les, or about the ey while the crop baton affords 10 basis for extravagent expectations, i ‘certainly promises the farmers over the The Milverton Sun Bs country results above the average, particularly when ter price now real taken THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1899. PREMIER DECLINES. ‘ashington, Book 5—F. W. Fitz- inal invitation al acceptance of an oy Chicago's citizens to General and Cabinet of Canada, participate in these festivities. A CHILLY RECEPTION. To an Associat ress. tive, he admitted that.his official re: ception at the Canadian Capital was slightly chilly, Sir Wilfrid Laurier voluntary statements and answers to queries were as follows: AN UNTIMELY INVITATION. ie a friend, in whom I ‘0 deen ted, I am very gla ee You; we frankly, as a Seca tahine of the Governor-General, and he express lesire to. visit Chicago and vitation as I was, heen delighted to go, an re looking.| forward to the day, with much antici- pation. But since then the tone of]. your press has become so harsh ia, dealing with the Alaskan boundary question, such misrepresentations have m made about our Government, and Feruosladys about me, that it would be undignified for.us.to visit you, and can oe His Excellengy to go.” EXPECT VICTORY, Tondon, Aug. 7-—The session of cored pesca ly ended on Friday evening, a1 be prose will take place,on, Wpaucoday. There seems to, be nepal belief that it will though it is ha-d to. indorse the. optim- _ istic views of the Liberals, who appar- ently are satisfied that a general; elec tion will return them to power. n- did criticism, however, compeis. the ‘y | gone,a coat of paint, which has fresh- or another such Liberal. Imperialist arises to weld the variqus sectiong.now following Se inten tae Banner- man, Sir liam, Vernon., Harcourt and Jono rs respectively, and to a rr the present aromas ats ship, UNCLE SAM'S CROPS. . Henry Clews & Co, in their. sireu- ‘Wheat has been th pared with 675,000, 000 “ast. ee rem, however, of the surplus left over a previous crop, it is aa Nic shall tave wvadable: for caput at least 200,000,000 bushels, against 222, 600 bushels Inst year, no prospect e worlds supply, and a second bumper us to farmers if} ca! rol a iow "dag visiting at Mr. "Donelly to representa. | 7" Sauer c that he fe sissies Tks man aad not like a brute, In England stand-u hts are not If the fine weather continues the| acne harvest will soon be over. Mr. Mrs. Haucke spent a feq| days visiting at Waterloo. Mr. Ed Hawke and Mr. Ross spent Monday at Waterloo. One of our young bachelors still continues his trips northward. We wish him speedy returns. 7 Mr. R. Babb, of Mitchell; paid the rand Mies Keer, of Grey, by model farmers while} tr th a near by and he took refage in its lofty led’ off branches and thos guat of the ty sidi jerce attacks of the McNicol and M savage animal, (From: Another Correspondent.) Miss White, of Maikham, who spen: a few days last: week with; Miss Bell Jack, left.on Saturday to-visit Carth- Johnson and: the} services wie Since Confederation the people Newton Trading Co, @ ying visit lst persion bees eboney ted | Tuesday. for tl to. Mrs. irs. MeManed suppli spent Tuesday at Mr. Donelley’s. to these aiken oe ‘aid. Theamount so disbursed last soe was | man however erage West some pat vite oe tofight, bat enced: not it il ike a Ad unless he is one:—Don, in THE PUBLICS INNING. of the cent of this has ‘home oe aide IT PAYS TO BUY : | THis Trade’ Mark ix THE BEST. ‘Binder Twine 1S PUREST TS STRONGEST ~ 1S EVENEST IS LONGEST on every Tag. our Twine write Plymouth Binder Ss: See that you get it: ters and | 3 <y|Best and Most Economical. nails, ally pall ae large sums ave received public ttached'to the railway | x ailways sbonld, pro Pisses) Urgabanh, of Castes, san ee renee che Gorerameat for the- guests of Mrs. Alex. Jack, on}, ursday. fs