable, and ail the fine combinations, in the newest designs, and at prices below the manufac- turers' cost. m=7.- Saturday 84 Monday 30 to 40 per centoff the regular price. etengenegeWOhnensAnsie~eledeinnWsen Men's Overcoats half regular price Saturday & Monday. In men's coats "Wb have all new coats in the various styles and as- sortment equal to most stocks at the beginning of the season. $8, $10, $12, $15. These prices cnt in two Saturday and Monday. 4M2M4IMMINISOffirgeo41.14mig. Men's & Boys' Suits All down in price, in winter weights. °De half price in all the suits belong- ing to the cold season's selling. $10,00 suits for $12,00 suits for $8.00 suits for $6.00 suits for $5.00 suits for $4.00 suite for $5 00 600 4 00 3 00 2 50 • 200 Saturday and Monday, ++++++++44 -e -e4 -4 -e -e -e -e -4,4 -se+• -•0 Fur Ooats and Jackets. The balance of stock must be cleared out, and willbein a the following prices $60.00 75 90 33 30 35 45 18 18 30 35 40 45 40 Coon coats for Coon coats for Coon coats for Calf coats for Calf coat for Wallaby coat for Wallaby coats for -- Black dog coats for Worabat coats for Jackets (curl) for (seal) ***-44,teititt&Inftilateltit*****-trn few clays a $4000 50 622.0 20 ' -25 17 12 12 20 27 25 30 27 Greig & Stewart, Johnson 8ross9 Old Stand, Canadian Pacific Railway. beware' one way excuraiona to Manitoba and Canadian Northvvest will leave Tor; onto every Tuesday during March aud April. Passengers travelling without stock should take the train leaving Toronto at 1.45. Passengers travelling with live stook should take the train leaving Toronto at 9 p, m. Colonist sleepers will be attached to each train. Books and maps given on application. For full psrticulars, pply to GREIG 84 STEWART, Agents C. P. R. Ticket aud Telegraph and Dominion Express; • MISHTER GROGAN Talks About War, etc. Clancy' has bin laid up an confoined to th house for some toime wid a sevaire could accompanied wid ner- vous twitchins iv the granolithic tissues, an a constant desoire fur d his could by p at Tommy's t iv th either - iv grane wood hot drinks. He obtain shtandin on th corner a whole half day anpa noon wait in fur a jag atnredooced rates. He got ith jag, but. th wood. Th could shtarted in at his feet an thin thraVelled north to his head an thereabouts. Whin I called on him he was sated in his kitchen wid his feet in a tub iv warm gruel, an his head inea,sed in a bran mash. Av coots° I, sympathoizedl wid him fur a few minnits, an advoised-him not to go outsoide 1 his are feet an all th loikes iv that, an th n I commixes - ed to tell ;him all abo t th war, an that's where 1 putt m futt in it. Clancy takes only an paper, th Mitchell "jAdvycate," cease heused to live there, but he on't rade an- nyting in it but th lo al evints, an hogs to let, and auet oneers to rint an mebby an occasional iddytorial, an moighty little good that does him. $o that his shtock iv i formation le- gardixt Foeeign Evints is somewhat limited, An that's wlfoy I thought I'd posht Jeixn.,a bit concernin th war. I got al ng all roiglit till I began to inintion th names iv th Russian Ginerals an the war vissels an so on. I bit me tongue on th an I loosened two iv ri whin 1 shtarted :in on an whin 1 was shtrain be didn't get furst Gineral, e back teeth th gun boats in at some iv e th names v th .placee out there 1 shtarted . 'a gum; bile away .back, in there somewhere:9. An thin 1 quit. I can't' uridershtand ter th loife iv me whate ayple want' wid a double jinted laeguage loike that. I can convurse ,wid a Frin hman widout turnin a hair, a • I ca.i listen to meDutch _fritid, pt o K itt, quarellin win his woife widi plislre, but hince- fort h me, an t Rus ian ,language mate as shtrangers. The chap that invintd th alphybit niver intended that h . consonants shun be all jumbled. i4p togither in wan wurd.. It don't sh and to raison an I don't suppose t3i poor little Japs wud have kicked $o hard aginst Russian ineroachmint qv th Russians had lift their blood cuedlin language at home. . . An so I've madeup nee moind to says no more about tin war above -ea whishper. , Me eyinpattes is wid th' japs. They'rego-ahead little divils, an _their language, al hough some- what unintelligible, is betther vin- tilated than th Russians'. Betune thim be it. ' [ An now far a Whack at me corry- spondints. S. 0. P., Waybaok, Algoma, is anxi- ous to know av