HON. ALEXANDER W. MORRIS

in 1893, was appointée! Puisne Judge of the Superior Court. Among Justice Archibald litterary works, the " Relations of the Two Races in Lower Canada " may be said to hâve created a very favourable impression upon the reading public. On the i3th July 187 1, he was united in matrimonial bonds to Miss Ellen Hutchinson, of Bluevale, Ont.

It was in 1884 that he was called to represent the rate payers of St. Antoine's Ward in the Municipal Council ; at the next élection he was returned b}^ acclamation but resigned in 1890 at the end of his second terni of office.

HoN. ALEXANDER W. MORRIS.

The Honorable Alexander W. Morris, ex-alderman, was born at Brockville, Ont., in 1858, his father being Mr. W. L. Morris, and his mother's maiden name, Julia Frances Converse, daughter of Mr. John Converse, the well known rope and cordage manufacturer of Montréal. When Mr. Morris was still young, he was brought by his parents to Montréal, and he received his éducation at Bishop's Collège, Lennoxville ; Tassie and Gault's Private School ; Mr. Carpenter's School ; and the High School of Montréal. When leaving school, he went into business, eventually entering the office of the Converse firm and playing a leading part in the amalgamation of ail the canadian cordage companies. Upon the completion of the combine, he was appointed manager of the Consumers, Cordage Company, which controlled the output of ail the Canadian rope walks. Some eight or ten years ago, he resigned that position to enter into business as a stock broker.

Mr. Morris made his introduction to public life as a councillor of the old municipalit\' of St. Gabriel, now St. Gabriel