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The Huron News-Record, 1886-09-29, Page 8The Huron News -Record Wcdiies daY, .Seip tenlberpJtli.. LOCAL L NEWS. Xlik and Around the "nub." (`�1yo1Uln Uyn Conze and bee the City of bamaseus exactly as it appears to- day -416 Lawrence's Qraphascopic .C1IILLE7,7 Ao'L ' SofIErI.—The prize money awarded last Thvirsday and .Friday •will be paid at Cooper tinct Son's'.atore on Friday next, Qct. 1st.t • WANTED. -1000 lrushcls of pota- toes for which the h.tphest price be paid. paid. .i1J. Floody. > Lawrence's Graphoscopic Car is the very ,latest invention forcxhib- itirry Panorama Plows. The more you have read and the more you know the Better you will appreciate this ,.cltibition. ILEV. Dn. 1CtiE and J. 'Iifll Smith, the Irish Loyalists, ' will:ad-; dress a public meeting in Clinton on Thursday .7th day • of October, at 2:30 .p. m. •It is understood that this will bo the only place in the county, that they Will speak, There will bent: °horre to hear thous ; and in order to afford• every facility. ,fbr this occtttion the Grand Trunk Rail- way will issue tickets from all points' to Clinton and return for a single fare, See posters.: Ranh=T AGNEw at:present attend- '. lug Clinton 'Model school .has been engaged to • teach the...Sun-Shine school at a salary of $35p. THE trustees of S.. S. No. 11 God - Mich township havo secured the. services of Chas. Grant for 1887: lie; is at present teaching at Vanleek' Model. school. • • • Looe, TALENT.=Jo11n' J. Biggins • was again •successful at, the Provin: cial Exhibition in. Guelph, he had on -exhibition :three pictures •and took two first :prizes and one second,. . one.first prize for: any subject (Ori- "f Oii- sinal), one first prize for Sepia draw- ing—and. ono second fur Marine ,View on La1coHeron; . • AitouT ArrLE I34.uarrs.—It inay . not be 'generally known,: but is . nevertheless a fact that at the last • session of t h•e Local Legislature a_law was passed :regulating 'the size of apple barrels ; which now are re- gn.ired to be•of the same -size'a§flour barrels.. This will be a check on. the fraudulent system of supplying the purchaser of apples• with'harrels o£-v-ario.us-s izes,-.anal—al ways—vary :ing.. • towards tlio 'infinitesimal. Ir '\•Venin Cosi Too lMuori.--Two_ or discs Gsits were• discussi'ng'the political situiaLiou, and alio possible. results. of the advent of the Grits to pou.er, with -a good Conservative: Como along with me 'said lie and: I. will explaiu•tihe wheluthing in a minute: Ile took 'them down 'to his hog pen and showed thorn four nice, sleek, fat porkers. There was quite a• nuipher of as lean:fuId ei:tlble e loolcing • let, of tiro • lean kind squealling around • the pen.: There said ho, i'1` .I turn thein out and let the others in they will eat, up the • whole farm in a ruo'utli.. TEIE .LAW'S U\CEETAINTY.—SOnle strange develops ents •are being made in• :atom pie to enforce tbo Seott act. Ina case tried before Justices Joseph aud C. 11. Baker, in thistown, on Tuesday last, a witness refused to answer,•a question •tending to estab,. lish the sale of liquor lost the height criminate •acid expose. himself to a fine. The party being •.prosecuted keeps a grocery. A, Darrel contain-' whisky was seized hy•an•oflcei 'en- der a search warrant.'Some Liquor• had evidently been•withdrawn from the barrel, 'though:: a funnel and 'pleasure wits the only likely evidence of sales having- been made. The witness who refused. to assist, if he could, in establishing. that sales had bon niacle wars a clerk in the. siorr.,. l t'to,.;beliovo Messrs. Shaw, O'Connor, and Kieiih of:W.:Il•kertou hold that the with :could not bo rompelletl to answer, w]dlo the wv croi attoruev,.Mr. Thomas Nixon, vouchsafed the contrary, • opinion. Messrs. W. 0,•Lose,ombe and jellies r1. fi.Iacpherson were acting .for the defendant. • \V(5 understand that. it Mit. H. S. MoLEazt visited his wife in Detroit during the Close of, last week. She still continues in poor health.