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1 i.. Marshall is at present indisposed,
P. Kelly it Co. are buyiug largo (pent.
bias of eaw logs.
W. Glazier, of Clinton, event Sunday
in town,
Mrs. F, W. Watt, of Clinton, ie at
present visitine in town.
Mies Ifoss, of Listowel, is tit present
visiting Moeda in town,
Miss Ruth Jones is at present visiting
friends in Thorold.
Will Milne returned bo Toronto last
week to (Abend the Medical College,
Mise Allis Taylor, of Clinton, ie at
present the guest of Miss Ells Moll;innon,
The regular meeting of the Council
was hold in the Orange Sell on Wodues.
day evening.
Wm. Livingston, baggage master at the
G. 2', R. station hero, returned to town
after an Oconee of 8 weeks holidays.
Mrs. Grace McElroy wont to Port
Moron last week to attend the funeral of
her brother, Thomas, who died there re.
(tautly.
During the present month the baud
purposes giving a grand concert. Great
panne ran being taken bo melte it a grand
8000055.
Mee. Jas. Alexander and family loft
town last week for Michigan to join her
husband, who has been over there for
Rams time
Jas. Logan is st present confined to
the h'uso with a severe attack of inflam.
mabioa of the pangs. His many friends
hope for his speedy recovery.
Owing to the very stormy weather the
trnir,e have all bee, delayed on this lite
The Toronto papers, which should come
eveew afternoon aro delayed till next
Monday.
The Anniversary services in connection
with the Episcopalian ahurolt were hold
lest Sunday. Rev. Ur. Young, of Lon-
don, cocitpied the pulpit end delivered
two excellent addresses.
Tho lllyth Advocate has at last ceased
to exist. The last ism of it was pub-
lishrd last week. Mr. Passmore, pro-
m toter of the same, purposes staving in
town and running a job ottani.
On Sunday bet the Rev. J. E. Rowell,
of lieaforth, preached the anniversary
services in the Methodist church and de.
livered two excellent dieoourses. Dee ito
the unfavorablewetther there was large
tura,-out both morning end evening. On
the Monday following the tea -meeting
was held end there was a largo number
present. After satisfying the innor.man
th andieeee assembled in the Tompor-
aneo Hall, where addresses wore deliver-
edbythe visiting olergyrnan. The hand-
some sum of $55 was realized.
Morriss.
Mrs. Jamas Mo0allum and her brother,
James Newcombe, have goneto Neenah,
N. J. 1bIr. Newcombe will look out for a
situation there.
Alex. Connor has ranted from M, M.
Cardiff hie splendid 125 acro farm, part
of lots 24 and 26, con. 5, for a term of 5
ye8Lrs, with the privilege of making b 5.
He lake, possession April lst.
Puesaureetote—Tho Victoria Warder,
published at Lindsay, gives an moment of
the presentation of a beautiful hanging
Library tamp, accompanied by a kindly
worded address, by the Model School pu-
pils of that town to Rich. Lees, Model
:School teacher, formerly of this township
enthe eve of his departure for Brampton.
He also received 8 copies of the history of
Theme from the teaobore of St. Andrew's
Sunday School; wboro he was a faithful
and zealous worker. We hope the
ltrn.rnpton people will treat him well.
On the4bh Rust, tho Sabbath School en-
icrteinmont,candy sooial and Now Year's
tree that was held in Sunshine was a
grand success. Thera was a good turu-
out and when the church was comfort-
ably filled the pastor, Rev. John Ken.
nodi, reeled the Superintendent of the
School, T. P. Nugent, to the chair. The
meeting was opened by a piece of music,
"Anniversary Greetings." Music was
fornishod by G. G. Hood, leader of the
einging ie the school, Mrs. hood preside
ing at the organ and along with the es-
Aisbanoo rendered by some other Mende
lidded greatly to the evening's entertain.
ment. A. vorylong and interesting pro-
gram of readings, rooitations, eta„ was
provided by the sohool, with the egoist.
tame of genie sutsiders, among whioh
wars Charles Harris end family, who
gave some choice selections of maeso ; a
Scottish recitation by William McKay,
of Ebenezer, veld in the Irish dialect by
Henry Clark, both were no dieeredit to
their mother tongue (that is the parties).
