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emmmssw MR. COXERY, General Manager of the Royal Artificial Stone Paving Co., of Guelph, and Mr. Weston, foreman, gave us a call Tuesday morning. Mr. Conery’s work done here two years ago is standing well, and this, we presume, is the best testimonial he had to ofier in apply- ing for and securing the contract for the walks to be laid this summer,and now commenced. The gang started Tuesday morning. eight or nine of them, and will soon rush the work through, as only half a mile has been applied for. They are on the west side of Queen street now.build- ‘ing from Lambton, north to George. MR. A; A. CA'I'rox. of Winchester, arrived in town last week to assume the management of the Durham Fur- niture 00. He was accompanied by Mr. \Vm. \Vells, of the same place, who is to take charge of the machine department. Both gentlemen are married and will have their families join them in the near future. The Chronicle will welcome them to our midst as soon as they are found out to be good citizens. They appear all right. ' REV. Tuos. LEGATE Methodist Minister, of Stayner, Co. Simcoe, ac- companied by his daughter, Miss Legate, gave us a brief call on Tues- day afternoou.‘ Mr. Legato is a. brother of Mrs. 'l‘hos. Haskins, with whom he is visiting for a few days \Ve have known Mr. Legate since 1874 and his presence involuntariiy forces us back in memory over a quarter of a century. \"e are pleas- ed to see him hale and hearty still. Ox Sunday a telegraphic despatch was received from Omaha by Dr. Gun announcing that his daughter. Mrs. \V. R. Mackenzie had been tak- en suddenly and seriously ill. On Monday morning the Dr. left, and maybe absent for some time, but his medical practice will be taken by Dr. J amieson. Any message left at the Durham Pharmacy will be promptly attended to. OUR Philippine War correspondent is staying well with the job now. On Tuesday last we received three letters by the same mail, bearing dates of June 25th, July lst and July 8th, One appears in this issue. Frank is getting his fill of sight-see- ing, but we imagine there isn’t enough fighting down there now to suit his tastes. Tm: Roman Catholics, of Durham and vicinity, are making preparations for a monster picnic, to be held in the Sangeen Park, Durham, on Thurs- day, August, 30th. We have not been advised of the program, but have no doubt Father Hauck will see that a good bill of {are is provided for the event. MR. LAIDLAW’S new residence is now almost completed. He intends moving into it about the first of September. ' Mr..Ed. Kress had the contract for the woodwork and gives evidence of good mechanical skill. He has also received the contract for work on the .‘JcIntyre block. REV. MR. CAMPBELL, of Dromore. took the work Sunday evening in the Presbyterian Church in the ab- sence of Rev. Mr. Farquâ€"harson who is ofi on a holiday trip in Kent County. SOME of our correspondents have been doing noble work right along but there are others again that we hear from so seldom that we some- times wonder whether they are dead or alive Tuarecent, but much needed, rains have changed the face of nature. Previous to Saturday, everything was parched, and fears were enter- tained that root cropswould be of little account. THE farm stock and implements of Miss Mary Mullen, of lot No. 7, con. 3, N. D. R., Glenelg, will be sold on Friday next, Aug. 17th. See bills for particulars. Hugh MacKay, Auctioneer. PREMIER Laurier says the elections may be held in two months or twelve months. This is a fairly good sample of his definiteness. THE foundation for the McIntyre block is now completed and about ready for the bricklayers to com- mence work. FOR SALE.-A cow- and zi heifer nearly two years old. Apply to Mrs. Ed. Lauder, near the creamery. T0 REXT.