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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1894-4-13, Page 5AVM 3, 1..594 THE BRUSSELS 0 r5 T A little attention ehoeld be given to our '1 II DI. MoNitir, of Bolton, will bake obarge of Reeve Milneei flour mill He Comes highly recommended, The Ethelites who attended the Young Liberal Banquet et Brussels last Friday evening are loud in its peewee. Quite a little excitement has been on. oasioned In this looality of late oven what is said to be a can of 11l41:eating a Child ,and law ie threatened if lb is net disoou. tinned. C iettnl)roole- Oranbrook should have en M, D. OIuu les Dames wee visiting friends ab Poole. Mies Mary McKay, of Seaforth, is home on a visit, Principal Wynn hae parobaeed 0 new Brantford bicycle. John Dining and John Mi ohell are visiting at Exeter this week. A. O, Dames went to Montreal last week with a oar load of Cattle Sam, McDonald has taken a plaoe near Listowel for the next six months. Rev. D. 13. McRae will attend Synod at Hamilton'on the 10th of this month. William Heauter and Geo. MoNichol went to Molesworth on Monday where they are rnuaged for the Summer. Mies B. Scbottles, of Iiinburn, has been successful in seeming a music olaee in one village. She oommences teaohing this week. The adjourned Court of Revision of Drainage Assessment ander By.Iaw, No. 63, on Tuesday, brought quite a crowd to oar village. Inepeotor Robb paid an official visit to our Publiu Sohool on Thursday of last week. He expressed himself highly pleased with the order and proficiency. Gere N. Spring work was delayed this week owing to the storm, William Strath had a very eueoeeeful wood -bee on Tuesday of laet week. Mat. Lamont who has been home on a visit from Dakota returned to the West this week. Mise Agnes Wortley has leased her farm to Alex. Stewart jr. et an annual rental of 390. The Court of Revision at Cranbrook on Tuesday took the most of the "quirks" out of By-law No. 52. Work was suspended in the Star Mille for a few days last week on account of part of the maohioery being broken. Mies Aggie Douglas, who was visiting relatives at Drumbo and Mende at Rose- ville, arrived home last week after an en- joyable visit. J. 13. Stewart, teacher in No. 8 was away Iasi week, attending the funeral of a relative. During bis absence, Miss Mary McNair took charge of the school. The family of Maloolm MoNair, recent. ly of Bolton, who were visiting at John MoNair'e have removed to Ethel where Mr. McNair is engaged as miller in Wm. Milne's grist mill. It is said a umber of the leading farmers in Grey and Morris townships are talking of combining and if so will make several shipments of fat cattle to the Old Country. The bnyers appear to be unwilling to run any risk. Some of the boys on the 16th con. must have a terrible sweet tooth when they have to "sugar off" on Sunday evenings. An old gentleman named Moses once re- ceivers some information, lade, Concern- ing the Sabbath and how to use it that might do you good if you would read 11 Scrtoon REPo:tr.-The following is the standing of the pupils in S. S. No. 10, Grey, ae ascertained by the promotion examination of April 5th and 6th :-Sr. 8rd-Total marks, 880 -Amelia Michel, 603 ; John Coutts, 591 ; Irene Baker, 580 ; Richard Pattereon, 384. Sr. 2nd- Totalmarko, 480 -Susan Bathwell, 436 ; Lottie Sanders, 404 ; George Michel, 394 ; Garfield Baker, 352 ; Mary Coutts, 249. Jr. 3rd -Total marks, 780 -John Speiran, 477 ; Mary Jane Cargoohau, 446 ; John Evans, 443 ; Wm. Baker, 397; Wm. Stevenson, 392. C. Beeman; Teacher. Morri3O . Mr. Ellis, of Gerrie, was the gneet of Alex, Laket on Sunday. Inspector Robb is making his usual visit to the schools in this township this week. Jas. M. Martin, 4th line, was awarded the gravel eontraot for the village of Brussels. Wm. Hanna, of Essex, ie visiting friends and old acquaintances in Morrie at present, Mrs. Jno. Mooney is under the dootor's Dare this week. We hope she will soon be convalescent, • Sidney Hunt, who has been io the lumber woods for several months, is visit. ing on the 6th line. Mre. John Wightman, who has been in poor health for some time, is nowro- gressing favorably. P Several farmere in this township have commenced