“The Milverton Sun a large variety hand clothing for his five if e patience of the rere wife Gnally gave out. On the next Sunday she dressed all her five chilnren in the | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1898. Owing to there being no wine at the |”! Hardy banquet the Toronto Telegram rises to remark, “The Hardy banquet without wine and the Nippising bye- election without whiskey will be two mighty dry old functions. Owing to the obstinancy of the Spanish Commissioners in refusing to give up to the United States the rich Philipine archipelego it is rumored es that the American fleet is on the point of starting for Europe. Ib is believed that Britain is disposed to actin concert with the United States and for this reason European dip-| !! lomatists are eager to see a settlement consummated. before Britain has an opportunity to get her finger in the pie. |! The United States im declaring war with Spain set out with agreat blare of trumpets and a mock pretence that the. war was for the liberation. of the Cubans and in the interests of human- ity. ‘Cuba was set free, orat least free of Spanish sovereignty, and that of the United States substituted. Plushed with victory, the greed of the Ameri- can’ peopl» overcomes their sense of | pre,, generosity, and forgetful of their de- elarations, they are trying to exact from poor, down-trodden Spain the rich Archepelego of the Phillipines. Though Anglo-Saxons may not be in sympathy with Spanish government, Spain has nights as well as other nations that should: be respected and the action of the United States: to wrest from her these islands is nothing short of piracy. Had Murat Halsted, the noted American journalist, been a French- man he could not have been more}, easily carried away by the success of his country’s arms than he is over the success of Dewey. He is not only intoxicated with delight but seems to have gone raving mad—listen to his vaporings. * The Anger of manifest destiny points ‘From out the plans coe second-hand clothing, and u the aisle just as the readin; donation party was of a different character, Mr. Haycock can always tell a good story He opened one of his speches in South Ontario by telling of a Vigo e speaker who opened his speech y saying that he ie (7 Led wi a talk about. ‘I’ve any speeches in this cgapasgn Tat dont, interest you Tf \e- Ti Til confine ‘ as @ pause, ire up rose a hard-finished old farmer in the body ofthe hall. “ Talk about @ minute,” he said. —_-—__ LONGFELLOW TO BEILLUSTRATED. Last year Tharles Dana Gibson iNostrated perthe People of Dickens” for The Ladie e Journal, ‘The pictures : were foaled that this year, and dari w. New Eng has made such rapid strides in his art, will illustrate “The People of Longfellow”—also for The Ladies’ Home Journal. ‘The sel are “Hiawatha,” ‘Byun, ship of Miles Standish,” “The Village Blacksmith,” and athens ine,” BORN —In Wellesley, Nov. 10t a v ae wife of of a dau on Thursday, bt. Henderson, DIED. Soummr.—At Linwood, on Wednesday, be Nov. 9th, Elizabeth Anne Poppert,. loved wife of Charles Schmit aged: 33 —_<.___ “SOONER:DIE THAN SUFFER.» Ts the, Pain-Rac ed Rheumatio's Wail uth American Rhea: amatie Cure Nimbles the wollen StiffJoints—Gives New Life —New Hope—Cures Permanently. J. H. Garrett, oP Liverpool, N.S., «I was & great sufferer fo Falniat soviogivis ibe only remedy. thut. will care sheumatism.” Bold by James | The price of sugar will go up owing to the American Sugar Refining Com- | pany advancing the price. hall go. ‘on and on, to China id to Arabia, t all tree like a.apeet in all the acon of light, like a rine le, Wil stat stand the mortal SHORT STORIES RETOLD. The late Prince Bismarck stopped atan innin the Black Forest ism “Very well,” ssid the prince, Eanes the stuff away ;.