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The Huron Expositor, 1906-11-09, Page 1.• IQfli eta _ap• --emmeet imaaMaama erte.) ) tyle --rt eha aetere rate merchandiee—Oe pe-neive lines we. eveytnng in Whieta quality. There as gin price. - ery OW There Is Style to be Gained feet The hats ars- espicnously &eminent lotice r Fur pab The In emir our Garthentg Must be as Perfect, as the, maxi parmsaft, zo3e7.' TYABIGgTRI iY104 And Ymade thin g he GREI FURS AND FURNISH MOS COM EVT0141iL as public benefactors, because, as matter of fact, we are business people. But we think that we performed a public service -when we introduced 2.0th, -CENTURY _BRAND' lothing in this town and vicinity. We rade it possible or the men of this community to obtain as good clothes, and as stylish clothes, as can be obtained anywhere in Canada, and at a price within reach of all. The comfort and satisfaction that comes from being well dressed cannot be over estimated. When we serve the community in this respect, and at moderate prices, we feel that we are deserving of the patronage you are extending to us. •• Our $10, $12 and $15 Suits Our " " O'coats Are simply naarve s of the tailor's art. oods, Et-: " clIesa of their 65e 50e 35e 70e Light Fawn 'overt Cjoth or jackets he yard $1.75 1111111111.0 mmaleaa dal 01.1111.1a /1101119•01 ••••edowilehmesiew• • There is some Particular Design of Fur Style which is more becoming to you than all other styles. Whether it be a Fur Jacket or Fur -lined Coat, or a Neck and Shoulder Fur, When you by, do not put your money into expensive gar- ments that do not Isuit you— better h -ave none at all. Our fur stock is composed of everything new—not an and the variety to choose from every one can be nicely and old piece of fur in our store, is an assortment from which bee-omingly suited. Fur Jackets Neck Furs Fur Lined Jack- ets now show. 9 3r1 TT es unfavorable ana a very large name the programme wail 1.—Nir. C. H. Reid lads of cattle front --Mr. Robert Wate ehIngling hie houset r.00n, fell from foe lie alighted ori his ba.d shaking IV, went to Toronta e Intends to look don,—The congratue wiehes a many, are extended 'Ve- nn Alkenheade whO /*led on Wednesdall erich. r .—A sixty rrille art o n orthowest SOTO . are and. did great .,. • art The remaieine ete upper strucruro ment breakwietert and the new electricr r.... _ compaeted to mars he crib -work, were _ bed. ; $25.00 to $125.00 4.00 to 50.00 40.00 to 10000. • Boys' Overcoats AT A„ BARGAI . A splendid line of Boys' Winter Over- coats, a few dozen in the lot, for ages 4 years to 16 years, ranging in price $2.75 to, $6.50. These are extra good values, and all new this season's goods •' plain and fancy patterns, and you'llbe pleased With them. If the boy needs an Overcoat, come and see ours, NAAAA0004•1401a0aAAANYVVVVVVVIsi Altogether the best stock in Seaforth to choose froin, because everything is absolutely new at d fresh, and bought at low prices, and selling at low prices. 4:2rIlighest price for Butter and Eggs, 14-1.4-14-44+444-3-44-14-24-/-14-1-+++ The GREIG CLOTHING 00., East Side Main Street, one door South of the Dominion Bank, SE AFORTBL 'JH, FRIDAY, ls,TOVEMBER 9,/ 1906. CROSSING THE EqUATOR. five storeys at eaeh end ellt only • man saw.. as* The following is an extract from an interesting letter by Mr. T H Rate, formerly of Mitchell, when on his way to New Zealand. It was written on board ship on th,e, Pacific ocean Yesterday, Sunday, September .2nd, the day broke .with e heavy !rain fal- ling. It was a refreshing change, as any change is a relief at sea. Just outside of my cabin `window were!. a party of oecona cabin paseengers, glutted ‘olt. deck. Amoleg them were some farmers and their families, as I could learn frem their conversa- tion. A sailor coming along the deck, one of the farmers said to -him, " is pie rain sailor, it ought to make' things grow." "Yes," re- plied the sailor, "It'll spoil the little flying fishes." The party latighed at the solitude acquaiatance with farm phrases, and then one of them aaid to him: :" What is that whistle blowing for' ?