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, ~ °om ~§£§ gate 1». humbe "‘ levera file 3! 2’- At the adjourned meeting of the coflnml on Thursday night last, It: Herb. Pettigrew was appoint- *~ onstable, health inspector, inspector. caretaker of the ~- I." hall, etc., at a salary of .‘ '..d the fees. He iS'a new wd We hOpe he'll make good 3. .» ‘ ving law and order, to fiett ' «.1 nt of the ‘town morals *’§£'11fto Elvidge was agzun ° The seating capacity of Trinity clurch was not sufficient to ac- , om odate the large number who *Mbied at the funeral of the a?“ Mrs. Torry on Friday. A number stood in the aisles, and veral others took refuge from . e storm by waiting during the * service in the basement. A very tauching and effective service was! ducted bv the rector, Rev. W} ? Hartley. The Burk’s Falls Arrow doesn't publish everything that is sent in to him, but we notice he publish- es obituary poetry that would give a dead dog the rheumatism. If he gets any worse than that, the law should protect him and 'obviate asidered and satisfactorily of. *At the close asecond g was held to moderate in tor a . tor, When amajor- véte of the ”embers in attend- oice Of Rev. S. M. East Zorra, near J 1.ey is an un- g fluent speaker, "1 ”"9 ' ' ' :present the necessity of crawling into a cyclone cellar till the storm passes over. Colin Campbell, a former well- known newspaper man, a former owner of the Wiarton Echo, and later of the Wiarton Canadian. from which he severed his conâ€" oecnon about ten years ago, died last week from heart failure in the Toronto General Hospital. He was :36 years of age. The parcel post privileges Went into effect Tuesday, and Mr. C. L. Grant was the first patron of the Durham post office to take ad- ’vantage of it. ‘ A' sneak thief took $4.1 from the till of the C. P. R. station at Markdale on Monday evening of last Week. ‘The agent. Mr. Caesar, and his son,’were .both on the premises but absent from the of- fice for not inore than two min- utes. which was sufficient time for the money to be taken. ' Mr. W. J. McFadden has added a number of beautiful organs and pianos to his stock, and intending; purchasers are cordially invited to, call before placing their orders! He also wishes to call attention toI his sanitary closets, one of the; greatest conveniences of the pres-l ent time. ' l Mr. Archie Jackson, son of the late Wm. Jackson of Bunessan. was elected Mayor of Merritt, B. C. at the recent municipal election. Congratulations. The firm of' Thomas Brothers manufacturers of brooms, brushes, etc , of St. Thomas, failed recently with liabilities of $250,000. " Mrs. Littl-ejohns and Mrs. Sproule have opened a dressmaking par- lor over A. S. Hunter’s store. 2 Cook wantedâ€"Apply at once to Mrs. (Dr.) D. Jamieson at her residence “Bon Accord." ' 5 The new Carnegie library in Owen Sound Was formally opened last week by Mayor McQuaker. Have you paid your sub? V 3L. 47 -~ Na". 245! final congregational meet- the Pr¢5byterian church Id on Monday afternoon V0 to four o clock, when re- elating to the financial and. bnditions of the church N EWS AROUN D "TOWN seasor, and Messrs. W. and Archie Davidso'n Save Money and Trouble by Letting [J's-Order Your ‘ on individual work for their scor-E the St: inz. The final tally was 5 to 4,i With t and the game was possibly morei Billy exciting than any other played; profess here so far this season. As With t Clerks won the first game 4 to say no 2. in all probability another will older 1 be arranged to break the tie. With Jim w- [ The hockey match last Thursday inight between the Clerks and the {High School turned out as anticié fpsted, so far as the calibre of the lganie was concerned, and the in- 'terest it created. The winning of the game by the High School was perhaps the surprise of the evening, for although everyone expected a close score and a hard-fought game from start to finish. it was not generallv con-i be. able to pull put a win over»! I their heavier opponents. - It was; the best team that won d!) Thurs-; day night and the game showed 5 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Winter, of iChat-sworth, celebrated their diaâ€" lmond wedding- February 3. The ‘scene of the happy but unusual IGVCDt was at the home of Warden land Mrs. Breeze. Statistics tell us says a local exchange, that only one couple out of eleven thousand; ever live to see their diamond; Wedding day. Mr. Winter was; born in Barnvstaple, county Devon, England, iii-1830, and Mrs. Winter.l nee Helen Taylor, in the county of I Artrim, Ireland, in 1838. Thevr Were married in 1854, and settled,E on the 6th. ”concession of Holland: where the,’ village of Mavssie now?; stands. '. Of a family of fifteen children, eleven are still living, of. whom Mrs. Breeze is a daughter; There are thirty-six grandchildren! and fourteen great-grandchildren.E ; Though- Sunday and Monday were considered cold days, the fpiercing Winds Were largely to blame, as few places in southern lOntario dropped to zero. Official irecOrds place Toronto at 2 above, ,Parry Sound 8 above, Port Stan- Mrs, W D. Rorke died a couple of weeks ago in Owen Sound in her 86th vear. The deceased ladv and her husband. who died some five or six years ago, as well as her son Harry, for many years an employee on the Owen Sound Times were amongst the persons we can Well remember since the claws cf our early boyhood. She was mairied in NeWmarket in 1853: am! in the early sixties was a! resident of Euphrasia. 