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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-5-21, Page 5MAY 21, 1886. DISTRICT NEWS. Werra -ham. At Wiugham on Sunday last the sexton of St. Paul's Church mads a mistalce as to time and rang the bell for eliuroh at six o'clock. The town bellman having more faith in the sex- ton of St. Paul's than in hie own timepiece rang his bell also, Every- body concluded hie watch was wrong and rushed to 'thumb. Tho sexton and town bellman aro -low congratn• lating themeolves on their power to move the people at their will. It is even hinted that they have designs on the lecture platform. Ethel. 'With good weather a big time ie expected at thepie•nio on the Queen'e Birthday. Mrs. John Slemtnou has been on the sick list but is on a fair way to re- covery now. The frost of this week has not done any very miens derange around. here, We don't want any more though. We are sorrow to hear that Mite Jemima Tindall, ie in poor health. We hope to be able to report her full ro- 'itoration to health soon. 397.41 ere ' W awamosh: J. McClinton sold 8 fine steers for the sum of $20 each. J. R.•ee hen lately purchased a fine driver from D. Dougal. Bone Bros. have begun to put a stone foundation under J. Ellis' barn. Thu Blyth boys are practicing on Elam Livingston's race course for 24th, James Netherly while fixing the roof of his house the other day fell to the ground and hurt his leg. lie will not be able to go round for a while. 3. °reeling while coming through T. Taylor's the other day his horse took flight and dashed into the swamp over los and stumps but Joe manag• ed the horse well and soon came out to the road again without any great damage being done. 331y Ch. A wedding in town this week and George Denstead was made happy. F. Sperling and daughter, of Sea- forh. aro visiting at N. H. Young's this week. It is expected the Brussels athletes are coming to Blyth on the 24th but we aro laying for them. N. H, Myles and Robert Young and there wives spent a few days visiting their parents at Lakelet this week. Quite a number of our local nim. rode are bringing home some fine trout. • Some averaging 11- lbs. have been caught. Blyth is going to celebrate the Queen's birthday this year as it has never been done before. No pains have bean spared by the committee to make everything a eueoes.?. The bicycle race will he ono of the special features of the day, The medals have arrived and are very handsome. Mr. Metcalf has them on exhibition. Tho tug of war will be a pull worth seeing. lIullett, Ieiorris and Wnwauoeh all will have a tug. Several noted ath- letes have signified their t ontie's of being present. An interesting baso ball match, for the championship of Huron, in the morning at 10 u'olock. Everybody should come. r8eetforth. $100 was granted to the town band by the ()outwit at its last meeting. The Stars, of Bright, played a draw game with our football club last week at Bright. EdwardCarswellmet with a hearty reception iu delivering his lecture on "Laughing." The base ball metob between Sea - forth and Stratford that was tohave been played last Saturday, was post- poned on account of rain. The celebration here on tbo 24th will consist of bicycle andtfoot rectos, jumping, tug of war, satbing match, &c. A big time is expectedt The assessment roll for 1886 fur- nishes us with the following informa- tion : There are 679 persons in this town between the ages of 5 and 16 ; 410 between the ages of 7 and 18 ; 201 over 16 and under 21. The pop- ulation this year is given at 2,582, while last year it was 2,524. The real property this year is assessed at $488,470, being an increase of $7,955 over last year; personal property, $65,600, a decrease of $200 from last year, and taxable income is given at $16,885, being an increase of $8,105 over last year. The total value of real and personal property and tax- able inooine is $570,405, being an in- crease of $10,760 over last year. There were 14 births and 29 deaths this year as compared with 17 and 87 respectively last year. TRE I:MUSS ELS POST, tee d.iretowa1. Tho dates fixed for the band tonin. anient are July 20th and 80th. Some mann sneak method a cloz• en windows in the Salvation Army berreelcs. Our volunteer company will spend the 24th in 51. Marys where the 28th Batt. will be reviewed. The midsummer entrance exemin• ation to the Listowel High Sobool will commence on Monday, July 15th, at 1 p. m. A petition has been circulated ask. ing the coming conference to keep William street Methodist anorak open next year. A new line of wires is being run from Palmerston, through Listowel, to Stratford, by the Great North. western