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Jan.9, CM ES Pme showing the )IH N 0 LIES ride use; in an sharp clear .eavy K n 0 be considered .e keynote of a we . have n l‘RU M ENTS quisites Saws 26in .u'ed by a dian A n GOODS mug HS. 18888. ft 0m 0.00 article, U Music Rolls Purses, etc. GOODS Druggists II Horse nm line of the 's in cases hand it -e(ls, under- ns. Flannels grmreries of t a. very low '01‘ cash 01‘ ONTARIO on can get >3 at. Cost, Christmas lbs. of the everv day has no st and \Vhat believe lue for mse in me am- Qua! lty 5a (1)08 urge right. rhave N: V? content with the appalling loss c! life in the mines. on the railways. vity tires. and the ordinary perils which :tssail a person. we have now to Lit'di with the moving picture machine :m an instrument ofdeath. ln Buyers- t. rwn. Pa.. over one hundred and fiftv persons went to their doom through the explosion of a gas tank in connec- tion with a picture machine. At St. (‘auharines a. day or so later another explosion caused considerable damage and alarm. and resulted in the death of a fifteen-year-old boy. Who was operating the machine. The third accident strikes us nearer home. as it happened at Ingersoll, happily. ‘how- ever. with no loss of life and compari- tively little damage. It isn’t our intention to say that these picture machines are dangerous. Far from it, we believe them to betas safeas any other mechanical apparatus if care 3 exercised in the operation of the The three catastropues referred t. may have been accidental and totally unavoidable, but we youid like to ask one question, “Is it aproper state otj affairs to allow a 15-year-old boy to- have full control of a machine thick has proved itself so death the hitherto o , . , l‘HL’RSDAY, January 2.3. NEW subscriptions to the‘end of 1908 only one dollar for Chronicle and Mail and Empire. THE track on the new 0. P. R. line is now laid to Hanover. TIES and poles wanted for C. P. R. For particulars see J. N. Murdock, Durham. “1-: notice the ice men are at work and the quality is betth than we ex- pected to see in such an open winter. THE Presbyterian church choir were : thc Hampden tea meeting on Mon av night last. They say the Hamp- PUBLIC LIBRARY Concert to-night. ll pat '~'."who are now ready tn do all Is of repairs on Oxford Cream u-utnrs. This will be good news users of thlt famous separator, rh the new proprietors intend to mfactnre. Messrs. Sirrs have been vtged in the work here since the m-ystarted. and are experts on the ladies are fit II VOL. 42â€"140. 2132. months in comparatix g slow recovery but, t3 seemed to heal up ; the past summer be "He work. though not ally. On Monday In; for Fergus to under-gr inn which we trust, wi :tsetl by Messrs. J N EWS AROU N D TOWN (ul )l )urham . 1908. was the best )zu 0 those of cash or made w .d between here and Price- :z bad condition and thestage llty in getting through. It: Ids-w and Tuesday. last to Spence-Strachan-Newcombe (W'BDID 0W 1M UH 19 who eat delight u the Lfi th ll m Lory prep and putti The busi stat-tea \\' on ulspu 1:11 p 1111 )I .â€"\l tt: [)1 with class cooks. ties owm DEV?! we )ttiah desent, I. claim adrop mtory to get- g the. wheels ass has been A. and I. \\'. d)‘ In do all nesd Settlemen m McQueen nted by these ms the season (m Daily He Ben Nev he )uv- lot to HI \‘ll Refer 19 firm sted to Chronicle, Mail and Empire, full year each, $1.25 for Both ream once 1( vn )ch t0 The postponed annual meeting of the. Public Library was held in the Reading room on Tuesday night. Statements from the Board showed in a. general way the work of the year, the expenditure for books and magaâ€" zines. the class of literature mostly sought for. the increased demand for fiction, its financial standing, and other details. The officers elected were as follows :-â€"-J. A. Graham, Pres- ident: N. W. C alnphell, lst Vice-Presi- dent: Thos. Allan. 2nd Vice-President; John Kelly, T1 easurer; Chas. Ramage, Secretary. Diret torsâ€"Vi. Calder, W. J. Young, VV. Iruin, Dr. Grant, W. P. Paterson, J. P. Telford. \V. K. Reid, A. H. Jackson and the resident clergymen. Convenersâ€"Book Com- mittee. Rev. W. Farquharson; Maga- zine Committee. lnspector Campbell; Entertainment Committee, W! P. Paterson. A HIGH-CLASS moving picture and song program will be given in the Town Hall, Durham, Friday January 2M) at S p. m. Nothing but words of p-aise have been spoken of this ex- hibition of pictures wherever given. This is the company which gave such good pictures in Durham a little over a year ago and the satisfactny ex- hibitions of the past should make everyone sure of a good entertainment. Some of the pictures to be presented are “Kathleen Mavourneen,” an Irish play, Pathos "New Cinderrlla,” the most gorgeous and beautiful of moving pictures, "The Cmmterfeiters” in twenty scenes, exciting and humorous, Buffalo Bill’s wild west and circus. THE Reaper has be en here again and wathexed home a pioneer in the pezson of Mr. Alexander Marshall. Deceased was born in Glasgow, Scot.