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In 1894 yon could bny a W. oL Dougla® shoe for $3,. hit it up for a thimbleful of Canadian rve for 5 rents, clothe vourself with a worsted euit costing $18, and ren: a 1919 $20 house for $10 Good old days, you say‘ Were they? Wheat .. Oats ... Hay .. . Hogs .. .. Butter .. ERes ... (Galt Reporter.) Our market quotations are always Interesting Toâ€"day the housekeeper Ecans them closcly. Placed heside those of twentyâ€"five years ago â€" they make us gasp. Comparisons : May, 1894. May. 1919 WRARL ces sivss : $ .56 $2.18 / TERMS OoFr CHATTELS: â€"Pigs, chickens. and all sums of 15 dollars and under, cash; over that amount 12 months‘ credit on approved _ joint notes ot 5 per cent. discount for cash. Terms of Real Estate 10 per cent. of purchase price on day of sale. Ral. ance of terms can be had from underâ€" signed and will be made known on dlay of the sale. The farm will be offered with the crop. Crop consists of about & acres of oats. 5 tons hay. 2% acrtes of rye. 20 CEITE M CCOTZS MOZ. e0% actes of Tye, 2% acres corn, 1%4 acres potatoes and snme roots. chine new, arm chair, good center table, 2 small tables. Br carpet. wool and tapestry car hedroom suites complefe, 2 beds springs and mattresses, 1 sprin mattress, 2 chamber sets, lot of Jars, 7 large stone crocks, some es, lamps, and kitchen utensils, haking trough and Tots of oth« ticles. HOUSEROLD q@OODS:â€"Gond Naâ€" Honal cooking range, parior cook coal heater. 3 burner coal oil stove, furnâ€" ace kettle, wash _ machine, new, wringer, corner cupboard, 3 extension tables. leaf table. side board. hall stand, 2 sinks, kitchen cabinct, couch, 6 cane seated chairs, 6 diners, some kitchen chairs. rockers, good seetes writing desk and book case combinea. counter scale, Raymond sewing maâ€" IMPLEMENTS:â€"Oneâ€"horse wagon, one horse sleigh, one horse mower, heavy single lmrn-':xé. bugey harness, hay rake, 2 single plows, Zsection fron harrow, 2 svufl'lers’. one nearly new, democrat, top buggy, Portland cutter, Gladstone cutter, fanning mill, cutting box. pulper, hand sceder and scuffler combined, 2 long ladders. step ladder, forks, shovels, hoes, and numâ€" erous other articles ST()("K-He.-n'y bay _ ma worker), 3 good dairy cows, . by time of sale, cow due to December, one cow fresh thre spring, calf; 20 hens and spring chickens..3 pies weigh! 125 lbs. each Tnere will be sold y public auction on the premises situated l4 mile eist of Centrevi@le, 2%% miles east of Kitâ€" chener near Kitchener and Preston trolley line on Real Estate:â€"Consisting of 20 acres good wprkable land in high state of cultivation. On it 4s a good &â€"roomed house with summer kitchen, bank barn, driving house, pig stable and hen house, all kinds of different varâ€" ieties of fruit, hard and soft water, . a nice home. * SATURDAY, AUG. 23, 1919, Commencing at 1 p.m., (old time) the following valuable property : â€" Valuable Real Estate, Farm St~ck, Implements and Household Effects. soldier. CLARENCE HART, stevedore, Port C. P. CHARLES ARTON, weighmaster, di , _ All the bodies of the above have been and Dunlap, but there is no doubt as tm the WHEN EATING was Easy an explosion â€"which completely wrecked the mammoth Ganadian Government grain elevétor at the docks here Saturday noon. The dead are; €o4 JO8EPH LATOUR, te of the barge Qubec, married, Cote St. Papl, augbes. \‘ CHARLES ASTON, elevMor weighmaster, Port Colborne, married. & WILLIAM COOK. nssistant weirhmastar Baul, n galll n n n _ CAUBR OF CATASTROP HE 3 j s eR Ni Ne it w = ie â€" wiidug > 300 ~â€"* + 4h soomh...... ... WWe M Budden Shattering Upheaval Wipes Out Big Govern | & E;w.Wfi&MMM&MMm JOSEPH H. SCHMIDT, Prop PUBLIC SALE _T7SAMED ABFON, elevftor weighmaster, Port Colborne, married WILLIAM COOK, assistant weighmaster, Port Colborne, married, J. P. HANHAM, chief sprouter, Port Colborne, married. E. W. MITCHENER, assistant sprouter, Port Colborne, married. ALONZO DUNHAM, assistant shipper, Port Colborne, married, ALFRED LESLIE, laborer, Port Colborne, married. ALBERT BECK, assistant shinmar Tess rarocco 000 .0. +. T. HANHAM, chief sprouter, Port Colborne, married. E. W. MITCHENER, assistant sprouter, Port Colborne, married ALONZO DUNHAM, assistant shipper, Port Colborne, married, ALFRED LESLIE, laborer, Port Colborne, married. ALBERT BECK, assistant shipper, Port Colborne, married. ALBERT DUNLAP, marine towerman, Port Colborne. single e of sale, cow due to calve in ber, one cow fresh three months , calf; 20 hens and about 50 chickens,.3 pigs weighing 100 to ment Grain Building with Toll of Eleven Killed and Sixteen Injured â€" Loss is Estimated at $2,000,000. SHANTZ, Auctioncer arm chair, good organ, 2 small tables. Brussels and tapestry carpet, 2 , Aug. 10.