The Wingham Times, 1888-02-17, Page 1NEWS.
Na s,.
1 shipped a oarlead of
pog last week.
usaols on the Wiugham
last by a picot° of 42 to
e had an enjoyable dalto-
tho'resideuce of Mr. H.
venisg.
Mitchell lute but, onii
o never lighted'. Poor
s.
•
ua
of D7'ortlt 11liddlesex,
his bill to grant the
women. ,
gins introduced a 1)111 tet ret
poi of ;the Municipal -Act
, municipalities to bonus
,trpooli correspondent to the
Jespal oi.p..McReuzle, of Wiunham,.
bus his Tang -dor pressing'iay at. work
iii the vis sty. a -
Huron ei,,:15 pupils ,to the, .'Deaf and
Dumb Ittiftute at DeNville last. year.
York cos 4•,ient 21, the highest on the'
list. Th iisituty sent 4.to the ,f3lind 1n
.::
-stirrers atitraritford.
Old gen'ei einto boy, on twelfth birth.
Bay, ea 1 li ''''..Yon will improve iu wisdom,
haetvledg a virtue." Roy politely re-
turning t ,;compliment, totally uncon-
soioas of easm. The earns to. you sir.
•11[embet
T1t11e Young 11Ten'a.Eigergoucy
.belief 0 niittee have been 'displaying
more the, •unusual .activity of late in
assisting' oete'' whom it is their special
function ieuefit.
Last .l+'lt.1 y ei m•itch between the pro-
fessionals, ed nonprofessionals, is to be,:
repeated Cs, Friday, the 17th filet, Au9tber •
barrel of Ocien: for the poor is to be the re-
sult of the contest we believe.
Tildes stand most novel plea for rata.
ing funds. is through a drill pro -
under
i... •..b $
R tom ant ` of.ladl ii
sut d
'i . Y li Y
under tlte'sfZggestive title of the "Broote.
Drigode."''really
.his is too utterly, fnteu..
sely, awful.: •
.•'At a game on Tuesday tete players were:
.Jahn Tnglisi skip, John Coad,, W. Scott,
H. W.'C. M'eyer. Opposed by John Neel.
ands, aid p, Sextus Sent, `David Sutherland
and Johnitiusley, The score was •22 to, p4
{a'favor owe former.,
A sleighin party drove out to Mr. W.
- Sohnsten's,i earBolgrave,onMonday; even-.
'n One •
i O o ' the incidents c
gharaaterietio,
of •thelioipel. trip was an, old. fashioned
sleigh° upset !which had a deeidedlyobillirig,
and: depressi4igoffeet an the spirits of some
of the °eenpl nts. .
hir..Georg Eyvel,a,shorthand reporter
well known to this locality was • attaoked
by•a ruffian : nd badly disabled in ',Vorouto.
In Sea -sequence of his injuries !belay on
the streets, :sotne tiere, had his• hands
frozen and iii likely to • lose at . least' the
little finger on eachhi}nd:
'Wife—What . is meant,John, by the
phrase:carry ng coals to •Newcastle 7 Hint-,
band -ft is metaphor, my dear; s1tbwing
the doing of eomething•that is nnneeesaary..
Wife—I doii't . exactly, understand. Give
rhe an illttstaatfou, a familiar ono. Hos.
barid•--Well,'if X was to:bring you home'a
book entitles}, " How to talk, that would
' l a carrying kale; to Newcastle."
• Bot a fair :attendance greeted Uncle
ens Cabin ein.Teesday evening. The
litsieoir (.. Morgan ' Combination is h, strong
and eflieient •ouef The parts were all we11
end naturally taken but ,the .representa-
tionsof Uncle Toru ..and Eva were 'torcep-
tioitally xvsit rendered being replete with
the most pleading pathos and, impressive•
hese.
The efekt;reporter pays this deserved
•complirrient: 11!r. .:Robs ifiolmes,of 1 the
°Beton .? s Era bas 'a seat in the press.
gallery., , Iter. Holmes conducts one of •the
infest weeklies,in Western Ontario. • The
I,ibekale tit-Xurouowe a great deal. to the
aplendfd advocacy of their cacao and the
prosperity the Hein ,Fra enjoys is good
,evidenoe that his work is appreciated.
In one of the departments.of then Clinton
'niblie school last week, a;girl was threat.
