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VOL. XX, --NO, 33
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WIN GUAMONT, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER & t891.
The first of •September has come and
as yell know is the beginning of Fellain
with it MORS all the Fall Goods in many
styles, weaves and prices. We have
done our level best to please you,picking
them, culling them, until our bead has
been all in a whirl. But what of that f
when we please you, and after you hay
looltedlihrough our store you will ap-
preciate our efforts, we know.
We aim to have a larger, better and
cheaper linen stook than any one else
within your reaoh. It isn'tworth while
- aiming without one's going to shoot, nor
to shoot without hitting. It'll save words
to say that we have what we
dint at—satisfaction in linens. Apply
same to Dress Goods,
Groceries full. That 350 Tea is still in
V10 lead.
Look at the -niece Breakfast Bacon and
Spiced Rolls we are selling.
LO CAT., NEWS 1
—!in xeter Ttn,
tiVentietkear. Th
• nevvspaper,ivd is
business rain o:fxi
—We. have- to the
• bune. fc.a copy,of • s handsome souvenir
number ftoiling description of the
CitY'"of Wiuiiig p
=Cash for good butteraud eggs at R A
• Graham's, Market Grocery.
5—Rev E W Hug1it conducted et;ihroun-
ion services in St Al an's church. AtWood
on Sabbath last, his work being taken here
it!! stUdet,,dM , fro
has entered on as
Times is a good local
11 patronized by the
er. '
the Winnipeg Trii
at and present.
by Mr Tarrant divi
wend,
John Gray,
Hineardine, el1 k
readers, , has .9eept
near St Thomas,
shortly.
Bapt st niater. of
to meaty of our
d a Sall toil church
Will remove there
—Full lines of Fruits of all kinds at Mo.
elvie's :Star restaurant,
he plots of gtop a in front of the
ne town hall wer nicely sodded this
week by Sfessrs Moe Brothers and Chief
Bullard. The front o the hall now pre;
gents a fine appearano
—It is pleasing to he r tha,tMr Jos Kerr'
who want to Colorado rly lest'spring for
the benefit of his. bea bh, has found the
climate very - benefici and that be is
Steadily improving.-
-First -elms Georgian Bay Shingles
and Lath, for Baler, csheap, at McLean &
Son's saw mills, Wingbam,
—Mr A. R Smith, of jHalsted & Scott's'
Bank here, has gone fijr a couple Of weeks
holidays, and Will vi it Mt Forest, Bhel-,
bUrnO,Oshawa, Londe and Torouto,before
his return.. Be is b4mg relieved by Mr
Reid; of the Mt 1ioresf office of the firm.
s
......Tne contract for the arection of, the
1 ! entity bridge on t e boundary between
Mortis and East W wanoish, about half a
mile south of Wing1arn, has been awarded
to Mr L Hardy, o Exeter, fpr the sum of
Algi O. The materil is, being placed on the
•
ground and wor will be eomMeticed, on
'the bridge short!. • '
--lf yOur Watch or °lock needs yepairing,
to to W H WalIaoe, watchinaker and
ilfsweler. nett door to post office;
—Last montb,wbil r Thee Leslie was
in Winnipeg, hs was resented with a gold
headed ebony *seal ng .stick by Mr /as
Andersen, of the HU son Bay Company,
Winnipeg. The oau4 is a, beantiful one,
and has engraved on ts head : "From Jas
Anderson, fl33 :OS pan(, Winnipeg, to
Theo Leslie, Wingli4m, August 1701,1801."
—Cigars and Tee Cream at the lipso
restaurant. Also, confectionery of all
kinds. T. C. SPAULZO.
The Wingbam b eball club welt over
to tkorrie on Thrad6y of last week and
took part in the tou nament. The result
• Was as follows flrjissele s Mildenty, 14
ti 1 in favor of 13 eels Witigne.as vs
rriston, 4 to 3 in favor of Winghain ;
utlidons" vs Wiu4t, 0 to lin lover of
Hiltioris4; Brusse vs "Unions," 7 to 2
in favor of Pens Is, giving the. Brussels
team first prize, t lit1nielA,0 second and
Wingbarn third.
,.Fresh reecho , Pears, and Grapes at
Star restaurant.
—Miss Marlon glie, daughter of Mk
Alex Inglis, of th ie own, who succeeded
procuring a 2nd el 6 Ofgtificate at the late
examination, left o Wednesday for KM.
enable Model Soho
—The Blyth St dard has passed ite"
fourth mile stoue a d irdprovee with ag)
Under 33ro Irwin's anagement the $rati
'dee:1W steadily i roved, and it should.
receive the hearty a port of the people Of'
Blyth and vicinity,
--:Botniss to let, b foiciressmaking
or for small fail ; ever Clarke's toiler.
shop, opposite the 73nnswiph Tt*tel. Ap.
ply to E. 0 Clarke, ilor,.Winglie,m.
