---- CLIPPED FROM THE WHIG'S MANY BRIGHT EXCHANGES, In Wrief Form the Events In the Country About Kingston Are Told ~--Full of Interest to Many, The death of Mrs, MePherson, Brockyille, took place on Friday, She was formerly Miss Thompson. Ethel Anderson, Stirling, has received her appointment as nursing sister in the Ontario Government Hospital at Orphington. Eng January 29th, was the twentieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr and Mrs. C. A. Wood, Toledo, and consideriog the time of the yéar they celebrated the day In a rather unique Way; dy a trip to Brockviile in their auto. 'Misg Jean Cornwall, aged ten daughter of PP Cornwall, of Alexandria Bay, N.Y., met with a serious accident while roller skating on the sidewalk Wednesday, fail, doubling her arm nder which resulted in a bad fracture. Frank Selleck, Green Court, Al berta, a former resident of Morris. burg, met death in a his root cellar in which it necessary to place a fire on account of the severe cold weather. It is surmised that death was due to poi- sonous gas. Deceased was only thirty- two years of age and leaves a wife, formerly' Miss Lou Bower, Morrisburg, anid three small chil ren. her Woman Replaces Enlister, staff of the local bank here. ° Last week Messrs. Dun, Hetherington and William Collins donned the khaki, THE DISTRICT NEWS. She | i stitches. peculiar way in | he had found {ka | Mrs. T, Cox. | other points { | treatment. also of | a | | { with good success. Millbrook, Feb. 7.--For the first | Manitoba, was the guest of M time a young lady has entered the | Mrs. J. E. Price on Sunday last. Miss | {Ida Kennedy has left for her home | at the north school. A QUIET WEDDING. Was. Celebrated at the Home of D. H. Cox. Mountain Grove, Feb. 4. home of D. H. Cox was the scene of a quiet wedding on Tuesday, Feb. 1st, when his sister, Margaret E., was united in marriage to Ernest God- frey by the Rev. Mr. Lonsbury, Par- ham, After the ceremony the hap py couple drove to the home of the groom, a prosperous young farmer in this district, . Rev. Lieut. Bromwich, Sharbot Lake, preached in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening, Rev. Mr. Webster filling his work at Sharbot Lake. He has also secured a num- ber of recruits here. Among the | number are George Fitzgerald, How- ard Abbott, Ernest Lewis, Z. Kellar and Archibald Smith. Some have returned from Kingston after receiv- ing their uniform. Mrs. French has returned from attending her sister, Mrs. Gill, who was ill. Cowdy, while visiting friends here, met with a serious gunning accident, entting his face. Dr. Morgan dress- ed the wound, putting in A. W. Thompson and J. E. Price have returned from Toronto, where they attended the Agricultural Association convention. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis, Sas- tchewan, were recent Mr. and Mrs. 8. Cowdy are visiting friends at Glenvale and ton ..General - Hospital undergoing A number from herq at- tended the oyster supper at Arden on Tuesday evening. John r. and in Godfrey after completing her term School will re- leaving their places in the bank va- {Open on Monday with a new teacher, cant. Mr. Hooey of Toronto was se- | D. Hartwick has moved to the camp, | and Miss | and is cutting wood for A. McDonald. cured as ledger keeper, Alice Needler has gone in as Junior. | | makes Sucenmbed To Bums, Belleville, Feb, 7.--John Horton, severely injured a few days ago when his residence was destroyed b in Huntingdon Township, cumbed to the injuries he received The victim 'was a prominent farmer of the township. 139th nt 315 Men. is now 515. per cent, are Canadian-born Re. cruiting is being pushed vigorously forward tliroughout the county Ice races will be held at Westport on the 23rd and 24th inst BANA A Airs i A ( healthy looking specimen pressure is too high. who are otheywise health: kidneys, liver, nerves and Among these errors o drinking, because of their Medical \puthorities now i high. bloc pressure there from tea, coffee and other | Hard to give up tea ed with a little wholesome which with hot water make vour,, but is absolutely fre mal balance of the system. . ~ Canadian Postum Ceyeal | County Council y fire | has suc- | | Cobourg, Feb. 7.