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Mr. H. Bennett. Iclothinrg` (store, building valued at $2,000, _\|;trock :partly Saved; insured in `the Wes-1 tern `for $300, and in" other ofticeia -)to the amount `of $1200. I i ...---... .... u1_.nU 1.I.l'GU-JIVLII-[LU 11. pan been Iburning-. from `the starting point a- Jgxinst the wind. . ' Mr. Dioksontks house was the first, then Mr. Raw- ~'Ison's `house and stable, where` a_"hor_se was `burnt, they being` unable to get it out. Mr. F.arrag`her s stable next caught. which communicated `,with the `hotel. The hotel wasdthe` lust house in the `block, the whole bf the` !building"s having been! stores orde- Lshtroycd in all. `The fire made a clean Lsiveeip -of some ., twe nty-five `houses and the engne p laye d on the op._posi'te side -of Dunlop_ street,` fol- lowing -the `fire up, andthereiby 's;_1v- mg "the whole town from destruc- Jtion. It `was feared that the Bank of `Toronto would gb. `but it \waj sul`tim'a.tely `saved, `after a severe Lscorohing-. 'Alle1:he houses on * the A same" street had a narrow escape`. 1 _ IL`, _ `R ' ` ' `_,_-___-_..., or van Meet. and on the east Georg'en's:' drug: tore. and L. -R. Warner 8: M. ` Moore`s eaddleries. Thence it pass- ed to Me`Oa'rthy & McCarthy's law. offices. who had put all their yap- ers in the vault. From this point it next w~e'nt. to- Ra`ws'on"s hardware `store; Hunter : ~g`roo`ery, Bird's `boot and "shoe store, Miss Morton, milli- tner, 'Brown s seed store. Cumio. bar- Iber. and Bennfe%tt s* cl-o_tIhing' estab- ment. In the m-eanttime it had `been A `very ,de'structi`ve fire took place here -on Saturday morning. between the hours of two and six. -which `came _very_ nearly destroying the .Whole town. It is supposed to h'a_v-en been `the work of - an inicendiary-. and originated in the sta.-bles of .'.Mr. Dickinson. directly lbehinld the ifreiglht shed of the Northern 'Rail-i road. The wind at the time was -blowing very strong `from the south ees't.~. .The fire going with the wind. ' he old English church. `thence communicated with Mr. Plaz- ,.'t*on's house. i who succeeded insav- lng most of his furniture. Great.~ [ears were entei'.t'aine,d at this time` that therailway freight shed would ' catch tire. f1`he fire passed tram Mr. P`laxton's house to his stable, thence to Mr. Harrison s house and store `combined. on Dunlap ,street, which also succumed to the `flames, hardly anything` lbeinsg savved. It burned `both ways here, igniting Mc- Bride and Kearns groceries. on: the Quaint '....JI -.. Ll, ' Many ` o'f the residents willrecall. -vividly. `the g`Eeat conflgaration "of June 24th; 1871. and the "fall-o.wiwg' iooount of it,taken- from The Ad- !va.noe' of.that date, will be (read Mith "interest. both by" them; and by the rising generation! who ' have heard reminiscences of the" ho1`a- caust:-- I Nearly Swept Barrie Out of Exisgence Thirty-Three 3 % ` ' Years ago on June 24th. % ` ' The Great Conflagration Y forfour._ R . A V ,, - M `fru:`3;nuu:n on'm-.o-ruou: jco. or cmnn, Lib, uournzau. Q. ` ..____-T.--v- -v--v-- : --cr-sun: `f *7 * T Guaranteed for ve yearn. It is made in Cauadaf" Sold `on our monthly payment: if desired. write I 19: particularly Catalogue had list of Records. T Agenfwill `exchange your old Berliner Gram-o-phone "Record: 1 ` FREE -when you buy two new Recordsjbr each one you return for exehange: for instance, you return two Records .- receive six .