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Fenelon Falls Gazette, 30 Jun 1893, p. 4

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l l l t l l t l _ "ON THE NEWEST IMPROVED ENTS. Percival 8t Son’s new Steel Harrow. The bulls, clips, teeth and whims-trees are all steel, and not a bolt in the whole har- rowâ€"the only steel Whittle-tree made. Peter Hamilton’s new Spring-tooth Cultivator, with his new :tn-iproved Seeder, is ahead of anything in the market. V Seeing is believing. Come and have a look. W T/ze C/zeapeszf Store in Me County for Mt. runs or BUILDth HARWA-RE. Always on hand, a large and varied stock of Mixed Paints, Paint Oils 8‘ White Lead all of the best quality. Stoves, Tinware, (950., Cheap as the Cheapest. if ll can’t please you in the above lines, it won’t be of much use for anybody else to try. J h H osep . ear . .Fenelon Falls, March 15th, 1893. r. ' H o ' ab :3 Fez-l r£3 " g 9: 5:: ,st c: we is” 0 «3 H~ - 62$ <63 i5 am <5 "i"; a 5,3 as? m m U2 9 ~ :1 5:th Ins-(>8 Om C31” iq'qâ€"d-aq’firdc) cs 5Q .' é ’ugfifi (DEG) 500 a.) V1me QHUS‘t-J‘l': m Cele-i CL: eggs” .H egg . n c: 'g"_, wilt/{9 Q30 :3 o. a a “is own was r (I; “'4 o (I) q c Q 3 m '90) 0+2 5.. .H to ~ 5 0'5 “tinâ€"+2.»: «Q 9: CD )4 Egg catf- ..-~rw % Fir-l ,. «5‘3 +3 “m '~,__.. gm 0% ml 2 râ€"amw (3:0in :0 u-I M a.“ mans eta-.75 r23 3 +‘ obs.-~g§g washes Q ,gfi_ 4.1m 36 +53, 6,, wt SEQ mm 0 skim (55â€": >3: g $1.: .33 mirage ‘ ss' ail t T w £3 '4 " t“ ‘3 l; l have on hand a number of Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ which I will sell 3%“? Width thh as i do not want to carry them over. Now is your time to get a good Over-coat cheap. These goods are All New and of the Latest Styles, and made by one of the best houses in the Dominion. â€"ALSO,-â€" it Large Stock of Roots and gmeg. at prices to suit the times. Groceries, Crockery and Glassâ€"ware; A full line of'the best goods to be had always on hand. J. 1WFARLAND, = ' T‘woxney’s Block Feuelon Fells, January 27th, 1893. ‘ To the Farmers of Fenelon, Verulam &- Somerville. .â€" l am still agent in this locality for The Massey-Harris '09., and farmers will do well to Call and seal my line of goods before purchasing else- where. These goods need no comment on my part, as they havebccn in use for over 25 years and are this year fully abreast of the times in improvements. Gall and See Them My and be convinced for yourselves. stock consists of The Massey-Harris New Wide Open Binder, 5 and 6 feet cut. The Toronto Mower. The Brantford Front and Rear Cut Mower. , The Wisncr Combined Drill. The Wisner Single Drill. . The Massey-Harris Cultivator in four sections, the best on wheels, with or without seed box and grass seed sower. The Sharp’s Rake. ' Spring Tooth l-larrows. Ploughs etc. of my own make. 3%“ Thanking my numerous custom- ers for past favors, I beg to assure them 'that I shall do my utmost to merit a continuance of theirr patronage. THOS. ROBSON. Fenelon Falls, March 8th, 1893. W The Fenelon Falls Gazette. _____________.._.__â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"- Friarsâ€"T. June 30th, 1893. A Frightful Marine Disaster. For a week past the civilized world has been anxiously looking for particu- lars of a disasterâ€"one of the most frightful on record â€"that happened in the Mediterranean sea, a few miles from Tripoli, on the coast of Africa, at 5 pm. on Thursday, the 22nd inst. While the British squadron of ironclads was manoeuvrcing outside the harbor, two of the mighty warships collided. the twelve-foot ram of the Camperdown striking the hull of the Victoria just in front of the armored bulkhead and plunged into the thin plates of her armoured sides. The wounded monster staggered along for a quarter of an hour, and then, turning over, sank bottom upwards in 480 feet of water, a depth so great