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A FIRE in New York causing a loss of 310.000.000 and 200 lives oc- curred in on‘Snnday afternoon last. The fire originated among cotton bales stored on one of the piers of the North German Lloyds Steamship Co. Three great German liners, the- Saale, the Bremen, and the Main, were destroyed. THE CHROXICLE is adollar ayear in advance. . Single copies three cents. From the kindly reference to recent changes. we feel confident that the public appreciates them as improvements. Our subscription list is growing steadily, and as we anticipate further improvements in the near future, we hope to have a large increase in our circulation be- tween now and the end of the year. There are many ye: who do not take a local paper and some of our readers, mentioning the matter might bene- fit both them and us. Kindly assist Tm: Cnaoxtcnn up to the mark. There are still a number of delin- quents for whom we have been pat- iently waiting. ' REV. \VRAY R. SMITH, the new pastor in the Methodist church, made a very favorable impression on the congregations here Sunday last, morningand evening, the sermon in the evening being highly patriotic. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Smith to Durham, and hope they may have abundant; success. - MR. Joux A. GRAHAM .receutly ac- cepted the position of teacher at Hutton Hill for 1901, and about the same mail brought an acceptance for the principalship of the Chatswortli Public School. John is quite a hust- ler and will no doubt do good work in his new field. A GARDEN Party, under the auspi- ces of the Y. P. S. C. E., is announced for this, Thur'sday evening, on the lawn and grounds of Mr. Alex. \lc- Lachlan. Should weather prove unfavorable the program will be rendered in the Town Hall. Admis- sion 10c. A wnnmxu took place on Monday morning last in the Roman Catholic church, Durham, when Father Hauck tied the matrimonial knot which united Mr. McAuIiffe and Miss Burns. No particulars have been handed in so far. Congratulations. IN a. letter from Mr. J. R. Leggette Richards Landing, St, Joseph’s Is- land, he reports prosperity in the Show business. He is now 1n the Canadian Comedy Co. and intends making a trip to the Bruce Mines and Manitoba. We wish him suc- csss. Tm: picnic in School Section No. 9, Glenelg,\1.1iss Large’ 3 school. on F11- day last. is pionounced a great suc- cess. A large tum out 2”from the section and a number from town being present on the occasion. Now that summer is half gone and the water low, wouldn’t it be a. good act to point up the wall in front of the Methodist clwrch property. We presume. however, that the Council has the little job in their minds. BLACK and Japan teas worth ~10 cts. for2 .3 cts. per lb. 2 bottles English Spiced Pickles 25 cts. 1 quart. bottle Catsup 20 cts. at Ireland Co’s. IF you want a summer hat cheap go to S. Cu‘1bertsou. AL and below cos: while they last. SACRIFICE sale of Summer Millinery at Miss Cnlbertson’s. Taken March 21M. 1900. V01. 34---No. 1738. 3 ladies’ Sailors LOCAL NEWS. ' sell and - T}. hat mg JOHN LIVI HGSTON’ S IMPLEMENT DELIVERY. \\° 9 re at now at 406 Those and 50C. sold at I], A very happy event took place in Christ Church, Vancouver, yesterday :it being the marriage of Miss Vic- . toria Lawrence, formerly of Durham, Ont., and John A. Gibson, of Van- couver, by the Rev. L. Norman Tucker. The bride was assisted by her sister, Miss Alice Lawrence. and the bridegroom by J. A. Bulger. The bride was hecomingly attired in adress of white organdie, trimmed with valenciennes lace, and carrying a boque‘t of bridal roses. The brides- maid looked handsome in a dress of striped organdie. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of friends. After leaving the church all retired to the home of the bride’s sister. Mrs. A. E. Ilifi, 1067 Davie street,§ where luncheon was partaken of,§ and the guests drank of the health; and happiness of the bride and bride- ; groom. The happy couple’left on "a? trip to the Sound cities. They were the recipients of many presents.‘ On returning‘they will take up their residence Oil-Seymour street After serving up a bountiful supply of the choicest and most toothsome edibles to which all did ample justice, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Graham, called the meeting to order and an unprompt'u, but appropriate program was rapidly diSposed of. Inspector Campbell was the first speaker, but, though full of wisdom and prepared to speak at considerable length, cut his subject short to make room for the vast array of talent that was on the program to follow. The other speakers were Rev. Mr. Parquharson, Mr. M. Richardson, of Flesherton, Mr. Chas. Gordon, of Owen Sound, Mr. J. W. Frost, Bar- rister, also of Owen Sound, Editors Ramage, Irwin and others, The pro- ceeds at the gate amounted to some- where near $25.00, but the refresh- ment tent was a poor source of revenue, owing to the cold, chilly weather. