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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1894-02-09, Page 8.A7,�• .�.t.�l � ,t SPRING GOODS. New Spring Prints. There is now a Urger aseertwent, a better assortment, The Prints for tide spring surpasses in variety, etylett and elegance of coloring of any format. ,season. The novelties have their introduction this week. NEW WASH FABRICS. - ,All Wool French Deleines that hold the mirror up to nature. Scotch and French Ginghams. Lace and Embroideries, band made. Forcliot , Lace, fine and dainty, Cambric Embroidery, Edgings. ----VIM GOODS. White Lawn Checks, dotted and figured, India Linen, Mull, Cambric, White Cottons, Sheetings, Table Damasks, Pillow Cases. Corsets in all the new makes. Headquar- ters for Handkerchiefs. Come anti see our Silks, Dress Goods, ,'Suitings, Lice Curtains and Carpets, at M H. MctND00'S. HEAP READING Our Clubbing Rates. e The Tufts and Toronto globe, weekly.,. e 1 ,iU ;The Totes and Toronto empire, weekly.,,,,• 1 75 The MISS and London Advertiser. weekly.. , 76 The TINES aty,�l, London Free Press, weekly..., 75 , The Tastes an Montreal Herald, weekly 1 50 The Tom and Montreal Witness, weekly.,,.,, 100 The Tiers and Toronto Daily World .... -. „ 2 60 TheTIMasand Montreal Family Herald and Star weekly, and premium 1 75 The TIMMS and The Ladies'. Journal, monthly, Toronto 1 25 The Totes and Cosmopolitan Akarme,monthly, New York 2 25 The Ttxxs and The Live Stock Journal and Household Companion, monthly.,.. , 1 75 TtoTutas and Farmers' Aurocate, b[• eek,y 1 00 The Truss and the CultWrator and Country Gentleman, wcckll 2 75 Reduced rates with all other papers not mentioned its the above lis", , • Address, Thies OFFICE, Wingham, Ont. Town Council. The regular monthly meeting of the Town 00 Council was held on Monday evening last. Members all present. Mayor Hanna in the chairThe minute of last meeting were read stntl,proved, Applications were received from Messrs P. Youhili and Wm. Mitchell, for the posi- tion of Assessor for the year 1S94. A. vote was taken, which resulted in six ballots be- ing cast for Youhill and four for Mitchell. Mr: Yauhill was then declared Assessor for 1894e, A, The lfepott., of the Finance Committee read as foliMkseJas, Fleuty,printing,$3.75; D. SutherIa,nd;:supplies, $2.75; A. E. Sim- plotis, printing, 163.75; A.. Galbraith, filled arityorders,$4.25; orders,$4.25; S.Gracey, account,e13; eld ea Son, supplies for hall, $7.95; A. supplies for waterworks, 165; P. Hughes, work at watererbrite, $1.25; L. McLean, lumber, $11.30; It, H. McKay, glazi,fg, $2.50; D. McClure, filled charity orders, $2.25; W. (lc T. Moore, work at gS •waterworda, $9.87; John Hanna, paid for wood, charity, $1.75; T. Lind,wood,charity, 163; Gordon & McIntyre, filled 'charity or- ; dere, $1; C. N. Griffin, filled charity orders and supplies for hall, $2.90; F Davidson, Work on streets, wood, etc„ $19.70; J. Cop- lin, wood for hall, $24.69; R. Jenkins,wood f;or hall, $4,50; Mrs, Lang, scrubbing hall, P. Moved by J. W. Inglis,. seconded by R. Tennant, that the hove accounts be re- commended to be paid, excepting D. Suth- i erland's, Brisbois', McKay's, Moore's and A Davidson'e, that Sutherland be paid a1,50, $ balance when certified to; Brisbois laid over to be certified to; McKay be paid leas 50 cents; Moore's less $1.75; F. Davidson's less 8;$2.10. Messrs. Brisbois' and Sutherland's s aeoouuts were afterwards certified to. Moved by R. C. Spading, seconded, by R. Herdsman, that the report of the canoe Committee es read be adopted— * e Ced. 11rlerk reported that an election had held to fill the vacancies in No. 2 ward that Messrs. Win, Moore and George had been elected by exclamation.y Tl$ two new members were present nd k the daclaration and qualification of ,By -Law No. 218, 1894, a by-law to raise to meet the current expenses of the was read three tines and passed. -Law No. 219. a by.law limiting the of hotel licenses in the town and tiis. thereof was introduced. by Thos. Gregory, seconded by 1 that not more than five hotel be granted for the ensuing license' ley P. Deans, serionded by Geo. dizieeat,that six hotel licenses wising lioense year eaaaeeeeetee ;TUE \VIN 6 1.A,.M, 11,4L41$1,1'E13RUAR . 