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THE WINGHAN TIMES, AECH 14, 1912
MINOR LOCALS.
—Buy your stationery at the TIMES
office.
Writing pads and envelopes for sale at
the TIMES s office,
--Royal English Bell Ringers in the
opera house this (Thursday) evening.
—Division Court will be held in Wing-
ham to -day (Thursday) with Judge Holt
presiding.
—Mr. E.R. Swarts has sold the Brit-
ish Exchange hotel at Goderich to Mr.
J. Brown, of Windsor, who took poss
ession on Tuesday last.
—Mr. Thos. Dodds, of Mitchell and
formerly of Wingham, is moving to Sea -
forth where he will engage in business
with his brother, Mr. John Dodds.
—The TIMES is pleased to report that
our friend, Mr. Wm. Watters, of the
Furdwich Record is making excellent
recovery after his recent severe illness.
—Mr. Henry T. Thomson, of South-
ampton, who is well known to many of
our readers, has purchased Mr. J. H.
McClinton's grocery business at God-
exich and has moved his family to the
county town.
Ritchie & Cosens, real estate
agents this week report the sale of
Mr. W. H. Gurney's cottage on Frances
street and Mr. Jas. Foil's cottage on
Shuter street to Mrs. W. J. Forrest, of
Buffalo.
—N. W. Rowell, M. P. P., Leader of
the Opposition in the Legislature en-
tertained the Liberal newspaper men
at a banquet in the Parliament build-
ings at Toronto on Thursday evening
last. Mr. H. B. Elliott, of the TIMES
attended the banquet.
—The Goderich Star has abandoned
the ready print service and the paper
is now all printed in the office. We
are pleased to note the improvement
which we are sure will be appreciated
by subscribers and advertisers. The
publishers have our best wishes for
continued success.
—Mrs. Agnes Ross, widow of the
late Hon. A. M. Ross for some years
member of the Ontaria Legislature for
West Huron and Provincial Treasurer,
died on Wednesday evening of last week
at her home in Toronto, aged eightty one
years, The remains are being brought
to Goberich for burial.
—Mr. H. A. Woods, the newly ap-
pointed assistant chief engineer of the
Trunk Pacific, has arrived at Winnipeg
from Montreal and will commence his
duties immediately. The assistant will
handle the construction of branch lines
and the ordinary routine work of both
the eastern and western sections of the
country, so as to leave Mr. Kelliher,
the chief engineer, free to devote him-
self entirely to superintending the
building of the main line through the
Rocky Mountains.
PERSONALS.
Mr. Hugh Ross, of Clinton was in town
for a few days this week.
Dr. P. Macdonald, of London was cal-
ling on old Wingham friends this week.
Miss Linn Barber ]eft on Monday for
London to resume her position as mil-
liner.
Mrs. G. A. Annett, of Caro, Ontario
is visiting with her sister, Mrs. (Rev.)
Q. Victor Collins.
Mr. Gerry Willis has returned home
after spending several weeks in Toron-
to attending the Conservatory of Music.
Miss Jannette Brock, of Stratford
and Mr. Arnott Brock, of London have
been home for a few days owing to the
serious illness of their sister, Miss Clara
Brock.
Mrs. Elmer Moore and two daughters
of Saskatoon, Sask., who have been
visiting with Wingham relatives and
friends for several weeks, leftfor their
home on Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Mulholland has returned home
after spending several weeks in Buffalo,
N. Y., and was accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. W. J. Forrest, who will
spend a few days with her mother.
Telephone Business.
Two blue books, tabled in the Com-
mons Friday afternoon, giving the first
comprehensive statistics issued in re-
gard to telephone and express com-
panies in Canada, as compiled by Mr.
J. L. Payne, Comptroller of Statistics
in the Railway Department, are of
especial interest as bearing on the
questions of public ownership and oper-
ation of these public utilities, and of
the revision of tolls now being consid-
ered by the Railway Commission. In
regard to the telephone companies the
figures are not so conclusive in regard
to net earnings in regard to capital
stock in view of the large number of
companies concerned and the varying
conditions in each locality. The total
capital liability of the 537 organizations
reporting was $40,043,982, equal to
$132.26 per telephone for the 302,759
telephones in use. The gross earnings
amounted to $10,058,220, and the oper-
ating expenses to $6,979,045. No fig-
ures are given as to interest charges
on bond liability, taxes, etc. The gross
earnings were equal to 33.25 per tele-
phone, and the operating expenses av-
eraged $23.05 per telephone. The fig-
ures for the Bell Telephone Company
of Canada show capital stock $12,500,-
000; funded debt, $4,899,000; cost of
property and equipment, $21,251,370;
revenue, $5,968,932; and the operating
expenses, 4,023,262. The company
has nearly 150,000 telephones in use,
and the employees total 7,057.
