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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1887-7-22, Page 5Jtrvr 2 2, 1881. THE BRUSSELS POS'' GARHEL HOUS[! AINIONIMMONNAMILLMAINNIFINSINIINIIIIMISIIINYMMONECIEDIEMNIMARLOWIIIMEIMMINISAMOIVREAMMICISHOI.1112844MUMNIESWINNEWIll We are Slaughtering the Following Lines of Goods This Month in order to make room for PRINTS, GINGHAMS, MUSLINS, DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, LACE CUR- TAINS, CRETONNES, SILKS, CASHMERES, TABLE LINENS, PARASOLS, MILLINERY, READY-MADE CLOTHING, CARPETS, BOOTS & SHOES, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. IRMIVIIV.A.:NTTI10 C)ITIR,0 CD TAKEN AS CASH. PEKE_ CALL . ,.T T2IIr G.AIIFIELD IOUSS. A hank f, now meets John Hat soliciting et a flag for tb Rev. G. 1 ter, of Dra town, has r of L. L. D North Carts A letter i that he ani Pomona, 0 stood the lc Pomona is ants and is people are t is certain b like it. Rev. R. the Method absence of t The folio paper, refs of that cit beautiful a Thos. Farr the bonds lee, march Rev, Mr. thumb, lee o'clock. ding was p erous eostl congtatula friends. T ley, of Hu brother of charming i her husban wedding to parties ext for their In Twenty -e last week a in the List A class in in town tail Bengough, week and d portant sub The Bel our boys 1 by 162 runs 'They apo Listowel o On Thur team plays junior club to bat first went tent, 16, and Dr. Hamilton Cummings In' the and 101, Morph W. J. Hay The visitor innings. W. NIGHTINGALE & CO. a .��.���.��U. ---------=------ = Paul, re nd oI ant t Notwithstanding teens ntlo toe end sure owol tont red slay made y s In oomplianoe with petitions from the Town Council, Board of Trade and MU- zona generally, the Grand Trunk Railway Company will issue tickets to Listowel each Saturday for single fare for the round trip from Milverton and intermed- foto stations ; Ethel and intermediate statione, and Palmerston and intermedi- ate stations. do sincerely regret the loss of our well. beloved Brother Henry Spillet, of'Grey township, who has been removed from amongst us by accidental drowning; and that we tender our sincere and heart- felt sympathy to his bereaved parents, to whom we present bis badge, es a token of respect for a worthy brother and our sympathy for his bereaved parents, to we send a Copy of this resolution. John Engler, who has been in the West- ern States for the last six years, came home about two weeks ago. Our pastor, Rev. D. B. MoRae, resum- ed his duties last Sunday. We are glad to see him looking so well after his long journey. Three of oar sports were out hunting last Tuesday and one of them accident. ally fell into the river and got a fine warm basis. Some of our youths are talking about emigrating to the West. No doubt they will take the usual supply of second hand revolvers, black jack and scalping knives. Last Sunday some of our sports visite] a neighboring village. to got spruced up." They returned all broken up, min- es part of their wearing apparel, Whether they left it with "our nitrite" or not we cannot say. John Imlay is lonesome, Wm. Spence is glad, and Dr. Cale is rather' forlorn looking. Cause : Mre. Imlay ie visiting friends in Hamilton ; Mrs. Spence ie home from her visit to Lockport, and Mrs. Cale is visiting friends in Mitchell. On the 12th of July an ambitious young man from the 14th con. of Grey, who is a member of the Brussels lodge, drove over to the 8th con. for his beet girl and arrived there before any of the family were out of bed. Better be early even if ou do wait two or three hours 3' than "got left. Tun Pro Nureaxas.—Complainbi are made by some of our villagers of a num- ber of sonrvy looking, ill -fed, mongrel brutes of the genius porcine, running at large, making their nightly visits to gar- winkns und is as good as a the;mutants. g o a blind ho As we hope they will be penned up in rho future or they wont need soraping, Quite a number from Ethel and violin ity were down at Henfryn last Tuesday afternoon assisting at Win. Boavtinheim- pr's barn raising. After getting the tiro• ber together B. McDonald, of Grey, and J. Gimlet, of Rima, wore duly installed as captains and by the time the sides wore called there came a call to tea ampleolrj responded do ng was icon