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LUCKNOW ONTARIO, ' FRIDAY, APRIL 18,189a
INEL TML*CIINOW BANKING COMPANY
ay at -=the- _ ''"-Iateorporatert -)
t corner of
utrarn & Compile! ts., Lucknow. i R. QE0. pisua'l PRopRiEroR
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SAVED THEIR PRICE. T E V LLAGE-QO-Ul�.r,
The Waterworks SaVes -the- itrrstness Pop.
tion of our Village froltu Dcstmerlon.
Settling with Plesers. McQuillan .t Co. for
the TVeter , Tr'i' mita- Oiiter ,ftuslnes8.
WHOLE .NO. 848,
Bitter Anguish
Drought to a Goderi€i
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JAMES BRYAN.
EDITOR 48c PUBLISHER,
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SUBSCR`Jj,,PTION PRICE $1.00 PER
YA 1R IN ADVANCE.
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ALL KINDS OF ,
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NLCL'TED 1VITIi NEATNESS 41 DESPATCH.
MEDICAL
A. M cDONA LD, M. D. •C.' M.
-s); C. P. S. 0. Office, Kiu.tail.
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fl R. TENNANT, PHYSICIAN,-
tr bean- =a ndt-keconehe-ur.—Strr--
gery o o ite Cain's hotel.. Office
hours fib i u to 12 a. m. --and' from 2 -
to .5.p. m. •
A McCRIMMON, M. D. C. M ,
V. M. C P. S. 0., L. R. C. P. L
• i C. S and C. M., Ldinburrh. Cor-
otter county of t ruce. Licentiate
Rlidwifrey. Royal physician and sur-
geons. • Office one door east of barbas
-shup, Lucknow.
]\R. D. GEDDES, V. S. CALLS
either by mail or telegram prom-
ptly attended to. Charges moderate.
Office, Corrigan's hall. Boarding house
Cain's hotel, Lucknow.
LEGAL
tIIVCON- COR;
signer, in ]3
P. 0., Ontario.
no , an. n
MONEY -•40 LOAN.
DRAFTS- ISSUED -ON ALL IM -
portant points, cheques, drafts
and mortgages. cashed. Notes dis-
counted Anieniea,n currency & Am-
erican drafts- bought and sold.
Interest allowed on. Sevings Bank
deposits according to agreement; col-
lectiong. Notes or accounts will re-
ceive prompt attention. -
Fire or life insurance effected in
stock. or Mutual Companiesr •
We represent several first-class Loan
Companies• ..and can effect. mortgage
loans to suit borrowers on _best terms
on either village or farm property.
Office hours, 10 a. m to. 4. p. m.
SkQ��Marr-age-r
SOO ETIESF
T lUCKNOW
j1 Lodge, No.
112 meets every
b err err,
hall, ,Campbell street.' .All- brethren
cordially invited. D. TAYLOR, Noble
Grand. JOHN ELLIUT, Recorder.
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el7f A I',RO W & PROUDF,,
OOT, BARristers Solicitors, 'etc., Goderich,
rat. T. G. GA1 Row, Q. C. Wei'
ROUDFOOT. -•
1LLIOT TRAVER, ATTORNEY
J at law, Solicitor -in Chancery,
Conveyancer, etc. Office, next door
to the post office, Lucknow, Ont.
TLORR1SON, ATTORNEY AT
11. law, Solicitor in•Chancery, Com-
•rnissioner, Conveyancer, , etc. Office,
-over the barliar shop. •
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GENERAL
D OBERT CUNNINGHAM., IN -
1J, surance, Fire & Marine, Guelph,
Ontario.
'1,1. few
TO LOAN.; I HAVE A
few thousand ' dollars to invest
for, private parties, at reasonable in-
terests. , .EI4iaIOT TRAV E RS. .
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ONEY ': O' LOAN ! ON FIRST-,
class rtgages ' at, 7 to 7i per
gent: interest, payable yearly, Charg-
es moderate. Apply•to Robt. Murray,'
St, Helens.
