THT. DAILY PRITISN WHIA, SATURDAY, ATQUET 21,1809, . Gold in § BGuwilight | WEEP > - Things ilvory dead, socially, just now. So many families are preparing for n walding in the carly autumn that i puts all thought of anything @se out of the members' hoads and in an small socioty like Kingston, the elimination of a few people from the social round stops practically every- body from sucessfully carrying out any paiety. The golf teas will begin on the first Saturday in September and, of wwur®, that month will bring forth showers and farewell luncheons and teas for the brides-to-be, | and Kingston, will resume her normal whirl, - - -> Miss Eleanor Macdonell, Sydenham | steret, gave a little bridge on Wed- nesday, with twelve tables in slay. Mrs, Jespmy Taylor and Mrs. Frank Strange cut for the prize, the formes winning. Fhe other players were : Mrs. T. D. R. Homming, Mrs. James O'Rielly, Mrs, R. J. Hooper, Mrs. J. A. K. Kar, Mrs, D. Phelan, Mrs. Henry Kavanagh, Mrs. W. R. Givens, Miss Daintry Yates and Mise Mabel Brownfield, Mrs. C. Mrs W. MI. Macarow, Lamb and Miss Mabel came in for tea. - night Mrs Mrs. Henry Gildersleove - WwW. R. Givens, House,"! gave a very charming bridge party in honor of Miss Daintry Yates. There were four tables in play, the players being Col. and Mrs. BE. T. Taylor and Mr. Archi bald Taylor, Mrs. Octavius Yates, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hooper, Mrs. Vere Hooper, Mrs. Ashby, Mrs. James Gildersleeve, Miss Eleanor and Mr. Angus Macdonell, Mr. W. St. Pierre Hughes, Mr. David Givens, Mr. W.R Givens, the host, and Mr. Hogan, a visitor at '"'Maitland House,"' Miss Mabel Gildersleeve was also present. - Mrs. James Gildersleeve, Gore street, asked a few people for a quiet game of bridge on Thursday, the players be ing Mrs. E. T. Taylor, Mrs. T. VU. R. Hemming, Mrs. George Mcleod, Mrs. Frederick Brownfield, Mrs. J. B. Car- ruthers, Mrs. J. A. K. Kerr, and Mrs. Arthur Flower March, Mrs. Rosa- mond, Mrs. Gildersleeve's sister, who is visiting her, and Miss Mabel, as- ginted 'the hostess. o> "- -o Mrs. T. McKay Robertson, Union street, gave a littlé tea, on Thursday, for some of Miss Bessie Robertson's friends. Last "Maitland ro Ll » The engagement of Miss H. May Newman to Mr. W. Charles Roberts, of the C.P.R. offices, Montreal, is an- nounced. The wedding will take plice on Tuesday, Sept. Tth. 3 iy a Vv the weddings which are to take place during the next few weeks, are coming out. It has been sottled that the bridesmaids for the happy event of October ith will be Miss Bessie Smythe and Miss Katio Craig. ree Details of - o Rd Mrs. ~ W. B. Carmichael, "Tintern Place," will be at home on the second and fourth Fridays of the month in future. - - - Mrs. A. P. Knight, Alice gave an informal little tea yesterday, for her visitor, Miss Margaret Rus- sell. street, oe » Mrs. Richard Hooper, Alfred street, asked a few people tables of bridge on noon. - Thursday after- ww Ellis at of yester Mrs. W. 8 pleasant teas day alternoon. - - Mrs. Allaire. Shortt, "Otterburn," gave a birthday picnic jor little Miss Elspeth, to Wolfe Island, to-day, and ted a number of grown-ups too. . - Mr. Stanley Parker and Mr. A Taggert, Chicago, who have been the guests of Mr. Whitfield, leave Sunday for Montreal. Miss Edith Cooke and Miss Ger trude Whitfield have returned from Clifidell, East View Park, where they gave one "Roselawn,"' ". Dying of Cholera Local Physician Says Thousands Dying in Europe Can Be Saved With Proper Medicine. What is cramps, America ? druggist viline." it that keeps down cholera, and summer complaints in Ask any doctor or live and he will tell you "Ner- Just fancy, a million bot- tles are sold every year to people who | use Nerviline for stomach disorder, cramps, plaint. For fifty years in most Cana- dian homes no other pain-relieving medicine but Nerviline is kept. Noth- ing cures the aches, pains and sickness of the entire family so quickly as Ner- viline, "As far back as 1 can remember, at least 50 years ago, 1 here WAS never a time that our house was without "Nerviline." In the summer time, when the children ate and got sick with diar- rhoea and cramps, it was Nerviline