Preabsre, ‘ot Préffera, peng i John Beauly are Raikes with ene in Gi ss ss MoLeny ss Pfeffers, visited| fave had ‘hel te i . Ross, on Thure"fauow. ee pati Mrs. Wi ay. Mist RACE Listowel. who was visit] ing her sister, ae Pepper, last week, has returned i hom Mrs. K township, spent Thursday with rela} tives here. i vs. Ross and Miss Ross, of Port Be are: eae Miss Junet David its Ida Nichols,of bi ge the; # guest of Miss Eleda Mitch, ‘The prayer Core ca residence of Mr. I sfacdonatd te! Thursday evening ty the Rev. Haig, of se was iagely attended. Mrs. Levi Hewk drove to Washes on, seoriet to spend a ay days with fries i Miss Kay, Bi Be is the gest of ue Misses Murr , iy ths newpeeh alae w rip 3 a r free’ gifts. The wt mails ies free of lay be ere and Miss Kerr, of Grey| .eatly 100. marri ©. Davidson, of New York, ape ee a a va dips ecu bee inbaben tack wel, Miss E. Everett Sundayed with] obs friends. i Geo. of Detroit, sp Sanday. with his mother,Mes, W. nelly is having a new | the sec: see me ‘on, his hotel. Wu has charge of the work. The many. sear of Mr, R. Tann d to him able to bé Dunbar nvsicians,, = thes 5 ® village one evening last played ota uae from. house to house for tips Mr. Hyde’s barber shop bas under- ened. it up considerably. Everything, is ready now for the ice cream, er MANY AMERICANS IN DANGER Austin, Texas, A ed. _ | Livingstone’s. ft thing fs the ligal clergyen,, who clean orf ice littlé pile i ston ster of die wuptal © he and has performed as many #2 soarcingen in one Rev. y- L Hinds pastor of Sit. Tohu's has also a big jist to The pre Ss ‘report coms tat he marriages duri he FALL FAIRS. “3 | Mornington, Milverton, Sept. 26-29. Yaqui the members of the party. stated that thee 000 American mii and P Maticed gem the eat T country, and that their lives are in imminent | +7 danger, as the Indians are getting bolder} Wes lay. special (0s Che Canada Cen! Central, Guelph, a dustrial, so he estern, Loi Lond Sept. East Elgin, Be. Thorns ae “68. wa, Sept. 11-23. | Wellesley, Sepe 123. 2 | Eli s|— ira, Sept. 28-29. the famous frontier |.} chafapter. sade American Photog Ea. Miller, were.on the Alamosa, thon they weeeattacked by pages and killed. FAIM FIGRTIS& NOT D ‘Aman was brea mght before Police Magis: nok Torgota last eek ch another man. | Painta hee i of, Mornington's; TOFICK is heteby: given that a Co ant to The be 25th Day of aaa oe O'Clock A. M. md determine the several, com. omissions in the Voters? the Slunieipetity of ‘Mornington ah persons h haying business aty the Court a re Fea in an even- jerres i Doigd Angst 1ath, 1899. ey, tended at saididtime and JOHN WATSONY. Clerkof M a =p P. ROE Agent, ae $| troughs. Does Quality Count With You NOTICE i ‘ Alf parties having Due Bills against the . i rea firm of Loth & Guenther would.do us a favor. - by. bringing them in, befére the ist of - _| September. LOTH & GUENTHER. owe i anil “ayn ats “| ROLLER .AND BALL BEARINGS. Lightest Draught Binder in the World 3@ eo Ge HARVEST TOOLS.. We haye a full supply of all kinds of Harvestand Heying ‘ Tools, such as Svthes,.Snaths, Hay Rakes, ete. Best “Lardine” Machine Oil. BUILDERS’ HARDWARE Our stock is large and complete at lowest prices. direct importation of Glass. EAVE TROUGHS. We = you lowest prices on best ‘ Queen's Heady” nk o cheag gradg used in gup WORK GUARANTEED. , ‘| PAINTS and OILS: We handle only the best brands:ot Paints-.and Oils. guarantee our White Lead and Linseed Oil gbsalutely pure... Pure Paris Green.,Import.. ‘Yours. Anxious toPlease, 3 Finkbeiner: Bros., lorniugton. ‘Eggs Saken_In, Exchange. . = ifyour dealer does not handle . Twine. Agency,54 Bay St., Toronto, _ Milvertom: , We:. MILVRTON ee ‘THORS! , AUGUST 10, 1899. DAY, $57: GENERAL NEWS CULLED FROM ALL SOURCES. F The sy at San Fernand} captured ant ned the United States