that it it stated no attempt will be made to recover the bodies. The heart-reading scene that occurred as thh ship went down is thus described by one of the horror-stricken witnesses: “The untangling and the getting under full headway had taken some little time. About ten minutes after the blow, the Victoria having got some thing like two miles nearer shore from the scene of the collisiOu, all at once leaned away over to starboard and with a great roll and plunge buried her how beneath the calm surface of the sea. It was almost instantaneous. There was only a chance for a few wild cries and the Victoria was almost half sub- merged, bow foremost, while the rapidly revolving screws were high in the. air. Those on deck were plunged immediate- ly into the water. The men forward and below had no time to rush to the deck, but found themselves groping for doors or rooms filled with water and compressed air. There was a little more time for those in oflieer’s quarters. They heard the shouts and warning cries and rushed to the almost perpen- dicular deck. “ The huge hull was drawing in the water as it went down, and several hun- dred men, hurled suddenly into the water, l'ully dressed, had to battle against the increasing suction. A .mo- ment more and a new peril, more hor- rible, descended upon them. The great engine, deep in the heart of the hull‘and enclosed in watertight oom- partments, was still throbbing at full speed, and the great steel phlangcs of the twin screws were whirling around up in the air. As the vessel sank these screws came nearer and nearer to the water and descended into the midst: of the struggling human beings. The vessel sank slowly, and when the screws were low enough to whirl in the water the suction had increased till there was a deepening vortex like a maelstrom. At the bottom of this maelstom the screws were revolving like circular knives. The poor creatures battled in vain against the suction. They were drawn down and thrown against the swift blades. , “Then came a scene which made the officers on the decks of the other warships of" the fleet turn away, sick, with horror. Screams and shrieks arose, and in the white foam appeared reddcued arms and legs and wrenched and torn bodies. Headless trunks were tossed 1,. out of the vortex to linger a moment on the surface and sink out of sight. All within reach of that vortex lost their presence of mind. Men who knewhow to swim ceased swimming and fought with the waters. 'Men clutched each other in frenzy and sfruck each other off. The deep cone of whirling water with the swift ’knivcs chopping human bodies at the bottom of it was a horror to daunt the. bravest. One man who escaped says that he saw in that great vortex at least 50 of his fellows lighting.- with each other and with inevitable death. In a moment or two the knives disappeared and the vortcxbcgan to close up, The ship was beneath the surface just as the whirl was shallowed almost to the surface. Then there was a muffled sound of thunder, the waters were tossed up and steam burst from them. Again the shrinks and screams bur‘st from the swimmers. The boilers had exploded, the sea had rushed into the furnaces and the swimmers were beating waves of scalding water. Thus in less than ten minutes death in three awful forms attacked the officers and crew of the Victoriaâ€"death by drown- ing, death by the knife-like screws and. death by scalding water." The Victoria bad on board at the time of the disaster between .700 and lost their lives. She was of'lllfiOO tons burden, her engines of 11,500 horse power and she carried two lid-ton guns besides a number of others. and the frightful sacrifice oflife involved will probably strengthen the existing doubt of the advisability of building ,such large and costly men-of-war. miral Sir George Tryon, commander-in- chicf of the Mediterranean station, was on the Victoria and was taken out of the water alive. but died soon after- wards. it is said that the commander of the Campcrd'own is to be court- inartialcd as the disaster was attributed to his delay in obeying orders. Promotion Examinations. The following promotions have been made in the Fenelon Falls public schools as the result of the recent examinations. INTO THE Sa. 4m â€".