The Huron News-Record, 1894-04-25, Page 1TEUM8--*1.50 per Annu ns USG in Advance.
VOL. XVI
INDEPENDENT' IN Alai TSING $-NNOVILAL IN NOZ'tIANO
A. M, TODII, Ei'iter end Owner
CLINTON. HURON COUNTY, OTT, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2 1894
ies, Liquors, Ales, Porters.
The Best Qualities on the market at
the lowest living prices.
Sole Agent, for Pilgrim's celebrated
' New York Ginger Ale, Lemon Sour,
Lemon Soda, BirahgBeer and Congress
Mineral Water.
J.W. RITER,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL, CLINTON.
Specialties in Household and Medicinal
Goods.
HOUSE FOR RENT.
Two-storey, four bedrooms, parlor,
dining room, kitchen, summer kitchen,
pantries, stone cellar, hard and soft
water. House nearly new. Good loca-
tion. Rent moderate. Apply to
MRS. THOS. dOOPER, Clinton.
Town Topics.
BvTTER and MILK. -Mr. James
Steep's creamery butter and butter-
milk are meeting with a big sale at
McMurray & Wiltse's store. We have
not tested the quality of either.
FOOTBALL -There will be a well -
contested match between the Collegi-
ate and Town- teams on the Park
Grounds this (Wednesday) evening at
6.30. The public will be welome. No
admission fee charged.
GRAFTING WAX. -How to make
grafting wax : Take one part tallow,
two parts beeswax and four parts rosin-
Melt
osin.Melt thoroughly and pour into cold
water. When cool enough work like
molasses candy -using a little tallow
on the hands to keep the wax from
sticking.
CALLED AWAY. -Mr. H. Hunt was
called to Kippen last Sunday on ac-
count of the serious illness of his moth-
er. The lady had a slight attack of
paralysis. She is well up in years.
'We ase pleased to learn that she is re-
covering. Mr. Hunt intends bringing
his mother to his home in Clinton in
order that medical treatment be of
more service. There is not a doctor in
Kippen.
Gaderich•
The schooner Kolfage sailed last week
for Golden Valley to load lumber.
The schooner Defiance sailed on Sun-
day for Big Pike Bay to load cedar for
Goderich.
The first upset of the season occurred
in the river on Sunday afternoon, the
upsetting of a fully loaded fiat boat
causing the cold bath.
Rev. Mr. Fairlie, of Clinton, preach-
ed two able sermons in St. George's on
Sunday.
There was a very large attendance of
members at the meeting of Huron
Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M., on Tuesday
of last week, the occasion being a visit
of the head of the order M. Ex -Comp.
J. E. Harding, of Stratford, and an
official visit by Grand Superintendent
R. Ex -Comp C. A. Hum>aner, of Huron
District. The visitors inspected the
work, and after commenting them the
chapter closed. Subsequently all par-
took of a cold collation in the ante
room, and after its disposal, the toast
of the Queen, and the other usual
toasts closed a very profitable evening.
Mrs. Savage, of Sarnia, died in that
town on Monday of last week. On
Tuesday the remains arrived in Goder-
ich and were taken to the residence of
her brother, W. A. Rhynas. On Wed-
nesday the interment took place in
Maitland cemetery, the casket "being
placed near that of her deceased hus-
band. Rev. A. Anderson conducted
the funeral seavice at the house and
cemetery. Messrs. J.. F. Bates, D. C.
Strachan, Wm. Sharman, J. J. Doyle,
Jas. Robinson and Captain A.M. Shep-
herd bping the pall bearers. There was
a large attendance at the funeral,
among those present being Captain E.
Robinson, who brought the casket from
Sarnia, J. M. Roberts, Dungannon,
Mr. and Mrs. Berry, of Lucknow, and
many friends from Colborne. The
deceased lady was in Goderich a
few months since suffering from a,
severe attack of paralysis, the disease
that terminated so fatally.
