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The Huron News-Record, 1887-11-23, Page 1.,r '11444414141-14.45 mea Minim, lit 4lrlvettiro,, IND3PLNDENT IN 4LL 2'IilNQS, N•lsUTlt4L 13 NATIIING. WHI 'El.V . TORA, 14lionener s VIII?. VIII. --'NO. 49 We have just purchased a line of Shirts & Drawers At a reduction of 25 per cent. en regular prices, and we now offer them at 75c, A. PIECE. They are worth $1.00 and should be seen at once by shrewd buyers who appreciate a BARGAIN. We carry a Magnificent Stock of FINE UNDERCLOTHIING, IN ALL SIZES. Large people who find it difficult to gat proper sizes should come and see us. We can fit them. We also show • BOYS —;— UNDERCLOTHING 1 IN CANADIAN AND SCOTCH LAMB'S WOOL. Children's Combination Suits ! In FINE IMPORTED GOODS. - Gloves and Mitts We have a full assortment in Gloves, and Mitts of every description. lig Seo our Stock before you buy. Jactsoll Bros., Hatters and Furriers. goat tom/nuance Goderich. Mr. H. Clueas ate his. Thanks- giving turkey at home. Thursday was.. observed as a holi- day by all our storekeepers. Miss Grace Polley returned home for Thanksgiving Day. THE NEWS -RECORD has stirred up our people on the R. R. question. • Mr. and Mise Macdermott have returned to tdwn. The town band played on .the square last Saturday evening. Snow, adcompanied by a high wind, fell the greater part of Sun- day. • The fortnightly meeting of the High School Literary Society next Friday. • .Mr. L. E. Dancey, barrister of Seaforth, was in town last Wed- nesday. • Regular semi-monthly meeting of Huron•Encampmeht No. 28, I.O.O. F., next Monday evening. The alterations and improvements 'at the north side of the harbor will be commenced shortly. ' .Dir'. Porter, of Wiarton, is the contractor. Mr. P. Kelly, of Blyth, was in' town last Saturday. The gentleman seems to have enjoyed his recent trip•to our great Northwest. . Captain Babb took the life boat out last week, and the weather tieing squally, an excellent practice was the result. The water iu and around` .the harbor has been phenomenally low the past two months, lower than it hbs been for many years. Mr. Marlton is making great haste with the tug he is building, having a much larger number of hands employed. There were• several shooting parties out on Thanksgiving Day. The results were meagre in the ex- treme, three pigeons being all the game obtained. In our last we reported that Dr. McMicking had sprained his ankle, whereas the gentleknan broke the small bone of the leg at the ankle joint. Tho fishing boats were. pulled out of the water on Wednesday. During the work a young man named Mur- ray (who was steering one of the boats) turned a complete somersault into the bubbling lake. Everybody present except the diver had a hearty laugh at the mishap. CLINTON-, HURON COUNTY,' ONT., WEDNESDAY, NOVgiVIBER 23, 1887. goat Coxkel pod*nce WHOLE NO.471. Goderich. There was Divine Service in Knox church on Tbankegiving day. A number of our young people took in the calico ball in Clinton on Thuraday. Mr. Chas. A. Nairn returned from his Detroit trip on Wednesday evening. Mr. H. Meyer, barrister, of Wingham, was in town. on Thanks- giving day. The steam barge Myles, after de- livering hor wheat, loaded a quan- tity of salt and left again for Port Arthur, via Sarnia. The usual sale of lands for taxes took place in. the town hall last week, the treasurer, Mr. W. L. Horton, conducting the auction. Colin Patterson. was charged be- fore Mayor Seager last week with theNlarceny of a billiard -ball, the property of the proprietor of the AIbion hotel. The evidence being very strong the defendant was com- mitted for trial. A number of Orangemen were in town last week for the purpose of holding a meeting of the Black Chapter. We had a call from Messrs. Sir Knights George Hanley, A. M. Todd, John Scarlett, A. Anderson and Thos. Kearns, who were attend- ing the session. The meeting was a very successful one and several candidates were advanced. Mr. Ed. Stotts, of Detroit, for- merly of this place, spent five days last week visiting his many old friends in this neighborhood. Ed• who is prospering in his adopted home, has altered but little since leaving the circular town. While in town he visited Huron Lodge No. 62, I. 0. 