-- That Is the fog horn," the sailor replied. "Fog horn the roan exclaimed, "what's the use of blowing k fog horn out here when `there is sothing within two thousand miles of tier We are nearing the Equator, sir," the sailor retorted, "and we want to give it a ehanco to get. out ef the way." At this one of the women broke in, what is this 'quator that we hear the people talking about t" "Re the line, missus, that the sea goblins hang their washin' • out on," the sailor answered as he k passed on- a - boat his work But the incident does not give a correct estimate of the secon&class passenger list. There were a bright lot of penple- Among them, and I got the full benefit of their several and - peculiar gifts ' and attainments, as they gathered on the dealt outside my cabin window every evening. For example, there was among them a professimml- medical man, an old miner, a Christian4Selentist, and a Denver Prohibitionist, and it was nip and tuck ainong them as to which nould talk ,the longest and the loud- est about his "wares." -The old miner believed in nothing that would not square to his manner' of bringing up and the exegencies a ordinarY mining life, and he kept them stirred up with his aggressiVe and versatile tmbelief. • In music, too the second-class list had the adverWage. There were set, eral fine singers among them, and while there were one or two high- class musicians among the first- class -list, the second-lcass sang to the soul and Its emotions, rather than the cultivated taste, and to a sea- sick, home sick wanderer, the mel- ody of the one appealed with greater power than the artistic finish of the other. They sang songs of the sea, songs of the woodland and songs of home. .If you have never been eight or ten days at sea and heard the home songs sung, then you can scarce- ly realize with what power and pathos they appeal to one. And yet there is •charm about the sea itself, if one only has sentiment enoug.h. _in his soul and .steadinese enough in his stomach to appreciate it. An Earthly Paradise. On the 29th of August, after six days sailing, we sighted the Sandwich Islands, and in the afternoon of that day we ran into the harbor of Hono- lulu. No painting that you ever saw could convey a proper conception of -the natural beauties of Honolulu; nor can language describe them. The is- land- on which Honolulu is, situated Is ninety miles around, yet it Is a mere sPeck of the great. Pacific ',Ocean. On one of the Islands the vol- canic peaks rise to a height of 14,000 feet, but about and behind Honolulu they rise te an altitude of 4,400 and 5,000 feet. These mountains rise to o that height immediately behind the o city, and entering the harbor one won - dens where the city Is, or where there I Is room for it. On landing one finds a city of 45,- t 000 people n estling among the rich- e est and most luxuriant growth of tropical trees that the mind can im- g agine. The street e are well laid out H and paved, and every street is an o avenue of flowers and foliage of such variety and richness that the low burlt houses are almost lost a- mong them. From the landing to the foot of the mountains is quite a distance, perhaps half a mile, and all the way from the be,se t� the crown, those mountains are covered with the richest foliage; nut, fruit and flower bearing trees. This gives a back ground to the picture of in- describable beauty, and strange to say,on those great heights are roads winding and leading to the exten- sive sugar plantations on the pla- teaus, and extinct volcanic craters abTohvee. pu.blic buildings and hotels are magnificent structures, and the latter are so constructed that the dining t and sitting rooms are mostly outside c surrounded by, lawn and luxuriant a foliage. These rooms or compart- H ments are thrown ou,t 'generally in a front of the mato building in the form of transepts with light canopy J roofs to protect them from the sun e and the rain. Such a thing as heat- h Ing is never taken into consideration r in the building of dwellings or pub- w lic buildings, so the construction t and arrangement differs widely from what we are accustomed to in Can- c ada. But life in Honolulu is only an h existence of luxuey and ease. They t breathe a perfumed atmosphere and s dream or move in an -Eldorado of t quiet insolatiqn. Life can have no greater aspiration than the quiet b enjoyment of a sylvan solitude. s There is no room for ambition, and no world or community. of influence_ T beyond the confines of a email is- c land. *And yet over the mountaine t there are numerous sugar plantations • employing 943 many as two hundred r enen upon eech, with all the signs H of progress ;and enterprise that one t _would notice in South Carolina or t Louisiana. i The owners of these plantations b are the .huginess men' of Honolulu, and many Of the managers live In h the city. The raw sugar exported to the United States is something en- a ormous. The largest hotel in Hono- o