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!c x' \' hem out. )u r 36 ust a few left. To Chi m out the Prices hum M ' This IS 'lw lime to 3p. All Fur Good» at Nu? :ed p, ices Here as a opaciui r Goat Muffs, aim. 'er Town. :n'x \\ 21m: PF. 3. ‘”-: I'flllq lUf’. cials January. ful at Value at 81.23 for Hats. )2!) 93 a pan of our La-lics’ Coats» First (Just to clear crlface Mickie: __. FOR ays. 00 [ZSlel' is t woo-‘9’; Out for the Price. ster is‘ Illgby “’aterp 0F N EXT “en's Suits. in)!” and at mJiJ Suits in Madly small t cf the size. “T3. Mk hae] and MorrisO’ Brien, mks .\Ii<higan, and their brother. "Him. who liv 5‘," Normanby, were in town last The sad cause of their was to attend the funer- ir biother, John who died was a hgtivo of hor- “Why and much «nomad by :11 who J! him. The Fresh Children ha 'l‘uesd W‘â€" 3’terian Sunday .Scbool d a happy reunion on 33' Evening last. After dispos; ““9: Of a hearty repast, a number .0 ruses. etc.. were gav- The markets are increase in prices and Mr. Wm. : Dufierin, add Hopeville and last, afternoon A limited quantity taken on subscription Ecla only. \Ve must. other papers on our c Mn. W. Gorslme hm on Friday last by wbic his collar bone. '1‘} better, he carnes his a l’ATnox Leader MCNiChO] M. P. P (wood Farm fox Snlc or to Rent. [on 20Lnn$ Bcutmck GoodFrame house, frame barn and small om‘hara Apply to R. Macfarlan" Sr. ~â€" Coal 031 â€"â€"Best refined Canadian Coal Oil I) gallons 800 at Parker’s Drug Store. 'l‘ns Baptist Uhurcn at Orchardville will hold a grand Lea meeting and en- tertainment. to-night. "hursday. The Baptist Young Peoples’ Union at. Paisley will have a rally on Fri- (lay the L’b'ih. A number from town are going. ti Crawford Presbyterian Church tea‘ nuating is ammuncel for the 27 ch. Tm ‘Junicipal election bustle saems to have quieted flown nicely. _-B(xsf Sn] lugrnl “Hench! Rtisins, 61“ )6 crop) $1.2 2') par box at Mockler’ s. Wm) are the Glrmelgers that were fined for patting out poison? Mr. R .‘Ianrlaue Jr. has '06!) re- appointed agent for the C. P. R. Co. :drerthe agency had been closed for a year. 'l‘mc crawl on Fair Day cloasn’c hirly rpprescuc the amount. of busi- ness done. A few new home made cutters for 5313. Can be seen at the old carriage workshop. R. Macfarlane Sr. 'i‘:-;.\ Meetings and social: are all £710 rage- «Cedar Ties 20 nee, LmVer To wn. where. VOLUME 3 ,. ' Another complaint ab‘mt an un- ly street near the school some. Hood sleighing Wuxnmwm. winter weather How goes politics ? Sucritive of Shawls at. Mockler’ )11' 31- markets are active; general 86 in prices; wheat a. little ; material advancement in )ats. potatoes and hides. Our 3 are xeliable, and changed week, when there are changes 70 MCAL NEWS. 'eni Ties 200. each. D. Kin- ’ the Pxesbf; Lerizm church Mneld on \Ionday after- impmtant business was and others FWWU' 0!' wmd wiZl be :cripcion t.) the Chron- 'e must hwe cash for on our (:1 Whing list to 3!..33‘ _, ' ' 4r. bpu‘lmg’s. for__Sogih Grey, nu! an accident ich he dislocated Though getting warm in a sling. aycock, David “'13 have been informed by a resi- dent of the town that last week a farmer, who was delivering wood in his yard. drove his team and sleigh through alot of choice small fruit trees and flowering shrubs. Such vandalism is deplorable and farmers, even if they are too careless, lazy and improvident (as too many are) to grow either fruit or flowers near their own,nesidences. should have some consideration for others, and not need watching like an elephant in a china store whenever you in than through your gate. A number of the young people- of the town. bent on enioyment, assem- bled in the New McIntyre building on Wednesday evening of last week and", until about one o’clock they whiled away the hours in keeping time to the music of the piano; There were about fifty present all of whom pronouce it one of the pleas- ant reu-nions of theseason. The ab- sence of all formalities and the free- and-easy. go-as-you-please character put full enjoyment within the reach of all. A grand Orange Concert Will be held in Vurney on Tuesday, Jan. 25th under the auspices of L. O. L. No 689. when a choice program will be given consisting of Vocal and Instru- mental Music, short addresses, etc. Mr. Jones will be present with his Gramophone, and Mr. Galbraith, a pOpnIar vocalist, will also be in at- tendance. A good meeting is assur- ed. Admission 15c. and 100. See Bills. The Canadian Order of Foresters