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The Brussels Post, 1886-11-5, Page 1VOL.liffamerMaisEnzatlepalp XIV. ELS POST. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOV, 8, 1888. NO. 17 l3'o'drtla Division Court. The regular sittings of the above Court was held, before Judge Doyle, on Thurs- day of last week. The [following casco were disposed of Walmaly vs.I'arrow-Aotion on account. Adjourned until next 0ou01. W. M. Sin- olair for plaintiff, G. Elliot for defendant. Woakson da, McLennan -Action on prom- issory note. Verdiot for plaintiff, W. M. Sinolair for plaintiff. The two above asses had been adjourn- ed from last Conrb. Smith vs. Webster-Aotion on account, Adjourned until next Court. W. B. Dick- son for plaintiff, J. R. Mabee for defendant. Gill vs. Baker -Action for damages for gutting timber trees on plaintiff's • land. Verdiot for defendant. W. B. Dickson for plaintiff, W. M. Sinolair for defendant. Ennis vs. Switzer-Aotion on note. Ad- journed until next Court. W. 13. Dickson for plaintiff, W. M. Sinolair for defendant. Patterson vs. Beltzer-Settled out of Court. Roddick vs. Malay -Adjourned until next Court. ' W. M. Sinolair for plaintiff, Mr. Hodge, of Mitchell, for defendant. Bayes vs. Humphries-Aotion on ac- count. Verdiot for defendant. W. B. Dickson for plaintiff, W. M. Sinolair for defendant. Sinolair ve. White -Verdict for plaintiff. Heffernan ve. Clark -This was an appli- cation for a Sammons to net aside Judge's order, for entry of judgment. Sammons granted, matter to be argued in Chambers. W. B. Dickson for plaintiff, G. Elliot for defendant. The usual number of judgment summons were disposed of. Grey Council Meeting. Council met at Tuok'a hotel, Oran - brook, October 22nd, purenant to ad- journment, members all present dk• cept James McDonald, Reeve in the chair. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. Moved by Walter Oliver, seconded by Edward Bryans that $7,000 of the money received from the Land Improvement Fund ,be deposited in the Bank of Hamilton, Wingham, to meet the payment of the railway debentures maturing Sept. 17th 1891, and the balance used for township purposes, that the Reeve and Treasurer he instructed to negotiate with parties Bolding town- ship debentures with a view to pur- chasing the same, anct failing to pur- chase, that they be authorized to loan the money out on first mortgage, according to statute, at six per cent. Carried. In the matter of Malcolm Lamont's application for a ditch on road in front of lot 15, con. 8, moved by Edward Bryans, seoonded by Walter Oliver, that the sum of $11 be granted. Carried. A. letter was read from Hiram White forbidding the Council paying out any money on a certain ditch on luta 18 and 19, con. 11, stating that the ditch is not completed according to the Engineer's award. The Clerk was instructed to prepare the collector's bond for the current year in the num of $20,000. The following accounts were paid ;- John Dunbar, building bridge at lot 14, con, 2, $224 ; Robert McCntch- eon, filling up to abutment of bridge at lot 14, con. 2, $3,75 ; Goo. John- ston, approaches to bridge at lot 14, con. 2, $45 ; Charles Rose, nutting two hills on Bide road between late 20 and 21, con. 6, $24.09 ; Abram Bieb- er, repairing hill at lot 26, oon. 2, and cutting hill at lot 80, oon. 4, $21.59 ; William Whiteford, gravel, $8.10 ; Quintin McBlain, balance for gravelling at lot 1, con. 8, $2 ;John Roddick, gravel, $12.11 ; Robert Contra, cleaning out ditch lot 80, cone. 11 and 12, $36,60 John Gidd• inge,grading and'ditohing on bound. ary Grey and Elms, oon. 4, $28.23 ; James Bishop, gravelling between 1 ots 5 and 0, non. 6, $25 ; D, W. Slinger• land, repairing side road 6, oon. 12, and of contract on boundary Grey and, Elms, $8.50 ; John Long, grav- elling at ravelling.at lot 22, con. 12, $40 ; Mioh- leI Reymann, ditch and culvert lots 21 and 22, con. 11, $22 ; David Tay- lor, ditch and culvert lot 18, con. 14, $12.25 ; J. W. Fisher, grading at lots 24 and 25, con. 8, $14 ; Thos. Shiele, part payment on culvert at lots 5 and 6, eon. 13, .$S Thos. Mo. Gregor, ditching at`lot 9, con. 9, and cleaning ditch across side road 2, oon. 9, $6.60 ; 'Phos. Bothwell, grav- elling ravelling top of culvert lot 7, con. 9, $8 Thos. Stevenson, gravel, $5;80 ; J. Martin, gravel, $1.55 ; Alex. Fraser, ditching on lot 20, con. 16, as per Engineer's award, $65.55 ; George Harley, ditching on lot 80, con. 16, Engineer's award, $74.40 ; Adam Zimmors, planking part of bridge at lot 10, con. 12, $8.50 ; Peter Mo. Donald, grant to the Grey Plowman's Association, $8 ; John Hannah, grading on boundary Grey and Elena,. 