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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1895-5-24, Page 815 Ricl��g'� P1C�al'd 81.Sllll's Have justreceiv- ed another large consignment. We have had a big run on Wall papers this season and no wonder. Our stock is large patterns corect and values right. See our stock before papering. Dress Goods. Trade has been exceptional- ly good in this line and we in- tend clearing out three thous- and yards during the next few weeks. Every lady who pur- chases a dress from us is sure to get a bargain. We have the largest variety to choose from in town. Mens Shirts. We Have made an immense purchase of Flannelette, Crick- et Flannel and various other kinds of mems summer shirts - and are offering them to our - .customers away below regular prices. We are showing very decent shirts for men at..- 20c. ORB and see our variety. See your Raisins. New fruit. Only $1 per box. R. Pickard 6- Son. Direct Importers. LOCAL JOTTINGS. Trivitt MOIRafigi Git11011. Notice for Week ending Jane 2, 1895. The weather. has .evidently forgotten something and has gone back after it, Queen Victoria was bora in 1819, and consequently will be 70 years, of age Friday, J. W. 13rodeick's store front and verandah is receiving a fresh coat of paint this week. Workmen are busily engaged re. moving the earth for the foundation of Mr, G. Mantles new house, Onaceouut of the soarcity of cattle in the country the Exeter butchers, in common with others in various places, have raised the price of beef, Sugar advanced again last week in the wholesale market, Granulated is now quoted at 4t cts, per lb., and yel- lows are quoted at 511 to 3; ets, per. Ib, Mr. D, D. Wilson held an auction sale of Scoteh short -horn cattle at Sea- forth last week. Twentyone head were sold which realized the net sum of $3,415, oriau average of $162.62 all round, Who says good cattle don't pay? An inventive genius out West struck upon the idea of making direct tele- phonic connections with the barbed wire fences that will run along the prairie, He tried a line first between Webster and Duncombe, Iowa. It was a success; and now he has an incorported com- pany, which has just sprung into exist- ence and is getting rich, ASCENSION DAY 25rd. Z 15 p. m. Ladies Guild in School House fi pp m. Divine Service in the Church. SUNDAY A6 th. MATINS 1t a. m. l Te Deum....,..Cirmrris Ben edie tis..... Holden. EVENSONG 7p.m. Vazniinat Hettth Nine Dimmitis SERMON. "Gods Fisherman" E(?NDAY 7 3) p. m. Daughters of the King. REV. E. W. HUNT, Rector The Huron militia will go to camp to drill this year. Do not fail to see "the Holmans" to- morrow night. Drew's Opera Hall. The " kids" base ball clubs of Lucan and Exeter will face each other on the Exeter ball ground, to morrow (May 24.) A large crowd is expected at Drew's Opera Hall. to morrow night to witness the performances of "The Homans" Secure your seats early, Plan of hall as F. Knights' grocery. A large number of the Trivitt Me- morial Church Sunday schcol will at- tend the S. S. convention at Seaforth en Tuesday next. The Rev E. W. Hunt, will accompany them. Come to Exeterto morrew florid if you want to see *ood day's re The Brussels Posts vs a lot of :11 wheat in that locality vas badly fres` d last week, The band is improvi ',g wonderfu.3y.. The music rendered I' day evenieg wasindeed most pleasin A Scotch short -horn cobred by the late Harry Sanwell, was :; ,4, t :"D. D. Wilson's sale last week The close season for Pickeeal ended on Thursday last, Bass are now the only fish not conieatable, and they are protected till July 1st. "Mss Annie Lovett was appointed oranist at a meeting of the Quarterly Board of the Methodist Church last week." -Parkhill Independent. The label on your paper indicates to what date your subscription is paid. Look at it and if not marked '96, there is either a mistake or you have not paid up. Which is it? If the latter, pay up and don't let a label marked two or three years back haunt you any longer. Mr. Harry Gilley, of Gidley .