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WING-11A1\L ONT., FRIDAY, APRIL IL 1890,
--ATTRACTIVE GOODS—
)n Dress Goods and Trimmings,
Mu dins and Eutbroideries,
Gloves and Hosiery,
Prints and Oinghams,
Cottons and Shirtings
--et.TTRACTIVF; PRICICS —
In every department, that toll ti
own, tale of ehespneS, and
-totind.to please every buyer.
are
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THE BEeit, April 11,1890.
• LOCAL NEWS.
—Just arrived, 2501be pure maple sugar,
4°4400 at It Hine
Ars 5 J Anderson and son john left foe
• their homete Manitoba, ou Wednesday.
• •-11F Gender has decided to remain ir,
'town until Wiughau becomeu a city.
—Last Saturday a baseball match was
'played du the .park betweeu two of the
junior clubs of the town.
F Gerster is the oldest and has
'proved himself the toast reliable jeweler
in teem.
Hill's is the only elite() in town
where you can buy the pure Maple sugar..
—The Tians will he sent to any address
from now to the cud of the year for 05
assets.
—Ladies' New Dram Goods aud Prints,
Eveuing Shawle,Lacee, Gloves and hosiery
at M H MoIndoe'e,
Farmers in the towuships, adjacent to
Wingham, began plowing ou the 5Ir
instant.
—Just arrived -10 °ascii of oranges and
lemons, also betiatitte, pine apples and all
other fruits. at this Sttu, Restauraut.
—The• Tures office turned out a neat
abulated pedigree card this .week for
Messes,Johnston Br.,horseineestrolea,
Ont.
—Mr James Angus offers his d -welling
lisintee and one or more acres of land for
sale See hie advertisement, in another
column.
--New maple sugar in abundance and
cheapen in town, at Jas McKelyie's.
• —Mr D Sutherland, tinsinith, bite his
staff busily engaged on a large order for
'tieware lately received from it Listowel
• dealer.
—E F Gerster can AU a prthentation or
• s 'other special orders within twenty-four
et. hours.
' —A meeting qf the committee appointed
to form a joint stook company for the our -
'pose of securing fair grouuds, will be held
this (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'Clock, in the
9kren's hotel.
—if your watch or clock is out of repair
take it to E F Gerster and get it repaired,
• .13e will give you good satisfaction.
/Or -Mr W F Dulmage left Toronto for
Regina, North-West Territories with two
• oar loads of horses, on Monday.kte docs
not expeet to return for a couple of
E F Gerster makes a specialty of
making nionagram br000hes, eer-drope,
booquet and tie pins.
Mr Wm Clegg shipped ten car loads
of pease to Portland, for export to Liver.
pool, this week)per Grand Trrink Reit-
wt.y.
—A. nice line of baby carriages jus
received at S. Graoey's furniture store,
Wingham.
----Mr Robt Orr is expected home from
South Carolina in the cou,ree of a couple Of
weeks. His health is greatly improved
since he went South:
—Mr James Angus, while attending to
his horses, on Monday, received a severe
kick iu the face from one of them. His
face was badly bruised, one Of his eyes
being swoolet shut.
months.
—Our stook of Gents Furhishings, such
as shirt's, °oilers, •ouffs, ties, all kinds of
uuderwea'r, &e, is very large and weft be
beat for quality or price.
• J ; Rowan & See.
—Two tramPs, giving their names as
Frank Wood and John Hartley, appeared
before the Mayor on Monday, charged
with vagrancy. They were committed to
Goderich jail for ten days, and were taken
there on Monday afternoon by County
Coustable Russell.
—G T R trains for Toronto and east
leave Wingham at 6.30 a.m. and 11.10 a.m.
vi W G & 13 Division, and at 6.45
and 3.40 p. m., via . Clinton and Guelph.
Good connections by all treble.
—Pineapples and Imams, ii,t B, Hill's.
—Good Friday was generally observed
as a hoisklaY•
—Mr .41 11 NoIndoe auuounoes the ar-
rival of new, fresh and seasonable goods.
Read his adirertiseMeate in, another col-
umn.
Me It jf Robinson, councillor eloot for
ard No, 1, has resigued histhition ou
pi
account of continued ilhhealth.)
A new
eleetiou Will shortly be held to fill the
vaoauoy. t
—Ao eicellent young horse for sale at
Kelviu Grove fem. This animal is well
trained and is capable of enduring hard
wells, is rising 4, and is strong, willing and
motive; the property of Mr James Crows -
ton, Langside, Ont.
