The Wingham Times, 1888-02-03, Page 2,.—.1!9,9149900.91r,,r9.1.9,orriritAMTW7IrtrirMli.
LOCAL NEWS
FRIDAY, DEO. 25711, 1885.
TO SOBSOM84RTS.
great many subserfpftena to Tui Trans
ritt aspire collie jt of January, and we tiit
'Mr./Wends tall he prompt in renewing. Eaton.
lex Mat by paying promptly in advance you 'ean
•ge,t the pagrfer tho licar for §.1.00,. Rthermise
Va.? rate of §1.21 will he strictly lidhered to. .Zet
(ce/t subeinher kindly snake a little effort and pay
lt hat ie due, and a rar'in advance, and ire Mil
.guarantoo 4 Sitbatantiai improvement iw the' get-
Itp (If THE TIMES next year. The indoidua?
antott:te are small, Ind nhcz gathered t Ohm.
ibew make a largo sum, and would leave a hand -
surplus wi114 to to carry out oontemplat.
Lti improvement& La each obscriber fake this
as a personal initiation and renew promptly.
Tan Trans wishes all its patrons and
friends a Merry Christnias.
I'm Mass will be celebrated in the
•Cathelio church, in this town, next Sunday .
auperity to do so •
niorning at 10:30 o'clock.
Pies and PuffPastav ; Jelly Cakes and' Fin,Nn ROW.C/WAT, formerly olerk in the
post office, here, has left the l'fi�n brewery,
Lafayettes ; iceing and fancy ornainenting
a specialty at the Dominion Bakery. Toronto, where he was book-keeper, and is
ITh'Ssnow employed in a similar 'capacity by
Itaf
• muss.--Iyou want a good McColl Bros, & 9o.,ef larduie and Machine
fitting Collar Or a first class harness go to
Gnest, Scotch Collar and Harness"'" 'au"'
Wingharo. A Canal, linecza.—The city papers the
other day contained a cruel report to the
TnE, TIMM earrier by will present his
annual address to lois patron t next week, 'effed that R• E, Simmons a this town, had
beceme insane since the execution of his
and we trust he will be remembered in a
/substantial manner by them. • sou in London. The report is entirely
Ton am.—A. :Singeowing machine, without foundation, BA Mr. Simmons is en-
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nufaeturina purSr ',voses, belonging
loying excellent mental and physioial
afor anapto
health.
Tindall estate; will be sold cheap
Apply to T, Mcelyrnout, executor. * Tun salt well has now; reached a depth
EVERSatirday nighduring the winter of about 1,310 feet, and drilling operations
Y t
Mrs. Anderson will give au oyster sup- 7111 he concluded as seen as U50 feet is
retitled. The pump will then be set in
per at her restaurant, opposite the Bank of
Hamilton, whewe or stews will be
operation and. the capacity of the well will
• n ra'
be tested in order to ascertain if aalt has
served at 115 cents per dish. GYster culls
been fennel in paying quantities. ',The
received direct from the boats at Neav
York.
- pumping apparatus arrived from Petrolia
.
'
Wwu Funeral Furnishings are wanted on Monday.
Tar the Angel Food and Golden Cake at
the Dominion Bakery.
Tel; members of the Wingbaru Caled0U-
ian Snoiety are talking ef holding a grand
ainuer at no distant day. •
Tim regular fiefiaion a the Divieion
Court was held in this tow). on Monday,
and quite a number of oases were disposed
of -
Now to yeti): time to order your Xmas
Cakes at the Dominion 1361tery. All the
latest cake mixtures are to be
had at the Dominion Bakery.
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ot•
A. Incur Si—s. Dixon, who
was coininitted for trial on the charge of
burglarizing Inglis ik Co.'s mill, was tried
in Qederich last week, and 'received .the
extraordinary gentence of ooe week in the
gountyjwi.Mer time is up and she hi ex-
peeted home to -morrow. It is not OM; in-
tention at present to discuss the propriety
of Sandi a 8011t011100 upon ono onavioted of a
deliberately planned burglary) but it does
occur to us that Justice is either a great
farce, Cr else ber scales have got out of
order in eorne way and do net balance;
evenly.