-- Tha strength of | the 139th Northumberland Battalion | The Health often sounds first in the doctor's office when some examination for life insurance, is told that his blood Inereased blood pressure is no longer contined to old age; it fis frequently found in men in their 40s to approaching degeneration of the arteries--a econ- dition which in turn indie that often end in various diseases stant use of which weakens the walls of the arteries. when one' uses instead the pure food-drink-- This delie fats Bevernye 1s made of wheat, roast- duced to a seluble powder, a level teaspoonful of Instant Postum has a delightful, snappy fla- or any harmful ingredient. vitalizing elements of the grain which make for nor- "There's a Reason" The icy condition of the country it very difficult James Parker in Kingston week. John Grey has returned af- ter spending a few days in Kingston Mrs.' Thompson, sr., and Mrs. Drake at J. D. Clarke's; Mr. and Mrs. Percy Grey at her parents', Mr, and Mrs, W. E. Barr's; Miss Jeffrey spent the week at her uncle's, 8S. Dawson's. Mr. and Mrs. sHerbert Godfrey, Toronto, with his father, H. 8. Godfrey, The new recruits are out looking for more recruits, and will return to around. Of these seventy-two | town on Saturday for the carnival { Mr. and Mrs. Walter Barr visited Kingston last week. W. P. Dailey has been elected chairman of the Brockville Collegi | ate Institute Board SAA Nett te if Nn --- Alarm of humanity, undergoing In such cases it points ates those errors of diet of the stomach, heart. {diet drug, are tea and coffee caffeine, the econ- nsist_ that in all cases of must be total abstinence irmful beverages. and coffee 7? Not at all, Postum molasses. It is then re- 3 a perfect cup instantly. e from the drug. caffeine, It does -contain those Co, Lid, Windsor, Ont. Russell' three | guests of | H. Card is in Kinge-| The commit- | tee appointed to secure signers to the | petition for prohibition are meeting | Miller, | getting | attended last | : Jan t Gananoque ~The | {From Ow Correspondent. Feb, T.~~The Y. P. 8. of Grace Church held a very fine "old time" concert for the entertainment of "A" Company, 58th "Battalion, at their lecture room on Friday evening. There were a goodly number in old time costume, for which prizes were awarded, iefreshmrents were serv- ed at the clos A number of Gananoqueans at- tended the dance in the Masonic hall at Seeley's Bay on Friday evening. The oflicial repert of the local committee of the Citizens Commit- tee of 100 from the recent canvass of the municipality for signatures to the petition for "Ontario Dry .By the | First of July," resulted in 549 signa- tures to the voters' petition and 929 signatures to the supplementary peti- tion. The three polling sub-idvisions of -Leeds township gave 266 signa- tures to the voters' petition and 308 signatures to the supplementary pe-! | tition, | + Brigadier Morehen, Divisional Commander of Salvation Army for | Eastern Ontario and Quebec Pro- vince, accompanied by Major Walton, held services Saturday evening and throughout yesterday, Rev. E. C. Kidd conducted both morning and evening services in St. Andrew's Church yesterday and was greeted by large congregations. Mr. and. Mrs. A., Zivian, King street, anpounce the marriage of their éldest daughter, Miss Jennie Zivian, to M. Ratney, Toronto, on Wednesday, Feb. 2nd. David Bain, Pine street, spent the past week in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on { business in connection with the On- tario Steel Products Company of which he iz the general superintend-- ent. Samuel Steacy, who suffered a col- lapse recently, has been granted two months' sick leave from duty by the local Board of Education, his salary to continue. George Shurtliff, Char