n& Pebioly & Conadias pr Pacific Railways. Tess rens xssagyes * or LER adm ebur henner aug WEST. okra nad Ontario--What Peo] oe ee Are Saying. Fair View Visions. Fair View, Feb. 10--A D. Fraser has teturned after a business 10 Ottawa. Thomas Ba or John: Bennett on Fri Thomas Claney, Switzerville, visited AD E. 8. File pur: Snider on Saturday. chased a very fine wusical instrument last Wednenday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred] Snider went morth last week and" gov} snow-bound. called on Stephen Bennett last week: Died At The Hospital. Cole Lake, Feb. 11.--The ramajns. a ot Mrs. (0. Peters, who died in Ki hospital, were placed in Verons rg The Wilson brothers' and KE are home from the shanty.' Mf. GI W. Killine is visiting fiends jn -¥ih- erly. Lisvie Campbelt is" hotoe © from business D. Hannah ia all sini es; it's & boy. T. Kelly has re turned to St. Thomas, Nk, = after visiting fijends hete. 5 Started A Revival. Outlet, Feb. 11--Révival © services have been started Rev. Mr. Still well, in the Methodist church, Dulce" maine. Mr. Stillwell will 'he by Rev. Mr. Reynolds, Athens, former pastor. G. A. Be Athan was the jest of his da ir, Juin Reid, y gr opt Bogeit ix ingle Miss bt, 18 Hendley as ha ro Tilly; where she 'was visiting her ister, Wn Atma Bradley. A Wee Girl Visitor. Sharbot Lake," Feb. 11.--The a mill is Yuuning 8 Agoin. Quarter] vicem were dit church last Sabbath. ~ aint sick for some time, is slowly geting better. F. Nugent, suffering with coo- sumption, is very lows Mme IM, Avery is visiting friends jn Lyn. Mis A. Campbell is spendi "a few days ot Havelock, A wee gh his come to stay Bt the home of J ais: Busi], W. Reynolds and wile, Verona » a few days with hia Doheny. Rey nul Moving Across The River. Poole's Resort, Feb, }1.~Gordon, Andress ia recovering from prpu- monies. Norris Andress is again on the sick list. Jom W. Thomson is haul ing lumber As Be xandria Bay, where ba intetids put Rg up 4 a fins Se Siferict, having or go Greer, Escott, Wil Thamsen, on 20 re. Thom, of Unéle Sam's young vikiting hie grandmother, son. C. 0. Guild, Mallorytown, was in this Yieinick recently. Ford Davis is working for Stephen Wilcox. Dr. Klimy, 1.P.8,, visited our school last wee. It is rumored that wedding bells will soon be ringing. Back From The Hospital, Desert Lake, Feb. 11.--We are pire Blass el to ses Miss Coulter and Miss troy back to teach their forther rehools again. J. Whalev's family; ill for sowe- time, are slowly recovering, Mrs. J. Steole, London, has retuned, afer visiting her mister, Mrs. 'T. Camphill, who iv very 4k Ms. CC. Orser hag returned from Kingston hos pieal very 'much improved in heakh. Bawden has moved his store 'te the lot recently bought from ¥. Devo. Miss May Snook visited het pérents week, ahd hes guhe to her Boge in New York. ! Mrs. 0, 8 turned from taking care of danghter for some time. Entertained Friends. Cedar Valley, Feb 10.4 Abe an is a victim of the pr Mary Lyons, award; in ehasgd of -ouryschool. Miss Jennie MR Pe in the west of her sister, Mrs ow, Kingston. The Misses Lidsie _~ ek home in Merrill, Mich., after ding two months' with Ms ee. spendin Rogers. Mr: Fred. eben) Newborn, our genial stdge driver, Has Jeon seen or heard tor for the past Kepler Notices. -- Kepler, Fob. 10-Ne sorties in the Methodist church fot the last . 'two weeks, on. account of bad roads, Char William P Miss pay at illiam Frastur Hor: Ww FPrawiey ha James Mille and hie | measies, Perkin | ing: Re ehslated : Wp new a » [inching in is mill) ger od ready to begin srork as soon as the spring opens. Patrick ried from Water town, 48 bere, Miss Winifred MeDovald. has re turned 10 Oitawa, aifer » fow weeks' L vigit with het. mother. Mrs, P. Egan, ill for some time; js convalescent. J. Grog . with his-team, han gone to work for the Rathban eo af Flower 2 ativn. Visitors; Miss - Nellie Jones, Kingston, at' Joseph: Murphy's, Tae John -Hwkin at ¥; Coreoram's ; Judge at Jd. O'Connor's, Verona. A Birthday. Tea. Holleford, - Fels; 1 F-9Revival services have closed bere; and dre' mow being 'held 'at Hartington, Miss Anfiié Ste bphenson fnd" Medéof 'are