Tint • Methodist church advertises iu
Tus W.. --Xu another column of this
another column for tenders for 20 fiords of ' paper wilt be found, the advertisement of
drY
and 10 cords of green W°°(1' 1184111eirS The Week,withoutdoubt the foremost liter•
would do well to make a note of this. ary ouru al in Canada, Iapelitica TheWeelt
To Bar,—The old established PurnP is thoroughly independent, its articles aro
works belonging to the Ate Thos. Minim timely and wen.00luaacrea, it embraces
located e•tImclinow ; ran by horse power; list of contributors unequalled by any
an excellent opening. Apply to Alm, Thos. other paper in the Dominion, its form is
Mullin, Duckuow, neat and handy, it is superbly printed. on
E. X, liaratanoux, agent of the G. T. R. toned paper, and altogether it is a. journal
in this town, can now issue ticket e to Win- of which every intelligent Canadian
nipeg and all poiuts west on the Canadian should lee] proud. A sample copy will
Pacific railway, having recently received convince any person pf the superior ohar-
water of The Week, and it can be obtained
free of charge by addressing the publisher,
0. Blacked Robinson, 15 Jordan street, To-
rento.
Sr. Lours Miloitzum.--ThiErtistuily excel-
lent publication excels itself in its January
number, It is a holiday' ntimber, full of
Christmas and New Years stories, papers
and poetry, accorapauied by Several full-
page illustrations, C. Palward Mob, editor
of.the Boston Barening Record, Horaee S.
Keller, Vivien Castane and others' con-
tribute stories ; Luther G. Riggs of the
Chicago' Evening Telegram, Bev. P. B.
Valetta, and Min Rebecca C. Boyle have
"Holiday Papers;" the pcietry is ha Lillian
Grey, Maude Meredith, Minnie C. Ballard,
Lilla N. Cushman and several °there. The
'Light Moods" humorous department has
contributions by Mrs, Clara ;T. Dentou'and
Baiter De Moil) A specimen copy will be
sent to any address for 10 cents by the St.
Louia,Migazine Co., St. Louis, Mo.
xeit aoAn.— e friends of
ames Srigley, formerly of this town, will
be pleased to learn that 'he is meeting
with great success in his 'enterprise at
Pelee Island:Essex county. • During the
'leave your order with S. Gracey,wlookeeps
.all the necessaries for 'nuerals,Ilat Crape,
• Gloves, cte., all furnished and Funerals at-
tended to,pronaptly. Charges reasonable.
S,.40g„iettegit, 'Undertaker, Wingham. *
a.•—Lastrrida.y a. rink composed of
John Hann•a, John Coati, John J. Ander-
lion and, A. R. Morris went to Luckuow to
•liaye a twirl at the stanes. They return-
ed in the morning, but 'refused totell how
'the score stood. It was learned, hov,revek,
ihatthey received a terrible' licking, hence
*
"rPsa4Tla exam . Isistr, o
Norria,,the other day received a:handsome
andvaluable Christmas present from his
brother Malcelni Isbister, who livea in the
North West, in the shape of s buffalo skin
•;riverboat, trimmed with coon skin. The
gaiment 116the owner to. perfection, and
fs, of ep•urse, highly prized by him.
THE store adjoining Wm. Mullen's in the
„Royal block, is being fitted alp throughout
;afor M. S. Ostrander, of Tilsonbuag, who
'will open a boot and shoe nanufaetery
there the beginning ot janna.r.e. Mr. Os-
trander is highly spoken of as a, pushing
snd energetic business man, and we pre -
'diet for him abutidant success in our live-
ly town.
CA./tap/AL.—A grand masquerade carnival
• will be held at the>roller rink this evening,
when valuable prizes will be awarded for
the best' ladies' ad gents' costume.
Among other attractions will be a band of
Indians trona the North West in their war
paint and savage costumes, and a two-mile
rage open tohoys. under 13 years of ago,
-Ai:lumber of skaters from neighboring, rinks
will be present, and this premises to bo the
best carnival of the season.