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the essence of hOSpitality and did what they could to make every one feel at ease, nan choir was in attendance and gave cheerfulness to the entertain- ment by a. number of appmpriate selections. The County Councillors had accepted'an invitation to be pre- sent but all did not put in an appear- ance. As announced by posters and through the press, a Garden Party was held last Friday evening on the grounds of Mr. John Clark. Jr., about a. mile north of Aberdeen. Notwith- standing the cold, which no doubt, kept many from going, the crowd assembled by eight o’clock was no small order. The Durham Presbyte- Mn. EDWARD LAUDER, brother of Registrar Mr. Thomas Lauder, and a relative of many in this town and vicinity died on Tuesday last after an illness of some months. We are short of information concerning his life at time of writing, but find many to say a good word for him. The re- mains were interred yesterday, Wednesday. DOMINION day passed OE very quiet- ly in town. The pleasure seekers took different directions, some going to Owen Sound, some to Fleshcrton, others to Mount Forest. A couple of small parties had private picnics elsewhere, but the bulk of the citi- zens stayed at home. CHEAP MILLINERY. â€" Balance of Summer Stock at and below cost. Now is your chance. S. Culbertson. 'l‘. P. SMITH. Eye Specialist, will be at the Central Hotel on Wednesday, July 11th. Consultation free. Bm hats for iittlc money Culbertson’s. The Garden Party at Aberdeen. Gibson-«Lawrence. [Photo by J. L. Browne, Artist. at Mr. Robert Pettigrew, after Spend- ing a few months in the North West returned last week, ’and will remain here at least for seme time. The dry weather in the West will seri- ously afiect the crops out- there. The outlook at present is not at all prom- ising, Bob looks just about the same as ever. He hasn’t even changed the cut of his beard. He’s welcome home. Mr. Ed. Langden, of Mt. Forest, while working in the Furniture Fac- tory here slipped and fell forward on one of the saws nearly Severing the thumb from his right hand. The ac- cident, we regret to say, will lay him off for several weeks and may result in permanent injury to the hand. Miss McDonald, of the Toronto teaching staff, is now visiting her sister, Mrs. Inspector Campbell. In a couple of weeks, she, accompanied by her little niece, Islay Campbell, will leave for a trip to Bay Chaleur. via boat from Toronto to Montreal, thence by Intercolonial Railway to her destination. J. U. Ireland, postmaster and gen- eral merchant, Gourock, after visit- ing with his son here for the past week, returned to his home on Friday last. Mr. D. McKinnon, of Simpson’s big store, Toronto, accompanied by Mrs. M. and child spent a few days in town and with Rocky Saugeen friends. Mr. John McKinnon, teacher of Williamsford, brother of County Councillor McKinnon, is one of the presiding examiners in Owen Sound. Mr. Simpson, of the Durham Fur- niture 00.. left for Kincardine Satur- day, having started out as salesman for the Co. Mr. lecElwain, of the Mt. Forest Rep., called Monday on returning from a Short visit to‘jhis home in Williamsford. Dx‘. Jamieson was in Toronto last week, having gone down with Mrs. Jamieson, who is summering at Centre Island. Mrs James Ixeland and daughter, Helen Rosemond, are visiting with friends at Guelph and vicinity, where they intend spending two weeks. Mr. Thos, Milligan, of the 2nd of Bentinck, is still very ill. We hope tohear of a change for the better soon. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Robertson and their daughter, Miss Ella Robertson. visited Mt. Forest. friends Dominion Day. Principals J. W. Brown, of Hano- ver, and W. J. Sharp, of Holstein, are presiding examiners here this week. The Rev, M. P. Campbell, of Ben- tincl-z, and Rev. W. McGregor. Dur~ ham, will exchange pulpits next Sunday. ’ Mr. Allan McDougall, of Williams- ford, was in town Tuesday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Ard, who is visiting friends in town this week. Mr. \V. D. Elliot, bank cleik, of CLaLham, formerly of the St andaid Bank, anu ed in town Tuesday on a short visit. As soon as Mr. Ireland'found out Monday was a holiday he drove over to Mt. Forest to the celebration. Mr. Rufus Collyer, of the Guelph Herald, is the guest of his grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip‘Eva. Inspector Campbell left Monday for a three weeks’ term as examiner in Meaford. ’ Miss Munro came home Saturday from Athur where she has been con- ducting a millinary business. Mr. Allan McFarlane left last week for Nine Centre, where he in. tends to rc‘main for some time. Mr. Russell Brown, visited Kin- cardine from Saturday afternoon till Monday night. Principal Allan is presiding at the examination in Hanover thisweek. Mr. and. Mrs. W. D. Mills Spent Monday in Mt. Forest. Mrs Jackson spent a few days in Toxonto. ‘ Miss Blanche Hunter left for To- ronto last week on a. visut. Mr. A. H. Jackson Spent Dominion Day in Oshawa. Mr. Culin McFa} den took a trip to P01 t Elgin last week. Mr. John A. Munro spent a few days 311 Port Elgin. Miss .