that cured them. My father used Ner- viline frequently to cure on his stomach and acute indigestion. There are but few minor ailments that Ner- viline does' cure, and I know of no medicine so useful: in fact, so in- dispensable around the home Ner- viline."' LETTER NO. 4,672 green apples gas not as This lettef; priiten by Mrs. N. C Butcher, a weno n resident in Bat tersea, shows the high opinion enter- tained of Nerviline by those who have used it constantly for nearly half a century. You'll Get it accident your home anything fered you of Nerviline per bottle, or five for $1 never regret using Nerviline, to-day, keep it on hand for an sudden sickness in Refuse else of- instead ie or case of ov Miss Margaret Russell, Bermingham, | to make up two | her | flatulence, and summer com- . {Thousand 1 1 T | have been the ts. of Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Boy fu - Dr. J. W. Campbeil and family, have left to spend a few weeks at their cottage at Loborough Lake Miss Grace Oram returned to Mon- {treal, to-day, after a pleasant visit {with the Misses Tweddell, Queen street, : -. > a of London, Eng., is staying with Mrs. A. P. Knight, Alice. street. Miss May Ford, Arch street, is home from Mrs. H. W. Richardson's camp. Mlle. Couillard is back from her holiday and is again en pension ai 134 Earl street. | Mr. and Mrs. Robert {Alired street, leave on Monday |two weeks visit (at Ottawa, itreal and Morrisburg. | Mr. Arthur Smith from Kincardine, to spend a with his brother, Colonel 'Smith, Mr. Charles Smith is the guest of (his sisters, the Misses Smith, Welling- ton street. Henderson, for Mon- week Henry ad "> "o> Dr. Torrance, has taken Dr. Mackie's house, at + Loughboro Lake, for the month of September. Dr. and Mrs. Torrance will probably make thei home in Kings- ton, where they will be very cordially welcomed. C z | Miss Lillian Ként, George street, came home, yesterday, from a de- Eghttul visit at "Rockford," Brock- ville. Mrs. Montague Strange, Earl street, is in Arnprior, with her sister, Mrs. J. G. Cranston. { The Rev. Alfred Cooke has returned to Westport. Miss Helen Patton, of Toronto, is the guest of Mrs. A. W. Cooke, Ports- mouth. { The Rev. ithe Rev. we - - Captain and Mrs. John Cochrane will be home from their holiday down the river to-day. Mr. Andrew Forman, of Montreal, is in town for the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. R. Waldron, "Arthur Place," have gone up to Picton, and Miss Carrie and Miss Ethel Waldron have gone to New York for a little trip. Mrs. Al Chestnuts,' W. H. Jackson, of Brockville, at summer cottage near Gananoque. Miss Kate Formeri will be home for her holidays shortly. " Masters Jerry and Kenneth Taylor and Master George Hooper, have gone yp the Rideau on a rowing trip. "Miss Frances and Miss Aileen Cot- ton returned to Toronto on Tuesday after a pleasant little visit to their aunt, Mrs. Jeremy Taylor. Mr. H. Lamb, of London, town. cander Kirkpatrick, "The is paying a visit to Mrs her is in PE Mre. R. J. McKelvey, Bagot street, has gone to Torento, taking with her Miss Jennié and Miss Gertrude for a fortnight's visit. Mrs. A. EK dren, Rochester," N.Y, returned home, to-day, after a very pleasant visit with their cousin, Miss Lee, Farl treat, and other friends. | Mrs. C. IH. Corbett loft, on Thurs- day, for Flint, Migh., to visit her sis- tor, Mrs. A. M. Purdy, and will also be joined by her daughter, Mrs. = W. Oswald Jeffery and little girl, Flor- ence, of Chicago. Miss Ellie McCarthy, lof Ottawa, is | the guest of Mrs. Clark Wright, Col borne street. The latter has also with her Mrs. Francis Rannie, of Rosedale, Toronto na > Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grout and their children returned to-day, to Ottawa. Miss Mona Knight, Alice street, left to-day, for Peterboro. Mrs. George Hawley, of Napan-e, is ! the guest of her sister, Mrs. Herbert Saunders, Alice street. Miss Daintry Yates Rochester to spend the rest of holidays before returning to | York. to her New went over is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkin, Princess street. | Miss Lottie .Shea, Arch street, spent the past. three weeks visiting at Scranton, Pa., has returned home. | - > - M. Clow and daughter, Miss Nelson street, are expected to |arrive home on Sunday, after an "absence of five weeks, visiting friends in Chicago and South Haven. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McAdam, Al- monte, are spending this week with Kingston relatives. Mrs. A. J. Abernethy, Kingston, the guest of her mother, Mrs. D. Davis, Almonte. Mr. H. E. Ehrlich, Baltimore, Md., who has been visiting in Watertown, N.Y. for several days, has left for Kingston. Miss Blanche st iis now at Mrs. J. B. Carruthers' farm. | Mrs. Francis Phillips is home from Butternut Bay. Miss Mildred on Monday, from her jolly- visit her uncle, Mr. Beverley Jones, "Rockford," Brockville. - = = Mise Helen Macarow, William street, has returned to town. Miss Ethel Drummond has gone home Toronto, from a very plea- sant visit to Mrs. A. P. Knight, Alice strent. Mrs. C. entertaining her aunt, Mrs. C. and cousins, Misses Lillian Gladys Fox, Buffalo, N.Y., who just returned from a trip to {real and the Thousand Islands. Mises Rebecca Leibermann and Annie Rose, have returned to Toronto after a fow days' visit in the city. Rev. Father Hanley and Miss Minnie {Hanley have returned from a week's trip to Isle and the lower | Saguenay. | Mrs. | Mildred, is home, to ot Jones may be {to A. Stirling, Barrie street, is J. Fox, and have Mon- Grosse "> - Mrs. R. W. Rayson, University ave- pue, is home from Prince Edward county, and Master Robbie has also feturned from his stay in the White Mountains. Mrs. Howard | and her childven, are lands Mies M. FE. Newman, district nurse, Leicester, Mass, 271 King strect west Miss Gertrude Craig and Miss Jessie Connor are spending a fow weeks with Mu Mrs. "ee street, the Folger; West home from is visiting her 'home, Miss Craig's paronis, and W. Craig, Glenburnie. Miss May Smith returned to her home in Rochester, N.Y., to-day, af- {ter visiting Miss Lillian Lyons, at her 'summer home, Rocky Point. arrived, to-day, . | finds | erned { They clapped a common thici in ! ory, Bicknell and two chil- | ; tho | every dollar it | which he did in the earth, whiie man with the five talents got out and | Herbert Luxon, Brooklyn, N.Y. | who | | in public, { when dancing was induleed ! solves the Catholic church cannot | himsalf, though he has done Kut, George street, | one church should | professor | University, and Will visit England this fall and receive the highest decoration, that of the order of the Garter, which George's Chapel, Windsor. will take place in St. ee - | 3 The Man ; On Watch. : CROCK I'he Lampman has been seading the ancient history of Kingston 'town, and that the had extra ordinary power one hundred years ago! Kingsion, hs was not council magistrates Save, covernd with scandal The and by a squabbles and ach a thing. magistrates gov- the town did it well as the bombastic councilmen It hadn't as of to-day. the stocks and a wife-heater in the pil- to be guyed by the small boys and submitted io indignities of tho grossest kind. The jail was used oc- carionally, but not as a re Men didn't. steal in those days in order to fiml comfortable quarters for the win ter. They were first severely flogued and finally bounced from. the country. | The judges usually did the transport of this kind of justice good 'hing, to-day, Some ho a ing. would Lampman thinks. - The Lampman does not agree his old friend, William Glidden town council ill-spending -- "oe with that is the people's mony. view, aad declared Lown councilmen frugal. He wonders what William has to say ahout Councilman Angrove, who won't allow the town clock to to me that the Ye "lighted much later than midnight. | The Lampm sows he is looked wpom | 4 : Ihe Lampman =) i | Suh a fine time we had. as heing miserly, because he wears sfiabby than somo of and he wanls clothes, his townsmen imagine, the council to spend to umprove It couldnt in- with his to tale the should be talent, the can get and heautify the town. vest better. He disagrees friend, William, who seem view that the town council like the man with the one reby spent them and made money the Kingston should spend more on .irects even if it docs put the money "in