“ now make me some coffee,” ‘At a, vice-regal ball in Dublin Castle | w: a young; military officer approschedt a mn, the have a dance with Molly. | She's keep- ing, tag cool for the Earl of Clan: fur! ee of the most apie farmers ways as his reason direc of the meetings he pers the best, stump speaker Kve heard yet, and in saying this re r I'm not Tm nota Grip and: 2m not a Dory. E believe.in fain forevery- |x body—E believe i a fair, - testant members. of Nahin donation. party was given, te @ Wor i, | Orangeville. comes of another tragedy near For years past Orange- ville and district has earued- an. un- enviable reputation as being the scene of murders, barn-burnings, elopments, ree lots south of the village ite was ‘called i into a vacant house man called Jim Jones, whom. he met in Orangeville, who without provocation shot him twice. The bullets have not yet been loeated and the doctor says he will die. Farmers’ ee iam the Prov at |Head Office, know what to talk about to-n' ight—I | & Sut t v y eaten eh ‘ight t weekly saris of trom ding to elites ae vassers on ‘| ope rain aig cia Saad Tt Ut hat nds re me is keeping all hands workin, = late. The oak zl ‘work publish hes Sem by Mae re Bas ee leading public men. A big, rg eee Ciiahie Company, Limited. ‘Toronto Dominion Life Assurance COMPANY Waterloo, Ont. co eeiapt Capital Paid up Capital The Dominion Life has made handsome agains in every cansential feature ° daring 187. itHas In No. of Lites Assured - In Cash Prem = In Number of Policies mount Assured - In Interest nee -- No ny an; more ape sured in allarrangements tl than the Dominion afe. Call on its agent when thinking of putting on more Life Assurance. James Ivxes, M.P., Gan, Kone, Esa, resident, Vice-President. Tuos. Hsiuiarp, Mgr. Director. TE D:—Farmere” pat other industrions persons of fair, cation, to Sem eONTe ec oe tenes ment, I could’ also engage » Sew ladi their own homes. TH. LINSCOTT, Tororto. For Sale or Rent. A two story brick house, with kitchen and hed attached. For ‘further partie Thee Spply’to WA: HARTMEIR, Milverton, FO! es PNOBBY AND NTS. Those handling © War with Spain” are share of ‘th monde jndred ilatrations vie ells commission freight, eell on time, and sapply outte free ‘BRapLEY-Garnersox Company, Limited. Toronto. RA FASHIONABE SUIT W. J. ‘Ronis ewton. han Work enna venting Suits a Hirst Prize Bread It is asknowledged by everyone that our bread is the best on the market. Even our competitors acknowledge it as they ~all re. fused to compete with us for a prize. Though we took first we do not bake for shows alone. but make good bread all the, year round and to prove this, we ask that you give our bread a trial and we are sure that you will be convinced. _V. WEITZEL, season, last year experienced. their most successful season. e total member- ship on July 31st was 16,351, an in- crease of 644 in six months. He ex- pected it- would reach 20,000 by the end of 1899. During the year 658 meetings had been held, 3,270.address- es delivered eee es 094 people. It was.estimated that 30,000 people had visited the Gop Bxporimetal Farm. al the coming season 516, meetings ve been arranged for. ate lecision to establish. missions in '| Boman Catholic countries is a radical 7 | step on the part of the Episcopal church of the United States. It has hitherto been maintained “that the pes Catholic church was a true, though faulty, eburch, end. that to in- trude in countries where is was established was an inexcusable act of schisia. For this reason the establish. good county ses aa vagedy Se ny be f his sinall sal pringi; a eg Re en a Ea || Jewelery. was | order at = Bastendorf’s ‘THE JEWEEER|| PQSTOFFICE., IN A WORD ——or two———when you bu Watches Clocks and Jewellery Goto that firm that have a reputation to protect, it don’t especially ia You are safe if you allSUIT and Overcoat AT E. KNECHTEL’S MERCHANT TAILOR: 2.$.— Come in and see our fine Underwear and Top Shirts, COME =IALONG... TRY YOUR The wheel is still here for you. Some ene has the right key. It might be you. LADIES’ SEE,OUR- JACKETS. The Latest Styles. “ I. Gleiser BUTTER: 14c., EGGS 15c. = The Cold Weather Will permit-you to keep your meat in large quantities. Weare now selling beef by the quarter for $5 AND $6 AND FOR Leave your orders, with us.. The Milverton Sun 6 his steam mudslinger. $4 AND $5 PER HUNDRED in the evening with a solos Ae he oe en ae A Aes ie Dees hail tag for THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1898. GENERAL NEWS ‘CULLED FROM ALL SOURCES. The Brussels Herald has reappeared | under the