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An earthsiide b'cciiri‘ed at Walk- erton on Friday last; and trains could not enter the town for 24 hours. Earth slipped down from the hillside this side of the town covering 100 feet of track to a depth of six feet. The local train service was not affected, however. and the line is. again clear. Mr. Wm. Breeze of Chatsworth was elected Wavden last week by a majority of seven over Mr. Cal- de'r of Durham. The vote stood 23 to 16. Mr. John T. Mil r of En- phrasia, was also nomin ted, but withdrew from the contest before the voting began. Following the evening - services next Sunday. a mass meeting will be held in the Methodist church. to which all are invited. Rev. T. K. Bayioot of the Baptist. and, it is expected. the speake/ at the Presbyterian church, will both ad- dz‘ess the meeting on the subject of temperance. The last pensioner of the Rebel- lion of 1837-8 has passed away in We regret to learn of the 'sud- den death on Monday last of Mr. Wm. Cuff of Bentinck. He was only 42 years of age, and died after a week’s illness Jrom men- ingitis. Hew was a son of the late Robert Cuff, and was born on the oiarm on which he died. He leaves a widow. a daughter of Mr. Geo. Cuff, and two 50118, Robert and George. He also leaves one brother, John, who resides near the home of the deceased. His .mrviving sisters are Mrs. Isaac Hutton in town, Mrs. John C. Hapâ€" Zkins of Tobermory, Mrs. thn Pollock of Wiarton, Mrs. Hannah :‘iorikins near Mulock and Mrs. flurry Reid of New Westminster *3. C. Interment took place yea- :1 ay at Hutton Hill cemetery, 21‘ services at the house and ‘ vve being conducted by Rev. W. ' Hartley of Trinity church. the person of Wm. Fox, of Maitâ€" land, Ont. Last year he received 380. but this year the appropria- tion ceases to appear. Mr. Robt. Alice, Sr., of town, is a living veteran of the Rebellion, but evidently not a pensioner. engines and three years. best sacred songs of the day. and were rendered with line expres« -sion. As a reciter. Mr. Charles is equally good. He recited three poems of the poet of the Yukon. Robert W; Service. Who was a schoolmate of Mr. Charles. Bis numerous jokes and stories called forth much laughter. Taken in all. the entertainment was an ev- ening of real enjoyment to all who braved the storm to be present. Mr. E. B. Vickers left for Ben- frew on Monday t0' attend the an- nual convention of the Renfrew Machinery Company. He was ac- companied by Mr. Ed. Hopkins. the local agent in this vicinity, and one of the best men in the service of the company, having sold 133 cream separators, besides died: Mrs. _Parker died .a week; earlier. The dates, according to' our files are January 25 and Feb:- ruary 1_. 1905. One can hardly realize that time'is passing so quickly. ‘ The entertainment given by Mr. John Charles of Toronto. under Trinity church on Monday evening was a splendid treat to all who attended. Mr. Charles has a very fine, rich baritone voice, and his vocal selections were from the Three hundred and thirty-one thousand men are reported out of Work in New York. Of this num- ber 140,000 are reported as un- skilled laborers. This is the worst condition since the Winter of 1907-8. ' 'It was nine years .ago last Sun- day sinee the °Iate Henry Parker Snap in sugar. Best granulated sugar, $4.40 a hundred at J. . J. Hunter‘ s. Huron county gave ~ a majority of 2,608 for the Canada Temper- ance' Act vofied on last week. For sale cheap. A good coon- skin coat, almost new. A' bargain. Apply to Lorne Allan, Durham. Have you paid your sub ? VOL: 47â€"N0. 2450 NEWS AROUND TOWN écales. during thalast Save Money and Owen Sound, according to Dom- ' inion Gov‘ernment estimates .' brought down last week, is to get 70,000 fifty thousand for harbor improvements and twenty thous- ‘and for the erection of a new jarmoury. Meaford gets $35,000. 'Collin-gwood $75,000 and Parry Sound $40,000, all for harbor im- lprovements. Durham and Hanover ,‘will get $25,000 each for post The Canada Cement Compan-y' has decided to close down their mills at Shallow Lake, Lakefield,‘ Marlbank and Calgary. This will’ be a hard blow on the places in-| terested, and if Durham had end! tered the merger it is quite fireb- able the mill here would have; met with a similar fate. Theg closing of the mill at Calgary. seems strange, in view of the pressing demand for cement in the west. : Mr. Thomas 'Mayne and Mrs. Alice Phillips. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. W. H. Hartley at the home of Mrs. Lefevre, who is a sister of the bride. Only a few friends of the contracting parties witnessed the transaction. The newly-married couple will continue to reside. in Durham, in the old Moody cottage, which is rented by the groom. We Wish them long life and much happiness. On Monday afternoon at four o’clock, the marriage took place of In the recent vote on the Canada Temperance Act in Welland, there were gross irregularities, and the matter will be ventilated in the courts. The ballots, it is alleged. have been so tampered with that the Act formerly declared carried by a small majority of 31 votes is now defeated by 17. At first a recount was threatened, but owing to the discovered irregularities a new vote may be the result. The deputy-returning officer, Coult- hurst, of Bridgeburg, has been placed under arrest on a charge of issuing a false return from his poll. offices. Mr.