�ONEY TO LOAN ! AT 6 PER
,jj�� cent. from 2 to 20 years. Lists
'of farms for sale in Ontario as weil as
Manitoba. Parties desirous to sell
farms• will ccinsult their interests by
•.inspecting the advertising facilities ,of
.-Subscriber iii Great Britain-• and Ire -
livid and continent of lands for sale.
ANdUS STEWART, Land Valuator,
1Lucknow, Ontario.
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' jN MURCI-ISON, C. P. R.
ticket agent. One way excursions
• to the North-west and Paciti.c„ Coast.'
Full information - to intending travel-
lers to any part ,of the world.
WE -ST WA W4NOSH, MUTUAL
Fire ] nsurance Company, board
®f directors meets for the transaction
of business on the •first Tuesday each
month.. Parties wishing to have their
property insured in this increasingly.
popular Company, will by giving not-
ice be called upon by an agent or by
one of the Directors. Business calls
promptly attended to. Office, Dun -
Nnnon. J- M. RonERTs, Secretary.
at. Lahr Treasurer,
(] 0.'F. COURT
v. Sherwood,
.No. 5U, Lucknow.
Meets every first
and third. Mon-
•' days in eery
„a`month, in the Odd-
,,,fel.lows hall: Vis-
i+_bre-tl r"n"--a:'o care! -inn
T. • MAITIrn�.; Chief hanger. D.
YULE, Secretary.
A• O. U. W. .LUC E NO W LODGE
!le of the Ancient Order United
Workmen, meet in .the Oddfellows
hall, on the last and second Monday
evenings of each month at eight o'clock
Visiting brethern•cordially invited.
JouY PEART,' Master Workmen. A.
MCINTYRE, Recorder. '
UCK NO W ail E1 HANI'CS' INSTI-
tute ]!reading room open every
evening frons 6 to 10-p. m.,- excepting
Saturdays; when.' the hours will be
from 2 to 6 p.' m. The librarian will
be in •'attendance .during these hours.
D: 1). YULE, President. JAS. ,S'oMER-
YILLE, Secretary.-
JEiJTAL
y- S. JEROME, L' D.
tJ . S.', W ingharn, will be
in Lucknow on the second and fourth
Friday and Saturday of each month.
'Having purchased of large amount of
stock at reduced rates, I am prepared
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to ake • good sets 'of. teeth for $.10
and. the best that are made for $12.
Filling. and extracting a specialty.
J. S. JEROME,. -
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Insure. your farrlt property, private
dwelling, in the old reliable, the
LONDON -
MUTUAL.
—I AM ALSO AGENT FOR --
CITY MUTUAI,,
AND -CITIZEN`'.
Offres, A. ROSS'S harness shop, Luck -
now, Will be in the office every Sat-
urd6,y afternoon.
Geo, i Jt•:tnt, Agent, - t!.uckttu
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o econae re. A special meeting. of the m unicip r1
greatest conflagration Ithat had every couticil was held in council chamber on
occurred in the village was fortunately :r
Tuesday, April 15th. Present couu-
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averted on Sunday Bight mast by our crllors 'X'hontpsOii, i%1urdoch and Lyons,
` reeve` Bryant '•flat chair.' The - urin-
splendid system of waterworks zed • Ut : for•urer e ting were- read and -
the noble efforts of the Fire Brigade. 'FIQttgn corai`f',rtttecl. -
and the citizens generally. " Between'__ 1se• followi•, accounts were pre -
nine and ten o'clock ,, the.,- smell of. •dent d • and or motion of councillor
burning coal oil and e1othin, •atteact@.d•'' .titdoah, seconded by councillor
the attention• -of 'st nj •'C ti lalm.pson,Lave.re.,passe. _ai>.d.aord.ered,to.
u as no fire coin
aid.