00n. 7, $50 ; John Boz removing old tin from oon. 11, $2.50 ; And• row McQurrie, gravel, $4,34 ; Geo. Avery, gravel, $6.55 ; John McTag- gart, repairing culvert at lot 23, con. 16, $8 ; Wm. Campbell, gravel, $84.- 80 ; John Dunbar, extra work on bridge at lot 14, oon, 2, $10. Conn - oil than adjourned to meet again at Dames' hotel, Cranbrook, on the last Friday in November. WM. SaeNOE, Clerk. II3rupoelrs Council. The regular monthly meeting of the Brussels Council was held last Monday evening. All the members present, Reeve Rogers in the chair. Minutes of last regular meeting read and passed. The following accounts were pre- sented :- Mrs. Stacey, charity 2 4 00 Mrs. Hart, charity 2 00 Jno. Eakenemiller, work at hay scales 2 50 J. B. McComb, oonatablo's fee, and street improvements 15 00 B. Gerry, fire department 14 00 Jno. Meadows, salary and mies- oelleneous 38 00 H. Dennis, fire department 1 20 Moved by Geo. Bicker, seconded by Jno. Wynn that the above accounts be paid. -Carried. Bylaw No. 12 for 1886 was rend three times -and passed, confirming the polling places and Deputy Re• turning Officers ao follows :-No. 1, Geo. Love's office, A. Veal, Deputy ; No. 2, Council Chamber, Geo. E. Cooper, Deputy ; No. 3, D. MaLen• nan's residence, R. McNaughton, Deputy. Tho nominations will take place on Monday, Dec. 27th, and the election on Jan. 3rd, 1887. Council then adjourned. Ctaimdian. New,a. Senator Northwood, of Chatham ie dead. The Colonial and Indian Exhibition will re•openin June. The Cunard steamship Pavonia 'from Liverpool with over 400 pas- sengers, ran as-sengers,ran ashore on High Pine Ledge, three miles north of Gurnet Point, but was got off without loss of life. When Gen. Booth, of the Salvation Army, was in Hamilton ho promoted Capt. Body, who has been in charge of the Hamilton division, to be major in charge of the army iu Newfound. land. He will leave in a few days for his new field of labor. Mr. Moffat, editor of La Valle d'Ottawa, was condemned to pay a fine of $10, $15 damages and costs for upsetting the type in the office of L'Allianoe, the Liberal paper in Hull. The offence was committed a few days before the Provincial elections, with apparently the view of prevent- ing the publication of L'Allianoe. Chas. Stern, wholesale fanoy goods, and Max Stern, hie nephew, were each sent to gaol by the Polioe Mag islrate for ten days for assaulting W. F. McLean, of the World, on Satur- day week with a rawhide and stick. The Magistrate said such conduct couid not be tolerated, and he would not give the prisoners the option of a fine. They were considerably crest- fallen, as they are prevented, from ap- pealing, have pleaded guilty when arraigned last Monday. The decision has created considerable surprise. The recount for Montreal East was concluded lest Saturday afternoon. The examination of the remaining forty boxes showed that if Mr. David's marked ballots had been rejected his election would certainly have been lost. In one•poll in SI. Louis' Ward sixty ballots oast for him out of a bundle of sixtyfive were marked. Altogether there could not have been muoh fewer than 800 of Mr. David's ballots with crosses on their backs, while only about fifty of Mr. Tailon's ballote were found with the same marks. The judge's decision, how - over, confirms Mr. David in his seat, A few days ago William Coleman, of Kingston, thirty-one years of age, married Mrs. Wilson, a widow, sixty- six, years of ago.The husband is blind, but had courted hie wife in the House of Industry. One morning this week the pair was missed by the superintendent of ,Shat institution, and when discovered were found to have rented a house and begun house. keeping. Ooleman was formerly in the Institution for the Blind at Brant- ford, where he learned to make bas- kets. Hie bride has been in the hob. it of serving as charwoman for many .of the merchants of Kingston. "WHAT lOMDTTHE E,A," General Booth's Lecture at Palmerston. He wanted to say in as few words en pos- sible that be oould not help feel proud of thie grand movement, We cannot men- tion the Salvation Army in the streets, on the oars, by the fireside, anywhere bat the people priok up their ears, some are for, some are against. Some say it is a blessed movement and others the reverse. We would rather have a railing devil than a sleeping one. We love God and we love souls. All things work together for good to