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Fenelon Falls Gazette, 6 Aug 1897, p. 5

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35 years. Mrs. W. H. Robertson of Peterboro', and her daughter, have been at. the Falls visiting relativns since Thursday nl‘last wet-band will remain until thel middle of the month. Rev. ’1'. l’. Steel and family returned la~t Saturday from Cedar Springs, near Sturgeon Point, where they spent a fortnight camping out. The renovation of do .‘lctllf'tlist church will he finished 7 some day next week. Powles’s Corner. 4‘('nrrcspoztrlmzcc of the Gazette.) in the new temple in Toronto, the llv'l'; home of the I. U. 17., there are $40,000 worth of goods, manufactured hr the .‘ilétallie limiting Co. of Toronto. The building ton stories high, and for a fireproofbuilding there is not one in Canada can touch it. The Silicltil‘ Carriage 00. 0f Lind- <ar has sent out a few nice-looking top . buzgics into this section. They are ,viving goal satisl‘acrion. Mrs. John Turniffof Havelock re- turned to her home last Wednesday after spending a little over a week in thi< locality visiting friends. The .‘lisscs Ward of Cobourg are spending their holidays with their grandfather, Mr. John Cullis. Mr. F. C. Gillis, teacher of the Min- tleu school. was successful in passing seven candidates out of: eight. We con- grotulatc Fred on his success. Mr. W. [1. Day, teacher of Randolph school, is spending his holidays athome and elsewhere. BASE-BALL.â€"-A match at base-ball was played in the driving park, on Wed- nesday afternoon, between teams from Sturgeon Point and Fenclon Falls, and the visitors beat their opponents by 37 runs to 19. JUST A HINT about Millinery. We are very busy on orders now, our milliners owing to work over hours. Numbers of ladies from the country usually come on Saturday, expecting to get their hats and hmincts home with them. We ask as a special favor, it at all convenient, that ladies in the village will leave their orders as early in the week as possible. You will consult your own best interests and com~ t‘ort. besides conferring a great favor upon us. by so doing. Mrs. R. McDougnll. lltztttttns.â€" This has been a good ‘ettson for both raspberries and buckle- hcrries, large quantities of which have been sent to the Falls froth the north, and prices have been n. trifle lower than ll-~ll:tl. Thimble berries are yet to c nne. and they will probably be plen- tiful too. ' Sweeping Reductionsâ€"Gth Clearing Sale of Slilliitery, commencing Friday, the i'iKll. at 10 o’clock a. in. Mrs. McDougall. I)“ ’l‘nr. LITTLE 12’I‘lI.-â€"â€"-The anniver- sary of the closing of the gates of Derry is to be celebrated in Fenclon Falls on Thursday next. the 12th inst., by the True lines of the district. The steam- or .llirie Louise and bar-re will bring a crowd from Lindsay,and several good speakers are expected to be present. Fifteen Days' Cash Sale, commencing the ltith. Do not miss the great bargains in millincry and trimmed hatsâ€"must go. Mrs. McDougnll. â€"â€"2‘.’. NOTlUB.â€"â€"- Mr. I. Whitcsmith, of .‘lanilln. will be at Mr. Win. Walsh's shop, lt‘cnclon Falls, with a good as- sortment of watches, jewelry and spec- tacles, on Monday, the 16th inst., and on the 16th of every month thereafter; or upon the 15th, it'thc 16th should be Sunday. Persons needing anything in his line will do well to give him a call. Look Out for Sylvester‘s tent Sooni Cabinet photos only $1.50 per (102. Sec date on posters later on. -â€"2~ltt‘ (‘oxi‘tzu'r.-â€"A grand concert, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church,will be held in linkson's hall on the evening of Thursday. the 12th inst, when an ex- cellent programme will be presented. Admission. 25 cents; children under 1;! years old 15 cents. Doors open at 7.30; concert to commence at 8 o’clock. .-\ Sunder-land lady writes Dr. Neelands that ho had made her a successful tit after having eight sets ot‘teeth made in Toronto and clscwliere.-â€"â€"43tf The twcutr-third child of NciSon. limtc and wife of Bellevdle, Ont, died last week. lhunno. the famous racehorse. died at the farm ol'Jamcs ll. Keene of men- i').'iii.