Local news: Mr. William Chisnell has demonstrated that there are still some pretty good fish in the Ottawa river, by catching two pike last Wednesday, one weighing 21 and the other 12 lbs.

While using dynamite in an effort to raise the bodies of Major H. T. Scott and Paul Bernier – who were drowned on Monday of last week near the Scott estate, Calumet Island – a 7-foot sturgeon was brought to the surface of the water and captured.

King’s birthday in town: The annual celebration at the Exhibition grounds this year was not favored with the first essential to an event of that kind, namely, King’s weather. On the contrary, the day came in dark and foreboding, with a raw wind sweeping the face of Old Mother Earth, and whilst the weather cleared at noon, the wind continued cold, making it anything but pleasant for outdoor sports. These conditions wrecked the prospects of a large attendance, which under favorable circumstances might reasonably have been expected; although the lateness of the season and the fact that many of the farmers were still busy had considerable to do with the slimness of the crowd that reached its peak about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

The sports of the afternoon, in consequence of the small attendance, narrowed down to two features – trotting races and a baseball game.

Seldom, if ever, had the Shawville track been in as good condition, and the races that came off were eminently gratifying to lovers of that kind of sport, and here as elsewhere they form the majority of a pleasure-seeking crowd.

The ball match was played between a team from Beachburg and the local nine and whilst it was a fairly interesting exhibition the locals decisively out-classed their opponents in the matter of scoring, the tally at the end of seven innings standing 10-1 in their favor.

To fill in the time a couple of additional innings were played, with sundry changes in the make-up of the teams, a couple of the Beachburg lads having to leave before the match ended.