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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1892-01-08, Page 8- 7 e__ ;71 1 9 s1 s ; S'8 TI -1 HURON ExProsiTOR. es. • ; EDWARD ors MN • CASH, Will cOntinne to buy arly quantity of Fine Roll and Print Butter. Also Furs, Hides, Sheepskins and tall* at his old stand GODEAICH STREET, SEAFORTH.. LOTHING. Big range of New Clothing consisting of Men's Youths' Boo. and Children's Overcoats, and Suits bought at Eprices away below ordinary value, and whiola will be sold at proportionally lower rates. Men't Overwa, ta from $4.60 up ; Men's Suits from f4 up; Boys' Ouito from $4 up ; Boys' Overcoats from $2.76 up ; Children's Suits from $1.76 up ; Children's Overcoats from $2.S8 up. Our stook of Furl, cont. rising Ladies' and Gents' Coats, _ Caps, Capes, arettee, Muffs, Boas, (Eke., is now complete at the Fargain C othing and Dry Goode House. WM. PICKARD; T. Kidd's old stand, Seatorth. Vat D STRIOV MAT ERS. ;14 Tint .rwoE.Tsr LEADDE.—At the meeting of the pworth League in connection with the Me hodist church on Wednesday even- ing the following officers were elected for the ens ing quarter :—Honorary President, Rev. M . Casson ; President, Mr. 11Iullett ; 1st Vi e -President, Mr. Shosenbierg ; 2nd Vice -Pr, sident, Miss Willson ; Secretary, Mr. Fr ch. Clarkson ; Treasurer, Miss Jack- son; 0 ganist, Miss Annie Gray ; Chair- man De otional Committee, Mr. McKeown; Chairm n Look -oat Committee, Mr. Shosen- burg ; 'unman Entertainment Committee, Mr. W. Willis. WED tleman graph, pers of Kemp, Kemp, Church Wedne daught conver, berg w chiffon, brides who w St. Lie were in the Mr. K tier, c presen a hand Kemp trip in been repeated and sore failures, many hay- ing lost their crop from one cause or int-' other for several years in suoceesion. In', most parts throughout tho State this year the crops have beeb good, but great diffi- culty has been experienced in getting the crops harvested and threshed, ahd there are thouilands of acres of wheat Anil' in the stooks and it will'have to remain in that shape until spring Mr. Lee is 'located in the same district Mr. Hatt, anclehaa been equally fortunatel He is located close to the growing and rosperous to n of Eldo- rado, Grand For Mr. Wm. Lee, visitinefriends, Ontario about si an extensive scal 1,300 acres. He crop last year. wheat threshed a large numbern has been remar course, enthusia gives a glowing • that any man up with a little well in the Red wishes us to stat give any infer have decided to tricts where Me ed they are now way of market etc., as are the twice The ma, will be pleased an will join pleasant visit a of other days, a surfeited with will return here evening of life. Ls c.- AT GEAcE CH esteii. — The gen- Iluded to in . the following para- hich we take from the Toronto pa- lest week, is a brother of Mr. T. 0. f this town .:- Rev. Cheater Charles assista.nt rector of Grace Episcopal was married in t e church named on day, to Miss M ucle Hirschberg, r of Mr. M. H. Hirschberg, of ,Van - British Colunibia. Mien Hirsch - dressed in white silk trimmed with and wore orange blossoms. , The aids were the Misses Hirschberg, re pink crepe. Rev. A. J. Reid, of e's Church,a.cted as best man. There any friends of the contracting parties hurch. On the eve of the wedding mp was waited on by Mr. H.C. For- nrchwarden of Grace Chnrch, and ed with a congratulatory address and ome sum of money. Mr. and Mrs. eft during the afternoon for a bridal the United States, 11 1 COM LIMENTARY REFERENCE. —The Mit- chell c rrespondent of the St. Marys Jour- nal m kes the following complimentary ref- erence to two Seaforthites. It says, " The Rev. ti r. Hodgins, of Sertforth, preached a very a • propriate and excellent sermon in Trinit Church here, on -Sunday, to the memb rs of the Masonic Order, taking for his te t the 27th verse of the first chapter of St. Ja es. It was expected that quite a numb r of the Masons would have been pres- ent, b t the unfavorable state of the roads prove ted vieitore coming from a distance, and th Order was only represented by the niemb re of Bissell Lodge of Mitchell. In the ev ning the reverend gentleman conduct7 ed the regular service, and delivered another very nstructive discourse. The musical portio of each service was ably conducted by the church choir, and some iine anthems were ell rendered. Mr. W. 11. Willie, of the M Street Methodist Church choir, preeid d at the organ in a most pleasing and accept ble manner." MIINTLTPAL PEINTING.—The Mitchell Re- corder says : " The Recorder is going out of the unicipal printing business. It pre - fere to do that now to going to the poor- house n very short time if it continues. This y ar the Recorder office did the Hibbert towns ip printing for $41 50. Anybody who ante it for that sum with one-half more a. deft is welcome to it hereafter." Ex- perienf e is generally a good teacher and it shows he good sense of our contemporary that it is not above profiting by experience. It won d be better for all concerned if there were ore in the business equally sensible. Any p rson who will agree to do the print: ing for an ordinary municipality for less than rom seventy-five to eighty dollars a year, t king one year with another, is either ignore t of his businese or is dishonest. Be- cause, o do the work efficiently for a less sum, h must do it at a loss, and if he know- ingly orks at a loss he has, whether will- lingly r not, determined to rob his em- ployes y causing them to work for less than their s rvices are worth, or cheat his cre- ditors y putting himself in such a position that he will not be able to pay his debts. The munici al authorities, also, who connive at and en ourage this sort of thing for their own g in are enccura.ging dishonesty by ac- ceptin of services for which they have not given roper value. ANC ENT GARMENTS.