it is th shtoyIe noiv- a-days to part th hair in th °intro. Me, dear young man, it is an it is not. Tis a matther iv taste. Some do an some don't. Some imagine. they' luk betther Avid their hair part- ed carefully' in th middle an noicely cerninted to th timpIee. This stoyle is ver Y becomin to some. It gives thim a calm; continted, idiotic ix- prission that yell notine sometoimes shud ye happin to visit a menagerie. ' I don't tink th eintre part is as common is it used to be. They tell me that th bank clerks in Munthry- hall an Mitchell- an some yowl-,bchaps back near th town plot iv Grey do. part their, hair in th cintre, but th habit is fast doyin out. A great ,mannyl iv th ladies still wear their hair in that way wid a flim flam at aich soide connieted wid a pompom to th top knot, wid a whing whang near tit Organ iv philiproginitiveniss or thereabouts perhaps, }loth me an Mary Ellen parts our hair in th cintre—Mary Ellen becase sbe always did, an me becase 1 cant hilp mesilf. Mebby, inc frind, yend bather kape on partin yen hair to wan soide as ye always did. It railly dont make much differitice where ye part yer hair- as long as ye don't waste too much toinee over it. There do be other tings iv More impoortance than that. Th back iv yer neck fur inshtance. An how's per feet? No, me. bye, dont worry about yer hair. Whoile ye're undecoided as to where ye shud divide yer wool away back -there in Algoma,- th great min iv th outSide wurld who live for th betthermint iv their fellow min, oc- cupy their moinds Avid more import- ant tings than th location iv th hair. It isn't th dude e that run tit wurld, . T. -D, , ,Clinton. Yes, it is thrue. that thSayfort lacrosse byes are makin priparations fur a grand dish - play( iv talent an burnt cork some- • toime in April kir thereaway. nay - fort is famous fur th quality iv hur local rninshtrel shows but none iv hur former ifforts win be a patch to this wan. Ivry/tine new an Irish. In fact th jokes are no frish that th lads have bin forced to putt thim .in pickle to kape thim from spoilin. Don't furgit the datensometoime in April or thereabouts. No ixtra charge fur back sates. . GROGAN. e South Huron Farmers° Institute Meetings The supplementary meetings, un- der the auspicies of the South Hur- on Farmers Institute, closed at Sea - forth, on Monday evening last. The circuit embraced. six meetings, com- mencing at Farquhar on Tuesday of lam. week, then following on to Crediton, Grand Bend, Hensall, Var- na and Seaforth. The staff of reg- ular epeekers on this occasion was an espeeially, able one. Mr. Andrew Elliott, of Galt, is a successful farm- er and etock feeder and a fluent and interesting speaker. Mr. Fred Shep- pard, of Queenston, is! a young man in years but seems to be well versed in the practical work of fruit cul- ture and. is. extensively engaged in that business. He has the faculty of putting a -great deal in few words and his addresses on the care of or- chard e 'and the cuItiveltion and care of small fruits were both interesting end itisteuctive and were well Worth going a considerabLe distance, even during Such severe vseatber as pres i nailed last week, to hear. Mr. Thole McMillan, president of the East Hur- on Farmers' Institute, from his long experience, close study of and success in agricultural matters has become a recognized authority,while his fluency of speech and the large fund of information from which he readily- draws, enables him to de- liver an address at once interesting .and .instructive .and pleasant to listen to. - For several of the evening meet -s- ings the directors were able this time to present a new attraction, in the person of Miss Becket,- of Detroit/ who is a vocalist of rare merit. She has a sweet, clear, pow- erful voice and she sings many of the old, familiar songs with a plain- ness. of articulation and pathos that wins her admiration and applause, whenever she appears. On this oc- casion those, who were privileged to listen to her were simply delighted., The meetings on -the whole were fairly wen. attended. At the Otexi-, in.g meetings at Crediton, Hensel' end Varna the halls were crowded., At Farquhar, there was a fair at- tendance both afternoon •and even- ing considering the inclement weath- er. This was the first meeting of the kind at Grand Bend and for a fiirst at empt, both the afternoon and evening meetings may be con- Sidered atisfactory. -At Seaforth, the atte dance both afternoon and evening iyas small. Indeed it was a - itY that so excellent a programme hould h ve been given to so small an audig co as that which assembled in the 'e ening. Addresses were, de- livered b Messrs. McMillan,- Shep- herd and Elliott and they' were all good. Revd. Messrs.