0. F:, of which he is still a member, and received a most cordial greeting from the brethren present. On Friday morning the house in St. Andrew's ward owned and occu- pied by Mr. R. Aldsworth took fire and was burned to the ground. The furniture was in greater• part saved, but a large quantity of potatoos and other vegetables stored iu the cellar _vas destroyed. The fire originated around the chimney, and the high wind' prevailing caused it to spread with such. rapidity. that it was one burning mass when the engine arrived near the scene. The railway rneeting..called for yesterday week was held in the town hall, His worship ..Mayor Seeger presiding. At one time there were nearly two hundred per- sons present, but at the eloee not over a third of that number., The speeches throughout were of little interest as regards the commence- ment or location of a railway, but were brimfull of hits at the mem- bers of the eouucil. Ono old gen- tleman after hammering away at the council turned his attention to the Goderich correspondent of this journal but as �it was mixbd up yyith,, 'something'about hot whiskey hi back rooms, much of the very inter- esting discourse was lost. When the haze,'kengendered by the po- tenf • liquid mentioned had dis- persed,• a few lines `'rom a recent. issue of this journal were intel.li- bibly read, the purl i t 'of which was that the present• :: wn council had done more work t i r, t' any coup-. cil the past ten years. After mak- ing the quotation the si:.••iker shout-• . ed"Nobody denies it, lint the citi- zens committee forced them to do it." Forced them to' do what1 As the gentleman had only just before remarked that the council had not done anything to forward R R. matters, and as we are unaware of any power conferred on the citizen's committee to direct the council in its municipal work, it seems that the committee actually forced the council to do nothing, The attack was made because we recently stated that Mr. Kidd's letter would not have appeared if the town coun- cil had handed over its duties to the citizen's, coarmittee—i.e. the nice old gentleman. It is to be regrett- ed -that there should bo such bicker- ing over a nr,ittor of such impor- tance to .the town, but whenever thore is any one individual who imagines he controls the world, thorn will bo found those who differ from him. We have refused to bow to and worship the golden calf, and the substitution of an equally harmless animal has not changed our opini rn of idol wor- ship. At the close of the meeting a number of gentlemen were added to the citizen's committee, and as among then' are some of our fore- most townsmen much good should follow. Bat before such a desir- able result can happen, there must bo unanimity, and the keeping in proper subjection of that individual, whoever he may be, whose exces- sive bumptiousness makes notoriety his only object. goad Gol'f's pe deace Goderich. Mr. F. W. Johnston returned from his Ottawa trip on Saturday. The Harvest Honie Festival at North St. Methodist Church on the evening of Thanksgiving Day was largely attended. The evening commenced with au excellent supper, and concluded with enter- taining musical and literary selec- tions, in which well-known Rim -- bets of the choir took the loading numbers. The church was hand- somely„ festooned with fruits, flowery, cereals, vegetables and other products of the soil, which were arranged so harmoniously and prominently thrall present could appreciate the paternal care of the ruler of the universe, and • join heartily in the prayers and songs of praise that acknowledged His bountiful gifts to the liuebandman. At The Harbor* The schooner Melvina unloaded at the G. T. elevator on Saturday, and has taken up a winter berth in this harbor. The schooner Gulnair unloaded at the big mill on Saturday, and afterwards took up a position in -the harbor for .the Winter. The schooner Ariel loaded the balance of the cargo of the wrecked Norris, about 50,000 foot of lumber, and sailed for Detroit. After dis- charging at that port she will pro - coed to Sandusky for a cargo of coal for Mr. John Platt. The schooner Melvina from Sar- nia with corn for the G. T. elevator arrived in port on Wednesday, in tow of the tug Hattie Haight. Tho Melvin sailed. from Chicago for Goderich, but had to seek the Shelter of the river during a storm. The schooner Ariel arrived off this port while the Myles was aground at the mouth of the harbor, and trying to eater between the south pier and the Myles, struck the pier and passed to south of it. The anchor was lot go and the boat brought up. The Ariel swinging near the pier was hauled around it into the harbor. The Ariel suffered but little if any damage by the mishap. • o• Tho steam barge Myles, with` the schooner Gulnair in tow, arrived off this port at 9 p. m., on Wednesday evening. Both --boats had eargees of wheat for the big mill, the for- mer 38,000 bushels and the latter 22,000. When about to enter be- tween the piers the Myles struck and remained fast on the bar. Her. bow commenced to swing about and in a 'short time swung around be- tween the piers from whence she was pulled into the harbor. A change of wind to westward, which raised . the water considerably, the assistance of the tug Hattie Haiglet and a free use of her wheel, en- abled the Myles to reach hor dock before midnight. • • Editor News-Reeord. Municipal office