GREY.
THE QUIET NIGHTS.
[Katherine Tynan.]
Unmindful of my low desert
Who turns e'en blessings to my hurt,
God sends me graces o'er and o'er,
More than the sands on the seashore.
Among the blessings He doth give
My starveling soul that she may live,
I praise Him for my nights he kept
And all the quiet sleep I slept.
Since I was young who now grow old;
For all those nights of heat, of cold,
I slept the sweet hours through, not
heard
Even the call of the first bird.
Nights when the darkness covered me
In a great peace like a great sea,
With waves of sweetness who should
lie
Wakeful for my iniquity.
Cool nights of fragrance, dripping
sweet.
After the sultriness of heat,
Amid grey meadows drenched with.
dew;
Sweet was the sleep my eyelids knew.
The 100 -acre farm belonging to Dan-
iel Denman, being lot 30, con. 12, has
been sold to D. Neable, who is at pres-
ent living in Elma. Purchaser will
take immediate possession. Mr. Den-
man will leave for Outlook, Sask., with
the idea of taking up a farm in that
locality. Mrs. Denman and children
will make their home in Brussels until
Mr. Denman gets settled. Mrs. Den-
man is a daughter of George and Mrs.
McMillan, of Brussels. We are sorry
to lose them from Grey but wish them
well and hope Mr. Neable will do better
than ever on his new purchase. He is
no stranger to the people of this local-
ity.
oral-
ity.
The Ontario Boards of Trade deputa-
tion waited on the Government at Ot-
tawa to urge the improvement of
Waterways and highways.
Hospitals for Animals.
The New York Women's League for
Animals at a recent meeting, announc-
ed the gift of $25,000 towards an ani-
mals' hospital which they are to erect,
Mrs. Russell Sage had already given
$10,000 for this purpose, and the con-
tributions of others had raised the
amount to $50.000. Thislastgiftbrings
their total up to $75,000. A campaign
is alreaey under way for the purpose
of raising the money for the Angell
Memorial Animal Hospital at Boston,
Mass. The amount already on hand
for this latter hospital, including site
for the building which has been pur-
chased, is $45,035.
Getting the News.
The young girl sat in her bedroom
with a novel. Her hair was down and
her feet were in red slippers. Now
and then, extending her white arms,
she yawned.
You sea it was very late, and down
stairs in the parlor her older sister was
entertaining a young man. She natur-
ally felt a deep interest in the enter-
tainment. She was waiting to see how
it would terminate.
And at last there was a sound in the
hall, a crash as of a closing door, and it
was plain to the impatient girl that the
young man was gone.
She threw down the novel and, run -
niter; forth, peered over the balustrade
down into the hall's intense blackness.
"Well, Maude," she said, "did you
land him?"
There was no immediate reply to her
question. There was a silence, a pe-
culiar silence, a silence with a certain
strained quality in it, Then a mascu-
line voice replied:—
"She did."
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
CURE CONSTIPATION.
No ailment causes more suffering to
little ones than does constipation.
Hardly a little one escapes this trouble
—many of them suffer from it contin-
ually. The surest cure and safest rem-
edy —one that is absolutely guaranteed
to be free from harmful ,drugs -- is
Baby's Own Tablets. They never fail
—they have cured thousaeids of cases.
Concerning them Mrs. ,Lev. Blanchet,
St. Racine, Quo., ri s: "I have us-
ed Baby's Own tablets for constipa-
tion and vomiting and have found them
an excellent remedy, and I have recom-
mended them to several of my neigh-
bors." The Tablets are sold by medi-
cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a
box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
CHARGES HUSBAND WITH
BABE'S DEATH.
