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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-8-5, Page 8idea edersi Wanted. The undersigned would be pleased hen take a. number of boarders, -Ladies ate Gentlemen, First class aeeommoda. bairn. Terms reasonable. Apply at the opposite Commerical Hotel. H. BuCgiriGeram LOCAL JOTTIN+GS. Our Annual Holiday. According to custom long establish- es;amang local newspapers and follow - ley the ADVOCATE now for many asears, we will next week take our attxi ixal holiday, consequently there will het no paper next week. The office will heaven during the week and all job work and general business will be peamptly attended to. Correspondents Twill kindly bear this fact in mind and govern themselves accordingly. Onr lixt issue will be August 19. "Some men are born for great things Andsome are born for small; sateeleamate 'tis not deeided Why they were born at all." Civic Holiday to -day (Thursday.) Council meets to morrow (Friday) ey. ender: Mr. D. Spicer is moving into his new dwelling on Albert street this week. The. Trivitt Memorial church choir picnic at Grand Bend to day, (Thurs.) Mrs. Isaac Carling is having a new verandah erected around her dwelling to replace the old one, Don't whine about hard times. Do something to make them better, if Ws nu more than paying a bill. Mr. Wesley Snell shipped from this station to -day (Thurs) a carload of ex.. port ehttle to Liverpool via Boston The Glass. Blowers, after: holding forth here a week, with good results, pulled up stakes Mouday and left for Wiugharn. The local newspaper is rarely an ob- je:ct of charity. Iu vine cases out of remit gives tweuty times as much as it receives -Press and Printer. "'Nipple" says there's only one thing wrong about the jubilee stamps, aad that is the cruel necessity which makes a; fellow lick two women at Duce. i'Lr. A. Walters, who has been pro. •prietor of the Devon Hotel for some time, will move to town in a few days und,start a: shoe shop in the premises time is being vacated by Mr. D, Spicer, High Constable Sehratn, of Middle sex,died Saturday at the age of 56 veers. He was a native Londoner, and filled the position of High Constable for ten years, an office that his father held, before him. The Exeter Baseball team, Jubilee Stars. drove over to Lucan, Thursday afternoon to play a game with the club of: that place, resulting in favor of Ex- eter by a score of 19 to 14. The return rematch wit be played here shortly, At a meeting of the License Com- missionei;s held last week it was decid- ed to grant to further license for the sale of liquor at the Devon hotel. In future the place will be conducted by Mr. Thed. Jones as a temperance house. The lacrosse match which took place between the St. Marys and Exeter teams at the former place ou Friday last, resulted in favor of St Marys by three goals to oue. The return match will be played here to•clay (Thursday) afternoon. Mr. B. Aubry, of Jloutreal, will be at the Commercial House, here, on Satur- day, August 7th, at Greib's Hotel, Zjrich, Monday Aug. Oth, and at Bay- field, Tuesday. Aug. 10th, for the pur- pose of purchasing horses that are sound and in good condition. The Voters' List for the township of Stephenhas been completed and from it we glean the following :-There are 1274 elector., 1011 of which are eutitl- ed to vote at both municipal elections and elections to the Legislative Assem My; 97 are entitled to vote at municip al elections only, and 141 are entitled to vote at elections to the Legislative Assembly ouly. There are 739 jurors. Considerable excitement was caused at Graud Bend last Friday afternoon. Is seems, Latimer, the infant son of Mr. a.nd Mrs. James Grieve, of this place, wandered a considerable distance from the cottage unnoticed and was no where to be found. The mother be- came nearly frantic with grief over the toss of her child and soon the whole community became agitated and set out in pursuit of the little wanderer. Considerable time was spent in fruitless search and during his absence a terri- ble rain and hail storm prevailed which didnot improve matters but the search party still continued, Finally they aueceeded in locating the little fellow, apparently tired and worn out. sleep- ing; soundly under a tree. The feel - teas of the mother can better be imag- ined tban described. A. game of base ball was played on the recreation grounds here Thursday between the senior team of Crediton and a picked team here. The game proved quite interesting considering iiotfi teams being out of pra ctice. Many good plays were made and it was clear- ly manifest that both teams could put vera, good game with very