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lu‘ray. 5:21 ex (Hung. geen Valley. on Tuesdav t was me most success~ ful gathering of the’ kind ever he‘idly this c<.»ngregation. and quite a large crowd gathered to enjoy the evening. The main event.â€"-the supperâ€"Was of ahigh order. and l-esicies excellence of quality, there was also the quan- tity, and enough and to spare for all who attended. Owing to- the lateness of arrival of the partici- pants, the champion baseball game between the Scotchto'wn Highlanders and the Bunessan White 502:, was cut down to a one-inning contest, the match be- ing won by the W'hite 80):, 31:0 1. A. good program was also rendered when addresses by Revs. Parquâ€" harson and McCausland, and. songs and instrumentals by «members of 'the congregation and others, ‘brought the evening’s amusement. ,to a close. The night was amost gydelightful one for the occasion. livray, Saugeen Y'all evening. It was the ful gathering of held 'by this congr quite a large crow the grounds With the heading, “Hanover’s Asses. Increased," the Post goes on 'to say: “Hanover's county assess- ment was increased by $50,000, Markdale by 315.000 and Owen Sound by $300,000 by the Grey County Council last Friday. Dr. Mearns. our representative, put up a stubborn fight against the in- crease. but the rural councillors. led by Mr. Calder, of Durham, “soaked'7 us. The town of Owen Sound may appeal against the in- Mr. John Thompson, of Toronto, an expert machinist in the Mail and Empire building. is a regular reader of The Chronicle. and takes a deep interest in our serials, which he pronounces high-class. .He has already read “Keith of The Border." and 'pronounces it one of the best he ever read. He says there's a treat in store for all lovers of a good story. and would recommend everyone to read every word of it. On Tuesday noon last, Clare, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Rowe, in some way got hold of a five-,cent box of matches, and when discovered, had succeeded in devouring nearly all of the contents of the box. Prompt medical attendance, and the use of the stomach pump, was successful in removing the greater part of the the contents of her stomach. and at present, the child is not feeling any the worse of her poisonous meal. at Glene The work of repairing the Lamb- ton street bridge. washed away by the spring freshet on Easter Sunday last, is now under way. Mr. George MacKay is at work put- ting in the abutment. and as soon as his work is completed the bridge company from Stratford will adjust the steel Work. Clear the track. The Durham Fire Brigade intends holding abig demonstration here on Monday the '5th day of August, Labor Day. Further particulars will be given later. Dr. Brown, eye, ear, nose and throat, will be at the Hahn House, Durham. on Saturday. July 20th. Hours 1pm. to 5pm. The big millinery reduction sale will continue all July and August. Next Saturday will be specially low prices.â€"Miss L. McAuliffe. Rev. Mr. Prudham. the new pas- tor of the Methodist church. made his first bow to the congregations here and at Zion on Sunday last. Division Court is in session as we go to press this Wednesday. It’s hot. US VOL. 44â€"N0. 2358. NEWS AROUN D TOWN 11 ve twent Ult )I‘. Mr. Jame Valley. on ‘-tnree \\ little 1 eaked or .> found :es’sful c IS early den party under Le Baptist church re was held on EI‘E The Chronicle to Canadian Subscribers for baiance :keeping With Miss MacKenzie hree Winners to little piece of Lked out in some found correct. séful caddidates early 3 date )urnum James ies in y-three school with McGil- 1:1 novel sight in one of the news- Epaper business offices, to see the Eclerks at Work with no better ilight than a piece of a candle. EThis was the custom fifty years gago, but now it seems away he- 'hind the times. The boats now run lto Leniston and Olcott on Sund 11° land a huge numhei tool; ad- gvant1ge of the outing to esca‘ne ithe extreme heat of the city. We 31111-1} say in this connection that Ethe Sunday faies me too high to ?_511it the pockets of the aVerage Ecitizen who needs the outing most. 511‘ Sunday boats are going to he ian established thing in the city. t'he fares should be put down 101‘. enough to suit the pockets of the- Elaboring man and his family, who. .needing the recreation most, VV ould Eenioy it eV' en better than the rich man, if the price 11 ere. put VV ithin his reach. The rich man doesn‘t ‘feel the effect of a fare that Emight keep his poorer neighbor at. ihome. The fare from Toronto to 'Lewiston and return is $1.10 " .This to a man who VVishes to take a family of four or fiVe .across the flake: is too heavy on his weeklyj earnings, and comparatively few of; them will enjoy the pleasures theyi might otherwise have, We’ll ven- ture to predict that