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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-2-11, Page 2Ctmiltri ce caiuuit1L A Dutton grocer bee been fined $50 and costs for infraction of the The Presbyterian ladies of Wtnni peg have undertaken to educate the Chinamen of that city A company with a capital of $5, 000.000 has beau organized t:1 un - Scott Act, dertake tho construction of a ,tub- Miehi'ffan is to vote on theties. marine tunnel between Princ0 1±+'1• tion of prohibition, tbo Senateandi %verde Island and Now Brunswick, House Representatives having pass provided the Goverucueut will gua- ed the bill. raatea 4 per cent. interest nu the Canon Wilberforce calculates that ; expenditure It is clsiu'ted that the the 100,000 public bonsos 'lie Great tunnel will slllrten the distance be - Britain made 10,000 woman widows tween Liverpool and Canediau ports during last year. by several Hours. Mayor Bowland has been made Patrick Burne, the coal merchant, an honorary member of the Oen- has aseigned. Liabilities aro plea. fareneo Uniou of the Toronto W.C. ed at $400,000, of which $115,000 T.U.S., in racognitimt of a donation is owing American coal companies. to the funds, the first received. Arthur Lepper and Riehard Trotter, Next ! It is stated that much of the spirits imported into Indir. as per- fumery is nsed as drink, and a bill has been introduced into the Vice. regal Council impoeing a tax on perfumed spirits. The Methodist church at Mount Morris; N.Y., has offered n reward of $000 for the apprehenkiou of the parties who burned the barns of a prominent Prohibitionist in the neighborhood. Mr. Young, Police Magistrate of Halton County, last week deposited $200 more of Scott Act flues into the county treasury, making now $600 that has been deposited with- in a few months. Maps of the twenty-four Aesemb• ly Districts of the city of New York will be printed, showing the location u sa• tt.in the force of the blow of the saloons and uuderneeth will (t g be printed petitione urging the pass- 1.truck on impact) from 450 foot- age of the High License Bill as a tons to more than 50,000 foot -tons means for their restriction. ``at a range of 1,000 yards. Lie 08 Tho New York Sun estimates !pounder failed to penetrate the War- that asthat 6,000,000 barrels of beer are i rior target with 4i inches of wrong;h- annually consumed in that city, that i iron armour, at close range ; the two old and wealthy residents, are responsible to the D lmiuion Bank for the remaining $285,000. What Burn'e assets are cannot yot be es. timated, but their Awe value, will, it is nuderstood, be but small in pro• portion to liabilities. In 18.59 the largess c•,rrted by a line•of•battle ship`w'' one or two 68 pounders. Tit,ilt indred and sixty yearn previous, 1599, the largeet naval gun fired a pro jectite of 00Ib. Practically, there fore, the eoience of uaval artillery had remaiuo i almost stationary fur two centuries and a half. Since then grins have been increased in weight from 44• tons to 110 bus, in powder charges from 10 lbs. to 900 lbs., in weight of projectile from 08 lbs. .to 1,800 lbs,, in "energy" the brewers receive an ever - age of $6.40 per barrel, that the dealers sell it for double this sum, and that therefore New York spends annually $76,000,000 for beer. In his satires to the electors of North Wellington James McMullen said :—"On the temperance ques- tion, I ani a thorough believer in the right of the people to say by their ballots chat reform they want and will support such enactments as will submit to them the while question for their verdict, and I shall be guided in my course by