Daily British Whig (1850), 16 Nov 1915, p. 6

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[] A TT ET REE = THE DISTRICT NEWS! \ CLIPPED FROM 1HE Wilus MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES. In Brief Form the Events In the Country About Kingswn Are Told ~Full of Interest to Many. nd tea in Renfrew soldier comforts glas, has renced 1d will At a bridge 75 was raised J. Enright, De very in Ottawa 1€88 there J. J. MeNab, nager of Pedlow Ren marr for do bus Midland, Men's is now ma Weir store, I'he re took ens on Tu of William Barrington to Ethel L. Wing I'he officers and members of Selby L. O. L.. Not 2281, will attend service in Selby Methodist Church, on Nov. 21st B. Alguire, Athens, has disposed af his blacksmithing business and re- sidence, to Peter Whitmore Plum Hollow At Belleville charged with a against a young girl, and sent to penitentiary 10 serve ten years. * At Kemptvilie, Edmund Mackey has secured the use of the property at the corner of Asa and Jack streets, for the winter, where he will operate a skating rink Major J.P. Safford, Calobogie, left to take a position at Houston, Texas, | Fhe major has been a resident for the past seven years, and will be very much missed Mr. and Mrs. J peg, are the guests of Mr Duncan McGregor, Renfrew twenty-three years since Mr gor visited Renfrew Rev. W. A. McLean, minister of St. Giles Presbyterian Church, Win nipeg, and a former resident ot] Brockville, has been elected moder ator of the Manitoba Synod { John Milton Grange, Napanee, | just arrived home from Mather, Ma- | nitoba, and presented Mr. and Mrs G. D. Storey, of Newburgh, with a kitchen shower, on 29th of October. | The old market scales, Napanee, | which for forty years have stood at the west end of the Market Square, were removed this week, and are be ing rebuilt at the end of the market building under a more sightly and at tractive brick building. | John Rosenburgh born in England, January 20th, 1861, died on Thurs- day. When eight years old he came | to Canada and located in Picton and has ever since lived in or near the town. On October 28th, 1887, he married Miss Jane Johnson. Following - a stroke of paralysis suffered four months ago, Mrs. Loui- sa T. D. Appleby, wife of Mr. L. A Appleby, who for twenty-five years | acted as governor of the Belleville | Jail, passed away on Thursday at the! residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. A. itaad, Toronto. The deceased lady was born 68 years ago. i A large gang of men, numbering| about a hundred, have been engaged | for the last few days cleaning up the] C.P.R. railway yards and station! grounds at Portage Du Forte of sur- ¥ plus ties, rails and other odds and| ends, From unofficial sources it is! learned that a service will be started on this road within the next month. R. Lochhead, Newburgh, who has keen the local agent here for the Massey Harris Co. and also for the | Ontario Wind Mill Co., has-been pro- moted to the «positon of .gemeral! agent for the Massey Harris Co., the! position held by the late H. McCar-| thy. Mr. Lochhead's premises, stock,! and agencies are taken over by T. 1.| Winter and J. M. Ramsay. : | ---- IN THE SWEET PAST. fein When Cheese Sold At 5c. and Tur. keys At Te. Perth, Nov. 16.--During a full! period the the Cheese Bo meeting | tast Friday, when Auctioneer Noonan | had run out of stories for the time | being, and when bidding was dull, at] the period as it were when the sales- | men didn't feel like letting their | cheese go at the price offered, which | while high,. was lower than last | week, and on the other hand when | the buyers had made their best of-| fer-- during this period last Friday | the veterans in the trade-began tell-| ing their experience. John Webster | recalled that he bought 2,000 Chease Some years ago on the Frankville! Fair grounds at 5c per pound, and | these had been packed away in every | Spare corner it was possible to hide them in. The Brockville M.P. stat- ed that the rind had fallen in at the top, and that there was a good deal of water in the hollow top of each cheese. Of course the versatile au- ctioneer of the board, had to 20 Brer. Webster one better, and "Dinny" 10ld how he and three others bought | 25 tons of poultry at the Lanark] Fair many years ago, and paid 7e| per pounds for turkeys, 5¢ for geese and 4c for chickens. He shipped them to the States, paying $2,500 in duty, and lost $400 on the deal. Cheese to. day is selling on the board at 15%, and goodness kmgws what poultry will touch this fail. Oldest Soller Invalided. Cobourg, Nov. 15.---Pte.- Alfred Nicholson, who went with the first Canadian expedition ary force, and who has two sons also in the servive, has returned invalided from the war. Pte. Nicholson was twice wounded. He is among the oldest soldiers from Canada who have gone to the front in the King's service. Ath John place at Frederick Marttis, serious offence was convicted McGregor, Winni and Mrs It is McGre- | THERS \ FFA {an "at heme" | western LATE DR. TUTTLE, TWEED. Died on Saturday--A Practitioner = Over Forty Years. Tweed, Nov. 15.