- pay . uAnupAruii:o Iv` av _ - . ` _ I-' ' " " It will sing your favorite hymns or songs, or play for you todance atir thlng. from a Cake-Walk to a Mazurka. It will entertain the entire fan: y and the neighbors as well. Costs one-twentieth as much as a piano or organ, and gives a thousand times more variety and pleasure. A child can operate it"-so can you in ve minutes. Prices (at Graznb-_-fvhones complete with 3 Records. IQ ....... -_.1 1... __. _, I bought .of youvwas a God-send `durin'g'the`1ong_ cold. winter of last year. I-t cheered us and made us glad and happy. I. would not part with it . for ten times what it cost if I could not get ,another. - We have thousands of . simi_lar letters telling of the pleasure and `entertainment derived from the Berliner Gram-o-phone. 6.. _.:n .2..- ---.... :-..-._-'--_------- -~ H The Berliner Gram-o-phone _------v, .-u.-.u Aasnallpil uL_y EUUUD DI-U10 C. H_. Ro'ss dry gaods sto'.re., Carey s 'bo`ot-~ and` shoe store, Bail s sul-oon, UJohnson"s_ confectionery st-ore. `Pla`xton s' tinware vstore. Ox- enham se c-on`feo_tionfery store. "Sar- jeant and Garner's dry g-'oods store, Kings `bakery and grocery" store, Mann'sv'booke store. The block on which the c-onstumed buildings stood is nearly triangular in" shape, and(has. 9. fr-ontag'e of about 175 `yards out Dunlac-pv street, which is the prfnci- 3 pal th-oroug`h-fare of the town. The variuous families who, for the time being; were rendered homeless. "found hcc~ommod`ation at the houses of their `friend's.. and` the utmost sym- pavthy is felt 'for- the losers by this_ great calmaity. "As is usual, in such cases. the egfoodls. of the several suf- ferers were -scattered about in the most inextrica'ble confusion. and mug":-h property has been carried `a- way, probably never -to be seen `by -`its rig`ht`ful `-owners 1agai`n.- . ...u-avu mus lPJ.gUVVI On `the north side of Dumlop st.. the `stores -an'd"build'inga below men- ti-onad were damIag%$d. probably to `the average extent of $100, includ-L Ving` detriment` to stock caused `by `hasty rem-oval" during the time the: `premises T were endang-Jred. The`. building's `damaged are the Bank of Tvotonto, Mr. Hind"s~ drjr goods store" I` If D_._...) .1____ .--.------ ova sarnlilinv Iygllllilo Peter -Kdarns, ' general merchant. "buil.d'ing' wort-h $1.000: Mr. 0. Mo- |Brid'e.` owner; was insured in .:thd Western` for $400. . . `Parochial schoolhouse. value $800: was not" insured, ~ | I The d`welling- houses of Messrs. Rawson and Dickinson were valued`- at $2.500. total loss; insured for `$1,000. '1.But little of the furniture. `-was saved. * r. "el.):'-8E3. t 1ax t on s residenoe'. valueT$2.000'; insured for $1,300. I\... #1.... __..LL .9). -1- Farrag'11er s hotel with outbuilding. .valued* at $4,500. was insured` Sor $1600. in_olud'i'ng furniture. . .which: was saved. - .' .` 2 --_- -.. --ru.--ac; syvpvvvo 3Mr. Christopher ' Harrisozi. T `d.rAy% g*3o d`s store. `bu~ild'ing worth $2500: floss. including` stock. $7.000: insur- ed in the We's te'rn, Que`en- Vandome District for a'bou_t "$2,000. -1`.I...L-_ vr_.', A Farmer WroteA Us % Recently : "Mr. Levi Warner.Tsu_d dler, builxdingf rvowned `by Mr. Georgie Plaxton. val- yued at $1,000, loss about $500; _dam- `ag done to stock. , V A . _ ;IMr. `TL W. Georgian. d1"'ug-'s't'o1.'e. buil'd`ing` owned by the Orange Soci- ety, worth $1.500; insured `for $300; Georg'en s insurance `on stock $1.000. loss on sto`ck. $5.000.` _ T. .`II._ (`L ,,0 'Messrs. McCarthy & McCa'rthy. value -of building`. $2.000; insured for $800 in the Western, {and a s_imil_ar sum in some other_com-pany. . -J . '1\A'.. 1|l'....4.:_.A 1|.r__..- ._._ .1-_n,._ 1 ,L,1 9.. -v\l.IQ\I sauggvn. v\rl.