'sod punishment by the teacher: A boy
the same room offered hfmsalf es a
k)stitute for the girl, and received the
liipi g ihtonde l for her. aid Went off
ea it was through, Nbt every
assent to or earl out the
119)1 puuialitnOteh
WIN GHA M, ONT., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888.
Dr. ]♦iacdonald will address a Commercial
Union Meeting at Blount Forest on Friday
evening.
Rev, S. E. Aloy, of Owen Sound, will
preach in the Baptist church next Buizday
morning auo evening.
A.12 year old son of Mr. Rommel Van:
stone, living out a couple of; miles, had his
leg,brokeu at school ou' 1 iesday.
amea Morrison, an employee in the
'Lowey Winglram flouring mills, had two
of his fingers badly smashed on Wednesday.
' The Parkhill Gazeisc, a neat, newsy and
well printed local paper is edited and con-
ducted by Air. Green, a brother to Mrs. G.
Green, of this town,
, Dr. MoBeuzie has already got. in fees
ti5p,O00 for treating the Crown Prince's
throat. Lots of men could have done it
more .cheaply and with at least as great
sucooss.
Hon. S. H. Blake, ex.Mayor Howland, S.
J, MoLaren, of Tofouto, and Etev. Messrs,
Eeefer and Macy are to take part in the
campaign in Halton against the. repeal of
terse, Scptt Act.
The Toronto school board are moving in
the direction of making the sobool hours
'shorter.These who have done theirwork
thoroughly are to be relieved. at half past
three, according, to the new plan.
PaRsoNAr;,--I I . John Oliver, of Palmer-
ston, spent rL day in town last week on
besinese. A shrewd4 houorab'le and puslx.
Ing business man leo is well and favorably
Itnewn in the west,—Tina To ms 'had •pc
pleasant aaU on Monday last from art est
• teemed old school irate, Air.Wm. Bother-
! ford, of the Brio of Rutherford, Bros.,
hardware iuerohants, of Wroxxter. Clever
aud energetic young thele, wQ are pleased
to hear ,ef the 'suooesS of rio. deserving a
firm. "Miss Lyda Youhill liar. been visit.
tug for a..couple of weeks with friends at
Blyth. -Miss McQuarrie is again °Dnval
ascent; Mrs. Alexander Ross visited friends
in Bluevale en Monday last. -Mr. Samuel
Fleuty left. for Toronto on Tuesday mora.
ing with a , view to inlproying himself
finauoially and artistically in the typo-
graphical art.—hiss Helen Hanna, of
Wawanosh, was visiting here Wingham
friends on Saturday,- Tonsorialartist,
pysiognomical hair dresser, facial operator,
cranium manipulatorand oapilliary ab:
ridger, Mr. It. :Palmer has decided to•
`dispense with all the above appellations.
and go into the livery 'business with' his
brother lik.Guelpli. Se has purchased the
;stable of Mr. J. Phillips in • the Boys'
oity.Dr. Tanlyn, of this town, attended
the nodal meeting of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen at Hamilton
this week Miss ,Annie Cargill, of Min;
neapolis,i home on a; visi r
s h t to he parents,
at' Wingham.— Mr. X', HolIoray left on
Tuesday for• Cinoinnatti, Heia try leis
fortunes iii the laud of the free,, ---The
Clinton 'rewa. Record of last week. says :
Miss Ella Cornyn, of Wi igham, is the
guest of Mr. J°; S. Andrews.
AS OTHERS SEE 'US.
Vila' Tittles Fiavorably Noticed- br E
changes,
It fs surmised the. interference; with'the
,fire alarm on Saturday night was not the:
work of a reckless youth but:the preme:
ditated and deliberate scheme et some
scoundrelly inclined grown up individual
Pity'that such could not be detected.
young lad about 12 years of age,
named Bob 8iaepberd for some time: in C.
E. William's employ, hadhjsface and eyes
badly injured by firing a bottle of, gun
powder en Tuesday. One eye.:is gone and
there is uncertainty about the use of She
other. Asad case: indeed.