les street, has been secured to act ag substitute during that time (Charles Acton, for some time past business manager of the Gananoque Harn Works, Ltd., has donned the ! khaki and gone to' Kingston to quali fy as an officer 2 Harold Adair, Pine st ol, son of' Mr. and Mrs. Thomag Adair, has en listed for overseas service with the 146th Battalion Orval Brown, Garden street ong the latest to offer h services for King and Country with the 156th Leeds and Grenville Battalion Mel.aren, Brockville, ompanied by several other officers as in town the end of the week to git on a court martia se of a young man who recently ulted from {"A" Company of 59th Battal. ion LEFT CANDLES BURNING TO SET HIS SHOP AFIRE, Louis McCormick, Cornwall, Will Be Tried For At- tempted Arson. is am- i th Lieut.-Col a de the f.oui Meftor | handy man and mak wine, who has a ar his home op Nixth street was committed for trial by Police Miagistrate Danis charge of attemptédd arson A weeks ago, he left town on a visit to his daughter in Syracuse, N.Y. After he left, his wife became suspicious and had one of her sons force an en trance to the shop, when it was dis- covered that the place was littered with inflammables of every descrip- tion, including oil soaked sawdust, | ropes, papers, resin, etc., and under | the lower floor were two hurniryg candles standing in the sawdust. The boy blew out the candles apd Chief Smyth took possession of all the ma- terial as well as a couple of pieces of dynamite, The shop and contents were insured in the Merchants Insut- ance Company of Toronto for $1, £00. McCormick was arrested in Syracuse and brought back. At the preliminary trial the evidence show ed one of the most carefully laid | plans ever heard of in this section workshop 1 west, on a The Late William E. Jickels Picton, Feb, 5.-- After a very short illness from pnenmonia, William F. { Jickeds dled at his home, st Lake Road, on February 1st, aged seventy years." The deceased wads a native of Prince Edward County and for the last twenty-five years Te had been engaged in farming near Ple: ton. He 18 survived by his wife and {family of seven boys and three girls One sen, Garfield E. Jickels enlisted in Kingston with thg second conting- ent and js vow on "ctive service in i France. - Another of the family is in ! Saskatchewan, three in the United States and the remainder in Prince Edward County, An Old Resident. Tweed, Feb. b.--William Hardy who is seventy-eight years old on February 8th 'was born in Adolphus- | fown, Prince Bdward County. He started Shocmaking when hie was ele ven years old and has been at it now sixty-seven years. He has lived in Tweed the last thirty years, at that time there were! mo brick buildings in town. There were three hotels, a grist mill, a sawmill and a little carding mill. ! The population was 150 in this year] 1861. ---------- The faite Dr. Finley M. Clark, Picton, Feb i <The death occur-| red at his hone in New York City on 14th of Dr. Finléy M. Clark, formerly of Prince Edward County; aged VI years, The deceased was a son of the late W. G. Clark of Hallo- i well snd brother of Stephen Clark 'of Wellington, W. A, Clark oh Pasa-; | déna, Cul, and of Mrs. RE. Clark! fof Hillier. He left Prince Bdward| { Coufity as a boy and after qualifying 'ak a dentist, particed that profess ion Lin { deuth, 4 5 | i Sunday | pastor, Rev | dre dolls om ima New York © City, until' a) Signarare of ED FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL. Col. Sherwood Says Small Fire Extinguished the Other Day. Ottawa, Feb. 7.