be ; : a ~ de 00 "STORY OF AN ErE-wirwEss, __|Thumas Dune, ibe Dalat tor of | and - = 3 St. Cloud. Sa "Grst | Hinckley. Strack to his until | Ia this book is eynrwitacotes of the Sat Keveat bree te | be depot was burning jover his bead, 10, fre a cient} poland rie arefage Falla to i H were the ot No. Dalath, Sept. 3.-- 10 Single Fare was dit one and a balf ieteeae for hundreds pF A ge a Rep ae , ; other side of Pokegama. The crew con-| forest Gres. \Arain bearing nearly 6oo jes made 00 Aux. sisted of Cond Barr, Engineer Vo~| who escaped from Hinckley reached 5 started at 8.40 a, mm: $2 Q5 eel, Fireman Sacher, Brak at 9:20 o'clock last night.~ At pockets of the last body' John Delaney and Michae} Whalen, lock Sanday morning the first bind = 2 John Vandersluis, the Great Nort t down the line by the THE NEWS AT ; from 4 to 14 essenger. Mr. Vanderslois | St, Paul and Daluth arrived with about] Chatham, Ont, Sept: --1.-- thus tells the s' awful ex }, and bly 200 more came | citizens of TORONTO : ce. As we planged throogh dark |i op the second St, Peal and Doluth | Nerth Bay as been 'Inclusive, | pees, smoke dover train, which left here at 12:30 this | Lake Ni here ¢ small bridges and hence culverte, : The @ | weeks sgoon « canoeing ld feel them give under the weight most pitiful sight. All were poor pak. Franch river, from where ; of the train, The ties, brid, nces | Few of the or coats. |.§o proceed by way of Lake Ni and the trees ahove burn- | women were not folly clad. Wom- apa Bay. The last beard ing. When { of|en with babies arms were was atthe' mouth of the French. mpanied by from two to five other| on the 17th of Avgust, when | BY THE GRAND TRUNK.| Kay ch rar ren webct | wth "OS a as the latter remained if something | op the south branch of the' aa y; . wd SPECIAL EXCURSION DAYS. Tutsday&Thursday 11 and 13. FARE $8.25. a ---- Buy y pont tickets at the town Opep at 7 a.m. - J.A- HACKING. t ont th -- leapiog clear No 'oni LISTOWEL STANDARD €RIDAY SEPT. 7, FRIGHTFUL LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED-- OVER SONS SAID TO HAVE PERISHED--HUNDREDS OF COR! ees ALO THE RAILROADS-- APPALLING CALAMITY. . Paul, Mino., |, Sept. 2.--The town ., aboot half way wiped out of dead will cme exceed 200, and the ceived would indi- cate that a larger BG y no! t. the train to-day from there t eople, who came through the firee, od far graphic stor- ies of the scene. rain from Duluth m reached a point a ae aed a half above Hinckley some time after midnight, and o return to a point five rode through taking the northbound train this wide of urning on it this cit d car they D the people of Hinckley ran to the wo when thei: houses caught fire, and the timber afterwards burned it is more than probable that great no TS per ished, ¢ most conservative estimate of the dead is 2 e fora day of two. s feared that sev- tral othe wns have suffered a hi fate. Millacca called for help yesterday afternoon and the relief train trom St aati from Miilacca. may have been abs suffering cannot at this time be kno party hate cane through the fires around Hinckley on the band car aufter- ed severely from burns. Their icjures, however, will not prove fatal, They tell of what they fi flamer, and the is close to the railroad k Another case was where a mother seeing ber house in 8, ran > save her childre Her husband also followed ber and the walls of the bouse cav in fore they could get out he se 2 ss gers have taken refuge 1 marsh nes Skunk lake, waere they are surrounded by fire. The engineer, nes Hoot, wa badly burned by the flames, but stuck to bis post and got all the passengers out of the fre safely, He tried to take bis = through the fresto Hinckley, but n the cars caught fire from the fying was usele oe om maevara®s so that the estimates made y be copsidered as decidedly "conervative 'rom St. Cloud, east and orth, carly