& son furniture dealers, has been walking around during the past week with a limp. While attending to his usual du- ties in the work shop he unfortunately stepped on a nail, which penetrated the sole of his shoe and making a painful wound in his foot. OH.STO. N11afryI SP F:CIAL Specaal Sale of Remnants. AT THE BIG BAN IRRUPT STORE All Remnants and odds and ends are to be sacri- ficed during the next 10 days. Away they go, lots of good useful ends. All at prices that are bound to make them go. Do you want a bargain! If you do, come quick. Also special value in dress goods end Millinery, Many lines being cleared far below their value. Come and share in the plunder. Ask for clock or Photo card. J. A. STEWART The sanguine hopes of the gardl ner will hardly be realized this year after the recent severe frosts. It is a good number of years since one could buy butter two pounds for a quarter from the grocers as at present. In another column will be found a notice calling. a meeting of the Huron County Council for the 4th June for the purpose of passing a proposed by- law to raise by way of loan $12,000 for erecting the House of Refuge. In the case of Morris vs. Huron, an action by the township of Morris against the County to compel the Coun- ty to pay its proportion of the expenses of bridges, tried before His Lordship chief Justice Meredith at the non -jury sittings at Goderich last week, judge- ment was reserved. Another Blick swindler is working iris way eastward and may reach this section any day ; so look out for him. He is a slick-Ireking young man with a small valise, and by pretending to be selling a new cement, gains an entrance to the homes of respectable citizens. While showing the magical influence of his article on broken glass. crockery, eti::, the would be agent casually takes a pair of gold rimmed spectacles out of his pocket, remarking that he found them in a G. T, R. train and had nom- municated with the brakesman but could get no owner. He then remarks upon the quality of the article which so easily came into his possession but is of so little use to him and if his hearers seems interested, inakes an Offer to part with theta for $I, ,air exceedingly low rate, but under the circuriistanees, ete, In this way he disposed of a large nnmhee of giassea in Brantford and thus aroused stispieion Which icd to the discovery that the spectaeles were in every ease worthless. New Zealand has invented a unique method for the prevention of intemper- ance. It proposes to pass a law to the effect that any person convicted of be- ing an habitual drunkard shall be photographed at his own expense and a copy be supplied to every saloon- keeper in this district. The dealer supplying liquor to such person is to be fiend. The endowment fund for the aged and infirm ministers of the Presbyter- ian church of Canada, has now reached the sum of $147,560. It recently re- ceived from the late Mr. Wright, of Colborne, a legacy of $9.000, and anoth- er of $3,000 from the late Rev. Lachlan Cameron. When the endowment reach- es eaches the sum of $180.000, Sir Donald Smith has promised to add $20,000, making it the round $200,000. The Clinton New Era says: -"Dur ing the past 18 months four prominent members of the town council have pas- ed away, viz: Messrs Whitehead, Chid - ley, Manning and McMurchie; not only were they prominent members of the council, but they were among the most useful and prominent men of the town. Of the original village council we be- lieve there are only two members now living; these are Messrs, W. Murry and W. C. Searle." .A. professional dead beat with the old scalded arm " racket" was in town on Monday and succeeded in collecting several loose fives. He carries the arm in a sling, tells a very pitiful story and on raising a cloth reveals an ap- parently badly scalded arm which he would have you believe was the result of an accident, but which is nothing more nor less than a littlecarbolic acid spread over the arm. He is an impositer and should be given the run with a free annlication of a number ten boot The Ridgetown Plaindealer has the welt -deserved complimentary reference to Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Hurdon, who