•Hodgins, Lar- kin and Shaw each attested their terest in ,the Institute work and the welfare df the noble occupation of .Agricult re by their presence and in brief ad resses. Miss Becket gave seteral s los .and the audience man- ifested tlieir appreciation of her ef- forts by repeated encores to" which she very generously responded. The Quartette Club of the. Methodist churchchoir, composed of Measrs. W. D. Bright, W. G. Willis, W. II. Willis and Walter Pickard, gave a selection wbich was .encored. Mr. George Murdie, who ,is always good on such occasions, gave a humorous recitationi. The accompanist for both Miss Becket and the Quartette Club was Miss IL. Willson, Who very kind- ly_gave her services for the occasion and they were appreciated, by all. • All the meetings were conducted _under the direction of Mr. Thomas Fraser, the President, and Mr. S. Smillie, the indefatigable. searetary. . * A Visit to Toronto Ddring the - Session (By Our , Leadbury .Correspondent) As there is always something to be learned in visiting, a good sized eity, espeeially .by peoPle who' have Jived in country places all their lives, I left for Toronto on the day previ- ous to the opening of' Parliament. Qn the way down, I noticed that the snow was not over six inches deep at Guelph, although it was about three feet deep on the level in this part of Huron county. At Toron- to Junction, I noticed loads of grain coming to the city on wagons as well as a number of top buggies an.d bikes. At the dining hall that --day; bowever; a gentleman whO had just come in from Peterboro county, informe• me that the snow was four dc 'feet, dee out there, and as misfor- tune lo es company, I was not dis- tressed very much to learn that there were other storm centres be- eides this section. • On the day Parliament was open- ed some two or three companies of military men, the Highland regiment being the honoredones on this oc- .easion, were lined up at a distanee of a few rods from the main entrance to the Varliament buildings.num- ber of Gattling guns, or other such instruments of . destruct ion, were al- ao in readinese. .Soon a guarn of honor, eomposed of men on horse- back, with a carriage in the midst, esere seen coming down University Avenue at a rapid rate. The guns thundered out at intervals, the sold- iers presented arms, tlie band struck p the National Anthem and the i, ientenant-Governor stepped from he carriage. Ile was arrayed in be- toming dress and wore a cocked hat ndorned by bird's plumage. He was joined by the Premier and a number of prominent military' men and went Lo the Assembly room, read. the speech prepared for him and quiet- ly witbdrew. The whole, eeremony Old not last twenty' minute tac The floor of the House of Assembly' was pretty well filled with ladies in ev- ening drese, who occupied the mem- bers' seats. Mr. Smith, the newly elected mem- ber- for the "Soo,". was presented to the speaker amidst applause. Fol- lowing this came Mr. Mahaffy, Con- . Servative member,: recently elected for Muskoka, who was also received 'evith applause. Shortly after this Mr. 'Whitney and Mr. Downey were aeon approaehing with a modest looking young man between tbem. This WaS` Mr. Dunlop,- Conservative elect for North Renfrew._ The ap- plause turned to cheering which e as taken up by the people in the-galler- iesand rung out into the corridors. Of course applause in the galleries is forbidden, but Tory Toronto could riot restrain itself. - One of the most interested spectators to these lat- ter proceedings was a lady dressed in black. She had., come to Toronto a few years ago to see her 'husband take his seat in Parliament; on this Occasion she had accompanied her son and could not fail to be flattered by the ovation which he received, The family are said to be very weal- thy, but they seem to carry itelight- ly. Speaking of introductions it might be said that the last witnessed was,t that of an boriestlooking elder- ly.' gentleman. This was Col. Munro, the Liberal member for North Ox- ford. Although he, entered Parlia- ment late in life, if he is as ,good as he looks, the people of Oxford will never have reason to feel asbained of their m ember, Among those whom I heard ad- dress the House were Messrs. Ross, Gibson, Davis, McKny and -Preston, on the Liberal side, and Messrs. Wall Papers. PAINTING & PAPER HANGING At Lowest Prices. Contracts Taken .