A Wiumrse.—Itie reported that a lumber
:of informers are working up delinquents,
du isnrrounding 'counties in, the matter of
regiatering births, marriages and death,
end there is a likelihood of theni striking
this n:siglaborhood at any time. Such
being the OSSA it would be well
for those • interusted to 'gee tnat
the births, marriages and' 'deaths are
duly registered with the clerk of the
municipality. The penalty for neglect is
$20, half of which goes to the informer,
thinttiTMAS PAP/MS.—WO are in receipt of
the Christmas numler of the Toronto
Globe, and a magnificent number it is.
It munpriees 22 'pages, with au attraeti ett;
cover, filled with interesting Christmas
taatter and a host of prize stories. Ae-
companyieg tbe paper is a fall page en.
geriving entitled "Miss Ca-nade—the finest
Tolima -dollen of that young lady we have
oven seen. The paper is a monument of
newspaper enterprise and is exceedingly
creditable to the Globe. The London Ad-
vertiser also issued a Christnim number
last Saturday—a 20 pig o sheet, With a.
cover—being the largest paper ever issued
in liVehtOril Otittri V; vias 0. ni"unaiotli
undietaking for0 )40 City journalism,'
v. ateikina (a;aniple of the
Senoces Our.—The public schools of this
town were dismissed for the Christmas
holidays ou Wednesday evening. Under
the new Act relating to public schools . the
holiday in cities,,towns and incorporated
villages is made to correspond with the
high school holidays. Thus the :Central
sehool will reopen on Thursday, Jan. 7th,
instead of Monday, the4th, as wee generally
understood.
LAST Thursday night -Mr. and Mrs. John
Ea,des retuned from Toronto whither they
had gone to consult Dr. Temple regarding
IllarkiniirTalM:—XiiO'rir Can"
u 030.14-
u °Aim the doctor pronounced it a case Of
cancer of the liver, nd hole out but ;;little
hopes of her recovery. However he re-
commended a couraof medical treatment,
which he said was Iler only chance. She
bas been taking the mediine,•furniedied,
but thus far there are no signs of iinPrerfe-
ment.
THE NQUINATIONS.--7The nomination of
candidates for °fano of Mew, ieeve an
deputy -reeve will be held inthifcounil
ehamber ' next -1donday morning 'at 10
&cloak, and the nomination 'of iandidaces
for the oflicesof municipal councillors and
school trustees will be held on the same
lay, commencing at 12 o'clock, noon, at the
following places : Ward No. 1, at Wrd.
offiee ; Ward No 2,'ea PI, Guest'',
shop ; Ward No. 8, at thezonneil chamber.
Ward No 4, at Inglis & Co's. milli . The
election will be held ou the foliowing Mon-
day.
Tile Trams dropped into Samuel Nickel's
carriage factory the other day and found
things booming for all they are worth, and
the men are compelled to work over -time
to tutu otit all the orders when promised.
Among the jobs under way are a two -
seated dog cart sleigh for Ben, Willson, a
wo seatedpleasureshaigh for johnDinsley,.
Lied a two -seated sleigh for Wm. Black's
livery, all new and elegant patterns.
sides these there are a number of han
some jobd for, ether psrties upon whic
excellent meolie.niral and artistic work is
- • ,
Lamar Blattatrirmitxr.--The Young
Peoples' 1.aterary Society of the Preaby•
tartan church gave a TrInSiCai and )itorary
entertainment in the basement of the
charch, ou Vriday eveaing last, whieb, as
far as the programme Wai. concerned, was
a decided success, but the attendance was
not aaiftige as the entertainment warrant-
ed. 110Y. H. MAnarrie occupied thechair,
and opened the proceedings with a short
and appropriate address. A number of
members of other literary societies were
present aud rendered valuable aid. Chao,
MeOlelland, of the Bolgrave :Literary So-
ciety', favored the audieuoe with several
excellent selos, which were highly appreei
ated as were also those by Mrs S. Me.