a 75c. re-; turn rate will net the transporta- tion company just as much, if ' not more, money. The poor man should be considered, and a very i1011111111111- move in the city '01 To- ronto wedd- be hocut the fares m- two. and doub1e\or treble the? Ye Editor was in Toronto and Lewiston from Friday till Monday. In a big thunderstorm on Friday evening, the electric power was put out of commission. and for about five hours the city was in darkness. and the street-cars stalled just where the accident overtook them. The newspaper officers -were handicapped for want of power to run their type- setting machines, and it was quite against them in the two final ner- iods. and the visitors had no trou- ble in maintaining their lead. Had the locals been in condition‘ we be- lieve the}r had a chance to Win, and expect to see them turn the tables on the Hanover twelve in their next game here. We congratulate Miss Lawrence,‘ “wyepmeeung at the Grange of Plenty, Sask., whose marriage hall on Thursday evening last. notice we publish in this issue.i Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Firth, of We know nothing of the fortunate; Clinton, are ViSiting in the neigh- young man who captured such an , bOI‘hOOd- excellent young lady for a wife! Mr. C. H. Moffat’s beef-ring helâ€" The happy bride is a daughter 01,: fer dressed 497 lbs, of excellent the late John Lawrence, of Huttonbeef last week. That is the kind Hill. She went west a couple of'about which there is never any years ago, and was engaged as a objection raised. teacher at Plenty, Sask., after con- Quite a number from this neigh- eluding her Normal course. [borhood are sending their cream 5to the Walkerton creamery. l\‘-“an,fi :““:A“ Innflnaan +nnm Durham’s junior lacrosse team were defeated on the grounds here on Friday night, 8 to 3. It was Hanover did it. For the first half, the game was fairly even. though Hanover showed superior com- bination, and were in apparently better condition than their oppon- ents, many of Whom were entirely Without practice. This militated We have just learned of the re- cent death of three residents of Egremont, Mr. Robert Nelson, aged 70, died of heart trouble, afâ€" ter a few days’ illness. Mr. Chas. McKenzie, another nioneer, of about the same age, died of apo- plexy. Interment, took place in Amos cemetery on Saturday. Mrs. Peter Daly, aged about 32 years, died on Sunday, and interment was made on Monday. no particulars more than that he was in his 80th year, and interment takes place to Hanover cemetery this Wednesday afternoon. Mr. James Ball, Whose death is reported in this issue, is the father of R. J. Ball, M.P. We have Bills are out announcing another Horse Fair, on Thursday, Ju1y‘18th. Over sixty horses are reported sold at the last fair, and this one prom- ises to be better. Everv kind and condition of a horse will find a buyer. A special feature was an address of welcome to the new pastor, Rev. Mr. Prudham. The Epworth League had ares:- ular meeting on Monday evening. The town council has had the Durham hill fixed up, and the stones raked off. It is now safe to travel on. Valentine Kirchner, one of Han- over‘s most public-spirited citizens died on Tuesday morning of last week. He was 64 years of age, and leaves a Widow and family. Death was due to cancer of the stomach, and resulted after an ill- ness Of a couple of months. About a month ago, he was oper- ated on by a specialist, but his case was considered hopeless. We too, would hasten.to offer our congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. A. Noble, nee Winnie Lauder, Mrs. Noble was a valued and cherished member of the Yarney Grange, and contributed in no small way towards the entertain- ing features of the organization, and it is a matter of little or no surprise that so amiable aperson as her should aim for any less than a “Noble”-man. Congratu- lations. \ A large gang of fradiers from the vicinity of Owen Sound ure hustling the frame work on Mr. James Blyth’s barn. The cofltract is a big one, entailing a great amount of ‘work, by putting the timbers of two barns into one, and splicing all the parts, which will add a lot to the'height of the building. W'e have no doubt the job when completed will be a fine structure. ‘ l Mrs. Boaks. of King township. {was visiting at Mr. Adam Ander- son’s last week. Pastor Kendall returned from his trip to the West. and occupied his pulpit on Sunday last. Among the successful candidates at the Durham High school we notice the name of Miss Jannie Peter. Jannie has the gift of push and ambition, and We (wish her continued success in her studies. “Praise God From Whom All Bless- ings Flow.” BLYTH’S CORNERS. l A very severe electric storm: passed over this section on Sat- urday afternoon. The lightning‘ was unusually sharp, striking in’ several places in the neighborhood? but no serious damage was done.