~‘. Ill-was foalcd in 1591. and won about $200.0th in Stakes and pt] “'8. in some parts oi the country wolves - and coyotes an- very destructive. In New .‘liWiC‘J illi‘)‘ from (1‘ $300.00” worth oi sheep annually. and . in Nebraska the. datua'zc done to she-3p is reckoned at 8100.000 a year. The disease known as " Black leg " E has bl'nk-‘u out among cattle in the township of [lungerforiL North Unst- incs‘. Univ young animals so far have ln‘cu ail“ cred. Some of the cattle have iirmi mm tlm't‘: hours after taking [he think. England by a. captain who ran an ex- I A strange defense has been oficred in i ; cursiou steamer, as it seemed, deliber- lately on the rocks near Scarborough. The passengers thought he was drunk, l but he Wants to be let ofl‘ because he i was under the influence of Opium taken to relieve pain. l A Methodist clergyman of Milwau' i kee refused to marry two bicyclists who came to him, the woman in bloom- ers and the man in the usual wheeling ‘ rig, on Sunday. He said that bloom- ers and Sunday wheeling together were too much for him, and he could not perform the ceremony. Horses are valuable in Alaska. They are driven up over the divide from the {Canadian plains, and then have to be 1 transported S00 to 1,000 miles by water. » The freight on them for this distance is 0.3. a pound, so that a 1,000vp0und llorsc gets to be worth $1 by the time he nears a place where he can be ofser- ice. A good, big, strong dog is valued l i l l.- l at $75. Professor Edgar McClure, of tho Oregon State University, fell over a three hundred foot precipice while de- scending )Iount Tacoma in the dark- ness on Tuesday night. His body was found on Wednesday, and was placed in a snow bank awaiting the arrival of an undertaker. Every bone in the pro- fessor’s body was broken by the fall. His face was laccratcd and his skull fractured. The New York Journal’s special from Berlin says: Despite the incredulity which most of the German papers exâ€" press in the report that the aeronautic explorer, Herr Andree, and his comâ€" panions have perished in their attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon, there are many eminent scientists here who are of the opinion that the intrepid trio will never return alive to civiliza- tion. Since 1797 there have been 1,100 theatre fires with 10,000 fatalities, ac- cording to Mr. Sachc’s “ Fires and Pub- lic Entertainments,” just published. Of these 462 took place in the United States, 139 in Great Britain and 101 in Germany, France having nearly the same number. London has had thirty- ilve fires and Paris twenty-eight. Out of 3-13 theatres destroyed by fire, one- half were burned within ten years after they were constructed, and forty of them ,within the first year. No less than seven million pounds was the weight to which the Grand 'l‘runk’s new single span steel bridge at Niagara Falls was subjected during its official test. Sixteen large consolidated locomotives, representing 1350 tons, and 18 cars loaded with the heaviest kind of material for ballast, representâ€" ing 1080 tons, stood over the main arch on the upper or railway deck, and 500 tons of heavy material was distributed on the lower or carriage floor, making a total of nearly 3000 tons of burden, and when the measurements were taken at the crown of thc'arch this immense weight only indicated a deflection of one inch, which proved to the engineers in char-1e of the construction and the railway more than a gratifying result. QUIBELL.â€"ln Fenclon Falls, on Monday, August 2nd, the wife of Mr. Robert Quibell of u. daughter. DIED. The unhealthiness of the New Guinea gold fields is so great that the miners who go there literally carry their lives in their hands. The captain of a pas- senger schooner reports that. he recently left Woodlark Island with forty passen- gers, must; of whom crawled to the ves- .sel stricken with fever and dysentery, and no fewer than seven of these men 1 died within a fortnight. TGRAPHS. -‘ O! wad some power the giftie gie us To see oorsels us ithers see us." “ Ark 9’ Brand Painfigs l Kept in stock at the New Hardware Store. No better paint made. A. trial will convince you. The above wish is easily realized by- having your photos taken at 3 you should have one of Church‘s best city work, and prices to suit the times. illlll. Family groups a specialty. Give me a call- see it. And don’t forget. that we have a ch01cc stock of J. H. STANTON .. Tinware, Harvest Tools, etc, and that it IS always a pleasure Pb°t°gmphm to show goods- Geo. McGee. Fenelon. Falls, July lst,1897.