Charles McLellan, of Belgrave, gave
sono grand selections, being on Dred.
After this part of the evening's pro ped.
ing over the pioking and distributing of
the fruit on the true came next, after
which rho meeting was brought to a close
with the feeling that the entertainment
was one of the best thet Sunshine has
(overload, Theprooeedsamounted to $28.
Wo understand from tho reading of the
report that the sohool is in good ulrcum-
etanoes for going forward with the work
for another year and the tsaohors and of-
ficers all appear to have the work at
heart aucl anxious to the the sohool pros.
Igor and ibo children brought to Jesus.
May their highest ambition be gratified
in this .respect is the wish of your ror
respondent.
%Vin Itassn.
About 8 o'oloek 'Tuesday morning fire
broke out in E. Talbot's general Moro,
totally destroying store and stock. Cause
of fire unknown. Insuettnee $0,000.
Thomas Ramlyn. an old employee of
the G. W. Railway, and for the last' ton
years airman carpenter on the L, 11. ds
(3. brunch, died vary suddenly at Wing -
ham on Tuesday morning of last weals.
The dtiaoased. was in poorhealth for some
time, but was working on Monday. He
retired in usual health, but during the
night Syne attacked with heart disease
and passed quietly away.
The Wingham 'Caledonian Society has
chosen the following officiate for .1887 ;—
Chief, J. J. Andoreon; 1st Chieftain, J.
Henderson ; 2nd Chieftain, 0. Dallas ;
3rd Chioftaiu, Geo, McKay ; 4th • Chief-
tain ; John Hardy; Somrotary, t iiliam
Robertson ; Accident Secretary, Jas,
Lottg ; 2`reastirer, J. A. Morton ; Stand.
; ard.bearere, John McLean and Samuel
Leggatt ; Mended, Welter Scott ; Deputy
Marshal, I). MoOrimnton,
The Wingham 'Timor says;—There
was no little (Reappointment among the
people of the Fourth Ward when it was
learuod that John Norris, one of the most
popular mon in the ward (a former resi
dont of London), Riad issued a afronier
requesting bis friends not to vote for him
ao Councillor, as "circumstances 0050
which he had no control" would prevent
loin from taking a seat at the Council.
115r, Norris had accepted the nomination
in good faith, and entered the contest
with a determination to win and with
every prospeob of nneoess, when, at the
last moment, he received notice from the
G. T, R, authorities that he meet Dither
retire from the contest er give op his
situation, Ile soon arrived at the eon -
elusion that it would pay him better to
continue driving an engine on the L. H.
& B division than to enter the employ of
the town as oounoillor, and he therefore
at 0130e throw up lois chances for the lat-
ter, But for thio circumstance, Mr. Nor-
ris would uudodbtedly have polled a very
heavy vote and been cleated. 11 Reams
that there is an old rule on rho G. T. R.
books that no one in the employ of the
company shall hold any mumoipal office,
and, although it had boon very little
heard of before, the rule is being rigidly
enforced this your.
Grey.
The now Council will assume office
next Monday at 12 o'clock, at Cranbrook.
Gideon Perris is spending the winter
in California, He likes the country
well.
It is reported that Miss Caroline Zim-
mer was united in marriage to a Mr.
Ziggler ou Thursday of this week.
A, G. Welsh was elected trustee for S.
S. No. 6 for the ensuing year, at the an-
nual school meeting.
Oliver Smith has returned from 0hes-
ley and will go in with hisbrotlior, Thom-
as, into the new planing mill and sash
and door factory to be built at Brusseis
next spring, Ile is a worker and will
push things.
A nephew of Tames Mitchell died, in
Londou, last Tuesday eveuing. Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell aro away attending the
funeral, which' takes place on Friday.
Consumption was the oaose of rho young
man's death.
At the recent entrance examination to
the Sigh School, held at Liebuwel, among
tile successful pupils were Lizzie Wellaoe
who took 489 marks, and Josiah McKee,
who seemed 881. The pass mark was
375. They are pupils of S.S. No. 6 and
are under tbo careful instruction of Gee.