—Mr. J. L. Turnbull, of List wel, writes to us as follows :/"Hav- ing re d a good deal about old relics in your peper nd others, I beg leave to inform you that m daughter has in her possession a coat w nett was made from her great-grand- inothe '8 wedding cloak over eighty years ago, a d has been in constant uee ever since. I send you a semple enclosed." Cloth of such arable quality is not msde now -a - days. The sample which Mr. Turnbull sends s still as firm and of as good color as it was when new. It is black broad -cloth and al hough tough and durable is not so well fi ished as is similar cloth of the pres- ent d y. In this connection we may state that a lady in this town who is now over seven y years of age, informs us thatehe has still i her possession a piece of the shawl -worn y her grand -mother at her marriage now about 120 years ago. Brides in those days were attired in white, and when hefor the clergyman during the important cere ony they wore a small colored shawl on th dr beads. This relic which we have refer d to is of very fine material, of scar- let c lor, and was worn as a wedding head- shaw , and was, no doubt, quite a dandy Artie! of apparel in its day. ein ON A. VISIT. —No matter how far away they may locate or how successful they ay be in other lands, old Huronites alwa s like to turn up occasionally and visit the riends and scenes of earlier days, and their friends here are always glad to see the and extend them a hearty welcorrie. We entiorted last week the return of Mr. Gra am Williamson, a former well-known Seaf rthiten We have this week the pleas- ure f mentioning the presence of Mr, James Hat and Mr. George Lee, both of whom wer old and respected residents of Seaforth and! icinity Mr. Hatt is located- in the Red River valley, near the city of Grand For far pre! the cro are eiri leas yea EHO wh goo hay Are s, Dekota. He has been engaged in ing there for the past ten years and has ered woaderfully. Ile has been one of ortunate ones and has not had a single &Hum since he went there. The crops Iso exceptionally good this year. De- g to take life easy for a spell Mr. Hatt d his farms lest spring for a term of five a and he says his tenant will realize from'his first year's crop to pay the le of the rent for five years and leave a surplus h. sides. But while the crops been uniformly good in the valley,there any dietricts outiide where there have 0 s county. 11 of this town, nd intends weeks. He i , having a fa had about 70 e had 13, efore he left h stacks yet to ably success tio over the ccount of Dak ith common . nergy and River valley e that he will mation he can leave Ontario. ars. Hatt and as favorably s schools, oh eople in mos y Mende of o hear of their prosperity, ith us in wishing them a ongst the sae d that when wealth in to enjoy it a I I I is a son of nd is hero emaining in farming on m of about acres under bushels of me and has thresh. He ul and is, of ountry and ta. He says ense, backed- ush, can do and he also e pleased to to thee° who In the dis- ee are locat- tuated in the rates, roa.ds, parts of On - he gentlemen es and friends they become akota, they d spend the THE TOWN great deal of elections this y ing for the dep of each candi LECTIONS.—T interest tak ar, the princi ty-reeveship. ate were liv ci,t of the voter big is a st. e deputy-ree CoDEstAN. 57 71 71 the day and mo out. The folio votes cast for t North Ward, East Ward, South Ward, ere was not a n in the town al contest be - The friends ly throughout were brought tement of the eship ENDERSON. 77 48 48 199 173 Majority for C leman, 26 Comic:themes —North War , James Beat- tie, 89 ; J. A. ilson, 88 ; B B. Gunn, 86 ; Josiah Tyerma , 81. South " ard, William Selater, 103 ; ohn Lyons, 101 ; James Gil- lespie, 80 ; John Beattie, 49 ; Michael Keefe, 19. The councillors for the Ensa Ward were all elected by ace amation. The council fer thia year will be cf mposed as fol- lows : F. Holmested, t ayor ; M. Y. McLean, reevel; E. C. Col4man, deputy - reeve ; counci lors,—Georgel Good, John Darwin, F. G. Neelin, Jamels Beattie, John A. Wilson, B. B. Gunn, ames Gillespie, Wm. Sclater, nd John L on. The new members are J tin Lyon, W . Sclater and B. B. Gunn. hey are all !ood men and will be an acq isition to the council. We are sorry, how ver, for the efeat of Mr. Tyernaan in th north ward. He was only in the council ne year but be proved him- self faithful a d efficient, an made an ex- cellent and us ful represents% we. The by- law for the pu chase of the n w steam pump and other pur oses was carr ed by the Very respectable m jority of 124. The vote stood as follows : her son mid both her daughters were pros- trated with la grippe att the time of and since her death and were unable to attend the funeral. We hope, however, they will soon all reoover.—A bright little lad, about eleven yefars of age, Son of Mr. Joseph LoWery, who resides en the.south Hide of the railway track, succumbed to hi grippe on Sunday last. He had been afflicted fer week or more Wore and was thought to have nearly recovered. On Fridey, New - Year's day, he asked to go out and play awhile with other boys. His mother, think, ing the change would do him good,gave her permission. He was only out a shore time when he came into the house again com- plaining of a severe head -ache. He gradual- ly grew worse until death ended his suffer- ings on Sunday morning. The sincerest sympathy of all will be extended to the parents in this the hour of their severe_ bereavement. North Ward, Esst Ward, South Ward, FOR BV -LA 82 58 46 ') 186 AGA INST. 15 24 - 23 62 SEAFORT11 FIRE BRIGADE. —Election of Officers. At the regular meeting of the Seaferth Fire Brigade the following officers 'were duly elected tor the ensuing year : Brigade officers . —Chief, W. Cline ; Treas- urer, George A Sills • Secretary, R. Haxby. Mar Hose Company 'No I. Captein, Alex, Broadfoot ; 1st Lieutenant, W. McDougal ; 2nd Lieutenant, A. Stark ; 1st Branchmen, W: Shaw, D. Smith, Geo. Murray ; 2o Branolimen. -John Sraith, F. Beattie J Robertson. Hydrant Mau, R. Hax'by Shut-off man, R. McCosh ; Treaeurer, Geo A. Sills ; Secretary, Alfred Beattie. Hoo and Ladder Company.