seeding The ground is dry but rather oold yet. The party who at one time talked of starting a general store at Sunshine hes, we believe, given up the idea. Dirs. Henry Robb, er., who has been eiok for the last month is, we aro pleased to say, able to be around again, Mise Mary A. Stroud, of Lucknow, is at present with her sister, Mrs. John Johnston, who has been sick for the last year. Geo. Porterfield. lately in the employ of W. R. Erekiue, merchant of Belgrave, is attending the Commerolal College in Stratford at present, Mr. Close and several members of the family were visiting friends on the 6th line last week. They are reeidente of Grey township, near Ethel. Wm. Michie has excavated the Cellar for hie new dwelling house and has every- thing verything in readlne0e for 3110 stone mesons. As soon as the weather will permit they will be on band. - DIOn.-On Thursday morning of this week George Skelton, an old resident of Morris, passed away to his long home, aged 66 years and 8 months. The funer- al will take place on Friday afternoon at 2 o'olook. Interment at Brussels nem• etery, On Thursday of last week the reaper Death visited the home of Mrs, Moffatt and bore away the epirit of the infant child of Robt. Moffatt. The parente are lovely flower that washeenetohedf their away only to bloom in Paradise. Notwitbetanding the inolomeuoy of the weather the Grey.Birdis a frequent visitor on the 0th line, Nellie, daughter of Williatn Wlleon, 6th line, bad her shotilder injured by a fall from a hay mow the other day. Wm. 10 13r3er and fancily have gene to reetde in Winton, .las, Evans bag leased Mr. IlleArteret farm 00 3110 80h oon,. On Sunday lost a 0011010 young man took hie best girl for a drive. They went South for while but the breeze not be - Ing bracing enough they turned and mime North. The roads were fine, ware they not Will 7 Mrs. Thos, Walker is in poor health owing to her being afflicted with a Can. mer. She lute tried various remedies which have been of little pormenent good. We hope the wishes of her many friends will be realized in her improvement in health, Caesar. -The lecture entitled "From Winnipeg to San Francisco," Elven by Edward Dawson, of Kincardine, In the Methodist ohur0b at Sunshine, on There• day night of laet week, was, to use a oom- mon phrase, a good one, Mr. Dawson is, aompnretively speaking, a young man, and a fluent and pleasant speaker. The merits of the lecture were pertain ly de. serving of a larger audience then that which greeted him. The principle points brought out in the lecture were the cif. mate and natural resources of Manitoba, the rapid growth of the towns and Cities during the boom, the rapidity with which farmers pub in their crops, dust storms, blizzards, prairie fires, the extent to which ranching is (serried on in the Norshwest, scenery of the Rocky Mann - tams, the climate and products of British Columbia, the storms on the Paoifio Ocean and the orange oroharde and vine- yards of California, Viral to nt. Wm. J. Dickson's new barn timber is being got in shape for raising. It will be a dandy. Rev. T. W. Cozens will preaoh at Wingham next Sunday. Hie work here will be taken by W. H. Kerr„of Brussels. Walton is moving up this Spring, Matthew llforrison ie putting up a new office and other improvements are going on in the village. Onix. -Chas. Sage, a well known resi• dent of Walton for the past 27 years, passed over to the great majority on Wednesday morning of this week, aged 69 years. The deceased was bora in Eng- land and woe married to Mise Elizabeth Ash, bis now bereft partner, at Brantford in June, 1864. Their family 000eieted of one eon, George, who died in December, 1881, and four daughters, all living. He had been a great sufferer for the past two years, and owing to the nature of hie disease was compelled to sit in his obair day and night. During it all he display. ed Ohrietian fortitude. Mr. Sage was a ooneietent member of the Episcopalian ohureh. The funeral took plane ou Thursday afternoon, Rev. W. G. Reilly, of Bruesele, conducting the service. There was a large attendance et the funeral who thereby showed their sym• pathy with Mrs. Sage and family. Brussels Council. A. special meeting of Brussels Council was held Monday evening. All the mem- bers in attendance. Tenders for gravel and lumber were re- ceived as follows :- Se0EExxn. UNSCREWED. A. Bird.... 700. per yct. 46c. per yd. J. Martin.. 