il} wit] Bert / Preémand ane J. SoBnston 'have mbved their Ta cupied. by ~W. Vanluven, Sydénham Mews BH. (Clow had 'a guilting bee to daw, Mins Bdith Walker intends 'Rav ing a birthday tea to-morrow" éven Pastel arate "his © returnes fiom Kingeton and 'stdying 'witl Mrs. (Rielly. Alice Pager vetrnec home yenterday,' aecompanied' by W Collins. © Waith "Walker "in vikiting Hriends in Kingston,' Visitors :- Mo end Miss Gardiner, &t° D. Freeman's Mr. an Rees w: Rnttornd at G- Red » Marrowsmith; J. Walker 'ane Misw 8 Walker ats their uncle's,' J Walker, Desert Lake; Mrs. A. Collins, lasy week' ~ with-hef sadn, A. Collins Desert, Lake. ------ Black River Siftings. Bladgk River Bridge, Féb. 10--Shovel- ling in-the order of the: day: The peo ple-on- division Ne. ™, have shovellec out. the hill four times the past week. The roads have heen almost im passable: all the week. There was mn serview in the church on Sunday, ow ing to the 'state of the roads. Will am Delandy and D. O'Shea 'came over the: banks { Picton on "Sunda morning. . - Patrick - Shannon is sic with: inflammation. Miss Lena Empe: dnd: Delbert Jarvis, have been confin' od 40 their homes the t weele with the mebsles. Joseph Guess {a still very low. Hiv: many friends" are hoping fo' a 'recovery, Mri. Howe, spending the winter' © with. der Sister] Mr Huyck spent a portion of 1ast wetk at Pic tom Marvin Delaney is still confine to his home with his broken Jeg. Mis: Bella MeMahon is spending the win tof with hor ister, Mes." O'Léary, o Lanibton, Ont. Spenver Pietson s a Sundey at South Bay. Mr. and John Guest visited Kis brother, ophj lass week, Among The Lumbermen. i Folger "Feb. 11:-Two 'véry " large hawks were seen the other "day, ar unuswil 'thing at this time of the he 20 Gitlin brothers, Braeside, art out' a nied lot of timber hi they are iitting oh the ice 0 ont' Lake: atid will drive to the pe when the ke opens. They ex peot ti have ns Marge season's work Joneph Sheffield, working at Mun roe's camp; WKd "his Toot badly cut Exaviet Raspberry in working for Rhye drawing dry 'pine. pe Rav spomewhere in the -neigh of 14000. cords of wood cut i sping to J. A. Jamie thbun 'company ! antte diffiealty getting Wilson "and: Seymore. Braham, "hae &° gang on now cut: - and drawing: them to the por D.: Potter: returned to rm Man. 'after 'an extended vi sit with: friends bers: Mrs: Robert Pratt, 'vigiting at Hugh 'Oaneron's has returned; honde. Mrs. "R: Davis i visiting: friends at Calwbogie. Injured By A Heifer. Atkinson, Feb, Ll.~Michael Manga: met with a painful uecident last week While engaged milking wu heifer, «hs turped around and caught her hore in" his hol, tearing rH quite badly: nw " ge! ing along nicely, ~J. Seott . Dales, North © Auguste, were do "of Prank Atkins recently. Dake "purchased Frank's fancy difver, haying a good re for it Myst. Shortell, for some time, im couvilefcent. Mr: and Mrs: Edwin Coniier, Boissévaine, Man., are spending the winfer months wit friends herd: Mw, "B. Ellis, Root Sprid§f, i vil fg her da E. Anglin. The Misses and : Scott, Genasodque; -alo A. Nuttall and sister, South Lake, were enter Friday evening at the heme Sohoales Y Jos er, Mrs | tained on in moving Bis bay, ete, to his. mew jh b We are ory Ly our neighbor: i Anh McRae, Worbur oa. is gent of her ister, . Mrs. Welter in, Pine_ Grove. - Donald in this vicinity last weet taking a, for cheesé factory sup: plies, furnishings, ote. "Married 'At Melcombe. Lansdowne, . Feb. 10.-J. Herbisou i who spent Sunday ldst in Rockfield and Cain to return until 'oh mectunt 'of the bad condi Ri [om of the ravine iE, Johnston is Beale, von adquaintances | -------- 0 AN vim Souwmany | dissin -------- Excitement Over a False Report-- No Canadian Will Profess Him- sell a Pro-Boer--Morley Busy On Life of Gladstone. 3 Lonaon, Feb. 12.