â€"-Cottage now occupied ‘by myself, possession may be had Sept. lst. Wm. Laidlaw. THE rural schools re Open Monday next. Mr. John \Vright, bailifl', of Flesh- erton, gave us a call, Tuesday night, but he hadn’t any official business. Vol. 34-«No. 1744. Lézli'e's' Ladies summez cmsetg at 40c per pair. See the cozset we ~ , sell for U06 at J ‘ ' ' 0 ' 4 ~ ‘ O I _ C. L. GRANT’S LOCAL NEWS. Dr. J amieson spent a day or so in Toronto this week. Dr. Burd left Saturday for a trip up the lakes to the “ 800.” Dr. Jones, of Mt. Forest, was in town a few days this week. Miss Ethel Jamieson, of Toronto is the guest of Miss Carson. The Toronto \Vorld’s daily finan- cial articles on grain and live stock reports are accurate and full, and are looked for by everyone in- terested in them. The World is pub- lished every day in the year and de- votes its energy to getting out a first-class morning paper, Miss Rita Irwin is visiting Flesh- erton friends. Dr. Mahan, of Conn. was in town Monday. The movement set on foot- a few weeks ago and referred to at the time in this paper in relation to the doing of High School work in town is now lully materialized and on the re-opening of the schools the first of next month we may fairly expect to see a goodly attendance from town and the surrounding townships avail- ing themselves of the higher educa- tional advantages provided by our school board. The fees fixed for at- tendance in the High School depart- ment, we understand, is about ten dollars a year per pupil, a mere bagaâ€" telle compared to the cost. incurred, had students to go elsewhere. The High School work. under the circum- stances, will necessarily be on asmall scale, but the fact that teachers can give better individual attention to all members of the class, will make the work done more thorough in its character. Moreover, Durham is an exceedingly healthy place to live,and in no place can students live cheap- er. These alone are factors .which should serve as drawing cards to students wishing a High School training at a minimum of cost. No discovery in medicine has ever created one quarter of the excitement that has been caused by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Its severest tests have been on hepe- less victims of Consumption, Pneu- monia, Hemorrhage, Pleurisy, and Bronchitis, thousands of whom it has restored to perfect health. For Colds. Asthma, Croup, Hay Fever, Hoarseness and Whooping Coug-h 1t is the quickest, surest cure in the world. It is sold by all druggists, who guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Large bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Tm; early closing movement, has now been in force for some time, and notwithstanding the incredulity of some we have every reason to be- lieve there are very few if any viola- tions of the By-law, \Ve are pleased to see the rule observed and the merchants who for years perhaps haven’t known what it is to enjoy the evening without the worry of business‘is now in a position to fully appreciate the new order of things. The public have still \Vednesday and Saturday evenings when all places of business are kept open as long as there is any business to do. FRED TYLER has been a pretty good boy this week, and we have high hopes for his future. Perhaps the skinning he got. in the recent lacrosse match has cooled him off for a. time. Fred is quite a jay. TO SAVE HER CHILD From {rightful disfigurement Mrs. Nannie Galleger, of La Grange, Ga... applied Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to great sores on her head and face, and writes its quick cure exceeded all her hopes. It works wonders in Sores, Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burns. Scalds and Piles. 250. Cure guaranteed by all druggists. MR. J. A. BLACK, local agent for Doyle. Julian, marble dealers, Owe 11 Sound, secured an order last week from Mr. Robert Twamley. of Ben- tinck, for a family momfment, cosn- ing two hundred dollars. Receives a setback, if she has of- fensiye breath through Constipation, Billousuess o: Stomach Trouble. but Dr. King’s New Life Pills always cure those troubles; clean the sys- tem, sweeten the breath, banish headache; best in the world for liver, kidneys and bowels. Only 25c. All druggists. EXCURSIONS to the wesi August 18. 