the carth." o oe "or It was always the Lam yman's im pression that the Roman Catholic church was opposed to round dancing but he sees he was mistaken, in on the lawn of the Church of the Good Thid at Portsmouth, in aid of cathedral renovation fund. also notes that his young friend, Father Kingsloy, held a big picnic and danc at Kingston Mills not long ago for waking purposes. So when the Catholic clergy arrange them- he St dances A picnic awl a dane The dancer sot agaist it. is a great money-making Lampman was never much of a a little in how scheme What puzzles him is oppose the Here hig time. dance and another encourage It. the | Methodist church, the second numeri cally in Canada, discountenances dane Roman Catholic church ar- ing, and the encourages it, through its clergy ranging Terpsichorean events as above mentioned. THE TOWN WATCHMAN, They Suicided Together. Graz, Styria, Aug. 21.--The famous sociologist, Herr Ludwig Sumplowicz, & politica law, at Graz his wife, Francisca, icide, yesterday, by tak- ing poison. The reason assigned for the deed that Prof. Sumplowicz was suffering from an incurable .dis- ease, committed is The Bijou's Good Fortune. The Bijou has secured exclusive Kingston rights to an unequalled series of the very greatest motion pic- tures. They can be seen nowhere else in Kingston. Begins Monday. Will Be Reached. Tokio, Aug. 21.--An oflicial an- nouncement is made that a settlement of all outstanding questions 'between Japan and China will be reached goon. 27¢. Butter, Butter, Finest eastern township butter, 27¢c. Jas. Crawford. "Tooth powders and tooth pastes." It pays to buy them at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. Always fresh there "Nail buffers,"" beautiful long are sold at Gibson's Red Cross Drug Store. \ New honey in sections.: ford ' See Bibby's new $2 hats ones Jas. Craw- its everlasting | { wizened russet apple, lights up the | OF He takes the opposite | but he spends more | i ward all decorated. is | { this Mary's | Butter, 27e¢. HAPPY AT HUNDRED, Attributes Deafness to Cold in Head. London, Aung. 21.--"Sunshine, fresh air, and plenty of company" was the recipe for happiness given, yesterday, by Mrs. Belton, who has just eelebra- tex] Wer 100th birthday in the Croydon Union workhouse : "Granny" (as she is called), is old soul and the. life of ward where ne ending days. She enjoys a jole with youngest, and dearly 1qves to with doctors and nurses. the the her the talk cheeriest she is A STRANGE IDER FOR INTERNATIONAL NAVY ON THE HIGH SEAS. Proposal Said to Have Been Made to Washington--Fleet of Powers in Mediterranean. Washington, Aug. 21.--The American government will shortly he asked * to join in a high sea programme by the leading powers of Europe, according to confidential information obtained to-day. ae programme has for its object e bringing together of ships from cach nation to Sr an international flvet, whose purpose aims at the gene ral protection of maritime interests. Their base is to be the Mediterranean. Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia and America will be representod. . It is understood the fleet will con sist of six battleships, fifteen cruisers, twelve torpedo boat destroyers | and thirty-six torpedo boats. + is possible that a similar will be established in the ocean. "BELIEVES IN INTERCOLONIAL, Compares it With State Lines in Europe. Nontreal, Aug. 21.--""There is no better state-owned railroad on the continent than the Intercolonial," was the remark of the Hon. Gi. P, Graham, minister of railways and canals, who has Wust returned from a study of the railway and canal systems of Great Britain and the continent. He is to make a report to the government on the comparison between state-owned and corporation-owned roads. Long hauls and sparse population were ad- verse factors in Canada. Passage rates were the same as here, but freight rates higher. "The chief drawback to the Inter- colonial," he gaid, "is that the de- tails of all expenditures are made pub- lic. Every little tender is made pub- lic and contractors get a chance tO force up the price. In Germany these details are not given out and the man- fleet Pacific