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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-9-30, Page 8Viers Wanted. T.le undersigned would be pleased tu.take a number of boarders. -Ladies life Gentlemen, First class accommoda tfen. Terms reasonable, Apply at the 'Sousa opposite Comtnerieal Hotel.. 1-L BirckiNGHArt. LOCAL JOTTINGS, Sand the Advocate to your friends. Only 25 cts, from not till Jan. 1st,'1S98.. The price of tlax is not, so high this. velar as was expected. Mr Alfred Allen, gardener, moved in - lea his new dwelling this week. Goderich rate of taxation has been fixed at 25 mills on the dollar. Don't forget the ball game Friday afternoou, Goderich vs; Exeter. The town of Cliutou has spent $500 this year im increased fire protection. Mr. Glen, of Usborne, has bought the Dobbie farm, Tuckersmith, for $4,500. One dealer is alleged to have paid eat $100,000 for horses shipped from Sea£orthistaticn the past year. Mr. A. Bowey's new and tasty cot- tage is fast ue.iriug completion and will soon be ready for occupaucy, We were iu error lest week in stating that Rev. Holmes was from Mitohell. 'Mt Holmes resides in Blenheim. The opening of the new Grand Truuk bridge over the Niagara River drew 20,000 people to the vicinity from beth sides of the line. Seaforth is having au epidemic of fires, The eouncil has offered a reward of $7 for inforipatiou which will lead to the convictiou of the supposed iucend. hay. The auction sale of household effects belonging to Mrs. A. Hicks took. place Thursday afteruoou and fair prices were realized. The house and lots were non sold. ,lir. John Gili weilded the hammer, One night last week Thos. Brown, ateetrician, accideutally fell against the cycinder of the engine and burned his arm badly. His other hand at the same time weut in among the machin- ezy"but luckly escaped injury. The Grand Jury returned no bill for netsrder against Mary McGraw, the unfortunate y ouug nurse girl in Lon don, charged with having caused the 'Beetle of her new-born infant. A. true bill for concealment of birth was found against the accused. While George Sanders was working around a cutting box on Saturday last he met with a painful accident the knife of the machine coming in con- tact with his leg and inflicting a se Frere gash. Although out around he carries a painful wound. Only 91 days left in 1897. et Dreadful Disease by the Name. The epidemic of contagious ophthal- The Loudon " of Wed nes FreePress, day says :—" Mr, Ed, Horseman, of the Grigg }louse, made an assignment to Mr. Alf. Robinson, official assignee, yes terday for the benefit of his creditors. It was generally reported that Mr. Horseman was in anemia' difficulties, and his absence from the city during' the past ten days gave raise to rumors to the effect that he did not intend to return Mr. Horseman came from the east yesterday, and made the assign- ment. He has been in the Grigg House for five or six years, taking charge after the retirement of Mr, Thomas K, Grigg. His principal creditors are supposed to be London men. Horseman was ar- rested at ten o'clock last night, on a charge preferred against him by Mr. Thomas F. Kingsmill, dry goods and carpet dealer. The charge is practi- cally one of fraud," Letter No. 3, In thus issue will be found letter No. 8 from Dr, Rollins, in which the writer depicts some of the principal sights of Old Loudon in a very iuteresting man- ner. 'louse or flefua:e Notes. One of the male inmates who recent- ly absconded from the house, was brought back last week, malting the total number now in the house 75; this is the largest number ever there. Rev, B. Cleniept conducted religious serviee there on Sunday afternoon; this was his first service there and the inmates appeared to enjoy it very much, ardlner.—Davis. Another of those pleasent events which always cause a flutter of excite- ment among the fair sex, took place at the residence of Mr, William Davis, on Wednesday of last week, the occasion being the marriage of 'his daughter Susie, to Mr. M. E. Gardiner, of Essex. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Chas. Smith, in the presence of a few friends and immediate relatives. The bride was assisted by her sister, Miss Hattie Davis, while Mr. Thos. Joues, of London, performed similar duties for the groom. The happy couple have the well wishes of many friends. Chainless Bicycles, Many of the bicycles of 1898 will be chainless, and it is only a matter of time when they will all be so. With the remarkable cheapening of wheels that came with 1897 the dauger was that they would be carelessly built. A. bicycle that is not constructed with the painstaking care and nicety of ad- dressment that belong to a good watch is as dangerous as a cheap gun. There is so much competition, that makers will not dare to put upon the market the deadly trash that for awhile passed under the name of cheap wheels. The sewing machine that sells at $25 is as good as those that formerly brought $100. It is the same with bicycles, and the people are to be congratulated thereon. Railway Laws. People often cause trouble to them- selves and the railway by not familiar- izing themselves 'with the railroad laws; for instance persons who hold re turn tickets imagine that they can start on the return journey and drop off at intervening stations. They can- not legally do so; if they hold an or- dinary full fare ticket or any distance over 50 miles, going one way, they can stop over as often as they wish, provid- ed that they so inform the conductor. For instance, suppose a passenger held a ticket from here to Toronto they could start their journey and stop off at every intevening station, if they wanted to do so. But this cannot in any instance be done on or return ticket. Newspapers and Their Enemies. A newpaper without enemies is hardly deserving of friends. The vi- cious and lawless never like a bold fearless paper, and every self-respect- ing publisher should be proud of this enmity. There are other newspaper foes, however,who are far more trouble- some. and consequently more to be feared. First and foremost, the man who owes the newspaper an honest debt and will not pay it. Then there is the ambitious mortal who wants an office and complains beca-use the news paper cannot consistently champion his cause : he is pretty likely to be come an enemy. The man who wants to shape the policy of a newspaper and is not allowed to do so, is a sure enemy. But the meanest man of alt is the man whom the newspaper had befriended, and who deliberately condemns the sheet after securing from it all the as-, sistance he possibly can. The news paper man can, to some extent, respect an open avowed enemy, but an ingrate, under any circumstances, is beneath contempt. Harvest Rome. The Harvest Home held in the James Street Methodist Church on Sunday and Monday last was a pronounced success and the management have every reason to feel proud of the result. Rev. W. S. Pascoe, D. D,, of Wingham, preached to large congregations both morning and evening. The Dr. has not lost any of his old time vigor dur ing his absence and his discourses were listened to with marked attention. Sunday afternoon a mass meeting was held in the church with Mr. P. Frayne in the chair, when addresses were de- livered by Revs. Dr. Willoughby, pas tor; Chas. Smith, of Main Street Meth odist church, Prof. Burgess, Huron Col- leee; London, and Rev. Holmes, of Blenheim: On Monday evening the usual tea was served in the basement, at which a large number was in at- tendance, after which all adjourned to the church, where Revs, Chas. Smith, end Dr. Pascoe, delivered interesting and instructive addresseswhile R Av . Dr Willoughby, pastor, filled the chair in his usual happy style, A social to dos, puae'of the overplus provisions was held Tuesday night at which a large num- ber Were also in attendance. The total proceeds for all occasions amounted to about $125. mina, epizootic cellulitis, which broke out among the borsss recently in the neighborhood of Mitchell, is spreading rapidly. It manifests itself priucipally in horses, but atdects cattle as well. If taken in time a eure may be select- ed but if the case is neglected loss of sight is the inevitable. result. Baseball. .A baseball snatch will be played here on the recreation grounds tomorrow (Friday) between the Goderich andEx- eter junior teams. This will be the final name of the season and doubtless will prove interesting. The boys are well deserving of a liberal patrouage and as many as possible should turn out and encourage them, Game called at 3 o'clock. Personal mention Mr. and Mrs, D. Johns were in Lon- don this week. Miss Ford, of Mitchell, is the guest of Mrs. W. G, Bissett. Mr. Wm. Hawkshaw, of Seaforth, spent Wednesday in town. Miss May Biggart, of Clinton, spent Sunday with Miss Roxie Eacrett. Messrs. E. Christie. and John Snell took in Ailsa Craig races, Wednesday. 