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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1897-10-21, Page 8RprOeters Wanted, The undersigned would be pleased take a number of boarders. -Ladies Atte Gentlemen, First class aeeommoda don. Terms reasonable, Apply at the Reuse opposite Commerical Hotel. 11. Bt;crtNc.rta:tt LOCAL JOTTINGS. Set your bells a ringing, Fire off your guns, Turn your trumpets inside out, And bane: you biggest drams, If anyone should ask you, What's the cause of all this joy, Just tell them Dyer Hurdou's The father of another boy. This is the fifth son that has been born to Mr. and Mrs, Burdon, and strange to say all were born on Friday. Only 70 da. s yet remain in 1897. The water in Lake Huron is over one foot lower than it was six weeks ago. ' Up in Klondike ‘vhen they want ice Cream they just go out and milk the cow. Tax Collector Creech is again on his reminds. Large quantities of grain are being marketed here daily. Send the Advocate to your friends,. Only 25 cts• from, not till Jan,1st,1898. A " Coon " chimney sweep was in town Monday and received quite a. few lobs in his line. A Blyth man this week picked ripe strawberries, and a Grey county apple tree is in blossom, Apples are being bought at $2 per barrel for good winter fruit, They are scarce at that price. The Senior League of the James St. church promise a good programme for Tuesday evening, -tet, 26th. JETST ARRIVED. All siz- es Crown Fruit Jars. Dight prices at Johnston's.. A severe electrical storm, accompan- ied by a heavy fall of rain, passed over this section Tuesday night about 12 o'clock. The new Electric Light plant is fast nearing completion and the Company - expect to have it in operation about Nov. 1st The North end hotel which was re Gently purchased by Mr. L, McTaggart is undergoing repairs which adds much to tts appearance. Mrs, A. Thomas, of Maiu Street, has removed to Si mcoe street where she will occupy the briek house of Mr. J. G. Martin, of Constance. What about heating stoves? Do you want a good parlor cook or box stove ? Away down for cash. H. BISHOP & SON. The assessment of the city of Toronto is returned at 3127,773,426, and the population at 183,172, The assessment shows a decrease. of 34,756,694 and the population an increase of 4,937. The Senior League of the James St. Methodist church intend having an open meeting Tuesday evening, Oct. 26th, for which a good programme has been provided. Admission 10 cents, An entertainment under the auspices of the Public Library will be held in Gidley's Opera Renee, on \Veduecday evening Nov. 24th, when a select program will be rendered by local tal ent. Mr. Matthew Fipkbeiner, of Stephen, had his collar broken one day last week by being crushed in a stall by a team of horses, It will be some time before kg will be able to attend to his farm duties again, Last week we advertised that a chain had been found. The owner saw the " ad" and for a trifle received his chain. Nothing like advertising in a good local paper like the ,,AnvoeseeeE read by everybody. A Western editor has made a rule that only paid in advance subscribers will be premitted to give advice as to how to run the paper. He had found that the worst kickers were among the deadheads and delinquents Someone who professeR to have kept a, memo, says the first snow last year fell on Out, 16th. Another weather ob- server says it is most unusual not to have snow b,ifore the 20th. If these are facts we are certainly having a phenomenally fine autumn. Mr. J. A. Stewart, last week, had an acetylene gas plant installed on his premises to light his store. The entire outfit is a perfect piece of mechanism and ingenuity and gives complete satis- faction. He has had about twenty tights placed throughout the store, which for brillaney and perfection is unsurpassahle iu the light line, Every color and shade can he discerned al, most as clearly as by daylight. Grocery prices are all right at John- aton's. Corn starch 5c,;'2 lb soda 5e.; can corn 5c ; can salmon 10c; Eddy's matches, 3 boxes for 26c.; 4 Ib Chrisrie's ginger snaps 25.:.; 6 bars Dingman's soap 25c; 6 bars comfort soap, 25e.; 6 bars star soap 25c; our wonderful 3 Ib bar iDe.; largo box royal yeast 5c; our iiatterfly brand Japan tea imported for ourselves, 25c. or 5 Ib for $1.00: Cash price. all through October. G. G. JOHNSTON The Seaforth Sun gives the following. timely advice which every farmer should take into his earnest consider- a.tion:-`� Every farmer should see that his .barn and contents are well insured. Nearly every dey the daily papers con- rain accounts of tires in rural districts, earns. and contents and outbuildings, and in some, cases the whole season's erops going up in