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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Feb. 26, 1904;
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The War. •
There is as yet nothing of•mater-
ial interest or anything reliable to
announce from the seat of war in
the Beet. Most of what appears from
day to day in the despatches is simp- ,
1y conjecture. Ail that is certain.
that both nations are still snarling
at each other and are waiting' • de-
velopments. A few days ago three
Japanese soldiers, men high up in
; the counsels of their country, were
-captured by Russian troops who
were guarding an important bridge
on a leading Russian railway, and
were hanged as spies without_cere-
mony and fleck dead bodies were
• left dangling from the bridge as a
warning to other e to beware. It is
supposed the Japanese were trying
to blow up the bridge when arrested.
The Ontario Legislature.
The, Ontario legislators are still
belting away at the budget and there
are no symptoms of a sessation of
the avalanche of words. Among
ethers who took part in'the debate
this week was Mr. IL Eilber, M. P.
P., for South Huron. The ,most not-
, able speeches of the week were those
of Hon. Mr. Davis, Commissioner of
Crown' Lands, and Hon. John Dryden
Commissioner of Agriculture.. The
former announced that the Govern-
ment had decided to establish anoth-
er large forest• reserve, this one to
be on the shores of Lake Huron in
Algoma and predicted that by these
forest reserves future generations
of Ontarioans will receive all the
timber for their requirements even
after the present supplies are ex-
hausted. But, he also predieted,
there is ntadanger of the exhausting
of the register timber resources of
the Province for a great many years
to come. Mr. Davis says there arc
ten billion feet of -white pine stand -
on the Crown Lands of Ontario,
which will yield the Province seven-
ty-five million dollars in bonuses
and twenty million dollars in dues.
It is quite possible, however, Mr.
Davis' ideas may be somewhat opti-
mistic as his statements are not
based on official authority, but are
based largely on guess.
The principal feature in Mr. Dry.
den' speech was that the Govern-
ment had decided on a scheme de --
signed to aidareforestry in Old On-
tario. With this object in view a
small area at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College farm is to be set apart
immediately as a forest tree nur-
sery, and in two years the first
trees will be ready for distribution
among the farmers. In the mean-
time an educative campaign in ire -
forestry will be carried on, "Yhe
scheme is all right if the people
take hold of it as they should do.
The New Assessment Act. '
The new Assessment Bill intro-
duced into the Legislature last week
is much less radical and there are
fewer chanee than we expected. The
=, new act is simply an amendment of
the existing law. In in: °clueing
this measure into the Legislature,
the Attorney- General gave some in-
teresting particulars concerning the
methods of assessment and taxation
in days of old. The first legislation
providing- for municipal taxation in
this Province was in 1793 when rates
were levied in every district for the
payment of members of the Assemb-
ly and other purposes. The personal
property, tax, which is now to be a-
bolished, was introduced in the fol-
lowing year. In 1807 every acre -of
cult ivated land was assessed 20 shil-
lings, and uncultivated land 2 shit-
. linos. Rouses were taxed according
to the slumber of fire placeand the
cut of the timber used in their con-
struction. Machinery, which is tobe
exempt under the new bip, was tax-
ed in 1851. In 1853 the fcilisidation of
the present syt tem was laid. This
a.ot introduced the exemption of per-
eonal property to the extent of the
owner's debts, which has been fruit-
ful of difficulty. Since then there
have been many modernizations of
the law, but the main principles have
retrialr ed unchanged for half a cen-
tury.
The principal change proposed by
the new act is the substitution of
a " basilicas tax" in cities, towns.
and irtoorpora.ted villages for the
present personal property tax. In -
wine remains the sante as before,
viz.: Al).incomes derived for salar-
ies, etc., up to $1,000 are exempt and
incomes derived from investments
up to $400 are exempt. The businej;
tax is levied in proportion lo t ,e
assessed value of t he property used.
Distillers are to be assessed for a
, sum equal to 125 per eent, of the as -
seed value of the property usede
brewers for a sum equal to the as-
sessed value; wh.olesale merchants,
insurance and loan companies and
such like corporations are to be as-
sessed at 75 per cont. of the assessed
value of the premises they occupy.
Departmentalstores, hotels, saloons,
liquor dealers, lawyers, doctors,
dentists, printers, etc., are' to be as-
sessed at 50 per cent of the assessed
value of the premises in which they
carry on their business. In the case
of mediciel imenwho's° offices and
reeidenceS are combined in the (Me
building, the office iambics alone
are to be,- confildered, Retail mer-
chants,
photograpers and such like
are 't0 O0 aisessed only 20 per cent of
the assessed Vailue of their premises
For example, 'a lawyer, a doctor or a
printer occupying an office assess- .