editorial supervision of Mr, James Irwin. There possibility of the Max- wells removing from St, Marys. They are desiring some inducements to pe main. Dan. NecGillicuddy’s dredge bro joorings the Be Boel beth tad Shee sane Mr. Bartholomew, the editor i the Norwich Gazette, | successful operation i hospital, oe is now on th eovery. His editorial work has pe done’ for several weeks by Rev. J. been tried at Geneva, Switzerland,and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment ae life. West Huron Liberals have chosen Mr. Garrow as their candidate in the} ®' ‘ection for the legislature ven ue | mission, which bee The pralterre Poe crop is almost a total failu Se. P j Rome cost jenna, shi pped tw the English ent storm the tele services in gait places was badly Sararged. The petition against the return of A. Miscampbell (Con.), M.P.P. for East imeoe, was dismissed . S. F, Taylor of boots and shoes, Walkerton, nde aan reer are about to lea the tor ng! lo-American joint high com sitting a Quebec, is now Sheeting ‘in Washin; ton, D.C. Ten ee that the Spenine aie’ Mari a, is stranded Cat Island Aaa wre off everything moval s have carried n exchange says that a Clayton ben | all that reamed of th erate He wore a barre¥ home. The counsel na Marion Brown, charged with the murder.of Policeman Michael Toobey at London, is tain: teps to secure a postponement of the trial cs the Spring Assizes. ests against the sitting i Bheney is “Bast Lambton, North and Hog Siete is rampant in od Mr. W. P. Scarth, West Middlesex, North Bruce and South Grey have been dropped. Sidney Slocum, private detective, was found guilty at Toronto Thursday of suborning witnesses to ruin Mr. Eastwood's character, and- was sen- tenced to five years in Kingston t Paeiestia’. A dividend of from 30 to 35 cents ‘|on the dollar vo the creditors of the all hogs, except fst hogs for iimedi- ate slaughter. The French Steamship Company, owners of the lost La Bourgogne, have taken suit against the British Cro- Se at Philadelphia to recover $2,500,000, value. of the lost steames; cargo mia freig! : Charles ee Li? tadiees tall a the balcony of a hotel nt Wiarton ed such drinking ang wrangling going on and the matter is to be investi The Segui compute ae ican whe complete returns of the plebiscite vote 214 percent. against, makin 44 per cent. Of the entire ee 56 per ae did not go to the es Brophy, a section man aay ing on the railroad near St. Marys, was killed Inst week and was horribly approaching engine. he engin: elaims to have warned him repeatedly with the whistle. He leaves Debind a, widow and a family of six boys and oe girls. suggestion of humor in he fact that Mr. George W. Gooder- has, we cue fame, has secured ost of the stock of the Temperance a Genera Life Assurance Company xin; m will be amalgamated ee Se peecey ee Lite It will make a ig combination. fe residence’ af Mrs Specker, Ber- watches and over $5 in money were stolen. Miss Specker discovered the. burglar in the house when she returned from sae agree but he escaped:througit a] © Farwere Loan Company, are ready to be pala, but litigation still pending, je master-in-ordinary will not permit | is checks to be cas| ta The Ruesian barkentine Behring has arrived at San Francisco from Pet. ropaalsky with a cargo.of sealskins aud furs, one of the largest that has ever come from the Behring coast. It is estimated that the value of the cargo is $1,000,000. Two men, McDonald and Hall, of + | Woodstock, got so heated in a religious controversy that one of them pointed & Son, manufacturer ie hee ae drinking, consuming 000,- 000 gallons a year, or 30 gallons to ~r Sena Jermany is second, ‘with | gallons, which is 27 eae to 4 pa Scat t. The States mene only 15 gallons ates ro Courier : The apple-picking is say done, and a large amonnt of worth double the cnet Sous farmers struck it about right. Mi up 150 barrels, which was about the value of the orchai The British Government has made a shp with regard to the bringing into effect of the new law for the supplying of municipal government to Ire! which proves that itis as liable, 6 istakes as the german of these newer countries! In the SM ag Act it it He