little prac- tice.. Following are the players and score:- CREDITON - EXETER. Roedfng 3 Carling 1 Kilpatrick 1 Eacrett 3 Eritz.W.. 2 Gidley 1 Riau 3 Bissett 0 Sell, 3 Oke 0 PAM C. 1 HyndmanJ 1. Esther 2' Spicer 1 Semple 2 Elliott 1 herr 2 Hyndman G 2 19 10 Waives: Stoves s' !Stoves t t .For Oxford Staves and Ranges, call at.Rissott's old stand, Exeter. A. S. Deavitt, agent No paper next week. Send the Advocate to your friends l Only 40 cts, from not till Jan. 1st, 1898. Crops Not $eriousl3' Hurt, The anxiety fpr good crops the early part of last weak made the tillers of the soil look glum, but the return of. sunshine has brightened their faces as well as the outlook for their winter's living; Farmers all aver the country are working like trojans. They have been awaiting this opportunity and. verily they are "making hay while the sun shines," Io all sections the sun-, shine has been bailed with, delight. The farmers feet that the erops have been saved and are working with an energy which is stimulated by a spirit of thankfuluess, The Folly of Law. The Mitchell Advocate says : " We have another illustration of the folly of going to law in the case of Clark vs. the corporation of Mitchell, Campbell and Edwards. The plaintiff would have accepted $1,650 in the first place, but one of the defendants rebelled, and the suit was taken in the High Court, with the following result : Mitchell paid $1,285.50. The smallpox, case was another instance of the absurdity of not making an amicable settlement, and yet there are people in our town who will not take warning from the past, but rush into court for the most trivial cause. A, Partial Eclipse. The eclipse of the sun which astron- omers premised for Thursday, between b and 10 o'clock, arrived on time, and the celestial phenomenon was witness• ed by many her The sky was cloudy but the presence of the clouds enabled the eclipse to be seen occasionally with- out the aid of smoked glass, Again, when a break occurred in the clouds, smoked glass was required, and avery fine view of the eclipse was obtained. The invisible disk of the moon en- croached slcwl,y upon the lower part of the face of the sun until about one fourth of the whole had been covered, then it gradually disappeared. The partial eclipse was very distinct, the obscured solar surfaee being quite black. Council ProeeedinLG. Council met by order of the Reeve at the Town Hall, Exeter, August 3rd, 1397, All present except Mr. Taylor, minutes of previous, meeting read and confirmed. Mr, Tremaine tendered his surrender of franchise for electric light plant, Dauncey-Rollins, that we ac- cept the resignatian of R. C. Tremain's franchise for electric plant. -Carried: Rollins -Snell, that this council grant to the Exeter Electric Light and Power Co. limited, of Exeter, a ten years fran- chise for the purpose of putting in an electric lighting plant, striugiug wires, ereetiug poles and all other things per- taining to a good and efficient system together with any privelegc s hereto. fore granted to R, C. C. Tremaine.- Carried, The council adjourued until Friday eveniug at S o'clock M. EACRETT, Clerk. sl.©,000 iCapital. For some time considerable speculat- ion has been rife anent the formatiou of a new electric light company In town. This speculation has at last been brought to a close and before many weeks a new electric plant will be in operation here. On Friday even- ing a meeting of the prominent busf- uess men of the town was held and a company organized to be known as the Exeter Electric Light and Power Co., Limited, capital $10,000, At the same meeting a provincial board was elected composed of C Lutz, ,President), R. C. C. Tremaine, B. A. Sc., (Manager); B, S. O'Neil, E. J. Spackman and Frauk Woods At the next meeting, Monday. the stock list was reported filled and we noticed among the shareholders the names of Messrs. D. Johns, W. Bawden, R. H. Collins, W. H. Parsons and H. Bishop. A franchise has been obtained from the Council also for the illumina- tion of the back street to which the company will give their special atten- tion. We understand that an early and late service is also intended which wilt beta great booth to the town. Any information can be obtained from Mr. Tremaine. Jubilee Stumps. Owing to the demand for Jubilee issue of stamps the postmaster general has now decided to authorize the issue of partial sets in order to meet the de- mands from all quarters for souvenirs. Every accounting postoffice in Canada wili be supplied with partial sets, from one-half cent up to 50 cents, and from one half cent up to $1, the distribution amongst the offices being made in pro- portion to the volume of business