—Captain John Mc Intyre ; 1st Lieutenant. John dardno ; 2n Lieutenant, John Stogdill ; Treasurer, Gee A. Sills ; Secretary, Frank Anderson. Th Brigade is now in a very good condition fo giving good satisfactory work when °elle upon, and with Mr. Roberts at the pumps and the Brigade at the other end the rat payers may rest assured that no fire wi get leave to spread very far. THE MEDIC L ASSOCIATIOI. • —The annual meeting of th Huron Med cal Association was held in the rooms of the Mechanics' Institute, Sea orth, on Tu eday last. In addition to th programme, hich included a paper by 1. Gibb Wisha t, of Toronto, on "A Pract cal Study o Sympathetic Ophthalmitis,'Iconsiderable time was spent in discussing !the action o the Medical Council in recjeziring all medi al practitioners to take out eech year a cert ficate, without which a medical man may b prosecuted in the same man er as an irreg lar. A resolu- tion was pas ed strongly c ndemning this legislation and protesting ag inst such arbi- trary t owers eing given o the Medical Counctl and pl dging the ass eiciation to use every legitima e means by p tition to the Local Legislat re and other ise to have the Obnoxious leg slation repeal d. We wauld euggeat to our Medical frien 5 the propriety of having! the Medical C uncil entirely abolished.' Ttiat would be he best way to get at the root of the evil. he election of of officernfor he coming y ar was held, when the I fol owing were ected :—Preei- dent, Dr. H. Elliott, of B acefield ; Vice - President, Dr P. Macdon ld, M.P., of Winghem ; Setcretary, Dr. W. G-unn, of Clinton. L 1 THE DEPARTIED . —During he past week death has been' busy in- ou midst. The aged, the middle-aged and t o young are all represented' in the sad list Our citizens were much'eurprized and pai ed on Satur- day last tolearn of.the death of Mr. Henry Mason, of ,Tuckersmith, M . Mason bad only been con sled to bed a ew days. He caught a sever cold on tilse d y of 'his Bale but did riot ear anything serious until Wednesday of last week lwh n he was at- tacked by fa g ,ippe. • This w a speedily fol- lowed by congestion of the 1 ngs and soon woro the vital spark out of a more than moderately rohust frame ant strong con- stitution. Mr.i Mason had sold hip farm and farm stock an ' was in the ff "(let of active % preparations f removal 'to anitoba early in the spring, hen all is lane were so suddenly stopPed. Mr. as n was a man in the prime of life and was kind-hearted, genial citizen' and a goo neighbor. fle leaves a wido4 and large f mily of small children to meurn the lose of a faithful hus- band, kind father and bount ful provider.— We have also to chronicle th death of Mr. David Grant, marble cutter of this town, which took lace on Su day last. Mr. Grant had be n troubled with weak lungs for some time nd an attack of la grippe so prostrated hitn that he failed to rally despite all efforts mad in his behalf. Mr. Grant cl came to Se forth from Centralia in the township of S phen about five years ago and engaged i the marble business. De- spite the disadvantage of delicate health he sneeeed0 in )borking up a nice business and it was coritinually improving. He was a man in the prime of life,and was a quiet, unassuming; industrious citizen who suc- ceeded in making many warm friends during his residence in town. He leaves a widow and family of small children.—The death of Mrs. Richard Ault, which occurred on Mon- day •was eot ian unexpected event. Mrs. Ault had pasted the allotted three score and ten andl for some time has been in very 13 feeble health About a week ago she was attacked by I grippe and despite all that tender care cpuld do she never rallied and gave way to the disease on Monday. Mrs. Ault has been a resident of Seaforth for a quarter of a eentary, having lived all that time with her son, Mr. A. G. Ault, at whose residence she breathed her last. She had long been an active member of the Method- ist ohur h and was a sincere, conscientious christia wotnan. Few have lived a more pure an blemelees life and in her own quiet and uno tentatiaus way never missed an opportu ity to serve her Master whom she loved in life land trusted in death. She was esteem' and beloved by all who knew her. A son and tea() daughters survive her. These are Mr. A. 9- . Ault, merchant of this town, Mrs. John Feirley-, also of Seaforth and Mrs. McClean, of 'Owen Sound. A specially dis- tressing feeture in this connection is that ; • EGMONDYILLE ITEMS. —After the close o the annual missiouary meeting in our churc on Thursday evening of last week, a plea ing incident took place which marks th kindly feeling existing between pastor an people, resulting in our minister being th happy and comfortable pessessor of a han some astrachan coat and gauntlets to mate The good man evidently enjoys the use both very much, and fully appreciates t thoughtfulness of his people, who can onl trust that he may long be spared tO wear the in and out among them.—Election clay pas ed off quietly till the close of the poll, whe some parties took a bilious fit on finding th result contrary to their wishes. To mak a good retreat after defeat shows good ge eralshipe and promises well for futtine su cess. Defeated candidenes must learn son hard facts ; (Me is, that their own estima of themselves is not always reached by the public.—It is a pitiable sight to see the trea anent meted out to some of our fine liver horses, by young men who are fast -losi all self-control and respect. Cruelty to an male often results from man's inhumanity himself, and how can a man or boy be mo inhuman to himself than to dethrone h reason by filling himself with liquor ?—W regret to hav'e to chronicle the death of Mr Jacob Smith, who passed peacefully aw on Thursday of last week after a short i nees. She was a victim of that too comm disease, la grippe. The funerel was delay till Tuesday On account of her eldest daug ter, Mrs. Dooherty, who came all the w from Griswold, Manitoba. The bereav husband, who is himself just recovering fro a severe attaiik of the same malady, and t family, consisting of a eon and two daug ters, who have been deprived of sn affectio ate mother, will have the siucere sympat y of the community in this, the time of then. affliction. start business again or not, but ell the other sufferer! are again at work as usual, The fire was a bad one, but it was not nearly 80 difiltitr008 a8 it would have been but for mit' excellent eystern of waterworks and fire ap- pliances which have once more been the means of Baying more property than will paY for their cost twice over. Too much praise can not be given to Our% firemen °Met. Their thcrough discipline, skill and bravery have since formed a subject for general. re- rnark, and could only he equalled 'by a fern- fessional corps of fire-fighters, and their ef- foets cannot. Pe too highly 'appreciated by our citizens. They give their services gratuitously and ungrudgingly, and never sieve themselves when they are requieed, frequently eVen risking their lives Ste manly of them dida on Saturday morning. We have not learned that there is even a sus- picion as to the identity of the person who started the fire, but if it was the work of an incendiary, as appears to be the general Opinion, it ia a pity that a wretch so heart- less shnuld be permitted to escape punish- ment, and it is terrible to think that we have such characters in our midst. ANOTHER FIRE.