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Fire of unknown origin last Thursâ€" day morning destroyed the Gold Range hardware store at Kirkland Lake, the Kaplan butcher shop, and D. Hogg‘s jewelry store, as well as badly damagâ€" ing Morisette‘s tailor shop and a number of frame outbuildings and shacks at the rear of these stores. It also threatened several houses on Kirkland street, but due to the good work of the firemen the fire was eventually gotten under control. A specially attractive programme has been arranged for the band concert on Sunday evening after the church serâ€" vices. It will be the last band concert this yeéar and the intention is to make it the best yet. Mr. W. A. Taylor is the president for the ensuing year for the New Liskeard Kiwanis; Len Hill, viceâ€"president; Fred Thompson, district trustee; and J. M. Beemans, the secretary. Mr. Art. Saint, who has been at Toâ€" ronto for some months with the exâ€" press company, is back to town for the winter at the local express office here. Timmins and District NOIQS Thursday, Dec. 13th, 1928 A man, giving evidence in his own behalf in an assault case at Sudbury last week when a woman accused him of bitting off her finger, said:â€""Her husband came outside, too, and first thing I knew we were all fighting, and she was trying to pick me but was hitâ€" ting her husband instead." The man was found guilty of assault and reâ€" manded for sentence. Timmins had its first touch of winâ€" ter last week when some of the therâ€" mometers registered 20 degrees below zero on Friday night late or early on Saturday morning. Owing to the regular meeting of the town council falling on Christmas Eve., the next meeting of the council will be held on Friday next week, Dec. 21st, at 4 p.m. The manager of a grocery store in Rouyn is said to have received an anâ€" onymous letter last week threatening him with death in three days if he did not leave town. This is to be credited, or debited to the Wawbkewawa correspondent of The New Liskeard Speaker:â€"‘‘Zalek Vertâ€" lieb says it is a sure thing that a young man who wants to get up with the sun, should not stay up later than ten o‘clock with the daughter." The vote in Cochrane on the question as to whether the town should sell its telephone service to the Northern Teleâ€" phone Co., resulted in 309 voting for the sale and 304 against. A majority of 5 in a vote of over 600 would hardly seem to justify the council in proceedâ€" ing with the sale. ; THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, QONTARIO Mrs. Annie Godda, formerly of Coâ€" balt, and more recently of Swastika, died a few days ago at Gravenhurst. She was about thirtyâ€"five years of age. The funeral was held to the R. C. church and cemetery at Cobalt, and was largely attended by friends from Swastika and Cobalt. The influenza epidemic appears to have spread from Cobalt to New Lisâ€" keard, the schools in the latter place being temporarily closed last week to decrease the chances of further spread of the disease. The influenza in botn Cobalt and Liskeard appears to be of a mild type generally. The Noranda correspondent of Northern News last week says:â€""Jack Toate, student and representative of | the Presbyterian Church, who has beon in camp since last June, and whose work has been largely of an educationâ€" al type, has now well organized and} well attended night school classes, which are held in the Gibson Block, Rouyn. His work is almost entirely, amongst foreigners and is recognized as of real vital worth toward the ideals of Canadian citizenship. Mr. Toate‘s brother from Timmins is at present visiting with him. | .f 1 | The Haileyburian is authority for the statement that while there is considerâ€" able sickness in Haileybury and a number of pupils are out of school on account of illness, there is nothing in the nature of an epidemic of influenza there such as has visited the town of Cobalt recently. Up to the present in Haileybury the influenza appears to be of mild type. Announcement was made in the last The following item from the Engleâ€" issue of The Ontario Gazette of the! hart correspondence ef The New Lisâ€" appointment of John C. White, of the| keard Speaker should be of special inâ€" Town of North Bay, Esquire, to be|terest, suggesting as it does the exâ€" Bailiff of the Third Division Court of|cellent idea of providing for a good the District of Nipissing, in the room|start on road work in the spring:â€" and stead of W. H. Beaton, deceased.}i "The matter of Pravelling tha raads in Gillies . Sullivan Gordon The following are the results of the bowling in .the Ladies‘ League for the past week ;â€" Wallace Dye Darling Moose, N.B.B.O., A.S.D. and Ramblers the Winners for Thursday Last. LADIEG‘ BOWLING LEAGUE RESULTE FOR LAST WEFI Friends in Timmins and district will extend sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Whorley, of Haileybury, in the recent death of their young son. In referring to the sad death The Northern News last weeks says:â€""Elmer Whorley, the little four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Whorley, Browning street, Haileyâ€" bury, died on Sunday morning, Decemâ€" ber 2nd. The little lad had been ill for some time but for the last few days previous to his death had apparently been much better and hopes were held for his recovery. The funeral was held on Wednesday." or merchandise, shall be used by any person on any of the highways within the Municipality unless the runners thereof, measuring from centre to cenâ€" tre, are apart at the bottom at least four feet." This season Dymond township inâ€" to enforce the byâ€"lalw this seaâ€" son, providing that "no sleigh or other vehicle upon runners for the conveyâ€" ance of article of burden, goods, wares "The matter of gravelling the roads in town is being fully taken care of by the local council and work is about to commence in the »near future so that when the spring open up roads may be put into shape. Kiwanees . 144 129 103 150 124 149 115 455 318 187 185 328 218 Burowski refused at the trial to assist in the capture of the confederates in the case or to give any information as to where they might be located. His defence was a denial of all complicity It is understood that last week he gave information to his counsel, J. H. Hett, accusing two men, one a Pole and the other an Italian, with being the actual ones responsible for Jackson‘s death. Mr. Hett secured the necessary affidayâ€" its and went to Osgoode Hall, Toronto, where application was made to Mr. Justice McEvoy for a stay of execution. At that time Mr. Justice McEvoy did not wish to rule on it finally. Thursâ€" day evening several other Judges of the Supreme Court went to his house on Inglewood Drive and discussed the matter. The attorneyâ€"general was conâ€" sulted and he was represented at the conference by A. W. Rogers of his deâ€" partment. Last week with only a margin of some fifteen minutes to save him from the gallows, John Burowski was grantâ€" ed a two weeks‘ reprieve from the senâ€" tence of hanging which was to have been enforced on Friday last. Burowâ€" ski was with his spiritual adviser in the jail at Parry Sound awaiting the carrying out of the sentence of death when the sheriff accepted the notice of the stay of execution. Burowski was sentenced to death for the murder of Thomas Jackson a farmer near Parry Sound some months ago. According to the evidence presented by the Crown Burowski was one of the robbers who reld up and robbed a mail train near Parry Sound. They stole an automoâ€" bile to make their escape, but were pursued. The stolen auto took the ditch and Jackson, the murdered farmâ€" er, was helping the men whom he thought were tourists, in the work of getting the auto back on the road when the pursuers arrived on the scene and a battle of bullets ensued in which the unfortunate farmer lost his life. Stay of Execution in Case of John Burowski B. Hartley .. Jean Brisson C. Pecore .. vVerner . Martin . L, Slotnick B. Leyvine S. Slotnick Roy Ramblers .......... 177 174 101 174 101 166 113 167 149 154 188 167 613 140 152 135 154 146 153 118 2073 468 4740