lulu is aebleck with a frontage as T long as from the Hicks house to the Royal, in Mitchell. There are four stretching between. T four storey centre space is covered with a roof gamin half an acre in ex- tent, and up there the most beauti- ful collection and variety of plants, shrubs, flowers and vines are grow- ing that I ever beheld. It was a charming moonlight evening that we were there, and I spent 'nearly an hour in this wonderful roof ,garden. One walks upon a sort . of rubber matting, and mats and tables are placed eyerywaiere among the foliage and meals as well as drinks ere serv- ed up there under the open sky if you wish to enjoy the novelty and pay the price.. I could easily spend a few weeks with delight amid the tropical beaaties, • and in the scent- ed atmosphere of this charmino spot but I would not like to spend my life there. Canada has its drawbacks but the more I see ot the distant Eldorados iauded in Song and story, the more am persuaded that Can - have not seen New Zealand ada is gooar enough for me. But of course I h yet. • How o Olean Up a Town. Ne have received 0. copy of the Daily •Columblan of, New Westmin- ster, British Columbia, containing a synopsis of a sermon delivered in that city' recently by Rev. J. S. 1906- -1907. NEW BOOKS —FOR--- 0 Public and Separate School COLLEGIATE INSTITUTES. AL _EX. WINTER, PiebUra roffinug epodielty. is now about fully recovered and as rib other eases heve developed there need be no fear. - —Word 'has been received from Cockburn Island that the inn' owned by.McAllister Bros., of Molesworth in Grey township, was totally by fire. T.heir many ' ol feel very sorry to hear .or and it was only about ee, ago when their son, Late' killed' In the -mill. —At the anniversary services in Ontario street Methodist church, in Clinton, the Sunday be ore. last, the I) nice sum of $615 was laced on the collection plates dem) te the fact that the ,day was stdrmy and the Henderson,- formerly of Hensall. The attendance not nearly so large as report says: . it otherwise would have been. Thie Gambling, the restricted area and clears off the entire debt on the 1p Pages ran away. There were two young ladtes In this' buggy and the driver was left standing on the road. In jumping from the buggy one of tne ?ladies, Miss Effie Willert had her leg broken at the thigh, but the other escaped with nothing moreser- 10u13 than a severe simking up. It is a bad fracture and Miss Willert will be laid up for a long time. —Clinton lost one of its very old- est residents- In the person of Mr. John Smith, who passed away on Saturday, October 27th, at the age of 78 years. Deceased was born in England, and came here somewhere about 1856 and seeured employment with Mr. Thomas Jackson, as a tailor. In later years he carried on business for himself, though he has not been in business for seine years. When the sewing mathine was first in- vented he was one of those who marched in procession as a protest a- deetroyed gainst its adoption, fearing that it d friends' would ruin the ta.iloring business. uch a loss Hi 's wife, who was a daughter of the en weeks late Wm. Jenkins, predeceased- him a ence, was few years. Mr. Smith leaves two 1 daughters, Mrs. C. Helyar, and Miss Lydia, at home; two sons, Le-vvist in the States and Sidney, at Earthy, _Manitoba. hotel licenses came in for a scathing dentuiciation by Rev. J. S. Hender- son in St. Andrew's church lait even- ing. His sermon was based on Acte 10; 18 to 20, area his theme was " How a Preacher Cleaned Up a ed was a respected member of , Bel - Town." The preacher was St. Paul grave Methodist church and settled and the ,town W1313 Ephesus. St. Paul in Wawanosh over 30 years ago. cleaned up the. town by prearning For over two years Mr. Grigg has Christ as the remedy for the blind- suffered from an afflictioe of the ness and 'unbelief of the Jews, the mental faculties. His wife passed corrupting.idolatry that enslaved, and away/e some years' ago. —A the Misses Pickard, of Porter's Hill, were driving to visit their sis- ter, Mr. R. Y. Cox, on Friday last, the horse commenced kicking while going down the steep hill from the echoed, and- ran down the embank- ment, upsetting the buggy and throw- ing the occupants against a tree. were taken as being pertinent to the The girls were both badly shaken up, congregations of the presen1 day. St. and received cuts and sprains which necessitated the calling in of a physician. —The Rev. W. F. Kerney, of Feta - wawa, Renfrew county, has been ap- pointed incumbent