â€"Eleven Cead and fe, 2 beds with t 1 spring and ts, lot of quart cows, one fresh : 200 CE20 2C00DM BM public auction ) years. I have alrea 1 @4 mile ei %t! in Guelph, and am 1 s east of Kit-' take any sale I care mare â€"(good no doubt as to their fate weighmaster, died this r ar dish tuhs WILL PRACTICE IN ELM®A Dr. Brayley, late of the Torontg Genâ€" eral Hospital, has opened an office for the practice of medicine M the residence formerly occupied Â¥ Dr. Schultz, Arthnr St.. Elmira. ’ PICNIF FOR SEVEN RIDINGs Brantford. Aug. 11.â€"The Conservaâ€" tives expect that 11,000 people will be present for the Conservative picâ€" nic of seven ridings in this city Satâ€" urday, August 23. Premier Hearst, Hon. L. B. Lucas. Hon. W. D; MePherâ€" son, Hon. T. W. McGatry and Hon. Finlay Macdiarmid will be the speakâ€" ors. _ The ridings to be represented are: both Brants, both Oxfords, both Norfolks and Haldimand. g Lenox, Mass.. August 11.â€"Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and philanthroâ€" pist, died at his Lennox summer home "Shadow Brook" at 7.10 this morning after an illness of less than three days :with bronchial pneumonia. So sudden“ was his death that his daughter, Mrs. Miller, was unable to get to her fath er‘s bedside before he died. DEATH A SHOCK TO FRIENDS. New York, August 11.â€"Although Mr. Carnegie, who was in his 84th year, had been an invalid since 1917 when he suffered an attack of grippe, the news of his death was a shock to old friends and former business associatâ€" es. Since his previous serious illness he had been under the care of two‘ nurses. Carnegie leaves his wife, who | was Miss Louise Whitefield, of New, York, and his daughter, Margaret, who | married last April Ensign Rosewell Miller, of New York. | FORMER STEEL â€" MAGNATE DEAD TERMS:â€"1 per cent. on stock and implements and only % per cent. on farms, no 1 per cent. charge for selling farms. No charge for posting bills. See me before promising your sale. No need of promising sales 3 and 4 months ahead. ‘l might mention a few, Mr. A. Scheifele and son near Cones:ogo. Shantz and _Wolf near New Dundee. Simon Kinâ€" sie and Chas. Stroh near Kitchener. and practically all along the eastern side of _ the township. â€" Auctioneer Crawley being a practicat farmer and stock man, his judgment is up to date on the quality.of stock and the condiâ€" tion of implements...Sates can be arâ€" vanged for at the Chronicleâ€"Telegraph office or orders may be left at the old Mickus residence, Peppler St., Waterâ€" lo0. All sates will receiva prompt atâ€" tention and satisfaction guaranteed . } At the request of many of my fath er‘s old friends,.I am taking up his auctioneering business, ahd 1 solicit the patronage of the farmers of Wat _ erloo who kindly patronixed my father _the late Joseph Mickus for so many years. I have already had experience in Guelph, and am prepared to underâ€" take any sale I care not how large, In order that farmers may feel perâ€" fectly safe in trusting their sales to me, 1 have made arrangements . with Mr. Charles M. Crawley, the well known farmâ€"stock auctioncer, to have his services at all my sales this seaâ€" som. â€" Mr. Craw ley is well known, not only in Waterloo and Wellington, but by the prominent breeders all over the province. Owing to his able work at the 0. A. C. annual stockâ€"sales, durins the 11 years he has been in business he has conducted many of the most successful sales in Waterloo County. I might mention a few, Mr. A. Scheifele and son near Cones:ogo. Shantz and Wolf near New Dundee. Simon KWin. WILLIAM MICKUS, LICENSED AUCTIONâ€" EER FOR COUNTY Culb‘rne. single, d this morning. recovered except those sixteen injured is the result of WM. MICKUS, WaterJoo. Colborne, single, retnrllled of Beck lhe Ur. came and the man died. Daniel Grein, farmer. and