--The statement of the Chilian government in the Argen- tie boundary dispute was submitted to thé British arbitration committee owas the long delay Joontend © that the: statement which 'hey have: now subwitoed has deen woduded within twelve months of 'the: resentation: of the' final docuttients in the "Avgentine statement, ia There wis excitement in the Jobby i 'the House of commons at midnight, ast night, "occasioned by "the report hat Cob." Arthar Lynch, formerly of ve Transvaal trish brigade, 'recently fected to represent Gulway, was with: ii the precinove of the house. A' nunw wr of dettotives, including one whe tas «been Shadowing: Cob Lywch in after w alose wh hat they were mis Lord 8trathicona, ito appears Wve 'completely resovertd Bischealth, wesidéd | dest' Wight at 8' meeting: of che colonial institute, when Hom J. f: Turwer, ageint-general for British | Emma . Jolumbia, read on that pro- 'vince: "Both «the commimsioner | and the ageat-gen spokeof the | ogalty of the Canadian per dy na ont Stenshioone was > Joudly che or a that 'not a single inde. i in the whéle ~ dominion could be ot 10 intiei vith: Canada' would shortly "bring the | 'aeifie coawt' within eight days of | Ingland. 'Admiral' Freemantle and Gil- ert Parker,, M.P., referred to the trategio advantages of British Co- mnbia to the empire. n suffering froin an attack of Jumba- ro. "His "condition ie- not serious. Joh Morley's labors ba writing the | biography "of Gladstone are tontinu: wus, und be cannot be hurried. vork has steadily: increased; owing to | he immense' store of material 'at the | Tawardlen library, and' he 'regards wery branch "of the subject de impor: ant; 'and wiquiring eritical' attention. TacMillan still hopes wo "bring iv ont labore than was originally plan ved, Be" Jemst three voluuies being in re fuded in the English edition vill be a dosen illdstrations. Lord Strathcona haw réceived a let- er from Col. Steele; who is in com: napd of a division of the South Afric an constabulary. In this letter Col. iteele statew © that - there will. be a 'reat opening in South Africa for Ca- ase, 'in 'regard to flour nd lumbers fia supplies "of 'the former are dot y good, as compared with the puality of: Oanddien flour, and - or is Schrted abd dedr, Maztiags In "Picton. Picton On ladies of Picton were on the qui vive to withéss the uptial ceremonies which would unite E Stratiord -Daw- son, Montreal, May . Loucks, eo of - emnon Loucks, vector of §¢ Magdalene's church; Picton. Pranmiy at eight o'clock the seremony was peri shurch by the bride's father, at which hour the e <h or five hundred people, who had lear: wd to admire 'apd respect the bride and desired thus to attest their foel- ings of friendship by- their presence ior her lady-like mantiers, her genial lisposition;" amd withal her untiring am in all church work. The » TOOM Was ou ted by his bro: ther, - while the bei es wd sister, Mise jirace Loucks, acted as bridesmaid, I'he bride. was given' away' by het bro- ther, Rev. Walter Loucks, of Ottawa; Prof. - Johnstone = played the weddi: march. Theve were nt a EE children from the Sunday pils of the bride. The Rappy ple leit: on the morning train hie Mon treal, bearing with them the good wishes of a host of friends. The wed- ding presents. were both riseful, orne* mupal atid valuable, numbering about What The Other Fellow Says. Ryan, Kingston, one of the me- Bees a, men "trom the Rockwood tribe, came to give a heap big talk to the M Indians on Nondpy night. He said he had seme rattlesnake soup for the grits. The grits have chased 4 Mostnsnaies out hed their temrvy. on. 8 wote t t father Laurier at Say th ig ort {Cries of Kill the "pale wend to sit erring council- hall of the great fath: st. hut now: they are out in she gold, The huflaioss Ste gone and the Mas gh ge salt pork and. deg bis: in a Massassagas stand for that * {Cried of no, no.) ~The grits along when the lidinns were as. and stale the Massassaigas' hen they woke up tl Slothes abd wi The grits were no Co and the Indias Aer | the nid thé i : i to The Daily Mail says lord Salisbury | sheds eter, for the COR: vas hablo: toiationd the levee as he | The fompany- will expend at $0, n October, 'but the work will 'be more radian trade, This is 'especially the te. jonday morning many of the ormed in - the. urch was filled by four Wows of Be hitrisk_ Co "Condensed a "the "Whips Ewehia TRIS odie] ps "Thted Fe "w ore Capt. I B: ne and 2. Cook, Picton, have bought the schoower An Minnes. Bie The Lanark county Orangemen have da 0 'celebrate dthe next 12th of bduly in Brockville. + Mrs. Byard Beker, aged forty-five, died at Rossmore. Deceased was a former resident of "Belleville. Mrs. HuMdah oan aged Ath ens lady, died on raday, leaving a family of EI up Bildren, Messrs. Johnston & Lée have open- 0 yp. 3 eur siritinifs Sho in H, R Knowlton vacant: store; Athens. » Turner, Beckwith, | ugh late John Turner, was | mar ied last Wednesday to James E Michell, Tweed. While Mrs. 