will remove here soon: -'=Local ;customers of the Molsons Bank, and people gener- ally, will regret to learn that Mr, N. D Burdon has been appointed manager at Exeter and will leave here on the 25th, Mr. Hurdon is really esteemed in Ridgetown. Ile was here some years ago as teller with Mr. Robertson end he was then, as he is new much liked and respected. It is easy to under- stand that Mr, Hurdon will go willing iv to his old home in Exeter where Mrs. Ilurdon's people reside and the people of Exeter are delighted to have him' return. The bannk never had here a more popular agent. Ridgetown re- grets bis removal and wishes him hap. plum and prosperit3r in Exeter," Caution, "Many young boys and men and sometimes olcle ones too, exhibit very little judgment in going in bathing while still overheated by play or exer- cise. A case which has resulted seriously for the boy has occurred here this spring. Bert Fisher, after playing until thoroughly warmed up went in bathing and has since been suffering severely from an attack of inflamma- tory rheumatistri. Great care should be observed by bathers in this respect." -St Marys Argus. Statistics. The report of the registration of births, marriages and deaths for the year 1895, has just been issued. In Huron there were 1325 births in that year, 417 marriages, and 622 deaths. Huron had more births in July than in any other mouth, there being 131. Of the marriages contracted 294 of the parties were Presbyterians, 292 Metho- dists, 113 Episcopalians, 38 Roman Catholics. More marriages take place in December than any other month, 57 being credited thereto. The largest number of deaths in one month was 6S iu April. Black Knot. This is the time of the year to look for black knot on plum and cherry trees, It is regarded as an infectious disease on fruit trees and the Ontario Act of 1893 provides that a fine of not less$5 and notm r than$20 may be more y imposed for every case of neglect. A bulletin just issued at the Ottawa ex• perimental farm says the following• points should be observed: --1. Cut off all knots five or six inches below the affected portion, and paint the wound with turpentine or linseed oil. 2. Burn all prunings and affected branches which are removed. 3. United action on the part of all fruit growers is ne cessary in order to secure the best re- sults from the enforcement of these re- commendations. Exeter Connell Froceedings The Council met pursuant to ad- journment at the Town Hall, May 17th. 411 present. Minutes of previous meet- ing read and confirmed. Harding- Carling, orders for the following sums: Ed. Treble, $2.75, repairs for fire en- gine; F. W. Farncombe $16, assessment and measurement of side walk; The Gutta Percha Rubber Co., $90 for hose; clerk 61c. express and freight on hose; D. Rrussel, $5.62 labor; T. Webster, $5.62 do,; C. Smith. $5,62, do.; R. Wil- liauis $1.50 do.; D. Davey $10 50 do.; T, Hatter, $3,75 do.; Geo Mut art $3.75 do.; J. Willis, $2 50; and S. Bradd $1.87 do. Carried. Taylor -Treble that Mrs. Sut- ton be granted $5 00 for this week, in stead of the usual grant of $2. By- Law No, 10, 1895, re granolithie side- walk was provisionally adopted, on motion of J, W. Taylor, seconded by W. Treble. Carling -Harding, that the notices be published in both papers. -Carried, Mr. Creeeh to notify par- ties concerned to be prepared to put in cellar grates similiar to those ut;;the Central Hotel. The clerk to procure dog tags. Taylor --Carling' that we build a band stand, -Carried Carling -Treble that we ask for tenders for the erection of a band stand to be erected at the south west corner of the Town Hall grounds, Mr, Fuke to fur. riish specifications. --Carried. Carling ---Taylor adjourn until Wednesday at 7,30 p, m. Carried. M, 1 .t rete, Clark. CHEAP STORE. We find on look- ing over our stock of clothing that we have too large a stock and have decided to reduce it by $1,000 re- gardless of profit or cost. Boys Suits, $1.25 and upwards. Youth's Suits, $2.00 and upwards Mens suits 2°/, less than regular prices. Come and get a spring suit and save 2 or 3 dollars on the the purchase. Ballanee of Carpets at cost. $1.00 all wool carpets 25cts. 50c. Unions, 40cts. 35c Unions, 27 cts. 10e. Hemps, Sets. 75e, Tapestry. 