1. R, Carling left Wednesday for To. ronto to further prosecute his law stud - les. Mrs. John Preszeator, of Stephen, is again confined to her bed through ill- ness. ti'e aro pleased to state that Mrs. A - Allen, who has been very ill, is much improved. Garnet Hyndman left on Saturday for Detroit Mich., to continue his medi- cal studies. ;lir. John Sharsell and daughter, of Mitchell, were the guests of Mr. F. Gill this week. Miss Emma Young left Saturday last for Goderich where she intends remain• iug for some time. Mrs. G. A. K. McLeod, who has had a troublesome toe for some time, bad it removed ou Monday. Rev. J, Holmes and wife, after sever- al days visit with his wife's sister, Mrs. (Dr.) Rollins, left Monday for Parkhill. Robt. Neaman, left for Clinton, Tues• day where he has accepted a situation with Messrs. Jackson Bros. as tailor, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, of Lucknow, visited the latter's parents, Mr and Mrs. Chas, Perkins, a few days during the week. John ,Matheson, who is now running a two -hundred acre farm near Wood- stock, called on old friends here dur- ing the week, J. A. Stewart, who attended the open- ing of the Grand Trunk's great bridge at Niagara Falls, returned home Fri- day evening. W. Paul, of the Molson's Bank, Wood- stock, has been removed to the Exeter branch as ledgerkeeper and commenced his duties Tuesday. Miss Lizzie Sanders, of the Com- mercial House, attended the celebrat• ism of the wooden wedding of her sis ter, Mrs. Seli, at Lucan on Tuesday. Mr, Robt. Knight and newly wedded bride returned home from their honey- moon trip Saturday evening and have settled down to the stern realities of life at the residence of the bride's father. Mr. Fred Fisher, of Usborne, is at present suffering from a malignant growth in the brain Dr. Eccles, of London, was called out to examine him on Monnay and pronounced his case a serious one. Mr. and Mrs. Jessey and children, who were enjoying a few weeks' visit with Mrs. Jessey's mother, Mrs. Haw- kins, left for their home in Elmira, N. Y., Saturday. They were also renew- ing old acquaintances in Hay andeUs• borne. The literary entertainment held in the Main Street Methodist church Tues- day night was well attended and the Program, which consisted of solos, quar- tettes and the reading of a number of excellent essays on league work, was very interesting and well received. The Toronto World is now entering on, the nineteenth year of its existence. The World is a spicy, bright, readable newspaper and ranks with the largest and.best of the daily journals in the Dominion. It is a fearless exponent of all that is right and wields a powerful influence. The World is only 83.00 a year; four months for 81,00 or 25c. a -month. "We regret to learn that JIr. W. S. Lang, agent here of the Massey -Harris Co., is about to leave for Exeter, where 8e: will do business in the same line with a brother. Mr. Lang has been a good, staunch citizen and will be con- amderably missed. He has made many friends in Parkhill who will wish him success wherever his lot may be cast." Parkhill Gazette -Review. An exchange says:—" After selling your 80 -cent wheat, and while your heart is swelling with gratitude over your big crops and good prices, fail not to remember the printer, and if you are indebted to him walk in and help to -make him feel good, too, by plank- ing" dowo what you owe. He bas to live as well as yourself, and has car- ried many of yon for years on his sub- scription book. Come in all you fel• lows and let us alt feel good together." Bush firs are raging in Hay Town- ship swamp. The strong winds on Sat- urday and s'unday fanned the flames until now the danger has assumed a serious aspect and many hundred dol- lars worth of damage has already been drone. Farmers living in that vicinity say that not in many years has the fire fiend so severely raged as at the present time with no possible chance of letting up unless we get a heavy shower of rain, McGillivray : Ed. Morgan, is down with pneumonia, and seriously ill. We hope,however, that he may soon recover, Blanshard: Miss Hudson, daughter of George Hudson, of the base line, fell oft her bicycle last week and severely sprained herself. Mitchell: Tuesday forenoon Bert Jewell, during recess at the public school, was playing on the grounds, when he fell, and fractured one of his arms at the elbow joint. Parkhill : Whilst Mr. Wm, Reid, of McGillivray was unloading a large load of grain at 'the mill here recently the horses started suddenly and Mr. Reid was thrown on his head and back, and received severe injuries. Mitchell: On Thursday, during the excitement caused by fire in the North Ward, little Fred Siegel was run over by one of the hose reels, and was so stunned that it was thought by many that he was killed. Ile sustaiued severe bruises and a bad shaking up Tuckersmith: The other