warren Read David N, Hoga' important an- nouncement in to-day's Timzs, + Mr. J. J, Doyle, of Toronto, visited his many Stratford friends on Monday. Mr. Joseph A. Laird has accepted the pmcsord of No. 3 Samy: 3 ate Battal New -Harmbueg.-- -- ead # monster consolidated circus, the only big show coming to Stratford this season, will exhibit here on Friday, Jane Ist. _ Sponges, -- Bos wo th n shaving. a very line'line of Sponges, both bath and toilet. They extra poles, pid range in price from &. to $2.50. ireurenee this week, guest of Mr. Robt. G. Me- Fadden, G, T. K., Grange street. No person should be without Tue Timxa when they can get it delivered to their houses or mailed to them until the end of Dec. next, for fifty cents. Mrs. James Galbraith, of Hastings, and Rathertoré-of Point Saward, are visiting their parents, Mr. aud Mrs. Alex Serimgevur, Mill st., this city. being the -- eee P. box-holdera only from $30 to 10 a.m., foe | _ for the general \pablic from 12. 30 to 1.30 * pm Be sure and Boaworth's Wall Paper and Decorati before purchasing. He is showing a very iarge assortment, and oo te say the best value in the city. Gold papers from 20c, A daughter of Mr. Robert Campbell, of the Gore of Downie, inflicted a cat on one of her knees while shaving kindling with adra -knife, Girls shouldn't use those, kinds . Mr. John Lloyd was fined $) for violat- ing the city huckster by-law laat Saturday. George Lu ton claimed that he was . Y ahipiper, Hot San and the "case against him was reserved brisk 58 newal of "fore ure, and peels = dently know where they can secure g articles at the lowest prices. *Mr, RB. G.- McFadden, of this city, was chosen by the citizens = Point Edward as one of their delegates to Ottawa, seeking there. inter- "awed the Government, and their Diy nome 'was taken into serious consideration. ~ The St. Themas Times says The Master Mechanic of the G. T. HK. shops at Stratford was in the city a few days ago inspecting the M. C. R. steam derrick, it being the intention of the Grand Trank . to-erect--a similar "wrecker in their ahops at Stratford. % Thornton & Douglas, merchant~-tuilors;4 Mar'et st., have the contract for the new uniforms of the Stratford Lacrosse Club, . Knic' kers made of light gre Halifes tweed with royal blue cording in ams, and jerseys of royal blue. The oe out- fits will be neat, nobby, oi stylish. .Don't a ie. <r y maida' social in ® connection wi Mission Band of the Central Methodist "Churoh, to be held in the city hall, Stratford, on Thursday even- ing pext, Queen's Birthday. Refreshmenta served .on European plan, by dairy maids in costume, from 7 to 8 o'clock. sion, only 10 cents. The worst piece of plank sidewalk in the city, is on Norman -atreet, sae Mill street to Mr. A. Caven's "been down over 15 years and i is fearfully Somebody will geta leg broken there one of these days--then there will be # nice bill of damages for the city to pay. Read Mr. Wm. Hepburn's advertise ment in today's Times, and then call pet his mammoth store and ware-rooms and examine his large and magnificent stock of household furniture of all kinds. An elevator will carry you to every flat in the building. Mr. H is too well known as a citizen and business man to need any word ¥ - of newspaper praise. Woodstock, like Stratford, is having a -- over the electric ---- eatabliah- There is no " Dam Syndicate" may but there is a d--d sight worse syn- dicate--viz. a lot of lawyers, and swindlers from all over the country--trying to work off their own pectioniar schemes. Loodle is already hinted at as wa ready to apply liberally when the proper time comes. The Dam Syndicate are proveedin with a fresh atrocity. They bave aforce of some 25 men at work milling ep the ugly holes and -- the property below the dam. It is rumored that a joint stock 1 caietoe Snider claims in his preach- ings that his work is Fe oa tor the benefit of Locomotive Engineers -- Fire- men, that they are in more danger of being cakes into eternity when nerd hap: conductors... the engine- Men and firemen claim that they" are better prepared for death than the conduc- tors. s¢ although the latter stand in well with railway managers here below, , er -- gre not in- favor with the manager 2 a om. Davis, A uf -year- -old boy--one 'of P who Was Sakae up by Mr D. Durst, of Ellice, got his leg badly squeezed in Stratford on last Wednesday. He fell off a low of lumber, Mr, Wm. 