them that love God. Pereaoution no doubt will help our work forward, although we do not want to be perseouted. It is of- ten said that if the people would quit per- secuting the army it would die. Let ne alone then, and see whether we have life enough in us to live on without it. He would'be glad to remove anyprejudioethat existed against the Army, and had nodoubt but that these meetings would do muoh to further that end. In what way did this Salvation Army come about the General was often asked ? Did he sit down andar• range that he would have an Army with braes bands, colors, Majora Captains, Lien - torments, &o. ? No 1 it was nothing of the Bort. He was, at the time the Salvation Army was commenced, a minister, he had left his own church and begun as an evan- gelist, and often need to see forty and fifty and a hundred come to the communion rails in a single night, and had congrega- tions of thousands of people.13e went to London and was invited to hold a week's services in the East -end, to which he took, great objections at first. But he went, and as he held those meetings and watched the something like a million people who wont streaming down to Hell, and that had nev- er heard of God exoept in oaths ; as he saw them taken up with their own anxieties,.. hie heart was drawn out towards them. They were ae much separated from the Christian world as one country is from an- other. If the ministers could have brought them into their churches what could they .have done with them ? They spoke en - other language, then they were dirty, and the rest of the congregation world not sit with them. He saw at a glance that the ordinary church meetings and methods were comparatively powerless. He always acted upon the principal that if men could truely be made to think and keep on think- ing they must come to God and get saved. Those who are in Hell went there because they would not stop -and think, They will look at their business and pleaenres, but at tho judgment and dark damnation that awaits them they never looked at. To get them to look at hell and keep on looking, to look at Christ, to see him banging on the Dross ; the bright and glorious home above was his object. If he could not make them think he kept on trying, end see what it has grown to 1 If he found any plan that woe in keeping with that objeot he would act upon it. He did not hold himself bound to follow certain traditions because his great grandfather obeyed them unless they could show him the chapter and verse in the Bible which bound him to do it. If Loocld only make the hundreds and thousands of drunkards who havebeen res- cued, marsh before you ; if I could only bring before yonr mortal eyes the tens of thousands of men and women who have been converted from vice and iniquity through the instrumentality of the Salva- tion Army,'I believe there is not a man or a woman here who understands human nature and feels for the dying masses, but what would rise up and say, "Go ahead ; God bless the Salvation Army, if it has done nothing more than restored these poor drunkards to society, and picked them out of the gutter. Now I say that's our business. Our business is to get peo- ple saved. Webelievein eternity, Leaven, hell, and judgment, and what we want to do,is to make people think and prepare for these things. Now jest take that in and ponderit over, as to the results of our methods. With us it isn't a matter of com- ing forward to the penitent form and then living a contented, peaceful life, and never open the mouth. We don't send our eon - verbs away to some distant clime as soon as we have got them. Wo don't send them up to tho skies in a baboon. Here they are all around yon, they are your neigh- bors and friends. Go and see them, visit them, and talk to them ; look at their homes and their families ; get to know thorn before you criticise them, Some objections are made to our must°. Why do we play our music? Weli, we do that's enough for us. We are not bound to do everything to please. Wo don't play our music to please the people. We have our mneic to gain the end we have in view. People think that General Booth is making a fine thing ant of the Salvationists. They say to me, "Why don't you publish a balanus sheet, you would ennead ever 50 much better 1" I say there has not a Christmas gone by for these last 19 years on which there has not been a cornet and duly audited balance sheet of our a000nnte published. In fact there has boon ao muoh said about it that Lam tired of explaining., They talk