seekers hayey,al- ready begun to intrude themselves upon public attention here. It is rumored tthat Mr. Seager and Mr. Radcliff will again enter the arena as aspirants for the mayoralty.. The in- terests of the town demand that the best men should now be chosen for the management ':of our affairs. It will require the best energies of our most sterling citizens to unravel the diffi- culties into which our present custo- dians of the public interest have in- volved • the. - water -works, and the electric light questions and other matters in which our town is deeply interested. At present there seems little else than hesitation and confus- ion. The' citizens should now bestir themselves. and select e'en of well known decision and firmness of ^char- acter, who have the judgment to de- , and thii-caurage to act, that we may not longer be the prey Dither of designing and unscrupulous, or of utterly incompetent men. It is truo there is a scarcity of good material, yet we have a couple of men in our amidst who are eligible for the position of chief magistrate and either of Whom would do credit to the office. I refer to Mr. Garrow and Mr. Ctimp ion. These are men whose sterling qualities as first class business inen would prove a boon to the town in its present important crisis, and they are really tho only men we have who would prove equal to the neces, sitios of the occasion. • I dare say that if a good requisition were got up, and much pressure brought to bear it would bo found that ,the patriotism of either one of these men could be moved suffici- ently to induce hire to step into the broach and rescue us from our pre- sent very unsatisfactory position. You will confer a favor on our town by publishing this in your spirited jour- nal, which it appears to me is much more extensively read or at all events has much more influence than any of the local papers. ANXIOUS CITIZEN. Goderich, Nov. 21st, 1887. wool c orreopentieaee f oderieh. Dir. and IVirs. E. N. Lewis re turned from their honeymoon- trip on Monday evening. Mr. T. I3,. Van Every has received his appointment as Deputy Marshal of the Marine Court, Goderich District. A most 'excellent selec tion. • Mr. Robert Porter, M. P., ar- rived in town on Monday afternoon. Yesterday' the-gentlei,Ran left for the north to-, enquire into matters connected with -the postal facilities of his riding. Dir. H. W. Ball will, ou Friday, the day after to -morrow, sell by public auction, at the residence next to *old agricultural grounds, the whole• of the household effects of Mr. G. J. Green who is leaving town. This will be an excellent opportunity for those needing household furniture to buy at their own prices. Ttitclters pith. Miss Maggie Richardson spent Thanksgiving with her sister Mrs. Jas. Landsborough. Mr. J. Thorp has decided to re- main in the house on the Alexander farm for the winter. Mr. David Walker will again be a candidate for the reevoship of Tucker= ith. Tho now school at Hanna's 'cor- ner was oitiened last Monday with an attendance of something less than 20. The young men of Turner's .church spent Thanksgiving in mak- ing a sidewalk from the church to the road. DIr. D. McIntosh Will resign his position as Deputy -reeve of Tucker - smith as it interferes too much with his professional work. He is said to have filled tho position sat- isfactorily. dlruccficid A largely attended thanksgiving service was "held in the Union Church here on• Thursday last. The Rev. Mr. Hartt of Varna ad - 'dressed the large congregation in a feeling manner on the duty of thaulcfullness every day, and this day being especially•set apart by the powers that he should bo ob- served by all, christian people. the—Rev: Mr:- Simpson, -phitteir "of this church, followed, naming some of the thiugs be should bo thank- ful for : Peace in all our Domin- ion as compared with the troubled state of Europe ; a good harvest though not so abundant as our brothers and sons have been reap- ing in the Northwest ; And that the law had been carried'out in the case of the Chicago "Anarchists— then a prayer that law defying charlatans would not get a footing in this fair land. This is an outline only of the very appropriate- ad- dresses.. Varna. A tea -meeting will be held in the Methodist ;buret' on Wednes- day evening. A good time is ex- pected. We glad to learn that Mrs, J. McNaughton is recovering from her illness and wo hope soon to 809 her around again. We aro sorry. to learn that. Mr. John Boles of Clinton is keeping so ill; we aro in • deep- sympathy with his family and also Mr. Thos. Boles and wife who have to bo in constant attendance on him: Now ladies do not be in a burry iu buying your porsian lamb jackets, as Andrew Duncan Esq. has ° dis- covered a new method'in growing the polts of these .creatures. \Vo expect he will•take out a patent in