of the parish cdn- select chapel for them and their fam- siding of the churches at Holmes- ilies who thought the preacher viIle, Summerhill and Middleton. He • should jump like a jack-in-the-box. is an M. A., about thirty, years of when they pulled the string*. He did age and married. It is expected that not cringe when money interests got he will take charge at an early dete. on his track or when circumstances —.After being in failing health for required new tactics. . some time, Mrs. Donald McPhail, of St. Paul cleaned the town by mean Goderich, died on Thursday of last of a spirit enlightened congregation. week, at the age of a year% De - Elaborating on this aspect, the ceased was a native of Cape Breton preacher urged' that all members of and had been -a resident of GoderIch the church should be loyal to church since 1854. and pastor in their endeavors to see —Mr. W. J. McNevin, who has held that righteousness prevailed. a responsible position in the big mill St. Paul, he said, cleaned up the at Goderich for several years, has town with the aid of an enlightened removed from that town, and taken and progressive civic board. The city a better position with the Headley - clerk was taken as a -representative. Shaw Milling Company, of St. Cath - He was not a mere salary grabber, arines. Previous to leav.ing Goder- 1 trimming and hedging for votes. Tile ich, his fellow employees in the mill Popular tide, the money Interests of there presented him with a complim- church and left a surplus of $15. —There passed away on Sunday, Oc- tober 28, in London, one of the earl ysettlers of East Wawanosh, Mr. James Grigg, aged 79 years. Deceas- degraded, the black arts practised to ensnare the thoughtless crowd for gale, the *dishonoring customs, the strongly entrenched eocial evils. —pt. Paul eleaned up the town by a courage that would not cringe or quail. In this connection Rev. Mr. Henderson made some remarks that Paul, he said, did not quit when he met opposition, he did not quail or cringe when the aristocracy of the church got after him, those who thought the "church was a kind of the eity were against him, but he entary addresss and a handsome stood for right and law and order mantle clock and Mrs. McNevin with a beautiful silk :upholstered chair. Mr. and Mrs. McNevin have many y w o That, 'said Rev. Mr.' Henderson, is What the civic, provincial and federal ,governmentef „should stand for. "1 friends throu hout the count think I see Aid. Weak -knees, Ald. will always be pleased to hear of Straddle -the -fence, Ald. Face -both- their prosperity. ways, Ald. Love -of -office, wheie the —Quietly and peacefully came the order werit forth that St. Paul must close ot life to Alex. Forrest, a well have juMice and that the mob must known and highly' eateemed resident he quieted." of the first line, eforris, Wednes- Mr. •Henderson then .askecl: Does day of last week, at the age of 68 our town need cleaning ot0" And years. He had been in poor health he proceeded to point out where it .did need cleaning out and the meth, - ds that ithould be adopted in the peratione •i! Huron Notes. —Mayor Tilt, of Goderich, announces hat he intends removing to Detroit arly next year. —Miss Ida Ciensitt has been re -en - aged as teacher In No. 1 school, ullett, for next year at a salary f $500. —Mr. G. McIntyre, formerly of Wingham, fell off a building at his for over a year, his stomach and lungs being affected, and his -de- li-flee was not an unexpected event. Mr. Forrest was born in Lanarkshire, parish of Blantyre, Scotland, and came to , Canada in 1853. A year lat- er he moved to Morris, and took Up land, where by industry and econ- omy he made for himself and fam- ily a comfortable home: —Death came ,very suddenly* to the wife of Mr. John Good, of the Mait- land Block, Hullett. Weclneeday of last week she went out to the barn, a.nd apparently must have dropped home in Oak River, Manitoba one day dead without a struggle, as she was i•cently, and broke hie right arm. afterwards found by a member of 0. Nott has recently purchas- the family, lying near the barn. She ed the well known Clydesdale stale leaves a, husband* and a family of lion, Glendrie Prince, from Wm. three or four. She was a faithful Hillebrecht, of Broadhagen. member of the Base Line Baptist —A meeting of the 'creditors of the church, and the sympathy of the Farnham estate, in Hullett, was held community goes out to the family. In Clnton on Friiday last. The assets in their sudden and sad bereavement. are placed at $6,568, and