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The Exeter Advocate, 1896-4-30, Page 1�$ NINTH FEAR. -460 EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY APRIL 30, 1896. C. IL SANDERS, EDITOR. The Molsons Banka (Chartered by Parliament, 1866.) Paid up Capital .... , ..... $2,000;000 Rest Fund.... ,, ......... 1,37 5,000 Hand office Montreal, F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Esq., GENERAL MANAGER Money advanced ec sued Farmer's on their own notes w:ti. one or more endorsers at 7 per tient per annum. Exeter Branch. Open every lawful day from IQ a. m. to u p. m., Saturdays 10 a. m. to 1 p.m Agenerai banking business transacted CURRENT RATES allowedfor mon- ey on Deposit Receipts. Savings Bank at S per cent. N. D. HURDON' Exeter, Dec, 27, '95. Manager A/fONEX To LEND, � Toney to Loan at:.3r,topper cent. Private funds. Apply .'t•.,LLIOT & ELLIor. Jan'v MG Solicitor &c. Exeter. BERKSHIRE BOAR. FOR SERVICE, AND ORE FOR SALE. The undersigned will keep for service, on Lot 9, eon, 1, Usborne, a registered Berkshire boar, bred by McAllister, Varna, Ont.; also a Berkshire boar for, sale, bred by R.. Delbriclge, Virinchelsea. Joll1 MAY, Exeter. MARRIAGE LICENSE. Are you going to get married? If so, call on Robt. Hicks, the Jeweller, for your License. Robt. Hicks. A Permanent Iniestmvnt at G per Cent The Equitable Savings, Loan and Building Association of Toronto aresolling shares of their new issue of Permanent stook at $1.00 each, Participates in full earnings of the Association, from -which they are paying is per cent. per annum half yearly. Balance of earnings payable as a bonus at the end of each r. years. For particulars of Security, re- quire of 4,; en rgo :Kemp, local agent. NOTICE The Court of Revision for the Township of Stephen will be held on Tuesday., tin, 2•:th day of May, conniencing at 10 a. m. All par- ties desiring any change in assessments, who may have properly appealed, will be heard. -8t. 0. I'a ou'v, Clerk. Grand Bend The ice has all disappeared from the lake.—Mr,. Joseph Tetreau, of Michigan,. has purchased the west half of lot 2 on the Sauble concession, containing 56* acres, from Mr. Fred I"allis. Mr. To- treau intends building on it after seed- ing —John Ross, blacksmith, who had a shop here some two years ago, has re- turned and .has rented Mr, Gratton's shop; so there should be no more grumb- ling about getting work done. Bring it along and you will not have long to wait. Greenway. We are having nice showery weather. —Mr. Jas. McWilson, who was drilling a deep well on W. J. Wilson's farm. near the village, struck a strong vein of gas down about 120 feet. The gas is so strong that it slows out -and when a match is applied will burn up several, feet and make a loud r,ipvrt and then go out. Mr. Wilson decided to go no further into the rock as the gas would spoil the water. He -intends to have the strength of the gas u'sted and try to light up the whole village. RED CLOVER SEED FOIL SALE. The undersigned has�a quantity of pure red clover seed for sale at ,i,.21 per bushel, W. It. Sanders, 3rd Con., Stephen. LUMBER --- �- SAWING. L'1'he undersigned wishes to state that all persons who intend having logs cot into lumber at the Exeter to do so a tonce.n. TithEat FOR SALE. Lot 10, Concession 18, Township of Bay, County of Huron, containing 100 acres, all cleared and in a first-class state of cultiva- tion. There is on the premises a good frame house containing 8 rooms and e, splendid stone ceilar;a good frame barn with splendid improvements; 2 good wells of water; 8 acres of orchard with choice bearing fruit; is well fenced with cedar rails; 85 acres grass; 18 acres fall wheat and all fall plowing done, farms in Haand will be sold very cheapJis is .1e of thee st For further pay rtic it rs to pply at TUE ADVOCATE OFFICE, Exeter. .,..—........-..-.—w .o.,....... Poplar Mil The sugar making season is at a close and seeding is now therush of the day. -Mr. R. H. Mitchell, of Centralia, was through this locality last week trying to sell a new style of bag holder, also a new kind of wheat.—Mr.Geor+ge Squire is recovering from a severe attack of quinsy.—David Johnson, Jr., has moved to the Crawford farm in Glendale.