ed for $2,000, his business assess-
inent will be $1,000-and'be -will ,pay
on this $1,000 in addition to all other
assessments. A. retail merchant who
occupies a store assessed at $g000, his
business assesoment, nut his tax, will
be $500, •
The only change of importance in
rural municipalities is that they'
are given power. ,to tax telephone
and telegraph liees. The cities .and
towns base the 'assessment ,on the
grails receipts of thesecortipanies
in the respective municipalities,
while in townships nee assessment
is based on the number of _miles of
wire in each municipality. For one
wire, either telephone or telegraph,
the assessment can be., made at the
rate of $200 per mile and for a sec-
ond or sulisequent 'wires $7,50 per
mile. A tosenship ten miles wide
with a telephone or 'telegraph wire
clear aeross it can assess the com-
pany on -a valuation of $2,000 and if
there is a second wire the assess- •
ment will be on $2,500 and the rate
of taxation, ef "course, will be the
Same rate- as on other property in
the township: It will be seen by
this that .these companies.: will not
be .hurt very nruels in the way of
taxation. Each municipality will de-
rive from -each' zetempany having lines
passing through' it lees than half
the taxes an ordinary farm will pay.
There is io provision made in this
Act for. the taxation of railways ex-
cept as ordinary property. But the
Attorney General- intimated that a
bill will be introduced later on mak-
ing a very Considerable levy on these
companies. This tax, however, will
not go to the municipalities, but to
the Province.
Editorial Notes and Coniments
Hon: Thomas Greenway, ex -Premi-
er of Manitoba, was in Torontoethis
week.
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. Provincial Secretary Stratton has,
introduced into the Ontario Legis-
lature a bill respecting Houses of
Refuge, one clause of which em-
powers County Councils to issue de-
bentures for Hisuee of Refuge pur-
poses without subinitting a by-law to
the ratepayers as Must be done with
ordinary money by-laws. This should
facilitate the establishment of these
institutions in, many counties where
they do noteyet exist. Every county
in the Province should have a House
of Rdfuge. . None of those who have
established them regret the expense
incurred nor would they like to, go
baok to the old system.
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When the estimates of the .expen-
diture for the etirrent year are being
put through the Ontario Legislature,
which . of the Huron metnbers will
have the courage to stand up and op-
pose the payment of $9,218 to Mr.
Peter Ryan for ri few hours' servi-
ces in connection with the recent
eale of timber limits. It is simply a
job and should not be designated by
any milder term. A clerk in the
Crown Lands Department could have
done the work just as well as Mr.
Ryan and at little pr no cost to the
country. We do not blame Mr. Ryan
for getting all he can. It is the Gov-
ernment who propose the expendi-
ture and the Legislature who san-
ction it, wbo are to -blame.
Hon. Mr. Wark,• of Fredericktons
New Brunswick, who celebrated his
one hundretb birthday on the 19th
inst., and who is a member of the
Dominion Senate, received many con-
gratulations from his colleagues. ie
is a Liberal. He attended the meet-
ings of the Senate last year and says
he hopes to visit Ottawa again next .
session. Sir - Wilfred Laurier sent
the following- telegram on his birth-
day: My eolteague, Hon. IL E. Em-
'anersop, will be in Fredericton to -day:
to offer yots the congratulations of
the Canadian Government en the oc-
casion of the 100th anniversary of
your birth. At the same time I beg
to join my own personal voice to thel
voice of all your fellow citizens in
thanking Providence that your life
has been spared, and in hoping that,
by God's blessing, it will be preserv-
ed for many years."
Toronto, the Good, can scarcely be
known as Toronto the Good, any
snore. There is a municipal election.
machine there in comparison with
which the Grit' or Tory- political ma-
chines Are as an old .fashioned clover
thresher compared -With a modern
threshing machine. Invest igations
have been in progress in that city
for some time which are diselosing
a most disgraceful state of affairs.
At the municiparelections last Jan-
uary money flowed like water, bal-
lot boxes were deliberately stuffed
and poll' bo ks were, falsified. At
least one m ,naber 01 the Board of
Control and two or three Aldermen
were electe by these disreputable
means and s veral deputy returning
officers and their clerks have been
provei uilt of tampering with the
ballot and •ooks in return for fil-
thy 1ure. sup lied them front sources
as yet. unkno 'n. Nor is this all. It
has been p oven that the Voters'
Lists in man of the wards of the
cit Y have bee "systematically pad-
ded for years by having names in-
serted for p operties belonging to
other people, *thus' giving the right
to vote to p .p1e who did not pos-
sess any Such egal right and but for
the, fraud wo ld not have been per -
'bitted to vot . Nothing so. bad has
ever been br ught to light in this
Province befo e.
The pr pose new Act
is giving! uni asiness to the hotel
keepers and retail liquor dealers. At
a meeting of .he Special Committee
to .whom the4 •ill was submitted by
the Legislath f, held it few days ago,
Mr. JalneS Hav rson, solicitor for the
license bottle asked that they be
treated the sa e as retail merchants.
