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Wingham Times, 1892-02-05, Page 4Gf4 ILL' Am Fund of the extenttot?. est) provide se. curity ko lite exleuc OOU7'be Zreaeurer wits instructed to allow no ua'tober of the. Council, or.ottier per. sone, to know to who loans of money are made from County funds, In ref- erence to the app'ication of the several high eclinol boards in the county for the proportionate cost of the mainten• ante of county pupils attending the respective High Schools, the commit- tee recommended that they are to be paid the following sums (less the fees received by thein), Goderich, $828 87; Clinton, $750.59 ; and Seaforth, $987.06. It was decided to offer the town of Goderich the sum of $100 for the use of the water and the electric light fur- nished the county buildings. PROPERTY COMMITTEE. Several minor repairs were ordered to the county buildings. The commit- tee also reported finding the jail ite first-class order. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Recommended that the reports of the School Insl,ectors be printed in the minutes and that 500 copies be also printed in pamphlet form. In reference to the request of Inspector Robb, that one gold and two sliver medals be provided for each inspector- ate, to be awarded to papils at the public school leaving, it was decided that no action be taken. The request of the Inspectors to visit some of their schools twice the first half of the year, so ae to give more time to the Model schools during the second half, was granted, on condition that each school be visited at least twice during the year. It was decided to petition the Minister of Education to make Zurich a centre for the holding of High School entrance examinations, and to be in connection with Goderich High School. George Connor was appointed county student at the Guelph Agricultural College, he having made application the previous year. It was recommend ed that no large amounts be this year expended for school purposes, except for common schools, also tl.at such legislation be.enacted as will make them as efficient as possible. ROAD AND BRIDGE COMMITTEE. A grant of $3,000 for boundary line purposes was made. A new wooden bridge to he built over the Aux Sable between Stephen and McGillivray, The Colder bridge, on north gravel road, McKillop, to be assumed by the county. The tender of Mr Hardy for Crediton bridge, $$530 ; and the one for bridge on Hay and Stephen bound- ary, $200, were accepted. Tender of R Lang, $614, for Day's bridge, Wrox eter, was accepted. No grant . was made towards the erection of a foot bridge on the site of Graham's old bridge, Wingliam. The road commis. sioner's travelling expenses in the year 1891 were $200. ROAD AND BRIDGE INSPECTOR'S REPORT. ry ST. -AND-- DRUGGIST ACT. G. H. W. TELEGRAPH CO. opp. Brunswick House, Wingham, - - - Ont e Colingpin i ,xmes FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1592. EDITORIAL NOTES. Ma. Beam, the 'Conservative, was elected in Soulanges, Quebec, on Wed- nesday Last, by a majority of 118. A?r Mousseau, the Reform member, nho was unseated, was elected last March by 39 of a majority. it' THE election of Mr Truax, in East Bruce, on Thursday next, by a good majority, is assured. Still, bis sup, e porters should not relax their exertions fiat by every legitimate means do all in their power to increase the majority given him in March last. AT THE Conservative Convention for West Huron, held at Smith's Hill, an Wednesday last, Hon J C Patter - non, the lately appointed Secretary of Slate in the Abbott Government, was nominated to contest that Riding. Mr Patterson was defeated in North Essex, last March, by a majority of over 800. It is not yet known who will be his opponent, The Reform Convention will be held at Dun. Bannon, to -day (Friday) when a eundidate will Le placed in the field. HURON COUNTY COUNOIL. (Continued Rum page 0.) THIRD DAY—THURSDAY. Moved by Mr Milne, seconded by Mr Raiz, that in the opinion of this Council the tendency of school legisla- tion has been to build up High Schools and Collegiate Institutes, to the detri- ment of the Public Sohouls, and that `` no public money should be expended for school purposes except for common ' atihools, and we reoommend that such legislation be enacted as will make the e .; ubmmon schools as