THE CARE OF SHADE TREES. -The
Woodstock Sentinel -Review thus re-
fers to Mr. Searle, of Clinton se -
The
-The writer of a letter which we
publish from a Clinton paper has very
correct ideas on the care and trimming
of shade trees. When he refers to the
case of Woodstock he is stating what
everyone who has made the subject a
study must admit. Large limbs can-
• not be taken from shade trees, whether
they are maples or of other varieties,
without some risk of introducing de-
cay and death into the trunks. While
some excellent work was done last
year it was scarcely possible that under
`the circumstances it should not have
been open to criticism. In the rather
ludicrous conflict of opinion which
prevailed when the work began, it was
perhaps not surprising that some of
the work resembled an unnecessary
butchering of the trees. But on the
whole • a vastrimprovement was accom-
plished on a small expenditure. It all
showed the wisdom of beginning the
care and trimming of our shade trees
when they are young, and when no
injury is done them by the process.
Like this correspondent, we have never
liked the use of paint, especially
red paint, for the healing of the
wounds. But • it is cheap and easily
applied. It is to be hoped that
the trimming of our shade trees will
not cease until the ivhole town has
been covered. No doubt our town
financiers are put to their wit's end to
keep down the taxes and at the
same time to run the municipal
machine with efficiency. But a
small grant at least to continue the ex-
cellent work begun last year would be
money well spent. There seems no
longer any diversity of opinion on the
subject to• contend against. This is a
great advance from the past.
gentlemen's dressing room being also
on this floor.
The supper was served on the second
story, the -tables being nicely placed,
the service neat, the bill of fare one
that could not be excelled, comprising
as it did the solid and choice tid-bits
prepared by the 33rd's friends -the
ladies of Goderich, and the attendants
were the Goderich cadet corps in full
uniform.
Military balls have always been
popular, chiefly from the circumstance
that civilians thus obtained opportun-
ities of mingling in the giddy maze with
wearers of Her Majesty's uniform, but
Friday's victory will add to this,
thoughts of pleasurable and happy'
reminiscences. The dresses worn were
extremely handsome and to our mind
there wore many belles, but as we can-
not notice all worthy of mention, we
are forced to leave this point to the
ladies themselves.
The Patronesses were Mesdames
Varcoe, Holmes. Jordan, Beck, Dudley
Holmes, Young and 3. R. Shannon,
the Stewards, Major Wilson, Asst. -
Surgeon Shannon and Captains Wil-
liams, Combo, Rance, Wlson, Hays
and Young and the Hon. Secy., Cap-
tain Dudley Holmes.
The following is a partial list of
those who enjoyed the 33rd's hospital-
ity, and our regret is that many guests
from Clinton, Seaforth, Wingham,
Blyth, and other places failed to regis-
ter, an act that prevents us the pleas-
ure of placing their names among the
Huron Battalion's guests
Mr. Jas. Clark returned from Wier -
ton on Saturday.
Dr. Hutchison, of Montreal, was
visiting at the family residence this
week.
The new scow recently built on the
harbor island was successfully launched
on Saturday.
There will be a meeting of Goderich
Council, No. 157, Canadian Order of
Chosen Friends, on Friday evening.
Just before midnight on Tuesday of
last week the fire brigade was called to
Victoria street, where the frame house
fronting the jail, owned by Mrs. Yates
and tenanted by Mr. D. Ferguson, was
found to be in full blaze. Two
branches were soon working but by
the time • the streams commenced to
flow the back addition was destroyed
and the main building burning all over.
The fire was soon under control but the
building was entirely destroyed. As
soon as the tenants discovered the fire
they called for assistance, but so rapid-
ly did it spread that they lost a large
portion of their household effects
which, unfortunately, were uninsured.
The building had a policy of $600 on it,
a sum not nearly sufficient to cover
the loss to Mrs. Yates.
Mr. N. Dymeut, of Barrie, paid a busi-
ness visit to Goderich the past week.
Mr. A. M. Todd, of this journal, was
in the circular town on Friday.
The tug Siebald was last week fitted
with her new machinery.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
immense strings of perch were caught
in the harbor and off the piers: At
one time on Saturday sixty, persons
were hawling out the inhabitants of our
fresh waters. •
The season for speckled trout opens
next Tuesday.