'Alexander Taylor, Ath- ens, wes-milking a cow an Friday, it kicked . her on the leg, breaking the tinh in three places. Potatoes are solling in Athens at | seventy venta' a bushel, butter ateigh- tenn cents 'a -pound, and eggs at twen- ty-five cents a dozen. Brice MoNeely, Beckwith, "in "poor health for a long time, sucewmbed to the Tuevitabile on Savirday; at the ge of fifty fine years. Williazs McGanwen, one of the oldest, and most highly respucttd tear dents of ' Presvott, died "on Sunday. She 'was aged seventy-five years, i aus Tugnots, Belleville, and Miss LaFleur, Trenton, were on | Mondy evening unitea' in martiage. The cerémony was performed at "Tren: fon. I On Wednesday Jase H. W, Codiman, + Bell telephone company, Montréal, and | Mis BE. May Alexander, daughter of of | Wiliam Alexander, of Carlet. Place, Ons" Thursday Caroline Cameron, wife of Philander Wiltsie, Athens, | died, aged. fifty-four years. A husband {and two young daughters, Evelyn'and | Fdith; Sirv Survive. | "Phe contracts have been let for the | erection of a mew station, fréight ot Piotan." himself a pro-Boér.. He | were martied: fed that swift ¢ommunication | | 000 in these improvements. i Mayor © & purchased the Pic | tom' custom bloék; and the va- beant. lots atljoining.: 16 ie his dften: The | tion to build a private residence, for his own use, on one of the lots this { spring. An interesting etent took place at the home of John" McGregor, Smith's Fala) on Thwsday last, thi Hosasion beiug the marriuge of their Jdaughter, flaca E., to James Anderson, Fall The. home of A. McFadden, Carleton Place, was the score of a large sssein- hly last Wednesday, the occasion be ing the marriage of Miss Clymo, Mrs. MeFadden's- sister, to Frank Donald, son of F. Donald, customs officer. Miss Mabel Hurlburt, Cressy, is dead aged twenty years! Aboiit, 'eleven week ago she was prosteated with theiedsles, and this disease was' fol- lowed hy other .. complicatioph, which her recov : Sapo ble. She died on Sunday ni, Mr, and Ms. oes Jones Dorland will 'celebrate the Hftieth anniversary of their 'marriage -Wedneaday evoniiig, at their ~home in Gilroy; California. On February 12th, 1852, Mr. Dorland and Miss Sarah Patterson were united in matrimony at the home of the | bride; dn the township of Sophies- bur "the ere wos a Pleasant family reunion t "Ironcleve," the home of Mr. and Wes William Smith, Ramsdy, on the evening of January 27th, when they edhested the itieth antiversary of day. Mr; Smith reach: years on Pl 2nd last. sonsion of wonderful and setivitys He is in pilywioal' Vigor NO MEETING THIS WEEK. ' Vn The Board of Edtcation Estimates Not Yet"Réudy.' The management coniimittes of the board of education met Tuekdas alter noom. The matter of ng the estimates alone was omider ds is committes has charge ¢ of thé salaries, which, Ahematives, + ho to over £00,000 A year. priation the committe X will _exveed that of last year, "The Jibrdry committees also met last night. It was also eng in conwid: ering the estimates, which will = am- ofint' to about $350, no more than was asked for last Dh cammit tee has again The been called off. The chairman . finde it impossible to get his members togeth- or The regular meeting of the board should take place to-mofrow night, but there will be no quorum. The o- timated "are not" ready: - The PROpty committee has yet towisit the poly and fix the mmount required to put them in good 'répair. This will take them several days at least. It is probable that a special *beting of the board will he held next week' to fix the estimates and to ask the city counéil for the required -appropria« tion. oly a, hszigan Was Dismissed. 