60ets, Wall papers balance of season 10°/, cash discount. Special Bar- gains in Hosiery gloves parasols come direct to us and save 20 per cent. on an aver- age purchase. C. G. JOHNSTON, Enter. Eighty -live Cents. Eighty-five cents! eighty-five cents!! Who will be the first to take advantage of the great unprecedent offer? The Toronto Mail -Empire for one year and the ADvocATE to Jan. Ist, 1896, for only eighty-five cents. Fire But; Agana at Work. ' It would appear as though our town was doomed to go up in smoke piece by piece. Scarcely had our citizens recovered from the shock produced by the attempt to burn the store of Mr. J. P. Ross, on the night of May 6th, than is witnessed an attempt to destroy the Exeter Tannery, owned and conducted by Reeve T. H. McCallum and also the burning of the G. T. R. pump house, near the bridge spanning the Aux Sauble river. It was a few minutes after two o'clock Monday morning when Mr. John MnDoacll, accompanied by Miss Murdock, of Hensel!, was returning home from Lucan and when about the Presbyterian Church they were s,artled by a glare of light, which seemed to rise from the vicinity of the tannery, and which as quickly disappeared. 'They drove on till they nearly reached the bridge when they discovered the building in the near proximity to the tannery on fire. Mr. McDonell immed- iately proceeded to Mr. McCallum's res- idence and informed him of the pend- ing danger, and then drove rapidly downtown and sounded the alarm. In the meantime Mr. McCallum and family hurried to the scene and set to work to cope with the flames, which were now making rapid progress; and by their streuuous efforts managed to get the fire under control, and before the en- gine got there all danger was averted. The large crowd that had gathered were only too pleased to learn on reach- ing the scene that the damage done was no worse than it was and all left for their respeetive homes to finish the night's sleep. But, no, it was not long before the fire alarm was again sound- ed in deeper tones than ever and from the lurid glare in the sky it was easily told that the tire devil was busily at work, this time destroying the pump house, situated about a half mile north of the depot, and before any.thing.could be done the building was reduced to ashes. The fire, without a doubt, was that of incendiary origin in both in. stances. It would seers aa though the building at the south of the tannery, used for the storage of old hair ete., was the first set as the fire had made considerable headway therein. The tannery was set from the outside by the aid of coal oil, and a, tin can con taining a quantity of cinders was .this• covered, which evidently' had been Wed by the fiend, but it is hard to fell what the cinders originally was. The incendiary then, no doubt, followed the river down to the pump house i.ud there continued his devilish deeds lila a manner somewhat similiar to•the form- er, The loss to Mr, 141eCallum is net serious; but that; of the G. T. R.: will amount to about $2.000. PZ. 3112I rothers For ..... CHEAP GOODS! We have a quantity of Summer Dress Goods on hand which we will sell you at prices that will open your eyes. Yes! Eye open- ers. We would quote prices, but as prices are 'sometimes mis-leading, we refrain from doing so, and as we have a reputation for honest dealing and truth telling, we have to be very careful how and what we ad- vertise Cali and be convinced that what we say is correct. Carling Bros. 1)11 ESS GOODS, -m Spring and Summer 1895. See our dress goods, they are made up of the newest goods in the markets. We have always been in the 'lead" and this spring we are hooking the best trade we have ever done. We have a line of "Job" dress goods at 25e a yard. 42 inches wide, they were 50c a yard. These goods are selling fast- er than any "Jehu" ever ran and we don't expect to have them very long. See our spot muslins and laces, chambrays and crinkles, Delaines and prints. Don't forget to see