Collegiate Institute.
In each form only the names of those
who were present at the examination
in every subject are reported.
Form IV (maximum 809 )-Mabel
Doherty 554, M. Martin 540, S. McMor-
die 539, H. Fair 533, L. Johnston 527.
Emily Turner 515, E. Cooper 503, E.
Hitch 472, B. Murch 46.5, P. Ross 456,
E. Jenkins 421, Newton Crich 414, L.
Cunningham 407, C. Dunkin 394, T.
Jarrott 360, A. McTaggart 341, N.
Keddy 338.
Form III (1050)-R. McMordie 735,
T. Courtice 724, Lou. Worthington 679,
H. Lennox 652, T. Forbes 644, L. !Oils -
ter 637, C. Cook 622, Phema Cree 595,
Fred Hartley 575, J. Baird 560, L.
Middleton 552, R. Millar 552, R. Reid
544; Georgie Murray 543, M. Graham
526, Clara Watson 505, N, Vanhridger
501, Alice Twitchell 500, M. McCallum
481, H. McKenzie 373.
Form II (1050. Helyar 807, M.
Lough 799, Alice McEwen 782, M. Robb
777, M. Clegg 762. G. Irwin 751, G.
Shepherd 72o, D. O'Neill 706, T. Mc -
Cuing 692, L. Dowzer 68$, D. McEwen
085 E. Houston 680, M. Wiltse 659, E.
Baker 653, P. Plumsteel 640, M. Mc-
Kinnon 637, L. Weir 633, A. Me orvie
638, A. Pratt 631, W. Wilson 616, W.
Turnbull 614, F. Cunningham 601, M.
Stewart 501, B. Tugwelt Ts58, A. Bean
557, L. Colwell 547, F. Gilroy 398, L.
. Brigham 387.
County Currency.
Mr. Sohn Troyer, of Hills Green, left
on Thursday last, on a trip to To-
ronto and vicinity.
The Oddfellows, of Hensall, intend
holding a grand open meeting next
month to celebrate the anniversary of
the Order.
St. Marys is to have a lady insur-
ance agent. Miss Whitworth has been
appointed local agent for the Sun Fire
Co.
Mr. Stenzel', of McKillop, who was
committed to Goderich jail tor indecent
assault is out on bail. His trial comes
off at the fall assizes.
Reeve Milne, of Ethel, who has the
contract of supplying Brussels with
the pine plank for sidewalk purposes
this year, intends shipping a car from
their Muskoka mills for this purpose.
A Bayfield correspondent say :-
Some Toronto gentlemen are talking of
building and operating an electric rail-
way from Seaforth to Bayfield. This
would certainly be a great boon to Bay-
field, and would no doubt pay hand-
somely.
The proprietors of a livery stable in
Galt, recently started under new aus-
pices, intend donating the proceeds
from their Sunday business to the
home and foreign missions. This is
probably a new advertising dodge to
beat the local papers.
GoDERICH. -- Surgeon; and Mrs.
Holmes, Pay -Master and Mrs. Jor-
dan, Quarter -Master and Mrs. Beck,
Captain and Mrs. D. Holmes, Asst. -
Surgeon and Mrs. J. R. Shan-
non, Lieut. Chisholm, Mr, and Mrs.
Reynolds,' Messrs. Koyl, Kidd, Lane,
Malcomson, Dr. Taylor, Judge Doyle,
Mr. and Mrs. Holt, Mr. and
Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. J; F.
Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. F. Naftel, Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. Hays, Mr. and Mrs. D.
McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Shep-
herd, Mr. and Mrs. Nairn, Mr. and
Mrs. Ausebrook, Mesdames Horace
Horton, A. M. Ross, Reynolds, W. T.
Hays, R. B. Smith, Lawrence, W. D.
Shannon, Miller, Garrow, Stark, Craw-
ford, Slack, Misses Hutchison, M.
