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Durham Chronicle (1867), 22 Feb 1912, p. 1

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and slid down an embankment about twenty feet, four miles south of Chats-worth. One ear turned completely upside down. and tho cars turned ox er on their sides. A spreading rail Wae sup- posed to be the (cause oi the acci- dent. Eight men were hurt ser- éiously, one of whom may not re- Ecover; others were slightly injur- .1.“ uninjured, hauled the train to ., oronto, arriving shortly after . 'dnight. The doctors from ;. kdale and Chatsworth render- A charge has been laid against Thomas F. Mighton by his Wife, for aggravated assault a feW days ago. A warrant is out for his arrest, but he is not yet locat- ed. He was under bonds to keep the peace, and if convicted on the present charge, the penalty yin be three years in .penetentiary at hard labor. ' The Young People’s Society of the Baptist church will give a “Penny for Your Thoughts” social on Monday evening, February 26th, in the Sunday school room of the church. A good program will be rendered, also part of the time will be devoted to purely social, and a light lunch will be served. Admission 10 cents. Invitations are out announcing the wedding on March 6th, of Mr. J. T. Johnston Moore, of Oxbow, Saskatchewan, to Miss Elizabeth Dorothy. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McKibbin, 535 Euclid Avert-a, Toronto. The bride-to-be is the eldest grand- daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. James McMeeken, of Varney. On Monday, February 20th, at 4.15 ’p.m., in the Methodist church. a meeting to re-organize the Jun- ion Epworth League of Christian Endeavor, was held. The Junior League is inter-denominational in its service, every juniordn town has a right to a place in its ranks. A cordial invitation to all juniors‘ \With their friends, is ex- tended, February 26th, 1912. A. box whiz! “will be held under tube auspices of Varney L.O.L., in their hall, on Friday, February 23rd Good program. Admission 10c. and 15c. Ladies not bringing boxes, 25c.; those that do will receive 25c. The C. P. R. passenger train from Owen Sound to Toronto, was derailed on Friday afternoon last, Litam service. and an address given on the Sunday school lesson will be held in Trinitv church, at eight oclock, on Friday evening of next week, and of each follow- ing Week up to Easter. All 'will be welcome to attend, For organs, pizmos, Victor vic- trolas, gramaphones gramaphone records. headstones. monuments, and all kinds of marble goods, can on W. J. McFadden, and get his prices before buying. 2 15tf ru-ary 29th. Plan “at Gun’s Drug Store. All seats reserved. 1' Mr. Frank Hind, has decided to dispose of his property, his house, stable, and lot, on Lambto‘n street. Persons desirous of purchasing should see this property. Solos (tenor, alto. and bass), duets, quartettes, readings, 11111510211 selections, comprise )the program of the Horbury Hand Bell Ringers’ concert in the town hall on Feb- An enjoyable evening was spent in the study of Fanny Crosby, song and hymln writer, under the direction of Mrs. Benton, and several of the members of the ET) worth League. Mr. J. M. Fa-Iquharsc Georgetown High school, 3p week end with! his parents I'D-3.3158. The chocolates that are different. Central Drug Store, sole agents for Durham. v, Renewals are now m Order. VDL'. 44â€"No. 2338 Parquharson, of ., spent the ants at the Rev. Dr. Wilkie, of Gwalior, In- dia. will speak in the Presbyterian church on Friday evening, at eight o‘clock. Dr. Wilkie is one of the most energetic missionaries in the 'foreign field, and has labored in India for over thirty. years. A. collection will be taken up for the Gwalior mission. An interesting meeting is assured. to which all are invited. We regret very much to learn of th»: death in Listowel of Mrs: K. R. Seaman, who was married on the eleventh day of October last at her home in Listowel. Mr. aSea- man was known to‘ many in this town, as .he worked here just be- fore and after his marriage, as a plumber for Mr. Drumm, of H01- stein. The maiden name