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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1886-11-26, Page 5t to of lent mas 'eau - ;loth tut0- flints Toy scei- ster• an - and. '0 in 11uch rums, !dins, bbel'„ 'oxes, .erne, Toy s of is in I --- noes, les. tS we; ori• j any;". les, aISevz'a811, s to ' hina low rses, ROSS eting ices, I way$!' ,1 ek 1. Nov. 26, 1886. THE BRUSSELS POST Will Walker was %ponding a few days ! Tax collector Mooney was ou the oink ill klftcholi this week, A mooting of dile cls _ tl Tom Hell on J[11 ;tc Want, laid for 'bino purpose of entabhslnng nn Rev. Mt Mitl s & oOutlet 1slector141 'finer m this !)lace, Tho Meet- : taking n six months lotivo from the 13lytI1 Y 1 y Five 1701 cont. is added of all taxon not tug ens addressed by the Rev. T, L. 1 thtni1t fn the hero of building up bis > United h t 1 l ))sill by December 14th. 1VWsinscn, of Toronto, who delivered t4 health, A young roan 'will supply ow 11 1 41 1 1'ho Jnrlge's court for settling \'oleos' very able address. At the el000 of the work, T! 1 1 f blow 1 formed List 11.1)jteal:l will be hold ,till 1;110 Ord of meeting a collection WOE taken op to de. ' 'i.'he political aspect of affair's between eoitlpany to rim r( 1,4elcing.1 1Ha at December. fray the expenses of the leitnrar. Moe. Wixom and Tho Hayes ie Doing Cliiaago. ' Some of tho (german and Scotch Citi- .•-- — dIHCUKsed. '1.Ito gtniural ()pinion appears 1'i oh gold discos:o tea ere 1 in;, Houle zoo; of t L 11t1K. ihemeelveo with .. o-tforI'll_ to be all bled l}ilaom trill Five' n very ltirge in South AI1Htlltl114 , t l It 11..,v ,trill f':ver °swim? O 11 l oR t us woo c 1 tl d l n Macdonald, 11 llon shoe White lion Ml. X 'McLean, edit list last week, odors leas held In Thos l.ussoll has shoved ilito his Qom, 11 Mondayevening fortoble tesiifonce bniit thii last glimmer, 1 , i minister is tnquu7rfte'fu"Jm�rt!'�aYr: • .,� _`•.. tkl1X1ltriil l le'ti'M. 1'ha MtLrgnia !f LILiIHrlew•Sill H tenants have tleelined to pity their emits. The daughter of Jeff Davie hall a sioigb ride in S raouse the other clay. . I w,.nt'aune . to es )ustmlis ors earns tt than sae 1 loot year - The inig lte o a owl' have ormeC r4 out town t 1 t . (. l prevails there tn:4tcltos. ' Sir in An An attempt w09 nlatl0 early Saturday easel 1 e l the little son of Clots. 13. Morrie, who President tAQveltl.n!'r, revn;i'c dish is 11 lam( 71j 71to111mg to )11717 to I vi 1,• ton60 nt - bruk alfa Miu 9o110 wCelte ego and who ,' pct om4 r , r stable of 131. Y. or of the was gnt1 it cuing Mealy, hail aha mfsfoi•• 1'hnnlpltn», and W. R. 14Iorodiih visit our yaeforlh Expositor, by moans of CUBA off, yy town, A big tulle le expected es brace with which the front door had heap sat- too to fall, on .PUC%clay afternoon, and bands aro engaged from all the serround withuratt, but the villiattonH attempt did not broke tLq sl ane rvrm aqui ing towns anti 14 Jorge crowd expentad, sua°ed, The only ransom that oar be liver and bacon, mud lo, has it fur break- fast every other morning, The amount of capital already guaran- teed for the Paris t'i pnaititilt ntlttlnnti to Smoot Tlmcll 0th con., will Lulld a' 2, new bank barn next spring. It will be 41x50 feet, Win. Forrest, 2nd lisle, will also build a bank barn, 40x00 foot. W. 1I. Cileakcy, the woll known contractor, has both john in hand. Rev. T, L, Wilkinson, of Toronto, Agent for the DolninionAlliance, preach- ed in the Sunellfne church last Sunday morning and in the evening gave a rous- ing temperance address. The rev. gentle- men held a public mooting on Wednesday evening. The Orangemen of Sunshine L.O.L., and neighbors got up a surprise wood bee on Thursday of last week, went to the bush of James Russell and out and split 1 is Russell • o f wood. Mr. s about 36 cold n and mucid obliged to his neighbors brother Orangemen. Last Saturday