— linnet-7 ealth.Innox .A.sszzEM,—.The criminal. calendar of the Huron fall essizt s, which ope>rn at Goderiek on October 4th, embraces one charge of rape, two of arson; one each of larceny, embezzlement and perjury, and the ballot box .case from November, 1884. Tiu WESTERN .Fadi,—Cotnlneno- ed• at London Monday 27th and will continue during the week. There has usually gone a good many- from this saction, and we presuine that the ninnber this yeas will clot be less than formerly. Indeed we believe that the Forest City will present more attractions this year than ever.. The number of exhibits this year aro said to be very large and should make a trip there an agreeable and an instructive one. ' • • • Ilunorr Iions>;s.-Mr. Robt. Mc- Cullagh's "Sorrel Cloud" carriage team took third prize- at the .I'ro- viliciel luxhibitibn et Guelph, lest week. But owing to the unsound- ness of one of the other prize toaiuy, as afterwards: found out, Mr. MoCul- lash's team will now receive the 2nd 'prize. This •nicely matched team has boon noted for the past two years as: being the equal, if not the superior, of: -any team in this celebrated horse breeding; county of Huron. • Mr.' 11feCullagh has since sold this 'toare'to Mayor Eodgens, of London, for $600 to be shipped to London, • England, next week. THE LOST FOUND.—About six years ago 'a well known sportsman of.tbis town, a gentleman particular- ly addicted to piscatorial ,exorcise, camped with some )rionds. on the. blinks of._the • Maitland, not meny miles. from Holmesville. Having road izaak Walton, and'yet more re- centauthorities,, on the proprieties of angling and the observance of •humane treatment toward the scaly. occupants of the streams, he eschow- ed the use of the hook. •as much as possible. in his ' endeavors to Catch. the 'speckled beauties: • For this ,purpose he usually took a supply of liquid bait with biro, In the afore- said . year of grace, .1880 he,thad to leave his companions .and .return to town to•atteiid tq pressing btiainess engagements. - As thcy'were not ex - . ports. in' the .'use of liquid bait. he •deposited:.:'ahat he had,'• it being securely corked tna vitreous . recep- taele,:of the shape of a pocket -flask in• the hollow' a decayed .atariding tree' until he would'roturn:. Ile did not return until .a few days But the decayods'teee wes'not tobe seen.. HIe felt sure -of the locality where it had -beep, and aftosa close'inspection found that the tree had fallen dowdn .and almost crumbled to earth again. IIo Set to work to unearth his trea- :enre-if•thsre. -He didnot long have. to delve into• tha'renhains of the tree. before he - found the flask, with the Contents ulhtOliChed, It had remained` in the tine while -standing. and 'been buried; in its. fall.thoy were 'not separated.' Oirr sporting.inforivant was in great glee -at the resurrection 0fhis long buried spirituous friend sand ho summoned .his companions and they made finer.' 'ry now that thu lost was found:. He. was told in connection With that •articular hollow tree, by a neigh boring farmer, taut for some years` prior to, its full bees' would annuailly wane there and he now thinks that the solection'of :this spot must have been owing to their .:paltiaTity for the subtle arowa of. the liquid fish bait coneouled' in the -tree. So nioto it bo.' 7lnrr Dirs.