LOCAL CHIT-CHAT.Mrs. John Black has gone east for the winter.Judge Lilly has resigned as police magistrate of Sandon.Robert Taylor, of Three Forks, has removed to Sault Sto Marie.The Socialists of Sloean City organized a socialist league last week.Tom Mulvey says he has got religion Probably picked it up in Nelson.Service in the Methodist church next Sunday evening. Rev. A. E. Roberts.A good cigar produces joy. John Williams has plenty of joy producers in his store.The Little King cigar is meeting with favor wherever introduced. It is made in Nelson by Union labor.John Wereley is erecting a small building 011 his property opposite Jus nFesiden ceon Josoplune ? treet.J. IV Fisher and G. Knowles will start a 825,000 brewery at Ashuola, the promising Similkameen coal town.Sloean lake is to he stocked with black bass by the Dominion government. Glad tidings to nitnrod*.A hear weighing SI7 pounds was killed in the Surprise basin by J. W. Peacock and K. Lucas last weekThomas Saunders and John Craig left yesterday for Victoria. They will probably spend the winter at Alberni.The winter time-table went into force on the ('. P. It. last Sunday The company are now running tourist sleeping cars over the Crow’s Nest Pass road.The missionary lecture, illustrated bv lantern views, given Tuesday evening in the Methodist church by Rev C. M, Tate, was greatly enjoyed by a fair audience.Services will bo held in St. Stephen's church on Sunday next. Matins and litauv at 11 a.m., and evening prayer at 7:80 o’clock. Rev. C. Arthur Mount,VO!secMiinnil