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Sally Munn, .WidOW of the late Peter McTavish, of Elderslie, died on the lst of July. She Was born in Scotland in the year 1827, and was therefore 85 years‘ of age. A $20, 000 monument is to be erected on Toronto Island in mem- ory of the late Edward Hanlon, for many years the champion oarsman of Canada, and the world. All who wish ads. in the South Grey Agricultural Society’s Prize List, should get their copy in at once, as we intend to finish up the work as soon as possible. Guelph was 85 years 6f age on St. George’s Day. On that day in 1827, the first tree was cut at what is now Allan’s Dam, the first house being the old C. P. R. sta- tion, the Priory Building. Surrounding local papers are following the usual custom " of taking a holiday Week. In six- teen years}, The Chronicle has not taken more than three holiday weeks. Clinton is making an experi- ment of oiling the streets instead of watering them. The oil, laid down, costs eleven cents a gallon. Admission to the grounds at the Firemens Celebration, 25c. and 15c. Remember the date, Monday, August 5th - At the Listowel trotting races last week, May or Black acted as judge, to the satisfaction of all parties connected with the event. Mr. John Crutchley’s new auto arrived last Friday. It is a five- ‘passenger Ford. and as all the other town users of the same ma: chine are satisfied, we have 'no doubt Mr. Crutchley Will be pleased with 1113' investment. He will surely invite us out with him some time. Boérders wantedâ€"Apply to Mrs. James Davidson, Bruce street, Durham. â€" 2nd A garden party Will be held in Mr. Wm. Livingston’s orchard, opposite Ebenezer church and school, on Tuesday evening, Aug- ust 6th. A good program is being provided. A small admission-fee will be charged at the gate. All are invited. Thornbury has been Without glectric light since the dam was taken away by the early 'spring "freshets. If not reâ€"erected short- "137 by private indixniduals it is likely the town xx 111 take the prop- erty, put up a cement dam, and ii‘furnish power for all necessary Lpurposes. Girl Wantedâ€"At once. Apply to Mrs. Eva, Bruce street. ,. 3pd Work has begun on the Lambton street bridge repairs. The Star Theatre has added a new player-piano to its entertain- ing equipment. The congregation of St. Paul‘s church. Egremont, purpose holding 'a garden party on Friday evening, August 9th, A baseball match between Durham and Holstein is being arranged for. Also Dr. J am- iieson. M.P.P., and R. J. Ball,iM.P., fare expected to be present. Parâ€" frticulars of place, and other details, {will be announced later. ground. Contrary to expectations, iithe entire estate is left to Sir ves Broughton. a nepheW. It is id that a number of Canadian aimants five in W’ellington nnty, ‘ E The long lost will' of Henry {Thomas Coughlin. an Irish recluse, who died in London. England, . a inumber of years ago. leaving a fortune of ove§._$3,500,000, has been "Somebody enquired if Inspector Dampbell was hurt on his auto :rip to Lake of Bays. Well, we lon't think so. We had a letter from him after his arrival, and he :xpressed great pleasure .at the Way the machine behaved. Some 3‘ the roads were bad, but no Lention was made of any mishap 'hatever. Another communica- ion, dated July 23rd, is also silent, 3'33... 44â€"NO. 2361. . we fancy the report has no vundation on fact. We’ll try to at him by Wireless this afternoon pd get out a special edition if pmed advisable. i We had a very pleasant call on lSaturdav afternoon last from Mrs. lJohn Lawrence of Los Angeles, 'California. Mrs. Lawrence is a ‘sister of Mr. James Mack; the man Who Writes the Corner Concerns, and as fifteen years have elapsed since she was here last, she is en- joy ing her short visit, though great changes have occurred in the country "and people, especially the people, since her former visit. We are pleased to see her looking so well. On Civic Holiday, the post-office will be closed, except for one hour after the arrival of the C. P. D. R. Ellis, a respected pioneer of Euphrasia, died on the 16th of July, at the age of 78 years and 9 months. The plan of hall for the Fire- men’s concert may be seen at the Central Drug Store. Call early and get your choice of seats.