28 and Sept. 11. Full particulars from R. McFarlane, jr. "ITS a growing time.” The rain did it. Read The Toronto World. IT DAZZLES THE WORLD. A WIDOW’S LOVE AFFAIR. PERSONAL . MY ;DEAR FATHER :-â€"We are get- :ting things pretty hot down here now,and duty is pretty stiff. The insurgents have landed several rifles and plenty of ammunition on the Islands, and as there are not one half enough troops here, are going to do some dirty work during the rainy season. Our Company has been Split up and a detachment sent to El Pardo and one to Falisay. We are getting too nights in and have. put on some outposts. niggers will never fight in the open we will have a largeOamount of bush- whacking to do. We were out on a march the other day and about four miles from here we ran into an In- surgent hospital. There were some sick men in it,‘ but we did not harm them. As we were coming up, one As these ‘ The New York Sun. publishes a dispatch to the eEect that the action of the past week has caused a gener- a1 clearing up in the Orange Free State but with much uncertainty in the Transvaal. In fighting west of Pretoria it reports the capture of 300 British at Eland’s River Camp. General Delaneyis still there with a large forCe and Dewet is apparently trying to join him with General Kitchener at his heels and General Methuen at his head. Boers sniped a. train at Brenkhurst yesterday on the line between Pre- toria and Middleburg. Two of its occupants were wbunded. In accord- ance with Lord Roberts’ warning all the farms were fired within a radius of ten miles. In spite of the fact that General Dewit is in full flight. South African telegrams announce a hurried exodus of citizens from Mafeking and that Lord Edward Cecil is preparing to stand another siege. Mr. James G. S’terne, United States Consul-General at Capetown has left Johannasburg for that city. He re- ceived an enthusiastic send-off. Cm Methuen on August: 9th fought a rear guard action near Buflelshock. He captured two wagons and six am- bulances. A report from Lord Roberts at Pretoria dated Aug. 12 says :â€"â€"“ The enemy is fleeing in front of Kitch- ene’s and Methuen’s forces. Early this morning he was trying to cross the railway at Wolverdeen Station, where he was engaged by Smith- Dorrien. Mrs. J. Wright returned from Mackinac this week after Spending a short time with friends in the 800 and Goulias River. She was accom- panied by her two sisters, Mrs. Dean and Miss ggper of Toronto. Mr. Joseph M, Moore, of Toronto. after spending a. month with his parents and friends here left Monday morning to resume work in a whole- sale photographic supply store. THE Liberal Convention will be held here Sept. 3rd to nominatea candidate for the Commons. Why not say to nominate Dr. Landerkin for ,the Commons ? Miss Lizzie Anderson, stenograph- er at the office of the Sun Oil 00., Hamilton, returned Monday after Spending a short visit with her family and friends in town . Mr. Fred Anderson, employee in the C. P. R. Telegraph 00., Hamilton, is on a. short visit at the parental home here. Mr. F. Graham, of Toronto, is Spending a couple of weeks with his sister, Mrs. W. Calder apd other friends. Dr. Grun left Monday morning for Omaha to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. R. Mackenzie who is seriously ill. ' Miss» Maud Irwin is visiting in Mount Forest this week. the guest of Miss Mary Ferguson. Mrs. Matthew Job and her two children, of Hamilton, are visiting her uncle, Mr. Thos. C. Morton. Mr. Hugh Rose, of St. Louis. ' is visiting his father’s family and friends at home. ' Mrs Noble, oquelph was visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McIlvride, last week. Mr. Russel Smith, Flesherton, is at present a typo in this office. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. War Notes. “0.0%. Cebu. Cebu, Durham, Ont, Thursday, Aug. 16, 1900 Jgge 23, 1900. nigh They lined up again and in about a. minute more the home team suc- ceeded in scoring and thus “tied” their antagonists. The game now took on a. new interest: and each side picked up to Win. The visitors did some very pretty work and gave evidence of high skill in making combination»,~ but the home boys For some time the Mt. Forest and Durham boys have been desirous of testing their strength on the lacrosse gfield, but some how they failed to get together. On Friday evening last a team from Mt. Forest drove over to play our boys on their own grounds here. Having heard con- siderable of the excellent playing skill of the visiting team our boys and the citizens generally felt it would be a losing game for the home team, and the winning of the first When I was in the mountains. (believe me for I tell the truth) I shot, shot and shot again at these chickens at‘ various ranges, I was sure I hit them, but they would cackle a little and soar away as un- conciously as a sea-gull. I once shot at one with a forty-five, and took the inside feathers off him, but he picked himself up and scared away to the opposite mountain as though nothing had happened. They roost in cocoa nut trees (some of which grow as high as sixty feet and have nota branch on them but at the tOp) ban- ana and hemp trees, and on houses, and unlike any othersI know of, the roosters crow all night. One will start up so far ofi you can scarcely hear him, and in five minu- tes a perfect babel of noises will 'waken you reminding you that you forgot to say vour prayers, you generally say them or something else when you wake up. If the chickens forget for one night, the dogs take it up, so as not to deprive you. of your nightly music. This may smell Hfishy ” to you but never- theless it is the plain unvarnished truth. and any man in the Company will vouch for it. no other chicken in the world can beat them. 1 don’t believe they ever had a bite to eat since the Lord caused the manna 'to fall from Heaven and the one I had must surely have witnessed Adam and Eve’s banishment from the Garden of Eden. It was like chewing at 53c. India rubber ball. l I Yesterday, Saturday morning, word came from our detachment at Pardo that the insurgents were in a hill some diatance back of the town waiting for night fall to set in. They were then to move forward and fire into the barracks and then take Pardo. So. accordingly, a detach- ment of the Company from Cebu started out to reconnoiter. We marched practically over every inch of the Island, for three miles round Pardo. searched every house and ex- amined every bamboo thicket and cocoanut grove, but could not find anything, so we came to the con- clusion that the report was false, or we too slow, and returned to Cebu, and had a hearty meal of Filipino chicken, It is no use asking you ifi you ever saw a Filipino chicken. for I know you haven’t,but between you and me and the lamp, post, there is I almost pity any ifisurgent‘Lieut. Lawton gets hold of as he will surely garrote him. ' The way those peonle fight is to get on a mountain six or eight hun- derds yards away throw a volley into your barracks. and then “ vamoose.” . They did this the night- beiore last at M Co’s barracks, Mingonchla. about fourteen miles _from here. The only friend the ‘Americans had in the town was the priest. He told Lieut. Lawson the insurgents were going to fire into them, and advised them to go into their trenches. They did so and about eight o’clock the crash came. They fired volleys at first butin a. short time commenced firing at will. M Company had three men wounded. amongst them being a Chum of mine from Varginia, James Bowling. He was standing up firing, when almost simultaneously, two bullets went; through his left arm, and one through ' his side. Another bullet struck the butt of his gun. and a sliver jumped ofi of it and badly laceratcd his cheek. So you may as well say he Was wounded or shot, in four places. of them put a'Irevolver on the table. A corporal happened to‘notice him and was going to shoot, but as he saw the nigger did not intend to do anything he pulled down. He af- terwards told the Captain it was lucky he did not have that “ smoke- box ” in his hand or he would have been a dreamer. We captured the revolver and a handsome ofiicer’s sword, also a general’s uniform. LACROSSE. Yours