500. " 400. W. Reilly.. 54c. " 40o. D. Shine .. 74c. " 48c. ' A. Adams., 69o. 49o. ' W. Denbow 65c. " 44c. " Craws ren M. PEND PER M. W. Milne.... 312.00 318.00 L. McDonald: 11.00 14.00 Moved by W. H. McCracken, seconded by S. Wilton that Jas. Martin's tender be accepted for gravel and W. Milne% for lumber. Carried. Last year the lowest tender for gravel Was 65c. for screened and 39e. for un- soreemed. Pine plank cost 312.50 last Beason. Gravelling contract to be com- pleted by August lst this year. Application% were read from John Scott and John Broadfoot for the position of Constable, ohm. Moved by R. Graham, seconded by R. Williams that J110. Broacifoot be appoint- ed, agreement to terminate at any month the Council may see fit. Carried. The Reeve reported receiving 340.00 from the Mercantile Insurance Co. for damage to Council Chamber by ere. Also that he had remitted 3125 to Toronto to pay for new town scales. Moved by S. Wilton, seconded by R. Williams that an order be passed for that amount. Car- ried, Letter from Messrs. Garrow et Proud - foot, Goderiob, accompanied by the papers in the Howe Woollen Mill, were laid before the Council. Moved by R. Graham, seconded by R. Williams that 3468 be remitted to Messrs. Garrow S: Proudfoot in full of law costa in above suit. Carried. Tho Woollen Mill situation came up far clisoussiou, Moved by R. Graham, seconded by W. H. McCracken that the Mill bo offered for sale, advertisements to appear ill the Globo and Empire, and the London Free Press, Carried. Connell then adjouruecl. Q7aatxadiau .Ne*eve:. The Liberals of South Brant on Saber. day nominated Hou. A. S. Hardy. Judge Pardee signed an order for the sale of the Georgia Pacific railroad at auction. The 1811 Battalion, Hamilton, hay ao• oopted an invitation to visit Galt on the Queen's Birthday. All the refineries of the American Sugar Refining Company are sloeed down this weak on a000unt of the dullness of Made. A young Englishman named Frederick Firth, a tarns laborer, suioided Sundayed near Oalt Lake by taking oarbolio acid and strychnine, A five•year-old boy named Wen. Char. tars, and John A. Bonrasea, te gardener, were run over and killed by trolley oars in Montreal Friday. Saturday night an old maid homed Caroline Pepin was killed instantly by falling down a flight of stairs and break- ing her nook. It ie supposed she was in a state of intoxinatiou at the time. A Tribune epeoiel from Baltimore says; -Despatches from 15 places in the great peaall.growing district of Maryland say the extreme (sold of the last week has blighted tho bloseonle, but some of the largest growere have not given up Wee. The Icing of Mrueeia'a salary le 33,862 000, Smallpox ie incraaeing alarmingly Cltiettgo, Major Bruce, of the Royal Grenadiers is spoken of es likely to be adjutant of this year's 13iebey team. North Beetle Liberale 11000 Chown WO. Ilam J, McKee, lumberman, of Windsor, to stand' for the Ontario elections. Time. Fresor, for the last ten years Prinolpel of Owen Sound I'ublie Sohcols,. died Friday, after a long illness. The Patrons of Muskoka met ab Burk's Falls Friday and decided not to nominate A candidate for the Legielature at present. David W. finghorn, gas fitter, and Willie Halton, it child three years old, were killed by Toronto trolley oars day. Fishery Overseer Clarke, of Belleville, has been inabruoted not to issue any lleeensae for nines in hie division this y ear', The two•yoar.old child of Aaron Herd fell intoe pail of eoalding water on Tose day and died on Wednesday at Picker- ing, Ont. It ie announood that the Massey Mu0io Hall, Toronto, will be formally opened by ana gradn10,d musical festival on June 14, 15 Word comes from Winnipeg that the Massey -Harris Company have decided to cut down their staff and also make a gen• eras reduction in wages. At Bright, Monday evening, Mre, Peter W. Bristow was found dead in her kitchen. She bad evidently fallen against the stove asbead. there was a small wound in her fore - The two-year old little daughter of Wm. Ray, living at Red Bank, near