I'he old face, as erinkled as a with | the «ight of a visitor. She | has another source of happiness, and | moré material one--beefsteak pud- | ding. This is her favorite 'dish, and'is | is a tribute to her popularily in the | infirmary, that, whatever the mata | mav be for the rest, there is-always _ hoelstoal pudding for the oldest in-| male. ' i "Happy ! Of course, I am ! Though I can't think why I have lived sol long," said the cenicnarian, yestor-| dav. "All the old neighbors have died | gone away, and I am left alone. | Still, there's: nothing the matter with | I am well and strong { "Young folks wear plasse® nowa- daye, but. not me, | can see to read my Bible as well as ever, My hearing is the only thing that ails me, and, comebow, it dotsn't seem to get any smiles at Fhetter - wore altogether two i . "I think dt is a cold in tho head," explained the old woman, ingenuous- , as if her 100 years had not the re- motest connection with ger deafness. "1 had a birthday sparty last night. A mew. dress amd a muslin apron for me, and the Plenty of every- thing to eat, and, what do you think, i» drink ? Rum, my dear, rum punch !" Mrs. Belton remembers Waterloo, in which two of her uncles fought. PITH OF THE NEWS. The Very Latest Culled From All Over The World. The: failures in the Dominion during week reached 21; same week, 1908, 29.* A. E. Brown, the man who suicided at Toronto, on Thursday, is thought to belong to Calumet vicinity near Haw- kesbury. : Proof of a well-developed plot to assassinate the czar on his forth- roming trip to Italy has been dis- covered. Ihe man being held at Windsor, for the Hamilton police, is William Marks, and he is wanted on a charge of pro- curing a young girl for immoral pur poses, . AX peace conference between6 the western and eastern representatives ol the Canadian Amateur Athletic Union representatives of the Federation and the ML.ALALA. and Dr. Tees, Montreal, who is the moving spirit én the peace negotiations, will take place in Ot- tawa on the evening of Labor Day. - Farmer's Boy Lost. A five-year-old' lad, son of a farmer, disappeared from a wagegon on the market. square, this morning, and there waw quite a flutter of excite ment for a time. The father and po- lice commenced a search, and inside of fifteen minutes found the stray- away at the K. & P. railway station. Association Of Old Maids. Copenhagen, Aug. 21.--An old maids' association has been founded in Copen- hagen "hy Mme. Wiche-Bereny. Moem- bess pay an annual subscription, and if they are not marsied by the lime they 'are forty they are entitled to a small pension. Notes From Morven. Morsen, Aug. 20.--Threshing is the order of the day. Marcus Smith, from loston, i¢ visiting his narents. My, and Mrs. E. M. Smith, Mr, Hambley, \apanee, visited at James The lawn social at the Brick church awn was a success, . Miss Flora Macdonald Dennison, To- ronto, has been in Picton for a few days, with Miss Hattic Merrill. Mrs. Dennison takes a very active part in tlie Woman's Safiragist. movement, and she has gone to Buffalo to deliv- er an address at a woman's conven. tion. Miss. MacTavish, whé has been the suest of Rev. Dr. MacTavish, returned to her home in Towa City, Towa. Potatoes are an exceptionally good rop around Smith's Falls, and are welling for 60 cents per bushel. Rev. Dr. MacTavish and family, who ave been summering at Loboro Lake, returned home, to-day. The proceeds of St. Michael's church pienic, Belleville, were $1,300. tall Wilson ». | agement is able to get an advantage in buying. The roads are discussed {in the Landstag, but these details are Give us less publicity the © Intercolonial not asked for. and we can make pay, and pay well." While in England he had an intim- ation from one of the largest firms there that they would be ready to build the Quebec bridge. They took information and would put in a tender if given a' chance. The canal system he found hardly up to ours. There were no free canals as in Can-i ada. When the work on the Georgian Bay canal will begin he could not say, as there were many big things on hand at present. WAS TIRED BY A CIGARETTE. Boy Badly Scerched By Resulting Blast. Sherbrooke, Qué., Aug. 21.