\linuie Hutchi- son, George Ingram, Ella Johnston, Vio- let Wilson, Mary Ne-vison», Annie Two- tney, Mattie Quigg and Annie Fountain. - INTO THE Jn. 4Tu.â€"â€"Joe Nevison, Aggie Power, Ethel Calder. Lulu Heard, Ada McKeown, Norman Baker, Mable Saudford, Dora Dickson, Popsv Ruther- fornl. Thomas Archer and Eva Whissile. lN'l‘O 'l‘lIE Sn. 3rd.â€"-â€"Albcrta Baker, Herbert Nevison, Lottie Byrnell, George Fisk, Stella Burgess, Percy Knox, May Brokenshire, Mattie McFarland, Sidney Bellingham and Annie Nie. INTO THE Ja. 3nn.-l'lerbert Puley, Findlay Robson, John Welsh, Harry Deyman, Hilda Nevison, Laura Mc- Keowu, Evalona'Byrnell, Adelaide Pow- er, Ethel Prescott, Kate McKay, Wilâ€" Byrnell, Maud Whytall, Lillie Wilson and Walter English. INTO THE Sn. Zornâ€"Maud Slater, Tena Campbell, Maud Patten, Nora Ellery, Willie Cook, Lillie Austin, Ma- ble Littleton, George Brandon, Willie Swanton, Willie Sandford, Cecil Dev- man, Lewis Deyman and Arthur Web- ster. INTO THE. Ja. 2'ND.-â€"(Ntil‘tl1 Ward.) Willie Duggan, Jim Campbell, Joe In- gram, Charlie Duggan, George Calder, Jessie McKay, Wilbert Fisher and Lin Puluy. (South Ward.) John Denny, Joseph Ouelette, Carl Harling, Fred Bell, Arthur Ellis, Reggie Sandford and Joseph Sova. INTOSR. Paar Zaraâ€"(North Ward.) Willie Austin, Leslie Quigg, Lina Mc- Neil, Violet Prescott, Ernest Neviscn, Wesley Jones, Walter Corbett, Joseph Minore, Boyd Sylvester, Nathan Mocks, Lloyd McKillcn, Eliza Welsh. Archie Wilson, Albert Northey and Thomas Not-they. (South Ward.) Archie Men- Munzies and Mossom Littleton. Personals. Mr. Thomas Graham, of the “ Syndi- cate,” left on Monday morning for the World’s Fair at Chicago. Miss Dulfy, who has been at Mrs. R. McDougall’s for several months, return~ ed to her home at. Lindsay on Wednes- day morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Codey and their daughter, of Lindsay, were at the Falls from Tuesday afternoon until Wednes- day at train time. Mrs. Andrew McFarland returned home last Friday afternoon after a visit of several weeks to her sister, Mrs. D. Barrett, at Toronto. Miss Campbell of Kirkfield came to the Falls on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. R. McKay. last. Saturday and returned home on Thursday. Dr. J. W. Brien. who came home from the State of New Jersey about a health, is now at the Falls visiting Dr. Graham. ClOthin Millifie‘ryg '_ » in this issue of the Gazette. ‘school entrance and leaving examina- 800 persons, of whom nearly or quite 500 . Her loss ' Ad- . zies, Mary Suva, l-lulda York, Mary fortnight ago on account of failing .\Ir. a. n. Or-lc and Mr. .0. J. Kibbin, of Lindsay, drove to the Falls on Monday evening and left next morn- ing for a business trip somewhere out ' north. REV. George McCall. B. A., B. D., successor toRev'. D. N..McCamus, ar- rived at the Falls last week. and occu- pied the pulpit in the Methodist church- .morniug and evening on Sunday. ’ Mr. John Chambers, reevc of Fen'clon. who left: on the 18th for Chicago. not home last Tuesday evening, after spend- ing six and one-half days seeingr the sights at the World’s Fair. Business necessitated, his return, but he will go back to Chicago, accompanied by Mrs. Chambers, in the course of a few weeks. THE Holidaysâ€"The public schools close today for the midsummer holidays; and will re-Open on Monday, August 28th. . fig” Turnip Seed! Turnip Seed l'! Tur- nip Seedâ€"ll! A complete stock, several varieties, at W. T. Junkin's. EX:\.