Local news: The almost continuous down-pour of rain on Thursday last interfered seriously with the success of the church picnic at McCord’s grove at North Clarendon.
Mr. Archibald Campbell, one of the family after whom the village of Campbell’s Bay has been named, died suddenly on Wednesday evening. He was 72 years of age.
Commencing last Wednesday, a Holiness Convention was held during the balance of the week and Sunday, at the hall at Knox’s settlement, two miles east of the village. The Rev. C.R. Horner and several other leaders of the movement were present.
At a Bristol council meeting, a communication was read from Mr. H.E. Lawrance, stating that he expected to move his engine, which weighs four tons, over Ragged Chute bridge and other bridges along the same route and notifies the council to have bridges in a safe condition. Council resolved to notify Mr. Lawrance that this council will not hold itself responsible for any damage or loss sustained by him, the breaking of any bridge or culvert which he may cross, as our bridges are not constructed to carry loads weighing four tons.
Our town fathers have decided, providing material can be had at a fairly reasonable price, to lay a new sidewalk on the north side of Main Street and also to lay a new walk from the academy to connect with the old one opposite the parsonage grounds. The walk on Pickanock street will be continued southward to accommodate the residents of that section.
The prospects of an abundant hay crop throughout the country are bright.
Dr. John McKinley left Shawville on Thursday morning last with a view to attending the World’s Exposition now in progress at Paris and other points of interest in the Old Land and Europe.
Many of the soldiers now in South Africa are reported to be ready to settle there for life. The war may have effects on the current of immigration that no one looked for at the beginning, and immigration may have an effect on the settlement of the troubles that no one looked for either. The more families of British soldiers there are established in the country, the less the Boers will feel like renewing their mischief.