of each office. This allotment will prac- tically exhaust the rarer jubilee stamps, but there will probably be about 30,000 of these partial sets, so that everyone who desires to spend 50 ceuts or $1 for such an interesting souvenir will have an opportunity. The issue of these partial sets will probably begin some day this week. The demand for com- plete sets has been very Jarge, about 9,000 sets having already been issued, and as a sufficient number will be re served to meet all legitimate demands, this figure will reach 10 000 before the. year is out, representing $160,000. To show how widespread the demand has been, the department received an order from Moscow, in Russia, inelosing $100 for jubilee stamps, and another of $60 from Constantinople. An order was also received from the staff com- mander of H. M. S. Rodney, in the Mediterranean, and another from a captain of artillery in France. It was. expected that the issue would meet all requirements for at least three months, but the indications are that it will not. As the number was limited by public announcement in Parliament. and as the plates are to be destroyed in a few days, jubilee stamps will in the near future be a thing of the past. Mrs J. A. Gregory conducted open air services at Grand Bend Park. Sun- day morning'lest. Death of ars, Dunsford. Word was received here this week of the death of Emma Smale, relict .of the late John Dunsford, who died July 21st, at Stockton, California. The de- ceased was a daughter of Mrs. Eliza Smale, of ,this place, and left here about eight or nineyearsago She leaves to mourn her demise three small children. Personal Mention Mr. Jas. Neil, of London, was in town Tuesday. Miss Lena Howard is visiting friends in St. Marys. Miss Ida Sutton, of London, is visit -k ing her mother here. Miss Edith Sanders is visited friends in Hensall this week, Dr and Mrs Anderson spent Sunday with friends in Mitchell. Miss Tottie Crocker, of St. Marys, is visiting her mother here. Wilbur Handford, of Renfrew, is home visiting his parents. Miss Hepburn, of Centralia, is the guest of Miss Rosa Hartong. 'Misses Lily and Charlotte Drinkwat- er are visiting friends in London. Mrs. ltd. Harwood, of Toronto, is vis- iting her mother, Mrs. James Down, Mrs. Daultry, of Lucan, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Dempsey. Mrs. Case Miners, of Point Edward, is visiting friends in and around town. Mrs. John Muir is at present very ill suffering from an acute attack of pleur- isy.- Mr, James Holman, of Chicago, is visiting old friends in aad around Ex. eter. Mr. Frank Oke and wife, of Toronto, are visiting friends and relatives in town. 'Mrs. Jos. Bawden and Miss Polly Bawden visited friends in Clandeboy e last week. Miss Edith Elliott, of Toronto, is home visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Elliott. "Scotty'; McPherson, the artistic painter has been"doing" the town for the past week. Harry Browning, who has been study- ing medicine at, Markham, is visiting his parents here. Miss Mabel Jamieson, of Blyth, spent a few days in town last week, the guest of Miss Edith Sanders. Miss Wickett, Rhode Island, was the guest of Miss Eva Penhale, Stephen, for a few days this week. The Misses Weeks visited relatives in St, Marys for a few days last week, the guest of Mr, and Mrs. Kerr. Mrs. Philip Reed, of Palmyra, Wis,, is here on an extended visit w her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs, Silas Handford. Mrs. Wm, Slavin, of Lumley, visited her uucle and aunt, Mr and Mrs, Jas. Stewart, for a few days last week. Mrs, Willett, who has been the guest of Mrs. T. W. Hawkshaw, left for her home in Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday, NIr, Jos. Davis, who has been ball• dating at Thornbury, returned home Friday and has resumed his position at the bank. The Misses Evelyn and Lillian Hus- ton visited at the residence of their uncle, J. T. O'Brien, Goderich, for a few days last week. Mr. Geo. Armstrong, after a pleasant visit of a few weeks with friends and relatives here, returned to his home in Paris Saturday. ,lir. J. D. Boulton, teller of the Mol - sons Bank, who has been holidaying in Montreal, Toronto and other places, re- turned home Monday. Misses Ella and Wilfred:Switzer, who have been visiting friends in town for the past few weeks, returned to their home in London this week. The Misses Trick, who have been the guests of Miss Cora Manning for the past three weeks, returned to their home in St, Thomas last week. • Mr. Wm. Bryant, of the Forest Stand- ard, gave the ADVOCATE ' a pleasant call Tuesday. Will was a former Exe- ter boy and his old friends were pleas- ed to meet him, Mins