—Mr. and lrrs, Robt. Thofiipson, Miss Nellie. Salkeld and Miss. Miainie Sniit•h, of Goderich, wee° among the visitors at o.ut l�aill It'tn last Friday.'They oxp1essecl thoinsolves as highly delighted with the exhibit. -1)r. Wilkie has en' apple tree in blossoms:—Wo noticed. Messrs. Goo:..MoKeIlzie and...W.' J. ,\[a; .:attolioon in town on our Fair Clay,-Jlrs. Goo. Parks, o1 Ooderioh, was the. guest c.f Mrs, A: Couch ,for a few days last week —Judge Toms urns in tow5'ih'11londay on his way to Londesboro and• lllyth•to hold oourt for hearing appeals •agaiust voters' lisr.s.-- In, the Commercial stables on Monday might- -ham boon soon as perfect a, specimen. of horseflesh as one` could well imagine. It tests a • 30 riiouths entire Tontine colt, the property of 1fe..IVn1. Elliott, Por- ter s or-ter's hill. A bt?acttiiul bay with black points, pot a white hair,' and ntatohless in P'oe'm • and general ep-. pearance. - Mr. R. C. Hays, Solicitor of Goderich,:has in town Monday. —Mr. John Itattonbury says that Carte4s reply,to his challenge is evasive in fa respects,. pure 'bluff and ttitwortlty•a reply. If Mr. Car - tor moans bnsiness and is confid- entof the trotting qualifies of his ltot'se.111v,, ltattonbury will "see him" for any ant arm t.---InApe etoe Malloch will visit Gortie, Wrost'ter, Forel-' wick etc on ofileial business this Week.—Asruther excellent :routine was under their advice that the wit., nese refused to answer the question pet to ''hint concerning tho alleged sales. • The', witness was nut com- mitted for coiiterilpt of .count. If the point raised in ibis case be good law, it Will be more 'difficult then ever to secure :widener; on wit felt to base convictions ander the Scott act, Tile evitlonlie has 110011 forwarded to the crowd atttsttiey, and hie opinion so";;ht as to the p1oper.:disposition. of the case. --Kincardine j ('mien', • Chris. Dickson, Clth to .. SOU. OJ songs. •S.c.EOQL BQOIES. Ohris. D .ck on Clinton. colt is a- light chestnut one owned by -Mr.• Cassady, of Manchester. It is a -pretty and compact animal and will be •bard to bent. It and •Mr. Elliott's, elswliere referred to, will bo at the. Western Exhibition in London this week and will bo •hard to. bent.—It is not an auctioneer this tirne, but "Tom"• came within one of it. --Mr. and Mrs. Wlhitehead and .Rev. Mr : Sperling returned home last 'Wednesday. Mr. Whit- head found quite a change in .Eng, land from when he was last there 27 yeas. ago. Whore were farm are now towns. -We have received A neatly' gotten- up card with ' the legend, Etta G. Wattorwortil, now., Mrs, A 1Y,i. Taylor. -' The lady was married at Ingersoll, Septa 16, to Mr. A. K Taylor, B. C.L. Aoeorn- panyin wean nice samples of wed- ding cake 'and toothsome pure white confections. .Wo' wish the young couple heaven's best benisons: We. can readily -believe that Mr., Tay- lor's choice "Issas sweet in mien, as' a. heaven born .queen;" and may there be as many editions • of the 'animate poem of Mr. Taylor's selec tion as wo 'Would like • to see .of "boyhood's hours" and.. other orea- tions of his poetic intellectuality.—. Miss Hearn'hasreturned to Clinton. aftera absence in England of about 15 months. The young lady made considerable proficiencyin;her musi- cal studies while away , and gives promise of attaining, to inose than ordinary excellence in that line.- MT: Peter Cole, has sold his property in town ;to. Mr: Pearson,'• Stanley; for $700.'. Mr. Pearson will remove into town and occupy -it i ov.1. It ip likely Mr. Cole Will remove to Michigan where• several nrenibere. of his family reside. -The West Huron teachers will meet in soloum con-. ave in Goderich, Oct. 14 and 1:5.—' Prof. `1Taliance's recitals in St. Paul's last Wednesday eveuirig Were .not listened to by a very'largo anil•i encs; though the;:progranona was an oxcollent one and the rendition of thentintbeis.nccotfiplished with con-' siclorable •elocutionary skill• and dramatic force: . Wo notice that• Knox Church, Mitchell, he•wss•e(1u: ally tnforttinate• in securing an` audience.