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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1004.
COUNTY COUNCIL,
The following is a condensed re-
port of the important business
transacted at the December session
of Huron County Council, which
was held at Goderieh. Not a great
deal of legislation of importance
was transacted.
Applications for positions of
keeper and matron of the House of
Refuge were read from. R. H. De -
long and wife, Goderieh ; J. New-
comb and wife, Goderich township ;
Robert Muteb and wife, Gerrie ;r
Mrs. 1Y. H. Simpson, Clinton, and
Mr. French, the present keepers.
Nine of the council were in favor
of retaining the present keepers 3
to six against and they were a.e-
cording;ly re-engaged.
The council by resolution decidedl I
that a steel bridge, on iron pikes,
not less than 100 feet long, be
built between Huron and Lamb -
ton, provided. Middlesex and. Lamb -
ton pay two-thirds of the cost, the
ratter being left in the hands of±
the County Commissioner to enter'
into correspondence with these)
counties ;at once, conditionally that
they two pay two-thirds of the cost ,
and that in accordance with the 1
Counts Engineer's advice renotn-'
mend that the following bridges
be constrnetecl the cooling year,
tenders to 1)e called for and let at
the coming meeting of the council
in January, viz. at the Lake shore,
near Arberley, in Ashfield, overthe 18 mile river, 95 feet long anal
10 feet wide ; on the boundary be -1
twoen Ashfield and West Wawa- l
nosh, over. the 0 mile. river, 00 feet
long 1)y 10 feet wide ; two on the
boundary between T'nckerenti th
and Ribbert, one over the Baiyileht
river, 60 feet long b,, 16 wide, the
other over Morrison's crook between
the townships of Tuekciremith and
and Ribbert on the boundary be -
tweed Heron and Perth. That these,
Bridges be built in conjunotiom
'*withthe county of Perth, the latter;
paying one-half the met.
The County .Property committee
found the 1 t.
1ers' report correc
and that the were ten personsconfined in the jail, and that the
institution was clean and in good
order. They also found .Tailor
Griflin.•scrinu:ly ill, but hoped for
his speedy recovery.
Notice of the comnittment of
Charles Constable, a boy from Sea-
-forth, to the Victoria Industrial
School, was received and the pa-
pers filed.
The Executive reporters in favor
of paying the Gerrie Company of
volunteers the usual extra 25 cents.
per diem. for attending at training
camp in the summer and recom-
mended a grant of ) 25 to the Huron
Poultry and Pet Stock Association,
to assist in paying in'17,e .
The Education r•nr.awcutte r reve r'
mended (1) that the lctta) from
Iiarriston High l.•'ehun1, re paymt'aat 1
of pupils, lie left overto l anu ary
session and noted ; (2) r 'po teem that i
in 1.904 'Vest Iluro) rr oived$11;.. 2;
and East Huron :;,.r t 50 for rural I
school libraries, and that Pu sic
oehool continuation grants were
paid by the Legislating) int follows :
West Huron $5.45, Exeter taking
,,;300, Wing ham �a:200, Heiman. $25,
.and Bayfield $15, the $325 paid to
the East Ridinng. g; beidivided a.,
follows :Brussels r; 200, Blyth $100,
-Wroxeter 1t25.
• Dr. Shaw's report for the House
of Refuge for the year 1904 shows
17 deaths, the largest number in
any year since the opening of the
institution. • This large number of
deaths he attributes, in -part, to the
exceedingly cold weather the year
through,•whioh considerably affect -
•ed the aged inmates. Of the 17,
;one reached, 100 years, one 88, one
7, and one each 86, 85, 83, 81, 80,
70, two 88, two 77, and one each 76,
75, 70- and 67. Two deaths were
'caused by pneumonia and insanity,
three by caneer of the stomach,
three by old age, two by apolexy,
two by consumption, and three by
other diseases.
In the House of Refuge on Deo.
lst, 1904, there were 78 inmates ;
males 49, females, 29 ; from McKil-
lop 5, Goderieh township 1, Us -
borne 2, Ashfield 1, Tuckersmith 2,
Wingharn 1, Goderioh 5, Exeter 5,
Clintonl, Wroxeter 1.
On motion it was decided to with
hold the unpaid balance of money
voted Godorielh township to assist
in cutting Hnlnzesville hill, until
such time as the ccmncil was assur-
ed the money was: pent as orignal-
ly intended.
In accordance with
the petition
of fifteen municipalities, a by-law
• was ordered to be prepared mill
passed to return to t11
of representation incound il,
•
)
e old system
the county
COUNTY NEWS.