Thompson who is doing excellent work
in the school,
Last Monday to span of horses belong-
ing to Donald Motauohlin, lot 2, con. 7,
was weighed on the Brussels market.
One of the animals is a 2 yearold filly
and the other 5 years old. They brought
the beam up at 8,100 pounds. This is a
good weight for a team, especially at the
years stated above. Who is the next
heavy draught man to toe the eeratoh
Dnsamie,—Tho young men of the vicin-
ity will have a meeting in Shine's school
house, 12th eon., on Wednesday evening,
Jan. 19th, for the purpose of having a
debate. The subject being "Resolved
that free trade would be the most benefic-
ial to Canada." There will befour speak-
ers on the side of free trade and a like
number for protection. Free to every.
body,
Your regular correspondent is too
sundoot to rection credit for tbo doggerel
whioh appeared in the Grey notes last
week.
The lines denote a brain of feathers,
With wit that's flighty, learning light,
For in this modern poet's flights;
I'm sure it may bo justly said
His feet are useful as his head.
MA'ramteenee. Joshua Bateman, of the
fibh con., hos taken unto himself a wife
in the person of Mies Julia Hughes, of
Wingham, This pleasant event took
place ou Tuesday, the 11th inat., at the
residence of the bride's father, George
Hughes, cattle exporter, Wingham, in
thepresenco of quito a number of friends.
Mr. Bateman is a very quiet -going fellow
but still water runs deep. Wo all join
heartily in wishing them much joy and a
long and bappy sail on the matrimonial
sea.
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.Ethel.
Sausage boos aro a new feature Isere.
Scarlet fever reported to be in the vill-
age.
Ethel Maud S. is getting in good con-
dition.
Jamas Spence is able to got out again
and carry the mail.
Ethel station boasts of another addition
to its population.
Rebt. Vodden ie reported sick. We
hope he will bo able to get out soon.
A tea meeting and a couple of lectures
are on the tame before the winter is over.
Wm. Thompkms hurt his leg by elipp-
iug through a holo in tbo gangway of
Wm. l0ilno's saw mill.
D. Portio occupied rho pulpit in the
Presbyterian ohuroh last Sunday and
preached a vary aceeptablo sermon,
M. S. B. lemon lost a horee Jest week.
Several sick horses in the village during
the last few days, good opening for to
Vet.
D. Duuber is bound to go ehead with a
new hall, It will no doubt bo a remun-
erative investment as rho hall would be a
requisition throe o; more nights each
week.
George Knight, who has for several
years occupied the position of telegraph
operator at the railway depot, Exeter,
has boon promoted to the more lucrative
position of station agent at Ethel.
Report says that Thee, Ratolif£o per -
domed a village lot and immediately re.
sold it. to Robt. Dellsworth; ,who will
move our oldeolnool house onbo tho prem.
beeand fit it up for a dwelling hone.
Alf. Henry, formerly of Ethel, was in
our village a fete days sines. He is now
agent for patent rook lifteee, and for chin
is the "beau ideal" Of au agent, "Ifo
• waprtod to bo an agout and with the ((gouty(
stand."
An oyster.-euppor Was lookers for by'
lento parties in our village, but wo 'think
the one who was to lava given it has
postponed it until next July, as the
Weather will be warmer and .oysters will
be cheaper and go farther.
THE BRUSSELS POST
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Btobt, 1Ia11 1s reported on th0 sink limb,
Bobby ,nest 111„.1, ihotter hours.
Thesday evening the libhol band ser-
enaded our worthy Dr. Cale s.ud eolwith•
standing t110 luolemonoy of the weather,
had a very plangent time. Resides the
good things of life tbo Dr, donated sumo
Of bis surplus wealth to add to the band
funds,
People ere getting impatient regarding
a 5erlalnn affair ilntt WAS expected to have
taken place abnut the first of the mouth,
but trorn the firing in the future residence
the plaster must be nearly dry, and we
ratty look for an bunt of interest in the
near future.