everywhere is burn The piney ate n Becker and heer en y farm houses and ia in been lost as well othe tim! Over the hill that rises bebind the to this morning, in & ane of four or five acres; were There 'were -- taniltes of five, six and seve re they lay, the men generally 8 little in cae vance, the d by her little ones, cot ving burn very vestige of their clo thing and biackeoed and chart d many of the corpses bey recognition, and where # ihes were 4 out, as they ' -S iT. St. Prol, Mise., Sept. 2---A joaeer Press trom Pine Cuy Jead thus + Hleckey, 3 -- $ ie, 46; ny ae 1 Jun. ™ ; the people jumped bp we reached Hickley we found t! Ce snlial train from St Paul over the St. Pacl and Doluth had reached there, and everything that man could do was being done for the injared and suffering. reg han freight sar ji, and w und all wae City. a cary 'home thrown he 'Shelter of the sufferers. ¢ terrible loss of A bxpys THRILLING EXPERIENCES: inneapolis, Minn., Sept 3. ¢ first same over the St. Paul ana Dota road ect from the sce great fire, Lawrence, thecnl he ngers nthe limited which started Satu pe ulath = whi they could go no farther, stepped at Pine Cc end returned inneapolis on this way. Lawrence says the fire was noticeable about the other aide of alc ne board. ¢ heat became intense, and the whole oicaes of fire seemed to burst rth, t rst rush of the flames towards the cars the window panes went ut wit crash, and the train began slowly to return toward Skuok take. People scream n men jumped throu: the windows, The wild mto Skunk lake, but amply ran along the ties the fire fier keeping it up expected every moment that my dress would be burned from my body, Sunday morning M Lawrence was p in the middle of the tr red severe injuries, such as broke: bones and limbs. Mayor Eustis received atelegram from aci 'c committee at Pine City, Minn., stating that 150 lives had been lost at Hinckley, and the situation was terrible. A carload of provisions was) procur It was t this morning, and to-day meetings of the bi o of Minneapolis will be held to provide relict» BURYING THE DEAD. Pine City, Sept. 3.--Outio the little a scene to-day which words are powerless to describe. At e li e¢ spot would $s dre as could It be imagined Tt ts top of re is and = gon of trees prese: appearance hard Pools Bat ip the centre of the opening ir, nan ne beap lay , mer, women ana httle chil. with a fragment of clothmg larger than and to conc eal their awful onks, the the sou aby girlr, aged 6 ante was for the "Best family, mbers made their destruction notable, ar in this time of death, ma fh ake oe Minnie ve '| prea Diamond "Blog, W a rong Meigs oe cam ; aod three: gen' ing gon and his, wife and child, who took yefnge in a dugout, are left. all lived together shout two miles southeast of Hiackley 'he.only @tbers of the 90 who wed were Charley Andé "iy tha' bank > Mre, Wilham Grising and ger danghter, Wia- 6. Inthe swamp across the Grindssone, where these corpses were pe roca. poy wh were '* ing a oot 1~ dead his own completely rs that he would not know ashe wasin the datly Hinckley, bas it is feared that be was the man who ot. the dis- eastern train arrived here Sunday night did not all suffer the same fate as hundreds of others. TWO HEROES, Sandstone station is a mile out of the wo © same je riv~ tween. Bollis was at hie instrument ben the eastern train bri [3 Te.ugees into Sandstone, H: flagged the trainin the kness, to tiveafree road, and tthe train ack as quickly as possible, knowing that the bridge might be apy mo-~ ment, b the train arrived at the 1,500 foot bridge, _--e ese it burning brightly in se be atonce decided thet th the chanoe of getting over was o sure death on the tracks and it wenton, Five hundred lives bless the promptness 'ord came in lest evening that 51 bodies were buried at Sandstone yester- day te still missi relief train left here for that place and brought ack §0 survivors and 20 or more in~ {| jured on stretchers SANDSTONE WIPED ovr. West Superior, Wis., Sept. 4.