‘Jay Saunders was in Mount. Forest on Monday. Miss Robertson is payinga visit to friends in Ottawa. Dr. Mahan. of Conn, Spent Monday night in town. Dr. Bird visited in Renfrew. PERSONAL. Durham, The sale of Mr. J. Edwards came off with‘rather brisk bidding at times last. Saturday. Some things were Six pupils from on r school wrote on the Entrancefilast week, and now are waiting anxiously for the result. The roadwork is now "done. When the gravel (‘9) gets packed there will be a great improvement in our roads. Some of the loads of gravel we noticed would almost require a traction en- gine to haul them, they were so great. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McKinnon were guests at the wedding of the farmer’s cousin, Miss McKinnon, near Priceville, on \Vednesday week. Miss Kate Ector from Collingwood Spent a few days in the neighborhood having come home to attend her fa- thers funeral. Miss Mary Brown is home for the summer, looking more Winsome than ever, surprisingly Winsome, in fact, for at least; one masculine heart. Celibacy won’t last long if Rev. Mr. Farquharson and other gentle- man of his cloth keep up his recent record. Three in one day is a pretty good thing. What. achange! A man owed us for three years and never Saw us, Now we owe him and his face isn’t big enough to contain the smiles he has for us. Suppose we'keep him smiling. If the same shot hits two or three the gun must scatter; We know it does. Sometimes we miss the bird we shoot at. Agocd suit never looks well till accounts are squared up with the tailor. It’s like paying for a dead horse to pay for a suit after it’s worn out. Asmall lie; needlessly told, may cause a big loss of confidenge. There’s some Speculation amongst the girls as to who used the slang. Aren’t some of the expressions of common everyday occurrence? Re- member such may be used by persons who are no: bad, nor is it necessarily an indication of low morals, but, in a girl especially, it is very poor tasce. When a layman goes out preach- ing on Sundays there seems a reas- onable show for the poor Editor to get arrears duo on subscription that; we1011 ’c paid up when Lhe fellow 1e- fused his paper. Ifaman of small mental calib1e tries to ape an intellectual rriant he assists nature in showin" how big a fool he is. With a clear conscience, theie is nothing to pievent a man, 01 woman either, from looking the whole w01ld square in the eyes. . The boys have nothing but- the best of praise for the treatment by Mr. McLaclilan, both before and after the game. but some of the OwenoSound players should never be allowed in a game with civilized people. i The game throughout was the ;roughest that our boys have ever had to playâ€"_-not one coming home without a soar or a bruise of some kind. The crowd several times rush- ed on the field and our boys, after threatening several times to with- draw unless the rough play was stepped, at last walked off the field. During one of the free fights several of the boys lost their Sticks and one of the Owen Sound players was dis- covered throwingr them over the fence to some boys outside who were hiding them in the bushes. If this is Lacrosse our boys do not know how to play it. Rather than do so they decided to play the Owen Soundâ€"Markdale combination, and after one hour and a quarter playing the game was de- clared a tie 2â€"2. Upon arrival at the grounds at McLachlan Park, they were informed that unless they signed a certificate to the effect that. they were playing Mnrkdale and not Owen Sound, they would have to return home without playing a game and without any con- sideration for their expenses. The Durham Lacrosse Club upon the invitation of the Owen Sound Lacrosse Club went to Owen Sound of Monday, July 2nd, to play a friendly game. .