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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-9-23, Page 8%%orders wanted. The, ,undersigned would be pleased ttate a number of boarders.—Ladies Or Gentlemen. First class acoommoda ikon. Terms reasouabie. Apply at the House opposite Camhnerical Hotel.. $. BUCI UNGIIAAI LOCALJOTTINGS. Send the Advocate to your friends. Only 35 eta from not till Jan. lst,1898. St. Marys rate of taxation is 191 mills on the dollar. The cider business won't be rushed much this season, The lawyer and the photographer are on a par, they both charge for their views, Mr. David Rozell has purchased the cottage on Victoria street, owned by Mr: Geo. Mantle, of Crediton. $e:ween the middle of this month and the end of October, about 154 fall fairs will be held in Ontario, .Letters patent have been issued iu- corporating the Exeter Electric Light and. Power Company (limited), capital $15,000, in $20 shares. Wes. Snell shipped three carloads of cattle to Toronto; Monday,—Messrs- Piior and Armstrong shipped a car- load of hogs to Ingersoll, Monday. Some insurance companies have ad- vised their agents not to issuel,insur- ance tickets to persons going 'to the gold fields in Alaska and the _rNorth- west Territories. Monday night there was a very se vera frost, doing considerable damage to the cucumbers and tomatoes. Re- ports from outlying; districts show that similar damage has been done all around. It is a shaine the way some pathmas- ters allow thistles to go to seed on the waysids. An example made of a few a them would probably prove bene• ficial and save many a farmer weary detrain trying to kill out this pest on their farms As John McKenzie was candling eggs at Dunseith's egg packing estab- I hment, Sr. Marys, the other day he noticed a black streak inside the egg. On breaking it a large horse hair was found in the centre of the egg. The mystery is, how did it get there. A. Boston woman is going through tke•country lecturing that a push must be made by her sex to compel men to marry. She advocates that no bach- elor should hold office, and that the enormous yearly decrease of marriages io caused by women filling men's places is factories, stores, etc. The Annual "Harvest Home" ser- vice will be held in James Street Meth. church, Sunday, Sept, 26th. Rev. Dr, . ascoe, of Wingham, will preach the sermons.. On Monday evening, Sept. 2Zth, the " Haryest Home" supper will be given under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society, For further par - deniers see bills. Geo. Inksater, father of J. R. Inksater, who recently married Miss Welsh, and one of Paris' oldest and most respected citizens, died on Friday night, after an illness of several weeks. He was born at Kirkwell, Orkney Island, Scotland, and came to Paris 45 years ago. At the time of his death, he was the oldest 'business man in Paris. Mayor Holmes'and Bert Hodgins, of Clinton, left that town on their wheels on. Monday morning of last week at 8 o'clock and rode here, and from here to St. Marys. then to Stratford and from Mitchell to Clinton, They arrived home at 10:30 p.m., thus making the round trip of about 90 miles in less than 14 hours besides tarrying in each of the towns for refreshments—solid re- freshments, of course. The road, too, the first part of the journey was wet and heavy on account of the rain on Monday morning. Mr. Whiteford occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church Sunday morn- ing and Rev. Fletcher, of Thames Road in the evening. The. Capitals of Ottawa won the la erosso championship of the world by defeating the Shamrocks of Montreal by 4 games to 2, Clinton New Era :—It does not al- ways happen when a young fellow falls in love with a fine girl and be- comes engaged to her, that she be- comes his wife, but a case has just oe curved in this county which is worth recording. Someyears ago a young man paid his attentions to a young lady, with the ineyitable result—they became engaged. Unfortunately, they had a lover's quarrel before the wed- ding day, and the match was broken off. The young man married; the lady did not. Time wore on and the young man became a widower. He subsquently renewed his attentions to the young lady of Ms first love, was accepted, and a few days since they were happily married. As neither are yet old in years there is a prospect that they may live long to enjoy the felicity which they might haye been theirs some time ago. New la:e„ulatioa, The Grand Trunk has just issued a circular to shippers on their line, an- nouncing the stoppage of the privilege of completing the loading of a through car at some way point. Hereafter a train will be stopped for lumber, grain