|1JI.nInJI -`Er. Martin Moore, Is:ad'dl%er. Ttotal` loss'$1,200,' stock partly saved. ' Ross. owner of the building`. insur- ed for $600. VT ' g " ' Have you a friend who does well and with whom you occasionally nd fault "because he doesn't do "better? This" `in. G-lobe, _ gnon/neg; ` nggannesa` in t_l___1e world.:_ '-"i?\"aI~';1;r:-'-To his old stand back of -Hinds` store. ~ : -Harris:m---To' Boys block. I 1 `Ge-or g~on_-to the rear` of McKen- zie's watchmaker s _sho . `- T ' - Kearns- -To P. VMcBrid% s store, Col- lier street._ _ I A Financier. Maud-_-Isn't the man _you are -en- ! cased to a 'speculator? ' 7 ; Clarae-No,..1nde'ed! He : a nancier. * , How do you know? ` g u ` A He didn t buy tlie -engagement ring until. after I had accepted him.. . V -. ~-`v1}`Iviss':l\-I;1::g`a-n-Above Sqrjeant a_nk1\ Garnerfs d ry g oods store. T f ;Bird-To Pu1lan sT tin storTe.- =Hunter-Next door to fire hall. on Collier "street. ., V Dr. McCar_thy-Mr'. Boys new rbl-ock. X McCarthy & Mccamrthy.--_Over c. H. Ross .-store. V :MVartinMoore.--To` R. O Brie;1 s feed /store. . cvv er sA drug store. ..v;;4.v;\/ v nay. 0 Bennett--Next ddor to Fraser's Exc-hang'e. , Prof. "Cunio-Ne_xt door to Palm-1 f ____1 `l'I_____, _-- '"AB_ro\vn-t:)Wt;`11vc; shop und`er The Ga- zette Office. -_--.--- `.vv\l V - . V u.|.5u uuu. G `small silvered vases, and Webb of white cotton. ` I _ .-MR; BENNE'1`T.-1 carpet `bag con- :tai_ning" wearimg apparel, 1 old` ov- ercoat iwithout` cape, and 3 horse `blankets. ` G. LYNN`. - 1 overcoat, worn. 1 suit or `broad loth. worn. awquantity of common plates. 1 (com- mon ohair. 1 cane `bottom chair. 1 box `Shaker s- garden seeds. 1 stove boiler, 1 broadcloth coat. T M-R. CLARKSON.-1 d ra,_wer g`1ue. MR. EDWARDS;-Dinner bell, ti ! and looking`-glass. - T, MR. BAIL.-'-Twoftafbles. ' MESSRS. BINGHAM BROS.-1 Ov- `:11 table. ' ,_ __..:..v._...uv.n.v *1. ton. and 1V Tbeavet; hat. ,.W. LYNN. 6 pl; `button see jcoat iris ..___...__, ..--_ -n-ngv .5 vvanlla I-IIJGLI. o _i-l\f13ii. LAIRD.-Two certificates of Good Templars and one Oranga cer- tificate. ' ` P la.-` VMR. JOHNSTON.-.-Dry g'oo'd`s, flow- ers, hosiery, patent medicines. belt buckles. spad'es._ pailsplamps. two rolls wincey. MRS. MONAHVAN.- -Quantity of crinolines and stove, _'MR. MO0RE.--Dry gvoods. etc. ' MR. 'McKEE.-Larg` chandlier. `MR. BURNS.--`Cane `bottom chair, box stove, sewing machine, 5 -pre'- serve `jars. A . j . - If!` 71-` A rm--- - ,..-.... I FRASER. - Tn_1.nk.T parlor lamp and` cane rocking chair. `1|:D T ATI)T\ "l`__-- ----I'`" ' __ -..- ---...... ........w....a. , =MR.V CLARKSON. - Centre` tmble. `bundle in quilt, oounvterpane, blank- ets and small `box. T'MR._ J. MO0RE.-Side sole leather. 'MvR._ E. HINDS.-Hats. dress g'oods, A.-cr'ess,' braces and parassols. \ `Ml"DG Ian 11 A 1I1'C1r\\7 A .---,.._, -..,wvv_-vu usnu ryuxuuuxac `MRS. ED. RA SON.-A new hair mattress, and a_ larg'7e doll dressed in `blue silk.` ' Bv[.H1`N`,S`.-S.-i`ii:u`:iacket..3 sides of two[French bed`ste3.d.s. _ 3 `R'I`| ' I A-`won-4-- v_-- - v-vvnnnnl -- V 5. ` M-R. 0XENHAM.-0ne feat-her bed. M-R. RAWTSON.-1 Iblack trunk. It` _conta.insWa 1qu'an'tity of men's. wom- men's and` children s clothing. 1 !band box with a new bonnet. with purple -trimming. III) `l'.1Ar\'l\At-crvvuuu - '7 - Crockery, `bureau, valuable papers` and semi-- circular end of dining table. `HITDQ Drftixra n-n - "xTl-1-e-remis n.o-ii-oubt that a great deal of rdbbery` was carried on dur- ing `the time the fire was raging. Wagbns came from the `back `dis-. .tricts and-` carried off goods and fur- niture `to 'a..lrag6 extent. and `hand ` bills were posted over the", ._ cown warning `people who have taken" pro- -perty in charge to deliver to~ the rig'htful_--owners forthwith,.