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The Hepwoi-th chm-ch undaisg Eli'e'nue En’bhe Snugeen fiasfirvc Eh’flgflggz nts of his war . I one 0 erWWMLâ€"TM trunemi. which was tune of I he largest ovcx ‘ known in this section 0! the country, took place ‘Vedneedtl' morning iron: his late residence to St. nry's church, and thence to the Roman Catholic Calumet}? ~â€"Tha Echo. “ ' BORN , snmmfomzâ€"At Port El on Benign)- bn’ Whit. the wiqu! Mr. A.‘O. Sim-i- iioliz. A son. MAGDOUOALIrâ€"OIJ Sept. 27m, to Mr nuri " M rFâ€"Dnu‘caninlncbongiiilh‘ tit-ii canoes-ion. Bruce, a son, MARRIED ' FooTIiâ€"MoDéE‘hLDâ€"At (ha residence of Dr. hluLEIlunl'i, Ripley, nu septcmr her 33:5,‘bx‘ Rev. Mr. Brenner, Rgv. James Footc. of ann Hill, to Trim Wiuogene McDonald. 7 DIED lioth'NoxaAt Alienlord, on Monday Bepmmhol :le. Myrtia Lillinn McKinn- 09, 353118 years, a munihn ill days. E BRIDGEâ€"Ill the Township cf Amnbei 2m Sunday, September?!» John Eid- " haven! » xiga, Aged 71 years. i [fag 5“ ..._._.:, lu‘ FIRE AT HEPWOR’PH The worst .fire to visit lHupwoth f-Dr runny yum D’IL'iii‘red on S‘unduy night last, dusflroyu'nig .l'mlr hui‘dings and causing a inn: of several thou- sand dullnm, It Is impossible Lo animate the total loss, as in some parses part (if the mutants of the in- terior was saved, but a conservnfive estimate is tll’au‘llli $10,000. The four inililllliKN kum unthva (le- ‘iwyul. The Owen Snund Fire Brigade wan «tried, mi hull it not been far their nssistance, the loss would nn doubt have been much gimter. The fire was on mhe we?! side of the street, the buildings desmoyed being the gram-y store of Messrs A‘llimn 5: Quinn, the Masonic build- 'ing with the store umberneatth. 'Dhi» was accupied thy ifilay Cutting as a tl‘estfllumnl nimd gvmcervy. Besides a small building owned and occupied ihy Mr. John Plume and Wm usad an a shoe repair siwp and the larger building on the corner owned and cccuipiaui by Mix .7, Johnsmon, the inwar- pant it! which wns used by him as n sales office for lawn impiei merits, and he also ‘kapt 1 “very stable. The fire wait discovered nihlrut 9.15 on Sunday «Venimz in the ii n'g qunrâ€" item of the Allison & Q n Stare, llMis: Allin-on, it is said, dim-pea a inmp on the floor and the place Pnuglrt fire. She thought she had this extinguished. and left him room, unit on 1m- i'ntum same time later. found the mm in flames. Sm. gave the alarm M: «hoe, and Ihulp qiuivkiy arrived, but 'l‘hi: lire spread so 1mpid~ .ly that iiiile could be done, with the .fire equipment on hand , and the Mn- sanic building next we this war shot. uninhiei iF‘m'iunnwly, members 01 Burns Lodge, who were on 1mm. realized the seriousms or ‘llle siui. ntion, and immediately mmon What they canid or the hacks, m. amleome of their vastly furniture. Il-Imwevei. their splendid new silverware and xiii-hrs wem liesll'flyed. ioulting‘s' restaurant and store in the ilower part at the building were cleaned out, ilild soon the adjoining building was wfir The contents of iihis, thu shoe rep»: lllg‘ more were cu-rnied amass iiiu street lortunulely Mid curlsmjlwnlly saved, fur Lin- iniildini: : wry sum. thinly burn, L-(i, and WIrfDre iL i'ouid ibe prevented. the Juhmiun building wus mfii'e. This was it mule subalnillbifll buiilklirhg, .and mi not hum .w iiuhhiy, alluwmg'l mine ihi- hhe mmnvai (,1 the furnis V in}; all Mr iinii .\l.':‘. Juhmmn ifi'inn iillbli' iiwriiihg “limit “his in Hm un- VaL- mm: ‘7 It was such amp the iio‘hnscon building caught fire that the ‘fn'qt sl‘leum olantel‘ him“ the big L. Emma Fire Engine of the Owen Suwml fire brigade was turned on the flames. There was not nhe slightest L-hnnce of saving the build- inig, is it in» tou .riirr gone. but the water had the EfiL-u‘t of keeping xhe flames in check, and alsn preventing obhei- ‘buildiwgs near by from anodiz- ring fire, and the citizens of iHepiwm'iih pai‘ticniwniy those when misidenth were in close proximity 'me ex- ceedingly thunkf'ul t'hni; this piece of fire fighting mnpnliabus had come to their assisnincn. 'Wutui' was pnuii‘ml on IJiIu iluulex nnlil utmt 2 n’liln:k in the in-nriling, when it wits omisidâ€" emd that all dnngm‘ was lpnst, ailâ€" hhouigh than: were smau’idering fires then: and there from the rum! build- ing, there being nothing lnl‘t Shand- ing .but a bi-iok cihm'ney. Their was in great feeling 0! re- lief when tihc Owen Sound iflre .briâ€" gnde li'i'wcd on the Scene, as it have peup'ie a feeling U1 security. rheve Dorm», nn behalf Of the munician .iiy telephoned to OwEu‘Sound for as- sistuwe and film in mefton, but the Latter had no nppmma which could be 0! any assistance nlllhouigh the fire dhief drove down and assishd, 'l't is unknown at r 'esent the B- niaun‘L of insurnn‘ce cwrn‘ed by those who suffered loss. but must of them were partially wvm‘ed we under- stand. 11m 'loss is a severe one for the village. (specially in View of the fact that there is little Iihiiihuod of umr stormy anry uf these iinzildingni being minim.