—The most destructi e lire Seaforth has had for several years bro e out about 2 o'clock onaelast Saturday mor ing, in the large dry itiode store of Mr. Jo n. Beattie, on Main Street. This store is n the centre of a solid brick block extei g from Market to John streets. The fire, s supposed, originated under a stairway abo t the centre of the store, and had gained go d headway before it was noticed. The co tents being of a very inflammable charact r the flames [Treed very rapidly. The fire thought to be the woi•k of an incendiary s these who first got into the premises say t e safe door was open and the back door of t e building was also standing open, T e theory is theta burglar had been at wo k and that he had set fire to the premises o cover up his tracks. But what had letnn taken away in the shape of goods can no of course, now be discovered, and the on thing missed was a small sum of money th• t had been left in the safe. The fire filar bell we's rung promptly, but the previo s day being a holiday, the fires were out t Broadfoot's factory and the steam whist e could not be sounded TAB the fires were r - lighted and steam was lgot up. In this w y many did not hear the ala,rm until the fi e was well advaneed and the few firemen w o were called to the scene by the first alar were unable to handle the hose and oth r apparatus to advantage until they were r inforced. On this account the fire gained e, headway that it'might not have got used r more favorable circumstances, Once the got under way, however, the firemen wor ed like Trojans. They had abundance f water and kept three powerful streams co stantly pouring in upon the flames, but t e fire being enclosed within the brick wal s burned like a ftirnace tied with the most i tense heat. It worked its way up betwee the ceiling and roof and, in spite of all th t could be done, spread into the adjoinin buildings on the north and south. It fir t got into the workrooms of Messrs. Jacks n Brother's tailoring establishment on t e north and did sad havoc there, burni everything before it. It also got into t e tin -shop attached to Johnson Brother's har ware store on the south. These last me - tioned apartments were on the upper flats f the buildings, and by dint of hard work a d good management, and by the aid of n abundant supply of water, the fire was pre- vented from spreading further. But, co sidera.ble damage was dune by smoke to t e goods in Fear drug store and also in McFaul's dry goods store further ncir while the most of the goods in the clothi and gent's furnishing store of Messrs. Ja son Brothers, underneath their workroo , were completely ruined by smoke and wat r. J thnson Brother's hardware store was a so flooded by water and many of the g0 ds badly damaged. Dr. Belden's dental rooms a d other offices in adjoining flets were also in re or less disorganized, and considerable. da age was done by smoke and water. Th re was nothing saved from Beattie's dry go ds store, and the building is a total wreck nd wilt have to be entirely reconstructed 4e - fore it is habitable. The rear par, of Jackeon's building is also badly damag d, while the stotLe part will need re -paint ng and considerable repairs, and the plate -g ass windows are cracked. This firm say a portion of their stock comparatively u in- jured and had it removed to a etor in Cardno's block where they will conti ue business until they get their own prem see re -fitted. The rear part of Johnson ro- ther's building was also considerably da ag- ed. This building and that occupied by r. Beattie belong to the Meyer estate, w the building occupied by Jackson Broth r's belongs to Mr. T. W. Duncan. All the buildings, we believe, were well insure , as were also the stocks destroyed and inju ed, so that the individual loss over and a ove insurance and interruption in business ill not be very heavy. The representatives of the various insurance companies intere ted have been here this week, and We bel eve that in most, if not all the cases, the lo ties will be satisfactorily adjusted. We eve not learned whether Mr, Beattie intend to a k - SERVANT GIRL WANTED for a small family. Apply to Mas. M. C. C111613NUp John St, Scaforth. COMFORTABLE BOARD WANTED in pl2r5i6vNalt e family by a gentleman. Address Box 343, Seaforth P. 0. 1256x1 BREAST COLLAR FOUND. — Found on Thursday inorning near the residence of We late David Grant, a breast collar with traces attached. The owner oan have the same by proving property and paying charges. JOHN DOPP,. Butcher, Sea - f orth. MARBLE WORKS, Seaforth.__ W12.561-sle. vills has purchased the Marble Works of the late David Grant, arid intends to carry on the business in all its branches. Cemetery and building stone work a specialty. Parties wishing anything in this line will do well to call on me, as m3 prices will be as re- sonable as good work and material will allow. J. W. NEVILLS. 1256 IT SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE. —Rev. D. B. Koenig, of Ayton, Grey County, is at present can- vassing the town for a useful little book entitled "Household Guide," by Dr. Davis. It contains re- ceipts and prescriptions for ahnost every disea••e the flesh is heir to. It is seldom so much useful infer. mation can be found in so little space. Every house• hold should have a copy of this little book. 1256x1 J. S. ROBERTS having beon served by Mra. Margaret Cardno, with a writ of ejectment, of. fers his whole stook for the next five days at cost and under. Now is the time to secure bargains. 'This is a genuine sale as goods must be sold. 1256-1 GREAT chance for bargains iv Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Wall Paper, de. Having been served with notice by Mrs. Margaret Cardno to give up possession of the store I now occupy,at once, I will for the next few days sell all or any part of my stock at greatly reduced prices in preference to pack- ing it up and storeing it away until I can get another store. C. W. PAP8T, Seaforth. GREAT BAROAINS.