At a liusiness meeting of 'We Methodist
church ou the inst., c 14 b t fns ., a resolution was
unaniniously passed thatr:an:Jinvitation be
extended to Rev. J. Scott, AL .4.., of Walk:'
erton, to' become pastor of the church at
Wingham' at the expiration of,liev. D. C.
kteDowell's term in.June nest,.,
A'cartridge, from a .22 calibre revolver is
now in the posapssion of Dr. Towler. The
same was extracted. from the'rear plirtion
of the oranium of a young man named W.
Hawkins, living out a couple of miles from
Wingharn, The accidental .shooter was
B. Tipped. The cartridge. artridge: entered the
head at the temple and glanced backward.
A narrow espape, surely.
Some sixty members of the St. Paul's,
ohut'chi by request of the pastor, .Rev. J.
. Moorhouse, met at the parsonage on
Thursday evening last and spent the even -
in cheerfully and profitably in converse.
tion, sinriug' and 'forming new: as ;well'
ns • renewingold aegnaintaneea. Mr.
Moodiause is a social, : generous hearted
and popular pastor.
A. hovel thing its. the. way' of 'entertain,
went was given by the;ladies of the Metho:
dist church; Bloor'etreet, Toronto. It was
called the National Dinner. The tables
were spread representing England, Ire:
laved, Scotland, United States and Canada;
and waiting upon these were ladies cm.
tinned nn the dress of their respective
nationalities. Dishes native to the several
countries were provided,'
1)r, Macdonald leaves on Monday for
Ottawa to attend lusparliamentary duties.
His practice will bo attended, to in his ab:
Renee by Dr. McKenzie Who is well known
in Wingbam. and vicinity.' Although a
yotnng man, he has had .a brilliantcollege,
career, a subsequent .coarse in New York.
Medical .sclero] and practised suoeess3fully:
for several yeare since. With Dr. Mac:
detnald's practice in the hands of so reliable
and ekillul a praetioneer he can rest easy
and leis patrons may have the fullest con-
fidence in his substitute.
A meeting of the L. and S. C. was held
last Thursday evening in the foresters'
hall, when Ave new members were added
to the roll. 'Papers were read on &meriean
History by Aliases Macdonald, Harrington,
Thompson and Mr. ltXoTavislr. A reading
was given by Dr. Molfenzie, from Wash:
fngton Trying, on '%Vestminister Abbey.
Diseussion.followed, thepresident emitter:
acing the principal features of the portion
of hfstoryroad, by the memllers. Thus a
Very pleasant and profitable evening weal
aped. The next meeting of the eirele wile
be held next Monday avenitrg at MO in the
ore eters" %rti1i.
M>4•. Turngr'a 4iainign.
To JAB. A. Oraaii, Chairman Fire& Water CommIttoe:
in answer to your onquiry regtud•
lug the wheel house and, pureps, 1 can
Say that. I leave Made it a praatiee to
visit the wheel 'louse every day except'
Sundays for the last two years and asa
practical rua:r lean grey positively that
the pinups have never beeti out of
order .loader than Was neeessaxy to l:e.
new the leathers, except at the, time
of breakage for which Chief Petty -
piece was not resporisib1e. In renew-
iug the loathers one Bump has always
been' •kept, in working order, so that
the protection was'notentirely cut off~
at any time. I think so long as the
pumps are';kept in as good order as
they have been for the past two years
the people of the town Piave nothing
to fear frau that satirce:
Ian's Truly, ,
A. X. TURNER..
•BLYTH STANDARD,, -
The Wingham TIMES was fasted under a
new management last week, and a marked
improvement was noticeable in the paper,
Gorrie Vidette.
The Wingham Times, though not a bad
paper under its former management, leas
improved considerably under ilie'iinandje=
went of Mr. Munro.
SEAFOrtTH EXPOSITOR. l'
Mr. Robert Elliott, formerly of the Lis-
towel Penner, has purchased the Wing.
ham Times. lie is a practical newspaper
man of long experience and should make a
.good paper.
TORONTO GLOBE.
Mr, R. Elliott, of Listowel, has be-
come proprietor and Mr. D. C. Munro,
editor and Manager of the Wingham Times.
They have begun well and may he expected
to make The Times one of the best week.
lies of a county noted for the excellence of
its loyal journals.
wINGHAM ADVAnCE.
The Wingham Times has again changed,
hands, the new proprietor being ' Mr.El-`
iost, formery of the Listowel Banner.
