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Era Largest Circulation weekly paper In north York been built Without Aid or The leading County Paper as well as the Oldest No papor soul out of York unless paid in News of tha Town end District and bring la a way THOSE WHO BUY THOSE WHO JACKSON Editor and Proprietor M A 0 I A JAN 2 Three Centuries OF Canadian Story By Jos WHEN TORONTO On the evening of April came from Heights at a distance of five miles from York to re port thai he had seen many United States ships sailing westward oh Lake Major Genera Roger had been Tor sometime expecting an and he at once sent out orders lu assemble the militia and to bring in all Indians available for the defence the town He had only a small force of regular in the garrison a of the lcncibles and a company of the Newfoundland There happened to be in the lowi at the lime two of the Kings Reg- the on their way home from King to Fori George The total number cap able of being brought into the field including the militia and the Indians was about men York was the capital oT Upper Canada and had been since The Parliament Build ings were situated near the Lake not far from Hit- southern end of the street now called Pari lament Street The structure was composei of two wings feel apart each measuring by feet The central part of the build iiig planned by had not yet been croc fed nor indeed was it ever completed Little York did not look very much like capital in It was built entirely of wood the houses being situated on three or four streets near the eastern end of the- The present Street was Hie western limit of the inhabited portion From Street to the Old Fort was a mile of oak forest the Fort even lo the the shore the lake was heavily est or the Fort there si the site of which eat today in the About still standing the old ply a landmark of the marked by a of the National Inhibition The town limits to the north went little beyond the present Quei Street All vast area north of Street where dwell today more than hair million people was a dense forest still fluent by wild animals About the time of the American invasion the population numbered about Most of children and old all the ablebodied men capable of bearing arms had over a year belonged to the militia There was in the little town at the time a became a household About five miles out of own mot light company of the Kings Rcgimont on its way George Of course i the circumstances this company which light by arriving earlier have saved the in turned about and accompanied to Kingston By 2 pm the American flag was floating York- By pm American General Dearborn was in thorough control of tho Upper Canada that is all of it that had not been destroyed The conditions of the capitulation were limy two All British troops were lo as prisoners of war all public stores were to be given up The militia who surrendered officers oml rank and file were irds released on parole While tho was in progress orders to burn stores and a new ship on the stocks re carried out which caused the enemy to bitterly The Duke of Gloucester ii the harbour for repairs was seized by the new ship Prince Regent bad left York for Kingston only three days before The conditions of surrender were not by General Dearborn till next afternoon the inhabitants of the town in the inter al were subjected to every kind of annoyance insult Indeed Dearborn angry at Lrrible magazine explosion had threatened to mm every bouse in the place and be probably have carried out bis cruel threat bad not intervened The courageous or even went on board Commodore s flagship hi protest against the indignities places were burned The public library to which the of York were being ex posed The Parliament Buildings and all pub- nearly all the books it boused were de- droyed and several hundred volumns carried The American pillagers even entered houses and seized everything valuable 1hey also plundered the church and carried away the church plate is only fair lo say that Commodore regretted these barbarous doings and sent the stolen and Iwo boxes of hooks August of the following year Ihe British yenged the destruction of ipon Washington in force ire the the Navy Flying accidents In Canada resulted In eighteen deaths In according to figures given out by the depart ment of national defence Fourteen of the victims of fatal accidents were killed In commercial flying and four while in flying club machines Six teen persons suffered serious injuries Aviation officials regard the figures low in of the fact that the total number of miles flown dur ing the year was The was tin the best known residents of local townships In the passed away quietly at his home in on the afternoon of Wednesday January 2nd at the ripe age of years and was burled in the family plot in the St John Brock where so many of the relatives and friends of his ear ly days are now sleeping Born on the farm near Udora on August the eon of Captain John- our and Eliza Shier he lived oil his life in the locality and was known and loved by practically every within many miles of his home was a lifetime Conservative always public Madison the Tie by destroying by the house and the War vacuated by the Americans on account of contrary winds all did not leave tiie harbour carried the United the of York was 2nd but the enemy for the week tales troops to or George was in progress On Saturday July Commodore ey vexed at the Ameriran defeat of June Creek and Beaver Dams arid also at hi inability to wrest Burlington Heights from tin British made a second capture of York with bis war vessels There was no one this time to oppose him His men landed burned the barracks and storehouses and carried away from private houses all the Hour that could be found They also broke open the jail and i butcher shop and dwelling building was completely de- and the home of J Salgeon reeve of yaughan situated vfas damaged The fire from Hill was able to ive the home Hie butcher shop and dwelling was by Robert Jones of Maple and as insured for Mr Brown the contents of his shop covered MANY DEAD TAKEN He said HON SIR WM MULOCK Gifted with ranee and profound insight He himself that Canadian by birth and education cane and IrishEnglish ancestry j his feet Hi are all British and proud affairs of O I before attaining I was initiated a member No a mem- cherished all through his rarely missed the un king part a of July is the list of that group of members who in unusually never lost he could ful in forma Hon when midline The Mr- Years Ago Era Jan he new Church at Keswick- dedicated on the Inst Bishop Carman Geo McMillan lowing North trial Is contested on In Newmarket Pi cases alleged The Methodist Church held a tea meeting in the Mechanics Hall on Tuesday evening Those taking part were Sharon the church choir Miss Pearson Miss McCracken Revs ArkelvRose and Frhzill Officers of A Chantler Mrs John Cook John Miss Stanley Scott Mrs Senior Dr Scott Smith J Robertson Miss Hat tie Jackson Munns J Smith Frank Cook The Altar At the residence of the brides father by Rev Wm of Years Ago Era File Jan nd proposition to boot Co 10000 I plant and employ Mrs endorsed the the Davis Tan- erect a 14000 Sir Will in Mulock bee ide I with the ht of the of of i V adoption was asterGen the V n Richmond Street Ihrjughout Upper Canada that it was seen at first Bishop of Toronto with U l The second burning of 11 only the year before- day on Sunday August 1st the of April it iiiin af landed Three armed boats alsi er were discovered to jjon and seized of The Island moving ids along with shot and stores The llieimuth of the lerl the Madison the enemy then made off some to it new ship lut built at Sacked the Harbour strong east wind had driven the hostile fleet p victories the Canadians during the to the harbour At eight limmPP proved to be the turning the Americans began to laud near the l York soon returned old French fort and by ten oclock all their summer has the American flag dis were on shore peaceful pursuits To meet the enemy General Sheaffe 1irst Union Jack on I out Major and the Indians in incia capital were sharpshooters and did effective No to Three from behind the trees When li Boot tempted to lead them in a against the many of them ran away It should be re- that they were not Iroquois but In dians of the district Chippewas and A few hundred Mohawks with their terrible waryells would without a doubt have seared Hie Americans as at Beaver Dams at With four deaths reported together with few weeks later hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of The regulars were now brought into action property damage Ontario during the week- Captain of the Kings was end suffered the most severe Hood damage in early while leading his company A history of the Kings with soma militia Roy Post aged Trenton and repulsed a column of the enemy John lost their lives in a by the lake shore The Glengarry train wreck near Belleville caused by a wash- corps every foot of out the Yankee advance Meanwhile a heavy fire Rivers all over Southern Ontario were on the ships was trying lo silence the rampage as a result of the on Tuesdav night Kelty if back from Manitoba Titus Robinson of Saturday a Mrs tending the a Mrs It C spent town week Toronto were at hockey on Tuesday night to plavers Widdis Fret Doyle Frank ne Gamble and In and T on Tues- can H Bar Dovle A G Do vie J It Y Br and H