---On Saturday morning occurged the death of one of Tweed's oldest and most prominent citizens, in the person of Pr. Tuttle For only a few weeks he had been confined to his room, and his sudden demise cast a gloom over the whole community He had practised his profession in Tweed, for over forty years s¢ of his kind, amia- ble manner and sterling worth, his friends were legion His funeral took place from his late residence, Colborne street, on Monday, at 2 p.m. He leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter A. Badgley and sons returned on Saturday after spending the past two weeks in search of deer, The hunt- ers succeeded in securing some fine game, Invitations and besos have been issued for in honor of Miss Edith York, late assistant in the post of- fice, by the young ladies of Tweed, to be held in Murphy's Opera House Wednesday evening Dr Allen, Royal Dental Corps, Kingston, spent the week-end with friends in town Mr. Richardson, principal of Tweed Continuation School, has tendered his resignation to the board, fo take effect at the end of the present term ---------- PETAWAWA MAN, Thrown Heavily When came Scared. Pembreke, Nov. 15.--An tunate accident befell Joseph Tim mins, ex-Reeve of Petawawa town ship, and who lives about six miles Horses Be. unfor | from here Mr. Timmins was driving past the steam roller which is being used ir the road construction work on the outskirts of the town and his horses became frightened at the roller and got beyond his control He was thrown from the rig, landing on his face, and sustaining most severe injuries. There are bad gashes above both of his eyes, while his nose was badly battered up, and a gasl in his cheek He was immediately rushed to | the General Hospital here and he is recovering as well as can be expect ed. ------ BOY SHOT DEAD By a Watchman's Ordered. Pembroke, N.Y., Nov. 16.--A boy named George McLeod was acciden- tally shot dead by an automatic rifle in the hands of a watchman named McCauley, of Arnprior, on Sunday af- ternoon at a place where the Govern- ment is macadamizing the road about three miles from Pembroke. McLeod, the watchman and Robert Bell were in the cab of the engine of the stone crusher when the accident occurred, McCanley had risen to g0 on his rounds. Something caught against the trigger and the rifle went off, shooting McLeod in the head. Rifle--Inquest SPLENDID RECORDS. The Hastings Soldiers Know How to Shoot Madoc, Nov. 16.-- Miss Mary Lap alm, has received a letter from her brother, Martin, who, with hisgtwg brothers, are now with their battal- ion in England. In a recent shooting contest the three brothers took first second and third places. Fred won first, Martin, second, and Nelson third, and their conduct has been as exemplary as their shooting. Queens: boro may well feel proud of the markmanship and loyalty of the Lapaim family. . ---- COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. Grave Charges Against a Dummer Man and His Wife. Peterboro," Nov. 15.-- Sanford Lindsay, Dummer, whose fourteen- year-old daughter died last Septem- ber from, as the coroner's jury said, a criminal operation, was committed for trial on a charge of incest and his wife on a charge of causing the death of her daughter's unborn child. Charges of murder against both, based on the death of the daughter, are still to be heard. ------ May Get A New Whart. Athens, Nov. 13.-- From Charles- ton Lake comes the news of efforts being made to obtain a wharf at the end of the street. The present land- Ing, a ri¢keéty affair, too short in low water and not - large enough at any time for the number of launches and row-boats on the lake, will likely be replaced this winter with one that 1s adequate for the needs of the lake- dwellers. A petition has been sent to the Government and several of the people who reside on the main- land and islands, have given gener- ous contributions. -- Back From The Fromt. Flower Station, Nov. 13.--Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Crawford and two children are at present visiting at John Crawford's. "Jack", who has been Serving at the front, returned home Nov. 2nd. He enlisted with the | 6th Battalion and went overseas with | the 1st g | of Ypres [in the shoulder by shrapnel 11 and rr SuTor der by shrapnel she During the battle 'April, he was wounded y from gas, which has left him in a very nervous state. We are all glid to see him back again and wish him a speedy recovery, -------------- To Raise $60,000, Pembroke, Nov. 15.