--Nearly ali those ane survived the terrible Yores t several human bodies habitants of the town were brought in t Hinckley 338 They lying aber country is in ashee. was resumed cn the St. Paul and Duluth railway to-day. SAD ENDOF A CANOEING TRIP. Three Well-Known Chatam Men Dro' wed, Db. * CHRISTIE, ARTHUR NORTHWOOD RAPIDS IN TRENCH RIVER. North Bay, Oat. Sept. 1.--Word cached here this afternoon that a party French riyer, had been drowned at bead of Lake Nipissing. DROWNED ON THE 20TH, North Bay, Sept. 1---The am canociwis were drowned on Aug, while running the five-mile rapids i French river. 'wo ies were found and buried ; the ape bas not been found cir canoe & also d by is party of "aapletecss who were Pa that district. THE FINDING OF THE BODIES, © captain of the Camellia brings ec following report a Avg. 29 and Cro imber D + Mac- ovald, yma proceeding up the French river, foun body of a man about five miles below the five-mile rapids acdonald secu to the j = op, Ont., Sept. 5.--A very disas- FAs broke oat this ee at 3.35 in Charles E. Smith's carriage shop, and -- fore it could onder read to -- buildings adjoining, Saheevan wee following --- were bmg s E.Smith's Char ee "Sone insured $4oo: atock $150, , "et Blacksmith ~< owned by ee E. Smitb, occupied by R. Tosh. Building insared for $200. Tosh's loss about $100 | about $300. Toho Whyte stables and sheds anda of wood; no insurance ; joss yan ae has no Gre protection a essage was sent to i ge asking for help, which came qaickly ood service. Fortanately the _ har at rite e¢ best part el wiped nig Cause of Gre pn iat Port Dover Railway Ferry. LISTS BEHIND THE SCHE! Ottawa, Sept. 2.--Cal. Tisdale M.P5 who has been here Ee cara MINE-O' OWNERS iy CAP- v4 to adjournment. ot matter an meeting were read Alcock complained 'to th: der land ening of 1 ned for a and Dames was iastructed to --* trip witha , and 7 y fia! » accompanied by E. Cell, L. Gre was in the straw stack. e news ofthe sad accident wa mee to very, bigh and in a tew sec: | ee to this town, ~-- the = onds ~ asin a mass of nate men were wel ie verythi ithia reach wat spected citizens. D. M. was \ Epevemed fa quck . ie men oo senior mem of the legal firm 6)| she stack jamped for their lives, a distance Corstie & Lewir, He wn' 'of 20 feet,allescaping unhart. of forty and a . changed his base by rolling down ic was phraw and althcugh usually thwood, and a graduate of T of rheumatiom he yed university. He been filling the smarton thet * all right of science m: at Owen since. Mr. M will be ollegiate institote, but bad takes "Wioser as all his winter's feed is Bew position a Colles' stitate, where due on tw the Eimsa Company. ' 1. . A. E. Koox, law student, retarned was a young 'Toren to on Wi , and a brother of the ~~ - Lindsey Tran - be. the city ticket a i everything xe then | = " gaa Causing moch'damage to the sti ORIGIEA' mA 1 : Mr. and Mrs. Petrih of Listowel, ERAL SEUILDINGS Tue CHEEK ED. Mrs, W. Perrin of Philadelphia, Ps, CounciL.-- Council met hotel, Cranbrook, paces ll pres- ent; Reeve in the ma minutes of Isst Council was badly cut up hy the ae Beaucham; report. Two ss the Reeve from J.A. Bel, N, Bogi- nd & Riddel, collet ' Siso. Wi that the Reeve "i ah te on tools and stock 1,T. H. Br gallery and | neer dwelling; no insurance on either; some | ment dcala No. 2 and outlet, with two ae i ee loss he Ges certifi of 'tiaaies made by him, x ing er i . shop, stables and de cog part forniture ively ee 59% ine, contractor for saved; insure loss about $1 said drain. Petition of Walter Richard- «Wiliam Roberts, ba ae rer son and 21 others asking the council to ila nt inspectors to house, owned by Kilpatrick, Orillia ; in- raponing