91 1894. h+t yeas andnays were taken on the amttiiament, which were as follows f Yeas --Win. Holmes, R. C. S ling, B. Herds- nran, li. Tennant, Geo. Green, J. W. Inglis, P. Deans -7. Nays--W:ut, Moore, 1).Mo-: Kinsey, 0, Reading, Thos. Gregory, It, Aracott, J. A. McLean— % The amend, merit was declared carried. ,'t M e by Deane, nded byR. C. amend- MovedPD sa ol el Sperling, that�tlse license fees be the same as last year—Carried. The by.law was then reed three tunes and passed. I3y«law No. 22Q; a by-law appointing the officers for 1994, was read three time' and ptosed. ' Moved by Peter Deans, seconded by J, A,. McLean, whereas, last year a very largely signed petition of the ratepayers and citizens of Wingbam anti the surround- ing country wits' presented to the Post _ Office Inspector of this district, praying that ho would take steps at once to remove the Post office from its present site, to a more central part of the town, and whereas no steps have es yet been taken in an- swer to the petition, be ittherefore resolved that this council iuemoralize the Inspector in reference to said petition and urge upon him to take steps at once to bring the matter again to the notice of the Post Office General as in the opinion of this Council, such a change is absolutely neees- sa:Iy, to give justioe to a very large major- ity of the people interested—Carried. Moved by P. Deans, seconded by R. C. Sperling, that the Tax Collector finish collecting the taxes and return the roll not later than the 15th of February—Carried. The Clerk then read the Auditors' Ab- stract of the receipts and expenditure of the town for 1893. Moved by J. A. Me - Lean, seconded by C. Reading, that the Auditors' report be adopted—Carried. Moved by Wm. Holmes, seconded by D. McKinlay, that Wm. Moore be placed on tho Fire, Water turn Light Committee and Geo. Green on the Public. Works; Com- mittee—Carried. Moved by R. C. Sperling, seconded by R. Tennant, that $500 owing by the Coun- cil to the School Board be placed to the crest of the School Board—Carried. lfoved by J. W. Inglis, seconded by T. 'Gregory, that the Mayor call a public meeting of the ratepayers of the town, for the pitrposa of appointing a committee of ratepayers to wait upon Dr. Macdonald, M, P. and also to correspond with other members of Parliament, with a view of having a Post Office and G,tistom House erected in Wingham—Carried.`.) Moved by P. ,.Deans, . seconded by Geo. i Green, that the Auditors be paid $15 each for their services—Carried. . Communication was read from Mrs. Osborne asking for help to take her and her family to Port Huron. Moved by P. Deane, seconded by R. Tennant that the communication of Mrs. Osborne be refer- red to the.Exeoutive Committee—Carried. Mr. Richard , Green was present and stated that he had paid taxes on dog which he had killed; that he had also paid tales on lots which he did not own, but was assessed for them—No action. Mr. Walter Greets was present and made the following proposition to the • Council: That if Council would increase street lights from 6 to 12, ha would light them for 20 cents a night each,same price as the six cost a piece now and would light Council chamber free of charge and give the morning run during the winter months—No action. Moved by P. Deans, seconded by R. Tenant, that Mr. Marshall, of Kinlough, be appointed Engineer for the Town of Wing - ham for 18-J4—Carried. The Council then adjourned. County Council. ' (CONCLUDED FRODI LAST ISSUY,) itoADs AND iuunoES. The Road