of the deceased “was Edna Alexander, and we understand that death was the result of a severe .cold, con- tracted a couple of weeks ago. Many a business goes to min for want of harmony! in (the man- agement. No business cam :suc- ceed long where the husband, the wife, and the members «of the fam- ily are all pulling in different dir- ections, and all trying. to run the show On the other hand prosper- ity is always sure to follow where harmony exists, and all mull in the lsame direction. .A. wasteful and extravagant wife can waste more than her husband can! save, and a thoughtless, indifferent husband can get rid of: the profits of three or four men as good as himself. Mr. James L. Hughes, who has‘ held the position of «Chief Inspect- or of Toronto City Schools since 1874, resigned his position re- .cently, and retires om ayearly a1- lowan'ce of $2000. He is an wncle of Mr. .S. Hughes, manager of the Traders Bank. here. Mr. Jos. ,W. Vickers, Who has been in the West cfuor the. past two vears operating ' large engine plows of different makes-,- for large firms. is going into business for himself and has ordered. a 16- furrow Cockshutt from R. A. Law-2 5011, of this olace. Mr. and rM'rS. IS. B. Stewart, of Morden, Mam, left on Monday morning, after a Week’s visit at the manse. Mrs. Stewart is a sister of Dr. Farquharson, They have lived in. the west during the last twenty years. * Bert Willis gave us a local lastft‘ha‘n any of the. usual forms of Week but we can’t find it. We philanthropy. If Bro. Ramag'e don’t know exactly what was on would only get in touch with Mr. it, but the sum: and substance\0ffDupon-t,, he might get a donation it was that he has just about the ! from him {to build :3 good roadi up nicest line of Wflliapapecr' that wasEtO'O‘n‘ new Carnegie Library. eve." un' moked in Durham. He! ‘ s . ,. . , sampl-espof them all, too, and $11! 'D‘lrh'aim’s. "mm" ““ch team call] a t your house an: d Show them ‘ met their first defeat of the season to you if you just notify: him. 'on Thursday last, at W'aÂ¥k'e'1"t0'ng by i n 4-.A 0“ m1- _ __'_ ___ o On Saturday, February 10th, the thelmometer registered 38 below. On Saturday, February 17th, it ’Was. 38 degrees above zero. :Sev- enty-six degrees in one Week! It’s no Wonder welVe all got the “sniff1es.”‘ The young man who spemds his money in livery bills «and other outlays that are not necessary, may always expect the “dunner” at his heels. But why moralize? Why waste energy in giving ad- vice ? The world is full of £0015, always has been, and always will The horse fair on Thursday was another success, and over thirty horses [changed hands. Messrs. McNallv of Walkerton, and Limin, of this place. bought twenty -three animals, and will ship them west, we understand. Mr. Archie Browning has pur- chased Mr. Robt. Smith’s residence on Garafraxa street. Mr. Smith has decided to leave shortly for Disley. eSask. Persons who need metal casting-s or rep-air parts may leave their orders at once at the Durham foundry, which is now in opera- tion. ‘ 'N-eillson’s chocolates and ban- bons, in boxes or balk, at the. Central Drug Store. ‘ A cam of mixed.- Wheat and oats slightly damaged by Water, i5; expected here to-day Thursday Will be sold at $12 a ton. â€"Thos. Moff-at. i s g Durham’s junior .hockey team'- ,met their :first defeat of the season “on Thursday last, at Walkerton, by '9 to :2. They were just beaten, :that is all, and there are no excus- ;es. The hammering" they got here {the previous Tuesday evening by _Markdale intermediates, though, fivas partly to blame. Some of lth’e boys Were so used up that 'thev didn’t care to [go at all, but !played rather than disappoint the ,‘Wa-lkerton team. On the 18th of January last, we but an original article in our columns on shopping; out of toWn. About a week or two later, we saw the Very same article given in a. threeâ€"column display ad. as “Pointers to Home Buyers.” Last week, the same paragraph, word for word, appeared on page 7 in the columns of our up-towrn cotem, credited to an “Exchange.” It appeared first on our local page, and as local papers appro- priate to themselves