` `A large quantity" of sad'd'lery and dry goods hasbeen `foundina field belonging to Mr. C. H. Ra. evidently hidden by th-ievesi One set of harness is val- zued at $150. .TIhe ldebris is still- smoul-d`ering'. but there is no_ risk of `any fresh outbreak of the fire. a'l`he following` is thelist of `arti- cles found and lost:- = l ' -LOST. e . V GEORGE PLAXTON.-91 bed` room stand.` with two drawers. in which -and other articles of jewelry; 2' sides of a. `bedstead exchanged in mistake; 41 `silver. diowble cased watch, small :size with steel chain: 1)`.pair,of pants iaindtveat. of a light slatish color with `dark stripes and yellow dots be- ltiween. In the pocket there was a purse oontainiug between $12 and $15. and `an order to G. Waters for lodging for some men; a; lot of 'bed Iticles of clothing`, rmrn l'\`r'm\1-rt; 11- f\ .- there were 1 pair of gold earrings clothes and several other , arti- I street. .an'd'e probably the `whole; of 'the toivn. from` destruction. ` The origin 01 `the fire is a mystery. `and tbhere areeseveral reports respecting it; .. Some say the cause of -the -dis- aster -was the depositing of ashes" in the rear of Mr. Dickinsonfs vhouse but `from the fact -that 2 weeks ago, `fires were discovered simultaneously in the stables o'f_.Fra-ser`s hotel, the "Barrie--hotel. and` inda build'in)g' near the residence of Mr. McConke y, M. Mc`Conkey. M.P., on Elizabeth st., one is led to suppose that ,the' cal- amity was occasioned" by the hand of an incenfdiary. II1I_-,,- !_ ,1 A '1s1.V1.".713HoMPsoN.~Jack fplane. 'McWAT.'I"S-Tw'o large and nnnll nil--- ._-_ - "M-IR. OXENHAM.-1 we'bb of cbot- ..._.I 1 FL, `I {.MARs'roN.--1 Cotton umrbrlg I REMOVALS. FOUND. " THE NORTHERN ADVANCE Ionnu nnnuwll JJLVAV `ll \JllVIlrlJl\-In This pleasant experience may be that of anyone bold enough or pat- riotic enough to renounce the de- lights of Canada's centres of light and learning, to scorn delights and ; live laborious days in the barren or other grounds surrounding Hudson's Bay. Canucks have been slow to realize what this vast landlocked an- nex of the Atlantic may mean in the development of the Dominion. They often. enough cut jokes, good, bad and indifferent, over the geogra- phical and geodesical blunders and misconceptions of their old country 'kinsmen, but can they really aord to use the benighted Dritisher as the Whetstone of their wit? Are they really so well-informed themselves re- garding this heritage of theirs which forms the subject of so many exordi- ums and perorations, and the object of such enthusiastic applause? This terra. incognita, so nearand yet so far, testies that ' the spirit of ex- ploration and adventure is not so rife as it was when the world was full of mysterious corners and V was peopled with anthropophagists, gorgons, furies and chimeras dire. What pass for mysteries in these matter-of-facts times everybody. knows will end in the plainest . of prose. ,Even the assurance that min- es of gold, silver, crystals.- agates and other metals .and minerals less. fascinating, but likely to be more productive tempts few from the beat- en track of everyday life. Maybewe are all too. fond of perfsonalv easeto r be adventurous, except` on the stock. exchange or the cotton market, : __where the primrose path leads" to worse V disaster than the ` compass; - course; "`-These-~-be_vprosai times`, and ft" is?