Cameron, G. Cameron, May Doyle,
Lawrence, F. Butson, M. Rutson,
Slack, H. Smith, Shannon, G. Martin,
Nairn, Tilt, Shepherd, K. Ball, F. E.
Ball, Nicholson, Ausebrook, A. Doyle,
Strachan, N. Strachan, Malcomson,
A: Chilton, Fletcher, A. Fletcher,
Charles, Davis, Parsons, Johnston,
Dickson, McDougall, Holmes, Donagh,
H, Donagh, A. Wynn, P. Wynn,
R. Naftel, V. Naftel, Ferguson,
E. Cattle, G. Polley, H. Polley,
U. Dark, Drs. Nicholson and
Hunter, Messrs. 3. E. Davis;
Shane, Cameron, F. Lawrence, jr.,
Macderniott, Logan, H. W. Ball, jr.,
H. Butson, C. Shannon, C: Gamow, H.
Parsons, H. Holmes, F. Holmes, A,
Naftel, Jas. Robinson, Sheriff, Shaw,
Jas. Mitchell, C. Lee, Leckie, Duthie,
D. U. Strachan, W. L. Horton, G.
Price, A. D. McLean, O. Whitely, F.
Humber, Hart, Gundry, Bird, Mc-
Dougall, G. Nairn T. Nairn, Clucas,
Herb. Robertson, H. Hays, F. J. Prid-
ham, and G. Henderson.
AFTER THE. BALL. •
As anticipated the 33rd Battalion
Officers' Ball in the Agricultural hall
on Friday evening proved the event of
the season, its immense success being
largely due to the energy of the staff
and officers of No. 1 company and the
kind assistance of the many admirers of
theHuron Battalion in Goderich. When
the electric light was turned on the
view was magnificent, the eye resting
on Union Jacks in plentiful profusion,
and thousands of yards of variegated
yet nevertheless charmingly arranged
draperies. All who have visited the
"Great Northwestern" are aware of its
large size; they will therefore under-
stand the immensity of the labor in
covering every yard of its hare walls
with tapestries so that their arrange-
ment would blend harmoniously
throughout, a feat beautifully accom-
plished on the occasion. The effect of
the flag display was heightened by a
tasteful display of arms and accoutre-
ments at the end of each wing, the
piled arms in the North keeping guard,
as it were, of the Empire whose Queen
and Empress was serenely smiling from
charming bower of draperies, while
in the south, facing Her Majesty, alike
surrounded and guarded was the Em-
pire's Hope, Albert Edward. Around
the fountain were many paintings; the
entre of attraction; however, was that
of the late conservative chief, Sir John
A. Macdonald. Within the rails and
over the limpid stream choice exotics
end many colored flowering plants
were tastefully grouped.. On the west
side were two prettily arranged and
furnished bowers, one of which had a
suspenccf�d tent as a covering, while
from tore other England's grand old
man, t1he Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
watched the scene. Opposite to these
restful niches the hand was seated, and
chosen that every
ut diminution in
utility to the ex-
ildingg. The hand
was that, called the on on orchestra,
and on this occasion the nine musicians
composing it added additional laurels
to their already long record. Upstairs
a commodious and extremely novel
boudoir was erected for the ladies ; the
Rev. Geo. Purkis, a retired Congre-
gational misister, died at Bowmanville
' hursday, aged 78.
-so well was the
note warbled w
either volume or
treme end of the'
CLINTON.-Captain Combe, Captain
Rance, Lieut. Shaw, Lieut. McTaggart,
Misses Rance, • Read, McHardy, Logan
and Messrs. N. Fair, W. P. Spalding,
T. Jackson and L. Kennedy.
SEAFORTH.-Colonel Wilson, Cap-
tain and. Mrs. Hays, Mr. and Mrs. F. T.
Coleman, Miss Barton, Messrs. L. C.
Jackson and Bethune, Mr. and Mrs. K.
McLennan, Messrs. T. Stephens, W.
Amen(, liroadfoot and Jeffery.
SALTFORD.-Lieut.- and Mrs. Gold-
thorpe, Misses Martin, M. Martin, and
McLaren. •
WOODSTome:-Miss 'Bailey.