the spring, and ladies you will be sure to get cheap bargains. It is with painful regret that wo record the death of Miss Stewart, better known as "Anutio" Stewart who died on Friday of last week and was • buried ou the fol- lowing . Sunday. Tho bereaved family have the full sympathy of the community. Miss Susan Rubinson who for the past three years has been clerk- ing in Mr. Morrow's store has gono to Cheboyagan, Mich., where she is going into a large dry goods store. We wish this young lady every success. She will be greatly missed in the circle of our young friends, but what is our loss we hope will be her gain. There was a narrow escape the other evening as Mr. and Mrs. Erratt were returning home from Seaforth. The evening was' very dark and meeting Mr. Forest on the road their two vehicles camp in contact with each other,upsetting Mr, and Mrs. Erratt, dislocating Mr. Erratt's shoulder and doing other injuries to Mrs. Erratt, and damaging the vehicle. p f; ocitX (5art pondetzce Bayfield. Everybody should take THE NEWS•RECgnD Our harbor piers had a big break ou the north side some timo ago No. notipe has been taken, of it ane a sand bar is forming across the en trance. Our harbor, somewhat bleased by nature, has been cursed by • the stupid pigheadedness of Governmentengineers and inspec- tors. The only advantage of the spites is that. our framers get thein at a cheap rate. A bunch of matches would have protected our harbor as much as they have dono. We have found out who the fellow is that has been scribbling such a pack of hes to the "Seaforth Expositor" and "Clinton Era" rela- tive to the people of this quiet and orderly municipality. This fellow is an itinerant agent for the sale of apple trees, and also bronze monu- ments for burial grounds; and is noted for his funny walk and the peculiarity of his 'voice, which is„ soinething like the wind whistling through the vacuum of a deserted rat hole:—This vara anis is a com- plete stranger to us, and hails from the neighborhood of St. Thomas, and must have inure brass in his composition than bronze in his rnohuments, to speak and write as he has done of this village. We advise him to mind his own busi- ness, and not act the part of a meddlesome fool, or it may nos be wholesome for him. — General Holmes of the "Era" must be a Mau of war. He says in his last issue "that a constable went north to serve Scott Act papers and be• cause two men said where is the inspector, that the said constable ,put•his revolver into their faces"— we don't believe the man would do anything of the kind without pro- vocation • but the wish of Holmes is the "father of the thought," and more shame for him to express him- self as ho has done iu paper. How would General Holmes like a bullet in the butt down lug? or an upset off of his bicycle and his neck broken? and yet ho talks of putting revolvers in people's faces because they asked.'lvhere was the inspector. The Scott Act gentry are of the same religion'of Mahotned, for they are to convert us by compulsion, by acts of parliament, revolvers and the sword. goal gear opolldore Barfield. Robt. 1ieed died hero Tuesday of last week. He died rather sud- denly though ho bad been ailing from heart disease for years. His I age was 40 years. ' F. W. Baer, a native of Lou- don, Eng., died here on the 7th, aged 52 years. He served in the Sappers and Miners in the Crimean war, for which ho received a Inedal. He also saw service in the India Mutiny. He was an engineer. He had been in poor health ever since he came here. He leaves a widow and six small children not very -.3telLpxovided fm•, • ,ORANGE OYSTER SUPPER.—On Tuesday of last week an oyster supper was gotten up under the auspices of the L. 0. L. 24. The weather was. unfavorable and the crowd smaller than expected. A Verysudden death in the neighbor- hood prevented many froth being present. Tho Bayfield brethren are noted for doing things up in good style and the supper was no• exception to the rule. Oysters,. salmon, sardines, etc.,, etc., were in" abundance, and a right good time was enjoyed by everybody present. Many regrets' were expressed •at the absence of the old veteran Orange- man, Bro. W. W. Connor. Bros. E. Floody, C. M., and J. C. Meyers were voted to the chair and vice - chair. The chairman was support- ed on the right by • Bro. A. M. Todd, D. C. M., and on the left by Bro. John Pollock, District Master of Stanley: - Tho programme was. then gone into and the toasts of "The Queen," "Governor-Goneral," etc., responded to very heartily; "The Old Veteran, W. W. Connor," was responded to by singing' "For he's a jolly good fellow ; "Tho Orange Order," by Bros. J.' C. Meyers and A. M. Todd; song by Bro. W. Johnston ; "Agricultural Interests;" by Bros• Townshend and George Castld; song by ];ro. M. Wells; "The Educational Inter- ests," by