-~Col. Sherwood, Chief of the Dominion Police and Secret Service, in an interview said: "I am satisfied that the fire was due entirely to an accident. My men have traced everyhody who went In- to that room that night and there wasn't a stranger admitted "I am informed that only the otl- er day a small fire started in there among the papers, I 8 extin- guished by one of endants, The members had a habit of smok ing in there "You know that it takes a special card to gain admission and from my investigations I am perfectly willing to say that it was due to an dcci- dent." Constable Moore says that when he discovered the fire it was on one of the lower shelves underneath the eading tables, His theory is that t syarted from a cigar spark He es that there was an explosion There are many who state, how- ever, that the outburst was eitlier preceded or immediately attended by an explosion, FEIEPT PFE EFF E bad &» -* +* SATISFI 1 Ww PICTURE TWICE SAVED. -- + Ottawa, Feb, 7.--The cele- & brated painting of Victoria the # Good, which hung in the Senate Chamber, was saved from the fire by Walter Todd, clerk of the Rallway Committee. When the Parliament buildings were destroyed by fire in. Mortreal, seventy years ago, Walter Todd's father and Sir Sandford Fleming saved .the same por- trait. * + <> -* + + + 4 +* * * & SPEPPEEI PEPE PE PDR IP EPP E LIBERALS OF PEEL TO OPPOSE FALLIS. +» * * * * * » +* * * * * * + Convention at Brampton on Wednesday--Fight For a . Principle. Toronto, Feb, 7.--P'eel Liber have accepted the challenge of the Conservatives, and will hold a con- vendion at Brampton on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 9th, to select a can- didate to oppose J. R, Fallls, who was re-nominated ofi Saturday. When Mr Fallis resigned, owing disclosures of his profiting to the pW&chase and sale of war horses, the Liberals noti fied Conservatives that if Mi Fallis did not run the Conservatives would be allowed the election with- out a contest, but if Mr. Fallis did seek re-election the Liberals would nominate a candidate and make a he keen election, They are now prepar- ed to make an aggressive fight for the prineiple. that Mr. Fallis should not be re-elected ANOTHER WHIG MAN ENLISTS, George Holland To Be In Paymast- er's Office. 1 another Whig man has enli front George Holland, n identifi th several year the intl busine fd with with ith on the on. He will serve in thi office, heen aymaster ith the rank of sergeant. He much valued employee and many warm friends on the Whig join with his large circle of friends around the city, in wishing him every success amd a safe return The Whig now has over a dozen men Serving oversegs ag in read to go ness t has iis ) FROM "PEN." RELE! A London Lawyer Has Been Given His Freedom. London, Ont. lawyer A named Luscombe, who was gen ed a short time ago to a term of five years in the Portsmouth penitentiary for mis- appropriating funds of a client, has beer released on parole. : He was given his freedom a few days ago, and is now back in his home in London. It is understood that his friends made a strong plea for clemency to the Justice Depart- ment Luscombe is well up in years, FOUND TO BE GREEK. Police Had Hurry-Up Call To Hunt Up & German. The police were given a hurry-up call on Saturday night, a complaint having been made that there was a German' living in a certain house, and that he was suspected of being a spy. . Constable Samuel Arnie} got busy and éound that the supposed German was a well-known Greek who "has been living in Kingston for some time Lt Cooke's Church, services at Cooke's Chureh well attended and the EK. R. Mclean delivered two Jnspiring sermons. His even- ing sermon was on missions. At the morning service the hymn, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save," was sung by the congregation for the boys of Queen's Battery going overseas, sev- eral of whom are members of Cooke's Chureh, In the evening a quartette composed of Messrs, Donnelly, New- man, Francis, and leonard rendered a fing selection: The musical part of the programme also included an anthem by "the choir in which Capt R. ML. Filson took the"%olo part in Both were splendid voice The Orange Lodge of Prince Fdward has donated one hur to tite. 155th Battalion.