3‘ lev 1 above, Southampton 10 above, Kingston 4 above. Coch- ran-e was 20 below and M'innedosa 41 below. The Newmarket Era has install- ed a new linotype at a cost of nearly $2,400. The paper Was es.- talbished in 1851, and about 60 years ago was purchased by Mr. E Jackson.who has been ever since connected with the paper,1 though the ownership passed to! his son some time ago. The‘ naper never missed'an issue. I Roy‘Bogard was - arrested in Owen Sound on a charge of cir- culating obscene literature while on a visit some time ago in New- marl; et. Constable Duh can of Newmarket, took the prisoner back with him. The butcher shop of .Frederick Cook. Owen Sound, was entered last wcek and eight often dollars‘ W0 2th of choice beef stowlen Thexe is no clue. Gauge Chainey had his index and middle fingers badly injured at the chair factory in Owen Sound. and amputation was found necessary. A Egremont councn did not meet on Monday, but Will meet, on Saturday‘ the 14th inst. The next honse fair Will be held on Thursday of next Week, the 19th of February. Have you paid yOur Bub? 15' Two earthquakes occurred in perfectly reliable, but in publish- 7» Ontario on Tuesday, both of which ing unsigned articles we may get : 1.were more severe than the one re- into trouble D D corded on the 28th of April last Owing to the illness of Mr. Wil- Year. The first occurred at 1139 loughby of Walkerton, the school 1 and the second at 1..30 The latter has been without a principal E was perceptably felt in OWen 5. ‘ be R c ntly jSound, and showed itself by 05- 1nce early 1n Decem r. e e ' cilating chandeliers, shifting -. chairs and other evidences. Play-4 , ers at the curling-rink were start- . led by the creaking of the build- ; ing, but no harm occurred. The. ,shocks are reported as quite pro- _ nounced at London, Ottawa, Mont- real,. Toronto and other places. and summarily dismissed him. If ? A‘t Albany, N‘Y" a laborer was no preference had been stated in killed by the caving in of a . b d’s dvertlsement, we Ztrench through the shock. _We the oar a 'have no knowledge of its occur- rence here. board advertised for a principal stating their preference for a Protestant. A Mr. Coleman fro om Toronto was engaged and came _ well represented. He taught only half a day when the board found out that he was not a Protestant. D D > t > D p ’ b D > E p D . . . : would consider it erng for them i to dismiss Mr. Coleman. Since :b j ' they stated . a preference, Mr. : ; From the Stratford deSpatches Coleman did wrong to apply with- : to the daily papers we learn the out telling the board he was not > Lavelle family is not yet quite a Protestant. If a Roman Cath- : :dead in the athletic field. Strat- olic teacher keeps his religious : fford’s J’uniOr O. H. A. team have views to himself, we do not see b two on their line-up, Russell. and that any detriment can arise from : Leonard, Who, by the way, are his instruction in secular matters. : 1‘8qu “the Pick of the family?” The chances are that no trouble : in hockey circles. With two on would have arisen if Mr. Coleman ‘ Lon playing ma stated the facts His applica- . g . ,, hon mght not have been accepted _ .. . ,',,'.‘i,l_.,-Dt0 it he had done so, but even that; would have been better than 618- fair measure 0f_ his usual health and strength. He eats, drinks and sleeps well, but visitors are not allowed to see him. Sir George Ross, who is gust across the aisle from Sir James in the General Hospital, is not gaining .much strength, and his chances for re- covery are apparently unfavorable. It is to be hoped that both the old political war horses may speedily .recover, lay down all their munitions of war, and spend the evening of their lives in the peace and quietness ,of a perfect friendship. From the steady progress being made by Sir James Whitney, it seems as if he will soon regain a Mr. Edward McAnulty of Brock. Sask., is spending the Winter in this locality. It is five years since .he Went West and like all western- lens he likes the country, but is not so enthusiastic as some. , He thinks it is the country for an ambitious young man, Who can, find greater opportunities for his energies than are to be found in the older settled east. He says it is cold and he feels it, but not so much as the same temperature With a moister atmosphere. Crops Were good, and though many cit- i-es report many out .of employ-6 ment, there are no real hardships in the country districts. He is evidently .doing Well. . ' Twenty-eight ladies gathered at the Women’s Institute meeting held at the home of Mrs. J. Mc- iGoWan last Thursday. Mrs; T. McComb gave a very instructive paper on “Best Methods of Pre- naring Fish” and Mrs. C. Ramage’s 5“Biogiaphical Sketches of Great 'Canadians” Was most interesting. ’She gave a short sketch on the imost prominent Canadian women ,and on Lord Strathcona, Sir John ‘Macdonald, Sir Wilfrid Laurier ‘and Robert Service. Mrs. T. Mc- Girr then gave a report of the Women’s Institute convention held in Toronto in November. A mass meeting of the different churches was held in the Metho- dist church on Sunday night after the regular services, when tem- perance addresses were delivered by Rev. P. K. Dayfoot. B..,A Sup- erintendent of Baptist Sunday schools of Ontario, and Dr. Aiken, of Toronto, Who conducted the. Sunday seches in the PresbyteH ian church. 