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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1904-02-18, Page 7l•Fig gl(:\'AT.: ((11)V1'If'H O\'I'.\I{I(► 1 ... "' 44 44+X44+. 4444nt444, 4t' 4 ,0 7 .4,44 ,; . . , , '4.„„?..41, i �•� NEWS OF THE DISTRICT.. DUNGANNON. TrwtDAY, Feb. lath. Ofirr i fg1uPPji4.-On Friday eveu- Inq the 36th inst., an oyster supper will be given under the auspices of the Dungannon branch of the C. 0. F. in Elliott's audituriutlq, fat the mein ben and their wives and lady friends. A good time is expected. ' SUDDEN CALL.- On Tuesday alum! noon, Win. Gourley, of concession 3, township of Ashfield, E, D„ wan -LOYAL MONDAY, Feb. 15th. A sleigh load of young people front Gt,derich drove up to the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Young, Loyal, where they were met by a few invited friends 1It.JJ,hia village and w very pleaaaut evening was spent in Music, g+one^ and pinging. • PORTER'S HILL taunt - MONDAY, Feb. 16th, lying dead on the floor in hie dwelling.. Igen. Yeo is visitlog friends (n bode - 1 e was a bachelor and lived alone. rich. He had lived for tunny yearn in theWm. Perdue spent Sunday at John house where he was found dead. 'rhe . old people are rapidly passing Hasty. John' lihaw, is visiting friends at We presume the severe winter ite too intensely cold for the constitution of (grand Bend. seed people. Further i•tfe•ence will Wilmer Mc'eat', of Goderich, passed be made next week. through the village one day Inst week. 11rr*RMENT.--The retuning of Mrs.! Adam Cantelon, of the 7th conces- Trimble, relict of the late James Bion, spent Sunday at Robert 144.a" Trimble, were interred in Dungannon couis. cemetery. leaning escorted thither from I Miss Margaret McDougall, of Mone her late residence with her daughter, ton, New Brunswick, epent Suudny et Mrs. N. A. Henderson, Wert Wawa -1 Wu►. Elliott's. nosh, by an unusually large cortege of ----- � -- w rrowiO relatives and friends, con -NILE. altering the stormy weather. The de- ' \ ceased was e pioneer better io this • TutteDAY, Feb, 18. se(•tien and wits highly esteemed Robert 4'llwein WAS in Blyth ti- es an industrious, hospitable citi- un. She walea euurist.•ut aud de- Miss Pearl 'Taylor stent Sunday at voted member of the Methodist bows, church, which she attended regularly The attendance at church last Sun - until prevented by the infirmities of day was small oing to the storruy age. She lived a good t'hrietiau life, weather. at all tires heaving implicit trust in her Saviour. Her sone and daughters and grandchildren have the sincere sympathy of their acquaintances in the bereavement. The obsequies were con- ducted by her pastor, and the pall- bearers were B. J. Crawford, Robert Bowers, Bohol Bell, S. E. Sanderson, (idioms tetother. and George Horne. Pans. .NAL.. -T. k. Durnin. .w.uft7 councillor, left hen• this morningto attend the adjourned meeting ofthe county council Mr. and Mrs. Fred. t±earlee, of (•iaakato n, N. W. T., are on a visiting tour to relatives and former acquaintances. They were formerly resident% of Colborne town- ship. Mr. Searles left there about fifteen years ago and located at Mil- ton, N. D. Aiwut five yearn past he removed to hie present kwrtion. He expreeaed himself as tieing highly pleased with the. change of abode. . Mise isheile Moore, of Hurod township, near Ripley, is visiting her atelier. Mrs. Jae. Hoes.. The young lady Is a practical nurse, and artived bore Just at the right time to assist in attending her nephew. William � who Is gradually recovering fr•oe.'t effects of his recent misfortune ' Peter ]'tell, who has been a resident of Dungannon for amnia time, owing to hating metered a good position. es farm employee near Russell. Mani - tole, left here recently. Tt'satr*Y, Feb 16. 