forouoon David M. Mil- ler, son of inspector Miller, mot with a peouliar accident. His axe was standing by where he was helping saw with a cross- cut saw. He left to get a blook when his foot caught in the brush and he full His left hand came in contnet with the blade of the axe and a serious out across the ball of the thumb was the result. He will be laid up for a little while. On Tuesday ovoningof last weak a pub- llo meeting was hold in the Methodist, church, Sunshine, for the purpose of or- ganizing a Sons of Temperanoe lodge, Rev. Mr. hills occupied the chair. Ray. F. E. Nugent, of Luoknow, delivered a very interesting address on tenperanee after which a society was formed with the following staff of officers :—Worthy Patrarch, T. P. Nugent ; Worthy Associ- ate, Miss Maggie Oonery ; Recording Scribe, Wm. Haslam ; Assist. Soribo, Miss Fannie Newcombe ;; Financial Secy. Isaac Miskimmens ; Treasurer, Robt. Clark ; Conductor, Wesley Hotham ; As- sistant Conductor, Nelson Love ; Inside Sentinel, Jos. N. Wilkinson ; Outside Sentinel, Joseph Atkinson ; Past Worthy Patriarch, Wm, Hotham. The lodge will meet on Thursday evening in the Orange Hall. It stances with 25 mem- hersfor great a10 1 and the expectationsf. )ers n things. The usual votes of thanks were tendered to the rev. gentleman. The examinee will pt'ebably be charged to aKs sed' for the outrage is that the Ex - published the ]iglatloneo account in the bloc books, lositor published ILn article strongly con- A Club has boon formed antler the name demnhnR a shuilex outrage 1larpstrwtecl of the Lfstoa'el Moak Parliament, with 22 upon James Wanless Polios Magistrate members. J. E. Taylor was appointed for South Huron, Monday evening. chairman pro tent and W. 17, Burgess, sulrutary pro ter. Tho Soc.-Treasurer for the ensuing vaster is R. B. Ferguson and the chairman or speaker, 13. Harvey, During the session, a number of Bills will be introduced and debated ou, the first being a .13111 in favor of compensating li- quor dealers in ease' of prohibitory law, proposed by 1'. W. Hay and opposed by Wm. E. Burgess. • ox-rric. X Inspector Miller hail R, icing, of Wrox- ster, and \Vin. Dane, of this village, up before P. M. Smith on Friday, 2001. Inst„ for violation of the Scott Aot, J, Scott, of Clinton, represented tljo Inspector and 33. 131. Sinclair, of Brussels, the two be. tel•ktopers. It was most disgraceful to notice a number`prosent loud in their ap- plause whenever a witness made an at- tempt to bo witty, or by some foolish re- ply triol to evade the question. In rho Dane °thee one witness admitted that he had drank ginger wine, others had "spruce"(which ns generally understood to be boor) pop, &o. In the other vase the drunke were similar and it was shown in evidence that one of the witnesses had become intoxicated with the liquor he had got at Mr. Ring's. The Magistrate reserved decision till Thursday of bhis week. This elan Dano'ie the same in- dividual who our townlshipfatbe1s employ as Clerk, at a salary about double what the work could be got done for, so that ho can farm it out and then make well out of it. And then the business nae to be done over the bar with drunken men itsking "Won't you have some of Done's .Scott Aot." Some men go so flu as to flint that a gambling deal is kept here: We know not if this be Inc.ibut we do know that the honsa, bar room and all, is voo sea' into the � i lighted n) I r t1 fret uc 1 Y 8 o un 1 that to 0 hours ayont the teal" and Sunday morning. What must bo the tow•nohip that puts up with such a clerk ? Anil what a reflection on the Council ? 