Lilly Robinson, London Road, while attempting to ride horse back Tuesday the girt of the saddle slipped and she fell to the ground, fracturing one of her arms. " Miss Kate Minton, of Toronto, for- merly of Londou West, , is visiting friends and relatives in this city. She will also spend a couple of weeks with Mrs. (Rev.) Chas. Smith, of Exeter, be- fore returning home." -London Adver' tiser. Mr, W. H. Richardson, of London, who has been for the past three years general agent and inspector of the Peo- ple's Building & Loan Association, has accepted the position of general agent for the Western Province of Ontario for the Sun Savings & Loan Co., of Toron- to. Mrs. W. H. Johns, of Melita, Man., who has been visiting relatives in Ex- eter for the past three weeks, com- ruences her return trip this (Thursday) evening and will go by rail to Sarnia where she will take the boat for Port Arthur, and will go from there by rail home. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rollins leaveto- day (Thursday) on a pleasure drive through the counties of Middlesex, Lambton, Essex and Kent and will wind up the trip by taking a jaunt through a certain portion of Michigan. They will be away several days and will cover about 400 miles. Clinton: The home of Thos. Levan was the scene of a happy wedding on Wednesday, when his second daughter, Miss Mabel, was wedded to E. Laird Williamson, of Toronto. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. Stewart. Miss Whitworth, of St. Marys, perform- ed the duties of bridesmaid, while Fred Levan acted as groomsman. The ADVOCATE will not be published next week. Exeter School Board Minutes. Exeter Public School quarterly re- port, ending July 31st, 1897. The fol. bowing is the order of minutes held and motions duly submitted and approved. May 31st. -Meetings held in the Towu Hall, all present. -Per resolution, min- utes of previous meeting confirmed. - Per H. Huston and P. Frayne, that the judgment of the board favors the -loca- tion of a tank immediately outside the school grounds, tack committee with power --Per D. Spicer and P. Franye that the fees of the pupils trying at the Entrance Examinations be paid by the Board. -Per` J. Senior and D. Spicer, that a test be made of the slating ad voeated by Mr. Welcher on the south end of the principal's room, -Per W. J. Carling and H. Huston, that the fol- lowing prepayment be confirmed: -J.. P. Ross, brooms and oil, 93cz C. Smith, cutting wood, $6,60. -Per W. Harding and H. Huston, that the following ac counts be paid :--T. J. Lockhart, eucy- elopmdia, $20; E. Folliek, ex, laborer and sundries, $5.67. -Por W. J. Carling and 11. Huston, that the Janitor's sal- ary for 1898 be $260, this amountto cover the cutting of wood and other work deemed necessary by the Board. -Per D. Spicer and Senior, that the re- pairs committee procure a suitable chair for the use of the principal. -Per H. Huston and P. Frayne, that the Sup- plies committee to procure of the same make and finish, the desks required for Miss Robertson's department. -Per J. Senior and W. J. Carling, that the or. dors issued ou the 1st of July include the amount due the teachers to the 1st of August. -Per H. Huston and P. Frayne, that the repairs committee pro- cure a lock for the desk in Miss May's room. -Per H. Huston and D. Spicer, that 3. Senior and the chairman be a committee to procure a suitable framed portrait of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and that the same with a suitable inscription be hung in the school hall. -Per, P. Frayne and H. Huston, that the repairs committee see that the furnacos,are properly inspect, ed, cleaned and placed in efficient working order during the coming holi- days -Per D. Spicer and J Senior, that the delegate of the Board to secure a county grant to continuation classes, be the chairman. -Per W. J. Carling adjournment. July 5th. -,Meeting held in the Town Hall, absent W.J. Carling. Per resolution, minutes of previous meeting -Per H. Huston and P, Frayne that in view of the better fire protec- tion now secured the suggestion of the committee to rescind the resolution fa- voring an additional tank in the im- mediate vicinity of the school grounds, be adopted. -Per J. Senior and H. Hus ton, that the committee's suggestion for a change in the framing of Fler Majesty's portrait be adopted. -Per J. Senior and H. Huston, that tenders be invited for the following: for the mak ing in completion and hanging of nine- teen storm windows for the north, south and east sides of the school building; for the cutting of a passage way through the centre anti room ou the second floor; for storm doors for the main entrance; for