„.a. ALEX. WINTER Picesro !reining a Specialty, mliMETX1411115WALIIMIL.'.4 440,..241/11LA4SetiMaliCtr - Whitney, Foy, Lucas, Downey, Hoyle and St. John, on the Conservative_ side. The Premier is a thin faced, little man, and quite lame, being af- flicted with rheumatism. He sits at his desk irs a somewhat cronching position, but when he arose to ad- dress the House he took on fine form with graceful gestures, clear voice and choice language. Mr. GiVson, the Attorney General, spoke in a hes- itating manner. He is, however, the essence of etiquette and pink of pol- iteness and confined himself almost altogether to the task of making any wrong doing traced to his party look as trifling as possible. Mr. Davis, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, is a nice, genial old gentle- man, but does not appear to 4 much of a platform speaker. His speech was principally made up of reading clippings from the Globe and Mail. From what, I saw I think it is a pity that Mr. Davis permitted bimself to be dragged into the turmoil of active party polities. Mr. Preston, of Brant, and Mr. McKay, of Grey, are both very good speakers, Mr. Whitney is a somewhat large man, with a .good natured expression of countenance. He is a very good speaker, althoush not quite so gifted in this respect, as some of his followers, with all of whom he appears to be exceedingly popular. Mr. Foy is a mild spoken, honest looking man; his manner re- sembles that of the late Sir John Thomson, Mr. Lucas and Mr. Hoyle are both good speakers and able de- baters. Mr. Downey is eloquent and poetical, and is at his best, when. he is interrupted or opposed.' He is a short, well built man, with a great mass of black, curly hair, Mr. St. John is a big fellow with a soft, boyish face. He has a loud, musi- cal voice. For three hours he raked the Government, his principal target being the Premier and Mr. Davis, es- pecially the latter, and as he held Mr. Davis up to ridicule again and a- gain, in connection with the latter gentleman's canvas and protests, suppressed ripples of laughter ran through the galleries. St. John is certainly an able man on the plat- formand his style of oratory is very muce like that of Sir Richard Cart- wright when in the prime of life. AmOng the members near home Mr. 'Eilber and Mr. Stock were smiling and .happy and Mr. Hislop and Mr. Clark, of Bruce, were genteel and composed. rbere are t, number of men on both sides of the house who are handsome and a little larger number who are not in the least bur- dened with good looks. If I were called upon to select the most hand- some man in the House I believe I would give the cake to Dr. Pyne, one of the members for Toronto city. Although there are at least two of the ijuron members who are very good looking, of course. 1 took a good ook at the two men who have been n the public eye for some time, lion; Mr. Stratton and Mr. Gamey, andiiust say that the appearances of ho h men are in their favor. Mr. Stratton is a fine looking man of an attractive appearance and apparently about 60 years of age. Ile looks like •one who is at peace with himself and the rest of the world. Mte-Gamey is passably good looking and has the appearance of a bright business man, Ile Iooks like a man of 35 or 40 years of age. The Speaker, Mr. Charlton, is a very nice man. His dress while in the chair resembles that of an An- glican clergyman during time of church service and the prayers which he reads at the commencement of each day's session resemble those con- tainied in the book of 'Conimon Pray- er. At the beginning of a session ii one day the Speaker entreated the me bers to refrain from being of- fensive in debate, He said he had been giving them a great deal of latitude and had extended that lat- itude and yet they sometimes went beyond bounds. Mr. Speaker's words reit:II/Wed me of a story 1 once heard of a' gentleman named Flanigatewho kept a hotel in the Northern part of Biddulph township many years ago. Mf. 