Local News: The big coffer dam at the head of Calumet Chutes, which has been holding back the water of the channel while the work of constructing the dam and power plant at the foot was in progress, was blown

Local News: At R.J. Wilson’s on Wednesday, John J. Hodgins, who is operating the syndicate clover huller in that district, hulled 600 pounds of seed from three loads of clover in the short space of two hours and 40 minutes.

Local News: In the minutes of Clarendon council, council makes a request to residents of the township who have wooden gates on their property along winter roads to kindly remove the same during the winter months and thus prevent snow

Local News: Mr. Jas. R. Horner of Cobalt has been spending a few days in town. He reports a much heavier snowfall up north than in this district up to Saturday, when the desires of those wishing for sleighing were

Local News: Don’t forget to visit the Orange Hall at supper time on New Year’s night and after you have satisfied the cravings of the inner man, walk over to Wilson’s Hall and enjoy the pictures. Fire which is presumed

Local News: A.G. Proudfoot, proprietor of the Pontiac House, which was utterly destroyed by the recent fire, has opened up the Howard building on Main Street as a place of public accommodation. Every effort will be made to serve old

Local News: Shawville sustained another severe ordeal from the fire fiend by the destruction of the Pontiac House, the only public hostelry in the village, between 8 and 11 o’clock on Tuesday night. Bad and deplorable as was the scourge,

Local News: While in Montreal last week, Mr. G.A. Howard bought a carload of horses, which arrived here Friday. That group in our social economy known as the younger set held a supper in Wilson’s Hall on Friday evening last

Local News: Farmers of this district who have been complaining of a lack of moisture in the soil and who were predicting a shortage of water during the coming winter welcomed the continuous rainfall of Saturday last. Charles Imison, who

Local News: There was an earthquake Friday evening at 8:35 which lasted about 5 seconds. Contrary to the statement in Monday’s Ottawa Journal, quite a number of people of Shawville and vicinity observed the earthquake, explosion or whatever it was