but ld r'.. s�@�•�.any�Gher�,� ;� Tl)otutss • Douglas, 3 months
nothing panic lar;. r thQUg11 .. of f �a�a `y= as; ttg neer of the T,u;know
Suddenly, howe rer�. *tiles w e seH1t7. .atera ares,'
$100; Thomas Little;
to burst from bfe inane `"l'.tlice of salat
the rear of Mrr;�W .,, iI' la.rgR-e.v.�1:'1�,$`..- •, -
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d-ry goods store and ed a 'Ytfre mill n vThe only`. tender for, su iplying the
ery department. was. e0 'pOratioii' «ail h.; lu tuber rebs received
given,, but by this time..tthe .lyre, bad frprlr. I}.a"ia't. D'I:cC'iitroll, who agree.! to
.gained such headway th; t tlidse •Avlio supJal y it at the following prices
v.itnesse(1 dit ; res Before the arrtval' O'uilocls pial king up to .16 --feet, de -
of the firemen expressed the opinion liv -en•$6.75*per M.; Oeclar planking
that' nt power ori earth could save'the l up to. 16%`feet, delivered, /$11 -per -1VI.
entire bloc•lk from • destruction.. In Pirie planking up to 16 feet, delivered,
three .minutes from the first Stroke of $10 per M.. -..•Moved by councillor
the bell, the whistle. on the ergine Thompson, • seccinded- by councillor
house told that Engineer •1)oughts was &lurdoch, that Mr. McCarroll's tender
t.. . r lea o �'.,.,�. `.'arms
and in a few . minutes later the fire- Mov• iy councilor Lyons, sacond-
men had nine hundred , feet of hose' .;ed by cotincilior Thonipson, that
attaclied- to. the hydrants and three Messrs. McQuillan & -Co. be,paid in
heavy streams of water were playing full the balance of the contract price
upon the burning building. Front the for completion of waterworks system,
position of. the buildings it was a very less, $21, for reducers on condition that
difficult task to .get at the fire wl-tielr Mr:.McQuillan would 'leave ditohes• on
spread along the thither to 'the adjoin- Ilan elock street in.. a propel urotrdition.
ing stores and it. wits only by the —Carried,
great exertions of the firemen and the.
treinendous.quaritity of water thrown
into the buildiiigs that the, flames
were checked so promptly. A11_1.na
worked like heroes aid•w hen the, fire
was extinguisl.red eVerybody present
were loud in their praise; of the
excellent work donear by the ivItter-•
works and even those wlio had' Leets
opposed, to thein- all'alon_g,, candidly -
acknowledged that the waterworks
iad•sitved in property on this occasion
morethan the $10,.000 voted for their
instruction: Mr. Connell's loss- on
he millinery, stock, etc , on which he
nos an insurance of $500,. will reach
bout $1,000, but had the tire sue--
eeded in getting into .thinlnaiin buii�=
alb it would have reached many
housands' more: The' lgtss on • tilte
uildings will not exceed $500, which
s fully insured: •How, the fire origin -
ted. is a - mystery, .but some believe
hat the. place was set on re, with
he avowed intention of destrfioying the
whole block; which forms 'the largest
ortion of the business places of the
illage. This may be the case, but we
vould rather believe that it resulted
nom • an aociderit, but as the fire
ppears to have started, on the landing
f the stairway near the 'millinery
apartment dont', the. question is, how
id. anyone get there, or what , wet e
ley doing there on Sunday . night i
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lllolyrood , Literary.
The most popular institute of the
day ! Everybody pleased, amused .and
instructed.
"Be gob an' its complete intoir'ly,"
says the Irishman.
"Eet ees ze best zing in ze kintree,"
says the Frenchman.
"Its 'the 1urndest bed thing I ever
seed or 'rearm tell on," drawls the back-
woods Yai►kee.
"I • Jinks it von grand institutions
alret.ty," puts in the Dutchman.
"\Neel, wee!, they hae a brew teem
.'t," assents the Lowland roan.
The Highland flans thinks they can
bust, spoke so good as so ma-nys iso•
few?'