| County im i Cm i i CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bear: a wo Cla ln ' ; : = 1 The Late Miss Rileen Gallivan, The néws of the death of Miss Ei- | lee, second daughter or Mr. and | Mrs. John Gallivan, 1:29 Colborne | stre€t, came as a great sho k to her | many friends Deceased was a very | popular young lady, who had won the esteem of a host of friends, who will | greatly miss her She was employ-| ed at the C. M. B. A. office, when she | took ill with grippe two weeks ago, | and succumbed on Sunday. Je eased | had heen emploved for about six | years. by the C. M. B. A. and Was | one of the most competent employpes | of that office always cheerful and ready to lend a hel g hand De-| ceased was a member of St Mary «| Cathedral, and is survived by her par- | ents, three sisters, Misses Margaret, ! "Mary and Catholine, and five broth- | ers. John, Joseph, Timothy, Gerald and. Earl, all of Kingston Late George Lackie, Pittsburg, After a short illness, the rod place on Sunday of | Lackie, Pittsburg township The deceased was well and favorably] | known throughout the country, and a | { large circle of friends will mourn his' loss. He was born about sixty years 'ago in the township, but up to three vears ago had been a conductor on the Grand Trunk Railway between Brockville and Belleville. He is sur- vived by his wife, three sisters, Mrs. McCormick, Pittsburg; Mrs. Hall, Brockville, and Mrs. Potter, Belle- ville; and three brothers, John, in Al- bany; Adam, in Belleville, and Rob- ert and William, in Pittsburg deceased was a member of the Ang can Church death! George The The Late Pte. W. Sweet, Pte. W. J. Sweet, 146th Battalion, died atthe General Hospital on Sun day of spinal meningitis Decease had been billeted at Napanee Just came to the city a few day He is a son of Mr. and Mr Sy t, South Fred kburg were taken to Morvar 1 d and 8 ago, John The Dicd At Rochester, \ The remains the MeDor N.Y. ¢ ved and w taken Wolfe Island for burial was aged about fifty of t died at nu the to hi who years The Late James Smith, Smith, Kk all is best-known men on Monday morning at his was born in Westhre home in 1 wad lived and n that distri one following He the ¢ el had been fo 0 a year and a haif ived' by his wife and eleven children, sons and four daughters of Parham; Walter, Overton and Victor « W. A, sh Columbia, and Francis of Odessa M Jar f Erne He is s seven George A, of Westbrook; North Dakota; of Westhrook: Alonzo of Brit town eppard SHOULD CANADA HAVE GERMANS, IN SERVICE? "Is Canada at War With Ger- many or Playing Marbles?" Ottawa, Feb. 7 Under the head ing, "A Conundrum of the War," the Ottawa Journal, the Conservative or- gan, says editorially: 'Should the chief intelligence offi cer of the war department of Canada be a German, with brothers in the German army? "Should there be other Germans in the Government service here? A number there are "Is Canada at war or playing marbles?" Prudence usually sizes fighting qualities of the the fight commences with Germany The Virtue of the Natural Leaf is perfectly preserved in 28 ed B104 packet. Young tender leaves only, grows with utmost care and with lavour as the prime object, are used to produce the famous Salada blends. EAL ra. Al cr So ------ Value Creations in Men's - Suits h Worsteds and Tmpforted Serges 1 (le nod l along $18.00 nm Roney's, 127 Princess St. Why Not a Victor: " Victrola in Your Home? a trument that ¢ 'ryone can afford, of music and sure to every de Very tone is a to be without ome and vou a Vietor gat u $21, 866.50, $102, $137, $205, $100, in to-day intsrument easy terms. C. 'W. LINDSAY, LTD. 121 PRINCESS STREET. this out and and near find won- about ~-------- ee of PA A AAA A | brand Mid-Winter Garnival | and Milita ry Bazaar! a A A A tA tl tag All. This Week in the ' Armouries Under the Auspices of the 146th Battalion, €. EF. ~-- + GRAND MILITARY PARADE, TO NIGHT, 7P.M.. | : : . CONCERT BY R.CHA. BAND MACHINE GUN EXHIBITION by Team of 109th Battalion, Lin dsay. Grand Tattoo and March in Armouries. Booths filled with milita 0 ry exhibits; ® EVERYTHING 'FREE Bczaar Opens at 8 o'clock. *