and Bridge Committee's re- port, as adopted, was as follows : Regarding the motion of Messrs. Cook and Graham re bridge on boundary of Howick send Minto, we recomtnend that our commissioner be instructed to attend to the matter as soon as possible. Regard- ing letter from Canadian Institute, calling a convection of parties interested in road reform and improvements wo would re. commend that no action be taken, We recommend that the county commissioners reports be printed in the minutes. That an iron or steel bridge be built at Wroxeter, 16 feet wide and a tide walk 5 feet wide. That the Golley bridge be rebuilt of cedar and that it be 16 feet in width, That Dunlop Bridge be rebuilt of cedar acid 16 feet wide. Thst Pugen's bridge be rebuilt of cedar 10 feet wide. That the County commissioner befustrtict. ed to stir up the contractors of Grand Bold bridge to complete their contract, and that lie get pessesslon of the iron which has disappeared from the old bridge stud dispose of the same for the benefit of the coney iu conjunction with Lanebtou. Regarding application of council of Torn. berry, re cloths part of Dnnoan street, advise leaving matter over till;rune session ffegarding application of council of Step - heti re closing original road allowanee situate betvvke,tint„ (MU Uu hike ,..sal !Oh and Siuble conee,su.u, would recommend that the law liming been complied with in every particular the epplic,i,lio,t be grant- ed, ltegardieg motion of Messrs. Atiltto aud Mcblurchin re tepeeliug byelaw No. '9 of 1894, would advise that the ,natter be laid over until June session and that County CunlntitotiOuer report et June ses- sietl as Iv tie • euvt of s11 bridge,, cow maintained by couuty under by-law No. 0, 1874. liegard;ug pian of bridge tc, he built in Morrie township, the committee take no action, except to raoouttuend that titu wetter ter left in halide of Commit. Ite- gerditne claims Mur tl:a•nages by Mrw. J. 0. South, Rev. Alr. Currie mid H. Smith, en aeeount of the flooding away of the tend» porary bridge at Grand fiend, we recon,- tuend that Mr. Hherritt, Mr. Turnbull aril the county couuniesinuer be is corn- rnittee clout; with the Warden of Limbton to settle all houext osmole the.te ,parties may mak. THE JAILOft'S IMPOST, Jailor Dickson reported as follows: — Herewith I submit for your cousidee- ation my report of the state of your county jail, together with a (statement of prisoners at prevent iu custody. As far es I know there are no repairs required except the replacing of a few slates aud moms of the galvauizsd sheeting on the ridge boards Hutt have been blown down, At preseut there are 22 prisoners in custody as fol-' lows :—two females and twenty mules, The females are vagrants and under seutence—Mary Walton, Goderich, 84 years of age, nominitted by Mayor Butler; asd Mary J. McDonald, MoKillop, 60 years of age, committed by S. Caldwell and A. T. tilcDouald, J. P's, Of the males two of thein are insane, neither of them violent ; one has been reported and is new waiting removal to the asylum ; the other is under investigation. The remaining 18 are vagrants all uuder Benham. ranging front one to mix months, as follows: —John Snund_r,, Howick, committed by Gaul Bonnett; Chas. Watson and Wm. Shaw, committed by James Foster ,aud Thos- Gibscu; Jas. Johustou, Seaforth, com- mitted Wilson mI edh. J. Beattie and D. D. Vrlaou Y Geo. Nichol, Winthrop, cotniuitted by A. Govenlook and M. Murtie; Geo. Constable, Seaforth, committed by D. D. Wilson and John Beattie ; John Gilchrist, W. Wawa. nosh, committed by Wm. Lane ; John Durnion, Goderich, Wm, MoTenes, Col. borne, Thos. Smith, Wigham, Robt. Rich, Goderich, John Perdon, Chicago, Jas. Mc- r Leod, Stratford, Alex. McNab, Grey, Geol John Ha.ptiltou, John Rosa, Toronto, .Edward Sullivan, Kingston, Wm. Black, Goderich, aud James Myers, Ridgetowu— all committed by Mayor