our new Kay- eky Silk for Waists. We have got Chamois paper muslins, grass cloths, crinoline and canvass for dress stiffening. Conte early in the day and before the rush. . J. SRACKMAN & CO., Salnvell's Block, Exeter KNIOHTI EXETER NORTH STORE Mr. 1?. R. Knight has opened a Gen- eral Store in the stand lately occupied by Brook's Harness Shopwith a full stock of GENERAL GROCERIES BOOTS & SHOES, HARDWARE, STATIONARY, ETC. Produce taken in exchange for goods F. R. Knight. Cricket Club. Members of the club and others are requested to hand their subscriptions into the Treasurer before the 1st of Juue. The ground is open for practice at any time. 1?or Eighty -live Cents. We have completed arrangements whereby we can offer the Toronto Weekly Mail -Empire one year and the AnvocATE to Jan. lst, 1896, for only eighty- five cents. Now is the time to subscribe and get cheap reading. hymen. A very pretty wedding took place at the residence of Mr. Thos. May last evening (Wed.) when his youngest daughter, Minnie, was united in matri- mony to Mr. Henry Rowe. The nupital knot was tied ,by the Rey. Geo, Jackson in the presence of a few of the near relatives. We wish the happy couple a pleasant and prosperous journey through life. Personal Mention. • Mr. Wm. Gillespie left for Windsor Tuesday morning where he will en- deavor to secure a situation. -Mrs. E. E. Ward, who has been on the sick list for some time, is improving and able to be out again. -Mr. R.H. Collins attend- ed the funeral of the late Judge Tom at Goderich on Thursday last. -Mrs Jas. Parkinson, and daughter Maud, left for Trout Creek, where they will visit Mr. Parkinson. -Mrs. Richard Bissett who has been visiting friends here for the past week, returned to her home in Toronto to -day (Thursday.) West Huron Entrance and. P. S. Leav- ing Candidates. The fol owing are the number of ap- plicants for the various; centres in West Huron: ILS. Entrance P. S. Leaving, Goderich.: - 111........ 18 Exeter 87. .. 34 Bayfield ,.. . 16.,...... 8 Kintail.......... 26.... . 8 Dungannon .. . 30:... 12 $t. Helens 29.... 11 Zurich 29..... 19 Grand Bond..... 13..... 2 Total .341 112 J. E. Toni will take charge of those ex- aminations at•Goderioli, S. P. Halle, at Exeter:'Ii. R. Voss,. at flayfl&d; R. E. Brown at Kin J. B. W ea;therhead, at Dun annon; Jos, Stalker, at St. Helens;W. I•I Johnston, at Zurich; Jag. Delgaty, at Grand Bend. FIR FIRE ! ! FIRE ! ! ! 1 Great clearing sale of goods slightly damaged by smoke and water. Having carefully overhauled the stock saved from the recent fire I find it in a much better condition than at first anticipated and intend to clear it out at half price. Now is your chance for bargains. Butter and eggs taken at cash prices. J. P. Ross. J. VATHESON, POST CFEICE BLO K. SPECIAL PRICES ! Groceries. Wall Paper And Dishes ! RawSugar 34 pounds for $1.00 Yellow do. 30 pounds for 1.00 Granulated 27 pounds for 1.00 3 pounds Biscuits 18 cents 4 pounds prunes 25 cents. 97 -piece dinner set for $5,00 China and Ironstone sets at re- duced prices. See our 6 -cent wall paper before it is all gone. Fine gilt patterns atlow prices. Dry -Goods. Double•fold Dress Goods-25cts. Brown and Black Henriettas, Blue Serges, Ginghams, Prints a n d Zyphers in new shades and pat- terns, all at lowest prices, A few more suits of men's and boy's ready-mades, at the lowest prices of the season. Seo our 45 -cent carpet for quality John Matheson. On account of scarcity of stock the price of leather and the cost, of shoes are going up. Thank Frotune it is nearly " barefoot `time " and " swimming time," Mr, Ern, F irecornb, who was on his way to Blyth spent Tuesday night in town. His many friends here will be pleased to learn that he recently passed. his final exalt. and is now entitled to affix P. L. S, and. C. E. to hie name. Con gratelations Ern. "Additional Locals on 1+'rotit rage." u..uur-i..._ { i«wu.'^•yW....e.w: �w.....vuu .. ...u�. ..�.i, ;.. _.r. .; i. ,. _RN:� ....: �.::ay ...�vu .,., ... :k'm.v.sxx�, .... �....... .. ...... ...�.. ......_.. G ..._...... . .,. .ir: ...,wu.r.muao-itY ..i.�4.uav .ey:e.....xw�.�.•J - � '