IVa omitted last week to report tbo
grand torah -light procession held on the
3rd inst. in honor of sleeve Milne. It
was lad by the Abel band. Mr. Milne,
although taken soonewbat by eurpriss,
made a neat enamel thanking them for
the onthuniaem manifested in his election;
Last Sunday evening Rev. J, S. Cook,
of Blnavale, preached a missionary ser-
mon in the Methodist ()beech. On Mon-
day evening the ennui missionary. meet-
ing was hold. 1'na. Goober occupied the
chair. Short addresses were made by
Rev, Messrs, Cook, Smyth and Poul. The
innds aro in advanan of last year,
Satnl. Amos jr„ who has been living
in Manitoba for rho pet year, sunt his
father-in-law, Joseph Whelpton, the leg
and foot of a fowl infected with a disease
peauliar to the feathered tribe of that lo-
cality. A hard substance sontothiug like
waste conies ou the logs and gradually
grows toward the bode and kills the bird.
The only salvation is to take it in time.
A short time since the band visited
Lrdwerd Slemmon who has been confined
to the berme throneh sickness for some
months. After playing several pieces
the band was invited iuside, where a
spread was prepared in a style rarely
equalled. After justice wee done the vi-
ands, string music, songs, rec., were giv-
en until the cloak proclaimed that the
year 1886 had passed away, when all
made for their homes higbly pleased with
the evening's amusement. We are sorry
to learn that on Sunday last Mr. Stem.
mon vies not quite so well.
The Grey cnrresponclsut seems some-
what grieved that the temperance people
did not Ruppert rho temperance candid-
ates and from hie view he may perhaps
be right. Bub the temperance peoole
here look at things in a diffetenb light
and look to those whose record is good
and not to a lot of promises made 011 the
eve of election, for the sake of getting in.
Gray correspondent had bettor try again,
or turn his whole leisure time to poetical
offunious. filet would save a dispofeary a
fortune in a short time by saving their
tartar emetic.
fJanli;irrlONS,—In an item that appear-
ed iu TUE Pose, of Dec. 31st, referring to
Wm. Sharp, the following corrections are
asked to be nada with a few additional
facts, lin only residers in Oxford town-
ship 20 years and came to Grey township
33 ysers ago when ho pu'ohased the farm
ho now resides of and where bo has lived
since the pneehase. Thorn ars 11 child-
ren living, 6 daugbtore and 5 sons. hfr.
Sharp was married in 1834 to Miss Eliz-
abeth Hunter, South Gore, Co. Grenville,
and although now nearly 70 years of age
she is almost as hearty as ever, and has
proved a helpmate indeed to her aged
partner in battling against the stern real-
ities of life.
(,0 enc r'al Ncwnx.
Russia is arming her soldiers with a
new repeating rifle..
The bbtarohioness of Queensberry is ap-
plying for a divorce.
Tho victims of the meet Madras fire
are efiioially numbered at 405.
Jews are being expelled in largo num.
bora from Odessa two( Wolvayshai, Rus-
sia.
The Duke of 'Westminster has sont
1500 to a charitable institution in Lon.
don.
Gen. Sherman is said to have a fear
that he will ho the next of the war heroes
to die.
Governor Leo, of Virginia, is oreditod
with being the champion checker player
of the South.
A Kansas woman, on trial for murder-
ing her another, hes hoe divoteed husband
far her attorney.
The return cricket motels at Melbourne
between the English and Australian elev.
ens eesnitod in a dram, guano,
The United States Senate has passed,
without division, the Bill to pension
Mrs. Logan with $2,000 per year.
The Italian people ore about to erect a
monument to Garibaldi on the Tanioul nm,
ito Ramo, to cost 1,000,000 frames.
Hiram P. Revels, the first colored man
elected to the United States Senate, id
now to wail -to-do farmer in Mississippi.
At St. Potorsburg the Government has
suppressed .Pueskoie Dille for publishing
an article violently attacking Germeny.
Little Johnny Blossot n, of Harrods-
burg, Ky., has swallowed 10 conte in pen-
nies and tstree.cents pieces, and has rev
or been (doh a day.
The debt of the pity of Buffalo is only
twice las largo as bloat of the State of New
York, and it is growing at about the veto
of $200,000 a year.
Mr. Sussex, a Newbury barber, snoozed
violoutly on Stanley morning, imbuing
a blood voseel in his head, from which ho
nearly bled to death.
