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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1879-3-6, Page 81111tE T.A. HOLIDAY NOTICE aT. GRIGG takes plenums) in announcing that, encouraged by the steady iuerease of trade. during the present year, he has mada arrangements to open for inspect - tion, by the 12th Mateo larger and better variety of hell - day goods, thau in previous seasons. 2 ke Stock will comprise, the usual etippty o ENGLISH ANNUALS, .And a choice selection in. ALBUMS, \Notal( BOXES, WBI VING D 48 [iS,S'TATUARTrVASBS '.TOILE t' SETTS, t11O000 13OUNU POETS, dIFT COPS, CARD CASES, CARD RECEIVERS, EVENING FANS, INK STANDS, Etc, Together with a large selection of Toys, Toy Books, Etc. The trade supplied at lite thenal close ,aces, ehristnaa and New Year Garde in choice de- signs, and a large variety already received. Supplies for S. School (rifts autl Christmas Trees at a liberal disconut, ,T. t;rlallltl, Stain street, Exeter. LOCAL, NEWS. • TLiURSDAY,..MAltr'il 6, 11376. RemyAtir;,—A daily mail between Exeter and St, Marys is talked of. Acr`I1,I L',—YesterlIty afte'•noon, while a little daughter of Mr. George May aag Attempt- ing to g:'t tin a sllci•:Ii she fell beneath one tkf the runners and had au arm badly in jtme.i. CIIlAP Gool,,.—:ltthe s tie of betllsrnpt stock fu Fauson's block yon eau get diy-goods very low. Cal aid examine the stock ,,ml so cure sone of the bargaius. Look for tli • sign of the red ling. Tris 13xr.L,—ls t110re ally uu, far it tows' bi11 in Exeter ? If so, it o11r•hr to be 'ut:l, a 1 lr more regubu•1y than is being done et resent. It vari ,o,me days toil Interne', The fu0,, Ar.?, believe, is not so niece in "Uncle Saul" as t in the apology for a time piece which gnidee "Wen" If epe.n.—Oae night last weak Mr P. P..MeP nllips lost a numbe, of tin liens. They were found lying dean in ih morning. and it is thought sumo one killed them by some rueene during the ni ht, Eaueeeet.—The compositor, in "setting up" the evidence taken before the fire ioquest fur The Times lest week, made 1)r. Hall say 11e Lad insured the fac,ory for 5.'35,(11:0. Thar this was an error is apparent fr stn the remain - dor of the eiideuce, in which the correct amouut, $3,500, is stated several times. We observe the telegrams from St, Illai ye. to the dailies have i.tlso placed the ineurauce +.t the sameincorrect ti ure, A CHAPTER.— On Monday evening last, Dr. Sutton, P.D. D. (3-. M., of Clandeboye, iu con - pany with Mr. Matheson, of Lucan, visited Lebanon Forest Lodge A. F. 6: A, lI. for the purpose of seeing .about the organization of ,t Chapter iu connexion with the ledge I.ere. The neer, lodge room received their highest praises, After the closing of the lodge, the visitors were entertained to au oyster supper at Hawk. shtw's Commercial Hotel. to which a number of ge t:en,n of tha craft did am,Ile justice. DO BE TILLED ov Tu;;snex.—Th•, prisoners ' Hal', Keen and Shand who were taken to (i.e.- ericll jail last Friday by Constables Gill an t Bissett, to await their trial for burning the Exeter beading factory came before .Judge Sgmiors on Tuesday. they pleaded not guilty, and eleeted to be tried by the Judge. The case is set down for the 11th inst.. fpr trial, Dr. Hall's own reeognizauce for $2,000 was taken to attend. The other prisoners were re- manded till the day of trial ThRee Months.—The man Fullington, who was arrested in Exeter some three or four weeks ago for stealing a pair of boots from Mr. John Treble, and who was sentenced to three months for carrying a revolver, but who, a couple of weeks ago made his escape from jail,. and wag recaptured last week, was tried before the judge on Saturday last, and pleading guilty to the charge of stealing the boots, was sentenced to three months, making in all six months for his exploits in Exeter. Then he will its all likelihood receive an additional term for breaking Jail Pose-Orrt'xwt Entexces. — The following statement of the business clone at the Exeter Post -Office is taken from the Report of the Postmaster General for the year ending 80th dime, 1878: Gross Revenue from the sale of postage stampte Leo., 01,765.50. 