Gill, Miss Andernou and Jas, Cline and
the dnetts by Mrs. John Norris and. Mr,
Smillie. John. Buchanan, of the Motile -
dist Literary Society, and S. GraceY,
president of the Presbyterian Literary So-
ciety, gave several readings in their usual
well-kuawn and aeoeptable style. Reeita-
time were given by Dr. McKenzie, of Bel.
grave, Mr. Smillie and Misses Borah Mo -
Glair°, Annie Agnew and Maggio Cargill,
each of whom acquitted themselves in a
highly creditable manriei.. The entertain,.
ineut was brought to a close by a vote of
thanks being tendered those wlio had SO
kindly taken part in the programme, and
especially those 'who had come from a dis-
tance. The society purposes holding sev-
eral entertainments of this description
during the winter months and it is to be
hoped that they will he patronized as
liberally as their merits demad. The
proceeds- of the entertainment amounted
to 013, -which will be applied to the organ
fund.'
NewBlacksmith Shop.
The nueerstanod begs to inform the inhabitants of
Wingham and surrounding country thaelm has
opened up n blacksmith shop
IZ LEMMEX'S,„,OLD .ST4ND
ST.„.4 '
and solicits a share of the prblic Patronage
HORSE SHOETATG
A SPECIALTY,
Ha'vin5 spent many years in one ei the
best horse shoeing establishments iu
the country, 1 Dan give the very
best satisfaction in this
respect, and guarantee iny
work to be the best.
•
Particular Mention paid to horses with unsound
feet, and horses shod to prevent interfering or forg-
' -Re X) IZEAVER
Wingham. Dec. 1, 188e.23in.
present year he anade.;1,015 gallons Of sotg- • '
hunt syrup, theVrecluet of six acres. The
cane was of the Early Amber and Early
OrangWyatieties, and some of it yielded
200 gallone to the acre. The syrup
brought 40 to 50 cents z gallon. Besides
this, Mr. SrigIey sold over 8 tons of Con-
cord grapes the past season, the irodact
of 3 acres. lie also obtained ,300 bushels
of potatoes front 4 "totes'300 bushels of
ebeets aridaearroia:7130dalalielts Of 'sorghum
seed, 5,000 grape vrortsrabont 700 bushels
of ecru and a quantity .ok hay and other
produce—all the above being grown on 26
acres that he had under cu1tivatio3T A
number of cattle, "Wine and other animals
were also raised anafattened for market.
Thiais certainly a good "sliewing, and re -
fleets credit upon the energy; and intelli-
gence Krigloy.
Asps lJr, 1iij.ins Our."—Between 4
and 5 o'dlock Sulday morning as•Duiloan
laCollani,. a L., H. Cs• B. conduet‘or, was
walking along Josephine street, lie espied.
a. man diligently at work with a brace and
it boring holes hz the post office door.
Dunean went up to the mad and asked
'what he was trying to do, when he was in-
formed that "it was none of his business."
Then Duncan asked the man if be would
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READ TUE FOLLOW/NG LIST OF CONTRIEC-
Prof. Ooldwin Smith, Principal Grant, D. D., Louis
Honore Frschette, Wm. Houston, IP Blake Crofton,
G. Mercer Adam, Jaguin Miller, Prof. Wm. Clark,
M. A. John Heade, George Stewart, jr., Prof. Mur-
ray, L L. D., Chas: Lindsey', Thos. Hughes, Q. C.
John Charles Dont, Mrs. Kate Seymour McLean, Miss
Machar (FhlellS), Miss Louisa Murray, Dr. Daniel
Wilson, Hunter DUVAL', and others.
'C. Blackett Robinson,
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sample conies Fro on application.
remain there until lie went fOr „Chief
I
Pettypiece, and the woold-be burglar SS". , k i not e
wired him he would:: *hen, the chief and 1)a 1 ea en
n
his escort returned a few nnnutea later . . .
the bird had flown: Tiy4tin tracked. See' If 't C.113..
the man to the bla'ck bridge; alcout a mile ' .
south of the town alieni: they discovered
him at the side of, the road among some
trees. They did not know but what he
might be a thoroughbred, XXX, all -wool -
and -a -yard -wide burglar, so Dunc; inquir-
ed of the chief in a low voice, "Say,
Nary
Iievolver had George. But Dune, was
quid to the emerges and palling a sil-
r-moimted lead pencil from his pocket,
e p2inted'it at the pian in the bushes
being displayed: Mr. Nickel is gaining an mid slitalted, ”Handa
thumbs out."