Advi
oss from China Say the Tseng Li
Yemen have agreed to pay $26,000 to the
Amer iea 0 tnis5iona•im5 who suffered losses
during the reeenb riots.
The ghost that haunted a Devonshire
graveyard has boon arrested and sons to
gaol for two months. She was a domestic
maned Ellen Cook.
A lyro five foot hlgl, loos been found by
Dr. Sohlienann. The Norristown Her-
ald declares that they have bigger liars
than boat in the Ileitecd States.
• Philadolphiareokons np 1001:ivee sport
flood to level crossings in that oily last
year. J.iue outdoes the 0holora, smtill.
pox, and other clangorous diseases.
Wm. Blaen, the novelist, has obtained
a verdict for $600 deenagee ageinsb Bow
l3ollsforlibolloueassertions respecting lois
early life and persimanions habits.
The orgen•grinders of Now York city
have a bake union of 882 members, Ilia
like some of rho other labor organisations,
they arc in laver of at "grinding melon-
poly.”
elon-
poly '
The wheat harvest in Victoria, Aintree
lia, ie 12,000,000 bnsbsls, x011 a 0000111 of 12
bushels per acro, J0oportettlons exceed
R 160,000 tons, or 60,000 ions over that of
i preeediug yeer.
The libel late of England, says Tho
i London Times, ie now such that "almost
any rogue or vagabond can put a paper to
an immense expense in almost any naso
ho may wish to trump np,
The Duke of Clomutught, who has ro-
oently been made a member of the Coun-
cil of the Presidency of llombe,y, and
1'rinoess Beatrice will, it to Raid, bo the
heirs to (anewVintoria's ilnlnonse for-
tune.
Fearful snowstorms aro reported at
Florence, Perugia, Venice, Gonna and in
• the wbnla of Piedmont, interrupting mil-
Secy and telegraphic oomrnmoioatloo.
Rho incessant downfall of rail at Rome
threatens to ranee an overflow of the
Tfbar,
Ona clear night, when a man 55 forty
feet tip a tree, the elootric lights of Now
Orleans can bo seen for fifty miles, At
the sumo time places not 200 feet from
bh' towers are as dark as the iuside of a
tar barrel,
Fourteen women left widows, and 85
children fatherless, ie the sed story tient
closes the chapter of the last unprofitable
and disastrous sea -on of the berrly Heher-
man of Gloucester. .Sub mon must work
and woman must weep.
President Gravy, of the French Ropub-
lic, receives a salary of $240,000 a year
and is allowed $20,000 for hosting and
lighting his houate and his servants ;
$60,0011 for his euteriaitunonts, and $25,-
000 for too maintenance of his game pre-
serves.
A farmer near Waldron, Mo„ has a
healtihy four-montlts•old pig that has two
fest on ecce leg, and on mash foot five
toes. Suoh a breed of pigs would be pre-
(table in e, community partlat to pickled
pigs' feet.
The annual accounts aro coming from
Dakota of the snowballs, some the size of
apples, others as largo al neck measures,
that cover the moire there. These balls
are rolled by the wind and ,there ere
thousands of them.
A young man in Nebraska City offered
a prominent citizen $50 to get him a wife.
Tlio offer was accepted, and the girl se-
lected agreed to the proposition eft eon-
eidoration of a sewing machine. The
two were then married, and apparently
are as happy As two turtle doves.
A Dotroit dude, who has oeugbt the
toboggan infection, The Evening News
relates, attended the Athletio Association
slide Monday owning in eompauy with
soma ladies whom he was going to ini-
tiate into the mysteries of the festive
slide. IIe was in the act of arranging
lois now toboggan at the top of Woo slide,
when his feet went from ander him and
ho slid all the way to the bottom, His
trousers were packed so hard around his
nook that he was sent home in a blanket.
A C hioago merohantdeoided to surprise
his wife on Christmas dayprosentiug hor
With a $20,000 policy on his life ; but ha
neglected to apply for the polioy until the
day before Christmas. Thein he was
told that the tpplioation and the report
of the medical examiner would he Bent to
the New York office, and the policy would
come back in a fow days. This wooldu't
do. The merchant suagestod telegraeh-
ing. The moclioal examiner was sunt for,
his report and the appliontlon were tele-
graphed to Now York, and in less than
six )noire from the time of application
the report was accepted in New York and.
the polioy received in Chicago. This is
said to bo the first transaction of the
kind.