Albert Gossette, the Marchand far-
mer, charged with the murder of his
seven-year-old daughter, Madeline at
Marchand in 1908, was at the prelimi-
nary trial in the Hull police court last
week committed to stand trial for man-
slaughter at the term of the criminal
assizes which commence at Hull on
March 6.
Mrs. Gossette, the wife of the prison-
er, was the first witness called. She
stated that her husband had in a fit of
temper, thrown Madeline, their seven-
year-old daughter, against the wall,
striking her head so hard that she re-
mained unconscious for an hour after-
wards. That after this, the child had
always complained of pains in the head
and was sick, and eventually died the
following spring. She said that her
daughter Albertine, was present in the
room when the father assaulted Made-
line.
Dr. C. Cartier, of Annunciation, who
attended the child, stated that he first
attended the child on May 4, 1908, and
that he found her suffering from mus-
cular rheumatism and meningitis, which
at the time he attributed to the unsani-
tary surroundings in which the child
had been living. In answer to a query
by Attorney Brooke, he stated he had
been unaware that the child had sns-
tained any injuries, and that it would
be impossible at this date to prove
whether her death could have been
caused through an injury to her head
or not. He stated he had not seen the
body after death had occurred.
Albertine, the 11 -year-old child, in
her evidence corroborated the eviden e
given by her mother, stating she had
been present when the incident occurr-
ed. Asked as to whether her father
had cautioned her against telling any-
one about the affair, she stated that he
had threatened to hit her mother if she
ever opened her mouth.
Rev. Father Victor, parish priest of
Marchand, produced certificates of the
death of the child, showing that it had
taken place on May 18, 1908. He stat-
ed that the child had been buried in a
field in the rear of the the accused's
house, and afterwards reinterred in the
Marchand cemetery on June 18. This
evidence closed the case for the prose-
cution, the defence not even question-
ing any of the witnesses. Magistrate
Goyette then stated that although the
evidence was not strong enough to sup-
port the charge of murder, he felt jus-
tified in committing the accused to
stand his trial at the assizes on a charge
of manslaughter. Bail was refused.
t3DBN.
STEWARD.—In West Wawaaosh, on
February 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Stew-
ard; a daughter.
Yu1LL.—In Morris, on March 5th, to
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yuill—nee Miss
Mabel Procter; a son.
DIED.
FRASER.—In Huron township on Feb.
24th, Miss Elizabeth Fraser, aged 71
years and 24 days.
BOYD.—In Chicago, on February 29,
Catharine MacLennan, relict of the late
John Boyd, of Lucknow, aged 73 years.
McMIr.LAN.—In Kinloss, on March 6,
Mary Quinn, beloved wife of Miles
McMillan, aged 51 years, 14 days.
Bibi/grZ.,-
Y. M. C. A. HMG..
LO `I D 0 N. ONT.
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13UStN'l"s sS and SI-I'_IRTHIAND SUBJECTS.
Registered last season upwards of 300
students and placed every graduate. Seven
specially qualified regular teachers. One
hundred and fifty London firms employ
our trained help. College in session from
Sept. 5 to June 30. Enter any time.
Catalogue t'.ree. p
Forest City 'Itt s College
thand
J. W. WESTERVELT, JR. J. W. WESTERVELT,
Chartered Accountant, PrincipiI.
vita PrinciPaL
The City Hotel at Guelph and Fras-
er's Hotel at Plater Rock, N. B., were
burned.
Maurice Tabuleau, the holder of a
numberof flying records, flew a dis-
tance of about 261 miles, in his mono-
plane in two hours and 30 minutes at
Pau, France, yesterday. He flew at the
rate of approximately 101 miles an hour.
COURT OF REVISION.
Take Notice that the Municipal Coun-
cil of. the Corporation of the Town of
Wingham has constructed Se rs on
Alfred Street, between Jose ine and
Shuter Streets, on Shuter tween Al-
fred and Patrick Streets, on Centre
Street 550 feet southerly from Patrick
Street and on E ward Street between
Patrick and Alfrr d Streets and intends
to assess a port o of the final cost
thereof upon the real properties to be,
immediately benefited thereby, fronting
or abutting upon the said Alfred, Shut-
er, Centre and Edward Streets and in-
tends to impose a rate of 8i2 cents per
foot frontage for thirty years; that a
statement showing the land liable to and
proposed to be specially assessed for the
said improvements and the names of the
owners thereof so far as the same can
be ascertained from the last revised
Assessment Roll and otherwise is now
fyled in the office of Clerk of the Muni-
cipality and is open for inspection dur-
ing office hours.