— Mr Jos MoDon h, vho has been in
the Truss office fin. he patit nine months,
left on Monday for Baton Moder 'school.
If he makes as goo a teaajor as he did a
printer he will be aJi1iior to any school
that may be fortun
services. We wish
—Mr W White; d
eral, bas issued a u
neoessity of peopl
and packets containi
upon all to demand o
ad litters from p
instruotions are car
losing money will be kreatIredueed.
—Peaches, Pears, Mina, Apples,Grapes,
in fact, all kinds of fruit, , in Molt at the
Eclipse restaurant. '
4C:Srsar,nro.
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— As a Mr Baker
cedar logs through
eVeaing, Jihad the
'boxing and wheel oo
of bigAigott„.Had
the 'cienetry,* wo
time to get thiriat rights:ji ilt as it Was;
he soon got plenty helpiryt.0
--There will be,• o tervNlin the Con,
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Optional church n Sbba, next, pastor. the
bat dahr; The after -
'0i be,
r-8680, wireniiiendS
load it. Serviceson
bar, as .MbiatTrthen
e beld after mornin
te cit.Omigh to secure his
in; oneness in his new -
pity postmaster gens
ice pointing out the
registering lettere-
g money, He ,urge
rtificates okregioter.
tweeters. If these
otit +the risk of
as 0441,pg a load of:
wn, *Alt, Wednesday
isfeOpts to have the
e 04146 hind axle
is ,...-h*pued out in
d hitik ad quite
.tember 6th, as t
ehureli on
Olatfiservinet
heldat the usual h
of the souse will
Sabbath, 13th Sept
communion, Wilt,
service, ,, *
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=I have E! 1,11 a ge..,quantity 'Of first
class Tmzzcoth slaid t the lowest p'xioes.s.
, . .!-4 T A Mime.
-,—We are alwaye .leased to learno! the
success of, Wingh .. boys. Master Geo
McTavish, son of ii r Geo MoTarish! of
this town, who has eat, for the pea year
with Mkt Jas Reid, ercshant, of Goderich,
has the proud satin etion of knowing that,
his services have be n appreciated'. Lately,
when he had, eerie. one year, Mr Reid
Informed him that • : vats so pleased with
the services rende ed, that he intended
doubling bis 5 lary. Or the next year.
—Fotind,on e r ad •etween Wingharn
and Whiiechuro i the 19th instant, a
lady's shawl, da colored, The owner
can have the Same by proving property
and pitying for t. a t. .
tics.
— During the at r part of last. Week,
startlingrePerta of noutbreakofdipbheria
In town were oir lotted; To get- at the ,
true facts,* coupl ,.of medical men .vreie
deputed to irivesti appand report'to the
Board of Health, and their report goes to
show that tiler Is no cause or alarm.
There have only eon two eases in town,
and both the pat' fits are convalescent. All
neoessary smite precautions are being
taken, and itis no at all likely that the
disease will spree, notwithstanding thot
;there is no Mel' ood of the contagion
spreiding, it will • well for residents to
uscrevery endeayo to have all 'garbage,&e,
properly disposed f, and all outhhildings
cleaned and puri :d. "
`—The death of rs L G Midfordadaugh..'
,ter of Mr WM N'e sant, on Monday aVening
last, oast a slot= ver the town. Mr and,
Mrs 4didford we e here from Cuba on -e,
visit to 1'rTIS Midf rd's parents, and they
werehete only a w days when Mrs Mid:
ford Was taken i 1, and, notwithstanding
everything was d ne that medical skill and
careful nursing c oa do, she passed gem/
on Monday eveni g, as stated, in her 27th
year. The sor,wing friends have the
sympathy of all i their sad bereavement.
The funeral on ednesday was largely at-,
teeded, a large •umber of Maude from
Teeswater and C lross being ill attendance,
besides the tow people. After kitties, at
the house, hy-'11 Rev 5 Sellery, 13 D, the
remains were o nveyed to the Teeswater
ohureh, where mend* was held, after
whloh they we e interred in the Teeswater
viertietery,
Forty car Wade o salt were shipped
rota the Wingham tilt works during the
month of August,
—The Greed Tru will sail tickets. to
'Toronto during the ndustrial fair at the
following rates, fro Wineharo ; From
'Sept 8th to 18th (exo pt excursion days)
.the fare will be 08.85. The excursion days
are the 15th and ftnd on these days
the rate will be $2 66. Tickets good'until
the 21st September, 1: 1.