All classed creeds and nationalities
have spent many pleasant evenings
together, but the short eig,ints and the
busy seasoi ,rendered it necessary that
,the debates should be stepped for. -a
while and last Friday night saw- the
last one of the season. The few who
managed to wade through the nrud are
unanimous -in saying that it ss as the
best debate of the season. , The sub,
jeot was The Dual Language Bill.
The captains wereaffirmative, 10.
Valens, negative I:44', _ileKenzie. , The
,decision wad., given. in, favor.r.f the
affirmative:.
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Mr. McQuillan agreed to throw off
the 621 for the reducers and ,also fill
ditch on Havelock street.
Moved by councillor Lyons, seconded
by councillor Murdoch, that solicitor
be instructed to draft a�by-law to
appoint auy n u m ber of, '80 '04,1 consta-
1,les in cases of fires to •protect tire
appliances, etc., and to. maintain order:
—Carred
Moved by councillor 'Lyons, seconded
by councillor Murdoch,. that Reevehryai and councillor Thompson be a.
committee to ;puri;hast, hose reel at
once and also, trereceive qquotati.,ns,•ou•
rubber coats, boots,. etc., 'for -ueof
�,ra-ncinlitti. ' Committee-,toa report at
next nd,eetinc.
Moved by councillor Murdoch, sec
onded by councilor Thotnpsol, that
clerk write Secretary McLean of- the
Unddr'writere Association, • Toronto
and regbeit-theur to•seird up Engineer
Peel to inspect our- waterworks- system
and ,procure. the town a better rating-.
—Curried.
A -petition, signed by about 75 of
the priecipal ratepayers of• tho village
was presented to the council praying
thein to . render settee assistance to
Kenneth McL-nc1. 'who, was . very
seriously injured whiny assisting. tire-
nien to extinguish' tiro fire at •Mr.
Northcote's house a few weeks ago.
Moved by councillor Lyons, seconded
by councillor Murdoch, that the sum
of $$25 be granted to Mr.'i%1cL.;ud. —
Carried._•
I•teeve Bryan reported'tlf:+t some of,
OA. inembers of the Lacrosse club had
waited upon. him and requested that
c,uticil take some ' action in regard to
procuring a recreation •;;rounds for the
citizens and young people ofthe village.
Moved - by councillor Thorps.un,
seconded -b. y• councillor ' Lyons, . that
Reeve Bryan and councillor Murdoch 1
be a ceininittee to see about procuring
some, r'ecr'eation grounds if possible,;—•
Carried
Move.d by councillor Murdoch, Pec
onded by councillor Lyons, that
Messrs. DtcQnitlan & Co., of Toronto,.
he tendered the hearty and sincere
thanks. of this council for furnishing'
our town with, and comp.Ieting, so
promptly and satisfactory,. what ii
uncl'nubtecll•y the finest syste'r»•of.water-
works,, for lire protection in the Do-
mi-niou of Canada, aid; also that a
°hearty vote'of thanks be tendered Mr.
Thomas McQiiillan for the exceedingly
pronrtrt manner in -which he respond'rd
to the telegram requesting hits to
conte up and replace the damaged
hydrant on Campbell street, which
was broken during the'tyfiize on Sunday
night,—Oar•ied enanitnously.
H. Moniust t, Clerk.
(From the Goderich Signal )
Wednesday hist one of the most sot'
rowful events that has corse upon any
fa,tuily 'in Uoderich in many years .nu.-
curred in the loss of the fishing boat
Parisian and her..orew, the three Mathe-
son boys.' About seven Q'clocic in the
morning the fleet set out for the fishing
grounds, the morning being Eine, and
the iirdieations tiding for a fir daj>
-Fai•Jy in the•foreuonu,_•.howev, =
-h:eavyinist set.rn olid the iudidations.•".
were fur what the sailors earl irty
weather." Pdwar;ds noon the •9sF ii .4e
had become so unmistakable diet pre-
parations were made by the flttet for
returning; to •the harbor, some twelve �,..