about General Booth's mansion in Wales. I nm sure I have never Seen it. A short time after this movement began a council of some of the leading gentlemen who were with no was held in a little room, and when they • said to me, "Now, Mr. Booth, how much of thie money shall be 001 apart for the support of yourself and family." I said, "gentlemen, I will not take anything," and during these 21 years I have not taken a shilling out of the funds of the Salvation Army. well, but,",they said, "Ur. Booth, what will you do? How will you live ?" I said, God will take care of me till the end, and thank Him He hag taken earo of mo up to tho present mo meat. May the Lord bless you all. Amen:1 Tho General closed amidst a porfoot hurri- LOCAL JTElIS. G. L. I3iir , L. D. S., will bo at his office, Brussels, on Thursday, REV, T. L, WILKINSON addressed a large gathering in the Town Hall, on Thursday evening of last week. He dwelt upon the neoessity of unity of purpose and action on the part of the temperance people and allowed how the establishment of Electoral Unions would strengthen and build up the cause of Prohibition. After a vote of thanks to the rev. lecturer, it was de- cided by a large vote to establish a Union in Brussels. Over 25 names were handed in by persons willing to become members and be governed by the following declaration :-"Where• as it is desirable in the interest of Temperance Reform that Prohibi- tionist representatives should be elect- ed to all educational, municipal, and 'parlimontary bodies, therefore we, the undersigned, agree to unite in sn organizations to be called thwBrussels Temperance Electoral Union, and do hereby pledge ourselves to support for educational, municipal, and parlia- mentary positions only candidates who are known and professed Pro- hibitionists, and•who will vote for the enacting, sustaining, and enforcing of Prohibitory legislation." A. meeting for organization will be held in the near future. Rev. W. Smyth occup- ied the chair. COMMENDABLE. -Un Monday even ing last a deputation of ladies and gentlemen from Duff's church, Wal- ton, called upon Rev. John Boas, B. A., at the manse. The deputation was composed of Messrs. Smillie, Watson, McAllister and Johnston, together with Mrs. Smillie, Mrs. Mo. Allister and Mrs. Campbell. After some introductory remarks by Mrs. Smillie, Mr. Johnston was called up- on to read an address to Mr. Ross from the Walton congregation in which they expressed in the most kindly terms their appreciation of the services rendered by him to the con- gregation as moderator of session during the recent vacancy. Mr. Mo - Allister then presented to Mr. Ross, in the name of the congregation, .a puree containing $25 as a substan- tial recognition of those services. Mr. Roes replied in a few suitable words in which be assured the deputation of hie continued interest in the con- gregation and of hie sincere desire and expectation that they should en- joy great prosperity under the minis- try of their newly -settled pastor, Rev. F. Ballantyne, M.A. Atter tea .had been partaken of and some time spent in agreeable conversation, the com- pany broke up. Tun City Shop has a goad working horse for sale. PEorLE WE Know. -J. D. Ronald is home from Montreal. His trip was quite successful. -C. R. Vont stone arrived in Brussels last Sotuc• day from Winnipeg, Man. -Mrs. A. Bauelaugh ie home from Brantford.- B. B. Mortes has gone to the Dental College, Toronto. Ho left Brussele last Monday. -Mrs. J. D. Ronald has been on the sink list. -Thos. Moore and family and Henry Wilbert and family, both of Grey township, have taken up their residence ou William and John streets. respectively. We welcome them amongst us as resi- dents. Brussels is a good place to settle in. -Bella and Nellie Stacey spent last Sunday with their sister, Ida, in Luoknow.-J. W. Shaw, of Blyth, smiled upon us last Saturday. -Ed. Grundy, wife and children, of Teeewater, are visiting old friends in town. -Mies Eliza Oliver, who has been visiting in Toronto for some time, arrived home last week. Her stater, Miss Annie, a000mpanled her. Edward Drake and bride came .to Brussels last week. -Harry Oormaok will take charge of Cox Sc Co'e Stook Exchange office in Brussels. It will be in the Queen's Hotel blook.-W. M. Sinolair attended Division Court. at Clinton last Friday, in the interest of a Blyth client. W. M. was on the .winning side. --S. EC Laird won the at offered by the Captain of the cricket club (H. Dennis) for the highest score during the County As- sociation matches this summer. He is developing into quite a batsman. - Rev. J. L. Kerr has been laid tip with a badly sprained wrist received by a tumble off the sidewalk near the Town Hall, on Thursday night of last weak.