Mr. Munro, a gentleman from Waterloo, is
Managing the office, and although he isnot
a praotical printer he appears to under,
stand how to i' run the machine."
BRUSSELs BUDGET.
We were rather astouished the otlier day
to .find an old acquaintance rnanagibg the
Wingham TIMES, in the person of Mr. D.
C. Munro, of the Waterloo. Chronicle and
formerly principal of the Palmerston pub-
lic school. • The improvement in the Times
is enc wonder to no now, and the Reformers
will do well if 'they retain Mr. Munro's
services.
sTRATFoRD BEAcoN.
Mr. Robert Elliott,. formerly of
the Listowel Banner, has purchased the
Wingham TIMES, and the first number
issued tinder his auspices is a neatly print-
ed and well arranged newspaper. This is
only what night be expected corning from
the, hands of a tasty compositor like Mr.
Elliott, whose editor is Mr. D. C. Munro,
former valued member of the Beacon staff.
CLINTON NEw ERA.
The Wingham Times has 'been purchased
by Mr. R. Elliott, formerly of the Listowel
Banner. As he is also High Chief ranger
of the Canadian Order of Foresters he will
look after the interests of tate order for 6
months, The Times being under the mail.
agement of Mr: Munro, of Waterloo, Mr.'
Elliott has a good chane to show the
kind of stuff he is made of, as there is a
splendid field for P. Liberal parer iu Wing -
ham. A iater reference : Tinder its new
ivanagement the Wingham TIMER is col*.
ing right to the front as a local paper; and
gives premitee of being a spiey sheet. There
is room for such up north, but it Moans
tlowgri$ht hard vter4 to get there,
Right's Reply to the Advance.
To the Editor of Tun Toils:
Paan Sia, -1 am sorry to trouble
you again on this subject, btit as the
Adocc CCC asked me Once mOre to give
him slime facts that he Might to have
had in the first place, it would 'neve
been more in tceeping with his position
as conductor of a public journal to
have posted the people with facts, in-
stead of a lot 1st:. wurthlpss 'trash and
nonsense. Poor fellow, be has gist
himself into a muddle and I don't
like pouring water upon a' drowning
mousse. No, far frons it. So •1 will
give, lritri the information lie is seek-
ing. The new Fire. Company wits or-
ganized on October 1st, 1885, for 12
mouths td the yea?, so the, year ends
lin Sept. 80th of ' each year: Mr.
Chine's terns of office expired on Sept.
30th, 18,87; but by request of the
council lie took charge nail -Mr. Pot-
typieee Was .appointed• for the balance
of the year, that will mid • September
30tli;.18$8. Now, Sir, these tire -facts.
Just put that into your' pipe and
szirol.^t>,.t. nwhile. By so doiug you
may be alife—reowpress it so t
you may • get it into ort' lin • edge
box. As 'to the nutrilier, o men em-
ployed' by the town, in the first place
y'ou' have: it 15, and then you have it
TQ:`
Neither of these statements , is
correct. The' number employed ,by
the town •is 11 at $20 each' psi' year.
I4.e asked mo is it proper 'Unit mem-
bers o the coiitpany s'nore'd' use the
coats about town, 1 say it is p>'oper far
1 niare'nd doubt that they are' looking
after the affairs of the water works
when they are wearing them. He
says others aro c'u'eing their' legend
away' from home altogether. That is
not correct nor 'would any sensible
parson expect a nian to stay ab Home
all day for 5 cents per day, nor do
the rules require us to do so. The
water in reserve for fire protection is
10 feet. Aiiy school boy ` could have
told his that. 1 will now cut'off'. not
niy nose but. the subject of the Fire
Company.
Yours, tough and Ready;
'FRED. W It-onT.
TEE FIRE COMPANY IN GOOD SRAM.
Mt. 'cline ttonorti Officially.
As eliairrnan of the Fire and Water
Cornmiote 1 have been directed by the
conned to make a thorough .examin-
ation into the present' oouditioti o#' our
Water Works and Fire Department.