the liabilities The remains were interred in Bell's at $9,193.72. • cemetery on Friday. —Mr. J. J. McEwen, 'one of the —Miss Ida Cornish has been re -en - prosperous young business men of the late James Miller, for many Goderich, has been Married to Miss years a resident of Clinton, died at Kate Martin, daughter of the late the home of Mk. W. Smith, 0-oderich James Martin, of Teeswater. township, on Wednesday of last week, at the age of 79 years. She was the mother of Mesmer. John C. and C-corge Miller, and Mrs. Riter, of the Soo, and Mrs. W. Foster, of Westmount. Since the death of her husband she has made her home with different members of her family, spending part of her time with other relatives. She was a sister of Mr. Chas. Cole, of the gravel road, north of Clinton, and of Win. Cole, Gode- rich township. —On Saturday, October 27t1, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Joyner celebrated their golden wedding at their home In Clinton. All their sons and daughters and grandchildren were present, indeed all that are nearly connected with - them with the exc.= ception of Mr. W. Webb, who is at* present in Manitoba. In • addition to the relatives a few friends were also present and a most enjoyable time was spent. Just before lunch- oon Mr. Henry Joyner, ,jr., who had journeyed from Texas deith his wife and child for this delebration, read —On Monday evening, 'October 29, he member% of St. John's church on,gregation, Holmeaville, assembled t the home of their organist, Mrs. art Hicks, and presented her with beautiful .couch. —Messrs. 'J. A. McCulloch and W. . Telford, formerly with the Weet- rn, Foundry ,Company, in Wingharn, aye purchased Mr. H. Gobey's found - y and business in Ingersoll, and 111 take possession on the 151h of his month. —Last week John Oliver, 7th con- essiox of Grey, disposed of a fine eavy draught gelding, 2 years old, o Mr. Elder near Hensall, for the me of $225. The colt took the red icket at Brussels fall fair. —The 100 acre farm of James Turn - all, north half of Lot. 19, Conces- ion 6, Morris, has been bought by eorge Brown, of Brussels. Mr. urnbull will be leaving toward the lose of the month tor the Edmon- on district. —On Friday last Mrs. Pode who asides with her d ughter, tre. J. arland, of Clinton, had the miefor- une to fall down the full length of he stair. Though she was for- unate enough not to break any ones, she was so badly bruised that he has hardly been able to move erself since, —The Winglaam school was closed -couple of days last week, owing to ne of the scholars having diphtheria. he building was •thoroughly disin- --On •Wednesday of last week the home of Mr. H. I/ Henderson, of the village of Whitechurch, East Wa- wa,nosh, was the scene of a very pleasant event, when in the presence of About 25 guests, his daughter, Jean, _ and Drt Jamieson qf that place, Were united in' marriage. The pre- sents were numerous and costly; con- spicuous among them was 'noticed • large, important envelope, which on investigation was found to con- tain the deed of 100 acres of 'land. Thls was Mr. Henderson's present to his daughter. A number of Dr. Jam - Jason's friends from Barrie.where he formerly resided, were present to witness the -ceremony. Mrs. Jamies- on has lived practically all her life itt Whitechurch, and as Miss Hen- derson was one of the most popular young ladies in the village. For a number of years she has been organ- ist lir the Presbyterian church, and no social seemed complete without her presence. Perth. Items. —There are between 40 and 50 eases of typhoid fever in Stratford at present. - —Rev. N. A. P. Bourne was induct- ed into the pastorate of Christ church, Listowel, on Tuesday of last Week. —On aecount of having been ap- pointed „police magistrate, Mr. 1W. R. Davie has had to resign as ina,yor of Mitchell. —The Mitchell Skating and Curl- ing Rink Co. have decided to pro - coed with the building of a Modern rink building at once, —Mr. William Boor, of Motherwell,. left on Monday of last week for San Francisco, to sperid the 'winter with his family there. —Robert Stewart shot a loon on the Thamee river, near Mitchell, the other day, that weighed eight and three quarter pounds. —A local option by-law will be submitted to the electors of St. Marys at the municipal electioes in January. —Mr. T. O. Robson,* of St. Marys, lea,'S grown on his farm on the town line between Blanshard and Downie, a turnip of the East Lothian variety, which weighs 21 pounds. —The ratepayers of St. Marys will shortly