It was pointed out by Mr. Haverson
that the new ill provided that the
business tax w is to be computed on
a percentage o the assessed value of
the premises 'here the businese is
carried on. Fir ordinary retailers,
the percentage was to be 25 per cent.
but for liquor dealers, department
stores, printef and publisher, and
manufacturers the, tax was to be
based on 50 per cent. of the assessed
value. Mr. Haverson 'held -that there
should no discrimination against
the liquor man, that he should be on
the same level exactlyas the dealer
in boots and shoes and other every
day -commodities. The conimittee,
however,- did not agree with Mr,
Haverson and by; a vote of 8 to 6 de-
cided to leave the billlas it is. This
vote has some peculiar features. Two
members of the Government, At-
torney General Gibson ,and Hon, Mr,
Latchford and the first lieutenant of
the Opposition, Mr, Foy, voted in fa-
vor of the reduction and Mr. Whit-
ney, the leader of the Opposition,
voted against it. Five Liberals and
one Conservative voted in favor of
the hotel men and liquor dealers and
three Liberals and 1 ve Conserva-
tives voted against the r contention.
Mr. Stock, of South erth, was a-
mong the tither. ,
Mr., James Conrnee, M. Pe P., for
Algoma, is iow a reel ent of Win-
nipeg havin recently ijemoved there
from Port Arthur. Mr, Conmee will
retire from Ontario pnlitics as soon
as his leade can afford to let him
drop. In Mehitoba be is a support-
er of the Roblin Government. Jim
always knoWs on which side his bread
is most likely to be bsittered.
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Huron Notes.
-Mr. Henky Peck hes disposed of
hie fifty acre farm on the Goshen
Line, Stanlete to Mr. Thos. Stephen-
son for a gopd figure. I
-Goderich doctors have had hard
wetrk the p st, few weeks, and a few
.mishaps, ole of them having had
a broken xi througlit a bad upset
and anotherj an ear b dly frozen.
-John an J. H. Kerr, of Wink -
ham, have jurehased the .Homuth
store In th t, town, for $3,900. Ho-
muth Bros, will occepy the store
t4 be vacated by the Messrs. Kerr.
-Mr. Alex. Young, a well known
besiness man of Winglia.m, who is
leaving that town and going to To-
t -tap, was Ocently presented with
a sendsome gold watch by his friends
aed neighbors.
1 -Mr. Janes Mahaffy, of Seaforth,
who has ben looking for a farm for
the past m nth, has jurchasnd the
McGregor farm of 10t acres, being
lot 29, concession 2, tanley.- The -
peice paid as in the, neighborhood
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of $5,200. Nir. McGrefor purposes
teeing west.
T-Mr. and Mrs. Sa uel Youhill•
Wingham, celebrated their golden
wedding a few days a o. The aged
couple have !resided in ,Wingham for
30 years, during whieh time Mr.
Ypuhill has held many positions of
trust in thermunicipal government
of that placp .
-Mr. Ernest Glee,
a runaway while leaiii g Zurich on
1Zurich, had
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Wednesday. The horse started to
kick and before Mr. Gies could stop
he had deffsolished the dash
mid 'shaft of the cutter. We are
glad to say that Mr. Gies was not
injured. , „
-A militia order issued the other
day' from Ottawa gives the names of
the -best shots in connection with the
Rifle Association throughout Cana-
da. Those in this countryf are: J.
N. O. Logan, Goderich; Thomas tee,
Londesboro; IF. Neagel, Auburn; N.
Taylor, Blyt
fott h.
I-- M r. and
Wingham on
, and Capt, Wilson, Sea -
Mrs, IL 0. Bell left
Saturday last for their
new home ip Fort : F ances, Where
M. Bell ha S an intere t in a large
saW Mill and lurnberi g business.
On Friday evening a number of Mr.
Bell's friend met him at the skat-
ing rink an4 presented him with a
god Nvatch.
4 -Will Roc, of Du gannon vil-
lage, rcoejvCl a kick rom a bron-
-che be was feeding, oi Tuesday of
laSt week, which resulted in several
broken ribs and other injuries. Will's
wedding was announced for the fol-
lowing day, but is now jostponed un-
til he fully recovers rom his in-
juries. .
-In Chica o,. on Feb uarY 14th,
by, the Rev. N. 8. JaCo y, assistant,
pastor of bloody's chur h, Miss Lil-
lian Fisher, •Idest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jos ph Fisher, of Goderich,
was married to Mr. WI F. L. Fish,
of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. and
Mrs. Fish will visit New York and
other cities before returning to
.their home in Birmingham.
-.-An exchange says: ' Mr. James
E. Reynolds, of Hulte, who was
married on Tuesday in Seaforth, is
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the thirteenth young main from that
township whd in the past few years
has won a fair maiden from McKil-
lop or Seaforth. Thehirteen., in-
clude four of the Fl n boys, the
&foie number , of ReypoJ4s, two Car-
berts, Dan Shannahan ..nd Thomas
Brown. Fair ere the Mc -Mop maid-
ens; sialweet are the II Ilett young
men, happr lave been the unions.