their decision in the future as I have been in the past." Caanaaian JNoeets. The total abolition or material re duction of canal tolls is being pres- sed on the Dominion Govorntneut. It is rumored in Montreal that Hou, Mr. Trillion has been appoint - ad a judge of the Superior Oouri of Quebec. The Winnipeg City Council has endorsed a propneition to eivi, Men. Raba ladles the same privtleetei in respect of voting possessed by their sex in Ontario. Walter Scott is the name of the young man who perished in the Sim- coe woolen mills fire. He leaves a wife and two children. Young Ba- tes, who was badly burned, is in a very critical condition. Says the Guelph Mercury : Wm. Forsythe, Eramosa, found it neves sary to shoot hie old create mere, so well known to residents in Era - mesa and surrounding places. The animal was 84 years of age, and it was not without many a pang that the owner could make up his mind to lose his four•footed friend, which had worked •for him so faithfully for many years. The Winnipeg Board of trade re• ports indicate that last year sub- stantial progress was made by the city, and that the outlook is brighter now than over before. The exports of grain are rallied at about $3,000,- 000, and the total business done is estimated. at $26,000,000, au in• crease of nearly $9,000,000 over last year. The statement of vacant lands made by the sub -committee indicates that there are upwards of 1,000,000 acres of good land about Winnipeg to bo had at au overage price of $0,50 per acre. About 4 o'clock Tuesday after Poen as the fast express was about one mile east of Hamilton outward bound, iswoivan named itirs. Ripley, who should have gob off at the (de- tioli, hurried out of the ear and down the Stoke. She had a baby, two email CCatcllels and extra cloth- ing in her acme. She jumped oil', and, singular to say the child reeeiv- 1td only a slight scalp wound and the mother, lhongh (tnmed with the hill, was apparently net soriou.$)y injured. Tis trans was a double header behind time, and running fest. A pony engine and car wore sent to take the women and child into the city, 110 -ton gun can peustrate 85 inch es of iron at 1,000 yards. These coutraste are sufficiently startling ; but they are completely eclipsed by the astonishing statement that when tie two 110 ton guns of the Renown are fired together from it single tar ret, the mechanical energy sterol up in both projectiles exceed 120,- 000 foot•tons—au amount of 'work' equivalent to lifting the whole yes• sol through a height of 12 feet. Tho `Too Week netting)). Review has the following in regard to the burning of Kern's Organ Factory: Tim loss is difficult to estimate. Tho factory was full 0f material iu va rious stages of mauufaeturs, tbeval- ue of which cannot at present be ascertained. ?Jr. Kern himself tie nire that $50,000 would cover the loss ; but thin is hardly even an approxi• mato estimate. Tho building was insured for $25,000, no follows : Waterloo Mutual, 8,000; Mercan- tile, $2,000 ; Citizens', $8,000 ; Perth Mutual, ,$2,000; Economical Mutual, $4,000 ; Fire assurance, $8,000 ; Queen's, $8,000 ; _Mer- chants and Manf., $5,000. Five thousand dollars of the above is at present in dispute, so that $20,000 is all that can really be counted upon. Upwards of SO workmen will be thrown out of employment, who had all considerable money invested in tools, all of which were deetroyed, The loss is peculiarly unfortunate at this time, inasmuch as the factory had a very largo order from the fo- reign market, which cannot now be filled Mr. Kern intends budding again as soon as possible, not in the old stand, but in connection