— James MelJonald, of Bowmanville, has been renewing acquaintances in this. vicinity during the past few weeks.— The anniversary sermon of the 1. 0. 0. F., of Granton, was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Cook, in the Granton Metho- dist Church, Sunday last.—Mr. Fred Gunning has purchased a new bicycle. Go it Fred. Biddulph The farm and effects of Mr. Patrick Grace, were disposed of by auction sale last week. The farm realizing $2,500 and was purchased by Mr. William Rider.—It is seldom the pastures are in such flourishing condition this season of the year, as at present Mr. Joseph Cobblediek and Nelson, of Exeter, paid Nursery friends a visit on Sunday last. —The little Bauble is litterally bloom- ing with youngsters out fishing for bass. Ailsa Craig Hensall J, Bonthron and J. Moore, spent Sue - day with friends in Lucan..—Mr, Manns is in the London hospital, where he had an operation performed. Mr Nelson Blatchford had the misfortune last week to get one of his fingers bad ly cut and mangled while working at Mr. Welsh's planing mill.—While cut• ting kindling Mr, Alex. Murdock had the misfortune to cat his thumb badly with the axe, inflicting a very painful though not a serious wound —Mr. Wm. Welsh has sold hisframe dwelling which adjoins the planing mill to Mr. Hawke, who has had it moved to the east end of the village.. filly Council, Council met April 27th. All present. The following business was transacted. That the clerk get legal advice in re gard to the by law re Hensall police village. That in regard ofpetition of trustees of S S. No G, no action be ta- ken at present. ,That the assessment will be aeeepted from the assessor as being satisfactory. That the resigna tion of II Hessen berry, Sanitary Inspec- tor, for Western Division, be accepted. That henry Grob be appointed Said WV Inspector for Western Division That the followieg iweouuts be paid:— D. McColl. A'4S-•:.sur'r salary $55;, J. Baeehler, repairing culvert, N B. $:3 J. White i5z Sun, !whiting, $10.55; H. Weber, work nu C. rs,.„1, $1; Phil Sip- pel, work on C. rood, $1 ; .1. A. Williams delivering safe. from lieusalt, $i;50;Dr. Campbell, attending Mr-. House, $e; J. E. McDonell, safe, $70: R.,bt. Terubull, repairing culvert. L. I2.., $1: Thos. 'elute dock, six m•nette r•et, for Mrs:. Sather by, $!i. Council adjourned to meet again on Tuesday May 1.6th Yuen HESS, SR, Clerk county Constable P. Atkinson, of this place, has been instructed by the ,fish cry overseer to prosecute all parties il- legally catching, netting, spearing, trapping or in any way obstructing the river to prevent the free movement of fish.—Died, on Wednesday last, Jane, beloved wife of John Morgan, after a long illness, caused by the running away of a horse she was driving last August. The remains were conveyed last Thursday to Brinsley cemetery where she was buried, in the presence of a large number of friends and ac- quaintances.—The county convention of the Y. P. C. E. will be held in the Presbyterian church, here, on the 19th and 20th of May. Committees have been appointed from the several socie- ties of the village, and arrangements are being made for the comfort and convenience of all delegates. Winchelsea School Report. The following is a correct report of S. S. No. 6 Ueborne, for the month of April.. The names are in order of mer- it.—Senior Department. V—Winfred Coupland, Sr. IV.—Sarah Clements, Franklin Del -bridge, Charles Upshall, Intermediate, Ethel Godbolt, Wilbur Hunter, Mabel Coupland. Sr. III— Annie Brimacombe, Dora Delbridge, Linda Hunter. Jr. III -Charles Miners Robert Wilcox., John Coward. Junior Department. Sr. II: --Victoria Miners, Gertie Miller, Bi'rtle Francis. Jr. II— .Jessie Coupland, Ida Delbriclge, Mabel Sawyer. Pt. II—Charles Godbolt, Ern- est Rowcliffe, Lewis Wood. Sr; Pt. I—: Annie Coupland, Ethel Pullyislank, 'Frank 13rimaco•rtsbe. Jr. Pt. I—Eddie Coward, George Coward, Harold Webb. • J. A. '&ltLGouY -t Teachers E. E. HALLS Dashwood, There was married, on Tuesday evening of last week, in the Methodist church, Miss Kate Lippert to Mr, Dan- iel Schroeder. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Mr. Eby, and was wit- nessed only by a few of the intimate friends, May their life be a long and happy one.