'fixe post. master receives a satary of $388. He aleogets. C40 for forwarding allowances and $60 for lent, fuel and fire, and $40.0$ for Money or- dere grunted, making a total become to the post master of $538.08. Hist IT.—A eitiwee residing on Huron S..eet the other clay' hired two boys to saw a pile of wood. The boys commenced the work at.d the eordwood disappeared in anincred- ibly shoit time, but the pile of stove wood dirt not iuerease in size as fast in proportion, and upon au investigation it was found that itt or. der to get through with their contract in a short time so that they would make money by the job, they Lain hidden a lot of the cord- wood in tip adjacent snow bank, and some they had Intellect over into a neighbor's prom- ises. The:).3oys, however, were glad to finish •the job in order toeseape punishment. Trtee ANTE -Roan. — On Monday evening last we had the pleasure of visiting the hand - tinniest atite-room belonging to any Masouict lodge t'oom.svest of Toronto. It is ,that:of the Exeter lodge, aud.00tnpares favorably with the • lodge room proper. The floor is well carpe:. ed, and'ciie walls aro beautifully frescoed. It excitei the admiration of all who visit it, and unit only be itpprecittted by viewing it. The work was executed by Hr. A. Lewis, of Exeter, ; and reiieetsthe grsetest credit on • him bout for designs mini titeit exeeutibn. If any other lodge wants any such haudeomo work done Mr. Lewis lives right bore, end no doubt clout be prevailed upon to lend his servicee, PEItsoNAT,;—We were last week favored wit a mall front Mr. Moecrip, of Jolles it Moscrip, e St. Marys. Wm, hed been attending the in vesdgation into the betiding factory lire, an the general opinion is that he is going to be Very suoceseful lawyer, ---Mr, C, S. Jonas, of St. Marys, was hi town on 7.thureday last ou hastiness relating to the new railway which the people of the Stone Town are agitating, and in which he ie. taking a deep interest. Mr, J'onoe deeired to know what the feelings of the people of Exeter wore toward he contemplated new line. He ie eon- ftdent that a large bonus will be granted by Si,. Marys etnl the municipalities between there and Woodstock, where it is proposed to. unite with the ()wait Valley Road. Fuer Hume—One day last week a little girl, daughter of Mr. ,T. Fishburn, had her foot bl•afseil while getting off a sleigh ou which she 12 t 1 been riding. Tito conveyance was moving rapidly when going past the street leading to the school house, whore thelittle girl in get ting off, by same maims had her font hurt. Children of both sexes should take waruiug au.l not attemptto board or get off sleighs svelte inmotiotr. VILLAGE Couxserz. — The Exeter Gunnell flet puteuan- to adjournment at the Market ts.ttisu ell F iday ie ening,' 38 Ix ult• All the 1 nietu:,ers were present except Mr. Sanders. i site Minutes of the previous meeting were I• j t1 and approved, Moved by It. Bissett, n se: tied by J. Pickard, that J. Soutltcott be `pi t i;3.5u for use of roma fur holding eleotien, I—llrt,rien. Stored by 1%.. issett, seconded by. el. Drew, that .\Ira. \Voolway be refunded the a'uuuitt of her taxed fur 1878.—Carried. I1lov- o . ,+y J, Piel,at d, seconded by E. Drew, that to 1.k, -111W he piepared and submitted at the next meeting of the council to a,lpoint polling sub - i ei.•toile for election purposes in this village. —.;naiad. ;luycd by E. Drew, seconded by B. B.s pet, that the Couuttil adjourn to moot at o. ll of toe .reeve.—Carried. WANTED ro TASTE IT.