'Flanigan had a man- of all work nani,ed Mike, who among other jobs cut the wood for the bar room stove. One day in winter a number of men cam in and the hotel keeper as usu- al, ushed to the stove to fire up, and I make his guests comfortable, and, found some sticks whieh were too I long. " There you are again Mike," said he, "always cutting the wood too long." " Betted" said Mike, " it'e not my fault, nor the fault of the wood; its all the fault of your stove, why don't you get a longer stove?" "Begorra," replied Flanigan " if 11 had a stove that would raich to London, you'd exit the wood to raich to St. Thomas." Tire ice is said to be two feet thick on Toronto bay, There are two very fine boats lying frozen in the harbor. These are the City of Kingston and the City of Toronto, the former is over 300 feet in length and the other a little shorter. There is a byelaw in the city compelling people_to keep the sidewalks oppesite to *heir homes or places of business clear of ice and snow. As a consequence of bare and slippery walks there were many falls and a number of fractured arms, while I was there. One evening comlng up Bay street after tea, 1 met, a nice looking young women. fille had only taken a step past. me when 1 heard a little , ?suppressed eel cam. I glanced around and found that both ber feet had flown to the right and she harfallen in a •little bunch on the sidewalk. I placed both arms around ler waist and lift- ed her on her feet -with the remark, " Lady are you Mateh hurt." "011, Sir," said she, "the senses are knocked out of me; don't let go or I will fall," As there was no one a- round to become jealous, I willingly supported her for a moment, and after profuse thanks she went her way. At the noon hour one day a handsome young man passed me. He had on a. fine black overcoat, 'with shiny' shoes and lavender kid gloves. He strutted along like a barnyard rooster of a May morning. All at once both feet went ahead and he fell fair on his back. He was up in an instant and looked daggers at me, just as much as to say " if you were not instrumental in doing that at all events you were a witness of it." When, I saw he was not much hurt 1 chuckled inwardly thinking it was well he could not see the two- by-four foot picture on the back of his overcoat, taken from the side - w -alk, which was a. little sloppy that day. The reason given for keeping the sidewalks clear is the fesr of mi- crobes ; when the snow a ice is taken all it is promptly hau'sd away. The skating rinks in the -her were well patronized and there wile 9. large attendance at the theatre One I thing noticeable at the latter place of amusement was, wben anything I was said or sung which was a slight ! on the Russians or in favor of Japan, it was received with thunders of ap- plause. The conclusion to be reach- ' ed from this is that if there is such an intense sympathy for Japan in all parts of the Empire as there is in Toronto, it will be difficult to keep • the nation of which we form a part , from taking a hand in the fray,more especially' if Japan gets somewhat worsted after a while, soniething which is by no means improbable. The attendance at the .Christian ehurches on the Sabbath was good. Besides these the Jews have three or four synagogues in the city and the followers of Mahomet are also said to have a small organization. Of course we pride ourselves upon hav- ing civil and religions liberty and we have a right to extend it to ell, • so long as they do not intrude their particular views on others in an of- fensive manner. The County Council. The County Council convened at Goderich last week to finish up the business of the January session. At the appointed hour for meeting on Tuesday aftern0011 there was not a quorum of members present and an adjournment was made until the ev- ening, when a quorum was present. When the council met on Wednesday all the members were present ex- cept Councillors J. B. McLean and Hicks, both of whom were unable to attend through illness. A motion of condolence with these members was passed and their names were ordered to remain on tbe pay list. , The claim of the St. Marys Colleg- iate Institute for compensation for pupils from this county attending that Institute was left to be dealt with by the Warden, Solicitor, TrBass • urer and, Clerk. The clerk was also instructed to write to the