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fiRREARS C mem TOW): TREASURER’S OFFICE. JULY 12th 1900. First published in THE CHRONICLE, July 19th, 1900. To J . KELLY, TREASURER OF ms Towx or DURHAM. \ Town of Durham, You are hereby authorized and directed to levy C9unty of Grey . [ upon the lands described in the several lists here- PI'OVIIICe 0f Ontario. ' unto annexed, the arrears of taxes due' thereon T0 WIT: ) and all the costs and charges authorized by Stat- ute in that behalf, and to proceed in the sale oi said lands for said arrears and costs as the law directs. As witness my hand and the Seal of the Corporation of the Town of Durham this sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1900. A. GORDON Lower Town, South part of 7 North of S 14 1:3 38 19 20 LOAN AND INSURANCE AGENT. CONVEYAXCER. COMMISSIONER in II. C. J. Collections promptly attended to. LOAN S and Insurance effected without de- .ay. Company and Pi avate Funds to Loan 315,51; and 6 per cent. in sums and upon GOVERNMENT SURVEY. N. E. part of 10 Gamfraxa Street \Vest $ 3 42 MOODIE’S SURVEY. LOT temfs to suit borrowers. A General Financial Business Transacted. OFFICE-1 door North of S. Scott’s Store. OFFICE-McIntyre Block, (Over the Bank} Money tooLnan at reasonable rates and on terms to sun borrower. s. SCOTT. CUSTOM WEAVING, Cz'uding Spinning and Falling; done on snort notice, ALL THE ABOVE LANDS ARE PATENTED. A choice line of GROCERIES always kept in Stock. See Our Goods and S. SCOTT, the \V001 man, has a. large assortment Yarns, Flannels, Blankets and Choice Tweeds to select. from, all pure wool goods, and is prepared to give Cash or Trade for any quantity of wool. 100,000 lbs ARRISTER, NOTARY, CON- IVEYAVCER'Etc., Etc. Sept. 13, 1900. . L- MacKENZIE, . s. DAVIDSON, SALE OF LANDS \Vm. Hunter’s Survey Watchmaker and Jeweller, ascertain our prices before purchasmg elsewhere. MA YOR’S WA RRA N T. “”001 . . \Vanted. 'é ‘oWn of Durham. Moodie’s Survey WM. HUNTER’S SURVEY. Treasurer’s tt DURHAM â€"â€"In theâ€" â€"Forâ€" 0‘ ‘6 ‘6 I was up to see those friends of mine in Cape Town before I left Miss Hunt was saying she had sent some papers to some of you. They were very good to us boys. There were always two or three of us would go up together and they would never let us away without a good cup of something and cake or a sandwich. But we are away now from those good things and we will i Well, mOther we are on the move now for the from. How far we are ‘goingI don’t know. We came on [board ship Thursday evening and ‘left Friday at 11 o’clock. The same {old trick came back, but not so bad 'as on the Monteroy. There was a i heavy sea on last night but when I get lying down it is not so bad, and I feel pretty well to-day. It isn’t [all the good grub we are getting that his making us feel so good. All we {had for breakfast was dry bread and gtea. I got an onion for breakfast “and I thought I was pretty well fix- ed beside some of them. \Ve passed quite a large town yesterday, East London being the name of the place. We were within a Mile or so of land for quite a long distance and the country was mostly prairie land, some rough and some the other way. There was a ly'g prairie fire burn. lug. I suppose the Boers were burn- ing some pasture for the British. I hear we are going as a. flying column for Buller’s right flank. I hope they put us where we can gain a. little credit for ourselves anyhow. And another thing I hope they have a little better grub. I often think if I had a chance to get a good drink of buttermilk I would do it justice all right, but we don’t even get the butter here, let alone the milk. DEAR MOTHERâ€"I now take the time to write a few lines. as I am not very busy just now. I am .on for mess orderly today. I have all the dishes washed up and have noth- iug else to do till noon. From Our Soldier Boys. ARREARS 0F TAXES 3 2 99 79 94 $ 61 61 33 36 29 81 1 01 1 01‘ Fighth Boys Abroadâ€" Geo. W. Ledingham in South Africaâ€"Frank Irwm in the Philippinesâ€"and Ben Firth in the Northwest. 'STRATHCONA HORSE 'just have to make out the besn way __ we can. On Board S, S. Maplemore Durban is the place we are heading 70 85') W. LAIDLAW. Mayor. J. KELLY, Treasurer. J. KELLY, Treasurer. COSTS s 3 57 3 52 3 52 3 59 3 5:? May 28th, 1900. - I 0 0:2 9 TOTAL 656 431 446 39 92 4 13 4 13 37 69 34 06 437 701 Hoping this will find you all well ’and enjoying yourselves, I remain your loving and affectionate son, We reached our station about. 