efficient as possi- We- In reference to a foot bridge asked fpr at Wingham, a committee was ap- pointed to confer with the solicitor to sae if the county was responsible for it, and if so, the bridge to bo put on , '. the list of county bridges xebuilt. At the October meeting the Treas- urer asked for an increase of salary, Which was referred to a special oom. rnittee to investigate and report upon. eThis committee found that in proper. . tion to other counties, the salary of >*' Dr Holmes is tow, and recommend i 'that it be increased to $1,500 provide s ing he find additional security. A good deal of time was taken up in dis- cuissing this matter ;; a motion to snake 't. the salary $1,200, same as hitherto, -Yeas lost, and an atneridment to make the salary $1,350—while he is hand- ling the sinking fund of the county— was passed. REPORT OF SPECIAL COM11MITTEE, The committee recommended that elle Council cooperate with other Councils in regard to space for cattle on shipttoard That no action be tak- en in reference to the petition asking the amendment of the existing school law, whish permits the existence of high and public actiool hoards. That no action be token in reference to the Torrena system of land transfer, alsPORT OF EXECUTIVE COri1'BtITTEE. The committee recntnnended that the usua! Arent of $10 be made to t'risouarg Aid Association. In refer. -Mice to a motion shat $8,000 be ape ,i propiated for a House of Refuge, it was recommerded that no action be e felsen The usual grant of $25 each ~ter be made to the 1 nst and West Milton Ceaebers Aesocietione, That I #her request of the \Vinghain Hortioule _ etetral Society, for it portion of the 4t anty'grant, be not recognized. That Wee Bounty printing lin awarded to 1? tteeli,n---(t}:' Seaforth Suia and the iiinetham Tweet were the only offices tendered) That salary of the ter be increased to $1,850 a tMI* he is banality the Sinking The report of Mr Ainsley covered a lot of items of work that had been done in different parts of the county, with the cost of same, of no general interest to the public and for that reason is omitted. REPORT OF INSPECTOR ROBB. The report of Mr Robb covered 18 pages of foolscap, dealing in detail with the various matters coming under his control„ but want of space• compels us to simply summarize the report. He visited every school in his inspectorate •once during each half, year, spending half a day in each department of the school. Re thought it would be better if they could spend more time with the Modelites, se as to bedtime better acquainted with the future teichers, and also to give them all the assistance possible. There are 83 rural and village schools ' in the inspectorate, employing 98 teachers - 63 malts and 35 females—of which there were 55 changes during the year. The average length of service of a teacher in a seciton is two years. The continual change of teachers is the worst evil of our school system. The second evil is irregularity of attendance, The names enrolled in the rural schools were 5981, the average atter, dunce was but 3089. In percentage of attendance in rural schnols, Tucker• smith stands first and Grey second, In villages, Wroxeter stands first, with an attendance of 63 per tent. 35 teachers have 2nd class certificates ; 54 thirds; 34 have attended the Normal. Next to Middlesex, Huron has the greatest number of teachers holding seconds. The discipline and order in the schools are very good. Only about half the schools hold public examinations, which is poor policy on the part of the teacher, and. contrary to law. In rural schools the average salary of a male teacher is; $888 of a female, :285. Huller 1 pays its male teachers t:lio highest average, $435, and Turnberry the Iowan. There is no school in Turn- berry,.in charge of a female, but one bas a female assiatttnt, Few 'school sections have made any arratigewents for the payment of saleriee quarterly, which is a great hardship ; if there is not money ou hand to do this the trustees should borrow. About ten school sections pay their Secretary - Treasurer; all should do so, and he should look after his work properly. There were 505 trees planted last year No 4, Tuokeremitb, planting 00; this school prumiees to be the neatest in. the township. The Clinton Model School is doing excellent work in trainin0 