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The Huron Expositor • Janurary 18, 2006 Page 5
Tuckersmith farm with river running through it
is sold for $5,000 in 1906
JANUARY =14, 1881
A shooting match took place in
Hensall on Tuesday the llth
between John Evans, engineer on
the Great Western .Railway and
Thomas Bissett of Exeter fora
purse of $50 a side, and as both the
above mentioned gentlemen are
crack shots, a very close match as
expected, but it was soon seen that
Mr. Bissett was taking the lead and
he won easily by quite a number of
birds.
The roof at one of the blocks at
the merchants' salt works fell in
under the heavy weight of snow
upon it ` last week. Fortunately no
person was injured by the accident.
On Thursday night of the last
week, the roof of a pig house on the
farm of James Kerr, " northern grav-
el road in McKillop, broke in with
the weight of the snow and killed a
fine fat porker.
JANUARY 12, 1906
Horace Townsend has sold his
farm on the second concession of
Tuckersmith, west end, to his
neighbour Levi Strong, for the sum
of $5,000. The farm contains 100
acres and although it is somewhat
broken with the river running
through it, it is a good value for the
money.
Messrs. John and James Staples
have purchased the barbering and
cigar business of S. Jordan, next to
the post office and took possession
on Monday. They are both smart
young men and good barbers and
should be able to make things go.
The Palace Rink in Seaforth will
be opened for skating this Friday
evening when the band will play.
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JANUARY 16, 1931
When the matter of salaries was
brought forward at the Hensall
council meeting - on Tuesday
evening, the Reeve stated that he
would lower his salary from $40 to.
$32. L. Mickle moved that they cut
off the salary for the present year
for the councillors and Reeve. This
move was seconded by William
Consitt. The council will receive no
salary for the year 1931.
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed the five storey and a half
frame house of Hugh McMurtrie, of
town line, a mile and a, quarter
west of Kippen on Thursday after-
noon last week.
JANUARY 13, 1956
The way was paved for additional
Egmondville residents to obtain
water from the Seaforth system
when the Public Utility
Commission, at a meeting
Thursday agreed arrangements for
the provision that water could be
made.
Seaforth's telephone fire alarm
system is now equipped with an
alarm system of its own.
JANUARY 15, 1981
At its monthly meeting Monday
night Seaforth council rejected a
proposal to join, with Goderich,
Wingham, Exeter and Clinton to
form a joint police governing body.
Seaforth council voted Monday
night to give its members and pub-
lic utilities commiwsioners pay
increases.
There was a break and enter at
Seaforth District High School last
Thursday night, resulting in the
theft of $200 from the cafeteria till.
Most children aren't, shy about showing
affection. Which makes them excellent
spreaders of the flu.
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