princi- • pals of the Goderich, Clinton and • Seaforth Institutes to ascertain how many pupils are in attendance at said schools who are not residentof the, county and ask the trusteesof each Institute to make a demandifor the amounts that should be collect- ed.from other counties. In accordance with the recommen- dation of the County Property Com- , mittee it was decided on a division by a vote of nine to four to instal a hot water system of heating in the gaol; that C. C. Lee's tender be ac- cepted at the sum of $528 and that the gaoler have the necessary exca- vating done by prison labor. After much discussion and sever- al divisions it was decided to adept the recommendation of the Special Committee to send a deputation of I be council to Toronto, in ea-opera- libn with other councils, lo confer with the Provineial Government re- specting municipal matters, the de- putation to be compoited of the War- den and Councillor.; Connolly and Millar. A motion to make grant of $500 to aid in repairing the prairie road at Wingham, providing the munici- palities interested grant the stint. of $300, was voted down, as was also a motion to ascertain the solicitor's opinion as to the CounciPs responsi- bility for the maintenance of the said road. The House of Refuge Committee were instructed to advertise for ap- plications for the positions of mat- ron or keeper, or both, of the House of Refuge and to have these appli- cations laid before the council at the June meeting. Three tenders wern received for the proposed additions to the House of Refugesas follows; S. S. Cooper, fi $0,000; tevens & Sterling, OM° ; Thomas McKenzie, $10,696, all these tenders being from Clinton. A motion was made that no action be taken in the matter. An amend- ment was made that the work be proceeded wi t h and that the payment - for the Same be extended over a period of fifteen years; the building to be erected according to plans and specifications prepared by Mr. Mc- Bride, architect of London. The am- endment was carried an a division bet a vote of eight to five. The tender of Mr. S. 8. Cooper, being the , lowest, was accepted, providing he = executes the required agreement and furnishes the required seeurity, the division on the motion being 9 for and 4 against, At a meeting of the building committee subsequent- ly held it. was decided that the build- ing should be completed by Novem- ber est, of this year. An agreement was also made with the architect to inspect the work when required to do so by any of the parties interest- ed. Mr. Arthur Cantelon or Clinton, was engaged as the inspector of the stone, brick, cement and plastering work and Mr. Alex. McKenzie as in- spect or of the carpenter work. _Reports of Committees. The Special Committee reported coinciding with the communications from the councils of Kent, Elgin end Northumberland relating to the County Council' Act a Mendment passed at the session of the Ontario Legislature in 1903, and recommend- ed that the present system for the el 4 ection of County Councillors remain as it is at present under 'the Muni- cipal Act of 1896, believing the net as it now is, is giving very fteneral satisfaction, also that a resolution to that effect be prepared by the Clerk and Warden and forwarded to the Provincial Legislature now in session. The Executive Committee report- ed recommending; That the grants asked for by the Women's Institutes f South and East Huron be. not. made; that no action be taken in reference to the Consumptive Hos- pital; that the usual grant of $20 be made to the Sick Cbildren's Hos- pital at Toronto; that the grant of last year be continued to all public schools doing continuation work; that a grant. be made to the 33rd Huron regiment of $600 to supple- ment the men's pay while perform- ing the annual drill in cantle but the grant not. in any case to exceed 25 cents per day per man ;that a grant of $50 be made to the Children's Aid Society; that no grants be made for repairing the Prairie road at Wing - ham, the Atli Sauble crossing or the big swamp between Ilay and Stanley. The usual grants of $25 each to the Farmers' Institutes and the Teachers' Institutes and $15 to each Public Library were recom- mended. The following amounts are ascertained to be payable to the Col- legiate Institutes in the county: Seaforth, $2,355,57; Clinton, $2,108.- 08; Godericb, .