vote on a fiy-law proeiding for loaning $30,000 to a companY fer the purpose of constructing an el - carte railway between that town and -London. — On -Wednesday, October 24, Miss Mabel Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark, of St. Marys, was united in marriage to Mr. -Will Dickson; the ceremony being per- formed by Rev. A. MacWilliame. — The opening and dedicatory ser- vices of the new Methodist church at .Woodham, were held on Oectober 21, and on the following Tuesday a 'few' supper was held. The sereices throughout were most successful,and closed with less than $50 of the ,en- tire liability of $7,884, provided for. —Mr. Jbhn Baxter, a well known farmer of Downie township, met with a painful accidekt .on Saturday last, whereby he had his collar' bone and two ribs broken. He was working- In the barn at the time the accident happened, and in some -unknown manner fell from a slight elevation on to the floor, sustaining his injur- ies. —Mrs. John Robbins, of Staffa., passed away on Tuesday evening of aast week, at the age of 65, after a ohort illness. She leaves behind to Mourn her loss, two Hone, Clarence arid William at home, and one daugh-' ter, Mrs. G. Wilsons. of Cromarty. Deceased was a daughter of the late G. Hutchinson, and was ;very high- ly respected in the neighborhood —A family recently bought at one .a the stores in St., Marys, some pork sausages that were brought from Toronto. They cooked the sausages, and after partaking of them were all taken seriously ill, showing strong syrnptons of poisoning. Prompt med- ical remedies were used, Ind the members of the family were snatched from the jaws of death. --Mr. P. S. Armstrong, a widely known- and highly respected rai- son of St. Marys, died last Monday night. Mr. Armstrong thok so act- ive an interest in various lines of useful work that his loss will be keenly felt by the public. The South Perth Agricultural Society had his valuable aid for many' years. He was Secretary -Treasurer of the Blanshard Fire Ins-lira:ace Company, and Pres- ident of the Mutual Fire Insurance _Association of Oatario. While ac- tively engaged in his large business in St. Marys, he continued farming in Blanshard. an appropriate address. The worthy —One of the, oldest residents in the couple were the recipients of a num- township of Ellice passed away at ber of 'useful and beautiful presents. her late home on Lot 3, Conceseion , —Asa number 'of young peoplefrom 6, on Tuesday tight of last week, In Dashwood were returning home from the person of Mary McInnany, relict a party at a neighbors le the eoun- . try, one evening last week, they met with a serious mishap. Something went wrong with the 'harness on a ' horse in one of the buggies and the sen.lity. She was 86 years a age. ' driver stopped to fix it. Another The late Mrs. Martin was born in buggy coming behind at a rapid rate Ireland, and with her husband emi- fected so as to be on the safe side collided With this one with the result grated to Canada in 1842. Two years before being re -opened. The patient that the horse got frightened and were spent in Toronto, but since of the late Bryan Martin, who predeceased her some ten years ago. Deceased had been in failing health for some time, and death was due to MCLEAN BRO a Tear rnA.Ovarifes 1844, a period of 62 yearo, the deceas- ed had been a resident of Ellice, re- siding all that Period on the farm on which she died. —Motherwell has a mild mystery on hand just now, On Sunday, Oct. 21, William Nairn, while walking through the fields of Mr. Charles Baird, found a valise and a quan- tity of woman's clothing. He told of the discovery, but not much notice was taken of it till a few days ago, when the articles, which from fre- quent inspection, hid become mat- tered around, were gathered up, and are now in the -care of Mr. Baird, on whose premises they were found. The list comprises a scarlet coatthree shirt waists, a number of skirts, one a very good black skirt, a blank- et and a knitted shirt thoagiat to be for a man or woman, who should have the franchise, and a corset or a pair, the stock takers were not sure which. A bachelor who was looking on ,did not know .warat, it was, guessed it was a, reeve kind of sweat collar for a hos. The cloth- ing is all in good condition, and a- waits an owner at Mr. Bards, 17th concession, Fullerton, one half mile south of Motherwell. Canada —Mr. John Tolrele's official _ma- jority in North Bruce was 471. —The King e Cobalt mine, (owned by the King Cobalt Mining Company, at 