and live stock only, and an additional bharge will be made for the service. Prize winners. The following from this vicinity were successful in capturing prizes at the Western Fair, London, viz: --John Essery, Usborne, 1st for yearling stal- lion; Wm. Kay, Farquqar, 1st for brood mare and 1st for foal; H. & W. Smith, Hay, 3rd for Durham. bull; 1st for cow; 1st for heifer; 2nd for fat steer; 3rd for fat cow and 3rd for fat steer calf, w. D. weeks, 1st for drawing. The Pall Assizes. At the fall term of the. High Court of Justice which opened Monday last, ;the following criminal cases came before the Grand Jury. The Queen vs. Rus- sell criminal assault, the Queen vs. Culvert, shooting with intent, the Queen vs. R, H. Delong, two charges, horse stealing and theft, and Melissa Jessop et al, conspiring to defraud. The civil list for this court is a long one. Mr, Fred Luxton, returned home from Bay City, Mich., Saturday, where he was visiting his nephew, Percy Lux- ton, who recently underwent a surgi- cal operation for the removal of sever- al tumors. The following was clipped from the Bay City Tribune.—"Dr, Wm. Cunningham, of this city, assisted by 3.1rs. Macgregor, of Saginaw, yesterday performed an operation on Percy Lux- - ton, of West Bay City removing a num- ber of tumors from his neck in the vi- cinity of the; jugular vein. The oper ration was a most delicate one, but was a complete success, and the patient bids fair: to recover rapidly." The Mitchell Advocate says :—" Time and again the Advocate has advised eta readers to have as little to do with law as possible. The rushing into court over trivial affairs, which ought robe amicably settled, always ends in heavy loss1to litigants,even though they win, their case, Take the case of Simon Ley -burn, of Logan. He claimed that two neighbors, August Herbert and 'William Knoke, had a few feet of his land through the wrongful placing o dine fence. The Judge, after hearing evidence. held that the plaintiff fails to prove his ownership of the propert claimed, and that, therefore the actio must fail . 'T he costs in the case, it i said will reach at least $1.000. The small boy has by mischievou acts in the vicinity of railway station aroused the indignation of the G. T. R Officials, who have so frequently bee called upon of late to investigate hi wrongdoings. The result is a some what peculiar circular, which has been forwarded from the headquarters a Montreal to agents at stations through out the system requesting them to not icy. the parents of young people and th young people themselves to keep away from, the company's platforms an yards and refrain from jumping upo tears. The names of the children noti fed, are to be taken and if they stil persist in frequenting railway propert aseport as tolbe sent in and a detec- tive will at once be despatched to pros scute them for trespass. f d y n s s s n s t e d n 1 9 110.4Near the Mark. When a newspaper man says a good, thing, the fact is wellvorthehronicling for it is a well-known fact that media- crity is so prominent a feature of the profession at the present time that an, average of 999 out of every 1.000 of the subscribers to the newspapers of the country could produce much better newspapers than the men who are now at the business. Such being the. case, we produce the following from an ex- change to show that at least one man in the business has his wits about hien: "It doesn't cut much ice if a man thinks by stopping his paper he will paralyze. the whole institution. If he wants to get the proper circumference of his in- fluence, he should stick his finger in a pail of water, withdraw it gently and then look for the hole. Having done this and watched carefully the result, he will be in a position to see the hole he has made iu our circulation. Connell Proceedings. Council met pursuant to adjourn• ment at the town hall, Sept. 17th, 1897. All present Minutes of previous meet- ing,were read and approved. Dauncey —Rollins, orders as follows: The Reg- istrar County of Huron, $1 60 for reg- istering deed of land for a dumping ground; J. D. Atkinson, $4 12 street watering to date; Thos, Welsh, $3 75 labor; Walter Westeott, $3 75 do., and DamnChas, Wilson, $125,—Carried, Dau cey—Rollins, that By Law No. 1.2, 1897 having been react a first time, be read a second and third time and finally passed.—Carried. Rollins—Dauncey, that the account of J. N. Howard for electric lighting to 23 August be paid providing satisfactory arrangements be made with the Exeter Electric Light & Power .Co, Limited, and the corpora tion, regarding transfer of contract.