--Osecar MeLollan, sixteen years of age, em- ployed by the Rock company, manu- facturers of cxplosives, met with a serious accident last night. The lad had returned from work with a particle of explosive on his clothing. While smoking a cigarette hot ashes dropped on his arm and a terrific ex- plosion followed, tearing and burning the flesh all 'over his body. lies in the Catholic hospital in a dan- oerous condition. Oso Station News. Oso Station, Aug. 20.--The farmers are nearly through haying and some have started harvest. (Anglican) held, its annual picnic McPherson's grove, on Wednesday, and they also held a social at the home of Elijah Bowrk, the same even- ing. Mrs, G. W.. Bishop was "At Home" to a large number her friends, on Wednesday evening, ouest of honor being her sister, Miss Hughes, of Toronto. Mrz, Mick: and little son, of Renfrew, are visiting friends in and around Oso. IL Me- Veigh, who has been very ill, was re- moved to the general hospital, Kings- ton, on Tuesday last. Visitors: Miss S. Bourk and 1. Robinson, of Shar- bot Lake, at Mrs. John K. Bourk's: Miss Abbott and Miss E. Chambers, of Sharbot Lake, at E. Bourk's; Rev. E. Hughes, of Quebec, Miss M. Hughes, of Toronto, and Miss Alberta Hughes of Harrowsmith, at their sister's, Mrs. Gi. W. Bishop; Mrs. John Graham and family, of Englehart, ave visiting her father, J, Larmon, and other friends; }Mrs. Moss and daughter, Mabel, of Clarendon, at J. Bishop's. of Happenings At Perth. Perth, Aug. 20.--It is beginning to look like. a clean sweep lin this town just now, as the majority of the peo- ple are camping. The firemen's excur- sion to Westport was a pleasant one. The fair is 'close at hand and a' good one is expected, judging from the pro- gramme. Mr. Allan's saw mill has closed for the season. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Murphy are here on their honey- moon from Potsdam, N.Y. Misses kathleen and Elizabeth McCann are holidaying at Toronto and Niagara. Mrs. M. Hogan returned home, after paying a visit to her daughter, Mrs. R. Tuman. | Mrs. T. Hubert, Drummond, spent a couple of days here. Miss Maud Berlangette is also visiting with Miss Truelove Harper. Misses Grace and Ella Berlangette re- turned, after visiting with their grand- mother, in Kingston. New Island In The Pacific. Paris, Aug. 21.--According to Capt. Quatrevanx, of the French ship Thiers, a new island has sprung up from the | waters of the Pacific near the Galbier { group. See Bibby's swell $2 hats. z {| Died, on July 20th, at Universily { horpital, Ann Arbor, Mich,, svhere she { had gone for surgical treatment, Mrs. {E. J. Shorts, Mount Pleasant, Mich. | Deceased was a daughter of the late {Henry Armstrong, = Richmond town- ship, Lennox. | 8. T. Lyons, Hamilton, Ont., pawn broker was fined £5 at the police { court, for failing to print the rate of {interest he charged on bis pawn tick- ets. He said™He Saicually wrote it on, but forgot it the time he was caught. See Bibby's nobby $2 hats. . sassawn OF CANADA 77 Benn _ A Joint Account is a great the names or draw checks over their own i alia of two member of the fami family funds. Tt is opened in and both may make deposits signatures. % This form of account is particularly convenient for those whe Eve some distance from town, You can open a Savings Account wih Oae Dolls. Why rot 7 do 50 at once? KINGSTON J. BRANCH ator Biase. TT 'August 28th CANADIAN NATIONAL EX TORONTO "September 15th | Model Military Camp, Musical Ride Dragoons, Musical Drive Artillery, - Cavalry Competitions, Trotting Races, Athletic Sports, 260 acres Exhibition Grounds--$2,000,000.00 Exhibition Build- ings. Premiums--$100,000.00--Attractions, 1909 --Features--1909 10,000 Animals on Fxhibition, 15 Acres Inside Exhibits, Loan Art Exhibit, Pictures by European Masters, British Army Quadrilles, Ten Massed Military Bands Every Evening. . Siege of Kandaghar, 1,000 Men in Uniform, MAGNIFICENT FIREWORKS SPECTACLE Ask Local Agents abcut Special Excursion Battle of North Sea, Dreadnoughts in Naval Battle. He now |! Christ's Church | in! dence on . The, Elminaw Portland, Ne., Aug. 20.