11'ront another rorrespouwient.1 The special services that have been conducted in the Methodist church, Dungannon, hese been brought to a Hone for the want of fuel, sad the roads being in such a condition it wan impossible for the farmers to bring The boys and girls skates out to 'enjoy t her• now. Our 'motor will Deco both mornin Lad evenit day. Hi. subject for the in he "Lest at home," and, for ing "God." getting their e good skating the pulpit next Slim- ming will he even- • AUBURN. TUESDAY, Feb. 18 The beginning of the present w several were engaged'in porn! ing it 00 the river. It is a steel quality ai thickness this'selwon. Skating ie in full operation again. The river wee far from an enjoyable phut x%eelege (luring the severe storms of the past month. (;hu giug Inas come to a standstill at the mill here, owing to the late treshet. The water role too high and the block of ice at the entrance of the tail rate iuto the river causal so snitch back water that operations had to be sus- pended for the present. LEEBURN. MONDAY, Feb. 15. It 1. the several ,regret of a large circle of friends in this community, both old and Young, that their much esteemed friend, Mina Rob.raeow, now finally decided to leave our midst. to reside in the golden state of Califor- nia with her uncle, Ger. Kehoe, at his request. Had in a few days' time she will be trevetling thither. For part of the way the wail have the company of Mr. add Niro. Win. Stewart, who ars to return to Galesburg, Dakota. Mollie. ae she is popularly known, at- tended her grandparents with the wood into flee .village. Cotnwdering greatest faithfulness in the infirmities • ref their old a e and now at that tie lived with John Wallis, on the 13t►y• 1 field road, for some yeaIe and was well known In the township. His friends. here will iNe pleased to learn of hitt pile. easeful work in hip taxmen calling. SENMILLER. Teetotal., Feb'': 16. Jas. Noddle spent Suudiay at home here. Miss Mabel Walters, of G,xit•t•iett n 1111.. Emile IWatlters. nttpresent . of lier cousin, W. W. Jerinaitc, Wa.htngton corre- spondent of the Minneapolis .Iotrnel, bas sent that paper an article showing tbs.' good results of the oleo taw, Iu Wm. Moore, n•., has been suffering which be nays: the hast week from a severe attack of "Statements sent out In the press filth brouchltet Percy Walters, who has been laid off work for sante time with a sore hand, will sewon be at work again. Martin Mugford, who has been en- gaged with Aaron Fisher for the jiltet couple of years, removed his famiey W Saltford las week. coo were conducted by the paster. }}hly assisted by Rev. M. J. Wilson, of Nile. whose discourses appealed to the in- tellects. and et nsrienc_s of the- people The Rpirlt a po"4rar wad, wonderfully rtanifeet«t night after night. and a great (mviction prevailed. Some young men came out on the, Lord'. side, and could the services have been continued sus believe a great number would have been saved. DUNLOP. Ii' 04DAv, Feb. 15th. Mrs. ('urwen, from near Ihmgannon, visited her brother, J. Byrn, Saturday of last week. inspector Tom gave our school an official visit Tuesday of last week and was much pleased with the progress of the scholars under the charge of the teacher, Lin Knox. During the Second week of February the fir* of Ftwt & Snow, with Hor'eas ea chief a rk, did a good business. The first t o days of the week General Manager John Fro.t was working nverti , but as the week advane d bemuse n,tired and we had milder weath and better roads till Saturday atter , when Know and Boteeut re- turn to dirty and rather empty rhu hes for Sunday were the result. ''� hle following in from a Barrie paper wfBh reference to the death of the latere. D. Hole/see, formerly Clara Mor- gan. orijan. who died on the 15th of teat month. it will he interesting to many old friends about here and at Godet•ich: ••The death occurred on Friday last of Clara Isabella Holmes. widow of the late David Holmes, Ee1., et her residence on McDonald street. The deceased has lived in Berrie for the Zest twenty years and during that time her work' of charity have been ,nim( -erten. She wee so intimate) a^ciat)d with Trinity Church that it ^tt will be almost impossible to SII her place as a willing worker, who consid- ered no sacrifice too great t) make in the forwarding of church echemes. Of a bright, sunny and lovable dis- position, she numbered her ft•iende by the score end her sole Rnrviving daughter, Wax Berths, will receive their sympathy in her deep sorrow. The funeral took place to the Union cemetery on Monday. Rev. W. H. White conducting a service at the church. The pall-hearere were Messrs. W. A. Boys. 