—Mr. Henry Gunther had the old church moved to his vacant lot beside the shop last week. By its re- moval the new church ,prn..tats a splen- did view from the village. Mr. Gun- ther will fix up the old church as an implement hall and is putting in all kinds of tinachinery..—Mr..August Thon has made another horse deal- and now has another good driver.—We are sorry to hear of the sickness of Mr, Emanuel Rotherrnal and hope that he may soon recover.—The diphtheria cases are all under control again.—The sacrament of the Lord's supper was administered to the adherents of the Lutherian Church last Sunday. Several new members were added to the church roll. —The entertainment given under the P. A. on Thursday evening last was a decided success. The weather was all that could be desired and the attend- ance in consequence was large. The program was a credit to those who form ed it and would have done justice to a city audience. Tim solos by Miss Case, of London, held the audience spell bound and were heartily received, judging from . the number of, encores she received. Should Miss Casever ap pear before an audience here again, we predict for her a much larger house. The Hensall Quartette fully maintained their former reputation and were heartily applauded. Miss Williams as an elocutionist fairly brought down the house. The local talent was fully up to date. We must not forget to mention that Mr. Zwicker, who acted as accom- pianist for Miss Case, aquitted himself creditably at the organ. In conclus• sion let me say those who missed it missed a rich musical treat. Centralia, Mr. Thomas H. Hill, writing from Lentz, Mich., on the 23rd inst., says:— We' are having splendid weather here now. We are busy sowing oats and everything in the agricultural line is flourishing. Fall wheat is looking ex- ceptionally good and stands about eight inches high. Am. sorry to state that my wife has had very poor health all winter and I was obliged to send her to the hospital in Saginaw, where she was treated for an internal tumor. She has returned home and is now on'` a fair way to recovery. -Miss Rollins, of Exeter, spent Sunday with friends here. —Mr. Towle is much worse, and the end may not be far distant.—The farm- ers are busy seeding, though the ground is nut in the best possible con dition for tilling.—Mrs. Delgaty has re- signed the position of church organist, which she filled with success and credit during the past four months. Miss Carrie Hicks has taken charge.—Rev. Mr. Yelland, of Crediton, preached here on Sunday evening, Rev. W. H. Butt preaching in behalf of the Missionary and Education Societies on that circuit, —Quarterly meeting as to be held next Sunday morning, and the meeting of the official board on the following even- ing evening. ,f r: tit: Mr. J. Campbell had the to get his fingers badly Cut at :ha Er, ,9 eifont & Box factory which will ut ' bun. off work for a few days. Last week a horse belonging to Mr. W, Snell, Hallett, was sunstruck, and died aa the ninth thereof. D. Flynn, Hallett, also los”. a horse from some un- known cause, and Peter Cook, Gode- rich township, was likewise a sufferer.. Stanley: Oe Saturday last while Mr, Jos, McCully was standing in the wa- gon driving a team, the horses turned rather sharply, thus lifting the box. He slipped and fell on the edge of the box, thus breaking a rib. This will keep him off work for a few days. Brussels: Last Saturday Wm. He- witt, who is engineer at Ament Bros.' factory had the misfortune to have' his right hand caught in the engine, and the result was the breaking of the little finger in addition to a badly bruised band. Mr. Hewitt will be off duty for a time. Seaforth: Mr. W. Flannigan, has disposed of his hotel busbies to Mr, Alex, Forbes, of Hamilton, who will conduct the business on the usual high scale and endeavor to keep up the good reputation of the railway house We have not learned what Mr, Flannigan intends to do. Mitchell: The new barn in connec- tion with the Farmers' Mote), was des- troyed by tire about it o'clock Tuesday. night, 21st lust. The fire originated in the soutli west corner, nudes neither hay or straw wits kept iii that part of the building, it was certainly the work of an incendiary. tippet: Mr. D. C. McLean, while in the act of pruning an