-On Monday of last week, Mrs.
Hannah Fisher, of Colborne, died in
London of aoute bronc itis, at the
advanced age, of 78 yea s. Deceased
was a native of Nofthumberland,
England, coming to this country at
an early age with her ether, who
settled in the Queen's iush. Later
she,. married ,Michael isher, who
predeceased her by so e twenty
yeaes. Two anis survive Henry, of
Beniniller, and Tra, of W1conjn.
-,Another of the pion .ers of the
Wingham seetion pass4d away_ on
TueSday morning of , la..t week in
the iperson of .Agnes Henderson, re-
lict I of the late James Mitchell, of
Turhberryti Deceased wos aged 84
yearand 11 months and bad been in
feeble health for a4ong pine. Since
the death of her husband in Janu-
ary, 1902, Mrs. Mitchell! had made
her !some ewith her brother, Mr. C.
Hendersor of the , Blueeale road.
Deceased was, With her husband and
brothers, among the first settlers
in that section, and for years had
resided in Turnberry, near Bluevale.
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' -The lesidence of Mr. and Mrs
c.
G. Karl ienzle, north' of Crediton
village, was the, scene of avery'pret-
ty wedding on Wednesday afternoon,
Febniary 10th, when their eldest
daughter, Miss t Ada, wa.s united'in
the holy bonds of, matrimeny to Mr.
Henry. J. Kuhn, a very pispular cit-
izen of Czediton. Rev. G. D. Damm,
pastor of the 'Evangelical church,
officiated. The bride who was
em 'away by her father,was tasteful-
ly/ attired' in temelline White silk,
and was attended by her sister,Miss
Clara Kienzle, Who made I a, charm-
ing bridesmaid in white eashthere.
gMrro.ornA,.ugu7t Kuhn supported the
-At the last annual meeting of
the Virest Wasvaribsh Mutual Firein- .
surance Company, the reports of the
various officers show the company to
be growing and prospering and do-
ing a great work. The membership
is 3,287 and the risks covered a-
mounted to $4,422,073 to meet which
there are premium notes to the value;
of $157,450. The losses of the past
year amounted to $14,326. These were
all satisfactorily settled. There is a
eurpltts of assets over liabilities of
$107,424, Mr. WM. P, Reid, of Ash-
field, was elected as director for one
Year to fill the vacancy at the board
'fortnerly1 occupied by Mr Statism.
The three retiring directors, John.
Ballantyne, Alex. Stewart and Ed-
ward A.clieson, whose terms of of-
fice had expired, Were again re-el-
ected by acclamation. At a subse-
quent meeting of the lboard of direc-
tors, Mr. Ballantylie was elected
, president, and Mr. Finley Anderson,
vice-president.
-At the February meeting of the
official board of the Brussels _Meth-
odist church, a unanimous invitation
was tendered to Reve T. W. Cosen$
to remain the pastor fOr the coining
year, and comendatory words were
spoken of the work done in the past
two years by Rev. and Mrs. Cosens.
The reverend gentleman replied ap-
prepriatelYteXnreesing the pleasure it
had, givenhim to work with the
board. He accepted the invitation,
and thanked the board for the com-
plimentary referenees to hirnsetf and
his w.
eeeaee of King vs. McDonald,
which was an action under section
182 of the criminal code, commonly
known as the Charlton Act, took
place before His Honor Judge Holt
on Saturday and occupied the whole
day, a large number of witnesses be-
ing examined. County Crown At-
torney' Seeger prosecuted and Wm.
Proudfoot, K. C.,1 appeared for the
defendant, James McDonald, jr., of
Goderich township. Mr. McDonald
was discharged on the ground that
there was insufficient evidence to
establish a promise of marriage. Tire
action was taken at the instance of
Willis Bell.
c' -A peculiar mi hap occurred last
week at the lake shore near Zurich,
while the men were ha-uling ice up
the steep grade. Mr. Wm. Bender
had nearly reached the top with his
load, when one of his horses slipped
on .the- ice and went over the em-
basikment. I3illy was in a predica-
ment. The horse, was dragging the
other horse, loadl and all with him.
But Billy kept ciao' and unfastening
the harness, the I horse gently' drop-
ped. ,into a snow bank about thirty
-feet below. After investigating it ,
was found that he had not sustain-
ed. a scratch, aid was none the
worse for bis
-A considerable movement has
been quietly going on in Lueknow in
teal estate during the winter. A
short time ago Mr. John Murchison
purchased the Campbell estate on the
main street of the village, of which
the Misses *Campbell have retained
theistone post office building and the
valuable corner at Campbell and
Stauffer streets. Messrs. Neil and
W. McKenzie have purchased the en-
tire brick block; A. T. Davidson &
Son_ the frame furniture store and
barber shop, and ,Mr. Wm. Allin the
brickigrocery at 'the corner of Camp-
bell and Inglis • streets and all the
property , up to and adjoining his
own.