teachers, under the manage- ment of Mr Lough, as was also the Goderich school ; Hurons Model Schools are second to none in the Province, It would he better if our trustees selected teachers from our own Model Schools, in preference to takinug ontsiders,since the Inspector knows the teaching ability ,,f those in the county, and could give them many useful hints. Seaforth, Clinton and Wingbam have very prosperous schools. The average time of service in the Seaforth school is eight years and a half, the highest in the Prov ince, Wingham has the best public school building in the county., The staff of Clinton public school are all Normal school teachers but one. A lot of interesting statistics are also . embodied in Mr Robb's report, which we shall try to find room for later on. INSPECTOR TOM'S REPORT Condensed. Mr Tom's report is as follows :—Visited ail schools at least twice during the year. In the major- ity good work is being don.. There are 100 school houses in West Huron, 35 brick, 2 stone, 63 frame and 1 tog. There were 652 trees planted last year. 25 sections have not vet made their annual report for 1891. The persons of school age in the riding are 10,387 ; number who attend 8,113 ; average attendance 4,554 ; a percent- age of 561 of the pupils enrolled. Only 8 schools did not take the promotion and receive examinations. 37 teachers held public sexamination. and 69 held none. 164 pupils were successful at the last High School Entrance Ex- amination, The total number of school departments is 126 ; 65 male teachers are engaged at an average salary of $409, and 61 female teachers at an average of $273. Two ho d first, 47 second, and 77 third class certifi- cates. 53 of the 126 teachers were changed during the year. The report also embraces a lot of figures, com- ments and explanations that must be omitted for want of space.—Clinton New ET. Canadian Press Association. The annual meeting of the Cana- dian Press Association will be held in Ottawa, beginning Thursday, March 3, at 10 a m. There will be three sessions each day for two days, and if necessary an additional session on Saturday, the 55th.. ' The business will include the usual address by the ree tiring president and ,the annual busi- ness statements. A number of in- teresting and important papers will be read, including the following :- Things one would like to be different, by John Cameron, Advertiser, London; The smaller dailies, J S Brierley, The Journal, St Thomas; The legitimate profits of a newspaper office and how they are curtailed, J C Jamieson, The Ontario, Belleville ; Newvpaper sub- scriptions and how to collect them, Robert Holnees,'The New Era,Clinton; The law of libel, John K.ieg, Q 0, Berlin. Papers or addresses are also promised or expected from the follow- ing well-known and representative igen :—J Ross Robertson, The Tele- gram, Toronto ; W A Shepard, preui- dent United Typotlletre of America ; Hon James Young,Gatt ; 0 W Young, The Freeholder,Cornwall ; R S White, M P, The Gazette, Montreal ; H Beaugrand, La Patrie, ex -mayor of Montreal. Also on the subject of Newspaper,boolt..keeping by a member of an eminent firm of chartered ac- countants, and' on Punctuation and capitalisation, etc, etc, 'by a profess sioual proofreader. A pleasant and unusual feature of the meeting will be the reception of five delegates appoint. ed at the Editorial Convention at St Paul to attend the Canadian Conven- tion. Listowel• About half -past four on Sunday j morning last, our citizens over rudely 1 awakened from their slumbers by the ringing of the fee bell The scene of i the fire was the Presbyterian church manse, on tnknrman street. The fire evidently originated from an ash bawrel and when the firemen arrived the fire was making good headway on the walls of the back kitchen. The ;Ciro was anon under control and little damage was done, there being more damage done by water than by fire, Brussels. OBITUARY,—Thos Hall, who ft►r n ilutuber of years owned the Revere instal in this town, but sold it about u year ago, on account of ill health, died ors Suuday morning last. The re. Mains were interred in Bruasels cemetery on Monday afternoon, the service being held by Rev 5 Jones, at 3 o'clock...4;A particularly sad death took place oh the 2nd concession of Morris, a few miles frnm here, ou Sunday last,when Mrs Mathew Wilson departed to that home from which no traveller returns. A husband and a little child about two weeks old are left. The remains were followed to their last resting place in Brussels cemetery on Tuesday by a larg« number of friends. Deceased was 29 years of age and has been married about two years. Locals. —(Grip is still raging Among the victims who have or have had it are the following:—W H Mee Craeken, Jas Ballantyne, A J McCall, T Farrow, Mrs Morton, Wm Morton, Mrs Robt Burns,H A Crooks and Geo McLaren.