—Rimers F.. i>,—r n wingh.m,on
circus day, a p e con nine a small sum
et Money: --The ha,ve same on
application to Mr Gv oey and proving
property and pity „• this advertiae-
ment, •
Geo M Duffield Aimed on.Mon-
day from a three week 'visit through the
'Western States. 7:10 s as far west as
Denver,e,nd visited a nu ber of the famous
points' of interest, sp: .ding one night on
Pike's Peak, which its over 14,000 feet above
the level of the sea,t , enjoyed his . trip
very issuch,butsaya th t Ozitario is good
enough for
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thosecuoeinalapoYeivicii:EINEbob s
d
onipaYsnlyil town
q.the with03rd
Battalion, as oh' tha day the' COMPanY
left for ten days' dr 11 at St Thinsa7The
Gordo Corcipany arriv d in town by earns
during the forenoon, a d shortly after 12
o'clock they all left by special train for
the camping grounds, Oonspany is
in charge Of Capt ,,ritfrul Lieut Van.
stone.
—For.
—For, firet-class tailoring and cheap
gents' furnishings, try Webster & Co,
Remember the.place, only two doors north
of the Old stand and betweee ROW book-
store and Halsted & Scott's, bank.
—The town soh s opened on Monday,
with a fair &den nee, it The new truant
Act is now • force and , it is
expected that good °suite' Will frotn
it; Chief Cciatiibi Bullard has been ap-
pointed Truant 0 i oer for the town, and
youngsters.who ar n thfrhabiti of playing
.trthitti. *WM may thodiefiesiteiblarder
if they fall.into • s clutches. • The law
thenld be rigorous enforced:
--Last Saturda evening, while Bell's
Factory Band was aying near the Queen's
hotel, a gentleman bps had recently heard
the Guelph day remarked
to a bystander t t the Bell'el'itotory
Band would nom a e favorably with the
band of that city. here is no doubt but
the Bell band h reatly improved under-
*, present man enient, and that they
are now playing g od
—G TB. trains for Termite and east
leave Wingham at 6,30 a m and 11.10 a m
W G & B at 6.46 a m
and 3.20 p m, via Clint9n and Guelph.
Good connections by alt tius.
—The following sp•oy paragraph is copied
from a lettter re eptly received -front a
former Winghami : "What 4o the Wing.
hate. Toricenew th"tils about that great
hOilseelianing going on at Ottawa ? You
Would think that Sir Win Would have kept
his house in hatter ,o der, but his ambition
did not run in .tha direction. It seems
that his whole st • was to Cover up the
dirt so.. that' the rits cOuld net lase it."
—The Grand :Tru k Eailway .will give
• the following, special ates to .those Who
Mar wish to visit, the " stern Fair, L,Oir
don, between the:17t and 26th of Sentent,
bet, 'Single fares -will e given on the lYthr
18th, 19th,22nd,24th nd 25th of Septinnber,
the fare from Wing am being $2.20. On
the 2lst and '33rd, t e tate from Winglutm
will be $170.Pic. ets issued from Sept
17th to to 26th Moine ye, will be valid for
return Until Sept 8th, 1891. Excursion
train willies* a .6A a m and return at
.10.20 p m.
The Carl= t,rartitaition Case.
Last Sattirday' 'Toronto Mobs contained
a letter from Mr it errI.Whitely, saying
that there was w n .Winghara on the
6th of Mara. las , and also making some
reflections on D teotive Lucas. Detective
Incas replies in he Olas as follows: That
he did not say th re wes no snow oh the
5th of Mara, e adnfts that there was
snow on that da and also a little on the
jat but none on the find, and and 4th.
Regarding the „other statements made hy
Mr Whitely h almply expressed the opin.
ion that that ntleman would do well not
tr.) be so hasty in making such strong 56.
ousatietis agineb him.' The detective
eought lab v ek to prevent any transfers
mice of, A X layover's pro petty, bat on
inquiry the omit wat 50 mail (less than
$8,000) that ts prootedings were dropped,
Ile text goe to Washington to endeavor
to secure th neeeseary papers in the (Ate.
,
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—ubUc44001 Boar() meeting _next
Ttesday evening',
--The regular mthly meeting ot the
Town Council will be .held on Monday
eveniug nest.
—The Dondon t file arriving here at
11.10. now runs 1rough to Kincardine,
reachieg there 12.15, aud returning
leavers Kincardinet 2.16, reaching here at
8.20,. This will be f great convenience to
those residing to be north of us, as well
ae the general publ , It will only carry
*closed mali setvie the mail clerk stop-
ping at Winghami, 4s usual,
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Heniall r all, Paw.