` the poeticleras that prompt tot . [V `exploration (and -romantic_ expedition. , !'-_Such was? . the_ 4Elizabeth,a_`n= ~ and suchf f:thexJVietarian: age;-_-, I ;Possi_bly,v a With. ' `--`chanced, couditions. .v'o.'1l1 come _less__of : I '.l;i.\?'i`i\1iI?`!:1`-'*,131, !3..i`l'>,.3`1*l?'e.L' in 919; i ` ` ,, _wu.u 1.1.1611` values, as given by `two mractical builders. with some of the insurances and damage done to the at-ocks. - ` 'H. (store. saved; Wes- Mr. J.rBrown, seed store; Miss Morton. dressmaker: H. Bird. shoe- maker: J. Meakin. dry gbods; _value or buildings which belonged: to ?Messrs. C. Morris an'd H. Bird. $4,- -000; insured `for $2,200: Miss Mor- ton had` a policy in the Quee r1 ls' `for. $1,000: `Mr. Meakin was n-ot insur- ed , and will probably lose $7,000. Mr. W. Hunter, g`rocer."value.di at $1.800, total loss. including stock. $7,- i for I = ! `of 000: insured in the Provincial $1,000. L Mr. Thomas E. Rawson, hardware. `merchant. 1-oss $7,000; insured in the "Scottish Provincial for $1,300. `Mr. _~ I;tock ' blocks `- `Charred beams, debris of walls and foundations. with one or two giant looking chimneys still stand up as `monuments to mark the sp"_ot upon once which stood one of the {best greatest `portion of its wealth. The branch of the "Bank of Tor- -`onto -suspended business for_the day. with the exception of the payment of notes and a notice toithat effect was posted` on the doors o`fl`the-es- ltalblishment. The windows of the place were 'broke.n' by the heat, and the furniture of the manager. Mr. Donald` 0am'pb'ell; had to be removed. and at g`i'e'at deal of it alas` not yet`, turned up. Mr. C'amIp'bell. in -at-I. 'tem;pti_ng gt-o -save the.Bank premises sustained some injuries from the fall ?a. verand a'h. `but was` not leer- iiously `hurt- e;The g'ard'en engines be- lcgngling to several. of the residenlts rendered mvo's`t_e;sse'ntial service, and of buildings in the town of Barrie. and` which represented the ltlll 0 Basis for Classic American Garb of ` the British Tenderfoot. v Canadians are inclined to smile loudly at the old country tenderfoot, who lands on the shores of the Do- minion arrayed in the garb made classic by the tales of Fenimore Cooper and Mayne Reid. It is part of thetraditions-of the British Col- onial outtter, who is popularly sup- posed to be an infallible guide on all matters efleiring to the sartorial art. No doubt it isincongruous to have a -.ondon tailor s. idea of'Can- adian costume oating about the streets of Montreal or . 1`oronto, which cities atter themselves to. be as far advanced on the highroad of civilization as is possible in these days. But if the man who has time to think takes advantage of his op- portunity is it so ludicrously inap- `propriate after all? Not very far from the hub of the Dominion a youth of adventurous spirit can easily find an undiscovered country from whose bourne he has` a fair chance to return, although there be perils enough both by ood and eld to satisfy the most ardent devotee of Leatherstocking, or Pathnder. Perhaps the dangers are not quite so formidable or the inconveniences so romantic as they were in the days when the noble red man lay perdu in the brushwood or the nobler buffalo roamed the pathleqss prairie. . But they will be real enough to render their conquest pleasurable, and if the rewards are not scalps and \ heads` they will be equally tangible i and much more profitable. rm...- ..i......