Mr. T. H. Brownlee, for several
years principal of S. S. No. 14, Huy
has been engaged. as prmoipal of
the Hayfield Public school for the
year 1U05,
Commencing with the new year
alto Mousse of Refuge will have a
!nor matron in the person of lures.
11,T. H. Simpson, of (tinton. it has
{ been the desire of '11 'F. French to
' etire for a time,
1- Principal Strang csnite<nplates
I retiring from the Principalship of
the Cxuderich Collegiate In;atitutc
!in the near fMore.
A severe grid painful accident:
happened to two little children of
1l'r. and Mrs. Rob)a Doig, of Tnok-
ersmith, the other c1111. ;firs. Duig
I was boiling some meat and would
occasionally skins tho �v iter. On
Ipier leaving the room, her little son
, of six years, endeavored to imitate
his mother in the skimming, with.
the result of the pot of boiling
water being upset upon Inin, and
badly scalding a little baby about
the face, who was playing on the
floor near by.
J. Reilly, the mail -carrier be-
tween Farquhar and Dublin, had a
runaway in Exeter the other even-
ing. His horse became frightened
• at the power house and detached
itself from all but the harness and
shafts, and ran down Main street
at a lively gait, kicking the shafts
at every jump. hen in front of
Dr. Ramsay's ofiice the shafts de-
scended over a tie -post, and brought
the beast to as sudden standstill.
The driver and horse were unhurt.
The Cancierieh Model class has
been undergoing examinations lust
week. Inspector Tom being the•
presiding examiner. The following,
igen ;ers have seenred schools :
Miss Telfer, Walton : Miss Clara
Koehler, Dashwood, Miss Winona
Howard, 1,Vinchel.;ea ; Miss Mar-
garet Kilpatrick, Prosperity ; Miss
(lira Kienzle, Crediton ; Miss Char -
ria; 11lilli_*grin, Brtt:;:;els ; Mise Dora
Dalton, Chatsworth ; Miss Cora
White, Leaadbury ; Clayton White,
I'ort Albert ; Ernest Sherwood,
Dashwood ; Harry Leppard, Drew
Station ; Geo. E:aglestnne, White. -
church ; IIerbert Campbell, Whi te-
ehurch.
A special meeting of the Exeter
Bo—rd of Trade was held the other
evening, the object of the sleeting
being to receive a proposition from
the St. Marys Board of Trade to
toteet with them to discuss railway
matters. AX deligation drove to the
"Stone Town" where they met
about 20 of the prominent business
men of that place. A provisional
board of directors was appointed
to apply for a charter to ineorpor-
ate a branch of the 0, P. R. The
propoeecl.routc to 1)e aL branch from
the main line east of Strittforal.
through Stratford, to St. Marys,
Kirkton, Exeter, Crediton and
thence to Sarnia, the charter to be
applied for at the session of Parlia-
ment in January next.
HILLSSGREEIV,
,;aseial to LIE HERALD.
Onrrcguy. It is our sacs duty
Bilis ,:eek to report the death of
'a 1a ernes Hagan, of. Hills Green,
who Passed assay on Tuesday
morning, Dee, 20th, as the clock
was striking five. Mr. Hagan was
among the oldest residents in the
Township of Hay, having reached
the ripe old age of 7.4 years.
Ife was born in the County of
Tyrone., Ireland, where he lived
with his parents, two brothels and
five sisters, until the age of twenty-
four, when he bade farewell to the
land of his birth, accompanied by
itis brother, John, who still sur-
vives him, and set sail for America,
landing in New York, then to To-
ronto, where he spent two years,
then proceeded further west and
located on the Parr Line, Huron
County, at that time a vast wilder-
ness, and hewed out a home upon
which he resided until his death
Some 43 years ago he harried
Ann C. Jordan, daughter of James
Jordan, of Gode-,rieh township, who
With six sons. and five survive him.
On his death bed he macro a request
that his six sons carry his body to
the last resting place.
Tho funeral took place Thursday,
Dec. 22nd, at 10 o'clock, from -St.
Boniface.Oatholic Church, Zurich.
In religion Mr. Hagan was a de-
vout Catholic. In politics a staunch
Liberal.
The family have the deep sym-
pathy of the surrounding country
in their sad loss of a kind husband
and loving father.
OF INTEREST TO TEACo1TERS.
In accordance with a resolution
passed in a union meeting of the
Executive Committees of the East
and West Huron Teachers' Associa-
tions the Secretaries requested tho
Ministers of Edlueation to state
more explleitly the nature of the
entrance paper on written reacting;
at the next examination. Tho fol-
lowing is the reply :
Toronto, Dee. Sth, 1904.