such general matter, we thought nothing of it more than to feel proud at having written an article that was worthy of such publicity. Many years ago about the middle of the 180’s. the editor of this paper; While living they won‘t came to 59:0 at .all, lbllt There is considerable activity played rather than disappoint the around the furniture factory The ’Wa'lkerton t . . . . eam. new building erected last summer It 5,5- 05 no particular local in- added a great :deal (if adyditi terest to report the W. Francis floor space, and business W Firth concert. qzhe company eon- going on shortly on a much arger‘ Sis“ Of thme‘ ficcOmplished art-§s-cale than ever before. Tl e new ists. and for an hour and a 11.3” Iextension is 175 feet long by 60 on Monday might, a well filledt'f‘eet wide, and three storeys high. hall listened 'With delight to one {The original factory, which was of the best, if not the 'very' best. i100 feet by 125, had another storey concerts ever given here. Mr ; added, making it also three storeys Firth as baritone, and Miss Mazv‘;in height. The total floor space Jackson, as soprano, are hard t}, gnow‘ in the) actual factory building beat. and we feel safe in repeating {is 69,000 square feet, the amount that no better Character imper-‘add‘ed being 44,000 square feet. ‘ The other improvements have sonator than .Mr. 8. Homer Eatonw' ever appeared before a Durhamibeen on am extensive scale. The audience, The Whole ,pmgmmldry kiln is a large affair, and n L, .. P_-L__._- was high-class and clean from start to finish. in Dmville, Quâ€"ebec‘ did a little correspondence occasionally for a paper published in the town .Of Richmond, [about eighty miles east of Montreal. Since taking hold of the editorial quill here, one 01 the rall‘ti'Cl‘e'S sent in to that paper If is .05 no particular local in- terest to‘ feaport the W. Francis Firth concert; cllhe .compa-ny eon- sists of three‘ dcc‘omplis-hed art- ists. and for an hour and a hzilf as correspondence, Went {the rounds of the newspapers, credited if We remember rightly to some western American paper. We are unable to recall the little para- graph in question, but the cir- cumstance in question with its wanderings only go to show that when thoughts are put in print, they may never cease to. travel, and may do so for long after theauthor is laid away in his litle narrow. cell- . Coleman D. Dupont. President of the Dupont Powder Co.. will give away 'all the surplus of his large fortune in building good roads in Delaware. He thin-ks a million dollars Will keep a family we“. and by spending the balance: in the wav indicated, he will be doing good to the. state. He thinks that good roads will do more {good than libraries. hospitals. and. in fact. than any of the usual forms of philanthropy, If Bro. Ramage Did you ever notice. how imp-os- img .0 u-r Library looks (from the top of the Durham hill? The armory may be a little obscure, but for all the use that’s made of it, it doesn’t make much difference. The next location to decide on will be for the new post office. We would suggest that the same bunch who decided on the Librarg site, be appointed a committee to select a site for the post office. We might just mention in passing that a nice location could be secured om the front street, a few rods this side of the Review office. All in favor of it, hands up ! Rev. W. H. Hartley will preach the first of a series of' sermons on the “Severn.Words From the Crcss‘” next Sunday evening. The series will be continued On the Sunday evenings throughout Lent. Two more cars of cheap grain, principally Wheat.r Will arrive to- day, Wednesday, and will be dis- tributed during the next four days.â€"â€"W. (Calder. Mr. Robt. Wiggins, Francisco Avenue, Chicago, is Visiting With his 1paments, Mn and Mrs. D. Wig- gins, Albecrt street. Lent commenced Wednesday. DURHAM. ONT.