or, fifteen miles distant. When about
half way on the return- trip the sto.•rn
broke over- th- returning boats with
-great fury _aud_rtooesaita;ted
man -ship on the part of. the crew of each
boat• to save stcanip.ina Robert '-
+Clarke's boat; which is .sailed 'by Jolan,
• Auguest ud a crew from Hayfield, was
about t mites in advance of the Par
• isian on t e return trip. • When about
s�x�t�iles��i��A�r-u4����`
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the Matheson boys make effort tee .reef
their sail, and just -about the sante time
he and his crew ,had to r,,pidiy shorten
sail on his own boat. After' this had.
been doue they looked to see how th.e.
Parisian was' doing, • out not ala 'speck
could be seer, where.,a.ns�inate or two
before she liad been stiliug homeward
bound. Nothing but the turbulent
waters crested" with "ohne-cops?' greet-
ed*the eyes • of John August and his
crew. Thinking, however, that the -
.shortening of sail had capsed..i e'Paris--
iixlrtoiie uud•iscanti ble, aiid:a astort.n r
was now at its height; •tha•crew• of the
Ct ire a boat; turned all t1isir attention,
to, *king ftr4odericlr harbor, Which;'
tlr#>,Y reaehe$e' aShoorty `after four o'clock
a-aal:ou,t an...hour and a• half`afteir.61?..e�'
had their last -view of • the..ill-fated•
Fatisia11.
Anent .s -re e'eleckithe •tti�A Cllcic1
and S ibold.and the tishing..sinac.k•Ma.•
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p -e Leaf, the consort of the Orcealcaq,.
arrived ire -the- laar•b,ii•, 'having been be ----
h of the Parisian ori the return• trip;..
b -u --they fail -into find trace, o ' her. -
although.. h. tv reach the' I u Ger they..
rue ` hive passer!•. icer hid she bee'ri..:
afloat.
When it was knoivrr that she had
not been sighted -by tb---late re, urnie e.
boats, telegrams .veer,,. ,;'int to L'.yfrld+
itn'd other points in the -hope, .snit it.
might be learned that the bort having
through some means become. unntair-- -
ageable�.lia8 drift 4'u ore, arid• time^
her crew had been sav-ed 't:trt'all'e i�te.
to- fiid truce or tkdtiigs concerning thein
have, up to the present;...papared uu.-•
availing., a '
Tho opinion expressed'. Ey'sars is+ ,
that the boat shipped a lieavy sea, and`
being heavily laden with nets. and- Itai-
last and ht-eilg built on the sharprsteru,;•
pattern, she ` pitched '.forward • and
foundered:
The Matheson boy., Donald,' Wits;
1iairv.and John, were•agezd respectively .
20, 18 and 15 years: 1'h 't wK - • elder
had three or four years' experience as- •
fishermen, but "trhe youngest lady+wens.
only out on. his second ,trip: They
werer,the chief --support of .their aged
father and Mother, the latter being
almost helpless as far a.- a.;t7ive . Work -
is concerned..'
The sad fate of the -thr yott•nt; nen -
has stirred the hearts of our peoplenni1
it is to .be hoped. the systipatley will not
be confined to words.. The. breadwirr•
ners of the Matheson faitsi:lyslra.r;e,been.
removed in • a sadderu acrd • startling.
tn&Iuner, and'these n•ho'cnnd•)IO should'
bear. the fa•;t in. inind. The survivors•.
of. the family are left in destitute cin.
cuinstal) ces anal nn eti•,art shuul0 be
'made' to do a,,ntethi,ng _for them in tile
way of relief, now that they have been
bereft .of their natural providers
Mr. Duncan Ross, f -n'n erly of~' the
firer of I). &" 12.. Jtoss, left fast week
161. ,Teeswatei'.
A sermon in memory of cher late'
Wm. Sanderson was preached in dirt
Methodist church on Sunday last • by, --
the Rev. R.:Carson.
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