black knot on troit-trees--ieid suted for ; rts' lose over until next mentlan Moyed by A. tents a ames, secon by James Turnbull, see ----------$---------- MEKEED IS Sewjek. cw Ang. 24, the wife uf BERD in Bima cu vega ay wife of ¥. BIBRTSs. ofa son. --GREAT CLOSING O LISTOWEL MABKEETS. at ag SSsseies oe Lead ss B8sEg8eeu8 F__| - OVER $10,000 DOLLARS WORTH To be sold regardless of embrace 't pn ™ UT SALE at the 777 Store. OF NEW GOODS profits. The Entire Stock must be sold this Fall. Unheard of Bargains will be given, his opportunity, to buy your do not fail to Fall Needs 8 i oo Wants at thisGreat Sale. Money saved to you. 38 38 to commence at once. Terms Cash,or Butter oo ow and a Egos at @ash Prices. No Credit given. - = Bart g 1860 Haying Decided to close up the Listowel business Basen Paes @ Bl you will find this a genuine Bargain Sale. Fi 4 No Humb It will pay every one to attend this % #/Sale as the tock is new and full of Goods for the 30 ,8|Falland Winter. - seiy Me MacDon ald, -- = A Racking Cough Cured by Ayer's Mrs. P. D, Hatt, ps Gasemee St, gree _ ¥- says: "Over ars ago, I remember hearing "ee 'eae describe the w coda ful curative effects of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. During a recent attack of La Grippe, which assumed the form of a ungs, accom. panied by an rp eta I ht Pp y ones -- were red to b Roll, 81 paid : Hart 1 25 ; Thor. cont! Kerr, K. Lvingttone, 1 14 day's shoveling gravel, ray, 1 day shoveling gravel €. $i; Jomes Oakley, gravel, $3.12 thence continoously the year roupd,_ , : é t is Raped to pipirinea' . Les ks ' Lovee gy rnd $ vor oe ph dhe Lake Erie -- Erie, Pa., to pe 0) stones con. 12, ri by rial | Dever, ons im port vessels are t0!l tomber and eedar for culverts $14. 43. at aniseed of coal can The rr cil th dio ned ' ran op boa: Erie TOSs to nye oe ae an 1 ms and the project, once in working order, will Prove a great boon to Toronto and all by Buffalo and the bridge will be sav ers and other capitalists are backing the scheme. TRALEE. injured in the ip recently, by running against a limb of a tree. Mr. Thomas O'Grady, who has bad severe attack of inflammatios, has aheeet iully recoverd: Mr. D. Welsh is progressing as well as can bs expected, and will likely be able to be out in a tew daye. ¢ Lander, blacksmith, took in the -- Taces, M ron, proprietor of the Mit- chell foundry and Mra, Mulberon spent Master Freddie Hosking was severely sold. again at the call of the Ree Wn . SPENCE, "Clerk, en at 10140. Th tem Lp tre ba refosed"them. ide o-sell off the board. Mr. ing friends io this vicini! Mr. C. Lon, country few days at To: onto Exhibition _Mr, Ed. -- _ ea te by both old and mae " it jolo 'a wishing him his dese: ved Mise 'HL on who has been is some time, re! aol this nll MOLESWORTH- . Though the weather bas been so dry, . is making twenty, en suc Miss Annie McKee is inclisposed. Matthew Sharpin bag gone ts ' to reside. = Mrs, Wm. Smith left-tor ber home tl WXewenaryet Aug. 1.--At the cheese boa ere anerees by seven faaverine bed om rly wi Cheese Ma Marketa. rd, A 0 --~At th Fi ies boarded i@ cheese mark: Reven buyers were xt market will te bold mber 1. tod colored at 1esbe od 168, 101-30. ; 10 3-80 was offered for white but ai ra Am oe se 3 MecCargar, boat at lu 340: and as given th ny ~Ata mecting of the jay there were = offe.. jay in Ingersol|, Sept. 4.--Offerin: to-4 bo Take. Bales: 37 aN, te Sunday at the Woods farm. 10 Oi-e refused for eytn egmne fous altar 0 3-80 Will. tt e, of Toronto, spent a few | 78s the general bid ; market quiet, bat firm; days last week with friends near heres | ,worarock: Bert. S--There was 3.28 He made the trip on bis "bike" A .2Bales; 605 boxes raret halt ferin Miss Lizzie Lytle returned to Toroo'o | **20 13 Next market eptomaver on Tuesday last, . -- The Fall Fairs, . LEBANON. to Induatria!.