—Dr. Keefer, L D. S.:, has returned to, town after aprolorig-. ed absence in New York • and ; other places:—At Steep's fioa1. and food • stave: these,,» has boon a gigantiq- sun•flowver'stocl< eleven feet high with' a. flower 21 ihehes iu diailioter. - Robt. ' Schoff, of Birt•, Middlesex, took first prize for a this-yeai's Ton- tine. colt at Toronto aficl Guelph. IIo soldthe animal for a good pay-' in frgure:1L .--r. Herbison, of Godor- inli township secured '$30 • prize money for factory butter at. Toronto and $59 at Guelph.—'hero is a. good attendance this week at the Lonclon. Fair, from this section. -1111 F. Sharp, of •St. • Mary's, whilont of (".liuton, ]las i•oneiv.ed the eonsekva ttve noininatioll •11h `.South Pea its •acaintlldate fot•tba T)ominion Pe lin- ntout:-Iteeive :Mc1l iti•chy`.is super intending •'life •laying• down of a. ston.o liaved water, table at the . west' side of the Market sr ttt'1re. This is a nl00-h •needed improvement: %tr. Brewer of the • 11lolsons . Bank is :apentli.ng his. su111inc1' holidays oat- oa'.town.---•Tho reception to the pas- tor of The eliurch land lir. and subs. Whitehead) in the basement of the Ontario st. Methodist church was a very interesting affair. Sale Iteddstcr. .rte• Parties setting their male Ville printed at Tell Nlsws•tiWoe n bike will receive a Y1004 notice 'every )veep until the date of sale The nntteo In the majority of caeca is worth the price of the • bills. . 0oirortr:iz 2vn-.Iii the village of lllytli, 80 sot double and single harness, halters, whips, blankets., ole. J. T.I Carter, tree. lirietor; C, l'fiunilton, auetiohiuer. • Cornelia 7•rlr.- Off lot 32, eon, e, est ere• 14(41townsbip, farm stork, implements`Mill furniture, Mrs, Caged, proprietress 1 'l'. t11. Carl�ing, auctioneer. Tatnise:wv. Or•eon1it 14rti-•-•Sale of 2E; parcels of valuable hush lands, situate 111 the tnwt)sitip cr( 001bo11ie, art nuc n'elock its the aft(111one at Iteltne'vilto. •J, W, 1tnrni•, propIietot•; T. A. Carling aue- tieueor. Goderich Township • Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Murphy of 16th con., are visiting • the letter's brother at Point Bruce on Lake Erie. We wish them. a pleasant visit and a safe return,. The party who left a buggy in the suburbs of .our •village a couple of. mouths age. diad • better conle and take it away soon or he will .have a difficult job hunting up the pieces, as, it nightly undergoes a dismember- ing pi`ocess. • • Very few from this vicinity had the opportunity of attending 'the Fall Show in the "Hub" .as three steam thresherswere goingin the •treigih- boyhood.. The "Threshers" appar-. ently . do . not believe much in the educating influence of Fairs, There' Was a dancing Harty. at,11Ir. T. Mc..Ilvoen'•s on Thursday evening last.• There were a large number present, some fall the way from Auburn and they chased the:flying hours with flying feet until long,peet Midnight, when all.went 1101110 well pleased with their niglht's.enjoymont.' • 'Tlie. Boy,, J. 1?, Parke, .of Myth, conduoted divine service - in the Episcopal Church • here, last Sunday and .preached en -eloquent sonnet; -taking for lie text the words: "I am ' the Alpha and '.:tr110 r. :ll)o'ga " The • err• gentleman is. well and. favorably , known, in •this vicinity having taught the .Public `•Sohool hero for several .yeth's' previous to sintering college to,: study for the ministry. is. all Nonsense, Unless 'There is• Something Solid. Back of It. It is no use to make a noise about Oaf" you aro going to do unless you are pre- pared to carry it out. Advertising is all nonsense unless you get the people to read what you say. .It is flit nonsense to spend hundreds of dollars 'every • year in adver- tisingunless• you impress the public that you mean what you say. Tn regard to ourselves we keep pegging away every week about our immense estalr lishmont and our wonderful sleek, know - jog full well that . we are. not approached in this section. We feel perfectly contb dent that we have the Goods that will give - perfect satisfaction to every .one who deals with us, and coueequently wo: aro not backward in Totting the people know just what we think, , Iu the . Morris. Cut of • I)oINos.