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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-2-9, Page 6—08 2T4000 P EVERY 1i'IIDAY MORNING au time for the curly mails) at 4'7131e Post" Steam 1'011811lnl lIons0, Tupr;nlannx So.; Minimums, On. Timms c1 Sonsaarnmron.-000 dollar and a half a yyear, in advance. The date to which every subserlption is paid is denoted by the date on the address label. dnvxtnmisrno RA'r7ae.—The following rates will be charged to those who advertise by the Year 1— smon, frit moi .-.3 mo One Column $000 000 X22,00 $20.00 20,00 12.00 qqnatter Half 20.00 12.00 8.00 12,00 6. " 00 0,00 n 'Might outs per line for first insertion, and three omits per line for each subsequentln- sertion. .011 ,advertisements meaeuro8 as NBusiness Cards, eighttheareil-12 lines to lines and under, $0 per: annum. Advertisements without specific, direo- tions, will be Inserted until forbid, and obarued accordingly. Instructions to change or discontinue au advertisement must be left at the Daunting room f each week. PThis is imperative, Tuesday n.. x orni�, 0ditor and Proprietor. 1)istxz,ct , .etas. 01102 (high time it has several %Plea been annonneed that he was at the point of death and 317 wee exneoted by npne that he would rally 00 long as he, did, Deopa0ed removed his factory Pram here a short while ago and during the short residence there had become high. ly respected, Hie 0aroer through lite affords a striking example of the 500oesc which invariably at en devotion to duty; It might be said, in feet, that Ilia attention to business shortened his life. From the very time he started into buei. nese until within a short time of his de, mise Ito has left muoh to hie memory in the shape of many good deodo. De. eeaeed was 04 years of age and loaves a `wife and family of 12 olrildren, two of whom resides in Exeter, Mrs• T. Ii, Car- ling and Mre. Robt, Piokard. The busi- ness will be oarried on by his sone. x.,ncliuow. Angus MoQuaig is having brought to the station here, a large quantity of splendid square timber. The boyo of the Luoknow Harmonica Band will give a grand n the Town Halton Thursday o evenn ing,Feb. 150h. Goon TEMPLAR Oar'xoxns.—At the regu- lar meeting of Sepoy Lodge, No. 384, the following officers were elected :—Ohief Templar, 3, G. Murdoch ; Vice Templar, Mary McKenzie ; Past Chief Templar, J. D. Murdoch ; Secretary, Alexander Murdoch ; Assistant Secretary, L. Law- son ; Financial Secretary, M. McKenzie ; Treasurer, John Scott; Chaplain, Alex. Lawson ; Marshal, Mark Douglass ; Deputy ; Sentinel, Thosrshal, Tena Shatran . Miller; Organist, Maggie Stewart. M c'fi Ill o•p. The local Board of Health met in the Queen's hotel, Seaforth, on Monday, 20th of Jan. John Bennewies, ohairman ; J. 0. Morrison. secretary ; Bernard O'Oon- nel, Thos. Murray and John McElroy, members ; Richard Pollard, sanitary in. apeotor. The secretary read a oiroular from provincial board of health advising vaccination to prevent the spread of small pox. The following resolutions were paesed : That in the event of small pox appearing to any extent in Ontario the chairman call a meeting of the board, but if email pox does not appear sooner, the vaoeination of children be left until summer holidays. That the trustees of Roman Catholic Separate schools, Nos. 8 and 7 be allowed to pay medical health officer for visits to them the last year. That where pereoue ask for the sanitary inspector to visit sohools or other prem• i000, water closets, wells, or nuisances cleaned or removed, if any cause 'exists for suoh inspection the trustees or per e0110 interested shall pay the inepeotor, and where no cause exists the party so ordering to pay for visit. Gorrie. Wm. Irwin is still very ill. Horse Fair on the 15th inst. The third Annual meeting of the Howick Sabbath School Union will be held in the Presbyterian ohuroh, Wrox- eter, on Tuesday, 20th inst., commencing at 10:30 a. in. The annual meeting of Loyal Orange Young Briton County Lodge of the united Counties of Bruce, Huron and Wellington was held in the orange hall on Tuesday, Jan. 28rd. W. C. M., Abe Strong, occupied the chair and John M. Young the deputy chair. After the general routine of business the following officers were elected for the ensuing year :—W. 0. WE., A. Strong, Orange Hill ; 0. D. M., Wm. McKee, Fordwiah ; Chap., J. Dungan, Harriston ; Seoretary, W. J. Dlundall, Walkerton ; Treasurer, J. Montgomery, Orange Hill ; D. of C., J. A. Strong, Orange Hill ; Lecturer, T. Higgins, Bluevale ; Deputy Lecturers, A. Happard, Farewell, and B. Dickson, Barristeu ; Delegates to Grand Lodge, J. M. Young and A. Spotton. Clinton. The noted stallion, Onward Bing, for- merly owned by Mr. Doherty, died at Glencoe. James Twitchell is having his store, recently injured by fire, thoroughly over- hauled. The little child of B. J. Yoe, of town, got very severely soalded on Saturday, by pulling a kettle of boiling water