with the east end factory. All the resi- dents in the immediate neighbor- hood suffered some by breakage in removing furniture. While the firs in progress John D. Hood, town treasurer, W..li..Van Dagen, Robt, Barr and another man were stand- ing on the • sidewalk on the south side watching to sex if any flames were visible. While they were thus standing the flames belched forth, smabbing the glass, which full on the party. All escaped without in- jury except Mr. Hood, who was struck by two pierces of glass on tbo face: Ono piooe out his face severe- ly and the other his nook, psnetra- :iog a vein. Mr. Hood blod proton, ssly, and doctors report it very little short of a miracle that his jugular vein escaped. A piece of glass struck Ur. Van Ingon on the head. For sumo time bit'. lluod'e condition was (=Wetted very critical. The Howe family redutly 1101(1 a reunion at .Lansing, Aliell. There were present nine brothers, whose ogee rangbd from 71 to 04, And. coni Mud footed up 524 yoars. '!,'heir total weight was 1,4.44 pounds, being an average of 1GG1. The most remarkable thing about the re- union was that it was the first time that the nine fixation( had ever all been together. Their parents, who were over 70 when they died, had never seen all the boys together, THE BRUSSELS POST ^rv� �esa���•amvz--^^-,�tmaano,aaa�mmsraray.�r..;se��a(s]a�l�.••��ta:a(raa:w::,ak^r.� US i'01f ! Pheundersigned beast nave to intimate to tee coolie that he has opened a tailor shop hi the Post einitic biooll, over Lsird's Muter shop, whore he is prepared 4o at. tend to the wants of the puede ineating, iitGing and malting clothing to the latest and most 6151400shie styles. My Long ,)x- psrisI,ee together with a 0ourso of in- struetion under ono of the best cutters in Toronto is a guarantee of b.ling able to de satisfactory wont, :fstisfaetion Guar• anteed. G. a. ;NJir.fiS • ey1 ONE YTO LOAN. Auy amount of Money to Loan on Farm or Village Pro- perty at 6 Lt 6?,- PER CENT. YEARLY. Straight Loans with privilego of repaying when required. Ap- ply to A. Hunter, Division Court Clerk, Brussels. vION1dY TO LOAN. 1%101111y to Loau 011 Farm Pro- perty, at LOWEST RATES. wetorATE AN,) cU3Ir.t\T wo'NOM. W. B. DICKSON, Solicitor, Brussels, Ont. iliONId,Y TO LOAN. PRI V.4 TE FUNDS. $20,000 of Private Funds have just been placed in my ]lands for In- vestment. AT 7 PER CENT. Borrowers can lusve their loans complete in threr days if title is satisfactory. l��041 evristOY I'oesnesty. AT GREATLY Rle 1i cod, nixes ! Wo have on Mand the following Land hollers, Plows, Harrows, Scutliers, Horse Powers, Straw Cutters, Turnip Cutters, Grind- ing o: Chopping Mills, best make, and 1 Good ;Second Hand Lumber Wagon. TAKE NOTICE. VITe haute started a Planer and Matcher to work. Parties Wishing to liavo Lumber :Pressed and Matched, or Flooring sized, tongued and grooved may rely on getting first-class jobs on the most reasonable terms. Repairs of all kinds promptly attended to at the Biressi:ts FOUNDRY. W. R. Wilson. 33r IMON AND BRUCE Loan & Investment Co. This Company is Loaning Money on Farm Security at Lowlssr T1•AT1.1S OT INTEREST. Mortgages Purchased. SAVINGS BANK BBANciIL 3, 4, and 5 per cent. Interest allowed ou Deposits, according to amount and time let. MTGE.