—One day last week au old lady went into a grocery iu town fur the mii osa of ictspecting and testing the wines 41 41 are there kept for sale, at least that is the idea the grocer has of her visitation. Al - tee she had dement a. eot.siderahle quantity of nearly every kind of wine in the store, a sec- ond customer arrived, and the proprietor left the obi lady to make the selection of the wine she wished to purchase, while he, with it eheer- fill eouutenauce, made so by the pleasant att- icipatimis or the big sale of wines he im- a;irred he would soon nieke to the old woman, attended to his wants and then returned to conclude the sale of the liquor, whoa lo, to his great astonishment, his customer had disap- peared. She had got all the sine she wanted for that day at least. EwwLANATtoN,—The following, which has reference to an item which appeared in The Tines, has been handed us by Bir. James Sullivan, with a request for its publication. We do not heel our=elves responsible tor or cnlilitenaticr+ in any way the allusions to the Dashwood merchant, but Mr. Sullivan has an undoubted right to set himself right in the itt atter before the public, and as we published the charge a;{ttinst hila, we deem it justice to him to publish his explanation: , youug men who are cleelrone of entering the d ministry, Bey. W, Waldh, of Centralia, was the next. speaker. He mid the always took a h ' d .ep interest itt educational meetings, and be 1 sousidered it was the duty of every person to • give of their means to defray the expense of a educating young Men for tate ministry. Rev. d G. N. !. F. T. Dixon then adtire'sod the nidi - A charge of obtaining goods ander false pre - tames to the amount of tibout $8, was made by a Swiss merchant doing a one-horse busi- ness in nashwoud village, in the Township o1 Stephen, against James Sullivan, itt present of the Township of Dunnage, County of Elgin. On the charge coming on to be tried before the county judge of the Comity of Huron at the Interilu Sessions lie dismissed it on hearing the evidence, with the remark that it looked like au attempt to convert the Court into one for the collection of small debts, and intimat- ed that it should not have been sent up by the Magistrates. bitr. Sullivan intends to seek re- dress for bis unjastitiable arrest. At the time tie bought the goods he owned 50 acres of land in the Comity of Elgin, auct still owns it. Ho alio had a Large quantity of personal property on his late farm in Stephen Township, which is there still its care of hit cousin, not over four miles from the small merchant, who could have got his paltry claim any tune fur asking it, or by resorting to the pioperty in question. Eo'ecA'rxowAL SEnvcrxs.—On Sunday morn- ing and evening last. Bev. G. N. A. F. T. Dix- on of Loudon, preached the educational ser- mons iu counexiott with the Methodist church in this place. The churelt was `well-oiled at both services, and the hearers were highly pleaeed with the rev. gentleman's able discoure- es. ' A collection was taken up at the clothe of each service in aid of the educational food. On Monday evening a public sheeting iu be- half of the educational fund was;heldiu the oluu•ch. The tatt:mdauco,although larger titan 41 previous meetings of this kind, was not what it should have been. ;After the meeting was opened, 131', Thomas Gregory, principal' of the hxtrter public soliool, was elected chairman, who, after speaking on the subject of education for a short tune and showing the necessity for parents impressing on the minds of their obit tlren the expediency of acgnirisig a good edit - cation, called on Rev, G. A, Mitchell, B. A., to readthe report, but the amouut raised in this di4triot lett year being;se meagre Mr. Mitchell thought it would be judicioue not to rstetttioit it. He explained. why so email an. arnout t was C intibiitod last year, such spoke for some thrice on the advantages of having itthcreugli:echoed- ion. He also tinged the chains the church had upon the liberality of We people in eontrib❑t- ng of their means to aid tit the .€duoatiou of euoe. IIu showed that the church had a por- ted right to expect support from the people to aid in the educatiop of those who are willing to labor its the vineyard of the Lord, but have not the necessary meansto educate them for the work. The collections ou Sunday and Monday evening amounted to 812.52. Osborne. STimortt ? os Pmms.