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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1896-01-24, Page 5TICK WIN GNAW, Tat ' BLUEVALE, Lev, J. B. Wallin, of Lucknow, will preach in the Methodist church anext Sabbath evening.—Mr. Edward •Coultes is attenditlg• the Normal at 'Toronto. --Miss Cross has started a sohooi at the residence of her sister Mrs, Bruce, for teaching girls knit- ting :and needle work. --Mr. and Mfrs. Hugh Ross have moved on their fartn on the boundary .east of 'the village. --Mr. Scott, of Galt, is visiting relatives near Clinton, --Mr. Frank. Scott, jr., is "'visiting relatives meat Clinton.—Mis William Sander- son, of Toronto, but formerly of this place is visiting acquaintances here.. ---Mr. and Mrs. Beattie, of Dakota, are visising their aunt, Mrs. Walter Rutherford.—Mr. • and Mrs. Charles •Jaekson, of Calgary, N. W. T„ aro visiting at lir. Abraham Jackson's, —Mr, Jackson sreconmpanied by his wife, left on Tuesday, to visit his sister, Mrs. C. W. Leech, of Detroit, for a short time.—A series of revival meetings are being, conducted in Ebenezer ehurola.---Rev, Mr. Moss, preached in Blyth last Sabbath.— Mrs. Charles Jackson, who belongs to the Salvation Army,.conducted the services in tbe Methodist church last Sunday. evening.—Last Thursday evening, Mrs. Bailey's class of girls met at her house and presented her with an easy chair and a mirrow and read this address : DEzrR MRs I3AnzY,^Our class and friends in the Sabbath School desire to express their sorrow for your present i11 health and also the hope that it play soon be restored. We also wish to say that your con- stant kindness, deep interest in your class and long and faithful service, gall for warm expressions of grati- tude from your many friends and is deeply felt by us: In thanking you for your faithful efforts for the good of year elass, we ask you to accept this chair and mirrow. May the one long be a comfort to you iu your hours of ease; and the other soon refieet the bloom of restored health. We are very sorry to hear that you do not feel able to continue as teaeher in the Sabbath School. It is our sincere desire that the great Master may give you the reward - that He has promised to his faithful servants. We wish you a happy New Year. Signed on behalf of the Presbyterian Sabbath - School by the. members of Mrs. Bailey's class: • ANNIE OLIVER, MABLE OLIVER, OLIVE SCOTT, NELLIE HARrLEY , ALICE DUFF, RUTH PATTON. Snap Shots. Orillia wants early closing. Port Elgin has 480 voters. Brussels has a dog -poisoner. ' Mildmay has a skating and curl- ing rink. . Walkerton, needs additional school accommodation. t Measles are the latest fad among children of Brussels. A Mitchell man was fined $6.00 for striking a woman. Woodhana flouring mill will be sold under mortgage. Walkerton is going to dispense with the office of constable. Collingwood, publishers are having atussle with the Council. ' f, Barrie Amateur Operatic Club gave a programme in Collingwcod. Dr. M. C. Dewar has purchased the practice of Dr. Campbell, Sea- forth. Rev. Roderick i4leLeod was induct- ed into the Presbyterian church, Ripley. 'Walkerton will probably organize a Greene Cottolene Club in the near future. . Gerrie a:Cheese factorywillhave to takea thenew placeButter of pt theone recently banned, The Manitoba School quest:on will be settled by the Brussels Literary Society, Jany. 3i. Collingwood Presbyterians have reopened their church after having it thoroughly re -modelled, dollars fronr>a person in Kincardine, Dr. J. K. M. Gordon, was banquet- The chief went to the station yestor- ted b the altizens of Teeswater, prior day afternoon to meet the train froth to leaving that town, the north, ITo there meta mmn who Mr. I1 1icNau h formerly of 'Sea' answered the doses iption given in g', y - the telegram and arrested hire and; bring in a' team. After they got to m t'r will represent Saskatehawa-in telegraphed the chief in Kincarcilne' the house, which was live miles away, he Ilan. Lcgislaturc. • who sent down a constable and, had I they then had to seed 40 miles for a 41 :Mur. Alert. Stewart, shipped a ear 13rown taken back this morning.. doctors at Neepawa. The doctor ar- load of horses from Seaforth on Sat- urday, for the English market.. Rev: Jas, Thompson, rector of the church of the Messiah, Kincardine,. has resigned and leaves at Easter. Is. I3ro. Chester, of Clifford Enter- prise, a bachelor? If so that would explain his extreme interest in Leap year, Seaforth is always ahead -A theatrical company will present Uccle Tom's Cabin in that town, in February. Ontario West. A vote has been taken in the county of Sianeoe on the question of erecting a House of Refuge, and the majority in favor was 1,288, Fifteen men, it is said, will apply for the office of Chief Constable of Mount Forest at meeting of Town Council next Monday evening, Mayor Tuekett of Hamilton, it is said, will present the Young Women's Christian Associatian with a $10,000 building, and it is also rumored that he will give the city a music hall. Robert Whaley has sold his farm of 95 acres; near Kirkton, to John Cameron. for $3,000, and John C. Irvine has sold his farm of 100 acres at Blanchard to Mr.Whaley for $4,900., The many friends of Andrew Monteith, county treasurer of Perth and ex -M. P:, will regret to learn that his condition is even worse than