--The Elmina won the Commodore's Cup irom New York to Portland. The ing up the Atlantic, and it was a through the thirty-five mile northerly blast. second. . the for schooners during the long cruise of the New York Yacht Club boats encountered a big gale go- hard task for many to pet The Aurora finished ry DESERONTO ACGIDENT | A LITTLE GIRL BROKE HER RIGHT LEG. Death of William Martin--Mrs. William Porter, Another Aged Resident, Also Claimed By Death. Deseronto, Aug. 20.--A serious acci- dent occurred to Laura, the susall daughter of Mrs. Joseph Larondo. The child was playing in the back yard. An old cupboard fell on her, breaking her right leg and at the same time, Peter, her brother, was badly bruised on the knee. Herbert Dyer won second prize in Belleville five mile race on. Wednesday and also came first in the two mile race, On Thursday a good deal of damage was done to the dwelling of Mr. How- ard on Pearl street by fire. J. Clarey Ray, dentist, from Ches- tervillo, has opened a parlor here. On Thursday of last week after a brief illness, death claimed a very highly respected old gentleman, in the person of William Martin, aged se- venty-seven years. Deccased was born in Tavistock, England, coming to Belleville. For the past twenty-nine years he resided in Descronto. Om Monday evening he was taken ill, and on Tuesday it was found necessary for him to undergo an operation. In reli- gion he was a member of the Mclho- dist church, and in polilics a conser- vative.. He is survived by his widow, five sons and, seven daughters. Tho funeval was conducted from his resi- Green street on Saturday morning by the Sons of England, he being a charter member. The sorvice was conducted by Rev. G. H. Cope land, after which the remains wore placed in the family plot at Belleville cemetery. Rov. Mr. Campbell, an old friend, conducted the burial seevieo, after which the secvice of Sons of England, conducted by Rev. T. J, 0'Connor-Fenton, was read, The floral thibntes were numerous. Messrs. A. E. and W. GG. Wonnacott, of Belleville, are spending a vacation with Mr. and Mrs. H. Wonnacott. Miss Frances Jamieson, of Haileybury, is the guest of Miss Auna MacGaughey, "Hill Crest." Mr. and Mrs. is Hatch, of Oshawa, are spending a few weeks with his aunt, Mrs, Samuel Al jen. Mrs. (Dr.) Geddis and daughter, Miss Naydeene, of Arden, are spending a few'weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Geddis. Mrs. Edward Costigan, of Toronto. spent Wednesday with friends in town. Edward Murphy, of Toron- to, is spending a few days with H. M, Rathbun. Miss May Ellis and Mrs. James Fairbairn refurned home, on Monday, after a pleasant visit with relatives at Bridgeport, Conn. Charles Martin, of Vernon, B.C., is spending a few weeks with his moth- er. Rev. H. A. J, Strike and Mrs. Strike, of Campbelliord, are spending a fow weeks with friends in town. Mrs. Sidney Groves, of Belleville, spent Wednesday, the guest of Mrs. H. Won- nacott. Miss Annie Farnham, of Guelph, is spending a vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Farnham. Albert Martin, of Oswego, Mrs. Alexander Rapson, of Belleville, Mrs. D. Bronson and Mrs. Walter Noyse, of Oswego, Mr. and Mrs. Ben- jamin Smith, of Watertown, attended the funeral of their father, the late William Martin. Thomas Porter, oi Gilby, North Dakota, is spending a few weeks with his sister, Mrs. G. E. Clement. At the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. FE. Clement; there passed away an estimable old lady, in the person of Mrs. William Porter, born in Stirling, Scotland, in her eighty-fifth year. She had lived for forty years in Lanark, and for the past seventeen years made her home with her danghter. There was a family of ten children, she be- ing survived by four boys and four girls. She had been confined to her bed for the past seven months with rheumatism. She was a Methodist and was a general favorite with old and young. The funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, from her dsugh- fer's residence, Mill street, being con- ducted by Rev. G. H. Copeland and Rev. H. A. J. Strike, of Campbelliord, after which the remains were placed in- the Deseronto cemetery. New Honey in sections. Jas. Craw- ford.