-On Thursday ,of last week, while
engaged shovelling snow at his res-
idence in North-east Fullartop, near
'Stratford, Rev. A. Finkbeiner, Ev-
angelical Minister at Carlingford,
dropped dead. Mr. Finkbeiner was
widely known throughout the dis-
trict as an able and earnest mlnis-
ter , of the Evangelical church and
was much beloved for his many am-
iable qualities as well as admired for
his- ability. He leaves a widow and
several children. The deceased bad
many friends throughout this county
who will deeply regret to learn of
his sudden death and who will /ex-
tend the most generous sympathy to
Mrs. Finkbeiner and -family on ac-
count of their sudden and sad loss.
-Mr. James Keys, of the Parr
Line, Stanley, recently paid a fort-
night's -visit to friends in, Marlette,
Michigane-and while there thorough-
ly Aatisfied himself that the farm-
ers cif Ontario are netting better re-
turns than are those of that state.
Live stook is selling better here and
most kinds of grain as well. Our
Oats have been lower in price, but
the yield per acre is larger. I3ug-
gies and Wagons and some kinds of
implements are cheaper in Michigan.
Groceries as a rule are cheaper. here.
The same can be said of woollens;
etc. Many' of the farmers of Mar-
lette county have been raising sug-
ar beets but did not realize any pro-
fit therefrom last season and are
not now so enthusiastic in favor of
their cultivation.
-On Wednesday afternoon of last
week, the matrimonial bow was tied
at the home of James and Mrs. Har-
ris, McKillop, by Rev. A. MeNab, M.
A., of Walton, between Harry Doug-
las, of Grey, and Miss Aggie Wi 'tse.
The bridesmaid was Miss 13. Mcgab:
and the groomsman David Rine -ex.
The bride wore a brown travel ing,
suit and looked very neat. A ter
the ceremony hearty congratulat ons
were extended to the bride and the
,_groom after which the company sae,
down. to well laden tables. T ere
Isere about fifty guests in attend-
ance. The wedding gifts were well
selected, numerous and of a useful
character. An enjoyable evening was
spent and the company separated
with best wishes for Mr. Douglas
and bride,
Kippen.
D, Thy, Commissioner and Conveyiteeer,
williktoortgagea sod deodi drawn no. Money loanol
si Um lowest rstoe ot intereet, 17404
• The Bible Society. --;The annual
meeting of the Kippen branch of the
Upper Canada Bible Soeitty was ,held
here on Tuesday evenin last. The
attendance, on account of the ex-
tremely cold weather, was very slim
but the weather was not sufficiently
cold to keep the speakers, Rev. Mr.
Shaw and Rev. Mr. McLennan from
being present. It was deemed advis-
able, however, to defer •the addres-
ses until some future occasion. The
report' of the secretary of last year's
the line. The following officers were
operations was reed and showed that
good work had lr!een done all along
ble,cted for the chrrent year: Pres-
ident, William Johnston; vice -Pres-
ident, John Balfour; secretary -treas-
urer, Henry Jeison. A resolution
was passed to the effect that it is
not desirable to incur the expense of
having an agent of thesociety to ad-
dress the local meetings.
Briefs. -New coal oil lamp, have
been placed in St. Andrews church to
replace the discarded acetylene ii,aht,
and as a consequence, the evening
service which has been 'suspended
since the explosion, will be resumed.
-Mr. and Mrs, John Balfour were at
Mount Forest this week attending -
the marriage of Mr, Balfour's bro-
theta-Mr. Wm. Sinclair, of the Kip -
pen road, near here, this week sold a
very handsome ma t ched t ea m of
heavy horses to Mr, Handford, of Ex-
eter. :We have not learned the price
blit we take it for granted that it
was a gond penny, as Mr. Sinclair
makes it a point to keep nothing but
the best in the horse line. Me. Sin -
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cla r has since purchased from Mr.
13. It, Higgins, of Brucefield, a very
fn' pair of matched three year olds
-wh ch, with the care Mr. Sinclair al-
wa, s gives his hams, will yet be
heard of. -Mr. Alexander Monteith,
wise is gaining a wide reputation as
a Weeder of thoroughbred Hereford
cattle, has recently sold to McNeil
Bros., of. London township, two fine
young Hereford bulls, for which he
received the,snug sum d -$240.-The
ice harvest is now in full swing and
large lots of the congealed fluid are
now being taken from our mill pond.
-We are sorry to have to note that
Mrs. Robert Thompson is not enkiy-
ing as good health as her many
friends -would wish for. -Mr. Geor re
Olair wbo him been at his home for
some time owing to 1 iilneees has re-
turnedbere but he is not fully re-
covered and is still under the doc-
tor's care. -Those who intex4 build -
or repairing their buildings the
coming aeason are now rushing their
logs into the mill here to get them
sawed into lumber for theli work
next summer.