0. A. Radenhutwt, H. B. Jnyner, ELL. Barwick, R. E. William; and Dr. Wella." Her only sister stir- vivine, Mrs. (Rev. 1)r.1 Carrie, was with her at her death. Owing to the snow blockade on the reilway her nephews, G. Carrie and Gent. Morgan. were unable to go to the funeral from Toronto. !From another eorrn'pondent.) MONDAY, Feb. elt.h. Our constable is waiting till a prize ie net on the head of that notA)rione Loyal reporter before he starts in pow - snit of his nape. ,ldhn Barker bed the inletortune to lose a valuable horse lent week in e rather peculiar way. It seems that while .Mr. Harker we' turning off the road to 1et a cutter pees his horse got down in the deep Nnow and in trying to get tip it got ifs heed tinder the neck -yogis and bi- oke its neck. companied by the hest wishes of all who know her. We understand that Mr. Kirkby has rented the griet mill here from M. Pt ' • for a term. He will take possession about March 1st. The quarterly services at Zion, post- poned on acoaunt of the inclement weather, will be hell} at that appoint - went on Sunday next at 10:30 a. m. MONDAY, Feh. le'. Mr. and Mn. Samuel Mitchell en- tertained shunt thirty young couples on Friday .night. The music was furnished by Messrs. Fdwaids and Stratlghan, lately of the lely'al orches- tra, and Richard Fisher and A. Mitch- ell were floor mauagers. The gather ing broke up between 4 and 5 in the mornin everyone thanking Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell for a most enjoyable evening. CARLOW. ' Winmz6DAY, Feb. 17. Alex. Young is' attending the ad- journed meeting of the county council uu Goderich this week. We are pleased . W hear of Mfr Mabel Varcoe's return to health, (ngh •her recovery is still very slow. 1r: and Mrs. Beerier and family, of N. W. T are visiting Gor- don oung tMrs. Searles' father) and other letters in this locality. The t , ermometer has been takiug a drop trio much rather frequently of late. Dur g Monday night it got down to 14 below zero, the lowest re- corded here r a'lumber of years. IA. -Col. Yo g has sold his two- year-old heavy . taught filly, sired by Lord of the Man to John Gallagher, for 111150. Mr. Gallagher doesn't stick at a good pure whdn he is looking for first-class Mock. R. M. you h.•. onward Ed. u..dy, of the nth concession. at. fore- man for the corning season. Mr. Hardy is a reliable and capable man, and Mr. Young le to be congratuldtrcl upon securing his services. The board of health have\take■ energetic measures b. •wMtuo demi.- scarlet fever. Tey have acvldMeni ipnadeddbytthb e aht..aeomes .wahndichthne are kept tram ^chi .I, corning a large falling -off in the Reload attendance. • g.ltHgw} r111NiL a d rn d where hl et t spent four weeks visiting ble(taught er, Mrs. Love. Mr. Young reports that all the time he wait /maw the ,-,.ads arotmd Hills Green were blocked up. CAD_remansilirr-Apsit= s. hack,. and he gaym this hes bean t -he coldest and roughest winter he has ever expet•ienced. MovnAY. Feb. 1;,. Alexander Johnston learned by ex- perience a week ago that buildings will not stand the pressure when the mom is allowed to accumulate on the top in such quantities as have fallen the present. winter. The top of a new buggy demolished and several other minor breaks rule were the resuilt. On Monday evening of Ines week about fifty of the neighbors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Fisher met at their home on the Maitland conces- sion and presented them with a wicker arm -chair and rocking -chair. The presentation was accompanied by an address expressing regretat the remo- val of Mr. end Mrs. hither from the locality and wishing them true hap- piness in their future life, here end hereafter. Mr. Fisher thanked his friends for their expression of good will and the remainder of the evening was spent in social intercourse. WILDNEODAT, Feb. 17th. There passed away et London on the loth inst., at the advanced age of seventy-eight years, Nies. Hannah Fischer, relict of the Tete Michael Fischer. Deceased ratne to this county at an early age, her father settling In what was known as the Queen's Bush: She leaven two Rens. Henry. of Bentniller, and ira, formerly of Kincardine but now of Wisconsin. The