day a lit- tle daughter of Isaac Modeland, while engaged in feeding grass from her hand to a pet horse pushed its little hand too far into the animal's mouth resulting in having the first joint of her thumb bitten off. The little suffer- er is doing well under medical treat- ment. Fullerton; Fred Baker, a young man who works for Edward Litt, gar- dener, nearly lost his life one day last week by the explosion of his gun. He was using smokeless powder for the first time, and being ignorant of its strength, charged too heavily. Part of the charge entered his arm, making a painful wound. an excursion A reform has been instituted at the Kingston Penitentiary under which the people of that city will be freed from considerable anxiety and trouble. Hereafter all convicts upon receiv- ing their discharge will be driven to the station and placed aboard an out- bound train, being provided with a ticket to carry them to the place from which they were sent to theinstitution. The new system will benefit all parties concerned, and the ex -convicts here- after will not have an opportunity of hanging around the city spending the money received from the Government to carry them to their homes Every business must have its " ups anddowns," and the average publisher es no exception to the rule. Did you ever stop to think of it ? This week von write and print an article; some roan gets mad as blazes and orders his paper stopped. The same article pleas- eaothers and they resolve to subscribe In next t isst eof paper there is. an article whicb the man who stopped hiepaper would not have missed for several times the subscription price. He then becomes a borrower of the. paper from his ' neighbor, and wonders why it continues to exist since he tits. continued his se lecriplion. Granton: Fred, son of John G. Eedy, had a narrow escape from losing his life the other day. While in the mow oiling the track of the haycarrier he pulled the rope throwing the hayfork back on the track but it struck the end with such force that it rebounded and coming over him the fork dropped and one tine went through hie shirt at the neck and down through his other cloth- ing into the floor. Fire did $15,000 damage Friday evening to the Bijou Theatre, the United Service Co.'s clothing store, H. J. Matthews' picture gallery and the Charles Rogers & Sons' furniture store in Toronto. During the fire the horses attached to the Waterous steam engine became 'frightened and charged down Victoria street, fatally injuring Percy Hesketh, a seven year-old newsboy, and injured eight other people serious- ly, and many less severely. Futlarton: John Hart while cutting trees iu the hush last week sustained a rather severe accident. He and the man with him had just cut =down a tree and it lodged They dislodged it and it sprung suddenly and struck Mr. Hart on the ankle. No bones were broken but it is a very painful bruise, as lie cannot put his foot to the ground. Mr Hart seems to be very unfortunate as earlier in the season a scantling fell on him and laid him up for a few days. St. Marys: Sunday afternoon, a short time after the funeral of the late Mrs. Robert Henderson bad left her resi- dence, Mrs. Walter Henderson and Mrs. Lind were sitting under the verandah at the back of the house, when without any warning the centre joist of the verandah fell. This caused the whole verandah to collapse and fall on them injuring Mrs. Henderson and seriously injuring Mrs. Lind internally, As the latter is nearly eighty years old, it is hard to say what the outcome of the old lady's injuries may be. Prof. Burgess, of Huron College, London, filled the pulpit of the Trivitt Memorial Church last Sunday both morning and evening in the absence of the Rev. H. E. Bray, who was visit- ing at Niagara. The Professor's dis- courses were much appreciated. Mrs. Andrew Hicks Ieft Monday for Glencoe, where she remained with her brother, Rev. Geo. Cobbledick that evening, and on Tuesday started en - route for Riverside, California. The good wishes of her many friends here accompany her to her new place of abode. Mark Woods was found dead in a stable at Woodstock. He had fallen out of the mow. Beverley Smith, an Ancaster farmer, was fined $5 and costs for assaulting William Clarkson, his hired man, be cause the latter was conversing with ,the farmer's daughter. George, the eight year old son of Wm. Strove], Dawn, while playing in the harvest field on Thursday, ran a thistle into his foot Blood poisoning immediately set in and death resulted Saturday. Michael odrio jumped out of a sec- ond -storey wikdow on St. Paul