131un 0v1t1 c - The galo of Tuesday night unroofed a barn for Thos. Farrow, M. P. A largo crowd witnessed the piecing of the girders on the new rnilway bridge on Tuesday. Mrs. Jno, Mosgrove, one of Ttunbcrry's pioneers, died on Wednesday, after a short illness. She was the mother of A. H. Musgrove so well known in political oireles•thronghont this County. The MMlethodlsts are making great pre- parations for Sabbath S0hool Anniversary servfcss, an Sunday and Monday, Dec, 5th and Wt. An attractive bill of fare will bo provided for mob of the services. The ahildrsn's jubilee on Monday after. noon and the festival and oonaert on Mon- day evening will be of more than ordinary interest. An illustration of that trite saying "Misfortunes never tome singly" was furnished by the bridge mon. A few flours after Jas. MoHardy's perilous fall another of the hands, by a false movement was thrown from one of the piers and dropped it distance of 20 foot upon a pile of stoma. The poor fellow lies in a criti- cal condition suffering from severe inter- nal injuries that may prove fatal. Jas, MoHardy narrowly escaped being killed on Wednesday morning. He was working on the railway bridge, at an ele- vation of 30 loot from the river bank. By some misstep hie feet slipped'off the pier on which he was standing and he fell heavily to the stoney groundbolowsprain- ing an ankle and severely nutting himself about the face. Although incapacitated for work it is not expected that his injur- lee will prove serious. Gvrc,v. Tiles. Whitfield's new brick looms is about completed. It is a splendid residauoa, Mrs. Ennis, formerly Miss Cox expects to leave for Neepawt4 next Monday. She goes per C. P. 11., having secured her ticket from Thos. Fletcher, Brussels, Agent 0. P. R. Miss hMels, 1i b con., describesscribes w foli- age plant whioh silo now has. It is 2 ft., 3 ins. in height, has 13 brandies, some of which measures 13 hushes. Sloe has talc. on one dozen slips off it, and only got it last March thenn4 shall slip about 1 icon long. She brought it about 30 miles in an open sleigh. She also has a Roving Sailor plant which measures 7 ft from the flower pot to the end of the vines. At bhe close of a delightful Thanksgiv. ing service of the Whitfield church, on the evening of the 18th inst., tho loader of the Band, L. W. Panabalter, on behalf of the young people of the congregation, presented Rev. W. J. Brandon with the sum of twenty dollars, with instructions to secure for himself a good warm over- coat far the winter. The pastor in it short speech referred to the kindly feel- ing existing between himself and the congregation and thankfully received the pleasant su•priso. 1Et1ath. Gifi. Elliot is in Exeter tills week. The Hon. A. M. Roes Wee in town last week. Miss Allie Sloan is visiting friends in Listowel this week.. Miss Jean Gibeon, of Wroxeter, is at present the guest of Mrs. Moffat, Miss Annie Pepper, of Mitchell, is at present the guest of Miss Annie Walker. Mrs. 13. J. McGill, who Inas been spend- ing a fow days with friends in Luoknow, returned home this week. Edward Welsh, who recently disposed of his farm in East Wawauosh, Rite taken up his abode in town. A largo number from here, including the band, attended the demonstration at Dungannon last week. Mss. Jas. Stewart and family have re- moved from Blyth for the winter, They intend tailing up their abode in Wing - ham. The Rev. T. L. Willtiueon, of Toronto, preached an excellent sermon on temper- ance in the Methodist churoh last Sab- bath evening to a large congregation. The annual entertainment- in conn00` tion with the Presbyterian Sunday School will he held in tbeboeoment of the Presbyterian .olturoh an Friday evening, Deo. 3, Barry Collis purposes starting a shad- ing rink here Ibis winter, if anrange- ments can be made for securing the Agri- cultural hall, We hope Hairy may be snccesiful in his ettorprieo. Joo, Bradt -look, who has boon ailing for Homo time past, coparted this life on Sun. day evening last. Deceased was it resi- dent of this neighborhood and was highly respeoted by all who knew him. .His