it was a few days ago and that no hope is nowheld out for his recovery. Alex. Brown, of Seaforth, has in- vented an ingenious machine for cutting .corn in the field,..,, The machine . is simple in construction, and is said to work satisfactorily. Mr, Brown claims that one man with a horse can cut as much corn with this machine as ten men in the ordi- nary way. While looking at Mr. Heise's new mill in Preston, Mr. Ed. Each had the'rnisfortnne to step into the cis- tern, the top of which was not cover- ed. It was frozen over and. contain- ed about seven feet of water. Mr. J. Fenwick was luckily there, and- hauled ndhauled out Mr. Faeh, who, save the 'wetting, was none the worse .for bis icy bath. No fewer:than five former Perthi- tes will oceupy•seats in the newly - elected Legislature of Manitoba : C. J. Mickle, elected, by acclamation for Birtle; R. IL Myers, Minnedosa, also elected by acclamation ; James Fisher, of Russell ; .A. M. Campbell, elected by acclamation for Souris, and Mr. Prendergast, elected for St. Boniface,—Stratford Herald. Miss Flo. McKean, daughter of Smith ile%eand, Ingersoll, has just fallen heir to $30,000,'. tbe: bequesst being made by a cousin, Miss Mary Ann- • Fuller, who died at 'Detroit recently, leaving an immense estate, out of which she donated some $21,000 to religious institutions. Miss Fuller was• a sister of the late, Rev. Fuller, of St. Marys, Dablin. Mr. Samuel Tracy, of the firm of Tracy Bros„ contractors, St. Marys, was going down town about seven o'clock on Honday evening when in turning the post -office corner his feet shot from nude: him on a very .dan- gerous piece of sidewalk and he fell, braking his right leg. Mr. Tracey has had both his arms, his ribs, and the other limb previously broken in accidents occurred in` following his trade as carpenter. On Tuesday last while loading sand on the tarns of Jas. Scott, Robt. Chambers had tbe misfortune to break his leg, below the knee, by a large piece of frozen sand falling from the side of the bank, which eaught his leg and beld him fast for a tune. I+'brtunately there were two other men working in the pit who at once dug bin out, when without a moments notice the wholebank caved in. Bob will bo confined to the house for some time, ---Tribune, Har- riston. The annual meeting of the North Perth Agricultural Society was held on Wednesday at Stratford, The financial statement for the past year showed a deficit of $546,59, repre- sented for the most part by amount expended for permanent improve- ments. The following officers were elected for 1896 ; President. Mr, Win. Crerar; first vice-president, Mr. R. M. Ballantyne ; second vice-president, Mr. Theo, Parker ; directors, Messrs. Geo. Wood, Allan Dunsmore, Arch, Crete'', . Hugh 'McTavish, John Pletch, Jaeob Litt, S. Suhring, John Idington, D. Dempsy ; auditor, Dr. Hamilton,James McIntyre; secre- tary, John Brown. The cheese made annually in Can- ada is valued at about, twenty mil- lions of dollars. The great Oxford district has been ,the `Mecca of advanced dairymen since Harvey Farrington built thefirst factory in 1863 ; >the total products of Oxford cheese factories is worth now consid- erably more than $1,000,000 per year. This interesting branch of Canadian agriculture isreferred to in an entertaining manner in a special illustrated number issued by the Woodstock Sentinel -Review and Doran:lion Dairyman.. • This, . we believe, is the first paper of the kind ever issued in Canada, and it is certainly a credit to it§' enterprising publisher, Mr. Andrew'Patullo. There was excitement in the House of Refuge at •Strathroy •on Sunday when it was discovered that two of $8'51 a week. the inmates had eloped. The name of the gallant in .the case is Thomas Germany has an income of $3,000, - German. He is said to have served. 000, and of this amount spends in the British army, and to be .about $118,000,000 for her army and 60 year of age, though he looked navy. younger ' above medium height, well built, and of military bearing. The woman is named Mary Ann Brooks. aged about 40; five feet six inches in height, dark hair, and wears bangs. The authorities tele- graphed and 'wrote to the pollee authorities -in all directions to arrest the pair. It is believed that' the elopers headed for Sarnia, and 'are in all probability by this time in Michigal: JANUARY 24 l $ 6 Mr, Jacob Wilcox of St. Thomas, Ontario, is one of the best known leen in that vicinity. Ile is now, ho says, an old man, but hood's Sarsaparilla has made him feelyoung again. "About .a year ago I had a very severe attack of the grip, which resulted in zny not having a well day, for several months afterwards. I was completely run down and my system was in a Terrible Condition. I lost & sh and became depressed in spirits. Finally a friend who bad been benefited by flood's Sarsaparilla advised me to try it and I did so, ' I continued tak- ing it until I 'used twelve bottles and today 1 can honestly say Hood's Sarsa- parilla has restored Me to my former health." JAcon WILaos, $t.. Thomas, Ontario. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Daly' True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye today. It cures when all other preparations fail. Pills tills the after-dlnnor pill anq tamlly eatharUe. 