—Having receiveld256-a1 writ of ejectment from Mrs. Margaret Cardno to va- cate the store I at present occupy, in Five Days, I will offer my entire stook of Groceries, Crockery, Glasmare, etc., at greatly reduced prices in order to save trouble in storing it away. J resinesee 1256 GREAT COMPULSORY Slaughter Sale of Dry Goods, Millineryand Mantles. We have received notice from our landlady, Mrs. Margaret Cardno, to give up possession of the store at once, iso you sill see we have only a few days' there for selling and that we mean bueiness. Call and get some of the Bar- gains before we pack up. HOFFMAN & Co, Seaforth. 1256 worst. Some', however, do not stay well, when they think they are betten—A fow days ago Mr. JohneLyon slipped on home ice near the station and fell, hurting his ' fashionable limp. rom here to attend ich on New Year's had a very enjoy - again direct at - meeting to be Friday, evening. good political ad - attend this meet- nell has returned noes out-look.—Mr. John rdmner a from near Kilmanagh, Michigan, are here visiting relatives and friends.—The Sunda school in connection with the Evangelic; knee so that now he has —Some One or ten wont a Leap Year ball at Gode night, and report havin able time.—We would tention to the Libera held in Sidd's hall this, All who wish to hea dresses should not fail t ing.—Mrs. Wm. WC° from a visit to Brantfor and Woodatock and will now remain her , permenently oc- cupying her own reside ea over Mullett Jackson's store .—Dr.- 13 lden, whose dental rooms in Meyer's bloc were deluged by water and dirtied arid di organised by smoke during the recent fire ex ects to have thiugs in Ahip-sha,pe order and e ready for busi- ness for Saturday.—Mc ulty & Hart, Com- edians, will appear in C rdno's hall on Fri- day and Saturday ev nings, January 8th and 9tb, in the pley K rl's Promise. This play is a good one and ill be interspersed with the latest songs.— r, A. J. Willson, of Flint; Michigan, spe t New Year's day with his parents here. Mr. A. Slimmon and Mr. H. P. Kennedy ar both laid up with la grippe,—Mr. John Car no, of this town, has secured the engagement here of the talented young actrese, Miss Ca ille Townsend, for a period of three nights, January 11, 12 and 13. An entirely new flay will be presented each evening. Althou h Miss Townsend is just making her debut on the Canadian LOCAL BRIEFS. —The young evangelist, Mr. Renton, first known to Seaforth people as the " Hallelujah Schoolmaster," and who at that time belonged to the Salvation Army, has been engaged in evangelistic work in London for some weeks past, and is highly spoken of by the London press.—Travelling Commissioner McKie and Staff -Captain Plant held meetings in the Salvation Army barracks here last Sunday and Monday. Colonel McKie appears an active and clever young man, is an excellent platform speaker and with any amount of zeal and enthusiasm for the Army. He is on a tour around the world, accompanied by Captain Plant. On Monday evening he gave a very interesting review of his travels, including the habits and moral condition of the people among whom the Army works in Africa, Australia, New Zealand and other places. The lecture was worthy of a much larger audience than was present. Captain Plant is a fine singer and instrumental player.—Mise Ettie Shaw, of Toronto, formerly of this town, who bas been spending the holidays with relatives in town, left for her home on Monday last.— We like tO see the young men of the county following in the footsteps of their honored fathers. We notice by the election returns that two young men, Messrs. James Snell, of Hullett, and James Dallas, of Tuckersmith, have been elected to the councils of their re• spective municipalities, and in which their respected fathers, in former years, held protninent poeitions. If they prove as effi- cient and faithful public servants as their worthy sires the public will have no cause to regret their elevation.—The people of Strat- ford are now afraid that they are likely to become the victims of an electric light mono- poly, and the city papers are urging the council to purchase the plant from the pri- vate company that owns it and run it in the interests of the citizens. In Seaforth, the corporation owns and runs the electric light plant, and some of our citizens are so crazy to get rid of it that they even advocate the giving of it away to any private company that will take it and run it. It seems that others besides doctors differ in their opin- ions.—Mr. George Hatt -mill, of this town, and Miss Hillen, daughter of Mr. James Hillen, of McKillop, ha,ve succeesfully passed their examinations at the School of Peda- gogy, and are now eligible to teach as spec- iedists in a High School or Collegiate Insti- tute. They are both graduates of the Sea - forth Collegiate Institute,—The snow which fell on Saturday and Sunday last, and which has received several light additions since, has made fair slipping for light vehicles, but wheels are still almost as much in use as run- ners. — The prayer -meetings thia week were very thinly attended, owing no doubt to the great amount of sicknese prevalent in town. The meetings were not continued after Wednesday evening owing to the illness of the pastors of the Metho- dist and Presby terian churches. —Miss Jessie Dewar, second daughter of the late Archi- bald Dewar, Esq., of this town, was mar- ried on Wednesday last to Mr. James Fair, Jr., son of Mr. Jas Fair, of the Clinton Mills. Miss Dew r is a moat estimable and clever young lady, rid Mr. Fair is -to be con- gratulated en his choice. The many friends of the fair bride will nite with us in wishing herself and her hus and many years of hap- piness and prospeinty. They will reside in Clinton.—Mr. Wi . McLeod, son of Mr. Angus McLeod, colmpleted 'at the close of the year a very saccessful engagement as teacher of the PoOer's Rill school in God- erich township. He had taught there for several years, and the people there were very loath to part with him, but he intends pursuing his studies with a view te ad vance- merit in his profess an.