The Hensel' Fall Fair; to be held on the
15th and 1,61j of September, promises to
be the best Over held there. The managers
have decided to have a grand Tug of War,
and offer the following prizes; Tug of Wart
open to the world, five on ea:oh side, first
prize, $l5; seoontl prize,115. A number
of teams he,'ee signi :d their intention of
competing. Three • compete or ne Second
money:avvarcled. Iso,arrangements are be-
ing made for e of the 'grandest foot ball
matobes of t e season .between Brussels
and Seafort teams -which will no doubt
beth eeing.
, Conduct r Snider.
We take the foll wing. complimentary
notice of the above entleman from Mon-
day's Toronto Em ire ; LNew Richmond
Methodist church, Caul etreet,beld very
large congregations eaterday, when Mr
Snider, who has beco • e well known as an
evangelist 'among rat ay Wen and otberp,
was the Preacler. I the eveningall avail-
able -space was oro ded, the lobbies**
-filled; and wherever a doorWas found figta
which the conduct.r. could be steep .-„Ittpl
heard,there was a or wd of eager listeneris,
while inside the ohu eh chairs and extra,
seats were brought nto requisition, and
many stood during th uhni Service Con-
1m41t9i .$1444'
plemiantsfaced, well-bn It manrisf medium
stature. His delivery a 'rneasered, easy
and diatinat, his voice i full of pathos,and
he loses no time. He es no notes, and
beyond moving about n the pulpit and
occasionally raising hi hands, he makes
no gestures: yet his soriptivc power is
great, and interest noer flags. His illus-
trations are drawn 1. gely from railway
life, and he applies th m in a very forceful ,
way. The evening discourse was Mr
Snider's "Railway Se on," delivered by
request, and the im,ease 'congregation
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listened as if under a pell, rn fact, both
morning and evening t • e "Converted Con-
ductor,' as he is called held the breathless
attention of the poop , and after each
servicu many Prow& around to shake
hands with the eloquen railroader.*
Persona
Mrs Brogsdon and re Welker, of
Londesborq, are visiti g in town, the
guestti of Mrs D Ro erts..Mr M MoD
Fleming, of Listowel Sundayed it town
• . Miss Lilly Agnew returned home on
Thursday from H rriston, where she
spent a couple of w: :ks visiting friends
..Mrs Oen McTavish end anghterlda
spent Sunday in God ch visiting Master
Geo bt Hill ieyisiting
friends in Toronto... s (Conductor)
SchWaiib, and three ch ldren, of London,
spent a week or so in t • we., the guests of
Mr John Norris..Con, uetor Snider, Mrs
Snider and daughter -:turned from their
holiday outing on onday. W H
Hill, formerly of t is town, is visiting
friends in town. 'is now engaged in
the ministry and'is mated in giincoe
Connty..Master Au ustus McLaughlin
spent a few days in * ,•trOit lag; week,
*visiting his brother Fra k and also "do-
ing" the great exhibit 011.. Mr Stanton
Agnew, of the Bear, r urned on Satur-
day from his trip up t • e lakes; .Mr T A.
Mills, who was with fishing and camp-
ing party up the Bruce Peninsula,
returned the other d y much invigorated
his trip.. Mr A, B tradwin Rasa- a
few liayen Brussels his week..ItirThos
Bell was in Clinton n Saturday
Miss Graydisn, rate . spending a week
with 'Winghinn frien s, returned to het
home in Streetsville n Wednesday,,Mr
,John Whytn, jr, of Al tehell, was in town
on Wednesday, .Mr Weller Agnew left
town on Thursday for Evanston, 311„
where he will take a •ourse at toIlege,
• Oh: What Cough,
Will you heed the warning? The signal
perhapset the'snre approach of that more
terrible disease Commotion. Ank yonr
selves if you can afford for the :sake of
eavng 500., to run the risk and do nothing
for it. We know from experience( that
Shiloh's Cure will cure your cough, It
nova fails.
4"PreHtli n'ett;
WII0 LE NO. .1026
014, 107.
Ad suctiq is human MI so gliding on,
It glimmers likea door—and is gosa
—Rows.
Many of our readers will learn with the
deepest regret of the • -ah of Sarah Fes,.
sent Midford, belove, 'wife of Cart A
Midford, and eldest aughter of Wm and
Merl smut, of• is town, which took
place a er Utile 'a residence on MoladaY,
August 31st after an Meese of one week.