ie- main were interred in the Union oeme- tory on Tuesday last and followed by a large concourse Of Mende. :thiol. Mrs. Wm. Tompkins is very ill. John Heffernan, and Jonathan I3ewltt are erecting heat and commodious stables on their lots. Prof. W. Brash & Son, horse trainers are billed here for next Friday. A. free exhibition will be given. Dr. Cale has been on the oiek list for a nd la to bo around. again few daysbn attending to his patients. Hiram White, of Yanglhan, was in our village last Saturday. There is some tans of hila selling his farm on the 19th concession. We think it would have changed the views of some of our villagers, who keep hatpiug about "compensation," if they had boon at the temperance meeting last Monday evening and heard their argu- ments so well refuted by Mr. Ross, of Bruasals. bEe.ioalm MoNiohol had the misfortune to got his leg broken about two weeks ago. He had driven to the depot in Listowel for some freight, and his horses took fright and ran away throwing him out of the wagon. Happily a sister lived near to whose residence ho was taken, and he is doing as well as cion be expected. Last Tuesday afternoon Angus La- mont's team started from the saw mill, and oalus clashing through the village. Several unsnooessful attempts were made to stop them but they ran with the wag- on for about a mile and a half when one of them fell. We understand that the horses are considerably hurt. R. W. Wright, of Ripley, has become a resident of our village. He moved his family here last week. He intends open- ing a hatcher shop in a few days. He al- so intends to run a commercial rig be- tween the village and the station. This will be a great convenience to oommeroial travellers and others. We with him every sudaess in his business, Our baud intend giving an entertain- ment about Thursday, December 23rd, to consist of reeitatiotis, songs, 'music by both brass and string, solos, a Co. Refresh- ments will be served and a good time may he expected, and at the same time it will give people a chance to help our boys financially. A notice will be given in THE Pons' when dile night is decided upon. Our eitioens are much pleased with Tes TUT in its new dress, and would be per- fectly satisfied could your Brussels ',Dio- genes" be both put into their respective tubs and sent for a sail down the Mait- land. It might cool them down a little. When it comes right down to square blowing we have a shoemaker hers who says nothing, but am give customers "OW when they apply to him, and can give as good goods as any abhor man bo he of the Good or Shand kind. A very successful temperance mooting under the auspices of the Ethel Temper- ance Eleotaral Union was held in the Methodist °lurch last Monday evening. Despite the bail state of the roads the church was very well fined. A. W. Pan. shaker, President of the Union, occupied the chair. Ilev. R. Paul gave at1 addt'ees on Temperance and ably showed the evil results of intemperance, and the remed- ies. Rev. John Roes, B. A., of Brussels, dealt, in a clear and convincing manner, with some of the objections made to the Scott Aat, showing bow absurd some of them are. Rev. D. B. McRae, of Oran brook, spoke of the aims and advantagee of Electoral Unions and °loarly pointed out that it devalvecl in a groat measure on the people to soo that the Act is en. forced. Exael10111 music was furnished 'by the choir. • ,ti.'roraxr+. A number from this township will hear Sir John A: in Listowel on Thursday of this week. A wood bee was hold last Friday on the Clark farm for John Cowrie. Tibio were about 15 or 20 cords of wood cot: Tho object of tho boo was to help Mr. Currie as he hod boon soveroly injured by a falling time while chopping ht dile bush a week ago. It was a gomuno surprise to Mr. Currie, $-$lat•(iaA County' _Notes. The Conservatives of South Huron