—Corner of Market Square and North Street, ixodc- rich. horace Horton, MANAGER. AUDITS ITS WANTED ! Apply to E. E. WADE, Steady E'mplo.ytnent to Good An. �j �yr None need be Idle. Previous HAIR 1S 'Vtr iAIPRl, Experience not essential. Dn.0.l'i,wa■1's'Tel ve and Brain Treat- meat,a guaranteed epeuiac for Hyster a, Disziuese,0onvutslo n e,' its, Nervous, Neu- ralgla.lisadaelle,Nervous Prostration cal l- ed bythe use of alcohol or tobacco, Wake- fulness ,atenta1 ake.tulness,atenta1 DeprOSeion,s ensuing of the Drain resulting i n insanity,leading to m o- ory,docay,and death. Premature 010 Age, Bareuess,tose of Power in either sex,Invol- untaryt+oeseeand Spermotorrbossonusedby over-oxertlou of the Brain. Belt -abuse or over -indulgence. ISaoh box contains ono moutb's treatment. Qin box, or six boxes for de,sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of price. WE GUARANTEE SI[ BONES To cure any'caoe, With each order received by us tnreix boxes a000m panted with 555, we will send the purellaeer our writton Verso - tee to refund tho money if the treatment dose not street a sure. Guarantees issued onlyby Too. Hargreaves ,4 Oo.,nrus eels. JAS. JONES, Watchmaker & Jeweler Inas ou hand e, splendid 510014 of S1War MO Gold tilled Watches, also (1ufT But- tons, s, liroacltes, l:at'iugs, 'Gent's bins, Finger Riegi, Roll Plato Vest Chains, Necklets, also n, fine 55510(110(1 cif wall• nut, and niettel Clocks, int Stiiolf. t,-ee 1tepairfus Neatly and Promptly 110eon ted, QUEEN'S EN'S 1tf.)ri;r, 11L00N, 0 -AS. TO ;S. Wo pay either Salary or Com- mission. 100 lien Wanted To Canvas for tho Salo of Can- adian grown Nursery Stook. The Foothill Nurseries, Largest in Canada, Over 400 Acres. Don't apply unless you can furnish first-class References, and want to work. No room for lazy men, but•can employ any num- ber of energetic men who want work. ADDRESS Stone & Wellington, Nurserymen, .Toronto, Ont. rear OF TIE SCOTCH COLL,1]. . A. new stock of Buffalo ]lobos, Goat Robes, Horse Blankets, Bells, Whips, R*c., JUST TO HAND. ,S. Splendid Assortlilont, of Trunks, Valises, And Satchels. C4•]VT::4 E 4 CA:1i1b. a Dennis. )10Ve".+TnSF'11133iy (.1.1!•0,:1 1?sl3, 11, 1887. 11FNIrnasnttrillG.W 9ra241246st,.evsss THE POST ilas (a complete I1.5.sor'tment of call the School Books, Slates, Lead and Slate Pencils, Ink, Pens, Chaps Crayons, Scrlbl>'lers, 'o., 6'o• Ask to Soo the "Scholar's Campaion,f1 Foolscap and Note Papers, .Envelopes, the best in Hie 7)U/I'he1. Try The Post Bookstore. REMOVED. a J. „5:.1 PMIC°s'lr =9E!" HUs ronloved his stock of Groceries, Crockery, Cilaesware, (fc, fo f. A. Garlick's Old Sia•nd, Ns= r,01111 TO 11. 111.:011T.0,. where ho will be pleased to see his old Customers a15(1 ae 10511y 7]OW ones as will favor him with a call. - 1 Minya just received a line Stock of IL', DDIE S, CRANBERRIES, OYSTERS. ORANGES, LEMON S. NU TS, &c., for Xmas Trade, which will be soul at exceptionally low ]]rices. Ji.2r• E, Grundy has started a linking and Confectionery Business in connection. Parties can rely upon gutting Good Bread, Buns, Oakes. fro. at all times. t Goods delivered to any part of the towel. J. Annett. gfq M8 rµ 4 sp. �,: t n roy WealSpectacles and. Eye -Glasses that will pros or4 c your Eyesight. F.. MIA ZARU Manufactur.iug Optician, into of the firm of Lazarus It: Morris, 38 Maryland ltoad, Barrow Road, London, England, has ap- pointed an agent for tho Renowned Spec- tacles and lyo•Glassos which have been before the public for the past S5 years. Lazarus' Spectacles never tire the eye! Last many year's without ellenge, For Scale by IL. 1,. JACKSON, BRUSSELS, • ONT. NOW TS '.LTTE TIME! ! Hi ! Ho ! Local House ---11'3111110 1507 CAN 5)01, -- Hand Straw Cutters, Horse Pow- er Straw Cutters, with roversable food, hoot Pulpers, Root Slicers, the genuine fort Perry Grain Grinder, Horse Powers, large and small, and several Hand Power's-- cheap, and- Trecl Pow- ers. Also the Celebrated EZAY"T,/MO]T17 STEWING MACHINE, :it Leads thele all. BERT SATISFACTION GIVEN. Geo. Love.