over. It is intended to devote more time to the cemetery than has been the case here- tofore, and the committee ask for appli. cants for the position of Cemetery Super- intendent. Mise Forrest, who was so unfortunate• ly drowned at Toronto, was a niece of Mrs. Boles, of town, and at one time at- tended the Collegiate here, She was a most estimable young lady, being a daughter of John Forrest, of Stanley. There are now four businesses in town running under the Dash system :—The Hodgens Estate, Taylor & Sons, Rance & Spalding, and Cooper & Co. ; the two first -named have had a year's experience, and are delighted therewith ; bow much better it would be for all concerned, if every transaction was strictly cath. THE BRUSSELS POST PEA, 9, 1894 General 11T.e' 1 The Czar's health has improved, Albert Stroebel, murderer, was hanged at Viotorla, 13. C., Tuesday of last week, At Montreal last week Judge `,Gait do. aided that the Provincial oommer0(01 tax on traders is o9n2tituti0nal and legal. It ie oertri•tecially denied that Tim- buotoo, the capital of the Western Son• elan, will be eva0nated by the Trench forme. The Watkins bill to punish prize fight- ers and abettors of prize fighting paesed, the Iowa House Wednesday by a unani- moue vote, . Archbishop Ireland says there is no foundation whatever for the rumor that he is to be, appointed Papal delegate in plane of Salolh, Patrick J. Duffy, ( mail clerk on the Northern Railway living on Bathurst street, was arrested last week charged with stealing $620 from a registered letter, Daniel 13. Judson, a large glove manus faetnrer and storekeeper at Gloversville, N; Y., has failed. Liabilities, $250,000. The factory employed about 1,000 halide (lion running on full time, George Hawkins, of Douglas, York oounty, N..13., who has lately died, was twice married, was the father of 20 child- ren, 18 of whom are living, and leaves au even one hundred grand -children. "Lord Dufferin" is dead. Not the Marquis of Dufforin, the celebrated diplo- mat, but a St. Bernard dog, owned by City Treasurer Guillot, of Windsor. The dead dog was pnrohased by Mr. Guillot for $500. The young man Hendricks who was arrested in Drayton for stealing a horse and rig from Newmarket pleaded guilty before Judge Chadwiok at Guelph last week, and was sentenced to threw years in penitentiary. Judge Butler in the United States Cir- aui Court et Philadelphia Tuesday decided in favor of the sugar trust in the suit brought by the Government to have set aside as illegal the taking of Philadelphia refineries into the trust. Near Crow, Hickman County, Ky., Monday a boiler exploded in the port- able mill of John Merrier, killing five men and fatally injuring another. The ex- plosion was caused by the running of cold water into the hot boiler. A most distressing accident oocurred on Friday of last week, which resulted in the death of a little child not 3 years of age, The little boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Harrington, Smith's Palle, Ont., who live south of the river, was playing in the kitchen, and there was standing on the floor a pail of scalding water. By a mil -step the little child fell backward in- to the pail of water, and was most fright. fully soalded. It suffered the most ter- rible agony nntil late in the afternoon, and died in convulsions. The remains were interred in ,Maple Vale cemetery on Sunday. The rare experiment of grafting a sec- tion of a dog's rib upon the healthy stump of a man's was to be tried on Tuesday at the Mount Sinai, New York, hospital. On January 26th, while stepping on board a Seventh avenue surface oar at Forty- eighth street, Isaac Grohueko was severe- ly injured. A Broadway cable oar crash- ed into the Seventh avenue oar with great violenoe, and Grohueko was thrown from the rear platform of the ear upon a pile of stones and debris that had been left lying near the track. Two of Grohusko's ribs were broken, another so badly frac- tured that a portion of it was removed. To the remaining portion of this rib the dog's rib was to be grafted. The opera. tion was to be performed by Dr. William. T. Boll. Gode rich. While working at llidd's salt block, R. Buchanan, Lighthouse et., had the fortune to fall, dislocating three of his ribs. The pastor, Rev. H. Irvine, opened a series of revival services in his church on Monday evening. The annual oyster supper of the A. 0. U. W., No. 27, was held in the Temper- ance hall on Friday evening. There was a good attendance of the. members and their families. The Goderich Star says :-"Few sooial events in this neighborhood have caused more interest and friendly curiosity than the nuptials of Capt. Joseph Beck, ex. Warden of Huron, and President of the Conservative Association, and Miss Mag- gie E., daughter of John Kernighan, the well•known and highly esteemed resident of Colborne township, one of Canada's most successful and representative farm- ers. Both parties