—J R Grant, ofWinnipeg, was'.yisiting in town during the fore part of, this week.—G McLaren spent last Sunday in Harriston.—A Rosa and H W Farrow Sundayed this week in Clinton.—Thos Fletcher has been away to Paris attending the funeral of his sister, Mrs Jackson —Eii Perkins lectured in the town hall on Wednes- day evening, under the auspices of the Methodist church, --Rev D Miller, of Knox church, was: called away to Toronto on Tuesday,:to see his father- in.law, who is dao erously ill.—Miss Taylor, daughter of Duncan Taylor, of Grey township, left here on Saturday for Toronto, where she will take a course in the Academy of Music — A number from Knox congregation drove to Walton on Tuesday evening and presented Rev D Forrest, of Duff's church, with au address and purse, as a recognition of his services as moderator tor Knox church during the past two years. --Mr and Mrs Mo- Outcheon, of Winnipeg, are visiting this week at F Vanstone's.—T A Humphries returned on Monday from an extended visit east —A terrible accident happened on the 16th sun cession of Grey township, about a week ago, which proved fatal to a young tuan twenty ono years of age, named John Watson. It appears that while cutting wood in the bush he was struck by a falling limb which broke his leg. A physician was at once summoned, but without avail, as he died on Saturday afternoon.. It is suppose that lig was struck on the head also, The funeral took place on Tuesday. Bluevale A grand concert was held in the Foresters' hall hero. on Wednesday, January 27th, under the auspices of Court Douglas, 0 0 F. The special attraction wits Professor Fred Abbott, Canada's great elocutionist. He was present and gave a good programme. He kept the.audience in roars of laugh- ter all the time. The principal was "How Ruby Played." This he render- ed in a moat laughable manner. Ile represented a Yankee countryman, who went to New York and heard the. great pianist, -Rubinstein. At first the Yankee did not appreciate the music and did not hesitate to say so. At last, however, the charms of the music wrapped around him and he be. gan to see visions of a very ludicrous kind. The Wingham Quartette club were present and rendered some excel lent tnuaic, consisting of solos, duets and instrumental music. The pre - gramme was an excelient one, and the proceeds amounted to $33, which did not, we are sorry to say, meet expen- ses.—The Young People's Christian Association held their meeting on Thursday evening for the purpose of . electing officers.—Mr James Wilson was re-elected President, Mr Joseph McPherson was elected secretary and Mr Hugh Ross was elected Treasurer. Miss Sadie E Williams has decided to continue her evangelistic' work for ane other week. --Mr Jnhn Bosman is se- riously ill with erysipelas.—There has been a rumor afloat for some time to the effect that Mr John Agar, formers ly of this place, had been frozen to death, but we are glad to say that it is ttnfounded.—The Bluevale school foot- ball team would like to play any of the School's in the county a friendly game on the school grounds After 1 o'clock or on Saturday afternoon. If any of the surrounding school teams would like to try their luck ' they aro wel- come, Address, Edwin Bailey, cap- tain, Bluavaleee-A meeting in ,eons 'motion with the I3luevale Cheese and Batter Uo, was held in the Foresters' hall on Tuesday afternoon last. The meeting was not so large ars it would have been'baa the roads been In a bettor state and the weather better. 