smoke without a cent of insurance, leaving the unfor- ttanate farmer penniless. Fire and. fife insurance are two things that never Should be neglected. Thee cost is trifl. ing pin pare.cl•wtth the benefits i t cs:se af, accident." Prayer meetings will be held in the IJames Street Methodist church every Tuesday afternoon for some time to eume. In connection with the hunters' ex- cursion towards the end of the month, the G,T. R, are issuing a list of those entitled to issue game licenses in the Muskoka, district. Miss Lizzie Saunders, of West Mc. Gillivray, who has been employed at the Commercial house here for some LIMO, was married to Mr. tih'm. Bell, of Parkhill, at lleusall, yesterday (Wed. uesday,) The anniversary of the Caven Pres- byterian church, will be held on Sun- day next followed by the usual tea Monday evening. Rev. J. G. Stuart, B A., of Knox Church, London, will conduct the services both morning and evening "Sweet Cane" is the subject upon which the Rev. Charles Smith will preach, D.v,, on Sunday evening next, in the Main Street Methodist Church. In the morning his topie will be "Some thing better than. Klondike" Strang- ers always welcome. Rev. James Snell, son of Mr. James Snell, of this .pillage, was united xn marriage to Miss Carrie, daughter of the Rev. Geo Webber, of Toronto, yes- terday(Wednesday). The happy couple will have the well -wishes of many here for their future prosperity. We would ask ladies of good taste to have a look at our north wiudow and see three samples of mantles and say if they do not excel anything you have yet seen. You will know what is ar- tistic and nice, Call and examine our mantles. For beauty of coloring's, strength and fineness of texture, our Canadian made goods beat anything in the town. G. G. JOHNSTON. Last Thursday Mrs. Geo. Mansion was summoned to the bedside of her father, Mr. McGregor, who is at present in Aylmer suffering from an acute at- tack of inflammation. The old gentle- man went to Highgate from here a few weeks ago to adjust au insurance claim an some property of his that was burned receutly, and from there went to Aylmer where he was taken sudden ly ill. Very little hope is held out for his recovery as the old gentleman is nearly eighty years of age. The Basket Social and musical en• tertainment held in the basement of the Main street Methodist Church, Tuesday evening, was attended with success. The program was well re- ceived and all taking part deserve credit. After those present bad enjoy- ed the dainties provided by the young ladies of the league, they were further entertained by the rendering of the undermentioned short and excellent program of vocal and instrumental music: -Instrumental solo, Miss N. Mar- tin; violin solo, J. Davidson: solo, Jos. Senior; solo, Miss Ida Johns; instru- mental duet, J. Spackman and Miss L Howard; instrumental, Miss L. Johns. i1r. R. N. Creech was chairman and performed his duty with credit to the League and likewise himself. Proceeds amounted to nearly 520. Thanksgiving Day. At a meetiug of the Cabinet at Otta- was on Monday it was decided to ap- point the 25th of November a day of general thanksgiving throughout the Dominion. etunaway. A horse belonging to Mr Henry Jones, of Usborne, while left standing in front of the Mansion House Monday night, took fright at a passing' separ ator and after kicking itself free from the wagon ran down the London road, hut was caught before going far. On being taken into the Mansion House stables the furiated brute knocked, Mr, Shearde:ve, the hostler, down and smashed a pair of shafts on a rig be- longing co Mr. Mills, the mail carrier. The November Number, The November Number of the Deline ator is called the Early Winter Number, and its wealth of good things is headed by nearly a hundred pages devoted to styles for late autumn and winter, with superb color plates. Among its literary features, Octave Thanet's an alysis of social life in small cities and towns will be found especially (Hs - criminating, and many other features equally interesting, Subscription, $1 per year, qr 15c. per single copy. Grants To Agricultural Societies. The Ontario Department of Agricul- ture has just' completed the distribut- ion of the legislative grants to the dif- ferent agricultural societies through- out the provinee. The total amount voted at the last session of the Legis- lature for assisting, agricultural and horticultural societies was $73,650. There are 90 districts in the province, and the sum granted to each district is about $800. This sum is divided among the different societies pro rata, according to the paid-up menbership of each society during the previous. year. Advertising and Advertisers. Men who have thought odiously