'On Monday evening Mr. Dayfoot gave an inspiring‘ address in the Baptist church to! Sunday school workers and others' interested. ‘ - A challenge hockey match be- tween two picked teams will be the feature at the rink this Thurs- day night. For' salle.â€"-A quantity of grow- ing timber suitable for WOOd. Will sell on stump or by the cord.-â€"-W. Adlam, Mulock. 212 4 CS DURHAM. 0m. muas‘Mv FEBRUARY :2, m4 An interesting budget was re-l ceived from Artemielsia township,i but as We do not know the authori of it, we are obliged to leave it out. The information is no dOubt perfectly reliable, but in publish- ing unsigned articles We may get E D D D D D E 5 into trouble. . E Mr. Clark Torry purchased one hundred acres of the Alfred Red- ford farm, and. Wm. Adlam bought the remaining ‘25 acres. He needs it for boy No. 5, who arrived re- cently. At the meeting of the executive! action was taken to secure an ap-f pointment with Hon.'Adam Beck,! when delegates will ,be present to2 press their claims. - 5 V'VVVVVV4 “That in the opinion of this ‘meeting of representatives of municipalities in North-western Ontario. north of the hydro-elect- ‘ zone. it is desirable to form an or- ganization for the purpose of unitedly urging claim on the Fly- fdro-Electric Commission of Ontar- io for hydro power on an equitable base, and that such an organiza- tion' be and is hereby form-ed to be known as the North-Western On- tario ’Hydro Association. all muni- cipalities rural and urban in the district outside the present hv dro zone north and west to the lakes to be eligible for membership and to be represented bv delegates chosen by the municipalities: that the officers and an executive com- mittee of five members be chosen- by this meeting to hold office un- til the next meeting of officiallvl appointed delegates; that all‘ municipalities be invited to join; and that further action and fur-I ther meetings be left in the hands of the executive .”< l 3 A meeting was held at Listoxxel on Monday. at which representa- tives from Grey Bruce, Perth, ,W-ellington and Huron formed the iNorth-Westerrn Ontario Hydro As- sociation. with Mayor Climie of 'Listowel as President. A resolu- tion Was moved by Mayor Whittâ€" 'hun of Hanover as follows: i At r2 p.m. a public meeting will be held at the same plaee, when addresses will be delivered by R. J. Ba11,'M.P., Dr. Jamie-son. M.P.P., the members representing the rid- ing, and Hon. Arthur Meighen. M. P.. Solicitor-General in the Dom- inion Cabinet. and T. W. M'cGarry. M'.P.P.. one of the rising and most eloquent members of the lbcal Legislature. Everybody is invited- to the public meeting. The .annual meeting of the South Grey Liberal-Conservative Associ- ation will be held in the Town Hall Durham, on Friday. February 20, at 1.30 pm. for the election of of- ieers and general business. CONSERVATIVE A NNUAL MEETING THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC 0y MI. U018- w OEEEE>>>>>>>>>>>>> :>>>>>E>>E>>:PDD:> O Clearance Sale S. F. MORLOCK There is always smiwtliing‘ inten»1ing at the store that gets the New Things first} :Hlll Fem'nary pmmisvs much in ihis I'i’S‘N‘i'F, as Newfinmis are piling in every day. which together with Extra Value and February Sales will create the greatext mitivity at this store. Large assortment Of New Black and (,‘Qlored 1 yard wide Silk usually sold at $1.25. our price $1.00 per yard. New Dress Goods, New Scotch Ginghaiue, New English Prints, every department filling! up with new Goods. Special offering in Ladies’ Coats, ranging in price from $5.00 to $315.00, going at a Great Sacrifice Less 25 percent. of? 25 Women’s Tweed Skirts, ranging in price 8“,...“ Q- AA., Aâ€" A- _ "_CD’â€"D “‘ I" from $4.00 to $5.00 to clear $2. 0 each. Great Bargains in 1 5 Men’s Overcoats. These are a. broken lot and sizes. grouped into one lot which we assorted out during stock taking and all taken into stock at one price. They range in price from $7.50 to $10.00. While they last $5.00 each. Comforters Blankets, Flan- nelettes, Underwear, Dress Goods, Scaffs and Caps. ' Spec lal Saha Pr [CBS 11! Men’s Overcoats, Fur and Stirring Activiee Always at This Store Foremost in Clearance Sale are: Ladies" Fur Collared Cuats, Ladies’ Furs and \Vaists, Misess I‘Ieavx' Coats. )LOK Reductions on Winter Goods for the GREAT SALE at $1.00 PER YEAR