--The town of Pembroke is in the throes of patriotic enthusi with a campaign to raise $60,000 for the Canadian Patriftic and Red Cross Funds. . The Couneil '| ¥oted $30,000 to the funds, condi- tional:0a a similar amount being raised by those of the not reached by taxation or these who sre, it they feel they have not already given their share. ------------------------------ _ G. A. Dack has disposed of his general store at Braeside to John Carty, Arnprior, and is'thi removing to Renfrew. xz her mother, Mrs. C News From Eastern Ontario Points | (From Qur Ow Correspondent.) Nov 16 In the town hall last evening an organization meeting was held of the committee appointed at the patriotie meeting held at the ar- moury recently together with a num- | ber of others whom it was considered | advisable to add to the original com- mittee The following strong con | mittee will in future look after the patriotic and Red Cross maintenance: in this municipality, and will be known as the Patriotic and Red Cross Maintenance Committee. | The Church--Revs. Henry Gracey, Melvin Taylor, Walter Cox, and J. P. Kehoe . Manufacturers--W. T Sampson, D. F. Jones, F. J Skinner, Ralph B Britton, Dr. E. L Atkinson, Senator Taylor, A. W Taylor, F. B. Cowan. | W. J. Gibson, C. J. Acton, D. Al Mitchell, W. B. Mudie, and James Sampson. | Merchants -- Michael McParland, | Walter W. Bennett, E. P. Wright) and Clifford Sine Banks--C. Vv. Bell, TL R. Council--Mayor F. J. O'Connor, | M. D. Reeve, D. Darling and Deputy | Reeve W. J. Wilson. | Schools-- Principal R. G. Graham! and Principal J. C. Linklater. A. W. Taylor, president of the lo-| 'al Board of Trade submitted a plan for taking a census of the town for! the purpose of introducing an assess- | ment system whereby: all patriotic] and loyal citizens may contribute a fixed and fair amount monthly from their earnings, which will ensure the! permanent maintenance of the fund) required fer patriotic and Red Cross | purposes, which now requires about| $900 monthly. | Mrs. George was taken to! Kingston General Hospital for treat-| ment on Sunday evening. A well attended session of the ex-| acutive committee of the Gananoque | branch of the Leeds County Patri-| otic Society and Relief Association | was held last evéning, ! Miss Sadie Ruttle, who has been| spending the past month here with Ruttle, has lert| or Ottawa to resume her duties in| he Auditor-Generals's Office, | Messrs Duncan. McKellar and| Frank Crowley were candidates at he Civil Service examination at Queen's last week Miss Kate Me-| carney has returned home after a| visit with friends in Ogdensburg, N. | ¥Y. Mrs. Clarerice C. Skinner and| daughter, Miss Mary L. Skinner who | have been spending the past month | in Lebanon, Ky., with the former's| sister, Mrs Judge Thomas, have re-| turned home. Ketchum and F. W. H. W. Cooper Sly ---- VERONA CHARIVARI CASE, Judge Laveil Scored Those Who! Caused the Trouble, { Werona, Nov. 15.--On Friday a number of residents of Verona found out to their sorrow that it was a cost-| ly matter to create a disturbance on the public highway. The case in| question was a Division Court action of Dr. Genge vs. Dr. Geddes and oth-| ers for $60 damages to the house and | clothing of the plaintiff. The action] was the second chapter of the chari- vari which oecurred at Verona on| the night of the 20th of October, when two young men from Parham Were married at the home of Dr.| Genge, who was the brother-in-law of two of the contracting parties. The | court room was taxed to its utmost} capacity, so much so that after] much patience Judge Lavell had tol order the building to be cleared of | all except the ladies, and those who! were directly intérested in the case. Charles Webster, of Kingston, ap-| pears for the plaintiff, and W. L.{ Herrington, Napanee, looked after] the causeof the defendants. - { The matter had not progressed far before it was evident that Judge La-| vel] had a fair estimate of the con-| duct of the people of Verona. He characterized the Charivari as a most disgraceful, riotous state of affairs, and a condition which should not be tolerated in any community. The evidence given by Dr. Genge and oth-! er witnesses for the plaintiff was! most conclusive. His Honor gave a verdict for $40 and costs, holding Dr. Geddes, William Burnett, and W. O'NEill, the adults of the party, equally responsible for the damage] and reserved his decision as to lia-! bility against four others of tender) age. The judge in concluding ex-!| 'pressed his opifi that. Dr. Genge! Was very lenient 'With the defenders and had he so desired criminal pro- ceedings could 'have been' against them. It has been rumored that W. D. Bertram, father of one of the brides aud one of the grooms, will enter fur- ther proceedings against the defend- ants in the case. Mammoth Pine Laid Low. Pembroke, Nov. 13.--A massive Pine, 128 feet long and measuring 5 feet across the stump and one foot at the top, was felled near here re. cently. The aumber of rd feet was approximately 5.000, %nd the crash of the falling could plainly be heard for a distance of four miles. The Case Settled. N.O.R. was an action brought by Ja- cob Bruyea against the C.N.O.R. for damages for an injury ef the foot when the hose bréke as plaintiff was filling a tank in a car at Trenton. The case was settled, defendants giv- ing $500 to plaintifr, it is understood, and employing him as hereto fore. ° | tle for Rome and carrie taken Trenton, Nov. 15.