Leslie Kester, bigcksmith of Detroit, _cor roborated this e¢vidence in the main ; with a few minor alterations. ] Andrew Schenk. | _ Said he was weighing the\ hogs at the station: pylled Coutts off. Riep ort; saw Coutts and Umbach firins stones at each other, also heard Coutts say to Riepert, "Don‘t draw . a knife on me." _ Saw open pen knife on floor when he pulied Coutts o% Iut believed Ricpert was filling his pipe. Came down fo hotel; went into bar, saw Coults there, came ont later and saw Umbach lying on side walk: went for Dr. Easton and help j ed the Doctor to pull U!mbach under shade tree and got pillow under hiQ‘ head: sow puddle of blood on «stde [ walk when body was removed: did, not see Coutts carry ceane at all. . Ed. Herbst I Farmer, sworn, said he weRt ‘ta tho s station to buy hoge, but price was> tao high. Saw Coutts throw Mom‘.-x! at Umbach. Canfe down town andl Sht on bAnch with Fred Schauss and | C. Riepert; sat at south end: sndâ€" denly recefved a blow on the cheek bone; he did not know where the blow came fram. _ He heard Schauss i warn Umbach _ to shut up _ or _ if Contts heard him he would knock him cold. _ Imbach said 4f he had his two eyes he wouldn‘t he afreid. | f Coroner Easton opened the proâ€" ceedings about 9.15 a.m. and reques!â€" ‘led Constable Beamish to call the roll ‘fof jurors; all reported "present," 4 The first witness called was Charles Riepert. + He was a farmor living in â€" Nor |manby, south of Ayton, and came, to Ayton on date referred to to ‘buy some hogs from the sceused, Coutts; went to the G. T. R. stock yards but would not pay Coutts his price. Coultts asked _ him to fake another Jlook at the hogs: witness said ‘No. He was going to have a smoke, had pipe in mouth, tobacco in one hand jand knife in other. _ Coutts â€" shoved [(him behind weigh seales: he fell over a chair and stove; Contts jumped on himâ€" not with his feet, Coutts was choking him so he called io Andrew Schenk, ‘Help me. Andrew. Schonk pulled him off, T‘mbach was at door of weigh seales: Coutts went out saying, "It‘s the big fellow l’ml after." _ Coutts came to witness and said he was sorry for choking him. Witness said. _ ‘"That‘s all right." He went down town, going to R. H Fortune‘s for advice, then down to Commercial Hotel. _ Sat on a bench and Umbach came and sat on a chair facing north<east. _ Coutts had come ‘down from station and was in the hotel: came around southâ€"west corner ,antl struck Umbach on the head with a cune; asked whici side of the amead he said the "south side"â€" meaxning the side towards the south. He saw Coutts strike Umbach â€"three fimer; Umbach fell; Andrew Scherk came out and Said, "What‘s the matter? Did anyomne go for a doctor?" _ Someone said, "You go." Asked â€" what hap pened next, he hositated and here Mr. Jeffrey, prisoner‘s counsel, cansed n ripnle of laughter by the remark. ‘Why the natural sequence of conrse.‘ The Dr. came and the man died. counsel for the prisoner. Miss â€"Dyre of Owen Sound was court stenographâ€" er. it C. C. Pearce, the vetceran brill ol Owen Sound had charge of the prisoner, and Mr. W. Beamish. County Constable. of Hanover, had charge of the court room within, while County Constable John Seim of Hampden had an ever watchful eve on things around the outside, so everybody had to be good. Mr. IL. G. Tucker, of Owen Sound was present on behalf of the Crown tso Detective Greer of Toronto. J S. Clark, K.C Nichol Jeffrey The old township hall, which has ‘een the scene of m ny a wordy war ind whose quaint olu walls have oft eâ€"echoed to the oratorical attempts f many an aspirant for municipal ‘ame while yet in his embryo stage and whose architectural desigh and aresent condition has been the subâ€" ect of much condemnation recently, seemed to expand its standing capaâ€" wity for the occasion (seating was not thought of) in order to accommoâ€" late the public who came from nea~ ind far to hear the trial. The doors were thrown ajas and the . windows were removed from their casings so ihat those who were not in time to" yet inside might at least get a look ‘n, many even being denied that priv< ilege, A great array of legal and medica} | talent | were on hand. and nothing was left undone either by the Crown, the Coroner or the prixâ€" oner‘s counsel | which