-Aggio Town is home from Chicago. She Was away sovoral months. --0. R. Cooper and family left Braseele this week for Toronto. cane of volleys, Before leaving Miss May Cooper wag presented with a silver watch and chain by the members and friends of St. John's church. -F. S. Menzies, of Perth, Scotland, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Donald Scott, of Buns. sale. -Prof. Weekes and Mies Dun- can, who were here in connection with the Ketcham Concert Co., were married on Aug. 19th. We expected as muoh when they were here. - Harry Dennis, wife and family are away at Clinton and Goderich this week. -Philip Ament is down with inflammation of the lungs. We hope he will soon be restored to good health. -Willis Shannon, eldest son of Jno. Shannon, of Tara, formerly of Brussels, is visiting in town, -J. R. Grant was galled to Goderich on Tuesday to see his mother who late- ly suffered a stroke of paralysis of the brain. The old lady is over 80 years of age. -0. R. Vanstone and W. M. Sinolair are attending a epeeial sitting of the County Court, this week, in connection with the case of li'erguson ve. Vanstone. Mise Belt, of Harriston, is visiting Mrs. W. H. Mose.-There is some talk of Hon. Thos. Wh ite being brought into this riding to boom the cause of Thos. Farrow, M. P. -A. Clark and family have removed to Clandeboye, where the former is employed on the Lon- don, Huron & Bruce railroad. -1Z. Y. Grant has returned to Brussels after a visit of six weeks to. Toronto. We don't see why under the sun he does not moved Mrs. Grant and family here. --Adam Good is commencing to learn the shoemaking, so that he can do the cutting and fitting; if nec- essary. -Mise Amy Pattison has been unite ill of late. We hope shemay be speedily restored. -Percy White of Port Elgin, formerly of Brussels, was in town fora few days this week. -Ed. Drake has leased a hotel in Wallaceburg and has taken possess. ion. R. Lsaxzmnnaxa has moved to his new residence, formerly occupied by Dr. Holm- es, just north of the bridge. Any person wanting him at night will find him there. LEG Bair.. -In connection with the "swamp" whiskey affair, mentioned last week, Hooper stated that if the •constables would go out into Hbwiok withhim he would show them where. the still was used. As Cavan was anxious to destroy the still, he oon- sented to this, and he, with Constable Paisley. of Clinton, and Hooper, start- ed out in a double rig ; it was a pret- ty late at night when they reached the still and after the work of destroy - tag the still, they all started back for Brussels. The constable was driving, and Cavan and the prisoner Hooper occupying the rear seat. Hooper bad not been handcuffed, as it was not. thought necessary. The night was pitch dark, and when about five miles from Brussels, the driver was sur- prised to hear a splash in the road as if some one had fallen, and looking. around he was just able to see ;that the back seat was vacant. Running the horses to a feuue as quickly as possible, he went back and found Cavan standing with a drawn revolv- er, over a bleak object, supposed to be Hooper, and threatening' to blow his brains nut if he moved. The black objeot proved to be a log, and the most diligent search failed to re- veal the whereabouts of Hooper, who it seems had jumped from the rig,. followed by Cavan, but had made his escape in the darkness. They felt very muoh annoyed that the prisoner had made his escape, but :the darkness favored him. Hooper is still at large. Two executions took place in Bra- ndi Columbia on Tuesday, the sine at Kamloops and the other at New Westminster. The License and Polioe Committee, of Winnipeg, are of opinion that the Provincial Government should estab- lish a Reformatory for boys. Mrs. L. Schultz, mother of the Aus- trian consul at Montreal died on Thursday at the age of 103 years. She retained all her faculties to the last. Her father was a military tail- Or toBlucher. The French papers at: Quebec re- port an extraordinary case of fecund- ity in the person of Madame Francois Boulanger, of Natashgnan, on the North Snore below, who recently gave birth to, four children, all still living and well. Last year Madame Boulanger gave birth to triplets and the year previous to ,twins, or nine children 10 all in two years and a few monthe.