Tel. Oo. The number of cattle reported is 207 ; sheep 16 ; hogs 84 ; horses 06 ; dogs 88. Sixty -fear births and thir- teen cleathe recorded. Great preparations are being made for the pioneer dinner in connection with the corner stone laying of the Methodist church, on the Queen's Birthday. By an Order-in•Council, the town of Listowol has been constituted a Port of Entry at which raw or leaf tobncoo may be imported into Can- ada, The following interesting statistics are taken from the assesor's rolls :-- Total value of real property, $670,• 080 ; total value of personal property, $60,900 ; taxible income, $8,700. The total value of real and personal property and taxiblo income is $789,- 720. The population of the town is given at 2,858, being an increase of 158 over last year's figures. A fire company, to man the engine and waterworks, was formed last weeic. The company will bo com- posed of fifteen members, and aro to be paid $10 per man by the towu. Tho following are the names of those composing the company :—Adam Hess. Chief ; J. P. Austin, Captain ; James Poole, Lieutenant ; Wallace McKenzie, Secretary ; George Pool, John Trady, A. Wright Daniel Wight R. Moore, Jab. Jackson, R. MoLen. nen, A. Wilson, R. McClung, Wm. Bond, Harry Briefmau. blorrinu. The father and mother of Mrs. Jas. Grieve. of Roxboro,' were visiting her this week, Chas. Mitchell arrived home from Goderioli last Monday having fully re. covered from his recent trouble. A. lot of excellent cattle were sold out of this township during 'the past few weeks. The majority of them were exported. Councillor Calbiok has a two-year old colt that weighs 1850 pounds. This is the kind of horseflesh that pays. Voters' List Court in this township, at the Town Hall, for the final re- vision of the lists, under the Dominion Franchise Act, will be held on Sat- urday July 8rd. STILL CAPTURirn.--Vast Tuesday Collector Cavan, of Stratford, end Constable Soott, of Brussels, enured another whiskey making outfit. Thio one was found in a swamp on the farm of Bsuj. Evan,, near Bushfiold. Evans does not know anything about 1t. No arrests were made. 3. H. a cOneey, formerly of this township, paned his primary oxami nation at Toronto School of Medicine with first-elaes honors all round, standing within 26 marks, of the soholarship. Es also passed the primary at Victoria University for M. D., C. M., having averaged 76 per sent. We notice by the dailies of the 5th inst. that Mac. was also one of the successful candidates before the Medical Council, he carried au hon- or course right through. He writes for completion of degrees M. D., 0. M., eta., next April. Grey, Robt. Robertson, 16th con., has/ timber out for a largo bank barn, to be put up this season. Robt. McKee offers his farm of 180 oeies for sale by public auction. Sale to be held on Juno 28rd. Mire. John MoLauchliu has been very ill for the past few weeks but is somewhat better at the time of writ- ing. • A good many of the residents of the 161h eon. wonder when the ditch on that line will be finished. It should bo pushed through at once act it is badly needed. Last Wednesday Mrs. Henry Batu • Ilton, of Walton, daughter of Mark Cardiff sr. of this township, etcirt ict to see her son at Carberry, near . •Ib o big plains, North West. • She tools boat at Owen Sound Wednesday even - leg and purchased her ticket from T. Fletcher, Brussels, local agent for the, o 0, P. R. The price quoted for Thou, Moore's farm inalead of being the even $0,000 wan $8,800. Mr. Taylor gets a good farm when he takes possoesinn of this lot and "don't you forget it." Tile summer Chita. Harrison ex• penis to build a frame bonne on his farm, con. 16. Main building 24x 20 feet, with a kitchen, 10x84 feet. Mr. Harrieon 'Mende veneering it with brick, James Strachan, well known in this township, who injured one of hie eyes some time ago is suffering a good deal and out of sympathy for the ail- ing member the other eye is effected somewhat. The final revision of the list of vot- ere for this township under the Dom- inion Franchise Act, will take piece as follows :—Polling districts 5, 0, 7, 8, 9 and 10, at Tuck's hall, Cranbrook, on Friday, June 251h. How to attend the mseting of the Scott Act asuooiation at Clinton and the Farmers' Institute meeting at Wroxeter is under eeriiva conaidere. tion by a great many, It is too bad that two such important meetings as these should be held on the seine day. We are pleased to ice by the result of the recent exemivallons at the Ag- ricultural College, Guelph, that Bus eel Bishop stood well to the front sad took honors in a number of the sub- jects. Ile is a good student and will make the most