Newcastle, N. 8., was badly burned while trying to save her doll. which ie some way had caught on fire. At Brookville jail on Saturday morn. ing a man named Covill, confined as a lunatic, snatched a razor from a fellow - prisoner who was ebaving and killed him• self. Some miscreant threw a 25 -pound keg of,blaeting powder, with fuse attached, into the office of The News, at Tweed, Ont., on Saturday night, but the fuse be- came extinguished and the scheme failed. A Collingwood citizen who wrote "All is well" on the margin of a newspaper which was sent by mail was fined 310 and poets. A young lady in the same town who eoribbled a few words on a pap• er was lined e. similar amount. Considerable excitement was caused among the busy and eteady.going Citizens of Waterloo, on Saturday, by the appear- ance of a dog on Main eb.eet that exhi- bited all the symptoms of rabies. Many dogs were bitten, and women and ohild• ren attacked, one little girl having her band lacerated by it. Citizens turned out with weapons, and after a good deal of chasing enooeeded in despatching the brute. Owing to the uncertainty of the number of doge that may have possibly received the virus, the Mayor has issued an order to the effeot that all dogs must, for the present, he muzzled or tied etp. • A Delhi correspondent writes ;-',Ern- est, the eight-year.old son of John Arm- strong, hotel•keeper at Hawtrey, on Mon- day tried the experiment of pouring a quantity of gun powder into an empty vessel and throtvicg a lighted match into it. As no immediate result followed he stooped over the vessel to ascertain the cause, when a sudden explosion o0- eurred, burning his face and head severe- ly. Dr. Honsberger, under whose oars he ie, fears that his sight will be entirely destroyed. About 7, p.m. on Tuesday H. Stroud 0 ek Co.'s carpet works, one of the most prosperous industries of Paris, Ont„ was discovered to be on fire, and in lees than an hour it was in aehee. There was not a large stook on band. The estimated lose on the building and machinery is about 340,000. Origin of fire unknown. The following are the insurance compan- ies interested, and the amounts carried by them :-Norwich 'Union, 31,500 ; fire Insurance Association, 32,500 ; Guardian, 33,500 ; Union, 32,600 ; London 13 Lan. oa,bire, 32,000 ; Phoenix, of London, 35,500 ; Caledonian, 32,500 ; Northern, 32,500 ; Queen's, 32,500 ; lIliliere Se Manufaoturera, 32,500 t Iwpsrial, 32,500. One of the biggest byoiole events of the year will be the relay race which will pro. bebly be held at the end of Juue, im- mediately before the C. W. A. meet in Montreal, The C. W. A. dieoussod the matter but decided to do nothing. How- ever, the,Toronto Mail will take obarge of the race, which will be from Sarnia to Montreal, about 560 miles, and the route will probably be as follows :-Sarnia, London, Sb. Mary's, Stratford Berlin, Guelph, and Georgetown, to Toronto, a- long the Kingston road -which is in ex. oellent condition as far as Gananoque- to Montreal. The riders are expected to to cover on the average 15 miles au hour, and the eohedule time will probably be 36 hours. A sad ease of death by drowning occur- red at Plantagenet on Sunday. t3arfield Allen, aged 9 years, eon of Albert Allen, of the Wellen mills of that plane, was , artusing the bridge e on his way home ne from Sunday School. He was seen by jJoeBeh Charbonneau when about two - I thirds of the way across, and this is the last that is known of him. The two vol- t owes he had taken from the library, and which be was carrying under his arra, were found in the water some distance below the bridge. The Current is very swift at this Beason of the year, and the fall from the floor of the bridge to the surface of the water is about twenty feet, so that it may be some time before the burly is found. The river is now being dragged. The young lad was a qu'et, dutiful child, and the sad occurrence has oast it gloom over the village. Word of adeath under the moat die. troeaing olroumstauaea in the township of Sullivan readied Owen Sound Sabur. day. Willie, the 5.year-old eon of Got- tfried Belioh, strayed away from his home, on the fifth concession, on Wed. noeday afternoon. He end two younger brethers went to the