— Carried. Council adjourned until the 1st Friday in October at 7.30 p m. M. EACRETT, Clerk. Leavinx for California. The numerous friends of Mrs. An drew Hicks, William street, will regret very much to hear of her removal from here. As is well known her family has not enjoyed the best of health here for some time and believing a change would do good she has decided to move to Riverside, California, about the lst of October. To -day (Thursday) she will hold an auction sale at. her resi- dence of her entire househn d effects, together with the house and two lots. Very Bad and Fatal Accident. "One of the most sad and fatal acci- dents which has occurred in Clinton for many years, last Saturday tidal little Georgie Hamilton, only son of Mr. Walter Coats, A wooden pail on the floor had been filled with boiling water for scrubbing purposes. Georgie, whose age was two years and six weeks, had been dressed for an out -door walk and was gamboling when his ten-year old sister Lilly was ready to take him. In- fant -like he playfully walked back- ward and tumbled tote the boiling water, the pail upsetting along with the child. He was severly scalded from the back of his neck to his feet, death relieving the poor little fellow from suf- fering on Sunday morning."—Clinton News Record. Patron Regulation. The Patrons met in convention at Toronto last week and the following are resolutions adopted by them:—(1) condemning the interference of civil servants in elections, (2) favoring the garnishability of civil servants' sala- ries, (3) re -affirming the contention that no member of the Legislature should he eligible for appointment to an office emolument in the House, while a mem- ber of the House or within a year af- terwards, (4) favoring the extention of the jurisdiction of division courts to $150 in action for torts and $300 in or- dinary civil actions, (5) recommending the setting aside by the government of alternate mining locations, and the sale of the same afterwards by public auction r Knight—Drew. The residence of Mr. wiliiam Drew, Huron Street, was the scene of a most pleasant and happy event yesterday (wednesday) the occasion being the marriage of his daughter Carrie, to Mr. Robert Knight, oue of Exeter's popular young merchant tailors. The ceremony took place at seven in the morning and was performed by the Rev. H. E. Bray in the presence of a few relatives. The bride was assisted by her cousin, Miss Fannie Bawden, while the groom was supported by his brother, John Knight. Tho ceremony over and the congratulatious received a dainty wedding breakfast was serv- ed, after which the happy couple were driven to the depot where they took the early train for London, St. Thomas and other points south on their honey- moon jaunt. The presents were num erous and costly and presented a fine array. we are confident that when the ADVOCATE wishes the newly wed- ded couple a long and useful life and prosperity we only echo the fervent wishes of a host of friends. Personal Mention Mrs. A. Allen still continues very low. Mrs. J. Hodgson is visiting at Mr, R. D. Young's. Mrs. H. Levett, of Hanover, ds visit- ing her son, W. H. Levett. Miss Smith, of Seaforth, is the guest of her sister, Miss A. Smith, Miss Eva Hodgins, of London, is the guest of Miss Polly Bawden. Rev. Cobblediek, of Glencoe, spent a few days in town last week. Rev. J. W. Holmes, of Mitchell, is vis- iting friends and relatives in town. Messrs. Collins and Dickson attended the assizes in Goderich this week. G. G. Johnston. Left Tuesday for God- erich where he will act on the jury. Mrs. McPherson, has returned home after visiting friends in London West. Miss Selena Harvey, Usborne, is vis- iting in Lenox, Mich,, for the benefit of her health Miss Edith Sanders left Monday to resume her position as milliner at Blyth - Miss Reid, who has been visiting friends in Wilkesport, returned ;home Monday. • " Miss Lizzie Spearin will leave on Monday on a month's visit to friends at Exeter."—St. Marys Argus. Herron Presbytery. The Presbytery of Huron met in Willis church, Clinton, Tuesday, 14th inst. The Finance Committee report- ed that 15e. per family would be nec- cessary to meet all Presbyterial expens es during the coming year. It wasde- cided to hold missionary meetings in all the churches as early as possible next December, and a committee com posed of Messrs. Acheson, Muir, Shaw, Jas. A. Hamilton, Fletcher and Dr. McDonald, was appointed to make all necessary arrangements. Messrs. J. A. Henderson, J. A. Hamilton and Harrold were appointed a committee to arrange for a series of conferences on financial subjects. The clerk reported that the Presbytery's share of contribu- tions to the principal schemes of the church, Western section, for the cur- rent year would be: -Home