¢ . Sept, 8 t Mr. w. Long, Reeve and § Miss = arth Perth at Stratford Bie: '1-28, ng Guelph Mast week. genie, ite J. McKee of Molesworth i visit: | "Suutbeny'oee se" iz during the day, zone 1d set ¥ to liodown at night. After ten ortwelve such nights, I was Nearly in Despair, and d tosit upall night chair, and Dreenee | what xe: y coal in that way. It then oc- o that I bad a bottle of curred to Ayer's Cheny Pectoral. I took spoonful of this Preparation in a little water, a few einem X "Yell eae, and awoke in greatly refreshed and better. I took a teaspoonful every night for a week, then grad- ually decreased the dose, and in two wooks my cough was cured." Ayor's' eens Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer &Co., Lowell, Mase. Dadensetneclateraeecen --AT THH-- LISTOWEL WOOLLEN FA B. F. Brook In exchanging goods for wool we will goods at rock bottom cash prices. see our tremendous stock in all lines of & --PAY THE-- HIGHEST PRICE, CASH OR TRADE, pay a FEW CENTS ABOVE THE MARKET PRICE, guaranteeing to sell our Come with your friends and WOOD LEIN GooDs. Our stock is open for inspection, and is the best selected Stock ever shown by any Woollen Factory in Canada, » Do not fail to call and see for POWDERS Cure SICK HEADACHE and Neuralgia in plenty? Mimures, a © Crated Foreee, Dizsi- jain the Side, Con ure . $0 stay vera alsocy VERY MICE TO TAKE. Prion 26 Canta ar Orvo WOOD'S PHOSPHODINE The Great lish Remed Yourselves our FINE GREY FLANNELS AT 25 GENTS PER YARD. that will not shrink in washing. We have made upa special line of all wool Tweeds at 40c: rom a distance can rely you will be sure to get good rolls. All w usa trial. we P. S.--Beware of agen We using our name to. make Put them English 7. ) Se eee ee yard, Something never before shown for the money. (guasef dbase or Esso, ROLL CARDIN = 7 eS I G, SPINNING os AND MANUFACTURING TWEEDS, FLANNELS, BLANKETS; &C. Done on short notice and best of work guaranteed. Parties on getting their rolls home the same day. Would advise to hand -pick all wool for roll carding, and e ask isfor you to give We deal honestly with everybody and you will find ha a ready to give the most prompt and careful attention a B. F. BROOK & SON. understand they aro down as frauds of the worst kind. We allow no dies to sell our g | STRATFORD EVERYBODY Nelson Monteith Presidéat. D FAIR. THURSDAY A AND FRIDAY, a September 27 and 28, 1894, LIBERAL PREMIUMS, Reduced Railway Rates, COME. --_--_---- Send for Prize Lista, Jno Brown Secretary tr WILL DISPEL THEPRIN UKE MAGIC. CABINET PHOTOS $2,002 4T D, BARBERS. AUCTION SALE --OF VALUABLE-- Town Property! Hay, Shea) . (gs. Poultry and House- The G.T-R. havi in commenced é ving again 7, frelgbt, *% ang LIME ! A tT. Ht a snd ime 24 hold Furniture, &e. MR. WM. WELOH, Auctioneer, has recetv. ed Ieetracilone. from the pruprictor, MR. Ww. WILSON. to to salt by Be pul bls Anetinn, on the premises, FRIDAY, SEPT. 7TH, 1894, One-balt scres 0 Sreceioas ta and ans Hage by The following in one ivt, Tall leat y artisles, which table, sleek, stands, halratorks merous oth spades, end na will es sold for cath, M. WELOG, Auctioneer, Brerzibiay will Sang sold as he does not rebuild Proprietor house, wach an oa bared a nw weeks mca. FINE NEW FRUIT STORE. CHEAP 'faving made arrangements with powe of J tnel on fratt srowe in the Niagara ¢! ° trict to handle t fT prodwca, od sa Eee INSECT POWDER STICKY FLY PAPER AND-- \ Any amount of Remnants ot WALL ; PAPERS, a LIVINGSTONE'S Drug Store. MISS MARY AITCHISON Has opened astore in the Btand by Mr. Wi quart loy coset gM. Witte ext Devoted lesale sien aac cae | ea there Uveanie io obtain the very beat best goods |B Ping for the farm ae, Ingpection = ow MARY AITCHISON sla Cider Press & a & Chopping Mill. ruigned has bia Cifer Free and i oe ene we and is cider aud dail Kinga of who along bring JAB. Mpan Ure Than,