Ceteoreeeiaatt i'354 vas.
Dr, Oaegrain, of Windsor, and Setuue(.
Mother, of Now Hamburg, have boon
called to the Senate.
During 1880 187,680 cars crossed the
Dotroit river at Windsor, cast -bound, and
180,040, west•bound, a daily average of
1,007.
Mayor Rowland and S. H. Blake, Q.
0., aro spoken of as probable candidates
at Toronto for the Commons in the tem-
perance interests. Lientenaut-Governor
Robinson, Col, Fred. Denison, 0. M, G.
and Edward Gurney, as Conservative
candidates, and Robert Jaffray and Ald.
Hunter, as Reform candidates.
Donald McQuarrie, ex -Reeve of' Cale-
donia, was killed at Burlington village
last week. Ho and his son went down to
start the grist mill. The son went back
to the house and on returning found his
father's dead body where he had fallen
from the stairs in the engine room book -
wards on the driving pulley.
About 4 O'oloolc last Thursday after-
noon a fico WAS discovered in a House iu
the west end of Ingersol, owned end oc-
cupied by an elderly woman named 115re.
Scott, Whon the firemen arrived the
house was partly destroyed, and on enter-
ing the house they found Mrs. Scott
dead, and burned almost beyond recog-
nition. it 18 not known how the accident
happened. •
4. shocking and fatal ncoident mounted
on an up freight spored on rho pastern
division of the 0. P. R. on Monday night,
two milds east of Nspigon, A ca'pont50'
named Gordon, from Port Arthur, wee
riding on engine 269, together with Brake-
man Frederick, Pireutat plasty Brunoll
and Engineer Ramsay, when the omen
shoot burst. The frightful rush of steam
blow rho three first named men out of the
angina on to the track, whore they had to
lie in the ooid, with tin temperature 40
clogs, below zero. All tare terribly seem.
ed. and frozen. Gordon diad two hours
after with a broken bask, Tlla firemen
had ono log broken, and was badly frozen
on rho face, lianas and foot. Tho brake-
man was belly scalded and smashed
about the fano, but was able to walk. The
engineer escaped bijary
Victoria, Australia, has 1.50,000 tons of
wheat to export.
Tho Blytlo Advocate has suspended
publication and nothing boot a job oMMee
will now bo run int that burgh. Blyth
has bad a very varied experience with its
nswspeyars during the paint ton years.
To those requiring aide to vision. 13a
sure in asking for Lnenanoo'e spectacles
that you get 13. LAW105'oe'e—ae thorn ars
imitations in the market, and sea that
ovary peer is statnpod 13, re, without
which none aro genuine. Do not be do -
coated by 10uy ,i milinrity in the 00100130. °'
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Has a complete as,sor't/nent of all the School
Books, Slates, Lead grad Slate Pencils, Ink, Pens,
Chalk Crayons, 'Scr'ibbler's,
Ask to See the "Scholar's Companion,"
Foolscap ctmcZ ,;•V'ote Papers, Envelopes, the best
La the Market -
Try The Post Bookstore':
The attevtioll of the public is directed to our excellent,''; e,nd well
, selected stock of Furniture, made up of •
Parlor Suites,
.Drawing- Room Suites,
Bedroom Suites,.
Chairs, Tables, Lounges, Bedsteads, Cupboards, &e., &e. A Spec-
ialty is made of Haiui.Madc Furniture. Orders filled promptly
and satisfaction guaranteed,
A splendid assortment of Picture Frames and l'4ouldings nal stock;
Undertakin
Department,
Two splendid Hearses, 0110 white mid the other black, are ks;at. in
connection with the business. Caskets, Coffins, Robes, &c. a-1•,' ys
ort hand.
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inspection at our meellent stock asked. Our piens will elms-
pare wait any 03habil:ill Milt fn the uOttntrp.
Repairing attended to with neatness arid tlespattch.
I will take any t nalltjty of SAW :CAO s '1 exchanger• •:
,l 1 „ �,' 11 for l�tt.,,t,�ilrt?.
MRS. W. LONG,