The cost of the improvements are
$2500.00 of which $820.00 is to be provid-
ed out of the general funds of the Muni-
cipality.
The:Court of Revision will be held on
the 25th day of March,1912, at the hour
of 8 P. M. at the Town Hall for the
pur-
pose of hearing complaints against the
proposed assessment or the accuracy
of
the frontage measurements or any other
complaintwhich the persons interested
may desire to make and which by law is
recognizable by the Court.
Dated at Wingham this 6th day of
March, 1912,
JOHP; F. GROVES,
Clerk.
WIPED OUT
BY FIRE
Owing to this unfort-
unate affair which has
caused us such a heavy
loss, we must ask our
customers to have
their accounts paid by
March 15th.
Our office will be
in the Griffin block
till further notice.
Your kind consi-
deration in this matter
will greatly oblige.
Yours truly,
KING BROS.
VeettrPeat
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the use of our Want Ads.
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ges and the other Classified
Columns are usually inclu-
ded in even a very perfunc-
tory persual of the paper.
They areas good for general
business as they are for
" Help Wanted," etc.
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Fifty-two employees on the Welland
Canal in Lincoln county have been dis-
missed to make room for friends of the
Government.
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
The undersigned offers for sale his
desirable property in the Wingham
Town Plot, containing ten acres, more
or less. On the premises is a good
frame house in good condition; a good
frame barn; hard and soft water,
spring near the house. The property
would make an excellent home for a
retired farmer. Will be sold ata bargain
for immediate sale.
JOHN MITCHELL,
Wingham P.O.
CENTRAL
STRATFORD. ONT.
Our classes are now larger than
ever before but we, have enlarged
our quarters and we have room for
a few more students. Yen may en-
ter at any time. We have a staff of
nine experienced instructors and our
courses are the best. Our graduates
succeed. This week three recent
graduates informed us they have
positions_ paying $65, $70,i $125 per
month. We have three departments
—Commercial, Shorthand and Tele-
graphy.
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a h . Write for our free catalogue
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now.
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For settlers travelling
wi.h livestock and
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Special Trains
Will leave Toronto
Each TUESDAY
MARCH and AFRiL
10.20 P.M.
Settlers and families
without livestock
should 'we
Regular Trains
Leaving Toronto
10.20 P.M. Daily
Through Colonist
and Tourist Sleepers
Colonist Cars on all Trains
No charge for berths
Through Trains Toronto to
Winnipeg and West
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MARCH 1st to APRIL 15th
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For Tickets and further informa-
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or address A. E. Duff, D.Y.A., To-
ronto, Ont.
.SPECIAL
OFFER
We are prepared to match the price of any
style of shoe as advertised in any Canadian
catalogue and in case you may want some
particular style which we have not in stock we
will procure same for you at whatever price
advertised, free of all express charges to you
and at the same time if they do not suit, you
are under no obligation to keep them, and do
not forget "rips sewed free and soles\tacked
free" on all shoes bought from us.
WILLIS & CO.
Siete Agents
THE SHOE STORE.
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for Ladies.
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= First Announcement
OF
Spring Goods
For some weeks our Spring Gooes have
been arriving and are now on counters for
your inspection. We have bought more
heavily than usual and you will be sure to
find something to your liking among this
great assortment.
Which includes loo pieces of Crums Eng-
lish Prints, as you are aware that Crums is
a Household° Word in regard to Prints,
perfectly fast in color and beautiful
patterns.
Anderson's Scotch and Canadian Ging-
hams, Silked Checks, Printed Fou!ards,
Radium Forlards, Plain and Printed Voiles,
Sepetine Crepe Empress Poplins, Shar Su
Repps, etc.
We have also in stock the greatest display
of new and up-to-date Waists ever shown
in this store; they have the latest set in and
Kimona Sleeves, and are marked very low for
quick sale, come and see what we have and
get our prices before sending your money
out of town for something you have not
seen.
Trade of all kinds wanted in large quantities.
smammormaansmas
J. A. MILLS
Successor to T. A. Mills
Z PHONE 89. WINGHAM, ONT.
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