have a hoot of friends, and the crowd that gathered at the hand- some and cosy residence of the bride's parents filled the rooms and taxed the ' n generous a000mmodatw provided. Rev. Robb. Henderson was the officiating clergyman, and the groom was supported by M. O. Johnston, barrister, of town, while Mies Sturdy, of Auburn, lent the usual kind offices to the bride, the little daughters of Mrs. Andrew Beck, charm- ingly dressed in blue, acting as maids of honor. The bride was most becomingly attired in a brown travelling ocstume, and all the surroundings were snob as to make a very pretty wedding. Noticeable amongst the spectators were two Colborne patriarchs, Joseph Morris and Hugh Girvin. Congratulations over, the com- pany sat down to a bountiful dinner, the knot being tied at high noon, and a couple of hours were most pleasantly spent until the time for driving into town to take the afternoon train for the East— Toronto, Pioton and other points to be visited. The wedding presents made a handsome display, owning from so large a circle of friends, and will be pleasing reminders to Mr. and Mrs. Beck of the good wishes showered on them as they embarked on the matrimonial voyage." Dlxeter. The skunk season is at hand. No less than 100 of these interesting little an• imals were captured in the neighborhood of Sodom in one week. The store recently vacated by Pickard & Son is now undergoing repairs, and when completed will be occupied by E. J. Speakman & Co. It is being re.modeled in many ways. At the annual meeting of the Exeter Creamery Association the following offi- cers were elected for the ensuing term: President, A. Bishop ; Vice Pres., Wm. Northcott; Direotors, P. Madge, A. Q. Bobier, W. G. Bisect t and Dr. Lutz. While John Duncan, er., of Farquhar, was driving homeward his horse became spirited when passing another rig and made a sndden spring into the ditch, throwing Mr. Duncan out on bis head inflicting several large and painful scalp wounds and rendering him almost un- eoneaioue. The debate at the Epworth League meeting in the James St. Methodist ohnrah, Tuesday night, "Which had the most influence in the world, Men or Women" was decided in favor of the fair sex. P. Frayne and Fred. Collins were champions for the men. Mrs. W. E. Pertains and Mies P. Down for the women. Tho death of W. H. Verity, of Brant ford, formerly of Exeter, was learned with exceeding deep regret. Tho sad event took place on Monday of last week, at the family residence. Hie demise was in no way unexpected as he has been ail. ing for many months with a 000002one stomach for whloh nothing could be done. He visited London, England, a few months ago and consulted one of the most eminent physicians who 'informed him that nothing could be done for him and that it igonld be only a matter of time until death would put an end to his !ieatorth. A petition asking the Council bo limit the hotellioeneee to four has been pre. sented. Seaforth curlers head the list in this curling district and will have show for the tankard. On the evening of Wednesday night week before last, the venerable bard of the Caledonian Sooiety invited a number of the leading men of the Sons of Soot. land to his house to partake of his hos- pitality, at the oonolueion of the concert. Among them was Mr. Cameron, the Sootoh coolie and elecutionist, Donald Stewart, piper, of Brussels ; Andrew Calder, A. Stewart, Mr. Patterson, the chief of the Sons, seoretary of the Sons, and others. Mr. Carmichael had an ex- cellent haggis prepared for them, warm, reekia, riob, of which all partook, along with a oup of excellent coffee. A pleasant hour was spent in singing, reciting, piping, and telling of anecdotes. The bard was in good form and sang several of his well-known longe with as muoh energy as he did ten years ago. THE ROYAL TzarPLAas.—Huron County Royal Templare of 'Temperance met in the Oddfollowe' Hall. Seaforth, on Mon. day of last week, District Deputy, J. E. Tom, of Goderich, in the chair. There were over 80 delegates present from all over the oounty. The following officers were elected :—District Deputy, J. E. Tom, Goderich, re•eledod ; Vice•aoun- oilier, Mrs. Haxby, Seaforth ; Past diet. councillor, 3. H. Pyper, Seaforth; Chap- lain, T. 0. Piokard, Holmeeville ; Rea.