about the matter know that advertis ing, be it great or small, pays a prem- ium on the money invested. It may not bring direct results, but it is more often like "Casting bread upon the waters." The object of advertising is not so much to sell an article that everybody wants as itis to make every- body want an article that the " adver- tiser sells. The merchant must keep his name and wares before the people all the time to catch new customers,. who are ever changing,. It has been truly said the time to advertise is all the time. In business there is no such thing as standing still. A business man must, go forward or he will fall back, Each year's effort should be to exceed last year's sales. The only sure way to do this is to advertise. Adver- tise in busy times because the iron must be struck while hot and adver tae' in dull times to heat the iron. It can be done. Look Out icor Them. The robbers of the Napanee branch of the Dominion Bank continues to balite the provincial detectives and sev- eral private detectives who are,woi'lting on the case. It is quite evident, . how- ever, that the robbers took plenty of time with the preliminaries, The $10, 000 in bank bills stolen were all of 310 denomination and the numbers were from 46001 to 47000, series A, and dated Ja,uuary, 1869, . They were un- signed and will necessarily remain so or have wanes forged on them. The publio will do well to keep a constant watch, for the bills might begin tofloat around at any time, 319,000 of the balance stolen was in gold, Too Late, Mr John Wind, a farmer who resides on the 9th concession of Stephen, while on his way to town on. Monday last, lost a cheque for seventeen dollars and some odd cents, which he had received from Mr. A. Q. Bobier and which he was going to get cashed at O'Neil's bank that day. On discovering that the cheque was gone he at once proceeded to the bank to stop payment, but to his great surprise he was just fifteen min- utes too late, the cheque had been cash- ed by some unknown person. Mr. Da- vis, the teller of the bank, says the man was of medium height, middle aged, a full wbisker with a sprinkling of grey and was apparently a farmer. Council Proceedings. The Council met pursuant to ad- journment at the Town Hall, Exeter, 15th Oct. All present except Mr. Rol- lins, Minutes of previous meeting were read ;led confirmed, By Law No, 14, 1897, to ratify agreement for eleetrie lighting was dnly read and passed. Snell-Tavlor, orders as fol. lows :-W, Treble, $3.00 street water- ing; Eli Snell, $6.00 do.: T. G Creech, 313 00 do.; Geo. Ford, 336249 in full for gravel; W. Westeott, 62e. labor at gravel; T. Welsh, 310,93 do.; James Creech, 32.00 charity to T. Dew; Thos. Hartnell, 38.84 breaking stones Tay- lor-Suell, that the Reeve and Treas- urer be authorised to borrow 3400.00 for one mouth on the credit of this eor- poration -Carried. A telegram from the Relief Committee at Ottawa for the Prescott and Russell sufferers was re- ferred to the citizens for private sub- scriptions. Snell -Taylor adjourn me til the 1st Friday in November, at 7:30 p.m. M., EACRETT, Clerk, Personal :Mention Mr. 1?, Porte, of Lucan, was in town Tuesday. Miss Irene O'Neil, who was visiting at Popular Hill, returned home Tues- day evening. elr. J. G. Sutherland, of Hensel-, was in towu Sunday. Mr. G. Thomas, London, is visiting relatives in town. Mr. R. S. Lang is at present confined to his bed through illness. Mrs. W. H. Perkins and son are the guests of Mrs. W. G. Bissett. • Mr. W. J. Clarke, of L• ondon,•--is spend- ing a few days in town this week. Airs. Jos. Cobbledick is at present confined to her bed through illuess. Inspector Tom, of Goderich, is visit- ing the various schools in this section, The' Revs Martin and. Willoughby exchanged pulpts ou 'Sanday trimming last. Mr. A. McCloy, of Ridgetown, is ,re- newing acquaintauces in town this week. Mr. and Mrs E Treble visited re latives in McGillivray a few days this week. Geo. Smith, hostler at the Central Hotel, is confined to his bed through illness, I,- C. C Tremairi'e, who was on a business trip to Toronto, returned home Monday. Miss Morlock, of Crediton, was the guest of Miss Edith Beer a few days this week, A, Jaffray, Esq., bursar of the Cent- ral Prison, was the guest of D. Johns this week. • • Miss Lizzie Wilcox left on Friday for London, whera she will visit friends for a few week. Miss Spearn, of St. Marys, is visiting friends in town, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Tapp. Miss Jennie Cluffis spending a coup- le of weeks with her parents and other friends in Lucan. Mrs. Wm. Perkin§, of London, visit- ed friends in town this week, the guest of Mrs. Wm. Bissett. Mr, and Mrs, J. Abel, of Seafor