will fgive a grand Concert in the Town Hall on Friday evening Jan. 28th at 8 p. as. consisting of the Or- chestraMLocal talent and a genuine Edison Phonograph from New York. The instrument cost $500 and is the late-st improved. Dent fail to hear it. Reserved seats 25c. General admission 150. The Supplamentary meeting of the South Grey Farmors’ Institute 'will be held in Holstein on Wednesday, Feb. 2nd, when addresses will be given by Mr. Joseph E. Gould of Uxbridge, Mr. James Sheppard of Queenston, Mr. F. W. Gokey V, 8,, Durham, and Others. See bills for particulars. A choice program is be- ing prepared for the evening meating. ens. Prof. Peel will furnish some choice cornet selections. Doors open at, 7:30. Allareinvited. Admission 10c. andléc. 2 A School Concert will be held in Ritchie’s school, No. 9, about a mile and a half east, on Friday, Jan.28tli. Inspector Campbell. Principal Allan, and others from Durham will be pres- . ‘\ THE majority of peepie look upon it as a. trivial offence to throw a stone at a telegraph wire. but under the Criminal Code the penalty is three months or $30, and if you injure the wire or one of the glass insulators the penalty is two years in the peni- tentiury. THE Poultry Show at Owen Sound is being held this week. The Sangeen yard is well represented, forty-two birds from here being on exhibition. The chief exhibitors are Messrs. Holt, Leave-us and Brown. Report next week. Mr. Dan. McKinnon, formerly of the Central Hotel here, met with an accident while timbering out near Uheeley this week. He got his hip IIARDLY SEASONABLE.-Quite a lively thunderstorm last week; more light- ning thiq week; a robin seen in town a few days ago. J. H. Carson. out on his wheel on the streetwand this the middle of January. What next? O..â€" JOHN, the banjo player, after wacks’ stay at the Middaugh If carefully wrapped up his instrt and took his "bones” out of this week. â€" ‘IIIU‘ ill“ Ut‘l-ber: good as new Chas. McArthur. Men chant, Upper Down 3 31.2?) for 75c. a"; vaglrler’s from 11 to 2. 50,000 cedar Kinnee, Lower A limited supply of taken on subscription at â€"-Girl’s Felt, t he M {dda'ugh Hou;e 9'." 0! Wood Will be tion at this office A“ Overshoes regular up his instrument DURHAM. ON'l‘.. J AN. 20 1898 out of tow u a few Catharine Cameron McDougall. mother of Messrs. Dan. and Neil Mc- Dougall, of Bentinck, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs, John Cameron, Bottineau. Dakota, last month. The old lady went out to her daughter’s last Spring. Mia. McDou~ gall and her husband. the late Allan McDoucall, came from Scotland in 1844 and settled near Toronto where they lived for two or three years. then moved to Dornoch and in 185:: to the township of Bentinck and settled on the farm on which they lived until the death of Mr. McDou- gall, which took place in June 1866 After the death of her husband (1;. h old lady lived on the old homestem with her son Dan up to last. spring Hrs. McDongall was a kind hen-ted woman who was universally respec- tech-7P0», ._ ° ° ON Saturday last we had a call from Mr. VJ. J. Strain, of Great Falls, Montana, a town about 1500 miles west of Chicago, of about 11 000 in- habitants, on the Great North- e1n Railway. It is about nine years since the first house was built. yet to day it is a busy mart of t1ade. The ch1ef1ndust11es in the vicmity are mining and stock raising. Mr, Strain is a son of Mr. Wm. Strain, of Flesherton, and for many years has been engaged in business out West. Though his home is in the land of “The Stars and Stripes” and beneath the overshadowing wings of the‘ Spread eagle, he has still a warm cor- ner in his heart for Canada, which he looks upon as one of the finest countries under the sun. WE have just revised our mailing sheet to date, and invite our readers to see that their labels are correct. If not, kindly drop us a card and- we’ll make corrections. The number after the name on the paper indicates the number to which subscription is paid. The present issue is 1611. If your label is ' marked 1608 your subscription is paid to the end of ’97, 1556 was the last number in 1896. If therefore this number appears on you label it indicates that you are a full year in arrears, and a remittance is in order. We thank those of our readers who have paid us during the past few weeks, and hope to have the pleasure of thanking many more soon, as we yet need more money. A very pleasant Social meeting: we» held on Monday