1tt 1891 -Fall and Early . Winter Trade. -1892. Everything considered, we have no reason to complain of the volume of our trade this far, but owing to the unusual- ly large harvest of last season, together with the prospect of remunerative prices, we were tempted into heavier purohasea of all lines of fall and winter goods than ever before and in consequence of that we still have an immense quantity of winter goods that must be cleared out a1 what they will bring, for we are deter- mined not to carry them over summer. So if you need any winter goods, better come early and select what you want. You will find our prices in all other lines very tempting; the fact is we have far more goods than we require and far less money than we need, hence the sacrifi- ces we are ready to make. We keep everything in boots and shoos, slippers, felt boots, overshoes, rubbers, &c., very cheap. The best value in teas, sugars, syrups, can goods and general groceries pure and fresh. GORDON & 'McINTYRE. The Big Brown Anchor. 1'he various milk routes were let to the venous bidders at very low races. The highest bid for the whey. was $2.55 a ton, which was offered by J 7' Denman. This, Mr Miller said, they could not accept. The wood was let to Geo Johnston, 45 cords, at $l.- 40 per cord, and Duff & Stewart. 40 cords, at 65 cts per cord, At an after meeting, Mr J J Denman purchased the whey for $3 per ton Mr Den- man intends to draw the whey to his farm about 4 of a mile oast of Blue - vale. We wish Mr Denman success in this enterprise. Lower Wingham. Mrs John Taylor received word last week of her sister's death in Mlelane- thon, and left on the firs; train to attend the funeral.—Also, Mr and Mrs James Wilson receivers word of the death of their ,niece in the town- ship of Osprey and left to attend the funeral.—Mr T L King is home again after an absence of some months in Ottawa and other points east.—Mr Robert Eadie, who has been en the sick list all summer, is still very weak and poorly, and it is doubtful' if he will recover.—Mr William Netterfield got his finger cut on a sow, about ten days ago,in Button & Fessant's factory. Although very painful, the cut is beginning to heal. it was thought at first that it would have to be ampu• tated, but at the present time there seems to be no necessity for so doing. 'Word has just been received here of the death of an old and ' respected resident of Lower Town, in the person of Mrs Sainnel Legget, at the age of 81 years.—Mr Gavin Wilson has removed from his farm in, Turnberry onto his brother's farm in Wawanosh, Clinton. Mr Jas Turnbull, B A, was present- ed, on Tuesday evening of last week, with a silver service, by the cling roga- tion of Willis church, as a small token of esteem, upon his severing his con- nection with the church, --The agents of the various insurance companies in- terested in the late fire have made sat- isfactory settlements with all the par- ties having claims against them.—The stock of Mara & Co has been sold to W Nightingale & Oo, of Brussels, who have removed it to that town.—The premises lately occupied by Mara & Co have been rented by Mr ' Gilroy.—A skating carnival was held in the rink of Friday evening last..—air Dennison, formerly a resident of this town, has been appointed town coustablo of Mit- 1 .11. . Lueknow. .sleeve Bryan was away last week at tending the meeting of the Bruce County Council,—Rev W .11 Geddes, of Whitechurch, occupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian church on Sunday last,—Mrs Berry and Miss Lelia I3erry spent a few days last week visiting friends in Kincardine, Miss Leila take ing part in Boras' concern—It is res ported that Mrs Arms frotig will Bold her annual concert on Thursday even,. ing, Feb 25th.4-An amateur dramatic company is about to be started in town by Mr 'leery Hart.—Miss MeLennan, of Aniberly, is visiting at Mr John Boyd's this week, ---A largo number of our citizen's have either got the gri orof alt, hist recovering from an atta re {(4* i' :r. Y • Jai Nos We ha. GE PIR: ENTE aT<t people of t visited the Band here report a p numbers s the great c Grippe,--' evening at Wawanosl Toadies' GI here was t and .finale 'enterraiuu Miss Ross many of t school wa aporeciett rendered. of the e purpose o school ole as the pr Will Pot Kinnon of Clinto people fr They e; time ant sins' hot of our " attendee last Fri: Blasi ing frier Jun Mc Winght Young Markka is the g Miss P been v returne Hayes, Miss ki '''"Toront here. - Tnrub, leer«_:t e,week.- 'aunda Quat r visittr ill for ing sl first son 1 F• tivel ing bear On a, gall( Sued ther ed i the the Tw wet eel ter all int