would render iny malerial ald in conducting a fair and impartial investigation. On the morning of that redâ€"Jetfer day in the annals of the history of Ayton all roads led thither. As early e en en ty as 7.30 a. m. all manner of vehicies might . be seen pouring in from the four points of the compass and this nrocession continued until 9 a. m. at which hour the proceedings were slatâ€" ‘d to commence. C rlinenytas‘ mrlll N ind + m dinr>, 00b â€" 14 July 23, 1919, was the finding of the Cofzmer’l Jury composed of 12 men, good and true, who had been sworn in to render a true verdict in a¢ cordance with the evidence given before Coroner Dr. J. L. Easton in Ayton, on Saturday, August 2. from a cane in the hands of Neil C. Coutte. The accused is well known in Kitchener and Waterloo, having conducted sales of live stock in these places at various times. The murdâ€" ered man was also wel} known in _ The current issue of the Hanover ceedings of the inquest into the death of William Umbach, caused by blows of Mount Forest, and K.C., of Guelph, were Peter G. Doersam. * Was called to tell where he xot the cane he gave Coroner Easton that morning, and which had been missing since the date of the tragedy. â€" He got the cane from his son, Thomas, on the morning of August 2. C â€" Thos. Doersam Proprietor of the Commercial hotel. said Dr. Easton and he had searched the house for the caneâ€" but cogld not find it. _ He knew nothing of its whereabotuts. until this morning when he opened the bar door the stick fell on the floor. It was not there the night before, and he had no knowâ€" ledge of who put it there. is a butcher at Ayton and was to get some cattle at station; sa w Umbach throw ssones at Coutts and saw Couits refurn the compliment. He did not see Coutts strike Umâ€" bach downtown. not saying anything about him; v.l:-u warned U.m. told him that Coutts would trim him; Umbach replied‘ that if he had the other eye he would trim Coutts _ Did not see w sitting down, nor did he see Kester at all." Was taiking to Diepert and facing north _ He saw Umbach wilt and fal; then saw Coutts strike him twice on chest; did not like Umbach any too , well. Schenk said, "Get the doctor or he will die;" _ Schauss replied, "You get him." :::: 'n-lll;-"-'i“m"' is for xf.?:;: bach _ "shooting * _ im front of the Confmercial Hotel; Umâ€" Charles Rahn Northern Navigation Company, Limited, Sarnia 1"~~¢"~®a& â€"__ GRAND TRUNK RouTE Three sailings weekly from and Saturdays at 6.10 p.m. (Easte For full information ask tourist agent. SPF.('L’\L, FEATURES Dancingâ€"Music by full. ship‘s archestre. Refreshments at its close. But more charming still us. i1 the daily life on Together, as one family, 1.600 miles, together we sp days in that gay compat relaxed and rested spirits. L.2 4000010000 Ql,ins (AOOAB (ARGC COfE Arthur for bour of everâ€"changing interest. The thrilling the teeming cities of the East. experience of passing through the Locks at S_B_Ult This is bat one of the many interesting things Ste. Maric, the day ashore at Canada‘s Twin Cities, you see on this wonderful Great Lakes Cruise. Fort William and Port Arthur, and the visit to our Have you just a week‘s vacation> northern terminus, Fising on its wooded promontory This sixâ€"day cruise on Lakes Huron and Superior from the blue waters of Superiorâ€"the city of was planned especially for you. You will find each Duluth. SARNIA to DULUTH and RETURN bound from Fort William and Port Art the teeming cities of the East. This is bat one of the many interesting you see on this wonderful Great Lakes Crui Have you just a week‘s vacation? This sixâ€"day cruise on Lakes Huron and S was planned especially for you. You will fir , knew Umbach Write D. F. C . together we s;vrnd #ix full HURONIC companionship aof spirits, seoghegan, Eastern P Arthur Roedding _ _A Clerk in Val. Damm‘s genorat store, could see front entrance to the Commercial Hotel from in front of store. He ieard a noise in that diâ€" rection; saw a . man enter the door with a stick in his hand; bad no coat on. _ He woifld not swear as to identity of the man. Postâ€"Mortem Report. Dr. William McEnery _ Rrown _ of Neustadt, of 35 years‘ practice, who with Dr. William Mair of Holstein performed the postâ€"mortem, was callâ€" ed to give the post morteA