—The COuneil met in the council room Sept. 20th, pursuant to -ad jouruMont. . •• Members all present; the Reeve in tho 'chair. Minutes of hist meet- ing read and passed . . . A000:tiTAts %5'5)C orcicrecl.tc,Ue.pct>cl as.followi•s :—Thos. Clark, removing 'boa .wood, $3; P: Scott, repairing scraper, $3.50; .Joseph McElroy, ditching, $35; Thos. Code, ditching, - $8; Allan Lindsay, grading and re pairing siclo road, $20; C,liiiuton An- derson, 'spikes, 75c J. Golley, in- specting on western boundary, $.3.62; C. Proctor, collar culvert and. ditch, $6; P. Mc(asoy, culvert and ditch, $4.50; Geo. Johnston,•gravelling on east.boundary, $24.88; Geo.:.John- ston, gravelling at l uttan's `}uritlge, $4.63;, W.. II. Kerr, printing voters1 lists, $30; advertising court:of,rovis- ion and posting of lists, $2; Misses Exford, charity, $10; \Vin. 'Ellis, •ditcfifiig„ $1Q;gravel,for T: S,,l'lamp- J McMillan, $5.25, P. Jackson, $7,.w. Whitoford,$5:20, J, Sihurrio, $4.65, J. Martin, $1.75, J. Sellars, $3.10,. J. Evans, $3.25, • A. W. Sloan, $3.80, «r111 Skelton., $5 25;'S Walker, $9.50, J. Leith, $3.40, tier •Whitoford, -:$4.60,' • Il. `Wright, $4.24•, A. W. Sloan,1$8.66, 111oved. by II, Mooney; •secandodl E.• Bosnian, that: Robert 'Warwick. be grouted 25e• per rod • for digging. 60 'rods of ditch ou•side 114 between lots 5 and 6, con. 3, :Melt ;to be .five feet :wide ors top, three feet deep and 16 inch bottom-4cairied. • Moved by E. -110 •man, seconded by T. •Cal•clbicic,• that John 11loonoyj Elie appointed 'collector • for the •cur- rent year, 'at a.salary of $80, on fur•- nishing satisfactory security to the amoent of $14,000—carried. • By-laws No. 5 , and 6 were duly readand and passed. The rates for the • current year' aro: county rate, 2 1/10 Mills- township, 1 arils, and railway 8/10 mill in tho dollar. ` • The Council adjourned 'td meet again on • thsh• 2,5th October. W. Cr.auth•Clerk. —On '1hw'sday of last week Jas. Iterguson, only son' of • Rev. John • Ferguson,' formerly of Brussels, diad. at Central 'City, Coloraclo,.(abont 40 milds -from Denver) agod' 23 years,2 months, and 18 days. The body was embalmed and c0fiined and was' expressed to I3russeis`Setttr-- clay night, arriving there on rho iY.00n train on Tuesday, and was 'buried on Wednesday. Clothing Doparirflerit We havo a wonderful assortment of- WOOLENS, fWQOLENS, imported direct from. the Glci 'Country,' and which for quality cannot be • • equalled in,this section. W o are confident • • of this and consequently aro .not Afraid -to . advertise this fact. • IP You Want 'fat or Gap Of any description, we are the leaders in STYLI: in this section and a visit to • our establishment will convince you of this fact. If -,yott want to see the finest. incl. largest collection of ' FUR1 iSHINf .:T: C1 OORS' !,' It is. a Well known• fact that no house can approaoh us. We havo voun .clistllot: de- • • partnients, namely : ''orderer Mottling Depart eat•. Read y -Made De' pt. Clot n brag Dept. Hat •a ` Ile • a ;awl �� � rtmerit. Furnis' h ' De v�yartinent. •• Each Department having its Manager and the whole forming one of the largest and :Most successful establislhmento in Western Ontario.'. r O S0 '..: .OT H Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatt ers.. • •