Mr; Geo. Anderson ; reci- tation, Bro. J. C. Meyer ; song, ]3ro. W: Johnston ; "Orange Young 13ritons," responded to by 13ro. John Pollock in a highlysatis- factory manner, clearly showing that the 0. Y. 13.'s of Bayfield are a credit to the Order in South Hur- on; The Dairy "Interests," by Bro. M. Wells; "South Huron County Orange Lodge," by the County Master and Deputy C. M.; "The Press," by Bro. A. M. Todd ; "Tho Ladies," by Mr. Geo.Anderson. Tho Meeting was brought to a close by singing the National Anthem. Tho evening was one of the tnost pleasant and profitable we have spent for a long time. Gatherings of this kind have a tendency to strengthen the Order, and every Orange Lodge in South Huron should have at least one or two reunions every year. The brethren would have an oppor- tunity to mingle together and talk of matters out of•the regular routine of business, and thus a new stimulus would ho given the mem- bers. The result to the Order would be beneficial in many ways. ,No. 24 is prosperous and we hope it may ever continue so. - -- IloIinesvlle. Mrs. Wade of this place will take up her residence with her sister, Mrs. Wright of Berlin, on the re- moval of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Knox, to Clinton. Wednesday evening of last week a Dumber• of the members of St. •Johns church met at the residence of Mrs. Samuel Holmes on hospi- table intent bent. They were re- ceived in the kindest manner pos- sible. Obtaining an interview with Miss Maggio Holmes they stated the object of their visit which will be best learned by reacting the following address. To Miss Margaret Holmes: DEAR FRIEND,—Tire congregation of St. John's church have met here this evening to show in some way their appreciation of your valuable services as organist of the church. Not only have they observed your self-denying efforts in this respect, hut that also in 'everything else as re- gards the welfare of the church you always have been one of the prime movers as well as one of the prin- cipal workers. They cannot allow all this to pass by unnoticed, and would therefore ask your acceptance of these articles to show that your kindness is not unappreciated nor your indefatigable efforts for the pros perity of the chnreh e -noticed. They fervently t. • : - .', u y in will long be spared to fill the important place you now occupy, and that Prov- idence will shower down upon you and yours His most bountiful and richest blessings, both for time as well as for eternity. The presentation was made by Mrs. Knox and Miss Katie Rich- ardson on behalf of the congrega- tion. Miss Holmes thanked theta - ?or their expressions of good will and their flattering appreciation of ' her services, however poor they might be, also for the beautiful presents accompanying the address,. The. presents consisted of a silver cruet., pair silver pickle stands -and silver sugar bowl. A pleasanteven- ing was afterward spent, during which an enjoyable repast, provided with the well • known liberal- ity of.the:hostess, was partaken off. Chicago Corresp do deuce. We aro also pleased to say that Mr. R. Walker.,(formerly of Bititli,) but for some time past employed in Detroit, has joined his brother, Mr. Joe Walker, (formerly of THE NEw S•RECCRD,) in Chicago, and has accepted a position in one of the leading retail dry goods houses as a salesman,' and has`pi ihisingsuccess. • A meeting was called here last week for the purpose of organizing a Canadian league. Its object is to lookup all:Canadians of this great city who propose making it their home for the future, and have them take the oath of allegiance. There are 80,000 .Canadians in Chicago and the ,reports of the last .electiou show that out of this large number only 2,000 voted. This clearly. shows that although the young men of Canada leave for this country they still .hold true to their native country. The friends of Alfred and Will H. Thomas, (sous of 1Lev. R. Thomas,) formerly of Clinton, but latterly of Chicago, have moved to Omaha, Neb., on a large increase of salary. Alfred, the oldest son, has accepted a position as book keeper in a wholesale' grocery house, and Will H. has once more accepted a position with Mr. Kilpatrick, (for- merly of Cleveland,) but no►i' hax :r wholes,ile dry goods house iu Omaha, This makes the third time Will H. has taken a position with 11Ir. Kilpatrick, which shows that his business principles are apprecia- ted. Ofir only wish is that they may continuo in the line of success in future as they have in the past. —Tire perpetrator of the vitriol throwing at Norwich, where Miss McMurchy, school teacher, was in- jured, has written a letter to the Secretary of the School Board, in which he avers he will not let her rest "till she or 1 are in our graves," * 'For other local matter see editorial page. w .• u