This has been x'enderednecessary on at.
count of a number of statements
have appeared err the town papers can•
iodated to lead the 'public to believe
that our fire protection was in
plorable condition, 'which after ii bloat
careful investigations, 1 tri in a posi-
tion to #ear'n contradict, A number Of
the assertions contained;in'oorrespond•
enee and edito'ials are utterly false
and some others very misleading. For
instance:, Citizen. in his letter to the
' Tz l>;s,' states that out of 1,500 feet of
hose bought, there is not 800 feet fit
for use. He either knows nothing
whatever of the facts 'or else be is
wilfully stating what he kuotvlz to be
false, as 1 'kava measured and found
130Q feet of hose hi good otderon the
retie.. Again in reference to the
pumps and alarm lie says they .are
seldom in good working order. Now,,
they in a position to state positive1
WHOLE NO. 835
and prove my assertion, that the
piilnps never have been Dirt of work.,
In; order except in accidental break:
ogee which have always been prompt.
ty attended to, and there las never
,been an alarm <given but the water
supply was ready. The alarms are
at present in perfect oder and the
:thief assures'mQ that they Have had
no repairs for: several months, not.
withstanding C'itizen's " assertion to
the contrary, Below will befound fte':.
pertinent statement from Mr. 'A.
Turner, a disinterested and unpreju.
diced party, and ono who has long
been familiar with the Workings and
condition of the wheel house and
pumps., His utterances ought ;to
carry ' more weight than the unsub-
stantiated statements of irresponitible
atiduinn eless correspondents and editors.
who publish, and eulogize the,same
without trying to ascertain .whether
they have foundationin foot. No doubt
minor defects have existed' and in all
probability will continuo to exist, as
they doin the management of: any
public concern or institution, butso''
far as 1 can ,learn anytbizig, of `:tl is
hind hi connection with our' Fire De-
partment has been of a trivial char-
acter aid not in 'any way likely to
seriously affect its workings. As I in-
tend laying before the council at its
next meeting a detailed statement of
the whdle matter it is unnecessary'
here to deal specifically with all the
false statement's which leave' been pub
into circulation. Suffice it to say that
1 ani satisfied that our ire ,pt.:otection
to -day is iu every respect satisfaetory
and secoud to none in the province.
' Yours, &e.,
J. -A. Cline, -
Curliana.
One of the keenest contented bonspiels
of the season C nae off iu Wi'n ly,, = nr
ing rink on Friday last witj,
unexpected even b
horns:
the
RINE 1.
PROPEssroNArs. aRE$k11e12&13.
0. L,. Williams, 'Ieadr-
J: Cead,
J. Neelauds,
J.,Dinsley, skip.
Score 16,
a result very
notorious Green,
Rains, leaf
Sutherlaufi, -
Freid`Angltes,
W, Armour, s]t ip.
Score 1:8.
miss .2.
pnor•Essro tAis. GnERvnonvs.
John Teghs,itstel., John Hanna, L
Andrew Mitchell, Geo. MoKenxfe,
Robb. Paulin. James Duffield,
Sextus Kent; skip,' Geo, Moltao, skip,
Stine 15, Score 22;.
The encu professionalsthns won the gal ,e
by 9 shots.
The Wingll'.am Bonspiel.
PYTT17-SE FIRST.
When wad ha thocht en. Friday. morn.
aha tient an' ,b nslov blek their horn
That thcir brew lads wad lose the !afire'
An' pay the' forfeit wi' a barrel, r
But sae ft was as papers say,
The Groonhorns wan In boneplel tray>
FYTTF.' YE SECOND..
Noo' skips sang out, " Quit you like niter, 'r'
Game tae the heels, an' dinnaheu ;
An' weal I wat, the din as' roar,
Prae man an' stone was in i afore,
Egg•sholls war' brok on, wen aimed shntei.
"Conte soup her up" an' sic what nets,
i dinna (loot, this war on ice,
k ar boat the war 0' Vora and mica
lint whan anted Sol bathed in Lake Huron#
The victory. Greenhorns were sure ole,
rrr1.$ YR 'THIRD.
An' Woo on Friday '0' this Duk',
An •mair then meet in battle shock ;
May hap woill hear o' 'broken stones,
0' stunted cowos, ea' t;rOken banes,
ti' honspiei kid!, an' bonapiol won ;;
Then atese,0ttl3nn'thesttn,
Greenitoraittan Tonles, nham ions. a'
win agaroseeat sued loud( guffaw,
Yon sitoad •nitbuy a stablelantorin until .
"you' see tfie self lighter for style by Jas. A. .
Ch115 C $
Be aura' aii