etc . FRANK IRWIN. Co. N. 19th Infant15, Cebu, Cebu, 51523553 ' “' imfi W. H. BEAN. Men‘s Heavy Shoes from $1.00 up. Our Ladies’ $1.25 Oqurd Shoes cannot be beat. 1? CALL AND SEE US! We have a. full line of Boots’ and Shoes of all kinds. $1.25 each: Dress Ginghams. better and stronger than print for children’s dresses 7c and 100 per yard. Ladies Pure Silk Mitts, Black or Cream, 2'10 per pair. 72- in wide Heavy Twilled Sheeting, 220 yard. Best Table Oilcloth, 45-in wide, 2.50 per yard 18 only Glass Table Setts, 250 per sett. 24 only Glass Cake Plates, 15¢ each. 38 only Glass Berry Bowls, 100 each. Glass Nappies at 30c, 40c, 450 and 65c dozen. “in Granite Spoons, 10c each. Large Size Granite Pie Plates, 130 each. Granite W ash Bowls, 25c each. No. 9 Copper Tea Kettle Nickle plated, 0313' 21 0-: --_ -1 Holstein. July '21, 4-pd RUVVNEN Blacksmith shop.) the oldest established shop in the Village of Holstien. The undersigned will rent said shop with tools, to a first class mechanic at a very low rent for a term of years. This is a N0. 1 stand and doing a big business. An excellent opening for a live man to make a fortune in a few years. Possession gi\ en about Oct. 1st, 1900. If shop is not previ- ously rented will hire a first-class black- smith. Big 4, Take nOtice that a Court of Revision will be held in the Town Hall, Durham. on Mon- day, 27th d-my of August. 1900, at 8 o’clock p. m., to take into consideration any appeal against the proposed assessment or appor- tionment-.5 of Sald sidewalks. Dated at Durham, lilth‘d‘ay of Aug, 1900. . ‘ 1‘ ‘\ w- , )UBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the By-law on that behalf, the Council of the corporation of the Town of Durham, purposes to proceed with the construction of Granolithic Sidewalks according to petititions presented by the property holders on the west side ot Queen street, north of Lambton, to lot 17, on the west side of Garafraxa street from Sadler street to South street, and on the north side of Mill east of Albert street on the east side of Albert street from Mill street to George street and :on the south side of George street east of glbert street. Court of Revision seemed to have the knack of keeping the rubber dangerously close to the visitors’ goal and before the expir. ation of the hour they got two more undisputed points, thus leaving the game three to one in favor of Durv ham. On both sides there was some excellent plaving, but Reaburn took the cake as a goal maker having put the three balls through between the flags. Though a number received cuts and bruises the game was said to be nice, clean and friendly. Per- haps it might not be out of place to add that the results was a surprise to the Mt. Forest boys as well as to the home team, Special attention given to local and exchange trade. ChOppiug done pr mptly. Try “Excelsior Meal” For Your Fowl . . .. Imperial or Manitoba Flour, Bran, Shorts, Chop Middlings local Improvements, Durham The Having renewed opera- tions with improved power facilities we are prepared to furnish on short notice any quantity of Bouts Shoes! ig 4, Calder’s Block, â€" DURHAM. â€"â€"_ Sells Cheaxp ! . McGoWan People’s Hill. To Rent. w'. A. ANDERSON. Applymtoi Ice .UT. B lOWNE. Town Clerk. Owner, SQQL‘;;‘; (IA? 7‘? ’1‘? ;‘: (4? :L‘; 0?6N> v. . o . 74%“. V! 1.53 4$'/ A t (’5. I § \\ ’1 ::'V; \é’o 0‘90 .90 0‘90 0“}. 00 cg .. .. -- -- _- .. ::¢:.;\9.:;¢c;¢c.:. : ’1‘? ’1‘? ’JA\‘ ’1‘? \‘ ’1‘? 7‘? “A? ‘7‘? ’1‘? ’4? V; ‘1 g (I (* «Wm! oof‘ .0. Q71 .0 $70. ”z :u‘ A small quantity of tea, dust going at 17 pounds for $1. Celebrated Blue Ribbon Teas in black, lead packages, at 250 per pound. The Busy Store at The Busy Corner. ‘llthcugh every grade cf tea. has advanced ii:- in price and although we are unable now to pur- 9% chase at old figures, we have secured a few lines «E’é that we will give customers the benefit of while 43% they last. 5% Best uncolored J apan at‘) J10 pe1 pound - “ mixed ‘~ 9w “ 7 POUNDS FOR ONE DOLLAR H mixed “ black India and Ceylon at - - $1.00 Per Year 10v t0 pur- a fee“ lines .. «72$ Mixed and L;