—Rev. A, D. McDon- ald has been laid up for some time with la grippe and was un ble to conduct the ser- vices in his own c urch last Sebbath. In the morning his place was filled very accept- ably by Mr. D. Johnston of Knox College, and in the evening by leir. Eshoo, of the same institution. Rev. Mr. Casson, of the Methodist church,- is also laid up with the same disease—Messre. Jackson Brothers very generously presented the Fire Brigade with a _cheque for $20 in recognition of their services in saving their stock on the occa- sion of the recent fire.—Mr. William Rich- ardson, a former Seaforthite, and 'brother of Mr. Robert Richardeon of this town, was elected Mayor of Walkerton this year by acclamation.—Mr. Robert Jamieson, of the Golden Lion store,left this week for Georgia, where he intends spending the winter in the hope that the change will benefit his health, which has not been very satisfactory for some time. —La grippe atilt reigne supreme i n town. There are few houses in which there are not one or more laid up with it. Some are getting better and others are getting worse, Among the former are Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Brine, of Harpurhey, and Mrs. William Hammill, of Goderioh street. They were among the stage, dile has created mendable reputatimain time ago she played a marked auccess.—M.es generously donated a c for herself a com- the States. A short eason in France with rs. Johnston Bros., eque fore$50 to the Fire Brigade in recogn'tion of their service at the recent fire.—Mr Mrs. Jelin Jephson, b toba, are at present v Mr. Wm. Gibbings, o Tuckerernith. Mrs. J Menitoba about 9 year has been there about t tend remaining here n March.—The annual County Association of dustry will be held in on Wednesday, Janua at 10 orelock a. m.—M Peisley, was visiting i, Archie Scott, his brotl Sunda last. He was daugh er, Birdie.—Mi spendi g this week at to Tor nto on Monday has pu chased the ma ble works of the late D. Gr nt, and will ca ry on the business in all it branches at the old stand. He fa a go d workman, and we hope he will do well it his new ventu re—Captain Markle, of this corps of th Salvation Army, left for his home this wee on a few days rest.— The Members of th Women's Christian Temperance Union vell meet at Mrs, Dr. ay afternoon at four H. McEwing, of Pale yesterday: His old pleased to see him Grippe is spending a owing old acquaint- sary Services of the forth, will be preach- ing and evening by a, ex -President of the ence. . John Johnston and th of Virden, Mani - siting their father, the Huron Road,- nuiston has been in and Mrs. Jepheon ree years. They in - tit about the first of meting of the Huron the Petrone of In - he town hall Clinton y 13th, commencing . Robert Scott, of Messra. James and ers, on Saturday and accompanied by his -s Grace McFaul is home. She returns —Mr, J. NV. Neville Smith s next Wednes o'cloc p. m,—Mr. merat n, was in town friend's hereabout wer looking well.—Mr, L few weeks in town re ances.—The Annive Methodiet church, Se ed neXt Sabbath mor the B.lsv. M. L. Pears Bay of Quinte Confe hurch was re-organtzed last Sunday. llowing are the officers for next year : oltzman, superintendent ; Aaron Kaerche , ice-Preeident ; Moses Geiger, Treasurer ; 1 obert Steinback, Secretary ; Pumarie Librarian. • Hills Green. - 1 NOTES.—The Methodist Sunday Scho 1 I West THE ELECTIONS.— suit of the elections i puty Reeve, John Bo 170 ; majority for Bo Thomas Todd, 228 ; Jamee Gibson, 202 ; awanosh. he following is the re - this townehip : De- ers, 213 ; Wm.Bailie, era, 43. Councillors, Robert Medd, $202 ; obert Lockhart, 192. As eld. THE ELECTIQNS.---' he following is the vote liolled at the ele tions inthis township : Second Deputy -Ree e,—Chambers, 33f ; McKenzie, 302. ouncillors, —Farrish, 339 ; Kickley, 287 ; A enough, 226 ; Agnew,. 149 ; Saunders, 48. NOTES.—Mr. Robe t Hunter was eleoted trustee for school sec ion No. 5, at the an- nual tlection.— At t e municipal election held lest Monday, n Ward No. 3, Mr. Chambers got 61 vote , and Mr. McKenzie, 44.— r. R. E. Brow bas been engaged to beach in School Secticln No. 5 for the sixth year. The Inspector! gave an excellent re- port of the school foil. last year.—The tea meeting and social, w ich was held in Zion Church, was a succ ss, that is when the unfavoreble roads nd bad weather are taken into account. he Methodist Church choir, of Lucknow, w s present and render- ed Borne beautiful sel ctions. The proceeds amounted to nearly $ 6. Win ham. THE ELECTION.— e had a stiff muni- cipal clontest here thi year especially for the p eitions of Reev and Deputy. Mr, Georg McKenzie, th lets Reeve, was op- posed by that old a d valiant municipal war h rse, Mr, John Hannah, and to the surpripe of many John came out on top by a majority of 92. The County Council will be kept lively this yea . The candidates for the Deputy-Reeveshi are both new men, but Mr. R. C. Sparlin beat his opponent, Mr. Alex. Dawson by 152. The council for this Year will be composed as follows : Mayor, Wm Clegg ; Reeve, John Hannah ; Deputy -Reeve, R Sperling. Councillors, —Wa d R Anders 'n, Jose h Golly, R Herds an. Ward 2, W F rockenshire, D Sut erhind, J J Ho uth. Ward 3, J 5 Smith J H Hiscocks, J A McLean. Ward 4, John Elder Wm olmes, E C Clarke. The following'School rustees were electecT: Gordo ; Ward 2, W f Moore ; Ward 1, T Ward H W C Met. er ; Ward 4, D M Abraham. as re -organized recently. 11. J. Smith w e -elected as superintendent ; Mr. J. Troyer, secretary ; Mit:3 Annie Coniti librarian e Messrs, Jos. Foster and W Consitt are leaders of the Bible cla,ss.—M 8. John Troyer continues somewhat bette_r. Service in the Methodiat church at 2.30 nent. Sunday, X. • East Wawanosh. NoTEs.—Mr. John Dingwall and A. Gear have returned home from Manitoba.—Mr. James Cumreings is home for the winter.— Mr. Daniel McGowan is away on a visit to Halton.—Mr. Wm. Hallahan has returned home from Proton. ---Mr. Oliver Scott, of Toronto, is visiting at Walter McGovvan a. —Mr. Henry Toll and wife, from Michigan, are visiting at Mr. Fred Toll'e.—Miss Wat- son has comntenced teaching_ the school in Section No. 10. Chiselhurst. NOTES,—Wellington and James McTag- gart have returned to Toronto and Detroit respectively, to continue their studies. — Mrs. 5. J. Pentlaad, Dungannon, preaches in the Methodist church here on Sunday next at 10.30 and 6e30 ; the sermon in the morning is to the children. There will be a special silver collection for the Sunday School funds.