‘ so far as we have heard. For an! hour, the rain came down in torâ€"t rents, which was greatly hoped? for, and, as a consequence, will? change the whole scene from the; prospects ofa pretty slim har-g vest to a bountiful one, for which} none, neither saint nor sinner. but! who should join heartily in singing! Our post-office has changed hands, and is now located at the home of Mr. Wm. Ritchie. While much handier for some, it is still a little too far north; for the con- venience of the general public. Dr. Farquharson conducted prayer-meeting at the Grange hall on Thursday evening last. Mr. Fred Staples is re-shingling the ‘south half of his barn. Misses Emma and Maggie Ritchie spent last week with friends at the lower end of the line. By-laws 618 and 619. relating .to clerk’s salary and caretaker. passed their several readings, and carried. Wm. Saunders was appointed care- taker of the town hall. Miss Maria Ritchie _is visiting with friends in town. Wm. Lawrence \was appointed in- spector of the bridge. at SQaday. "An amendment was put to an- Doint Geo. Kress to the position. but was defeated. The grade in front of the Edge estate lot is left as it is. on re- Quest of the Government engineer. A. B. McLellan’s application for street watering for July. August and September. at $97, was ac- cepted. Accounts amounting to about $4.50 were ordered paid. The regular meeting of the town Council was held on Friday even- ing. July 5th.i Members all pres- ent. Minutes read and confirmed. DURHAM. UNI, THURSDAY! JULY 11,1912 TOWN COUNCIL EDGE HILL. Mr. David McNichol, of Lamlash and his niece, Mrs. McDougall. o'f Lamlash, were callers here last week. \- Inspector Campbell and family leave this week to spend the sum- mer in their cottage home at Lake of Bays. Barrister A. Cr. Campbell. of To- ronto, spent last week with his brother, Inspector Campbell, and family here. Misses Ella and Lyla Frend, of Toronto, are spending a few days with relatives and friends in town and vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Allan McDougall and family 'haxe moved to Owen Sound Where they intend to re- main for some time. Misses Mabel and Lily Boyd. of; Flesherton, Were in town Fridafi'.‘ and spent a Couple of hours with their friend, Miss Rita INVin. t The site is high and dry, and a building erected thereon will pre- sent a good appearance from Ievery side you look at it. Again. 'it is right on the road to the lschool, and we venture to say that [seventy-five per cent. of the mail {outside of business, is carried to land from the post-office by .the !school children, and we believe further that ninety-five per cent. of enquiries for mail comes from the same source. A large petition ‘had been signed to put the post- oifice at the corner of George and Garafraxa streets. Now, assuming .that the crossing of Garafraxa and iLambton streets is the commerciall centre of the town, (we doubt if Ithtre would be more than en 'yards of a diffeience to one place mum than the other. Mr. Ball 99.15 a lot of blame, but Mr. Ball will be much older, and much more of an angel than he is, if he ever sees the time when he can please ev- erybody. Our advice would be to listen to the Vaporings oi nobody, and he’ll come out just as safe, as he will to be moved by every- one who undertakes to. say some- thing Let the post-office go on the site that is selected, and when the building is complete, the likes and dislikes will be blended into! general harmony There are veryf few who are dissatisfied, and why! should there be any delay in get- ting to work ‘2 Mr. Gardiner, and two sons. of Toronto. are'visiting at Mr. James VVebber’s. . , .. _. i I Dr. and Mrs. Thistle, OI Toxontos: are visiting her aunt. Mrs. T1105. A. Harris. Miss Allie Blackburn, teacher, at Hespeler, is spending the vacation with her mother here. - r. Robt. Matthews, of Detroit, is 'isiting his. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Matthews. fVVe are at a loss to know IWhy there should be a strenuous op- position on the part of a few lagitators. In some cases, and we ithink in most cases, the reason is “plainly evident. The displacement of some of the old buildings, in lsome instances the old shacks, and selling them to. the Government, would be a sure may of selling at their full Value, or perhaps con- siderable of a premium. In the fsite chosen, there is no graft. $800 lfor the eighty-five feet on Mill street, is as cheap as any man in ,Durham, or any place else, could 'have purchased the property from 1 Mr. Edge. Mrs. Warner has returned from visiting friends and reiatix es in Detroit. Mrs. John Lang, and children, of Hanover, are visiting in town. 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