• sec., F. S. Elwood, Holmeeville ; Treas., Wm. Lewis, Crediton ; Herald, George Penhale, Exeter ; Guard, Ed. MOAsh, Varna ; Sentinel, Henry Monteith, Bruoefleld. The meeting was opened at 10 a. and closed at 0 p. no. A largo number of different subjects pertaining to the advancement of the temperance cause were dieoussod in the meeting. The Royal Templare of Temperance, of Seaforth received a hearty vote of thanks for the kind hospitality shown the visit- ors. The next semi.annual meeting will be held at Wingliam in June next. Rev. Mr. Galloway, of Seaforth, welcomed the visitors to the town of Seaforth. During the great i at a go lle tical drive in Quebec a little French•Oanadian 0hild was in danger of being oruehed between the viceregal sleigh and another, when LOY Aberdeen roagbed forward, ploked up the frightened little one, and kept it. until the pr000seion bad passed, Canada's monster cheese, wbioh arriv, ed in England some time ago from Chi. ()ago, is still unsold, and ie lying in the London railway station, no private ware. house beingstrong en0ugli to boar its weight. Only twelve mohes from the top has spoiled, The idea of exhibiting it has been abandoned, Several, offers for the purchase of it have been received, but they were not high enough, The, $7,500 verdiot for plaintiff in the suit ab Boston of Elinor J. lilies, of Cani- bridge, against. the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company is to stand the Nil benoh of the Supreme Court, having over ruled the defendant's exceptions. 13liss was injured in Sep• Comber, 1800, by, the derailment 00 a car, in which he was a passenger, at Troy, N. Y. A train robber named John Dalton was captured near Deadwood, S. D., on Jan, 270h, by one of the North.western Ex- press messengers. Dalton bad himself expressed on the inside of a stuffed buffa- lo, but this game wits spoiled by his re- moving one of the animal's glass eyes, through the socket of which he stook a six-shooter, covering the messenger. The latter, however, escaped from its deadly range, and leaped upon the baok of the stuffed animal. The book caved in, and he dropped upon the robber inside, and sat on hire until the next station was reached. when he was turned over to the authorities. The safe contained $50,000. Evidently Dalton bad confederates who were to act to his signal. They have not been apprehended. Grand Trunk Henry Gateman, of 836 Gregory avenue, Paeeaio, N. Y•, went to call upon his son, Charles E. Coleman,. at No. 24 Lincoln street, one night last week, in response to a message that the young man was in. disposed. As he entered the house he met his daughter-in-law. "What is the matter with Charley 7" he inquired anx. iously. "Don't be frightened, father," she answered. "He has a bad attack of inflammatory rheumatism—worse than he had before." Without speaking, Mr. Coleman threw up his bands and fell dead. Hie physician has been treating him for heart trouble for some time. He says the otiose of death was heart disease, undoubtedly aggravated by sudden ex- citement. - A sensation has been caused at Sidney Crossing, near Belleville, by the elope- ment of Lillie, the 18 -year-old daughter of Marshall Vandewatere, a wealthy farmer who lives near there, with David Lawrence, aged 33, a man who had work. ed for her father and others in that lo. oality as a farm laborer. The couple, who, it is belived, were privately mar• vied before the elopement, took an early train west on Saturday morning. It is believed that they have gone to Michigan, where Lawrence's mother lives. Tbe girl has $7,000 in her own right. She is a handsome brunette of plump figure, and was the belle of the neighborhood in which she lived. Her parents, who had no snepinions in the premises, are very muoh inoensed over the 0onduct of their daughter, who is an only child. The eubseriptione to the new United States 5 per cents aro so large that Now York city will probably subscribe for the entire inane, Col. W. H. Taylor, who was seoretary to William Henry Harrison when the latter was President, and who married e daughter of the President, died on T11013. sufferings'. Ile at once returned home, day. If you want to Travel NORTH SOUTH EAST or WEST —TAKE THE— Grand Trunk. For run particul,clsapply to J. N. KENDALL, G. T. R. Agent, Brussels. all Paper SHOULD BEAUTIFY Not simply hide bare walls. As discordant strains of music are to the ear, so is the eye tortured by Qut-of-harmony paper on the walls. If you look to cheapness alone you might as well cover your plaster with penn -a-dozen newspapers. But if you appreciate real p y beauty youshould consider many things in purchasing papers --the location, light and woodwork of the room, etc. Our stock includes something especially adapted to ovary room. —more colors and patterns than any other wail paper store in the totin. Our Good Papers coot you n0 more than the poor - Ones others sell. Call and see our thousand -and -one styles. Persons thoroughly versed in Wall Paper will wait upon you and aid you in leaking Selections. - We bang paper in a first-class manner and are prepared to ex- ecute the best kind of decorations. WIND)OW BLINDS.—I have an elegant stock of Window Blinds, well assorted, that will only need to be seen to be appreci- ated. They may he had either trimmed or plain by the yard. M. Rammerly, a well-known business man of Hillsboro, Va., sends this testimony to the merits of Ayer's Sarsaparilla: "Several years ago,I hurt my leg, the Injury leaving a sore w ilohled to eryelpelas. 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