report. The medical pbrascology of this report was â€" enfirely . too _ copious for the writer‘s comprehonsfon, but stripped of its medical garb and put in every day English, and boiled down to the exact conditions found, it would read: like this: Body, 6 feet, 34 â€" inches long; | weight about 240 h« ho | Chas. Campbeli, . l Manager of the Royal~ Bank in Ayton, said Coutts came into the bank about 115 p. m. . Coutts had done considerable banking business there before and did some that day. . He would not sweer Coutts was drunk:; thought be staggzered a littic, thought he had been drinking but eou}d transâ€" acl busimess. He would say that Coutts used profane language. _ Mr. Jeffrey, for the detence, advised the witness never to do business with a drunken man. _ Witness did not say Coutts was drunk. ne would not say Coutts was cated. and he did not hear say that‘ if he caught Bill he would kil} him. _ If any witness would swear that, he said, it would be false. ‘This satisfied the Crown and the Coroner that at least one "ar" was left unhung. \ to mast of shiphoard. we travel from Sarnin to Soo (Eastern Time}. ourume o /// \‘//â€"« > Six Days on the Great Lakes any Grand Trunk Ticket Agent 0%T. PALE nernteen #t w-umno?;-, ‘"Northern Navigator®" â€"Daily paper with news brought in by wircless. _ A merry chranicle. top, of life on shipâ€" board. _ Afternoon Tea Served in the Grand _ Saloon. Concerts Pvery afternoon and evening, well knowfln artists as entertainers. . Picnic nc assonger Agont, Sarnia, Ont Arthur for Port Arthur, Fort but stripped put in every down to the it would read 34 â€" inches 10 lbs: â€" bodv HAMONIC h tne %i’ "a=. Ullawa, Aug. 6â€"Consequent upon the Government‘s astion of placing an embargo on the export â€" of hifes and leather, the Canadian ~ Manufaeâ€" turers‘ Association of Toronto is sendâ€" ing a deputation bere to confer with the Cabinet to morrow. It is underâ€" stood that the personnel of the depuâ€" tation will cousist of several leading Canadian lat;:u'l'a and leathcr | manuâ€" facturers. Dr and Mrs Leon Toronto Tuesday c Pequegnat will bes William, and Duluth, leaving Sarnia hi PMeS aititn MB cocanis i0 man on the strength of same the prisoner was committed to the county jail at Owen Sound to await his trial which is expected to take place on or about September 6. ‘This closed the Coroner‘s orb after which the hall was cleare! for the Juryâ€" to defibevate on the evidence and return & verdict _ ‘The verdict afore mentioned was the result Prisgner Sent Up for Trial The prisoner w$s then arraizned on the charge before Magistrates dence submiited at rhe Coroner‘s Inquest * three witnesses, viz., Riepâ€" ert, Herbst and Kester and the postâ€" mortem report was accepted as eviâ€" dence at the preliminary hearing and . 0P Tods o "marantn® chotsiod Dr. .Rair _ of . Molstein assisied Toporated m fan the report of" sgon, uiven by Dr,Brown. 7 Ottawa, Aug. 6 , the Company at LEATHER MEN PROTEST for Cruise BookTet Poquegnat left for vening | where Dr. In his pragtice, Sarnia â€" to Duluth l and return, includâ€" o ing meals and berth One way fares on application Devotes her cnergies to the entertainâ€" ment of the ship‘s guests. Moonâ€" light | Chorus _ After the dancing everybody joins in singing oldâ€"time melodes, out on deck. Round trip fare, Sarnia to Duluth and return, includâ€" o ing meals and berth NORONIC Satnia, or your local ticket or ~â€"___ 5cirvmane 1,000. MHLZ â€" SAGUENAY CHUTSEâ€"â€"Another Wonderiul Roat Trip ~through 1,000 Islands and St. Lawrcace River Rapida stor over, if desired, at Toronte tJ Moniteal; then on to quaint Quebec and the glotious Saguenay. Write for booklet "Nuszara toâ€"theâ€"Sea." M ondays, Wednesdays Mr. W. P. Clement sj end with his family at Bociety that the soeht; erty and buildings 2t 6 Stratford, Aug. 0â€"4'1 Committee of the Clty laken up with the for the use of Agric a counter proposition which, however, must B by the City Couneil * The proposition is that cept the Agricultural So of $300, but that the so@l allowed the use of the .4 seven days only, IMO" teen usked: by tho"societ$ Inal proposal of the C the society pay $400 “ use of the grounds for fall fair. o t There is a suggestlon i the propeokion â€"to the . ; terest on â€" n To ce h the present figeal FOR NEW