Local news: Over 200 buggies and carriages have been brought into town this Spring by the several dealers in that class of goods. And they will be all sold, of course.

The roads in the vicinity during the past week have been practically impassible. Still there are always some who have to be out on them, in consequence of leaving their drawing too late.

Messrs George McDowell and R. W. Hodgins, who have gone into machinery and general supply business, have opened an office in the small building opposite the Bank.

Mr. John Lester is confined to his house with an attack of pneumonia, a melody which has been very prevalent in this neighborhood this spring.

There is a young man in Bristol who has purchased 100 acres of land and there is a house on it. You may hear of a wedding soon.

THE EQUITY learned on Friday that only one smallpox case on Calumet Island then remained under quarantine. The other cases have been reported cured and the patients have been released.

Alex Palmer went across the Ottawa somewhere in the vicinity of Shawville and bought a horse for $40. When he was returning home on Saturday leading the animal behind his vehicle he noticed, when down about Castleford, that the horse was pulling somewhat hard on the halter by which he led him. Finally the horse was coming to a standstill, and Mr. Palmer got out to investigate, when he found his newly purchased horse had a broken or dislocated hip joint. He was forced to put an end to the animal’s sufferings with a bullet.

The corporation of Shawville is indebted to some non-resident for the carcass of a defunct canine, which was brought a considerable distance and dumped in the kiln pot at the east end of Main street. It was doubtless considered a very smart joke by the party who perpetrated it, but if his identity could be ascertained, there would be a serious side to it.