apple tree, in- liieted rather a painful wound in his wrist, with Ilse knife, which was rather painful for a few days.Mr. James Cooper, while at the same duty, receiv- ed a crack on the nose, which looked very touch like being broken, Lumley: Mr. James Horton, the well known horse man of this place had the misfortune to lose two very fine Clydesdale stallions which he was bringing out from the old country. They died on board the boat. One be- longed to himself and the other to Mr, Thomas Colquhoun, of Fullerton. Mount Carmel: Mrs. A. McPhee. of. McGillivray, died on Wednesday 15th inst., at the advanced age of 80 years. She was one of the pioneers of this county and was highly respected by all. The ftluerttl tool; place on the following Friday and was largely attended show- ing the esteem in which the deceased was held, Clintou: The other day Master Harry Fitzsimons struck his hand on a tack, inflicting a trifling wound apparently of no significance whatever; a day or two after his arm began to swell and caused him considerable pain, and he found that he had poisoned his hand so badly that medical assistance was ne- cessary to check it; oven yet it is very painful, Bicyces ! Bicycles! Bicycles! � Owing to ,insufficient room in my premises I have decided to go out of the Bicycle trade and with this end in view will sell my present stock At cost for Spot Cash. Our wheels are the best in : the market. Come and get a snap. Must be sold at once. J. W. CRE1VE, Merchant Around About us, Abreast of the Times In order to be abreast of the times, my son, Mr. S. Fitton, has just completed a coarse at Toron to, The Ontario Opticial Institute, and is now prepared to Fit Spectacles on thoroughly scientific principles. Persons who find it difficult to obtain spectacles to suit them are especially requested to give us a trial. Satisfaction Guaranteed We are also abreast of the times in our stock of Clocks, Jewelry and Silver Plated Ware. Solid Gold Wedding Rings cheaper than ever. Fine watch repairing a specialty. Watches, Hallett: Mr. John Garrett had the misfortune to get a bad kick from his new trotter, one day recently, but is able to be out with the use of his crutches. Brussels: The annual dog poisoning time has arrived and during the past week F. S. Scott's Inland, Jas. Jones' spaniel, "Nipper," and other canines have shuffled ofl Brussels: Henry Mooney had his left arm and the back of his hand scalded last week with steam from- the boiler at the salt block pumping house where he runs the engine. Seaforth: Mr. Wm. D. Trott, photo- grapher, has sold out his busines's in the Whitney block to Mr. J. P. Hender- son who has charge of thegallery- dur- ing the past six months. Brinsley: The quarterly meeting for the Crediton circuit will be held in the. Ebenezer church on Sunday, May 3rd, to commence at 10.30, a. m. Everybody cordially invited to attend. Chiselhurst: Tommy Ferguson, of S. S. No. 9,; Tuckersniith, had his left eye knocked out by: a stone thrown by Tom Kyle, a school mate, At present writing he has a slight attack of brain fever. Brussels: Monday evenilg of last week, Willie, the bright little son of Gomet Green, died at the residence of his parents, Brussels, aged 6 years, 1 month and 14 :days. The cause of death was measels followed by inflam- Ta i i o r, elation of the lungs. • _ _.._.. The Courts.. (From theGocterich Star) Two young men named John Neville and. John Glavin, of the township of Stephen, were committed. by Magis- trates William Lewis and Chas. Silber, of Crediton, on a charge of stealing a, couple of bottles of whisky, some candy and tobacco from the store of John G. Quarry, who had left it unlock- ed on the night of April .lib Beth ad - mitred the offence. but the magistrates allowed Glavin out on bail, and sent Neville up. The latter therefore will not be tried till the assizes, which open here on May 12th, but Neville was bronht before His Honor Judge Mas son Thursday, and on the representa- tions of the Crown sentenced to one day iu jail. A shooting case comes up from Sea - forth, one Gabriel Reeves being charg- ed with shooting a young lad named Robt, Boyd on the night of April 20. The evidence before John Beattie. J. P., was to the effect that a crowd of boys gathered