â€"2l.52 The New Hardware Store, Opposite the Post-Oflice. léfi$¢§9®¢ 9 Do You 3 See the c Point :8 A RUNAWAY Or an upset may damage your buggy or waggon, perhaps only slightly, perhaps so badly that you tidal???highcfltféfié will want a. new one. In eltlter case the best again. , thing to do is to goio S. S. Grantor’s, where knot? :tdbdiiTkiiigflgbiz-“Ii repa1r1ng and repainting are done 1n the best style, and where the best kind 01 vehicles can is a patient and long suffering organ, ' . 1 be had at pr1ces to su1t the tunes. Shop on It is just this â€"-it‘ you go on allowing your eyes to smart and but it will snap at last, and then ahll the oculi‘ts and orticians in t e . a 1 Francis Street East, next door to Knox’s black- smith shop. world could not put it together again. Don’t procrastinate. Any irritation about the eyes whatever means something. Come and find out- Examinations free. no .- ,-':m CHEAP l CHEAP ! ! CHEAP ! ! i WOVEN WIRE FENCING '- I .E Eng E ' n WIRE ROPE SELVAGE, a S i; ‘ RIO WIRE FENCING co. LTD TH! ONTA Picbon. Ontario. ’ ‘ AS WELL AS illillllllll’i flllllli Silll lilill llllilllll, For trellis, poultry yards, lawn fencings, etc., are sold very much lower this year than ever before. They are the best. Ask your Hardware Merchant for them. t ! ‘0 ‘33": at: that“ l- . AV t. 9 . O .l of I I. lv 3» :. . or 60 09 .6 0°. it 9 {i} 9 Q is .a.... rt 0} O ‘z 0 I "l l l 4, :e o 0 . it" _. . Manufactured and Sold by i2 .0 l t It to. 7 I COOOOO'OOIIIOIOO I am GOING OUT of the llflLLINERY BUSINESS, (1.7ch will Zl ' in". .‘Zi 7:; 0f , brilliainiiii}? PMES R Bibi”. Shapes and W--. ___-____.__. Trzinzmif/tgs at and SFECTAGLES! SPECTACLES! 2:53;:“t‘n‘212‘323‘2:l:81:.:‘r§;.‘;’5.5'3: 7333 until the whole 2'8 d68- Cnunss.â€"â€"ln the township of Mariposa, of upOplcxy, on Thursday, August 5th, 1897, John S. Crncss, ex-M. P. P., aged about 70 BOW/nets, years. MW”? Go to J. McFarland’s for Groceries, Boots, VWWW Shoes, Ready-made Clothing, Crockery and Mr. F. J. KERR, Post Oilicc Book Store, Glassware D Q U C C O I Eye-glasses. These spectacles are rccom- , kW ' WWWE mended by all the leading medical mcn 0f. and clergymeu ot‘ the present day. I lit glasses by the latest methods. Price from Try 50c. upwards. Post Office Book Store, Fenelon Falls. SEE THE defidlds. Eggs tll/i't’fl m ext/Image. Ceylon Tea. BIRT 118. i FENELON FALLS MARKETS. l l Reported by (hr North Slur Roller .llr'l.’ Co, Fcnelon Pulls. Friday, Aug. 6th, 1597. 1 WhenLScotch or l-‘ife M to 7-3 7 l Wheat, fall. per bushel. . .. 69 ME I I e a) ; \\'lit'at,5pt‘int.' -‘ or ns'. . e l Barley, for bushel . . . . . . . . 2f. 3-! L Buckwheat" . . .. . . .. 30 3‘1 1 f Oats. “ 20 23 'PcaSc, “ 4” 43. " ‘ RE BUSY i Potatoes. ‘- . . . . . . . . 3.3 40 ‘ I A n Butter. per lb . . . . . . . Iii 1:3 ‘ â€"â€"-â€"-â€"- -~â€"-r---A- -~-~â€"«â€"- 9 Eggs. in durcn . . . . . . . . . . Q 5' n..,._..‘... . , WEAVWQ } llidcs . rm» nun. __ . 33:: lhi§:.;.ar“ " :34, pe rrrtmcdiw l PLEASE LEAVE YOUR ORDER EARLY . “ ' ‘ , . ’ ,wii 0 ran '-. ts at -06 per ynrt ; narrow l ‘ , _ . ‘2': " taunt-war the; Hit or miss mt; Mri‘f‘tsl tor anythlng you want In our line. 7‘“'lni;lpa ‘ i i“ ii... ,9 tic-,2 stripe-l flannel i» 0.: and wide hora.- i Hm” {ammf Eil“:é; _, ,‘,_ ,, ; blankets acpording to length. Orders can 9 l Flour. best lidkcrs' I l 51,; : he left at his residence east of the cetnc- ymnm‘sufli,“ “yd” ‘,‘,,. : terr or M Mr. Puruss store All work; : ' Ll m l "" """ iromptlr and quicklv done. 1 3m“. Per ton . . . . . . _ to no mo 3 - g ! lSharts. '- . . . . . . . 1'3 0" HIM SAMUEL “UTCHHON I A C A R K & S O N Mixed chon,per ton mun lSJJO Pent-Ion Fth April itt‘n. Huiâ€"9 tt'. i I ' IT’S lMMENSE. l i . t a 2‘ ,_,...r,.._,. ... . . _A_ ._ ._..\ A. t. urn", -,..< ... “a. -‘.-.r .,,\.....~_._ .. amw. ....‘~_.....â€".._. _. , v‘

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