meet at Housall on the 29111 inst. Issao Reid, tinsmith, of Bayfielcl, and Mitnhell & Mitchell, merchauto, fiord. wioh, have assigned to 0. B. Armstrong, of Loudon, in trust. It is rumored that W. Doherty, of the Organ Factory, will be out as a candidate either for the Local or Dominion House in the West Riding of Huron in the Con- servative interest. - The South Huron Convention on Tues- day was the largest ever held in the rid• tog. Sir Richard Cartwright was given the unanimous nomination. In the event of his declining, Sno. McMillan is to be the nominte without calling another conven- tion. Pertly County Notes. Hon. Edward Blake is likely to speak at St. Marys soon. The "railway question" promises to he a live issue at the next municipal election in St. Marys. After the 1st of January the Stratford Gas Company are to reduce the price of gas to 92 a thousand. The Minister of Education, with a Commission, is going to investigate the Stratford Coll. Inst., troubles. Dr. Harrison, formerly of St. Marys, has received the nomination •for Minne- dosa west, in the Conservative interest. The Mitchell Advertiser says :—We have already debentures doming due for 915,000 in the year 1890, and for 415,000 in the year 1897,. Messrs. Hesson, of Stratford, and Hess, of Listowel, were nominated to bear the banner for the Conservative party, in North Perth, for the Dominion and Looal Legislature. The treasurer of Mitchell shows an ex. °optionally large deficit this year. The hosting debt reaohes $7,500, independent of the 95,000 applied towards general ex- penses, which would make It exactly 912,500. The inspeotors and trustees of the de- functMitchell Banking Company have decided to pay another dividend of 9 or 10 cents on the dollar. Then it public meet- ing of the creditors will be called, and the alfab., wound up. S. S. Malntyre was elected president, of St. Marys St. Andrew's Sooiety ; A. Beattie and J. Adair, vioe•presidents ; J. W. Laird, secy.-treasurer, and W. Muir, J. Woods, M. Sinclair, G. Grant and Dr, Matltieson were appointed a managing committee. It was decided to celebrate the anniversary of the Patron Saint by a banquet. The Quarterly Official Board of the St. Marys Methodist Ohttrcll has adopted the following toeolnbion :—"Whereas, this Qnattarly Official Board deplores the gross violation of the Canada Terperanoo Act ; be it therefore resolved that toe se- cure, as far as fe practicable, the nomin- ation of sound temperance men to muni- cipal offices, and use every lawful means to secure the enforcement of the law." . The Stratford Beacon says :--Victoria Lake is now an oocoomphshed fact and tho dreary waste hies boon replaced by a sheet of water whioh will be a thing of beauty and joy forever to all who take an interest in the city's credit and welfare. The work just finished at great expanse will form on enduring monument to those who carried it out, but, we fancy, will take the form of a reproach to those who should have scoured such an inestimable boon to the city, but didn't. Sir 'Robert Ifanlilton will be appointed Governor of Tasmania, vice Sic George Stratum, who is about to resign. An oyster weighing three and a gm ster pounds and meowing ten bullies by six Weetakeu at Huntington, 1,. I., the other day, One handrail and forty lives have been lost in the Pacific Ocean by the founder- ing of it vessel carrying IL number of Queensland plantation labot•erit. A pet parrot attacked the six -weeks old baby of Mra. James Lawson, of Madison, Ind., and philter! a hole in its skull, through which the brains oozed. The injuries are fatal. Ellen Herbert securad n verdict of 42,800 against the city of Detroit iti the United States Circuit Court Wednesday for injuries received on a defective side- walk on June 15, 188.5. . President Arthur nsn,l often to go out walking in Washington, and