—The following is the standing obtained by the pupils of school sec- tion No. 9, Usborno. The report is based upon goed conduct, regular attendance and general proficiency 1—Sixth Form --1st, J, Johns; 2ud, \V. Young ; .3rd, S. Veal, Fifth Form—est, M. Hunter; 2nd, W. Powell; 3rd, E. Cook; 4th, C. Crocker; 5th T. Hall. Fourth Farm —1st, S. Andrew; 2nd, E. Clarke; 8rd, B. Coates ; 4th, 11. White ; 51h, T. Taylor ; Gtli, W. Muter, Senior Third -1st, T. Johns, 2nd, E. Taylor; 3rd, J. Powell; 4th, G. Mill- er; 5tb, J. Delbridge; eat, F. Newcombe. Junior Third—ist, H. Andrew ; 2itc1,11 Pow- ell; 8rd, A Cann; W, Andrew ; 5111, 131, Hogg; Gth, M. Brack, MONTHLY ExAar111ATION,—The written monthly examination, of school section No. 5, Usb rne, for February resulted its follows : Fifth Class. -1st, Gregory Tota ; 211d, Ida L. Alliu ; 3rd, Fanny Bissett, Fourth Class.—lst, Eliza beth Ketnik ; 2nd, Wesley Welsh ; 8rd, Agnes Mussell. 'third Class,- 1itt, Ela ma Johns: 2nd, Annie Elston; 3rd, J „shun Heywood. i. pound Class, •—hitt; William Fisher ; 2trci, Franklin \Ve.steott ; 8rd, Selena Harvey ; 4th, Jessie '\Vestcott. At the spelling titatoli Gregory Tom stood up the lot gest ; next., Penny Bissett, Stone of the pu- n ile who were not present at the exemi- uation might come off well had they taken part in it. It is to be hoped they will attend trove regnlarly in the future and peas creditable exanlin ttions along with the others. BURGLARY -- Un nit's n ilst last ah.mt,elcsveu o'clock three hail entered the dwelling of lira Wm. Donnelly, a respectable farmer of the Townehip of TJsborne, udjoiniug Bidtlnlph, and bp - lore lie was well aware of the fact, liro- ct'eded.to hie bedroom, and seonrely bnunctill t hands with; vhat was epi lent- ly a piece . of train bell -cord. U purl being attired their intention the rebbere replied they knew there was $400 le the bemuse, that they wanted it, and in ease of.rofusal, would burn the house down. Mr. Uonuelly tried to impress neon them there tvas no money in the house, upon which they fired two shirts from a revolver over his head, the balls of which lodged in the wall in rather close proximity to Dnnelly's head. Evidently this ryas only done to intimi- date hien, because they could not have missed hits if otherwise disposed. They then upset the contents of two trunks in the bedroom, but found noth. ittg therin to satisfy them. Froth thence thev proceeded to another bedroom, oc- eapied by Mrs. Donelly and a servant girl, who by this time were screaming loudly, having been alarmed by the shots. nosy threa'ened to shoot the woe men unless they covered their beetle. In this rutin) wag another trunk, which they apprnaehed, and after a dili•;ent seere,h, found in it a leather pocket -back, which one of them immediately took pnsseseior of, remarking that this was what they were after. The packet-bonk cautioned $132. the proceeds of some sale nates which Donelly had recently collected, and which gave rise to the report that there was money in the hotee, Mrs. Donelly was in a delicate state 'of health, leaving been veru:re• (wetly confined, and the shade received has resulted in very serious prostrati m. The robbery took olive about nine mile frone where it similai 0Cnttrenee was Fn. acted about it year ago, it man by the name of Jonnr being the victin) to the amount of $200 ao(l a watch. D•tnelly. ern give no description of tite burglars (they being heavily muffled up), further than that one of them was about six feet high;the ether about five feet seven, vary stantly -built, and the third dwttrfish in appearance. There was a farther sntn, of $38, helonging to the 'icrvant girl, lying on the stand at the Tread of the bed, tint it remained uitonoh 'd. A Mrs. Fn;;arty was elan robbed of $240, a short time since, by men of a similar desc,inttnn. • isrtlgGlAaali. SOUTH IiuRON Aa —A wt etina of th Directors of the South Heron Aerie Mural Soei .ty was iieltl 'at' Turner's l3,Stel, J3rucofield, yea- terday for. the purpose of malting at. raugements I'er,the spring show and the trtttisttetirt,n of other , business, It torts decided to have show ou April 17. ..t:[u.itole Live Svelte Assoct.t'rLON.