The Times (Niagara-on-the-Lake)

Abstract

William Skelton has opened a machine shop on the corner of Regent and Market Streets; burglars have been robbing homes in Niagara Falls, crime in general on the increase; an article on the history of cast steel; a list of articles that will be imported from New Zealand when the New Zealand and Canadian Treaty of Commerce is finalized; an article concerning an alliance between France and Russia titled “European War Cloud”; an article on lepers in India; many states face droughts in the United States; Park Pattison, a Caledonia barber, attempted to murder his wife; a fire at Briggs Bros. on King Street West in Hamilton; an article questioning the morality of missionary work overseas, noting that different customs are not necessarily immoral; the Winnipeg Grain Exchange passed a resolution protesting the Dominion Government raising the inspection fees on grain; an article on mechanics’ wages in Britain;