street, Montreal. People picked him up, and in answer to queries he ' said he, was not hurt. Then he re-entered the build- ing, and before the crowd had dispersed he came down a second time from a third -storey. He was again picked up fearfully mangled, and died shortly afterwards: A death from a most peculiar cause occurred in the Galt hospital Saturday. Thomas Smith a well-known young farmer of Blenheim, 'suffered for some, time with a bad tooth. While a ttend- m the fair a few daysago er� ions'developement set in, and he was removed to the hospital, where it was found that the decayed tooth had caus- ed an abscess to form on the jaw. The abscess broke internally, blood poison• ing setting in, and he died a short time after his arrival at that institution, �NE BIG CA.SH STORE CASH OR PRO J,c UCE ONE PRICE TO ALL We are ready Our Millinery and Mantle Show Rooms are now open. We are ready with a gorgeous display of .. . F1I Mill ITE 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 the latest FRENCH PATTERN HATS which cannot be seen elsewhere. REMEMBER you are always welcome to make yourself at home in our show rooms. DRESs GOODS FIND £D1.NTUE stocks are now complete. Come and take a look, you will, not be asked to buy. J. A. ST H;W AHT. 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 MiLLtNERY OPENINCS Saturday evening, Sept. 18, Monday 20, Tuesday, 21 we will give you an opportunity of inspecting our big stocks of Dry Goods, Ready Bade Clothing, Hats and Caps, Bootsand Sbues 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 its our store than any other place in Western Ontario, E. J. S P A C K N A e. CO., Samwell's Block, Exeter • • • • • • • s • • • • • • • • • • • o •••• .• St. Marys: As Mrs. Thomas Hanson, River Road, was driving Mrs. Martin, Baird, of Kansas, to the station accom- panied by another lady and child, on Tuesday morning, the horse became frightened at a sheaf of flax on the road when near Mr. Jos. Perrins and ran away. Mrs. Hanson was thrown out on a barb wire fence and sustained a deep cut on the right arm and cheek and several other buises. The others escaped with a few bruises. The buggy was smashed to atoms. Mitchell : News reached town about three o'clock on Wednesday aftetnoon of last week, that Mrs. John Lennox, nee Miss Griffith, sister of Mrs, W. G. Murphy, had just died. Twelve months ago the lady was married, and she started out on her new life full of hope and joy, little thinking, that she was so soon to be summoned to her eternal home. A sorrowing husband and a babe of about five weeks are left behind. The lady was .out for a drive and caught cold, causing inflam- mation, and her condition became alarming from the very first. Wingham: What might have been a fatal accident occurred Saturday, Isaac Crowston, of Lower Wingham, was working on the C P. R. grading the road between Wroxeter and Gorrie, the gravel being hauled from the pit between here and Glenannen. The car was in motion and he was making a coupling,,,when he slipped and fell across the track, and the car was al- most over his body, but he wriggled quickly off, not, however, fast enough to saye his foot, for the car passed over it, crushing three toes, which had to be amputated. It was a close call. Tuckersmith: Wm. Sillery had ,a narrow escape from death while driv ing into Seaforth the other morning. He came to the railway track just as the train from the east .was coating in, and apparently thinking he had suffici- ent time uffici-enttime to cross in front of the train, started 'across the track. The train. was closer than he had expected, how- ever, and the engine grazed the back of the wagon. The engineer blew the whistle and thus frightened the horses and made them jump, throwing Mr. Siltery off the the wagon under the wheels, which passed over his body. He was cut about the face and consider- ably bruised, but not nearly so much so as it might have been, 1 • • • e • • .flE1111 EOOBS .. Our stock of,..+r NEW DRESS GOODS was never at this season -41tim--.SO ATTRACTIVE. Having spent a week in Toronto look- . ing up the latest novelties, we are con- fident of having one of the most • HANDSOME DISPLAYS ever shown in this section. Our new ef- fects of Wool and Silk Mixtures com- . men,ce and vary in price from 25c. to $2.00 a yard. Call and see what we can can show you. We also show some extra values in all lines of,, STAPLE AND • FANCY DRGOODS • bought cheap for quick cash selling. See • our stock before you buy. JO S TO Opposite Ilawkshaw s Hotel Exeter: , fAIIIMMOMMIMMINE • 40 •• .• •. •. .. ••..• •. .. .. •. .• •., .•� k