toe ano. After excel excellent spread the men came back to the metro of action and taking their respective sides bhe most lively part of the work began. Xour •eorrespondant was on the winning side and so came in for a share of the honor. Poon D000s,—On account of the large number of valuable sheep destroyed an oar neighborhood it hes become a quos- tion of groat importance, as to the utility of the dog species. Those who have had the misfortune to lose a number of sheep are for having all dogs dostroyed, while those who go more into the dog business and keep no sheep, disclaim against so arbitrary a proceeding. But why so many dogs are kept is a gnestion. Some not eatasfield with one keep two and in some oases three, and as a rule alto great• er the number the more hungry and the hotter fitted for making mutton. clow people of this class have about as Hutch use, for a dog as the dog has for two tafig, That the dog la a ne eeettry nuisance ha will not attempt to deny, as they prove useful to hunt sometimes—when they get lost—and are also useful at this time of year when tho country is overrun with tramps and the usual number of persons bereft of their usual employment and who naturally turn their attention to selling shoddy, insuring people's lives or beguiling the innocent moss -back into buying Russian mulberries and other bogus trees to plant his hundred acres, and to put a line along his road fence to shade the weary traveller. Wingham. rem each of the livery stables every train at the depot. MR has been going around rbsoriptione towards buying .8 pole on the market square, I, Cornish, Methodist minis 7ton, Ont., former] of this y waived the honorary degree from Rutherford College, dins, !rem Rev. R. MoCosh, states l his family arrived safely in alifornia, and that they all .ng journey well. Be says a town of about 8,000 inhabit- growing fast. He says the 'ery sociable and kind and he obit he and his family will ----4,---.whom Morris. H. Wathbuilt dditito WWatsonas an addition his dwelling this summer. The farmers are in their fall wheat this week, and it is yielding much better than was expected. Councillor Mooney has greatly improv. ed his residence by the erection of a new kitchen, verandah and making a number of other improvements. A new bank barn has been erected by Simnel Walker jr., on lot 29, con. 7. It is 48 x 00 feet, A good job was made of the mason work by Wm. Dark who is well up to his business. The building was raised in less than 1} days by the well known framer, D. Zimmer, by tackle. He was assisted by his own gang;—J. Gramm, A. Zimmer, W. Steiss and W, (lordon. They rushed it through in a hurry and did a good job. Slxth. J. A. Tanner, of Listowel, was in town this week. Mrs. and Miss Allio Sloan are visiticgin Toronto this week. Mre. M. Young is visiting friends in Markdaleat present. Miss Jennie and Miss Mary McGee, of Detroit, are home on a visit. R. E. Pethick is at present spending a few days with friends in Midland. Mrs, Hugh McTavish, of Detroit, Mich., is in town at present visiting friends. Geo. Rowed, who has been up in Notta• we for some time returned home last week, Mise Gourley, head milliner M D. B. McKinnon's, left town last week for her vacation. Mra. and 11lise Nellie Foy, of Bay City, Mich., are at present visiting friends fa town, W. Drummond was called to London this week to attend the funeral of his mother. Mrs. McNaughton, of Schofield, 'Wis., is atpresent the guest of Mrs. D. 13. Mc- Kinnon. Norman King and Harry Collie left town on Tuesday for the Bruer Mines, They go by boat from Goderioh. that as currently g whro keepd around town s a small store on Queen street has leftfor parts un- known, frank Bawd°n severely ]tort himself Chia wsek by ialitng from a wagon and in• juringone of his knees. Fortunately, no bones were broken. Flax pulling has begun in this legality and is giving employment to a large num- ber of hands, from the small boy to the man can ,be Been every morning wending their way and promenade oe fields. concert, under the auspices of the Blyth braes band and lawn bemtfsalub, will be held in the Agri• cultural hall oh this (Friday) evening 22nd suet, Everybody should attend as a good time to anticipated. Canadian Ne-vvs. An advertisement