-_a. -.._ ..... -- --Us -7- united `shows to exhibit - at Barrie, on Thursday. July 14. have always iheen con`spic'ugus`-inn the strength and- `variety,fJf-`Utheir circus` talent. this year made even more notable by {the first American introduction! of the Bruin Lecu`-ssons. the French family :of seven equestrians of both, sexes. introducing their commingled bare-I The Fo.repaug`_h an`dSel1s` Brothers" back and four-in-hanid park brake ac- robatic performances, deserving spe- cial attention as the only entirely new. circus. feature known to the a- rena for the past fifty years. These remarkable orig`inators come direct from Paris where theirsuccess has `been prolonged and unprecefdcnted. .'Mons. Hubert is still another French {sensationalist who also makes his first appearance in this country. In one of his equestrian acts. lifting a sulky by its thills. he leaps !there- with on to the `bare back .'of a horse: and in another. after performing rarely original feats of jugglery in .a park cart `drawn around t-he -race` course. he finishes by balancing the! cart on his chin. Then. a`g'ain. the: Szarvasi,Frencz Troupe of nine Hun- garian Magyars. make their first any- `where-`away-from-home appearance` in singularly emotional dances and wildly strenuous acrobatic perform- ances peculiar to the strange peo- ple to which they belong`. More sur- prising strangers are the four maid and female Martinkes, the funniest and most original burlesquers that even Frog land can furnish. Nor is America a whit `behind in the ri- valry yfor arenic laurels. the Eddy family, pre-eminent in their special line. both at homeand abroad. new for the first time introducing` their newand phenomenal aerial stage and acrobatic act; the first and on- -ly one of its kind. muousw .F_o,.kElGN TISTS % LA FAMILLELECUSSION. MQNS. HUB - mrr. Tan: mourn: or HUNG- ARIANMAGYAR8 AND ` ornnns. UNKNOWN CANADA." Steam Works andshou?ai6niI6Iiia}:i.,3mia coffins and Gaskets ofall kinds in stock or made i to order. Robes,` Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly. attended to. 4 G. O. DOLMAGE, Manager, Stroud. U N..P.. .F3_T.LK_ER store: and j=000; Quee'n"s' ed`, losoA$7,000. Mn Uu._L .- _. - I Close the sewers of a city and an epidemic rages. The kidneys _are the sewers of the body. Let these vital ofgains become dis- eased and the whole system is acctedgf dizziness, headache, dull, listless feeling, sheeting pains in the back, tell that the kidneys are in trouble, 'and a 8|} 0TT 8 BWKSTO R E (3-. C3 :-. $1VIII'I'I-I ltfg me Kidneys T"'-for its Subscribers at BARRIE AND STROUD. THE ADVANCE With A Any Paper IN THE DOMINION Ask for the Gctngon Bar ..-... .. ,_.u.uu..u-us; zuau IpI,UUU. ` including'stock. I for` - ` - I WILL? Clubbing Rates Club cure. ' At :11! druggists, 50: box, 6 boxes for $2.50 -01` direct Irom * T1`:-e_BOLE. EJMRUG CO,,Winn!peg,Man- 5-qua I CUTE. A04` make kidneve healthy. Thev instantly rev [mve all Kndney 1`roul>les-c2'ear, heal. pur- ify. n:cngthcn-put the Kicmevs in perk-kt condmonto pcrtonn their woik as nature intends. . `I7- 1..--.- ....-1. .'..-._vs-l. ,, n 1,, _, 9.. `L- AUICHUS. We have such impiicit condence in the virtues ot Oixt Pills that we authorize drug - gists to refund the money if they fail to neglect of nature s warriig means uric acid poisoning and dreaded Bi-ight s disease. GIN PILLS _,.`._. In `the confusion which at the pre- sent prevails in the town it Is next- Ito impossible to give any very.'ac- curate account of the loses sustain- ed `by the various sufferers. but a-p-N . mended is a list of the .pL9.ces burnt I pwith their values, as given by Itwo .