wainscoting the stairways four feet high with half inch ash, and the re- moval of the threshold of the main en- trance and immediate flooring. -Per D. Syicer and J. Senior, that the chang- es required in the position of the desks be made under the direction of the re- pairs committee, -Per J. Senior and H. Huston. that the centre anti room be suitably painted to the height of the last row of hooks, add that the other necessary repairs and whitening of walls, be done under the direction of the repairs committee. -Per D. Spicer and H. Huston, that two loads of saw- dust be procured and placed by the di- rection of the supplies committees. - Per J. Senior and D. Spicer, that the Secretary furnish the ccmmittees with a list of the duties imposed. -Per J. Senior and H. Huston, that the Jan- itor be allowed the grass in return for a thorough cleaning of the grounds. - Per J. Senior and H. Huston, that the lately acquired land be plowed, levelled and seeded as early. as possible, under the directionof the Board. -Per H. Huston and D. Spicer, that the follow- ing prepayments be confirmed: E, Wel- cher, slating blackboards, $8, Per H. Hliston and D. Spicer, that the follow- ing accounts be paid: -Chairman's ex- penses to Goderich, $2.45. -Per J. Sen- ior and D. Spicer, that the sum of $2700 for school purposes for the ensuing year. -Per J. Senior adjournment. J. GRIGG, Sec'y. VIDE INSPECTOR'S REPORT, July '97. Caretaker's work carefully done. --Ven- tilation satisfactory. -Grounds, trees and fences excellent. -General condi- tion of property very satisfactory - Standing and progress of the pupils good discipline very creditable. Signed J. E. TOM, P. S. I, Downie : Alex, Gaston, received a terrible fracture of his right foot re- cently while turning some horses back on the road. Ile was knocked down, and one of the horses trampled on his foot: He will be laid upfor some time. Fullerton : Mr. Thomas Hanson who had his leg amputated for the second time a fen, weeks ago, is not making that advancement towards re- covery as is desirable. We trust now that his recovery will be more decided and satisfactoryVthan it has been. Brussels: A little son of Mr. George "Howe, of the Brussels woolen milts, watching the ball game on Tuesday was struck in the stomach with a foal bail and fell unconscious. Willing hands soon had the little fellow brought to and no serious results followed. v McKillop:: Thomas Love, oftthe llth concession, died on Sunday, July 25th. Mr. Love had been ill for about two years, being a victith of diabetes. He was a comparatively young man, being, only about 49 years of age. 116 was the second son of the late George Love, of •Tuekersmith. r TRE BIG CASH STORE CASH OR PRODUCE ONE PRICE TO ALL. "FIRST CLASS" Nothing too good for our Cash Customers. Choicest White Wine Vinegar and Govern- ment Proof 'Vinegar. Pure pickling Spices, nothing but the best. 4.1TW J. A. STEWART. Stores close 6:30 each evening excepting Wednesday and Saturday.. THE WONDERFUL SHOE STORE. Purse strings will Losen to this tune... . We have received the largest shipment of Ladies' Oxfords in Green, Tan, Black, Ox -blond, and Chocolate, that has been sent to the town for years. No flowers of speech are needed to tell the story of our progressive Shoe Store. Value is demonstrated in every pair, Every shoe speaks and sings its own song to the tunteof the rollin' dollar. We are nearing Mid Summer and that has an influence with us to get -our vol. ume of stock down. SEE US, WE CAN SUIT' YOU. E. J. SPACICMA & CO., ° Semen's Block, Exeter Jollliston's C!ear!iig Sale. OOINO WITH A RUSH AND MUST BE SOLD by AUGUST 15th.. • WE QUOTE A FEW PRICES. $ 8.00 Dinner Sets going at ..... ...$4.50 12.00 LC CC CC CC 7.00 4.50 Tea sets (gold finish) 2.90 5.00 Chamber sets going at 2.75 3.00 , « 1.65 2.50 « �° 1.45 1.00 Cups- and Saucers (firsts) 60c. 1.25 Fancy Cups and Saucers 85c. Sweet Home, Star and Dingman's Elec- tric soaps, 7 bars for 5 C. Surprise Soap 6 bars for 25c. 30c. uncolored Japan tea 20c. 50c. teas, black Japan and Hyson 6 only fancy lamps, were $1.25 now 75c. , Heavyplow shoes, all leather... . 75 & 85c. All shoes less than cost. Wall papers will be sold less than cost. 5c. papers 3 10c. paper for ...... • C e n t - Twelve men's rubber coats $8 for 4.50c. Men's suits, at a special reduction all the best $10 and $12 suits at 6-50 and S7. Boys' 3 piece ;suits, long pants, were $5.00 now... - •m• 2.50 A line of straw and felt hats from $lOc to 250 fact everything at an immense bargain' In Y. g g Don't miss it, come quick and get the choice of goods. BUTTER AND ECCS TAKEN. CC 0. 0. tJO `' ST� O OPPOSITE j-{AIAIISSTIAV S tiOTE t, EXETER.