Wroxeter
Briefs. -Mr, Chas. Sanderson spent ,
Monday in Harriston.-On Thursday
evening a very successful carnival
was held in the rink here. -Mr. Wm.
Rutherford has purchased the in-
terests of hia partner, Mr. A. Munro,
arid will now conduct the hardware
business. -Miss Berton, of Belgrave,
is Visiting her brOther, Mr. 3.Ilart-
ley.-Mr. John Hartley attended a
meeting connected- with the teach-
ers' institute, held in Seeferth, on
Saturday. -Married at the manse, on
Wednesday, February 17th, Mr. Jas.
Stutt, of Howick, to Miss Eliza.
Hastings, of Turnberry.-Died in
Wroxeter, on Tuesday, February 23,
Elizabeth Deachnian, wife of David
Sanderson, aged 75 years.
Le bury
Brief. -Henry 1ennewies pays $8,-
000 for the Drag ,r place instead of
1$7,000 as •reported under the head-
ing of McKillop 1 st week. Theplace
contains 450 acre, The land is fair
and the buildings are good. We con-
gratulate'Mr. Be newies on hit con-
tinued'suocess._Mjr. Herbert Bell has
returned from M skoka and will re-
main here during the summer, if not
longer. -Monday 1 last week was
an intensely' cold and sternly day,
and yet the oleo or of the northa
ern part of- McKi lop came. out in a
clever and manly way and by a vote
of nearly four to one declared their
willingness to ay $6,000 to buy
right of way for the proposed new
railway! It is to e hoped that Grey
and the other m nicipalities avhich
have yet to vote, ill in some meas-
ure be guided by the example set
by Meltillop. As the figures con-
cerning the vote ere not quite ac-
curate in the last issue, we will
give there correct y: No. 3, for 77;
against, 18; No. , for 93; against,
30.
Ws, ton.
Barns Burned. -on Sunday evening
of this week as Mr. Theo Holland
was engaged in I attending to his
stock, one of the, horses becoming
loose 'upset the la tern, igniting the
straw and despite the efforts. of Mr.
Holland to exti guish the, fire it
rapidly gained such headway that
the whole buildi were .soon in
a mass of flames. One of thehorses
and several pigs were burned to
death and his driving horse ;was so
severely burned and injuredby in-
haling the flame that it may yet die.
The loss will be a serious one to Mr.
Holland as there was only an insur-
ance of $1,200 on the two barns, His
loss will be consi lerably over that
sum. 'z The insure ce was in the
Howick Company. Much sympathy
is e,xteaided to Mil. Holland in this
misfortune: We hive not yet heard
if it is his intent on to rebuild, as
he had only a sho t time age leased
his farm to his ne ghbor, Mr. Chris-
topher, and was intending in the
near future to rentove to Egmond-
'vine to reside.
ILocal Notes. -i', Archie Sellers,
of Hannah, North Dakota, was last
week visitine hie old friend and
neiAhbors in this vIcinity. It is now
neatly thirty years since Mr. Sellers
removed. to Dakota, but he looks as
thongh the people of Uncle Sam's do-
maiti have dealt with him liberally._
We I regret to bear of the serious
illness of Mrs. John Bulger, she hav-
ing contracted a severe attack of
pneumonia, but under the best med-
ical treatment wide"' can be procur-
ed, We trust she mey be soon restor-
ed to her usual state of health. We
are still being favored with a share
of zero and stormy weather, but
hope 'ere many weeks to hear the
sang and twitter of Ithe spring birds.
-Don't forget to *cite for the Grey
C. P. R.lby-law on 'Monday, February
29th, Peete the date on your win-
ter Cap.
Dashvafood,
Notes.a-Mr. Ben Jenkins, of Wing -
ham, brother-in-laW of Mr. E. P.
Paulin, lias been here making cement
sills for doors gaid windows for the
house which Mr. Paulin intends lo
build in the spring. Ile returned
home on Monday. --On Saturday, Mr.
James Snell, manager of the Sover-
eign 'Bank, was called to Toronto to
the bedside of his daughter, Miss
Flo,ssie Snell, who in attending the
Conservatory of Music. It seems
the t Mille Snell was that walking with
wo other ladies back of the Univer-
sity lihrnry building when she was
knoe ed down by boys coasting. She
was endered uncon,seions and was
taken to Grace Hospital. Beyond a
.severi sha king up, however, we are
pleas( d to learn that she received no
injuries. At . latest reports :she was
doing well and will, no doubt, be up
in a few days. Her many friends are
pleased to learn that her injuries
are not more serioue.-e'rfr, J. Kel-
lerman is at tending the millinery op_
e ing4 in London. -The quarterly
,meetiegs, which were to have been
boa in the Evangelical church last
Sfinday, have been postponed for two
weeks and will be held the, first Sun-
day in March. -Mr. Neil McGregor,
who has been .ably assisting the re-
vival theetings at present being held
in, the Evangelical church, left for
hi S Wine on Tuesday.