— A it eetiug of the Direoters of the Hur•. ,on, Live Stook Association was Bald at tewtoofin1tI yin 1)Iondray last. • '1'laere w'aia a • good ,'atttenilancn of Directo's. After winding up the affairs connected AfAit,CTI 8, 1579_____L BANITRUPT SALE IN SOtJT;HCOTT'S BLOCK, EXETER, A LARGE LOT OF BOOTS' AND SELOE-$ JUST RECEIVED. WIRY CIILAL . A REALLY GOOD ARTICLE EVERY DAY. SPLENDID VALUE Dry Goods, groceries, Clothing, Hats and Caps, This stock Must be sold right orit, to make room for i:tlore soon to arrive, SIGN OF THE 1IED FLA(+. SING OF TIIlt RED FLM+. with the late sale, the advisability of coutiuniug the sales stns carefully con- siderea], It was determined to make tauother eff trt to get up a sale iu the fall, when, if the project does not re ceivo the required enctutragetl;ent, the Association will be dissolved, We May say that ,-after p•tyiug all exterses connected with the last sale, there is a deficit of over thirty dollars. This is not as it shoula be. The public+, and especially that portent interested in improved stock, should afford the en- terprise greater tgtouuregetnens than they have done in the pa -t. They will have nne tItore opportunity of do- itig so. I1 they are wise they will em- brace it. Every person says the tcherne is a good one aid deserving of encouragement, and yet only a few ev- en attempt to lend it their aid. The next uleetit.g will be held at Clinton on the first Monday in June. Lucan. Well, Bir. Jtacktanapee is swinging round the circle again, Supposing we seed hien down the middle, and force him io facet] e manic for sixty seconds, I notice in last week's issue of your town no tem. he had a ding at twa of our citizens who bad the ttuclecity to step nit on the ]tlatl'urm and occupy a couple of empty chairs upon the occasion of the Irctnre delivered by Mr. Fahey in the Town Ilell. "Trifles light as air are to the jealous minded Confirmation strong mkt proofs of Holy Writ." Upon the Ligol its question your correspondent oconnied a seat in the rear of Jeckauttpes, but even from this position, got an occasional glimpse 01 his profile fully iurcharged•with mal- ice prepense, because forsooth he had net all invitation to the platform. What a lose to the audience that his sweet- ness was wasted "on the desert air" in the body of the hall; what an over. sight by the officers of the Institute that they neglected phteing him on the ptogramtne ; What a pity be did -not have the manipulating of the docu- ment after it was prepared, but eeeiit the programme was not aired Look, his services were dispensed with. "Birds of a feather go togethee," Do they ? Well! Weill! Let me. tell Jackanapes the kind of feathered bipeds that the objects of his spleen don't "'look" with, or "go" with, we he has it, in blissful ignorance of are correct quotation. They dnu't flock with jail birds. with black mailers, with perjur- ers', with birds, who, when fall to the chin with hot whiskey, offer to decide by a game of chance with their com- panions who shall be the tacky, or un- lucky one to touch the ineeudirtry torch to his neighbor's dwelling at the hour of midnight. Those are the kind of feathers that thio gentlemen who etc- cu1)ied the platform does not "flock" with. Dou't plume yourself, Mr. Jackanapes, with the idea than your antecedents are hidden uudsr a bushel, any emote than your present pedigree subsequent to your advent in Lucan, because if you do, the frailty of your present tenement wi:1 prove no protec- tion. A word to the wise, etc, Mr. William Donnelly,. of Tlsborne, was robbed of $132 on Friday night last about 11 o'clouk by three men wfiu entered his dwelling, tied him with a bed cord, then proceeded• to the wife`s tte(rroom adjoining,and took the