—The farm stook and implements of
tars R H Cook, of let 29, con 13, Eat
Wawatiosh, will be sold by public auction
on Tuesday,April 1.5the Sale at 1 o'clook.
Terrns—Ten months credit ou gums over
65.• John Currie, auctioneer.
—Dress and reelable making acme
promptly and to order by the Mims
Baxter ae their home on Victoria. Street,
opposite. the old .Poet Office.
—Mr Samuel Grigg, of the Grigg house,
London, •formerly of this town, has de-
cided to retitle from the hotel businees, it
is said, and has leased his house to his
brother, Mr Thos K Grigg.
—On and after the 5th instant, Messrs 5.
J Honauth ,ft. Son will sell all kinds of boots
and shoesat cost for cash. Call and see the
immense stock aud get borne of the bar-
gains.
—Mr Win Mulheron, Of Stratford, rep-
resenting Totem of Health Co,,was iu town
last itteek. He says this celebrated cura-
tive is gaining rapidly in peblio favor.
Claishohn's corner drug store 'is the Wing -
ham ageuoy. •
—The Old Reliable Star Restaurant
takes the load in all it' linos. Jae lira.
Kelvfe.
—The parlor concert held at the resi-
dence of Mr Chas Lloyd, ou 'Friday even-
ing last, under the auspices of the W
0 T U, was a moat enjoyable affair. Tie
.house,was well filled, aui a good pro.
gramme was admirably carried out.
—11 you want a genuine good clothes
wriuger go and see thoth kept by James A.
Cliue & Co. Something new, very okettp.
—.Rev TW Mitgahy, of St Marys, died
of puenutonia, last Friday. Deoeased had
recently remelted from Seaforth, The
interment took piece at Lthan, on Mon.
day. The deceased at ono Vine was rector
of rjhriSt36 Church, Tfisiowel, and was 4,
lowili.law of Ur ;John. Citiephelt, of that
—We haveto record the death of Mrs
L James, relict Of the late Edward
James. The deceased bad been a resi-
dent of Winghana for some yrs, remov-
ing here froin Bak Wasve,nosli. She had
been a great sufferer for the past year or
more from a complication of diseases,
The interment took place on Monday last,
in the Wingliatre cemetery,
— Apples by the peck, bushel or barrel,
at It Hill's.
— The Brussels Post suggests the forma -
thin of a County League, composed of the
following base ball clubs: Winglean,
"The Unions," Brussels, Listowel, Sea.
forth, Clinton aud Exeter; that each
club play one game in each town, making
town.
—Gents' elotheteolettned, d '
vitl repaired
awl pressed also ladieer' mete and dresses On
'dyed and premed, Satief Action guarenteea.
Shop ofi Victoria St., next door to Ahr
lant's shoe shop. MITCOMat
.•Mr John liktnner, cit Mitchell, retire-
ng.the BA Electric Licht Company,
o 'mete, and tefr Allen, Secretary of
Dollen o Bieetrio Light Ceinpatiy, of
Naterford,'Nvere in town on Monday inter-
viewing the town Council eudeue business
t
men in regard to taking light, The
Wee, end then waded to shore. Had be I eteffiete se see, Jae a, Cline J4 CO, Thno
Council proceedings in another miming,
nob been an expert swirateer, ti re is no
gives the aotiausa that herly in regard to Leslie, Miss E Murphy, E It Talbot, X
—As will be seen by notioe, iu another
Column, the merchants aud businese men
of the town have entered into an agreement
to close their places of Wetness at 7 o'clock
each evening during the summer months,
except Saturdays and ,days preceding t,
public holiday. The public should make a
netts of this.
—Gents' run Dress Shirts, Ties and
Gime ; New styles in Collars and Cuffs ;
complete range of Suitiugs, at M ra 24,
tilaoes.
.—For neat and cheap job primting —note
heads, letter heads, bill head, circulars,
programmes, business cards, .sale bills,
peeters, or iu fact any kind of job printieg,
give the Tien a call. We have just Put
in a new job prose and a quantity of ,job
type, and are in a better position than
e'er for turning out first-class work.
WHOLE. NO, 950
•r.14114) School Board,
The regular monthly meeting, of the
Pehlke School Board was held on Tuesday
evening last. Present—Time Beli, chair,.
mem, aud Messrs Morton, Moore, Gordon,
.kbrabam and Chisholtn. An account for
wood, amounting to 613.55, froixe Mr W
was ordered to be paid. The
Principare report for the month of March
showed attendants° as follows;
Dept. Boys. Girls. Total, Average.