sala ee. £ ‘The second trial by Court Maca of Cxptain Dreyfus 0 eas at Rennes, France on Mon Howacd ot LDS, formerly of Stratford, was drowned at Tike, Man., on Monday while ue Architect Powell of Stratford has| w: had his plans accepted for the-erection of a House of Refuge in Essex county. ‘A collision occurred on a. railway near Paris, France, on, Saturday last jin which so far as known 17 persons were killed and 73 injured. Premier Greenway and Hon, Robert, ‘Watson opened the Liberal side of the x anitoba carmpaign at. Morden on.) Friday. Mr. Teen late Gold. Gommission,, x in the Yukon, is -re; chased a controlling i Nidan Falls Record. “Albert Brown was probably fatally shot by his employer, Jenkins, at; [pion Point, near Winnipeg,, Friday. They qarrelled over 75 cents, The estimate of , the ont. a of gold. Epes the Klondike. this year, ‘based o1 the royalty revarns.and close enquiry, is phe at $10,000,000. Dr,.W, N. Robertson, who js -on home, to Sicetaed from the Klondjke i is said to be bringing wit! lnm a fortune of $: 0,000. . terest in the child belanging to F.. Wise, of Allan Park, near eae was neguy: ki illed by a game rvo: last w be. men, of Stratford, the ediorta ofthis wits, bas bees and liberated from... penitentiary, Senator Bellerose, of. anne is dying at Ottawa. He is | arm chair as he cannot go i will live only a few days. One hundred and fifty suicides in New York in three months is a sa record for the chief commercial city off} the most progressive nation on earth. Civilization tells the story. through ardon- Kingston Owing to the high.wages idicharg ob be crowder a ‘The first white. man to inhabit’ the county of. Bruce issaid to have, been Rev. Mr. Hurlburt, a Methodist missionary, W who prez ached to the dians at Sangeen, in 1836, Little Joe Foster, 2 _Sreyenr od without receiving injuries. While working in.a- diteb at Kings- a ton of earth and ruck pinned Hans- combe to the wall. Right Rev. Mgr. ceremony wns: elabor orate affair and as-usual at such functions the politicians were present Novwithstanding that a rental o expenditure of $ colonial railway has a surplus of $62,- 645. Ke miehaias toa report receiyed at Tacoma, Wash., Rev. H. W. Signe a Methodist missionary, made a him contribute pet the expenses of an idul process Representatives ot the pea are are anne the most: peaceable. ae best cultured people ia Europe and ai omer any country. oe lady has written to Arthor Balto the First Lord of the Treasury ai overnment leader” the British iid of Commons, who is him a handiome allowanee, will swear never to The one of the United States to 1g the year ending June h more than sae As the whol iuish Brit Empire takes peed 70 per translate it. cent of the cexport of e United ould think _ | turned to Buffal ‘|spection of, the Lake Ontario light- ing in an | proc ‘¢ [aud all the other promingnt sheep men hw ong | Mi cattle owners owing to the outbreak of |i nae there. A stone bruise on the heel of a hired | man is not blacker than the character a which Hon, N. Clarke Wallace gave | ™ to Hon. William Mulock. nae a The Pope is unders tood to be paring : soabestian high will in a tain cumments on the Peace Conference. Her Fischer - the Orange, Free State arrived in Pretoria to consult th the Eransvaal Comseneent pres| * pebier with regard . Chamber- lain’s Propgetl for 06, on ‘int comeeion ork of, tl franchise pro-|-— tO | time ayo sat by sher in succesajon cute for. that well he was half right and half hse ‘9. maintain hospitals ‘aud asylums the aa wakes some seeeey: eee ve | could nap be otherwise secu Ie right that this should be Sones re that should not debar good men. from. voluntarily giving more. Some days ago Major Symonds re- lo from a: tour of in- houses, and reported that thousands of ‘dead fish were floating on the lake and o shad been wasbed