'policd' court this morning a the Be. a. ar. age ol eighty eight 'QUARTERS OF THE EARTH Matters That Interest Everybody ~Notes From All Over--Little of Everything Easily Read and Remembered By The Dear Publis. " The Allan line steamer Norwegian, from Glasgow, docked at Portland, 9:45 a.m., on Wednesday. Today is a legal holiday through out. the provisce of Quebee and the banks and law courts are closed. King Vietor Fumanuel has granted & peasion of $3,000 to the widow of Psignor Crispi, the former prime min ister. Miss Sanderson, an employee of the Canadian general electric company, at Peterboro, dropped dead on her home from work. eh acheray & Rawlips' saw-mill, Perbroke, was wrecked by the boiler exploding, Mr. Rewlins and "Martin Greber; J adly hurt: Andrew y, sa fireman, of St Johns, Nfid., cut his throat from ear th dar this, Warning. Sicknéss thought cause! the aét. Leaves eight children: At 'a 'meeting of the représentatives of - Italian lodges ef Freemasods it wan decided that Italian Freemason ry should cease to be a secret society. London Truth says that king Hd ward will go ww Paris, on March 230d, en' -foute 40. Canties. This will -be his first .visit to Paris since the spring of "99. During the fise at Paterson, N.J., on 'Saturday, some 130° men and wo- 'men.«were engaged in looting the pro. sa of the . sufferers when arrested the police. Y fohe Toohey wha had reached ihe ripe old age of 102 years, died ut the home of his deughter, Mrs. Patrick Dewane, of The Townline, between London and Biddulph. Bertha Moon, a young woman, of Highland Creek, was arrested in Tor- onto and charged with 'the murder of ber. own child. It is understood that she made a confession, The 20,000th finished engine will be turned 'out of the Baldwin locomotive works on the seventieth anniversary of th Joundation of the works which will be celebrated shortly. The viceray of India telegraphs that the * famine outlook is very serious. No rain Has fallen and the plague 'of ratd in Gujergs, 'Rajpootana and cen tral India is: assisting' in' the: destruc: tion of the crops. ---------- Yarker Yieldings. Yarker, Feb, 11.--Accidents are Juha frequent with parties driving on t rouds, 'hs upsets are' frequent. Miss Violet Ewart ave a party to her many friesds in Yarker ball Mon day night. The fourteenth. annual convertion of the Lennox and Adding: ton Sabbath school association will be held at Yarker February 21st! W. Brown, Lime Lake; is at D, Stew- art's. He is bete to attend the coun ty Orange lodge meetin at Cale brooke. Wiss Hattie Fry, Norwood, is visiting her many frientls Were. John Wilker, Tweed; spent Sunday here. John Lockwood and: family have mov- ed back here from Buffalo, N.Y. Mra Breault cme with them. Mes, C. Shalise has gone to Bloomfield. * John Rowe and wile have returned to Alex- andria Bay. Arne Walker, Verona, spent Monday here Lith John Winter, The ice harvested he vod, being over two feet thick. rans Simpkins took his sick child to the hospital on Monday. Jonathan Elliott also took his wife to Kingston hospital, suffer ng with a fractured linb, caused by all. "Mrs. George Dedr ir ahle to be around again, » The 'wife and chil dren of Rev. W. Buckler have recover: ed from their illness, Recovered Damages. Some two or thrie years a young son of JI. Lakens, Vonge Prous weht to the states. He engaged with & gentleman near' Alexswdria Bay to do general work. His employer sent him one morning for a pail of water in the vicinity of the river, but {nstead of finding the well be #1 into the river and was drowned at' a place where a company had been cutting ice ar Hr. Lakens brought suit aginst the ¢dmpany. which has been pending for Wo or thrée years. Last week court sb Whterfown rendered a verdict of 83,000 damages' against the ice company. " Pancake Tuesday." Lest night wak "pancake night," occasion. dear to the heart of Avery child. Shrove Tuesday is more famil- iarly known as "pancake Tuesday, wind on thin day no Toetu is consis der ed complete wikes it includes flap- jacks. 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