“ A. year ago last Monday, the Dominion Parliament was dissolv- ed, and the general elections were bronght on. Reciprocity was the issue, and the fight went on till the Laurier Government was oustâ€" ed from power, on the 215t day of September. ’ Four sta-r artists, Mr. Stauffer, comic entertainer and impersonat- or :. Mrs. Coutts-Bain, Scottish dra- matic vocalist and elocutionist: Mr. Howard Russell, lyric baritone, and Miss Florence MacKay, con- cert pianist and accompanist, will all appear at the Firemen’s conâ€" cert on Monday evening, August 5th. Plan at-Central Drug Store. By an explosion in the engine of a sixty horsepower motor boat on the Red river. near Winnipeg, on Saturday last, Sidney Tyrrel, the machinist incharge, Was instantly killed, and Roy Patterson, and Frank Findlay were blown into the river. but were.rescued. On Sun- day an explosion on a small mot- or boat on Lake St. Louis, near Montreal, resulted in the death of one man. and the serious injury of two others. The Emperor of Japan‘died at 12.43 a.m. on Tuesday, Japan time, after fifty years of rule. Six inches of snow fell in front of The Chronicle office on Monday noon last. From this we don’t Want our readers to infer that a genuine old winter storm was raging outside our sanctum at that time. The snow was brought over from Clark’s planing mill by Mr. Clark, who says he has been finding quite a lot of it under his sawdust pile all summer. Mr. John McAuliffe, of Upper Town, had a cow that died. last Week from some unknown cause. A. postmortem was made by Dr. Craig, and in the stomach, which had undergone considerable decay, he found the skin of a large snake, He thinks the reptile was of a poisonous nature, and may have been the immediate cause of the animal’s death. It is thought the cow swallowed the snake While drinking. , Rev. J. A. Miller. pastor of Trinity English Lutheran church; Hamilton, does not agree with the International Bible Students’ As- sociation when they say that hell isra mV th. He declared that such a stand was equiV alent to calling Jesus Christ and the Apostles liars. .He quoted several passages from the Scriptures in support of his contention. Christ, he said, had declared there was such .a thing as hell fire. Calvinists, Vvho on’ce believed in hell, now taught there Was no such place. A card from Inspector Campbell says: “The name of Clarence Young, Hampden Public school. was accidentally omitted from the list of successful Entrance candi- dates sent you last week. ' The card was received too late for last week‘s issue. We are pleased to add the name of Clarence Young to the list published two weeks ago, and hope that Young Clar- ence may continue to be successful in his educational career. We re- gret the annoyance the omission may have caused. m > 5“".73,‘ Z An examination will he held at {Advent by the Anglican Sunday 2schools of the Deanery of Grey. ZTuo papeis u 111 be set, one on the ZSciipture Lessons taken up in the ZSunday school in the months of IZAugust, September, October and iNovember, and one on the church antechism. Thisis the first ocâ€" ansion of such an examination lie- ing held in the Anglican schools Zof the Deanery, and it is hoped l-parents Will take a- practical inâ€" Zterest by seeing that their child- Zren study their Sunday school lesâ€" ésons, and attend regularly the :Su’nday school. We hope :to be able to report that Trinity Sunday :school pupils made a good show~ Zing, as compared with other Zschools in t e county at this ex- Zamination in December. John O’Neill, the oldest man in Uxbridge, celebrated his 103'rd birthday by shoeing a horse, and is said to have dome the job well. Get \your ticketsnow for the Firemen’s‘ Concert, August 5th. Reserved seats, 35c. A clearance sale of ladies’ and children’s hats, commencing to- morrow, August 1st.â€"Miss L. Mc- Auliif e. ‘ I A Canadian Press despatch from Winnipeg dated July 29th, says: “This year, the west has decided to ask for 57,000 harvest hands, as against 46,000 in 1911.” In order to get the extra help the railroad companies agreed to advertise in the east for 50,000 harvesters, and. also make the fact known that cutting would start between August 10th and 15th, and be gen- eral about August 20th. Mme. Coutts-Bain, of Toronto, proved herself an adept in Scot- tish song and story. The pastor of Knox church complimented Mme. Coutts-Bain on her recital tion, “An Inspiration,” by saying that it alone was worth the price of admissionâ€"Acton Free Press. Hear her in Scotch song and story in the \town hall, Durham, August 5th, with Staufferâ€"Coutts-Bain Concert ~Co. Reserved seats, 35c. There Will soon be a big rush to the west. The cheap railroad rates are sure to draw crowds. Some will do well, and be satis- fied: others will fail there justas Who 'is the Mr. King who orâ€" dered the keg of Whiskey. Or, something e‘asier: How old is Ann? ‘ they fail here; some will return disgusted; others Will be delighted with the prospect and remain per- manently. It is to be hoped the rush of harvest laborers will not cause the thing to be overdone, as in some former years. Proper means for the distribution. of help should be regul’ated better than has been done hitherto. A five-gallon keg of whiskey adâ€" dressed to “John King,” was seized at the station here on Friday night last, as soon as it was rolled out of the express car. There is no man in town of that name, and how Inspector Davis got wind of it is a mystery. The keg is in charge of ' Constable Whelan, awaiting advice from the Gov- emment of how to dispose of it. W's understand that such seizures are now donated to hospitals, or similar