h, spent Sunday in town, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. Powell. Mrs. P. Fisher and daughter, Miss Vinci, are spending a few days with relatives and frtends in London. Frank Hunt and T. Mountjoy, of London, spent a few days in town dur- ing the week with the former's parents. Mrs. Harbottle, of the Central Hotel, is spending a few weeks with friends and relatives at her former home in Ethel. Berne Ball, who was visiting friends and relatives in and around Exeter for a week, `returned to his home in Atwood Friday. Mrs, Middlemiss, who lives with 'Mr. Wrn, Hamden, is at present in a very low state of health and not expected to recover. T. H. Eaton, M. D, of, London, Eng. who is taking a tour through Canada, gave the ADVOCATE apleasant call. Tuesday. Mr. Hugh Murdock and Miss Annie West, of Lucan, spent Sunday in town, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hawkshaw. Wm. Stewardsoe; who. has been Laid' up at his home at Lucan through an attack of quinsey, bas returned and resumed his duties as blacksdiith with VR 'm Kumitz Remember the Senior League enter- tainment in the James St, church at 8 o'clock, Tuesday evening, Oct, 26th. A Legal Decision, Lawyer James Haverson, counsel for the fiotelkeepers' association, has obtained a victory, for his people through the decision of Judge Hardy, of Galt. It appears that a hotel keeper named Ireland, of Mount Pleasant, was fined 320 and costs for having his bar open after seven o'clock on a Saturday night. lle appealed the case and the judge quashed the conviction on the ground that the clause in the License Act with reference to closing hours on Saturday night only referred to towns and cities, and not to the townships and villages. Elia IN) n Medical .Association. The regular quarterly meeting. of the Huron Medical Association was held at House of Refuge, Clinton, on 3vednes- dos, Oct. 12th. There was a large at- tendance of members, and Dr, Beattie Nesbitt, of Toronto, was also present and took ,part in some of the discussions. This was the largest meeting that has been held in several years, between twenty-five and thirty members were present. An 'interesting program was presented. Dr. Gunn, of Clinton, gave an eecellent address on nervous diseas es, and a large number of cases were exhibited to illustrate the address. On account of want of time many of the cases could not be thoroughly discussed but every member must have been benefitted by the discussions that took place. Prison Statistics. Jailer Griffin was busy last week and part of this making out his annual report to the Ontario Government, the prison year for the province ending on September 30th. The report is very extensive, covering as it does every detail connected with the prisoners, the food, etc., and we have just culled a few of the items of most interest. The total number of prisoners during the year was 76, those in custody, 81; only 7 were under 16 years; the number of prisoners who were sentenced aggre- gated 451 the different religions were represented as follows : Roman Catlin lie, 15; Church of England, 28; Presby- terian, 12; Methodist 7; other denomin- ations, 14. There were 29 temperate as against 47 intemperate; 8 could not read or write; unmarried prisoners numbered 55 against 21 married men. The jail expenditure for fuel, food and. clothing" amounted to $602.42, the sal- aries of the official totalled 31,420, re- pairs, 317607; the average daily cost per prisoner a day was 9e•c.--Goderich Star. Seaforth: Wm. J. Pinkney, former- ly proprietor of the Royal hotel, and later of the Pinkuoy house, which was burned, died recently, leaving a widow and three children. Goderieb: On Tuesday morning Mr. Alfred Williams, who had heen com- mitted from Gorrie on a charge of steal- ing a pocket book containing money and valuable papers, was brought be fore Judge Masson for trial. The evi- dence of several witnesses having been given. His Honor declared the defend ant not guilty and he was discharged. East Williams: A well-known and highly respected resident of this town ship died on Sunday Oct, 10th. in the person of Mr. John Gillies. Mr. Gillies had been in failing health for a don- siderable time and his death was not unexpected. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon and the re- mains were interred in the Narin cemetery. Three sons and a daughter, all of whom are at home, survive him. Mrs. Gillies died about four years ago. Parkhill ; Mr, A. JJ Garden and family have the heartfelt sympathy of the community in the loss of their daughter, Jennie, whieh sad event took place last Sunday afternoon after a protracted illness borne with much resignation and patience. Jennie was 15.years of age add was a favorite not only in the family circle but amongst her acquaintances. Thoughtful above her years and moat amiable in dispo- sition her premature death causes a sad void in her parents' home. Clinton: A young son of Mr. Grich' who works in the Organ Factory, fell from the landing down the cellar stairs breaking his arm between the wrist and elbow, The youngest child of Robt. Chowen also fell down stairs on Wed- nesday, not injuring itself severely. While Willie, youngest son of Mr. J. Twitchell, was running with a gem jar in his arms,he fell and broke the jar and one of the pieces of glass cut through all his clothing and made a deep cut on the chest well over his heart, neces- sitating stitching up by a doctor. Goderich: One day recently while. the usual work was in progress at the sawmill, the large baud saw flew off its pulley, and for several minutes made things very interesting in that part of, the building. The large band of steel went writhingeand twisting over the mill like a huge snake, and before the machinery could be stopped had so' damaged itself as to render it useless., The man who runs the levers controll- ing, the carriage and the saw *as within ;eight feet, of it when the acci dent occurred, and those present say he had a most marvellous escape. When he became aware of his danger he dropped the levers and ran out of the way, and the carriage, which was at the east 'end of ,,the building, being beyond control dashed towards the west, going over the buffers and partly through the end of the building. The iad on.the carriage had jumped when the saw flew off, and started to run, going along the south side of the build- ing, and when the car came back it barely missed•pinning'him against the, timbers of the west end of the building. Repairs were ordered from Brantford. but were not at the mill on Wedhes- day, so >a week's work at least will be lost'throug h the mishap. TIFF; • 13IG CASII STORE. CAS OR PR ®UC Of'E PRICE T!' iALL, stock of imported L WE are showing the finest and Canadian ever shown in Exeter. 3.2'- FOR a heavy serge $41.00 FOR, a nap cloth mantle, brown and black, mantle, -very stylish, one the latest style. of our leaders. 3.90 FOR a heavy all • wool frieze, large buttons. A beauty. 3.7 5 A special line of black Beaver cloth man- ' ties, this line is extra value. 5.50 For a beautiful tweed boucle cloth mantle. This line is amod leof perfection. 5.00 For an extra heavy all wool Frieze, the best mantle in the trade for a 5 bill. These Mantles represent but a few of the many smart up-to-date tailor-made Mantles exhibited by us. Inspection and Comparison inuited. J. A. STEWART. Uy PM' Winter Jaa il'0m115. We can give you a large assortment to select from ranging from "-.$3.50 to $13.00.. . WE ARE SOLE AGENTS FOR- PRIESTLEY'S BLACK DRESS FABRICS. These are the best Black Goods made in the world and every yard is Guaranteed, Don't be deceived, they are blocked on varnished boards and mark- ed every five yards. We have a big lot of New Fancy . , . , Dress Goods at very low Prices. SEE OUR GOODS AND YOU WILL BUY THEM. E. J. SPACKPAA6I &, CO., Sainwell's Block, Exeter fillJ Ei SIREMeZieMMiiiP We are going to offer some lines of Goods at prices which will astonish - you. We have some leaders in cloth- ing; it will pay you to inspect. '150111,- 7 Black Worsted Overcoats, silk velvet collars, good value at $3.00 for �e00 12 heavy all wool Frieze [jlsters, good check 4.00 linings for " 12 men's heavy tllsters, Black or Brown; good as last year's $10, for 0 00 12 pairs heavy Tweed Pants, this is a great bargain for !J5 O 12 pairs of men's Tweed Pants, a bargain for only .90c. 5 pieces nice Check Fauneletts 'at 5c. 1 21.c. 5c. G pieces 37 inch twill Fanneletts, extra weight 10 pieces 31 inch flannelettes regular Sc, for We show a well assorted range of mantles. We would ask you to see the Canadian goods; every article well made and PERFECT f e We guarantee each article in this line 'togive per- fect p fect satisfaction iri wear. We also have a good as- sortment of Stylish German Goods. Our Storeis filled with New Goods. The best to be found in the market and we will giveY ou liberal treatment. GIVE '.• S A �� US CALL' --mos: JotiNs'r(z) Opposite Hawkshaw's . Hotel, -Exeter. r.� y.. TE ES TThe about Lave ,. expert. Ltt is olife one of tainin conve tenan plow N` ZION -hone Poge Sale at FRIT In en ts, oon005 Tl4 The' frame arils, land' it line an dine. tenor ion ma ulars a way, 1% Co XET P It Per ain H. a Narl. xtra p- ining 1 itchen ed roo ar') re ellar. 8 i.c ri6C ?to 5 to t0. to x5 to 20 0,25 and o NISI mer to e abo di •t eat t nceale To h, e n'tss Or: $t. Ane s m tha NOTE: others R. eeet • e hen ' ei""'t+ es d ro 1tkttt Jl tom:' %r