BLY'rit.-Misses Curtis and Shaw..
PORTER'S HILL. -Mr. McDonald.
MITCHELL. -plias Auty.
STRATFORD.-Lieut. J. J. Hagerty,
W. A. Cavan and Mr. U. T. Welsh.
\VINGHAM.-Captain and Mrs. Wil-
liams, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson, Mrs.
Swa'.rtz, Misses Roe, Patterson, Duf-
field and Mr. G. Duffield, Dr. J.
McDonald, and Mr. S. Inglis.
Luceeow.-Messi:K. P. Malcomson,
Jno. McGarry, D. N. Laurence and
Brown.
LONDON. - Messrs. R. A. Bayley,
and Ferguson.
Tnxosrto.-Messrs. Scheak, Rogers.
and Tinning.
CARLOW. -Major and Mrs. Varcoe.
DUNGANNON. --- Captain and Mrs.
Young.
MONTREAL. --•9 F. P. Benjamin.
County Currency.
Nellie, daughter of William Wilson,
5th line, of Morris, had her shoulder
injured by falling from a hay mow the
other day.
A Hensall correspondent says :-Mr.
Fred and .Miss Maggie Hartley, form-
erly of this village, but now of Blue -
vale, and who are attending the High
school in Clinton, were in the village
recently, spending a few days with
friends.
John Hill, of Mitchell, was terribly.
burned on Wednesday afternoon last.
A casting was being run off in
the foundry, and while assisting in
carrying a pot of molten iron he tripp•
ed and fell, the red hot iron falling
over his leg and burning it terribly
about the knee and ankle. He will be
laid up for some time.
Miss Lydian, daughter of Mr. Henry
Ritter, of Mildmay, was called to her
long home on Saturday week, Deceas-
.ed was a beautiful and amiable young
lady of eighteen years. Abouttwo weeks
previous to her death she was taken
ill with what proved to be pneumonia,
but the direct cause of death was
heart failure.
WHOLE NO. 806
News Notes.
Coxey expects to have from 300,000
to 500,000 unemployed men at Washing-
ton
on May 1.
A despatch from Duluth says the
navigation season opens with a very
dull and unsatisfactory outlook.
At Elmira, N. Y., last week, Joseph
Schmotz died of hiccoughs after a con-
tinuous attack of ten days.
There were 1,200 five cent pieces put
on the collection plate at the reopening
services of St. Paul's church, London,
Sunday.
Two persons were killed and 22
wounded in riot at Detroit last week
between striking Poles and the water
works officials.
The Ferris wheel will be removed
from Chicago and be re -erected at the
corner of Broadway and 37th street,
New York.
The tablet to the memory of Jenny
Lind was unveiled in Westminster
Abbey Friday,by Princess Christian,
third daughter of the Queen.
An extensive fire occured in Yoko-
hama on April 2. Two United States
marines and four Japanese women
were burned to death. All the victims
-were under the influence of opium.
William V. Keating, a well known
physician and surgeon and author of
medical books, died in Philadelphia on
Wednesday night. He was seventy
years of age.
Mrs. Elizabeth Slaughter was mur-
dered at Pomeroy, 0., March 31, and
her husband was suspected. On Wed-
nesday a spirit medium detailed his
crime to him, and he (vent into his
hoose and blew out his brains.
It is stated in St. Petersburg that the
czarewitch is disinclined to marry, and
that he wants to renounce the succes-
sion to the throne in favor of his
youngest brother, the Grand Duke
Michael.
Burton B. Wake, who attacked and
robbed Miss Gerard in Windsor,
was sentenced at Windsor Wednes-
day to 23 months in the Central
Prison. Wake's father is an English
baronet.
Mr. H. F. Gordon, of Wingham, suff-
ered a heavy loss last week by the
death Of a thoroughbred St. Bernard
bitch, which he valued at not less than
$150. The animal was chained up in a
stable, and after tearing off a board
managed to jump out, hut the chain
was not long enough to let it reach•the
ground, and the poor brute was strangl-
ed
There died in Ueborne on Thursday
week at the residence of her son, Mr.
