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will build $50 box cars and 100 flats.
They will also build six 20 ton coal
| cars for the Crows Nest Coal COM
pany, in British Columbia.
| A telegram was received at Var
mouth from New York Saturday an
nounoing the death In that city OF Capt.
Jacob H. Sanders, formerly of Port
Sanders was formerly in the employ
of Levitt & Co., in the bark NStant,
ship Naupactus and bark Neophyte.
For several years he was in the en-
ploy of st. John firms. He was about
| 80 years of age. The death occurred
in the Long Island City hospital.
| Nova Scotia gives q, majority Of 21,-
900 or more for prohibition. The ma
Jority in New Brunswick will probably
be in the neighborhood Of 1900 and
that of Prince Edward Island brings
the total above $4,000.
| Miss Florence Augusta Murray and
John Bert Baxter formerly of Point
Williams, were recently married at
Cambridge, Mass, at the home of the
brides sister, Mrs. William j. Ultsch.
After brief trip to Worcester, Mr.. and
Mrs. Baxter returned to Boston, where
they took passage on the steamer Bos-
ton for Yarmouth, at which place they
were the recipients Of many kindly at
tentions. They continued their journey
as far as Halifax, on the steamer Elk
press, Of the Yarmouth line, on two
weeks trip.
w. E. Nice OF Cambridge, Mass, who
spent some weeks in Clark's Harbor re-
Gently, greatly admired the style of
boats now in use there, and made a
contract with John r. Duncan, who will
build him one SO feet over all, and 10
feet beam, spreading $50 yards Of can
vas, to be completed May next, in time
)for the City Point regatta. Mr.. Nice.
who is well known to the boating clubs
Of Boston, will sail her across the Bay
| of F'undy himself. He has handled num-
bers Of crafts in sailing matches and is
confident that his new boat will be able
to give the City Point boats hard
rub.
NEW BRUNSWICK.
A letter received by w. T. Chestnut
from Crosby, the Bangor taxidermist
gives an idea Of the prominence which
this province is assuming as a big game
center. Mr. Crosby writes that Of "a
moose heads sent him this season for
mounting, only three are from Maine,
all the others having been shot in New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, OF those
thus far sent to him to mount, the
largest is that shot on the Restigouche
by p. w. Grett of Boston. 1t has a
spread Of 1914 inches, and contains "a
points.
The New Brunswick exhibit of live
game fish at st. John has been carried
back to Chatham. Ten of the land
locked salmon rising two years and one
salmon two and a half years old, with
II trout, some Of them weighing three
pounds, have been transported to Loeb
Lomond, and eleven of the sea trout
have been sent to Balls lake. The pair
Of large Carleton salmon, male and
e. = - - 1T,
authorities.
Not for many years have the farmers
Of Charlotte county reaped such boun-
tiful harvests as have been produced
this year. The hay crop was exception
ally good, though dull weather inter-
fered somewhat with the gathering.
The acreage sown in potatoes was
somewhat smaller than usual but the
yield has been very great and the quail
| ity excellent. Last year the town of st.
Stephen imported twenty thousand
bushels of potatoes, but farmers can
supply all demands this year. All other
crops have yielded well.
Fredericton is to have new shoe
factory with bonus of $4,000 from the
city and tax and water exemption The
company will be organized at once and
the building erected this year.
| After several years of persistent eff
fort and an expenditure Of many hun
| dreds of dollars and much of his valu-
able time, G. w. Ganong, M. P, has
succeeded in interesting parties in the
great silica deposit near Blacks Harbor
in Charlotte county. Col H. P. Whit
marsh Of Boston has recently made an
examination of the deposit and facili-
ties for shipping and reports most IA
vorably. He has had a large experience
in Australia and other countries.
The Lepreaux correspondent of the
st. Croix Courier says: ''Miss M A.
MacKay and Thomas Taylor Of Lee
preaux each shot fine deer last
week. Father Gaynor was down from
St. John for week with party of
friends enjoying the beauties of Silver
lake. They were quite successful in
shooting small game, such as porcu-
pine, mink, duck and squirrels"
DR.. H. T. Armstrong, just returned
from Klondike, reports himself COM
pletely cured of the KlondiI1e fever.
Six hundred people came out on the
steamer from Dawson CITY. Hundreds
Of others were unable to obtain a pass
| age, many being without the means to
return home.
Sir John Allen, the late chief justice
of this province, has passed away full
of years and honors. On his retirement
from active service two years ago he
could look back on public career
covering nearly half a century, and
could show a professional record en-
bracing a still greater period. The Hon.
John cam pDell Alien was porn IN the
parish or hingsclear YORK Coz N. b.
on the list of October 1917.
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