'Malt, has been sold to trileW"York ,synclicate for $250,000. D . G. Seger killed a fine sil- ver grey fax on the 29th of October within half a mile of the 'town Of Trenton.:It- -Measured four feet; four inches over all, and was a very fine ezirnale. • - —Fred MeiCechnie, an Arts student at Toronto University, had his leg broken in two places while playing feotbale on Tuesday, Be is a mem- ber of the Varsity tearn. —A bthek of 40 acres of land he. Bosedal% Toronto, was sold this week for $40,000. A lot with a frontage of 49 fest, immediately .east Of the McKinnon ware house, has also changed ' hands ,at $29,000, or $485 per ,foot. Toronto dirt is soaring. —The pretty little town of Preston,. Waterloo county, seems to be pros- peririg. About $75,000, has been ex- pended this year in dwellings and factory additions, $5,e00 worth of new granOlithic sidewalks have been laid, and at the present time water= works and a sewerage system are being constructed at a cost 0! 000. $75,- 000. =Several conductors on both ther eastern and western divisions or the Grand Trunk Rellway bave re- cently been dismissed. No reasons have been assigned for the dis- missals. Not a few of them have grown old in the service. It Is hard lines to be thus turned adrift in the Waning Years of life But corpora- tions haee no souls and bowels, of mercy. —Fifty years in the active 111111184 try of the godpel is a rare distinc- tion, and one that falls to the lot of but fewmen. That distinction and 'honor has been accorded Rein Dr. W, T. tMcMullen, ef Woodetock. Born in 1831, ordained in the mine istry on November 5, 1856, the re -- voted pastor cd Knox Chtircia Wood- stock, on Sunday last passed half a century actively preaching the faith that guides him. —Three _golden' wedding celebra- tiona among • neghbors In one dis- trict within a few daYe 0! each: other is a very rare occurrence. This occurred recently -in the vicinity of Napanee. Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield, of Toronto, formerly of Napanee, cel- ebrated their golden wedding anni- versary on the ith, inst. Mr. and Mrs. R. Finkle, neighbors ,of the Fairfields, celebrated their Jubilee on. the 2nd,, Robert Boyefa and wife, Napanee, .had their fiftieth anniver- sarY on Tuesday last _ —It is estimated that about 7,000 licenses have been issued for the deer shooting, whicie closes on the 15t11 inst. The fee for each lketiee Is $2. About 40 moose hunting licen- ses have been legated, the fee for each being $5. Onerlicense has been Is- sued, to a ady; the anplitant being Mrs. R. Patrick, of Oat, who has regularly accorripanied her h usband to the northern hunting grounds for a dumber of years. Last year several ladies took out licensee. —One day last week John Burton, a prosperous and well known resi- dent of Kirkland, neat Woodstock, went into the woods' near his place on a hunting expedition. His two boys accompanied him but he sent them home. Not hearing from him the following day, it was suernised that he went to & neighboring farm house. Later information proved he was not there, and a general -search on Saturday requited in the finding of his body in the woods. It Is sup- posed he lost his way and death was caused by exposure. He was 55' years of age. —The Dominion Department of the Interior have determined to create a new land district In the Province • -Se,skateheware the office for which will be located at Moose Jaw, which is the eentre of a large district, south to the boundary, north to the_ Sas; katchewien River, and west Into Alberta. The selection of Moose Jaw as the' point for the office meanie that the eity will be the centre for the immigration and homestead. movement of next year, and for the immense new area of fertile country to be opened up to homesteaders south and west for the first time next spring. —Mr. Robert Lindsay, jr., ot Paisley, met with a terrible death last week. He was ploughing in his field when the plow struck a large stone. He determined to get rid of the stone, and was digging a hole be- low it. In which to bury it, where the earth amend It suddenly caved in, allowing the rock to fall upon him. Lindsay was pinned underneath and as there nwae no person near en- ough to hear his pries, he Was not ex- tricated for some time. When he was missed a search revealed ide body beneath the huge stone. . The late Mr. Lindsay was a nephew of Mr. John Me0oo1, 'public school loe specter for Nest Bruce,. He was a pftsperous farmer, and was highly respected Irk the community in *Wit te lived.