\HNA~T£O-NS;-â€"â€"Tlle promotion ex« aminations in our public schools were held last week and the results aplirear- Thc high-- tions, conducted by Mr. lteazin, will close to-day. W W. T. Junkin has a fresh stock of Hellebore, Paris Green, Insect Powder and Fly Paper just received. Give him'a call. A SUCCESSâ€"The garden-party given by the ladies-of the English church in - the rectory grounds on \Wed‘nesday even- ing was well attended and in every way a success, the receipts amounting; to very nearly 3&0, of which at least three-- fourths were profit. Lovely and Cheap. We have the best, nicest and cheapest Summer Shoes in Lindsay. We keep away ahead in styles, variety and prices lower than ever. You will be sorry if you don't come to head. quarters. JOHNSTON d: STSSON, 12. The Monster Shoe Store. STRAWBERRY FESTIVALâ€"The ladies of the Baptist Church will hold a straw» berry festival in. Mrs. Cunningham’s- -grouuds on the evening of Wednesday next, July 5th, commencing at 7. 30, to which everybody is cordially invited. Admission to, the ground»: 10 cents ;.- refreshments extra. THE. Two TW’ELF’I‘H‘SLâ€"The 12th of July will this year be celebrated at Bob- eaygeon by the ()rangcmcu and True Blues of this district; but the 12th of Augustâ€"the “little twelfth,” as some- body uamed itâ€"-â€"will be celebrated at Fenelon Falls, and we hope there. will - be a good turnout on each occasion. DOMINION DAY.â€"â€"To-morrow, July lst, will be Dominion day and a public holiday. "As there will be nothinli to do here except fish, a good many of our villagers will probably go to Lindsay, where there is to be a monster celebra- tion if the advertisement in last week’s fwd Jewen’ Sam McKend-l-y, Mable ,, and this week‘s Gazette tells the truth. HOME AGAINâ€"The Feuelon Falls: volunteers, who left on Tuesday, the 13th inst, for their annual drill at Kingston, drove home from Lindsay on Saturday night. They were all in good. health and spirits, _ a rd those we have interviewed were so well pleased with life in camp that they would have liked; a couple of weeks more of it. CONFIRMA'I‘lON.-â€"â€"On Sunday last confirmation was held in the Catholic church ,. Fenelon Falls, by Bishop O’Cou nor. who was appointed to the Peter- borough diocese about five years ago. He held confirmation at Bobcaygcon and Galway before coming here, and left for home on Monday morning. It was, we are informed, his first visit to this part of the district under-his charge. CHTTING- Wrensâ€"Mr. John Magec is taking his annual tour around the villageâ€"as far, at least, as the sidewalks extendâ€"cutting down thisllcs and other weeds. He can't strike quite as hard a blow as he could before his encounter- with Mr. Lamb’s team; but, by keeping," his hoe well sharpened, is still a match for the toughest burdock that rears its. prickly head above the surrounding herbage. DOMINION DAY AT LINDSAYâ€"0n» Saturday, July lst, the citizens of Lindsay will hold a monster demons- stration. The programme includes a regatta, fircmcu's competition, athletic sports, horse races, promenade concerts, and will conclude with a magnificent display of fireworks by Prof. Hand of Hamilton. The programme is the best. ever presented in Central Canada. For full particulars see large bills and pr0« grammes. Cheap rates on railways and steamboats.â€"2. S. S. ExcnusmN.â€"The Methodist Union Sabbath School annual excursion will be held on Wednesday next the 5th. ofJuly. This year the trip will be to. Lindsay by the steamer Alice Ethel and barge, which will leave the Falls at 8.3(L a. In. and Lindsay at 4 p. m. Fare:â€" Adults 25 cents; children 10 cents; children of the schools free. It was not known when the boat was hired;

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