Local news: The election of School Commissioners in town on Monday passed off very quietly, Messrs. Tracey and Hodgins, retiring commissioners, being re-elected without opposition.

The Rougier block at Campbells Bay, containing the store of Hislop Bros., a Chinese restaurant and rooms occupied by Mrs. P. C. Smith was badly damaged by fire on Saturday night, the upper storey being completely gutted. Mrs. Smith, in whose quarters the fire originated lost all her household effects.

Mr. Geo. Robitaille, of Murrells, who drives one of the Creamery trucks, had the misfortune of injuring one of his legs pretty severely, through a fall while unloading cream at the Creamery on Friday morning. George, in consequence of the mishap, had to submit to an enforced lay-off for a few days.

Dominion Day: Although observed as a holiday by most of our citizens, no local effort was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Dominion, and those who felt disposed to take the day off, gratified their wishes by journeying to other points, the greater proportion directing their course towards Beachburg, where the National event was celebrated in a befitting manner. Shawville’s sporting element had a special interest in the proceedings at the neighbouring town because of a baseball feature on the program in which the local team was to participate, with a team from Renfrew as their opponents. The resulting match was one of the best that has been witnessed anywhere in the district this season, and so closely contested that it took ten innings to decide the issue. In the overtime the Renfrew boys succeeded in besting their opponents by scoring two runs, making the total count 4 to 2.