--Bruyea vs. C. | CASTORIA| Supernatural Contenders in the Pre. sent and Other Conflicts. In a telegram. from Petrograd. it |is stated that many Russian sentinels {declare that they have seen the fam- | ous ghost of Gen. Skobeleff in a white uniform riding om a white borse. This appearance, according to tradi- tion, always marks a critical moment for the armies of the Czar, and invar- iably causes panic in the enemy's ranks, The telegram -bas started a corre- spondence in some London newspap- €rs on war myths, and the appearance of apparitions which alter the course of battles. \ "Supernatural appearances of this character," writes one correspondent, "have marked the narratives of al- most all wars, "Thus in classical history you have the appearance of Castor and Pollux af the battle of Lake Regillus, riding on white horses. They won the bat- the news of it at incredible speed to the city. "Another apparition is that of the Saming cross which appeared in the skies at noon above the army of Con- Stantine I. at the battle of the Milvian Bridge, near Rome, in 312. The cross | bore the famous words, 'In this sign you will conquer,' and Constantine is Said to bave beem so affected by the Pprient that he had the cross inserib- on the shields of his soldiers and became a Christian, "It has been supposed that with the advent of high explosives, wire- less telegraphs, and long range artil- lery th visions would be crowded out of the modern battlefield, but this fs not so. There is the now famous story of the rider on the white horse at Mons, who is believed to have caused the Germans to retire in the middle of their victorious career. "The English sbidiers who saw this apparition say it was St. George, the French soldiers have identified it as St. Michael, although some are in- clined to believe it was Joan of Are. "Skobeleff used to wear in the Russo-Turkish war a white uniform and ride a white horse, so that his | soldiers, who worshiped him, used to call him 'the white general." It is not a method of generalship which would { last many minutes on a modern bat tlefield, but it created in the soldiers the legend of Skobeleff's invulner ability." The British Weekly, in an article | on "Angels and Demons," says that though it has "no intention of dis cussing the credibility of stories re- lating to angulic interpositions in the present war," yet "that such inter- positions may. and do, take place is a doctrine firmly rooted in revelations and in experience." Dr. Horton, in a glowing letter on the war's awakening of spiritual per- ceptions, says he asked one of his young men, on the front, if he had seen the "White Comrade," of whom 80 much has been heard in the French lines. "No," hessaid, "I have not seen him, but I believe in him. Nothing is impossible here, for the unseen be- | comes seen in times like this." EASTER ISLAND. Mystery of Its Ancient Relics Still aa Unsolved Problem. Easter Island, which beloogs . to Chile, is about 2,000 miles from the mainland of South America. To archaeologists Easter Island is one of those unsolved problems with which they grapple more or less successful- ly; and stone images, remains of ter- raced structures and other evidences of a race that formerly dwelt in the island continue to draw investigators to the barren spot in the Pacific ocean. The relics on Easter Island find archaeologists of opposite opinions regarding the people who occupied the place centuries ago. As it is at Present the island covers about 42 square miles in area, and ft is looked upon as the most edsterly of the Poly- nesian group. It/ derived its name from the on which it was discov ered by o Jacty Roggeveen, a Dutchyskipper, who in 1722 is sup- posed to have been the first to sight the land. Present inbabitants of Easter Is- land have distinct Polynesian charac: teristics, but to these few hundred people the . antiquities, with then curious signs, mean nothing at all. As to who were the builders of the truly remarkable remains of a form- er civilization, this is the great puz- zle found by all investigators. Some of the terraces, erected on headlands, with a wall toward the sea, must have been 30 feet high when built and their length is indicated at from 200 to 300 feet. The terraces were constructed of large cut stone, fitted together with cement, and the large Stone pedestals with images evidently served as deities. No less than 550 of these stone images have been found. There are three craters of extinci volcanoes on Easter Island, and one of these is nearly 2,000 feet deep. In- side one of these craters are about half a hundred of the stone images, and the wonder is what means were employed to get others like them out, as at the foot of the slope of the crater are more images, some of them in various stages of formation. In height they range from 4 feet to nearly 80 feet. These figures clearly are all of the same type and general characteris tice. The head is long and the eyes close under the heavy brows; the nose large, low-bridged and very broad at the nostrils, the upper lip short and the lips pounting. The head is nearly always tilted back- ward. The forms generally end at the waist, and some only at the shoul: ders, very little work having been done below these points. Wooden tablets found on the is- land, specimens of which are now in the Santiago Museum, are incised with hieroglyphics, which show that the carver must have been very skill- ful. Figures of men, animals, geo- metric designs, constitute the alpha- bet. 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