'Shia, Sarnia, ------ of the | Be L TT A Crushed drm. On Monday last, Mr, William Ball, an employee at the G. T. shops, was engaged with some other men in "jacking up" a railway car, and by some means his left arm got caught between the elbow and shoulder and the muscles were badly er: ushed and hough no hones were broken. "ee tee Musician's Success. nto papers published on the 19th of May the bames of caw succeeded in passing the recent musical examinations held simultaneously in Lon- tng., and Trinity College, Toronto, | aod now 'tow by your for te clegree of Musical Soshever. aodidates who Miss Not te go out This ¥ The 28th Battalion (Perth Blazers) is not under orders to go iato camp this year. The regiment and its officers are ro thoroughly up in drill and all military move- ments, that it has been decided unneces- vary te put them te the trouble and ex- pense of going to camp, stmply for me other regiments to 'copy and practice Por the Old Sed, Mesars, David es ae Andrew Rainey, of Downie, and D. Clark and Andrew Sanderson, of art Easthope, left on Tuesday, for a tour through Eng- land, Scotland and Ireland. They take assage on the Parisian from New York, tnx Tinse-ishes them a-plessant joamey = and Lady Lands. downe and Sir Charles Tupper will be fe How: ith them. AP Paratytic- Stroke: Ono Thursday afternoon last, Mr. Wm Henry, St. Andrew's street, was stricken on the right side with paralysis, while sitting in achair at his residence. He had been in his good: health until the moment = war stricken, having been over town _ his ascal daily custom. Mr. lle san old, wealthy, and well-known citizen. Althou: oh his affliction is = sudden and severe one, Dr. Smith has hopes that it will not 'recult fatally ryhmemaerti-d Out. ~ Gederich is going in for water works, and Messrs. John Corrie & Co., of 'Strat- ford, have been awarded the contract of Poa | she item rec ee at $1,- 'They also tenderer® 'fur-the Sale ak my 341,000 000, their tender in- élidiag 4 Blake pump ; but the committee took separate tenders for the several dif- ferent "works, which amounted to 440.32. Goderich will not get ites water Yom the lake. They have bored a hele somewhere near the town, and struck a stream, the Star says, about as big as a whiskey barrel bung-hole ! Rifle Association, The annual meeting of the Perth Rifle iation on Monday evening Week, at Mr, W. Lawrence's office, the following officers were eae a Patron, Thomas Ballantyne, M. P. PP. ; President, Col. McKnight ; Vice- President, Col. Scott ; Secretary-Treasurer, W. Lawrence ; assia tant secretary, E. C Sealey; Council, Jas. Wilson, G. T. R., A. Robinson, Capt. Cooke, N. "Monteith, W. Thom, J. Worden, E. C. Sealey, J. Gillan, A. Hirst, R R. Neild, Quarter Master Beck. It was resolved to. affiliate with the = minion and Untario associations. Mechanics' 'Inatitute. nual meeting of the Stratford Mechanica' ae. postponed from the 7th, was held on Monday evening week at the library. The een ce was the best years. The offi elected for the 'year are as follows s-- President, George Stone ; vice-president, Rev. E, W. Pan ton ; treasurer, H. Nichol ; secretary, J J. . Morgan. The directors are Mess W. rs a aE J. Russell Stuart, W. McBride, A. H. Macdougall. W. David- son, D. R. Macpherson, T. T. Porteous and Rey. E. W. Panton. Auditors :-- Messrs. Buckingham and McLagan. Mr. Buckingham mooted the proposal to resuscitate ths reading-room, but the pre- vailing opinion see to be that the In- stitute's reseurces nond 4 not support a caretaker, the grant not being enough. The act calls for aceommodation for ten readers with fire and light provided. Mr Stone's proposal to make the library do for a reading-room also was not regarded as feasible either, and the matter dropped. The financial statement showed a balance nea with Serious Remel ta. On Thursday evening last Mrs. Hagarty and her cite eee Misa innie, started ont for an evening's drive," with Mr. H arty' s pair of Indian When near the Con; --. church -a laige piece of a concert bill which had got loose from some bi er prancing 4 down street before the wind, and che ponies took fright and were instantly un- manageable. Down Waterloo strect they flew with almost railroad and at eon. the street gazed rror-stric after the runaways, with the two --o holding on for dear life. sg) nearl posite the residence of Mr. Walter shall, on Downie st., the baggy upset, oni ¢ two occupants were thrown vith ter- rible force on the hard road. ra, Haperty steuck on her head and face, and fairly ploughed through the dust and gravel. Miss Hagarty i and, although wow g @ about and con- siderab ly apparel, was not much "lead w illing | hands ran from all parts to the ate ladies' assistance, and it was feared at oe that Mrs. big was ktlled;-as she unconscious, and ber face literally manelel-with alk aud bruises, which the blood and dust combined rendered unre- cognizable. Telephones were called into requisition and in a few minutes Dra. J. tendance, and Mr. Marshall's family threw open their house to the injured the doctors in their professional labors, Luckily Mr. dot 4) Donoghte--was-- tear the scene of the accident, and as soon as he to Een where she . eos weve wounds a Seateen whieh 40h. te" tee partion... Mr_.andMrs. 