sjoining bush short, ly before noon. The youunger ones re. turned home about 1 n'ulook, Willie, it seems, thought the younger ones were on the wrong road, and started home an. other way. He evidently did not strike the right road, as he was afterwards seen at Leonard Maxwell's, and again passing through the fields of a man named Gould. ing, on the fourth oonceeeiou. After waiting a fere minutes his father started oat to searuh, but, not emending, the entire neighborhood was aroused. All that night the Country was scoured, but without success, Late in the afternoon the body of the little follow was found in a field 11 miles from home. He had ted. died on and on until, exhausted, he fell, where death overtook him. at ase-. yi 1�} ���/+ii/ will pay 319c. for Butter. We have Special Values in BLACK and COLORED DRESS GOODS. See our Hopsacking, Whip Cords and Fancy Tweeds. Every Lady should sea Prints, We have Light and Dark Prints, fast Colors, at Sc, 8e, ].Oe and 121c. See our printed Delaines at 7 l-'2 Cts. See See Seo De a Widest width Heavy Shaker Flannel at Oe per yard. Grand Values in Table Linens, Towellings, Towels, Muslim and all kinds of White Goods. See our yard wide Factory Cotton at 5c per yard. Bleached Cotton, from 5e per yard up, our Men's and Boy's Rats, Newest Styles, Lowest Prices. our Men's Wool Pants from $1.50 per pair up our Men's and Boys' Suits, new, nobby and good, at Bottom Prices. Vire have a Full .A.ssortment in Gents' Furnishings. In House Furnishings we take the Lead, Late Curtains, white and cream, front 35e up. ART MUSLINS, FROM 5 CTS. UP. Carpets in Hemp, German, Union, Wool and Tapestry. Remember we are paying 19c. for Butter...0*m,1 THE H. E. MADDOCK Dry Goods Company. FOR PARTICULARS ABOUT THE SETTLERS' TRAINS TO ANiTOBA AND THE NORTH -WEST Soo your CUnraot aailroad Aron and aid aooyy ar "Free Facts, Farms and Sleepers" J. T. PEPPER, AGENT, BRUSSELS. CARRIAGE 1: ORE E. Bryes Successor to H. WILLIAMS It: SON, Mill street, Brussels, Will keep in Stock and Make to Order CARRIAGES 000 Of the following styles :- Single and Double Buggies, 'In d.riae, Village Carte, Dog Carts with Plat- form Gears, Ladies' Phaetons, Dootor's Phaetons, Lumber Wagons, &o., tee. Repairing and re -painting, Promptly attended to at Moderate Charges, Call and examine stock be- fore purchasing else- where. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Agent for the Fleury Plows, and Repairs always on hand. Everybody aboit(d see the Adjustable Pole. It will lit any rig, either bnggy or cutter. J. E. SRY©GES, lisS US010f3*• BRUSSELS, ONT, 311 TlieLeadj C1other, Importer of Gents' Furnishings, Hats 86 Gaps, Ordered Work a Specialty. Offers a Grand Opportunity to secure a Life Size Airbrush India Ink Portrait Freer These portraits are guaranteed to be made by Tan IVtIuBo1IAOTs PORTRAIT Co., OF TORONTO, LTD., 496 Queen St. West, Toronto, Out., whose celebrated portraits are so well and favorably known through- out the country, and we take pleasure in announcing to our friends and customers that we have perfected an arrangement with this company, who, in order to further advertise their work, and upon our agreeingr to place ac e our orders In largequantities, l 5 are to give us the advantage of their lowest wholesale rates. This enables us to offer for a limited period one of their life'size India Ink Portraits (copied from any Photo you may select) Free of Charge, when your cash purchases at our store amount to $10. These beautiful por- traits are of the same size and quality as have been retailed for years at $15 each. Considering that an unframed portrait would be but a poor advertisement, and in order to see to it that (their portraits are not only framed, but suitably and properly framed, the Portrait Co. has made it conditional upon us that with each portrait wo sell a frame -the price is 0.50 -subject only to our customers' selection as to style. Call and Select your Frame from our assortment, which in- cludes some of the latest and best designs. You pay for the Frame Only. We give you the Portrait Froe, as a premium for your Cash. Trade. OUR NEIN SPIW S Are very Fine and Sold at Wonderful Prices. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. D. ®l',