That Law Suit. -A very remark-
able ease was heard before 3. K.
Goetz,' J. P., on Monday, February
8th. On Friday morning of the prev-
ious ei'eek, the principal of the public,
school, Mr. W. Geiger, had occasion
to impish one of the boys, a son of
Jorms,irari 1Pib, a nd t he result of the
a hipping was, as would be expected,
that the boy's hands were slightly
it lens decided to make a ease out
SV ollen and sore. His father visit-
ed the magistrate and, as it resale,
orit. The plaintiff chimed thet the
punishment was too severe and that
1 he by was unable to hold hie pen
FEBRUARY 26 1904
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SEAFORTWS LEADING SHOE STORE.
A VVord about the
New Shoe Styles for Spring.
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With the snow lying deep upon the ground and the atmosphere anything but
springlike, it may seem a trifle early to talk New Spring Shoes to you,
but a, word about the new style may not be out of place.
In Men's Fine Shoes—
No particularly striking changes are noticed, there will be more blucher shapes
worn and indications point to a return of Tan Goods,
A few freakish styles will be shown, such as the Po-tay-to, a razor -toe efrect,
but on the whole the Common -Sense Shapeseof the past few seasons, will
be the prevailing style, Shiny leather win still be much in evidence,
particularly Patent Kid and Patent Calfskin.
In Ladies' Fine Shoes—
The tendendency is towards narrower lasts, more pointed toes, higlio.r heele
and lighter soles. Tan Goods for women will not be much sought after,
As is the case with men's fine shoes, shiny leather, particularly Patent
Kid and Patent Coltskin will be the correct thing in Ladies' Dress Shoes,
The Cuban and French heels will be more popular than ever, Our new
Spring shoes are now willing in and we give you at cordial invitation to
call and see the new styles whether ready to buy or not.
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R. 'Wjt..LIS ,84.- SON,- Sea1of7thi .
Sole agents for the Slater Shoe for 111813, and ths " Queen Quality
shoe for Woram
or pencil to do his work. Under I
cross-ema mina t ion by Mr. Stanhury,
of Exeter, who was defending the 1
teacher, the witnesses for the plain-
tiff admitted that the boy had done I
his work in school in the morning is
usual, and, that in the afternoon he
bad spent his time in snow balling,
sawing and carrying in wood and the
witnesses for plaintiff further ad-
mitted that in the evening practi-
cally all evidence of the ,miiiishment
had disappeared. Mr. Stambury then
asked the magistrate to dismiss the
case as a very trivial matter that
should never have been beard of in
public, and the magistrate admitted
in open court that the evidence was
strongly in favor of the defendant
and said be dismissed the case with-
out costs, but at the request of Mr,
Dickinson, lawyer for plaintiff, he
reconsidered his decision and con-
sented to think the matter over.
The sympathy of the court, wall the
exception of the magistrate, was
strongly with the teacher as was ev-
idenced by the nsurneurs of approval
which -passed; through the hall as
point after point was scored for Mr.
Geiger. The nragist rate after a lapse
of two weeks has given jadgment in
favor of deferatnt, dismissing the
case without costs.
Brucefteld.
Death of Mr. Penfound.-Our cit-
izens were again shocked and griev-
ed on Saturday on learning of the a
death of Mr, Thomas renfound, of
the 2nd concession, of Stanley, a
near neighbor of the late Mr. James
Aikenbead, whose death was an-
nounced last week. Mr. Penfound
was a victim of, pneumonia. He had
only been ill about Orem days. He
was a man in the prime of life not
being quite 55 years of age and was,
to all appearances a strong, wirey
man, who, in the natural course of
events, should live to a good old
age, Mr. Penfound resided on the
homestead farth, having succeeded
his father. He was a man of more.
than ordinary intelligence and of
progressive ideas. lie was a warm
hearted, pleasan t companion and
took a deep interest in all public
matters. An obliging neighbor and
a good and useful citizen has been :
removed by his dent le He was twice '
married, and his widow and a family
survive him and will always cherish
the memory of a kind and thought-
ful. husband and indulgent but wise
parent. The remains were interred
in Baird's cemeteryd
on Tuesday an
the people sliowed their respect for
the memory of the deceased by turn-
ing out in large numbers to pay
this last tribute of respect to one
who had been so highly esteemed by
all.
Death of a ;Former Resident.-
-Many' in this village and vicinity
-will regret very much to learn of
the death of Mr. J. 11. Moore, form-
erly G. T. R. agent here. While in
our village, Mr. Moore made many
warm friende; be took an active
part. in church .work, was a moving
spirit in everything that would tend
to elevate. his fellow men. The At-
wood Bee makes the following re-
ference to his death: "Our read-
ers will, -with us, be heartil, sorry
to learn of the death of .f. U. Moore,
G. T. R. agent, hich took place at
Denfield on Wednesdey of this week.