evening in the easement of the Presbyterian church the proceedings being of a very in formal character. After all had partaken of a bountiful repast, pre- pared by the ladies of the congrega- tion. the Rev. Mr. Jansen, pastor, called the meeting; to order. Short and interesting addresses were de- delivered by Rev’s Ferguson and Kitching, and Messrs. Young, Cal- der, Ramage and Turnbull. The choir rendered some very appropriate music. The meeting was of a most enjoyable character and it is intended thatasimilar one shall be held in the near future. THI Durham Orchestral Club will give a. choice musical and Gramo- phonic Concert at Allan Park to-mor- row, Friday evening at 8 o’clock. “The Boys” have given 9. good deal of free music and now their eflorts should be appreciazed by a hearty support. > These young men are good entertainers. and we beSpeak for them a crowded house. "How differ- ent People Laugh”, and "Casey put~ ting the Baby to Sleep” are delight- fully entertaining numbers. Only 15c or two for a Quarter. See Post- Mrs. R. W. Horn lefc this morning for Lucknow. where she intends to Spend some time wich her son. Messrs. Hopkirk and Cook of Craw- ford were callers at our office on Monday. Mr. Wm. Keating of Glenelg, agent for the Farmer’s Manual. was in town last week and- gave us a call. Rev. Mr. Burns of Corinth and Rev. Mr. McEwen of Monck were in town on Monday last. Dr. McIntosh of Dornoch was~ in town on- Friday last. He has decid- ed to locate at Hopeville. Miss Main of Holstein, visited her uncle Principle Allan a few days lately. Mr. David McNichol, M. I sed through town Tuesday still in the ring. Mr. John J Black, of Brantford, who is spending a while at home in Glenelg, was in town last week. We don’ t know whether he was order. inghis wedding suit, but he may have. Hugh Carr of Chesley was a guest at. the Middaugh House yesterday. Mr. McKinnon, ot Chesley, is vis- iting his daughter. Mrs. J. A. Black, in town: at present. Dr. Malian of Flasherto‘n arrived on Monday to assist. Dr. Jamieson in his professional duties. Miss Bella Hughes viaited friends in Mt. Forest over Sundav. LOT No. 2;; LOT No.1: To clear out the balance of our Mantles. We have eleven of them left, and we don’t want to carry th 3m over. If you want a Stylish Mantle for Little Money N (HV’S YOUR CHANCE! CALDER'S BLOCK, Twe Special Prices Spetfiesh Buyers... PURELY PERSONAL. Ramsay ‘Morlock. Cash and One Price. '6 Six only (5 black and 1 brown) Fine '-- Loop cloth, some with slashed collar, others fancy braided. German make and latest styles, were sold for $6.50 and $7.00. On Thursday morning they go for - - $4.75. Five only Black Mantles. heavy loop and plain cloths, good fitters, good lookers, and good sellers. were marked $4.50 and $5 00. Thursday morning take your pick for $3.00. WILLIE and Johnny set up a lem- onade stand and a gentleman was their first patron. Willie’s sign rend: “Four cents a glass.” Johnny’s modest announcement was “'l'vvo contsa glass." Being a man with an eye to the fact that "a penny saved is a penny earned,” the cus- tomer bought a. glass of Johnny’s lemonade, paid the two cents due and casually inquired “Why is yours cheaper than your brother’s .9” “Cos ” said Johnny, “mine is the lemonade the puppy fell into.” Mr. J. H. Brethour, Prin. Mt. Forest High School will take the work in the Methodist church here and Zion instead of Mr. Isaac. oi Holstein as announced from the pul- nit on Sabbath last. Ayoung man named John Clark met with instantaneous death near Walters Falls last week The doc ceased was standing beside an old threshing machine which had been turned into a cutter by bolting knives on the cylinder. When it was put in motion one of the knives became loose, and flew out. and struck Clark and caused his deathâ€"- his head was out completely open, Mr. Henry Davis, a former resi- dent of Durham and vicinity but. now of B. C.. is visiting among his many friends here at present. Mr. Wm Coleridge passed through {own yesterday, Wednesday, morn- ing to take the train to attend the Dairy Convention in London. Mr. Sol. Erb. the popular repre- sentative of the Berlin glnirt and Collar 00., spent Thursday with his aunt. Mrs. H. J. Middaugh. Mr. and. Mrs. D. Greenwood of Edge Hill are spending this week visiting friends around Mildmny tnd Paisley. Misses Orchard. Culmrtson and Mr. Matthews, members of the Meth- odist. choir were in Mt. Forest. over Sunday last. LOWER TOWN. N016”