Missions $2150; Foreign Missions $2000; French Evangelization $800. A letter from Dr. Rosebroug h, Toronto, was read ask- ing the corporation of the Presbytery in the formation of -a local branch of the Prisoner's Aid Society- A commit- tee composed of Messrs. Anderson, Musgrove, Shaw and Dr- McDonald were appointed to co operate with com- mittees which might be appointed by other bodies for the same purpose Three young men, Messrs. Beverly Kitchen, W. W. Aitcheson and James Foote, having expressed a desire to be recognfzed as students for the ministry • were examined' and certified to the Hen - ate ,of Knox College, Toronto. ) Rev. Holmes, of Mitchell, occupied the pulpit of the James street Metho- dist church Sunday evening. Notes by the 1Vay. In this issue will be found another interesting letter from the pen of Dr. J. A. Rollins, headed"Notes by the Way." The Doctor writes a good letter, full of humorous observation and takes the reader through the first scenes on ar- riving at Old London, A cottage belonging to Mr, John Fox at Grand Bend, (Parkhill side) was burued to the ground, together, with the contents Tuesday last about noon, Mr. Fox's sen and a friend had gone to Mr. Brenner's hotel for their dinner, and on returning found the whole thing in a blaze. The loss is about $60 besides the contents. Mitchell: Mr Edward. Siegel has disposed of his boot and shoe business to Messrs, Yeo and Farrow, who, took possession on Monday, Albert Mason, a prosperous young fanner in Scarboro' Township, blew his brains out. No cause is assigned for suicide. Seaforth: Mr. John Ward now comes to the front with the largest spring chicken on record. He killed one which weighed 6x pounds dressed, Granton: While Mr. Wm. Wilson was ploughing Friday afternoon one of bis horses became overpowered with the excessive heat and almost immed- iately expired. Clinton: After a comparatively short illness William E, Core, passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 84 years. Although be was able to bo about until quite recently, it was evi- dent that he lost his activity and ro- bustuess, once so characteristic. Clinton: Miss Clara Mountcastle met with a painful accident on Monday. While crossing a room with a lamp in her hand, she tripped and fell heavily forward, breaking her ankle. Fortun- ately only the chimney of the lamp was broken or it might have been eyen more serious. Brucefield: Mr. William Aikenhead had the misfortune to lose a fine horse last week, the animal having succumb- ed to the intense heat.—Mr. Alex Thompson also found one of his horses dead in the stable in the morning. This animal was subject to colic and no doubt took a severe attack, ending as above. Seaforth: While Mrs. Jno. Wright and her daughter were out driving one day recently, their horse became frightened and ran away. Mrs. Wright jumped and, fell, injuring her thigh and also received a nasty gash on the back of her head. Her injuries were so severe that she has been confined to her bed ever since, Granton : When Bert Mossip drove one of Dr. Law's horses out of the barn last Thursday the buggy came up against its heels which caused the an- imal to kick and run away. Bert held on to the lines and after the horse had ran a mile and a half be managed to pull it into the fence when it almost immediately dropped dead. Clinton : On Thursday evening Reeve Burns, of Bayfield, drove over here with a friend to attend a political meeting, leaving his buggy in a hotel stable. During his absence some one painted the entire seat of the, buggy with red paint, and it was not discover- ed until Mr. Burns and his companion hal spoiled their clothes. Such a trick is not smart, nor is it a joke, it is simp Iy criminal, and the perpetrator is de• serving of severe punishment. Seaforth: While Master Fred Broad - foot was riding a wheel one day last week, he rode into a hole, was thrown off and broke his right arm below the elbow.—On Thursday morning when Mr. Jno. Acheson, who was threshing at Mr. Geo McGee's, was putting on his boots, a dog sprang at him caught his face and bit the lower part of his jaw. —When Mrs. Dopp, who has not been very well for the past few days, was walking in the garden, she was seized with a fainting spell and fell, bruising and cutting herself severely. Wingham: A poisoning accident occurred last week, which nearly re. sulted in the death of ,four children. Mr, M. Beckwith had rented the store near the market, formerly occupied by Jas. McAlpine as a restaurant., and was at work fixing it up to open out a bakery business. His three little child- ren, along with a little child of Walter Green's, were playing in the shop and ate some pop corn, which was lying on the floor in broken balls. Symptoms of poisoning followed and the little ones began vomiting on the way home, which in all probability was their sal- vation. Mr. Beckwith sought Mr. Mc- Alpine and learned from him that he had sprinkled some pop corn with rat poison. No time was lost in summon- ing a doctor. After working some time with the children, Drs. Chisholm and IKennedy managed to counteract the effect of the poison. Mr. and Mrs. Rich. Speare of London, spent a few days with friends in and around town during the week. P. C. John`Robinson and Mrs. Robin- son have gone on a holiday trip to Exeter on their wheels.