25a. rived" at 4 o'clock in the morning, but could do but little except to dress the wound. lir. Muir was conscious for about six hours,. and' died about 42 hours after the accident. John Mair has several relatives in Burfnrd, and was well-known. IIe was a cousin of the Burtch es, or Woodstock. Joiners in England, receive about Mr. William I-Iiggins, one of the old residents of Clinton, but for some time past visiting his son at Rat Portage, died' very suddenly on Fri- day last. He had just bid his son goodbye, intending to come back to Clinton, and had reached the door- step when he dropped and 'instantly expired. He was aged 71 "years, ordinarily in the best of' health, and had not been complaining of any ail- ment. A cooner.by trade, he worked here for quite a length of time, sub sequently moving to Crediton, where he still own some property, He leaves a family°of five boys 'and six girls; Mrs. Job Cooper, Clintonand Wawa - nosh, J. T. Currie, of East are his daughters; one resides in New York and three in Toronto. He was a member of the Ontario Street Methodist church and a Re- former in politics. As his wife's re- mains are, interred here, his body was also brought here,' and interred A. E. Dickson, the Gleneden from the residence of his son-in-law miller, met with a serious accident yesterday. Wednesday of last week. Ile was The Brantford Expositor, Jana18, tearing down an old log house,. when the structure suddenly collapsed and says: John Muir, who has Many falling hiui broke friends living in Burford, was shot the heavy logs g on dead in the mountain 40 miles from his leg, bruised him badly about the Neepawa, Man, A man named Bell body and inflicted a severe scalp was Out in the Riding Mountains wound. IIe had in fact a narrow shooting. Ile beard a crackling in escape from being crushed to death the bush ahead and saw what he and will be laid up some time with supposed to be a deer's head about 40 his ir,juries. yards away. He took deliberate aim Chief Randall, of Garol.ph, received and fired, and running forward a telegram on Monday from Chief of found Muir lying on his face. Ho Police Huffman, of If.lnearcline,, re- had shot him through the top of the `questing hila to be on the lookout head, making a deep furrow, expos - for a marl named Albert Brown, who ing the brain matter, some of which is supposed to have stolen fifteen was oozing out. Bell was frantic at the sight, and, being an elderly than, was not able to earry Muir alone. Ile finally found help, and between then: carried hint out of the Mourn to such a place as they could ssiiilliks Celery is invalnable. ns a food tbese • suffering"from• ens' form rheumatism ; for • diseases of dyspepsia. nerves and nervous for of the The Queen of Erosnaand, in the course of a recent interview with the Bechuaua chiefs. speaking with reference to the drink question, said: "I approve of the provisions exelud- ing strong drink from your country. I feel strongly in the matter and am glad to see that the chief's have de- termined to keep so grea t a curee from the people." The young Czarina declines to smoke. She has requested the ladies in waiting not to eon ' near her if there is the odor nt tobacco about their clothes, and her imperial ma- jesty is credited with the observation that a cigrrette in a woman's mouth. is as bad as an oath in a man's. Most of the Grand Duchesses of Russia smoke. Two survivors of the (irimean war have recently died --.one, William Drake Colson, ip London. the other, William Bennett; in Chicano. Each was in the Light Brigade daring its historic charge, and earned various medals for bravery. Colsen had two horses shot from lander trim, but escaped withont a sera telt. Bennett had been a chaplain on the Great Lakes for the last sixteen years. • trust ' You want Scott'* Emul- siozi, If you a.st,z your drug- -- for it and get it—you can trust that irmn. But if he offers you " something just as good," he will do the same when your doctor_ writes a prescription for`l which he wants to get a special efThet play . the gaame of life and death for f the sake of a penny or two :more profit. You can't !trust that fawn, Get what you ask for, and pay for, whether it is Scott's Emul- sion or anything else. Boort & rlowNa, lrcilevttte, Ont, toe. and'$1.o8 11 r rrJ InCD .r ,..... PU ' E DRUG' -,-_GO TO— GOLIN A. OAMPB LL, 2 Doors South font Office, Wiuglzarrrt. 'teits ante tells ►� A Put up ob But it is done so quickly, and at the same time so neatly, that all are pleased with it. Bring along your Job Work to the TIMES Office and see them do it. Prices right. 1 Im orta t imouncernent. Advantages all on the side of our customers for the next five weeks—or until Stock -Taking: SLEIGH ROBES, FUR COATS, FUR CAPES ULSTERS •— AND OVERCOATS will all be slaughtered. Now is the time to secure prices, They are here by the score and you may have them if you come in time. Our large stock of • • • :a ,. 221 which cannot be equalled for strength and flavor, are all offered at cut prices. COME—WE ARE READY. D. M. GORDON, The Anchor House, Wingham. A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE Is not a dangerous thing when it directs your attention to the fact that the Forest City Business and Shorthand College, 'London, Marto, Is giving the most practical and business like course in Canada. •y - thing strictly high grade, Write for Catalogue and •College jetilival. College reopens January 2nd, 1896, J. W. STERV1I ILL,1ttte