‘u'iss Edith McKenzié attended the Dominion Day Demonstration at. Mt. Forest, Monday. Mrs. (Dr.) Carson, of Brazil, Ind., is the guest of her father-in-law, Mr. Jas. Carson. Dr. Gun, of Innerkip visited his Durham friends over Sunday. Mrs. Bean and her son Lloyd are visiting the former’s parents at Fordwich. Ont, Thursday, July 5, 1900 HITS AND MISSES. That Lacrosse Match. BUN ESSAN. on receipt of price‘, by Theâ€" Arnold Chemical Company, Limited, Canada Life Building, 44 King Street \Vest, 'l'oronc‘o. â€"Vv\v‘-V vs JLJMLEUOUJULJ, \)l a most severe and obstinate type, with its attendant evils of sour stom- ‘ ach,,biliousness, sick headache, flatu- {lence etc. So severe were the attacks at times, that Mr. Backus was con- fined to his bed, and was under the care of his physician. The most rigid care had to be exercised in reg- ulating his diet, Many articles of food-pastry, meats etc. were rigor- ously debarred, as they caused the most intense agony, Various patent medicines of pretended wonderful merit were given to him, but none did him the slightest good. Mineral waters etc were tried, but without success. Mr. Backus reached finally, a condition of almosc continual suf- fering. Writing of the case he says : “ It was not until I began using Dr. Arnold’s English Toxin Pills that 'I found peace. A few boxes of this Splendid medicine worked wonders. My stomach is to-day 1n absolutely perfect condition, and my digestive system does its work promptly and perfectly. I have gained 30 pounds in weight in four weeks since start-; ing to use Dr. Arnold’s English Toxin? Pills, and am robust and healthy,‘ sleep and eat like a boy, awake re- freshed and vigorous, feel twenty years younger in fact.” Dr. Arnold’s English Toxin Pills are sold an all drug stores, large box 750.; srrlall qu 250., or sent postpaid Every commercial traveller, and in fact every person Whose business necessitates travelling to Shelburne, knows Mr. H. Backus, the genial proprietor of the Royal Hotel. and every one who knows him respects him. On many occasions his friends have been under the necessity of of- fering him their sympathies with him on account of the pain he has had endure as a result of indigestion, of by Dr. Arnold’s Englishb'l‘oxin Pillsâ€"Every Other Remedy was Useless. Mr Hugh Atchison had'the mis- fortune to lose a very valuable dog. Cause of death unknown, poisoning suspected. Mr. and Mrs. R. Keuncll are the happy possessors of a baby girl. Mr. John Ferguson wems a con- tented look as a boy has come to stay. Mrs. R, Haw, of Port: Hope, is yis- iting her son, George Haw, of £1115 place. We are sorry to learn that; Mrs. G. Haw is again on the sick list. We trust she may soon recover. Mrs. Kneen and her brother Earn- est; Haw, of Toronto, are visiting their uncle, Mr, Geo. Sackett and 'other friends, A good shower of 14in would be much welcomed in thisl. an M1. G. Witte1 has gone 011 a busi- ness tlip to Neustadc. a good time. Everybody bring your family and a basket. at. liberty to wear orange ribbon or an orange lily. A short brisk program and the usual picnic amusements will be provided, and everyone can have As we have leave to report Centre news, we must; not fail to announce that the Cemre Baptist Church S. S. will hold their annual picnic in Me- Kinnon’s grove on Thursday after- noon, July 12th. There will be no Orangemeu’s parade, but everyone is 'l‘om McKeown had a bee last; week cleaning up a. bit of swamp. There were some half dozen teams at work and men in proportion. Then Mrs. McKeown kept things lively around the house by having a quilting the same day, The evening and far into the night: was spent as only light hearts and nimble feen can spend it. ’ and his brother, Jack, from Berkeley are on a wheeling tour amm their many friends in Glenelgfi" Angus has been buta short time as black- smith’s apprentice, but already he knows about as much about the busi- ness as our own Tom Nichol, that is according to his talk. “Who is this Mrs?” quite inno- cently asks the lady (‘9) herself, and fondly hopes by the frequency of the question to arrest suspicion. It won’t '.V'01'l§your ladyship. Tale about “the children” indeed! Are you not in- troducing them rather Soon, Mrs.Pat? Thanks for congratulations; we’ll return the compliment sometime. sold cheap, but quite a hgwe been realized. Mr. moves his‘family to Owen a. week or so. Popular. Hotel Man SAKETT’S CORN ERS. I. BACKUS, PROPRIETOR 0F ROYAL HOTEL, SHEL- BURNE, ONT. quite a snug sum Edwards Sound in nâ€"t M a. S42. 53;, S" Q The Busy Store at The Busy Corner. On Gaod Reason 'I/ as If you are at all unsatis- fied with us, let us know the cause and we will be glad to do our best to adjust matters. If you are at all unsatisfied with the way you are dealt with elsewhere, give the store on the J. J. HUNTER. street a, call. We are selling Men’s Cotton Undershirts, Double thread, bal- briggens, for 50¢, at as you like, and every Customer gets the same figure. Why the store on the street keeps its trade, that is because of its spirit of fairness. When We buy Eggs, Butter, W001 or other Produce we pay Cash or Trade $1.00. Per Year