by the Loudest Nest Fahool Board fora teaelter a6 $8D0 n year drew bet fifty applications. The Blanchester Guardian eays the position of the Dominion Government in relation to the. Manitoba railway dispute is untenable. Moncton (N. 13.j papers speak of a green grub about half an inch long that is stripping trees of their leaves. They also report that the army worm has done great damage in some districts. D. Creighton, M. P. P., has sold the Owen Sound Times, and is removing to Toronto, where he will occupy the posi- tion of managing editor of the new Con - sorvative paper to be established there. A white man smoked in the face of a colored man in a St. Catharines street ear and trouble ensued. The white man drew a revolver and Itis colored opponent a knife. The women screamed and a young lady in the car fell unconscious and remained so for several hours, Fin - ally the driver of the oar succeeded in inducing the blood -seekers to put up res oro weapons, their r rie tints beiu and a ins peace was g• The road between Arthur and Teviot- dale seems to offer a splendid opporbun. ity for losing articles from vehicles, without any hope for thelr recovery. Since last spring shawls, coats, pareses and innumerable other articles have been dropped along this route, and have disappeared as completely as though burned in a log heap. It is our opinion that the lost tribes of Israel must have for theirdalong Ws having beenoad, lostwso laoconnts e8eetnally that Avon Dr. Wild cannot find them. F. E. Lloyd, district master of the , Orange Order for East Toronto and an employee in the Toronto =atom house, has been suspended from his duties in , the latter position for one week for being absent without leave on the 12th of July. 1 The letter of suspension front Commie- Mona Johnson states that this is the t forth occasion ccas ono n which hi hd Lloyd has been m Patton, ' solleotor of materna, said that Lloyd had i applied for leave of absents° of the 1211t ' of July ; that leave had been refused; that Lloyd had absented himself without leave, and that he had reported these Wog to Johnsen, eommassionor of ens- toms, who " thereupon stspandocl Lloyd for the period stated. Patton said further that he had invariably refused latae of absence when isekod for the par - pose of taking part in Orange processions, in the pt'o0essiols which take plane on the 17th March, or for any wader pur. Pm' Bhnevatle. of Brussels, preached in ist ohuroh last Sunday in the he pastor, Rev. J. S. Cooke. wing is taken from an Ottawa to a sister of John Furrow, ,:—Miss Bina Farrow, too , ex.M. accomplished daughter of ow, ex -M, P„ was united in matrimony to Mr. Brown- of Carlson Place, by the Carson, at the Dominion evening, at the hour of seven that the wed. rivets the bride received nium- y presents and received the of a large number of he bridesmaid was Mise Brad- and the groomsman the groom. The bride looked n her travelling snit and with d left for the West on their w. The many friends of both to them their best wishes welfare. Grey. Berries 1 berries 1 i berries 1 I 1 The hay Drop is nearly all housed. Fall wheat and barley is being harvest- ed this •wsek. How about forming a berry pickers as- sooiation ? Mrs. Bowerman will visit her sister, fn Hamilton, next week. Frank Harrison, farmer, goes to Sault Ste. Marie this week. In this township there are 1058 voters and 546 of them eligible are jurors. Quite a number of the farmers here axe done having and are Very busy at the fall wheat, Mrs. R. Brown intends erecting a stone residence on her farm, near Cranbrook, this summer. Wm. Work has improved Itis barn ao. commodatiou by having the building mixed e splendid stone stable put underneath. Lot 18, con, 8, containing 100 Corea, was sold last Saturday, at the Central hotel, Bruseels, to Henry Savage. The amount paid was 82,840. John Robertson, 14th con., has a Scotch thistle growing in his garden that measures six feet, eleven inches in height. If anyone can beat this he would like to hear from them. C. Bowerman, teacher at 8. S. No. 8, is canvassing for the St. Catharines nursery. In legs than a week ho took orders for (149 worth of stook. It is the oldest and most reliable nursery in Canada, Conrad Nebel, of this township, hada span of horses burned while stopping over night at the Oommeroial hotel, Millbank. The fire took place about 8 o'clock in the morning but how it origi- nested fa a mystery. • The L, 0, L. Lodge, of Gewanatown, mot and passed the followingresolution of condolence :—Moved and resolved, that we. the brethren of L. 0. L. No, 970, ight candidates . wore writing t the third-class examinations High School, shorthand has been started h Miss M, Quinn teacher, T. of Toronto, was here last slivered a lecture on this int. jest, cricketers kind of sat on it Monday by defeating them with an innings , to spare. 