excellent reputation in his 'textualist line
When the man saw tlie lead pencil glisten -
of business, which accounts for the rush a ing with deadly glare in the moonlight he
work he is enjoyingknew his oose was Oblted, fie up went
'Mfg. 01 Wm, BIM—John Hanna, init.!). hands. While the Inall 'WAS thus
dropped into Tux Tisiss 'Ace� Motiday "covered,' the <mid nabbed him and.
and suggested to the editor that an artiere 'brought him triumphantly to the. lock-up.
ou "What one dollar will bny,n would bg It was lotted that the inan was not the
an appropriate 0110 at this festiveseason dangerous character he was taken to be,
C4.olgo, have you got a revolver ?"
for lus mammoth intellect to tackle. being none other than (*arida Powers, a
happened this morning that We forgot o young na.ai , employed in Bradwin's pot•
massive intellect, luving left it Oltenia in terYa andwho has Wale*, borne ao
out other hat, and now- that Wd attedipt cellent character. An investigation show
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to discues,,thiS importantqatatiou we' lib a ed that several large holealind been bored
ourselves thirst at sem. We know of lots in the post oMee door, just below the holt,-
of things that a dollar Will ,buy, raid we and. the evident intention was 40 iueett the
know that ten dollars will buy ten times
more than ono dollat, but at present We
cannotrecall all of them to .our mind. It
ricours to US, however, that tho heat value
itist now for ono dollar is Tim Tares for a
17,'N'. and WO %Wild advi,,a Clone who harks ? witted; far waa token to flakier-,
"=
hand, withdraw the bolt nd thus gain.
ca,
anceas to the building., Nihon l'oWera was
taraigned befote Mayor delaudsoon Mon.
day Morning on a Charge of attetupted
burglary, he pleaded guilty mod woo,00ro,
30 lbs. good rice i'dr SLOCI.
14 lbs. best grat ulated sugar Pr $1.00
5 bars einotrie soap for 25c.
3 lbs new raisins for 25e.
3 packages corn starch for 25c.
2 cans salmon for 25c.
1 box Eddy's matches for 7c.
And for eirerilb. of 50o. Toa yott buy we
atill,g4Yo you your ohOleeoftbe ft+
lonhnft Articles Free :
A luttiasocit motto, china cup and
saucer, one lb. choice mixed candy, three
flint lamp glasses, medium size, and with
every three lbe., 50a Tea your choice of
either one lb. Prince Wales tobacco, one
i Olen glass pitcher, one handsome sal-
ver.;Itna for every 5 Um 60e. Tea, your
choice and piek in crockery and glassware
to the amount of 31.00. '
Don't think because these presents
are big value that the tea Is not
good. r mean business and when I
cut en goodi 1 go deep. 1 liavo
always betierecl in having the profit
nyself, but this this 1 will give my
patrons the benefit for thirtitdaysfrom
10th inst., for spot cash.
Thanking you for your past patron.
ago, 1 remain yours truly,
E. Bowers.
December 7th, 1885,
ucbanan Bros.
Have detorit boa to continuo
THE CLEITING SALE
ror Cash for another Incuth.
An they have an immense storm]; 01:
Boots (t
You cannot fail in securing just wlmt
yoIl want, We menn buoi.
DHSS 91n1 Will not be linder.
sold,so corne along and •
secure bargaiun.
Noto klIG of rihr Prim:
Men's Long Boots frotn $1.7.5zi
Boys' 4. . 1.00 ".
Wonterils goat beets " 81.25
whole Stock " $1.Q0 "
We are also talong Cleland in the
Any person requiring anything in
this line will find it to thoir. ad,
vantaue to deal with ns, Wo
aro prepared to, take any
quantity of wood in
ekeliango jar
harness.
10Z OFF FOB. CASH
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Buchanan, B.
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Wingham Dee. 18, W$5
nonr p, r cwt.
$2 25 to '2 .50
Flour per 4 50 to 500 7
10 all Nliheat per bus..,. 70 to, . 78
g. 45 tO
21; to '
... 45 to M
55 to 5C4
25 to 25
Spring
Oats
Barley 4, • i!
Peas "
Potatoes now .
Butter per lb... 14 to 15
Eggs per 15 to' 1,t,
flay per ton new 800 to 9 tul
1 50 tzs 1 '1:i
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