hiders doing so invariably put a lot of silver mine in his pocket to give to beggars, organ -grind- ers, newsboys, ate. Portnnat Gagnon has been elected to the New Hampshire Legislature. This is the first tittle a Grenoh•tlannrlian has received a political hnnor of this kind 10 tha history of the United Mateo. A citizen of Georgia, recently deceasod had ten sons, to all of whom he gave names beginning with h, as follows: Alp - hams, Andrew, Albert, Allen, Alston, Almond, Ambrooa, Abel, Alfred and Aaron. The 120 steamships plying between the United Statoo and Europo cost 5100,000,- 000, employ 18,750 men, spend 41,000,000 a year for coal, carry 500,000 passengers a year, and earn 922,000,000 for passage money exclusive of what is;' paid for freight. Tho officers of tido Prussian army have appointed n committee to arrange for the oolobration of the eightieth anniversary of the Emperor William's entry into the army. A000rciing to the custom of the Prussian Princes be entered the army ti 1.0 . rs old, in January,7 t ", eu when too y. George Barr, Assistant Professor at the Peabody Museum at Yale, was knocked senseless by the explosion of au ostrich egg. The eggs were shipped to Yale from Gapetown, and owing to the delay one of them fermented, generating a gas which caused such an explosion that the building was shalom. The Beet Place to Leave your Order for Boots tC Shoes is At Shand's, THE PEOPLE'S S)3osMA'IC21t. His boots are the best looking, the best wearing, and the best fitting, and his prices are Reason- able. Shand ctevoles his whole time and attention to his business, and personally superintends all the work done in his shop. Shand got the First Prize for both Fine and coarse work at the Fall Show here. The Best Value in Ordered Work is to be had at Shand's, the,Peoplo's Shoemaker. J-A.S. JONES, Watchmaker & Jeweler Has on haled it splendid stook of Silver and Gold filled Watches, also 'Cuff But. bons, Broaches, ];wrings, Gent's Pins, Finger Icings, ]toll Plato fest Chaise, Hoohiets, also 14 line assortment of wall- nut and nickel Clooko• tt Iiupairing Neatly and 17romptly l'ixecutad. QUEEN'S 1I0171a, BLOCK. fxAs. SONES. GIGANTIC 1 (1F 45 Millinery; Mannings, Hats & Oaps, ENT'S MI IMUS BOOTS & SHOES, a., &c. —WOE. CASI1 ,ONLY.; •- Owing to the very flue weather lir the last two a)oliths, I find that my stock of heavy winter Goods inns not boon selling as free- ly as I would like to see them, and as 1 bought very heavily this Fall 1 find my stock larger than it ought to be, anis lues decided to hold a Gigantic Clearing Sale, commencing Slltortilii brit ot 201115 and as I atm determined to make a speedy clearance of my targe and well assorted stock, Bargains Extraordinary will b:. riven. All Goods iti every Department will he marked down to P.ANTICI air_ Our Customers will find the regular selling price in Black Ink and the Salo Price in Red Ink, (showing the reduction on each article) and then you can see at a glance that you are saving `wn per cent. by buying at this clearing Sade. Great big drives in mu -departments at the New Garfield- House. We invite all to come- and look through and take a ntottt of the prices, and if you do not say that our prices are lower than evor was known in Brussels then we will not ask you to buy. 1' blas hound to Blake this a ringing sale that will oche all %7vn• the County. I,emember this is No Th, .bn,g, • or Blow, but a genuine, clearing sale to reduce my Large stock. Don't forget;, the sale prices are marked in Rod Ink. Wo would advise our Customers to ,and get tilt piek of the stock, as the bargains we are offering will. soon make a speedy clearance. Rosi .l.nk Prices for cash only. Please don't ask ns to charge' goods 'at reduced prices las we cannot do it. We want the Cash and you want the goods. Now for Bargains at G. Ar .,6.. owel a's„