Local news: Last week was noted for several disastrous fires in the Ottawa Valley, commencing with one at Gatineau Point, which destroyed about $59,000 worth of property in that village and terminating with the appalling conflagration in Hull and Ottawa

Local news: The roads for the past week are said to be in a more wretched condition than has been known for years. Mr. George Ballantine started ferrying between Bristol and Sand Point on Monday. A staff of masons and

Local news: Mr. Robt. G. Elliott has just completed a truly artistic job of work at Dr. Lyon’s residence, being the completion on modern lines of that gentleman’s drawing room and the finishing touches thereon have been performed by the

Local news: The tail end of sleighing brought many people to town last week for their spring supplies, while a considerable quantity of surplus grain was disposed of. On May 1, Parkman post office will be changed to the name

Local news: Thursday last was the first sugar-making day in this section. The run owing to prevailing raw north winds, was very poor. The proprietor of the proposed new hub factory at Castleford has bought all the standing elm and

Local news: Mr. C.D. McPhee, electrician of Arnprior is engaged this week in putting in a full system of electric bells at the Pontiac House. A large number of settlers left the upper Ottawa Valley last week for points in

Local news: Rev. Mr. O.C. Carey of Parkman is taking orders for a very convenient yet complete map of the Dominion which is being issued by the Dominion Publishing Co. of Hamilton. The concert given in Elliott’s Hall on Tuesday

Local news: The sacred concert which is to take place in Bristol Presbyterian Church on the evening of the 20th inst. is to assist in raising funds for the purpose of building a new manse in Bristol. A distressing accident

Local news: The traditional March lion was abundantly evident in the weather with which the present month was ushered in on Thursday last. The snowfall of Thursday and Friday, while not exceptionally heavy in this neighbourhood, is reported to have

Local news: Hon. Geo. Bryson, Messrs. Jas. W. Bryson and J.W. Hennessy have embarked on the wholesale and general grocery and supply business at Fort Coulonge. Miss Brown, daughter of Wm. Brown, Portage Road, was severely injured on Wednesday last