3 in the morning. and had to unload our horses and baggage, then wait for daylight out side, no sheds or tents to crawl into, and found it pretty cool too. At daylight we sad- dled up our cabouses. crossed the Tugela river at the ford, and had to go about a mile to camp, after which we got breakfast about.9 o’clock which consisted of bully beef, hard tack and coffee. We have a very nice camping ground away upon a high grade or hill along the north bank of the river. We are in the Zululand among the natives, and here is where they dress in their own way. There is quite afew of them come around to gather up the leavings around the tents, but they don’t get very much. We had bread for dinner today a loaf apiece. You may imag- ine the size of them when one does one meal, and that is a day rations at least if 1 was good and hungry wouldn’t stand me longer. I am on for mess orderlv to-day, so it is just after dinner and I am writing this because it is first in my mind. I expect we will be moving up country right away. If I get a good view of the country before the war is over I may come back when the rest comes. But I’m not sure. Tug‘, June 5th, 1900. DEAR MOTHER,â€"I now take the pleasure of sending a few lines to let you know how we are getting along. Well the last news I gave you we were still on the boat, and they kept us therefrom Monday till the next Sunday. They couldn’t get the ship into the harbour for a high sand bar and low water. So when our turn come they had to take our horses and baggage in on scows, or lights they call them here. \Ve came off on Sun- day with (-30 horses to a load, and loaded up again and left about nine O’clock. I was wishing it had been daylight so as to have had a View of the country. 'Well, I think this is about all for the present. I may get the chance to put in a. piece more before it goes. I don’t know how chances will be for sending any news after we get; out on the battle field, but if there are any you will hear from me, if I don’t turn up my toes, which I hope I don’t. DEAR MOTHER,â€"I now take the pleasure of sending you a few lines to let you know that I am still hale and hearty. We have been having quite a long march lately. We marched up from the Tugela last Sunday up to Eshowe. and got there Monday night, that is the capital of Zululand, and we stopped there till Wednesday morning, when we got orders {or marching back again. So we came back all the way on our horses to Durban In about three days, about 10 miles, which was pretty good for heavy marching order. Zululand is an awful hilly country, and makes it heavy travel- ling to almost any white peOple. The Zulus have their little li‘uts on the hillsides and a small garden of vegetables of some kind. We came through the Natal country this last two days, and find it more cultivated and worked than Zululand. Lots of oranges and bananas along the road. Mostly all the white ladies along the The weather just now is very warm in the day and quite cool at night. We are quite near the place where the British and Zulus fought about twenty years ago. I guess the Zulus have forgotten all about it bofore this as they are on our side now. We have a lot of pack mules and Kafirs for looking after them. Well I think this is about all for this time hOping you are all well as this leaves me at present. I haven’t had any letters for about a month. I sup- pose we won’t get much more mail, not regularly anyhow. With kind rememberance to all remain as ever I had a letter from Rob the night we got on the boat, which I was veryg, lad to get, and also from C. Ramage and Jean. Jean put in a fiece along with the one he sent. He also sent me the nOtable letters I sent him from Ottawa and Halifax. I have sent him two others I know they are whales of big ones, but when I start anythingglike that I can’t think of anything ~.vorth-.speak- ing of, but such as they are he seems to think they will be appreciated. Durban is the place we are heading for. I think if we don’t stop there we will likely go up to Biera. They say there is a lot of fever up there find lots of snakes and other reptiles, so if all that is there, I would sooner not go. Your affectionate son, G. W. LEDINGIIAM. Durban, June 15th, 1900. GEO. H. LEDINGHAM. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. Just as I started this letter my lst Sergeant came in with a letter from my uncle John W. Irwin, of Heathcote. It' is a great pleasure to read a letter like his. especially for me, who is situated 7,000 miles out of civilization. We are about eight weeks behind the tirries here in Cebu. It takes papers about a week to come across the continent to San Francisco. a month to cross the ocean to Manila and a week to get to Cebu. D Company, of the 19th Infantry, went out the other night for a. while and captured an insurgent. When they came to Cebu. they put two sentries over him to take him to Fort San Pedro. The nigger tried to get away, and made a bolt for liberty. but the sentry was too quick for him, and immediately swung on him, with his rifle. He caught the negro on the head with the butt of his piece and felled him. His rifle was broken off short by the trigger guard. The other sentry then pounced on him and hit him with his front sight. By the time he got through with him he looked like a piece of mince meat, and was fit for the hospital. So to the hospital he went, and had an ’ . Operation performed. He stayed 1n the hospital for a day or so, and was rushed to the guard house. The hospital men who took him over laid him down a. little hard and the “ Oi- ficer of the Day.” preferred charges against them and had them confined. They were tried in the morning and liberated. The Major Doctor im- mediately sent them over to the guard house to take all the hospital goods 'away from there. He said that hospital goods were not allowed out of the hospital. and if they thought so much of their dâ€"d niggers let them take care of them. 'L'nere IS only one person in the whole island that I have any use for at all. This is Gervasio 'Padilla’s mother. She lives right alongside our barracks. and has no love for soldiers. Neither does she try to hide her dislike. If a soldier goes in.- to her house she wastes no time in telling them to “ get out.” Half the peOple here are sweet .as honey to your face, and when you turn your I am on light die-t which consists of some chicken broth, milk-toast, some bread and toast, altogether it is about enough for a two weeks old baby. I do not believe he could hold out on it. Malaria fever and chills are quite frequent around here. mostly every one being affected more or less. Our Captain has been sick for a long time but is almost recovered. Our lst Lieut., French, has been sick. He had a hemorrhage, caused from riding horseback. I have the fever my- self, and am now in the hOSpital in Cebu. I supposed I am hooked here for a while. ‘ I suppose the people around Dur- ham think the Philippine Insurrec- tion is nearly all over. For my part I don’t think it has rightly started yet. The Filipinos move around in small hands of forty or more, com- mitting depredations of all kinds. They tire on the outposts of the different companies, from the sur- rounding hills, and then retreat to some secure place. I believe that a bunch of school boys ten years old would put up a better fight than these peonle. I have not the slight- est reSpect in the world for these people in regard to manllness or fighting qualities. There is only one person in the Whole island that I have any use for at all. 'Fhis is GervaSiO 'pflflnlu’e CEBU, CEBU, P. 1., JULY 24th, 1900. MY DEAR FATHER,â€"AS quite a few days have passed over my head,and I have not written to you, I begin a letter, though, for a fact, I don’t know of any bit of news, interesting enough for anybody around here, muchless for you, situated as you are in Canada, Sergeant McKelvie, of F Company, died here the other night from acute dysentery. He had suffered fear- fully for the last month and death must have been a relief to him. If he had been sent to the States two months ago his life would have been saved. We do not get news down here at all. When we do get a paper. it is from one to three months old, and not much use. Well, I think this is all. Hoping this will find you all well, as it: leaves me. With much love to all, y our aflectionate son, \Vell, mother, I haven‘t much time for writing this morning. I am using my saddle wallets for a table just now. We have lots of ventilation these nights for sleeping. We haven’t been in a tent at night for about a week, and Thursday night it rained good and heavy, and some of the boys never went to bed at all. The water was running in on us. Such is the soldier’s life. I haven’t had any mail for a long time, the last letter I got from you was dated April 2nd. I made a mis- take on the date of my last one. We are going up by train this morn- ing to Newcastle to join Buller. road would be out with a. oranges for us. They seemed to be very pleased to see us soldiers com- ing through the country. A large quantity of sugar cane {news here, and there are sugar refineries for making it into sugar. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. GEO. H. LEDINGHAM. basket of Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al druggists refund the money if it- fails to cure 35c. E. W. Grove’s signature is on each box We got back to Calgary Monday night, soIhad about a week and a half up there. It certainly is a Splendid place to spend a holiday in, though we had it pretty stiff While there. We were all the time clean- ing rigs, harness and saddles when not. on the escort. T0 CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. We had the honor of being,r told by the Governor General that it was the finest escort he had had since coming to Canada, and to show his appreciation he gave us each $1.50 and our four-in-hand teamster 310, being the best driver in Canada, so you see we Mounted Police are not to be laughed at. P. S.â€"Ben thinks a lot of his offic- ers and comrades. Letter from Ben D. I‘il th wxitten on his retmn {10m escortinw the Governox General [10m Calgaxy to Bani? . Calgaiy Aug. 15:, 1900.. DEAR FATIIER,â€"I have got back from Banff all right, so will try and give vou a little information about it. ’We have quite a time with duck shooters now too. The season doesn’t come in till the lst Septem- ber, but the country is swarming with them, and there is lots of shoot- ing on the sly, which we have to try and stop. We are getting lots of duty now, as the half breeds have just got their script and we are running them in all the time. Had twenty-one pris- oners the other day. Must close, as news has run short, Best love to all from your son, N. W. M. P. Barracks, Calgary. I had a fine time as I rode around in a Carriage, being oiI-man. The half-breeds are causing a lot of trouble lately too. They have been issued a certain amount of mon- ey or land by the government and of course got drunk right away, and will keep it up until all the money is gone. However, it makes it; all the better for us, as we have patrols night and day now. 1 was in court all day with a pris- oner and on a picket for the night, so must close. I am in excellent health and hope vou are all the same. Your son, Another letter dated at Calgary, Aug. EZISE, 1900, reads : \Ve have had it rather hot in our trade lately, and it isn’t all right yet. I was under fire for the first time last Saturday, Two of our boys were out exercising their horses and came near an Indian camp, when three of the Indians opened fire on them at about 1:") yards range but were too drunk to hit them. One rode back to barrrcks and I was sent out next, being quickest ready. Jumped into the saddle with overalls andstable outfit on, and after I got there the Indians still kept on firing, but did no damage. One of them came out a piece from camp and we soon surrounded him and took him, but for the rest we waited until a squad of men came up, and then we rushed in and took them all prism- ers. Two of them are now awaiting trial on the charge of attempting murder. The 19th Infanty will very likely sail for China pretty soon, now and help the 17th and 9th to clean up the Chinese. There is a well founded rumor afloat that we go there shortly. Well. I am getting tired and can- not writc much at a time, so Iwill close. back will stick a dagger in you and think they have done a brave act. I suppose the British-Boer war must be about over now. Dr. (.‘lizise’s Kidney-Liver Pills have an enormous sale and owe their popu- larity to the fact that they can be ab- solutely relied upon to cure all ail- ments of the kldneys, liver, and stom- ach. They are purely vegetable in composition, prompt and effective in. action, and cure permanently. One pill a. dose, 25 cents a. box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates and Co, Toronto. "I tried all sorts of medicine: but got no relief until I began using Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. They made a. new man of me, and the old troubles seem to be driven out of my system.” In Agony With Pains In the Backâ€"Sleep Impossibleâ€"Medicine of no Avail Un- , til He got Dr. chase's Kidneyyuver Pills. Mr. Patrick J. McLaughlan, Beau- harnois, Que., statwâ€"“I was troubled with Kidney Disease and Dyspepsia for 20 years and have been so bad that I could not sleep at nights on account at pains in the back, but would walk the floor all night and suffered terrible agony. Ea: Waiked . - The Floor N. W. M. POLICE Your son, FRANK IRWIN, Co. H.,19th U. S. quc’y, Cebu, P. I. BEN. BEN. a laidlaw’s Dld Stand, DURHAM, ONT. W3 sfiififiififififiifi ”i 54-inch Dressy Cheviot Suitings, chiefly two-tone mix- tures. 750 to ...................................... Suiting Tweeds, medium weight, 30c to ................ Fancy Dress Goods, 25c to ............................ Velveteens, large range of colors .................... .. Black Dress Goods. 25c to ................. . .. . . . . . .. 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