Dear Sirs :—I tam directed by the
Minister of Education to state in
reply to your letter of the 28th
inst. that the Entrance paper on
Written Reading will consist of a
series of sight passages in litera-
ture upon which questions will be
a.skecl to deternune the power of
the candidate to understand, inter-
pret. and appreeiate literature as a
whole:. These selections) will be
within the comprehension of the
1
candidates. As a preparation for
' their work the candidates are
assumed to have smelled literature
as provided for Part I of the exam-
ination. The Written Reading
paper will also test the pupil's
knowledge of the passages selected
for memorize tion.
Your obedient servant,
JOHN MILLER.
Deputy Minister.
W. H. Johnston, Sec., W. H. T.
A., Kippen, ()nt . J. Hartley, Sec.,
E. H. T. A., Wroxeter, Ont.
Married.
RARER—DEcn r1— At the home
of the bride's parents, on the
Babylon line, Hay, on Wednes-
day, Dee. 21st, by Rev. E. Schuel-
ke, Miss Lizzie, second daughter
of ),Jr. and Mrs. John Deeper, to
Mr. Ernest Ruder.
G.aunnr..—At the South Boundary,
Hay, on Nov. 27th, to Mr. and
• Mrs. Paul Gaebel, a daughter.
Died
H:aaax.—At the Parr line, Town-
ship of Ilay. on Tuesday, Dee.
20211, Jaynes Hagan, Sr., at the
age of 74 years.
RC/MEL—In Zurich, on Thursday,
• December 42nd, Ilefurau Hemel,
at the age of 03 years.
v- t2 Sad
Real Es lair& Prasorkai FrEoiert
The following property :
50 nere.aPast-are and Timber
Land en c_'onceiooin 8, Hay.
A new —roe ped Erick house in
the'Village. of Zurich.
1 clra.l gat broom Mare in foal to
tin
leoerted Hors., .
2 suckelog('•.)lt
2 Milch Cows in calf.
In11'L`.• :: ? s. --Large Mower, IIoree 1
Rake, ,'witting 13o:, Disc Har-
row, ,'.; 'Viissub Grinder, etc.
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lei"„J- rates.
r1,\'o have glade arrange:nents
to offer the following low clubbiIhg
rates with Tun Ii':1 r) :
Daily (Violin . 4.25
Mail sn• Empire 4.25
'Weekly globe . 1.75
„ %latil & Umpire 1.70
:Berliner .1 iresn al (German) 2. i)
Family '111(1 d'z Star 1.75
Daily Free Prom 3.25
Weekly Free Press 1.75
Daily d 1 t t rtiser 2.4d
Weekly Ad, ertiscr 1.50
Weekly Son ? .75
Farmer's .advocate 2.25
1-47-"wce Sprt i'ially recominendl our
readers to subscribe to the Farmer's
Advocate and Ilomo Magazine."
or h -r --tt;; r' .• '-1lrf,,'V
Revised every Thursday afternoon.
Wheat (new) 00 to 1.04
Oats 29 30
Barley 37 38
Peas .. , . 55 62
Flour ......... 2 .50 2 75
Butter .. 15 16
Eggs .... 10 20
Chickens Th " .. 6 7
Dried, Appcls
Turkeys ............
Geese
Duck
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Potatoes.... 30 35
Hogs 'Iter ewt).$4,35 $4,70
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Furniture Novelties. Our Stock is complete.
New designs in
Photo Holders,
Toys,
Games,
Pictures,
Fancy Rockers.
Fine Leather Goods, a suit-
able line for Xmas gifts:
II °
Ladies Hand Bags
Gents Wallets and
Bill Folds
Suit Cases
Trunks, Etc.
Fancy Rugs, Robes, Bells, Hd rness, Fur,, '
h Coats, Leather Dressing Cases, House
Ca.r riag es, Sleighs. Organs and Pianos.
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will be very intent upon what will be .o
most fashionable, most serviceable and most o'
suitable for
aft emb Winter Wear.
We have macre it a special point to purchase
carefully and what will suit the ladies of this
section.
Special values given in all lines of
%unmet Weal.
-No trouble to show goods.
FARM PRODUCE OF ALL KINDS WANTED FOR
',NITWIT WE PAY ITIGflI ST PRICES.
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INTER .ATION AL STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD,
Dietic Stock Comapound, Gall Cure, Colic Cure,
Worm Powders, Healing Oil, Oil Cake and Linseed
Meal. Also
A choke Inc of Flour and Breakf st
' Foods.
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The Deering Disc
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is the best on the market. It has many im-
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THE PLETJ'RY, WILKINSON, PERCIVAL
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