in front of Reeves' house, hearing loud. talking which it was claimed was due to a row between the prisoner and his wife. Some one among them threw a stone and then all ran away and Boyd and another boy stop- ped a short distance away when 'Reeves came out with a gun. The boys start- ed to run and Reeves fired, the ball hitting Boyd is the right arm and passing up from the elbow to near the shoulder. A doctor extracted it, and unless blood poisoning sets in the wound will not be serious. Reeves ad- mits shooting, but says he did it to frighten the boys, and not to harm any one, as he and his wife were not quar- reling, and the boys had been pelting the house. He says he was in bed at the time, and ran out to chase them away. The case will be tried before Judge Masson if Boyd's condition does not threaten serious consequences, T. Fitton.' .60 Wingham: The Bell Furniture Fac tory are working over time in order to fill time orders they are daily receiving. At present they are utilizing all avail- able force in filling an order from a large hotel -in Ottawa. The sample dining room and bedroom suites in mabogony, chequered birch and oak are finished and a batch is now on the way. These suits are of the latest American styles, with carved drawers and doors and are most artistic in ef- fect. Brussels: The services of Rey. G. H. Cobbledick were called into requisi- tion at the residence of John Carter Brussels, on Wednesday evening, when Miss Sarah, the youngest daughter of the family, was joined in marriage to John Taman, of Goderich. Miss Mina Hart, of Owen Sound, was the brides- maid and Wm. Taman, of Blyth, the groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Taman left for their new home in Huron's . capital on Thursday, followed by the beat wishes of relatives and friends. Usbornc: Mr. Thomas Russell, of Riverside farm, Usborne, recently sold a very handsome young Durham bull to Mr. Jacob 0. Gingerich, of the town ship of , Hay, for a handsome figure. This young bull is known as "Sultan of Riverside," and is two years old this spring, He is one of Mr. Russell's best. Wingham: There died in Manitoba on Tuesday morning, April 21st, John Gregory, brother of Mr. Thos. Gregory of this town, Last summer Mr. Gregory suffered with a diseased bone in the leg and it was found necessary by his medical advisers to have the limb am. putated. From the shock of the oper- ation Mr. per-ation'Mr. Gregory never recovered and other complications setting in, resulted in his death on the above date. Mr. Gregory was well known in this com- munity, having been a citizen here for over fifteen years. Clinton: , The other day a gentleman who had been out shooting a few weeks ago filled his pipe. with loose tobacco from one of his coat pockets. The poc- ket et from which he secured the weed happened to be ,the one in which he previously carried the gunpowder. No one could enjoy ' a nice smoke better and a sigh of relief came as the smoke passed from . his lips. In a moment there was a mild explosion, the pipe being almost emptied. Fortunately there was not enough powder to do any serious damage, but the lesson is ` one the same gentleman will, remember for many years to come. The escape was indeed a narrow one. co very. Frightened into Suicide. Dunnville, Ont., April 28,—A farmer living near here, named Frederick Tice, aged about 70 years committed suicide last evening. He had some trouble recently with a brother about some property and was accused of as- saulting his brother. Some young men to frighten him, that he was to be arrested. He told them the constable would find him a dead man. The young men thought nothing of it, but Tice immediately procured. a rope and when discovered a short time after- wards was quite 'dead. A cyclone of tremendous force sped through Clay Cotinty, Ras., dealing death and destruction on every hand, As far as known five people were killed. throe fatally ,wounded and seventeen injured.. Seaforth Messrs. H. R. Jackson & Son, having been granted a license purpose opening out .a retail depart- ment in connection with their whole- sale liquor business and have rented a shop on Market street at present occu- pied by Mr. Deem, tailor, which they wilt have fitted up at once for their new business' Brucefield: Mr, James Mustard, of the London Road south, who has been suffering from a tumor in the neck for over a year, succumbed to the disease on Friday last, His remains were fol- lowed to their last resting place on Monday, by a large concourse of sor- rowing relatives and friends. Mr. Mus- tard has been a great sufferer, but en- dured it all with great patience and fortitude. Beaten by Robbers. Toronto, Oat., April 28.