—Revival services are to be continued all next week, the pastor, H. Irvine, being assisted by Mrs. Pentland ; services at 10.30 aud 6.30 each day after Monday.—Rev. J. S. Henderson, Heoasall, preached in the Presbyterian church on Sun- day last.—Mr. Joseph Fisher's family have all been down with the grippe, and Mr. Fisher is still quite low. Beechwood. NOTES . —Christmas and New Years passed off very quietly around here, the roads being in too bad a state for much pleasure,—Mr. Joseph Tully is home from British Columbia on a visit to friends. Joe looks hale and hearty, and dame rumor has it that he will not return alone.—The grippe is playing havoc around these parts. Bach- elors and benedicts alike have got to nake it. —Miss Lizzie McLaughlin is horde from Toronto, spending her Christmas holidays at the perental home. Bel ,iore. BninEs.—Our new roller mill is now in full blast, —Mr. Geo ge Bremner, who has been engaged as teach r in our publio school, was taken ill while isiting in Mount For- est, sad consequently is unable at present to attenel to his duties a teacher.—Santa Claus was in our neighborh od on New Year's eve and left a little ba y boy at Mr. James Frasei.'s.—Mr. R. J. arton, of this village, who has been attendi g the Ottawa Normal. Schoel for the past t rm, passed his exam- inatioln very successfully, taking honors in teach ng. On hie w y home he stopped in Darlington and too urito himself a wife from he fair daughtlers of that township. He is now teaching a school in the township of Lendon, at a sale y of $450. Zu 'ch. 1) T E ELEcnows.— he Municipal elections in th s township this year created a good deal f excitement, e oat of the people here -abouts were dieappoi, ted at the result. The following is the vote cast : For Reeve,— G. McEwen, 439 ; F Hess; 354,—majority for felawen, 85. r. Hess only got 11 votes in the thre front divieions. For second Deputy reev ,—J, H. Schnell, 365 ; M. Oeiger, 310,—m Gray for Schnell 55. For councillors,— . Turnbull, 325 ; J. Vol er, 295 ; R. McMordie, 295 ; W. Smith, 231. The new coun il will be composed of George McEwen, re ve ; J. C. Ealbfleisch, let Deputy -Reeve ; J. H. Schnell, 2nd ;Deputy -Reeve ; W. Turnbull and J. As will be seen Mr. Volker, Councillors Volker and Mr. Ma ordie were ties leaving the decision with t e returning officer who gave the casting vo for Mr. Volker. Lonan Nom.— mos Geiger who has been away for the ant two years in the Northwest is ho e again.—Mr. Allan Haimaker is here v siting his parents and other relatives.—M i Eva Steinbach has returned to Toront to pursue her musical studies.—Mr. Sim n Geiger and Mr. J. Murner have been t Michigan on a buei- Cromarty. NOTES.—La grippe has again visited us And appears to have lost none of its old time vigor. --kr. F. L. Hamilton, our genial blacksmith, has been laid up with an attack of sciatica,—Meeses. Livingston and Mc- Lachlan have opened up a chopping .mill in the blacksmith shop lately occupied by John Richardson, and appear to be doing a good share of business and give very good satis- faction. Brucefleld. : Do not place an order for a Piano or ()igen of any name or make, without first calling on us. We are under no expense in this business and can furnish Instruments by the best makers at Rock Bottom Prices, also Violins, Violin Trimmings,Strings and cases of every description. J. Marirosn. 1256-1 BRIEFS. —Do not forget the anniversary services in Union church next Sabbath and Monday. Rev. A. F. TullY, of Mitchell, preaches on Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. i On Monday evening Mr. ully gives his popular lecture, " The Pyi ids of Egypt." --Messrs. John Moffatt, G rge McCartney and Duncan Cameron, of Manitoba, are here on a short visit. —Mrs. Geo. Plows died very suddenly on Wednesday morning last at the residence of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wm. Plews, of this village. She had been weakly for some little time past, but la grippe was no doubt the immediate cause of death.— A meeting of the foot ball team is called for Friday evening at R. G. Simpson's store.— The annual meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society will be held on Friday evening the 15th inst. Rev. A. B. Winches- ter, of Berlin, who was a mitisionary in China for two years, will give an address on China'a needs and claims. . Leeburn. ITEMS.—Chriatmas and New Year have come and gone and now we have started on a bright New Year with fresh hopes and great resolves to do better in the future than ever before.—We are pleased tolhear of the recovery of the sick in our midst. Master. Grippe is trying to pay our homes A visit, but he finds us a very unsociable class of people here.—Instead of the pulpit being occupied by the student, Mr. Neilly, 'last Sabbath as was expected, it was occupied by Mr. Mahaffie, of Knox college.—Mr. Italy Thompson, eon of Mr. Andrew Thompson, of Michigan, with his bride, is at presen t visiting at Mr. Lawson's, uncle of the groom. Stanley. FRESENTATION.—At the annual school meeting in School Section No. 14, Stanley, the scholcies presented their retiring teacher, Mr. Thomas Grant, with a loving address, which showed the strong attachment they had for him. The address was accompanied by a handsome present, in the shape of a pair of beautiful slippers, kid gloves and silk handkerchief, with a tastefully finiehed case for each article. IN THE FASHION.—That-now much dread- ed disease, la grippe, is very common itr our midst, in some families three and four being down with it at the same time. Among those who are very severely attacked are Mr. Donald McDiarmid and Mra. Alexander McBeth. We hope, however, that both will speedily recover. Brussels. FARM SOLD.—Mr. Walter Richardson has sold his farm which adjoins this village to Mr. Arnistrong who now lives on the Mor- rison farm in McKillop, near Winthrop. This farm contains one hundred acres and has on it very good buildings. In fact it is one of the beet farms in this district and was sold for $5,700, which is considered a very fair figure as farms are now selling, but a few years ago Mr, Richardson , pur- chased it for $7,500, the same figures he sold it for but in a different position, Mr. Richardson intends retiring from farming and Mr. Armstrong will hare a good and cheap place. Bniaes.