Butler, of Goder- ich. Of the male vagrants eight of them may be said to be totally unable to earu a living; their ages range from 62 to 90 years; oue is blind aud one a paralytic; one bent almost double aud the other as feeble aud may be said to be tottering on the edge of the grave. Three of these. aged ones are in for short terms, viz : One for two months and two for 30 days each. What ere they to do then? go out on the public street aud wait there till some good samaritan comes and takes them home? No. The season of the year will not per. mit of their being turned out. I will lay Use matter before the sheriff and be guided by him. Of the females, Mary Waltou is very feeble, the other is stroug for her age. From this report, gentlemen, you will learn that at prauent your county jail is doing triple veor '—as an Asylum, House of Refuge end a Ioepital ; and in working your jail as such the expenses for the year will be largely increased as per Inspector's report of June 23rd, 1893. I have been under the necessity of making requisition to your Clerk, as per rules and regulations for the government of eommon jails, for the following goods :-6 stools, 12 pair blankets, 2 dozen coverlets, uuderehirt and drawers for Wm. Shaw, pacts and cap for Wm. Kelly, bill for winch will be laid be. fora you duly certified to.. Moved by Stuart and Turnbull, that clause 7 of the executive report be amend- ed by making a grant of $15 to each mechanics' institute 1n the county.—Car- ried. Moved by Ferguson and Turnbull, that clause 67 of the finance eomtnittee's report be aMended, and that municipalities hay fag county wards maintained by this county be paid 50 per cent. of the present schedule rate.—Carried. Moved by Griffin and Girvin, that the amounts paid to county Wards of this county pe paid to the municipal treasurer instead of paying the amounts to the reeve, —Carried. Moved by Holt and :vloPhereou, that clause 8 of the report of the road and bridge committee at page 52,of the minutes of June lest, be atnended by defining the parties interested as those owning land,' adjoining the Turuberry end of the said bridge, and that sues parties be the fol- lowing, vie.: Thomas Netterfield. Jabtt Green, Ellen Johnston, Wm. J. J'shnstow,. Senl'l. D. Welwood, Adan. held. end that the bond or agreement need not be regia. tered unless the solieitar deems it tames- . Bary ; and that the mousy be paid to Buell permoga ou the completiou of the proposed private footbridge. --Carried. Moved b3 Holt and Bissett, that clause 9 et the executive report be struck out aud the following substituted ; And that the itlattna of the collegiate institutes of the county be referred to a sub•committee,eou listing of Messrs. I'roudfoot, Silber aud McElwain, to report at the June seesiou of this council,—G'arried, Novel by Proudfoot and Filber, that w • petition be preseuted•to the Dominion Government requesting them to pees a law eetnoviug restrictions, so that Canadian fishermen be free to'tlsh with the kind and description of nets `that they used prior to the recent chuuge in the law, and also to free the deltas men from the payment of anything but at notniuel license fee.—Car. ried. The warden nominated Robt. A, Carrick couuty auditor. The following by. laws were passed: No. 1, appointing oouuty auditors. No. 2, appointing tt board of erirninal audit. No. 3, to confirm by-law No. 6, 1893, of the township of Stephen. Moved by Mooney and Milne, that the council do now adjcuru to meet again rho first Tuesday in Juuc next, MARRIED. ,. / Cuxnlli—ANDEIISON —At the residence of rho•bride's father, ou I+'ebruary 7th, by the Rev. A. Y. Hartley, Mr. John Currie, of East Wawa.uotth, to Mies Louise, daugh- ter of Mr. Wm. Auderaou, of Turuberry. RlnnuT—PATEP,soet —In the Presbyterian obarch, Port ltlgiu, on January 31st by the Rev. James Gourley, M. A., W. H. ltidout, Esq„ manager Bank of Hamiltou,to Jessie Rae, daughter of J. Rae Patterson, Esq., M. D. bdcGevuu--WeeneoE--At . Spring • Hill Farm, Howick, on Jauuary 245b, by Rev. Mr. Stewart, of Iiehnorn, Mr. Jae, Mc - Gavin. of Mildmay, to Miss Lizzie, daugh• to . of Win, Wallace, Esq. g ITCH—WYLIE—At the residence of the bride's father, on Jan. 10th, by Rev. Thomas, M. A,, Mr. John Fitch, of How- ich, to Miss Isabella E., daughter of Jas, Wylie, of Turuberry. Basle—K,tnNIo:AN—At the residence of the bride's father,on Jan. 31st, by the Rev. 1t. Henderson, Capt. Joseph Beck, of God•' erieli. to Maggie E., daughter of Mr. John Keruighau, of Colborne township. HERnISON—CONNELL—At the residence of the bride's mother, Cliuton, on the Het Jan., by the Rev. W. Smyth, William 0. Harbison. of Groftou,North Dakota, U. S., to Miss Kate Connell, of Clinton. : �" RI•rcinIE—Iu Wingltom, ou February }th, Ritchie, aged 56 years and 8 mouths. •/TAarAti—In East. Waevanorh, on the 28th alt., William Albert Tamen,aged 21 yearb, 5 months and 28 days. Hun—At Brussels, on the 30tH ult„ Emily, wife of Mr. John Hill, aged 54 years and (3 months. LAUNDN—In Morris, on January, 24th, Sarah A. Launder, aged 83 years, relict of the late Henry Laundy. DIED. FARM FOR SALE. The undersigned offers for sato, his harm, befog South halt of int 31, conecasian 14, East t1' vanosh, contatning 100 aeres;more or less. Th is about 76 acres nnder culti:atton,the ba ce is princi- pally bush. There is •.n the . e a comfortable brick house un$ la e frbarn, with stabling; underneath, also s ,did bearing orchard and a good sprints we rhe farm will be sold reason- able. For particulars apply on the premises or ad- dress, Whitechurch, P. 0. THOMAS C00Ic, Proprietor, East Wawanosh, Feb Sth, 1304, JESSOP & McELROY, Are offering GREAT BARGAINS in all lines carried by them. Note a few TRADE GETTERS Men's Boots Men's Long Felt Boots 1 Men's Long Rubber Boots 1 Boys' Long Rubber Men's Fine Lined Overshoes.. ... , 1 Boys' and Girl's Overshoes.... ... , Men's Slippers Ladies' Slippers Lien's Gaiters Women's Boots . . ., Bays Boots. Trunks at 1 price.. 6 lbs. Currants 5 lbs. new Raining G lbs. Rice 10 lbs. Oatmeal 2 bottles nice F 4 packages Cornatalclt..,... (i lbs, of our wonderful 25c.Japan Tea 2 lbs, 20e. Tea 20 lbs, Granulated Sugar.......... 1 25 the Brown Sugar 1 6 ,lbs, Green Rio Coffee 3 bars 5o. Soap 4 plugs McDonald 10c, Smoking Tobacco 25 4 plugs McDonald 10e. Chewing Tobacco e. 25 10 •100 75 00 75 '75 00 50 25 25 75 60 50 DR. NlcEFJLAN, LONDON, ONT, 4A1' Talbot Street, EY} and EAR $IIRGEON, (trade de of the New York Isye and sur liuspltuh tsar. Post Graduate course en the Eyt, Kar. Nose and Thrnut et the New. York Post Onetime swivel • hau , School u 1 „.feasts s p 1. 1 Eyes Tested. Glasses supplied, Flue stock at Sp,rtanits, Lenses nod Artllish 1 NI es, will be at the $rnnswick FARM FOR SALE, West halt, also pert of .East hill lot 27, roll. 14 west iy,wenee h contslnlre 011 arras, For farther particulars ap1,I • on the pr,lnists or by mail to JAMS;S lduwl1ttAl'. Sint Thomas I', 0„ North Ilmkt,te. ,,.., WI„o„.,,. G0kN9fA1HE0'8 C6�CH, The First or Last THURSDAY of mill mouth, at date named below: Third Visit, March 1st, 1894. { 1 H,'urs 11 a. tn, to 8 p. m, . Charges �J moderate, K TN ENEW BRn^TFORDA LSTEEL UIVItiG 1[,1, WAY jl lY WHA�A cosi fit THAT B' '.N.;FOR TIILL 1S JOHN PELTON, AGENT,. WINGHAM, ONTARIO. Also, manufacturer of all kinds of WOODEN PUMPS which i•an be supplied on short notice Iron ami Fore'? Pumps supplied to order. Repairing promptly attended to. Prices reason- able. • • r^' ' It's high time you were getting your Xmas presents. Call and have a loose through our stock of goods suitable for botls birthday and Xmas presents, in Gold and Silver Watches,, Onyx Clocks, Rings, Jewellery,.. Silver Tea Service, Water Titters, Pitchere, Cheese Scoop, Berry Dishes, Cttke Baskets, ar,d all other kinds of silverware, at the leading jewellery j store. Repairing promptly done and warrant- ed. J. R. MUNSHAW. Shop—Diarom .1 street, nearly opposite Bask of Mason Block, Wingham. H Milton, R'ingham. STOCKT KING. ■1 \ j3! _ t 1 are busy taking stock this week, and while the goods are down will be the proper time fair cus- tomers to buy them. BARGAINS IN EVERY LINE GORDON c MCINTYREr? 