‘ and Mrs. J. R. Gun are leav- ing this week for Hamilton, where Mr. “Gun will engage in the drug business. For the past 13 years he has been in business here; four years in the stand now known as the Central Drug Store, ahd nine years as successor to the late Henry Parker. {We have always found him an honorable business man and regret very much to lose him as a citizen. Mrs. Gun, too, has been popular during the Whole period of her residence here, and her many friends regret her de- parture. Our best Wishes go with them, and We hope that during their residence in the Ambitious City they may enjoy a large m-eassure.of happiness and pros- perity. The town council held its regu- lar February session on Monday! night last, but apart from the' routine business ‘of reading the minutes and the passing of ac- counts amounting to $247 'there was not much done. The meeting was held in the market building, and without any seating accom- modation, even for representatives of the press, there ‘wasn’t much encouragement to prolong onePs‘ stay till midnight. There were no special attractions provided for the occasion, and without even a scrap to give spice tothe affair, the waiting grew tame, 'st - we decided to leave about half-past ten. It was the intentiOn to make the civic appOintments for the current year, but postponement was made until Thursday. evening when another meeting will be held to finish up the job. »-‘ - We congratulate Mr. Edward Weflsh and Mrs. T. Finnegan, who on Monday last were quietly mar- ried in the R. C. church here. Afier an enforced confinement to the house for five or six Weeks Mr. ThOmas McGirr was again able to be out again yesterday. Mr. John Pettigrew of Lumsden, Sash, will accept thanks for re- mitfancé. Have you paid your sub ? Owing to a break int he Hydro- electric, Toronto wa-s tied up for several hours on Saturday last. i A Yonkers woman, says the Buf- falo Express, has asked the police ito find her husband, who, she says, gwashed, ironed, scrubbed, pared .potatoes, cooked, never smoked, drank or stayed out late, and al- ways did as he was told. Has she .thought of looking in the insane C o r’aysylum .for bun? Sir James Whitney is making good progress tovvards recovery. and on Monday he was allowed to have a lengthy conversation with the Hon. J. J. Foy. It was feared the probable excitement would give him a set-back, but such was not the case. His medical at- tendant-s, however, say emphatic- allv that he will not be able to appear'in the House this session. i l *subscripti‘on, but so far we haven’t met'with. a very liberal response. When We say the accounts ran from $4 to $18, and the 28 sent out made an aggregate of $226, most of our readers will think it is about time we got after the slow- pays. We can pick out many others, and we’ll soon get after them too. There is no use being- tender-hearted any longer. Our leniency in the past has cost us hundreds of dollars, and we got no thanks for it. We intend to give everybody a 'fair chance and if We can’t do anything better we can have the delinquent-s “black- listed.” This means that every delinquent debtor will have his name published in bbok form and sent to all members of the Merch- ants’ Association. We hOpe to be able to make settlement with all before being compelled to re- sort to any extreme measure. Once a person is black- listed his credit is gone, and this means a great deal. We hOpe that none will‘suffer through refusal to pay us what they owe. . In the redistribution bill to be introduced at an early date, 13 members will be added to the Dominion, bringing the total up to 234 instead of 221, as at pres- ent. Quebec, -Which forms the basis of representation, remains stationery at 65, and gives the unit of representation at 30,811. In the redistribution Ontario loses 4 members Nova Scotia 2, New Island 1.. Manitoba will gain 5. Saskatchewan! 6, Alberta 5 and British Columbia 6. The new rep- resentation will be Ontario 82. Quebec 65, Nova Scotia '16, New Brunswick 11. Manitoba 15, British Columbia 1'3, Saskatchewan 16, Al- berta 12, Prince Edward Island 3, Yukon 1. The new parcel post delivery system will come into effect on February 10. The maximum Weight to be accepted ultimately is 11 pounds, but for a time at the start not more than six pounds will be carried through the mails. Every centre will have a zone of 20 mil-es. with the following rates on parcels included in that zone: one pound 5c., two poundsI 6c., three pounds 7c., four pounds‘ 8c.. five pounds 10c., six pounds. 