Donald Mclmmnis, one of the pioneer
residents of Usborne, in person of Cath-
erine, relict of the late Archibald Mc-
Innis, in the 91st year of her age.
Deceased enjoyed all her faculties up to
the time of death and until a very few
days previous was quite well and
about the house,
The profound sympathy of the Ford-
wich comummnity goes out to Mr. and
Mrs. Matt. Wilson in the great sorrow
which has sticken their family. A
week ago last Saturday• their two eld-
est children were taken down with
scarlet fever, which quickly developed
in fatal form and in a few days both were
dead. To add to their troubles Mrs.
Wilsdn was very ill at the time
with a serious attack of quinsy
while the infant was suffering from
chicken pox, •
George Hewitt, who lives on the
gravel road, two and one half' miles
south of Brussels, had the misfortune
to have his barn and contents totally
destroyed by fire on Thursday week.
How the tire started is a mystery.
Included in the contents were a bind-
er, a mower and a fanning mill, all
nearly new, but the fire got ahead so
fast that nothing could be saved.
Both buildings and contents were
partially insured. Mr. Hewitt had
about closed a sale of the farm to
D. Shine, but since the fire the sale has •
been declared off.
A pleasant event 'took place at the
residence of Mr. Charles Troyer, post-
master of Hills Green, on Tuesday, the
17th inst.; the occasion being the mar-
riage of his daughter, Miss Bertha, to
Mr. Robert Jarrott, formerly of the
Parr line, but who recently purchased a
farm on the 2nd concession of Hay.
The interesting and important cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Mr.,
Walker, of the Kippen circuit, in the
presence of a number of friends of the
contracting parties. Mr. and Mrs.
Jarrott are a well known and highly
esteemed young couple and their many
friends unite in wishing them a pleas-
ant sail down life's turbid stream.
For some weeks Mr. Fred Davis,
grocer, of Mitchell, has been missing
money from his till, but it was not un-
til Sunday week that the thefts were
brought home to the guilty parties.
Three young lads were reported to
have been spending money pretty free-
ly,
ree:1 , and on being charged with the
thievery they stoutly denied knowing
anything about the matter. Little by
little, however, the chain of circum-
stances tightened about them, and at
last one of the boys made a clean
breast of the whole affair. The plan-
ning was arranged by two of the young
rascals. One went into the store and
tapped the till, while the second watch-
ed at the door. The third only knew
of the thieving after it was done, and
participated in "blowing" some of the
money in. Saturday as much as $12
were stolen, a few days before $5, and
on Monday $1. All the money was
spent but $7, and this amount boy No.
2 had hidden away, but gave it up
when cornered. The affair has caused
deep anguish to the parents, and it is
sincerely -hoped that the boys will profit
by their narrow escape from going to
the reformatory and load more honest
lives in future.
Wm. McArter and family, of Morris.
have gone to reside in Walton. Jas.
Evans has leased Mr. McArter's farm
on the 8th con.
John Kahbfleisch has been awarded
the contract of building the new
Roman Catholic priest's residence, at
Drysdale, in place of the one destroyed
by fire a short time ago.
R. Paterson, of the Hensall Planing
mills, has received the contract for the
wood work of Mr. Moore's fine new
dwelling nearly opposite the Presby
terian church, Hensall, and Mr. George
Kidd the contract for the brick work.
A young lad. named Will McLean,
of Wingham, who was engaged in
Messrs. Button & Fessant's chair fac-
tory, had the thumb of his right hand
taken off by a saw at which he was work-
ing, last week. His hand was other-
wise badly lacerated, and it will be
some time before he will be able to
work again.
News Notes.
The next convention of fire chiefs of
America will be held in Montreal on
the second Tuesday in August.
It is said that Archbishop Corrigan is
to be arraigned in Rome for conspiring
to destory the influence of Mgr.
Satolli.
About 3 p. in. Friday Reeve Ripley
a prominent merchant of Thorold,
Ont., was struck dead by lightning
while on the street near his residence.