'a aa ciel peeing aes ain join with Tax Ties in rejoicing that it gr ee Those Indian" ponies ieay to present herself for ex examination. Tre Times feels pleased at not only her -- passing, but aleo in taking a good rank. We hope her success may encourage other | leading statement tw the Board. cated one" tries t musical aodents in this city to go up for pen He aye By ho Sy ga were oe regular mast this, the » tn rere r master, ibe calle bins, WMA yodne man with & second. pay certificate, appointed by the Board to take some of the claenes of of the lower forms for a few pa pool Tks ta we thes pomngiuan oes 0 quail: if ool Seer a a Collegiate Institute 7 horse's skin, I also "may diselose my personal identity." . ing i the Editor of Tre | unat the Trax on Thursday last that he considered this was a personal ---- to himself, and tha! ee + MeBride de wrote el was a 5 resly, and how he can place the d enter an action against Mr. Me- Bride for libel and join Tax Ties Editor in the suit, in order to discover the author. Well, Mr. McBride received his writ last week (no damages none pte to going to -he called at the sheriff's i on Monda Jam." for it." The Claimant" a ita in the lass ten weeks, and may furnish us food to make Tue Times more Absalom and his ory we might add that Mr. Harding and Mr. Butler are next d i and ss -- defendant The "Indian Kgeocy son ra 'a, gear ce tailors, tae ae, Any class bicycle ata on shoud os at Norman st, It can be cardianed at Go and hear Miss Agnes Knox, the cele young eed Metre tion, in.the city tat, Stratford on. ee an chell's (formerly of. "Stratiord) w wedding, to held a Fairholm, Fort Erie, on tue 5th prox. obliged to request them to be moderate Saturday always suits us better Bradshaw & Co. annonnce that they are to furnish the homes of our c'ti- of furniture at most reasocable prices. They call speci attention to the large stock of poles, cur- n and window fixings, mouldings, &c. Thornton & Douglas told Tux Timxs on people , saw their advt. in this paper than in all We regret to learn that Mr. is laid up with inflammatory rheumatism. can most feel his pain mm ou> own joints, He has the same satisfaction as Tue Tiues righteous are singled out for martyrdom. John Isaacon,a laborer at John Mc- Ewen's new block, Wellington street, Strat- r serious accident A wheelbarrow fell from the m the mak - ee 'Adjatant Sm Smith, of Londen, was ford' 8 facilities for the military camp this that |. was required, while their convenience to a hu per London, It will not be ot for a few bn ash whether London or A Montreal Detectives Partner. The special term of tt the Court of Queen's Bench forthe triel.of Detective and Constable Bureau, pat other mem pera 'is taken, but it waa reat * vo ol of A startling discovery A. Robertson and Hanayan were in at- |bas been made in ------ with the the case against the gang, -- en ONT. WERIEAPAD -- ) MARX. ks ABB 9-2 veerereoconencce nn OER LEE RE TEA Ee Ee Oe BOB 5 es |THE COLTmerA TE ENSTITUTE HRAD- | _ GOT HIS JEST DESERTS. tate t He 'tea afew MASTER COMES IN FOR FURTHER CRITICISM. That ewest-scented pet of the goady- goodies, the celebrated ex-Monk Widdows, evening, who was flattered, feasted, courted and os Mayor in the chair. All the members treated as if he were a " converted Pope" instead of a " converted Monk " in Can- ada, especially in Stratford, some years enraed.this town with | sentenced in England to ten years' penal servitude, To the Editor of Tun Ornatrony Trans: Daan ¢ -,- -The Principal S the Collegiate Inati- Board, article. that t apr eared i in A er last issue states that Inspector e I have had a ' row." Now, gr is as | ness fees, Your committee have haa before temen ttack, 1 onal matters just as we do in litics, yet, personally, I believe that we and are. the best of te: whole was a very efficient one. There is 4 whatever to suggest to your cor- } . Babcock, engine respon ns fertile tmegination that there to Sebcingvile, Ce 50; J. 8t. John, hose was hood is pe & like - "others uttered by my '*made out of whole Sprig an expe bones Faces Fal pla siiia he ie STILL FURTHER CORRECTION. To the Editor of Tux Staatron Truma. ** fable alluded to in ny last week. I now e the earliest opportunity of correcting the smissppreheosion he seema.to be i Vander, and-t--pabliely state The Council mat on on Monday ----_ except