Some ten years go, she auffered from
au attaok of auaem and though apparent-
ly completely recov red she felt and some-
times expressed a •onviotion that tlie ail
went still lingere inher'system end would
ultimately cause er deatb. On Monday
of last week she as taken suddenly • ill
with a malignan bilious attack compli-
cated with Wis. ',natio •of tha stomach
and bowels and .1 edioal aid was not able- to
stay the baud cif he "tent reaper." 01
Monday evening a 6.30 o'clock:Ithe snow.
MODS came and her spirit passed calmly
to the "great beyon
The deceased wa born n -the tome -
148643. aWChuetrn celoti'e° atshaeb7Ctuht 43ritihillte*yeliat
of age the family oved into the village
of Teeswater, wh re she lived continu-
ously until her arriage on the 0th of
April, 1889, to 0 t. A. G. Midford.
After her mar iage Mr. and Mrs.Aid-
ford took up thei residence in N'hvnork
city, and on the a pointmentof Mr.Mid-
ford-as engineer o xtensive waterworks
in process of cons notion at Havana,
Cuba, they ,removed • ere in the early. ,
part of ;.0otober,-I8 . There they re-
sided near the works which are situated
on a hill in a, best tiful and healthful
location. Surrokun • lig tlieumseives with
convernetese and mules unknown to
the people of that, tropical clime, they
remained there un the closing of the,
'Works it the aipprbapli of the rainy sea-
'13Pdanff;atladvelt haut„:01)tbr roinedutlfohromaefeaWt
\Vfgbau when Abe , ite toyettalren by
the illness that called her death.
Aa a child she was eetiethnt attendant
at the Methodist Sun • Or Scheol, and ae
a pupil endsendeu,recl horse talilteirfteaoherts
and pupils* Whexi mn nor yea* she bt-•
Oirkie'd teacher she M
that personal 'magnet
one who world lea
young in the -paths
conigol over her rap
seemed bound to her
ifested mut% of
ID so 'essential to
the minds of the
t knewledge. Her
s was marked—they
y golden chains of
affection. The super • tendent og tbe
school at this period tests to her -use-
fulness in the school i every department
of its work, being, well as a. teacher;
its organist for a • miser of years, and
always working i every way for its
benefit. 3 •
She was wave under the ministry
of Rev CEPStaffo •, when about fourteen
afterwards led an
years of age, and e
exemplary christian ife, living near to
the Master, whom eh lovecl and served,
and witnessing by h walk and conversa-
tion that her'ho'pes ere founded on the
"Rook of Ages." rom her childhood
she was connected ith the C Church
choir. In this ca aoity she was most
regular and nutlet al,and at every church
service her sweet eilow voice blended
in the harmony of : cred song. She was
one of those powe s which promote the
social hariuony and musical proficiency
of a choir.
The funeral too place on Wednesday
a short service of ingmg and prayer be-
ing held at the h r ,of 11 o'clock a m
at her father's esidence. On leaving •
for Teeswater, whe 6 the funeral services
were fittingly held n the chureh with
which she had be n so long connected,
the procession was mined in the follow-
ing order: Rev S eilery, 33 D, members
of Teeswater Met odist. Church' Choir,
pallbearers, hears ,mdurners,after which
followed a large • tuber of Wendt end
acquaintances o the deceased. Tho
The
church at Tees ater was filled to the
doors by those assembled to -pay a last •
tribute of respec to the memory of one
they had known : .4 loved so long.
The Rev S Seller D, read the latter
part of the 15th cha Sr of 1st Corinthians
and followed the re ding by a short but
pointed and aepre nate discourse, after
whiclf he called u on be Rev 3 A Mo.
Lauchlan, M A, p tor of the church, te
make a few rewar s,wliich he did in terms
that accorded we with the solemnity of
the occasion. ' D • ring the service the their
rendered seVera Mostappropriate volun-
taries, 'which we e favoritesof the deceased.
The procession was then reformed and
proceeded to the 1'eeewater cemetery,
Among those .1 resent from n distance
were Messrs Jolla Button, Geo Button, Jos
Button and Chas Button, uncles of the
deceased, all of Te matey, William Mid-
ford,of Toronto, bt • ther, and Thos Moore,
of New York,nepbe of Copt A G
The deceased w s universally bola
respect by all who new ber and the %Ai
grot occasioned b her, early death is
widespread. To t 'bereaved husband,
the loss is cut i reparable one, mid in
such affliction hum n sympathy is mute
and powerless. To er parente, who have
only for a short ti e been residents ,or
our town, and w • dining their brief
eitizenehip have tithed the highest
respect of all who ave wade their ac •
quaintattee, we oa only point to One
who is able to sup ort and comfort in
the hour at anal,
* t