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1912. need the Money. Our Clubbing Rates the lowest l The other improvements have been on an extensi1e scale. The dry lxiln is a large affair, and gnothing in the furniture factory ldcvelopment is more up-to-date in its equipment. The sprinklinO‘ sys' om has been installed through- out the Whole plant, at :1 cost of about $15000, and the dam and electrical equipment at the Rocky 191'ould easily cost anothe1 $10 000 or $15000. The factory is now being .partly operated by electricity, early every machine being oper-' :ated by its own individual motor. They furnish their own 1ig‘ht,too,- iduring the Working hours, and funtil the machinery at the supply station is closed down. When the Work is .3111 completed,- the company will add as soon as possible, a hundred hands to the working staff, and [chair making will be added to {the present line at maniufcatunes. The total expendi- ture in .1911 will run up to $106 000 and everything being new. modern and thoroughly, up-to-date, We mav boast of having one, of the finest fiancto'ries in the country. The .company owns extensive timber limits in the adjacent town- ships, and at each of their five SEW mills, large numbers 01 logs are being placed. We hope and expect to see good future results, under the [present able manage- “Christ’s Doctrine of Money” will be the topic of the Epworth League meeting Monday evening, February 26th. It will be taken welcome. The groom was ably supported ’by Mr. lSydney Benninworth, of Toronto. The groom’s gift to the bride was a pearl and dia- mond sunburst, to the bridesmaid a pearl ring. After the ceremony and congratulations were extend- ed. the assembly repaired to the dining hall, which was tastefully decorated, where a most beautiful dejeuner was served. Of the many toasts propose-d, those reefer- ring to the bride and bridesmaid were appropriately responded to by the groom and groomsmani Mainy beautiful lpresents were received, which testified to the ampreciation of the young couple. Among the guests outside of tomato‘ Were some from *Scarboro, Malto-m Bolton, :Castleberg and Humber Bay. After a pleasant evening,’ the bridal [party left on the $11 O’clock train\ 'for Port Perry ’and other eastern spoilnts. On their return, they will reside in Bolton. PROGRESS AT THE FURNITURE FACTORY At 7 30 the bridal marty entered the realm to the strains of the Wedding march, .played by Mrs. McNally, of Toronto, the bride leaning cm. the arm of her father. The ceiezmony was performed by Rev. Dr. Turnbull, pastor of West- ern Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. Pickup, in the presence of ahc ut fifty relatives and friends of the bride and groom. The bride looked most handsome, ~gowned in duch-ess satin. trimmed with pearl lace. and pearls, Wearing-1 the usu- al veil, and carrying a large bou- quet of bridal roses. .Miss Ada Wilson. sister of the bride1 acted as bridesmaid, and looked charm- ing; in blue voile over blue silk, and carried a large bouquet of pink: car-nations. HYMENEAL ERWINâ€"WIL‘SON. A very pretty ev-ént took place at the home of Mr. James Wilson, 23“. Montrose Avenue, Toronto, on Wednesday evening, February 7th, it being ,the occasion of the mar- riage of his eldest daughter‘ Annie-'2 E. 110 MT. James ErWizn, of Button. Stproat. Everybody In light grounds with polka dot, and having floral borders . Goods which need no other trimming. We are justly proud of our Lace Stock this year. and take more than usual pleasure in inviting the attention of the ladies of the vicinity to it. We feel assured that we have both the qualities and values to suit every taste and every purse. Our stock moreover is complete in every department, just at the time when the thought- ful seamstress is preparing the summer wardrobe, One of elegant new mercer-ized materials in white and cream. Beaut- ful goods for even- ing or reception gowns. S. F. MORLOCK New Bordered Muslins New Silk Lustre Have Arrived and are the Last Word in New Spring Materials. New Spring Goods LACES In plain colors, black, white, and brown, navy and tuscan. Will not cut. With fancy: silk str’lpe. These are more popular than ever this season. They are 36 inch. wide and come in black, white, navy, nile green, tan and tuscan. New Cotton Voiles Mousseline and Paulette Silks $1.00 PER YEAR in;

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