Ald. Vanstone who is seriously ill, --s confined to his room with an attack of congestion of the lungs. of having lost sothething tliat used to help him to wedge himself firmly in his position when he was in "the best of spirits" that used tofurnish a text for the"Absalomites" been | some three months ago. Aa His W Disses people who made | belongs to the teetotal army now, bis Dre ia Ntratiord uh feel anxious lest he should make as a to take a tip to "*No Man's Land" members of that " when they read the| selyes.in. sbuging 0 enting a account of their darling' « trial and sen a ve tence in another colamn of to-day's Tres. Becauve the filthy wretch could abuse the | ..rmon after he has had "*papists," he was considered a little | perience of total abstinence. Unlike Con- t0 | god ; but when he impudently abused the | ductor Snider and excitable, a , some of the yn Ea fool of himself as the elerical and ¢ arm ve made of them- for the past fe ms with the convalescent Mayor, and he has promised to deliver a ve years ex- and gabby " converts". of his natural modesty -- 'tallow him to take the pulpit | Preachars reais ia yo stre-that-this their * lady " favorites also, nearly burst } ** conversion" fa bona #7e "aot the rea their suspenders and corsets with applause | of a few pains in the otasmnclt = by andlaughter, and he was adored. and feasted as if he were the "Great I Am" in person, instead of the filthy, low, dirty, beastly, ex-convict, which he actually was | in regard to the opening of Devon st. at the time, having served a six-months' collar term in the Central Prison at Toronte, for | ambiguous. They cere doubt whether the very same offence for which he now gets ten years in England. That class of | other street in the city. - One thing they Protestants which hate Catholics so badly ished that they will take up with every fraud that comes along prepared to abuse them are nothing more or less than fapatica of Soa Abt what streets or property the city the most pronounced type, and if they are - not ignorant in education they encode a| reference to Mr. John Pratt's : pal © a. ng to protest during his Breda. the Shatheas 'faaty "Shae himself and. ao proceeded _ A letter was read from the city solicjter council did not exactly understand the . the lang they owned Devon st., or; in fact, an were sure of and that was the | were going to make money either trom Mrs. Scott, F. Pratt, or the city.--Re- ferred to find out further information as te "Ths cl city solicitor also sent In a letter: . reference te his euit for dama: by the Holy Bible--a book which, a ey in'done "at the new Bridge. = + Sl they make s senseleea parade of, ther under their arms or in their hands, ea, maa fro to church, prayer) --The F meetings, and even to Soott Act pow- 5 wows and jim-jams. Good-bye, Widdows -- Bailey asked pe enlarge te he is wrestling with that expensive luxary, the Court of Appeal at Toronto. i ordered ¢o inance was oe and fight the case to mission to the drain near her premises.--B. i Ww. of A petition was read from the bakers and Confectioners ask the Council to ex- empt them from ug Law, as towards preparing a of Queen's Park | mPa on Sports, sul to certificate of 249 --That the plans by Mr. J. G. Kirk, P L. 8S, be handed to the salicitor wii FE tne structions in the lane as possible. Ze Reskisek<-Chone wit- thent an account for witoess fees inthis matter which they decline to recommend payment of. e... me oon the eek vilies, #1 ae camel gia f 60: =G. tetas W, "Taleo ee B4c.; H. J, Crout, bill poster, $6.00; = fe G. Kirk, surveying lot 249, $11.00.. B. a .--Pay sheet, men on streets, $162.60; B. Allen, balance rent of tool house, $6.00 ; inci and expect | found fault with, and not with me nor Geo: Faleoner, Nile street Yair 17.00; i ". mana * Satan lumber, * $63.45 .--John McEwen, supplies, #2.90' Siby Manetictast ring Co, account repairs to to Sebringville, $7.50 ; H. er, - ter cart, $42. re- ing, $50. City Hall bgt! Electric light, eae 938.25 ; cM Mclihargy, supplies, 45c. ; HT. $1.25; O'Neil boa Br age $7.00; A, O'Marra, Bal Henry, Ward, supplies, spplees: 96 J. Ae $24.00; Mrs Moir, ri agg ; Chiet Herrington, pau ee oa 55. PL & C.--Pay sheet, 2, $45.00; Abra- ham, $45.00.--Adop ted BOARD OF _W ring. ORES... vii Bossa same ag 'thatthe tale "oat" sean ta 'Toronto, rod ll 70; Jaa" Berncch,' Stratford, © 5,000 Racy of cocar, $1 Ls 'v Jas Bennoch, Stratford, 2,000 { tamarac, 912,00; John. Ratz, Gadahil, °'5,000 feet of elm plank, $9.00; R. McArdle, feet off elm plank, $11.00; R. MeArile, 10,000 cedar blocks, 2)c. each.-- soe passed fixing Fire Chief -- STRATFORD CITY COUNCIL. ayor Butler took his seat on the throme