199 in their innings and my got 47 in their two. of last week the home 1 a cricket match with the of Hamilton. Our boys went and made 57 rune before they Murphy made 13, W. J: Hay Hay 10 out of the number, 54 in their innings, 8, netting 23 and J. Harvey 1g, innings Listowel batted for ropeaEmg his former amore, Loring 12 and C. Hackie 88. only made 88 in their Hacking Ethel. D. W. Milne's mother and sister, of Toronto, are here on a visit, Raspberries erg very plentiful and there are tuts of pickers now. Wm. Elliott has pnrehasod a self -bind- er from W. Jackson, of Brussels. Thos. G. Ratalffe passed through the village last Wednesday cm his way to the east, William Bernath has gone bank to Toronto to resume Ilia duties as brake- man, John Honsel's new hardware shop is going ahead rapidly. R, Lang has charge of the work. Thos. Maunders has employed a num. ber of the Ethel boys to pull flax. He hog quite a gang at work, Charlevoix election is expected to take place about August 16th. Forty-nine Canadian horses for British cavalry and artillery service have arrived at Woolwich. More than 100 applications were made for the vacant bursarship of the London Insane Asylum, A bashful young fellow of Tweed wants a position as son-in-law in a small family. —Hastings Star. Senator Casgrain exhibits a collection of photographs of brother senators in a Windsor shop window. The Edmonton Bulletin reports a full third of the Wolf Creek band of Stonier to have died eines last fall. Tho Canadian exhibits at the Royal Agricultural Show have been closely ins- pected by the Prince of Wales. Sir Donald Smith has had satisfactory interview with Imperial Ministers rola. tive to the Pacific mail proposals. The Guelph School Board have voted down a motion to expel the Book of Scrip- ture Selections from the school of the city. On a recent train over the interna- tional Railway, there were 1,086 pilgrims for the shrine of St. Anne de Beaupre iu Quebec. Kindly neighbors recently turned out and egged twenty aures for James Kins- man, of Proton, who has been in bad health for a long time. Local celebrity attends six young ladies of Port Bruce who recently rowed to Part Burwell and back, twelve miles each way, in one day. Lieutenant- Governor Dewdney is to have a book dedicated to ]tint by an Eng- lish barrister, who at one time lived at Broadview, but has returned to England. An investigation into the condition of the oyster and lobster fisheries of the Maritime Provinces has been Oom- manaed by the Dominion Govern- nlent, Writs for the local election in the coun- ty of Laprarie name the date for nomin• etion as Saturday, July 28rd, and polling Saturday July 80th. The candidates are Dr. Brisson, Conservative, and Mr. Goy. ette, Liberal. The Leamington Post tells of a turkey abler there who sat on some eggs which , n accident had prevented his mate from ttouding to, hatched out ten little lurk. ys and is now attending to theca as well s a mother could have clone. It is understood that Sir Alex. Camp - ell, Lteut..Govornor of Ontario, who as t present stopping in Ottawa, will naka an extended trip through the ower Provinces this summer. Ho will loo visit Nowfondland, sailing 'for St, oho's'from Halilax The work of double.braoking the G.T. R. between Montreal and Toronto 1 to bs completed within three years, Fir by, and a half miles of double -tracking are to be done this year, This will roll- er the G.T.lt. between the points men - lotted a mmol more eif eient road than it is at present, and will no doubt largely inorease the travel upon the lino, Those I are travelling much usually prefer a double.tracked road on account of its greater safety.