- lziud. in 1832. emigrated to Hamilton, Canada when 2'2. years of age. For many years past he has been a resi- dent of Normanby, a faithful adherent of Knox church and a highly respected :eighbor. Miss Barbara and brother Albert on the farm and Mrs. Andrew Marshall, of Durham. will miss a. kind fuller. the mother having gone five years before. 'His illnessâ€"pneumonia. -â€"wus only of two Weeks duration when Saturday morning he quietiy paased to the beyond. The remains were interred in Maplewood cemetery Monday afternoon. hosts of friends and neighboxs showing their last reâ€" spects. The services were conducted by Rev. Kendall. DIVISION Court is in Session as we go to press. WE have just learned of the death of Mr. Geo. Blyth, of the Chatsworth News. That he died on Monday and interment took place on W'ednesday is the only information we have re- ceived up to time of going to press. THE School Board last week ipstalled a. fire gong in the school here, and Principal and Staff will from time to time gide the required practice. Some preliminary trials have shown good time. REMEMBER the Public Library Con- cert in Town Hall to-night. Shake- spearian renderings by the Dramatic Club, musical contributions, recita- tinns, etc. All home talent and the bust. Same low prices. Come eally. Concert; at S. THE Scotch Concert will be the next big event. PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETING. l Mrs. Alex. McDonald, of Pricevillu, lis visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles fBrown. Mis. McDonald is quite ill Iand will nut be able to return home l for some time. The delegates to the convention in To: onto arezâ€"D. Harrow an'dA. Muir. Secretary Treasurer, N McKinnon. The oflicers elected at the Artemesia Agricultural Society held in Priceville for 1908 are as follows :â€" President, Don. McMillon; lst Vice President, John Nichol; 2nd Vice President, W. J. Meads; Directors, A. Muir, D. Harrow, Thos. Nichol, John Eckhardt, Herb. Watson, Wm. Ram- age, M. L. McIntyre, D. L. Sinclair, George Lothian, J. Shand; Honorary Directors, Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Matheson, Mrs. Berry, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Robb. Oliver and Alex. Stuart. Flesherton. About eleven o’clock the Lodge closed, when thirty or forty of the brethren repaired to Stinson’s lunch rooms where they were served with a. bountiful supply of oysters and other good things to eat: The Auditors are :-â€"P. F. McArthur and Dr. I. Dixon. John Sins, P. N. G.; H. H. Mockler, N. G.; “'95. Sirrs. V. G.; A. H. Jack son. Treas.; W. B. Yollet. F. 8.: \V. Hunter. R. 8.; E. D. McClocklin, 0011.; Geo”: Thompson, Warden: T. Tucker, R. S. N. G.; J. Langdon, L. S. N. G.; John Johnston, R. S. V. G.; Charles Ritchie, L. S. V. G.; P. Matheson, I. G.; D. Gibson. 0. G.; T. McClocklin, Mr. Thos. Hopkins, of St. Elizabeth, Manitoba, is visiting friends in the vicinity. After an absence of eight or nine years in the “'est he renews acquaintances and notes a number of changes. especially in the people. He likes Manitoba. and especially the locality in which he makes home, which lies about half way between \Vinnipeg and the International boun- dary line. He looks well and evidently is well, but he would still have no objection to living in Ontario if he had plenty of money and didn’t have to work too hard. On enquiry, howeyer, he was willing to admit that 'a man’s success in the West depends upon hard work and strict attention to business. At the regular meeting of the I. O. O. F. on Monday night last, Mr. Har- vey. D. D.G.M., of Atwood, was present to instal the officers tor the current term. Previous to installation an initiation was performed in‘good style by the local team. The society has now a membership of over 100 and new names are being added right along. To catch up with the work the lodge holds one or two special meet- ings a week. The interesting charac- ter of the work of a fine body of members, mostly young men. makes an evening in the Lodge a delightful event. The officers installed are as follows :-â€" . R. S. S.; Geo. Sinclair, L. S. S.; J. F. Grant, Chap. Mr. C. J. Meikle, Barrister, of Ches- ley, was in town on \Vednesday. and gave us a call. Rev. and Mrs. John Ball, of Mark- ham, were guests over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. T. N. \Valpole. \Iiss Cassie McDonald has accepted a position in Hanm ex and left for her duties the ezuly part of last. week. MI. Haney. I).D.G.M., of Atwood, was in town Monday night, and in- stalled the I. 0. O. F. officers. Mrs. H. Tyreman. Brussels. and Miss M. S. Donagh. of Mt. Forest, attended the funeral of the late Mrs. Robert \Vilkinson. Mr. Robert Hughes, of the Gordon- McKay C0,. Toronto, is spending a few weeks with relatives and friends in town. Important to . Some. I. O 0. F. INSTALLATION. Some who did not listen to our appeals to pay up are kicking now because we carried out our promise to place accounts in other hands. We don’t like to offend our readers, nor do we like to go too long without our money. The next batch of accounts will be handed in shortly, but all who remit at once at a dollar a year for arrears and a dollar in advance may save themselves annoyance. Act at once. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. DURHAM, 0NT., THURSDAY. JANUARY 23, 1908. PERSONAL “THEIR entertainments are not to be classed with ‘shows,’ but are of a high and instructive order.”â€"Prescott Daily Herald.-â€"Referring to the per- formance of the great Scottish cambi- nation which appears in the Town Hall on 29th J anuarv, undK auspices of Ben Nevis Camp. TICKETS now on sale at Macfarlanes’ for the great Scotch Concert on 29th January. Talent of the best. Spence has the Kennedy style. and all who remember this great Scottish singer will appreciate this. Remember the date, \Vednesday, 29th J an., 1908. 'I‘ he Railway Crossing at Hutton Hill is said to be very dangerous, and especially so after a snow drift. Some time ago we referred to the probability of this being a danger spot and recom- mended that the Council of Bentinck take some steps to have a better way of getting in and out from that part of Bentinck lying north of the cross- ing. If the side-roads were all opened out to the gravel and put in good condition it would divert much of the traffic that now comes by way of Hut. ton Hill. It will certainly be a bad place for women to do any driving, and once the regular train traffic begins there is no telling how soon some person may fall into the trap. We can scarcely give any advice as to the best way to go about the work but feel that the Council of Bentinck should have acted sooner. We have our own bad spot in town here, and the crossing at the foot of the Durham hill, if not protected in some way, is sure to cause trouble, and perhaps death. As citizens, we are still in the dark as to what we are going to get. Will it be an electric bell, a gate and watchman, or a plain open crossing as it is at present? Notice to Delinquents. LADIES AND‘GENTLEMENzâ€" ‘ During the summer and fall we published a series of notices to delinquent subscribers asking for payment of arrears at one dollar a year or $1.50 if we should be obliged to place accounts in other hands for collection. We met with a generous response, over $700 being paid in. \Ve thank all who attended to our request, but there is still a large amount of our money lying round the country. and we must have it. We have placed a few of our accounts in; other hands, as some of our read-l ers will soon learn. Others will go in about the first week in Feb- ruary if not previously settled. It ? costs us money to collect and we 5' would honestly prefer a dollar a' year paid direct to us rather than ! a dollar and a half through our: collectors. If those who have not! already paid will send us a dollar! a year for arrears and a dollar for f 1903 we will accept it from 2111‘ whose arm‘mnts‘ are not in the 001- ! lcrtor’s hands; You may save: money by remitting to day. : The deceased was born in the county of \Vexford, Ireland, in the year 1818. She came to this country in her girl hood days with her mother and three sisters, Elizabeth, Bridget and Mar- garet and one brother James Dillon. Ellen married a few yearr later to Thomas Russell, a weaver by trade in Baverly. About five years later they moved to a farm in Normanby where they resided until 1873, when they re- moved to a farm on the Garafraxa road where her husband died. The marriage resulted in a family of seven children, three boys and four girls, five of_whom still survive, Mrs. Ter- rance Finnegan and Mrs. Wm. Walls, of Durham, Mrs. Margaret Murdock and Mr. Thomas Russell of Bent-inck, and Mr. John Russell of Glenelg. She was a. devoted member of the Roman Catholic church and attended very regularly. She wasa kind mother and a good neighbor and was highly esteemed in the community in which she lived by all who knew her. She was 2L hard working industrious woman and she will be much ;n1isSed. The burial of one of the oldest in- habitants of the county of Grey took place last Thursday J an. 16th 1908, at the Cemetery near ()rchardville from the residence of her son Thomas Rus- sell, of Bentinck. in the person of Mrs. Ellen Dillon Russell who died very suddenly January 14th, 1908. A DANGEROUS CROSSING. OBITU AR Y. “7 IRWIN, Publisher. Some Convincing Reasons Men’s and Boys We are clearing all odd lines of Men’s and Boys’ Suits at very Big Reductions. In this lot is a number of Men’s D()ub]<-J-B1'east.ed suits and Childmn’s two-piece suits that go at cost. The balance of our stock of Stylish Winter M illinery including many fashionable trim- med dhapes we are clearing at- less than cost. O11r stock of ready-to-wear Clothing is well assorted, includinga very large range of Men’s and Bov s’Overcoats made frome fine Black and Grey English Beaver and Milton Cloths. Fine Imported Tweeds 111 a great variety of patterns, Grey F reize Ulsters and Reefers. Bargains in Suits Men’s Boys’ Suits of Worsted and Tweed. Bargains in Millinery Sole Agent for Progress Brand Clothing Clothing" $1.00 PER Y‘