of the bays "scratch gni el." Gideon Perrie, our Heavy weight athlete, is away on a tour among the cities and towns where games and sports are being held. Gideon is it bard man to beat nud this summer we expect ho will ehaso some of the champioue ea close that there won't be any fun in it for them, Wo aro indebted to Win. Spence, the obliging clerk of this township for the following :—Pio assosemsut roll of the township of Grey shows that the value of real property is $1, 695,500 ; Income $400 ; personal property $88,170. There .are 879 dogs, 1,088 horses, 6,715, cattle 8,- 580, sheep and 1,184 Bogs. There were 20 deaths and 81 births, during the year. &3<rxroxx Co amity Pootem. The Guelph conference of the Meth• odiet church will be hold in Goderich, commencing on Wednesday, Juno 2, and continuing about a week. The members of ilio conference will nuin• bar about 200. Collector Cavan, of Stratford, and Of6ater Nichol. of Walkerton, arrested Anthony Mahan, and bad him seu- tenced to pay a penalty of $300 aucl go to jail for one month for working an illicit still in the township of Cul - rose. . The Blyth Advonato says ;--The majority of the council resolved at its last meeting to let all the printing in connection with the Blyth municipal. ity by tender. This may be a step in the right direction and may suit the views of a certain clique, but it does not accord that support which is es- 4ential to the prosperity and contiu- uance of a weekly journal now estab• fished in the municipality. If the people of Blyth els not want to see the Advocate flourish, er wish to have that pepsr discontinued, ,end desire itsexptilsion from among them, all they have to do is simply to let un know, for, ae we base said before, we are prepared to pull up stakes et any time." Bro. Passmore is about right on Wale subject and it in a very mean part for a Council or a business man to try and injure tt8 local payer.. Blyth wag taught a lesson nu title be. fore whenotherpapere failed or tnov- ed out and they sinnld at least Hive the Advocate a fair show after it pub- lishing minutes of meetings and try- ing its best to push the place along. Wo heartily ngreo with the •follow- ing paragraph, clipped from a See. forth pepor ; —Ai the Inst session of the Ontario. Legislature power was given to the Government to ap- point An Advisory Board, to be coin - posed of practical fermiers, for the purpose of advising and assisting in the management of the Ontario Ag- ricultural College and Experimental Farm. Many of our readers will learn with very groat satisfaction of the ap- pointment of John McMillan, Reeve of Hullett, as a member of thisBoard. While oongratulating Mr. 11Ioblillan on his appointment to so responsible a position wo can with equal confid- once congratulate the Government on their selection, and if the .remaining members of the Board are chosen with equal good judgment it will be an ef- fioieut, intelligent and useful body and will stilt more tend to largely in- crease the usefulness of Ibis worthy institution. The appointment of Mr. lbloMillian is not only a merited eom- pliment to himself personally, but it is as well a graceful tribute no the art of the Government to tine ex - anent agricultural sootion of the rovince. 5 226 Ladies, we have passed into Stock this week 226 The Largest Lot of Corsets Ever brought into Brussels, at one time, and bought at a Sacrifice for Cash, and will be Sold AT 60 CENTS PER PAIR. Remember these aro Not Trash, but a Corset that is sold at ;1.00 per Pair all over. Adz to See the May Corsets sad It is a little Gem for the I\foney, (Sizes from 18 to 20). SEE OUR SHOW WINDOW, IT IS FULL OF THEM, IN THREE SHADES, Gold, Ox Snood and Light Blue. M0,1 } J We still continue to take the Leacl in TYLISH IILLINERY! Our Stock is one of the Choicest, and for Quality, Style, and Price, ara UNSURPASSED. Many may question the accuracy of this statement, but we would kind- ly ask the most casual observer, to take a visit to oar store, come the length of the Millinery Department, anal there you will meet with a deserving Surprise. We Owe a tot of the Bilsy Bustle to Our 4dvertiseinerit.s. Why should we not 2 We advertise nothing only what a Geniiine House is prepared to act up to. Now, we say with all confidence that we can Sell Millinery at Prices Unheard of in Brussels. Now we Dari do this, we only ask you to Come and ,Inspect our Stock, See for Yourselves And Decide our Values It will repay the Pocket of the Public to note these Facts. Come and See Our Millinery. Our Trade ie more than doubled this Season. Don't forget to ask 40 see the May Corset at 60c. G. A. Powell, The Gree City T►Iillinery Houser