$1,850. The Road and Bridge Committee reported recommending that the ten- der from the Hunter Bridge Com- pany,Kincardine, be accepted for the superstructures of the West- field, Wingham and Howitk and Grey' bridges, at $4,980, $1,075 and $1,075 respe.ctiveiy; also that the tender of the Hamilton Bridge Com- pany for $674 for the Kirkton bridge be accepted provided the work is undertaken by this county this see - son. For - the concrete work it is recommended that the tender of If. Gutteridge, of Seaforth, be accept- ed for the_ Westfield bridge at $6.50 per cubic yard for the central abut- ment and $5.50 for the two ends, al- so that Mr. Gutteridge's tender be accepted for the Kirkton bridge pro- vided the work goes on, at $5.50; that the tender of Charles Barbee, of Wingham, be accepted for the Wingham and Howick and Grey bridges at $4.75 per cubic yard. There were five tenders received for the iron work of these bridges and three for the cement work. These several reports were adopt- ed by Council and Council adjourned on Friday until the first Tuesday in June. Canada —The Dominion Fah- in Win gees, will be held the last -week in July, and the -first week in August. —The W,estern Fair Aseociation, of London, have a surplus of $4,49e in the treasury after squaring up all the liabilities for the past year. —Rev. Evans Davis, M. A. has been installed Dean of St. Paul's Cathed- ral, London. Mr. Davis is a younger brother of Mr. W. R. Davis, of the Mitchell Advocate. —Bishop Miles, of Kingston, 10 aix address a few days ago, scored aftr- noon euehre parties, where women in hot, darkened rooms play for prizes, and said that -the conduct of women, in bis yew, ibreaking nowtt home life and influences and bring- ing in the club Wets, was responsible for much of the lack of rectitude in meni — shocking fatality occurred on the Midland Haile sys at Bellevilles, a few days ago. Arthur Cook, son of IL P. Cook, policeman, in jumping on a train, fell under the wheels and was instantly killed, his skull being out into fregmente, and his body uas terribly lacerated. The unfortunate boy was about. 14 years old, and his father was dangerously ill. —Hon. Thos. Wark, who resides at Fredericton, New Brunswick, is member of the Canadian nenate. He is reputed to be the oldest legis- lator in the British Empire and to have served longer in legislatise bodies than any other individual. lie was one hundred years old on the 190 of February. He ix a native of Londonderry, Ireland, —An Englishman named Sidney. Wagstaff, about 27 years of are shot and attempted to kill another Englishman named Captain F. 81. G. Gore, at Minnedosa Manitoba, last week. After doing die shooting Wag- staff took poison from the offeets of which he died soon after his ar- rest by the police. Captain and Mrs. Gore arrived from England last spring. He was-agentleman of quiet demean -or. - Him recovery is doubt- ful. —The Toronto Industrial Exhihi- tion Company closed the past year's operations with a surplus of $71,- 556 of receipts over expenditures. Of this amount $25,112 were spent nn buildings ; the city of Toronto got $31,029 as her share of the profits and $10,1i00 was set aside as a speci 1.1 reserve. -General admission fees dur- ing snow week realized $83,775; the grand stand, $35,232; the dog show, $3,873 and the side shows $12,129 but of this last amount $8,931 was paid as percentage.4 to the proprietors of the several shows. There was paid for prizes $42,890 and the judges' fees amounted to $2,3S9. The elec- tric lighting of the grounds and buildings cost $8,076, —Mourners and friends 'al the fun- eral of James Kent, an old and rt., speeted resident of Dundas, which took place the other day, ni triessed sOmeibini, rather out of the ordin- ary in connection wit li it. While the body was being conveyed from the house to the cemetery one of the hearse wheels caught in a rut, in- capacitating the vehicle. The un- der t eker's wagon wee preetlred d the body 1 ransfem d to it. The Ito. man Catholie cemetery there ie sit uated on hill, um' 1 hi ice on Iry Slanting bill made it difficult to reach the 1 Op. When 1 he Ity just about reached the heckboard of the, wagon fen open and alio% ed the casket with the corpse to fall to -the groundieill;11)ein ii11(4lid17 t r' and the pall -bearers hurried down to it, and carried it the rest of the dis- tance.