aes he measure shall be papattinie effect ty the holding of elections in the sev- eral municipalities on Jan. 15 A analmanac for 1899 shows that the day mentioned is a Sunday. And the auchorities are now at their wits’ end to ascertain how the red tape may be adapted to get them out of the hole into which this legislative lapsus has landed them. Tryin villdamtes uedraphehia scare. It appears that on Octeber 26th a biteh: was brought from the adjoining wmonicipalty by a man named Theo. Flath, who tied her up at the house of John Be, She bit Plath in the hand. On Nov. 2id. she broke |: eee ran through the village biting local authorities have asked the Secre- tary and the Provincial Board of ‘ealth what power they have to ey precautionary measure: sen the people who were bitten to a Pasteur institute in New York. a loaded gun at the other, and Re now suminoned to answer a charge therefor in the police court. A, EE. Woodbridge, government in spector of fruit trees for the district of f | Western Ontario, has been ordered to inspect a number of trees in Essex. and Kent counties. Tt is believed that the San Jose scale is breaking out again in these counties. John Carrie, who has charge of the couple of yeas a; and Essex, will shortly be rebuilt, people are wondering what Mr. Currie means, as the county council » took charge of the roads last May, and con- tributed a sum of money towards re- pairing the same, Mr. Elins Cook, of Ingersoll, aged [76 rescued two boys from drowning ¢ Waterworks pond. They had °| been sleigh-niding down a hill and their sled gained such momentum that it nee out upon the pond where the ice old gentleman was but oe ny, none the worse of his adv States. added to its /H. G. HASENPFLUG, THE: BEST-DRESSED MAN IN TOWN Will wear our suits this fall. The fit and style of them would embarass any other tailor in the place. step in and look at our geods. We have Overcaatings, that will keep yow warm at the north pole. Suit that you. want do not) go past us or you will get sadly left. The Leading Tailor. Butter and Eggs Taken in Exchange. |’ wear nor. warmth. 5 Just}! Ff it is a stylish |’ Talk About Blankets. There are poor Blankets, there are good Blankets, some: Blankets are made from good Cotton and some Blankets are made: from waste Cotton ; there are Shoddy Blankets—made _ ks from such poor material that they are.dear at any price, neither If you want a pair of Blankets we get as, lowas. 8oc. pair up to $4.50 Shoddy Blankets we donot keep. No, Madam, for: 00 | these you, will have to try another store.’ * MILLINERY #« As the Millinery season is drawing to a close, we give a. SPECFAL INVITATION to anyoae who kas not as yet left: her order, to call and see MISS BUNDY and leave your: order for a natty HAT OR BONNET. c ) * OMERCOATS * We still have a nice line left of those $6.00 Men's. Freize. Coats, which are really worth $8.00. Callin and try them on and see how nice they fit. Youths and Children’s Suits We make a special line in Children’s suits. Bring your: — [boy and let us try a suit on him. No trouble to show gods.. LOTH & GUENTHER. MILVERTON. ek REMARKABLE FACT ’ That people will sometimes go beyond! the domains of their own village to, secure: | House-Furnishing and pay more money than, they can secure the goods for here.. We are prepared’ to meet’ all competitors. no matter where they may; besituated. coe Jet you have goods at: Ue ited peer, last year by the extent of babe 399 persons, hése 33 Ne pasing over the Island pe ceee tee _they have been so inadequate that many of the inhabitants are dying of starvation. Fred Ww. oes a colored man is lessee of the demy, and when he went to the theat aie ig in that condition. A movement for better, mail senyice for Tavistock, Bright, Drambo.and Sieeaues bas. taken definite form, and a petition addressed to: the Post- the residents, is being largely. signed. Tt asks that in view of the fact that these.places have-only a mail: a day, facilities be grant- thoughtful Of 9 a IN EARGE QUANTITIES Grapes Peaches and Fal Rock Bottom Prices Look at the latest PARLOR SUITE cia : our window.. Drop in and iaspect. our, —_ Dining-Room ant Drawing- ‘oun Sats.