A report from Kansas City says Bill
Dalton, the notorious desperado, and
several of his gang have been killed by
officers in a desperate fight, in which
eight lives were lost. •
At Belleville, James Blair, of Hunt-
' ingdon, was given three months in the
Central and his wife one year inpeni-
tentiary for brutally beating two little
boys, the woman's children by a
former husband.
At the marriage of Miss Elizabeth
Glendenning to Clayton F, McMichael
at St. James' Episcopal Church, Phil-
adelphia, the bride fainted and fell into
the arms of the bridegroom immediate-
ly after saying "yes.'
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe -Co-
burg and Gotha, the granddaughter of
Queen Victoria was married at Coburg
Thursday to Grand Duke Ernst Louis
Charles Albert William of Hesse,
grandson of Queen Victoria.
Congressman Hines of Philadelphia
proposes that the commonweal army
be offered work on the country roads
when they reach 'Washington. He
considers this an effectual method for
disbanding Corey's forces.
The dentists of Hamilton- have
agreed to -close their offices at 1 o'clock
on Saturday from now until Oct. 15.
It is probable they will eventually
arrange to close at that hour all the
year round.
Lord Aberdeen has been fined £1 by
the Middlesex, Eng., County Council,
and he paid the fine forthwith. It was
a penalty for resigning his alderman -
ship before the expiry of his term of
office.
At Huntsville, Muskoka, Wednesday
tire destroyed one hotel, a grist mill,
32 business houses, the Episcopal church,
the telegraph and telephone offices,
the postoffice and the steamer Excels-
ior. The loss is about $120,000.
Burglars made an entrance into the
ticket office of the Grand Trunk Rail-
way at Galt Tuesday night and stole
$23, among which was some inar•ked
money, which, it is thought, will lead
to the capture of the perpetrators.
David Nicol, of Kingston, Ont., an
eminent agriculturist and widely
known as an essayist on farm topics,
died suddenly in his house last week.
He has served for twenty years as
superintendent of Cataraqui cemetery.
While telephone linemen were re-
pairing a wire at Philadelphia Friday,
it became entangled with a live electric
wire. Two of the workmen were
killed and two others were seriously
injured.
The remains of the late Lady Mac-
pherson were cremated on March 26th
at San Remo, Italy, according to her
last wish. Sir David Macpherson,
who is in very feeble health, will sail
for America on April 26th, bringing
with him the urn containing the ashes
of his wife.
Mr. Robert Sibbald, of Bluevale, was
married Friday week to Mrs. Palmer,
who atone time lived in Tiu•nberry,
near Wroxeter. it is said they never
saw each tither until the day they
were made man and wife. The Rev. A.
Y. Hartley performed the ceremony.
A procession headed by Mr. and Mrs.
Hartley marched to Mr. Sibbald's
house with baskets well filled with sub-
stantial provender on Saturday even-
ing. The host and hostess proved to
be good entertainers'', and everybody
had a pleasant time. It might be add-
ed that the groom is 74 and the bride 54
years of acre.
A family of seven, five of whom were
children all under seven years of age,
were landed at the G. T. B-. station at
London Thursday, The father, James
Kelly, said they had just cone out
from Ireland, and had gone to Wind-
sor from New York to find their friends.
There they found out that the looked
for relatives had moved to Woodstock,
and so they came east again. At Lon-
don, however, their funds ran out.
Inspector Bell passed them on to
Woodstock. John Harris, a crippled
tramp who was shipped from Strat-
ford to London, was also sent on to
Woodstock, which seems to he a
dumpingground for London paupers.
The Woodstock Times says :=The
passengers on the Tuesday morning
train were rather diverted by the mis-
fortunes of a roan who looked like a
faerner and is supposed to live in the
vicinity of Hamilton, as he get off
there. On the arrival of the train on
the Canadian side of the Falls the cus-
toms officer notice that this individual
carried a card -board box with him,
and the officer asked him what was in
it. "Candy," said the limn looking
very uncomfortable. "Well open it,"
said the officer, "if there is only candy
in it we won't charge you anything.