—Joe Martin, of Prescott, Ont., well known as the owner of the horse Strathol, . now in training at the Woodbine, and as the brother of the jockey, Willie Martin' was to -night the victim of an outrage- ous highway robbery and assault, whichwill probably develop into a murder. He had just bedded his horse at half -past nine to -night and had ap- parently stepped outside, his stable, when two men, who must have been lying in wait, attacked him. The stable boy, who had been some distance off,. returning at this moment, saw two men, dragging something in the darkness and shouted to them. They ran off in the direction of a neighboring swamp, and the boy coming up, foand the ob- ject they had been dragging to be the almost lifeless body of Joe Martin. It was fearfully bruised about the head, and marks on the throat and protruding eyes showed he had .been half choked when attacked. The robbers had not secured their booty, the large sum of $2,081 being found in .Martin's clothes. Martin had a prejudice against banks, and was known to be in the habit of carrying large suets of money on his person. His gold watch and chain was also left behind. It is supposed the men were dragging his body to the swamp, to which' they themselves re- treated, where it might have remained undiscovered for weeks. Martin was taken to the hospital, but there is slight chance of his recovery. There is no clue to the robbers. A sensational story from Port Huron Mich., appears in the papers, to the ef- fect that Jessie Hutchinson, a Stratford girl, had mysteriously disappeared from that city. Jessie Hutchinson's home is on Galt street, Stratford, and when a reporter called on Mrs. Hutchinson, she denied the story of her daughter's dis- appearance. She heard from her only the other day. Jessie is working in Port Huron, and according to her moth- er, doing well. A sad and fatal accident occurred Monday evening at the home of Michael Gleeson, near Fletcher. Two of ' Mr. Gleeson's little children wore playing around the yard near a well. In some way one of the boards of the well cover- ing bad been displaced, and the child- ren wandering too close ' to the death trap, one of them James Francis, only 2 years of age, fell through. His little playmate gave the alarm, but before assistance arrived the unfortunate babe was drowned., The body was soon re- covered, but medical skill could not, re- store life. Jennie Lake a dining room girl at the Royal Hotel, Tilsonburg, came near ly losing her life Tuesday, through an overdose of morphine, taken to relieve a severe pain from which she was suf- fering. Dr. C. McDonald was summon- ed; and administered emetics, but owing to the length of time that had elapsed. after taking the poison, they were of no avail. As a last resort the doctor ap- plied his electric battery, using what is known as the scourage treatment. This, bad the desired of ect, and in a short time consciousness was restored. Miss Lake is now on a fair was to re= RUMBALL,—In Clinton, on the 21st inst., the wife of Mr. Thos. Runball, of a son. Montes.—In Brinsley on the 14th inst., the wife of Mr. 'Robert Morgan, of a daughter. Cut.nnRT,—In McGillivray on the 18th. inst., the wife of Mr. John Culbert of a daughter, CAarvn'JLL.—in Sylvan, on the 16th inat., the wife of John Campbell, of a daughter. BnLLTi n—Houlsau—Oa the 15th inst., by the Rev, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Henry Belling to Miss Phoebe Horner, all of McGillivray. ARSOTT: HIl.7xiN.—At the Methodist Parsonage, on Wednesday, April 29th, by the Rev. W. H. Locke, Mr. James C. Abbott, to Mrs. Eliza Jane Hunkin—All of Exeter. DEATIHM MCPHEE.—In McGillivray, on the 15th inst., ,Mrs. Ann McPhee, aged 84 years. DINNIN.—In Exeter, on the 27th inst Mary Ann Burleson, relict of the late William Dinnin,aged 81 years.