Mr. Moore was never a strong man
at best and for years had been an
intense sufferer from the effects of
heart trouble , and rheuma tic fever.
lie found the work of agent here very
laborious and went t, Denfield seek-
ing a lighter position, bit it seems
that his health had not improVed as
a. result. Sonic weeks ago be had a
severe attack of his old trouble
which id t h irn very weakt but he
recovered sufficiently to visit At-
wood and Pal merst on friende and
returned to Denfield to resume his
work, but in the course of a few
weeks be wan again forced to take
to his bed from which lw never rose.
°ore was a Than of exemplary lea
Christian character and hits example
was one wen worthy of emulai ion
by young and old. Truly it could be
said of hirn that death had no ter-
eors for hiin ;it would . doubtless
come as a welcome yoke* to one
who for years had not known what .
a boon good, health is 1.-0 ,a person."
Exeter
A Terrible Aceident.-:-Miss Mary
Armstrong, of this villege, met
with a terribte accident in London,
on .Monday forenpon last. Miss Arm-
strong, while crossing the Grand
Trunk railway tracks, in London,
on her way' to the busineas part of
.the city, fell beneath a Or, shijit
attempting to pass betWeen two
trains, which were standing at the
crossing. One of the trains began
to move, and this startled her, -caus-
ing her to lose her footing on the
snow, which was piled high between
the tracks, and fall. Both legs
went under the wheels, one being
so badly crushed; that assimilation
was necessary, While the dectors
may also find it necessary to nmpu-
tate, the other. Her eondition is
critical Miss Armstrong is a daugh-
ter of Mr. Irving' Armstrong, 'the
-well known cattle buyer, of Exieer,
She was on a visit to reiativesin
the city. Miss" Armstrong is twentY
years of age and is a meet estimable
oung lady and a universal favorite
with all who enjoy -ed her acquaint-
nce. The deepest sorrow is lett for
her here and much sympathy is felt
Lor: the bereaved family.
y.
here as elsewhere
haS been considerably dfla-Oralized
this winter by the cold weather end
irregular train service and every -
person is earnestly longing for the
spring. -Mr. Richard Tapp, who has
been visiting friends in this vicin-
ity for several weeks, left for his
home in Virden, Manitoba, Iast 'week,
-A young lad, Sem of Mr, Stephen
Ilogarth, of Stephen, had his feet
severely frozen one day- last week,
while walking from his home if/ 1 he
village . -A good many i:$1 our cit-
izens attended the Farmers' fnstitu-
e entertainment itt Crediton
on
Vednesday evening' of last week,
he attraction being the singing of%v
ss Becket, who is a faorite here.
-The Usborne council tem decid-
ed to erect two new ;roil brid,res
during the coming summer, 0111 on
Glen's side road and the other at
Elimville. They: -are both to have
cement floors. -The council have,
:issued a 'warning to the small boy
not to drive WS dog and sled on the
side walks under the pains and pen-
alties imposed by the town by -Jaw
in that behalf -1t once familiar fig.-
irre en our streets will be seen no
eriore, Mr. Thos, Jacques, wire re-
sided ne,ar the village, died lest
'meek. The poor fellow bad been a
cripple and almost helpless from
Youth and used to get around by
means of a perambulator. Although
so severely afflicted, he was alwas
cheerful. He was 59 years of age.
-The Exeter papers ha-ve follow-
ed the example of The Expositor
and have given up their town deliv-
ery Sending the papers for the lewn
delivery through the post office,
thus ridding somewhat to the lab-
ors if not to the revenue of genie)
Peetmaster Christie—The • Exeter
Board of Trade is an active rind
growing organization. At the last
meeting nine new names were added
to the membership. The BoOrd are
working to secure the eaitablieh-
merit of a canning factory and it
knitting factory in t he villeee. Ex -
is a most advantageotO een-
tre for a canning factory. -1 -Albert
Lang, son of Mr. R. 8, Lang) ef the
nori h end, met with a painful ,geei-
dent a few days ago while ipinying
hockey. He slipped on the-ictesprain-
ing his hip joint. -e: MAbe Bagshaw
has removed frorn Hurondale. te the
farm on the 4th concession of Steph-
en, which was formerly owned bv
Mr. Charles Box, and which hi, bee
sed for a term of* yjears.
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On Saturday /1Crning, January 2nd, we iriaugurated our annual stock-
taking sale in onr four departmentg, We place on our tables for this sale
One hundred Men's Suits, all wool, splendidly tailored, regular $7.50,
Bale Prille-e4175i
Andemear, shirt and drawers, regular 8.1, sale price 88c a suit.
Fifty pieces imported Flannelette, 36 inches wide, regular 1.2ic, for 10c
per yard.
Ladies' Cashmere 1foee, regular 40c,for 25c a pair,
Fifty pairs Wool Blankets, lergest made, regular $3 75, for $2.95 a pair.
We have no heeitation in saying that we have the hest 25e Japan tea -in
the trade. Try it awl be convinced.
Dinner and Tea Seta at speeial prices,
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