But the farmer began to make excuses
and finally said there was money in it.
The customs officer decided that it
would have to he investigated, and so
took the man and the box into the
search room. When the box was open-
ed there was only a brick in it, and
when the farmer saw the brick he
nearly fainted. He had gone down to
New York to interview with some
green goods vendors and had paid them
400 for a box rof warranted undetect-
able greenbacks, which he supposed
they had put up in the box for him.
Not content with that they sold him a
scalped railway ticket to Hamilton
that turned out to be bogus. All the
way up from the Falls the farmer man
sat with a far -away look in his eye.
He refused to give his name.
Thomas Lee, who is serving a term
in the Kingston penitentiary for at-
tempted assault on two young women
near Dreaney's Corners, is dangerously
ill with typnoid fever, and his recovery
is doubtful.
Mr. James P. Gillard, who died in
London on Friday, was for years the
travelling interpreter for the Prince,
of Wales and other royal personages.
He was a main of great scholastic at-
tainments and spoke seven languages,
fluently.
A peculiar freak of nature, is on ex-
hibition in Ingersoll in the shape of a
fully developed. pig with two bodies,
eight legs and one,,head supplied with
two tongues and two throats. The ane
inial
liyed about an hour and is to be•
mounted by Mr. W. W. Powell.
A very distressing accident' occurred
on Wednesday at the home of Wm..
Mellen, on the 8th con, Mona, where-
by his son William was kicked in the
forehead by a horse and his whole fore-
head almost crushed to pieces. The
doctor removed about fiften pieces of
bond and considers the case a very'
serious one.
'the prosecution of W. N. Ford of St.
Marys recalls to an exchange the case
of a brother, Dr. A. E. Ford, who
about 15 years ago was indicted for
the alleged poisoning of a young man
named Guest, and being acquitted at
the Stratford assizes took up his resi-
dence in Denver, Col.
There is something very peculiar in
connection with surface gas wells in
Ridgetown. The supply is affected by
the wind., When the wind is strong
from the north the supply is in part or •
wholly cut off, but when from the
south the flow is full and strong. Itis a
phenomenon hitherto unheard of in gas
regions.
.Foblish H. A. Campbell, of Salem,
Oregon, who left Canada for the land
of proniise,writes this way to the Tara,
Ont., . Leader: Altogether Oregon is
a fine country I intend before long
to return to Canada and drink once
niece to the health of Ontario, and de-
clare that the worst card I ever led in
the game of life was when I first left
there.•
A Galt young lady of rather short
stature, while walking upon Main St.
Thursday last was forced into a very
ehnbarassing situation by the persistent
efforts of a large grey hound to become
too familiar by kissing her whenever
a chance afforded. A. gentleman look-
ing on was evidently enjoying the
young lady's predicament, when he re-
marked, "O, would I were that clog 1 •
Subscriptions to the amount of $75
have been received by Mr. Robinette,
counsel for McWhirrell, the convicted
murderer, from people anxious to have
the case carried to the Court of Appeal.
Petitions are being circulated through-
out Peal County praying the Execu-
tive to commute the sentence. If Mc-
Whirrell' is not executed, Birchall
should not have paid the extreme
penalty.
On Friday last a seven-year-old son
of Mr. John Baker, on the 10th line of
East Zorra, opposite Burns Church,
died in great agony from a throat
disease resembling glanders. A few
days before, the little fellow was lead-
ing a horse to water when he sneezed
in the boy's face. It was since discover-
ed that the horse was suffering from
glanders. Three other members of the
family are also down.-Embro Courier.
Mrs. White, the janitress at the G.
T. R. station London, found a small'
looking -glass in the ladies' wash -room
.Wednesday, and upon examination
discovered a check for $100 and $18
in bills stuck in the hack of it. She
handed the "find" over to the author-
ities, and later a telegram was re-
ceived from an Ilderton lady telling of
her loss. The mirror and money were
returned to her. Mrs. White is deserv-
ing of reward for this and many previ-
ous exceptional acts of honesty. .
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