—Free Press. John Snell, who has been visiting his mothbr here for the past few weeks, returned to Lansing, Mich„ Wednes- day morning. Mrs, T. S. Mason,' and Mrs, John Northcott, who were visiting at Mr. Jos. Pearl's have returned to their homes in Toronto. Miss Ida Ferguson after a pleasant visit with relatives in Lenox, Mich., returned home last week. Her sister, Celia, intends remaining there about a year. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Zinger, of the Metropolitan hotel, returned home Sun- day from Formosa, where they were attending the funeral of Mrs. Zinger's father, Mr. Bettie Mrs. J. R. Snider and son Britton, who have been visiting friends and re- latives in town, the guest of Mrs. S. Sanders, returned to their home in Clevelaud Friday morning. Mrs.'(Dr,) England, who has been visiting her many friends . in and around Exeter, left for London Sat- urday, where she will remain a few days before returning to her home` in Chicago. Hunt. Moir, of Her MaJesty's customs department, Ottawa, spent Tuesday night in town. It about ten years ago that he left here and be thinks Exeter has wonderfully improved dug• ing that time. Thames Road, The reports from our popular sports' guns remind us that the game season has begun.—Mr. Chas. Monteith re- shingled a barn and stable last week. —Messrs. M, Salter and L. Adams spent Sunday in Crediton.—Mr. Donald' Mon- teith was visiting at Mr, Thos. Pass- more's on Sunday. -Mrs. George' Arm- stong had her beautiful residence pho• tographed one day last week. -Mr. Thos. Russell has his silo nearly com- pleted and intends filling it this week: —Mr. Jas. Anderson has his hoose now completed, the mason's being there on Wednesday last plastering and build- ing the chimneys. Jim has a beauti- ful cage now for the bird which we hear he intends to 'capture. -Mr.. Wil- bert Passmore, il-bertPasamore, who is attending Clinton High. School,. is home for a few days, THE BIGOASHSTOREI CASH OR PRO > s. UCE ONE PRICE TO ALL We are ready„.0, Our Millinery and Mantle Show Rooms are now open. We are ready with a gorgeous display of , . FRLUJth ¥TF11NOYELT1ES We invite every lady to visit our show rooms and inspect the unusually attractive exhibit of this season's choicest productions. We show a number of exclusive desings in the latest FRENCH PATTERN HATS which cannot be seen elsewhere. REMEMBER you are always welcome to make yourself at home in our show rooms. bttEss : Goobs AND ClIFI 1TIIE stocks are now complete. Come and take a look, you will not be asked to buy. J. A. STEWART. Stores close 6:30 evenings except Wednesday and Saturday. STOCK COMPLETE. HAVING visited the Montreal and Toronto Markets during the past week, we have purchased big lines in Job Goods and intend disposing them at Prices to suit the masses, During our MILLINERY OPENINGS Saturday evening, Sept. 18, Monday 20, Tuesday, 21 we will give you an opportunity of inspecting our big stocks of Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes and Groceries. We intend making our sales surpass other years and you will find our prices down to accomplish such. Don't forget to drop in on Fair day. A silver dollar goes further in our store than any other place in Western Ontario, E. J. S P A C K M A ITV & CO., Samwell's Block, Exeter �. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • •• • . . ..-NEW GOODS... • . ____...... Our stock of�� • NEW DRESS GOODS • was never at this season • -SO ATTRACTIVE. • • Having spent a week in Toronto look- • . ing up the 'latest novelties, we are con- fident of having . one of the most •1 HANDSOME DISPLAYS ever shown in this section. Our new ef- • fects of Wool and Silk Mixtures com- • , mence and vary in price from . 25e. to $2.06 a yard. , Call and see what we can can show you. • . • . We also show some extra values in all lines of • • STAPLE ANDS. . FANCY DRYGOODS bought cheap for quick cash selling. See • our stock before you buy. • • G. G. JOtINSTON, opposite HawkshaW s Hotel, Exeter. PP •• •• .• •r •S •• •• •• •• •• •..'.• •. .maF•l •• • l 1