money at of a trunk beside the bell, where Mrs. Donnelly and her servant girl were.lying, Donnelly, it is reported, says be has no clue by which lie could identify the parties. A large brick house on the Sable Hill, a short distance from this village, belonttingta Mr, Meads, caught lire on Friday night from burning soot falling down on some boards. Before the fire was turbaned—it made considerable heed.! way, and damaged two est three rooms andttheir.eou,tel)ts to the„ ettioiint of .our or five hundreddollars. I under-' IIOtTLTtl1IAL SOCIETY. I a !stand there is an insurance on the premises which will cover elle lns:l, Behar. )la;fie.ti. 'I'EA•BIEETINR. — A very sneee,;yf0 soiree, preeidt d over by Bev. M,. Dan- by, took place in the church ntr Wed - ne-day evtltung, Felertr.try 14. Pi ofes- tior Joliet-trot,,Soafo -tit ith 116 ohair from 13tucefield fou it taraatgr. of the last-ical entertainment ttiu performed his part iu It very seti,fnetory neintri•l. The proceed:,entountiig to about $63, are to be expended in purchasing it •new library for the Seleb tt li-ach„ol. Ad'e dresses were delivered by Thvs. M •asrs. Danby, Thoarpytn, Patterson, Brow - ley and Campbell. SWEPT AWAY.--tt-`ione of our meet prnrnittent fishermen itt this town harve coffered heavy home, lately en account of ice brealcit.cg np and -carrying away their riots. Goo» CaTTni;.-;ilr. lhZ!tiel leon , of the S'aublo 'Line, hats ata ox which weighs about 3.001) lbs. This is one of the largest auimels ever rented le this part of the country. Thu saute 'gentleman has this whiter fattened :4- er forty stead of good cattle for the J n- s ropeau market. tepben. PWitceeeszn. --- ,lir. John Bess Il,1s purchased a farm from Dr: Unwn'of 'Philadelphia for tite stern of $G,000. I'The farm contains 100 acres rants Sit- , hated on the third soneesaion of Ste- phen. CntVNalL .— Stephen Totvaltin Conucil met at the Town hall, Credi- ton, on Monday, the 3rd itist., All the membars were present, the Reeve in the chair. The minntee of previoue meeting were read and signed, after 1 which the appointment of pathrunkters for the rr.uniefpielityfor the year 1871;" resulted RS follows ;—!t. Dicks, Mr. llnThstt, J. tlllvers, W. Bolling,_ G. Floyd, W. Rake, J. Ross, W. Walker, 3. Ford, J. Snell, T. Slraptnn, W. iearir.g, J. White, M. Winer, S. Heel - den, N. Beaver, J. 13iesett, C Keine, A. Olarlre, M. Hertzel, C. Sweitz"r, G. Wrin, U. Murleck, I, Wine, R. Hndg- int, W. Li—tweet', O. Eilbor, I. Antey, I. Iieatle, J. Hanna. 11. Glanville G. Ivlawhiney, A Scott, J. Bit turd, I3. Doyle, J. Gabon, A. :McCormick, L. Deitrich, C. Stony, II. EcEttehcn, T. Ceyes, T. Li -Import, C. Willett, C. Stephens. 3. Sharp, M. Keough, A. Fidkbiner, A. Campbell, F.:BIough, J. 0. Corbett, A. Elliott, J. Taylor, J. ' Dlliott, W. Eagleson, J. For 1, C. Cronyn, A. Cherron, T. Ib'iollard, W. Oliver, A. Ar'mstroiig, Mr. Banker, Bir. Ferguson, F. Allis, J. Bea'ttli, F, Green, J. Wood, J. Ford, F. Becher, P. Shred - sr, A, Roeder, W. Button, W. Balser.. 3. King. J. Doleheny, D. O'Brien, .1. Boland, J. Hayes, Mr. Ik1eGenie, Sullivan, II. Shank, W. Stimson, J. Snell, J. Bissett, G. N-[awhin%y, W. Holt, L. Deitreieh, 0. Stone, J Ioll- erd, R. Robinson. .Tie f.,llov iug per- sons were appointed »otxnd•lceepers for 1870:—Jaint:s Cocl;will, D, Stabile, W. Baker, 0. Mitchell, W. Hickey, H. Souldan, F. Shapton, T, Marshall, W. Holt. 0. Oherren, M. Ireland. Orders were grated for the paywent of .the following aarn,atanta : Trustees Limerick r ohool section, 93 cents ; relief, $5 ; F. Allen, repairing scraper, $1.50 ; A. J.• McPherson, repairing scraper,i4.40; J. Corbett, Lumber, ,$ry4.30; T. Bas- tard, error in dog tax, $1 ; deficiency in school grant, S,' 5. lvloved by W. Baker, seconded by 0. Either, that the, Auditors' report be tt,ecepted.-.--Ctarried The Council thou adjourned. C. Pitourv, Clerk._ The assassination of the Governor of •Oharkoff, Russia, is eoid to have been caused by his int/Wimp' treatment of political prisonera,