1 18 26 44 42
2 26 24
3 20 24
4 30 23
6- 81 29•
7 68 48 106 67 deputation, addressed the Couneil, askiug. ,
for a plank sidewalk on Patriok° street,
237 204 441 347 frum Josephine to Feauois street. They
The report alio contained the results of were prepared to give from 530 to 510
the Promotion Examinatiens, held on the toward the building of the *sidewalk. Mr
28th Mardi. (The results of which are Gregory was in favor of repairing the
giveu elsewhere.) Mr Groves 'asked per- present walk with good gravel. A. plank
mission to dismiss his two junior. °lasses walk would cost from 5200 to 5250, end
at 3.30 p m, for a time, as he was busy we could not afford to lay out that much
with the senior clam His request was money on one street this year. Moved hy.
granted, ou motion of Messrs Gordon and 0 B Williams, seconded by, T Gregory,
Moore. Miss Burgess still being too ill to that the application of Messrs Clark and •
resume her duties, and Mies Reynolds Robertson be referred to the Read Coni.
hayingto leave at the end of the present mittee, with instructions to refer back to
week, • the principal 'suggested that the the Chuncit—Carried. A. deputation from
Board take itotioulti the matter. It was the Horticultural Society waited on the
decided that a teacher be advertised for, Council,asking for a grab t of $150. Dithers
if Mise BurgesS be not likely to be able Clegg Meyer,Morton and Willson addressed
to take oharge of her rooni iu a short time. the Council at length in favor of the grant.
Mr Mortal.' stated thab. he had been in• Moved by 013 Williarns, secouded by T.
formed that there were several children Gregory, that this corporatiou make a,
in tome, of school age, who were not at. grant of 5150 to the Winghatin
Uorticul-
bending wheel as required by the school tueal Society—Carried. Mr Crewel Wil
law. Ib was decided that Chief Coustable son addressed the Council, thanking there.
PettyPtece be instructed to notify the for their liberatiey in granting the requests.,
parentg'of the children. The Beard then of the deputation. The*Finance Commitadjoarned. tee reported recommending payment ol..
the following athounts; Charity orders—
ordered by the Mayor—furnished by 0 X
Griffin, $1; Xoleti Marshall, cordwood,.
e14,63 ; Joseph, Hurtibeee, repairing lire .
alarm, 51; Wetter Diluter, repairs et
wheel house,. 50 eents; J 11 Ferguson, • s -
salary and postage, 577.80 ; J Dickson,
salary, 518.75; L Hardy, building bridge
and driving two extra piles, 5620 ; D
Kay, work at bridge, 5281 ; Charles Bare
ber, teaming, Itt , 13 Willson, rent et
Mayor's office, 60.1 G rettypiece, salary,
5106.25 : jos Coad, salary, .511.25: Jobe .
Forster, drawing plan of bridge, e. The
Committee referred the following account
to the Council. : Samuel Paling, collectiug
taxes and postage, 237; J A. Cline 4 Co,
hardware, 0, . 527.47. Objection WiLA
taken to paying L Hardy extras on the
bridge,when it was reeved by G MoKeezie,
secouded by 5 5 Hotneth, that the $1
claimedby the es:suttee:ter as extra sit
bridge be Mtover to be reported on by
the Public Works Committee.—
The account of Messrs J A Callas Co was
ordered to be Paid. Moved by It 1E11,
seconded by They Agnew, that Mr Satieatt
Paling be paid 515 for three weeks extra,
tinte—Lot. The balance of kir Palinsee
account, atnouotiug to 5.1i, was ordered tn
be paid. The Finahoe Committee's report
was then adopted. Mr McKenzie tittid, the'
contractor for the town hall was iilltug up
the roedway to the hose house, aud
thought some action !should be taken in
Willie Tennant, Foster, -Maggie the. matter. illoved by 11
Collins, Eunice Hutton, Welter Doubledee, seconded by R Hill, that the matter ot
Morton Morton, Ella, Kitisman, Milton depositing the earthe. -term hall
Beemer, Maggie Coats, Bert 11/1cOlyiliotit,
Loma, Hill, Maud Carr, Charles Kling,
Nellie 'leaden, Willie Orr, Cameron
Mona, Ernest Distloa, Willie Moeck,
•Alisetthe, Begley, Melvon Kerr, Robbie
Aitkens.