institutions. where con- sidered n‘c'ecessary for medicinal pm poses. Of course, if Mr. King puts in his claim, he‘ll get itâ€"in the neck. Winle in the operating room of ti 0 Star Theatie on Monday night 9 the operatm of the machine Wm. Giundy didn’t keephishands in: jthe right place. and he got a; ‘lieminder that he will not soon f01~ ’ ‘gct It seems he had to do somr ' armisting, and neglected to turn:t golf the switch before taking hold écf the carbon. A charge of elec- ;t1icitv passed through his bodv. knccked him down and rendered 'him unconscious for a few min-' :utes. The patrons of the theatre anew there was something wrong, but ,there was no excitement, and sufficiently recovered on his ar- rival to be able to“ walk around. Electric wires, loaded or unloaded are not to be fooled with, and it isn’t Wise to make too close 3’ an acquaintanceship with them. DURHAM. 0NT., THURSDAY, August 1,1912 V‘..\ v ‘-v _, as we have followed them, and will ibe delighted tn know that his ;work is amn'eciated by people in éour old home Province." A goodly number attended the .Baptist garden party on 'l‘ties<_lay .night. It Was held on the lawn [belonging to Mrs. D. Campbell, :but Dr. D. B. Jamirson. anticipat- ing that the space would not be sufficient, invited the church to ’extend their enclosure close up to ahis residence. This gave ample ,room for all to enjoy themselves fwithout overcrowding, and the ihappy gathering spent a very :pleasant evening together. The iband was in attendance, and was quite generous in giving anumber of good musical selections. The fine Victor Victrola, belonging to Dr. Jamieson, filled in the inter- vals with a number ”of excellent instrumental and vocal reproducâ€" tions. It is undoubtedly the best talking and singing machine ever listened to in Durham, and the sel- ections were very much appre- ciated by the large audience. The night was cold, and no doubt the patronage at the :booths ' and tables was not so good as it would have been had the weather been warmer. Notwithstanding this, it was quite a financial success. The annual garden party of Zion Epworth League will be held on Thursday evening, August 8th, on the grounds of Mrs. A. G. Blair. Tea served from seven to eight o’clock. An excellent programme of songs, recitations. music, and addresses will be given. Booth on the grounds. Admission, adults 25c. children, 10c. A very warm invitation is extended to this en- ioyable affair. A number of young people took in the dance at Pike Lake on Fri- day night last. Mr. W'm. Clark iss putting up a brick dwelling nea1 the ‘ Baptist church The Smith Bros. are busy on a couple of threshing machines they are building to send to the west. Appendicitis seems to be a very common trouble. rAfter Dr. Groves performed the operation Mr McDonald here on Tuesday for Orangeville, Where another case was awaiting him. In looking over our lists, we notice a large number in arrears. We would like all to pay up at once. We need the money. Mr. Harrison, of . Egremont, is engaged in building a two-storey residence on the corner of Kin- cardine and Saddler streets. Millard Grant Stauffer will pre- sent a new Scotch production en- titled “I’Ve got Harry Lauder on the Brain,” at the Firemen’s Con- cert, town hall, Durham, Aug. 5th. On Tuesday night last, Dr. Groves, of Fergus, assisted bt Dr. Jamieson, performed an operation for appendicitis on Mr. John Mc- Donald, an Upper Town resident, engaged in the furniture factory. We learn that the case is quite serious, owing to complications, but nothing definite can be said as to the result. We sincerely hope to hear of Mr. McDonald’s speedy recovery, 'After having held it for the past three or four years, Durham has again lost the Blst Battalion Band, and the instruments will be ship- ped to Owen Sound next week, where it is hoped to organize a new regimental musical aggregaâ€" tion. The 1ed coats of the militan don’t appeal to the musicians of the town, who, while able to fill local engagements, find it impossi- ble to get away for the necessary two weeks’ camp every year. In a letter from Edmonton, signed by a man and his wife, regula1 readers of The Chi onicle, we find the follon mg refcicncc to Pastor Russell's sermonettes, now published weekly in this paper. It says, “We notice your reference to Pastor Russell. also the sermonette and in accordance \11th your invitation express our opinions. W'e have in our possession Pastor Russell's six volumes of Bible Studies, which We have been read- ing‘ during the past twO vears. We greatly, admire his courage. in- dependence and breadth of thought; also me are firm be- lievers in his teachings, so far ,,.; ~ g, . » mmwfiz’:w v. .v‘v .9 90+§§§§§§§§§¢§§§§9z§§§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§z§§§z§z 9’9 Directionsâ€"Set orauge on the floor so that the s in will fall over the standard, {flaking it come under or inside of the skirt. 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