up Chief Clerlg Webster, of th paxate in Lake Onta he said, has been a Heys due probably to the intensely cold lake water. . W. Hodson, of the Ontario Ageioltaral Departinent, reports that there isa sheep famine, in eal ey He received.a request from the New pried and Quebec Governments a w days ago for thoroughbred sheep, i found that it was impossible to ure them. Hon. Jahn Dryden |, ing up sheep-in large quantities. Frank Harding, of Waukeisha, Wis over to Canada 150 A. W. Smith of Sane Lodge, has aes a cesters, Sparks froma freight locomotive on tha,Grand Trank sev'tire to the grass abost two miles east of -Glencoe on Sunday afternoon, vailed at the time, and the fire sprend quickly to the adjoining felds, burning over a large area of meadow and. pas- ture land and destroying several rods | possible to of rail fencing. The fire was only kept} aboard | from s sinc reading to the barus and grain. s of Dan and Maleolm McMillan, by the united efforts of themselves and -several of the neighbors, who manayed | to confine the fire to the woods, where ie posed «rapidly, and finally died out when the wind fell. Thee who had fencing ee Philip-3¥eRae, W. Satherlands and Donaldsznd M, Me- Millan. A*pile of stovewved contain: ing about25 cords, belonging to Hugh Quirk, wos also burned. Other tires are reported along the railway lines, bar with less damage. In Mornington, Aug. 2nd, Mary wife of John Watson. ‘Township anit tba. residenee a Museelbarg, on 8 Ang ni, by th t. ee St Sua ee Michigna a Mex Imbelia Barginan, je late Robert | views on the: ve he Mr tee news of ihe ths Rei of when th Mares Corian’ squadron came, und |: he Itali at Pale vel excellent ’style, 0 end, ‘when, ne is thes i nd th pt Theraare uo girls Like the good old girla— | As those de olt number of excellent Lei- . A high wind pre-| per nner had his); LO Captain Coghlan is isovkecres foe an taking of interesting story a the bas, _rsopled for the second . cable, oe ny re, banquet of the wie o1 thata distinguished American some Lord in the urt of Appeal and heard a 20, argue a point. hen he ha Lord Esher said to his friend: Monae do you think of that gentleman?” The Auwerican said, “Whe is he ?” of her Majesty's counsel,” i the other, “now I understand why 70 use the expression I have. heard much since I came to this pee! ‘God save the ome ‘THE hore are no boys like. the good old boys— en we were bona together ! When the le grass was oweet 0 the, brown That digepled 1 ah laughing heather 5 the sae’ dawn, ov Chacw, by the mill the whip. peor will Echged his night song o Aguinst the world Pd stake “em! fo and smartaeed clean of heart net oew how to make ’em They ere Tich imepicit and common sense, piety all supportiw’, These eos bake and eow; and had taught And er ae io the likeliest courtin’. There is uo love like the good old love— he love Usat mother gave w We arevold, old men, yet we oe again for t socio aes ce—God save us! Sowedream and dream of the good old And 0 sacs s grom tender, fonder Poead) brick sebthing Of heavaal stray ff Yeuder Bigens Field. TERERBLE cayssTRoriie. ‘The most frightful catastrophe restle oer Peck’s mill pond, miles north . of ad Handaever more injured, wor n to have escaped onbarm- spirited away, so that at presen! fate “adentatelp? the” uciaber CUURCH DIRECTORY, Mernonrsr Cai don, Ph. B., pastor. Sabh am, and7 p.m. Weekly prayer meeting very Wadnesday av 7230 pm, | Epworth ae, ete ee 8 o'elo vice at Mallbauk ai Cuorce oF ican Ree. We oY MeMil Hen, | B. = Tenet: Div vine wor- ship at 7 o'clock’ pn. ‘Service at, Elma m. ens Ce Rev, BA, avid Anderson, Zion church, Wellesley Cucnan oF sxx By Geo cn ie hath Sel Aes esday Cabin ae serie aaa Cuvrei: Wm, Bk B. A., pastor. Sablath Gorcoe te HEN. YOu WAN A Good Fitting and Up-to-date}. 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