VII to VT. —itoy Gordon, George Kling,
Harry Halliday, Arthur Hutton, • Willie
Dawson, Willie Annear, Edith Elliott,
Maud Welsh Jennie Murray, Ada Roder.
us, Willie Murray, Mable Dreaver, Sadie
Green, ida, Cook, Lena Shaw, Vida
Ilis-
cock2, Gladys Hiscocks, Harry Carr, treaties
Biebie, Tom Latimer, Ethel tray, Victor
Jermyn, Johnnie Reading, Fannie Sander -
eon, Willie MoBay, Oliver Jenkins, Clara
Vunstone, 'Frank Collette, Fred Saint,
50 39
53 44
53 46.
60 50
75
'reeigeation be accepted and the Mayor
and ?leek take the necessary steps
for the election of a Councillor to fill the
•evemancy—Otteried. A communication was
freed from Messrs Meyer & Dickinson.
:solicitors for Alfred Roe and others, ask-
ing the Omen to reeciud the resolution
prohibiting the lettiug of the town hall for
socialititiemr free, tbougbts lectures, anti
intimating that if, the resolutlou be not
resoinded, they were inetreated to take
action to have the resolution quashed by
the Courts, The communication was laid
over for further consideration. Mr II
Clark and W Robertson, members of s,
in all fourteen games; that each club pay
a fee of $5, to purchase a suitable • trophy
to be presented to the club winning the
most games in the series. The suggestion
is a good one, and w& hope it may be
acted upon.
--The Wiugharn Spring Show will tie
held on 'Wednesday next, April 16th, ou
the Horticultural grounds. Prizes will be
awarded as follows: Horses—Heavy
draught, first 55; 2nd, 53. General, purpose,
54 and $3. Roadster, $3 and 52. Car-
riage, 63 and 52. Best stallion, any age or
class, diploma. Bulls — Thoroughbred
Durham, two years old and over, 53 and
52, Thoroughbred Durham, uuder 2 years
• ettl, 53 aud te2,' Any other thoroughbred,
e3 and 52. 13est bull any ago or class,
diploma.
—The Witighaen Fire Brigade have
arrauged for the celebration of the Queen's
Birthday in Wingbam ou Saturday, the
21th of May, on 2. grand scale. The pro-
gratnme will consist of a firemen's tourna-
ment, lithe reel raoes, ealithunmian pro-
oessio.n, waterworks exhibition, fireinan's
fight, ;vanes, races and sports. Liberal
prizes will be given, the prizes for the
hose reel races being 550, 530 and 520.
Two brass ba•nde will be in attendanoe,
and everything will be &one to make the
day an enjoyable one to those tithe visit
our town.
—ltlesses X .1 Hornuth dr Sou have elarge
eteck of tweeds and all kinds of died), and
are giving deeidca harpies in stylish. suits.
Drop lb and leave your order for &Suit, No
trouble tosbow goods arid quote prices.
nesday lest, Mr 13' 16 Carr, son of
jo
arr, of this town, while assisting
in eying floodwood from Messrs Hut -
tea & Wee dam, accidentally fell into the
water just above the dam, end before he
could put forth any 'effort to save hitnself,
vas carried °veil' the dem, falling beside it
piece of timber which held him under the Stiles de Hent, El Greatly, C X Griffin,
wetter. flya geeet effort ho extricated Agues le Boyd, Ed Diusley, Alex Rose,
himself and fitsaiu down the rt. r t die. 'Wtn Tates, T A Mills, A Galbraith, Its
LOA no the
book contain (lig a sum
finder reeetve the above
humbug it to Mr Wm I3leck.
--s—
eining Shows.
East 'Wewasuosh, at lieigrave, April 17.
Beet Huron, at Brussels, April 18,
Listowel, at Listowel, April 16.
Stratford; Tuesdey, April 13111,
Sodth Huron, Bruceileld, April 16.
llttia itt Newry, Tuthility April 15,
Wellenley, Wedoesclay April 16..
520
18th
14.ward.
March, a
of
lady's pocket
money, The
reward by
Za,rlar Closing.
The following merchants and business
men of Wiugharn have agreed to close their
respective places of business,every evening,
eseept Saturdays and days preeetlitig 2.
public holiday, at 7 o'clock. This earwig°.
meld to come into force ou Tuesday, the
15th April, instant, and continue during
the summon month: E F Gerster, fl
Metedoo, Debt Orr, Gordon Sc MoIntyre,
Wobetoi & Co,, ;elm Galbraith, Smith re
Pethick, 5 Reid, 3 J liomuth & Son, It
Herdsman, D $tttherlatid, C Hneohtel,
• Promotion Egaminoikoni.