12c“ seven pounds 14c. and a tWO- cent increase until the ultimate 11 pounds are reached. Wider zones will cost higher rates, and this minimum charge will have al tendency to help out the smaller“ places in competing through mail with the large city houses. ' The local hockey team' defeated the Mt. Forest team on the rink here last Thursday night 3 to 2 The ice was soft and the going hard, and While the match was not as fast as it might otherwise have been, it was a well-fought game from start to dinish. The score pretty well indicates the play, and the teams were well matched. This Thursday night the attraction is a Second match between the Clerks and the High School team-s. These two teams came together a couple of weeks ago and furnished more excite- ment than the old rink has “ seen since the days of championship hockey‘ and as the High School is out to‘ re'deem themselves for their last defeat, the game shonld be worth watching. Warning to Delinquent Debtors ' __â€"_.____â€", DURHAM. out. mummy FEBRUARV -;’5 1 The! Mr. Geo. Ritchie .had a party the' of young peOple on Friday night, well. and Mr. Joe McNally 31:50 enter- night’ tainedâ€" a party on Thursday natchl night ' ; The 'maiden name of the deceas- ed was Hattie E. Sheppard. She was born in Halton county, Onta‘r- io, 47 years ago. Twenty~three years ago she was married to Mr. Robert Torry, who mourns the loss of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. Of the five children resulting from the union, three ‘are living, Fred, Margaret and Reta. A boy died in infancy, and a little girl at the age of three years. The funeral will take place to-morrow, Friday afternOOn. The remains will be taken to Trinity church, 'where a sh rt service will be held at two o’clokafter which interment will be made in Durham cemetery. H. L. Buck, location engineer of the Hydro-Electric Commission, was in Owen Sound last week, having made ,his first trip over the Hydro-radial line from Guelph.-He favors entering the town from the south. Up to the present the townships of Holland, Bentinck, Glenelg, Normanby, Bgremont and the town of Mt. Forest have not made application to the Lieuten- ant-Governor-in-sCouncil for the Hydro-electric Commission to make a survey for a radial line through the municipalities named. All the other municipalities have done so, embracing Owen Sound. M-eaford, Chatsworth, Markdale, Durham, the townships of Sullivan, St. Vincent, Collingwood, Derby and Sunnidale. It is necessary to do so at once, as the locating en- gineer Will not consider the muni- cipalities that have not made the formal application. We are sorry for the afflicted family, who. have endured many hard trials. but We sincerely hope this last added sorrow may be only the dark side of the cloud with .silver liming soon to reveal itself and usher in a new era of happiness and prosperity. The Glenroa-den mill is running regularly. They are doing satis- factory work. The township auditors, R. T. Ed- wards and W. J. Ritchie, are busy at the books this week. EDGE HILL. Miss Emma Ritchie was home from Dundalk over Sunday. Mrs. John Anderson visited last Week with her sister, Mrs. Moore, at .McWilliamS. Real estate is changing hands in the neighborhood. Mr. Geo. Ritch- ie has purchased lot 26, concession 3,. E.G.R. from Messrs. G. ‘J. McKechnie, and Mr. Wm. Ritchie sold lot 24, concession 3, EG.R. to Mr. Jo's. McNally, also lot 35, con- cession 3, to Mr. Thos. Glenlcross. Mr. Ritchie intends moving to town. ’ The making of the necessary ap- plication entails no cost on the start. and if a practicable survev in their direction has to be omit- ted. it may be a long time before another opportunity occurs. Mr. Chas. .Moffat has installed a new litter carrier. It was mann- factured by the London Company of Guelph, and is proving very satisfactory. be done for the stricken woman, who was beyond all human help. On Tuesday, she was taken to her home, Where she passed aWav early yesterday morning. I As reported elsewhere, Mr. Thos. ”M’ayne and Mrs. Alice Phillips were married on Monday, and Mrs.' Torry was one of the most cheer- ful guests at a party held at the-fl Mayne home on Monday night. Early in the night, shortly after ten o’clock, while taking part in the social program, she was sud- denly stricken with apoplexy re- sulting from cerebral hemorrhage, and lapsed into an unconscious condition, ,from which she never' recovered. Medical aid was at once summoned, but nothing could Do You Want the Guelph Radia' ? OBITUARY MRS. ROBERT TOR RY. I We regret very much indeed to chronic'ie the death of Mns. Robert Torry yesterday morning about seven o’clock. ‘9 OfigizDP’bgrtzv’Dvfi DD} :P’EE‘DDE DD}. OV'WWVVVVV'V'W'VVV'" 'VVVWVVWWVWO - S. F. MORLOCK g} Clearance Sale ' \\'ith :1 Hearty Expression of Appreciation for Favors During: the Past I Extend my Cordial \Vishes for Your Continued Progress and Prosperity duringr the Years to come Also at a Great Saving Foremost in Clearance Sale are: Ladies” Fur Collared Coats. Ladies’ Furs and \Vaists. Mi sew Heaw oats. Fur Collared Coats, Sweaters and Sweater Coats. Special Sale Prices in Comforters, Blankets, Flan- nelettes, Underwear, Dress Goods, Scarfs and Caps. - J. 6: J. HUNTER Men’s Overcoats, Fur and Reductions on Winter Goods for the GREAT SALE at 2%%%%%’é% Kg ’ $1.00 PER Venn