—George - Forbes, an old time settler of Morrie, near Brussels, and who sold out some ten years ago and went west to Manitoba, to seek his fortune, is here on a vieit at his da,ughter's, Mrs. Neil MeLaehlan, and other friends in this locality. He looks the same as of yore. He had a large crop of grain this year, mostly wheat. He paid the sum of 4375 for his threshing and $125 for binding twine for last season and sold his wheat at prices ranging from 58 to 75 cents per bushel taken front separator and deliv- ered into the oars. He evidently has suc- ceeded well in the west. He is accompanied by his son.—Wm. Wileon, son of W. R. Wilson, of this place, who went to North Dakota about thirteen years ago, is aleo here on a visit and tells a similar story of his yield of grain for the last year. He looks well and hearty and intends staying the greater part of the winter. Several other parties are down visiting and more are com- ing daily.—John McDougall, formerly a teacher in this part and son of John Mc- Dougall, Grey, bat now in the lumber busi- ness in Bovrmanville, spent his holidays in Brussels and vicinity.—Things were quiet JANuARY 8, 1802. "cr•T ..H21 Are Showing —A_ Fine Assortment —OF— Handkerchiefs, Ribbons, Laces, Frillings, Hosiery, Gloves, Shawls, Hoods Wool Caps, AND A LOT OF Fancy Goods, Pui chased especially for the Holiday Trade, A call solicited. Edward McFaul, lk SEAFORTH. here last Monday, there being no election in either Brussels, Grey or Morris. The days of yore seemed to have passed away in this locality. Formerly we could get up as much excitement over municipal elections as any place of our size in Ontario, but that day is past. Yet our town is progressing as well as any of the neighboring places, in fact, travellers and othees visiting say we have one of the cleanest and busiest places of its size in Ontario.—Every one is longing for snow enough to make sleighing.—There is almost a famine in wood on account of the bad roads.—Rev. D. Millar was inducted as pastor of Knox church of this place on Tuesday of this week.— The Farmers' Institute to be held here on January 15th and 16th promises to be a suceess, if roads are good. A good programme will be furn- ished and every farmer ahould be on hand. Walton. RE1,13.—Miss Addie Crisp, of Lon- desboro is visiting at her uncle's, Mr. ;I. Morrison's this week. —It looks as if we were going to have s little sleighing, which would be very acceptable att present. There is nothing doing around the mill for want of snow.—J.W.Morrison went on Monday to resume his studies at the Col- legiate Institute.—There are some down with the grippe in this neighborhood.—Of the abundance that was supplied for the tea meeting on New Year's night, not much over half was consumed, and the children of the Sabbath School with their parents had a good time on MoLday night, when speeches, recitations and readings were well rendered. There was music by the choir,and all passed off well. WEDDING BELLS.—On Wednesday last, the 30th December,quite a number of guests were invited to Mr. James Williamson's, of the 17th concession of Grey, to witness the marriage of his daughter, Miss Elizabeth Williamson, to Mr -Enoch Clark. The cer- emony was performed by Rev. -Wm. Otte - well, about 12 o'clock noon. After dinner the young people took a drive to Brussels. The esteem in which the bride is held in this locality was shown by the numerous and costly presents -which she received from the friends. We wish the young couple many happy and prosperous years in their future life. NEWS NOTES. —Miss Addie Crisp, of Londesboro, is visiting friends. in this vil- lage.—Our new teachers, Miss Kirkby and Mr. Rae comtneneed their duties in our school on,Monday last.—Mr. S. Cade, who has been on the sick list for the past few days, is again able to resume work.—At the last meeting of the Walton Branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society it wae decided to hold special meetings at Bethel Church, McKillop, on January llth, and at Win- throp on January 12th. The following speakers will deliver addresses : Mr. Wm. Pollard, on " Righteousness Exaltath a Nation ;" Rev. Wm. Ottewell, " Resolving Power of Divine Revelation ;" Mr. Alexander Gardiner, " Where is the Bible's place ,in the Library ;" Mr. J. 3. Parish, The Bible a Light to our feet snd a Lamp to our path." Mr. George Grigg. is presi- dent and Mr. Robert Ferguson is secretary of the meetings. A collection will Isis taken up at each of the meetings. Sipper'. SlCIt/dON. —Rev. 5, Acheson preached au eloquent sermon last Sunday morning, to a good sized congregation, on the subject of Holiness, or entire eanctification. In his sermon he showed the difference between the Presbyterian and Methodist doctrine of Holiness or sanctification, the former claim- ing it to be an attainment seldovn reached before death; -the la.tter claiming it to be an instantaneous work obtained from God when the soul is fully given up to God, and trusts in Him for the blessing. Mr. Ache - son's text was in Ist John, 1st chap., " If we say we have not sinned we make him a liar and the truth is not in us." liarics.—Mr. R. Kettle is convalescent, and will likely soon be out againe—Mr. Frank Mann, Mr. Blair end a young child in the village have been down with grippe, but are recovering slowly.—The Epworth League officers and the Sabbath school teachers and officers are to be elected next Thursday evening.—Service in the Metho- dist church next Sunday is in the evening at 6.30.—Our schools re -opened on Monday.— Mr. John Fluker, Auburn, has been visiting friends around here.—Mies Lizzie Monteith reznains as teacher in No. 14, Hay.—Thos. Acheson is attending the Clinton Collegiate Institute.—Several of our citizens are laid up with la grippe.—The farmers' club of school 'motion No. 14, Hay, is doing a grand work, and many new metnbere are being added; may they continue to unite the farmers together. —The ,Ancient Order United Workmen held a supper in Brantford last Wednesday evening, when about 400 guests were in at- tendance. en nee nn ;. 0 but iv' the ty has t, /fly fir nimo's nulq0Yrrvr:1' • 4 :3" :fn.:: - he ol 11.! Itvh: aemli7edi exha. ve oRmat4ri.hrn°110eceuittaain:t,l,, :fithveh :htetini ar:clr Cfminerire. well b''1)Wthlihylreectii- oult,0 taEhnxeac t blue rel the m bladminkal: "IliPeP°rs°4°13ouf rAosbis-wohre4e.11, in e much. 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