The spring promotion examination fox.
the Winghain Publio Scheel was held on
Friday, March 28, 1890. Below will he
foundehe saceessfal candidates in order
of merit :-
From junior 4th to Sealer 4th.—Ed.
Miller, ida. Irer. Bella Cummings, Norma
Dinsley,Ella DeanssItobt MeTavish,Willie
Elliott, Harvey, Strathdee, George Hanna,
Willie McTavish, Gretchen Meyer, Lonnie
'Breeden, Herbert Seott, Edgar Green,
Lizzie Cummings.
From Seuir 3rd to Juuior 4th.—No re-
turn this week.
From Juuior 3rd to Senior 3rd.—
Catherine Monolith, Sadie McCreight,
Edith ClarkAted Shoat, Annie Mac -
tin, David Meldituns, Alba Chisholm,
8ophia Manuel, Ebner td.00re, Ada 7Cline,
Willie Showers,, Walter McKibben, Bella
Scott, Jeunie.Bell, Frituleie McKay.
Senior 2nd to Junior 3rd:-dorace
Wright, Lorne Bradwin, Beetle Lediet,
Cassie Welsh, Geo Smith, Agnes Mo.
Alpine, Dila Coutts, Hobert MaDonogh,
Bettie Kent, Charlie Kerr, Ernest Deeley,
Katie Kennedy, Jimmie Greig, Robert
Willson, Clara Coed, Alai Stewart, Maud
Helps, Ettie litish, Belle Hamilton, M
Canemere. Toni Gregory, Miriam Gregory,
Ada Mainpri2e, Albert Gregory, Jibs.
Foster.
VI Dept. to Ve.4:5tipt,-111innie Doss,
11e,olattor;
Prot, taisstte's winery syttera Is creator Sroeter
Intense thee ever in ell pests ot tbe eoitutl?y, tnct
ri•rtrultit wisbintt to improve their teenier, gentle
his proapotts tate M ncheft,lactt 111,6144311W
Tilaitt. • •
4tiubt but he would have been drowned. ! elamatt, Geo Meetin, it A Graham,
'A•ti it was he escaped With A pretty severe
ehaldng up and w Oatiplete dueltink. I Smut sabseriptiou to the betels in
Tows% Caution.
The regular monthly ineetieg of tho,
Town Council wee held Oa Monday even.
tng. rresent—Mayor MeLidoe. Itteve
Gregory, Deputy.ltoove, MeXenzie, and
Cpuneillors 'Messrs Ili% Miler, Agnew,
;Aparling, Iloimes, McLean, Cline, Lem:
mex, lion:Kith. • The minutes
of last meeting were read &la approvca,
exears.tion be letV..t in the *hand*
of 'the Building 'n:tionnnittee, anti
that the Chief of Felice notify the work.
been not to obstruct the roadway to the
hose tower—Carried. Mr Allen, of the
Beldame° Electric Light Com pau yeaddress
ed. the Coutiotl, offering to supply the
town eight or ten 2,000 candle power
lights for 20 nuts per night, the Comma
to take the lights as meny-uights its they
wished, 100, 200, C00 or 1165 nights. Mr
Skinner,representative of the Ball
EleotrieLight Company, ORO address.,ol
the Council, stating that their company
was prepared to give the town lights from
2 to conte per light par night. The
system Would be the combined—aro and
inceudesoeitt. Should there be though
lights taken, the 1,000 candle power are
light's alias be reduced to 14 et 13 cents
per night, These gentlemen ativoested
the good qualities of their difierent vs;
teats et lesigth. Moved by Geo MoKenzke,
ikeeowled by J Homutl,. that tilts cene.e.
ea has fully derided ' tight the town
within the next fent' months, sant is pre.
Pared to receive offers from any electric)
Hula oompany for doing ve -- Carried.
Moved by ; A Cline, seconded. by /one
Maim, that s, torintrittee consisting of
the Mayor, Deputy Reeve and the mover
be appoiuted to inspect auy electric light,
•plaut or plants that they •clineee, and • is'.
A communication waa read from Mr A port to this Connell which in their opener,.
:Robinson,. resigning his. position se is preferable, and also to give A dosoripti....,
Anuottor tor Ward No 1. Moved by
—A good yoke nf 'working oxen for Kele, arrears an early paymeot of the ledebted. of the totru--r rrfed remit.
M 11 ot pleu of pleats suitable ter *is reoeire
plait ha apprig.14ted b tke proprietor. Cliue, toecoteled by II Leineuex, that the
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