9 ",The Anchor.” "HARNESS ANID.OPLJARS,rP,all .r..,.r.r. 25 - 1 00 25 stn having bought out the Ambler Harness Business and staetrd in his ll old stand, ' tl0 prepared to furnish the public with overytl,f usually Rept in a harness Shop cit as 1 00 EA VY, LIGHT and TRAGIC. Il Ai.N ''SS, 10 rLi Sr DUSTERS, , WHIPS, CURRY COMBS, BRUSHES, SWEAT COLLARS, TRUNKS, S, 'VALISES and TRAVELLING BAGS, tic., itc. TEX: MS.—Cash, Butter or Bggs. Lake Duron Herring 43.25 per keg, JLSSOP ifs llfcELROY, Blyth. I make all my own Collars and guarantee satisfaction. Give me a trial and 1 will nee you right. G. .A.« INT W T '.. '. A ' VOL. XXIII.---NO. Spring Goods will soon begin to i and we find that we have a few lines we shall have to carry over, that is i do not get them and in order to make your advantage, we will sell them e: ak cost. To start with, there are s odd furs, the overshoes and cardigan that we have got left. A. few shawl, hoods, men's, boys', ladies', and girls' t clothing, men and boys' overcoats would rather you had these goods at tban have to carry them over to season. We are not using the old out phrase, "selling at cost," simp catch you, we mean just what we say. us and be convinced. Our Grocery as usual, fresh and complete. We hi hand the new shorteuing, "Cott, Try it and see what it is like. Yours truly, ORR & HISCOCKS, Direct Imp• THE BEAE, January 31st, 1894. Marriage Licenses Issued by PRANK PATERSON, No toria street, Wingham, Ont. No wi required. N♦♦O®®06♦'0♦O4md000'►a BEST Place in Gand a e B: nnes 1 to c a huP do ♦ etc., is 'uslSet the _ral Busines lege, Toronto, Ont, and Stratford Unquestionably Canada's Greatest mercial Schools. Cataiogues free. Hon this paper. Shaw & 3lliutt, Princ O@44)044♦414:40♦047•4140 LOCAL NEWS. —We are now havi g splendid e —Three things to ct ltivate—goo food friends, and good humor. --Gashfor good but er and eggs Graham's market grocery. —One rink of ourlei a went to !' .on Wednesday, to pia r a friend. 'with the Seaforth plays. —Iter. D. Perrie, tin paster, w: in the Wingham Prep yterian', Sunday :next,, both m ltitiga>}t e, —Beaver Tobacco is abeotely is the Highest grade stook; in ..Cal the only gentleman chewing. Mr. Jas. R. Reyn. Ids, jr., th ' a stock of groceries opening out the small stores in Ma .donald's r —It appears to bo a sad fact people who know exacta'; ; leei tt, newspapers are always enigege i ether employment. --Mies Jessie Ducker .violinist Methodist Church Oro ,extra, v Agnes Knox in the :oncert o evening next, in the Torn Hall. —Grain chopping done for 100 lbs. at the Wiugltant Oat' Oats exchanged for enetmeal. WP, Trying to do burin res with; tieing is like winkin ! at a through a pair of green goggles know what you are doi ig but does. —Bev. Mr. Bisbee, o Kansas 1t 'visit to friends in W Eigham, next Sunday morning told oval Methodist church. Ti e pastor, ,the Auburn circuit praching Ilermous. •—•Private moneys to loan c1 At reasonable rate of interest:', tf Jor ;..'.rhe Cheelo3 Free Piress 1rev.D. Perrin an l his 1 $eXt Sabbath the Bet, o has to ably filled thepull church for the posit `tlrre;.,yea' months, preaches his farvr.1l f. ing his ministration in 0 Leal berehip of Geneva ehueola deg 118. The number, of the church 1olaoke4i lain he al. now there4rre Which 51 joined lairs lCbi, ma s' given. Laai+ sabbath the r,. lastingly referred to his :l *Om Chet•,. y. and stats would give him greater {slits who had *haul the 0 »Itsl4in ateatl'last 1411 tlm6 en