remains were interred in Colborne cemetery today. - GODERICH TOWNSHIP. MONDAY, Feh. 16th. James Rom, who blot lately been butter -maker in the leondeslworo' fac- tory, has [teen engaged for a shriller pmeition in the Aolute_.ille rectory patches from Washington to the deet that the manntacture of oleomargaHnl( has been tic-reoilwg In the punt fit months and that the output will soon be equal to that of last year are sett borne out by a careful analysis of the returnsto the Internal revenue bureau. As a matter of fact, the high water mark of produtltion for the current 6th rel year was reached In December and January, In which months more than 8,000,000 pounds were produced. Since that three there has been a gradual falling us, in April, the last month for Which the returns have been made pub- lic, reaching ot71y 6,250.000 pounds. Friends of the.leemargarioe bill which became a law last sewleh claimed, that by torctag the manufacturers sad deal- ers to sell their prduct ter 'what it really is and not for utter a decrease in the eutput as comliared with pre- vious years Would result` and this ap- pears to have been realized. Tbe total output for the ten monthsnding April MS 1903, was 04.986,181ounds as against 99.362.8034Pounds for the corre- sponding period of the prrced g fiscal year, when the old law was 1 opera- tion and •11 oleo, colored or uncolored, was taxed at the uniform rat, of 2 cents a pound The de, erase in aro- duction to therefore 34.4'o.622 pounds. or 34.8 per .rut. Taking It altogether. the new oleomargarine law from t standpoint of protection to the consum- er may be said to be a success ' - o atIk w pea Concerning this trloub. le, which 1s caused by au outside germ which gets into the milk after It Is drawn, profs"• or Farrington recommends the ((Mew- ing: The best way to overcome this trot': ble is to carefully wash the cow's udder and brush ler Irve, afterward drying both with a .'lean towel; then the milk- er should wash his hands, tboroughly steam tbe pail into wbtch he milks and, after throwing away the first streams of milk drawn, milk tbe cow with'Tiry, hands into this clean pall. The milk should be protected as carefully .e pos- sible fro, duet and then strained into the can7ln which it Is to be transport - d or gawk it is ae� for cream rising. :,._ Der .soul.. ■rrytug esu.. -..iii separator. if one Is uaw1. should be given an ,itra washing and scalding 1n order to destroy any of these germs which ha'e been the cause of the ropy The Globe's War News. The Huseo-Japan conflict has com- menced in earnest, and that pert of the world is now the restrnt of interest. in order that our readers may be kept in the closest touch with the satiation we bevel made special ar- rangements whereby they can have The Weekly Globe for the year 1904 on specially liberal terms. The Globe, with its usual enterprise, lies made arrangements with The London Times whereby it is able to publish simultaneously the reports sent direct from the scene of action. The Tinges, London. England, has es- tablished its reputation as being the greatest and most reliable uews- gwtherer in the world, end our read- ers can have full benefit of its excellent staff of correepondents by reading The Daily or The Weekly Globe. The Globe Inas the exclusive control of this service in Canada, and these rerte will not appear in their origi- nal form in any other Canadian publication. A sulnineriztd report rt with every iteni of interest will he especially written for Tho tVeeklyGlobe, enabling res dere to gain a thorough knowledge of the eitt1latiun without the trteible of reading columns of contradictory and confusing reports. The Weekly Globe, with its illus- trated section and meny intermitiug feuaturee, is now one of the cleanest and brightest nesrapapers in America, and we are pleases' to be rale to announce e has rented a farm near the village that the arrangement juet completed will enable subscribe and moved his hrnunehold goods last subscribers to secure it for wrek. this year at a special price. Mr. and Mrs. John McCartney, formerly of Holmeeville, who went to Souris, Man., about a year ago, with the intentd.i; ,4 remaining there lihwhrrc. °h where ono It leer mn peraentl;